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Hadassah Launches Drive to Cure Cancer Macon Polls Draw Jewish Monitoring By Michael Jacobs mjacobs@atljewishtimes.com

The gala celebration of Hadassah’s 100th birthday in Atlanta featured at least one surprise: the start of the Israeli answer to the U.S. National Cancer Moonshot to cure cancer. The American initiative, announced by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address in January and led by Vice President Joe Biden, is a multipronged effort to make a decade’s worth of advances in five years, beginning with a down payment of $1 billion in public money. The response from the Start-Up Nation: a two-year campaign to raise $5.8 million in private money to build a Hadassah cancer research complex in Jerusalem, focused on advancing the immunology protocol developed by Hadassah oncologist Michal Lotem. The effort was announced by a surprise speaker at the Hadassah gala: Stewart Greenberg, a Florida man diagnosed with metastatic melanoma five years ago. As he recounted to the crowd Sunday night, Oct. 30, at the Grand Hyatt in Buckhead, the top American experts in skin cancer told him nothing could be done and he had only months to live. He joined a mission to Israel, thinking it would be his last chance to see the Holy Land, and while he was there, he got

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Supporters of Chabad of North Fulton are ready to celebrate 18 years of Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz’s community building in the Alpharetta area. Page 22

In the closing moments of Hadassah Greater Atlanta’s centennial celebration Sunday night, Oct. 30, event co-chair Martha Jo Katz (left) and honoree Renée Rosenheck announce the winner of a door prize providing a stay at a luxury hotel in Israel. More from the gala, Page 9

Stewart Greenberg recounts how a Hadassah medical innovation saved his life after the top American experts on melanoma gave him only months to live. That was five years ago. Now Greenberg and his wife, Maggie, are leading the fundraising for Hadassah’s planned cancer research center.

an appointment to see Lotem, who had the lifesaving treatment. Two decades ago, she developed a way to use tumor cells to create a vaccine that spurs the patient’s immune system to destroy the malignant cells. That Greenberg is alive to lead the Hadassah fundraising drive to expand Lotem’s work is proof that her immunotherapy worked for him, with the help of booster shots to recharge his immune response every nine months. “I feel the civil war going on in my body” after each booster, Greenberg said. Unlike chemotherapy or radiation, immunotherapy doesn’t kill healthy cells. Greenberg also differentiated

Lotem’s vaccine approach from the focus on drugs in American immunotherapy. By moving the research from Lotem’s closet-size lab to a new building with five cutting-edge labs, cold rooms and other necessities, he said, Hadassah will be able to execute a plan to destroy other cancers and eventually to prevent them through the same immunization approach that all but eradicated polio and other diseases. “How wonderful would it be for us not to worry about cancer striking our loved ones?” Greenberg asked before giving the more than 400 people at the gala the chance to make the first donations to the cause. ■

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As many as 50 members of The Temple will spend all or part of Election Day in Macon-Bibb County with a Reform-led effort to safeguard voting rights. This is the first presidential election since 1964 that Georgia hasn’t faced special Voting Rights Act scrutiny. Georgia also joined Kansas and Alabama in seeking permission (blocked in September by a federal appeals court) to require proof of citizenship from would-be voters registering by mail with a federal form. The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism’s Nitzavim voter protection and participation project, launched in mid-August with the NAACP, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law and others, has identified MaconBibb as a Georgia municipality where voting rights are particularly threatened. Macon-Bibb tried to move a polling place used by a high percentage of black voters to the Sheriff’s Office. Rabbi David Spinrad of The Temple said such seemingly colorblind steps can be used for racist ends. Moving a polling place out of a neighborhood can serve as a de facto poll tax by adding the expense of transportation and lost work time. He and at least two other Temple rabbis, Peter Berg and Loren Filson Lapidus, are going to Macon with their congregants to put in one or more shifts watching the polls after getting online training. A group from Temple Sinai also will be there, the RAC said, as will some Georgia State University students and Temple Kol Emeth member Blair Marks, the president of Women of Reform Judaism. “This is nonpartisan work,” Rabbi Spinrad said. “We just want people to have the vote and to be able to use it.” ■

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Resolving Name Blame The dilemma: Amy, a devoted wife to second husband Bruce, constantly opens her heart and home to Bruce’s children. But her stepdaughter sends out wedding invitations without any mention of Amy. Terribly hurt, Amy wonders whether she should confront her stepdaughter and ask her to change the invitations or just let it go.

family peace and unity. — Naomi Star

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for coffee and a heart-to-heart conversation. Small things can be overlooked in a relationship, but this is no small matter. I don’t believe for a moment that leaving your name out was an accident; the omission is too glaring. Because this caused you such severe pain, keeping it inside will just cause the wound to fester. Ultimately, this will erode the fabric of your relationship, as it will inevitably come out at some point, probably at an inopportune time. As you said, you are devoted to building your home. Relationships take work, and brushing real feelings under the rug is unhealthy. If you speak lovingly and honestly to your stepdaughter, she should understand your position and do her utmost to achieve reconciliation. Typically, when mature people exchange feelings, not accusations, the result is greater closeness. I wish you the best of luck in your conversation and will be rooting for you. — Dave Fuchs

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You are frightened to confront your stepdaughter; I don’t blame you. You have no idea how she will react, and you don’t want to create conflict in your tenuous relationship. Here’s what I would do: Let Bruce handle it. Husbands should support their wives (and vice versa). Bruce should tell his daughter that you are his wife and must be treated as an equal and valued member of the family. He can even offer to pay the cost for reprinting the invitations. In the scheme of a wedding, another few hundred dollars probably won’t make a huge dent. Besides, who can put a price on family harmony? — Danielle Cohen

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The omission of your name from the invitations feels like a slap in the face. This is your thanks for unconditional giving, even when you weren’t up to it? Not to be acknowledged as a member of your new family? This error may have been inadvertent. You’re not sure. Here is my suggestion: Take a pen or keyboard and write out your feelings. Pour out your frustration and anger at your stepdaughter’s ingratitude and insensitivity. What are you, a wall? You don’t exist? Or perhaps you do, but only at her convenience? This was an inexcusable goof, and your feelings are justified. Take your time with the letter and make sure you express every nuance of fury. And then — shred the letter. Because, my dear Amy, as you wrote, mothers are synonymous with giving. Does it matter if your name doesn’t appear on the invitation? You are doing what’s right. You are building a home for your family with devotion and dedication. As long as you’re secure that you are doing everything you can in the best possible way, is there any real significance in your name being on the invitation? You know. Bruce knows. Your family knows. And G-d knows. Who cares about anyone else? Turning the invitation into an issue may cause an irrevocable breach in a relationship you have worked so hard to pave with warmth, love and understanding. Is it worth the risk? Even if your stepdaughter makes the change and reprints the invitations so that you win the battle, you might lose her. And who knows what ripples could be created between you and Bruce? Even if he takes your side, if he sees his daughter in pain because of you, a visceral reaction is inevitable. Good luck with your letter. Mazel tov on your stepdaughter’s engagement, and a bigger mazel tov for overcoming a challenge in the name of

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JELF happy hour. The Jewish Educational Loan Fund gathers young adults at 6:30 p.m. at the Tesla showroom at Lenox Square, 3393 Peachtree Road, Buckhead. Tickets are $18, including one drink; jelf.org or 770-396-3080.

Noach Friday, Nov. 4, light candles at 6:23 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, Shabbat ends at 7:19 p.m. Lech Lecha Friday, Nov. 11, light candles at 5:18 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, Shabbat ends at 6:14 p.m.

ADL reception. The Anti-Defamation League holds a dessert reception and its Community of Respect Briefing with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg and The Wall Street Journal’s Bret Stephens at 7 p.m. at the St. Regis Hotel, 88 W. Paces Ferry Road, Buckhead. Attendance is open to donors of at least $100 to the annual campaign; contact Jacki Beres at jberes@adl.org or 404-262-3470.

SATURDAY, NOV. 5

Cancer fundraiser. Ian’s Friends Foundation honors Bernie and Billi Marcus at its 2016 Evening of Inspiration at 6:30 p.m. at the InterContinental Buckhead, 3315 Peachtree Road. Tickets are $250; www.iansfriendsfoundation.com or 404-946-9000. Book Festival opening. Kenny Loggins talks with Mara Davis about his children’s book, “Footloose,” and performs several songs at 8:15 at the opening night of the 25th Book Festival of Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, which continues through Nov. 20. Tickets, including a copy of the book, are $28 for JCC members, $33 for others and $75 for VIP access; www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival.

SUNDAY, NOV. 6

Blood drive. A citywide blood drive cosponsored by Jewish War Veterans Post 112 and intown synagogues takes place at Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave., Buckhead, from 9 a.m. to noon. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are encouraged. Free; appointments at redcrossblood. org with the sponsor code “jwv.”

Book Festival. Robert Wittman (“The Devil’s Diary”) and Brian Curtis (“Fields of Battle”) appear with Kate Tuttle at noon at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Tickets are $10 for JCC members, $15 for others; www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival or 678-812-4005. Book Festival. Yael Dayan (“Transitions”) talks with Nadia Bilchik at 7:30 p.m. at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Tickets are $13 for JCC members, $18 for others; www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival or 678-812-4005.

MONDAY, NOV. 7 Book Festival. Zoe Fishman (“Inheriting Edith”) and Jonathan Rabb (“Among the Living”) appear with Lisa Baron Stone at noon at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Tickets are $10 for JCC members, $15 for others; www.atlanta-

jcc.org/bookfestival or 678-812-4005. Israel Bonds gala. Norman Radow receives the Star of David Award and Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon speaks at Israel Bonds Atlanta’s dinner at 6 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt, 3300 Peachtree Road, Buckhead. Tickets are $160 (people 35 and under may make a $100 bond investment instead); conta.cc/2dWMQQp or 404-857-1063. Book Festival. Howard Blum (“The Last Goodnight”) and Uri Bar-Joseph (“The Angel”) appear with Gail Evans at 7:30 p.m. at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Tickets are $13 for JCC members, $18 for others; www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival or 678-812-4005.

TUESDAY, NOV. 8 Book Festival. Joel Hoffman (“The Bible

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10 years ago Nov. 3, 2006 ■ Several hundred people packed into a white tent Sunday, Oct. 22, to share in the joy of the dedication of the campus of the Weber School in Sandy Springs. Attendees heard speeches from benefactor Joe Weber, Head of School Sim Pearl, Mayor Eva Galambos, Federation President Marty Kogon, and past and present Weber board presidents. ■ The bar mitzvah ceremony of Bradley Gordon Maran of Marietta, son of Scott and Vicki Maran, was held Saturday, July 15, at Chabad of Cobb. 25 Years Ago Nov. 8, 1991 ■ Hillel and Alpha Epsilon Pi members at Emory have nearly raised the $900 needed to pay the nontuition college

expenses of one Ethiopian Jew airlifted to Israel five months ago during Operation Solomon. The fundraising for an adopt-a-student program is part of ongoing efforts across the country to support the new Ethiopian Israelis. ■ Amy and Michael Simon of Atlanta announce the birth of a daughter, Alexandra Rose, on Oct. 9. 50 Years Ago Nov. 4, 1966 ■ A number of the nation’s social scientists recently agreed that there has been a reduction of overt anti-Semitism in the United States since the end of World War II. However, they disagreed over whether widespread hostility toward Jews is likely to recur, according to a study reported at a three-day American Jewish Committee conference. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Herman Klein of Atlanta announce the engagement of daughter Suralee Klein to Sam Benjamin Smith. The wedding will be Jan. 22.

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9

JBC lunch edition. Bernie Marcus is the speaker at a lunch session of the Jewish Breakfast Club the day after Election Day at 11:30 a.m. at Greenberg Traurig, 3333 Piedmont Road, Suite 2500, Buckhead. Admission is $20 and is limited to AJT subscribers (atlantajewishtimes. com.subscription); registration is due by Nov. 4 at www.atlantajewishtimes. com/event/jbcberniemarcus. Book Festival. Alyson Richman (“The Velvet Hours”) and B.A. Shapiro (“The Muralist”) talk with John Lemley at 12:30 p.m. at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Tickets are $10 for JCC members, $15 for others; www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival or 678-812-4005.

appears with Aaron Diamant at 12:30 p.m. at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Tickets are $10 for JCC members, $15 for others; www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival or 678-812-4005. Infertility support. The Jewish Fertility Foundation’s Wo/Men’s Infertility Support Havurah resumes monthly meetings with a kosher wine tasting at 6 p.m. at MACoM, 700-A Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs. Free; RSVP at www.jewishfertilityfoundation.org. Great Big Challah Bake. The opening event of this year’s Shabbos Project brings up to 1,500 women together to prepare challah at the Cobb Galleria, 2 Galleria Parkway, Cumberland area, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $18; atlanta.theshabbosprojectusa.org/challah.

and prayers to honor veterans of all faiths at 10 a.m. Free; rabbi.glusman@ atlantajcc.org or 678-812-4161. Sushi, sake, spirituality. Jump-start your Shabbat with Chabad of Cobb’s monthly Carlebach Kabbalat Shabbat at 5:20 p.m. at 4450 Lower Roswell Road, East Cobb. Free; 770-565-4412. Mah-jongg. The Metulla Group of Hadassah Greater Atlanta sponsors Maj Mania, a mah-jongg tournament, to benefit Alzheimer’s and neurological research at 10 a.m. at St. Marlo Country

Club, 7755 St. Marlo Country Club Parkway, Duluth. The cost is $40, including lunch; 404-667-8831 (Barbara Lang).

SATURDAY, NOV. 12 Food truck fundraiser. Second Helpings Atlanta holds its first Taste of the Trucks event, featuring more than 15 food trucks, an arts and crafts market, a Kids Zone with inflatables and games, and live music, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the fields at the Concourse, 11 Concourse Parkway, Sandy Springs. Admission is $5 in advance or $10 at the door; bit.ly/2dr7UwX.

Book Festival. Peter Bergen (“United States of Jihad”) appears at 7:30 p.m. at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Tickets are $18 for JCC members, $24 for others; www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival or 678-812-4005.

FRIDAY, NOV. 11

Veterans Day observance. The Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, and the Weinstein School hold a morning of songs

AJC dinner. Georgia-Pacific CEO Jim Hanan receives the American Jewish Committee’s National Human Relations Award during a gala at 6 p.m. at the St. Regis Atlanta, 88 W. Paces Ferry Road, Buckhead. Tickets are $300; www.ajcatlanta.org. Kristallnacht commemoration. The Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, marks the 78th anniversary of the Nazi night of terror at 7 p.m. at the Besser Holocaust Memorial Garden. Free; www.atlantajcc.org. Book Festival. Jonathan Safran Foer (“Here I Am”) appears with Greg Changnon at 7:30 p.m. at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Tickets are $13 for JCC members, $18 for others; www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival or 678-812-4005.

