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GOOD NEWS MADE IN THE JEWISH STATE THIS PAST WEEK

AND THERE IS LIGHT! “Light in Jerusalem” is the name of the 2013 Jerusalem Festival of Light, held nightly (8 p.m. til midnight) through June 13. The free festival includes illumination performances, video projections on buildings and musical performances as well as a special “Rock Circus” show.

IRANIAN AND ISRAELI DOCTORS WORK TOGETHER TO HELP PREGNANT WOMEN. Georgetown professor Offie Soldin, a native Israeli, has published a report with a group of Iranian researchers analyzing guidelines of how to deal with thyroid problems affecting pregnant women. The thyroid hormone is vital for developing healthy babies.

PIECING TOGETHER THE FRAGMENTS. In the basement of Tel Aviv University, a network of 100 computers is running a sophisticated artificial intelligence program to re-assemble the 157,514 fragments of the Cairo Geniza. The pieces – from documents dating from the 9th to 19th centuries – should all be matched by June 25.

ONE SMALL STEP WITH RE-STEP. Israel’s Re-Step has developed a “magic” shoe, called “Step of Mind,” that allows people with brain damage to re-learn how to walk. The first treatment cycle using the computerized shoe at Israel’s Reuth Medical Rehabilitation Center has improved the walking competence of 10 people with brain damage.

ISRAEL’S SOCCER TEAM REFLECTS A NATION UNITED. The Israeli squad for the European Under-21 Soccer Championships contains Jews, Arabs, Druze, Russians and Ethiopi-

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FRUITS AND VEGGIES STAY FRESH FOR A YEAR. At Israel’s Volcani Center, the practice of spraying with spearmint oil has made for potatoes that will not sprout for months; Granny Smith apples deprived of oxygen that stay fresh for over a year; and tomatoes that flourish despite be-

SWEDISH PRIZE FOR ISRAELI WATER COMPANY. Israel’s Netafim – the pioneer of drip irrigation and the world’s largest irrigation company – has been named the 2013 Stockholm Industry Water Award laureate. The award committee published

a release stating that “Netafim’s remarkable achievements, helping farmers across the world to ‘grow more with less,’ are directly contributing to a more water and food secure world.”

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NEWS

Or Hadash Begins New Leadership Chapter

INTRODUCING NEW PRESIDENT FRED WACHTER

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ongregation Or Hadash celebrated Cinco de Mayo by electing a new president, Fred Wachter. He is the first man to assume leadership in the synagogue’s 10-year history.

“We have been led by many truly amazing women whom have helped bring our beloved synagogue to where it is today,” Wachter said. “I have been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to work with and learn from them all.

Each had goals and visions to help Congregation Or Hadash progress and grow in many different ways. Each of my predecessors has brought their strength, leadership and passion to the position.”

In his remarks, Wachter identified one of his primary goals as continuing to enhance and expand programs in education, youth and adult activities and service to the community, representing Or Hadash’s strong commitment to tikkun olam.

Also part of the event was another “first,” this the creation of the “LEV” Award in recognition of outstanding dedication and service by members who have given of their time and talent. The LEV Award was established by outgoing president, Betsy Edelman.

“We have an incredibly loyal and close-knit congregational family,” says Edelman. “The LEV Award was established to afford us a way to show our gratitude for all that they have done to foster the growth and vibrancy of the synagogue that we all love.”

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Rabbi Joshua Heller addresses the audience at The Carlton.

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Broc Fischer of Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, discussed our traditions and the procedures for preparing ourselves for our final rest and return back to the ashes from which we came. Rabbi Joshua Heller of Congregation B’nai Torah explained the spiritual elements involved in planning for the end of our life cycle.

It was comforting to be reminded that old age, and its related injuries and illnesses, are natural parts of life. Rabbi Heller even added some humor regarding our need to plan by telling one of his favorite jokes on this topic: “Moshe is old and dying,” he began. “He smells fresh rugelach in the other room and calls to his wife, ‘Rachel, can you get me some of the rugelach?’

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This weekly feature is intended to help explain why we Jews do what we do. If you have any questions about why Jews follow certain practices, or if you have an interesting tradition that you would like to share, please send an email to submissions@atljewishtimes.com.

Why is Tuesday considered a lucky day…the best day for weddings, moving into a new home, etc.?

Tuesday is the favored day of the week because the Torah repeats an extra time the words ki tov, “[and G-d saw] that it was good (Genesis 1:10-12)” in referring to the third day of Creation.

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The Eagle Star Gala, AICCSE’s community flagship event, honors the people and businesses that have contributed most to the Southeast-Israel business relationship in the past year.

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CHANA’S CORNER

A Teacher’s Story

MY FAVORITE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

BY CHANA SHAPIRO AJT COLUMNIST

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n the community where I taught early in my career, nine brothers – the youngest of which was one Arsenio Brito – had each established himself as a master of insane acts of derring-do. This clan was admired in the general neighborhood and feared in the school.

At our institution, the last day of class was devoted to The Festival of Nations and Cultures, or “The FONC.” In celebration of the ethnic diversity in our school, every group was encouraged to participate.

The walls were covered with student art, the Gimme Five Band had rehearsed for weeks, the Black is Beautiful Dancers had finished their costumes, the Asian Dragons had worked out all the kinks in their acrobatic routine, and the Las Chicas Bonitas had perfected their harmonies and makeup.

My friend Hope and I, faculty advisors for this multi-ethnic extravaganza, were worn to a frazzle from constantly effecting mini-détentes among the different nationalities. In addition, I was distracted by the ir-

repressible Arsenio, who was never more than a few feet away from me.

For some reason, starting from his first day in my class, he had decided to be my personal groupie of one.

This particular Brito, not much for chit-chat, was actually quite gifted in the grand gesture. For example: He’d hung Marvin Rudolph out the second-story window when Marvin put his feet up on the desk in my class.

When it came time to get me a holiday gift, instead of the more mundane perfume or tickets to a hot show that the other teachers got, he masterminded the purchase of a pet hamster.

And on the most recent Parents’ Day, he switched the “Boys” and “Girls” signs on the bathrooms and posted a “Nut House” placard above the entrance to the principal’s office.

But much to my dismay, he stuck to me like glue, claiming that every teacher needs a sidekick – a protector – and that he was mine.

I like to think that my fabulous teaching and management skills prevented discipline problems with my students, but it might have been him.

