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June 9, 2017 15 Sivan 5777 Volume 73, Issue 12

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Special abilities coordinator offers resources for local families KAYE PATCHETT Special to the AJP

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aring for a child or young adult with physical or mental challenges means negotiating a world geared primarily for a differently-abled majority. So where do you start in locating a therapist, a school for a child with learning disabilities, a supervised social environment, or simply a salon to give a fidgety child a haircut?

Allison Wexler is addressing these and many other concerns in her newly created position of special needs coordinator at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Wexler has a master’s degree in education from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a background working for nonprofits, and is the mother of a 16-yearold daughter with special needs.

The position is funded through the Jewish Community Foundation and Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona aligned grant process, including a budget for activities for youngsters with special needs.

“It’s an honor to be part of the community that serves our families who struggle in some way and want access to more resources,” says Wexler. She loves seeking out solutions to individual concerns.

“I research it, then I connect the person with a suitable group. If their child has had trouble fitting into early childhood life, we bring her into the community.”

Creating change The momentum that led to Wexler’s appointment came partly from a Jewish support group for moms and grandmothers of children with special needs. Joyce Stuehringer, who has an adult son

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Members of the Sparks club, aa new group for youngsters with special needs, with residents of Handmaker. The kids and senior citizens played board games together on Sunday, June 4.

with special needs, helped start the group in February 2013. As members interacted, some shared concerns emerged.

“There was a general feeling that their children or young adults were not being included in the Jewish community,” says Stuehringer. She and others began to explore ways to more fully integrate them into Tucson Jewish life.

In 2014, in response to an increasing call for more specialneeds services the Federation created a task force for individuals with special needs, co-chaired by Stuehringer and Liz Kanter Groskind. Foundation CEO Tracy Salkowitz then met with directors of JFSA beneficiary agencies and a group of concerned and involved parents to discuss the path forward.

Funded by a grant from the JFSA, the task force sent out a community survey to assess needs. The survey results indicated a strong need for more special-

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needs programs and services. “We realized that a coordinator would be needed to oversee program development and assess ongoing needs,” says Stuehringer.

“I’m excited,” says Wexler.

“The special needs initiative has helped to increase awareness of special needs in our community and helped make it a priority.”

Rina Liebeskind, director of education at the Congregation Or Chadash religious school, is a member of the special needs task force. Religious school students with special needs, from kindergarten through Tucson Hebrew High, are supported by funding from JFSA, she says. However, “It’s after high school that our community is not set up to offer sufficient services for those with special needs. … It motivated me to volunteer on the task force and get involved in creating resources to care for our own as they grow older. With Allison at the helm, I believe we can and will make things happen for our community.”

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Making a difference Wexler hit the ground running with a fundraising luncheon on April 12 to raise community awareness. Comedian and special needs advocate Pamela Schuller, who has Tourette syndrome, spoke at the event. Kanter Groskind’s 19-year-old daughter, Hattie, also spoke, sharing her experiences as a person with special needs.

With help from special needs task force members and interested families, Wexler has created a resource directory of medical providers and other services. One mom has a 5-year-old daughter with extreme allergies, says Wexler. “She found a small Tucson Jewish Montessori preschool, Darkaynu, that would accommodate her child’s allergies. She told us about it, and it’s now listed in the directory.”

Additionally, a new online forum, “Jewish Tucson Special Needs Families,” allows members See Resources, page 2

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LOCAL JPride party to celebrate marriage equality country to actively reach out to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members of the Jewish community. JPride is a joint project of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and The Tucson Jewish Community Center.

“Come join us and bring your significant other, family, or just come by yourself!” says Thomas Sayler-Brown, event chair.

RSVP by June 21 to Emily Malin at email@jfsa.org. A donation of $18 is suggested.

JPride will sponsor a Celebration of Love, Family, and Community at the Jewish History Museum on Sunday, June 25, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. This is the group’s second annual event commemorating the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage on June 26, 2015.

Weather permitting, the event will be held in the museum’s garden.

JPride, then known as the LGBT Inclusion Project, began in 2005 when the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona became one of the first federations in the

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to interact electronically, sharing questions and concerns. It includes a calendar of events, topical articles and a solution-oriented chat room.

The possibility of building a residential facility for adults with special needs is also currently being explored, says Wexler.

Scheduled activities began on June 4, with a “game day” at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging. Members of the Sparks club, a group of youngsters with special needs, connected with seniors as they played favorite board games. “We hope to make it a monthly volunteer activity,” says Wexler. “We’ll also be providing social activities throughout the year, serving a variety of ages and abilities.”

A Sparks Club launch party will be held at the JCC on June 25 from 2-5 p.m., with a nominal charge to cover refreshments. Trained staff will supervise, providing respite for families, who may drop their children off for the afternoon.

As well as swimming and activities for ages 4-12 and young adults, planned activities include therapy dogs for children

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to read to, a drumming group that works with children with processing challenges, and puppies and friendly goats to pet.

The social events will help youngsters with special needs to integrate with the Jewish community, says Stuehringer.

“Many adults with special needs don’t have friends; they’re different, and they function differently. The JCC has produced an incredible program – there’s nothing like it.”

To contact Wexler or join the online forum, call 299-3000, ext. 203, or email awexler@tucsonjcc.org.

Kaye Patchett is a freelance writer and editor in Tucson.

LOCAL Launch set for book based on WWII resisters The Tucson Jewish Community Center will present a book launch party and signing by local author Jillian Cantor for her new historical novel, “The Lost Letter,” on Tuesday, June 13 at 7 p.m. The event will include a question and answer period with the author.

Inspired by World War II resistance workers, “The Lost Letter” moves from a stamp engraver’s apprentice in Austria on the eve of Kristallnacht to a journalist coping with her father’s memory loss in Los Angeles in 1989. Cantor “effectively harnesses the story’s emotional resonance, slowly building tension before resolving the mystery and converging the two story lines,” says Publishers Weekly.

“Vivid and original,” says Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of “The Kommandant’s Girl.” “In this unforgettable tale of memories, love and reconciliation, Cantor writes with an absorbing voice and keen eye for detail that caught me up in the sweep of history.”

Cantor is the author of the critically acclaimed “Margot” and “The Hours Count.” Born and raised near Philadelphia, Cantor received her MFA in writing at the University of Arizona. She lives in Tucson with her husband and two sons.

Books will be available for purchase. For more information, call 299-3000.

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COMMENTARY AJWS chief: Trump’s cuts to foreign aid budget are dangerous and inhumane ROBERT BANK JTA

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ast month, President Donald Trump proposed radical and cruel cuts to U.S. foreign aid. If his budget for 2018 is approved by Congress and implemented, it would slash crucial aid and development programs and weaken key institutions upholding human rights worldwide. As the head of the leading Jewish organization that works to end poverty and support human rights in the developing world, I stand in fierce opposition to the president’s proposed cuts.

Each year, I have the honor of traveling the globe to meet with leaders of groundbreaking organizations working for a better world. I speak with thousands of people in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean who are on the front lines of the fight for human dignity in the face of epidemics, grinding poverty, natural and man-made disasters, and authoritarian regimes. These brave advocates work to end child marriage, protect minori-

Young women rally against child marriage, dowry and domestic violence in a protest organized by an American Jewish World Service grantee, the Masum Foundation, in Mavadi, India, March 31, 2015.

ties from discrimination and create just societies. Tragically, nearly everything that these organizations are working for would be undercut by Trump’s budget and every problem they are attempting to address would be made worse.

While the American Jewish World

Service receives very little funding from the U.S. government, some of the more than 450 organizations we support worldwide receive substantial support from the U.S. government. These groups would be at risk for steep cuts, or worse, under Trump’s budget. Moreover, the in-

ternational courts and institutions they rely on to advocate for their communities would be undermined by this budget.

We know from our three decades of work at AJWS that U.S. foreign assistance, which makes up only 1 percent of the federal budget, plays an indispensable role in combating poverty, mitigating global challenges such as climate change and advancing human rights. The world needs continued American leadership on this front, not an abdication of our country’s longstanding commitment to providing development assistance and diplomatic support to the most vulnerable people around the world.