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Book Festival. Frieda Birnbaum (“Life Begins at 60”) and Marlene Trestman (“Fair Labor Lawyer”) appear with Esther Panitch at 10:30 a.m. at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Free; www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival or 678-812-4005. Book Festival. Adam Levin (“Swiped”)

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HOLIDAYS

Farewell to the Festive Season

The end of October brought to a close a month chock-full of holidays almost from beginning to end, now giving us a chance to catch our breath, turn our clocks back an hour early Sunday, Nov. 6, face whatever Election Night brings us Tuesday, Nov. 8, and look ahead to the secular feast of Thanksgiving on Thursday, Nov. 24, by which time fall weather might arrive. The unusually warm October meant that even though Sukkot was later than normal, it was still pleasant to spend time eating, drinking and even sleeping beneath the stars in the sukkah. We thank those of you who sent us photos of your sukkahs to share with the community; we hope to do a better job soliciting submissions next year. In addition to three home sukkahs, we have high school freshmen in the sukkah at the Weber School, the Marcus Jewish Community Center’s family festival Oct. 23 and the fascinating, foodie-friendly, farm-to-table dinner held at Aluma Farm on Oct. 23.

Chaya Lieberman gets a laugh out of watching Weber School freshmen Sydney Fialkow and Avi Young join Rabbi Pamela Gottfried in shaking lulavs.

At Aluma Farm in Adair Park, Jonathan Tescher helps put on a farm-to-table Sukkot dinner with locally sourced food cooked by local Jewish chefs. At Congregation Etz Chaim, Alan Lightstone grills up a few ribeye steaks for the annual Steak and Scotch in the Sukkah event. Lightstone is a member of Etz Chaim’s Moshe Ribenu grilling team, which took third place overall at the 2016 Atlanta Kosher BBQ Competition.

Persian rugs decorate the floor of the Moosazadeh sukkah.

Kids enjoy the petting zoo at the Marcus JCC’s family Sukkot festival.

Ariel and Lenah Simons spend some time in their sukkah.

Friends and family gather with George and Janet Cohen after finishing the decorations on their sukkah in East Cobb.

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PETS

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The summerlike fall weather makes water essential for the four-legged attendees as well as their human companions.

Rabbis Hillel Konigsburg (left) and Brian Glusman lead the prayer for the pets.

Girl Scouts raising money for pet rescue efforts are among the many organizations (nonprofit and for-profit) participating in the vendor fair before the actual blessing.

A range of services for pets and humans adds to the attraction of the annual pet blessing.

Pets, or at least their owners, listen to Rabbi Brian Glusman.

The crowd gathers for the blessing.

Dog-Day Afternoon

Those assisting Rabbi Brian Glusman include (from right) Rabbi Hillel Konigsburg and 2017 Atlanta City Council candidate Anthony Alann Johnson, an active participant in Jewish communal events.

Liane Levetan Park (aka Brook Run Park) went to the dogs and a few other animals Sunday, Oct. 30, for the Marcus Jewish Community Center’s annual blessing of the pets, led by Rabbi Brian Glusman with new Congregation B’nai Torah Rabbi Hillel Konigsburg at his side. It was a beautiful day to be a pet, not only because of the sunny sky and unseasonably warm temperatures in the mid-80s, but also because animals had the opportunity right after the Dunwoody blessing to gain further holy favor at Marietta Square during Cobb Interfaith Spiritual Leaders’ pet blessing. That interfaith event included Temple Kol Emeth Rabbi Erin Boxt.

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Israel Pride: Good News From Our Jewish Home A cockpit for surgeons. The control system installed in the Head and Neck Operating Room at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center is the first of its kind in the world. Like a computerized cockpit system, a semicircular wall of screens projects the surgeon’s movements as he excises a tumor in a patient’s neck. An answer to jet lag? Researchers at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot have discovered a link between the level of oxygen breathed by mice and their ability to adapt to a shift in daylight hours. Helping cows in labor. The AfiAct II cow monitoring system from Afimilk, based at Kibbutz Afikim, will send an alert to the dairy farmer when its sensors detect a cow experiencing prolonged labor. Nearly half of first-calf Holstein cows in the United States require intervention from a farmer or veterinarian during labor. Smart patch to relieve migraines. Netanya-based startup Theranica BioElectronics has developed Nerivio Migra — the first of its “smart patches” delivering neuromodulation therapy — to provide migraine relief. A recent study of 86 patients at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center showed promising results.

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Arab perspective. For the first time, the documentary “My Home” shows life in Israel through the eyes of those rarely heard from: Israeli Arab citizens who would never live anywhere else. Those Arabs counter the false narrative that Israel is an apartheid state where minorities can’t succeed and have no rights. Expansion of Gaza fishing zone. As of Tuesday, Nov. 1, Israel has increased the fishing zone for Gaza fishermen from six to nine nautical miles “to facilitate increased activity in the Gaza Strip’s fishing sector,” an important source of income. The expansion depends on Gazan residents not exploiting it to smuggle or penetrate Israel’s territory.

Four Israeli companies in cloud top 100. ForeScout, Sisense, WalkMe and SMS Assist are the Israeli representatives on the first Forbes Cloud 100 — the ultimate list of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world. Compa8 nies are recognized by customers and

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peers for financial growth and excellence. Saving the banana. The most destructive and costly disease threatening worldwide banana production is black sigatoka. Timorex Gold, a nonchemical fungicide from Israeli-managed Stockton Group, controls the disease and many others. The eco-friendly fungicide is based on the Melaleuca alternifolia plant extract. Investment in Israel defying global trend. Ambassador Yoram Ettinger writes that Israeli high-tech companies raised $1.19 billion during the third quarter of 2016, the second-highest quarterly amount in 10 years. In the first nine months of 2016, Israeli tech companies raised $4 billion, 27 more than in the same period of 2015. More avocado, please. Israel exported 60,000 tons of avocados in 2015. Demand is even higher this year, and 70 percent of this year’s 100,000-ton yield is earmarked for export, shipped in refrigerated containers to reach European destinations in four to five days. Varieties include Ettinger, Pinkerton, Hass, Fuerte, Reed, Galil, Lavi and Moti. Tel Aviv Piano Festival. More than 150 top Israeli and international pianists will perform at the annual Tel Aviv Piano Festival from Nov. 9 to 12. The largest concerts will be held at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The earliest nonbiblical mention of Jerusalem. The Israel Antiquities Authority has recovered a papyrus from the First Temple period (seventh century B.C.E.) documenting a wine shipment from Na’artah to Jerusalem. It is the earliest extrabiblical source to mention Jerusalem in Hebrew. The papyrus was written by a female administrator in the kingdom of Judah. Raining again. Three days after the start of the prayers for rain, thunderstorms arrived in Israel. While central areas experienced scattered showers, the south had flash floods and strong rain that temporarily closed Eilat’s airport. Eilat saw 1.26 inches of rain, 0.4 inch more than its annual average. Compiled courtesy of Only Good News From Israel, verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot. com and other sources.

Sinai Precarious for Israel By Eli Sperling Center for Israel Education An Egyptian police officer fatally shot an Israeli teen Tuesday, Oct. 25. Working as a contractor doing repairs on the Israeli-Egyptian border fence, the young Israeli was mistaken as a smuggler. Not an isolated instance of border violence, the shooting represents greater regional tension, which affects Egypt and Israel. Throughout history, Sinai served as a land buffer and an access route, connecting Asia and Africa with Eretz Yisrael in the north. With difficulty, armies, goods and people traversed its unfriendly, mountainous deserts. Today, Islamic militants, human traffickers and a variety of illegal drug operators have found relative havens there. A belligerent staging area between Israel and Egypt in the 1956 and 1967 wars, the Sinai Peninsula now poses a serious threat to Egyptian and Israeli security. The past few years, fighting between Egyptian security personnel and Islamic militants has become commonplace in the Sinai, leaving hundreds dead. As Islamic State has expanded its reach into western Asia and North Africa, Sinai has become a strategic haven to hide and carry out nefarious operations. Kidnapped sub-Saharan Afri-

Today in Israeli History

Items provided by the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org), where you can find more details. Nov. 4, 1995: At a peace rally in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, a prominent actor in virtually all of Israel’s modern history, is assassinated by Yigal Amir for his efforts to make peace with the Palestinians. Nov. 5, 1933: In a speech marking the opening of the 1933-34 academic year, Judah Magnes, the president of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, outlines an expansion plan for the university. Nov. 6, 1884: Delegates convene in Katowice (now in southern Poland) for the first gathering of the Hovevei Zion (Lovers of Zion) movement. Nov. 7, 1944: Hannah Senesh (Szenes), the poet and Haganah fighter who parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe Hannah Senesh to rescue Jews, is ex-

can refugees and migrants, as well as sex slaves, are regularly transported through the Sinai. Often held for ransom or killed en route to Israel or the Arabian Peninsula, the human cargo remains a commercial business. Illegal drugs, whether produced in the Sinai or smuggled in from all over the region, filter into Israel and Egypt through the porous borders. After the 1982 Lebanon War, drug lords moved their drug smuggling and production operations into the Sinai to prevent Israeli, Syrian and Lebanese forces from interfering with their lucrative transactions. In addition, in the southern Sinai, a once-thriving multibillion-dollar tourist industry along the coral-lined Red Sea coast is rapidly disappearing because of the security situation. In a fledgling effort to recover this major contributor to Egypt’s economy and to halt Egypt’s loss of control over the area, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is struggling to bolster security — shooting at smugglers, Islamic militants and illegal border crossers. The unnecessary and untimely death of the Israeli teen is a symptom of a more complex problem that seems to have no imminent solution, but Israel and Egypt are cooperating. ■ Eli Sperling is the Center for Israel Education (CIE) Israel specialist and assistant program coordinator. ecuted by a Hungarian firing squad in a Budapest prison courtyard. Nov. 8, 1936: Playing the final game of an 11-match American soccer tour, Maccabi Tel Aviv FC loses 4-1 to an American all-star team at Yankee Stadium in front of 20,000 spectators. Nov. 9, 1952: Chaim Weizmann — a leader of the Zionist movement who is credited with a key role in the issuance of the Balfour Declaration, the first president of the state of Israel and the founder of the Weizmann Institute — dies at his home in Rehovot after a yearlong illness. Nov. 10, 1975: On a 72-35 vote with 32 abstentions, the United Nations passes U.N. Resolution 3379, which defines Zionism as a form of racism and racial discrimination.

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A Celebration 100 Years in the Making More than 400 people packed the ballroom at the Grand Hyatt in Buckhead on Sunday, Oct. 30, to celebrate the centennial of Hadassah in Atlanta. The Women’s Zionist Organization, which formed in 1912, came to Atlanta on Nov. 2, 1916, and Hadassah Greater Atlanta marked the occasion by honoring three women, representing the past, present and future: • Rae Frank, of blessed memory, was a Southeastern Hadassah president who was a pivotal leader in Atlanta in the middle of the 20th century. “I’m so honored that Hadassah is honoring my mother,” said Larry Frank, who with his wife, Lois, accepted the recognition on behalf of his mother. He recalled initially being afraid of the photo of Hadassah founder Henrietta Szold on the wall before he grew to appreciate what he called the dominant Jewish organization in the period of World War II and the birth of Israel. Lois Frank said Hadassah for Rae Frank was about lifelong friendships. • Virginia Saul twice served as Hadassah’s president in Atlanta and once as a group president and chaired the 50th and 75th anniversary celebrations. She said she joined Hadassah early in 1950, just after she returned from her honeymoon. A friend visited her to get three checks: $5 for Hadassah dues, $5 for the Ahavath Achim Sisterhood dues and $36 for the Jewish Wel-

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Phyllis Cohen (left), the centennial chair, and honoree Virginia Saul share a quiet moment onstage while Renée Rosenheck makes her acceptance speech.

Larry Frank accepts the centennial honor on behalf of his late mother, Rae, while his wife, Lois, and Phyllis Cohen listen.

Centennial chair Phyllis Cohen (left) and Hadassah Greater Atlanta President Paula Zucker lead the crowd in singing a special Hadassah centennial version of “Those Were the Days.”

Echoing a lineup from 50 years ago, the women who have led Hadassah in Atlanta stand in front of the Grand Hyatt stage.

fare Board. “Those were the first three checks I wrote after I was married.” Saul said it’s important for people to understand that Hadassah can teach values and skills useful anywhere. • Renée Rosenheck, like many of Hadassah Greater Atlanta’s nearly 3,000 members, said she received a life membership as a gift from her mother but at first didn’t know what to do with it. But she learned more about the organization, whose members kept reaching out to her to get involved. Rosenheck, a third-generation life

member, said she realized that Hadassah is much more than the hospitals. She became one of 25 young women across the country, and the only one in the Southeast, accepted into Hadassah’s first two-year National Leadership Fellows program. The gala, chaired by Linda Hakerem and Martha Jo Katz, was the cul-

Renée Rosenheck accepts the honor of representing the future of Hadassah Greater Atlanta. Honoree Virginia Saul talks about her memories of more than 66 years as a Hadassah member.

Linda Hakerem (left), one of the gala co-chairs, and Hadassah Greater Atlanta President Paula Zucker invite the past presidents to the front for recognition.

mination of a yearlong celebration, led by Phyllis Cohen, that began with the opening of an exhibit at the Breman Museum and included the hosting of the Hadassah National Convention in downtown Atlanta. ■

An orthopedic surgeon whose life has been linked to Hadassah from the start is speaking in Atlanta this month as part of a tour of the Southeast. Josh Schroeder, whose career with the Hadassah Medical Organization began in 2006, is on the cutting edge of treating spinal injuries at the Ein Kerem and Mount Scopus medical campuses by using robots to make surgical repairs and stem cells to speed healing. “Surgery, and medicine altogether, is an art more than an exact science,” Schroeder said in a conference call from Jerusalem. “We want to reproduce a result. … Surgery needs to be exact.” Robotic surgery enhances reproducibility and accuracy and is continually improving, he said. Schroeder cited an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor who had spinal tuberculosis 50 years ago and had a severely curved back. Robotic surgery enabled

the doctor to place screws exactly where they were needed. That was just one example of the variety of cases he sees at Hadassah, which draws patients of all religions and ethnicities from Israel and Palestinian-run areas. Schroeder estimated that 10 percent to 15 percent of the cases he sees are traumas, 15 percent are tumors, 40 percent are diseases, and the rest are forms of degeneration. “Hadassah is a fantastic place,” said Schroeder, who was born at Hadassah Mount Scopus. “We’re pushing the limits of Western medicine.” The doctor will share stories of medical advances and unusual cases during a dessert reception at Congregation Or Hadash, 7460 Trowbridge Road, Sandy Springs, at 7:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14. The suggested donation for attendees is $18. RSVP by Nov. 10 to 470482-6778 or aking@hadassah.org. ■

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Sorting Through the Four Amendments Four proposed state constitutional amendments (explained on Pages 19 and 20) await Georgia voters: • Amendment 1 would create a statewide Opportunity School District, under the authority of a superintendent appointed by and answerable to the governor, composed of schools deemed to be perpetual failures. • Amendment 2 would dedicate fines assessed for crimes related to sex trafficking and a special assessment on “adult entertainment establishments” for the new Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund, which would provide rehabilitative and restorative care and services to children who were forced into sex work. • Amendment 3 would replace the current Judicial Qualifications Commission, which is outside the General Assembly’s control except for the Senate confirmation of its seven members, with a panel under legislative control. • Amendment 4 would dedicate the new excise taxes raised through the sale of fireworks to trauma care, firefighter training and equipment, and locally set public safety purposes. Two of the measures, Amendments 2 and 4, deserve overwhelming approval, even though we are not big fans in principle of dedicating government revenues to specific purposes.

