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New HHC exhibit explores past, present of persecution of gays PHYLLIS BRAUN
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new exhibit, “Invisibility & Resistance: Violence Against LGBTQIA+ People” will occupy the Contemporary Human Rights space of the Holocaust History Center on the campus of the Jewish History Museum when the museum opens for a new season Sept. 1. The exhibit, which will be on display through May 31, will connect the ongoing human rights concerns of LGBTQIA+ people around the world — emphasizing Chechnya, Uganda and Brazil — with various forms of systemic violence experienced by LGBTQIA+ people in the United States, says Bryan Davis, executive director of the museum. “The exhibition will be rooted historically and extend out from a presentation of Nazi persecution of homosexuals during the era of the Third Reich.” The theme of persecution connects broadly to the history of the Jewish people. Only a few of months ago “it came to light that there are these work camps, prison camps, for gay men in particular in Chechnya. That was a moment of thinking about the echoes” with the focus of the larger museum, says TC Tolbert, Tucson’s poet laureate and a transgender activist who is one of several local artists collaborating on the exhibit. “It was suddenly just undeniable,” says Tolbert. For Davis, these connections are crucial. “The Contemporary Human Rights exhibition space in the Holocaust History Center is a critical centerpiece of the museum campus. This is where we see the connectedness of past and present and feel the urgency of history as a force acting on our world now,” he says. Robert Yerachmiel Snyderman, who directed content development for the exhibit along with co-curator Nika Kaiser, says the Russian Jewish photographer who took the photo on this page of an LGBTQ resistance group in Russia, David Frenkel, was beaten by members of a hate group after documenting an LGBTQ protest. “When he called the police to report it, he was harassed and abused by police as well, so there was a human rights campaign that was started on his behalf. … And part of
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Gay rights activists organizing against state-sponsored anti-gay pogroms in the Russian republic of Chechnya are detained by police in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 1, 2017.
the harassment he received was directed at his Jewishness.” Snyderman didn’t know Frenkel was Jewish when he first contacted him about the photograph, so this contemporary “intersection between state-sponsored anti-gay behavior and anti-Semitism” came as a surprise. In creating the exhibit, Snyderman says he put together “a team of local and mostly queer writers and activists,” including Tolbert, and also reached out to local and national organizations such as the Southern Arizona Aids Foundation and the Ali Forney Center, a New York-based nonprofit that is the largest LGBTQ community center helping homeless LGBTQ youth in the United States. Some 40 percent of homeless youth are LGBTQ, says Snyderman. Tolbert, who works with schools and youth centers to empower queer and transgender youth around issues of visibility and safety, says one section of the exhibit will include kites created by youth as part of a project s/he started seven years ago called “Made for Flight,” as well as photos of queer and transgender youth from the archives of Eon, a youth program of the now defunct Wingspan LGBTQ community center.
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Poet Joy Ladin, a professor at Stern College of Yeshiva University and the first openly transgender person to work at an Orthodox Jewish institution, who spoke in Tucson in 2013, also contributed to the exhibit. Another contributor is Rabbi Elliot Kukla, who runs a website called TransTorah.org and spoke here in 2009. Kukla, who is transgender, addresses “trans identity in relationship to religious Judaism,” which affects a growing number of people, says Snyderman. The curators also consulted with Max Strassfeld, a young transgender assistant professor at the University of Arizona, who is writing a book about “what are called the six genders of classical Judaism,” says Snyderman. Steve Zupcic, a member of the local gay Jewish community, curated the section on the Nazi persecution of homosexuals, Tolbert notes. Since none of the staff at the museum identify as queer or transgender, “we really worked hard to listen to the local community, and to reach out and build context nationally and internationally with experts and organizations who are really on the ground,” says Snyderman. One decision made early on, he says, was See Persecution, page 2
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LOCAL Lecture to examine how the Middle East has changed since the Six Day War Professor Asher Susser, Ph.D., will return to the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies to give the first lecture of the 2017-18 season, “Fifty Years Since the Six Day War — How the Middle East Has Changed,” on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The Six Day War of June 1967 was a watershed event in Middle Eastern history. The traumatic defeat of the
Arabs by Israel ushered in the end of pan-Arabism and the first real readiness of some key Arab states to make their peace with Israel. Israel has not fought an Arab state since 1973 — over 40 years — and the Palestinians have been left to fend for themselves in their ongoing conflict with the Israelis. In the meantime, says Susser, the decline of the Arabs has been met with the rising regional influence of the non-Arab states of Iran and Turkey, creating an entirely new regional strategic architecture. Susser is the former Stein Family Professor of Modern Israel Studies at the University of Arizona and a Senior Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University. He was the director of the
Moshe Dayan Center for 12 years and has taught for some 30 years in TAU’s department of Middle Eastern history. His most recent book is “Israel, Jordan and Palestine: The Two-State Imperative” (2012). He also wrote “On Both Banks of the Jordan: A Political Biography of Wasfi al-Tall” (1994) and is the author or editor of eight other books and a monograph on “The Rise of Hamas in Palestine and the Crisis of Secularism in the Arab World”(2010). The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. at the University of Arizona Hillel Foundation, 1245 East 2nd Street. The event is free; parking will be available at the 2nd Street Garage. For more information, visit judaic.arizona.edu/ 50-years.
“not to romanticize or even emphasize the successes that the LGBTQ community has made in the U.S., because a lot of times that serves to overshadow the still very acute problems.” Yet, at least in part, it is gratitude for those successes that led Ellen Freeman and her wife, Roe Callahan, to be title sponsors of the exhibit. “Roe and I, as a gay couple, have felt blessed to be able to be married and to be out, and also feel it’s our responsibility to help carry the message and support the message of equality for everyone,” says Freeman. “What I really love about this — and I think it is true
of this LGBTQ exhibit as well as the past refugee exhibit, and probably for every exhibit to come — is that the design of the Holocaust History Center has really been able to create an incredible mood and ambience and a place of information and retrospection. It takes an incredible look at the past, but also positions the Holocaust History Center as a contemporary human rights center. “To be able to use the Jewish History Museum and the Holocaust History Center as a foundation to talk about contemporary issues of vulnerable communities or other issues around the world, is a very important thing,” says Freeman, who adds that part of the annual plan is to use the exhibit as a “launching pad” for further related programming, such as potentially bringing Ladin and Masha Gessen, the gay Russian Jewish writer and critic of
Russian President Vladimir Putin, back to Tucson. Gessen spoke here in 2015. Nothing could be more timely, says Freeman, than getting Ladin’s perspective on President Donald Trump’s recent announcement banning transgender personnel in the U.S. military, or continuing to talk with Gessen about Putin. Putting together robust programming around the “Invisibility and Resistance” exhibit is important not only to the LGBTQ Jewish community, says Freeman, “but in this day and age, it’s important to everybody in our community — Jewish, not Jewish, gay, not gay.”
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LOCAL Hollywood funny man will bring Jewish insights to Tucson J The Tucson Jewish Community Center and Chabad Tucson will present “Tales of a Hollywood Screenwriter” at the Tucson J on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 7 p.m. David Weiss will share stories of his wild ride to success and spirituality as screenwriter of the Academy Award-nominated “Shrek 2,” “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” and other hit movies. Weiss’s talk, which he has presented at venues around the globe, springs from his unlikely adventures as a nice Jewish boy who spent years as a charismatic church youth worker before returning to his Jewish roots via a blockbuster screenwriting career. Says Weiss, “When David Weiss you find yourself under a wedding chuppah with a gorgeous blonde in a Presbyterian church being married by a Jews for Jesus rabbi, something has to give.” Weiss was nominated for an Emmy as co-head writer for the “Rugrats” series. His credits include “All Dogs Go to Heaven,” “The Rugrats Movie,” “Clockstoppers” and “Are We There Yet?” He recently completed work on the sequel to the Amy Adams hit musical, “Enchanted,” for Disney. An award-winning short film director, he is a member of the Motion Picture Academy, a former vice president of the Writers Guild of America and has also written several children’s books. He lives in Los Angeles, with his wife, Eliana, their two kids, plus two cats, two birds, two dogs and a desert tortoise. Tickets for the event are $12 in advance (at chabadtucson.com) or $15 at the door. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A and a dessert and coffee reception.
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LOCAL Medals and memories for teens at Maccabi Games KORENE CHARNOFSKY COHEN Special to the AJP
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en teen-aged athletes from Tucson teamed up with other Jewish athletes from across the United States, Israel and Ukraine for the 2017 Maccabi Games in Birmingham, Ala., this summer. And they’re already looking forward to next summer’s games — not just for the sports or the fun, but for lasting friendships and insights into caring about others. From July 30-Aug. 4, the Birmingham Jewish community hosted nearly 1,000 teen athletes, ages 13 to 16. Along with the athletes, the Tucson delegation included Dakota Kordsiemon, basketball coach; Bar Alkaher, assistant coach and chaperone; and delegation head Denise Wolf, who is chief operating officer and senior vice president for the Tucson Jewish Community Center. “My experience at the Maccabi Games was amazing,” says Bennett Silvyn, whose soccer team won a silver medal. “I played soccer in the 16U (designation for 15 to 16-yearolds) league and played under the Dallas delegation with people from Las Vegas and New Orleans. It was great meeting all of my teammates and now friends. Alabama did a great job; we got police escorts everywhere we went and had activities planned throughout the day, including a block party one night which was very fun. I can’t wait to do it again next year.” “Participating in the Maccabi games was one of the best experiences I’ve had,” says Selma Fereres, who won a gold medal for tennis. “I branched out to many other Jews around the country that are my age that share the same interest in sports. I have made many wonderful lifelong memories.” Kordsiemon, coach for 16U basketball, has a broader perspective on the Maccabi Games. He participated in the Maccabi Games in San Francisco (basketball) when he was 13, Omaha (swimming) at 14, Israel (swimming) at 15 and the Pan American Games in Brazil (basketball) at 16. Last year was his first time coaching for the Maccabi Games, but he has coached many times for high school and summer league teams. He also played basketball while a student at Pima Community
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Tucsonans Gabe Green (front row, fourth from left) and Gabe Friedman (back row, third from left) were part of a multi-city team that won a gold medal for 14U soccer.
