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wenty-first century technology can go a long way toward bridging distances between people thousands of miles apart, but there is no replacement for personal and cross-community connections, says Inbal Shtivi. Shtivi, 43, who will be Tucson’s new shlicha (Israeli emissary) and director of the Weintraub Israel Center, will arrive with her husband and two children at the end of this month or early in August. “It will be my first time in the U.S., and I am very excited to know the local community and generally the American way of life. At the moment, we are very
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New shlicha will bring experience, charm, young family to town
Inbal Shtivi, her husband, Eran Falach, and their children look forward to a new experience sharing Israel with Tucson.
much into our preparation — preparing the kids toward the fu-
ture, preparing ourselves to live away from home, and of course
preparing for this new professional adventure,” she told the AJP last week. “When I applied to be a shlicha, I kept thinking how I can bring and personify current Israel with its vibes and cultures to my future community,” says Shtivi, adding that her first goal is to understand the community’s needs “in all that regards to Israel, and how I can contribute to local Jewish identity.” “My Israel is diverse, liberal, accepting, multicultural and multi-faceted. I would like to see this richness come to life in Tucson through programs and events,” she says, “and existing partnerships with the communities of Hof Ashkelon and Kiryat Malachi enhanced.” See Shlicha, page 2
Youth ambassadors set to boost Israel, Tucson connections SHAYNE TARQUINIO AJP Intern
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anielle Levy and Shay Friedwald, both 18, are Tucson’s teen Israeli ambassadors, or shinshinim, for the new year. They have just graduated high school and are among the 10 percent of students accepted out of about 2,000 who apply for this Jewish Agency for Israel global outreach program. “I wanted to do something for my country,” says Friedwald. For Levy, it’s an opportunity for “meeting the world, [to] experience something else.” As the time to leave Israel draws near, she says, “Sometimes I’m super excited and then I’m super stressful. It’s hard, it’s difficult, it’s like the biggest
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change that I have been doing.” The pair will arrive on Aug. 2
and live in the United States for a year, hosted by the Weintraub
Israel Center and the Tucson community. Levy and Friedwald will work with schools and synagogues as they help connect Israel and the Tucson community. “Everyone sees Israel in a specific form,” says Levy. “I just hope to bring different perspectives and show how beautiful and amazing and different Israel is.” Friedwald agrees: “You need to come to Israel and experience it. The sense of humor, the scenic, the Israeli spirit. It is different. I hope to bring my values, my sense of humor, and my Israelism to Tucson.” The shinshinim application process involves a series of evaluations. Applicants are tested in group settings on teamwork,
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Born and raised in Kfar Mordechai, a small village near Ashdod, Shtivi has lived in Tel Aviv since she was 20. As a soldier, she served in the Israeli Air Force as part of a combat support team. She has a bachelor’s degree in communication and management from College of Management - Academic Studies in Rishon LeZion, and a master’s in gender studies from Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv. She has been working with Israeli NGOs (non-governmental organizations) since 2006. “As the Second Lebanon War broke, there was a great need for skilled people to meet the needs of families and children in the north. It seems now like ancient history, but with intensive teamwork, and through local partnerships, we managed to deliver fun and recreational activities to hundreds of children in shelters across northern Israel — Jews and Arabs alike. I fell in love with the field of community and educational work, where one can immediately feel and see the results of their work, and potentially have longer term impact,” Shtivi says. She’s also worked with the International Women’s Film Festival in Rehovot, advancing women in the film industry in Israel. Shtivi has broad horizons, having worked with multinational teams in both Israel and Europe, says Oshrat Barel, Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona direc-
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leadership, and teaching skills but are also evaluated based on personality and language acquisition. “I was a little bit nervous,” Friedwald says, but was relieved when he passed the screening and moved onto the training program. Friedwald is looking forward to giving “as much as I can at this specific platform. I’m very excited.” The word shinshinim is a Hebrew acronym for shnat sherut, meaning “year of service.” Levy and Friedwald are Tucson's fourth set of shinshinim. After their year in Tucson, they will begin their mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces with a deeper understanding of Jewish communities outside of Israel. But for now, the teenagers are preparing for the journey ahead. Levy’s summer has been spent camping at the ocean, being with friends and family as much as possible, and packing for her year abroad. When she was younger, Levy lived in both Germany and Finland for a few years at a time. She graduated from high school with three majors: Arabic, German, and media and communications. Now, Levy says that she is excited to experience
“My Israel is diverse, liberal, accepting, multicultural and multi-faceted.” tor of community engagement and a former Tucson shlicha. “Inbal is charming, a deep thinker,” says Barel. “She has worked with teens, she advocates a lot for women, and she’s an entrepreneur. She created something almost from scratch with Gan HaHashmal,” a “business improvement district” in Tel Aviv. For the past two years, as director of Gan HaHashmal, Shtivi says, “together with a group of 40 small and medium business owners (in fashion, arts, culture, and more), we have created a community that works together toward a shared vision.” “As a parallel activity, I participated in and led numerous seminars and workshops in the framework of the European Youth Program — fostering partnerships between youth organizations across the Mediterranean Sea Basin. It was a fascinating personal and professional experience. “But my greatest pride and joy is my voluntary community work. Together with my neighbors, we are creating a local active community in my home neighborhood. We have created a beautiful community garden
which serves the entire area, established a dynamic neighborhood basketball team, and shifted municipal priorities. Now that I am leaving, it will be an opportunity for them to develop new ideas and scale our activities and achievements,” she says. Shtivi’s hobbies include cinema, Iyengar yoga, traveling with her family, and hosting family and friends. Her daughter, who is 11, “is super excited about arriving to Tucson,” Shtivi says. “We know it won’t be easy at first, but it seems that she is ready for the challenge.” Her 3-year-old son “is too small to figure this out, but we are there for him. My husband, Eran, is working in Israel as a business consultant” and lately has been developing his own startup initiative. “As we get to Tucson, Eran will take more responsibilities around the house and invest more time in his new endeavor.” “We are very blessed to have another wonderful family coming to join us from Israel later this summer,” says Stuart Mellan, Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona president and CEO. “Inbal Shtivi, who will be our seventh emissary to serve as Weintraub Israel Center director, has a warm and engaging spirit that we know will draw many to our work. Her professional track record prepares her well for this work — and we know that she will help continue the legacy of excellence that her predecessors have established.” Shtivi “is a community builder, that’s one of the things I love about her,” says Barel. “Did I say charming? She is — I know the community will really fall in love with her.”
“the real world.” “Where I live, you live in sort of a bubble. You live with the same people your entire life. We have everything really nearby,” says Levy. “It’s really homey because everyone knows each other. Each holiday we see everyone, we know everyone. “I just feel like it’s coming out of the bubble,” she says. Home, to Levy, is being with the people who she finds the most comfort with, where she can be herself and express herself the best way. When she comes to Tucson, she hopes to find a similar community. “You create your own family everywhere you’ll be. That’s what I believe,” says Levy. There are many people Levy’s age who do the shinshinim program in her moshav, or cooperative community, in Israel Valley. None, however, have gone as far as Arizona. A 10-hour time difference and about 7,500 miles separates Tucson and Israel, which is daunting to both Levy and Friedwald. “My biggest fear is that I won’t get the chance to talk as much with my friends and my people and my family,” says Friedwald, who lives in Ramat Gan. Friedwald discovered his desire to serve his country abroad on a visit to Baltimore, Maryland, where
his brother was serving as a shaliach (emissary) at John Hopkins Hillel. In high school, Friedwald studied computer science and physics. He is a Scouts counselor in a camp program that strengthens youth communities. In Tucson, Friedwald looks forward to working with Taglit, the Jewish Community Center’s program for young adults with physical and cognitive disabilities. A friend of his from Scouts has autism and Friedwald has enjoyed welcoming him into his tight-knit group of friends. Eventually, they started a band with two others and called it “Dedos and Friends.” Friedwald plays the cajon, a box drum, and the band recently had its first performance. “It was a music concert in a coffeehouse and the crowd was full and we broke the record for the people that got in. It was 130 people who came to our show. It was really fun,” he says. Along with his musical talents, Friedwald hopes that his personality and passion for working with disabled kids and adults adds to his service as a shinshin. He has heard that Tucson’s Jewish community “gives you a place to give your everything” and is excited to share the Israeli “spiciness.” “This is going to be a fantastic year,” he says.
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sonally learned so much from his wisdom and teachings, and while I never met him, I’ve visited his resting place in Queens to gain blessing and inspiration. With so much discord and division across our society, the Rebbe’s words are more relevant than ever, and we so desperately need to take them to heart and learn from his example to always see the good in others, even those with whom we may disagree.” Campbell added that she would “rededicate” herself to the rebbe’s mission of “creating more light and goodness.” In 2010 Campbell announced that she had embraced the Kabbalah movement and that it had helped her turn her life around and to control her notorious temper. Singer Paula Abdul, who is Jewish, also honored Schneerson in a tweet to mark his 25th yahrzeit, promoting his Shabbat candle campaign, which calls on all Jewish women and girls to light candles for the Jewish Sabbath. “His teachings to better our world through unconditional love are more urgent now than ever! Join me in his Shabbat Candle campaign, spreading light before sundown this evening,” she tweeted late on Friday afternoon, July 5.
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visited a kindergarten for Jewish and Arab children in the central Israeli city of Jaffa during a quick visit. The English rock star was spotted by a reporter for Israel’s Channel 12 show “Good Evening with Guy Pines” on Monday. Martin donates to the foundation behind the Bustan Yafa network of schools, according to The Jerusalem Post. The schools teach multiple religions and languages, and preach tolerance and coexistence. After touring the Jaffa school, Martin reportedly visited the West Bank before leaving on Tuesday. Martin has attempted to set up a concert in Israel for years to promote Israeli-Palestinian coexistence, but the plan has never taken shape. He was married to the Jewish actress and lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow from 2003 to 2016. One of their two children is named Moses. ...
