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Summer Lovin’ Spring is in the air, and that means summer is not far off. For many Atlanta Jews, summer is synonymous with camp and all the fun that goes along with it: water sports, starry nights by the campfire, horseback riding, arts and crafts, and lifelong friendships.

We give you an update on the newest features of the Marcus JCC camps, share how area Jewish camps deal with staffing challenges, and introduce you to the sisters chairing the first fundraising walk for the new Aurora Day Camp. It provides free summer fun for children with cancer and their siblings.

Beyond camping, we explain why the MJCCA will soon be charging its members $5 a month to increase and enhance its security. We also share the center’s hiring of a former Olympic gold medalist as the new coach of its competitive gymnastics teams.

In other news, we follow the continuing saga at Autrey Mill Middle School in Alpharetta over the display of a map of the Middle East at a Multicultural Night that replaced Israel with the historic area of Palestine. And then there’s the tit-for-tat war

of words between Young Israel of Toco Hills and its parent, National Council of Young Israel.

Beyond our national borders, we give readers a tutorial about the upcoming Israel election with a snapshot of the excitement building in the Jewish state from our very own Rabbi David Geffen, a former Atlantan who lives in Jerusalem.

We also take a look back at the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Middle East peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in 1979. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter from Georgia mediated the historic event and was in Israel to celebrate the March 26 milestone and share his recollections.

Closer to home, in our latest Meet the Press, we help you get to know Jan JabenEilon, an international traveler who enjoys writing about Israel. We also spotlight Steak Shapiro, the radio personality/mediamarketing mogul, asking him about his carnivorous moniker and other little-knowns.

Talking about marketing gurus, our business profile is Joey Reiman, who partnered with former Turner exec Brad Siegel in a studio that produces films delivering

THIS WEEK corporate messages with a purpose.

Fresh ideas and a breath of fresh air.

That’s what the MJCCA and other camps are hoping to bring to the summer camp experience this year. Get ready for a fun-filled summer. It’s gonna be a scorcher. ■

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REFLECTIONS Excitement of Each Day Knesset for the Likud and One would have thought then being kicked out bethat Attorney General Avicause Netanyahu believed chai Mandeblit’s act of callthis “upstart” was even furing for an indictment of ther to the right than the Netanyahu on various bribLikud itself, seems to be ery charges might have fracproving, as he suggests, that tured his right-leaning allies Israelis want to know who in the election run-up. That they are before attempting did not happen. Instead, the peace with our neighbors. various parties of the right No one really knows increased their strength, and Rabbi David what that “search” entails, former Israel Defense Forces Geffen but it seems that Israeli votChief of Staff Benny Ganz’s Kahol Lavan (Blue and White) party, lost ers are, in their minds, joining Feiglin’s political thrust. When asked whether five to six seats in the polls.

The major way to explain this focus- he will join a Netanyahu coalition or a es on Netanyahu’s possible coalition part- Ganz coalition, his answer is: “Wait and ners, who held their own or increased see which coalition truly espouses my slightly (in the polls). The major party to hopes for a stronger Israel within before emerge from the shadows is Moshe Fei- it can negotiate with its neighbors.” His glin’s Zehut (Identity) party, which now philosophy offers hope to Israelis tired of has four seats and shows daily increases. the “lies” of the left and the right.

Having offered an explanation of Let me share with you a piece from a raFeiglin, it should be mentioned that dio interview with him.

“The important issue,” he begins by from zero, he has over four seats and his saying, “is not the ‘peace process’ with numbers are climbing. To one reporter, the Arabs but the process of building our he boldly said, “We could rise to 10 Knesidentity, of building a Jewish state that set seats.” As has been suggested would will restore our lost feeling of collective happen, Labor, the descendant of David Ben-Gurion’s pioneering party, has risen meaning.”

The development of Feiglin’s party to 10 seats in the polls. The union of through the last nine or 10 months is the ultra-right-wing parties, including based on the Jewish state, only, being former Rabbi Meir Kahane advocates, concentrated on in mind and deed. “If we is now up to eight seats. The strength properly build a Jewish state of liberty, of several Arab parties combined is 12 free of bribery, we will merit peace in seats. Liberman’s party does not have Sderot (near Gaza), Kiryat Shmona (the enough strength to enter the Knesset; largest city in the Galilee, northern part and the party of [Moshe] Kahlon, the of Israel.) But if we continue to flee the finance minister, barely enters the next true challenge – if we continue to search Knesset. Zehut, Feiglin’s party, is siphonfor the solution with our neighbors and ing votes and does appear to be getting not inside the house (Israel) – Tel Aviv stronger. We will see what happens in the next polls. will not enjoy quiet, either.”

No issues are being discussed; the Moshe Feiglin, having served in the

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Israeli election voting box.

work being done by the party hacks is just to increase the number of votes for their party. Netanyahu is threatening Hamas that if the balloons keep flying into southern Israel and exploding, along with more powerful missiles being used in attacks, Israel will go in and clear the terrorists out of the Gaza Strip. Really nothing more is being said by him, except to vote for the right.

Clearly, Ganz and his party cannot really oppose the “handling the terrorists” because he ran the last war and knows what needs to be done to halt them for a brief period of time. Since his policy in the election is not to say anything of importance because he is afraid to be attacked, it was a welcome relief this past week when a woman photographer, in disguise, attended a party Ganz held for his young supporters. In her film, he was very engaging about running the country, but not much more.

I did a poll of family and friends.

Some whom I know are to the left, holding onto their American liberal roots, cannot stand the prime minister and will do anything so he will be defeated.

A few friends have become U.S. President Donald Trump enthusiasts, so they think Netanyahu is a clone and want him reelected. Native Israelis are evenly divided, though in Gush Etzion, Efrat and other communities just outside of Jerusalem, practically all support Netanyahu. I did find three or four Feiglin voters. I am not a part of that sector, so I don’t hear much about those individuals.

The current “actual” number of seats for a right-wing coalition is 63, and for a left-wing coalition, 57. To change the momentum, one of Israel’s best-known actresses and TV moderators, Rotem Sela, made a public statement that Israel is a country of all its citizens. The prime minister made a point at the Cabinet meeting to clarify “mistakes some citizens are

making.” “Israel is a Jewish democratic state, which protects the rights of all its citizens. It is not racist.”

Last Thursday, riding on a light railway train near the Central Bus Station, I and all those on our train were caught in a Charedi demonstration. Initially, as I transferred from a bus to the train, I saw giant black horses ridden by policemen prancing along (tongue in cheek).

As the train neared the large intersection not far from the bus station, Charedim in the hundreds could be seen. Policemen were dragging some away from the train tracks. Our train was halted by two Charedim in their 20s. I was in the first car right behind the driver so I could see everything that was happening.

My train began to move because the two were pulled away by the police.

Then I witnessed what makes the horses experts in halting demonstrations. They fold their front hooves and pin the demonstrators to the ground. Back to our train. We seemed to be on the way to the next stop. A 30-year-old Charedi casually walked onto the tracks and blocked the train. No horn blowing by the driver would move him. He looked at the driver and then looked away from him. When the police came to drag him away, he showed that he “would not be moved easily.” He wrestled with police — guess his muscles were rippling. His hat fell to the ground. Four of Jerusalem’s “finest” finally laid him on the sidewalk and held him down.

Purim is drawing near so I hope all of you will dress up for the holiday. The major masks that I have been noticing here in Israel, as people get the costumes ready: Trump; the president of North Korea Kim Jong-un; Netanyahu; Ganz and Rotem Sela. ■ Rabbi David Geffen is a native Atlantan and Conservative rabbi who lives in Jerusalem.

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AJA Women in STEM Fair

By Eddie Samuels Following national trends of making careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics more accessible to high school girls, Atlanta Jewish Academy is hosting its first Young Women in STEM and Career Fair on Sunday.

Rivka Monheit, a patent attorney and organizer of the event, said that the goal is to connect high school girls with professional women working in the field and empower them to pursue a STEM caThe event aims to provide face-to-face reer one day. networking opportunities as well as hands“The more girls that feel confident, on demonstrations for high school girls and that see women in these fields, the interested in pursuing a future in STEM. more likely they are to see that they can do it,” she said. “Unfortunately, a lot of girls have that one math class that didn’t hands-on experiments, career booths go well and their takeaway is that, ‘I can’t and a keynote speech from Columbia University’s Dr. Lori Zeltser. She’s an asdo math.’”

Monheit explained that while there sociate professor in the school’s Naomi are a number of initiatives nationally Berrie Diabetes Center and the Departaimed at increasing representation in ment of Pathology and Cell Biology. In reflecting on her keynote, science and technology, she looked toward her women still do not make own field of biology. up a proportional percent“The problem with age of those fields. low representation of “We have a dearth of women in STEM is that it’s women in STEM even deoften presented as a leaky spite all the changes that pipeline,” she said. “In biohave been made,” she said. medical fields, where I am, “Some areas of STEM, there are a lot of women like biology and medical going into it but you have schools, you do see a larga lot drop out, and so by er population of women the end, it’s very few.” there, but even then, when Dr. Lori Zeltser of She explained that you look at tenured proColumbia University is the keynote speaker. in her keynote she would fessors and leadership, be addressing some of the there’s still a disconnect.”

The fair aims to open doors through challenges that young women and girls networking opportunities, mini-classes, can face getting into STEM fields, and

is very much a part of the culture, in any scientific endeavor. You need to push the boundaries.”

Monheit explained that while the event is hosted at AJA, it really is for high school girls throughout Jewish Atlanta, and that she has been amazed by the volunteers ready to step up and help with the event.

“The women in STEM community is a supportive community,” she said.

“That’s what I’m hoping the girls will feel from this event.”

The event was funded thanks to a grant from the Jewish Women's Fund of Atlanta.

The event also kicks off an upcoming mentoring program for girls in STEM in partnership with JumpSpark, which provides Jewish teens with interest-based programming and social opportunities.

Applications open at the event and will be available for a month, Monheit said. The goal is to match girls with mentors over the summer and then begin programming in September.

“Being exposed to positive role models and leaders who can tell you about opportunities can really keep their eyes open,” Monheit said. “Once you have access to these fields, there’s really no limit to where you can go.” ■

why their middle and high school experiences may not be helpful to them.

“I think the features that make young women and girls succeed in middle and high school can hold you back later, … specifically a drive for perfection and a need for validation and approval from teachers, in particular,” she said. “Once you move into a field of science and technology, you need to push boundaries and explore. You need to push against what is orthodox and conventional.”

Zeltser explained that these were qualities she had – and still has – and The Young Women in that they are even further STEM and Career Fair takes Attorney Rivka Monheit instilled societally and place 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday organized the event. through school systems. at AJA upper school. The “It gets very heavily reinforced by event is free and open to all Jewish eighthour school system as it gets so competi- to 12th-grade girls. To register, visit: tinyurl. tive to apply to college,” she said. “Failing com/AJAstem19.

MJCCA Approves $5 Monthly Security Fee

By Roni Robbins The Marcus JCC board approved a $5 a month security fee for members effective April 1 in an effort to continue providing and improving its high level of security, especially in light of national and direct threats over the past few years.

“We’ve always been on the forefront of providing exceptional security,” CEO Jared Powers told the AJT. The board considered other options but decided for “the least amount of financial hardship, a nominal monthly fee was the way to go.”

“We are continuing to implement additional security measures at Zaban Park, Camp Barney Medintz, The Sun-

shine School, and The Schiff School,” he wrote in a March 4 letter to members.

“Funding these additional security measures solely from our operating budget is a challenge,” he stated.

The security fee will supplement donations the MJCCA receives to its security fund.

In his letter to members, Powers said that the new fee would allow the MJCCA to: • Maintain and increase security personnel when necessary • Continue to hire qualified and well-

trained security officers • Enhance our technology and analytics systems • Install a new communication system • Conduct important security trainings He wouldn’t discuss other security measures or provide more specifics to the AJT but said that some enhancements were more visible than others. The visible signs include arming security guards and adding cameras and barriers around campus, Powers wrote to members.

“This security assessment will only cover a portion of our total security costs

and is designed to minimize the financial burden to our membership.”

Alternate financial arrangements are available for those who have trouble paying the additional fee, he told the AJT. He added that the reaction, so far, has been “overwhelmingly” positive. “They are grateful for the level of security.”

He said the $60-a-year security fee is conservative compared to other JCCs and synagogues around the country and reasonable based on MJCCA membership rates. They can range from about $500 to $2500 a year, he said, adding that the increase would not impact this year’s summer-only members. ■ ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES MARCH 15, 2019 | 5

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Honorary chair Martha Jo Katz greeted guests along with honoree Cynthia Good, who wore accessories by Vintage by Cathy, an Art Walk vendor at the event.

Joan Solomon, Hadassah publicity chair, poses with event co-chair Debra Sharker and Phyllis Cohen of the steering committee.

Hadassah’s Best Strokes Honors the Courage of Many

By Marcia Caller Jaffe

treatment for those affected.”

Honoree Cynthia Good, champion The Big Reveal 2019, Hadassah’s 5th of diversity and women’s empowerment annual Celebration of Life, welcomed and creator of LittlePinkBook.com, spoke 340 guests March 10 at The Foundry at poignantly with an eloquent poem, “ElPuritan Mill. egy to Elaine.” She wrote about the jourMotivational speaker Michael Blair ney of losing her mother to cancer, exwas the emcee and auctioneer. He was cerpted here: ever so impactful as he read the dona“…and I can’t quite escape the fear tions on his big screen to encourage oth- and the grief of losing her – mortality – ers to pitch in to exceed no match for her in her the $20,000 goal. auburn wig, ‘Prettier than “As a survivor of 6 ½ my own hair,’ she says years, I was painted three when it finally arrives, ‘I’ve years ago, said event coalways wanted bangs,’ she chair Debra Sharker. laughs making me a pot of “When I was asked to tea topped off with mint chair this event, I felt it from her garden, where was my passion to execute she clips flowers, the open it. It actually took nine blossoms always present months. And here we are in her home.” raising meaningful monAt the event, four ey to fight the disease.” nurses were honored for Later in her formal their dedication and comspeech she said, “There is passion. much hope on the horiLively vendors Survivor Beatrice Monteiro zon for a new blood test formed the Art Walk, recognized artist Alberto to predict mutations and alongside a live auction Hernandez, whose Toucan painting represents her the formulation of gene and Treasure Chest Raffle strength celebrating three profiles.” won by Helena Solodar. years of being cancer free.

Marsha Cintorino Honoree Katz wore a was co-chair. Honorary chair was Mar- necklace she bought from sculptor Judy tha Jo Katz, international fashion model, Robkin’s “Ladies Series.” event consultant, author, advocate, motiAffairs To Remember presented a vator, and patron of women’s causes. She square shaped buffet with vegetable tarecounted her numerous family mem- cos, grilled salmon on salad, and butterbers and friends who had fought cancer. nut squash ravioli with choice of white “I have marveled at the strength or red sauce. Bartenders served a specialand courage I saw among those whose ty cocktail developed for the honorees, life changed in seconds. And I began to “Good Katz Meow.” realize it is up to each one of us to give Rita Loventhal, former chair of the our BEST to get this disease by support- Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, asing organizations such as Hadassah that sessed the night. “To sum it up, I applaud are committed to the advancement of the courage and tenacity of the survivors research for a cure and more humane and dear friends gathered here.” ■ 6 | MARCH 15, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

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Honoree Jess Goldberg (left) with MACoM President John Thompson and MACoM VP Leah Blum spoke sentimentally about their involvement in the project.

