Atlanta Jewish Times, VOL. XCIV NO. 39, October 4, 2019

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Clean Slate As we straddle the high holidays and approach one of the holiest days on the Jewish calendar, the Day of Atonement, we consider what awaits us beyond this New Year. Certainly, at the AJT, we continue to evolve while striving to keep up with the changes around our community, the news here and in Israel, the entertainment, the arts, the dining, the people who make a difference.

In time for Yom Kippur, we give you a peek into the minds of our clergy as they prepare for what is among their biggest addresses of the year. We also take a look at the role of women in the high holidays, including a very ancient ritual some women are performing at one Atlanta synagogue.

Unsure how to dress for the occasion? If you are an observant Jew, you won’t want to miss contributor Marcia Caller Jaffe’s tour of Fox’s in Sandy Springs for modest clothing designs.

When the fast it long over, you might consider dining at Café Posh, with its madefrom-scratch Mediterranean food authentic enough to attract an Israeli crowd.

We bring you a new book about the biblical Joseph, teaching us about forgiveness in time for Yom Kippur, and we share how The Arthur Blank Family Foundation is helping to bring films about justice in the black community to the public.

Also studying inequity, three generations of an Atlanta family visited the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., last month as part of a local mission trip. You can learn how medical marijuana is being used to help with anxiety, epilepsy and ailments common among the elderly.

And you’ll be amazed by some of the headliners of the upcoming Book Festival of the MJCCA. Check out the big-name celebs coming to Atlanta from film, politics, sports and other arenas.

Our preview of what’s known as the largest Jewish film festival will follow in a few weeks.

First up, next week we highlight the givers and doers in our midst. Until then, here’s to a healthy, mindful and prosperous New Year! ■

Cover photo: Depicts the Day of Atonement. The location is Piedmont Park of Atlanta, Ga.

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LOCAL NEWS Israeli Wartime Voice of Calm Comes to Emory

By Dave Schechter During the 1991 Gulf War, as Iraq launched Scud missiles toward Israel, sirens sent Israelis scurrying into rooms sealed with plastic sheeting and tape, gas masks at the ready.

In those nerve-wracking days, Israel Defense Forces spokesman, 44-year-old Brig. Gen. Nachman Shai, was a voice of calm on radio and television, even injecting a little levity by suggesting that Israelis drink water to ease the tension. American audiences knew him from frequent appearances on CNN. Shai came prepared, having been a political and defense affairs correspondent for Israel’s primary television channel, press secretary for the Israeli delegation at the United Nations and press consultant at the embassy in Washington, D.C. Among the posts he held in later years were chairman of the Israel Broadcast Authority and Director General of the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport. Shai served in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, from 2009 to 2019, representing the Kadima, Labor, and Zionist Union parties. In the April 2019 election, he finished below the Labor Party’s threshold for gaining seats.

Shai, now 72-years-old, has brought this wealth of experience to Emory University’s Institute for the Study of Modern Israel, as a grant recipient of the Israel Institute. He will engage with the Emory community and speak publicly about Israel, and also teach two classes in the spring semester, one on public diplomacy and the

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Nachman Shai was spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces.

other on Israel’s nation-building.

During a Sept. 25 interview with the Atlanta Jewish Times, Shai checked online for the latest political news from Israel. Before the interview ended came word that President Reuven Rivlin would give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, the first opportunity at forming a coalition with at least 61 of the Knesset’s 120 seats. Should he fail, Rivlin might turn to Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz. Netanyahu also faces an Oct. 2-3 hear-

ing that could lead Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to indict him in connection with three corruption cases.

Shai would not predict the outcome of the electoral or judicial processes. “No more prophets in Israel. We ran out of prophets,” he joked.

As for Netanyahu, whom he has known for more than four decades, “They say he is a magician, but even magicians sometimes run out of rabbits,” Shai said.

The prime minister may be a shrewd politician and steward of Israel’s security, but “Bibi, in the past few years, presents to the public, to the Knesset, to government, ideas, ways, appointments that are totally unacceptable,” leaving Israeli democracy “shaken, like after an earthquake,” Shai said.

“Democracy is not only the rule of the majority.

Even in democracy, there are minorities that should be respected and given full rights,” Shai said. “They say, if we are the majority we can do whatever we want, because we are supported by most of the people, but that’s not the way it is.”

The day before the AJT interview he posted on Twitter in Hebrew to the effect that he had come to the United States “to see the greatness of democracy,” but found political turmoil, similar to back home.

While a Knesset member, Shai had earned a Ph.D. in political sciences and communication from Bar-Ilan University. He distilled the lessons he learned as a journalist, politician, government and military spokesman in a 2013 book titled in Hebrew “Milchamedia” (combining the Hebrew word for war, “milchama,” with the word “media”), and in English as “Hearts and Minds: Israel and the Battle for Public Opinion.”

Shai understands the fractious relationship between American Jews and their co-religionists in Israel.

“Most American Jews would like to see the Orthodox parties in the opposition, because they were the major force who stopped Netanyahu from any progress on issues that are important to the Reform and Conservative movements in this country,” Shai said. He acknowledged that most Israelis are not concerned with issues of egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall and the way Israel’s government treats non-Orthodox movements.

“What I believe strongly in is to deepen the rela-

LOCAL NEWS tions and to look for other venues, for new ideas, new paradigms to bring Jews in Israel and the diaspora, especially in this country, together to overcome the present crisis,” Shai said.

Shai praised the shinshinim program, which brings young Israelis to Atlanta (through a partnership of The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta) and other cities to teach and interact with local Jewish communities. But he would like to see the program expanded to bring thousands to the United States, so that they return home with a deeper understanding of the lives of American Jews.

Having been born in Israel, recent generations are less familiar with life in the diaspora, the worlds their parents and grandparents left, whether it was Europe after the Holocaust or countries in the Middle East and North Africa after 1948.

The primary obstacles to improving relations between Israeli Jews and the diaspora are “ignorance and arrogance, on both sides,” Shai said.

Israelis often scold American Jews for their criticism, when they don’t live in the country, pay taxes there, or serve in its military. “Are they allowed to express their own views about what we are doing here?

My answer, by the way, is yes, yes, and yes. Three times, yes. Yes, I expect you to express your own view on Israeli democracy. … Because you care. Because we share the same values. Because you appreciate democracy as much as we should,” Shai said. And because Israel asks American Jews to lobby in support of foreign aid and to be active against the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement, “If we need you, you are totally eligible to raise with us issues that are in your mind.”

Despite his position in the center-left of Israel’s political spectrum, Shai gave a positive assessment of President Donald Trump. “If I should judge Trump only by what he did for Israel, he is one of the best presidents ever,” he said. Shai cited Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory, and stance against Iran’s nuclear program. The internal machinations of the Trump administration aside, “If you judge it by the general policy, it’s a very friendly administration, when it comes to Israel.”

Shai has come to a campus that last spring experienced a controversial incident involving pro-Palestinian flyers, prompting sharp disagreements between proIsrael and pro-Palestinian students.

“And I am one of those Israelis who are calling for the government to take the initiative to try and find a solution, between us and the Palestinians. We can’t just wait to see what will happen. The status quo is terrible. … It has implications in the Israeli society, on the young generation of Israelis, on generations of Israelis, on young generations of American Jews, as well,” said Shai, adding that he supports “two states for two peoples … living side by side in two different political entities,” but without a divided Jerusalem.

“I don’t want to leave the world, and I don’t want my children to inherit, this impossible situation where Jews and Palestinians are fighting with each other,” Shai said.

He and his wife of 43 years, Rivka, have three children and seven grandchildren, living in New York and Israel. Shai said his wife looks forward to sampling Atlanta’s cultural institutions. ■

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LOCAL NEWS

Medical Marijuana Examined at AgeSmart Lecture

By Bob Bahr

Dr Brown told the AgeSmart audience that in addition to using Epidiole for Medical marijuana is patients with epilepsy he pregaining a slow but steady scribes cannabis oil to help foothold in the medical marrelieve the pain and difficulty ketplace, but there are many of moving for those with Musunknowns. That was the gencular Dystrophy and Parkineral consensus of the medical son’s Disease. He also uses it professionals who took part in to relieve anxiety in patients the semi-annual London Famwith Alzheimer’s disease and ily AgeSmart Lecture Sept. 22 dementia among other condiat The Willliam Breman Jewtions, but even he admits that, ish Home. A number of those as a physician, there is still in the near-capacity crowd CBD products made with hemp oil, with some of the properties The AgeSmart lecture featured a presentation of medical marijuana, can be bought without a prescription.

by Dr. Gavin Brown, left, Dr. Daniel Dubovsky a lot to learn about medical were interested in how mediand pharmacist Brad Cherson. marijuana’s effectiveness. cal marijuana can relieve anxThe state’s so-called Low iety, among other concerns affecting the elderly and others.

“Essentially in your brain, spinal cording to Brown that’s the only formal THC Oil Registry allows it to be used for 17 conditions.

The use of marijuana goes back cord and immune system you have what drug he has to use on his patients.

“I have over 100 patients registered 5,000 years to ancient China, where it are called endocannabinoid receptors “The FDA has not sanctioned cannawas used to relieve cramps and pain. Its which are activated. They’re not sub- bis for anything else either on or off label with the Georgia Department of Health that are using 5 percent THC oil, but there long history of effectiveness may be due stances that your body makes that acti- other than Epidiole” to receptors within the body that the ac- vates many of those receptors.”

The reason, in part, is that the FDA re- are no medical guidelines about what tive medical ingredients in marijuana Yet, the only derivative of cannabis gards cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug with the dosage to use. We also don’t have any plants seek out.

– the formal name for marijuana – ap- potential for a high level of abuse and with guidance on how to titrate or adjust the According to Dr. Gavin Brown, an At- proved by the Food and Drug Adminis- no medical use. Other drugs that are Sched- dosage. We don’t know what side effects lanta neurologist who participated in the tration, is Epidiole. It is used for the treat- ule 1 are heroin, LSD and cocaine. This puts to anticipate, However, in my experience panel, said the body has a large network ment of seizures associated with two researchers in a kind of medical catch-22. low dosage THC oil is very well tolerated.”

For those who wish to try products that of these receptors. rare and severe forms of epilepsy. Ac- The federal government needs to be able are not taken under to see the benefits of medical supervision, medical marijuana in there are a wide variety large scale clinical triof CBD products deals, while at the same rived from hemp, a botime making it diffitanical relative of maricult to study the plant’s juana. A quick search medicinal value. of the Amazon website The development brought up over 6,000 of Epidiole was fastCBD preparations. By tracked through the law they have very little FDA’s approval process THC, the substance in and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, cannabis that makes the commissioner of you high. the federal agency at Often, however, the time, was cautiously Sandy London, whose family optimistic when it was underwrites the lecture series, announced it’s hard to tell what released last year, that that the program would be available this you’re getting. It was month on the Jewish HomeLife website. pointed out during more products might the presentation at the William Breman be in the pipeline.

“We’ll continue to support rigor- Jewish Home that in a recent study of over ous scientific research, “on the potential the counter CBD products 40 percent to 50 medical uses of marijuana-derived prod- percent of them were mislabeled.

Medical professionals such as Brad ucts and work with product developers who are interested in bringing patients Cherson, a compounding pharmacist safe and effective, high quality products.” who was part of the AgeSmart Lecture Despite the federal hurdles in devel- panel, looks for suppliers that meet the oping new drugs, in the last several years United States Pharmacopeia standards 33 states and the District of Columbia guaranteeing quality, potency and purity. allow marijuana products for medical Cherson doesn’t usually find those stanpurposes. Under a Georgia law passed dards in products sold in a convenience in April, patients who register with the store or a big box retailer.