It wasn’t that Arsenio was all that tough: He was just crazy, so people gave him (and me) a wide berth..

Anyway, there we were in the auditorium, at the final run-through of The FONC, with parents and siblings due to arrive in a couple of hours.

Hope was steadying the scenery, I was sweeping the stage and dealing with loads of teenage hysteria, and everything was being complicated by the fact that the custodian hadn’t moved the huge grand piano, currently standing stage-right.

We suddenly heard thunder, and it started to pour outside. I had planned to get treats for a post-party for all the performers, but I was still calming nerves, keeping a tenuous peace among the groups and trying to find someone to move the piano.

Then, like a shining knight, Arsenio announced that he’d get the snacks, and he ran off without receiving orders or a penny from me.

An hour later, there he was, wearing a yellow slicker (who knows where it came from) and carrying soda, candy and cookies (who knows how he got them).

The audience was starting to arrive, so I gave up trying to get the piano moved. Hope and I quickly showed the performing groups how to maneuver around it.

Now, for the finale, all the groups – our own little un-United Nations – were to come out in full costume.

The plan was to take a bow together in an attempt to convince the audience that, deep down in their heart of hearts, they all loved and respected one another.

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We’d repeatedly rehearsed this joint effort, and Hope and I prayed that every group would control its urge for dominance when they were crowded onto the stage at the same time.

As we neared show time, every seat in the school auditorium was filled. Hope stood in the wings to monitor the students and manage the curtain while I ran upstairs into the balcony to work the lights.

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I soon became aware that Arsenio, who was always nearby, had disappeared. Just one more thing to worry

about.

“Bon chance!” Hope hollered to the world in general.

“Que será, será!” I answered, fully aware that, unlike Hope, I wasn’t tenured.

Miraculously, the students were wonderful and the acts flowed seamlessly into one another. The penultimate group, the Jugheads (a combo jug band-rap group-baton-twirling extravaganza), were taking their bows, and it was time for the finale.

Hope bounced onto the stage, gesturing for me to come down for the final song.

I was sobbing with relief: The FONC was a success. I began my triumphant march down the stairs and aisle to join Hope and the kids onstage when we heard a scratchy noise stage-right as the lid to the grand piano opened.

There was my man, Arsenio, still wearing the yellow slicker, majestically rising from its innards. He raised his arms and whooped, and the audience responded by leaping to their feet and cheering wildly.

The students were thrilled with all of this and started dancing on and off the stage. It could have been the perfect ending to the school year, but, when we saw the glowering look on the face of the principal in the front row, Hope and I were scared stiff.

How much would it cost to restring the piano, and how would our husbands react to the fact that we’d have to relocate?

Arsenio caught that angry look.

He climbed out and pulled the principal onstage, where she had no choice but to join in our UNICEF postcard moment as the flash bulbs went off.

I was especially thrilled that Mrs. Brito’s youngest son, still a novice prankster at the age of 13, had proved himself worthy of the family name.

Chana Shapiro is a former middle school English and art teacher. She believes that teaching is the holiest profession in the world and that every young person is a natural poet, artist and stand-up comic.

She has a special place in her heart for funky girls and bad boys.

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“Be Fruitful and Multiply” COMMENTS ON OVERPOPULATION

By Eugen Schoenfeld AJT Contributor

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ast Sunday, as is my custom, I watched “Sunday Morning,” CBS’s version of a news magazine. One of the reports was on the diminishing number of migrating song birds - apparently, the population of these birds have been reduced by 50 percent in the last four decades.

The reason for this is obvious: The decimation is due to our increased numbers, which keeps on encroaching on the birds’ habitat. And this is but one of the many consequences of human population explosion.

It is not my intent to burden you with statistics; the fact is that we have violated the equation on which this world is built. If we increase the human birth rate, we also increase the size of human habitat, which in

turn decreases the habitat of other living entities.

This world was created in the principle of balance – if we decrease death rates, to keep the balance, we must decrease birth rates. And if we violate the principle of balance, we threaten the survival of the earth and all that is in it.

But Were We Not Told?

Like most Jews in my shtetl, as a child I too accepted an absolutist view of the mitzvot (the commandments in the Torah). That perspective told me that the Torah and its laws were fundamental to Judaism because they represent our contract with G-d: “You shall be my people, and I your G-d.”

Jewish lore tells us that the covenant between Jews and G-d at Mt. Sinai specified our unquestioned belief that the laws contained in the Torah – as well as those in the Talmud, referred to as the Oral Torah – were absolute, immutable and eternal. After all, the “eternal” Jew is the collective of all Jews past, present and future; thereby, all stood at Mount Sinai and in unison declared na’aseh v’nishmah, “we shall listen and do (or obey) all the laws of the Torah.”

But in my teens, I became aware of a disconnect. I learned that Judaism proclaims a commitment to chchmoh, binoh v’daat (wisdom, understanding and knowledge), but I was not encouraged to use these tools – expressed collectively as reason – when examining why G-d ordained his mitzvot.

Tradition proclaimed that the reason why G-d gave us certain ordinances is known to G-d alone and that this should suffice for us. I was admonished for asking questions, told over and over fregt nicht kain shaloos, “don’t ask questions.”

But I had also been told that the Torah should be interpreted. Hence, when the Torah tells us that the laws contained therein will enhance our life, should we not be permitted to ask “how” and “why”?

If today’s world (which includes we Jews) seeks to understand all the laws of nature, even the “God particle,” should we not be permitted to seek the rationale and reason for the biblical dictates?

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A biblical law that has caused great problems for humanity in the last 500 years – and that which I wish to draw attention to with this column – comes from Genesis 1:28.

Now, as this command was given to Adam, I must assume that it is a universal law, as Adam is the symbolic representative of all mankind:

three words that follow are, in Hebrew, umiloo et ha’aretz; this can be translated either as “fill the world” or as “replenish the world.”

Apparently the former interpretation has come to dominate, as we have multiplied and filled the world for the last five centuries. Unfortunately, though, the resultant overpopulation has greatly contributed to wars, the alteration of the world’s climate and the loss of many non-human species – in short, the endangerment of the existence of the world.

Seeing this damage done, should we not change our practice and view our instructions as merely to replenish the human species? After all, what is even more important comes at the very end of the aforementioned verse, which in reference to the world says that we should “…have dominion over it.”

