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with sub-millimeter band radiation have proved effective at destroying the DNA of targeted lung cancer tumors. As lung cancer is extremely resistant to chemotherapy and aggressive radiation therapy would damage healthy cells, this new method has tremendous potential.

International Astronautical Federation chooses Israel as a future conference site. A meteoric rise to become one of the world’s aeronautic space powers has been rewarded, as the country has been named the venue for the IAF’s Conference in 2015. Over 3,000 scientists attend this annual event.

The nation qualifies for the lacrosse world championships.

Israel assembled a lacrosse team just two weeks before the European championships. An eighth-place finish earned the team membership in the Federation of International Lacrosse and a place in the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship in Denver.

Spain backs the Jewish State. In her speech in the UN General Assembly, Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez declared Israel to be “The embodiment of the project to create a homeland for the Jewish people.” She rejected Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s “right of return,” a demand for the mass immigration of Arabs to Israel.

Thanks to the Israel Defense Forces, a new surgical simulator debuts. Dr. Warren Selman overheard a discussion on flight simulation between two Israeli pilots and was inspired to invent the Selman Surgical Rehearsal Platform (SRP).

IDF support means the Platform is already being used to educate surgeons, and once FDA approves, it will be used with real patients.

New cancer radiation treatment emerges. At Israel’s recently upgraded Ariel University, experiments

Jerusalem welcomes 10,000 puppet fans. The Jerusalem Puppet

Festival in August was the largest ever held in Israel. The Train Theatre venue hosted over 100 shows in six days.

desert landscape back to Jerusalem to “connect to the foundations of our existence, and there is no firmer a foundation than the Bible.”

With Israeli help, Kenya removes Al-Qaeda from Somalia. The Kenyan army has captured Somalia’s Indian Ocean port of Kismayo, driving Al-Qaeda’s Somali terrorist franchise Al Shabaab out of its last strategic stronghold. Israeli support included planning and intelligence advice, unmanned drones and counter-terrorism training.

Israeli-Arab Technion graduates go for gold. Metallo Therapy is developing a cancer treatment using gold nanoparticles that are injected into tumors to improve the effect of radiation therapy. Metallo has three Arab-Israeli employees, two of them Technion graduates and two of them women.

The Yarkon fish returns after 50 years. The freshwater Yarkon Bleak fish (otherwise known as the Lebanon fish) hadn’t been seen in the mid-stretches of the Yarkon River for several decades, but thanks to a substantial improvement in water quality, Acanthobrama telavivensis have returned to inhabit their ancient waters.

The Prime Minister studies Torah. PM Benjamin Netanyahu returned from the Negev to attend his second study session in honor of his father-in-law, who died last year.

Bibi said he came from the biblical

There’s still time to party in Tel Aviv. Temperatures in the country’s second-most populous city are currently in the upper 20s Celsius – that’s the mid-80s Farenheit – so there is still time to enjoy the top beaches in the world. Particularly, Gordon Beach was recently featured in CheapFlights.com’s list of top 10 beaches worldwide.

Editor’s note: This list courtesy Michael Ordman and verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot.com.

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The Life and Demise of Suze A FICTITIOUS CHARACTER TAKES OVER AJT Columnist

the stories were true to underscore my message.

s our children grew up, my husband and I did our best to ensure that they’d be good people. We tried to present them with role models who were generous, caring, hard working, creative, honest and G-d-loving.

In these fake tales, my brother Aaron and I were always good and heroic protagonists – characters with whom I believed my listeners would side – and there was also an entirely-fictitious third recurring character to demonstrate what not to do: the antagonist, a bad girl named “Suze.”

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In this carefully curated world, our young daughters were nurtured and challenged to do the right thing. Yes, those were the halcyon days when our children were under our total control.

Of course, once our daughters became parents, our days of “hands-on” became days of hand wringing. My husband still believed in role modeling, but I decided to take a more direct approach, and to this end, I devised a clever plan.

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Our grandchildren loved to hear stories about my childhood, so I decided to make up thrilling, moral-bearing whoppers. I told the grandchildren

The “Chana, Aaron,and Suze Stories” became our grandchildren’s most requested entertainment. If they wandered toward the TV set, all I had to do was shout: “Oh, I just remembered something else that Suze did!”

Suze was every adult’s nightmare; every mischief imaginable, she committed it. Every story I made up involved Suze doing something awful, and Chana and Aaron would always deal wisely with her.

The wrought stories always showed altruism trumping selfishness: In them, being bad was, well, bad. Thus, when

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our grandchildren began to beg for more of the tales, I was overwhelmed with self-congratulation. What a fine grandparent I was!

For a year or so, the three-character saga was told and embellished, Scheherezade-like, until I (the tale-bearer, so to speak) had my comeuppance. It came to pass on the playground, as I was enjoying the antics of our grandchildren and their friends, when I was approached by a group of parents.

They seemed upset. Had one of my grandchildren swiped a swing out of turn, stomped a sand structure or cut into the slide line?

I moved over on my bench, but no one sat.

“What’s going on?” I asked.

“Who’s this ‘Suze’?” one of the parents challenged.

“How do you know about Suze?” I responded in disbelief. I’d only told the stories to my grandchildren.

“How do we know about Suze? Our kids don’t talk about anybody else,” they responded. “It’s, ‘Suze did this’ and ‘Suze did that!’

“So, does Suze go to this school?” was their demand.

“Suze isn’t real!” I exclaimed. “I made her up to show my grandchildren how they shouldn’t act! Do your kids talk about Chana and Aaron? My brother and I are supposed to be the heroes of the stories.”

“We don’t know anything about you and your brother,” they replied. “Your grandchildren told our kids every single bad thing that Suze does, and they just love Suze. What were you thinking?”

“They love Suze? Impossible!” I cried. “She’s a horror. She’s despicable. She’s mean, selfish, tricky, bossy, sassy.”

“That’s right!” the group called out in unison.

“But I invented her to show my grandchildren how NOT to be!” I stammered. “They keep asking for more and more stories. It’s hard work thinking of horrible things for Suze to do!”

“Right, especially when she gets in trouble and has to go into time out,” was the sarcastic retort. “They just love that. They know it won’t do any good, because Suze will be bad again the next day. Even our older kids are crazy about her!”

“There is no Suze! None of it’s true!”

I begged. “You’ve got to tell your children I made it all up!”

The women simply stared back at me.

It was I who’d gotten us into the morass, and I had to get us out. I wondered if Suze could undergo an experience that would make her turn good, and I turned over countless scenarios in my head, each one too gory or tragic for a young child’s mind. Even more traumatic for all involved, I’d have to admit to my grandchildren – and the rest of the neighborhood – that Suze was totally fictitious.

The next day, I picked my grandchildren up from school, and we went directly to the playground, where I hoped to meet the accusing parents.

I finally admitted to my grandchildren that I made the whole thing up.

“Bubbe! No, you didn’t! You told us the stories really happened!” they cried.

“Suze tricked you and your brother!

Suze stories are the best!”

The slanting of their eyes and the clenching of their fists didn’t escape my notice.

“I made the stories up to teach you not to be mean and selfish!” I weakly explained.

“No you didn’t!” they whined, stamping their feet. “Tell us more! Now!” These kvetchy, bossy grandchildren of mine sounded something like Suze, despite my having planned the opposite (emulation of the idealized Chana and Aaron).

That settled it.

“It’s over!” I declared.

Word spread quickly along the jungle gym and seesaw set. “The Suze Saga” had ended.

Still, every once in a while, I’d be asked to reprise a Suze incident – like when she switched the contents of Chana and Aaron’s salt and pepper shakers, or the time she covered Aaron’s swing with mud or affixed real flowers to Chana’s hair with school glue.

But I wouldn’t comply. No more Suze. I had created someone much more enticing and engaging than my brother and me.