“A lot of what we are seeing is a huge state can obtain a prescription to obtain marijuana oil, which can contain up to marketing effort. There are a lot of oppor5 percent THC, the main psychoactive tunities to jump on the hemp, CBD oil bandwagon for everything under the sun.” ■ component of the cannabis plant.

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LOCAL NEWS

From The Fonz to the Former First Lady

By Roni Robbins When the 28th Book Festival of the MJCCA kicks off its two-week run Oct. 30, the Atlanta Jewish community will be treated to a lineup of authors that includes such big names as former First Lady and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter Chelsea, and Henry Winkler of “Happy Days” Fonz fame.

Similar to those, other headliners offer a mix of political, sports, news and TV celebs.

Here are just a few: Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N.; Jodi Kantor, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who broke the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal; and former NFL star Akbar Gbajabiamila, co-host of “American Ninja Warrior.”

“We are thrilled about this year’s lineup,” said Book Festival co-chair Deena Profis. She said the festival runs the gamut “from acclaimed actors and renowned political figures to historians and award-winning novelists, to authors presenting award-winning cookbooks and riveting memoirs.”

Festival Director Pam Morton said the purpose of the festival is to educate, entertain and inspire “with as many diverse subjects as we can get in” for every age and interest. “I think we’ve done a really good job at that this year,” she said.

Among the subjects to be explored: Israel, the Holocaust, music, pop culture, food, politics from both sides of the aisle, and stories of resilience and overcoming adversity.

In all, there will be more than 45 authors at the Jewish book festival, believed to be the largest in the country, which runs through Nov. 18. About 90 percent of the authors are Jewish, Morton said.

“Included in our exciting lineup are some of Atlanta’s best local authors presenting their work,” said festival co-chair Susie Hyman.

Festival sponsors include the AJT, presenting local authors Perry Brickman, who exposed anti-Semitism in Emory University’s dental school, and Sherry Frank, former director of the American Jewish Committee and co-founder of its Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition.

The AJT also is sponsoring The New York Times op-ed writer-editor Bari Weiss.

More than 13,000 people from across the Southeast are expected to come to the MJCCA to listen to their favorite local, national, and international authors discuss their books.

Morton said she hopes attendees walk away knowing their next favorite author, “maybe someone they never heard of before.”

The lineup of headliners includes:

Opening Night Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver Alien Superstar 7: 30 p.m. Oct. 30 (Winkler’s 74th birthday) In Conversation with Holly Firfer, CNN Journalist New, out-of-this-world middle-grade series about a space alien who visits Hollywood as a tourist and becomes a star. Winkler is an Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, director, and producer who has created some of the most iconic TV roles, including the Fonz in “Happy Days” and Gene Cousineau in “Barry.” He will be celebrating his 74th birthday the day of his presentation. He was supposed to appear opening night of the festival in 2016, but his acting schedule got in the way, Morton said.

Co-author Oliver is a children’s book writer, and a writer and producer for TV and film. She is the executive director of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

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Akbar Gbajabiamila Everyone Can Be a Ninja 3:30 p.m. Nov. 3 In Conversation with Mara Davis, local media personality Each week, 6 million Americans tune in to the Emmy-nominated hit show “American Ninja Warrior” to watch everyday people take on extraordinary obstacles. Co-host Akbar Gbajabiamila is the son of Nigerian immigrants, one of seven siblings who grew up in South Central Los Angeles at the height of the L.A. riots.

In his new book, Gbajabiamila draws inspiration from both the fierce competitors on his show and his own unlikely path to success to outline what it takes to become a modern-day ninja.

Morton said she expects the event to attract children, tying in with the MJCCA’s popular Ninja Warrior Camp. Local Ninja Warrior competitors, who train and film locally, will also be invited, she said.

Bari Weiss How to Fight Anti-Semitism 8 p.m. Nov. 16 In Conversation with Dana Barrett, local media personality On Oct. 27, 2018, the synagogue where The New York Times writer and editor Bari Weiss became a bat mitzvah was the site of the deadliest attack on Jews in America’s history. The massacre at Tree of Life in Pittsburgh came as a total shock. But to those who have been paying attention, it was only a more violent, extreme expression of the broader trend that has been sweeping Europe for the past two decades.

This timely book is 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 uncertainty, not just for the sake of America’s Jews, but for the sake of America.

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Nikki R. Haley With All Due Respect 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 A revealing, dramatic, deeply personal book about the most significant events of our time, written by the former U.N. ambassador. In this book, Haley offers a first-hand perspective on major national and international matters, as well as a behind-the-scenes account of her tenure in the Trump administration.

Haley served as ambassador from 2017 through 2018. She previously served as governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017.

Closing Night Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton The Book of Gutsy Women 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18 In Conversation with Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and dean, Morehouse School of Medicine

Inspired by women whose tenacity blazed the trail, the two global leaders lay out a vision for how these stories of persistence can galvanize women and men, boys and girls around the world. The book stems from a conversation the mom-daughter duo began when Chelsea was a young girl.

Clinton is the first woman in U.S. history to become the presidential nominee of a major political party. She served as the 67th secretary of state after nearly four decades in public service advocating on behalf of children and families as an attorney, First Lady, and U.S. senator.

Her daughter, Chelsea, is a champion for girls and women through her advocacy, writing, and work at the Clinton Foundation. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.

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LOCAL NEWS And here’s a peek at the complete book festival lineup:

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $75) ■ HENRY WINKLER & LIN OLIVER, Alien Superstar In Conversation with Holly Firfer, CNN Journalist

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 8 PM – (MEMBER: $18 / COMMUNITY: $25)

■ BEN MEZRICH, Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption In Conversation with Nadia Bilchik, CNN editorial producer and bestselling author

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 12:00 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15) ■ PERRY BRICKMAN, Extracted ■ SHERRY FRANK, A Passion to Serve: Memoirs of a Jewish Activist In Conversation with Gail Evans, former EVP, CNN; bestselling author Includes a reception sponsored by the AJT.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $18 / COMMUNITY: $25) ■ PAT MITCHELL, Becoming a Dangerous Woman

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15)

■ JACK FAIRWEATHER, The Volunteer ■ STEPHEN KOCH, Hitler’s Pawn In Conversation with Dr. Catherine M. Lewis, professor of history, Kennesaw State University

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 3:30 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $75) ■ AKBAR GBAJABIAMILA, Everyone Can Be a Ninja In Conversation with Mara Davis, local media personality Member/Com: $35–75

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $35 / COMMUNITY: $75) ■ ADAM RIPPON, Beautiful on the Outside In Conversation with Holly Firfer, CNN journalist Includes one hardcover copy of the book.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 10 AM – (FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY) ■ LYNN GARSON, Sex and the Single Grandma ■ ROBYN SPIZMAN, Loving Out Loud In Conversation with Rabbi Brian Glusman, MJCCA

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 12:30 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15) ■ GILLIAN WALNES PERRY, The Legacy of Anne Frank ■ MEG WAITE CLAYTON, The Last Train to London: A Novel

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 6:30 PM – (FREE AND OPEN TO ALL) Kristallnacht Commemoration at the Besser Memorial Holocaust Garden

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15)

■ ELIZABETH BELLAK & ALEXANDRA BELLAK, Renia’s Diary ■ BEV SALTZMAN LEWYN, On the Run in Nazi Berlin In Conversation with Dr. Catherine M. Lewis, professor of history, Kennesaw State University

■ HEATHER MORRIS, Cilka’s Journey: A Novel In Conversation with Victoria Comella, freelance writer

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20)

■ JULIE SALAMON, An Innocent Bystander: The Killing of Leon Klinghoffer In Conversation with Gail Evans, former EVP, CNN; bestselling author

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15) ■ ZOE FISHMAN, Invisible as Air: A Novel ■ EMILY LIEBERT, Pretty Revenge: A Novel In Conversation with Lisa Shore, bestselling author

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $18 / COMMUNITY: $25)

■ JODI KANTOR, She Said In Conversation with Kim Severson, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times bureau chief, Atlanta 12 | OCTOBER 4, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20) ■ TZIPORAH SALAMON, The Art of Dressing

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 8 PM – (MEMBER / COMMUNITY: $36)

■ PREET BHARARA, Doing Justice In Conversation with Bill Nigut, executive producer, Political Rewind, Georgia Public Broadcasting Includes one hardcover copy of the book.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 10 AM – (FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15) ■ CHRIS EDMONDS, No Surrender

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 3:30 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20)

■ ALICE HOFFMAN, The World That We Knew: A Novel In Conversation with Greg Changnon, playwright and former columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER / COMMUNITY: $35)

■ JON DORENBOS, Life is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to SelfDiscovery In Conversation with Tom Sullivan, TV Host and Emcee Includes one hardcover copy of the book.

■ BRENT PEASE & KYLE PEASE, Beyond the Finish ■ ANDY LIPMAN, The CF Warrior Project

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 12:30 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15)

■ SARAH BLAKE, The Guest Book: A Novel ■ JILL SANTOPOLO, More Than Words: A Novel In Conversation with Alison Law, publicist and consultant, Alison Law Communications; host, Literary Atlanta podcast

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $18 / COMMUNITY: $25) ■ ABBY CHAVA STEIN, Becoming Eve In Conversation with Rabbi Brian Glusman, MJCCA

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20) MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15)

■ MELANIE BENJAMIN, Mistress of the Ritz: A Novel ■ JENNIFER CODY EPSTEIN, Wunderland: A Novel In Conversation with Kate Whitman, vice president of author and Family Programs, Atlanta History Center

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 7:30 PM – (MEMBER: $15 / COMMUNITY: $20)

■ JULIE SATOW, The Plaza: The Secret Life of America’s Most Famous Hotel ■ SHAWN LEVY, The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont

■ ADAM CHANDLER, Drive-Thru Dreams ■ STEPHEN SILVERMAN, The Amusement Park In Conversation with Jimmy Baron, former Atlanta radio personality Guests will enjoy popcorn, cotton candy, and other tasty treats!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 8 PM – (MEMBER / COMMUNITY: $30) ■ BARI WEISS, How to Fight Anti-Semitism In Conversation with Dana Barrett, local media personality Includes one hardcover copy of the book.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 12 PM – (MEMBER: $10 / COMMUNITY: $15) ■ MYLA GOLDBERG, Feast Your Eyes: A Novel ■ LISA BARR, The Unbreakables: A Novel In Conversation with Jessica Handler, New York Times bestselling author

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ISRAEL PRIDE

News From Our Jewish Home

A screen capture of Katcha showing off her sniffer for Channel 12.

Israeli Dog Earns Gold

It takes a dogged determination to sniff out money and drugs in luggage coming into Ben Gurion Airport, and fortunately, that’s exactly what Katcha has.

The German Shepherd was crowned top money-sniffer recently, beating a field of 16 other pooches in Russia, according to Israel’s Channel 12.

The pup, alongside handler Chen Cohen, took the station to show off some of Katcha’s impressive skills, demonstrating for viewers how the pair track down contraband every day in luggage.

Sure enough, with cameras rolling, Katcha caught a scent and found a suit-

Today in Israeli History

Photo by Jos Wiersema // An apartment complex

in Bijlmermeer is damaged after being struck by an El Al cargo plane Oct. 4, 1992.

Oct. 4, 1992: El Al Flight 1862, a 747 flying cargo from New York to Tel Aviv, crashes into an apartment complex in Bijlmermeer, Netherlands, 16 minutes after taking off from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, where the plane had stopped for a crew change. The jumbo jet is trying to return to the airport for an emergency landing after a mechanical failure causes an engine to break off and strike and destroy another engine. The crash kills four people on the plane and 43 on the ground.

