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FROM THE JCC
Liukin Stops by MJCCA Gymnastics Camp GETTING KIDS GEARED UP FOR THE GAMES
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he Perimeter Gymnastics Team and MJCCA Gymnastics Camp had the honor of meeting Olympic Gymnastics Medalist Nastia Liukin, on July 16. Participants were able to learn about Liukin’s experience as an Olympian as well as the trials that Nastia has gone through to achieve the level she is at in her gymnastics career.
RIGHT: Five-time Olympic medal winner Nastia Liukin visits with MJCCA Gymnastics camper Brenna Mittleman. FAR RIGHT: Nastia Liukin (far left, squatting, in white) with gymnasts ages 6 to 10, with Nastia Liukin at MJCCA Gymnastics Camp.
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he Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA) and the Consul General of Israel commemorated the 40th anniversary of the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games by opening the Olympic 11 Garden, a generous donation of the Levison family. In recent months, there had been a massive effort to convince the International Olympic Committee to set aside one minute of silence at the Opening Ceremonies at this year’s games to commemorate the Munich 11, but after IOC President Jacques Rogge opted to instead hold a moment of silence in the Olympic Village in the days prior to the Opening Ceremonies, communities around the world – including Atlanta’s own Jewish community – held their own minute of silence on July 27.
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In attendance at the MJCCA’s event were Opher Aviran, Consul General of Israel; Lutz H.Görgens, Consul General of Germany; Gail Luxenberg, MJCCA CEO; and 1972 Olympian Jeff Galloway.
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CJF Summer Missions Explore Global Responsibility in Haiti LOCAL JONATHAN ADLER AMONG 16 YU STUDENTS PARTICIPATING
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eshiva University students – including Atlanta’s own Jonathan Adler – grappled with complex
questions of Jewish responsibility in a global context as they traveled to Haiti this summer on a disaster relief program run by YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF).
nizations to run educational programming for children, restore homes and renovate community facilities – including an impoverished medical center and a damaged soccer
From June 10 to 17, in partner-
field – and met with
ship with the American Jewish Joint
local leaders to learn
Distribution Committee and with
more about Haitian
support from the Repair the World
history and the cri-
Foundation, 16 students participat-
ses the country now
ed in a mission to Haiti, which still is
faces.
reeling from the impact of the mas-
“Jewish tradition
sive January 2010 earthquake.
places
tremendous
Upon arrival to the island nation,
value on being in-
the group worked with other aid orga-
volved in the welfare of humanity at
TAKING A BITE OUT
ic intern at the CJF and student at YU’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theologi-
Jewish aid – partly why Berman, who led daily Torah learning sessions for students to frame the experience, felt it was important for YU students to get involved there. “While supporting the poor and institutions within the Jewish community are our major priorities, we can’t forget about the people around the world in desperate need of assistance,” he said. Devora Weinstock, a senior majoring in biology at Stern College for Women, felt that a spark had been lit
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amongst her and her fellow partici-
The Jewish Federation has allocated $4,000 to Moas Chitim and $12,625 to the Kosher Food Pantry from the funds raised at this year’s event.
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cal Seminary. Haiti is not a focus of traditional
unger Walk Board Member Dr. Dan Appelrouth (right) presents JF&CS COO Rick Aranson with check for the funds raised at the Hunger Walk.
Jonathan Adler of Atlanta, now a student at Yeshiva University, participated in the Center for Jewish Future’s recent mission to Haiti.
pants. “One thing we definitely took away was that we may not be able to do everything for everyone, but [also that] no matter what, we cannot ig-
anywhere in the world,” Weinstock said. “When we help others, we are working towards fulfilling our responsibility as Jews toward all of humanity.” “Our students are extremely motivated to engage and help their fellows Jews and the challenged in our society,” said Rabbi Kenneth Brander, the CJF’s David Mitzner Dean. “CJF initiatives give our students the opportunity to exercise their passion while at the same time empowering them to become citizens of the world through the prism of Torah ideals.” Editor’s note: To learn more about CJF programming, visit yu.edu/cjf.
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FROM OUR READERS
ObamaCare Reflects Neither American Nor Jewish Values ONE READER REACTS TO EUGEN SCHOENFELD’S JULY 20 COLUMN
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Dear Editor, n a recent editorial, Eugen Schoenfeld lamented “vitriolic” and “mean-spirited” attacks on Obamacare, concluding that the fear of socialized medicine is misplaced and that universal health care is a Jewish value. Should we celebrate the fact that this 2,000-plus page monstrosity was passed with parliamentary trickery [and] against the will of a majority of Americans by radical ideologues? Did our esteemed partisan representatives exemplify stellar lawmaking when they voted for that bill so that they could “find out what is in it”? These con-artists are still trying to convince us that it is not a tax – even though the only way it passed Constitutional muster is precisely because it is a tax. The insurance mandate was held unconstitutional as an exercise of federal power under the Commerce Clause; the law was only upheld as a tax. In fact, it is the largest tax ever levied in U.S. history. And it should surprise no one that the duplicitous Obama administration argued that the law is a tax to the Supreme Court but yet is now once again falsely claiming to the American public that it is not a tax.
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Chief Justice Roberts expressly warned in the majority opinion that this ruling was by no means an endorsement of a “good” law. In fact, he suggests that a political solution is needed – one which the High Court is simply ineligible to provide. To paraphrase Thomas Sowell, it is amazing that people who think we cannot afford health care, medicine and health insurance somehow think we can afford health care, medicine, health insurance and a behemoth bureaucracy to administer it all. Why in the world would any American trust the federal government to control one-sixth of our economy and the most vital of businesses that we personally engage?
Is it because the U.S. government racked up a prudent $16 trillion 4 debt? Because the U.S. Post Office is
on the verge of a very successful default? Because the U.S. government ran a Ponzi scheme called “Social Security” and managed to avoid any criminal convictions over the last 60 years? Or is it because the U.S. government has done such a bang-up job with Medicare? Because our federal regulator heroes sat by idly and watched the U.S. economy melt down in 2008? Speaking of, has any U.S. regulator been held accountable for not detecting that crisis, and if not, why not?
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Anyone who looks at such astonishing failures, such breathtaking incompetence and such serial corruption and concludes that giving more power and control to the federal government is actually a good idea clearly needs more mental healthcare than the rest of us.
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We do have a terrible healthcare crisis in our country, but we need to implement free market solutions to remediate it. A quick list of useful measures would include immediately eliminating the ban against interstate insurance competition; meaningful tort reform to reduce medical malpractice claims, doctors’ insurance premiums and unnecessary defensive medicine practices; increase risk pooling; and enforcing immigration laws so that we are not paying the health care bills of the Third World. Nothing in the history of civilization has delivered as much prosperity and opportunity to the masses as free enterprise. And nothing destroys the wealth of a society more than redistributive socialism. Just take a look at the moribund European model; that is our future if we stay on this ruinous path. Perhaps the worst offense Mr. Schoenfeld committed was proffer-
ing the slippery slope in his assertion that health care is a “right.” This contention indicates a profound confusion about what a “right” is.
the same squalid results. Why? It is because they all embraced the same poisonous fundamental ideas about rights and governments.
For example, I have a First Amendment right to free speech, but this does not mean the government must pay for my printing press. I have a Second Amendment right to bear arms, but this does not mean the government should pay for my Smith & Wesson.
These statist ideas are anathema to American ideals. If a government has the power to provide for our needs, it has the power not to provide for our needs. It would give the government total power over its people, and history is replete with examples of absolute power corrupting absolutely.
