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AP reporter, a THA alum, to keynote event honoring Gasches DAVID J. DEL GRANDE AJP Staff Writer

ucson Hebrew Academy’s annual Tikkun Olam Celebration will honor Danny and Janis Gasch for their continued service to the local and global Jewish community. Jon Ben-Asher, head of school at THA, says it’s a great honor to recognize the Gaschs this year, because of their involvement and commitment to Tucson’s Jewish community. “Danny and Janis Gasch exemplify the concept of tikkun olam — being a light unto the world and making it a better place,” says Ben-Asher. “In addition to the many other organizations and people they have supported throughout the years, their service to THA has included essential leadership, mentoring and advising, as well as training and providing direct services to our students for hearing evaluations.” Janis Gasch, founder of Arizona Hearing Specialists, has served on THA’s board and was the first co-chair of the Jewish

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Federation of Southern Arizona’s Young Women’s Cabinet. She also served as president of Jewish Family & Children’s Services. Danny Gasch served as board chair at THA, the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, and the Jewish Education Tax Credit Organization, a local student tuition organization that offers scholarships to students who wish to receive a Jewish day school education in Southern Arizona. The “Innovation, Tolerance and Talmud”-themed event kicks off on Sunday, Nov. 5 at the Tuc-

son Jewish Community Center. The evening will start with cocktails at 5:30 p.m. followed by a dinner and community tribute at 6:30 p.m. THA alumnus Josh Lederman, a foreign affairs and national security reporter at the Associated Press, is this year’s keynote speaker, who says it’s flattering to be acknowledged and a great honor to give back to THA. “I think THA has recognized the way its alumni have tried to go out into the world and make a positive difference, in different ways, and that’s something that

I’m proud to be able to represent,” says Lederman. “It’s an exciting opportunity to reconnect with the issues that are on the minds of the people who formed the community that raised me,” he adds. Lederman says when he travels outside of Washington, D.C., most people ask him what is actually happening in the White House today. “And I think that has some particular relevance for the Jewish community, where people have very strong feelings about the way the government is approaching issues differently than it has in the past,” says Lederman. During this time of tremendous change, he says, people want those who work in the capital to clarify a variety of confusing and impactful national issues, including the Israel/Palestine relationship, the Iran nuclear deal, and basic social values. Lederman wants to help people get a better grasp on what is driving these discussions in Washington, he says, adding, “as See THA, page 4

AJP wins writing, advertising awards in ANA competition The Arizona Jewish Post won two awards recently from the Arizona Newspapers Association. In the ANA’s 2017 Better Newspapers Contest, AJP Staff Writer David J. Del Grande took third place in the Best Feature Story category (Division 2: Non-Daily circulation 3,500 to 10,000) for “Local thrift store volunteers in vocational program have a 1st Rate experience,” published in the Oct. 21, 2016 issue. The article highlights a program at the Jewish commu-

nity’s nonprofit 1st Rate 2nd Hand Thrift Store. Del Grande is a student at the University of Arizona School of Journalism. T h e judge noted, “This division was deep David J. Del Grande with entries in this category, a very competitive

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LOCAL Olympic swimmer Jason Lezak will present a Mutual of Omaha BREAKOUT! swim clinic on Sunday, Nov. 12, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. A total-person approach to swimming, the clinic can help swimmers break bad habits, build new skills, and uncover hidden talent. The clinic will feature two sessions for different age groups: ages 5-12, 8 a.m.10:45 a.m., and ages 13 and up, 9:45 a.m.1 p.m. Participants will: • Learn champion techniques in freestyle, backstroke, and starts (in-water and dry-land group instruction) • Discover how the body, mind and heart affect swimming • Have the opportunity to ask questions and get an autograph and photo with Lezak • Receive a BREAKOUT! T-shirt, poster, DVDs and other souvenirs After Lezak and the U.S. men’s 400 meter freestyle relay teams won silver at the 2000 Olympics and bronze at the 2004 Olympics, coaches made Lezak the anchor of the 2008 team. He posted the fastest split ever in the sport, 46.06 seconds, helping the team win the gold. Lezak also

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Olympic swimmer Lezak will hold swim clinic

Jason Lezak takes the U.S. to gold with a record-breaking 4 x 100 medley anchor leg at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

won a silver medal with the 400 meter freestyle relay team at the 2012 Olympics, bringing his Olympic medal count to eight. This summer, Lezak participated in a special 4x50-meters relay race between Israeli and American all-star teams at the Maccabiah Games in Israel, with the Americans winning the race. The cost for registration is $60, or $50 for Stingray swim team members. Register by Oct. 27 at www.tucsonjcc. org/event/olympic-swim-clinic-jasonlezak. For more information, email swim@tucsonjcc.org or call Thomas Meek, Stingray head coach, at 299-3000.

CHAI Circle to host bestselling author at retreat Bestselling author Rabbi Nashuva, a Jewish spiriNaomi Levy will be the keytual outreach movement note speaker for the 13th based in Los Angeles. She annual CHAI Circle retreat was named one of the “Top on Sunday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m.-3 50 Rabbis in America” by p.m. at the Hacienda del Sol Newsweek and has appeared on “The Oprah Guest Ranch Resort, 5501 Winfrey Show,” “The ToN. Hacienda del Sol Road. day Show,” and on NPR. CHAI Circle is a support She was in the first class of group for women in the Rabbi Naomi Levy women to enter the RabbinJewish community with a ical School at Jewish Theohistory of cancer. Levy is the author of the newly re- logical Seminary, and the first woman leased “Einstein and the Rabbi” and the in the Conservative movement to lead a national bestseller “To Begin Again” as congregation on the West Coast. Alice Steinfeld, M.Ed., M.A., L.P.C. well as “Talking to God” and “Hope Will Find You.” She will present “Judaism and and Helen Rothstein, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Soul, Healing, Meditation and Prayer,” will serve as facilitators. A light breakfast exploring how getting to know the voice and lunch will be provided. CHAI Circle is a program of Jewish of our own souls can deepen and elevate our lives. The retreat will include medi- Family & Children’s Services. No fee is tation and the opportunity to write per- required, but participants must RSVP by Oct. 23 to Andrea Siemens at 795-0300, sonal prayers. Levy is the founder and leader of ext. 2365 or asiemens@jfcstucson.org.

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LOCAL In new book, victims of chlorine bomb, anti-Semitic attack, find healing and hope SINGLE, DIVORCED, WIDOWED?

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Looking for Love?

(L-R) Karen and Myles Levine with co-author Dan Baldwin

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uring the early morning hours of Aug. 2, 2009, Myles Levine was jolted out of bed by the screams of his wife, Karen. Their front and garage doors were sealed shut. Globs of motor oil, paint, and foam peanuts were strewn along their walkway and driveway. A putrid chemical smell filled the air, emanating from a chlorine bomb that was detonated hours earlier. The improvised weapon produced a cloud that stretched almost a mile wide, forcing an evacuation of the neighborhood. As the chaotic scene unfolded, the Levines were sure that Todd Russell Fries had attacked them again. “It’s the same thing that was done to us in Dove Mountain,” says Myles Levine, recalling what he said to the 911 operator. The couple, along with co-author Dan Baldwin, wrote, “The Levine Project: Fighting Back Against a Campaign of Terror,” which chronicles their years-long journey dealing with a vengeful contractor. The book was released on Aug. 27 by Trafford Publishing. The Levines hired Fries — former owner of Burns Power Washing, a well-known Tucson business at the time — to resurface their driveway at the beginning of 2007. The couple then lived at the Highlands at Dove Mountain in Marana. Numerous contractors told them it was impossible to simply resurface the driveway, which became slippery when it rained, and their only option would be to rebuild it. But Fries said he could do the job, assuring them it would only take a few days, says Levine. The original estimate was for $5,000. About a year later, Fries was still work-

ing on the driveway. “[Fries] expected it to be something he could do real fast, make a lot of money on real fast and get out of there,” says Levine. “If it was that simple of a job, then every other contractor that we had look at it would have done it.” Karen says Fries seemed a “little cocky” at first, but his company was reputable and he was the only contractor that would take the job. But as the work dragged on, Fries became increasingly frustrated, she says. As Fries was putting on the finishing touches, he continued to charge them for extra supplies, says Levine. They decided to stop payment on their final installment of $200, after the check went uncashed for six months, he says. This dispute sparked Fries’ plan to take revenge on the couple, a plot he dubbed “The Levine Project.” On the morning of Nov. 1, 2008, the Levines discovered their home had been vandalized. Motor oil, grease, feces, dead animal carcasses, and foam packing peanuts were littered across their driveway and front lawn. Swastikas and anti-Semitic slurs were spray painted on their garage. Karen says she had no doubt that Fries vandalized their home on Halloween night, especially since the driveway was doused with oil. “He probably thought I’d call him back and have him redo my driveway,” she says. Within two months of the first incident, the Levine’s moved to a gated community near the Omni National Golf Course. The Levines were attacked at their new home less than a year after the first occurrence. Those crimes would lead to the arrest and conviction of Fries, and consecutive sentences in federal and state prison. On the day of the chemical attack, Lew Hamburger, a volunteer trauma counselor

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LOCAL Secular Humanists plan talk on intermarriage The Secular Humanist Jewish Circle of Tucson will present a panel discussion, “Who’s a Jew? Intermarriage and the Future of Judaism,” with a keynote lecture by Paul Golin, executive director of the Society for Humanistic Judaism, on Saturday, Oct. 28, 1:30-3 p.m. at the Murphy-Wilmot Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road. Golin will explore the idea that intercultural/interfaith marriage is not a threat to the Jewish community and should instead be seen as an opportunity for meaning and growth. He is the co-author of “20 Things for

Grandparents of Interfaith Grandchildren to Do (And Not Do) to Nurture Jewish Identity In Their Grandchildren” and “How to Raise Jewish Children … Even When You’re Not Jewish Yourself.” Panelists will include Debbi GoldenDavis, a board member of Freethought Arizona who is active with the Secular Student Alliance at the University of Arizona; Amanda Marie Schutz, a UA Ph.D. candidate in sociology; and Kent Barrabee, vice president of the Secular Humanist Jewish Circle of Tucson. RSVP by Oct. 25 at 577-7718 or srubinaz@comcast.net.

JCRC will train citizenship fair volunteers The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona will hold a citizenship fair volunteer training with immigration attorneys Mo Goldman and Alan Bennett on Sunday, Nov. 19, noon-3 p.m. at the Federation office, 3718 E. River Road. Volunteers will learn how to help U.S. permanent residents eligible to become citizens to fill out their naturalization applications. Other volunteer opportunities include check-in/check-out assistance, prescreening phone interviews (bilingual speakers preferred), helping with fee waiver forms and helping with logistics for the event.

“The Jewish Community Relations Council believes that sponsoring a citizenship fair perfectly embraces part of our mission of tikkun olam — repairing the world,” says Richard White, JCRC chair. “We are humbled knowing that as volunteers, we’ll be helping a group of legal immigrants living in our community to move closer to their dream of becoming U.S. citizens.” The training is free and lunch will be provided. RSVP is required at jfsa.org/ jcrccitzenshiptraining. For more information, contact Alma Hernandez, JCRC coordinator, at ahernandez@jfsa.org.

