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Glory, glory Harry Lewis
Glory, glory Harry Lewis
Glory, glory Harry Lewis
His cloth goes shining on.
Thats how the song, set to the melody
of Glory, glory hallelujah, begins, and
those lines are the solemnly sung refrain.
They lead to a couplet that admittedly
is miniature in scale but whose last few
words sparkle in jeweled perfection:
Oh Harry Lewis perished in the service
of his Lord.
He was trampling through the warehouse
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where the drapes of Roth are stored.
The drapes of Roth! Brilliant.
Okay, its only funny if you know the
original music and words, and that the
drapes of Roth is a twist on the grapes
of wrath.
To go by the evidence of the audience
on My Son the Folksinger, parodist, wit,
singer, and songwriter Allan Shermans
1962 debut album, everybody there got it.
They roared.
So what does this have to do with
Selichot?
Surprisingly more than you might
have thought, according to Rabbi Joseph
Prouser, who will lead a singalong, with
some discussion, hes calling My Son
the Penitent before traditional Selichot
services at his shul, Temple Emanuel of
North Jersey in Franklin Lakes. (See box
for more information.)
Allan Sherman, who was enormously
successful in the early to mid 1960s, was
a clever, complicated, overweight, deeply
Jewish performer whose rise and fall were
entwined inextricably with his own genius,
his visible and hidden demons, and the
transitional time in which he flourished,
I have a fairly complex analysis of Allan
Sherman, which I will be presenting over
the course of the evening, Rabbi Prouser
said. However, this will be an experiential
evening. We will play the music, and peo-
ple can sing along. I will not talk the theme
to death. I want people to explore it.
There are seven main points he will
make through music, he added.
First, how did he come to know about
Allan Sherman? Rabbi Prouser grew up as
the youngest of a household of boys who
loved Shermans work. He would have
been too young to have found the music
himself, but it was already there, in the air
at home. He heard the songs constantly
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and now has them lodged permanently in
his head.
But the High Holy Day themes?
The first one, he said, is Allan Sher-
mans sensitivity to language. I love his
puns, and he has very sophisticated rhyme
schemes. And a sensitivity to language is a
huge part of the High Holiday liturgy. We
list our sins repeatedly, and fully a third
of them are related to our use of language.
And we repeatedly engage in complex
liturgical poems. So his really careful use
of language his thoughtful, calculating
use of language reflects the experience
of the High Holidays.
What about an example? Rabbi Prouser
cites One Hippopotami.
One hippopotami cannot get on a bus/
Because one hippopotami is two hippo-
potamus, Sherman sang. In that song,
he explores irregular plural nouns, Rabbi
Prouser said; Sherman goes on to mention
goose and geese, mouse and mice, moose
and meese. (Whoops! Moose and moose.
Such an unimaginative plural)
The second reason is that Allan Sher-
man almost singlehandedly established
a Jewish presence in this period of eth-
nic pride and expression, Rabbi Prouser
said. In the early 60s, all different kinds
of groups were talking about their unique
ethnic experiences and perspectives. It all
found its way into popular culture.
And then Allan Sherman jumped on
that national trend and imbued it with
Jewish content.
Examples? Some of his earliest songs
were explicitly Jewish in content, Rabbi
Prouser said. He pointed to Shermans
parody of Greensleeves, called Sir
Greenbaums Madrigal, and to My Zelda,
based on Harry Belafontes Matilda. But
really most of his first album is Jewish; you
could pick almost any one of those songs
as an example.
The third reason is that his music and
his audiences response are reflective of a
more innocent time, Rabbi Prouser said.
Part of what we are doing over the days
of repentance is exploring the extent to
which we can reclaim a more innocent,
simple, carefree way of living with integ-
rity. Whenever Allan Sherman strays any-
where close to anything that might be
off-color or untoward, the audience just
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The cover of Allan Shermans classic album, My Son,
the Folk Singer.
falls to pieces. But it is such mild stuff!
In Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max,
theres a line that goes, And here is your
cousin Yetta, who expects another kid.
Its just the suggestion of pregnancy,
and it gets a wave of laughter. The songs
dont get much more unseemly than that.
He doesnt get blue. It makes you recall a
time when humor was possible without
getting into the gutter.
And that segues into the next category,
Rabbi Prouser said. The truth is that
Allan Sherman was not such an innocent,
wholesome guy. He had his demons and
his excesses and his appetites eating and
drinking and womanizing and gambling.
He died at 48, of a range of diseases, offi-
cially of emphysema. The dark side of
the holidays is that we really examine our
own demons. We look at our dark side. We
have to confront our excesses. damaged human being who could be made
There is no song about that, Rabbi happy by singing Jewish-oriented songs.
Prouser continued. But there is one line
that I wonder about. It might be autobio-
graphical. Its in the song about the righ-
teous Sir Greenbaum. Thats the song
where he says that being a knight is no
job for a boy who is Jewish. Just a few
lines below that, he adds:
All day with the slaying and slewing, and
smiting and smoting like Robin Hood/
Oh, wouldst I could kick the habit, and
give up smoting for good.
It might be a veiled reference to his own
addictive personality, Rabbi Prouser said.
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Allan Sherman performed for President John F. Kennedy.
The next point and one of my favor-
ite things about him, is that he was not a
world-class singer, Rabbi Prouser said.
He could deliver a song, and he could
work an audience, and he was a first-class
wit and a first-class mind, but he was not a
first-class singer. From my perspective, its
all about stretching beyond our personal
perceived limitations.
Remember, he said, Allan Sherman
made his name not in writing or in
standup, but in song.
Next, there is his Jewishness. Rabbi
Prouser referred, as he did frequently,
to a biography, published in 2013, Mark
Cohens spectacularly titled Overweight
Sensation. As Mr. Cohen made clear, Sher-
man came from a secular family. All these
points overlap; Rabbi Prouser said that
Mr. Cohen described Allan Sherman as a
Who: Rabbi Joseph Prouser
Its similar to an earlier point, that he used
Jewish references, but here its something
a bit deeper. He injected Jewish con-
sciousness and content into his life and his
work, Rabbi Prouser said. It is not piety.
It is not religion. It is Jewish identity. It is
connecting with the Jewish people.
That brings Rabbi Prouser to the stron-
gest point, the underlying or perhaps over-
arching one. The most important reason
that Allan Sherman is my choice for Seli-
chot is that classically the High Holidays
are supposed to be a time of joy, he said.
It is not supposed to be a somber, serious,
staid affair. The Mishna talks about Yom
Kippur as one of the happiest holidays in
the Jewish tradition. It and Tu BAv, the
traditional holiday of love, the minor holi-
day that closely follows Tisha BAv, spring-
time to Tisha BAvs winter.
The holidays are happy because we get
a new start, and a second chance. It makes
sense to me to open the holiday season in
a new way, in a way that is fun and joyful
and entertaining. Too often people get all
serious and mournful at Selichot.
We will have enough time for sobriety
and staidness over the course of the holi-
days, but it is important to remember that
we should approach them with joy. And
really there is no better way to approach
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur than with
an Allan Sherman singalong.
What: Will present a pre-Selichot pro-
gram about Allan Sherman
Where: At the synagogue he leads,
Temple Emanuel of North Jersey, 558
High Mountain Road, Franklin Lakes
When: On Saturday at 9 p.m.
AND THEN
Traditional Selichot services will follow
at 10:30, led by Rabbi Prouser and a
guest cantor, Lori Weber
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Abigail Klein Leichman
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While angst would seem to be
endemic to the Jewish personality
would Woody Allen have a career with-
out it? Mr. Jacobson tries to help dis-
tinguish between what is truly worrying
and what is not worth losing sleep over.
This is very important in everything
we do at the ADL because people look
to us to assess the state of many things,
including anti-Semitism, and its impor-
tant not to understate or overstate, Mr.
Jacobson said. Our responsibility is to
find the correct spot on the spectrum.
Mr. Jacobson, a Yeshiva University
graduate, holds a masters degree in
American history from Columbia Uni-
versity. He joined the ADL in 1972 and
has served in a variety of positions relat-
ing to international, Middle Eastern, and
interfaith affairs. He now oversees and
coordinates the formulation and imple-
mentation of ADL policy.
Theres a lot to talk about in the cur-
rent world regarding both global and
domestic anti-Semitism, Mr. Jacobson
said. They have certain commonalities
but also differences. Globally, we have
come to a very strange point in history,
over the last 15 years or so in Europe.
Not that anti-Semitism ever disappeared
after World War II, but it wasnt a pri-
mary issue on peoples minds in West-
ern Europe, generally speaking.
At the beginning of the 21st century,
something new began occurring. Ill talk
about the factors that came to bear and
continue to operate that have brought
about some of these changes.
Anti-Semitism on the domestic front is
foremost in American Jews minds these
days. Perhaps in the 2,000-year history
of the diaspora, and certainly in the last
50 to 60 years, there has never been a
What: Kenneth Jacobson, deputy national director of the Anti-Defamation League,
will talk about Resurgent Anti-Semitism: How Much to Worry at the opening general
meeting of the Bergen County section of the National Council of Jewish Women.
When: On Thursday, September 14, at 12:30 p.m.
Where: At Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck
How much: Free for members; $10 for non-members (applicable toward $60
annual membership if paid that day)
For more information: Email office@ncjwbcs.org, call (201) 385-4847, or go to
www.ncjwbcs.org.
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Ken Jacobson
Jewish community as comfortable in
its own skin as the Jews in the United
States, Mr. Jacobson said.
But we shouldnt be complacent.
Unlike in Europe, where the revival of
anti-Semitism was hardly a shock, in
America we didnt expect some of the
things weve seen recently. Residual
anti-Semitism always existed, but in the
last year or two it has really entered into
the consciousness of American Jews in
ways it has not in a while.
He is referring here to the re-emer-
gence of classic right-wing anti-Semitism
in America. I will talk about the election
campaign and the president and what it
means and what it doesnt.
There is no indication that Americans
are becoming more anti-Semitic, he said.
There have always been Americans
with anti-Semitic attitudes, and now
they are more willing to act on those
feelings. Thats the big change, and its a
very serious thing that we worry about.
The increasingly noisy neo-Nazi
fringe, however, is only one piece of a
bigger picture.
Anti-Semitism has no ideological lim-
its, Mr. Jacobson said. It comes from
the right and from the left, from major-
ity and minority communities. Thats a
common theme.
Its usually very easy to identify anti-
Semitism from the right because its bla-
tant. From the left, its expressed in a
framework of human rights and equality
in a way that makes it harder to identify.
And that gets into the Israel issue.
You can criticize Israel as you can
criticize any country, but when is it
actually anti-Semitism? In my talk, Ill
get into that and into the BDS issue and
how it plays out.
BDS, an abbreviation for the Boycott,
Divestment, and Sanctions movement
against Israel, is a vocal presence on
college campuses and is anti-Semitic
at its core, Mr. Jacobson said. Yet its
impact on policy, and on the country as
a whole, falls in the category of some-
thing not to worry about.
With the exception of Evergreen
State College in Washington recently,
there really isnt any university in the
United States that has passed a BDS
resolution, Mr. Jacobson said. The
This is very important in
everything we do at the ADL
because people look to us to
assess the state
of many things, including
anti-Semitism, and its
important not to understate
or overstate.
very real problem is that student groups
have picked up on this theme and have
created significant difficulties for Jewish
students, especially on the larger cam-
puses, in California and Michigan, par-
ticularly. The Jewish students feel alien-
ated and pressured and that resonates
with parents and grandparents.
The reason BDS is a big deal is
because a lot of college students who
may have some problem with Israel are
attracted to this. Theyre not necessar-
ily motivated by anti-Semitism but get
sucked into it. They jump in and give
the movement all its weight; we refer to
them as the long tail of BDS.
Another issue Mr. Jacobson will
address is what he sees as the direct
relationship between Americas role in
the world and the welfare of the Jewish
people.
When America is in retreat from the
world, its bad for America and bad for
the Jewish people, and when America
is engaged in the world, its good for
America and good for the Jewish peo-
ple, he said.
The history of the 20th century
really sums it up: We went into isolation
before World War II and the world paid
a huge price and the Jewish people paid
the ultimate price for that isolationism.
America became the leader in the world
after the war, and even with all the mis-
takes that were made, such as Vietnam,
it was for the good.
Where is that leadership today, and
where is it going? Thats an overarching
issue in regard to all that happens. There
were challenges in the Obama adminis-
tration as well, and that carries over.
On the bright side, he pointed out
that the Trump administration recently
decided to maintain the State Depart-
ment position of Special Envoy to Moni-
tor and Combat Anti-Semitism, estab-
lished by George W. Bush.
Under President Obama, this office
was one of the key vehicles for dealing
with global anti-Semitism, Mr. Jacob-
son said. We had been pushing folks to
write to the White House to make sure
President Trump did not end this special
envoy. So we shouldnt give up and think
we dont have any impact. I always talk
about actions people can take.
Jane Abraham, NCJSs co-president,
said that she is delighted to welcome
Ken Jacobson to kick off our series of
general meetings this year. With the
current state of world affairs, we will be
especially interested to hear his talk.
NCJSs program chair, Barbara Tilles,
said that in light of anti-Semitic inci-
dents occurring here and around the
world, this is a very timely topic for dis-
cussion. And who better to lead this dis-
cussion than Ken Jacobson?
The Bergen County section of NCJW,
a grassroots social-justice organization
inspired by Jewish values, provides
educational programs and speakers
throughout the year, including six gen-
eral meetings as well as study groups,
book groups, and trips.
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Warm corners
Teaneck shuls sponsor goody-filled canteens to help soldiers chill
Abigail Klein Leichman

I
ts well known that an army marches
on its stomach, and Israeli soldiers
indeed are well fed from the bounty of
the blooming desert. But when they
have 12-hour patrol shifts, in full gear, under
the Mideast sun, theres nothing like a free
cold drink and a snack served with a smile in
an air-conditioned space.
Thats the idea behind Pina Chama rest sta-
tions for IDF soldiers set up at the entrances
of many towns and villages in the West Bank.
The first Pina Chama which means Warm
Corner was established in 2001 at a strate-
gic junction in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusa-
lem, in memory of two Israelis killed in a ter-
rorist attack.
Warm doesnt refer to the temperature
inside the canteens theyre kept comfort-
ably cool in summer and warm in winter
but to the warmth of the community volun-
teers who establish and maintain them.
Over the last year, six new Warm Corner
kiosks have been set up through the generos-
ity of American donors to nonprofit organiza-
tion Yashar LaChayal (Straight to the Soldier).
The first station, built at the entrance of the
Ateret community about half an hour north
of Jerusalem, was sponsored by Congregation
Bnai Yeshurun of Teaneck. IDF soldiers patrol the entrance to
This Shabbat, Yashar LaChayal founder Ateret as other troops relax at the
and director Leon Blankrot will visit Bnai Warm Corner in the background.
Yeshurun and Congregation Rinat Yisrael, Inset, a sign on the side of the build-
both on West Englewood Avenue, to thank ing shows its sponsorship by Bnai
members for their support. Yeshurun of Teaneck.
Mr. Blankrot, a native of North Bergen who
made aliyah from Passaic in 1995, started Yas- Halamish, Mr. Blankrot said. When the ovens, and toaster ovens, as well as a phone- trenches. Its a fast-moving organization
har LaChayal during the second Lebanon war terror attack happened, the army brought a charging station and a television. with good connections.
in the summer of 2006, when food and other lot of personnel to Ateret as a staging area. On Fridays, local residents come and On a Shabbat around Israeli Independence
critical supplies were slow in getting to Israeli At least 150 soldiers were in our Pina Chama drop off cakes and other homemade treats, Day each May, the mens club sponsors an
troops on the frontlines. that Shabbat. Mr. Blankrot added. Well install electric ket- IDF kiddush at Bnai Yeshurun for the benefit
The organization has worked closely with He said that when he scouts out new sites tles for soup in the winter. of Yashar LaChayal, to which all 500-plus of
the Israel Defense Forces leadership over the for Warm Corner stations, he looks for spots The organization plans eventually to hire a the shuls member families are invited. The
years to provide specific extras on request at the entrance to a village, so its comfort- dedicated maintenance worker to service all initiative generally raises about $50,000 in
warm winter gear, hydration backpacks, able for soldiers to stop there and it also pro- the Warm Corner locations it sponsors. pledges from about half the membership; last
supply closets filled with personal hygiene vides an extra sense of security for residents. Yashar LaChayal provides a USB drive year the total was $55,000.
items for needy soldiers, air conditioners for During an average week, more than 100 for the TV at each location, containing vid- At Rinat Yisrael, fundraising for Yashar
barracks, and the like. More recently, Yashar soldiers stop into the 3-by-4-meter (32-by- eos about the history of the particular com- LaChayal was spearheaded by Reva and Dr.
LaChayal has embarked on long-term proj- 43-foot) Ateret kiosk on their breaks. You munity and its residents, so that soldiers Aaron Tokayer, whose late son Ilan served in
ects, including Warm Corner stations. should see the soldiers, sitting on the floor can learn more about the citizens theyre the IDF for a year as a foreign volunteer.
There are now Yashar LaChayal kiosks in under the air conditioner, he said. Theyre protecting. Congregations Keter Torah, Netivot Sha-
Nokdim, Tekoa, Otniel, Einav, and Ateret. dying for the cool air. Jon Bendavid, president of the Bnai Yeshu- lom, and Young Israel of Teaneck also have
The organization also is taking over respon- The site also includes a storage room and a run mens club, explained that he and a few participated in Yashar LaChayal benefits.
sibility for an existing Warm Corner in Kiryat 7-by-9-meter (75-by-97-foot) tiled patio, which Teaneck neighbors decided to start support- Its important for the soldiers to know that
Arba, neighboring Hebron. Israeli Defense soon will be home to some picnic tables, and ing the IDF through Yashar LaChayal in 2004. they have moral support, said Mr. Bendavid,
Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who lives in will be shaded by a pergola. The initial reason I got involved was who frequently travels to Israel to visit his son
Nokdim, called the Warm Corner phenom- Yashar LaChayal pays local grocery stores the fact that all funds raised go directly to in Raanana and his daughter in Neve Daniel,
enon a very important contribution to the $200 to $400 a month up front (often this soldiers because administrative costs are a Gush Etzion community.
welfare of Israels soldiers when he visited the cost is covered specifically by donors) and paid by a separate donor, Mr. Bendavid To find out more about the Warm Corner
opening of the newest station in August. local volunteers take the responsibility of said. We have the satisfaction of know- Project, go to https://www.yasharlachayal.
Yashar LaChayal is building five more sta- working with the grocery owners to keep ing that 100 percent of the money goes org/project/the-warm-corner-project. To
tions, including one in Neve Tzuf (also called the stations stocked with items such as to Yashar, and that Leon has the ability find out more about donating a new Warm
Halamish), where three members of a family bread, cheese, cakes, cookies, coffee, tea, to get needs met really fast. He knows a Corner or of making a recurring donation to
were murdered in a July terrorist attack. popcorn and cleaning supplies. The kiosks lot of the commanders and he gets to sup- sponsor monthly costs, write to Mr. Blankrot
Ateret is in a strategic area very near are outfitted with refrigerators, microwave port the soldiers on the front lines, in the at Leon@yasharlachayal.org.

