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I have dedicated my legal career to the service of Fulton County residents and organizations. I have served as legal counsel to several of Fulton County’s bedrock institutions, including Grady Memorial Hospital, MARTA and the Atlanta Housing Authority. In 2017, I was honored to be appointed as the 1st Chief Judge of the City of South Fulton’s Municipal Court, and efficiently and effectively built the judicial system for the third largest city in Fulton County in record-time, 40 days! While there, I developed effective programs, such as the “Be What You Can See” youth shadowing/mentorship program, which allowed middle and high school students an opportunity to shadow Court officers during Court sessions in order to expose them to careers in the justice system. Currently, I serve as a Pro Tem Judge in Union City’s Municipal Court. My commitment to Fulton County and its judicial system is unwavering, and if elected, I will work every day to make you proud.

Education South Carolina State University, B.A. Political Science, summa cum laude, 2003 University of Georgia School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 2006 Judicial Appointments Chief Judge, South Fulton Municipal Court (2017-2019) Pro Tem Municipal Court Judge- Union City, Forest Park and Riverdale (2019-present) Awards POLITICO’s 2018 Woman of Impact 2018-2019 Law and Justice Woman of the Year, Georgia’s Most Powerful and Influential Attorneys 2018 Atlanta Women of Distinction Finalist Professional Memberships District Five Representative, Council of Municipal Court Judges Executive Committee Member, Atlanta Bar Association Judicial Section Member, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys Member, Gate City Bar Association Member, Elizabeth Baptist Church Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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THIS WEEK Beauty Within the Community Being confined to home doesn’t have to be a barrier to exploring the world or being wined, dined, primped and pampered like we hope you did for mom this past weekend. Our Spa, Beauty & Staycation issue will give you ideas for occupying your time as we start to venture forth from shelter-in-place restrictions to literally and figuratively dip our toes in the waters again either at a nearby staycation or for a long-awaited pedicure.

In this issue, local travel advisors share their best bets for virtual travel. You can learn what Jewish Atlantans are reading and some cool ideas for travel close to home, even in your own backyard. You can take a short road trip to Blue Ridge in northern Georgia or create your own victory garden. If you’re stepping out of your comfort zone and wondering which Jewish-owned restaurants are opening and which are continuing to offer curbside dining, we have some of those answers.

Not quite ready to return to the beauty parlor? We’ve got do-it-yourself beauty tips from experts in skin and hair. Learn how community members are staying in shape

and how others coped with health challenges or fallout from the COVID-19 crisis.

Having just celebrated Mother’s Day, we celebrate mom through our gift guide, which also can be used to buy presents for loved ones throughout the year. Read the submissions to our “My Mom Deserves the Best” contest and hear how our clergy are inspired by their mothers. Plus chef Todd Ginsberg of The General Muir shares how his mother’s recipes shaped his culinary career.

In local news, we recount how a chance encounter at the Western Wall in Jerusalem led to a comforting prayer in a dying man’s final moments. The AJT learns of a Jewish pilot among the Blue Angels that flew over Atlanta to honor our healthcare heroes. We’ve also got the latest on the Marcus JCC’s plans to reopen and delay the start of it camps.

Although much has changed because of the health crisis, the community continues to plan how to recognize graduates, alter education and help parents cope with their new responsibilities. You’ll learn more about these subjects in our next issue: graduation and parenting. ì

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NEWS COVID-19 Breeds Terrorism

By Bob Bahr While much of America is sheltering at home or working reduced schedules during the COVID-19 health crisis, the world’s terrorists, both in America and around the world, haven’t taken a break.

That was the message from Mia Bloom, one of the nation’s leading experts on terrorism who spoke last month at a Zoom program of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta.

Bloom, a professor of communication and Middle East studies at Georgia State University, indicated during the April 28 program that groups are capitalizing on the fact that many people are isolated with little meaningful work to do.

“What the terrorists are doing is that they are exploiting the fact that lots of people are stuck at home,” she said. “And there is a lot of time that they’re spending on their computers. And so we’ve seen, for example, a massive uptick in the amount of propaganda that ISIS is generating. They’ve created a virtual Netflix

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groups as different as Muslim jihadis and white nationalists on the far right share so much of the same rhetoric and the same objects of their hatred.

“It’s really mind-boggling to come to the realization that they’re all saying the same thing,” she told the AJT. “They should be friends because they have very similar views. They hate Jews. They hate gay people. They hate the cities and the cosmopolitans and the globalists.”

In characterizing terrorism, Bloom said she adopts the broad definition by the U.S. State Department that “terrorism During the COVID19 pandemic hate messages like this one by jihadi is the deliberate targeting of civilians in terrorist groups are said to have flooded the internet. order to advance some political agenda.”

In that respect she sees Russia’s masks or they’re offering funds. They’re for all their propaganda.”

She told Charles Shapiro, president basically getting almost like a renewal of covert campaign to divide and inflame of the Council and former U.S. ambassa- popularity because people see them in a American public opinion as a terrorist dor to Venezuela, that foreign terrorist positive light, whether it’s the Taliban or act. She pointed out that the U.S. Senate groups have also been exploiting all of Hezbollah or even the Mafia who’s doing Select Committee on Intelligence last the anxiety and insecurity that the pan- that in places like Calabria and Bologna.” month released, with bipartisan support, Bloom, who has been teaching at a comprehensive report of how Russia demic has caused around the world.

“They’re reinventing themselves as Georgia State since 2015, is the daughter had influenced the national elections in 2016, “to spread disingood guys,” she observed, “whether it’s of a Holocaust survivor formation and societal stepping in where various governments who saved dozens of division in the United are absent and they’re offering protective Jews in the Lodz Ghetto States.” during World War II She elaborated, and later fought with “Even the Republicananti-Nazi partisans in run Senate is acknowlthe Polish underground. edging the role that RusShe frequently sia has played. Russia is appears as an expert trying to foment chaos guest on CNN, MSNBC and distrust of our govand Fox News and is a ernment. And in many member of the radicalways, we’re seeing with ization advisory board the pandemic they’ve of the Anti-Defamation been somewhat sucLeague. Her work at Mia Bloom is part of the cessful because so many Georgia State is parMiddle East Studies Center at people don’t trust the tially supported by the Georgia State University.

CDC or they don’t trust Minerva Research Initiative, which seeks to build ties between their governors or they don’t trust their social science research and the Defense mayors. People are flouting much of the advice or the social distancing measures Department.

She points out that the work of ter- that are being instituted in order to prororists is not confined to just stirring up tect people’s lives.”

What she believes is that we should trouble in the Third World, the Middle not be so preoccupied with the actions East or Afghanistan.

In early April she wrote in the online of Arab terrorist organizations that we publication "Just Security" that extremist ignore the potential for terrorism among groups have been active in the United our own home-grown groups.

“The ADL and the New America States as well.

“White supremacist groups are tout- Foundation have found that if you look ing crackpot accelerationist, siege and at attacks since 9/11, over 70 percent of Great Replacement theories during the those attacks from 9/11 until 2016 were COVID-19 pandemic to motivate individ- the right wing, and only 25 percent or uals to take action against the New World less were actually Islamic groups,” she Order, Agenda 21, George Soros, the Chi- stressed. “We’ve painted ourselves into a nese government and other they perceive corner where it only allows us to focus on terrorism and ignore that the vast majoras seeking to eliminate the white race.”

What she finds so remarkable in this ity of the attacks and the recruitment is new online environment of hate is that coming from the right wing.” ì

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New JFGA Security Director Changes His Atlanta Focus

By Dave Schechter When the COVID-19 crisis eases, Neil Rabinovitz is looking forward to leaving his house and engaging in the hands-on work that goes with being the director of community security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.

Rabinovitz, whose nearly 22-year career with the FBI was spent in Atlanta, assumed the position in April, just after synagogues, schools and other Jewish institutions shut their doors as a health precaution.

Thus far, the 52-year-old Boston native has been on countless video conference calls and met, “virtually,” hundreds of members of the community. “I’ve gotten a very warm welcome,” Rabinovitz said during a video conference interview.

Rabinovitz knows that much of his work must be done in person. “My job is making sure that the community is as best prepared for a crisis as it can be. From day one when I took the job, if something happened it’s my responsibility,” he said.

Rabinovitz’s role embodies a unique relationship between the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta and the Secure Community Network, the nationwide security program sponsored by the Jewish Federations of North America. While he is paid by JFGA, he technically is an employee of SCN. Rabinovitz described it as “waving the Federation flag, but wearing an SCN pin.”

The relationship provides Atlanta with the available intelligence regarding threats, locally or nationally, as well as resources on best practices and training.

The security clearance that Rabinovitz

keeps from his previous career allows him to maintain access to the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.

Security training is available to every Jewish institution at no cost, Rabinovitz said, adding that the goal is to “make sure that the community is situationally aware of threats and has a plan in mind; with that comes empowerment.”

The balance is found somewhere between being paranoid and complacent, he said. “Security is not an end state.

It’s constantly re-evaluating and updating your plan,” Rabinovitz said. It’s a theme that his predecessor, Cathal Lucy, stressed in every interview.

Rabinovitz will be assisted by Zach Williams, formerly of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. He joined the Federation two years ago as assistant to Lucy, who left that post in the summer of 2019. Beginning in 2001, Atlanta was the first community to have a full-time director of Jewish community security.

Growing up in Boston, Rabinovitz was “casually observant,” attending a Conservative synagogue and a Hebrew high school. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brandeis University and a law degree from American University’s Washington College of Law. “I was always interested in law enforcement from the time I was young. I wanted to protect people. I viewed criminals as bullies and I didn’t like bullies,” Rabinovitz said, calling the FBI “the ultimate in law enforcement.”

After graduating from the FBI Academy at Quantico, Va., and being posted to Atlanta, Rabinovitz was assigned the duties of a new special agent, and then moved on to the violent crimes unit, be-

Neil Rabinovitz brings 22 years of experience with the FBI to the new position he assumed last month.

fore becoming a bomb technician and team leader of the FBI’s Atlanta bomb technician program. His resume includes security planning for such major events as the Super Bowl and collegiate sports championships.

Rabinovitz was drawn to the hazardous work of a bomb technician because of its challenge and “the camaraderie and the people; it’s a tight knit group,” he said.

“The more I learned about all the facets of being a bomb technician – the chemistry, physics, electronics – the more I enjoyed it.”

Rabinovitz admitted that he’s probably more comfortable dealing with bombs than with the COVID-19 corona-

virus.

Among the issues already on his plate is assisting the Jewish community as it decides when and how to reopen after generally shutting down in midMarch as a COVID-19 precaution. When institutions decide to reopen is less an issue for Rabinovitz than how the reopening is done, perhaps in a phased approach. “We take everybody’s health as paramount. Everything else falls under that,” he said.

Another piece of Rabinovitz’s work will be helping Jewish institutions access money from the federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program. Nonprofits apply for funds through GEMA. If approved at the federal level, the money routes through GEMA to the institutions to meet needs laid out in specific plans. Funds can be used to pay for security training, planning and exercises, as well as certain forms of security equipment.

For fiscal year 2019, when the program nationally made available $60 million, $1.09 million was allocated for the Atlanta urban area and $199,000 was allocated for Georgia outside of the Atlanta area.

Nine of the 12 Atlanta area recipients were Jewish institutions: Berman Commons and The Jewish Tower, both operated by Jewish HomeLife, along with Chabad House of Cobb, Chabad of North Fulton, Congregation Beth Tefillah, Jewish Kids Group, Temple Emanu-El, Temple Kehillat Chaim, and Young Israel of Toco Hills (now known as Ohr HaTorah). Two of the three recipients of funds outside of Atlanta were Jewish institutions: Camp Ramah Darom in Clayton, Ga., and Congregation B’Nai Israel, in Albany, Ga. ì

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COVID-19 Unravels Jewish Camp Plans

By Dave Schechter

by our camp professional and lay leadership teams, have led the Union for Reform For generations, summer overnight Judaism (URJ) to the difficult conclusion camp has been woven into the fabric of that there are too many known and unknown risks for us to create an acceptable Jewish life. pathway forward for this Children eagerly ansummer,” Harris wrote. ticipate those weeks at The cancellation at Camp camp. Parents view the Coleman will affect more expense as investment than 850 campers, 200 in Jewish identity. Camp staffers, and 40 clergy is where life-long friendand educators. ships, and even romantic In a video message, relationships leading to a clearly pained Harris marriage, are formed. said that the cancellation Jewish camp has proven “saddens me deeply” and a potent mix of educawent on to say that “Paintion, prayer, Hebrew, and fully this is a step that we Israeli culture, as well as “We will be there for all our sports, recreation, and camps to help them through this must now take in order to arts and crafts. challenge; we will be there for our ensure the long term misBut this year, the camp families,” said Eric Robbins, sion of Camp Coleman.”

URJ shuttered 15 COVID-19 pandemic and president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. camps, which served continued concern about spread of the coronavirus has forced can- some 10,000 campers in 2019. This will cellation of summer programs at Camp be the first year since 1947 that summer Coleman and Ramah Darom, and at Jew- camp has not been held at on-site locations. The Reform movement also has canish camps elsewhere in the country.

Camp is so much a part of children’s celled summer trips to Israel and other lives that both Camp Coleman and Ramah locations, along with all in-person youth Darom posted guidance for parents on activities.

Ramah Darom, which is affiliated how to break the news to their children and how to deal with their disappoint- with the Conservative movement, is located about 107 miles northeast of Atlanta, ment.

As of May 1, there had not been an near Clayton, Ga. There, a medical committee decided that risk announcement by the of COVID-19 made holdMarcus Jewish Commuing camp this summer nity Center of Atlanta “untenable.” about the status of Camp “I am so, so sad and Barney Medintz, an overmy heart is hurting to night camp located in have to share the news of Cleveland, Ga., or the the cancelation of camp MJCCA’s day camp prothis summer,” Ramah grams.

Darom Director Geoff Camp Coleman, afMenkowitz said in a vidfiliated with the Reform eo posted April 30 on the movement, is also locamp website. “We have cated in Cleveland, about “Painfully this is a step that been holding onto hope 80 miles north of Atlanta. we must now take in order to that it might be possible In a letter posted April 30 ensure the long term mission of Camp Coleman,” said camp for us to still get back to on its website, camp direcdirector Bobby Harris. camp this summer. … It tor Bobby Harris said, “It is with broken hearts that we share our has become clear that camp as we know it plans to cancel all in-person activities and love it is not possible right now.”

Before becoming president and CEO held on our site for summer 2020. If at any point new information emerges and of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atconditions change that lead us to be able lanta three years ago, Eric Robbins was to provide in-person gatherings, we will for 11 years CEO of Camp Twin Lakes in Rutledge, Ga., which serves children with do so as a top priority,” he wrote.

“Our ongoing conversations with illnesses, disabilities and other challenges. and learning from local, regional, and In response to the Camp Coleman and federal medical authorities, the Centers Ramah Darom cancellations, he said, “It for Disease Control, and many leaders makes us incredibly sad and shows the in camping, along with deep exploration continued devastation from this pandem8 | MAY 15, 2020 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

The Ramah Darom website listed ic. Camp was the most important part of my development and, despite two tough three options: Converting all or a portion years, one when I lost a sibling and an- of the paid tuition into a tax-deductible other when I was being treated for cancer, donation that would be matched dollar I never missed a summer. I can’t imagine for dollar by the Grinspoon Foundation; roll over tuition and autowhat it will be like for so matically enroll for camp many who will miss this in summer 2021, with a summer. guarantee of no price in“We will be there crease; or accept an offer for all our camps to help of a refund. them through this chalOn the emotional lenge; we will be there side of the ledger, both for our camp families, Camp Coleman and Raworking with our ecosysmah Darom offered retem partners to support sources for dealing with program alternatives for disappointed children. this summer; and we will Audra Kaplan, who be there for our donors “Allow your child to have their holds a doctorate in cliniwho are committed to feelings, let them cry, be angry, cal psychology, is director our camps to make sure be quiet, and then let them cry some more,” advised Audra of camper care and the they know the dollars Kaplan, director of camper Tikvah Support Program they have committed will care and the Tikvah Support at Ramah Darom. Her be there to help send kids Program at Ramah Darom. message on the camp to camp this summer if any camp happens, or next summer if it website included: “Allow your child to have their feelings, let them cry, be angry, doesn’t,” Robbins said.

Jewish overnight camp is not inex- be quiet, and then let them cry some more. pensive and, as a statement on the Camp … Give them space and time to express Coleman website noted: “The financial their thoughts and feelings and to grieve ramifications of this decision are signifi- this loss. … Resist the urge to compare the loss of Camp to greater losses, this will cant for all of us.”

At Camp Coleman, camp was sched- only serve to invalidate their feelings. uled to open June 7 and the season to end … Encourage your child to connect with July 30. A two-week session for rising third their camp friends, to reach out to others and not wait for others to and fourth graders had a call. … Give them time to listed cost of $2,710. A process. Some kids may four-week session ran need more time to unfrom $4,995 to $5,520, dederstand. Some might be pending on age. A double, angry with camp, allow or eight-week session, them to feel mad, this is was $9,485 to $10,550. part of the grieving proCosts were a few hundred cess. Be careful not to dollars more for families add your own feelings to that are not members of theirs.”

URJ congregations.

The Jewish TeleThe Camp Coleman graphic Agency reported website advised families “I am so, so sad and my heart is that they would receive hurting to have to share the news that, based on information from the Foundation an email that “will include of the cancelation of camp this several options on how to summer,” said Geoff Menkowitz, for Jewish Camp, there handle your tuition, in- director of Camp Ramah Darom. are more than 180,000 campers and staff at 300cluding options to make a donation that will be generously matched plus Jewish overnight and day camps. Jerby the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, to emy Fingerman, the foundation CEO, esticredit fees paid for use on future URJ pro- mated that Jewish camps could lose $150 million because of coronavirus-related grams, and/or receive a refund.”

Sessions at Ramah Darom were set to cancellations, according to JTA. Harris’ letter to the Camp Coleman begin June 9 and end August 3. The price of a two-week “taste of” session for first- community concluded: “As we sing at time campers began at $2,705. Sessions, camp, ‘Hineh mah tov umah na’im shevet for grades four and up, began at $5,470 achim gam yachad’ – how good it is for us for four weeks, and could run as high as to be together, and how thankful we will be when we can be together again.” ì $9,565 for eight weeks.

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NEWS

Atlantan Flies High With Blue Angels

By Marcia Caller Jaffe On May 2, necks tilted up to see the display zooming in the sky over Atlanta, compared to the trendy virtual Zooming that has become the norm these days.

During the Blue Angels aviation flight show, the precision team flew to honor first responders, essential, frontline and medical workers as a salute of goodwill for their heroic efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

An added touch of local pride was Navy Lt. Cmdr. Cary Rickoff in No. 6 position. Rickoff is the son of Dr. Bruce and Olga Rickoff. Mom Olga recalled, “For his bar mitzvah gift, Cary wanted flying lessons. He was always an adventure seeker.

Then my cousin Eliot Arnovitz took him flying in his private plane. That did it!”

Dad Bruce echoed, “Off he went to Duke University on an ROTC scholarship with the intent of flying and becoming an officer. Now he flies F/A-18 Super Hornets.”

The Blue Angels began at the end of World War II, when Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Chester Nimitz ordered the formation of a flight demonstration team to keep the public interested in naval aviation. This Navy Flight Exhibition Team performed its first flight demonstration in June 1946, at their home base, Jacksonville, Fla. Today Rickoff is stationed out of Pensacola, Fla., which coincidentally is Dad Bruce’s hometown.

The team was introduced as the Blue Angels at a show in Omaha, Neb., in July 1946. Alongside the Blue Angels May 2 was the Air Force Thunderbirds division; and both teams flew over Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D.C., that same day.

Lt. Cmdr. Rickoff, who graduated from Riverwood High School in 2005, lettered in baseball. After graduating from

Navy officer Cary Rickoff graduated Riverwood High School in 2005 and subsequently graduated Duke University.

On May 2, he flew over his hometown as a Blue Angel in position six.

Lauren Kent Rickoff, PA (physician assistant), thought it was an “amazing coincidence” that the Blue Angels display started at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, where she works.

The Rickoff family posed for photos on airbase: Mom Olga, brothers Ross and Parker, Dad Bruce, Cary, sister-in-law Lauren, nephew Noah and niece Marni.

Duke with a Bachelor of Arts in biological anthropology and anatomy in 2009, he earned his commission as an ensign in the U.S. Navy and joined the Blue Angels in September 2018. He has accumulated more than 1,400 flight hours.

His decorations include a Strike/ Flight Air Medal, three Navy and Marine Corps achievement medals, and other awards.

His father said, “Cary’s term in the Blue Angels is three years. Last year he was the Blue Angel narrator, explaining the mission to the media. ... He was always very focused as a young boy, good

in sports.”

It’s not all about the show. Rickoff was deployed to the Middle East, including Syria. Olga recalled, “He always kept us in good communication by saying, ‘don’t go by what you hear on the news. I’m fine,’ as he stayed in touch by satellitte phone.”

On May 2, NBC Nightly News’ “America Strong” featured Rickoff with special attention to his sisterin-law Lauren Kent Rickoff, physician assistant at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, treating in-patient cardiology, hematology and COVID-19

patients. “The Blue Angels shout-out to my coworkers was heartwarming. The fact that the [flyover] show started at Wellstar was an excellent coincidence.

In terms of the NBC News segment, the response has been overwhelming!”

Olga noted, “He’s always gone for death-defying adventures, and that’s how he eats. At all kinds of restaurants, he will order five obscure dishes. And then he takes pictures of his food to send to us!”

Lauren added, “He’s single and would make a very good catch for someone.

He’s a fun-loving guy dedicated to what he is doing, and an all-around good man who cares very much about his family.”

Bruce joked, “Cary may ultimately end up as a commerical pilot. He will have to get used to not doing loops and turning the plane upside down.”

The family watched the air show together at the Ga. 400 Northridge Road overpass near Dunwoody. ì

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A ‘Powerful Moment’ With Dying Father

By Dave Schechter This is the story of how an Atlanta man’s chance encounter in Jerusalem came full circle at his dying father’s bedside.

On his first trip to Israel three years ago, Brent Herd concluded his business in Tel Aviv, then caught a ride to Jerusalem.

The next day, a Thursday, Herd walked from his hotel to the Kotel (the Western Wall), where he approached one of the rabbis who assist people at the holy site.

The rabbi asked, where are you from? When Herd said, “Atlanta,” the rabbi exclaimed, “Go Braves!”

Then the rabbi asked, “Do you know Eliyahu Schusterman?”

“I do not,” Herd answered “You should,” he was told.

At the Wall, Herd used the camera in his phone to pray with his father and grandmother in Charlotte, N.C., where he grew up.

Herd returned to the rabbi and said, “I am flying out late Friday night but I have nowhere to go for Shabbat. Can you help?”

Brent Herd, his father Richard, and Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman as they prepared to daven.

“Find me after prayers tomorrow,” the rabbi replied.

On Friday, the rabbi told Herd, “You will be a guest at my in-laws’, in the Jewish quarter of the Old City.”

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As it happened, Herd had approached Rabbi Shmuel “Shmuly” Weiss, a Chabad rabbi at the Kotel. “He knows everyone!” Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman, co-founder of Chabad Intown, told the AJT. “He is a friend of my brother’s, as well.”

Weiss subsequently wrote an email introducing Herd and Schusterman to each other.

On his return from Israel, Herd met Schusterman and began to study and daven at Intown Chabad, even though the Herd family are members of The Temple in Atlanta.

“I had sort of been going through an awakening over the past five years, around Judaism, spirituality, mysticism.

I’ve always sort of been that way and in Israel it came roaring back,” Herd said.

“Being around that deep level of Judaism for me was extraordinary. It felt like I was home, like I was coming back home to myself,” Herd said.

Three years after that trip to Israel, Herd was at his dying father’s bedside in Charlotte. Because of COVID-19 concerns, a rabbi would not come to the house. The cantor from Temple Israel, a Conservative congregation in Charlotte, called, as did its former rabbi.

Herd then called Schusterman and asked if he would pray with his father.

Through the camera in his phone, Schusterman prayed for Richard Herd, including the viduy (translated from Hebrew as “confession”), a prayer often recited at the end of life.

