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GOOD NEWS MADE IN THE JEWISH STATE THIS PAST WEEK MICROBIOLOGISTS MAKE “GOLDEN” DISCOVERY. Scientists at Tel Aviv University are integrating heart cells with nano-fibers made of gold particles to create cardiac patches that replace damaged heart tissues.

Gold particles improve electrical signaling between cells to strengthen the contraction of cardiac muscle.

ISRAELI DOCTORS SAVE BOY AFTER HYENA ATTACK. Doctors at the Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya performed life-saving bone grafts, skin grafts and eye operations on Abdulrazak, an 8-year-old Muslim boy who was brought to Israel after being attacked by a hyena in his village in Ethiopia.

ENTREPRENEUR TO BUILD WIND FARM. A Druze entrepreneur, Kanj Hussein, has been given permission by the Israeli government to build a wind power farm in the Druze village of Hurfeish, in the Galilee.

The wind turbines are expected to provide electricity for over 2,000 households.

ISRAELI TO PLAY IN THE NBA. Gal Mekel is set to become the second

Israeli to play in the National Basketball Association after agreeing to a three-year deal with the Dallas Mavericks. Omri Caspi, who in 2009 became the first Israeli in the NBA, recently signed with the Houston Rockets.

ists and locals alike. The books in the beach library are offered in five languages: English, Arabic, Russian, French and Hebrew.

This list courtesy Michael Ordman and verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot. com.

TEL AVIV OPENS FIRST BEACH LIBRARY. The People of the Book are so eager to read, that the Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality has opened its first ever beach library, for tour-

ISRAELIS WIN ROBOCUP. A team of ninth graders from a high school in Rehovot, Israel, won the RoboCup 2013 with their robotic reenactment of a Jewish wedding.

Over 40 countries competed in the international robotics competition in Holland.

ISRAEL WINS GOLD IN “COMPUTER OLYMPICS.” Israel finished eighth of the 80 countries in the 25th annual International Olympiad in Informatics in Brisbane, Australia. The four Israeli teens solved complex problems using algorithms to win a gold medal, two silvers and two bronzes. Last year, Israel came in 17th place.

TO ROYAL BABY, FROM ISRAEL WITH LOVE. Israel’s President Peres sent a message of congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their son, and a personalized baby outfit embroidered with “From Israel with love.” He wished them a hearty Mazal Tov. “From Jerusalem, we pray for his health, his future, and his peace.”

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MACCABIAH GAMES BEGIN. Nearly 10,000 athletes from 78 countries are taking part in the 19th Maccabiah – the largest since the Maccabiah began in Tel Aviv in 1932. It is the first time that the Maccabiah has been staged in Jerusalem.

Thirty-thousand spectators watched the exciting opening ceremony.

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HOME & ABROAD

A Journey Across Eastern Europe WHAT THE HOLOCAUST CAN TEACH US ABOUT LIFE

BY RABBI PAUL D. KERBEL SPECIAL FOR THE AJT

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’ve just returned from my second ever visit to Warsaw, Krakow, Auschwitz, Budapest, Prague and Terezin. I travelled with 10 people from Atlanta and Savannah, part of a larger group of 43 with Ayelet Tours of Albany, N.Y. Stephen M. Berk, the Schaffer Professor of Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., accompanied us and served as our scholar-inresidence.

While the Holocaust looms large, it would be a mistake to only visit sites that remind us of the greatest tragedy of our people. The cities we visited also hold a thousand years of Jewish history, reflecting the enormous contributions that the Jewish people have made in this region of the world.

Visiting Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic allowed us to see what once was, how the Holocaust impacted these communities and the seeds of revival that emanate from the Jewish communities in these countries.

Since I wrote about many of these places and my experiences last summer in the pages of the Atlanta Jewish Times, following my first visit, what I would like to do in this essay is reflect on the lessons I have learned from my journey and from years of study and reflection on the Shoah.

As the Holocaust moves farther and farther into history, how we learn, teach and remember the Holocaust becomes even more important. In the last few years, articles have been written about “Holocaust fatigue.”

Many Jews and non-Jews have turned away from learning the history and the lessons of the Holocaust. Some people are “tired” of learning about the Holocaust. Even among our people, many only know the barest facts and details about what happened to six million of our people.

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I guess I have the opposite of Holocaust fatigue. I have devoted a great deal of my personal reading and research time to studying the Holocaust.

And I believe that with all of the anti-Semitism in our world, with all of the attacks on Israel and the Jewish people to delegitimize our history and our presence in Israel and to ignore the contributions the Jewish people have made to make our world a better place, 4 we need to learn as much as we can.

We also need to teach our children and grandchildren (as they grow and can understand and appreciate learning history) what happened, why it happened, and what we have done to try to make sure it doesn’t happen to us and to others in the future.

Part of my desire to learn more came from the opportunity I had in 2006 to participate in Yad Vashem’s International Educators Course.

For 17 days, we learned about Jewish life before and during the Holocaust, the history of anti-Semitism, the history of the Jews of Europe from the Middle Ages to modern times, the history of the Holocaust, spiritual and physical resistance during the Holocaust, religious responses to the Holocaust, how to teach the Holocaust today and the threats we now face from the radical anti-Semitism of Islam.

At Yad Vashem, there is a constant rethinking of how to teach and understand the Holocaust. Here are three examples: Discussing the “Six Million” Yad Vashem is encouraging educators to focus on stories about individual victims and survivors as a way to help students understand the Holocaust.

What has made “The Diary of Anne Frank” so compelling is that we see the Holocaust through the eyes of one teen-aged young woman rather than through “six million.”

Each story of one of the victims and survivors brings a piece of history alive and helps us understand the lessons of courage or survival of that one person.

There were 1,000 ghettos throughout Europe. We can’t know the history of 1,000 ghettos, but we can learn the history of one of them and although each story is different we have a window into what it was like for Jews to live in ghettos on their way to the concentration camps.

Focus on Everyday Life Every single day, tens of thousands of Jews took actions to try to survive or resist the Holocaust. Some created schools to teach the children in the most adverse of circumstances. The

ghettos were filled with music and art classes, organizations and every possible interest group to help people live normal Jewish lives.

TOP: The grave of Rabbi Moses Isserles of Krakow (The “Ramah” or “Ramu”) one of the greatest rabbinic scholars of Medieval Judaism (1520-1572) MIDDLE: Over 300 Israeli Police Officers and IDF soldiers visited Auschwitz on June 20. Rabbi Kerbel meets with the officers before their private ceremony on the train tracks of Birkenau.

BOTTOM: The administrative barracks of Auschwitz MIDDLE LEFT: Statues of “The Golem” on sale in a marketplace outside a complex of Prague synagogues and museums

Doctors in the ghettos met to de-

termine to whom to give the very limited medications available in their clinics and hospitals. In the midst of chaos, physicians debated the dilemmas of Jewish medical ethics and the value of human life.

These stories show the ethical sensitivity and morality that existed in the most trying of circumstances.

Eighty thousand Jews died of malnutrition in the Warsaw Ghetto, but 400,000 survived on 184 calories per day! How? Every diary, every historical record, every physical act of resistance indicates the desire of many to survive, to do everything possible to live another day.

What Can We Learn About Life?

One of the goals of Yad Vashem is to help the citizens of the world understand why studying the Holocaust is relevant. What can we learn from the Holocaust and how that learning can be relevant to our lives?

Holocaust survivor, Dr. Viktor Frankl, wrote, “Man’s Search for Meaning.” Frankl teaches us about the value our tradition places on the meaning of life and the value we place on living life with meaning.

Frankl suggests that many of those

he interviewed and studied had “a will to live” and a desire to make sure that life had meaning. While the Holocaust historian teaches “about the past”, the role of the Holocaust educator – and all of us can be Holocaust educators – is to make the study of the Holocaust relevant.

By studying the richness of Jewish life before and even during the Holocaust, by giving the victims faces, by turning history into “stories”, and by focusing on the everyday life of Jews in Europe, we can touch our hearts and souls. We can also make sure that the memory of what happened is not relegated to history books, but stands in a place of honor as one of the pillars of our Jewish identity and Jewish activism.

Rabbi Paul Kerbel is a rabbi at Congregation Etz Chaim in Marietta and is active in the Atlanta Rabbinical Association, The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta and the Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel.

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COMMUNITY

Dealing with Heartbreaking Loss SPEAKER, BOOK OFFER LESSONS ON EMBRACING LIFE AJT INTERN

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hen Lynda Fishman was only 13, her life dramatically changed after her mother and two younger sisters were killed in a plane crash.

Teetering on that tender brink between childhood and adolescence, a young Fishman was forced to grow up quickly and handle the responsibilities of her father, who was in a complete state of shock.

Fishman, a trained social worker, motivational and inspirational speaker, has written a memoir, “Repairing Rainbows,” that detail her loss and the endless hardships that are the fallout of incredible tragedy. She’ll be speaking at Temple Sinai the end of August.

The Jewish Times recently interviewed Fishman to discuss her book and life.

Here’s part of our conversation.

AJT: So, what made you decide that this was a story to share with others?

Lynda Fishman: I guess upon reflection, almost four decades after I lost my mother and two sisters, I realized that there were a lot of life lessons that I had to share, along with strategies and attitudes that I felt could help others who are faced with tragedy or loss.

And it doesn’t have to be a death; it could be any kind of loss. And sometimes it’s inspiring to hear from someone who has lived through a terrible tragedy to see that they were able to survive and even thrive, and it gives people hope and inspiration.

AJT: You wrote a book, “Repairing Rainbows,” about your experiences.

Was it difficult to put it all down on paper?

Fishman: Well, I wrote it in my head for almost 40 years (laughs). And then I decided to put it down on paper. It was very difficult because back in the 70s the way people dealt with loss and death and grief was to bury it and not to talk about it.

So, I learned for many years that that was just the way people moved forward … not talking about their grief and keeping it buried. When I finally started writing the book, I literally relived the tragedy all over again and talked about it for really the first time in my life. It was really, really difficult.

It was heart-wrenching for me at the time. And I wrote for an entire

year, seven days a week when I didn’t look up from my computer. But, once the book was done and I started talking about the whole tragedy and the way I dealt with it and the way my father dealt with it and my grandparents, it was incredibly cathartic.

ABOVE: Lynda Fishman, RIGHT: Torontao Daily headline BOTTOM RIGHT: Crashsite

AJT: How did you approach the writing?

Fishman: It was really difficult … it was like I opened up a dam and it just started flowing. I really had no idea how hard it would be when I started, to relive it all. But once I put myself back as a thirteen-year-old, and I used my old diaries and scrapbooks and music from those times to remember, it just came pouring back into my memory.

AJT: So when you first started writing, did you plan on publishing it or did it start off as a simple therapeutic process?

Fishman: I thought it was something that I needed to do for me and for my family because most people outside of my immediate family didn’t even know the story. I never told people; they just thought I was some ordinary person.

I thought it would just be an exercise and a process that would somehow be beneficial to the people that I am close with. A few months after starting to write it, we were on a cruise. And we met some people from Philadelphia who wanted to read my manuscript.

And they encouraged me to keep writing because they couldn’t put it down.

And then, when I was done, I flew to Philadelphia and met with these women (people she had met on the cruise) as well as some of their friends who I didn’t know, and they became my Philadelphia critique group.

They told me what they though I needed to elaborate on, what they wanted to know more about, and they were so encouraging that I said, ‘You know what, maybe this book really

should be for people other than just my family, because here are strangers telling me to keep writing!’

AJT: Your husband also had a tragic loss as a teenager, right? Is that how you connected with him?

Fishman: We met when we were 17, and he had just been orphaned and had been left with a brother with special needs. I was essentially orphaned because my father really wasn’t able to be a father anymore because he never recovered from the tragedy.

And so, we were two 17-year-olds who were destined to meet and be together. We were both determined to create a happy life, and we were able to do that together.

AJT: Why did you become a motivational speaker?

Fishman: Actually, I call it inspirational speaking ... because I believe that everyone needs to be inspired to do things. Once the book came out and I began getting invitations to book clubs and other events, I was in this whirlwind of speaking. It was so rewarding to speak and to see the impact I was having on the audiences.

I actually sold a camp that I directed, which was my main career, to speak full-time. It’s all on a volunteer basis. I just really want to get out there and tell my story because the feedback I get is that people … feel like they can move forward with their life and that there’s some light in what they thought was only a dark spot for them.

AJT: Is there anything you’d like to say to anyone who might hear you speak at Temple Sinai?

Fishman: I would encourage people to read “Repairing Rainbows” if they can because I think knowing the story really makes the whole conversation and the whole talk even more impactful and meaningful.

