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Todah Rabah, Chaver

Obama, Clinton, Netanyahu thank their friend Shimon Peres

INSIDE Calendar ��4 Candle Lighting ��4 Israel News ��6 Opinion �� 10 Yom Kippur �� 14 Business ��39 Travel �� 40 Education �� 42 Arts ��43 Home ��48 Obituaries ��50 Crossword ��54

ALT-REALITY

Dave Schechter explores how two Jewish communities see the world differently. Page 11

LIGHT BREAK

Try these recipes to prepare a fast-breaking meal of traditional appetizers. Page 22

A DOG’S LIFE

Doug Ratner’s viral video of a song about time with his dogs has led to a thriving novelty e-business. Page 39

MOVE-IN READY

Decades of collecting helped Carol and Bob Nemo enhance the furnished Buckhead flat they found. Page 48

World leaders united Friday, Sept. 30, to bid farewell to a man whose friendship they cherished. “I took great pleasure in my friendship with this older, wiser man,” President Barack Obama said at the funeral for Shimon Peres in Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl Cemetery. Obama, who said he was the 10th U.S. president to meet with Peres and the 10th “to fall victim to his charms,” closed the last of nine eulogies at the ceremony by saying, “Todah rabah, chaver yakar” (thank you, dear friend). Peres, 93, who died early Wednesday, Sept. 28, of complications from a stroke two weeks earlier, was the last leader from Israel’s founding generation, a man who spent 48 years in the Knesset, served in 12 Cabinets, twice was prime minister, and capped his career as president from 2007 to 2014. He suffered devastating political defeats but always bounced back. Former President Bill Clinton said in his eulogy that he “always was in awe of his endless capacity to move beyond even the most crushing disappointments.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who as Likud leader delivered one of those disappointments by defeating Labor’s Peres in the 1996 elections, said their friendship began in 1976 after his brother was killed in the raid Defense Minister Peres ordered on Entebbe to free hostages. “You said that one of the few times you shed a tear was when you heard the tragic news of the death of my brother, Yoni, in Entebbe. You cried then, Shimon, and today I weep for you,” Netanyahu said. “I loved you. We all love you.” He did not deny their differences. The prime minister said Peres saw peace as

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Shimon Peres, who died at age 93 early Wednesday, Sept. 28, is remembered with a special pullout section, Pages 26-32.

the true security, while his view was that security was essential to achieve peace. Netanyahu told a crowd packed with current and former leaders from more than 70 countries, including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, he has come to realize they were both right. “Power is not an end in itself; it’s a means to an end. That goal is to ensure our national existence and coexistence, to promote progress, prosperity and peace — for us, for the nations of the region and for our Palestinian neighbors.” Novelist Amos Oz said people laughed at Peres for being a dreamer, but he made most of his dreams come true. The dream of peace with the Palestinians hasn’t come true but is inevitable, Oz said, because both peoples have nowhere else to go. What’s required are leaders on both side Speaking at the funeral Sept. 30, President Barack Obama says he is who can face that one of 10 U.S. presidents to fall under the charms of Shimon Peres. reality.

Oz said he talked to Peres every Friday the past 42 years, and “as long as Israel is alive … its conversation with Shimon Peres will continue.” Clinton said people were wrong to call Peres a naive, overly optimistic dreamer. “He knew exactly what he was doing in being overly optimist. He knew exactly what he was doing with his dreams.” Obama emphasized how remarkable it was that Peres’ dreams did not become nightmares. His understanding of the anti-Semitism in the world “would never harden his heart,” Obama said. “It would never extinguish his faith. Instead, it broadened his moral imagination” and helped him see the world as it should be. Obama said Abbas’ presence was a reminder of the unfinished business of peace. Several Arab delegations but no Arab head of state attended the funeral. “The region is going through a chaotic time. Yet he did not stop dreaming, and he did not stop working,” Obama said of Peres. His optimism “makes us not just honor Shimon Peres, but love him,” the president added. “He believed in us even when we doubted ourselves.” ■

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Forgive or Reveal?

Good Yiddishe Kup

When I was growing up in a small West Tennessee town, my parents and I constituted the entire Jewish population. When I was 12, I learned a lesson that may shine light on your dilemma. I was using a shortcut through a cotton field when I saw several cars, one of which was a sparkling new Cadillac, and a cluster of men and women dressed as Orthodox Jews near my house. They introduced themselves and asked to speak to my mother. The Cadillac belonged to a man in a three-piece suit, a Jewish lawyer in Memphis. The Orthodox group was related to an individual who had been convicted of capital murder, thought by many to be an incorrect verdict, and awaited a Supreme Court ruling. Why was this group coming to see my mother? She was the bridge partner of the chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Could she say something that would help? The group’s eyes were hopeful, entreating. My mother agreed to consider the situation. Friends, neighbors, doctors, the druggist and even our housekeeper concurred against making any comments to the judge. My mother, however, was independent-minded and always felt that a good Yiddishe kup alongside a forgiving spirit could trump a court decision. During the next bridge game she mentioned the case. The judge replied, “Juliet, honey, you know I can’t discuss cases.” “I’m not discussing this with you, Judge. I am discussing it with someone else,” Mother said, and the conversation continued. My mother wound up apologizing, as did the judge. At the retrial, the verdict was — hold on to your seats — an acquittal. For the next dozen or so years, Mother received a dozen roses on her birthday with no card or source. — Marvin H. Cohn

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There is no dilemma here. The mother is obligated to: • Call the camp director with the counselor’s name. It’s her responsibility as the parent of a camper. She paid an institution with the understanding that her child would be kept in a safe environment. Her daughter’s safety

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trumps the counselor’s employment. • Recount the incident, including that the staff member asked the daughter to lie. Let the director know that she called the staffer directly and share her response. (The mother should have called the camp director; that’s the proper chain of command.) • Express her extreme displeasure at the staff member’s lack of judgment in taking the girls on the golf cart and asking her daughter to lie for her. • Let the camp director know that the camp will reimburse you for the glasses. How that money is returned is the camp’s decision. • Discuss with the director how the camp will address this issue with staff and campers for the future. Whether the camp chooses to fire the staff member is not the mother’s responsibility. The staff member is an employee who is responsible to superiors. The mother’s primary concern must be her daughter’s safety. The mother needs to figure out how to talk to her daughter about all of the issues involved. If she can’t do it herself, she should seek the help of a rabbi or counselor/therapist. The discussion should include the daughter’s safety; the safety of the other campers; the staff member’s disregard for the rules and what the daughter should do in similar situations; the honesty issue and her unwillingness to tell her mother because she wanted to protect the staff member; and why she needs to be open and honest with her mother and the consequences for not doing so. This is a marvelous teaching moment for the camp, mother and daughter. Failure to follow through could result in injuries for future campers and set a bad precedent as her daughter’s moral and parental authority. — Anonymous

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Dilemma: A camp staffer took a group, including my daughter, on a golf cart ride, contrary to camp regulations. My daughter fell on a curve, and the other girls landed on her. She wasn’t hurt other than minor scrapes, but her glasses were broken. The staffer asked my daughter to cover up for her negligence but wound up apologizing profusely and offering to pay for the glasses. Should I forgive and forget or report her to the camp administration?