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From generation to generation

Retiree group in Englewood shul offers community
diverse programming and intellectual stimulation
BANJI GANCHROW

T
he phrase Dor LDor lit-
erally means generation to
generation.
At Congregation Ahavath
Torah in Englewood, its meaning goes
even deeper. There, Dor LDor is a group
of vibrant retirees who are dedicated to
remaining active, to stimulating their
minds both spiritually and intellectually,
and to participating in programming that
entertains and delights.
Back in the year 2000, this group was
known as the Road Scholars. Its co-chairs
were a pair of sisters, Toby Salzburg
and Rita Blass, then of Englewood, who
wanted programming for retirees in the
community. (The sisters now live part-time
in Fort Lee and part-time in Florida, and
they have handed over their responsibility
for the group.)
Fast forward to 2011, when a fresh
crop of interested participants joined the
ranks of the newly retired. Ruth Scha-
pira was one of them now, she is the
committees chair. In 2011, I began to The Dor LDor committee includes, from left, Ellen Flamholz, Rabbi Chaim Poupko, Esther Fruchter, Beryl Neiwood, and
introduce classes, shiurim, at the Roos- Ruth Schapira. Deborah Berger and Diane Katzentstein-Feintuch are on the committee but not pictured.
evelt condos in Englewood for seniors
who were not as active, she said. I Ahavath Torah. (Shmuel Goldin is Aha- who has a flexible schedule during the Sheryl takes a current exhibit and gives us
asked Rabbi Mordechai Gershon, the vath Torahs recently retired longtime day, she said. background information of the artist and
assistant rabbi of Ahavath Torah at that senior rabbi and has joined Rabbi Isaac The programs have included day trips to his works, Ms. Schapira said. A bus trip to
time, and also Rabbi Zev Reichman of Swift as the shuls rabbi emeriti.) museums in New York City and New Jer- the museum, led by either a docent or an
East Hill Synagogue and his wife, Chana, Ms. Schapira and her husband, Lou, also sey, lectures, and movies. Ms. Schapira is audio guide, follows for the by-then-well-
to give these classes. Barbara Goldin, decided to change the groups name. They particularly proud of a two-part art appre- prepared participants. The second part of
Rabbi Goldins wife, then wished to part- wanted the community to know that the ciation program. The programs first part the program is wonderful, she said, but
ner with me, and we worked together to programs were intergenerational. They consists of brunch and a lecture by Sheryl people who lack either the time or the
combine these groups and bring them to are not only for retirees but for everyone Urman, who is a local artist and educator. physical mobility to make the trip benefit

Graham on Israel Also, Rabbi Kirshner continued, he is

South Carolinas senator to speak at Temple Emanu-El
JOANNE PALMER
We are entirely used to having big-name
politicians come to Bergen County to talk
about Israel.
There are many big-name politicians
who are fervent supporters of Israel.
But somehow, although Lindsey Gra-
ham, the Republican who is South Caro-
linas senior U.S. senator, is among those
fervent supporters, it seems surprising
that he is joining the ranks of those local
speakers. Thats because hes been much
in the news recently; hes a senior Republi-
can, a good friend of Senator John McCain,
the Arizona Republican whos opposed
President Donald Trump on health care
and now is battling brain cancer, and
not press-averse himself when it comes
to health care, the budget, DACA, white
supremicism, and other prominent issues.
But, as it turns out, Mr. Graham is a long-
time and stalwart supporter of Israel, and
so he will be talking about Israel at Temple
Emanu-El of Closter at Shabbat services on
September 16. (See box.)
I think that we would be hard-pressed
to find a more outspoken and unwaver-
ing supporter of the state of Israel than
Lindsey Graham, Emanu-Els Rabbi
David-Seth Kirshner said. It doesnt mat-
ter if you are a Republican, a Democrat, or
an independent people who love Israel
love Lindsey Graham.
I dont know why that is, the rabbi
continued. I dont know if it has to do
with Christian faith or his personal val-
ues, but I do know that he has been to
Israel countless times. Literally hundreds
of times. He has a deep connection with
the Israeli people, the mission of the
state of Israel, and the safety of the state
of Israel. And he also is aware of the pro-
tection that the state of Israel offers the
United States.
a nice man. He is an affable man. There is
nothing intimidating about his presence.
He is very engaging. When you talk to him,
he is talking just to you.
Arthur Sinesky is a former president of
Emanu-El, and he still sits on its board. He
was instrumental in getting Mr. Graham to
Closter. As you know, Senator Graham is
a leader in the Senate when it comes to for-
eign affairs, and he has been a very strong
advocate for the relationship between the
United States and Israel, Mr. Sinesky said.
And we have a diverse congregation, with
many points of view, so it is very interest-
ing to hear all these perspectives.
Im not sure what the senators objec-
tive is, but he is very open to getting out
and speaking around the country. I dont

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greatly from the first part.
The shuls Lunch and Learn with Rabbi
Goldin, another Dor LDor program, drew
between 50 and 60 participants. His fare-
well talk, on July 25, attracted more than
100 people to say goodbye to him.
Now Rabbi Chaim Poupko, the shuls
new senior rabbi, holds the reins. Ive
been amazed at how Ruth and her com-
mittee have put in so much time and
effort to bring in so many retirees to this
wonderful program, Rabbi Poupko said.
They dont just send out an announce-
ment or put up a flier. They take the time
to reach out to as many people as pos-
sible, and invite them personally to the
programs.
Its because of these efforts that the
Dor LDor group has grown in popular-
ity and numbers. The participants are
intellectually curious and enjoy presen-
tations that stimulate thoughtful discus-
sion. Ive had opportunities in the past
to give classes to them, and its always a
treat to study with them.
Rabbi Poupko knows the importance
of keeping seniors engaged. Several indi-
viduals from our community have begun
recently to explore how Englewood can
become a city where it is easier to age in
place, he said. Dor LDor will always
remain a critical piece of this endeavor.
Ruth Schapiras dedicated commit-
tee includes Englewood residents Esther
Fruchter, Beryl Niewood, Diane Katzen-
stein-Feintuch, Deborah Berger, and Ellen
Flamholz. These are the women who keep
the program beautifully decorated, culi-
narily pleasing, and simply all-around
entertaining, wonderful, and friendly.
know what his future aspirations are,
but given that he has been a presidential
candidate he was a contender in the
2016 primaries, although he did not get
particularly far I guess he would like
to widen his exposure.
Although Mr. Graham will be at
Emanu-El to talk about Israel, a ques-
tion and answer period at the kiddush
quite likely will follow his talk, given
during Shabbat services. And given how
often Mr. Grahams name has come up
in other contexts, he might end up field-
ing some questions about those areas as
well. I dont know if he will talk about
anything else in his prepared remarks,
but I wouldnt be surprised if he fields a
question about other subjects later, Mr.
Sinesky said.
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The participants
are intellectually
curious and enjoy
presentations
that stimulate
thoughtful
discussion.
Fran Altman has participated in a few
of the Dor LDor events. I am new to
Englewood I moved just three years
ago, she said. From the moment I went
to my first Dor LDor event, I was hooked.
All the participants were more than wel-
coming and extremely friendly. Ive since
become friends with some of the women.
My husband comes sometimes, and we
go out as couples with the nice people
weve met. I love the programming and
the lectures are inspiring. I look forward
to going to Dor LDor events.
Dor LDor attracts participants from
across the Jewish community and all
over Bergen County; it welcomes partici-
pants from all Jewish backgrounds. Its
next program about the High Holidays,
taught by Rabbi Poupko, with entertain-
ment by singer and humorist Meish Gold-
ish to follow is set for noon on Tues-
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more information, email office@ahavath-
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Golf Classic co-chairs, Alex Fleysher, left, and Leslie
Levine, with Golf Shootout sponsor Robert Francis of
Planned Companies. Mr. Francis won the raffles grand
prize, and donated it back to DOMC.
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is presented with a $2,500 check by Golf Classic co-chairs, from left,
David Kessler of Paterson, Andrew Kanter of Wayne, Alex Fleysher of West
Caldwell, and Leslie Levine of Clifton.

Daughters of Miriam Golf Classic outshines eclipse

The 37th annual Daughters of Miriam Golf Classic, on
August 21 was even more memorable because it coin-
cided with the solar eclipse. The classic, held at the
Preakness Hills Country Club in Wayne, supports fund-
ing for Alzheimers and dementia care at Daughters of
Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute. It brought busi-
ness and community leaders together for a day of golf
and socializing.
Eight players who were closest to the hole on the four
par-3 holes participated in the $500,000 Planned Com-
panies Shootout. At the end of the regulation round, two
more spots in the $500,000 shootout contest were auc-
tioned off. Ten golfers on the 18th hole competed for
the half-million-dollar prize from a distance of 150 yards.
In addition, the shotgun event offered hole-in-one
prizes including cars, vacations, jewelry, and cash
awards. Among the sponsors were the Timepiece Col-
lection of Englewood, Franks Truck Center of Lynd-
hurst, Route 23 Auto Mall of Butler, and Yanina & Co.
of Cedar Grove.
Participants received a variety of gifts when they reg-
istered and had brunch and an outdoor cocktail hour on
the new patio, and dinner. There were both silent and
live auctions with prizes including foursomes at exclu-
sive golf clubs; football, baseball, hockey, and basketball
tickets; sports memorabilia; vacations; and hard-to-get
tickets to Broadway shows, including Hamilton.
Robert Francis, CEO of Planned Companies, the tour-
naments shootout sponsor, announced the winner of
the 2017 Ford Mustang Coupe, which was valued at more
than $24,000. In a completely unforeseen twist, Mr.
Francis was handed a raffle with his own name on it. As
it turned out, he was the grand-prize winner. Mr. Francis
donated the car back to Daughters of Miriam Center, gen-
erously adding to the days fundraising success.
Volunteer coordinators Linda Fishman, Anne Kanter,
and Leslie Levine supervised the volunteers who helped
the day run smoothly.
Companies and individuals sponsoring the classic
included Premier Flag Sponsor ($25,000) the McCutchen
Foundation. Double Eagle Sponsors ($10,000) were A.L.
Levine Family Foundation, Levco Shopping Centers,
Sylvia and Avi Safer, Safer Textiles, Carole and Joel J.
Steiger, and Valley National Bank. The Shootout Spon-
sor ($10,000) was Planned Companies. Eagle Sponsors
($7,500) were Cole Schotz, P.C.; Integra Housing Group
and the Joined Management Team, and Leslie, Peter, and
Rachel Levine. Gold Tee Sponsors ($5,000) were Evco
Mechanical; Robert Gutenstein; Jay Horwitz; Lewis Fam-
ily Trust, Larry A. Levy, Trustee; Stephen A. Ploscowe;
Fox Rothschild, and Lisa and Jeff Silvershein. Birdie
Sponsors ($2,500)were ECS Global, Jacqueline and Alex
Fleysher, Anne and Andrew Kanter, Lisa and David Kes-
sler, Philip Moss, Nursing Network, Dr. Dely Go, Speedy
Rx, and Twin Med Medical Services. Meal Sponsors
($1,500) were Randi and Tedd Kochman, Spencer Sav-
ings Bank, OptumCare, and St. Marys Hospital.

Emunah bills events Norpac hosts

in Englewood, Teaneck
Emunahs Gela Feldman chapter in Englewood will honor
its former chapter co-presidents, Cheryl Borenstein and Abby
Herschmann, at a private home in Englewood at a Shabbat
tea on September 16 at 4 p.m. Rebetzin Chana Reichman will
discuss The Power of Beginnings.
For information, email lisanschechter@gmail.com or
ayeletrosen@gmail.com.
Emunah of Americas Libby Kolb chapter in Teaneck has
its annual Shabbat tea, Our Women The Quiet Heroes
on September 16, at 4 p.m., at Congregation Rinat Yisrael in
Teaneck. Guest speaker Nina Kampler of Teaneck will discuss
Why When Bad Things Happen to Good People? She and
her husband, Dr. Zvi Marans, are active members of the Jewish
community. Nina Kampler speaks and writes about coping with
tragedy in the aftermath of losing a child by suicide.
Funds raised by the Emunah tea will provide treatment and
senator from
West Virginia
Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was
the guest at an August 27 Norpac
meeting in Englewood, hosted by
Alise Reicin and Bob Boiarsky.
Mr. Manchin, who was a gover-
nor and state legislator before being
elected to the Senate, discussed his
decision to vote against the Iran deal
in 2015, despite party pressure to do
otherwise. He also was one of only
two Democratic senators to vote in
favor of Trump nominee David Fried-
man to become the U.S. ambassador
to Israel. He will be running for re- Alise Reicin, left, Senator Joe Manchin, and Bob Boiarsky.
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Briefly Local
Elaine Martz crosses the finish line.
Sister honors her namesake
with charity marathon run
Elaine Martz, who just turned 17, ran the
26.2 mile Sri Chinmoy Marathon in Rock-
land Lake State Park in Congers, N.Y., on
August 24. The youngest runner in the
marathon, she placed third in the 20-year-
old-and-under category. Elaine is a senior
and honor student at Teaneck High School,
where she also is a member of the THS var-
sity cross country and track teams. She
and her family are active in the local Jew-
ish community, including at Congregation
Beth Sholom in Teaneck.
Schechter Oakland alumni join
the Friends of IDF Israel tour
Monica Steinberg and Scott Nadler, both
alumni of the Gerrard Berman Solomon
Schechter Day School in Oakland, were
among a group of about 60 young sup-
porters attending a Friends of the Israel
Defense Forces National Young Leader-
ship Mission to Israel this summer.
Ms. Steinberg, an FIDF New Jersey
development associate, and Mr. Nadler,
an FIDF New York Young Leadership
board member, are shown at the Tel
Nof air base, where both of their fathers
served in the IDF.
The mission brought members of
FIDFs YL Division together with IDF
soldiers. Mission participants received
briefings on Israels security situation
from military officers, visited strategic
IDF army, navy, and air force bases to get
a behind-the-scenes look into the Israeli
militarys activities, and toured Israel,
going from mystical Safed to the beaches
of Tel Aviv to Jerusalems Old City.
The group also helped support IDF
soldiers during Israels first national
IDF Appreciation Week, when they vis-
ited and heard firsthand from combat
paratroopers guarding Israels border
with Gaza, as well as from Air Force sol-
diers and officers. They also handed out
refreshments.
This Young Leadership Mission
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NOAH MARTZ
Funds raised benefit the Nettie Says
Organization, a not-for-profit that was cre-
ated in honor of Elaines younger sister,
Nettie Faith Martz, who died when she was
10. The Nettie Says Organization advocates
for the full inclusion and active participa-
tion of all people of varying abilities. Nettie
was the inspiration for a fully inclusive play-
ground for all children in Teaneck, and that
led to the establishment of the organiza-
tion. For information, go to nettiesays.org.
SCALLY PHOTOGRAPHY
Scott Nadler and Monica Steinberg
brought our young FIDF supporters
together with the brave IDF soldiers who
risk their lives every day to watch over
Israel and the Jewish people, the FIDFs
national YL director, Bari Lovi, said. It
was an incredible opportunity to see
Israel in a whole new way, and to forge
bonds with soldiers whose well-being
they support through FIDF.
Volunteers from NCSY don protective gear at the United Orthodox Synagogue
of Houston. PHOTOS PROVIDED
Local NCSY teen volunteers help in Houston
A team of young volunteers from the New
Jersey area travelled to Houston on Sunday
for a three-day mission to help victims of Hur-
ricane Harvey. They are part of the New Jer-
sey region of NCSY, the international youth
movement of the Orthodox Union. The teens
brought supplies with them, and they helped
salvage and clean up what they could.
Among the group of 10 were students
from Maayanot Yeshiva High School for
Girls, Meira Book, Malka Feldman, Shira
Glicksman, and Amira Wittenberg, all from
Teaneck, and Chana Kolber of Monsey; Bru-
riah High School student Danya Saperstein of
Passaic; and the Frisch Schools Andrew Wolf
and Torah Academy of Bergen Countys Jacob
Tollinsky, both from Teaneck.
This will be the first of several volunteer NCSY volunteers clean synagogue
missions to the devastated area that NCSY books damaged in the hurricane.
has planned. NCSY is a worldwide organi-
zation dedicated to preparing Jewish teens NJ NSCY, Moishe Bane, the Orthodox Unions
to become agents of positive change and president, said. Our actions will show the
renewal. So far, NCSY volunteers have par- people of Houston that not only are our
ticipated in more than 50 similar missions to hearts with them, but our hands as well. We
areas around the world. will begin our efforts now and maintain them
We are proud to send our volunteers from long after the flood waters recede.
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forget about themselves for a moment
and stand up for a worthy cause Israel
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The all-expense-paid conference,
funded by CAMERA for students
selected as one-year fellows in the
CAMERA on Campus international pro-
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defending and promoting Israel in the
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In preparation for their Israel advo-
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and studied academic papers on the
Middle East conflict, did role playing,
learned debating skills, practiced pub-
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and even trained in the Israeli martial art
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Ms. Fliegelman learned that she can
be an effective Israel advocate without
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Participants came from the United
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Theres a global problem on college
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HaZamir to conduct choir auditions at Beth Am Temple

HaZamir Rockland, the international Jewish high school choir,
holds an open house and auditions for musical Jewish ninth- to
12th-graders on Sunday, September 17. The event is at Beth Am
Temple, 60 East Madison Ave., Pearl River. Cantor Marcy Kadin
conducts HaZamir Rockland.
There are more than 37 chapters of HaZamir in the United
States and Israel. The teens rehearse weekly and then come
together in March for a gala weekend and concert in Lincoln
Center. This year, HaZamir is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
For information, call (973) 202-0118, email hazamirrockland@
gmail.com, or go to www.zamirchoralfoundation.org.

Free tickets made available for High Holy Days

Free tickets to High Holy Days services at Rockland County
Board of Rabbis synagogues are available to qualifying
households. The free ticket offer is made possible by the
Rockland Jewish Initiative, a program of the Jewish Federa-
tion & Foundation of Rockland County.
To qualify for free tickets, applicants must not have been a
member of a Rockland County Board of Rabbis synagogue for
the past two years or bought High Holy Days tickets in Rockland
County for the past two years. There is a list of the Rockland
County Board of Rabbis synagogues at www.jewishrockland.
a link to the application form at jewishrockland.org/rji. Tickets
are available for erev Rosh Hashanah, both days of Rosh Hasha-
Brian LeBlanc PHOTO PROVIDED
nah, Kol Nidre, and Yom Kippur.
Cantor Barry Kanarek, director of the Rockland Jewish Initia- Neil Diamond tribute
tive, which administers the program, added, This is the fourth
year that Federation has partnered with the Rockland County planned for Esplanade
Board of Rabbis to offer free High Holiday tickets. Our goal is to The Esplanade at Palisades will hold a benefit
make it easy for families who might be new to the area or new concert on Monday, September 18, at 3 p.m., fea-
to Judaism to celebrate our most important holy days as part turing a performance by Brian LeBlanc as Neil Dia-
of a congregation. mond. It costs $10, and proceeds will benefit the

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org/rji. For more information, call Cantor Kanarek at (845) 362-4200, Nam Knights, a group of Vietnam veterans in Tap-
The deadline to apply for the tickets is September 13. There is ext. 170, or email bkanarek@jewishrockland.org.