“My mom was laying next to him and I was sitting next to him and it was just a beautiful moment because we were

Photos courtesy of Brent Herd // Brent Herd (center, in the blue shirt) praying at the Kotel three years ago.

just surrounding him with Judaism and love and prayers and really helping him move on,” Brent Herd said. Though Richard Herd was unable to join in, Brent believes his father understood, as the family recited prayers along with Schusterman.

Richard Louis Herd, age 76, passed away the next day, March 30, in the presence of his wife and children.

As Brent Herd drove to Charlotte nearly a month later to visit his mother, he told the AJT, “My father was a biggerthan-life guy who was a large presence at Temple Israel. His life revolved around the temple and he was deeply connected to the clergy, to many, many, many members. He opened the temple every Thursday for minyan. He would sit with bodies when they passed.”

Brent Herd treasures a photo of himself, his father and Schusterman as they prepared to daven at Chabad Intown.

Schusterman called the experience of using the camera in his phone to recite those prayers for Herd’s dying father “unnerving, emotional, sobering.”

The rabbi said, “It was a very powerful moment for me to be doing this. It’s always a difficult thing to do. It was very difficult in its uniqueness. Ideally, the person is still conscious, and they can say the prayer with you and appreciate what they’re saying. It’s a very difficult thing for a rabbi to do.

“The idea of doing the viduy in the best of circumstances is uncomfortable, but once you get past the initial discomfort, once you’ve said the words to the family or to the individual, you shift into the mode of pastoring to those in need,” Schusterman said. ì

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Stein Shares 43 Years of Wisdom with Graduates

By Bob Bahr When Ken Stein first came to Emory University in 1977 as a young professor, Jimmy Carter had not yet been inaugurated as president, Menachem Begin was not prime minister of Israel, Temple Emanu-El and Congregation B’nai Torah didn’t exist, and no one was teaching Israeli studies in Atlanta.

He was asked by the head of Emory’s history department to give a course in modern Jewish history, but Stein said he had other ideas.

“I’d prefer to give a course on modern Israel,” Stein recalled. “The department head said, ‘Well, you better get more than 20 kids for it. Your future here at Emory is dependent on it.’ I got 80 kids in that class. It was, I think, the second largest class in the history department.”

The Israel history class was the start of what is generally considered to be a wildly successful career as author, scholar, advisor to America’s presidents, founder of Emory’s Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and the Center for Israel Education. But it is as a mentor

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Professor Stein will continue to write and be active in Emory summer programs about Israel education.

to generations of Emory students and as a distinguished teacher that Stein is most proud.

Last month, when he stepped down after 43 years as a member of Emory’s academic faculty, the departing graduates heard many of the same words he has used for decades.

“I told students there are the things that you want to think about when you leave. And there are always three major concepts. They haven’t changed over the years.

Stein received Emory’s recognition for Excellence in Undergraduate Education.

It is this concept of a living, prosper"The first is that you’re the most privileged group of 21- and 22-year-olds in the ing modern state of Israel with a bright world. You should know that and never future that Stein believes American Jews, forget that that privilege is something and perhaps even some of his young Jewthat you have to do something with. And ish students, are too quick to forget.

“Anti-Semitism is not all of Jewish the second is if you don’t use the days that are in your life ahead of you, then history. I’ve spent my entire life learning you have squandered your chance to be about how Jews created history by creating the state of Israel. And it’s a great story. something special.

“The choices you make. And that’s They chose to be engaged with history.

They chose to the third be a subject in concept; the the sentence choices you and not the make between object of somenow and when one else’s. you get to be They chose my age will denot to stay termine what aloof. You can you become. teach students So I hope you to be part of take what you the commulearned here nity, like the and do someguy did in the thing with it.

1976 film, ‘NetSo that it’s not work,’ who necessarily a For nearly 35 years Stein’s programs have threw open the last lecture, been supported by Arthur Blank and Bernie window and it’s just three Marcus, co-founders of The Home Depot. said, ‘I’m not small concepts that you need to be aware of on a day-to- going to take it anymore’.”

While he has done much to inspire day basis.”

Over the years, Stein has been the the study and appreciation of modern Isbest example of living the kind of life that rael, he credits his parents, who came to he challenged his students to pursue. He America before the Holocaust from Gerhas written what he estimates to be more many, for the inspiration that has motithan 300 articles over the years for this vated his own life.

He remembers a story in this newsnewspaper in an attempt to explain Israpaper that was written after he visited el’s policies and historical development.

Every year for over four decades he the small town near Frankfurt where his has publicly spoken in our community as mother grew up and how he told her how many as a dozen times a year, by his own impressed he was by the changes there.

“She said to me, ‘Kenneth, we’ve surcount, to synagogues and other groups about the same subject: Israel’s unique role vived all these years because we’re not satisfied with what we did yesterday.’ in the modern life of the Jewish people.

“Israel is the story of Jews taking des- What a great statement. That, I think, tiny into their own hands, saying we’re pretty well personifies what I’ve tried to going to take an idea and turn it into re- do. That’s probably why I told these kids, ality, and then they did it and then they you get oxygen, you’ve got 24 hours, find your passion, don’t waste it.” ì decided to protect it.”

OPINION Social Distancing Before It was Cool I miss knowing that I can go out as much as actually going out.

Because I am potentially immunocompromised (and a few months Dave Schechter away from From Where I Sit another risk marker), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention categorizes me as among those most vulnerable to COVID-19.

As an introvert and someone who writes from an office at home, being told to shelter in place felt like being told to keep calm and carry on.

Fellow introvert Leonard Pitts Jr. offered this observation in his Miami Herald column: “There is a spirited back and forth on social media these days between extroverts bouncing off walls and introverts discovering they had a superpower all this time and didn’t even know it. To quote one popular meme, we were social distancing before social distancing was cool.”

My days have a Groundhog Day quality: I write, do housework, tend to the crops, let the dogs in and out, let the dogs in and out, think about what to make for dinner, and check for one of those online all-star charity concerts-from-home that have been so welcome the past couple of months.

Other than driving to my doctor’s office for treatment on three successive Mondays at the end of March and beginning of April, the furthest I’ve traveled is to a park where my wife and I walked a trail for a half-hour on a Sunday morning. I wore a mask, even though we encountered only two other people and did not stop to chat.

The friends who recently stopped by on a walk to say hello, from a safe distance, were the first people I had talked to in person other than my family and the couple with a toddler daughter next door.

By the time this column is published, at least two months will have passed since my last social outing, a regular Monday lunch with a friend at a neighborhood joint.

I miss that lunch. Our conversation begins with soccer, primarily American and British (he is an ex-pat), and moves on to politics, business, and our respec-

tive households.

I miss live soccer on television, games that count now, not replays from the past. I miss Atlanta United, having attended all but a handful of home games since the first at Bobby Dodd Stadium in March 2017. No one knows when (or if) the Major League Soccer season will resume, and as much as I enjoy the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, I will return only when convinced that doing so doesn’t endanger my health.

I miss the grocery store. Darling Daughter insisted that we try an online grocery delivery service. I’ll say this, it certainly cuts down on impulse purchases.

I miss going to the occasional concert (particularly the First Friday jazz program at First Congregational Church in downtown Atlanta), the occasional play, the occasional meal out, the occasional social gathering.

Though I may be as comfortable staying in as going out, I sometimes look forward to the latter. The headline on Pitts’ column in the Miami Herald column captured these contradictory inclinations: “Even introverts like me feel some social distancing strain.”

My first article about COVID-19 and the Atlanta Jewish Community — “Being Jewish in The Time Of Coronavirus” — appeared March 11 on the Atlanta Jewish Times website. By the time this column appears, my story count will have surpassed three dozen.

I keep watch on the COVID-19 Daily Status Report updates posted by the Georgia Department of Public Health, particularly the total number of confirmed cases in Georgia, the number of patients hospitalized, the number of deaths attributed to the virus, and the number of Georgians tested for COVID-19.

I follow those numbers and the trend line graphics to gauge the impact of the reopening of various forms of business, as authorized by the governor. You can count me among those who worry that without adequate testing (which has improved, but remains insufficient) and a diligent public — including some who seem hell-bent on flaunting guidelines to make a political point — any downward trend will be reversed.

So at least through the date this column is published, and likely for some days after that, I will exercise my introverted tendencies while hoping that in the not too distant future, I will have both the option and the desire to go out. ì ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES MAY 15, 2020 | 15

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NEWS FROM OUR JEWISH HOME

Clockwise from top left: CoronaCrush founders Ian Mark, Ben Lang, Bracha Rappaport, Nicky Hakimi, Bracha Katsoff, and Josh Benjamin on a Zoom meeting.

Love Without Contact During COVID

Even with social distancing as the norm, young Jews are finding romance. Orthodox Jews who normally use matchmakers have seen the process go digital for the first time, while others have seen pandemic-specific platforms emerge to match the unusual circumstances, The Times of Israel reported.

Josephine Stockwell met Nathan through MeetJew University Dating, a Facebook group that popped up as colleges began sending students home due to the pandemic and now has more than 38,000

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members.

The 23-year-old founder Aaron Raimi was inspired after another Facebook group for Jewish college students during quarantine, Zoom University Hillel, became wildly popular.

“What popped into my head was there should be a group for dating” specifically, Raimi said.

MeetJew University grew quickly, and Raimi has since added two spinoffs for older age groups – MeetJew University caters to ages 18 to 26 – as well as a group for those looking to make friends. His dating groups now have more than 43,000 members combined.

Another group, CoronaCrush, was founded after seeing Raimi’s group. “We thought the way they were implementing it, it wasn’t only for Jews and it wasn’t for serious dating,” the 31-year-old Tel Aviv-based entrepreneur said. “It seemed like a lot of college kids posting bikini pictures and stuff like that, so we wanted it to be more wholesome and family values -- and serious dating-oriented.”

The group now has more than 11,000 members.

Syrian society as businessman Kamel Amin Thaabet.

Miriam Alster/Flash90 // A closed down cafe on Nachalat Binyamin Street in Tel Aviv on April 14.

Hand Sanitizer on Every Table

The Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality put forward a plan to allow restaurants to reopen.

The proposal included single-use menus, hand sanitizer bottles on every table and extensive cleaning regimens.

As the country reopens large sectors of the economy, the government has yet to give a date for when restaurants can follow suit, according to The Times of Israel.

The Tel Aviv proposal would require the government’s sign-off. According to the Israeli school bus near the Lebanese border, killing eight children and four adults.

May 15, 1947: The United Nations establishes its Special Committee on Palestine, which four months later recommends the partition of Mandatory Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.

More than 50 years after Israel purchased its first A-4 Skyhawks, the upgraded A-4N remains in service with the Israeli Air Force. (second from left) meets with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (center) on May 24, 1967, in a futile effort to prevent war between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

May 16, 1967: Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser requests the withdrawal of the U.N. peacekeeping force from the Sinai. The Six-Day War begins 20 days later.

May 17, 1948: Hoping to gain a socialist ally in the Middle East, the Soviet Union announces its official recognition of Israel.

The Soviets help supply Israel with arms through intermediaries.

May 18, 1965: Syria hangs Israeli spy Eli Cohen in a public square in Damascus.

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zone on Mount Scopus kills four Israeli police officers and the Canadian head of the United Nations’ Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission.

May 27, 1973: Chaim-David Halevi, who in 1964 became the youngest member of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate Council, is elected the Sephardic chief rabbi of Tel Aviv-Jaffa.

Photo by Oren Rozen via Wikimedia Commons //

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proposal, restaurants would be allowed to open May 15 if they ensure the proper distance is maintained between tables. The municipality already told owners they can apply for a permit to extend seating areas onto sidewalks and into nearby parks and plazas if it would help them reopen.

According to the plan, anyone involved in the preparation of food will wear a mask and gloves at all times, and steps will be taken to ensure garbage levels are low in food preparation areas. Workers will have to change into a uniform when they arrive at work or wear a covering over their clothes, and no buffets or self-service would be allowed.

In addition, all workers will be asked questions about their health and have their temperatures checked daily.

“We’re doing everything in our power to help by means of exemptions from fees and other tools, but these aren’t enough,” as quoted by Channel 13 news in a letter from Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Rescuing the [restaurant] industry of hundreds of thousands of workers is in the hands of the government.” ì

May 19, 1966: President Lyndon Johnson’s administration announces the first U.S. sale of warplanes to Israel. The A-4 Skyhawk light bomber enters service in Israel in 1968.

Hanin Zoabi made history as the first Arab woman elected to the Knesset as part of an Arab-majority party.

May 23, 1969: Hanin Zoabi, a Balad member of the Knesset from 2009 to 2019, is born in Nazareth. She is the first Arab woman to win a Knesset seat as part of a predominantly Arab party.

May 20, 1948: Count Folke Bernadotte, a Swedish diplomat, is appointed by the U.N. Security Council as the mediator for peace efforts during Israel’s War of Independence.

May 24, 1895: Marcel Janco, a founder of the Dada movement and a major influence on modern Israeli art, is born in Bucharest, Romania. He makes aliyah in early 1941.

May 21, 2017: Shulamit “Shula” CohenKishik dies at age 100 in Jerusalem. Married to a Lebanese Jewish businessman, she gathers intelligence in Lebanon for the Mossad from 1948 until her arrest in 1961.

May 25, 1991: Operation Solomon flies more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 36 hours using 34 airplanes, including a Boeing 747 that sets a record with 1,087 passengers.

May 22, 1970: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists attack an

May 26, 1958: Gunfire from the Jordanian side of the Jerusalem demilitarized

May 28, 1999: The Israeli submarine Dakar, which disappeared with 69 sailors in January 1968, is discovered between Crete and Cyprus almost 9,800 feet beneath the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. May 29, 1911: Poet Leah Goldberg is born in Königsberg, Prussia, now Kaliningrad, Russia. She begins writing poetry around age 12 and is a published writer before she moves to Tel Aviv in 1935.

May 30, 1972: Three Japanese Red Army terrorists hired by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine kill 26 people at the Lod airport. The victims include 17 Christian pilgrims from Puerto Rico.

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ISRAEL NEWS New Israeli Government Sworn in May 14

By Jan Jaben-Eilon

ed by the IDI’s Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research, was 63 perExactly 72 years by the Gregorian cent of Jewish Israelis and 24 percent of calendar since Israel declared its inde- Arab Israelis. Compared to the overall 57 pendence, a permanent government is percent of Israelis preferring not to go to expected to be sworn in Thursday, May 14. elections, 27 percent said they wanted to vote again.

This comes after nearly 1 ½ In the final days beyears of a temporary govfore the swearing in cerernment under a caretakemony, it was evident that er prime minister limped the new government will along from one election to be the largest in history, another. A revolving door with more than 50 minisof ministers took turns fillters and deputy ministers ing the cabinet, with the on board. That’s a sigonly constant being Prime nificant percentage of the Minister Benjamin Netan120-member Knesset. yahu.

What was not clear A clear majority of Isin the final days before raelis polled in a monthly the swearing in was exsurvey in early May by the actly which parties will Israel Democracy Institute Blue and White party head sign on to the coalition. said they prefer the coaliBenny Gantz is to become the defense minister.

Right-wing party Yamtion government led by Netanyahu’s Likud party and the Blue and ina was still saying it would not join the White party over returning to the polls for government. Two of its leaders, Naftali a fourth time. The breakdown, according Bennett and Ayelet Shaked, previously to the Israeli Voice Index survey conduct- worked for Netanyahu and there’s no love

lost between them. Some observers stated ties, including Labor and the various relithat Yamina would not have received the gious parties.

Thus, Netanyahu’s biggest challenge ministries it wanted to head, given the extreme competition for ministries under in the final week of his caretaker government was how to at least partially satisfy the new government.

Under the agreement between Netan- his party allies. He has other options besides naming them to yahu and Blue and White cabinet positions. One of party head Benny Gantz his Likud party cohorts – his former challenger will become speaker of – Gantz is to become the the Knesset. Others can defense minister. Bennett be named ambassadors to has filled that prestigious the United Nations or to position for the last six prestigious countries such months. as France or England. CerBlue and White party tainly, though, he won’t be members are, in fact, takable to appease everyone. ing many of the top minWhichever politiistries in the new governcians fill the leadership of ment. In the most recent the new government, after government, members of three inconclusive, frustratthe Likud party filled 15 Prime Minister Benjamin ing elections, Israeli voters roles in the various minNetanyahu makes difficult choices on which coalition who have recently been set istries. Under the unity members will be part of free from isolation in their government, there are his new government homes during the pandemnot enough ministries to spread among those Likud members as ic, are doubly relieved they won’t be heading well as members of the other coalition par- to voting booths any time soon. ì

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BEAUTY & SPA My Mom Deserve the Best Because ...

In honor of Mother’s Day, we asked our readers to submit a short explanation of why their mother is the best and deserves a special gift. They were entered into a raffle and three lucky moms are our winners. They are: 1 2 3

Wendy Klein, submitted by Amanda Klein Doris Goodman, submitted by Nancy Miller Bernice Cohen, submitted by David Cohen

Beyond the prizes, we share several of the submissions we received recounting the sacrifices of mothers: putting their children’s needs first; being an exemplary role model or nurturer; caring for others; or just brightening someone’s world.

Lora Fruchtman Dunwoody, Ga.

Bernice Cohen Atlanta, Ga.

She takes care of cancer patients at Piedmont Hospital by day; takes care of our kids by night and brings fun and joy into everyone’s life all the time.

- David Cohen

My mother deserves everything in the world! My whole life she has always had my back and been my No. 1 supporter. In high school she sold the house we grew up in and moved to an apartment so I could go to a performing arts program. I was NOT the easiest child and she has never left my side. In the past year alone, she lost her mother. She bent over backwards for everything I wanted and needed for my wedding.

She also let my husband and I and our dog live with her while we bought and renovated a house. Now my sister, her husband, three kids, and two dogs live there while they await their renovation to be done. She is always bending over backwards to give her kids whatever they need even though she is suffering with the loss of her mother. She is a gem among gems and deserves more than I could EVER give her!

-Jana Kogon

Sara Eastin Roswell, Ga.

I know everyone says this, but I really do believe my mom is the best mom in the world. She is one of those few people who truly enjoys caring for others and making them happy, and is always putting others before herself. She has been the rock in our family, holding us together through the ebbs and flows of this thing called life. She has given up opportunities in her own life for the sake of others, such as quitting her job to help care for my Nana, her mother-in-law, when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. And she does these types of selfless acts without ever hesitating, complaining or feeling sorry for herself. The funny thing is that she was not exactly set on becoming a mother but changed her mind when she met my dad. And for as long as I can remember, even in elementary school, friends have always told me I have the best mom, because even as children they recognized how selfless and loving she is.

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Risa Jennison Atlanta, Ga.

My mom deserves a day at the spa because she works so hard every day. She is a single mother and works multiple jobs. She did her best to give my sister and me everything we needed and wanted growing up. She has a very strong work ethic that she has given to my sister and me. We appreciate everything she does and love her so much!

-Lilli Jennison

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Shirley Kayne Asheville, N.C.

My mom is the matriarch of our family, her children’s families. But what I never considered was how she may have become the matriarch of her siblings and their families when it comes to Jewish gatherings such as our recent online Passover seder.

Not since my Grandpa Simon led seders for our extended family in Rego Park, N.Y., have I seen so many of us gathered together in one place – Zoom – to share the Passover story. My two aunts from the North were there online with us and three of my first cousins, along with a second generation of cousins.

We would never have been able to join in this way if not for technology, because of the vast distance that divides us, from San Diego to Manhattan.

While my mom has always led our family seders, this was her first time leading one for our extended family, as far as I know. So while she’s not the oldest among her siblings – she’s the second youngest, in fact – she assumed my grandfather’s role as the Jewish prayer leader at least this year. In all fairness, my Uncle Murray is definitely the patriarch of the family as the oldest child, but didn’t have the technology to join us or help lead the seder.

Maybe I didn’t appreciate my mom growing up. Maybe she didn’t dress, clean or cook the way I would have wanted compared to my friends’ mothers. Funny, cause my children may have similar opinions about my ways and methods. While that may be the case, I can also say that it’s because of my mother that I have a fighting chance of being the matriarch of my family. My brother would definitely get the patriarchal role even though he’s the youngest among us. I’ll give him that. But the matriarchal role goes to me. Many years ago, I listened to the seder from a cassette tape of my grandfather leading the evening with my then-Israeli cousin Ami. His ex-wife, my first cousin, attended our recent Zoom seder.

I’ve used notes from that cassette tape to lead my own seder, maybe once or twice. But nowhere to the level of Yiddishkeit with which my mom leads ours. So thank you mom, for being my role model for all things Jewish. Maybe my kids will appreciate me some day too.

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BEAUTY & SPA Doris Goodman Woodstock, Ga.

Wendy Klein Alpharetta

My mom is the most hard-working, amazing, selfless woman I’ve ever met, and above all just incredible. She manages to get up every morning and work her butt off while still having a smile on her face. I owe everything to my mother. She’s there for me 24/7 and I don’t know where I would be without her. My mom is my role model. I am so fortunate to have her in my life as my mom and my best friend. I look up to her every day and I only hope that one day, I can be the woman she is today. I love her with all of my heart, and she deserves to be celebrated every day. It would mean everything to me for her to win any of these! If anyone deserves them for Mother’s Day, it’s her!

Thank you for giving us this opportunity as well!!

-Amanda Klein

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My mom is 91 years old and has survived being uprooted from New York to Georgia, the death of my father after 60 years of marriage, another move to Merrill Gardens Senior Living in Woodstock, and now complete and total isolation during this COVID-19 epidemic. She was very sick at the beginning of the pandemic and made two trips to the ER, one via ambulance, a cardiologist visit and a telemedicine neurosurgeon visit. Through it all she has persevered and looks to the future where she can once again socialize with her friends and hug her family. We are all going through a lot, but to do it with grace and optimism at 91 is worthy of recognition. ì -Nancy Miller

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Clergy Reflect on Mom’s Advice

Cantorial soloist Michael Zuspan said his mother is more inspiration than advisor.

Anne Bernstein tells her son Rabbi Michael Bernstein to patch rifts as soon as possible.

Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman as a baby with his mother Rochel Leah Schusterman.

Rabbi Alexandria Shuval-Weiner with her mother Peggy Locke, who lives in a California retirement home.

By Terry Segal

nature. It nourishes my soul and makes me apologize, and make things right.’” He also seder. Zuspan created a special haggadah agrees with Mom that “love and family are and not only invited family and friends even more able to do my work.”

She added, “Text messages from my all that matters. It’s the foundation of life. from all over the world, but included comMoms, whether living or of blessed munity members mother also give Don’t take any of memory, have givwho wouldn’t have me strength. At it for granted.” en advice that lives attended a seder.

Rabbi Jortimes, like a kid on in our heads Unfortuagain, I’d like dan Ottenstein of and hearts. Our nately, Hutner to run into my Congregation Dor clergy give and rewas hospitalized mother’s arms. Tamid said, “My ceive advice too, so that morning with I’m looking for- mother asks for we wondered what a non-COVID-reward to a real hug my advice more advice some Atlanlated illness from than the other from Mom.” ta clergy receive which, gratefully, Rabbi Mi- way around.” Pam from their moms she has recovered. chael Bernstein Ottenstein knows about the pandemZuspan advised his of Congregation her son is well-inic or a perspective mom not to parGesher L’Torah formed about COon life. Here’s what take in the hospisaid his mother VID-19 by talking they had to say: tal seder and kept Anne Bernstein to professionals Rabbi Alexchecking to be doesn’t really give and relies on him andria Shuvalsure everyone was him advice about for updates.

Weiner of Temple Pam Ottenstein and grandson Noah, son of She reminds Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman, director of Chabad wearing masks. “I the pandemic.