Ballet Tucson dancers to show new works at J The Tucson Jewish Community Center and Ballet Tucson will present “Sole Impressions: New Works Performance” at the J on Sunday, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. The performance will feature original choreography by Ballet Tucson’s professional dancers. Along with background and insights from each choreographer, a question and answer session will be of-

fered to delve deeper into the creative process of classic and contemporary ballet. Ballet Tucson Founding Artistic Director Mary Beth Cabana will lead the event. Refreshments will be served during intermission. Tickets are $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers and are available at tucsonjcc.org/soleimpressions. For more information, call 299-3000.

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The Trump administration has polarized parts of the Jewish community, he says, but as members of a pluralistic culture listening to opposing political views is increasingly important. “We need to examine what motivations people may have that may be fully rooted in Jewish values, that lead them to different conclusions about political issues.” Tickets are $150 per person and $250 for couples. Event sponsorship and tribute book advertising are available. For more information contact Julee Dawson at 5293888, ext. 111, or jdawson@thaaz.org.

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members of the Jewish community we can look at those debates and recognize that there are well meaning people on both sides of any issue [who] have spent a lot of time thinking about it.” These controversial conversations are the bedrock of the democratic process we hold so dear, he says, noting that Jews have always been thoughtful about social values and civic and political engagement.

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FIRST PERSON Nations connect, learn at ‘Wicked Water Problems’ conference in Israel SHARON MEGDAL Special to the AJP

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recently had the great honor and pleasure of co-chairing the international water conference “Cutting-Edge Solutions to Wicked Water Problems.” Held Sept. 10-11 at Tel Aviv University’s beautiful Porter School of Environmental Studies building, the conference was jointly convened by the American Water Resources Association and the Water Research Center at Tel Aviv University. The Center’s director, professor Dror Avisar, served as conference co-chair. “Wicked water problems” include water overuse or over-allocation, impacts of long-term drought, the imbalance between growing demands for water relative to supplies, and transboundary challenges. Different regions face different problems, but the pathways to solutions often have common or similar elements. Israel is well known for its leadership in deployment of desalination technology, drip irrigation, and water reclamation, which has enabled it to address the scarcity of natural freshwater resources. The key thrust of the conference was to discuss the pathways to solutions in order to learn from colleagues’ experiences, and research. The active sharing and learning occurred through conference

Sharon Megdal, center, with fellow Central Arizona Project board members Jennifer Brown and Mark Taylor at the ‘Cutting-Edge Solutions to Wicked Water Problems’ conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 2017.

keynote addresses, technical presentations, field trips, and meals and hallway conversation. And learn we did! In addition to speakers and attendees from the United States and Israel, experts from Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong participated. The opening keynote speakers set the stage. Felicia Marcus, chair of the California State Water Resources Control Board, emphasized the need to look at the whole of the problem(s), including difficult-to-predict game-changing influences, such as those associated with

climate. Her presentation underscored a concern water managers often discuss, namely that it will take a crisis to spur actions that many have known were advisable, but difficult to implement, due to political and cost considerations. Professor Eilon Adar of the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Resources at Ben Gurion University of the Negev provided an overview of how Israel has addressed the problem of water scarcity. Key strategies include improving water utilization efficiency for irrigation and other water applications, conservation,

water reuse, and management of water quantity and quality. “New” usable water was created through treating and reclaiming wastewater and desalinating seawater and brackish groundwater. As in California, responding to crisis has figured into the timing of Israel’s water management actions. Drought conditions during the early part of this century led to a renewed look at seawater desalination. Desalinated water now accounts for more than 70 percent of the municipal water used in Israel. Adar emphasized the economic value of water and the importance of a holistic and coordinated approach to its management. Remarks on “Immigration and the Water Crisis” by professor Eyal Zisser, TAU vice rector, helped provide a regional geopolitical backdrop to the discussions. Conference attendees received the most up-to-date information on the Red Sea-Dead Sea Project from Oded Fixler, senior deputy director general, Israel Ministry of Regional Cooperation. A 2013 Memorandum of Understanding signed by Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority enabled the parties to move forward with what may be the first phase of a much larger effort to desalinate Red Sea water. The project involves building a plant in Jordan; about half of the desalinated water will See Wicked, page 9

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n an interview with The Daily Beast, George Clooney described Harvey Weinstein as a very powerful man with a tendency to hit on young beautiful women over whom he had power. Despite the “rumors” he had heard about Weinstein’s openly predatory behavior, Clooney expressed sincere shock and outrage at the widespread sexual misconduct allegations directed at Weinstein. Clooney is not alone in this cognitive dissonance. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow reported that well before articles in The New York Times and the New Yorker quoted dozens of his victims, his colleagues routinely referenced his behavior in public speeches. Everyone knew that Weinstein abused his power, yet the harm he did to his victims was a well-kept secret.

Michelle Obama addressed this dynamic last year in response to the news that then-candidate Donald Trump had been caught on tape bragging about sexual assault. She said that women are drowning in violence and abuse and disrespect, and trying to pretend that it doesn’t hurt because it’s too dangerous to look weak. Victims are coerced into treating the harm they suffer as a shameful secret, even when the crimes committed against them are public knowledge. Far more people have seen misleading TV shows than have ever seriously listened to abuse victims describe their experiences. Television has led people to expect that assault victims, like drowning victims, will thrash against the waves and loudly cry for help. When a real woman smiles at a powerful man who won’t take his hand off her leg, or says, “It’s OK, really,” or even quietly and insistently says

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“no,” bystanders do not understand that she is in danger. Meanwhile, abuse victims are coerced into giving the impression that nothing is wrong. Those who speak up are punished more often than

they are protected, with devastating consequences. In their consistent testimony about Weinstein’s behavior, his victims describe the professional and legal pressure they faced to be peaceful and show the world that they were OK. Weinstein does not face this pressure. In multiple statements, he has expressed intense distress in terms that suggest he feels he is is entitled to sympathy and validation. He has also expressed an expectation that he will be forgiven and restored to his position if he makes enough progress in therapy. No professional association has condemned or will condemn Weinstein’s perceptions of therapy, because they are within normative practice. Women and other marginalized people are familiar with this pattern. When accused of abusive or oppressive behavior, See Weinstein, page 10

London Jews debate: Is it Islamophobic to oppose the mosque next door? CNAAN LIPHSHIZ JTA

plan to open a mosque in a heavily Jewish area of London is dividing British Jews, with some calling the development worrisome and others accusing its opponents of racism. The Islamic center is slated to open next month at the Hippodrome, a former concert hall in the heart of the north London neighborhood of Golders Green. The area is home to thousands of Jewish families of all major denominations and

many synagogues, Jewish schools, kosher shops and restaurants, even hotels for devout Jews. By Sunday, more than 5,600 people had signed an online petition urging municipal officials to investigate possible bylaw infractions by the center, which has received all the required permissions following the building’s purchase earlier this year by an Islamic charity. The petition does not mention the religious dimension, citing instead potential “disruptions” to traffic, as well as parking and air pollution.

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But below the surface, the planned mosque has touched off an acrimonious exchange among those who welcome the new center, with its capacity of 3,000 visitors, and those who fear it. Some opponents worry that the mosque could lead to friction between British Jews and members of the Muslim minority, which surveys suggest is among the most antiSemitic segments of British society. “There is a concern around this very divisive issue,” said Jonathan Hoffman, a North London-based blogger and former vice chair of the Zionist Federation of Britain. “There is concern about Muslim anti-Semitism.” Hoffman said his comments don’t mean he personally opposes the new center, but merely that he understands both sides of the debate. Multiple surveys performed in recent years show far greater prevalence of anti-Semitic sentiments among Muslims compared to the general population. (A September survey suggested that Muslims were twice as likely as non-Muslims to espouse anti-Semitic views). A 2008 study by the Community Security Trust, British Jewry’s watchdog on anti-Semitism, attributed a third to half of all violent anti-Semitic incidents to perpetrators described as having an Arab or South Asian appearance. On the other hand, the Jewish community of Britain reported that of the record 1,309 incidents in 2016, “language or images relating to Islam or Muslims” were noted in 27 anti-Semitic incidents,

compared to 39 in 2015. And of 236 antiSemitic incidents in 2016 that showed political motivations alongside anti-Semitism, 12 were connected to Islamist motivation or beliefs. Jewish-Muslim outreach has been more successful in the United Kingdom than elsewhere in Europe, with communities running successful joint programs, helping out one another and lobbying jointly. Jonathan Arkush, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, attributes some of this relative success to the fact that South Asian Muslims make up a larger proportion of the Muslim community in Britain than elsewhere in Europe. Arab Muslims are likelier to espouse antiIsrael and anti-Jewish views, he said in a February speech. Nonetheless, opposing an Islamic center in Golders Green — a place many local Jews consider a safe haven from the effects of rising anti-Semitism elsewhere in Britain — is about “ensuring the continuation of a safe Jewish community” there, according to a British Jewish man in his 30s who grew up near Golders Green. Zvi spoke to JTA about the issue on condition of anonymity so as “not to be painted in the media as a racist.” Indeed, to some British Jews, such concerns are merely a thin veil to mask anti-Muslim racism. The fears around the new center “are baseless,” Stephen Pollard, the editor of the Jewish Chronicle of London, wrote in See Islamophobic, page 11

ISRAEL What Palestinian reconciliation means for Israel ANDREW TOBIN JTA

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sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken a wait-and-see approach to last week’s Palestinian reconciliation deal. Netanyahu spoke out publicly and loudly against the move toward unity between the feuding Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas, calling it a threat to Israel and a setback to peace. But he quietly indicated Israel could accept reconciliation if Hamas reformed. “Israel insists that the PA not allow any base whatsoever for Hamas terrorist actions from PA areas in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] or from Gaza, if the PA indeed takes responsibility for its territory,” his office said in a statement Oct. 12 after the deal was inked. “Israel will monitor developments on the ground and act according.” Netanyahu reacted very differently to the failed 2014 reconciliation attempt by Fatah, which governs the West Bank, and Hamas, the terrorist group that runs Gaza. At the time, Israel froze negotiations and severed diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority. Circumstances have since changed. Israel has persistent fears about the costs of Palestinian reconciliation. But the prime minister’s restrained response, despite calls from right-wing ministers for more aggressive measures, reflects the potential benefits of letting the attempt play out, at least for now. On Oct. 12, Fatah and Hamas signed a reconciliation deal in Cairo that reportedly will see the Palestinian Authority take over Gaza’s border crossings and assume full administrative control of the territory in the coming months. Some 3,000 Palestinian security officers are to join the Gaza police force. Elections are to be held for a national unity government. But Netanyahu has made clear that Israel maintains its longstanding stance against Hamas rejoining the Palestinian Authority, which it broke from when it violently seized control of Gaza in 2007, unless the terrorist group makes historic reforms, including disarming, recognizing the Jewish state and breaking off relations with Iran. “Reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas makes peace much harder to achieve,” Netanyahu wrote Oct. 12 on his office’s Facebook page after the deal was announced. “Reconciling with massmurderers is part of the problem, not part of the solution. Say yes to peace and