Oct. 5, 1941: Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish member of the high court, dies at age 84 in Washington. His embrace of Zionism made its support more acceptable among American Jews. Through his friendship with President Woodrow Wilson, he helped secure U.S. support for the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and 14 | OCTOBER 4, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

case containing bundles of euros, and while money was the focus of the competition, Katcha is equally skilled at sniffing for drugs like MDMA (ecstacy) and cocaine.

Last year, Katcha unmasked a smuggler with 5,000 ecstasy pills, proving Scooby Doo isn’t the only crime-solving canine on the case.

Big Wheels Keep on Turning

The Old City of Jerusalem — with its rocky roads and uneven sidewalks — is unsurprisingly not the easiest area for those in wheelchairs to navigate, particularly outside of the Jewish Quarter.

In 2010, the Jerusalem Development Authority noticed the issue and, fortunately, after nine years and $5.7 million, more than 60 percent of the pathways in the Christian, Muslim and Armenian quarters are now wheelchair-accessible.

While 60 percent may seem a long way shy of perfection, with historical landmarks and buildings needing protection, it represents 90 percent of the area

the British Mandate in Palestine in 1922.

Brandeis visited Palestine in 1919 and inspired the creation of the Palestine Economic Corp.

Oct. 6, 1914: Gold worth $50,000, raised in two days by American Jewish leaders in response to a plea from Henry Morgenthau, arrives in Jaffa on the USS North Carolina to help the Jewish community in Palestine. Morgenthau, the U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, had visited Palestine and sent U.S. Jewish philanthropist Jacob Schiff a telegram Aug. 31 about his concerns that World War I would cut off European support for the community.

The Achille Lauro moors at Port Said, where the hijackers surrender to Egypt.

Oct. 7, 1985: Members of the Palestinian Liberation Front seize the Achille Lauro off the Egyptian coast four days into an 11-day cruise out of Genoa, Italy, with 748 passengers. The terrorists gath-

where improved accessibility was possible, and work is ongoing on the other 10 percent.

This work includes at least partial access to the holy sites of the three major religions in Jerusalem, as well as thoroughfares between the city’s quarters. And while accessibility has improved, the city remains less than ideal for many inhabitants. The ride is still often bumpy, and the only wheelchairaccessible route can often require a long detour.

While many have likely heard of

dairy alternatives such as soy, coconut, oat and almond milk, an Israeli plantbased food startup is trying to add a new entry to the market, according to The Jerusalem Post.

InnovoPro, the founder of a technology for extracting protein concentrate from chickpeas, is partnering with Wyler Farm, the Israeli tofu manufacturer, to launch its new milk alternative, which is expected to hit shelves by January.

“Unlike other proteins, chickpea protein has a neutral taste and it doesn’t need additional masking agents and stabilizing agents to create a formula,” InnovoPro CEO and founder Taly Nechushtan told The Jerusalem Post. “CP-Pro70 enables the creation of clean label applications with a short ingredient list. InnovoPro and Wyler will develop and launch more interesting products to the market, based on CP-Pro70.”

It has raised $4.25 million to date from investors, including Jerusalem Venture Partners and the Swiss retail powerhouse Migros. ■

er the passengers on deck and fatally shoot wheelchair-bound American Jew Leon Klinghoffer. They abandon a plan to attack Israeli soldiers during a scheduled port call in Ashdod and instead surrender Oct. 10 at Port Said, Egypt.

ther torture and interrogation. She had been warned in Egypt during a visit to her brother Aaron, who formed the spy network, not to return home to Zichron Yaakov, but she ignored the warning to protect her fellow spies.

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Ottoman Sultan Murad III moved Jews from Safed to Cyprus.

Oct. 8, 1576: Ottoman Sultan Murad III orders 1,000 “rich and prosperous” Jewish residents of Safed to be moved to the city of Famagusta in Cyprus in the hope that they will spur economic development on the island. An additional 500 Jews from Safed are forced to move to Cyprus a year later. The Ottomans commonly use the policy of surgun (expulsion) to transfer groups within the empire for strategic purposes.

Oct. 9, 1917: Sarah Aaronsohn, a leader of the Nili spy network feeding information from Palestine to the British, dies eight days after being captured by Turkish authorities and four days after shooting herself in the head to avoid fur-

Photo by Maggi Ayalon, Israeli Government Press Office // Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir

meets with President Ronald Reagan at the White House in March 1988.

Oct. 10, 1983: Yitzhak Shamir becomes Israel’s seventh prime minister after fellow Likudnik Menachem Begin resigns for health and personal reasons.

Shamir serves until an election in July 1984, which results in a national unity government led by Shimon Peres for two years, followed by Shamir for two years.

Shamir is elected prime minister again in 1988 and serves until being defeated by Labor’s Yitzhak Rabin in 1992. ■ Items are provided by the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org), where you can find more details.

ISRAEL NEWS Center Examines Link of Torah and Technology

JCT incorporates Jewish tradition while also working on 21st century problems.

Jerusalem College of Technology

The Jerusalem College of Technology “Today, not only are Halachic auannounced the launch of the first-of-its- thorities struggling to keep up with the kind Torah and Technology Research flood of questions regarding issues that Center Sept. 21. It will provide the spe- never before existed, but they also lack cialized expertise necessary to respond the technological expertise necessary to to the complex ethical and halachic (Jew- understand the full scope of the issues,” ish legal) issues of Rimon said. “The our times.

Torah and TechnolOperating unogy Research Center der the direction of strives to solve this internationally redilemma by facilispected Rabbi Yosef tating an unpreceTzvi Rimon, head dented meeting of of JCT’s yeshiva and the minds across Jewish studies proHalacha and scigrams, the center pience.” oneers a unusual colAmong his laboration between numerous scholhalachic experts and arly writings, Rabbi renowned faculty Rimon most recently members from the published a twocollege’s computer volume set of books Rabbi Michael Broyde said advances science, engineering entitled “Shabbat” as should be studied to see how they mesh with Jewish law. and health sciences a first step towards a departments. Through this partnership, comprehensive in-depth analysis of the prothe center tries to address the influx of hibitions of Shabbat. He is also the founder emerging questions pertaining to both To- and chairman of Sulamot (formerly the rah and technology, such as: Halacha Education Center), an organization • Is it permissible to ride in an au- that develops cutting-edge educational techtopilot vehicle on Shabbat? nologies and innovative curricula for Jewish • Can “meat” grown using cells studies. Sulamot will be partnering with taken from a pig be kosher, or even pareve? JCT in the Torah and Technology Research • Can you send Alexa voice com- Center. mands on Shabbat?

“Rabbi Rimon is both an excellent ToRabbi Michael Broyde, Emory Law rah scholar and a stellar administrator and School professor and founding rabbi one certainly hopes that this program will of the former Young Israel synagogue, reach and exceed its potential,” Broyde said. spoke to the AJT about the benefits of Support for the center is made posprograms like that of JCT. sible by the Walder Foundation, a family “Every community that aspires to live foundation based in the Chicago area. in the modern world need to study moderIn addition to serving as a cennity,” he said. “Technological advances, like tralized authority for the internaall change, needs to be examined to see tional Jewish community, the nascent how it ought to be incorporated into Jew- research center will facilitate the deish law.” velopment of innovative technologies Rabbi Rimon noted that despite con- specifically adapted to meet halachic stant technological advances, there is a requirements for Shabbat, among othlack of a centralized body to tackle hala- er areas, and will disseminate scholchic challenges that arise. arly material.

The new program aims to tackle tough questions on the interaction of Torah and tech.

Proper understanding of technology is key to finding correct answers.

“I hope that this program will be an excellent resource,” Broyde said. “Placing it at a university that is technologically focused increases the sense that it will understand the technology it is considering, a needed precondition for reaching the right answers.”

The center will also host international conferences that will bring leading experts from around the world to JCT to discuss recent innovations and developments on both the halachic and technological fronts. An important goal of the center is to engage the broader public in serious discussions of these issues to promote greater appreciation of their impor-

tance and to educate the public on even the most complex topics, JCT reported.

“For five decades, JCT has been tremendously proud of our excellence in both Jewish studies and technology-related fields. This has expressed itself in providing high-level training to a student body which spans the religious community from Haredi to Dati Leumi. This unparalleled track record places our college in a unique position to be a trailblazer at the intersection of Torah and technology through the new center,” said professor Chaim Sukenik, president of JCT. ■ -Eddie Samuels contributed to this report.

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REFLECTIONS The Last Georgia Lynching and My First Rosh Hashanah 1946 “A big man, who was It was a very hot day and the dressed mighty proud in a site was 50 miles west of Atdouble-breasted brown suit, lanta. The news spread fast; was giving the orders.” J. Loy the Walton County police noHarrison, white, was testifying tified, came to the scene and as to what happened leading the bodies were found. Only up to the lynching of the four the driver, Harrison, was still African-Americans. On July 25, there; the rest had fled. What 1946, they were riding to their I reported was the testimony homes in his car after bail had of Harrison I read in the pobeen posted to free one of the Rabbi David lice report July 25, 1946, which four from jail. At Morris Ford, Geffen occurred two months before they were stopped by a car Rosh Hashanah. filled with white roughnecks. My blood curThe description of the lynching dled as I continued to read the rest. spread quickly through the United States.

“The big man pointed to Roger Mal- When the FBI reported the incident to the colm (the one who had been in jail) and U.S. president, Harry Truman established said, ‘We want that n-----.’ Then he pointed the “Human Rights Commission.” Nothing to George Dorsey (the other man, a five- like it had ever existed in America previyear veteran of World War II). ‘That is also ously. In spite of the action of the president my, n---- we want you too, Charlie.’ Harri- and the investigations of the FBI and the son butted in. ‘His name ain’t Charlie, he’s county police, the killers were never found.

George.’ Someone said, ‘Keep your damned A few days later in the end of July, I was big [mouth] shut. This ain’t your party.’” sent, for a month, to Camp Daniel Morgan, The four African-Americans, two hus- the Jewish Educational Alliance camp. I have bands and their wives, who had recognized never been able to understand why. My parthe men who stopped the car, were dragged ents had driven back with me from Norfolk, out, taken down below the Morris Ford Va., where we were staying when my father bridge in Walton County, Ga., and lynched. was overseas from January 1945 until March

1946. It was really nice, as you can imagine, to be with my father again. As pictures show on his return, I had grown into a “cowboy in full dress, hat and all,” with my cap guns firing.

Only now I can offer a suggestion why I was carted away so quickly from my parents’ care. Once I read about the Morris Ford lynching only this summer, I began to put two and two together again. The atmosphere for the 20,000 Jews in Atlanta was chilling.

The anti-Semitism resulting from this incident was fanned by the KKK. We might have been white, but we were targets. My parents wanted to get me out of town quickly. The local branch of the ADL published resolutions, condemning the act and calling for the proper recognition of minority groups. I cannot say I saw fear in my parents or grandparents’ faces. They kept it inside. When I returned in late August, there was a calm in Atlanta.

In September 1946, I started Hebrew school at Shearith Israel. Rav Tuvia Geffen (z’l), my grandfather, had been the rabbi of the synagogue for 36 years. Rabbi Hyman Friedman (z’l), the assistant rabbi, was running the school. His talents as an educator inspired me and the other students.

He reverberates in those of us who are alive until this day. Along with Hebrew, our main studies in the three weeks in September were the high holidays.

On Sept. 23, I attended Selichot at our synagogue on Washington Street. I pressured my father to let me go with him, even though Selichot began at midnight. My grandfather, his assistant and the cantor were dressed in white gowns. The cantor was on trial. I read in the Atlanta Jewish paper in 1946 that he made it. Of course, at 7, I fell asleep.

