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Marchers Demonstrate Fear and Hope This is one of several first-person reports from the women’s marches held in Washington, Atlanta and hundreds of other cities Saturday, Jan. 21. The stories continue on Page 8 and at atlantajewishtimes.com, where you’ll find more photos and videos.

By Marita Anderson I bought my ticket to Washington shortly after the election when I heard that a protest march might form. It was a reaction to the relentless waves of emotions I was feeling: disappointment, shock, sadness, and, worst of all, fear.

I felt fear that our new president had normalized the denigration and dehumanization of women, minorities and people with disabilities. I felt fear because, despite years of anti-bullying campaigns at our children’s schools, our nation elected a bully to be our leader.

I felt fear because my beloved Jewish community was tearing itself apart as people made different political choices.

This election polarized our community and divided us. That makes my heart ache, and I find it unacceptable.

As I left my house at 5 Saturday morning, every cell of my body resisted.

I didn’t want to march. I didn’t want to celebrate or protest. I didn’t want to raise my voice or be part of something bigger. I wanted to be home with my family.

I stayed quiet all morning, turning

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The diversity of signs reflects the diversity of the crowd during Atlanta’s March for Social Justice and Women on Jan. 21.

down the noise of the outside world and looking inward for insight. What is my purpose? How do I stay true to my values? What if I see something I don’t agree with? How do I protect my integrity?

What I learned from my first protest: • Protesting is grueling. When you are part of a crowd of a half-million people, standing and walking for more than five hours, your body hurts. I am in awe of the people who showed up, especially the youngsters, elders and people with disabilities. The efforts and personal investments people made were inspiring.

• Peaceful demonstrations of this

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magnitude are miraculous and a reminder of the potential goodness of people.

• I didn’t agree with everything said and done at the march. I will continue speaking out for the issues that are important to me while not staying silent on issues that go against my moral compass.

• Uncertainty is deeply uncomfortable and unsettling. It is also the nature of being human. It is challenging to stand one’s ground. But doing nothing is also a choice with consequences.

• I’m proud of so many people for showing up at the marches. Now we have to keep showing up in our communities. ■

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Falcons Fly To Big Game It took 15 years, but Arthur Blank is dancing to the Super Bowl as an owner competing for the Lombardi Trophy.

The Atlanta Falcons earned a spot in Super Bowl LI with a crushing 44-21 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Jan. 22. It was the first time the Falcons won the NFC championship at home, and it happened in the final game at the Georgia Dome, which will be razed this year to make way for the Falcons’ new home, Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Jewish Atlanta, like the rest of the city, has celebrated the MVP-caliber exploits of quarterback Matt Ryan and the rest of the Falcons as they have risen to the Super Bowl for only the second time in franchise history. The first time, a 3419 loss to the Denver Broncos in 1999, was three years before Blank bought the team for $545 million, and the Falcons had to win the NFC championship on the road in Minnesota that year.

Blank’s limited partners include fellow Jewish Atlantans Ed Mendel and Doug Hertz. Atlanta Hawks CEO Steve Koonin, who will speak to the Jewish Breakfast Club three days after the Super Bowl, showed support for the franchise next door by tweeting out a photo of himself and wife Eydie on the sidelines.

The big game Sunday, Feb. 5, in Houston is against the New England Patriots, whose Jewish owner, Robert Kraft, is one of the biggest financial backers of American football in Israel.

The timing poses a problem for Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Executive Director Kenny Blank. Not only does the game fall in the middle of the festival, but 16 films are being screened that Sunday.

The idea was to offer alternative programming to the Super Bowl, Blank said; instead, he plans to slip away for the day to join his father in Houston. ■

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With Israeli Cuisine, Everyone Is Family raised in Canada, we put it on everything. But it was always savory, eaten with meats, rice or salads.

It was not until I was a mother myself that the sweet possibilities of this nutty paste began to open up for me. With my daughter attending kin-

Taking Root

By Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder rabbiruth@gmail.com

dergarten in Jerusalem, I was periodically treated to Israeli foods cooked by her class. The first such offering was a honey apple compote that was a revelation of what could be done on the Rosh Hashanah theme.

When the tahini cookies came home, I was skeptical. What could tahini add to the fabulous combination of butter and sugar? A lifetime of experience suggested nothing; one bite and I understood how much I had to learn.

In the space of a generation, much has changed in the Israeli kitchen.

The flavors my mother grew up with remain, but the national palate has expanded and pushed the boundaries of ingredients and fusion.

Alon Balshan of Alon’s Bakery, one of those at the Hal’s Kitchen event, recalled that when he left Israel 30 years ago, the only restaurants were small places that sold hummus and falafel. Today when he goes back, things have changed completely. “In Israel today, we have a food and restaurant culture that can compete with any other — French, Italian, Spanish.

We do it even better.”

Sophisticated foods like those presented by Priel have become the norm in today’s Israel, and bringing them to Atlanta opened up the Israeli kitchen to those who have never been.

Friends Gaby Bradford, Ruth Pettit and Robyn Gillespie went because Gillespie was intrigued to learn more about the Mediterranean flavors, but none of them knew quite what to expect. Pettit enjoyed the fresh flavors and was a particular fan of the ceviche.

For Cyndi Sterne, the owner of Hal’s Kitchen, the evening was “a great opportunity to bring together people from all walks of life in Atlanta and have them experience Israeli cuisine and the best of Priel’s kitchen.” ■

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“Dinner tonight will be served family style, because in Israel that is how we do it,” chef Avivit Priel told the group gathered at Hal’s Kitchen in Buckhead on Sunday, Jan. 22.

Anyone familiar with Israeli culture knows this to be true. In Israel, families regularly gather around food. Mothers pack meals to bring to their children serving in the army. Go to a fine dining establishment, and people at neighboring tables will gladly share insights into the best dishes to order.

So, Israeli style, the evening was intimate and friendly, with people seated together at a long table, sharing food. As they talked, they watched Priel prepare the meal they would eat.

Priel is one of Israel’s top chefs, so while the food was served family style, there was nothing simple about it. The menu reflected the sophisticated style of the dishes she regularly cooks at Tel Aviv’s acclaimed Ouzeria.

“Israeli food is Mediterranean food. There is a focus on the fresh ingredients,” Priel said. “And we draw flavors from all over the region — Italian, Turkish, Palestinian, Lebanese — and of course all immigrants brought their tastes with them too. That is Israeli food.”

From this international array, Priel produced a meal that blended the flavors seamlessly.

Several dishes showcased ingredients that, while common in Israel, were less familiar to the Atlanta crowd.

The appetizer of sea bass fingers was wrapped in a shredded form of filo pastry called katafi. The product, quickly fried, was a crunchy cocoon with a perfectly cooked morsel inside.

The “cooking” of the ceviche could not happen until the gazpacho with which it was served was made.

Then, and only then, could the fish be dressed in lemon and mixed with avocado and tomatoes.

Dessert came together easily: heavy cream, gelatin, tahini, a little sugar, some heat and then into the freezer. Topped with some pomegranate molasses and halva, Priel’s Israeli take on panna cotta had people asking where to buy the best tahini so they could make it at home.

In my childhood home, tahini was always on the table. My mother grew up in Israel, and even though I was

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Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. Screenings are held every day through Feb. 15 at various venues. Tickets are $13 for evening shows, $10 for matinees, $11 for students, children and seniors, and $18 for young professionals night and closing night; ajff.org.

THURSDAY, JAN. 26

Child trafficking. The East Cobb Consortium for Ending Child Slavery holds a discussion at 7 p.m. at Congregation Etz Chaim, 1190 Indian Hills Parkway, East Cobb. Free; spricelight32@gmail. com or 404-457-4543.

FRIDAY, JAN. 27

Balser Symposium. Raj Raghunathan discusses happiness and philanthropy at 8 a.m. after breakfast and networking at 7:30 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, 84 Fifth St., Midtown.

Registration, including parking and the professor’s book, is $75; bit.ly/2kdTUeV or 404-870-1873.

Presidential libraries. Theater professor Jodi Kanter speaks about her book “Presidential Libraries as Performance: Curating American Character From Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush” at 7 p.m. at Carter Presidential Library, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. Free; www. jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 28

Cholent cook-off. Young Israel of Toco Hills, 2056 LaVista Road, holds its eighth annual cook-off during Kiddush after 9 a.m. services. Free to eat, $18 to enter; www.yith.org or 404-315-1417.

“Almost Psychic.” Roderick Russell, who does not claim to be psychic, applies psychology, manipulation and misdirection to expose private thoughts and demonstrates sword swallowing at 7 p.m. to help Temple Beth Tikvah, 9955

Vaeira Friday, Jan. 27, light candles at 5:46 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 28, Shabbat ends at 6:44 p.m.

Bo Friday, Feb. 3, light candles at 5:52 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 4, Shabbat ends at 6:50 p.m.

Coleman Road, Roswell, celebrate its 30th anniversary. Tickets (ages 21 and older) are $36 in advance and $45 at the door; www.bethtikvah.com.

Children’s jam. Chevra Ahavas Yisrael holds its Havdalah Jam with a JCrafts workshop at 7:15 p.m. at Torah Day School, 1985 LaVista Road, Toco Hills.

Free; cayatlanta@gmail.com.

Movie night. Chabad of North Fulton, 10180 Jones Bridge Road, Alpharetta, shows the film “Arranged” at 8 p.m.

Free; chabadnf.org or 770-410-9000.

SUNDAY, JAN. 29

Preschool open house. The Alefbet Preschool at Congregation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Dunwoody, holds a fun day with a chance to meet teachers from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Free; optional RSVP to risa@bshalom.net.

Children’s concert. The Pop Ups perform for preschoolers at 10:30 a.m. at the Davis Academy Lower School, 8105 Roberts Drive, Sandy Springs. Free; davisacademy­.org­/cubclub.

Israel Ride information. Valerie and Michael Miller host an Israel Ride reunion and information session at 7 p.m. at a location shared with people who register. Free; israelride.org/ event/2017-israle-ride-in-atlanta-ga.

TUESDAY, JAN. 31

Play preview. The Alliance Theatre

holds a discussion on its upcoming production “The Temple Bombing,” based on Melissa Fay Greene’s book, as a performance from the show, at 7:30 p.m. at The Temple, 1589 Peachtree St., Midtown. Free; alliancetheatre.org/ thetemplesalon.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1

Master chefs. The Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, launches a four-week series of chefs sharing recipes and cooking tips with Empire State South’s Andrea Kirshtein talking about pastries at 7 p.m. Cookbook author Cynthia Graubart speaks Feb. 8, The Luminary’s Eli Kirshtein on Feb. 15, and the General Muir’s Todd Ginsberg on Feb. 22 (sold out). The cost is $50 for one class or $150 for all three available classes for JCC members or $65 per class or $195 for the series for others; bit.ly/2jSJnb9 or 678-812-3798.