But, if they don’t, I’m hoping that just hearing the story from both me and [my husband] Barry, especially right around Rosh Hashanah is really quite incredible.

My father made very different choices (in his life) and he just spent the rest of his time alive in a state of distress because he never recovered, and that’s heartbreaking. It’s not what my mother and sisters would have wanted.

But people don’t think that way.

People who have suffered loss or lost someone that they love don’t feel like it’s okay to live again. Sometimes they need permission, someone to push them and say, ‘Hey, this is not what your loved one would have wanted!’

THE 911: Lynda Fishman’s talk, “Letting Your Past Make You Better, Not Bitter,” will be at Temple Sinai, 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 31. For additional information, call 404-252-3073.

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BY SARA KAPLAN

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CHANA’s CORNER

Livin’ Large

WHEN BIGGER IS BETTER

By Chana Shapiro AJT COLUMNIST

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y petite mother was a terrific eater. She had a big appetite and loved good food. And she wasn’t embarrassed to show it.

When my father took her out for dinner and proposed marriage, she asked him to wait a bit for her response, “Let me just finish my soup,” she said. They enjoyed a meal of much more than soup, after which she enthusiastically answered “yes.”

The rest is history. Really, can one be at ones best intellectually, physically and emotionally over a plate of watercress, toast bites and celery sticks?

I don’t know about the rest of you, but like Mom I’m always in a great big mood after a great big meal.

Speaking of food, I bring tipping to your attention. A person consuming a

delicious restaurant repast with polite, careful service warrants a big tip. Your generosity will extend good will long after you’ve gone.

When we moved to Atlanta in the 70s, we were advised not to tip the moving men who were sweltering in the 90 degree heat.

“They get a salary,” we were told; “Don’t spoil it for the rest of us.”

I asked our new neighbor, standing beside me as the men maneuvered large, heavy furniture up our front steps, if it was OK to buy them lunch.

“It’s not necessary,” he answered.

“They’re used to it.”

I consulted my husband, and we decided to tip the men a few dollars and buy them a decent lunch. My neighbor, watching from his front porch, disapproved, but we didn’t care. Years ago, I’d worked in a laundry and my husband bused tables. Big tips rewarded our hard work. Empathy, a form of largeness of spirit, grew from our his-

tory and, yes, it’s in our Jewish DNA. Speaking of DNA, let me mention our family teeth.

Both my maternal and paternal sides are blessed with gigantic choppers. We kids had braces and even had select dental units extracted, but we are all easily identifiable by our smiles.

My Dad used to exclaim, whenever he saw me after a long hiatus, “You still have those big teeth!”

“Thank G-d,” I would mutter, happy as all get out that I still had them.

But, I never gave it much thought, until I bumped into an old friend at the MJCCA. “It’s great to see your daughter working here,” he remarked. “She looks like you!”

Rachel, who looks nothing like me, does have one familial feature. “Do you really think so?” I asked. “I never thought we resembled each other.”

“I love her smile!” he explained.

When I told Rachel about it, we had to laugh. “It’s our big teeth!” we said in unison. This is not an isolated incident. Many people have remarked that I have an impressive display of oversize ivories, but this anomaly may have an upside.

Long after my demise, which I hope will take place around the year 3000, there will be no need for dental records (when scientists study women who lived a really long time.) My big teeth will do the trick.

Let me relate a story from a different time and place, far from the MJCCA in 2013.

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A friend’s mother, Bryna, used to talk about life during the Holocaust.

When her Polish family was about to be deported, their cultured, university professor father made the three children put on heavy work boots. He’d bought these big, ugly, dirty boots from street laborers, and had been forced to pay top dollar for them.

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The children were 12, 15 and 17, and all begged to keep their own stylish, comfortably fitting shoes. Of course, their father prevailed, and, according to Bryna, the huge boots, which all three siblings wore during their years of slave labor, protected their feet through all manner of filth, debris, terrain and weather, and at the same time allowed room for their feet to grow.

Bryna believes that the too-big boots kept them alive.

Remember when our parents bought everything we wore at least one size too big? We were expected to wear our school outfits and play clothes for a whole year. We got new shoes, which were purchased a mere half-size too large, twice annually, but only if we really needed them.

“Too big” was totally practical.

There are other times when supersizing is called for. When I worked at the community center and later at Congregation Beth Jacob, I witnessed many amazing acts of largesse. Every institution, house of worship, school, symphony and museum exists because of huge donations.

At the same time, people like you and me often contribute more than we thought we could or would. My friend, Edith (wheelchair), and her buddy, Elaine (oxygen tank), attend every Bronx neighborhood meeting and sit on their community council. They, along with Frank (building superintendent on call 24/7) and Luba (new immigrant), volunteer for neighborhood watch, work in a monthly soup kitchen and prepare the weekly synagogue Kiddush. Their groups visits sick and homebound people and pick up groceries for them. That’s super-big giving.

I’m no fool. I know that when it comes to mayonnaise and egos, smaller is better. But, think for a minute.

It’s great to follow big ideas and big dreams, to live as large as we can. Let’s celebrate all the big birthdays; in fact, let’s make a big, big deal about every simcha.

Most of all, let’s model and mentor by expressing love and compassion with our great big hearts.

Chana Shapiro confesses that this column is kind of sappy, lacking the hardhitting, earth-shattering, fact-finding, refreshingly raw and unemotional punch of her usual stellar work. She apologizes, but is quick to point out that her last column, which explored things that aggravate her, elicited an unexpected slew of letters supporting her anger. So, in the public interest, to mollify those who believe that we’re living in a purely worrisome world, she offers this piece. You must admit, that’s mighty big of her.

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letters to the editor

Don’t Pre-Judge Andrea Sneiderman

Editor’s Note: Andrea Sneiderman’s husband husband, Rusty was murdered in 2011. Andrea’s supervisor at work, Hemy Newman was convicted of the murder. Andrea was formerly charged with several counts directly relating to the murder, but these charges were dropped this week and only charges of lying and perjury remain. Her trial on the false statements starated this week.

To the Editor

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t is more than just our friendship that drives me to be there for Andrea Sneiderman.

Andrea became a friend while in my music class. That’s how we met. She was so warm and friendly and obviously engaged with her daughter and her husband that I couldn’t help but see her as a little more special than the others.

One day, we had a deep conversation about besherts (soul mates) when she confided that she married her true love, and there was no one and nothing else more wonderful or special than Rusty.

Then months later, or maybe a year, she stopped coming to my class for personal reasons.

But even the way she exited her lessons was special. She took the time to explain to me that her daughter was moving on to something else, to tell me how much she had enjoyed the program and how much it was shaping her daughter’s life.

Not many people do that. I am JUST the teacher, they do not owe me a goodbye, nor do they feel inclined to do so.

I didn’t see her for a while. Then a new neighbor moved onto my street. She was a BFF of Andrea and laughed over the coincidence.

Since my neighbor and Andrea had become very friendly with each

other, I saw Andrea on occasion.

Our relationship had dwindled to acquaintance status, even though I cared about her as a person long before Rusty’s cruel murder.

When I heard about the Dunwoody daycare murder on the radio, I immediately called my neighbor for confirmation.

The next time I saw Andrea, she was emaciated, frightened and unrecognizable. She hugged me and she cried. I remember thinking that she had better eat or she will die.

Then came the trial of Hemy Newman and the accusations about Andrea. I knew with every fiber of my being that this was NOT TRUE. It was killing me inside to know what a good person she is and that the vile accusations were becoming more and more popular.

I was upset I didn’t need to prove my friendship with her, but I knew that she was incapable of the intrigue that the lawyers and the media had portrayed.

one for that matter. So, I have visited as much as I can, given the limits on her time, which she tirelessly uses to defend herself.

children, I hope that the public will actually listen when her lawyers present the truth. Enough damage has already been done.

Andrea is an amazing woman and stronger and more capable than any of us would have believed possible. I hope that at the end of this long and arduous journey, there will be a rainbow with freedom and peace. It is all she ever wanted, but she lost her best partner and love along the way.

Steffi Miller

The freedom and peace that she wants will always be tainted with the loss of her beshert.

If anyone has a big enough heart to forgive the damage, it will be Andrea. The pain is great but her capacity for love is far greater.

Editor’s Note: Mrs. Miller has attended most of the hearings in the Sneiderman case since the defendant was arrested. On July 29, 2013 she appeared on HLN on the Dr. Drew television show about the Sneiderman case and was one of the people 48 Hours interviewed for a segment that has not yet aired on broadcast TV. Parts of the 48 Hours panel with her have aired on the program’s website. The AJT welcomes our readers to write in with their opinions and comments.

Today, July 29, I just spent two hours with her four-year-old little boy. For the sake of the Sneiderman

Kosher Food at Dobbins AFB Dear Editor and Publisher:

What I don’t understand is the ease that people swallow what the media tells them. Where were her other close friends? Are they scared?

What is the need for the American people to hate?

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As the Court of Public Opinion grew stronger in their hate, my anger rose. I thought that what happened to her, the crazy accusations could have been directed at me...or at any-

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y name is Masha Hleap, the owner of FuegoMundo South American Wood-Fire Grill restaurant in Sandy Springs. I read your exciting article in the July 5th-July 11th edition of the Atlanta Jewish Times regarding the Super Hercules aircraft received and made for Israel by Lockheed Martin in the Ceremony in Marietta on 6/26/13.

Thanks for mentioning the Event and for elevating the Atlanta Jewish Times to a new level and making it so balanced and Jewishly informative.

Warm Regards, Masha Hleap

Celebrities are Not the Best Role Models Dear Editor and Publisher:

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y wife and I thoroughly enjoy our subscription to your publication and have for years. I am totally confused, however, as to why you would devote 4 1/2 “ x 6” to a gumbah like Adam Levine and his in/out, getting over/ renewing love life, as if we care. The coup de grace, however, is when he says the reasoning behind a Bar Mitzvah is “a lot of kids trying to cash in…..trying to make a bunch of money”.

Please….you could have had a photo of our grandchildren in that space or at least a wonderful recipe for matzo ball soup.

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new take on torah

Funny, They Don’t Sound Jewish THREE COMPANIES WITH ‘YIDDISHE’ SOULS

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n my next several articles, I’m going to write about three businesses that inspire me to live “Jewishly,” and that I think are great models for Jewish engagement: Starbucks, Chipotle and lemonade stands.

I’ll start with Starbucks.

One afternoon, while studying for rabbinical school, I started to marvel at how well put together Starbucks is. The colors of the building match the employees’ outfits. The drinks have elegant but simple names. Starbucks has all the consistency and continuity that any corporate entity dreams of.

Yet at the same time, Starbucks is not a soulless behemoth that is out to destroy humanity. Starbucks gives their employees health insurance.

Starbucks was the leader in Fair Trade and sustainable business relationships. Starbucks supported gay marriage in a counter protest against Chick-Fil-A. I have come to realize that Starbucks actually has a lot to teach us about religious community, not by doing anything new, but reminding us of who we as the Jewish community are, and what we have done in the past.

It’s called the “Third Place Experience”.

There are two places where people spend most of their time: home and work. Third places are someplace else. Third places are social anchors.

They are the gathering places where, according to Ray Oldenburg who coined the term, are free or inexpensive, easy to get to, involve people who regularly congregate, are warm and comfortable, where friends old and new can be found, and ideally that involve eating and drinking.

Sounds like Starbucks? That’s because Howard Schultz, the CEO of

Starbucks, is a big believer in third place experience and has modeled Starbucks after Oldenburg’s concept.

So what does any of this have to do with Judaism? A few things.

First, the mishkan, the portable tabernacle the Hebrews used as Gd’s dwelling place, is a lot like a Starbucks. It’s close by; it’s a third place that people want to go to; and lastly, the kohanim (priests) who served the mishkan actually dressed like the building! Employees who look like their place of work? That sounds like a Starbucks to me!

Secondly, the Starbucks model of business is the idealized model of the synagogue. Mordechai Kaplan, the

founder of Reconstructionist Judaism, suggested that the synagogue be a center for Jewish communal life beyond prayer, with an emphasis on art, music, theater and community gathering.

The synagogue as a place where Jews naturally go, irrespective of religious ideas, is a lot like Starbucks.

Some people go there to study. Some go to conduct business meetings, spend time with friends, and believe it or not, study Torah!

tality as the Jewish people. This extends not just to our co-religionists, but to everyone in the world (ahavat ger). Starbucks may be hospitable to you because they want to sell you a Frappuccino, but it is hospitality nonetheless.

