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New sculpture honors Federation donors, symbolizes mission

new glass and metal sculpture, “Flame” by Tidhar Ozeri, was installed late last month outside the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy. The new work is part of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s intention to use architectural elements and art in the new building to reinforce what President and CEO Stuart Mellan has called the “sacred and inspirational aspects of our work.” The building also houses the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, a JFSA affiliate. Ozeri, an Israeli who has lived in Tucson since 2002, wrote the following about his inspiration for “Flame”: “When I was designing the sculpture in honor of Jane and Rabbi Lee (z”l) Kivel, I wanted to tie the concept to philanthropy and the Federation. “The Jewish Federation is an umbrella organization that supports all Jewish organizations in Tucson (and beyond). As such, it leads the way to shape current and future Jewish affairs. Whenever I think of leadership, I envision a torch. As a leader, you need to carve the way. You are traveling a path that unfolds for you as you

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‘Flame’ by local artist Tidhar Ozeri overlooks the Jane and Rabbi Lee Kivel Promenade between the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and the Tucson Jewish Community Center.

progress. You try to perceive the future and shape it according to your vision. Metaphorically, you, as a leader, step into the dark and need a light source to guide you.

“The flame is carried and lit thanks to philanthropists in our community. They are the supporting pillars of the Federation. Without them, leading the way

would be much more difficult. Although this sculpture honors the Kivels for their donation that funded the promenade between JFSA and the Tucson Jewish Community Center, they are significant philanthropists for the community at large, and are certainly important bearers of the flame. “The flame at the center of the sculpture is protected/guarded from four directions. I designed those elements to represent a shield of sorts. An unintended result is the stylized arrows of light pointing to the sky between the blue sections. I chose the color blue as a cool balance to the heat of the flame. “I leave it up to the individual observer to interpret who or what guards the flame. “When I was planning the overall look of the piece, I wanted to make something coherent that works as a whole. I think it ended up looking like a giant flower, opening to the sky.” Ozeri adds that he would like to see what the piece looks like from above. If anyone has access to a drone and would like to take an aerial photo, they may send it to him at tidhar_ozeri@yahoo.com.

Annual awards will celebrate Federation, agency volunteers PHYLLIS BRAUN AJP Executive Editor

he Jewish Community Awards Celebration and Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona annual meeting will be held Thursday, May 10 at 7 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. New this year, the evening will include special recognition awards honoring outstanding lay or professional lead-

ers from each of the Federation’s beneficiary and affiliated agencies. The Federation’s 201819 officers and direcHoward Schwartz tors will be installed. An ice cream social will follow the presentations.

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The Fede r a t i o n’s Man and Woman of the Year are Howard Schwartz and Deborah Oseran. Schwartz Deborah Oseran has been active in the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies at the University

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of Arizona, where he was named a visiting scholar in 2010. He is co-chair of the JFSA Coalition for Jewish Education, teaches at Congregation Bet Shalom Shabbat study sessions, teaches a weekly Torah class at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging, and is a member of a rotating panel of Torah study leaders at Congregation Anshei Israel. He is also a current board member of both Tucson See Awards, page 4

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LOCAL Army dedicates plaque to survivors at Fort Huachuca Holocaust ceremony DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Editorial Assistant

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he Fort Huachuca annual Days of Remembrance Holocaust Observance has been a unique gathering of survivors, local dignitaries, U.S. military members and their families, and German Army officers for 15 years. The event educates about the past and protects the future, but also promotes face-to-face healing. On April 9, the 305th Military Intelligence Battalion, on behalf of installation commander Maj. Gen. Robert P. Walters, Jr., unveiled a plaque honoring Southern Arizona’s Holocaust survivors. It bears inscriptions thanking survivors for their dedication and commitment to the soldiers of the fort, and a quote from Elie Wiesel: “For the dead AND the living, we must bear witness.” The five local survivors in attendance were visibly moved when they saw the permanent metal marker depicting a candle surrounded by a blue Star of David, unveiled by Lt. Col. Julie Kellum. “I didn’t expect this after so many years,” said Wanda Wolosky, a survivor attending from Green Valley. “It’s a really terrific gesture that the military appreciates us so much that they put a monument there,” Wolosky told the AJP, referring to the Military Intelligence Soldier Heritage Walkway, where the plaque — the only civilian recognition on the path — is located. Gail Wallen, Ph.D., a chaplain and the civilian volunteer founder and director of the military Holocaust educational program, said the Fort Huachuca program was the catalyst that spread similar programs to Army and Navy installations across the southern region since 2003 —principally in Texas and Florida. “The military has been generous,” said Wallen, “and the survivors love the U.S.

Sarah Lichter admires the plaque dedicated to Holocaust survivors at Fort Huachuca on April 9. Behind her, from left, are her husband, Pawel Lichter; Teresa Dulgov; and Wanda Wolosky.

military. Many were rescued by them.” Col. Elmar L. Henschen, the German Army liaison posted to Fort Huachuca, hosted a reception after the formal ceremony and unveiling. He recounted his personal emotions in facing survivors while wearing a German military uniform. “In Germany we are educated about our own history. But facing survivors here, we are affected in a different way. I hear their stories, and think those things were done by my grandfather and great-grandfather. It is a moral injury you feel more here. “When a survivor sees a German uniform, I can only imagine how they feel,” he said, noting the first woman he faced said she knew he wasn’t guilty, but neither were the family members she had lost. He called it a unique healing op-

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portunity to look to the present to understand the past and prevent it from happening again in the future. Henschen credits his predecessor with extending the unique, mutual healing exchange, in collaboration with the U.S. military and Wallen. He invites survivors to meet German soldiers across U.S. installations where they are stationed for training. Henschen will personally drive those survivors to El Paso, Texas, to meet soldiers for healing conversation and contact. Along with Wolosky, Theresa Dulgov, Annique Dveirin, Wolfgang Hellpap and Pawel Lichter spent the morning at different locations across the fort, sharing their personal Holocaust survival stories with groups of soldiers. Afterward, more than 250 military, civilians

and family packed Fitch Auditorium at Alvarado Hall, with standing room only, for “Learning From the Holocaust: Legacy of Perseverance.” Sierra Vista Mayor Rick Mueller presented the city’s Holocaust Observance Proclamation, giving each attending survivor a symbolic copy. German military chaplain Rudiger Scholz, who lived seven years in Israel, read the poem “First They Came for the Jews” by Martin Niemoller. Master of ceremonies Sgt. Joshua Levy recited the Mourner’s Kaddish in Hebrew. Keynote speaker Gil Ribak, Ph.D., a University of Arizona assistant professor, focused on the poet Avrom Sutzkever, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, “to show the history of just one individual to help understand the Holocaust, and to exemplify the human will to survive and endure.” Wallen and Scholz read a list of concentration and extermination camps in Europe and the totals murdered at each one. Each survivor was accompanied by a U.S. military escort and a member of the youngest generation. Each trio lit one of six candles representing the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis. A seventh candle represented the five million nonJews killed in the Holocaust; an eighth for the “Righteous Gentiles” who risked their lives to save Jews; and a ninth for the Allied liberators. Master of ceremonies Levy remarked on the importance of including three generations in the candle lighting — “survivors, our soldiers and our soldiers’ children — making sure the past is not forgotten.” Audience member Master Sgt. Jeff Lane told the AJP, “I attend many events here but this one means a lot on this day.” Kellum closed, saying, “We must never forget. When something is wrong, we must make it right, l’dor v’dor [from generation to generation]. Remember the value of human life.”

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UA students ‘bake a difference’ with challah

Students in Challah for Hunger (from left) Michal Chetrit, Bridget Ott and Zevi Altus sell their homemade challah on the University of Arizona mall, April 13.

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group of students at the University of Arizona Hillel Foundation has come together to fight hunger, using skills they may have learned helping out in the kitchen at home. They are members of Challah for Hunger, a national organization that connects students to raise awareness for social justice issues both at home and abroad. The UA faction meets for a few hours every other Thursday to hang out and bake challah together. The challah is sold on the UA campus the next morning, with the profits going to support social justice organizations that fight hunger. Half of the proceeds go to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona and half to Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger. Challah for Hunger gives students who may not have the money to make charitable donations an opportunity to make a difference.

“Our Challah for Hunger chapter is part of the national Challah for Hunger organization,” says student organizer Bridget Ott. “We raise about $1,000 each semester to help fight hunger. While the challah is baking, we have a short Jewish learning discussion with a topic relating to hunger or tikkun olam (repair of the world).” Challah for Hunger began in 2004 when Eli Winkelman started the first chapter at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Since then, it has become a registered 501(c)3 and has stretched to over 80 college campuses across the country. Each campus gives half of its profits to Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger and the other half to a local anti-hunger organization. The organization also does research and advocacy to find a long-term solution to food insecurity among college students. Learn more about the UA Hillel’s Challah for Hunger chapter at www.arizona.hillel.org/home/student/ ChallahForHunger.aspx.