Rosh Hashanah was now at hand.

We went to shul where the plaintive melodies of Yamim Noraim were chanted and sung by the congregants.

Arriving at home, around my grandparents’ table were my mother and father.

There too, was my uncle Dr. Abraham Geffen, who returned the year before from Iceland, where he served in the U.S. Army for two years. I think there were a few other guests. I heard the kiddush for Rosh Hashanah from my grandfather for the first time.

I ate from the tasty round challah dipped in honey. Then we made a special blessing over the apple and dipped it in honey. (Here in Israel, for 40 years, I have eaten many more symbolic foods.)

The next morning, I went to shul with my father. By the time we arrived, my grandfather was already there, sitting next to the ark in white on the bimah. I knew Hebrew, but the machzor was forbidding, so I ran out as often as I could.

After 10 minutes outside with my friends, my father came and dragged me back. The baal koreh [Torah reader] was our cousin, who really was good. The aliyot had been bid for – in an exciting fashion. The shul, my father told me, received the money.

Torah and Haftorah completed, we all arose. My father pointed in the machzor, the tefillot to be recited. Almost secretly, our cousin, Abe Edelstein, climbed on to the bimah in the middle of the shul. He put the shofar in his mouth.

Hearing those sounds, I was so struck by them, I was excited beyond measure.

Now, after reading the lynching report of the Morris Ford tragedy, I can only imagine what a relief it must have been for the members of the synagogue. The sounds of the shofar said, “We are here – standing very proud as Americans and Georgians – O God – President Truman has done it – please destroy the anti-Semitism which has been our plight for over 2,000 years.”

I had been inducted into Judaism, I felt. What a powerful initiation! ■ Rabbi David Geffen is a former Atlantan who lives in Jerusalem.

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Thirty religion writers industry aside, he has a reguwalk into a karaoke bar. lar congregation, no different Sounds like the opening than one in, say, Cleveland. line of a joke.

Even as a couple of Better yet, this was in hundred admitted “reliLas Vegas, as the after-party gion nerds” gathered in a of the Religion News Assocasino-hotel, down the hall ciation’s annual conference. seemingly a couple of thouThat’s right, the RNA chose sand men and women were to meet in Sin City. The hoofing away at the 2019 sharing of video clips from Dave Vegas Dance Explosion, that outing disproves the Schechter billed as the world’s largest From Where I Sit advertising slogan “What line dance event. Perhaps Happens in Vegas Stays In not coincidentally, on SatVegas.” urday morning, a large circle was being This is a group that believes “Reli- instructed in dances set to the tunes of gion is always in the room,” so when one “Shabbat Shalom” and “Mayim, Mayim.” of their own belted out Don McLean’s I remain critical of national Jewish “American Pie,” the assembled chorus organizations for their absence at the added extra emphasis to this stanza: RNA conference. They continue to miss an opportunity to present themselves to an audience with a natural bent toward Did you write the book of love the subject of their work.

And do you have faith in God above The American Jewish Committee did If the Bible tells you so? step up this year, to sponsor that opening Do you believe in rock and roll? day bagels-and-lox breakfast session on Can music save your mortal soul? anti-Semitism. “We are at a tipping point And can you teach me how to dance in America. Which way are we going to real slow? go?” said Rabbi Noam Marans, AJC’s direcThe conference opened with an over- tor of Interreligious and Intergroup Relaview of anti-Semitism in the United States tions. “It’s ultimately about all of America and abroad, and one of the concluding coming together to prevent this, because sessions offered guidance on how to cov- the disease of anti-Semitism is not a diser horrific events, including the October ease that stops with the Jewish people. It’s 2018 massacre of 11 worshippers at the a disease that ultimately inflicts itself on all of society and destroys it.”

Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

The most consistent Jewish presThe topics in between ranged from “Saving Souls in Sin City: The Secret Life of ence in recent years has been Chabad Ministry in the Party City” to “High Church? Lubavitch, an organization that underMarijuana, Mushrooms and Drug Related stands the benefits of outreach. For the Religious Activism” to “The Whistleblow- third consecutive year, media staff from ers,” women who have called out sexual Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn hosted abuse by clergy. Other panels dealt with the a Friday evening Shabbat meal, a heimish use (or misuse) of sacred texts in the immi- gathering of a dozen journalists who are gration debate, the spiritual tendencies of Jewish and several who are not, the latter the millennial generation, the challenges wanting to experience a religious pracof telling stories of faith on television and tice different than their own.

In full disclosure, I am a member of RNA video, and the role of religion in reporting and serve on the committee that planned the on abortion and reproductive rights.

RNA members reject the admoni- Las Vegas panels and soon will begin work tion that religion, like politics, should not on next year’s conference near Washington, be discussed in polite company; indeed, D.C. – a city of sin in its own right.

The 2020 meeting will take place two they contend that society can only benefit from more reporting on issues direct- weeks before the election, so the intersecly or indirectly related to religion/faith/ tion of politics and religion will surely be on the agenda. But I’ve been thinking spirituality/belief (or non-belief).

As for this year’s venue, Rabbi Sanford that, with a nod to that evening at Dino’s Akselrad of Congregation Ner Tamid in Lounge in Las Vegas and the singing of the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, Nev., “American Pie,” maybe we should also told the panel on “Saving Souls in Sin City” have a panel titled “Can music save your that the glitz of the Strip and the gaming mortal soul?” ■

Letter to the editor:

OPINION

An estimated 200,000 Americans under the age of 65 are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Both of my parents suffered from Alzheimer’s but were older than 65 when they were first diagnosed. Seeing their condition deteriorate over the years before their deaths is what drove me to become involved as an Alzheimer’s Ambassador for my Congressman, Barry Loudermilk.

I attended the annual (Advocacy) Forum along with 1,000-plus other Alzheimer’s advocates. I learned that I was not alone in my struggle with Alzheimer’s. As painful as losing both of my parents to Alzheimer’s was, the stories I heard at the forum described experiences that were just as devastating, if not more.

I met people with loved ones who were younger than 65 when they got Alzheimer’s. I will always feel that we lost so much when my parents became ill. I cannot imagine if it had occurred at such a young age.

Alzheimer’s is a progressive and fatal disease. Its destructive nature affects not only those who are afflicted, but also their loved ones and caregivers. I know from experience the enormous burden that Alzheimer’s has on Georgia families and the economy. The disease will cost the United States more than $290 billion in 2019. Today there are approximately 150,000 people in Georgia living with Alzheimer’s. Every 65 seconds a new person develops the disease in America. By the time you finish reading this, Alzheimer’s will have another victim.

People with Younger-Onset Alzheimer’s are not eligible for the support and service programs available to older Americans. The Younger-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Act of 2019 (H.R. 1903) seeks to rectify this injustice. Through the Younger-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Act of 2019, individuals under the age of 60 with Alzheimer’s will have access to a range of home and community-based services, such as Meals On Wheels and other nutrition programs, in-home services, transportation, legal services, as well as other initiatives to enhance their quality of life.

I am asking Congress to pass the Younger-Onset Alzheimer’s Act of 2019, which would grant individuals living with Younger-Onset Alzheimer’s the same services and programs available to older Americans with Alzheimer’s under the Older Americans Act (OAA). Please join me in asking Rep. Barry Loudermilk to cosponsor the YoungerOnset Alzheimer’s Act of 2019.

To learn more about this disease and how you can join the fight to end Alzheimer’s, visit alzimpact.org.

Debbie Levin, Atlanta

Letter to the editor: All crossings into and out of Gaza, Judea and Samaria will be closed beginning at midnight on Sept. 27 until midnight Oct. 2. The purpose of the closure is to thwart Palestinian terrorists who might attack during the Rosh Hashanah holiday.

Remember the Passover massacre suicide bombing (30 dead and 140 injured) and the Yom Kippur War? Muslim residents of Gaza, Judea, and Samaria have no reason to fear terror attacks on Ramadan or Eid (though there could be a false flag attack by their own).

The attitudes toward religious holidays held by some Arabs compared with the religious respect that has always characterized Israelis offers an insight into why direct negotiations without preconditions, leading to peace, are not something we can realistically anticipate in the foreseeable future.

Julia Lutch, Davis, Calif.

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YOM KIPPUR The Mind Behind the Message How Atlanta’s Rabbis Craft their Sermons

By Eddie Samuels

talk about,” said Rabbi Alexandria Shuval-Weiner of Temple Beth Tikvah. “It may Atlanta has dozens of rabbis, many be things that I read, things that I see. If I’m on a walk and of whom are delivlistening to music, ering sermons dursomething may ing these high holistrike me. I keep days in front of the that collection and biggest crowds of the cream sort of the year, but what rises.” topics warrant Chabad Intheir attention, and town on the Belthow does one go Line’s Rabbi Eliabout writing such yahu Schusterman an address? described a very A few of the similar process. community’s many “As I’m doing rabbis spoke to the my studying in AJT in the week Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman relies on preparation for the leading up to Rosh his rabbi brothers for feedback when high holidays, I try Hashanah about putting his thoughts to paper. to find something their brainstorming and writing processes when prepar- that really connects with me,” he said. “I let that serve as my inspiration. I like to ing for the high holidays. speak about things that I find meaningful to me, not just something that I think The Subject Matters “Over the course of months, I jot is going to have dramatic effect.”

While their processes are a little down different ideas of what I’d like to

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more free-flowing, Rabbi Jesse Charyn, talk about how we’re living our lives, how Temple Beth David’s new spiritual leader, we’re making the most of each moment,” has been aware of his new platform since he said. “Those are topics that I find mystepping into the self returning to, role in July. but not in a way of, “I’ve spent the ‘I did this sermon last two and a half five years ago.’” months getting to Feldman has know everyone been delivering and figuring out sermons for 30 what they are lookyears, and at times, ing for,” he said. that can present “The message is challenges in how — as opposed to a to approach a subglobal message — ject that has been a specific message addressed countto the community. less times.

So, my message is: “It’s not so Ideas strike Rabbi Alexandria Shuvalwhy is community much of what I’ve Weiner everywhere, whether that’s reading, important? Why is done in the past, listening to music or going for a walk. it important that but I struggle we come together?” sometimes to find a topic that doesn’t While Charyn has given sermons be- sound to the listener like they’ve heard fore in his chaplain roles and at a retire- it before,” he said. “I’m always concerned ment community, this will be his first as that when you mention the word shofar a congressional rabbi, and that has been on Rosh Hashanah, they go, ‘Yeah, I’ve on his mind. heard this all before.’”

“My audience has typically been He noted that those issues present 60-years-plus,” he said. “This time I’m go- challenges for him that require a tactical ing to have young families and millenni- approach. als, so I’m figuring out how to make sure “I try to develop a kind of sneak ateveryone can understand this impor- tack where I get the interest of the listance of community.” tener through something they clearly Many rabbis, like Congregation Beth haven’t heard before and then connect it Jacob’s Ilan Feldman, have patterns they back to something a little more familiar,” follow in choosing Feldman said. their themes for certain services Politics from the each year.

Pulpit “My goal is While rabthat people should bis have different enhance their conideas of how and nection to the spirwhen to approach itual themes of the politics more day,” he said. “I try broadly, all the rabto pick one of the bis interviewed for spiritual themes this story agreed of the holiday and that they do not show that it’s relespecifically discuss vant with a specific politics during the issue that people high holidays.

Rabbi Michael Bernstein doesn’t script everything out ahead of time and instead are dealing with “I try to stay allows his delivery to flow in the moment. today.” away from politics because it’s just a distracting factor that people end up getting fixated on the poRepeating Yourself?