College, and this fall will attend Metropolitan State University of Denver as a sport management major. “It is great to go and meet people from other states and countries,” Kordsiemon says. “The first day we meet and trade pins. Each city has its own pin, and the athletes collect the pins from each other. “All these Jewish kids are making these connections and they keep in touch with the people they meet. It is really exciting, especially if you have been to the games more than once and you see kids you have met before. I got to meet coaches that were at the games when I was younger.” This was the first time Wolf, who led the delegation, went with the team to the Maccabi Games, where her sons, Cody and Jake Blumenthal, competed in 16U basketball. “The experience was much more than a sporting event,” she says. “The teens not only made friends and had a lot of fun, we also engaged them in social action.” As part of the “JCC Cares” social action for this year, the teens went to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, an interpretive museum and research center that tells the story of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s and promotes understanding of today’s struggle for human rights. “I think it was extremely valuable for the kids to see and hear real stories about the struggle for civil rights,” says Wolf. They also visited the AfricanAmerican Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where on Sept. 15, 1963 a bomb placed beneath the church steps by members of the Ku Klux
Klan exploded, killing four girls, ages 11 to 14, and injuring 22 other people. The talk by one of the survivors of the explosion had a huge impact on the teens, says Wolf, especially when they learned that kids in their own age group were killed. Nearby, at Kelly Ingram Park, a 1960s civil rights demonstration site, sculptures provided the kids with visual depictions of police dog and fire hose assaults on demonstrators, many of whom were children. The games also featured plenty of fun programs, including a block party held outside the McWane Science Center. “The police closed off the street for the event,” says Wolf. “The kids could go into the museum to explore the interactive exhibits as well as enjoying music and dancing outdoors, which gave them a chance to socialize.” They wrapped up the week in Birmingham at a carnival with rides, food and music. The other Tucson athletes were Henry Abrams, Zamy ZwingerNathanson and Sam Peters, 16U basketball; Ronnie Barel, volleyball; and Gabe Green and Gabe Friedman, 14U (13 and 14-year olds) soccer, gold medal. “Even though my basketball team didn’t win a medal (they were out in the first round of the championship bracket), no one got upset, and all of the players received midot (values) medals for lev tov (big hearts),” says Kordsiemon. “It was really exciting for me to see the sportsmanship of my team.”
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FIRST PERSON/LOCAL In Kiryat Malachi, Tucson teacher boosts kids’ self-confidence — and her own AIMEE KATZ
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ot everyone gets the opportunity to follow their passions, so when I happened upon a program that would enable me to pursue my two greatest loves – travel and teaching – it was an easy decision to apply. TALMA, a teaching fellowship sponsored by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and the Steinhardt Family Foundation in Israel, is a program that gives young Jewishlyconnected educators the opportunity to spend a month in Israel teaching English to elementary age students from low-income communities. When I found out I was one of 100 teachers selected for this opportunity, I was ecstatic; but when I found out I was placed in Tucson’s sister city twinning schools in Kiryat Malachi, the experience took on a deeper level of meaning. Here was a pathway to accomplish something not only for myself, but for my greater community. All 100 teachers joining TALMA from across the globe were given the caveat that Israeli classrooms are very different from classrooms in America, but I wasn’t really sure what that meant. It did not take long to find out! On day one, when the bell rang, my students entered my classroom screaming and running around as their friends from other classes hung in the classroom window to greet their friends and myself with a frenzied, “Shalom!” Kids approached me speaking Hebrew — which
Aimee Katz (bottom left) with co-teacher Mali Geva (center) and students at the Eli Cohen Elementary School in Kiryat Malachi, Israel.
I do not speak — and I just listened, wide-eyed, and plastered on a smile, all the while thinking, “What did I get myself into?” I was used to my classroom in Tucson where students enter the room quietly, raise their hands to ask questions, and ask to leave the room if they need to use the restroom. As I watched the chaos unfold around me in my Israeli classroom, one question played on repeat in my head: “Why am I here?” I was there to make a difference, to provide students with the opportunity to learn English; but how? I am not sure I even introduced myself or spoke one
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would play soccer with them at recess. They agreed, and, yes, I was a little spectacle playing soccer in a dress, but it was completely worth it! While I have had students in my classes in Tucson who spoke another language, I had never had 32 of them without any English. I’ve always used gestures and given brain breaks (time for kids to “get their wiggles out”) in class, but I finally truly realized the importance of using motions, saying and repeating vocabulary, and learning while moving. These students had so much energy and were highly motivated, but they needed to be engaged. By making connections with them, I saw not only their self-confidence shine, but my self-confidence grow as well. Students were hesitant to speak English, but when they saw that I couldn’t speak Hebrew, they wanted to teach me. That desire to communicate and connect was an incredible motivator for all of us to learn, and the result was true, authentic learning. Mornings I taught them English, and at recess, they taught me Hebrew. Three weeks went by quickly, but from the first day’s chaos to the last day of fun-filled water balloon fights, my journey with TALMA was unforgettable. The growth achieved by the students and myself, and the experience of connecting with a part of my Tucson community on the other side of the world, has only served to strengthen my passion for teaching and travel. I cannot wait to return next year. Aimee Katz teaches second grade at DeGrazia Elementary School in the Marana Unified School District.
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COMMENTARY Former White House Jewish liaisons: Trump doesn’t understand anti-Semitism JTA
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s Jewish liaisons to four different presidents, we had the responsibility inside the White House to give voice to the perspectives and priorities of the American Jewish community. While our community may not be unified in matters of policy and politics, our spiritual practice, cultural traditions and history have instilled in American Jews a shared commitment to protecting those targeted by bigots, racists and others spewing hate and division. The presidents we served repeatedly used their bully pulpit to condemn hatred and bigotry when it appeared, whether in America or overseas. A video of President Ronald Reagan’s speech at the 1981 NAACP Convention following the lynching of an African-American man in Alabama has gone viral in recent days. President Bill Clinton led the nation’s mourning following the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, and we all
President Donald Trump shown before making a statement on the violence in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 14.