There’s something thrilling, titillating and compelling about evil. Sometimes it’s made-up, and sometimes it’s very, very real. I’ll bet most people who play around with malevolence would agree with me: I really wish I hadn’t started.

Editor’s note: Chana Shapiro is an educator, writer, editor and illustrator whose work has appeared in journals, newspapers and magazines.

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Emory University Brings Closure to a Painful Era of Its Past FILM RECOUNTS HISTORY; SCHOOL ACKNOWLEDGES, APOLOGIZES

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An attempt was made in the early 1960s to expose the facts. Art Levin, head of the Anti-Defamation League at the time, said:

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ith the simple words “I’m sorry…we’re sorry,” Emory President James Wagner brought a measure of closure to a shameful chapter in Emory’s history.

The period of time referred to entails a long and tangled story brought to light by Dr. Perry Brickman, himself a victim of the anti-Semitic atmosphere fostered at the Emory Dental School by one man, Dean John E. Buhler. It began with Emory flunking some 65 percent of Jewish dental school students between 1948 and 1961; many who were not thrown out were forced to repeat one or more years.

The men who failed did not understand; many of them, like Brickman, had been top students. Still, embarrassment and shame led to a wall of silence: They feared telling their parents. They were humiliated and kept their secret from wives and friends.

Then, later – after many went on and received dental degrees elsewhere and founded thriving practices – they continued to keep their secret, this time from patients. They feared what might happen if their patients found they had been deemed “not good enough” for their profession.

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“A young man came to me and said he’d been flunked out. He’d been to the Jewish Community Council, the Jewish dental fraternity and the Jewish War Veterans. None of them believed him.

“They said he was making up an excuse for his inability. I was able to show that 65 percent of the Jewish students had flunked out.”

Wanting to confront Emory himself, Levin was instead convinced by the Jewish Community Council to let them take the lead. The dean they spoke to denied any anti-Semitism but also said he wouldn’t do it anymore.

“They were triumphant,” Levin remembered. “[But] he’d been torturing Jewish students. I didn’t accept it as an excuse, so I went up to see the president with a friend, Morris Abram.”

University President Sidney Walter Martin was out of town, but the information eventually made its way to Dean Buhler, who soon resigned.

Sadly, when asked if there was any relation between charges of discrimination and Dr. Buhler’s resignation, Dr. Martin replied: “Absolutely not, there’s no substantiation to those charges. Dr. Buhler could have remained if he chose to.”

End of story? So it seemed.

The Jewish community allowed the story to die a quiet death. “Don’t make waves” was the prevalent attitude among many of Atlanta’s powerful Jews at the time. Some felt happy the situation was resolved, and some were upset that there was no acknowledgement, but it was over.

Overdue Unearthing Fast forward to just a few years ago.

Eric Goldstein, who had studied as an undergraduate at Emory, returned as a professor. In 2006, he curated an exhibit, “The Faces of Emory,” which included some information on the dental school statistics.

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Coming to Emory in 1949, Brickman studied as an undergrad for two years and then entered the dental school in 1951. Seeing the exhibit brought back

those years, and he began wondering what happened to the other people who had been forced to leave.

filmmakers David Hughes Duke and his son John.

“He tells the story in a compelling way,” Hauk said of He started the Duke’s work on talking to people the finished product. and found that the “It’s a positive stoentire chapter had ry. This is an overbeen submerged. looked chapter that He even uncovered has come to light in the application a constructive way, Perry Brickman (left) and Emory University form Dr. Buhler President James Wagner share a smile at the with an end to reOct. 10 reception. PHOTO/Kay Hinton had used, with a pairing the damages place for race that that were done to regave the options of lationships, building “Caucasian,” “Jewish” or “other.” new bridges between the Emory com That form, presented to Dean of munity and other parts of our commuFaculty Jake Ward, had been the nity.” nail that sealed Buhler’s coffin – even though the University denied the connection.

Brickman decided to approach Goldstein – who at the time was teaching a class on the history of Emory with a focus on Jews – about the situation.

Shortly thereafter, they began to work together, discovering Buhler’s papers and tracing former students who had been affected by the anti-Semitism, while Brickman began keeping a record of the men he interviewed, recording many discussions on video.

A subsequent meeting with Provost Earl Lewis led Brickman and Goldstein to Emory vice president Gary Hauk, with whom the pair shared the short film Brickman had compiled from his research. Thus, the three began a discussion of what Emory might do to acknowledge the history and do the right thing to try to repair its damage.

“This is a piece of Emory history comparable to Emory’s entwinement with slavery before the Civil War. It’s there,” Hauk said recently. “It has been acknowledged but has lain quietly in the archives in most respects. Like all chapters of human history, it’s better talked about, looked at and dealt with as best a community can.”

Hauk had Brickman edit his video down to about an hour.

“It’s hard to view,” he said. “There’s a lot of bitterness and heartache. I thought it would be good to bring in a professional filmmaker to use that material and augment it with material, other images, and comments by Emory people like professors Deborah Lipstadt and David Blumenthal.”

Brickman and Goldstein heeded the advice and brought in documentary

Hauk’s office sent out a letter several months ago to approximately 50 individuals that Brickman had identified as former students or next-of-kin to those no longer alive. The message was one of acknowledgment of the incidents and an invitation to a reception and viewing.

The response was remarkable.

“Some longish letters, speaking with pride of their ability to succeed; some saying they never expected this day to come,” Hauk said of the replies received. “Some said, ‘I’ll be there with bells on.’

“Our actions have to match our rhetoric,” he continued, speaking to the University’s responsibilities. “Our mission statement says that we are an ethically engaged, inquiry-driven community. We know we have to wrestle with the big questions, never ducking the moral questions of our time.”

The Long-Awaited Apology Finally, on Oct. 10, came some sort of closure. At a private reception in the Woodruff Library, about 100 people – many of them the formerly disgraced dental students, along with their families, some friends, and members of Emory’s administration – met to talk openly about that era in their lives.

There were tears, laughter and gratitude to both Emory and to Brickman for making the evening possible.

Yes, there was still anger and frustration; but there also was pride at how so many of them had overcome a seemingly insurmountable obstacle to become leaders in their field and successful professionals in spite of the deep scars inflicted by John Buhler. continued on the next page

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As part of the reception, President Wagner offered a heartfelt apology.

Knowing he couldn’t atone for the pain and suffering, he instead welcomed those in attendance, saying what they couldn’t have heard half a century ago: “The Emory community claims you as one of its own.”

Wagner, like Hauk, made a comparison between this issue and that which the university faced for its involvement in slavery.

“The university is opening a window into another regrettable chapter of its past, and it is similarly important to acknowledge and state our regret for it,” he said. “The university’s silence on this matter meant that many former students not only struggled to get their careers back on track, but also dealt with lingering feelings of shame and anger because the true causes of their experiences were never publicly acknowledged.

Emory Honors Brickman’s Bravery

Stanley Perry Brickman, Distinguished oral surgeon, community leader, and maker of Emory history: By your example of intellectual engagement and ethical integrity, you have extended the reach of the ennobling power of an excellent mind and a generous heart.

By your association with Emory, you have made its heritage shine more brightly and have made its name more worthy of renown.

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r. Perry Brickman was one of the many Jews who faced discrimination at Emory University’s dental school in the 1960s. Though he went on to a highly successful career as an oral surgeon, the pain caused by the event never left him.

As our main story (see opposite page) details, Brickman recently helped bring to light the sad saga, and last Wednesday’s events were due in large part to his tenacity. Now, Emory has chosen to honor Dr. Brickman with the following citation:

By your courage and creativity, you have helped open the way for other wise hearts to seek knowledge.

By your leadership, you have enhanced the common good and enlarged the circle of light that shines in the world.

You represent the fulfilled promise of a liberal arts university in a world needing greater humanity.