The vision of U.S. foreign policy outlined in Trump’s budget violates the post-World War II bipartisan consensus that successful foreign policy is predicated on robust development assistance and tenacious diplomacy. The sweeping and unprecedented cuts to development programs and diplomacy would hobble the ability of the United States to lead internationally, including our ability to See Aid, page 5

Retaining ban on partisan pulpits is key to protecting religious freedom JACK MOLINE JTA

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hat small little law known as the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits electioneering by houses of worship and other charities and which President Trump has vowed to repeal, is exceptionally important to preserve.

Even if it is not widely enforced, the per-

mission it grants to the Internal Revenue Service to pursue violators is critical to the protection of religious communities and the integrity of government.

A sixteenth-century rabbi told me so.

There exists a teaching in the scholarly discussions of Jewish law that translates roughly as, “It may be the rule, but we do not teach about it publicly.” It is invoked sparingly, almost always when a person is

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technically allowed to do something that would nonetheless prove harmful to others. Think of the straw that used to be left on the roadside for people to use when cleaning up after their animals. The straw was technically ownerless and could be taken by any passerby for private use, but the Talmud directs us to not encourage such behavior.

Why? Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi, best known as the author of the Talmud commentary Shitah Mekubezet, offers this relatable explanation: Even when you can get away with something without penalty, we do not encourage it for the sake of a better world.

I can think of many corners of our society that would benefit from this sort of restraint. The Johnson Amendment, which has been targeted by the religious right for elimination, is near the top of the list.

The amendment is a part of the tax code governing tax-exempt charities. In exchange for the opportunity to offer tax deductions to donors, the non-profits — including, but not limited to houses of worship — agree that neither the organization nor anyone representing it will endorse or oppose a candidate for office.

Issue advocacy is fully permitted, but electioneering is not. It seems an eminently reasonable standard, especially

since no one, including clergy, is restricted from endorsing in a personal capacity.

It is no secret that this law is rarely enforced. The process of investigating and prosecuting violations is costly and complicated. No one has ever gone to jail for it and only one house of worship is known to have ever lost its tax-exempt status for a violation. Given the many thousands of houses of worship in America, that does not exactly seem excessive.

But of all the things right-wing preachers might get exercised about — poverty, inequality, war, bigotry, personal immorality — they seem to be sinking millions of dollars and almost as many words into claiming that their First Amendment rights have been trampled by the Johnson Amendment, and they are demanding its repeal.

President Trump has promised to do just that. Fortunately, as with other promises made by the president, he does not have the unilateral authority to change the law. His recent executive order encouraged the IRS to look the other way when people violate the Johnson Amendment, but this accomplishes little in practical terms. However, Congress could wipe out the law altogether.

That would be exactly the wrong move for American democracy and religious See Pulpits, page 6

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promote essential human rights.

I know all too well that the people hit hardest would be ethnic minorities, political dissidents, women and girls, LGBT people and others who have counted on our country to lead on human rights and stand up against abusive governments. I am deeply disturbed that the president’s budget would disproportionately affect women and girls by gutting money for women’s health.

For the first time in decades, all U.S. funding for family planning and reproductive health programs would be eliminated. We know firsthand how important these programs are. For instance, efforts in India to empower girls and young women are only effective when adolescent girls can access services like comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services.

The president has also proposed drastic cuts to de-

velopment aid and economic support funds to vulnerable countries across the globe, such as Senegal, Haiti and Burma. Such cuts would destabilize those governments, weaken civil society and lead to instability.

Slashing essential aid to countries in need simply does

U.S. foreign assistance makes up only 1 percent of the federal budget yet plays an indispensable role. not serve America’s own safety or long-term strategic interests.

Likewise, proposed cuts in funding for international organizations like the U.N. Human Rights Council

would undermine the ability of local human rights advocates to use international mechanisms to hold their countries to account for the wide range of human rights violations they witness. AJWS partners in numerous countries have worked with the U.N. special rapporteur to achieve concrete human rights advances.

This type of cooperation would be jeopardized by the cuts.

The good news here, if any is to be found, is that the president’s budget proposal is just that — a proposal.

Now it’s on all of us to ensure it never becomes reality.

We’re calling on members of Congress from both parties to stand together in opposition to these draconian cuts. Moreover, we’re calling upon American Jews and the organizations and leaders that represent them to raise their voices in fierce opposition. This budget rejects our values and history, weakens our own security and undercuts our vision for America’s role in the world as a champion of human rights and dignity. We must reject it.

Robert Bank is president and CEO of American Jewish World Service.

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NEW VOLUNTEER INFORMATION MEETING Learn about opportunities to volunteer as a docent or greeter for the 2017-2018 season at the Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center.

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At https://newspapers.ushmm.org, the museum offers tips on how to find newspaper archives (think public and university libraries), tips on how to read old newspapers, and links to online archives — there are currently four publications from Arizona, including El Tucsonense, a Spanish-language newspaper published twice a week during the years 1933-1945.

As of June 6, 2017, 1,645 History Unfolded participants had submitted more than 10,200 items from newspapers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

They include news articles, editorials, letters to the editor, political cartoons, and advertisements.

What did American newspapers report about Nazi persecution during the 1930s and ’40s?

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has launched the History Unfolded project to seek answers to that question. The project asks students, teachers and history buffs throughout the United States what was possible for Americans to have known about the Holocaust as it was happening and how Americans responded.

Participants look in local newspapers for news and opinion about 31 different Holocaust-era events that took place in the United States and Europe, and submit articles they find to a national database, as well as information about newspapers that did not cover events.

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The Youth of 1948 Project is seeking stories of American Jews who helped in the creation of the State of Israel.

Noémi Schlosser, a Belgian actress, playwright and theater producer, is the artistic director of the project, which will include a film archive and documentary series. She has been traveling across Israel, interviewing nearly 70 men and women who were there in 1948. “Some of them you will recognize, as they are famous, while others could be everybody’s safta or saba,” she says, using the Hebrew words for grandmother and grandfather.

Schlosser will be coming to the United States this summer to conduct interviews. She is seeking people who prior to or during the War of Independence helped to raise funds, smuggled arms or ammunition, shared intelligence, or

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freedom. The Johnson Amendment may be rarely enforced, but it is a critical guidepost. And just because people could get away with violating it, that doesn’t mean they do so.

I believe that people of integrity follow the law even without the threat of punishment. We typically stop at red lights, correct a bank teller who gives us too much money, vote only once in an election and settle our disagreements with words. We do so because the rules of civil society are important, enacted to promote the gen-

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eral welfare, as the Constitution suggests.

And for those people with less integrity, even a small threat of sanction makes them think twice about the consequences of getting caught.

I can think of times when the bully pulpit of the presidency could rightfully be used to call for passive resistance against an immoral law. Plunging houses of worship into partisan politics does not strike me as one of those times.

If you are clergy or congregant, you should oppose the assault on the Johnson Amendment. Thankfully, polling shows that you already overwhelmingly do.

Rabbi Jack Moline is president of Interfaith Alliance.

COMMENTARY In last ‘territories for peace’ act, keep big settlements URI DROMI

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n May 1967, six months after I had graduated from the Israeli air force academy, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran, shutting down Israel’s southern maritime lifelines. In fiery speeches, Nasser echoed threats made by Arab leaders in 1948 to throw Israelis into the Mediterranean Sea. When he moved his army into Sinai and removed U.N. peacekeeping forces from our border with Gaza, we knew war was only a matter of time.

In the officers’ club at the Tel Nof Airbase south of Tel Aviv, morale was high. With telephone lines closed for security reasons, we were happily secluded from the grim aura that had settled over the civilian public. We were part of a magnificent air force with a well-prepared operational plan. We were confident. And, yes, we were very young.

The Six-Day War began on June 5, with formations of combat aircraft taking off from our base. When news began to roll in later, an outburst of joy erupted in the squadron: In only a few hours, most of the Egyptian Air Force had been destroyed. Israeli troops then broke into the Sinai and the Gaza Strip. There was another moment of exaltation when we heard that the Old City of Jerusalem had been liberated from Jordan. These six days concluded with Israel seizing the Golan Heights from Syria.

