Atlanta Jewish Times, VOL. XCIV NO. 44, November 8, 2019

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CARING FOR OUR SENIORS HARLEY TABAK EXPLAINS WHY JEWISH HOMELIFE PROVIDES SOUGHT-AFTER HOUSING.

ISRAEL BONDS ATLANTA WOMEN’S DIVISION RAISES $225,000 AT TAHARI BOND EVENT.

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History in the Making This week we pay tribute to the elders in our community and, in advance of Veterans Day, those who have proudly served our country so we can enjoy the freedoms of living in America. We discuss how the Jewish community is caring for our growing population of older adults, specifically in the area of housing.

The AJT explores the increasing development of senior living facilities in Atlanta and helps you understand why the Jewish community’s senior care facilities fared better than their competitors in two major news reports. Plus, we unveil a new service that coordinates senior care between three of our main communal organizations with funding from a fourth.

Jewish Family & Career Services tells us about the trend of depression among seniors and how the agency is addressing those issues in our community.

In a few cases, the seniors we spotlight are involved in projects that pay tribute to veterans. There’s the 92-yearold who knits flag blankets for vets. Bernie Taupin, who wrote most of the lyrics

for Elton John’s songs, exhibits his artwork in Atlanta, much of it patriotic.

We also share with you the rich family history of 101-year-old Helen Regenstein, whose relatives fought for the South during the Civil War or fought in other major battles.

Among our stories about vets, we explain how musician Adam Ezra, who recently performed here, hosts charity concerts to end veteran homelessness.

Our coverage of a number of community events fill our pages too. AJC Atlanta honored The Home Depot’s Carol Tomé and the Women’s Division of Israel Bonds hosted a runway fashion show with designer Elie Tahari at his Phipps Plaza store.

We also preview author Anita Diamant's visit here next week for a gathering of supporters of mikvaot, including the Metro Atlanta Community Mikvah she helped start.

Talking about next week, our issue will help you understand the Jewish community’s corporate structure with stories about business and professionals.

THIS WEEK

Cover photo: Harley Tabak, CEO of Jewish HomeLife, talks about how the Jewish community is addressing senior living.

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LOCAL NEWS AJC’s National Award Goes to Tomé

Muslim panelist Munir Meghjani poses with Allan Nelkin, Melanie Nelkin, former AJC president, and AJC board member Steve Berman.

By Marcia Caller Jaffe AJC Atlanta honored The Home Depot’s Carol Tomé with the 2019 National Human Relations Award Oct. 29 at the St. Regis Atlanta. Filling the sparkling ballroom were 500 of Atlanta’s civic and business leaders, who came to hear about the meaningful work of the AJC. Tomé is The Home Depot’s recently retired chief financial officer and execu-

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The AJC dinner took place in the sparkling ballroom of the St. Regis Atlanta in Buckhead.

Honoree Carol B. Tomé, second from left, is flanked by Liz Blake and Lee Zack, president of Agnes Scott College, and Danita Knight, vice president of communications for the college.

Steve Labovitz and former AJC president Lenny Silverstein chat with Peter Aman, whose wife Lisa is on the AJC board.

tive vice president of corporate services.

Over the past 24 years, 18 as CFO, Tomé has been a key business partner to every CEO in The Home Depot’s history.

In her free time, she wore an orange apron, giving gardening advice at the Buckhead store.

“We are delighted to honor Carol Tomé as the 2019 recipient of the National Human Relations Award,” said Dov Wilker, AJC Atlanta’s regional director.

“Her corporate leadership, as well as her service to the Atlanta community, exemplify what this award represents.”

To start the program, AJC president Ilene Engel announced that $605,000 had been raised based on the night’s efforts. “When the civic and business communities come together, it provides a message of hope.” She introduced local dignitaries, including former mayor and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young.

Next, Wilker shared a study showing that 31 percent of Americans avoid wearing anything of Jewish symbolism, which is even higher among 18- to 29-year-olds.

Wilker had just come off recent powerful AJC programs, bringing 15 people to Washington, D.C., for the kick-off of the Black-Jewish Congressional Caucus, and last Saturday’s #ShowUpForShabbat initiative at local synagogues.

At the awards dinner, Wilker moderated a panel of community partners involved in AJC programs: Sofia Bork, a Catholic Latina involved with AJC ACCESS; Munir Meghjani, a Muslim who has traveled to Israel with AJC; and Sarah Schapiro, a Jewish high school student.

All agreed that AJC provided them with tools to have hard dialogues about Israel advocacy and anti-Semitism through authentic friendships.

Meghjani got a huge response, saying, “I have cultural concierges where I can ask ‘Is it pronounced Sukkot or Suckat?’ Above all, AJC gives us a holistic view of both sides. In Israel, we had VIP treatment and even met with Palestinian leaders. … We now understand the emotional attachment to Israel.”

Dinner chairs Frank Blake and Craig Menear, as well as Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank honored Tomé.

Blake, former CEO of Home Depot, got a big laugh by taking credit for Tomé’s fashion sense and her Manolo Blahnik

shoes. He further elaborated on her leadership skills in staying the course “when it was raining frogs,” having insight in keeping him focused on core business profits, and her care for others.

Menear, current Home Depot CEO, touted her longevity in serving five CEOs and being selected by Fortune magazine in 2012 among “50 Most Powerful Women in Business.” He further credited her for advancing over 300 Home Depot female careers with her Velvet Hammer campaign.

Blank, after suffering a devastating loss with his team, the Atlanta Falcons, began in self-deprecation. “I’m here for two reasons: To show that I am still alive and suffering from ‘bipolar team syndrome.’” He related Tomé to the Jewish values of tzedakah and tikkun olam in her commitment to heal the world. He wished her namaste in seeing her light and spirit.

David Abney, the 2018 award recipient, shared his experiences with Tomé, saying, “Never follow her in a fundraising effort, cause the law of probability is you will lose; and when she begins, ‘This won’t take much of your time’, it may not work out that way.”

Tomé was called to the podium to the song “The Way You Look Tonight.” She thanked Ron Brill, who hired her, and she mentioned how Blank sold her on coming to Home Depot by promising the opportunity to reach her highest potential. Growing up in Wyoming, she never dreamed her life would follow this path.

She praised the AJC for standing up to hate and evil. She ended by quoting Maya Angelou, “Develop enough courage to stand up for yourself, then stand up for someone else.”

The mission of AJC is building bridges of understanding among all people, safeguarding democracy and pluralism, and combating all forms of bigotry. ■

LOCAL NEWS

Author Diamant Calls Herself a Jewish Feminist

By Jan Jaben-Eilon Four years after the Atlanta Jewish community opened the Metro Atlanta Community Mikvah, this week the city is hosting the annual Rising Tide Conference.

The Nov. 10-12 gathering will provide an opportunity for supporters of mikvaot to share best practices and connect with colleagues. MACoM is the only mikvah in Atlanta available to the entire Jewish community, regardless of affiliation, observance level, sexual orientation or capacity for physical mobility.

Best-selling author Anita Diamant will speak at the conference, where the winners of the My Jewish Ritual: Creative Arts and Writing Contest will be recognized. Diamant, who is best known for her book, “The Red Tent,” is judging the contest.

Diamant is particularly appropriate for both tasks. She is one of the founders of Mayyim Hayyim, a community mikveh in Boston started in 2017, and was instrumental in the establishment of MACoM. “I was one of the founders of the open mikveh movement,” Diamant told the AJT in a phone interview from her Boston

Anita Diamant was instrumental in helping to start MACoM.

home. “MACoM is built on this model.”

A mikvah is a pool of water that is used for Jewish ritual immersion and purification. Prior to MACoM, the only mikvah in Atlanta available to Conservative and Reform Jews was located at Congregation B’nai Torah. But after 28 years, it was closed in the summer of 2015.

According to MACoM Executive Director Jocelyn Schorvitz, “The B’nai Torah mikvah needed repairs and updates. A community decision was made to create a

mikvah for the whole community, where all Jewish congregations in Atlanta would be a part. MACoM is its own entity, simply leasing land on the B’nai Torah property.”

In fiscal 2019, MACoM hosted about 100 conversions and was used for some 400 immersions, she said.

Diamant “has been a driving force behind the Open Waters Mikveh movement, the movement to modernize the integral and ancient ritual of mikvah and to open the mikvah to all Jews for a range of personal, halachic and spiritual needs,” Schorvitz said.

The New York Times best-selling author said she is excited about judging the Creative Arts and Writing Contest. “It’s not limited to writing. It’s based on creativity,” Diamant said. “Kids today express themselves in different ways. This generation has many tools.” In fact, submissions could be in the form of an essay, poem, short story, graphic story, song, video, drawing, painting or multi-media. Winners of the contest will receive $100, a plaque and an immersion gift certificate at the celebration, which will be held at B’nai Torah.

Diamant said she has judged writing

contests before, “but never a children’s contest.”

She also told the AJT that the first time she visited a mikvah was before her wedding. She was in the process of writing a book about Jewish weddings. “I felt like an anthropologist,” she said.

Over the past few years, Diamant has updated three of her books about Jewish Life. “The Jewish Wedding Now” was renamed from the earlier edition of “The New Jewish Wedding.” She also revised “Choosing a Jewish Life,” a handbook about conversion to Judaism, and “Saying Kaddish.”

“The Red Tent,” which was published in 1997, is a novel that tells the story of an often-overlooked biblical character, Dinah, who was the only daughter of Jacob and Leah. It has since been published in more than 25 countries.

Other novels she’s written include “The Boston Girls,” “Good Harbor,” “The Last Days of Dogtown” and “Day After Night.”

“I am interested in women’s stories,” she said. Her next book focuses on “menstrual justice,” which she calls a global movement to help girls without access to tampons or pads, and who thus, drop out of school. ■

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LOCAL NEWS

Women Raise $225,000 at Tahari Bond Event

By Marcia Caller Jaffe

bought a $25,000 bond for tonight because I told him he had to.”

The Women's DiTahari took the vision of Israel Bonds stage and was intimate Atlanta hosted dein sharing that although signer Elie Tahari for a he was raised in an orrunway fashion show phanage in Israel, it was at his boutique store a happy time and he in Phipps Plaza Oct. 24. does not seek sympathy.

Bonnie Berk and Kim He came to New York Kopelman co-chaired with $100 and slept in the event, which toutCentral Park or a sheled the importance of ter, working as an elecpower and rewards of trician until he started women acting on the giving fashion advice to practicality and “winTahari graciously took questions A trio of dedicated women took time to shop: Elissa Event co-chairs Bonnie Berk one of his clients while win” benefits of investfrom the audience.

Fladell, Donna Gordon and Sarah Herzig. and Kim Kopelman welcomed working in the garment ing in Israel Bonds. guests. Kopelman is wearing a district. “Thanks to G-d,” Kopelman was outTahari Gigi dress and jacket. he said. fitted in a stunning twoHe took audience questions and piece ice blue brocade Tahari Gigi ensem- for the Southeast regional office of Israel percent female and the consul generals ble and welcomed the crowd with, “There Bonds, was also on hand. are 20 percent female. We must continue shared about fashion: Future styles: Women are getting has never been a better time to get involved Southeast region Israel Consul to make strides. Since 1951, Israel Bonds in Israel Bonds … women have the energy General Anat Sultan-Dadon reminded has made Israel stronger and able to be- more casual and away from pretty dressand mobilization. So increasing participa- the group that daughters are the cor- come a superpower. Bonds are another es. “We see torn jeans and sneakers, not tion is our goal.” nerstones of society. A mother of three form of the bond between the Jewish elegance. Though dressing up is more to my personal taste, I think hemlines are She recognized Ed Goldberg, South- daughters herself, Sultan-Dadon recalled community, Israel and the diaspora.” going longer and land east chair of Israel Bonds, for his support. the role of Golda Meir in shaping the Berk praised the below the knee.”

Brad Young, the executive director modern state of Israel. “The Knesset is 30 state of Georgia for its He takes inspirastance against the Boytion from all walks of cott, Divestment and life in New York City: Sanctions movement architecture, street and strong business scenes, thrift shops and ties with Israel, noting antique shops. the $34 million in IsWhen he started rael Bonds in the state’s designing, he rolled out portfolio. one style at a time start“Jewish women are ing with $2 tube tops. a dynamic force. Bonds He said, “You know I are a stable investment, have no formal edunot a donation; and cation nor even high the money comes back school diploma, and I with interest. Israel Fashion models strutted the latest Tahari fashions. still don’t read well, Heuses bonds for special concerns like security, social needs and brew or English.”

In his design process, everything infrastructure.”

She elaborated on the fun parts of be- is centered around the fabric. He likes ing an investor like trips to Poland and Isra- cashmere, silk and wool, and thinks the el, meeting the prime minister, and attend- “A-line” flatters most women.

Tahari acquires fabric from Italy, ing national conventions and mingling with very interesting people. She added “Bonds Spain, Portugal, and Japan. Production have competitive interest rates and you can is done in Vietnam and China. He noted, donate them to organizations, … from $36 to “The U.S. factories went out of business.