Board members from left: David Edlin, Rabbi Josh Heller, and MACoM Treasurer Sheldon Zimmerman pose with Wilma Asrael, mikvah guide.

Jill Stouman and Larry Stoumen from Beth Shalom flank Temple Sinai’s Rabbi Ron Segal.

Eric Miller with event chair Nancy Miller, who wore turquoise to match designer Jim White's decor.

MACoM Crowd Raises Funds and Honors Volunteers

By Marcia Caller Jaffe The “Mitzvah for Mikvah” fundraiser last week at Congregation B’nai Torah raised $159,000 for Metro Atlanta Community Mikvah, the only non-Orthodox mikvah in the region.

MACoM offers a sacred space for pluralistic Jews to experience ritual immersion for a variety of life markers such as conversion, marriage, pregnancy, infertility, healing and milestone birthdays.

Rabbi Loren Filson Lapidus, head of the clergy advisory group, noted the large increase in conversions last year. “This mikvah is special because it is welcoming and spans across denominations: Reform, Conservative and Modern Orthodox.”

Chair of the March 7 event, Nancy Miller explained, “MACoM does not rely on any one synagogue for support. Immersion guests are asked to make a suggested donation for services, but no one is turned away for lack of ability to contribute. We can’t rely on this source of income to keep the doors open,” she said.

“What we lack in steady funding, we make up for by being a radically welcoming place. This spiritual landmark is vital to Atlanta’s vibrant Jewish community.”

During the pre-function reception, MACoM Board President John Thompson recounted his early years with the facility. “At the start of the mikvah, I was the facility chair at B’nai Torah, and was able to see the construction through, and have been involved ever since.”

Leah Blum, mikvah guide and vice president of the MACoM board, was one of the first lay people on the initial project. “My philosophy was ‘If we build it, they will come.’ And we raised enough money by the second year to pay off the debt!”

For the event last week, Jim White exquisitely designed the room with plump white blooms and blossoms accented by satiny aqua and turquoise shades of fabric. A Kosher Touch laid out a cornucopia of healthy dishes, wall areas aligned with a ravioli bar, pizza and three types of soup. The square center tables created an overflowing salad bar. In case anyone had room for more, a funnel cake bar heaped out dessert. Tours of the mikvah continued after the event.

During the dinner, “Synagogue Heroes,” who exemplified leadership, passion and purpose, were recognized in three video segments as they sat around tables expressing their positive outlook and dedication.

Among the honorees, Alan Wexler spoke about his

community involvement. “My parents (of blessed memory) led by example in our small town, Carrolton, Georgia.

Then the Ahavath Achim Synagogue was the stimulus for my constant community work. The teachings of Torah were not just passive writings.

They were calls to action. Helping fellow human beings should be an easy effort. Just do it all the time and in short steps.”

Wexler joins those being honored for their service to MACoM:

AA nominee Alan Wexler is congratulated by his sister Marlene Perlman.

B’nai Torah - Sam Gold; Beth Shalom - Fred Rich; Temple Sinai - Larry Weiner; Bet Haverim - McKenzie Wren; Beth Tikvah - Marsha Mathis; Or Hadash - Jeanney Kutner, Sherry Frank; Gesher L’ Torah - Sue Chase, Andrea Capuano; Shearith Israel Erin Chernow; Etz Chaim - Cheryl Eppsteiner, Cindy Lewis, Marsha Shrago; Ahavath Achim - Alan Wexler; Temple Emanu-El - Jessica (Jess) Goldberg; The Temple - Karen Zickel George. ■

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Feeling Insulted, YITH Awaits NCYI Response

By Dave Schechter

Following morning services, members of YITH and Reconstructionist Congregation The only levity thus far in the dispute Bet Haverim met in the street between their between Young Israel of Toco Hills and the synagogues for songs, psalms and prayers National Council of Young Israel has been led by Starr and CBH Rabbi Joshua Lesser.

Moskowitz says, “@RabbiStarrYITH a picture of a smiling man hugging a tree.

That was the lighthearted response by thinks its ok to pray with reconstructionRabbi Barry Kornblau of the Young Israel ists but he apparently is the arbiter of what Congregation of Hollis Hills-Windsor Park is appropriate for @NCYIYoungIsrael.”

March 5: Starr, on Facebook, rebukes in Queens, N.Y., to being called a “#treehugger” by Yechezkel Moskowitz, the president Moskowitz: “I am most troubled by the way this man chose to insult me. I want of NCYI’s advocacy division. to therefore apologize to my colLess lighthearted has been league and friend Rabbi Joshua YITH’s response to Moskowitz’s Lesser and to his congregation, attack on Rabbi Adam Starr, our Shuls neighbors Bet Haverim, which led YITH to demand apolwho are the subject of the insult. ogies and create a committee to This man does not reflect the Orstudy the congregation’s affiliathodox Judaism of myself, of my tion with NCYI. congregation or of most others I know. #notmyjudaism” A timeline of events: Rabbi Adam Lesser, on Facebook, thanks Feb. 25: Farley Weiss, presiStarr of YITH. Starr: “To be used as a slur to hurt dent of NCYI, issues a statement backing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin you and your community is painful on two Netanyahu for bringing into his electoral fundamental levels. One to be seen as a slur, a coalition a party led by followers of the late detriment adds to the many ways my Jewish Rabbi Meir Kahane in order to preserve a family has treated me and my community. It has actually endangered me or subjected me right-wing government.

Weiss’ statement, issued in the name of to some of the vilest and unacceptable forms NCYI – though he later said it was his per- of treatment. It then is used to delegitimize sonal opinion – was in response to objections your rabbinate and your community – and by a broad spectrum of Jewish organizations. places a strain on an already complicated Starr says on Facebook: “Not in my (though respectful) relationship between us.”

March 6: After speaking with Moskowname and not in my shul’s name! Embarrassed that the sole supportive statement itz, Lesser says on Facebook, “I shared with from a national Jewish organization for him that his way of expressing his anger the inclusion of Otzmah came from the Na- did implicate us, was unnecessarily hurtful and was not an effective way to make his tional Council of Young Israel.”

Feb. 26: Holocaust historian and Em- point … We left with his acknowledgment ory University professor Deborah Lipstadt that despite the vast gulf between us, that I resigns from YITH. Despite warm feelings sounded like a rabbi who works for what I for the congregation, she does not wish to believe to be the sake of heaven and that he be associated with the national movement. too, tries to work for the sake of heaven and March 1: Starr and YITH congregation that is worthy of respect.”

YITH demands that both Moskowitz president Marc Sokol join 21 other YI congregations in asking NCYI to cease making and NCYI apologize, that Moskowitz be repolitical statements. “Such statements cur- moved as chair of NCYI’s upcoming dinner, rently are formulated without any input or and that Moskowitz take down the social authorization from the rabbinic and lay lead- media posts.

March 7: Moskowitz, on Twitter, acership of individual Young Israel synagogue knowledges that in a “moment of frustracommunities,” the synagogue leaders say.

March 4: Moskowitz on Twitter: “Ev- tion” he tweeted a “sharp message” attackeryone of the Rabbis on this list from re- ing Starr and Kornblau. “With that said, I constructionist lover @RabbiStarrYITH reiterate that this group of rabbis have takto tree hugger Barry Kornblau should be en a dangerous position by aligning their ashamed of themselves joining with liberal views, willingly or not, with radical Jewish progressive groups like @IfNotNowOrg in groups that seek to destroy Israel’s soverattacking @NCYIYoungIsrael for defend- eignty as a Jewish state,” Moskowitz says.

March 8: YITH members receive a leting Israels democracy.”

The "reconstructionist lover" remark ter updating them on the situation.

A new week began with YITH waiting refers to last Nov. 3, the first Shabbat after the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre. for further response from NCYI. ■ 8 | MARCH 15, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

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Controversial Map May Have Been Pre-Approved

By Eddie Samuels Contradicting previous statements from Autrey Mill Middle School officials, a map displaying Palestine at a Multicultural Night last week may have been approved before the event. In a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Edward Ahmed Mitchell, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Georgia, discussed the display and resulting community reaction.

In contrast to initial statements from the school condemning the action and vowing to investigate, Mitchell said that the school had approved the display ahead of time.

“The school approved this, and we have emails confirming they approved it, last year and this year,” he said. “The school did nothing wrong by approving this exhibit and the kids did nothing wrong.”

In a letter to students and families March 8, Principal Trey Martin of Autrey Mill said he would be investigating with district leaders and “any necessary actions would be taken including accountability for those responsible.”

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The map displayed at Autrey Mill Middle School’s Multicultural Night alongside a modern map of Israel from the U.S. State Department.

“Let me be clear, we condemn this attempt to use our Multicultural Night for one’s own political or religious agenda,” the letter read. “Please know that this type of display is not acceptable nor supported by the faculty and staff of Autrey Mill Middle School.”

Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz of Chabad of North Fulton spoke to Martin this morning and explained that he did not get the impression that the school had approved the display.

“The point that he made is that, up until this point, there was no need to inspect and approve the displays because it was just a cultural night,” Minkowicz said. “I think this really caught them by surprise, but it’s a learning opportunity.”

Mitchell, representing a number of students at Autrey Mill and their families, explained that the map on display was a historic map of Palestine between 1920 and 1948 under the British Mandate and was intended, not as a political statement, but as a reflection of the students’ family histories.

While the map was not dated at the event, it does reflect Palestine under British governance prior to Israel’s founding in 1948.

He also noted that at a past multicultural night, an Israeli culture table had included a map of Israel that omitted any mention of the Gaza Strip or West Bank, instead including them in Israel’s territory. This caused no outrage, indicating a “double standard,” Mitchell said.

“According to our own state department, those are occupied Palestinian territories,” he said, pointing to a U.S. State Department map. “When that display was set up, no one objected, no one contacted the media, no one called the school to punish the kids, … nor should they have.

“Israeli students have the right to celebrate their history and to imagine a broader Israel if they want to, and Palestinian-Americans have the right to celebrate their history and put up a map of

how Palestine used to look.”

He noted that students had been receiving backlash online and in school and urged the community to have these discussions as adults and leave the children out of it.

“What has happened now will hopefully create this opportunity for a teachable moment, but I wish it did not happen at the price of these kids having to live in a safe educational environment,” Mitchell said.

Although he had heard positive sentiments about Martin, Mitchell criticized the school’s response for failing to protect its students.

“That action turned what was a simple misunderstanding into a public spectacle and it put a target on the back of these young Palestinian-American kids and Muslim kids and anyone who looks Muslim at that school,” he said.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta provided a statement from president and CEO Eric Robbins.

“We were very disturbed by this situation but impressed with the mobilization of our community and the ADL to address the situation and to lead the charge in how we can help avoid it in the future. We are fortunate to have a community that is working together to address these types of incidents and, first and foremost, to educate people so such things don’t happen in the future. We are proud to also have a cohort of Shinshinim in Atlanta – young Israeli volunteers – who can assist in educating the community.”

Autrey Mill directed requests for comments to the Fulton County School District. Following the press conference Tuesday, Fulton County Schools provided an updated statement to the AJT: “Fulton County Schools values the different cultures of our students and communities. Throughout the year and in various forms, FCS schools hold a myriad of events that celebrate diversity, inclusivity and respect for all. FCS schools welcome the cultures and groups that make up the individual communities to participate in these events.

“FCS district leaders and local administrators are working with individuals, parents, students and groups at Autrey Mill Middle School on a personal and individual basis, in an effort to create a better understanding of different cultures.” ■ Stay tuned for updates on this continuing story coming soon, www.atlantajewishtimes.com.

BUSINESS 'Brand New' Company Focuses on Corporate Purpose

By Bob Bahr

our hope, that this creates a movement,” Reiman said.

Earlier this month, Reiman also developed what Two heavy hitters in the media and marketing busiwas called a cultural symphony for the Atlanta Symness are combining their talents in a new business that phony Orchestra with a grant from The Coca Cola Co. takes advantage of a growing interest in the role that Based on the music of the late American composer Stebusiness can play in building a better world. phen Paulus, it’s a children’s fable for adults that tells Advertising and marketing guru Joey Reiman has the story of a princess in search of the perfect frog to partnered with former Turner Entertainment executive rule her kingdom.

Brad Siegel to create a new Atlanta-based production Brand New World Studio reported that the initial company called Brand New World Studio. Their goal is reaction to its marketing efforts has been, in a word, to transform the messaging of a purpose-driven major Reiman takes a bow at the Atlanta Symphony phenomenal. Siegel said the new company has six or corporation from a purely internal process to one that Orchestra with composer Robert Elhai after a seven other projects in development that it believes will has an impact on the whole world. performance of “Jump: A Cultural Symphony.” go to production within the next 45 days.

The new company, started about six months ago, “It’s no longer good enough to have SXSW Film Festival in builds on the pioneering work of Reiman, your purpose be an internal document Austin, Texas. The prowho was an early believer in the imporor an internal saying; you need to tell the duction is a fable of how tance of building a business enterprise world what your purpose is. You have to Mother Earth’s daughter, around something more than just bigger show it and live it.”

Daughter Earth, leads the profits. He counseled major Fortune 500 And that goes for the creators of children of the world to recompanies in the importance of finding this new company as well, both longtime build after the devastation a purpose within the organization that members and supporters of the Jewish of the world’s environbenefits society. community of Atlanta, who have a comment. The project includes He headed BrightHouse consultancy mitment to giving back to others. a song performed by for more than 20 years, working with “Telling meaningful stories that posi65-year-old pop star Chaka over 200 companies and brands. Clients Brad Siegel has nearly Joey Reiman has been tively impact people’s lives is at the heart Khan and the 16-yearincluded American Express, Coca-Cola, 40 years of experience a pioneer in building in broadcast production of the Judeo-Christian ethic,” Siegel said. old winner of last year’s corporate purpose.

Delta Air Lines, Michelin, KPMG, Nestlé, and management.

“And if I wasn’t a person of faith and a competition on NBC’s The and Procter & Gamble. He sold the business in 2015. believer, then I wouldn’t care about the human condiSiegel helped build Turner Classic Movies and the Voice, Chevel Shepherd.

“The piece ends with the notion that the only way to tion. But I think it’s because I am a person of faith and a Turner Entertainment Networks into a major force in create climate change is with human change. And that’s practicing Jew.” ■ the entertainment world.

Now teaming up, the duo have a new enterprise built around the idea that the storytelling techniques of show business can be harnessed to enhance the reputation of a corporation, particularly among younger consumers.

Working with focus groups composed of those in their 20s and early 30s, they discovered that corporations producing films that discussed a purpose with broad social implications enhanced their image considerably.

“Ninety-four percent of millennials and younger generations only want to do business with purpose driven companies,” Siegel said. “We think that storytelling is the best way to externalize a company or brand’s purpose.”

Nearly eight in 10 Americans say they are more loyal to purpose-driven brands than traditional brands, according to a 2018 study from Cone/Porter Novelli marketing consultants. But it’s a process that must be done with a light touch for it to succeed with young consumers, Reiman said.