After it was all over, we traveled to comfort the families of our fallen comrades, and then to take in the war’s effects. First we went to the West Bank. In the Old City, we saw signs of the savage battle in smashed cars and in the eyes of shocked locals. On the way to the Dead Sea, smoke was still rising from charred Jordanian tanks that had been hit by our fighter pilots. In Jericho, we drank orange juice at a cafe that had probably witnessed the coming of the Turks, then the British, then the Jordanians, and now us. There was hope that we had reached a turning point — that after suffering such a decisive defeat, the Arabs would come to their senses, make peace with Israel and perhaps get their territories in return.

According to the former Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban, the Israeli government decided on June 19 that it was willing to give the territories gained in the war back to the Arabs if they signed a peace treaty with Israel.

When Eban delivered this message to the Americans, he

later wrote in his memoirs that they “could hardly believe what I was saying.” But Hebrew University professor Eli Podeh has since argued that the offer was probably communicated only to the Americans, and not really made to the Arabs.

In any case, at the following summit of the Arab League in September 1967, the Arabs gave not one, but three resounding responses: No recognition of Israel, no negotiations with Israel, no peace with Israel.

It took two more wars for the Egyptians to accept the formula of “territories for peace.” The Jordanians signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994, following the Oslo Accords. Were we also close to a peace deal with the Syrians in the late 1990s? Depends on whom you ask: Israelis, Syrians and Americans walked away with conflicting memories.

Israel tried trading territories for peace with the Palestinians too, of course. In 2005, Israel pulled out of Gaza, which fell into the hands of Hamas, and the West Bank became the only bargaining chip. But the West Bank is now a far cry from the all-Arab area we toured in June 1967: It’s dotted with settlements that house more than 400,000 Jews. Giving it back, even for peace, has become very difficult, perhaps impossible.

The blame game is pointless. Between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, there are 10.5 million people: 6.5 million Jews and 4 million Arabs. If we add Gaza, the populations are equal. The bleak consequence for Israel is that, if all this land is not partitioned, it will become one state, and Israel will either lose its Jewish character or — if it refuses to enfranchise the Arab population — its democracy.

There are moments in history when nations need to make grave decisions and sacrifices. Israel is facing precisely this kind of challenge today. Whether the Palestinians are partners or not, Israel should pull out of most of the West Bank; we shouldn’t rule the Palestinians living there. When a credible Palestinian leadership comes forward, Israel should negotiate land swaps, acquiring the big settlements, which should remain always under Israeli sovereignty. This should be the last act of “territories for peace.”

On June 5, 1967, Israel took a great chance. As we mark the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, Israel must take bold risks again.

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ISRAEL / MIDDLE EAST Arab countries are turning on Qatar. What might it mean for Israel?

RON KAMPEAS JTA

WASHINGTON ive Arab nations cut ties with Qatar on Monday, escalating a longsimmering competition for preeminence in the region into actions that could set the stage for war.

Saudi Arabia, which is leading the charge, has cut off Qatar’s only land crossing — and what one Saudi-friendly estimate says is as much as 40 percent of the tiny emirate’s food supply. The other four nations cutting all ties with Qatar are Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Yemen.

Meanwhile, Iran is pledging humanitarian support for Qatar. Given Iran’s propensity for meddling and its relative military strength, any robust Iranian assistance to the emirate could further unsettle the region.

The tensions come as President Donald Trump hopes to align U.S. allies in the region — including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Israel — in a united front to contain Iran and crush Islamist terrorists.

CNN and other news media reported Wednesay that the FBI believes Russian hackers planted a fake news story on the state-sponsored Qatari News Agency website, aimed at discreding the emir of Qatar.

What else is fueling the crisis and what

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President Donald Trump meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani at a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 21.

does it mean for Israel?

It’s about Iran Containing Iran’s influence is the number one priority for Saudi Arabia.

The oil producing behemoth has watched with alarm as Iran has exploited regional unrest to expand its influence in nations where the Saudis once had considerable sway — including Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. The Saudis, like Israel, also believe that Iran has ambitions to become a nuclear weapons power.

Qatar houses the largest U.S. airbase in the region and has contributed to efforts to roll back Iranian ambitions in Syria.

But it is also a small nation that has for years sought to appease the looming gi-

ants surrounding it — the Saudis to the south and west, the Iranians across the Persian Gulf. Qatar shares a gas field with Iran, signed a security agreement with the country and was almost alone among Gulf states in welcoming the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that Saudi Arabia and Israel revile.

“Qatar is a small country that survives by balancing its friends against its enemies and not making clear who are the friends and who are the enemies,” said Simon Henderson, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

It’s about the Muslim Brotherhood Qatar’s ruling Al-Thani clan has been supportive of some of the Islamist move-

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ments that have long roiled the region. It was especially galling to Qatar’s neighbors that precisely in the period following the Sept. 11 attacks, when governments in the region were seeking to suppress the extremist Islamist tendencies that underpinned the terrorists’ ideologies, Qatar continued to help nurture Islamist movements. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi especially resents Qatar for its backing of the short-lived Muslim Brotherhood presidency of Mohamed Morsi, whom al-Sisi ousted in 2013.

For years, the emirate has offered safe haven to the leadership of Hamas, the Brotherhood affiliate that runs the Gaza Strip. And in 2014, it joined with Turkey in attempting to broker an end to Hamas’ war with Israel that would have been friendlier to Hamas than Israel wanted.

Egypt intervened and helped Israel impose an end to the war that was more to Israel’s liking, and that kept Hamas isolated.

It’s about Al-Jazeera Qatar houses and underwrites AlJazeera, the muckracking, at times proIslamist and generally provocative satellite television channel that has proven an irritant to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the other regimes. Depending on who is talking, Qatar’s critics hate the light the network casts on their oppression, or are sick and tired of what they see as its agenda-driven “fake news.”

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It’s personal The father of Qatari leader Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, who relinquished power to his son in 2013, seized the country from his own father in 1995 in a coup, prompting Saudi Arabia to attempt at least one counter-coup to reinstall the father. In recent weeks there have been ugly tit-for-tat exchanges between partisans of the Qataris and the Saudis over which clan was more compromised in the distant past by dalliances with British colonials and (horrors!) their women.

Also seen by Qatar’s neighbors as bad form, according to the Financial Times: $1 billion paid by Qatar to Iranian officials and an al-Qaeda affiliate to free 26 members of the ruling clan who had been on a falconry expedition in Iraq.

It’s Trump Trump’s message last month when he visited Saudi Arabia and addressed regional leaders was twofold: Let’s unite to crush terrorism and contain Iran and what you do on your own time is not our business. It looks like the Saudis were listening.

The Qatari crisis isn’t the first time Trump’s winks and nods precipitated trouble. Just days after top Trump officials said last month they would be okay with the Assad regime in Syria outlasting the civil war — another break with years of U.S. policy — the Syrian regime allegedly launched its worse gas attack on civilians since 2013.

Trump himself has also made contradictory noises about Qatar. In a meeting with Al-Thani in Saudi Arabia last month, Trump referred to Qatar’s purchase of “beautiful military equipment” from the United States. But in a tweet early Monday after news of the Saudi squeeze broke, Trump wrote: “During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated

that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar - look!”

It’s good for Israel Five Arab nations just pulled off what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has for years wished the West would do: Exact a painful price on a nation for flirting with Hamas and Iran.

It’s bad for Israel Qatar was the only Persian Gulf nation that, from 1996 to 2000, allowed Israel to run a semi-diplomatic mission — a business interests section — on its soil. Its consistent posture on the boycotts that so aggravate Israel is that they are counterproductive. It has hosted Israel at its tennis tournaments and said that, should it win a spot, Israel would be welcome when it hosts the World Cup in 2022. The late Shimon Peres, when he was deputy prime minister, in 2007, made a highprofile visit to Qatar.

Jonathan Schanzer, a vice president at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the Israelis have “not been happy with the presence of Hamas in the capital of a major U.S. ally.” On the other hand, he said Israel has been working with Qatar since 2014 to keep the Gaza Strip from collapsing into chaos.