It costs $30 to do in the Orient what costs a million dollars. It’s a double mitzvah!”

During the cocktail hour, former $80 here. We need small hands to work DeKalb County CEO Liane Levetan said, with silk. Inventory is still a gamble.

“I worked with now Gov. Brian Kemp to What we don’t sell ends up at T.J. Maxx.”

Israel Bonds rep Jacqueline Miron co-sponsor the state Senate bill to enable the purchase of Israel Bonds in the state helped Tahari draw door prizes, and all pension fund. Tonight, I bought a bond attendees left with Tahari perfume.

To get involved or inquire about the for my great-niece’s bat mitzvah!”

Donna Gordon, manager of reha- new women’s Israel Bond charm pin, bilitation therapy at Emory University contact Miron at Jacqueline.miron@isHospital Midtown, joked, “My husband raelbonds.com or call 404-857-1065. ■ 8 | NOVEMBER 8, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

LOCAL NEWS

Breman Anti-Semitism Program Urges Action

By Bob Bahr The complex and often confusing new world of hatred against Jews and others and how to take action against it was explored in a program at The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Monday.

The program, “Modern Anti-Semitism,” focused on how anti-Semitism in the world is manifested on college campuses, the internet, in Eastern and Western Europe and in violence against Jews and Israel.

Participating in the discussion were Mark Weitzman, director of government affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, Alison Pure-Slovin, Midwest director of the Wiesenthal Center and Patrick John, president of The Decalogue Society of Lawyers, a group of mostly Jewish attorneys in Chicago.

Much of the evening’s panel discussion, led by AJT Publisher Michael Morris, dealt with how Jews and others can grapple with new expressions of anti-Semitism, which have proliferated on the internet and in everyday political life in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Weitzman, who also heads up Wiesenthal’s Task Force Against Hate and Terrorism, advised quick action in response to public incidents of hatred, particularly when they involve politics.

“Let your legislator know that it’s important,” he counseled, “and let them know when they have stepped over the line. Personally, I am tired of having anti-Semitism used as a political tool.

Get the so-called progressives to call out anti-Semitism on the left and get the so-called conservatives to call it out on the right. You can make that hapU.N. diplomat Ahmed Shaheed worked pen by letting them on a strong report on anti-Semitism with know what you the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which demand, what you co-sponsored the Breman program. require of them.”

John, who is the first African American and non-Jewish president of the Decalogue, traced his transformation as an activist to his realization seven years ago that the roots of modern antiSemitism are generally the result of the anti-Semitism that was incorporated into Christianity. Much of that began almost 1,700 years ago when the religion was formally adopted by the Roman Empire. Overcoming those deeply held biases, he advised, often means developing bonds between Jews and non-Jews, particularly with African Americans who have a profound understanding of racial hatred.

“You’ve got to build alliances,” he told the audience at The Breman. “For me it was a no-brainer. You have branches of the NAACP, join one. There are black churches here, visit one. We have to start making alliances with others but take the time to really get to know others. Volunteer, and share your ideas only after you build trust and goodwill.”

The Wiesenthal Center has a long history of building partnerships and helping to create a climate of understanding in society. On Oct. 18, the center, which

Atlanta Jewish Times Owner and Publisher Michael Morris, at the podium, led Monday’s discussion of anti-Semitism.

Following the evening program, audience members were encouraged to discuss antiSemitism with the three panel members.

had submitted a report to the U.N. about hatred of Jews, was instrumental in prodding the international organization forcefully renounce the rise of anti-Semitism.

Speaking out then was Ahmed Shaheed, who was appointed by the U.N. as Special Rapporteur to investigate the issues surrounding freedom of religion or belief among nations.

“I am alarmed by the growing use of anti-Semitic tropes by white supremacists, including neo-Nazis and members of radical Islamist groups, in slogans, images, stereotypes and conspiracy theories to incite and justify hostility, discrimination and violence against Jews.”

Shaheed, who has been a career diplomat from the Maldives, was the author of what was described as an “unprecedented” report on anti-Semitism that was released by the U.N. in September. It linked the Palestinian-led Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement

with anti-Semitism.

It was a rare move from the United Nations, which has a long record of official hostility towards Israel and in 2001 proposed an international resolution that equated the policies of the Jewish state with racism.

But at Monday night’s program, the concern was generally of events closer to home.

Pure-Slovin was a last-minute replacement for former Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens. She urged the audience, many of whom were middle-aged and older, to get to know what young people are reading and seeing on the internet and how that has influenced the modern image of Jews.

“Look at what’s going on. See what we, at the Wiesenthal Center, see. See what young people are seeing. You would be astounded at how hate is being shared in the world today.” ■

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ISRAEL PRIDE

News From Our Jewish Home

Ayelet – The Federation of Non-Olympic Sport in Israel // Yulia Sachkov, right, celebrates after

winning a gold medal at the world kickboxing championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Oct. 26.

Kickboxer Takes Home Gold at World Championships

Israeli kickboxer Yulia Sachkov won gold at the World Association of Kickboxing Organization’s championship Oct. 26 in Bosnia. Sachkov is a 21-year-old Israel Defense Forces soldier from Haifa. In the finals, she defeated her Czech opponent in the under-114.5 pound weight class.

“This is a dream that came true,” she told Kan public radio. “Everything worked perfectly.”

Today in Israeli History

Three other Israelis earned silver medals in their divisions, according to The Times of Israel. Shir Cohen, 19, Daniella Pashayev, 18, and Or Moshe, 19, each finished second in their weight classes.

Hani Sachs, head of the Israel Kickboxing Federation, called the achievement “historic,” while noting the youth of the athletes involved.

“We are a valued, united team with excellent coaches,” she was quoted as saying by Hebrew media.

handles delivery of after-school lunches and snacks will instruct contractors to deliver all food in stainless steel containers.

“This is a complex step for the municipality, which has taken several months and required coordination between many bodies, including the education authority and health services, to provide a safe and healthy solution for children without overloading the staff,” said Deputy Mayor Tzipi Brand.

Tel Aviv Cuts Down on SingleUse Plastic in Schools

One Arm to Rule Them

Aiming to reduce dependence on plastic cutlery, about 20,000 kindergarten to third graders in Tel Aviv and Jaffa schools will be given kits of washable cutlery and tableware by the end of 2019. The step is one of many in Tel Aviv’s municipal plan to reduce single-use waste in schools.

Starting with a group of a couple dozen, all kindergartens will also be receiving dishwashers to avoid staff taking on additional duties of washing up. In addition, the municipal company that

of the Israeli delegation at Camp David in 1978 and contributes to the accords’ consideration of Palestinian autonomy. He is one of the first Israeli officials to meet with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat.

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Friedman BenShalom inspired Israelis from Haredim to secular Jews.

Nov. 8, 1923: Yisrael Meir Friedman Ben-Shalom, the future Pashkaner Rebbe, is born to a Hasidic and Zionist family in Bohush, Romania. He joins the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement, which is Zionist and secular, while maintaining a religious life and studying Torah. He and his wife, Zipporah, smuggle themselves into Palestine in 1946 and soon create a secular kibbutz with Holocaust survivors. They later move to a religious kibbutz, then retire to Jerusalem.

Nov. 9, 1924: Avraham Tamir, a military strategist who serves in the Haganah and the British army in Mandatory Palestine and rises to the rank of major general in Israel, is born. He serves in the IDF from the War of Independence through the First Lebanon War. He is part 10 | NOVEMBER 8, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

Photo courtesy of Harvard University’s Widener Library // Naftali Herz Imber’s poem

“Tikvatenu” (“Our Hope”) provided the lyrics for Israel’s national anthem.

Nov. 10, 2004: The Knesset officially adopts the Zionist song “Hatikvah” (“The Hope”) as Israel’s national anthem more than half a century after the founding of the state. Although the song, based on a poem by Naftali Herz Imber, has been popularly used as the anthem since the birth of modern Israel, its official adoption has been delayed because of concerns that nonJewish Israelis feel excluded by the same Zionist lyrics that appeal to Jewish citizens.

Nov. 11, 1902: Yisrael Amir, the first commander in chief of the Israeli Air Force, is born in Vilna in the Russian

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev claim to have developed a one-size-fits-all robotic arm that is able to adapt to grasp items of different shapes and sizes. The arm has the potential to cut costs and increase versatility for manufacturers.

Developed by professor Amir Shapiro and Avishay Sintov at BGU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, the arm uses an algorithm to access the objects to be grasped and the specific areas and calculate such things as force and

The robotic arm developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University uses an algorithm to calculate the shape of objects and allows it to grasp objects with a variety of geometries.

angle of grip.

Normally, manufacturers have to design individual arms for distinct tasks, but the algorithm defines objects in groups and uses that information to grasp any number of objects. While the arm could redefine costs in manufacturing in the future, current expenses to retrofit arms already used in production can be high, and the process, time consuming, involving taking those arms out of production and further increasing costs. ■

Empire. Amir makes aliyah in 1923 and soon begins to rise through the ranks of the Haganah while studying agriculture.

Despite Amir’s lack of aviation experience, David Ben-Gurion names him the air force commander in May 1948. Within two months, Amir expands the force from eight light planes to 60 aircraft, including heavy bombers.

Nov. 12, 2009: Former Knesset member Eliyahu Speiser dies at age 79. A native of Haifa, Speiser begins working for Israel’s dominant political party, Mapai, in 1965 and is involved in the merger that produces the Labor Party in 1968. He serves as deputy mayor of Tel Aviv and chairs the Association of Cities of the Dan Area. He is elected to the Knesset three times, beginning in 1977 as part of the Alignment list, which includes Labor and leads the opposition to Likud.

Nov. 13, 1949: Shimon Gershon Rosenberg, the Orthodox rabbi and Zionist philosopher known by the acronym Shagar, is born in Jerusalem to two Holocaust survivors. Before being ordained in 1976, he serves in the IDF as a paratrooper and a tank crewman and is seriously wounded during the 1973 war. He takes a holistic approach to applying Torah to all aspects of life and provides answers to the perceived contradictions in Torah values and expectations.

Photo by Moshe Milner, Israeli Government Press Office // IDF soldier Gilad Shalit,

whose kidnapping in 2006 was masterminded by Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabbari, embraces his father, Noam, at Tel Nof Air Force Base shortly after his release Oct. 18, 2011.

Nov. 14, 2012: Ahmed Jabbari, the Hamas military chief, is killed in an IDF airstrike on Gaza that marks the start of Operation Pillar of Defense, which aims to destroy rocket launchers that have been persistently firing on southern Israel. The operation lasts until Hamas and Israel reach a cease-fire Nov. 21. Jabbari is considered the mastermind behind almost every Hamas attack from Gaza for years, including the abduction of Gilad Shalit in 2006. ■ Items are provided by the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org), where you can find more details.

ISRAEL NEWS Welcoming Our New Consul Amid Strike Concerns

By Eddie Samuels

Delilah and Steve Cohen hosted the event in their home.

Israel’s new Consul General to the “It was important to Steven and me to Southeast Anat Sultan-Dadon is settling bring together leaders from different Jewinto life in Atlanta. She held a reception Oct. ish organizations, synagogues and schools 29 for nearly 100 of Jewish Atlanta’s spiritu- to enjoy themselves in an informal setting al and community leaders. The event was a and have the opportunity to meet the new chance to get to know a little more about face of Israel, Consul General Anat Sultanthe diplomats serving the Southeast while Dadon. This gathering represented that snacking on kosher deserts. we are all one Jewish community in AtAs part of the event, Sultan-Dadon lanta in strong support of Israel, and as an took questions from those in atten- Israeli, I know the value of that support, dance, with topics ranging from her first which can never be taken for granted.” impressions of Atlanta’s Jewish commuAs the event was taking place, Israeli nity to the pending Israeli diplomatic consulates around the world were prestrike. paring to strike, shutting down consulate She began by complimenting Jewish services in protest of a Ministry of FiAtlanta and how active it is. nance decision that would — according “It really is our most important asset,” to diplomats — have an adverse effect on she said. “Of course, one of our most impor- Ministry of Foreign Affairs staffers. tant tasks anywhere in the world is to mainIn the past, diplomats have been aftain and nurture a strong relationship with forded lump-sum stipends to cover their the Jewish community. expenses, both per… It is also an incredible sonal and official. Now, asset as we go about our the Ministry of Finance daily work because so is asking for receipts many of you are part of in order to reimburse many different circles, payments, and also dewhether it’s our political manding that officials work, economic work or pay Israeli sales tax academic work.” on personal expenses.

Asked to address That value added tax is her biggest bullet 17 percent.

Anat Sultan-Dadon and the points for her first few “Foreign Ministry consulate team pose for a photo years in the Southeast, employees are required at the Oct. 29 reception. she said, “Our goals are to pay taxes like every something we try to define even before other citizen of the state of Israel,” the we arrive in the position. It serves as the Ministry of Finance said in a statement. best compass to direct our work.”