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pan. Light refreshments will be served.
The Esplanade at Palisades is at 640 Oak Tree
Holocaust museum readies a salute to veterans Road in Palisades. The luxury senior residence

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tion offers a program for veterans on Thursday, November Traveling Wall of Hope where veterans can write a wish, meals served daily in its dining room. For informa-
16, at 12:30 p.m., and again at 7, at Rockland Community hope, or dream on a piece of colored paper and place it in tion, call (845) 359-7870 or go to www.esplanadeat-
Colleges Ellipse Technology Center in Suffern. the wall. Scott Fine, the artist who created the unique and palisades.com.
The program will include a keynote address by Alan colorful display of light and shadow, will be there.
Moskin, the museums vice president and a Jewish war Refreshments will be served. For information, call
veteran. Artist Walt Nygard will present Combat Paper, (845) 574-4099, email holocaustrcc@gmail.com, or go to
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Congregation Shaarey Israel
Where Tradition Meets Innovation.
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Congregation Shaarey Israel is a spiri-
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made and cherished. Shaarey Israel is a
place where you will find support and
participation in all your lifecycle events.
Our beautiful building is conveniently
located in Suffern/Montebello, off Exit
14B on the NYS Thruway.
At Shaarey Israel, we love children.
Our religious school, for children 5-13,
has a custom-designed curriculum of
Hebrew language, Hebrew reading,
and a love for Israel that connects each
child to their family and their heritage.
Children periodically participate in our-
Friday night services. Rabbi Weinbach
personally trains every bar/bat mitzvah
student.
We have daily morning and evening
minyanim. Shabbat and holiday services
begin at 8:45 a.m. and are followed by a
sumptuous Kiddush luncheon.
Programming is our middle name. We
offer an active Sisterhood and Mens
Club and a large variety of educational,
social, and innovative programs for all.
The shul participates in AIPAC conven-
tions and marches in the Celebrate Israel
Parade.
Come join us for a Shabbat or any of
our activities. We would love to meet
you. Come and feel the difference! Let
us show you how we can enhance your
life in ways you never dreamed of.
Sending you warm wishes
for a sweet New Year
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Temple Beth Sholom
Temple Beth Sholom is a Reform
congregation in New City. We are
dedicated to building a modern,
relevant, and relational Jewish life for
our congregants.
Rabbi Brian Leiken and Cantor Anna
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learn more.
Temple Beth Sholom is located at 228
New Hempstead Road. (845) 638-0770.
tbsrockland.org.
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Orangetown Jewish Center
For more than 50 years, the Oran-
getown Jewish Center has shared
the warmth and spirit of Conserva-
tive Judaism with Jews throughout
Rockland and Bergen counties. We
are a welcoming, inclusive egalitarian
synagogue that offers something for
every interest and need.
Our religious school starts in kinder-
garten and continues into an award-
winning youth program, Naaseh,
Hebrew High, and USY wrapped up into
one great learning experience, chosen
recently as USYs International Chap-
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Cover Story
The sounds of music
As we gear up for the High Holy Days, the musicians among us are tuning up as well.
Here, we present a story about a local singer, another about a local choir thats part of
a larger choir movement, and a third about a group thats about to perform locally.
We can all use harmony about now.

Awakening the soul

Rebecca Teplows liturgical music aims to move listeners to understand the words
Joanne Palmer

M
any of us hear the same melodies over
and over again on the High Holy Days. The
words to which they are set are so deeply
familiar that we tend to flow right into the
music without paying attention to the words.
But although Rebecca Teplow of Teaneck, a composer
and musician, knows how primally important music is
in reaching the depths of our souls, she also knows how
important the words are. She sings and composes litur-
gical music, and she has written new music to some of
the most totemic poetry we sing on Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur. When we hear the familiar words set to new
music, we will be able to hear both the words and the
music, Ms. Teplow said.
My purpose in singing is to have people recognize
the presence of God, she added. My goal is to awaken
the soul to the comforting presence of God through my
music.
She will perform some of her work, including a few new
pieces she has written for the holidays, at the Glen Rock
Jewish Center on Sunday. (See box.)
When I compose a new melody, I walk around for
days, just saying the words out loud to myself, over and
over again, until I absorb their pulse, their inflection, and
their meaning, she said. They have to become part of me
before I can even try to write music for them.
And then at some point it becomes easier for me to
get across their deep meaning with music than it would
have had I tried to use words. Thats when she writes the
melody, and then, just listening to my music, people can
get it, she said.
How does she choose which poems or psalms to get to
music? Usually I am drawn to works that I am struggling
with, she said. In Avinu Malkenu Our Father, Our
King, one of the most thematically prominent and con-
stantly repeated of the seasons prayers we are begging
God to save our lives. To me, it about that. And it is also
about asking how I am going to change personally. And
how am I going to become closer to God?
Who: Rebecca Teplow
What: Will appear in concert, accompanied by Tamara
Teplow, Daniel Hess, and Toru Dodo
Where: At the Glen Rock Jewish Center, 682 Harris-
town Road
When: On Sunday, September 10, at 7 p.m.
For more information: Listen to Ms. Teplows music on
Spotify or go to her website, rebeccateplow.com.
When I compose a
new melody, I walk
around for days,
just saying the
words out loud to
myself, over and
over again.
to new music. Count our days, so we may
acquire a heart of wisdom, she said, quot-
ing Psalm 90. Let us value our days. Let me
slow down. Let me be in the here and now.
Let me, let us immerse ourselves in the pre-
cious moments we are given.
Rebecca Teplow sits by the
Hudson River.
As a woman, I am so busy
cooking, getting ready, so that
when I walk into synagogue on
erev Yom Kippur, and I know
that I am going to hear Kol
Nidre, it is hard for me to tran-
sition to it. Ms. Teplow with cellist Elad Kabillo and videographer
You rush and rush, you Tamara Teplow Elisha Mlotek.
wonder if you will make it on
time, and then you get there and go in, and its like Okay. The meaning and liturgy of Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Connect me. Sometimes I feel like Im almost scared of it, Kippur also give people a heightened awareness of death
because I dont know if it will connect me. If it will work at this time of year, Ms. Teplow said. She has written
for me. music to Psalm 23, which includes the words though
Ms. Teplow wrote new music for Avinu Malkenu. It does I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
not replace the traditional melodies but instead allows lis- fear no evil, for you are with me. When you listen in the
teners to react to the words as if they were hearing them beginning, the notes sound like someone is acting walk-
for the first time, while being moved by the emotion in ing in the valley, overshadowed by death, Ms. Teplow
the music. said. And then when the music resolves, you hear I will
She has also set Limnot Yameinu Count Our Days See teplow page 37

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Ronit Wolff Hanan conducts HaZamir singers at a regional retreat in Baltimore.
With melody and music for all
Beth Sholoms youth choir uplifts voices and values
Lois Goldrich
N
ever underestimate the power
of music to stir the soul.
At Teanecks Congregation
Beth Sholom, that music is
made by both adults and children.
The congregation cherishes Tzipporei
Shalom, the youth choir that now is in
its 19th year. The choir is so meaningful
to CBS that it was the top-rated program
in several synagogue surveys, said Can-
tor Ronit Wolff Hanan, the shuls musi-
cal director, who co-founded and co-
directs the group with congregant Adina
Avery-Grossman.
I have seen the choirs impact on
the kids Jewish involvement, Cantor
Music from the heart
Yonina to appear in Teaneck
Lois Goldrich
Y
oni Tokayer and Nina Medved
the couple now known as
Yonina met briefly on a bal-
cony in Tzfat while Yoni was
shepherding an Australian tour group
and Nina was doing her national service
at Livnot Ulehibanot, a nonprofit Israel
experience program.
The two spoke briefly three minutes,
Yoni recalled during our recent telephone
interview then went their separate ways.
He would have liked to find her afterward,
but he didnt know who she was.
And then is this bashert or what? he
saw a Tu BShvat video from the organiza-
tion Nina was serving, and he learned her
name.
At the time, both were singing on their
Wolff Hanan said. I wish it had been
around when I was a kid. This is the
kids on ramp. Families understand that,
especially those parents who sit in on
rehearsals.
The kids are all looking at the conduc-
tor or cutting off at the same time. Even
first graders know the difference between
legato and staccato or differences in vol-
ume. Its done in a fun way, so the kids
will internalize the musical concepts.
I think there are a lot of paths to Jew-
ish connection, community and spiritu-
ality, Ms. Avery-Grossman said. Music,
and singing in particular, have always
been the best on ramp for me. For me,
teaching kids to love being Jewish, and
helping them to love shul, is a form of
own, and both were in the process of
recording original albums. Yoni was fur-
ther along, Nina said. But wed both
been writing our entire lives. We didnt
meet through music, but we quickly real-
ized that we both shared a passion for
music and it was an immediate click. In
fact, she added, the night before their first
date, they were listening to each others
music.
Now, nearly 2 l/2 years later, Yoni, 29,
and Nina, 23, are happily married and liv-
ing in Pardes Hanna, near Caesarea, while
enjoying a singing career that blends their
voices, their worldviews, and their indi-
vidual styles. Theyve blended their names
to perform as Yonina (think Brangelina).
They also share a daughter, Ashira, who
is 1 1/2. Ashira doesnt sing, Nina said, but
she does dance.
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prayer and service.
While most of Tzipporei Shaloms per-
formances are for its own congregation
the group sings at the conclusion of
Shabbat services its appeal extends far
beyond the shuls borders. The singing
group appeared with Safam, recorded a
selection on a CD with the noted chazzan
Netanel Hershtik, sang with Neil Sedaka
and Debbie Friedman, and joins with
the synagogues adult choir, Tavim, on
special occasions. It also participates in
an annual community-wide junior choir
festival together with choirs from local
Reform congregations.
Until now, the choir has been limited
to members of the Teaneck synagogue. The girls are part of Tzipporei Shalom at
See Music programs page 30 Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck.
Nina Medved, Yoni Tokayer, and their daughter, Ashira.
Nina admits that having her career and both cases, most of the parents siblings
a young child is a bit of a challenge and made aliyah as well.
we get a lot of help from our parents. Coming to the United States Yonina
Both families live in Israel. Nina was born will perform at Teanecks Netivot Sha-
in Jerusalem, but her parents hailed from lom on September 13 will be an adven-
Chicago and Los Angeles. Yonis family ture, Nina said, though the fact that her
came from New York when he was 5. In See yonina page 32
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Music programs
from page 29
But now, Cantor Wolff Hanan said, were opening it up.
Describing the move as an outreach effort, she said the
purpose of the initiative is not to lure members away from
other congregations some families have joined Beth Sho-
lom specifically to have their children in the choir but
to welcome people in the community who are not yet
ready to join a shul but want Jewish activities for their kids.
Its about building community, she said. Thinking out-
side the box.
Its no wonder that parents are eager for their children
to join Tzipporei Shalom, which welcomes all children
from first grade up. In addition to mastering a diverse rep-
ertoire of music in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, Zulu,
and more, the young singers learn basic music vocabulary
and choral singing skills, and explore the cultures and lan-
guages of Jews around the world.
As opposed to most synagogues, which use choirs
as part of the service, in our shuls culture, that was not
where they wanted choirs to be, Cantor Wolff Hanan
said. From the get-go, it was an addendum. We brought
them up at the end of services, and it actually allowed
us to be able to expose them to this breadth of Jewish
music from all over the world, which isnt only liturgical
Eastern and Western European, Ugandan, South African
languages and cultures and musical styles that arent
specific to liturgy.
She and Ms. Avery-Grossman get new ideas from some-
thing we hear and look it up, she continued. We have
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Henry Rosenblum now chazzan of the For-
est Hills Jewish Center and former dean of
the H.L. Miller Cantorial School of the Jew-
ish Theological Seminary of America lived
in Teaneck and was a member of Beth Sho-
lom. He listened to the children singing and
came up to us at kiddush, she said, and he
told them, Never underestimate the gift you
are giving these children.
The youth-choir conductors understood
his words well. Not only are they both from
cantorial families, but its in our blood,
Cantor Wolff Hanan said. We love imparting
it to the next generation. And, she added,
we have a continuum. Two years ago, look-
ing over the sea of 400 faces at Carnegie Hall
HaZamir is an international choir for high-school students. [at a HaZamir performance, see below], I
caught the eye of two kids in 12th grade who
our eyes and ears open. While the music performed on started with me in kindergarten.
Shabbat is a capella, at times the group is accompanied by Ms. Avery-Grossman pointed out that the young sing-
a piano when it performs on Sundays. ers learn the music so well, and have so much fun, that
As a cantors daughter, Jewish music permeated my life our alumni some 28-year-olds come back to visit and
at home and at synagogue, Ms. Avery-Grossman said. A can still sing every line they learned from songs we taught
highlight of my childhood was when my dad invited me them more than 18 years ago.
to sing with the Hebrew school choir. (I was a day school Tzipporei Shalom usually attracts between 20 and 30
kid.) We sang great songs, oldies but goodies but also young singers, and Cantor Wolff Hanan is not sure how
whatever was new in Israel. That experience inspired me many more will join now that the choir has been opened
to get involved decades later to collaborate with Ronit in to the community. How old members are depends on
creating Tsipporei Shalom. the year, she said. To ensure that the older children
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leaders, or give them wordier parts. There are ways to
engage all the ages so it wont feel babyish. And when
do they leave the group? We keep them as long as they
want to come, she said.
Ronit Wolff Hanans official title is cantor, but at Beth
Sholom which Ms. Avery-Grossman describes as a
singy congregation she is the music director. Born in
Tel Aviv and raised in White Plains, Cantor Wolff Hanan
spent eight years of her adult life in Israel teaching, per-
forming, and singing musical comedy and jazz. Later, she
left that work to become a mommy full time. Her chil-
dren were born in Israel.
The family moved to Teaneck, and joined Beth Sholom.
Now her 24-year-old son, Avioz, has come full circle and
is back in Israel serving in the IDF, she said. Her other
child, Adva, is an early childhood educator at the Solomon
Schechter Day School of Bergen County and co-director of
Camp Kef at Ben Porat Yosef.
Cantor Wolff Hanan took up her official role as the
synagogues music director in 2012. But for a good 10
years before that, she volunteered at the shul as a High
Holy Days chazzan, as co-conductor of Tzipporei Sha-
lom, and working with Avery Grossman, as co-teacher
of the Lunch & Leyn program for fifth graders. She holds
a bachelor of fine arts degree from New York University
and a masters in sacred music from the Jewish Theologi-
cal Seminary of America, where she was invested as a
chazzan in 2012.
Among her other jobs, Cantor Wolff Hanan is a singer
and soloist with the Zamir Chorale and is the co-founder
of the Bergen County chapter of HaZamir: the Inter-
national Jewish High School Choir, which she now
conducts. The auditioned group is open only to ninth
through 12th graders.
This year, however, the Zamir Choral Foundation will
launch the HaZamir Preparatory Program, HaZa-Prep,
designed for seventh and eighth graders. The program
When students start
studying music at an
early age, they are
actually learning
another language.
will give students a solid foundation in rehearsal tech-
nique and choral singing skills while being exposed to high
level Jewish choral music, all through an age-appropriate,
hands-on curriculum developed specifically for them,
Ms. Wolff Hanan said. And the addition of HaZa-Prep, we
now have programs open to grades one through 12, she
added.
Vivian Lazar is the director of HaZamir and HaZa-
Prep. The HaZamir Preparatory Program was designed
to nurture the musical soul that resides in Jewish teens,
She said. It will accomplish this by teaching the tools
necessary to perform Jewish choral music at the highest
standard in an environment that is educational and fun.
There are many such programs in the secular world but
there has never been a Jewish choral preparatory program
before.
When students start studying music at an early age,
they are actually learning another language, she contin-
ued. The earlier they start learning this language, the
more fluent they become. When students master choral
skills in a choir, they grow in self-esteem without feeling
exposed as a soloist might. They exhibit self-discipline and
take pride in being part of a greater whole. Our program
is designed to teach the musical skills all choristers must
know in a warm and nurturing Jewish environment.
Choral singing is a team sport, she added. No one can
choral sing alone, so choral singing mimics community at
its best. Every voice counts but together, the many voices
become one profound voice, breathing together and expe-
riencing transcendence within a strong performance.
HaZamir, now celebrating its 25th year, has 38 chap-
ters throughout the United States and Israel. It provides
a unique opportunity for Jewish teens of all denomina-
tions and backgrounds to sing sophisticated Jewish cho-
ral music in a fun, social environment, Ms. Lazar said. It
has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera
House, Avery Fisher Hall (now David Geffen Hall), and Jazz
at Lincoln Center. The foundation also sponsors a highly
selective chamber choir and offers a college credit pro-
gram for high school juniors and seniors, she said. The
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from page 31
Bergen chapters of HaZamir and HaZa-Prep meet
on Sunday afternoons at Beth Sholom.
HaZa-Prep is piloting in only a few chapters
other pilot chapters include Boston, Balti-
more, and Beit Shean, Israel and will have an
umbrella curriculum for all chapters, Can-
tor Wolff Hanan said. Participants will learn
the same music and have a chance to visit and
rehearse with one another. As they enter ninth
grade, They will have the techniques and skills
to move on to HaZamir. The Zamir Choral Foun-
dation, which sponsors both programs, will orga-
nize joint programs for HaZa-Prep Bergen County
and other HaZa-Prep chapters, and occasionally
HaZa-Prep will join its high school HaZamir coun-
terparts as well.
HaZamir has had an enormous impact on her
daughter, Zoe Avery-Grossman, her mother added
added. The music really spoke to her, and she
connected to her Jewish identity and Jewish texts
and history in new ways. She met Jewish teens
from all over the U.S. and Israel. She also made
long-lasting friendships. HaZamir encouraged her
to grow as a Jew and as a musician. It also honed
her leaderships skills, as she helped to create and
launch the first Teen Leadership program.
Zoe, 24, is a recruiter for the Israel gap-
year program Nativ. She sings each year with
training programs for the teen leaders. A HaZa-
mir board member, she assists with market-
ing, branding, and fundraising. She also is very
involved in supporting HaZamir Ha Sharon,
our chapter in Hod HaSharon. Our community
hosts the Israeli singers from Hod HaSharon in
the spring. She added that not only does Zoe
have HaZamir friends from all over the United
States, but from Israel as well. The Israel piece
is especially important to us, as we do not have
family in Israel. These kids and their families feel
like our Israeli family.
HaZamir is an experience like no other,
Ms. Wolff Hanan said. Its an enrichment
not instead of the synagogue choir but in addi-
tion to it. While ads are placed throughout the
community each year to attract new members,
the best recruitment is by kids talking about it.
When Matti thats Matthew Lazar, the groups
founder and Vivians husband envisioned it,
it was just one chapter in Manhattan. Now it has
38 chapters. Vivian Lazar pointed out that the
Zamir Choral Foundation also has established
choirs for adults the Zamir Chorale and for
18- to 30-year-olds Zamir Noded.
For more information on Tzipporei Shalom or
the Bergen chapters of the Zamir Choral Founda-
tions HaZamir and HaZa-Prep, email Cantor Ronit
Wolff Hanan at musicdirector@cbsteaneck.org.
from page 29
daughter is no longer nursing will make it a bit easier.
Yonina has become an international sensation their cover of the
song One Day drew some 40 million viewers primarily through
the weekly videos they post on Facebook and YouTube every Friday
before Shabbat. The songs they choose whether originals or cov-
ers are gentle, harmonic, and uplifting. They have an international
following Jewish and non-Jewish, secular and religious, young and
old. And although most of the hits for their weekly music videos come
from Israel and the United States, the Philippines comes in third, a
fact that delights but amazes the two young singers.
Yoni said that before he and Nina began to post the weekly videos,
he and a friend posted videos on a site called Weekly Niggun. We
thought it would be cool, he said. Later, we made it a trio. Then
we he and Nina moved to Tel Aviv, and we thought it would
be a shame to stop it.
Nina said they had so much fun doing music together, and
dreamed this could grow beyond sharing with friends and family.
Two months later, we noticed that people we dont know were com-
menting, and it was growing and growing. Then it just exploded.
It just happened by itself, Yoni said. Every Friday we put out a
video, then one day there were over 40 million viewers. They were,
they admit, very surprised, especially, for example, seeing the
video shared on a Turkish site. According to that site, they were a
Turkish couple who lived by the Black Sea.
The couples unique sound, the way their voices blend, just hap-
pens, Yoni said. Even when they record in a studio, they try to keep
things simple. Our home videos ended up being a type of guideline,
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Yonina
from page 32
he said. We started with just a guitar and
harmony, taped either at home or in their
car. We keep the intimacy of the vocals in
the center. While both Nina and Yoni have
lovely voices when they sing separately,
singing together does form something
else, Yoni said. When we met, something
new evolved.
We complement each other musi-
cally, Nina said. Yoni can pick up an
instrument and in 10 minutes he can play
it. Hes got a good ear. In reviewing their
first album released on Monday he
noticed all the tiny things. Im more of a
lyrics person. We each bring something
different to the table.
Their album, Emet Pshuta, or Simple
Truth, is 100 percent original, Nina said.
Some we wrote before we met and some
we wrote together. Most of it is in Hebrew,
but there are two tracks in English. Some
are upbeat like American country
and some are more quiet and intimate.
Some have a Middle Eastern feel. Its a
really interesting mix. Some of the songs
already have been released as singles.
Nina said that the album was made pos-
sible by a crowd-funding campaign, which
raised 128,000 shekels from
all over the world. It gave the
album a communal feeling, she
added. We werent just creating
it for ourselves.
The two young singers said
there are definitely ideas we
want to share, like family values.
The songs are wholesome and
comes from the heart.
natural, Nina said. We want to
make people feel good. Some people use
music to criticize. We want to bring posi-
tivity. Its about being mindful, trying to
live meaningful lives.
By default, that were a religious couple
is a message within itself, she added, not-
ing that perhaps it might show Israel and
Judaism in a new light. Still, their appeal
reaches beyond the Orthodox world.
Indeed, they wonder if their popularity in
the Philippines is due to some shared val-
ues, like the importance of the family.
Nina said that the issue of kol isha,
where men are forbidden to listen to a
woman sing, arises occasionally. On a
personal level, its been quite a journey,
she said, explaining that she has studied
the issue with several rabbis. While the
duo hears occasional criticism, an increas-
ing number of rabbis have begun to hold
People can relate
to our music. We try
to be authentic. It
that what counts is how the singing is done
whether it is done in a modest way.
Thats the halachic opinion we go by,
she said. People choose to come and
listen; were surprised by how accept-
ing people are. One rabbi, she said, will
not attend a live concert, but will watch
a video.
While Yoninas appeal is evident and
widespread, the two singers are at a loss to
explain it. Were very blessed, said Nina,
while Yoni added that We cant give our-
selves any credit, attributing their success
to Gods help.
But, Nina said, People can relate to our
music. We try to be authentic. It comes
from the heart. We named the album Sim-
ple Truth and thats what were trying to
convey. A line in the first song we released,
Ahavah, says that love is a simple truth.
The two dont call themselves
celebrities, nor do they feel like
stars.
We try to be ourselves, Nina
said. When people recognize them,
its like they feel theyve met us
before. We may be recognized, but
we dont feel like stars. We just feel
like we have a lot of friends.
At their Teaneck concert, the
singers will be accompanied by two local
musicians, keyboardist Mark Berman and
percussionist Jeff Potter. There will be
a blend of original songs from our new
album and from our favorite covers,
Nina said. Well try to create an intimate
feeling like were all together in one living
room. There will be something for every-
body to connect to.
Who: Yonina
What: Will perform
Where: Congregation Netivot Shalom,
811 Palisade Avenue, Teaneck
When: September 13; doors open at
8 p.m., concert begins at 8:30
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Teplow how deeply entwined in her life they are,