“They just thought it was so cool that a company would make a film that would inspire them, enlighten them, even heal them without putting in, you know, Reese’s Pieces or product placement or brand integration. So it’s a brand new model.”

On Sunday, Brand New World Studio premiered its first project, produced for the Interface corporation, headquartered in Midtown. The company, which is the largest designer and manufacturer of carpet tiles in the world, has the goal of becoming a carbon neutral corporation that benefits the environment.

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News From Our Jewish Home

Albert Einstein, worldrenowned physicist, in 1947.

More Than 100 Unpublished Einstein Documents Released

Honoring the famed Jewish physicist’s 140th birthday Thursday, Hebrew University released 110 previously unpublished documents, including several letters. The documents were donated to the university by the U.S.-based Crown Goodman family.

One letter in particular drew a lot of attention. Addressed to his son, Hans Albert, while he was living in Switzerland with his mother and brother, the letter seems to imply that Einstein believed philosopher and founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud was a fraud.

In it, Einstein wrote, “I am almost positive that the thing with the Viennese doctor is a simple swindle, and I am very surprised that no one in Zurich is preventing your mother from falling for it and so to ruin her financial position even further.”

Today in Israeli History

King Hussein bin Talal meets with President Richard Nixon at the White House on March 28, 1972, but fails to win any official U.S. statement on his proposed federation.

March 15, 1972: Jordan’s King Hussein bin Talal proposes in an address on Amman Radio to create a JordanianPalestinian federation encompassing the West Bank and Jordan under his monarchy as a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The proposed state would have a regional capital in East Jerusalem and a regional and national capital in Amman.

Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir rejects the plan the next day as a unilateral measure that fails to recognize Israel’s rights, and Arab nations and the PLO also reject it.

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The letter, written in 1935, also addressed Einstein’s fear of an impending war in Europe.

“I believe that even in Germany things are slowly starting to change,” he wrote. “Let’s just hope we won’t have a Europe war first. The German armament must be extremely dangerous; but the rest of Europe is now starting to finally take the thing seriously, especially the English. If they would have come down hard a year and a half ago, it would have been better and easier.”

Jewish Music on Display at Bar-Ilan University

Now in its seventh year at Bar-Ilan University, the Days of Jewish Music Festival took place last week. It shows off the variety of shapes Jewish music can take, including Ashkenazi, Moroccan, modern Israeli rock and everything in between.

Founded by Yuval Rabin, the acclaimed organist, the festival is an “expression of my religious and my musical feelings and aspirations,” Rabin said, according to The Jerusalem Post.

The festival includes concerts, workshops and seminars in its four-day run.

This year featured Mark Kligman, the University of California, Los Angeles professor, who presented on pre-1840 Prussian authorities issue new statutes regulating the community. The Aeltesten Reglement reinforces Jewish communal autonomy within Prussia, which supports the document and insists on the collective responsibility of the Jewish population. The constitution establishes two permanent chief elders to lead the community with the help of a board elected every three years.

March 17, 1992: The Knesset enacts the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty, adding a statement of support for core human rights to the Basic Laws that serve as a substitute for a constitution in Israel. Such a law had long been blocked by concerns about conflicts with Jewish law, but Israeli political reforms sparked by scandals cleared the way for this Basic Law. It declares that basic human rights in Israel are built upon a recognition of the value of individuals, the sanctity of life and freedom.

March 18, 1975: The United States begins a “reassessment” of its relationship with Israel because of the frustrations of President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger over a refusal to withdraw from the Sinai without a pledge from Egypt not to use

cantorial music, and performances by musicians from several countries.

First International Flight Touches Down at Eilat Airport

Six weeks after its opening, Eilat’s new Ramon Airport welcomed its first international planes on March 4. Irish carrier Ryanair has operated three flights to the airport from Poznan, Poland and a round trip flight from Prague, Czech-Republic, according to The Jerusalem Post.

Eilat is just above Israel’s southern tip and is known as much for its beaches and vistas as for travel, until now.

The airport is named for Israeli father and son, Ilan and Asaf Ramon, both of whom died while in flight, Ilan in the 2003 Columbia Space Shuttle, and Asaf in 2009, when his F-16 crashed.

Currently, Ramon airport is expected to see 2 million passengers each year, but plans are in place to more than double that number by 2030.

Tel Aviv Tests Pedestrian Traffic Lights

Pedestrians can be easily distracted while walking around, staring at a smartphone. That distraction seems to be an especially big concern in Tel Aviv, where force against Israel. Amid rising tensions, Kissinger freezes arms sales to Israel and advises every department to “put Israeli activities at the bottom of the list.” Israel holds firm to its positions, however, and Israel and Egypt on Sept. 1 sign a separation-of-forces agreement, Sinai II, on Israel’s terms.

Rachel Adatto, a physician and Knesset member for the Kadima party, co-sponsored the “Photoshop Law” in the hope of improving Israeli teens’ selfimage and reducing the incidence of eating disorders.

March 19, 2012: The Knesset adopts the “Photoshop Law,” requiring adult fashion and commercial models to have a body-mass index of at least 18.5 and to require clear notification of any alteration or digital manipulation of an image. The law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2013, comes in response to the 2007 death of an Israeli model who weighed only 60 pounds because of anorexia related to her efforts to meet professional demands to lose weight.

Photo via Times of Israel/Channel 12 News

An embedded sidewalk traffic light aimed at getting pedestrian attention.

new “zombie” traffic lights are being tested for pedestrians.

The lights, embedded in sidewalks, are bright LEDs which change color depending on traffic, and engineers hope will get the attention of those already looking down at their devices.

Tel Aviv is not the first city to try these devices with the goal of stopping distracted masses from wandering into traffic. Similar attempts have been made in Europe, Singapore and Australia.

The lights are called “Zombie Lights,” because of the phenomenon of smartphone users walking seemingly aimlessly, like the undead. The pilot project will try to study whether pedestrians even notice the lights before more of them are installed in the city. ■ Compiled by AJT staff March 20, 1899: The Jewish Colonial Trust, proposed at the First Zionist Congress and approved at the Second Zionist Congress, is incorporated in London.

The trust is a central development bank to support the growth of a Jewish home in the Land of Israel through economic development, land purchases, trade and industry, and capital for savings banks.

The trust creates a subsidiary, the AngloPalestine Bank, in 1902, to carry out its objectives in Palestine.

March 21, 2013: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to 600 university students in Jerusalem in an address broadcast on Israeli television and radio. He urges Israeli youth to embrace a peaceful future with the Palestinians, pleads for a twostate solution and declares that those who reject Israel’s right to exist “might as well reject the earth beneath them or the sky above, because Israel is not going anywhere.” The speech comes during a March 20-23 trip to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan, the president’s first foreign travel of his second term. ■ Items are provided by the Center for Israel Education, where you can find more details.

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ISRAEL NEWS Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, right, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, and President Jimmy Carter at Camp David in September 1978.

Israel and Egypt to Mark 40 Years of Peace

Israel and Egypt are set to celebrate a big anniversary on March 26, 40 years since the signing of the formal peace treaty in 1979. With President Jimmy Carter looking on, the treaty, signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, was made official at a ceremony at the White House.

Just 16 months earlier, Sadat had travelled to Jerusalem, breaking with custom for most Arab leaders and angering much of the Muslim world at the time. From there he and Begin met a second time, in the United States, ironing out the basics of a deal at the historic Camp David Accords.

Begin and Sadat were joint recipients of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize, and Egypt’s membership in the Arab League was revoked for 10 years as results of the agreement. In 1982, the two former enemies established full diplomatic relations, making Egypt the only state to recognize Israel until 1994, when Jordan did the same.

Now, on the verge of a ruby anniversary for the landmark deal, a few of the power players who helped to orchestrate the arrangement are looking back and to the future to examine its lasting impact.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt Dan Kurtzer spoke to The Jerusalem Post last week and discussed the importance of that deal to the status of diplomacy in the region since.

He said that Sadat was keenly aware of Israeli security concerns in the negotiations and, as a result, was willing to be more flexible regarding regulation of Egyptian forces and munitions in the Sinai in the treaty.

“If you look at the treaty, there are three zones – A, B and C – and Egypt is not permitted to send its forces into zones closest to the Israeli border. ... [It] has limitations on what it can do in the other two zones, including not only the number of forces but also the type of weaponry and quality of installations,” he told the Post.

He also said that while security provisions were a key aspect of the treaty, where it fell short was in not including more parties. Kurtzer said that Palestinian leaders missed out by not participat14 | MARCH 15, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

ing in the talks, instead boycotting Israel “in shock,” and that their participation may have preempted disagreements that would later come up at, and impede, the Oslo conferences.

“There was an excitement factor that was present in ’79 that could have been taken advantage of,” he added.

Also reminiscing this week is President Jimmy Carter, who is in Israel to mark the 40th anniversary. He spoke in an interview with Israeli journalist Tali Lipkin-Shahak to be aired at a conference at Hebrew University of Jerusalem this week. Excerpts from the interview were aired March 4 on Channel 12.

“I would like for the Israelis to know that my number one goal in life would be for Israel to be able to live at peace with all her neighbors,” Carter told the reporter.

He also reflected on the groundbreaking agreement, saying that, “in the 13 days that we had available, I think we did the best we could.”

Carter remembered fondly his counterparts in the peace process.

“Sadat was very courageous, he gave his life to an assassin as you know, and prime minister Begin was the most courageous of all, because he made the most difficult concessions in Camp David to reach an ultimate agreement,” he said.

The 94-year-old Carter also criticized modern leaders on both sides of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, saying that he doesn’t believe that peace is possible as long as Benjamin Netanyahu is prime minister.

He added that he’s “not sure” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wants peace either.

At this point, Carter does not often wade directly into politics, instead he focuses much of his effort on humanitarian work, but he did address the U.S.’s complicated role in settling disputes.

“And you don’t have a trusted mediator who can bridge the gap and secure the step-by-step small concessions that are necessary for accommodation,” Carter said.

He also said he was contacted by President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, for advice on his to-be-released peace plan. ■ Compiled by AJT Staff

ISRAEL NEWS

Israel's Knesset Elections 101

Elections were scheduled for November 2019, but Netanyahu moved up the date to April. The speculation was that Netanyahu wanted the election to take place before Israel’s attorney general decided whether to follow a police recommendation and indict Netanyahu in connection with corruption investigations.

By Dave Schechter On April 9, Israelis will elect the members of their national parliament, called the Knesset.

In Israel, citizens vote for their preferred political party, not for individual candidates. The number of votes a party receives determines the number of Knesset seats it holds.

Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit announced Feb. 28 his intention, pending a hearing, to indict Netanyahu in three cases, involving bribery, fraud and breach of trust. The attorney general has said since then that charges will not be filed until after the election.

The make-up of the Knesset determines who becomes prime minister.

There are 120 seats in the Knesset, a word drawn from the Hebrew for “assembly.”

The Knesset meets in Jerusalem.

To be represented in the Knesset, a party must receive at least 3.25 percent of the vote, which usually translates to three or four seats.

The number of seats a party receives is related, roughly, to the percentage of the vote it receives. Votes for parties that do not meet the threshold are redistributed by a somewhat complicated formula involving parties that do qualify for seats.

The Knesset is a legislative body that passes laws (by a majority vote), elects the nation’s president (a largely ceremonial post), and approves the cabinet created by the prime minister.

Knesset members are elected atlarge, meaning that they represent the entire country rather than a specified geographic area, unlike the United States, where members of the House represent districts and members of the Senate represent states.

Members are elected to four-year terms, but elections can be held earlier if the Knesset dissolves itself or is dissolved by the prime minister.

Israelis are eligible to vote at age 18.

Election day is a national holiday in Israel, unlike in the United States. There is no obligation to vote, but in 2015, some 72 percent of eligible Israelis voted, the highest turnout since Israel’s 1996 election.

Unlike the United States, which allows its citizens to vote from abroad, Israelis must be in their country to vote.

The only exceptions are for diplomatic and military personnel posted outside of the country.

In this election, Israelis will choose from among 13 political parties certified by the board of elections. Each party has released a priority list of its candidates. For example, if a party wins votes that translate to seven seats in the Knesset, the first seven people on its list will take those seats.

The results of the last Israeli Knesset election in 2015.

Some parties create their lists through primaries in which registered party members vote. In other cases, party leaders make the selections.

The need to meet the 3.25 percent vote threshold often forces smaller parties to merge. Individually, they might not win enough votes for a Knesset seat, but together their chances improve. No single party has ever won enough seats (a minimum 61 out of 120) to form a government on its own. The bigger parties must draw smaller parties into a coalition to form a majority bloc.

The task of forming a government usually, but not always, goes to the party winning the most votes. The president of Israel makes this decision and has the option of turning to another party if it is thought to have a better chance at accomplishing this task.

The president nominates the leader of the party that forms the government to become prime minister, pending a vote of confidence from the Knesset.

eight days later. The next Knesset – Israel’s 21st – will be sworn in April 23.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, has held the top office since 2009 (and also from 1996 to 1999.) If he remains in office in July, he will surpass David Ben-Gurion as Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. There are no term limits for prime minister.

The polls suggest that Netanyahu’s Likud party faces a tough challenge in its bid to retain control of the government.

His primary opposition is a new party called Blue and White, whose leaders include three former chiefs of staff of the Israel Defense Forces.

Overshadowing such issues as domestic security, foreign affairs and the economy, the Knesset election may turn on whether Israelis feel that Netanyahu needs to remain as prime minister or whether it is time for Israel to have new leadership. ■

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OPINION Will the Future Understand Our Past? and hundreds of books on other subjects.

Beneath the Oglethorpe University Also, a bottle of Budweiser and a dry campus sits the Crypt of Civilization, a time martini (one olive). And much more. capsule welded shut on May 25, 1940, with Several months ago, I wrote about the instructions that it remain sealed until Cairo genizah, a time capsule of a different May 28, 8113. sort. And after introducing the film “From Whatever life form opens the crypt Cairo to the Cloud” at the Atlanta Jewish may be puzzled by the artifacts from 1930s Film Festival last month, I was curious America and curious about its creator, whether the crypt contained any Jewish Thornwell Jacobs, whose attitudes about content. That led me to Jacobs.

Jews, and other minorities, unfortunately Dave Oglethorpe officials were unhappy can be heard in some quarters today. with an article titled “The Racism Behind Jacobs (1877-1956) was Oglethorpe’s Schechter Oglethorpe’s Crypt of Civilization,” pubpresident from 1913, when the school was From Where I Sit lished in October in The Atlantic magazine, re-chartered, until he was forced out in 1943.

Dubbed the “father of the modern time capsule,” Ja- and may be dismayed by this column, as they discourcobs determined the 8113 date by adding to 1936, when age any association of Jacobs' attitudes with their modthe crypt project began, the 6,177 years that had passed ern-day institution.

Jacobs’ 1,094-page autobiography, titled “Step Down, since the first Egyptian calendar in 4241 B.C.E. The 2,000-square foot crypt was built into a former Dr. Jacobs: The Autobiography of an Autocrat,” includes swimming pool in the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall; his “Greetings To The Inhabitants Of The World In The airtight, enamel-lined and protected by the surrounding Year A.D. 8113 Recorded And Placed In The Crypt.”

Jacobs’ missive included: “It is almost a sure bet bedrock.

