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September 14, 2018 5 Tishrei 5779 Volume 74, Issue 17

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Community Calendar.......... 20 In Focus.................................23 Local ...................... 3, 9, 12, 24

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National ................................ 18 Obituaries .............................22 Our Town ..............................23 Rabbi’s Corner ...................... 19 Sports....................................24 Synagogue Directory........... 19 World ......................................4

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he Jewish History Museum and the Consulado de México en Tucson will host the fourth annual Stone Avenue Block Party, featuring live music, food trucks and local beers, on Saturday, Sept. 22. The Mexican consulate was located on Stone Avenue, across

from the museum building, for more than 70 years before it moved to a larger location on Speedway Boulevard in 2015. Two bands will play: Vox Urbana and Jerusafunk. Vox Urbana is a seven-piece, bi-national band based in Tucson that combines Latin-based sounds with stories and experiences from the Arizona/Sonora border region. Formed in 2010, Vox Ur-

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bana uses guitar, keyboard, sax, trombone, bass guitar, congas, and other drums to create high-energy, danceable music that draws from a variety of musical influences including huapango (Southern Mexico), cumbia (Colombia), chicha (Peru), and cha-cha-cha (Cuba), augmented by electronic textures such as synthesizers and voice effects. Jerusafunk, based in Phoenix, bills itself as “Arizona’s only klez-

ploitation band.” The nine-piece ensemble, also created in 2010, blends traditional klezmer, the Jewish folk music from eastern Europe, with American funk and other world music genres such as jazz, salsa, samba, bossa nova, cumbia and Afrobeat. “Presentations of art and culture are powerful tools that bring people together through authentic See Party, page 7

Educator to speak on ‘transformative power of community’ DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor

arah Shulkind, Ph.D., head of the Alice and Nahum Lainer School in Los Angeles, will be the guest speaker at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Women’s Philanthropy Annual Welcome next month. Entitled “Many Voices Impacting as One,” the event will celebrate 10 years of the Mitzvah Magic program and include recognition of outgoing board members and installation of the new board. As head of the Alice and Nahum Lainer School for three

Sarah Shulkind, Ph.D., will speak at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Women’s Philanthropy Annual Welcome on Oct. 4.

years, Shulkind has overseen endowment growth of 43 percent, renovation of kindergarten pre-

school classrooms and grounds, the visioning and implementation of the school’s J-STEAM program and a merger with the Douglas Family Early Childhood Center. Shulkind will discuss the responsibility and privilege of improving the world, and the difference between the quest for meaning and the quest for happiness. “I will also talk about the transformative power of community, and how leadership gives sacred opportunities for mitzvot that create a life of meaning and set the bar for future generations of leaders,” she told the AJP.

Shulkind graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where she received the Harry S. Truman scholarship, a national award for her work in educational reform and research. She completed her master’s of education in teaching and curriculum at Harvard University and her doctorate in educational leadership at the University of California, Los Angeles, for which she earned the National Association of Secondary Schools Dissertation Award for her research on Middle Level Advisory Programs. She has published articles in educational journals and The Jewish Journal. See Community, page 7

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effrey H. Jacobson, a Tucson attorney, became the 74th supreme master at Alpha Epsilon Pi’s 105th International Convention in Phoenix in August. “AEPi has been everything to me. From my Jewish identity to friendships and relationships to my leadership skills and my desire to give back to the community. All of it is because of AEPi,” he says. The mission of AEPi, the Jewish college fraternity, is to develop the future leaders of the world’s Jewish communities through acts of brotherhood, tzedakah (charity), social awareness and support for Jewish communities and Israel. With more than 100,000 alumni globally, the fraternity initiates about 3,000 undergraduate men annually. It is the largest fraternity in Canada and the only one in Austria, the United Kingdom, Israel, and Australia, says Jacobson.

In Jacobson’s new role, he will chair the large nonprofit’s board of directors, setting policy, governance and operational issues, managing the CEO and 40 employees. Jacobson attended his first conference as an undergraduate in 1991. “I saw all these older men giving their time, money and passion to AEPi. I thought, ‘I want to do that.’ They were doing good for me, I wanted to be a part of that,” he recalls. He has been a volunteer with the organization ever since. “I believe in what we’re doing. It’s the only fraternity with a mission to develop leaders for the Jewish community,” says Jacobson. Among the organization’s alumni are the likes of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, ESPN founder Chet Simmons, three Nobel Prize winners, scores of actors and entertainers, politicians, company founders, presidents and CEOs. After a two-year tenure as supreme master, Jacobson will remain on the

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WORLD A 1939 phone book could unlock millions in Polish restitution payments CNAAN LIPHSHIZ JTA WARSAW n the small park behind the only synagogue in this city to have survived World War II, Yoram Sztykgold looks around with a perplexed expression. An 82-year-old retired architect, Sztykgold immigrated to Israel after surviving the Holocaust in Poland. He tries in vain to recognize something from what used to be his childhood home. “It’s no use,” he says after a while. “To me this could be anywhere.” Sztykgold’s unfamiliarity with the part of Grzybowska Street where he spent his earliest years is not due to any memory loss. Like most of Warsaw, his parents’ apartment building was completely bombed out during the war and leveled, along with the rest of the street. His former home is now a placid park that is a favorite hangout for mothers pushing baby carriages and pensioners his age. The dramatic changes in Warsaw’s landscape have bedeviled efforts for decades to obtain restitution for privately owned properties like Sztykgold’s childhood home, making it difficult for survivors like him to identify assets that may have belonged to their families. But for many restitution claimants in the capital, identifying assets will become easier thanks to a recent breakthrough with an unlikely source: the establishment of a first-of-its-kind searchable database. Users need only type in the name of their family to obtain a complete overview of all the assets they may claim under a new restitution drive in Warsaw. It’s a high-tech tool only made possible thanks to the recent discovery of an unpublished phone book from 1939. The World Jewish Restitution Organization, or WJRO, set up the database in December 2016. It al-

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Yoram Sztykgold examines the unpublished registry from 1939 that helped him locate his family’s assets at a military library in Warsaw, Sept. 4, 2018.

lowed a relative of Sztykgold to get the first definitive list of the assets the family had in Warsaw before the war, when they headed a real-estate empire. The database allows users to check whether their family owned any of the 2,613 properties that the City of Warsaw said that year it would reopen for restitution claims. Especially in Sztykgold’s case, the database had “a huge role,” he said, because the only adult from his family who survived the genocide was his mother, who “had only partial knowledge of what her family owned.”

“Bits and pieces, really,” Sztykgold told JTA on Monday during a restitution-related visit to his place of birth. During the visit, Sztykgold also got a rare chance to examine the key that led to the groundbreaking database: a yellowing proofing copy of a phone book of sorts from 1939. It was never published because the directory was being prepared when the Germans invaded Poland. Crucially, the phone book, or registry, contained information that allowed genealogist Logan Kleinwaks of Washington, D.C., to find the names of the owners of thousands of assets, including approximately half of those 2,613 properties that Warsaw said it would reopen to claims. Poland, where 3.3 million Jews lived before the Holocaust, is the only major country in Europe that has not passed national legislation for the restitution of property unjustly seized from private owners by the Nazis or nationalized by the communist regime, according to the WJRO. Instead of passing legislation, Polish authorities and courts handle restitution claims on a per-case basis. Dozens of such cases have been resolved in recent years. Several Polish property attorneys told JTA that there is no way of knowing how many of the claims are by Jews. As it carries out its controversial new restitution drive announced in 2016, Warsaw periodically releases a few dozen addresses of properties from its list that had been claimed during communism but whose status has never been resolved. The city does not release owners’ names, although it presumably has at least some of them from stalled restitution claims filed for each of the 2,613 assets. Critics of this practice say it deprives claimants of crucial information necessary to gain compensation. Advocates say it is designed to minimize fraud.