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Next Stop: Afghanistan

ATLANTA NATIVE BRINGING JUDAISM TO FRONT LINE TROOPS

BY RON FEINBERG

It turns out the answer to her employment problem was hidden away in a strip mall in north Atlanta; a military recruitment center that she spotted next to a supermarket and decided “out of the blue” to investigate.

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ennifer Rachels, a sergeant with the 130th Engineer Brigade in Hawaii, will be deployed to Afghanistan later this summer. Rachels, an Atlanta native and former member of Congregation Shearith Israel in Morningside, is a chaplain’s assistant and serves as a special liaison for Jewish personnel assigned to her unit.

A year later she was headed to Fort Leonard Wood in the Missouri Ozarks for basic training.

It’s a rewarding, often exciting job that Rachels is uniquely qualified to handle. What’s interesting is that a few years ago she wasn’t in the army and, most remarkably, wasn’t even Jewish.

“It was really fun,” Rachels said. “Younger recruits were flipping out, but I was used to being on my own. I also learned that I wasn’t too old to enjoy sliding down a rope into a mud puddle.”

The journey that’s taken her from the suburbs of Atlanta has been a rambling and circuitous affair, filled with a few bumps in the road and at least one religious epiphany.

“I’m ready to go,” Rachels, now 37, said during a recent interview. “I just need to remember not to build things up in my mind and to take things a day at a time.”

That’s pretty much a philosophy that’s been part of her life for years.

After graduating from Druid Hills High School and the University of Georgia, Rachels joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Roman, Romania, a small city about four hours northeast of Bucharest. She returned home for a brief time, then ended up in Americus, Ga. working at the international headquarters of Habitat for Humanity.

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Over the next several years she spent time in Washington, D.C., then back in Georgia working for the state and a few non-profit organizations.

Meanwhile, she started paying close attention to her spiritual life.

“When I was in the Peace Corp I had sort of a ‘vision quest’ moment and I knew that I was a believer,” she said. “I was simply unsatisfied with the environment I had grown up in.”

That environment, what she now calls “cultural Christianity,” left her feeling cold and alone. After a bit of research and soul searching, Rachels 10 approached Rabbi Hillel Norry at

TOP: During ceremony last year aboard the USS Missouri on Dec. 7, the day Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941, Staff Sgt. Marie Lanoza (L-R), Maj. John Sedwick, Sgt. Jennifer Rachels and PFC Paul Pinkerton.

ABOVE: Rachels, lugging about a hefty backpack, trudges through a forced march during OCS training at Fort Benning.

Shearith Israel who promptly sent her away.

“He did all the right stuff, sending me away several times,” Rachels said. “Finally, I came back and said, ‘okay, I’m really ready,’ and Rabbi Norry laughed and said that he’d been waiting for me to return and get started.”

She studied with Norry for two years and in 2007 converted to Judaism.

Her move to the military came a few years later as the nation’s economy was cratering and Rachels was struggling to find work. Unfortunately for her, and millions of others, it seemed there were few good jobs around that paid well and offered decent benefits.

“I’d find work and then lose a job in a few months,” Rachels said. “Here I was, a 35-year-old woman, out of work and without benefits. This just wasn’t tolerable anymore.”

After two months of training, she was off to Fort Benning outside of Columbus, Ga. for Officer’s Candidate School, a program, unfortunately, she failed to complete.

Rachels, and several other recruits in her class, were forced to set aside their dreams of becoming officers – if they wanted to stay in the army – and agree to accept assignments as enlisted personnel.

It was a providential move that would take her back to Fort Leonard Wood to train as a heavy equipment operator, then on to Schofield Barracks in Hawaii, command headquarters for the battle-hardened 130th Engineer Brigade.

“It was great,” Rachels said of her initial training at Fort Leonard Wood. “I was riding around in these huge machines … around other people just like me and we made it fun for each other. Then I got really lucky and was sent to Hawaii.”

One of the first people she met at Schofield was the unit’s chaplain, Maj. John Sedwick. She contacted

him to ask his help in explaining the laws of kashrut to her superiors.

They became friends and when a position opened up in the chaplain’s office, Sedwick thought of Rachels.

“I have a weird set of skills from all of my jobs over the years and it’s something the army values,” Rachels said. For now, she’s become the chaplain’s assistant and spends her days handling administrative tasks. She’s also available to counsel soldiers dealing with a variety of problems.

“We see everything and deal with everything,” Rachels said. “Women being integrated into units; people and families struggling with longterm deployment; sexual assaults … all of that comes into the office every single day.”

She’s also the unit’s liaison for Jewish personnel, pulling together services, providing prayer books and ritual garb; getting the answers to questions and dealing with religious issues that impact the spiritual lives of hundreds of people.

“I’m now in a position to help others,” Rachels said, “just like Maj. Sedwick was able to help me when I first arrived at Schofield.”

All such work will take on an added measure of importance and urgency when Rachels arrives in Afghanistan later this summer. One of her first missions will be to locate a facility to hold High Holiday services. Meanwhile, administrative tasks will continue and counseling issues will, no doubt, become more arduous.

After all, Rachels and her comrades will be living in a war zone.

“I worry much more about the possibility of someone being badly injured or killed,” Rachels said, “than I worry about my personal safety.”

She also worries that many people don’t have a good understanding of what the army has to offer and its impact on the country.

“It’s super important that people know that the majority of veterans and active duty personnel are happy and prosperous,” she said. “The army is a safe place for young adults to live and prosper – and get a paycheck.

It’s a productive and healthy way to live.”

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The Joys of Knowing Someone Who Knows Someone Networking as Both a Personal and Career Boost

BY ANDREA APPEL

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orrest Gump’s mother told him, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” I absolutely agree. You never know what the day will bring. That is what makes life exciting. The possibilities are endless. And, so it is with searching for a job.

Being unemployed can be depressing, but being hopeful about the possibilities is a much more productive emotion. As I prepare myself to go out into the unknown and search for a job, I remain hopeful.

Of course, being hopeful must co-

incide with being proactive. Being proactive does not mean sitting in front of your computer and sending your resume off to dozens of postings daily. Matt Youngquist, the president of Career Horizons, says that most jobs aren’t posted or advertised publicly. In other words, you have to know someone who knows someone.

What if you don’t know anyone?

You get busy networking.

Networking is easy, because you can do it anywhere. You can even do it at Temple. But, please be discreet.

I like networking, because I find it to be fun in some respects. The Georgia Department of Labor reports that the unemployment rate is at 8.2 per-

cent, which means there is a lot of networking going on. There are even networking groups you can join. And you should, because the more networking you do, the more likely you are to meet the person who knows someone who knows someone.

I recommend having a calling card made and giving them to people you connect with, and get theirs as well. You should always follow up with your new contacts. A simple email letting them know that you enjoyed speaking with them says that they made an impression on you, and in turn you will make an impression on them.

But remember, networking shouldn’t be all about you. The individuals that you connect with through networking might not result in any prospects for you, but you might know someone that they should also get to know. That is the beauty of networking – everyone can benefit from it.

Unemployment may feel lonely at times, but you are not, in fact, alone.

So, I will tell you the same thing my own mother tells me: put a smile on your face and put yourself out there.

As I pass along those instructive words to you, I also wish you the best of luck in your networking endeavors.

Bat Mitzvah Project Donates to Zaban Shelter TEEN COLLECTS PAPER GOODS FOR HOMELESS COUPLES SPECIAL FOR THE AJT

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he huge box given to Emma Ripps’ by family friends at her bat mitzvah wasn’t a new computer, nor was it new flat screen TV; it was a box of paper towels. That’s because Emma’s mitzvah project was collecting paper goods for the Zaban Couples Center (ZCC), which is a program of her synagogue, The Temple. ZCC provides night shelter and nearly 400 meals for homeless couples each season.

Emma and her family, like many synagogue members throughout Atlanta, support the Zaban Couples Center by preparing and serving food to the nearly 50 couples who live there from September through April. This year, the Couples Center began a drive to collect paper goods as well, and when she saw The Temple Bulletin asking for donations, she decided to ask her guests to contribute to that effort.

Before the big day, February 9, Emma sent a letter to her guests, saying:

With the permission of her parents, Robyn and Scott Ripps, Emma put a box on the front porch of her home in Oak Grove. She also had one outside the sanctuary on the day of her bat mitzvah and outside the party room on Saturday night. Although people were invited to clean out their pantries of old paper goods, all of Emma’s guests brought new paper cups, plates, bowls, napkins and plastic ware. The boxes overflowed, resulting in five large bins of paper goods and $175 in gift cards, mostly from out-of-town guests.

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“A mitzvah is a good deed; for my mitzvah project, I am organizing a paper goods drive for the Zaban Couples Center, a night shelter for homeless couples.

The ZCC spends hundreds of dollars every season on the paper products used at breakfast and dinner each day. I think this money would be better spent helping the residents, so I’m asking each family to please bring in one or more packages of paper products.”

If you know a student or an organization that would like to supply paper goods for ZCC, please contact patricia.smith@zabancouplescenter.org for more information.

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WE’RE DIFFERENT AND YET THE SAME

By SARAH CHANIN

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hen I was 17, my priorities were my boyfriend, prom and, sometimes, college.

Truth to tell, I couldn’t care less what was happening outside my social circle.

Now 22, I recently was on a Birthright Israel trip with “Israel Outdoors” and I learned just how different life can be for teens living in Yokneam, Atlanta’s sister city in Israel. Just over halfway through the 10-day trip, our group made a pit stop in the city for a visit with Aharai!, a youth group dedicated to preparing Israeli teens for service in the IDF, the Israeli army.

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In Israel, everyone is required to serve in the army, usually when they turn 18; girls for two years, boys for three. Just a few days earlier on our trip, we had six current and past Israeli soldiers join our birthright group, so we had naturally been grilling them relentlessly about their service and life in Israel in general.

But our visit with Aharai! was different. These were kids who hadn’t yet joined the army, who were still in school, and who reminded many of us of younger siblings.

When our bus pulled up to Nahal Keret Park, a beautiful green space in Yokneam, 40 high school students greeted us. We were divided into four groups and were immediately thrust into training activities with the Israeli teens. It’s worth noting that we had absolutely no idea what we were doing and many of the girls in our group were in long skirts and dresses since we’d just visited Yad Vashem and Mt. Hertzl.

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The activities in Yokneam included walking on a tight rope, making a hu-

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man pyramid, and carrying a “mini” stretcher filled with about 150 pounds of sand bags.

Though the activities seemed a little silly, especially when performed by grown women in dresses, the silliness created a bond between all of us.

I don’t know what I was expecting, but the kids who sat in front of me weren’t it. They looked, well, just like me and my friends when we were teens; but there was one big difference: an enthusiastic sense of purpose.

I was amazed how two cultures can be so similar and yet so different at the same time. In our eyes, these teens were fearless. After all, they were preparing to enter the army without so much as a second thought. But then again, in Israel, the army is simply a fact of life.

Our Israeli comrades explained that the army is not something to be feared, but a civic duty that most everyone feels obligated to perform. It was pointed out that in the U.S. there is a track that most of us follow from birth: School, college, job. It’s pretty much the same in Israel, except army service is added to the mix.

I must admit, as an American, I simply don’t have the strong sense of nationalism that Israelis feel for their homeland. After talking with others on my trip, I realized we all share this feeling.

Many of the Israeli soldiers that I met on Birthright are now preparing to travel the world, some planning to visit India, others journeying all the way to Australia. So, what’s next for me?

I’ll be out looking for work soon and a place to live, all the while remembering my amazing trip to Israel and how I learned that Israelis are different, yet similar to me and my American family and friends.

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t was a first and Jews from Atlanta were part of the experience. Earlier this month, Nefesh B’Nefesh’s first-ever “Children’s Aliyah Flight” took off for Israel with 231 North American Olim (new immigrants), including 41

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“The USA is where I was born, but it is not home,” said Arie Pelta of Atlanta. “We have been trying to get home all of these centuries. I can proudly say the Pelta’s are finally going home to Israel with 7 children (Ayelet, Moshe, Shalom, Rachel, Yehuda, Elisheva and Avigayil. Oh, their mom, Alyssa Pelta, will also be along for the trip. “Instead of a tailor, I am bringing my skills as a specialized surgeon to help care for my fellow people in Israel.”

This year, nearly 1,000 youngsters from the U.S. and Canada are expected to make Aliyah to Israel with Nefesh B’Nefesh. This is an increase of 20 percent compared to 2012, when 822 children made Aliyah.