from page 28
fear no evil, because you are with me, and you feel
the warmth.
I wonder if I will have that faith in that moment,
she continued. I wrote that music before my parents
passed away that was very recently, and in the same
year. So I took the song and I played it at my mothers
bedside. She was in a coma, and I played it over and
over again, and it was very therapeutic.
She also set the words Ani Maamin the songs
title means I Believe, and the words include a belief
in the coming of the Moshiach, even if he tarries to
music. In the measure where it says I will wait for
him, the rhythm of the music changes to incorporate
extra beats, Ms. Teplow said. It is a question of tim-
ing, of waiting for the coming of the messiah, and the
commitment to wait with full belief, even if you think
about all the pain in the word.
And by singing these songs this week, two weeks
before Rosh Hashanah, I am becoming more in the
moment, so that when I go into those days I will be a
little more ready.
She has been rehearsing for her concert at home, Ms.
Teplow said. She will be working with three other musicians
Tamara Teplow, her daughter, on flute; world famous
cellist Daniel Hess, and pianist Toru Dodo, a 19-year-old
Israeli prodigy who just has graduated from Juilliard.
The other day, we were practicing at home, and my
heart was so wide open, and I used my voice to beg God,
The Teplow family, from left, Tamara, Josh, Joe, Rebecca, and Avery.
to thank God, to rejoice in God, and that day it was so
intense that the house was shaking, she said. It was
physically shaking. Everybody noticed it. It was so very
intense.
Because, as she said ruefully, it is hard to make a living
as a singer and composer, she also teaches piano, and she
is a speech pathologist. And as makes sense, given how
deeply music and spirituality are connected for her, and
Ms. Teplow hosts a Carlebach minyan
that meets at her house on Friday nights.
Her children also are musically gifted.
Her daughter, Tamara, not only plays
flute but also teaches. And her sons are
involved in Sofar concerts. Its a really
cool thing, Ms. Teplow said. Somebody
volunteers to host a concert in a living
room or backyard, and they announce it,
and the first 25 people who sign up get
access to the concert.
When I said to my son that I was will-
ing to perform, he said Why dont you
just announce a Sofar? So I am. It will be
on November 18, and the first 25 people
who email me, at rebeccaslivingroom@
gmail.com, will get access to it.
Im hoping that it will be free, but
there is a suggested donation, she con-
tinued. It will be an intimate setting, in
my living room, by candlelight, on a Sat-
urday night. You can do that instead of going out to eat.
No musicians make money doing this, but it is a beauti-
ful way to bring communities together through the arts,
she said.
As for her own music, what really differentiates it is that
it is word painting, she said. There is such a deep connec-
tion between the music and the words. It can be magical,
even for people who tend not to like Jewish music.

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relationships with all of these faith-based groups.
Spiritual care is perhaps a lesser-known facet of relief pro-
vided by the American Red Cross and other organizations
on hand, including the Salvation Army and the National
Guard. And it can discomfit some people who worry that
clergy are there to make converts among distraught people.
But Stern insists the work they do has nothing to do with
proselytizing and everything to do with giving people only
the tools and comfort they ask for. All the chaplains sign the
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster guide-
lines, which means no proselytizing, no missionizing, and
40 Jewish Standard SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
no pushing their own faiths.
Suppose someone says, as many do, I am so distraught
I want to die, Stern said. The natural response is, You
dont really mean that. Instead, we listen to that and we say,
tell me more. And by listening to the narrative we allow
them to make sense of it and put it in its place, and at the
same time we open the doors if they are inclined to open
those doors and are inclined to enter the spiritual. We never
say, I will pray with you or pray for you. We say, How can
I be helpful?
Some 1,500 people have arrived at the convention cen-
ter, most telling similar stories of wrecked homes, flooded
highways, and uncertainty about friends and loved ones.
Around the state, about 42,000 people were housed
overnight at shelters in Texas, the American Red Cross
said last Friday. Some cant get in touch with family
members, and some know people who have died.
There are families that have been separated, not
just husbands and wives and mothers and grandpar-
ents, but sometimes children and parents, Stern
said. And we hear stories of agony, and when we
get them together the potential tragedy turns into
something wonderful. An 8-year-old was brought to
a shelter an hour away and it took 36 hours for her
parents to find her.
Sterns Disaster Spiritual Care team is part of a
small army of spiritual and mental health profession-
als who have mobilized for Harvey and its aftermath,
as they have done in previous disasters. On the Jew-
ish side alone, the Network of Jewish Human Service
Agencies and the Jewish Family Service in Houston
are launching an emergency support line to provide
free telephone-based counseling. The Jewish Federa-
tions of North America sent a team of professionals
When she does go
back to Marlboro, she
will hand over her
duties to another
team of spiritual
caregivers, who are
bracing for
Hurricane Irma.
to Houston to help its local federation and Jewish
agencies find community members, provide cash
assistance, and work with displaced families. Groups
like Chabad and NCSY, the Orthodox youth group,
are dispatching volunteers. (For more on local NCSY
students, see page 18.)
But Stern knows from experience that communities
must also prepare for the long haul. The trauma of sur-
viving a disaster is like a scar, and remains in your
soul, she said.
Stern plans on staying in Texas another week before
heading back home and preparing for the High Holy
Days. I cant get out of the sermon just because I am
here in Dallas, she joked.
When she does go back to Marlboro, she will hand
over her duties to another team of spiritual caregivers,
who are bracing for Hurricane Irma. She had nothing
but the highest praise for her colleagues, who dropped
everything and headed to Texas, and receive only a
food allowance and a place to sleep for their troubles.
But Stern, who has performed bereavement coun-
seling for 38 years, says she understands the spiritual
rewards of this kind of work as well as the spiritual
challenges.
When people ask, Where is God in this? I tell
them I try to find God in the people around me who
are trying to help, she said. I never call these disas-
ters acts of God. I think that creates an immediate
barrier between people and the divine.
I see God in I dont know why terrible things hap-
pen but I do see God in the hands of the compassion-
ate, giving individuals who up and leave their families
and their work and whatever it is in order to come
here and help people at the most critical crossroads
of life. JTA Wire Service

Polands Jewish revival marred by community infighting
CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
For close to 30 years, leaders of Pol-
ish Jewry have been celebrating what
they call the revival of their once-great
community from near annihilation
during the Holocaust.
On occasions like the opening of
Jewish kindergartens and other com-
munal institutions, often held up as
the first since the genocide, activists
note milestones, contrasting them
with the preceding devastation, com-
munist-era oppression, or worrying
developments elsewhere in Europe.
As Europe is becoming more dif-
ficult to be Jewish in, Poland is going
in the other direction, one key pro-
moter of Jewish life in Poland, Jona-
than Ornstein of the Krakow Jewish
Community Center, said recently. He
invited readers to see this amazing
rebirth of Jewish life.
Poland, Ornstein noted, has small
but growing Jewish communities in
15 cities and dozens of Jewish cultural
festivals annually.
Others waxed lyrical about local
Jewish World
This July saw the 27th Jewish
Culture Festival in Krakow. It is a
sign of renewed interest in Jewish
life, 70 years after the Holocaust.
expressions of philo-Semitism, like
an odd but well-meaning mock Jewish
COURTESY OF KRAKOW JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVAL
wedding that took place last month
in Radzanow. Few of the guests there
actually were Jewish.
Its amazing that this heritage cre-
ated by 3.5 million murdered Jews is
still relevant today, Jonny Daniels,
founder of From the Depths, a group
for Holocaust commemoration in
Poland, said of the wedding.
But in recent weeks, this narrative
has given way to warnings by commu-
nal leaders of resurgent and poten-
tially violent anti-Semitism that they
say is being tolerated, if not encour-
aged, by the nationalist government
that came to power in 2015. In turn,
other Polish Jews have dismissed these
warnings as exaggerated and a parti-
san attempt to hurt the government.
The split within the community,
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and-rule tactics.
Those insisting that the ruling Law and Justice party
VOICE & PIANO LESSONS is not doing enough to address a rise in anti-Semitism
include the head of the Warsaw community, Anna
REBECCA TEPLOW Chipczynska; the president of the Union of Jewish
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REBECCATEPLOWSLP@GMAIL.COM For years weve been talking about the miracle
of the revival of Jewish life in Poland, of which we
are all very proud, Chipczynska said. Jewish life in
Poland is now a fact. But another fact is that theres
a security problem going on.
The problem, she added, is growing threats in
far-right circles acting with impunity from the gov-
ernment, requiring communities to spend more on
security and generating concern. She noted racist
rhetoric online and anti-Semitic remarks by lawmak-
ers and even Cabinet ministers, as well as expres-
sions of revisionism by state historians.
Recent incidents include a statement by lawmaker

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What anti-Semitism? What on
earth are they talking about? In
this country, I can walk around
with a kippah anywhere I like,
unlike in Berlin, Paris, Brussels.
I go to Jewish cultural festivals
in the middle of the street
with no security.
Hofman, Daniels, and two Chabad rab-
bis met with Kaczyski, the ruling party
official. Kaczyski so far has snubbed
requests for meetings from other com-
munity leaders. But he posed for a photo
with Hofmans group two weeks after
receiving the accusatory letter co-writ-
ten by Chipczynska. After the meeting,
which Hofman said was pleasant and ear-
nest, Hofman defended the government
and dismissed the allegations Chipczyn-
ska raised.
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What on earth are they talking about?
In this country, I can walk around with
a kippah anywhere I like, unlike in Ber-
lin, Paris, Brussels. I go to Jewish cultural
festivals in the middle of the street with
no security. In France you would need an
army battalion to give security.
Chipczynska rejected any partisan
motives in writing the letter and cited fig-
ures suggesting that hate speech and hate
crime are on the rise in Poland. While the
claim is supported in some reports, it is
challenged in others, and by the govern-
ment. Physical attacks on Jews in Poland
are extremely rare. The total number of
anti-Semitic incidents recorded there
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and the others present at the encounter chose their Jews, its press release said.
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given the Congress historic and ongoing inability to
agree on comprehensive immigration reform.
DACA recognized these individuals for who they
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hopes and dreams are no different from kids who are
born here, and there is no legitimate reason for inflict-
ing this needless suffering on them and their families.
The Reform movement called the action morally mis-
guided and demanded that Congress act to redress the
rescission.
It is imperative that Congress step up in support of
these young people who grew up in the United States
and who want to give back to the only country they
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Jewish Democrats also slammed the
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Though the vine draws its water from the peaceful, he added, and the Jewish, Mus- Eventually the violence subsided and
East River, its roots stretch back to a differ- lim, and Christian residents of the city things returned to more or less normal
ent waterway: the Shatt Al-Arab, the conflu- coexisted nicely. within the Iraqi Jewish community. But
ence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, on But in 1941, after Iraqs short-lived in the years to come, the Farhud would
which the Iraqi port city of Basra sits. It was alliance with Nazi Germany prompted be remembered as the beginning of a
there, in 1927, that Jiji was born into a Jewish a British invasion, rioting and looting downward slide that led to the conclu-
family. He caught the winemaking bug from that targeted Jewish neighborhoods and sion of 2,700 years of Jewish life in Iraq.
his father, who grew grapes and made wine businesses broke out in the city. The Jiji recalled listening on the radio to
in the courtyard of their home on Basras pogrom became known as the Farhud the 1948 United Nations vote to partition
main thoroughfare. an Arabic term meaning violent dis- Palestine. Though his family cheered at
Jiji said his passion for wine came from possession and while it was limited to the founding of the State of Israel, he
being Jewish in Iraq, celebrating Passover. looting in Basra, in Baghdad nearly 200 knew his life In Iraq was over.
The making and drinking of alcohol, he Jews were murdered and hundreds more By the fall he was enrolled in college
explained, was something that separated were wounded. in the United States. Within the next
Iraqs Jewish and Christian minorities from The Jijis were spared most of the vio- decade, the rest of his family had fled to
the countrys Muslim majority, for whom lence, and they opened their home to either the United States or Israel.
alcohol is forbidden. friends and relatives fleeing more dan- Jijis life in the U.S. began in an unlikely
During his childhood, Basra was a sleepy gerous parts of the city. place. He started school at Hope College,
town with about 10 synagogues and two Jewish people, of course, were fright- a devoutly Christian school in the town
Jewish schools, Jiji said. Life in Basra was ened, Jiji said. Friends and relatives of Holland, Michigan. He then trans-
started to come to our house; we had ferred to the prestigious Massachusetts
probably about 50 people. We gave up Institute of Technology to earn a degree
our beds, my siblings and I. I remember in engineering.
sleeping on the floor with only a towel But during his junior year, he received
for a pillow for days. an ultimatum from the Iraqi govern-
A lot of people in the house started ment: Return or have your Iraqi citizen-
talking about what to do if we were ship revoked. Having resigned his future
attacked. We had no arms, but we had in Iraq years before, the choice was obvi-
long sticks and at the end of the long ous. But Jiji, rendered stateless, was left
sticks we put a bolt. We carried them
around in case someone tried to break
in limbo, with a student visa but no other
official status.
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Latif Jiji stands in his Upper East Side winery, which he created 40 years ago.

The wine Jiji makes comes from grapes off a single vine, which measures
more than 100 feet.
that remained open to him, so Jiji con-
tinued his studies, eventually earning
his doctorate at the University of Michi-
gan. Though he received U.S. citizen-
ship in 1961, Jiji remained an academic,
teaching engineering at various univer-
sities, including the City College of New
York, where he worked until his retire-
ment in 2014.
Jiji met Vera the child of Jewish
immigrants from Hungary, who grew up
in the Bronx speaking Magyar at home
in 1954 at an event in New York for the
radio station WBAI.
And while Jijis vine initially was an
homage to his father and Basra, it is
also, like the four children they raised
together, the product of the couples mar-
riage, who has lasted more than 50 years.
Vera had planned an elaborate garden
for the backyard in 1977. Among various
annuals and perennials, she planted a
cherry tree and an evergreen. I showed
it to my husband with great pride
then he took a tiny stick, planted it in
the ground and it took over the whole
thing, she said.
Jijis initial plan wasnt to make wine.
He just thought the vine would add
a bit of distinction to the backyard.
Seven years later, however, it pro-
duced enough grapes that he thought
he might as well give it a try. Jiji knew a
bit about winemaking, because he had
watched his fathers primitive process,
and he studied up on it, too, buying all
sorts of books and pamphlets, as well
as equipment.
That first harvest, in 1984, yielded 24
pounds of grapes, enough for nine bot-
tles of wine. To date, the record is 712
pounds in a single harvest.
Vera is proud of Chateau Latif after
all, she came up with the name, a play
on the Rothschild winery Chateau Lafite,
whose vintages are among the most
expensive in the world. (Chateau Latifs
wine, by contrast, has no price point
Jiji doesnt have a license to sell it, so he
shares it with friends and family.)
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Aside from its location, the vine itself
is something of a rarity. Most wineries
have a lot of space and therefore grow
their grapes on many short vines.
Its contrary to all traditions from
the Greeks, the Arabs, the Italians, the
North Africans, Jiji said of his vertical
vine.
The wine is a dry white, made from
Niagara grapes that are native to New
York. Though often found in supermar-
kets, the grapes are uncommon in winer-
ies. And while the taste fluctuates from
year to year, the one constant descriptor
is fruity, Jiji said.
As each summer nears its end, Jiji
begins to measure the sugar content
of the grapes on the vine. Once he has
collected enough data, he determines
the prime 10-day period to harvest the
grapes. Usually thats in mid-September.
After the harvest, the grapes go to the
basement, which houses the wine cellar,
the machinery that Jiji uses to process
the grapes into juice, as well as a one-
of-a-kind refrigerator that he built him-
self. The juice ferments there, eventually
becoming wine.
It takes up to two weeks for the sugar
in the juice to turn into alcohol, and
another nine to 12 months for the sedi-
ment to settle and the liquid to clear and
begin to look like wine. During this fer-
mentation period, the gases created dur-
ing this process escape through a special
valve that lets air out but not in.
And now, as the days shorten and the
nights grow cooler, Jijis house will again
come alive with activity.
Friends and family will gather to pick
the grapes from Jijis vine and crush it
into juice to begin the fermentation pro-
cess. After a days labor, they will gather
for a home-cooked meal and enjoy some
of last years vintage of Chateau Latif.
Its a very unusual activity, the har-
vest, but people always enjoy it, Jiji said.
This is our 33rd year, and there are peo-
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Jewish World