Book event. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman speaks about his book “Thank You for Being Late” at 7:30 p.m. at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Tickets are $18 for JCC members, $24 for others; 678-812-4005 or www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival.

THURSDAY, FEB. 2

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.

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Remember When

25 Years Ago Jan. 24, 1992 ■ As U.S. District Judge Marvin Shoob prepares to hear a case challenging Cobb County’s display of the Ten Commandments and a quote from the Gospel of Matthew, two Cobb rabbis disagree on the 40-year-old display. While Chabad Rabbi Ruvi New would like to see the Ten Commandments remain but the Matthew quote removed, Congregation Etz Chaim Rabbi Shalom Lewis says neither should stay at the county courthouse.

■ Rep. John Lewis, speaking at a gathering of the National Council of Jewish Women at The Temple on Martin Luther King Day, said he is more convinced than ever that, for blacks and Jews, “our past, our future, are intertwined.” He called for the two groups to continue the struggle.

■ Debi and David Bock of Atlanta announce the birth of a daughter, Hannah Josephine, on Jan. 1.

50 Years Ago Jan. 27, 1967 ■ Speakers at the South-Southwest Regional Conference of the United Jewish Appeal warned that Israel is entering one of the most difficult and dangerous periods in its brief history. Newspaper columnist Drew Pearson said former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion recently told him that there will be peace between Israel and the Arab states when the United States and Russia decide there should be peace.

■ Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Berman of Atlanta announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Ellen Berman, to Robert Daniel Bloom, son of Mrs. Benjamin Bloom of Columbia, S.C., and the late Mr. Bloom.

■ Mr. and Mrs. Albert Maslia of Atlanta invite friends to the bar mitzvah of their son Morris Levi at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Or VeShalom Synagogue.

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ISRAEL NEWS

Israel Pride: Good News From Our Jewish Home Israeli tech at Super Bowl. Intel bought Tel Aviv-based Replay Technologies and its 360-degree video technology for $170 million last year. Fox Sports will use the system in the Super Bowl broadcast Feb. 5 when the Atlanta Falcons face the New England Patriots.

Bone transplants. Haifa-based Bonus BioGroup has a revolutionary method for growing bone in the lab from a patient’s fat cells. In the latest trials, bone injected into the jaws of 11 patients successfully fused to existing bone and filled gaps in deteriorating jawbones.

Streamlined response. Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency service, has developed the My MDA app. It provides dispatchers and ambulance teams with advance information, including the exact location of the user, medical information, and photos or a live video feed from the scene.

Thank you for fighting Ebola. On the first state visit to Israel by a president of Muslim-majority Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma thanked the Jewish state for helping fight the Ebola virus: “That we have put Ebola behind us is because of the support of this nation.”

Arab volunteers in the IDF. “Why did I decide to enlist?” asked Sgt. Yusef Salutta, a 20-year-old Arab from the north of Israel who serves with the Israel Defense Forces’ Desert Reconnaissance Battalion. “Because I’m from this country, and I love the country, and I want to contribute. Anybody who lives here should enlist.”

Jamaican visitor. Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness visited Israel and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss cooperation in water, agriculture and domestic security. He also visited the Western Wall and invited Netanyahu to make an official visit to Jamaica.

Saving the Peruvian monkey. Two Israeli researchers are behind a global campaign to rescue the last yellowtailed woolly monkeys of Peru, one of the world’s 25 most endangered primates. The Israelis have launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to purchase land the monkeys inhabit.

4,000 smart rental cars. Pointer Telocation Systems in Rosh HaAyin has won a contract to manage a five-year driver behavior project in cooperation

with the American Transit Insurance Co., which insures rental cars in New York. Some 4,000 cars will be fitted with automation systems from Pointer and Jerusalem-based Mobileye.

Did we just get hacked? Cybersecurity startup SECDO in Ra’anana saves huge amounts of time after a security incident. It collects all data, all the time, from all end points. When the alarms go off, management can see whether it’s a real threat and can close any breach instantly. SECDO has just received $10 million in funding.

Italian power failure. Kfar Saba-based startup 3DSignals used acoustic technology to detect a malfunction in a hydroelectric power station run by Italian company Enel. Early repair of the faulty oil valve saved Enel hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dollars.

Triple the investment. A recent report from Yoram Ettinger highlights that foreign capital flowing into Israel has nearly tripled since 2005, the year the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign started. The Israeli Finance Ministry forecasts an increase this year from 2016, which was a record year.

Quarter-million for Muss. Jewish National Fund’s Alexander Muss High School in Israel has received a $250,000 grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation for its Israel Continuum programming, which strengthens alumni connections to Israel. The Israel Communal Scholarship Awards will increase the school’s recruitment efforts while boosting visibility and collaboration inside Jewish communities and institutions.

Fewer plastic bags. The number of plastic bags being distributed at Israeli supermarkets has dropped by 50 percent to 85 percent, thanks to a law requiring customers to pay for each one.

Cynics thought the 10-agora (2.6-cent) cost of each bag was too low, but Israelis have changed their shopping habits.

Africa Eco Race winner. Israeli motorcyclist Gev Teddy Sella, 17, has won the 12-day, 4,000-mile Africa Eco Race.

He beat experienced drivers racing motorcycles, SUVs and trucks through Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal, plus the harsh Sahara Desert, while navigating by guidebook.

Compiled courtesy of verygoodnewsisrael. blogspot.com and other sources.

Zooming Out for a Better Perspective on the Conflict

By Rich Walter

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“The prospects for peace will be seriously marred if states outside the region continue to raise territorial proposals and suggestions on subjects that cannot promote peace and security.”

While the above quote could certainly have been uttered in the weeks after the passage of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 in December, it was in fact made by the Israeli Cabinet on Dec. 10, 1969.

The statement came a day after an address by U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers to the Galaxy Conference on Adult Education in Washington.

Rogers laid out his vision for peace in the Middle East.

The speech would form the basis of the Rogers Plan, an American framework for peace.

Too often, when it comes to Israel and the Middle East, we tend to be myopic. We focus on the immediate, as if every event is happening in a vacuum or for the first time.

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events in the context of the present reality and history can enable us to shed our polarizing responses and provide a more nuanced understanding.

At the heart of Resolution 2334, no matter your politics, is the concept of settlements. A few weeks ago the Center for Israel Education staff sat with our interns at the Emory University Institute for the Study of Modern Israel to undertake an exercise that illustrates the importance of perspective.

In preparing for a new CIE unit on the June 1967 war, we created a table with topics relating to Israel and how they evolved from 1947 to June 1967 to the present day. One of the elements was settlements.

In coming up with adjectives and nouns to describe the concept of settlements from 1947 to 1949, we used terms like “necessary” and “strategic.” At that moment, after the United Nations’ partition resolution, which called for the creation of separate Arab and Jewish states in Palestine, and in the midst of the 1948 war, the moshavim, kibbutzim and communities that were referred to

CIE President Ken Stein fills a whiteboard with discussion topics and terminology comparing the time of Israel’s War of Independence, the Six-Day War and today.

as settlements were considered essential to Israel’s state-building and security, not an impediment to peace.

For June 1967, we left the box blank, recognizing that the term “settlement” was about to undertake a historic pivot. However, a quick search of the term in the Jerusalem Post archives for June 1967 reveals that at that time the word was almost exclusively used to describe the communities in Israel’s north that suffered shelling by the Syrians from the Golan.

Finally, in filling out the box on the table for 2017, we used the terms “idealistic,” “representative,” “objection-

able,” “necessary” and “reprehensible.”

We weren’t injecting personal politics, but trying to reflect the reality and diversity of opinions that settlements engender.

An exercise such as this helps us understand how different aspects of Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict evolve over time. Perspective makes us less polarized. Providing this perspective and context is the core of what we do at the Center for Israel Education. ■ Rich Walter is the associate director for Israel education at the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org).

ISRAEL NEWS Items provided by the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org), where you can find more details.

Jan. 27, 2001: A weeklong summit between Israeli and Palestinian leaders concludes in the Egyptian resort town of Taba. The talks at Taba take place during the height of the Second Intifada, at the start of George W. Bush’s presidency and after Yasser Arafat rejected peace proposals facilitated by Bill Clinton in the last year of his presidency.

Jan. 28, 1790: Sephardi Jews living in France are granted equal rights and given French citizenship by the National Assembly. Despite three days of debate the previous month and a petition from the Jews of Alsace and Lorraine, France’s Ashkenazim are denied citizenship until September 1791.

Jan. 29, 2005: Israeli writer, playwright, screenwriter and film director Ephraim Kishon dies at the age of 80 in Switzerland.

Jan. 30, 1933: The same day that Adolf Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg, Recha Freier establishes the Committee for the Assistance of Jewish Youth to facilitate aliyah to Israel.

Jan. 31, 1961: Israeli Prime Min-

ister David Ben-Gurion resigns in response to the Lavon Affair, the controversy over a failed covert operation in Egypt in 1954 that was blamed on the defense minister at the time, Pinchas Lavon. Ben-Gurion’s resignation sets the stage for elections in the summer, which his party wins to keep him in office until 1963.

Feb. 1, 1979: After 15 years in exile, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran, two weeks after the shah fled the country. His arrival sets in motion changes that include the end of Ayatollah Ruhollah decades of engageKhomeini returns to Iran ment between Iran on Feb. 1, 1979. and Israel.

Feb. 2, 1915: Israeli politician, diplomat, historian and writer Abba Eban is born in Cape Town, South Africa.

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LOCAL NEWS

Marchers Stand Up for Rights and for Atlanta

JANUARY 27 ▪ 2017

The rain didn’t seem to deter anyone from gathering downtown at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights for the March for Social Justice and Women on Saturday, Jan. 21.

Rain-soaked men, women and children marched for many reasons in ponchos with their umbrellas in tow.

Poor Atlanta weather delayed the 1 p.m. start, and the speakers scheduled before the march didn’t begin until about 2. The crowd waited in the mud.

The last of the speakers was the crowd favorite: Rep. John Lewis (DAtlanta) took the stage to the crowd’s chants of “Thank you, John.”