Beth Tikvah said Rabbi Jordan Ottenstein. His mother reminds Intown, lost his mother when he was 12. was nagging and “She knows that the Reform rabbi her mother Peggy the Reform rabbi to care for himself as he nudging, not advising,” he said. “The role to care for himself as he balances his clergy [wife] Tracie and Locke “is never shy balances his clergy role with family life. reversal has allowed me to see her in ways I are already cau- role with family life. about sharing her “I’ve been stepping back and looking I never knew her before. There are hidden advice.” She lives in a California retirement tious people. She’s not worrying about for moments of bless- gifts in our relationship now. It’s a real home and has four industrious daughters us. It’s the reverse.” The ing and gratitude,” he blessing.” rabbi of which the rabbi is the eldest. “In a recent Conservative Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman, director said. “Our family was conversation with my mother [during the jokes, “I’m always thinkrunning in different di- of Chabad Intown, told us that sadly, his pandemic] she said, ‘I hear a tiredness in ing about my parents, rections. Now, we have mother Rochel Leah Schusterman died your voice; are you sleeping enough and but I leave the worrying quality time to go on when he was 12 years old. The second of taking your vitamins?’ I wasn’t following and telling them what to walks and play with the 11 children, he was too young to recall adthe counsel I’d been giving to others. My do to my sister. dog. I’d like to hold on to vice, but he said his life has been informed “We grew up shieldjob is to help people cultivate their faith, this perspective and bal- by his mother’s example. “My mother was be less afraid and find the tikvah, hope. ed from too much risk a profound and selfless leader of the comance.”

But a sense of urgency to provide for our or excitement. The most Frances Hutner, munity who lived her life in dedication to separated community had me sitting at the dangerous thing we did mother of Dor Tamid others.” This has shaped his belief that balcomputer all day, forgetting to eat, drink in our family was talkcantorial soloist Michael ance is needed between attention focused ing while eating whitewater, or go outside.”

Zuspan, lives in Israel. inward and outward, the rabbi said. “SelfShuval-Weiner reflected on time spent fish.”

Rabbi Michael Bernstein said “They were on lockdown care, alone, is not life’s mission. People The rabbi honors with her mother before she had siblings. his mother doesn’t give him advice about the pandemic and before we were. We talk may be struggling with finances, health or “My mother introduced me to the world of his mother’s advice, doesn’t worry as much about often and, rather than anxiety, but we all must live in the struggle. creation, showing me the veins on a leaf, though, about rectifyhim as he does about her. advisor, she’s an inspira- Thinking about others is liberating. It takes moving ground cover to discover what was ing rifts as soon as posunderneath. Today, I still regenerate out in sible. “Mom always says, ‘Clear friction, tion.” She suggested doing a Zoom Passover the focus off your own struggles.” ì ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES MAY 15, 2020 | 21

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A Mother’s Day Gift From My Mom When I was 8 years old, my mom gave me the best Mother’s Day present. I became a big sister, again.

At the time, Mom (z”l) Shaindle and Dad (z”l) Schmuckler were living on the second floor of one of twin apartment buildings. Located directly across from private homes and the Seventh-day Adventist Church, you could see these buildings from way down the Fairmont Place hill.

You knew you were almost home when you could spot the buildings as you reached the top of the hill.

The church steps were the perfect place to take graduation photos, birthday photos, or just for the heck of it photos.

These apartment buildings occupied an entire city block. Wearing a coat of light brick, boasting huge windows and beautiful gardens along the brick walkway leading up to the elegant entrance

lobby, our building was an architectural beauty.

At the time I did not stop to consider the elegance, I just knew the lobby was a perfect rainy- or sunny-day playroom where my cousins, friends and I played.

The four steps on either side of the lobby were actually intended to lead inhabitants to four of the larger apartments, and to the mailboxes (located under the steps).

The fancy velvet (seriously, velvet!) chairs and marble end tables were a perfect backdrop for children choosing to morph into kings and queens. Mrs. Goldberg, our home-grown spy, lived in a perfectly situated corner apartment, causing us to hide our shenanigans as best we could. Our parents would let us know if we failed at this hide and seek endeavor.

We were living on the fourth floor in apartment 1D, at the top of the staircase. It was a rather spacious one bedroom. Our bedroom was large enough to house my parents’ bed; my junior bed, which was placed on the right side of my parents’ bed right near a huge window which led out to the fire escape; and what would one day be my middle sister’s crib,

which was originally mine, placed at the wall facing the foot of their bed.

We lived in apartment 1D quite comfortably. The living room/kitchen had double windows from which I could look across the alley to see into my cousins’ kitchen window. When I was hallucinating from a very high fever, sick with both virus pneumonia and chicken pox, this is the very window I would sneak over to when I was specifically told not to get out of bed. Admit it, if you were certain the mice invading your home were real, and not a wild hallucination, you would head to the nearest window as well.

Then one day my mother made a surprise announcement. A real surprise even for my parents who at first were struck speechless.

We moved to apartment 5D, immediately after Mother’s Day. It boasted a large main bedroom, a separate living room, a separate kitchen and a small hallway. The bedroom was a dedicated space for me, my middle sister and for the girl who was to become known as the baby. My parents turned the living room into their bedroom, which would house ‘my’ crib. Finally, on June 1, the surprise, wrapped up as a baby sister, arrived and I was ecstatic. I had my very own living baby doll. Thanks mom, for the Mother’s Day gift.

At a mere one month of age, my real life baby doll traveled with the family to the bungalow colony in the New York mountains, where we spent the summers. Until I would leave for overnight camp, I loved the responsibility of caring for ‘my’ baby, after all, not many 8-yearolds receive a real life baby doll as a gift from their mom.

There was just a tiny problem, or shall I say challenge.

One morning, around her nap time,

I had to figure out how I could swim in the beautiful lake with my cousins and friends, while taking care of ‘my’ baby. I strolled around in my bathing suit, singing while pushing her carriage, hoping she would fall asleep quickly. No such luck.

Shazam! I found a solution. I turned the carriage facing the sun so she would be forced to shut her eyes. It worked, she fell sound asleep. The lake was delicious that day.

When my baby sister became a toddler, my solution to the tiny problem seemed to backfire. We noticed she had one lazy eye. Guilt consumed me. It must have been the sunshine burning her eyes, causing one eye to get lazy. I couldn’t tell a soul, the guilt was so great. I cried, and begged the eye to stop being lazy. It did not work. My mom supplied the eye with lots and lots of carrots, which did not work. It was just lazy! I spoiled my Mother’s Day gift.

My guilt hit an all-time high when my sweet baby sister entered elementary school. I came home from school one afternoon to find that her eye doctor’s appointment led to glasses and an eye patch. How the eye patch would work was a mystery to me. Seriously, what did I know about eye muscles? I thought muscles were synonymous with boys’ upper arms.

My baby sister grew up to be an extraordinary woman, smart as a whip (really, what does “smart as a whip” mean anyway?), beautiful, funny and a great dancing partner.

She never blamed her lazy eye on me. I on the other hand, after years of guilt, finally put it to rest; at least I thought I did. So what’s with this nearly 1,000-word confession about a Mother’s Day gift from so long ago? ì

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Gifting With Gratitude For Mother’s Day, along with a host of other special occasions this summer, meaningful gifts that say you care are most appreciated. This is an ideal chance to touch someone’s heart, especially during these challenging times.

Kindness and love present a year-round opportunity, and in the spirit of my latest book “Loving Out Loud: The Power of A Kind Word,” it’s always time to deepen your bonds and celebrate loved ones. From moms to new moms, grandmothers and aunts, along with grads, Dads and the super everyday heroes in our lives, gift with gratitude. Write notes Robyn of affirmation, love letters sharing how Mom or Grandma Spizman Gerson inspired you, and don’t resist a generous thought. Shift your “to-do list” to a “to-love list” and give gifts that keep on giving. Remember, these are uncharted times, so order early, expect delays due to current events, and don’t postpone TLC and loving out loud!

Food Glorious Food – For the mom with good taste who loves to cook, send a personalized delivery to her door and gift Farmers & Fishermen Purveyors fresh fish and fine food. Hats off to dedicated Atlanta owners, Kirk and wife Lori Halpern, for their local direct-to-the-consumer delicious fresh food company that’s fulfilling orders daily of fresh fish, meat, eggs, challah breads, milk and more. Check out their kosher section, fabulous marinades, vinegars and lemon-infused olive oil. Previously, they serviced restaurants and recently also began offering their incredible edibles with a complimentary home delivery, making a delicious difference for customers while also helping regional farms and fishermen. Signature gift boxes include the “Fabulous Fish Box,” “USDA Prime Love-Me-TENDERloin Filets,” “Let’s Celebrate! Combo box of Lamb & Veal Chops,” “Pantry of Delectables Box,” “Kosher Meat Combo Box” or “The Brunch Box.” You’ll love the outstanding selection of freezer pleasers perfectly suited for Moms, grandmothers and new moms! Call Farmers & Fishermen at 770-441-1100 or visit online at www.farmersandfishermen.com.

Gifts Galore – From chocolate and coffee baskets to garden-themed and stunning orchids and flower gardens, Balloons Over Atlanta is prepared with gifts that put smiles on everyone’s faces. Owner and event décor icon Gayle Rubenstein shares her creative visions all over Atlanta with front lawn displays of drive-by congratulations for all occasions, including birthdays, grads and more, to delivering gift baskets galore. Depending on selection, delivery is available for an additional charge and out-of-state shipping is priced individually. Superhero or themed balloons can be attached to any of their local creative gifts for a festive touch. Visit www.balloonsover.com, call 404-231-3090, or email sales@balloonsover.com 24 | MAY 15, 2020 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

Front Porch Photographs – Tessa DiLeo is an Atlanta-based pet portraiture artist, family photographer, wife and mother.

To support mothers and infants in need during and post COVID-19, 10 percent of DiLeo’s photography profits will be donated through 2020 to Helping Mamas, Georgia’s baby supply bank. Social distancing minisessions are $150 for 30 minutes and include all digital images delivered via an online gallery.

A perfect way to capture the silver lining of quarantine, gift or schedule a session by emailing tessa@buckandwally.com.

Follow on Instagram @buckandwally.

How Sweet It Is! Baked by Melissa, the bite-size dessert company, is still shipping nationwide, spreading joy celebrating all of life’s moments. Available now through May 16, Baked by Melissa is offering a limited-edition Mother’s Day cupcake assortment with a custom gift box. The Groovy Mama gift box ($37) includes 25 cupcakes with flavors such as Chocolate Strawberry (topped with freeze-dried strawberries), Cookies & Milk (made with Chips Ahoy! cookies), Electric-Tie Dye, Cookie Dough, and Chocolate & Sprinkles. The Mother’s Day Essentials pack ($59.50) contains the Groovy Mama gift box, a Super Woman bracelet set, and a premium Best Mom Ever card. Customers can also mix and match flavor assortments with various gift boxes, including vegan options and more, www.bakedbymelissa.com Personalize A Postcard ¬ Mom will love a custom photo card for Mother’s Day. Share with her something she can cherish forever.

TouchNote’s awardwinning app lets members send custom-made, real cards straight from their phone.

Download the Touchnote app, purchase credits and send postcards or greeting cards anywhere in the world. Customers have sent over 15 million TouchNote cards and they were awarded The Good Web Guide’s App of the Year 2018, Financial Times Tech 100 Europe and numerous accolades on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Moms will say thank you for your touching sentiments, www.touchnote.com

BEAUTY & SPA Shabbat in a Box – Start the weekend with the help of Eli Brafman of EB’s Ghost Kitchen. EB Catering Co., also known as Eli’s Ghost Kitchen, features delicious kosher options including a Thursday Pizza Night. Brafman is ready for your certified kosher orders with his Shabbat in a Box. Order at Brafman’s website. He has two complimentary pickup sites or a delivery fee to your door for $20. Easy to pay online and a lovely reminder of the meaning and tradition of a family Shabbat dinner (Schedule it by invitation Zoom. com style), www.ebcateringco.com

Baby Einstein – Oh Baby! Moms at home with little ones will thank you with miles of smiles for these gifts and the power of play. Any of the interactive toys from Baby Einstein will stimulate a love of learning and give mommy back some time. The Baby Einstein Around We Grow 4-in-1 Discovery Center is a Mommy pleaser with a creative solution and four distinct ways to play: 360-degree Walk-Around Discovery Center, discovery table, art table, and four removable floor toys. An awesome choice! Or, check out the Baby Einstein Hape Magic Touch Piano made from natural wood and no buttons, just magic! Tap the painted piano keys to make music play and you’ll be wowed by the mystifying musical design of this little wooden keyboard. And for the baby ready to roll, walker style, check out the Bright Starts 3 Ways to Play red Mustang convertible walker. For a fun Mother’s Day activity with your toddler, enjoy Baby Einstein’s recently launched new animated shows airing on YouTube: “Cal’s Sound Yard” and “Patch’s Number Forest & Counting with Earl!”

Your child will enjoy following along as Baby Einstein’s beloved characters, Cal, Earl and Patches, teach letters and numbers. This new content is all based on “The Einstein Way,” a curiosity-driven learning philosophy from industry experts, inspired by Montessori and STEAM. Plus, keep in mind the Baby Einstein Classics videos, which are now streaming on many popular platforms including YouTube, Netflix, iTunes, and Amazon. www.kids2. com/brands/baby-einstein/ Throw A Pajama Party - With Mother’s Day around the corner, moms are more deserving than ever this year. Lake Pajamas is the classic pajama company for sleep, lounge and play, and will be opening soon in Atlanta. From luxurious nightgowns to maternity items, Lake Pajamas includes the option to add a beautiful Lake-branded gift box (worthy of saving) to your order for $10 and to write a customized note to accompany the order. Lake is offering free twoday weekday shipping on all U.S. orders over $50, www.lakepajamas.com For A-List Moms – What’s a mom to do? Do a little research and provide mom with a list of things to do. Select movies or irresistible television series she’ll love that will help spend time with the pleasure of entertainment. Series such as “Unorthodox,” “The Restaurant” or “A Place to Call Home” top many lists at this time. Check out the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival www.ajff.org for what to watch, plus in-conversation online events and The Book Festival of The MJCCA “In Your Living Room” series for Zoom author interviews, www.atlantajcc.org. Plus, check out the book “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” by Angela Duckworth and bookmark Jewish Educational Loan Fund’s live virtual event with the author June 17, www.jelf.org. Make a collection of suggestions for a novel gift. Have popcorn delivered and send it along with snacks via Instacart.com or send a gift card online for one of the many delivery services available and entertain Mom at-home style.

Make it DELI-cious – Say Thanks a Lox to Mom! It will be an instant hit when you order gift cards online from Goldbergs Fine Foods, which continues to please Atlanta’s deli-lovers. Goldbergs delivers orders and this gift card will be a reminder for months to come how you feel about Mom, Grandma or anyone you adore, www.goldbergsfinefoods.com Eat Local – Atlanta chef and restauranteur Blaiss Nowak makes gift cards easy to purchase online for Mom at Nowak’s. With delivery and curbside available or a chat feature on his website, he’s ready for the gift giving season. Known for craft cocktails and delicious food with creole roots, Mom will enjoy this Morningside neighborhood experience (at home) full of robust flavor, family and tradition. Blaiss invites you to purchase increments online and makes it easy. Order early and fill out the online address form and add a note that will be mailed to Mom. www.nowaksrestaurant.com Memory Making – Have boxes of photos on hand?

No worries! Custom scrapbook creator and Alpharetta Mom Michelle Penn is ready to turn your momentous occasions into a treasured photo book keepsake. From bar and bat mitzvah to wedding and treasured family photos, she will create a professional album. Don’t let those amazing memories just sit in your computer any longer. Reach out to Michelle by email, Mmpenn6@ comcast.net or Facebook.

Calling All Pint-Sized Picassos – Now is the time for your creative side to emerge and involve the kids creating a work of art at home. A portrait of mom? A vase of pretty colorful flowers for Grandma? Take a photo of a child creating it, talking about his or her favorite Grandma or Mom moment. Or have a filmmaker on call? Check out the iMovie app or any of the endless apps ready to help you make your own video from a series of smartphone photographs. This is a great time to learn a new talent and produce mini docu-dramas for Mom that say I love you in a red-carpet kind of way.

Fruit Of The Vine – L’chaim! If Mom is a wine lover, treat her to gifts from the vine at Tower Beer, Wine & Spirits. Tower’s two stores (Piedmont Road in Buckhead and Buford Highway in Doraville) will remain open with reduced hours, are limiting the number of people in the store at a time and have curbside service for online orders. Visit www.towerwinespirits.com for more information.

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BEAUTY & SPA Enjoy a Mouth Full – Jeremy Estroff and Chesan Brady’s catering company called Mouth.Full Catering + Events presents thoughtful selections including gluten-free and vegan dishes. They focus on the bounty of the season weekly to ensure the freshest choices. Check out their Fresh Food Friday delivery (must order by Wednesday) for each weekend’s enjoyment, www.mouthfullcatering.com Give a Little R&R – How about a little rest and relaxation for Mom? Origanami sheets upgrade bedding and keep it luxurious. These sheets are made with ecofriendly, Fairtrade certified and organic cotton material.

Visit www.hulyahome.com. The Origanami sheet sets in sateen take your comfort to the next level as Fairtrade assists in developing farmers’ independence and also helps to achieve organic certification, which benefits the environment.

Thank Your Lucky Stars – For over 20 years, Amy Leff has been an established jewelry designer and metalsmith working in sterling silver, gold and 14k gold filled.

From earrings, necklaces and rings to bracelets, Moms will appreciate her sentimental and personalized pieces. Jewelry arrives gift-ready, wrapped in sparkle tissue paper and placed in a jewelry box with custom messaging. Free priority shipping on all U.S. orders, www.throwingstarsjewelry.com Picture Perfect – Picture this! Thank you to Chuck Wolf’s Photo Design Bar, which is open online 24/7 at www.Photodesignbar.com and ready to please with a fantastic selection of photo-fabulous gifts.

Start your next great photo project at their site, check out all of their specials available, and design something super special for Mom and family members as well.

Sweet Dreams – Moms will also appreciate a company called Blissy, which features luxurious silk pillowcases (just in case) keeping Mom’s hair looking soft and manageable at www.blissy.com.

For a Jewel of a Gal – Well-known talented jewelry designer Sara Blaine presents her fabulous gem-filled website of handcrafted American-designed sterling silver jewelry adorned with semi-precious gemstones and freshwater pearls. Blaine has successfully found the happy medium between “trend” and timeless elegant pieces. Her stunning jewelry is certain to be treasured and destined to please anyone on your gift list, www.sarablaine.com

For Moms Who Love to Read – You can’t go wrong with a great book. Easy to order at Amazon.com, gift a fabulous book on The New York Times best-sellers list. Or, check out Mom’s book club list and what’s she’s reading next. New moms will love “My Mom is Magical” by Sabrina Moyle, which kids can read to Mom on her special day. If a personalized book is on your list for new Mom’s little ones, visit www.frecklebox.com for some creative books you can personalize and even include Mommy and Grandma in the acknowledgements or storyline.

Give Mom a Hand – DefineMe is the vegan eco-friendly fragrance line dedicated to making a difference with their scented, moisturizing hand sanitizer spray called DefineMe Hands.

For every bottle sold, they are giving $1 to No Kid Hungry, and that has provided over 8,540 meals! This natural sanitizing spray uses clean ingredients: ethyl alcohol 75 percent (derived from organic sugarcane), aloe vera, coconut oil, and DefineMe’s clean, vegan “love scent” fragrance, www.definemefragrance.com/.

Get Puzzled! Celebrate Mother’s Day with a variety of puzzles from Uncommon Goods.

Enjoy puzzling with The New York Times Custom Front Page Puzzle, $49.95. Celebrate suffrage with this beautifully illustrated, 500-piece puzzle featuring a circle of voting rights champions, from Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Frederick Douglass. Or check out the Joyful Rainbow Wooden Puzzle, $90. This 326-piece jigsaw puzzle reveals a vivid rainbow image so striking you may want to hang it up on your wall. www.uncommongoods.com (Some puzzles may not be available until June).

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Pretty and Fabulous – River Mint Finery is one of Atlanta’s favorite Buckhead boutiques specializing in style, and continues to feature lovely accessories for Mom online for your gift giving needs. Their website is busy taking orders and shipping gifts, www.rivermintfinery.com

BEAUTY & SPA Make It Sensational! Mom in another city? This Mother’s Day send this wonderful metal embossed container (in silver and great spring colors) filled with pretty gifts and gourmet treats including a stack of wonderful different-sized notepads that say “Feel Beautiful” along with a matching pen, refreshing tea, delectable Nam’s Bits chocolate chip cookies, Savannah Bee peach lip balm, and lavender lotion. Each gift is beautifully wrapped with cellophane, tied with lovely coordinating ribbons, and can be customized with gift tags and labels incorporating your personalized message, www.sensationalbaskets. com. Each gift is delivered locally in the Atlanta area or shipped via FedEx Ground.

New Moms – Mommy and moms-to-be will appreciate The Short Years, a beautiful baby book for new parents. Check out the 138 pages of content plus 70 full pages of photographs and customized covers. Answer a few questions and upload a couple photos in The Short Years Baby Book App each week. The Short Years ships moms their baby book pages every time they complete three chapters in the app, so they can watch their book grow with baby’s first year, https://www.theshortyearsbooks.com/ Robyn Spizman Gerson is an award-winning New York Times best-selling author and media personality. She has appeared on local and national television for over three decades.

Her book “Loving Out Loud: The Power of a Kind Word” is available on Amazon. Spizman considers family and friends the greatest gifts of all, www.robynspizman.com.

Note: All items were available at time of publication, unless otherwise noted. Expect delays due to current events. ì

Keep It Fragile! Fragile is always a hit with moms and they are delivering within a three-mile radius or sending via UPS. From the stunning Vietri hibiscus bud vases to the Agraria at-home fragrances, which diffuse scents and are shaped in flowers, Fragile is ready to help you send a gift to Mom. From a beautiful Baccarat butterfly in every color to Michael Aram’s gifts galore, there are endless choices for the stylish mom who values something pretty or purposeful. Fragile is one of Atlanta’s leading gift resources and has something for every mom and grandmother on your list. When gift giving, call 404-257-1323 or order directly online and make Mother’s Day special just like Mom, www.fragilegifts.com Planted at Home – Pike Nurseries locations are now exclusively offering delivery and curbside pickup. Customers can complete an online form or call their local store and a Pike Nurseries employee-owner will return the call to consult and finalize the order. Plan ahead: Online orders can take up to five days to process. Choose from blooming, fragrant shrubs or decorative houseplants. Low maintenance moms will love a succulent garden or spring combo container, prearranged and pre-planted from local horticulturists.

Pikes also has gift cards from $25, www.pikenursery.com Photo Wow – For an artful gift of grandkids or even the family pet, transform your cellphone photographs and create a pop portrait or photo-imaged work of art with Mom’s favorite peeps. Check out www.photowow.com for endless suggestions that say wow!

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Beauty from Home

By Marcia Caller Jaffe We knew it was a hot topic when J. Lo admitted on “Entertainment Tonight” that it took her eight hours to do her own nails.

Add the social media avalanche of jokes about natural hair color surfacing, some not seen for decades, coupled with endearing photos of partners cutting and dying each other’s roots with in-home kits. The pandemic “shut in” has us organizing closets and preparing meals-- let us not forgot to keep up our beauty regimes! Three local beauty professionals share practical tips to refresh and maintain at home if you’re not ready yet to venture into the shops that are reopening.

Glorious Hair Andrea Goldklang, owner of Belle de Jour Salon, is a popular hair artist known for her techniques in dimensional color.

She can be seen on Facebook illustrating step-by-step how to execute color at home.

“We are making free recommendations for at-home color; but if our clients want their exact formula delivered to them, it is $100, and all proceeds go directly to my team.”

Belle de Jour Salon, just inside I-285 on Roswell Road, is distancing the work stations upon reopening.

Still, Goldklang is looking toward the future. “Fingers crossed, we plan to reopen May 15,” she said. “We can’t wait to reopen.

We have socially distanced our stations and have masks.”

Goldklang's Root Touch-Up Tips: Begin with gloves, Vaseline, towel, clips and comb. Apply Vaseline around the hairline to protect skin. Put tin foil on your eyeglass frames. Wear an old buttoned-down shirt that doesn’t need to be pulled over head to remove.

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says, “Be consistent.” to roots, not the entire head, even if box says otherwise.

Keep the Skin Glowing Apply on dirty (not newly Shari Goldstein, owner shampooed) hair with of Solera Salon & Spa in Albrush, in a tapping motion. pharetta, offers tips on skin For roots only, you do care to bridge shutting in not need the entire mixture. until getting to back to proFocus on the front crown fessionals. “Scrubs, toners area. Separate hair with and masks are all healthy, clips to do in quadrants. refreshing remedies people Use the tail of the brush to can do at home.” divide lines.