This summer’s flight got off the ground with the cooperation of Israel’s Ministry of Immigrant Absorp-

sheva, 28, from Atlanta, along with their children Yaakov, 1, Baruch, 3, Aliza 4, and Tehilla, 6, who are moving to Karmiel. Nefesh B’Nefesh is celebrating its 11th anniversary this summer, marking over a decade since its inaugural charter Aliyah flight in 2002.

“As we welcome our 35,000th Oleh, it is exciting to see so many children among the Zionistic modern day pioneers who are helping to build and secure the future of the State of Israel”, said Co-Founder and Chairman of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Tony Gelbart. “This new generation is joining young adults volunteering for the IDF and Olim moving to Israel’s North and South to help strengthen the periphery, to infuse the country with renewed passion and idealism.”

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n this edition of the Atlanta Jewish Times, we’re pleased to spotlight the synagogues of Atlanta. We’re fortunate to have so many vibrant congregations across the metro area.

The High Holidays are only a month or so away – yes, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are very early this year – and many unaffiliated Jews are looking for a special place to worship this holiday season.

As a service to them – and the entire Jewish community – the AJT is offering a special “advertorial” guide, detailing the rabbis, organizations, schools and other highlights of synagogues in metro Atlanta.

Over the next several pages, we’ve provided space for synagogues to offer up to our readers what makes them different and special. As you’ll see, Atlanta is blessed with a wide-range of congregations – very old and very new; Sephardic and Ashkenazic; Orthodox, Modern Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist and more!

Please take a few moments to review the advertorials here from synagogues taking part in this special guide. Of course, we’re also offering a complete list of all synagogues in the area. Here’s hoping you find a meaningful place to worship this holiday season and, perhaps, find that special place to experience all of your coming simchas.

Congregation Kehillat HaShem invites you to join in the celebration of the High Holy Days in the secure and peaceful setting of

Chambrel at Roswell

1000 Applewood Drive, Roswell, GA Services are open to all at no charge.*

High Holy Day services are led by Rabbi Jeffery Feinstein and follow the Reform Machzor “Gates of Repentance”. Worshippers are encouraged to bring their own books. A limited number are available at services.

Erev Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Day Kol Nidre Yom Kippur Morning Afternoon Yizkor Neilah and Havdalah

Schedule of Services 9/4/2013 7:30 pm 9/5/2013 10:00 am 9/13/2013 7:00 pm 9/14/2013 10:00 am 3:00 pm 4:30 pm (approximate) 5:00 pm (approximate)

For additional information contact Rabbi Feinstein at 770 218-8094, or visit him on the web at: www.rabbiatlanta.com

* Donations are appreciated to help us continue to provide services

Ahavath Achim synagogue We are a dynamic, egalitarian, Conservative congregation that inspires our members to forge strong connections with God, Jewish life, Israel, and our community. saturday, August 17

Open House Weekend 2013 August: 16, 17 & 18

August 16, 17 & 18 Join us for a great weekend to see all that AA has to offer.

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our award winning acoustic Shabbat service with beautiful music by sunmoon Pie & led by rabbi rosenthal rabbi Laurence rosenthal

9:00am Shabbat Morning Service with special guest speaker representative John Lewis 10:00am torah study 10:00am A.E.’s Minyan special service for children 10:30am club 52 A Jr. congregation for children 7-12 11:00am shabbat shAAlom Meditation service 12:00pm Kiddush Lunch All are welcome

600 Peachtree Battle Ave. N.w., Atlanta, GA 30345 404.355.5222 | www.AASynagogue.org

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An exciting Adults: Get ready for som event for e friendly competition s Children: Bring your swim suits & towels EVERYONE! Live Music with Multiple Artists from Steve’s Live Music ■ BBQ ■ Water Inflatables ■ WineTasting Face painting USY/ 12■:0 0pm - 3:00■pm Zahavah Bake Sale ■ Educational Opportunities ■ Graffiti Wall & MUCH MORE!

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About us: We have a rich 125 year history of providing a broad spectrum of spiritual and educational programs within a caring community.

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Creating Meaningful Jewish Experiences

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Walking the Torahs to our new home

Our beautiful sanctuary

temple sinai

Dynamic Reform congregation that values lifelong learning, a warm spirit of community, a sense of inclusivity and active participation in Jewish life.

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Senior Rabbi ron segal Associate Rabbi Brad Levenberg Associate Rabbi Elana Perry Rabbi Emeritus Phil Kranz

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hile we are proud of the many families that have made Temple Sinai their spiritual home, growth for us is not about numbers.

We endeavor to create ongoing opportunities in which members can expand their knowledge of Judaism and personal spirituality. And, in everything we do at Sinai, we strive to create a close-knit connection and a warm, inviting and inclusive congregation where all can grow closer as an extended family and community.

• We offer educational opportunities that empower our members to make informed Jewish decisions based upon Torah, tradition, and progressive Jewish thought.

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our Temple Sinai preschool, early Childhood education programs, religious School, hebrew School, and Youth programs aim to comprehensively serve the youth of our congregation.

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our community serves as a center of Jewish life and as an extended, caring family for whom we provide a Jewish context for life experiences. We encourage spiritual growth and expression. Our clergy and our lay leadership are accessible to all members.

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our congregation offers many avenues for involvement, welcomes participation in our leadership and continually challenges itself to meet the needs of our members.

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We are committed to encouraging congregational participation in social action and to strong support for the State of Israel.

5645 Dupree Drive, Nw, Sandy Springs, GA 30327 404.252.3073 | www.templesinaiatlanta.org Facebook.com/templesinaiATL

rabbi ron segal has been at Temple Sinai for 17 years, serving as our Senior Rabbi since 2006

Temple Sinai is proud to have dynamic and accessible rabbis who serve both the Temple Sinai community and the greater Atlanta community.

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Prospective members are invited to join us for brunch on sunday, August 18, at 10 am at temple sinai. meet our clergy, staff and lay leadership, tour our beautiful facilities and learn more about the programs that interest you.

RSvPs requested to 404.252.3073 About us: Founded in 1968, temple sinai is a congregation affiliated with the Reform Movement that values lifelong Jewish learning, a warm spirit of community and active participation in Jewish life.

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Programming for the whole family including Friday Night Dinner, Shabbat luncheon and Shabbat afternoon Seudah Shlishit. Call for more information and to RSVP.

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Young Israel of Toco Hills Rendering of our future home (above). Join us for the groundbreaking August 25th!

In the heart of Atlanta, Young Israel of Toco Hills welcomes you to our growing community. As a Modern Orthodox synagogue we value a deep commitment to traditional Jewish prayer, study and practice combined with a profound engagement with the world around us. Religious Zionism motivates our strong connection and love for the State of Israel which is expressed in many things we do. Our synagogue proudly partners and participates with the broader Jewish community in Atlanta in the spirit of seeing the sanctity of Klal Yisrael in all of its diversity.

We are very pleased to announce that we will embark on the building of our future location and first permanent home this month!

We invite you to our groundbreaking ceremony and celebration on August 25, 2013 at 5:00 PM. The ceremony will take place at the future home of the Young Israel of Toco Hills located between Merry and Christmas Lanes off Lavista Road.

Following the ground breaking ceremony and parade walk, there will be a carnival celebration at the current Young Israel building and grounds. The carnival will include a BBQ dinner, Arts and Crafts for kids of all ages, building theme inspired games, Israeli dancing, music and much more! This momentous occasion and event is open to the entire community.

Meet Our Rabbi, Adam Starr

Rabbi Adam Starr has been the rabbi and spiritual leader of Young Israel of Toco Hills in Atlanta since 2008.

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Rabbi Starr grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and studied at Yeshivat Shalavim in Israel for two years. He received his BA from Yeshiva College and has rabbinical ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Rabbinical Seminary at Yeshiva University. Before coming to Atlanta, Rabbi Starr served as the Associate Rabbi at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale for 8 years.

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Rabbi Starr is the President of the Atlanta Rabbinical Association and recently served on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America. He was the menahel of the Southeast Regional Beth Din for Conversion of the RCA and is on the national rabbinic advisory board at the Victor Center for Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases.

 Elul Lecture Series: Get prepared for the holidays with Rabbi Adam Starr on Wednesdays August 21st and 28th at 7:00pm at YITH with a 2-part lecture series on the topic “Themes and Structure of the High Holiday Machzor”  Sweeten the New Year at Menchies: MJCCA, Jewish Kids Groups, YITH, TDSA and Beth Jacob invite you to Sweeten the New Year at Menchies in Toco Hills. Enjoy a 20% discount on your yogurt purchase, courtesy of Menchies! Wednesday, August 28th from 5:30–7:00 PM.  Starr Sukkah Party: Rabbi Adam Starr and Talya Gorsetman invite the community to their home, 1682 Rosemont Place, for a Sukkah party on Shabbat, September 21st from 4:30pm-6:00pm! There will be desserts, song and Divrei Torah to celebrate chag and Shabbat!  Dip N’ Dab in the Sukkah: Come to the community Sukkah for some painting fun and tasty refreshments led by the pro painting team from Dip N’ Dab on Sunday, September 22nd at 7:30pm! Only $30 per person, advance RSVPs required.  Annual Simchat Torah BBQ: Come to our annual Simchat Torah BBQ on Friday, September 27th after services. Bring the family, mingle with friends and dig in!

RSVPs required in advance.

Shul Address: 2074 LaVista Road ~ Office mailing address: 2910 North Druid Hills Road Suite E-1, Atlanta, Georgia 30329 Phone 404.315.1417 www.yith.org @RabbiStarrYITH facebook.com/yitocohills Fax 404.315.1433 Email: admin@yith.org

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Friday, August 9th

6:15pm...Services 7:00pm...Shabbat Barbecue Dinner Come Casual & Join Rabbi Zimmerman and fellow musicians for a night of music, camaraderie and ruach —————————————-

Prospective & New Member Shabbat Saturday, August 10th

Join us as we welcome our prospective and new members for Shabbat Services. Stay for a delicious Kiddush Lunch in their honor.

Call the office at 770-399-5300 to let us know you will be joining us. We’re looking forward to meeting you and introducing you to Rabbi Zimmerman and those in our community.

Our Conservative Egalitarian Congregation is conveniently located near the Marcus JCC, just minutes from Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Roswell, Peachtree Corners, Dunwoody and Norcross

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Chabad Intown 928 Ponce De Leon Avenue Atlanta, GA 30306 www.chabadintown.org 404.898.0434

Atlanta Chevre Minyan Druid Forest Clubhouse North Crossing Dr. Atlanta, GA 30305 www.atlantachevreminya.org

Congregation B’nai Israel 1633 Hwy 54 E Jonesboro, GA 30238 www.bnai-israel.net 678.817.7162

Chabad Israel Center 5188 Roswell Rd. Sandy Springs, GA 30324 www.cicatlanta.com 404.252.9508

Congregation Kehillat HaShem 315 Cotton Court Johns Creek, GA 30022 rabbiatlanta.com 770.218.8094

Congregation Dor Tamid 11165 Parsons Rd. Johns Creek, GA 30097 www.dortamid.org 770.623.8860

Chabad Jewish Center 4255 Wade Green Rd. Suite 120 Kennesaw, GA 30144 www.jewishwestcobb.com 678.460.7702

Congregation Shema Yisrael 6065 Roswell Rd., #3018 Atlanta, GA 30328 www.shemaweb.org 404.943.1100

Congregation Ner Tamid 176 West Sandtown Rd. Marietta, GA 30064 www.nertamidonline.com 678.264.8575

Guardians of the Torah P.O. Box 767981 Roswell, GA 30076 www.guardiansofthetorah.org 770.286.3477

Congregation Rodeph Sholom 406 East 1st Street Rome, GA 30161 www.rodephsholomga.org (706) 291-6315

Chabad of Cobb 4450 Lower Roswell Rd. Marietta, GA 30068 www.chabadofcobb.com 770.565.4412 Chabad of Gwinnett 3855 Holcomb Bridge Rd. Suite 770 Norcross, GA 30092 www.chabadofgwinnett.org 678.595.0196 Chabad of North Fulton 10180 Jones Bridge Rd. Alpharetta, GA 30022 www.chabadnf.org 770.410.9000 Congregation Beth Tefillah 5065 High Point Rd. Atlanta, GA 30342 www.bethtefillah.org 404.843.2464 Conservative