vividly recall President George W. Bush’s eloquent remarks standing on the rubble of the World Trade Center in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 and President Barack Obama’s eulogy and rendition of “Amazing Grace” following the murder of nine African-American worshippers at a historically African-American church in Charleston, S.C. President Donald Trump, in his reaction to the violence in Charlottesville
and to other examples of anti-Semitism, shows that he neither understands his responsibilities nor the nature of the ancient hatred of anti-Semitism and other forms of hate. His equivocation and unwillingness to speak clearly, without restraint, against blatant examples of racism, antiSemitism and related manifestations of hate, as well as his refusal to lay blame for violence, are anathema to the best traditions of his office and to the examples set
by the presidents we served. And in his failure, he exposes not just Jews but all Americans to greater danger. If we were working in the White House today, we hope we would have had the courage, honesty and integrity to call upon President Trump to demonstrate moral leadership — and to resign in response to a failure to do so. If we had a successor in the current White House — there is no liaison to the Jewish community in the Trump White House — we hope he or she would have done so, too. We need that leadership more than ever. The reason is not just because we have witnessed violence in our streets. We need moral leadership to respond to the rise of hatred we are witnessing in the nation we love — hatred motivated by the things we cannot change such as the color of our skin, the faith we practice, the land of our birth, the language we spoke as toddlers. We former Jewish liaisons know that See Liaisons, page 7
Barcelona Jewish community is not doomed, despite chief rabbi's dire words VICTOR SORENSSEN JTA
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n the wake of the horrendous recent terrorist attack in my city, our chief rabbi declared that the Jewish community here is “doomed” and encouraged us to buy property in Israel. With all due
respect to the rabbi, he is wrong. I am 34 years old and have lived in Barcelona since I was 4. I attended the Jewish day school, the public high school and Barcelona University. During the past three years, I have been privileged to serve as director of the Jewish community of Barcelona. I know this historic community and its
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people quite well. Next year we will celebrate the centenary of our community’s re-establishment following the expulsion of 1492. In these past hundred years, Jews from all over the world have been attracted to play an active role in the life of our community: Turkish and Greek Jews who arrived in the First World War; activists who participated in the Spanish Civil War; Jews fleeing European anti-Semitism; Moroccan Jews who arrived after the independence of their native country; Latin American Jews; and large numbers of Israelis who have fallen in love with our city. Barcelona is a dynamic Jewish melting pot. We are religiously pluralistic, blessed with four synagogues each embracing a different approach to Judaism. As Jews everywhere, we relish arguing among ourselves. Yet one of the things that unites us is our relationship with and love of the city. And not without reason. Barcelona is synonymous with solidarity, welcome, peace and cultural diversity. A trendy city for tourists, a place of opportunity for businesspeople, it is a mecca for those interested in history, art, architecture, soccer and postcard landscapes. We proudly show our city to friends from abroad. We love listening to Hebrew in the city center. We revel in and are active participants in its rich culture. Barcelona is truly an international city; it is no coincidence that those killed and injured in the terrorist at-
tack came from 34 different countries. Since 1977, with the arrival of democracy in our country, the Jewish community has played an active role in the social, cultural and religious life of the wider society, and we have developed close relations with government institutions at all levels — Barcelonan, Catalonian and Spanish. Public activities have been organized in the Barcelona synagogue. We have celebrated Hanukkah in the streets. We annually commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Catalan Parliament. Every year, hundreds of schools bring their students to the synagogue, where we educate them about Judaism and the important history of our community. We are longstanding participants in interreligious dialogue. In fact, this year our Talmud Torah teacher is president of the official interreligious group of Catalonia. We are experiencing a revival of Jewish culture. For example, local Jewish authors have published academic books and novels. Last year we organized the first Jewish Literature Festival. This year marks the 19th anniversary of the Jewish Film Festival of Barcelona. The Jewish Museum and Study Center of Girona, not far from Barcelona, is a place to discover Catalan’s Jewish medieval history, which includes the great Rabbi Moshe Ben Nachman, the See Barcelona, page 7
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the Jews in America feel hate and reject it, whether it’s directed at them or someone else. We are commanded by our faith to welcome the stranger, to comfort the oppressed, to reach out to the weak and dispossessed. We Jews have always been targeted and called out because of our differences from the majority. And even when we’re not called out and targeted, we know that those who use hate as a political tool will eventually turn their sights on us. We hear today the chants against the Jews or the “Zios.” We hear in an American city the “alt-right” protesters chant “Jews will not replace us” and the Nazi marching trope of “blood and soil.” We see in some academic and media circles the casual lumping together of Jews as enemies of the state, incapable of loyalty to America. We see the use of the language and the imagery of anti-Semitism — the hooked noses and the bloody hands — resurrected in modern digital media to deny to Jews our humanity, our individuality and our agency. We see the rough language of Brownshirts casually tweeted by young Americans — “toss them in the ovens,” “throw rocks at the yahood [Jews].” We see the resuscitation of the blood libel. And we know, the experience of Jews in America may be different from our historical experience as a religious minority elsewhere in the world, but this anti-Semitism is not different. We’ve see this hatred before. So we say to the president: “Mr. President, this nation has a problem. People think they can say and do hateful things with impunity. You have a responsibility. Not to weigh hatred against hatred. Not to divide blame equally among ‘both sides.’ Not to excuse
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Ramban. Many municipalities participate in the European Day of Jewish Culture. Catalonia hosts brilliant Hebraists, disciples of the Hebrew Department of the University of Barcelona — the oldest chair at the university — as well as renowned writers and historians who have great expertise on Judaism and the history of Catalan Jews. This trend is also reflected in the growing interest of the general Catalan population in Jewish matters, interest that we see translating into spiritual, historical and intellectual curiosity. In short, there is a vibrancy to Jewish life in Barcelona. The scourge of terrorism has brought
those among you who hate by pointing out others who hate worse. “There are among your supporters and your appointees people who are anti-Semitic. Do not treat them as a cost of doing your political business. Cast them out — not only from your political tent, but from the conversation about America’s future. They don’t have a place in either. “You must stand on this nation’s strongest moral foundations and principled aspirations and against the violence and hatred. And you must recognize that whenever the Jew is attacked, there is a deeper hatred at work. Anti-Semitism serves as a gateway to other forms of group-based bigotry and hatred. “The language of anti-Semitism is the language of national suicide — it is, sadly, a mother tongue to discredited and extinct ideologies known throughout human history. If anti-Semitism takes root in America, it will be America’s ruin. Because whoever gives voice to the ancient and tired tropes of anti-Semitism, his mouth goes dry with ashes. “Mr. President, you must call out and stand against any creeping normalization of anti-Semitism — without obfuscation, hesitation or equivocation — not only because anti-Semitism is odious, but also because it will invariably lead to other forms of hatred and bigotry that divide and destroy our nation.” Matt Nosanchuk (Barack Obama) Noam Neusner (George W. Bush) Jarrod Bernstein (Barack Obama) Adam Goldman (George W. Bush) Jay S. Zeidman (George W. Bush) Scott Arogeti (George W. Bush) Deborah Mohile Goldberg (Bill Clinton) Jay K. Footlik (Bill Clinton) Jeanne Ellinport (Bill Clinton) Amy Zisook (Bill Clinton) Marshall J. Breger (Ronald Reagan)
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great shock and sadness to Barcelona, as it has done in other European cities. These are difficult days for us, no doubt, and we cry and pray for the victims. We are fully coordinating our security with the authorities, who have always been responsive, and our non-Jewish neighbors consistently demonstrate solidarity with us. The goal of the terrorists is to make us afraid. Barcelona is not afraid. The Jewish community here is not afraid. This cowardly act of violence will only make us stronger in our resolve to stay and grow the Jewish community of this amazing city. We Jews of Barcelona have been proudly living in our revived community for 100 years. We aren’t leaving.
Victor Sorenssen is the director of Comunidad Israelita de Barcelona, the Barcelona Jewish Community.
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FIRST PERSON/LOCAL Catalina Foothills HS grad finds fulfillment in teachings of Lubavitcher Rebbe BINYAMIN WOOD-ISENBERG Special to the AJP
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he train was packed. It was rush hour on a Thursday evening traveling back from work in Manhattan. Most people had in their ear phones, some had out books, and a few people stared blankly into space. As I sat there with the Hebrew text of Toras Menachem on my lap, I couldn’t help but smile. I was about to spend the next 15 minutes tapped into my greatest source of inspiration and growth. Toras Menachem is the Hebrew translation of the talks and Chasidic discourses of the man many consider the greatest Jewish leader of recent time, Menachem Mendel Schneerson (the Lubavitcher Rebbe). Looking back at my life, I would never have thought that the highlight of my day could be reading a text in a foreign language that most people have nev-
er heard of. My life had been filled with so many pursuits of happiness, from sky diving to self-development seminars to backpacking around Africa. And yet all the while, I never really felt complete and consistently inspired. I never expected this clarity and inspiration to come from something Jewish. I had always been connected to Judaism, going to services every week, attending Jewish camps, going to afterschool programs. Many of my finest memories were in Tucson working at the Jewish Community Center or the Jewish Community Foundation, leading programs for USY, attending Hebrew High. Nonetheless, Judaism was a family tradition for me, a place where I found my community but it wasn’t really where my inspiration and direction in life came from. That all changed a few years after college. Through the Chabad house at Arizona State University, I saw the beauty of life as a religious Jew. I saw the loving atmosphere that followers of the Lubavitcher Rebbe were able to create, where anyone felt welcome. I started to do more mitzvot, little by little. I reached the point
where I was looking to get married and I wanted to start a Jewish family that followed all the Jewish laws, would raise children that would be inspired by their Jewish practice and would be a home of joy and delight in Judaism. I had no idea how to do that. I knew I needed to learn more about Judaism so I went to yeshiva in Jerusalem for two years. While I was there, I first encountered the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Although I was reading his talks that were delivered 40-60 years earlier, they all seemed to speak directly to me. Somehow, all the questions that were bothering me, all the guidance that I needed, was always found in the Torah portion of that week. When I first started four years ago, I didn’t know how to translate Hebrew. I sat with a dictionary, going through the Hebrew translation word for word and took 15 minutes just to understand the slightest idea of what was said in one paragraph. But I kept working at it, just 15 minutes a day, every day. Little by little it got easier as I was able to do two paragraphs in 15 minutes, then three para-
graphs, then a page, then two pages. All the while, I felt like I was being guided by someone who understood all the things about myself I didn’t understand and was speaking to me in a language that was exactly on my level. Although I never had the chance to meet the Lubavitcher Rebbe, I felt his presence through my learning. Despite all the changes I went through, I always felt cared for and directed. To this day, my 15 minutes of learning Toras Menachem, now 2,000 pages into the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s teaching, is the highlight of my day. We all have 15 minutes that we can spare from browsing on Facebook, watching TV, or reading the news. That time can instead be used to learn something holy. And when we make that choice, it unlocks a whole new world of what happiness, clarity, and joy can mean. To learn more about the Rebbe and his teachings, go to therebbe.org.