And while Israel’s outward posture toward Iran has been one of confrontation, it is not unappreciative of efforts by Qatar to moderate the Iranian regime, if only because that could mitigate the dangers of a regional arms race, said Anthony Cordesman, who holds the Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

What should Israel do?

Stay out, stay quiet. There’s no upside to buying in, said Cordesman.

“The best position is to hope that if Israel stays out of this, what you will get is a compromise that will, on one hand, put more pressure on Qatar in terms of Islamic extremism, particularly the financing of extremists, but it will not freeze the situation with Iran as a whole,” he said.

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NEWS BRIEFS A United States Navy warship named for Gabby Giffords will be put to sea next week. The ship will be officially named Gabrielle Giffords in honor of the Arizona Democratic congresswoman who survived a 2011 gunshot wound to the head. It will be the first Navy ship named after a living woman in 160 years. The ceremony, which will take place in Galveston, Texas, will feature Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Joe Biden.

The vessel is a 418-foot combat ship bearing machine guns and missiles, according to the New York Times.

Below the mast, a box will hold an American flag patch that Giffords’ husband Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut, wore on his spacesuit; a purple heart left at the hospital where Giffords was treated for the gunshot wound; her congressional identification; and a 19th-century coin.

Six people died and 13 were injured in the January 2011 assassination attempt, in which Giffords was shot in the head at close range. She recovered from the attack and resigned her seat a year later. She learned that the ship would be named for her on the day she resigned. In the years since, she and Kelly have become gun safety advocates. “That our Navy chose to give my name to this ship is an incredibly humbling honor — one I would never have imagined, one I will never forget, and one for which I always remain grateful,” Giffords said, according to the Times. “When we celebrate the commissioning this weekend, I will be thinking of the thousands of hardworking Americans who built this ship and the brave men and women who will serve aboard her.”

a bottle, according to the report. The baby’s aunts asked Ostrowski-Zak to help them find someone to nurse the boy and the nurse reportedly volunteered to do it herself. She nursed the baby five times during the next day.

She then posted a request for help with nursing the baby on an Israeli Facebook page for nursing mothers and received many responses from women willing to come to the hospital, from as far away as Haifa, to help feed the baby until he is discharged. The baby’s mother remains in serious condition.

A Palestinian baby seriously injured in a car accident was breastfed by a Jewish nurse when he refused to take a bottle. Nurse Ula Ostrowski-Zak nursed the 9-month-old boy throughout her shift at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Friday night, the Ynet news website reported. The baby’s family had been in a head-on collision with a bus on Route 60 in the West Bank, killing the baby’s father and leaving his mother with a serious head injury. The baby was slightly injured and cried for seven hours in the emergency room while continuing to refuse

A St. Louis man accused of making eight bomb threats against Jewish institutions will plead guilty to cyberstalking charges. Juan Thompson, 32, originally denied the charges in New York City federal court in April. Prosecutors said in a letter filed on Tuesday with the court that Thompson will enter a guilty plea when he appears in court on June 12, Reuters reported.

The cyberstalking charges are for eight threats against Jewish community centers and the Anti-Defamation League, which federal prosecutors say were “copycat” crimes during a wave of nearly 150 bomb threats to Jewish institutions during the first three months of this year. Nearly three weeks after Thompson’s arrest, an Israeli-American teen was arrested in Israel for allegedly making the bulk of the threats. Thompson, who previously worked as a journalist for The Intercept news website, had denied the charges, saying said that he had no anti-Semitic beliefs and that he was being framed as a black man. Prosecutors allege that the JCC bomb threats were part of a larger plot to take revenge on an ex-girlfriend. He was arrested March 3 for the threats, which carry a penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine up to $250,000. Bail had been denied at the time of his arrest. The Federal Bureau of Investigation complaint says Thompson threatened institutions including the Anti-Defamation League, Jewish community centers in San Diego and New York City, schools in New York and Michigan, and a Jewish history museum in New York City.

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ARTS & CULTURE Israeli’s ‘Wedding Plan’ goes beyond screwball comedy MICHAEL FOX

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he grin-inducing trailer for “The Wedding Plan” nonetheless suggests one unhappy outcome: Did Israeli filmmaker Rama Burshtein sell out?

The Orthodox writer-director’s acclaimed debut, “Fill the Void,” was an uncompromising story of a young Orthodox woman grappling with her parents’ and community’s expectations regarding her prospective husband.

In contrast, “The Wedding Plan,” while also being chuppah-bound, appears from the trailer to be a romantic comedy designed to entertain.

In fact, “The Wedding Plan” is a high-stakes emotional journey about an observant woman in her 30s who’s so unhappy that she resolves to wed on the last night of Hanukkah — with no groom in sight — after her fiancé breaks up with her mere weeks before their appointed date.

Michal’s family and friends counsel against such a bold, potentially devastating strategy, but she remains undeterred. The film contains plenty of witty one-liners but Burshtein has assuredly not sold out. She simply trusted her U.S. distributor’s marketing strategy, even if some ticket-buyers are misled.

“If you think you’re going to see a romantic comedy and you get something more, that’s good,” Burshtein says. “You get something stronger and that’s OK.” “The Wedding Plan” (in Hebrew with subtitles) opens today at Century 21 El Con. Both of Burshtein’s films raise a curtain on the lives of Orthodox women, in part through honest conversations they have among themselves when men aren’t around.

The characters reject the idea that Orthodox women are subservient to men and, unsurprisingly, so does their creator.

“For me, being religious is liberating,” says Burshtein.

“It’s not killing or closing or not letting me express my thoughts.”

Burshtein goes even further, asserting that women are the creative force.

“The art world is women,” she says. “[Orthodox] men don’t make films, they don’t cook, they don’t paint.”

Burshtein originally pitched “The Wedding Plan” as a television series, but after getting the green light and embarking on the script she decided it would be a feature film. Although she doesn’t say it, a movie is seen by more people around the world than an Israeli TV show.

“I’m writing from my world to the outside world,” the filmmaker explains in a phone interview during a press day in Washington, D.C. “Not [just] to secular people but to non-Jews. It opens a window to my world to people who know nothing about my world.”

Burshtein was born in New York and became religious while she was in film school in Jerusalem in the

Noa Koler in ‘The Wedding Plan’

1980s. She says she didn’t expect the attention her films have received abroad, but at the same time isn’t surprised they touch audiences far beyond Tel Aviv and New York.

“We live in an age when women find their partner pretty late,” Burshtein says. “And sometimes they don’t.

It’s very hard to find someone that you really want to share your life with. [My films] connect to that. All over the world, it’s the same thing, the same heart.”

“The Wedding Plan” is unmistakably and unapologetically set in the Orthodox community but the crux of the film is Michal’s urgent personal quest. Although her ostensible goal is to get married, a raw and powerful opening scene makes it clear that what she really craves and seeks is the respect of a committed partner.

Michal’s striving is universal and at times absurd, which spawns the film’s humor. Because she has no time to waste, Michal (played by the fearless Noa Koler) confronts every prospective suitor with direct questions and shockingly honest confessions that derail and discomfit them.

Michal’s pain and desperation are palpable through the laughs, to the point where she makes a pilgrimage to Ukraine to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.

That’s not an incidental detail, for Burshtein is a proponent of Nachman’s philosophy.

“We can handle despair, and we can handle hope,” the filmmaker says. “The film is that movement between the two. You should be a fighter in the movement, and not get lost in the movement.”

Michael Fox is a San Francisco-based film critic.

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Whimsy Whimsy at Casas Adobes Plaza houses a “whimsy-cal” collection of clothing, accessories, boots and gift items, including jewelry from local and regional artists. Whimsy also has a mobile boutique, whimsy on wheels, available for offsite fundraisers and other events.

Owner Diane Ritter’s desire to pur-

chase the perfect prom dress, she says, turned into a lifelong passion for making women feel comfortable and confident in what they wear. Fit, not size, is paramount. “Nothing gives me greater joy than a woman leaving whimsy with her shoulders held a little straighter and a smile on her face. At whimsy, everyone is perfect ... just the way they are.”