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? Nowhere in our founding documents does it even state that healthcare is any kind of a right. Healthcare is but a commodity – just like food, clothing and shelter. People certainly need these commodities, but needs do not equal rights. If we foolishly adopt the concept that needs equal rights, then the government will be tasked with guaranteeing all of them. Our esteemed academicians are always the last to realize that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Who is going to pay for this and how are they going to execute this grand plan? This is precisely how countries find themselves hopelessly oppressed in totalitarian misery. Mr. Schoenfeld urges us to learn from history, but he ignores the fact that this was the same snake oil that was peddled by Hitler, Lenin, Mao Tse Tung, Castro and the like. Why does Mr. Schoenfeld think that our society is immune from such horrors? The German, Russian, Chinese and Cuban cultures are vastly different, and yet they all ended up with
Of course, our Founding Fathers understood all of this. According to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, our rights do not come from government; our rights come from our Creator, they are inalienable, and the government is prohibited from infringing upon them. If we are to seek guidance from the Torah about how to approach the polemic of universal healthcare, let us remember the most paramount of Jewish principles: Freedom is a Jewish value. Totalitarianism is not. Moreover, one does not perform a mitzvah by paying taxes under penalty of imprisonment; one performs a mitzvah by voluntarily helping those in need. Be wary of those who seek to replace G-d with the almighty state. They are the ones who run afoul of Jewish principles. Sincerely, Matthew H. Schwartz Schwartz Law Group Marietta Editor’s note: The preceding was written by an AJT reader in response to an earlier AJT column. The views and opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the AJT or its staff. Readers are always encouraged to submit their own opinions.
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FROM OUR READERS
Six, Not Five, Eruvim Dear Editor,
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enjoyed Arlene Appelrouth’s recent article about contemporary research into the phenomenon of eruvim. It is exciting that an increasing number of Jews (and non-Jews) are coming to appreciate one of the many ways in which our tradition delineates sacred space and deepens community. However, I would like to offer a correction. The Atlanta metro area currently boasts six eruvim, as there are two in Sandy Springs. One covers an area south of I-285. The other, established in 2002 and maintained and expanded by the B’nai Torah community since that time, includes
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B’nai Torah, the Weber School and approximately four square miles of residential areas bounded roughly by [State Route] 400, Abernathy Road, Roswell Road, and Johnson Ferry Road.
Editor’s note: The following was written in response to the “Ask Bubbe” column in the July 20 edition of the AJT.
It is one of a handful of eruvim in the country maintained under Conservative auspices. Our eruv has been a factor in a growing number of shomer Shabbat families choosing to make this neighborhood their home.
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Sincerely, Rabbi Joshua Heller Congregation B’nai Torah
Dear Editor,
up. Just check the Yiddish with an expert, mein kindt. I kvell from you. Sincerely, A Sister Bubbe
am another Bubbe, temporarily visiting Atlanta. Though not an expert, I have a few corrections to your unfortunately (nebbach) mangled Yiddish: Tzufiel means “too much.” You meant to write veefiel, which means “how much.” Also, there is no such term as “mein kin.” You clearly meant mein kindt – “my child.” Otherwise, great advice! Keep it
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People of the Books
TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKAHOLIC (AND HER ENABLER) By Chana Shapiro AJT Columnist
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’m proud that we Jews are known as “The People of the Book.”
Not only do we try to honor our relationship with the Almighty by living by The Book, but Jewish homes typically embody “bookishness.” In a prime example, a Jewish home has mezuzahs on the doors and books on the shelves.
The first time my husband, Zvi, came to meet my family, we knew he was “Mr. Right.” He forgot his sports jacket, and he also apparently forgot to trim his bushy red beard, but when he dug into his backpack to pull out the gift he’d brought my parents, a dozen books tumbled out. No one was surprised that the shopping bag he carried also held a bunch of books for me. My brother, sister, mother and father nodded in simultaneous agreement. I had chosen properly: This was my kind of guy. Later, I overheard my siblings. “Why did he have to come by bus?” my little sister whispered. “It’s obvious,” my brother explained. “He spends all his money on books!” I decided to defend my beloved. “You,” I said to my brother, “like dirt bikes, and you,” I said to my sister, “like Barbies. He likes ideas, and ideas are in books.”
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“So he’s a compulsive reader, like you!” my brother assessed, accurately.
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“Even more than I am!” I boasted, turning toward my bedroom, where I looked forward to reading myself to sleep. When it came time for my beau’s first visit to my hometown of St. Louis, I wanted to fill the trip with as many interesting and stimulating experiences St. Louis had to offer, so
I was really happy that Dr. Martin Luther King was speaking in town that Tuesday evening. It was a time of huge civil rights activity in the Midwest, and we were determined not to miss the lecture. We were already on our way when Zvi realized he hadn’t brought a book along, so we rushed back to get one. The mere 10 minutes of tardiness were crucial: The doors to the lecture were closed, with a “Sold Out” sign posted on them, by the time we returned. Zvi more than made up for it, though, because we ended up taking a long walk, during which one of us proposed and the other accepted. Naturally, after that, I would never complain that my husband always takes a couple of books to graduations, wedding and – yes – funerals. Our first apartment was your typical one-bedroom affair in the Bronx. The walls throughout were floor-toceiling bookshelves, and the end tables were piles of books upon which other books rested. When we left New York, the movers charged us the commercial rate because of the homogeneity of our boxed possessions; we gave our plants away, sold the sofa and donated clothing, but we couldn’t part with a single volume. As our children grew up, they learned to deal wisely with us. “I know some really poor people who don’t have any books,” Rachel told us. “Let’s give them some of ours.” The transparency of this simple ruse did make us think. Our other daughter took up the cause but used different tactics. “Some friends are coming over,” Sara ventured. “How about getting the books off the chairs in case they want to sit down?” We complied, but we always felt that furniture looks better with a few books on it.
Selecting gifts caused intergenerational debates. “Please, please, please don’t give them a book!” our daughters pleaded when we were invited to a party. “Why can’t you give something normal?” “What’s more normal than books?” we asked. “Binoculars,” one daughter answered. “Puffy fabric paint,” responded the other. At least we found out what our children desired. Not wanting to shame our children outright, we purchased gift certificates to book stores so that the envelopes would look like they had checks in them. We book people are a clever lot. I recently learned that a prominent movie star has no books in his home. Since I assume that he can read, I am puzzled. It’s possible that he stores his books in closets and drawers to keep them dust-free, or that his used books, once read, are given to the needy, bookless masses. Maybe, as in our own case, stacks of books have been mistaken for furniture. A repairman visited our house recently. He finished his work, and we paid him on the spot, but he lingered, looking around. “What do you people do? He asked. “What do you mean?” I responded, thinking he wondered why we couldn’t fix our own air conditioning system. “I mean, where do you work?” Obviously, something was on his mind. “Where do you think we work?” I asked. Then I got it. He wondered why we have so many books. There was no point in lying. “We’re book junkies,” I explained. That satisfied him, and he left a
happy man. I think it’s our calling. When our grandson, Zellik, expressed an interest in ancient Egypt, we pulled a few full-color, oversize volumes from the shelves. Our granddaughter, Miriam, found a book of cat stories (I didn’t know I had it!). A neighbor was concerned about her son’s insect bite. I presented her with not one but three illustrated medical encyclopedias. You might still have the corsage from your high school prom, but I still have the book of poetry I bought on the afternoon I was supposed to be shopping for my prom dress. You probably have a lot of books related to your hobby of gardening or cooking, but isn’t that a tad restrictive? We have books related to both of those, and we hope to use them some day. It’s true that libraries exist for people like my husband and me. I admit that the public library is an excellent place to get that ex libris fix, but at the same time, it’s a cruel tease. I go crazy trying to limit myself to 10 books which will be with me for a short time and then have to be returned. Poring through the stacks, surrounded by books I cannot own, leaves me overwhelmed, over-stimulated and hungry for junk food. But we’re working on it. My husband has begun to go to the library every Friday afternoon, checking out a carload of reading material. I think we finally figured out the best way to celebrate the weekly gift of Shabbat: In the morning at synagogue, we read The Book, and in the afternoon, after a great lunch, we read the books. 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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Back to School HEBREW SCHOOL, THAT IS By Ted Roberts
“The Scribbler on the Roof”
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long, long time ago, before the invention of matzoh ball mix, Jewish mothers – instead of running a limo service for their kids – were happy in their kitchen. You could say they
were into food processing, not transportation.