A high school in Boca Raton, Florida, removed a principal who told a
parent that he needed to remain neutral on whether or not the Holocaust occurred. The Palm Beach County School District said in a statement Monday that it was aware of remarks made by William Latson in 2018 and had instructed him to expand Holocaust curriculum at Spanish River Community High School and spend time at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Despite these efforts, his leadership has become a major distraction for the school community. It is, therefore, in the best interest of students and the larger school community to reassign Mr. Latson to a district position,” the school district said in a statement on Monday. Latson told the mother of a student a year ago that “Not everyone believes the Holocaust happened.” In a followup email exchange, he responded that “I can’t say the Holocaust is a factual, historical event because I am not in the position to do so as a school district employee.” His comments drew wide media coverage after The Palm Beach Post reported on them on July 5. The school, which has about 2,500 students, is said to have one of the largest Jewish student populations in the county, according to the report. Latson, who had his job since 2011, apologized in a statement to the Post, saying his email “did not accurately reflect my professional and personal commitment to educating all students about the atrocities of the Holocaust.”
Marcelle Haroun, mother of the current president of Cairo’s Jewish community, has died at the age of 93.
Her death, announced on July 6, leaves five Jews known to be living in Cairo, Watani International reported. They are Haroun’s daughter, Magda, who heads the minuscule community, and four granddaughters. However, JTA received an email this week from a woman saying her mother has an Egyptian ID with her religion being Jewish and attends the synagogue for events and thus should be counted as part of the community. The AFP news service reported in March 2017 that there were also 12 Jews living in the coastal city of Alexandria. Haroun was the widow of lawyer and politician Shehata Haroun, known as a Jewish anti-Zionist who was a member of the Communist Party of Egypt, according to the report. He died in 2001. Her daughter told Tablet in 2013 that Marcelle was her father’s “comrade.” Egypt was home to some 80,000 Jews when Israel was founded in 1948. Thousands began leaving in the ensuing years, and many more in two waves, in 1956 and 1967. The Harouns remained, considering themselves Egyptian first, according to Watani. Haroun was predeceased by two daughters. “The Jewish Community in Cairo has regretfully lost Marcelle Haroun, one of its pillars who will be sorely missed,” read the statement announcing her death. ...
A 2018 tweet in which Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan compared Jews to termites was no longer
available on Twitter. On Tuesday, the social media platform introduced new rules prohibiting “language that dehumanizes others on the basis of religion.” Twitter said accounts that had posted such tweets prior to the policy change would have to delete offending tweets before being able to post new ones. Farrakhan’s tweet was no longer available on the site as of Tuesday. Last year the leader, who has a long history of making anti-Semitic and homophobic comments, wrote on Twitter, “I’m not an anti-Semite. I’m anti-Termite.” The tweet linked to a video of a speech he gave marking the 23rd anniversary of the Million Man March, his 1995 rally advocating empowerment for black men. At the time, Facebook removed a similar post but Twitter said it did not violate its policies. — JTA
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COMMENTARY Mad magazine taught me to think like a furshlugginer Jewish intellectual ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL JTA
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ad magazine is on life support, and I can’t say I’m either surprised or all that sad about it. DC Entertainment announced last week that the satirical magazine will stop publishing new content. It was like hearing about a beloved old relative who passed away: I hadn’t had any meaningful contact in years, but had fond memories of when we were still close. For me, that meant during my pre-barmitzvah years, growing up in the 1970s. For a suburban kid binging on a diet of Saturday morning cartoons and grim, adultsonly dispatches on the nightly news, Mad was a hoot — hilarious, irreverent, slightly risqué. Today I am a man, and realize Mad was something more. Many of the eulogies have focused on the political legacy of the magazine. The Denver Post once celebrated its “mid-
A cover of Mad Magazine, which will no longer publish new content, from 1968.
20th-century history of bold political satire and anti-censorship court cases.” (In 1964 the Supreme Court refused to hear music publishers’ complaints over the magazine’s right to publish song parodies.) Others
suggested that its mocking attitude influenced the ’60s generation to “question authority.” The Washington Post called it the “most influential magazine of the postWorld War II era.” Looking back on the old issues, I’m also struck by how political they were, with biting parodies of the 1960s “Establishment” represented by Richard Nixon, George McGovern, and Henry Kissinger. An American flag poster from 1971 would still raise eyebrows today, reworking the pledge of allegiance into a bitterly ironic statement on American divisions, addressed to “one nation under God with liberty and justice for all, including [to read the string of ethnic and racial slurs Mad used, visit www. jta.org/category/opinion].” Watergate, the Vietnam war, the “generation gap,” the civil rights movement: Mad translated the issues dominating the news of the day and the whispered conversations of my parents and their friends into a comic language we kids could understand. But I barely remember the political
stuff. It is the education Mad gave me as a consumer — and consumer of pop culture — that sticks with me. In a pre-ironic age, when advertising had insinuated itself into seemingly every corner of our lives (or so we thought, in the era before smartphones), Mad taught its young readers to be wary of corporate America. Its fake ads undermined health claims for cigarettes and the promises of cosmetics. An advertisement for “Sucka” instant coffee forced us to acknowledge the workers who were exploited so that our parents could enjoy “instant” satisfaction. Mad was in the “deconstruction” business years before the term was coined. It was Consumer Reports for kids. Mad worked the same subversive magic on TV shows and feature films, in the classic parodies written by Dick DeBartolo and Larry Siegel and drawn by Angelo Torres and Mort Drucker. “The Oddfather” parody asked if Marlon Brando was really a believable Mafia don with his cheeks See Mad, page 8
Why American Jews should care Israeli cop shot an unarmed Ethiopian teen MIJAL BITTON JTA JERUSALEM sraeli society has been gripped over the past [two] week by the killing of Solomon Tekah, an unarmed 19-year-old Ethiopian Israeli. On June 30, an off-duty Israeli police officer shot and killed Tekah under highly contested circumstances. Walking this city’s streets and stuck
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math of this shooting, my community, the American Jewish community, has little knowledge of Solomon’s killing or involvement in the massive protests sparked by the tragedy. As someone deeply committed to values of Jewish peoplehood and to a Zionist engagement with Israel, I believe that we American Jews must confront Solomon’s death and grapple with questions of racism in Israeli society. A moral commitment to Zionism must include narratives that are painful and inconvenient. It is not enough to speak of the startup nation and to celebrate Israel’s many triumphs. We must also explore the darker chapters in Zionism, including discrimination against Ethiopians within Israeli Jewish society. Moreover, American Jews have a responsibility to face Solomon’s death because our community is morally implicated in the story of Ethiopian Jews. American political power and AmericanJewish dollars helped support the efforts to bring Ethiopian Jews to Israel, including through Operations Moses and Solomon. In America, we celebrate the EthiopianIsraeli story as a mark of Zionist success and solidarity. But we have not grappled with Israel’s failure to fully integrate the Ethiopian community. We do not investigate the persistent gaps in educational and socioeconomic achievements of Ethiopian Israelis, the high concentration of Ethio-
pian residents in poor neighborhoods, systemic bias in the criminal justice system or broader social discrimination — such as Barkan Wineries’ eventually revoked practice of not allowing Ethiopian employees certain roles in their wine manufacturing in order to align with a strict kosher certification that cast doubts upon the Jewish status of Ethiopian Israelis. Knesset member Michael Bitton (no relation) published a poignant Vidui (confessional prayer) on Facebook after Solomon’s killing. One of his confessions was an “Al Het” — we acknowledge our sin — for amazing aliyah operations followed by failed integration. This is an Al Het that we as American Jews must articulate, too. But beyond moral responsibility, confronting Solomon’s killing will bring American Jews to engage with Israel in a more complex and nuanced way. We would have to admit that Solomon’s killing is similar to many incidents of racist police brutality in America. Recognizing that Israeli culture suffers some of the same systemic problems of racism as America should bring us to explore the similarities between American and Israeli social inequities, and lead us to resist the sometimes self-righteous impulse we tend to exhibit toward Israeli problems largely absent in America. Lastly, questions around Ethiopian Jews and Israeli racism lead us to reconsider how American racial binaries are often See Teen, page 8
COMMENTARY Remembering former JFCS chair for his passion, kindness Photo courtesy Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona