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Once a property is reopened for restitution, claimants have six months to file a second claim. It is an unreasonably short period of time, according to WJRO. But for people like Sztykgold, who don’t even know which addresses their families used to own, the entire 2016 process is irrelevant. Or, at least, it used to be until Kleinwaks “matched addresses announced in 2016 with the names of the owners” who are indicated in the 1939 registry, he said. Today, the copy is kept in the vaults of the Central Military Library, which in 2014 bought it for about $3,000 from a book collector at an auction. The library then scanned the book and published the scans online. Kleinwaks, who had heard about the auction and was eagerly awaiting access to the book’s content, then used software he developed to build an owners’ database from the phone book, matching it with the 2,613 addresses. So far, the City of Warsaw has reopened only about 300 of the restitution claims from the list of 2,613, and not one of the claimants has received compensation. Kleinwaks said he does not know how many people are using his database to mount claims. He has reached out personally to more than a dozen families whose names he found, he said, and some of them have subsequently initiated restitution work. None of the Sztykgold family’s assets — there are over a dozen of them — have been reopened for restitution. But the Sztykgold family is already doing the footwork — locating birth certificates, building a family tree, proving they are the only heirs and many other bureaucratic chores — so that when their assets are reopened, they would have a hope of making the sixmonth deadline. Gideon Taylor, WJRO’s chair of operations, said it was “a very positive step” by Polish authorities to purchase and make available online the 1939 registry. “But Poland has to now follow through and make that information actionable for heirs, instead of introducing procedure that make it more difficult to reclaim properties,” he said. Unlike her husband, Liora Sztykgold, 77, can’t even use the WJRO database to find out whether her parents had any assets that are being reopened for restitu-

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tion. An orphan who was left in the care of a Catholic convent, she knows neither her birth name nor her date of birth. “It’s not about money,” said Liora, who has two children with Yoram. “Of course, we’d like to leave more to the grandchildren. It’s about achieving a measure of justice.” Poland has returned communally owned properties worth many millions of dollars to Jewish and Christian organizations, among others. But it has resisted calls to pass legislation on privately owned properties. In Warsaw, attempts to achieve justice on restitution are complicated, messy and feature many non-Jewish claimants. About half of the 2,613 assets on the list being reopened were probably owned by non-Jewish Poles, according to Kleinwaks. But “there is a general unwillingness to touch the issue,” according to Konstanty Gebert, a Jewish journalist for the Gazeta Wyborcza daily. This is largely because of corruption scandals plaguing it, he said, but additionally, “Many Poles feel the entire nation suffered under Nazism and communism, and that it’s wrong for only a few to get restitution.” Then there are cases like that of Krystyna Danko, a non-Jewish woman who risked her life to save Jews during the Holocaust. She was forced out of her home at the age of 100 after the building where she had been living for decades on the ground floor was returned in 2016 to restitution claimants from Paris. (The claimant, Emilia Radziun, who owns a supermarket in the French capital, has told the Polish media that she is not Jewish. She did not reply to JTA’s attempts to reach her.) Now Danko lives in a public housing building on the sixth floor, where her wheelchair barely fits the rickety elevator. Her son, Wojciech, says that his mother, who is nearly 102, went blind during the weeks of the move from the stress involved. “What happened to my mother wasn’t just, but I understand the Jewish perspective of seeking justice through restitution,” he said. “I think we need legislation and a compromise because the way this is going isn’t good for too many people.” When you Buy, Sell or Invest in Real Estate: See Seemann First For Homes!

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COMMENTARY With time running out, more of us must engage with Holocaust survivors JULIUS BERMAN JTA

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here are over 400,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors worldwide, but the survivor population is rapidly diminishing. As we celebrate the High Holidays and mark the beginning of another year, each of us needs to reflect on what we have done in the past year to support this shrinking community and commit to doing more for them in the coming year. If you have never met a survivor, you are not alone. The Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness study conducted in April in the United States revealed that U.S. adults have little personal connection to the Holocaust, and 66 percent have never met a Holocaust survivor. This is unfortunate, as meeting and engaging with survivors and learning about their experiences firsthand can significantly impact the way individuals perceive Holocaust-related issues as well as hatred and bigotry overall. Damage perpetrated during the Holocaust and the resulting grief and pain continues to this day. Consequently it is never too late to reach out to survivors, and it’s

Raisa Moroz, Holocaust survivors program manager at Jewish Family & Children's Services of Southern Arizona (left), talks with Yulia Genina, a survivor from Ukraine, in 2014.

always necessary. Engaging may be easier than you think. Events recognizing and celebrating survivors can be found around the globe at local synagogues, Jewish organizations and social welfare agencies that specialize in elder care. For example, Hanukkah 2017 marked the first International Holocaust Survi-

vors’ Night — a day set aside to honor survivors. On the third night of Hanukkah, simultaneous candle-lighting ceremonies were held in New York City, Berlin and Jerusalem at the Western Wall. This year, International Holocaust Survivors’ Night events will expand to include candlelightings in Paris, London and Moscow.

Moreover, Claims Conference-sponsored Cafe Europas — local gatherings of Jewish Holocaust survivors that include entertainment, dancing and often a meal — are hosted by social welfare agencies around the world. Each Cafe Europa provides a special opportunity to hear firsthand testimony about the Holocaust and observe what it is to still have hope and a positive outlook despite having been forced to endure the darkest chapter of human history. The Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness study also indicated that 58 percent of Americans believe something like the Holocaust could happen again. This bleak yet sobering outlook confronts us with the knowledge that as a global community, we have not done enough to address the bigotry and hatred that paved the road to genocide more than 70 years ago. Such a finding underscores the unmistakable importance, and urgency, to “never forget.” To that end, and despite the lack of knowledge about the Holocaust revealed by the study, there was a silver lining in See Survivors, page 8

‘Never again’ belongs to the Holocaust, not the gun control movement DOV MARHOFFER Special to the AJP

am a Holocaust concentration camp survivor. I am one of a rapidly dwindling number of eyewitnesses to the Nazi Holocaust, the most systematic genocide of all time. I regularly speak at high schools, universities and community events, sharing

my eyewitness account with newer generations of Americans who have no concept of the horrors governments can inflict. I feel a duty to keep alive the memories of millions of Jews who were murdered by Adolf Hitler’s Germany and who cannot speak for themselves. In our increasingly cynical age, it is vitally important to present myself as living proof of that horror to audiences, whose

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entire knowledge of it comes from musty history books and grainy YouTube videos, if at all. George Santayana presciently wrote, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” It is my personal mission to make sure the outrages of the past I witnessed are not tragically repeated by future generations. The Holocaust was a unique atrocity. One of the greatest challenges in educating people about the Holocaust is seeing it trivialized, or used, for political and ideological reasons. The Holocaust cannot properly be likened to any recurring event. Police officers are not Nazi storm troopers because they wear uniforms and carry firearms. Politicians are not Nazis or Hitler because their policies are objectionable to furious critics. Inner cities burning because residents are poor or mistreated is not a holocaust. Describing non-vegan meals as “a holocaust on your plate” is offensive. Polarizing hyperbole removes all sense of historical perspective and proportion. If everything offensive or objectionable is a holocaust, then nothing is — not even the real Holocaust — and we invite “the-boywho-cried-wolf ” effect. Idle invocation of Holocaust or Hitler causes the shock value to wear off and people to tune out. Today, misinformed students, cynically led by progressives, are using school shootings and their subsequent rallying

calls to confiscate guns and turn them over to government — the exact opposite of the core lessons to be learned. This is so fundamentally wrong no justification can excuse it. The book “#NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line,” by David Hogg and Lauren Hogg, who were present at the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, is a desperate call for gun control. The book is meant to address drug-addled, video-mesmerized, psychotic, murderous classmates, but it misappropriates and reverses the central messages and lessons of the Holocaust. In the 1940s, the words “Never again” in German were scrawled on the wall of the Muehldorfer Hart Nazi concentration camp in southern Germany, where 2,200 prisoners, mostly Hungarian Jews, were murdered and buried in a mass grave. For 70 years, the slogan “Never again” has been the post-Holocaust rallying cry of Jews everywhere. It is a solemn vow that millions of Jews will never again be disarmed and defenselessly marched into camps for systematic liquidation because we can resist with the same powerful firearms we might face in the hands of totalitarian government. That progressives would take this vow, turn it upside down, and use it to grab guns is an abomination. See Never Again, page 8

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acts of expression that carry the potential to strengthen our community. We are thankful for our ongoing partnership with the Consul of Mexico in Tucson, all of our

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In 2015, Shulkind was named a Wexner Field Fellow. Rachel Green and Melissa Landau are chairing the event. Tickets, $36, include a light supper, wine, and