Goldklang is donating proceeds Don’t go to the ends. from her product delivery Start With a Cleansing Have a teenager or roomto help her employees Regimen: mate do the back if neces8 almonds sary.

1 teaspoon lemon juice Throw out any mixture that has been 1 teaspoon milk or cream combined. Safely save the rest.

Crush together. Apply. Leave on 10 minLeave on for 20 to 30 minutes per box. utes. Wash off with warm Set timer. water. Follow with roseWhen showering off, water for toning (can buy lean the head backwards online). to rinse, avoiding the ends.

Shampoo.

Scrub Option: ¼ teaspoon raw Ageless Beauty almonds Arlene Manning is a 2 teaspoons almond 77-year-old beauty veteran flour operating home-based 4 tablespoons oatmeal Head to Toe spa.

2 teaspoons corn “During this time, it’s starch important to keep a rou- Shari Goldstein recommends masks and scrubs at 5 drops of lavender tine. Mine is: Coffee, spin home to maintain skin extract or 2 bike, shower.” health and radiance until teaspoons almond oil She also offers this professionals reopen.

Mix. Apply in circular motion around recipe for good skin care: eyes, lips, cheeks. Gently scrub, To keep skin hydrated, apply hyaluronthen rinse. ic acid to retain moisture, then vitamin E and C serum. The skin needs vitamins akin Go Green: to what goes inside the body.

1 tablespoon rolled oats Use a mild scrub at night. Unfortunate½ avocado ly, skin may be thin because of sun exposure 1 teaspoon lemon juice decades ago, making it vulnerable and los1 tablespoon honey ing elasticity.

1 teaspoon coconut oil.

No peels at home. Could cause damage.

Mix and apply the mask. Leave on Even with no makeup (I haven’t worn 10 minutes. Remove with in six weeks), wash and apcloth and water. ply skin/retinol products at Apply this mask two night while the body rests times a week. and repairs itself.

Goldstein cautions: A younger person’s “Alternate days with mask cells turn around every 28 OR scrub. Don’t overdo it!” days. Rejuvenation takes longer for older people.

Above all Goldstein Understand the difbeckons, “Don’t try to wax ference between over-theat home. Shaving will work counter skin products, sits just fine until you get back on top of skin; spa quality, to your professional! For penetrates only the first layA “young” Arlene Manning at 77 believes in consistency Mother’s Day, get a gift cerer; medical grade, subcutain beauty routine during this tificate for our return to neous where the real work special stay-at-home time. normalcy.” is done.

Amen on that last thought! ì Arlene’s brand is Alastin. Above all, she

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Healthy at Home During COVID

By Flora Rosefsky Maybe one of the unexpected beneficial outcomes of sheltering in place during COVID-19 is that many Jewish Atlantans who are practicing good nutrition along with exercise, find they are feeling better now. With less eating out for lunches, they have been cooking more, many having freezers overflowing with vegetables. Some found new ways to follow a regularly scheduled exercise regimen.

“Besides getting restorative sleep of seven to nine hours to feel well-rested, eating a well-balanced diet of fresh vegetables, fruit and protein, combined with regular exercise, will certainly lead to healthy habits,” said Dr. Brian Nadolne of East Cobb Family Medicine who is past president of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians. “In these days of working from home, with less commuting or travel out of town, there are no more excuses anymore not to find in your day at least 30 minutes to exercise. Walking is one great way.”

To stay accountable, he urges people to use a device such as Fitbit to keep track and be consistent on whatever exercise program they put in place.

Following the doctor’s prescription for better health is Daniel Goldman, professor of physics at Georgia Tech, who now teaches and attends meetings at home using Zoom. “I can no longer swim at Life Time fitness nor can I play my weekly pickup basketball game, so I’ve increased my bike riding and Dr. Brian Nadolne jogging, the latter much to the chapractices family grin of my knees.” medicine.

No longer commuting more than an hour to work, he has time to fit in exercising about five times a week, he said. Goldman’s wife Marni told the AJT that because of having celiac disease and Type I diabetes, she needs to “be diligent about her eating habits.” She attempts to do the same when incorporating protein, fruits and veggies in every family meal. Goldman tries to educate her first grade daughter Amelia about the importance of a balanced plate. “Treats like fruit, Cool Whip and smoothies are a weekly staple,” she said.

George Hess told the AJT that instead of going to Life Time fitness, he and his wife Maxine now walk up to four miles every day the weather permits, where before, neighborhood walks in Woodstock were occasional. He said another change is “beginning yin yoga usually for an hour before breakfast, but since we are late risers, we eat breakfast at 12 p.m.” After reading more about the benefits of walking on longevity, this retired associate professor of early childhood education at Kennesaw State University is thinking of writing a column for the Mended Hearts Atlanta Chapter 81 newsletter. Before the pandemic, Hess volunteered as a Mended Hearts visitor at WellStar Kennestone Hospital’s cardiac unit. After a recent mild heart attack and going through rehab successfully, he said Maxine “is determined to keep me healthy and it seems to be working.” Their meals are low-fat, low cholesterol and what he calls “heart friendly.” Hess admits his downfalls are ice cream and gelato, so he’s teaching himself how to limit portions to a half cup. “It’s hard, but most evenings I accomplish it,” he said. Hess told the AJT he “managed to lose about 3 ½ pounds where I no

Dan Goldman bikes with daughter Amelia.

George and Maxine Hess cooked this dinner together, drumsticks with olives and tomatoes.

longer have a pot and I feel comfortable in my clothes now.”

Julia Kesler Imerman, owner and personal chef of Stop Think Chew, told the AJT she “supports Atlanta’s local food system by shopping directly with farmers, and provides healthy, whole-food meals to her clients as well as virtual health coaching services.” Even during social distancing, she said, “I still go to local farmers directly who have online ordering systems where I pick up my order curbside.”

Kesler Imerman recommends shopping at Fresh Harvest for produce and having “provisions from local farms delivered directly to your door in metro Atlanta.” Instead

of home visits during COVID-19, she said she offers “one-onone virtual healthy coaching services via Zoom starting at 30 minutes to one hour, or six or more sessions on a variety of healthy nutrition topics.”

She did yoga two or three times a week prior to COVID-19; she now does yoga 30 minutes to an hour every morning. Along with eating nutritionally, the increase in exercise, plus daily walks with her husband in the evenings, definitely has made a difference, she said.

When the COVID-19 pandemic is over, perhaps people will continue to practice healthy habits after all. ì

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By Marcia Caller Jaffe Bedridden Emily Dickinson declared, “There is no frigate like a book.”

Emory professor and author Joey Reiman lends a more modern perspective, “What you read when you don’t have to determines what you will become. Quarantine for me has been a mystical journey into my magic library.”

During this mini AJT survey, some told of virtually conducting their book clubs. Educator Milton Crane said, “Zooming requires no host, travel nor refreshments. No need to shave, but a nice way to connect.” Crane’s May book club is on “Olive, Again” by Elizabeth Strout.

He Zoomed his April book club “Beneath A Scarlet Sky” by Mark Sullivan, saying it is an ”outstanding read based on a true story starting in Italy during the 30s.” Read on to marvel at the variety of titles that Jewish Atlantans are sharing.

Michael Weinroth just finished “The Liar,” a book selected by his book club, saying his group has come up with some really great books: “Among the Living,” “The Emperor’s Shoes,” and “The Last Watchman of Cairo.”

Author Bev Lewyn said, “I love biographies, and as a lead up to Jewish holidays, this year I am reading a long-awaited biography of Rabbi Noach Weinberg, founder of Aish HaTorah, the incredible Jewish outreach organization.

“Weinberg was also the uncle of Mrs. Miriam Feldman (the founder of Temima High School and the wife of Rabbi Ilan Feldman); so it has fun local connections.”

Caterer Sandra Bank chimed in, “To be honest, I have at least eight new recipe books plus ‘Always Home’ by Fanny Singer, Alice Water’s daughter from Chez Panisse.”

Attorney Steve Labovitz touted “Chances Are” by Richard Russo, which is fiction about college friends reuniting after many years. ”Really enjoyed it!” he said.

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said, “I am reading Erik Larsen’s new book, “The Splendid and the Vile” about England during World War II and Churchill’s leadership. There’s a lot of ink about the British people’s day-to-day life during the Blitz and remainder of the war. It’s especially fascinating in today’s pandemic climate. The sacrifices we are making pale in comparison to what the British endured. It shows how important, indeed critical, leadership and self-sacrifice are.”

Joey Moskowitz, an actuary, goes for old reliables: “Exodus” by Leon Uris followed up by watching the movie.

“Eye of the Needle” by Ken Follet and anything by Wilbur Smith.

Attorney Sam Olens just finished reading “The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit." He said, ”I love history books, particularly those that describe the forced exodus of Jews. We must learn from the past.”

Hadassah exec Margo Gold finished “The Great Alone” by Kristin Hannah. “I had no idea how prescient a title it would be! She creates compelling stories with characters you care about.

It begins in the 60s, an era I can relate to. The book is set in Alaska ‘before the cruise ships,’ a rugged place with people I hadn’t met before.

“Currently reading Hilary Mantel’s ‘The Mirror and the Light.’ Read the first two parts of the trilogy and was excited to see the third arrive. I love historical fiction. You may know what ultimately happens, but the imagination-rich opportunity to be there as it unfolds is always a treat.

“Also read ‘Abigail’ by Magda Szabo, a new author to me. Written in 1970, it was recently translated from Hungarian and is described as the most widely read of Szabo’s books. The story is set in World War II Hungary and follows the experiences of a teen sent away to boarding school by her father, a Hungarian army general.”

Esther Levine said, “I’m happy to report that our book club is meeting by Zoom. Last month we read and discussed ‘The Dutch House’ by Ann Patchett, and now reading ‘Disappearing Earth’ by Julia Phillips.”

Media celeb Nadia Bilchik surfaced three: Elie Wiesel, “Night,” “The Choice,” Edith Eger, and “Talking to Strangers,” Malcolm Gladwell.

Orthopedic Dr. Frank Joseph enjoyed “Endurance” by Scott Kelly, about the American astronaut’s year in space. Joseph said, “It’s oddly interesting and entertaining, and my daughter, who is not into science, loved it.” He described ”The Bastard Brigade” by Sam Kean as a true World War II story about our race to stop the Nazis from making an atomic bomb. ”A lot of colorful characters with a little science thrown in.”

Doris Goldstein revealed, “I don’t read much in the way of fiction, so here are some of my titles: ‘Lost in America’ by Sherwin Nuland, a poignant memoir of an immigrant family who did not ‘make it big’ in America. ”‘How We Age’ by Marc Agronin, M.D., a psychiatrist whose practice is in nursing homes and VA hospitals. Interesting case histories of how a variety of people deal with the ups and downs of aging. ”‘21 Lessons for the 21st Century’

by Yuval Harari, a series of chapters addressing all the challenges of this century. Not light reading, but so interesting. “’Calypso’ by David Sedaris, much lighter than all of the above.”

ever truly get over our first love? I am still in love with my first — my college girlfriend.

In this story, continents and unexpected events try to keep our lovers apart, but like my first romance, their love for one another never fades.

“Bright Star” is a must! A collection of love letters from John Keats to Fanny Brawe will inspire testaments of the heart to soul mates.

“Love Poems” by Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda will teach how words can become fingers to caress another’s heart!

A verse from any of the works in here is an antidote to the loneliness that often comes with isolation.

I reread “On Caring” by eminent philosopher Milton Mayeroff. This work should be required reading for every human. It speaks more about the importance of caring than any other trait.

Pam Morton, director of author events for the Book Festival of the MJCCA, is a fountain of ideas.

Joey Reiman is a professor at Emory University, an author and co-founder of Brand New World Studios.

My children grew up loving our library more than any other room — just as I did.

Here are some of my recent faves: Jill Santopolo’s 2017 novel, “The Light We Lost,” begs the question: can we

The bright side of being in quarantine is that I’ve had more time than usual to dig into the tall stack of books on my nightstand. I just finished a few novels: “In Five Years” by Rebecca Serle is a very clever and intricately constructed love story that asks the question: What if you went to sleep one night as one person, but woke up the next morning living a completely different life? It’s several love stories in one, both heartbreaking and poignant and has a true twist.

I’ve been a fan of Emily St. John Mandel since her apocalyptic 2014 international bestseller, “Station Eleven” (a prophetic story about a worldwide

STAYCATION swine flu pandemic called the “Georgia flu”) and her new book, “The Glass Hotel,” is equally as fascinating: a Madoff-esque Ponzi scheme, a woman who disappears from a container ship at sea, and siblings caught in the middle of it all.

“My Dark Vanessa” by Kate Elizabeth Russell is arguably one of the spring’s most talked about debut novels: an unsettling and disturbing story about a precocious young woman whose relationship with her former high school English teacher is brought back into her adult life when he is accused of sexually molesting a former student. With shades of another controversial best-

seller from years ago, “Lolita,” this book is a page-turner, but not for the faint of heart!

For pure escapism, I laughed my way through film and television director Barry Sonnenfeld’s hilarious memoir, “Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother.” From his bar mitzvah in a Catholic church to carrying around a picture of a perfectly cooked steak in his wallet to educate waiters, Sonnenfeld is the very funny definition of neurotic. I also love Samantha Irby and her new book of bite-sized, easy-to-read essays, “Wow, No Thank You,” a gift in the middle of this health crisis.

I am currently deep into Colum McCann’s amazing novel, “Apeirogon” (an infinitely-sided polygon), about two men – one Israeli and one Palestinian – both trying to live with the loss of their young daughters, killed by violence. The book is inspired by the true story of the two men at the center of

the story.

Here are a few others that I haven’t gotten to: “The Mirror & the Light,” Hilary Mantel; “The Silent Patient,” Alex Michaelides; “Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family,” Robert Kolker; “Untamed,” Glennon Doyle;

and “Hollywood Park,” Mikel Jollett.

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“Finding Dorothy” by Elizabeth Letts. This is an origin story about the making of the “Wizard of Oz” movie told from the lens of Maud Baum (the wife of L. Frank Baum, the author of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”). It is a wonderful story that weaves the history of the late 19th century into snippets of Hollywood in the 1930s.

“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum. After finishing “Finding Dorothy,” I had to revisit this classic.

I’m reading it out loud to two of my kids, who, despite being tweens/teens, are just as into it as I am.

I also recently read gripping, fast paced, fascinating and disturbing books by journalists: “Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup” by John Carreyrou, about the rise and fall of the life sciences company Theranos. “Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators” by Ronan Farrow, about Farrow’s pursuit of the Harvey Weinstein story, and the way NBC tried repeatedly to silence him and quash the story. ì

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Travel the World, Virtually

Visiting Broadway is expensive, but you can see “Phantom of the Opera” free on YouTube.

By Roni Robbins Travel advisor Tamara Jacobs was planning a Jewish heritage trip to Europe for next summer when she started “traveling” virtually to other countries and decided to share her findings with her clients.

While some agents the AJT consulted are skeptical about virtual travel and would prefer their clients just hang tight until the fall or 2021, others feel comfortable directing future travelers to research online.

For Jacobs, the idea is to plan now to be ready when airlines start flying and tourist sites reopen. One way to be prepared is to spend time stuck at home because of COVID-19 quarantine, lockdown or social distancing researching and dream-building future travel, said the Marietta travel consultant and advisor. Virtual travel helps “change the scenery from the four walls around them,” she said.

“Keeping people inspired right now is so important. Travel dreaming is a great way to do that. With so many people disappointed by cancelled spring break trips and potentially summer family vacations, sharing alternatives for how people can bring travel to them is critical to keep spirits up, enhance mood and spirits. Research has actually shown that the very act of planning a vacation makes people happier, having something to work towards and look forward to, and then actually taking the vacation!”

In her research for the Europe trip, Jacobs posted on her Destinations by Tamara Facebook page, “I have found ways to visit and travel virtually to amazing places I wish I could go right now!”

She and other travel agents share some of the travel sites they’ve discovered online.

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The Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit in Mexico created an online wellness day for guests who couldn’t come for a recent wellness weekend canceled because of COVID.

Maybe you can’t go to the Great Barrier Reef right now, but you can experience the natural wonder from your couch.

Disney Magic Moments blog provides a chance to go behind the scenes, meet characters and visit the Disney theme parks.

jewish-heritage-europe.eu/…/lockeddown-here-are-…/…

Take a stunning tour of the ancient Jewish catacombs of Venosa in southern Italy: www.youtu.be/iKlfocGFztQ Livestreams from the British Jewish Museum: www.facebook.com/JewishMuseumLDN/ Listen to audio guides of the Museum of Jewish History in Girona, Spain (between Barcelona and Costa Brava): www. girona.cat/call/eng/audioguies.php Take a virtual tour of Auschwitz in Poland: www.panorama.auschwitz.org/ tour2,7115,en.html Visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: www.ushmm.org/teach/ teaching-materials/primary-sources-collections/virtual-field-trip Tour the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philly, www.nmajh. org/ Learn about immigrant life at the Tenement Museum in New York: www. tenement.org/Virtual-Tour/index_virtual. html. “This is how Jewish people settled,” said travel agent Renee Werbin. “My own mother lived in one of those tenements.

It’s worth your time” to visit.

museums have uploaded for our enjoyment. … It’s a rare delight that museums have opened up these opportunities during the COVID crises.”

She recommended: The National WW II Museum in New Orleans, www.nationalww2museum.org/ Musee d’Orsay in Paris, www.artsandculture.google.com/partner/museedorsay-paris National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., www.nga.gov/ The Art Institute of Chicago, www. artic.edu/visit-us-virtually

ment? Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit in Mexico was going to have its wellness weekend May 1, but instead, created the essence of a wellness day with cooking demonstrations and yoga.

At home you can recreate that environment by doing yoga, imagining the international food you might have eaten, and setting up a background noise that imitates nature, Jacobs said. “It’s a bit improvisational; you can get as creative as you want to keep the inspiration going.”

Museums and Monuments Top 10 museums around the world you can visit: artsandculture. google.com/stor y/10-top-museumsyou-can-explore-right-here-right-now/ igKSKBBnEBSGKg?hl=en Views from the top of monuments around the world: www. artsandculture.google.com/ stor y/11-incredible-views-from-thetop%C2%A0/8QIS37cd1O4SJA?hl=en “There’s no reason to be bored,” said Werbin, president of SRI Travel and cofounder of Travelgirl magazine. “Go online and view the masterpieces renowned

Wonders of the World Aside from historic sites, there are natural wonders to explore. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way,” Jacobs said in one Facebook post. “Maybe you can’t go to Niagara Falls or the Great Barrier Reef right now, but you can bring these and other great places to you! Check out these live cams that take you up close and personal to some of these amazing places plus the Northern Lights, a safari and more!” www.lifedeathprizes.com/amazingstuff/armchair-travel-pick-best-20189 “You can’t go to the aquarium, but you can do a live cam and see it up close and personal.”

Try a Theme Night “If the theme is Italy, cook an Italian meal, listen to Italian music, drink some Italian wine, learn a few words in Italian, watch ‘Roman Holiday,’ ” Jacobs said.

“It’s a fun night as in hearing [the language], experiencing the food, recreating what could be an Italian experience at home.”

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Find Your Happy Place Werbin agreed that now is the time to plan a dream vacation. “What are your 10 bucket list places you really want to go? “Let’s talk so you’ll be ready to visit when they open up. At this point in time it’s nice to have dreams.”

If you really want to go to the beach but can’t, you can view numerous beaches online. Closer to home, enjoy a virtual tour of Tybee Island next to Savannah, Ga., www.visittybee.com/.

The Disney parks may be closed to the public, but you can still “visit” the “happiest place on earth,” Werbin said.

“Disney flags are still flying high and the Disney blog offers many opportunities to go behind the scenes, meet characters and visit inside the parks.” Log on and visit www.disneyparks.disney.go.com/ blog/2020/04/disneymagicmomentsflags-still-flying-high-at-disney-parks/ Arts and Culture The Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, has made more than 50 free virtual concerts available to stream, www.montreuxjazzfestival.com/ en/50-concerts-to-stream/ Visiting Broadway is an expensive proposition. But YouTube has made

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You don’t have to go in person to the cattle car tracks and steel gates to feel the powerful emotions that come with taking a tour of Auschwitz in Poland.

The Musee d’Orsay in Paris is among the museums you can “visit” virtually.

See live shots of natural wonders such as the Northern Lights.

If you really want to go to the beach but can’t, enjoy a virtual tour of Tybee Island next to Savannah, Ga.

“Phantom of the Opera” available for free, Werbin said. “What a phenomenal opportunity to go to the theater.”

here’s their chance to sail without leaving home. No seasickness or sea legs to fear.

On a virtual cruise, you can explore the world from home, Werbin said. “How great is that?” She recommends Viking Cruises, @VikingCruises, www.Viking.

TV According to those the AJT consulted, some cruises are being pushed back to the end of June or beginning of July while others aren’t cruising in 2020 at all. Once travel resumes, though, it might be a drastically different travel world in terms of how airplanes are cleaned and cruise lines serve food, they said.

Barbara Diener of Cruise Planners has the motto “Travel Smart. Dream Big.” She agrees clients should use their time now to plan where they want to go. “If the family or travel companions want different locations, they have to plan and discuss the options,” she said. For instance, “If the parents want to go to the Mediterranean and the kids want to go to Greece and Turkey, you have to decide where you want to go first.”

Diener said she’s rebooking and booking new travel for 2021. Clients are taking advantage of the cruise vouchers they received when their trips were canceled several months ago and have

already rebooked. Well-traveled clients are the first to rebook, while others are afraid, she said. Payments for cruises later in the year are pending.

The Atlanta travel agents are hopeful the industry will rebound.

“Tourism will come back and we’ll be able to tour the world again,” Werbin said. “One of these days you will be able to make your travel dreams a reality. It won’t be too long, but in the meantime, stay safe, cautious and informed.” ì

Recreate a Trip You Took “If you’ve been to Hawaii or Greece or anywhere that was really special for you, take your pictures out and reminisce,” Werbin advised. “Relive a treasured adventure. With time on your hands, make an album. Those who are really savvy can put their album online and share it with others.”

Dream Cruises If someone doesn’t like to cruise,

Note: AJT Owner-Publisher Michael Morris is one of the founders of Travelgirl magazine with Renee Werbin.

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Staycation Ideas to Break the Tedium Compiled by the AJT If you’re going stir crazy at home or have children you need to get out of the house, try out some of these staycation ideas that allow you to keep your distance while having fun.

Camping in Your Backyard You don’t need to drive out of town to enjoy the experience of camping.

Set up a tent in the comfort of your own backyard and spend the night under the stars. Make it a whole afternoon of outdoor fun with your kids; you can take them on a scavenger hunt, search for bugs, and play backyard games. Grill dinner and eat outside, and when it gets dark, you can sing around a campfire and make s’mores.

Family Movie Night Atlanta’s Starlight Drive-In Theatre is open every day of the week. With multiple screens and options for both adult and kids’ movies, depending on the day, the Starlight Theatre is a fun way to get out of the house while still social distancing. If you have concerns about safety, make your

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Set up a tent right in your backyard and create a camping experience.

You can visit the Monet Bridge at Gibbs Gardens.

Strawberry picking can be a pleasant and safe way to pass the day.

own popcorn and drinks at home to enjoy while watching the movie. The parking lot is first-come, first-serve, so make sure to check their website at https://starlightdrivein.com/ to see movie times each day.

extremely beautiful and expansive, with plenty of space to explore. According to Gibbs Gardens, the grounds include the largest Japanese garden in the country, as well as water lily gardens, rose gardens, manor house gardens, and much more.

Plan for 3 ½ to 4 hours of touring. They are taking strict measures to be in compliance with social distancing regulations, and tickets are currently only available online in advance at www.gibbsgardens.com/.