Former nightlife promoters good Deed

helps to make volunteering easy and fun
JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
Deevee Kashi used to promote parties at
some of New Yorks most exclusive night-
clubs, including a celebrity- and model-laden
hotspot once described as a dark, opulent,
high-energy venue for the hottest acts and
most beautiful people working today.
Now he tries to get young men and women
to attend, and enjoy, very different kinds of
events: serving food at soup kitchens, volun-
teering with the elderly, and taking dogs at
shelters for walks.
Last year, the 29-year-old Israeli-American
left his job as director of promotions at the
Butter Group, which owns the international
nightclub 1Oak, to work full-time as CEO of his
startup, Deed. The user-friendly iPhone app
allows New Yorkers to sign up easily to par-
ticipate in one-time volunteer stints at local
organizations.
Since its launch in October, Deed has been
downloaded nearly 30,000 times, and it is
working with some 400 to 500 nonprofits
around the city.
Kashi his full first name is Dee-Zahav, the
Hebrew rendering of Dahab, a town in the
Sinai that his mom used to visit when she was
young grew up in both the United States
and Israel. He was born in New York and lived
here until he was 13, when his Israeli parents
decided it was time to go home. In Israel,
they settled in Tel Avivs Ramat Aviv neigh-
borhood, where Kashi lived until he was 18.
Thats when he returned to the United States
to study at New York University.
Kashi owned the nightclub NeverNever, a
hangout for celebrities such as Drake, Miley
Cyrus, and Bella Hadid, until it closed in
March. He said that his early success can be
attributed, at least in part, to his Israeli-type
attitude of do it now, worry about it later.
I think I have a hybrid mentality when
Im doing business, he said during an
interview in the lounge of his apart-
ment building in Williamsburg, which
also functions as Deeds office. I think
its a hybrid of the just going out there
and doing it kind of mentality of Israelis
and figuring it out later in terms of how
things are supposed to work.
Kashi first got into nightlife as a stu-
dent at NYU, hosting parties to help pay
for tuition.
I was good at it, and my priorities
were in different places, and I was mak-
ing a lot of money coming out of college,
so I couldnt justify getting another job,
he said.
Though Kashi enjoyed working in
nightlife, he said that he felt that some-
thing was missing.
Throughout that time I met some
amazing people that I always wanted
to activate for something greater than
nightlife, he said. Throughout that
time I also always considered myself
socially conscious but I was young and
I wasnt really doing anything socially
conscious, so it was really an internal
perception.
In the spring of 2015, he decided to act
on his desire to volunteer.
I just started googling different
opportunities to give back, and at that
point I realized that everything else that
I do is easy and streamlined and accessi-
ble, and when it comes to helping some-
one outside of yourself, its really diffi-
cult, Kashi said.
Thats when he came up with the idea
for Deed. In August 2016, he quit his job
at the Butter Group to work full-time on
Deed, officially launching the app two
months later.
With Deed, Kashi not only wants to
make it easy for people to volunteer,
he wants to transform the way nonprof-
its interact with volunteers. Instead of
charging nonprofits for Deeds services,
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to organizations. He said he is in talks with
several really, really big brands.
Kashi also wants to change the way mil- Since its launch in
lennials whom he calls a very socially
conscious generation view volunteering. October, Deed has
We had to focus on the social component, been downloaded
he said. We had to position Deed as some-
thing you can do for fun, not something you nearly 30,000
feel obligated to be doing. times, and it is
Kashi said people have met both friends
and significant others through the app. working with
For now, Deed, which has three full-time some 400 to 500
employees, including Kashi, and five part-
timers, is something of a labor of love. He nonprofits around
still hasnt been able to take a salary. the city.
That may change soon Kashi recently
received an offer from a prominent inves-
tor in Israel to bring Deed there. I would
love to be in Tel Aviv, he said. My whole facilitate 100 million deeds, he said. So
family is there, so it would give me an far, weve fed almost 70,000 New Yorkers,
excuse to be there for a little bit of time. mentored over 5,000 inner-city youth, kept
For now, Kashi plans to introduce Deed company over 4,000 seniors, beautified
in Los Angeles in October. That might bring over 50 public spaces in New York, walked
him closer to his ambitious vision. and taken care of over 5,000 dogs at ani- Deevee Kashi is the founder and CEO of Deed, a startup that offers an easy
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Editorial
Hate should have
no home here
T I
his week, we mark the
16th anniversary of Sep-
tember 11.
We remember again,
as we do every year, the way
hatred and foul irrational sulphu-
rous evil came out of what literally
was a clear blue sky, a sky as glori-
ously cobalt as wed ever seen, a
sky almost impossibly blue.
And then unthinkable mon-
strosity came from it, death and
pain and stench and loss, the
courage of first responders and
the unthinkable decision peo-
ple at the top of the towers had
to make as they chose between
death by smoke or death by
jumping and plummeting to the
ground, pulled by gravity ever
faster and faster.
Many people in this community
the local Jewish community and
the larger north Jersey one died
on that day.
There was some good that came
out of that nightmare, examples
of courage and heart and healing,
an attempt to understand each
other better, to see past labels
into hearts. People lined up to
donate blood, to search rubble,
to post signs, to give food, to give
love, to do whatever they could to
help. Even if they could do noth-
ing else, they could give love, and
they did.
One of my most powerful mem-
ories of that time other than
the smell of death that was blown
upriver every evening for weeks
is the first Friday night after that
monstrous Tuesday. That night,
at twilight, hundreds of people
came out and stood silently, hold-
ing candles, holding vigil. We
were on our way to Shabbat din-
ner then, so we had no candles,
but we were lit by their flickering
light, and somehow we felt hope
and love.
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But now the world seems again
plunged into a morass. The situ-
ation in North Korea is terrifying.
This countrys moral and physi-
cal fabric seems to be fraying. We
are at each others throats. We are
turning away the immigrants who
were brought here as children
and know no other home, young
immigrants who are just like
many of our grandparents and
great grandparents, also dream-
ers, equal in their hopes but not
in their welcome. And anti-Sem-
ites seem to be crawling from the
woodwork where they apparently
have been flourishing in the fetid
darkness.
We cannot possibly let this hap-
pen. And we dont have to.
This is the month of Elul. Seli-
chot is next Saturday night Sep-
tember 16. It is a time for reflec-
tion, not only about ourselves but
about our place in the world. We
are a strong community. And our
new year comes at a physically
beautiful time, when the world
is about to turn bright with vivid
color, when the light is gold and
the shadows are sharp and the
sense of excitement and change
is palpable in the air.
There have been grassroots
movements springing up all over,
declaring that hate has no home
here. There have been vigils, out-
pourings of love and solidarity,
visual representations of the truth
that love can trump hatred, that
goodness can overcome wicked-
ness, that Dr. Martin Luther King
was right when he said that the
arc of the moral universe is long,
but it bends toward justice.
As we remember September
11, as we look toward an unclear
future in a suddenly unfriendly
world, let us keep hoping that the
moral universe continues to bend.
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KEEPING THE FAITH
Its not Gods fault
f you have not yet donated to the Jewish Daubenmire ended with a plea: Lets stop kill-
Federation of Northern New Jerseys Hur- ing the babies!
ricane Harvey relief fund, please do so. Ann Coulter, a darling of the far right, chimed in
If you are able to give blood, please do so, as well not endorsing such comments directly,
as well. The need is monumental and so is the but also not willing to dismiss them entirely. After
mitzvah. That being said reading an article that suggested a more scientific
It was inevitable. Almost immediately after explanation for Harvey, and having nothing bet-
Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, there ter to do at 11:34 p.m. on the night of August 28,
came the voices from the Christian religious right she tweeted that God punishing Texas is more
blaming the storm on gay rights, abortion rights, credible than climate change.
and even transgender bathroom privileges. Jewish figures on the far right are no less prone
The latter is how conservative pastor Kevin to bringing the wrath of God into natural disas-
Swanson interpreted Harvey to his radio listen- ters (although not so far in the case of Harvey).
ers. Just last week, he said, the State of Texas During Katrina in 2005, for example, a num-
failed to pass a bathroom bill that would have ber of rabbis suggested that God was punishing
prevented cross-dressing men from the United States for forcing Israel
using womens restrooms in the to evacuate Gaza. There even was
State of Texas. a timeline created to prove the
While were not saying that God claim. Israel, the timeline went,
sent the hurricane just because of completed its evacuations on
this, he said, Gods message nev- August 23. The very next day, the
ertheless was clear, and the entire tropical depression that would
State of Texas and the entire United become Katrina showed up on
States of America needs to take note weather radar screens for the first
of this. There is a God in heaven, time.
He brings His judgments, and He Shammai When we see something so enor-
calls nations to repentance, as He is Engelmayer mous as Katrina, said Joseph Gar-
doing right now, Swanson said. litzky, a Chabad rabbi in Tel Aviv, on
He also noted that Houston only the Shabbat after Katrina struck, it
recently had a very, very, very aggressively pro- clearly must mean something was done wrong
homosexual mayor, Annise Parker, which was by America in a big way. He then noted that
another possible cause for Harvey. Said Swan- there are many obvious connections between
son, unless Americans repent, unless Houston the storm and the Gaza evacuation, which came
repents, they will all likewise perish. That is right on top of each other.
the message God is sending home right now to No one, he warned, has permission to take
America. Is America listening? away one inch of the land of Israel from the Jew-
One-time controversial high school football ish people.
coach Dave Daubenmire, a far-right favorite ever The left is not immune from such absurdities
since the ACLU tackled him in court in the late either. In an effort to mock the far-right claims
1990s, told his webcast followers that Houston of heavenly responsibility, the satirical Paris
was one of the darkest cities in America. magazine Charlie Hebdo only managed to dis-
Houston, he mused, we got a problem here. gust nearly everyone who saw its post-Harvey
Could some of the problems be the result of the issue. The cover showed hands of drowning vic-
judgment of God coming your way because of the tims reaching above water in salutes to Nazi flags
slaughter of unborn children? that also were disappearing beneath the flood.
The question was rhetorical because, after all, The headline read: God exists. He drowned
he said, Houston was under water, and water, all the neo-Nazis of Texas, a reference to the
as everyone knows, is a sign of judgment and recent events of Charlottesville, W. Va., and their
cleansing. aftermath.
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Let us be clear about this. While questions of why
God did such a thing are inevitable, answers that give
credence to the questions are blasphemous. They
malign God. Worse, they let us off a hook God Himself
put us on.
God did not send Hurricane Harvey, just as He did
not send Katrina, or Sandy, or the rains that flooded
Mumbai last week. We did.
Fourteen years after Katrina, we still refuse to
accept what we saw then, and what we learned.
Worse, the devastation caused by Katrina never had
to happen. Scientists had been predicting it for many
years. A vivid description of the storm and its devas-
tating effect were published in National Geographic
10 months before Katrina hit in 2005. Thats before
Katrina, not after. The article also said the storm likely
would be the worst natural disaster in the history of
the United States until that point. Katrina lived up to
its predictions.
One reason National Geographic gave for why the
hurricane was inevitable was because the areas natu-
ral defenses are quietly melting away. From the Mis-
sissippi border to the Texas state line, Louisiana is los-
ing its protective fringe of marshes and barrier islands
faster than any place in the U.S.... [The] state contin-
ues to lose about 25 square miles of land each year,
roughly one acre every 33 minutes.
Years before Katrina, an unlikely coalition of scien-
tists, business leaders, and environmentalists joined
with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in proposing
a $14 billion plan to stave off a Katrina-like disaster in
New Orleans, but it found no support in Washington.
Only after the warnings proved true did Washington
act albeit too late to save the 1,600 lives that were
lost in Louisiana, or to prevent the billions of dollars
in property damage the storm caused.
There will always be people who ask why did God
let a hurricane happen, or an earthquake, or a tsu-
nami, or some other natural disaster, but we need to
understand that God has a question for us:
Why blame Me? I created Nature, but you messed
with it, even though I put you on earth to protect it.
You put the hole in the ozone layer, not Me. Youre
responsible for global warming, not Me. More power-
ful storms are your doing, not Mine. I created natural
protective barriers in Louisiana, and water-absorbing
land tracts in Texas. You messed with those, too. I cre-
ated Nature, but I also created science. You show even
less concern for science than you do for Nature. Yet
you blame Me for what you have done.
Katrina was a wake-up call, but we hit the snooze
button. Superstorm Sandy in 2012 was another wake-
up call, yet again we hit snooze. Harvey is warning
number 3. The only question is whether we heed it,
or whether we hit the snooze button a third time, and
pull the covers back over our heads.
Only this time, we need to consider this relevant
adage: Three strikes and youre out. the need to take a break from
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What I didnt say to Roger Waters
I
was this close to Roger Waters recently and I had so
much to say to him but I didnt.
I was backstage after a show in a Manhattan club. I
saw him, and I bit my lip. It wasnt the place to say any-
thing. It was a concert, not a political rally. But when would I
get another chance?
I agonized over what to do.
Theres nothing like inner
turmoil.
I idolized Pink Floyd growing
up. Thats the band that Roger
Waters wrote for, sang for, and
played bass for. Like many of
you, Pink Floyds Dark Side of the
Moon was a staple in my album
collection. Jamie Janoff
As a guitarist, I spent countless
hours learning their material in
my small Jersey City bedroom. It was always a challenge, but
I like challenges. And thats long before YouTube made it lots
easier. Video breaks down all the chords and changes, as you
watch and learn.
I wanted to be David Gilmour, its guitarist.
When Pink Floyd came to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City This close to Roger Waters backstage in NYC.
(it probably was my first concert), it made a strong impres-
sion on me. It really shaped me. Some of the most memorable tell him how much he influenced me early on? Or should I tell
performances I would see in later years were from this band. him that our house is now Pink Floyd-free?
On Thursday night, Roger Waters was to play Newarks Pru- It was really surreal, like a divorced couple seeing each
dential Center. It certainly would have been quite the event, other at a social occasion, where all the good and bad times
full of pyrotechnics, quadrophonic sound, and state-of-the-art come flashing by in one big blur.
theatricality. But I wasnt thereand we all know why. With all the monsters in the Middle East who throw gays off
Its all been said before. Youve all read what Waters has said roofs, who cut off womens body parts, who preach destruc-
about Israel and, like me, you probably find his logic twisted tion and despair its Israel and the Jews who are the bad
and unfounded. He is a major proponent of BDS. Even worse, guys?
many reports say that he has moved over the line into overt I loved Pink Floyd, but no more. Ill find inspiration in a
anti-Semitism, although he denies that. another band, a band that stands up and actually plays in
It is terrible when your heroes disappoint you. Israel instead of attacking it.
And there we were, Roger and me, just this close.
I remember my heart racing. Should I say hello? Should I Jamie Janoff is the publisher of the Jewish Standard.
A good servant (though a bad master)
I
ve read a number of arti- vocal chords.) Or sitting down to YouTube to watch just one
cles recently lauding Shab- five-minute video and finally getting up, reluctantly, two
bat as model for taking hours later? Or seeing someone text inappropriately? (During
a one-day a week smart- a funeral? Really??)
phone/social media vacation. So its not surprising that the idea of a weekly vacation has
Interestingly, although some of broad appeal.
them were written by observant And yet its not quite so simple. While reading email dur-
Jews, many were not. Rather, ing dinner with others surely is rude, the Kaplan family What-
sapp group enables our immediate family to easily and quickly
the 24/7 cycle of smartphones, Joseph C. exchange stories, ask questions, provide vacation informa-
Google, Whatsapp, email, tex- Kaplan tion, and circulate pictures (especially, notes the proud
ting, tweeting, Instagram, and grandpa, of adorable grandchildren) to the far-flung family
a host of other apps, websites, members who no longer are able to share family meals. And
and technologies that Ill probably learn about only after they while texting or cell-phoning can be, um, overdone, theyre
become pass. For the millennial generation seems to be one amazingly helpful when youre running late or (and this is for
that also speaks to the heart of many who otherwise do not husbands mainly) you have to contact your spouse from the
observe Shabbat. supermarket to clarify a request or ask what to substitute for
And thats easily understandable. Who has not experi- an unavailable item. (Im convinced thats one of the main rea-
enced, with some dismay, a dinner table filled with people sons why the smartphone was invented.)
engrossed in their screens rather than with their compan- And how our parents must have ached when forced to miss
ions? Or spouses texting each other from opposite ends of a grandchilds siddur or chumash party! We can do so easily
the couch? (Not me. I text my wife only when were on differ- through Skype or Face Time.
ent floors, but thats to save aching knees and prevent hoarse SEE GOOD SERVANT PAGE 54
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Opinion
A virus called hate and its antidotes
I
t is the month of Elul, a time for
introspection
We had our concerns.
The Trump administration had
come to power with the active support of a
small but vocal coalition of neo-Nazis and
white supremacists. While certainly not all
who voted for Trump were of this ilk, none
of them seemed to be dissuaded by the litany
of shocking statements and promises can-
didate Trump made. Guided by Steve Ban-
non, Trump labeled Mexican immigrants
as rapists and drug dealers. He retweeted
white supremacist messages filled with hate
and lies, and stated that Muslims should be
banned from entering the United States.
There were those who rationalized those
actions and explained away Trumps cod-
dling of right-wing hate groups as simply a
matter of electoral opportunism. Once he
was elected, the apologists cited the promi-
nent role Trump seemed to have assigned
his Orthodox Jewish son-in-law and the
presence of mainstream politicians such
as Reince Priebus, whom he chose as chief-
of-staff. They ignored Trumps decision to
bring Steve Bannon into the White House
as chief strategist, and to bring others who
harbored racist ideas as administration staff
and aides along with him.
It wasnt a secret. It was often reported
that before Steve Bannon rose to take a
prominent role in Trumps election cam-
paign, he proudly took credit for trans-
forming the conservative Breitbart News
Network into a platform for the so-called alt-
right, a euphemism created by the neo-Nazi
Richard Spencer to categorize an amor-
phous hodgepodge of groups united by
white racialism and Islamophobia. Many of
these groups also are viciously anti-Semitic.
They have been excited by Trumps ascen-
sion to power, and he has unabashedly
echoed their themes at his post-election
rallies, which seem to be a realization of the
Orwellian two minute hate.
In the immediate aftermath of the elec-
tion, hate crimes surged. While the volume
of these incidents has fallen off over time,
since the inauguration we have suffered ter-
rible hate crimes. The list is too long to enu-
merate but just two examples: in February, a
man shouting slurs at two Indian immigrants
in a Kansas bar shot them both, killing one. In
May, two men were killed and a third injured
by a knife-wielding assailant as he defended
two Muslim women from a man with a his-
tory of racist and anti-Muslim remarks and
social media posts.
A n d t h e n , t h i s s u m m e r, c a m e
Charlottesville.
Truth be told, the violence around Char-
lottesville began much earlier and not even
in that town. In June 2015, during a prayer
service at Emanuel African Methodist Epis-
copal Church in Charleston, South Carolina,
Dylann Roof killed nine people. Roof, a self-
proclaimed white supremacist, targeted one
of the oldest black churches in the United
52 JEWISH STANDARD SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
States, long associated with the struggle for
civil rights, in an attempt to ignite a race
war. What happened instead, in response
to the violence, was a movement calling for
the removal of Confederate monuments in
public places. Many of those monuments
had been erected with a wink and a nod to
white supremacists opposed to the civil rights
movement of the 1960s.
In 2016, in response to this new and grow-
ing movement, a park in Charlottesville, with
a statue of Robert E. Lee standing in it, was
renamed Emancipation Park. In May and
June 2017, the park became the locus of a
number of white supremacist protests. Jason
Kessler graduated from posting anti-immi-
grant and white supremacist screeds online
and became a key organizer in a program to
bring together a number of factions that had
been protesting against the renaming of the
park. The Unite the Right rally was planned
for August 12, 2017 at Emancipation Park
and involved several neo-Nazi organizations,
including Richard Spencers National Policy
Institute, white supremacist factions includ-
ing the Ku Klux Klan, and a range of other
nativist and far-right groups.
On August 11, about 100 neo-Nazi and
white supremacist demonstrators marched
through the University of Virginia campus
in the city shouting racist, misogynous, and
anti-Semitic slogans, inciting fights with
counterdemonstrators, while clergy held a
planned ecumenical and interfaith service in
opposition to the Unite the Right rally.
On the morning of August 12, Unite the
Right demonstrators began to gather early,
shouting anti-Semitic slogans. Eventually,
about 500 demonstrators and about 1,000
counterdemonstrators faced off at the park.
Many of the demonstrators and some of the
counterdemonstrators were armed with
weapons including guns. DeAndre Harris, a
black teachers aide, was attacked in a park-
ing garage by a group of six white suprema-
cists wielding pipes, poles, and wooden slabs.
The assault was caught in photographs and
on video, leading to the arrest of some of
those involved. In a separate incident caught
on tape, a demonstrator shot at the ground in
front of a black counterprotester. At 11 a.m.,
Charlottesville declared a state of emergency;
about 40 minutes later, police cleared Eman-
cipation Park and 100 far-right demonstra-
tors moved to a park about two miles away.
At about 1:45, a car was driven into a group
of counterdemonstrators, killing Heather
Heyer, a deeply caring and much-loved para-
legal at a local firm, and wounding 19 others.
A neo-Nazi sympathizer, James Fields, was
arrested on second degree murder and other
charges. He had been photographed earlier
in the day holding a shield with the logo of a
white supremacist group.
The fuse that had been lit in Charleston in
2015 exploded in Charlottesville in 2017.
With America suffering from the most
open violence against minorities since the
1960s, the president who had vowed to
make America great again
spoke to the nation from his
New Jersey vacation home. In a
statement many have said was
penned by Bannon, Trump
said: We condemn in the
strongest possible terms this
egregious display of hatred,
bigotry and violence on many
sides. On many sides. Trumps Dr. Mark
failure to denounce the bigotry Gold
of the Unite the Right groups or
the murderous violence perpe-
trated by its adherents explic-
itly, and his attempt to spread
the blame for that violence
to counterdemonstrators,
shocked many in this coun-
try. It stood in sharp contrast
to the statement of German
chancellor Angela Merkel, who
declared, It is racist, far-right
violence, and clear, forceful Hiam Simon
action must be taken against
it, regardless of where in the
world it happens.
White supremacist and neo-Nazi groups
were ecstatic. The leader of the free world
had given them a pass. Daily Stormer edi-
tor Andrew Anglin applauded the fact that
Trump had outright refused to disavow
the Unite the Right groups. People saying
he cucked are shills and kikes, wrote Anglin.
He did the opposite of cuck. He refused to
even mention anything to do with us. When
reporters were screaming at him about White
Nationalism he just walked out of the room.
Cuck is short for cuckservative a hate, like people who are registered users of
combination of cuckold and conservative
the alt-right uses to describe white Republi-
cans who are participating in the displace-
ment of European Americans, according to
Richard Spencer.
Another Daily Stormer writer noted,
Trump comments were good. He didnt
attack us. He just said the nation should
come together. Nothing specific against us.
He said that we need to study why people are
so angry, and implied that there was hate...
on both sides!
Trumps declaration drew much condem-
nation from across the political spectrum.
Business leaders reacted against Trumps
position. The CEO of Merck, Kenneth Fra-
zier, one of the few African-Americans to
head a major U.S. corporation, resigned from
Trumps American Manufacturing Council
on August 14. In less than an hour, Trump
launched a twitter attack against Merck.
Frazier had been at the White House only
a month before to promote an agreement
between Merck and two other companies
to create 1,000 jobs. CEOs spoke out in favor
of Frazier and many resigned from advisory
councils, leading to the councils dissolution.
Advised by his new chief of staff, John Kelly, ment announcing: We have concluded that
on August 14, Trump issued a new statement
in an attempt to control the criticism, say-
ing, To anyone who acted criminally in this
weekends racist violence, you
will be held fully accountable.
Justice will be delivered. [...]
Racism is evil. And those who
cause violence in its name are
criminals and thugs, including
the K.K.K., neo-Nazis, white
supremacists and other hate
groups that are repugnant to
everything we hold dear as
Americans. The following day,
however, Trump defended his
August 12 statement, repeating
his broad-brush explanation
that there was blame on both
sides. He defended it again at
a Phoenix rally on August 22,
lending support to those pro-
testing the removal of Confed-
erate monuments.
Bannon was forced out of
the White House on August
18, but only after giving an
interview critical of Trump the
previous day. He immediately
returned to Breitbart, saying, In many ways
I think I can be more effective fighting from
the outside for the agenda President Trump
ran on.
What if he is correct in that assessment?
Richard Cohen, president and CEO of the
Southern Poverty Law Center, said in an inter-
view with the Los Angeles Times, Theres a
virus in our country. Its a virus called hate
When we look at the number of hate groups,
weve seen an increase in the past 15 years.
When we look at people engaged in online
something like [the white supremacist web-
site] Stormfront, youll see an increase.
This is the month of Elul, a time of
introspection.
The shofar is sounded each day in Elul to
help us prepare for the High Holy Days. The
shofar calls out to us as individuals and as
a community to inspire us to action; in the
call, we hear the challenge to prepare for
Ashamnu. On Yom Kippur, the synagogue is
turned into a heavenly court and we stand
and declare Ashamnu. We are guilty. It
is not a personal but a communal guilt. We
all are responsible because someone in our
community is guilty. Kol Yisrael arevim zeh
la-zeh means that all Jews are responsible for
one another. There is no longer any place for
apologies. The Jewish community is judged
in toto, and therefore it is incumbent upon
us to unite in a political and ideological rejec-
tion of Trump.
Every year, U.S. rabbis have organized a
conference call to speak with the president
of the United States before the Jewish High
Holy Days. This year, rabbinical groups rep-
resenting the Reform, Reconstructionist, and
Conservative movements issued a joint state-
President Trumps statements during and
after the tragic events in Charlottesville are
so lacking in moral leadership and empathy