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board for another two years. “This is the culmination of my service, but also a beginning,” Jacobson notes. He says it is a challenging time to be a college student. “We are very focused on health and safety issues, and making sure our members fulfill our mission. There’s no need to look past today’s headlines to know the campus experience for college students is changing. We are trying to adjust to that and make sure members

downtown partners and individual sponsors who help to make this event free and open to all,” says Bryan Davis, executive director of the Jewish History Museum. The party will begin at 7 p.m., on Stone Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets. For more information, call 670-9073 or visit www.jewishtucson.org/event/4thannual-stone-avenue-block-party.

dessert. The event will be held Thursday, Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road. Participants may bring a $10 gift card for Mitzvah Magic’s holiday charity project. RSVP by Sept. 27 at www.jfsa.org/ WPAnnualWelcome2018. For further information, contact Jane Scott at jscott@jfsa.org.

and guests are not harmed in any way, by enforcing Jewish values.” Four other Tucsonans were among 12 new honorary fraternity brothers recruited by Jacobson and inducted at the conference: Amir Eden, Dr. Seneca Erman, Gary Kippur and Stuart Mellan. “I was never a frat boy, but I had the fun and honor of being inducted as a brother into AEPi,” says Mellan, the president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. “The best part was sharing the experience of Shabbat dinner with hundreds of these ‘frat boys.’ It was energizing and inspiring.”

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the survey: 93 percent of Americans agree that all students should learn about the Holocaust in school, believing that education is the key to preventing the recurrence of such a horrific tragedy. This could serve as a strong foundation for leveraging local campaigns for survivor engagement and public education. Currently, only 12 states mandate Holocaust education in their schools. While the number is small, it represents an opportunity, a serious gap that an overwhelming majority of the country agrees should be addressed. Let the plaintive cries of the shofar during these Days of Awe not only pierce that part of us that remains complacent with the way things are, let it also fortify our call to action for the new year: Find a way to engage with the survivors in your community. Invite survivors to share their experiences with your organization, synagogue or local school. Honor survivors on Dec. 4, the third night of Hanukkah. Contact your local and state representatives and push for Holocaust education in your schools. Try to bring Holocaust-related films to your community centers or neighborhood theaters with a related panel discussion including survivors. All too soon, it will be too late. When the survivor

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The Jewish right to self-defense was an animating reason for establishing Israel in 1948, where persecuted Jews can find refuge. Still today, calls for exterminating Jews are heard worldwide, and gun-confiscation movements remain deaf to this imminent danger. I fully support the right of people who suffer terrible ordeals to recount them as they wish in books, television, the internet, social media and in person. They should act with courage, conviction and honesty. Students here and abroad have endured deadly encounters with crazed murderers far too many times. Lacking historical perspective and sufficient creativity to invent their own themes does not justify them absconding with “Never again” — the sacrosanct call to arms of Jews who survived history’s quintessential tragedy. It is an affront to those who perished, and to the survivors. I know other Holocaust survivors who feel as I do, but fear speaking out against the tide of ignorant selfrighteousness with massive media support. Misappropriating the “Never again” slogan to protest school murders trades on the outrage of the Holocaust, diluting its unique, well-established, seven-decades-long connection to this singular historical event. Anyone who doubts the Orwellian takeover of the Internet need only search “Never again” to find the Holocaust reference is no longer listed — replaced by pages of high school students marching to confiscate guns and promote a book. These students enjoy endless publicity heaped on them by a fawning media, all of whose civilian-disarmament agenda is obvious. Their architects hide behind a wizard’s curtain. The students’ proposed solutions to classroom murders are the same tired, failed shibboleths that progressive/socialists have pushed for decades. These have failed to make a dent in the crisis, and instead infringe the freedoms of America’s law-abiding citizens. More than two decades of incessantly demanded background checks,

population is gone, our opportunity to learn from them and enrich our lives passes as well. Clearly this call to action is no small ask. It requires diligence from survivor advocates and family members, innovation to develop new and creative ways to preserve survivor memories, and — most important — that we understand that whatever we do, it will never be enough. During the Holocaust, the world stood by complacently while 6 million people were murdered; not for what they did, but for who they were. Make this new year different. Make this the year you take responsibility — or additional accountability — to support our survivor population. As long as there is a single survivor left it is not too late. In the end, our call to action is quite simple: Don’t just stand by. Do something. Get engaged with the survivors in your community. Julius Berman is president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) and has headed many national Jewish organizations, including the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the American Zionist Youth Foundation and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Editor’s note: Local resources for interacting with survivors and their histories include the Holocaust History Center at Tucson’s Jewish History Museum and Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona, both beneficiaries of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. 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.

expanded so-called “gun-free zones” and confiscatory gun laws have left inner-city criminals fully armed and their victims disarmed. Although America’s schools were declared “gun-free zones” by federal law 25 years ago, reality shows us it is only a progressive’s daydream. Murderers and terrorists who plot to kill innocent civilians are unaffected by background checks and victim disarmament. Politicians pleading, children crying, pundits propagandizing and useful idiots marching in lockstep are not sound reasons for disarming the innocent. Stopping mass murderers is crucially important. Taking guns from law-abiding people is totalitarian — they provide the only balance of power against tyrannical governments. Disarming the public must never again happen, as it did to enable Nazi-occupied Europe and the Holocaust. I am a registered Democrat who cannot fathom the paradox of other Democrats, who believe Donald Trump is a 21st-century version of Hitler, yet they also want the government to have a monopoly on firearms! Giving Hitler’s minions a monopoly on firearms and disarming Jews allowed the Holocaust. The threat of a similar tyrant rising to power, whether now or hundreds of years from now, is the best reason for we the people to remain fully armed and these students to get better educated. Disarming law-abiding citizens and concentrating firearms in government hands is fundamentally wrong and disastrous. Our Founders understood this, these students do not. Freedom hangs on these truths. Our schools and teachers share blame for censoring these fundamental lessons. Disarming law-abiding Americans runs counter to realities of the Holocaust, invites real calamity and ensures seeds of a new Holocaust will be sown in fertile soil. The book’s publisher and the motivated high-school students should change course. America needs real solutions, not cultural theft. Dov Marhoffer is a Holocaust survivor and a member of the advisory board of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, based in Bellevue, Washington. He lives in Tucson. 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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adassah Southern Arizona is hosting a luncheon fashion show called “Walkin’ and Rollin’ Down the Runway” next month. It will be held on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 11:15 a.m. at the Country Club of La Cholla, 8700 N. La Cholla Blvd. Committee member Anne Lowe says the fashion show will showcase styles to represent all body types and special circumstances, featuring clothing from Dillard’s department store. “People with prostheses, people in wheelchairs and people with walkers or canes and even people on oxygen,” Lowe says. “All shapes, all sizes, all health conditions.” Lowe and Hadassah Fashion Show Chair Rochelle Roth got the idea to put on the event while at the airport with one of the models. The model, Talya Simha Fanger-Vexler, lost her lower leg in a motorcycle accident and was being pushed in a wheelchair by Lowe during a Hadassah convention. “We were sitting in the airport, coming home and talking about how she always looks so pretty even though she’s missing a leg,” Lowe says. That is when Lowe and Roth decided they wanted an event to showcase the different body types of all women in the Tucson community. “We should do a fashion show that doesn’t have people who are absolutely

Models for Hadassah Southern Arizona’s fashion show on Oct. 21 will include Tucsonans Talya Simha FangerVexler (above) and Syrian refugee teens Rohev Hesso and Ruha Hesso (at right).

perfect,” Lowe suggested. “In other words, you can still be attractive even if you have a disability.” While talking about potential models,

the pair realized that diversity without regard to race, religion or nationality was just as important. “We wanted it to be something a little different from the ordinary fashion show, that is why we are stressing diversity,” Lowe said. Models for the show will include two teenage Syrian refugees. They are cousins whose families are sponsored by two Jewish congregations. According to Roth, this will be the first Hadassah fashion show in 18 years. “I did the first one and it was at [Temple] Emanu-El,” Roth recalls.

The pair hope to repeat the event in the future, if this one goes well. The master of ceremonies will be Matthew Schwartz, an investigative reporter for local NBC affiliate KVOA, News 4 Tucson. Lionel Kier, the executive director of Country Club of La Cholla, is helping to organize the event. Admission is $36; RSVP by mailing a check, payable to Hadassah Southern Arizona, by Oct. 8 to Ruth Osobow, 8701 S. Kolb Rd. #12-226, Tucson, Arizona 85756. Include your name and phone number. For more information, call Roth at 403-6619.