On the sixth day, the Torah tells us He finished his task and set in motion the universe that moves in a rhythmic equilibrium – day and night; season follows season – and then we are told that we (mankind) are the ones to govern the world. G-d made the world, and then made humanity responsible for what happens in it.

I see that as a suggestion of the concept of tzimtzum, the teaching of Kabbalah that says when G-d created the universe, He withdrew from it to create space for it. But, instead of being wise rulers as He watches from afar and following the moral path – that is, to guard the gift that G-d entrusted to us – we seek to destroy it.

And when something goes wrong because of our misuse, we come to the synagogues and churches and pray, seeking His help to undo that which we have destroyed.

Let us be aware: The greatest destructive force is one we unleashed, and it arose from our misinterpretation of the purpose of our procreation.

Eugen Schoenfeld is a professor and chair emeritus at Georgia State University and a Holocaust survivor.

Blood and Hate are Flooding Europe THE ROLE OF A TEACHER

By Noga Gur-Arieh AJT Contributor

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uslim communities in Europe have been around for years. They began as small enclaves when people from the Middle East went searching for greater freedom and opportunities.

The neighborhoods, focused on becoming part of the larger community, grew slowly. They were mostly made up of good citizens, working hard for a better life. The people obeyed the laws of the state and quietly went about practicing their religion.

For a time, all was well.

But in recent years, their numbers have grown, and something dangerous has become part of their world – extremists and radical Islam. And now they are making demands.

Because all of this has happened slowly and over time, many people in Europe took little notice of troubling changes. Frankly, they’ve been blinded by propaganda and been willing to believe in a world turned upside down.

In this bizarre scheme of things, Israel has become the problem, the country causing trouble. This notion has become so prevalent in recent years that now Israelis choose the countries that we visit in Europe very carefully. There are certain countries that openly revile Israel and all it stands for; their leaders condemn Israel whenever given the opportunity.

Israel has few allies in the region, but much worse than that are the anti-Semitic actions of many of the common folk. Mean-spirited groups have called for boycotts against the Jewish homeland, staged marches and slandered IDF soldiers as “killers.”

These people don’t care about the truth. They are caught up in the lies and distortions offered up by Muslims in their midst.

Of course, there are many Europeans who are still willing to listen to reason. But anti-Semitism in Europe is growing and has become such a huge problem recently that I fear vis-

iting London and Paris, which were two of my favorite cities as a child.

I want to return, but the images of hate – marches and flag burnings – that I see on television and online are so bothersome that I know it’s too dangerous to visit these famous capitals now.

The reality of the situation is that many Europeans have been so busy condemning Israel that they’ve ignored the ticking time bomb that is now part of their cities. Muslim extremists have taken over neighborhoods across Europe, and these areas will occasionally erupt in violence.

The fact is that many people across Europe have lost their lives in terrorist attacks – activities carried out by Muslims, not Israelis. Just recently, a British solder was savagely killed in London, a French soldier in Paris was stabbed, and Sweden was the site of terrorist activity.

All of these attacks were carried out in the name of Islam. None of these – and other – attacks are surprising. There have been warning signs for years.

Last year, for example, there were shootings in two French communities. French soldiers and members of the Jewish community were murdered in these attacks. And we cannot forget the 2005 bombings in London, attacks in which 52 people were killed and more than 700 injured.

Still, for some bizarre reason, many Europeans aren’t willing – or able – to realize what’s really happening. They continue pointing accusatory fingers at Israel while Muslim extremists continue attacking their own communities. It’s all unexplainable and frustrating.

The world has truly gone mad.

Hopefully, the truth will soon win out and the bloodshed will stop. Hopefully, the world will soon recognize the problem isn’t Israel.

Noga Gur-Arieh visited the U.S. to work at Camp Coleman after finishing her military service in the IDF. She is now back in Israel, working as a journalist.

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IF YOU ASK ME

The Truth Behind the Hat A LETTER TO “LIBERALS”

By Rabbi Shlomo Pinkus AJT Contributor

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try to not get personal when writing, but after having my denomination repeatedly attacked, I feel that it is time to speak out.

You have called “ultra-Orthodox,” the “enemy,” “unjust,” “restrictive” and “right-wing rock-throwers.” At the same time, the “left” or “liberals” have been called “respectful” and “sensitive,” praised for their “wisdom and openness.”

According to others, I am Orthodox (a name given to a denomination by the Reform movement more than a hundred years ago) – but I can assure you, I am not “ultra.” That tag used by people who have distanced themselves so far away from the Torah that to them now we seem extreme.

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My house is open to everyone. We continuously have people from all religions coming over, and that includes Jews of Reform, Conservative and Chasidic backgrounds who sit at my Shabbos table together. If we are so closed-minded, why are these people in our home and not in that of one more “respectful”?

I would ask: When was the last time one of Orthodoxy’s attackers had an Orthodox or Chasidic Jew over for a chat or out for a cup of coffee?

We are open-minded enough to accept others; we are just not so openminded that our brains fall out. Just because we do not agree with a position that does not mean that we are less caring or less involved with that topic, nor does it mean that we are to the right or left; for us, this is not politics – it’s our service to Hashem.

We do believe in women’s rights and equality and have done so longer, and with more opportunity, than anyone else. But just because we are

all equal it doesn’t mean that we are different. Why ignore what you can embrace?

As it says in Proverbs 31:10, “An accomplished woman…far beyond pearls is her value.” But would your average Reform Jew even know of Sheerah, who built the lower and upper Beth-Horon and Uzzen-Sheerah.

Not to mention the seven prophetesses, and countless women mentioned in the Torah and Talmud who have helped form what we know of as Judaism.

These women would not be looked at so fondly by “the left,” as they made all of their contributions according to Jewish law. Not just Jewish law, but what is being disrespectfully disregarded as “Orthodox, closed-minded Jewish law.”

I have to wonder: If any of these women were around today would they be called “ultra-Orthodox”?

Would a “liberal” so quickly spit at them as you do at us?

“Orthodox” is a denomination for those who strictly follow the laws.

That would obviously mean that anyone ever caught throwing a rock at another person can’t be “Orthodox,” no matter what color their suit or hat. We do not learn our morals from society; we follow the Torah, so if we are doing something that disagrees with what you may consider the “societal norm,” then perhaps the source to question is society.

The Torah and the Talmud is where we should all find our values and our guidance, and if it says something that you don’t like or that we Orthodox are doing something that your “society” disagrees with, then that should beg the question: Is your problem with the Orthodox, or with Hashem’s Torah?