You add to the reservoir of trust so essential to the just and effective workings of civil society.

You set a high standard for a new generation of Emory men and women who aim to achieve their own good work in the world.

For these and all the ways you exhibit the aspirations of Emory, a grateful university pays tribute to you by spreading your name in the Emory historical record.

Presented this tenth day of October, Two Thousand and Twelve, in the one hundred seventy-sixth year of the university.

“By recognizing this chapter in the dental school’s history, we may help in some small way to heal the wounds felt by these former students. We also need to cure the infection – or excise the tumor, if you will – that has affected the institution itself…

“Emory can never totally repair the impact that discrimination had on Jewish dental students more than a halfcentury ago. But we can use the opportunity provided by Dr. Brickman’s research to reflect on these events in ways that make us more vigilant. We owe him thanks for helping to remind us that events like these will never be possible again.”

Professor Lipstadt was part of a panel discussion that followed a screening of the film.

“We have 20 faculty teaching the broad range of Jewish studies, a magnificent Marcus Hillel Center, a Chabad House, a university that bends over backwards to do whatever it can to make Jews, though not just Jews, feel comfortable here. That’s a whole lot more important,” she said. “But tonight is historical…it speaks volumes about our university.”

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“As president of Emory University, I hereby express in the deepest, strongest terms, Emory’s regret for the antiSemitic practices of the Dental School during those years. We at Emory also regret that it has taken this long for those events to be properly acknowledged…

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y nature, I’m not a crier.

That doesn’t mean that I am bereft of deep emotions, only that my tears, of joy or of sadness, simply do not flow forth with ease.

So why did I well up with tears when we chanted the above verses in synagogue during the recent celebration of Sukkot?

As meaningful as the Psalm is, I realize that it was the plaintive melody that tugged at my heart so compellingly. The particular melody that Rabbi Julie sang transports me back nearly a half-century, to San Francisco during the “Summer of Love” of 1967, and a commune at the edge of Haight-Ashbury called The House of Love and Prayer.

That summer, home from yeshiva, I was an on-and-off resident of the House. They even ordained me “Assistant Resident Messianic Prophet in Training.”

For a yuk, check out the abbreviation on that one! But I digress.

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The resident guru of the House was Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. At that time, there were other gurus in the world of New Age Judaism, but none had the renown of Sholmo; he composed and sang beautifully exuberant and doleful melodies in hip coffee houses, folk festivals and the like. He regaled his devotees and hangers-on with wonder-tales and parables from the mouths of saintly Chasidic masters (Google him if curious).

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The first time I heard Shlomo sing Psalm 118 was on a Saturday night after we bid the Sabbath farewell.

About 50 of us crowded into the living room of the House, sitting on the floor, singing, clapping, swaying and holding on to each other shoulder-toshoulder.

I recall being surrounded by a feeling of all-wellness, wrapped in peace, welling up with love. Vietnam, draft cards and political intrigue would have to wait. If only we could envelop the world in such a joyous,

healing sensation.

For me, it was a coming of age, truly a Summer of Love. Today, it is the taproot from which my bittersweet tears flow when chanting Shlomo’s mystical melody; I am back in San Francisco in ‘67, in the House during sweet and innocent times.

Then, as if the described instance wasn’t enough, I cried once more during these past holy days, on Simchat Torah. How ironic on a day dedicated to rejoicing with the Torah!

I spent the holiday in Atlanta with my kids and grandchildren, davening at Young Israel of Toco Hills. Men and women, most of them half my age, circled the Torah scrolls, dancing and whirling while they raised their voices in Hebrew songs that celebrated G-d and His Word.

Later, as the dancing subsided, the little children – at least a hundred of them – crowded the bimah to receive their special blessing. They huddled under a huge tallis as we joyfully pronounced: “May the angel who redeemed me from all evil now bless these children!”

Watching my grown children dancing and singing and my grandchildren being led to the bimah for their blessing, I could no longer restrain my tears.

Almost half a century has passed since the summer of Shlomo and the House. What has happened to us during the intervening years – birth and death, youth and old age, joy and regret, achievement and failure – is almost too much to fathom.

So we shed a tear for what once was, then another for the promise of what may yet be. We take the poignant and the promising, yearn for bygone days and marvel at our children having grown to adulthood as their own children now huddle under the magical tallis to receive their blessing.

How could one not look longingly back and hopefully forward without welling up with tears of the bitter and the sweet?

Editor’s note: Marc Howard Wilson is a rabbi and writer in Greenville, S.C.

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If Life is a Stage, Everyone Deserves a Chance to Play OPENING UP THE THEATER’S DOORS AJT Contributor

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e’re all familiar with the term “crunch time.” It probably brings to mind a time of stress, a time when you were focused on getting something done and done right.

Now you can look back on that time or event, laugh and wonder why you were so stressed. It turned out wonderfully, right?

Right now, I am in my own crunch time. My school is putting on its firstever co-ed theatrical production, and I am the student director. For me, this means late nights, more work and plenty of emotions to deal with – my own and others’.

But, more importantly, it means that six months from now I will look back at this “crunch time” and smile at the accomplishment.

The stress of perfecting an Advanced Placement paper when I get home at 9 p.m. will mean nothing; the perpetual concern that no one will hear the actors will fade away; the

frustration and anxiety will amount to naught. It is the production — the changed lives, the laughs and tears, the relationships built — that will mean the world for all eternity.

You see, this production is not just a production. It is a fight and victory against “High School Musical”esque stereotypes that have for years stopped boys from taking part in theater and generally limited the high school experience.

The bottom line is that theater is painted as a girly activity, but this is a misconception. Case in point: After last year’s beautiful and successful Chagiga — my school’s for-womenby-women production — many of the guys were feeling excluded.

That we have even reached this point is a miracle. Long ago, in Shakespeare’s time, theater was actually forbidden to women, but now it seems we’ve flipped the problem in high school productions – teenage guys who act are rare and sometimes even mocked.

There is no reason to associate any activity with one gender only un-

less the goal is to stereotype or even exterminate the activity. The world’s culture needs men and women in unison – in banks, in offices, at home, on stage.

After all, if “life is a stage,” then everyone deserves a chance to play.

And this is where we come in: High school is about breeding the future generation, and so should be a place where people can try new things, go out on a limb and find themselves.

Step by step, with the help of many people, our current production was put together. No one would have expected the cast to be made up of who they are, and that – for me at least – is the joy of this show. The people in it are not stereotyped actors – they are people who saw an opportunity, grabbed it by the horns and took charge!

The cast, representing different grades and backgrounds, has really proved that everyone deserves a chance to play. During one afternoon practice, our administrator walked in for a visit. She took one look at the kids on stage and pulled me aside,

chuckling: “How great is this? There are so many boys, and most of them even came from separate-gender schools.

Look what we’re giving them.”

She’s right. We’ve carved out an opportunity to go after theater that is open to all.

Thus, when I look back on this show years from now, I won’t be thinking about the sleep-loss, the anxiety or the bumps along the path. I’ll be thinking of one thing: that while there may have been only seven people in it, that led to seven newly opened doors, seven newly carved relationships, seven feelings of confidence boosted and seven lives changed.

Editor’s note: Eden Farber, 15, is a sophomore at Yeshiva Atlanta. She was recognized in the Jewish Heritage National Poetry Contest of 2010 and has published op-eds and poetry in Modern Hippie Magazine and the NY Jewish Week’s Fresh Ink for Teens section.

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By Eden Farber

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Staff Report he Congregation B’nai Torah Brotherhood held the First-Annual Atlanta Kosher BBQ Competition on Oct. 14 in Sandy Springs. For delicious kosher ‘cue, this was the place to be!