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alk into Shahar Avnet’s south Tel Aviv studio and a cacophony of colors hits the senses. Sparkling rainbow-hued tulle dresses, Swarovski crystals, and colorful sketches adorn the walls of the atelier. Two years ago the 30-year-old designer was a student at the Shenkar College of Engineering, Design, and Art; now American pop icon Beyoncé is wearing one of her creations on tour, and she has dressed American actress and singer Zendaya and Israel’s Eurovision song contest winner Netta Barzilai. Celebrity stylist Zerina Akers, who works with Beyoncé, noticed Avnet in W Magazine, which featured the collection she produced for Zendaya, and asked her to design a nude-colored tulle creation for the diva’s current world tour. As a lifelong fan of Beyoncé, Avnet was thrilled. “I have admired Beyoncé since I was a teenager, because she is a strong woman, and when she sings I believe her words,” says Avnet. “But I couldn’t imag-

ine that one day she would wear one of my dresses.” What she could imagine, though, was exactly what Beyoncé needed on stage. “When I worked on the dress, I thought about her performing and how she needed something short so that she could move around with ease, but how at the same time she needed something dramatic.” Avnet was born in Kibbutz Eilon, near the Lebanese border, and grew up in Kfar Vradim, a small town also in northern Israel. She says her passion for design is in her DNA: “My grandmother on my father’s side established the kibbutz’s sewing workshop, while my other grandmother loved all kind of handicraft, and she taught me how to knit.” Avnet was 15 years old when she knitted her first scarf and knew immediately that she wanted to become a fashion designer. “I was very excited to see a product that turned out exactly how I had conceived it,” she says. The colors of Avnet’s studio contrast with the long dark corridor of the greyish industrial building in Kibbutz Galuyot, in south Tel Aviv, where it is located. The pink couch, a giant colorful kimono, a

Style & Fashion fuchsia wind jacket hanging on the wall, the sketches — everything in the studio is there to be noticed. “My dresses are conceived for women that want to be noticed when they enter a room,” she says. “I don’t design for women of a particular age, but for a particular character: spicy, creative, funny. The women who wear my dresses are very self-confident and love themselves.” “Love yourself” is Avnet’s slogan that she always tags in her Instagram account. “I grew up surrounded by women: my mother, both grandmothers, and my two sisters. They have always taught me to be happy for what you are, and to love yourself,” says Avnet. “I like women that get dressed because they love themselves. Every woman should look at herself in the mirror and think: ‘I am so beautiful.’” Eurovision song contest winner Netta Barzilai wear’s a multi-colored kimono dress by Avnet in the official Eurovision album and video for her winning song, TOY. “The messages of Neta’s song are inspired by the #MeToo movement, which is very important,” Avnet said. “Dresses are a tool to show who you are, and I am very

proud she wore one of my dresses.” While Avnet aims to break into the European market, her studio is staying firmly put in Israel. “I am proud to represent the young Israeli generation. There is a lot of creativity in Israel, and it is important that the world will see all the sides of Israel,” she says. “I grew up in a very Zionist family; the choice to open my studio in Israel comes from the love I feel for my country.” A few months ago a store in Saudi Arabia had contacted Avnet to buy some of her dresses. “I never hid my Israeli identity, but in the end we couldn’t make the deal because of logistical problems,” she said. For now, Avnet sells only customized dresses that come with a hefty price tag of up to 30,000 shekels — more than $8,000. But she says she is planning in the “very near future” to present a ready-towear collection with the aim of reaching a broader circle of women. “The colors will be quieter and the outfits more wearable,” she said. “But my customers will still need some typical Israeli chutzpah to wear my models.”

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For spring delight reminiscent of Israeli landscape, plant bulbs now

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rizona and Israel have some climatic and botanic similarities. Israel is lovely in spring — the hillsides covered with a plethora of bright flowers. Israel has a Mediterranean climate, with rains in the cooler winter months, followed by months of no rain, similar to Arizona. While some of the Israeli spring wildflowers are annuals, many are bulbs. Technically speaking, a bulb is one type of underground storage organ, composed of swollen, fleshy leaves, like an onion. Plants have developed other underground storage devices based on stems, including rhizomes, tubers, and corms. For ease of discussion, I call them all “bulbs” in this article. The charming thing about bulbs is that you can plant them and forget about them — if you get the right ones (I will come back to this). Plant bulbs in a flowerbed, or for a springtime surprise, do as

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bulbs in containers that are more than 18 inches deep. Plant some annuals like pansies on top; about the time the pansies fade, the bulbs will emerge. Proper drainage is essential for bulbs.

Sandy soils are ideal, so if your soil is more clay, you will need to amend the soil. To amend, simply mix in organic matter such as compost or peat moss. Sand or perlite will help too. Amending the soil is the hardest part of growing anything in Arizona, but once you have loosened the soil the first time, planting anything will be easier. Amending the soil also improves the area for later planting of other colorful plants. In our area, bulbs with hot climate ancestors will do better than their European cousins. Thus, desert tulips such as Israeli or Turkish (wild) tulips will do better than Dutch tulips. Dutch bulbs have been bred for the past five centuries to thrive in cold, wet climates. Not all sun is created equal. In Arizona, our sun can heat and dry the soil in excess of what many bulbs can tolerate. Though the bulbs will be dormant in summer, it just means they are hibernating, and they can still dry out and die. Ignore labels written for East Coast terrain See Bulbs, page 15

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if you want your bulbs to reappear every year. Think about the summer sun as you plant your bulbs. For the bulbs found in northern Israel and the Galilee, find spots with full shade to filtered light. Bulbs for shady areas include Agapanthus (queen of the Nile), Crinum, Crocus, Cyclamen, Freesia, Gladiolus, Lycoris, Ornithogalum (star of Bethlehem), Oxalis, Sparaxis, Ipheion (starflower), and Tigridia. All prefer summer shade in Arizona growing conditions. For the bulbs of southern Israel and in the Negev, full sun to part shade is fine. This includes Allium, Amaryllis, Anemone, Apios, Crocus, Daffodil, Gladiolus, Iris (all kinds), Narcissus (paperwhites), Oxalis, Ranunculus (buttercup), Scilla (squill), wild tulip (also

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Jacqueline Soule, Ph.D., has been writing about gardening in our region for over three decades. Her recent books, “Month by Month Guide to Gardening in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico” (Cool Springs Press, 2016) and “Southwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening” (Cool Springs Press, 2014), are available in local botanical gardens and some nurseries. You can also follow her on the web at www.gardeningwithsoule.com and www.southwestgardening.com.

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warmth and cheer. Black Although it has a reputation for darkness and mystery, black is also associated with sophistication. Think of a black-tie affair, where the dramatic attire and decor create an upscale atmosphere. Black design elements can lend that same sense of elegance to your kitchen. Appliances are commonly available in black, but you can also incorporate black through tilework, granite or marble countertops, or an eyecatching porcelain or soapstone sink. “Whatever colors you choose for your kitchen, the most important thing is to trust your intuition and to wrap your kitchen in hues that make you feel good,” Fedak said.