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RELIGION & JEWISH LIFE How Rabbi Shai Held is shaping the conversation around love and politics JTA
NEW YORK After the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, voices abounded calling the demonstration an affront to American values. Rabbi Shai Held called it an attack on God. “One of the most fundamental claims Judaism makes about the world is that every human being on the face of the earth — black and white, male and female — is created in the image of God and is therefore infinitely valuable,” Held wrote last week in an essay on CNN.com. “An attack on other people’s humanity is by definition an assault on God.” Persuading more people to talk about God has been at the core of Held’s message as his profile has risen this year. One of the founders of Mechon Hadar, a traditional egalitarian yeshiva in New York City, Held has emerged as a public voice on everything from President Donald Trump to race relations to masculinity. Along with regular CNN columns, his es-
says on the weekly should focus on Torah portion God is anything reach 7,000 peobut radical. But ple. They are now though Judaism being published pioneered the conas a two-volume cept of monothebook, “The Heart ism, observant Jews of Torah” (Jewish tend to focus much Publication Soof their energy on ciety), due out in dissecting and anSeptember. alyzing Jewish law Through all of — poring over the it, Held wants you legalistic Talmud to know that God in school and ofRabbi Shai Held is compassionate ten defining their and wants you to be compassionate. That piety in terms of study and observance compassion, he says, also extends to poli- rather than “faith.” tics. Held, the son of a renowned Jewish Bi“I’m not primarily interested in ‘is ble scholar, grew up with similar Talmuthere a God or not?’ but what kind of a dic inclinations. Though his home was God is there,” Held, 46, said earlier this secular, his parents sent him to Orthodox month, surrounded by shelves upon day school, where he learned to study shelves of religious books in his subur- complex rabbinic texts at an early age. ban New York home — with more still in He became observant on his own, studyboxes. “I’m trying to make the case for a ing in yeshivas in Israel before attending God who is about love and who asks hu- Harvard and gaining rabbinic ordination man beings to live lives of love.” at the Conservative movement’s Jewish On its face, the idea that Judaism Theological Seminary. He co-founded Photo courtesy Mechon Hadar
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Mechon Hadar in 2007, an outgrowth of the pioneering Kehilat Hadar independent congregation on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. “If you say to a Jew who prays three times a day, ‘Do you talk to God?’ many of them will be like, ‘I’m not sure,’” Held said. “That’s kind of fascinating. I’m trying to be alive to the question ‘What does the Lord, your God, ask of you?’ I’m inviting people into that conversation.” The Jewish emphasis on observance, Held says, has led religious Jews to surrender theological language to Christians. In his book, Held tries to reclaim it, writing about God’s “grace” and “election” of the Jews — terms historically central to Protestant Christianity. He also displays his affection for Christian biblical commentary. Held cites Christian scholars in the book and Walter Moberly, a Christian theologian, has a blurb on the back cover. “Jews in America have often ceded some of the basic terms of Jewish theology and spirituality to Christianity,” Held said, joking that some readers ask if he’s “a little Christian.” (The answer is no.) “So See Rabbi Held, page 10
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Christianity owns love, Christianity owns grace. The problem with that is that love and grace are really fundamental Jewish theology, and we abandon those terms at a tremendous spiritual loss to ourselves.” Held’s personal life has also steered him toward emphasizing God’s grace. His father, Moshe Held, a professor of Semitic languages and cultures at Columbia University, died when Shai was a teenager, which led to difficult years with his mother. And he lives with a chronic illness that causes pain in his back, spine and legs, and subjects him to what he calls “debilitating fatigue,” sometimes forcing him to stop work for hours or days at a time. At times, Held says, the illness makes him focus on himself at the expense of others. But at its best, it allows him to understand the pain of others. “I don’t mean you’re ill and you become kinder — I think often the opposite is the case — but certain kinds of capacities are born within you or expand within you,” he said. “The question of seeing people who are not seen became incredibly important to me in part through the experience of invisible illness.” Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, a leading modern Orthodox theologian, notes this quality in his introduction to Held’s weekly Torah commentaries. “[W]hat lifts this book from being an outstanding Torah commentary to a great work of religious thought and human moral development is Held’s profound theology that the heart of Judaism’s religious life lies in our relationship to God and fellow human beings,” he said. Held’s theology of love courses through his essays on even the most legalistic of Torah portions. In his essay on Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36), which details how to give several sacrifices, Held notes that the thanksgiving sacrifice must be eaten on the day it is offered — whether by the sacrificer, his relatives or nearby poor people. From that verse, he draws
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out that giving thanks also means sharing your good fortune with others. “We are not meant to rest content with being recipients of God’s gifts but are asked to become givers ourselves,” Held writes. “God’s gifts are meant to flow through us and not merely to us.” But Held doesn’t restrict himself to platitudes about the importance of gratitude and charity; across his writing, his message is explicitly political. His book, a collection of essays written before the 2016 presidential campaign, is rife with exhortations to love the stranger and take responsibility for poor people. And his Facebook feed, updated almost daily, is rife with posts lambasting the president and his defenders that often invoke religion. Commenting last week on Jerry Falwell Jr.’s praise of Trump after the Charlottesville rally, Held wrote, “Amazing how a religious leader can declare his own moral, political, and theological bankruptcy in a mere 140 characters. Heed not the word of false prophets.” “The society we live in will be judged by how it treats those who are weakest and most vulnerable,” Held told JTA. “I want to overcome ‘secular Jews are political activists and religious Jews do mitzvahs.’ I’ve never heard of a more false dichotomy.” And while Held wants his book to appeal to Jews across the spectrum, his commitment to traditional, egalitarian Jewish observance is clear in everything from his philosophy to his word choice. He makes a point of keeping God gender neutral, never using “He” or “She.” Held also devotes attention to historically marginalized groups like immigrants and people with disabilities. That’s partly because, although he talks constantly about God, Held says Torah is really about caring for people. “We built the Hadar beit midrash as a place where no human experience was ruled as outside the bounds,” he said, using the Hebrew term for “house of study.” “If there’s a human experience, Torah has to engage with it.”
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he Palestinian Authority expects the Trump administration to commit to a peace deal endgame before the close of this month and prefers it would be the two-state solution. “We need them to tell us where the hell they are going,” Husam Zomlot, the Palestine Liberation Organization envoy to Washington, said Aug. 17 at a meeting in his office with reporters. “It’s about time we hear it.” Zomlot said a high-level U.S. delegation comprising Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and his top adviser charged with Middle East peace; Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s top international negotiator; and Dina Powell, a deputy national security adviser, would meet Aug. 24 in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian negotiating team. The meeting will come toward the end of a tour in which the U.S. officials also will meet with Israeli and other regional leaders, including from Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Zomlot said that for the Palestinian Authority, the preferred outcome remained a recommitment to the two-state solution. Trump retreated soon after assuming the presidency in January from a two-state outcome, which has been U.S. policy since 2002. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had committed to a two-state solution in 2009, also has been silent since then about his commitment. A majority of Netanyahu’s Cabinet opposes having two states. “A two-state solution has international equilibrium, it has regional backing and it has a global consensus,” Zomlot said. “We are saying to them, we have a starting point, and letting go of this starting point is the worst
Husam Zomlot, the PLO envoy to Washington, speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 17.
thing they can do.” Zomlot said the Palestinian Authority wanted two states based on the 1967 borders, and wanted to hear from the Trump administration how best to deal with factors that would endanger a peaceful outcome, including Jewish settlements, the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and religious tensions at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, which both Jews and Muslims claim as holy. “The how is crucial,” he said. He said that in the wake of serious negotiations, “the Palestinian consensus government will be tasked with two things: the ending of the situation in Gaza — the unprecedented situation in Gaza — and as soon as possible the convening of Palestinian national elections.” A major obstruction to advancing peace talks has been the absence of P.A. control in the Gaza Strip, where the Hamas terrorist group is the authority. Abbas and the Palestinian Authority, along with Israel, have been squeezing Gaza by reducing basic supplies to its Hamas rulers, including electricity. Zomlot would not say what the Palestinian Authority
would do if the U.S. delegation did not lay out an endgame, but said uncertainty could lead the P.A. to return to seeking international recognition for statehood — a posture that Israel and the United States adamantly oppose — or to further Palestinian resistance against Israel. He said the resistance would be “peaceful.” Zomlot conveyed an overall positive impression of Trump and his negotiators, saying they had carefully considered Palestinian positions, and that Trump’s commitment to an endgame rather than simply perpetuating the process was positive. “The character of President Trump himself — we believe this is a person who could actually take the leap, who could exert pressure on all sides,” he said. Zomlot and the Palestinian Authority appear to be relying on pressure by Trump as a means of delivering Israel on the two-state solution. Zomlot made clear that he did not believe Netanyahu had the wherewithal to advance to final status negotiations on his own. “Netanyahu is behaving like a politician, not a statesman,” he said of the prime minister’s coalition maneuvering, in which he must deal with partners who oppose concessions. “Israel deserves better leadership.” Zomlot expressed anger with Congress and the welter of proposed bills that would cut U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and otherwise penalize it. Chief among the measures is the Taylor Force Act, named for an American stabbed to death in a 2016 terrorist attack, which would link funding to the Palestinian areas to the cessation of P.A. payments to the families of Palestinians killed in or jailed for attacks on Israelis. He said the Palestinian Authority was ready to “revise and negotiate” its payment system, but would not submit to pressure. “Don’t use financial pressure with us,” he said. “It does not work.”