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Hamas and Fatah leaders shake hands following the signing of a reconciliation deal at the Egyptian intelligence services headquarters in Cairo, Oct. 12.

no to joining hands with Hamas.” Members of Netanyahu’s right-wing government urged an even tougher line. But Haaretz reported that Netanyahu told top ministers on Monday that Israel would neither cut ties with the Palestinian Authority, as advocated by Education Minister Naftali Bennett, nor act to stop reconciliation. Israel has plenty of reasons to worry about Hamas joining the Palestinian Authority. The reconciliation deal reportedly does not address Hamas’ military wing, which has repeatedly fired rockets at, terrorized and warred with Israel. After the signing, Hamas’ deputy political leader, Saleh al-Arouri, said the purpose was for all Palestinian forces to “work together against the Zionist enterprise, which seeks to wipe out and trample the rights of our people.” According to Israeli analysts, Hamas could let the Palestinian Authority handle the administration of Gaza while it focuses on bolstering its terrorist infrastructure and planning new attacks on Israelis. A plan that would have P.A. officials who oversee the coastal strip’s border crossings move back and forth between the West Bank and Gaza also raises security concerns. However, if fully implemented, reconciliation could also bring benefits for Israel. It would address what many observers have warned is a looming humanitarian crisis in Gaza that could push Hamas into another war with Israel. Egypt, which is brokering the talks between Fatah and Hamas, would likely ease its blockade of Gaza, allowing more goods and people to move in and out of the territory. P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas would have to end the sanctions

JFSA’s Young Women’s Cabinet joined Handmaker residents last month for an evening of conversation and crafting. Together, they made beautiful Jewish New Year’s cards for residents to give to their family and friends. They enjoyed preparing for the High Holy Days, getting L-R: Aimee Katz, Leah Casey, and to know each other, and learning Ally Ross at Handmaker more about Handmaker. The YWC meets every month, learning about the Federation’s mission and its beneficiary and partnership agencies.

Young Leaders Celebrate Sukkot Together

On Monday, October 9, more than 35 young professionals attended the Fall Harvest Feast in the Sukkah at the Tucson JCC. A collaboration between JFSA and the Tucson JCC, the program was much more than your ordinary Sukkot celebration Fall Harvest Feast in the Tucson J’s under the stars. Event attendees Sukkah participated in Sukkot prayers, followed by a fall harvest-themed dinner, and a tasting of seasonal beers. This event was the second collaboration between the two agencies in an effort to create a more connected young adult Jewish community. Stay tuned for more events to come!

REAP Launches 21st Season

JFSA’s Real Estate and Allied Professions (REAP) launched its 21st season on Tuesday, September 26 at Hacienda Del Sol. Jessica Galow, a rising leader in Tucson’s nonprofit community and Senior Development Director for Banner Health Foundation at Banner University Medical Center Tucson, was the featured speaker. Jessica discussed the current construction updates and Banner’s economic impacts in Tucson. REAP’s events will continue to feature many outstanding speakers, member information exchanges and tours of projects of specific interest to those in real estate and allied professions. For those interested in learning more about REAP or becoming a member, please contact Matt Landau at mlandau@jfsa.org.

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Tucson’s fourth son women and annual Mega Chalgirls are uniting lah Bake will be to celebrate the held Thursday, beauty of ShabOct. 26 at 7 p.m. at bat and its staple the Tucson Jewish dish, the challah,” Community Censays Feigie Ceitlin, ter. The event, for program director women and girls Women and girls dance at the Mega Challah Bake at at Chabad Tucson. the Tucson Jewish Community Center, Oct. 14, 2016. ages 9 and up, is a “The Mega Challah joint initiative of Chabad Tucson and Bake has become an anticipated Tucson the Tucson J with the participation of tradition.” local congregations and organizations, Tickets are $25 and include a personand coincides with the global Shabbos al apron, ingredients for the challah, and Project. a challah and dip buffet. Participants will In past years, as many as 300 women bring their challah home to bake. Table have come together in Tucson to learn hostess tickets are $225 and include nine how to make and braid challah dough tickets and a table photo. and the significance of this mitzvah. For more information and to RSVP, “This will be the fourth year that Tuc- visit megachallahtucson.com.

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with Northwest Fire District, reached out to the Jewish Community Relations Council, explaining the situation and that the Levines would appreciate support from the local Jewish community, says Stuart Mellan, president and CEO at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. Mellan says he and Brenda Landau, former director of the JCRC, drove to the Levine’s home immediately after getting word of the incident. “We visited with them and were showing our support and empathy, and just wanted them to know that we would be there for them in any way that we could be,” says Mellan. Landau had just taken on her new job that month. “It was very early in my position as JCRC director, so I was very shocked,” she says. “I would have likely been shocked regardless, because it was something I’d never seen in our area before. But it was a frightening scene on many levels.” The Levines were convinced Fries was responsible for the crime. They grew increasingly anxious and impatient as the investigation continued and he remained at large, Mellan says. For the next few months, the JCRC acted as a liaison between the Levines and law enforcement. “And I think our support was appreciated by the Levines,” Mellan says. He says the JCRC responds to acts of anti-Semitism in the community for two main reasons: to provide assistance for victims, and to keep track of occurrences in order to identify patterns, working with law enforcement to remedy the issue.

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Fries was arrested by the FBI on May 13, 2011. He was charged with unlawful possession and use of a chemical weapon and providing false information to federal investigators. On Oct. 5, 2012, he was convicted of both counts in federal court and was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison the following March. He was 49 years old. On Aug. 9, 2013, Fries was convicted of two counts of unlawful possession of a destructive device and sentenced, in December 2013, to another five years in federal prison, according to previous reports. Fries was convicted of 20 of the 27 state counts in March 2016, and was sentenced to 10 years in state prison, which he will serve after his federal term. The Levines have sought professional help since these traumatic events began almost a decade ago, says Levine. They have moved almost every year since April 2012, in an attempt to reclaim their lives. But their new house feels like the best fit yet, he says. “And I’m trying to get back all this time that we lost … we’ve just had a bad time all these years,” he says. Levine wants their book to act as a warning to other homeowners. Although Levine wishes this didn’t happen at all, documenting their story was cathartic and a way to reclaim their identity. “I’m going to live with this the rest of my life — might as well make the best of it,” he says. The Levines will host multiple book signing events throughout Tucson. Dates and locations include Sunday, Oct. 22 at Barnes & Noble, 5130 E. Broadway Blvd.; Sunday, Dec. 3 at Mostly Books, 6208 E. Speedway Blvd.; Saturday, Dec. 9 at CasaBella Fine Art, 4425 N. Campbell Ave.

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Loft to screen film on reality of chronic fatigue syndrome “Unrest,” a Sundance-award-winning documentary, will be screened at the Loft Cinema on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. Jennifer Brea, a Harvard Ph.D. student, was about to marry the love of her life when she was derailed by strange symptoms. Hoping to find answers, she grabbed a camera and began filming this intimate and unflinching look at myalgic encephalomyelitis (commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome), a disease many still believe is “all in your head.” The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Alysa Nahmias, one of the movie’s producers and a native Tucsonan, and Sonya Heller Irey, a Tucson ME/CFS patient advocate. Through a donation from the Administration of Resources and Choices and Pima County/Tucson Women’s Commission, free tickets are available to medical professionals, researchers, students, anyone working in healthcare (including health policy, behavioral health, and social work), and anyone interested in becoming an ME advocate. Visit bit.ly/Unrest-TucsonMedical-Tickets. To purchase additional tickets, visit loftcinema.org.

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be sold to Israel. Israel in turn will provide water from the Sea of Galilee in the north to Jordan. The project includes delivery of water to the Palestinian Authority for the West Bank, further demonstrating its regional importance. Also incorporated are energy features and pumping the seawater desalination plant’s brine discharge to the Dead Sea to offset some of the decline in its water levels — another crucial water problem of the region. We arranged for field trips to IDE Technolgies’ Sorek desalination plant, the largest reverse osmosis desalination facility in the world, and to Netafim’s drip irrigation manufacturing facility at Kibbutz Hatzerim in the Negev Desert, where participants learned about the technology embedded in drip emitters and life on a kibbutz. Those who did not participate in the field trip to Sorek were able to take a virtual tour of the Sea of Galilee and view our locally produced documentary “Beyond the Mirage,” which connects some of the water problems of Arizona to Israeli water management. Two tracks of technical presentations on strategies to address water problems featured experts representing academic institutions, government water agencies, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations. It is hard to convey the excitement associated with the conference in words. This was the first visit to Israel for many participants, some of whom were joined by family members. Wicked water problems will not go away, but the continued sharing of approaches and lessons learned should contribute to improved efforts to mitigate them. Sharon B. Megdal, Ph.D., is director of the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center. A longer version of this article appeared in the Arizona Water Resource newsletter, wrrc.arizona.edu/ publications.

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NATIONAL Officials spot ‘miracles’ amid ashes of Jewish camp in Northern California ways been a neighborhood with a couple of hundred homes.” “But as we drove through that neighborhood, all we saw were homes burned to the ground. This used to be a color scene, and it was black and white. It just haunted me,” he said. Arquilevich’s spirits were raised, however, when he saw that the giant gate to the camp, inscribed with the words “May you be blessed as you go on your way,” was standing. He was further relieved when the visitors found that a pair of Torah arks created by former camp artist-in-residence Helen Burke had survived. At least 41 people have been killed as the result of 15 major wildfires across California. Over 217,000 acres and 5,700 structures have been destroyed. The group made the 15-minute hike

to the 6-foot Star of David. The wooden symbol “was completely untouched, surrounded by hundreds of yards of blackened brush,” Arquilevich told J. , the Jewish News of Northern California. The bimah of an amphitheater was heavily damaged, and all the nearby sheds were

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apologized for the “pain” caused by his behavior, but pivoted quickly to emphasize his own feelings. “Although I’m trying to do better, I know I have a long way to go. That is my commitment,” his statement read. “My journey now will be to learn about myself and conquer my demons.” Weinstein is pursuing therapy not for the sake of his victims, but because he is suffering and would like to feel better. In the professional literature, this sense of woundedness is called moral injury. Weinstein and others who see their own moral injury as a bigger problem than the harm they have done have no trouble finding therapists and spiritual leaders willing to validate their worldview.

Spiritual leaders and therapists are too often more willing to put pressure on victims to forgive. For both victims and perpetrators, justice is dismissed as a spiritual distraction and healing is purported to depend on deciding that the abuse doesn’t really matter anymore. Well-meaning people rush in to tell victims that their abusers “only have as much power as you give them,” as if spiritual growth can somehow stop bullets, restore lost professional standing or render formative experiences irrelevant. Abuse has consequences that are beyond the control of victims, but it is almost never socially acceptable to acknowledge this. This is spiritually corrosive to everyone involved.

