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Probiotics, available in food and pills, provide balance to ease many ailments. Page 16

The Jewish Women’s Fund is helping the community confront eating disorders. Page 18

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Trump Stifles Sinai’s Refugee Support

By Michael Jacobs mjacobs@atljewishtimes.com Temple Sinai was set to sponsor a refugee family at the end of February, but President Donald Trump’s executive order placing a four-month moratorium on the refugee resettlement program and indefinitely suspending admissions from Syria has put those plans on hold.

“It’s all so tragic when you consider the real human beings on the other end of this vicious order,” said Kevin Abel, a Sinai member who is the vice chairman of the board of New American Pathways.

That Atlanta nonprofit works with national resettlement agencies to support newly arrived refugees. New American Pathways in fiscal 2016 helped put 502 new refugees, primarily from Burma, Congo, Bhutan, Syria and Somalia, on the path to self-sufficiency.

Temple Sinai is joining the organization’s co-sponsorship program, in which a faith group commits to provide supplementary services to one family for three to six months.

Abel said the co-sponsorship involves such actions as meeting the new arrivals at the airport, stocking their pantry the first time, serving their first meal, providing transportation to medical and governmental appointments, and teaching them to use public transit.

Stuart Levenson stands by the Braille map at Temple Sinai’s entrance, part of the synagogue’s commitment to inclusiveness.

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The idea for Sinai to become the rare synagogue co-sponsor was raised at Yom Kippur amid a discussion of the lackluster response to the Syrian refugee crisis.

Abel said he hoped seven or eight families would make the time commitment and contribute to the $2,500 Sinai needed to participate; he had about 25 and over $4,000 by the end of December.

Sinai intended to help one Syrian family, likely in Clarkston, while working the kinks out of the program in the first half of 2017, then take on more.

“We want to maintain the enthusiasm,” Abel said in December. “The capacity is certainly there.”

Now, he said, Sinai will likely work with refugees who are already here in-

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Sinai has collected more than one apartment’s worth of furniture, but none of it will be needed until after the refugee moratorium. Fortunately, two Sinai families donated a storage unit to hold the furniture and any future donations.

“The community response has been overwhelming and helps validate that we live in a society with many good people who want to do the right thing,” Abel said.

Sinai Senior Rabbi Ron Segal issued an angry response to the Trump order, but he also expressed pride in all the congregants supporting New American Pathways. “I am hopeful that their efforts toward Temple Sinai sponsoring a Syrian refugee family come to fruition soon.” ■

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Two Super Friends at Super Bowl Shortly before the Atlanta Falcons punched their Super Bowl ticket with a 44-21 dismantling of the Green Bay Packers on Jan. 22, Falcons owner Arthur Blank got an email from an unlikely supporter: Patriots owner Robert Kraft.

The two have been close since Blank bought the Falcons in February 2002, the month Kraft’s Patriots first won the title.

Kraft said he was pulling for Atlanta in the NFC championship. After the Patriots beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC championship, Blank and Kraft are set to face each other in the big game Sunday, Feb. 5, at 6:30 p.m. on Fox 5.

“It’s been a dream of ours to compete against each other in the Super Bowl,” Blank said at a press conference Thursday, Jan. 26. “I’ve had to remind Robert that we’re not actually going to be playing each other on the field, though; it’s our teams that will.”

In 2002, Kraft told Blank that if he ran the team the same way he ran Home Depot, he would be successful.

Blank took Kraft’s advice, and the Falcons have been in the playoffs seven times in 15 seasons after making the playoffs six times in the previous 36 seasons.

“The success we had at Home Depot was a sustained success for a long period of time,” Blank said. He said the Falcons should have their own period of sustained success now.

“With the exception of (kicker) Matt Bryant, who is close to my age or older,” he said, “this is a very young team. So we’re very well positioned to be competitive for a long time going forward.” ■ Prepare for the Super Bowl with our rundown of Jewish connections, doughnut predictions and beer selections, Pages 20-23.

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Getting Help With Gut-Wrenching Decision

The Best Gift Congratulations on your baby, Lauren! I am sitting here watching my own chromosomally enhanced, almost-18-year-old daughter dancing up a storm with her Wii game.

I wish I could give you a sense of the pure joy she has been to our family. I was 42 and my husband 44 when she was born. I did not have a prenatal diagnosis, and we were devastated. All I can say is thank goodness I did not have the ability to alter the course of events.

We say she is the best gift we ever got. I hope you have found Kelle Hampton’s book and blog. Good luck!

— Kathi Pinto, proud mom who aptly named our child Lizzy Joy Understanding My Purpose Today I read the article “GutWrenching Choice” (Jan. 20) and couldn’t help but reply.

I wanted to share my story with Lauren, as someone who also faced this life-changing decision.

Over 10 years ago, my husband and I were expecting our first child.

At 12 weeks, I had an ultrasound, and they found some abnormalities. After further checking, we were told the baby had a “giant omphalocele,” meaning most of the baby’s internal organs were growing on the outside. We were immediately told we should terminate, and I didn’t even realize that termination for medical reasons existed.

We spent four weeks meeting with genetic counselors, high-risk pediatricians and surgeons and underwent more high-level ultrasounds.

At 16 weeks, I made the decision to terminate the pregnancy.

It was hands-down the hardest choice I’ve ever made in my life.

Fast-forward a few years. I had a healthy son and was pregnant with my second child. At our 20-week ultrasound, we were told that the baby was a boy and that he had two markers for Down syndrome (a spot in his heart and one in his bowel). My husband and I opted for an amniocentesis and found that he did not have DS.

During this time my husband and I both had dreams that we had a daughter, and in both of our dreams she had Down syndrome (this was before our son had the two markers, making it even more unbelievable).

We made the choice to be done

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with our two children and be grateful that they were healthy.

Four years ago, our third child was born, our daughter. She was diagnosed at birth with Down syndrome.

She had no markers in utero, and I even had a negative blood test.

We know that she was meant to be ours all along; we were just scared of what we didn’t understand.

Looking back, everything happened how it was supposed to — although I have gut-wrenching regret wondering “what if” and know this will stay with me for the rest of my life.

I would absolutely be open to talking to this mother as she navigates her choice. I understand completely. I can say that having Ellie has changed my world in more positive ways than I can list. She is my mini-me. She is so smart, funny, beautiful and sassy.

She is the apple of her daddy’s and big brother’s eyes.

She is in pre-K and knows her letters, numbers, colors and shapes. She is reading at a first-grade level. And she loves Taco Bell and hip-hop music.

It sounds cliché, I’m sure, but I was praying to understand my purpose in this world, and once my girl was born, it became clear. Since her birth, I have been able to help moms receiving the diagnosis through a nonprofit that provides private, online support groups. These moms forge friendships that are lifelong.

I would be happy to have Lauren join our private group. Knowing you are not alone is life-changing.

Here is my blog: www.our3lilbirds. blogspot.com. Big huge hugs to this mama. I hope she can have clarity and peace in whatever decision she makes.

— Tiffany Stafford

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Recap: A mother-to-be is told that her baby has markers for Down syndrome, indicated by an amniocentesis. She struggles with the decision of whether to keep the pregnancy.

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It’s Your Choice, But a Child Is a Gift First, congratulations on your pregnancy. So many friends of mine never had the opportunity you have of carrying a life. It’s a wondrous thing.

Yes, you have a choice, as does your husband. You will both be parenting a child who will have challenges.

You must be a team, or it won’t work — whatever you decide.

Yes, G-d entrusted you with this child, but you have free will. I always told my husband that, if faced with this choice, I would abort.

I no longer feel that way.

A child is a gift. I am the lucky mother of two daughters with learning challenges. We have faced them headon and have become stronger and oh-so-much wiser because of them.

Yes, I have cried too many times to count. But the rewards have been so great. My view of life is different. I appreciate the smallest things.

Listen to your heart and trust in your marriage. Courage, humor and patience will be your friends. Faith will be your guiding light.

Whatever your outcome, your true friends will support you when you choose to let them in. Please, count me among them. Be well.

— EBG

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CALENDAR Mountain Climbing I wish I could reach out through my computer keys and wrap you in a hug. You are normal and healthy to be beset by doubts, devastation and sadness. You had dreams, dreams of raising a healthy child who would set out to make his mark on the world.

Now, instead, you may be saddled by myriad medical needs and crises, strapped to a needy being who may never gain independence. Not exactly what you signed up for.

But, Lauren, if G-d is gifting you with a special child, you have another choice. After grieving the loss of your dreams, you can embrace this challenge.

Like a mountain climber, you can gear up with the necessary equipment and hike to the crest.

Have you ever seen the scenery at a mountain peak? The indescribable beauty is what propels so many to make the climb.

May G-d bless you, your husband and your unborn child. In the words of the traditional blessing upon a baby’s birth, “May you merit to raise him l’Torah l’chuppah ul’ma’asim tovim (to Torah, to the wedding canopy and to do good deeds).”

— Esther Ostro

THURSDAY, FEB. 2

Political economy. Glenn Abney, a retired Georgia State professor, explains at 10:30 a.m. the conditions behind the 2008 recession as part of the Edgewise Speaker Series at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Free for JCC members, $5 for others; matureadults@ atlantajcc.org or 678-812-3861.

Kosher festival. Chabad of Georgia hosts Kosher Food & Wine Atlanta at 7 p.m. at Mason Fine Art, 415 Plasters Ave., Atlanta. Tickets are $80 in advance ($65 for ages 21 to 30) or $90 at the door; www.kfwatl.com.

FRIDAY, FEB. 3

Chinese dinner. YJP Atlanta for adults in their 20s and 30s follows a Shabbat service at 6:30 p.m. with happy hour at 7 and a Chinese dinner at 7:30 at Chabad Intown, 928 Ponce de Leon Ave., Midtown. Tickets are $20 (no tickets at the door); www.yjpatlanta.org.

Shabbat in the Shtetl. Chabad of North Fulton, 10180 Jones Bridge Road, Alpharetta, serves a dinner with shtetl flair at 7 p.m. after services at 6. Dinner is $25 for adults, $18 for kids and free for children 4 and under; RSVP to admin@chabadnf.org or 770-410-9000.

SATURDAY, FEB. 4

KEFTY Kasino. The NFTY chapter at Temple Kol Emeth, 1415 Old Canton Road, East Cobb, holds a fundraiser for Camp Jenny from 7 to 11 p.m. for ninthto 12th-graders. Admission is $25, with a $15 entry fee for poker tournament; keftykasino2017.eventbrite.com.

Weber doubleheader. The Weber School invites middle-schoolers and their parents to the Rams’ basketball matchup with Cross Keys High, with the girls playing at 7:30 and the boys at 9, including a halftime performance, a free-throw shootout, treats and a raffle, at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Free; www.weberschool. org/about-us/calendar/ms/index.aspx.

SUNDAY, FEB. 5

World Wide Wrap. The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs holds its annual educational event about tefillin. Locations include Congregation Etz Chaim, 1190 Indian Hills Parkway, East Cobb, at 9:15 a.m. (HLNeedle@gmail.com) and Congregation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Dunwoody, at 9:30 a.m. (mensclub@bethshalom.net).

TUESDAY, FEB. 7

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JBC luncheon. The Jewish Breakfast Club holds a luncheon session with Atlanta Hawks CEO Steve Koonin at 11:30 a.m. at Greenberg Traurig, 3333 Piedmont Road, Suite 2500, Buckhead.

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Master chefs. The Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, continues its series of chefs sharing recipes and cooking tips at 7 p.m. with cookbook author Cynthia Graubart. The cost is $50 for JCC members, $65 for others; bit.ly/2jSJnb9 or 678-812-3798.

Scholars series. Bernard Lieberman, the head of music and fine arts at New York’s Stuyvesant High, speaks at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Shearith Israel, 1180 University Drive, Morningside, about “The Science of Music.” Free; shearithisrael.com or 404-873-1743.

THURSDAY, FEB. 9

Leadership lessons. Diane Vinyard of On-Target Leadership speaks at 10:30 a.m. about “Leadership With Family and Friends” for the Edgewise Speaker Series at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Free for JCC members, $5 for others; matureadults@ atlantajcc­.org or 678-812-3861.

Community change. CEOs for Cities head Lee Fisher speaks about creating an innovative city and region at Leadership Sandy Springs’ Live Learn Lead

event, starting with heavy appetizers at 6:30 p.m., at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church, 805 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs. Tickets are $25 for LSS alumni and donors, $30 for others; bit. ly/2jrbT4J.

FRIDAY, FEB. 10

Tu B’Shevat dinner. Shabbat in the Highlands at Anshi, 1324 N. Highland Ave., Virginia-Highland, starts with candle lighting at 5:59. Dinner is $18; www.anshisfard.com or 404-969-6763.

Tu B’Shevat retreat. The Retreat Center at Ramah Darom in Clayton hosts a Farm 2 Table Tu B’Shevat through Sunday, as well as a Sunday-only option.

The fee starts at $150 per person for ages 18 to 30 and $300 for those over 30 for the weekend or $36 for just Sunday; www.tinyurl.com/ramah-farm2table.

Scout Shabbat. Congregation Ner Tamid, 1349 Old Highway 41, Suite 220, Marietta, welcomes all Boy and Girl Scouts and adult volunteers to a service at 7 p.m., with special patches for those in uniform. Free; RSVP to events@ mynertamid.org or 678-264-8575 with the name of the Scout attending.

Shabbat Shirah. Congregation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Dunwoody, and Zimria Festivale Atlanta bring singing to the 6:30 p.m. service.

Free; bethshalomatlanta.org.

Shabbat Shirah. Congregation Bet Haverim holds a festive service full of music and singing to celebrate the freedom of the Israelites at 7:30 p.m. at Oakhurst Baptist Church, 222 East Lake Drive, Decatur. Free; www. congregationbethaverim­.org.

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25 Years Ago Jan. 31, 1992 ■ A curriculum designed for children from the former Soviet Union will be implemented next month when Shalom Sunday: The Family School opens at the Atlanta Jewish Community Center on Peachtree Road. Based on models used in Los Angeles and Chicago, the program features separate 90-minute classes for parents and children on Jewish history and concepts and the local community. At least 100 Soviet Jewish children are believed to attend local public schools.

■ The bat mitzvah of Elise Goldberg of Atlanta, daughter of Terry Spector and Robert Goldberg, will take place at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at B’nai Torah Synagogue.

■ Ronit and Samuel Litwack of Atlanta announce the birth of a daughter, Alina Sara, on Jan. 3.

50 Years Ago Feb. 3, 1967 ■ Ku Klux Klan strength in 12 Southern states has jumped to 50,000 members, an increase of 30,000 in the past year, according to research made public by Dore Schary, the national chairman of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith. The surge was attributed to several factors, including the return of members who had dropped out, a climate of fear related to violence in and around black ghettoes, and the gubernatorial nominations of Lurleen Wallace in Alabama and Lester Maddox in Georgia.

■ Diplomats at the United Nations are pessimistic at the prospects for peace between Israel and Syria after two sessions of the Israeli-Syrian Mixed Armistice Commission.

■ Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Rubin of Atlanta announce the engagement of their daughter, Davida Chasna Rubin, to Lawrence Zachary Krantz, son of Mrs. Isadore H. Krantz 5 of Atlanta. A June 4 wedding is planned.

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JNF Announces Photo Contest Winners

Jewish National Fund has recognized six Georgians as winners and runnersup in the organization’s third annual Israel Photo Contest.

JNF established the contest to celebrate the beauty, diversity and character of the land and people of Israel.

Atlanta lawyer Jon Barash won one of the five categories and was runner-up in three others. Noam Garfinkel won two categories. The other category winners were Mark Favus and Galya Fischer, while Shai Bendavid and Evan Bauman were runners-up.

The results: • Historical — Fischer, winner; Barash, runner-up.

• Modern — Barash, winner; Bauman, runner-up.

