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Leonard Cohen,
1934-2016
The poet and singers life,
his time in Israel, and
his Yiddish translator
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Pop star Regina Spektor:
Im Jewish because of anti-Semitism
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Spektors piano pop
music is often described as bubbly
or quirky and a
whole range of other,
even more positive
adjectives.
The average listener never would guess
that she lived with
intense anti-Semitism
for years.
In a recent interview with the Guardian, the Russian-Jewish songwriter, 36,
opened up about the anti-Semitism
she faced growing up in Russia, where
Jews were not allowed to practice their
religion or customs for decades under
Soviet rule. She explained that the persecution forced Russian Jews to bond
with each other.
The only reason Im Jewish is probably anti-Semitism, she said. Think
about Soviet Russia religion is illegal.
So theres no cultural Judaism, no tradition. The only thing that made Jewish
people marry other Jews is that they
didnt want to be called kikes. They
knew they wouldnt hear the word zhid
come out of their husbands face when
they had their first marital fight. So its
the only reason a lot of us exist.
She explained that she felt harassed
for being Jewish even after her family
moved to the United States around the
time she was 9. That was during the late
1980s, when Jews finally were allowed
to go. The Spektors settled in Fair Lawn
with the help of HIAS, the Jewish immigration agency, and Regina attended
the Frisch School for two years before
switching to Fair Lawn High School.
Instead of being the Jewish girl in a
Russian school, I became a Russian girl
in a Jewish school,
Spektor said. I had
dumb teenagers telling me to go back to
my fking country.
Telling me we were
taking their jobs. I got
so pissed off I was
like, Youd better believe Im going to take
your job, Im going
to take your job and
three other jobs, too.
She added to the
Guardian that her
brother, a black-hat-wearing Orthodox
Jew, still often is a target of anti-Semitic
harassment.
They get on him, shouting Shalom,
that kind of thing, she said. But I see
anti-Semitism everywhere. Its built into
the fabric of our lives.
But while its anti-Semitism that
made her Jewish, her latest albums title
draws from Jewish roots. Remember
Us to Life came out in September, just
days before Rosh Hashanah; the phrase
is part of the holiday liturgy.
Spektor rose to fame in the mid2000s after touring with bands like the
Strokes, the Kings of Leon, and Keane.
However, shes probably best known
now for writing Youve Got Time, the
theme song for Orange is the New
Black. Shes performed at a number of
Jewish-themed events, from a concert
on the National Mall commemorating
the 60th anniversary of the founding of
Israel in 2008 to a White House reception celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month in 2010.
She is married to another Russian
Jewish musician, Jack Dishel, who
played guitar for the Moldy Peaches.
The couple has a 2-year-old son.
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Cinematic Hebrews
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Four movies with
major Jewish
connections open on
Friday, November 18. The
first is Bleed for This, a
biopic about real-life
middleweight boxer,
Vinny Pazienza (played
by Miles Teller). In 1991,
shortly after winning a
title fight, Pazienza was
in a very serious car
accident. He defied
doctors predictions and
orders not only by
walking again, but by
getting in the ring to
fight again. KATEY
SAGAL, 62, and TED
LEVINE, 59, co-star as
Vinnys mother and
trainer, respectively. The
movie is directed by BEN
YOUNGER,44, who grew
up Orthodox and made a
splash with his first
movie, Boiler Room
(2000), His best known
follow-up film, Prime
(2005), starred Meryl
Streep as a Jewish
psychiatrist flustered by
the romance between
her young adult son
(BRYAN GREENBERG,
38) and one of her
patients.
HAILEE STEINFELD, 19, stars as
Nadine in Edge of
Seventeen, a coming-ofage story that is a drama,
with some comedy.
Nadine feels confused
and alone when her best
friend starts dating her
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Ted Levine
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to tell stories of unexpected cooperation as well as unsurprising fear
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
In most parts of the world, having coffee with
friends in a sukkah hardly would be frontpage news.
But its different in Efrat, home to 16,000
Jews in the Gush Etzion region between Bethlehem and Hebron in the West Bank. When
the towns mayor, Oded Revivi, invited Arabs
from neighboring villages to share refreshments in his sukkah with about 30 Efrat residents on October 19, the Washington Posts
Israel correspondent wrote a story that began
Jewish settlers invited Palestinians over for
the holidays. All went well until the guests
headed home.
Though most of the guests got home without incident, the Palestinian Authoritys
security forces arrested four of them. They
were released four days later, after COGAT,
the Coordinator of Government Activities in
the Territories unit of Israels Defense Ministry, intervened.
The men also had to pay the equivalent
of about $15,000 call it a bribe or a fine
a sum that Mr. Revivi is actively raising to
reimburse them. He has been meeting with
them regularly to strengthen their resolve to
continue participating in the cross-cultural
encounters and dialogues.
They are quite proud and know they did
nothing wrong, Mr. Revivi, a 47-year-old
father of six, said. They are extremely upset
and hurt because they didnt expect to end
up in a prison cell for having a cup of coffee
with their neighbors.
He will discuss the episode during three
speaking engagements in New Jersey this
weekend. At Englewoods Congregation Ahavath Torah, he will speak in the main sanctuary at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Saturday
morning. He will focus on his longtime efforts
to build relationships with his Arab neighbors
and he will conduct a question-and-answer
session at seudah shlishit late that afternoon
in the Orthodox shuls social hall.
On Saturday night, he will speak at Congregation Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, and on Sunday evening he will meet with current and
alumni Berrie Fellows in Cresskill. The Berrie cohort met with Mr. Revivi last summer in
Efrat and reported being captivated by his
leadership, energy, and focus on diplomacy,
said Berrie Fellow Marcy Cohen of Englewood, a member of the executive committee
of Ahavath Torah.
This is a leader who faces immense challenges, but has created a community, along
with others, where there is a sense of security
and calm, Ms. Cohen said. He has a specific
process he teaches to mayors of other cities.
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Oded Revivi
Local
inai Schools, which provides personally tailored education to students with special needs in six day
schools in New Jersey, is working
with SAR Academy in Riverdale, N.Y., to
establish a pilot program there.
The program, its founders say, will open
in the fall of 2018, and at first will accept 6to 8-year-olds with a wide range of developmental disabilities and complex learning challenges. The next year, if all goes
according to plan, the school will expand
SAR, like the other schools that partner with Sinai, is a modern Orthodox day
school. Its philosophy and approach to
education and inclusion makes them ideal
partners for us at Sinai, Sinais dean,
Rabbi Dr. Yisrael Rothwachs, said.
We are delighted to partner with Sinai,
Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, SARs principal,
added. Bringing Sinai to SAR will allow us
to provide a place for the children of SAR
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Look at how Moses and Aaron experience their sisters death, he said. Look
at how it affected them, how they were
striving to continue to fulfill their leadership responsibilities in effect, their professional lives while mourning for their
sister. They had to bury her, and also to
lose her special leadership ability.
How did Moses, the kid brother, react
to the death of his older sister, whom
hed journeyed with in the wilderness for
40 years? Classical midrash focuses on
Mosess struggle to find water after Miriams death.
Midrash tells us that a well of sweet
water accompanied Miriam in the desert;
once she died, that source of water dried
up. Miriam represents water, and water
as a source of redemption, Dr. Cohen
said. Even her name, Miri-yam, has water
in it. Yam means ocean. Mosess struggle, from the rabbinic point of view, is to
learn how to draw water himself, to learn
that there is a source of redemption even
after she is gone.