Sites of Conscience speaker tapped for JHM

he Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, April 26 at 7 p.m., as it formally accepts induction into the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. Guest speakers will be Dina Bailey, director of methodology and practice at the coalition, and Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild. “Since opening the Holocaust History Center in 2016, the Jewish History Museum has been committed to serving as a site of conscience in our community. For the museum, this means connecting past

struggles with the human rights of today. As a member of an international coalition of organizations committed to advancing human rights, we will connect our work with the work of member agencies in 55 nations and undoubtedly be illuminated, humbled and inspired by our partners in the field,” says Bryan Davis, JHM executive director. The museum will honor the recipients of its Dr. Barry A. Friedman Volunteer of the Year Award, Linda Tumarkin and Lynda Rogoff. The evening will include presentation of the 2018-19 board slate and a dessert reception. For more information, call 670-9073. April 20, 2018, ARIZONA JEWISH POST

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Hebrew Academy and Bet Shalom, and a past board member of JFSA, the UA Hillel Foundation and the Jewish History Museum. “Howard has made an immense impact on our community and although he has held his share of formal roles, he’s receiving this recognition not because of a specific organizational leadership role but because of the depth of his commitment,” says Stuart Mellan, JFSA president and CEO. “Rabbi Dr. Howard Schwartz (he doesn’t like it when I call him ‘Rabbi Doctor,’ but it’s a way of acknowledging the high esteem in which I hold him) is ever present as a philanthropist, as an educator, and as a voice of wisdom. He and [his wife,] Trudy, form a formidable duo in terms of their powerful impact on our Jewish community.” Oseran’s community involvement has included JFSA’s Cardozo Society, board of directors, board governance committee, strategic planning committee, Birthright Israel committee, and REAP, its real estate and allied professionals group; the Jewish Community Relations Council board and the Jewish Latino Teen Coalition. “Deborah has always ‘been there’ for our community but because of her demanding profession as one of Tucson’s outstanding attorneys, her volunteerism

was often in the form of pro bono legal work. As she moved toward her retirement she began to take on lay leadership roles and brought great honor to our Federation when she assumed the role of Campaign chair [for the 2016-17 program year]. With a big heart and a brilliant mind, and a lifelong commitment to Jewish community, Deborah elevates everything she touches,” says Mellan. JFSA’s Gary I. Sarver Young Man and Young Woman of the Year awards will go to Tracy Jeck and Josh Silverman. Oshrat Barel, former director of the Weintraub Israel Center and now director of the JFSA’s new community engagement department, will receive the Ben and Betty Brook Community Professional of the Year Award. Rabbi Richard Safran will receive the Synagogue-Federation Dialogue Award, and Danielle Schwartz will be the recipient of the Rabbi Arthur R. Oleisky Teen Recognition Award. The special recognition awards are as follows: Eric Rudner, Handmaker; Evan Mendelson, Jewish Community Foundation; Max Cohen, Jewish Family & Children’s Services; Leslie Glaze, JFSA; Lynda Rogoff and Linda Tumarkin, Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center; Ellis Friedman, THA; Ken Goodman, Tucson J; and Nancy Koff, UA Hillel Foundation. The evening is free but RSVP is required at www.jfsa.org or admin@jfsa. org. For more information, call 577-9393.

ARTS & CULTURE / LOCAL Crypto-Judaism to inform artist's talk at JHM DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Editorial Assistant

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razilian-American crypto-Jewish artist Jônatas Chimen will make a Tucson stop on his North-American speaking tour sponsored by the U.S.based grassroots nonprofit, Kulanu, Inc., which supports isolated, emerging and returning Jewish communities around the globe. Chimen’s presentation will be held Sunday, April 22 at the Jewish History Museum. Chimen’s heritage as the descendant of immigrants in exile, victims of forced conversion, influences his painting, sculpture, performance art and writing. Much of his work and research focuses on his family’s personal story through their 500-year diaspora as a result of the Portuguese Inquisition. For this event, Chimen will speak mostly about his own journey, says museum board member Jo Harris. He went from knowing nothing about his roots to becoming an observant Jew. Harris adds that he will weave in the importance of rescuing other Jews who “are still to be acknowledged, the emerging Jews.” Programming that “sheds light on history and the larger community” outside Southern Arizona has been part of the museum’s activities for several years, says JHM program coordinator Jamie Luria.

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Jônatas Chimen's 'In Thy Tent I Dwell' installation explores his family's 500-year diaspora story.

Chimen has authored articles, lectured in universities and been featured in galleries across the country and in Israel. He has a bachelor’s degree in Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian studies from the University of Madison-Wisconsin and a master’s in fine arts from Florida International University. The Anti-Defamation League named him Artist of the Year in 2015. The free presentation begins at 11 a.m. at the museum, 564 S. Stone Ave. A discussion with the artist follows. The museum is a community partner of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. For more information, call 670-9073 or visit www. jewishhistorymuseum.org.

Film will honor Brazilian who saved Jews The Latin American StudOskar Schindler and Raoul ies department at the UniWallenberg, who like them versity of Arizona, in colwas posthumously awarded laboration with the Arizona the title Righteous Among Center for Judaic Studies and the Nations at the Yad Vashthe Jewish History Museum, em Holocaust memorial in will present a free screening Jerusalem. The film, directed of “Dear Ambassador” at by Luiz Fernando Goulart, is the UA Center for Creative in Portuguese with English Photography, 1030 N. Olive subtitles. Luiz Martins de Road, on Sunday, April 22, at A panel discussion will Souza Dantas 2 p.m. follow the screening, with The film tells the story of Luiz Mar- Barry Kirschner, vice chair of the board tins de Souza Dantas, who served as of the JHM; Jadwiga Pieper-Mooney, Brazilian ambassador to Paris during UA professor of history; and David World War II. A largely unsung hero, he Graizbord, UA associate professor of Judefied his own government’s orders by daic studies. Steve Solot, president of the granting hundreds of unauthorized vi- Latin American Training Center, will sas to Jews and others facing imminent serve as moderator. capture and death. Consisting of reenFree parking is available in the Park actments, interviews with survivors, and Avenue Garage. For more information, archival footage, “Dear Ambassador” contact Clea Conlin at cconlin@email. commemorates Brazil’s counterpart to arizona.edu or 626-7242.

Come visit with the AJP at the Israel@70 Festival

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y Dear Land, It is almost your birthday. At 70, you are not a young country anymore. Some will consider me a stepdaughter because I left you, deciding to move an ocean away. I left behind me the battles, the traffic, the heat and the politics to become a citizen of the world. Whenever I am asked where I am from, I hesitate a minute before I answer, then I carefully monitor the interlocutor’s response. Some have no idea where you are on the map. Some give me a look that says oh, that country again. Some share with me their observations and opinions of you. I listen with curiosity, thinking to myself, don’t they realize I am still a part of you? First, I need to educate them about who you really are. Then I need to make sure they hear your side of the story, and to those with very a strong sense of justice, I tell them to mind their own business and attend to their own backyard. You need to

know that I defend you openly, although sometimes it isn’t an easy task. Working my way up as an immigrant in the Bay Area, I founded an Israeli theater company, producing plays by Israeli playwrights. Your stepsons and stepdaughters here are thirsty to connect with you through stage performance and live theater. We keep your language, celebrate your culture and preserve the identity you have given us. When I am among them, I find myself pointing out your flaws, calling out your awful mistakes and worrying for your future. I also make sure they do not shut the door to others who claim that they love you. You see, loving you at times is not an easy task. When I was a little girl, I believed that one day all the Jews of the world would move in with you because you are gigantic, sacred and the only home we have. “The Land” is what we call you. As if the entire world is composed of water and you are the only piece of land there is. Those of us living in the Bay Area say we only came here for a few years, to taste the water, broaden our possibilities and then return.

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COMMENTARY Israel at 70: How Israelis like me relate to a country that’s an ocean away

Ofra Daniel as the lead character Tirza in her play ‘Love Sick.’

Gradually, in the dead of night, we moved our books and poems, our family albums and childhood memories. We built temporary communities that resemble you, pretending we never really left. We adjusted to a time zone in which we are kissing you goodnight while we are waking up. We never fully realized that we have actually moved out. Admitting that is also not easy. Perhaps it is a mature process of separation and individuation that pulled us apart. Perhaps the distance and perspec-

tive has allowed us to see you better, support you and present you to the broader world community, stating proudly that we, too, are your children. Maybe your diverse human kaleidoscope, your endless conflicts, your multireligious focal points and the never-ending arguments of who owned you first is what makes us see the world from multiple perspectives, oftentimes antithetical one to the other, yet rich in human experience. Discovering that loving you from afar is just as good and just as possible. We all need our Zion, a place that we call home, a place we long for, defend, belong to, move away from, criticize, come back to, care for, protect and claim as our birthright. Luckily, you will outlive us, age gracefully and be even more attractive, while we will grow old, and return to die and be buried on your Land. Your daughter, Ofra Ofra Daniel is the co-founder and artistic/executive director of the Jewish Circle Theater. A native of Israel, Ofra is an accomplished playwright and performed with the Beit Lessin Theatre Company in Tel Aviv before moving to the Bay Area.

Shul moves its money to promote climate change, but will others follow? DEBRA NUSSBAUM COHEN JTA NEW YORK ongregation Kolot Chayeinu in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood is removing its savings from JPMorgan Chase, making it the first U.S. synagogue to publicly divest from a bank or other corporation “to explicitly oppose

the funding of fossil fuel and other related projects dangerous to the world in which we live,” according to a statement from the congregation. The move also puts Kolot at the forefront of Jewish organizations in doing “values-driven investing,” putting money where Jewish groups’ mouths are on climate change and other environmental crises.