Remember, we didn’t write it. We just follow it.

Rabbi Shlomo Pinkus is a rabbinic field representative for the Atlanta Kashruth Commission.

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Jewish-Owned Crib Manufacturer Donates to Atlanta Non-Profit

DELTA CHILDREN GIVES $60,000 WORTH TO CARING FOR OTHERS, INC. SPECIAL FOR THE AJT

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elta Children, a 45-year-old family business, has donated new cribs to Caring For Others, Inc., an Atlanta nonprofit. The donation, valued at $60,000, is part of the former’s “Safe Sleep Campaign,” an Delta Children president Joe Shamie and son David educational ini(center and right) help deliver cribs at Caring For Others, Inc. tiative aimed at providing $1 million worth of cribs to families in need nationwide.

Delta Children was started by the Shamie family – members of the New York Jewish community – more than four decades ago with the idea that every family should be able to afford a safe crib for their baby. Today, the company provides more cribs than any other brand worldwide.

“This is an ongoing effort and commitment on our part to educate parents nationwide on the importance of safe sleeping conditions for their children,” said Joseph Shamie, president of Delta Children. “As a father myself, I don’t sleep at night unless I know babies are safe in our cribs.”

Caring For Others, a human services organization that aids economically disadvantaged individuals and families, distributed the cribs to pre-registered families. The donation was made possible via the help of K.I.D.S, a non-profit organization that connects companies and children in need.

K.I.D.S. supports Delta’s initiatives and is the brand’s partner on this journey.

“We at K.I.D.S. are very excited to partner with Delta Children to combine new product donations with education and advocacy to reduce the incidence of SIDS in the United States,” said president Chris Blake.

“Ensuring that every parent and caregiver is aware of how to protect their baby during sleep has the potential to literally save thousands of precious lives for generations to come,” said Kelly Mariotti, First Candle’s CEO. Editor’s note: For more information about Delta Children, visit DeltaChildren. com or facebook.com/DeltaChildren or follow @DeltaChildren on Twitter.

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Shamie stressed the importance of a safe crib at a recent “safe sleep” demonstration. He offered tips with the help of yet another partnering group, First Candle, a leading national non-profit dedicated to infant health and survival.

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Q&A: Harley Tabak, Breman Home CEO

MORE DETAILS ON THE BERMAN COMMONS

By John McCurdy

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he land that once hosted the fledging New Atlanta Jewish Community High School – which has become an institution in its own right, the Weber School – are soon to be another key site of the Atlanta Jewish community. Under the auspices of Jewish Home Life Communities (the re-branded organization of the William Breman Jewish Home and its affiliates), a new assisted living facility to be known as the Berman Commons will soon break ground.

that’s in the middle – it’s much more residential in character, and it’s what people who used to live in nursing homes now prefer. So we realized that that was an area we needed to serve rather than waiting for people to come to the nursing home after they’d lived a period of time in another assisted living facility.

The process [of creating Berman Commons] began four or five years ago, when we acquired the property on the MJCCA campus. That was also one of the driving factor, that having it on the Jewish campus would be another positive aspect to it for many people who would like the intergenerational interaction factor of the Center.

“What has evolved over the past five, 10 years is the entirely Of course, 2008 was new field of assisted the economic crisis living, which is a Harley Tabak and credit crunch, so hybrid of a nursing being able to finance home and indepennew construction has dent living,” Breman Home CEO been impossible. But in the past year, Harley Tabak said. “We recognized we’ve recognized that this may be that there were many people who the time to look at it again, and now wanted to be in a facility like that we’re very close to completing the fiwhich had our sponsorship – because nancing and hope to break ground in of our Jewish culture and also our September. reputation for quality – so why not just provide the service ourselves, as we feel we bring something special to AJT: I’ve seen some of the renderthe market?” ings, but I’d like to hear a little more The AJT got a chance to sit down with Tabak to learn more about the Home’s key developments and muchanticipated project.

about the facility. Tell me about what was most important in your minds while designing the Berman Commons.

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Atlanta Jewish Times: I know the idea for Berman Commons has been in the works, that the idea started up some time ago. Tell me about its origins, and what need wasn’t being met that did need to be met with Berman Commons.

Harley Tabak: Nursing homes used to be the place you went for medical care of any type for the long term.

Now what’s needed is something

HT: Number one, we wanted it to be residential in character. Even though it is an institution – it’s licensed as assisted living in the state of Georgia, so there are lots of requirements in terms of fire code, etc., for safety reasons – the goal is to make it feel as home-like as possible. So the design of both the interior and the exterior, the gardens, [is focused on that]. And the design also has to be economical, as this is a big undertaking.

Memory care – for those with de-

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mentia or Alzheimer’s – being a growing area of need in elderly care, it’s a very important aspect of the design.

We have almost an entire floor dedicated to that population, and that’s a significant part of the project. That population is in a unique area, and we’ll have programming designed specifically for that population.

Then, we’ll have two floors dedicated to general assisted living, which is a broad term but is typically for people who may have a physical limitation but mentally are sharp.

Having rooms that are as spacious as possible, having the common areas feel as residential as possible – that’s something we pride ourselves on, that when you’re here, it doesn’t feel like you’re in a nursing home, even though it is.

AJT: What else should people know about Berman Commons?

HT: First, that we’ve had a unique team helping with it, some amazing volunteers including Joe Rubin, Bob

London and David Weiss.

Also, that we’re honoring Steve M. Berman with naming. He’s been active on the board for more than 30 years, and of all the people who best represented us in terms of passion and commitment to serving this institution, he symbolizes that. I’ve not known anyone like him, and he’s one of the people who personally brought me here eight years ago.

And finally, every community like this is really so dependent on the atmosphere that’s created by the management. That’s my segue to Jenice, who will be our executive director See this week’s cover for high-res renderings of the planned facility. To learn more about the Berman Commons, its 90 luxury apartments on 84,000 square feet and the top-notch kosher assisted living it will offer, see the full Q&A on atlantajewishtimes. com or visit wbjh.org and sign up for the Berman Commons interest list.

Cunningham to Serve as Berman Commons Exec. Director NEW LEADER SETS TONE

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he William Breman Jewish Home recently announced that Jenice Cunningham has been chosen as the Executive Director of The Home’s newest community, Berman Commons. The announcement was made soon after the Dunwoody City Council approved two land waivers that cleared the way for the project to move forward on schedule.