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Ahavath Achim Synagogue 600 Peachtree Battle Ave. Atlanta, GA 30327 www.aasynagogue.org 404.355.5222 Congregation Beth Shalom 5303 Winters Chapel Rd. Atlanta, GA 30360 www.bshalom.net 770.399.5300 Congregation B’nai Torah 700 Mount Vernon Hwy. Atlanta, GA 30328 www.bnaitorah.org 404.257.0537 Congregation Etz Chaim 1190 Indian Hills Pkwy Marietta, GA 30068 www.etzchaim.net 770.973.0137 Congregation Gesher L’Torah 4320 Kimball Bridge Rd. Alpharetta, GA 30022 www.gltorah.org 770.777.4009 Congregation Or Hadash 7460 Trowbridge Rd. Sandy Springs, GA 30328 www.or-hadash.org 404.250.3338 Congregation Shearith Israel 1180 University Dr. Atlanta, GA 30306 www.shearithisrael.com 404.873.1743

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Temple Emanu-El 1580 Spalding Dr. Atlanta, GA 30350 www.templeemanuelatlanta.org 770.395.1340

Anshi S’Fard Congregation 1324 North Highland Ave. Atlanta, GA 30306 www.anshisfard.com 404.874.4513 Congregation Ariel 5237 Tilly Mill Rd. Dunwoody, GA 30338 www.congariel.org 770.390.9071 Congregation Beth Jacob 1855 Lavista Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329 www.bethjacobatlanta.org 404.633.0551 Congregation Beth Yitzhak 5054 Singleton Rd. Norcross, GA 30093 770.931.4567 Email: anatoliy@bjca.com Congregation Ner Hamizrach 1858 Lavista Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329 www.nerhamizrach.org 404.315.9020

Temple Kehillat Chaim 1145 Green St. Roswell, GA 30075 www.kehillatchaim.org 770.641.8630 Temple Kol Emeth 1415 Old Canton Rd. Marietta, GA 30062 www.kolemeth.net 770.973.3533 Temple Sinai 5645 Dupree Dr. Sandy Springs, GA 30327 www.templesinatlanta.org 404.252.3073 The Temple 1589 Peachtree St. NE Atlanta, GA 30309 www.the-temple.org 404.873.1731 SEPHARDIC

The Kehilla of Sandy Springs 5075 Roswell Rd. Sandy Springs, GA 30342 www.thekehilla.org 404.913.6131

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Young Israel of Toco Hills 2074 Lavista Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329 www.yith.org 404.315.1417

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Reconstructionist Congregation Bet Haverim 2676 Clairmont Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329 www.congregationbethaverim.org 404.315.6446

Congregation Shaarei Shamayim 1810 Briarcliff Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329 www.shaareishamayeim.com 404.417.0472

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Questioning the Zimmerman Verdict CAN WE BE BOTH A NATION OF LAWS AND A ‘JUST’ NATION?

BY Eugen Schoenfeld AJT CONTRIBUTOR

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or the last few weeks it seemed like everyone in the US was overwhelmed by the Zimmerman – Martin affair. The air waves, at least those carrying the CNN news, were filled with all forms of lawyers, soothsayers, and pseudo analysts arguing the pros and cons of the case.

Some believed in Zimmerman’s guiltlessness and predicted acquittal, while others proposed that he is guilty and hoped that the jury would find him guilty. This trial brought back memories of the 1960’s and became an event of national importance, perhaps as a test by which we can judge our moral advancement of our legal system.

I was in St. Louis for a family reunion enjoying the company of my wife’s family as well as the remnant of the Schoenfeld family – being the last of the Holocaust survivors who migrated to the United States. In the midst of a noisy gathering, the news was proclaimed that the jury found Zimmerman not guilty of having murdered Martin.

Personally, I was shocked at the jury’s judgment that Zimmerman was genuinely fearful for his life and for this reason the killing of Martin must be considered an act of self defense. I am not a lawyer. I cannot and will not argue the many faceted legal issues in the case.

But as a reasonable person, influenced by the teachings in the Torah, and as a Jewish Holocaust survivor who has experienced legal and moral injustice, I could not but question the jury’s verdict.

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Among the many aspects of the case, I became most disturbed by post trial comments made by juror number 46. She justified her position of finding Zimmerman not guilty on the basis of the “stand your ground” law. How often have I heard that we the people of the United States are a nation committed to and governed by 20 the law.

Yes, this is true. However, and while I hate to make the following comparison, Nazi Germany also declared the same principle. The castration of people, the incarceration of people who were anti-Nazism, the killing of Jews, all these atrocities were legal because the German laws defined these acts to be legal.

Many of the German judges claimed that they are innocent of charges brought against them at the Nuremberg trial because they followed the law. The Tribunal declared in essence that a law, which is not just, is by its very nature illegal. The function of the justice system is to judge people based on laws that are moral and that follow the principles of justice.

The Torah also teaches us that we, in a righteous society, must differentiate between just and unjust laws.

Not even the will of the majority can make a law just if it inherently violates the principle of justice. For this reason we are not only a democracy – we are a constitutional democracy.

The principle of being governed by laws assumes the laws to which we are bound do not violate the principles declared in our constitution, and perhaps it is even more important, that our laws also comply with the principle of justice. To my mind, and I repeat my caveat that I am not a jurist, in a jury trial – the jury itself must adhere only to the laws to which they are bound, and not to morality and justice in the broader sense.

I do not wish to sound like a Biblical extremist, but the Bible often has great moral insight and it states succinctly: with justice you shall judge your neighbor. Yes, we are a nation of laws, but we must also be a nation that adheres to the principle of justice.

I am very committed to my Jewish heritage and in this instance as in most occasions when I seek answers to moral dilemmas I start by seeking the Biblical moral teachings. The Torah enumerates two conditions that justify homicide.

The first that I will name, haboh l’hargechah, proposes that if one comes to kill you one is justified to take defensive acts such as by killing the aggressor first. The second proposition is that if a thief stealthily enters into another person’s home, the proposed victim may stand his ground – in Hebrew it states damo b’rosho, namely his death is justified.

Notice that in both instances the guilt rests on the aggressor defined as the person who initiates the intended illegal and aggressive act.

Self defense is an act that is directed against a person whose prior actions can be interpreted as aggressive.

An aggressor, by definition, is the person who initiates an act of violence; that is, a person who starts a chain of events that culminates in a violent aggressive confrontation.

From this point of view, would not the initiator of the chain of events that led to Martin’s death be Zimmerman, by confronting Martin without authority and challenging Martin’s right to be on a public street.

Zimmerman had the power to challenge, because he possessed a gun, but he did not have the legal authority to confront and challenge Martin, simply based on his biases.

In fact, Zimmerman was told by the authorities not to pursue Martin and that he did not have any authority to pursue Martin.

Zimmerman did not heed the advice, and instead initiated a chain of events that clearly marked him as the aggressor. He follows Martin with intent to challenge Martin’s right to walk peacefully on the street.

Martin was not loitering, nor was he performing any illegal acts; he was on his way to his father’s home.

When Zimmerman chased Martin in his car, Zimmerman became the aggressor and Martin became the victim.

These facts clearly reflect the situation that the Torah refers to as haboh l’hargecho. It seems as though it would not be Zimmerman, but Martin who was fearful for his life. If anyone has the right for acting defen-

sively, it is Martin, for it is he who was at that time being threatened.

What happened in Florida is contrary to all moral precepts and contrary to moral law that gives the legal right for self defense – the legal right to stand one’s ground. By this interpretation, and by freeing Zimmerman from his guilt, the court ipso facto has declared Martin to be at fault.

I am disturbed by this case because it reminds me of the abuse of justice that we Jews have experienced throughout history. As Jews we have a long history of being accused of non-existent crimes, such as: killing Christian children for their blood, falsely believed necessary in the baking of matzoth; or poisoning the wells in Europe and causing the Black Plague that killed millions of Christians –but never mind that Jews died from the same disease.

Yes, I have a long and extensive court experiences.

As a Jew I also have a long and extensive experience about legalizing unjust laws. Can any Jew believe that laws, simply because people in power instituted them are always just? My whole family was executed in Auschwitz found guilty by unjust laws.

Well, of course, that was in Germany, but in America? We are told over and over that we are a nation of laws. Indeed we are, but the question that still persists in my mind: are we also a just nation? Do we judge our neighbor not necessarily by laws alone but also by using the principle of justice?

Perhaps, as a people who claim to be committed to Biblical moral principles should we follow the tenet: Justice, justice shall you pursue.

NEXT WEEK: Publisher Cliff Weiss offers his thoughts on the Zimmerman trial. Do you have an opinion?

The Jewish Times welcomes additional comments on the trial and the compelling issues it raises.

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The Experiment: Making a Little Progress FOLLOWING DR. JANET PAGE’S “GET MARRIED THIS YEAR”

Editor’s Note: Our anonymous columnists, Andrew Singleman and Ellen Mazelman, are reading Dr. Janet Page’s “Get Married This Year” and following the steps she details on their dating journey. In this installment, one columnist explores the “M” word, while the other remains a little overwhelmed.

BY ANDREW SINGLEMAN AJT Columnist

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f you’ve been following this column, you might be wondering how Rachel and my adventure weekend went last month. Well, except for having to set up our tent in the rain, it was a great.

Outside of the few raindrops we encountered when we first arrived late on a Friday afternoon, the weather cooperated all weekend. We had a blast white water rafting on the Ocoee river, going horseback riding, and doing a little hiking. I asked Rachel to trust me and it really paid off.

When I started this project last December, I promised I’d be 100 percent open and honest. I suppose it’s time for a little of that honesty now. Rachel and I have been together for seven month and recently the ‘M’ word has come up in our conversations. What we’re about now is not just casual dating.

We’ve agreed, though, that while an engagement is not around the corner, there are a few things that need to be addressed before we can take our relationship to the point where it would be.

In an interview with Dr. Page last year, she said, “I chose 12 months because I believe in goal setting. If I said 24 months, no one would be getting started now.”

Well, I’m serious about Rachel, and in order for us to get to a point where we can seriously consider marriage, I’ve got to do some serious goal setting of my own.

The major issues that need to be worked on are related to my job and our kids. Dr. Page has a goal-setting exercise in her book, based on about 16 questions. I’ve selected five that I think are particularly appropriate: 1. If you could make only three changes, what would they be? The first would be to have more business, whether that’s more clients or larger and longer projects with the ones I already do have. Simply put, a more stable and secure financial position

would go a long way in helping me reach my goals. Second, I’d like to be closer with my kids. I already have a great relationship with them, but my divorce and my having a girlfriend is something they’re still adjusting to in life. Third, I’d like to be closer with Rachel’s kids. If she and I were to marry, it would only be good, and more than necessary, for her kids and I to have a solid relationship; so I’d like to start working on that sooner rather than later.

2. What do you want to achieve professionally? Simple. As a Java software developer, I want to take and pass two Java Certification tests. In addition to this, I’m bidding on two long-term projects that will be awarded by the end of September. I’d really like to land both of those projects.

3. If you accomplish only two things, what will they be? Pass the certification tests and finish reading Dr. Page’s book (hee-hee). Let me try again; I’ll combine two into one to keep it simple. Become closer with both my children and Rachel’s.

4. Overall, how will you be more loving and compassionate? I think the best thing for me to do in this regard is to become a better listener for Rachel, the kids, friends, and clients. Being a good listener – hearing what others have to say and internalizing it – is very important. I once heard that it’s more important to understand than to be understood. This isn’t easy for me to do, but it’s so true.

5. What are three words that define your intention for this year? Security, stability, and love.

Well, that’s about it folks. That’s my “To Do List” for being in a position for Rachel to take me seriously as a potential, gulp, husband. As Dr. Page recently said to me: “If you want to be her husband in the future, then start acting like it now.” Yeah, well, I could also afford to lose a few pounds, but that’s another story.

The Work and Search Continues

BY ELLEN MAZELMAN AJT Columnist

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s usual, I have settled into my monthly rainy Sunday night. I found my “Sex in the City” marathon (once again it took a big search; you would think I’d know the channel by now), have a glass of wine in hand and now I’m ready to give you my update!

I’ve followed Dr. Page’s advice and homework – for the most part! I have my match account up and running and have totally been putting myself out there. I will admit that my Match. com account still needs some work.

But I’m definitely getting responses and Dr. Page is going to review some of these and offer some tips.

So, I’ve been to Pelican Pete’s at Lake Lanier, Miami for the 4th of July, Boca for a weekend, and half a dozen single events. I also spent some time on Match.com, most recently for an hour just before starting this column.

Where do I begin?

Well, Miami was fantastic: great friends, beautiful weather, magnificent hotel, two celebrity encounters, one celebrity spotting and a follow-up phone call for a date. The other trips were all of the above without a followup call for any dates. That’s okay.

I’m good with that. I still had a great time! Meeting a man isn’t the “be all and the end all” of my life.