And everybody’s grandparents spoke Yiddish.
They made a hot breakfast every morning, tuna salad with just the right amount of eggs and relish for lunch and stewed chickens at night.
In this bygone day, young Jewish boys went to “Hebrew school.” They also called it cheder, which translates to “room” (or “jail cell,” as some of my classmates said).
And Jewish merchants – at least most of them – lived in apartments above their stores.
From the playgrounds of summer to the cheder of fall was torturous to an 8-year-old. After all, if a vote was held to determine the most signifcant Jewish figure of the milennium, my pals and I would have voted for Hank Greenberg over the Baal Shem Tov (who, coincidentally, would probably have been a lousy first baseman). Our dreams of identity centered on Yankee pin stripes, not double-breasted suits and wide-brimmed black hats. Attitudes toward children in these backwards times were shocking. Children were considered apprentices to adulthood; they were looked upon as deficient to adults in experience, wisdom and intelligence. A project-in-work, so to speak. Therefore, they were legally and traditionally under the command of the twin skippers of the family ship: Mother and Father. Such a social environment is as mysterious to modern minds as the social dynamics of 10thcentury BCE Babylonian courtship, but believe me, that’s the way it was. When Mama said, “go to sleep,” you closed your eyes and dreamed, and when Mama said, “go to Hebrew school,” you said, “yes ma’am” in Hebrew and looked around for a Hebrew-English dictionary. The baseball boys of summer became the cheder hochems of fall. It was a shocking transition, as our little minds perceived it, from freedom to tyranny.
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First of all, the teacher wore a double-breasted suit, which meant he was of the male gender; a social group familiar with paddles and other blunt instruments of persuasion.
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Secondly, he radiated an authoritative manner. How else to pound sense into an 8-year-old mind more interested in Yankee Stadium of 1940 than Solomon’s Temple of 1000 BCE? Had we been wiser – had we ever even slightly skimmed a book of Eastern European history – we would have realized that we had stepped into a Yiddish dimensional space shuttle (a time machine especially designed to
persecute pre-teen Jewish American kids) and had been carried back to 19th-century Poland. It was clearly a time warp. Our cheder, or Talmud Torah as they called it, was exactly like hundreds of such classrooms sprinkled a couple centuries ago through the Pale of Settlement. More Jews at that time were confined to the Pale than lived in America, Israel and Western Europe combined. And every shtetl had its cheder, its room of learning; it was the Eastern European equivalent of the American one-room schoolhouse, with the exception that in the European version the students were hungry, dressed in rags, slept on straw pallets instead of beds, and the teacher’s paycheck was a pot-luck supper from his student’s mama. We understood none of these differences. But we did catch on to the fact that the czar of our classroom worshipped two educational icons: discipline and repetition. Pedagogically speaking, we were in Vilna – not Memphis, Tennessee. Our teacher (or “warden,” as some of the bolder kids called him) did not hesitate to use physical punishment. He was as politically incorrect as Captain Ahab at the Save the Whales Convention. He did not watch his words. His favorite adjective was “dummy” which he used often, though not without accuracy. But in the real sense of the word, he was a caring man. He cared for us enough to deliver a quick punishment with his ruler if it incentivized our mastery of Hebrew grammar or vocabulary; brief physical discomfort to the young body in return for lifelong enrichment of the young mind. Not a bad tradeoff. We were lucky to be prisoners of such an educational system, but what 8-year-old under the shadow of that ruler could understand? Or much less, say, “Thank you?” It was an educational timed-release capsule. It took us several decades to experience the benefits. Editor’s note: Ted Roberts is author of “The Scribbler on the Roof,” which is available through Amazon.com and lulu.com/content/127641. Website: wonderworks.com. Blog: scribblerontheroof.typepad.com.
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FROM MY LIPS
I’ll Take the Savings…
…JUST DON’T CALL ME “SENIOR”!
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know I’m getting on in years… you just don’t have to remind me. Society tells us that we are growing older more graciously.
Yet those of us who are over 60 years old are bombarded by the inescapable truth that life is significantly more than half-over, and that now is time to start planning…BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. By 60, the appellation “senior” has become an indelible badge, so tell me that youth is a function of attitude. One’s senior years can, with deference to Robert Browning, be “the last of life for which the first was made.”
Many folks with 20, even 30, years seniority on me live vibrantly, productively; G-d knows the social resources are there to do it. So call it my problem: Despite any number of physical infirmities, I am simply not ready to be called a senior yet, not so soon. My prime seems to have flashed by in a wink, and rather than philosophically acquiesce, I am hanging on for dear life. The one glitch: What to do about the ever-present and ever-welcome senior discount? I, like you, am most regularly confronted by my “senior-dom” in the checkout line. I do not resist the idea of receiving a “senior discount” at the cash register, but I chafe when the clerk simply assumes that I am a senior and credits my tab accordingly. Occasionally, I will ask if I really look like I’m 60. The most tactful among them will answer that they are giving me the benefit of the doubt; the majority of them give you that “nobody’s home” look that has “a-duh” written all over it. Nope, I won’t forego my five-percent discount, but I’d appreciate a more subtle, discreet way to break it to me that I have crossed the threshold to old age. How about “maturity discount,” or “hard-knocks discount”? I also won’t balk at taking advantage of the considerable pre-six o’clock senior discount at the movies. Regardless, they still cost way too much, and what is the subtle message about grouping us with children
I tell you, when I was a kid, a quarter got you into the Northtown theater for an entire Saturday-afternoon of entertainment – two sci-fi flicks, a Little Rascal’s short, a pair of Roadrunner cartoons and Mister McGoo!
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(Okay, okay, so I am showing my age.) And then there’s the early-bird discount at restaurants. It announces to the world that those of us over 60 would be best to eat our dinner before nightfall to, firstly, avoid driving after dark; secondly, digest our dinner before the onset of bedtime heartburn; and finally, catch “Wheel of Fortune” at 7 p.m. So here I am, in the classical ambivalent position, grateful to reap every possible benefit from the so-called “senior” discount, just not so crazy about carrying the baggage that goes along with it. How would it hurt, as I say, to call it a “maturity” discount, so that cranks like me can split the imaginary hair between being vitally mature and over-the-hill senior? I probably would not have been moved to write any of this had it not been for a recent episode in the Greenville airport: I was being transported to the elevator in a wheelchair, having a few weeks earlier fractured four vertebrae, now ready to board our flight. The scene was sufficiently pathetic, when just to make sure, the desk clerk announced over her walkietalkie to her downstairs counterpart, loud enough for everyone to hear, “Be ready by the elevator. I’m sending down an OLD couple to you!”
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The Munich Olympic Massacre, 40 Years Later SHOULD THERE BE A MINUTE OF SILENCE? By Rabbi Thomas P. Liebschutz For the Atlanta Jewish Times
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n July 23, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), while on a so-called “spontaneous” tour of the Olympic Village, said a few words before approximately 100 people and led a minute of silence honoring the memory of the 11 Israelis murdered by the Black September terrorist arm of Fatah at the 1972 Munich Games 40 years ago. At Monday’s “impromptu” ceremony, the IOC President also said that having a moment of silence at the Opening Ceremonies would have been inappropriate. The nation of Israel (and many other countries of the world) had hoped that remembrance could be held in such a venue, thus capturing an audience composed of the 80,000 spectators and billions more via TV instead of a meager 100 in the Olympic village. Why couldn’t the IOC comply with Israel’s request, especially in light of all the pressure to do so brought on by others in the worldwide community? I strongly suspect that if the terrorists in 1972 had murdered Americans, Canadians, Australians, Brits or Germans – and not Israelis (that is, Jews) – their memorials would have taken place long ago. But as well-known Jewish author and professor Dr. Deborah Lipstadt of Emory University has written: “Jewish blood is cheap.”