And then Aaron dies, and the struggle
is to complete the journey without Aaron
and Miriam.
The rabbinic struggle emerges in both
a corporate and a personal way. How do
we survive the absence of those who represent our source of redemption?
How do we find the ability to continue
and to strive? In Miriams death the rabbis
confront that question.
Dr. Cohen is a lifelong Reform Jew,
ordained by HUC in 1972. The ride has
been a blessing for me, he said. To be
able to share this blessing with rabbinical
and cantorial and educational students,
who themselves will become leaders
that is the ultimate blessing.
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A scene from the thriller Exam, the movie featured in Dr. Wendy Zierlers presentation.
bring your preset notions about being Reform or Orthodox. The Reform movement now is trying to do more
God talk, and Gene did a great job of getting rabbinical
students to talk about what they believe, and to get them
to take it seriously.
Exam is about a test, both literal and metaphoric.
So in the film, you take this corporate instance of testing, and it becomes an occasion to think about what tests
mean. Why do we student our students? Our employees?
Our children? Our culture? And what does Judaism say
about tests?
The class at Tiferet will be an analysis of the film,
but then it will look at the Jewish traditional and literary
approach to tests. It will include some rabbinic examples,
but generally speaking it will all go back to the Akeidah
to the Binding of Isaac. Abraham was repeatedly tested
to what end?
Studying cinema as text largely has been a Christian
enterprise, Dr. Zierler said; even the title she uses, Reel
Theology, with its obvious and satisfying pun, has been
overdone in the Christian world, she said; there are dozens of books about the theology of film. Why? From all the
way back to the beginnings of the movies, the theaters
were seen as the new temples. One of the puns thats used
frequently is sinema. They were worried, from the beginning, about trying to police what was in the movies.
Jews were making the movies and acting in the movies,
but they did not write about it in the same way. And that
was not because they didnt go to the movies. I can only
speculate about why, but it might be because theology
isnt a Jewish science. Jews do not tend to wax eloquent
over creed.
Dr. Zierler identifies as a feminist, and there is feminism
in Exam. I dont want to say too much about the film,
because it is a thriller, but there is one woman in it who is
important insofar as the film is offering a message about
what sort of virtue ought to be commended, she said.
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excommunicated the chasidim. This time
he singled out Rabbi Shneur Zalman of
Liadi, who founded the Chabad movement
and the Lubavitch rabbinic dynasty.
Chabad chasidim preserve the memory
of that conflict through the annual celebration of 19 Kislev, the date Rabbi Zalman was
released from a Russian prison after being
set up by his ideological enemies, followers
of the Vilna Gaon.
What does this have to do with
Rabbi Soloveitchik?
Well, he was a sixth generation descendant of a student of the Vilna Gaon.
So the handshake between Rabbis
Soloveitchik and Schneerson was the peaceful resolution of their 18th century ancestors, the chasidim and the misnagdim.
Historic indeed, from that perspective.
Though, from another, maybe not
so much.
After the meeting, according to the book,
Rabbi Soloveitchik told a student that the
dispute between the chasidim and the followers of the Vilna Gaon was already
resolved by Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.
But actually it was resolved before then, at
least for Rabbi Soloveitchiks family. Back
when he was 7 years old, his teacher was a
Lubavitcher chasid.
The rav spoke of him with such love,
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Hows everything?
Teaneck family runs a baby gemach
because sometimes it isnt okay but it can get better
portable crib or stroller to accommodate visitors
from out of town.
Because any gemach must limit the population it serves so it does not become overwhelmed with requests, the Teaneck Baby
Gemach focuses on Jewish families in Bergen
County. (There is a separate baby gemach for
Passaic Countys Jewish families.)
But sometimes exceptions are made, and Ms.
Fried views them as opportunities for Kiddush
Hashem, literally sanctifying the name of God.
We never want to
embarrass anyone.
Chesed has to
come from
kindness and has
to lift a person up,
not lower them.
Once, a woman who does tremendous
chesed in the community contacted me from
the hospital to report that an underprivileged
non-Jewish family was not being permitted to
take their baby home because they didnt have
an up-to-standards car seat, she said. I had a
beautiful car seat in my garage at the time.
When the father came to pick it up, my husband was struggling with assembling a particular vacuum, she continued. The man said to
him, Oh, I used to sell that vacuum for 15 years.
Let me help you! I took it as a sign from Hashem
that it was meant to be for us to help him, and
for him to help us. We just try to do the right
thing.
In fact, Ms. Fried said that she detects a divine hand
guiding all the gemachs transactions.
For instance, Ill get a request for an Arms Reach CoSleeper, and two days later someone says they want to
donate an Arms Reach Co-Sleeper. Its really incredible.
Ms. Fried handles the donor and recipient logistics via
smartphone during her daily two-hour commute to and
from work, and welcomes volunteers to help sort, coordinate, or store donations from their own home.
When she is offered a donation that she cannot store
and for which she has no appropriate recipient, she refers
the donor to other baby gemachs in the tristate area to
help as many people as possible.
I want to inspire others who feel that they are just too
busy to handle anything else, Ms. Fried said. You can
always create your own way to do a mitzvah and incorporate it into your lifestyle. Having your own organization
means that you can run it on your own terms and during
your own time.
To get in touch with the Teaneck Baby Gemach, email
teaneckbabygemach@gmail.com.
To get in touch with the Passaic Baby Gemach, call Siggy
Berger at (201) 486-1492.
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Lecture features Israel official
The second annual Rabbi Dr. David M.
Feldman memorial lecture is on Sunday, November 20, at 8:30 p.m., at Ohr
Saadyah of Teaneck. Dr. Tal Becker, the
acting legal adviser to Israels Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and a senior fellow
at the Shalom Hartman Institute, will
discuss Discourse of Diplomacy in a
Turbulent Middle East.
Drs. Ben and Miriam Landau sponsor the lecture. The shul is at 554
Queen Anne Road in Teaneck. More
information is at www.ohrsaadya.org.
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Gloria Brettner, Rabbi Craig Scheff, Mikalah Weinger, Leslee Schwartz, and Allison Waldman create mosaics
that will go on benchtops in Kfar Ahavas new garden, which the Orangetown Jewish Center is building.
12-year-old boys.
The Orangetown groups stay in Israel is short usually the group meets in Israel on a Sunday, and finishes
work on that Thursday, so anyone who wants to be back
at home for Shabbat can do it easily. But the bonds that
form between the group members are strong, and aided
by the fact that most participants have been on the trip
many times. A few of them, in fact, have gone many times
since it began. She has gone only twice, so shes still new.
This year, Ms. Wilker added, there were only two new
From left, Linda Varon, Harriett Wolf, Adele Garber, and Ellen Levine build brick walls as they create flower beds in the new garden at Kfar Ahava.
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as a musician, who performed for the
residents, many of whom can neither
walk nor talk, but who appeared to take
pleasure from the music.
Aleh has four locations, and it takes
everybody, Ms. Wilker said. They have
to have care 24/7. Its a huge undertaking. They serve about 700 people. And
Aleh takes everyone who comes. It
doesnt matter who comes to them
what religion, what background, what
age. They take everyone. And therefore, she added, Aleh, which gets about
one third of its funding from the government, has a huge need for money.
Ms. Wilker, who lives in Bergen
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Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley,
first learned about the trip circuitously.