for the victims of racial and religious hatred that we cannot
organize such a call this year. The presidents words have
given succor to those who advocate anti-Semitism, rac-
ism, and xenophobia. Responsibility for the violence that
occurred in Charlottesville, including the death of Heather
Heyer, does not lie with many sides but with one side: the
Nazis, alt-right and white supremacists who brought their
hate to a peaceful community. They must be roundly con-
demned at all levels.
That statement, which has replaced the traditional
phone call, thunders of justice.
How then are we to understand the equally loud (but
twice as vile) announcement from the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, which has invited Steve Bannon to speak
at its annual gala, at what will be his first public appear-
ance to be scheduled since he was forced out of the White
House? Ashamnu
ZOAs President Morton Klein has confirmed that Ban-
non is to speak at the celebration. In response to reports
that Bannon will introduce major ZOA and Trump donor
Sheldon Adelson, Klein said All I can tell you is Steve Ban-
non is going to be at the dinner. I dont know if hell be
introducing Adelson but that it is a special appearance by
Steve Bannon.
Former Senator Joe Lieberman will share the stage with
Bannon. Ashamnu
So will U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
Ashamnu.
So will Chris Ruddy, who is Newsmaxs CEO and the
author of Trumps inaugural address. Ashamnu.
Klein also invited former White House staffer Sebastian
Gorka. Ashamnu.
What are the antibodies to this virus of hate? Are they to
be found in fawning sycophancy? No!
Here are the antibodies, the voices of religious leaders
speaking out against prejudice. They are found in a free
and independent press that Trump derides and seeks to
discredit in so many of his tweets. They are found in vocal
opposition swelled by voices of the prominent and the mod-
est that shout together, with the strength of a shofar, that we
do not judge people by the color of their skin, or their place
of birth, or their ethnicity, or their religious profession. We
judge people by the content of their character. When these
voices combine in open expression, they bring strength
against the virus called hate, not only by virtue of their num-
bers but because they engage something most powerful of
all, the still small voice of conscience.
We as a community of Jews made up of individuals of con-
science must not sit back in silence.
Together let us resolve to shout out against racism, misog-
yny, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and all the other forms of
prejudice. Let us join together in support of the democratic
norms and values our President seems so eager to erode.
Elul is a time of introspection for the triumph of evil is for
good men to remain quiet and do nothing. History teaches
us the risk of our silence.
Dr. Mark Gold of Teaneck holds a Ph.D. in economics from
NYU. He is on the executive board of Partners for Progressive
Israel, a member organization of the American Zionist
Movement and an affiliate of the World Union of Meretz.
Hiam Simon of Englewood is the past chief operating officer
of Ameinu, the leading progressive Zionist membership
organization in the United States. He lived in Israel for many
years, where he was the dean of students at what is now the
Alexander Muss High School, and he served in the IDF as a
noncommissioned officer in the artillery.
A dream rescinded
O
n September 5,
2017, Attorney Gen-
eral Jeff Sessions
announced Presi-
dent Donald Trumps decision
to rescind the Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals program.
Created in 2012 by an execu-
tive order of President Barack
Obama, DACA shielded undoc- Michael J.
umented children who were Wildes
brought to the United States
unlawfully from being deported.
In addition, DACA enabled such people to obtain employ-
ment authorization, attend college, and serve in the U.S.
military.
To date, as many as 800,000 people have DACA status.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, the
agency will stop processing any new applications for the pro-
gram as of September 5, but it will delay enforcement for
six months to give Congress time to find a legislative solu-
tion that lets DACA recipients also known as Dreamers
remain in the country legally. However, if Congress fails to
act, undocumented people who were brought to the United
States as children could face deportation as early as March
2018. They would be deported to the countries they came
from countries where many of them have not lived since
their early childhoods.
According to the Center for American Progress, as DACA
permits begin to expire, more than 1,000 people stand to
lose their work permits each day.
Business leaders from major companies, including Apple,
Facebook, and Google, had lobbied the White House not
to terminate the program, citing the disruptive economic
consequences.
Ending DACA comes at a time when President Trump has
sharpened his focus on immigration enforcement as he seeks
to rally his conservative base. On June 29, state attorneys
general from Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana,
Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Vir-
ginia issued an ultimatum to the Attorney General Sessions,
demanding that the Trump administration rescind the DACA
program by September 5 or face a lawsuit challenging the
Michael and Leon Wildes flank Yoko Ono, whose
husband John Lennons case Leon Wildes took on
and won in the early 1970s.
Opinion
John Lennon was faced with deportation when
Leon Wildes took his case in 1972.
program in court. Interestingly, according to the USCIS statis-
tics, many of these states, notably Texas, Kansas, and South
Carolina, are home to more than 225,790 DACA recipients
combined.
The fight over the Dreamers now shifts to Congress, which
will have to enact a bill to grant recipients some form of per-
manent legal status. A bill called the Dream Act, which would
have offered Dreamers a path to citizenship, failed in the Sen-
ate in 2010. Several new proposals have been put forward,
including the Bridge Act, a bipartisan bill with 25 co-sponsors
that would extend DACA protections for three years, thus giv-
ing Congress time to enact permanent legislation.
It was my father, Leon Wildes, who discovered the
Deferred Action program in the 1970s, when he represented
one of the Beatles, John Lennon, in a bitterly contested
deportation proceeding lodged against him by then Presi-
dent Richard Nixon.
During the Lennon litigation, my father sued the govern-
ment under the Freedom of Information Act. As a result, our
office received more than 1,800 cases of people who were
not deported, although they should have been. Lennon
encouraged and paid for Dad to do it!
A few years ago, my father talked to NPR about it. I always
had a feeling that the government must have a program to
exercise some discretion, he was quoted as saying.
Asked why he had that feeling, he said it was because
there were rumors of certain guys who were had critical
criminal backgrounds and bad immigration histories and
seemed to be still around.
And he was right.
It is important to keep in mind that DACA is not and was
never law. DACA represented President Obamas prioriti-
zation of enforcement of the existing law, and as such was
completely within his authority. By the same token, it is com-
pletely within President Trumps authority to change the pri-
orities of enforcement, and since he chose to eliminate the
program, it is my prayer that Congress sees this as a wake-up
call, and brings the Dream Act up for a vote.
Congress continued silence is deafening. It must act!
Michael J. Wildes of Englewood, the managing partner
of Wildes and Weinberg, is a former federal prosecutor,
an adjunct professor at Cardozo, and a former mayor of
Englewood.
JEWISH STANDARD SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 53
Opinion

Thank you, Rabbi Goldin

A
few Shabbatot ago, we gath-
ered at Congregation Ahavath
Torah in Englewood for what
was labeled as a town-hall meet-
ing. That was a popular format that our rabbi
had instituted years ago to tackle hot-button
issues that were troubling our community
at various junctures. This time it was called
to provide an opportunity to say a fond fare-
well to a much-loved rabbi, a man who we
in Englewood as well as many people far
beyond our town have grown to appreciate
as a true leader.
In spite of its being the end of the summer,
with many people taking advantage of the last
days before Labor Day to enjoy a final chance
for travel and vacation, our synagogue was
packed. This was certainly because so many
people came to celebrate our special bond
and to look back on the 33 wonderful years
that Rabbi Shmuel Goldin has given to our
synagogue, and to the community at large.
Rabbi Goldin began his sermon by point-
ing our attention to this Shabbats position
between Tisha BAv and Yom Kippur, the two
big fast days of the year. Each commemorates
a different sin: Yom Kippur is the sin of the
Golden Calf and Tisha BAv is the sin of the
twelve meraglim, the spies sent out during
the Israelites time in the desert.
I was ready to tune out, expecting to be
told once again the stories of three millennia
ago, a story divorced from any relation to our
contemporary universe, and I was ready to
wonder why the sins of a young generation
of would-be Israelites should condemn us all,
three and a half thousand years later. There
are so many more pressing issues! Yet being
aware of my rabbis style, I knew that hed
use this story as a springboard to launch his
speech beyond the past and into our present-
day world, ultimately challenging us all to live
up to our own potentials, both as a commu-
nity and as individuals. With his usual grace
and great eloquence, he reminded us all why
weve been so proud to follow him.
Though small in physical stature, Rabbi
Goldin is a giant in all things that matter, and
he is grand in his influence on us all.
When my wife and I arrived in Englewood
almost three decades ago, we were totally
ignorant of what this congregation stood for.
We were not the typical modern Orthodox
couple, me growing up secular and us both
coming from the Carlebach shul in Manhat-
tan. But as soon as I spent time with Rabbi
Goldin, I was enchanted. Unlike other pulpit
rabbis Id known in other large communi-
ties, whod shake my hand and then quickly
rush on to the more established and well-
connected congregants, this rabbi took the
time to discuss the siddur with me in per-
son and taught me the Gemara in Shabbat
classes. More than once back in those early
years, he allowed me to walk him home, and
we had many open and honest discussions.
He became a real friend, whod risen to the
challenge whenever any congregant had any
personal needs or difficulties. I could call him
or email him day or night and hed get back to
me right away, encouraging, explaining, and
sometimes rebuking, always with generosity
of spirit and respect.
I was in my early 40s when my wifes
mother passed away. I remember his exqui-
site sensitivity, compassion, and guidance.
He spent time with us at the hospital, help-
ing us make difficult decisions, and when we
had said our final farewell, he I have followed my Rabbi
walked to the elevator with us. on his missions to Israel and
He encouraged us to go home beyond, I went with him to
to rest that night in prepara- Washington D.C. and to ral-
tion for the next days funeral. lies for many causes over
But he stopped short from the years. Sitting in the syna-
joining us in the elevator, as if gogue that Shabbat, I thought
he remembered that he had of how much I have learned
forgotten something. and grown because of this
We later learned that he was Soli Foger special mans presence in my
to be a shomer a guard for life. As I looked around me at
my mother-in-laws body until the packed town hall, I could
the chevra kadisha could arrive, which we see that everybody there was feeling the
through all the grief and sorrow didnt think same thing.
about, and which he didnt want to burden Rabbi Goldins farewell words were a
us with. Our small story evokes hundreds of challenge to us to listen to each other.
other similar tales weve heard from commu- We all want the same thing, he said. Its
nity members over the decades. especially important to remember that in
So what does it take to be such a great these politically charged times. You need
rabbi, to be inspiring and at the same time to remember that you all matter. And while
humble and unassuming? individuals can get lost in a large commu-
I had the privilege of interviewing Rabbi nity, each individual matters. His rabbinic
Goldin a year ago, as part of my program life has echoed this dictum.
Profiles of Faith, and I learned about the Rabbi Goldin is not traveling far. Hell be
wide range of influences that he had in moving to Israel, which in Englewood terms
his younger years. That included religious is just a short commute. We are sure to be
grandparents, more secular parents, inad- spending many more years inspired by and
equate baseball experiences (little Stan- involved with his new projects, which hes
ley), to his being offered the position of planning for us at this new stage in his career
assistant to the renowned Rabbi Swift, in as a leader and a special personal and com-
an acclaimed congregation. He says that munal friend.
he has never taken anything for granted I am grateful to have known Rabbi Goldin
and always prepares for each sermon, each and his wonderful family.
honor, and each duty, as if everything was Thank you for being both a great friend
riding on his doing a good job. Its my inse- and a great leader to us all.
curities he once told me, smiling. And I
remember answering: Some people get Soli Foger of Englewood has been a
paralyzed with their insecurities, you make congregant at Congregation Ahavath Torah
them propel you to great heights. for 27 years.

Good servant
FROM PAGE 51
Weve also benefitted from a Jewish per-
spective, and not simply by having Shabbat
candlelighting times at our fingertips, no mat-
ter where we are, courtesy of Rusty Bricks
Shabbat Shalom app. Whats truly and deeply
beneficial is that with a simple click or two we
can have the entire Torah kol HaTorah kulo
available whenever we want or need it for
study or inspiration.
Want to listen to a shiur? YU Torah
has thousands of all types given by many
teachers, all available for download and
listening, even at double speed if you
like. (Whats better than spending an
hour listening to a one-hour shiur by R.
J.J. Schacter? Spending an hour listening
to two of his one-hour shiurim! And yes,
handouts are available.) And on and on.
Most significant to me, though, is that this
new technology has brought a greater per-
sonal sense of connectedness.
I feel closer to the people and the land and
State of Israel. Im now able to read articles
from Israeli publications in real time, and
have online discussions with Israelis about
what is happening there. For example, I was
able to follow the Beit Shemesh mayoralty
election as closely as I follow NYCs. Ive
even emailed Israeli friends and relatives
to ask about some event in their backyard
and discovered that theyre hearing about it
for the first time from me. I thus know so
much more than I used to about the ins and
outs of Israels news, successes, personali-
ties, and controversies, and that makes my
existing ties to the Jewish homeland even
stronger and deeper.
I feel more tied into what is happening in
the Jewish world around me. When Tenafly
had its eruv controversy years ago, I eagerly
searched for articles about it in the New York
Times and the Jewish Week. With the explo-
sion of the recent Mahwah eruv controversy,
however, I not only read such articles there,
in the Jewish Standard, and on Facebook, but
also I have immediate access to all the legal fil-
ings (thats the lawyer nerd in me coming out)
and streaming videos of council meetings as
they happen. And I not only hear about inter-
esting articles that I never would have known
about otherwise, but often I can read them
they are just a simple click away. (Thats
how my tallit bag gets heavier every Shabbat.)
I feel more a part of my neighborhood,
both literal and metaphoric. Im now able to
interact regularly with more people, many
of whom I knew before but plenty I did not,
to discuss issues that we care deeply about.
Some are real friends, some are virtual ones,
and, as Ive previously written, some start as
virtual and then become real. Some sit near
me in shul, others are in Israel, and yet others
are people I knew in elementary school and
have recently reconnected with online. And
as this group of friends keeps expanding, so
do my horizons.
With this sense of connectedness also
comes a sense of responsibility. The well-
known talmudic axiom (Shavuot 39a), All
Jews are responsible for each other appears
in two forms in the original: Kol Yisrael
areivim zeh la-zeh and zeh ba-zeh. In an article
in Tradition magazine in 2009, the late Pro-
fessor Reuben M. Rudman points out that the
word areivim can have two meanings: guar-
antee or mix together. The first appearance
of that aphorism means that each member of
the Jewish people is a separate entity who is
responsible for the other members. The sec-
ond means that all Jews are mixed together to
form a single entity known as Klal Yisrael, and
what each person does affects the destiny of
the entire nation.
The types of increased connectedness I
feel have instilled in me a greater sense of
both meanings of areivim: I feel more respon-
sible for Jews in places far from where I am,
and I also have a more intense feeling that we
are all one people, each one of us having an
impact on each other.
A weekly break from technology is refresh-
ing, yes, but not because our digital lives
stand in the way of human connection. Its
because Shabbat with its opportunity to
talk and laugh with each other for hours
around a lunch table or during a walk on a
beautiful summer day allows us to focus
without distraction on the person in front of
us, and to understand just who we impact
and are responsible for.
Joseph C. Kaplan, a Teaneck resident for
more than 31 years, is a frequent contributor
of essays to Jewish publications when not
practicing law in Manhattan.