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privileged people seem to expect that with the right combination of apparent remorse and therapy, others will comfort and forgive them. Women who complain about sexual harassment, disabled people who demand usable bathrooms and people of color who ask white people to stop using racial slurs all face this kind of emotional retaliation. Victims are pressured to disregard their own feelings in order to help perpetrators feel better about themselves. In his statement following The New York Times exposé, Weinstein briefly

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Administrators of a Jewish summer camp destroyed by a wildfire in Northern California toured the site for the first time, finding “miracles” amid the devastation. Although most of Camp Newman’s buildings were lost in the North Bay Area wildfires, camp officials said an entrance gate, prayer books and prayer shawls survived the flames, along with an iconic wooden Star of David that overlooks the Union for Reform Judaism camp from a rocky perch. The camp’s executive director, Ruben Arquilevich, and other camp officials visited the fire-ravaged site for the first time on Oct. 13 and were shocked by the scene even before they arrived. Arquilevich in an interview Tuesday said the road to the camp had featured “scenery filled with blue skies and green trees and grass, and the first part has al-

Surrounded by blackened vegetation, Camp Newman’s iconic hillside Star of David survived a wildfire in Northern California.

charred — “except for this one shed that contains our sacred texts and our prayer books and the tallitot,” Arquilevich said. “It was completely intact,” he said. “We all just about broke into tears there because the tallitot were safe. That was just another miracle and just so moving. It pointed in the direction we’re going, with the idea that Camp Newman will continue.” Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, which owns and runs the 480-acre camp east of Santa Rosa, joined Arquilevich for the tour of the site. He said officials are determined to hold camp in 2018. About 1,400 children attend Camp Newman each summer, and 40 to 50 staffers come from Israel to work as counselors. “We will have camp this summer,” Jacobs said. “I can’t tell you exactly where or how.”

Superficially gentle lectures on the importance of tolerance, forgiveness and second chances prevent those who are being drowned from crying out for justice. This cowardice sometimes disguises itself as the virtue of tolerance, but it is just as misogynistic as sexual harassment. Both of these violent acts send the message to victims that their lives matter less than someone else’s self-image. Victims of all genders deserve solidarity from their spiritual leaders. It is time to stop keeping secrets about the consequences of abuse. Ruti Regan, @RutiRegan, is a Conservative rabbi and disabled disability advocate. She writes the realsocialskills.org blog. She provides ritual consulting and training for rabbis, cantors and communities in accessibility and disability-informed spiritual leadership.

ISLAMOPHOBIC an op-ed published Monday titled “Shame on the Hippodrome protestors: The real story here is bigotry.” Concerns about the center are “pure bigotry: The idea that any Muslim is, by definition, our enemy,” he wrote. Hoffman rejects Pollard’s assertion. “There is no data on the reason why people are unhappy about the mosque, so for Pollard to say this is to make a disgraceful assumption,” Hoffman said. Members of the Jewish community who researched the Muslim charity — a largely Iraqi and Iranian Shiite congregation called Hussainiat Al-Rasool Al-Adham — found no ties to the Iranian regime or extremist incitement, an expert on Islamism who ran some of the checks told JTA on Tuesday. “If anything, this is a pro-Jewish group,” said the source, who spoke anonymously. Some Islamic centers, the source said, do raise security concerns for neighboring Jewish residents and beyond. “It really depends on the mosque,” the expert said. Nonetheless, Jews in Golders Green will have to get used to the unfamiliar and potentially disturbing, the expert said. That includes the annual Ashura march, when some men whip their own shirtless backs and chests until they bleed to mourn the death of the founder of the Shiite stream of Islam in the seventh century. “That and women in hijabs and burkas may be alarming to people in Golders Green, even though these sights pose no risk,” he said. Geoffrey Alderman, a historian and former member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, conducted his own inquiries into the center’s owner. They also led him to believe the group “should not be a concern from the Jewish point of view,” he told JTA. Alderman, who lives in the neighboring suburb of Hendon, said on a personal level that he “might be concerned if not anxious as to what is going on” inside the mosque if it were to open in his neighborhood. But “just as the Jewish community of London has the right to buy property and turn them into places of worship, so do other religious groups,” added Alderman, who does not oppose the new center. Hoffman, the blogger, said concerns about the Golders Green mosque reflect apprehension about broader changes in British society. Assimilation, internal immigration and emigration mean that Jewish minority has grown at the rate of 1.3 percent per decade, far smaller than that of British Muslims. (The Muslim population grew from 1.55 million in 2001 to 2.77 million a decade later, according to the Muslim Council of Britain.) “Society is changing, plenty of synagogues are no longer in use, [or] are changed over to a different use.

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tues - sAt 8Am - 4pm A Jewish man walks in London's Golders Green neighborhood, which is home to a large Jewish population, Sept. 23, 2015.

There is emigration, especially by Jews,” he said. “The Muslim population is growing and they will need more mosques. But building such a large mosque in that particular area is very controversial.” Marie van der Zyl, a vice president of the Board of Deputies, said in a statement Tuesday that her organization was “heartened” to hear in talks with leaders of the new Islamic center “about their commitment to opposing anti-Semitism and extremism.” While there are “legitimate concerns around planning,” the board “deplores the uninformed and prejudiced comments about this application, including from a small number of members of our own community,” read the statement. To Hoffman, the dismissal of concerns by communal leaders over the religious dimension of the new center shows the issue “divides the community’s leaders from the rest.” Ambrosine Yolanda Shitrit, a leader of the opposition to the Muslim center and a Golders Green activist for several right-wing Jewish causes, wrote Monday on Facebook that she is “concerned” for the safety of her daughter in Golders Green. “I don’t feel my so-called community can keep my family safe anymore. They’re not on our side,” she wrote. Ahmad Alkazemi, a spokesman for the Islamic center, said in a statement that his community “looks forward to playing our part in Golders Green’s diverse community, and we will always act as considerate neighbors and sincere friends towards the Jewish and other residents of this area.” The Hussainiyat Al-Rasool Al-Adham center “will never tolerate any form of hate speech on our premises, and we stand completely opposed to and will firmly address extremism, antisemitism and all forms of hatred through education and bridge building,” Alkazemi wrote. “We regard Jews and Christians alike as our friends.” Cnaan Liphshiz is JTA’s Europe correspondent.

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he has imposed on the territory to force Hamas’ capitulation, including crippling electricity cuts. At the same time, reconciliation just might force Hamas to moderate. According to a report last week in Haaretz, the group agreed not to carry out terror attacks or fire rockets against Israel as part of the deal. Dana El Kurd, a researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, wrote Monday in Foreign Affairs that the international backers of reconciliation seek to “neutralize Hamas’ power by weakening its popular support.” While El Kurd went on to argue that this would lead to more popular discontent and violence, Israel would likely welcome this development. Even if Israel would prefer to see Palestinian reconciliation fail on its merits, the government has diplomatic reasons to accommodate the process. Among the world leaders celebrating the deal are two of Israel’s most important strategic partners, Egypt and the United States. Under Egyptian President Abel Fattah-el Sisi, Jerusalem and Cairo have cooperated closely in recent years on shared regional security concerns, including Hamas. At the U.N. General Assembly last month in New York, Sisi coupled his first-ever meeting with Netanyahu with a call for Palestinian unity as a step toward peace with Israel. By opposing Sisi on reconciliation, Israel could put this progress at risk. When it comes to the United States, which has also thrown its weight behind reconciliation, Netanyahu has gone out of his way to ensure no daylight comes between him and President Donald Trump. The prime minister report-

edly warned top ministers in February against confronting Trump, explaining that the president’s personality must be taken “into account.” In many ways, the Trump administration has rewarded Netanyahu. Washington reportedly has asked Israel to limit settlement expansion, and settler leaders have complained of slower-thanpromised building in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. But U.S. officials have stayed relatively quiet as Israel has advanced such construction, including, as Netanyahu reportedly promised, outside the settlement blocs Israel expects to keep in any peace deal. Trump has also taken a position on Iran, Israel’s arch-nemesis, very much along the lines suggested by Netanyahu. On Monday, Trump reiterated his vow to pull the United States out of the Iran deal if Congress did not tighten its restrictions on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program — earning praise from the prime minister, who last month exhorted world leaders to “nix it or fix it.” Meanwhile, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has vociferously defended Israel in the international body, and on Oct. 12, the State Department announced the United States would pull out of UNESCO over its anti-Israel bias, prompting Israel to follow. In return for all this and more from the United States, Netanyahu may feel that abiding Palestinian reconciliation is a small price to pay — especially since he may simply have to wait for the process to collapse. The issues that have doomed numerous past attempts remain outstanding, most notably Abbas’ demands that Hamas disarm and bring its military wing under the command of the Palestinian Authority. Unpopular at home and under his own diplomatic pressure, Abbas may also be playing a waiting game.

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Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging “Jewish celebrations and services are important because they help the residents feel part of a larger community,” says Nanci Levy, community outreach director for Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging. “About 40 percent of our residents are Jewish, and having these celebrations keeps them connected to Judaism and to other people. It helps them to keep alive memories, create new memories, and to continue learning.” Some of the residents chant Torah blessings or take part in discussions at weekly Torah studies; many residents are inspired to learn more about Judaism. Levy says one woman, who will turn 103 next month, is still continuing her Jewish education. Handmaker holds services and provides festive meals for every major holiday, and for Shabbat there is a dinner and a service every Friday evening and a service every Saturday morning. Family members and friends of residents often come for Shabbat and holidays, and people from the greater Tucson area are welcome but should call ahead for details and space availability. Rabbis, cantors, families from local congregations,

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elebrating Shabbat and Jewish holidays brings the joy and comfort of tradition to residents of senior living communities. This can involve anything from a ride to synagogue to holding High Holiday services on site.