Her son Dov is the regional director
of the American Jewish Committee in
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the AJC and other Jewish organizations
there. Ms. Wilker and Rabbi Scheff first
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Jason Greenblatt
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Jason Greenblatt
Greenblatt, who lives in Teaneck, has
worked as a real-estate lawyer for Trump
for 19 years, and he is one of two Jewish
lawyers whom Trump has said he would
appoint as his Israel advisers. An Orthodox Jew and Yeshiva University graduate,
Greenblatt studied at a West Bank yeshiva
in the mid-1980s and even did armed
guard duty there.
Greenblatt, who is the father of six children, does not have any political experience. He has said that he speaks with people involved in the Israeli government but
has not spoken to any Palestinians since
his yeshiva studies. He has cited the American Israel Public Affairs Committee as one
of his main sources for staying informed
about the Jewish state, and helped draft
Trumps speech at the lobbying groups
annual conference in March.
Greenblatt, who has said he supports
the two-state solution, has implied that
Trump will take a more laissez-faire
approach to peace building.
He is not going to impose any solution
David Friedman
David Friedman
Alongside Greenblatt, Trump named
Friedman, 57, as an Israel adviser. Friedman, a bankruptcy expert and partner
at a New York law firm, Kasowitz Benson
Torres & Friedman, is the president-elects
longtime attorney. The son of a Conservative rabbi with a family history of ties to
Republican presidential candidates his
family hosted Ronald Reagan for a Shabbat
lunch in 1984, the year the president won
re-election Friedman lives in Woodmere,
in Long Islands Five Towns, and owns a
house in Jerusalems Talbiyeh neighborhood, according to Haaretz.
Friedman has expressed doubt about
the future of the two-state solution, traditionally a pillar of bipartisan U.S. policy
in the region. Before the Republican Party
passed a platform that omitted references
to the two-state solution, he said it might
be time for the party to reject the concept.
The two-state solution might be one
answer, but I dont think its the only
answer anymore, he said in July.
Friedman also has said that annexing
the West Bank would not damage Israels
status as a Jewish state.
Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner
Kushner the 35-year-old scion of one of
New Jerseys most prominent real estate
families, and the husband of Trumps
daughter Ivanka since 2009 played a
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
Trumps daughter Ivanka, 35, who converted to Orthodox Judaism, has served
as the polished, softer face of her fathers
campaign. A successful businesswoman
whose brand is centered around her family name and says it empowers working
women, she stood by her father when
recordings were released that caught the
president-elect bragging, in crude terms,
about sexually assaulting women.
Ivanka reportedly has tried not
always successfully to have her father
tone down or walk back some of his most
inflammatory remarks, including having
called Mexican immigrants rapists, according to New York magazine.
She is the founder of the Ivanka
Trump Collection, a fashion and lifestyle
brand, and is the executive vice president of development and acquisitions
for the Trump Organization, her fathers
Boris Epshteyn
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Boris Epshteyn
Epshteyn, 34, is a Republican political
strategist and staunch defender of Trump
who has appeared as the president-elects
surrogate on major TV networks more
than 100 times, the New York Times
reported.
A New York-based investment banker
and finance attorney, Epshteyn worked as
a communications aide for Senator John
McCains presidential campaign in 2008,
focusing his efforts on the Arizona senators running mate, then-Alaska Governor
Sarah Palin, whom Trump is reportedly
considering for interior secretary, according to Politico.
Epshteyn, a Moscow native, moved to
the United States in 1993. A fluent Russian speaker who has moderated a panel
encouraging investment in Moscow, he
may serve as an asset for Trump in navigating relations with Russia Trump has
expressed his desire to improve ties with
President Vladimir Putin.
Then again, Epshteyns temper may
make him less of an asset to Trump. TV
hosts described him as very combative and abrasive, and in 2014 he was
charged with misdemeanor assault after
he was involved in a bar tussle. The charge
was dropped after Epshteyn agreed to
undergo anger management training and
perform community service.
Stephen Miller
Miller, 30, has played a crucial role in
Trumps campaign, helping to warm up
crowds at rallies and drafting speeches,
including the president-elects acceptance speech at the Republican National
Convention.
Miller, who has described himself as a
practicing Jew, joined the Trump campaign in January, quickly rising through
the ranks to become one of the most
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Steven Mnuchin
Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs executive, worked as Trumps national finance
chairman during the campaign.
Trump and Mnuchin have been friends
for 15 years. Before he was put in charge
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Lewis Eisenberg
Eisenberg, the private equity chief for
Granite Capital International Group, is the
Republican National Committees finance
chairman. He was one of a small group of
Republican Jewish Coalition board members who did not flee from Trumps candidacy, and he was a major contributor to
groups backing Trumps election only
nine of 55 RJC board members gave to
Trump. He worked alongside Mnuchin to
raise funds for the candidate.
Eisenberg grew up in New Jersey, the Forward reported, and he has been floated as a
possible pick for commerce secretary in the
Trump administration. He was the chairman
of the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey at the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks
on the World Trade Center.
Michael Glassner
Glassner was not new to Republican presidential campaigns when Trump appointed
him as his national political director last
year. He worked as director of vice presidential operations for McCains 2008 campaign and ran George W. Bushs campaign
in Iowa in 2000. He has also worked with
Palin and Senator Bob Dole, a former presidential candidate.
Like many of Trumps Jewish advisers,
Glassner is outspoken in his support of
Israel. Before he joined the Trump campaign, he worked as the political director
for AIPACs southwest region. Glassner has
praised the anti-establishment movement,
and he told Jewish Insider that his experience with Palin and the fact that he lives
in New Jersey, not Washington, D.C., made
him a good fit for Trumps political outsider message. He also served as a senior
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RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON Enforce the Iran deal.
Violate the Iran deal.
Leave it to Congress.
Do nothing.
President-elect Donald Trump will have an
array of options before him when he assumes
the presidency on January 21, according to
supporters and opponents of the deal. The
agreement, which Iran and six major powers led by the United States reached last
year, rolled back Irans nuclear program in
exchange for sanctions relief.
The open question as are so many questions about Trumps intentions is what does
the next leader of the free world want to do?
His peregrinations were evident when
Trump spoke to the American Israel Public Affairs Committees policy conference in
March. There, he claimed literally minutes
apart that he both planned to enforce the
deal and to scrap it.
My No. 1 priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran, Trump said at the time.
Then a few moments later: We will enforce
Silence
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1. Bannons site ran many columns that have been accused
of being anti-Semitic.
Breitbart News, one of the most vociferously pro-Trump
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Quietly adjust wording.
Welcome to the second week of the
World of Trump, Jewish organizational
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Week 1 was fraught enough, with
Jewish statements marking Donald
Trumps surprise election ranging from
the confrontational to its a new day
accommodation.
Then President-elect Trump named
Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist.
The appointment of Bannon, formerly
the CEO of Breitbart, the right-wing news
site that has been the clearinghouse for
the alt-right movement, has been the
buzz in the hallways and at lunch tables
at the Jewish Federations of North Americas annual General Assembly meeting
here this week. More than 3,000 Jewish
communal professionals and lay figures
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almost all of them are talking about it.
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were rare, a reflection of the bafflement
prevalent in the Jewish community at
how to deal with a president-elect who
has no experience in public office and
won the presidency through a scorchedearth campaign.
The Anti-Defamation League and a
range of liberal Jewish groups have condemned Bannons appointment.
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alt-right a loose-knit group of white
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Chanukah 2016
Happy Chanukah everyone.
Chanukah, Chanukka, Hannukkah, Hanukkah, or
Hanukah however you spell it, its a joyous eight-day
celebration.