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remember when I first met Fred Fruchthendler. It was my first interview with the board of Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona for the position of president and CEO. After an hour or so of many tough and thoughtful questions, a voice that had not yet spoken came suddenly from the corner of the room. This voice belonged to Fred, and from his questions and comments, I knew that this was someone who was perhaps the most passionate of anyone that I had met thus far about JFCS. Fred spoke of the rich history of the organization, and it was clear to me that he had a vision of strengthening JFCS. He described the organization’s amazing accomplishments over a period of more than 70 years, and I knew right away that he would do anything within his means to see it last forever. Although Fred had a deep commitment to the Jewish community, he understood that JFCS was important to every resident of Tucson. As such, he adamantly upheld the ideal that for JFCS to thrive and be sustainable, it requires board members and staff with the right skills, knowledge, and experience who can also uphold the organization’s Jewish values and traditions. I strive to uphold Fred’s ideals every day. In addition to serving as chair of JFCS’s board, Fred also impacted the Tucson community in many other ways. Whether supporting Handmaker, B’nai B’rith, the Boys & Girls Clubs, the North Fourth Avenue Merchants Association, the America-Israel Friendship League, the Carondelet Foundation, or personally helping his clients through Fruchthendler Insurance Company, which his father founded, Fred truly cared about his hometown. Yet Fred was not concerned about his own public leg-
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acy. He made it clear to everyone that JFCS was bigger than one person, and though he would always support the agency, he never would accept public recognition for his leadership and giving. I recall multiple occasions where Fred was nominated for some award in recognition of his support of JFCS or something else in the community only to receive a personal phone call from him to tell me he passionately declined the nomination. Fred was the first chair I worked under at JFCS, but he was not an ordinary leader. He was a mentor and close friend. This man showed me a kindness and a tenderness that I did not expect, but which I found myself welcoming with open arms. I do not hesitate to say that I have grown immensely as a result of my knowing Fred. In his 67 years, Fred gave to Tucson as much as it is possible for one person to give. We will all miss him dearly.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AJP article hits the right note I wish to thank the Arizona Jewish Post and interviewer Debe Campbell for the well-written article (“Retiree takes social justice to heart,” 6/28/19). She provided important information I shared with her when we met at the monastery. She has seen firsthand the role that so many volunteers and Catholic Community Services play in providing a safe environment for migrants as well as assisting them on their journey for asylum. Once again, I wish to thank her, the newspaper, and the organizations like the Jewish Federation, Jill Rich, and Temple Emanu-El, and those in the Jewish community who have contributed in so many different ways. — Steve Teichner
Vigil will support migrants As Jews, we have a special responsibility to stand up for the migrants currently being held under deplorable conditions in ICE detention centers. The situation is completely untenable. A Trump administration lawyer recently argued to a court that the government’s obligation to provide “safe and sanitary” conditions for child
migrants does not require it to provide children hygiene items such as soap or toothbrushes, and it can have them sleep on concrete floors in cold, overcrowded cells. Grade school children are forced to care for unattended toddlers. Children are only being allowed to shower once every two to three weeks. Also, six migrant children in U.S. federal custody have died since last September. While these detention facilities are not concentration camps (the term is divisive and a distraction because in the modern cultural language it denotes Nazi death camps), the fact that people are held in these conditions is completely against our Jewish values. We know from our history that silence is not an option when the powerless are being oppressed. Tucson Jews for Justice will participate in the worldwide Lights For Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps today at 6 p.m. in front of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library at Jacome Plaza in downtown Tucson. For those attending Shabbat services that evening, this is a great opportunity for our local rabbis to discuss from their pulpits why these detention facilities are against our Jewish values (or engage in post-service discussion groups on the issue). — Tony Zinman, Tucson Jews for Justice co-founder July 12, 2019, ARIZONA JEWISH POST
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stuffed with cotton. If the Chinese immigrant hero of the TV series “Kung Fu” is such a pacifist, why does he end up whuppin’ cowboy ass at the end of every episode? And how come the newsroom crew on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” never seemed to cover a news story? Later I would discover Pauline Kael and Andrew Sarris, whose movie criticism gave me a vocabulary and methodology for understanding why a piece of art works or doesn’t. Mad was there first, in a visual language that we absorbed by osmosis. It said, “I can enjoy this movie, but I can also see how absurd, artificial, and manipulative it is — and how it fails on its own terms.” We Jews like to claim this critical distancing as something distinctly Jewish — or at least a trait perfected by Jews in the mid-20th century. The case can be made: The “usual gang of idiots” who put Mad together included founders William Gaines and Harvey Kurtzman, editor Al Feldstein, and artists and writers from Drucker, Al Jaffee and Dave Berg to Larry Siegel, Stan Hart, and more recently, Drew Friedman, all Jews. (And all men, I know — the topic for another essay.) Its prose dripped with Yiddishisms, some real (shmuck!) and some imagined (furshlugginer!). Nathan Abrams, in an article on Mad’s Jewish sensibility in the journal Studies in American Humor, argues that in the 1950s and ’60s Mad “marinated in the same urban Jewish culture” that produced the New York Intellectuals. No surprise, then, that its contributors had the same intellectual concerns of their counterparts in academia and high-brow literary magazines: “suburbia, psychoanalysis, existentialism, Freudianism, intellectual pretension, bohemianism, technology, disarmament, and containment.” Mad’s contributors were the low-brows in this media class war. Jews and other sons of immigrants at the
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superimposed onto Israel. Some wrongly assume that Israeli Jews are akin to white Americans and Palestinian Arabs (and Ethiopian Jews) correspond to black Americans. This imagines — falsely — a binary of a racist white Ashkenazi Israeli hegemony against all people of color in Israel. But even as Ethiopian Jews (and to a lesser extent Mizrahi Jews) have suffered systemic discrimination, most Ethiopian and Mizrahi Jews in Israel identify as Zionist and are not aligned with the Palestinians vis-avis the conflict. Their realities, manifest in the current protests, help us resist the temptation to apply American racial categories to Israel and the conflict.
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top rungs of the entertainment food chain — the movie makers, ad execs, book publishers, and publicists — were being harassed by more Jews and other sons of immigrants from the bottom-feeding world of comic books and humor rags. This class conflict reached its peak in the 1973 parody of “Fiddler on the Roof,” titled “Antenna on the Roof.” Drucker and writer Frank Jacobs set the musical in a tinseled, clearly Jewish suburb, and changed the Sholem Aleichem adaptation into an angry indictment of Jewish assimilation. Zero Mostel is portrayed as “Mr. Buckchaser,” and his daughters are Sheila, “A Free Sex fanatic”; Nancy, a “speed freak just now,” and Joy, who “Makes bombs in the attic/And answers the phone with Quotations from Mao.” Their world is soaked in bourgeois excess, and their existence is corrupt and soulless. The last page is a cartoon jeremiad, with a crowd of shtetl peasants led by Chaim Topol as Tevye condemning the nouveaux riches for all the tsurris of the 1960s, from student unrest to pollution to striking unions. “Now that we’ve seen the Mess you’ve made,” they sing to the tune of “Miracle of Miracles,” “We’re afraid God wants back his melting pot!” It’s an entire Philip Roth novel in a seven-page comic. I stopped reading Mad regularly in the mid-1970s, the magazine having done its job on me, and pop culture. I was ready for the raunchier, more tasteless fare of “National Lampoon,” and the not-ready-for-prime-time satire of “Saturday Night Live,” where Mad’s influence was obvious whenever a fake commercial came on selling flammable toy cars or “Little Chocolate Donuts” breakfast cereal. But whenever I talk back at an implausible movie or TV show, or tweet a devastating take down of a disingenuous politician, I remember my old friend Mad.
Andrew Silow-Carroll is JTA’s editor in chief. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AJP or its publisher, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona.
Solomon Tekah’s killing is a tragedy that should matter to all good people who care about questions of racism, discrimination, police brutality and inequity. But it should especially matter to Zionist Jews around the world, whose moral imagination and responsibility would expand in a deeply ethical way if confronted with his death. And for Solomon, it would mean that his death would be mourned and protested not only by millions of Israelis, but by millions of Jews around the world of all languages and backgrounds who would join the fight to ensure his killing leads to a more equitable Israel. Mijal Bitton Ph.D., is a fellow in residence at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and the Rosh Kehilla of the Downtown Minyan. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AJP or its publisher, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona.
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inda Tumarkin, 79, has been an active volunteer in the Tucson Jewish community since shortly after moving to town in 1971, including three terms as chair of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and four terms as chair of the Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council. She was on the founding committee of the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona in 1975 and has served on the JCF board and various committees on and off over the years. Recently, she gave up her seat on the JCF board to make room for a younger leader. “I actually had one more year to go,” she says, explaining that she was part of a local Jewish community leadership class two years ago, with a range of ages among the participants. “What I gleaned from that is that there’s wonderful leadership coming and there has to be room for
Linda Tumarkin poses with the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s mission statement inside the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, June 27, 2019.