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Here in Atlanta, many of us are intimately aware of the excitement, anticipation and good will generated by the Olympics; we know because we hosted them in 1996 and attended them. But for many of us, this year’s controversy – as well as the violence in Aurora, Colorado and Bulgaria – has diminished our natural enthusiasm for what is about to unfold.
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Now, will any of this stop us from watching the Olympics this year? Hardly! But with all this being said, let me tell you the story of what happened 40 years ago to me and my congregation, a little more than a month after the conclusion of the Munich Olympic Massacre. I was then a young rabbi serving a reform congregation, Temple
Emanu-El, in Wichita, Kansas. That summer, like this one, everyone watched the Olympics; Mark Spitz wowed all of us by winning seven gold medals, at the time an Olympic record. But to our everlasting horror, most of the Israeli team was butchered by Middle Eastern terrorists. First, two died, while nine others were held hostage. Second, negotiations took place. The terrorists asked for the release of over 230 prisoners in Israeli jails plus the release of two more from the Baader Meinhoff gang in German prisons.
Judaism’s holiest day, but we did in 1972 because of the Olympic tragedy. We decided to have a plainclothesman from the Wichita Police Department at our High Holy Day services. Thank G-d we did, or the results might have been as tragic as the 1972 Olympics.
What happened?
The ritual committee and board served as ushers; they were the only ones who knew where the plainclothesman was or that he was there at all, having met with him beforehand and gone over signals. If anything were to occur, the nearest usher would immediately assess the situation and, if necessary, contact the plainclothesman.
Third, the German authorities completely bungled their rescue efforts, resulting In memoriam, in the slaughter of the rest of the Isthe names and raeli captives and positions of the a German security 11 Israelis slain in officer. Fourth, while all of the aforementioned unraveled bizarrely, the Games continued to be played, though finally, Avery Brundage – the same man who headed the American Olympic Committee at the 1936 Berlin Olympics hosted by the Nazis – somewhat reluctantly stopped the Games long enough to say: “The Games must go on.”
Munich in 1972:
Moshe Weinberg, wrestling coach Yossef Romano, weightlifter Ze’ev Friedman, weightlifter David Berger, weightlifter Yakov Springer, weightlifting judge Yossef Gutfreund, wrestling referee Eliezer Halfin, wrestler Kehat Shorr, shooting coach Mark Slavin, wrestler Andre Spitzer, fencing coach
Erev Rosh HaShanah went without mishap, but not so for our morning service. At one point, my sermon touched on the Holocaust, and then, without warning, an elderly woman in the synagogue went berserk. Muttering in a frightening way to the people around her, an usher went over, asking her not to disturb her neighbors.
When he saw the pistol in her open purse, he immediately sought the plainclothesman. By this time the woman was standing, shouting and wildly waiving her gun (which we later found out was loaded) at everyone.
Amitzur Shapira, track coach
With that, the recognition of what had happened at the time ended, and it ended for 40 years. Much of this was seen on television; it was ghastly, unbelievable and traumatizing. Soon after, I met with the officers and board of my congregation in Wichita to consider how best to prepare ourselves for the safety of our members as the High Holy Days approached. Several hundreds of us would be gathering for worship in our synagogue. Never before had we felt such an urgent need for protection on
Chaos erupted. People threw themselves to the floor; mothers and fathers covered their children with their bodies just in case. Viewing this from the bimah, where I was too far away to see the gun in her hand, I tried to restore calm. “Please don’t worry,” I pleaded. “I know this woman and everything will be all right.”
“That’s what you think, Rabbi,” shouted the chair of our house committee. While everyone pressed the floor, I saw the plainclothesman approach the woman, put his hand firmly on what looked to me like her hand (but was really the gun barrel, to prevent it from discharging) and lead her away. He was assisted by two ushers, each gripping this hysterical woman by an arm. Our crisis was over. Order was soon restored and, eventually, we resumed services. But we were all shocked and shaken. Afterwards, we learned the most astounding thing about this woman: Numbers from Auschwitz were engraved on her arm. She was a concentration camp survivor, a non-Jew married to a Jew, who had chosen to join her husband in that camp.
He had not survived. She had.
This poor soul recently had been released from a mental institution in Albuquerque, New Mexico and taken a bus to Wichita. There, low on money, she had been staying in a downtown boarding house, and for three Sabbaths prior to the High Holy Days, she attended services at our synagogue. We had talked with her, tried to befriend and help her, but to no avail. She didn’t trust a soul. She came to our synagogue seeking solace; she came to be with her deceased husband spiritually; she came to worship G-d. These are my most vivid Olympic memories as they emerged out of the searing images of the 1972 Munich tragedy. Thankfully, NBC’s Bob Costas held a moment of silence during one of his broadcast segments on the night of the Opening Ceremonies. And at Shabbat services at Congregation Ner Tamid of Marietta on July 27, we also recognized the 11 slain Israelis from the 1972 Olympic Games, read their names and the positions they were to have held at those Games, and concluded with a minute of silence. It’s what we do as Jews to honor their memories as martyrs of our people. And let us say, Amen.
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New Jewish Ethics Series Offers CLE Credits for Lawyers “YOU BE THE JUDGE” RESUMES OCT. 15 By Jill Lerner For The Atlanta Jewish Times
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ewish attorneys in Atlanta now have a low-cost and engaging way to earn Continuing Legal Education credits thanks to a unique partnership between law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge and the Jewish National Fund. The “You be the Judge” breakfast series teaches legal ethics through the lens of Jewish Law. Each event is free to the entire Jewish community, and lawyers can pay $10 to receive CLE credits. “This is not a course that is taught in law school or, to my knowledge, offered by any other organizations that provide CLE accreditation,” said Steven Labovitz, who is spearheading the series along with attorney Alan Lubel. “It’s a great way for attorneys to obtain CLE credits while at the same time engaging in thought-provoking discussions on how legal and ethical issues were handled under Talmudic law, and comparing that with relevant issues facing lawyers today.” Each class is designed around a provocative topic; recent subjects include “CEO compensation” and “wages of the working poor.”
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Classes are hosted at the offices of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP and facilitated by Rabbi Ephraim Silverman. Participants have the opportunity to question and discuss the subject matter, based on principle and precedent. “The program content is great,” said Lubel. “Rabbi Silverman provides a very interesting, modern-day application and relevance to basic, age-old precepts of Judaism…[and] you have the opportunity to meet other professionals who share an interest in studying Judaism.”