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he Trump administration ordered the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington D.C. “We have permitted the PLO office to conduct operations that support the objective of achieving a lasting, comprehensive peace between Israelis and the Palestinians since the expiration of a previous waiver in November 2017,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in an announcement Monday. “However, the PLO has not taken steps to advance the start of direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel. “To the contrary, PLO leadership has condemned a U.S. peace plan they have not yet seen and refused to engage with the U.S. government with respect to peace efforts and otherwise. As such, and reflecting Congressional concerns, the Administration has decided that the PLO office in Washington will close at this point.” The announcement, which calls for the office to close within 30 days, also linked the closure to “Palestinian attempts to prompt an investigation of Israel by the International Criminal Court.” On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised what he called the “correct decision” by the United States at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting, which was delayed due to the Rosh Hashanah holiday. “The Palestinians refuse to enter negotiations with Israel even as they attack Israel with false claims in interna-

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tional forums,” he said. “Israel very much appreciates the Trump administration decision and supports American actions that are designed to make it clear to the Palestinians that the refusal to enter into negotiations with Israel and the unbridled attacks against Israel will not only not advance peace but will certainly not make things better for the Palestinians.” Ambassador Husam Zomlot, head of the PLO General Delegation to the United States, condemned the decision and said in a statement issued Monday that “we are not surprised.” “Such a reckless act confirms that the administration is blindly executing Israel’s ‘wish list,’ which starts with shutting down Palestinian diplomatic representation in the U.S.,” Zomlot said. He went on to say, “This confirms to us that we are on the right track. We will step up our efforts to hold Israel accountable under international law, continue building international alliances for peace, double our efforts to reach out to the American people as we witness the transformational change in American public opinion in support of the Palestinian cause and our legitimate rights.” The closure follows a month in which the United States announced that it would cut more than $200 million for humanitarian and development aid in the West Bank and Gaza; halt all funding to UNRWA, the United Nations refugee agency that aids Palestinians; and halt funding to the East Jerusalem Hospital Network, made up of six hospitals.

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he email was waiting in my inbox. My column was due. “What column?” I asked myself. I did not remember that it was my turn. What could I possibly write about on short notice at this time of year with four funerals over the next few days, and the Yamim Nora’im (Days of Awe) upon us just as quickly? Then I realized that is exactly what I should write about, especially at this time of the year: Life happens, whether we are ready for it or not! We are given these Yamim Nora’im to mark the beginning of a New Year. As busy as anyone might be, the High Holy Days remind us that life happens, and provide us with the opportunity to begin to get ready for it. Another year is gone. How did that happen so quickly? Some of us are a bit bruised. Some wish that we would never have to let go of this past year. Some are no worse for the wear and hardly notice anything is different. And yet, that is just the point. This season calls on us to reflect on the days and weeks and months of the year gone by in order to retrace the steps that got us to this point in time. We reflect on the past not to dwell in it, but to use it as a foundation for the steps that we can take into our future. What do we want in the coming year? Health? Without question! Happiness? Of course! Prosperity? It would not hurt! Though some of what we want is out of our control, there is much that we can do to ensure that what does lie ahead is as much ours as anyone (anything) else’s. These Yamim Nora’im are as much a transition as a beginning. They ask us to ask of ourselves questions that often lead to a headache: What are we? What is our life? Our goodness? Our righteousness? Our achievements? Our power? Our victories? However, in some ways the answers are to be found in the questioning itself, urging us to think positively about what we can still accomplish. This time of year, as busy and as eventful as it may be, is also a wonderful time to be a Jew. This season reaffirms that yes, life does happen! But it also reminds us that if we pause long enough to embrace that “happening,” strive to make it our own, and use that energy to move forward, there is more than just a chance that we will be blessed with a New Year. Life happens! How can we make the most of it, especially at this time of the year? Try one or more of the following for a start: • Have a piece of an apple dipped in honey. • Call a friend that you have not spoken with in a while. • Call that person who used to be a friend and repair your relationship. • Tell those that you love that you do love them. • Join with your communities in prayer — pick the synagogue/congregation where you feel most comfortable — and be a part of that which is greater than any of us. • Let this be a New Year … make the transition that will bring us closer to what we want our lives to be. Life sure does happen. And, especially at this time of year we are all busier than we want to be. However, if we want our New Year to be different, we have to, first, strive to make a difference ourselves. A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to you and to yours!

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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. & 5:30 p.m.; Fri., 7:30 a.m.; Sun. & 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.-noon, Camp Shabbat (ages 6-10) 11 a.m.-noon, followed by Kiddush lunch and weekly Teen Talk lunch with shinshinim, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. CBS Think Tank discussion led by Rabbi Dr. Howard Schwartz and Dr. Howard Graizbord / Weekday services: Wed. 8:15 a.m. / Hagim 9:30 a.m.

ORTHODOX

Congregation ChoFetz Chayim/southwest torah institute 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. & 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. & legal holidays, 8:30 a.m.; Mon. & Thurs., 6:30 p.m.; Tues., Wed., Fri., 6:45 a.m. / Mincha & 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.

ChaBad oro valley 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.

REFORM

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.

Congregation m’Kor hayim 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., 9:30 a.m.

Congregation or Chadash 3939 N. Alvernon, 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 Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.

OTHER

Beth shalom temple Center

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.

Congregation etz Chaim (Modern Orthodox) 686 Harshaw Road, Patagonia, AZ 85624 • (520) 394-2520 Rabbi Gabriel Cousens • www.etzchaimcongregation.org Shabbat services: Fri., 18 minutes before sunset / Torah study: Sat., 9:30 a.m. handmaKer resident synagogue

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.

seCular humanist Jewish CirCle REFORM

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.

www.secularhumanistjewishcircle.org Call Cathleen at (520) 730-0401 for meeting or other information.

university oF arizona hillel Foundation 1245 E. 2nd St. Tucson, AZ 85719 • (520) 624-6561 • www.arizona.hillel.org Shabbat services: Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and alternative services two Fridays each month when school is in session. Dinner follows (guests, $8; RSVP by preceding Thurs.). Call for dates/times.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The calendar deadline is Tuesday, 10 days before the issue date. Our next issue will be published Sept. 28, 2018. 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 19 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. Sept. 16, Rabbi Mark Wildes, millennial advisor, founder of the Manhattan Jewish Experience and author of “Beyond the Instant.” Sept. 23, Tom Seigel, author of “The Astronaut's Son.” Sept. 30, Steven R. Weisman, author of “The Chosen Wars: How Judaism Became an American Religion.” 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. Southern Arizona Jewish Genealogy Society, second Sundays, 1-3 p.m. at the Tucson J. Contact Barbara Stern Mannlein at 731-0300 or the J at 299-3000. Tucson J Israeli Dance, taught by Brandi Hawkins, 2nd and 4th Sundays, partners, 4:45-6

Friday / September 14

11 AM: Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center gallery chat. Historian Mike Anderson and novelist Robert Houston present “The Bisbee Deportation: Big Copper’s War on Organized Labor.” 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org.

Saturday / September 15

10 AM-2 PM: Secular Humanist Jewish Circle High Holiday service, led by Rabbi Jack Silver. Catered lunch follows. At St. Francis in the Foothills, 4625 E. River Road. Members, $25; nonmembers, $40. More details at www.shjcaz. org. RSVP for availability to Pat at 481-5324 or pat_d@comcast.net.

Sunday / September 16

10 AM-NOON: JFCS CHAI Circle meeting presents Breathing and Meditation with Marsha R. Drozdoff, ACSW, LCSW, for women with or survivors of cancer. Free. At Tucson J. RSVP to Irene Gefter at 795-0300, ext. 2271 or igefter@ jfcstucson.org. 11 AM-1 PM: Tucson J Simcha art show reception with the artists, in the Fine Art Gallery. 299-3000.

ONGOING

p.m., open circle, 6-7 p.m. Members, $8; nonmembers, $10. 299-3000.

Cong. Anshei Israel parent-tot class, led by Lindsey Embree. 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. 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. Cong. Bet Shalom yoga. Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $5. 577-1171. Jewish sobriety support group meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. at Cong. Bet Shalom. dcmack1952@gmail.com. Spouse Bereavement Group, cosponsored by Widowed to Widowed, Inc. at the Tucson J, Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Contact Marvin at 885-2005 at Sha’arei Shalom Ceremony; 2 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery, 4 p.m. at Nogales Cemetery. 327-4501 or www.tetucson.org. 2PM: Cong. Or Chadash Kever Avot service at Evergreen Cemetery. 512-8500 or www. octucson.org. 3:30-5 PM: PJ Library presents High Holidays Journey with ZIZ. At Cong. Chofetz Chayim. Free. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/pjhighholidays2018. 4 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Tashlich service, at Ft. Lowell Park, Ramada 6, 2998 N. Craycroft Road. Refreshments. 745-5550 or www.caiaz. org. 5-8 PM: Tucson J annual Topgolf fundraiser. At 4050 W. Costco Dr. Register at www.tucsonjcc. org or 299-3000.

Monday / September 17

10-11:30 AM: Tucson J presents Nature Talk: Gulf of California – Tucson’s Closest Saltwater: Environmental Challenges, with Luiza McKaughan. Members, $10; nonmembers, $15. Register at www.tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000.