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Leaders and members of the independent synagogue gathered Tuesday afternoon at Amalgamated Bank near Sunset Park to announce their divestment. Amalgamated Bank, far smaller than JPMorgan Chase, originally was a union bank and is devoted to sustainable lending practices, according to Rabbi Ellen Lippman. While Kolot Chayeinu acknowledges that its modest funds — under $1 million — may not mean much to Chase, the largest bank in the United States, “we want to make a statement,” Lippman said. The environmental group Oil Change International has called Chase “the largest U.S. funder of extreme fossil fuels.” “After a period of getting involved with Water Protectors of Standing Rock and learning that there are banks that fund things like the Dakota Access Pipeline and Chase is one of them, we began to develop the idea that we’d like to bank in a place more in line with our values,” said Lippman, referring to the crude oil pipeline routed through the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and under a lake in North Dakota. Standing Rock was the site of major protests in 2016 and 2017 by Native Americans and their allies. American Jewish organizations lag far behind church groups and other investors in identifying and divesting from banks

and lending institutions invested heavily in fossil fuels, even though umbrella groups like the Jewish Council for Public Affairs have long called for immediate action on climate action and carbon emissions. “I’m sorry to say that Kolot Chayeinu is the first Jewish organization of any kind to move their money,” said Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of the Philadelphiabased Shalom Center and a longtime environmental theologian and activist. “I’m pleased it’s Kolot, but if they had been the first three years ago and by now there were 100 synagogues and at least one major denomination saying its endowment fund was going to be moved, that would be far better.” Still, more Jewish groups are getting on board with the idea of values-driven investing. The JLens Investor Network has a $35 million advocacy fund in which Jewish individuals, family foundations and Jewish federations are invested, said Julie Hammerman, the network’s executive director and founder. In December, JLens ran what it called a Jewish Impact Investing Summit in New York that attracted representatives of 84 Jewish groups. JLens provides educational and advisory services to both Jewish organizational investors and the companies in which they invest. Hammerman said that current thinking See Climate, page 8

RELIGION & JEWISH LIFE Separated by the Shoah, old friends reunite GABRIELLE BIRKNER

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hen Alice (Gerstel) Weit last saw Simon Gronowski, she was 13 and he was 10 and, by Alice’s recollection, “the most adorable boy ever.” When they reunited this week, 76 years later, “I opened the door and there he was, a frail, little old man,” she said. At the threshold of Alice’s apartment here, the old friends embraced, and they wept. “They weren’t talking; they were speaking with their eyes,” said Simon’s grandson Romain De Mys, 24, who witnessed the April 10 reunion. Two days later, Alice and Simon were guests of honor during the Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom Hashoah, program at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. Until recently, Alice had long believed that Simon — the little brother of her childhood best friend, Ita — had perished with his family at Auschwitz. It wasn’t until last summer, after a family member’s internet search turned up Simon’s memoir, that she learned he had survived the war. “I broke down and cried like a little baby,” Alice said. A few weeks later, she found out that Simon was still alive and working as a lawyer in Brussels. Simon was just as emotional when he received an email from one of Alice’s sons saying that his mother was looking to reconnect. It’s no wonder, given their families’ unique connection. For 10 harrowing days in October 1941, as Alice, her mother and two siblings waited to be smuggled out of Nazi-occupied Belgium, they hid above the Gronowskis’ leather goods store. The Brussels shop was frequented by Nazi officers, and the Gronowskis risked their own lives to shelter the Gerstels. When Alice and her family left that day, “I said goodbye, but I believed I’d see them again,” Simon told JTA. “At this moment, I didn’t know Auschwitz.” The Gerstels managed to escape Europe, traveling through France and Morocco before boarding a ship bound for Cuba. They ultimately resettled in the United States, where Alice married, had two children and worked as a real estate agent. The Gestapo arrested Simon and his family in February 1943. They were sent to the Mechelen transit camp, then put on a train bound for Auschwitz. En route, the train was breached by the Belgian resistance, and some passengers were able to flee. With his mother’s help, 11-year-old

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Simon Gronowski and Alice Weit, who had a reunion 76 years after being separated by the Holocaust, were honored at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, April 12, 2018.

Simon jumped from the train and escaped through the woods. His mother, Chana, and sister Ita, who was on a subsequent convoy, would die at Auschwitz. Young Simon was aided by a Belgian police officer, and he spent the remainder of the war sheltered in the homes of Catholic families. Simon’s father, Léon, also survived the war in hiding, but died shortly thereafter, when Simon was only 13. Years on, Simon put himself through law school, married (now divorced) and had two children. An amateur jazz pianist, Simon was invited in 2014 to play alongside filmmaker Woody Allen at New York’s Carlyle Hotel, where Allen performs regularly with his band. But for decades after the war, Simon did not talk about what he had endured. In 2002 he published a memoir, “The Child of the 20th Convoy,” and began speaking in schools about what happened to his family during the Holocaust. When he stood before the crowd Thursday at the Museum of Tolerance, he said he ultimately decided to share his story “on behalf of victims of all barbarities,” including those who died in the 20th century genocides in Armenia and Rwanda. At the April 12 event, Alice praised Simon’s mother, whom she credits with saving her family. “Your mom was the personification of the saying, ‘If you save one life, you save all humanity,’” she said. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which runs the Museum of Tolerance, told JTA that Holocaust memory is at a critical moment, as “a generation of perpetrators, victims, liberators and bystanders are all leaving the stage of history.” “The question is how will we be remembering the Shoah [Holocaust] after the eyewitnesses are gone?” said Cooper, citing Holocaust denial abroad, the rise of far-right candidates in the United States

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YOM HASHOAH REMEMBRANCE AT SPLENDIDO

On Wednesday, April 11th, the Northwest Division of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and Splendido at Rancho Vistoso held a special Yom HaShoah remembrance event. Rabbi Sanford Seltzer from SaddleBrooke’s Judaic Services and Yom HaShoah Remembrance Studies led the remembrance and at Splendido Yahrzeit candle lighting for the over 6 million Jews who lost their lives during the Holocaust. Attendees watched a powerful video of a talk given by Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger on the path his life took after discovering that his father was a German Nazi. The choir from Tucson Hebrew Academy, led by Cantor Janece Cohen, concluded the event with a beautiful performance. For more events in the NW, please visit page 29.

REAP MEMBERS HEAR FROM UA PRESIDENT

The Jewish Federation’s Real Estate and Allied Professions (REAP) affinity group is in its 21st season of exciting and enriching programming. On Monday, March Dr. Robert C. Robbins, president of 26th, REAP members had the the University of Arizona, presents privilege to hear from Dr. Robert to REAP members C. Robbins, who is serving as the new president of the University of Arizona. Dr. Robbins shared his insight on leadership and the University’s goals in the near future, in addition to leading a lengthy Q&A session for REAP members. Nearly 65 REAP members and guests were in attendance to hear and engage in this discussion.

CARDOZO MEMBERS HEAR FROM TUCSON MAYOR

On Monday, April 9th, the Tucson Cardozo Society held their annual Cocktails with Cardozo event featuring Mayor Mayor Jonathan Rothschild Jonathan Rothschild. The Tucson presents to Cardoza members Cardozo Society is an association of Jewish attorneys, judges, and law students affiliated through the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. With more than 35 guests in attendance, Mayor Rothschild shared insight into many relevant political, legal, and judicial topics here in Tucson and Arizona. The mayor and Cardozo Society members engaged in a Q&A, which brought up many other current issues in the city. For more information on the Tucson Cardozo Society, contact the Federation’s Director of Leadership Development, Matt Landau (mlandau@jfsa.org).

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in the field argues against simply pulling money out of a bank. Investors in public companies prefer to try to change corporate policy from within by working behind the scenes and, if necessary, introducing resolutions at shareholder meetings. Other approaches to values-driven investing include putting money into “green bonds,” which take the proceeds to develop things like water reclamation and grasslands replenishment projects. Google has raised one to put solar panels on its campuses, said Fran Seegull, executive director of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, which is being incubated at the Ford Foundation. Starbucks has raised a green bond to create trade finance facilities for its coffee growers, she said. “Green bonds has exploded and is now worth $90 billion,” Seegull said. “The growth rate has been extraordinary.” Worldwide, more than one quarter of all professionally managed assets, or $23 trillion, is invested in expressly values-driven ways, according to Hammerman. In 2016, in the United States, nearly $9 trillion was invested in values-aligned ways, she said, citing a report by the U.S. Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investing. That was up 33 percent over 2014, the report states. Its 2018 study is under way now, and expected to again reflect dramatically increased interest in environmentally and socially responsible investing. But the Jewish community has yet to catch up, many say, particularly when it comes to connecting its principles to action. “The Jewish community is just frozen in a laudable but outdated past” when it comes to addressing environmental issues, Waskow said. “I am both proud and ashamed that the Shalom Center is the only national Jewish organization that has defined the climate crisis as the top issue.” Yosef Abramowitz is CEO of the Israeli environmental company Energiya Global Capital, which builds solar energy fields in 10 African countries, where sunlight is plentiful and reliable energy often scarce. “The Jewish community has unfortunately shied away from divestment from fossil fuels, even though other religions

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and a new study showing that many U.S. millennials lack a basic knowledge about the Holocaust. The study found that 22 percent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 34 had not heard of the Holocaust or

have moved forward with having their money invested in a way aligned with their values,” Abramowitz said in an interview from his home in Israel. “You will have rabbis upset about President Trump pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement, and yet allow their rabbinic pension funds to continue to invest in ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies that are the worst offenders.” Perhaps the largest player in that sector is the Reform Pension Board, which manages $1.3 billion in retirement funds for Reform movement rabbis, educators and synagogue executives. The Pension Board just added a Jewish Values Investing fund to the other 13 options from which its members can choose to put their money. It launched for investors in January after a Jewish values-driven investing policy was approved by the denomination — American Judaism’s largest — in 2014. The fund selects 250 companies for inclusion in its portfolio of stocks based on a range of values, said Michael Kimmel, the Pension Board’s executive director. Those values have been defined, he said, by resolutions issued over the past 100 years by the Union for Reform Judaism, the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism. Companies engaged in the production of tobacco, civilian firearms, landmines, coal and other consumable fuels, as well as those involved in predatory lending, are automatically excluded, according to fund information. Then they are weighted based on criteria including environmental concerns, diversity, support for unions, human rights and stem cell research. Yet on its fact sheet, the fund names Chase as one of the top 10 companies in which it has invested. “We partner with an outside firm to build the fund,” Kimmel said when asked about Chase’s inclusion despite the criticism it gets from environmental groups. He was referring to Aperio, a company that creates what its website calls “hypercustomized portfolios designed to meet the specific goals and values of advisors and their clients.” The fact that this is, as JLens’ Hammerman says, “a new field,” may help explain why performance doesn’t always measure up to stated goals. weren’t sure if they had heard of it. The same survey, spearheaded by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also revealed that 41 percent of respondents of all ages could not identity the concentration camp Auschwitz. Against this backdrop, Cooper said Alice and Simon’s reunion “is a sign of hope, but also a challenge, a reminder to step up.”