Strawberry Picking Take your family strawberry picking to get away from the monotony of quarantine. The perfect time of year to pick strawberries, this activity can be a memorable, fun and healthy tradition. There are various local strawberry farms around the Atlanta area that are currently open to the public; check with the farm you’re planning to visit to see what their safety regulations are. ì

Spring in Bloom Gibbs Gardens is located in Ball Ground, Ga., about 45 minutes north of Atlanta. Owned privately by the family who lives on the premises, the gardens are

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A Staycation in Blue Ridge

By Susanne Katz Whether you call it a nearcation or a staycation, this type of travel is a popular way to change your routine and participate in leisure activities within driving distance of your home. With travel soon to begin again after the health crisis, staycations avoid the cost and time it takes to plan trips to faraway places and are a relaxing way to connect with and enjoy a destination about 90 minutes away. One example is Blue Ridge, which has a rich cultural history, abounds in outdoor adventure options and even has a Jewish connection.

Gathering Place by Lake and Rail The Great American Eclipse August 21, 2017, was known in Blue Ridge, Ga., as The Day the Lights Went Out in Georgia. The eclipse darkened and then lit up the sky over the crystal-clear aquamarine waters of Lake Blue Ridge.

Barbara and Peter Ducoffe came to Blue Ridge that August day from Atlanta to enjoy the spectacle in the sky. “It was beautiful to connect the eclipse to the magical blue waters below,” Peter Ducoffe recalled.

Blue Ridge continues to grow as a gathering place for many Atlantans looking for a peaceful getaway just 1 ½ hours north of the city, with Jewish connections, an interest in the arts, and plenty of festivals, shops and outdoor activities. Only a short drive from Atlanta up I-75 and then I-575, Blue Ridge is an ideal place to relax and enjoy cooler summers and a slower pace.

Blue Ridge was first settled in the 1800s as a railroad stop. Today, visitors can hop aboard the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway that winds through the Chattahoochee National Forest along the Toccoa River. The four-hour trip between north Georgia and Tennessee includes a layover for lunch in McCaysville, where the Georgia-Tennessee state line runs literally through the local grocery store.

Arts in the Park Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association and Art Center presents annual arts festivals in Downtown Blue Ridge City Park, including over 200 juried fine arts, mountain crafts and food booths. Spring Arts in the Park takes place Memorial Day weekend, May 23-24, and Fall Arts in the Park takes place the second weekend of October each year. The annual Blue Ridge Writers Conference usually brings writers and those aspiring to be writers to the Art Center in early April, but the event has been rescheduled for Sept. 4-5.

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Blue Ridge is located in Fannin County, known as the Trout Capital of Georgia, and artists have created seven magnificent sculptures on East Main and West Main streets. You can see stages of construction here.

On Nov. 10, 2013, The Daffodil Project was planted in Blue Ridge to remember the children who died in the Holocaust.

Philip Karlick checks out the colorful trout sculpture.

Changes in Rural America The Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association is hosting an exhibition, “Crossroads: Change in Rural America,” made up of five panels with photographs, text, objects and interactive touchscreen kiosks, presented by the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street, Georgia Humanities, the Center for Public History at the University of West Georgia and Georgia EMC. The exhibition explores changes in urban and rural communities and compares populations and land usage.

The opening was originally scheduled for April 25, but is delayed due to COVID-19.

The timing of the exhibition would have coincided with Earth Day as it brought a significant understanding of changes in our rural and urban communities.

Benton MacKaye Trail, a feeder to the Appalachian Trail, run along mountain streams and pass beautiful waterfalls. If you are a boater, you can rent a pontoon boat for the day at the Lake Blue Ridge Marina and then relax and listen to some country music at the marina grill.”

come.” Now in its 16th year, the study group includes between 22 and 42 attendees, with Barbara Pomeranz as the coordinator.

In 2016, the Jewish Congregation of Blue Ridge, jcbrgeorgia.org, was organized and continues to meet in the city once a month for Shabbat services. Currently, Marty Pomeranz is the religious leader, and Alan Schulman is the president.

Richard Bressler began this lunch & learn with Rabbi New at his brother’s office, and continues to provide the friendship and transportation (and kosher lunches) that ensure a Jewish presence and learning opportunity for the Blue Ridge Jewish community.

Sue Berry, who served as the study group coordinator, shares her appreciation of this “strong feeling of community and family.”

She said, “We share joys and sorrows and we draw from Blue Ridge, Blairsville, Hiawassee, Ellijay, Jasper and surrounding communities, with Jewish residents of Atlanta who own second homes.”

Trout Art Trail Blue Ridge is located in Fannin County, known as the Trout Capital of Georgia, and artists have created seven magnificent sculptures. While trout fishing, fly fishing and reel angling are popular with fishing enthusiasts, tubing, kayaking and rafting are popular activities on the Toccoa River.

Main Street is filled with shops and galleries, wine and coffee shops, restaurants and the train depot. Located on Blue Ridge Drive, Mercier Orchards are just a 20-minute ride away. This family destination is now in its 75th year and offers apple picking in the fall and tractor rides for the entire family.

Daffodil Project On Nov. 10, 2013, The Blue Ridge Daffodil Project was planted, sponsored by the citizens of the city in memory of the children who perished in the Holocaust. Mike Weinroth, who was a board member of Am Yisrael Chai, recalls his yearlong planning and initiating the event.

“As a result of a collaboration between city officials and the religious community, this small city dedicated a 600-bulb daffodil garden along with a specially commissioned 4-foot metal sculpture of a daffodil in memory of Jewish children murdered in the Holocaust. Over 400 citizens from Blue Ridge and visitors from Atlanta and several north Georgia towns participated in the program that included the Blue Ridge mayor, Donna Whitener, Speaker of the Georgia House David Ralston, Rabbi Yossi New, the Rev. Doug Burrell and Holocaust survivor Jaap Groen (of blessed memory). All participated in the dedication.”

Weinroth has introduced similar events and gardens in North Georgia and looks forward to planting and dedicating gardens in Ellijay and Jasper in the near future.

Outdoor Adventures The Blue Ridge area is full of options for outdoor enthusiasts such as Mark Spiegel, who has experienced many of them.

“Local guides will take you down the Toccoa River on float boats as you fly fish for rainbow and brown trout. Sections of the

Jewish Congregation of Blue Ridge In 2005, Hirsch Bressler (of blessed memory) began hosting a lunch & learn group at his office in Blue Ridge. This outreach program of Chabad of Georgia was led by Rabbi New, who explained that, “Anyone who wishes to listen and learn is wel-

A Special Destination and Staycation Some of these Jewish residents are known as “half-backs” who originally came from New York and New Jersey and expected to enjoy living in Florida. In order to escape the heat they encountered, many of them found a home in the Blue Ridge and surrounding communities.

My husband Philip Karlick says, “A staycation in Blue Ridge, for a day, a week, or longer, quiets the noise of the city and relaxes the soul. When you gaze at the wondrous Georgia mountains and hear the sounds of nature, and enjoy the shops and festivals, you fall in love with Blue Ridge.” ì Susanne Katz is director of exhibitions at The Breman Museum.

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Pollack Touts: ‘Grow It Yourself’

By Marcia Caller Jaffe Master gardener and Sandy Springs resident Robin Pollack promotes the concept that “Horticulture therapy reduces stress and improves the quality of life.

Connect with nature, involve the kids, learn about pruning and harvesting, and grab your own Caesar salad from the back yard.”

Pollack can be seen on YouTube, Facebook and the Chastain Park Conservancy site teaching useful skills on how to plant a victory garden.

The phrase “victory garden” was coined by George Washington Carver, and was used to reduce the pressure on the public food supply. In 1943, there were 18 million victory gardens in the U.S. constituting 40 percent of the nation’s fruits and vegetables. Eleanor Roosevelt planted one on the White House lawn to boost morale during World War II. Victory gardens can be in public parks or private residences to bolster the food supply and reduce market pressure by contributing labor while supplementing home-grown rations. In 1917, the government advocated the planting of war gardens to free up food for soldiers.

Fast forward to this unprecedented pandemic. Americans once more feel empowered to leave more on the grocery shelves for others, while securing a home backyard fresh food supply. Pollack has undertaken an instructional series at the Chastain Park Conservancy, “How to Plant a Victory Garden,” with offshoots such as “How to Plant a Pizza Garden.” Pollack is a virtual “green thumb” fountain of knowledge with the ability to share that talent after decades as an art teacher. “Gardening is art to me. Think of it as color, texture and shape.”

Pollack’s father was an attorney in the Air Force. “We lived in England where I was involved in our gardens – especially picking weeds! After we moved to Atlanta, Mom wouldn’t let me go to Lenox (open air) Mall unless I first worked in the garden. The outdoors is my playground.”

Trained by the University of Georgia master gardener program in urban agriculture and passing a rigorous exam, she now donates her time as part of the county extension services to teach others. She is an instructor at Farm Chastain with North Fulton Master Gardeners and Chastain Park Conservancy.

In Pollack’s own backyard, she uses a golf cart to transport tools and supplies.

She has four raised beds: tomatoes, eggplant and peppers, lettuces, and herbs.

Master gardener Robin Pollack can be seen on YouTube and Facebook teaching practical ways to grow a victory garden.

Pollack advises to start with tried and true varieties. Note that nurseries and big box stores are selling plants for pickup and delivery.

Pollack states that a 4-by-4-foot space is needed. Set up string lines 1 foot apart.

She warns, “You have to watch that herbs don’t take over. Some, like mint, sage and chives, can be in separate pots. Okra has to be by itself as it grows tall. I also have pineapple sage, which the butterflies like, … lavender, flat leaf parsley, chives. Plant what you like to eat.” She has a scuppernong vine which originated in 1950.

Here she shares some tips on planting a victory garden:

has come on time. Gardens put us in our happy place.” Nurseries are selling out while home gardeners are snapping up fruit and vegetable plants. “Victory Gardens represent safety and security with

nutritious food.”

Pollack said, “If you start now, you can have produce in 30 to 45 days. Get the kids involved, practice social distancing, and enjoy your garden to the fullest! ì

Start with a 4-by-4-foot space, line up vertical and horizontal strings 1-foot apart.

Plant east to west with the taller plants on the north side, smaller on the south.

Make sure you get six to eight hours a day of sun. Vegetables need 1 to 2 inches of water a week.

Put labels by the plants. Balance nutrient rich soil. Send it off to the county to test pH. Stick with standard tried and true varieties for your first experience.

Evaluate how big the mature plant will be, not what it looks like now. Squash and peppers need a foot all around, herbs can be tighter together. Asses if tomatoes will be on a stake, trellis or a cage.

Zinnias nearby are useful to detract bugs.

Forget toilet paper as the new “in” commodity. Growing one’s own food is a distraction and escape that results in fresh produce. Nurseries are seen as necessary businesses. Orders can be placed online and picked up on location or delivered.

According to “CBS Sunday Morning” last month, “In our upended lives, spring

L’chaim, we are now open full time and following all CDC and ADA updated Covid-19 recommendations.

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DINING Dining Pandemic Style

Co-owners Howard Aaron and Wayne Saxe of Goldbergs used excess staff to deliver food to frontline workers. They continued to sell 10 varieties of bagels and breakfast items and sandwiches

By Marcia Caller Jaffe

Popular Bagelicious owner Tom Carola says he is selling “a lotta” nova and cream cheese.

Also, in spite of enduring losses, many are taking meals to frontline workers or the needy. Souper Jenny Levison is keeping all four locations open; and on Saturday she offers free grocery pickup to unemployed workers in the hospitality industry, among others.

A high percentage of America’s small business economy is heavily weighted towards the dining sector. Projected U.S. sales (pre-pandemic) for 2020 were $899 billion or 4.2 percent of the gross domestic product, according to the National Restaurant AssoThese 10 Jewish entrepreneurs weigh ciation. Pre-pandemic, 70 percent of the fast food business was done in drive-through or in on the challenge. take out model, so it’s not new to them.

Howard Aaron of Goldbergs Fine But for other restaurateurs in Jewish Atlanta, the health crisis forced them to turn Foods maintained six locations. They reopened May 2 for their business model limited seating and around “on a dime,” were taking customretraining and reers' temperatures betaining employees, fore allowing them to beefing up social enter. But in March, media communica“we closed the airport tion and delivery and Avalon, thus we options, sanitizing, are using that staff to modifying menus, deliver free meals to and rearranging shelters and frontline suppliers. As of early workers at Piedmont May, many restauand Emory” hospitals. rants were readying The stores offer “credit to reopen. card to curb” for no Others were touch, and no more not sold on that time than 10 people are frame and will conallowed to shop continue monitoring currently inside. The health statistics.

Jenny Levison’s Souper Jenny is menu boasts 10 bagel Consider profit operating all four locations and donating varieties, and Aaron margins if only one groceries to the unemployed. says breakfast items half of tables can be served due to social distancing. Co-owner such as egg sandwiches and box lunches are Scott Bogartz of Bogartz Food Artz is mea- most popular.

Heading Nowak’s in Virginia Highsuring and spacing out tables on the patio so “folks can sit outside and enjoy a mixed land, Blaiss Nowak is handling his own decocktail along with their meal.” Proactive livery and encouraging website orders. ”We chef-owner Peter Teimori of Zafron Restau- have a limited menu and great wine. Popurant said, “I have already ordered long laser lar items are steaks, burgers, whole roasted temperature reading implements to moni- chicken and grilled salmon.” He states that they are “doubly ready” to reopen by emtor fevers.”

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Co-owner Scott Bogartz says that duck items are among the most popular for takeout.

Nowak’s Blaiss Nowak said he’s doubly prepared in Virginia Highland to serve and seat with new guidelines.

ploying the spacious private rooms with wiped down and sanitized every 30 minlittle customer staff interaction. “We won’t utes; hands are washed frequently; hand sanitizer is provided. There has been a flucbe 6 feet apart; we will be 12 feet!”

Créma Espresso Gourmet, Dunwoody, tuation in sales. With G-d’s help, we have is a European style coffee shop serving been able to meet our financial obligations.

French pastries, quiche, sandwiches, salads, Curb service and delivery are a small part of the business. The best-selling items are Genquality coffee and desserts.

Owner Erez Inbal said, “When we first eral Tso Chicken, Sesame Chicken, Chinese learned about COVID, we immediately shift- eggplant and string bean dishes.”

Bogartz left half the items on the menu, ed to an online and drive-through model where we are now serving on a daily basis. which are promoted through their website.

Our entire family has come together and “We have specials based on suppliers. We work full time to keep our business alive. may order ribeye and get fish. Our most popular items are duck The response from salad, salmon cakes, costumers has repecan pie and burgally been amazing. ers. We have a ‘date People have adapted night’ special: two to the new model steaks with sides, and are using our Caesar salads, wine Créma App.” Marbottle, desserts – all cus JCC Rabbi Brian for $100! We may Glusman said,” I just soon implement a stopped by Créma disposable ‘sushi for muffins and cofstyle write-in menu,’ fee. Erez is a true once we evaluate mensch and comthe reopening guidemunity partner. He lines.” Bogartz plans and his team have to begin by opening stepped up to the the outdoor patio, alplate and have been lowing just a few dina bright spot during ers inside with conthese difficult times.”

Erez Inbal enlisted the help of his family diment-free tables.

Chai Peking, to operate Créma out of Dunwoody.

He added, “We are which is strictly koRabbi Brian Glusman said Créma has also watching Sandy sher, has continubeen a blessing to the community.

Springs Mayor Rusty ously operated since they are located inside Toco Hills Kroger. Paul’s guidelines. There are many hurdles to Owner Reuven Robbins added delivery and face. This is a very tough decision.”

Zafron was one of the first to offer free curb service early on. He said, “All employees wear masks and gloves, we eliminated delivery (within five miles) after COVID and food items on the steam table and we re- “no contact” curbside pickup from 4:30 to moved all plastic disposable items from 9 p.m. seven nights a week. The full dinner the service counter area to avoid possible menu is intact. It plans to reopen with disposcontamination; all service contact areas are able menus, social distancing using private

DINING

Simona Edery of Café Posh in Buckhead has stuck with her original mission of chef-driven daily fresh cuisine. Shashuka, fish tacos and kibbeh are popular items

Chef owner Peter Teimori of Zafron has a solid plan for reopening with modifications.

rooms, and an every-other table arrange- the full menu. The only change we made is ment. “We are bringing in 15 percent of what sushi after 4 p.m. (Sunday through Thursday). Our South American we need. Remember things dishes are very popular: veglike rent and utilities are conetable soup, burgers, wings, stant. On the positive side, one steaks, veggie pastelitos, night a week we plan to treat yucca bread and quesadilthe nearby fire and police delas.” He is monitoring weekly partments.” as to when he feels it’s safe Café Posh owner Simoto reopen. “The health of our na Edery continues her daily customers and employees is chef-driven dishes based on what’s most important.” what’s freshest. She’s using Bagelicious is operatInstagram to post specials ing out of its East Cobb locain portions for two, four or tion. “No way I am reopening six. “It’s all been a learning soon. I need to see more numexperience based on supbers [declining virus]. Curplies. Our most popular items rently our curbside business have been fajitas, brisket with Udi Herskovitz says is tremendous,” said owner vegetables, kabobs, curry that his South American Tom Carola. “Tremendous” chicken, lamb kibbeh. Then burgers and soups are is relative, meaning that he is brunch: red snapper tacos, the most popular items at 50 percent of revenues and shashuka, laffa, salatin, Perat Fuego Mundo. has retained his entire staff. sian rice, salads, … we have managed to keep all employees and donate Carola furthers, “We still have our full menu seven days a week, starting at 6 a.m., and are to local fire departments.”

Souper Jenny: All four locations have selling ‘lotta’ nova, bagels, tuna, egg salad, remained open six days (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) white fish salad, sandwiches. ‘Lotta’ cream and Buckhead includes Sunday (until 3 cheese too!”

From my Facebook post asking for p.m.). The menu alternates delish soups (bowl or quart), wraps, salads and dinner “friends' favorite pandemic-open restauentrees. Next-day delivery Monday through rants,” hundreds of responses reinforced Thursday with a $40 minimum. Dinner for that dining out is indeed very dear to our two special sample is Chicken Alfredo with hearts and sense of normalcy. Here are roasted vegetables for $15 plus three other some of your other answers: Flower Child dinner entrees on the delivery menu. Ac- (often 35 percent off), Agave, Bonefish cording to Levison, “We have pivoted to do Grill, Lazy Betty, Rumi’s Kitchen, Kale Me what it takes to survive. Keeping a small Crazy, Café Sababa, Willy’s Mexicana Grill, working team, waiting until we feel it’s safe Blaze Pizza, General Muir, From the Earth Brewing Company, The Palm Restaurant, to reopen.”

Unemployed folks can register at the Apron+Ladle, Sushi Nami, Roasters Lenox, Giving Kitchen website or Jenny’s Facebook House of Chan, Moon India Cuisine and Flypage to pick up free groceries on Saturdays. ing Biscuit Cafe, just to name a few.

We are fortunate to have this cornuFuego Mundo, which is also strictly kosher, has colorful, upbeat, almost daily email copia of options to maintain momentum. blasts promoting curbside pick up and spe- Someone needs to do a study in a few cials. Owner Udi Hershkovitz is experienc- months to assess if first responders have put ing an 80 percent reduction in sales and on pounds from such an outpouring of afretained about half of the staff. “We do offer fection. ì ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES MAY 15, 2020 | 39

ART Chef Ginsberg is Inspired to Make it Just Like Mom

By Bob Bahr Growing up, when Todd Ginsberg’s mother had a pot of her Russian cabbage borscht simmering on the kitchen stove, he didn’t always wait for dinner. The young Ginsberg, who has gained fame as the creative force behind the success of The General Muir restaurant near Emory University, couldn’t resist a generous helping right after he came home from school.

“While it was cooking in the pot,” he remembers, “I would dip a coffee cup into it and eat it before it was even finished.”

Long before he thought of cooking professionally, he steeped himself in his mother’s Jewish cooking -- the brisket, the matzah ball soup, and the chicken dishes that he remembers so fondly.

“I came from a very traditional upbringing. Every single meal that we ate inside our home, with the very rare exception of my dad laying meat on the grill in the summertime, she made from scratch. She was our caretaker.”

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Award-winning chef Todd Ginsberg credits his mom for much of his success.

For more informal meals there were always the cold cuts from the Crown Market deli in West Hartford, Conn., where he grew up. The corned beef, pastrami, turkey and roast beef he said he

Joanne Ginsberg with grandson Liam, Todd’s son.

eral Muir is closed for dining. It is part of the 120 Georgia restaurants in a group calling itself GA Hospitality Together that on April 27 pledged to stay closed, for now, for health and safety reasons.

Still Ginsberg put together a limited menu for takeout that includes favorites such as the brisket, the pastrami and the matzah ball soup. There’s even a Friday night special of a complete “Shabbat Dinner to Go,” which has to be ordered in advance, that highlights the restaurant's braised short ribs, with sour cream coffee cake for dessert.

Not on the menu is the borscht of Ginsberg’s mother, but he’s planning on making it for his parent’s 50th wedding anniversary in September. Just in case you don’t get an invitation to their dinner, we’ve included his family recipe so you can make it yourself during these times when there’s so much interest in cooking at home.

could always find in the middle drawer of the fridge along with the pickles, sauMother Ginsberg’s Sweet and Sour erkraut and potato salad as sides. All the food we remember from our childhood, Cabbage Soup Ginsberg believes, never fully leaves us.

1 head of green cabbage, chopped “It’s the nostalgia that reminds us 3 beets, roasted, peeled and diced of something you had as a kid. I think 1 large can whole tomatoes, hand it’s a very powerful thing. You know, it not only pulls at our belly, it pulls at our torn 1 to 2 pounds of short ribs heart a little bit.”

Water Growing up with all of his mother’s Salt, to taste deeply satisfying food inspired Ginsberg Sugar, to taste when he partnered with Ben and JenCitric acid, to taste (sometimes nifer Johnson seven years ago to create the menu for The General Muir. His packaged as sour salt) favorites were all there, along with the Add meat to large soup pot. Cover chopped liver, and the homemade pastrami that he lovingly brines and cures with water. Bring to a simmer. Skim for up to two weeks before finishing off broth of impurities. Simmer for 25 minwith a gentle steaming in a combi con- utes. Add cabbage, tomatoes, beets and vection oven. It is all in homage to his additional water just to cover. Add a teaspoon of salt. This is to draw out marrow mom.

“I don’t do anything different than and flavor from meat. Cover and simmer gently until the my mom did. I meat is tenjust try to do it der, 1 1/2 hours without cutting roughly.

Seacorners. I just son with more want to make salt. Add sugar it the way our and citric acid moms and our to find a sweet grandmothers and sour note. made it. That You can omit was my goal. the sugar and And opening citric acid if you that restaurant wish more of and most of the a meaty broth. cooking I do is Ginsberg’s famed pastrami is available for takeout.

But, Ginsberg’s just the food that we all have eaten before. I just try mother always made it sweet and sour, hence the name, sweet and sour cabbage to do the best possible version of that.”

During the health crisis, The Gen- soup. ì

ART

Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’ Exposes Extremes

By Marcia Caller Jaffe The wildly popular Netflix limited series “Unorthodox” was inspired by Deborah Feldman’s groundbreaking 2012 memoir.

The series is a four-part depiction of Feldman’s life (Esty on the screen) and departure from the Satmar chasidic community in Brooklyn. The Satmar sect came out of Hungary and counts about 70,000 members worldwide.

As a sidebar, Georgians would appreciate knowing that the part of Yanky, Esty’s husband, was played by Amit Rahav, 24, who was a shaliach (emissary) to Camp Ramah Darom as a drama counselor in 2016.

The combination of the pandemic and being shut-in created this perfect storm fueled by the popularity of social media and streaming.

Not just among Jewish viewers, reactions were varied: “Are all Orthodox Jews like this?" “I couldn’t stop watching.” “Do all brides shave their heads?” “Can a judge take away parental rights based on observance level?” “Would a mother-in-law typically interfere with the son’s sex life?”

One fear is that “outsiders” will see this series as representative of all observant Jews. That’s the chance media takes with typecasting minorities: “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Hustle & Flow,” “Parasite,” “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” – a mosaic of partial truths.

Gary Bodner, a retired physician and artist who considers himself a non-observant Jew, said, “Even growing up in New York, I had no exposure to the chasidic community. My parents were more interested in assimilation versus replacing those lost in the Holocaust” (described in the series as a Satmar motivation for alienation). “I was blown away by ‘Unorthodox’ and recommended the series on Facebook. I have hundreds of followers, many non-Jews, and wasn’t sure how it would be received. All I can say is ‘Unorthodox’ really got to me.”