Event sponsors included the Atlanta Jewish Times, Sandy Springs Hospitality and Tourism and AuthenTEAK Outdoor Living, among others. A portion of the proceeds benefited local charities such as Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Alef Fund and the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

After much deliberation by the judges, who were led by a two-person Kansas City Certified Judge team, the following winners were named:

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Health & Wellness Guide Concierge Medicine: The New Style of Care Q & A WITH DR. SANFORD SCHWARTZ

By Elizabeth Friedly Assistant Editor

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edicine as a business is evolving. Both in response to contemporary needs and economic realities, many professionals have begun reexamining the systems in which they practice. One answer resides in “concierge” medicine, a revamping of the doctor-patient relationship based on a flat annual fee and nearly unlimited access to top-notch care.

Atlanta physician, Dr. Sanford Schwartz offers The Atlanta Jewish Times insight into his own decision to leave the traditional model, in addition to his thoughts on this innovative, sometimes controversial movement.

AJT: First off, you use the term “preventative care.” Could you elaborate on that?

SS: In the old system, we were seeing so many patients a day that by that time you were doing the absolute minimally necessary work. We never had time to get into those preventative things [i.e., lifestyle related questions].

For example, we examined this guy who was a pretty sick guy, had pretty serious heart disease. While he was sitting here, he just kind of mentioned a chest pain he was having, and because we allow at least a half hour for every office visit, I had the time to say, ‘Well. let’s get back in the examining room and see what you’re talking about.’

In other words, we have the opportunity to go the extra distance to be a complete doctor.

AJT: What is your current business model?

SS: There’s an annual fee of $1,500, and that covers a very elaborate, executive-type physical. Worth magazine

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In this physical, we do a much more elaborate cholesterol testing. I would say that a good number of people come to the hospital with heart attacks have “normal” cholesterol – that is, if you look at cholesterol the way we did in the 1970s.

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Plus, with this approach, I’m on top of things, whereas I couldn’t be on top of things before.

AJT: Focusing on the bigger picture, what are your thoughts on the nation’s health care system at large?

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AJT: I take it you prefer this system to the traditional one?

SS: Well, to me it’s a no-brainer, but I’m sure to other people it’s not. For me, it’s the way to go because the other way was very hectic; it was hectic for me and hectic for the patients.

When we used the old approach, patients were always waiting in the waiting room, [but now], we have virtually no waiting room. We have several chairs, but those are for the people accompanying the patients – when someone brings their wife in, or someone brings their husband in, or someone brings their mother or father in.

I would never like to say my visit was rushed, but with the old model, I never had all the time that I wanted to do everything that I wanted to do.

AJT: Now, the big question – what inspired you to switch from a traditional practice?

SS: I was very dissatisfied with the old system. A couple of colleagues had tried this, liked it and got me interested in it. The old system was frustrating for the doctors and for the patients.

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AJT: Is there any difference in administration or the kinds of resources you have access to?

SS: Well, each office is different, but

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SS: It certainly is broken, and it needs fixing. But I’m not an authority on health care in America, other than to say that the system needs fixing and there’s many ways

We just have to start fixing it, and it if it’s the wrong way, we have to back up and try something else. But we can’t leave it the way it is.

AJT: Finally, how do you feel about the ways in which people are referring to this new model of care?

SS: The term “concierge” is a little derogatory. [To me], concierge means we send out a Rolls Royce to pick you up at your home and bring you here.

We like to call it a preventive care model. The nickname is concierge or “boutique,” but I think that those are not really accurate. This is personalized, it’s preventive; if you only have a couple hundred patients, you can be very personalized.

Beth, our receptionist, she knows everyone. My assistant, she knows everyone. We only have three employees, and because we only have three employees, they get to know everyone and everyone gets to know them.

You know the patients, you know their wives, you know their kids, and that’s the way medicine should be practiced.

Health & Wellness Guide Screening Colonoscopies Can Save Lives BENEFITS INCLUDE EARLY CANCER DETECTION AND BETTER OVERALL HEALTH From the Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates For the Atlanta Jewish Times

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olon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States and will claim more than 49,000 lives this year. On the other hand, it’s also one of the few cancers that, when detected in its early stages, is highly preventable through a screening colonoscopy.

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Following the American Cancer Society’s guidelines, the board-certified physicians at Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates (AGA) recommend screening colonoscopies for every adult beginning at age 50 (African-Americans beginning at age 45). For those with a family history of colon cancer, or other risk factors, screening should start at a younger age.

The primary goal of a screening colonoscopy is to examine the large intestine using an endoscope to find and remove any abnormal growths or polyps. Because polyps grow slowly and may go through precancerous stages and eventually become cancerous, removing them during a colonoscopy eliminates the risk of polyp growth, thus preventing colon cancer.

Most colon polyps and early cancers don’t produce any symptoms, so it’s vital to notify your doctor if you notice symptoms such as blood in your stool or a change in bowel habits. Other colon cancer symptoms include persistent abdominal discomfort, chronic fatigue and unexplained weight loss.

Editor’s note: Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates is the oldest and largest gastroenterology practice in the southeast with nearly 70 board-certified physicians.

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Congregation Beth Shalom Members to Participate in Food Stamp Challenge COULD YOU LIVE ON $1.50 PER MEAL?

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ore than fifteen percent of Americans live below the poverty line, and over 16 million American children struggle with hunger. In an effort to call attention to these facts and the national crisis of hunger and poverty at large, members of Congregation Beth Shalom will be taking part in the Food Stamp Challenge (FSC) from Nov. 11 to 17.

Congregants will try to live on $1.50 per meal per person (a $31.50 food budget for the week) and will encourage others to do the same, the objective being to spread awareness and gratitude with their actions. Beth Shalom will also hold a Social Action Shabbat as part of their participation in the Challenge; the event will feature a sermon by Larry Gold, national president of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.

The Food Stamp Challenge is a national community campaign sponsored by many rabbinical and cantorial assemblies, the Jewish Council for Public affairs and MAZON, the Jewish Response to Hunger. The Social Action Shabbat at Congregation Beth Shalom will be open to the community; for more information and to RSVP, contact the synagogue office at (770) 399-5300 or office@bshalom.net. For more information on the FSC, visit foodstampchallenge.com.

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Health & Wellness Guide Beat the Odds

The Future of Orthodontics is Here

YOU CAN PREVENT A STROKE

INVISALIGN MAKES A BEAUTIFUL SMILE ATTAINABLE

By Michael Frankel, MD For the Atlanta Jewish Times

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ou may not know it, but you live in the area of the U.S. known as the “Stroke Belt.”

For reasons that remain unclear, people who live in the Southeast have a 50 percent higher risk of dying from stroke than people who live in other parts of the country.

That being said, our region’s deadly distinction doesn’t mean you can’t beat the odds. With some basic knowledge and lifestyle changes, you can greatly reduce your chances of having a stroke.

Dispelling Stroke Myths You’ve heard them all before: the many myths about stroke, who’s likely to have one and the likely outcome. It’s time to learn the facts: • Myth: Strokes only happen to old people. It’s a consequence of aging.

Fact: One quarter of all strokes occur in people under the age of 50.

• Myth: I’m going to die from something, so it might as well be a stroke.

Fact: Only 20 percent of stroke victims die from the event.

Most survive, though half of stroke survivors are left with major disabilities.

• Myth: Men are more at risk for stroke than women.

Fact: Among stroke deaths in the U.S., men account for about 40 percent and women for 60 percent. Women may be at greater risk because they tend to live longer.

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Strokes are preventable. Knowing your family history is important, but being responsible for those risk factors on which your behavior and habits can have an effect is even more vital.

First of all, high blood pressure is a major risk factor for stroke, so monitor your blood pressure, get it under control and take all medications as prescribed.

Avoid smoking and know that a smoker who quits immediately reduces their chances of having a stroke.

Having diabetes, high cholesterol 18 and being overweight can also contrib-

ute to your stroke risk. Eating healthy, managing diabetes, exercising and seeing your doctor for regular check-ups can make a big difference.