The 5th District congressman has gained notoriety and faced criticism since calling Donald Trump’s presidency illegitimate. But there was only support for Lewis and his district in this audience. Some signs offered quotes from Lewis himself; others provided messages of encouragement.

“I know something about marching,” Lewis told the 60,000, who erupted in applause and cheers. “I want to thank you for standing up … for getting in trouble, for getting in good trouble, for getting in necessary trouble.”

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Congregation Bet Haverim Rabbi Josh Lesser (left) marches in Atlanta with the Jewish Community Relations Council’s Noah Appley and Elizabeth Appley.

Lewis’ closing remarks marked the beginning of the march to the Capitol.

Any fear of violence was unfounded, though police cruisers lined many of the streets. Officers waved to marchers, and many cheered in solidarity.

Among the more inspiring moments was a 9-year-old marching with his mother, who had given him a megaphone. Each time he yelled, “Women’s rights are human rights,” the crowd called back in solidarity.

He held the megaphone for much of the march.

It was not a women’s march for

women. It was a march for equal rights and social justice for anyone. Women and men and their children marched 1.7 miles in the mud and through the rain to echo that sentiment.

— Rachel Fayne Gruskin

Fired Up in Atlanta Atlanta joined with 672 Women’s March sister cities and an estimated 4.8 million people globally, according to womensmarch.com.

Despite torrential rain early in the day, nothing could dampen the spirits of the estimated 60,000 walkers clad in

plastic ponchos who came by car and van pool, shuttle and city bus, bike, Uber, and MARTA. The walk began at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights and culminated at the state Capitol. The rain dissipated just in time, giving way to an electrified afternoon crowd under gray skies.

It was a march of every woman and every man, a march of families and students, synagogue members and activists, co-workers and friends. All joined to fire a warning shot across the bow of the Trump administration that the newly awakened American public will resist bigotry, hate and intolerance, efforts to chip away at women’s or human rights, threats to the environment, and challenges to democracy.

The energized throng began by chanting, “Fired up and ready to go.”

Along the route, the phrase was “Love, not hate, makes America great.” A common exchange was “Tell me what democracy looks like” with an answer of “This is what democracy looks like.”

As the procession reached the Capitol, nearing the sounds of a band playing in front of the Georgia State

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Pink hats and handheld signs were the accessories of the day. The homemade signs of all shapes, sizes and colors, some wrapped in plastic against the weather, told the story in Atlanta and elsewhere.

“He may be my president, but he doesn’t represent me,” read one sign in Atlanta. Another said, “Free Melania.”

A sign in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris read, “Respect existence, or expect resistance.” A satin sash draped across a young woman in Washington declared her “Miss Represented.” Another sign in Washington warned, “You have awoken sleeping beauties.”

— Leah R. Harrison

Empowered to Act

The Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women was an awesome demonstration of unity and democracy. It was a privilege and a source of pride to know one of the organizers personally, to be close enough to hear the speakers before the march, and to see women I cherish named Ruth, Dina and Rebecca (and Ellen, Karen and Lois).

Millions across the world wit-

nessed moments of peaceful protest, created poignant signs that others documented with their cameras, and joined in chant and song.

Waves of cheering moved up to, through and beyond me with a deafening echo. These vibrations of energy conveyed hope and inspiration.

Many question whether the energy will continue. I have faith that it will. We have been awakened.

The marches are an absolute testimony that we will not be passive. However, it is what happens now and going forward that will count most of all.

When a statement on LGBT issues is taken down from the White House, we will watch to see what replaces it.

When unqualified people are nominated for the most powerful positions in the U.S. government, we will go to our representatives to voice our opinions, and we will ask for their commitment to speak up and vote on the right side of the issue.

When we disagree on social media, we can schedule a call or a coffee so that we can discuss what matters rather than resort to yelling through the protective veil of the computer.

There are still those who say they have nothing to protest. There are those who think women are overreact-

ing. There are those who think these marches were meaningless.

I say that when swastikas show up on dorms and synagogues and bomb threats are phoned in to Jewish community centers across the country the past three weeks, we all have a reason to protest. When women across the world are being mistreated and tortured, we all need to react.

And when people are mobilized to stand and walk together rather than feel paralyzed after a sensationalized election, I say that’s empowering.

As state Rep. Stacey Abrams (DAtlanta) said at the beginning of the march, we need to educate, advocate and agitate to achieve progress. We were reminded that we have a new president, not a new Constitution.

My Congregation Bet Haverim community provided a sanctuary erev Shabbos between the inauguration and the march. We sang a song by Holly Near that is my mantra for now: I am open, and I am willing.

To be hopeless would seem so strange.

It dishonors those who go before us.

So lift me up to the light of change.

I look forward to joining forces with our community to be beacons of light for the rights of all Americans.

— Rebecca Stapel-Wax

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Respect in Washington

The Women’s March on Washington exceeded any of my expectations or experience with demonstrations.

I was met with a citywide takeover of thousands upon thousands. Trains struggled to run, and transit employees funneled crowds as spontaneous cheering echoed from the walls.

On the streets, the crowd covered the entirety of the route by 10 a.m. when I met Alyssa Lenox, 26, also of Atlanta.

She spoke of a white rose taped to a poster in honor of an anti-Nazi group.

In German, it read, “We will not be silent.”

“Given the history of the Jewish people, I felt it was particularly important,” she said. “I feel like it’s a moral obligation to oppose persecution or oppression of any kind, whether it be a Muslim registry, defunding women’s health clinics or attacking immigrants.”

The atmosphere was positive in spite of the threats. A crowd gathered around a brass band to dance. A stranger offered us food and water when we were hungry.

Lenox summed it up when she said, “Ultimately, it’s about respect and support for each other as people.”

— Elizabeth Friedly

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That Lobby

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While the United States has been shaken by allegations that Russia tried to disrupt our presidential election, the United Kingdom has its own scandal involving foreign influence in domestic politics.

Al-Jazeera, the Qatari-financed news network whose American wing failed, recently broadcast a four-part exposé based on a six-month undercover investigation aimed at revealing a great evil working within British politics: the Jews.

Of course, it’s not presented in those terms. Instead, through two hours of captioned videos backed by ominous music and tense narration, the Al-Jazeera series purports to expose the work of the Israeli Embassy in London to undermine democratic processes.

Echoing “The Israel Lobby,” a vile 2007 book alleging that U.S. foreign policy was in thrall to Israel, AlJazeera named its investigation “The Lobby.”

And what did “The Lobby” reveal?

• Israeli diplomats meet with politically active Britons and encourage Israel advocacy, even offering logistical support for pro-Israel organizations.

• Britons who work for the Israeli Embassy sometimes move to jobs with political organizations.

• Israel notices officials who criticize it.

Al-Jazeera’s captures one embarrassing conversation over drinks in which an embassy functionary laughs about unseating the British deputy foreign secretary. You have to view the scene in the most negative light to see it as anything serious, let alone sinister, but it is undiplomatic. Israel’s ambassador to Britain apologized, and the employee was fired.

Nothing else Al-Jazeera found violates laws or customs or is different from the operations of most diplomatic corps. And nothing was done in secret.

Embassies and consulates build relationships with people who have influence and cultivate friendships with those who might support them. But Israel’s foes are all too eager to fire up conspiracy theories about Zionist plots to control the world.

The Al-Jazeera series was not an effort at good journalism. It was a transparent hatchet job by the same Qatari rulers who fund Hamas, and it was designed to chip away at support for Israel. Perhaps it was just a side benefit for the Qataris that the series fueled anti-Semitism — even Al-Jazeera was shamed enough to disable the hateful comments posted on YouTube — and provided cover for the Labour Party’s well-documented problem with anti-Semitism.

The scariest part of “The Lobby” isn’t the reminder of how much oil money Qatar will spend to smear Israel or how many people will believe the worst about Israel and about its supporters in the Diaspora.

It’s that Al-Jazeera’s laughable investigation wasn’t close to the worst recent outrage from Europe.

That honor goes to a ruling by a German appellate court. It found that the firebombing of the synagogue in Wuppertal in summer 2014 was not an act of anti-Semitism, but a political protest of Israel’s actions in Gaza. Somehow, in the court’s view, blaming Jews in Germany for the actions of a foreign government led by Jews is not an expression of Jew-hatred.

All of which provides a reminder why the Jewish people must have Israel as our one guaranteed haven 10 in the world. ■

Cartoon by Yaakov Kirschen, Jerusalem Post

Jerusalem: Israel’s Eternal Capital Jerusalem as a city may be 4,000 years old.

All tourists visiting Jerusalem can attest to this.

The Bible narrates that Abraham visited there The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is guarded with when it was called Shalem the same reverence as the (Salem). He met MelkizeMount of Olives; the Arab dek, the priest to G-d Most market is as safe as the High.

Jewish Cardo, the ancient Guest Column Later, a Semitic people main street from Roman

By Rabbi Richard Baroff named the Jebusites contimes. The Dome of the trolled the area. In 1000 Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque B.C.E. King David pushed are treated with as much out these Jebusites, makrespect as the Western ing the Israelites the masters of the city. Jerusalem Wall below. became the capital of the ancient kingdom of Israel.

Israelis understand that the glory of YerushaDavid’s son Solomon build the Temple about layim shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold) is imbedded in 960 so that Jerusalem became the focal point of all the holy places found there: Islamic, Christian Israelite spirituality. Ideally, three times each year and Jewish.

Jewish farmers would make the pilgrimage to JerusaIsraelis rejoice in the Christian, Armenian and lem with their offerings on the festivals of Passover, Muslim quarters, as well as the Jewish Quarter.

Shavuot and Sukkot.

The U.N. Security Council voted 14-0 Dec. 23, Many tribulations followed. After Solomon’s with the United States abstaining, that all this is death, the kingdom split into Judah in the south and illegally held Israeli territory, along with Judaea and Israel in the north. Judah retained Jerusalem as its Samaria. capital. But that capital, along with the rest of Judah, The vote on Resolution 2334 was a vicious and was ravaged by the Babylonians in 587/6 B.C.E. The anti-Semitic act and a denial of history. This action Temple was destroyed (but was rebuilt half a century was abetted by the terrible failure of the Obama later). administration to stop the resolution.

Later came the Persians, the Greeks (from I very much hope that the new American adEgypt and Syria), the Romans (West and East, pagan ministration will move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusaand Christian), the Arabs (from various places), the lem, Israel’s capital, as a dramatic way to show U.S. Turks, the British and the Jordanians. solidarity with the Jewish state.