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FRIDAY, OCT. 7

Sushi and Carlebach. Chabad of Cobb, 4450 Lower Roswell Road, East Cobb, holds its monthly Carlebach Kabbalat Shabbat service, with sushi, sake, socializing, singing and dancing to Shlomo Carlebach’s inspirational melodies, at 7 p.m. Free; contact Yaacov Gothard at 678-773-4173 or Chabad of Cobb at 770-565-4412.

SATURDAY, OCT. 8

BeltLine performance. The Exposed festival shows a site-specific work called “Beltline Playground” at 1 p.m. at Historic Fourth Ward Park, 680 Dallas St., Atlanta. Free; exposedfestivalatl. com/event/beltline-playgound. Wine tasting. The Ketura Group of Hadassah Greater Atlanta holds a tasting of five wines at 7:30 p.m. in East Cobb. Admission is $22; RSVP and pay by Sept. 30. Details from Harriet Trackman, h.trackman@yahoo.com.

SUNDAY, OCT. 9

Yizkor. Eternal-Life Hemshech will hold a Yizkor service at the Memorial to the Six Million in Greenwood Cemetery, 1173 Cascade Circle, Atlanta, at 11 a.m., during which the names of Holocaust survivors who lived in the Atlanta community who have died will be read. Free; eternallifehemshech.org. Pride. As part of the two-day Atlanta Pride Festival in Piedmont Park, where SOJOURN has organized a Jewish com-

munity tent, the Pride Parade marches at noon from Civic Center MARTA station to the park on 10th Street in Midtown (gather by 11:30 a.m. to join the march). Free; atlantapride.org or www. sojourngsd.org/calendar/atlpride. B’nai mitzvah dress sale. A pop-up sale of used dresses for bar and bat mitzvah parties, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, benefits Federation’s Holocaust Survivor Support Fund. Each dress is $10 or $20. Admission is free; popupdressshop@gmail.com. Tashlich. Rabbi Brian Glusman leads a Tashlich program at 12:15 p.m. at the Marcus JCC’s Lake RB, 5342 Tilly Mill

Road, Dunwoody, followed by a bubble show, boating, a shofar blowing contest and other activities. Free; atlantajcc. org or 678-812-4161. How the Nazis did it. The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust screens the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum documentary “The Path to Nazi Genocide” at 1 p.m. at the “Anne Frank in the World” exhibit, 5920 Roswell Road, Suite A-209, Sandy Springs. Free; holocaust.georgia.gov. Tashlich in the Highlands. The Atlanta Scholars Kollel and Anshi host Tashlich and a family barbecue at 4 p.m. at Orme Park, 774 Brookridge Drive, VirginiaHighland. The recommended donation

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10 years ago Oct. 6, 2006 ■ A Jewish federal judge, Marvin Shoob, was honored as part of the Red Mass organized by a Catholic legal organization, the St. Thomas More Society. Cardinal Justin Rigali called on justice officials to give priority to the dignity of life, meaning no abortion, no capital punishment, no samesex marriage and no research with embryonic stem cells. ■ The bar mitzvah ceremony of Adam Goldfarb of Atlanta was held Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006, at Congregation Beth Tefillah. Adam is the son of Eric and Gwen Goldfarb. 25 Years Ago Oct. 11, 1991 ■ A recent Emory Law School grad is suing Georgia Attorney General Michael Bowers for rescinding a job offer after

learning that Robin Shahar was planning to marry another woman. Shahar and her partner exchanged vows in a ceremony officiated by Reconstructionist Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum on July 28. Georgia bans same-sex sexual relations. ■ Carolyn and Steve Oppenheimer of Atlanta announce the birth of a son, Eli Joseph, on July 31. 50 Years Ago Oct. 7, 1966 ■ An heirloom sefer Torah will be presented to Ahavath Achim Congregation this weekend in honor of the b’nai mitzvah of twin brothers Aaron and Harry Eisenstein. Sent to Atlanta from Baghdad through great difficulties, the Torah has been in the Iny family for several generations. The scroll is deer skin, and the covering is solid silver. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Schwartz of Atlanta announce the marriage of their daughter Cecile Rene to Lee Edward Hornstein, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hornstein of New York.

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Game design. A New York Code + Design Academy expert teaches game design and programming to eighth- to 11th-graders in three sessions, starting at 6:45 p.m., at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. The program continues Oct. 20 and 27. Tuition is $60 for JCC members, $80 for others; atlantajcc.org or 678-812-4082.

FRIDAY, OCT. 14

Family Shabbat. The Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, presents a Shabbat-related activity, a story, songs and blessings with Rabbi Brian Glusman and the Weinstein School Shabbat Dinosaur for families with young children at 5 p.m. Free; atlantajcc.org or 678-8124161. Intown acoustic Shabbat. Drew Cohen and Rabbi Brian Glusman lead an interactive, Shabbat-themed musical experience sponsored by the Marcus JCC, the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival, HAMSA and InterfaithFamily/Atlanta at 7 p.m. at San Francisco Coffee, 1192 N. Highland Ave., Virginia-Highland. Free; atlantajcc.org or 678-812-4161.

SATURDAY, OCT. 15

Comedy. Jewish comedian Lewis Black performs at 8 p.m. at the Tabernacle, 152 Luckie St., Atlanta. Tickets are $49.50 to $79.50; www.lewisblack.com/ atlanta-ga. Comedy. Jewish comedian Amy Schumer performs at 8 p.m. at Philips Arena, 1 Philips Drive, Atlanta. Tickets are $43 to $125; www.amyschumer.com/tour.

SUNDAY, OCT. 16

Doubles pickleball. Sign up as doubles teams or as singles and be paired up for a tournament at 10 a.m. at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Entry is $25 for JCC members, $35 for others, with advance registration required; atlantajcc.org or 678-812-3861. JKG Sukkot picnic. Jewish Kids Groups holds a picnic with face painting and a camp fair at noon at its Old Fourth Ward site, 386 Pine St. Free; www.jewishkidsgroups.com/sukkot-parties.html. Sukkot in the Highlands. The Atlanta Scholars Kollel and Anshi hold a festive meal in the sukkah at 1324 N. Highland Ave., Morningside, at 6:30 on the first night of Sukkot. The fee is $18; info@ anshisfard.org or www.anshisfard.org.

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Sukkkot dinner. Chabad of Cobb, 4450 Lower Roswell Road, East Cobb, holds a festive and elegant dinner in the sukkah at 7:15 p.m. Until Oct. 8, reservations are $25 for adults, $14 for ages 7 to 12, and $8 for ages 3 to 6, but then the price rises $5; www.chabadofcobb. com/sukkahdinner.

THURSDAY, OCT. 20

Learn with a rabbi. Congregation Or Hadash Rabbi Analia Bortz leads the monthly lunch-and-learn session at noon at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Bring lunch or buy food at A Healthy Touch. Free; atlantajcc.org or 678-812-4161.

FRIDAY, OCT. 21

SOJOURN in the Sukkah. SOJOURN holds a breakfast program about its work in the Southeast at 7:30 a.m. in the sukkah at Congregation Shearith Israel, 1180 University Drive, Morningside. Tickets are $18; www.sojourngsd. org/calendar/sukkah.