• Landscape — Garfinkel, winner; Barash, runner-up.

• People — Favus, winner; Barash, runner-up.

• Under age 25 — Garfinkel, winner; Bendavid, runner-up.

Each photographer provided a story about the submitted image. ■

Historical winner Galya Fischer: “A glimpse from the past, taken at a stand at the flea market in Yafo.”

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People winner Mark Favus: “The photo was taken in a sunlit courtyard on Mount Zion in Jerusalem near David’s Tomb. The two biblical scholars were in an intense conversation when I took the photo. They both smiled in my direction and then continued the discourse.

Nearby were Muslim tourists from Pakistan and a Catholic Church group from Germany.”

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Landscape runner-up Jon Barash: “Just outside the Old City, Jerusalem, this man enjoys a quiet moment sitting alone on a bench, facing Arab neighborhoods to the southeast of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.”

Landscape and under-25 winner Noam Garfinkel: “I took this picture at Hamachtesh Hagadol while on a hike there. After climbing up the side of a mountain, we got to the top, and I knew I needed to get the perfect shot.”

Modern winner Jon Barash: “The Mahane Yehuda Market (a.k.a. the Shuk) is a bustling, colorful maze of alleys and vending stalls where there’s always something interesting to look at. What made this scene particularly compelling to me was the eye contact between the worker pushing the cart and the two young men walking in the street.”

Modern runner-up Evan Bauman: “The photograph, in my perspective, encompasses a theme of community.

It does not matter where an individual may be from, for every person in the photograph had come together as one on this popular beach. Similarly, the colors of the umbrellas symbolize the underlying sense of variance of the people who were on the beach that day. For me, I felt as if I had obtained a stronger connection with Israel by visiting Tel Aviv.”

People runner-up Jon Barash: “This was taken at Mahane Yehuda Market, Jerusalem. This place is popular with both visitors and locals alike; the Shuk is always good for people watching.”

Historical runner-up Jon Barash: “Deep in his reading, this Hasidic man walks along a Jerusalem street just outside the Old City with the Mount of Olives in the background.”

Under-25 runner-up Shai Bendavid: “I caught a glimpse of these men playing chess in a shuk in Tel Aviv and thought that it would be a nice memory to have.”

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Jewish families in Salonica, like this one shown in 1917, were not satisfied with a Jewish curriculum that left out Zionism.

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Feb. 3, 1919: A delegation of the Zionist Organization, led by Chaim Weizmann, presents the case for a Jewish homeland in Palestine to the Paris Peace Conference after World War I. Feb. 4, 1921: In Salonica, Greece, the Conference of Greek Zionists adopts a resolution declaring that Jewish education in the Alliance Israelite Universelle schools does not meet with Jewish national views and aspirations and calling for a new syllabus. Those schools promote Western values and Jewish emancipation but not political Zionism.

Feb. 5, 1890: The custom of planting trees in Israel on Tu B’Shevat begins when Ze’ev Yavetz, an educator in Zichron Ya’akov, takes his students to plant trees on the holiday.

Feb. 6, 2001: For the only time in Israel’s history, a direct election is held for prime minister without a simultaneous election for the Knesset. Ariel Sharon receives 62.4 percent of the vote to defeat incumbent Ehud Barak.

One month later, the Knesset amends the election law to eliminate direct election.

Feb. 7, 1999: Jordan’s King Hussein, who in 1994 became the second leader of an Arab state to make peace with Israel, dies of complications related to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Feb. 8, 1878: Renowned philosopher Martin Buber is born in Vienna.

After his parents’ divorce when he is 3 years old, Buber spends much of his childhood in Lemberg, Ukraine, raised by his grandparents in their religious home. Buber immigrates to Jerusalem in 1933.

Feb. 9, 1994: Five months after the signing of the Declaration of Principles on the White House lawn, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat sign an agreement in Cairo.

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Israel Pride: Good News From Our Jewish Home A place to grow stem cells. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the application from Biological Industries for its NutriStem hPSC XF medium to grow stem cells. The Kibbutz Beit Haemek-based company has over 30 years’ experience in cell culture media development and manufacturing.

“Remarkable,” tolerant Israel. In a speech to the Conservative Friends of Israel, British Prime Minister Theresa May called Israel “a remarkable country” and “a beacon of tolerance.” She said British ties with Israel are “crucial,” and she promised to lift the bilateral trade relationship to new heights.

Home for 100 Syrian orphans. Israel plans to absorb 100 orphans from Syria. The children will receive temporary resident status and be placed in boarding schools and with Arab foster families. Later, if their relatives seek unification, they will be resettled as well.

Cooperation with Croatia. Israeli

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Croatia’s Andrej Plenkovic, who was on his first visit to Israel as prime minister. They signed a cooperation agreement on disaster prevention and emergency response.

determined the cause of a heavenly flash June 14, 2015, that was double the intensity of any previous supernova.

They determined that it was a star being swallowed by a massive black hole rotating close to the speed of light.

Cyprus, beginning in March. More European destinations are expected soon.

Cypriot airline TUS is adding Athens, Rhodes and Kos to its Haifa route. And Iceland’s WOW Air will soon fly daily from Tel Aviv to Reykjavik.

Going to the moon. SpaceIL, based at Tel Aviv University, is one of five teams (out of 33 starters) to reach the final of the Google Lunar XPrize competition, which will award $20 million to the first private team to land a vehicle safely on the moon. The five teams now have verified launch contracts.

R&D for Renault-Nissan. The RenaultNissan Alliance will establish an independent technology innovation center in Israel, it was revealed at the Cars 2017 conference in Tel Aviv. RenaultNissan is the latest carmaker looking to exploit Israel’s smart-car capabilities.

Jerusalem’s Winter Festival. February in Jerusalem brings the annual Shaon Horef (Winter Noise) cultural festival.

On each of the four Monday nights, Jerusalem’s streets are transformed into art and music venues. Events include street theater, night tours, dance classes and videos screened on buildings.

Plant substitute for colas. Hishtil Nurseries in Afula produces the cola plant (Artemisia abrotanum). The leaves of the plant give a caramel flavor to hot and cold beverages, salads, stews, and stir-fry. It is one of 250 culinary herbal plants exported by Hishtil across Western Europe and North America.

Superflash explained. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot have

Robotic help to feed the world. Karen Kloosterman of Flux, based in Tel Aviv, has developed Eddy, a foot-high plastic robot that communicates the growing conditions of hydroponics units (pH level, temperature, humidity, pollutants) via a smartphone app. It also can control the nutrients in the plants.

New flights from Israel. Low-cost airline Ryanair is starting flights out of Tel Aviv. Its first route is to Paphos,

Zionism on display at airport. To commemorate the 120th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress, the World Zionist Organization has installed a 400-foot-long exhibition of posters at Ben Gurion Airport. The photos and compositions depict milestones in the history of the Zionist movement.

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Historic Roots of Bedouin Land Disputes in Negev

By Eli Sperling

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Recently, Israel has seen a series of loud protests over policies in Negev Bedouin villages unrecognized by the Israeli government. No one should expect, however, that these protests will evolve into anything as life-threatening or severe as the attacks that have occurred in Israeli population centers, most recently during the “Intifada of Knives.”

There are 200,000 Bedouin Arab citizens in Israel, representing 12 percent of Israel’s Arab population of 1.7 million.

Tensions between Negev Bedouin, many of whom serve in the Israel Defense Forces, and the Israeli government are not new. These disputes, like those with previous governments (Ottoman and British) that controlled the area in which the Bedouin live, have centered on two issues: the freedom of the Bedouin to move from place to place, as is their custom, and who owns the land on which they settle.

The roots of these modern Negev Bedouin-government tensions are found in Ottoman land laws reformed more than 150 years ago.

In 1858, the Ottoman Empire, which controlled all the land from 8 Tunis to the Persian Gulf and north to

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Israel has 35 of these unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev.

Turkey, introduced land reforms that sought to register individuals as owners of the land they inhabited with a central administration.

Previously, land tenure was loosely based on local customs, with much of Ottoman land inhabited by sedentary peasant-farmers and seminomadic Bedouin; large swaths were held by urban merchants who leased the land to the farmers and Bedouin.

Many subjects of the empire, including the Negev Bedouin, wanted to avoid the taxation and military conscription registries that were byproducts of land-ownership registration.

Accordingly, many did not register the land that they had worked for decades and allowed either local merchants or officials to do it for them. Others simply lived or temporarily squatted on nonregistered land, considered “Ottoman-owned.”

With the fall of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, the Negev Bedouin were largely left to their traditional, seminomadic, pastoral way of life on large, unregistered portions of the Negev Desert within the British Mandate of Palestine (1922 to 1948).

In 1948, when the state of Israel was established, the Negev and the Bedouin who lived there came under Israeli control. Because many had never obtained Ottoman title deeds or any British land-ownership documentation, the Israeli government considered these hefty parcels state-owned and began developing necessary infrastructure on them.

Beginning in 1951, under Israeli administrative control, nomadic Bedouin movement became largely restricted.

Accordingly, many who had roamed through the region settled semipermanently in portions of the Negev amid the three cities of Arad, Dimona and Be’er Sheva. Within this area, numerous Bedouin towns developed.

In the 1970s and ’80s, as part of a larger effort to move this population off state land, the Israeli government built

seven Bedouin-only towns, including schools and medical infrastructure.

Since then, after many legal battles, the Israeli government has recognized nearly a dozen of the Bedouin-built Negev towns. However, 35 unrecognized villages remain on land that is considered state property. Government demolition of homes and protests of Israeli government actions are commonplace.

The Bedouin protests and associated violence, including the recent death of an Israeli police officer and his assailant, are widely publicized and will not cease. Why? Individuals like the Bedouin who pursue customary ways are always in a potential mode to clash with central governments that seek to constrain their traditions.

While Israel is credited with bringing modernity and infrastructure to the Bedouin of this region, many prefer to pursue traditional modes of settlement despite the legal ramifications. ■ Eli Sperling is the Israel specialist and assistant program coordinator for the Center for Israel Education.

Further Reading • www.mmi.gov.il/static/HanhalaPirsumim/Beduin_information.pdf • knesset.gov.il/lexicon/eng/bedouim_eng.htm • www.timesofisrael.com/press-puts-the-um-in-umm-al-hiran

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Yad Vashem commemoration Jan. 26.

Iran’s commitment to destroy Israel.

He spoke about the nature of this nuclear agreement and the danger it poses. We spoke about it together.

I’m talking now not only in political

terms. I’m talking about every person in the world, any person of conscience who’d speak out about the resurgence of the same attitude that decades ago openly said, “We’re out to destroy the Jewish people,” and today the same attitude that says, “We’re out to destroy the Jewish people of Israel” or “We’re out to destroy the Jewish state.” It must encounter forceful, consistent, powerful resistance, in words and also in deeds.

As prime minister of Israel, I will not be silent. I haven’t been silent, and we don’t intend to be inactive either. We don’t merely intend to speak out, but we will take all the measures we need to defend ourselves, and we will take all

the measures necessary to prevent Iran from getting the means of mass murder to carry out their horrible plans. …

We also know that the issue is not merely the Jewish state or the Jewish people. Because we’ve seen that this hatred, when it goes unchecked, spreads around the world, and, in fact, in many ways, that is what is happening. So it’s up to the forces of civilization, the forces of conscience, the forces of responsibility, to join together to stop this process.

The regime that spawned the Holocaust ended up in the dustbin of history. That’s a lesson for Iran. It’s a lesson to every enemy of the Jewish people and the Jewish state. ■

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Representatives of more than 50 countries attended the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust event at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, on Thursday, Jan. 26, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks: This day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust is fraught with significance. We fulfill at once our obligation never to forget because every victim had a story, a family, a childhood, a future cut short. And as you go in these halls, in Yad Vashem, you see these individuals’ stories, and this is made more poignant and more heart-wrenching by just thinking about each single person, or a single person, then thinking about the multiplication of the horror.

In a few short years, 6 million of our people were wiped away, literally incinerated. And the forces of evil had built an industry of mass murder.

So as we remember the victims and this crime, we must never forget the roots of our greatest disaster: the insatiable hatred for the Jewish people.

This hatred culminated in murder, but it began with intolerance.

The Holocaust, thank G-d, is behind us, but the hatred and intolerance that drove it is not. Anti-Semitism, which is the world’s oldest hatred, is experiencing a revival in the enlightened West. You can see this in European capitals — just unbelievable, the rise of anti-Semitism, the resurgence of anti-Semitism that is happening, and few would have imagined that this would be possible a few years ago. …

The greatest danger that we face, of the hatred for the Jewish people and the Jewish state, comes from the east.

It comes from Iran. It comes from the ayatollah regime that is fanning these flames and calling outright for the destruction of the Jewish state.

I want you to think about a regime that openly declared its intention to eliminate every black person, every gay person, every European. I think the entire world would be outraged, and rightly so.

But when a regime merely calls to wipe out every Israeli — which is what they say, day in, day out, their most prominent leaders, they say it — what do we encounter? A deafening silence.

Now that may change. I hope it will change. I believe it will change. Because I spoke a few days ago to President Trump, and he spoke about the Iranian aggression. He spoke about

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U.S. Refuge

FEBRUARY 3 ▪ 2017

Too much uninformed anger swirls around the U.S. refugee resettlement program, and President Donald Trump’s executive order Friday, Jan. 27, only inflames the situation.

“Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States” bars any citizen of seven predominantly Muslim countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — from entering the United States for 90 days, suspends the refugee resettlement program for 120 days, and stops the acceptance of Syrian refugees until further notice.

The chaos that ensued at U.S. airports in the first 24 hours after the executive order’s signing caused the United States global embarrassment.

Legal U.S. residents with green cards were detained when they tried to re-enter the country. Visitors, new immigrants and refugees who had done everything required by U.S. law were stopped, the victims of rules being changed midjourney. Citizens of the seven banned nations reportedly were removed from U.S.-bound planes.

Protests popped up at airports, including Hartsfield-Jackson. A federal judge quickly issued a temporary order to prevent those held at airports from being sent back to their home countries.

We hope the Trump administration learns a lesson about the foolishness of instituting such a sweeping order with immediate effect and without proper implementation instructions for agencies.

We also hope that the administration never again acts against people who have made it through the lengthy, expensive process of legal immigration.

While illegal immigration and the future of illegal immigrants are areas for debate, those issues must not cause harm to legal immigrants, who are inarguably one of the sources of this nation’s greatness.

We are most concerned, however, about the refugee portion of this executive order, which adds to the “alternative facts” involved. It is a myth that refugees lack thorough vetting, just as it is untrue that their numbers are overwhelming social services (private agencies provide the necessary support) or that terrorists are infiltrating the nation as fake refugees (no cases have happened in the United States, where bad actors can get across our porous borders in many easier ways than pretending to be refugees).

Trump’s decision to cap the annual number of refugees at 50,000 is disappointing when the world has a record refugee population. But the total is in line with the numbers admitted annually until President Barack Obama doubled the cap for fiscal 2016.

We wonder, however, whether Trump intends to resume refugee resettlement after the 120 days. The rationale for the suspension is to review and toughen security screening procedures. But the vetting process already takes years, involves individual interviews and checks against all government and law enforcement databases, and was enhanced in 2008.

The executive order is addressing a nonexistent security flaw. It’s an action that endangers lives and undermines our moral standing for no reason, and it’s a worrisome sign of a president who takes too much pleasure in wielding power and not enough in 10 protecting our individual liberties. ■

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Know Who’s Marching With You It’s easy for the millions who marched against American police to kill U.S. citizens. the Trump administration Jan. 21 to look at the week That anti-Israel attitude goes to the top of the that followed and say, “We Jan. 21 marches in the form told you so.” There’s not of one of the organizers, much to like in talk of 20 Linda Sarsour.