Deep into his own sermon prepara- litical issue and not on the spiritual istions, Rabbi Michael Bernstein of Con- sues,” Feldman said. While I stay away gregation Gesher L’Torah explained that from politics, I do sometimes try to point there are certain conversations he sees to current events, especially those that affect our congregants.” value in having every year.

Bernstein explained that he never “It’s not the same stories and the same angle, but there’s always room to does anything purely political.

YOM KUPPUR “Anything political that is so im- own preferences, though each of the rabportant that it has to be addressed right bis who spoke to the AJT shared that at now can be addressed in a way that isn’t least the first steps of their writing protrying to hint at its politics,” he said. “I cess happened solo. don’t think that tradition tells us what “I’m definitely alone. I sit down and to do politically. It tells us what is mean- will draft some initial thoughts in bulingful in the world and it’s up to us to lets and let it ferment for a little bit, and figure out how to translate that into ac- then I’ll come back and pepper it up with stories and anecdotes,” Schustertion.” man said.

Shuval-Weiner Shuval-Weinnoted that while er agreed that her she does not adfirst steps were in dress politics quiet contempladuring the high tion, but that getholidays, there is ting out of her evno one correct aperyday atmosphere proach to a sermon. was important.

“I think there “It’s definitely are some rabbis not at my desk,” that are in comshe said. “Usually munities that want it’s sitting out away real hardcore pofrom the office and litical messages,” I have one or two she said. “I’m not Rabbi Ilan Feldman has been in a congregation people that I feel delivering sermons for 30 years. very comfortable like that. I’m in a congregation where that would be a real with that I can bounce off ideas.” turnoff.”

Having a couple of trusted colleaguesto use as a sounding board, either here in Atlanta or around the globe, was a Writing Style When it comes to writing sermons, unanimous step. For Schusterman that each and every rabbi clearly has their involves sharing drafts with his brothers,

“What I end up with often looks many of whom are also rabbis, and for Charyn running ideas by his wife. But for nothing like what I started with,” he said.

Bernstein, on the other hand, has a others, it was old friends.

“I have two or three colleagues different approach.

“My congregation knows that I around the country who either call me or I call them and one of us says, ‘I’m don’t write out and read every word,” he dry, what are you working on?’ I just got said. “Most of the time I try to load up the a text last night that said, ‘Isn’t it about idea with stories and illustrations, and time we talked?’” Feldman said, laugh- the flow of it isn’t prewritten. There’s no editing process, ing. per se, where I’m While the isochoosing this word lation and collaboversus that word.” ration were relaWhether your tively common, rabbi has been deone area where livering sermons many differed is for 30 years like in how much they Feldman, or delivwrite down versus ering their first like how much is left Charyn, know that to be ad libbed. the process is one “I write the that is not taken whole thing out, lightly. and when I’m de“There is a livering it, I may Rabbi Jesse Charyn is delivering his first certain amount of veer off of what congressional sermons this year. stress that goes into I have on paper, but I always feel the need to write it out,” it,” Bernstein said. “Everyone wants to do everything they possibly can to make Shuval-Weiner said.

Feldman meanwhile begins with an it an effective sermon. It’s an amazing outline, from which he then rearranges thing to be engaged in, doing the serand revises what he intends to say, get- vice and feeling the energy of everyone there.” ■ ting more detailed as he goes.

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The Evolving Role of Women During High Holidays

By Roni Robbins

and, also for the first time this year at Etz Chaim, bat leviim. They then ascend to the It’s been nearly 50 years since U.S. duchen (platform or bimah), standing with rabbinical schools began ordaining their tallitot over their heads, and raise their women, and the role of Jewish women in hands to offer blessings to the congregation.

In the past, the benediction and the religious and ritual practices continues to evolve. One Atlanta synagogue took hand washing were only performed by men at Etz Chaim. This egalitarianism a step furyear, at least one-third of ther in time for the high the 20 to 25 kohanim on holiday season. the bimah for the blessing These will be the first will be women, according high holidays in which to Rabbi Daniel Dorsch.

Congregation Etz Chaim’s It’s still an exclusively bat kohen, women demale ritual in Orthodox scended from kohanim or circles and at least two high priests through their other Conservative synafathers’ lineage, will recite the ancient priestly bless- Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal of gogues in Atlanta – Ahaing over the congregation AA said the female kohanim vath Achim Synagogue didn’t find duchening and Congregation B’nai with male kohanim. meaningful enough to pursue.

Torah.

The kohanim were B’nai Torah Rabbi Joshua Heller called commanded in the Torah, dating back to Aaron and his sons, to “bless the people of female duchening the last “holdout” in terms of egalitarianism. “By nature, it’s a very anIsrael” on behalf of G-d.

The ritual is called duchening and in- cient ritual.” It’s only performed by a select volves a multi-step process in which koha- few. Even he doesn’t qualify to duchen, he nim, and now bat kohanim, remove their said. “It’s probably the most ancient ritual shoes and have their hands washed by leviim still in regular practice. It’s found in the

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Lev Gringauz//Rachel Schwartz duchens in front of the Western Wall egalitarian section with the conservative yeshiva.

Photo by Roni Robbins // Rachel Schwartz leads a duchening class for women at Etz Chaim.

Book of Numbers, and on an inscription that was ordained by the Conservative movegoes back 2,700 years. While we have many ment. For the Reform movement, it bewomen reading from the Torah and leading gan in 1972. services, this is one step we have not taken But duchening, in general, still isn’t a because it’s just so different from everything common practice at many Conservative else.” synagogues, let alone Reform ones, accordAA Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal ing to the rabbis interviewed for this story. echoed that sentiment. “Women do read Rabbi Rachael Klein Miller of Temfrom the Torah and participate (almost) ple Emanu-El said the Reform synagogue fully in the service experience at AA. In- recites the priestly benediction as a part of terestingly enough though, we haven’t the service. “It is not our custom to do the gotten to the point where Etz Chaim is, raising of the arms/hands.” as we still only have men Still, like in the Conserparticipate in the priestly vative synagogues, women blessing,” he said. are fully embraced in ser“We tried to address vices. “At Temple Emanu-El, this issue years ago,” Rosenwomen have always been thal added, “but we weren’t included in receiving honable to move it forward as, ors throughout the High at the time, we didn’t have Holiday season.” At the any women who expressed Sandy Springs synagogue, any interest in participat“like all Reform congregaing. We asked, but it just tions across the country, Etz Chaim is excited to wasn’t anything that our gender does not prohibit allow bat kohanim to duchen this year, said women cohanim felt was participation in any part of Rabbi Daniel Dorsch. meaningful enough to take synagogue life, especially up the mantle.” as it relates to services or the use of ritual At Etz Chaim, a bat kohen member items (tallit, tefillin, kippot, etc.)” studying at the Conservative Yeshiva in JeShe added that women also make up rusalem led a women’s duchening class last half of the Reform synagogue’s clergy team. week to teach a few other The evolution of women Etz Chaim bat kohanim how in the service has been rather to perform the benediction. recent at B’nai Torah – the Although bat kohen past 10 years. “Who is on the have long received Torah bimah is very different than honors and aliyot, female 15 years ago,” when he beduchening is a new develcame rabbi, Heller said. The opment for Etz Chaim. The synagogue was founded as Conservative synagogue Traditional unaffiliated and in East Cobb also recently became Conservative around added its first female clergy the same time he started. So Photo by Eric Bern Studio // member, rabbinic intern women being called to the ToRabbi Joshua Heller said B’nai Torah is still evolving Amalia Mark. rah was part of that transition The evolution comes as an egalitarian synagogue. as well, he said.

25 years after the Conservative moveAt Ohr HaTorah of Toco Hills, a modment allowed bat kohanim to duchen ern Orthodox synagogue, men duchen and 34 years since the first female rabbi and lead the high holiday services, said

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Rabbi Adam Starr. “In terms of Yom Kip- spoke about her experience as a commitpur services, they are pretty much stan- ted, serious Jew and what the practice has dard Orthodox services that are male led, meant to her spiritual life in Israel. As a although we appreciate the congregation- bat kohen who at Etz Chaim has had to al voices in song emerging from both the remain in the kahal as her brother and father have duchened in an otherwise men’s and women’s side of the mechitza.”

He reiterated that even in the Orthodox fully egalitarian community each high community, duchening is one of the most holiday season, she is eager to bring what ancient practices. “It’s one of the few areas is being practiced in Israel back to the in Jewish ritual that uses the caste system United States where it is permitted in nowdays.” Starr said the ritual stresses the other conservative communities.”

A newly trained duchener, fordistinct role of the kohanim and the levites. mer Etz Chaim president The latter are descended Cheryl Miller said she alfrom the tribe of Levi, who ways felt excluded from help with the ritual. the practice. As the oldest The discussion about child with three younger egalitarian duchening bebrothers, she believes she gan to take shape at Etz has a responsibility to carChaim over the past year, ry on the tradition of her Dorsch said. departed father. “I should Rachel Schwartz, who have the same rights to led last week’s duchendo anything my brothers ing class, joined the synaRabbi Rachael Klein Miller can.” said women are included in gogue’s rabbinic advisory all aspects of the service.

In a follow-up email to council several months the AJT, Rabbi Dorsch said, “As a proudly ago for a presentation on the issue, Rabbi egalitarian synagogue, we are delighted Dorsch wrote in an Etz Chaim blog post at Etz Chaim to permit women who are Sept. 20. bat kohanim to engage in the practice “As a bat-kohen, Rachel regularly parof nesiyat kapayim, popularly known as ticipates in the ritual at the yeshiva. Like duchening. her male counterparts, her “As a child in the 1990s, hands are washed by leviI remember when my own im and bat leviim. She then Philadelphia synagogue walks before the ark, raises chose to experiment with this up her hands, and blesses practice.

In more contempoher community, just as rary times, conservative-style her father and brother legal think tanks like Mechon do each high holiday seaHadar have written papers son at Congregation Etz on the permissibility of womChaim,” said Dorsch, who en duchening as well.” Still, has been senior rabbi for Women’s voices are three years. His predeces- appreciated Rabbi Adam Starr duchening has “has fallen out sor Rabbi Shalom Lewis as- of Ohr Hatorah of Toco Hills of favor in most conservative sumed emeritus status July said the congregation enjoys synagogues as a practice,” he women’s voices in the service. said.

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ARTS Forgiveness Drives New Book About Biblical Joseph

By Bob Bahr Whether by design or coincidence, Stephen Mitchell’s new book, “Joseph and The Way of Forgiveness: A Biblical Tale Retold” arrives as an extraordinary high holidays gift. The book, which was released Sept. 17, is an expansive retelling of the Joseph story, with an emphasis on what Mitchell describes as the “all embracing forgiveness at its core.”

Mitchell, who has written a number of critically acclaimed books derived from the classics of world religion, is inspired not just by the words and ideas of the Torah, but by the rabbinic tradition of midrash, which creatively transforms the biblical narrative. He wants us to understand the process of change that changes Joseph from a spoiled teenager into what becomes, in his opinion, the most spiritually mature character of the Hebrew Bible.

As a sample of how he embellishes and expands the narrative is his description of Joseph’s beautiful coat. It is an expensive gift from his father that seals his status as his father Jacob’s number one son. In the Bible it is described merely as having many colors. For Mitchell it is much more: “…the ends of its sleeves were threaded with gold and silver, and on its front was embroidered a scene of the earthly paradise: at the top shone the sun, moon, and stars, and underneath them was a garden of brilliant flowers, in the middle of which, on either side of the Tree of Life, two curlicue-bearded angels, with large furled eagle’s wings, stood facing each other.”

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Stephen Mitchell’s new book is a modern midrash on the biblical story of Joseph.

The transformation of Joseph into a man of deep compassion and forgiveness is at the heart of this book.