Carol Zuckert makes honey cake for Rosh Hashanah at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging.

students from Tucson Hebrew Academy, and other members of the community volunteer to give talks about holidays and Shabbat, help lead services, bring their musical talent or assist residents who attend the services. For Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Handmaker holds a full schedule of services and special meals. This year, High Holiday services were led by attorney Mel Cohen and composer and University of Arizona professor Dan Asia, who also lead Shabbat services. About 55 people attended High Holiday services, with about half of the attendees residents and the rest from the community, says Levy. “Sometimes non-Jewish residents come for the services and other celebrations.” says Levy. “There was one resident who kept coming to holiday services and

celebrations and then converted to Judaism.” About once a month, Levy bakes with the residents, and this often coincides with the holidays. Usually around a dozen residents participate in the baking. Levy says the residents enjoy measuring and mixing ingredients and rolling and braiding dough for challah, especially since most of them have not baked in a long time. This year, Levy and the residents made honey cake for Rosh Hashanah. Levy makes latkes for Hanukkah, and says the residents “love the sight, the smell and eating the latkes.” They also make hamantaschen for Purim, which they share with members of Congregation Chaverim at Handmaker’s Purim party. Every year Handmaker’s commercial kitchen is made completely kosher for Passover. There are first and second night

seders attended by residents, their family members, friends, and others from the community. Handmaker also holds services at the beginning and at the end of Passover. “The staff at Handmaker are very respectful and are fascinated to learn about Judaism,” says Levy. “Before each holiday I send out an email with descriptions of the holiday and traditional greetings so the staff can connect with the residents.” “The residents are always very appreciative of all we do for them,” says Levy. “They take part in the services and consider Handmaker their shul.” Starfish Care Homes “We are delighted to accommodate our Jewish residents,” says Ben Silverman. He and his wife, Kris, own Starfish Care Homes. They have four care homes with 10 residents each, and Silverman says there are usually two or three Jewish residents per home. “The residents appreciate anything that we can do for them, and we welcome the Jewish traditions that our residents want to maintain,” says Silverman. “It depends on the person, the level of engagement with Judaism and the involvement of their families.” The biggest celebration at Starfish is the Passover seder. Over the past several years, the Silvermans have hosted or facilitated first night seders for residents and their family members at their own home, at one of the care homes and at a Starfish resident’s family’s home. The seders included reading the Haggadah, traditional food and songs. See Connected, page 14

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CONNECTED Upon request, staff at Starfish homes will help residents light Friday night candles, and Silverman says Kris has baked challah for Shabbat, which inspired one of their caregivers to learn to bake challah. Caregivers are educated about the meaning of Jewish holidays and how they will be celebrated at Starfish, such as decorating for Hanukkah and lighting the menorah. Silverman says the residents usually spend the High Holidays at the homes of family members. Rabbis also come to visit with the residents. “We will take a resident to services for Shabbat,” says Silverman. “We had one resident who still sang in the choir at her synagogue.” They also have helped residents with transportation to the Tucson International Jewish Film Festival and to talks on Jewish topics. “We do what we can for each resident,” says Silverman. “Helping people keep Jewish traditions and celebrating holidays enables us to become closer with our Jewish residents and their families.” The Fountains at La Cholla “I have a great passion for enabling the residents to celebrate Shabbat and the holidays,” says Abbie Stone, community life director at The Fountains at La Cholla. Stone organizes celebrations for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover and a monthly Shabbat service. About 18 to 22 percent of the residents at the Fountains are Jewish. For the past three years, Jewish residents have been able to attend High Holidays services shown on a “smart” television through live streaming broadcasts from Temple Emanu-El. Stone says residents also were served special meals for the the High Holidays. Prior to Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Thomas Louchheim of Congregation Or Chadash gave a talk to the residents about the holiday. The event was sweetened with refreshments of apples, honey, honey cake, challah, and wine. “Right now we do a Shabbat service one Friday night a month, but I would love to expand this to every Friday,” says Stone. “We also encourage family members and members of the community to come for Shabbat.” Currently, a hospice chaplain leads the service, although Stone would like to have a congregation bring their members to The Fountains once a month to conduct the service. They also light candles and have challah and wine. “The residents here are very participatory and read parts of the service,” Stone says. “For Shabbat services we sit around a big table and face each other, and the residents really like this because it makes them feel like a family. They have often told me how pleasant it is to have such a strong sense of Judaism here.”

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Rabbi Thomas Louchheim of Congregation Or Chadash speaks at The Fountains at La Cholla in advance of Rosh Hashanah.

For Hanukkah there is a concert of Jewish music and the lighting of menorahs — many residents bring their own menorahs to share in the celebration. On Shabbat during Hanukkah residents are served a meal with latkes, sour cream, applesauce, and sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts). Cantor Janece Cohen of Or Chadash led this year’s seder, attended by 65 people including residents and family members. The seder is open to members of the Tucson community if space is available, and Stone says non-Jewish residents also attend the seder. “One of our residents, Bernie Greenapple, davens like a hazzan (cantor) and opened the seder,” Stone says. “The seder is an intergenerational experience. My daughter who is 21 came to the seder, and some of the residents’ grandchildren participated as well. To me this is an illustration of what Passover is all about.” “We have a life-long learning program, and when I teach a class about Jewish holidays, I ask the residents to share what is meaningful to them and how they celebrated with their families,” says Stone. She adds that non-Jewish residents also attend these classes and have told her they enjoy learning about Jewish traditions and customs. Although people from the greater Tucson community volunteer to help with holidays, Shabbat or teaching a class, residents who call The Fountains home are always willing to help. “There are many ways to contribute and we all have a basic need as humans to make a difference,” says Stone. “And that does not cease if our lifestyle changes and we move into a retirement community.” This is part one of a series on celebrating Judaism in retirement communities. Additional communities will be profiled in the Feb. 9, 2018 Senior Lifestyle section.

Korene Charnofsky Cohen is a freelance writer and editor in Tucson.

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f Irving I. Silverman had not been born legally blind 97 years ago, he probably wouldn’t be making news today. Silverman recently published “Aging Wisely … Wisdom of Our Elders,” a nearly 500-page anthology of essays by more than 75 seniors and experts in aging. This is just the latest in a series of accomplishments by a man who managed a major trade association publication; founded the annual Kosher Food and Jewish Life Expo; headed up the New York region of United Synagogue, the governing body of the Conservative movement; transformed a Maine lighthouse into a synagogue/wedding chapel; and collected a million pieces of wood type. Oh, he’s also the godfather to a giraffe. What if he had been born without a handicap? “That’s probably the most important question that relates to who I am,” Silverman said. “I don’t think I would have achieved as much as I have achieved if I wasn’t handicapped. I was trying to prove something.” Released in June by Jones & Bartlett Learning of Burlington, Massachusetts, “Aging Wisely” combines personal stories with professional insights. It ranges from practical information about managing money and the biology of aging to poignant accounts of confronting disease and a sudden divorce or death. The book’s audience includes college students preparing for the health professions, seniors navigating their

Irving Silverman, left, and George Youngerman at Maya Levy’s bat mitzvah celebration in Tucson on Feb. 15, 2014.

later years, and adult children seeking to better understand and relate to their aging parents. Silverman, who for many years divided his time between homes in Tucson and Maine, co-authored the book with his daughter, Ellen Beth Siegel, a clinical psychologist and a teaching associate at Harvard Medical School. Many of the personal essays are by residents of NewBridge on the Charles, a Boston-area retirement community where Silverman now lives. Among them are a former deputy superintendent of Newton, Massachussetts, schools, a Harvard biophysicist, and a published novelist. “You’re getting a strong perspective on not only the

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Irving Silverman feeds a giraffe at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson in 2014.

saw to it that he was enrolled in a regular high school the next day. While he befriended a close band of protectors, he also encountered anti-Semitic bullies. They called him “cock-eye Irving,” he recalled, barking out an imitation of their taunts. And they beat him up. “In one month, they broke my glasses three times,” he said. After graduating from City College, Silverman went on to a 45-year career selling ads and managing the business side of the National Knitwear Association’s magazine. At 65, he embarked on a second career, launching an annual expo in New York and other cities for makers of kosher food and other Jewish-themed products. Meanwhile, he was widowed twice, the first time at age 36 when he was left to care for then 9-year-old Ellen and her 5-year-old brother, Bill. Living in Long Island, New York, he helped the fledgling Parents Without Partners get off the ground and fell in love with the woman who drove him to meetings. They wed, and he raised her two daughters like his own children. The marriage lasted 43 years. At 92, Silverman moved to NewBridge, where he founded a nonagenarian club and quickly led a fundraising drive to install a wireless audio system in the auditorium that loops into residents’ hearing aids. At 95, he began work on what would become “Aging

Wisely.” “I just thought this was going to be a project that was going to keep him busy,” said Siegel. At the suggestion of a fellow resident (one of many published authors at NewBridge), Silverman sent his book to Jones & Bartlett Learning. Esperti initially turned him down, suggesting that he self-publish. That didn’t stop him. “I have been in this business for 30 years and have never run into an author as persistent as Irving,” she said. Esperti agreed to send the manuscript out for comment. The response: It should be expanded to include the voices of more diverse elders and those of authorities in aging. After much back and forth, Silverman agreed. His daughter tapped her extensive network of experts to solicit submissions from all over the country. “Ellen is really the glue that held it all together,” Esperti said. “She was the one who logistically had to manage all of it and edit all of the project. But the brainchild was Irving’s.” In one of the 15 chapters he contributed, Silverman describes how he enriched his life through hobbies. His apartment at NewBridge is filled with themed collectibles: Judaica (including an eye chart in Hebrew), African masks, lighthouses, and giraffes. He helps support a real giraffe named for his first wife, Henrietta; if she has a baby, he hopes the name will be Nancy, after his second wife. “Aging Wisely” is available in paperback and as an e-book through online booksellers. Silverman says he will donate his proceeds to charity. He’s already thinking about his next project — how to live as a widowed person — and was thrilled to learn that the Perkins School for the Blind plans to record “Aging Wisely” as an audiobook for patrons of libraries for the visually impaired. “I’ve received books on tape for 50 years,” he said. “I now have been privileged to be a contributor to the program instead of just a recipient.” This article first appeared in the Boston Globe. Steve Maas can be reached at stevenmaas@comcast.net.

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OBITUARY Civil rights lawyer Ed Morgan left mark on Tucson KAYE PATCHETT Special to the AJP

ike many Jews, eminent local civil rights lawyer W. Edward “Ed” Morgan, who died in Tucson Sept. 20, 2017, at age 94, deeply valued Jewish learning — but the knowledge that changed his life emerged only in his late 50s, when he first learned from his aging mother that he was Jewish. Raised as an Episcopalian, he began studying Judaism, and soon amassed a personal library of prominent Jewish writings, ultimately becoming a bar mitzvah at Temple Emanu-El at age 84. Born Jan. 25, 1923, in New York City, Morgan moved to Tucson in 1935 with his mother, Mae Morgan. Due to a childhood disability, he spent long periods in children’s orthopedic hospitals. He wore leg braces and suffered from respiratory problems. Whether due to Southern Arizona’s climate or medical intervention, after six months, his respiration was normal and he no longer needed braces. Upon entering Safford Elementary School, he encountered racism for the first time. The school was located across the street from the Morgans’ home, but he and his mother were told it was for Mexican Americans, and the school district tried to steer him toward Mansfeld, a school for Anglos. His mother insisted he stay at Safford, and Morgan gained an insider’s view of discrimination and a lifelong passion for fairness and equality. He attended Roskruge Junior High and Tucson High School, graduating from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1945. As a university student, he risked being ejected from the UA by objecting to segregated dormitories, and trying to organize an interracial dorm off campus. From the beginning, Morgan’s law practice focused on protecting individual and civil rights. Sometimes working pro bono, he represented people in criminal cases and cases involving public employee rights, laborers and labor unions, immigrant rights, blacklisted individuals, Selective Service draftees, and military personnel. He represented the NAACP when Tucson District 1 (TUSD) integrated the public schools in 1951, and, during the 1960s, as a committed opponent of the death penalty, represented each of the 14 men on Arizona’s death row. In 1964, he twice went to the South as part of the Mississippi Summer Project, representing African Americans who were fighting for the right to vote. During that early period, he met Barbara Elfbrandt, who would much later, in 1999, become his second wife. “My first husband and I came here in 1957,” says Elfbrandt. “We met Ed very shortly after that. I guess you could call us all activists. Every time there was some kind of good cause, I would see Ed. There was a peace march, [part of an effort] to desegregate motels and hotels, and we were all involved.” In 1961, Elfbrandt was a first-year teacher in Amphitheater School District. As a Quaker, she refused to sign Arizona’s new loyalty oath, which required all public employees to affirm they had never been communists or connected with left-wing organizations. She and her husband had discussed the revised oath previously with Morgan at activist meetings. “He said it was unconstitutional and he would be willing to take a suit,” she says.