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he Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona will hold a dedication of its 70th Anniversary Mitzvah Project at the Sister Jose Women’s Center, 1050 S. Park Ave., on Sunday, May 6 from 11 a.m. to noon. Participants can tour the facility, learn how the outdoor space — the focus of the mitzvah project — affects the women who visit Sister Jose, and enjoy refreshments. “As a Federation we looked for a special way to connect within our local community for a meaningful project true to our mission for our 70th anniversary and found Sister Jose to be a compelling need which had to be filled. How could we not do something to help over 1,000 homeless females in downtown Tucson who looked for shelter and aid from their endless travail? We could not ask for a better partner. Jean Fedigan and all of the Sister Jose volunteers are angels. Our Federation is very fortunate to be a part of this mission,” says Bruce Ash, co-chair with his wife, Jane, of the JFSA 70th Anniversary Mitzvah Project. Fedigan, Sister Jose’s executive director, says it is

hard to describe the impact the garden, and the whole center, has on the women who spend time there. “Coming in from a street full of violence and fear into a place of peace is extraordinary,” she says. “The garden area is a place where quiet talk happens and community is formed. Last weekend, in the early morning, I was in the back alley speaking to a woman who had walked as far as she could and laid down in the alley in the middle of the night to rest. She was hungry, tired and in need of someone to help her. I asked her if she would like to come into the garden area and have a bite to eat and some coffee. She was happy to gather her things and went into the garden area. As I watched her walk through the gate, I became aware of the sound of laughter and talking together of women. I peeked around the corner and several women were gathered at a table, in community, sharing their stories, showing kindness to one another. Someone said something funny and they broke into gales of laughter. What a lovely sound. “I love the words tikkun olam (repair of the world] because they perfectly describe what is happening here,” says Fedigan. RSVP at www.jfsa.org or email jscott@jfsa.org.

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he Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s board governance committee, chaired by Eric Schindler, has recommended the following slate of officers for the 2018-2019 program year: Shelly Silverman, chair of the board; Deborah Oseran, vice chair/board governance; Ben Silverman, treasurer/ secretary; and Tom Warne, immediate past chair. Also nominated are Jeff Artzi, Jennifer Bell, David Hameroff, and Alex Dery-Chaffin for three-year terms. Joining the board by virtue of their positions are Melissa Goldfinger (Campaign chair), and Jeff Katz (Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona chair). Returning board members are Bruce Ash, Leslie Glaze, Adam Goldstein, Liz Kanter-Groskind, Helaine

Levy, Mitch Pozez, Jeremy Sharpe and Michael Shiner. Returning by virtue of their positions are Audrey Brooks and Donna Moser (Women’s Philanthropy cochairs). Any 10 members may make additional nominations by delivering a signed written nomination to the Federation office with an acceptance letter signed by the nominee at least 14 days before the annual meeting, which will be held in conjunction with the Jewish community awards celebration on Thursday, May 10 at 7 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Additional nominees will be presented together with the nominees selected by the nominating committee at this annual meeting of members.

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taff at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging are being offered opportunities to improve their careers in healthcare through the generosity of community philanthropists Diane and Ron Weintraub. The couple recently collaborated with Handmaker President and CEO Arthur Martin to establish parameters for the grant. It offers individuals up to two $500 grants annually toward completion of certification programs or degrees in the healthcare field, such as certified medical assistant, a certified caregiver or a licensed practical nurse, Martin explains. Upon successful completion of the coursework, the applicant is awarded the grant. Launched in March, the Diane and Ronald Weintraub Scholarship Fund was positively received with enthusiasm from the staff, Martin says. Within the first weeks, Maria Martinez, LPN, was one of two staff members already enrolled in the program. She is accessing the scholarship to complete her associate registered nursing degree with Cochise College.

“I am very thankful for the scholarship opportunity being offered from the Weintraub family,” says Martinez. “I have been employed at Handmaker for 10 years and I am grateful for the opportunity to grow within the company. I also appreciate Art Martin for being a Maria Martinez, LPN, is one of the first mentor and role mod- Handmaker staff members enrolled in el as I further my ca- the Diane and Ronald Weintraub Scholarship Fund. reer in nursing. Every little bit helps when raising a family, working full-time and going to school; this scholarship alleviates some of the stress when paying for school.” “Diane wanted to memorialize her parents, Rose and Ted Rosenblatt,” says Ron Weintraub. “They moved to Tucson in 1947 and spent their final days as residents at

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LOCAL Weintraubs fund new healthcare scholarships for staff at Handmaker Handmaker.” Also memorialized is Elsa Katz, the very first resident at Handmaker. Weintraub explains that she was a Holocaust survivor who came to the United States after the war and was the household manager for Diane’s uncle. “This seemed like a long-term, positive outcome for people working there and for the patients, to help staff get to the next step in their professional lives,” says Weintraub. The Weintraubs, who are retired — Ron from a successful publishing business and Diane from a real estate career — also endow an Israel Study Award scholarship at the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Arizona. The UA is Diane’s alma mater, where she earned a bachelor of science and a master’s in education. They co-founded The Weintraub Israel Center, a joint project of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, the Tucson Jewish Community Center, and the Jewish Agency for Israel. They also founded the Tucson chapter of Parents of North American Israelis, which connected American and Canadian families who have children and grandchildren living in Israel.

History museum seeks applicants for community engagement curator

ucson’s Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center is seeking applications from candidates in the fields of arts and culture for the position of 2018-19 Zuckerman Fellow: Curator of Community Engagement. The application deadline is April 30. The 2018-19 Zuckerman Fellow will be awarded a 12-month fellowship, July 2018-June 2019, including living space, stipend, and program budget. The fellowship can be extended for a second year. The curator of community engagement will be responsible for producing and presenting public programs on the museum campus, including a series of no less than bi-weekly gallery chats (September-May), a local leaders’ forum, and original programming to include symposia, panel discussions, community conversations and other productions. They also will coordinate the Annual Stone Avenue Block Party and provide staff support for the annual community-wide Holocaust commemoration.

Programs are expected to be responsive to, and inclusive of, individual, organizational and community partners from the Tucson area while exemplifying fresh perspectives and forging connections between the work of the museum, related institutions and the pressing issues of our time, says Bryan Davis, executive director of the museum. The Zuckerman Fellow will provide staff support for the JHM’s community relations and advocacy work undertaken in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Jewish Community Relations Council. They also will staff the museum from 1-5 p.m. one weekend day each week. Desired qualifications include a master’s degree in a related field, a track record of producing compelling and innovative public programming, knowledge of Jewish history and culture, and an interest in exploring the unique character of borderland communities. Applications must include a letter of interest and intent (900 words or fewer), a resume or C.V., and contact

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his is not your worried bubbe’s idea of a tourist tour of the Holy Land. For that you get one picture on a camel (careful!) and stay in four-star hotels. If you crave an insider’s view, being a Volunteer For Israel is adventurous and transformational. Serious fun. My own VFI task of unwrapping, re-wrapping and inserting medical scissors into plastic envelopes for six hours a day, four days a week maybe doesn’t sound like a float on The Dead Sea. But I hear no complaints from any of our group of 27 international volunteers doing heavier jobs. We’re a focused, sometimes slap-happy assembly line on an Israeli Defense Force base. Most of us are Jews (religious or secular), some Christians along with those who check the box marked “Other.” We’re here to provide necessary grunt work that frees actual IDF soldiers to spend more time in training to fight. Our task is collating medical supplies that make up portable field operating kits that ultimately slip perfectly into a military backpack. Despite sore backs or tushies we share the knowledge that one medic plus one of our backpacks can save an Israeli life. When there has been a surplus, one six-time volunteer tells me, the kits have been sent to Haiti, New Orleans or other disaster areas. We’re here in the week before Pesach through VFI, an American nonprofit organization that works in partnership with Sar-El: The National Project for Volunteers for Israel. We are not in the army, but eat in the mess hall, sleep in the barracks and wear the uniform of the IDF on base during our workweek. On weekends, we are on our own with a free hostel in Tel Aviv available (no uniforms off base). Volunteers sign up for one to four weeks at a time throughout the year. As a cultural mixed bag we have a potential for arguing.

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These possible eruptions are checked by the guidelines our three 20-something female IDF program leaders present. We are told not to talk politics or religion, and no swearing! We learn there will be no going off base except for field trips. One runner says he just circles our barracks until he hits three miles. Free time is after lunch and dinner — about an hour for each. Evenings also include an educational program. Our schedules for cleaning duties in the barracks are posted on our separate male and female floors. Non-mandatory breakfast is at 7 a.m. I’m soon addicted to chocolate spread, much like Nutella, smeared on white bread. Flag raising and singing of the Israeli National Anthem (which most of us struggle to learn) is at 7:30 a.m. We get snippets of news of the day — national and international.