“It’s a shame that, in an attempt to imShe noted that while the seven states prove their circumstances, Foreign Minher consulate covers currently have istry employees are refusing to pay taxes strong relationships with Israel, it would and are hindering essential services. Forbe important to ensure that remains eign Ministry employees are not above steady in the future by working with the law.” both Republicans and Democrats.

Deputy Consul General to the South-

Alex Gandler tweeted news of the strike, including photos of the consulate with signs reading “Strike,” in English and Hebrew.

east Alex Gandler spoke to the AJT about the strike and why it goes beyond one simple rule change.

“The strike itself was about reimbursement for work-related events and expenses,” he said. “But it’s also about the role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the way the Ministry of Finance is treating the diplomatic corps in Israel.”

At the reception, Sultan-Dadon was asked about the effect this change has

had on her consulate’s ability to work.

“It means that we cannot do any traveling,” she said. “We cover a territory of seven states and that is very significant. I arrived and had an opportunity to quickly [travel] a bit, but it wasn’t nearly enough, and the ability to meet people where they are is essential to our work. I hope our political situation will be different in the near future.”

The strike began the morning of Oct. 30 in Israel and is temporarily paused because of an injunction that asked both sides to take a month to try to settle the dispute.

“We’re going to sit down and hopefully have a productive discussion,” Gandler said.

“But one of the reasons we went on strike was that we already had an agreement, … and just before the holidays started, the Ministry of Finance went back on that agreement.”

At the core of the matter is the identity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to Gandler.

“There cannot be a sovereign country without a Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” he said. “I’m optimistic that eventually we will agree on conditions, … but we’re fighting for the positions of the ministry. It’s a discussion about Israeli defense and Israeli foreign relations, which go hand-in-hand.” ■

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OPINION

Letter to the editor:

Letter to the editor:

Kudos to Alex Blecker for his excellent article explaining that BDS is definitely antiSemitic. However, the term “pro-Palestinian” used in the article (and even in publications such as The Times of Israel and The Jerusalem Post) needs a bit of clarification.

The unfortunate truth is that the proponents of BDS are not pro-Palestinian in the sense of wanting to help the Palestinian people better their lives. The BDS proponents are more accurately described as “people mouthing a false Palestinian narrative.” That narrative speaks of Israeli occupation and discrimination against the Palestinians.

The truth is that Israel liberated the land in question from Jordan in 1967, only after Jordan allied with Egypt and Syria in a war they had instigated with the open intention of destroying Israel and annihilating her people. The land is of historic and religious importance to Jews, and of strategic importance to Israel. Nonetheless, in 1968, Israel offered to withdraw in exchange for recognition and peace. The Arab League’s response was “NO recognition. NO peace. NO negotiations.”

Subsequent Israeli proposals were also rebuffed, and Palestinian leaders began claiming that Israeli settlements on the disputed land were preventing them from establishing a Palestinian state. But Israeli communities sit on only a few percent of that land and are home to businesses employing both Israelis and Palestinians and serving both Israeli and Palestinian consumers. They should be lauded as places where Israelis and Palestinians can forge personal relationships which could be the first step in realizing the dream of two states for two peoples, an Arab state of Palestine co-existing peacefully with the nation-state of the Jews. And that is precisely what BDS opposes. The movement, like the leaders of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, seeks a Palestinian state from which all Jews have been banned and an Israel which has been converted into a Muslim-majority state after being overrun by millions of Palestine refugees (people demanding that Israel give them the homes they claim their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents … lost in 1948).

The Palestine refugees have been raised in societies that highly honor and richly reward people who murder Jews. You can be sure that, unlike the Arabs who have full civil rights in Israel, the Jews would be barely tolerated in a Muslim-majority state.

Toby F. Block, Atlanta

Regarding the Nov. 1 article on “Does Atlanta Welcome Jews of Color?” I believe that this article does not reflect how our Jewish community welcomes diversity in our shuls.

One only needs to look intown in Toco Hills at Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, a Traditional shul, to find a very diverse and welcoming congregation. We have a very diverse congregation as some of our congregants are Tamani, Mizrachi, Sephardi, Ashkenazi, and yes, African American. Twenty-five percent of our minyan are made up of people of color who are halachic Jews. Our synagogue board is comprised of 30 percent African Americans holding vice president seats. I am certain that our African American congregants would not attend or participate in our shul if they did not feel welcome. I would encourage Ms. Senior and her family, Ms. Jaben-Eilon, and Ms. Johnson to come visit Congregation Shaarei Shamayim on Shabbat as they would all be most welcome.

Toni Brown, Atlanta

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Letter to the editor: Regarding the survey taken regarding anti-Semitism, I cannot fathom why 92 percent of Democrats disapproved of Trump’s handling of the threat of anti-Semitism in America with 82 percent of them strongly disapproving.

Obviously, the Democrats do not read your newspaper, the Jewish Times. If they had, they would have read a full-page article on Elan Carr, who was appointed by the Trump administration as a Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating antiSemitism, and who spoke on this topic at the former site of the Greenfield Academy a few months ago. President Trump is the only president who created such a position.

To say that he is doing nothing, shows how ill-informed they are.

Surprisingly, there were no Democrats in attendance that we were aware of, and unfortunately, a very low turnout. Despite my request that my synagogue display the flyer for this event (with a majority of Democrats as members), not one member attended this event. It they had, they certainly would have had an opportunity to learn of the Trump administration’s efforts to combat anti-Semitism.

L. Weinstein, Atlanta

Letter to the editor: Regarding: “Anti-Semitism Has No Place in Our Hearts” published Oct. 25: On Sunday, I marked one year since the Tree of Life tragedy that killed 11 congregants during morning prayers by reflecting on the threat of anti-Semitism in the United States in 2019, but with hope for a future free of hate.

Congressman Collins’ decision to mark the anniversary of their deaths by politicizing the scourge of anti-Semitism in his op-ed is deeply disappointing.

Congressman Collins is right to say that anti-Semitism has no place in our hearts.

But his false allegations that “the House Democratic Caucus can’t seem to agree on condemning the rank anti-Semitism within their own party” is not only offensive to Jewish Democratic members like myself, it also hurts bipartisan efforts currently underway to combat anti-Semitism.

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I drafted the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act and introduced it in 2016 and 2018 in collaboration with Democratic and Republican colleagues as well as a wide coalition of outside nonpartisan groups committed to the cause. That’s why I know that Representative Collins is wrong.

I believe in bipartisanship. That’s why I am a founding co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism.

I also believe anti-Semitism must be emphatically condemned whenever it appears. That’s why I took to the House floor in March to condemn my Democratic colleague’s offensive comments. Invoking classic anti-Semitic tropes must be condemned, no matter what side of the political aisle voices them.

As I explained to Congressman Collins multiple times, it is extremely important to me to avoid politicizing or weaponizing anti-Semitism. Particularly in a year where Jews have been shot in their synagogues and beaten on the streets, we cannot afford to be divided in our response.

Congressman Collins introduced my previously bipartisan bill without any Democratic support and wrote a partisan op-ed attacking my party just days before we marked one year since the worst attack on American Jews in our nation’s history.

We have been working hard to develop the right policy proposal to appropriately increase our government’s response to the alarming rise in anti-Semitism today. It’s time to avoid crass politics and instead work together to keep the American Jewish community safe.

Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL 22nd District)

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SENIOR LIFE Caring for Jewish Atlanta’s Seniors

By Roni Robbins A middle-aged woman called a senior helpline crying. “I promised my mother I would never put her in a nursing home,” the woman sobbed, relaying her situation to Jennifer Curry, the Atlanta Jewish community’s new AgeWell Atlanta information and referral concierge/manager. The caller’s mother had Alzheimer’s, didn’t recognize her daughter, and was beating her with a cane, recalled Curry, who worked with a social service agency outside the Jewish community at the time.

The Jewish community is faced with the responsibility of making sure its seniors are receiving the best care available, and that starts with being familiar with the senior resources available to them.

We caught up with Harley Tabak, CEO of Jewish HomeLife, provider of senior housing and at-home care services, to discuss the results from two recent news investigations on senior facilities.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Unprotected” exposé on the Georgia private-pay assisted living industry, released over the past few months, showed

Harley Tabak explains why Jewish HomeLife provides sought-after housing.

that The Cohen Home and Berman Commons Assisted Living and Memory Care received few violations during routine inspections between 2015 and 2018 compared to their competitors in Georgia.

Berman Commons scored 0.8 violations in the AJC’s reporting and The Cohen Home 1.5. Those numbers were well below the state average.

And the William Breman Jewish Home scored an overall rating of 4 out of 5 in the U.S. News & World Report Best

Nursing Homes short-term rehabilitation ratings, based on data up until August. The Jewish Home received a 3 out of 3 rating for its short-term rehabilitation and 2 out of 3 for its long-term care rating.

In terms of the AJC study, Tabak said Berman Commons ranked “off the chart,” with one of the highest ratings in comparison to competitors within a five-mile radius. “The Cohen Home also scored betSocial events such as the annual ter than all of its competitors [in that area] Sweethearts Ball at The William Breman with the exception of two,” he said. “Jewish Jewish Home give residents and families HomeLife communities did superb in the opportunities to celebrate together.

AJC story.” number. LPNs have less eduHe attributed that to becation and training than reging one of the few nonprofit istered nurses, he explained. assisted living facilities in “There is absolutely no the area with higher than worry about the competency of required staffing levels and the people in place,” Tabak said. strong support from the Jew“We still are one of the ish community, including most sought-after skilled fundraising and more than nursing homes in the region 1,000 volunteers in its Auxilfor rehabilitation and longiary.

Deborah Zisholtz is Jewish HomeLife re- director of the Aviv Older term care.”

Tabak said he welcomed ceived $532,757 from the Fed- Adult Services of JF&CS. the push for more RNs by the eration this year, according government and the efforts toward more to the Philanthropic Giving Report.

While Georgia requires one caregiver oversight of assisted living facilities, the for 15 residents during waking hours in result of the AJC’s investigation.

“I think more oversight ensures assisted living facilities and one for 25 overnight, Jewish HomeLife staffs at a 1-to- more confidence in the care provided.”

With greater assurances of safety, 7 ratio in its assisted living facilities and in the memory care unit at Berman Com- though, there are likely to be higher costs mons 1-to-5 during walking hours and passed on to the consumer, he said. But Ta1-to-10 overnight. “The very significant bak concedes, “It’s probably warranted.” difference in staffing is very important,” Cost of Living said Tabak.

In terms of the cost of Jewish senior Those assisted living facilities also receive high recognition – the Bronze Na- living services, he said, “We provide all tional Quality Award – from the Ameri- levels of affordability.”

Tabak said care in the Jewish Home can Health Care Association and for their is $300 a day, supplemented “I’m Still Here” dementia

by Medicaid for those eligitraining. ble who can’t afford the care.

In JHL assisted living Assisted living at The Cohen facilities, 90 percent of its Home and Berman Comcaregivers are certified nursmons ranges from $4,000 to ing assistants, having to pass $8,000 a month, depending certain training requireon the level of care provided. ments. In nursing homes, all Nursing home care is the caregivers are required probably more costly than othto be CNAs, but not in assisted living, he said.

Shari Bayer said assisted ers in the market because of the higher number of staff reliving homes and the “We try to apply higher health care standards be- activities they offer help quired, but the assisted living combat social isolation. care is comparable, he said. cause health care is our foAffordable housing is one of the arcus.”

In the News & World Report study, eas the Jewish community maybe lacking the Jewish Home received five stars for in its effort to keep up with the growing quality and four stars for staffing because population of older adults living longer, it didn’t have as many registered nurses healthier lives, said Amy Glass, director in the building as the federal government in Community Planning and Impact for would like but is steadily increasing that the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.

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SENIOR LIFE Science last year found that lonely people had higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease compared to people who were not lonely. “We can prevent cognitive decline and delay the onset of AD if we keep mentally active and frequently participate in social activities,” the study found.

Coordinated Care AgeWell Atlanta, the new information and referral service for the Jewish community, coordinates care between three Art classes and other social activities in Jewish communal agencies to help direct assisted living communities help reduce them to appropriate services, whether feelings of loneliness and isolation. they be specialized care in the home, “We have not even begun to scratch counseling, support groups, a friendly visthe surface to address it.” She said the itor, transportation, recreational activity, Federation is talking about how to or other assistance. change that, and continuing It’s a collaboration fundto explore the subject. ed by the Federation in partAbout a third of all calls renership with Jewish HomeLife, ceived by the Aviv Older Adult Aviv Older Adult Services and Services of Jewish Family & Cathe Marcus Jewish Commureer Services are for affordable nity Center of Atlanta to prohousing, said Deborah Zisholtz, vide services along the entire director of the program. continuum of care for older A new offering that may adults, Glass said. help to address affordable AgeWell Atlanta rehousing is the home shar- Jennifer Curry is the new ceived $137,850 from Feding service JF&CS expects to information and referral eration, according to its 2019 concierge/manager launch next year. It offsets the Philanthropic Giving Report. for AgeWell Atlanta. cost of rent or a mortgage, alA common misconceplowing older adults to stay in their homes tion is that older adults need to be in a longer, which is the desire of 80 percent nursing home, Curry said. of those age 50 and older, according to an “People don’t know there are options AARP study last year. Home sharing also of- to help them stay in their own home.” fers an alternative to social isolation, which The purpose of the coordinated inileads to depression among seniors, Zisholtz tiative, which developed over the past said. four years, is to avoid duplication of services by the participating agencies, operActive and Engaged ating independently; fill in where service According to the ARC regional snap- gaps exist; and where an agency has a shot, “many older adults experience iso- niche, to contribute to the continuum of lation, which has been shown to have ad- care for older adults, Glass said. verse health effects on par with smoking AgeWell Atlanta also provides a single 15 cigarettes per day.” entry point to help seniors. In the past, CurAssisted living facilities are also ry might have only been able to offer long helpful when it comes to lists of available options for combatting social isolation, callers to consider and they something the AJC study would have to manage their failed to show, said Shari own search.