SUNDAY, OCT. 23

Individual Israeli independence. Congregation Or Hadash, 7460 Trowbridge Road, Sandy Springs, hosts an event, including breakfast and a film screening, about the Bridge to Independence

The Jewish Breakfast Club Featured Speaker

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

program of Israeli nonprofit Yeladim: Fair Chance for Children at 10:30 a.m. Free; www.or-hadash.org. Pizza in the sukkah. Jewish Kids Groups celebrates Sukkot with face painting and a camp fair and offers pizza for sale at noon at Congregation Or VeShalom, 1681 N. Druid Hills Road, Brookhaven. Free; www.jewishkidsgroups.com/sukkot-parties.html. Sukkot celebration. The Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, holds a fall festival, including a petting zoo and live bluegrass, for families to celebrate Sukkot from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Free; atlantajcc.org or 678-812-4161. Sukkot on the farm. Aluma Farm, 1150 Allene Ave., Atlanta, hosts a dinner highlighting local Jewish chefs and restaurateurs at 4 p.m. Tickets are $45 (ages 12 and under free); bit.ly/2dnjFqZ.

THURSDAY, OCT. 27

Camp open house. The Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, holds an open house for families to learn about Camp Barney Medintz from 7 to 8 p.m. on the first day of registration for new campers. Free; summer@ campbarney.org or 678-812-3844.

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Israel Pride: Good News From Our Jewish Home

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trucks. Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies has finalized the $680 million acquisition of Otto Motors, an Israeli startup specializing in converting normal trucks into autonomous ones. Otto co-founder Anthony Levandowski will head Uber’s self-driving division.

Stopping the spread of breast cancer. In laboratory tests, researchers at Tel Aviv University and MIT have used gene therapy to prevent breast cancer from spreading to other parts of the body. Eighty percent of women with metastatic cancer die from the disease within five years of being diagnosed.

bus company is to run five entirely electric buses on its No. 4 route in Tel Aviv. The technology uses supercapacitors rather than batteries, with a threeminute recharge between trips. Dan will introduce 17 more electric buses this year and intends to replace its entire fleet with electric buses.

A cure for motion sickness. MotionCure from Sidis Labs can provide relief from motion sickness within minutes. MotionCure’s combination of a neck collar and a travel pillow transmits customized pulses to the median nerve at the back of neck. These pulses counter negative signals from the brain that upset the stomach.

Half an hour from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In 2018, Israel’s first-high speed train is scheduled to leave Tel Aviv. It will travel over Israel’s longest bridge, through Israel’s longest tunnel and across its tallest bridge before (28 minutes later) reaching Jerusalem — Israel’s deepest station and one of the largest in the world.

Israel’s first ambassador to NATO. Aharon “Ronny” Leshno-Yaar presented his credentials as Israel’s first ambassador to the 28-member NATO military alliance. NATO announced upgraded ties with Israel in May, recognizing an official Israeli representative and granting Israel a permanent office at its Brussels headquarters.

Expanding trade with Peru and Chile. The opening of trade offices in Peru and Chile increases Israel’s integration with the Pacific Alliance — a trade group that includes both of those countries, as well as Colombia and Mexico — bringing trade opportunities for Israeli companies in South America and beyond.

Fast start for Be’er Sheva. Hapoel Be’er Sheva just missed qualifying for European soccer’s Champions League, falling a goal short in a two-match playoff with Glasgow Celtic, but as a consolation Be’er Sheva reached the group stage of the 48-team Europa League, its first European competition. The team is taking advantage of its opportunity, knocking off three-time European champions Inter Milan 2-0 at the Italians’ San Siro stadium in the first match, then drawing 0-0 with English Premier League club Southampton at home on Sept. 29. Be’er Sheva is back home, where the team is undefeated in all competitions, against Sparta Prague on Oct. 20. Maccabi Tel Aviv is also in the Europa League, but this is supposed to be good news, so we’ll just move on.

Electric buses for Tel Aviv. The Dan

Uber acquires Israeli autonomous

A century-late bar mitzvah party. The

world’s oldest man, Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal, now lives in Haifa. Because of World War I, he was unable to celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah in Poland. So 100 years later, he was called to read Torah for his delayed bar mitzvah celebration — on his 113th birthday. Breakthrough in autism research. Idan Menashe, Erez Tsur and Michael Friger made a significant breakthrough in a study to understand autism. The discovery of a particular evolutionary signature in the genetic mechanism of the disorder may enable doctors to diagnose it before birth. Keeping the plant running. Kfar Sababased startup 3DSignals has received $3 million in seed funding from Grove Ventures, Globes reports. The company’s ultrasonic acoustic sensor predicts electromechanical failure in machines before they break down and interrupt production. Compiled courtesy of Only Good News From Israel, verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot. com and other sources.

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Offense, Not Defense By Rich Walter Center for Israel Education

Jews are a people of memory. The Torah enjoins us to remember the Sabbath and keep it holy, to remember that we were slaves in Egypt and to remember what Amalek did to us. Commenting on the power of memory among the Jewish people, the late Columbia University historian Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi writes in “Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory,” “Only in Israel and nowhere else is the injunction to remember felt as a religious imperative to an entire people.” For all the emphasis placed on memory, Jewish educational settings do little to ground our students in Jewish history, with the exception of the Shoah. This is especially true in teaching about Zionism and Israel. For Jews, remembering is more than learning about the past. Memory helps form the fabric of what it means to be a Jew. We place special emphasis on collective Jewish experiences (think holidays) and building positive Jewish memories for our children. Yet when it comes to Israel education, we tend to focus either on an emotional connection to Israel as a Jewish homeland or Israel’s role as a haven for at-risk Jews. These are important and worthy goals. As singular concepts, however, they fail to contextualize Israel within Jewish history or memory. Without this grounding, these strategies fail to address important questions, such as: How can we maintain an emotional connection with something we don’t really know? Why do Jews need a haven? To truly appreciate Israel in these ways, we must teach it within a broader context. Recently, major efforts and initiatives have focused on teaching Israel advocacy. This approach has arisen out of the concern (rightly so) that Jewish students are increasingly under fire, especially on college campuses. Often, they are ill-prepared to deal with the onslaught of anti-Israel sentiment. In an effort to refute the most common attacks seeking to delegitimize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, a conscious effort is made to provide youths with talking points about Israel’s creation and history. The fact remains that while several organizations have launched significant efforts focused on this approach, the issue has grown worse. Anti-Israel and anti-Semitic instances on campus have increased. More organizations have joined the calls for BDS against Israel.

Perhaps most disconcerting, more liberal Jews, alienated by Israel’s policies, have joined these efforts. Training our youth to defend Israel against corrupted narratives, almost always in the context of the injury Israel has done to the Muslim world, Arab history and Palestinians, has not worked. We must ground the relationship to Israel in memory and history. If we only teach Israel in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, what will our students learn about Jewish self-determination, state-building, creativity and ingenuity? We salute those in American history, and especially American Jewish history, who have fought injustice or sought to improve society. We applaud civil rights leaders like Abraham Joshua Heschel, yet we often neglect those who stood for Jewish self-determination, rescued at-risk Jews or created organizations to help develop the state of Israel. Being proud of Israel’s creation and development into a modern nation does not necessitate a denial of its challenges or complexities. Educating our communities in a more holistic way allows us to grapple with negative issues as a part of a nuanced whole. This bolsters our ability to counter anti-Israel agitation proactively, rather than reactively. It enables us to do so in a way that parallels our enduring traditions. For more than 2,000 years, Jews have collectively prayed for a return to Zion as an expression of Jewish memory. Effective Israel education cannot be reduced to talking points aimed at the refutation of disingenuous narratives that challenge Israel’s legitimacy. Proper Israel education must acknowledge the historical challenges Israeli and Zionist leaders have faced and, yes, offer criticism where appropriate. We should guide students to form their own opinions by providing content and context, using primary sources when possible. Our aim as Israel educators should cleave to creating critical thinkers and not followers. This should be the goal, no matter one’s personal politics. Israel’s future as the leading and most important Jewish community is assured. American Jews should move forward: educate ourselves and our communities; create understanding and dialogue. Our past, present, and future as Jews is inextricably linked with Israel. ■ Rich Walter is the associate director for Israel education at the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org).