Tuesday / September 18

11:30 AM: Cong. Or Chadash Tashlich service, at Ft. Lowell Park, Ramada 3, 2998 N. Craycroft Road. Bring a picnic lunch. Free. 512-8500 or www.octucson.org.

2:30-4:30 PM: Tucson J four-week class, Painting the World Jewish: Basic Watercolor Techniques, with Ann Marcus Lapidus. Additional four-week sessions starting Oct. 16 and Nov. 13. Members, $120; nonmembers, $130. Register at www.tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000.

11:30 AM: Cong. Chaverim Tashlich service, at Ft. Lowell Park, Ramada 6, 2998 N. Craycroft Road. 320-1015 or www.chaverim.net.

5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Kol Nidre service. Call 745-5550 or visit www.caiaz.org for complete holiday schedule.

1 PM: Temple Emanu-El Kever Avot service

6 PM: Handmaker Jewish Services for the

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or Tanya at 299-3000, ext. 147.

JFCS Holocaust Survivors group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300. Integral Jewish Meditation group led by Brian Schachter-Brooks, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., at Cong. Bet Shalom, free. 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. Cong. Anshei Israel Talmud on Tuesday with Rabbi Robert Eisen. Meets 6 p.m. 745-5550. Tucson J Israeli dance classes. Tuesdays. Beginners, 7:30 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15 p.m.; 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. Aging/Congregation Eshel Avraham Kol Nidre service, preceded by dinner at 4:15 p.m. at Handmaker. 2221 N. Rosemont Blvd. Call 322-3622 for complete holiday schedule. 6:10 PM: Cong. Chofetz Chayim Kol Nidre service. Call 747-7780 or visit www.tucsontorah. org for complete holiday schedule. 7:30 PM: Cong. Chaverim Kol Nidre service at St. Francis Celebration Center, 4625 E. River Road. Call 320-1015 or visit www.chaverim.net for complete holiday schedule. 7:30 PM: Cong. Or Chadash Kol Nidre service at the Tucson J. Call 512-8500 or visit www. octucson.org for complete holiday schedule. 7:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Kol Nidre service. Call 327-4501 or visit www.tetucson.org for complete holiday schedule.

Wednesday / September 19

10:40 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Holocaust and Yizkor service. 745-5550 or www.caiaz.org. 3 PM: Temple Emanu-El Yizkor service. 3274501 or www.tetucson.org. 4 PM: Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging and Congregation Eshel Avraham Yizkor service at Handmaker. 2221 N. Rosemont Blvd. Call 322-3622. 5 PM: Cong. Or Chadash Yizkor and Neilah service, at the Tucson J. 512-8500 or www. octucson.org.

Friday / September 21

5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Family Shabbat Experience service and dinner. Dinner at 7

Temple Emanu-El Talmud Study, Wednesdays, 10 -11:30 a.m. Text required, call 327-4501. 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. Chabad Tucson lunch and learn with Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin, Wednesdays, 12:15 p.m. at 5th Street Kitchen and Deli, 5071 E. Fifth St. info@ ChabadTucson.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 Emanu-El Jewish novels club with Linda Levine. Third Thursdays, 2-4 p.m. 327-4501. “Biblical Breakthroughs with Rabbi Becker” at the Southwest Torah Institute. Fridays, noon, for men and women. 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com. Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center new core exhibition, “Meanings Not Yet Imagined.” 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073. Tucson J Fine Art Gallery show, “Simcha,” with 13 members of the Jewish Artists Group, through Oct. 3. 299-3000. p.m.: members, $25 family of 2 adults and up to 4 children; nonmember family $30; adult (13+) $10. RSVP by Sept. 17 at 745-5550 or www.caiaz.org.

Saturday / September 22

11 AM-NOON: Cong. Bet Shalom and PJ Library Tot Shabbat with Lisa Schacter-Brooks. Free. At Cong. Bet Shalom. 577-1171. NOON: Temple Emanu-El Rabbi’s Tish. Torah study and dairy potluck lunch. 327-4501 or www. tetucson.org. 7 PM: 4th Annual Stone Avenue Block Party sponsored by the Jewish History Museum and Consulate of Mexico in Tucson. Live music, food trucks and local beers, on Stone Avenue, between 16th and 17th streets. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org.

Sunday / September 23

9:15 AM: Jewish War Veterans FriedmanPaul Post 201 breakfast meeting at B'nai B'rith Covenant House, 4414 E. 2nd St. Contact Seymour Shapiro at 398-5360. 9:30-11 AM: Cong. Or Chadash Rollin’ with the Rabbi. Meet Rabbi Thomas Louchheim at Or Chadash parking lot to ride bicycles on the Loop. Ride at your own pace. 512-8500 2-4 PM: Tucson J presents Art Trails & Heart of Tucson: Artists Reception. Free. www. tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000. 5 PM: Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging/Congregation Eshel Avraham Sukkot festival dinner at Handmaker. 2221 N. Rosemont Blvd. Call 322-3632. 6 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Community

Sukkot Dinner, with Josh Tennenbaum presenting “Life is Sweet,” including honey tastings. Members, $15 adults, $10 children 2+; nonmember $20 adults, $15 children 2+. RSVP by Sept. 14 at 745-5550 or www.caiaz.org. 7:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Sukkot festival evening service. Call 327-4501 or visit www. tetucson.org.

Monday / September 24

9 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Sukkot festival morning service. Call 745-5550 or visit www. caiaz.org for complete Sukkot schedule. 9:30 AM: Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging/Congregation Eshel Avraham Sukkot festival morning service at Handmaker. 2221 N. Rosemont Blvd. 322-3632. 9:30 AM: Temple Emanu-El Sukkot festival morning service. 327-4501 or www.tetucson.org. 10 AM: Cong. Or Chadash Sukkot festival morning service. 512-8500 or www.octucson. org.

Wednesday / September 26

NOON-1:30 PM: Tucson J presents Agave, Saguaro & Ocotillo: Pollinators & Tradi-

tional Uses. Members, $10; nonmembers, $15. Register at www.tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000.

Friday / September 28

5:30-6:30 PM Tucson J Sukkot Family Picnic. Bring picnic dinner and blanket. Challah, drinks and dessert provided. Free. 299-3000 or www.tucsonjcc.org. 5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Shabbat Sukkot Rocks! Service followed at 6:30 p.m. with Spaghetti Under the Sukkah dinner. 6th grade students, Rabbi Batsheva Appel, Avanim Rock Band and youth choir. Dinner $12 for adults, free for kids under 13. RSVP for dinner at 327-4501. 6:30 PM: Cong. Or Chadash Sukkot celebration and Shabbat service Under the Stars, preceded by potluck dinner at 5:30 p.m. 512-8500 or www.octucson.org.

Saturday / September 29

9:30 AM: Temple Emanu-El Sukkot festival morning service. 327-4501 or www.tetucson. org.

Sunday / September 30

9:30 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Men’s Club

NORTHWEST TUCSON ONGOING

Jewish Federation-Northwest chair yoga with a Jewish flair taught by Bonnie Golden. Mondays, 10-11 a.m. $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 Jewish Federation Northwest Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. RSVP to judithgfeldman@gmail. com or 505-4161. Jewish Federation-Northwest mah jongg, meets Wednesdays, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., 5054161. 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.

UPCOMING

Friday / September 14

5-6 PM: Jewish Federation-Northwest Tot Shabbat in the Northwest, with Rabbi Batsheva Appel and PJ Library. Free. At Jewish Federation Northwest, 190 N. Magee Road, Ste. 162. 505-4161.

Tuesday / September 18

6 PM: Chabad of Oro Valley Kol Nidre service. At Oro Valley Community & Recreation Center, 10555 N. La Cañada Dr. Call 477-8672 or visit www.jewishorovalley.com for complete holiday schedule.

Wednesday / September 19

12:30 PM: Chabad of Oro Valley Yizkor service. At Oro Valley Community & Recreation Center, 10555 N. La Cañada Dr. 477-8672 or www.jewishorovalley.com.

Sunday / September 23

1 PM: Jewish Federation-Northwest and PJ Library present The Cat in the Hut! A Dr. Seuss-style Sukkot celebration. Help build and decorate Sukkah. Free. At Jewish Federation Northwest, 190 N. Magee Road, Ste. 162. RSVP by Sept. 21 to 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.