Bayer, Jewish HomeLife’s When anyone contacts chief marketing and comAgeWell Atlanta, Curry will munications officer. consult with the participatBayer said, “Providing ing agencies to decide the best meaningful, purposeful accourse of action, handle the tivities, especially for those search and follow up as needwith dementia, can prevent ed. She will manage the cliAmy Glass says the them from exhibiting demenJewish community has ent’s care, evaluating whether tia-related behaviors such as yet to scratch the surface it is effective or whether it of affordable housing. wandering off, being aggresneeds to be revised. sive or agitated,” Bayer said.

As the older adult population contin“The alternative, such as watching a ues to grow, its needs will too, Glass said, game show at home by themselves, does and different areas will need the communot help slow the progression of demen- nity’s attention. For now, new programs tia,” she explained. such as AgeWell and home sharing will A study in the Journal of Biomedical help fill the void. ■

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SENIOR LIFE

Senior Housing in Atlanta Is Booming

By Bob Bahr When Dr. Morris Miehl and his wife Marian first moved to Atlanta 20 years ago from California to be closer to their children, there wasn’t much choice in terms of private senior living communities.

He finally heard of a property in Sandy Springs not far from the ChattaThe Corso Atlanta senior housing development in Buckhead hoochee. They were will eventually have over 600 units when it’s complete. fully rented except for a single, large, but poorly designed unit. your waiter about the food, they turned The way the property was run, as he around and just walked away. It was a described it, was “just plain weird.” But sellers’ market and no one in the busifaced with few other choices, he leased ness cared.” the apartment.

Today, all that has changed. Not only “The manager at the time showed up have the options for senior living inonce a week to play the piano for the resi- creased, but there is much more thought dents, then he disappeared,” Dr. Miehl re- given to design and innovative features. calls. “They did nothing for you in terms For example, on a nine-acre site on Howof activities, and if you complained to ell Mill Road, Village Park Senior Living

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prepared for all this togetherness and community-building as real estate developers seem to believe.

“We live as Americans, even American Jews, in a very individualistic society that has left the idea of communalism in the dust. It sometimes requires a considerable readjustment to be part of a communal setting.”

New senior housing in Atlanta features amenities Saulson now like this saltwater pool and spa. runs a mediation is building a new $300 million commu- service for seniors and their families called Moving Parents. It offers worknity called Corso Atlanta.

It’s in sharp contrast to The William shops and other services to help seniors Breman Jewish Home, its older, nearby plan for a smooth retirement.

“The role of the residential communeighbor on the same street, which aims for a high standard of personal care, but nity can be a socially expansive experience or it can be a restrictive experience, in a more basic and practical design.

According to the National Invest- especially for people who are not very ment Center for Senior Housing & Care, social to begin with.”

But there’s a growing belief among Atlanta is the hottest senior housing market in the country, with over 2,900 units senior housing developers that the rapunder construction in the third quarter idly maturing numbers of baby boomers of 2019. Low labor and land costs and will want more togetherness and more fewer regulatory restrictions have helped sophisticated choices rather than less.

Holbrook communities, based in contribute to the building boom.

Unlike the situation 20 years ago, Alpharetta, is planning to spend over $1 metropolitan Atlanta is an extremely billion over the next several years develcompetitive market, with innovative, oping properties in the Atlanta area and well-financed new projects opening, elsewhere in the Southeast that promise seemingly, every week, and new, even a new level of social activities for aging more futuristic concepts on the drawing residents with an emphasis on wellness and innovative living services for the board.

Corso Atlanta’s goal is to provide the well-heeled.

The company’s CEO Al Holbrook ambiance of a European village in the upscale Buckhead location. Monthly rent- hired a doctor to offer anti-aging and reals range from $7,000 to $14,000 each generative medicine at his properties and month but could go higher based on the started a program to source fresh products from 60 local farms for the gourmet level of care that’s expected.

According to Kari Samuelson, COO restaurants that are being built.

Holbrook’s new director of culinary of Village Park, the aim of the community is to provide a wide range of services services, Tom McEachern, a veteran Atlanta chef, was a recent contestant on right outside a resident’s front door.

“We want people to feel like they are one of the Food Network’s celebrity chef living in their own country club,” she competitions. For those residents who said. “We’re creating an environment can do it, the company is planning a trek where everything is available to them in to Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

“Our future residents are usually in a secure way and an easy and safe way.”

And as if to place more emphasis their mid-60s and they’re not ready to to what sets Corso apart, she adds, “We slow down. In fact, they want more,” Holwant to be a community where you want brook said recently in a company statement. “More amenities, more chances to live, not where you have to live.”

Rabbi Scott Saulson, who for many to use their brain, more chances to volyears was the community chaplain with unteer, and more chances to live their Jewish Family & Career Services, is not so life to the fullest with other like-minded sure that seniors are as psychologically people.” ■

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SENIOR LIFE

The Reality of Depression in Older Adults

By Chantal Spector and Debbi Dooley

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines someone who is Depression is often thought of as an depressed as having “feelings of sadness affliction of young people; however, sta- or anxiety that last for weeks at a time.” tistics show that older adults are suffer- However, depression affects everyone differently. He or she ing as well. may also experience According to the feelings of hopelessness, National Alliance on guilt, helplessness, irMental Illness: ritability, restlessness, loss of interest in activi• Depression affects ties, decreased energy, more than 6.5 million difficulty concentrating, of the 35 million Ameriremembering details cans aged 65 or older. and making decisions, insomnia or excessive • Depression is the sleeping, overeating or single most significant appetite loss, persistent risk factor for suicide in aches or pains, and the elderly population, headaches, cramps, or and older Caucasian digestive problems that males have the highest persist even with medirate of suicide in the U.S. Chantal Spector is marketing cal treatment. manager of JF&CS. “Every day, we see • While many older adults have dealt with depression during elders who experience losses they aren’t much of their lives, others may experi- prepared for: loss of a spouse, loss of ence it later in life for the first time, even friends, loss of community, and perhaps loss of health and ability. Sometimes in their 80s and 90s. these losses can compound to trigger a

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depressive episode,” said Debbi Dooley, but his depression improved enough that geriatric care manager at Jewish Family he started to enjoy life more.”

Often, depression can be missed by a & Career Services of Atlanta.

“I had a client who was a lovely doctor if a patient has another illness, as it man in his mid-80s, but he was lonely has some similar symptoms to dementia, stroke, heart disease, and and dispirited because incorrect medication. his spouse had died, Many elderly people and his friends had either their families don’t recmoved away or passed, ognize the symptoms of his military friends depression, aren’t aware were gone, and his chilthat it is a medical illdren lived out of town,” ness, and don’t know she said. how to get help. Older “He didn’t know adults are more likely why he was feeling so to get help for a swollen down and unmotivated. knee than they are for After calling JF&CS, we months of “feeling blue.” were able to help him by “Counseling can rebuilding a supportive provide a space where team that included regolder adults can resolve ular check-ins from his issues from their past, geriatric care manager, Debbi Dooley said elders while also exploring counseling and mediexperience losses that can their fears and concerns cation management to trigger depression. about what comes next. treat his depression, community-based activities including Grief and loss can be constants in an oldtransportation to the senior center, and er adult’s life, and the impact of this can attachment to a One Good Deed volun- be devastating. Having a space to share teer. He still grieved his wife and friends, these thoughts with a trusted and car-

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ing professional can provide immense relief,” said Dan Arnold, director of clinical services at JF&CS. One reason many older adults may not seek help is stigma. They hold onto the mistaken belief that depression is a character flaw and are worried about what others might say. They may blame themselves for their illness and are too ashamed to get help. Others worry that treatment will be too costly. Yet research has also shown that treatment is effective. About 80 percent of depressed older adults improve with a combination of talk therapy and medication, with some research finding medication equally as important as the sense of feeling “heard.” Older adults may also have family secrets that have been buried for years. Sharing decades of trauma in a safe, private environment can dramatically improve an older adult’s mental health.

Since depression may suppress immune response, it can make a person physically ill, and may worsen symptoms or delay recovery of other illnesses. It is also associated with an increase in osteoporosis and fall risk, accelerated memory loss, and increased risk of suicide and premature death.

For older adults who are ready to get assistance to fight depression, a licensed therapist can help. Therapists can help older adults find relief from depression using a combination of theoretical orientations: cognitive behavior therapy, which helps clients reframe negative to positive; interpersonal therapy, which is used to teach older adults about the importance of social connection; and problem-solving therapy, which can help people work through the main sources of stress and pain.

Therapists at JF&CS take insurance and remove barriers such as transportation by meeting in elders’ homes. In addition, JF&CS employs a multidisciplinary approach to care with a psychiatrist who can work with older adults on medication management as well as art and yoga therapy. ■ For more information about clinical services, visit jfcsatl.org/clinical or call 770-677-9474.

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SENIOR LIFE

Solomon Successfully Rallies Active Seniors

Gail Solomon accepting the 2019 Goldstein Award for founding and executing mAAc.

By Marcia Caller Jaffe Atlanta is all abuzz with a soughtafter avalanche of Gen Yers and millennials, but recent stats show yet another trend. The Atlanta Regional Commission predicts the biggest future change is a city that is growing older and more diverse.

Thus, the slice of seniors will triple by 2050. The Jewish baby boomers are well on the way too.

That’s why Ahavath Achim Synagogue’s Gail Solomon identified the need and went about addressing it with

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The kickoff brunch in late 2018 featuring Broadway show tunes had to hold the capacity at 112.

The AA group, mAAc, returns from Atlanta BeltLine tour.

the start and execution of Mature Active Adult programming. She recently received the 2019 Goldstein Volunteer of the Year award for starting the group.

Solomon is busy in her own right heading up the synagogue blood drive and working at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium and The Buckhead Coalition.

From 1988 to 2004 she owned a tour and event company, Guidelines-Atlanta, which made her skills a natural for this new opportunity.

“I wanted to show appreciation to Rabbis Rosenthal and Sandler for their

support during a difficult time in my life,” she said. “Thinking about the synagogue’s needs, we agreed that it was programming for mature active adults. ‘Active’ being the important word. We sent out 645 introductory letters to Ahavath Achim members, age 65-plus. The response was beyond our expectations. It caused the board to rethink the needs of the synagogue.”

Programs are geared to all “active adult” couples and singles alike to encourage learning, socialization, entertainment and fun. “It is NOT a singles’ dating group!”

Solomon said. “We have about 50/50 participation from couples and singles. Membership is $18 per person. This money is used to defray administrative expenses.

Mature Active Adult Community (known as mAAc, AA branding) members pay a discounted rate for events.”

Member Shirley Rich added, “I have very much enjoyed the mAAc programs.

It really fills a much-needed gap for socialization and participation in planned group activities that seniors seek and that we wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity to participate in.”

Many seniors don’t like to drive far anymore and are looking for ways to interact with others and go to events that they wouldn’t attend alone. Every event we have planned has been filled to capacity with a waiting list. The BeltLine bus holds only 25 people so we could accept only 25 reservations.

The October kick-off brunch program – Jewish Broadway songwriters – set a goal for 50 and 112 showed up.

In January, Billy Planer served as guide for a tour of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Planer, who grew up as a youth in AA Synagogue, is founder of Etgar 36, which conducts Jewish youth tour experiences. It was recently featured in The New York Times.

In March, more than 90 went to Cyclorama in its new Atlanta History Center home. In May there was a guided bus tour of the BeltLine; in July, former

Atlanta mayor Sam Massell spoke about his biography, “Play it Again, Sam;” and in August, the group saw the Houdini exhibit at The Breman Museum.

Remarking on what were the most successful, Solomon said, “The Center for Civil and Human Rights museum tour was amazing because Billy Planer provided so much information and history.

The BeltLine tour was eye-opening, demonstrating the growth of Midtown, East Atlanta and points south. The book review featuring Sam Massell found his life growing up in Atlanta and becoming the first and only Jewish mayor intruiging.”

Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal said, “mAAc is at the core of our congregation’s mission: to join individual spiritual journeys together to strengthen and embolden our collective Jewish lives. Through Gail’s initiative, Ahavath Achim has embarked on an amazing effort to support and serve one of our core demographics – active mature adults.