54 JEWISH STANDARD SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

 Opinion

Kushners initiative doesnt change Palestinian reality

A
fter several visits
to Israeli leaders in
Jerusalem and Pal-
estinian leaders in
Ramallah, White House senior
adviser Jared Kushners attempt
to restart the peace process has
hit all the predictable obstacles.
With regards to the Palestin-
ians, it all began quite nicely Ben Cohen
perhaps too nicely for comfort
with Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbass visit to President Donald Trump
at the White House in May. That was when the gerontocratic
Palestinian leader was allowed to get away with the claim that
Palestinian children are reared in a culture of peace.
But then Kushner and his team started paying return vis-
its. Throughout the series, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu has outwardly remained a solid supporter of Kush-
ners efforts, treating Trumps son-in-law rather like a favorite
nephew visiting from abroad something that will surely not
have gone unnoticed in the PA.
But in his meetings in Ramallah, Kushner reportedly has
infuriated Abbas by hedging on American support for the two-
state solution, and by broaching the PAs disgraceful policy
of spending $300 million of aid money annually on monthly
salaries to Palestinian terrorists and their families.
In principle, both these ideas deserve serious consider- President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of their May 22
ation. Many good reasons to support the creation of an inde- meeting in Jerusalem. KOBI GIDEON/GPO

pendent Palestinian state exist, but none of them circumvent

the fact that under current circumstances, any such truly sov-
ereign state would be a failed one too the site of internecine
political violence between armed Palestinian factions, increas-
ing Iranian penetration, terrorist attacks on Israel, and iron-
fisted rule over a seething population repeatedly told that the
Zionists are the true source of their woes.
By the same standard, any challenge to the PAs pay to
slay policy should be only welcomed.
But there is nothing to suggest that Kushner is going to make
the sort of progress confidently promised by his employer and
father-in-law shortly after the presidential inauguration.
Should Kushners initiative peter out, there is a strong case
to be made that such an outcome would be, on balance, pos-
itive: It denies the Palestinians an opportunity to enter the
talks in order to sell the worlds media on the idea that prog-
ress is being prevented by Israeli intransigence, and it poten-
tially forces Abbas back into his sullen campaign for the uni-
lateral recognition of Palestine at the U.N., something he put
on ice after Trumps election.
The current dynamic in the Middle East also must be
golden age of peace and cooperation quickly will replace
seven decades of anti-Zionist hatred.
Not just that, its preposterous, particularly when Irans
military footprint is expanding into Syria and Lebanon,
in part because of the U.S. administrations decision to
endorse the Syrian cease-fire agreement imposed by Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin. That agreement includes
no serious provisions for containing Iran. The Iranian
threat is why many Israeli security analysts have admitted
to being bewildered by the Kushner initiative, as well as
uneasy with how it fits into Trumps overall approach to
the Middle East.
If Kushner does fail, I am fairly certain that there will be
one key difference between the response of this admin-
istration and the previous one of Barack Obama. Neither
Trump nor Kushner is likely to blame Israels West Bank
settlement policies for the impasse in talks. Nor is the
United States poised to enable at the U.N. Security Coun-
cil as Obama did in his final month the passage of a
resolution placing the primary responsibility for political
discovering that the Palestinians want to be treated as inno-
cent victims of Zionism before anything else. That is why, dur-
ing those periods when the Palestinians do actually negotiate
with Israel, it is dangerous to assume that they are doing so in
order to arrive at a permanent solution. Sometimes, negotia-
tions are the best excuse to keep the conflict going.
The Trump White House also is getting its first taste of the
Palestinian political reality more specifically, the historic
tendency of the Palestinians to posit the kinds of demands
that usually follow a military victory, rather than a defeat.
Their leaders want the descendants of the refugees of 1948
to return to what is now Israel a right not granted to the
descendants of any other refugee population. They believe
they enjoy divine grace to spend international aid on benefits
for terrorists, and they portray any criticism of this practice
as an assault on innocent women and children. Importantly
for our purposes, they do not perceive the Jewish people as
equals, certainly not in a national sense.
Of course, weve learned all those lessons before. Or so
we thought. JNS.ORG

considered. True, everyone has heard of the conflict
between the Palestinians and Israel, and every president
has wanted to claim the prize of resolving it once and for
allbut the notion that it lies at the center of the regions
problems is simply outdated, as is the expectation that a
and territorial concessions upon Israel.
My hunch, and quite probably yours as well, is that a Kush-
ner failure will be blamed largely on the Palestinians. Trump,
after all, says he wants the Palestinians and the Israelis to treat
each other as negotiating partners; now, he and Kushner are
Ben Cohen writes a weekly column 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.

Letter

Helping Ethiopian Jews
At a time when our attention and efforts are focused on
the next crisis, the North American Conference on Ethi-
opian Jewry has been unwavering in its long-term com-
mitment to leave no one behind in Ethiopia. It has also
been unwavering in its long-term commitment to provide
educational programs in Israel, insuring that Ethiopian
Israelis have the educational and financial help they need
to prosper in a new land. NACOEJ continues to be a posi-
tive force of change in difficult times.
Your article on NACOEJ (Helping Ethiopian Jews in
Israel and at home reminds us all that progress is being
made, but that we American Jews, as in times past, need
to reach out to those in need by helping NACOEJ provide
for the sustenance of those still left in Ethiopia and for the
educational foundation for those in Israel.
Susan Giesberg
Santa Monica, California

JEWISH STANDARD SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 55

Calendar children. The evening,
which includes a
barbecue and Shabbat
family services, begins
at 6:30 p.m. East 304
Midland Ave. Free, but
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(201) 983-9430, email
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Dr. Nuray Yurt
Shabbat in Wayne: Join
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Dr. Nuray Yurt, Ph.D.,
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1666 Windsor Road.
LShabbat, a program with (201) 833-1322 or (201) 659-4000 or office@
musician Naomi Less and www.emeth.org.
featuring new and different ways Shabbat in Englewood:
to prepare for Shabbat, on Friday, Congregation Kol
September 15. Happy hour, 5 p.m., HaNeshamah offers
the fifth annual Shirley
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Shabbat in River Edge: Jonah or Steps In Getting
Friday Temple Avodat Shalom It Together and Figuring
September 8 hosts an open house It Out. Services continue
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The United Synagogue service, 7:30, and an lunch and learn, Modern
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children and adults Ave. (201) 489-2463 or Engle St. Program is
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the Kaplan Preschool, Shabbat in Paramus: info@ KHNJ.org, or www.
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5:30 p.m. Regular The JCC of Paramus/
services at shul at 7. 115 Congregation Beth
Tikvah hosts an open
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families and their
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Beth Tikvah, 10 a.m. Shammai Engelmayer
Saturday Refreshments. East
304 Midland Ave.
and others will staff
Congregation Beth Israel
september 9 (201) 262-7691 or of the Palisades booth
jccparamus.org. at the Edgewater Art
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Rabbi Meeka Simerly Harvest celebration/ 11 a.m.-5 p.m.. Young
holds Tea and Torah park clean-up: The childrens activities after
Study, following social action committee 2. (201) 945-7310 or
services at Temple at Temple Emeth in shul@cbiotp.org.
Beth Tikvah that begin Teaneck holds its annual
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templebethtikvahnj.org. (201) 833-1322 or www.
Emeth.org.
Sunday Open house/service
September 10 project in Ridgewood:
Two congregations
Run for TVAC in under one roof,
Teaneck: Young Israel of Temple Israel & Jewish
Rabbi Debra Orenstein
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second annual 5K Run/ host an open house for hosts its Welcome Back
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Annual bazaar December
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upcoming programs, Tuesday current events, led
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Anti-Semitism: How
Much to Worry at the
Israel invites adults and bethrishon.org.
and learn Israels families with children 10
hottest dance, yoya,
September 12 1:30 p.m. 111 Avenue B. opening general meeting and older to services, Selichot in Paramus:
4 p.m. Special holiday (201) 858-2020. of the Bergen County 7:30 p.m., when the The JCC of Paramus/
story and crafts for Talk about HIAS and section of the National Torah covers are changed Congregation Beth
kids. 8 Independence WWII refugees: Dumont Film in Teaneck: Temple Council of Jewish in preparation for the Tikvah invites the
Ave., Orangeburg, N.Y. historian Dick Burnon Emeths adult education Women at Temple Emeth High Holiday season. community to its annual
(845) 359-5920, ext. 2, or gives a lecture, How group screens a Jewish- in Teaneck, 12:30 p.m. Rabbi Debra Orenstein Selichot reception
theojc.org. HIAS Aided Refugees in themed movie, 7 p.m., 1666 Windsor Road. will present and lead a and service, this year
Austria After World War as part of a Movies (201) 385-4847 or www. discussion on two short honoring longtime
II, at a meeting of REAP That Matter series. ncjwbcs.org. films, one an Academy- members Sheldon
(Retired Executives Call for title. Popcorn. Award nominee for best and Ronnie Schmidt,
and Professionals) at 1666 Windsor Road. Playhouse fundraiser: 9 p.m. Dessert reception
short animated film
the Kaplen JCC on the (201) 833-1322. START II (Save the followed by services.
and the other an ELI
Palisades in Tenafly, Animals Rescue Team 304 East Midland Ave.
talk. 53 Palisade Ave.
II) holds a benefit
11 a.m. 411 East Clinton
Ave. (201) 569-7900 or Wednesday performance of Neil
(201) 265-2272 or www. (201) 262-7691 or www.
jccparamus.org.
bisrael.com.
www.jccotp.org. September 13 Simons Odd Couple at
the Elmwood Playhouse Selichot in Teaneck: Selichot in Cliffside
Empower yourself: in Nyack, N.Y., 8 p.m. Temple Emeth holds a Park: Congregation Beth
Sarah Rindner Lita Talbot from Seniors Proceeds benefit the dessert reception and Israel of the Palisades
Photo by Michael Laves for Seniors offers organizations mission to concert by member holds its annual concert,
suggestions on how to rescue, rehabilitate, and Carol Shansky and guest 9 p.m., with soprano
Knitting/book club in empower yourself to find permanent homes musicians, With Flute Jean McClelland and
Teaneck: The sisterhood be your own advocate for unwanted cats and Come to the Mountain of pianist Bill McClelland
of the Jewish Center of at any age. She is dogs in northern New the Lord as preparation performing songs from
Teaneck hosts Knitting speaking for Tri Boro Jersey and Rockland for the holidays. the Great American
Night, 7-8 p.m. Next, Hadassah at the JCC of County. StartII.org or Flute music by Israeli Songbook. Rabbi
the Leaves of Faith Paramus/Congregation (914) 523-3707. composers David Aviva Shammai Engelmayer
Book Club will discuss Beth Tikvah, 1 p.m. and Ernest Bloch, pieces and Cantor Gil Ezring
C.S. Lewis novel, The
Screwtape Letters,
Refreshments. Guests
welcome. E. 304 Midland
Friday by composers who died lead services at 11.
207 Edgewater Road.
Moshe Katzburg in the Holocaust, and
with Professor Sarah Ave., Paramus. September 15 klezmer tunes directed (201) 945-7310 or shul@
Rindner and Rabbi Daniel Caf Europa in Fair by Joseph DAuguste, cbiotp.org.
Fridman. 70 Sterling Lawn: Caf Europa, Shabbat in Wayne: 7:30 p.m. Services at
Place. (201) 833-0515 or a social program for Temple Beth Tikvah 9. 1666 Windsor Road. Selichot in Franklin
email sisterhood@jcot. Holocaust survivors hosts Shabbat dinner, (201) 833-1322 or www. Lakes: Temple Emanuel
org. sponsored by Jewish 6 p.m., to welcome Rabbi emeth.org. of North Jerseys Rabbi
Family & Childrens Meeka Simerlys parents, Joseph Prouser begins
Services of Northern N.J., Rivkah and Itzak Levin, Selichot in Woodcliff the evening with My Son
funded in part by the and temple educator Lake: Temple Emanuel the Penitent, a singalong
Claims Conference and Marian Kleinmans of the Pascack Valley look at the work of Allan
the Jewish Federation daughter, Rosa, and and Temple Beth Or of Sherman as it relates
of Northern New Jersey, her family. Services at Washington Township to the High Holy Days.
meets at the Fair Lawn 7:30. 950 Preakness join for a program with Program at 9, services
Jewish Center/CBI, Yonina Ave. Reservations, Havdalah, screening with guest cantor Lori
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Musical (973) 595-6565 or the Israeli box-office hit Weber at 10:30. 558
performance by Moshe Israeli duo in Teaneck: templebethtikvahnj.org. The Womens Balcony. High Mountain Road.
Katzburg. 10-10 Norma Yonina, (Yoni and Services led by Rabbis (201) 560-0200 or
Rebecca Teplow Ave. (201) 837-9090, ext. Nina Tokayer), whose Shabbat in Closter: Loren Monosov and Noah www.tenjfl.org.
237, or sharib@jfcsnnj. Facebook and Youtube Temple Beth El of Fabricant and Cantors
Concert in Glen Rock: org. videos get millions of Northern Valley hosts Alan Sokoloff, Mark
Rebecca Teplow views on the Jewish Shishi Israeli, an Israeli- Biddelman, and Sarah
performs at the Glen Standards FB page, American Council Silverberg. Interactive
Shabbat dinner program,
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r Calendar
Sunday
September 17
Childrens program: The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth Tikvah begins its Sunday
Special series for children in pre-K to third
grade. Author Karen Ashram will talk about
her book, Seasons and Colors, followed by
a getting ready for Rosh Hashanah program,
crafts, and kosher, nut-free snacks, 9:30 a.m.
East 304 Midland Ave. (201) 262-7733,
edudirector@jccparamus.org, or
www.jccparamus.org.
Couples group seeks members
The Maccabees, a Jewish social group
meeting in the Passaic/Bergen County
area, is looking for new member cou-
ples, 60 and older, who are interested
in meeting new friends, eating dinners
at local restaurants, and socializing.
The group meets the first Sunday
Art and sculpture
in Whippany
The Holocaust Council of Greater
MetroWest NJ holds an opening recep-
tion for Generations at the Gaelen
Gallery at the Alex Aidekman Family
JCC Campus on Sunday, September
17, from 2 to 5 p.m. Milton Ohring of
Teaneck is among the artists. Art is on
display through November 17. The JCC
is at 901 Route 10. For information, call
(973) 929-3194.
Warsaw Ghetto Vortex
by Milton Ohring
Photo provided
Photographs
in Englewood
Photographer Beth Green exhibits
cityscapes and sports scenes at the
Sandy Bennett Art Gallery in bergen-
PAC, Englewood, from September
13 to 30. Artist receptions will be on
September 14 and 16 where Ms. Green
will talk about her photography. Her
portfolio is online at www.bethgreen.
com. The Bergen Performing Arts
Center is at 30 North Van Brunt St.
For information, call (201) 227-1030
or go to www.bergenpac.org.
Concaved
by Beth Green
7 58 Jewish Standard SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
Singles
Sunday
September 10
Senior singles meet in West
Nyack: Singles 65+ meets
for a social get-together over
bagels and lox, at the JCC
Rockland, 11 a.m. 450 West
Nyack Road. $8. Gene Arkin,
(845) 356-5525.
morning of the month for brunch in
members homes. Dinners are held on
the third Saturday night of the month,
and special events are planned. For
information, call the groups presi-
dent, Alan Freifeld, at (201) 310-2847.
3 p.m., begins on October 3. Lunch is provided, and presentations are by industry pro-
Family barbecues tonight, September 8
Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley with a barbecue and family services,
in Woodcliff Lake hosts a family service 6:30 p.m. Call (201) 983-9430 or go to
with entertainer Matty Roxx, and bar- www.jccparamus.org.
becue, 6 p.m., for families with children Temple Avodat Shalom hosts an
eight and younger. Call (201) 391-0801 or open house with tot Shabbat and family
go to www.tepv.org. services, barbecue, and ice cream oneg
The JCC of Paramus/Congregation Shabat, beginnign at 6 p.m. Call (201) 489-
Beth Tikvah hosts an open house for 2463 or go to www.avodatshalom.net.
prospective families and their children
Clean eating for the holidays
The Graf Center for Integrative Medi-
cine at Englewood Hospital and Medi-
cal Center, Whole Foods, and the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly
offer Jewish Holiday Foods, a clean
cooking class, at the JCC on Tuesday,
September 12, at 7 p.m.
Photo provided
The class offers a healthy spin
on preparing Jewish holiday foods,
emphasizing vegetables, grains, fish,
and desserts.
Whole Foods will provide gift bags.
The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades is at 411 E. Clinton Ave. in Tenafly. Register through
the Graf Center for Integrative Medicine at (201) 608-2377 or email the center at
grafcenter@ehmchealth.org.
YU celebration honors new president
One Sunday, September 10, Yeshiva Universitys fifth president,
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, will be invested. Later that day, at 1 p.m., YU
will host InvestFest Street Fair, featuring musical entertainment,
carnival games, and treats from popular kosher food trucks. The
celebration is at 185th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Washington
Heights. For more information, go to yu.edu/tomorrow. Dr. Ari Berman
Rosh Hashanah flowers by J-ADD
The Jewish Association for Devel-
opmental Disabilities, a non-profit
agency that serves people with
special needs, offers flowers for
Rosh Hashanah and other holidays.
Those flowers include both center-
pieces and bouquets. Orders are
due September 12 and pick up will
be on Tuesday, September 19.
The flowers can be picked up at
many places locally. Sites include
the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/CBI,
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in
Tenafly, Solomon Schechter Day A recent flower centerpiece created by J-ADD.
School of Bergen County in New
Milford, and Chabad of Tenafly. To order, call (201) 457-0058, ext. 18, or go to www.j-add.org.
Senior advocacy training course
The nonprofit Seniors 4 Seniors is seeking candidates for the Senior Advocacy Training
program held at the Commission on Accreditation for Home Care in Saddle Brook. The
program provides intensive training to empower senior citizens to advocate on senior
issues and to improve their quality of life.
The seven-session training program, held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to
fessionals and local, county, and state elected officials. For more information, call (201)
880-9135 or go to www.s4s.online.
 The Frazzled Housewife Crossword
BABBLING
BY YONI GLATT, KOSHERCROSSWORDS@GMAIL.COM
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MANAGEABLE