Berman Commons will be a kosher assisted living and memory care community located adjacent to the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA).

The project, widely anticipated by the community since 2008, will break ground this fall and is slated to open in December 2014. All residents of Berman Commons will be able to take advantage of member programs at the MJCCA in addition to the services and activities available at Berman Commons.

Although she has been with The Home’s Zaban Tower independent living community since February, Cunningham most recently served as Executive Director of another assisted living facility in the area.

“Like all communities affiliated with The Home, Berman Commons will be a place where residents and families feel well cared for and cherished,” said Cunningham. “I am thrilled to be part of this exciting project.”

The Home’s CEO Harley Tabak expressed his confidence in Cunningham.

“We are delighted to have Jenice on board,” Tabak said. “She has firsthand knowledge of how to run a successful, kosher community and is well respected by both families and her peers.”

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Kosher Movies: Margin Call (2011) APPRECIATING ALL PERSPECTIVES

BY Rabbi Herbert Cohen AJT Contributor

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uring my years in Jewish education, there were stressful moments, times when I felt the need to

take counsel with someone older and wiser than me. Fortunately, experienced lay leaders in the community often provided me with a fresh perspective on an issue as I navigated through a challenging time.

One lay leader in particular was skilled at shifting the paradigm, allowing me to arrive at sound decisions. He would always begin the conversation with the phrase, “conventional wisdom says…” but then launch into his own analysis of the situation. Talking with him was helpful because his valuable insights helped me see beyond the obvious.

I was reminded of his invaluable advice while watching a mesmerizing scene in “Margin Call,” a profanitylaced story of a Wall Street meltdown with moral ambiguities at its center.

Although it is a negative example applied to the world of finance, it demonstrates how a more experienced person sees things differently from a less experienced person.

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Seth Bregman, an engineering Ph.D. from MIT who now works as a risk management analyst, discovers that his firm is on the verge of a total financial meltdown. He shares the information with his superior, who in turn shares the information with his superior. Consequently, a middleof-the-night meeting of all the senior executives is called to determine how the company will deal with this impending crisis.

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One of those present suggests selling off a toxic stock before the market can react to news of its worthlessness.

Another feels that this approach will forever ruin the company because people will never trust the company again. The issue is debated for hours until the moment of reckoning, when the market opens and we witness the consequences of decisions made in an environment of moral compromise.

During this sequence, it is fascinating to observe the way the firm’s CEO John Tuld approaches the problem. He does not ask for the minutia but rather wants to understand the

big picture. When Seth attempts to explain the crisis, Tuld tells him: “Speak as you might to a young child, or to a golden retriever, and tell me the nature of the problem.”

He informs the group that he gets paid the “big bucks” because he can predict the future of the company, not because of his everyday scrutiny of details. The details are best left to the analysts like Seth, who can understand the numbers in sophisticated ways.

W h a t emerges from this scene is an understanding of the radically different approaches of the young and old to the same problem. Both kinds of wisdom are useful – the young man knows facts and figures, while the old man sees beyond the detail and into the heart of the matter.

Relating this to the Jewish side of things, the Ethics of the Fathers expresses much the same sentiment, but there is a cautionary note: “Learning from the young is like eating unripe grapes, whereas learning from the old is like eating ripe grapes or drinking aged wine.”

The Sages suggest that one should favor the wisdom of the older man who speaks from experience as well as from knowledge. Moreover, the Talmud tells us that as man ages, he becomes fit for attaining deeper levels of wisdom – for example, at five years of age, he may know scripture, but it is not until age 40 that he really begins to understand it.

Similarly, “Margin Call” reminds us that considering things from a senior’s point of view, even if we disagree with him, may enhance our own understanding of a problem.

Rabbi Cohen, former principal of Yeshiva Atlanta, now resides in Beit Shemesh, Israel. Visit koshermovies. com for more of his Torah-themed film reviews.

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JEWS MAKING NEWS RECOGNIZING HIGH ACHIEVERS

Compiled by Elizabeth Friedly and Sara Kaplan

Samberg on the Beat

Oh, Babs!

It was one year ago when it was announced that Andy Samberg was leaving “Saturday Night Live” (SNL), the show that launched him to fame. Now, the comic will appear alongside Andre Braugher (“Men of a Certain Age,” “Homicide: Life on the Street”) in a new, single-camera series, FOX’s new sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” which will premiere this September.

That’s Doctor Barbra Streisand, to you. On June 17, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem will recognize the celebrated entertainer and Israel supporter with her second honorary Ph.D.

This won’t be Samberg’s first gig since leaving SNL. He has since starred in “That’s My Boy,” “Celeste and Jesse Forever” and animated comedy film “Hotel Transylvania” and has much more coming out in 2013 – including the anticipated sequel of “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.”

Samberg was born David Andrew Samberg in Berkley, Calif. to Marjorie Marrow and Joe Samberg. He also has two sisters, Johanna and Darrow.

His grandfather, industrial psychologist and philanthropist Alfred Marrow, served as the executive chair of the American Jewish Congress.

Also on the docket for her trip to the Holy Land are two other community concerts. And while it may not be a Ph.D., Streisand’s 2012 homecoming-turned-concert/film, “Back to Brooklyn” has been added to PBS’s primetime fall lineup (Nov. 29).

Born Barbara Joan Streisand (she later dropped the second “a” from her first name), she was the daughter of first-generation Americans, her grandparents hailing from Poland and Russia. As a child, Streisand attended Jewish Orthodox Yeshiva of Brooklyn, where she gave her first public solo performance.

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The plot of “Brooklyn” follows Jake Peralta (played

by Samberg), a lackadaisical New York City detective who gets a new tightly-wound boss (Braugher) who expects his protégé to play by the rules and respect the badge.

Streisand helped establish the University’s Emanuel Streisand Building for Jewish Studies, named after her father. The ceremony – which will mark the first time Streisand has performed in the Jewish State – will take place in conjunction with the 90th birthday celebration of Israeli President Shimon Peres.

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North Springs’s Weinstein a Stamps Scholar

Hadassah’s Chesed Student Awards

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orth Springs Charter High School’s Mia Weinstein, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Weinstein of Sandy Springs, has been named a Georgia Tech Stamps Presidential Scholar. This honor is bestowed each Mia Weinstein year on Tech’s top 10 President’s Scholars (typi(right) and mother cally five in-state and five out of state students), chosen from among the university’s nearly 8,000 early applicants.