Many Jewish institutions are obsessed with chasing young people and in this desire for the attention and affection of millennials, young families, there has been some objectification and stereotyping, which isn’t healthy. All people want to be inspired and live lives of meaning and purpose. Through Gail and mAAc’s efforts, we are leading by example.”

Some events have transportation from AA on Peachtree Battle Avenue.

Non-synagogue members can join for $36 each and be on the mailing list. NonAA, non-mAAc mature active adults 65plus can participate on a space-available basis for an additional fee.

Upcoming events include: Nov. 21: Tour of the Andy Warhol exhibit at The Booth Museum in Cartersville, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

January 2020: mAAc Shabbat with judging of the Great Kugel Kook-off, and “The Band’s Visit” at the Fox Theatre.

February: Brunch kick-off 2020 with the Gray Matters Band. ■

SENIOR LIFE

101-Year-Old Buckhead Doyenne Saluted

By Marcia Caller Jaffe In advance of her 101st birthday last month, Helen Regenstein’s Daughters of the American Revolution chapter, where she serves as parliamentarian, honored her at Park Place for a mere 80 years of membership.

Regenstein is the granddaughter of one of the five Moses brothers who fought for the South from the beginning to the end of the Civil War. Andrew Jackson Moses and some two dozen other members of the extended family fought for the South in some of the first and last battles of the war.

There’s quite an illustrious history in belonging to the DAR, especially for a Jewish belle.

She grew up in Sumter, S.C., and married attorney Louis Regenstein, Jr., chairman of the board of Regenstein’s department store in Atlanta, started in 1872.

It was the first company in the South to hire a female salesperson.

Her family in South Carolina served in the American Revolution, and Rachel Moses --the daughter of the family’s “founding father,” Myer Moses -- is the only Jewish female known to have been killed by the British during the Civil War, being fatally wounded during the siege of Charleston by a cannonball that destroyed their home in 1780.

Helen’s great-great-grandfather was Isaac Harby, the leading founder of America’s Reform Judaism. Understanding her history was the main event for the tribute in her honor Oct. 27 in advance of her birthday three days later.

She is truly remarkable. In an interview about her longevity, she told me that six days a week she drives her silver Jaguar to Jeanne’s Body Tech in Buckhead for pilates and yoga.

“I started working out at Jeanne’s when it was a backyard tool shed” circa 1975. Son Reg said, “Watch out! Mom drives anywhere she wants at the drop of a hat, even in rush hour. When we go to an event, she wants to drive!”

Helen said she has no particular diet.

“At 104 pounds, I eat whatever I want, when I want, but I do not like stewed okra.”

Reg recently followed her lead. “Since I’m a vegetarian, after 50 years of admonishing her that red meat will kill her, I finally stopped at her 100th birthday.” Ice cream and popcorn are favorites.

Both of Helen’s parents died around 80 and her younger siblings are deceased.

Helen is an avid reader and recently finished “A Gentleman from in Moscow” by Amor Towles. She has read it twice since, because “it was so beautifully written.”

Helen Regenstein, in red, celebrates her 101st birthday with her family, son Reg, far left, grandson Dan, and son Kent, far right.

Helen, known for her designer couture, said, “The good news is I haven’t bought anything new because I can still fit into my old clothes. I do miss wearing high heels!” She mused that the key to longevity is luck.

She concluded, “Who wants to read all this about me anyway? My father used to say ‘A person should only be in the newspaper twice, when you’re born and when you die.’”

But Helen’s rich Jewish family history is worthy of more than a passing mention.

One branch of the extended family, the Levys, were responsible for preserving Monticello, the Virginia home of our nation’s third president, Thomas Jefferson.

Commodore Uriah P. Levy, a naval officer, bought the dilapidated estate after Jefferson’s death. His nephew, Jefferson Monroe Levy, completed the restoration and arranged for it to be a private foundation, then a national monument.

Commodore Levy fought in the War of 1812, rose to the highest post in the Navy, and is credited with leading the fight to abolish flogging in the service. His father Michael Levy was a member of the Silver George’s Regiment, protecting Philadelphia from the British during the Revolution.

Uriah Levy’s maternal grandfather, Jonas Phillips, came to Charlestown as an indentured servant in 1756, and gained his freedom. He married Rebecca Machado, granddaughter of Dr. Samuel Nunez. Among the guests who danced at the family wedding in 1762 was “the Virginia planter and soldier, George Washington,” according to son Reg, who sent an 800-word family tree.

Dr. Nunez was once the personal physician to King John V of Portugal, and fleeing persecution under the Inquisition, came with a boatload of other Portuguese Jews to Georgia in 1733, landing in Savannah, When Nunez arrived as the first physician in Georgia, half the colony had died of “fever” (probably malaria), but he is credited with saving the rest of the colony. The Nunez family traces its ancestry back to the family of King David of Israel, from which the family was expelled by the Romans over 2,000 years ago.

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VETERANS At 92, Ellner Spearheads Project for Vets

Olive Ellner holds one of the 24 blankets being donated this Veterans Day.

By Bob Bahr For a woman of 92, Olive Ellner has a remarkable memory. She can, for example, remember how over 85 years ago, she and her young sister went door-todoor collecting nickels and dimes for Hadassah. They were part of the only Jewish family in the small New Jersey town where they lived. Although her neighbors barely knew any Jews, and most had never heard of Hadassah, she ended up collecting $150.

She had a knack, even then, for getting things done for others, and providing the motivation to accomplish what most would think could never be accomplished. So it is not surprising that, as she sat in her small living room at Sunrise at Huntcliff Summit, a senior living community in Sandy Springs, this spry and energetic widow takes such pride in the most successful project of her advanced years.

Stacked neatly on her sofa and a nearby easy chair are 24 large white boxes, tied with colored knitting yarn.

Each contains a folded, hand-knitted red, white and blue blanket in the shape of an American flag. On Veterans Day, they’ll all go to the Atlanta VA Medical Center on Clairmont Road to provide extra warmth for wheelchair-bound vets.

The blankets are knitted by a network of volunteers she manages in the building where she lives and elsewhere in the metropolitan area. She started the project with fellow residents she cornered in the building’s elevator, who couldn’t easily escape her effective plea for help.

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Each blanket contains a thank you note in appreciation of a veteran’s service.

then finishes each blanket with 50 porcelain stars that her daughter, Lisa Saltzman, found in England. A thank you note tops each presentation box.

“I had trouble at first getting people because I think they thought they couldn’t do it, but I showed them how simple it was, just plain knitting, not even knit and purl. We have a woman in Athens now who’s just phenomenal. She’s made 12.”

She started the project five years ago, soon after moving here from Long Island to live near her daughter. A friend had told her of the storage room at the VA hospital that was filled with blankets that had been donated and no one wanted.

“You know why they didn’t use them? Because they couldn’t relate to such a dull gift, useful as it was. It has to be something they can relate to. And what honors a soldier more than anything else, but a flag of America? And that’s how I started.”

Getting involved in causes is nothing new for Ellner, who has the energy, vitality and good humor of someone half her age. On her refrigerator is a magnet from the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala., a nonprofit to which she donates that has a long history of fighting racism and anti-Semitism in America.

Just a few weeks ago she was in the institutional kitchen at Huntcliff Summit to pass out forms and instructions to mostly Hispanic and African American workers about how to register to vote.

“I get a lot of people involved, because you learn this about being a leader for the causes you believe in – you can’t be a leader without followers. The more people you get involved, the bigger the following.”

VETERANS

Ellner was once jailed for civil disobedience in New York City during protests on behalf of Soviet Jews.

In her apartment office, with its small-framed pictures of children and grandchildren, is a poster-size blowup of a news photo from the early 1970s that shows Ellner as part of a line of demonstrators. They had just been arrested for protesting the plight of Jews in the Soviet Union. The photo, which was taken outside the Soviet embassy at the United Nations on Manhattan’s East Side, shows her waiting her turn to step up into a police paddy wagon.

“I don’t think of myself as a do-gooder. I don’t think of that at all. It’s just my

mission to do what I can for people who need help. It makes me feel good.”

So, Ellner, who is old enough to remember when Veterans Day was once called Armistice Day to honor the end of World War I, intends to keep up her good work for years to come.

“I don’t feel 92. I don’t feel any age.

They say it’s not the years in your life, it’s the life in your years.”

With her passion for helping others and her keen memory, she doesn’t intend to forget what a flag can mean to a veteran on Veterans Day. ■

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ARTS Taupin’s Art, Veterans Day and Elton John’s Tour Coincide

Butch and Susan Frumin, avid art enthusiasts, pose in front of “Pop Amerika, 2016,” composed of comics and candy wrappers, among other items.

By Marcia Caller Jaffe Bill Lowe Gallery in Buckhead this month presents a well-timed exhibition of multi-media assemblages by artistic giant Bernie Taupin. He is best known as the greatest lyricist of the 20th century and writer of almost every Elton John hit in history.

The exhibition coincides with John’s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour last

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Gallery owner Bill Lowe welcomes Steve Human and Joanne Ackerman alongside “Pure American.” Taupin’s 2017 work was made from flag material and is priced at $28,500.

weekend, the second year in a row at State Farm Arena.

Taupin, 69, whose first wife was Jewish, has, in recent years, gained immense acclaim for his complex configurations of imagery, found objects and text that create works that are as much cultural artifacts as works of art. Based on what can be seen on display at the gallery, American flags and guitars are his most popular subjects.

“Taupin’s 50 years at the pinnacle of the music industry give him a unique perspective about the visual dialogue between unraveling European social and creative constructs and the explosive emergence of a new American artistic vocabulary,” according to Lowe Gallery marketing specialist Donovan Johnson.

On Oct. 25, the Lowe Gallery hosted an open house showing of Taupin’s works.

Legendary Events catered the affair with passed hors d’oeuvres and unique stations, like a hummus bar with an assortment of carrot and edamame varieties. The roasted artichoke, eggplant, zucchini, root vegetable platters pleased a well-populated Jewish crowd. A dessert display followed.

Lowe, the ever-gracious host, is known for his elaborate gallery events that some have said rivaled sumptuous bar mitzvah buffets. Lowe said that through his 30 years he has accumulated quite a large and treasured Jewish client base.

Some interpret Taupin’s lyrics to have hidden Jewish symbolism, especially “Levon,” which references war wounds as from the Holocaust and the role of Jesus, concluding that “he shall be a good man.”

There was also a notable stew about John’s fourth appearance in Tel Aviv in 2016, where he ignored Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement threats to close down the show and had wildly popular concerts there.

He performed his “Crazy Wonderful Night” concert for a crowd of 40,000, kicking off his European tour and dedicating “Your Song” to the State of Israel.

He glowed, “I couldn’t have asked for a better audience or a nicer place.”

Flash forward to Taupin’s art exhibit and sale, Johnson said “Transferring lyrical talent to visual arts, Taupin’s insight into chords of human emotion makes him a master at

Artist Susan Potasnik chats with Francine Lowe in front of “M.I.A., 2018,” made with chicken wire over flag material, on sale for $22,800.

weaving the written word to move the collective heart and soul. He has adapted this gift with equal finesse in his art. Each of Taupin’s works taps into broad philosophical and thematic concerns. They have much in common with the communicative nuances inspired by risky urban ‘tags’ of street art. … His work has the inherent energy derived from political power tools like stenciling letterforms.”

There are blasts of spray paint, images created over distinct textured surfaces, stamping out recognizable symbols and target shapes and flag images, chicken wire, candy wrappers and heaven knows what else.

Many works incorporate guitars.

Lowe said the South is especially receptive to found objects in the context of cultural artifacts.

Among the crowd, native New Yorker Susan Potasnik said, “This event is really akin to something we would have in SoHo or Greenwich Village.” Susan Frumin, who had just come from another gallery event on Miami Circle, noted, “We come because we enjoy meeting interesting people and seeing the art.” Socialite Francine Lowe joked, “We love coming because the price is right {zero}, good people, good food.

What could be better?”

After the final performances of John, Taupin appeared Nov. 3 at the Bill Lowe Gallery for an intimate Southern brunch and two-hour discussion with Lowe. The discussion was to be led by Mike Green, former 14-year chair of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which puts on the Grammy Awards. He cancelled to rescue horses from the California fires.

The exhibition is open to the public through the end of November at 764 Miami Circle.

Individual pieces start around $22,000 and many are in the $40,000s. ■

ARTS

Adam Ezra Mixes Music and Activism

By Kevin C. Madigan

homelessness. There are 1,600 of them, give or take, in northeast New England that struggle to find a place to sleep every night. I think it’s a travesty and we can do something tangible about it. This year over 4,000 people attended The Ramble in Boston and we were able to raise enough money to get 50 of our heroes off the streets and into safe and dignified housing.

Jewish singer, songwriter and bandleader Adam Ezra, who is from Boston, just played a rousing show in Decatur at Eddie’s Attic, and is becoming known for putting his money where his mouth is.

Ezra spoke to the AJT about all of it.

AJT: What can audiences expect when they go to your shows?