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Located in Ventana Plaza for the past 15 years, The Bag Company has evolved into a boutique with clothing and gift items as well as a large selection of handbags, small leather goods, jewelry and other accessories. Customer service is key, says Antzis, who adds that the boutique always offers a sale section. To receive special sale notices, join the store’s email list.

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La Contessa Boutique Thirty-two years ago, father–daughter team Bob Couchman and Kara Moeller opened La Contessa Boutique in Plaza Palomino, offering a wide selection of women’s casual and formal wear and accessories.

The pair credit their longstanding suc-

cess not only to their quality clothing lines — including Joseph Ribkoff, David Cline and Tribal — but also to their ethic of personal but low-pressure customer service. “What has kept three generations of women returning to La Contessa is the care we take in helping women find styles and clothes to fit their personality and shape,” says Couchman.

Easy-to-wear shoes enhance summer fashions (StatePoint) From cool and casual to feminine and expressive, the newest trends in apparel and shoes are giving women the tools to express themselves through fashion this season.

Unabashedly girly shades such as pinks and blushes are dominating the landscape, while creative construction and soft materials offer a variety of comfortable options for all occasions and lifestyles.

Brittany Moeller, women’s buyer for shoe retailer Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse, shares some tips on how to wear the latest trends during the warm weather months.

Embrace Your Feminine Side Floaty, floral dresses, lace patterns and new blush shades are all trending this season, empowering women to express themselves through feminine details with the utmost confidence. Embroidery and crochet designs can be found on everything from shoes to jeans, as well as jackets, blouses and t-shirts, which is a subtle nod to inspirational throwback styles.

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“How you define femininity and stay casual and comfortable is an individual choice. This season’s fashion footwear choices cover all the bases,” says Moeller.

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ARTS & CULTURE Could Gal Gadot become Israel’s biggest superstar? ing piece of art, though it will likely satisfy fans of the other JTA over-the-top superhero films released in the past decade or ry to think of the most so. In its first weekend, it broke famous Israelis in hisbox-office records, pulling tory. Not necessarin more than $100 million in ily the most consequential or North America. It should rake “important” ones — like any in hundreds of millions of dolnumber of Nobel Prize winlars more around the world. ners or behind-the-scenes Beyond the numbers, Middle East peace deal nego“Wonder Woman” must also tiators — but those who are bear the weight of the femimost universally recognizable. nist anticipation that has been Most lists would likely inbuilding steadily around the clude a pioneering role model film for years. The hype only (Golda Meir), a supermodel increased when a female diwho once dated Leonardo rector (Patty Jenkins) took DiCaprio (Bar Refaeli), its over the project in 2015, makseeming prime minister for ing “Wonder Woman” the first life (Benjamin Netanyahu), a female superhero film to be politician with crazy hair (Dadirected by a woman. vid Ben-Gurion), a war hero Gadot is actually already with a pirate-style eye patch Gal Gadot at the 74th Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly well on her way to becoming (Moshe Dayan) and a virtuoso Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. 8. embraced as a feminist icon. violinist (Itzhak Perlman).

Last fall, she was included in a Some might even mistakenly include a fictional character — Ziva David, the former U.N. ceremony honoring the Wonder Woman character Mossad agent on “NCIS,” America’s most-watched TV as an honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls. (The United Nations soon dropped show, who is played by a Chilean actress.

But a new name may soon go at the very top of the the character as an honorary ambassador after staffers there complained that the comic book superheroine list: Gal Gadot.

The actress and model stars in the remake of “Won- was “not culturally encompassing or sensitive.”) Gadot der Woman,” a film based on the iconic DC Comics se- recently proclaimed that Wonder Woman “of course” is a feminist in an Entertainment Weekly interview that is ries that hit U.S. theaters June 2.

Starring in the average Hollywood superhero block- being cited across the internet. From her lack of underbuster instantly makes any actor an international sensa- arm hair to the kind of shoes she wears, everything is tion — but this isn’t your average superhero flick. “Won- being analyzed through a feminist lens.

It won’t hurt Gadot’s popularity that she seems to be, der Woman,” featuring one of the few iconic female superheroes, carries the kind of symbolic weight that as the original Wonder Woman character was in the could turn Gadot into a global feminist torch-holder for comics, sculpted from clay by a god. On screen, she has decades to come. (That’s assuming that she’ll continue a magnetic quality — simultaneously graceful, elegant, to appear in sequels, and that feminists will accept a role tough, athletic and bursting with sex appeal.

How popular will Gadot become? It’s hard to say. model whose everyday outfit is essentially a one-piece Other recent female superhero movies have starred acbathing suit.) tresses who already were well-known, such as Jennifer Gadot, 32, has long been a household name in IsGarner in “Elektra” and Halle Berry in “Catwoman.” rael, where she has been a supermodel since winning Neither movie made much of an impact. Hollywood is the Miss Israel pageant at 18 in 2004. Unlike Refaeli, the also prone to reboot its most popular franchises, swapfamed Israeli model she is often compared to, Gadot is ping out actors and diluting a star’s connection to a charknown, too, for carrying out her mandatory two years acter (see Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield in the of military service in the Israel Defense Forces. And if various Spider-Man films, and the many actors linked to you’re wondering: Yes, she is married (to Israeli real es- Batman and Superman). tate businessman Yaron Versano).

One thing is for sure: Gadot will go down in history Gadot scored a part as an ex-Mossad agent in the as a distinctly Israeli actress. Unlike Natalie Portman, an fourth film of “The Fast and the Furious” franchise in international superstar and Oscar winner who was born 2009 — in part, she has said, because director Justin Lin in Israel but left at age 2, Gadot speaks English with an was impressed with her military experience. Since then Israeli accent. She talks openly about being from a small she has had a few other small roles in Hollywood films, Israeli city, Rosh Haayin, and her love of the Israeli charsuch as “Date Night” (starring Steve Carell and Tina acter.

Fey). Her first appearance as Princess Diana of Themy“In Israel, people have chutzpah,” she said in a recent scira (Wonder Woman’s real name) came in “Batman v. cover story in Marie Claire. “People take issue with it, Superman: Dawn of Justice” starring Ben Affleck and but I’d rather have that than play games. Here, everyone’s Henry Cavill in 2016. like, ‘We love you; you’re so wonderful.’ I prefer to know So she wasn’t widely known outside of Israel (except the truth, not waste time.” maybe to a hardcore cadre of “Fast and Furious” fans), So if Gadot finds the superstardom she seems headed but “Wonder Woman” is changing that. It isn’t an amaz- for, Israel will have a new most famous face.

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What wedding gift do you give the couple that doesn’t need anything? Bill Begal, chairman of the board of Gift of Life Marrow Registry (giftoflife.org), and his bride, Kira Epstein, decided that in lieu of a wedding registry they would make the marrow registry the centerpiece of their wedding festivities. Their wedding date, April 2, coincided with International Good Deeds Day, a worldwide day of giving to others. Founded in Israel in 2007, this day of service now attracts 1.5 million participants in 75 countries.

Begal is the founder and president of Begal Enterprises, a national disaster restoration company based in Rockville, Md., and Epstein is a real estate agent at Washington Fine Properties, Washington, D.C. “My fiancé and I never wanted to receive gifts; we always wanted to do something amazing,” said Begal. “There is nothing more amazing than saving someone’s life. Each of us has the power within us to save someone with blood cancer, but the only way you’ll ever get that miraculous chance is by joining the registry so the transplant centers can find you.”

While some of the 330 wedding guests were already on the registry, many

others opted to take the opportunity to swab their cheeks and join as well. The couple asked friends, family and business acquaintances to join the registry and/or donate money to Gift of Life to sponsor the $60 cost of lab testing each swab kit.

In less than a month, they received nearly $32,000, which will process 530 kits for the nonprofit. The bride and groom’s decision even attracted the media, with a Washington, D.C., TV news crew arriving to cover the event (youtu.be/ tzXUQwP2pSc).

Gift of Life was founded when Jay Feinberg needed a donor in the early 1990s to cure leukemia and there was no match for him in the registry. Begal flew to Russia to locate the Feinberg family’s ancestral home and test 500 potential donors in the area.