these people. “I was very encouraged by the tran-
sition of Tracy to Graham; I was part of that process,” she adds, referring to
former JCF President and CEO Tracy Salkowitz, who left Tucson last year, and the current JCF chief, Graham Hoffman, who came aboard in September. “I think that Foundation is in great hands. I did go to the final meeting and saw some of the new young people who were sitting at the table … we have a wonderful community with fabulous talent.” When the Tumarkins moved to Tucson from Livingston, New Jersey, she says, her husband, Gerry, was a manufacturer of electronic components for television picture tubes. To compete with Japanese manufacturers, his company opened one of the first American export factories or maquiladoras in Nogales, Mexico. The couple had three children, ages 8, 6, and 2, and Gerry often traveled for business — she recalls that at the time, American Airlines had nonstop service to New York, Chicago, and Florida. The other city Gerry’s company had proposed was Jacksonville, Florida. See Tucsonan, page 10
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“Hands down, no contest,” she says of choosing Tucson. “We were very fortunate that we both knew people who were here already, or knew people who knew people. And we went to some young Jewish Tucson event and just connected and felt comfortable and those people are still our friends today — Ruthie and Ronnie Kolker, Barbara Holtzman and her husband Stuart, who is deceased now, Janet and Steve Seltzer — all people who cared about the Jewish community, many of them from back East, also transplants. We just sort of found each other.” Tumarkin and her husband were born in the same hospital in Newark, New Jersey — Philip Roth country, she notes, citing the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose novels so often chronicled Jewish American middle-class life. In New Jersey, she didn’t have to think about being Jewish, but in Tucson, she soon realized that if she wanted her kids to have a Jewish identity, “I’m going to have to step up.” She and Gerry joined Temple EmanuEl, eventually moving to Congregation Anshei Israel, where her parents, who moved to Tucson one year after the Tumarkins, were members. Tumarkin’s mother, Evelyn Bersh, died six years ago, at age 101, and Gerry’s mother, Ida Kesselman, who moved here at age 95, lived to be 104. Today Tumarkin and her husband belong to Congregation Or Chadash, where she sings in the choir, something she also did at Anshei Israel. “There was a time when my mom and I were both in the choir. That was a hoot and a half,” she says. Getting involved in Jewish community work has been stimulating both emotionally and intellectually, says Tumarkin. “The people that I met and worked with, I was always impressed by their expertise and the amount of time they were all willing to give.” Gerry has similarly been involved in the Jewish community — he was president of the Tucson Jewish Community Center when she was president of the Federation, and served with many other Jewish agencies. “We have different leadership styles but the same heart,” she muses. Her first real involvement was with Tucson Hebrew High, where she was later president. “The one who really got me involved in Federation, though, is Mar-
gie Fenton,” a former JCRC director, she says, while Carole Levi, her predecessor as JFSA chair, later convinced her to take on that challenge. Tumarkin worked on the campaign to free Soviet Jews, who were not allowed to emigrate. Along with writing letters in support of “refuseniks,” the JCRC held 13 or 14 “Freedom Runs” in the ’70s and ’80s to publicize their plight. JCRC volunteers also helped resettle Soviet Jews who eventually were able to leave and came to Tucson. She and Barbara Holtzman had to explain to people that they were not raising funds for “Soviet jewelry,” she recalls with a laugh. “It was a learning experience.” “For myself, I also felt that my involvement was a good example for my family,” she says. “I led four interfaith missions to Israel when I was chair of JCRC — they were really extraordinary community events. I felt very fortunate to be able to represent our Jewish community and to feel the sense of community that came about because of each of those missions.” In 1984, the Federation named her its Woman of the Year. Tumarkin also has volunteered with the Tucson J, serving on its governance board, among other roles. Her JCC years go back to its former site on Plumer Avenue, which was followed by the “JCC Without Walls” before the current edifice on Dodge Boulevard was built. More recently, she was on the J’s initial Sculpture Garden committee — a project she continues to take pride in, and show off to visitors. Throughout her years in Tucson, Tumarkin worked alongside some “fabulous” lay leaders, including Saul and Sue Tobin, Jack Sarver, Shaol and Evie Pozez and Louis and Ruthann Pozez, Roz Kaufman, and Don Diamond. Carol Stern, who served as a representative of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, commonly known as the JDC, “was probably the first woman leader I really knew,” she says. Many of these mentors have now passed on. When Tumarkin was JFSA chair, 1997-2000, Stuart Mellan was relatively new in his role as president and CEO. “Stuart has been incredible in his leadership of our community. He’s going to be sorely missed [when he retires in May 2020.] I can’t picture us without him, but we will survive.” “Linda is a remarkable gift to our community. She has not let up in her devotion to our Jewish community for one moment. She’s one of the most positive,
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ee Chutkow, M.D., 92, has a goal: To reach his 100th birthday. In pursuit of that goal, Chutkow, a retired psychiatrist, classical music maven, and Shakespeare and poetry buff, keeps his mind and body active through the Elder Rehab program at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Five years ago, when Chutkow started noticing problems with his short-term memory, he spotted a notice announcing a new program at the Tucson J for individuals with just that problem. The unique feature of that program was its assignment of a University of Arizona student intern to each participant to be a buddy and coach for 20 two-hour exercise, memory- and language-stimulation sessions per semester. “These one-to-one sessions with a young student are a highlight of his week,” says Pamela Heiman, M.D., the care manager who coordinates Chutkow’s activity schedule. Chutkow enjoys educating his college student partners about his favorite composers, and his partners play his favorite pieces on their smart phones during aerobic, strength, and flexibility exercises at the gym. His daughter, Jenny Baldwin, credits Elder Rehab’s balanced exercise regimen, plus regular physical therapy sessions and a positive attitude, with enabling her father’s speedy recov-
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Elder Rehab powers retired Tucsonan toward the century milestone
Lee Chutkow accepts an award certificate from Elder Rehab coordinator Sharon Arkin, recognizing his nine semesters of continuous participation.
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helley Ann Lipowich, Ph.D., says she’s taught “for 150 years … everything from pre-kindergarten to post-doctoral, and I’ve had a ball.” She got her first taste of the Old Pueblo when it truly was a little village. She attended Sam Hughes Elementary as a child, “when Plumer Avenue was on the edge of town.” She remembers picnics on the grounds of San Xavier mission and driving a car clear into Sabino Canyon. That was in the late ’40s. “It was beautiful then,” she recalls, but her fondness for Tucson has grown. She calls it the “second garden of Eden.” She attended high school and three universities in the Chicago area, earning undergraduate degrees in chemistry, zoology, and English; a master’s in applied linguistics; and a doctorate in math and science performance assessment. She married Maury Lipowich in 1959. He was a Polish refugee and one of the Yaldi Tehran (Children of Tehran), saved from the Holocaust by Hadassah’s founder Henrietta Szold and raised in Israel. Maury, a retired architect, turned artist, died in 2017. “I have my family because of Hadassah,” Lipowich reflects. Because of that history, she’s always been very involved with the organization and now serves on a regional level. She also is documenting the Children of Tehran for a book she is writing. When she and her husband returned here 30 years ago, Lipowich dove into the Jewish community. “Now, this is my extended family since my kids aren’t here,” she says. She has two children and four grandchildren, in Chicago and San Diego. “We have such strong leadership in the Federation, the community center, the Israel center; it makes a family of all of us.” Lipowich was the director at Tucson Hebrew Academy briefly when it was on the Congregation Anshei Israel campus. She helped form the Hadassah book clubs in east and northwest Tucson and has held every office in the organization. “I feel an obligation there,” she reiterates. She is also a life member of the Brandeis National Committee and secretary for the Desert Caucus political group. However, her heart truly belongs to her work at the Weintraub Israel Center. She started with the Israel Action Network, interfaith outreach, and assisting with Israel Independence Day celebrations. She particularly enjoyed taking part in interfaith outreach at Harvest Center Christian Church Sunday school, where she did everything she could to promote U.S.-Israel relationships. When she began volunteering in WIC’s Partnership2Gether program, her love for teaching was a perfect match. P2G focuses on people-to-people bridge-building between Tucson and Israel, and one of its biggest programs is school twinning, which partners Tucson schoolchildren and teachers with counterparts in Israel. This enables cross-cultural learning on a personal level; at Tucson Hebrew Academy, it culminates in eighthgraders visiting their twinning friends in Israel. Lipowich has experienced this partnership from introducing pre-kindergartners at the J’s Early Childhood Education center to their new friends in Israel, to work-
Shelley Lipowich, right, employs science, nature, and technology to build bridges between students in Tucson and Israeli classrooms while volunteering for Weintraub Israel Center’s Partnership2gether school twinning program.
ing with THA eighth graders as they have built connections and anticipated meeting their long-time friends on their graduation trip to Israel. Lipowich employs a lot of hands-on learning, science, and demonstration in her work with youth. With pre-kindergartners, she introduced the pomegranate as a new fruit for Rosh Hashanah, shared Israeli culture and symbolism around it, taught how to cultivate seeds, and ultimately planted a tree at the J with the children. A year later, the tree is bearing fruit, to the children’s delight. “Now they see the pomegranate, and it’s more than a fruit. It’s a bridge, a connection,” she says. “Shelley has created a lot of connections through nature,” says Adi Olshansky, WIC’s P2G coordinator. “She really understands the twinning concept.” In the twinning program, “we bring up what’s different or the same between us. We do FaceTime, Skype, and email with each other. Children, teachers, adults, and families wind up paired. And it is lasting,” Lipowich says. “We give, and they give back.” She is part of the P2G planning and allocation committee, which she calls a true partnership, as the local participants budget and plan together with their Israeli partners for programming. “It gives me a great deal of joy. The relationship is a privilege.” She’s also hosted partnership delegates in her home on several occasions. This school year, she plans to start conversational Hebrew with THA eighth-graders to further cement their connection with Israeli friends in P2G. Lipowich has her own bridges with Israel, counting more than 60 family members there. “I visit every couple of years to hug the new babies,” she laughs. She also visits her extended family there through stewardship of P2G. “I couldn’t do this without this organizational structure.” July 12, 2019, ARIZONA JEWISH POST
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JFCS workshops give Holocaust survivors from Russia end-of-life guidance DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor
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his summer, Jewish Family & Children’s Services conducted a series of workshops on advance directives and ethical wills for the 40 Russian-speaking Holocaust survivors in the Tucson community. Nearly half attended. “It is not in Russian culture to talk about final days or what would happen with a person if he or she gets very ill,” says Raisa Moroz, JFCS Holocaust survivors program manager, who facilitated the programs in Russian. “It took me about five years to be able to talk about it with people who are much older than I am. I took a few workshops myself to understand and accept the concept of advance directives. We selected the Five Wishes program [for advance directives] because it is in Russian and English; it is well presented and somewhat understandable for people.” The Five Wishes approach discusses and documents care and comfort choices, con-
L-R: Iosif Beskin, Gregory Tselnik, and Raisa Moroz examine advance directive documents at a workshop.