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Items provided by the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org), where you can find more details. Oct. 7, 1985: Members of the Palestinian Liberation Front hijack the cruise ship Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt four days after it left Genoa, Italy, with 748 passengers for an 11-day cruise with planned stops in Naples, Italy, Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt, and Ashdod, Israel. Oct. 8, 1576: Ottoman Sultan Murad III issues a firman (royal decree) ordering that 1,000 Jews from Safed be registered and removed to live in Famagusta, Cyprus. Oct. 9, 1917: Sarah Aaronsohn, part of Jewish spy ring for the British in World War I Palestine, dies four days after shooting herself to avoid further torture and interrogation by the Turks. Oct. 10, 1983: Yitzhak Shamir of Likud become Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seventh prime minister after Menachem Begin resigns because of health and personal issues. Begin also faces public protests over the war in Lebanon, which he launched in 1982. Oct. 11, 1938: At the conclusion of a four-day conference in Cairo, Arab leaders adopt the Resolutions of the Inter-Parliamentary Congress. The resolutions are a response to the British Peel Commission Report of 1937, which called for partition. Oct. 12, 1938: Gavriel Salomon, a specialist in the field of educational psychology, is born. He serves as dean of the education faculty at the University of Haifa from 1993 to 1998. Oct. 13, 2011: Israeli composer Daniel Barenboim is named the musical director of La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy.

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Mr. Israel

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The death of Shimon Peres is a loss to Israel, the global Jewish community and the world at large. Gone is a living link to the history behind the miracles that led to the founding, survival and success of the modern state of Israel. Peres was a study in contradictions: • The hawk who armed and led the development of the Israel Defense Forces and embraced the settlements, as well as the dove who negotiated mutual recognition with the Palestine Liberation Organization and spend the past quarter-century trying to find a way to a two-state solution. • The man despised by many Palestinians and Israeli Arabs for his role in securing Israel against its enemies, including the occasional killing of civilians, and the man hated by some Israelis for being too accommodating to the Arabs or not going far enough. • The man of diplomacy who used his skills to persuade France to help Israel become the world’s first secret nuclear power. • The youthful immigrant to Israel who became a shepherd and farmer before entering government service but who, unlike his contemporaries among Israel’s founding fathers, preferred a jacket and tie to an open collar. • The living symbol of Israel’s heroic past who always preferred to look forward, not least in championing his nation as a global high-tech superpower. • The defense leader who was never much of a soldier and the politician who lost over and over again, only to find the popular love as an elder statesman that eluded him as a younger one. He had a bitter rivalry with Yitzhak Rabin within his party, yet he will be remembered as Rabin’s public right hand through the Oslo process, including the signing ceremony on the White House lawn in 1993, the Nobel Peace Prize acceptance in 1994 and the national crisis of Rabin’s assassination in 1995. Then Benjamin Netanyahu, whom Peres had befriended as a young man in 1976 over the death of Netanyahu’s brother in the Entebbe raid Peres ordered, effectively ended his political career with an electoral defeat in 1996, only for both men to return to office around the same time — Peres as president in 2007, Netanyahu as prime minister in 2009. Netanyahu was not playing the politician in his eulogy at Peres’ funeral. He expressed real grief at the loss of someone with whom, in true Jewish style, he could spend all night arguing and walk away friends. If a Jerusalem Post report is accurate, Peres carried enough influence and respect to prevent Netanyahu from following through with plans to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities around 2010. We’re not sure anyone else in Israeli politics could change Netanyahu’s mind about anything anymore. The final contradiction we’re left to contemplate is this: As World Jewish Congress leader Ronald Lauder said, Peres deserved to be seen as “Mr. Israel” for the ways he and his nation developed together for seven decades. Yet somehow in 2016 Peres is beloved in many of the places Israel appears to be despised. We can only hope that Peres’ legacy is an Israel that endures and achieves the same respect and admiration its last founding father received. ■

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Hoping for a More Jewish Year bed before shutting down for the holiday. One unfortunate effect of being editor of a JewBecause this Yom Kippur issue is the third ish newspaper is that it makes it hard to be Jewish. consecutive newspaper that’s much bigger than our Sure, the job opens doors to events I otherwise typical 32 pages, this whole final week of Elul and wouldn’t consider attending or couldn’t afford, and September has been it’s rare when one of those occaa blur in which I had sions proves to be a waste of time. to skip one enticing On the other hand, I lack the event after another. vim and vigor that kept me going Editor’s Notebook The only posiwhen I first took this job more By Michael Jacobs tive side is that I end than 11 years ago, and, to my mjacobs@atljewishtimes.com the year with the own disappointment, the result joy and uplifting has been abysmal attendance at spirituality of the Shabbat services in 5776. 10th anniversary of Chabad Intown’s Intown Jewish Failing to stop at synagogue rather than going straight home on Friday evenings or to get up and go Academy fresh in my mind because it is the last Jewish event I attended in 5776. Thanks to the examples Saturday mornings is aggravating because I know of Rabbis Ari Sollish and Eliyahu Schusterman and that spending an hour or three of peaceful prayer guest speakers Lt. Cmdr. Laurie Lans and Mindy and pleasant community recharges me physically Margolis, as well as my tablemates at the dinner at and spiritually. Yet I find myself giving in to the urge the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, I’m eager for more to be lazy, thus leaving me more drained each week. Yiddishkeit in the new year. If I do nothing else better in 5777, I am deterSo if I have disappointed you by not attending mined to make Shabbat properly meaningful. an event myself or having anyone else there to reBut that’s a personal issue. There’s also a profesport on it, please, in this season of atonement, accept sional loss involved in editing the AJT. Our production schedule (we usually go to press my apologies. As when we clear the slate with G-d on Yom Kippur, I’m afraid I’m almost certain to repeat at 5 p.m. Tuesday) leaves me too busy for most Monsuch sins in 5777, but the AJT will always do our best day night events and too exhausted for any Tuesday to offer the most comprehensive coverage we can, night programs. given our human limitations. The AJT has to rely on our excellent contribuBy the way, if you’d like to help relieve those tors to cover things on those nights, as well as most limitations, please consider subscribing to the AJT. If events during the day Monday and Tuesday. During weeks when we have big newspapers, the production enough people are willing to pay $65 for home delivery, Associate Editor David R. Cohen and I might be cycle even can wipe out Sunday availability. able to bring in another reporter. Just maybe. The squeeze has been even worse heading into Have an easy fast on the way to being inscribed Rosh Hashanah. As I write this, we’re hours away in the Book of Life for another year. ■ from the new year and rushing to put this issue to