The book, however, is concerned with more than just surface appearances. What sets it apart from other modern popularizations of the Joseph story, such as the highly successful film and Broadway musical, is how it deals with Joseph’s faith and how that transforms his relationship with his brothers.

In a fit of jealousy, they kidnap him and consign their young sibling to what they hope will be a life of

slavery and abuse in Egypt. Yet Joseph realizes early on that the key to his survival is to merely trust in G-d and what he has planned for him.

At its heart, Mitchell’s book is a story of Joseph’s insight that all that happens to him, including the brutal treatment he receives from his brothers, is just part of a divine mission that he is to fulfill.

“Ultimately, it wasn’t they who had thrown him into the pit: it was G-d. It wasn’t they who had sold him into Egypt: it was G-d. G-d was the only creator in this whole drama; they were simply His instruments, His actors. Their crime had been for the good of them all, though that hadn’t been their intention.”

Mitchell’s inspiring high holidays message of forgiveness is grounded in Joseph’s deep belief in G-d.

In often profound terms, he reanimates this ancient character. He springs to life, full of forgiveness and understanding when he comes to believe that G-d is the only force in life that matters.

“Everything happens according to G-d’s will; everything that happens, whether apparently good or apparently bad, is meant to happen, precisely because it did happen; though the future has infinite possibilities, the past has only one. “ Ultimately, Joseph overcomes his life of slavery and imprisonment in Egypt to become the Pharoah’s right hand man, the second most powerful figure in a nation that was a leading force in the known world of 3,700 years ago. His rise to temporal power only magnifies and illuminates the spiritual power that is such an important part of this book.

“Joseph understood how painful it is to live in a mental world of good and evil, in which people consciously choose to think the thoughts that come into their minds and then consciously choose to believe those thoughts: a world in which G-d rewards and punishes people for actions that in reality they couldn’t help, because those actions were the direct effects of those beliefs.”

Mitchell’s book has been welcomed with a veritable avalanche of praise and appreciation from Jew and gentile alike. It is a long, cool drink of understanding in a fractious and overheated contemporary world of ill will and retribution. ■

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Blank Foundation Promotes HBO Justice Documentary

By Bob Bahr For 30 years, Anthony Hinton, who is black, sat on Alabama’s death row, accused of killing a white restaurant manager, a crime he said he didn’t commit.

The Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law firm in Montgomery, worked on his case for 16 years before it persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to grant him a new trial.

In 2015, he walked out of prison a free man, yet another win for a law firm that since 1989 has achieved major justice reforms and gained either reduced sentences or outright release for more The Arthur Blank Family Foundation is funding an educational initiative than 140 condemned prisoners on death for the powerful new HBO documentary, “True Justice.” row, many of them black.

The work of the firm and the lawyer who founded it, Bryan Stevenson, skin. I went to prison because I was born tered its laws, not just for adults, but for children as well. His work resulted in a are the subject of a powerful, new HBO poor and black.” documentary, “True Justice: Bryan SteThe NAACP estimates that African ban by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010 venson’s Fight for Equality,” which was Americans are incarcerated at more than on sentences of life without parole for screened last month by The Arthur Blank five times the rate of whites and that children convicted of crimes other than Family Foundation for an invited group black women are imprisoned twice as of- murder.

Last year, his Equal Justice Initiative of Atlanta community leaders. ten as white women. About one-third, or In addition to the recent show- 34 percent of all the prisoners in Ameri- represented scores of people who were ing, the Blank Foundation is funding a can jails are African American, although condemned to die in prison for crimes teaching guide and a re-edited version of blacks make up only about one-eighth they committed when they were children. the documentary, which is being made or 12 percent of the U.S. population, the available, free, to schools and other NAACP reports. organizations. Starting in December For Stevenson and many civil rights the documentary can be viewed on the leaders, those figures are the result, in HBO website at no part, of a long hischarge. A feature tory of slavery, film “Just Mercy,” lynching and raproduced by Warcial discriminaner Bros. Pictures tion by lawmakers, about Stevenson, the courts and the is also expected to criminal justice be released in Desystem. cember.

He didn’t atEric Schwartz, tend the Blank a member of The event, but in the Temple in Atlanta, film, Stevenson announced at the summarized his Blank Foundation concern. event that the Re“I think form synagogue there’s something Jill Savitt, CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, interviews would be among better waiting for Anthony Hinton, who spent 30 those scheduling us in this country years on Alabama’s death row. the documentary than another cenfor a public showing and discussion later tury of conflict and tension and burden this year. because we won’t face the legacy of our During an interview after the past. I think it’s important that we unscreening, Hinton told Jill Savitt, CEO of derstand all the brutal, all the ugly dethe National Center for Civil and Human tails. Because those are the things that Rights, that the large number of black actually give rise to what might allow prisoners is part of America’s long his- us to one day claim something with a tory of racial discrimination. new vision.”

“We must call it like it is,” he said.

“True Justice,” the HBO documen“Mass incarceration is a new form of tary that is narrated largely through the slavery. You have no rights. I went to words of Stevenson, is an indictment of prison simply because of the color of my how America has shaped and adminis-

In one case they represented a woman who was only 14 when she was sentenced to life in prison. They won a reduced sentence for the woman, but only after she had spent 42 years in prison.

For Hinton, the years of freedom after so many years of false imprisonment have been bittersweet. His book about those years and the fight to win his release was chosen by the Oprah Winfrey Book Club and became a New York Times best-seller. In May of this year he was a commencement speaker at St. Bonaventure University in New York, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree.

He credits his survival during his long years of solitary confinement to the unconditional love and support of his mother, who died three years before he was released.

“What got me through,” he told the audience at the Blank Foundation screening, “was my mom always said, don’t worry. There will always be people who hate you because of the color of your skin. Those are the people I want you to pray for and I want you to love them more.” ■

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FASHION Showing Less is More The high holidays are online) the “modest fasha tasteful time for some to ions” shown by the correusher in the autumn season sponding models. Note that as the official gatepost of Fox’s is owned by a Jewish fall fashion. Nowadays we family headed by Bob Fox, should enjoy a respite from 61, who started the business the secular world’s tiny decades ago while in colshorts, push up bras and seelege. He bought samples and through garments. bargains from the garment More observant women district and resold them in Marcia can be into fashion and also flea markets to make extra include the element of tzniut Caller Jaffe money for college. Their (pronounced “sneiss”), motto is “catch the thrill of modesty in dress and behavior. In other a great buy.” words, how much skin can be exposed.

Fox’s knows their shopper, as their In a broader sense: a code of con- retail locations are in Boca, Aventura, duct, awareness, mostly applied to wom- Chicago, Brooklyn and 12 others, not en who dress in such a way to not attract counting Atlanta. Designer threads at off attention to themselves. Covered knees, prices, what could be better? Local Fox’s no exposed collar bones or elbows, no manager Rita Batens De Vuyst has subcleavage. stantially grouped racks of merchandise In the past, I recall mingling with to aggregate a “modest style area” in the observant women in Loehmann’s Back Roswell Road store.

Room. Now there is Amazon, where one Her management experience with can order dozens of outfits, mix and Fox’s and modest attire is deep, as she match at home, and send the rest back. relocated the Manhattan store in 2014.

Weeks ago, I was impressed by a timely Brooklyn is another store that attracts email blast from Fox’s in Sandy Springs modest shoppers. Some of the modest urging shoppers to come in for (or buy brands in Fox’s are: Yal, Paniz, Wear and

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Fox’s is only one option for Atlanta shoppers. Rebbetzin Elisheva Ingber of the Kehilla in Sandy Springs has found sophisticated fashions at Stein Mart and Dillard’s (or dillards.com). She said, “I find those stores have clothes for the adult woman than are more conservative, but still fun.” She explained that women today should strive to be dignified, spiritual, capable and worthwhile.

“Let’s don’t view ourselves as our clothing. What’s important is how we feel on the inside. We are not dressing for men.

Women have power and control and are to be respected. Really this message has a higher level in the whole image that we put out.” Understanding the origins of tzniut, she cited, “‘Kol kevins bas melech penima,’ the honor of a princess is with-

in. Verse from Tehillim psalms.”

Ingber, who grew up in a retail fashion family, is also creative. For her own child’s wedding, she bought her motherof-the-bride dress online and bought yet another of the identical dress to cut it up to add length and cover décolletage.

She calls it “sneuissifying,” and recounts, “Consider it like royalty. Even when Queen Elizabeth was young, we never saw her in exposing outfits. Even today Meghan and Kate are fashionable and modest.”

On yet another level, Ingber explains that some aspects of personal beauty are held back for “our special someones.”

She explains further, “Certain aspects of woman’s beauty are private and made more special for her own very special significant others.”

Continuing into sports, many observant women play sports in long skirts,

FASHION Elisheva Ingber models one of her autumn outfits – both modest and fun – that she purchased at Stein Mart.

De Vuyst helps modest women choose fashion. Here is a dress by Miss Finch.

Rebbetzin Ingber (at a wedding with her son) is comfortable in her emerald green gown. She bought two similar dresses on dillards.com and had them pieced together.

which seem airy, cool and not at all impractical. Some have leggings attached to the skirt to not have to worry about it flying up.

Beatie (Bracha) Deutsch, American-

born Israeli and daughter-in-law of Atlanta’s Rabbi Menachem Deutsch, is a track superstar in Jerusalem and nicknamed “Speedy Beatie.” She is known worldwide for her tzniut wardrobe and

De Vuyst displays a modest formal silver gown by Eliza J. $79. She is wearing a skirt and top by Paniz.

staying true to her values. The mother of five and the first Haredi track star has her goal set on the Olympics, and told Ynet News, “Running is a piece of cake compared to potty training.”

Different observant groups have varied customs. Some eschew sandals; some consider thickness of hosiery. Wigs, head coverings, and male modesty are subjects for yet another discussion. ■

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DINING Sustainable, Sophisticated, ‘Posh,’ Israeli Style!

By Marcia Caller Jaffe Simona Edery created a unique niche in Fountain Oaks shopping center adjacent to Kroger. Lease renewal negotiations made it practical to seek new space where Café Posh has now landed in the charcoal gray Hanover apartment building at the junction of Roswell and Peachtree roads. Lot of advantages here. In addition to the new multifamily residences (across the street, The Charles should open soon), Café Posh is positioned next to the Buckhead Theatre (the former Roxy) and overlooks the Loudermilk “clock” park. Opened in mid-September, everything came to a halt over several months during construction delays.

Edery has hired energetic young chef Ryan Catherall, son of master chef Tom Catherall, of Coast, Twist and Shout fame. The resemblance is there, and Ryan has spent the last few months soaking in Edery’s perfectionism and fine tuning.

The cuisine is top of the chain Israeli fusion healthy/gourmet, and sustainable, with salads galore and very extensive breakfast, lunch and dinner choices.

Edery said, “Most importantly, our food is clean, fresh, true farm-to-table.” In

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Those familiar with authentic Israeli food laud Café Posh for its delish and warm shakshuka with house baked laffa.

the past location, Edery’s late husband / partner was a French-speaking Moroccan Israeli. She recalls, “I learned a lot about North African Jewish food from him. The Posh menu is my creation; however, he was my most trusted critic. I knew if he said it was good, it was excellent. At times, we made the same food. That’s how I discovered that no matter where Jewish people come from, we are very much alike.”

Charred Brussels sprouts salad over goat cheese with matchstick apple slices (top) pairs well with branzino with preserved lemon over polenta.

All made from scratch meze for laffa dipping: hummus (bottom), matbucha and baba ghanoush (left).