But the Jews have been there longer than any Tel Aviv, where the U.S. Embassy and many othpeople in today’s world can lay claim — the Jebusites ers now sit, is not the capital of Israel. Jerusalem is. being long gone.

It is past time that the embassy be moved. JeruThe Jordanians took over after the British salem must remain the united capital of the Jewish mandate ended in 1948. They did not take care of state. American policy should honor that reality. ■ the Christian and especially Jewish religious sites found throughout the Old City and in other parts Rabbi Richard Baroff heads Roswell-based Guardof Jerusalem. But Muslim and Christian sites have ians of the Torah (guardiansofthetorah.com). been respectfully cared for by the Israeli government The Editor’s Notebook appears on Page 16 this week. since the reunification of Jerusalem in June 1967.

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We Can’t Help Fearing the Consequences of Chaos knowledge, I will get a good job, will work and will be rewarded. I know what will happen to me. If I work and save money, I will retire and enjoy my golden years.

All of us accept the wisdom of if-then propositions. We learn that

One Man’s Opinion

By Eugen Schoenfeld

most answers to questions in life are covered by if-then propositions.

The Book of Proverbs is an example of the various books of wisdom that are supposed to enlighten us with parables and tales as answers to one constantly asked question: What shall I do?

Unfortunately, the world in which we live is always in a state of flux.

Change is always seen as a threat to our stability. Change, while necessary, creates conditions for which the books of wisdom have no answers.

Change is a threat to our social life and our physical existence. One merely has to look at the disappearance of animal species throughout the billion years of life on Earth because they could not accommodate changes.

What is true for the biological world is also true for social life.

In the past, change was slow. But the speed of change follows a geometric progression. Technological changes occur extremely fast. We hardly have time to adapt and develop new sages who will offer advice for living.

In my 60 years as a college professor, I found that students were having great problems deciding which of the many available subjects they should study. It has become common for students to change majors a few times during their years in college.

College students must respond to changes in the systems of production, but who can advise them what skills will be needed down the line? They respond with fear.

Robotics and computers have changed occupational skills, but will today’s students be as superfluous as their parents later in life?

The applicability of parents’ lifetime of knowledge has declined, and parents in many instances are no longer capable to serve as advisers.

We indeed are in an unpredictable world, a scary world. a world affected by fear.

Emile Durkheim, one of the fathers of modern sociology, has pointed out that the loss of a moral order and with it the predictability of life is strongly associated with suicide.

Be aware: Changes in the productive system cannot be stopped, and our concern for the future will remain a feature of life.

Above all else, there are no messiahs to assure you that they know everything and that following their teaching will lead to a good life.

Our fate is to struggle, but we should never give up our hope for the future.

We must believe in the words of our prophets: “There is always hope in our future.”

Still, it is the duty of society’s leaders —political, social and moral — to tell us the truth instead of assuaging us with falsehoods. ■

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Donald Trump’s election was a reaction to fear — the same type of fear that affected many other nations, especially Germany, during the 1920s and ’30s.

It’s a fear the Torah describes as a response to the rise of amorality, a fear labeled as mehumah, the state of social chaos.

The consequence of chaos is unpredictability, fueling the fear that Franklin Roosevelt warned us against, lest it rob us of our senses. It is a fear that Erich Fromm, the psychoanalyst, felt led people in Germany to give up their freedom and submit themselves to the empty promises of “wanna-be messiahs” who are nothing but dictators.

Be aware of chaos. Chaos is the condition that various creation stories say the gods had to defeat to make the world.

Chaos is our universal enemy. In the Torah, the world was tohu vavohoo (void and without order) — that is, chaotic — and G-d had to eliminate chaos before He could say, “Ki tov,” it was good.

This idea is repeated in Greek, Chinese and Egyptian mythologies.

In the Greek narrative, Erebus rose out of chaos and made order possible.

In the Chinese version of creation, a black egg, the symbol of chaos, was destroyed, making possible the appearance of yin and yang, symbolizing balance, order and interdependence.

A good life is possible only when actions and their consequences are predictable — that is, when human life is governed by if-then propositions.

Deuteronomy 11:13 reads, “It shall be if you listen to my command … I shall give the rains in your land, both the spring and winter rains predictably in time, and when you sow, you will predictably gather your corn, wine and your oil in time. However, if you will not listen to Me, the consequence will be unpredictability,” sparking the fear of mehuma, of confusion and lack of order.

The punishment for Babylonian excess ambition in seeking to become godlike was the “babel” of chaos and absence of the “if-then” proposition. It was the opposite of ki tov and presented the significance of predictable consequences.

Through all phases of existence, a good life is a predictable life. I go to school because when I acquire

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Letters To The Editor Undermining System

The following is an open letter to Rep. John Lewis.

As a longtime constituent and past contributor of yours, I am deeply disturbed and disappointed by your recent comments about our presidential election. As an elected representative, you have to uphold the Constitution and represent all the people in your district,

but your actions speak otherwise. To question the legitimacy of the results of our recent election undermines the democratic process on which our great country was founded. Do you wish to overthrow our new president?

It is time for you to resign from Congress and let your legacy as a leader for civil rights define your career.

— Cookie Shapiro, Smyrna

Why Emma Thompson?

I thought the recent Jewish Times coverage of the films being offered by the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (Jan. 13

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pullout section) was well done with one major exception: You failed to mention what has been the subject of numerous discussions and emails.

I was disappointed and upset that the female star of the opening night movie, “Alone in Berlin,” is Emma Thompson, a vehemently anti-Israel activist. Your readers and many ticket purchasers have not been told that she actively supports boycotts and other actions that are designed to hurt Israel and her Jewish citizens. She wants to isolate and delegitimize Israel, and she has spoken against Israel and signed, for example, a petition to exclude Israel’s theater from performing in England.

She is the poster woman of everything many people in Atlanta and elsewhere abhor. The AJT said the movie is a “must-see.”

By showing “Alone in Berlin” on opening night, or any time, the AJFF is condoning the actions of Thompson.

The community should have answers to the following questions: • Did the AJFF know about Thompson’s anti-Israel campaign and, if so, when did it first find out?

• When did the AJFF first advise its officers and/or board of directors of Thompson’s background? Did the board approve “Alone in Berlin” as the

film to be shown on opening night?

• When did the AJFF first inform its sponsors and all its ticket holders and potential buyers that it was helping the reputation of someone who seems to focus her ire and venom on Israel and not on other disputed areas, such as Tibet, Crimea, Cyprus and Kashmir?

• If the AJFF knew about Thompson’s background, why did it not immediately inform the public and the local Jewish newspapers?

• The AJFF reviewed more than 500 films. With so many movies and thousands of actors and actresses, why was a movie starring Thompson selected at all, let alone for opening night?

Let’s have a thorough discussion of this matter and not try to cover it up.

My criticism is not with the movie, but the actions of the starring lead actress on the opening night event.

Doesn’t the selection of this actress allow those who curse and condemn Israel to say that the Atlanta Jewish community approves of her anti-Israel actions? Why should the spotlight be on Thompson? Should the AJFF show a movie that enhances her reputation?

A wise mentor once told me that it is never too late to tell the truth, never too late to apologize and never too late to correct a wrong. The AJFF needs to take corrective actions. If this is not done, is it possible that next year we might see the likes of Mel Gibson, Vanessa Redgrave, and other anti-Israel or anti-Semitic actors and actresses?

— Lowell Fine, Atlanta Editor’s note: See Page 16 for AJFF Executive Director Kenny Blank’s responses to questions about opening night.

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I was surprised that in the description of the Brad Lichtenstein film “There Are Jews Here” (“More Jews Than History Here,” Jan. 13), we were not told who Lichtenstein, the scion of a notable Atlanta family, is.

I have not seen this film, but I have seen several outstanding films of his.

Brad is from the wonderful and notable Lichtenstein family of Atlanta.

Brad’s great-grandfather Morris Lichtenstein was the Ashkenazi Atlanta Jew who made the Temple Jews stand up and take notice. In 1906 he worked out the unity package that helped the Jewish Educational Alliance come into being in March 1911. A great leader, Morris Lichtenstein performed many acts of benevolence, and he saved Atlanta Jewry 10 years before the Leo Frank case when a Jewish laborer was murdered.

I hope everyone who can sees Brad’s film.

— Rabbi David Geffen, Jerusalem

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Mazon Exhibit Demonstrates What Hunger Is “Hunger transcends all ethnic backgrounds and faiths,” said Rabbi Brian Glusman, who leads community outreach and engagement for the Marcus Jewish Community Center.

The Marcus JCC and co-sponsor Congregation Or Hadash raised awareness about food insecurity through the mobile installation “This Is Hunger,” presented by the nonprofit group Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger.

Mazon means nutrition or food in Hebrew, and the nonprofit works to end hunger among people of all faiths in the United States and Israel.

Hunger affects 42.2 million Americans, including 14.9 percent of Georgia households, according to Mazon. Some 1.8 million Georgians participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as of 2015.

Food scarcity affects 13.1 million U.S. children and 5.7 million seniors, Mazon says.

“This Is Hunger” was stationed at the JCC’s Zaban Park in Dunwoody on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 18 and

Photos by Sarah Moosazadeh Shira Feen, a junior at Yeshiva University, says, “I enjoyed viewing the exhibit because you’re dealing with people and not a general cause. It helps you connect to the problem better.”

19, then stopped at Peachtree Christian Church on Jan. 20 and 21 and at Temple Sinai in Sandy Springs on Jan. 21.

The exhibit aims to inform visitors through advocacy and engage them through action. A 14-minute presentation introduces Americans affected by hunger, including a military veteran, a senior citizen and a millennial.

“The stories are captivating because hunger is such a necessity, but we seldom hear about it,” Rabbi Glusman said.

Black-and-white photos inside the mobile exhibit provide further narra-

tives and statistics from people who struggle to provide food for themselves. “The issue of hunger transcends beyond the Jewish community,” Rabbi Glusman said. “It is a worldwide plight that we must all help with and step up to the challenge. It is our tikkun olam.”

Juniors and seniors from the Atlanta Jewish Academy visited “This is Hunger” alongside students from the JCC’s after-school program.

“It was incredible to see the diversity of people who wanted to view the exhibit,” Rabbi Glusman said, including Hindus, Muslims and Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Lithonia).

Rabbi Glusman spoke with children from the JCC about why it is important to help people in need, and tour facilitator Maya Joshua prepared them for the exhibit. “I love it when kids go through the exhibit,” she said.