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My last column referenced “a sometimes troubled relationship between Israel and the Jewish Diaspora in the United States.” Consider the American Jewish Committee’s August survey of more than 1,000 adult American Jews. Asked whether “caring about Israel is a very important part of my being a Jew,” only 47 percent agreed strongly, while 26 percent agreed somewhat, 16 percent disagreed somewhat, and 10 percent disagreed strongly. That may help explain why only 48 percent have visited Israel. Yossi Klein Halevi cares deeply about this relationship, having transplanted his American roots to Israel nearly 35 years ago. As a young man, Halevi’s concerns took him to extremes he recounted in “Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist: The Story of a Transformation.” Today he is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and co-director of its Muslim Leadership Initiative. An insightful observer of Israeli affairs, his writings appear in a variety of Englishlanguage publications. Halevi assessed the American Jews-Israel relationship in remarks delivered in September at Zionism 3.0: In Search of the Shared Dream, a conference sponsored by the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Calif. Speaking as something of a therapist, he said, “We are two communities that are fated to remain in intimate relations.” As homes to 85 percent of Jewry, America and Israel are the healthiest branches of the family but, in his view, live in different realities. “You live in the most hospitable conditions that Jews have ever experienced. We in Israel live in the least hospitable place on the planet, inhospitable not only for Jews, but for everyone who lives in the Middle East,” Halevi said. “Our strategy is to be tough. The American Jewish strategy is to be flexible,” but toughness “backfires in the liberal West, and that, of course, is where most American Jews live, in liberal America,” he said. Halevi outlined other differences between the communities. “Your Jewish pluralism is religious, is denominational. Our Jewish pluralism is ethnic,” he said. Israel’s lack of religious pluralism is an issue for many American Jews. In the AJC survey, 48 percent said Ortho-

dox Judaism’s official status weakens ties with American Jews, 39 percent said it made no difference, and 6 percent said it strengthened ties. “American Jewry is a white-collar community … and I would argue that

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Israel is, in its essence, a blue-collar country,” a characteristic enhanced by the military service required of most Israelis, Halevi said. He supports the right of U.S. Jews to criticize Israeli policies, but “criticism is not a substitute for a healthy relationship. … We need to not just allow criticism, but encourage criticism as part of a much richer relationship.” Halevi added, “What I need from American Jews is a sense of understanding the agonizing complexity of Israel’s dilemmas, not to trivialize our dilemmas.” One dilemma concerns the Palestinians. When the AJC asked if respondents “believe that Israel and an independent Palestinian state can coexist peacefully,” 49 percent said yes, 29 percent said no, and 20 percent were undecided. “Israelis have two anxieties, two nightmares about a Palestinian state,” Halevi said. “The first is that there won’t be a Palestinian state and the status quo will continue indefinitely, and the second is that there will be a Palestinian state and we could find another version of Syria or Iraq or Libya five minutes away.” Though “profoundly disappointed” that much of the American community supported the Iran nuclear deal, Halevi said, “It doesn’t detract for one moment from my love and commitment to the American Jewish community, but there it is, a deep divide that opened between us.” Divides can be narrowed. Ha levi said Israelis can learn from “the freedom with which American Jews approach their Judaism, the notion that you are not owned by Judaism, but you own your Judaism.” In turn, he said, American Jews can learn from the depth of Israel’s religious culture, citing as an example the “extraordinary emergence of a new genre of Jewish spiritual music coming through Israeli rock music.” ■

A Word on Trump We have now entered a bizarre phase of the presidential campaign. I firmly believe, as a practical and pragmatic guy, that we have reached the point where any member of the Jewish community who votes for Donald Trump is risking a triumphant return to a stronger strain of anti-Semitism in this country. I don’t know whether Mr. Trump is anti-Semitic. I hope not, for his family’s sake, since his daughter Ivanka has converted to Judaism, and he has Jewish grandchildren. However, Mr. Trump has allowed anti-Semitism to rise from the backwaters. On Friday, Sept. 16, members of white supremacist groups held a press conference in which they trumpeted their claim that they are emboldened because of Mr. Trump’s campaign. Several times recently Mr. Trump has retweeted white supremacists. Mr. Trump’s son and adviser Don Jr. made a despicable reference in a tweet to “gas chambers.” Then he retweeted a picture referencing the movie “The Expendables,” with Mr. Trump as the Sylvester Stallone figure and his supporters as other compatriots. But he made an unusual addition to the picture: propped next to Mr. Trump is the green frog Pepe, a prevalent and pernicious mascot of anti-Semitic, racist, white supremacist groups. On the Internet, Pepe shows up in Nazi dress, drinking from a cup with a swastika, reading “Mein Kampf,” and appearing in other anti-Semitic scenes. Mr. Trump has done much more in the area of racist themes. His political start was as leader of the birther movement, trying to delegitimize Barack Obama’s presidency and engaging in incredibly venal racism. During his presidential run, he had refused to address the birther issue when questioned. Last week he finally admitted that the president was born in America. No apology. No explanation. No sincerity in his pronouncement. A refusal to take questions from reporters. Pretty pathetic. Attempting to delegitimize an African-American president brings to mind the speech of German Pastor Martin Niemoller: First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.

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Mr. Trump has gone after Mexicans, Muslims, judges, women, African-Americans. Who is next? I get why some people want to vote for him to protest a system that often seems incapable of governing. But every Jew should be concerned about what his presidency would mean for the country and for the Jewish people — nothing good, I assure you. Some may think he’d be better for Israel than Hillary Clinton. Really? Mrs. Clinton has been a friend to the Jewish community and to Israel. And Mr. Trump, who knows? A sycophant for Russian President Putin. Not concerned about Putin moving into Ukraine and even the Baltic countries. Unconcerned about other countries getting nuclear weapons. Complimenting Saddam Hussein for being a strong leader. Hesitating to reject the support of David Duke. Retweeting white supremacists’ rantings. Claiming, at one point, not to know who David Duke is and what white supremacists are. As Newsweek reported, Trump made entreaties to Qaddafi and other members of his Libyan government, seeking deals that would bring cash into the Trump Organization from a sovereign wealth fund called the Libyan Investment Authority. He even leased his estate in Westchester County to Qaddafi. He took Qaddafi’s money but, after local protests, forbade him from staying at his property. Of course, he kept Qaddafi’s money, which is par for the course with him. Trump’s constant search for money for himself motivates him to make bedfellows with anyone, even Israel’s enemies. Whatever you think of Mrs. Clinton, she would not be an embarrassment to the country. She would not be a funnel for anti-Semitism seeping its way into a broader acceptance in this country. Mr. Trump has already 11 proved that he is. ■ OCTOBER 7 ▪ 2016

Jews in 2 Realities

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Healthy Public Curiosity vs. Official Privacy A single black shoe left after its owner collapsed. It was a single event that should have been insignificant but could become of great importance — maybe changing the course of history. The image of U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton being rushed away during a 9/11 memorial service necessitates an open and public discussion on the revelation of public figures’ medical records. What does this have to do with Israel? Let’s start from the end: In Israel, public officials are not legally required to reveal their personal medical condition, even when it could affect their ability to function in an official capacity or make decisions on matters of state. In fact, the Patient’s Right Act and the penal code forbid the publication of a public figure’s health status, as it is considered to be private information and thus protected by the Protection of Privacy Law. However, Israeli history is replete with incidents of public figures’ medical conditions possibly affecting their fitness to work in an official capacity. Can anyone forget the legendary story of Yitzhak Rabin’s questionable ability to function at the beginning of the Six-Day War? How about the severe depression that Menachem Begin experienced over a period of

many months, leading to his famous “I can’t go on” quote and subsequent resignation? A decade ago, several bills were proposed that would have required disclosure of the prime minister’s health status via the establishment of a neutral medical body, before which the medical information would be disclosed. This entity would then decide