nects families, communicates with healthcare providers, and shows what it means to care for one another as a community. “Writing an ethical will is an opportunity to examine our lives, to notice what we hold as precious and meaningful at the core of our beings,” Moroz says. “What are the values that we have treasured in
our living? Who are the people who have shown us the way? How have our mistakes shaped and enlivened us? What are the great questions we have asked in our lives? What are the answers we have discovered? Writing an ethical will is a process of life review, celebration, and legacy.” An advance health care directive is a
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ocal Jewish educators are gearing up for the new school year, which starts next month. Here are some of the new programs awaiting students. Congregation Anshei Israel is introducing a new, integrated youth education program, B’Yahad (Together). B’Yahad will provide experiential learning opportunities for students of CAI’s religious school as well as those who attend Tucson Hebrew Academy and families throughout the congregation. Tucson’s new shinshinim (Israeli teen ambassadors) will play an important role throughout the year, along with CAI’s madrichim (teen leaders). For more information, see www. azjewishpost.com/2019/cai-to-energizeyouth-family-education-program, visit www.caiaz.org, or contact Rabbi Ruven Barkan, CAI’s education and youth director, at 745-5550. Congregation Beit Simcha will have
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learning needs, interests, and goals. For more information, visit www.beitsimcha tucson.org, or contact Riegel at 276-9244 or youthed@beitsimchatucson.org. Congregation Bet Shalom is renewing its virtual Hebrew school. Students can log in from home for a weekly class with Rabbi Avi Alpert that will focus on improving Hebrew reading skills and comprehension. Another component of the class is geared to sharpening students’ general knowledge of Judaism, and to framing their relationship to Torah in a positive manner. To register, contact Alpert at rabbi@cbsaz.org or the office administration at cbs@cbsaz.org. Congregation Chaverim has an earth-based curriculum that follows the cycles and season of the Jewish calendar, says Rabbi-Educator Stephanie Aaron. “We have a mitzvah of each month that is observed throughout the school and the shul,” says Aaron, giving the example of August’s mitzvah, “being careful of our See Programs, page 20
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words.” Aaron wrote about words and their significance for the congregational newsletter, and will teach Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s book, “Words That Hurt, Words That Heal” in her adult study class. For more information, call 320-1015 or email rabbisaaron@gmail.com. Congregation Or Chadash and Temple Emanu-El are collaborating on several programs in the coming year. On Sundays for the entire year, they will combine their eighth-grade classes, focusing on two components: social action and comparative religions. In the social action unit, “students will have the opportunity to learn about the needs in our community and how Judaism influences us to become better American citizens,” says COC Director of Youth Engagement Rina Liebeskind. “The primary aim of the comparative religions unit is to provide accurate information about other religions and an exchange of views on aspects of religious life: historical, possibly mystical, and most importantly, personal experiences and traditions from representatives of these religions.” The madrichim (teacher’s aides) course will be incorporated in the eighth-grade program to enhance students’ leadership skills as they enter high school. Or Chadash students in grades six-eight will join Temple Emanu-El’s JCTEY youth group. For more information, visit www.octucson. org, or contact Liebeskind at 900-7030 or rina@octucson.org. Temple Emanu-El also is focusing on
is Hebrew@Home blended learning program and its Partnership2Gether twinning programs. On Tuesday afternoons, eighth-graders will be learning modern conversational Hebrew, using the UlpanOr program that Tucson Hebrew High successfully piloted last year, says Abby Limmer, Ph.D., director of Temple Emanu-El’s Kurn Religious School. “All Jewish eighth-graders in Southern Arizona are invited to join us, either for Sundays only or Sundays and Tuesdays, whether or not they are affiliated with other institutions. With Hebrew@Home, they will be able to participate even if they can’t come to class in person.” For more information, visit www.tetucson.org, or contact Limmer at alimmer@tetucson.org or 327-4501. Tucson Hebrew Academy has adopted and sent four educators to a recent workshop on the TaL AM program in New Jersey, says Head of School Laurence Kutler, Ph.D. “It was developed based on the notion that the best learning environment for children is one in which knowledge is acquired through a variety of activities,” he explains. In addition to studying from textbooks, students learn the Hebrew language through music, games, and visual aids, developing a keen understanding of Jewish concepts and values. The program helps foster Jewish identity by allowing children to explore their Jewish roots and traditions in fun and exciting ways. The TaL AM program fits into the Challenge Based Learning delivery system recently adopted by THA. For more information, visit www.thaaz.org or call 529-3888.
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After 41 years, Tucson Hebrew High undergoes evolution
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ucson High School for Jewish Studies, better known at Tucson Hebrew High, will undergo an evolution as it launches its 41st year in August. Still in development, the Jewish teen network will unfold as the year progresses, says Rabbi Ruven Barkan, THH director. “The success of this past year is that all the partners are on board with making changes in the framework. How we do it and how we attract and educate our teens in a broader, Jewish way are the goals,” he says. The Hebrew for Credit program will continue under the network, Barkan says. It will include both a language study component and twinning program with students in Israel and the local shinshinim (Israeli teen emissaries). Classes will be held on Tuesdays from 5 to 9 pm. Oren Riback will lead the senior class. Most Tucson high schools accept the Hebrew for Credit program for one high school language credit per year completed. Where it is not accepted for foreign language credit, it may be accepted as an elective, giving students the flexibility to take other classes within the school, Barkan says. THH is a valuable addition to a college resume, Bar-
kan adds. Colleges seek consistency in extracurricular activities, especially academic ones. THH students engage in critical thinking and text analysis, two important elements for the college applicant. THH faculty also are excellent references for college and jobs. Partners in the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Jewish Coalition for Education, which supports THH, include the Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson Hebrew Academy, the University of Arizona Hillel Foundation, Temple Emanu-El, and congregations Anshei Israel, Bet Shalom, Chaverim, M’kor Hayim, and Or Chadash. THH created a new board of directors last year, including Rabbis Stephanie Aaron, Avi Alpert, Batsheva Appel, Robert Eisen, Billy Lewkowicz, and Thomas Louchheim, along with Oshrat Barel, Michelle Blumenberg, Jesse Davis, Laurence Kutler, Nancy Ozeri, Bryan Pisetsky, Oren Riback, Todd Rockoff, and Jill Rosenfeld. Louchheim and Ozeri co-chair the board. The Friends of Hebrew High and the Dr. Stephen Dickstein Scholarship Fund continue to provide student scholarships. The THH kickoff event will be at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Information, updates, and registration will be available at www.tucsonhebrewhigh.org or by calling Susanne Amador at 647-8448.
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he 2019 Dr. Paul W. Hoffert Spirit Program, a free Jewish learning opportunity for men and boys from the Southwest Torah Institute’s Naomi Adir Center for Torah Education, begins July 28 and runs through Aug. 11. In morning or evening sessions, individuals or groups can study the topic of their choice with four visiting students from the Rabbinic Seminary of America (Chofetz Chaim) in Queens, New York, and Tucson’s Rabbi Israel Becker. Sessions are offered by appointment, from 9 a.m. to noon and 8 to 9:45 p.m. daily, except for Shabbat. Study sessions can be scheduled for 15 minutes to three hours.
The scholars include Yosef Porush, 21, who was born in Jerusalem and raised in Milwaukee. He has studied in in Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Jerusalem. In addition to Talmud and halachah (Jewish law), Porush is interested in expanding his knowledge of mussar, or character development. His hobbies include jogging and diving. Rueven Russek, 22, who hails from Queens, enjoys the methodical style of learning that is the trademark of the Chofetz Chaim seminary. His hobbies include snowboarding, jogging, and basketball. Uri Goldberg, 21, is a Floridian who attended schools in Boca Raton and North Miami Beach, and for three See Spirit, page 23 July 12, 2019, ARIZONA JEWISH POST
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years in Jerusalem, before beginning at the Queens seminary. Apart from his studies, he is a camp counselor, athlete, creative writer, photographer, video editor, and guitar player.
Shimmy Freud, 21, was born, raised, and schooled in Staten Island, New York, before attending the Chofetz Chaim seminary in Queens. He has a keen interest in the study of hashkafa, which focuses on viewing the world around us through the prism of Judaism. To register, visit www.tucsontorah.org or contact Becker at yzbecker@me.com.
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meats that prevent them from spoiling and give them that rosy color. But nitrates and nitrites are known carcinogens, occurring both naturally in some foods and as an additive in others. Nitrites can damage cells and react with other molecules found in food to create an enhanced cancer risk. For this reason, these Jewish delicacies top the list of foods to avoid when thinking about optimizing one’s diet.
Organ meats
Jews have a long tradition of consuming organ meats, from the Ashkenazi Jewish favorites chopped liver and kishke (cow intestine stuffed with gizzards, shmaltz, and vegetables) to the Sephardic dish known as Jerusalem mixed grill. Organ meats are a mixed bag: On one hand, they are packed with nutrients like vitamin A and folic acid, both of which are good for the heart. On the other hand, they are extremely high in saturated fat and cholesterol. While a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet is bad for the heart, studies show such diets are also associated with colorectal, breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer.
Fried foods
Sadly, it’s best if latkes and other fried foods are kept to a minimum. When food is cooked at very high heat, an amino acid called asparagine can react with sugars to produce acrylamide. This happens especially with latkes, since potatoes are high in sugar content. The chemical acrylamide See Foods, page 26
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ARTS & CULTURE Museum on Southern Jews moves its eclectic collection across state lines JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
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prosthetic leg that belonged to a Russian Jewish immigrant to Lake Providence, Louisiana. An 8-foot neon sign from a hotel that advertised itself as the only establishment with an “up to date kosher kitchen” in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Two synagogue organs from the now shuttered Temple B’nai Israel in Canton, Mississippi. These items made the trip from Mississippi to Louisiana last month — along with the rest of the more than 4,000 artifacts that make up the collection of the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience. Movers had to build custom crates and transport the items in climate-controlled trucks due to the size and number of unusual artifacts. The museum is the only one in the world wholly dedicated to telling the history of Jews in the American South. And when it reopens next year in New Orleans, it will be easily accessible to the general public for the first time. Founded in 1986, the museum was located previously at the Union for Reform
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Postcards in the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience collection show Jewish-owned department stores throughout the South.