Editor’s Notebook percent tariffs on Mexican Sarsour, a Palestiniangoods, the omission of American, put herself

By Michael Jacobs any reference to Jews in a forward as one of the faces mjacobs@atljewishtimes.com statement on International of the women’s marches, Holocaust Remembrance an observant Muslim Day, efforts to block legal woman in a hijab standing immigrants and refugees, and the addition of Steve up for religious freedom and equal rights for fellow Bannon to a National Security Council that no longer Muslims. Never mind that she has minimized Saudi necessarily has room for the head of the Joint Chiefs Arabia’s oppression of women and seemed to align of Staff and the director of national intelligence. herself with those who felt that the cartoonists at President Donald Trump has proved his words Charlie Hebdo got what they were asking for. and actions must be closely monitored, but the proThe point is that she has a record of rejecting Israel community faces threats within the amalgaIsrael’s right to exist, from calling Zionism creepy to mation of people and causes most active against him. refusing to work with people who back Israel.

Go back to inauguration day, when the Georgia Sarsour is on the right side regarding the treatJanuary 20th Coalition — composed of more than ment of Muslims in the United States, but she’s not two dozen groups, including local chapters of Jewish someone I would want speaking for me. Beware Voice for Peace, Black Lives Matter and the Council of steps down the road of intersectionality, adding on American-Islamic Relations — issued a lengthy Palestinians to the list of the oppressed who need a list of demands related to turning Atlanta into a broad progressive coalition to come to their defense. sanctuary city and a haven for progressive causes We got a taste of the ugly possibilities during great and small. the impromptu airport demonstrations against the Seventh on that list was the return of a demand refugee executive order. In several cities, including that includes nothing less than a blood libel: “That San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago, the masses the City of Atlanta stop participating in the Georgia broke into raucous chants of “From Palestine to International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE), Mexico, all the walls have got to go.” a program that sends city police to Israel to receive I doubt many of those demonstrators had the training in repressive and racist policing tactics.”

Palestinians in mind when they left home, but a Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed wasted no time in few people hijacked the events not only to get some rejecting the same demand amid Black Lives Matter media attention for their cause, but also to plant the demonstrations in the fall, and there’s no reason to seed in more minds that refugees from Latin Amerithink he’ll even waste time responding to this ad hoc ca and the oppressed Palestinians are the same. coalition. But it’s worth knowing that at least some None of this is meant to suggest people should of the people who took to the streets in Atlanta bestop protesting administration actions. Just beware lieve and/or want to spread the lie that Israel trains of your intersectional bedfellows. ■

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Rabbi Buys First Cup Jews, each group included Trump supporters, including two young men at the diner from a Jewish high school.

The students said they came seeking a Jewish outlet where their opinions would be heard civilly. They were upset that the morning after the election a Kaddish “for the country” was recited at their school and that they were derided for wanting to

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watch the inauguration.

A number of participants admitted that they had not talked face-toface with a Jewish Republican in the six months prior.

A self-described “conservative” wrote in post-event feedback: “When I go to events and get scolded, scorned and ostracized for my political views, where’s the opening for me? The lefties were close to speechless. They said they had no idea that people on our side felt this way, and acknowledged that it is not good, that the Jewish community cannot be exclusionary and unwelcoming to conservatives. After that, we talked about how important and how good it felt to be actually sitting across from others with different viewpoints, and arguing, which just doesn’t happen much anymore — arguing is considered problematic rather than interesting, which it is. We all left wanting more of this.”

My brother said, “People who self-select to come to this are both serious about engaging in deep dialogue with other Jews and have requested that, the next time we do this, we put some definitively Jewish statement up for review, including the relation of American Jews to Israel, the question of religious politics vs. secular politics, the differing approaches in the Jewish community toward poverty, as well as the question of when did Jews acquire white privilege.”

Coffee With Rabbis was a modest effort, one that will be refined for the future, and, indeed, John has recommended that the format be repeated in three or four months, focusing more directly on Jewish topics and making certain that schedules permit the participation of his Orthodox colleagues.

Anyone up for Coffee With Rabbis in Atlanta? ■

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I acknowledge, with pride, that this column concerns an event conceived by my brother, Rabbi John Schechter of Congregation B’nai Israel (Conservative) in Basking Ridge, N.J. Two days after President Donald Trump’s inaugural address, several dozen Jews gathered at four locations in northern New Jersey to discuss its content. The Coffee With Rabbis model could be duplicated anywhere, including Atlanta.

The conversations — held at a Starbucks coffee shop, two Panera Bread restaurants and a diner — were led by 17 rabbis and one cantor. Participants split into smaller groups, each moderated by two rabbis from differing denominations.

The sessions went well past their scheduled hour. The diner gathering adjourned to a nearby home when the manager worried aloud about tables for dinner customers.

“There was good camaraderie but not unanimity” of opinion, my brother reported.

Not bad for an event planned in less than three weeks with a budget of $100 (presumably John’s offer to buy the first round). Organizational support came from the Jewish Community Relations Bureau of the Metro West Jewish Federation.

Coffee With Rabbis has the attention of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Atlanta.

“It is my hope that we can duplicate this kind of program in Atlanta under the auspices of JCRC,” said Lois Frank, a past national chair of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and an Atlanta JCRC board member. “We need safe, nonjudgmental and intellectually sound discussions around the pithy topics we are facing as Jews and Americans right now. Having rabbis as pivotal in the discussions, particularly if they are not necessarily like-minded in their points of view, will add wisdom and respect and perhaps some skilled refereeing to the exercise.”

The New Jersey rabbis came from the Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist movements. The unavailability of the invited Orthodox clergy was traced to vacation at local yeshivas, with rabbis also taking time away.

When the conversations veered off-topic, the rabbis steered the proceedings back on course.

Though they formed a minority, as they were in voting by American

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OPINION

The Lack of Values in the Trump Administration What to make of President Donald Trump’s actions in light of Jewish values — and American values — of loving the stranger and of honesty?

So far, he and his administration are about as tone-deaf and clueless as you can get.

His executive order banning people from certain countries was conceived in secret, was overbroad, was issued with no consultation with Congress or the State Department, and was illtimed because officials on the ground had not been prepared to implement the order in a proper and humane fashion.

In other words, the president did not care how sloppy a job he did, as long as he appealed to that part of his base that wanted to see a total ban on Muslims.

Loving the stranger because we were strangers is one of the highest of Jewish values. There may be necessary instances of vetting people coming into the country, but we had people with green cards and people with proper visas being denied entry. One, an Iraqi man who had worked with the American military for a decade,

could have been killed if he had been returned to Iraq.

That man, Hameed Khalid Darweesh, has become the face of what is happening: a person caught

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in the maw of a president and an administration so unsympathetic to the human condition and so inexperienced in executing power that they are either showing incompetence or are constructing a new reality of what America is.

What is it that the 45th president will do for the country?

He might improve access to health care for all Americans, or he might not. He might increase jobs for Americans, or he might not. He might increase military preparedness, or he might not. He might reform the tax system to make it fairer, or he might not.

But unless he changes his

personal character and the way he performs the duties of the office of the presidency, little of that will matter.

Of course, we hear that a 70-year-old man can hardly be expected to change.

So what might we have expected as he carried out the transition to his administration?

We have seen a stark failure to “drain the swamp,” as he put it during his campaign. He targeted Goldman Sachs but now has at least six former Goldman Sachs executives in the major jobs within the administration.

His own ethical challenges will worry and perhaps jeopardize the country the next four years. His failure to sell his holdings and put the proceeds into a blind trust will dog him as long as he is in office. His assets are too public for him not to notice when foreign governments provide business at his properties or favors through his businesses.

Who knows when he will include personal business in any of the hundreds of phone calls he will have in any given week?

All of which is compounded by his continuing failure to provide his tax returns. This will raise unending questions about conflicts of interest.

Courtesy of Steve Bannon and the Russians, both of whom are practiced in the art of misinformation, the realm of fake news has made an addition to the political lexicon: “alternative facts.” Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway used that term for what NBC’s Chuck Todd called lies.

Facts are not alternative: They are either facts, or they are not. It is embarrassing to the country to have its leadership think so little of us as to deal in fantasy and unreality.

To have Bannon tell the press to just shut up is to marginalize the Fourth Estate, which the country has depended on since the 1700s to keep the government as honest as possible.

Sadly, we also have moral capitulation. When congressional leaders are led by the nose and fear upsetting the president, they lose their ability to “cause reason to break out.”

As of this writing, few Republicans have voiced their opposition to the overbroad executive orders that are getting our country into trouble.

Where are the moral leaders we want and demand in this time of uncertainty, unreality and unbelievable embarrassment and of harm that will come to the country? ■

Religious Groups Respond to Refugee Order

FEBRUARY 3 ▪ 2017

Jewish and interfaith organizations were largely critical after President Donald Trump on Friday, Jan. 27, signed a 120-day moratorium on refugee resettlement, a 90-day halt to entrance to the country by citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations tied to terrorism, and an indefinite suspension of admission by Syrian refugees. (For our view, see Page 10. For a rundown of the vetting refugees go through, visit atlantajewishtimes.com/2017/01/ refugee­-vetting-13-step-process.)

Among the statements: • The Rabbinical Council of America and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America reaffirmed the principles of their joint statement from December 2015: “We call on all Americans to reaffirm that discrimination against any group based solely upon religion is wrong and anathema to the great traditions of religious and personal freedoms upon which this country was founded. … We recognize that the complex issues that face us in ensuring the safety and security from terror of innocents and free societies throughout the world need to be ad12 dressed but need to be done in sober

and responsible ways. We call upon … the United States government to recognize the threats posed by radical Islamists while preserving and protecting the rights of all people who seek peace, no matter how they worship G-d.”

• The Zionist Organization of America praised Trump’s “humane order”: “This is a much-needed effort to address a key flaw with the U.S. immigration vetting process, pointed out by numerous top U.S. security officials during the Obama administration: the lack of information needed to properly vet immigrants and to keep ISIS from infiltrating the U.S.” • B’nai B’rith International said enhanced vetting of refugees is already in place and urged the president to rescind the executive order because “a nation of immigrants should be more than sympathetic to leaving the door open for others seeking peace, hope and a better life.” President Gary P. Saltzman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin said, “Our country has a great, though sometimes imperfect, tradition of welcoming those fleeing oppression, persecution and unending civil wars.”

• The Jewish Council for Public Af-

fairs is “deeply concerned about President Trump’s actions on immigration and refugees, and the callous decision to take such action on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. These pronouncements not only severely restrict immigration; they instill fear among existing immigrant populations,” JCPA President and CEO David Bernstein said. JCPA Chair Cheryl Fishbein added: “The United States currently has one of the most stringent vetting policies in the world.”

• American Jewish World Service objected “in the strongest terms” to the order. “These policies violate the best traditions of the United States, international human rights law and our deepest Jewish values,” President and CEO Robert Bank said. “We understand all too well what it means to deny safe harbor to persecuted people who are seeking refuge, and we believe we are at risk of returning to the days when the United States tragically acted with indifference to Jewish and other refugees from Europe during World War II.” • The Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta, Interfaith Community Initiatives and Neshama Interfaith Center

called on Trump “to rescind this abhorrent and unconstitutional executive order. Every member of Congress must denounce its provisions, including the imposition of a religious test for entry, and urge its immediate withdrawal. Every American citizen must take every possible action to oppose this violation of America’s values.”

• Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said: “History will look back on this order as a sad moment in American history — the time when the president turned his back on people fleeing for their lives.”

• American Jewish Committee greeted the order with “profound concern” and made the following points: Refugees from nations in upheaval are “laboriously and intrusively vetted” in a process that takes 18 to 24 months; those from Central America are almost all women and children; the United States has an obligation to help refugees under the 1951 U.N. Refugee Convention; in the 14 years ending in October 2015, 784,000 refugees were resettled in the United States, and three were arrested for planning terrorist actions (none of which happened). ■

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Riverwood Grad Guides Hollywood to Sleep Success

FEBRUARY 3 ▪ 2017

A page from the Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center came to life when Michael Breus discussed his health book, “The Power of When,” at the center Sunday, Jan. 15.

The night was made more special when Breus, a graduate of Riverwood High in Sandy Springs, opened with slides of his Hollywood success, including appearances with Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Rachael Ray and Katie Couric.

Although much of his talk centered on sleep, Breus presented a groundbreaking formula to unlock each person’s chronotype, which he presented as the best way to sync the rhythm of your biology to perform at peak levels to manage creativity, exercise and speed. In today’s high-octane world, we all want a good night’s sleep and the ability to properly time things like asking for a raise or chatting with a teen child.

Here are some points from Breus, a clinical psychologist and sleep medicine fellow:

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• Most people’s blood pressure drops at 10:30 p.m., when sleep becomes easiest. Our deepest sleep is around 2 a.m.

• Kids listen best when they are at low energy, meaning bedtime.

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• When you wake up, don’t grab for coffee until 10:30 a.m. Drink water first and get some sunlight.

• Many people “enjoy intimacy” at the wrong time; 10:30 p.m. is when hormones are at their lowest, meaning it’s too late. For women, the best time to start is 6 p.m., although men can peak “any time,” a revelation that got a big audience reaction.

• It might be best to exercise after 2 p.m. Morning jogs may lead to weight loss but will involve slower speeds and a higher propensity for

injury.

• Getting the right equipment in the right place in the bedroom is important. Breus does professional bedroom makeovers, and some households in Los Angeles spend up to $60,000 to have him arrange their bedrooms for optimal sleep.

• Sleeping pills are only for drastic times. He weans 90 percent of his patients off sleep medication. Melatonin has some application but never for children.

• Israelis are inventing technology to cancel snoring.

• People who have recurring nightmares can be reprogrammed to change the bad dream.

• “Biohacking” is a movement to get eight hours of sleep in 5½ hours.

• Daily exercise is important, but 20 minutes can be enough.

Audience members were encouraged to go online to www.thepowerofwhenquiz.com to take his quiz to determine their chronotypes (bear, lion, dolphin) — in other words, whether they are early birds or night owls — to predict how to perform maximally.

One interesting note is that actual dolphins can sleep with half their brains and stay awake with the other half.

Breus’ Riverwood buddies Lewis Perling, Ralph Grossman, Marc Bardack, Jason Brenner and Adam Sikora remained after the talk to reminisce about his past habits. They said he always lost at poker, slept late, and held a Thanksgiving football game at his house each year, even if it snowed.

Change your timing and change your life, Breus said. “The Power of When” does have power. ■

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AgeWell Atlanta not only connects people with services, but also could connect those services to more funding.

By Sarah Moosazadeh sarah@atljewishtimes.com Jewish Family & Career Services, the Marcus Jewish Community Center, Jewish Home Life Communities and the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta collaborated in December to launch a one-stop online shop for services available to Atlanta’s elderly.

AgeWell Atlanta (agewellatl.org) offers an array of resources and serves seniors and their families in much the same way that the Federation-led Greater Atlanta Jewish Abilities Alliance site (atlanta.jewishabilities.org) supports people with special needs.

“The project will ensure there is not a duplication of services, improve coordination of care, increase access to services for Jewish older adults and help break down silos among Jewish agencies,” said Deborah Zisholtz, the director of older adult services at JF&CS, who previously oversaw Federation’s Caring Outcome portfolio, covering older adults, people with disabilities and their families.

Each agency serves a specific role in the senior community, and AgeWell combines those separate offerings into one continuum.

The Marcus JCC, for example, provides health and wellness programs geared toward an active adult population, while JF&CS focuses on mental health services. Jewish Home Life Communities provides long-term care and attention for medical needs.

People now can find and access those services with an easy search at one site. “The goal is to reduce both replication and competition in service delivery,” Zisholtz said. “The team approach will strengthen the services available to Atlanta’s aging population and their caregivers, as well as increase access to services.”

The site was modeled after AgeWell Pittsburgh, which combines Jewish agencies to provide services to

the elderly. Zisholtz learned about the program while attending a conference in Pittsburgh for the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services.