This year the holiday begins at sundown on Saturday,
December 24 (25th of Kislev) with the eighth candle lit a
week later on Monday, January 1.
The holiday celebrates the victories of the Macca
bees who fought to save the Jewish people from the
armies of Syria in 165 B.C.E. The Hebrew word chanukah" means dedication. The name reminds us of the
re-dedication of the holy Temple in Jerusalem following
the Jewish victory and celebrates the miracle of the oil
in the Temple lasting for eight days.
The celebration of Chanukah centers around the
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nuts (sufganiyot) deep-fried in oil, recalling the the oil
family memory. Over the years, my family has amassed
from the Temple menorah; and special songs and games.
quite a collection of menorahs and dreidels. Some of
Chanukah also brings the joy of giving and receiving
the dreidels are from Israel and instead of the letters
presents.
nun, gimel, hay, and shin (standing for neis gadol haya
Sit back, relax, and read through this Gift Guide.
sham, a great miracle happened there) they have nun,
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gimel, hay, and pey (standing for neis gadol haya poh,
what you might like to buy for others.
a great miracle happened here).
Donations are the gifts that keep on giving. Consider
With best wishes for a truly joyous festival of lights,
making one to someones favorite charity or to a synaBeth Janoff Chananie
gogue or cause where they volunteer or support.
When buying a gift for a child,
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gift to donate to such causes.
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Rebecca Shara Jay, daughter of Adam and Rachel Chananie Jay of
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the modern-day Maccabees, who
Arlene and Joshua Chananie of Clifton, are all set to celebrate Chanukah.
are living under tense circumstances and wish them shalom.
Rebecca, 3, running in the park, is wearing a Chanukah-themed dress with
an attached tutu. Kylie, 2, and Taylor, 2 months, just relaxing, are wearing
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tion of some of Jewish Standard
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Chanukah Songs
The Dreidel Song
I have a little dreidel
I made it out of clay,
And when it's dry and ready
Then dreidel I shall play!
Chorus:
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
I made it out of clay
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
Now dreidel I shall play
It has a lovely body
With legs so short and thin
And when it gets all tired
It drops and then I win!
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
With legs so short and thin,
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel,
It drops and then I win.
My dreidels always playful
It loves to dance and spin
A happy game of dreidel
Come play now, lets begin
(chorus)
Mi Y'Maleil
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Go-eil ha-am
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items, tablecloths, hostess
and teacher gifts, bridal
registries, and even jewelry. Great gifts at great
prices! Come shop early for
Chanukah.
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1454 Queen Anne Road,
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Carlyz Craze is a fun, fashionable clothing store for girls,
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merchandise and offer great accessories too. We strive to
give our customers a delightful shopping experience from
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Frame It has been in Fair Lawn since 1974, owned and
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Jewelry
Pangea Coins & Jewelry
This pre-owned Rolex Datejust
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Pangea Rarities has been a
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As a graduate gemologist, David
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Pangea Rarities also has an in-house repair and restoration center, with a master jeweler on site, daily.
Callahan Jewelers
Callahan Jewelers offers fine jewelry and giftware at discounted prices. Callahan Jewelers and the Callahan family
have been providing a personal and reliable jewelry experience in Northern New Jersey for 36 years. They provide everything from engagement rings to high-end diamond and
gemstone jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, giftware, watches,
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220 Closter Dock Road, Closter, NJ
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Pickle Licious
Pickle Licious is a family run
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olives, relishes, tapenades,
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Nothing pairs with coffee like a donut. Stop in to one of these kosher
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525 Cedar Hill Ave., Wyckoff, (201) 612-7600
886 Prospect St., Glen Rock, (201) 612-9090
754 Franklin Ave., Franklin Lakes, (201) 891-6545
233 North Franklin Turnpike, Ramsey, (201) 327-2828
22-20 Fair Lawn Ave., Fair Lawn (inside Exxon), (201) 791-5500
527 River Drive, Elmwood Park, (201) 791-3113
2284 Route 4 West, Fort Lee, NJ (inside Shell), (201) 242-1400
The Dreidel
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I have a little dreidel
I made it out of clay,
And when its dry and
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Then dreidel I shall play!
Chorus:
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
I made it out of clay
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
Now dreidel I shall play
Sevivon,
Sov Sov Sov
Sevivon, sov sov sov,
Chanukah hu chag tov
Chanukah hu chag tov
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Chag simcha hu la-am
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Five Continents at the Marlow Candy Factory has a wide
selection of Chanukah gifts, kosher candies, nuts, marzipan, dried fruits, and cookies. Other choices are sugar-free,
nut-free, gluten-free, and low calorie. There is a fabulous
gift selection if you need a sweet treat to grab and go. Gift
wrapping and shipping are available.
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The story of the a capella groups keeps on going
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Sweet Treats
for Thanksgiving Dessert Fun
ure there are the traditional Thanksgiving desserts like pumpkin, pecan or apple pie, to name a
few. You can recruit your children and have them
don an apron to help you bake.
But if youre interested in a different kind of food
fun, here are a few sweet treats, some dairy, some decorative, that are easy to make into the holidays iconic
symbols that are also edible sculptures.
Imagine. All this fun without all the floury fuss!
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nd the beat
as in the
Maccabeatsgoes on.
Created nearly a decade ago in 2007 as a Yeshiva University student
vocal group, the Maccabeats have emerged as a Jewish a
cappella phenomenon, complete with
a global fan base, more than 20 million
views on YouTube, and four critically acclaimed albums.
And guess what? Theyre still going strong.
While the members say they never
dreamed that the group would keep
going through the adult milestones of
their livesgetting married, becoming
parents, launching their careerswhen
they first hit it big as YU students, their
reality is they are still very much at it,
and very much in demand.
The Maccabeats are criss-crossing
the countrythe world, actuallyand
will be logging their sixth continent in
South America with an upcoming gig
in Santiago, Chile. And when they perform, they are still bringing an authen-
just to name a few. Add to that spouses and children10 of the original 12
members are now married, and seven
have childrenand its been a very
productive couple of years for these
young men. A new family tradition that
they started was the Maccababy onesie, which each new baby born into the
Maccabeats family gets as a gift.
The Maccabeats are now, in alphabetical order, Chanina Abramowitz, Michael Greenberg, Chaim Horowitz, Noey
Jacobson, Joshua Jay, Nachum Joel, Ari
Lewis, Mordechai Prus, Jeffrey Ritholtz,
Buri Rosenberg, Meir Shapiro, and Yonatan Shefa, with two new members,
George Rubin, who joined in 2012, and
Joey Senders, a 19-year-old first-year YU
student who joined at the start of this
academic year.
Mr. Senders remembers growing up
in Cleveland and being enthralled with
the group.
I grew up loving the Maccabeats,
said Mr. Senders, who is studying finance and pre-med at YU. Every Jewish
kid was looking at them and thinking
that this was so cool; that they were so
cool. I want to do that.
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Talk to your child about his or her concerns, and brainstorm ways to deal with
fears or other barriers.
You can help your child by packing
a healthy, balanced lunch together. Every packed lunch provided your child
uses carbohydrate counting to determine their insulin dose should include
an index card listing the grams of carbohydrates in each food in the lunch. You
should also encourage plenty of outdoor
play and exercise, and remember your
child should have blood sugars checked
before physical activity.