The restaurant is street level with 40 We ate everything but the orchid. seats inside and 20 on the patio. It could be in Tel Aviv or Paris, a typical bistro, watchCharred Brussels sprouts salad with ing the pedestrians and cars float and matchstick apple slices on a swirl of goat zoom by. Everything is made from scratch cheese. All the flavors worked, with the in house (“except the butter,” she jokes). apple providing the “crisp and calm.”

The baker comes in at 5 a.m. to whip up the Bronzino: two bagels, laffa and wraps. nice sized portions Even the almond milk marinated with skin and jam are made on on, served under presite. They boast coffee served lemon slices beans that are handand over polenta. picked by J. Martinez and use the finest King Although I am not Arthur and double zea shakshuka fan (of rio (00) flour. “Our bakanyone’s), Posh’s repuer bakes with his soul. tation follows as one of Chef Ryan Catherall has combined We have the best laffa talents with Simona Edery to provide the best in town. an extensive farm-to-table menu. in town. We have 18 Edery concludes, employees making the best quarts of soup, “Our food is alive. It is a transfer of energy. labna. … A popular breakfast item is gluten- In a way, it’s simple and sophisticated, and free pancakes made with coconut flour, no you leave here without a food ‘hangover.’ starches, bananas, vanilla beans.”

We go light on the salt, sugar and cream, The farm-to-table concept involves as one can always add it, … and soon I am ordering food daily in small quantities. going to take Ryan on a culinary tour of Catherall said, “I have never seen a cooler Israel to get the tastes firsthand.” as small as Simona’s, which means the Café Posh has a full bar, all three prep is done each day and all day and not meals, brunch and catering. It is open stored or frozen. Daily, she scrutinizes Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. what’s going on in the market.” to 10 p.m. “To Go” is done only at lunch.

Edery talks of continuing her child- “Once new customers try us, some hood habit, growing up in a kosher home come twice per day, every day, or once and soaking all vegetables in cold water per week; and they all come back with and vinegar, now carried on in Posh. friends. I can also pick out the Israeli diners because they never look at the menu. ... I look forward to engaging the What we went crazy over: Meze: from scratch hummus (not new Buckhead community as well as our too sweet or salty); matbucha “heat” with older customer base.”

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gregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mount Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs, from 4:45 to 6:54 p.m. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kMol0H.

Pre-Yom Kippur Dinner– Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, starting at 6 p.m. $36 per person. For tickets and more information, www.bit. ly/2knhSt1.

New Toco Shul – Kol Nidrei – 2003

The Temple: Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre – The Temple, 1589 Peachtree

Lavista Road, Atlanta, from 6:55 to 9 p.m. Free. For more information, www. bit.ly/2lUj1IP.

Street NE, Atlanta, starting at 6:30 p.m.

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

Green Street, Roswell, from 8 a.m.

Tuesday through 5 p.m. Wednesday. $75 adult member, $150 adult nonmember, free for full-time students, military and first-time attendees. For more information and to purchase tickets, www.bit.ly/2kdJctF.

Yom Kippur Services – Chabad of North Fulton, 10180 Jones Bridge Road, Alpharetta, from 6:45 to 9:45 p.m. each day. Free seating on a first-come first-

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Yom Kippur Tuesday, October 8, 2019, light holiday candles at 6:55 p.m.

Wednesday, October 9, 2019, holiday ends at 7:48 p.m.

served basis. No membership or tickets required. Reserved seating, $120 per person. For more information, www. bit.ly/2mluTE9.

Drive, Atlanta, from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Community friends and out-oftown guests are invited to join in for High Holy Day services. Tickets are required and include all High Holy Day services. $249 per adult. For tickets and more information, www.bit. ly/2jYuFlh.

High Holidays at Chabad Intown –

B’nai Torah Yom Kippur – Congrega-

Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, From 7 p.m. Tuesday to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

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

tion B’nai Torah, 700 Mount Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Congregation B’nai Torah offers a traditional service, an enrichment service, an essential service, youth programming and babysitting.

For tickets and more information, www.bit.ly/2l3tNMQ.

Yom Kippur at Shema Yisrael – Atlanta Unity, 3597 Parkway Lane, Peachtree Corners, from 7 p.m. Tuesday to 2 p.m. Wednesday. $75 per person. To register and for more information, www.bit.ly/2ktzbbS.

for a special, family-friendly service ideal for children under 10 years of age. The service will include music, prayers and a special message about forgiveness. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2l3gXhD.

B’nai Torah – Congregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mount Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Free. For more information, www.bit. ly/2l3C7fy.

Temple Sinai Yom Kippur Family Service – Temple Sinai, 5645 Dupree

Temple Sinai Yizkor and Neilah Servies – Temple Sinai, 5645 Dupree Drive, Atlanta, from 5 to 7 p.m. Free and open to the community. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kD6sBx.

To find more Yom Kippur services to attend, go to: www.bit.ly/2kiaQ8I.

Drive, Atlanta, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Join Rabbis Brad Levenberg and Sam Trief

The Temple: Yom Kippur – The Temple, 1589 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, www.bit.ly/2l6EJt9.

Temple Emanu-El Yom Kippur Young Children’s Service – Temple

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9

Temple Emanu-El Yom Kippur – Temple Emanu-El, 1580 Spalding

Emanu-El, 1580 Spalding Drive, Atlanta, from 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. This is a special service that provides families with small children an opportunity to share in the High Holy Day experience. Free and open to the public. For more information, www.bit.ly/2m9G96f.

Essential Yom Kippur Service at

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To join the group, hkotler@jfcsatl.org or call 404-210-9571.

Heneini High Holy Day Service – Temple Sinai, 5645 Dupree Drive,

Judaic Needlework Meetings – Off

Atlanta, from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Please join Temple Sinai as it holds a special combined Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur service created for those living with cognitive or memory issues.

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

Tashlich at the Lake - JCC Zaban Park – Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, At-

CANDLE-LIGHTING TIMES

Vayelech Friday, October 4, 2019, light candles at 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 5, 2019, Shabbat ends at 7:54 p.m.

Ha’ azinu Friday, October 11, 2019, light candles at 6:51 p.m.

Saturday, October 12, 2019, Shabbat ends at 7:45 p.m. for an opportunity to schmooze with other young professionals and have fun while giving back to the community. There are great projects all over Atlanta and many chances to give your time to make a difference. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kfyvXk.

lanta, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. All are invited to experience the Jewish tradition of Tashlich at a family picnic and celebration. Tashlich, which means “sending away” in Hebrew, is the tradition of tossing breadcrumbs into a body of water. Just as the water carries away the bits of bread, so too are the “sins” symbolically carried away. Cosponsored by Jewish Kids Groups. Free and open to all. For more information, www.bit.ly/2lX9UXI.

Guided River Canoe Trips on the Chattahoochee – Chattahoochee Na-

Bar and Bat Mitzvah Expo – Crowne

JF&CS Mitzvah Day – Metro Atlanta, from 1 to 5 p.m. Mitzvah Day is one of Atlanta’s biggest Jewish young adult volunteer days. Join in Sunday, Oct. 6,

Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia, 4355 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Plan your bar/bat mitzvah celebration in one afternoon!

Join Atlanta Party Connection for an EXPO featuring nearly 100 top professionals who will bring your simcha vision to life. Bring the whole family to sample party food and drink, win fantastic door prizes and participate in activities. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2lSTxvy.

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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 every day cultural use. $45 for an annual membership. For meeting location and more information, email, peachstatestitch@aol.com.

ture Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell, at 5 p.m. Take a leisurely evening 2.5hour paddle with experienced canoe guides while learning all about the environment of the Chattahoochee River.

This trip is a great first-time experience or a fun way to reconnect with the river you already treasure. On the trip you will look for wildlife and learn about the wetland ecosystem that is unique to metro Atlanta. All equipment is provided. Ages 6 and up. For tickets and more information, www. bit.ly/2CmG71Y.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7

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

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8

Teens and How to Have a Phoneless Conversation – Jeff’s Place at Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Come learn how to have a real conversation with teens and understand what they are going through. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kNYVQm.

Torah Studies – Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Join their acclaimed Torah Studies program, bringing you the tradition of classical Jewish learning in a series of inspiring and engaging weekly classes.

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about the wetland ecosystem that is unique to metro Atlanta. All equipment is provided. Ages 6 and up. For tickets and more information, www. bit.ly/2CmG71Y.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13

Kabbalah and Coffee – Chabad Intown

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11

Acoustic Shabbat Café @ Alon’s Bakery & Market – 4505 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, from 7 to 9 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 the MJCCA, Atlanta Jewish Music Festival and The Weber School.

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

on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Discuss, explore and journey through the world of Jewish mystical teaching and learn how to apply these profound teachings to your daily life. This ongoing class probes the esoteric through a unique program of English text-based study. No prior kabbalistic experience required. Free. For more information, www.chabadintown.org.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17

Lunch ‘N Learn at the JCC Featuring Rabbi Pamela Gottfried, Reconstructionist – Marcus JCC, 5342

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12

Guided River Canoe Trips on the Chattahoochee – Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell, at 5 p.m. Take a leisurely evening 2.5hour paddle with experienced canoe guides while learning all about the environment of the Chattahoochee River.

This trip is a great first-time experience or a fun way to reconnect with the river you already treasure. On the trip you will look for wildlife and learn

Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, from 12 to 1 p.m. The JCC Lunch ‘N Learn series features Atlanta rabbis who share unique perspectives on topics of their choice.

Guests may bring lunch or purchase food from A Healthy Touch Kosher Café. Free and open to all. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kVzr3K.

African Americans, Jews & American Music – The Commons at First Congregational Church, 125 Ellis Street, Atlanta, from 7 to 10 p.m. Ben Sidran in conversation with Dwight Andrews and presented by AJMF and The Breman Museum. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kGB6tO.

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The Atlanta delegation to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

tion to walking through the doors to the museum with her mother and grandL’dor v’dor took very literal shape mother by her side.

“It was reassuring to be there with my this month as three generations of Jewish Atlantans participated in the U.S. Holo- family and know that we were here. Decaust Memorial Museum’s 2019 Atlanta spite everything that’s happened, I get to be here,” she said. “At different points you’re Mission Sept. 15 and 16.

Shelley Elise Hersch made the trip to sad, you’re overwhelmed, you’re angry, but D.C. with her mother, Nica Hersch Tall- also proud. I was proud to say, ‘I’m here.’”

Shelley added that different exhibits man and grandmother Helen Lefkowitz Hersch, along with 40 other participants touched each of them differently, noting that her grandmother was most uncomfrom Atlanta. fortable seeing the Shelley shared train cars loaded with her family’s close Jews on their way to connection to the concentration camps, Holocaust, and why while she and her the trip had special mother were struck meaning for the trio. by the amount of in“My grandfaformation that was ther was a Holoavailable during the caust survivor,” she Holocaust and the said. “His whole Shelley Elise Hersch, Helen lack of response from family was from PoLefkowitz Hersch and Nica Hersch much of the world, inland and he was the Tallman shared the experience. cluding America. only survivor. … My “Walking through the United States grandmother’s parents, who were from the same town in Poland and actually re- Holocaust Memorial Museum with lated to my grandfather’s family, came to Shelley, Nica and Helen was an incredibly powerful experience,” said Robert America before the war.”

She explained that her grandfather Tanen, director of the museum’s Southwas only able to escape to the U.S. with east region. “As a global institution, it’s sponsorship from her grandmother and the museum’s responsibility to forever settled with her family in New Jersey be- preserve the evidence, the stories and the memories of the Holocaust. But to see the fore moving to Atlanta after the war.

The trip to the museum first appeared museum through the Hersch/Tallman on their radar at a speaking engagement, and family’s multigenerational lens was very through Eternal Life-Hemshech, in which meaningful on a personal level, and for Nica is an active member and Shelley serves the entire Atlanta delegation.”