Judaism’s Jacobs Camp in the remote town of Utica, Mississippi. It did not always have a full-time staff and there were times visitors had to make an appointment. The museum closed in 2012 and put its collection in storage in Jackson, Mississippi, as leadership contemplated a move. New Orleans was chosen as the new location because of its vibrant Jewish population, tourism industry, and the fact that it didn’t already have a Jewish-themed attrac-
tion. Museum officials predict that some 40,000 people will visit every year. With the reopening, the museum will shift its focus, according to its executive director, Kenneth Hoffman. “The [original] idea was to collect artifacts from congregations and families that were quickly disappearing from these small towns and put them on display and preserve the artifacts, which is a great mission to have,” Hoffman, a Houston native
who grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in a phone interview from New Orleans. “But now what we’re doing in New Orleans is we are going beyond that and we are really attempting to tell a larger story about Jewish life in the South.” In 2017, the museum launched a $10 million fundraising campaign for the move and redesign. It has raised $6 million through donations from individuals and family foundations. Jews have lived in the South since before the Revolutionary War, but the bulk arrived as immigrants during the 19th century. Many settled in small towns, where they worked as merchants. However, by the 20th century, young Jews were leaving those towns to study and work in larger cities in the South. The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience is unique. Atlanta’s Breman Museum has a gallery dedicated to Southern Jewish history and exhibits about other topics, but it focuses on Atlanta. The exhibit at The Jewish Museum of Florida is local, too. Dallas and Houston have Holocaust museums. Other See Museum, page 26
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organizations — including the Southern Jewish Historical Society and the Institute for Southern Jewish Life, to which the museum belonged until it separated in 2017 as part of the relaunch — hold events but do not have permanent exhibits. Few people associate the American Jewish experience with the South, despite the region’s rich history, said Gary Zola, the executive director of the Jacob Rader Center of the American Jewish Archives and a professor at the Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. “The Southern Jewish experience constitutes the most distinctive and arguably the most significant regional saga because the South envisioned itself as a separate, independent nation during the Civil War,” Zola wrote to JTA in an email. “Thankfully, this new Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience will soon provide the American public with an opportunity to learn more about this vitally important facet of
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is used in all kinds of industries to make dyes and plastics. When consumed by the human body, acrylamide is converted into a compound called glycidamide, which can cause DNA mutations that may lead to cancer.
Farmed salmon
This one is a real heartbreaker, because what Jewish occasion doesn’t call for a nice salmon, fresh, smoked, or poached? Unfortunately, experts say, farmed salmon has on occasion been contaminated with chemicals that could be carcinogenic. Don’t let fish labeled “Atlantic salmon” fool you — there are large salmon farming operations in the Atlantic Ocean, where most salmon is farmed in this country. When buying fresh fish, always try to go with wild.
Bagels, lox, and cream cheese
Lox, that Jewish favorite, is not as healthy as we would hope. If it’s farmed, it could have those dangerous chemicals that sometimes are associated with farmraised fish. Even if it’s wild, smoking the lox often leads to the presence of nitrates, and the smoking process itself can add additional carcinogens. With bagels, lox, and cream cheese, the whole package is unhealthy, according to Young. “A bagel is the equivalent of about five pieces of white bread,” Young says, and cream cheese is essentially a combination of cream and milk that gives it a high fat content. Young spoke about nutrition at a re-
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our collective past.” The museum has been working with Gallagher & Associates, a firm that has designed exhibits for the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, and the National Archives Museum in Washington, D.C. Interactive exhibits will address topics such as anti-Semitism in the South, how Jews reacted to the civil rights movement, Southern Jews in popular culture, and the religious customs of the region’s Jews. “If we wanted to get Jews and nonJews to get through the door to experience the museum, then we had to be relevant,” Hoffman said. “So we had to talk not just to the relatives or the ancestors or descendants of small-town Southern Jews, we had to expand our mission and talk about how Jews across the South made an impact or were impacted by their communities.” “One of our goals is to expand people’s understanding of what it means to be a Southerner,” he said, “and what it means to be a Jew.”
cent Israel Cancer Research Fund event where she stressed that moderation is the key to healthy eating. Young advocates for a diet low in calories that includes a variety of foods focusing on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, and vegetable oils. Hold the pastrami and knishes. “While most causes of cancer are unknown, reducing environmental factors like unhealthy diets is important,” according to Dr. Mark Israel, the former director of Dartmouth College’s National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and now the national executive director of the Israel Cancer Research Fund, the largest nonprofit organization dedicated solely to funding cancer research in Israel. “Environmental exposures that impact on cancer risk, such as known carcinogens that are present in trace amounts in certain foodstuffs, can provide opportunities for individuals to decrease their risk of cancer by modifying their exposure to known hazards,” Israel comments. ICRF funds scientific research that helps us understand cancer risks. “Further understanding of how such exposures contribute to the development of cancer can provide opportunities to interrupt those processes,” Israel says. “That’s another key area in which we are focused.”
This article was sponsored by and produced in partnership with the Israel Cancer Research Fund, whose ongoing support of these and other Israeli scientists’ work goes a long way toward ensuring that their efforts will have important and lasting impact in the global fight against cancer. This article was produced by JTA’s native content team.
OBITUARIES Ivan Gur-Arie
Sima Aziz
Ivan Gur-Arie, 84, died Jan. 15, 2019. Mr. Gur-Arie was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Marvin and Mania (Diamond) Gur-Arie. He graduated from Brooklyn College in 1954 and received his juris doctor from New York University School of Law in 1957. After graduating from law school, he worked as an attorney in private practice and for the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. In 1963, he began working for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and in 1989, he established his own law practice. Mr. Gur-Arie retired and moved to Tucson with his wife, Yvette, in 1992. Mr. Gur-Arie was preceded in death by his son, David. Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Yvette; children, Rachel (Paul) Medved, Michele (Steven) Dworkin, Deborah (Richard) Sodergren, and Joshua GurArie; and four grandchildren. Services and interment were held in West Babylon, New York. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona.
Sima (Simi) Aziz, 88, died May 28, 2019. Mrs. Aziz was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jennie (nee Finesilver) and Benjamin Gerel of Russia. She grew up in the Bronx with two brothers and three sisters. In 1951, she moved to Tucson, where she met and married Rahmat Aziz in 1957. They left together in 1958, raising a son and daughter in California and Colorado before returning to Tucson in 1978. Mrs. Aziz had a career in accounting. Her poetry was published in the journal of SAGE (Seminars for Adult Growth and Enrichment) at the University of Arizona, now OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute). Her volunteer activities included the League of Women Voters, the Tucson school system, and public radio. She worked at Congregation Anshei Israel in the 1950s and was a co-founder of Congregation Bet Shalom. Mrs. Aziz was predeceased by her sisters, Sarah Schuster of Tucson, Sophie Finston, and Esther Kromberg, and her brother Martin Gerel. Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Rahmat; brother Marvin Gerel of Queens, New York; and children, David (Aliza) Aziz of Zichron Yaakov, Israel, and Shuli Steele of Boulder, Colorado; and six grandchildren. Graveside services were held at East Lawn Palms Cemetery in the Bet Shalom section, with Rabbis Avi Alpert of Bet Shalom and Yossi Shemtov of Young Israel/Chabad officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Congregation Bet Shalom, 3881 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 (www.cbsaz.org) or American Friends of Magen David Adom at www.afmda.org.
Arthur Naiman Arthur Naiman, 78, died May 13, 2019. A longtime San Francisco Bay Area writer, editor, and publisher, Mr. Naiman was best known as the creator of the first independent Apple user manual, “The Macintosh Bible.” Mr. Naiman was born in Chicago, graduated from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and studied philosophy in Paris. He returned to New York City, writing for ad agencies and teaching in public schools for several years. He moved to the Bay Area in 1976 and continued in advertising while developing book ideas in a publishing scene friendlier than Manhattan. His first book was “Every Goy’s Guide to Common Jewish Expressions,” a humorous and informative book about Yiddish. “That’s what my parents spoke when they didn’t want me to understand what they were saying. So it was a lot of fun learning about it as I was writing the book,” he told the AJP in 2016. After producing several guides to computers and their programs, Mr. Naiman started his own publishing company, Goldstein & Blair. He published 875,000 copies of “The Macintosh Bible” and a dozen other guides. He started a second company, Odonian Press, to publish political books, turning material from Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, and others into Odonian’s 17-volume Real Story series. His own contribution was an “anti-conspiracy” book, “9/11 The Simple Facts: Why the Official Story Can’t Possibly Be True.” Mr. Naiman moved to Tucson in 1996. He was a docent at the Tucson Poetry Center and supported social justice organizations, including as a board member of the San Carlos Foundation. A Bay Area celebration of his life is being planned.
Donald Grose Donald W. Grose, 72, died June 30, 2019. Mr. Grose graduated Arizona State University in 1972, and received his teacher certification from the University of Arizona in 1990. He taught art/photography at Marana Middle School from 1990 to 2009. As a professional photographer for over 50 years, he was published locally and internationally, including the Salaan Arts magazine, and participated in many photo exhibitions around Arizona. He taught Wing Chun, a Chinese martial art, for 37 years and was a student of Grand Master Samuel Kwok. He was awarded the rank of Grandmaster by the World Wide Martial Arts Council in 2013. He was recognized by Malaysia World Martial Arts Black Hall of Fame 2005; United States Hall of Fame 2005; USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame 2014; Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors 2016; Munich Hall of Honors 2017; World Union of Grand Masters 2018; 3rd Hall of Fame Martial Arts, Genoa, Italy 2018; and Martial Heroes Hall of Honors, Venice, Italy 2018. Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Jane; children, Adam J. (Heather) Grose of Tucson and Rachel B. (Doug) Byers of Girdwood, Alaska; brother, James Grose; and one grandchild. Graveside services were held at Evergreen Cemetery with Rabbi Thomas Louchheim of Congregation Or Chadash officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Association.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The calendar deadline is Tuesday, 10 days before the issue date. Our next issue will be published Aug. 16, 2019. Events may be emailed to office@azjewishpost.com, faxed to 319-1118, or mailed to the AJP at 3718 E. River Road, #272, Tucson, AZ 85718. For more information, call 319-1112. See Area Congregations on page 31 for additional synagogue events. Men’s Mishnah club with Rabbi Israel Becker at Cong. Chofetz Chayim. Sundays, 7:15 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 6:15 a.m.; Saturdays, 8:15 a.m. 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com. Chabad of Sierra Vista men’s tefillin club with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, first Sundays, 9 a.m., at 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or www.jewishsierravista.com. “Too Jewish” radio show with Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon on KVOI 1030 AM (also KAPR and KJAA), Sundays at 9 a.m. July 14, Scott H. Davis, publisher of Jewish Storyteller Press, reviving Yiddish authors in translation, including the first-ever release of Jacob Dinezon's “The Dark Young Man.” Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley bagel breakfast and Yiddish club, first Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Members, $7; nonmembers, $10. 648-6690 or 399-3474.