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FALL ARTS PREVIEW Russian Jewish immigrant Spektor infuses music with wit, vulnerability
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ven if you don’t follow pop music, you may have heard pianist and songwriter Regina Spektor singing the catchy “Orange Is the New Black” theme song, “You’ve Got Time,” covering The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in the animated feature “Kubo and the Two Strings,” or in numerous other films and TV shows that have featured her music. But you might never have heard the Russian Jewish immigrant at all had the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society not helped her family settle in New York. At age 9, Spektor entered the United States as a refugee when her parents fled Soviet persecution in 1989. The family settled in the Kingsbridge neighborhood in the Bronx and was absorbed into the Jewish community there, receiving donations of clothes, furniture and other necessities. Experiencing religious freedom for the first time, Spektor remembers realizing how constrained and stilted the Judaism they had practiced in Russia had been. Part of a musical family, Spektor was already a serious piano student when she left Russia. The family had to leave their piano behind, and Spektor was reduced to practicing on tabletops until she found a piano to play in her synagogue’s basement. Through an acquaintance of her father’s, Spektor met a piano teacher with whom she studied, free of charge, until age 17. By that time, she was writing her own songs. Raised on classical music and contraband Beatles
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and Rolling Stones records, in America Spektor was exposed to punk, hip-hop, and, most important, female songwriters like Joni Mitchell. After graduating from the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, she began recording her own CDs and performing in local venues in New York. She attracted the attention of the popular band The Strokes, who brought her on tour and gave her national exposure. She was signed by Sire records in 2004 and has since released five majorlabel albums to public and critical acclaim. In 2010, she performed at the White House for President Barack Obama for Jewish Heritage Month, and in 2012, she performed a benefit concert for HIAS. Spektor — who will kick off a special solo U.S. tour in Tucson with a concert at the Rialto Theater on Oct. 20 — remains fluent in Russian and reads Hebrew. Her history informs much of her music. Although her re-
lationship with religion is complicated, she describes herself as someone to whom faith comes naturally and who is drawn to traditions. The title of her latest album, “Remember Us to Life,” is English for the High Holy Days refrain “Zochreinu L’Chaim.” Spektor’s outlook was shaped by her early environment, a culture in which violence and oppression were commonplace and the history of World War II and the Stalin years was an ever-looming shadow. Touring in Berlin earlier this month, Spektor spoke out on social media about the Aug 12 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., that ended with a counterprotestor being killed in a car ramming attack. “I am in Berlin where after a dark history, it is illegal to be a Nazi or say hate speech,” she said in a Facebook post. “As a refugee, I have promised to protect and fight for my country when I was sworn in as a citizen. I was a teenager then. As I held up my right hand, I never dreamed of the hate speeches and the normalizing of institutionalized prejudice that would be falling over the land in such a short time. The haters coming out of the shadows, and being empowered.” Spektor’s lyrics reflect a deep sense of how vulnerable humans can be in a complex, often hostile world. What makes Spektor’s songs unique is the balance between her feel for the fragility of people and her robust sense of just how fun music — and life itself — can be. Tickets for Regina Spektor’s Oct. 20 concert at the Rialto begin at $67.50. Visit RialtoTheatre.com or call 740-1000. John Cafiero is a freelance writer in Tucson.
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FALL ARTS PREVIEW In this advertising directory, we present some of the many wonderful arts companies in Tucson: ARIZONA ROSE THEATRE arizonarosetheatre.com • 888-0589 The Arizona Rose Theatre celebrates its 31st anniversary this season. This year marks the first full season in its brand new venue at the Tucson Mall. This season offers some exciting options with shows like “The Odd Couple” and “SPAMALOT,” among others. With plays, musicals, comedy, drama, concerts and more, the Arizona Rose offers something for everyone. Arizona Rose offerings also include opera productions and an education program with classes in drama, dance, and voice. ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY arizonatheatre.org • 622-2823 Arizona Theatre Company opens its six-play 51st season with the Marsha Mason-directed romantic comedy by Neil Simon, “Chapter Two,” Sept. 9-30 at the Temple of Music & Art. “Chapter Two” will be followed by “The River Bride,” Oct. 21 to Nov. 11. The season also includes “Man of La Mancha,” Dec. 2-31; “Outside Mullingar,” Jan. 20-Feb. 10; “Low Down Dirty Blues,” March 10-31; and “The Diary of Anne Frank,” April 21-May 12. BALLET TUCSON ballettucson.org • 903-1445 Ballet Tucson’s 2017-18 season begins with the Fall Concert of George Balanchine’s “Walpurgisnacht Ballet” (Ballet Tucson premiere) and revivals of “Phantom of the Opera” and “Paquita — Grand Pas Classique.” The Winter Concert includes “West Side Story” (premiere) featuring live voice and musical accompaniment as part of the Tucson Desert Song Festival. The Spring Concert will feature “Carmen” and mixed repertoire with dessert tastings from local restaurants. New this season is “Footprints at The Fox” (November), highlighting new works by the next generation of dance makers. BROADWAY IN TUCSON broadwayintucson.com • 903-2929 Broadway in Tucson/A Nederlander Presentation is part of the nationally recognized Nederlander Producing Company of America. The 2017/2018 season includes “The Little Mermaid,” “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,”“Rent,”“Stomp,” Rodgers & Hammerstein’s productions of “Cinderella” and “The King and I,” “Finding Neverland “and the return of “The Book of Mormon.” All performances are at Centennial Hall. Season tickets at broadwayintucson.com. CASABELLA FINE ART GALLERY casabellafineart.com • 207-4544 Established in 2016, CasaBella Fine Art Gallery, where “Art is Sanctuary,” features the works of the best established and emerging artists of the southwest. The intimate gallery, located in a historic home designed by famed Tucson architect Josiah Joesler, is the ideal backdrop for a variety of works in a range of media including paintings, photography, sculpture, glass art, ceramics and jewelry. For a detailed schedule of openings and artists represented by CasaBella, visit casabellafineart.com. DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN degrazia.org • 299-9191 What started as a small construction project in the
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early 1950s developed into a 10-acre National Historic District designed and built by acclaimed Arizona artist Ettore “Ted” DeGrazia The Gallery in the Sun is home to a colorful array of DeGrazia originals, including oil paintings, watercolors, ceramics and sculptures. We are open daily from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FOX TUCSON THEATRE foxtucson.com • 547-3040 The Fox fall season is overflowing with iconic performers. September is a classic rock landslide with such legendary bands as Kansas (9/6), Three Dog Night (9/17) and Jesse Collin Young with Martin Barre (9/23). October highlights include “Take Me to The River: Memphis Soul and Blues Revue” (10/5), Irma Thomas and The Blind Boys of Alabama backed by The Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet (10/8), Shawn Colvin with “A Few Small Repairs” Anniversary Tour (10/16), Americana Grammy winner Sarah Jarosz (10/24) and “A Night with Janis Joplin” (10/29). Lasting memories await, to view the full season schedule visit foxtucson.com! INVISIBLE THEATRE invisibletheatre.com • 882-9721 Invisible Theatre celebrates its 47th anniversary with an exciting mix of contemporary works like “Indoor/ Outdoor,” solo journeys like “Remembering Mr. Sinatra” and world premieres like “Mr. Goldberg’s Prodigal Son,” offering something for every theater-goer. Our selections provide unforgettable moments that will thrill, inspire and engage you. Invisible Theatre got its name from the invisible energy that flows between performers and an audience that makes the magic of theatre. Let the magic begin! ROADRUNNER THEATRE COMPANY roadrunnertheatrecompany.org • 834-7884 Roadrunner Theatre Company offers a BYOB experience for all its shows. Bring your own bottle of wine or other spirits and we will provide glasses and fun Make your reservations for our next show, The Curious Savage by calling 207-2491 or order your tickets online at thecurioussavage.brownpapertickets.com. The theater is located at 8892 E. Tanque Verde Road on the eastside of Tucson. Cheers! And enjoy the show! SOUTHERN ARIZONA ARTS GUILD southernarizonaartsguild.com • 437-7820 Local artists’ gallery voted #1 gallery in Northwest Tucson; offering paintings (water, oil & acrylic), textiles, photography, metal art, jewelry, ceramics, glass work and more. Always an “art-full” experience where you will find the perfect gift or something for you at affordable prices. Monthly art and wine receptions with complimentary wine and food. Open Mon-Sat 10-6; Sunday 12-4. Visit website for calendar and like us on Facebook: southernarizonaartsguildgallery. TRUE CONCORD VOICES & ORCHESTRA trueconcord.org • 401-2651 True Concord returns in October with a program of British music. In November, the ensemble honors See Directory, page 18
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Tucson’s Day of the Dead celebration with David Lang’s Pulitzer-prize winning “little match girl passion,” and Fauré’s “Requiem.” “Christmas Lessons & Carols by Candlelight” follows in December. The New Year begins with two performances at Centennial Hall — Bernstein’s “Mass” in January and Verdi’s “Requiem” in February. The season concludes in March with poetry of Emily Dickinson set to music. Twelve venues with locations serving Tucson, Oro Valley and Green Valley.
UA PRESENTS uapresents.org • 621-3341 UA Presents is the premiere multidisciplinary arts presenter in Southern Arizona. As part of the University of Arizona community, the 2017/2018 season includes KC and the Sunshine Band, Penn & Teller, Olga Kern, Mannheim Steamroller, Chita Rivera, Herbie Hancock, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Momix, Audra McDonald, and Trevor Noah from “The Daily Show.” Most performances are at Centennial Hall. Season tickets at uapresents.org.
TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA tucsonsymphony.org • 882-8585 Yo-Yo Ma, Arturo Sandoval, Gil Shaham, Rachel Barton Pine, the music of James Bond and Bugs Bunny will celebrate the inaugural season of Music Director José Luis Gomez with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. The season opens with Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Other highlights are the Grieg Piano Concerto, Firebird, Dvořák’s “From the New World” with a big screen presentation, Leonard Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony, Pictures at an Exhibition and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, “Choral.”