The program is the brainchild of Labovitz, a partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge, and Lubel, who chairs Jewish National Fund’s (JNF) 12 Lawyers for Israel society. Co-chairs
of JNF’s Lawyers for Israel are Rachel Fox, an attorney with McKenna Long; and Peter Rivner, an attorney with Pachman Richardson LLC. Labovitz attended a similar class sponsored by JNF and was eager to bring the unique “You be the Judge” offering to a wider audience. With his firm’s support, the series is presented to the community. “I feel that it “You Be the Judge” participants (from left to right) Michael Kleinman, Rachel Fox, Scott Rafshoon, is important for Peter Rivner, Steve Labovitz, Adam Struletz and Matt Weiss. PHOTO/courtesy JNF attorneys to give back to their It was also a great opportunity, he underscore the members’ common communities by getting involved said, to work with two bright young connection to Israel. with civic and religious organizalawyers, co-chairs Fox and Rivner. Currently, 35 of Atlanta’s top attions,” Labovitz said. “I happened to His primary goal for Lawyers for torneys are Lawyers for Israel memhave worked with JNF in the past Israel is to “afford as many Atlanta bers. and feel personally connected to the lawyers as possible another outlet to organization.” express their Jewish identification Editor’s note: The next “You be the and their commitment Judge” breakfast will take place to Israel by support- Mon., Oct. 15 at McKenna Long & ing JNF’s mission of Aldridge. To RSVP or for more inforpreserving the land of mation, contact JNF’s Noah Pawliger at (404) 236-8990 ext. 852 or Israel.” npawliger@jnf.org. Lubel added that he also hopes the Lawyers for Israel program will serve as a model for involvement to Jewish lawyers in other comWhat: “You be the Judge” munities in the SouthSteve Labovitz and Alan Lubel (right) breakfast series, offering CLE east and across the credits for Atlanta lawyers “You be the Judge” country. emerged from JNF’s Lawyers for IsWhen: Next event is rael initiative. Lubel, a member of An important component of LawMon., Oct. 15 the JNF Southeastern Region Board yers for Israel is its membershipof Directors, agreed to lead JNF’s opportunity to associate with a naWhere: Law offices of Lawyers for Israel society as a means tional legal network. Senior lawyers McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP to discuss with his legal community contributing more than $1,000 to Contact: Noah Pawliger, colleagues – developed during his 37 JNF annually (junior lawyers qualify by giving $360 annually) receive (404) 236-8990 ext 852 years of practice in Atlanta – of the a package of prestigious professional or npawliger@jnf.org important work done by JNF. and personal benefits – all of which
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Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition’s 30th Anniversary A CELEBRATION OF COOPERATION AND SUPPORT
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n March 31, 1982, the Atlanta Chapter of American Jewish Committee (now the Atlanta Regional Office) invited leaders from Atlanta’s African-American and Jewish communities to meet and discuss the renewal of the Voting Rights Act. It was then that meeting participants John Lewis – at the time an Atlanta City Councilman – and Cecil Alexander were asked to serve as cochairs in the creation of the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition in support of the Voting Rights Act.
After the Act’s successful renewal and through the leadership of thenAJC Atlanta Director Sherry Frank, the group continued to meet in an official capacity as the Atlanta BlackJewish Coalition. Since that time, the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition has existed to increase understanding of and interaction between Atlanta’s Black and Jewish communities and to serve as a mechanism whereby the communities can express their support of the other and respond with definitive action to critical issues as the need arises.
TOP: Sherry Frank, Cecil Alexander, Congressman John Lewis and Elaine Alexander at Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selman, Alabama, prior to historic 20th Anniversary March in 1985. ALL PHOTOS/courtesy Brenda Mitchell RIGHT: (L-R, standing) Shean Atkins, Dov Wilker, Fawn Thompson, (L-R, seated) Reverend Dr. Aaron Parker and Rabbi Loren Lapidus at seder, commemorating Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition’s 30th Anniversary in 2012. LEFT: Sherry Frank and Congressman John Lewis shared memories at AJC’s 100th Anniversary and Sherry’s retirement after 25 years with AJC in 2006.
Topics addressed at meetings included Israel and the Middle East, South Africa, extremism and antiSemitism, affirmative action, Blacks and Jews in business and politics, Black Americans and the Third World, Famine in Ethiopia, women’s issues in Nairobi, Soviet Jewry, youth bigotry in our cities and schools and political issues of the presidential elections. The Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition combined listening and learning, advocacy and action.
In addition, a significant number of African-American leaders of the Coalition participated on AJC’s Project Interchange educational seminars in Israel.
Over the decades, Atlanta BlackJewish Coalition members have
While the times have changed, the commitment of the Atlanta
together attended the theater, movies, ballet, symphony and many museums. Such visits were often followed by discussion and provided an added dimension of shared understanding to the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition’s experience.
Black-Jewish Coalition’s founders and leaders has never wavered. On Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. and with the sponsorship of American Jewish Committee Atlanta, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, The Temple and The Breman Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Museum, there will be a gathering to commemorate the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition’s 30th Anniversary. To be held at the Breman Museum, the event will feature speakers including Congressman John Lewis
and other founders of the Coalition. The Congressman will be signing copies of his new book, “Across that Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change.” Editor’s note: Visit the Breman Museum’s website (thebreman.org) and click ‘Events & Programs’ for registration information.
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Over its 30-year history, the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition has done more to further relations between the respective communities than any other such program in the United States. In its early years, the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition met frequently at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center and became involved with King Week and the Center’s activities.
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Q & A: Patrick Aleph FOUNDER OF PUNKTORAH TALKS CHALLENGES, SUCCESSES By Jessie Miller Editorial Intern
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ody adorned with eight tattoos, Patrick Aleph is not your typical Jewish leader or rabbinical student. Instead of conforming to the norm, he sought his own Jewish community, and today Aleph has created an expansive internet-based community who together learn, pray and offer support. PunkTorah has grown from a series of YouTube videos to a worldwide community with dedicated members and scholars who create a space where everyone can embrace Judaism. In an interview with the Atlanta Jewish Times, Aleph explains his role with PunkTorah and his own personal thoughts on Judaism and spirituality. Jessie Miller: What is Punk Torah?
Patrick Aleph: Punk Torah is a nonprofit Jewish multimedia company dedicated to independent, non-movemental Jewish spirituality. Our philosophy is that you matter, that your thoughts and opinions matter and that you matter to G-d. G-d’s world is a place of infinite peace where everyone belongs. JM: What kind of projects does the PunkTorah community do? PA: We build websites; have podcasts, articles, blogs and books; as well as pray together in our online synagogue, OneShul, where we teach classes and have holiday events. JM: Where did you come up with the name “PunkTorah”?
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PA: PunkTorah started because I went to a synagogue event in Atlanta, and I was so angry. I had such a horrible experience. I went home and I was complaining about my experience, so I went on YouTube [and recorded my own] d’var Torah on Parsha Tetzaveh.
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You have to have a name for YouTube, so because I am a retired punk musician, I called it “PunkTorah.” JM: What is your mission with PunkTorah? PA: To let people know they matter. We live in a very divisive world and
in a time where people are dealing with so much stress, anxiety and depression.
I’m grateful for the emails that say, “thank you for giving me a community and letting it know how important my role in it is.”
What I’ve always viewed the synagogue and community as is being spiritual and intentional. [We are p]roviding an experience that is transcendent and – unfortunately, I think – really missing in some places. I think that a lot of people who are interested in having a spiritual experience come up against things that stand in the way, like communities with more social intentions and issues of accessibility.
JM: What does Torah mean to you? PA: I believe that anyone can be holy. If you look at the patriarchs and matriarchs, they were all fundamentally flawed people. There is not a single person in the Torah that I would want to completely emulate. We think about people like Moses as these great, holy leaders. It wasn’t because they were perfect or did everything right, it was because they were flawed that they were so great.
One of the great things about all of our projects is that we are available to anyone online with a computer. No synagogue will ever replicate that. JM: What makes you different from other communities? PA: We call ourselves an “online synagogue,” but we are pluralistic. In any given week, you could have an Orthodox rabbi teaching kabbalah and then a transsexual person teaching queer theory and Jewish history. We really run the spectrum of Jewish practice and identities. There’s just Jews, G-d and Torah and all of the many beautiful, different ways we try to reconcile those three things together. JM: In your opinion, is it okay to use electronic devices on Shabbat, as opposed to traditional synagogue services? PA: Absolutely, I believe so. There is actually an article on the PunkTorah website in which we talk about this. Jewish innovation has existed since we existed as Jews. The old synagogue of Alexandria was so huge that when they would do different blessings, they actually had a flag system to tell people when the blessing had begun and ended. It was a way of using the technology of the time to facilitate spiritual experience. And so, if they can do that, then I think we are just a new flag system. There are people who disagree, and that’s fine. They can come to our classes. If we start a Shabbat service before the official candle lighting time, we’ll have Orthodox and conservative Jews praying with us who leave when it is time for Shabbat.
A lot of religions try to prop up the archetypical person we need to be like, but Judaism says that you are perfect in the screwedup way that G-d made you.