“They ask the best questions.”

Mazon and other nonprofit groups addressing hunger worry about budget cuts to SNAP. IPads at the Mazon exhibit presented a petition urging the Trump administration to preserve SNAP, and visitors were asked to work

Rabbi Brian Glusman discusses hunger with elementary school children outside the “This Is Hunger” mobile exhibit.

Photos inside the exhibit put human faces on hunger.

with schools to provide meals or take to social media (#thisishunger).

“We recognize the exhibit will not solve hunger,” Joshua said, “but we hope to inform community members through advocacy.” ■

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LOCAL NEWS Braves Find Waze

The Israeli-developed, Googleowned traffic app Waze will play a key role in getting fans to and from SunTrust Park, according to details of a transportation plan revealed by the Atlanta Braves on Thursday, Jan. 19.

Waze, which has an informationsharing agreement with Cobb County to combine government and crowdsourced notifications to help drivers get around as quickly as possible, will extend that connection to the Braves for game-day traffic.

The Braves’ SunTrust Park app will connect ticket holders to Waze so they can find the fastest routes to their parking spaces. Efficiently moving baseball traffic should benefit other drivers on Interstates 285 and 75 and on surface streets in Sandy Springs, East Cobb, Smyrna, Marietta and Buckhead.

The Braves and Cobb anticipate that 82 percent of fans will get to SunTrust Park with personal vehicles, and an additional 6 percent will use taxis or ride-sharing services. Only 1 percent are expected to use public transit.

JF&CS Hires AJFF Executive The opening of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival brought down the curtain

on Lesli Greenberg’s time as the organization’s development director because she is moving to Jewish Family & Career Services at the end of Lesli Greenberg January as its chief development officer.

Her hiring follows Jeff Holland’s appointment as the JF&CS chief financial officer in October.

Greenberg spent five years with the Jeff Holland film festival. She oversaw all aspects of fundraising, including the annual and specialty campaigns, special events, grant writing, and major gifts. She was instrumental in the festiJill Cohen val’s transition from an American Jewish Committee program to an independent nonprofit.

She will focus on the overall JF&CS development strategy and engage in direct fundraising.

Jill Cohen, who has been promoted to development director from associate

director, will continue to lead the annual campaign, which has grown from less than $300,000 to more than $1.4 million under her direction since 2004.

“Lesli’s commitment to human services, her close relationships with community stakeholders and her strategic approach to resource development position her well for continued success,” JF&CS CEO Rick Aranson said. “With her as CDO, Jill as director and our strong development team, I am most confident in our achievement of our ambitions fundraising goals and overall sustainability.”

New CFO Holland spent eight years in financial positions with Ingersoll-Rand, Cintas and Owens Corning before moving into the nonprofit world as chief operating officer and then chief financial officer with Lott Industries of Toledo, Ohio. The Detroit native moved to Atlanta in 2013.

200 Mitzvah Day Volunteers More than 200 people participated in the mitzvah day organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta on Jan. 16, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The volunteers worked at Hillels of Georgia, Berman Commons and the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

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“It was inspiring to spend MLK Day in a Jewish way with our kids,” said Rabbi Russ Shulkes, the executive director of Hillels of Georgia. “We made tzedakah boxes to teach our children the importance of helping others.”

Volunteers at the food bank sorted and boxed 19,000 pounds of food into

Children learn to have fun while doing good during the mitzvah day project at Hillels of Georgia’s Marcus Hillel Center at Emory.

12,700 meals and supplies to be distributed to over 600 organizations that benefit from the food bank’s services.

Berman Commons volunteers joined with residents to make over 600 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and 30 dozen sugar cookies for shelters and fire and police stations.

“The turnout proves that our community is in search of ways to give back meaningfully, and we are eager to provide more opportunities like this” said Rachel Kosberg, Federation’s under 40 development officer, who helped organize the event. The mitzvah day chairs were Michael Plasker, Ellen Arnovitz, Amy Arogeti and Josh Gold.

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Paul Flexner has been named the board president of Limmud Atlanta + Southeast, succeeding Nina Rubin, who led the board for two years.

Flexner was a founding member of the Limmud Atlanta board and was program coordinator at its first two events at Oglethorpe University in 2008 and 2009. His many roles at LimmudFest each Labor Day weekend at Ramah Darom include bartender.

A Congregation Or Hadash member, he is a part-time instructor in educational psychology in the College of Education at Georgia State University.

He was a Jewish educator at the local and national levels for 35 years and, with Roberta Louis Goodman and Linda Bloomberg, edited “What We NOW Know About Jewish Education,” a 2009 National Jewish Book Award winner.

Flexner serves on the boards of Jewish Kids Groups, the Or Hadash Men’s Club, the Atlanta Lovers of Music Association, the Jewish Book Council, and Myriam’s Dream, a foundation building closer ties between the elderly and teens in Israel, the former Soviet Union and the United States.

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Jewish Atlanta Is Prepared for Bomb Threats After fake bomb threats were called in to at least 42 Jewish community centers on Jan. 9 and Jan. 18, including the Marcus Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s director of communitywide security said Jewish Atlanta responded quickly, professionally and appropriately.

Upon assessing the phoned-in threat Jan. 9 and consulting with local law enforcement, the Marcus JCC did not evacuate but did conduct a search of the entire campus.

The 16 threats that day and 27 on Jan. 18, including Nashville’s Gordon JCC both days, are under investigation by local, state and federal authorities and the Secure Community Network, which focuses on security for Jewish institutions under the auspices of the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and has a partnership with the JCC Association of North America.

“If anything, the threats are a re-

“The situation is far better here than it is in, say, France or Holland, but we don’t want our heads buried in the sand,” GILEE’s Robbie Friedmann says.

minder to people to realize how important their emergency action and security plans are,” said Cathal Lucy, who oversees communitywide security for Atlanta’s Federation. “The JCC reacted professionally, and their enhancements to the security program recently worked well.”

Through the Secure Community Network, the Marcus JCC had clear protocols to follow in response to the bomb threat. That security program is

open to any institution in the Atlanta Jewish community through Federation.

Even though all the bomb threats were hoaxes, Lucy said people in Atlanta need to make security a priority and take threats seriously.

“I think people should take security seriously every day,” he said. “I don’t think you should react only when something happens. People need to be on their security protocols. We all see what happens around the world on a daily basis; it could happen anywhere.”

Robbie Friedmann, the director of the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange at Georgia State University, said that because Jewish facilities such as synagogues and community centers are easy targets, threats against them cannot be taken lightly.

If a facility receives a threat, Friedmann said, the first step is to notify law enforcement.

“Synagogues and community centers are considered high-value targets,” Friedmann said. “Local authorities will usually react quickly to a threat. The situation is far better here than it is in, say, France or Holland, but we don’t want our heads buried in the sand.”

Friedmann also said that because of the First Amendment, a threat against an institution that is not specific, likely or imminent could be protected from prosecution as free speech.

In addition to Dunwoody and Nashville, the JCCs receiving threats in January included Charlotte, Birmingham, Orlando, Miami and cities in more than a dozen other states.

“We are concerned about the antiSemitism behind these threats,” David Posner, who advises local JCCs on security as the director of strategic performance for the JCC Association of North America, said in a statement. “While the bombs in question are hoaxes, the calls are not.”

In response to the wave of bomb threats against Jewish institutions, the Secure Community Network held a webinar that drew more than 700 participants to go over bomb threat protocols and procedures.

“The more information you have, the easier it is to react to the situation,” Lucy said. “What we try to promote is security on a daily basis and making sure that people are practicing the proper protocol.” ■

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By the time you read this, opening night for the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival will be over. We’ll have to see whether the same is true about the controversy over opening film “Alone in Berlin” and star Emma Thompson.

The schedule was set and the program guides distributed by the time concerns about Thompson reached festival staff (and echoed to the AJT) in the second week of January.

Thompson, it turns out, has a reputation in some circles as a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activist.

Festival Executive Director Kenny Blank said her politics never came up when the film evaluation committee reviewed “Alone in Berlin” or when the festival staff and board discussed opening with the movie.

Similarly, when the film was presented to the programming committee, which suggests presenters and panelists for movies, no one said anything about Thompson’s views on Israel. The same was true when Blank announced to that committee, of which I was one of more than 50 members, that “Alone in Berlin” would open the festival.

I’m not a fan of the film, which has little Jewish content and not much plot. But Blank said it represents Jewish values in its theme of everyday people protesting oppression, and, amid political tumult in the United States, its message is meaningful beyond the Jewish community.

Part of the festival’s mission is to connect such films and messages to a diverse audience, particularly on opening night, which not only is the biggest crowd of the festival, but also has the largest non-Jewish audience, Blank said. With the cast, production values and English language, as well as the protest theme, “Alone” fit the bill.

Blank emphasized that it wasn’t his decision alone. “The great thing about the film festival is we open up our curatorial process to the larger community,” he said. “It’s not the voice of any one individual.”

I had no idea about Thompson’s Palestinian activism, but she’s not a leader in the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. As near as I can tell, she’s someone who revels in liberal activism, and on two occasions she spoke out when the Palestinian cause crossed her left-wing radar.

In January 2007 she promoted the launch of Enough!, an English coalition to end the occupation 40 years after

the Six-Day War. But there’s no record that she was active in the group.

Far worse was her support in 2012 for a boycott of Israel’s Habima theater, which had been invited to London to perform “The Merchant of Venice” in Hebrew for a festival staging Shakespeare’s 37 plays in 37 languages.

China, an oppressor of human rights and occupier of Tibet, participat-

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ed without protest, but Thompson and about 30 other artistic types demanded the ouster of Habima because it had performed on the West Bank.

Thompson and her co-signers crossed the line between art and politics; it’s only fair if that conflation of interests comes back to haunt her.

But I couldn’t find evidence of sustained BDS activism by Thompson.

Even during the Gaza war in 2014, when it was Euro-chic to attack Israel, she either was silent or was drowned out by louder-mouthed celebrities.

In an interview last year with Yedioth Ahronoth’s Amir Kaminer, Thompson said she did extensive reading after calling for the Habima boycott and realized she didn’t understand the Middle East’s complexity.

It wasn’t an apology, but it was an acknowledgment of a mistake.

Thompson’s not Roger Waters, incorporating anti-Israel activism into every performance and berating those who refuse to boycott Israel.

She’s not Vanessa Redgrave, using the Academy Awards as a platform to present a twisted version of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict to the world.