Having trained adults on your side is
also vitally important to help manage your
childs diabetes. Work with the school
health care provider and staff to develop
a care plan. A school nurse can help you
specify what, where, when and by whom
diabetes care tasks will be provided in
school. You should work with your doctor
and school to set up a 504 Plan for your
child. A 504 Plan, which your doctor can
easily draft for you, sets out the actions
the school will take to make sure the student with diabetes is medically safe, has
the same access to education as other
children, and is treated fairly. For example, such a plan will allow for your child
to take bathroom breaks and breaks to
check blood sugar or take carbohydrate
snacks while taking exams.
Dr. Paul Pelavin is the chief of pediatric
endocrinology at Valley Medical Group in
Ridgewood.
glucose around, it builds up your bloodstream. This leaves your cells starved for
energy. Managing the disease requires
keeping track of blood glucose levels.
Treatment may include taking insulin or
other medications. Healthy eating habits
and regular exercise can also help manage diabetes.
There are several types of diabetes.
In Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas can no
longer produce insulin. Once referred
to as juvenile diabetes, is sometimes referred to as insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus. In this type of diabetes, it is
necessary to take insulin.
In Type 2 diabetes, the pancreas
can produce insulin, but it may not be
enough. Some people produce insulin,
but the body doesnt use it effectively.
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1.I Statements:
We can use this skill in many different ways but I find
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Losing our tempers is not fun, but it does happen.
I statements help us let off steam without hurting our
children. For example, if a child grabs your phone and
drops it, instead of saying, You are so irresponsible!
try saying:
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1. The students at Gan Rina Nursery in Teaneck learned about Parshat Noach with a special
presentation from Eyes on Wild where they met and learned about different animals.
2. As part of its mitzvah education program, Helen Troum Nursery School at Temple Beth Sholom in
Fair Lawn partnered with Tevaland, an animal rescue farm. The youngsters had an opportunity to see
and feed many animals. Here Natan Pollack, left, and Norah Sierra feed a blind duck.
3. The Moriah eighth grade students recently traveled to Manhattan to participate in a rally at the
United Nations. The rally was organized to protest the recent UNESCO resolution that attempts to
rewrite history and erase the connection of the Jewish people to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.
The rally started in front of the Israeli Consulate and participants marched to the United Nations.
4. Temple Emanu-El of Closters new Chaverim group, consisting of youngsters from grades 2 and 3,
had a fun afternoon painting and eating pizza.
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Lu Lu Belle provides a different shopping experience for
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Lu Lu Belle features a special
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in Naples, would purchase
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said Linda Kilo, founder of
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when the grandkids come
to visit, they tell their grandparents the first place they
want to visit is Lu Lu Belle.
The Closter connection comes from a 30-year friendship of Nanette Plescia
and Linda Kilo. Nanette Plescia and her sister-in-law Laura Ciccarelli Plescia
will be the owners for the Closter Location. Every time I would give an outfit
to one of my nieces and nephews, said Plescia, people would ask where
do you find such special clothing? Lu Lu Belle, 97 Vervalen St., Closter.
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to the Liberty Science Center. Pick up a Get Up, Get Active! passport from the
welcome desk on your next visit and follow the Horizon Foundation Family Fitness
Route to increase your physical activity and learn about nutrition. Complete six
activities on the route and youll be eligible to be entered into the sweepstakes.
Walk the Steel Skyscraper; check out the Infinity Climber, take a trip on the Touch
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Zone. The contest runs through December 31. Liberty Science Center, Liberty
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DECEMBER
To Our Readers: This calendar is a day-by-day schedule of events. Although all information is as timely as we can make it, its a good idea to call to
verify details before you go.
Sunday, November 20
Parents Class at Temple Emanu-El: Religious
School for You (Parents Class) at Temple EmanuEl of Closter, 9:30 a.m. Join Rabbi David-Seth
Kirshner and Rabbi Alex Freedman for a crash
course in Judaism 101 while children are learning
at Religious School. 180 Piermont Road, Closter,
at 201-750-9997, www.templeemanu-el.com.
Monday, November 21
Babyccino Classes in Wayne: Classes feature a
craft, music and movement, free play and social
interactions between moms, children, snacks,
sensory table and more. From 10 to 10:45 a.m.
The Chabad Center, 194 Ratzer Road, Wayne. $10
per class. 973 694-6274, Chanig@optonline.net.
Wednesday, November 30
Temple Emanu-El Childrens Choir: Youngsters
welcomed to rejoice, celebrate and have fun
the wonderful process of making music. Second
through fifth graders welcomed at 4 p.m.; third
through fifth graders at 6 p.m. 180 Piermont
Road, Closter. Contact Naama Heymann at 201750-2959, www.templeemanu-el.com.
Friday, December 2
Family Shabbat Services at Temple Emeth:
Starting at 7:30 p.m. 1666 Windsor Road,
Saturday, December 3
New Jersey Ballets Nutcracker: The firstrate traditional production never fails to enchant
youngsters and grownups alike. Performances
1 and 4:30 p.m. Also on Sunday, Dec. 4.
bergenPAC, 30 North Van Brunt St., Englewood.
www.bergenpac.org.
Sunday, December 4
Shalom Baby: Shalom Baby playgroup for newborns to youngsters 3 years old includes crafts,
stories, songs and more. 9:30 to 11 a.m. Temple
Avodat Shalom, 385 Howland Ave., River Edge.
Contact Sarah David, 201-820-3902, sarahd@
jfnnj.org
Club Katan: Club Katan for children entering
kindergarten in September 2017. 10 to 11:45 a.m.
Children learn Jewish observances and customs
through story telling, crafts, songs and games.
Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley, 87
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Monday, December 5
Babyccino Classes in Wayne: Classes feature a
craft, music and movement, free play and social
interactions between moms, children, snacks, sensory table and more. From 10 to 10:45 a.m. The
Chabad Center, 194 Ratzer Road, Wayne. $10 per
class. 973 694-6274, Chanig@optonline.net.
Friday, December 9
Tot Shabbat in Franklin Lakes: Tot Shabbat
service and pizza dinner starting at 5 p.m. with
Rabbi Rachel Steiner. Temple Barnert, 747 Route.
208 South, Franklin Lakes. 201-848-1027, www.
barnerttemple.org.
Shabbat Shazam: An interactive music and
movement program geared toward children 12
months to 2 years old. Shabbat songs, stories
and snacks. From 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Academies
at GBDS, 45 Spruce St., Oakland. Free and open
to the community. 201-337-1111 x208, wblom@
ssnj.org.
The Nutcracker: The Donetsk Ballet and students of Miss Pattis School of Dance perform
The Nutcracker as a fundraiser for JulieDance.
Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on
Dec. 9, also on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. and
Sunday, December 11
Mitzvah Makers: Temple Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley offers a Sunday morning group for 3 year
olds (drop off) open to the greater Jewish community. From 10 to 11 a.m. Temple Emanuel of
the Pascack Valley, 87 Overlook Drive, Woodcliff
Lake. For more information, 201-391-0801,
Margie@tepv.org.
Menorah Workshop at Temple Emeth: Temple
Emeth Religious School will offer a chanukkiamenorah workshop from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Children grades kindergarten through 7th grade
are invited to come and paint their own ceramic
menorah. Bagels, nosh and drinks provided. $20
per piece. Advance registration. Children should
be with an adult. 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck.
201-833-8466, bshater@emeth.org.