“Bill is very passionate about saving lives, even to the point of going halfway around the world to help me,” said Feinberg. “His wedding day is no exception: he wears his passion for Gift of Life on his sleeve.”

Marrow registries are needed because family members are only a match about 30 percent of the time. Seventy percent of patients must rely on public registries to find a donor, but just two percent of the

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MIND, BODY & SPIRIT Gift of Life chairman and bride choose marrow registry over wedding registry

Bill Begal and Kira Epstein at their nuptials, April 2.

population is currently part of the registry.

Will any of the couple’s wedding guests be called upon to save a life? Through the BegalEpstein Donor Circle (giftoflife.org/ begalstein), every donor who is sponsored by the funds collected and every donor who swabbed at the wedding are tracked in real time. “We’ll get an email if any of our wedding guests or sponsored

donors are called to give bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells and save someone with blood cancer,” said Begal.

“For 10 years, 20 years, 30 years and way after I’m gone, amazing things are going to be done.”

To learn more about the Gift of Life Marrow Registry, call (561) 982-2900 or visit giftoflife.org.

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s if Jews don’t have enough to worry about.

Geopolitical threats to the Jewish people may wax and wane, but there’s another lethal danger particular to the Jewish people that shows no signs of disappearing anytime soon: cancer.

Specifically, Jews are at elevated risk for three types of the disease: melanoma, breast cancer and ovarian cancer. The perils are particularly acute for Jewish women.

The higher prevalence of these illnesses isn’t spread evenly among all Jews. The genetic mutations that result in higher incidence of cancer are concentrated among Ashkenazim — Jews of European descent.

“Ashkenazim are a more homogenous population from a genetic point of view, whereas the Sephardim are much more diverse,” said Dr. Ephrat Levy-Lahad, director of the Medical Genetics Institute at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.

But there is some hope. Susceptible populations can take certain precautions to reduce their risks. Recent medical advances have made early detection easier, significantly lowering the fatality rates from some cancers.

Cheaper genetic testing is making it much easier for researchers to discover the risk factors associated with certain cancers. And scientists are working on new approaches to fight these pernicious diseases — especially in Israel, where Ashkenazi Jews make up a larger proportion of the population than in any other country.

Understanding risk factors and learning about preventative measures are key to improving cancer survival rates. Here’s what you need to know.

Melanoma Melanoma is the deadliest type of skin cancer, representing some 80 percent of skin cancer deaths, and U.S. melanoma rates are on the rise. It’s also one of the most common forms of cancer in younger people, especially among women.

Just a decade ago, Israel had the second-highest rate of skin cancer in the world, behind Australia. One reason is that Israel has a lot of sun. Some credit better education about the dangers of sun exposure for helping

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reduce Israel’s per capita skin cancer rate, now 18th in the world.

But the sun isn’t the whole story. Jews in Israel have a higher incidence of melanoma than the country’s Arab, non-Jewish citizens.

What makes Jews more likely to get skin cancer than others?

It’s a combination of genetics and behavior, according to Dr. Harriet Kluger, a cancer researcher at Yale University. On the genetics side, Ashkenazi Jews — who comprise about half of Israel’s Jewish population — are significantly more likely to have the BRCA-2 genetic mutation that some studies have linked to higher rates of melanoma.

The other factor, Israel’s abundant sunshine, exacerbates the problems for sun-sensitive Jews of European origin. That’s why Arabs and Israeli Orthodox Jews, whose more conservative dress leaves less skin exposed than does typical secular attire, have a lower incidence of the cancer.

“There are epidemiological studies from Israel showing that secular Jews have more melanoma than Orthodox Jews,” Kluger said.

So what’s to be done?

“Other than staying out of the sun, people should get their skin screened once a year,” Kluger said. “In Australia, getting your skin screened is part of the culture, like getting your teeth cleaned in America.”

You can spot worrisome moles on your own using an alphabetic mnemonic device for letters A-F: See a doctor if you spot moles that exhibit Asymmetry, Border irregularities, dark or multiple Colors, have a large Diameter, are Evolving (e.g. changing), or are just plain Funny looking. Light-skinned people and redheads should be most vigilant, as well as those who live in sunny locales like Arizona, California and Florida.

If you insist on being in the sun, sunscreen can help mitigate the risk, but only up to a point.

“It decreases the chances of getting melanoma, but it doesn’t eliminate the chances,” Kluger warned.

As with other cancers, early detection can dramatically increase survival rates.

In the meantime, scientists in Israel — a world leader in melanoma research — hold high hopes for immu-

notherapy, which corrals the body’s immune mechanisms to attack or disable cancer. At Bar-Ilan University, Dr. Cyrille Cohen is using a research grant from the Israel Cancer Research Fund to implant human melanoma cells in mice to study whether human white blood cells can be genetically modified to act as a “switch” that turns on the human immune system’s cancer‐fighting properties.

Breast cancer Breast cancer is already more common in developed, Western countries than elsewhere — likely because women who delay childbirth until later in life and have fewer children do not enjoy as much of the positive, cancer risk-reducing effects of the hormonal changes associated with childbirth.

Ashkenazi Jews in particular have a significantly higher risk for breast cancer: They are about three times as likely as non-Ashkenazim to carry mutations in the BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 genes that lead to a very high chance of developing cancer. One of the BRCA-1 mutations is associated with a 65 percent chance of developing breast cancer. Based on family history, including on the father’s side, the chances could be even higher.

“Every Ashkenazi Jewish woman should be tested for these mutations,” said Levy-Lahad, who has done significant research work on the genetics of both breast and ovarian cancer. Iraqi Jews also have increased prevalence of one of the BRCA mutations, she said.

Levy-Lahad is collaborating on a long-term project with the University of Washington’s Dr. Mary-Claire King — the breast cancer research pioneer who discovered the BCRA-1 gene mutation that causes cancer — on a genome sequencing study of Israeli women with inherited breast and ovarian cancer genes. The two women are using a grant from the Israel Cancer Research Fund to apply genomic technology to study BRCA-1 and BRCA2 mutations and their implications for breast cancer risk in non-Ashkenazi women in Israel, who are similar to populations in Europe and the United States.

In a project that is testing thousands of women for deadly cancer mutations, they are also studying how mutations in genes other than BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 impact inherited breast cancer in non-Ashkenazi Jews.

The earlier breast cancer mutations are discovered, the sooner women can decide on a course of action. Some choose to have bilateral mastectomies, which reduce the chances of breast cancer by 90-95 percent. Actress Angelina Jolie famously put a Hollywood spotlight on the issue when she wrote a 2013 op-ed in The New York Times about her decision to have the procedure.

But mastectomies are not the only option. Some women instead choose a very rigorous screening regimen, including more frequent mammograms and breast MRIs. Early detection is the cornerstone of improving breast cancer survival rates.

“Breast cancer is not nearly as deadly as it once was,” Levy-Lahad said.

Ovarian cancer Of the three “Jewish” cancers, ovarian cancer is the deadliest.

Linked to the two BRCA mutations common among Jews, ovarian cancer is both stubbornly difficult to detect early and has a very high late-stage mortality rate. Women should be screened for the mutations by age 30, so they know their risks.

In its early stages, ovarian cancer usually has no obvious symptoms, or appears as bloating, abdominal pain or frequent urination that can be explained away by less serious causes. By the time it’s discovered, ovarian cancer is usually much more advanced than most other cancers and may have spread to surrounding organs. If that has occurred, the five-year survival rate drops considerably.

Women with the BRCA mutations have about a 50 percent chance of getting ovarian cancer. The best option is usually to remove the ovaries.

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CANCERS life-saving procedure,” Levy-Lahad said.

That doesn’t mean these women can’t have children.

The recommendation is that women wait to have the procedure until after they complete child-bearing, usually around the age of 35-40.

Much work still needs to be done on prevention, early detection and treatment of ovarian cancer, but new research shows some promise.

“The exciting thing is that we live in a genomic age, and we have unprecedented abilities to understand the causes of cancer,” Levy-Lahad said. “There’s a whole field that, if you become affected, can look at the genetic makeup of the tumor you have.”