ONGOING members, $10. 299-3000.
or Tanya at 299-3000, ext. 147.
Cong. Anshei Israel parent-tot class, starting Aug. 12, led by Ally Ross. Mondays, 9-11 a.m. Children up to 24 months and their parent(s). Free. Mandatory vaccination policy. Call Nancy Auslander at 745-5550 or visit www.caiaz.org.
JFCS Holocaust Survivors group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300.
Temple Emanu-El mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m. 327-4501. Cong. Anshei Israel mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon. All levels, men and women. Contact Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com. Tucson J current events discussion, Mondays, noon-1:30 p.m. Members, $1; nonmembers, $2. Bring or buy lunch, 11:30 a.m. 2993000, ext. 147.
Awakening Through Jewish Meditation — Discover Freedom, with Reb Brian Yosef, Tuesdays/Sundays at 10:30 a.m., at Cong. Bet Shalom. Free. Check calendar at www.torahofawakening.com. Tucson J social bridge, Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon-3 p.m., year round. Drop-ins welcome. Meets in library on second floor. 299-3000. Tucson J canasta group, Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon. Instruction available and a beginners’ table every week. Call or text Lisa at 977-4054.
Southern Arizona Jewish Genealogy Society. Mentoring sessions second Sundays, 1-3 p.m., July and August at the Tucson J. Contact Barbara Stern Mannlein at 731-0300 or the J at 299-3000.
Cong. Bet Shalom yoga, Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $5. 577-1171.
Cong. Anshei Israel Talmud on Tuesday with Rabbi Robert Eisen. Meets 6 p.m. 745-5550.
Jewish 12-step sobriety support group meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. at Cong. Bet Shalom. dcmack1952@gmail.com.
Tucson J Israeli Dance, taught by Brandi Hawkins, 2nd and 4th Sundays, partners, 4:45-6 p.m.; open circle, 6-7 p.m. Members, $8; non-
Spouse Bereavement Group, cosponsored by Widowed to Widowed, Inc. at the Tucson J, Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Contact Marvin at 885-2005
Weintraub Israel Center Shirat HaShirim Hebrew choir, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Learn to sing in Hebrew. Contact Rina Paz at 304-7943 or ericashem@cox.net.
Saturday / July 13
512-8500 or 327-4501.
10-11:30 AM: Congregation M’kor Hayim Torah study. Time change continues second and fourth Saturdays during summer.
Sunday / July 14
9:30 AM-3 PM: Tucson J One Day Adult Summer Camp — Color War Edition. Includes lunch. $40 per person/$75 per couple. Childcare available for $15 per child. Register at 299-3000. 10 AM-NOON: JFCS CHAI Circle meeting. Women’s cancer support group. Free. At the Tucson J. RSVP to Irene Gefter at igefter@jfcstucson. org or 795-0300, ext. 2271. 3:50 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel summer film series, “The Zigzag Kid.” Free, with popcorn and lemonade. 745-5550 or www.caiaz.org.
Wednesdayday / July 17
6:45 PM: Cong. Chaverim book club, “A Century of Jewish Books.” Contact Cory Eisenberg at 773-401-9199 or chaverim1973@gmail.com.
Thursday / July 18
7-8:15 PM: Temple Emanu-El class, “Abraham Joshua Heschel’s ‘The Sabbath,’” with Rabbi Batsheva Appel. Continues July 25. Members, $18; nonmembers, $25. Register at 327-4501.
Saturday / July 20
1:30 PM: Cong. Or Chadash/Temple EmanuEl Chevra Kadisha training, at Or Chadash.
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6:30-9:30 PM: Tucson J Dive and Dine. “Inside Out” movie and pizza. $5. 299-3000.
Sunday / July 21
6:30 AM: Cong. Or Chadash Brotherhood Annual Baseball Trip, Diamondbacks vs. Brewers. Meet at Sam Levitz Furniture, 3750 W. Orange Grove Road. $49 includes game and bus. Contact Scott Krasner at skrasner.kmc@gmail.com. 12:30 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Fast of 17th Tammuz Mincha service. 745-5550.
Friday / July 26
5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel traditional community Shabbat service and dinner. Dinner at 7 p.m.: members, adult (13+) $18, children $10; nonmembers, adult $22, children $14. RSVP at www.caiaz.org or 745-5550. Price increases $5 per person after July 19.
Saturday / July 27
8 AM: Temple Emanu-El Wandering Jews Hike and Shabbat morning service, at Mt. Lemmon, Marshall Gulch to Aspen Loop, with Rabbi Batsheva Appel. 327-4501. 2-4 PM: Secular Humanist Jewish Circle salon presents “Anti-Semitism in Hungary and Poland,” with former diplomat Peter Becskehazy. Bring snack to share. RSVP to Becky for directions, 296-3762, schulmb@aol.com. 5-7 PM: Cong. Or Chadash Havdalah pool party, swimming, BBQ, kids’ activities. Bring a side dish to share for 10-15 people. Free. Address
Tucson J Israeli dance classes, Tuesdays. Beginners, 7:30 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15 p.m.; provided upon reservation. RSVP by July 24 at 512-8500.
Sunday / July 28
8 AM-NOON: Southwest Torah Institute Dr. Paul W. Hoffert Spirit Program, free learning for Jewish men and boys on any Jewish topic, with Rabbi Israel Becker and four resident rabbinic students. Also 8-9:45 p.m. daily except Shabbat, through Aug. 11. RSVP at 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com.
Wednesday / July 31
7:30-11 AM: Jewish Community Foundation Summer Series, “Charitable Giving: Recent Developments, Rules, and Landmines” presented by Graham Hoffman, Herb Hoffman, Elizabeth Friman, and Sarah Singer, and honoring Greg Gadarian. $95. Aug. 28, “Arizona’s New Limited Liability Company Act: What Every Professional Advisor Should Know.” $95. May qualify for CPE/CLE credits. At Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road. Register at www.jcftucson.org/summer-series-2019.
Friday / August 2
5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Shabbat Books service, preceded by noshes at 5 p.m., followed by Shalom Shabbat family dinner at 6 p.m. For dinner fees/reservations, call 327-4501.
Saturday / August 3
8 AM: Temple Emanu-El Wandering Jews Hike and Shabbat morning service, at Mt. Lemmon, Box Springs Canyon, with Rabbi
advanced, 9 p.m. Taught by Lisa Goldberg. Members, $8; nonmembers, $10. 299-3000. Cong. Anshei Israel gentle chair yoga with Lois Graham, Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Members of Women’s League, $6 per class; nonmembers, $8 per class. Contact Evelyn at 8854102 or esigafus@aol.com. Chabad Tucson lunch and learn with Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin, Wednesdays, 12:15 p.m. 2443 E. 4th St. Lunch available to purchase; email info@ chabadtucson.com. Chabad of Sierra Vista women’s class with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, last Wednesdays, 2 p.m., 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or www.jewishsierravista.com. Jewish mothers/grandmothers special needs support group for those with children/ grandchildren, youth or adult, with special needs, third Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. at Tucson J. Contact Joyce Stuehringer at 299-5920. Temple Kol Hamidbar (Sierra Vista) “Wrestling with Torah” study group, Fridays, 6-7:15 p.m. 458-8637. Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center public hours closed for summer. Visits by appointment only; call 670-9073. Batsheva Appel. 327-4501.
Saturday / August 10
7:40 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Tisha B’Av Lamentations service. 745-5550. 8 PM: Temple Emanu-El Tisha B’Av evening service, reading Eycha from the Book of Lamentations. 327-4501.
Sunday/ August 11
10 AM-NOON: JFCS CHAI Circle meeting. Women’s cancer support group. Free. At the Tucson J. RSVP to Irene Gefter at igefter@jfcstucson. org or 795-0300, ext. 2271. 12:30 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Tisha B’Av Mincha service. 745-5550.
Monday / August 12
7-8:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El six-week class, Intermediate Biblical Hebrew with Abby Limmer, Ph.D. Members, $55; nonmembers, $70. Register at 327-4501.
Wednesday / August 14
8-9:30 AM: Jewish Business Coffee Group meeting. At Tucson J. 299-3000, ext. 241, or concierge@jewishtucson.org. 5:30-7 PM: Temple Emanu-El six-week class, Advanced Biblical Hebrew with Abby Limmer, Ph.D. Members, $55; nonmembers, $70; book fee, $35. Register at 327-4501. 6:30-8 PM: JFSA WP Mitzvah Magic welcome back and thank you party, at Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish
Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road. JFCS representative will also speak about the Matza & More program. Contact Susannah Castro at scastro@ jfsa.org or 647-8469.
service and dinner. Dinner at 6:15 p.m.: members, $25 family of 2 adults and up to 4 children; nonmember family $30; adult (13+) $10. RSVP for dinner by Aug. 12 at 745-5550.
6:45 PM: Cong. Chaverim book club, “A Century of Jewish Books.” Contact Cory Eisenberg at 773-401-9199 or chaverim1973@gmail.com.
9:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Downtown Shabbat at Jewish History Museum, 564 S. Stone Ave., with Rabbi Batsheva Appel and Armon Bizman band. 327-4501.
7:15-8:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El six-week class, Continuing Modern Hebrew with Abby Limmer, Ph.D. Members, $55; nonmembers, $70. Register at 327-4501. www.heart2heartaz.com.
Thursday / August 15
11:45-1 PM: Temple Emanu-El class, “Welcome to the Zohar, Soul-Text of Kabalah,” single class introduction by Rabbi Sandy Seltzer, who teaches ongoing course. Members, $18, nonmembers, $25. 327-4501. 7 PM: Tu B’Av Heart 2 Heart 2019: A Celebration of Love, Connection and Discovery. Singles 21+ weekend at Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas. Single day, weekend and ala carte event options. www.heart2heartaz.com.