Its contents include a machine that teaches English that, if nothing is done about it, the United States will, (just in case); household items common in the 1930s; re- in a few centuries, become a nation of quadroons ruled cordings of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Neville Chamberlain, by an upper class of Jewish blood. At present we are a Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Josef Stalin, along conglomerate of whites from northern Europe, brown with Popeye the Sailor and a champion hog caller; the whites from Southern Europe, yellows from Asia, indigmusic of Artie Shaw, Lincoln Logs and the film script of enous reds, blacks from Africa, with our movies, radios, “Gone With The Wind;” and 640,000 pages of microfilm and newspapers either owned or operated by Jews.”

J. Todd Bennett, Oglethorpe’s vice president for preserving religious texts, including the Bible and Koran,

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Oglethorpe University President Thornwell Jacobs, the “father of the modern time capsule,” looking at a picture of the Crypt of Civilization’s contents before its door was welded shut.

marketing and communications, called the comments “indefensible,” adding, “I don’t think we would have anyone at the university attempt to defend it.”

Certainly not Oglethorpe’s current president and provost, both of whom are Jewish.

The day the crypt closed, the Atlanta Constitution quoted Jacobs as saying, “The war in Europe will mark the end of the world we were born into. Truly, our civilization is dying. This may end the supremacy of the white race. At a time like this, it seems fitting that we preserve for the future all that was good of the civilization which has been built up during recorded history.”

In his autobiography, published in 1945, Jacobs cited a column he wrote for a publication called the Georgian.

“The Jewish people, speaking broadly, are a brilliant, efficient and aggressive group,” he wrote, blaming pressure from Jewish advertisers when that column was taken away from him.

“Until the Jews are amalgamated with the inhabitants of the lands in which they live, they are certain to face such unhappy injustices as they have faced for two thousand years, unless human nature changes. The only other solution is for them to possess their own country as do other relatively homogenous peoples,” he said.

Jacobs compared the “modern inquisition” suffered

by Germany’s Jews in the early 1940s to, among other events, “what the South suffered under carpet bag Yankees,” suggesting that “The fines and restrictions placed upon the Jews in Germany today are as nothing compared with the tribute and punishment levied upon the South from 1865 to 1877.”

He decried Jews and others whose “fundamental assumption is that no racial ‘prejudices’ should exist in a democracy, that for a Southern white man to be proud of his race, to hold himself and his family ‘above’ a negro man and his family is undemocratic, un-American and unchristian.”

Paul S. Hudson, a historian of Oglethorpe University and the crypt, termed Jacobs’ “strong anti-Semitic streak … a reflection of the white power structure in the South.”

“If you put it in historical context, it’s not unusual,” said Hudson, who now teaches at Georgia Perimeter College. “I think he wrote what other people were thinking.

They were white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, he and his friends. It’s shocking to read it, but this was in the 1940s.

It was a different era.”

Perhaps by 8113, those attitudes will have been consigned to the proverbial dustbin of history. Perhaps. ■

OPINION Letter to the editor:

In our family, that’s Bev, as well, and all the Lewyn clan, we are very proud that she pulled out Bert’s (z"l) story of his survival in Berlin, after his parents were taken away and murdered in a concentration camp. If Bev had not written the book with him, we doubt it would have come to be.

It may be interesting to the readers to know why Bert (z"l) came to Atlanta 70 years ago. Bert’s father, Leopold (z"l), was a nephew of Sara Hene Geffen (z"l), my grandmother.

In the 1930s, Rabbi Geffen (z"l) wrote over 40 letters to Leopold to leave Berlin with his family.

Since Rabbi Geffen did not use carbon paper, we Bert Lewyn z"l only have Leopold’s answers in German, which are in Geffen papers at American Jewish Historical Society in New York.

As many German Jews, even though Leopold had been born in Kovno, Lithuania, he stayed because he thought that Hitler (may his name be cursed) would not succeed.

By 1940, when Leopold realized what was transpiring, he sent a telegram to Rabbi Geffen to send money so they could buy their way out.

It was too late. Bev, an Emory Truman scholar and CNN researcher before she married Marc Lewyn, has now updated the first edition of the book “On the Run in Nazi Berlin,” as was discussed in her interview in last week’s Atlanta Jewish Times.

As soon as the war was over, Rabbi Geffen began to search all the lists of survivors. Bert, Sara Hene’s niece, Riva Guttman (z"l), Bert’s aunt, survived, as did Dov Levin (z"l), who became a professor at the Hebrew University. In Rabbi Geffen’s diary of 1945, he noted that he heard from Riva and Dov, by way of a cousin in New Orleans. In a moving response letter, which Rabbi and Mrs. Geffen answered with tears in their eyes, Riva had described to them what happened to the Lewyn-Levin family and how her husband and twins were slaughtered.

As was the case with other survivors, Bert’s location in Germany could not be ascertained. Only in 1949 did a chaplain write to Rabbi Samuel Geffen (z"l) to tell him Bert was trying to connect with the Geffen family. The rest of that part of the story you can read in Bev’s new edition of the book. The following words of Bert in June 1949 are very powerful.

“When the train pulled into the Union Station in Atlanta, there was only one person waiting on the platform. It was an elderly gentleman, somewhat hunched over (79 years old), with a full grey beard and hat in a black caftan-like coat and walking stick.

I had no doubt that this was Rabbi Tobias Geffen. ‘Arriving at 593 Washington Street,’ Mrs. Geffen walked up to me and hugged and kissed me and screamed for some time about how happy she was to see me and to have me there. ... When I reached the Geffen’s, seven years of misery ended at last. On that day, the 29th of June, 1949, I finally came home once again.”

It was an honor for me to meet Bert, on July 1. He was my personal Holocaust hero.

Rabbi David Geffen, Israel, formerly Atlanta

Letter to the editor:

I enjoyed reading the article about simchas and all the amazingly extravagant parties involved. However, I feel it is important not to take our mind off the most important part of the day — the actual ceremony. For the ceremony, most of the youngsters will need a tallit and that is why I am writing. I run the Congregation Beth Shalom Gift Shop. It is very special to help your child choose their tallit and see them try it on.

Sheila Schwartz, Atlanta ■

The AJT welcomes your letters. We want our readers to have an opportunity to engage with our community in constructive dialogue. If you would like your letter to be published, please write 200 words or less, include your name, phone number and email, and send it to editor@atljewishtimes.com.

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Swimming is a traditional part of summer camp at the MJCCA.

Water sports such as rowing and paddle boats are among the fun activities campers can choose.

What’s New at MJCCA Camp?

Campers Enjoy Fresh Summer Activities

By Kevin C. Madigan Kids are spending far too much time sitting in front of screens and not enough time outside, and the Marcus JCC aims to

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fix that with some new additions to its summer camp program.

“We want to put a new emphasis on some of the things we find to be the heart and soul of camp,” said Mackenzie Sher-

and decode which activman, who runs Camp ity you want to do. They Isidore Alterman at the can learn something MJCCA. “That means getabout themselves and ting back to nature and their abilities, with their being outdoors and not friends.” being on your iPad and Another new CIA getting to really engage camp is Shuk, modeled with your peers in a setafter an Israeli market, ting that’s not just fun, bringing Israel to camp but challenging.” in a cultural activity. The Kehillah, which kids will be given shekels means community in so they can get a snack Hebrew, is the name of or some gear, Sherman a new camp that lets Mackenzie Sherman said, and have “the interkids have a choice in what they do and who they do it with, action of a transaction – decision-makwithin the confines of their age group. ing, saying please and thanks, ordering It reinforces the idea that campers can what they would like with the guidance truly interact with each other, enhancing of counselors and their peers. We can their social skills and strengthening their provide them with not just a transactional experience, but a Jewish cultural sense of community.

“It’s an intentional period twice a one as well.”

CIA will also have week where kids can the usual, tried-andselect an activity that’s true activities such as fun for them and speaks archery, boating, rock to their personality and wall climbing, arts and interests,” Sherman said. crafts, swimming, fish“If you’re a kindering, a ropes course, and gartner, for example, outdoor cooking. there might be eight Aside from CIA, different kindergarten MJCCA specialty camps groups that are all uninclude sports, performder the same shelter, ing arts, travel, and sevor bunk. It’s kind of a eral just for teens. There breakout from your are new themes for Camp normal group,” he exMeryl Rindsberg Late Nights as well: Color plained. “If you have a friend who lives in your neighborhood War Night, Club J Night, Group Games, or goes to your school (but is not in your and Movie Night.

“Camp Late Night is really just an excamp group) this is now your opportunity to break out and sit beside your friend tension of the camp day,” Sherman said.

CAMP “The program runs ‘til 8, with dinner and activities that revolve around a theme that we develop.” Color War Night, for instance, has kids divided into teams and competing in challenges such as relay races and organized sports. “They earn points; it’s goofy, but helps with teambuilding, communication, and working as a group.”

The Maccabi Color War camp is running during week 10 of summer when the JCC Maccabi Games will be held on site at the JCC. This program will mirror the competitive energy and pride of the Maccabi Games with camp relays and

Young athletes practice gymnastics with the aid of instructors.

Getting kids outdoors is this summer's focus at Camp Isadore Alterman.

athletic games. Campers will also get to cheer on some of the JCC delegations at

various Maccabi competitions. These events will all encompass and promote

the JCC Thought for Sport guidelines, bringing ethics and sportsmanship to life through Jewish values, according to Sherman.

Meryl Rindsberg, director of day camps, said the whole premise of the camps this year is about unplugging for the summer and getting back to nature.

“It’s really what we’re pushing a lot,” she said. “The staff here and the expertise and longevity they bring to the table is unmatched, really. We want to make sure the summer is a magical experience for these campers.” ■

MJCCA Goes for Gold Hiring Olympic Gymnast

By Marcia Caller Jaffe

whenever a child wants to learn.”

MJCCA Gymnastics Director StaThe Marcus JCC recently boosted its cey Harris said the center was thrilled to gymnastics program with the hiring of have the new coach on staff. “Liliya was Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist, Liliya an exceptional gymnast – her routines Podkopayeva, as the coach for the MJCCA’s were artistically beautiful and powerful.

Perimeter Gymnastics competitive teams.

She brings years of both competing in As a teen, she became the all-around gymnastics and coaching experience to winner at both our program. We are the 1994 Goodwill pleased to welcome Games and the 1995 a coach with her World Championlevel of experience ships. A year later, and expertise to our she won the Atlanta MJCCA family.”

Olympic all-around Elaborating on final and became the center’s gymgold medal floor nastics program is exercise champion.

MJCCA Athletics DiShe also won a silver rector Zak Elfenbein. medal on the bal“We coach gymnasts ance beam. ranging from 2-yearOriginally from olds in our TumDonetsk, she has bling Twos class to twice appeared on 18-year-old competiUkraine’s “Dancing tive gymnasts on our Liliya Podkopayeva, Ukrainian with the Stars,” winPerimeter GymnasOlympic gold medalist and new ning the competition tics team, to MJCCA MJCCA gymnastics coach. in 2007. She was inadult members in ducted into the International Gymnastics our adult gymnastics sessions,” he said.

Hall of Fame a year later.

“While our program has more feWhen she was in Atlanta for the male than male participants, the MJCCA Olympics, Podkopayeva found the U.S. places an emphasis on making gymnasa very different place than the Ukraine. tics accessible to all genders, ages and “It was like a different planet, especially experience levels. Annually, we have with all the technology available here. … 500-plus participants in our gymnastics Now I like Atlanta; it reminds me of Kiev program, both in the recreational and with the hills, trees and different sea- competitive tracks.” sons,” she said.

Contributing factors such as televi“In addition to my experience as a sion, the popularity of the Olympics, and gymnast, I have coached many different Russian performers have all elevated places – from gymnastics camps to a club gymnastics in the U.S. in Florida. I love working with kids, no For a little historical context, gymmatter what level, and help them reach nastics evolved from the Greek interpretheir potential,” said the mother of two. tation “train naked,” preparing men for “There is no set age to begin classes. I warfare while competing without cloththink it’s a wonderful sport to begin ing. Many today tout gymnastics for

building balance, agility, self-discipline and self confidence.

Perimeter Gymnastics is a leader in competitive gymnastics with 7,000 square feet of dedicated space and top-ofthe-line Olympic equipment in the Besser Gymnastics Pavilion, where participants train in all four elements – vault, bars, beam, and floor exercise. Elfenbein attributes the program’s success to the

tremendous coaching staff developed by Harris, a former gymnast herself.

In addition to the Perimeter Gymnastics competitive teams, the MJCCA provides gymnastics classes for all ages, including crawlers and tots, youth (elementary through high school) and early childhood recreational classes; adult gymnastics; camps; birthday parties; and private lessons. ■

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Jewish Camp Leaders Talk Staffing Challenges

By Eddie Samuels

“In the last half dozen years or so, that age has start- business students — it doesn’t always work out — if I can get them working with our CFO while still at camp, ed to lower,” Mittenthal said.

It’s a well reported fact that college students begin In the interest of keeping his staff informed, Mit- then super!” their internship hunts earlier than ever before. One side tenthal communicates with them regularly, sharing arMittenthal added that at some point, staff members effect of that is that many camps, across the country, are ticles and blog posts from people who used to work at an will have to move on. struggling to retain staff members year after year.

“When you’re done and you feel good about what overnight camp.

The AJT spoke to two Jewish camp you’ve contributed to camp, I don’t try to “I don’t want them to leaders about the challenges they face convince you otherwise,” he said. “I’m sad think, ‘Am I the first one to in staffing, if they’ve noticed any recent to see you go, but I know they’re ready to suddenly feel a lot of prestrends that impact their staffs, and the adenter the community with all these skills sure to get an internship?’” vice they’d offer staff members struggling that we played a part in developing." he said. “I want them to with decisions about whether or not to understand that while, of Amy Smyler McFarland – Associate Direturn to camp. course medical or lab exrector, URJ Camp Coleman perience looks good when Jim Mittenthal – Director, Camp Barney Camp Coleman’s staffing falls applying to something like Medintz squarely on the desk of Associate Director med school, all the other Now in his 26th year as director of Amy Smyler McFarland, a responsibility aspects of becoming a wonCamp Barney, Jim Mittenthal has a wealth in which she takes a lot of pride. derfully contributing memof experience in staffing. While he doesn’t “Staff is everything to a camp,” she ber of society, I got from necessarily feel the same impact that has said. “If you have a great, well-trained camp.”

Mittenthal tries to let Smyler McFarland says taken place more nationally, the challengstaff then everything will go smoothly.

One key question he camp fit staffers needs camp can provide staff with es of competing for the limited time of 17What I look for are people who care about for career training. skills easily transferrable likes to ask when helping to 22-year-olds is not a foreign concept to community, love children and are kind. to the workplace. to advise staff members on their choices Jewish camps.

People who live their lives that way tend “In an ideal world, a child is with us through his or is: Where is the pressure coming from? The answer can to also have real life goals, and that’s something we run her camper years, and then becomes a really wonderful often inform the kind of advice he can give. up against.”