Part of the trip included a behindon the board. The timing of the mission closely followed another trip for the three to the-scenes panel discussion with museum staffers, and Shelley explained that Poland to learn about their family roots.

“It was such an emotional experi- the museum’s goal of preventing future ence to be there on the doorstep of the genocide resonated with her.

“I had no idea how much work was ghetto where my grandfather lived,” Shelley said. “When you walk through being done outside the museum itself,” Auschwitz there are no words; I couldn’t she said. “It’s about preventing mass say anything. It was so much more en- genocide around the world every day, vironmental, whereas in the museum, and that really was so encouraging to there was a comfort in our ability to talk know. … It didn’t just stop with us, and the museum is working so hard to make sure through what we were seeing.”

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COMMUNITY OY VEY! HAVE I GOT A PROBLEM...

Dear Rachel, stery! Does it make handbook? It’s a real my a h wit e com s kid ’t Why don must commit to any career in life, a person ost alm in d cee suc to t any sense tha ship in that field, en followed by an intern oft dy, stu of m ulu ric cur an intense damental job any of most significant and fun the on k bar em we en and yet, wh into productive memprecious human beings g ldin mo of t tha do, r us will eve ation)? sink or swim (or a combin bers of society, it’s either morning grumbling er, Andrea, woke up one ght dau r Ou ch. pit the Here’s loudly. can’t walk!”

“My leg hurts! Ow, ow! I I were concerned.

Of course, my husband and you bump it? Fall?”

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“Mayb ing, okay?” s, Rachel?

How would you handle thi Signed, A Suspicious Mom

Yiddish Word of the Week Gevald

Dear Suspicious Mom, If you ever get hold of that elusive parenting handbook, I’ll take a copy!

You have strong suspicions that Andrea wants to mimic Sarah. Something about having an injury seems appealing; perhaps it is the extra attention Sarah is receiving.

Even a well-adjusted child (ranging from age 0 through age 120) may crave extra TLC. I think the best course of action would be to allow natural consequences to play out. Andrea must rest her injured leg. So, there is no bike riding, trampoline jumping, scootering, or strenuous activity until she is completely recovered. Of course, there is no running off to friends for play dates or enjoying fun jaunts to the park. After a day or two of enforced rest, I think the novelty of having an injury will probably wear off.

If Andrea continues to cry and beg to see a doctor, would you consider doing the following? You may want to forewarn Andrea that sometimes doctors give injections or unpleasant tasting medication before prescribing a boot.

“But I can call and make that appointment.” That’s your cue, Mom – reach for the phone.

“Oh, that’s okay, Mommy,” she will hopefully respond. “I think it’s starting to feel better now.”

My assumption is that the first suggestion will yield favorable results, and Andrea will enjoy an almost miraculous and speedy recovery.

Here’s hoping we all stay well!

May all parents be blessed with visceral wisdom to nurture and attend to their children so that they can thrive, Rachel Atlanta Jewish Times Advice Column Got a problem? Email Rachel Stein at oyvey@atljewishtimes. com, describing your problem in 250 words or less. We want to hear from you and get helpful suggestions for your situation at the same time!

Jewish Joke of the Week

The Donations Kol Nidre was fast approaching and the rabbi remembered his dissatisfaction with the donations given by his congregation last year. He wasn’t confident that he could get more from them this year. The synagogue treasurer suggested to him that perhaps he might be able to hypnotize the congregation into giving more.

“And just how would I go about doing that?” he asked.

“It is very simple. First you ensure all windows are shut so that the shul is warmer than usual. Then you give your usual sermon, but in a monotone voice.

Meanwhile, you dangle a watch on a chain and swing it in a slow arc backwards and forwards and suggest to the congregation that they pledge 10 times more than they did last year.”

‫געוואלד‬

So, on Kol Nidre night, the rabbi did as suggested, and lo and behold, they pledged 10 times more than normal.

gevalt, oy gevald, oy gevalt

Now, the rabbi did not want to take advantage of this technique each and every year, so he waited two years before trying mass hypnosis again.

Exclamation of shock or fear, an interjection of alarm.

“Gevald! Why did you put that slimy thing in my sleeping bag?”

Just as the last of the congregation was becoming mesmerized, the chain on the watch broke and the watch hit the floor with a loud thud, and springs and parts flew everywhere.

“Crap!” exclaimed the rabbi.

It took them a week to clean up the synagogue.

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■ Dr. Stephen Kutner didn’t attend services on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, but he had a very good excuse. Kutner, an ophthalmologist, was operating on a 10-year-old Palestinian boy, whose left eye had been severely damaged in an accident.

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■ South Georgia Jews continued to recuperate from summer floods. Two months prior the area was drenched with up to 8 feet of water in spots.

Photo from The Breman Museum archives // The Jewish Home outgrew its

former site on 14th Street, pictured here, and started construction on a new location on Howell Mill Road and Margaret Mitchell Drive.

50 Years Ago// October 3, 1969 ■ The new Jewish Home under construction at Howell Mill Road and Margaret Mitchell Drive was scheduled for a completion in a year. The groundbreaking was June 8. Nearly $1.9 million was raised for the project. The property on 14th Street sold for $685,750 and an additional $1.4 million was needed. The original Jewish Home was built in 1951 for 30 residents and enlarged in 1957 for 30 more. The occupancy limit was 66 and the home had a waiting list of 15.

■ On Oct. 12, Congregation Shearith Israel honored Cantor Robert Ungar for his 10 years of service to the synagogue.

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OBITUARIES

Lawrence Neal Glatzer 70, Athens, Ga.

Lawrence Neal Glatzer (“Papa Larry”) was born on May 28, 1949, in New York, N.Y. The son of Ruth and Marvin (Moose) Glatzer, Larry was a “miracle” from the beginning of his life. Weighing only 2 1/2 pounds and 13 inches long at birth, he was born two months early.

He met health challenges for 40 years with courage and a positive outlook. He came to the end of his journey Sept. 25, 2019, in Athens, Ga. Over the years, despite the health challenges he faced, Larry remained optimistic, hopeful, and an inspiration to his many friends, family and doctors.

Larry held a bachelor of science in accounting from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and years later attended Georgia State University and earned a bachelor of arts in risk management. He worked for many years as a controller and sold insurance. He enjoyed both careers, but what brought him the most pleasure and happiness was time spent with friends and family. Larry was so proud of his children’s accomplishments and though he never bragged, they brought him much nachas. According to daughter, Rebecca, and son, Michael, he was the “best Pops any kid could be lucky enough to have!”

Larry’s various interests included reading just about any subject. He loved books and bookstores and he especially enjoyed history, science, math and joke books. Larry loved telling and hearing jokes and laughing. To him, “Laughter is the best medicine!”

He also loved music, especially Bobby Darin, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra.

His survivors are his loving wife of 47 years, Judy (nee Bernhardt); daughter, Rebecca (Tameeka) of Atlanta; son, Michael (Dania); and grandchildren, Clara Lynn and Julian Leon, all of Fairfax, Va.; the Liebergesell family of Pennsylvania and the Hunter-Drake family of Atlanta. Also, many cousins and wonderful friends, who are like family, the Limors, the Millers, and Kary Klein and Stephen Gordon, all of Tennessee.

In Larry’s memory, donations to any of the following would be appreciated: Piedmont Regional Hospital in Athens; the American Heart Association; ASPCA or a charity of your choice.

Larry’s funeral service was held Sept. 29 at Arlington Memorial Park with Rabbi Steven Lebow officiating.

As Nat King Cole sang: Larry, “You are Unforgettable,” and will be remembered as a true mensch.”

Arrangements by Bernstein Funeral Home in Athens.

Sarah Rebecca Whited 38, Casselberry, Fla.

Sarah Rebecca Whited, age 38, of Casselberry, Fla., passed away Sept. 14, 2019, due to an extended illness. Formally of Rhode Island and Alpharetta, Ga., she is survived by her husband, David; her beloved son Cameron; loving parents, Meryl and Robert Rose and Brian Ackerman; sister Lauren (Joe) Lain and Sarah (Corey) Peeples; and brothers, Ocean Rose and Forrest (Francesca) Rose.

She is also the beloved granddaughter of Howard Goldblatt and the late Lenore Goldblatt of Providence, R.I., and the loving aunt to Finn, Walker, Edie, Joe, Henry and newborn niece, Logan Sarah Lain.

Contributions in Sarah’s memory may be made to the ASPCA. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999. ■

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

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CLOSING THOUGHTS Just Call Me Ms. Forgiveness It’s the Jewish season to be forgiving, and I am jumping on the bandwagon. This is a heavy-duty endeavor because — and I know I’m not alone here — the year 5779 produced a bumper crop of challenges to my customary live-and-let-live serenity.

I am a list-maker by nature. Considering the litany Chana of incidents and persons Shapiro who have disrupted my inner peace, I am using the “cross it off” method that works so well for groceries, library books and housework. I’ll feel much better getting everything off my chest by sharing a partial list of people I’ve decided to forgive.

I forgive the salesperson who advised me to purchase a khaki-colored dress because it was a good color for me. Let’s be honest: Khaki is not even close to a good color for me, except when I need to dress in desert camouflage, which is rare.

I forgive the stylish footwear temp who encouraged me to buy an expensive pair of shoes that were my size and

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should have fit, but didn’t, and which were not available in the next size. I well remember his solemn declaration, “After you wear them a couple of times, they’ll fit like a glove.” He was right.

They do fit like gloves, but not like shoes.

I forgive the overweight woman in the pharmacy waiting area who chummily turned toward me to declare, “The best thing about being fat is that we don’t have lots of face wrinkles, right?”

I forgive the neighbor who declared, “A dog is no trouble at all, and we’ll just be gone two days.” Looking on the bright side, I consider this an educational experience. I now understand that “frisky,” “friendly” and “playful” are canine euphemisms.

I forgive the renovating neighbors, who explained that the only nearby area with enough space on the street for their construction vehicles was in front of our house. Actually, there’s an upside to this.

The weeks of large vehicle accommoda-

tion caused me to become an expert at circumventing the mailbox when backing down our driveway. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for the guy who came to repair our gutters.

I forgive the friend who borrowed my black beret and lost it somewhere in Colorado. She ordered a near-replacement from Amazon, and now I have a second navy blue beret.

I forgive the friend who sent me to her highly acclaimed “she’s a genius with curls” hairdresser. I wasn’t immediately sure about the shorter cut, but I soon formed a definite opinion. Good thing I have those two berets.

I forgive the friend who convinced me that reupholstering furniture in pale gray linen is a good idea. It’s not, and when you come over, I’ll show you why.

I forgive the Atlanta salesman who promised furniture delivery by Pesach.

The customer service rep in Ohio explained the situation with refreshing aplomb, “Sometimes these things take a bit more time.” Five weeks?

I forgive the woman in our neighborhood who feeds feral cats that end up

lounging and sleeping on our patio furniture. Looking on the bright side, ever since those felines took over, bird droppings have markedly decreased.

I forgive the family that always comes early and stays late. At least they’re consistent, and really, there are so few things we can count on nowadays.

I forgive the worker who left extra molding, drywall and used gloves in our carport. To be fair, he did make room for one of our cars by piling everything on one side and doing his best to clean up the broken glass.

I forgive the anonymous neighbor who donated six hefty volumes from an old encyclopedia set to my Little Free Library, none of which was “M”, “S” or “T,” my personal favorites.

One request: If you or someone you know has said or done something untoward to me, and I don’t know about it, please don’t tell me. I’ll be starting a fresh list in a week or so, and I intend to begin the new year with a clean slate.

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