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Amendment 4 is a product of the compromise that brought legal fireworks sales to Georgia — a privilege our neighbors in Tennessee, Alabama and South Carolina long enjoyed, pulling Georgia dollars out of state. Dedicating the resulting new taxes to trauma care, firefighting and other public safety needs addresses concerns about the dangers of fireworks. Rejecting the amendment and thus bringing those taxes into the state’s general fund would give fireworks foes an excuse to reopen the debate about such sales. We like being able to buy fireworks near home. Vote yes on Amendment 4.

Child Protection

Amendment 2 is an even easier call. Georgia has a serious problem with children being used in the sex trade. Through the efforts of leaders such as state Sen. Renee Unterman and former Attorney General Sam Olens, Georgia now properly views those youths as victims, not criminals. This 10 measure would dedicate revenues (esti-

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mated to total $2 million a year to start) to contribute to the cost of helping the victims learn to lead normal lives. Some money would come from fines added to the punishment for crimes against those children, from madams and pimps to johns. We defy anyone to deny that’s a just approach. The second source of revenue, an assessment on strip clubs, has raised questions, and the expectation is that once the assessment (1 percent of gross receipts under current legislation) goes into effect, club owners will sue the state. Based on precedents in other states, any such lawsuits will fail. It’s not entirely fair to make the adult entertainment industry pay for a societal problem. But legislative hearings found that strip clubs often serve as meeting places for sex traffickers and their customers and that a significant amount of trafficking occurs within a mile of clubs. Plus, this measure fits with the long tradition of using sin taxes for the public good, and the good doesn’t get much better than what Amendment 2 would accomplish. While Amendments 2 and 4 are about dedicating revenues, Amendments 1 and 3 are about shifting power.

Judicial Trickery

Amendment 3 appears to be an effort to trick Georgians into going along with a dramatic change in a body few voters are aware exists, the Judicial Qualifications Commission. Ideally, electing judges would protect the quality and integrity of our judiciary. Judges who embarrass themselves, use racist or derogatory language in court, are guilty of sexual misconduct or financial improprieties, or otherwise abuse their positions would receive justice at the ballot box. But once judges are on the bench, often by appointment to fill vacancies, they are rarely ousted. Many are unopposed every four years, in part because those who are challenged almost never lose. Unless we know judicial candidates personally or have interactions in court, we voters just don’t have any basis to vote against the incumbents. Thus, the importance of the Judicial Qualifications Commission. It provides a forum for judges accused of misconduct to face a jury of their peers, as defined by the state Constitution: two judges, three other lawyers and two interested citizens who are not lawyers. To ensure fairness, the

state Supreme Court reviews the commission’s recommendations. According to reports, the commission has forced more than 60 judges from the bench since 2007. Given the number of judges at all levels in this state — Fulton County alone has almost 60 people serving on the Superior, State and Magistrate courts — that’s not an excessive number. Georgians for Judicial Integrity, a group that formed in opposition to Amendment 3, shares examples of judges the commission has disciplined at its website, www.georgiajudges.org. These aren’t people being targeted because someone doesn’t like their rulings. Some examples: • Fannin County Superior Court Judge Roger Bradley resigned in February after being investigated for using the N-word during a trial. • Clinch County Superior Court Judge Brooks Blitch III, the chief judge of the Alapaha Circuit, resigned in 2008 after an investigation found that he ordered unauthorized court fees to be collected and deposited into a secret account for distribution to himself and other court employees. • Coweta Circuit Chief Judge William Lee Jr. resigned in 2012 after a he replaced a statutory rape conviction with a charge that would spare the defendant from registering as a sex offender, even though Lee didn’t notify the prosecutor or the 14-year-old victim’s family as required by law. • Twiggs County Probate Judge Kenneth Fowler was barred from the bench in 2010 amid allegations that he required criminal defendants to prove their innocence or used a “preponderance of the evidence” standard instead of “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Then there’s the case of Griffin County Superior Court Judge Johnnie Caldwell Jr., who resigned in 2010 while being investigated on allegations of making sexually suggestive remarks to a female lawyer. Caldwell agreed not to seek judicial office again; instead, he was elected in 2012 to the Georgia House, where he co-sponsored the legislation overhauling the commission that helped end his judicial career. Caldwell’s role contributes to the suspicion that Amendment 3 is a power grab meant to weaken the commission, not about unexplained problems undermining the commission’s integrity. “This amendment is the very essence of cronyism, conflicts of interest and self-dealing,” lawyer Esther Pa-

nitch argued in a letter to The Daily Record that she distributed on Facebook. We agree: No on Amendment 3.

School Salvation

The most challenging choice is Amendment 1, which has a noble purpose: to rescue children who attend schools that perpetually fail in their educational mission. Amid the inflammatory rhetoric used by proponents and opponents, we see the issue as boiling down to local control. Amendment 1’s critics portray the statewide school district as moving educational decisions away from communities and in the process demeaning those communities as unfit to support their children. Critics also fear that the default approach of the superintendent of the new Opportunity School District would be to implement charter schools contracted out to private businesses, to the detriment of the students. But most of the schools that are failing state assessments are in large school districts — Atlanta and DeKalb County combined have about a third of the schools eligible for the Opportunity School District — where they suffer from the inability to assess their own needs and find solutions amid massive bureaucracy and the uneven distribution of resources and teaching talent. They already lack local control. Moving oversight of those schools to an administrative authority focused only on their needs and capable of sharing best practices and ideas across the state could free the schools to find and implement their own solutions — particularly in cases in which the state superintendent works with local school officials or, in response to the desires of school families, opts for the charter school approach. Those scenarios would produce more community control even with state oversight. Amendment 1 is not a perfect solution. The state’s assessment system, based on fixed standards instead of measurable progress, is a problem, as is the lack of oversight and of guaranteed community voices for the new state administration. The status quo, however, is not acceptable, nor is the standard government response of throwing money at the problem. We lean toward yes on Amendment 1, but we urge you to decide by judging which system would give parents and neighborhood groups stronger voices in their community schools. ■

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If You Don’t Vote …

We have the right to vote because we are Americans. We vote as Americans who are Jewish, not the other way around, though we may feel that by voting we participate in tikkun olam, the repair of the world. Jews regularly cast ballots at a rate of 80 percent or better, far greater

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than the voting-age population as a whole, less than 54 percent of which turned out in 2012. There is no monolithic “Jewish vote,” in the sense that all Jews share the same opinion (perish the thought). There is no uniform view of how we look to Judaism for guidance in making our choices. Jewish Democrats and Jewish Republicans have different political philosophies. Contrary to what pandering politicians appear to believe, Israel is not the top priority for most Jewish voters. Like their fellow Americans, the economy tops the list of issues. Even among Jews who think that Israel should receive greater consideration, there is no consensus as to which candidate to support. With citizenry come obligations. Or not. America requires relatively little of its citizens in the way of participation in public life. America does not ask what you can do for your country as much as its elections ask what your country can do for you. You answer by voting. Some journalists don’t vote to avoid expressing an opinion even in the sanctity of the voting booth. There have been times when I considered adopting that standard. As it happens, I voted early, a couple of weeks ago. This will be the first election I have not spent in a newsroom since 1976. There is a particular energy in a newsroom on Election Night, as well as a lot of pizza. I will miss that energy (not the pizza), but a comfortable chair in the living room with my laptop and the remote control will be a suitable substitute. ■ For details on how and why Jews vote as they do, see the story on Page 14.

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I thought about starting this column by saying, “If you don’t vote, don’t complain,” but decided against being snarky. Of course you can express your opinions, even if you don’t vote. That’s your privilege as an American. Your credibility may suffer, however, if you complain about government but fail to exercise a valuable franchise protected by amendments to the Constitution. Elsewhere in the world, men and women quite literally risk their lives in pursuit of what tens of millions of Americans squander each election. As for you partisans — who have spent months venting your spleens, gnashing your teeth, losing Facebook friends and wearing out online comments sections — know this: The United States of America, this 240-year-old republic “of the people, by the people, for the people,” will survive even if (fill in the name of the candidate you revile) is elected. The founders set the government on a three-legged stool: the executive, legislative and judiciary branches. In varying ways and to varying degrees (and, yes, sometimes they disappoint), each acts as a check on the power of the other two and provides the balance necessary to keep the whole enterprise from going off the rails. This is the 16th presidential election in my lifetime, and every one of them has been “the most important election.” I cannot think of a time when the nation did not face challenges at home and abroad deemed the most critical in its history. As important as who we elect is how our leaders are chosen. Maintaining the integrity of the electoral process is crucial to America’s standing in the world. This is not a country where a dictator or ruling party claims victory with 97 percent of the vote and there is little reason to trust that the will of the people has been freely expressed. Impugning the validity of the process by insisting that it is “rigged” (particularly when the evidence indicates otherwise) potentially has severe consequences. If the governed no longer believe that elections are as free and fair as possible, then a major piece of the social contract is broken, and that alone has caused chaos in other countries.

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Volumes have been written about the personalities and flaws of the two leading contenders for U.S. president, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. However, this focus on personalities has obscured the stark philosophical differences between the Republican and Democratic parties. To explain these differences, I am going back to ancient history, to paraphrase former President Jimmy Carter. Sometime between Tisha B’Av and Rosh Hashanah in 1942, my father’s parents, younger brother and sister were loaded into boxcars at Warsaw’s umschlagplatz (deportation center) and sent to Treblinka, where they were gassed upon arrival. The destruction of the world’s largest Jewish community at the time was not a secret in the United States. While theologically I cannot explain why the Holocaust occurred, I can explain how it occurred. The Holocaust was a perfect storm that required four elements, and without any one of

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the four, it could not have been as devastating as it was. The four elements were the Nazi ideology, the collaboration of local anti-Semites in countries occupied by the Germans, the genteel anti-Semitism of Allied leaders, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the indifference of the Jewish communities in the United States. Of these four elements, I would like to focus on the last two, which I am closest to as an American Jew. A Jewish activist, Peter Bergson, spent the war years in America and made his priority rescuing the Jews of Europe. His primary opposition to rescuing the Jews of Europe were Jews, not anti-Semites. These included New York Democrat Sol Bloom, Rabbi Stephen Wise and Nahum Goldmann. The efforts of these men were focused on having Bergson deported rather than saving European Jews. Bergson put together a bipartisan group of supporters to pressure FDR into accepting refugees from Europe. These included politicians from areas with few Jewish constituents, such as Democratic Sen. Guy Gillette from Iowa and Democratic Rep. Will Rogers from Oklahoma. Unfortunately, these efforts came late in the war. There is a legal term

that describes the behavior of the collective American Jewish community during the war: depraved indifference. After the war, Holocaust survivors came to the United States. While some were aided by relatives, as mine were, in general Holocaust survivors were shunned by American Jews. Labeled “greeners,” they were excluded from synagogues and Jewish community centers. American Jews cautioned their children not to play with survivors’ children for fear that they might acquire foreign accents. The greeners revitalized U.S. Jewry, creating synagogues and schools and absorbing the insults of the host communities. They played a key role in cementing the U.S.-Israel relationship. Fast-forward to today. Under Democratic President Barack Obama, we have signed an agreement with Iran, a country open about its desire to inflict a second Holocaust while denying the existence of the original Holocaust. We still don’t know the terms of the agreement, but what we do know is that it places a kashrut symbol on Iran’s desire to produce nuclear weapons. It has not moderated Iran’s behavior toward the United States; on the contrary, Iran is bolder. For the first time in U.S. history, we have given cash to a regime that is killing U.S. servicemen in Iraq and Afghanistan with Iranian-made improvised explosive devices and explosively formed penetrators. This agreement had the support of the majority of Jewish Democrats in the United States. This is another example of depraved indifference. On other issues, funding of medical research through the National Institutes of Health is at all-time lows, and one of Obama’s major medical advisers, Ezekiel Emanuel, has stated that NIH-funded medical research raises health care costs. As someone who spends most of my time in medical research, I don’t believe that dying cheaply and quickly is a Jewish value. I know that many readers will find this trivial, but it is very hard for me to vote for a party that I feel was complicit in the Holocaust and that seems to think the gassing of my grandparents is less significant than the sale of Colin Kaepernick jerseys. — Jack L. Arbiser, Toco Hills

Trans Protection Needed

This is in response to Jeffrey Kunkes’ Blinded by the Right column (“Collective Punishment Wrong for Trans Issues,” Oct. 21). Dr. Kunkes, from your words it appears you have suffered because of the economic impact of your state’s laws.