Ezra: We never go into a show with a plan. I write hundreds of songs and every night when we go on stage, we don’t know what we’re going to play. My favorite concerts are the ones that are inspired by the moment and feel like a conversation between me and the audience. One of the joys of playing with my band is being able to feature each incredible player individually. We sing a lot of harmony these days, especially when we play in markets that are just finding out about us. We’ll unplug and hop off the stage, play music and hang with the audience.

Whatever it is, it will be an adventure.

AJT: Tell us about your band.

Ezra: We have a fiddle player who

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“Better Than Bootleg Vol. 3” is the band’s latest album, released Aug. 24.

The Adam Ezra Group logo.

also plays accordion, a bass player who plays electric and upright, a drummer who plays a Frankenstein kit with traditional elements as well as hand percussion and even a muffler. I play acoustic guitar mostly, but also some banjo and harmonica and resonator.

would play in any bar that would hire us.

I’ve always believed that music, like nothing else, has the ability to empower and connect community, and that inspires me as much as the music itself. We’ve made giving back in one way or another a priority and part of the mission, and that can encompass a very wide range of issues and causes.

AJT: Let’s talk about how you’ve incorporated activism into your life and career.

Ezra: I’ve been playing music for a bunch of years now and early on we didn’t have much of an audience. We

AJT: You also have something called RallySound.

Ezra: It’s a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, a foundation through which we give back in different ways. It’s a way for me and my band to not only continue the activism that inspires us, but it can also help empower other artists to do the same.

As time unfolds and RallySound becomes more established, we aim to support other artists to support other causes. That’s a pretty rewarding thing as well.

AJT: The Senda Verde Wildlife Sanctuary in Bolivia is run by the family of AJT: What is The Ramble all about?

Ezra: Ten years ago, just as our fan your bass player Poche Ponce, right?

Ezra: Yes. base was beginPeople don’t know ning to stretch that the Amazon beyond the borforest stretches ders of Boston, well into Bolivia we decided that in and a lot of those addition to playfires have been ing charity events, incredibly destrucwe wanted to cretive. Even though ate and build our Senda Verde is own live event. We technically an called it The Ramanimal refuge, ble. It was right in times of crisis, after that massive The Adam Ezra Group includes Ezra, second from earthquake that right, along with Poche Ponce on bass, Corinna community leaders become leaders devastated Haiti, Smith on fiddle and Alex Martin on drums. in all sorts of other so we partnered with a great organization called Partners ways and Senda Verde has been doing exin Health and raised money through The traordinary things to support the locals Ramble to support the folks down there through the fires that have raged throughthat were struggling. Over the follow- out the country. Because there is so much ing years The Ramble took on different corruption, oftentimes it is up to the folks causes. One year we raised money for who are not governmental leaders to make Feed America [providing] 35,000 meals for a difference. families in need. Another time we helped AJT: So you still find time to write raise enough money to build a park in a gang-infested area outside Boston – a songs?

Ezra: That’s the stuff that feeds me. green space that kids could be safe in.

We have already released two albums this AJT: But now it’s mostly about war year. I do an annual tour called Get Folked to raise the vote. We have hundreds of veterans?

Ezra: I’ve always felt The Ramble fans who apply to host house concerts should be shaped by the community around the country. We are also working that shares it and is dedicated to it. It re- on another studio album. With a 200-plus ally came together on another level over tour schedule, it’s been challenging to balsomething that struck us all deeply – it ance studio, activism and touring. I need was really impactful. So now The Ramble to make room for it all, but luckily for me has dedicated its mission to end veterans’ I love every aspect of my job. ■

ARTS

The Ties That Bind: Irish and Jewish Connections

By Kevin C. Madigan

granting those of the Jewish faith the right to exist in a predominantly CathoThe Jewish population in Ireland is lic country, a departure from the scant quite small, according to Atlanta’s Irish recognition accorded them in other EuConsul General Shane Stephens, “but the ropean countries during that period, the sources state. The community has been measure received conunbelievably producsiderable resistance, tive from a cultural however, and did little point of view, and in to stem the anti-Semtheir contribution to itism that prevailed politics and academic in Ireland and elselife.” where.

Stephens, host In 1977, a son of of an exhibition last Lithuanian Jewish year called “Represenemigrants, Gerald tations of Jews in Irish Goldberg, was elected Literature” at Savanmayor of the city of nah’s Congregation Cork, according to the Mickve Israel, spoke Musicians at the 2018 IrishFest Atlanta. online sources. Chaim to the AJT ahead of the annual IrishFest Atlanta taking place Herzog, an Irishman from Belfast, served as president of Israel for a decade startthis weekend in Roswell.

The two-day event Nov. 8-9 will show- ing in 1983. His father, Isaac Herzog, had case concerts and dance performances been chief rabbi of Ireland.

In his 2011 book “Jewish Ireland: A by well-known Irish artists, as well as workshops, lectures and family activities Social History,” author Ray Rivlin writes that Orthodox Russian Jews, fleeing tsarthroughout the city’s downtown area.

The number of Jews living in Ire- ist persecution, began arriving in Ireland land had been declining steadily from a in the 1880s, primarily from Lithuania, high of almost 4,000 in 1946, according with no means of support, little educato a 2017 article in The Irish Times. But tion, and no knowledge of the English a sharp rise of almost 30 percent within language.

“Overcoming poverty and antipajust the last decade is attributed to the thy, they established influx of high-tech Jewish enclaves in firms and their need townships and cities for staff. The most throughout Ireland, recent Irish census in educated themselves 2016 states 2,557 Jews from peddlers to are now residents, the professionals and highest number reentrepreneurs, took corded since 1971. an active part in the Maurice Cohen, Irish civil war and chairman of the Jewother major conflicts, ish Representative engaged in national Council of Ireland, politics and sport, told the Irish Indeand achieved acclaim pendent newspaper Irish singer Kathleen Donohoe, in literature, art, and in 2017, the number based in Atlanta, plays at IrishFest. music.” of Jewish people now Both Israel and Ireland became inliving in Ireland is “easily in excess of dependent in the 20th century, and their 3,000.”

Stephens said, “On a personal level, people have a long history of being on the I grew up in the most Jewish part of Ire- margins due to discrimination. Each has a land – Dublin – and quite a few went to particular homeland but have had an enormy high school.” All three of the coun- mous influence in subcultures through try’s remaining synagogues (there were their diasporas, Stephens said, “and both 11 in 1940) are located in the city; a fourth really have achieved a lot as artists, writers one in Cork closed in 2016 due to falling and performers in the United States as well attendance after holding services there as places around the world.” ■ since 1905, according to online sources.

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CALENDAR Kabbalah of the Supernatural –

NOVEMBER 8 – 18

28th Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA – Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta. 45+ authors, two epic weeks. For times, prices and more information, www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival.

CANDLE-LIGHTING TIMES

Lech-Lecha Friday, November 8, 2019, light candles at 5:21 p.m.

Saturday, November 9, 2019, Shabbat ends at 6:17 p.m.

Vayeira Friday, November 15, 2019, light candles at 5:16 p.m.

Saturday, November 16, 2019, Shabbat ends at 6:13 p.m. help their daughters become leaders and gain skills and tools to have meaningful, constructive communication and interaction with their daughters. Dads, bring your daughters, ages 8 to 14, and join in from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for fun activities, conversation and connection. Free.

RSVP, Rebecca Brown, rbrown@jfcsatl. org, or call 770-677-9371.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8

Second Friday Community Shabbat Dinner – Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Join Chabad Intown and the Intown Jewish community for Shabbat dinner. Share traditional and new Shabbat dishes while enjoying the company of new and old friends. $25 per adult, $10 per child. For more information, www.bit.ly/2PpuVJg.

Acoustic Shabbat Café @ Crema Espresso Gourmet – Crema Espresso Gourmet, 2458 Mt. Vernon Road, Dunwoody, from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Join Rabbi Brian Glusman, Drew Cohen and teen musicians from The Weber School for an evening of music and Shabbat prayers.

Food and wine available for purchase.

This interactive Shabbat-themed experience is sponsored by Atlanta Jewish Music Festival and The Weber School.

Free. For more information, www.bit. ly/33ToaBw.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9

Anat Cohen Tentet, Musical Director Oded Lev-Ari – Morgan Hall, Bai-

ley Performance Center, 488 Prillaman Way NW, Kennesaw, from 8 to 10 p.m.

Ever-charismatic, prolific, and inspired, GRAMMY-nominated clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence.

She has been declared Clarinetist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association every year since 2007 and has also been named the Top Clarinetist, Rising Star, and Jazz Artist of the Year by DownBeat magazine. For prices, tickets and more information, www.bit.ly/31Cik63.

Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, from 6 to 8 p.m. Join this biweekly support group facilitated by Helen Kotler Ph.D. LPC. $25 per session. To join the group, hkotler@jfcsatl.org or call 404210-9571.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10

Because We Have Daughters – Atlanta Jewish Academy, 5200 Northland Drive, Atlanta. Because We Have Daughters provides a unique opportunity for fathers to deepen their relationships with their daughters, connect with other dads,

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

FIDF Legends and Heroes of the IDF – Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. A Tribute to Maj. Gen. Meir Amit, z”l, head of IDF Military Intelligence and chief director of Israel’s Intelligence Service, Mossad, with Itai Tsur, FIDF Southeast region president and Amit’s grandson. $50 per ticket, $36 per young leadership ticket. For tickets and more information, www.southeast@ fidf.org or 678-250-9030.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

Clark Atlanta Performs Annelies: The Diary of Anne Frank – The Temple,

An Evening with Anita Diamant –

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11

Divorce & Separation Support Group – Jewish Family & Career Services, 4549

Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Join in for an otherworldly learning adventure as we explore Talmudic and kabbalistic teachings on the supernatural forces in the universe. $36 per ticket. For more information, www. bit.ly/2MB4Q6s.

Congregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mt. Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs, from 7 to 9 p.m. Join Rising Tide and MACoM for a festive evening of storytelling and conversation with New York Times bestselling author Anita Diamant. Hear from Atlanta Jewish middle and high school students as they share the meaning of Jewish ritual in their lives and recognize the winners of the My Jewish Ritual: Creative Arts and Writing Contest. Dessert and coffee will be served. $24 per person. For more information, www.bit. ly/2N4Sa6F.

Judaic Needlework Meetings – Off North Shallowford Road and I-285, Atlanta, at 7 p.m. The Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework is an international organization devoted to needlework traditions through the sharing of handcrafted items for both Jewish ritual and everyday cultural use. $45 for an annual membership. For meeting location and more information, email peachstatestitch@aol.com.

1589 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, from 7 to 9 p.m. To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the birth of Anne Frank and the 75th anniversary of her last entry in her diary, the Clark Atlanta University Philharmonic Society will present a performance of “Annelies” at The Temple.

Free. For more information, www.bit. ly/2pVtS7x.

JLI Worrier to Warrior – Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. People yearn to feel happy, self-assured, and enthusiastic, yet they’re often consumed by feelings of doubt, regret, insecurity and suffering. Do our delicate positive emotions have a fighting chance at being in control? This course explores negative emotions in a completely new light, offering spiritual mechanisms that allow us to remain upbeat no matter what life brings. $99 for a single course reservation, $169 for a double reservation. For more information, www.bit.ly/2Ph2CuT.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13

Synagogue Scholars & Authors Series – Congregation Shearith Israel, 1180 University Drive, Atlanta, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Dr. Zach Bercu, assistant professor in the

NOVEMBER 8-17 A rising tide of global anti-Semitism Western civilization under attack

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16

Bari Weiss, “How to Fight Anti-Semitism” Sponsored by the AJT – Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, from 8 to 10 p.m. This timely book is Weiss’ cri de coeur: an unnerving reminder that Jews must never lose their hard-won instinct for danger, and a powerful case for renewing Jewish and liberal values to guide us through this uncertain moment. Not just for the sake of America’s Jews, but for the sake of America. $30 per person. For more information, www.bit.ly/2oo4vus.

Hear the brilliant Melanie Phillips, Times of London journalist and best-selling author, lay out the reasons Jews are at the eye of the storm and the remedies to this assault on our civilization.

Join us:

November 18, 2019 -- 6:30 PM November 19, 2019 -- 7:30 AM For more information: nadine@CAMERA.org

division of Interventional Radiology and Image-Guided Medicine, department of radiology in Emory University School of Medicine, discusses “Medical Innovation in Start-Up Nation: Lessons for Any Professional Community Hungering for New Ideas.” Free. Refreshments served.

For more information and to register, www.bit.ly/34aiCTm.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14

Lunch ‘n Learn at the MJCCA – Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, from 12 to 1 p.m. Join conservative Rabbi Claudio Kaiser Blueth for an interactive class and discussion. Guests may bring lunch or purchase food from A Healthy Touch kosher café. Free and open to all. For more information, www.bit.ly/36eEcYI.

Mention the Atlanta Jewish Times for more than half off of the general admission ticket.

Shabbat Friday Night Monthly Musical Service – Congregation Etz Chaim, 1190 Indian Hills Parkway NE, Marietta, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Be part of this Friday night musical service. They are looking for musicians of all ages, so if you play an instrument that enhances the ruach of Shabbat, join them.