So let’s talk about my meet-ups / singles events! Specifically, the two I went to this past week.

The first was the best one I have been to yet. Not much competition, spoke to a lot of people, heard the best pick up line I have heard in 30 years, and had drinks bought for me by respectable gentleman.

I even got a note from one; but, alas, no call from the guy with the great pick-up line. That’s okay, I’m good with that. I still had a great time.

I did mention earlier that meeting a man isn’t the “be all and the end all,” right?

The second event was all of the above and all the same people we

have seen before. I did something that I know Dr. Page would object to. After scouring the room and talking to a few folks, my friends and I ended up at the bar; four women huddled together who hadn’t seen one another in a long time, catching up. Again, that’s okay.

I am good with that. I still had a great time! Meeting a man isn’t the “be all and the end all!”

Picking up on a patter here?

And then there is Match.com.

You could spend days on these sites and still not know where you stand or how to attempt meeting someone. I’m still trying to figure out how to navigate the waters. I haven’t checked my JDate account lately, which I know I need to do.

So I started with the dozen or so emails I got and responded, trying to fnd out if anyone was interested or not? Mostly not, but there were a handful that were interesting and I followed up with them. I even got a phone call and spoke for a few minutes with the man and he said he was going to call back. He hasn’t, but he did text to say his day got crazy and he’d back in touch later.

Then I went to the list of men who had viewed me online; there are 27 pages of them. How flattering, but Oy vey! Here’s a sampling: Cute guy with no shirt on; one too old; a 24-year-old, really? Geographically undesirable; too short; no picture.

And then I came to page 13 and page 15 where I found some entries that were both cute and funny; great profiles. I could hear Dr. Page in my head and I went for it. I actually took the initiative and e-mailed the men all on my own.

No response yet! Again, I am okay.

I am good with that. I still had a great time. Meeting a man isn’t the “be all and the end all.”

Until next month, wish me good luck and I will keep plugging away.

Signed: Your exhausted, overwhelmed 50-year-old Carrie Bradshaw. And remember, if you know me, it’s between me and you.

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JEWS MAKING NEWS Compiled by Elizabeth Friedly

Seinfeld Back on Top

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erry Seinfeld is officially America’s number one comedian – financially speaking at least. For the third year in a row, Seinfeld topped Forbes’ list of the highest-earning comedians. His “Seinfeld” television days may be over, but repeats of the sitcom reportedly still rake in over $3 billion. Television aside, Forbes’ ranking system depended upon whether or not a comic’s primary source of income came from event ticket sales – an area in which Seinfeld blew the competition out of the water.

In 2013, Seinfeld made $27 million from a 70-date long tour, and that’s before factoring in the syndication cash.

JERRY SEINFELD For those who still miss seeing Seinfeld on their screens, the 59-year-old comedian recently premiered the second season of his web series titled, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.”

Seinfeld is joined by fellow entertainers for a drive in his 1950 Citreon and some humorous, often rambling conversation. Season two includes the likes of David Letterman and Don Rickles and can be viewed on Youtube, Crackle. com or comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com. “Comedians” has even been nominated for a Primetime Emmy in the “Short-format Nonfiction” category.

Seinfeld was born to Kálmán Seinfeld of Austrian Jewish descent and Betty Hesney, of Syrian Jewish descent. The family lived in Massapequa, New York during Seinfeld’s Elementary and High School years. When he was 16, Seinfeld went overseas to volunteer in Kibbutz Sa’ar in Israel. He graduated queens College, City University of New York with a degree in communications and theater.

Jewish Atlanta Comes to Bravo

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ravo is back in Atlanta, but this time it’s not about any “Real Housewives.” The upcoming reality series, “The New Atlanta” stars none other than local Jewish woman, Emily Lipman of Dunwoody. Lipman is featured as the owner and buyer of Raw Denim Boutique. This will mark the network’s fifth series set in the southern capital.

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“New Atlanta” follows five “up-and-comers” in the city: Lipman, Alexandra Dilworth, Africa Miranda, Tribble Reese and Jevon “Vawn” Smith.

Bravo dubs the show a “docu-series” about new names in fashion, music, event planning and business from a variety of backgrounds. Viewers can watch Lipman and her fellow young professionals clash Tuesdays this fall, premiering September 17 at 10 pm.

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NEW FILM TAKES CLOSE LOOK AT JEWS AND COMEDY SPECIAL FOR THE AJT

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hen Comedy Went To School”, a documentary featuring many of the top comics dating back to the 1940s, will open in Atlanta this week at the Midtown Art Cinema.

The film, directed by Ron Frank and Mevlut Akkaya, and written by Lawrence Richards, premiered earlier this summer to rave reviews at the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival. It offers and interesting and entertaining portrait of some of the countries iconic comediennes, including Jerry Lewis, Sid Caesar, Jackie Mason, Mort Sahl, Jerry Stiller and many others who have kept us laughing for decades.

So, why are there so many Jewish comedians?

In a survey taken in the 1970s, it was discovered that Jews represented about 3 percent of the total U.S. population but accounted for a whopping 80 percent of all professional comedians. How did it come to pass that a nation that started the 20th century laughing at the folk humor of Will Rogers, ended up chuckling at the urbane antics of “Seinfeld”?

Is there some sort of ethnic common denominator at the heart of the Jewish soul that makes “Members of the Tribe” funny? If so, why?

“When Comedy Went to School” offers up an entertaining bit of filmmaking, filled with humor, a bit of melancholy, and a road trip to upstate New York’s Catskill Mountains, aka the “Borscht Belt.”

It was here that a group of Jewish immigrants transformed lush farmland into the 20th century’s largest resort complex that, among other things, became a “school” for a remarkable group of young Jewish-American comics.

“When Comedy Went to School” is an International Film Circuit release.

Additional information about the film and filmmakers can be found at www. whencomedywenttoschool.com

Bar Mitzvah: Nathan Lowe Holden Mazel Tov to Nathan Holden on becoming a Bar Mitzvah on July 27, 2013!

Being of Soviet Jewish immigrant descent, Nathan is the first in four generations to be allowed to celebrate this very important rite of passage. Nathan is the son of Klara Menaker and Shane Holden, of Roswell; grandson to Khana and Sam Menaker, Harriman, N.Y. and Kathy and Randal Holden, Valdosta, Ga. Nathan is a rising eighth grader at Crabapple Middle School. He will be called up to the Torah at Chabad of Cobb.

Kosher Movies: World War Z (2013) SOMETIMES IT’S ENOUGH JUST TO BEGIN SOLVING A PROBLEM

BY Rabbi Herbert Cohen

investigate the source of the plague.

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His search takes him from Korea to Jerusalem where he picks up more evidence and some helpful wisdom.

Gerry learns that the Israelis had an early indication of the zombie menace and were able to use a barrier wall against terrorists as a barricade against zombie penetration.

From that time on, seeing horror movies of any kind did not appeal to me and I rarely saw one. So it was with some reluctance that I went to see “World War Z”, a thriller about a zombie apocalypse threatening to take over the world.

A local guru tells him that the Israelis took the zombie threat seriously and did not dismiss it because of their “tenth man” theory. This theory, based upon the experience of having miscalculated the strength and strategy of the enemy in a number of military situations, says that whenever everyone is in agreement about a potential threat, we suppose that a “tenth man” sees things differently.

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s a child, my mother took me to see “Phantom of the Opera” starring Claude Rains. There’s a scary scene when a bottle of acid is thrown disfiguring a man forever. For many months afterward, I had nightmares.

The film opens with images of a happy family about to spend time together renewing and strengthening family ties. As they drive through stalled downtown Philadelphia traffic, however, the unexpected happens. A former UN employee, Gerry Lane, and his family are attacked by hordes of zombies along with countless others.

The Lanes escape to a deserted apartment, where they are extracted by a helicopter sent by Gerry’s former UN colleague. They are then taken to a US Naval ship, where militarily analysts and scientific personnel are trying to determine the scope of this worldwide plague.

Dr. Andrew Fassbach, a virologist, is sent to a military base in South Korea to investigate the source of the virus along with Gerry, a veteran UN investigator, who is charged with facilitating the work of Dr. Fassbach.

But then tragedy strikes.

Fassbach is killed when he accidently discharges his gun during a zombie attack, and the investigating team is left without a scientist who can analyze the remains of those who have been killed by the zombies. At this moment, all seems lost. How can the problem be solved if there is no one to define the problem?

The Ethics of the Fathers says that in a place where there is no man, we have to step up to the plate and be the man. This is what Gerry does.

When Fassbach dies, Gerry does not abort the mission. He does not make excuses. He understands what is at stake and continues on his search to

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Moreover, we presume that the alternate view is correct and we investigate it. Solving a problem becomes similar to an exercise in Talmudic logic in which all possibilities are explored.

Ultimately, Gerry finds a path towards recovery, but it’s not a panacea. As he observes the positive signs of human initiatives to end the zombie invasion, he wisely says: “This isn’t the end, not even close.”

However, his comment reveals a determined optimism in the face of what seemed to be total apocalypse.

This ability to focus on the positive in a desperate situation is what carries him forward to another day.

The Ethics of the Fathers tells us that it is not our job to complete the task, but rather simply to begin. This is especially true if that task seems overwhelming. Rather, all we need to do is put forth our best effort since the final result is in G-d’s hands.

Gerry does not solve the zombie problem, but he initiates a path towards a solution. That is sometimes the best we can do in difficult situations.

Begin the process and leave the outcome to G-d.

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

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Blank Better Than Turner?

Recent Moves Have Falcons Flying Toward Super Bowl

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Yes, 1982-1984 were solid years, but this team didn’t win 90 games until Schuerholz came to town and then did so almost every year during the 14 consecutive first place finishes. The point is Turner really wasn’t the driving force that made the Braves into a model franchise. When you take into account his ownership of the Hawks and add the Thrashers to the mix, no one can honestly say Turner is a great sports owner. Given a top general manager in baseball, he was a great owner. Given G ATLbasA any other setup in baseball,INhis OVER ketball team and certainly the moribund Thrashers, he was not.

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I think the offense will be even more amazing in 2013 with the addition of running back Steve Jackson.

His ability to catch the ball out of the backfield will be the ingredient we need to open up the offense the way we all imagined it would a few years ago when the Falcons made the astute move to trade up and draft Julio Jones.

But the biggest reason that this is the Falcons’ year is because I have faith in the team’s hierarchy. As I said, I am a native of Atlanta, and I truly believe that Arthur Blank is the best owner a sports franchise in this city has ever had. Yes, that includes Ted Turner, for whom I, like many who care about Atlanta sports, have great fondness. The reality is that Turner owned the struggling Atlanta Braves in the mid-1970s and didn’t really have a model franchise until the team hired John Schuerholz in 1991.

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this high scoring era. In the last few years, the points the Falcons defense has given up have been significantly lower than the yardage allowed might lead you to believe.

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Falcons into a special franchise. The only team on his ownership resume has been turned completely around.

When the Mike Vick scandal hit, many felt the Falcons would once again be losers for years. When the man who makes Benedict Arnold look like a loyal friend – Bobby Petrino – quit as head coach in the middle of the night midway through a season, it really looked as though the Falcons were in for several years of futility. But Blank didn’t flinch.

He hired Thomas Dimitroff from the Patriots to run the day-to-day operations of the team. Dimitoff then hired the then-unknown Mike Smith, who has turned out to be the best coach in Atlanta Falcons history. Dimitroff drafted Matt Ryan and signed Michael Turner and the rest, as they say, is history.

Since the season Petrino and Vick left, not only are the Falcons no longer a mess of a team, but they haven’t had a losing season in five years. Amazing that a franchise which never had two winning seasons in a row – at one point without a head coach or franchise quarterback, could start a streak of five consecutive winning seasons. The former failures are now a model organization with a new stadium on the way and a great chance of winning a Super Bowl. It has not only been Blank’s decision to hire and allow Dimitroff and Smith to run the team, but his resolve to back them up with his wallet as well, that makes him a great sport franchise owner.

The willingness to sign off on Dimitroff’s bold move to trade up and draft Jones is the perfect example of how an owner not only allows his people to make their own decisions, but is willing to spend big bucks to back them up. With Roddy White already on the team, Blank was willing to spend huge money to pay another receiver who would require a big payday because of his selection as the fifth player taken in the first round.

Not every owner would be willing to do that, especially with a number one receiver like White already on the

team making millions.

In addition, the team announced last week that quarterback Ryan has signed a franchise record, five year$103.75 million dollar contract guaranteeing that he will be wearing a Falcons uniform during the prime of his career. Atlantans responded by buying all the remaining single game tickets in one day, meaning that all home games are now sold out and will be on local television.