He also tries his best to make camp fit the needs of staff member, and then gets a Ph.D. so they have their Parents are often pressuring those students to find summers available for a while,” he joked. “That’s not re- his staff, even if that means taking on a different role an internship in their field, and Smyler McFarland recthan ordinary. ally realistic.” ognizes that in many cases, the parents are right, but she “I had a staff member who wanted to get a medical He explained that in the past it was often not unalso wants to focus staff experience on gaining valuable til after a junior or senior year of college that students internship, but those are often reserved for med school skills that can translate to opportunities in the future. would feel the pressure to find experience related to students, … so we talked about him potentially interning Four years ago, Camp Coleman began discussing in our Marcus Health Center at camp,” he said. “Or for their field of study. with staff the skills and values they gain most from the experience.

“When they leave camp at the end of a summer, we send them information on their skill development so that when they go in for an interview, they’re going to be able to speak to those skills, and that will put them above other candidates,” she said.

In addition, she quoted several studies that showed 21st-century skills as being valuable to a lot of companies.

“Those are the skills you learn by doing, not in a classroom,” she said. “They’re exactly the skills that you get at camp.”

She also said that Coleman was working to ensure that the staff experience was professional, because, “it is, we’re not afraid of that label anymore,” she said.

For staff who feel the need to intern in their field, Smyler McFarland said that Coleman alumni have helped with the process.

“We’ve had quite a few staff members over the years who’ve been hooked up by an alum, who allows them to intern in May and August, so that they can still work at camp,” she said.

As for advice for those struggling with their decision, she encourages direct communications. And, just like Mittenthal, she isn’t afraid to bend the traditional camp experience to fit more specifically into what they’re looking to achieve.

“Ask the camp what they can do for you,” she said.

“Have an out-of-the-box conversation with the director or hiring manager. We want our young people to get the best of the best, and our staff to get the skills that will really help them down the line.” ■ 20 | MARCH 15, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

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Walk participants celebrate at the finish line of SunriseWALKS Long Island.

First AuroraWALKS Sends Kids with Cancer to Camp

By Roni Robbins

from Temple Sinai, where Tanenbaum was director of youth and teen programming.

Lynne Eisenstein and Beth Friedman Eisenstein, in turn, recruited her sister.

Aurora Day Camp is part of the Sunare obviously sisters. It’s not just their resemblance, but their vibrant personalities rise Association, which provides similar and their shared passions for kids and programs for children with cancer and camping. They also finish each other’s their siblings worldwide. AuroraWALKS is sentences, at least when talking about the latest of the SunriseWalks campaign.

A month from the April 13 walk at children with cancer and the new Atlanta camp that specializes in providing them Chastain Park, the event has already signed up more than half a traditional summer day of the 250 participants camp experience – for free it hoped to attract and – along with their siblings. raised nearly half of its Eisenstein and Fried$75,000 goal, according to man are co-chairing the Executive Director Gregfirst AuroraWALKS fundory Hill. It costs $6,000 raiser in Atlanta April 13 to send a child to Aurora for the new Aurora Day Day Camp. Last summer, Camp, which began last the camp had 90 campers year at the Davis Academy. and it hopes to reach 125 The sisters are moved Beth Friedman and sister to 150 this year, he said. A to tears talking about how Lynne Shapiro Eisenstein generous New York famlucky they are that their chair the first AuroraWALKS. ily pledged to match dochildren are healthy. The Aurora Day Camp provides a similar ex- nations made by this past Wednesday, up perience for children with cancer to what to $24,000.

“Without the support of Beth and they had growing up and what their own Lynne, this camp doesn’t happen,” Hill kids experience now, they said.

“Think about the parents,” Friedman said. “This is an opportunity to do somesaid. “My life is so easy, when their whole thing good in the world” to help children have a stress-free opportunity. “We don’t lives revolve around hospitals.”

Often the case with children who talk about cancer at camp. We treat them have cancer, their siblings take a back like every child regardless of their abilseat to the sick child, Eisenstein said. But ity level.” The camp is also very flexible this camp allows siblings to share the ex- about their needs, including permission perience. It’s a special bond between sib- to leave camp whenever needed to relings at camp, she said. And she should ceive cancer treatment, he said. “We don’t know. Eisenstein is a former assistant want them to feel like they missed out, to director of URJ Camp Coleman. She fol- feel left out because of their treatment.”

Registration for the AuroraWALK lowed in the footsteps of their mother, director of a camp in New Hampshire, begins at 8:30 a.m. April 13, with a prewhere the siblings worked their way up walk activity at 9:45 a.m. A short opening from campers to senior staff. “It was all ceremony takes place before the 10 a.m. we knew every summer. It was a trans- walk, which will take three routes ranging from 1 to 2 ½ miles. A celebration and formative experience.”

That’s why Eisenstein was eager to post-walk activities begin at 11 a.m. and help when approached by Sami Tanen- include arts and crafts, a DJ, emcee, chalk baum, director of camp and year-round artists, mascots such as Freddie Falcon, programs for Aurora Day Camp. Tanen- and other family activities. ■ For more information, to register or dobaum was a former Coleman camper of Eisenstein’s and they also knew each other nate, www.aurora-walks.org.

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Summer Camp Directory Abernathy Arts Center Atlanta | 404-613-6172 www.fultonarts.org Atlanta Academy Summer Camp Roswell | 678-461-6102 www.atlantaacademy.com/summer-camp June 3 – July 19 | $200.00 - $380.00

Aurora Day Camp Atlanta | 470-632-0909 www.auroradaycamp.org June 10 – July 25 | Camp is free of charge for children with cancer and their siblings

Blue Star Camps Hendersonville | 828-692-3591 www.bluestarcamps.com June 9 – July 28 | $1350 - $5500 Bush Centre For Ballet LLC Sandy Springs | 404-256-5542 www.bushballetcentre.com

Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education Atlanta | 404-883-2178 www.centre.atlantaballet.com/summerprograms May 28 – July 31 | $150 - $425

Camp Alefbet Atlanta | 770-399-7622 www.AlefBetPreschool.com June 3 – Aug. 1 | $160 - $365 Camp Barney Medintz - MJCCA Cleveland | 678-812-3844 www.campbarney.org June 3 – July 26 | Cost varies

Atlanta Dance and Music Academy Atlanta | 404-877-0005 atlantadanceandmusic.com June 10 – July 12 |$195 - $295 Atlanta International School Camp Atlanta | 404-841-3880 www.aischool.org/page/summer-camps June 10 – Aug. 2 | $325 - $470 weekly Atlanta Rock ‘N Blues Camp Atlanta | 404-202-6044 www.RockandBluesCamp.com June 10 – July 15 | $535 per session; $995 for two; and $450 each additional session Atlanta Workshop Players Acting Studio / VIP Movie Camp / Performing Art Intensive Rabun Gap | 770-998-8111 www.atlantaworkshopplayers.com/camps June 24 – July 20 | $199.00 - $1185.00 per week 22 | MARCH 15, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

Camp Blue Ridge Mountain City | 954-665-8686 www.blueridgecamp.com June 9 – July 27 | Call for more information Camp Chatuga Mountain Rest, SC | (864) 638-3728 www.campchatuga.com Camp Experts & Teen Summers Atlanta | 470-440-5801 www.campexperts.com

CAMP Camp Flix Atlanta | 404-863-6778 www.campflix.com June 10 – July 26 | Call for more info

Camp Kudzu Atlanta | 833-995-8398 www.campkudzu.com May 28 – Aug. 3 | $800

Camp Gan Israel East Cobb Marietta | 770-565-4412 www.cgicobb.org June 24 – July | $315 per week

Camp Living Wonders Atlanta | 678-888-2259 www.camplivingwonders.org

Camp Gan Israel North Fulton Alpharetta | 770-410-9000 www.cginf.com June 24 – July 26 | $200 per week

Camp Twin Lakes Atlanta | 706-231-9887 www.camptwinlakes.org May 26 – Aug. 2 | Rates CTL subsidized 70% of the cost Camp Walkabout Chattanooga, TN | 423-757-2515 www.baylorschool.org/summer/overnight-camps/camp-walkabout June 9 – July 20 | $1384 – $2434

Camp H2O Atlanta | 404-581-4198 www.georgiaaquarium.org/booking/ camp-h2o June – July | $324.95 - $360.95 per week

Chastain Arts Center and Gallery Atlanta | 404-252-2927 www.ocaatlanta.com/chastain June 3 – Aug. 2 | $250.00 per week Chastain Horse Park Horse Lovers Summer Camp Atlanta | 404-252-4244 x 1001 www.ChastainHorsePark.org June 3 – July 22 | $700 per session

Camp Jam Atlanta | 800-513-0930 www.campjam.com July 14 – 19 | $595 - $1595 Camp Judaea Hendersonville, NC | 404-634-7883 www.campjudaea.org June 11 – Aug. 1 | $2425 - $5650 Camp Juliette Low Cloudland | 770-428-1062 www.cjl.org June 2 – July 27 | Call for details Camp Kingfisher Roswell | 770-992-2055 x238 www.chattnaturecenter.org/camp-kingfisher May 28 – Aug. 2 | Cost varies

Circus Summer Camp Decatur, Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Marietta | 404-370-0001 www.circuscamp.org June 3 – July 26 | $65 – $625 Dunwoody Nature Center Dunwoody | 770-394-3322 www.dunwoodynature.org May 28 – Aug. 15 | $175 - $350 Emory Total Sports Atlanta | 404-727-7270 www.totalsportsacademy.com June 3 – Aug. 9 | $150 - $300

Camp Invention North Canton | 800-968-4332 www.invent.org/programs/camp-invention Call for details

Emory Total Tennis Decatur | 404-727-6389 www.clubs.bluesombrero.com/emorytennis May 28 – June 14 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES MARCH 15, 2019 | 23

CAMP Epstein Summer Adventure Camp Atlanta | 404-250-5606 www.epsteinatlanta.org/ESA June 3 – 28 | $155 - $340 Friends School of Atlanta Summer Camp Program Decatur | 404-373-8746 www.friendsschoolatlanta.org/summercamps June 10 – July 26 | $285 per week plus Aftercare

High Meadows Camp Roswell | 770-993-7975 www.highmeadowscamp.org June 3 – Aug. 2 | $1260 HIES Bear Camps Atlanta | 404-303-2150 ext. 331 www.hies.org/page/campus-life/bear-camps May 28 – July 26 | $160 - $435

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Mainstage Atlanta: The Rialto Center for the Arts at GSU Atlanta | 212-575-3103 www.campbroadway.com/mainstage-atlanta June 3 – 7 | $595 In the City Camp 404-698-1134 |www.inthecitycamp.org June 3 – Aug. 2 | $200 - $425 Intown Jewish Preschool Camp Atlanta | 404-931-6449 www.intownjewishpreschool.org June 3 – July 26 | $400 - $1,400 Jewish Kids Groups Morningside and Brookhaven 404-913-9554 www.jewishkidsgroups.com/schoolsout-camps Dates follow public school calendars | $81 per child, per day Jewish Student Union GO Community Israel Trip Atlanta | 678-666-5678 www.jsuisrael.com June 17 – July 2| $2349

Jump Start Gym Sandy Springs | 404-252-5867 www.jumpstartgym.com Spring Break Camp: Through April 26 | $60 per day or $222 per week Summer Camp: May 28 – Aug. 30 | $65 per day or $260 per week Kennesaw State University College of the Arts Summer Arts Programs Kennesaw | 470-578-3417 www.arts.kennesaw.edu/summer-artsintensives.php June 3 – 9 | $295

Marist School Summer Camps Atlanta | 770-457-7201 www.maristsummercamps.com June 3 – Aug. 2 | $95 – $385 MJCCA Day Camps Dunwoody | 678-812-4004 mjccadaycamps.org May 28 – Aug. 9 | Cost varies

Music in Common Amplify 2019: Berkshires Berkshires, NY | 413-248-6070 www.musicincommon.org

CAMP Once Upon A Ballet Multiple Locations | 404-964-0529 www.onceuponaballetatl.com www.musicaltheatercenteratl.com May 28 – Aug. 2 | $125 - $575 Pace Academy Camp Atlanta | 404-240-9130 www.paceacademy.org/programs/summer-programs June 3 – Aug. 2 | $150 - $450

Six Points Academy Fort Lauderdale, FL | 561-208-1650 www.6pointssports.org June 18 – July 28 | $3050 per session

Spruill Arts Center Atlanta | 770-394-3447 www.Spruillarts.org May 28 – Aug. 2 | $245 - $330

Southeastern Railway Summer Camp Duluth | 770-495-0253 www.southeasternrailwaymuseum.org

Temple Sinai Preschool Atlanta | 404-255-6200 www.templesinaipreschool.org June 3 – July 19 | $120 - $275 per week.

Valley View Ranch Equestrian Camp for Girls Cloudland |706-862-2231 www.valleyviewranch.com June 2 – July 26 | $2000 - $3500

Ramah Darom Clayton | 706-782-9300 www.ramahdarom.org June 12 – Aug. 5 | $2750 - $9295

Space Camp Huntsville, AL | 800-637-7223 www.spacecamp.com March 24 – Aug. 25 | $999 Safari Camp Atlanta | 404-624-5822 www.zooatlanta.org/program/summersession May 28 – Aug. 2 | $140 - $375 per week

Sports Broadcast Camp Atlanta | 800-319-0884 www.playbyplaycamps.com July 15 – 19 | day camp $675 | overnight $1325

The Cottage School Cougar Athletic Camps Roswell |770-641-8688 www.cottageschool.org/2019-tcs-summer-sport-camps June 10 – July 26 URJ Camp Coleman Cleveland | 770-671-8971 campcoleman.org June 10 – Aug. 2 | $2630 - $5360

Walker Summer Programs Marietta | 770-427-2689 www.thewalkerschool.org/summer June 3 – July 26 | $175 - $400 Woodward Academy Summer Camps College Park | 404-765-4401 www.woodward.edu/camps May 28 – July 26 | $110 - $400 Zone Camp Lakewood | 1-866-THE-ZONE www.thezone.org June 26 – Aug. 9 | $1999 - $4198

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Campers and staff enjoy aquatics on the lake at Camp Barney Medintz.

Camp Scholarships One Happy Camper If your child has never attended a Jewish overnight camp before and doesn’t already participate in a daily immersive Jewish experience (like day school or yeshiva), they may be eligible for the Foundation for Jewish Camp’s One Happy Camper Grant.

Grants for 11-18 day sessions at camp are $700, and for 19-plus days, $1000. To learn more or to apply visit: www.jewishcamp.org/one-happy-camper.

Foundation for Jewish Camp The Foundation for Jewish Camp does more than simply provide One Happy Camper scholarships. It also maintains a database of scholarship opportunities that can be searched or sorted by region. It is a useful tool for financial aid, and can be found at: www.jewishcamp.org/one-happy-camper/scholarships.

Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s Camp Scholarship program provides need-based assistance to help cover the cost of overnight camp tuition. Review of applications is anonymous, and scholarships are awarded by the Camp Scholarship Committee. Scholarships are also available for children with special needs. For more info, visit: www.atlantajewishcamp.org/financial-resources.

The Camps No one knows better the value of Jewish Camp than the people who keep them running. As a result, many Jewish camps – including most frequented by Jewish Atlanta – provide their own financial aid and scholarships on an as-needed basis. Visit their websites to find more information about scholarships.

Synagogues / Congregations Many congregations are also willing and excited to help children in their community have a meaningful and memorable experience at camp. While each congregation is different, there’s no doubt they’ve answered every possible question before, and they can certainly point you in the right direction. ■

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Bob Spiotto and Deb Bowman perform the Academy Award Winner “Under the Sea” from “The Little Mermaid.”