“I felt inspired at the conference and thought, ‘We could do this. The timing is right, and we have to start,’ ” Zisholtz said.

She said the program succeeds because of a measurement tool referred to as Protective Factors. The test monitors risk factors related to a client’s physical health, psychological wellbeing, social relationships, and safety and security.

AgeWell participants regularly administer the test to measure any negative effects of certain services. The feedback is recorded and saved in a shared database for analysis. The data can help agencies shift their programs and services to better accommodate their clients.

“Having quantifiable data regarding the impact of these services will allow the community to make more informed decisions regarding the distribution of its limited financial resources,” Zisholtz said.

New leadership at JF&CS, the Marcus JCC and Federation helped present the perfect timing and opportunity to launch AgeWell Atlanta.

Representatives from the participating Jewish agencies traveled to Pittsburgh on Monday, Jan. 30, to learn more about the AgeWell program and how it can be further implemented in Atlanta.

The agencies also are looking at how other communities manage senior needs. Cincinnati, for example, also offers a central website, as well as a referral line to all the agencies involved.

At a time of health care uncertainty, Atlanta’s agencies also said AgeWell has the potential to provide access to more funding and to make it easier to work with hospitals and health insurers. ■

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The Promise of Probiotics

Patients and some physicians feel the benefits in their guts

By Leah R. Harrison lharrison@atljewishtimes.com Riding a wave of enthusiasm for health and digestive benefits, probiotics are taking the world by storm. The international market topped $31.3 billion in 2015, according to online data gathering source Statista, and was on track to smash that record in 2016.

Derived from root words meaning “for life,” probiotics represent a range of live bacteria, whether in food or supplements, that can help restore the optimal balance of bacteria in the gut.

We all have a delicate mix of good and bad bacteria in our digestive systems. When that balance is upset, any number of maladies and discomforts can arise. Probiotics provide good bacteria to return the intestinal flora to a healthy and beneficial level. Think of it as replacing the bad with the good.

Various genetic, lifestyle, health and environmental factors can knock the digestive system out of balance.

Poor diet alone can impede the efficient function of the digestive system.

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Probiotics are available in supplement form and in foods such as miso, kefir, yogurt and pickles.

Physician Vincent Pedre, who wrote the book “Happy Gut,” in a New York Times article last year cited the overprescribing of antibiotics, which can destroy good and bad bacteria.

“There was a study recently that showed that just one course of antibiotics will alter the gut flora for up to 12 months,” Pedre told the Times. “The

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study looked at a very common antibiotic, Cipro, which we commonly use to treat urinary infections, traveler’s diarrhea and food poisoning.”

A Dec. 1, 2015, Harvard Medical School Health Publications article, “Health benefits of taking probiotics,” says: “Probiotics are generally considered safe — they’re already present in a normal digestive system. … An estimated 100 trillion microorganisms representing more than 500 different species inhabit every normal, healthy bowel. These microorganisms (or microflora) generally don’t make us sick; most are helpful. Gut-dwelling bacteria keep pathogens (harmful microorganisms) in check, aid digestion and nutrient absorption, and contribute to immune function.”

The article adds that probiotic therapy could help people with Crohn’s disease and irritable bowel syndrome.

Probiotics are credited with improving a wide spectrum of pediatric and general gastrointestinal disorders and an array of other conditions ranging from Type 1 diabetes and coronary disease to allergies, asthma, yeast infections, colon cancer and depression.

In an April 7, 2016, article titled “10 Benefits of Taking Probiotics” on the health website Activebeat, Catherine Roberts describes probiotics as friendly bacteria often associated with healthy digestion. She provides a checklist of everyday ways probiotics can help and says that whether taken in supplement form or eaten in foods such as plain yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut and dark chocolate, probiotics can: • Optimize digestion. The increase of beneficial bacteria in the gut from probiotics might prevent lactose intolerance by “helping the body digest

milk products more comfortably and efficiently.”

• Improve absorption. Probiotics help the body integrate essential vitamins and minerals from food, especially calcium and B vitamins.

• Safeguard against infection. The bacteria defend against a multitude of ills, from persistent yeast and urinary tract infections to acne and E. coli.

• Strengthen immunity. Maintaining healthy intestinal flora can increase the production of lymphocytes, which are immune system responders.

• Improve bowel movements.

Healthy bacteria foster the correct balance for more comfortable, regular and complete bowel movements. Probiotics also protect the body from traveler’s diarrhea and other travel bugs.

• Reduce allergies. Studies indicate that a probiotic-rich diet eases the body’s allergic response. One study showed that the babies of mothers who took probiotics during pregnancy had 30 percent fewer allergies as infants.

• Promote detoxification. As natural detoxifiers, probiotics prevent the need for store-bought cleansing kits or colon cleanses. These benefits have also reduced instances of peptic ulcers and bad breath.

• Ameliorate antibiotic damage.

Probiotics replenish the healthy digestive tract bacteria killed by antibiotics.

• Promote women’s health. Probiotics restore healthy vaginal flora, leading to fewer yeast infections and less bacterial vaginosis.

• Prevent urinary tract infections. The urinary tract also requires a healthy bacterial balance. Taking probiotics can restore the healthy ratio to help prevent infections.

Because probiotics fall into the food and dietary supplement category, they are not approved or monitored as pharmaceuticals by the Food and Drug Administration and are often more widely supported by integrative medical practitioners than by traditional physicians.

Stephanie Grossman, an internist with CentreSpring MD, answered questions last year about the growing popularity and use of probiotics.

AJT: In your experience, what ailments are best treated with probiotics?

Grossman: In the practice, I have seen probiotics help patients experience improved digestion (IBS and IBD are well-researched examples of how

www.atlantajewishtimes.com such as psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis); less food sensitivity; improved immunity (more resistance to respiratory infections); and less yeast infections.

Stephanie Grossman is a physician in internal medicine at CentreSpring MD.

important probiotics are to the gut), improvement of gastrointestinal infections, enhanced immune system through a process of regulating lymphocytes and antibodies, decreased inflammation, and enhanced bioavailability of key nutrients such as zinc, iron, calcium, copper, magnesium and all the B vitamins.

AJT: What are examples of typical results of probiotic therapy?

Grossman: Patients reported experiencing improved digestion, including decreased bloating, constipation and diarrhea; less ectopy (improvement of rashes and autoimmune processes

AJT: What other types of illnesses show positive indications when treated with probiotics?

Grossman: I have seen my patients who are using probiotics experience improvement with anxiety-depression secondary to the potential to change brain chemistry. They have also seen probiotics help with coronary disease by helping to lower LDL cholesterol, and many who have dealt with chronic fatigue syndrome report improvement, seeing that probiotics can help to decrease inflammation.

AJT: Have you pinpointed specific strains of probiotics to target certain illnesses?

Grossman: There are various helpful strains of lactobacillus, bifidobacterium and saccharomyces.

AJT: Is there a typical recommended dosage or strength?

Grossman: For most patients, we often start with at least 20 billion col-

ony-forming units (CFUs) of probiotics, with four to five strains; however, doses of up to 450B CFU have shown efficacy in symptomatic relief of IBS. AJT: Do probiotics work better for certain segments of the population (such as children or the elderly) than others?

Grossman: We often start at a much lower colony count for children, i.e., 5B CFU. Some patients may be particularly sensitive to probiotics, so even a smaller colony count should be initiated.

AJT: Gut health has become a common buzzword. In your opinion, how important are probiotics for overall health today?

Grossman: It’s one supplement that is beneficial for most if not all people to take. Many people, though, do a great job with the intake of probioticrich foods, such as yogurt, kefir, kimchi, sauerkraut, miso and tempeh. It’s interesting how these foods have been staples for various cultures for generation.

AJT: With all of the positive indications, why do you think there has not been acceptance from the broader,

more traditional health care community?

Grossman: As doctors, we are trained to treat the illness, often with pharmaceutical agents and/or procedures. In addition, we are subspecialized, in that a rheumatologist or a cardiologist may not consider a probiotic to enhance health with an agent traditionally used to support the gut.

AJT: Have you seen an increase in the use of probiotics? Are more and more people discovering their benefits?

Grossman: Yes, many of my new patients have started probiotics before being seen by our team.

AJT: Are more people going beyond the traditional doctor model and seeking a more integrated approach to their health care?

Grossman: Yes. A recent report by the National Health Interview Survey reported that 38 percent of Americans are using complementary and alternative medicine. I believe that many patients do not discount conventional medicine but want their providers to have a better knowledge of practices and products to enhance and maintain health. A more integrative approach is the best way to meet these needs. ■

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The subject of eating disorders is swept under the rug in many communities and is hardly addressed among Jews. But the Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta and Eating Disorders Information Network are bringing the issue to the forefront Thursday, Feb. 23, at Congregation B’nai Torah as part of EDIN’s Love Your Body Month.

The panel discussion includes a psychiatrist, a therapist, a nutritionist and a recovery speaker. Rachel Wasserman, the executive director of the Jewish Women’s Fund, said the goal is to teach people how to recognize eating disorders and the specific challenges related to them in Jewish culture.

“We’re going to speak about eating disorders through a Jewish lens,” she said. “There are specific risk factors different Jewish women experience with eating disorders. We’re a very food-centric culture; all of our holidays revolve around food.”

Wasserman said it’s easy to become disillusioned with body issues in the United States, and Jewish women face a different set of expectations to meet. She said most young Jewish women hear opposing messages daily that can harm their self-esteem.

“We hear, ‘Eat, eat, eat,’ and it’s a cultural norm to have these big meals at holidays and for Shabbos,” she said.

“But at the same time we are also told to uphold social standards and be thin.”

Jewish women have higher rates of eating disorders, and the problem is believed to be even worse among the Orthodox. Wasserman said there are challenges the Jewish community doesn’t want to acknowledge, especially in the Orthodox community, where any sign of illness can ruin marriage prospects.

“It’s underreported in the Orthodox and Jewish community in general.

We’re reluctant to get help until the girls are on the verge of hospitalization,” she said. “We’re doing our children and ourselves an injustice by denying we’re affected by these social challenges.”

Ruth Falkenstein is a recovery speaker and EDIN board member.

She battled anorexia for more than 10 years. She said the Jewish community’s food focus didn’t necessarily contribute to her eating disorder. Like most girls, she experienced social changes as she got older, and the emotional trauma of losing friends caused her to

stop eating.

“It was about control for me. It was something I could control. My core group of friends changed, and I felt alone. I found something I had control over,” she said. “I was a little overweight and could have stood to lose a few pounds. When you lose 10 pounds and get compliments, it’s like, ‘What will happen if I lose 20 pounds, 30 pounds or more?’ ” When Falkenstein battled her eating disorder in the 1970s, there wasn’t much research on the subject. She didn’t see a therapist, and most of her recovery focused on gaining weight.

She’s happy the panel is addressing the issue from different angles, such as nutritional, psychological and social.

“I think the message is important and how it’s delivered. The media and pressure to be thin is worse than when I was younger,” she said. “I could have not been able to have children. I am lucky to have been able to have children. It’s hard to put in perspective what it will do later in life.”

The Feb. 23 event is free and open to the public.

Sarah Pannell, EDIN’s executive director, wants to promote body positivity during Love Your Body Month.

The goal is to provide activities for everyone in February, such as “mommy and me” yoga, yoga for women over 50, and events geared specifically to the Jewish community.

“We want to increase early intervention and recovery,” she said. “The societal message of diet culture, beauty and pressure makes it hard for those vulnerable to illness and makes it harder for those in recovery to bounce back.”

EDIN tailors its message to the audience and works with parents, schools and professionals.

Pannell was approached by the Jewish Women’s Fund and was told that the issue is a concern within the Jewish community.

“Eating disorders are complex,” Pannell said. “There are biological, psychological and social factors involved in how to identify its medical impact.” ■ What: Panel discussion on eating disorders in the Jewish community Where: Congregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs When: 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 Cost: Free; www.jwfatlanta.org/events or 678-222-3716

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February is Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month, but not for Temple Sinai’s standing committee on inclusion.

For Jan Epstein and Sari Earl, who lead the Hineini (“Here I Am”) Committee, it’s Jewish Abilities Awareness Month. Epstein said, “We want to be more proactive.”

The Reform synagogue’s efforts to be truly accessible earned Temple Sinai recognition at the 2015 Union for Reform Judaism biennial and have continued to spark initiatives.

For example, Earl and Epstein said, Rabbi Ron Segal will confine himself to a wheelchair to experience Sinai’s accessibility and discover what doesn’t work. And a service in the dark led by Rabbi Brad Levenberg proved popular and effective at demonstrating the challenges for the visually impaired.

A donor-funded valet parking program called Special Parking Assistance at Friday services is more than a convenience for some congregants faced with walking up a steep hill to shul.

On Friday, Feb. 17, Full Radius Dance, a company combining dancers with and without disabilities, will perform during 6:30 p.m. services.

Two accessibility concierges, Ina Enoch and Jan Jay, connect people to resources within the congregation and across the community and serve as a bridge to bring issues to the Hineini Committee, which meets as needed.

One of the most striking examples of Sinai’s welcoming attitude is a Braille map of the main floor of the synagogue, including the sanctuary, just inside the building entrance.

The idea came from Stuart Levenson, who is visually impaired and joined the accessibility committee five years ago. He had his doubts that the group would listen to him and do anything meaningful, but he’s still there.

The map project began with an announcement from the bimah last February, and when the money was donated, the hard work began.

Georgia Tech’s Accessibility Solutions & Research Center designed the map, and a vocational program at a Texas prison manufactured it. A congregant built a wood base to give it a fixed location at wheelchair height.

Now the Braille map serves as a permanent sign of Sinai’s commitment to inclusion. ■

Fertility Grants Available

Schuchat in Charge at CDC

Wednesday, Feb. 15, is the deadline to apply for grants from Atlanta’s Jewish Fertility Foundation.

Each grant covers a cycle of in vitro fertilization treatments. The grant does not cover testing before the IVF cycle, pre-implantation genetic testing, medications, egg or sperm donations, or surrogacy charges.

Among the eligibility requirements: At least one parent must be Jewish; the parents must intend to raise the child as Jewish; and the woman must be a nonsmoker age 37 or younger.

You can download an application from the JFF website (www.jewishfertilityfoundation.org) but cannot submit it electronically. The application must be received at the foundation’s Dunwoody office by Feb. 15, not postmarked by that date, and it includes forms that must be filled out and signed by a doctor or nurse. So take the time required into account.

Elana Bekerman Frank founded JFF late in 2015, and it spent 2016 fundraising, holding educational sessions and gaining 501(c)(3) nonprofit status before launching its first grant cycle.

For details, contact Frank at elana­@jewishfertilityfoundation.org.

The inauguration of President Donald Trump brought the end of Thomas Frieden’s 7½-year run as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but a Jewish physician is still in charge of the agency.

Frieden resigned Jan. 20 after the longest run as director in 40 years. He was succeeded on a temporary basis by Anne Schuchat, a rear admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service.

Jeffrey Koplan, a former CDC director who leads Emory University’s global health initiatives, told The Huffington Post that Schuchat is highly skilled and does superb work.

She joined the CDC in 1988 as a field investigator of disease outbreaks.

She led the CDC response to the flu pandemic in 2009 and the SARS outbreak in Beijing in 2003 and played a part in responding to the 2001 anthrax attacks.

She has been the author or coauthor of more than 230 scientific articles, book chapters and reviews.

She’s the interim director until the new health and human services secretary chooses a director. Congressman Tom Price (R-Roswell) awaits a Senate confirmation vote on his nomination as health secretary.

It’s rare for an interim CDC director to get the job on a permanent basis, but it happened with Julie Gerberding when she succeeded Koplan in 2002.

Shift at Duluth Chiropractic Steven Sommer recently took over Duluth Chiropractic and Wellness Center (duluthchiropractic.com), combining the latest technologies with natural, evidence-based chiropractic care at 3499 Duluth Park Lane, Suite 110.