Stamps Leadership Scholars is Tech’s most prestigious academic/leadership program and includes a full-ride four-year scholarship; a $4,250 research grant or public service internship stipend; and study abroad travel experience valued at approximately $8,500. This year’s Stamps Scholars will participate in an outdoor leadership expedition in Scotland this summer and will be able to attend bi-annual Stamps Scholars National Conventions.

Weinstein, a math magnet student at North Springs, graduated with a 4.0 GPA. She served as president of Beta Club, was a three-year varsity cheerleader and member of National Honor Society, Invisible Children, 21st Century Leaders and North Springs’ Jewish Culture Club.

As a magnet intern, she assisted in the math department at Davis Academy, the school she attended through the eighth grade. Outside of school, Weinstein volunteered for Amy’s Holiday Party and Bargainata and served on the board of Creating Connected Communities.

RECOGNIZING 21 AREA STUDENTS wenty-one Atlanta-area Jewish teens were honored on May 5 at Greater Atlanta Hadassah’s 22nd-annual Marian F. Perling Hadassah Chesed Student Awards Program, held at Congregation Etz Chaim.

Hadassah’s Chesed Stu The Chesed awards have been given andent Award winners nually since 1992 to one student from each of the Atlanta-area Jewish day schools and synagogue religious schools. Students in grades seven through 12 are eligible to receive the award, and each school chooses its own recipient.

Nominees are chosen based on criteria that are of paramount importance to the Hadassah organization and its members, including love for Israel; concern for Jews and Jewish culture and heritage; concern for fellow human beings as exemplified through manner and deed; and acceptable academic standing.

Recipients of the 2013 Marian F. Perling Hadassah Chesed Student Awards were: Aaron Duwell (Ahavath Achim); Matthew Mutnick (Beth Shalom); Linsey Cohen (B’nai Torah); Ryan Shindler (Dor Tamid); Lena Robbins (Etz Chaim); Alyssa Sargon (Gesher L’Torah); Rebecca Adler (Or Hadash); Erica Rubin (Or VeShalom); Sydney Wolfe (Shearith Israel); Zoe Bagel (Greenfield Hebrew Academy); Daniel Sandfelder (Beth Tikvah); Rachel Vaizer (Emanu-El); Rachel Liebman (Kehillat Chaim); Cayla Harris (Kol Emeth); Danielle Gately (Temple Sinai); Sari Bircoll (Davis Academy); Roei Levi (Epstein); Zachary Maslia (The Temple); Olivia Gavriella Mendel (Weber); Meechal Lovett (Torah Day); and Ethan Arbiser (Yeshiva Atlanta).

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hen community member Andee Poulos, then 14 and a student at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal, suffered a ruptured AVM (arteriovenous malformation) in her cerebellum a little more than two years ago and was left unable to walk, talk or eat and in need of serious medical attention for an extended period of time, the Epstein School saw a friend in need.

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Andee Poulos She may not have been a student at Epstein, but the School nonetheless reached out to the Poulos family, offering prayers, emotional support, monetary donations and meals delivered to their home and prepared by Epstein’s Food Services Manager Jane Escalera.

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Over the last year and a half, Andee has been determined to maximize her recovery and someday walk through the halls of The Epstein School to meet and thank the students, faculty and staff that came to the aid of herself and her family in a time of need.

Then, on May 20, 2013 Andee succeeded, walking into the school’s chapel along with her father to speak to students who were inspired by her story.

Epstein Head of School Stan Beiner presented Andee with a book – fittingly, “The Little Engine that Could” – inscribed in her honor. The young lady looks forward to returning to school in the fall.

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Two Georgia Students are Bronfman Fellows

BROWN, PADAWER RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS HONOR

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or the 27th consecutive year, The Bronfman Fellowships has selected a group of 26 high school students to be Bronfman Youth Fellows.

Among this year’s honored young adults are Liliana Brown of Atlanta and Ella Padawer of Cleveland, Ga.

The Bronfman Fellows participate in an intensive year of programming which begins with a five-week program of study and travel in Israel designed to develop future community leaders committed to Jewish unity. The Fellows then become part of a vibrant, 1,000-plus alumni community.

Brown, the daughter of Daniel and Myra Brown, is a graduate of The Davis Academy and a junior at The Weber School. At Weber, she serves as a student Peer Leader and runs and directs programs for the student body as part of the Israeli Action Fellows club. In October 2012, she was selected to represent the Weber School at the AIPAC Schusterman High School Summit, and she also attended AIPAC’s annual Policy Conference in March 2013 as a USY delegate.

Padawer, the daughter of Orly and Ariel Padawer, is a junior at White County High School. Along with being an honor student at the top of her class, Ella is also a dedicated member of the Gateway Theatre Company (her school’s drama program), a second-year Georgia High School Thespian, and an honors chorus student. She and her parents are part of a congregation called Shalom b’Harim in Dahlonega.

“We have the privilege of working with young participants who are already leading in their communities,” Rabbi Mishael Zion, Co-Director of Education of the Fellowship explained. “We, in turn, instill in them a love for learning Jewish texts, a commitment to pluralism, and a sense of social and Jewish responsibility.”

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From One Senior Class to Another

KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM GRADUATES’ COLLEGE ADMISSIONS EXPERIENCE

By Dr. Mark L. Fisher

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ome high school seniors donned their caps and gowns in May, and still more will march down the aisle in

June.

For college-bound students, the overwhelming majority know which campus they hope to walk for four years; wait-listed students are still hoping to land a spot at their topchoice school. Some, although they are not planning on it, will graduate college in five or six years. At least, that is what statistics show.

But instead of asking how the seniors fared in this year’s admission cycle, let’s look at the picture from the college side. By studying these 2013 admissions results, rising seniors – our next crop preparing for the post-

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First of all, take note that Stanford University made history.

Their 5.7 percent acceptance rate was the lowest admit rate in school’s history, and applications received were up by 6 percent.

Only 2,210 students received joyful news out of 38,828 applicants.

On the other coast, Princeton had a 7 percent acceptance rate; there were 1,931 students accepted out of 24,000 applicants.

Chances were not much better at the University of Chicago, where 9 percent of the applicants were accepted.

Elsewhere, Clark University in Worcester, Mass. saw a 29 percent increase in applications.

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courage interest, and the 10 new scholarships for full tuition, room and board must have attracted some very capable students.

est acceptance rate was at Cornell at 17 percent, and the average for Ivies was a mere 10 percent overall acceptance.