Wednesday, December 14
Maccabeats at bergenPAC: The world-famous,
world-class a cappella group that originated at
Yeshiva University comes to the area in a special
concert. 7:30 p.m. bergenPAC, Palisades Court,
30 North Van Brunt St., Englewood. 201-2271030.
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Simchas
B'nai Mitzvah
EMMA EIG
SAMANTHA RIGANTE
ARI KAPELYAN
ELANA BERGER
Elana Berger, daughter of
Rose and Glen Berger of
Upper Saddle River and
sister of Cheryl, celebrated
becoming a bat mitzvah
on November 5 at Temple
Emanuel in Woodcliff Lake.
ORLY KESSLER-GODIN
Orly Kessler-Godin, daughter of Joseph and Hillary
Kessler-Godin of Teaneck,
and sister of Avital and Dafna,
celebrated becoming a bat
mitzvah on November 12 at
Congregation Beth Sholom in
Teaneck.
EZRA SHAFRON
SARAH MILLER
Sarah Miller, daughter of
Rebecca Holland Miller and
David Miller of Wyckoff and
sister of Matthew, 11, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah on October 1 at Barnert
Temple in Franklin Lakes.
JACK LAUB
SARAH BRANDON
Sarah Brandon, daughter
of Cari and Eric Brandon
of Westwood and sister of
Rebecca, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah on October
29 at Temple Emanuel of the
Pascack Valley in Woodcliff
Lake.
SARAH MARCOVICI
Sarah Marcovici, daughter
of Gil and Michelle Marcovici
of Ridgewood and sister of
Jacob, celebrated becoming
a bat mitzvah on October
29 at Temple Beth Rishon in
Wyckoff.
SOPHIA PUCCIARIELLO
Sophia Pucciariello, daughter
of Karin and Alex Pucciariello
of Haskell and sister of Julia,
9, celebrated becoming a
bat mitzvah on October 1 at
Barnert Temple in Franklin
Lakes.
EMILY SUTNICK
Emily Sutnick, daughter of
Laura and Warren Sutnick of
Haworth, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah on October
29 at Temple Beth El of
Northern Valley in Closter.
MICHAEL URBANSKI
Michael Urbanski, son of Paul
and Lisa Urbanski, celebrated
becoming a bar mitzvah on
October 29 at the Fair Lawn
Jewish Center/Congregation
Bnai Israel.
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Ari Sugarman of Teaneck, Chaya Kohn of Monsey, N.Y., and Rachel Zimmerman of
Chicago, shown with her son, Nochy, who has Perthes disease and is supported by
Chai Lifeline, all were part of Team Lifeline and ran in the New York City Marathon
on November 6. Yossie Leff of Spring Valley, N.Y., and Florence Haut and Adam
Sasouness, both of Englewood, were also on the 21-member team who ran for the
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IDF Sgt. Ari Abramowitz went to the Valley Chabad Hebrew School on November 13 to launch a mitzvah project with the
students. Last year, more than $1,700 was raised for IDF lone soldiers. In anticipation of their bnai mitzvah this year, the
class will raise funds for the troops and show appreciation for their duties.
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biggest funders, met with Natan
Sharansky, the former refusnik who
has served the Israeli government
in many ways, including in its
relationship with the diaspora, and
who now chairs the Jewish Agency.
Back row, from left, Julie LipsettSinger, Erica Silverman, Leonard
Cole, Joan Krieger, Bruce Brafman,
and Jayne Petak. Second row, Lisa
Marcus Abramowitz, Lisa Harris
Glass, and Natan Sharansky. Seated,
Roberta Abrams and Donna Kissler.
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Gomorrah in this weeks parashah, Vayera. Only, because of
what happened on Election Day and in the days following,
this story and its aftermath have a great deal of relevance
for us today.
This nation is like Abram and Lot: divided to the point
that it cant find common ground on which both sides
can live. Half the voters in our nation cheered on election
night as Donald Trump swept to victory. Half the voters in
our nation woke up the next morning filled with great and
unsettling fear.
I do not recall riots and demonstrations breaking out in
my lifetime following a presidential election, but there continue to be such in the wake of this election from coast to
coast, with thousands of people taking to the streets, some
carrying signs saying Not my president and others chanting Donald Trump go away. Racist, sexist, anti-gay.
Something else I do not recall, in this case from 16 years
ago: Al Gore won the popular vote in 2000, but a Supreme
Court decision gave George W. Bush the Electoral College,
and that was that. Some people talked about reforming the
Electoral College or scrapping it, but no one actually did
anything about it.
That is not the case this time. One candidate won the
popular vote by about 2 million votes and apparently set
a record for the most votes ever cast for a presidential candidate but that candidate, Hillary Clinton, lost the Electoral
College vote. So a petition began circulating, urging electors to cast their votes for the winner of the popular vote.
Within the first 24 hours, that petition amassed 3.5 million
signatures.
Confronted with a split in his camp, Abram chose separation you go your way, Lot, and Ill go mine. If you go right,
Ill go left.
Some time after that split, however, that world war
referred to above broke out. The Mesopotamians won and
took the spoils, which included Lot and his family, and all
they possessed.
When Abram learned of this, he did not say, a plague
on Lot, we split up because we couldnt live together
peacefully. Without a moments hesitation, he ordered
his private army into battle, and he enlisted the armies of
his three allies.
Abram and Lot may have had their differences; they
may have gone one to the right and the other to the left,
but in the end, they still were family. And family takes
care of family.
America is a family, too.
At noon on January 20, 2017, the name of the president of
the United States will change from Barack Obama to Donald
Trump, and there is nothing anyone can do to change that.
We, all of us, regardless of where we stand, have no choice
but to accept that. Our system of government requires that
we come together after an election.
We, all of us, also have no choice but to be vigilant for the
next two years and even the next four. We, all of us, have no
choice but to get involved in our political system from the
ground up if we want to avoid the chaos of Election 2016.
Donald Trump needs watching. Democrat, Republican,
Independent, it does not matter; all sides found something
objectionable about him and the things he says and does.
We need to pray for him to be the best president for all the
people anyone ever could be, but our eyes and ears and
minds must be focused on the actions he takes, the people
he appoints, and the programs he seeks to initiate.
The future of this country depends on such vigilance.
American-style democracy depends on it. Our lives and the
lives of our children and grandchildren depend on it.
Abram could have said Lot was no longer his problem,
but he did not. Family is family.
We, all of us, are Americans; we are family. We are sorely
divided, and it will only get worse unless we find a way to
live together.
An argument for
the sake of heaven
demands the ability
to listen. It also
demands the ability
to be malleable, to
change your way
of thinking or living
when someone
elses perceptions
ring true.
for the sake of heaven they put aside ego and the need
to win at all costs. By not descending into ad hominem
insults and dismissal of the truth of the other participant in the argument, the parties to the argument
bring to light different facets of ultimate truth. In this
way, they arrive at as much truth as human beings are
vouchsafed. This truth, which is the end product of a
combination of deeply held principles tempered by a
willingness to yield in the face of a point of view that
resonates with the mind or the heart, endures and
has a powerful impact on the lives of those who hear
and accept it.
An argument for the sake of heaven demands the
ability to listen. It also demands the ability to be malleable, to change your way of thinking or living when
someone elses perceptions ring true, even though you
wish to cling to the familiar. These capabilities, however, mostly characterize saints, and most of us, including this writer, are far from being saints. The pity is that
too many of us no longer even aspire to saintliness.
This failure to be in touch with our higher selves
not only hurts others but devalues ourselves as
well. The biblical tradition holds that humanity was
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Undoubtedly,
many members
of the Jewish
community are
flummoxed by
Donald Trumps
presidential
election win.
regressive than anything that resembles
the word progress.