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Morgan took the case, Elfbrandt v. Russell, to the U.S. Supreme Court, resulting in a landmark decision that became his most well-known legal victory. In the same year, 1966, Morgan won another Supreme Court case, Westbrook v. Arizona, in which a murder conviction was overturned on the grounds that the defendant, who had waived his constitutional right to assistance of counsel, had never received a hearing to determine his competence. Following her lawsuit, Elfbrandt left teaching and attended the UA College of Law, graduating in 1971. She and her husband worked with Morgan on other civil rights issues, including a free draft counseling service they organized from his office during the Vietnam era. “His practice was quite extraordinary,” says Elfbrandt. “He was active before there were such things as legal aid and a public defender’s office. His office was almost like a public defender’s office. When he came here, Tucson had only 40,000 people. He knew everybody on all levels of society. He learned Spanish, and had a lot of clients from all walks of life. His whole practice was based on the principle of justice, and he would pay almost any price for that.” In 1976, Morgan became city magistrate, serving until 1978, and Elfbrandt and fellow lawyer Neil Miller took over his law practice. Morgan later became a faculty member and chair of the faculty of Antioch Law School, Washington, D.C., then practiced immigration law after the college closed. He also served as an Assistant Attorney General for Arizona in the civil rights division. In the course of his career, he was honored by many civic and civil rights organizations, including the National Lawyers Guild, the Arizona Civil Liberties Union, the Jefferson Awards Foundation, The Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, and a lifetime achievement award from the UA law school in 2015. Morgan returned to Tucson in 1992, some 20 years after his mother had shared with him the fact that he was born a Jew. During that time, he had studied many Jewish authors and texts, and finally made the decision to return to his roots. His commitment to the Episcopal church had been extensive. He was a vestryman at Tucson’s St. Michael and All Angels for many years. “He was a very fine person,” says Tony Tselentis, who served with Morgan on the vestry at St. Michael’s. The congregation wished Morgan well when he embraced Judaism, he remembers. “I was happy for him, because he was so happy.” It was a time of personal changes for Morgan, as he See Morgan, page 23

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Shirley Lipsey Shirley Jean Lipsey, 90, died Sept. 30, 2017. Mrs. Lipsey was born in Omaha, Nebraska. She was a graduate of Omaha Central High School and attended UCLA and University of Omaha. She married James L. Lipsey in Omaha in 1947. In Omaha, she was a pioneer in the development of the Head Start education program and served as a Head Start teacher in the inner city. She was instrumental in the formation of the Panel of American Women in Omaha and served as a panelist for several years. She also served on the Omaha Human Relations Board Citizens Advisory Committee on Education. She participated in the Wednesdays in Mississippi civil rights program and demonstrated her commitment to desegregation by working in Mississippi, at great personal risk, in 1965. She was a member of the board of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, Beth El Synagogue, and Temple Israel. In

1975, she and her husband retired to Tucson, where she was a member of Temple EmanuEl, Congregation Or Chadash, the National Council of Jewish Women, and the Saguaro Horsemen’s Association. She supported Tucson Centers for Women and Children and its successor, Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse. Mrs. Lipsey was predeceased by her husband, James Lipsey. Survivors include her sons, Robert Lipsey of Flagstaff, Arizona, and Joseph (Heather) Lipsey of Tucson; daughter, Sally Scott of Tucson; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A celebration of life will be held Friday, Oct. 20, 3:30 p.m. at The Forum, 2500 N. Rosemont Blvd. Memorial contributions may be made to Planned Parenthood.

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other bar mitzvah preparation classes with enthusiasm, despite having suffered a minor stroke, which Elfbrandt says left him with some speech and swallowing impairment. “He was a really inspiring guy. We met at Temple and both went to Torah study together,” says Temple EmanuEl member Andy Iventosch, who became a bar mitzvah in 2002. “He was very well-studied; he knew art, culture and literature. When he led Torah study, he would come in with a box of books and his dog, Pepper. His focus was the poor widow, orphan and stranger. It was absolutely consistent with who he was. He was really an activist in Tucson, and the generosity he extended to people who needed his help extended to everyday life. He lived the whole life.” Morgan suffered a major stroke in 2006. Afterward, Elfbrandt says, “I’d take him over to the temple once in a while. He was faithful to Judaism till he died.” Morgan is survived by his children, Katharine Gregg Morgan of Callahan, Florida; Bruce Morgan and Aaron Desmond Morgan of Tucson; and Paul Morgan of Kuna, Idaho; and his second wife, Barbara Elfbrandt. Arrangements were made by Adair Funeral Homes, Dodge Chapel and Temple Emanu-El. Donations may be made to Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona, Samaritans, Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse, or Scholarship Fund for the A Mountain Community Association. There will be a celebration of Morgan’s life Saturday, Nov. 25, 2-4 p.m. at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 1201 E. Speedway Blvd.

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became increasingly absorbed in his Judaic studies. He and Elfbrandt, widowed since 1982, reconnected, and eventually married in 1999. Morgan and his first wife, Eve, had separated in 1974; she died in 1994. Elfbrandt, still a Quaker, supported Morgan’s exploration of Judaism. “Ed was quite an intellectual,” she says. “I think that Judaism was part of his heritage — I also think it was an intellectual challenge. I think that aspect of it appealed to him.” He knew and admired the late Rabbi Joseph Weizenbaum, formerly of Temple Emanu-El, and became a member of the congregation, entering into preparation for his bar mitzvah with characteristic zeal. “Ed was kind of bigger than life,” says John Peck, a former senior vice president of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. His decades-long friendship with Morgan began when Peck was 18. “He was my draft counselor,” he says. “He was one of those figures in your life that’s ineradicable. He’s just there. He was hugely intelligent; highly ebullient – almost an Orson Welles character. He was fascinated by everything, and intensely loyal.” Peck says he wasn’t surprised by Morgan’s late-life return to Judaism. “Ed was always a very thoughtful, questioning man,” he says. “He took things seriously. He had a great sense of humor, but something as fundamental and core as spiritual belief is something he would research and think about a lot.” In his 80s, Morgan approached Hebrew and many

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The calendar deadline is Tuesday, 10 days before the issue date. Our next issue will be published November 3, 2017. Events may be emailed to localnews@azjewishpost.com, faxed to 319-1118, or mailed to the AJP at 3718 E. River Road, #272, Tucson, AZ 85718. For more information, call 319-1112. See Area Congregations on page 9 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. Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley bagel breakfast and Yiddish club, first Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Members, $7; nonmembers, $10. 648-6690 or 399-3474. Women's Academy of Jewish Studies “Women's 40-Day Program,” at Cong. Chofetz Chayim. Free weekly 45-minute class designed to help like-minded women increase their levels of awareness in relation to G-d. Newcomers welcome. Meets most Sundays, 10:30 a.m. Contact Esther Becker at 591-7680 or ewbecker@me.com.

Cong. Anshei Israel mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon. All levels, men and women. Contact Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com.

days, noon-3 p.m., year round. Drop-ins welcome. Meets in library on second floor. 2993000.

Tucson J current events discussion, Mondays, noon-1:30 p.m. Members, $1; nonmembers, $2. Lunch, bring or buy, 11:30 a.m. 2993000, ext. 147.

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.

Cong. Or Chadash Mondays with the Rabbi, with Rabbi Thomas Louchheim. Mondays, noon-1:30 p.m. Bring a bag lunch. This year's topic: “Judaism's Departure from the Bible to Influence Contemporary Life.” 512-8500. Cong. Bet Shalom yoga. Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $5. 577-1171. Jewish sobriety support group meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. at Cong. Bet Shalom. dcmack1952@gmail.com.

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.

“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.

Cong. Or Chadash Tots Program in the Northwest, for ages 3-5, with storytelling, music, crafts. Sundays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. at Jewish Federation Northwest, 190 W. Magee Road. Call Rina Liebeskind at 900-7030.

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.

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

JFCS Holocaust Survivors group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300.

Jewish Federation-Northwest chair yoga with a Jewish flair taught by Bonnie Golden. Mondays, 10-11 a.m., except for Dec. 25. $7 per class or $25 for four. 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org.

Friday / October 20 11:30 AM: Jewish History Museum gallery chat, “City of Refuge, City of Removal” with Zahraa Jabaar, an Iraqi refugee, and Fernando Najera, student-researcher for the MyLife Tucson project. Free. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073. 5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Family Shabbat Experience service and dinner. Dinner at 7 p.m., followed by open lounge with games in the Linda Roy Youth Center. Dinner: $25 per member family (2 adults and up to 4 children); nonmember family, $30; adults (ages 13+), $10 per person. Call 7455550 for space availability. 6 PM: Temple Emanu-El Northwest Shabbat dinner and service with Rabbi Batsheva Appel and soloist Lindsey O’Shea, 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 Family Shabbat service, for all families with kids in third-eighth grade. 512-8500. 6:30-7:30 PM: Cong. Chaverim Shabbat Under the Stars, with Rabbi Stephanie Aaron, at Grassy

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Jewish Federation-Northwest mah jongg, Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., except for Oct. 24 and Nov. 14. Also meets Wednesdays, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., 505-4161. Cong. Anshei Israel Talmud on Tuesday with Rabbi Robert Eisen resumes Oct. 17. Meets 6 p.m. 745-5550. Weintraub Israel Center Shirat HaShirim Hebrew choir meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m., at the Tucson J. Learn to sing in Hebrew. Contact Rina Paz at 304-7943 or ericashem@cox.net. Tucson J Israeli 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. 2993000. Shalom Tucson business networking group, second Wednesday of month, 7:30-9 a.m., at the Tucson J. Contact Ori Parnaby at 299-3000, ext. 241, or concierge@jewishtucson.org.

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

Cong. Anshei Israel gentle chair yoga with Lois Graham, Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Members of Women’s League, $6 per class; nonmembers, $8 per class. Contact Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com.

Tucson J social bridge. Tuesdays and Thurs-

Chabad of Sierra Vista women’s class

Park, Copper Queen Plaza, Bisbee. Bring a chair and a blanket. 320-1015.

and Kurn Religious School: Noah's Animals at TRAK Ranch. Visit with farm animals and enjoy an activity-filled morning for the whole family. Parents must drive their own children. Closedtoed shoes required. $8 per child. Contact Meg at 359-3161 or megrknight@yahoo.com.

9:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Downtown Shabbat at Jewish History Museum, 564 S. Stone Ave., with the Armon Bizman band, Rabbi Batsheva Appel and soloist Lindsey O'Shea. 327-4501.