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A treat each week is an off-base field trip. Ours is to the newly opened (in May 2017) National Remembrance Hall in Jerusalem, where a spiral wall of bricks personalizing each of the 23,000 fallen Israeli soldiers since pre-state days opens to the sky. Outside, the Mount Herzl cemetery is filled with men and women who died for Israel, many of the graves decorated with surfboards, graduation pictures, and other evidence that theirs were young lives cut short. The hall’s empty bricks for those yet to die and be inscribed are haunting. In our barracks we each have roommates. Mine is Diana, a mechanical engineer who came to the United States as a Ukrainian refugee. After quick exchanges of our life stories we’re buddies. Later I meet petite Helen, from Cannes, on her 12th mission with VFI. She is going to get her hair cut before she leaves — I ask why, as a tres chic French woman, she chooses to have her hair styled in Tel Aviv? “Because I am a Zionist!” she said proudly. “I want my money to go to Israel.” Then I talk with Jeffry, a registered nurse and an Episcopalian from the United States. For him, duty to humanitarian work crosses all religious lines. Down the hall are six Christian women from Macon, Georgia, come in support of the Jews. One, Angela, says, “They’re a blessed people and this is a holy land.” I came because as a 12-year-old on an Arizona ranch I wanted to be a sabra on an Israeli kibbutz, helping us to become a nation. The sabra part is, of course, impossible, but to be in Israel for the first time is better than I dreamed 58 years ago. To live in our group’s own personal Israel is to become part of a tight, unbreakable circle. Some of us will remember. Some will return over and over again. To find out more about Volunteers for Israel, contact Mindy Franklin, Arizona regional manager, at arizona@vfi-usa.org.

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evitable war for independence. She went on to serve in a wide range of Jewish Agency and government roles before becoming prime minister in 1969, a position she held until 1974. Since then, there has not been another woman in the role. “She continues to be seen as a woman who made it, one to emulate, a strong woman who knew how to use both her political and womanly skills to get ahead,” Klagsbrun said. Overall, American Jewish women have had greater impact on Israelis than the reverse, she said. “Once the feminist movement became important in America, it very much influenced Israelis in forming their own,” Klagsbrun said. Klagsbrun was one of three women and 11 men on a Jewish Theological Seminary commission that led the Conservative movement to decide in 1983 to ordain women as rabbis and cantors. Yet there was resistance to American feminism among many Israelis. That resistance continues today, some say. Elana Sztokman, a writer focused on gender issues and a rabbinical student in Israel’s Reform movement, was raised in Brooklyn and moved to Israel in 1993. She lives in Modiin and is involved with Women Wage Peace, a grassroots organization that brings together women from every sector of Israeli life — religious and secular, conservative and progressive, Arab and Jew-

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merican Jewish women have idealized Israeli women as feminist role models since the days of prestate Israel, when women were photographed plowing fields alongside men. Post-independence posters featured images of female soldiers fighting alongside men. A chain-smoking Golda Meir served as Israel’s prime minister nearly 50 years before a major American political party would even nominate the first woman for president. It’s a persistent myth of female empowerment, but a myth all the same. “Until recently there was a perception that Israel had real equality for women,” said Francine Klagsbrun, a New Yorker and author of the recently published biography “Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel” (Schocken). “Women were in the army. Only later did we learn they often had servile positions and in the yishuv [prestate Israel] women were laughed at when they tried to build roads. It was not the equality women here believed they had.” Israeli and American Jewish women have learned much from each other since Israel was born 70 years ago. There has been an intertwined mutual influence, say leaders in both countries. American women were inspired by powerful Israeli role models. And Israelis absorbed, often slowly, feminist ideas from their sisters abroad. “The mutual influence has been enormous,” said Blu Greenberg, founder of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, who splits her time between the Riverdale neighborhood in the Bronx and Jerusalem. “It’s more like a tandem walk than either group having more impact than the other.” “We were seen as superwoman,” agreed Anat Hoffman, a Jerusalemite who is the director of Women of the Wall and the Israel Religious Action Center, which advocates for civil and religious rights. “But we suffer from the disparity of salaries and domestic violence” as American women. “For too long, Israeli women were romanticized and objectified. How many times I heard the sentence ‘but I thought you guys were so strong!’ No, I’m much more like you than you can imagine,” she said. “Romanticizing has done neither of us a lot of good.” Golda Meir had much to do with that romanticization. In 1948, the Kiev-born, Milwaukee-raised kibbutznik was the face of Israel during a barnstorming fundraising tour of the United States ahead of the in-

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There are areas in which Israeli women are ahead of their U.S. counterparts, interviewees said. Israel has a higher percentage of women elected to its national legislature, the Knesset, than do America’s Senate or House of Representatives, according to a new report on the state of women’s issues in Israel. It was commissioned by Israel’s Dafna Fund and the New York-based National Council of Jewish Women and released in late March. It has been two decades since Israel’s High Court granted a woman the right to become a combat pilot. Today, over 90 percent of the Israeli military’s positions are open to enlisted women, including selected combat roles. All U.S. military combat positions opened up to women in 2015. A third of Israel’s military personnel are women, compared with about 14 percent in the U.S. armed forces. “Israel’s Declaration of Independence mentions women, unlike ours,” said Kaufman, adding that Israelis are more adept at using the legal system to further women’s rights. In Israel there is universal paid maternity leave and women can also obtain safe, legal abortions, unlike growing swaths of America. And Israeli law requires at least one woman to be on each public company’s board of directors. But in other ways, Americans take a lead. Hoffman said there is a certain expectation of being treated fairly that American Jewish women have which Israelis do not. “It was bred out of us as very young girls,” she said. “I’m so grateful for ecology, feminism, itemized bills. Americans have a sense of fairness from your Constitution or Bill of Rights. They expect some things that Israelis can’t even dream of.” “There is a lot of cross-fertilization” between the two communities, said Nancy Kaufman, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women. Her organization convened a symposium in Israel in March that brought

is further preventing the inclusion of women’s voices in public debate.” There are also ways in which Israeli women are trying to bring their confidence to American Jews. Take Supersonos. The organization was created in Israel three years ago by advertising executive Hana Rado to increase women’s visibility as speakers, on panels and at conferences, and on boards of directors. Supersonos has grown rapidly in Israel and in newer outposts in Berlin, London and New York, said Keren Kay, a cofounder. Three years ago it had 100 women in its network of professionals. Now it has over 2,000, said Kay,

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together 260 Israeli and American women. “We are constantly engaging with Israelis when they come to the U.S.,” she said, “and we would love to formalize an exchange program.” Shalvi, a longtime Jewish educator, described how she was influenced by religious feminists in America. On her first visit to New York, in 1977, she met Judith Hauptman, a Talmud scholar and future rabbi, and Arlene Agus, who revived the ancient custom of celebrating Rosh Chodesh (the start of each month) as a women’s holiday. They told her about Ezrat Nashim, a group advocating for greater ritual roles for women, Shalvi told JTA. At the time she was principal of Jerusalem’s Pelech school for Orthodox girls, which from its founding included Talmud study. Yet she had never thought of women leading worship. On her second visit to the U.S., in 1979, Shalvi was first called to the Torah. And burst into tears. “I realized it was the first time I had seen a Torah scroll up close,” she said. “I was 53 years old and thought if I’d been a boy, I would have done this 40 years earlier. The unfairness and injustice of it struck me so.” Since then there has been enormous growth in the number of women seriously engaged in Torah scholarship, from the plethora of post-high school seminary programs for girls in Israel to graduate programs in Talmud for women in the U.S., including at the Orthodox Yeshiva University, and in Israel at Bar-Ilan University. Despite the cross-fertilization of ideas, a mystique about Israeli women still has a hold on American Jews, said Galit Peleg, Israel’s consul for public diplomacy in New York. It has been revived by Wonder Woman herself. Since portraying the superhero in the 2017 film, Israeli actress Gal Gadot has since been nearly ubiquitous in American media, charming late night talk show hosts and audiences alike with her confidence and warm candor. “She’s not a Woody Allen,” said Peleg, meaning a neurotic, weak, Diaspora-type Jew. “She’s the Israeli woman that kicks ass.” Peleg recently spoke to a group of Americans at a pre-Passover event and mentioned, in passing, having served in Israel’s military. From that moment on, that’s all the American Jewish women wanted to hear about, she told JTA. It seems that the Wonder Woman effect — the image of Israeli women as strong, confident, funny and warm — tenaciously clings to the way American Jewish women think of their Israeli sisters. Yet there are challenges unique to Israeli women, say experts. “The state of constant conflict and a divisive political landscape is a reality that especially marginalizes women’s voices,” according to the NCJW/Dafna Fund report. “Rising nationalism and religious fundamentalism that is increasingly part of the political atmosphere

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who lives in New York. “We’re taking already-empowered women and putting them at influential junctions — conferences, media, seminars, board members and management,” she said. “The ‘men’s club’ is going out to drinks after work. We are trying to create the same network for women.” But the culture gap has an impact: Supersonos holds networking events in New York. And though there have been powerful women working on the same issues in the American Jewish community for years, Kay was unaware of them. “It’s a dialogue,” said Women Wage Peace’s Gouri. “I wish there was more of a dialogue and that there was more of an exchange. There is so much for us on both sides to learn. We need to come together in more meaningful ways to leverage our collective impact.” NCJW’s Kaufman said: “We have a lot to learn from the Israelis and we have a lot to offer them in building civil society. There’s learning back and forth from both sides. We’re going to try to build this woman-to-woman relationship over the next 70 years.”