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

Friday Night Live – Congregation Shearith Israel, 1180 University Drive, Atlanta, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Shearith Israel’s monthly, spirited, song-filled Friday evening service followed by a lovely oneg and socializing. It’s a wonderful way to welcome Shabbat. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2Gp5SRI.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15

YJP Shabbat 360 – Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 6 to 10 p.m. Join 360 of Atlanta’s young Jews as they come together to mingle and meet while enjoying an open bar, buffet-style Shabbat dinner and an incredible Shabbat spirit. $40 per person. For tickets and more information, www.bit.ly/34fvTKF.

Bearing Witness: George Rishfeld (Poland) – William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, 1440 Spring St. NW, Atlanta, from 2 to 4 p.m. The speakers of Bearing Witness, all Atlanta residents, recall their experiences during the Holocaust.

Their words rise above hatred and retribution to speak about the strength and will that enabled them to survive and go on to build new lives. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2VQtIJ8. ■

11th ANNUAL ROTHSCHILD LECTURE

EVENING LECTURE

HARVEY MILK through a JEWISH LENS DR. LILLIAN FADERMAN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18 7:30 PM Oxford Presentation Room 1390 Oxford Road Emory University LILLIAN FADERMAN is an internationally known scholar of lesbian and LGBT history and literature, as well as ethnic history and literature. Copies of Dr. Faderman’s award-winning book, Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death, will be available for purchase.

Photo by Daniel Nicoletta

This event is free and open to the public.

Please join us for a reception following the lecture.

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DINING Unique With a Flair – South African Casual Food

By Marcia Caller Jaffe Quirky can work, as long as the food is delish. Be ready for terms like: bokkie, padkos, drankies, snaak, lekker and frikkadel. Originating in 2005 out of Savannah, South Africa-inspired Zunzi’s opened its first Atlanta location on Howell Mill Road just inside I-75 across from the U.S. Post Office.

Zunzi’s is anything but pretentious, as meals are served in Styrofoam boxes, and some of the sides, like chips and desserts, are prepackaged. Think bowls, wraps, salads and spreads, tangy, savory, … some Italian, Swiss, Dutch and ultimately South African.

Upon entering there is a sign explaining the upbeat staff and the absolute intention to please. One should not take offense at the use of the words “SH*T YEAH!” which became the motto after an original team member said it after every sentence.

After years of positive and negative responses, “99.99% positive,” according to owner Chris Smith, “We decided to keep it, but enhanced its meaning after realizing that the most loyal fans identified with ‘SH*T YEAH!’ and passionately said it

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South African style sauces are available for retail sale.

back.” A staff member noted that they refrain from saying it with kids in ear shot.

Zunzi’s staff says they see all types of diners, from SCAD students to families.

Smith said, “We are very popular with the trendy Gen Z / Millennial crowd, but also have a very strong family business coming from Collier Heights and area neighborhoods. Our Kinders menu is very popular

Philosophy and use of slogans prominently displayed At Zunzi’s.

Favorite frikkadel meatless meatball sandwich with Sheba Sauce, spinach and hummus.

and includes chips, cookies and a drink, ... a laugh about the sauces, which they say bunch of things to keep them busy! Zunzi’s are “mysteries” and for retail sale over is an inclusive restaurant that wants every- the counter. One server said, “Even we body to have such a great experience, they don’t see some of the seasonings. The reps cover up the labels!” The “meat balls” can’t help from saying SH*T YEAH!” My favorite wrap was Dutch-inspired had an interesting flavor I couldn’t idenJohnny Roll Frikkadel with Beyond Meat, tify (maybe even chicory or nutmeg) but a plant-based protein that is popping up it was not overwhelming and certainly all over, from fine dining to fast food. My added interest for more.

Next visit, I’d go for the Bunny Chow “meat” balls were covered with a marinaralike Sheba Sauce with hummus, light cheese Bread Bowl, which is mashed potatoes sprinkles, spinach, onion and bell peppers. (subbing ancient grains), adding salmon, It was a wee bit messy, but the texture was Old Town Indian curry, chutney, peppers, onion and humperfect and left no mus. Sounds like heavy red meat booperfect hearty commerang for someone fort food as winter like me who eschews beckons. it to begin with. The Zunzi’s pro“meat” balls are made vides food donaon a flat top grill. The tions to some offregular portion friksite screenings for kadel is $8.99. Large the Atlanta Jewish is $11.99.

Film Festival. Smith Everything can Yummy Rising Sun portobello said, “It’s a great be customized in mushroom wrap was in huge romaine organization and huge romaine leaves leaves or bread of choice. we’re happy to be as a lettuce wrap, or on pita or French bread. The hummus is in- involved. In fact, we provided food Thursdeed different and not at all silky. It’s textured day for the film planning committee.”

Thought was put into serving Byrd with speckles and a more intense color than cookies (made in Savannah) for $1.79. those that are heavily blended with tahini.

A close fav was “Rising Sun:” French The most popular is Key lime. The beverbread, portobello mushrooms, peppers ages include South African teas and Tracand onions, squash and zucchini, mixed tor brand drinks, which are Non-GMO greens, tomato, avocado, hummus, SH*T and organic.

Don’t expect formality, fuss or fanYEAH! sauce and Zunzi’s dressing.

We subbed romaine leaves for the fare of a traditional nature, but good food French bread. Plenty of leftovers for the and fun are to be had at Zunzi’s, … if you can get the language down. ■ regular portion, $7.99.

The staff is effusively accommodatZunzi’s is located at 1971 Howell Mill ing, answering every question about what is in what, and changing just about Road. There are a few parking spots out anything you want to add or omit and front, but it may involve some circling the forking over samples to taste. They do block to get one.

DINING

A Slice of Heaven on the BeltLine

The Corsica Spritz and Nina’s Negroni RX cocktails were delightfully refreshing.

Jen Evans and Michal Bonell with manager Tony Sellaway of Nina & Rafi.

Looking for a fun, rustic risotto, pecorino, and houseItalian eatery and pizzeria made mozzarella balls that with a full bar on the Atlanta we wanted to marry, … or BeltLine? We found the place stuff in our bras for a snack for you! Nina & Rafi is the later. They were crispy on the creation from restaurateur outside and oozing with deliand bar aficionado Billy ciousness on the inside.

Streck of Hampton + Hudson To cleanse our palates, and Anthony Spina of O4W we delighted in one of Nina & Pizza. They opened less than Rafi’s specialty cocktails, the a year ago, in December 2018, Jen Evans & Corsica Spritz (Cap Corse quialong the Eastside trail in Michal Bonell na, Fino sherry, Aqua di Cedro, On the Town the new phase of Studioplex Mediterranean tonic, procalled “SPX Alley,” located at secco, basil and thyme) which 661 Auburn Avenue in Atlanta. was light and refreshing and faintly sweet.

All Nina & Rafi’s pizza crusts are Our classic pizzas arrived, cooked vegan with a choice of thin or thick crust. to perfection. The thin crust White Pie We, of course, had to try one of each – one is a combination of mozzarella, ricotta with tomato sauce and the other white. and pecorino cheeses topped with fresh Since each pizza is made fresh-to-order garlic. We added spinach, roasted red they can take about 30 minutes to cook. pepper and breaded eggplant, which was In the meantime, we were blessed to die for! To balance that out, we went with perfectly seasoned grilled artichokes in the opposite direction with the thick made with Roman artichokes, grilled crust Detroit Red Top pie with olives and lemon and extra-virgin olive oil, served fresh tomatoes. This dish is a light and with grilled bread on the side. The arti- airy pan pie with a cheese blend and is chokes were accompanied by succulent topped with Nina & Rafi’s homemade rice balls, delightful melt-in-your-mouth mozzarella.

The Detroit Red Top thick crust pizza was incredible.

Nina & Rafi’s grilled artichokes are served with their homemade bread.

Luckily there was no dessert on the menu, so we ordered another round of drinks and took them to go and sit outside in the sunshine. It was a lovely afternoon, perfect to walk off our meal on the BeltLine and check out all the new and exciting buildings, shops and restaurants that are popping up everywhere. If you have not yet visited the BeltLine, GO! You can stroll, run, scooter or bike. Now that the weather has cooled down, take advantage, head down

to see the change and growth and be sure to grab a bite, or a slice, at Nina & Rafi! ■ For more information and menus, check out Nina & Rafi’s website, www.ninaandrafi.com/ To have us review your event or restaurant, contact us at 404-883-2130, jen@ atljewishtimes.com or michal@atljewishtimes.com.

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COMMUNITY Weber and AJA Celebrate First Season of Flag Football

By Eddie Samuels The first season of flag football for both The Weber School and Atlanta Jewish Academy has come to a close, with Weber ultimately winning the four-team league championship.

The idea of flag football was born at Weber out of a dearth of options for male athletes during the fall season, according to Weber athletic director Scott Seagraves.

“We’ve always been short for the boys,” he said. “Girls have volleyball and cheerleading, but the only sport we did offer for the boys was cross-country. …

We started kicking around the idea of flag football, since we’re not a big enough school for a full 11-on-11 team.”

In place of that standard roster, teams played seven-on-seven and Weber’s was made up of 23 students, all in their first year playing flag football.

“I wasn’t sure if it would be accepted, but we had a lot of interest,” Seagraves said of the unconventional sport choice.

“It actually ended up probably the most well attended athletic event both by parents and students.”

Seagraves reached out to other ath-

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Weber’s flag football team poses for a photo.

Harold Alan Photography // AJA’s flag football team.

letic directors in the region (Georgia High lunch and so when Coach Seagraves and I started discussing putting School Association Region together a team, that was 5-A) and received positive what really grabbed my atresponses from several, tention.” which led to the creation of Jonathan Hall, an asthe four-team league, made sistant athletic director who up of Weber, AJA, Atlanta previously coached football Classical Academy and Fulat Brookstone School and ton Leadership Academy.

Columbia State University, AJA athletic Director served as the head coach and Rodney Zimmerman exdefensive coordinator for the plained that he had a feeling team, while Seagraves manflag football would be a hit.

A Weber player looks to aged the offense.

“The kids over here break off a big run.

“It was difficult at have always loved football,” he said. “I see both middle school- the beginning,” Seagraves said. “We ers and high schoolers playing it during had great plays already for 11-on-11, so

we had to adjust the playbooks, and of course consider the talent that we had to try to make it work. Of course, they’re very talented athletes, but they didn’t have practice with the small things like footwork.”

At AJA, leading the team was Brett Rogers, an Oglethorpe University student who also works in personal fitness and stress training.

“Our high schoolers really impressed us in terms of their play in their first year,” Zimmerman said.

Weber and AJA met in the finals, after a regular season in which each team played its opponents twice.

With the inaugural season now a wrap, Seagraves added that he has also received interest from a handful of schools outside of the region, something Zimmerman was also hopeful would happen.

“I know all the schools want to grow the program in terms of adding more teams, maybe even doubling it for next year,” he said. “We’re also looking to host some of the games [at AJA] in the near future. It really was a great season for the first year.” ■

COMMUNITY

Go Long for Luke Goes Big for Autism Awareness

Sandi, Luke, Sophie and Scott Greenfield.

Photo by Eddie Samuels // Young competitors weren’t afraid to make big moves, sometimes mimicking their favorite Falcons.

a freshman, and 90 players between ages 6 and 18 participated in the flag football.

“We’ve had a tremendous amount of Now in its fifth year, Go Long for support from Weber and Luke was started by Sophie Weber’s families and comGreenfield and Cole and munity,” Sandi said.

Jesse Faller six years ago in And despite a rainy New York. Luke Greenfield week leading up to game is Sophie’s brother, who is day, the sun shined on Sunautistic, and the flag footday for the annual event, as ball event was created to teams made up of various raise money and awareages took to the field and ness for autism. onlookers cheered from “I wanted people to rethe sidelines. The benefit alize that even though Luke isn’t only fun for those donhas autism, he’s still norPhoto by Eddie Samuels ning the flags, as there are mal,” Sophie said. “When // Playing seven-onalso attractions for those a I was in third grade some seven, some of the older little older than 19. of our friends were kind of participants played the “We had a really faboverwhelmed by it, and I whole length of the field. ulous auction with reswanted to show them that even though he’s nonverbal and doesn’t taurants throughout Atlanta’s metro speak that much, he’s still my best friend, area, and sports tickets and memoraand if you want me as a friend you have bilia,” Sandi said. “We had music by D.J. Rhythm and face painting for the Luke too.”

The event kept growing in New York, younger kids. We also had Keith’s Kosher BBQ truck, so from around 20 playthere really is someers in the first year thing for everyone.” to 120 in the third As for what year.

Participants has changed since ranged from ages 6 the first years of the to 19 and played in a event, Sophie exlocal park. plained that awareWhen the ness of autism has Greenfields moved increased. to Atlanta, the event “A lot more took a year off and people seem to unwas reborn last year derstand what autism at Chastain Park, Photo by Eddie Samuels // Sandi and Sophie Greenfield spoke, is, and there are more and while they were thanking those in attendance and resources that are still new to Atlanta, spreading awareness of autism. available,” she said. the fundraiser was “And everyone I know realizes that Luke too important to forget.