The study of these three “Jewish cancers” are a major component of the work of the Israel Cancer Research Fund, which raises money in North America for cancer research in Israel. Of the $3.85 million in grants distributed in Israel last year by the fund, roughly onequarter were focused on breast cancer, ovarian cancer or melanoma, according to Ellen T. Rubin, the ICRF’s director of research grants. The organization’s Rachel’s Society focuses specifically on supporting women’s cancer awareness and research.

A significant amount of the organization’s grants is focused on basic research that may be applicable to a broad spectrum of cancers. For example, the group is supporting research by Dr. Varda Rotter of the Weizmann Institute of Science into the role played by the p53 gene in ovarian cancer. P53 is a tumor suppressor that when mutated is involved in the majority of human cancers.

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Israel has become a hub for cancer research, including at this lab at the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School.

versity Hadassah Medical School is using an ICRF grant to study how the biological mechanisms that switch genes on and off — called epigenetic regulation — operate in stem cells and cancer.

“Only through basic research at the molecular level will cancer be conquered,” said Dr. Howard Cedar of the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School.

Hopefully, one day there will be easier and better ways to detect and destroy the cancerous cells that lead to these diseases. But until those research breakthroughs, medical experts say that Jews, as members of a special high-risk category, should make sure they get genetic screenings and regular testing necessary for early detection and prevention.

This article was sponsored by and produced in partnership with the Israel Cancer Research Fund, which is committed to finding and funding breakthrough treatments and cures for all forms of cancer, leveraging the unique talent, expertise and benefits that Israel and its scientists have to offer.

REFLECTIONS The spirit of the vine: lessons from travels in Burgundy AMY HIRSHBERG LEDERMAN Special to the AJP

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recently spent five days hiking and biking through the Burgundy region of France, where my appreciation for the vineyards and vintners of that region was nothing short of inspirational. The two main grapes of Burgundy, pinot noir and Chardonnay, generate hundreds of varieties of wine for all of life’s special occasions. And while my pedestrian enjoyment of wine certainly does not qualify me as a connoisseur, I finally understand the difference between a grand prix and a grand crux!

Since Biblical times, wine has been known as the “king of beverages” and has been used to celebrate significant moments and holidays in Jewish history and tradition.

The blessing over wine, or Kiddush, comes from the Hebrew word for holiness, kadosh. During the time of the first and second Temple in Jerusalem, every sacrifice offered was accompanied by the drinking of wine as a way to honor, thank and praise God. We drink wine under the wedding canopy, or chuppah, to celebrate a marriage and at baby namings, bar mitzvahs and each Friday night as we usher in the Sabbath. No seder would be complete without the four cups of wine we pour to commemorate our freedom from Egyptian bondage and the exodus from Egypt. And when we are happy and filled with joy, we lift a glass of wine and toast L’chaim, to life!

I learned in my travels through the Burgundy vineyards that just as parents take pride in their children, Burgundy takes pride in all of her wines and the many people committed to producing them. What has emerged, from the historical cellars of the kings and dukes of France until the present day, is a self-imposed discipline and deep sense of values, identity and purpose that has been handed down through generations of families along with the stories and art of wine making.

The question that intrigued me was this: What caused one vineyard, seemingly identical to my untrained eye to a neighboring one, to produce wines with different characteristics, tastes and bouquets? While that answer would require a tome rather than a paragraph, one point that was repeatedly emphasized was that when the roots of the plants grow deeper into the soil, they are able to access more varied nutrients that are absorbed by the grapes, resulting in more complex and multifaceted tastes and finishes.

Walking through the vineyards, I was reminded of a truth found in nature: the deeper the roots, the stronger the tree.

This maxim is applicable, not just to forests and vineyards, but to individuals and families as well. The more we know about our past, the deeper our knowledge of our family history, stories, traditions, successes and failures, the more likely we are to be strong and resilient as individuals.

We are the sum of our stories; the telling and retelling of family stories is essential to the creation of our identities and the health of our families. Stories, both positive and negative, inform our past, guide us in the present and shape our future. And what we share, or don’t share, will affect future generations as well. Scientific research supports this idea.

In the 1990s two professors at Emory University, Marshall Duke and Robyn Fivush, set out to see what helps families stay together. What they learned was this: Families who know a lot about their family stories are more resilient when they face challenges.

Duke and Fivush developed the “DO YOU KNOW” test and taped four dozen families’ dinner table conversations in the summer of 2001.

“Do you know how your parents met? Do you know where your grandparents were born/grew up? Do you know what awards your parents received? Do you know the story of your birth? Do you know of an illness or something terrible that happened in your family?” were a few of the questions they asked.

The “DO YOU KNOW” test turned out to be the single best predictor of children’s emotional health and happiness. And, after 9/11 occurred, Duke and Fivush reassessed the families and discovered that the children who knew more about their family history handled the effects of stress from the tragedy better than those who did not.

Why? The answer has to do with a child’s sense of belonging to something bigger, of feeling connected and part of something that has a past, present and future.

We can learn a great deal from the vineyard message in building stronger and healthier families. What are some of the roots in your own family tree? What stories can you share with your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews to help establish a firmer foundation while ensuring that the values you care about most are imparted to those you love?

The vintners teach us that it is through discipline, dedication and care of what came before that the best wines are created. So too, when we cultivate and share the values, stories and traditions that have helped create our own identity, we create the potential for building healthier and hardier families.

Amy Hirshberg Lederman is an author, Jewish educator, public speaker and attorney who lives in Tucson. Her columns in the AJP have won awards from the American Jewish Press Association, the Arizona Newspapers Association and the Arizona Press Club for excellence in commentary. Visit her website at amyhirshberglederman.com.

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Lighting the world, one by one RABBI BENZION SHEMTOV Chabad Sierra Vista

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would like to share with you a thought on a mitzvah that recently took on a particularly dear meaning to me. As my daughter turns 3 years of age today, she begins to light her very own Shabbos candle, brightening the world each Friday evening.

Married women have been lighting Shabbos candles for centuries, bringing peace into the homes and lives of their family. But, does this empowerment only start once a woman is married? Can a youngster not take a vital part in bringing harmony into our lives?

Fifty years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe spoke about how this dark and demoralized world can use additional light. He explained how just like our Matriarch Rivka began lighting candles at the tender age of 3, we should encourage girls starting from that early age to light a candle too. We should educate them in this area and demonstrate the need of added compassion and kindness.

We are taught that each member in society has their unique role and path to bettering this world. Often, when we find ourselves part of a collective project in the community, we become like one entity. Everyone working toward one goal can give us the feeling of being just a small part of a much bigger picture. However, when lighting the Shabbos candles, each candle represents a world of its own. When each of us lights a candle, we do not create a large torch where all the candles come together; rather we create multiple channels of light from which others can draw inspiration. Each candle is a new light, a new outlet for serenity and happiness. And this can be accomplished by all — young girls and women.

I bless my daughter that the purity of the light she brings into this world should bring an abundance of new Torah light to our community in Sierra Vista and ultimately to the whole of Southern Arizona. Please light up the world and together we can bring the ultimate “Light” — when the world will know of no darkness.

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“Too Jewish” radio show with Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon on KVOI 1030 AM (also KAPR and KJAA), Sundays at 9 a.m. June 11: Doron Markel, Ph.D., Israel's Water Authority, on the Sea of Galilee and the Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project.

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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.

Jewish sobriety support group meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. at Cong. Bet Shalom. dcmack1952@gmail.com.

“Along the Talmudic Trail” for men (18-40) at Southwest Torah Institute, Mondays, 7 p.m.

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Learn to crochet a patriotic kippah. Members, $10; nonmembers $15, plus $8 materials fee. To register, call 327-4501.

Monday / June 12 9-11:30 AM: Tucson J Around the World adult summer camp explores the culture and cuisines of Mexico, China, Italy, France and Israel through language, art activity and cooking classes, focusing on a different country each day. Continues through Friday, June 16, at the J. Members $50 per day, $225 for week; nonmembers, $60 per day, $275 for week. RSVP to Barbara Fenig at 2993000 ext. 236, or bfenig@tucsonjcc.org or register at tucsonjcc.org.

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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.

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

Chabad of Sierra Vista women’s class with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, last Wednesdays, noon-2 p.m., 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or jewishsierravista.com.