Letters To The Editor

Kippur. I was instructed that if I did not register, I would be struck from the class roll. I had no choice but to leave services in midday and, along with a classmate, drive to Athens to register. I missed the remainder of the holiest service of the year. I began my legal career with a bad experience, which never was addressed. I can only assume that you, Judge Boggs, had a hand in this rescheduling. You have been constantly listening to and appreciative of all views of the many judges, attorneys and citizens who are participating in the review of the criminal process in Georgia. I can speak for many of my colleagues that we are grateful for your extensive work and contribution as co-chair of the Governor’s Council on Criminal Justice Reform. Judge Boggs, thank you for your leadership and understanding. — Judge Gary E. Jackson, Atlanta Municipal Court; president, Council of Municipal Court Judges

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The following letter was sent Sept. 28 to Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Michael Boggs about a meeting of the Governor’s Council on Criminal Justice Reform probation and sentencing subcommittees. Dear Judge Boggs, Just a short note to thank you for having this meeting rescheduled due to its falling on Yom Kippur. While there are only a few attendees that have a conflict, we do appreciate your understanding our situation and making this adjustment. This understanding of another’s religious beliefs was not always the reality in Georgia. In 1972, when I was scheduled to begin my studies at the University of Georgia Law School, class 12 registration was scheduled for Yom

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By Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler

what aspects of the premier’s medical record were suitable for publication. None of these proposals was approved. Instead, an official protocol for the “medical treatment of the prime minister” was developed in 2007 that decided who would treat the Israeli premier, who would keep his/ her medical records (answer: his/her driver, among others), and that the prime minister would be obligated to publicize his/her medical condition on an annual basis. As a result of this regulation, anyone reading the prime minister’s website has been able to locate such medical reports — most recently that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a polyp removed from his colon. What about the other members of

Israel’s political class? Members of the Knesset, ministers and other officials have to report on their financial interests but do not need to specify anything related to their health. Not only is such a situation illogical — why is financial data more important than health status? — it also leads to serious ethical questions for medical professionals. If a doctor diagnoses that an airline pilot has suffered a stroke, is he obligated to release the pilot and let him fly a plane? What about the IDF chief? How about a Cabinet minister who must make high-level decisions involving large amounts of government funds or must weigh in on sensitive security operations? It’s worth noting that even private information may be published if it’s a matter of public interest. Even though Israel has laws related to privacy, it also has the Freedom of Information Act, whose aim is to increase government transparency. Here is another way to look at it: Imagine there’s a journalist who discovers the defense minister is undergoing chemotherapy. The diligent reporter contacts the hospital, a public entity, where the minister is allegedly being treated, and is stonewalled by hospital officials. How will the court rule if a petition under the Freedom of Information Act is filed? Do the interests served by disclosure of information supersede privacy concerns?

The answer should be that the Protection of Privacy Law does not create an absolute right, and whoever enters public life must be able to give up parts of his/her privacy, no matter how difficult that might be. What’s clear is that this issue needs to be addressed and settled. History shows that our political culture is not vigorous enough to assume public officials will act with integrity and the public interest in mind when it comes to the issue of personal health. In some cases, public figures have even used their influence with the media to prevent the publication of such information. Until an arrangement is reached, public representatives should keep in mind that we are a country that suffers from a severe and chronic lack of discretion. Everyone knows everyone, and everyone seems to have that one cousin or close friend with whom they share secrets on WhatsApp, and yet somehow all of Israel is suddenly abuzz with the information. As in any situation that involves censorship, the mere concealment of information tends to attract more attention than its disclosure. On Sept. 11, Hillary Clinton learned this the hard way. ■

Consider the Other Side

us. Look at the people who are disrespecting the flag millions fought and died for. They have no idea of suffering, prejudice and racial discrimination. At least present the other side instead of writing scurrilous comments and pretending to be nonpolitical. More and more ungrateful, spoiled people take for granted our marvelous country and the opportunities that are offered. Perfect? Not by a long shot. But look at the majority of the countries around the world. Protest there and you get your head cut off. Rabbi Wilson, be careful: You might lose your tax deduction. In groups, in private conversations, in seminars, it’s OK to speak your mind, but if you are representing a congregation or the rabbinate, do not speak as if you are representing the Jewish people. Perhaps you should be a community organizer for the Palestinians. I am sure they would welcome you; just do not tell them you are Jewish. — Eddie Greenberg, Atlanta

I am so sick of the one-sided dialogue I see in most publications, especially Jewish. I am rare, a Republican Jew. I appreciate opposite viewpoints and can only learn about differing viewpoints by listening to the other side, with whom I agree on many things. I hate to generalize, but when Rabbi Marc Wilson so blatantly and hypocritically speaks about the Republicans and Trump in such vile terms, he should turn in his rabbi title and just be a community organizer (“Clergy Must Play Role in Ominous Election,” Sept. 2). I do not want to sound unkind, but why do you not go to the countries that share your values? There are many. Sadly, I am doubly rare, a poor Jew who sees so many of us so successful after our grandfathers who came here with nothing kissed the ground and worked for a better life for us. They loved this country, and now we want someone else to carry guns to protect

Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler is the director of the Israel Democracy Institute’s Center for Democratic Values and Institutions.

Wishing you a Sweet New Year ~ L’chaim!

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Rosh Hashanah means “the head of the year,” and so we are now at the beginning. However, to think of time as if it were a straight line would be inaccurate. Time in Jewish thought is more like a spiral. We move through time and touch the same points every year as if in a circular motion, but because we are traveling forward in our journey, each year getting closer to our destination, we can understand time as points along a spiral. There is a past and a future, but every year we have the opportunity to revisit the essential stations along the same circle, allowing us to develop and complete ourselves. In fact, the Hebrew word shana, which is translated as year, actually means “to repeat a cycle” (as in the word shanaim, which means two or another time around) because every yearly cycle contains all the challenges we need to grow. This is the deeper meaning of the famous Chanukah blessing She’Asa Nissim, in which we thank G-d for the miracles He has done for us in those days (bayamim hahem) but in these times (bazman hazeh). Any miracle that happened to our ancestors, whether it was Chanukah, Purim or any other holiday, happened in days past but was specific to this time. Every Passover when we reexperience freedom, it is specifically in springtime, when we move from the confinement and limitation of winter to the expansion and freedom of spring. We light the Chanukah candles specifically in the darkest season every year to enlighten the night. Our festivals are part of the fabric of time itself. So what happened on Rosh Hashanah that we are now commemorating? What point in time are we revisiting? Rosh Hashanah is the creation of humanity. It was at this time that G-d breathed life into Adam and Eve, the progenitors of all humankind. And so when the cycle of the breath of life is finished, G-d assesses what we have done with the breath of life that He gave us. Have we taken our gifts and used

them to make this a better world? Do we need more, less or different tools in this coming year’s breath of life? We were created for a purpose: to perfect ourselves and the world and thereby earn the greatest pleasure of connecting to the Ultimate Source. On Rosh Hashanah we have returned

Guest Column

By Rabbi Karmi Ingber The Kehilla

to that moment of creation, and so G-d evaluates our progress in order to breathe life into us once more. The Kabbalists teach us that this breath is the sound of the shofar. It is G-d breathing life into the creation as He did on the first Rosh Hashanah. You see, the shofar is an atonal instrument. There are no notes or articulations. It is rather the root of all sound; it is the breath that precedes speech. The human being was given a divine soul because G-d breathed life into him, and, as the mystics teach, one who breathes into something breathes from his own self. And so we were given a soul that is a spark of divinity (so to speak). But the cycle of that breath has now been completed. We need another breath from the Source of Existence to continue to exist. And so on the High Holidays, G-d (so to speak) blows the shofar and blows the primal breath of life into us for another cycle, another year. Yet you may ask, aren’t we the ones that blow the shofar? Yes, our shofar call is the broken cry of the soul that wants to reconnect with the Source. G-d has given us the keys to fix the world through our actions, and the more we want it, the more we yearn to reconnect through the root of our breath, G-d answers us in kind and blows the breath of life back into us. May we merit to experience the breath of life that will unite us, inspire us and invigorate us to connect to the Source of all life. ■ Rabbi Karmi Ingber is the spiritual leader of The Kehilla in Sandy Springs.