She’s not Mel Gibson, spewing anti-Semitic venom when he’s drunk enough to let his guard down.

Her worst offense of late is fervent support for Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is anti-Israel and has protected if not encouraged antiSemitism within his party.

Blank noted the irony of boycotts of Israeli films and other forms of artistic expression: They tend to be at the forefront of questioning and criticizing Israeli policies and actions.

He added that as a nonprofit arts and cultural organization, the film festival does not have the role or respon-

ARTS artists; nor is it our role to dictate what is acceptable subject matter for artistic exploration.”

Any controversy involving the film festival puts the AJT in a tough position because we are AJFF sponsors and partners, but I don’t think Blank and his staff and volunteers did anything wrong. They chose a polished film with big stars for opening night and had bad luck that one of those stars crossed an important line once.

They could have searched the backgrounds of all the main players in the film before selecting it, but with more than 500 movies considered for the festival, that’s an unreasonable expectation. Hundreds of people active in the Jewish community knew that “Alone in Berlin” might be in the lineup, and if none of those people had concerns, that’s a good indication about the obscurity of Thompson’s anti-Israel activities.

While I appreciate the disappointment and even anger that Thompson is playing such a prominent role in our Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the presentation of her art doesn’t represent an endorsement of her politics, which doesn’t seem coherent regarding Israel and the Palestinians anyway. ■

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sibility of applying a political litmus test or judging the nonartistic actions of people involved in movies.

That’s not to say the festival is dismissing boycott concerns. American Jewish Committee materials about BDS will be available throughout the festival, and audience members were free to ask questions about BDS and Thompson during the discussion with director Vincent Perez on opening night (which happened after we went to press but before you’re reading this).

The festival board and staff created and posted a policy on BDS and cultural boycotts at ajff.org/ policies#boycotts: “The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival opposes any attempt to suppress free speech, including through the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. As an arts organization whose mission is to spark dialogue and debate through film, we stand with Israel in opposing cultural boycotts of all kinds. Such boycotts only serve to repress the very exchange of ideas required to educate and engage around challenging issues.

“As a champion of freedom of expression, AJFF does not take a position as it relates to the personal politics of individual filmmakers, actors or other

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Atlantans looking for an easy weekend getaway can find it in New Orleans. Although the 300-year-old city is deeply rooted in Catholicism, it’s home to more than 10,000 Jews.

Since the rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the dining and cocktail scene has flourished, and the city is home to some of the most lauded restaurants in the country. Not surprisingly, a few of the hottest establishments are under Jewish leadership.

David Slater is the chef de cuisine of Emeril’s, the flagship of Emeril Lagasse’s empire. Though he’s a native of Canada and of Russian ancestry, his heart fully belongs to New Orleans after living there more than a decade.

He dabbled in a couple of majors before realizing the traditional university life wasn’t for him. With a look at his upbringing, though, it all makes sense. Slater comes from a family of food enthusiasts and home cooks. His father is the ultimate foodie and is even more up on the trends than Slater.

He’s not the most observant Jew, but Slater finds a connection to the religion through his social network.

“I’m friends with all the Jewish chefs in town. We all migrate toward each other,” Slater said.

His most meaningful experience with the local Jewish community wasn’t in New Orleans. In 2011, he and three other chefs, including Alon Shaya, went on a trip to Israel sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans.

“The Jewish Federation invited us to cook our way from one end of Israel to the other. So we all went, bonded with each other, and just had an amazing time cooking and getting back to our roots,” Slater said.

The pinnacle of the trip was cooking for 300 hungry Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the Golan Heights, an experience that Slater will never forget.

Not content with keeping Israel in his memories, he drew inspiration from the cuisine and brought some of the flavors into Emeril’s kitchen.

“When I was in Israel, one of my favorite things was taking french fries on the street and dipping them in tahini — it’s one of the best things in the world,” Slater said. Now you can order char-grilled hanger steak served alongside tahini roasted potatoes and a cumin vinaigrette.

Emeril’s has been in the same spot since 1990: in a renovated pharmacy warehouse in the Warehouse District, just a bit outside the French Quarter.

If you’re lucky, you might see the restaurant’s namesake himself. Lagasse is a foodie at heart and a hands-on boss and has a habit of jumping into the kitchen from time to time.

In a trendy part of town about three miles from Emeril’s sits the sophisticated cocktail bar Cure. Opened in 2009, Cure was the first establishment in what has grown into an empire for Neal Bodenheimer.

Bodenheimer is a New Orleans native, but he strayed before finding his way back. He earned his stripes in New York, working behind the bar of prestigious restaurants, and knew he was meant to create finely crafted tipples.

After Katrina, he was compelled to move back. “I think a lot of people from New Orleans felt that no one was going to rebuild New Orleans for us,” he said.

His return to the city was triumphant with the opening of Cure. Even though New Orleans has a storied cocktail history (you may have heard of the Sazerac), it’s also a city where boozy

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Thanks to David Slater, the hanger steak at Emeril’s is served alongside tahini roasted potatoes with a cumin vinaigrette.

Hummus comes with a variety of accompaniments at Shaya.

Zahav in Philadelphia. His appreciation grew when he took a summer vacation in Tel Aviv and rented an apartment in the Shuk HaCarmel. Wandering among the markets, butcher shops and watering holes left him with an impression of Israel and its people that was magical.

Engel brings what he gained in Israel into the kitchen at Shaya with artfully prepared dishes. The most popular items include the falafel and smooth hummus with unusual toppings such as king trumpet mushrooms served alongside freshly baked pita.

The dish Engel would love to see

people order more of, though, is his take on sabich: fried eggplant served with fermented, curried mango sauce and softcooked eggs in a pita with all the fixings.

“It’s vegetarian but one of my favorite things to eat late night in Tel Aviv.”

It’s nice to see these food and beverage craftsmen in the small Jewish community standing out from the pack, in part because of the beautiful ways their connections to Judaism spill into their work. Their establishments are just a few shining examples of the dynamic dining scene in New Orleans and are all worth visiting. ■

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drinks called Hand Grenades are available on each corner of Bourbon Street.

Cure was different from the type of bars people were used to in New Orleans, and Bodenheimer spent the first year “retraining the guests.” That meant showing patrons there’s more to cocktails than Bacardi and Coke.

“There’s tremendous cocktail history in New Orleans that’s been rediscovered the past 10 years,” Bodenheimer said. Classic cocktails were being made but not necessarily made well. “People just needed a spark.”

Cure was one of the first places to open in a part of Uptown called the Ferret Corridor. Every friend and family member told Bodenheimer he was insane. “You’re going to lose all your money,” they would say.

The area had been economically depressed since the 1980s, but Bodenheimer believed it would come back.

If you go, pair one of the cocktails with the bar snack platter — a delicious spread of duck liver pâté, homemade pimento cheese and marinated olives.

Closer to the Mississippi River in Uptown is Shaya. A modern Israeli restaurant, Shaya received instant accolades and culminated its first year of business by winning a James Beard Award (the Oscars of the food world). It’s led by Israeli Alon Shaya, and while he has an interesting story of his own, the restaurant’s chef de cuisine, Zachary Engel, represents the next generation.

With a rabbi for a father and parents who had lived on a kibbutz, Engel was bound to love Israeli food.

“My parents always fostered in us a strong connection to Israel,” Engel

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Cure has its own version of the Ramos gin fizz, a classic New Orleans cocktail.

said. “My dad would make schnitzel and Israeli salad at home and, as much as he could, grill kebabs and shishlikh (skewered meat) … in the summertime.”

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Hummus with such unusual toppings as king trumpet mushrooms is a specialty at Shaya.

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A horse-drawn carriage is a great way to see Savannah’s Historic District.

Savannah Provides A Drive Into History

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In many ways, Savannah is the quintessential city of the American South. No matter what flavor of Southern you’re looking for, chances are that you will find it in Savannah.

On the one hand, it is a city that exudes and celebrates its history, Southern architecture and traditional attitudes. On the other hand, it leavens its Deep South ambience with an eclectic mixture of urban excitement, upscale cuisine, Lowcountry sensibility, and New South industry and commerce.

Whether you come for the old or the new Savannah, stay for the other one.

You are sure to bring home memories of a city that deserves its reputation as a magnet for smart travelers.

Savannah’s Historic District, relatively compact and walkable, is truly Old South. It is filled with live oaks and magnolias, more than a score of charming squares surrounded by classic antebellum structures, old cemeteries, museums and ghost legends. It extends down to the lively riverfront district on the Savannah River just across from South Carolina.

New Savannah is filled with contemporary art, bars and nightclubs, craft breweries, upscale restaurants, and a passing parade of giant container ships and other signs of bustling commerce at the busy, growing port.

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Check these websites with Savannah information: • www.savannah.com.

• www.visitsavannah.com.

• bit.ly/2ko0Mt8.

Read “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” by John Berendt for a good sense of the city’s history.

Getting There Savannah can be easily reached by highway, air or train.

If you are driving, Savannah is about 250 miles from Atlanta via Interstate 75 south to I-16 east.

By air, Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport is 10 miles from downtown. It is served by six airlines

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and offers nonstop flights to 21 cities, including Atlanta via Delta Air Lines.

On a Day Trip Steal some time from your schedule and at the very least: • Walk along River Street and enjoy the shops, restaurants and bars.

• Take a narrated tour of the city on a hop-on, hop-off trolley, carriage, helicopter or Segway.

If You Have 2 or 3 Days Must-sees: • Visit the port and waterfront via a riverboat cruise for a meal or sunset.

• Explore the Historic District and take in the architecture and ambience.

• Take a ghost walk or trolley tour.

If You Have More Time Explore the region by visiting: • The Georgia State Railway Museum.

• The Sea Maritime Museum.

• Tybee Island’s beaches.

• Bonaventure Cemetery.

• Forsyth Park.

• Hilton Head Island and the

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At a Glance

• Mobility level — Low to moderate. Although there are some cobblestone streets and a grade down to the river, most of the city is flat, and alternative mobility options abound.

• Where to stay — The Suites at Bay (on Bay Street, one block off the river and at the edge of the Historic District) is convenient and has nearby parking. New hotels include the Cotton Sail, and most of the national chains have properties in town.

• Where to eat — The Olde Pink House is excellent. We loved its Cellar Tavern (www.plantersinnsavannah. com/the-olde-pink-house). We also enjoyed the Cotton Exchange Tavern on River Street. Excellent eateries are found around River Street and the Historic District.