Know the Symptoms Sometimes, despite our best efforts, a stroke occurs. Knowing the symptoms and what to do can mean the difference between maintaining function and suffering disability, let alone life and death.

F.A.S.T. is an easy way to remember the sudden signs of stroke: • F is for face-drooping: Does one side of the face droop, or is it numb?

Ask the person to smile.

• A is for arm weakness: Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms; does one drift downward?

• S is for speech difficulty: Is speech slurred, is the person unable to speak or are they difficult to understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence; is the sentence repeated correctly?

• T is for “time to call 911”: If the person shows any of the above symptoms, and even if those symptoms go away, call 911 and get them to the hospital immediately.

The sooner a stroke victim gets to the hospital, the sooner brain-saving treatment can begin.

The Right Care and the Right Time While it’s important to get medical attention quickly, getting a stroke victim to a certified stroke center is best.

These hospitals comply with the latest guidelines for the treatment of stroke.

As the first hospital in the Southeast to have a 24-hour stroke team for emergency care, Grady Memorial Hospital is again leading in stroke care and innovation with its Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center. Through research, cutting-edge technology and a team of nationally renowned experts, the Marcus Center offers advanced care in a state-of-the-art facility unlike any other.

Editor’s note: Michael Frankel, MD, is a Professor of Neurology at Emory University School of Medicine, Chief of Neurology and Director of the Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center at Grady Memorial Hospital.

By Brett Gluck, DMD, MS For the Atlanta Jewish Times

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here is now an easier way to achieve a great smile without undergoing conventional orthodontic treatment: Invisalign is a way to align your teeth without braces, instead using a series of clear plastic aligners molded into progressively straighter versions of your own teeth.

The benefits of this alternative method include a much less noticeable appearance in comparison with braces and a distinct absence of painful wires causing discomfort to the inside of your mouth. In fact, throughout the day, most people will not even realize that you are wearing the aligners, and the ability to remove the aligners to brush and floss allows for better hygiene throughout the treatment.

For these reasons, Invisalign Teen is often the perfect choice for the selfconscious or “hygienically challenged” teenager. Plus, being able to remove the aligners means that patients are still able to eat during treatment all of the foods that they do now, meaning there need be no modification of diet like that which comes with conventional orthodontic treatment.

The Timing Couldn’t Be Better The Invisalign process has evolved dramatically since it was first introduced in 1999. At the time the method was introduced, orthodontists were using the aligners only for simple cases.

Now, with an experienced orthodontist providing the proper treatment planning, Invisalign can be utilized in vir-

tually all levels of tooth malalignment; in fact, the process achieves the same results in the same amount of time as braces.

What’s more, new three-dimensional scanning technology allows Invisalign patients to avoid the most uncomfortable part of the initial records-taking process – that of creating an impression. No longer is it necessary to taste and feel the unpleasant plaster, as a more accurate representation of the teeth can be created and relayed directly to a computer.

Next, the resulting scan is morphed and manipulated to create a series of images of your teeth in different phases of the process, each shifting towards a straighter and straighter alignment.

Finally, the images can be downloaded directly from the orthodontic office to Invisalign to start the treatment planning process, which also lessens the time to fabricate the Invisalign trays.

In fact, Invisalign has purchased the company that produces the most capable machine for this purpose, the Cadent iOC scanner. With such developments, the days of traditional orthodontic treatment with braces and uncomfortable impressions are nearing the end.

Isn’t technology wonderful?

Editor’s note: Dr. Brett Gluck, DMD, MS, PC of the Brace Place (bracedoctor.org; visit locations in Alpharetta or Johns Creek) obtained his doctorate in general dentistry from the Medical University of South Carolina and his master’s in orthodontics from the University of Louisville.

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Health & Wellness Guide

FIVE STEPS TO SLOWING DOWN AND BEING HAPPY

By Lauren Zimet and Kate Drummond

For the Atlanta Jewish Times

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ecently, we were asked, “What is a healthy lifestyle?”

Most of us are aware that eating nutritious foods full of real nutrients from the earth that Hashem made – including a “rainbow” of fruits and vegetables full of antioxidants; clean, lean kosher protein; and plenty of water – and getting sleep and exercise will make our brain and body happy.

That being said, what we’d like to share is that living a healthy lifestyle is connected to feeling happy. To increase your happiness and health, we need to slow down, and not only on Shabbos, but each and every day.

But what exactly do we mean by “slow down”? Check out this recipe and tell us what you think: 1. Use positive affirmations – talk to yourself, nicely! No need to beat yourself up because of mistakes made.

Now, that doesn’t mean you should let goals and work ethic slip; just acknowledge your goof-ups, learn from them and analyze what went wrong and what you can do better next time.

Stating a positive affirmation to yourself in the mirror, perhaps each time you go to brush your teeth, would be a great starting place.

2. Set goals – you need to believe it to achieve it, because as Esther and Jerry Hicks teach, “what you think about, you bring about.”

So start thinking about what you want! This is the first step in manifesting your dreams, and this healthful practice is beneficial to demonstrate for your children too.

3. Be mindful – everyone benefits when you are present. As the saying goes, “It is a present to be present.”

Unfortunately we as a society are quite used to multi-tasking through our days, and “busyness” even tends to be rewarded. Many of us have become conditioned to feel important and validated when our schedules are packed.

The Board Certified physicians of Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates are asking men and women over the age of 50, or anyone with a family history of colon cancer, to take charge of their health and get a screening colonoscopy.

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If you can just practice putting your full attention to a task – one thing at a time – you will find space and peace. A good place to start is with simple tasks, such as washing your hands, washing the dishes, unloading the dishwasher or folding laundry. Take the time to pay attention to your breath, water temperature, feeling of fabric or any other sensory experience.

4. Breathe deeply – slowing down our respirations physically impacts our nervous system, both the parasympathetic and sympathetic.

The sympathetic nervous system kicks in when we feel danger – our cortisol level goes up, and all systems are on for protection – while the parasympathetic nervous system controls our basic life functions including breathing, heartbeat, digestion, etc.

5. Commit loving acts of kindness – be nice to yourself (though that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t hold yourself accountable; it’s healthy to keep your word). When we are gentle, loving and kind to ourselves, we can more easily be gentle, loving and kind to others in the world.

We know Hashem wants a peaceful world for us. And really, if we all did more mitzvoth, practiced random acts of kindness, we would see and feel a happier and healthier lifestyle in America.

So, what is a healthy lifestyle, you ask?

Well, we feel it’s that sense of wellbeing you get from loving your life with all of its beauty, bumps and imperfections and being present for the ride.

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Health & Wellness Guide Botwinick Volunteers at Grady Heart Monitoring Unit INSPIRED BY LIFE-SAVING SURGEON

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vi Botwinick, an Epstein School alumnus now in his freshman year at The Weber School, first became interested in cardiology in 2005, when his father had a heart attack that resulted in a quadruple bypass. He was inspired by the cardiothoracic surgeon who saved his father’s life, Robert A. Guyton, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Emory University Hospital.

Botwinick turned interest into action this summer, spending many hours volunteering for the institution that housed his father (which is now part of the Grady Healthcare System). In particular, he will forever remember his time in the telemetry unit, where patients are under continuous electronic monitoring.

Avi Botwinick devoted the summer between his “The best part about it was interacting ninth-grade years to volunteering at with the patients,” Botwinick said. “It was so eighth- and Grady’s Heart Monitoring Unit. interesting to learn about their lives, and we PHOTO/courtesy Coleen Lou shared a lot of laughs. Knowing that I was helping to make their day a little brighter made me feel so good.”

Avi began by giving 8 hours of his time per week, but he enjoyed it so much, the hours soon grew to 16 (and then 20). He helped by taking discharged patients to their cars, passing ice around to patients, getting food trays from the kitchen, answering phones, making packets, obtaining supplies from supply distribution and running errands around the hospital.