You also state that you’re very worried about the immigrants in this country and how they affect your life, as well as our Muslim neighbors and the fear in which many people live because of the radical acts of fanatics. As people with passion and strong emotions, our own difficult experiences can sometimes cloud our judgment. As a doctor, you must be a thoughtful and caring person, but your thoughts came across bigoted, which you likely didn’t intend. In order to understand the experience of another, we suggest that you step into the shoes of someone who is transgender and recognize the impact of your words. As a doctor, you took an oath to do no harm, and as committed members of our Jewish community and our global community, we have also promised to do no harm. That means we stand up as allies to transgender individuals, immigrants and people of all faiths. The aftermath of the Holocaust is a prime example of these values. With anti-Semitism and discrimination, how could we let this happen again to anyone? You mentioned that because the transgender community is small, perhaps its members shouldn’t be protected from discrimination. Needless to say, as Jews we have an obligation to ensure the safety of all of our neighbors. Just because a group is small doesn’t mean it is insignificant. Remember: “Saving a human life is as if saving the entire world.” To be accurate, the population of people who are transgender, gender nonconforming or intersex is approximately 3 percent, whereas the United States has a Jewish population of only 2 percent. We trust that you wouldn’t stand idly by if anyone — your elected officials or your state — sanctioned discrimination against us Jews, who are a smaller number of people. At this time of polarization and economic difficulties, it is paramount that we renew our commitment to our Jewish values, not just because it could be us the next time there is an oppressor, but also because it has been us and we should know not to sell out another human being to avoid losing money. It is a false sense of security if we think we are safe when another group of people is threatened. Please re-examine your “problem with transgender people” and the others you are concerned about. Ultimately, they are people, and they deserve equal protections under the law. — Leanne Rubenstein, chair; Rabbi Joshua Lesser, founder; and Rebecca Stapel-Wax, executive director, SOJOURN

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Totalitarianism and the True Believers of 2016 — the precious few who dare to take a dialectic stance. I felt the need to spread the idea that if we are not diligent and cautious, the anti-democratic forces could wreak havoc with our democratic social system and the associated freedoms. Despite my reluctance this fall to watch the debates between the two

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candidates for the U.S. presidency, some force pulled me to the television. There it was again: the ugly head of anti-democratic people still peddling the venom of anti-intellectualism and the anti-moralist, laissez faire individualism advocated by Herbert Spencer. We must, however, understand that technological changes, which can be seen as a boon for productivity and the means by which we achieve a better quality of life, can become the source of change associated with the fear of future. Technology not only changes the material conditions in our life, but it also changes our belief system. It changes the old moral system into new values. It changes our sacredly held views and faith in G-d and our belief in how to face the future. It brings us into a new world and a more uncertain future. On one hand, technological development and associated change can be a boon for society; on the other hand, these changes are associated with new and altered beliefs and expectations. In short, change is a destabilizing force. At such times when we are forced to give up our belief that we can control the future and must face uncertainty, there is a simultaneous rise in mass movements that in many ways seek to pull us back to a sacred past. Technological changes, by which we conquer the natural world and produce goods and services necessary for maintaining life, constantly demand the acquisition of new skills. Older people in the labor force who are unable to acquire these skills become useless and unemployable, creating new classes of poverty. The rate at which technology changes unfortunately grows expo-

nentially. The more we change, the greater is the speed at which subsequent changes follow. Because of the rapidity of change, the rate at which people lose their usefulness in the productive system is also rapid, leading to a swift increase in social and economic misfits and thus to mass movements of true believers. Who are these “true believers”? Most often, they hate the present, perceiving it as vile and worthless. They idealize the past and seek to recreate its glory. They blame minorities for the changes. Minorities are seen as dangerous interlopers and destroyers of the sacred past and its culture. True believers glorify “true Americans” and decry the loss of the purity of the founding ancestors. They blame

immigrants and foreigners for ruining this beautiful and sacred nation and society. This point of view is not new; it has existed in this nation in the form of many nativist movements, such as the Know-Nothing Party before the Civil War, the Klan of the early 20th century and the anti-Communist movement after World War II. The danger is that the true believers and those who have authoritarian personalities also have an affinity for charismatic leaders who emphasize that truth is achieved not through reason, but through emotion. In the present election, such people constitute the core of the Trump movement — the 39 percent of voters who could become just as dangerous to the United States as Hitler’s true believers were Germany. ■

True believers hate the present, perceiving it as vile and worthless, while they idealize the past and seek to re-create its glory.

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“Gene, will you tell us your story?” I have heard this and similar requests most of my life in the United States. I told my story — my involvement in the Holocaust — for the first time on a Friday evening in the fall of 1948 at the Hillel house at Washington University. I didn’t like the experience. I didn’t like re-experiencing the events that have caused and continue to cause me an untold amount of pain. Moreover, I didn’t like to be on display as one of those persons — a displaced person — one of those unfortunate survivors who lost family and home who therefore should be pitied. I also hated to respond to an often-asked question: What did you do to merit survival? So I limited the telling of my tale to a few occasions. But I soon became aware that I have a duty to share my experiences with others. Why? Because I realized that the rise of undemocratic forces in this country could lead to rule by anti-democratic and anti-intellectual forces and that this nation could be led astray from democracy to totalitarianism. Hence, I felt obliged to become the bearer of sad news, to become, in a small way, the Jeremiah of our time. I began when I recalled my personal experiences to issue a cautionary statement: “Ladies and gentlemen, be careful and vigilant.” I would start my elucidation of the Holocaust by telling the audience: “I came to tell you that in spite of our commitment to democracy and justice, nonetheless we, the people of the United States, could become subject to authoritarian dictators. We are not immune to the effects of true believers.” In 1948 as a 23-year-old college freshman, I came face to face with a would-be American dictator, the authoritarian demagogue Sen. Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin, as well as with members of the House Un-American Activities Committee and their rejection of reason and their desire to eliminate freedom of inquiry, the true foundation of American democracy. I felt obliged to try to shout, “Do not destroy this precious commodity called freedom and justice.” I wanted Americans to face the danger: the spread of lies and the perception of an enemy in everyone whose ideas vary from the majority

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Jews’ Voting Habits Hard to Break

Outside the Orthodox community, Democrats have kept a firm grip on electoral and financial support for almost a century, but could that change? By Dave Schechter dschechter@atljewishtimes.com

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American Jews are exceptionally conservative voters. Hear me out — or, rather, sociographer Milton Himmelfarb. “Clinging more than most to old attachments and habits, American Jews may fairly be called more conservative than most,” Himmelfarb wrote in Commentary magazine in 1989. It wasn’t intended as a compliment. To understand what Himmelfarb meant and why that statement remains true, look back to 1920. Five years after the lynching of Leo Frank, Atlanta was home to 11,000 Jews, 5.5 percent of the city’s population. That year the U.S. population topped 100 million. The most popular song was Al Jolson singing “Swanee.” The League of Nations was established. The American Professional Football League (forerunner of the National Football League) was formed. The Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Richard B. “Dick” Russell began his political career with election to the Georgia General Assembly. Ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote (though suffrage in Georgia was delayed until 1922 by the legislature’s refusal to change voter registration requirements). The 1920 election also was the last time Jewish voters favored the Republican nominee for president. In winning the White House, Republican Warren Harding received an estimated 43 percent of the Jewish vote. Socialist Eugene Debs received 38 percent (despite being prisoner No. 9653 at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, serving a 10-year sentence for violating the 1917 Espionage Act through his vocal opposition to U.S. involvement in World War I). Democrat James Cox trailed with 19 percent. So why 96 years of Republicans wandering in a Jewish voting wilderness? “I think that Jews have for some time perceived that the Democratic Party is more committed than the GOP to the kind of pluralist, secular state that they believe has enabled them to succeed in American life,” said Ken14 neth D. Wald, a distinguished professor

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of political science and the Samuel R. “Bud” Shorstein professor of American Jewish culture and society at the University of Florida. “Particularly since the late 1980s, when the Christian right became the Republican base, most American Jews have seen the Democrats as more likely to safeguard the political system from religious sectarianism.” “The Jewish vote” story is a staple of political coverage. The content is predictable: influential despite small numbers … centered in key states … high turnout … major donors … candidate positions on Israel … will this be the year that Republicans break through? This will not be that year. Hillary Clinton is expected to receive the overwhelming majority of Jewish votes against Donald Trump and lesser challengers. Whether she nets the percentages of Democrats in recent presidential elections remains to be seen.

Reliable Voters

Why all the fuss about a people who make up only 2.1 percent of the U.S. population? How Jews vote is important because they do vote. Americans may complain about the government, but when it comes to showing up and voting, they’re laggards. In 2012, 53 percent of the eligible voting-age population voted, an unimpressive figure compared with other nations. So when Jews who are eligible to vote turn out at a rate of 80 percent or better (estimated at 85 percent in 2012), they get noticed. “I believe that the concept of tikkun olam contributes to the participation rate. We believe that we have a responsibility to repair the world, and what better way to achieve that than through voting for the issues and candidates that we believe in?” said Dov Wilker, the Southeast regional director of the American Jewish Committee. Perhaps more important is where they vote. “Jews get a lot of attention from both parties because they are strategically distributed geographically — in major urban areas in large states which determine election outcomes — and because they tend to be super-

voters and contributors to campaigns,” Wald said. In states where a slim margin could decide which candidate wins the electoral votes, the Jewish ballots could make the difference or at least a major contribution. As of late October, RealClearPolitics.com listed Florida (29 electoral votes/5.4 percent of the population Jewish) and Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes/3.35 percent Jewish) as toss-up states between Clinton and Trump. Georgia (16 electoral votes/1.5 percent Jewish) also was in the toss-up category. Or maybe this is all overblown. Professor Gil Troy of McGill University in Montreal scoffed at the conventional wisdom in an article recently published by the Ruderman Program for American Jewish Studies at the University of Haifa. “Even with a high Jewish voter turnout and the Jewish concentration in key battleground states and major media markets, there simply are not enough American Jews to sway American elections,” Troy wrote. Their greatest impact, he said, came in 2000 when thousands of South Florida Jews apparently mismarked paper “butterfly” ballots, giving Reform Party nominee Pat Buchanan votes likely intended for Democrat Al Gore and contributing to Republican George W. Bush’s narrow win in Florida and thus in an election eventually affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court. From the mid-1860s until 1920, Jews favored Republicans, though more in the post-Civil War North than in the formerly Confederate South. “Note that in those years the Republican Party was the more progressive, having been founded on an antislavery platform. The Democrats were the conservative party of states’ rights, Southernism, and enduring postemancipation bigotry. It would take the Great Wave of Eastern European immigration, the rise of the City Bosses, and, ultimately, Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal to complete America’s great political reversal, in which the Democrats became liberal and the Republicans, conservative,” Troy wrote.

FDR Milestone

Roosevelt’s presidency remains a touchstone in Jewish support of Democrats. FDR received 90 percent of the

Jewish vote in winning re-election in 1940 and 1944, a figure matched only by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. The last time a Democrat won less than half the Jewish vote was in 1980, when the incumbent, Georgia’s own Jimmy Carter, received 45 percent. Republican challenger Ronald Reagan, who won the election, garnered 39 percent. No Republican has received that much of the Jewish vote since. Bill Clinton received 80 percent of the Jewish vote in 1992 when he defeated Republican incumbent George H.W. Bush and 78 percent four years later when he won re-election against Republican Bob Dole. Barack Obama received 78 percent of the Jewish vote in defeating Republican John McCain in 2008 and 69 percent in winning re-election in 2012 against Republican Mitt Romney. In losing efforts, Al Gore received 79 percent of the Jewish vote in 2000, and John Kerry garnered 76 percent in 2004. Jewish women have been more likely than Jewish men to vote for a Democratic presidential candidate in eight of 10 elections since 1972, according to the Pew Research Center’s 2013 survey of American Jews. Jewish voters also have backed Democrats seeking seats in the U.S. House and Senate by significant margins in recent decades. There is another Jewish impact on elections, possibly more pronounced that the votes. If, as the saying goes, “money is the mother’s milk of politics,” American Jews have done much to nourish the process, including in this year’s election cycle. Troy estimated that Jewish donors contribute half the money raised by the Democratic Party and a quarter of the funds of the Republican Party. According to an analysis by the numbers-crunching website FiveThirtyEight.com, Obama received 71 percent of Jewish donations in the 2012 presidential campaign, and 29 percent went to Romney. FiveThirtyEight also reported that, as of mid-September, of $95 million contributed “by donors who appear to be Jewish,” 84 percent had gone to Democratic presidential hopefuls and 16 percent to Republican. Remove the primary challengers, and the division was 95 percent to Clinton and 4 percent to Trump.

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“As long as the Jews feel that Israel is protected, it is not their top priority” at the voting booth, Emory ethicist Paul Root Wolpe says.

Politically engaged Atlanta Jews’ answers to the question “Why?” range across the political spectrum. “I think the simplest explanations are likely the most accurate: American Jews tend toward a liberal political outlook, and they are not single-issue voters. Even though most support the state of Israel, Jewish Americans tend to have much more nuanced political views. Thus, they support the Democratic Party, which they see as more in line with their political beliefs,” said lawyer Kevin Levitas, a Democrat who represented a portion of DeKalb County in the Georgia House from 2007 to 2011. Paul Root Wolpe, who directs the Center for Ethics at Emory University, is the son and brother of prominent rabbis. “Despite Jews’ wealth, our deep-set mentality is still of the marginalized. We remember times before where we felt an important part of the society, where we were rich and established, and it all changed in a moment,” Wolpe said. “In addition, a fundamental aspect of our religion is the care of and acceptance of the stranger. No other point is made more often in the Bible, 36 times in all. So we believe deeply in liberal values of protection of the vulnerable and marginalized, and those are Democratic values.” Andrew Feiler, a fifth-generation Georgian Jew who has worked on the campaigns of several Democratic candidates, made similar connections. “Jewish history teaches us empathy of being a minority, of being a stranger in a strange land, of the criticality of caring for all and of the dan-

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Theories of Why

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Andrew Feiler sees the Democratic Party as the moderate, centrist option as this moment in history.

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gers of a world in which we fail to care for all. I think this history, these experiences and these values influence how Jews vote,” he said. “Similarly, Judaism is fundamentally grounded in the centrality of living an ethical life. I think that plays out in caring deeply about social justice. And I think that too motivates how Jews form their political points of view.”

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Sheri Labovitz, a retired commercial real estate lawyer who was deputy finance chairman of Michelle Nunn’s unsuccessful 2014 U.S. Senate campaign, cited lessons learned elsewhere. “I believe American Jews vote the way they do because American Jews generally lean towards inclusiveness and progressiveness. Throughout their history, beginning with the Diaspora, Jews have always been among the more progressive members of their respective societies, both in profession and in overarching way of life. Jews were predisposed to maintain their religious and cultural identities in the face of pressures to assimilate to the societal norms. I believe this carried over to America,” she said. Where Democrats see an adherence to Jewish values, Republicans see a misunderstanding of the same.

Different Interpretation

Mitchell Kaye represented a portion of Cobb County as a Republican in the Georgia House from 1993 to 2003. In his professional life he specializes in assessing the value of businesses. Religiously, he describes himself as “Jewish and continuing on my journey.” “Embedded in our spiritual DNA is a yearning to improve the world and

correct societal ills. But without the framework of Torah from Mount Sinai, it has mutated toward other ‘isms,’ like liberalism, socialism, environmentalism, feminism, humanism and others, as substitutes,” Kaye said, blaming a “lack of Jewish knowledge and practice” for the trend. Rabbi Shalom Lewis of Congregation Etz Chaim in East Cobb cited another ism. “For many Jews today, secularism has become their new faith, and the left-leaning Democratic Party is a comfortable fit. There is no singular explanation of why so many Jews are Democrats, but it is an unshakable and baffling fact,” Rabbi Lewis said. “Jewish people have traditionally always supported social issues/causes for those in need. However, the Democrats have carried this too far, enabling people who do not work to be supported by government programs,” said Laurie Weinstein, a retired real estate property manager and longtime member of the Republican Jewish Coalition. “Abortion and Planned Parenthood seem to be another reason Jews vote Democratic. What they don’t seem to realize is that it promotes promiscuity, and traditional marriage is no longer a priority.” Two studies that crunched a lot of numbers provide estimates on the political leanings of American Jews. The Pew Research Center reviewed 253 surveys it conducted between January 1992 and August 2016 and determined that 74 percent of Jewish voters either identified as Democrats or leaned toward the Democratic Party (a figure that had grown slightly the past few years), compared with 24 percent who identified as Republicans or leaned toward the Republican Party. Another broad sample was created when the American Jewish Population Project culled the opinions of 6,000 Jews from 280,000 total respondents to some 250 surveys from 2008 to 2015. In terms of party affiliation, 54.2 percent identified as Democrats, 14.1 percent as Republicans, and 31.7 percent as neither. In Georgia, the breakdown was 45 percent Democrats, 20 percent Republicans and 35 percent others. When it came to political philosophy, nationally only 43 percent of Jews identified themselves as liberal, a lower percentage than identified as Democrats. On the other hand, 20.9 percent identified as conservative, more than the percentage of Republicans. The remaining 36.1 percent considered themselves neither liberals nor conservatives.