And as for that trendiest of top schools, New York University had a record-breaking year, reviewing 48,606 applications (of which they had to decline some 30,000).

Admittedly, the statistics in this article likely won’t make juniors feel very good when applying to some of the schools above. And parents wonder why more students from their child’s high school don’t get into Ivy League schools or their cousin colleges like Stanford!

Finally, what about some of the other Ivy League colleges (other than Princeton)? Jed Applerouth, who heads Applerouth Tutoring in Toco Hills, researched some interesting statistics.

Harvard led the way with an overall 6 percent (or 5.8 percent, to be exact) acceptance rate. But there are those who would like to catch up to the Cambridge school in terms of exclusivity: Brown was at 8 percent, Columbia at 7 and Yale at 7. The high-

Of course, if one takes into account how few students receive favorable letters from the Ivies and he like, you would not be shocked that your wonderful and bright child who has truly accomplished everything in high school is not accepted. On average, almost 90 percent of the applicants are not accepted.

But what does this mean in the overall admissions process? Where do these 90 percent students attend?

Well, most of these students are outstanding in every way. And the fact of the matter is that there are many outstanding colleges in the United States. It follows that these same 90 percent of students denied admission to the Ivy League and their relatives are now competing for those other great colleges.

The competition has heated up all over the place, yes, but there are so many good colleges out there. Keep in mind this college counselor’s definition of a “good college,” is a “college that is good for the student” – not necessarily whichever sticker is on the rear window of the family car.

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There are many success stories of students who attended many different colleges, some that you have never heard of in your conversations with others. But they’re there nonetheless, and college view books or websites will show you their famous alumni.

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Juniors and their families need to carry on a serious search among the many fine colleges. Find the colleges that meet the student’s academic profile, needs, interests and values.

Those colleges do exist!

Dr. Mark Fisher is a college and career consultant at Fisher Educational Consultants (fishereducationalconsultants.com) and is the college counselor for Yeshiva Atlanta.

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YA Students’ Stock: On the Rise!

SUCCESS IN SY SYMS CHALLENGE

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hree Yeshiva Atlanta students – seniors Jake Belinky and Ethan Arbiser and junior Ezra Weener – together finished second in Yeshiva University’s 6th-annual Sy Syms School of Business Stock Market Challenge.

The Stock Market Challenge is, simply put, quite a challenge. Students receive $500,000 in a virtual brokerage account, then use this virtual cash to manage a portfolio – including stocks, options, futures, bonds, mutual funds, currencies and other securities from more than 20 global exchanges – via a simulation program for the duration of the class.

The YA team, in the words of the judges, achieved “a remarkable 3.03 percent gain, equaling a total of $1,303,123.40.” And in doing so, the trio won $500 in cash for themselves.

In congratulating the accomplishments of the YA team, Michael Strauss, YU’s Associate Director of Student Advising and Administration, wrote: “We at Sy Syms think it is extraordinary that your students have decided to participate in our challenge. We look forward to your school’s future participation in the Stock Market Challenge.”

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he Greenfield Hebrew Academy held an ice-cream social for GHA alumni who are graduating from high school this year. Some 20 newly-minted high school graduates chatted with their former teachers, shared their plans for the future and reminisced about their time in

GHA.

David Feldman, Weber Academy graduate, enthusiastically greeted Ethan Arbiser, who just finished at Yeshiva Atlanta. Daniel Gordon, newly graduated from Weber Academy, greeted GHA Middle School Principal Franeen Sarif and teacher Stella Gordon (no relation) with a hug.

“I haven’t been here in years, and I can’t believe how many of the teachers remember me!” Dunwoody High School graduate Leslie Apseloff said.

Principal Leah Summers addressed the crowd of students and faculty members.

GHA alumni now graduating high school include (top row, left to right) Danielle Grinzaid, Tammy Elmaleh, Danielle Goldstein, Jamie Heidt, Sasha Aaron, (bottom row) Hannah Siegel, Gavriella Mendel and Lesley Apseloff.

“Teachers, we plant seeds at GHA,” she said. “Our students develop and grow and then graduate and leave us. We don’t always get a chance to see the beautiful results. But here we are, together again, and we are dazzled by what wonderful human beings these kids have grown to become.”

Clarification: The full name of GHA’s M’silot program (featured in the May 31 AJT article “GHA’s M’silot Program Spreads to Los Angeles”) is the Matthew Blumenthal M’silot Program, and it is named in memory of a GHA alum who passed from muscular dystrophy at age 24.

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Our alumni’s varied plans for the future will scatter them all over the United States and Israel. Each accepted a gift of a portable tool kit and umbrella, representing the preparation for life they received at GHA.

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MATZAH BALL SOUP FOR THE SOUL

Never Just Chump Change

TO G-D, NO PROBLEM PALES IN COMPARISON

BY RACHEL LAVICTOIRE AJT Columnist

I

have limits. I admitted this startling fact about myself weeks ago when we read the parsha of Ki Tasa. This week, I’m unveiling another unexpected twist in the human condition:

We all have limits.

We’re limited as to how well we can hear, how high we can jump, and – though we may try to fight it – how many hours we can stay awake. On top of that, we’re also restricted by outside limitations: A car’s 15-gallon tank, a soccer game’s 45-minute half and, ultimately, the earth’s 24-hour days.

Almost everything in our life has its limits. This is why the notion of infinity can be such a difficult concept to grasp.

We spend childhood learning to count things, sort them and give them names. If I have two beans and you give me three more, I have five beans; if you give me five more beans, I have 10, and if you give me 300 more. I have 305 beans.

And as far as I was concerned, I was always going to be able to tell you how many beans I had, no matter how large the number. But then

there comes the “infinity-plus-one” stage when I, as a kid, saw infinity as a number so big no one can name it.

The problem would most often rear its head when a friend tried finishing arguments with statements like, “I could do it infinity times,” and I routinely responded, “I could do it infinity plus one times.” In my limited way of thinking, even if their number was huge, mine was one number huge-er.

Korah’s attitude, as I see it, was a reflection of his jealousy. He wanted to believe that Moses had merely appointed himself as the leader of the community and that he, Korah, was in reality just as high and holy as Moses.

Of course, here I am, a faithful Jew prepared to say with confidence that G-d is infinite: omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. But still, even for those of us who take the initial step of believing G-d’s infinity, we struggle with the meaning of that belief.