• Special interests — Southern history and architecture and Lowcountry cuisine. ■ Jeff Orenstein, a syndicated travel writer from Sarasota, and his wife, Ginny, enjoy simply smart travel and sharing their trips and tips with you. See their travel tips, photos, articles and blog at www.SimplySmartTravel.com.

Jewish Savannah Savannah is a city that oozes history, including a significant and enduring Jewish history. Its first congregation, Mickve Israel, dates back to a band of about 40 Sephardi Jews who arrived with a Torah in 1733, gained permission to stay from James Oglethorpe and immediately composed one-third of the population.

The group convened a minion upon landing and set up a worship center as soon as practical.

Jews now represent about 2.5 percent of Savannah’s people.

Anti-Semitism, although present at times in the city’s early history, has not played a significant part of Savannah’s modern history. Jews have served as judges and mayors and are involved in many of the community’s prominent social organizations.

In addition to Reform Congregation Mickve Israel, Savannah has Conservative Congregation Agudath Achim, Orthodox Congregation Bnai Brith Jacob, the Savannah Jewish Federation, a Hadassah chapter, a Jewish preschool, and the Jewish Educational Alliance, which has several athletic teams. Kosher food is available.

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Moreover, Jews generally are accepted as part of the city’s historical fabric.

Significantly, the current Gothic Revival building of Mickve Israel, built in 1878, lies in the heart of the Historic District and is a prominent part of narrated historical tours.

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Guests sample Sage Dining Services food and drink celebratory mimosas in the new dining hall.

The Kaufman Sanctuary features an ark bearing the Davis logo.

Media specialist Jessica Osborne explains how students will use the recording studio with a green screen.

Davis Academy Head of School Amy Shafron thanks the Next Stage campaign donors for their support.

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Board President Jon Leven, who co-chaired the fundraising campaign with Mara Berman and Sam Tuck, cuts the ribbon on the stage of the new Rosenberg Performing Arts Theatre. Theater donors Dulcy and Jerry Rosenberg are to Leven’s left; Tuck and Head of School Amy Shafron are to his right.

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Davis Academy Expands Into Its Next Stage The Davis Academy unveiled its completed fourth expansion at a ribbon-cutting Sunday morning, Jan. 22.

The $7.5 million project, designed by the architect behind Davis’ previous phases, Kyle Epstein, was completed on budget and on schedule 11 months after

the ceremonial groundbreaking and 16 months after the launch of the Next Stage fundraising campaign.

“Our facilities must be as outstanding as our offerings,” Davis Head of School Amy Shafron told a crowd of donors and supporters in the centerpiece of the Lower School expansion, a 600-seat, state-of-the-art auditorium.

The Rosenberg Performing Arts Theatre and its Kirschner Atrium sit directly behind the media center. To one side are four flexible learning spaces — two on the first floor, being used as a recording studio and a maker space with a 3D printer, and two on the second floor, being used for the music program. To the other side on the first floor is a dining hall with Davis’ first full, kosher kitchen, where Sage Dining Services will prepare lunch for students and staff every school day. Atop the dining hall is the Kaufman Chapel, with a wooden ark designed by Epstein with the Davis logo placed between two large windows looking out on the school’s new athletic field.

The ceremony included the premiere on the auditorium’s big screen of a music video for Rabbi Micah Lapidus’ “Rise Up,” featured on the academy’s latest CD, “Menschology.” The video, directed and produced by Davis Class of 2005 members Leo Falkenstein and Michael Rosenberg, features themes of civil rights and the Super Bowl-bound Atlanta Falcons.

The new facilities opened to students Jan. 23, and the community can tour the building at an open house Feb. 15 from 8:30 to 10 a.m. RSVP to davisacademy­.org/openhouse. ■

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Tomato Harvest Yields a City View Sheryl Lipman’s Buckhead condo speaks of pizzazz and vibrancy as she looks out onto her three patios.

Lipman, an avid bridge player, snow skier, needlepointer and world traveler, takes great pride in her family farming business, one of the largest field vegetable growers in the United States. Thus, the tomato images in various genres give way to scarlet and purple tones.

Key to the custom touches was her ability to assemble a trusted team to interpret and execute her plan. Marble from India, silk-stranded carpet from China, a sterling-silver chandelier and a “breathing” curved sofa work together, while grandchildren are accommodated in side-byside, bookshelved Murphy beds.

Jaffe: How would you describe your style? I must admit I have never seen tomatoes as an artistic theme.

Lipman: I consider myself a modern collector. Our family farming business has allowed me to acquire multiple homes. My ancestors came from Europe to New York, where, in the most humble beginnings, they sold vegetables on the streets. Fast-forward now to our multidimensional, growing, plant seedling packing operations (on the Eastern Seaboard), based in Florida, the largest field-growing tomato supplier in the U.S. So, yes, the tomatoes are sentimental, but I wanted a glamorous red-and-purple color scheme.

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Jaffe: Did you use a designer?

Lipman: My cousin Geoffrey Fradin of Asheville, N.C., and Fort Myers, Fla., has designed my homes in New York, Florida and Georgia (some several times). He is an efficient, talented genius. I purchased this condo in February, and in September I hosted an open house.

Before I moved in, the floor plan was changed, creating a guest room/ office, reducing the bedroom size, even relocating the fireplace. Basically, Geoff knows my taste and narrows down options to two or three from which to choose. So I would say he has a free hand.

Fradin: Sheryl is a wonderful client. She loves overtly unusual, colorful things and contemporary clean lines that show her personality. She knows what she wants and is willing to pay 24 for unique things. The round living

area carpet (from Asia) was custommade from color strands of fibers of silk, wool, cotton and nylon which were hand-selected and computerdesigned.

The main hall entry floating wallhung table and mirror have fluorescent, fiber-optic lighting with a built-in color wheel (remote-controlled). Both

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from India. The table behind the sofa was designed to dovetail the versatile, curved couch. In many cases, pieces have hidden, pop-up lighting and automation, like the very useful makeup/ vanity table (which Lipman calls her pride and joy). The den Murphy-style beds have wonderful shelving, rolling file cabinets and drawer storage.

Lipman: I acquired the mezuzah on a trip to northern Israel’s Safed artists colony. The porcelain Lladró figures my mother brought back from Thailand are in the anteroom to the master.

On a lighter note, my daughter made this delightful menorah representing all the grandchildren.

Jaffe: What are some of your favorite pieces?

Lipman: The white leather skeletal sofa is really my centerpiece as it breathes and separates like an accordion. It was designed in Germany and manufactured in Scandinavia in

Jaffe: How do you use the outdoors?

Lipman: There are three separate patios with wrought-iron swivel chairs cushioned in Sunbrella fabric. The terrace off the breakfast room area has an expanding, wrought-iron table with

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Jaffe: Who are your favorite artists?

Lipman: Barbara Yeomans from Fort Myers creates unique prints with unusual paper structures from wood blocks. We worked with Israel Peljovich (Arts and Laminates), who is a furniture crafter and magician. Also, my mother’s nude and oils are in the entrance to the master bedroom.

Peljovich: We have done several of Sheryl’s homes. The challenges were the varied, elegant types of wood (purple, tiger, mahogany). We custombuilt the base of the dining room table from materials which were imported

three connecting sections and can be reset to straight or curved arc in any preference, even S-shaped seating.

We gave special attention to the flooring. In the master bedroom is Carrara marble with inset, metal-backed, red-and-mustard agate stone pavers.

The entry foyer also has custom-designed amethyst paver inserts (imported from India) set in Carrara marble.

The 60-inch dining room imported stone table and the living room cocktail table both have amethyst panel inserts.

The dining room sterling-silver chandelier was purchased from E.G. Cody in the Design Center of the Americas building. (Dania Beach, Fla.).

Only two were made, and the fixture received an award for its winning design.

Jaffe: What sentimental pieces do you enjoy? What is the story behind the stunning, supersized entry mezuzah?

C two leaves and a barbecue, all perfect for July 4th fireworks.

Jaffe: Your cracked-glass breakfast table set is imported from Scandinavia. So do you cook?

Lipman: Absolutely not! My sonin-law, Keith Marks, owns the kosher barbecue and brisket food truck. He keeps my freezer well supplied. Amusingly, what I think is most important in the kitchen is having loads of electrical outlets. ■

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A: The tomato art collection in the foyer reflects Sheryl Lipman’s family business.

B: The guest room gains efficiency with Israel Peljovich’s design of two queen-size, Murphy-style beds behind bookcases, ready for grandchildren to sleep over.

C: A lighted tiger wood stand displays the porcelain Lladró figures from Thailand that Sheryl Lipman got from her mother.

D: The view north from the living room starts with a curved, lighted table designed by Geoffrey Fradin and built by Israel Peljovich.

E: The living room features an arrangeable, curved sofa from Germany atop a custom carpet from China. Sheryl Lipman’s Judaica corner is in the background.

The cocktail table frames are by Donghia with amethyst inserts from India. The dining room chandelier (back right) is sterling silver.

F: In the foyer are a Hebrew home blessing (left), a Geoffrey Fradin-designed fiber-optic mirror that changes lighting color remotely, and a glass-topped, wall-hung floating table.

G: Geoffrey Fradin took special care to have metal backing for the agate pavers inlaid in the marble floor in the bedroom.

H: The master bedroom boasts Sheryl Lipman’s vibrant color palette. The scarlet bedcover is python-patterned leather accented by mustard highlights within a purple frame by Israel Peljovich. A paper sculpture by Barbara Yeomans heads the bed.

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We last spoke about the importance of employee engagement. Now let’s look at the initial step to create engaged employees: hiring — specifically, hiring correctly.

What is your system for hiring?

Do you have a system? All businesses, no matter the size, should be run by systems, and the first system in the cycle of business is the hiring system. This one system will be a critical factor in determining the type and caliber of people you attract to apply for any open position.

There are three essential phases to hiring correctly: recruiting; interviewing; and assessing.

In recruiting, begin with the end in mind. Create an avatar of the perfect candidate. Include a description of what outcomes and results will be expected. Instead of a job description, you create a picture of your future employee and what that person must be capable of. All this helps to make the role of an interviewer a little easier.

One of my clients has a recruiting system in which the goal is that 30 percent of the applicants, and 50 percent of hires for any non-entrylevel position, come from within. This is called internal recruiting.

Internal recruiting gives employees a career path and not just a job.

The investment of onboarding a current employee compared with a new one is minimal. Most important, when people know there is a good chance of promotion from within, they will usually become more engaged employees.

What if you have a smaller business and cannot recruit internally?