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FRED FOX SCHOOL OF MUSIC music.arizona.edu • 621-1655 The 10th Annual Music + Festival will be highlighted by the presence of Joan Tower, one of America’s foremost composers. An entire concert will be devoted solely to the music of Duke Ellington, and a rare performance of an Ellington work for orchestra and jazz ensemble will be heard. The festival also provides the opportunity to encounter the music of the 20th-century giant Paul Hindemith, who through composition, conducting, and teaching, transformed musical life in Europe and America in the 20th century.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK tucsonmuseumofart.org • 624-2333 Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block is pleased to announce the Oct. 21 opening of its 2017-2018 season: “Dress Matters: Clothing as Metaphor” features over 50 works by artists including Christian Boltanski, Nick Cave, Adam Fuss, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Mosse, Catherine Opie, Ebony G. Patterson, Wendy Red Star, and Andy Warhol. “Desert Dweller,” guest curated by Paula Taylor, examines historical and contemporary Southern Arizona retailers and
WINDING ROAD THEATER ENSEMBLE windingroadtheater.org • 401-3626 Winding Road Theatre Ensemble’s 2017 season opens at the Cabaret October 19 with a plea for peace in “An Iliad,” the stage adaptation of Homer’s epic poem by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson. A search for love follows in the lyrical and haunting “The Fantasticks” by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones. The season closer explores a family’s longing for absolution and the dissolution of their American Dream in Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child.”
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ifteen thespians from San Francisco’s Jewish high school have taken their original play to the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The students arrived in the United Kingdom earlier this month to perform the show, “Alice and the Black Hole Blues,” at the world’s largest arts festival four times during a trip that also included a visit to London and a Shabbat dinner with the Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation. The Jewish Community High School of the Bay students wrote the multimedia show, which they debuted at their school in mid-May, and were rewriting and refining it up until show time in the Scottish capital. The one-act show envisions the title character of “Alice in Wonderland” meeting five famous women scientists — fourth-century Greek mathematician
Hypatia; Marie Curie, who did pioneering work on radioactivity in the 19th century; Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr, who was an inventor in the field of wireless communications; English chemist Rosalind Franklin; and American astronomer Vera Rubin. The concept came from Dylan Russell, the chair of visual and performing arts at Jewish Community High School and also the play’s director. She had wanted for years to create a work about women scientists whose inventions or other contributions had not been appreciated. She chose author Lewis Carroll’s Alice as her protagonist because the young girl persists despite being questioned and discouraged. “’Alice in Wonderland’ is one of my favorite stories,” Russell said. “It exemplifies how I felt as a young person — being on a journey, having curiosity, encountering all these strange and amazing people and feeling like the rules were always changing.” See Festival, page 22
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The students began writing the show last winter, using books on the scientists and Carroll’s classic as sources. Some of the script was devised during improvisational sessions. “The surprising part of it was there wasn’t a lot of actual writing, a lot of it came from experimentation that ended up in the script,” said Ben Robinow, 16, who will be a junior at JCHS this year and hopes to go into forensic science someday. As they developed the play, the students decided to create two Alices — one from the present day and another from Carroll’s 19th-century England — who meet up and encounter the women scientists after an explosion creates multiple universes. The JCHS students designed it with the Edinburgh Festival in mind; for example, they are using projections instead of elaborate backdrops. When it was performed in May, the spartan stage included six chairs, two benches, a trunk and three ladders. “We tried to make the sets as simple as possible, knowing we would be taking them to Scotland,” said Marty Cohen, 16, a rising junior who enjoys acting but hopes for a career in an NBA front office. The show has undergone constant rewriting and refinement, especially after the students got feedback from their May performance. More changes were needed after one of the actresses who plays Alice was unable to make the trip, and when the students found out how small the stage in Scotland would be. “The concept of the play is pretty confusing when you try to explain it to someone. That’s a lot of what our process has been, to try to explain it,” said Sophia Salesky, 17, who will be a senior at JCHS this year and plans to be a theater major in college. “Our whole show is constantly changing. It’s like a growing child.” This was the second trip to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival by JCHS, which in 2011 became the first Jewish high school selected to perform there when Russell directed a student-written version of Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis.” The students had access to kosher food throughout their U.K. journey, though Robinow said he definitely planned to go off script. “I really like trying ridiculous foods,” he said. “A lot of the trip we have to keep kosher, but when I go out on my own, I’ll try haggis. I’m going to try some mindblowing stuff.”
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5550 E. Fifth St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 745-5550 Rabbi Robert Eisen, Cantorial Soloist Nichole Chorny • www.caiaz.org Daily minyan: Mon.-Thurs., 7:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; Fri., 7:30 a.m.; Sun. & legal holidays, 8 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. / Mincha: Fri., 5:45 p.m. / Shabbat services: Sat., 9 a.m., followed by Kiddush; Tot Shabbat, 1st Fri., 5:45 p.m.; Family Service, 3rd Friday, 5:45 p.m.; Holiday services may differ, call or visit website. / Torah study: every Shabbat one hour before Mincha (call or visit website for times) / Talmud on Tuesday, 6 p.m. / Weekday Torah study group, Wed., 11 a.m. beverages and dessert provided.
Congregation Bet shalom 3881 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 577-1171 Rabbi Hazzan Avraham Alpert • www.cbsaz.org Shabbat services: Fri., 5:30 p.m. (followed by monthly dinners — call for info); Sat. 9:30 a.m.-noon, Camp Shabbat (ages 6-10) 11 a.m.-noon, followed by Kiddush lunch and weekly Teen Talk lunch with shinshinim, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. CBS Think Tank discussion led by Rabbi Dr. Howard Schwartz and Dr. Howard Graizbord / Weekday services: Wed. 8:15 a.m. / Hagim 9:30 a.m.
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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, Tues., 10 a.m.; men, Thurs., 7 p.m.
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. Torah study followed by services, 10 a.m. Shabbat morning minyan, 1st Sat., 10 a.m., followed by Kiddush.
ChaBad sierra vista 401 Suffolk Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 • (520) 820-6256 Rabbi Benzion Shemtov • www.jewishsierravista.com Shabbat services: Sat., 10:30 a.m., bimonthly, followed by class explaining prayers. Visit website or call for dates.
REFORM CONGREGATION 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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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 (520) 825-8175 • Rabbi Sanford Seltzer Shabbat services: Oct.-April, one Friday per month at 7 p.m. — call for details.
temple emanu-el 225 N. Country Club Road, Tucson, AZ 85716 • (520) 327-4501 Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon, Rabbi Batsheva Appel • www.tetucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 5:45 p.m., with 5 p.m. pre-oneg, through August; 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 http://kolhamidbar.tripod.com Mailing address: P.O. Box 908, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636 Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.
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Congregation etz Chaim (Modern Orthodox) 686 Harshaw Road, Patagonia, AZ 85624 • (520) 394-2520 www.etzchaimcongregation.org • Rabbi Gabriel Cousens Shabbat services: Fri., 18 minutes before sunset / Torah study: Sat., 9:30 a.m. handmaKer resident synagogue
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very segment of the Jewish community in America is busy working to better engage people. Synagogues and agencies want to do whatever they can to connect with us and serve our needs. We’re all in this together. I believe that most of our organizations have their hearts in the right place, but in our attempts to make a dent in the Jewish world, are we being efficient? Recently, I had the good fortune of hearing a beautiful presentation on nonprofits by Yissel Salafsky. Yissel, a mother, wife, and part of the future of our Tucson Jewish community, spoke about the need for collaboration within the nonprofit world. She has studied the benefits of partnership among different groups and believes that this strategy will be part of the solution in helping us to reach our goals. I strongly agree with Yissel. In fact, this bridge-building is exactly what we are working toward. Last month I had a “Positive Jewish Experience.” I represented Congregation Bet Shalom at a special celebration taking place at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. This simcha hosted by Interfaith Community Services was celebrating that 100 congregations of different religions and denominations are now a part of ICS. What is ICS? According to their website, ICS is an organization that “helps Pima County seniors, disabled individuals and people in financial crisis … through programs and services supported by staff, volunteers, faith communities....” Churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques do not typically have the infrastructure to help people the way ICS does, so we are blessed to work together through ICS to accomplish these universal tasks. One of the speakers from ICS acknowledged how tricky it is to work with so many different kinds of religious organizations and people. She said that at ICS they have to be very careful to stick to the things that are common between us — helping people in need of food, shelter, jobs, etc. She mentioned how the 100 religious groups that make up ICS espouse differing opinions on almost everything imaginable. These groups disagree on worship style, politics, and everything in between. Yet they are able to find projects that we can work on together for the greater good. They just have to be respectful and vigilant about keeping the conversation pareve (neutral). ICS is wonderful. The religious groups in Southern Arizona who belong to ICS are pleased to join together in these noble efforts. Could it be that our synagogues and Jewish agencies might also learn from this example of collaboration? If we can also streamline joining together for more projects, we may be able to amplify our Jewish efforts in this region. Rabbi Hazzan Avraham Alpert received his ordination from the Academy for Jewish Religion in Los Angeles on May 29. Look for more information in the Oct. 20 edition of the AJP.