And to prove it, Korah and his 250 men ignored the laws forbidding outsiders from burning incense and joined Aaron the next day to burn incense before G-d.

Does it mean G-d can see everything, and therefore I should be scared of messing up? Or does it mean G-d has to control everything, therefore He won’t care about the small happenings in my life?

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Praise to You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the Universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine.

Blessing for the Bread (Challah) Baruch Atah A-do-nai, El-o-hei-nu Melech haolam, Hamotzi Lechem min haaretz.

Our Praise to You Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe, Who brings forth bread from the earth.

“The entire congregation are all holy, and the Lord is in their midst.

So why do you raise yourselves above the Lord’s assembly? (Numbers 16:3)”

Though I can say that my original idea of “infinity” was completely wrong, I can’t say for certain that it’s a concept that I fully grasp – even now!

The truth is that the idea of something or someone being entirely limitless is nearly impossible to conceptualize.

Shabbat Candle Lighting Times Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of time and space.

You hallow us with Your mitzvot and command us to kindle the lights of Shabbat.

This week’s Torah portion, Korach, is named after a man who accepted the latter interpretation, thinking G-d only cared for the most high and most holy. We read that, having gathered together 250 men, Korah – a Levite – confronted Moses and Aaron, saying:

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Moses then said to the congregation: “You shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these deeds, for I did not devise them myself…if the Lord creates a creation, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that is theirs (Numbers 16:2830).”

Immediately, the earth swallows the men and their houses, and we know that G-d did in fact seek out Moses to be the leader of the Israelites.

Though there are many things to be said about the death of the rebels, I find their initial frustration with and challenge to Moses’s position to be the most interesting here. It’s something I think every religious person struggles with, making him- or herself heard; so many people, like Korah, feel as though they need to be important in order to be heard.

We may lose faith in prayer because our problems “aren’t big enough,” or “G-d has other things to deal with.”

I know I often used to begin bedtime prayers by apologizing to G-d for distracting Him from other things and by promising that my prayer would only take a few minutes.

But this Korah-like mindset only

stems from our limited ability to understand the concept of infinity. We imagine G-d’s work as similar to our own, scribbled out on a “to-do” list with each demand ranked by priority.

And because we often see it this way, it’s easy to reason that someone with Moses’ status would be higher on G-d’s priorities list, and therefore Moses would be worthy of envy. However, that’s not really the case.

It wasn’t until I read Adin Steinsaltz’s “Simple Words” that I finally understood that G-d’s infinity means He has no priorities.

“It is a basic mathematical fact that compared to infinity, every other number is zero, and every other size is equal. One million, or two thousand quadrillion, when compared to infinity, are both exactly zero.

“Theologically, saying that G-d is infinite means that all the details become equally insignificant, regardless of their size…Therefore, if it makes sense for G-d to care about what happens to a galaxy, it makes exactly the same amount of sense for G-d to care about what happens to a blade of grass” (89).

So yes, G-d does “have other things to deal with,” but because He is so big, everything else seems relatively small – and therefore just as large – as anything else in the world.

Now we see: I don’t have to be in deep suffering in order to ask G-d for help, and Korah didn’t need Moses’ status in order to be cared for by G-d.

Rachel LaVictoire (rlavictoire@wustl. edu) is a graduate of the Davis Academy and Westminster High School, recipient of the prestigious Nemerov Writing and Thomas H. Elliott Merit scholarships at Washington University of St. Louis and an active member of Temple Emanu-El and the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta.

She was recently named to the board of St. Louis Hillel.

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Sat., June 8

Graduates Luncheon, recognizing Shabbat and Kiddush graduates.

Sat., June 8. Chabad of Cobb. Submit info for a spot in the newsletter at chabadofcobb.com or (770) 565-4412.

Book Festival Author Event, Author Lauren Weisberger (“The Devil Wears Prada”) discusses her newest book. Wed., June 12, 7:30 p.m. Zaban Park. (678) 812-4005 or atlantajcc. org/bookfestival.

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Thurs., June 13

Thurs., June 27

Edgewise Speaker Series: Dr. Robert Friedman, professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice and Director of GILEE at Georgia State University will focus on community policing, terrorism and crime analysis. Thurs., June 27, 10:30 a.m. Free for MJCCA members, $5/non-members. Zaban Park. (678) 812-4064.

Hawaiian Wings and Tropical Cocktails, another Friday Night Fever event.

Fri., June 14, 7 p.m. No charge, all are welcome. Congregation Beth Tefillah. (404) 843-2464.

Sun., June 9

House Tour, the second-annual Mt. Scopus Hadassah tour. Sun., June 9, 10 a.m. $15/person, $20/at door. Map pickup at private residence. (404) 549-8397.

Fabulously Funny Interactive Comedy Magic Show with Magic Debbie. Sun., June 9, 10 a.m. Oy Toys on Grimes Bridge Rd. oytoys.com.

Edgewise Speaker Series: Nancy Harris, Mayor of Duluth will discuss “Duluth: A Lifelong Adventure” about the city’s history. Thurs., June 13, 10:30 a.m. Free for MJCCA members, $5/non-members. Zaban Park.

(678) 812-4064.

Israeli Scouts Friendship Caravan in Atlanta, evening of song, dance and entertainment. Thurs., June 27, 7 p.m. $5/person, $10/family of four. Temple Emanu-El. patpugrant@aol.com.

Etz Aviv Hadassah’s Lakeside Picnic and BBQ, rescheduled after cancelation due to rain. Sun., June 9, 12 p.m. Private residence. (678) 5215999.

Jewish Women During the Holocaust, Part 2, series presented by Norbert Friedman. Sun., June 9, 12 p.m. Free with museum admission; RSVP via bremanevent5.eventbrite.com requested. The Breman Museum. jschancupp@thebreman.org.

Birnbaum Summer Institute on Teaching the Holocaust, 22nd annual course. Begins Sun., June, 9, 1 p.m.

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Chess Puzzle of the Week

by Jon Hochberg

Challenge: White to move: Checkmate in 2 moves

Last puzzle’s solution.

1) Rg7+, Kf8 2) d7#

Jon Hochberg is a chess instructor who has been teaching in the Atlanta area for the last 6 years. Currently, Jon runs after school chess programs at several Atlanta schools. He always welcomes new students, and enjoys working with children who have no prior chess knowledge.

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