Friday/ August 16
5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Family Shabbat
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Sunday/ August 18
9 AM: Temple Emanu-El Kurn Religious School Hebrew carnival for grades 3 - 7, and Hebrew@Home Demonstration for parents. At 11 a.m. meet teachers for all grades. 327-4501. 9 AM - NOON: Cong. Anshei Israel new Youth Education Program B’Yahad (Together) Kick-off. Meet madrichim, teachers and shinshinim, Shay Friedwald and Danielle Levy. Kids wear swim garb, bring towel, hats, sunblock, and water shoes. Parents/guardians, brunch and mimosas. RSVP to Kim at 745-5550, ext. 224 or edasst@caiaz.org. 1-5 PM: Temple Emanu-El Hebrew Marathon with Cantorial Soloist Marjorie Hochberg. Continues Aug. 19, 6–8:30 p.m. Members, $45; nonmembers, $60. Register at 327-4501.
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Jewish Federation-Northwest chair yoga with a Jewish flair taught by Bonnie Golden. Meets at JFSA NW Division Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life Mondays, 10-11 a.m., except for July 15. $7 per class or $25 for four. 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org. Northwest Needlers create hand-stitched items for donation in the Jewish community. Meets at JFSA NW Division Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. RSVP to judithgfeldman@gmail.com or 505-4161. Jewish Federation-Northwest mah jongg, meets at JFSA NW Division Ruth & Irving
Olson Center for Jewish Life Wednesdays, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., 505-4161. Chabad of Oro Valley adult education class, Jewish learning with Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman. Wednesdays at 7 p.m., at 1217 W. Faldo Drive. 477-8672 or www.jewishorovalley.com.
Monday / July 22
5-6:30 PM: Hadassah Southern Arizona/ JFSA NW Division Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life book club discusses “Eternal Life” by Dara Horn. Aug. 26, “Plainsong” by Kent Haruf. At JFSA NW Division Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, 190 W. Magee Road, #162. RSVP at 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.
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Rutman, Rafi Herreras-Zinman, Jessie Stapp, and Roxy Merrari; and poetry from Mayor Jonathan Rothschild. Daniel and Alma Hernandez were emcees. The event was conceived by Portugal and Tucson Jews for Justice co-founder Tony Zinman as a creative response to the synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh and Poway, California, that struck the American Jewish community in the past year.
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Business briefs Josie Shapiro will join the staff at the Jewish History Museum as the 2019-2020 Zuckerman Fellow. Shapiro will serve as curator of community engagement, which includes program development work. Shapiro has been active in social movements for more than 15 years. They studied Women’s Studies and Chicana/o Studies at Metropolitan University of Denver, where they also engaged in community organizing. They have spent a decade working with those who face criminal prosecution as a result of political or conscience-motivated actions, including at Standing Rock and most recently, Scott Warren, who faces prosecution for providing humanitarian aid. They are currently writing and editing a book on the history of grand juries as a tool of political repression called “Endless Contempt.” As a newer resident of Tucson, the notion of doykeit, or “hereness,” is at the heart of their efforts to bring a Jewish perspective to the borderlands. The Jewish History Museum received a CORE grant of $12,500 from the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona. The funds will be used to increase public outreach and raise awareness of the museum’s Birin Family Education Outreach Program and other programs. In its second year of CORE grants, CFSA awarded 23 grants totaling $500,000 to nonprofits in Pima, Santa Cruz, Yuma, and Cochise counties last month. John Klippstein will open Klipper Automotive, a full-service automotive shop, at 6221 N. Thornydale Road. A grand opening event will be held Aug. 1, 5-7 p.m. The son of famed Chicago Cubs pitcher Johnny Klippstein and a former pitcher himself, Klippstein has called Tucson home since 2003. Contact Klipper Automotive at 5854524 or www.klipperautomotive.com.
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5550 E. Fifth St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 745-5550 Rabbi Robert Eisen, Cantorial Soloist Nichole Chorny • www.caiaz.org Daily minyan: Mon.-Thurs., 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Fri., 7:30 a.m.; Sun. and legal holidays, 8 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. / Mincha: Fri., 5:45 p.m. / Shabbat services: Sat., 9 a.m., followed by Kiddush; Tot Shabbat, 1st Fri., 5:45 p.m.; Family Service, 3rd Friday, 5:45 p.m.; Holiday services may differ, call or visit website. / Torah study: every Shabbat one hour before Mincha (call or visit website for times) / Talmud on Tuesday, 6 p.m. / Weekday Torah study group, Wed., 11 a.m. beverages and dessert provided.
Congregation Bet shalom 3881 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 577-1171 Rabbi Hazzan Avraham Alpert • www.cbsaz.org Shabbat services: Fri., 5:30 p.m. (followed by monthly dinners — call for info); Sat. 9:30 a.m., Camp Shabbat (ages 6-10) 10 a.m.-noon, followed by Kiddush lunch; 12:30-2 p.m. CBS Think Tank discussion led by Rabbi Dr. Howard Schwartz and Prof. David Graizbord; monthly Tot Shabbat (call for dates) / Weekday services: Wed. 8:15 a.m. / Hagim 9:30 a.m.
5150 E. Fifth St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 747-7780 Rabbi Israel Becker • www.tucsontorah.org Shabbat services: Fri., Kabbalat Shabbat 15 minutes before sunset; Sat. 9 a.m. followed by Kiddush. / Mincha: Fri., 1 p.m.; Sat., 25 minutes before sunset, followed by Shalosh Seudas, Maariv, and Havdallah. Services: Sun., 8 a.m.; Mon. and Thurs., 6:50 a.m.; Tues., Wed., Fri., 7 a.m.; daily, 15 minutes before sunset. / Weekday Rosh Chodesh services: 6:45 a.m.
Congregation young israel/ChaBad oF tuCson 2443 E. Fourth St., Tucson, AZ 85719 • (520) 881-7956 Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, Rabbi Yudi Ceitlin • www.chabadoftucson.com Daily minyan: Sun. and legal holidays, 8:30 a.m.; Mon. and Thurs., 6:30 p.m.; Tues., Wed., Fri., 6:45 a.m. / Mincha and Maariv, 5:15 p.m. / Shabbat services: Fri. at candlelighting; Sat. 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush. Mincha, Maariv, and Havdallah TBA.
ChaBad on river 3916 E. Ft. Lowell Road • (520) 661-9350 Rabbi Ram Bigelman • www.chabadonriver.com Shabbat services: Fri., Mincha at candlelighting time, followed by Maariv. / Sat., Shacharit service, 9:30 a.m. / Torah study: women, Wed., 2 p.m.; men, Tues. and Thurs., 7 p.m. Call to confirm. 1217 W. Faldo Drive, Oro Valley, AZ 85755 • (520) 477-8672 Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman • www.jewishorovalley.com Shabbat services: 3rd Fri., 5 p.m. Oct.-Feb., 6 p.m. March-Sept., all followed by dinner / Sat., 10 a.m. study session followed by service.
ChaBad sierra vista 401 Suffolk Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 • (520) 820-6256 Rabbi Benzion Shemtov • www.jewishsierravista.com Shabbat services: Sat., 10:30 a.m., bimonthly, followed by class explaining prayers. Visit website or call for dates.
7315 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, AZ 85704 • (520) 276-5675 Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon • www.beitsimchatucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 6:30 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m., with Torah study at 9 a.m; monthly Shabbat morning hikes.
Congregation Chaverim 5901 E. Second St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 320-1015 Rabbi Stephanie Aaron • www.chaverim.net Shabbat services: Fri., 7 p.m. (no service on 5th Fri.); Family Shabbat, 1st Fri., 6 p.m. / Torah study: 2nd Sat., 9 a.m., followed by contemplative service,10 a.m.
Congregation Kol simChah
(Renewal) 4625 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 296-0818 Mailing Address: 6628 E. Calle Dened, Tucson, AZ 85710, Shabbat services: 1st and 3rd Fri., 7:15 p.m.
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3888 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 (Tucson Hebrew Academy) Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31806, Tucson, AZ 85751 • (520) 904-1881 Rabbi Helen Cohn • www.mkorhayim.org Shabbat services: 2nd and 4th Fri., 7 p.m. / Torah study, 2nd and 4th Sat. 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Congregation or Chadash 3939 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 512-8500 Rabbi Thomas Louchheim, Cantor Janece Cohen www.orchadash-tucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 6:30 p.m.; 1st Fri., Friday Night LIVE (Sept.-May); 2nd Friday, Tot Shabbat (Sept.-May), 6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. / Torah study: Sat., 8:30 a.m.
the institute For JudaiC serviCes and studies Mailing Address: 36789 S. Golf Course Drive, Saddlebrooke, AZ 85739 Rabbi Sanford Seltzer • (520) 825-8175 Shabbat services: Oct.-April, third Friday of the month at 7 p.m. — call for details.
temple emanu-el 225 N. Country Club Road, Tucson, AZ 85716 • (520) 327-4501 Rabbi Batsheva Appel • www.tetucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m./ Torah study: Sat., 8:30 a.m. except when there is a Rabbi’s Tish.
temple Kol hamidBar 228 N. Canyon Drive, Sierra Vista • (520) 458-8637 kolhamidbar.tripod.com Mailing address: P.O. Box 908, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636, Friday night Torah study group: 6 - 7:15 p.m. / Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.
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1751 N. Rio Mayo (P.O. Box 884), Green Valley, AZ 85622 (520) 648-6690 • www.bstc.us Shabbat services: 1st and 3rd Fri., 7 p.m. / Torah study: Sat., 10 a.m. 2221 N. Rosemont Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85712 • (520) 881-2323 www.handmaker.com Shabbat services: Fri., 4:30 p.m., led by Lindsey O’Shea, followed by Shabbat dinner; Sat., 9:30 a.m., led by Mel Cohen and Dan Asia, followed by light Kiddush lunch.
www.secularhumanistjewishcircle.org Call Cathleen at (520) 730-0401 for meeting or other information.
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