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chuckle tickled my throat as Ruth Thomann, a Swiss hotelier who posted signs urging her “Jewish guests” to shower before entering the pool, assured me that she has “nothing against Jews.” To be clear, I don’t find racism particularly amusing, especially not these days. But there was something comical about how her earnest voice — she was speaking in broken English with a thick Swiss-German accent — contrasted with the glaringly discriminatory character of the laminated signs that she posted in her Paradise Apartments in Arosa hotel near Zurich earlier this month, which provoked outrage in Israel and beyond. Besides, in over a decade of reporting about Europe, I have heard more variations of this weak defense than I can remember — including by people who immediately contradicted themselves. Last year alone I heard it from the professional anti-Semite Dieudonne M’bala M’bala and from a Belgian cartoonist who proudly accepted an award at Iran’s Holocaust denial and mockery festival. The shower signs, which Israel’s Foreign Ministry escalated into a diplomatic incident with Switzerland, seemed to me an open-and-shut case. But as I listened last week to Thomann’s passionate explanations and apology — “the signs should have been addressed to all the guests instead of Jewish ones,” she said, near tears — I realized that despite the damning evidence and anger against her, she was probably a tolerant person who, for lack of tact, was being pilloried internationally with devastating consequences for her business. And so what began as a clear-cut expression of Europe’s growing anti-Semitism problem turned, in my mind, into a reminder of how important it is precisely during these times to judge people innocent, even of hate crimes, until proven otherwise. In addition to the sign about the pool, Thomann also posted one instructing “our Jewish guests” on when they could access a hotel refrigerator. Both signs circulated on social media, where Israeli journalists found them. “You have to understand,” she pleaded with me, “the sign about the refrigerator goes to Jews because I kindly allowed only the Jews to keep their food in the staff ’s refrigerator because I know they bring their own food,” she said. Her Orthodox Jewish guests needed to store their food there because of kosher issues, she explained. “My God, if I had something against Jews, I wouldn’t take them as guests!” she said. Technically, excluding Jews would be illegal in Switzerland. But an anti-Semitic hotelier could get around it, since Orthodox Jewish tourists typically book hotels in the Alpine country through specialized travel agencies. And so in principle, all a Swiss hotel needs to do to “lose” its Orthodox guests would be to inform their travel agent of some imaginary deal breaker — say a nocturnal pulled pork bake-off contest, or zero accommodations for storing kosher food. So what about the shower signs, I asked. “Well,” Thomann paused, searching for words. “I’m sorry to say but I know the hotel, and the only people who go in without taking a shower are the Jewish guests.”
And how exactly does she know that, I inquired, bracing for comments on body odor. “They go in wearing their T-shirts!” Thomann said, adding that the behavior drew complaints from other guests, who found it unsanitary. I have not verified the claim about T-shirts. But in my extensive travels across Europe, and especially to places that receive many Jewish visitors, I have seen culture clashes between secular Europeans and vacationing members of insular haredi communities from Israel and beyond. In Uman, a Ukrainian city where each year 30,000 Jews convene for a pilgrimage, many apartment owners who used to rent rooms to the visitors have stopped because of damages and fires. Last year, the Uman City Plaza hotel also adopted this policy, citing the same reason. Before filing my story on Thomann apologizing for the signs — it was shared nearly 3,000 times on Twitter — I said goodbye to the hotelier, adding that I found it regrettable that some of my colleagues didn’t bother to get her side of the story before reporting about the signs. But that was only the beginning of the Swiss hotel saga. Responding to calls by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the reservations service Booking.com dropped Thomann’s hotel — a painful financial blow to any business in the industry. The Wiesenthal Center’s intervention is understandable on many levels. Especially in Europe, signs singling out Jews inevitably evoke memories of the slogans that proliferated across the continent during the Nazi occupation of most of its territory, from the laconically demeaning (“No dogs and Jews allowed”) to the viciously “humorous.” It didn’t help that in the same week as the Swiss hotel affair, news emerged that Switzerland’s federal parliament was about to vote on a bill that would make it the first country in Europe to ban the import of kosher meat. (Ritual slaughter of cows was outlawed in Switzerland in 1894 in legislation that the local Jewish community to this day views as essentially anti-Semitic.) Tzipi Hotovely, Israel’s deputy foreign minister, escalated the matter even further in a move that may be connected to her government’s ongoing fight with European countries supportive of the Palestinian cause. (In June, Switzerland’s foreign minister, who in the past has refused to disclose funding for anti-Israel groups, reluctantly agreed to an audit following pressure by pro-Israel lawmakers.) Hotovely demanded the Swiss government publicly condemn Thomann’s actions, which she said indicated the prevalence of anti-Semitism throughout Europe, a continent of some 750 million residents. As is often the case when Jerusalem wades into the complicated debate about anti-Semitism in Europe, I felt that Hotovely’s claim was not only overblown and cynical, but also based on ignorance of the facts of the case at hand. But almost immediately, I had to reconsider that judgment, too. In the latest twist of a story that began with two laminated A4 sheets of paper, a Swiss lawmaker, the Socialist Roger Deneys, came along and proved Hotovely’s point. If anyone should apologize for the Swiss hotel incident, he wrote on Facebook, then it is Israel, “for its excessive tolerance of ultra-Orthodox Jews who prevent peace in Palestine.” Following an outcry, Deneys deleted the remark and apologized. After all, he said, he has nothing against Jews.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The calendar deadline is Tuesday, 10 days before the issue date. Our next issue will be published August 25, 2017. Events may be emailed to localnews@azjewishpost.com, faxed to 319-1118, or mailed to the AJP at 3822 E. River Road, #300, Tucson, AZ 85718. For more information, call 319-1112. See Area Congregations on page 24 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 jewishsierravista.com. “Too Jewish” radio show with Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon on KVOI 1030 AM (also KAPR and KJAA), Sundays at 9 a.m. Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley bagel breakfast and Yiddish club, first Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Members, $7; nonmembers, $10. 648-6690 or 399-3474. Southern Arizona Jewish Genealogy Society, second Sundays, 1-3 p.m. at the Tucson J. Contact Barbara Stern Mannlein at 731-0300 or the J at 299-3000. Cong. Or Chadash Tots Program in the Northwest, for ages 3-5, with Jewish storytelling, music, crafts and more. Sundays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., starting Aug. 27 with “What is Jewish about butterflies?” at Jewish Federation Northwest, 190 W. Magee Road. Call Rina Liebeskind at 900-7030. Cong. Bet Shalom yoga. Mondays, 9 a.m. and 4:30-5:30 p.m. Also Wednesdays, 9 a.m. $5. 577-1171. Temple Emanu-El mah jongg, Mondays at 10 a.m. 327-4501.
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ONGOING Jewish Federation-Northwest chair yoga with a Jewish flair taught by Bonnie Golden. Mondays, 10-11 a.m., except for Sept. 4 and Dec. 25. $7 per class or $25 for four. 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org. Cong. Anshei Israel mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon All levels, men and women. Contact Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com.
Northwest Knitters 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.
Tucson J current events discussion, Mondays, noon-1:30 p.m. Members, $1; nonmembers, $2. Lunch, bring or buy, 11:30 a.m. 299-3000, ext. 147.
Jewish Federation-Northwest mah jongg, Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., except for Sept. 12, Oct. 24 and Nov. 14, and Wednesdays, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., except for Sept. 6. 505-4161.
Jewish sobriety support group meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. at Cong. Bet Shalom. dcmack1952@gmail.com.
Cong. Anshei Israel Talmud on Tuesday with Rabbi Robert Eisen, Tuesdays, 6 p.m. 745-5550.
“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.
Tucson J Israeli folk dance classes. Tuesdays. Beginners, 7:30 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15 p.m.; advanced, 9 p.m. Taught by Lisa Goldberg. Members, $5; nonmembers, $6. 299-3000.
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. Tucson J social bridge. Tuesdays and RSVP required. 577-1171.
5 PM: Jewish Federation-Northwest Tot Shabbat, with Rabbi Batsheva Appel of Temple Emanu-El, at Jewish Federation-Northwest. RSVP at 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.
NOON: Temple Emanu-El Rabbi's Tish, includes interactive Torah study, discussion and potluck lunch. Bring a dairy or vegetarian dish to share. Free. 327-4501.
5 PM: Temple Emanu-El Chardonnay Shabbat pre-oneg with wine, cheese, fruit and crackers, followed by Kabbalistic Shabbat service at 5:45 p.m. 327-4501.
2-4 PM: Secular Humanist Jewish Circle salon for members and prospective members will discuss: “What experiences am I likely to share with other Jews?” Bring finger food to share. For directions, RSVP to Becky at 296-3762 or schulmb@aol.com, or to Susan at 577-7718 or srubinaz@comcast.net. Information at SHJCaz.org.
6 PM: Temple Emanu-El Northwest Shabbat dinner and service with Rabbi Batsheva Appel, at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 7650 N. Paseo Del Norte. Kosher dinner (vegetarian upon request) followed by Shabbat service at 7 p.m. Dinner: Temple members, $12; nonmembers, $14; children 12 and under, free. RSVP at 327-4501. 6:30 PM: Cong. Or Chadash seventh and eighth grade family Shabbat service, followed by ice cream oneg. 512-8500. 9:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Downtown Shabbat at Jewish History Museum, 564 S. Stone Ave., with the Armon Bizman band and Rabbi Samuel Cohon; oneg follows. 327-4501.