Orthodox Alternative

There is an exception to the rule of Democratic support: Orthodox Jews, who are about 10 percent of American Jewry and are far more conservative in politics and on social issues. In the 2013 Pew survey, 57 percent of Orthodox Jews identified with or leaned toward the Republican Party, compared with 18 percent of other Jews. Philosophically, 54 percent of the Orthodox identified as conservative, compared with 16 percent of other Jews. “Orthodox Jews also tend to express more conservative views on issues such as homosexuality and the size of government; that is, they are more likely than other Jews to say that homosexuality should be discouraged and that they prefer a smaller government with fewer services to a bigger government with more services,” the report said. In an American Jewish Committee survey of 1,002 adult Jews this year, 61 percent backed Clinton, and 19 percent supported Trump. Clinton held sizable margins among Reform, Reconstructionist and Conservative Jews and those identifying as “just Jewish.” Among the Orthodox, 50 percent favored Trump and 21 percent Clinton. Another illustration of the divide can be found in Florida, home to 9.5 percent of U.S. Jews. In an August poll of 500 Jewish likely voters, Clinton led Trump by 42 percentage points head to head, but Orthodox Jews favored Trump by virtually the same margin. “With non-Orthodox Jews continuing to trend overwhelming liberal and Democratic, the rift within the Jewish community is growing perilously wide. And as Orthodox Jews’ birthrate makes them an ever-larger proportion of the Jewish community, the liberal tradition so many Jews value may be headed for the history books,” commentator J.J. Goldberg wrote in the Forward. For now, that tradition continues. The University of Florida’s Wald suggested that “Americanism” is at least as responsible for the voting pattern as Judaism or other isms. “I’m not persuaded that Judaism per se explains this pattern, although many Jews do believe that their support for progressive causes is applied Judaism (and conservative/Republican Jews feel the same about their policy preferences). Most Jews in the rest of the world are not liberal but tend to be centrist or predominantly conservative in politics,” Wald said. “American Jews are different because they feel a deep sense of membership in this country and want to maintain the system that has permitted that. That’s especially so

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DECISION ’16 been a curse in making it too easy to stray from the religion and practice of our grandparents. Also, many Jews who are not knowledgeable about their Judaism are particularly frightened by religious Christians, especially those who are involved in public life,” he said. “The Jews that respect and/or practice the Judaism closest to Mount Sinai see more compatibility with GOP ideals. These include support for the sanctity of life; respect for elders and military/ law enforcement; a helping hand, not perpetual handouts; (and) the opportunity to be treated as an individual, not part of some special interest or voting bloc.” Feiler, who has worked for several Democratic candidates, found a different lesson in the same history. “The relationship between Jews

and American politics has obviously changed over time as the relationship between Jews and America has evolved and American politics has evolved. We happen to be at a moment in America’s political history when the Democratic Party is centrist and moderate while the GOP has become ideologically extreme,” he said.

Israel as Issue While a declaration of support for Israel may have become a requirement for candidates of both parties, evidence suggests it is far from the most important issue for Jewish voters. “Jews don’t appear to see a lot of distance between the two parties in their support for Israel. Apart from rhetorical support and symbolic ac-

tions, the policy differences between the two parties aren’t that meaningful, so it’s not a voting issue,” Wald said. “American Jews are more prochoice than pro-Israel when voting,” McGill University’s Troy wrote. “This doesn’t make American Jews anti-Israel; on the contrary, they perceive the Democratic Party as taking a strong pro-Israel stance, proving that progressive Zionism is not an oxymoron. Thus we can say that American Jews are more pro-choice than pro-Israel in the voting booth, but pro-Israel nevertheless.” “Each election cycle, the American Jewish Committee commissions a poll of Jewish opinion. Time and again, the economy and jobs, as well as terror-

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this year when the Republican candidate has engaged in populist attacks on various minority groups and appeals strongly to white nationalists. Right now, Jews trust the Democrats more than the Republicans to preserve an open and inclusive society.” In the American Jewish Committee survey, using the political parties on this year’s ballot, 51 percent identified as Democrats, followed by independents at 26 percent, Republicans at 18 percent, Green Party members at 2 percent and Libertarians at 1 percent. When the AJC asked about political philosophy, 51 percent self-identified as liberal or leaning liberal, 23 percent as moderate or “middle of the road,” and 24 percent as conservative or leaning conservative. Identifications can change. Rabbi Lewis offered himself as an example. “It was easy years ago to fit in. The Democratic agenda and values fit comfortably. Civil rights. Choice. Gay rights. Israel. Unions. But as the years have passed, we find ourselves in a place of confusion. … The GOP and the Democrats are different today than they were years ago. I don’t agree with elements of the left, and I don’t agree with elements of the right and so must determine what to me is most important in seeking a party and in providing my vote,” he said, mentioning dismay with aspects of Democrats’ positions on Israel. Kaye connected past and present in a different fashion. “A lack of overt and governmentsponsored anti-Semitism has been a blessing for our safety and integration into society at large, but it has also

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DECISION ’16 ism and national security, are the top issues,” the AJC’s Wilker said. “While Israel is an important issue, it is not the only issue that Jews look at when deciding who to vote for.” An AJC survey in 2015 of 1,030 Jews asked for a ranking of the three most important issues that would determine their vote in 2016. The economy was No. 1 at 41.7 percent, followed by national security at 12.3 percent, health care at 12 percent and income inequality at 11.6 percent. The U.S.-Israel relationship trailed at 7.2 percent. When the 2016 AJC survey sought responses to the statement “Caring about Israel is a very important part of my being a Jew,” 47 percent agreed strongly, 26 percent agreed somewhat, 16 percent disagreed somewhat, and 10 percent disagreed strongly. The AJC also offered a list from which respondents could select the most important issue determining their vote. The top choice was the economy/jobs at 29 percent, followed by 16 percent for terrorism/national security, 10 percent for foreign policy, 9 percent for climate change, 9 percent for health care, 4 percent for immigration, 4 percent for race relations, 3 percent for taxes, and 2 percent for the federal

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budget deficit. “Another issue” was cited by 12 percent. Israel was not one of the issues specified, but asked to characterize the U.S.-Israel relationship, 16 percent called it very good, 57 percent called it fairly good, 17 percent rated it fairly poor, and 8 percent said very poor. Even in the Florida poll of 500 likely Jewish voters, Israel only tied for ninth out of 13 issues, though it topped the list for Orthodox Jews. The economy, Islamic State and the Supreme Court led overall.

A Matter of Nuance

“About Israel, Jews feel generally that both sides are pro-Israel and that the differences are nuance,” Wolpe said. “Despite all the supposed negatives about Obama and Israel, for example, his administration gave more money to Israel than any other president has in U.S. history. So as long as the Jews feel that Israel is protected, it is not their top priority. If we ever got a president who was really anti-Israel, rather than one who is claimed to be by the right to make points, I think that might change.” Labovitz said: “There are times where it feels like, even as a fourth or

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fifth priority, American Jews still give Israel too much weight in deciding their vote. Until proven otherwise, neither party is going to do anything but fully support the only democracy in the Middle East. Democrats may condemn Israeli aggression in Gaza and the continued construction of settlements in the West Bank, but, even so, the U.S. continues to monetarily support Israel at record levels. American Jews should be voting for the party that best reflects their beliefs and views of how America should be run and what kind of country they want to continue to build for their children. Support for Israel will remain strong regardless.” Across the party aisle, Georgia’s highest-ranking Jewish elected official was Attorney General Sam Olens until he resigned to become the president of Kennesaw State University on Tuesday, Nov. 1, one week before the election. A Republican, he is among those who feel that Israel does not receive enough weight when Jews vote. Asked whether the Democratic Party takes the Jewish vote for granted, Olens said: “Yes. See Iran deal.” Jeff Kunkes, an ear, nose and throat doctor who served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention this summer after backing Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida during the primaries, echoed Olens. “The Iran nuclear agreement is an example of the contempt the Democratic Party holds for the Jewish vote,” Kunkes said, citing Obama’s “temerity” in belittling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the press and inviting then-British Prime Minister David Cameron to make an address countering Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on the nuclear deal. “Despite a major campaign by AIPAC and polls of over 60 percent of all voters against the deal, the negotiations and treaty were finalized.” Kunkes also took a poke at the clergy, saying, “The rabbis of Atlanta are committed to gun control, toilet gender, food stamps, voter ID and whatever social agenda is being dictated by the New York/Los Angeles consortium, but not to demanding that the Iran deal be overturned.”

Potential for Change

In four years, the Jewish voting pattern will be a century old. “I never say never, but it’s hard to see much evidence of change,” Wald said. “As the Republican Party base has moved so far to the right, the party now takes positions on issues that are, for the most part, diametrically opposed to the preferences of Jews.”

Levitas said: “Not on the horizon. Both parties seem to be moving ever more away from the political center, making the movement of their traditional base — Jewish and non-Jewish alike — less likely.” Still, Labovitz cautioned the party she supports. “The trend isn’t set in stone. The Democratic electorate has grown increasingly younger and even more progressive, and as the position of the American Jew becomes more normalized in American society, these young people have stopped identifying Jews as a people with a history of being persecuted and have begun to identify Jews/Israel as the persecutors of a people. The Republican Party has seen an opening to target single-issue Jewish voters by professing ironclad support of Israel and all her policies. Should the Democrats’ platform continue to take on an increasingly pro-Palestinian slant, there is a strong possibility that neither party will again be able to count on American Jews voting as a bloc,” she said. “The Democratic and Republican parties are not the same as they were years ago. Family values must and should be restored. American Jews must be educated how little Democrats support Israel — i.e., the Iran deal, which is disastrous to America as well as Israel. Both parties need to be a little more moderate,” Weinstein said. “Demographic changes in the Jewish community vis-a-vis religious vs. degrees of nonreligious have been taking place for quite some time, as shown in the periodic Pew studies,” Kaye said. “Over the years we have witnessed much higher Orthodox birthrates, the ba’al teshuva movement, and the 70 percent of the rest who assimilate and intermarry. In my opinion, the bigger issue is for Jews to return to Judaism, not which party they vote for.” “We are, as tradition teaches, an om kishei oref, a stubborn people,” Rabbi Lewis said. “Old habits and allegiances are difficult to break, and so it is hard to predict what will be. My sense, though, is that as American Jews assimilate, they will be drawn to the left and to the Democratic Party, which is becoming a leftist party.” He offered an anecdote to illustrate the depth of Jewish support for Democratic candidates. “I invited (Georgia Republican and former U.S. House Speaker) Newt Gingrich to my son’s bar mitzvah. He and I interacted on several occasions. He came to the party Saturday night, brought a gift and was very gracious. My mother, an old-school Democrat, never forgave me for inviting him.” ■

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Amendment 1: Creating Opportunity School District Supporters see a solution for failing schools; foes fear the loss of local control By David R. Cohen david@atljewishtimes.com Four proposed amendments to the Georgia Constitution appear on the ballot Tuesday, Nov. 8, and none has attracted more attention and debate than Amendment 1, the Opportunity School District proposal. Amendment 1, which is backed by Republican Gov. Nathan Deal and is opposed by educators, local school boards and Democratic Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, asks voters to give the state authority to “intervene in chronically failing schools” to try to improve student performance. A vote for the amendment would enable the state to create an agency and the governor to appoint a new state superintendent to oversee the Opportunity School District. That superintendent, who would report directly to the governor, would have the power to take over, run or shut down schools that earned an F on the state’s accountability system three years in a row. The superintendent would also

have the option to convert failing public schools into charter schools under the State Charter Schools Commission, which was created by a constitutional amendment in 2012. Up to 20 schools a year could be taken over, and a maximum of 100 would be in the Opportunity School District at any time. Schools that are taken over would operate in the Opportunity School District for up to 10 years and would return to local control only after scoring above failing for three consecutive years. Taxpayers would continue to pay a per-student amount to support local schools, but 3 percent of the local school taxes would go to the Opportunity School District for administration. Supporters of the proposal say school systems have had many chances to act but have continued to fail tens of thousands of students, putting their future in jeopardy: 70 percent of Georgia prison inmates lack a high school diploma. On Sept. 22, the Georgia Board of Education endorsed the Opportunity

School District, saying it will “improve the education of Georgia children trapped in failing schools.” State Rep. Mike Dudgeon of Johns Creek, a former Forsyth County school board member, said the proposal will motivate local school boards and provide accountability. But Reed announced his opposition to Amendment 1 on Oct. 26, saying he worries about local schools handing control to an entity that’s not accountable to voters and about the governor gaining too much power. “I oppose this proposal because I believe it will inevitably result in the diversion of public funds for public schools to private entities, with inadequate oversight, and without accountability to parents,” the Democratic mayor said. “I believe such a change in our state, through the permanent measure of a constitutional amendment, will weaken our public schools and create conditions where they become the last resort for desperate families, rather than a symbol of excellence and source of community pride.” In opposing the amendment,

Reed joined other leaders in his party and more than 40 school boards and educator groups, including the Georgia School Boards Association and the DeKalb County Board of Education, which has 28 schools that would be subject to takeover. Atlanta Braves legend Hank Aaron and former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young have also stepped up to the plate to oppose Amendment 1. Young said that “self-esteem is the basis of good education” and that taking it away from local educators is “a sin and a shame and we cannot allow it.” Another contentious aspect of the amendment is the wording on the ballot: “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow the state to intervene in chronically failing public schools in order to improve student performance?” Opponents have argued that the ballot question uses deceptive language. A lawsuit filed in September states the question is “so misleading and deceptive that it violates the due process and voting rights of all Georgia voters.” ■

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Amendment 2 Promises Path Back for Sex Victims By Michael Jacobs mjacobs@atljewishtimes.com

Amendment 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot is a one-time opportunity for Georgians to counter the damage done by child sex trafficking. That was the message promoted by a panel discussion about the proposed Safe Harbor amendment to the Georgia Constitution on Sunday, Oct. 30, at Ahavath Achim Synagogue. “I am proud of this legislation, and I am proud of what it will do to help rescue children,” said state Rep. Andy Welch (R-McDonough), who was one of the writers and co-sponsors of the 2015 legislation ensuring that children used in the sex trade would be treated as victims and authorizing a system to pay for restorative care for those victims. “We as taxpayers haven’t put up one state dollar to help these children. … I personally found that repulsive.” Amendment 2 would dedicate sources of revenue for the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund: fines on criminals and assessments on strip clubs where alcohol is sold or allowed. Without dedicated funding, estimated to total $2 million in 2017, the