Give a weak person one hurdle and he is often likely to fail. Give a smart and inventive person many hurdles, and he will almost always fight until he triumphs. The bottom line is that Blank had the will to do what it takes to turn the franchise around almost immediately from its lowest point. The lone person of significance who was with the Atlanta Falcons during the Petrino/Vick era and is still here to see this franchise flourish is Arthur Blank. Yes, Rich McKay, a very good man with solid football sense, is also still with the team but with a significantly different role.

In my 42 years of being as hardcore of an Atlanta professional sports fan as I think is out there, Blank buying the team from the Smiths ranks is one of the most important and positive days in the city’s sports history. Barely a decade into his ownership, Arthur Blank has turned the Falcons around in the same vein as John Schuerholz did with the Braves.

And for that reason, I think he is the greatest professional sports owner this city has ever had.

Jeff Zell has covered Atlanta sports since 1987 and currently reports on the city’s sport scene for CBS Sports Radio, Yahoo Sports Radio and WFAN in New York. He has written about Atlanta’s Jewish community since 2000.

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Bringing Communities Together on the Ball Field Over Two Decades of the AMSSL

BY BEN NADLER

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f you want to enjoy some quality sports entertainment without shelling out $200 and fighting a mob of traffic to go see the Braves play, then check out the Atlanta Men’s Synagogue Softball League (AMSSL). Every Sunday in the months of June through August, 24 different teams send ten players each out to the softball field for 75 minutes of action on the diamond.

For many, the synagogue league is a family affair. The Ahavath Achim team features two sets of brothers playing together – Brian, Michael, and David Cohen; and Michael and Daniel Bernath. In prior seasons, both groups were joined on the field by their fathers, Walter Cohen and Terry Bernath. The Or Hadash team is also family-centric. Lee Estroff has taken the field on different occasions with two of his sons. With a third son almost old enough to play, Lee could conceivably lead up an all-Estroff outfield.

And while Jonathan, Bennett and Daniel Ginburg all play for the same team, they compete with each other on a weekly basis over who can make the most dazzling plays in the field.

Bennett and Daniel have recently gotten their 4-month-old nephew fitted for a glove in anticipation of him one day joining the team.

The league brings families together in other ways. Many players schlep their wives and children along to the games to cheer them on. Quite a few parents also come to the games to kvell over their boys and to schmooze with the other fans.

Sometimes, family rivalries and synagogue loyalties can be put to the test. Steven and Warren Berne, for example, are like the Manning brothers of the AMSSL. While both are great competitors, no love was lost last season when Steven pitched against Warren’s crew in the league

Members of Ahavath Achim and Congregation B’nai Torah enjoy camaraderie after their game on July 28 championship game. After Warren hit a double off of Steven, the two exchanged a hug and a laugh at second base. And imagine the tzuris that Michael and Sheila Dalmat experience every season when they have to choose between rooting for their Or Hadash shul or for Kol Emeth, which stars their daughter’s boyfriend.

When it first started up, there were only eight teams. Now the league boasts 24 strong, representing 20 different shuls throughout the metro Atlanta area.

In addition to family ties, professional connections can be made at the games as well. Players are often talking shop in the dugouts between innings. And if you’re ever looking for a nice Jewish dentist, an attorney to write your will, or a kosher caterer for your next bris, look no further than the back of a player’s jersey, which features the logo of the team’s favorite entrepreneur.

A league this size is not without its challenges. For one thing, geography can get in the way. The many games played at Ocee Park in Johns Creek are very convenient for the players from Dor Tamid, Gesher L’Torah, and Chabad of North Fulton. But not so for those from in-town shuls like Bet Haverim, Young Israel, the Temple, and Beth Jacob. To accommodate, this year’s games have been spread out over multiple locations, such as Terrell Mill Park just outside the perimeter and East Roswell Park off of Holcomb Bridge Road.

The league has been around for over two decades and many players look forward to coming back year after year. Danny Frankel of Beth Tefillah has been playing for 21 years. David Merbaum from Beth Shalom and Seth Litman from Kehillat Chaim remember playing games at the old JCC on Peachtree Street, where two adjacent fields converged. Outfielders on those two fields had to watch their backs to make sure they weren’t colliding with one another. Games were played without any umpires at the time, so teams had to agree on the calls.

Another challenge is in keeping a competitive balance between teams whose congregations have very different demographics. The larger, intown synagogues tend to have a bigger pool of younger, athletic players to choose from, while some of the smaller shuls or those with aging populations sometimes struggle to field a team on a weekly basis. To account for varying competitive levels, the league is sub-divided into three divisions, each made up of eight teams based on their overall strengths, with teams playing only against those within their division.

From its humble beginnings, the league has grown tremendously.

The last common hurdle for the league is competing with a very busy

Jewish community calendar. Games are always played on Sundays, which is an equally popular day for not only synagogue events, but also for simchas such as baby namings and weddings. This often comes in to play in August. Not only is the end of summer the prime time for major synagogue events, but it also coincides with the annual league tournament. It’s not uncommon for an entire team to bolt to their cars as soon as the last fly ball is caught and rush off to their synagogue’s prospective member barbecue or annual meeting.

Speaking of the league tournament, the regular season concluded (weather permitting, as this was written prior to the final scheduled week of the regular season) on July 28, with the tournament set to begin on August 4. Each of the three divisions will feature an eight-team, double-elimination tournament. The tournament lasts four weeks, after which three distinct champions will be crowned.

Ben Nadler is serving a two-year stint as the commissioner of the softball league. He and his family are founding members of Congregation Or Hadash. During his free time, he’s a computer consultant with Abel Solutions in Alpharetta.

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There are three basic requirements to play in the league. 1). You must be male; 2). You must be at least 18 years old (or 16 if your team can’t make minyan without you); and 3).

You must be a member in good standing of the synagogue for which you’re playing.

Editor’s note: To follow the tournament or to find out where and when your synagogue will be playing next, visit the league web site at www.atl25 synagoguesoftball.org.

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“The Dreidel” Hits the Slopes

shabbat blessings Blessing for the Candles Baruch Arah A-do-nai,El-o-hei-nu Melech Haolam Asher Kid-shanu b’mitzvotav V’zivanu l’hadlik ner shel Shabbat 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.

Blessing for the Wine Baruch Atah A-do-nai, El-o-hei-nu Meelech Haolam, Borei p’ri hagafen 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.

Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 Light Candles at: 8:20 p.m.

Shabbat, Aug. 3, 2013 Shabbat Ends: 9:18 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 Light Candles at: 8:13 p.m.

Shabbat, Aug. 10, 2013 Shabbat Ends: 9:10 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 Light Candles at: 8:06 p.m.

Shabbat, Aug. 17, 2013 Shabbat Ends: 9:02 p.m.

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“I am really excited to be included in these selection events,” said Hill.

“The opportunity to represent the United States at the Olympics would be an unbelievable honor, and I am going to work harder than ever to make it happen.”

Hill received this invitation as he is ranked 21st in the world on the World Snowboard Tour Rankings, currently the sixth highest ranked American. He calls himself “The Dreidel” as a tribute to his Jewish Heritage because he says he spins like the toy when he does a 1080-three full revolutions in the air.

The five foot six inch tall Hill, who grew up in Jacksonville, Oregon, has snowboarded since the age of 10. By the time he graduated high school, Hill was ranked the number one amateur snowboarder in the United States by USASA.

Hill made his first impact on the professional snowboard tour when he finished sixth competing in the Grand Prix Slopestyle in Mammoth Mountain in 2010. This past winter Seth came in sixth in the Burton European Open. In 2012, Hill received the high honor of being named Snowboarder Magazine Superpark Standout.

While pursuing his bachelor’s degree, Seth snowboarded for the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also took part in a paid internship for Yahoo during college. After graduation in 2010, Hill turned his attention full time to pro snowboarding competition. This past summer, Hill took his first “Birthright Israel” trip and was moved that he already has plans to return.

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Sun., Aug. 4

Doubles Pickleball Tournament, for players of all ages and skill levels; register as single or pair; prizes awarded. Sun., Aug. 4, 10 a.m. $15/ member, $25/non-member. MJCCA’s Zaban Park. lilly.mahana@atlantajcc.org.

Celebrate the New Year with OVS and the PJ Library, event featuring storytime, art projects, kosher snacks, shofar blowing and more. Sun., Aug. 4, 10:30 a.m. Congregation Or VeShalom. (404) 633-1737.

Teen Community Service at MedShare International, sorting and packaging supplies; teens will earn three community service hours. Sun., Aug. 4, 1 p.m. Pre-registration required. MedShare on Clifton Springs Rd. amy.helman-darley@atlantajcc. org.

Tues., Aug. 6

National Jewish Retreat, five days of learning and discovery with master Torah teachers. Tues., Aug. 6 through Sun., Aug. 11. Hilton of Alexandria, Va. jretreat.com.

Wed. Aug. 7

Have a BLAST at the MJCCA, listen to Rabbi Brian Glusman sound the shofar each morning leading up to Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 4). First day Wed., Aug. 7, 11 a.m. Zaban Park. rabbi. glusman@atlantajcc.org.

Fri., Aug. 9

Dive into Shabbat, celebrate Shabbat at the MJCCA’s outdoor pool; special welcome for families of the Davis Academy. Fri., Aug. 9, 5 p.m.

Free, open to the community; bring your own picnic or purchase from Goodfriend’s Grill. brian.glusman@ atlantajcc.org.

unteers as well as friends and family.

Sun., Aug. 11, 2 p.m. RSVP requested before Aug. 1; bring a dairy or pareve side dish to share. Private residence.

(404) 825-4730.

Wed., Aug. 14

Eat, Play, Mahj, mah jongg open game day and special tour of the Breman Museum’s new exhibit, Project Mah Jongg. Wed., Aug. 14, 10:30 a.m. $36/ Museum member, $50/non-member; reservations required. The Breman Museum. gsanders@thebreman.org.

Sun., Aug. 18

45th Annual High Holyday Mitzvot Auction & Brunch. Sun., Aug. 18, 10:30 a.m. Congregation Or VeShalom. (404) 633-1737.

BBYO Connect Kickoff Pool Party, for 6th- through 8th-graders. Sun., Aug. 18, 4 p.m. $10 by Aug. 12, $15 after.

MJCCA’s Zaban Park. stacie.graff@ atlantajcc.org.

Tues., Aug. 20

17th-Annual AICCSE Professional Seminar, “Accelerating SoutheastIsrael Growth” with keynote speaker Shai Robkin. Tues., Aug. 20, 7:30 a.m. $90/Chamber member, $100/ non-member; price includes luncheon. Selig Center. aiccse.org.

Wed., Aug. 21

Reunion of Atlanta Jewish community members from Nashville; meet with old friends for evening of food and fellowship. Wed., Aug. 21, 7 p.m.

MJCCA’s Zaban Park. fredglus@comcast.net.

Shabbat Barbecue Dinner for prospective members; services precede.

Fri., Aug. 9, 6:15 p.m. Congregation Beth Shalom. (770) 399-5300.

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Sun., Aug. 11

BBYO Kickoff at the Braves Game, for 9th- through 12th-graders. Sun., Aug. 11, 12 p.m. $30 includes ticket, lunch and transportation to and from the game; pre-register at atlantajcc. org/bbyo by Aug. 6. Meet at MJCCA’s Zaban Park. laura.ross@atlantajcc. org.

Volunteers for Israel (VFI) South Region Picnic; for past and future vol-

Sweeten the New Year - Dunwoody, MJCCA family program featuring froyo, songs, activities, crafts and prizes for kids. Mon., Aug. 26, 6 p.m.

Attendance free and open to all; 20 percent discount on purchases. Yogli Mogli at 2090 Dunwoody Club Drive. rabbi.glusman@atlantajcc.org.

Mon., Aug. 26 Sweeten the New Year - Dunwoody, MJCCA family program

featuring froyo, songs, activities, crafts and prizes for kids. Mon., Aug. 26, 6 p.m. Attendance free and open to all; 20 percent discount on purchases. Yogli Mogli at 2090 Dunwoody Club Drive. rabbi.glusman@ atlantajcc.org.

An Evening with “Harmony,” an intimate conversation with the creative team behind the show and a special performance by the Alliance Theatre cast. Mon., Aug. 26, 7 p.m. $18/Breman Museum members, $25/ non-members. Breman Museum.

(678) 222-3700.

Wed., Aug. 28

Soul Trip to New York, Chabad of Georgia rabbis lead the way on visits to important Jewish sites. Wed., Aug. 28. New York City. More information and RSVP at chabadga/soultrip2013.

prizes for kids. Mon., Aug. 26, 6 p.m.