Atlanta vocalist Deb Bowman sings “It Might as Well Be Spring” from the 1945 film “State Fair,” accompanied by the Joe Alterman Trio.

Blank Concert Series Opens on a Happy Note

By Bob Bahr The 2019 Molly Blank Concert Series kicked off the first of three programs at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Sunday night. The evening, “Salute to Hollywood” was a leisurely stroll through a broad cross section of Academy Awardwinning songs written in whole or in part

by Jews. It was generally an easy program to enjoy, with much toe tapping and even one sing-along.

There were occasional reminders of how we view some of these songs today from the perspective of decades past. The song “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” from the 1946 Disney film, “Song of The South,” doesn’t seem so innocuous as it once did, particularly when it is presented, as it was at the concert, with some approximation of the original film performance in terms of racial undertones. The seductive rendition of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” the 1949 winner

by Frank Loesser also may not be as charming when viewed against the protests of the Me Too movement.

But the generally appreciative sold out crowd didn’t seem to give all that much mind. They seemed happy to hear a series of familiar and often beloved film favorites given a professional performance in a city where live music, particularly outside the symphony hall and the big arenas, is becoming more and more rare.

The concert was also sponsored by the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival and a close reading of the evening gives some insight into the sharp change in direction the festival has taken this year. No longer is it marketed as a World Music Festival appealing to a young, hip demographic. Many in the audience who listened to music from films from the 1950s and 1960s were old enough to have seen the original screenplays and probably have no idea of what you mean when you mention world music.

There was a sense that this was music

to be appreciated on its own terms, whether or not the lyrics or melodies were written by someone with a Jewish surname or it reflected in some way the ethnic sensibilities of the composer.

Although last year’s festival had 36 events and this year has only six, this year the festival gives the appearance of being more diverse and making an honest attempt to bring in a new audience that might not have previous considered it their own.

And finally, the theme of Hollywood film music brings to mind the possibility that the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival and the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival might be ripe for a deeper partnership.

The music festival sponsored the film, “It Must Schwing!: The Blue Note Story” this year and the film festival co-sponsored the concert by Itzhak Perlman. Given the growing interest in appealing to similar audiences and the natural synergies that are apparent, there is always the possibility of closer ties.

Sunday’s concert also reinforced the consummate musicianship of the new director of the festival, Joe Alterman, whose jazz instrumentals with his trio were received enthusiastically by the audience.

Alterman was at least partially responsible for the standing ovation at the end.

He has good reason to believe that, after eight years playing each night in New York City’s jazz clubs, he made the right choice to come home.

He wasn’t quite sure he was doing the right thing when he first decided to move.

He sought out the counsel of a friend and mentor, jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, who reassured him that if you live where you are happy it will show up in your music. Don’t worry about the music he remembers being advised, just take care of you and go with those who are really nice.

Last Sunday night the audience at The Breman was very nice to Alterman, and the AJMF and the Molly Blank Concert Series were richer for it. ■ ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES MARCH 15, 2019 | 27

DINING From Manhattan to Kennesaw with a Love of Food

By Marcia Caller Jaffe One of Atlanta’s most passionate cooks, Kennesaw resident Sandi Edelson is a master barbecue judge and trained pastry chef. A native New Yorker, she shares treasured family recipes as well as training in professional pastry arts under Nick Malgieri at Windows on the World. She fesses up to working at a Publix bakery as boot camp to master “making a million icing roses with a stick and scissors.”

Learn Edelson’s tips for using a rolling pin, what butter to buy, why she brings home her flour in a suitcase from New York, and how she cooks for good causes.

Jaffe: Growing up in New York, was your family into gourmet food?

Edelson: Even though my parents grew up eating bland, Old World, traditional eastern European food, they became adventurous eaters. They explored the wonderful international cuisines that were very accessible in New York City. I learned to be open-minded and developed a palate for a wide range of food. My grandma was born in Vienna and would make apple strudel that was the length of a banquet table, stretching the dough to transparent thinness. My mom’s highly touted stuffed cabbage was a marvelous sweet/tangy, tomatobased sauce (See AJT's website).

Jaffe: What are some of the pastries you grew up with that you prepare?

Edelson: I love making apple cream cheese torte and use the recipe that my uncle used in his bakeries in Queens, New York, where I learned some of my techniques. I make a cinnamon crumb cake that is a retro New York bakery dessert. I’ve tweaked the recipe to get the perfect combination of cake/crumbs with cinnamon punch.

This is one of the few recipes that I do not share since you can’t get good results if you don’t use Presto cake flour, which isn’t available here. I buy boxes of it online or bring an empty suitcase and bring it back from New York City!

have won?

Edelson: Since I’m part of the competition barbeque world, I’ve been in contests held by the Kansas City Barbeque Society. My team won many first-place awards. I’ve learned how to throw down some really good smoked chicken and brisket. For two out of four years, I’ve competed at one of the most prestigious dessert contests in greater Atlanta. I won first place for my peach dessert and received a perfect score by all six judges with my peach mirror glazed cheesecake and an almond meringue torte with peach/ New York native Sandi Edelson trained under the master pastry apricot filling. chef at Windows on the World I’m a certified Master Barbeque Jaffe: What’s the secret to good in the World Trade Center.

Judge and I usually judge at least 10 rugelach?

Edelson: Since it’s such a butter-intensive dough, certified contests a year, including the annual Atlanta use the best quality butter you can buy. Budget brands Kosher BBQ [Festival] contest. It’s a great culinary expecontain more water than high quality butter, and it rience, and judges can participate by invitation only. makes a big difference in your finished product. My Jaffe: You worked at Publix to perfect cake decorating? trusted favorites are Land O Lakes, Challenge and Cabot.

Edelson: Since Publix offers such a wide variety of Same goes for cream cheese. I only use Philadelphia.

Another secret is the rolling technique. If you are heavy- decorated special occasion cakes, it’s a great boot camp handed with a rolling pin, you will end up with tough to perfect skills using a pastry bag. Since it’s about large dough. Don’t roll back and forth. Use a light touch and quantity production, there’s no room for creativity. I could never be a production baker. Since I was required only roll in one direction. to make about a million icing flowers, I learned how to Jaffe: What are some of the cooking awards you make roses with amazing speed, using a stick and a scissors to transfer them to the cake.

Jaffe: Any vegetarian entrees?

Edelson: I have a few meatless dishes in my repertoire, like a savory vegetable pie with grated carrots, parsnips, cabbage, brown rice, Gruyere [cheese] and other aromatics, encased in a pastry crust.

I also make a great walnut mushroom pâté that looks like a liver pâté, but it is totally meatless and great for parties!

Jaffe: What do you prepare for your lucky husband?

Edelson: He is a passionate gardener and prepares food with vegetables that he grows.

He loves a big bowl of pasta with a fresh, uncooked sauce of chopped ripe tomatoes, grated zucchini, fresh basil, garlic-infused olive oil, red wine vinegar, accompanied by my homemade black olive and rosemary artisan baguettes.

Jaffe: What qualities make you a good cook?

Edelson: If I am trying someone else’s recipe, I follow it literally the first time, unless I spot ingredients that don’t make sense or appeal to me. Then I improvise. Once you develop experience, you can personalize your cooking and realize that recipes are never set in stone. There’s always flexibility.

Jaffe: Do you have a business?

Edelson: I operate Buttery Crumbs Fine Desserts, for sophisticated and elegant dinner parties; however, my passion is baking for charity organizations. Some of my most rewarding baking is to fundraise for an animal rescue shelter where I volunteer. I’ve also donated

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DINING smooth.

Pour filling into crust and smooth top.

and served barbeque and desserts for 60 residents at The Extension, a recovery center in Marietta and the Zaban [Paradeis Center] shelter in Atlanta. Good food and warm cookies should be shared. Isn’t that what it’s all about?

Jaffe: Leave us with your favorite recipes.

Apple Cream Cheese Torte

This round cake is the apple cream cheese torte. Buttery sweet crust with cream cheese filling, topped with sliced fresh apples sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon, brushed with apricot glaze.

You can make this beautiful dessert in advance and park it in the refrigerator 2-3 days before serving. It doesn’t break the bank buying lots of expensive cream cheese either. Only takes one 8 oz. package. The buttery crust can be pressed into place, so you don’t have to haul out the rolling pin. And finally, when it’s done, it will look like a cake from a patisserie in Paris!

Crust 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (Remember to fluff the flour up before spooning it into measuring cup.)

Sandi’s mirror glazed cheesecakes won first place for Best Peach Dessert at the three largest barbecue contests in Atlanta. Biscoff cookie crust filled with amaretto peach cheesecake and topped with a mango peach mirror glaze.

1 stick (8 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Pinch of salt 1 to 2 teaspoons of apple cider (Use this as needed if dough appears dry when pressing into the pan. You can use water or apple juice as an alternative.)

Preheat oven to 400 F. Wrap outside of a 9-inch springform pan with aluminum foil. Combine all ingredients in a bowl, starting with 1 teaspoon of apple cider, and using your fingertips to mix

“The Melissa” cake is buttery vanilla layers studded with fresh strawberries, strawberry compote filling and frosted with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream.

together, pinching the dough until moist clumps form. Gather dough into a ball and press onto the bottom and ¾-inch up the sides of the pan. Freeze for 10 minutes. Bake until crust is light golden, about 10 minutes. Remove the pan from oven. Reduce temperature to 350 F. Filling 8-ounce package of cream cheese ¼ cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Beat all ingredients together until

Topping 1/3 cup granulated sugar ½ teaspoon cinnamon 3 large or 4 mediumsized apples. Peel, core and thinly slice apples.

You should have about 3 cups. ¼ cup sliced almonds (Optional but adds sophistication to the finished cake).

Combine sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl, then add apples, tossing to coat. Arrange on top of filling. Sprinkle with almonds.

Bake until crust is deep golden and apples are tender, about 1 ½ hours. Remove from oven and cool for 1 hour.

Brush the top with warmed apricot jam.

Refrigerate overnight. Remove pan sides and serve. ■ Visit AJT's website for Sandi Edelson's Stuffed Cabbage and Flourless Chocolate Cake recipes.

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CALENDAR CANDLE-LIGHTING TIMES

SATURDAY, MARCH 16

Shabbat Yoga – Congregation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Dunwoody, from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Join Andrea Jaron, certified yoga instructor, in the Beth Shalom chapel for an hour of yoga. Bring your yoga mat, a towel and water. All are welcome to join the main service in their yoga attire at 10:15 a.m.

Free. www.bit.ly/2H6QDvM.

Trivia Night – Congregation Dor Tamid, 11165 Parsons Road, Johns Creek, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. $30 per person, which includes food, $20 for trivia only and $5 for drink coupons. For more information, www.bit.ly/2GRQOvA.

Vayikra Friday, March 15, 2019, light candles at 7:27 p.m.

Saturday, March 16, 2019, Shabbat ends at 8:23 p.m.

Tzav Friday, March 22, 2019, light candles at 7:33 p.m.

Saturday, March 23, 2019, Shabbat ends at 8:28 p.m.

TUESDAY, MARCH 26

Modern Passover Seder – Marcus JCC,

SUNDAY, MARCH 17

MONDAY, MARCH 18

FIDF Dessert Reception and Speaker Yaron Rosen – Congregation Etz Chaim, 1190 Indian Hills Parkway, NE, Marietta, from 7 to 9 p.m. Brigadier General (Ret.) Yaron Rosen is a cybersecurity expert who serves as an advisor to the Israeli government.

He most recently served as chief of the IDF cyber staff, the lead architect of all cyber activities in the IDF. Free.

Advanced registration required, www. bit.ly/2GFF1Ar.

FRIDAY, MARCH 22

Acoustic Shabbat Café – Virginia - Highland – San Francisco Coffee Roasting Co., 1192 North Highland Ave. NE, Atlanta, from 7 to 9 p.m. Join Rabbi Brian Glusman, Drew Cohen and teen 30 | MARCH 15, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

Congregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mount Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Join Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta and a panel of experts to learn about human traffickproofing. Learn about groundbreaking efforts in Israel and recent success in this arena. $18 per person. For more information, www.jwfatlanta.org/trafficking.

musicians from The Weber School for an evening of music and Shabbat prayers. Food and wine available for purchase. This interactive Shabbatthemed experience is sponsored by Atlanta Jewish Music Festival and The Weber School. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2nVTxbJ.

Young Women in STEM and Career Fair @ AJA – Atlanta Jewish Academy, 5200 Northland Drive, Atlanta, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. All Jewish female high school students and rising ninthgraders are invited to attend this event geared towards math, science and technology. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2EziVvL.

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SAT. & SUN., MAR. 23 & 24

Ariel Rivka Dance Company – Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and 5 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday. This contemporary company is an all-female group that uses emotional movement, precise technique and harmonized collaboration in its critically acclaimed performances. $15 for member child, $25 for member adult, $20 community child and $36 community adult. For tickets and more information, www.bit. ly/2GjE7IR.

5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, from 7 to 9 p.m. Looking for a twist on your Passover seder? These modern dishes will be the star at your seder. Dishes include: charoset salad, risotto, tri-colored matzah balls, roasted carrots with harissa, and triple chocolate biscotti. $50 for members, $65 for the community. For more information, www.bit.ly/2EDVZgb.

THURSDAY, MARCH 28

The MJCCA Schiff School Open House – Temple Emanu-El, 1580 Spalding Drive, Atlanta, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Its progressive preschool curriculum focuses on cognition, literacy, physical development and social and emotional growth all guided by Jewish values and culture. Learn more about our innovative and progressive curriculum and special preschool community. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2TsZnmB.

SATURDAY, MARCH 16

ATL Collective Relives the Sounds of Chess Records – Venkman’s, 740 Ralph McGill Blvd. NE, Atlanta, with two shows at 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The Atlanta Jewish Music Festival welcomes back the ATL Collective for two presentations of “The Sounds of Chess Records.” The best of American blues labels, Chess Records, was founded in Chicago in 1950 by two Jewish immigrants from Poland.

Brothers Leonard and Phil Chess introduced America to some of the greats in blues, soul, gospel and early rock. $25 per person. For tickets and more information, www.atlantajmf. org/calendar.

Jewish

Genealogy

Workshop

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Chabad Intown On the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. This hands-on workshop will teach you the step-by-step process of researching your own family tree.

Learn about the most helpful Jewish genealogical sources and records, and how to navigate them successfully. $18 per person. For more information and to register, www.bit.ly/2Udyik8.

FRI., MAR. 29 – SUN., MAR. 31

2nd Annual Shearith Israel Retreat – Ramah Darom, 70 Camp Darom, Clayton, from 3 p.m. Friday through 11 a.m. Sunday. There will be indoor activities, outdoor activities, structured time, down time and programming for children. For pricing, reservations and more information, www.bit. ly/2U9gpmt.

SATURDAY, MARCH 30

The Maggid: Divine Sparks and Tales of the Baal Shem Tov – Congregation Bet Haverim, 2074 Lavista Road, Atlanta, from 8 to 9 p.m. Baal Shem Tov lived over three centuries ago and his stories and their lessons are still reverberating to this day. Suggested donation: $18 per adult, $9 for seniors, students and children $9. To register, www.bit.ly/2UezeVv. ■

MARCH 16-31 PURIM CELEBRATIONS SUNDAY, MARCH 17

Purim PaloozAA – Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave. NW, Atlanta, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Join the celebration that includes food trucks, a bounce house, carnival games, a glow room and much more. $10 per person, $18 per family. For more information, contact Jackie Nix, jnix@ aasynagogue.org or 404-603-5743.