Thursday / September 27

NOON: Jewish Federation-Northwest Lunch & Learn, “Who Are Our Uninvited Guests in Our Sukkah? Who and What Are the Ushpizin?” with Rabbi Thomas Louchheim. $8 for dairy lunch. At Jewish Federation Northwest, 190 N. Magee Road, Ste. 162. RSVP at 5054161, northwestjewish@jfsa.org or www.jfsa. org/uninvitedguests. 4 PM: Chabad of Oro Valley Sukkah party. At 1217 W Faldo Dr. 477-8672 or www. jewishorovalley.com.

Thursday / October 4

10 AM: Jewish Federation-Northwest, “Getting To Know Us,” with Phyllis Gold, director of the Northwest Division of the JFSA. Bagels and coffee. Free. At Jewish Federation Northwest, 190 N. Magee Road, Ste. 162. 5054161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.

Sunday / October 7

9 AM: Jewish Federation-Northwest 4th Annual Mah Jongg Tournament & Silent Auction. $40 includes continental breakfast and lunch. At Jewish Federation Northwest, 190 N. Magee Road, Ste. 162. RSVP by Oct. 3 to 505-4161 or www.jfsa.org/ NWmahjtournament2018.

breakfast with religious school in the sukkah. Free. Contact Cary Fishman at 730-5282 or cary@caryfish.com. 12:30-2 PM: Tucson Hebrew Academy and PJ Library presents Splish-Splash in the Sukkah! Lunch, story time, water activities. Free. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/splishsplash. For questions, contact Mary Ellen at 647-8443 or pjlibrary@jfsa.org. 5 PM: Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging/Congregation Eshel Avraham Shemini Atzeret festival dinner at Handmaker. 2221 N. Rosemont Blvd. 3223622. 5:30 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Shemini Atzeret service. 745-5550 or www.caiaz.org. 5:30 PM: Cong. Or Chadash Simchat Torah and 3rd and 4th grade Consecration. 5128500 or www.octucson.org.

Monday / October 1

9:30 AM: Temple Emanu-El Shemini Atzeret festival morning and Yizkor service. 3274501 or www.tetucson.org. 9:30 AM: Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging/Congregation Eshel Avraham

Thursday / October 4

Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah service, followed at 11:30 a.m. by Yizkor service and oneg at 12:30 p.m. at Handmaker. 2221 N. Rosemont Blvd. Call 322-3622. 10 AM: Cong. Or Chadash Shemini Atzeret Yizkor service. 512-8500 or www.octucson. org. 5:30 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Community Simchat Torah Dinner & Celebration, followed at 6:13 p.m. by Hakafot with Israeli singing, dancing and dessert. Free for celebration. Dinner including alcohol, members, $10 adults, $5 children 2+; nonmember $15 adults, $10 children 2+. RSVP by Sept. 21 at 745-5550 or www. caiaz.org. 6:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Simchat Torah Klezmer Celebration and Consecration, preceded at 5:45 p.m. by Simchat Torah pizza party. 327-4501 or www.tetucson.org.

Tuesday / October 2 9 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Community Simchat Torah Celebration & Lunch. Torah presentation by shinshinit Rotem Rappaport. Free. RSVP required for lunch by Sept. 21 at 7455550 or www.caiaz.org.

UPCOMING

6:30 PM: JFSA Women’s Philanthropy Annual Welcome, Many Voices Impacting as One, with Sarah Shulkind, head of school at Alice & Nahum Lainer School in Los Angeles. $10 gift cards for Women’s Philanthropy Mitzvah Magic requested in honor of program’s 10th anniversary. $36, includes light supper, wine and dessert. At Harvey & Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy. RSVP by Sept. 27 to jscott@jfsa.org or online at www. jfsa.org/wpannualwelcome2018. 7-8:30 PM: Tucson Jews for Justice meeting with Carlos Galindo-Elvira from the Arizona chapter of the Anti-Defamation

League speaking on “Combating Growing Anti-Semitism and Extremism.” At Tucson J. Contact Tony Zinman at 390-5794 or zinmanlaw@yahoo.com.

Sunday / October 21

11:15 AM: Hadassah Southern Arizona fashion show, “Walkin’ and Rollin’ Down the Runway.” Fashions by Dillard’s Department Store, emceed by Matthew Schwartz, KVOA investigative reporter, at Country Club of La Cholla, 8700 N. La Cholla Blvd. $36. RSVP by mailing check, payable to Hadassah, by Oct. 8 to Ruth Osobow, 8701 S. Kolb Road, #12-226, Tucson, AZ 85756. For questions, call Rochelle Roth at 403-6619.

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OBITUARIES Nathan Shapiro

Eleanor Gellman

Nathan Shapiro, 100, died Sept. 4, 2018. Mr. Shapiro was born in New York City, the youngest child of Aaron and Gussie Shapiro. The first in his family to attend college, he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s in elementary education. While at City College of New York, he met his future wife, Leah Schwartz. World War II kept them apart until Mr. Shapiro returned from military service. They married in 1946 and settled in the Bronx. Mr. Shapiro began his career as a fifth grade teacher and ended as the principal of New York City’s P.S. 111, an elementary school. He lived in Tucson for 22 years, where he was a member of Congregation Anshei Israel. Mr. Shapiro was preceded in death by his wife, Leah. Survivors include his children, Gilbert (Karen), Roberta, Elaine and Steven (Nema); seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services were held at Evergreen Mortuary with Rabbi Robert Eisen of Congregation Anshei Israel officiating.

Eleanor Gellman, 91, died Thurs., Aug. 16, 2018 in St. Louis, Missouri. Mrs. Gellman was a native of St. Louis. She was a founding member of the Central Reform Synagogue. Survivors include her son, Larry (Kristen) Gellman of Tucson and Aspen, Colorado. Services and interment were in St. Louis. Memorial contributions may be made to the Central Reform Synagogue, 5020 Waterman Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63108 or www.centralreform.org.

Robert Palles Robert J. Palles, 77, died on Sept. 5, 2018. Mr. Palles, the son of Maurice and Mildred Palles, was born in Chicago. He moved to Tucson in 1978, where he was the owner of Palles Insurance Agency. Survivors include his wife, Eileen Tucker Palles; children, Lawrence (Darcy Renfro) Palles of Phoenix, Meredith (Jeff ) Macherey of Denver, Michael (Heather Kotler) Weiss of Atlanta, and Caroline (David) Dreyfus of Los Angeles; and seven grandchildren. Services were held at the chapel at Evergreen Mortuary with Rabbi Batsheva Appel officiating, followed by interment in the Temple Emanu-El section at Evergreen Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Literacy Connects, 200 E. Yavapai Road, Tucson, AZ 85705.

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Molly Shenitzer Molly Shenitzer, 95, died Sept. 4, 2018. Mrs. Shenitzer was born and raised in Chicago, the youngest of four children of Abe and Rose Slutsky. She married Hyman Shenitzer in 1944 and together they ran Hy’s Food Market on Chicago’s Westside. In 1953, they packed up their two young children and moved to Tucson to be with her mother and other family. They purchased Crescent Manor Mobile Home Park in 1954 and ran it until after Mr. Shenitzer’s death in 1985. They were active in the Arizona Manufactured Housing Association and Mrs. Shenitzer was a member of Hadassah in Tucson, the Jewish Community Center, UOTS and Congregation Anshei Israel, where she was an active member for over 65 years. In their early years in Tucson, she and Mr. Shenitzer were active in the Chicago Club. Mrs. Shenitzer married Sam Ochman of Denver in 1990; he died in 2007. Survivors include her children, Arlene (Richard) Bluth and Steve (Holly) Shenitzer; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchldren. She is also survived by Mr. Ochman’s children, Diane (Barry) Samet and Dan (Phoebe) Ochman, and his five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services were held at the chapel at Evergreen Mortuary with Rabbi Robert Eisen of Congregation Anshei Israel officiating, followed by interment in the Congregation Anshei Israel section. at Evergreen Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hyman Shenitzer Yom Tov Fund at Congregation Anshei Israel, 5550 E. 5th St. Tucson, AZ 85711.