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Jewish Federation Senior Vice President Fran Katz completed her eighth Boston Marathon on Monday, with a finish time of 4:07:34, qualifying her for next year’s race. She showed up for work bright and early Tuesday morning, unscathed. “I’ve never run in conditions like that before,” says Katz of the driving rain, wind and cold that prevailed during the race. After hearing the weather report the night before, she and her running buddies had the good foresight to purchase goggles before the race. The Tucson trio, who all finished within five minutes of one another, included Tejal Parikh and Jennifer Glynn. “Knowing that family and friends were supporting me back home and the encouragement of friends on the ground with me, is what helped me persevere” in 36 degree weather, says Katz. “Will I do it again? I’m glad I have the opportunity to choose.” She has until the fall reservation deadline to decide.

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Community Yom HaShoah event focuses on ghetto resistance

Survivors and family members, left to right. Top row: Bertie Levkovitz-Herr, Adelya Plotnikova, Annique Dveirin, Theresa Dulgov, Art Dulgov, Norman Feiger, Irina Yamnitskaya, Sarah Lichter, Barbara Agee, Sara Golan-Mussman, Ryan Lichter; bottom row: Nehama Keane, Severin Szperling, Lyubov Krimberg, Walter Feiger, Yulia Genina, Sydney Finkel, Pawel Lichter

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Holocaust survivor from Hungary Theresa Dulgov and her son Art Dulgov light holiday candles.

“Resistance and Resilience: Facing Hatred with Courage Yesterday and Today,” a community-wide Yom HaShoah commemoration, was held Sunday, April 15 at Congegration Anshei Israel. Gil Riback, Ph.D., gave the keynote address. “During the In Memoriam portion of the program, after the names of local Holocaust survivors who passed away in the last year were read, attendees were invited to stand and say the names of loved ones who were murdered during the Shoah or who were survivors who have since passed away. First a few, then numerous attendees, stood and called out names. Some read from long lists. Many wept. Soon this will become the centerpiece of the commemoration,” says Bryan Davis, executive director of the Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center, who helped organize the event.

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More than 60 players and guests attended a poker tournament hosted by the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Young Men’s Group on Monday, April 16 at the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy. Players competed for a selection of gift packages and enjoyed catering by Fiamme Pizza. The event, co-chaired by Ken Morris and Michael Miklofsky, raised more than $4,400 for the JFSA Homer Davis Project, which will go toward teacher and student classroom supplies at Homer Davis Elementary School.

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Cantor Janece Cohen and Jewish Federation Northwest Director Phyllis Gold (center) with the Tucson Hebrew Academy choir at the Yom HaShoah Remembrance at Splendido at Rancho Vistoso on April 11.

About 80 people participated in a Yom HaShoah Remembrance event hosted by the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Northwest Division at Splendido at Rancho Vistoso on Wendesday, April 11. Rabbi Sanford Seltzer led the Kaddish prayer and the Tucson Hebrew Academy choir performed. A video talk featured Bernd Wollschlaeger, a doctor who converted to Judaism and moved from Germany to Israel, on his father’s Nazi history. Participants lit Yahrzeit candles in commemoration of the millions of Jews and others killed in the Holocaust.

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affron rice with pine nuts is made all over the Middle East. Sometimes it is spiced with a little ground coriander, cinnamon and cumin, or flaked almonds are used instead of the pine nuts. Saffron rice is often served for Rosh Hashanah as the addition of raisins is said to sweeten the year ahead, but it is delicious any time of the year. The following recipe is excerpted with permission from “Hazana: Jewish Veg-

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familiar face at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, Rhina Gerhauser in March marked a quarter-century there as a group fitness instructor and personal trainer. Her motto is, “It’s never too late to start living healthier. And always too soon to stop.” In 2015, she was voted Tucson’s Top Group Fitness Instructor by the Arizona Daily Star. “She has touched the lives of so, so many,” says the J’s Director of Wellness Amy Dowe. But those aren’t the only lives she’s had a hand — and a heart — in improving. She recently took time to share with AJP about the passion that drives her both in her work at the J and as a community volunteer. Raised by her widowed father and his mother, Gerhauser left her native, war-torn El Salvador at age 15, not as much to attend school in Reno, Nevada, as to escape the dangers of the war. Her grandmother taught her through demonstrating kindness and giving. “She was generous with what she had. Part of why I give to others is to remember her. “That’s one reason I’ve stayed at the J all these years,” she says. “I love the culture, the mitzvah, the giving back,” she says with a smile, using the Hebrew word generally translated as “good deed. “Something really nice happens when you give to others — good feelings kick in. Fitness is a venue to meet people and here … it’s magical. I’ve been offered other jobs, but I stay. It’s amazing how long the members stay here, it’s a blessing. The people really, genuinely become like family.” Away from the gym, she takes the same enthusiasm to the community as an extraordinary volunteer. She’s always drawn to helping forgotten populations, particularly troubled youth. “Learning about the needs in a community makes your own needs not as important. There is always a situation worse than yours,” she says, calling it “a gift of perspective.” “When you see children struggling with basic needs, while we as a family, have a strong moral support system, it keeps me grounded and grateful.” She assists neighborhood groups, school districts and low-income communities in accessing health and fitness materials with Spanish translation. She’s done that for Canyon Ranch Institute Healthy Community Program at Apollo Middle School and Race for the Cure, among others. Volunteering with the Catalina Foothills School district, she helped design and implement physical activity, nutrition, and wellness programs and assisted with a major curriculum redesign. She helped recruit strong school board members, raising more than $500,000 to fund teaching positions and bring Spanish curriculum back to elementary classrooms. Ventana Vista Elementary benefited from her fitness and fundraising skills with a program to encourage kids to embrace physical activity at a young age. And as a long-time board member at Open-Inn, Inc., she helped oversee a $5 million operational budget focusing on homeless and at-risk Arizona youth. Angel Charity for Children, Inc., remains an ongoing passion. A contributing volunteer member, she contin-

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ues to serve on committees and helped raise more than $27 million for kids in Pima County. “This organization raises money for the agencies that need it most,” she says. Married to Rich (Doctor “G”), and the mother of three boys, now adults, she balances the stresses of life as a wife, mother, and professional with the importance she places on giving back to the community. “It’s like medicine to me,” she says of her community work. “It gives me great pleasure.” She don’t say yes unless she knows she can do a good job. “I don’t mind being a worker bee,” she adds. A frequent community health and wellness task force member, Gerhauser may be found organizing dance-athons or red carpet balls. For one American Heart Association fundraiser, she gathered over $20,000 in in-kind donations for a silent auction and ball. She’s part of UA Presents Making and Giving Incredible Contributions (MAGIC), a small committee of women, connected students, teachers and artists that make art accessible for students. Its Gold Star Gala raised funds to support artists-in-residence and facilitate admission and transportation for students in low-performing schools to award-winning UA Presents school matinee programs. Gerhauser had a life-changing experience attending the yearlong Greater Tucson Leadership class of 2012. It opened her eyes to how well Tucson does things as a community, while learning where many needs remain unmet. She continues to volunteer for succeeding cohorts, gathering speakers from her vast network to present on health and education, and to increase understanding of issues at social and government levels. She worked with former colleague Dr. Richard Carmona to establish the Tucson Drowning Prevention Program. He later went on to become a U.S. Surgeon General, whom

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space of ego. So, coming out of Egypt is really opening to the vastness of your own being, in which your experience of reality takes on a quality of oneness. This brings us to the Jewish concept of the Divine. “A core tenet of Judaism is that ‘God is one’. From a mystical point of view, this doesn’t mean that there is only one God, but rather that there is only one reality, and ‘God’ is the one reality. Through this practice, you can come to experience this oneness directly, as well as gain insight and motivation for embodying and expressing this oneness in your own life.” Integral Jewish Meditation is rooted in the Jewish teachings and practices of Kabbalah, Hasidism, and Mussar, but

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she then recruited as a keynote speaker for GTL. She also collaborated with the city, its fire departments, and hospitals on the SAFE Kids community bike helmet program. For the University of Arizona, she trained more than 75 students in the physical components of working with memory-impaired patients, as part of a one-of-a-kind student-administered Alzheimer rehabilitation research program. Her heart knows no borders. With her husband’s insistence and some trepidation, the entire family volunteered for a month with Global Frontier Ministries in one of Mexico’s poorest areas of Oaxaca to work on fields, dig water wells, provide medical assistance and teach English to villagers.

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participants don’t need any previous background in Judaism, says SchacterBrooks. “Reb Brian Yosef is a breath of spiritual fresh air in a world that is too often stuffy with solemn vapors. He makes Jewish spirituality relevant and doable,” says Rabbi Avraham Alpert of Congregation Bet Shalom. Schachter-Brooks will lead a workshop on Integral Jewish Meditation on Monday, April 23, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Jewish History Museum, 564 S. Stone Ave. His regular meditation group is Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., at Congregation Bet Shalom. Both are free. He has also just released a new CD of original Shabbat music with his band, Briah, entitled: “Ayn Od — Music for Shabbat,” available on cdbaby and Amazon. For more information, visit www. TorahOfAwakening.com. In life before the J, Gerhauser completed a bachelor’s degree in sciences from the University of Nevada and graduate work at the University of Arizona. She’s co-owned a wellness business with her husband, was an American Red Cross director and spent 14 years at Canyon Ranch in wellness programming. Completing more than 50 marathons, she’s qualified for the Boston Marathon 15 times and ran in five. Looking back on her life in the course of talking to the AJP, she notes that “you can enrich your life in more ways that aren’t monetary. Contributing to the greater good. It goes back to why I love the Jewish community. It opens up the heart to know there’s more than just you in the world. “Life is about perspective. It’s easy to stay comfortable and wait for someone else to do it. What we get back allows us to be better people.”