Attendance free and open to all; 20 percent discount on purchases. Yogli Mogli at 1255 Johnson Ferry Road. rabbi.glusman@atlantajcc.org.

Sun., Sept. 1

Nibble and Noshfest, two-day festival providing visitors with tastes of Jewish and other ethnic foods in sample-size portions; includes community vendors, entertainment and children’s activities. Begins Sun., Sept. 1, 11 a.m. and continues on Mon., Sept. 2 until 4 p.m. Admission is donation of two canned goods for Must Ministries. Temple Kol Emeth. noshfest.com.

Improv on the Rocks with Just a Twist of Jewish, improv night at Noshfest featuring Red Door Playhouse Adult Improv Group. Sun., Sept. 1, 7:30 p.m. $15. Temple Kol Emeth. noshfest.com.

Ongoing

Volunteer tutoring opportunity with the Atlanta Jewish Coalition for Literacy. Min. 30 minutes one-on-one per week, beginning this fall. Nine metro area elementary schools. (404) 843-9600.

Sweeten the New Year - East Cobb, MJCCA family program featuring froyo, songs, activities, crafts and

Thurs., Aug. 22

Teen Community Service at Hammond Glen Senior Community, join TCS for an afternoon of fun and bingo with assisted living home residents; teens will earn one-and-a-half community service hours. Pre-registration required. Thurs., Aug. 22, 7:30 p.m. Hammond Glen on Hammond Glen Dr. amy.helman-darley@atlantajcc.org.

Prospective Member Shabbat, join us as we welcome our prospective and new members and stay for a delicious kiddush lunch. Sat., Aug. 10. Congregation Beth Shalom. (770) 399-5300.

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Dive Into Shabbat - Intown, the MJCCA’s poolside Shabbat celebration at a new location, featuring the Congregation Bet Haverim Chorus. Fri., Aug. 23, 5 p.m. Free, open to the community. Emory Student Activity and Academic Center. rabbi.glusman@ atlantajcc.org.

Camp Barney Medintz 50th Anniversary Celebration, weekend festivities begin with a traditional camp-style Shabbat dinner in the dining hall followed by Shabbat services in the Zaban Chapel. Fri., Aug. 23 to 25. $150/ weekend, $80/Saturday only, $50/ child Saturday. Camp Barney. (678) 812-4000.

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A Matter of Choice

BLESSING, CURSE – OR A CHANCE FOR REDEMPTION?

BY RACHEL LAVICTOIRE AJT Columnist

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magine you come home one day to find two gifts on your kitchen counter: a box, carefully wrapped and topped with a big sparkling bow, and a jar filled with a sort of black smog.

You see a note that reads, “Here, I bought both of these for you, but you can only pick one.”

Most likely, you and I and everyone else would leave the black jar on the floor, happily accept the beautifully wrapped box, and never look back to question our decision.

But what if there was more to it?

What if the price tags were still attached to both gifts, and one was clearly more expensive than the other? What if you knew that whichever gift you didn’t choose would go to your best friend?

All of these issues – the emotions and consequences – end up affecting which gift you choose. It all should be so simple, but never is.

In this week’s Torah portion, Re’eh, Moses tells the Israelites:

“I set before you today a blessing and a curse. The blessing, that you will heed the commandments of the Lord your G-d, which I command

you today; and the curse, if you will not heed the commandments of the Lord your G-d, but turn away from the way I command you this day, to follow other gods, which you did not know” – Deuteronomy 11:26-28 There it is: a clouded simplicity.

G-d is presenting the Israelites with two gifts: a blessing and a curse. And though clearly a blessing seems like a better gift than a curse, it also comes with greater responsibility. So, what now? What gift do you choose?

Truthfully, I find passages like these – ones that seem harsh in their definitions of right and wrong – difficult to read. No, I don’t follow all 613 commandments detailed in the Torah – most of us don’t. But I still don’t feel deserving of a curse.

And even though such thinking could potentially send me to the brink of a theological crisis, I’ve found that generally there’s another way – an alternative way – to make sense of the Torah..

In this week’s Torah portion, re’ah, we are asked “to see”. And if I examine what it really means to receive blessings and curses from G-d, I find there are multiple understandings.

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For 15 centuries, before turning to Hebrew, the Jewish people spoke Aramaic and many translations of the Torah are written in this ancient language. One version was translated by a Jewish sage, Rabbi Yonatan ben Uziel. According to his translation, Moses spoke of a blessing and a chilufa, an exchange or transmutation.

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Already, given this translation, the meaning of Moses’ words has changed dramatically. But what if we take this mental exercise a step farther? Obviously, a transmutation implies that something is being changed; but notice the obscurity of what exactly is undergoing change.

Some people might think that “a blessing and a transmutation” really means, “a blessing and its transmutation”; perhaps better stated, a blessing and a blessing that we ruined.

I like to think, however, that using “transmutation” instead of “curse” suggests the possibility of redemption.

“I set before you today a blessing and a transmutation.” So, I can either do the right thing and be blessed, or do the wrong thing and G-d will assist me in changing my ways so that I may do better next time. The change, as I see it, is a personal one. It’s not a curse, but rather an opportunity to learn from our mistakes.

The beauty of the Torah is that it’s intentionally written with these sorts of ambiguities and contradictions.

This parshah tells us that G-d has brought a blessing and a curse, but a verse in Lamentations says, “From the Lord our G-d’s word there cannot emerge both good and evil”.

All this give and take can be frustrating and confusing, but it’s also beautiful because it allows all of us to find comfort in one special book.

We’re all given the same options – a beautifully wrapped blessing or a curse in a jar – but wonderfully, the choices mean entirely different things to each of us.

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 Hiullel.

may their memories be a blessing

Freddy Benamy 76, OF ATLANTA

Freddy Benamy, 76, was family man, as well as the owner of Benamy Tile Co. and a Hall of Fame Coach of The BRATS. Fredric Sheldon Benamy of Atlanta died July 21, 2013 of complications from diabetes. When it came to softball, Freddy Benamy wanted nothing more than to be the best in the country, even if it meant he had to coach a bunch of Brats. After coaching his son Maury and daughter Lauren, along with other fantastic youth athletes, on to win many local titles, his thirst for championships grew stronger. Originating out of Briarcliff Community Sports (BCS), his 18-and-Under Girls’ Softball teams became so dominant that they began to pursue national titles and had to change their name to the Atlanta Brats. “I love it. It keeps me young,” Benamy once said while defending their ASA National Slowpitch Softball Championship.

He was President of BCS in 1980 was inducted into the Georgia USSSA Hall of Fame in 2002. But those who knew and loved Freddy knew that it was not only the pursuit of the trophies – of which the Brats won in excess of 100, including three national championships. He also loved coaching, teaching and molding these young girls into mature, responsible women with high selfesteem. It is these accomplishments off the field, including his great works as a father and grandfather that simply cannot be measured in a trophy case.

The son of Rose and Sol Benamy, Freddy was a native of Atlanta. He attended Morningside Elementary School, Grady High School and the University of Georgia, where he was a member of Tau Epsilon Phi. He was a fanatic when it came to supporting of his Bulldogs. In high school and college, despite only being 5 feet 4 inches tall, he was widely considered one of the best Jewish athletes the city of Atlanta had ever seen. Even as he became less speedy on the basketball and tennis courts, he is still remembered for often pitching entire games of fast-pitch softball without ever letting the cigar in his mouth fall to the ground. Benamy loyally watched every Braves, Falcons, and Bulldogs game for the past 46 years. He was an original season-ticket holder for the Flames and Falcons, the latter’s tradition which continues through his nephew. But more important than watching the pro-athletes, he treasured watching all his grandchildren’s games, recitals and other activities. When he wasn’t watching a game or hanging with his grandkids, he could often be found playing in any number of poker games with players of all ages, many of whom simply called him Uncle Freddy. And whether he was at the poker table or not, Uncle Freddy always lived his life one way – all in! Benamy is survived by his wife, Gloria Adler Benamy; children, Maury Benamy and Lauren Benamy Kahn and son-in-law Danny Kahn; four grandchildren, Jarad Kahn, Jenny Kahn, Caitlin Benamy, and Cora Benamy; sister and brotherin-law, Rita and Ronnie Klee; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Toni and Joel Adler; several nieces and nephews; and multitudes of cousins and friends.

Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to William Breman Jewish Home or Marcus Jewish Community Center or Ahavath Achim Synagogue. A funeral service was held graveside at 2 p.m. on Mon., July 22, 2013 at Crest Lawn Memorial Park, Atlanta. The service will be officiated by Rabbi Neil Sandler of Ahavath Achim Synagogue, where Benamy has been a member his entire life. Shiva services will be in the evenings Mon-Thurs, as well as Sunday this week at the home of Gloria and Fredric Benamy. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, Atlanta (770) 451-4999

Freda Berger

99, OF SANDY SPRINGS Freda Berger, 99, of Sandy Springs, passed away peacefully on Mon., July 22, 2013. She was born to Ida and Charles Greenberg, of blessed memory, on March 1, 1914 in Rochester, New York. The family moved to St. Catharines, Ontario when she was two years old. She graduated from St. Catharines Collegiate High School in the mid-1930s, during the depths of the Depression.

Unable to attend college, she worked as a bookkeeper (she was a math whiz)

until 1940, when she married Julius Berger, also of Rochester. They took up residence in Rochester until Julie died in 1990, a few months short of their 50th wedding anniversary. Their sons, William and Michael were born in 1943 and 1947 respectively. Freda was a homemaker most of her life, but in the 1970s she went to work at Sibley’s Department Store in Irondequoit Plaza, where she thrived as a salesperson. When the family moved to Irondequoit in 1953, Freda and Julie were among the founding families of Temple Beth David, where they played a prominent role in the social structure of the synagogue for over 50 years. They initially organized and then ran the weekly bingo game for many years. After Julie’s death, Temple Beth David became Freda’s extended family until she moved to Buffalo in 2007, where Michael, his wife Joanne and their three children: Alon, Jennifer, and Aliza live. She moved to Atlanta in March 2011. In Atlanta lived William, his wife Rhea, their two children, Corey and Danielle, and her four great-grandchildren: Evan, Lindsay, Jared and Jace. Freda is also survived by two sisters, Sylvia Gerowitz of Rochester and Shirley Diamond of Toronto, Ontario. Freda was very family oriented and kept in close contact with all of her relatives, particularly in Canada. There were many family visits each year. She had a passion for cooking and will be remembered for how good she was at it. She also had a gift of gab – when on a plane, by the end of the flight the person next to her knew her whole family history. After Julie died, the most striking aspect of Freda was her independence. Although she never learned to drive, she always got to where she needed to be – even if it meant walking. In fact, while in Huntcliff, the assisted living facility in Atlanta, until the last couple of weeks, she was always out of her apartment, either participating in activities like bingo or mah jong, or just sitting in the foyer with the other residents.

At 99, the staff at Huntcliff affectionately called her “Grandma” and viewed her as one of the more viable and lovable residents. An online guestbook is available at www.edressler.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to either Temple Beth David, 3200 St. Paul Blvd., Rochester, NY 14617, www.tbdrochester.org, or to Temple Emanu-El, 1580 Spalding Dr., Atlanta, GA 30350, www.templeemanuelatlanta.org, or to Congregation Shir Shalom, 4660 Sheridan Dr., Williamsville, NY 14221, www.shirshalombuffalo.org. Graveside services were held 1 p.m. Wed., July 24, 2013 at Vaad Hakolel Cemetery in Rochester with Rabbi Rachel Smookler officiating. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, Atlanta, GA, (770) 451-4999.

Lewis L. Morris 76, OF ATLANTA

Lewis L. Morris, age 76, of Atlanta, died July 19, 2013. Mr. Morris was born and raised in New Jersey. He served his country in the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his son, Michael Morris, son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Stacy Morris, daughter, Jaimi Morris, and the grandchildren that he loved with all of his heart: Jacqueline, Alexandra, Lydia, Hannah and Paul, all from Atlanta. Sign the online guest book at www.edressler.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Georgia Aquarium. A graveside service was held Tues., July 23, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at Arlington Memorial Park.

Rabbi Loren Filson Lapidus officiated. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, Atlanta (770) 451-4999

Jerry Siegel Unveiling Family and friends are invited to the unveiling ceremony of Jerry Siegel on Sun., August 11 at 11 a.m., graveside in the Beth Jacob section at Crest Lawn Memorial Park, 2000 Marietta Blvd, Atlanta.

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