Sommer uses the Space Foundation-certified Insight Millennium Technology, which enables chiropractors to establish a reliable, multidimensional representation of a patient’s condition and to help the patient understand the underlying principles of chiropractic.

Sommer got his chiropractic Degree from Life University and is board certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners. He provided chiropractic services with the Chiropractic & Sports Injury of Atlanta practice and Tucker Chiropractic before taking over the Duluth Chiropractic and Wellness Center when Gary Martin retired.

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Super Bowl LI’s Jewish links run deeper than the owners

By David R. Cohen david@atljewishtimes.com Ah, Super Bowl Sunday, one last chance to take in the spectacle that is NFL football for the season. Of course, this year is different because the hometown Atlanta Falcons are facing the New England Patriots, so we couldn’t resist putting together a preview of everything Jewish in Super Bowl LI.

The Owners Yes, Falcons owner Arthur Blank and Patriots owner Robert Kraft are Jewish. It will be the first matchup of Jewish owners in the game since the New York Giants, co-owned by Steve Tisch, defeated the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. But it’s a friendly rivalry. When Blank purchased the Falcons in 2002, he has said, Kraft was one of the first owners to reach out and give him advice. He now considers Kraft his “best friend in the league.”

After it was certain that the Falcons and Patriots would play in the

Super Bowl in Houston, Blank again called Kraft, whose team has been to seven Super Bowls, to ask for advice.

For what it’s worth, Kraft is 1-2 in Super Bowls against Jewish owners. He has two losses to the Giants and a victory over Jeffrey Lurie’s Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX.

The Players Although the Falcons have a Freeman (Devonta) and a Schaub (Matt) on the roster, neither is Jewish.

The Patriots have two Jewish players who will take the field on Super Bowl Sunday: top wide receiver Julian Edelman and special teams ace Nate Ebner.

Ebner, 27, made headlines in July when he became the first active NFL player to participate in an Olympics, playing rugby for the United States.

As for other Jewish geography, New England quarterback Tom Brady’s sister, Julie, is married to former Boston Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youki-

lis, who, despite being called “the Greek god of walks” in “Moneyball,” is Jewish.

Want another far-out connection?

Patriots offensive lineman Ted Karras III is the great-nephew of former Detroit Lions lineman Alex Karras, who played Mongo in Mel Brooks’ 1974 classic western, “Blazing Saddles.”

The Halftime Show

Above: Arthur Blank (left) says he has been close with Patriots owner Robert Kraft since he bought the Falcons in early 2002. Kraft advised him to run the Falcons as he had run Home Depot.

Below: Photo courtesy of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston

Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman visits Israel in the summer of 2015.

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The Commercials

Super Bowl commercials are often more entertaining than the game itself, and a few ads this year have Jewish ties.

“Saturday Night Live” alum Jon Lovitz appears in a hypnotic ad for avocados from Mexico (no reference to 20 percent tariffs).

Israeli “Wonder Woman” actress Gal Gadot kicks some butt in a spot for Tel Aviv-based website development platform Wix. Gadot and English action star Jason Statham team up to fend off attackers in a bistro where they are on separate dates. The brawl destroys the restaurant, but the owner uses Wix to

create a website for his new food truck.

An Israeli tech connection also plays a part in an ad for Intel featuring Tom Brady. The ad uses technology acquired from Israeli company Replay Technologies in 2016 for $170 million that will be used for replays during the Fox broadcast of the Super Bowl.

Founded by Aviv and Matteo Shapira in 2011, Replay Technologies’ 360-degree video system allows replays to be flipped around à la “The Matrix.” ■

What Is It? After Robert Kraft’s Patriots won their first Super Bowl in 2002, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon invited him to visit Israel with the Lombardi Trophy. When Kraft and his group got to the prime minister’s office, most of the guards had no idea who he was, had never seen the big metal trophy and were at a loss whether to let it through.

Their solution? Take apart the trophy and make sure nothing was hidden inside.

Luckily, one guard was American-born, and when he saw what was happening, he told them they couldn’t do that to the Super Bowl trophy.

The trophy made it through intact, and Kraft and his group spent the next hour with Sharon and Olmert.

Kraft has since donated more than $100 million to Israeli causes, including promoting the game of American football in Israel. He paid for Kraft Family Stadium in Jerusalem, where the Israel Football League (featured in a documentary at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival in 2015) is played. ■

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Derek Atkins and his son, Isaac, show some Yankee bias in the experiment.

Ryan and Abby Levs learn that science can be tasty.

Picking the Winner, Dollars to Doughnuts A scientific experiment by Logan C. Ritchie lritchie@atljewishtimes.com Hypothesis: The city with the tastiest doughnuts has the greatest football team. (Go, Pats! Ahem.)

Method: A blind taste test of Krispy Kreme and Dunkin’ Donuts will predict the winner of Super Bowl LI, Atlanta Falcons vs. New England Patriots. Mini-scientists judge the look, taste and design of the doughnuts. Krispy Kreme represents the Falcons; Dunkin’ Donuts represents the Patriots.

Materials: • Scientists ages 2 to 10 — Abby, Jordy and Ryan Levs; Beckett, Shaw and Crosby Gordon; Holly Brandenburg; Mathis and Rowyn Chekanow; Brynn Roll; Matt and Kevin Witten; and Michaela and Isaac Atkins.

• Dunkin’ Donuts glazed, chocolate glazed and pink frosted with sprinkles.

• Krispy Kreme glazed, chocolate glazed and pink frosted with sprinkles.

• A plethora of napkins.

• A big yard to run off the sugar high and/or fight with siblings.

Experiment: Two dozen doughnuts were obtained from each bakery.

The doughnuts were cut into bite-size samples and divided into two trays, one for Dunkin’ and one for Krispy Kreme.

The trays were placed inside the Doughnut-Off box so as not to influence the mini-scientists.

The mini-scientists were given one sample at a time — first Glazed A, then Glazed B, and so on. To prevent bias, A doughnuts and B doughnuts were not always from the same bakery.

Observations: • Whole Krispy Kreme and Dunkin’ Donuts doughnuts look alike to an untrained eye. When cut into bite-size samples, however, the Krispy Kreme glaze cracks and flakes, while the Dunkin’ Donuts glaze holds steady.

One box of the four dozen doughnuts sacrificed to science awaits the lab work.

• A pink frosted doughnut is a pink frosted doughnut is a pink frosted doughnut.

• Mini-scientists do not have the capacity to stay professional, calm and in a seated position after six doughnut samples.

Data: • Glazed A (Krispy Kreme) — Five votes. Abby, 3, voted for this because A is the first letter of her name. Kevin, 9, said it was a better quality of glaze.

• Glazed B (Dunkin’) — Six votes.

Beckett, 10, preferred this version because the glaze had a better taste. Jordy, 7, said it had a fruity taste. Holly, 4, said, “I like it all.”

• Chocolate glazed A (Krispy Kreme) — Five votes. Despite eating the entire sample, Shaw, 6, said he “did not like this doughnut at all.” Isaac, 2, said he likes chocolate.

• Chocolate glazed B (Dunkin’) — Seven votes. Rowyn, 7, liked the taste of this chocolate better than the other.

• Pink frosted A (Dunkin’) — Five votes. Brynn, 5, preferred the high quality of sprinkles on this sample. Mathis, 5, agreed that the sprinkles were better.

• Pink frosted B (Krispy Kreme) — Seven votes. Crosby, 6, said this was “just plain bad.” Matt, 9, felt it had the perfect amount of topping. His twin brother, Kevin, agreed.

Conclusion: Dunkin’ Donuts totaled 18 votes, while Krispy Kreme gathered only 17. Therefore, the Patriots will win Super Bowl LI, but it could be a close game. ■

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Choose Local Brews if You’re Hopped Up for Falcons It’s hard for many of us to believe that our Atlanta Falcons are in the Super Bowl. Whether they win or lose in their bid for a first NFL championship, a celebration is in order, and there’s no better way to celebrate Atlanta than with a crisp, cold, hometown beer.

While regular beer doesn’t need to be hechshered, a beer brewed with anything other than barley, malt, hops and water does need certification for those with strict kosher standards.

Here are some of our favorite local beers to toast the Dirty Birds as they take on the New England Patriots.

• Monday Night Brewing: Slap Fight and Blind Pirate Blood Orange IPA Founded by a group of friends over a weekly Bible study, Monday Night Brewing went kosher under the supervision of the Atlanta Kosher Commission last summer. It’s the only brewery in town that’s certified kosher.

All of Monday Night’s yearround beers are worth trying, but my money’s on Slap Fight, a West Coast-style IPA, and Blind Photos by Robbie Medwed Monday Night Pirate, an IPA Brewing’s Blind Pirate brewed with gains depth of flavor blood oranges. from blood oranges.

Both have a bit of a bitter, hoppy edge that goes great with salty snack foods like pretzels and chips, but Blind Pirate’s fruit addition adds a depth of flavor that can’t be beat.

• Orpheus Brewing: Atalanta Orpheus has quietly spread its roots from its brewery on the edge of Piedmont Park. It has become known for the impressive art on its cans, not to mention its unique beers.

My favorite Orpheus brew is Atalanta, a tart plum saison named for the Greek goddess who may or may not have given our city its name. I’m not usually into tart or sour beers, but the plum flavor pushes through just enough to keep the flavor well balanced.

If you’re superstrict with kashrut and want to try something that doesn’t have fruit, I recommend Lyric Ale. Its hops and yeast combine nicely to mimic fruit flavors and add a touch of spice.

• Three Taverns Craft Beers: White Hops and A Night on Ponce Decatur’s Three Taverns takes its inspiration from the storied Belgian brewing tradition with a bit of a Geor-

gia spin. By mixing old methods with new ingredients, Three Taverns has created some incredibly interesting beers that are also very approachable.

White Hops is a white IPA, a newish style that combines the brewing methods of IPAs with the ingredients typically used in Belgian beers. If you like Blue Moon, you’ll like this beer, which is infused with grapefruit peels.

A Night on Ponce began as a brewery experiment and has become wildly popular, and it’s one of my favorites. It also fits the category of beers that are kosher without a specific certification.

• Creature Comforts: Tropicália and Bibo

Creature Comforts brews its beer just down the road in Athens, but there’s no doubt it’s a local favorite.

Tropicália features passion fruit, which makes for a legendary brew that was, until recently, almost impossible to find in stores. The brewery has stepped up its production to ensure that its most famous beer is available.

Bibo is a lower-alcohol pilsner that’s dry, crisp and perfect for enjoying over an afternoon. It doesn’t need specific kosher certification.

• Terrapin Beer Co.: Recreation Ale and Hopsecutioner Terrapin is another Athens brewery popular in Atlanta. Its Recreation

Ale is one of my favorites. It’s a session ale, a beer that’s brewed to have a lower alcohol to be enjoyed all day long.

In contrast, Hop­ secu­ tioner is an incredibly assertive and hoppy beer that packs a punch. Neither of With its lower these beers needs spe- alcohol content, Creature cific certification.

Comforts’ Go, Falcons! ■ Bibo is a good option for a long afternoon Robbie Medwed of celebrating writes about alcohol at before the big game. koshercocktail.com.

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Special thanks went to Margo Edlin and Randi Levy for developing the concept in 2012.

Shauna Horvath displays her “game on” mah jongg card at the Breman Jewish Home benefit at Temple Sinai on Jan. 30.

Homemade baked goods are lined up for auction at Temple Sinai.

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More than 260 game lovers filled tables for mah jongg, canasta and bridge at Temple Sinai on Monday, Jan. 30, at the annual game day fundraiser for the William Breman Jewish Home.

The sold-out event, decorated in red, black, white and gold by Sherry Jaffe, also featured a row of 35 homemade baked goods for silent auction.

“Today is a fun time for catching up with friends, raising money for the Jewish Home and having a chance to come together as a community to play our favorite games,” said Shauna Horvath, the director of volunteer services

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Farm to Table at Ramah Ramah Darom will host its first Farm 2 Table Tu B’Shevat Feb. 10 to 12.

The family-friendly weekend at the 122-acre retreat center in Clayton will feature workshops on sustainability and conservation, with gardening and cooking classes, guided hikes, and meditation, all focused on a healthier lifestyle from a Jewish perspective.

Cooking demos will be led by guest chef Jenny Levison of Souper Jenny.

As an alternative to spending the whole weekend at Ramah Darom, you can attend only the Farm 2 Table Green Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, including a special farm-to-table lunch and workshops.

The Sunday-only price is $36 for adults and $18 for ages 4 to 17. The cost for the whole weekend starts at $150 for ages 18 to 30 and $300 for ages 31 and up and is $100 for ages 4 to 17.

For additional information, visit ramahdarom.org/programs/farm-2-table-tu-bshevat, or call Emily Kaiman at ekaiman@ramahdarom.org.

Another Blank Triumph

(From left) Pat Balser, Carol Nemo and Barbara Klaus attend the first of the three concerts in the fourth annual Molly Blank Jewish Concert Series at the Breman Museum on Sunday, Jan. 22. At the same time as the concert, featuring Liz Calloway singing Carole King’s songbook with the backing of pianist Keith Harrison, Arthur Blank’s Atlanta Falcons were romping in the NFC championship game. The concert series, sponsored by the Blank Family Foundation, continues with “Some Kind of Wonderful: Rock Music From 1956 to 1966” on March 19 and conclude with a live concert from NPR’s “From the Top” classical series May 21.

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Bonds Dinner to Honor 2 Emanu-El Couples Two couples at Temple EmanuEl are being honored with the Israel Bonds Star of David Award at a dessert reception Tuesday night, Feb. 21.

Emanu-El Co-President Art Katz, the Southeast chairman for Israel Bonds, said Mickey and Noah Rosner and Mindi and Scott Miller are being honored “because of their unwavering commitment to the Jewish people and the exceptional impact of their work in building a better future and world.”

Noah Rosner, who has run the Rosner Law Group for 25 years, has served as Emanu-El’s co-president the past two years. He also donates time to Habitat for Humanity and money to the Jewish Community Center in Charleston.

“I prefer to be in the background and am happy to help where I can,” he said. For decades, his father has been a leader and advocate for Israel Bonds in Charleston, and Rosner “wanted to follow in my father’s footsteps and give back to the community.”

He is excited to show the next generation the importance of buying bonds. “The money we give to Israel paints a different light of how people view it. Israel is an oasis in the Middle East, and we need to preserve it from one generation to another, l’dor vador.”

He and his wife, Mickey, share four children, Casey, Allie, Eli and Alec.

Mickey Rosner, a speech pathologist, has worked as an assistive technology specialist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for 30 years and started the assistive technology program at the Egleston campus.

Her community involvement reflects the social issues she cares about.

She is a Girl Scout leader and has participated in the Autism Speaks Walk, the Hunger Walk, and Lekotek, which provides adaptive toys and electronic technology to children with disabilities.

“I think I’m getting the award because I’m Noah’s wife,” she joked, “but, much like him, I enjoy working behind the scenes and believe Israel Bonds is a great organization. Israel is our future, and we need to preserve it.”

Fellow honorees Mindi and Scott Miller, the parents of Allison and Eric, also are in the health field.

Mindi Miller is a clinical associate professor at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. She is active in Pink Ribbons, Jewish Family & Career Services, Amy’s Holiday Party, Jewish National Fund, Hillel, the Book Festival

of the Marcus Jewish Community Center and the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival.

She is passionate about Israel Bonds. “Israel is a country with so much potential. They have top companies, innovation, great universities and hardworking citizens. I believe it is our mission as Jews to make sure that Israel is able to reach its full potential.”

She is grateful to receive the Star of David Award. “Scott and I have a commitment to Temple Emanu-El and the Atlanta Jewish community. Temple Emanu-El is our spiritual home, and we support the efforts to assist Israel.”