Find more events and submit items for our online and print calendars at:

www.atlantajewishconnector.com

Calendar sponsored by the Atlanta Jewish Connector, an initiative of the AJT. In order to be considered for the print edition, please submit events two weeks in advance. Contact community relations director, Jen Evans, for more information at jen@atljewishtimes.com.

TUESDAY, MARCH 19 Purim at the Pub – Olde Blind Dog Irish Pub, 705 Town Blvd., Atlanta, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Sponsored by the Etz Chaim Young Adults Group.

Celebrate Purim and friends for good food, good beer and good times. Pitchers of beer provided.

Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2Tmqyzg.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 Wild West Purim Party and Megillah Reading – Congregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mount Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs, from 5 to 7 p.m. Carnival games, megillah reading and shpiel parody sketch, dessert, open margarita bar and poker tournament for 21 and older and Tex-Mex style food available for purchase. For more information and to register, www.bnaitorah.org/purim.

Purim Merriment at Beth Shalom – Congregation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Dunwoody, from 5 to 9 p.m. Join for the festivities at our Purim carnival. There’s fun for kids of all ages. Come for dinner, the children’s megillah reading and costume parade, games and activities and then stay for the full megillah reading. Prizes, raffles, and so much more. $12 per person includes food and activities. For more information, www.bit.ly/2NkV3A6.

Etz Chaim’s Got Talent Megillah Reading – Congregation Etz Chaim, 1190 Indian Hills Parkway, NE, Marietta, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. A Purim celebration for adults and kids. The Green Room opens for adults with drinks and dairy appetizers, while kids and teens enjoy a pizza dinner. The Etz Chaim’s Got Talent Jr. talent show for kids to age 10 will be followed by the megillah reading. For more information, www.bit.ly/2U1L31i.

Purim Dinner, Parade & Megillah Reading – Congregation Shearith Israel, 1180 University Drive, Atlanta, from 6:15 to 8 p.m. Join Congregation Shearith Israel for a celebration of Purim. The evening will include a free dinner at 6:15 p.m. followed by services and continued festivities, the annual Purim parade and megillah reading. For more information, www.bit.ly/2tEDqT1.

SUNDAY, MARCH 24 Family Purim Celebration – Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Enjoy songs with Rabbi G, a performance by Squeeze the Clown, a costume parade and carnival. Children are encouraged to wear costumes and delight in some hamantashen. This event is free and open to all.

For more information, www.bit.ly/2IIeXXc.

Purim with a Purpose – Congregation Gesher L’Torah, 4320 Kimball Bridge Road, Alpharetta, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Along with traditional carnival games, there will be 13 mitzvah booths. These booths will give participants a chance to support those in need: animals, senior citizens, homeless, hungry, sick individuals and families, and the military here and in Israel. $18 per family. For more information, www.bit.ly/2HdMXbJ. ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES MARCH 15, 2019 | 31

COMMUNITY History by a Jew? Learn Something New

By Eddie Samuels

to figure out the best way to tell the story. At first I Seth Fleishman didn’t was more chronological, set out to teach a lecture sebut I’ve found that adding ries when he was giving hisa framework of storytelltory lessons to his two oldest ing helps a lot.” children in place of lullabies In addition to the lesor bedtime stories. sons at his shul, he’s lectured “I’ve been telling them at two out-of-state Shabbaabout different stories from tons, the largest in Birmingthroughout history of real ham for a crowd of more people and real events,” he than 100. His love of history Fleishman in front of said. “I never really connected also led him to be a particithe set he uses for his it to Judaism, but a friend, Alex pant in a YouTube channel, YouTube content.

Vayner, heard me, and he kept “Digital Hammurabi,” which nudging me to speak in front of adults.” focuses on ancient Mesopotamian history.

Rabbi Yale New of Chabad of Toco “I’m the only contributor to that Hills encouraged Fleishman to share his channel that is not a college professor. I Jewish knowledge, and the rest is history. am also the only contributor to the chanNow in its second season, the "World His- nel that does not have my bio because I’m tory by a Jew" lecture series takes place at sure the academic audience they have CTH, which is housed in Torah Day School. would not be too impressed with my Oscillating between a lecture on business degree,” Fleishman joked. world history and Jewish history, FleishWhile his lectures take place on Shabman opted to merge the two, discussing bat at an Orthodox Chabad, the history lesany and all periods of world history, but sons are open to anyone, and free to attend. through a Jewish lens.

“Some of the attendees are not OrWhile it might seem on its face that thodox, they’re just friends of friends a Jewish connection might limit the sub- who like to hear about it. I don’t use a ject matter he could choose, Fleishman bunch of Jewish terms, and when I do, I explains that there are a surprising num- try to explain them.” ber of topics that one might never expect New said that he appreciates that it have a Jewish connection. is bringing people to CTH, including new “Jews were involved in the founding faces. of Mexico, for example,” he said. “I can “This is an original idea as far as I take a slice of history from pretty much know,” he said. “What I appreciate most anywhere in the world, and sometimes it’s about the program is the outreach aspect, 50 percent Jewish, but other times it’s 10 … and it’s attracting Jews of all different percent Jewish, but it's definitely there." backgrounds.”

Topics are suggested by attendees Fleishman explains that he enjoys to the classes, and tend to take place in giving the lectures, and also does it to three parts, though each stands alone, challenge himself. so a newcomer won’t be lost jumping in “The biggest test for myself is when after the first lecture. Currently, the fo- I’m asked questions,” he said. “If I’m just cus is ancient Egypt, and for such a large delivering a lecture from my notes, that’s discussion Fleishman expects four or five no big deal, but the real challenge is when parts. someone raises their hand and asks a ques“It’s such a broad topic with 3,000 tion. I expect myself to know the answer.” years of history,” he said. “This was the While Fleishman leads the lectures, most requested last year, but I wanted to his daughter Shira, 12, leads a camp full wait until we got near Pesach. I want to of fun activities for children. discuss the historical accuracy of Exodus “A parent can come to the lecture the Shabbos before Passover, so every- and their kids have something to do at thing is building up to that.” the same time,” he said proudly. “She’s In the past, in addition to Jews' roles not your average 12-year-old.” in the founding of Mexico and Cinco de As for future lecture plans, Fleishman Mayo, previous series have focused on says that a small man is next on the docket.

France, Germany and the Ottoman Empire “Napoleon is the most requested and how Jewish history is intertwined. besides Egypt,” Fleishman said, “so he is “I think I’ve gotten a little bit better next on the list.” The next lecture takes since the first few, if I do say so myself,” place Saturday, March 16, from 6 to 6:45 Fleishman said. “It took me a little while p.m., hosted by CTH. ■ 32 | MARCH 15, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

COMMUNITY

Alex Dunay and Mitchell Bohrer enjoy a bowling event.

Friendship Circle celebrates at its monthly Birthday Club.

Community Walk Celebrates Friendship

By Jodi Danis Friendship Circle of Atlanta holds its third annual Walk4Friendship March 24.

It's the nonprofit’s largest fundraiser of the year to celebrate friendship and inclusion while raising awareness about its programs for people with special needs.

The half-day, community-wide event at Riverwood High School in Sandy Springs includes an opening ceremony, a walkathon, food, entertainment and carnival activities for all ages.

Affiliated with Chabad of Georgia, Friendship Circle of Atlanta provides social interaction and Jewish educational opportunities for children and adults with special needs such as those with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other physical, emotional and cognitive challenges.

The Atlanta nonprofit serves 90 families, with participants ranging in age from 4 years old to those in their 70s, according to Rickelle New, the organization’s director. To meet the needs of these families, the organization uses 150 volunteers, 100 of whom are teenagers.

Its programming is offered for free or at minimal cost to participants. Activities include a monthly Birthday Club celebration held at different venues, such as bowling, arts and crafts, and mini-golf. A monthly Torah Circle offers a two-hour rotation through four engaging activities such as yoga, dog therapy, and science experiments, always including a session to learn about Jewish identity.

As part of the Friends@Home program, teen volunteers visit children with special needs weekly to provide respite and social interactions. New said that the volunteers often continue visiting for years with the same children, forming close bonds and main-

taining friendships.

“Creating these social interactions helps combat loneliness,” New said. This is particularly important for the adult population they serve, who are often more isolated than the younger participants. The organization provides separate activities for adults, such as Shabbat dinners and learning programs.

Friendship Circle started 25 years ago in Detroit and has spread to 95 cities around the world. New worked as a volunteer with Friendship Circle as a teenager in her native Australia, then later served as a program and volunteer coordinator for Friendship Circle of Michigan. Together with her husband, Rabbi Yale New, they started the Atlanta chapter in 2011. He serves as the organization’s executive director.

Friendship Circle of Atlanta’s goal for the Walk4Friendship is to raise $100,000 through donations. New hopes attendance will match or exceed the 600 participants in last year’s walk. Registration remains open and the nonprofit will continue to accept donations and volunteers both online and on the day of the event. Participation is open to the entire community, not just for those with special needs, Rickelle New said.

In addition to fundraising and awareness, New said the Walk4Friendship is a great opportunity to “celebrate our differences. Every individual has something to offer.” ■ The Walk4Friendship is 12:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 24 at Riverwood High School, 5900 Heards Drive, Sandy Springs.

The event is free, but donations and fundraising are encouraged. Food will be available for purchase. For more information, www.walk4friendshipatlanta.rallybound. org or call 404-423-3371.

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COMMUNITY Meet the Press

Jan Jaben-Eilon has Israel and News in her Blood

By Roni Robbins

for the first time on a group trip in 1986. “It was fulfilling a dream. I inherited $1,000 You can tell a lot about someone by from my bubbe and I thought this was exwhat they read or view before bedtime. actly what she and my zayde would have For Jan Jaben-Eilon, it’s printouts of the wanted me to use the money for.”

She was in Australia in 1995, serving latest news from Israel. And no, it doesn’t as international edigive her nightmares, tor of Advertising Age, as her Israeli husband, when she heard former Joab, a rabbi, is known Israeli Prime Ministo ask. ter Yitzhak Rabin was A dual citizen of killed. “It was a turning Israel and the U.S., not point for me. I knew I to mention a world needed to be in Israel. traveler, Jaben-Eilon I was in a gorgeous hoknew since childhood tel in Bali and watched she wanted to live in CNN’s around-thethe Jewish state and be clock coverage of the a journalist. Growing funeral in Israel. I up in a Zionist family wrote to Ted Turner to in Kansas City, Jabenthank him and I actuEilon finally made alially got a note back. Six yah in her 40s and met months later I was in her husband there. AlJan Jaben-Eilon Israel,” she said, adding though she’s been writing the AJT’s “Small Town News,” among “I lived in Israel when Netanyahu was other pieces, she says her real passion is prime minister the first time.”

She never expected to move back covering Israeli politics.

Most recently, her favorite stories to America, but her husband decided to were writing on deadline about the in- become a rabbi after they married, studydictment of Israeli Prime Minister Benja- ing first at Hebrew Union College in Isramin Netanyahu and the merger he bro- el and then in Cincinnati. He took a job kered with a party including supporters in Cleveland before the couple decided to return to Jaben-Eilon’s former home of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane.

“I again feel the writer’s ink running in Atlanta, where her sister lives and her through my blood,” she says about such mother later moved.

“I still thought I’d go back.” But life breaking news stories.

Her love of Israel developed from a got in the way. Jaben-Eilon is a 12-year young age, hearing the stories of her fam- survivor of ovarian cancer. “I only had ily gathering guns not used in World War a 30 percent chance of living five years II to be sent to the Holy Land for Israel’s after my diagnosis. So I’m a walking Independence War. “I always felt like it miracle!”

She attributes her good health partly was my country.”

Her father died when she was 10, to having been a runner, even running and her zayde six months later to the day. a marathon. Now she walks along the Otherwise she believes she might have Chattahoochee River. That is when she’s not enjoying the couple’s Rhodesian moved to Israel at a younger age.

Meanwhile, Jaben pursued a jour- Ridgebacks, which remind her of the nalism career that began when she was horses she used to ride. Her multilingual editor of her high school newspaper. She husband, once a cultural attaché with the took journalism courses at the University Israeli Foreign Ministry, now teaches bibof Connecticut while writing for the col- lical Hebrew online. “Almost wherever lege paper, and then became a founding we go he speaks the language.”

Jaben-Eilon is looking forward to reporter in 1978 at the Atlanta Business Chronicle, which also began her world writing more for the AJT about Israel. “I travels. She was later a stringer for The used to go back more often.” Beyond the New York Times and Business Week, and AJT, she is a correspondent for The Jeruher articles were published by such me- salem Report and gives speeches in the dia as the International Herald Tribune community about the Israeli political and Consumer Reports. system. “My heart is still in Israel. We still The dream of living in Israel gained own a home there.” So you might say the momentum when she visited the country door remains open. ■ 34 | MARCH 15, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

COMMUNITY

Michael Huey, CVI President Fontaine Huey, Sally Berman, Karen Berman, Paul Accettura, Rosanne Kauss and CVI Board Chair Andy Kauss.

Center for Visually Impaired Honors Generous Doctor At the 15th anniversary celebration co-founder of the Babies Early Growth Inof its Henderson Society Feb. 27, the Cen- tervention Network program at CVI. Dr. Berman’s efforts helped start ter for the Visually Impaired honored the late Dr. Jerome Berman and his extraor- BEGIN in 1985. It serves infants and toddinary support of children who are visu- dlers who are visually impaired and their families. ally impaired.

Dr. Berman’s initial role was fundDr. Berman, who was a member of Ahavath Achim Synagogue, passed away raising, and over the years, he delivered in May at the age of 93, but the work he more than 700 speeches for United Way did on behalf of CVI, and the financial in support of CVI. He served as the volsupport he gave to the organization dur- unteer medical consultant, providing his ing his lifetime, continues to have a pro- expertise even after he became blind, Mcfound impact on the children and fami- Cominsky told the AJC for his obituary. lies served by CVI, according to Andy “Though he was no longer practicing, his blindness didn’t take away his knowlKauss, chairman of the board. edge and guidance. He’d Dr. Berman served walk into a room with the Atlanta community his warmth and sense as a pediatrician for 36 of humor and people years until he lost his would want to talk. Peoeyesight in 1982. “My ple gained hope when dad lost his vision sudthey saw this funny, denly due to a routine handsome doctor.” procedure. He saw paIn his 2003 memtients on Friday, had the oir, Dr. Berman said that procedure on Saturday, his association with the and never went back to BEGIN program was the his medical practice,” “zenith” of all of his prosaid Karen Berman, fessional experiences.

Dr. Berman’s daughter.

“His legacy lives on “When he went blind, at CVI as BEGIN conwe all went through a tinues to thrive,” Kauss depression. But things got better when he start- Dr. Jerome Berman’s fundraising said. “Through early inhelped start a CVI program tervention, BEGIN proed his training at CVI.” for infants and toddlers. vides both early educaThis proved to be the beginning of an extraordinary partnership tion and the foundation for productive ongoing educational progress for impactbetween Dr. Berman and the center.