Responding to the post were 50 followers, Bodner said. “There was not one negative comment.”

Rabbi Yossi New of Congregation Beth Tefillah, a Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue, Zoomed “An Unorthodox Conversation: Fact or Fiction” on April 5 along with wife Dassie and sister-in-law Leah Spalter, who knew the Feldman family. About 144 Zoomers were engrossed in the discussion.

Rabbi New weighed in on the Satmar ultra-Orthodox perspective, “Even the Satmars were more relaxed in Europe; but in America, they focused on fighting assimilation – the danger of the melting pot. Torah

Shira Haas plays Esty in “Unorthodox.”

is the only influence to the exclusion of all else. Yiddish is the first language, and they are minimally educated.” He further notes that they are good businesspeople and are self-sufficient. “Look at their electronic and jewelry businesses in New York. They have an incredible network of social services for economic and medical needs. Esty was not typical. She came from a broken home.

This was not so much representative of the Satmars. ‘Unorthodox’ is one story of one person. It showed the extreme where religion was put before people. Lubavitch-Chasidisim emphasizes the importance of the individual. When someone is unhappy, the community bands together to help.”

Dassie New notes that within the Satmar community are mostly decent people, and the whole community is not unhappy.

“It’s not only the woman who strays and has the children taken away. It can be the father.

The more religious parent wins.” She notes though that more often than men, women want out. “We cannot generalize.” Also she revealed that the author has acknowledged that there was pressure from the publisher to make the book “Unorthodox” sensationalize things and make them more dramatic than they truly were.

A third voice, Leah Spalter, from Miami Beach, was a classmate of Feldman’s mother in England and has maintained a friendship. She added details that were not portrayed in the Netflix series.

“Esty had a younger sister not shown.

Feldman’s mother took her to the public library weekly. It was agreed in the divorce settlement that the parents keep one child each. The author stayed with the father because she was older and already accustomed to the chasidic way of life. Her homosexuality surfaced later on when she moved to Manhattan.”

Bodner is anxious to see how the drama plays out. “They can’t leave us hanging. Did Esty have the baby? How did she support herself? I feel there is more to this story.” ì ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES MAY 15, 2020 | 41

CALENDAR

MAY 15-JUNE 15

Virtual Classes and Events:

FRIDAY, MAY 15 Breman Online Speaker: Jews of the American South – From 10 to 11 a.m.

Join Jeremy Katz, director of the Breman Museum Cuba Family Archives, as he delves into Southern Jewish history. To join with Zoom, www.bit.ly/3fiR7NV. JF&CS Presents Family Caregivers During a Pandemic Support Group – From 1 to 2 p.m. This weekly group will provide a safe space to share your thoughts and feelings and help you to develop a network of support through an exchange of information and experiences. Free; donations to JF&CS are appreciated. For more information, jgay@ jfcsatl.org.

Congregation Beth Shalom’s Preschool Shabbat Sing Live with Rabbi Mark – At 1 p.m. Join Rabbi Mark and the Alefbet Preschool for an interactive Shabbat Sing every Friday at 1 p.m. on Zoom. Join in the fun and learn about Shabbat. For more information, www.bit.ly/2ypCfwd.

JF&CS Presents Parenting Elementary Age Children in a Pandemic Support Group – From 1 to 2 p.m. A free weekly JF&CS support group for parents dealing with difficult issues during this unprecedented time. For more information, uzusman@jfcsatl.org.

Yoga for Shabbat Live Stream – From 4 to 5 p.m. Join Congregation Etz Chaim member and yoga instructor Paula Coplon for a relaxing live-stream yoga/meditation before Shabbat begins each Friday afternoon. The entire community is welcome to check it out on Etz Chaim’s Facebook page, www.bit. ly/3cszQj2.

SUNDAY, MAY 17 Jewish Fertility Foundation North Fulton Support Group – From 6 to 8 p.m. Free for any woman experiencing infertility. All support groups are led by a licensed social worker. For more information and to register, www.bit.ly/2Vmts7j.

Cooking with FIDF – At 3 pm. Tanya Zuckerbrot, celebrity chef and wellness expert, will teach you how to make a 30 Minutes to Meat-Free Cauliflower Bolognese. For more information and to register, www. bit.ly/2YvvDYd.

Maamar Monday – Live Online – At 1 p.m. Intown Jewish Academy classes and programs are designed to educate and inspire. To join, www. bit.ly/2KdYcRH.

Talmud Tuesday – Live Online – From 8 to 9 p.m. Intown Jewish Academy classes and programs are designed to educate and inspire. To join with Zoom, www.bit.ly/2YA5TtA.

JF&CS Presents Parenting Preschoolers in a Pandemic Support Group – From 1 to 2 p.m. A free weekly support group for parents of preschoolers dealing with difficult issues during this unprecedented time.

For more information, rbrown@ jfcsatl.org.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

JF&CS Pride Group – From 2:30 to 4 p.m. A weekly virtual support group for adults in the LGBTQ+ community. Connect, support and empower each other while processing the challenges faced in Atlanta, especially in light of COVID-19. For more information, jstepansky@ jfscsatl.org. Join with Zoom, www. bit.ly/2YzTmqm.

JFGA Presents Virtual LEADS 2020 – From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Talk, share and explore your Jewish identity with like-minded young adults to navigate this new time together. To register, www.bit.ly/2L1ypwe.

MONDAY, MAY 18 Beyond Words: Understanding the Depth of Prayer – From noon to 1 p.m. Join Congregation Etz Chaim for a weekly virtual Lunch & Learn with congregant Miriam Rosenbaum. The entire community is welcome to join the Zoom class, www.bit.ly/2z8wVxv.

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 three to four weeks in advance. Contact community relations director, Jen Evans, for more information at jen@atljewishtimes.com.

TUESDAY, MAY 19 JF&CS Presents College Student Transitions Group – From 3 to 4:30 p.m.

A weekly virtual therapy group for college students (undergraduate and graduate) impacted by COVID-19. This group will provide the opportunity to connect over the unique fears, transitions and obstacles you are facing collectively as college students during this time of so many unknowns. This group will help you navigate these changes and to give you the support that you need to adjust to this “new normal.” For more information and to register, jstepansky@jfcsatl.org.

JFGA Presents Jewish Jewish Atlanta Community Flagpole – From 7 to 7:45 p.m. This is a 35- to 45-minute weekly interactive virtual gathering sharing the words of community leaders, organizational leaders and community heroes, interwoven through song in a Facebook Live event. To join, www.bit.ly/3b212Eb.

Torah Studies – Live From 8 to 9 p.m.

Intown Jewish Academy classes and programs are designed to educate and inspire with this deep analysis of the Torah portion. To join with Zoom, www.bit.ly/2VkBLjZ.

THURSDAY, MAY 21 JF&CS Presents Significant Others of Addicts Support Group – From 1 to 2 p.m. This is a free weekly support group for those in an intimate relationship with spouses, partners and/or significant others struggling with addiction. To register and for more information, sanderson@jfcsatl.org.

JF&CS Presents High School Seniors Missed Moments Group – From 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. A free weekly support group for high school seniors.

A safe place to share how COVID-19 has changed and challenged you.

Learn self-care strategies, discuss next steps after high school and more. To register for more information, uzusman@jfcsatl.org.

JF&CS Presents Teen Girls Supportive Group Chat – From 4 to 5 p.m.

Join Ina Enoch, Ph.D., and Rebecca Brown, licensed clinical social worker, for a weekly free support group. This group will be a safe space for teen girls to talk about how they are dealing with difficult issues during these unprecedented

times. To register and for more information, ienoch@jfcsatl.org.

CANDLE-LIGHTING TIMES

Cookin’ with Rabbi Ari – Live Online – From 8 to 9 p.m. Intown Jewish Academy classes and programs are designed to educate and inspire you. Get both with this live workshop of the best Shabbat and holiday recipes. Join with Zoom, www. bit.ly/2VF0ezB. Spiritual piritual Study Group – 12 Steps – From 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jeff’s Place Presents – Spiritual Study Group12 Weeks – 12 Virtual Meetings – 12 Steps. A weekly look at the 12 steps through the lens of Jewish thought.

Each week, explore one of the steps and draw on Jewish resources. Explore recent Torah portions and other spiritual ideas. For more information and to register, Rabbi@ Chabadintown.org.

Behar-Bechukotai Friday, May 15, 2020, light candles at 8:14 p.m.

Saturday, May 16, 2020, Shabbat ends at 9:14 p.m.

Bamidbar Friday, May 22, 2020, light candles at 8:19 p.m.

Saturday, May 23, 2020, Shabbat ends at 9:20 p.m.

Shavuot Candle Lighting Thursday, May 28, 2020, light holiday candles at 8:23 p.m.

Friday, May 29, 2020, light Shabbat/holiday candles at 8:24 p.m.

Friday, May 30, 2020, Shabbat/holiday ends at 9:25 p.m.

mation and to register, www.bit. ly/35unnZO.

SUNDAY, MAY 31 Breaking Through Brick Walls in Your Genealogy – From 2 to 3:30 p.m. Gary Palgon, past president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Georgia and long-time researcher, will hold a workshop to help break through brick walls. For more information, JewishGenealogy@ JGSG.org.

TUESDAY, MAY 26 Jewish Fertility Foundation Toco Hills Support Group (Virtual) – From 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Free for any woman experiencing infertility. All support groups are led by a licensed social worker. For more information and to register, www.bit.ly/2Vmts7j.

JFGA Presents Virtual LEADS 2020 – From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Talk, share and explore your Jewish identity with like-minded young adults to navigate this new time together. To register: www.bit.ly/2L1ypwe.

ONGOING: Chabad.org Presents Jewish Kids Activities Online – Jewish art projects, videos, games, activities and more.

For more information, www.bit. ly/2UgUFId. In the City Camps Presents - Virtual Camp – Every weekday afternoon from 3:30 to 4 p.m. In an effort to keep the community connected, they are giving their campers opportunities to see one another.

To watch and join in, www.bit. ly/2xhGR71.

weekday live activity sessions on their Facebook page. To participate and for more information, www.bit. ly/2wvLOcn. MJCCA Fitness – MJCCA will be posting daily workouts and conducting live workouts on the Fitness Facebook page. They also have a free option to help keep you active and working out at home. Watch here, www.bit.ly/2WHcSQz. MJCCA Book Festival – Click to view MJCCA’s upcoming Book Festival virtual events, www.bit.ly/3bk1mi7.

MJCCA Kids' Athletics –The – MJCCA Athletics program encourages kids to stay active at home while school is out for an extended period of time.

Action for Healthy Kids, a nonprofit organization that promotes a focus on health, fitness and wellness in schools, has provided some amazing resources to keep kids happy, engaged and focused on their overall health while at home. Click for activities to do at home for MJCCA’s Game On Activity Library, www.bit. ly/2wzY5MO. MJCCA BBYO – Tune in to BBYO On Demand, a new virtual experience for teens worldwide. Enjoy amazing programming and global events.

Some of the sessions will even be led by our very own Greater Atlanta Region BBYO members. For more information, www.bit.ly/2QFlCD2.

FRIDAY, MAY 29 18Doors Atlanta Presents Shavuot Shabbat with author Sarah Hurwitz – From 7 to 8 p.m. Looking for spiritual nourishment, Shabbat dinner and to connect with other interfaith couples? Join 18 Doors' (formerly Interfaith Family) Shavuot Shabbat dinner discussion, “What is Shavuot?” Meet via Zoom for dinner and discussion with author Sarah Hurwitz about her new book, “Here All Along.” Hurwitz, a renowned political speechwriter for the Obamas, rediscovers Judaism, finding insights and spiritual connection in its ancient practices and ethical traditions. For infor-

your swimming abilities top notch.

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PJ Library is Going Viral! – Mondays at 9:30 a.m., Tuesdays through Fridays at 9 a.m., and every afternoon at 2 p.m. PJ Library brings you fun, crafts, stories, Q&As, scavenger hunts, food demos and so much more every morning and every afternoon. To join in and for more information, www.bit.ly/2WzFFqh. Repair the World – Repair the World welcomes you to sign up for its programming. Join them from the comfort of your home for a discussion on compassionate care for ourselves and our community. For more information, www.bit.ly/2xhUsv5.

Virtual Hillel Connections – If you’re looking for community, connection and meaningful learning opportunities or if you’re just bored and need a distraction during Coronavirus cancellations, then you’ve come to the right place. Hillel has virtual meetups and online gatherings that bring you together with Jewish and Jew-ish students from around the world in real time! For more information: www.bit.ly/3af7wjA. Virtual Senior Center Zumba Class – DeKalb County Department of Human Services has put together a Virtual Senior Zumba Class video. To watch and join in, www.bit. ly/39hEVsl. Please send Virtual Classes & Events to jen@atljewishtimes.com.

Community Services:

Jewish Spirituality & Mysticism – Join Rabbi Hirshy for a weekly class on Jewish spirituality, mysticism and how to apply them to your personal growth in a meaningful way.

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MJCCA Blonder Department for Special Needs – Please stay tuned to the Blonder Family Department for Special Needs Facebook group for daily activities, chats, workouts and more. For more information, www. bit.ly/2Jmpl4x.

Anti-Defamation League – The CoroAntinavirus Surfaces Fear, Stereotypes and Scapegoating: A blog post from ADL to help provide accurate information, explore emotions, and most importantly, play a role in reducing stereotyping and scapegoating. To read more: www.bit.ly/3dp5a3t.

MJCCA Day Camps – Weekdays, 9 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Check in for

MJCCA Aquatics – A few things that you can work on at home to keep

Atlanta Community Food Bank Text for Help SMS Function – The At-

lanta Community Food Bank’s mission to provide nutritious food to the people who need it has reached a major milestone toward access to food for all. The Text for Help SMS function recognizes two keywords – “findfood” (no space) in English or “comida” in Spanish. Each keyword will activate automated responses in the relevant language. When a person texts either keyword to 888976-2232 (ACFB), they’ll be prompted for their zip code or address to enable location services for food pantries closest to them. Responses will include a list of three different nearby pantries and their contact information. If no pantries are located within a 10-mile radius from the zip code entered, the program provides information on the nearest food pantries in neighboring zip codes. For more information, www. acfb.org.

Atlanta tlanta Jewish Music Festival Updates – Music is a powerful force. It heals.

It can bring people together. In the wake of the tragic events over the last few weeks, AJMF has reached out to its community seeking “healing music.” To listen, www.spoti. fi/2Uuq7BB. For information about the AJMF, www.atlantajmf.org.

Israel American Council – IAC @ Home brings you the most innovative content online while continuing to build a national community with Israel at heart. With activities for kids, teens, young professionals and adults, you can stay connected to Hebrew, Israeli and Jewish heritage, online activism and to one another. IAC @Home lets you enjoy a coast-to-coast community right from your own home. For more information, www.israeliamerican. org/home.

JF&CS – Emergency Financial Assistance – JF&CS is here to provide emergency assistance for individuals and families. Please call 770-6779389 to get assistance. For more information: www.bit.ly/2wo5qzj.

JF&CS – Telehealth Counseling Services – Now offering telehealth options via phone or video conference for current and new clients to help our community during this crisis. For more information about their therapy services or to make a telehealth appointment, email us at therapy@ jfcsatl.org or call 770-677-9474.

JF&CS – Telehealth Older Adult Services – Aviv older adult staff are here to help provide resources, care plans

and support for you and your family. Call AgeWell at 1-866-AGE-WELL (1-866-243-9355) to find out how they can help. For more information, www.bit.ly/2wo5qzj.

Jewish Federation of Greater Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Resources – The unsettling, fast-moving and unpredictable world of life with COVID-19 is upon us. As we’re all discovering, a worldwide pandemic disrupts everyone on an unprecedented scale.

For updates and more information, www.bit.ly/3ahrNVM. Marcus JCC Updates – The Marcus JCC will reopen in stages around late May. The Weinstein School, The Schiff School, The Sunshine School and their Club J After-School Program are closed. For the latest updates, please see www.bit. ly/2QEAuRX. My Jewish Learning – Jewish learning resources to get you through these difficult days. For more information, www.bit.ly/3bms5dQ. YMCA of Metro Atlanta Outreach – The YMCA is activating all branch locations to deliver childcare for thousands of healthcare workers and emergency responders. They are distributing meals for early learners, families and seniors at YMCA sites, and working with the Atlanta Community Food Bank to expand food pantries and offer food distribution to the community. The YMCA has implemented Operation R.E.A.C.H. to engage our seniors and vulnerable groups during this difficult time, activating resources and support to keep them connected and healthy. For more information, www.bit.ly/3aCHjM7.

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Synagogue Live Streaming and Zoom Services: Ahavath Achim Synagogue – Participate in services live from your computer. Ahavath Achim’s Services are broadcasted from the main sanctuary and Ellman Chapel. Open to members and the community. To watch and for more information, www.bit.ly/33EJfAU. Congregation Beth Shalom’s Virtual Services – Fridays 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. and Saturdays at 9:30. For more information and additional online opportunities, please see www.bit. ly/3aDdUkX. Congregation ongregation Etz Chaim’s Virtual Morning Minyan and Shabbat Services – Sunday through Friday morning minyan at 8 a.m. Join Rabbi Daniel Dorsch for live-streaming daily morning minyan and Shabbat morning services at 10 a.m. To join, www.bit.ly/2W3ITSk. Virtual Wednesday Evening Minyan – Etz Chaim’s Sababa USY invites you to join them for Wednesday evening minyan at 6:30 p.m. They welcome the community to remotely daven with them for this virtual Mincha/ Ma’ariv service. To join, www.bit. ly/2W3ITSk. Congregation Shearith Israel – Live Stream Service – Daily and Shabbat services will continue at regular times via Zoom. They are counting participants in these live services as part of a minyan, or prayer quorum, allowing members to recite full prayer services including Mourner’s Kaddish. To participate via phone, dial 929-205-6099 and then enter the meeting code 404 873 1743. To be a part of services, visit the following Zoom link: www.bit. ly/2wnFWlD. Temple Emanu-El Live Streaming Services – Erev Shabbat, Fridays at 6:30 p.m., Shabbat Service, Saturdays at 10 a.m. and Bar/Bat Mitzvah Services Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. Join in on Facebook at: www.bit.ly/2W0BHpT. Temple Sinai Live Stream Services – Temple Sinai will have live Shabbat services on Friday night and Saturday morning. For more information and to view services, www.bit. ly/2YJf0rU. The Temple Live Streaming Services

– Find live streaming services here, www.the-temple.org.

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Volunteer Opportunities: Creating Connected Communities: www.bit.ly/3bekKNI Ways to Help Through CCC: www.bit. ly/2vAXqdN Become a Virtual Tutor: www.mindbubble.org Donate for Emergency Groceries: www.pawkids.org Provide a Meal to Homeless Women: www.rebeccastent.org.

Package and Deliver Meals Through Open Hand Atlanta: www.openhandatlanta.org/volunteer Package and deliver meals through Concrete Jungle: www.concretejungle.org/ The Atlanta Public Schools need help delivering food on bus routes as well as food distribution sites in kitchens and drive-through lines.

For more information, www./bit. ly/2Uk7lga.

JF&CS Kosher Food Pantry: www.jfcJF& satl.org.

Repair The World Resource – A one-page resource for caring for the sick and other volunteer opportunities in the time of crisis.

For more information, www.bit. ly/2JamMlQ. Cards & Care Packages for Jewish HomeLife Staff: www. bit.ly/2WDncsY & www.bit. ly/2WDncsY Second Helpings Volunteer Opportunities: www.bit.ly/2UpkxQE Help with COVID-19 – A list of additional volunteer opportunities: www.helpwithcovid.com Please send Community Service Opportunities to jen@atljewishtimes. com.

Check the Atlanta Jewish Connector for updates: www.atlantajewishconnector.com.

Connector Chatter Directory Spotlight 18Doors

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JELF

In conversation with Becky Sowemimo How long has your organization been in Atlanta?

18Doors Atlanta Innovation Hub (formerly InterfaithFamily) opened in fall 2015. We are part of a national organization, 18Doors, that first started as an online magazine in 1998 and has evolved into an international organization with Innovation Hubs in Atlanta, Boston and Chicago, and Rukin Rabbinic Fellows in 10 American cities, and one in Montreal, Canada.

How does your organization help the community?

18Doors empowers people in interfaith relationships — individuals, couples, families and their children — to engage in Jewish life and make Jewish choices, and encourages Jewish communities to welcome them. We host events where couples and families can meet in a small group, non-judgmental setting and connect around issues that are important to them.

Our website (18doors.org) has interactive and informational tools and guides about Jewish holidays and lifecycle events, plus essays, recipes, e-learning opportunities, and more to help couples and families build their confidence with Judaism. Our online officiation referral service has been connecting couples/families to clergy for their lifecycle events for over 18 years.

We also provide trainings for Jewish organizations designed to effect change from within by providing a deeper understanding of Jewish interfaith couples’ and families’ needs.

Where do you see your organization in 10 years?

We will still be connecting interfaith couples and families to each other to share stories and advice and helping couples explore how they want to bring their religious and cultural backgrounds into their new lives together because those are things that will always be needed!

Hopefully, the Atlanta Jewish community will continue to become more radically welcoming and inclusive so that every couple/family can find a supportive place to express themselves.

In conversation with Rabbi Jesse Charyn

In conversation with David Cohen How long has your organization been in Atlanta?

Our organization has been in Atlanta since 1889, when we were founded as the Hebrew Orphans’ Home. Since then, we have transformed from orphanage to a Jewish foster care service, to a purely educational mission.

How does your organization help the community?

Now JELF’s goal is to help Jewish undergrad, grad and vocational students reach their goals by providing last-dollar, interest-free loans. These loans help them earn their degree with as little interestbearing debt as possible.

Where do you see your organization in 10 years?

In 10 years we want to continue to grow so we can help as many Jewish students as possible. In 2019, JELF helped 296 Jewish students with almost $1.3 million in financial aid loans. We believe we can do more for more students across our five state region of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

Temple Beth David

How long has your organization been in Atlanta?

Temple Beth David in Snellville was founded in 1981 as the first synagogue in Gwinnett County. The founders of Temple Beth David decided that the synagogue would never have debt. Our building, which includes a sanctuary that seats 272 people, social hall, kitchen, five classrooms and two offices, plus our Youth Lounge and “Bagel Café,” were fully paid for when built. Without a mortgage or loans, we are able to keep our dues to a minimum.

How does your organization help the community?

Food drives at the High Holy Days and recently for COVID-19, toiletries for seniors, feeding first responders, volunteering at the Zaban Paradies Center. Perhaps most importantly, Temple Beth David has constant community outreach, from a Chanukah menorah lighting on the Snellville Towne Green to community seders. We are now launching a community garden and our members are active in the greater community and the Gwinnett Interfaith Alliance. Our adult education programs are open to all and have several non-Jewish participants.

Where do you see your organization in 10 years?

Our vision of our future includes needing to expand our facilities to accommodate all our members. We will also build an endowment capable of covering the salaries of our rabbi(s), cantor, educators and executive director so we can continue to offer our members the lowest possible fees. In addition, we will provide a Jewish day school and daytime summer camp. In short, our “campus” will be active, vibrant and fully engaged, attracting Jews by birth, Jews by choice, and it will be a safe, welcoming place, not only for our members, but also for those family members who may not be Jewish. We believe that Temple Beth David is one of the fastest “growing” synagogues not just in metro-Atlanta but in America. Our virtual services are now being viewed regularly by people/families from Alaska and Arizona to New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and many states in between. Our excitement and inclusiveness are palpable, welcoming and, most importantly, spiritual in every Jewish sense.

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for the coming week,” member Cary Rosenthal told the AJT. As soon as Emanu-El announced that face-toface encounters with rabbis Spike Anderson, Max Miller or Rachel Meeting on Zoom instead of in person for their “chevrah diner” are top row: Cary Rosenthal, Lee Katz and Stew Aaron; Miller had to center: Jeff Priluck, George Fox and Ray Risner; and bottom: be temporarGeorge Richfield, Alan Granath and Doug Berlin. ily suspended, Eight members of Temple Emanu-El member Lee Katz volunteered to host and a member of The Temple have been a virtual get together to continue the getting together for decades every Sat- tradition. “Within a few weeks, the nine urday morning immediately following men – some technologically challenged – became Zoom experts,” Rosenthal said.