First days
BANJI GANCHROW pre-first day of school back then was put-

I
ting covers on all of my school textbooks
t is here. while watching the U.S. Open. Do our
The first day of school. kids do that anymore? Ugg, I hope not,
If you live in the Midwest, the or I am a really crappy parent who hasnt
first day of school happened noticed this over the past two decades.
already, seems like weeks And what about the letter
ago, but for those of us that comes with your childs
who live in this area, this bus stop? That is another
was the week. The week doozy. The school that my
when the buses drive extra kids went to really has taken
slow to avoid those crazy off since son#1 started there,
moms with the baseball on its very first day, way
caps chasing after them back in 2001. Now there
with their already trau- are 50 kids at the bus stop.
matized children. But, It is delightful. They wait
mom, I only have three Banji on the corner, near the cor-
more pages of summer Ganchrow ner, down the block, hoping
reading! No, you had to make it to the corner. Of
the whole summer to do it course most of these kids
and you are getting on that bus because dont live near the stop, but that is OK.
mommy has been waiting for this day Unless it rains. Or snows. Or looks like it
for two months!!!!! But mommy, you might rain or snow and then you have the Across 4. Best Picture winner set in Iran
forgot my snack! Just take one from minivan chain gang that lines up on main 1. Edelstein or Kudrow 5. Hatzalah offering
that kid whose mom always packs way streets and side streets for as far as the eye 5. Good Leumi bond rating 6. Cancel (an IDF mission)
too many snacks for him. He will never can see. Because all of these children melt 8. Palestinian leader some believe died 7. Shtick
8. A-list director J.J.
notice. Poor kid, we know of AIDS
14. Parsha next to BeHar 9. Like sushi
what kind of year that one is 10. Mel Brooks __ Melvin Kaminsky
15. ___ Ezra
going to have 16. Challah makers 11. Make like Inigo Montoya
But it seems that the school
year really starts when the
Just take one from 17. She plays Wonder Woman
19. African country about 2,300 miles
12. Passion
13. Russian rulers that werent always
school supply list comes out. that kid whose mom south of Israel
20. Blessing in disguise, e.g.
good to the Jews
18. Uzi rounds
Three thousand sharpened
pencils. Twenty single subject
always packs way too 21. Costa follower 22. Shekels and agorot, e.g.
26. Nimoys Three Men ___ Baby
notebooks in non-offensive many snacks for him. 23. Canadian kosher letters
24. 2012 Wahlberg-Kunis comedy 27. Dar on Homeland

He will never notice.

colors of the rainbow. Folders 25. Shadchans 28. Alaskan grizzly
29. What some do for Yeshiva week
that have two holes. Folders 29. Nadav to Elisheva
30. ___ I (ditto) vacation
that have three holes. Folders 31. WWII pres.
31. Criticism
that dont have any holes, but can hold in inclement weather. Something about 34. Midler replaced her as a Caesars 32. Language in the Southeast country
paper with holes. You would think that for the flavor of the uniforms. And we know headliner with the least anti-Semitism
the amount of money we pay for tuition, how well moms in minivans know how 37. Pitcher, on Matthew Weiners former 33. Colby Cohens Colorado team, for
short
school supplies should be included. to drive. (Oops. Probably shouldnt have hit AMC show
41. Classic Biblical foes 35. Part of a rainbow
Wouldnt that be nice? Not a chance. Per- made that comment after the summer 36. Work by Judah Halevi
44. Former talk show host that doesnt
haps I should start a revolution. Yes, I that I have had but still true and reason- exactly get along with The Donald 38. Drummer Weinberg
think that would be a great idea ably humorous). 45. (Good) act 39. Broke a fast
And then, the other day that can be But seriously, the first day of school is 46. Jump for Sarah Hughes 40. Sports league of 33-Down
42. New Jersey borough with a large
counted as when school really starts is a big deal. It is a chance to start fresh, 47. Eliyahu or Elisha, e.g.
49. A rat! Syrian population
when the class list comes out. Why do which can mean something good, like 43. Israeli actor Fehr known for The
51. Products from Sergey Brins company
they do that? Is there a very drunk per- turning over a new leaf and using your 56. Where to find Kings in America; Mummy movies
son on the committee who, in a scotch notebooks for notes and not just doo- Abbr. 48. Whats our ____, Victor?
stupor, said, Hey, I have a great idea. dles. Or it could be a new start to pick a 59. ___ My Sons (Arthur Miller) (Airplane line)
50. Modern day award Koufax would
Lets send the class list out on Shabbos, teacher to torture. (Not naming names, 60. Bartenura blocker?
61. Possible cholent bean probably win
in a sealed envelope. That way no one nor do I know anyone who has ever 51. Shabbat afternoon activities for
63. No-goodnik
can open it and maybe, maybe they will done anything like this. And if he/she 66. Mishkababble, or what can be found many kids
forget to open it for a few days! has, he/she hopes those teachers are not in the circled squares 52. One of Israels Seven Species
Hope that guy has stopped drinking. reading this because they for sure know 68. Extremely 53. Comic photojournalist Jimmy
created by Siegel and Shuster in
Those days were the worst, because the who they are.) 69. Facebooks was $38.23
70. Buffalos lake 1938
envelopes managed to open for some I wish all of our perfect children 54. Comets path
71. One spending next year in Israel,
kids, but not for all kids. It was never a because they are all perfect a year perhaps 55. Striped (rare) kosher animal
good ending. And yet, they continue to filled with good grades, good friends, 72. Cheap menorah material 56. Item for 38-Down
do it. JUST WAIT UNTIL THE FIRST DAY good values, and good snacks. Because, 73. Often injured team that has kosher 57. Town south of Haifa
58. Sodas with altered ingredients for
OF SCHOOL!! They wonder why anxiety after all, snacks are the most important stands
Passover
levels are so high in school-age children. meal of the day. 62. Couple
Down
It comes from the high level of anxiety in 64. When Jews light candles: Abbr.
1. Kosher
school-aged childrens parents! Banji Ganchrow of Teaneck still has two 2. Manilows ___ It Through the Rain 65. Metric or bar prefix
They didnt have stuff like this when I kids who had a first day of school. The other 3. Well-built (like the Kotel) 67. ___ apptit (words that might
follow a lchaim)
was in school and most of my classmates one is in Israel somewhere learning for his
turned out OK! The highlight of the mothers soul to be saved. Good luck, kid. The solution to last weeks puzzle is on page 63.

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Jewish World

Cello goddess Maya Beiser wants

classical music to rock like Janis Joplin
GABE FRIEDMAN

T
heres a small music room in
the basement of cellist Maya
Beisers large, kempt house in
the leafy Riverdale section of
the Bronx. Its pretty spare a few cellos,
some basic recording equipment and post-
ers from past concerts.
Against one wall, though, rests a cherry
red Gibson SG guitar, the kind made
famous by AC/DC guitarist Angus Young.
Beiser a tall, auburn-haired and beauti-
ful Israeli-American smiles when she is
asked about it.
I play around with it sometimes, she
said.
She also owns several foot pedals, which
alter and distort the sound of her cellos,
but those are housed in a different space
upstate, she said.
Most cellists most classical musicians,
for that matter dont experiment with
guitars and distortion pedals. But Beiser
isnt your typical cellist, even if shes had
a successful 30-year career playing classi-
cal music. She has performed solo at the
worlds most prestigious venues and as a
featured soloist on scores in some M. Night
Shyamalan films. Maya Beiser performs an orchestral version of David Bowies Blackstar album at the LAuditori in Barcelona,
On top of all that, she is known as one Spain, on July 13. ROBERT MARQUARDT/REDFERN

of the most inventive cello players in the

avant-garde music world. Famed mini-
malist composer Steve Reich wrote his
only solo cello piece specifically for her in
2003. In 2014, Beiser released an album of
covers of classic rock songs by the likes of
Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and Nirvana,
all arranged for cello. She has collaborated
with Philip Glass and Brian Eno many
times. This year she has taken an orches-
tral arrangement of David Bowies final
album, Blackstar, on tour in the United
States and Europe.
When Beiser performs, she usually
favors an eye-catching high-fashion look
think part Anna Wintour, part 80s-era
Madonna, usually with a pair of extremely
high heels. Her Twitter handle is @
CelloGoddess.
Yet despite her accomplishments, as the
52-year-old Beiser prepares to release her
10th solo album early next year, she is not
a household name like fellow Israeli virtu-
osos Itzhak Perlman or Pinchas Zukerman.
Asked if her decision to pursue experi-
mental music is the reason, she gets a
focused look in her eyes and immediately
answers It is.
Beiser has been a self-described bucker
of trends since her childhood in Gazit, an
arts-focused kibbutz in Israels southern
Galilee region. Locals suggested that she
play the violin, as it was a common instru-
ment in the community.
Nobody played the cello, she said.
The thing about the kibbutz is that you
kind of had to do what everybody else
does, and I was a rebel and I wanted to do
my own thing.
The renowned Jewish violinist Isaac
Stern soon discovered her during one of
his trips to Israel through the America-
Israel Cultural Foundation, which he
founded. Stern, who mentored several
Israeli musicians through the organiza-
tion, wanted to bring her to the United
States to ramp up her classical music stud-
ies, but Beisers mother wanted her to
stay in Israel through the years when she
would be required to serve in the army.
(Her father pushed her to aim for Carnegie
Hall from an early age; her mother was an
advocate for a more normal life.)
Also, Beiser began to tire of classical
training, which dictated how every single
note of a piece of music should be played.
I dont think art is about perfection, she
said. I dont think perfection is interest-
ing at all.
I can go on Ableton Live the music
software platform and make a really
good cello that can play a lot faster than
me and a lot more accurate than me,
she said. But who cares? Its not interest-
ing. What we love about art is the human
expression, which always has imperfec-
tions in it.
When Beiser was 15 having not
heard much else other than the classical
music from her cello lessons and what
was played in the kibbutz bubble her
boyfriend played her a Janis Joplin album.
The Texas-born rock singers raw expres-
sion, as Beiser once put it, blew her mind.
Since then, Beiser says, she has tried to
play cello the way Joplin sings.
Classical training teaches you how to
play but what if I want to play it the com-
plete opposite way? she said. At some
point if youre actually going to become an
artist, as opposed to a student, then you
have to start creating your own way.
Beiser served in the Israeli military and
studied music at Yale before moving to
New York City. She became a key player
in the creation of the contemporary avant-
garde collective Bang on a Can, along with
founders Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon,
and David Lang who, she noted, are all
observant Jews (as is Reich).
Although she is more spiritual than reli-
gious, Beiser says she is interested in Jew-
ish tradition and its sense of morality. She
draws inspiration from Abraham Joshua
Heschel and says she often talks with Wolfe
about what it means to be Jewish today. her appearance at a TED talk conference
Wolfe wrote a piece titled Emunah
faith in Hebrew for Beisers last album, Reich and Lang, she spoke of the cellos
TranceClassical. Langs opus World to endless possibilities. Afterward, some
Come, which he wrote for Beiser more
than a decade ago, was inspired by the 9/11
attacks but is based on Judaisms concept
of the afterlife.
Israeli-Palestinian coexistence is
another important topic for Beiser. For
TranceClassical she commissioned a
half-Palestinian, half-Egyptian Muslim to
write a song inspired by Kol Nidre, the
invocation chanted the night of Yom Kip-
pur. She said the composer, Mohammed
Fairouz, was fascinated with the idea.
Although she still considers Israel her
homeland, Beiser says she now feels
equally, if not more, tied to the United
States. She says she never set out to
become an American her goal was sim-
ply to leave the kibbutz, which despite
all of its liberal principles felt small and
restrictive. Once she got here, she found
that New York City was the place to be for
an up-and-coming experimental musician.
This is my home, she said. New York
is really where I belong. New York is this
incredible place that doesnt really have a
nationality. What I think drives all of us in
New York and what connects all of us is
the idea that we want to live creative lives.
Of all her memorable performances
and projects thus far, the moment that
stands out most distinctly for Beiser was
in 2011. In between playing pieces by
of the influential audience members,
such as Bill Gates and Al Gore, praised her
performance.
It felt like anything could happen, she
said. Like yeah, I have the platform to
speak and to communicate my art.
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Orthodox Jewish mixed martial arts fighter.
A Palm Beach criminal court ordered the three sus-
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Jace Swinton, 18 be held without bond.
The three are accused of fatally shooting Rajman fol-
lowing an altercation that broke out in his Boca Raton
residence. All three suspects will be tried as adults and
face the same charges of first-degree murder and two
counts of armed home invasion with a firearm.
This was no random act of violence, State Attorney
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these defendants, and we intend to seek justice for the
victim and his family.
Rajman reportedly was a member of Chabad-
Lubavitch and was deeply involved with the local Jew-
ish community. In addition to studying Torah, he also
taught local Jewish children self-defense techniques
and instructed police in the Israeli Krav Maga martial
arts style.
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Synagogues
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Teaneck
Congregation Beth Shalom
Congregation Beth Sholom is a warm, dynamic, egali-
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our rabbinic and musical leadership, we nurture active,
congregant-led initiatives to express and cultivate Jew-
ish identity and spirituality. We are proud of our vibrant,
warm traditional Shabbat and holiday services; our
multiple minyanim (prayer services) including Minyan
Koleinu a lay-led, participatory service and nu-
merous age-appropriate childrens services; and daily
morning and evening minyanim. Individuals and families
of all ages can participate in a wide array of exceptional
activities which include award winning Kadima and
USY (for teens), Hazak (for retirees), Tzipporei Sholom
childrens choir, Sisterhood-sponsored events, engag-
ing Adult Education programs, music and creative arts
experiences, Tavim (our adult a cappella choir) tikkun
olam projects, and social events throughout the year.
Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky and our entire professional
staff and lay leadership would delight in welcom-
ing you!
For more information about High Holy Days tickets
or membership, email office@cbsteaneck.org or call
(201) 833-2620.
Activism
from page 21
in which they cruelly mocked my Asian
heritage.
Tamara Berens, a student at Kings College
London, was present at a CAMERA event at Uni-
versity College London where dozens of police
officers were called in to protect Jewish students
barricaded inside a room against an anti-Israel
mob that gathered outside a private event.
It was terrifying, she said. Thats partly 8 a.m.; a kids fun run is at 9:30. A Recovery Cel-
why I came all this way to CAMERAs confer-
ence, because Ive seen firsthand what were up face painting, tricky tray, and information, is from
against. Theres a concerted effort to shut down
our rights to free speech and assembly. We need
support and assistance, and thats what CAM-
ERA provides.
Ms. Fliegelman said she feels ready to face stri-
dent anti-Israel groups such as Students for Jus-
tice in Palestine.
I plan to use my winning smile to meet as
many people on my campus as possible and
spread a positive message about Israel that
would combat SJPs misrepresentation of Israel,
she said. I want to use my days off to set up a
table at school and help students who dont
know much about Israel care about Israel.
I will also be writing about Israel, its need to
exist in this world, its misrepresentation in the
media and by SJP, and about the psychology
behind the conflict and why peace is so far away.
I plan to attend SJP meetings for as long as they
let me in order to psychoanalyze the members
who want to see Israel wiped off the map.
Hopefully my school will allow me to publish
controversial content. Even if they refuse, CAM-
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elsewhere.
For a girl who has never done anything truly
worthwhile, this opportunity has changed me,
my life, and the way I feel about myself.
Extend An Invitation/Rockland
The Jewish Center
of Teaneck
As the High Holy Days rapidly approach, we all con-
sider where we might most meaningfully spend these
Days of Awe.
The Jewish Center of Teaneck, our townships first
synagogue with an illustrious and august history, is
a Modern Orthodox community welcoming to all.
We are an intergenerational synagogue that proudly
serves as a spiritual home for families and individuals
at every life stage, from infancy and early childhood
into older adulthood.
Our synagogue community is built on four pillars.
First, we are a center for heartfelt tefillah, meaning-
ful prayer. Featuring our daily Shacharit and Mincha/
Maariv services, our main Shabbat service, a sephard-
ic congregation, and a youth minyan, we are com-
mitted to providing a sacred space for each of us, as
individuals and as members of an eternal covenantal
community, to commune with our Creator. Our chil-
drens groups, from infancy and up, are equally nur-
turing spaces for our children to develop warm and
positive associations with their synagogue, that plant
the seeds which will blossom in the years and decades
to come.
Second, we are a center for Torah learning. With a
recognition that a meaningful spiritual life rests on the
foundation of a Jewish education, we provide class-
Rockland News
from page 22 Solution to last weeks puzzle. This weeks puzzle is on page 59.
Nanuet Chamber hosts
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ebration including music, food, speakers, yoga,
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
National Recovery Month is a national observance
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Holocaust museums
benefit brunch names
November event honorees
Save the date for the Holocaust Museum &
Center for Tolerance and Educations annual
benefit brunch, to be held this year on Sun-
day, November 5, at 10:30 a.m., at Congrega-
tion Shaarey Israel in Suffern.
Barbara and Sam Weinberger are the hon-
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Memorial award, and Dr. Mehnaz Afridi is the
keynote speaker. All proceeds will benefit Holo-
caust and tolerance education programs.
For information, call (845) 574-4099 or go to
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es, both on Shabbat and weeknights, for all levels of
learners. With weekly classes in Rambam, Navi, and
Parshah for children, a monthly book-club which syn-
thesizes the finest of western literature with rabbinic
texts, in addition to a new womens Tehillim group
which we will be forming this year, we seek to provide
the sacred spaces so critical for deepening our Jewish
knowledge, and, concomitantly, our spiritual identities.
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gramming. To be a member of our synagogue com-
munity is to be enmeshed in a caring network in
which no one has to encounter lifes hardest chal-
lenges alone. Our Sisterhood is constantly engaged
in creating wonderful programs which are equal parts
enjoyable and meaningful. Together, we foster an
environment which recognizes the intrinsic sanctity
and humanity of every single member of our syna-
gogue community.
Finally, we are a center for support for the State of
Israel. We recognize our sacred obligation to support
our brothers and sisters in Israel, and the unique, his-
torical gift that the Almighty has bestowed upon His
people in restoring Jewish sovereignty to our ances-
tral homeland.
We welcome you to join our synagogue community.
For more information regarding membership, includ-
ing two free tickets for the high holidays, please visit
us at www.jcot.org, e-mail us at office@jcot.org, or call
us at (201) 833-0515.
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such as Carignan, Petite Sirah, Viognier
or Petit Verdot. After multiple successes
with wines based on these aforemen-
tioned varieties in their high-end series,
here is a wine that is delicious, inexpen-
sive, food-friendly and which showcases
unique characteristics.
Rosh Hashanah is also a time for tak-
ing inventory of the past year, something
that requires extra humility. In that spirit,
I thought I should talk about a new French
wine that is not considered fancy and yet
bears the same features and qualities of
some of the most prestigious wines. Ch-
teau Royaumont is a blend of Merlot and
Cabernet Franc. It is made by Vignobles
Pr-Verg, the same producer as Ch-
teau Montviel, in Pomerol. While not as
exuberant, the Royaumont offers remark-
able complexity as well as the potential to
be cellared for over 10 years from harvest.
The Pascal Bouchard Le Classique which
hails from Chablis, an appellation within
Burgundy, is yet another French wine that
is reaching the stores shelves these days.
As opposed to most kosher Chardonnay
wines, this one is unoaked and radically
different, style wise. It showcases some
bright citrus and green apple fruit profile
with notes of saline and earthy minerals, as
well as lip-smacking acidity. It is really fun
to compare and taste it side by side with
the Matar Chardonnay from Israel with its
slightly creamy texture and buttery notes.
It is customary to indulge in sweet
fruits and treats on Rosh Hashanah, in
the hope of being granted a sweet New
Year. Herzog Wine Cellars in California
has been crafting stellar dessert wines
for more than two decades with the Late
Harvest series. My personal favorite is
the Chenin Blanc, a variety originating
from Frances Loire Valley. The grapes
for this wine grow in the Herzog Familys
vineyard in Clarksburg. The wine has a
luscious, almost oily texture with aro-
mas and flavors of quince jam, pear and
lemon drops with hints of dried apricots
and honeysuckle. Happy and sweet new
year to all, Shana Tova!
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