She is a board member of two nonprofits: Pink Ribbons for breast cancer

and ProstAware, started by her husband, to fight prostate cancer.

Scott Miller was the first urologist to perform robotic prostate surgery in Georgia. He started ProstAware to bring attention to prostate cancer.

The boards he serves on include the Men’s Health & Wellness Center and the Georgia Prostate Cancer Coalition, along with Emanu-El.

“I believe others are so much more deserving of receiving this award; however, I am dedicated to our community, Judaism and the endurance of Israel,” Miller said. “I believe that ensuring the success of Israel will benefit the rest of the world. It is also an attractive alternative or adjunct to donating in that the supporter also receives a financial benefit.” ■

Who: Noah and Mickey Rosner and Mindi and Scott Miller, with guest speaker Shoshana Bryen, senior director of the Jewish Policy Center What: Temple Emanu-El and Israel Bonds Atlanta 2017 Dessert Reception Where: Temple Emanu-El, 1580 Spalding Drive, Sandy Springs When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 Tickets: $36 per person or $54 per couple

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Survivor Displays Fortitude for Am Yisrael Chai Magda Mozes Herzberger might look like a typical Jewish grandmother, but her life was far from typical.

Herzberger, 90, grew up in northern Romania and was caught in a roundup from the Cluj ghetto in 1944 when she was 18 and sent directly to Auschwitz with family members and friends.

After seven weeks, she was moved to the Bremen slave labor camp. After enduring life-draining conditions and such hard work as hauling sacks of concrete, she was sent on a death march to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to die.

At Bergen-Belsen, she had the job of hauling bodies to be piled up. Once a robust, athletic young woman who excelled in fencing, Herzberger finally collapsed amid the corpses shortly before the camp was liberated by British and Canadian troops April 15, 1945.

An involuntary movement

Before Am Yisrael Chai’s annual commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday, Jan. 22, in Sandy Springs, keynote speaker Magda Herzberger (fourth from left) visits Hammond Park to plant 18 daffodil bulbs as part of the organization’s Daffodil Project — an effort to plant 1.5 million daffodils worldwide as a living memorial to the 1.5 million children killed in the Holocaust.

Joining Herzberger at Hammond Park are (from left) Nadine Becker, Monica Wolfson (Herzberger’s daughter), Ben Klein, Michael Weinroth, Lisa Friedman, Janie Cohen-Legge, Am Yisrael Chai founder Andrea Videlefsky and Gail Dunner.

shocked the Allied soldiers looking at the pile of humanity, and Herzberger was pulled out and taken for medical treatment. Her life was saved by a miracle.

Am Yisrael Chai (www.amyisraelchaiatlanta.org), a Holocaust remembrance and anti-genocide organization whose signature program is the Daffodil Project, brought Herzberger to Atlanta from Arizona to share her story

with an audience of more than 800 people at the Westin in Sandy Springs on Sunday night, Jan. 22, to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan. 27).

Her presentation was peppered with amusing and painful memories of her saga to survive.

Eighteen local Holocaust survivors participated in a candle-lighting ceremony at the beginning of the event.

Also in attendance were diplomats from Israel, Germany, France, Ecuador, Japan, Taiwan, Ireland and many other countries.

Herzberger rebuilt her life and married a fellow Romanian, who became a recognized neurosurgeon. She has written books of poetry, music, and a memoir, “Survival,” and dedicates her life to speaking about her Holocaust experiences. ■

Success Starts With Communication

By Rena Gray

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What is success from a Jewish perspective?

That was the topic of speaker Charlie Harary’s presentation at Congregation Ariel on Monday night, Jan. 23, at a program of organized by the Atlanta Scholars Kollel and the Jewish Women’s Connection of Atlanta.

Harary is a lawyer who got involved with real estate in New York, then helped found a venture capital firm, H3 & Co. He is a social entrepreneur and teaches about personal achievement and organizational excellence as a clinical professor of management and entrepreneurship at Yeshiva University’s Syms School of Business.

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In presentations to businesses and through a range of mass media, Harary has established a record of inspiring people from all backgrounds.

He also leads the Momentum men’s trips to Israel, a program of the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project in partnership with the kollel. His appearance Jan. 23 began with a video featuring highlights from a Momentum trip.

Harary’s speech about finding success centered on the two C’s in the middle of the word “success.”

A vital component for success in life is the first C, communication.

While many people think the most important aspect of communication is to get a message across, Harary said it is even more important to accurately

receive the messages conveyed by others — in other words, to be a good listener.

In his trademark dynamic, entertaining and poignant style, Harary explained that any successful relationship depends on learning to speak the other’s language, whether it’s the relationship between spouses, between a boss and an employee, between a parent and a child, or between humans and G-d.

Harary said that while we are devoid of open miracles today, we can perceive G-d’s messages to us in the form of coincidence, the little things that go our way.

The second C is confidence.

Every person should believe he or

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More than 250 people pack into Congregation Ariel to hear Charlie Harary on Jan. 23.

she is worthy of divine care and has a path to greatness. Just as parents know that their children’s biggest failure is when they think little of themselves, our success depends on believing we are worth it.

“Success is not what you get,” Harary said. “It’s what you become along the way.” ■

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Aprio Comes Next For Habif, Arogeti & Wynne

By Sarah Moosazadeh sarah@atljewishtimes.com One of Jewish Atlanta’s venerable names in accounting is going away.

Habif, Arogeti & Wynne is rebranding itself as Aprio, the Sandy Springs-based, accountant-led business advisory firm announced in midJanuary.

When the firm started to examine its future last year, it didn’t plan to change its identity but decided to adopt a name that reflects its approach to business and its commitment to its clients, CEO Richard Kopelman and Chief Marketing Officer Danielle Berg said.

After countless brand interviews involving associates and clients, the firm’s leadership decided to select a name that would be modern while symbolizing 65 years of client service.

“Aprio is derived from the root words that mean head and heart and defines what it means to be a modern CPA business advisory firm,” Berg said.

“We provide expert advice and a passion for guiding clients towards their next endeavors.”

The firm, which also has offices in New York and Florida, will operate as HA+W | Aprio for two years before being known exclusively as Aprio.

Habif, Arogeti & Wynne has been part of Jewish Atlanta for more than six decades. Now with more than 400 part-

ners and associates, Aprio is the largest CPA-led advisory firm in Georgia.

“Our clients expect and get far more than tax and compliance advice. We speak nearly 30 languages in house, and 25 percent of our associates are foreign-born — unheard of among firms our size, but critical to providing the best insights and counsel for today’s global businesses,” Kopelman said.

Aprio not only helps clients with traditional accounting services, but also advises businesses on ways to succeed and grow, Kopelman said. “We help clients envision the future and implement the most efficient path toward it.”

Aprio’s new tagline, “Passionate for what’s next,” is tied to the firm’s culture and its effort to attract and retain associates. “Our goal is to be the employer of choice in the accounting industry,” Berg said. “Our associates see Aprio as a great place to build their careers while doing meaningful work for clients.”

In 2016 the firm launched the Aprio Foundation, which is entirely employee-led. Aprio also has fostered programs for millennials and associates at all levels based on ideas and feedback from employees.

“Aprio is an amazing place to work,” Kopelman said. “We do interesting work with clients that helps them take on what’s next.” ■

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The Arthur M. Blank Family of Businesses has acquired West Creek Ranch, a 6,300-acre working ranch near Emigrant, Mont., bordered by the Yellowstone River and the Mountain Sky Guest Ranch, a property that has been part of Blank’s portfolio since 2001.

The two ranches will continue to operate independently, but Mountain Sky guests will have access to West Creek Ranch for activities such as horseback riding and fishing.

The ranch’s acquisition from Carl Webb, a co-managing partner of Texasbased Ford Financial Fund, and his wife, Elizabeth, was announced during the Falcons’ run through the NFC playoffs to reach Super Bowl LI. West Creek Ranch will serve as an additional platform for the Arthur

M. Blank Family Foundation’s philanthropic work in the West. The foundation will expand the scope and impact of its efforts in conservation and in values-based leadership programming.

“West Creek Ranch and its unique beauty, natural resources and pristine location represent an exciting new addition to our family of businesses,” Blank said in the announcement of the deal. “We’re committed to being responsible stewards of the land and improving the communities we serve with all of our businesses. Through the new ranch, we can expand these efforts in Montana while adding meaningful value to our guests, associates, and current and future partners.”

The ranch is about 30 miles from the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park. ■

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‘Zacma: Blindness’ Brings Argentine Minyan Feels Polish Past Into Light Like Home for ‘Tenth’

By Michael Jacobs mjacobs@atljewishtimes.com

The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival has delivered a series of excellent movies from Poland in recent years, including Oscar winner “Ida” three years ago, but none is better than “Zacma: Blindness,” which had its Southeastern premiere Wednesday night, Jan. 25, in an AJFF screening in East Cobb.

Like “Ida,” “Zacma” is set in Poland in 1962 and involves the Catholic Church and a Jewish woman who played a vicious role in the Stalinist-era government’s oppression of dissidents.

Written and directed by Ryszard Bugajski, “Zacma” is based on the true story of Julia Brystiger, who was born into a Jewish family in eastern Poland (later western Ukraine) in 1902, became a fervent supporter of the Communist Party, and brutalized priests and other Catholics after World War II. By the time of the film, Brystiger is no longer working for the security service. She visits a school for the blind

It’s no accident that the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival movie “The Tenth Man” is a work of fiction with a documentary feel: Writer-director Daniel Burman was inspired by and included real interactions with the Buenos Aires Jewish area of Once, shot the film there with a handheld-camera feel, and filled the story with real Once residents, not actors.

The real people in the film include Usher, who manages to dominate the plot despite spending almost no time in front of the camera. The real head of the Foundation, the Jewish aid organization at the heart of the story, Usher usually is just a voice on a phone line, issuing orders to his son, Ariel, the minyan-completing 10th man referred to in the title.

Ariel (played like an Argentine Woody Allen by Alan Sabbagh) works as an economist in New York, where he is engaged to a dancer, but he re-

Maria Mamona is brilliant as Julia Brystiger in “Zacma: Blindness.”

near Warsaw in the hope of meeting with the primate of Poland. While she waits for that meeting, she experiences flashbacks and hallucinations about her crimes in the 1950s.

Like the best Polish films, “Zacma” aims to open eyes to Poland’s tortured past by applying a touch of the supernatural to gritty realism.

Bugajski said he was drawn to the story by Brystiger’s transformation from Communist evil to religious devotion. He’s fortunate that his wife, Maria Mamona, is the perfect choice to portray those extremes. She delivers an Oscar-caliber performance. ■

Ariel (Alan Sabbagh) finds himself fulfilling obligations to the Buenos Aires Jewish community during the Purim season in “The Tenth Man,” showing Feb. 7 at Regal Atlantic Station and Feb. 12 at Lefont Sandy Springs.

gresses to youthful habits on a visit to his hometown of Buenos Aires. He runs errands for his father while longing for a chance to see him. He subsists on a snack he ate as a child. He obsesses over the emotional wounds he suffered as a schoolboy who felt secondary to his father’s communal responsibilities.

But finally, with the help of a woman who remains mute while working with the Foundation, Eva (Julieta Zylberberg), Ariel grows up so he can take his rightful place as a man in the Jewish community.

It’s a sweet, funny journey through a warm, united Jewish community. ■

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The Man Who Won Marriage

‘Freedom to Marry’ activist Evan Wolfson to speak twice at film festival

By Elizabeth Friedly efriedly@atljewishtimes.com

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Activist and lawyer Evan Wolfson will be in Atlanta for two of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival’s screenings of “The Freedom to Marry,” the documentary covering Wolfson’s victorious campaign for the national right to same-sex marriage.

He will appear at Lefont Sandy Springs on Monday, Feb. 13, with Rebecca Stapel-Wax of SOJOURN and at the Woodruff Arts Center on Tuesday, Feb. 14, with Jim Farmer of Out on Film.

Wolfson isn’t necessarily the first person you’d associate with marriage equality in America. We’re more likely to think of the Hollywood couple Ellen and Portia than a Jewish lawyer from Pittsburgh.

Bald and bespectacled, he has been described as a brilliant but unassuming figure who fathered a movement.

He has spent decades behind the scenes so that each American could marry the person of his or her choosing.

“The Freedom to Marry,” the documentary by director Eddie Rosenstein, lets us to get to know the man who fought his way up to the U.S. Supreme Court and won.

The marriage victory turned Wolfson from a pillar of gay rights in America to one of the pre-eminent consultants for winning progressive causes worldwide. When we spoke, Wolfson had just arrived back from working in Taiwan. The following week, he was leaving for Italy. And 2017 had only just

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Evan Wolfson will talk about “The Freedom to Marry” after screenings Feb. 13 at 7:50 p.m. at Lefont Sandy Springs and Feb. 14 at 7:50 p.m. at the Woodruff Arts Center.

begun.

Wolfson described his strategy as “how to take something that people think is impossible or difficult and make it a reality.” He added, “I think the film’s message — that change can happen and that everyone can make a difference in getting America to live up to its promise — is a really important and timely message.”

President Donald Trump has spurred anxiety in the queer community because he vacillated during the campaign between accepting the Supreme Court’s Obergefell vs. Hodges decision, which enshrined the right

to marry, and vowing to appoint justices to overturn it and push the issue back to the states. Vice President Mike Pence has been consistently anti-LGBT throughout his political career.

But Wolfson advised against premature panic.

“There are certainly horror scenarios, by which in theory the constitutional right that has now been affirmed could be undermined. But I think that’s unlikely and certainly not imminent,” Wolfson said. “Given the many ways in which the current administration poses a threat to a lot of important things we care about in our country, I don’t think the freedom to marry is the most threatened or the most under assault.”

Even if the marriage right isn’t at risk, the political climate has shifted since the 2015 decision because of what some see as a backlash against Barack Obama and the rise of progressive movements during his eight years as president. In November’s elections, Republicans swept the House and Senate on a wave of populism spurred by anger at the establishment, “PC culture,” and rapidly changing attitudes concerning gender, sexuality, and, above all, bathrooms.

“If there’s one thing that should be correct, it’s political law,” Wolfson said in the wake of Trump’s dismissal of critics. “The law should treat us all correctly, which means fairly and equally.

We’re entitled to have different feelings, but the law should not be used as a weapon against anyone.”

He is more than familiar with le-

gal setbacks, whether from presidents or judges.

When Wolfson took his first case before the Hawaii Supreme Court in 1996, a mere 27 percent of Americans supported same-sex marriage. Congress swiftly passed the Defense of Marriage Act that same year, and President Bill Clinton signed it.

Wolfson founded the organization Freedom to Marry not long after Hawaii amended its constitution to ban gay marriage. His intent was to create a true movement with a united strategy, no longer satisfied with isolated fights.

He decided to focus on the message that gay, lesbian and bisexual people are just that — people. They’re your neighbors, your friends, your coworkers and your family. His campaign shifted public opinion until more than half of Americans supported same-sex marriage. Through honest conversations, the public saw that LGBTQ people longed for love and companionship in the same way as anyone else.

Today, gay marriage is legal in all 50 states, thanks in no small part to the work Wolfson did. He celebrates what has been accomplished and remains positive about the fate of equality.

“That doesn’t mean everything is perfect, and that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a lot more work to do. Of course there is,” he said. “This immense progress isn’t felt by every person in this country, so we still have a lot to do. But the overall shift has been enormous. We’ve gone from outlaws to inlaws.” ■

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Midtown Dining Before or After a Film The Woodruff Arts Center is hosting two of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival’s biggest events: young professionals night (Saturday, Feb. 11) and closing night (Wednesday, Feb. 15). These are the two nights I am most excited about for several reasons.

Reason No. 1: Young professionals night is on a Saturday, so I can commit to a night out without hurrying through an endless amount of weeknight rush-hour traffic. Reason No. 2: Both events are at the Woodruff Arts Center, which is in Midtown, which just happens to be one of the best neighborhoods for Atlanta’s white-hot food scene. Reason No. 3: Both events are designed for groups.