Safe Harbor fund would be subject to legislators’ whims. “We are speaking of violence born of power and its misuse,” Ahavath Achim Rabbi Neil Sandler told the interfaith crowd of about 40 people. He tied the passage of Amendment 2 to tikkun olam, the repair of the world, and our ongoing role as G-d’s co-creators. He and other speakers emphasized that while the amendment is crucial, it is only one step toward the goal of eradicating child sex trafficking. Heather Stockdale, the executive director of Georgia Cares, the statewide coordinating agency for child victims of sex trafficking and exploitation, said sex trafficking occurs in every Georgia county. “This is an everywhere issue.” Georgia Cares helped 469 victims in the past year, said Stockdale, who estimated that only 1 percent of victimized children are rescued. Susan Norris, the founder and executive director of Rescuing Hope, said her organization is helping to rescue those victims by training teachers, law enforcement officers and others who deal with children to recognize the warning signs. Dorsey Jones, who was used for sex

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Rep. Andy Welch defends the expansion of the state government — the budgetneutral creation of an unpaid commission to issue Safe Harbor grants — under Amendment 2. Joining him on the panel at Ahavath Achim are (from left) Susan Norris, Dorsey Jones and Heather Stockdale.

from age 11 by neighbors in Bainbridge, shared her story to demonstrate how “the life” of the sex industry not only can be forced on a child by circumstances of deprivation and low selfesteem, but also can twist that child’s perceptions and decision-making. Jones, a Morris Brown College graduate and author of the memoir “Stretched Beyond Measure,” noted that after she ran away at age 12, hitchhiked to Norfolk, Va., where she had lived until age 6, and miraculously found relatives to take her in and offer her a loving home, she sneaked back to Bainbridge and the sex life because she felt guilty being cared for while her younger siblings remained in an abu-

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sive home. “It shouldn’t hurt to be a kid,” she said. It typically takes 2½ to three years of treatment and care, costing about $9,000 a year, for a survivor of sex trafficking to recover, Stockdale said. The projected revenue for the Safe Harbor fund in 2017 would cover about half the costs. As a result, the commission administering Safe Harbor grants will always need to form partnerships with synagogues, churches and other organizations to care for the victims, Welch said, and that’s a good thing because it ensures more openness and public oversight of the commission’s work. ■

The Question “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow additional penalties for criminal cases in which a person is adjudged guilty of keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, pandering, pandering by compulsion, solicitation of sodomy, masturbation for hire, trafficking of persons for sexual servitude, or sexual exploitation of children and to allow assessments on adult entertainment establishments to fund the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund to pay for care and rehabilitative and social services for individuals in this state who have been or may be sexually exploited?”

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While two of the four proposed amendments to the Georgia Constitution address high-profile problems concerning children — failing schools and sex trafficking — two are more obscure. Amendment 3 would overhaul the Judicial Qualifications Commission, which has the power to discipline, remove or force the retirement of judges. The independent commission, created by a 1972 constitutional amendment, consists of two judges picked by the state Supreme Court, three 10-year members of the State Bar of Georgia elected by the bar’s board of governors, and two nonlawyers picked by the governor. Since 2007, more than 60 judges have been forced out by the commission for various transgressions. State Rep. Wendell Willard (RSandy Springs), who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, has argued that the commission has lost credibility by using its power too aggressively. But Sen. Josh McKoon (R-Colum-

bus), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, has criticized the rush to change the commission without investigating any alleged improprieties. An opposition group, Georgians for Judicial Integrity, argues that the commission would lose its independence to the General Assembly, which would decide the makeup of the panel. “It introduces politics in a sphere where politics shouldn’t govern.” Amendment 4 is tied to last year’s legalization of fireworks sales. It specifies that the excise taxes collected when fireworks are sold should be dedicated to trauma care, firefighter equipment and training, and other public safety uses. A constitutional amendment is required to tie any revenue source to specific purposes. The law initially sets the breakdown as 55 percent for the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission, 40 percent for the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council to pay for grants for equipment and training, and 5 percent for local public safety. ■

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Frank Talk on Olens, Voting Rights, More By Logan C. Ritchie lritchie@atljewishtimes.com

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Sherry Frank (facing camera in blue) leads a discussion on current events with the National Council of Jewish Women on Oct. 27.

districts look like a snake just to get all the white folks in or keep black folks out,” Frank said. The group went on to hear about the United Nations honoring Wonder Woman, UNESCO passing resolutions ignoring the Jewish history of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History & Culture disrespecting Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Voter rights in Macon kicked off a lively conversation about multitudes of issues, from the refusal to accept voter identification laws to reports of voting machines changing votes. Sari Earl, a new NJCW member, recounted her experience with interfaith friends. In talking about voting rights, it became clear that many people are unaware of issues, she said. “I am a lawyer, and I love history, so I soak it up. But I think the general population does not know the impediments that have been in place and how important it is to keep fighting it.” The group touched on black-Jewish relations, American-Israeli relations, Darfur, the new film “Denial” and settlements. Frank introduced the group to Women of the Wall and showed her wares: a handmade tambourine she uses at Passover and a tallit with the matriarchs of Judaism on each corner. Merle Smith said she attends to hear Frank’s commentary. “It’s political and informational. Everyone is so fascinated with her.” Rachel Rosen, the NCJW volunteer board chair, said Frankly Speaking was the brainchild of NCJW past presidents who met to review the wants and needs of members. Frankly Speaking returns at noon Thursday, Nov. 17, at 6303 Roswell Road (the Trader Joe’s shopping center) in Sandy Springs. Contact Christine Heller at christineh@ncjwatlanta.org or 404-843-9600 to get more information or RSVP. ■

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As an intimate group of women gathered at the Sandy Springs office of the National Council of Jewish Women Atlanta Section, pulling chairs to the table and greeting one another, Sherry Frank sat poised and ready to lead. Frank, who led the American Jewish Committee in Atlanta for 25 years, was organized and thorough in her collection of news pieces. The room settled, and Frankly Speaking began. The monthly lunch-and-learn series addresses current events through a Jewish lens. More than just a review of news, the forum is one for discovery and discussion. Judy Musiker, an NCJW board member, said Frankly Speaking is an easy way to stay informed. “A lot of things discussed today are things I’m hearing for first time. Some women will go home and look into the specific issues. Lately we are on information overload, especially because of the election, and news is coming at us from all directions,” Musiker said. Frank’s experience in the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition added credibility to her first topic: Rep. John Lewis’ new graphic novel trilogy, “March,” will be used in seventh-grade English in Atlanta Public Schools. The Democratic congressman plans a book signing at the Davis Academy in late November. Attendees heard Frank’s opinion on the appointment of former Attorney General Sam Olens to the presidency of Kennesaw State University. She noted that religion did not emerge as a factor in the disapproval of his appointment. “As attorney general, he was not good on a lot of issues, like same-sex marriage and transgender bathrooms. He says that he followed the law and when the Supreme Court made a decision, he upheld it. You don’t totally know where he is on this, but you can guess,” Frank said. “It was solely political. The governor, with every position he’s had to fill, he’s filled it with white Republicans. So this is just another one of the good old boys.” Frank went on to explain the significance of the election to Democrats, voting districts and how redistricting is crucial to the correct representation of the population. “If you look at the maps, you can see how they’re gerrymandered. Some

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Chabad Celebrates Jewish Life in North Fulton By Mindy Rubenstein

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There’s no one quite like Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. There are thousands of other Chabad rabbis around the world offering outreach, services and classes, their warmth drawing in Jews of all backgrounds and affiliations. But for the past 18 years Rabbi Hirshy has served as a beloved rabbi and friend to Jews of all backgrounds in Alpharetta, Johns Creek and beyond. When I first met a Chabad rabbi, it was in Tampa, Fla., about a decade ago. I had grown up Reform and sort of floated away from Jewish affiliation. Looking for a place to take our young children for the High Holidays, we happened upon Chabad, which didn’t require tickets. “Come, it doesn’t matter what you wear or what you know,” I was told. Despite trepidation about going, I immediately fell in love with the genuine, unwavering warmth, kindness and lack of judgment. I experienced the same feeling with Rabbi Hirshy and his wife, Rashi, who died two years ago at 37. Though I

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lived nearly 45 minutes away, Rashi shared friendship and guidance with me. When my husband and I needed advice, Rabbi Hirshy drove to meet with us, giving his time and inspiRabbi Hirshy ration, as he does Minkowicz for countless others in his community and beyond. As Chabad of North Fulton prepares to celebrate 18 years Sunday, Nov. 13, hundreds will gather to, as the event’s motto says, “toast to the past, present and future of our community.” They also plan to move forward with Rashi’s Campus, a facility that will include a larger synagogue, classrooms, Hebrew school and facility for the summer camp. “I met Hirshy a long time ago, shortly after they arrived,” said Mike Leven, the chairman and CEO of the Georgia Aquarium. “I’ve been a friend of his for many years. I’ve admired his tenacity and his capability and what he’s accomplished.”

Leven was an early supporter of Camp Gan Israel, which was the only Jewish summer camp in the North Metro area; purchased part of the land for Rashi’s Campus; and is a major donor for the new synagogue and educational building. “I also admire that he’s very good and intelligent with the way he handles his funding. There’s no waste when you donate to Hirshy.” In light of the anniversary, he added, “I think the rabbi and his family have done an extraordinary job, and an inclusive one, including families that would not be involved Jewishly without his efforts and those of his family.” Rabbi Hirshy and Rashi moved to Alpharetta 18 years ago, before Johns Creek officially existed, as a newly married couple, like the thousands of other emissaries sent to outposts around the world by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson. The couple had eight children, and the family continues to serve as a beacon of light to all types of Jews, growing a fledgling, home-based synagogue into a thriving community. After Rashi died, women in the area and around the world began doing mitzvot and holding events in her honor. “Somehow over the past two years we have been able to hold our heads high,” Rabbi Hirshy said. “It could have turned out to be detrimental, but the community really rallied around us. “After the first year there was a renewed energy and strength, and we’ve been able to keep the mood positive and move forward. … I’m very grateful to Hashem.” Jews of all backgrounds have come together in the growing community. “There’s a certain connection that people felt comfortable making because of what we went through.” The challenge remains to clear the initial hump for people who have never experienced Chabad. But something about the place helps people feel comfortable until they realize, “Wow, my family gets spiritual nourishment here.” Of the anniversary, Rabbi Hirshy said: “The number 18 signifies life. The experience we had makes us appreciate life much more. Now we have this moment to celebrate the life of our community. To feel and experience a Jewish community that thrives.” The event is about celebrating and having fun, he added. Most of the site work has been done for Rashi’s Campus, including underground utilities and a pad ready to build on. Chabad of North Fulton has

raised about 75 percent of the money needed for the facility. Chabad meets people at their own comfort level, not expecting anyone to do more or less than those around them. Many who attend are members of other shuls. There are no membership fees, and people often come to supplement what they already do, whether it’s an extra class or a holiday event. “I think the world of Rabbi Hirshy,” said Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker, who attends Chabad of North Fulton. “I was fortunate enough to meet him when I moved to our area not long after they started. I have seen Chabad grow from an idea to the wonderful community that it is today.” Organizers expect 250 to 300 people at the gala but would welcome more. Melissa Miller, an event planner who belongs to another congregation, met the Minkowiczes when they moved to the area, and they’ve been friends since. “I support Chabad and Hirshy because they’re the center of the Jewish community there.” Her children — two in college and one in high school — attended the Chabad of North Fulton camp and preschool, and the family has gone to Chabad holiday programs. Miller said there’s no Jewish Community Center campus in Alpharetta, so “Chabad fills that void.” Rabbi Hirshy has counseled her and her family, she said. “He’s always there, and he’s always welcoming to anyone. He’s the pulse of the community. People of all different denominations” go to Chabad. “He’s such an awesome personality” that people elsewhere want to help, Miller said. “Which is pretty amazing.” “I’m excited to help organize our 18th anniversary gala,” Jeannette Sinasohn said. “I’m proud to be part of a community that is warm and welcoming to Jews from all backgrounds.” Her family moved to Alpharetta nine years ago, and “the shul has been our second home since Day 1.” “I love that everyone can be involved as much or as little as they want,” she said. “As our lives change, our needs change. There is something for everyone, and everyone is important.” ■ What: L’Chaim to Life, Chabad of North Fulton’s 18th anniversary Where: Marriott, 5750 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta When: 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13 Tickets: $90; www.lchaimtolife.net or 770-410-9000

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Coleman Generations Unite for Harris Celebration Bobby Harris is being celebrated Nov. 19 for his first 25 years as the director of Camp Coleman, an honor he called “affirming,” but he spent nearly two decades at the Union for Reform Judaism camp in Cleveland before the full impact of his work hit him. During the summer of 2009, the H1N1 flu was causing public health scares, and Coleman suffered a staff outbreak just before the first camp session. They wound up canceling it. The camp crammed 100 of those kids into its second session, but it lost more than 300 campers that summer. The camp rallied in 2010 to be stronger than ever and remains at capacity with more than 900 campers over two sessions each year. “You wake up, and you realize just the importance of what you do, what we do, and that really galvanized me,” Harris said. “I wasn’t going to let Coleman fall back.” The camp — founded as a summer leadership retreat for high-schoolers in 1962 and converted to a full youth summer camp two years later under

its first director, Allan Solomon, who rapidly grew it from 37 kids the first year — has rarely taken a backward step since Pittsburgh native Harris arBobby Harris says rived in 1991. that when he started Harris first at Coleman at age 30, became a camp he was “really young, young, young.” director at age 25 at Camp Judaea Sprout Lake in N.Y. When he took the job at Coleman, the first rabbi he called was Coleman alumnus Steve Lebow at Temple Kol Emeth, which was sending 33 kids a year to the camp. Coleman was a great place that had fallen on tough economic times, Rabbi Lebow said, but it took Harris less than a year to start growing. He praised Harris’ hiring of good people, positivity, and love of Judaism and of working with kids. “Bobby loves his job, and it shows. When a person loves what he does, it’s infectious.” “Bobby comes at it for all the right

reasons,” the Marcus Foundation’s Jay Kaiman said, explaining that Harris doesn’t care just about the camp. “He cares about the Jewish community.” The Marcus Foundation helped with a key infrastructure improvement, the construction of a dining hall big enough to accommodate all the campers at once. In the old facility, the campers ate in two shifts, making Coleman feel like two separate camps. The unity enhanced by the dining hall fits with Harris’ powerful vision of Jewish peoplehood, said Paul Reichenbach, Harris’ boss as the Union for Reform Judaism’s director of camping and Israel programs. He cited Coleman’s introduction of two counselors from Uganda’s Jewish community in 2015; this past summer, five other camps hired Ugandans. Reichenbach said Coleman’s deep connection to Israel also has influenced the URJ camp movement. Harris instituted a program in 1994 to send 11th-graders to Israel in preparation for counselor training the next year, and Israelis return to the camp each year to serve as counselors. They also led a programming overhaul that integrated