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with financial incentives. The program will recognize participating businesses as sustainability leaders in the community that are taking steps toward making Tucson a more environmentally friendly community. SCALE UP will provide an exclusive opportunity for locally owned independent businesses, nonprofits, houses of worship, multi-family and educational institutions to lower their utility costs. Through six weekly workshops, the program will educate businesses on general sustainability planning topics, efficiency/ See Energy, page 27

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The calendar deadline is Tuesday, 10 days before the issue date. Our next issue will be published May 4, 2018. Events may be emailed to localnews@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 30 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. April 22, Carine Warsawski, founder, Trybal Gatherings for Young Adults. 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. Women’s Academy of Jewish Studies “Women's 40-Day Program,” at Cong. Chofetz Chayim. Free weekly 45-minute class; topic: “Make Happiness Happen.” Newcomers welcome. Meets most Sundays, 10:30 a.m. Contact Esther Becker at 591-7680 or ewbecker@me.com. 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 p.m., open circle, 6-7 p.m. Members, $8; nonmembers, $10. 299-3000.

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Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com.

days, through May 8, 2-4 p.m. 327-4501.

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.

Tucson J social bridge. Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon-3 p.m., year round. Drop-ins welcome. Meets in library on second floor. 299-3000.

Cong. Or Chadash Mondays with the Rabbi, with Rabbi Thomas Louchheim. Mondays, noon1:30 p.m. Bring a bag lunch. This year's topic: “Judaism’s Departure from the Bible to Influence Contemporary Life.” 512-8500. 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. “Along the Talmudic Trail” for men (18-40), with Rabbi Israel Becker of Cong. Chofetz Chayim. Includes free dinner. Mondays, 7 p.m. Call for address. 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com. Spouse Bereavement Group, cosponsored by Widowed to Widowed, Inc. at the Tucson J, Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Contact Marvin at 885-2005 or Tanya at 299-3000, ext. 147. JFCS Holocaust Survivors group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300.

Cong. Anshei Israel Talmud on Tuesday with Rabbi Robert Eisen. Meets 6 p.m. 745-5550. Weintraub Israel Center Shirat HaShirim Hebrew choir meets Tuesdays, 7 p.m., at the Tucson J. Learn to sing in Hebrew. Contact Rina Paz at 304-7943 or ericashem@cox.net. 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. Shalom Tucson business networking group, second Wednesdays, 8-9 a.m., at the Tucson J. 299-3000, ext. 241, or concierge@ jewishtucson.org. 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 of Sierra Vista women’s class with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, last Wednesdays, 2 p.m., 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or www.jewishsierravista.com.

Temple Emanu-El mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m. 327-4501.

Integral Jewish Meditation with Brian Schachter-Brooks, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., at Cong. Bet Shalom, free. www.torahofawakening. com.

Cong. Anshei Israel mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon. All levels, men and women. Contact

Temple Emanu-El Needlecraft Group with Ariana Lipman and Rosie Delgado. Second Tues-

Jewish mothers/grandmothers special needs support group for those with children/

Friday / April 20

Sabino Canyon with Rabbi Thomas Louchheim and Cantor Janece Cohen. Meet in the parking lot. Bring sack lunch, water and sunscreen. RSVP to Sarah Bollt at 900-7027 or sarah@octucson.org.

Followed by panel discussion. At the Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N. Olive Road. Presented by UA Latin American Studies, The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, and Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center. Free. Contact Clea Conlin at cconlin@email.arizona. edu or 626-7242.

8 AM: Annual Local Leaders Forum presents “How does our community respond to sexual violence?” Preceded by breakfast reception at 7:30 a.m. Presented by the Jewish History Museum and Jewish Community Relations Council in collaboration with the YWCA Southern Arizona. Free. At Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road. RSVP at 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org.

Sunday / April 22 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.

11:30-1 PM: Tucson J Shabbat Lunch & Learn, with Emanuel Bergman, author of the novel “The Trick.” $10, lunch included. 299-3000.

9:30-11:00 AM Cong. Or Chadash Rollin’ with the Rabbi, ride bikes with Rabbi Thomas Louchheim on the Loop Rillito River path. Meet in Or Chadash parking lot. 512-8500.

3:30 PM: Handmaker presents a talk by Emanuel Bergmann, author of the novel “The Trick.” Followed by Shabbat service at 4:30 p.m. Contact Nanci Levy at nlevy@handmaker. org or 322-3632.

11 AM: Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center presents Brazilian-American artist Jonatas Chimen, MFA, in collaboration with Kulanu. Free. 564 S. Stone Ave. 6709073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org.

5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Family Shabbat Israel Night. Service followed by dinner at 7 p.m: members, $25 family of 2 adults and up to 4 children; nonmember family $30; adult (13+) $10. Call 745-5550 for space availability.

1-6 PM: Israel@70 Festival organized by the Weintraub Israel Center. Food, entertainment, kids’ activities, at River and Dodge Roads. www.jfsa.org.

Saturday / April 21 9 AM: Cong. Or Chadash Shabbat hike at

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2 PM: “Dear Ambassador,” film commemorating Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas, Brazilian ambassador to Paris during WWII, who granted unauthorized visas to Jews and others.

Chabad Tucson lunch and learn with Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin, Wednesdays, 12:15 p.m. at Eli’s Deli. info@ChabadTucson.com.

Monday / April 23 7 PM: Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center Integral Jewish Meditation with Brian Schachter-Brooks. Free. www.torahofawakening.com.

Tuesday / April 24 5:30 PM: JFSA REAP (Real Estate and Allied Professions) dinner with speaker Farhad Moghimi, executive director of Pima Association of Governments and Regional Transportation Authority, at Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch, 5501 N. Hacienda Del Sol Road. Members free; nonmembers $50. RSVP to Karen Graham at 647-8469 on kgraham@jfsa.org.

Wednesday/April 25 6:30-8 PM: Tucson J presents “The Life, Times & Music of Benny Goodman: A Musical and Historical Review with The Robin

grandchildren, youth or adult, with special needs, third Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. at Tucson J. Contact Joyce Stuehringer at 299-5920. Tucson J canasta group. Players wanted. Thursdays, noon. Instruction available and a beginners’ table every week. Call or text Lisa at 977-4054. Temple Emanu-El Jewish Novels Club with Linda Levine. Third Thursdays, through May 17, 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. Thrive & Grow Vegetable Gardening Workshops, with Michael Ismail. Fridays from 2-3:30 p.m. at Tucson J, through June 15. $10. www.tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000. Tucson J Fine Art Gallery art exhibit, “My Connection to the Jewish People.” By Tucson Hebrew High students. Through April 22. 299-3000. Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center art exhibit, “Invisibility and Resistance: Violence Against LGBTQIA+ People,” 564 S. Stone Ave., through May 31. Wed., Thur., Sat. and Sun., 1-5 p.m.; Fridays, noon-3 p.m. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org. Jewish History Museum exhibit, “Subtle Apertures: Leo Goldschmidt’s Early Photographic Record of the Sonoran Borderlands,” through May 31. 564 S. Stone Ave., Wed., Thur., Sat. and Sun., 1-5 p.m.; Fridays, noon-3 p.m. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org. Bessier Band.” Will include arrangement of Hava Nagila. Members $10; nonmembers $12. www.tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000. 7-8:30 PM: Chabad Tucson presents sixweek class, “What Is? Rethinking Everything We Know About Our Universe.” At the Tucson J. $99 includes textbook. Contact info@ chabadtucson.com.

Thursday/April 26 1-3 PM: JFCS, “Planning Ahead for Solo Seniors – Getting the Medical Care You Want.” Free. At Murphy - Wilmot Library, 530 N. Wilmot Rd. RSVP to Irene Gefter at igefter@jfcstucson. org or 795-0300, ext. 2271. 7 PM: Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center annual meeting, with Dina Bailey, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, and Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild. Free. Dessert reception. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org.

Friday / April 27 11:30 AM Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center gallery chat, “Why Jewish Emigrants Came to New Mexico and Arizona in the Mid 1800s,” presented by Bettina Lyons, author of “Zeckendorfs and

Steinfelds: Merchant Princes of the American Southwest. Free. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org. 9:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Downtown Shabbat at Jewish History Museum, 564 S. Stone Ave., with the Armon Bizman band, Rabbi Batsheva Appel and soloist Lindsey O’Shea. 327-4501.

SATURDAY / APRIL 28 10:30 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Junior Congregation teen-led Shabbat. 745-5550.

SUNDAY / APRIL 29 10 AM: Hadassah Southern Arizona Book and Author Brunch, with Paul Boorstin, author of “David and the Philistine Woman.” Cosponsored by the Jewish Federation Northwest/ Hadassah Book Club, The Hadassah Eastside Book Club, and the Congregation Bet Shalom Book Club. At Congregation Bet Shalom. $18. Contact Anne Lowe at 481-3934. Send check, payable to Hadassah, by April 23, to Marcia Winick, 7284 Onda Circle, Tucson, AZ 85715. 11 AM: Temple Emanu-El brunch, “Love

and Laughter: Honoring Rabbi Richard Safran,” with comedian Avi Liberman. $55. Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch, 5501 N. Hacienda Del Sol Road. For reservations or sponsorship contact Jill Rich at jbr@dakotacom.net or 349-0174. Noon-3 PM: Tucson J cooking class, “Chinese Dumplings & Traditional Appetizers,” with Shuping Zhao, of the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center. Members $65; nonmembers $70. Register at www.tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000. 2-4 PM: Temple Emanu-El Sunday Salon: “Independent Politics: How American Disdain for Parties Leads to Political Inaction” with Samara Klar, UA assistant professor. 327-4501. 3 PM: Arizona Repertory Singers presents “King David” oratorio at Temple Emanu-El. $23 in advance at www.arsingers.org or $25 at the door. Students free. Discount for groups of 10 or more; email info@arsingers.org or call 792-8141. 3-4:15 PM: Shirat HaShirim Hebrew choir presents Israel at 70 concert at Handmaker. Free. Contact Nanci Levy at nlevy@handmaker.