“We were kind of nervous and hesi- is a big teddy bear, that he’s the nicest tant, but we would never give up Go Long person you’ll ever meet.”

At press time, this year’s proceeds for Luke,” said mom Sandi Greenfield.

This year, the event was hosted Nov. reached almost $20,000, with more do3 at The Weber School, where Sophie is nations still trickling in. ■

By Eddie Samuels

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COMMUNITY SIMCHA SPOTLIGHT

Birth Announcement Sienna Sage Pugh

Siena Sage Pugh was born July 24, 2019, to Kimberly Pugh and Samuel Perlman.

Birthday

Rabbi David Geffen Rabbi David Geffen, a native Atlantan living in Jerusalem, turned 81 Nov. 1.

He arrived in this world on the birthday of his father, born on New York’s East Side in 1904.

Geffen’s three children, Avie, Elissa and Tuvia, grandson Daniel and son-inlaw, Chemi, came from various parts of Israel to celebrate the birthday. They took him and his wife Rita to brunch at the Anna Ticho House, named for a prominent painter from the 1920s to the ‘70s.

It was Geffen’s 42nd birthday celebration in Jerusalem.

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Jewish Joke of the Week

Exclusive Clubs O’Brien kept nudging Cohen to let him play golf at his Jewish country club.

Cohen told him that only Jews could play golf there.

After O’Brien drove Cohen crazy for months, he finally gave in, but warned O’Brien that if anyone asked, his name was Goldberg. If asked what his occupation was, he was a manufacturer. O’Brien asked what kind of a manufacturer he should be, and Cohen told him to say that he made tallises.

Sure enough, after playing 18 holes, O’Brien was approached by one of the members. He said that he hadn’t seen O’Brien before and asked his name.

“My name is Goldberg.”

“What do you do for a living, Mr. Goldberg?”

“I’m a manufacturer.”

“What do you manufacture?”

“I make tallises.”

“You know, I always wanted to know what the Hebrew letters on the neck of the tallis meant. Can you tell me?”

O’Brien said, “To tell the truth, I only make the sleeves.”

KEEPING IT KOSHER

Unstuffed Cabbage Cooking and prep: 1 ½ hours Serves: 6 to 8 Difficulty: Easy Contains: Gluten, wheat, soy and egg When my friend, Sylvia, boasted of her “unstuffed cabbage,” I secretly smirked.

Unstuffed cabbage? It seemed like such a violation, but the dish turned out to be tasty and a snap to make.

Cabbage 1 cup water 4 cups shredded white cabbage Meatballs 2 pounds ground beef 1 large egg ½ cup Tuscanini tomato sauce ¼ cup Yehuda matzah meal ½ teaspoon Gefen paprika ½ teaspoon garlic powder or 1 clove garlic, crushed 1/8 teaspoon black pepper

Joke provided by David Minkoff www.awordinyoureye.com

Yiddish Word of the Week Alte Kaker

‫קאקער‬ ַ ‫ַאלטער‬ altakaka, alte kakker, alter kaker, alter kocker, alte kocker, alta kaker, alta kaka Old fart; washed up; over the hill. While this can be used to describe any old man, it’s more reserved for old men who are forgetful, clumsy, or inept. In German, it literally means “old pooper” or “old defecator,” which makes it similar to the English phrase “old fart.”

“We’ll have to have the program early, so the alte kakers can come.”

Note: “Alte” used with “kaker” is incorrect according to standard Yiddish grammar (alte is feminine and kaker is masculine), but correct in Jewish English.

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Sauce 2 cups Tuscanini tomato sauce 2 tablespoons lemon juice, or to taste 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar, or to taste 1 tablespoon onion soup mix 1 tablespoon white vinegar 1 tablespoon Haddar teriyaki sauce Pinch of ground ginger Bring water to boil in a five-quart Dutch oven and add shredded cabbage. Cover and let cabbage steam for five minutes.

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine meat, egg, tomato sauce, matzah meal, and spices into a mixture that holds together. Using the palm of your hand, form balls that are 1 inch in diameter. You will have 24 meatballs.

Place meatballs on top of the cabbage. Cover and continue to cook over low heat while you combine all sauce ingredients in a bowl. Pour sauce over meatballs and cook, covered, for an hour.

Adjust seasoning to taste before serving over rice, pasta, quinoa, or mashed potatoes. This freezes well.

Recipe by: Carol Ungar Source: Whisk by Ami magazine in kosher.com Excerpted from: “Jewish Soul Food,” 2015.

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■ Andy Segal and Stacy Jolna, two Jewish producers at CNN, received an Emmy Award for the one-hour documentary titled “CNN Presents… Our Planetary Police,” which analyzed the developing role of the United Nations since the Cold War.

Remember When 15 Years Ago// November 12, 2004 ■ Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank received the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 2004 Humanitarian Laureate Award – the human rights group’s highest honor – Nov. 10 in New York. Blank was recognized for his commitment to the arts, to the environment and to youth programs, as well as for his support to the center’s traveling exhibit on Friedl Dicker Brandeis, an artist who was murdered at Auschwitz.

■ An attempt to build the largest doughnut wedding cake was made at a Jewish trade show. Some 1,818 Krispy Kreme doughnuts went into the 5-foot-3-inch cake at Simcha Celebrations.

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Residents of the Jewish Home were guests of Nehama Lifshitz at Symphony Hall.

50 Years Ago// November 14, 1969 ■ Mr. and Mrs. David Pollack of Pearl River, N.Y., announced the engagement of their daughter, Maureen Lee, to Robert Aronson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Aronson of Kew Gardens Hills, N.Y. Miss Pollack is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Skott.

■ Twenty-five residents of the Jewish Home were able to hear the great Russian Jewish folk singer Nehama Lifschitz at Symphony Hall Nov. 18, as guests of the official hostess committee for Miss Lifschitz.

While most of the songs Miss Lifschitz sang were in Yiddish or Hebrew, translations were to be found in the programs and her artistry as an actress rendered them understandable even without the translations.

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OBITUARIES

David Michael Gilmartin 84, Atlanta

David Michael Gilmartin, 84, of Atlanta, died Nov. 3, 2019. He was born in Newark, NJ. Following high school, he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. His last fulltime employment was as vice president of sales at Bekins Moving & Storage. He lived in South Florida for many years, and moved to Atlanta in the late 1980s, where he met his wife Darlyne.

In retirement, they moved to The Villages in Florida for 12 years before returning to Atlanta. At the time of his death, he lived at Sunrise at Huntcliff Summit, where he was the immediate past president of the residents’ association. Dave enjoyed golf, bridge, poker, movies, books, computers and most of all, being with his family.

His sense of humor continued through his brief illness when he asked the visiting priest who administered last rites if he was “good to go.”

Survivors include his wife Darlyne Schoenberg Gilmartin; son Kevin (Melissa) Gilmartin of Atlanta; daughter Kelly Gilmartin of Florida; stepdaughters Karen (Thomas) White of Atlanta and Sharna (Andrew) Sloan of North Carolina; grandchildren Meghan, Kelsey (Austin), Christopher, Devin, Mason, Caden, Joshua (Michelle), Kelly (Bobby), Ashley, Austin, Michael, David, Liane (Metin), Allison (Darrell), Brittany, and Mallory (Patrick); and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife Thelma Gilmartin.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Andrew Catholic Church or the charity of your choice. Funeral services were to be held at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 7 at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Roswell. A committal service was to follow at Crest Lawn Cemetery in Atlanta. Arrangements by Fischer Funeral Care, Atlanta, 678-514-1000.

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Ivan Howard Halbreich 86, Atlanta

Ivan Howard Halbreich, 86, died Oct. 27, 2019. Most knew him as “Van,” a kind, gentle, compassionate man who greeted everyone with a smile. He was an avid reader and also loved to swim and bask in the sun. Liked by all and loved by many, he had a genuine joy and zest for life.

Van grew up in New York and moved to Atlanta in 1962. Atlanta proved to be a great location as he soon met his wife Martha and established a home base. He had a successful business career in sales, first traveling the Southeastern states as a partner with TACOA Jewelry.

Later, he worked at Parisians at Phipps Plaza, where he rapidly developed a loyal clientele.

Van was a wonderful, loving husband and father who will be truly missed.

Survivors include his devoted wife of 53 years, Martha Halbreich; daughters Jill Halbreich of Newport Beach, Calif., and Elissa Halbreich of Plantation, Fla.; and sister Esta-Ann Schapiro of Warren, N.J. A graveside service was held Oct. 28 at Arlington Memorial Park, with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Ahavath Achim Synagogue in Atlanta or the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, Atlanta, 770-451-4999. ■ Obituaries in the AJT are written and paid for by the families; contact Managing Publisher Kaylene Ladinsky at kaylene@atljewishtimes.com or 404-883-2130, ext. 100, for details.

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CLOSING THOUGHTS 1983 My mom died Oct. 2, 1983. gave the nurse the two names they had choI was the first of my parents (z’’l) three sen. The nurse was a bit unnerved and horgirls to be honored with the coveted title rified. “You can’t give her these names. This of First Generation American Born. It is a is America; she should have an American crown all my cousins, my sisters and I wore name.” and still wear with great pride, the jewels Mom and dad tried to explain why I in this crown representing all those souls would be given these old European names, Hitler guaranteed would never birth a firstbut the nurse would have none of it. She generation American child, my dad’s famtold them they could call me whatever they ily being among them. wanted, but in school I should not be burMom and Dad were married in a little Shaindle dened with an odd name. town down the road from the village where Schmuckler Little did this nurse know the names my dad’s family lived; his sisters, mother, Shaindle’s Shpiel we would hear today! Apple, West, Seafather, one brother-in-law and one niece shore, Edge, King and Forrest, to name a attended their wedding. After Mom and Dad married, few – seriously!

Mom brought Dad to America, where her family lived The nurse suggested her own name, Sandra. Sandra and thrived since arriving in the land of milk and honey, (S, for Shaina) was inscribed in the big book of names. where the streets were paved with gold.

This little name trickery informed my belief that Dad promised to return to his village just as soon as a name defined who I was and how I was to be in the he had the money to bring them all back to America. It world. Carrying the weight of the spirits of Shaina and never happened. Hitler got there first. My dad was tor- Freidle was often disquieting and confusing. More than tured with this guilt all his life. a few times I was reminded, “Remember who you are Shaina and Freidle were two of his sisters for whom named after.”

I was named. I would become responsible for ensuring In school I was known by Sandra or Sandy. Some their names would never be sullied; that their spirits family members called me Bubie (not pronounced Bubwould guide me along my life’s journey. bie like in grandmother). Others called me Shaindle Until 1983 I did not take this seriously enough.

(Shaina and Freidle mushed together). In my search As the story is told, while still in Bronx Hospital, for my comfortable identity, I would often change my mom was asked to complete my birth certificate; the name. space for a child’s name needed to be completed. She There was the time faith in G-d was discussed in

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school. Yes, it was allowed when I was in school. I decided I was to be called Faith. I can’t even recall all the other names I tried on for size. Friends were OK with whatever name I decided to be called at different times in my life.

Mom did sometimes call me by my “American” name. Especially if I was being scolded, which frankly was quite often. But for her and Dad, Shaindle was me and I was Shaindle.

I grew up, married and had four girls. Did I give them simple names? No, I did not! Obviously, I ignored my own issues, thinking only how creative these names were. Thank goodness, my girls did not inherit my mishugas.

Then my mom got sick.

In retrospect, we realized she had not been feeling well for a long time. Maybe the flu? Maybe a bad cold?

Maybe too much sun? Given they had relocated to Florida and my sisters and I were spread out in different cities, we did not see mom and dad every day. When we did visit, she was not as spry, seemed more tired than usual.

She could not seem to “come back to herself.” At times, dad would share his concern with me.

My mom believed if you did not talk about it (whatever it happened to be at the time) it did not really exist.

Sometimes the simple organic cure was “make a ‘pishy,’ take two aspirin, go to sleep.”

The summer of 1983 would become our last summer with her.

Before Mom died, we all had a few moments with her. The window blinds in her hospital room raised, privacy was no longer our biggest concern. The hospital room was totally not my mother’s taste. No pink carpet, no French provincial sofa and chairs, no marble coffee table, her teacup collection nowhere in sight. Also missing were her grandchildren’s photos. This was the true measure of how sick she really was.

“Shaindle” she whispered to me, “you’ll change your name for me? You’ll be Shaindle?” “Not Shaina Freidle?”

I asked. “No, you’ll be you.” Oh my God, I had no idea she knew the name issue with which I had been struggling.

I did not remember ever expressing it to anyone. Well, except my therapist, who, by the way, addressed me as Shaindle.

After mom died, I called an attorney friend to help me maneuver the legal system involved in the name change game.

Shaindle Wieden Schmuckler was officially born, a first generation American with a very old European name. ■

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