Retired punk musician-turned-rabbinical student Patrick Aleph is the founder of online community PunkTorah. PHOTO/Ken Lackner Photography
JM: What has been the biggest challenge you’ve faced since starting PunkTorah in 2009? PA: Convincing people that they matter. That is the hardest thing in the world to do. I have this idea of “post-traumatic Jewish disorder,” which is this idea that people have been traumatized by their Jewish lives. They’ve been told they don’t practice Judaism correctly; that their conversion wasn’t good enough; that they are not Jewish enough. The second issue is people who cannot access Jewish resources, whether they are homebound, have learning disabilities or were told that they are not able to be a part of a community. It turns them off of Judaism. When you meet someone, and you are trying to help them spiritually connect, you have to help them undo so much damage – failed relationships, family problems, spiritual issues. You have to help them reconcile all that baggage, and that is the hardest thing in the world to do. But the greatest thing about it is that it is the most fulfilling thing to do.
JM: If you could take away one overall insight or lesson from the entire process of creating PunkTorah, starting at that first YouTube video, what would it be? PA: When the first bank of Italy was started, the founder said that the only legitimate business was serving the needs of others. We, as a community, need to humble ourselves to the point that we can serve the needs of others. It is the number-one most important thing. It transcends religion, national and political anything. It is about being able to see what I would call the image of G-d in other people. Editor’s note: For more information on PunkTorah and to get involved, visit punktorah.org; while you’re there, click on “The Tattooed Rabbi” for Patrick’s own blog.
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Local’s Children’s Bilingual Theatre Launches Anti-Bullying Production JORDAN SCHWARTZ, 19, BLENDS PASSIONS FOR THEATRE, LANGUAGE
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t the age of 10, Jordan Schwartz had an idea to bring bilingual theater to her school. A drama enthusiast since second-grade and a student of Spanish, Jordan thought that it would be fun and include more of her classmates. Not long after those initial thoughts, the idea took off with The Children’s Bilingual Theater premier, which included 17 cast and crew members, from second grade to
drome, a congenital disability, together with her theatre background. Jordan wrote “Mr. Ooba’s TEAM,” a bilingual play that addresses the issues of bullying of disabled and medically fragile children and diversity in the classroom. Liz and Jordan adapted the show for puppets, and Jordan launched a Kickstarter campaign that got her $650 as seed money for the project. Liz created original puppet characters and with funding in part from Target, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Nestle and Do Something. The show is on and has been a hit at United Way’s City of Refuge and The Oakgrove Young Children’s School. “Mr. Ooba’s TEAM” will continue to tour to venues in metro Atlanta.
Jordan said that The ChilChildren’s Bilingual Theatre founder Jordan Schwartz (left) and Liz Vitale dren’s Bilingual are partnering to bring “Mr. Ooba’s TEAM” to metro audiences. Theater has really PHOTO/courtesy Jordan Schwartz grown with comcollege-age, and toured four schools munity support. Outreach has been in Cobb County. Since 2004, Jor- sustained with grants and awards dan has lead over 200 volunteers from the companies supporting “Mr. that have been bringing theatrical Ooba’s TEAM”, along with others, and costumed storytelling events to including the Atlanta Falcons, Puffin schools and venues like the Atlanta Foundation, state arts councils, indiHistory Center, Fernbank and Zoo vidual donors and in-kind contributions. Atlanta.
As the first child ever named part of a Fellowship with the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities, Jordan brought her personal challenge of having Turner’s syn-
Jordan was recently named as a “Build a Bear” Huggable Hero finalist, and has been selected to speak at TEDxYouth@TheBeltline at Zoo Atlanta on Nov. 19. “I have raised over $54,000 to bring this programming to metro Atlanta and hope to be helping youth make a difference,” said Jordan. “I believe in young people and that young people have the power to lead.” Editor’s note: The Children’s Bilingual Theater is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit corporation. For more information visit childrensbilingualtheater.org or call (678) 939-2974.
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With six bilingual shows and 15 literacy and storytelling events under her belt and prior partnerships with the Marietta Sixth-Grade Academy, Park Street Elementary, Atlanta Girls’ School and Sheltering Arms, Jordan wanted to continue her company’s work here while a sophomore at Bryn Mawr College, so she partnered with the Puppatoons and master puppeteer Liz Vitale to bring an anti-bullying puppet show to metroarea audiences.
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Kosher Movies: Boiler Room (2000) BEN YOUNGER’S INTENSE LOOK AT MONEY, RISK, ETHICS By Rabbi Herbert Cohen
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We watch in agony as Seth lies to his client in order to make the sale. Harry buys the dream and loses his money and family in the process; it is a gut-wrenching scene to watch.
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y wife and I have bought a few homes in our lives. Each purchase probably represented the largest purchase we made until that point in our lives, and the down payment represented much of our savings. However, we – like many others – bit the bullet and made the purchase on the assumption that our income would eventually enable us to pay the mortgage. Sometimes we made money on the sale of the house, and sometimes we lost money.
Over the years, we have become philosophical about ups and downs in money matters. We cannot control the housing market and, in the final analysis, G-d is in charge and whatever happens is for the best even if we don’t always see it in the short term. Nonetheless, the purchase of a home can be a stressful moment in the life of a family. Nowhere is this more evident than in an excruciatingly painful scene in “Boiler Room,” a coarse, profanityladen look at the world of young stock brokers who cold call customers with promises of big returns on their investments. One call goes to Harry Reynard, a family man who gives $50,000 – his entire savings for a house – to Seth Davis in return for
Based on real-life accounts of stockbrokers, “Boiler Room” is very disturbing. Young men are schooled in how to lie to clients in order to make big profits for themselves, and there is a culture of conspicuous consumption at the firm: Successful brokers buy expensive cars and the latest techie gadgets yet have neither heart nor soul.
Seth – who serves as the narrator as well as the main character – is the son of a judge, and even though his relationship with his father is turbulent, he understands the ethical problems with his new job. He is torn between financial success and moral responsibility. Ultimately, it
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They make a pact with the devil and revel in it at the unsuspecting client’s expense.
The spouse who loves you and has your best interest at heart should not be ignored when making major decisions in life. It is important to “listen to her voice” as the Sages say, and a pow-wow with a loved one reinforces peace in the home. “Boiler Room” reminds us of the perils of living a life where the only goal is the acquisition of more and
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TOP: Just a smattering of Unique Treats’s creative flavors (clockwise from top-left): Chocolate Chocolate Swirl, Honey Bunz, Blacked Cookies & Cream, more Honey Bunz and Cream Cheese Strawberry Swirl. PHOTO/courtesy Unique Treats.
LEFT: Jason Apple with Elle Lewis, the lady behind PHOTO/courtesy Jason Apple
Editor’s note: See facebook.com/ UTIceCreams for more information on Unique Treats. Jason Apple is an Atlanta native and a lover of food. When he’s not running around town trying everything the Atlanta food scene has to offer, he works at Kitchen Fronts of Georgia, a kitchen refacing company, and writes a local food blog, “The Kitchen Man Can.”
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Atlanta Teen’s Far-reaching Bar Mitzvah Project PUP TRAINED LOCALLY HELPS HEARING-IMPAIRED FILMMAKER By Jeanie Franco Marx For The Atlanta Jewish Times
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hree years ago, when Jack Morgan – now a rising 10thgrader at Northview High – decided to train a puppy as his bar mitzvah project, he knew he’d made a commitment: to love, teach and bond with a pup named Tara for 14 months, then give her up to help someone disabled. He knew it would be a sacrifice because he loves dogs so much, but if it would benefit someone else, he was ready to do it. Tara – a yellow lab/golden retriever mix – went to class twice a week for more than a year. “Every Thursday night, Jack was in charge of taking Tara to class,” said Jack’s mother, Marci Morgan.