While receiving rehabilitation train- ed infants, toddlers and preschoolers, as ing at CVI, Dr. Berman noticed there were well as being a compassionate and expert no children being served, and asked the resource for their parents and teachers. executive director of the organization, Building on the foundation established Carolyn Kokenge, about programs geared by Dr. Berman, CVI has continued to to the youth. She told him “‘If you can grow and expand its services for children raise the money, you can open the pro- with visual impairment and their famigram.’ And Jerry went out and raised the lies in exciting ways.” ■ Compiled by AJT Staff money!” according to Anne McComiskey, ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES MARCH 15, 2019 | 35

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The Lowdown I Bet You Didn’t Know …

Stephen “Steak” Shapiro Shapiro is a larger than life local and national personality with shows on the Food Network (Food Truck Face Off and Best. Ever.), and is a frequent contributor to CNN, Fox News, Fox Business, and MSNBC. He hosts TV’s Atlanta Eats’ “Dish Worth the Drive,” and the No. 1 sports talk show in the city, “The Front Row,” on Sports Radio 680 The Fan. Along with being the longest running radio and TV host in the city, he was CEO and founder of two of Atlanta’s most popular media companies. Steak built Big League Broadcasting, serving as president, chief marketing officer, and morning drive talent at ESPN 790 The Zone. He sold his company to Lincoln Financial Media.

In 2013, Steak founded Bread n Butter LLC, which developed award-winning local and regional television programs, creating state-of-the-art video content for national and local companies (Anheuser-Busch, Kia, Las Vegas Sands) and building a robust distribution network connecting brands to consumers.

And how did he get that unusual moniker?

Thirty years ago, Boston sports talk host Eddie Andelman gave a 20-year-old intern the name “Steak” after a menu item at a steakhouse in Minneapolis that he liked. It stuck. And it still works, given Steak’s love for vittles!

Get to know him better right here.

What advice would you give a 20-year-old Steak?

Take it down a notch.

My ideal meal is …

Half of a pizza and half of a meatball sub.

My worst habit is …

Not taking a deep breath to appreciate what I have.

I’ll never do this again …

The list is too vast.

Last time I was moved to tears …

Sitting around the table with my kids at my mom’s 80th birthday.

Last time I danced …

On Instagram. I’ll do anything to promote my brand.

My biggest pet peeve is …

People being rude to servers and valet staff.

I am currently reading …

The Hollywood Reporter.

My secret guilty pleasure is …

Broadway musicals.

My wife would say my fashion disasters are …

Wearing things that should have long ago been at the dry cleaners. ■

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COMMUNITY OY VEY! HAVE I GOT A PROBLEM... e! Last week, I Dear Rachel, say it’s not just m se ea Pl ? ht rig , best of us myriad tasks, It happens to the and stay on top of ish pl m co ac to g metal against my day, tryin sickening thud of A was going about e. lif y m to in okay! With the cted dashed : Thank G-d, I’m of when the unexpe n tio ac re te ia thudded: Oh, no! d the immed the reality check metal precipitate e, tre a up g tin ned cat scoo speed of a frighte s and smashed by: Not Now! d driver was careles r Not this! Followe he ot e th d an , er bender deal with, but T’was just a fend rance adjustors to su in ve ha I d di I waited for the w, not only ent. By the time into my car. So no tm in po ap y m r odbye to my apeven later fo I had to wave go I was going to be rt, po re s hi e ak come and m police officer to at appointment. ent, is it okay to I really wanted th ! rr of a minor accid pointment. Gr t en ev e th In Rachel? a necessity?

What do you say, calling the police is or n, io at rm fo insurance in simply exchange Sincerely, Kaboomed!

Dear Kaboomed, I’m so sorry your car was hit, but I’m relieved to hear that you’re okay! Cars can be fixed and replaced! We all know that, but that doesn’t take away the aggravation that hails from even a minor car accident.

I want to share an incident that occurred to me recently.

I, too, was going about my day, innocent and unsuspecting of the events that were about to transpire. I pulled into the parking lot of a small business, and a car was backing out of its space, but it wasn’t stopping. I gasped and pounded my horn, desperately trying to get the driver to stop. But my efforts were ineffective, and suddenly, her car made sharp contact with the passenger side of mine. Thankfully, I was the only one in the car at the time!

I turned off my car and felt tears prick my eyes. Why? I asked, lifting my eyes heavenward. I’ve had a really hard week, G-d, and I’m so tired. What are You trying to teach me?

Shaking her head and looking flustered, a woman climbed out of her car, and I emerged from mine.

“I’m so sorry!” she blubbered. “This was all my fault. I wasn’t looking and just didn’t

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pay attention!”

“Oh,” I said, my heart twisting.

She didn’t mean it, I thought. Accidents can happen to anyone. Calm down, Rachel.

“It’s okay,” I said slowly. “We all make mistakes.”

“Do you want to just exchange insurance information and be done with it?” she wondered.

I knew my husband wouldn’t be happy with that, but figured I’d call to double check.

“You have to get a police report,” he declared.

I heaved a sigh and wondered how long it would take, thinking about the rest of my plans that were slowly slipping away.

The woman and I began talking while we waited for the police. She was quite personable and professed a strong trust in G-d who, she insisted, always watches over her.

Inspired, I tried to absorb her message of unwavering faith and trust; you just never know when and from whom you’re going to get a message. It may even come from the sweet gentile lady who backed right into your car.

In due time, the officer finally came and went, and the woman and I parted with a friendly hug.

Fast forward a few hours later, and I’m on the phone with her insurance.

“Our client said you were sitting behind her just waiting for her to hit you, so that makes you 50-percent liable.”

Huh? Did I hear right?

“Just like your insurance would believe you, we believe our client. Fifty percent.”

My trust in humanity spilled out of my body like fizz escaping an uncapped soda bottle. She lied! How could she? She had been so nice, so kind, so G-d-fearing, so honest …

Thankfully, the police report, ready a few days later, verified my innocence. And it was a good thing because the damage was much more extensive than I realized; to my shock my car was totaled! Her insurance cut us a generous check, and I’m now driving my new used car, still trying to become familiar with its different features. I kinda miss my trusty old vehicle that I didn’t need to figure out before hitting the gas.

It was like having a loyal friend; we knew each other.

So, my Kaboomed friend, after my experience, I definitely advocate enduring the extra inconvenience of waiting for that police report. It might just spell the difference between being able to repair or even replace your car.

Drive safely!

All the best, Rachel Stein ■ Atlanta Jewish Times Advice Column Got a problem? Email Rachel Stein at oyvey@atljewishtimes. com, describing your problem in 250 words or less. We want to hear from you and get helpful suggestions for your situation at the same time! Identifying details will be changed upon request.

Yiddish Word of the Week ah-shtíkele bróit! ‫א שטיקעלע ברויט‬ What is this? Savlanút ‫סבלנות‬, patience (Hebrew). Explanation follows.

The primary use of Ah-shtík ‫ א שטיק‬is simply “one piece, a piece, a piece of…” similar to the German “ein Stück.” It is used as a determiner, as in “May I have ah-shtík kíchl, please?” (ah-shtík kíchl, ‫א שטיק קיכל‬, “a piece of cake,” literally).

A secondary use of it is as an emphatic, enhancing an exclamation, e.g. “Did you hear my grandson’s bar mitzvah speech? Oy, ah-shtík náches!”

Oh, what a pleasure! (ah-shtík náches ‫ א שטיק נחת‬, from Hebrew ‫ נחת‬náchat, satisfaction, fulfillment, pleasure).

The diminutive version – Ah-shtíkale ‫א שטיקעלע‬, “a little piece”– sounds even more convincing, especially before less palatable terms, which are not fit to print, but the following true story is kosher: An Israeli kid who spoke no Yiddish thought he had found the best cussword since Adam and kept calling kids who were irritating him Ah-shtíkele bróit! ‫א שטיקעלע ברויט‬, only to find out later that he had been calling them “a piece of bread!” This is not as stupid as it might seem. Give it a try, say it as convincingly as you can: Ah-shtíkele bróit! ‫א שטיקעלע ברויט‬. Doesn’t it feel like a winner?

Rabbi Joab Eichenberg-Eilon, PhD, teaches Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic at the Israel Institute of Biblical Studies, eTeacher Group Ltd.

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■ The bar mitzvah of Eliot Lehrman of Roswell was held Saturday, March 13, 2004, at Temple Kehillat Chaim. Eliot is the son of Peter and Laura Lehrman.

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■ The Georgia State Senate unanimously passed Senate Majority Leader Tom Price’s Israel Bonds legislation March 1, calling for the consideration of Israel Bonds for purchase by the state.

■ The bar mitzvah of Chad Brantley Sugerman of Alpharetta took place at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 12, at Temple Emanu-El. Chad is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Randal Sugerman.

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■ Mrs. Herman Heyman and Mrs. A. A. Weinstein, Jewish Welfare Federation Women’s Division general chairpeople, announced the appointment of eight co-chairpeople to organize and plan the division’s annual telethon.

OBITUARIES

Mark Conrad Nathan 66, Tifton

Mark Conrad Nathan, 66, formerly of Atlanta, passed away March 5, 2019, in Tifton. Mark was born in Anniston and was a 1970 graduate of Shades Valley High School in Birmingham. He attended Florida State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in hotel management. Mark spent many years as an executive chef and was a diehard Seminoles fan.

He is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, George and Barbara Nathan; nephews Ted and Melanie Nathan, Gil and Lauren Nathan, and Ben Nathan; and grandnieces and grandnephews, Morgan and Madison Nathan and Sally, Brady and Scarlett Nathan.

A graveside service was held March 7, 2019, at the Hillside Cemetery in Anniston.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999. Sign on-line guestbook, www. edressler.com.

Brenda Ellen Schube 79, Atlanta

Brenda Ellen Schube, 79, of Atlanta, passed away March 9, 2019. Brenda was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. Brenda was preceeded in death by her parents, Alexander and Ruth Block and brother, Kenneth Block. She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Stanley; sons and daughtersin-law, Michael and Frances Schube of Dunwoody and Keith and Maxine Schube of Atlanta; daughter and son-in-law, Sabrina and Danny Fendley, of Acton, Calif.; grandchildren, Ryan (Darci) Schube, Rochelle Schube, Jeremy (Talia) Schube, Alana Schube, Brittany Winter, and Brandon (Rebekah) Winter; and great-granddaughter, Lilah Pearl Schube.

Brenda was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. She moved to Atlanta in 1956. She met her soulmate, Stanley, in November of 1958 and married three months later.

Brenda and Stan were truly partners in life and in love.

Brenda was an avid dollmaker and cook, and she loved to entertain. She was active in ORT and a former member of Ahavath Achim Synagogue. Brenda was a lover of life and always found the silver linings even in the toughest of times. She will be greatly missed! Her life may have ended, but her beautiful and kind spirit will live on through all who were fortunate enough to have known and loved her.

The Schube family expresses deep gratitude for the amazing physicians who cared for Brenda and saved her life more than once: Dr. Vivek Rajagopal, Dr. Michael Katz, Dr. Paul Spiegel, Dr. Patrick Waring, the team at Piedmont Cancer Institute and all the staff at Piedmont and Northside hospitals. The family also wishes to thank the Palliative Care team at Weinstein Hospice for its care and kindness. Graveside services were held March 12, 2019, at Arlington Memorial Park with Rabbi Brian Glusman officiating. Contributions in Brenda’s memory may be made to Weinstein Hospice, 3150 Howell Mill Road NW, Atlanta, Ga 30327, or a charity of your choice. Arrangements by Dressler’s Funeral Care, 770-451-4999. ■

‫זיכרונה‬ ‫לברכה‬ Obituaries in the AJT are written and paid for by the families; contact Managing Publisher Kaylene Ladinsky at kaylene@atljewishtimes.com or 404-883-2130, ext. 100, for details about submission, rates and payments. Death notices, which provide basic details, are free and run as space is available; send submissions to editor@atljewishtimes.com.

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CLOSING THOUGHTS Adar II-Hashem Winks! recognize coincidences in your life for Rosh Chodesh Adar II is Friday, March what they truly are: an act of God’s en8 to Friday, April 5. during love. Squire Rushnell is a popular As I wrote last month, we’re lucky to speaker and New York Times bestselling be gifted with two months of Adar this year author who has coined the term ‘Godwink,’ due to the leap year on the Hebrew calennow in mainstream usage.” Hashem winks dar. Our family just celebrated the simcha in unexpected places. of our youngest daughter’s wedding, and I opened the book to a random page. our eldest daughter will be married just On it was a birth story that mirrored my after Passover. We’re grateful for this extra friend’s experience. It offered loving comjoy in Adar. passion and a positive perspective on the Increased joy, however, doesn’t need Dr. Terry outcome. If it had contained no other story, to be confined to Adar. Every day offers Segal it would have been the perfect validation opportunities for happiness and gratitude, New Moon Meditations for my friend, so I bought it. but we must seek them. Hashem winks at Fast forward four months, to the fall bride tribe us all of the time, but it can go unnoticed unless we’re mindful and pay attention. One evening at Barnes & No- destination weekend for our daughter, Sage. We travble, I had one of those movie moments when no one else elled to Asheville, N.C., with our first stop at Malaprop’s was nearby and a book flew off the shelf. I’d planned to Bookstore. Sage happened upon a book titled, “The Ilbuy a book of Rumi’s poetry as the ideal birthday gift for lustrated Herbiary: Guidance and Rituals from 36 Bemy friend, but, after looking at several, I tucked them witching Botanicals,” written by Maia Toll. We looked up Sage’s name, knowing it’s used for purification and back onto the shelf. “Now what?” I muttered.

A moment later, the small book on a display stand release. The story was enchanting and she bought the tilted itself forward and toppled to the ground. I saw book.

She had it with her when she came over the other the title, “When God Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life,” by Christian author, SQuire day. I was preparing to write this article about Purim, (not a typo) Rushnell. “Nuh-uh!” I spoke aloud again, but we got to talking about synchronicity and how establishing myself as a person who speaks to herself Hashem winks and the angels send us messages. It’s not a new subject to us, by any means, but I was reminding in public.

“After reading ‘When God Winks,’ you’ll learn to her to listen for the whisperings.

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Sage spontaneously opened the herbiary book and landed on sweet violet. She said, “Let’s see what wisdom we have here.” What does it focus on? Having a public and private face. If that’s not the theme of Purim and Queen Esther, I don’t know what is!

Sweet violets put on a glorious public show in the spring, but their private work takes place in the fall, when they drop their seeds to the earth to prepare for the following spring.

That section also references public and private rooms in Victorian homes. Public rooms were for entertaining and the help, while private rooms were for family only. Modern architecture, with open-concept living, doesn’t lend itself to nourishment of the inner sanctum.

Too much becomes public.

Esther’s public and chosen name was taken from the root, seter, in Hebrew, meaning “hidden.” Hadassah was her given name, which she kept private. She concealed the fact that she was Jewish until the timing was right, and then her disclosure saved the Jewish people.

Sometimes it’s appropriate to be unmasked, public with thoughts and feelings. At other times, it’s wise to be masked, allowing space for your private self to remain private. Then you can nourish the seeds of thought and change, prior to exposing them to the elements that might thwart their full growth.

Meditation Focus: Look at your masks and consider which should be seen and which kept private. ■

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