The plan fact is that under the last
eight years of a declared progressive,
healthcare costs, cost of living, and
income inequality went up, while work
force participation, the ease at which
small businesses could engage in the
economy, and the standard of living for
millions of Americans went down. Where
were the shiva services being held in the
Jewish community for the tens of thousands who lost their jobs in the energy
sector? Where were the protests against
Opinion
Linda
Hertzberg
Susan
Hertzberg
Some claim that Donald Trumps presidential win parallels the appointment
of Adolf Hitler as Germanys chancellor
in 1933. But that invites easy dismissal as
hyperbole, inasmuch as Trumpism (at
least so far) does not embrace the genocidal aspirations propelling Nazism.
There is, however, a closer analogy
that should inform and influence our
responsibilities and obligations to protest against Trumpism.
American minorities including Jews
but also others are facing not the
Nazi anti-Semitism and racial bigotry
of 1933 but the German anti-Semitic
political movement of 1880. That movement arose after the Bourse (stock
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and by mocking disabled people. Taking a page out of the anti-Semitic playbook, the candidate vilified the media
and other elites as distorting globalist influences protecting the undesirables, thereby dog whistling anti-Jewish
groups to their campaign.
Notwithstanding our historical obligation to combat anti-Semitism (and all
hatred), some argue that we should not
oppose Trumpism because Mr. Trump
also ran on a pro-Israel platform, and
the now anti-Israel agitators and policies, mainly associated with liberal
organizations and politicians, pose
the greater threat. Irrespective of the
immorality of such an approach and
it is truly immoral to ignore the hateful
statements Mr. Trump has made, especially now that he can make good on his
threats Jewish interests today include
both those affecting Israel and those
impacting the diaspora.
Just as diaspora Jews are called upon
Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the great modern Orthodox sage, made clear during
the evil days of the Holocaust, we must
publicly protest against the oppression
of the helpless, the defrauding of the
poor, the plight of the orphan. . . .
No religious cult is of any worth if
the laws and principles of righteousness
are violated and trampled upon by the
foot of pride.
Letters
Trumps win called
divine intervention
for the U.S. to go forward. It may be considered as both a saving and a warning. We
can repent by noting the need for correcting
the structure of family and out-of-wedlock
births that encumber every aspect of society and particularly creativity the reason
for our existence.
Sidney Kaplan, Fort Lee
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Leonard Cohen,
my father, and me
Cnaan Liphshiz
Remembering
Leonard Cohen,
whose Jewish-infused
poetry and songs
inspired generations
Ron Kampeas
eonard Cohen, the
Canadian singer-songwriter whose Jewishinfused work became
a soundtrack for melancholy, has died. He
was 82.
It is with profound
sorrow we report that legendary poet,
songwriter and artist Leonard Cohen has
passed away, his Facebook page told the
world. We have lost one of musics most
revered and prolific visionaries.
It did not give a cause of death.
He died on Monday, November 7, in
Los Angeles, his death was announced on
Wednesday, November 9, and his private
funeral, in his childhood synagogue in
Montreal, was held on Thursday.
Cohen, a Montreal native born in 1934,
was playing folk guitar by the time he was
15, when he learned the resistance song
The Partisan while working at a camp
from an older friend.
We sang together every morning, going
through The Peoples Song Book from
cover to cover, he recalled in his first
Best Of compilation in 1975. I developed the curious notion that the Nazis
were overthrown by music.
As a student at McGill University,
Cohen became part of Montreals burgeoning alternative art scene, which
burst with nervous energy. That was a
time when tensions between Quebecs
French and English speakers were coming to the fore.
His influences included Irving Layton,
the seminal Canadian Jewish poet who
taught at McGill, and like Cohen grappled
I developed the
curious notion
that the Nazis
were overthrown
by music.
factor in his deciding to leave Montreal,
was recorded by Judy Collins and became
a hit, launching his career.
Cohen sang in his limited bass and wrote
his songs so he could sing them. They
would have been dirges but for their surprising lyrical turns and reckoning with joy
in unexpected places.
In Bird on the Wire, one of his most
covered songs, he recovers from a crippling guilt when he finds inspiration in a
beggar, and then in a prostitute: And a
pretty woman, leaning in her darkened
door/ She cried to me, Hey why not ask
for more?
Cohen embraced Buddhism but never
stopped saying he was Jewish. His music
more often than not dealt directly not
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just with his faith but with his Jewish
peoples story.
His most famous song, covered hundreds of times, is Hallelujah he has
said its unpublished verses are endless,
but in its recorded version is about the
sacred anguish felt by King David as he
contemplates the beauty of the forbidden
Bathsheba.
Cohens version, released in 1984, did
well in Europe. (In a video on German
TV he is backed by a childrens choir hiding behind a faux Greek set.) John Cale
recorded a piano-driven version for a
Cohen tribute album in 1991. Jeff Buckley
heard that version and used it as the basis
for his own six-minute cover, reinterpreting on his guitar the arpeggios Cale had
used to accompany the song.
Running longer than six minutes,
Buckleys version became the go-to for
extended TV show montages depicting
trauma and melancholy song in the late
1990s. Cales version was used in Shrek
in 2001, and that did it. The song became
inevitable.
First We Take Manhattan, recorded
in the late 1980s when Cohen was living
in Europe much of the time, plumbs the
anger of a modern Jew traveling through
a postwar consumerist Europe that has
become adept at ignoring its Jewish ghosts:
I love your body and your spirit and
your clothes
But you see that line there moving
through the station?
I told you, I told you, told you, I was one
of those.
Cohen was droll, but also reverent: Each
of his explanations of his songs on 1975s
Best Of is sardonic except for one, for
Who by Fire.
This is based on a prayer recited on the
Day of Atonement, was all he wrote.
Cohen, in his 70s in the late 2000s,
again began to tour and record; a manager
had bilked him of much of his fortune. He
released his final album, You Want It
Darker, last month.
He often toured Israel, and he expressed
his love for the country Cohen toured for
troops in the 1973 Yom Kippur War but
Leonard Cohen entertains Israeli troops on the southern front during the 1973 war with Egypt and Syria as Gen. Ariel
Sharon listens appreciatively.
Liphshiz
from page 45
Leonard Cohen clutches his trademark fedora during his 2009 concert in Israel.
and Israeli parents who had lost children to the conflict. While I recognize
the universality of grief, I found that the
rhetoric of this particular parents circle risked creating a moral equivalence
between terrorists and their killers.
I had expected more from Cohen,
whom I fortunately got to see, after all,
when he toured Europe in 2012.
But my father took a different view.
The discussions we had on this point
became yet another case in which
Cohen, from his tower of song, informed
both my outlook and my relationship
with my father, who is by far my best
debate adversary.
Cover Story
Daniel Kahn credits Leonard Cohen with inspiring him to become a songwriter.
achieving goals that they had set, compared with the control group of those
who did not record their gratitude.
In a similar study, participants consistently reported feeling more energetic,
alive, awake, and alert. Expressing and
feeling gratitude has also been found
to inspire pro-social behavior such
as generosity, compassion, and charitable giving.