It’s an easy excuse to get my group of friends together and plan something special.

My friends have designated me as the restaurant decision-maker. In lieu of this responsibility, I have mapped out my Midtown meal strategy a few weeks in advance. Avoid decisionmaking and use this guide to ensure a great night out.

Photos by Skye Estroff

quick meal. I love the spanakopita and the chicken salad, which is not the mayonnaise-laden American version. Café Agora serves seasoned and

Café Agora does chicken salad right, without all the mayonnaise that weighs down the American version.

You can’t eat at Ecco without ordering the fried goat cheese appetizer.

The Food Scene

By Skye Estroff

spit-roasted chicken on top of a bed of greens and veggies.

• Bell Street Burritos (www. bellstreetburritos.com), 1816 Peachtree St. — For a satisfying and quick meal, Bell Street Burritos has you covered.

Order a traditional burrito, taco or quesadilla, or go a different direction with the specials. The potato, broccoli and green chili burrito can’t be found at any other Mexican restaurant in the city.

• Octane Coffee (www.octanecoffee.com), 1280 Peachtree St., Suite 100-A — Octane Coffee is within the Woodruff Arts Center, so it’s the most convenient pick-me-up possible. It’s

open until 10 p.m. and offers food, coffee, cocktails and other beverages.

Open Late

• TAP (www.tapat1180.com), 1180 Peachtree St. — TAP is right around the corner from the Woodruff and is great for late-night bites or after-hours cocktails. Bring your friends here after each show; food is served through 11 p.m.

• Sweet Hut (www.sweethutbakery.com), 933 Peachtree St., Suite 935 — Whether you’re looking for a quick dinner, a sweet treat or a coffee to keep you awake during the movie, Sweet Hut has what you want. I love the artichoke turkey panini for dinner or a Nutella chocolate danish for a dessert or late-night option. The restau-

rant is open until midnight during the week and 1 a.m. on the weekend.

• Café Intermezzo (www.cafeintermezzo.com), 1065 Peachtree St., Suite 2 — Café Intermezzo is a crowd pleaser.

No matter what you’re craving, you can find something that will satisfy you on Café Intermezzo’s menu. Even if you get caught up in Jewish goodbyes after each event, there’s plenty of time to get to Café Intermezzo. The restaurant is open until 1 a.m. during the week and 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. ■ Skye Estroff is the marketing and media manager for Atlanta’s largest food festival, Taste of Atlanta (tasteofatlanta. com). She is an Atlanta native, a University of Georgia grad and an expert in Atlanta’s best food.

• Ecco (ecco-atlanta.com), 40 Seventh St. — It’s seven streets over from the Woodruff but worth the short trek. I love the pastas but cannot go without ordering the fried goat cheese appetizer.

• Watershed (watershedrestaurant.com), 1820 Peachtree St. — Watershed is a mere six-minute drive from the Woodruff. Try its daily specials and signature Southern comfort food.

I would recommend a meal here before seeing the closing night film because Watershed’s Wednesday special is fried chicken and biscuits.

• 5Church (5churchatlanta.com), 1197 Peachtree St., Suite 528 — If 5Church’s name rings a bell, you might recognize it from chef Jaime Lynch, who competed on “Top Chef” this season. Order one of the signature steaks, butternut squash agnolotti, or, for a lighter option, hearth-roasted whole fish. The restaurant is open late, until midnight.

Grab and Go Before a Show

• Café Agora (cafeagora.com/ midtown), 92 Peachtree Place — Café Agora has been in my restaurant rotation for years. Call ahead for speedy pickup, or take a seat inside for a

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You’re Never Alone on the AJFF Red Carpet

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The opening night gala for the 23day 2017 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival greeted 900 community leaders and movie aficionados Tuesday, Jan. 25, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre before 2,300 people watched the Emma Thompson-Brendan Gleeson movie “Alone in Berlin.”

The star-themed gala reception, open only to patrons and sponsors, featured tastings of food by local and Israeli celebrity chefs, as well as an open bar.

Martha Jo Katz, the event chair and one of Atlanta’s most admired former professional models, said: “Tonight is all about our starstudded event. Kenny Blank is my star.

Also, I’m excited about Art Smith of Southern Art, who was at one time Oprah’s chef.”

Ever elegant, Martha Jo donned a flowing, sleeved, star-patterned Ralph Lauren blouse. She had coordinated star rhinestones on her shoes and earrings. Lauren is in now because Melania Trump wore his couture at the inauguration.

Festival Executive Director Kenny Blank said: “I’m thrilled that the community reconnects at this event. We step away from our everyday lives to immerse ourselves in film.”

I spotted the stars immediately.

The director of the night’s film, “Alone in Berlin,” Parisian Vincent Perez, was fabulously continental (not to mention the oo-la-la accent).

“Alone in Berlin,” he said, “is a true story that had to be told about the beauty of love and how life can be rebuilt after the death of a child.”

Perez said it took 10 years to pull the film together but about one year to shoot it.

Another elegant couple came from Poland to be featured the following two nights at screenings of their movie “Zacma: Blindness.” Actress Maria Mamona was wrapped in a blush tone-on-tone two-piece ensemble. Her husband, director Ryszard Bugajski, also was on hand.

Their film is an art-house drama based on actual events before and after the collapse of Stalinism in Poland.

Mamona portrays a sadistic Jewish investigator for the security service.

Inside, the ballroom was spacious and vibrant with floating globes making for short wait lines.

Restaurants participating in the gala were Atlas, Buckhead Diner, 32 Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse,

Ecco, the General Muir, il Giallo Osteria & Bar, Imperial Fez, Nan, Sotto Sotto, Taco Cowboy, Ouzeria, Southern Art Bourbon Bar, and Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters, with desserts offered by Piece of Cake, Southern Baked Pie Co. and Tiff’s Treats.

Southern Art offers rosemary cheddar biscuits with sorghum butter to complement vegetables, deviled eggs and sliders.

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By Marcia Caller Jaffe mjaffe@atljewishtimes.com

Photos by Laurie Sermos

AJFF Executive Director Kenny Blank stands with longtime opening night chair Martha Jo Katz.

Polish filmmaking couple Ryszard Bugajski and Maria Mamona are ready for the Southeast premiere of “Zacma: Blindness” the next night.

Chef/owner Rafih Benjelloun’s Imperial Fez always pleases the crowd.

After murmurs last year that the food was too beef-oriented, the pendulum swung back by overfeaturing mushrooms and cream in many dishes.

The only kosher vendor, Jodie Sturgeon of For All Occasions and More, served smoked turkey sausage, bourbon-smoked mushroom bites, and pareve, hazelnut chocolate-filled doughnuts.

Buckhead’s Southern Art provided the most colorful display with pickled and raw vegetables, rosemary cheddar biscuits, sliders, sorghum butter and chipotle deviled eggs.

Ecco (Fifth Group) had exotic pickled salmon with shredded beets and crème fraiche atop a blini waffle. First-

time chef participant Michael Patria said, “I’m excited about this crowd of folks who appreciate good food.”

Israel’s consul general to the Southeast, Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer, enjoyed Yonit Stern’s display, featuring the menu of chef Avivit Priel, who owns two restaurants in Tel Aviv.

The beet root ravioli stuffed with goat cheese won the prize for color.

Movie fans weighed in.

Deborah Harris, a native of Rome, Ga., was looking forward to “There Are Jews Here,” about the struggle of Jewish communities in small-town America.

She said Rome is in jeopardy of losing its 125-year-old synagogue, and “that would be very disturbing.”

Ambassador Judith Varnai Shorer enjoys beet root and goat cheese ravioli with Yonit Stern, the Israeli Consulate’s cultural affairs director.

Marilyn and Ron Winston wanted comedy and picked “The Pickle Recipe” as their future fave.

Helen Kasten, who had just returned from South Africa, was looking forward to the levity of “The Last Laugh,” an exploration of the taboo topic of Holocaust humor and its implications for free speech.

Mayoral candidate Ceasar Mitchell, the president of the Atlanta City Council, was shaking a lot of hands.

“My relationship with the Jewish community is organic,” he said. “I have made trips to Israel and been to AIPAC policy conferences.”

Joan Rivers was once again missed but would have been proud of Atlanta’s red-carpet showing. ■

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Beatrice Axler 90, Atlanta

Birth Zoë Jay Friedman

Proud parents Stephanie and Brad Friedman and big sister Emily Joan of Mountain Brook, Ala., announce the arrival of their daughter Zoë Jay on Jan. 19, 2017. She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 21 inches long.

Grandparents are Jean and Joel Kahn of Marietta, Mindy and Steve Johnson of Cumming, and Mark Friedman of Mountain Brook.

Beatrice Evelyn (Gordon) Axler, 90, of Atlanta died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.

She was the widow of Samuel Axler. Born in New Haven, Conn., she was the daughter of Frances and Leo Gordon. She is survived by her five children, Barry Axler and his wife, Morene, of Chicago, Phil Axler and his wife, Elaine, of Manchester, Conn., Toby Winer and her husband, Russ, of New York, Gail Agata and her husband, Seth, of Kinderhook, N.Y., and Joel Axler and his wife, Louise Short, of Atlanta; a sister, Sondra Lublin, and her husband, Phil, of Milford, Conn.; sisterin-law Harriet Gordon of Boynton Beach, Fla.; brother- and sister-in-law Bobby and Roberta Axler; brother-in-law Paul Becker of Boynton Beach; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother, Joseph Gordon, and a sister, Risa Becker.

Beatrice’s pride and joy were her family and friends, and she was happily married to Sam for over 58 years. She was actively involved in Jewish life, in the Jewish community and in traveling to and supporting Israel. She was a member of Congregation Beth Shalom of Atlanta, Beth Shalom B’nai Israel of Manchester, Conn., and Kodimoh Synagogue of Springfield, Mass.

“Mom, Nanny, Grandma, Mother Bea, you touched the hearts of everyone that you met. Your legacy of honesty, respect and love will be missed. Your engaging smile opened everyone’s hearts before the conversation began. You always said that in the end the only thing that you leave behind is your good name. And your name will be fondly remembered, honored and cherished.”

Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. Graveside services were held Sunday, Jan. 29, at Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs with Rabbi Mark Zimmerman officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Congregation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Atlanta, GA 30360, www.bethshalomatlanta.org, or the Weber School, 6751 Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA 30328, www.weberschool.org. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Home, 770-451-4999.

Morris Berman 83, Atlanta

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Wayne and Barbara Suway of Marietta announce the engagement of their son, Ryan Alexander Suway, to Sarah Anne Larison, daughter of Gina and Michael Brown and Doug and Laura Larison of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Ryan is the grandson of Sally Kaplan and the late Phillip Kaplan and the late Arthur and Mildred Suway. He graduated from the College of Charleston with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He is the Midwest programmatic account executive for Mashable in Chicago.

Sarah graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor’s in sociology and continued her studies at Northwestern University to earn an M.S.Ed. in elementary teaching. She is employed by Chicago Public Schools as a third-grade teacher.

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Morris Joseph “Joe” Berman, 83, of Atlanta passed away Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, from complications related to Alzheimer’s and pneumonia.

Joe was born an only child in Greensboro, Ga., on Dec. 29, 1933. An active member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, he graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.S. in chemistry and later served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and completed a degree in pharmacy at Mercer University. Joe wed Arline Shmerling on Sept. 1, 1963, and remained happily married to his “Sweet Pea” for 53 years. Launching his career as the co-owner of the modest Piedmont Pharmacy in the heart of Midtown Atlanta, Joe was a retail pharmacist for nearly four decades. Known for his caring, playful and sometimes embarrassingly direct demeanor, he was passionate about serving his customers and providing for his family. He also enjoyed fishing, cooking, dancing, and collecting guns, knives and tools.

Joe is survived by his wife, Arline; his son, Mitchell; and his daughter, Lana.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. The funeral service and burial were held at Arlington Memorial Park on Friday, Jan. 27.

Rabbi Scott Colbert of Temple Emanu-El officiated. A gathering celebrating Joe’s life was held Sunday, Jan. 29, in the Alpharetta Room of the Atria North Point in Alpharetta. Arrangements by H.M. Patterson and Son, Arlington Chapel.

Sheila Shor 81, Atlanta

Sheila M. Shor passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Atlanta at the age of 81.

Sheila was born July 27, 1935, and grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she became a lifelong Brooklyn Dodger fan. It was in New York where she met the love of her life, Mark. Sheila and Mark were married Feb. 12, 1955, and remained madly in love for 54 years, until Mark’s death on Sept. 28, 2009. The happy couple were fortunate to live in many parts of the United States, ultimately settling down in Albany, Ga., in 1964, where they lived and raised their family for the next 45 years.

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OBITUARIES Sheila and Mark raised their five children — Melissa, Alan, Denise, Scott and Rebecca — in Albany, where the family atmosphere was always fun and loving. Sheila was active in the Albany community, being a longtime member of the Northside School PTA and Temple B’nai Israel’s Sisterhood. Sheila was also a charter member of Albany’s first Women’s Lions Club. For many years, she was a teacher in the Dougherty County School System for children with special needs, and giving back to her community was in her blood. Sheila was tireless in her devotion to her family, taking the five children to the many sports and school activities they participated in, as well as supporting Mark in his business and civic endeavors. As with her husband, Sheila was a loving and wonderful wife, mother and grandmother, all passions in her life.

She is survived by her sons, Alan Shor and his wife, Ruthie, of Dallas, Texas, and Scott Shor of Albany; and her daughters, Melissa Shor of Norcross, Denise Greenberger and her husband, Robert, of Atlanta, and Rebecca Pedrero of Albany.

Sheila is also survived by the loves of her life, her grandchildren: Zach Shor, Rachel Shor and Sarah Shor; Micah Greenberger and his wife, Lauren, Chelby Greenberger, and Marra Greenberger; Allison Harrell; Ian Pedrero; and Jessica Pedrero.

A graveside service was held Thursday, Jan. 26, at Riverside Cemetery in Albany. Rabbi Holly Cohn officiated. In memory of Sheila’s life, donations may be sent to the William Breman Jewish Home, 3150 Howell Mill Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30327. You may sign the online guestbook and share your memories with the family by visiting Kimbrell-Stern’s website, www.kimbrellstern.com.

Irene Tabackman 98, Rockville, Md.

Irene Tabackman, age 98, of Rockville, Md., died Monday, Jan. 23, 2017.

Irene was born and raised in Portage, Pa. She, along with six of her siblings, served in the U.S. armed forces during World War II, where she attained the rank of lieutenant. She spent her career as a nurse anesthetist, retiring from Greenville General Hospital in 1983.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Bobbie and Michael Leff of Atlanta and Debra and Joel Rotkow of Savannah; grandchildren Kevin and Jennifer Leff, Barry and Amy Leff, and Eric and Victoria Rotkow; great-grandchildren Jordan, Nina, Alex, Evan and Zahava; and many devoted nieces and nephews, including her loving and devoted niece Roz Spott, as well as caregiver Melba Bartholomew, both who cared for Irene for the last years of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe; her sisters and brothers; and her beautiful granddaughter Stephanie Rotkow.

Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. Graveside services were held Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Greenwood Cemetery with Rabbi Joshua Heller officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Stephanie Rotkow Fund at Congregation Bnai Brith Jacob, 5444 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA 31405.

Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

2000 Bunker Road, Fort Cronkite, Sausalito, CA 94965-2619; or the American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, 28 Arrandale Ave., Great Neck, NY 11024.

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Death Notices

Neil Berger of Norcross on Jan. 14.

Ernest Lawrence “Larry” Elgart of Johns Creek, 93, father of Congregation Beth Shalom member Mark Elgart, Michael Elgart, Sandy Swain, Scott Elgart, Lisa Wilder, Jonathan Elgart, Susan Cameron, Robert White and Thomas White and widower of Nancy Elgart, on Jan. 23.