Saturday / October 21 4:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Havdallah Wandering Jews/Babies and Bagels Hike, with Rabbi Batsheva Appel, at Sabino Canyon. Stroller accessible 1-mile hike to picnic area. Bring a flashlight and picnic dinner or snacks. Meet at the Visitors’ Center. RSVP at 327-4501.

Sunday / October 22 9-10 AM: Temple Emanu-El intermediate prayerbook Hebrew, with cantorial soloist Marjorie Hochberg. $55, members; $70, nonmembers. Ends Dec. 10. Register at 327-4501. 9:15 AM: Jewish War Veterans FriedmanPaul Post 201 breakfast meeting at B'nai B'rith Covenant House, 4414 E. 2nd St. $4. Contact Honey Manson at 529-1830. 10 AM: Temple Emanu-El Babies and Bagels

10:05-11:05 AM: Temple Emanu-El Beginning Prayerbook Hebrew, with cantorial soloist Marjorie Hochberg. $55, members; $70, nonmembers. Ends Dec. 10. Register at 327-4501. 11 AM-12:30 PM: Jewish Family & Children's Services of Southern Arizona “Shalom in Every Home” two-part healthy family lecture series. Adena Bank Lees, LCSW, presents “Building and Strengthening Meaningful Connections with Those You Love,” at Tucson J library. Continues Oct. 29, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. RSVP to Andrea Siemens at 795-0300, ext. 2365. Seating is limited. 1-2:15 PM: Temple Emanu-El Beginning Modern Hebrew class, with Abby Limmer. Session 1 ends Dec. 10. Session II starts Jan. 14. Session I: $55, members; $70, nonmembers; Session II: $105, members; $125, nonmembers. Both sessions: $140, members; $180, nonmembers. To register, call 327-4501.

with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, last Wednesdays, 2p.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. Chabad of Oro Valley adult education class, Jewish learning with Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman. Wednesdays at 7 p.m., at 1217 W. Faldo Drive. 477-8672 or jewishorovalley.com. Jewish mothers/grandmothers special needs support group for those with children/ grandchildren, young or adult, with special needs, third Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. at Tucson J. Contact Joyce Stuehringer at 299-5920. Tucson J canasta group. Players wanted. Thursdays, noon. Instruction available and a beginners’ table every week. Call 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. Beth Shalom Temple Center art exhibit, “The Gathering of Three Cultures,” through Oct. 25. 648-6690. Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center art exhibit, “Invisibility and Resistance: Violence Against LGBTQIA+ People,” 564 S. Stone Ave., through May 31, 2018. Wed., Thur., Sat. and Sun., 1-5 p.m.; Fridays, noon-3 p.m. 670-9073 or jewishhistorymuseum.org. Tucson Jewish Community Center art exhibit, “Arizona Portraits” by Moira Marti Geoffrion, through Nov. 29. Artists reception, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2-4 p.m. 299-3000. 2-4 PM: Temple Emanu-El Sunday Salon: Poetry-Go-Round, with Richard Brodesky, Ph.D. Bring a favorite poem by a Jewish author, about Jewish culture, or your own composition to share and discuss. RSVP at 327-4501. 2:30-4 PM: Temple Emanu-El Intermediate Biblical Hebrew class, with Abby Limmer. For prices or to register call 327-4501.

Monday / October 23 NOON-1:30 PM: Jewish Federation-Northwest Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Robert Eisen of Cong. Anshei Israel, “Wired to G-d: Modern Technology and Jewish Life.” Dairy lunch, $8. RSVP at 505-4161. 1:30-3 PM: Hadassah Southern Arizona book club east discusses “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly, at the River/Craycroft Pima County Library. Contact Maxine Murray at 885-5800. 5-6:30 PM: Jewish Federation-Northwest and Hadassah Southern Arizona book club discusses “Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West,” by Dorothy Wickenden. Contact Sandra Reino at 742-3522. 6-7:30 PM: Jewish History Museum “City of Refuge, City of Removal” community con-

versation with participants in MyLife Tucson city-wide project. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073 or jewishhistorymuseum.org. 7 PM: Jewish History Museum Integral Jewish Meditation workshop, with Brian SchachterBrooks, 564 S. Stone Ave. Free. 670-9073 or jewishhistorymuseum.org. 7-9 PM: Tucson Tikkun Community presents “Histories of Memories: The Relationship Between History (the Study of the Past) and Memory (How We Remember and Forget About the Past, Including History),” with Susan A. Crane, associate professor of history, University of Arizona, at Tucson City Council Ward 6 office, 3202 E. 1st Street. Contact Michael Zaccaria at zaccarim@comcast.net.

TUESDAY / OCTOBER 24 11AM-NOON: Jewish History Museum/5 Points Market present “For You Too Were Strangers,” part two of a three-part program exploring U.S. immigration issues, at the museum, 564 S. Stone Ave. Representatives from Scholarships A-Z present on their work providing resources and scholarships regardless of immigration status. 5 Points Market donates 100% of lunch profits, Tuesdays through Nov. 14, to Scholarships A-Z. 670-9073 or jewishhistorymuseum.org. 4 PM: Jewish History Museum presents “Jewish-Muslim Relations in Bosnia: Holocaust, Bosnian Genocide, and the Present” with Elijas Tauber, Ph.D., at 564 S. Stone Ave. Co-sponsored by JFSA and University of Arizona departments. Free. 6709073 or jewishhistorymuseum.org. 5:30 PM: REAP (Real Estate and Allied Professionals) networking and dinner, at the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road. Building tours and hosted cocktails, followed by dinner at 6:15 p.m., with guest speakers David Goldstein, Deanna Evenchik, George Larsen, Mitch Pozez, Lex Sears, Tom Warne and Mel Zuckerman. REAP members, free; nonmembers, $50. RSVP to Karen Graham at 577-9393, ext. 8469 or kgraham@jfsa.org.

WEDNESDAY / OCTOBER 25 10 AM: Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging lecture, “Memory and Remembering in Judaism,” with Rabbi Avraham Alpert of Cong. Bet Shalom. RSVP to Nanci Levy at 322-3632 or nlevy@handmaker.org. 1:30-3 PM: Temple Emanu-El class, “The World of Isaac Bashevis Singer,” with Richard Brodesky, Ph.D. Continues Nov. 1 and 8, culminating in a movie, “The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer,” on Sunday, Nov. 12. Required texts: “The Short Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer” and “The Slave.” $55, members; $70, nonmembers. Movie only: $5. Call 327-4501. 7-8:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El class, “Arab-Israeli Conflict I: 1881 Through the Establishment of the State,” with Gil Ribak, Ph.D. Continues Nov. 1 and 8. $55, members; $70, nonmembers. Register at 327-4501.

THURSDAY / OCTOBER 26 7-9 PM: Mega Challah Bake sponsored by Chabad Tucson, the Tucson J and local

congregations and organizations, at the J. $25 single ticket includes apron, ingredients and buffet. $225 table host includes 9 tickets and table photo. RSVP at megachallahtucson.com.

FRIDAY / OCTOBER 27 5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Shabbat Under the Stars, on the Rabbi Oleisky Courtyard patio. 745-5550 or caiaz.org. 6:30 PM: Cong. Or Chadash Sisterhood Pink Shabbat service, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, honors survivors and remembers those who have lost the battle. 512-8500.

SATURDAY / OCTOBER 28 1:30-3:30 PM: Secular Humanist Jewish Circle presents “Who's a Jew? Intermarriage and the Future of Judaism,” moderated by Paul Golin, executive director, Society for Humanistic Judaism, at Murphy-Wilmot library, 530 N. Wilmot Road. Bring a snack to share. RSVP to Susan at 577-7718 or srubinaz@comcast.net. 5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Havdallah Happening; includes socializing, Shabbat story and light meal, followed by an orientation to the Havdallah rituals, prior to service at 7:20 p.m. Geared toward children ages 3 to third grade. Call Rabbi Ruven Barkan at 745-5550, ext. 227.

SUNDAY / OCTOBER 29 NOON: Jewish History Museum fall fundraising brunch, “You've Got to Be Carefully Taught,” honoring Holocaust education pioneer Ray Davies, with guest speaker Richard Hanson. Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort, 5501 N. Hacienda del Sol Road. $95. Register at jewishhistorymuseum.org. For information, call 670-9073. 4 PM: Cong. Or Chadash L’Dor Vador, “Secrets of Tracing Your Family History.” Steve Schuldenfrei presents a “How-to” on Jewish genealogy. Potluck dinner follows. Bring a family favorite or something from your ancestral country. RSVP by Oct. 20 at 512-8500. 7-8:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El concert of Leonard Bernstein's music. $18 members, $21 nonmembers. RSVP at 327-4501 or visit tetucson.org.

MONDAY / OCTOBER 30 1 PM: Jewish Family & Children's Services book reading, “To Tell Our Stories: Holocaust Survivors of Southern Arizona.” Survivors read excerpts of their stories, at the Dusenberry-River Library, 5605 E. River Rd. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300, ext. 2214 or rmoroz@jfcstucson.org.

THURSDAY / NOVEMBER 2 10-11:30 AM: Jewish Federation-Northwest Kibbitz and Schmear, at 190 W. Magee, #162. Free. 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org. 11:45 AM-1 PM: Temple Emanu-El class, The Zohar, Soul-Text of the Kabbalah, Session II. Ends Dec. 14. Members, $55; nonmembers, $70. Register at 327-4501.

FRIDAY / NOVEMBER 3 11:30 AM: Jewish History Museum Gallery Chat. Free. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073. 5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Tot Shabbat and family Shabbat dinner. $25 per family (2 adults and up to 4 children) Adults (ages 13+) $10 per person. RSVP by Oct. 30 to Kim at 745-5550, ext. 224, or visit caiaz.org.

SATURDAY / NOVEMBER 4 NOON: Cong. Anshei Israel “Read It & Meet” book discussion on “Lucky Broken Girl” by Ruth Behar. Contact Helen Rib at 299-0340 or helenrib@yahoo.com. 6:45 PM: Cong. Bet Shalom Gala celebrating

the ordination of Rabbi Avraham Alpert at the Tucson J. Dinner, cocktails and entertainment. $125. RSVP at 577-1171.

SUNDAY / NOVEMBER 5 9 AM-3 PM: JFCS 13th Annual CHAI Circle Retreat: Rabbi and author Naomi Levy, founder and leader of NASHUVA, a Jewish spiritual outreach movement, presents “Judaism and Soul, Healing, Meditation and Prayer,” at Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch Resort. Light breakfast and lunch included. Free. RSVP by October 20 to Andrea Siemens, at 795-0300, ext. 2365 or asiemens@jfcstucson.org. NOON: Cong. Anshei Israel Mishpacha (family) program: “Create a Piece of Peace.” Paint ceramic tiles to be mounted on the “Path to Peace” border wall between Israel and Gaza. Includes lunch. Free; RSVP by Nov. 1 to Nichole Chorny at 745-5550, ext. 228 or cantorialsoloist@caiz.org. 5:30 PM: Tucson Hebrew Academy 2017 Tikkun Olam Celebration honoring Danny and Janis Gasch. Begins with cocktails, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. Single ticket, $150; couple, $250. RSVP at thaaz.org or call 529-3888.