Israel into activities throughout camp. Bert Rosenthal, a Temple Sinai member and Coleman alum, will be the next chairman of the camp’s board, but first he is co-chairing the Harris celebration, which will include a Havdalah service led by Sinai Bunzl Family Cantorial Chair Beth Schafer and a performance by Coleman alum Adam Lowitt of “The Daily Show.” At least 200 people are expected to attend, coming from as far away as Israel, with the money raised supporting Coleman’s arts programming. Harris is “such a committed and dedicated Jewish educator,” Reichenbach said. “Young people are inspired by him to make deep Jewish connections. In 25 years, he has launched thousands of Jewish journeys.” ■ Who: Bobby Harris What: Celebration of a quartercentury at Camp Coleman Where: Temple Emanu-El, 1580 Spalding Drive, Sandy Springs When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 Tickets: $120 over age 30, $75 30 and under; www.campcoleman.org/ celebration

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Finding Family in the Breman Archives

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My grandmother Helen Herman died when I was in middle school, and I lost my grandfather Emanuel Herman when I was 19. They were both survivors. Thanks to the Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, I’ve had the opportunity to learn more about their stories, the details of which I worried had been lost forever. Like so many thirdgeneration descendants of Holocaust survivors, I grew up in the immense shadow of an atrocity both unknowable and intensely personal. I remember learning about World War II and reading “The Diary of Anne Frank” in elementary school, knowing that somewhere in the ether lay the stories of so many of my relatives. I also remember seeing the tattoo on my grandfather’s forearm and being told that my sister and I couldn’t have bunk beds because they would trigger bad memories. Among my family, the topic of “the war” was not up for discussion. But recently I found answers to so many of the questions I’ve pondered for so long. The Emanuel Herman Family Papers are a collection of photographs of my family housed in the Cuba Family Archives for Southern Jewish History at the Breman. Seeing these images for the first time gave me a glimpse of what my grandparents’ lives were like in a way that the anecdotes I’ve collected over the years could not. There’s an image of my father in the streets of Amsterdam as a toddler, images of my grandparents just after they were married, and an image of my grandfather’s brother, Oscar (my father’s namesake originally), who perished at Treblinka.

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I find comfort in the smiles on my grandparents’ faces, knowing that after everything they went through, they found some happiness still. They had both been married before the war, and both had children

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and spouses that they’d lost. They met each other and got married in September 1946, and almost a year later my father was born in Bamberg, Germany. From there they moved to Amsterdam, then to the United States. They came to Atlanta and opened a grocery store in the English Avenue neighborhood, an African-American community. They left persecution in Europe to arrive in a city struggling for racial equality. I’ve heard stories about the grocery store my whole life. When they needed to expand the store, my grandparents just built a bigger one around the current one so that they could continue to work. My grandmother was generous and kind to her customers; she forgave debts when some were unable to pay. Because of the Breman’s efforts, I now have concrete images to associate with those stories. I stumbled upon these images from an embarrassingly simple starting point: a Google search. I’m a teacher at the Weber School, and last fall I researched the migration of Jewish refugees for a grant to travel to the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum. As I poured over pictures of refugees,

Photos courtesy of the Emanuel Herman Family Papers in the Cuba Family Archives for Southern Jewish History, Breman Museum

Above: Helen and Emanuel Herman work at H & E Supermarket at 533 Griffin St. Right: Emanuel and Helen Herman walk through Amsterdam with their son, Leigh Herman’s father.

I began to wonder if in some corner of the Internet I might find clues about my own family. For some reason, it had never occurred to me to search my grandparents’ names. When I did, an entry in the archive at the Breman was the first link that showed up. After contacting the archives’ curator, Jeremy Katz, I learned that my grandfather donated the five images to the museum in 1996 (the year my grandmother died). I do wonder why he never told us about the photos. Maybe he wanted to, and maybe he even tried. It was not easy to talk about. This summer, miraculously, a new entry showed up when I again searched my grandfather’s name in the archives.

In 2000, a woman named Grace Hawthorne interviewed him about his experiences in the Holocaust, and the Breman obtained a transcript. I never imagined something like it could exist. Around me, my grandfather never even said the word “Auschwitz,” let alone talk to me about his time there. While I haven’t heard my grandfather’s voice in over 15 years, as I read this transcript, it felt as if we were finally able to have the conversation I’ve thought about my whole life. I am eternally grateful for the efforts of those who are committed to making sure the world never forgets. The Breman has helped me understand my family’s story and preserved it for generations to come. ■

History Education The photographs and interview transcript in the Breman archives opened Leigh Herman’s eyes to her grandfather’s thoughts about the camps and the conditions there, as well as showed her what her great-uncle Oscar looked like. She also learned that: • Emanuel Herman grew up in Tomaszów, Poland. • He had five siblings and worked as a tailor there. • He survived five concentration camps, including several years at Auschwitz. • The address of the Helen and Emanuel Herman’s store, H & E Grocery, was 533 Griffin St., a building that still exists more than 60 years later.

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Project Curates Magic Moments of Community You can see Harry Maziar recall the wonder of Erwin Zaban, a man slight in stature who was “a giant among giants” in Atlanta’s Jewish and secular communities. You can see Sherry Frank reveal not only that her inspiration has always come from Atlanta’s synagogues, but that “in a different world I probably would have been a rabbi.” You can see 13-year-old Josh Dwoskin, who created a special-needs basketball camp for his bar mitzvah project, express his hope to pass Judaism on to future generations “so that there are more Jews not just in Atlanta, but in the whole world.” And, the three men behind the Moments in Time project hope, at some point while enjoying the stories of those three and 27 other pillars of Jewish Atlanta, you’ll be inspired to stop watching and start acting to contribute your piece of the community’s saga. “We don’t know where this is going to end up, but we feel like it’s a great launching pad for people to learn

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about their family history, about the community history — really become more activated and interested,” said Justin Milrad, who started the Marcus Foundation-funded Moments in Time with Isaac Frank and Temple Sinai Rabbi Brad Levenberg. The twophase initiative aims to create a continually growing community history. The first phase, launching through Facebook (www.facebook. com/MomentsInTimeATL) and Vimeo (vimeo.com/momentsintimeatlanta), is a collection of curated conversations with those 30 community pillars, representing three generations. Many of them are people whose names are on buildings or who have led community institutions, such as Maziar, Lois Frank, Bernie Marcus, Cherie Aviv and Eliot Arnovitz. Others are part of a younger generation of community leaders, such as Seth Cohen, Dov Wilker, Staci Brill and Avery Kastin. And some are people you might not know but should because they have

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played important behind-the-scenes roles, are contributors on the rise or embody elements of the community. One of the keys to the first phase is the curation of the video interviews. The project doesn’t ask you to watch 30-minute videos in the hope of finding meaningful moments. Instead, the edited videos are broken into snippets, each about two minutes and categorized by a theme, such as Judaism, mentors, legacy and culture. Isaac Frank said Moments in Time aims to match this moment in culture, when attention spans are short but sharing can make any video go viral. “Two minutes is about all people can take at a time. We have to meet them where they are,” he said. Rabbi Levenberg said he’s excited by the idea of the snippets as conversation starters. Those discussions could take place in comments posted with the videos or in the juxtaposition of different people addressing one topic. “It validates people’s passion for

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BERNIE MARCUS Bernard Marcus is co-founder of The Home Depot, Inc., the world’s largest home improvement retailer. His company revolutionized the home improvement business with its warehouse concept. He served as chairman of the board until his retirement in 2002. He remains director emeritus and Home Depot’s largest single stockholder. From 1972 to 1978, Marcus was Chairman of the Board and President of Handy Dan Improvement Centers, Inc., a home center retail chain. Marcus’s personal civic involvement has been translated into the creation of The Marcus Foundation where he serves as chairman of the board. His areas of focus include Jewish causes, children, medical research, free enterprise and the community. A centerpiece of his desire to give back to the community is Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia. Among his important philanthropies is the founding of the Israel Democracy Institute located in Jerusalem. This non-partisan and nonpolitical think tank serves as an important resource and change agent, dealing with the complex issues facing Israeli democratic society. Marcus serves in numerous leadership roles including The Shepherd Spinal Center, The City of Hope, The Marcus Jewish Community Center, and Business Executives for National Security.

the Atlanta community, their passion as community Jews, their willingness to spend their time and their dollars in growing the community,” Milrad said. The Vimeo site has more than 200 clips already, and not all 30 interviews have been processed and posted. But the project doesn’t end with that archive, no matter how important or representative of Jewish Atlanta as whole. In Phase 2, which should launch in early 2017 and include a dedicated website, everyone in Jewish Atlanta with a smartphone becomes a potential part of what Rabbi Levenberg called an “active archive of the Jewish experience.” Moments in Time will provide a guide to creating family history videos, including questions to get the conversation started. The Moments in Time team will edit those homemade videos and add the results to the community archive, although families will have the option to keep them private. “If you ask anybody, ‘Is it a good idea?’ they’ll say yes,” Milrad said about recording family stories for transmittal through the generations. “Some people get it done, but many do not. We’re hoping we can accelerate that.” ■

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Conexx Trip All Business By David R. Cohen david@atljewishtimes.com

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For going on 25 years, Conexx: America Israel Business Connector has taken delegations to Israel for a closeup view of cutting-edge business innovations, so when I was offered a chance to accompany this month’s expedition, I was intrigued. With an impressive list of attendees and stops Nov. 5 to 10, we at the AJT thought this trip would make for compelling reporting about what makes Israel the Start-Up Nation. I sent a questionnaire to the 15 other members of the delegation who aren’t Conexx staff, and I was surprised at some of the responses. I assumed most of the attendees, who include a former CEO of Invesco, the director of IT infrastructure at Virtual Citadel and four high-ranking faculty members from Georgia State University, had never been to Israel. Instead, most have been multiple times and are well aware of the array of business opportunities that Israel offers. None of the delegation members seems excited about seeing the Old City of Jerusalem or hitting Tel Aviv’s beaches. Instead, the responses mention investing in Israeli companies, learning about disruptive Israeli industries and using the opportunity to network. The trip highlights include: • The Shafdan Mekorot wastewater treatment and reuse facility. The Lineup

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The delegation for this Israel trip includes 14 professionals from Georgia, one from South Carolina, and three employees of Conexx, including Guy Tessler, the organization’s president:

• Geert de Vries, director, Georgia State University Neuroscience Institute.

• Jorge Fernandez, vice president of global commerce, Metro Atlanta Chamber.

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• The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, where we will learn about institute scientists’ contributions in brain research, innovative drugs, physics and biology. • Mobileye in Jerusalem, a world leader in transportation automation technologies. • A networking reception in Jerusalem with city officials and businesses. • The Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, which serves as a hospital and research center for northern Israel. • A meeting with Avishag Bohbot of Founders Group, a mix of angel investors from various fields united by the belief that the founder should be the center of any successful company. • The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. It’s going to be a whirlwind six days, and although it will be my fourth trip to Israel, it will be worlds apart from my most recent visit in 2013, when I competed in the 19th World Maccabiah for the U.S. rugby squad. I think I’ll come away from this trip with fewer scrapes and bruises and more insight into Israeli business. We are lucky to have an organization such as Conexx in our back yard, promoting business connections with Israel, and I look forward to getting a view of that process firsthand. I’ll be posting daily trip updates, videos, photos and interviews on our website (atlantajewishtimes.com) and to our social media accounts with the hashtag #Conexxmission16. ■

• Ben Fink, Conexx chairman, business and employment litigator, Berman Fink Van Horn. • Mark Spiegel, wealth adviser and senior vice president, UBS Global Asset Management. • Greg Kirsch, partner and head of intellectual property, Smith Gambrel & Russell. • Shannon Pierce, founder, CareCam Health Systems (South Carolina). • David Cole, vice president of brokerage and site selection data center, digital media, and special operations facilities, NAI Brannen Goddard. • Dexter Caffey, founder, Caffey Investment Group. • Alla Tsitsior, director of IT

• Shari Neumann, director of brand center, Georgia-Pacific. • Julia Hillard, professor and director, Viral Immunology Center, Georgia State University. • Binghe Wang, regents professor and associate dean for natural and computational sciences, Georgia State University. • Timothy Denning, associate professor, Center for Inflammation Immunity & Infection, Georgia State University. • Frank Bishop, advisory board at FotoIn Mobile and former CEO of Invesco, venture capital and private equity. • Tal Ovadia, head of the Israel desk, Tel Aviv, Habif, Arogeti & Wynne. • Guy Tessler, president, Conexx. • Bracha Shlomo, Israel representative, Conexx. • Orna Sharon, business development, Conexx.

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$360K on Super Sunday

More than 330 volunteers put in more than 950 hours making phone calls on behalf of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta during its Super Sunday phone-a-thon Oct. 30 at the Davis Academy. Federation reported raising $360,520 from 752 donors to the 2017 Community Campaign.

Jewish Nonprofits Win Sandy Springs Grants

Am Yisrael Chai and the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival were among 11 nonprofit organizations the Sandy Springs City Council selected to receive money from the annual Serving Sandy Springs grant program Tuesday, Oct. 18. Am Yisrael Chai, the Holocaust education and genocide prevention organization behind the Daffodil Project, was awarded $4,000, matching the grant it received last year. The money supports the program Am Yisrael Chai holds in Sandy Springs to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day each January. Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen survivor Magda Herzberger, 90, is the featured speaker for the free “Fortitude and Endurance” program Jan. 22. The Atlanta Jewish Music Festival, whose eighth annual spring festival is coming in March, was granted $2,050. The city grants total $50,000. To be eligible to apply for funding, as 21 groups did, a nonprofit organization must be based in Sandy Springs or substantially serve residents of the city.

Jenny Soups Up Homeless

Atlanta restaurateur Jenny Levison kicked off her latest farm-to-community project Sunday, Oct. 23, with a soup competition and tasting, Souptoberfest. Held in West Midtown, Souptoberfest attracted 20 Atlanta chefs and was judged by “Atlanta Eats” host Mara Davis and others. The afternoon crowd was composed of Souper Jenny fans

and food lovers. Music, fresh bread and kids dotted the festival. Chef Nick Leahy of Saltyard took home the golden ladle with his Parmesan Soup A L’ami Jean. Souptoberfest kicked off Levison’s Zadie Project to benefit homeless children. The nonprofit is named in honor of Levison’s father, Jarvin, the man behind her famous chili recipe, My Dad’s Turkey Chili. For every bowl of My Dad’s Turkey Chili sold, the Zadie Project will donate a bowl of soup to feed hungry kids in Atlanta. The company has committed to 800 quarts — 1,600 bowls — of soup each week.