The whole family participated in raising Tara, but Marci and Jack were the primary caregivers. After more than a year of getting attached to Jack and his family, Tara spent another year in training with Canine Companions for Independence – first in Orlando and then in Santa Rosa, Calif. – to determine what type of person she would be best suited for. Eventually, the Morgans (who live in Johns Creek) learned about a couple in Sedona, Ariz., the filmmakers Tami Pivnick and Susan Broude, who adopted Tara in January 2011. Tami is hearing impaired; she reads lips, but cannot hear the phone or doorbell ring.
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But Tara can, and she knows how to let Tami know whether it’s her cell phone or the doorbell; she also alerts Tami to emergency sirens, smoke detectors and appliance signals such as the microwave and the washer and dryer buzzer. “Tara responds to different sounds,” says Tami, watching Tara rest on her feet. “She also lets me know when Susan is calling me from the other side of the house.” This dog is food-trained, Tami explains.
“We withhold food because she must be within a certain weight. She’s 18 an athlete; she’s always working.”
If someone knocks at the door, she’ll poke Tami. “She usually goes to the door first, then comes and gets me.” The couple was in town at Atlanta’s Sophia Academy to preview their powerful documentary, “Bullied to Silence,” a visual and emotional journey into the lives of teens who’ve been bullied and scarred for life. “It also presents the bully and goes beyond the tragedies of ruined lives to offer a message of hope,” said Susan. “This film offers the viewer a chance to be a catalyst for change, to stop the verbal and cyber-bullying.” All film participants are willing to consult with any troubled teen. Some of those who did not survive their trials by bullies still live through stories told by family and friends. The filmmakers seek funding to give their film “legs” so it can travel to schools everywhere; they hope to teach educators, parents and students about the seriousness of bullying in order to stop this continuum of pain. When the film ended at the Atlanta screening, there was silence followed by applause, and many were emotional. Questioning hands went up all over the auditorium. “What do you do when a teacher allows bullying?” asked one student. Another admitted to being bullied at school. “Are any of these bullies in this room?” asked the filmmaker. “Yes,” he replied. “It’s never about you,” Susan explains. “It’s about the bully needing to feel good about him- or herself. Find a way to be heard,” she urges. “Take responsibility. Report it.” The duo finished the film in a year, working 16-hour days, seven days a week. “The worst kind of bullying is any bullying if it hurts you inside,” said Susan. “The most important thing to
TOP: From left to right, Susan Broude, Tami Pivnick, Tara, Jack Morgan and Marci Morgan after the Atlanta premiere of “Bullied to Silence.” BOTTOM: Jack Morgan gets a long-awaited visit from Tara, the puppy he trained and gave back for someone disabled. PHOTO/courtesy Jeanie Franco Marx
do is not to stay silent. If you do, you start to disappear.” After the film’s preview, Tara’s two families finally met. There were hugs and thanks all around, and Tara sniffed and got excited, reacquainting herself with her first family. For Jack Morgan, his bar mitzvah project had come full circle. Instead of just receiving gifts, he gave one – one that keeps on giving. Editor’s note: For information, check out their website, bulliedtosilence.com.
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Parshat Va’etchanan (Shabbat Nachamu) WHAT, ME? WORRY?
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am a worrier. My friends and family tease me about it.
I sometimes worry about personal matters, sometimes about professional concerns, but most often, I worry about things that are going on in the community or in the world. I worry about the economy, and I worry about Iran’s development of nuclear weapons. Because of my background in psychology, I sometimes compare my worrying to the thoughts of patients who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder. Like them, I sometimes have one worry on my mind and can think of nothing else. But I long ago decided that my worrying, though it may seem obsessive, is far from an indication of mental illness. Many people worry. It is only very recently that I came to consider the possibility that, although my worrying was not a sign of a psychological disorder, it might be a sign of a theological disorder, a spiritual fault. What prompted that consideration was a passage in the writings of Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin, the late-19th-century head of the Yeshiva of Volozhin, in Eastern Europe. In the introduction to his commentary on Deuteronomy, Rabbi Berlin – or the Netziv, as he is known – makes a remarkable statement: “Reading carefully the words of instruction contained in this book, Deuteronomy, words which were divinely inspired and uttered by Moses our teacher, each person will find ‘milk and honey’ in accordance with his spiritual level...(t)herefore, each person should read it contemplatively, according to his ability, and he will find a straight path upon which to walk…(s)o let this book be a source of illumination for one’s life journey…”
I decided to heed the Netziv’s counsel in reading this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Va’etchanan, (Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11). But I immediately found myself facing a dilemma. Among the many themes and topics in this week’s Torah portion are some strong words prohibiting idolatry: “Do not act wickedly and make yourself a sculptured image in any likeness whatever...(y)ou must not be lured into bowing down to them or serving them.” (Deuteronomy 4:15, 19) How does this apply to me? What “milk and honey” can I find in proscriptions against idol worship? When was I last tempted to make for myself a graven image, or to bow down to the sun or moon or stars? The only answer I can find to resolve this dilemma is to profoundly redefine the meaning of the prohibition against idolatry for our day and age. Idolatry in ancient times was a process by which primitive men identified a single object to worship. They turned away from the vastness of the universe and its complexity and isolated either a heavenly body or some artifact of their own making and came to believe that it, and only it, was worthy of their adulation. They became fixated upon a small fraction of reality. They became obsessed with one thing, and that thing was far from representative of the whole picture. In more modern times, the process of idolatry took a different turn. Instead of fixating upon an object, human beings fixated upon an ideology: They came to believe that the vastness of the universe could be reduced to a set of ideas. Over the years, these ideas have included the Enlightenment, nationalism, scientism, socialism, fascism and communism. Those are but several of the “idols” of more recent history. What they all have in common is a fixation or obsession with one set of ideas, as if that is all there is to life, and that is where my nasty habit of worrying comes into play. The worrier becomes consumed with one fear, which may be trivial or may be mon-
umental, but which is only a small part of the totality of existence. When worrying is conceived of in this manner, it becomes apparent that worrying itself may be a form of idolatry. When one is consumed by worry, the person is limiting his or her attention to one idea, fear or concern. Such individuals are ignoring the fact that there is a big world out there with a lot going on. They are certainly forgetting all the positive blessings that probably surround them. Admittedly, this is a novel interpretation of idolatry, but it is one that fits our modern circumstances much better than sun worship or offering animal sacrifices to a totem. What’s more, this redefinition allows for a deeper understanding of another passage in this week’s Torah portion, the Shema. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our G-d, the Lord is One. Only the Lord is One, because only He is all-encompassing. Nothing else
is One in that sense – not the sun or moon, and not the currently popular ideology. They are all but parts of the greater whole. Only of G-d is it said, “He is the place of the world, and the world is not His place.” He contains the world; the world does not contain Him. This is the real meaning of monotheism. Not that there is one G-d, but that G-d is One. Only He is big enough, complete enough, total enough, to be worshipped. Everything else is partial, fragmentary, and fractional. Everything else, including our worries, are mere idols which do not deserve the devotion we give them. Perhaps the cynical Alfred E. Neumann of the comic books of my childhood was making a profound theological statement when he said, “What, me? Worry?!” Editor’s note: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb is vice president emeritus of the Orthodox Union.
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K-7. Sun, Aug. 5, 10:30 a.m. Congregation Shearith Israel. rabbilesack@ shearithisrael.com or (404) 503-9906.