UPCOMING TUESDAY / NOVEMBER 7

10-11:30 AM: Southwest Torah Institute/Cong. Chofetz Chayim class for men and women, “Soul Purpose,” with Rabbi Israel Becker. $290. Meets Tuesdays at Chofetz Chayim. Register at tucsontorah.org/class-information or call 747-7780.

WEDNESDAY / NOVEMBER 8

11:45 AM: Women’s League paid-up membership lunch, to thank gift shop volunteers and women of CAI’s administrative staff. Current and prospective members, friends and family welcome. Lunch at noon, following check-in. Paidup WL members, gift shop volunteers and female CAI staff, free. Guests, $10. RSVP by Nov. 3 to Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com. 6:45 PM: Cong. Chaverim book club discusses “Mischling” by Affinity Konar. 320-1015.

THURSDAY / NOVEMBER 9

10-11:30 AM: Southwest Torah Institute/Cong. Chofetz Chayim class for women, “Live Life Better,” with Esther Becker $290. Register at tucsontorah.org/class-information or call 747-7780.

FRIDAY / NOVEMBER 10

6:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Shabbat dinner with scholar-in-residence Hartley Lachter, Ph.D., associate professor of religious studies and Philip and Muriel Berman Chair in Jewish Studies at Lehigh University, "Spreading Kabbalah: The Surprisingly Public Story of the Secret Jewish Tradition." Preceded by Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat service at 5:45 p.m. Dinner: Members, $18; children, $12. Guests, $22; children, $15. RSVP by Nov. 3 to 745-5550 or caiaz.org.

SATURDAY/ NOVEMBER 11

9 AM: Cong. Anshei Israel Shabbat service with scholar-in-residence Hartley Lachter, Ph.D., presenting the D'var Torah, “Destiny at the Well: Finding Rebekah and Fulfilling the Covenant.” 745-5550. 3:30 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel scholar-in-residence Hartley Lachter, Ph.D., presents “Joyous Words from Sinai: Readings from the Zohar on the Weekly Parsha.” Mincha follows at 4:30 p.m., and Seudah Shlesheet (Third Meal), Ma'ariv and Havdallah. 745-5550.

TUESDAY / OCTOBER 31 10-11:30 AM: Chabad Oro Valley presents sixweek class, “Great Debates in Jewish History.” $99 includes textbook. Attend first class free with no obligation. Golder Ranch Fire Dept., 355 E. Linda Vista Blvd. Register at jewishorovalley.com or call 477-8672.

WEDNESDAY / NOVEMBER 1 7-8:30 PM: Chabad Tucson/Tucson J present six-week class, “Great Debates in Jewish History,” at the J. $99 includes textbook. Register at chabadtucson.com or call the J at 299-3000. October 20, 2017, ARIZONA JEWISH POST

IN FOCUS JFSA thanks building donors with gala

Adopt-A-Park honors Tucson J’s Taglit group

Some 250 donors to the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s capital campaign attended a gala on Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, the new home of the Federation and the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona.

The Taglit group gathers in the Jewish Heritage Center at the Tucson J.

The Tucson Jewish Community Center’s Special Needs Taglit group was honored by the Adopt-A-Park program at a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 29 at the Tucson J. For more than a year, Taglit members have volunteered to remove litter and report maintenance needs at Rio Vista Natural Resources Park through the Tucson Clean & Beautiful AdoptA-Park and Public Areas Program.

Deanna Evenchik and JFSA President and CEO Stuart Mellan raise a glass in celebration of the new Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy at the Oct. 1 gala.

Guests arrive in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Grand Foyer of the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy for the Oct. 1 gala. Above them is a glass, aluminum, steel and acrylic art installation, “Infinite Possibilities” by Art Neptune and Zak Timan. On the balcony is a bronze sculpture by David Unger, “My Beloved,” donated by Kathy and David Unger. The wooden ceiling designed by CDG architect Frank Mascia, with its “welcoming tent” shape, was inspired by the documentary “Raise the Roof” about the reconstruction of the roof of a lost wooden synagogue in Poland.

CJ Fitzpatrick shows off the plaque presented to the Taglit group.

The “Next 70 Tribute Wall” in the foyer of the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy acknowledges donors to the capital campaign for the building.

Stone Avenue Block Party rocks Approximately 1,000 Tucsonans of all ages turned out for the third annual Stone Avenue Block Party, a joint project of the Jewish History Museum and the Consulate of Mexico in Tucson on Saturday, Oct. 7. Food trucks and a beer garden did a brisk business, while people danced and swayed to live music by Mexico City’s Klezmerson, which fuses the sounds of Europe’s Jewish tradition with Mexican, rock, funk and jazz influences. More than 375 people toured the Jewish History Museum, which was open for the evening.

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Block party attendees dance a hora to the music of Klezmerson.

OUR TOWN Business briefs

Bar mitzvah

TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY has hired EMILY ERNST LUNNE as director of finance, a role that also includes human resources and building maintenance oversight. Lunne is a native of Wyoming and a graduate of the University of Wyoming. She has been involved with many nonprofit organizations as an auditor, a board member, and an employee. Lunne began her career with Ernst and Young in Denver. After leaving public accounting, she moved to Maine where she filled financial and HR management roles in education, public safety, and wildlife research. Most recently, she was the director of finance and administration for a nonprofit economic development arm of the state of Maine.

Davis Michael Yalen, son of Allen and Ilene Yalen, will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 21 at Temple Emanu-El. He is the grandson of Sandy and William Yalen and Joan and Stuart Brodsky, all of Tucson. Davis attends Tucson Hebrew Academy, where he is student government president. Outside of school, Davis enjoys playing drums and basketball. For his mitzvah project, Davis has collected books for Make Way for Books, raised money and awareness for Wounded Warriors and helped lead services at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging.

In a strategic expansion, INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES has integrated Helping Hands for Single Moms Tucson, a local nonprofit that provides assistance for single mothers pursuing a college degree, into its continuum of services. The program has been renamed Single Mom Scholars. Lia Pierse, former executive director of HHT, assumes the new position of ICS self-sufficiency director and will continue to oversee the Single Mom Scholars program. MELISSA LANDAU joins TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY as a third grade teacher. Landau, a Tucson native, completed her bachelor’s degree in elementary education at the University of Arizona. Landau started her teaching career in Sahuarita as a second grade teacher, then filled a position at Lineweaver Elementary School in the Tucson Unified School District, and spent the last three years as a third grade teacher at Fruchthendler Elementary School. Her experience includes working with students in gifted and talented programs.

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People in the news Tucson artist DEVY WOLFF will hold a retrospective show, “Devy Wolff: The New York Years, 1968-1998” at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., Nov. 1-29. An opening reception will be held Sunday, Nov. 5, 1-3 p.m. Visit devywolff.com.

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TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY has appointed JACQUELYN OESTERBLAD as the upper-school history teacher. Oesterblad graduated from the University of Arizona, where she taught credit-bearing courses in international relations and ran the statewide educational programs for Arizona Model United Nations. She also taught classes for English-language learners, both in Tucson and abroad. Upon graduation, she was a teaching fellow at BASIS before joining THA.

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NEWS BRIEFS The Conservative movement will CEO of the United Synagogue of Conser- Trump’s communications department, Jewish-American billionaire maintain its ban on interfaith marriag- vative Judaism. Since 2000, more than 70 pledged $25,000 to the Simon Wiesen- George Soros has transferred $18 biles while seeking to welcome couples who are already intermarried, according to a new letter signed by the movement’s four leaders. The letter, published this week and addressed to the centrist movement’s clergy, educators and leaders, follows a summer when a few prominent Conservative rabbis announced that they would begin officiating at intermarriages. It does not represent a change in the movement’s policy or practice of Jewish law. “We affirm the traditional practice of reserving rabbinic officiation to two Jews,” the letter reads, adding that the movement’s leaders “are equally adamant that our clergy and communities go out of their way to create multiple opportunities for deep and caring relationships between the couple and the rabbi, the couple and the community, all in the context of welcome and love that extends well before the moment of the wedding and well beyond it too.” The letter was written by Rabbi Bradley Artson, dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles, and co-signed by Arnold Eisen, the chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary; Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, CEO of the Conservative Rabbinical Seminary; and Rabbi Steven Wernick,

percent of non-Orthodox Jews have married non-Jewish partners, according to the Pew Research Center’s 2013 study of American Jewry. The other major Jewish denominations in the United States are split on the issue: the Reform movement allows intermarriage and the Orthodox prohibits it. Conservative Judaism aims to maintain fealty to traditional Jewish law while remaining relevant to the modern world. Its rabbis are prohibited from officiating at or attending intermarriages, but recently the movement has taken steps to welcome intermarried couples both before and after the wedding. This year, the movement’s synagogues voted to allow non-Jews as members. “We all know that intermarriage is a loving choice people make in an open and accepting society,” Wernick told JTA. “As rabbis and leaders, we also have a commitment to Jewish law and Jewish marriage. How do we create a language that acknowledges both of these realities as well as a commitment to welcome those Jews and families to journey Jewishly on this path?”

Anthony Scaramucci, the financier who briefly helmed President Donald

thal Center after an account in his name posted a survey asking people how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust. “On behalf of the @ScaramucciPost we will be making a $25,000 donation to The Simon Wiesenthal Center. Hopefully I spelled that right,” Scaramucci said Tuesday afternoon on his personal Twitter account, ending with a grinning emoji. Earlier Tuesday, the Scaramucci Post account had posted a tweet asking “How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?” and offering multiple choices: “Less than one million, between 1-2 million, between 2-3 million, more than 5 million.” The historical figure, 6 million, was not offered. The tweet was up for an hour before being removed by Lance Laifer, who apologized for it. Scaramucci later said Laifer was his partner. In another tweet on his personal account, Scaramucci apologized and said the offending tweet’s intent was to raise awareness about ignorance of the Holocaust in the wake of news that a company was marketing Halloween costumes meant to represent Holocaust diarist Anne Frank. The company withdrew the costume after complaints.

lion to Open Society Foundations, a philanthropy he founded. The gift, made over several years but first disclosed on Tuesday, makes Open Society the second largest philanthropic organization by assets in the United States behind the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Wall Street Journal reported. The foundations, which provide about $900 million annually for programs and grants, now hold most of Soros’ fortune. He reportedly is planning to give another $2 billion to the foundations in coming years. Soros, 87, a major Democratic donor, earned his wealth as a hedge fund manager. His fortune currently is worth about $23 billion. Open Society, which Soros founded more than 30 years ago, promotes democracy and human rights in more than 120 countries. In recent years, it has provided funding to programs in the United States to protect gays and lesbians and reduce abuses by police, according to The New York Times. Soros is frequently vilified by European right-wing politicians for his support of pro-democracy efforts through Open Society, and by pro-Israel activists for his support of Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups often critical of Israeli policies.

Tikkun Olam Celebration Honoring

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SU N DAY, NOV E M B ER 5, 2017

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