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Icons Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue Zoom With MJCCA

By Marcia Caller Jaffe Superstar television duo Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue put their hearts and minds into 600 pages of oneon-one interviews with 40 celebrated and diverse couples who share secrets to their happy lives together. The resulting book, “What Makes a Marriage Last,” is not just another Pollyanna tale or raw expose. Only this pair could get useful and revelatory details from A-listers based on trust earned by their 166 combined years.

Thomas and Donahue will participate in a Zoom author talk May 14 in conversation with Arlene and Alan Alda that is part of the Book Festival of the MJCCA In Your Living Room series.

“We knew many of these couples, and many we did not,” Thomas said.

“They knew they could trust us with no axe to grind, … couples of all races, ages, didn’t matter. They all wanted to find their soulmates, someone who has their back and a ‘love cushion,’ with support springs underneath.”

Donahue, in his deep velvety voice, echoed, “When we met with all the couples, it was like a double date. The emphasis was on honesty, not lasciviousness. This was part of their journey. Nothing was off the record. We did not go in as reporters.” Thomas added, “Well, some consented because Phil talked them into it. Like Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Bacon were initially reluctant.”

The banter between these two was both introspective and joyful. Listen in.

Marcia: Why write this book now?

Marlo: Our 40th anniversary is this month, and we wanted to do something positive.

We started with Rosalynn’s partnership with Jimmy Carter. Actually, we met at The Carter Center in Atlanta, which I thought was wonderful. Rosalynn worked with him on the farm business initially, then sat in on his Cabinet meetings during the presidency. They were among the few who talked about the role of faith in their marriage, as did the Pogrebins about Judaism.

Marcia: How so?

Marlo: Letty and Bert Pogrebin had only known each other six months. On their honeymoon, she brought a menorah with tiny birthday candles, and he thought “I’ve married a fanatical super Jew.” On a deeper level, she talked about repairing the world and the “shonda” that her parents hid that they were di-

Courtesy of The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library // Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue

interviewed Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at The Carter Center in Atlanta.

Photo courtesy of Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue // Marlo and Phil embark on a

fascinating journey with 40 high-profile couples to create their 600-page book.

Marcia: What couples did you not

vorced previously. get?

Marcia: What’s the role of therapy and problem solving in solid marriages?

Phil: Many spoke of professional counseling as a real act of love, to seek an interpreter versus a referee so we hear each other better and don’t repeat a cycle of misunderstandings. Almost every type of challenge is mentioned in this book. Michael J. Fox’s illness, Judy Woodruff’s child with spina bifida, Jamie Lee Curtis’ addiction, Kyra Sedgwick’s financial devastation with Bernie Madoff, you name it.

Marlo: Add Mark Consuelos’ stormy times with Kelly Rippa – he threw his wedding ring out of the window – or his mistrust of her when she claimed to be “at home scrubbing toilets.” He paid her a surprise visit, and there she was with cleaning tools doing just that. Or Jessie Jackson’s wife dealing with his “indiscretion” [illegitimate child].

Marcia: Did you talk about your own marriage?

Phil: Initially I didn’t want to but thought it would not be “kosher” to refuse. It just came out naturally.

Marlo: Writing this book together was like editing a movie. After we finished an interview, we would collaborate in the car. “Wasn’t that part interesting?” Phil has written two books and I’ve written eight, so we put our thoughts together.

Remember we got married in our 40s. You have to know who you are to have a good marriage and not be some screaming baby!

Marlo: The Obamas and the Bushs, though Laura Bush was in my other book.

Michelle [Obama] has too many requests and couldn’t pick and choose.

“What Makes a Marriage Last” provides a lot of secret sauces and gut-level honesty in relationship experiences.

and Jane Wagner; Chip and Joanna Gaines; Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan; and even the oldest living married couple in the U.S. A book purchase is required to attend. Register at atlantajcc.org/bookfestival.

Thomas is an award-winning acMarcia: How has the pandemic af- tress, author, and activist whose body of work has earned her four Emmy Awards, fected you? the George Foster Marlo: NormalPeabody Award, ly for our anniversaa Golden Globe, a ry, we would go off Grammy, and into China, Indonesia duction into the or Italy. This year Broadcasting Hall we are being strict of Fame. In 2014, about staying home President Barack and cleaning all the Obama awarded deliveries with Cloher the Presidential rox like everyone Medal of Freedom, else. This year we the highest honor a will go for a walk civilian can receive. three times around Letti Pogrebin’s husband said that Thomas is also the the park (laughing). she was a “Jewish fanatic” when she brought a menorah on their honeymoon national outreach Phil: Being with tiny birthday candles. director for St. Jude home watching Marlo for three meals a day and no house- Children’s Research Hospital. This is her keeper has taught me what a “waterbug” eighth book. she is doing five things at once. It took me Donahue is a writer, producer, two weeks to figure out how to do laundry.

I knew the washing machine and dryer journalist, and media pioneer who revowere both round with windows. During lutionized the talk-show format. The this pandemic, we find that we can take “Donahue” show was honored with 20 Daytime Emmys (10 for the show, 10 for care of ourselves.

Marlo: Yes, and I’m making a mean Outstanding Host), and in 1996, Donahue was awarded a Lifetime Achievement pasta sauce.

Award for his contributions to television The Zoom presentation is scheduled journalism. He has been inducted into for 8 p.m. May 14. Hear about other couples the Academy of Television Arts & Sciencsuch as Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone; es Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the Elton John and David Furnish; Lily Tomlin George Foster Peabody Award. ì ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES MAY 15, 2020 | 47

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Frosted by Nola a Chip Off Old Block

By Marcia Caller Jaffe

ies. Depending on the day of the week, Mom or Dad drives the goodies to areas around Nola is a chip off the old block. Choco- their Brookhaven home. Here’s the tikkun late chip, that is. Atlanta Eats entrepreneur olam connection: for every two items Nola and foodie Steak Shapiro is seeing his home sells, one item is donated to nurses. “We kitchen doing double duty as daughter Nola actually let the nurses request what they want from our list ahead parlays her childhood of time. Of course we can’t passion for baking into go inside the hospital, so selling rich, gooey delecwe line up the boxes in the tables while helping hosparking lot. Upon placing pital workers. retail orders, we also ask Nola, whose name customers if they would stems from her parents' like to buy an extra item Louisiana roots, said, “A for a nurse. This is really family friend connected a unique situation we are me to the nurses, working all in right now.” so hard at Northside HosNola, who only bakes pital. Here we are housewith turquoise tools out bound wanting to show Steak Shapiro and daughter of a superstition tied with appreciation to them Nola, who started Frosted by her success, has been while I am baking for othNola homemade desserts with donations going to nurses making desserts since she er people. So it made sense at Northside Hospital. was 5 years old. She uses to put it all together,” said her two siblings as taste testers. the seventh grader at The Galloway School Frosted by Nola is upping its game by “Putting it all together” means Nola is operating a pickup-delivery dessert busi- improving packaging (turquoise, blue and ness out of her house attached to her web- pink), rolling out professional stickers and site, Frostedbynola.com, offering a variety of labels, and ordering more substantially cheesecakes, cupcakes, brownies and cook- structured boxes to allow for long distance

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strive for perfect cakes. Handling the frostshipping.

“I eventually want to go to culinary ing can be difficult. I’m a mocha girl. Mocha school, but in the shorter term, I have to de- mousse, mocha cupcakes. I’d pick chocolate cide how to fit all this in when school starts over vanilla, BUT I can do yummy vanilla things also!” she says. back in the fall.”

If you’re not drooling by now, some It’s also beneficial to have such an outother options are “Go going marketing dad. He Dawgs Red Velvet Crinkle handles the Facebook and Cookies,” “Sur la Table” alsocial media and is helpmond cookies, customizing Nola start a mini-seable sugar cookies, chocories, “Baking With Nola,” late layer cake (choice of using his Atlanta Eats two or three layers), “Ice website to drive awareCream Cone Dip Cake,” ness. She also has Youand “Bless Your Southern Tube videos.

Style Pecan Pie,” at $20.

Nola promotes her Everything is baked “with best item as chocolate a special hug from Nola.” chip cookies made with A fun one is “Diet Starts a few secrets she won’t Chocolate layer cake with Monday Fudge Brownies” reveal. Tips she will share chocolate buttercream filled with the option of adding are: “Take your butter and with mint Oreos and frosted with mint buttercream. sea salt caramel and toasteggs out before to get to room temperature. Also make the dough ed pecans. The cheesecake is called “Fuggein advance so it can be chilled and hold its tabouit.” Bet Dad had a hand in that name!

Currently there is a $5 delivery shape.” She prefers semi-sweet chocolate morsels as some customers find milk choco- charge to Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and late to be too sweet. Price is $12 for a dozen. Buckhead. “We go about 10 miles from “I use a family recipe for cheesecake, featur- our home for delivery,” Nola says. “Can’t ing the classic and key lime for $30 each. I beat that!” ì

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Georgia Holocaust Commission Commemorates 2020 Days of Remembrance

Girsch Kuklya

Warren Alifeld

“The Responsibility to Speak Out” was the theme for the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust’s 2020 Days of Remembrance event. The annual program honors Holocaust survivors and liberators, a distinguished educator and the recipients of the Student Community Service awards.

This year the event was scheduled to take place in the chambers of the Georgia House of Representatives April 24, as it has for the two previous years, but was canceled because of public health restrictions.

Instead, full text of written remarks, along with the stories and biographies of this year’s honorees can be found at https://holocaust.georgia.gov/2020-DOR. Addressing this year’s theme, Israel Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon wrote: “The Nazis and their collaborators were, to a large extent, enabled and empowered by all those who stood by, without speaking out against the hate, the persecution and the ultimate murder of six million men, women and children.”

Each year, the Days of Remembrance program honors the memory of the 6 million Jews who perished during the Holocaust with six candle lighters – survivors, liberators or their families whose individual stories are told. While the public ceremony wasn’t held, the Georgia Holocaust Commission nonetheless honors the 2020 candle lighters: Warren Alifeld, an only child who grew up in New York and West Virginia, was 18 years old before he discovered he had been born Werner Schiff in Frankfurt, Germany, and sent to the United States to adoptive parents in 1938 at the age of 2.

This selfless act by his birth mother, who later perished along with most of her family in the Holocaust, saved Warren’s life.

Ruth Heinemann and her sister survived the war after the devastation of Kristallnacht, when their mother sent them via the British Kindertransport program to live safely with a family in England for six years, eventually reuniting with surviving family members.

Girsch Kuklya, born in Riga, Latvia, represents many from Russia whose stories of Holocaust survival are not as well known. After enduring crowded ghetto conditions in the Riga Ghetto, Girsch, along with his mother and grandmother, fled to relative safety 1,500 miles away to central Asia. There Girsch, just a teenager, worked 10- to 12-hour days on a farm with little food and protection until they could safely return to Riga three years later in 1944.

Ilse Eichner Reiner was just a few months short of her 12th birthday when she was deported to the Terezin concentration camp. Both her parents had already been imprisoned after the Nazis invaded their home country of Czechoslovakia. Because of her bravery and determination, Ilse survived not only Terezin, but Auschwitz, where she lied about her age, telling the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele that she was 18 years old.

Blima and Abraham Silverman were a young couple that left Poland to begin a new life in Antwerp, Belgium, in the 1930s.

In 1942, after the Nazi invasion of Belgium, Abie was deported and sent to forced labor in a Belgian camp. Then, on his way to Auschwitz, Abie made a daring escape from the train. Though exhausted and nearly depleted of hope, Abie miraculously reunited with Blima on the streets of Antwerp where they were able to hide for the remainder of the war.

The recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Educator award is Gordon Mathis, history teacher and head of community engagement at The Galloway School. The Distinguished Educator award is given to a full-time Georgia educator who demonstrates excellence and creativity in teaching focused on the Holocaust, human rights, civic rights or character development.

The Days of Remembrance event also recognizes student leaders. The 2020 Student Community Service winners are: High school: 1st place – Clare Seymour,

Ilse Eichner Reiner

Marist School 2nd place – Asmita Jaiswal, Druid Hills High School 3rd place – George Tian, Lambert High School Middle school: 1st place – Lainey Weissman, Autrey Mill Middle School 2nd place – Anya Surani, River Trail Middle School 3rd place – Elijah Metellus, Marietta Middle School Sally Levine, executive director of the

Ruth Heinemann

Georgia Holocaust Commission, recalled the recent 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz killing camps and the critical importance of remembering.

“During these unprecedented times, we still have the obligation and responsibility to remember and honor the victims, survivors and liberators of the Holocaust, and to confront the challenges still before us. On this anniversary, with the last eyewitnesses in their twilight years, the responsibility to witness falls to us. Elie Wiesel said, ‘To hear a witness, is to become a witness, oneself.’” ì

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‘Not My Time to Die’

By Marcia Caller Jaffe When prayers went out on Facebook for Dr. Tony Levitas, the reality of the pandemic hit home.

Atlanta native and graduate of The Galloway School, Levitas has returned home from his monthlong stay at Northside Hospital.

“As a mental health professional for 30-plus years, something valuable I’ve learned is that one way we get through tragedy and loss is to try to make something good come from it. There are many opportunities for this, but you have to keep your eyes open for them,” he said.

Levitas has a master’s in counseling from Georgia State University and master’s and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology. Here he shares his journey from office to ventilator to home.

AJT: How did you contract COVD-19?

Levitas: I saw a patient in my psychology practice on March 6 who called a couple days later to state that he had been diagnosed with the virus. I got sick

on the 11th, sicker than I’ve ever been, with a high fever and horrible cough.

My girlfriend also helped save my life by getting me to the hospital on the 17th. I was on a ventilator for 17 to 18 days and finally discharged on April 13th.

AJT: How have you progressed since leaving Northside?

Levitas: I initially needed a walker but was able to walk on my own after a couple days and continue to walk daily.

I do light PT exercises and some work with weights. I still tire easily and have to listen to my body to rest when necessary. I’m susceptible to stress and anxiety and practice staying calm, breathing and meditating to combat these.

AJT: Wearing your therapist’s hat, what advice can you give to others dealing with anxiety about the virus?

Levitas: Everyone’s anxiety is high because of it and being locked down.

People miss social and physical contact and are gravely worried about finances.

The daily news reports about deaths are scary and likely retraumatizing us.

It’s important to turn the news off

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Dr. Tony Levitas is composing and recording songs about his experience.

and shield children from the horrors as much as possible. Kids need reassurance that we will get through this. It’s important to let them have their feelings and tell them it’s ok to be scared.

They also do better with structure.

Creating daily activities, lessons, games, exercise and even yoga or mediation could be helpful.

Being in the hospital for about a month with no visitors, I had time to think. I’ve vowed to make healthy changes in my life, to de-stress and strive for the three P’s: be patient, present, and positive.

It is critical to monitor your thoughts and redirect them when they go dark. Thought leads to feeling. I’m also trying to be cognizant of these reminders before I think or speak: Is it kind, helpful, necessary?

AJT: Has your awareness toward the medical professional changed?

Levitas: The staff at Northside saved my life. They were caring, professional and dedicated to their patients while under enormous pressure and stress, putting their lives on the line every day.

I will be forever grateful to them.

AJT: What has community support meant?

Levitas: This illness is extremely hard on loved ones because of the helplessness, fear and worry, and the inabili-

ty to visit in the hospital. My family, loved ones and the entire community have been incredibly inspiring and uplifting.

Not just the Jewish community; I’ve received prayers from all over the world and many different faiths. I believe this helped pull me through.

My son Graham organized a project “Tunes for Tones” where he got musicians to record and submit versions of my songs (on YouTube). In the hospital, I began writing lyrics to a new song and finished it when I got home to my guitar.

It’s called “Not My Time to Die.” My voice is still a bit weak from being on the ventilator. As soon as it strengthens, I will record the song and make it available.

AJT: How do you look forward?

Levitas: My plan is to continue focusing on healing every day and taking things super slow. I will re-evaluate where I’m at in a month and hope to start doing tele-therapy sessions via phone or video chat online.

I am immensely thankful for all the help and love I’ve received and to be alive.

Still trying to figure out why I’ve been given a second chance, but I’m determined to make something positive come from it and to help others.

They tell me I came close to not making it. Miracles do happen; I’m one of them! ì

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Jed Appelrouth and Suzanne Novella Roberts of Decatur are delighted to announce the birth of their daughter Juliette Marie Appelrouth April 15, 2020. Juliette, who weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, is the granddaughter of Arlene and the late Dr. Daniel Appelrouth of Atlanta, and Anne Fletcher of North Carolina.

Juliette is the niece of Michelle (Appelrouth) and Yosefi Seltzer, of Silver Spring, Md., Rabbi David and Dalia Appelrouth of Toronto, John and James Morrall, and David, Michelle and Kelli Roberts.

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Chocolate Chip Streusel Cake Cooking and prep: 1 hour Serves: 12 Preference: Pareve Difficulty: Easy This deliciously moist chocolate chip streusel cake gives you a little of everything: airy fluffiness from the cake and crunchiness from the streusel topping. This cake won’t last long in your kitchen. It’s sure to be a winner with both adults and kids!

6 ounces margarine 1 ½ cups sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon coffee, dissolved in ¼ cup hot water ¾ cup water 3 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar 1 cup chocolate bits Topping ¾ cups brown sugar 2/3 cups ground nuts 2 ounces margarine 2 teaspoons cinnamon 4 tablespoons flour Preheat oven to 350 F. Beat margarine and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, coffee and water.

Reduce speed and add dry ingredients. Pour into 9-by-13-inch pan.

Mix all ingredients for topping until crumbly. Sprinkle over cake.

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JEWISH JOKE OF THE WEEK

Jewish Mothers of Celebs “After all the money we spent on braces, is that the biggest smile you can give me?”

- Mona Lisa’s Jewish mother.

“I don’t care what you’ve discovered, you could have still written.”

- Columbus’ Jewish mother.

“Of course I’m proud you invented the electric light bulb. Now be a good boy and turn it off and go to bed.”

- Thomas Edison’s Jewish mother.

“But it’s your bar mitzvah photo. Couldn’t you do something about your hair?”

-Albert Einstein’s Jewish mother.

“That’s a nice story. So now tell me where you’ve really been for the last 40 years.”

-Moses' Jewish mother.

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YIDDISH WORD OF THE WEEK Feh, Fe

‫ֿפע‬‎ Literally meaning yuck. An expression of disgust or contempt.

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grandmother Leona Targonsky, and her great-aunt Idlene Slaff. ì The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta planned the move to their new home at Spring Street from the old Peachtree Road location. They also received a $1 million endowment in April by the Chatham Valley Foundation for the Breman Jewish Heritage Center. The Selig family donated the Midtown property, which was the biggest gift ever made to Federation at the time.

They anticipated relocating beginning December 1995.

The Selig family donated this property on Spring Street to the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, which was previously located on Peachtree Road.

25 Years Ago // May 12, 1995 ì Tanya and Bill Robbins announced the birth of their daughter, Leora Chaya, on April 9. Leora’s big sister was Hadassah, 3. Leora Chaya was named in memory of her great-

50 Years Ago // May 15, 1970 ì The Southern Region Workmen’s Circle posthumously honored Michel Merlin for his work. Merlin founded the Southern region chapter of the organization half a century before, and his widow Bessie Berlin received a plaque for his work. A $3,500 gift was given to the new Jewish Home, which was under construction at the time. The gift was accepted by George Landsman, Jewish Home executive, and Bill Breman, Home president. ì Dr. and Mrs. Jack M. Levin of Atlanta invited their relatives and friends to attend the bat mitzvah of their daughter, Audrey, May 15 at Ahavath Achim Synagogue. The service was followed by an oneg Shabbat. ì ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES MAY 15, 2020 | 55

OBITUARIES

Esther Behar Barrocas

Alexander Berman

Esther Behar Barrocas, 92, of Johns Creek, Ga., passed away May 1, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. She is preceded in death by her husband of nearly 60 years, Salvador Barrocas.

Mrs. Barrocas was born Placetas, Cuba, and raised in Havana, then moved to Atlanta in 1954 after marrying the love of her life. She will be remembered for her grace, beauty, virture and warm heart. Her smile was radiant and will remain imprinted in the memories of all who knew her.

She enjoyed sewing and excelled in cooking, especially Cuban cuisine. She loved to spend time with her family, movies, time at the beach, travel and adventures.

Mrs. Barrocas is survived by daughters Luna (Paul) Cygielman and Estrella (Michael) Hessing; grandchildren Michelle (Greg) Gimpelevich, Leah (Randy) Parris, Jonathan Hessing and Scottie Hessing; great-granddaughters Rozalia and Sasha Gimpelevich; a large and loving family, and dear friends.

In addition, she leaves behind Jaqueline Flood, Shenika Echols, Norma Tijerena, Olga Munos and Lourdes Nelson, who provided dignified and compassionate care and soon became family to Mrs. Barrocas.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation, specifically for Scottish Rite Hospital TICU, 3395 NE Expressway, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA. 30341, or Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Development Office, 1762 Clifton Road, Suite 1400, Atlanta, GA. 30322.

Services were held May 4 at Greenwood Cemetery. Attendance was limited to 10 family members. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Alexander Berman died April 28, 2020, at the beautiful age of 51. He passed away as he lived – quickly, breaking all rules, and without warning.

Alex, or Sasha, as he was known to all who loved him, was a kind, generous, energetic man. He gave all he had, he loved with abandon, and he enjoyed life. He had an acute awareness of the importance of a life lived with the ones you love. His appetite for life was evident to everyone who knew him. Sasha enjoyed the finer things: fast cars, fashionable clothes, delicious food. He was also extremely knowledgeable and could debate the intricacies of Bulgakov and Lermontov for hours. He quoted Dostoevsky. He knew history. He loved poetry. He was a hit at any party, a great conversationalist, and a loyal friend.

Alex had many entrepreneurial pursuits and amazed everyone with ideas upon ideas, all of which he tried to bring to life with his tremendous vigor and focus. He was an optimist at heart, never losing faith in his next project.

In his personal life, Sasha was lucky enough to have spent over 20 years with his wife Margarita. Together, they had a beautiful daughter. He was also very close with his parents, whom he adored. He looked exactly like his father and the two could often be mistaken for each other from afar.

The ancient Greeks didn’t write obituaries. They only asked one question when a man died: did he have passion? Alex Berman was a man of passion, of insatiable hunger for life.

He left us far too soon. Too many projects are left unfinished. Too many trips not taken. Too many embraces not given. Too many “I love yous” not spoken. Too many dinners not enjoyed together. Too many jokes not told. Too many days will now start without his presence in our lives. May his memory be a blessing.

Alex is survived by his wife Margarita; daughter Ellina; parents Vladimir and Rita; sister Vita; brother-in-law Alex; nieces Alla and Maya; and many loving cousins, aunts, uncles and friends.

The funeral was held April 30 at Crest Lawn Memorial Park in Atlanta.

In memory of Alex, please hug your loved ones extra hard.

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Minna Brown Beninati 91, Atlanta

Minna Brown Beninati, 91, of Atlanta, passed away at home April 22, 2020, after a brief illness. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Julia and Morris Cohen. Minna married the late Donald Brown of New York and spent many happy years in Winston-Salem, N.C., raising their three children Jeff, Eileen and Darcy. They moved to Atlanta in 1978 to be closer to their grown children as they were both passionate about family. After Donald’s passing in 1987, Minna later married Angelo Beninati, a gregarious Italian from New York, who we all loved. They would have celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary this month.

Minna deeply loved her family and friends, and actually everyone she came in contact with. She was a true people person and would always hold your hand as she sat and talked to you. Minna loved to have passionate conversations about current events as well as reading, traveling, and sports, especially the UNC Tarheels.

Survivors include her husband Angelo; children Jeff Brown, Eileen (Marty) Friedman, and Darcy (Joe) Oxman; six grandchildren Elliott (Heather) Friedman, Scott Friedman, Melissa (Ari) Shapiro, Brian (Bridget) Oxman, Mallory (Kyle) Hoidal, and Graham (Kelley) Brown.

Minna adored each and every member of her family and strived to be a constant fixture in their daily lives. She loved large family events centered around home-cooked Italian dinners.

She was an adored mother and nanny by all of us and will be sorely missed every day.