Northwest Knitters create hand-stitched

Jewish Federation-Northwest mah jongg,

17. Learn to make and mount mosaic tiles; no clay experience necessary. Members, $85; nonmembers, $105. Register at 299-3000.

adults (age 13+). RSVP by June 12 at 745-5550 or caiaz.org.

Tuesday / June 13 7 PM: Tucson J book signing and Q&A with Jillian Cantor, for her new book, "The Lost Letter."

This novel of love and survival was inspired by WWII resistance workers 299-3000.

Friday / June 16 NOON: UA Water Resources Research Center brown bag seminar with Doron Markel, Ph.D., of the Israel Water Authority, on "Preserving Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee) as a Strategic Regional Water Resource In a Changing Climate," in the Sol Resnick meeting room, 350 N. Campbell Ave. 621-9591.

5 PM : Weintraub Israel Center presents a lecture with Doron Markel, Ph.D., of the Israel Water Authority, at Temple Emanu-El. RSVP by June 12 at israelcenter@jfsa.org or 577-9393, ext.

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5-7 PM: Secular Humanist Jewish Circle Shabbat service and potluck dinner for members/ prospective members, led by Rabbi Jack Silver of Phoenix. RSVP for directions by June 12 to Dee at 299-4404 or deemorton@msn.com or Susan, 577-7718 or srubinaz@comcast.net.

5:45 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel Family Shabbat Experience service, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. and open lounge with games and fun. Dinner: $25 family (two adults and up to four children); $10,

Friday / June 23 8-10 AM: Tucson J virtual Ride for the Living,

Saturday / June 24

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

Weintraub Israel Center Shirat HaShirim Hebrew Choir, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., at the Tucson J. Learn to sing in Hebrew. Contact Rina Paz at 304-7943 or ericashem@cox.net.

Jewish mothers/grandmothers special needs support group for those with children/ grandchildren, young or adult, with special needs, third Wednesdays at 7-8:30 p.m. at Tucson J. Contact Joyce Stuehringer at 299-5920.

Tucson J canasta group. Players wanted.

Thursdays, noon. Instruction available and a beginners’ table every week. Call Debbie Wiener at 440-5515.

Temple Emanu-El Hebrew calligraphy class, Thursdays through June 29, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Enrollment limited. Members, $55; nonmembers $70. To register, call 327-4501.

“Biblical Breakthroughs with Rabbi Becker” at the Southwest Torah Institute. Fridays, noon, for men and women. 747-7780 or yzbecker@ me.com.

Tucson J art show, "The Persuasion of Art Work by Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona," through July 11. 299-3000. in the J’s indoor cycling studio, to raise funds for the JCC in Krakow, Poland. Ride for the Living is an annual 4-day cycling event, from Auschwitz to JCC Krakow. Donation suggested. Register at tucsonjcc.org.

UPCOMING

5 PM: Temple Emanu-El Wandering Jews and Babies and Bagels 17th annual Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum walk, dinner and Havdallah. Bring your own picnic dinner.

Free admission for first 50 people. Register at 327-4501 or tetucson.org.

ation-Northwest. July 24, "Behind Enemy Lines" by Marthe Cohen and Wendy Holden; Aug. 28, "Love and Treasure"

by Ayalet Waldman. Refreshments. 5054161.

1 PM: Tucson J presents Desert Melodies performing the best of Broadway tunes and Hollywood music. $10. Register at tucsonjcc.org or 299-3000.

7-9 PM: Tucson Tikkun Community presents "Darker Days: Increased Government Secrecy In the Digital Age," with David Cuillier, director of the University of Arizona School of Journalism, in the East Room, Tucson City Council Ward 6 office, 3202 E. 1st Street/Anderson Street. Contact Michael Zaccaria at zaccarim@comcast.net.

Monday / June 26

Thursday / June 29

Sunday / June 25

5 PM: Jewish Federation-Northwest and Hadassah Southern Arizona book club discusses "Woman of G-d" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, at Jewish Feder-

7 PM: Weintraub Israel Center presents Tzofim Friendship Caravan - Israel Scouts performance at the Tucson J. RSVP to israelcenter@jfsa.org.

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IN FOCUS Congregation Anshei Israel confirmation

Congregation Chaverim confirmation

Congregation Anshei Israel held its 2017 confirmation ceremony during Shabbat services on Saturday, May 6.

Congregation Chaverim held its 2017 confirmation ceremony during Shabbat services on Saturday, May 13.

(L-R): Cantorial soloist Nichole Chorny, Mallory Hulsey, Erika Spivack, Aaron Green, Jillian Cassius, Hannah Peskin-Owens, Geva Ozeri, Corey Karp, Rebecca Dubin and Rabbi Robert Eisen at a rehearsal.

(L-R): Cantorial soloist Diana Povolotskaya, Hannah Weisman, Connor Oseran, Julia Braun, Nathan Rix, Spencer Lewis, Zoe Holtzman, Bradley Feig, Rabbi Stephanie Aaron

Temple Emanu-El confirmation

Temple Emanu-El held its 2017 confirmation ceremony during Shabbat services on Friday, May 19.

Adult b’not mitzvah at Temple Emanu-El

Leslie Shire (left) and Suzy Brown carry Torahs in the Torah processional at their b’not mitzvah ceremony, held during Shabbat services on Saturday, May 20 at Temple Emanu-El. Back row (L-R): Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon, Miriam Arden, Emiliano Romero-Garma, Ben Spiegel, Ari Parker, Zach Schlamowitz; front row: Alexa Contreras, Andrea Veytia, Cipora Cohon, Sabina Anderson, Maya Levy, Rabbi Batsheva Appel

Rabbis discuss G-d at Handmaker

Residents and guests filled the great room at Handmaker on Sunday, May 21 for a lecture on “Finding G-d (in the) Every Day,” featuring Rabbis Robert Eisen of Congregation Anshei Israel, Thomas Louchheim of Congregation Or Chadash and Yossie Shemtov of Congregation Young Israel/ Chabad. During a question-and-answer period after the rabbis’ initial presentations, questions focused on belief in G-d, belief in whether G-d wrote the Torah, and how we can connect to G-d when bad things happen to good people.

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Benjamin Naxon Eisenberg, son of Scott and Cory Eisenberg, celebrated becoming a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 13 at Temple Emanu-El. He is the grandson of Art and Eileen Eisenberg of Chicago.

Ben attends Esperero Canyon Middle School where he plays tennis. He also enjoys reading and playing video games.

For his mitzvah project, Ben collected books for Make Way for Books.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY and BANNER-UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER recently added LILAH MORRIS-WISEMAN, M.D., to Banner-University Medical Group, the practice plan composed of faculty physicians at the UA College of Medicine-Tucson. Morris-Wiseman specializes in treating thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal gland disorders using minimally invasive endocrine surgical techniques. She received her medical degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, completed her residency in general surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles, and then completed fellowship training in surgical endocrinology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY has named BILLY RUSSO managing director. Russo has served as acting managing director since 2015, helping ATC navigate through a period of financial challenges in 2016. He joined ATC as part of a consulting team from Albert Hall & Associates, a consulting and executive recruiting firm that assisted ATC in the national search that resulted in the hiring of David Ivers as the next artistic director, beginning in July. Previously, Russo was managing director of the award-winning American Repertory Theater, managing director of New York Theatre Workshop and general manager of Playwrights Horizons, an off-Broadway company.

Ezekiel “Zeke” Sky Bradshaw, son of Jeri Goldblatt and Hans Bradshaw, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, June 17 at the University of Arizona Hillel with Congregation Chaverim.

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Durham, N.C. Zeke attends Tucson Hebrew Academy where he plays soccer and flag football. He also enjoys reading, playing video games, mountain biking and surfing.

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1ST RATE 2ND HAND THRIFT STORE has hired a new manager, RON (RJ) CRESON. Creson has spent the last 12 years in the nonprofit community, most of that time serving as director of operations in Tucson for the Salvation Army of Southern Arizona.

Nine lawyers from MESCH CLARK ROTHSCHILD have been recognized as 2017 Southwest Super Lawyers.

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