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Philanthropist and activist Joan Kaye Cauthorn dies PHYLLIS BRAUN AJP Executive Editor Those who knew Tucson philanthropist and community activist Joan Kaye Cauthorn, who died on Sept. 3, 2018 at age 75, describe her as one-of-a-kind. “Joan was a one-of-a-kind, kind-hearted force of nature who spent much of her energy making the world a better place. She cared deeply about the people who crossed her path — and our community is better for it,” says Stuart Mellan, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. Born in the Bronx, New York, Mrs. Cauthorn moved to Tucson in 1970 with her then-husband, Allan Biegel. She was a graduate of Syracuse University and earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of Arizona. She specialized in family and couples counseling before retiring. Mrs. Cauthorn was active in a variety of causes and organizations, including the University of Arizona’s Center for Judaic Studies, Arts for All, the Arizona Theatre Company, the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona, Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona, the UA Foundation, Reveille Men’s Chorus, Chicanos Por La Causa and Democratic politics. She was honored by the Tucson chapter of the NAACP, the ATC, the YWCA, and the Tucson Human Relations Commission, among others. For five years, from 2013-2017, the UA College of Science psychology department held The Joan Kaye Cauthorn Annual Conference on Successful Aging. “Joan was truly one-of-a-kind and our entire community is diminished — she always was the go-to person to launch a project or to get a campaign across the finish line. Joan was a people person to the nth degree — ascertaining the interests and talents of all those she knew and all those she met, and making perfect matches among those within her ever-widening circle of friends,” says Bobby Present, a neighbor and longtime family friend. Mrs. Cauthorn was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Cauthorn. Survivors include her daughters, Jennifer (Steve) Marsden and Jillian (Randy) Kohl; siblings, Nancy (Sylvester) Karagis and Howard (Wilma) Kaye, both of New York City; and three grandchildren. Services were held at Evergreen Cemetery with Rabbi Stephanie Aaron of Congregation Chaverim officiating. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

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Homer Davis Elementary School was one of two winners of a random drawing for school supplies in a contest sponsored by Canyon Building & Design. The school is the focus of “Making a Difference Every Day: The Homer Davis Project,” a social action project of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Jewish Community Relations Council.

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The Tucson Jewish Community Center is holding a September promotion, “State of the Heart Community.” All new members who join in September can direct half of their first month’s dues to one of three charities: Ben’s Bells, Literacy Connects, and Youth on Their Own. For more information, visit www.tucsonjcc.org/heart.

Alumnae, new members mingle at Young Women’s Cabinet retreat

Young Women’s Cabinet members celebrate Shabbat at the Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch Resort, Aug. 17. (L-R) Simone Krame, Jenny Rothschild, Laura Kravec, Karen Sadow, Rachel Jarrett, Melissa Landau (YWC alum), Lindsay Berkman, Katie Stellitano, Meg Knight, Jennifer Bell (YWC alum), Jennifer Selco, Bronwyn Sternberg, Nicole Zuckerman-Morris (YWC co-chair), and Kathy Gerst (YWC co-chair) (Not pictured: Rachel Haimowitz, Aimee Katz, Jamie Kippur, Ally Ross)

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The members of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s 2018-2019 Young Women’s Cabinet held their annual retreat last month. They spent 24 hours celebrating Shabbat, getting to know each other, learn-

Meg Sivitz, Brandeis National Committee Tucson chapter covice president of the book business and former chapter president, was honored by National Board President Madalyn Friedberg with a presidential citation.

JHM welcomes new Zuckerman Fellow

(L-R) Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Young Men’s Group members Stephen Segal, Joey De la Rosa, Nathan Rothschild, Isaac Figueroa, Oren Riback, Jeff Winkelman, Antar Davidson de Sa, Alex Chaffin, Kevin de la Rosa, Eric Natter, Eric Mellan on Mt. Lemmon, Aug. 25.

The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona 20182019 Young Men’s Group held its annual leadership development retreat last month on Mt. Lemmon, where members learned about community programs and the work of the Federation. Through discussions of personal and community values, allocations exercises, and lead-

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The Jewish History Museum has awarded Ariel Goldberg the 2018-2019 Zuckerman Fellowship. As curator of community engagement, Goldberg will develop the museum’s public programming and continue to grow community partnerships. Goldberg’s publications include Estrangement Ariel Goldberg, the Jewish History Mu- “The seum’s 2018-2019 Zuckerman Fellow, Principle” (Nightboat speaks about their plans for program- Books, 2016) and “The ming at a reception at 5 Points Market on Photographer” (Roof Wednesday, Aug. 22. Books, 2015). From 2014-2017, Goldberg organized readings at The Poetry Project in New York City. Goldberg’s writing has appeared in e-flux, Artforum, and Art in America. Goldberg is currently working on two books: “Heavy Equipment,” essays on the language LGBTQ photographers used to relate to their subjects before the digital revolution, and “A Century,” a poetic novel on the partnership of art critic Elizabeth McCausland and photographer Berenice Abbott.

Mt. Lemmon is rustic setting for Young Men’s Group retreat

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Paintings by Tucson artist Devy Wolff are part of an exhibit at Tucson International Airport, “Space Connections,” which also includes textile and surface designs by Esther Shavon, through Oct. 20.

ing about the Tucson Jewish community and the mission of the Federation. For more information about the YWC, email Danielle Larcom at dlarcom@jfsa.org.

ership style training, members set the tone for a year of continuing to build leadership skills. Former Men’s Group chairs Alex Chaffin, Adam Goldstein, Mike Ash, Michael Shiner, and Ben Pozez helped in facilitating the retreat. For more information about the YMG, email Matt Landau at mlandau@jfsa.org.

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LOCAL / SPORTS At L.A. games, Maccabi USA team taps local youth for 2019 Pan Am Games DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor

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ody Blumenthal and Gabe Green were among 2,600 athletes at the largest annual JCC Maccabi Games this summer, representing the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Blumenthal participated in 16 and under basketball while Green vied in 14 and under soccer at the Aug. 5-10 games in Orange County, California. Josh Shenker, the J’s director of child, youth and camping services, accompanied the team, which was among 70 delegations from around the globe. Blumenthal seeded in the highest competitive basketball bracket, losing in his first round of competition, but placing on the Maccabi USA Team. He was invited to participate in the U.S. Pan Am Maccabi Team in Mexico City in July. Green played in a single soccer bracket, losing in the first round of the single bronze medal competition. “I really liked the competition and being surrounded by a lot of Jews, because you have a connection and you can talk about being Jewish,” said Green. Both athletes had competed in last year’s games in Birmingham, Alabama, so

ARIZONA JEWISH POST, September 14, 2018

Tucsonan Cody Blumenthal heads for the basket in a tied match at the Maccabi Games in Los Angeles in August.

Tucsonan Gabe Green prepares to defend his run for the goal at the Maccabi games in Los Angeles in August.

they found old friends and made new ones this year. “I enjoy meeting people from different places,” says Blumenthal. But, he notes, hitting the court with a whole team of players he’s never met before is a challenge. “We’ve just met them and have no idea about them.” He is more comfortable with his home team at Catalina Foothills High School where he is in the 10th grade. Green’s team included players from his previous Maccabi experience. He hopes to

go again next summer, to Atlanta, Georgia, if he has time. Meanwhile, he will continue honing his skills with the FC Tucson Youth Soccer Club. More than 800 host families housed the 1,800 visiting Jewish teens during the event. As this was the single national event this year, it was the largest games yet. Because the games fell after school was under way in Tucson, this year’s delegation was small, Shenker says.

The games opened Sunday, Aug. 5 with an Olympic-style presentation of participants circling the field. Tuesday and Wednesday were pool play in which athletes were seeded and ranked in 13 sports. Competition was the final two days with medal opportunities for each sport in each bracket. The JCC Maccabi Games, the world’s largest Jewish youth event, began in 1982 to provide Jewish youth with a supportive environment fostering mutual respect and sportsmanship, to interact in a fun atmosphere, cultivate a deeper understanding of their Jewish identity, and to instill an appreciation of Jewish values, according to the organization. For the teens, the goals are to compete — sometimes win, sometimes lose — meet new friends, and get to know Jews from around the world. Each athlete learned about rachmanus (compassion) during the competition, tikkun olam (repair of the world) during the community service projects throughout the week known as “JCC Cares,” and amiut yehudit (Jewish peoplehood) during a variety of experiences that strengthen their connection to each other, their communities, and Israel.