A private family funeral was held at Crest Lawn Memorial Park April 24. Donations will be graciously accepted to Temple Sinai and Weinstein Hospice. A memorial service will be held later this summer for family and friends to gather and celebrate Minna’s life.

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David Terry Bernath 72, Jacksonville, Fla.

David Terry Bernath, 72, passed away suddenly at home in Jacksonville, Fla., April 29, 2020. He was born in Atlanta in 1948 to Albert and Sarah Bernath, both Hungarian immigrants. David grew up at Atlanta’s Ahavath Achim Synagogue, where he became a bar mitzvah in 1961. He attended both Northside High School and Marist School, and went on to graduate from the University of Tennessee in 1971.

David returned to Atlanta to work for the family business, A&D Barrel & Drum Co., for a number of years. To those who knew him, David deeply loved his friends and family. Carrying a big grin and original distinct laugh, what he enjoyed more than anything was a good family gathering around delicious food. A lifelong Atlantan, David knew every back road and was a true son of the city. Having a great allegiance to all Atlanta franchises, he always had a ballgame on but never hesitated to wear his Tennessee orange when the family visited Athens for Bulldog games.

David was a fun-loving guy who involved himself and immersed himself into the lives of his children. A dedicated fan to all of us, he cheered at every competition and game, and looked forward to seeing his kids perform and compete.

David is survived by his wife Sue; sons Adam and Zach Bernath; daughters Erin (Seth) Fallick and Jamie Bernath; stepchildren, Melanie (Todd) Lowther, Jaclyn (Roger) Maldonado, and Alexis (Patrick) Dawson; grandchildren Abraham, Alexandra, Andrew, Kyle, Ellis Anne, Levi, Marc, and Paige; and sister, Loretta (Ken) Toppell.

David was preceded in death by his first wife Robyn Bernath, whom he married in 1970.

Due to COVID-19, Zoom services to honor David’s memory were May 3, followed by a private burial. Please contact the family or refer to www.dresslerjewishfunerals.com for details and to sign the online guestbook. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

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OBITUARIES

Mary Weitzman Caplan 96, Atlanta

Mary Caplan, 96, passed away in Atlanta Dec. 17, 2019, while holding the hands of her daughter Arlene Caplan Appelrouth and her grandson Jed Ian Appelrouth.

Mary, born Yetta Weitzman, was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Mariam and Gershon Weitzman of Radom, Poland, who had immigrated to Canada in 1922.

Mary grew up in Montreal where she was educated and worked in the Park Avenue Bakery, owned by her parents. She moved to New York in 1943, when she married Bernard Caplan of Pittsburgh. She changed her legal name to Mary.

In 1956, she and Bernie moved to Miami, where they raised their two children, Arlene and Barry. Tragically, her son Barry Leonard Caplan died in 1967, the victim of a car accident. She often said her son’s death was the most painful event of her life.

She and Bernie were married for 62 years until 2006, when her soulmate succumbed to cancer at the age of 90.

Everyone said Mary had a green thumb. She enjoyed gardening and loved sharing the mangoes, papayas, bananas and orchids that filled her backyard. Mary enjoyed a career working as an administrator for Lorah Park Elementary School in Dade County, where Clyde Brewer was principal.

She loved dancing and singing karaoke in her retirement community in Pembroke Pines. She frequently called her son-in-law, Dr. Daniel Appelrouth (of blessed memory) and the two would sing duets on the phone.

Mary was a vivacious woman who remained young at heart into her 90s. A romantic, she was happiest when in a romantic relationship. After grieving the loss of her husband for several years, she began dating again in her late 80s and 90s. She had a strong belief that everyone should be married. She continually reminded her middle grandson, Jed Appelrouth, that she wanted to dance at his wedding. Jed was in his 40s when he finally told his Bubbie she would get her wish. Surrounded by friends and family at an elegant wedding at Atlanta’s High Museum, Jed led a dance with his grandmother during the reception of his wedding to Suzanne Novella Roberts.

They became proud parents of a daughter on April 15 and named her Juliette Marie after Mary, who died three months after having a stroke. She had moved to Atlanta two days before her passing.

Mary is also survived by grandchildren Michelle (Yosefi) Seltzer of Silver Spring, Md., and Rabbi David (Dalia) Appelrouth of Toronto, Canada; nine great-grandchildren Raphael, Yehoshua, Yisroel Meir, Chana Perel, Nissan Tzvi and Hadassah Miriam of Toronto, Elliott Bernard and Caroline Seltzer of Silver Spring, and Juliette Marie of Atlanta; two younger brothers Abe (Rhoda, of blessed memory) and Henry (Ethel) of Montreal and South Florida; many cousins in Canada and America and many friends, including special friend Josie Tavone of Florida.

Mary was buried in Miami, Fla., next to her husband Bernard.

Elizabeth Mehler Cohen 79, Atlanta

Elizabeth “Lisa” Mehler Cohen, 79, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully April 16, 2020, in Los Angeles, Calif. Lisa, formerly of Atlanta, and Vail, Colo., courageously battled early-onset Alzheimer’s disease for over 20 years.

She is survived by her husband Dr. David Max Cohen, to whom she was married for 56 years; sister Dorothy Mehler Goihman and brother Robert Mehler, both of Miami; daughters Karen Cohen (Chris) Segal of Glencoe, Ill., and Nancy Cohen (Stephen) Paul of Beverly Hills; son Michael David (Sharon) Cohen of New York City; and eight grandchildren Andrew, Jonathan, and Caroline Segal, Spencer, Matthew, and Claire Paul, and William and Daniel Cohen.

A private burial service was held in Vail, April 20. There will be an in-person memorial service to honor Lisa when circumstances allow. In honor of Lisa’s memory, the family requests donations be made to any of the following organizations: Brandeis University, Alzheimer’s Association, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s or B’nai Vail Congregation.

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OBITUARIES

Charlotte Ween Binder Engstrom 83, Atlanta

Charlotte Ween Binder Engstrom, 83, passed away May 4, 2020, from COVID-19. She was the daughter of Morris and Frieda Ween, a native Atlantan, graduate of Samuel Inman Elementary and Henry Grady High Schools, and attended the University of Georgia, where she met her future husband Jerry Binder.

Charlotte was widowed twice. In 1982, her husband and father of her children, Jerry Binder, died of heart failure in his mid-40s. Charlotte worked, before and after his passing, for Weight Watchers of Greater Atlanta and became their most sought-after lecturer for many years. Her meetings were like a revival, and members came from far and near to be inspired by her enthusiasm. After she had been widowed for a number of years, she met and married Richard Engstrom and a few years later, due to his declining health, she became his caregiver.

She always loved animals and created an at-home pet care service while their owners traveled. Richard passed away after a lengthy illness and it was then her health began to decline.

Charlotte is survived by her daughter Susan Binder of DeLand, Fla.; son and daughter-inlaw David and Ellen Binder; grandchildren Jeri Lynn (Jason) Block, Adam and Trisha Binder, and Brian Binder (Jessica Moon); great-grandchildren Jacob Block and Max Binder; sister and brother-in-law Harriet and Bo Koonin; nieces and nephews Eydie and Steve Koonin , Lisa Koonin and Sam Solomon; special friend Cathy Griffith; as well as many cousins and aunts. The family is requesting, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: The William Breman Jewish Home or Weinstein Hospice, both located at 3150 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, GA 30327. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Norman David Freid 78, Snellville

Norman David Freid, 78, passed away May 3, 2020. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend to many. Norman was born during World War II in Bronx, N.Y., the son of Mack and Rachel Freid. He grew up in New York and Tampa, Fla., attended Tulane University in New Orleans and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Fla., and interned at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, where he first met Barbara Hanford, his wife-to-be. He completed his three-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Emory University/Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, in 1970 and married Barbara that same year.

He was a retired gynecologic and obstetric physician and surgeon who always felt blessed to be able to make his living practicing a profession he loved so much. After his residency and marriage, he went into the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant commander and was stationed at Naval Air Station Albany, Ga., where he was in charge of the small hospital on base there for two years. He then did a fellowship in infertility at the LA County USC Medical Center located in Los Angeles, where he and his wife lived for a year.

In July 1973 he decided to start a solo private practice back in Georgia in the then small town of Snellville in Gwinnett County. He was the first OB/GYN specialist in the south part of the county. He loved and served this community for all of his professional career. He was instrumental in bringing a full-service hospital and served as the first chief of staff of Gwinnett Community Hospital, now known as Eastside Medical Center, currently with two campuses in Snellville that have provided medical care to the community now for four decades.

He delivered babies for his first 12 years and enlarged his practice with several excellent physicians. In 1985 he decided to leave the group practice and continue a solo practice in gynecology and infertility. This enabled him to focus on his great love for the next 17 years – gynecologic surgery.

Norman loved physical challenges and approached life with great good humor and a spirit of adventure. A runner of multiple marathons, he often spent his spare time with family and life-long friends seeking the next fun experience, running, on his bike or in the water.

Snow and water skiing, in-line skating, kayaking and horseback riding were all parts of his adventuresome spirit. These activities extended to a love of volunteer work with Camp Big Heart in Winder, Ga., where for many summers he captained the pontoon boat for hundreds of mentally challenged children. He also was a founding and active member of Temple Beth 58 | MAY 15, 2020 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

David, mentoring a number of young people over the years. He was a co-founder of the Gwinnett Community Clinic in 1989, a minimal cost clinic for patients with little or no insurance.

He loved fundraising for the clinic, which for many years benefited financially from proceeds from Run the Reagan road race, for which he also loved planning, volunteering and participating.

Most of all, Norman loved his family. He is survived by his beloved wife of 50 years Barbara; their two daughters and their husbands: Jessica and Stuart Beattie and Alison and William Smith. He is the beloved PopPop to his five wonderful grandchildren: Tyler, Will, C.J., Joey and Sarah. Other survivors include his brother and lifelong best friend Joel and his wife Ellie; beloved sister-in-law, along with their three children and spouses: Gerri and Jeff Kramer, Mark and Stephanie Freid, and Elizabeth and Devon Vocke; six great nieces and nephews: Max and Ethan, Jacob, Sophie and Joseph, and Mirabelle; many loving cousins and many, many friends.

He will be greatly missed by all.

Due to the public health crisis his graveside service for immediate family only was May 5, at Eternal Hills Memory Gardens in Snellville. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations to Temple Beth David, P.O. Box 865, Snellville, GA 30078 or to Abbey Hospice Foundation, P.O. Box 68, Social Circle, GA 30025.

Barbara and the entire Freid family want to extend a special thank you to Empathy Senior Care caregivers: Jean-Marie Musabandesu, Brian Chitomfwa and Kelvin Sanjase for their excellent care to our beloved Norman over the past year. Their compassion and skill helped to ease our way on this difficult journey. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770451-4999.

Shirley Hodes Millender 79, Atlanta

Shirley Hodes Millender, an Atlanta resident for 55 years, departed this life on April 29, 2020, following a long struggle with multiple illnesses.

Shirley was born in Chattanooga on April 18, 1941, to Philip D. and Bessie Hodes. She was one of five children and was the second born of the well-known Hodes Triplets, inasmuch as births of triplets were few and far between in her generation. A photo of the triplets appeared in Time magazine in 1942, as a gesture of patriotism. The photographer pictured the infant triplets sitting on a table alongside a Dachshund draped in an American flag, with the caption, “Three Dots and a Dash.”

She attended the public schools of Chattanooga, graduated from Chattanooga High School and then obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia. She was a popular co-ed on campus, an active member of Sigma Delta Tau sorority, where she was rush chair, and also served on the sweetheart court of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. She majored in clothing and textiles as she was extremely talented in sewing and design, and used her talents in her long career in retail sales of bridalwear and men’s formalwear. She designed and made wedding dresses and executed complicated alterations on wedding gowns. She enjoyed her daily occupation in these endeavors at the former Regina Bridal store and Formal Atlanta at Lenox Square and then at Phipps Plaza. Shirley “held court” in these positions and enjoyed engaging in conversation with her many friends and customers who would regularly come in, if not to make a purchase, to simply say hello and chat. She outfitted many brides, bridesmaids and debutantes from some of Atlanta’s most notable families.

While maintaining a full career, Shirley ran a fully functioning household and was a guiding force in the upbringing of her children Michael and Margaret. She and her husband kept a traditionally observant Jewish home and gave their children a maximum elementary Jewish education at the Greenfield Hebrew Academy (now Atlanta Jewish Academy). In addition, Shirley entertained annually with traditional festive meals for many guests for Sabbaths, at Passover seders and large luncheons on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, following religious services. She instilled in them, through her forceful personality, the importance of strict moral behavior and the dictum to associate with those of their contemporaries who were products of similar character.

She was a life-long member of Hadassah and the Ahavath Achim Synagogue Sisterhood.

Shirley enjoyed assisting her husband in his productions for the synagogue’s cultural arts series, which presents public chamber music concerts in its chapel. Shirley would sit at the welcoming table and greet guests, many of whom she was personally familiar. Her style of communication and persuasion always resulted in a sizeable increase in donations.

She will be greatly missed by her family and all those who loved and respected her. May her good deeds and virtue proceed her soul to Heaven and into the arms of the Eternal and may He grant her the peace and contentment which she deserves.

Shirley is survived by her loving and devoted husband Ivan Millender; son Michael J. (Ellen) Millender, of Portland, Oregon; daughter Margaret Millender (Gregory) Musa, of Char-

OBITUARIES lotte, N.C.; four loving granddaughters Sarah Millender and Abigail Millender of Portland, and Rachel Musa and Hannah Musa of Charlotte; sister Beverly Hodes (Edward) Gilbert of Gainesville, Fla.; brother Dr. Irwin (Nancy) Hodes of Nashville; sister-in-law, Carole Hodes, wife of her late brother, Dr. Leonard Hodes of Signal Mountain, Tenn.; several nieces, nephews, greatnieces, great-nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her eldest brother Albert (Naomi) Hodes of Gadsden, Ala. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Congregation Ahavath Achim or Atlanta Jewish Academy. A graveside funeral was live-streamed May 1, at Greenwood Cemetery in Atlanta. Rabbi Neil Sandler, of Ahavath Achim Synagogue officiated. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Judith Grossman Pomper 85, Atlanta

Judith Irene (Judy) Grossman Pomper passed away peacefully April 16 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was born June 3, 1934, in New York City to Anne (Quat) and David Grossman. She and her brother, Stan, grew up in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. On Oct. 3, 1953, Judy married Dr. Seymour (Sy) Pomper. They settled first in Norwalk, Conn., where Judy graduated from the University of Bridgeport. They later moved to Stamford, Conn., where they lived for over 50 years, and where Judy enjoyed a successful career as a real estate broker. Judy’s life was centered around her family and the Jewish community.

Judy joined the board of directors of Jewish Family Services of Fairfield County, where she created and developed a group of “friendly visitors” to call on Jewish residents in local senior citizen facilities. In 2003, Judy received an award from the governor of Connecticut for her efforts on behalf of Russian Jewry as well as recognition from JFS. Judy always said that her middle name was “fun.” When Sy retired, they travelled the world together. In 2006, Judy and Sy moved to Atlanta, Ga., where their daughter and her family lived and where Judy found more ways to give back to the community.

Judy and Sy were married almost 67 years; their marriage was the epitome of true love, respect and partnership. Judy cared deeply about her family, her faith and her community.

Her winning combination of sunny optimism and unshakable determination made her a beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, valued friend, and colleague. Judy was truly an Ayshet Chayil.

She is survived by her husband Sy; brother Stan Grossman, four children: Joseph, Laurie (Yakis) Grannat, Roni (Arthur) Tillem, and William; six grandchildren: Yinon (Leah) Grannat, Eliya (Elazar) Grannat-Bashan, Bnaya (Rotem) Grannat, Alix (Paul) Johnson, David (Jessica) Tillem, and Nicole (Alex) Chanson; and seven great-grandchildren. She will be sorely missed by the many people whose lives she touched. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Jewish Family Services of Fairfield County (ctjfs.org) or Congregation B’nai Torah (bnaitorah.org). Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Max Shaffer 94, Atlanta

Max Shaffer, 94, died at home May 1. He was a man who didn’t need a lot to be happy — he just was. He loved life. He sang when he walked down the street and relished being “up.”

He loved cowboy movies in his recliner, cold Coca-Colas, and the lottery tickets he purchased nearly daily. He loved gliding across the dance floor with his beautiful bride of 70 years Freida Lee Frankel; sharing everything bagels at a weekly lunch with his daughter Janece; toasting Friday night with a Scotch and his son Ken; and traveling with his son Steve for a boy’s weekend in Vegas. He never ended a call with family without asking, “Have I told you that I loved you today?”

If given the chance Max would gladly tell you about the time he met the Pope in Rome after the war or when the song he wrote, “Love Me Little Love One” was performed by Marvin Fields on Atlanta television in the 1950s.

Max was also a man of great faith. He started and ended every day of his life with prayer.

He was the grandson of a rabbi who helped settle a new Jewish community in Cork Ireland 80 years ago. He had dreams of being a cantor when he was a boy and then later a doctor. After earning a business degree from the University of Georgia, he spent his career in retail — owning a grocery store and then a liquor store.

Max was a twin and the youngest of Esther and Sam Shaffer’s six children: Hyman, Sol, Hank, Joe and Gertrude. He was raised in a brick home on Pulliam Street in now downtown Atlanta and attended Atlanta’s Boy’s High. He left home for the first time as a skinny, 18-yearold drafted into the service during World War II. He remembered Army life vividly, being the last one to finally make it over the wall in basic training, making lifelong friends and firing a

gun so hot that it was nearly impossible to hold. Forty years after his service ended, Max was awarded the Bronze Star for his bravery in crossing enemy territory to deliver a necessary dispatch.

Max leaves no one uncertain of how he felt about them. He loved unabashedly and unconditionally, and the love came back to him in great abundance. He will be missed and forever treasured by his family.

He is survived by his wife Freida Lee Frankel; son and daughter-in-law Steve Shaffer and Sue Miller of Boca Raton, Fla.; son Kenneth Shaffer of Atlanta; daughter and son-in-law Janece Shaffer and Bill Nigut of Atlanta; grandchildren Sydney Shaffer, Mickey Shaffer, Bill Nigut, Caroline Hollingsworth, Emma Nigut, Rob and Karen Miller; great-grandchildren Ella and Olivia Miller, and Julien Roizen.

There was a closed service for family May 4. Donations may be made in memory of Max Shaffer to Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, Weinstein Hospice or any charity of choice. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999

Samuel Aron Silbiger 96, Atlanta

Samuel Aron Silbiger, Shmuel Aron Ben Chava v Nathan Akiva, a man strong at heart and will, passed away on April 12, 2020. He was born Oct. 27, 1923. Originally from Oswiecim, Poland, Sam met many obstacles and adventures in his life but never lost his joyful and optimistic spirit. During the Holocaust, he survived several work camps, including at Auschwitz.

He boarded the famous Altalena bound for Israel to fight in the Irgun as a freedom fighter for Israel. He then returned to Germany, breaking borders, where he met the love of his life before emigrating to the U.S. in 1956. He lived the American dream with his own grocery store and real estate investments. No matter the obstacle, he found the humor in life, told his story, and loved living every day. Married for 64 years, he leaves behind his loving wife Margot Melzer Silbiger; daughter Eva Silbiger; grandchildren Allie Hauser, Jessica (Kyle) Goldich, Ilissa (Brian) Feiler, Samantha Paulen; and great-grandchildren Annabelle Hauser and Sophia Goldich. Read more of his story at tinyurl.com/SamSilbiger. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Aubrey Wolf 83, Atlanta

It is with much sadness that we announce the passing of our cherished patriarch, Aubrey Wolf. He died April 25, 2020, at age 83. We are heart sore to imagine a world without the kindness, humility and humor he exhibited throughout his life. Aubrey never spoke a bad word, and cared deeply for the people and causes he believed in. His life was a case study on how to live with integrity. His bravery and passion were factors that led him to serve in the Israeli army as a young man, where he met his adoring wife of 61 years and created a foundation that is the moral touchpoint for his family.

Aubrey consistently lived a principled life and it was the importance of family that led him to start over in Atlanta later in life to be close to his children and grandchildren. His depth of character and the richness of his life experiences are reflected in his beautiful artwork that captures his love of nature, keen observations and tendency to see and create beauty in everyday life.

A dedicated family man and member of his community, he was adored by everyone who met him, and is universally regarded as the embodiment of a true mensch.

Aubrey was fun, adventurous, inquisitive and intelligent. He was understated and humble. He loved warmth and was happiest on a beach or at a party. We are so grateful for the magic he brought to our lives. A beautiful human being inside and out, Aubrey truly made the world a better place. He enriched peoples’ lives with his presence. We can only hope to honor his legacy by working each day to do better and be better.

Aubrey is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren, siblings, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends who were family. He will be missed. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

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CLOSING THOUGHTS They Showed Me How Mo t h e r ’ s Day is a great time to acknowledge some of the women, other than my own remarkable mother, who taught and Chana Shapiro nurtured me.

My friend Liz Stark’s mother was different from the other mothers I knew. She baked and cooked with ingredients I’d never heard of, made her own beautiful clothes and grew flowers and vegetables in a huge backyard, where she had constructed a sturdy trellis that supported grapevines.

It was the late 50s before DIY (Do It Yourself) became a movement. Mrs. Stark drove a “woody” station wagon in which she kept handmade pots, potting soil, oil paints, an easel and canvases. These supplies enabled her to stop at a moment’s notice to pick up an intriguing plant or spend a few hours painting al fresco. The Starks were wealthy and generous, and I

knew that Mrs. Stark designed and sewed the gowns she wore to the tributes and fundraisers she and her husband attended. Liz and I were always welcome in Mrs. Stark’s sewing room, kitchen, studio and garden, where we stained our clothes, got dirty, and learned the pleasures of making things with our own hands.

Augusta Gottlieb was the kind of high school English teacher some kids hate.

I loved her, and she got hold of me and wouldn’t let go. She made us read hard books, write every day and discuss and debate endlessly. Some of us were strongarmed into entering competitions and contributing to magazines that featured the work of teenagers. One evening, I was sitting at the kitchen table. Having finished my homework, I was crafting an ode to my boyfriend, a guitar-playing wouldbe poet whom Mrs. Gottlieb did not like.

The phone rang. It was Mrs. Gottlieb making sure that I wasn’t wasting my time doing anything “frivolous.” I was supposed to be writing for a citywide contest. It’s a good thing I obeyed my teacher because I did merit an award, … just a few weeks before my poetic breakup. When I got to

college, I turned in a paper for a freshman creative writing class. On the cover sheet, the professor wrote, “Nice Work. Was Augusta Gottlieb your English teacher?”

Apparently, Mrs. Gottlieb’s educational tough love had gotten around.

When my husband and I moved to the Bronx as newlyweds, I was introduced to Edith, who became my closest friend. She painted her regulation apartment refrigerator bright blue, years before common folk could afford colorful appliances. She knew New York’s Lower East Side like the back of her hand and identified the best place to buy underwear, kosher cheese and colored pencils. She had a million plants and just as many pieces of sparkling cookware, all of this in a one-bedroom apartment that also featured a round wooden trestle table at which we played Scrabble while I did my laundry in her mini washing machine.

Edith had a lot of challenges in her life, including a low income and poor health. She taught me that laughter is the best medicine and exploring a new neighborhood can be a grand adventure.

I worked with Hope, who taught art.

Our principal respected her, the teachers

liked working with her, and the students adored her. She taught me that the most important things in school often happen before and after class, and she understood that complex issues often begin with seemingly minor ones. Hope was a lot of fun, an out-of-the-box thinker and problem-solver. If I wanted to adapt a non-kosher recipe, Hope, who wasn’t Jewish, figured out clever kosher alternatives.

For my sister-in-law’s wedding, I didn’t want to pay for new footwear to match my expensive dress. Hope suggested using a complementary color of paint (not dye), with which I was able to transform a pair of black leather shoes buried in the back of my closet. When I told her I was moving to Atlanta, Hope wrote and illustrated a satire of my soon-to-be life among kudzu, highlighting its milk-or-meat compatibility and unappreciated nutritional power.

As usual, she was onto something.

I never wonder about nature versus nurture. It’s true that I walk, talk, argue and laugh like my parents, but without these women and many more, I would never, for better or worse, have become me. ì

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