Avi hopes to someday attend Johns Hopkins University.

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Dr. Kelly Weselman, MD, FACR, knows these facts all too well. A rheumatologist with WellStar Medical Group Rheumatology, she sees many patients who suffer from the aforementioned conditions.

Here, Dr. Weselman answers the questions she is most frequently asked about osteoporosis.

Q: What is osteoporosis?

A: Osteoporosis describes a decrease in bone strength that is associated with an increased risk for fractures.

Approximately 20 percent of postmenopausal Caucasian females have osteoporosis. Hispanic and AfricanAmerican women have a lower risk of osteoporosis than Caucasians, and men have a lower risk than women.

Q: Can osteoporosis be prevented?

There are steps one can take to prevent development of osteoporosis.

These include avoiding tobacco use, engaging in daily exercise and consuming adequate calcium and vitamin D. Additionally, limiting alcohol intake to no more than two drinks a day and avoiding excessive caffeine intake can help to prevent a decline in bone density.

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men typically need 1,000 and 600, respectively.

These recommendations may vary depending on other medical issues and are a general guideline.

Recently, there has been increased attention given to measuring vitamin D levels and supplementing with significantly higher doses of vitamin D. The Institute of Medicine recommends maintaining a vitamin D level of at least 20 nanograms-per-milliliter, though generally this only needs to be measured in those people considered at high risk for osteoporosis.

These guidelines may not apply to those with chronic medical conditions, and you should consult with your physician before making any changes.

Q: Who should be assessed for risk?

A: All women age 65 and over should be assessed for risk of osteoporosis.

This includes measurement of bone density with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) of the spine and hips as well as assessment of other risk factors to determine need for treatment. Women younger than 65 and men should be screened with DEXA if they have medical problems that affect their risk of osteoporosis or are taking medications that increase their risk.

Risk assessment also includes a discussion with your doctor regarding other risk factors in addition to bone density score, especially before changing any medications you are taking.

Editor’s note: Dr. Weselman is a fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and a member of the Georgia Society of Rheumatology, American College of Physicians and American Medical Association. She is board-certified in rheumatology and internal medicine.

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Customers can also experience the original Scooper Melts – an oven-fresh bagel expertly scooped to the crispy interior, filled with the customer’s choice of meat, cheese, vegetables and condiments and then baked to melted perfection. What’s more, the restaurant will offer an extensive catering menu for any occasion.

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Kosher Movies: Incendies (2010) SILENCE IN DENIS VILLENUEVE’S MOVIE AND IN JUDAISM

By Rabbi Hebert Cohen AJT Contributor

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hen I was a student in an afternoon Hebrew school many years ago, we would misbehave and

cause grief to our well-intentioned teachers. I remember vividly that, one day when the teacher left the room, we started to play catch – not with a ball, but with a tefilin bag that had tefilin still inside of it.

Our teacher suddenly returned, and his face turned ashen when he realized what his charges were doing in his absence. He said nothing; he didn’t have to. We were desecrating that which he felt (and what we should have felt) was holy.

Later, we found out that our teacher was a Holocaust survivor, and we immediately sensed the folly of what we had done. He had never spoken about his past; we just assumed he was another teacher to harass.

That indelible scene still lingers with me today and was brought to the forefront of my mind as I watched “Incendies,” a film that reminds us of how little we know of the many people who occupy our lives.

“Incendies” opens with the reading of the will of the recently passed Nawal Marwan, a Christian woman raised in a turbulent Middle East where Christians and Muslims war with one another. She lived in Canada for the 18 years immediately before her death, working as a legal secretary for one employer for the entirety of her stay.

Despite such a long tenure, her employer barely knows her other than as a loyal and dependable worker. In an interesting twist of fate, he is now functioning as the executor of her estate and must inform her twin son and daughter Simon and Jeanne of an unusual request made by their late mother.

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Nawal has asked that they deliver two letters: one to their father, whom they have never seen; and one to their brother, a man they didn’t know existed.

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Although Simon considers this request a sign of his mother’s madness, Jeanne sees it as an opportunity to uncover the truth about who her mother really was. She accepts the assignment from the executor, and this sets in motion a journey to a war-torn country in the Middle East to discover the past of the deceased.

When Nawal’s son dismisses his mother as unstable and reclusive, he naively assumes that he knows who his mother was. Because of his youthful arrogance and insensitivity, he does not yet understand that his mother’s quiet demeanor – her reticence on topics of such import as other family members – may have been her strategy for survival.

As the narrative unfolds, we discover that Nawal’s life consisted of unspeakable horrors, and yet she somehow survived and lived, at least outwardly, a normal life. However, her demons continued to haunt her, and her response was to never confide in her children or reveal to them anything about her past.

Jewish tradition echoes her response of taciturnity in the face of tragedy. In his first meal after the death of a loved one, a mourner eats a hard-boiled egg, perfectly round and without an opening – without a mouth, as it were.

This reminds the mourner that, in confronting the finality of death, the most appropriate response is silence.

There are no words to make things better.

One of my teachers, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, gave me another perspective on this matter that relates to Nawal’s hesitance to reveal secrets to her children. He taught that, in some circumstances, to not speak would contribute more to a situation than speech; he said that it is often wise to “strangle the shout” than to engage in a conversation, the consequences of which are unclear.

Our sages tell us that “there is nothing better for a man than silence,” implying that sometimes it is through restraining from speaking that our goals are best accomplished.

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

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ADL Brings “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin” to Atlanta SIDLIN’S MULTIMEDIA CREATION AT WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER

By Ron Feinberg Web Editor

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ark and painful memories of the Holocaust hung about the Woodruff Arts Center late last week. The melancholy mood filled symphony hall following the final notes of a special concert sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League.

The Atlanta program, “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin,” has been in the works for a year or so. The experience – a bit of theater neatly wrapped up in an operatic score filled with celestial melodies, fire and brimstone – played to a full house.

The artistic approach was novel: a euphonic blend of classical music backed by a massive and exuberant chorus; a fine quartet of soloists and a couple of narrators on stage; and Holocaust survivors on tape to help the audience understand the history and context of the work.

also served as sionally for SS conductor for officers, Gerthe two-hour man officials affair, manand other digaging to lead nitaries. The both the Atlanperformances ta Symphony were quietly Orchestra and spectacular, the symphony a bit of spiriorchestra chotual light in a rus while handark and lone“Defiant Requiem” creator and conductor Murry Sidlin leads the ensemble at the Oct. 18 performance at the dling much of ly place: For Woodruff Arts Center. PHOTO/Harold Alan Photographers the dialogue a few hours, survivors report they were no longer that detailed the horrors that played victims, but defiant men and women out at Terezin nearly seven decades holding on to the idea expressed by ago.

Schächter that they could “sing to the It was a subdued cross-section of Nazis what we cannot say to them.” metro Atlanta’s Jewish community

Moving and Melancholy “Defiant Requiem,” the multimedia concert-drama performed in Atlanta last week, was created by Murry Sidlin. The founder and president of The Defiant Requiem Foundation, Sidlin

that sat quietly in Symphony Hall, caught up in the iconic work of Verdi that had been transformed into something even bigger by Sidlin’s homage to Schächter and the victims of the Holocaust.

Moments before, many in the audience had been feasting and schmoozing

at a pre-concert buffet and honoring two Atlantans – Linda Selig and Ben Johnson – for their good works in the community. In contrast, a melancholy tone took hold in the final moments of the performance as the bombastic, soaring notes of Verdi gave way to the achingly sad melody of Oseh Shalom, the Hebrew prayer that plaintively calls out for peace.

Then, surprisingly, members of the chorus began making their way from the stage, followed by the soloists and members of the symphony. As the stage grew dark, only a single violinist remained, playing the final mournful notes of Oseh Shalom and surrounded by the fading totes of the requiem and the lingering ghosts of the Holocaust.