CBS Brunch and Tour, for prospective members. RSVP requested. Sun., Aug. Fourth Annual Union for Reform 5, 10:30 a.m. $10/adult, $5/child. Judaism Community Shabbat with Congregation Beth Shalom. office@ guest speaker Rabbi Jonah Pesner. bshalom.net or (770) 399-5300. Fri., Aug. 3, 6:30 p.m. $18/adult, $9/child; registration required. Honey from the Heart, join ORT AtTemple Emanu-El. templeemanuelatlanta and pack honey (ages 16+). Sun., lanta.org. Aug. 5 to Tuesday, Aug. 24. sdgerstel@ yahoo.com or (770) 579-2145. Dive Into Shabbat Intown, open swim followed by poolside song and Bearing Witness: Albert Baron, part prayer with Rabbi Brian Glusman. of a continuing series. Sun., Aug. 5, 2 Sat., Aug. 17, 5 p.m. Emory’s Stup.m. The Breman Museum. dent Activity and Academic Center. brian.glusman@atlantajcc.org. Texas Hold ‘em Poker. Sun., Aug. 5, 6:30 p.m. $20 donation/person; beer, AUG soft drinks and snacks will be served. Congregation Beth Shalom. (770) 3995300.
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Congregation Ner Tamid Religious School Open House, learn about classes starting Aug. 26, ranging from pre-K through 12th grade. Sun., Aug. 5, 9:30 a.m. Mountain View Prep. education@ mynertamid.org. Blankets and Bagels, music, activities and brunch for parents and their children ages one to three. Sun., Aug. 5, 10 a.m. Congregation Or Hadash. rabbianalia@gmail.com.
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OVS Sunday School Open House, Talmud Torah as reimagined by Education Director Nitzana Mamane. Wed., Aug. 8, 7 p.m. Congregation Or VeShalom. (404) 633-1737. Spring Awakening, presented by MJCCA’s Company J. Wed., Aug. 8 through Sun., Aug. 19. Tickets starting at $12. Morris and Rae Frank Theatre at Zaban Park. (678) 812-4002 or atlantajcc.org.
Torah Studies: “Homeland or Holy Land?”, a class about our dual allegiance to Israel. Wed., Aug, 8, 7:30 p.m. $20 optional textbook fee; registration requested. Intown Jewish Academy.
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Thurs., Aug. 9 Congregation Or Hadash Pool Party, come for music, games, swimming, and food. Thurs., Aug. 9, 5 p.m. MJCCA’s Zaban Park. rainanadler@yahoo.com or (678) 779-6938. A Taste of Rosh Hodesh, new program draws on Jewish teachings to help girls in grades 6 and 7. Thurs., August 9, 6 p.m. MJCCA. amy.helman-darley@atlantajcc.org.
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Rockin’ Shabbat and Barbecue Dinner, for prospective members. Fri., Aug. 10, 5:30 p.m. $12/adult, $8/child; RSVP requested. Congregation Beth Shalom. office@bshalom. net or (770) 399-5300. Servicio De Shabbat Featuring Friday Night Shabbat Jam. Fri., Aug. 10, 6:30 p.m. Congregation Or Hadash. rainanadler@yahoo.com or (678) 779-6938. Shabbat Ethnic Dinner, delicious Mexican dinner following evening services. Fri., Aug. 10, 6:45 p.m. $18/member and $20/nonmember; RSVP requested. Congregation Or VeShalom. office@orveshalom.org or (404) 633-1737.
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Shabbat Services and Kiddush, for prospective members. Sat., Aug. 11, 9:30 a.m. RSVP requested. Congregation Beth Shalom. office@bshalom.net or (770) 399-5300. Post-Kiddush Informative and Interactive Program, COH Rabbis lead inspirational discussions in preparation for the new year. Sat., Aug. 11. Congregation Or Hadash. rainanadler@ yahoo.com or (678) 779-6938.
Sun., Aug. 12
BBYO Roller-Skating Kickoff, open to all Jewish ninth- through 12th-graders. Sun., Aug. 12, 11 a.m. Sparkles Family Fun Center (666 Smyrna Hill Dr). Pre-registration is required at atlantajcc.org/bbyo. Chloe.ramsey@atlantajcc. org or (678) 812.3970. OVS Sisterhood Opening Meeting, featuring a Moroccan lunch and raffle. Sun., Aug. 12, 1 p.m. RSVP requested. Congregation Or VeShalom. (770) 451-7296.
Wed., Aug. 15
Ethan Bortnick and Special Guests, The Kidz Bop Kids, a family-friendly concert. Wed., Aug. 15, 6 p.m. Tickets starting at $35. Center Stage. (404) 875-9364. AJC Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition Anniversary Celebration, 30 years since the founding of the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition, featuring Congressman John Lewis. Wed., Aug. 15, 6:30 p.m. Pre-registration requested. The Breman Museum.
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Sophie Hirsh Srochi Discovery Center Drop-In, for moms in interfaith marriages and their children. Thurs., Aug. 16, Wed., Sept. 19, Tues., Oct. 23, Mon. Nov. 19, 9:30 a.m. Free. MJCCA’s Zaban Park. suzanne.hurwitz@atlantajcc.org or (678) 812-4160.
Atlanta Synagogue Directory Congregation Shearith Israel 1180 University Dr. Atlanta, GA 30306 www.shearithisrael.com 404.873.1743
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Chabad Intown 928 Ponce De Leon Avenue Atlanta, GA 30306 www.chabadintown.org 404.898.0434
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Congregation B’nai Torah 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
Atlanta Chevre Minyan Druid Forest Clubhouse North Crossing Dr. Atlanta, GA 30305 www.atlantachevreminya.org
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
Nediv Lev: the Free Synagogue of Atlanta 3791 Mill Creek Ct. Atlanta, GA 30341 My.att.net/p/PWP-NedivLev 770.335.2311
Temple Beth David 1885 Mcgee Rd. Snellville, GA 30078 www.gwinnetttemple.com 770.978.3916
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.chabadga.com 404.257.9306
Conservative 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 6751 Roswell Rd. Atlanta, GA 30328 www.or-hadash.org 404.250.3338
Orthodox 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.ner-hamizrach.org 404.315.9020 The Kehilla of Sandy Springs 5075 Roswell Rd. Sandy Springs, GA 30342 www.thekehilla.org 404.913.6131 Young Israel of Toco Hills 2074 Lavista Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329 www.yith.org 404.315.1417
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Temple Beth Tikvah 9955 Coleman Rd. Roswell, GA 30075 www.bethtikvah.com 770.642.0434 Temple Emanu-El 1580 Spalding Dr. Atlanta, GA 30350 www.templeemanuelatlanta.org 770.395.1340 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 Congregation Or VeShalom 1681 North Druid Hills Rd. Atlanta, GA 30319 www.orveshalom.org 404.633.1737
Traditional Congregation Shaarei Shamayim 1810 Briarcliff Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329 www.shaareishamayeim.com 404.417.0472
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91, OF BANDANA, KY. AND HOLLYWOOD, FLA. David Karl Hochbaum, 91, of Bandana, Ky. and Hollywood, Fla., died July 26 at Lourdes Hospital. He was born on September 30, 1920 in Brooklyn, N.Y. to the late Abraham and Ruth Nadler Hochbaum. He lived in Boston until he joined the United States Army during World War II, for which for three years he worked at the E.N.T. Clinic as a medic. He spent the majority of his adult years in the Atlanta area. He was an avid bowler, participating in the Jewish Men’s League of Atlanta for many years. After moving to South Florida, David bowled in a senior league until he was 90 years old. He was a lifelong fan of the Boston Red Sox. Surviving are his wife, Ruth V. Colvin Meacham Hochbaum; two daughters, Helene (Norman) Oleesky of Melbourne, Fla. and Joanne (Larry) Lutzker of Atlanta; a son, Alan Hochbaum of Atlanta; two grandsons, Michael Elis of Melbourne, Fla. and Brian Carl Elis of St. Petersburg, Fla.; three great-grandchildren, Gabriel Elis, Haley Elis and David Elis; and two sisters, Lillian Feldberg of Massachusetts and Selma Horovitz of Florida. He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, Sylvia Levy Hochbaum. Graveside services were held at 1 p.m. on July 29 at Temple Israel Cemetery. There was no visitation. Milner and Orr Funeral Home of Paducah was in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Autism Speaks, 1 East 33rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016.
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