Planting Partnership

To mark the 51st anniversary Oct. 28 of Nostra Aetate, the Vatican document that cleared Jews of the charge of killing Jesus and rejected the doctrine of supersession of Judaism by Christianity, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory and Temple Emanu-El Rabbi Scott Colbert planted a Japanese maple tree together at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, near the Sandy Springs-Buckhead border. The planting of the tree signifies life and peace, according to Ameri-

Daniel Burke 93, Atlanta

Daniel Burke, age 93, of Atlanta died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. He is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Selma Goldberg Burke; his children, Pam and Robby Brown, Robin and Steve Bennett, Joel Burke, and Leland Burke; his grandchildren, Eryn Brown and Scott Sonneborn, Alison and Paul Friduss, Jessica and Jonathan Ginburg, Melanie and Max Blinder, and Jacob and Grace Bennett; six great-grandchildren, Ethan and Lauren Friduss, Will and Ben Sonneborn, and Ezra and Dov Ginburg; brother Leonard Burke; and sister Patrice Burke. Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. A graveside service was held Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Crest Lawn Memorial Park with Rabbi Ilan Feldman officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Congregation Beth Jacob Torah Scroll Fund or the charity of your choice. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Fred Elliot

83, Peachtree Corners

Fred Herman Elliot, 83, of Peachtree Corners passed away peacefully Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. He was born April 6, 1933, in Winthrop, Mass., to Irene and Eli Elovitz, both of blessed memory. Fred was preceded in death by his loving wife of 53 years, Loraine. They lived in Schenectady, N.Y., before moving to Georgia in 2000 to be closer to family. An avid golfer, he was a huge animal lover who supported numerous animal charities. Fred is survived by his daughter, Marcy Hirshberg (Paul); his son, Steven Elliot (Hilary); grandchildren Samantha, Audrey and Eli Hirshberg and Amelia and Daisy Elliot; and a sister, Marilyn Brizel. Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. Funeral services were held Monday, Oct. 31, at Green Lawn Cemetery in Roswell with Rabbi Harvey Winokur officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Atlanta Humane Society (www.atlantahumane.org). Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Archbishop Wilton Gregory and Rabbi Scott Colbert plant a Japanese maple at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Buckhead.

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Honor for Memberg

Longtime AJT reporter Fran Memberg was to be honored Thursday, Nov. 3, by the nonprofit foundation supporting Chamblee High School. The Blue & Gold Foundation was set to posthumously present Memberg, who died in January, with the Blue & Gold Lifetime Service Award at the annual Chamblee High School Hall of Fame Dinner at the Holiday Inn Chamblee-Dunwoody. Her husband, Don, said Fran also would be recognized at a luncheon the next day. The Membergs’ sons attended Chamblee High, and Fran did extensive volunteer work for the school, such as creating the Character Counts program and handling public relations duties.

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Review: A Rifle and a Cow, a Stone and a Plow By Alisa Haber When you pick up Meir Shalev’s “Two She-Bears,” you immediately are swept into the mystery and fantasy of one of Israel’s most prolific writers. The title itself evokes storytelling of biblical proportions, so it is no surprise that the narrator is selfproclaimed secular Bible teacher Ruta Tavori. Weaving tales from the past with the raw tragedy of her modern life, Ruta leads the reader down a treacherous path of love and vengeance. A cross between the magic realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the gruesome suspense of Stephen King, this novel will keep you awake at night.

When you fall asleep, your dreams will be inhabited by snakes, screeching birds and the desire to see how long you can hold your breath underwater. But you will also wake up with a sense that forgiveness and redemption can truly happen. The story of the Tavori family is told under the guise that Varda, a researcher, is studying issues of gender in the history of the moshavot, the rural Jewish settlements of the 1930s. But it is the fiercely independent Ruta who leads the discussion, only occasionally letting Varda ask a question. Just as the roles of interviewer and interviewee are flipped, so is gender. Ruta, with her small breasts and tall

frame, keeps saying she is part man. And the men in the story (when they are not seeking vengeance) exhibit the feminine qualities of tenderness and bonding. Most perplexing is the fantastical patriarch, Grandpa Ze’ev. Did he really drive an ox to school every day, pulling his favorite tree in the bed of a wagon? Who: Meir Shalev What: Book Festival Where: Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody

While this seems like a benign legend, it is clear and unmistakable that he took heinous actions when he learned of his wife’s adulterous affair. Yet it is his loving gentleness that saves Ruta’s husband after the tragedy of their son’s death. Coming to terms with the paradox of the two men in her life, Ruta finally awakens from her self-imposed indolence. How many times does she say “whatever”? Whatever the number, this story is worth the telling by Shalev. ■

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Foer: Novel’s Bigger Than Jewish Context By Tova Norman Best-selling author Jonathan Safran Foer will speak about his long-anticipated third novel, “Here I Am,” with Greg Changnon, former book columnist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center. The book, which focuses on a Jewish family, gives insight into the Jewish world. But Foer said it’s about more than that. “Since the book came out, I’ve been to a number of different countries to give readings, and there is absolutely no correlation between the Jewishness of a place and the strength of the response. I think people can read books in lots of different ways,” he said. “It’s not surprising that a certain kind of Jewish person would read the book with an eye on the Jewishness; another kind of person would read the book with an eye on the silences that open up in relationships and the distances or why a certain kind of expressiveness becomes difficult over time.” In a recent interview with the AJT, Foer reflected on the themes of his novel and how readers relate to it. AJT: There is a lot of background that a Jewish person comes to this novel with — words like shiva and bima — and Jewish experiences. Did you expect readers to come to the novel with that background knowledge of being Jewish? And what do you want non-Jewish readers to know about being Jewish? Foer: Books don’t and can’t and shouldn’t depend on the background of the reader. Judaism is definitely a context in the book, and there is a lot

of cultural specificity. But I don’t think that a Jewish person would have a deeper relationship to the book. Some of my favorite contemporary novels are “Song of Solomon” or “Midnight’s Children,” and I don’t have any direct cultural relationship to the atmospheres or contexts of those book. AJT: “Song of Solomon,” for example, gives readers a deeper understanding of their connection with a culture that may be different from theirs. Are you intending to give a reader a deeper connection with the life of Jewish people and the struggle of what it means to be Jewish? Foer: There is nothing I’m trying to give a reader. I think there are things I’m trying to express, but in a way that really predates the reader. I don’t think about the reader when I write, just simply because I don’t. … I think it’s good not to think about the reader because who would you be thinking about, and how would you be thinking about that person without making all kinds of generalizations or assumptions that probably shouldn’t be made? AJT: Why Israel? In creating the earthquake and the “destruction of Israel,” was there a desire for you to explore that issue of Israel and the American Jewish relationship with Israel? Foer: I guess the answer must be yes because I did it. But I don’t remember being quite so deliberate about it or conscious of it. I certainly didn’t set out to write a book that explores Israel and the Jewish American and Israeli dynamic, and I guess I don’t think of it as a book about those things. It’s a book that includes those things, but it’s more broadly about home and what home is

and how a homeland can be a home, how a culture can be a home, how a familial unit can be a home and what it is to be homeless. AJT: In my review of the novel, I said the primary theme is from Sam’s first bar mitzvah speech: “I think it is primarily about who we are wholly there for, and how that, more than anything, defines our identity.” Do you agree with this characterization of the novel? Foer: I think that is definitely what the novel is about, and it’s certainly what the title alludes to. The problems of being elsewhere: Each of the characters has their own way of being elsewhere rather than being present. And then the questions of devotion: real devotion, not just conversational or convenient devotion, but devotion that comes at a price. AJT: People have written about similarities between you and main character Jacob Bloch — going through a divorce, being a writer. Do you consider yourself to be like him? If so, how? Foer: There are certainly ways in which I am, but I don’t think I am more like him than I am like Julia or like Sam for that matter. The book itself feels very personal to me — not autobiographical, not therapeutic or cathartic. The events in the book don’t correspond to events in my life. There

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is some overlap, but it’s pretty hazy. But the sensibility of the book feels closer to my own sensibility than other books that I’ve written. Maybe because it’s more in the third person, so it allowed me to talk instead of ventriloquize through a character. AJT: As a reader, I felt a strong connection with the way that you perceived the Jewish world and the relationship and how you express them both. Do you think there is sense of loss with the Jewishness of the past that is similar to the loss of connection between Jacob and Julia? Foer: Yes. It’s not a loss. It’s a question: When we are no longer tethered to this thing, what will we be tethered to? Where will we locate our identity? And I think it’s an open question. AJT: What should attendees expect from being able to hear you and see you in person? Foer: I don’t really love the reading, per se, but I really do like being in conversation with readers. I can’t tell you how often it is that somebody will tell me something about the book I didn’t know, make me rethink something. … That’s definitely what I’m hoping for. ■

Who: Jonathan Safran Foer What: Book Festival conversation with Greg Changnon Where: Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9 Tickets: $13 JCC members, $18 others; www.atlantajcc.org/ bookfestival or 678-812-4005

Israel’s Egyptian Savior Emerges From History

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How did the most valuable (and unlikely) source the Mossad has ever recruited wind up spying for Israel? When Ashraf Marwan placed a call to the Mossad office in London, the intelligence officer on the other end could not imagine that the greatest spy coup in history had just deposited himself in Israel’s lap. Uri Bar-Joseph’s “The Angel” is an intriguing read about the now-famous Egyptian government insider who decided to spy for Israel and provides an excellent behind-the-scenes look at

how it all came to be. Marwan was the son-in-law of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and a close adviser to Anwar Sadat, Nasser’s successor. The book opens with Marwan’s funeral after his death from a suspicious fall off his balcony in London, then doubles back to the beginning of his story to probe the life and career of this singular spy. What motivated the well-to-do and highly connected Marwan to turn on his country and pass crucial information to Israel? Delving into his personal life and surrounding circumstances, Bar-Jo-

seph provides the first in-depth look at Marwan’s psyche and what drove his decision. The author also details the pivotal information Marwan gave Israel, saving the Jewish state from defeat in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and ultimately changing the course of Middle East history. As former Mossad head Maj. Gen.

Zvi Zamir said, “This book is an accurate and reliable account of the career of one of the twentieth century’s most important spies.” Those with an interest in Israel’s history will find it to be an intriguing peek into the life of a famous spy and an eye-opening account of the events leading up to the 1973 war. ■

The Angel By Uri Bar-Joseph Harper, 384 pages, $29.99 Uri Bar-Joseph is appearing at the Book Festival with “The Last Goodnight” author Howard Blum at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7. Tickets are $13 for JCC members and $18 for others; www.atlantajcc. org/bookfestival or 678-812-4005.

Be Cheshvan’s Change Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan was observed on two days: Tuesday, Nov. 1, and Wednesday, Nov. 2. Cheshvan is sometimes called Mar Cheshvan, meaning bitter, because there are no holidays to celebrate. Psychologically, it’s the perfect time to create white space on our calendars. The slew of holy days has passed, and there’s a small window of time before Thanksgiving, Chanukah and the secular new year consume us. Holy days provide opportunities for growth and spiritual connection. The other holidays, not so much. Let’s review those plans made between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and decide how we’ll implement them. Our task is to rearrange the mar to ram (elevated) Cheshvan. Water is an important element during this month. Our focus can be on the flood rains, decreased hours of light, tears from the loss of our matriarch Rachel and the deterioration of Mother Nature’s glory as it becomes dormant. On the flipside, we lost Rachel but gained Benjamin, her son. The flood was devastating but was followed by renewal and growth. We’re about to experience a change in leadership, as the presidential election is upon us. We can choose to remain a nation divided, or we can unite on the issues that matter to us most. Before entering our votes, we must strongly consider who is more aligned with tikkun olam (repair of the world). We must rise above the petty, low-vibrational bitterness and envision what the world could look like elevated. We ask ourselves, “Who is most able to help us achieve that?” Cheshvan’s zodiac sign is Scorpio: Hebrew letter, nun; tribe, Menasheh; sense, smell; and controlling organ, intestines. Scorpio is represented by the scorpion. People born under the sign are loyal, resourceful and passionate. With no gray area, they are also manipulative, controlling, obsessive and jealous. We must monitor those qualities in ourselves and watch for the sting of the scorpion’s tail. The debates and leaked information have revealed the worst of scorpion energy. The facts about actual scorpions tell of some qualities that metaphorically can be seen in people.

Scorpions have six to 12 eyes but poor vision. They’re informed by vibrations in their environment. All are venomous. They live around rocks, sand and trees. They’re nocturnal and sensitive to light. They can consume only a liquid diet, so they inject their prey with venom that turns the insides to liquid, which they then can suck out. The females consume the males after mating

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if they don’t move quickly enough. I’ve read stories of scorpions in the Garden of Eden that, initially, ate only vegetation. The Hebrew letter is nun. It resembles a scorpion with its tail raised. The tribe is Menasheh, the firstborn son of Joseph, who could turn darkness into light. Each of us has this responsibility. We can’t put it all on our leaders to achieve. We must take on the job as bringers of light. As is written in Pirkei Avot (2:21), “You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.” The sense is smell, which scorpions use to find food and hide from danger. This is considered the only sense untouched by the transgressions in the Garden of Eden. The controlling organ is the intestines, whose job is to excrete waste and remove toxins from the body. Accumulated waste heats and congests. Toxic energy not released carries over into the familiar “scorpion temperament” of anger and resentment. Again, water is important to put out the fire and flush the toxic waste to achieve balance. Meditation focus: Allow a few moments to quiet yourself. Take a few deep and cleansing breaths in and release. Let go of tension in your body. Clear space in your mind for new thoughts to arrive. Revisit that picture of our world changed. Visualize a place of peace with equality, prosperity, harmony and justice. Gandhi said, “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” Vote from a place of ram vs. mar. Get specific about how you can be a light on the path to peace. ■

ACROSS 1. Father-in-law of (Jared) Kushner 6. You can win a lot of shekels from it 11. Org. that might have a pool, Torah classes, basketball, etc. 14. Have it ___ (like Hitler and the Jews) 15. Daniel of “Munich” 16. 51-Across, for short 17. HARMONISE ME 19. Seder utensil for Elijah 20. Book before Nehemiah 21. One ending a fast 23. Jon Bernthal on “The Walking Dead” (and others) 26. Pad option for cleaning a cholent pot 27. “Viva La ___” (Coldplay song that mentions Jerusalem) 28. Skin protuberances that invalidate sacrifices 29. It’s light 30. Unwelcome sukkah guest 31. Manning and Roth 32. Swine woe that briefly broke out in Israel in 2015 33. Israeli mount or winery 36. First grandmother 37. ENDEARS 39. Bush spokesman Fleischer 40. Rabbi Hanoch known for stories with a fitting last name 42. Gradation (like on Joseph’s coat) 43. Decision by a rabbi 44. Mineo of “Exodus” 45. See 47-Down 46. Make like many an Israeli store on Yom Kippur 47. Chicago Mayer Emanuel 49. ___ Center (skyscraper in Emanuel’s Chicago) 50. Cellcom items 51. Most of this state’s Jews are in Birmingham 53. Symbolic food option on Rosh Hashanah

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