Editor’s note: Next week, The Atlanta Jewish Times explores one of the most bizarre and infamous stories linked to the Holocaust and the Jewish ghetto of Terezin.

Village Becomes a Ghetto Terezin was a small garrison village near Prague that the Nazis turned into a ghetto during World War II. Life was difficult there and across Eastern Europe; indeed, there was a daily struggle for survival with little food and medicine.

Both the Germans and the elements were brutal. Thousands died of starvation and disease and thousands more were transported to Auschwitz, the nearby death camp where at least 1 million Jews became part of Hitler’s “final solution.”

As the horrors of life took hold in Terezin, Schächter not only pulled together a chorus of 150 inmates, but managed to teach them Verdi’s “Requiem.” The story goes that all learned from a single score and were accompanied by just a legless upright piano.

Schächter and his chorus performed the requiem 16 times, often just for their fellow inmates but occa-

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Composer Rafael Schächter walked into this madness and managed to bring both light and hope to his fellow inmates. His story is remarkable, filled with the stuff of legend. Before the outbreak of war, Schächter was already making a name for himself as a conductor, a man of exceptional talent who had a charismatic personality.

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he story of the celebrated Tuskegee Airmen — the first African-American pilots to fly in combat during World War II — is told through “The Tuskegee Airmen: The Segregated Skies of World War II,” housed at the Anne Frank in the World exhibit in Sandy Springs.

This addition to the exhibit’s permanent, titled “The Tuskegee Airmen: The Segregated Skies of World War II,” explores the history and heroism of the first AfricanAmerican pilots to fly in combat during World War II.

Little, also an original member of the storied bunch.

The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust awarded the Tuskegee Airmen with the 2012 Humanitarian Award at the State Official Observance of the Victims of the Holocaust. Additionally, students of Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Atlanta decorated a trunk honoring the Airmen for the Holocaust Learning Trunk Project, a joint effort of the Commission and the Georgia Department of Education which provides educational materials about WWII and the Holocaust to all middle-school educators in Georgia.

“The Tuskegee Airmen” complements “Witness to the Holocaust: WWII Veteran William Alexander In 1941, the U.S. Scott III,” another Army established a exhibit also housed segregated training at Anne Frank in the program for AfriWorld. The latter is can-American pilots a permanent display at Moton Field in that follows Scott, Tuskegee, Ala. Over a photojournalist in the next five years, a segregated batmore than 1,000 pitalion and witness lots trained in what to the liberation of became known as The Tuskegee Airmen are the subject of Buchenwald concenthe “Tuskegee Ex- “The Segregated Skies of World War II,” tration camp, as his periment,” and the at Anne Frank in the World until Dec. 20. experiences inspired PHOTO/courtesy the Ga. Commission on “Red Tails” – as him to speak out the Holocaust they became known about the dangers of in combat – compiled a stellar record unchecked hatred, prejudice and disduring the war. crimination.

They, as well as the 16,000-some Scott was a tireless civil rights men and women who served as sup- leader, whose message resonates with port personnel, made up a group of un- hundreds of visitors to the Anne Frank deniable courage and skill that helped in the World exhibit each year. A travbring about the desegregation of the eling version of “Witness to the HoloUnited States Armed Forces. The Air- caust” will be available to schools and men’s contributions to the Allied war libraries throughout Georgia in 2013. effort influenced President Harry Truman to integrate the military in 1948. “The Commission is dedicated to instilling a sense of personal responsibil Now, “The Tuskegee Airmen” – a ity to combat indifference and apathy series of 10 panels on display at Anne so individuals will not be a bystander Frank in the World until Dec. 20 – of- in the face of bigotry and discriminafers a look into the historical chal- tion,” Viki Staley, Commission Execulenges and triumphs of these unsung tive Director, said. “These exhibits and American heroes. the Holocaust Learning Trunk Project “We hope the exhibit will be rep- allow the lessons of the Holocaust to licated by other institutions and com- reach students and adults through munication resources and will reach awareness and education. Partnering not just the youngest population, but with Kennesaw and the Department the total population,” said original of Education strengthens these core values.”

Tuskegee Airman Val Archer.

“We don’t know how the history books will record what the Tuskegee Airmen did, but somehow, someone will remember this,” said Hiram E.

Editor’s note: For more information and exhibit hours, visit holocaust.georgia.gov or call (770) 206-1558.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

Camp Coleman Shabbat, Beth Schafer will join in worship. Fri., Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. Congregation Dor Tamid. (770) 623-8860.

Chai Trip to Savannah, itinerary and price now available. For Breman Museum Chai level members. Leaving Tues., Dec. 4, and returning on Thurs., Dec. 6. thebreman.org.

RSVP or upgrade membership via (678) 2223758 or rkatz@thebreman.org

Sat., Oct. 20

Shabbat Learner’s Minyan, small informal prayer group discussing hows and whys of Shabbat prayer. Sat., Oct. 20, 10:30 a.m.

Congregation Etz Chaim. RSVP by Oct. 18 to rsvplearnersminyan@etzchaim.net.

Worship in Pink, celebrate with Komen Atlanta to raise breast cancer awareness by wearing pink. Includes informational packets for participants. Sat., Oct. 20, 9 a.m. Congregation Shearith Israel. shearithisrael.com.

Parent’s Night Out, evening of games, crafts, activities, dinner and movies. Sat., Oct. 20, 6 p.m. $30/child + $10/sibling (members); $40/child + $15/sibling (non-members). MJCCA’s Zaban Park. RSVP to beth. feagain@atlantajcc.org, (678) 812-3830 or atlantajcc.org.

Singles Mixer, Metro Atlanta Singles’ first official mixer. Sat., Oct. 20, 8 p.m.

Spice Brick Oven Kitchen. meetup.com/Metro-Atlanta-Singles.

Sun., Oct. 21

CDT Adult Enrichment, “The Atlanta Jewish Times: Then and Now” with speaker AJT

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publisher Cliff Weiss. Sun., Oct. 21, 9:30 a.m.

Monarch School. (770) 623-8860.

Women’s Study Group, Rosh Chodesh group study begins with yoga and meditation led by Paula Coplon and Sheri Frohlich.

Sun., Oct. 21, 9:30 a.m. Congregation Etz Chaim. RSVP by Oct. 18 to rsvproshcodesh@ etzchaim.net.

Jewish History Through Cooking, class taught by executive chef of BLUNUVO. Sun., Oct. 21, 10 a.m. Free. The Epstein School.

RSVP to awhite@epsteinatlanta.org or (404) 250-5649.

Bark ‘N Bracha: Blessing of the Pets, blessings will be recited for living pets with a special prayer in memory of pets that ha ve died. Sun., Oct. 21, 11:30 a.m. Brook Run Dog Park at Liane Levetan Park. brian.glusman@atlantajcc.org.

Jewish Genealogical Society, amateur genealogist Karien Daniel speaking; open library for visitors to track their own genealogy. Sun., Oct. 20, 1 p.m. $12/adults, $8/ seniors. $6/students-teachers, free for museum members. The Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.

Unveiling for Rabbi Ichay, honoring the memory of Rabbi S. Robert Ichay. Sun., Oct. 21, 2 p.m. Greenwood Cemetery. (404) 6331737.

Family Rock Concert & Dinner, a Or VeShalom Sisterhood FUNdraiser featuring “The Helpers.” Rain or shine. Sun., Oct. 21, 5:30 p.m. (dinner), 6:30 p.m. (concert). Or VeShalom Social Hall. mbrich127@comcast.net.

Wednesday October 31 • 8pm GUY MENDILOW & SOFIA TOSELLO

Minyan Leadership Lessons, “Show Me the Way: Leading the Daily Minyan” first of three parts. Sun., Oct. 21, 5:15 p.m. $25/ person (optional for copy of Siddur Sim Shalom). Congregation Etz Chaim. Register by Oct. 8 at etzchaim.net/lilmodereg.