Saturday / August 26 11 AM-NOON: Cong. Bet Shalom Tot Shabbat with PJ Library, for children (and parents) ages 0-5 years, led by Lisa Schachter-Brooks. No
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Thursdays, noon-3 p.m., year round. Dropins welcome. Meets in library on second floor. 299-3000.
5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Havdallah Happening, geared toward children 3 years to third grade. Socializing, Shabbat story and a light meal are followed by an introduction to the rituals of Havdallah. Service follows at 7:20 p.m. Call Rabbi Ruven Barkan at 745-5550, ext. 227.
Sunday / August 27 9:15-10:45 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Chai Mitzvah adult education initiative. Nine-month intergenerational program combines study, ritual and social action. Monthly, Sundays through April 22, 2018, ending with a Shabbat service and dinner, 5:45-7 p.m., Friday, May 11, 2018. Members, $36; nonmembers $50. RSVP to Rabbi Robert Eisen at 745-5550, ext. 230 or rabbi@caiaz.org. 10:30 AM-NOON: Jewish Tucson Shalom Baby welcome event at the Tucson J. Bring your baby/
Shalom Tucson business networking group, second Wednesday of month, 7:30-9 a.m., at the Tucson J. Contact Ori Parnaby at 2993000, 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; toddler through age 3, collect a gift bag from local synagogues and Jewish agencies, and meet other families. Refreshments. Contact Ori Parnaby at 299-3000, ext.241. 11 AM: Cong. Or Chadash Hebrew and the basics of Judaism class orientation meeting. All levels welcome. Classes start Sept. 10. Contact Rabbi Thomas Louchheim at thomas@ octucson.org. 1-5 PM: Temple Emanu-El Hebrew Marathon with cantorial soloist Marjorie Hochberg. Learn to read Hebrew in two fun sessions. Continues Aug. 28, 6-9 p.m. Members, $45; nonmembers, $60. Call JoAnne Naef at 327-4501 to register. 2-4 PM: Temple Emanu-El Adult Education Academy Sunday Salon, “Project Elul: Preparing for the High Holy Days Through Contemplation,” with Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon. Free. Call 327-4501 or visit tetucson.org. 3:30-5:30 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Adult Education program, “The History of Israel.” Archaeologist Ken Miller presents “The History of Israel/Palestine from 1900 to the Present.” For price and space availability, call Tamara at 745-5550, ext. 225.
Monday / August 28 5 PM: Jewish Federation-Northwest and Hadassah Southern Arizona book club discusses “Love and Treasure” by Ayelet Waldman. Refreshments. 505-4161.
nonmembers, $8 per class. Contact Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com. Chabad of Sierra Vista women’s class with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, last Wednesdays, noon-2 p.m., 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or jewishsierravista.com. Chabad Tucson lunch and learn with Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin, Wednesdays, 12:15 p.m. at Eli’s Deli. info@ChabadTucson.com. Jewish mothers/grandmothers special needs support group for those with children/ grandchildren, young or adult, with special needs, third Wednesdays at 7-8:30 p.m. at Tucson J. Contact Joyce Stuehringer at 2995920. Tucson J canasta group. Players wanted. Thursdays, noon. Instruction available and a beginners’ table every week. Call Debbie Wiener at 440-5515. “Biblical Breakthroughs with Rabbi Becker” at the Southwest Torah Institute. Fridays, noon, for men and women. 747-7780 or yzbecker@ me.com. Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center art exhibit: “Invisibility and Resistance: Violence Against LGBTQIA+ People,” at 564 S. Stone Ave., Sept. 1 through May 31, 2018. Wed., Thur., Sat. and Sun., 1-5 p.m.; Fridays, noon-3 p.m. 670-9073 or jewishhistorymuseum.org.
Wednesday / August 30 7-8 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel adult education kollel: “Living Y/Our High Holy Days … Together.” Cantorial soloist Nichole Chorny presents “Hineni: Here I Am, But Am I Here?” on finding a personal space over the High Holy Days. On Sept. 6, Rabbi Ruven Barkan presents “This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared,” discussing Rabbi Alan Lew’s book on spiritual transformation. For pricing and space availability, call Tamara at 745-5550, ext. 225.
Thursday / August 31 7-8:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El High Holy Days Writing Project, “Make Your Words Speak,” led by Carol Weschler Blatter. Continues Sept. 4, 7 and 11. $5 per class. 327-4501.
Friday / September 1 11:30 AM: Jewish History Museum Gallery Chat, 564 S. Stone Ave. Free. 670-9073. 5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Tot Kabbalat shofar Shabbat service, cheese pizza dinner and craft, for families with preschool age children. Adults, $10; children 12 and under free. RSVP at 327-4501. 5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Tot Shabbat, followed by kid-friendly dinner at 6:15 p.m. $25, family (2 adults and up to 4 children); $10, adults. RSVP by Aug. 28 to Kim at 745-5550, ext. 224 or edasst@caiaz.org.
UPCOMING TUESDAY / SEPTEMBER 5
4-5:30 PM: Arizona Center for Judaic Studies lecture, “Fifty Years Since the Six-Day War - How the Middle East Has Changed” by Asher Susser Ph.D., at University of Arizona Hillel Foundation, 1245 E. 2nd St. Free. 6265767.
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1:30 PM: Hadassah Southern Arizona presents “Shhh … Our Matriarchs Are Speaking II,” with Rabbi Helen Cohn of Congregation M'kor Hayim and Rebbetzin Esther Becker of Congregation Chofetz Chayim. Includes coffee, cake and a silent auction of arts, crafts and baked goods created by Jewish women. Donated items welcomed. Contact Rochelle at 403-6619 or rdr823@aol.com. $36 ($18 is tax deductible). Mail check, payable to Hadassah, to Rochelle Roth, 4325 N. Sunset Cliff Road, Tucson 85750. 7-8:30 PM: Tucson J and Chabad Tucson present “Tales of a Hollywood Screenwriter,“ with David Weiss (“Shrek 2,” “The Rugrats Movie” and more) sharing stories of his wild ride to success and spirituality. $12 in advance (at chabadtucson.com) or $15 at door.
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9:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Downtown Shabbat at Jewish History Museum, 564 S. Stone Ave., with the Armon Bizman band and Rabbi Samuel Cohon; oneg follows. 327-4501.
SATURDAY / SEPTEMBER 9
5 PM: Temple Emanu-El Babies & Bagels family Selichot Havdallah and pj party. RSVP at 327-4501.
SUNDAY / SEPTEMBER 10
10 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Lynne FalkowStrauss Courtyard and Foyer dedication and welcome back from summer party. Includes refreshments and kids' entertainment, brunch and schmoozing. Free. RSVP by Sept. 1 at 7455550 or caiaz.org. 10:45 AM: Women’s Academy of Jewish Studies summer reading and brunch with Esther Becker, at Cong. Chofetz Chayim, $36 includes copy of “Cracks in the Wall,” a novel by Uri Raskin. Call Becker at 747-7780 to arrange to pick up book. 1-3 PM: Tucson J Family Cooking Class. Kids and grandparents will celebrate International Grandparents' Day and prepare for Rosh Hashanah, in the J's demonstration kitchen, second floor. All dishes are kosher and vegetarian. $20 per youth/adult pair for members; $30 per youth/adult pair for non-members. RSVP at tucsonjcc.org/cooking or 299-3000. For more information, contact Barbara Fenig at bfenig@ tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000. MONDAY / SEPTEMBER 11 6:30 PM: Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework meeting, at Jewish Federation-Northwest. Contact Barbara Esmond at 299-1197 or brealjs@gmail.com.
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youth with disabilities in the United States, Latin America and Israel. She spent seven years traveling across Latin America initiating programs in music, dance and art, with the support of various First Ladies. She spent two years in Israel planning, organizing and directing a third year academic exchange for students from American universities to study, travel and complete special projects at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The Heritage Foundation gave her its Federal Woman’s award as the outstanding woman in the U.S. government. Among her many accomplishments, she persuaded the secretary general of the Organization of American States housed in Washington D.C., representing the countries of Latin America, Canada, the United States and the Caribbean, to pass legislation in each country regarding disabled citizens. At Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the only university in the world for the deaf, she initiated the Gallaudet Dance Company, today acclaimed as a top company throughout the world for their artistry. On a special assignment from the U.S. Department of Education, Dr. Mondschein devoted 10 years to the National Council of La Raza, creating programs that touched the lives of thousands of Hispanic children and youth throughout the United States and Latin America. Dr. Mondschein was predeceased by her daughter Joan Mondschein. Survivors include her daughter Paula Mondschein of Tucson. Graveside services were held in the Temple Emanu-El section of Evergreen Cemetery with Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon officiating. A Celebration of Life is planned in the fall at her favorite restaurant, The Five Palms.
Sherman Goldstein Sherman Goldstein, 93, died Aug. 5, 2017. Mr. Goldstein was born in Philadelphia. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II and in the Air Force during the Korean War. He moved with his family to Tucson in 1967 and was an electronic technician for the U.S. government at Fort Huachuca. Mr. Goldstein was predeceased by
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his wife, Lois. Survivors include his daughter, Zandi Goldstein of Tucson and son Steve (Linda) Goldstein of Centennial, Colo.; and two grandchildren. A graveside service was held at Evergreen Cemetery, with Rabbi Robert Eisen of Congregation Anshei Israel officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Congregation Anshei Israel.
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