UPCOMING TUESDAY / MAY 8

6-7:30 PM: Tucson J Understanding Your Finances free seminar on college planning, with Laurence E. Goldstein, vice president of investments for DKG Financial Group. 299-3000.

THURSDAY / MAY 10

7 PM: Jewish community awards celebration for JFSA/agencies, and JFSA annual meeting, at the Tucson J. Installation of JFSA oﬃcers, ice cream social. Free. Register

at www.jfsa.org.

SATURDAY / MAY 12

1:30-3:30 PM: Secular Humanist Jewish Circle lecture, “The Surprising Story of Jewish-Muslim Relations in Modern Bosnia," by Lisa Adeli, director of educational outreach at UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Museum Teacher Fellow with US Holocaust Memorial Museum. At Woods Memorial Library, 3455 N. First Ave. RSVP to Susan at 577-7718 or srubinaz@concast.net.

org or 322-3632.

local author Lauren Grossman. Contact Helen Rib at 299-0340 or helenrib@yahoo.com.

THURSDAY / MAY 3 6 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Lag B’Omer BBQ Party & Concert. $10; $25 family of 2 adults and up to 4 children. RSVP by April 27 to Michelle at 745-5550 or www.caiaz.org.

FRIDAY / MAY 4 5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Tot Kabbalat Israel Shabbat service, followed by dinner at 6 p.m. Dinner $10 for adults, free for kids under 12. RSVP for dinner at 327-4501. 5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Tot Shabbat service followed by dinner at 6:15 p.m. $25 per family (2 adults and up to 4 children) or $10 per adult. RSVP by April 30 to Kim at 745-5550, ext. 224 or edasst@caiaz.org.

SATURDAY / MAY 5 10 AM: Cong. Or Chadash Brotherhood Shabbat Service, followed by deli lunch. 512-8500. NOON: Cong. Anshei Israel “Read It & Meet” book discussion on “The Golden Peacock” by

SUNDAY / MAY 6 10 AM-NOON: Tucson J Beekeeping class. Receive 10 percent oﬀ from Thrive and Grow Gardens for beekeeping supplies. $25. Register at www.tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000. 11 AM-NOON: JFSA 70th Anniversary Mitzvah Project dedication at Sister Jose Women’s Center. Refreshments, tour, information on how outdoor space impacts the women who visit the center. 1050 S. Park Ave. RSVP to jscott@jfsa.org. Noon-3 PM: Tucson J cooking class, “Jewish Italian Specialties,” with Chef Tom Kresler. Members $65; nonmembers $70. Register at www.tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000. 3:30 PM: Handmaker lecture series presents “Purpose of Prayer,” with Rabbi Yossie Shemtov of Cong. Young Israel, Rabbi Thomas Louchheim of Cong. Or Chadash, and Rabbi Robert Eisen of Cong. Anshei Israel. Free. Light refreshments. RSVP to Nanci Levy at nlevy@ handmaker.org or 322-3632.

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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, 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.

SUNDAY / APRIL 22

6:30-8 PM: Chabad Oro Valley presents six-week class, “What Is? Rethinking Ev-

erything We Know About Our Universe.” The Clubhouse at the Highlands, 4949 W. Heritage Club Blvd., Marana. Second option: Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m., begins April 24, at Golder Ranch Fire Dept., 355 E. Linda Vista Blvd. $99 includes textbook. Register at www. jewishorovalley.com or call 477-8672.

MONDAY / APRIL 23 1:30-3 PM: Temple Emanu-El adult education, The Roots of Jewish Feminism, “The Talmudic Tale of Beruriah” with Rabbi Sanford Seltzer. Continues April 30 with “The Salons of 18th Century Berlin.” At Jewish FederationNorthwest, 190 W. Magee, #162. Members $18; nonmembers $25. To register call 327-4501.

WEDNESDAY / APRIL 25 7:30 PM: Jewish Federation-Northwest attends “The Diary of Anne Frank” at the Arizona Theatre Company. $25. Tickets at 5054161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.

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Congregation anshei israel

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.

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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.

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Congregation Kol simChah

(Renewal) 4625 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 296-0818 Mailing Address: 2732 S. Gwain Place, Tucson, AZ 85713 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 (Oct.-May); 2nd Friday, Tot Shabbat (Oct.-June), 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.

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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.

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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.

OBITUARIES Martin Abelson Martin Neil Abelson, 89, died March 31, 2018. Mr. Abelson was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Abraham “Artie” and Isabelle (Weiss) Abelson. He graduated from New York University, Howard University and Columbia University and later received his Diplomate in Orthodontia from the American Board of Orthodontics. He was a captain in the U.S. Air Force, serving during the Korean War. He and Roberta “Bobbi” Bernhardt were married on Aug. 4, 1963. He opened an orthodontics practice in Harrison, New York, and also worked at his father’s practice in Brooklyn. Dr. Abelson retired from private practice in 1993, and he and Bobbi relocated to Florida, also spending time at their second home in Oro Valley. He was one of the editors of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, an internationally distributed journal, authoring the computer column called Orthobites, used to teach orthodontists how to use computers in their practices. He had a lifelong interest in photography, winning many photography awards, and became the acknowledged expert in color management in printing of photographs. Survivors include his wife, Bobbi; daughters, Beth Gentle of North Arlington, New Jersey, and her fiancé, Richard Salvatore, and Shari Remland of Delray Beach, Florida; sister, Pearl Bookstein of New York City; five grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Services were held in Ridgewood, New York Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association at www.lung.org. Arrangements were made by Abbey Funeral Chapel.

Samuel Ostrofsky Samuel Ostrofsky, 92, died April 6, 2018. Born in Boswell, Pennsylvania, he was a founder of Temple Beth El in Midland, Michigan, and worked locally at Tattoo Manufacturing before retiring 10 years ago. Survivors include his sister, Thelma Nathanson of Tucson; brother, Joe (Polly) Ostrofsky of Midland; and many nieces and nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews. Services were held at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery with Rabbi Yossie Shemtov officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s LEAF (Local Emergency Assistance Fund) program at www.jfsa.org.

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OUR TOWN Bat mitzvah Talya Ruth Fleisher, daughter of Andrea and Jason Fleisher, will celebrate becoming a bat mitzvah on Saturday, April 28, at Congregation Or Chadash. She is the granddaughter of Rhoda and Nate Miller of Tucson, Roma Fleisher and Bruce Favish of Los Angeles, and Sander

Fleisher of Tucson. Talya attends Tucson Hebrew Academy where she participates in student government. She enjoys musical theater and acting. For her mitzvah project, Talya is collecting books and refurbishing furniture for a reading area to help promote a love of reading for kids on the Tohono O’odham reservation.

People in the news EDWARD J. SCHWAGER, M.D., FAAFP was honored April 6 as the Arizona Family Physician of the Year by the Arizona Academy of Family Physicians during its annual clinical education conference in Carefree, Arizona. A native Tucsonan, Schwager graduated with honors from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in 1984. He affiliates with St. Joseph’s Hospital and cooperates with other doctors and specialists in many medical groups including El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center. His office was among the first in Southern Arizona recognized as a Patient Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. He has served in many positions in the AAFP, including as president. He also served on the Arizona Medical Board for six years and was its chair. Schwager has precepted medical students for many years and is an associate clinical professor of family and community medicine at the UA. He is a regional medical director for Carondelet Medical Group and medical director for Concierge Choice Physicians.

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Business briefs THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA has hired CAROL SACK as the Jewish community concierge. Sack spent more than 30 years working in the Tucson nonprofit community with the last 15 years in the Jewish community. Most recently she was a senior philanthropic advisor at the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, a position she retired from in September. Previously, she held development positions at Jewish Family & Children’s Services and Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging. Sack began her career in philanthropy at the Community Foundation of Southern Arizona and was the founding director of the Women’s Foundation. She can be reached at concierge@jewishtucson.org, 299-3000, ext. 241, or via chat session on www.jewishtucson.org. THE TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER has hired NICHOLE WILEY as director of marketing, communications and public relations. Wiley is a native Arizonan, raised in Glendale. She received her B.A. in journalism and mass communication, as well as a minor in communication, from Arizona State University. She worked as a journalist in various cities and was a morning anchor on KVOA news in Tucson. She and her husband, Shonn, recently welcomed a daughter, Harper. A volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Wiley has been meeting with her “little sister” for four years. JEFFREY S. KATZ has been elected Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona. Katz has served as a JCF trustee since 2010. New Board members include Jennifer Bell, Steve Caine, Leah Geistfeld, Rob Glaser, and Rachel Green. Katz, a native Tucsonan, is a practicing attorney and small business entrepreneur. Certified as a Specialist in Real Estate Law by the State Bar of Arizona, he has concentrated his practice on real estate, trustee sales and foreclosure law for more than 35 years and has received numerous legal and community awards. Katz served for 22 years on the board of directors of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. He is also the owner of Choice Greens, Truland and Graze restaurants.

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