Gratitude even helps in hard times, as
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Harry Carson, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer and
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This life skills group has been one of the most popular offered at the center. An Adler league was created and members with aphasia are using technology
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The five-day medical mission supported by Save
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They suspected, and ultimately
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sleep-wake cycle did not change their circadian rhythms, but once mice experienced a six-hour jump ahead in daylight
hours, varying oxygen levels helped them
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Vayera: The easy way out? I think not
ear Reader,
of Mamre. He was sitting at the opening of
I have a confession to make to
his tent during the heat of the day (Genyou. The dvar Torah that you
esis 18:1). Eleventh century commentator
are about to read was not my
Rashi explains that God appeared to Abraoriginal submission to The Jewish Standard.
ham to visit the sick. Quoting a teaching
The night following the presidential election
of Rabbi Chama bar Chanina, Rashi explains
(since the editors ask for our submission a
that it was the third day following Abrahams
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Abraham must have been in tremenRabbi Paul
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It wasnt a bad dvar Torah, but then again,
doesnt. Addressing his visitors, Abraham
it wasnt one of my best either. I took the easy
says, Let me get you something to eat, so
way out. There. I said it.
you can be refreshed and then go on your
Only there is one huge problem. Parashat Vayera has
way now that you have come to your servant (18:5).
nothing to do with taking the easy way out just the oppoAfter Sarah and a servant assist in the preparation of
site in fact. When Abraham learns that God is going to
the food, Abraham places a meal before his visitors, his
destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, he challenges God to save
honored guests, and speaks with them. It doesnt matthese cities for the sake of even ten righteous individuals,
ter how he is feeling, the level of his tiredness, his pain
and questions God, Will not the judge of the world act
or suffering. He remains a man of purpose and intent.
justly? When God tests Abraham later in the parashah
Abraham doesnt take the easy way out.
(in perhaps one of the Torahs most awful, inexplicable
Abraham should be a model for us in the current season
scenes), directing Abraham to sacrifice his son, Abraham
and in our current political and social climate. Consider
doesnt back down.
what Abraham does in the span of a few chapters. He is
The beginning of the parashah is no different. We read,
argumentative and he wont back down. He challenges the
And God appeared to him [Abraham] in the terebinths
status quo and he wont take no for an answer. He offers
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poetry slam, Novembers
in November A Night
of Poetry, with brothers
Yehoshua and Baruch
November, during the
oneg Shabbat, 7:30 p.m.
510 Cumberland Ave.
(201) 357-0613 or www.
shaaretefillah.org.
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595-6565 or www.
templebethtikvahnj.org.
Saturday
November 19
Shabbat in Bayonne:
Rabbi Cathy Felix is
installed as the new rabbi
at Temple Beth Am,
10:30 a.m. 111 Avenue B.
(201) 858-2020.
Congregation Beth
Aaron holds a kumsitz on
motzei Shabbat Vayera,
8 p.m. Chanani Sandler
and Benjy Rosenbluth
will sing and offer words
of inspiration. Light
refreshments. 950 Queen
Anne Road. (201) 8366210.
Sunday
Andrew Gross
Shabbat in Wayne:
Andrew Gross discusses
U.S./Israeli Relations:
Partnering for Peace for
the 45th annual Rabbi
Shai Shacknai Memorial
lecture at Temple Beth
Tikvah, 7:30 p.m. Mr.
Gross is the director
of political affairs and
adviser to the deputy
consul general of Israel in
New York. Shai Shacknai
was Beth Tikvahs first
full-time rabbi. 950
Preakness Ave. (973)
Oded Revivi
Shabbat in Englewood:
November 20
Israels affordable
housing crisis: Esther
Sandrof discusses the
Affordable Housing
Crisis in Israel and How
It Is Impacted by ArabJewish Relations and
Pluralism at Temple
Emeth in Teanecks
Byachad breakfast,
10:30 a.m. Ms. Sandrof is
a co-founder and partner
at Forsyth Street. 1666
Windsor Road. Breakfast
reservations, (201) 8331322 or www.emeth.org.
Concert in Clifton:
Rabbi Shammai
Engelmayer
Eric Goldman
Thanksgiving and
Judaism: Rabbi
Shammai Engelmayer
8th Day
Rabbi Gerald Zelizer
Kristallnacht: A Family
Story at Congregation
Adas Emuno, 4 p.m. 254
Broad Ave. (201) 592-1712
or www.adasemuno.org.
Kristallnacht program
in Leonia: Dr. Eugene
Marlow of the Heritage
Ensemble will show his
new video, Zikkaron/
Monday
November 21
Hollywood blacklist
talk in Tenafly: Dumont
historian Dick Burnon
talks about Dalton
Trumbo: An Early
Victim of the Hollywood
Blacklist, at a meeting
of the Senior Activity
Center at the Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades,
11:15 a.m. Will include
excerpts from the 2007
Calendar
film Trumbo. 411 East
Clinton Ave. (201) 5697900, ext. 235, or www.
jccotp.org.
Interfaith Thanksgiving
in Pearl River: Beth Am
Temple holds its annual
interfaith Thanksgiving
service with other Pearl
River houses of worship,
7:30 p.m. 60 East
Madison Ave. Call for free
tickets. (845) 735-5858
or www.bethamtemple.
org.
Monday
November 28
Monday
Senior program in
Wayne: The Chabad
November 21
In New York
Saturday
November 19
Tuesday
November 25
Interfaith Thanksgiving
in Jersey City:
The annual Journal
Square area interfaith
Thanksgiving service is
Singles
Sunday
November 20
Singles 65+ of the JCC
Rockland meets for lunch
at Sutters Mill, noon. 214
Route 59, Suffern, N.Y.
Individual checks. Gene,
(845) 356-5525.
Friday
November 22
Lehrer begins Whats
My Jewish Line, a
six-week course, at
the JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah, 8:15 p.m. East 304
Midland Ave. (201) 2627691.
at 6 p.m.; discussion
at 7. To benefit the
Academies@GBDS.
435 W. 116th St. Amy
Soukas, (201) 207-3685,
GBDSTorchTalks2gmail.
com, or www.ssnj.org.
Bob Costas
Lessons from the
Munich Olympics: The
Academies at Gerrard
Berman Day School in
Oakland offers Torch
Talks at Columbia Law
Schools Center for
Israeli Legal Studies.
Sportscaster Bob Costas
will moderate a panel
discussion, Lessons
From the Munich
Olympics. VIP reception
Needlepoint a mezuzah
The Women of Chai invites the community to crafts
night on December 1 at 7 p.m. at Temple Beth Tikvah in Wayne. Participants will create their own
needlepoint mezuzah. All are welcome. It costs $25
and includes colorful materials and instructions.
No previous needlepoint experience is needed. A
dessert buffet will follow.
Bringing a nonperishable food donation for the
WIN-Wayne Interfaith Network. For information,
call Joan Gottleib at (973) 633-5187 or email her at
gotsky5@optonline.net.
Dinner and
entertainment in
Clifton: North Jersey
Jewish Singles 40s-60s,
a group sponsored
by the Clifton Jewish
Center, hosts the Baby
Boomers dance with
music by DJ Allan
Boles, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Light buffet dinner. 18
Delaware St. (973) 7723131 or www.meetup.
com.
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Jewish World
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Condemn
from page 31
Let Congress do it
If Congress fails to reauthorize Iran sanctions before it concludes its business, there
are any number of Republican senators
ready to write new ones. That way, Trump
doesnt get blamed for walking away from
the deal.
Drawbacks: Democrats likely will filibuster any new legislation. An array of groups
that backed the deal, including J Street,
the liberal Middle East policy group, has
pledged to hold the partys feet to the fire.
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deal will engage in with everything weve
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president of government affairs.
And perhaps, from Trumps perspective, thats not a drawback: He satisfies
hard-liners by encouraging them to come
up with the toughest anti-deal legislation
possible and then watches it wither on
the vine.
JTA Wire Service
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