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Adult Hebrew Program, Ulpan Ivrit hosted for spoken Hebrew. Next meeting Tues., Oct. 23, 6 p.m. Chabad Israeli Center. (404) 2529508 or office@cicatlanta.com

Mon., Oct. 22

Camp Barney Open House, for families interested in the 2013 summer season. Will include a musical presentation and nosh for refreshment. Mon., Oct. 22, 7 p.m. Congregation Dor Tamid. (770) 623-8860.

Music on Main Street, featuring The Baal Shem Tones. Mon., Oct. 22, 7 p.m. Free admission. MJCCA (lobby). lora.sommer@atlantajcc. org.

Judges, Prophets, Rebbes, & Kings, a Tanach class studying the Book of Isaiah. Mon., Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. Free. Congregation Beth Tefillah. Register at chabadga.com/jlc.

Hebrew Reading 102, class series to increase fluency, follow-up to Hebrew Boot Camp instructed by Roz Reiss. Mon., Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. Congregation Etz Chaim. RSVP by Oct. 18 to rsvphebrewreading102@etzchaim. net.

The Baal Shem Tones.

92nd Street Y Lecture Series, first program, “That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back” with Thomas Friedman.

Tues., Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. $5/person. Congregation Etz Chaim. RSVP by Oct. 19 to rsvp92streety@etzchaim.net

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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.

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When Life’s Got You Down… …CLIMB ABOARD G-D’S TEVIAH

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AJT Contributor s I write, it’s a beautiful day in St. Louis. The fall breeze plucks leaves from the trees, yet the sun makes the weather warm enough for shorts. As far as I know, it’s similar in Atlanta: a classically beautiful autumn.

So, then, how is it that I often feel like I’m living in the middle of a tornado?

It’s Saturday, and here’s my list of things to do: Write two essays…make a study guide for math…write a short story… read philosophy articles…email professors…squeeze in time to talk to my parents…cheer on my friends at a game of ultimate Frisbee…catch up on my favorite shows…raise money for our upcoming fundraiser…and go to the store to buy groceries.

Do I even have to mention the basic functions of eating, sleeping and having friends?

I realize that I’m only 18, so my credibility in the following statement is fairly low, but I think everyone can agree that there’s at least some truth in the following: Our world and society are constantly speeding up, things move at a much faster pace than they used to.

If it isn’t our schedule that causes the world around us to spin like a tornado, then it’s the media, or the expectations, or the new technology, or that ever-changing carpool schedule that keeps you on your toes. One month, a magazine will tell you that a certain food is bad for you and provide methods for keeping yourself motivated to exercise and avoid that bad food.

The next month, you aren’t even reading magazines because paper has

become obsolete. So it’s the magazine on your Kindle that tells you that same certain food is no longer the danger food, that the one to watch out for is really another.

The icing on the cake? While you’re running around trying to buy the right food so that you can pack healthy lunches for both yourself and your kids, you remember that Sally changed the carpool schedule from last week, and you’re supposed to be in line to pick-up waiting kids in five minutes.

Looking to Parsha It’s in moments like that described above that you might ask, “So, G-d, where’s my Ark?” Appropriate, then, that this week’s Torah portion, Noach, tells the wellknown story of Noah and the Ark: G-d instructs the titular individual – the only upstanding and ethical man in the world – to build an Ark and specifies that he should bring his family and two of each type of animal onto the boat with him.

Then, after all have boarded, it rains for 40 days and 40 nights, a torrent with which G-d wipes the earth of all corrupt people. Finally, once the earth is dry, all exit the Ark and are responsible for repopulating the earth with virtuous people.

Towards the very beginning of the parshah, G-d warns Noah of the impending flood; then, He makes a promise to his chosen man: “…I will set up My covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you and your sons, and your wife and your son’s wives with you” (Genesis 6:18). In other words, G-d is going to protect Noah from the upcoming storm.

Do you not wish you had an Ark for yourself, a place to which you could retreat when your life began to storm?

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Well, guess what? We all have Arks.

When G-d gives his instructions to Noah, he tells him, “asah lecha teivah” (Genesis 6:14), which is commonly translated as “make yourself an ark.” Consider, though, that the word used for “ark” (teivah) can also

mean “word,” and you can see: As the Ark was meant as a place for Noah to seek refuge, the words of the Torah serve the same purpose for us today.

Let’s say you’re having a day where you wake up just not feeling your best.

Maybe your hair is disheveled or a zit appeared during the night.

Flip to Psalm 139:14, which says, “I praise G-d because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.”

Maybe you are going to try something new today. Whether it’s that Zumba class at the gym or your first day at work, new experiences are scary. Thus, you might flip to Joshua 1:9: “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your G-d will be with you wherever you go.”

Maybe it’s not one thing, but everything, from which you seek refuge; you feel as though your life is in complete disarray, that nothing is working out as you planned.

You could look to the book of Isaiah: “And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them.

I will turn darkness before them into light... these are the things I do, and I do not forsake them” (Isaiah 42:16).

In conclusion: No, we don’t have a physical Ark for protection. We cannot hide within a beautiful boat made of gopher wood that measures 300 by 50 by 30 cubits.

We do, however, have a teviah – the word of G-d – so that we may withstand the storm that our lives frequently become.

Editor’s note: Rachel LaVictoire 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.

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Rashi, however, focused on the first half of the verse. “These are the offspring of Noah,” it says; but who were these offspring? Though the Torah shares their names a bit later in this portion, there is no mention of Noah’s children in this verse; only Noah’s righteousness is mentioned.

As to what I objected and what happened, I’m not sure; what I do know is that I apparently saw my father do something that disturbed me because I knew he didn’t ordinarily do such things. Whatever it was, I called him on it.

He looked at me with a twinkle in his eye, smiled and said, “Do as I say, not as I do!”

“Gotcha, Dad…” I said resignedly.

Though I can no longer remember the particulars, a general image of the incident has remained in my memory because it was so exceptional. Long after my parents ceased to exert direct influence on me, I often reflected on the tremendous role models both Mom, of blessed memory, and Dad were and still are for my sister and me.

As I said at my mother’s funeral, we are who we are because of our parents, plain and simple.

The importance of parents (and grandparents) as role models was reinforced for me awhile back, when I was asked to speak with a class of Epstein School students about Moses as a role model. I began by asking the students to identify role models in their lives, and, as one might expect, parents were high on the list.

Apparently, parents were high on the list of medieval biblical commentator, Rashi, too. On the matter, he cited the opening verse of our parasha for the week, Noach: “These are the offspring of Noah…

Noah was a righteous and wholehearted man in his generation; Noah walked with G-d.”

Most frequently, we focus on its latter half of this verse as we interpret it. Was Noah a relatively righteous individual, or was he an absolutely righteous person? Did his righteousness stand out among his peers only because of the immoral nature of most people at that time, or would his righ-

According to Rashi, quoting Genesis Rabbah, it was Noah’s righteous actions that were his most enduring offspring. The Torah thereby teaches you that the real progeny of righteous people are their good deeds.

Think about it: After a person dies, we remember his or her actions. But memory eventually fades. How do we recognize his or her continuing presence in the world?

One primary way is through the individual’s children. While a child’s nature is a product of many environmental factors, among the strongest are the effects his or her parents had in shaping it.

Often, the unseen presence in a person’s righteous actions is his or her parents’ righteous actions that inspired this quality in their offspring.

If so, that is because those parents were generally positive role models for their children.

Some of us are well beyond the child-rearing years, but many of us in that group can still have great influence on the nature and direction of grandchildren. Generally speaking, we will not influence the youngsters to the degree their parents do, but, if we are fortunate, we can still have an important impact on them and on their nature.

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