Nancy Elizaebth Elgart, 90, of Johns Creek, mother of Congregation Beth Shalom member Mark Elgart, Susan Cameron, Robert White, Thomas White, Jonathan Elgart, Michael Elgart, Sandy Swain, Scott Elgart and Lisa Wilder and sister of Rachel Farfaglia, on Jan. 14.

Gideon Elkounovitch of Atlanta on Jan. 20.

William Hartman of Roswell on Jan. 17.

Houshang Kamran of Atlanta on Jan. 22.

Janice Kimmel, 84, of Delray Beach, Fla., mother of Temple Kol Emeth member David Kimmel, on Jan. 29.

Timothy McLeod of Chamblee on Jan. 23.

Ned Sheinman of Marietta on Jan. 17.

Joseph Shull of Marietta on Dec. 19.

Eva Singer, 80, of Florida, mother of Temple Sinai member Stacy Wolff, Brent Karfeld, Scott Karfeld and Laura Karfeld and wife of Herb Singer, on Jan. 23.

Manuel Spaiman of Atlanta on Dec. 18.

Fernando Vasconcellos, 70, of Brazil, father of Temple Sinai member Larissa Vasconcellos, on Dec. 13.

Gloria Weiss of Sandy Springs on Jan. 30.

Helene White Helene Buckhantz White, 82, passed away at her home in Marietta on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, after a brief struggle with abdominal cancer.

Mrs. White, daughter of the late Doris Woolf Buckhantz and the late Chester Buckhantz, was born in Washington, D.C., in 1934. She grew up in South Florida and attended the University of Florida and the University of Maryland. She married Alan, her husband of 60 years, in 1956. She lived the greater part of her life in the Washington area, where she raised two children, Steven and Betsy. She moved to the Atlanta area in 1991 and lived here for the remainder of her life. A vivacious, charismatic woman, Helene was an accomplished painter and sculptor and was active in animal rights causes. She was beloved by all the many members of her extended family and was the life of any party the family ever had.

She is survived by her husband, Alan. She is also survived by her two children, Steven (Ann-Sheryl) of Highland Park, N.J., and Betsy of Milton; sister Lynda Sens (Alan) of Boynton Beach, Fla.; four grandchildren; and many other devoted family members.

Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. Graveside services were held Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in Helene’s memory be made to Best Friends Animal Society, P.O. Box 567, Kanab, UT 84741; Marine Mammal Center,

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Old School Is New Again I heard recently about a matchmaking service based in Atlanta. It isn’t an app or even website-based. It is a partnership between two Jewish women who in their business want nothing more than the mitzvah of creating a match.

Inevitably, the image that comes to mind is someone’s grandmother making a match through someone’s husband’s cousin at the synagogue.

On the contrary, matchmakers Beth Friedman and Jenna Shulman of juLuv are hardly old enough to be someone’s mother, let alone grandmother. They have about 700 subscribers.

As someone in the target age range of 18 to 35, I have a number of friends who met through technologybased dating. One of my closest friends met his wife online, where she had the accurate screen name “Beard_ Enthusiast.” My friend had a beard.

But for all the successes of technology-based dating, it also produces endless swiping, misrepresented photos, and even the occasional inappro-

priate message or two. Why wouldn’t those people want a matchmaker?

The concept embodies old-school ideals, but what if that’s not such a bad thing? Shouldn’t everyone welcome a mensch with a knack for matches?

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ing beyond their iPhones and into the past. A human who wants to have a conversation about what you’re looking for can be vastly more appealing.

JuLuv and others are pioneering the matchmaking business, and young professionals in particular are reaping the benefits. The connections that can be missed by technology are exactly the elements present with one-on-one attention from a matchmaker.

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By Rachel Fayne Gruskin Something different is happening for young Jewish singles the week before Valentine’s Day. On Thursday, Feb. 9, Jewish Home Life Communities will work with matchmaking service juLuv to provide an unusual dating experience for men and women ages 24 to 45.

Much in the style of a speed-dating event, singles in similar age ranges will sit at round tables and switch places every 20 minutes or so. JuLuv matchmakers Beth Friedman and Jenna Shulman will provide cards on each table with questions to break the ice and make participants feel more at ease.

“It’s designed to feel like a game,” Shulman said. “JuLuv is excited … to introduce singles to each other in a low-key, friendly environment where everyone should feel welcome.”

The $18 fee will cover the introductions, hors d’oeuvres, beverages, giveaways and dating tips.

It’s the first dating event organized by the matchmakers at juLuv, and Shulman stressed that she hopes young

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people who typically meet each other through dating apps or websites will find comfort in the casual atmosphere with the ability to maximize their time and meet several potential matches.

Prospective daters might also feel more at ease knowing that phone numbers are never exchanged. Cards are handed out at the end of the event, and participants can write down the names of people they’d like to go out with. JuLuv will contact all interested parties after the event.

Shulman and Friedman emphasized the need for daters to feel relaxed in what’s likely a new way to date for many. “This is possibly the safest and most comfortable way to meet other Jewish singles,” Shulman said. “There will also be plenty of people to talk to, and we’ll make it easy for you to mingle and feel really comfortable about the evening.”

The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the William Breman Jewish Home, 3150 Howell Mill Road, Buckhead. Interested singles can purchase tickets at bit. ly/2klQ02P. ■

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Dinner and Wisdom With the Dixons Cici and Marcus Dixon came to dinner. Marcus is a Methodist minister. His wife, Cici, is the one to whom we’re connected. She was a member of the administrative staff when my husband, Zvi, taught at the Interdenominational Theological Center. The ITC is a predominantly AfricanAmerican postgraduate seminary whose students come from a wide spectrum of Christian faiths.

We used to have a lot of Zvi’s students at our Friday night table when our daughters lived at home.

Rachel and Sara were treated to experiences most Jewish kids don’t get.

Zvi’s students, hailing from diverse backgrounds, told us hair-raising and hilarious personal anecdotes that opened our eyes and hearts and made us think. The most interesting part for me was that, over the 25 years of dinners, each of these future clergy was eager to tell us the exact place and time at which G-d called them.

We were spellbound by these deeply religious women and men.

Some of Zvi’s former students and colleagues remain in touch with him, and Cici is one of them. Even though Zvi and she were friends, neither Cici nor her husband had visited us.

When we received a Rosh Hashanah call from Cici, we were determined to rectify that situation.

Marcus, a minister in a church south of the airport, and Cici, a dynamo in humanitarian causes, are busy people. The only time they could come to us was a Friday night.

We knew we would call Marcus “pastor,” but we weren’t sure about Cici. She told us we could call her Cecelia, but most congregants call her “first lady.” With her smart black dress, silver jewelry, knowing eyes and winning smile, she’s well-suited for the White House. We soon learned that she also has the smarts and guts for the role.

Marcus, named after Marcus Aurelius (not Marcus Garvey), was a college scholar/athlete, then served in Vietnam before his ordination. He is soft-spoken, tall and dignified.

As the evening progressed, we laughed at the similarities between our Ashkenazi Orthodox synagogue and their African-American Methodist church. Every congregation has similar leaders and board members, similar financial quandaries, similar congregant

crises, similar youth dilemmas, and similar lifecycle joys and sorrows.

The meal had lasted more than two hours when we started talking about our families. The Dixons have five children. Two of their daughters are with them while they get their

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Just for fun, I asked if their grandchildren have any responsibilities in their 10-person household.

“What do you mean ‘responsibilities’?” Cici asked.

“I mean chores.”

“Well, when we left the house tonight, two grandsons were cleaning the baseboards in the living room.”

I gulped. “How about the kitchen?”

“Fortunately, one of our granddaughters loves to cook. She’s 13. The others help her, do the dishes, sweep, mop. I’m in charge on Sunday.”

“Laundry?” I stammered.

“The kids,” Cici said. “If everybody didn’t pitch in, I couldn’t do everything I need to do.”

“Like?” Zvi asked.

Marcus answered: “There are neighborhood people who need us.

Cici’s wonderful in a crisis, and the youth love her.”

“Do your grandchildren have time for themselves?”

“Sure, it’s time management. Believe me, we always have a lot of fun. As long as they keep bringing home the A’s and do their chores, they can do whatever they want. Everybody plays sports and takes music lessons. They also help my mother, who’s going blind.”

I had to ask, “Do they resent all that responsibility?”

Cici just looked at me. It was a stupid question.

The dinner that started at 6:30 ended at 11:30 when we realized we were all yawning more than talking.

The Jewish classic Pirke Avot (Sayings of the Sages) knows all about the Dixons and how Zvi and I should react to them: “Who is wise? One who learns from everyone.”

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36. Mondelez International CEO Rosenfeld or a 2011 hurricane 37. Obsolete way to send a copy of a Torah piece 38. Book before Nehemiah 42. It sucks up challah crumbs, for short 43. Israeli man?

44. Ready to be barDOWN mitzvahed, technically 1. “Tref” son of Noah 45. Takes the rebbe’s notes 2. Palindromic biblical king 3. Weekday when the Torah is off the board 46. Flatter alternative to read; abbr.

4. Crosswords are much better 23-Across 47. He anointed David than it 48. “___ guy” (words from a 5. Billy Joel’s daughter hocker) 6. U-boats, e.g.

50. Israeli air force hero 7. Mo. Passover falls in 8. Item used to sew a kippah Epstein 51. Jean ___ Picard, Enterprise 9. One of Max Weinstein’s captain after Kirk drums 52. Biblical son of Seth 10. “Three Men ___ Baby” 54. Baruch follower (Nimoy film) 55. Trucks that might bring 11. Bow tie one would not packages from Israel wear 58. Actress Gadot 12. Where Ruth Bader 59. Baby goat or ibex Ginsberg went to Cornell 13. Uncle of Jewish children’s 60. Stranger ___ strange land 61. Ingredient used in this music puzzle’s theme answers 18. Moonves of CBS 22. The Prime Grill buy 23. Diner order that isn’t LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 kosher, for L A M B S A I S S M A R T 14 15 16 short A L E R T T N T T A P E R 17 18 19 24. Show on C U T O U T T H E E R O S E 20 21 22 Yes E M E K A N D R E W C L A Y 23 24 25 26 25. Noise heard E S T N R P O Y S 27 28 29 30 31 32 while going Y I S R A E L K A G A N 33 34 35 36 37 38 through (BenO C T O R E O N E V E R 44 Gurion) security 39N O A 40H 41S A V 42T 43A D O P E 45 46 47 48 49 26. Former A N G E R N E T S W I S 50 51 52 53 empire that S A M S O N H I R S C H 54 55 56 57 58 ruled Israel E L S M A H A B E 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 29. Chometz S A C H A C O H E N P A S S that is always in 67S T R A D 68M I D D 69L E M A N 70 71 72 Jerusalem?

A H A V A E V E I N I G O 73 74 75 30. Yoreh ___ R E N S T R A W Y E M E N 57. Difficult one, or 17-Across and 11-Down 62. High-___ (better way to watch “Fauda”) 63. “I’m ___ boy!” (line from anti-Semitic Ben Sharpsteen’s “Pinocchio”) 64. Music genre of Benny Goodman or Brian Setzer 65. One way to make fire in Israel?

66. Simcha rooms 67. ___ Nahash

FEBRUARY 3 ▪ 2017

CLOSING THOUGHTS

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2016 Pinch Hitter Program Organized by Achim/Gate City B’nai B’rith Lodge 0144 and the B’nai B’rith Center for Community Action

FEBRUARY 3 ▪ 2017

Achim/Gate City Lodge of B’nai B’rith extends our sincere thanks to all of the volunteers who participated in the Pinch Hitter Program on Christmas Day 2016 and a special yasher koach to our volunteer hospital coordinators (noted with **) and their assistants (noted with *), without whom the Pinch Hitter Program would have been impossible to produce.

— Harry Lutz, Chairman

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Elaine Alexander Joel Alpert Nina Altman Tobi Ames Samuel Appel Stewart Applebaum Derek Barr Gail Barr Joshua Barzilay Jacob Beck Mark Beck Bruce Benator Sydney Benator Mark Benator Cobi Beresin Dina Beresin Eva Beresin Todd Beresin Beryl Bergquist Mariah Berkowitz Irma Bloch** Ray Boorstin Cecelia Branhut Joan Brenner Larry Brenner Mike Century David Champoux Debbi Chartash Jeremy Chartash Kelly Chartash Robert Cohen** Emmy Cohn Harold Cohn Sophie Cohn Miriam Cole Stephen Cole Milton Crane Caroline Cranman Katherine Cranman Kevin Cranman Sheila Cranman Randy Crohn Rachel Domba Carol Draisen Kathy Dunburg Shea Ellison Dara Epstein Jaime Falu Carl Feigenbaum** Zachary Feldberg* Robert Feldman

Sheri Feldman Allison Fellner Dan Fellner Eli Fellner Maddie Fellner Diana Fiedotin Linda Flinn Hilary Freedman Linda Gady Jaimie Goldberg Jodie Goldberg Jon Goldberg Julie Goldberg Kim Goldsmith Jackie Goldstein Abigail Goodman Cathy Goodman Jonathon Goodman* Joy Goodman Sophie Goodman Paula Gorlin Freida Gottsegen Craig Greenberg Evan Greenberg Lana Greenberg Leslie Greenberg Robert Gross Elaine Gutenstein Michael Gutenstein Marcello Herszenhaut Michael Hessing James Hoover* Jamie Israel Scott Israel Gary Jackson Robert Jaric Leanna Jones Michael Kadish Matthew Kaler Jacob Kanfer Rick Kanfer Dana Kardon Joseph Katz Julie Katz Steve Kaufman** Steve Kramer Jerry Kravitz** Lois Kravitz** Ben Krebs Brian Krebs Josh Krebs

Tracy Krebs Deborah Krotenberg Richard Lapin Cassie Laurenzo Fima Leibmann Rebecca Levine Alan Levy Sara Lewin Scott Lewin Stacy Lewin Andrew Lewis Stephanie Lewis Art Link** Zena Lovenger Rosanne Lutz** Audrey Mande’ Paul Mande’ Robert Mayer Alex Michaels Melissa Miller Samantha Miller Barry Minkoff Donna Mishkin Alan Moses Ellen Moses Sheila Muldoon Diane Lowenstein Mulvey Linda Nadler* Lorrie Nadler Tony Nicholls Janice Nodvin Adele Northrup Paul Oberman Betty Obregon Hilda Oliveros Vicky Pasmanick Terri Pesso Connie Pierce Faye Rosenbaum Max Rosenbaum Robbie Rosenbaum Sallie Rosenbaum Lou Rosengarten Andrea Rosenthal Ariela Rosenthal Avram Eli Rosenthal Brooke Rosenthal David Rosenthal Laurence Rosenthal Ma’ayan Rosenthal Milton Rosenthal

Naftali Rosenthal Kim Rubenstein Leah Rubin-Lewis Nathaniel Rushin Sandy Sarlin Jamie Schantz Evan Schantz Andie Scher Cori Scher Jon Scher Lawson Scher Alex Schulman** Claire Schwartz Cindy Sedran Felice Seligmann Marvin Shams Gail Shattah Daniel Shmalo Roz Shore Brooke Siflinger Stan Sloan Susan Solomon Kenny Sonenshine Sharon Sonenshine Helen Sonsino Aviva Stern Craig Strickman-Levitas Lisa Sturt Steve Swit Pauley Tedoff Steven Teitel Sharon Teper Lynne Weiner Alice Weinstein Hannah Weiss Isabella Weiss Lawrence Weiss Melissa Weiss Zachary Weiss Denise Whitlock Jessica Whitlock Alan Wind Joel Wine Roz Winston Lane Wolbe Donna Wolff Valerie Wolpe Ronald Zell Anita Zipperman Barry Zipperman Leah Zipperman

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