Start by asking for referrals. Referrals are the best thing after internal recruiting. Ask friends, family, employees, customers and their friends and families, and vendors.

A key recruiting statistic is that 35 percent to 55 percent of jobs are filled without being published. Word of mouth is usually the best advertising.

What happens when you are forced into the modern-day equivalent of the “Now Hiring” sign, the infamous ad on an online job board?

The question that needs to be asked first is who will manage the onslaught of applications and résumés.

Will it be someone in house, or will you outsource this task? Try it once in house, and I think you will agree that outsourcing is the better decision.

As we move to the interviewing

phase, consider a different approach: no upfront résumé required.

Yes, there is a standard interviewing method. After sorting through applications and résumés, you do multiple rounds of interviewing to find the right candidate.

The inherent flaw in this process

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is that job seekers are (or at least should be) at their best during the interview, prepared with answers to most questions. Yes, you can ask open-ended questions to make them think, but oftentimes the person you interview is not the same person you hire in regard to energy, focus, skills and competence.

For clients looking for a better way of interviewing, I recommend a four-step group interview process without looking at résumés. This specific process defines outcomes expected from people as opposed to job descriptions.

Candidates are asked to follow a specific set of directions before being invited to a group interview. During the group interview, they are asked to distinguish themselves from the crowd. With multiple people in the room, leadership comes to the forefront. The cream rises to the top, and you get to pick the best of the best for the assessment phase.

The final phase is assessing one or more candidates to determine who fits your culture and possesses the skill set for the position. The marketplace offers a multitude of assessments, or you can create one of your own.

Regretfully, this last phase is often skipped. The information gleaned from these assessments will confirm or deny your gut feelings on this hire.

No one can make the right hiring decision all the time. However, following these three phases will improve the probability of a good hire.

In my next installment we will examine the process and benefits of onboarding completely. Stay tuned. ■ Jason Adler is a John Maxwell-certified executive coach (johncmaxwellgroup. com/jasonadler) helping people and organizations hire and keep quality employees.

OBITUARIES

Zelda Benator 91, Atlanta

Zelda Cadranel Benator of Atlanta passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

Zelda was born May 28, 1925, to Emily and Isaac Cadranel. She was preceded in death by her devoted and loving husband, Morris Benator, whom she grew up next door to and was married to for 47 years. Together they built a beautiful family, to whom they were devoted, and were fortunate to be able to travel together, as they loved cruises and visiting other countries, once their children were older and out of school. Zelda was a lifelong member of Congregation Or VeShalom and an active member of the OVS Sisterhood.

She was also preceded in death by her brother, Nace Cadranel, and sisters Regina Koppel and Becky Varon. She is survived by her children, Mark Benator, Larry Benator and Marilyn (Bill) Rubin; grandchildren Marissa and Erica Rubin and Rebecca and Brooke Benator; stepchildren Barry (Eileen) Benator and Gene (Patty) Benator; grandchildren Seth, Sarah, Brian and Jaime; great-grandchildren Sam, Matan, Leah and Rina; and many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Congregation Or VeShalom.

Graveside services were held Thursday, Jan. 19, at Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs with Rabbi Hayyim Kassorla officiating. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Lorraine Green 77, Atlanta

Lorraine Jackie Green passed away, surrounded by loved ones, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at the age of 77.

An Atlanta native, she was loved and admired by family and many lifelong friends. Known for her feistiness and sense of style, she was an avid football and boxing fan. As a longtime buyer in the children’s wear business, she outfitted some of Atlanta’s best-dressed children. Known as Meme to her grandchildren and extended family, Jackie was a pillar of strength in her personal and professional life.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Saul and Fannie Schacter; a daughter, Debbie Flamm; and longtime companion Leon Auerbach and his daughter, Paula Auerbach Cohen. She is survived by daughter Michelle Leaf (Bruce); sonin-law David Flamm (Ann); and grandchildren Brian Leaf (Sara), Morgan Leaf, Stacey Flamm and fiancé Tom Kilberg, and Elliot Flamm. Jackie also had several adopted grandchildren and extended family: Brittney Prince, Jeffrey Prince, Sara Hightower (Davis), Lindsay Solomon (David), Steven Auerbach (Mary Alice), Cary Auerbach (Tammy), Seth and Hayley Cohen, Jake and Griffin Auerbach, and sonin-law Ken Cohen.

Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance, P.O. Box 32141, New York, NY 10087-2141, or the charity of your choice. The funeral was held Friday, Jan. 20, at Arlington Memorial Park. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Delia Jacobs Delia Harris Jacobs of Clayton died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, at the age of 57.

Delia was born in Jacksonville, Fla., but was always a Georgia peach. She was the daughter of Gary C. Harris of Clayton and the late Charity Delores Harris of Marietta.

Delia loved life and doing for others. She was a truly righteous person through her many acts of kindness to others and expecting absolutely nothing in return. She provided meals and company to elderly neighbors and would always help anyone while putting her own needs second. Married to Charles Brian Jacobs for over 25 years, she was a nurturing and loving wife.

Before marrying Charles, Delia was a mortgage loan broker and then for

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OBITUARIES many years assisted Charles with their family business in a real-estate-related profession. Delia and Charles were an inseparable business team, and, regardless of the adversity, they remained madly in love. Later in life, Delia and Charles moved from their home in Lawrenceville to Clayton to care for her father and assist in his legal practice and assist her stepmother, Teresa Harris Felt, as a paralegal.

In addition to her husband, father and stepmother, Delia is survived by her loving son, Brian E. Royston of Atlanta, and his fiancée, Alexandra Mastin, and by two brothers, Cain V. Harris of Cumming and Cleveland A. Harris of Clayton. She is also survived by adoring nieces and nephews and her mother-in-law, Katherine “Kitty” Jacobs of Atlanta, who was always a role model to Delia and one whom Delia loved dearly.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at Beck Funeral Home. A celebration-of-life service will follow at 2 in the Chapel of Beck Funeral Home. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to the Harris Jacobs Dream Run, c/o Marcus Jewish Community Center, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338.

Beck Funeral Home in Clayton is in charge of the arrangements. If there are any questions, please call 706-782-9599. An online memorial register book is available at www.beckfuneralhome.com.

ceased by her sister, Claire, and her loving husband, Michael Miller.

She is survived by her children, Howard (Honey) Workman, Rich (Paula) Workman, Arthur Workman and Jackie (Larry) Hefter, and by grandchildren Cara Workman and Mark Siegel, Robyn (Tony) Marzullo, Cherryl Knott, Adam (Sara) Workman, Josh Workman, Scott (Anne) Hefter, and Sue-Ann (Irwin) Slonin.

Also by great-grandchildren Selia, Judson and Isabel Siegel, Ava and Josephine Marzullo, Alex, Liam and Mikayla Knott, Sydney Workman, Allison, Ted and Billy Hefter, and Carley, Gina and Samantha Slonin, whom she gave love and examples of strength and independence every day.

She lived life to the fullest, working and volunteering at the Marcus Jewish Community Center and the Northside Hospital Auxiliary for over 25 years. She loved life and was not even afraid to ride a bull at age 95.

Services were held Friday, Jan. 13, in Denver at Temple Sinai, with interment at Mount Nebo in Aurora, Colo. Instead of flowers, donations may be made to the Marcus JCC or the charity of one’s choice.

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Rosh Chodesh Shevat begins at sundown Saturday, Jan. 28.

Each month on the Hebrew calendar offers us guidance for how to live our lives, according to the Sefir Yetzirah, or Book of Formation. Shevat’s zodiac sign is Aquarius; Hebrew letter, tzadik; tribe, Asher; sense, taste; and controlling organ, stomach.

Our task this month is to unify the higher realms of spirit with the lower realms of dense energy in the physical world.

Tu B’Shevat, the 15th of Shevat, marks the new year of the trees. This year it’s on Feb. 11, with the full moon on the 10th. Native Americans call this moon the Full Snow or Hunger Moon. It typically hosts the most snowfall and presents the greatest challenges with hunting and tracking.

The first few days after a new or full moon are often cloudy and rainy and include thunder. Moon weather can be watched as the phases between the new and full moon occur. If the horns of the crescent moon are facing upward, it’s said that they hold water and conditions may be dry. If the horns point downward, precipitation spills out, resulting in rain.

As the baton of leadership is passed to the 45th president of the United States, as in any time of change, what’s ahead is uncertain. In keeping with Tu B’Shevat, imagine yourself moving through this change as a firmly rooted tree.

What kind of tree are you? Are you a fruit, nut or beautifully flowering tree? Are you deciduous or evergreen? Do you provide a canopy of shade? How deep are your roots? How tall is your trunk? How far-reaching are your branches? Are you native to this region, like the sweetgum, maple, redbud, magnolia and pine? Perhaps your tree was rooted somewhere else.

If you look at our beautiful landscape, you’ll see a variety of trees. I’m impressed by their adaptability. Most seem to endure change well and adapt to the seasonal climate at least four times in a year.

The zodiac sign of Aquarius is an air sign, represented by the water carrier. The constellation appears as a man who carries an overflowing vessel of water. The month is associated with 30 abundance and bliss. Water is essen-

tial to the well-being of trees. During a drought, even the mighty pines can become brittle and crack, crashing to earth.

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teous person, referred to as a tzaddik, embodies the spiritual qualities of divine energy and channels blessings that flow into the world.

In our history, when Joshua parceled out the land among the 12 tribes of Israel, he gave the western and coastal region of Galilee to Asher.

The fertile land made up of pastures, wooded hills and orchards received a great deal of rainfall. The tribe of Asher thrived and became known for its abundant olive oil.

The sense of taste is connected to Shevat. The custom is to try a new fruit during the month or eat food seasoned with the seven species that were plentiful in Israel during biblical times: wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates (honey).

We’re instructed not to eat the first fruit on trees for three years.

During the fourth year, the fruit is reserved for Hashem. Not until the fifth year may we enjoy the sweet taste of the fruit.

This approach requires discipline that seems to be rewarded by fruit that is juicier and tastier when born from a well-nourished, established tree.

The controlling organ is the stomach. We must digest what we take in.

In Chinese medicine, the stomach does not perform the task of digestion on its own. It’s part of a system involving other organs doing their job, supporting the function that nourishes the entire structure.

Meditation focus: Get clear on what kind of tree you are, your contribution to the region and what you need to be resilient and strong. Let your branches reach upward to receive Hashem’s wisdom, then bring that energy through your trunk and down to your roots to anchor you. ■

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