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Israel, JNF and You Need One Another that has experienced acute social and economic challenges for many years. JNF also developed a special program at the Erez College Natural Gas

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Vocational Training Center in Shlomi for practical engineers to work in the growing natural gas industry. The economic potential for Israel in harvesting natural gas is limitless but requires

the manpower JNF is helping to train. We’ve also sponsored the JNFNefesh B’Nefesh Business Networking Forum to bring together people in the region to identify, create and fulfill job opportunities for the small and medium businesses that contribute so much to Israel’s economy. The JNF Housing Development Fund provides housing opportunities with improved access to good schools, steady jobs and safe communities. We have more than 1 million donors across the country. They know Israel does not just belong to the 7 million Jews who live there. It is a nation of 14.5 million Jews. It is our past. It is our future. It is our homeland.

JNF has been there from the beginning, fulfilling a promise that goes back 5,000 years. It is a big promise, but we are doing it. These are big dreams, absolutely, but we are fulfilling them. We are looking for big results, sure, but we are achieving them. And there is so much more to do. As we enter 5777, let’s continue to build a more secure, more prosperous future for the land of Israel and the Jewish people. For all of us. On behalf of the entire JNF family, we wish you a happy, healthy, sweet and peaceful new year. ■ Beth Gluck is the Southeast Region executive director of JNF.

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During these Days of Awe we look back on all we have achieved the past year and plan and pray for all we hope to achieve in the year to come. And it is when we consider the serious challenges ahead for the Jewish people and the land of Israel. For millennia, the sound of the shofar has heralded the Jewish new year. Today is no different. Today it beckons us to be a part of the success of Israel, of the Jewish people. Today it says, “Get involved; make a difference.” And today it urges us to do more, because more is required of us. Thanks to your support, the dream that began over 115 years ago, when Theodor Herzl fashioned the first blue box out of his hat, has become reality. His immortal words “If you will it, it is no dream” have been our guiding light since the very first penny put in that pushke, the very first tree planted, the very first community built, the very first reservoir dug — the list goes on. When Herzl made that statement, there was no place to call home. Israel, together with Jewish National Fund, leads the world in so many things — from turning barren land from brown to green to bringing water to the parched earth — all great advancements that we share across the globe. But what we are proudest of, what has kept the Jewish people together for millennia and what we see today, is the unbreakable bond we each have for the other. That brotherly love, that partnership, is the very DNA of the Jewish people, and it has enabled and emboldened us to not only announce an unprecedented “One Billion Dollar Roadmap for the Next Decade,” but to be knee-deep in it ahead of schedule, having raised $410 million to date. The work we have accomplished together is making a tangible difference in the lives of our brothers and sisters in Israel, and these differences will affect them for generations to come. Israel needs us, and at JNF, we couldn’t do it without you. We’ve recognized great potential in northern Israel and launched the Go North initiative to attract and retain 300,000 new residents in the Galilee, whose western portion is the sister city of Sandy Springs. In the spring we opened the Western Galilee Tourist Information Center in the coastal city of Akko. Tourism is a growing employment opportunity and an economic engine in a region

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Yom Kippur is observed on the tenth day of Tishrei. Yom Kippur literally means “the day of atonement” as The Torah sets aside Yom Kippur as a day to afflict ourselves and bring atonement upon all the Jewish people. During Yom Kippur, we have five prayer services - Kol Nidrei, Shacharit, Musaf, Mincha and Neileh. During Mincha, the Book of Yonah is read. The Torah reading for the morning recalls the death of Aharon’s two sons and details the Yom Kippur service. When the High Priest enters the Holy of Holies on this day, it is the only time anyone goes inside all year. The High Priest’s service includes performing the sacrificial service, confession, casting lots for the two hegoats and sending one to Azazel, the incense service, and additional offerings. The Torah portion from Parshat Pinchas is also read, detailing the additional offerings for the day. In the afternoon, we read about forbidden relationships. Since the Land of Israel is so holy, if bad things are performed there, the land will throw out the people.

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2. ‫( ּצל‬4:5) 5. ‫( ים‬1:4) 6. ‫( איש‬1:14) 7. ‫( עיר‬1:2) 8. ‫( ּתפלה‬2:2)

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Options for Yom Kippur Services • The Kehilla in Sandy Springs (www.thekehilla.org), 5075 Roswell Road, offers free services at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 11 and 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Oct. 12. • Congregation Shaarei Shamayim welcomes all for any services at its new home, 1600 Mount Mariah Road, Toco Hills. A donation of $100 is recommended for High Holiday tickets; www. shaareishamayim.com. • Services are always free at Chabad of Peachtree City, 632 Dogwood Trail, Tyrone, where services are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 and 9:30 a.m. Oct. 12. Call Rabbi Yossi Lew at 678-595-0199, or visit www.chabadsouthside.com. • Congregation B’nai Israel (bnaiisrael.net), 1633 Highway 54 East, Jonesboro, welcomes all at no charge. Call 678-817-7162 for tickets. Services are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 and 10 a.m. Oct. 12. • Chabad Intown is offering free services, including learners and children’s services, on Yom Kippur. The full schedule is at chabadintown.org/ high-holidays-schedule. Reservations and donations are appreciated. • Congregation Bet Haverim (www.congregationbethaverim.org) is holding services with no tickets at St.

Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 1790 LaVista Road, Toco Hills, at 6 and 8 p.m. Oct. 11 (the latter with sign language) and 10 a.m. and 3, 4 and 5:15 p.m. Oct. 12. • Chabad of Forsyth and Congregation Beth Israel (jewishforsyth.org/ highholidays) present free services at the Collection, Suite 208, 410 Peachtree Parkway, Cumming, at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 11 and 9 a.m. Oct. 12. A children’s holiday adventure is at 10 a.m. Oct. 12. • Congregation Kehillat HaShem (www.rabbiatlanta.com), 640 Stone House Lane, Marietta, offers free services at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 and 10 a.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Oct. 12. Reserve seats by calling 770-218-8094. • Congregation Beth Jacob, 1855 LaVista Road, Toco Hills, offers free educational services at 11 a.m. Oct. 12; www.highholidaysATL.com. • All services are free at Young Israel of Toco Hills, 2056 LaVista Road. Email office manager Leslie Mallard at leslie@yith.org to attend. See the service schedule at www.yith.org. • The Atlanta Scholars Kollel (www.atlantakollel.org) is offering services with a suggested donation of $18 at the Kollel Dome at Congregation

Ariel, 5237 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, and at Anshi, 1324 N. Highland Ave., Virginia-Highland. Call 404-321-4085 or email ask@atlantakollel.org for tickets. • Temple Kol Emeth (kolemeth. net), 1415 Old Canton Road, East Cobb, offers a tot service at 3 p.m., a family service at 3:45 p.m., and all services from 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 12, including Yizkor, at no charge with no reservation. • Services, including inspirational and children’s services, are free on a first-come, first-served basis at Chabad of North Fulton (www.chabadnf.org), 10180 Jones Bridge Road, Alpharetta. • Temple Beth David (www.gwinnetttemple.com), 1885 McGee Road, Snellville, offers free admission to college students and active-duty service members. Nonmember tickets are $100 for Yom Kippur (7:30 p.m. Oct. 11, all day starting at 9 a.m. Oct. 12). Email Wendy Fine at afine@charter.net. • Congregation B’nai Torah (www. bnaitorah.org), 700 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, offers free community services the evening of Oct. 11 and the afternoon of Oct. 12. Call Executive Director Natalie Sarnat for required free tickets at 404-257-0537.

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Depending on your exact location in metro Atlanta, Yom Kippur starts by 6:50 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, and ends around 7:44 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12. • Chabad of Atlanta at Congregation Beth Tefillah, 5065 High Point Road, Sandy Springs, offers educational services at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 12. Children are welcome. Advance registration is required; www.bethtefillah.org or 404843-2464, ext. 104. • Chabad of Cobb, 4450 Lower Ros well Road, East Cobb, offers first-come, first-served seating at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 and at 9:30 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. Oct. 12. • Temple Beth Tikvah (bethtikvah. com), 9955 Coleman Road, Roswell, does not require tickets for the tot family service at 2:30 p.m. and the final services starting at 4 p.m. Oct. 12. • Guardians of the Torah holds services that are free and open to the public at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 2400 Old Alabama Road, Roswell, at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 12. • Shema Yisrael — The Open Synagogue (www.shemaweb.org) offers tickets for $65 for the High Holidays. Services are at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 and 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 12 (Yizkor at 1:30 p.m.).

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Sin and a Prima Donna Rosh Hashanah marks the birthday of the world, the anniversary of its creation. First, say our sages, the creator made heaven and earth. Now on the world’s birthday He wants a gift from us. No, not the trinkets we hand each other; He wants more. He wants the gift of the heart, the gift of goodness. Every Rosh Hashanah, He asks us to take a selfadministered test, grade ourselves and underline those areas wherein we are deficient. Lastly, we should repent and ask forgiveness so that on Yom Kippur we are inscribed in the Book of Life. Truly these are the Days of Awe, but even in these 10 days of tension we need nourishment. And because we are Jewish — the People of the Kitchen as well as the People of the Book — we may as well eat with joy. We eat sweet things with the hope that they will help bring on a sweet year. A traditional round challah bread and sliced apples dipped in

honey are served with wishes for a sweet year. And we tell the story of the scapegoat. I know the Lord loves all his children, human and animal. But I have a feeling He has a soft part in his heart for goats. You don’t agree?

Scribbler on the Roof By Ted Roberts

You remember in Leviticus: Aaron shall “confess” over the scapegoat all the sins of the people, symbolically transferring a load of guilt from us to the dumbfounded animal, who is then led off to the wilderness, wailing over its lot with its thin, piercing, shofarlike voice. He is the goat who relieves us of sin on Yom Kippur. Its fate was scripted on the holy day during creation when the animals were assigned their roles. This was a

big day in Eden. All the animals were assembled in the meadow by the water hole. One by one they were summoned to appear before the throne. Here they would receive their assignments. “Goat,” said the Lord, “I have chosen you, not one of my most elegant creations, to be the savior of Israel. Your swaying back shall bear the sins of the people. “I shall send you with your noxious bundle far away into the forsaken lands where the sun never shines. Every year at Yom Kippur, the high priest shall select one of your breed to perform the solitary mission of absolution. “You, one of the lessor creations, crying as you enter the wilderness, shall bring forgiveness.” The goat listened. Fear gripped his heart, and he pawed the earth. He nervously fluttered his lovely eyelashes several times in succession. Even then he had long, curly lashes. But the rest of him was strictly junkyard gray with a long, skinny tail like a possum that ineffectively lashed at flies that would torment him in the life to come. His ears, like the donkey’s, were outrageous. He had no horns. So when the goat heard his magnificent but perilous assignment, he figured the Lord might be generous enough to improve his imperfect appearance. “Lord,” he bleated as he chewed his cud. “Considering the service my tribe will render to your people, could I make a few simple requests?” And the Creator of all things, from the moss on the tree trunk to Leviathan, nodded positively. Now, remember that most of

the other animals had already been formed, including the sheep. The goat was wary. He could just see those heavy-handed shepherds with biting shears shaving the trembling lambs. “Please, sir,” he shrilled in his high voice, “no thick, rich fleece for me, but a nice coat of scraggly fur to keep me warm will be just fine.” And somehow this farsighted creature knew of mutton stew supplied by fat sheep. So he begged the Creator to make him a muscular animal with stringy flesh: “Bony will be great, please.” Well, that took care of survival, thought the clever goat, who was envisioning a long and happy life. But consider the broad back of the donkey. Definitely not an asset if you wanted to wander loose in the meadow without some lazy human loading you up with his paraphernalia. So he requested a slender build and shoulders no wider than his head. “And please, sir, a digestive system that can handle tree bark and all the litter that mankind will invent and scatter in the world to come.” Maybe, he thought, my clan and I can provide a solution to the waste storage problem that sooner or later will overwhelm mankind. “And I almost forgot,” said the world’s first negotiator, “how ’bout some horns instead of these embarrassing ears? There should be grandeur in my banishment to the wilderness, not burlesque.” The Lord sighed and agreed. The bargain was struck. So the goat had his way, which is a small price, I say, for the load of sin he carries off to the wilderness. ■ Ted Roberts is a writer in Huntsville, Ala.

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Healing Process Begins By Forgiving Yourself By Julie Levitt Roberts Forgiveness is never easy. It’s even harder if you’re suffering from a debilitating illness. In 2004, life as I knew it was brought to a halt when I was diagnosed with autoimmune neuromuscular disease. I went from working at a job I loved and raising two children as a single mom in our beautiful new house to needing a walker to go anywhere, then a tilt recline wheelchair. Eventually, I became dependent on oxygen 24/7. So, there I was: a highly educated (an M.B.A. and a master’s in technology) young woman, headhunted by the best technology companies in the world, not able to work or even take care of myself and my children. During the next four years my health went from bad to worse. My doctors told me to get my affairs in order. My daughter, Tiara, was turning 13; my son, Colin, was not even 2. My family didn’t understand what was happening. Some even blamed me for getting ill. My anxiety was overwhelming. In 2008, I was looking forward to the High Holidays, hoping to find solace. On Yom Kippur I listened to the rabbi at the Temple of the High Country in Boone, N.C., talk about atonement and the power of forgiveness. I realized that the person I needed to forgive was me. During the meditation, I thought about my bitterness, guilt and at times self-hatred over my body failing me. Intellectually, I knew it wasn’t my fault. But I realized that until I forgave myself, nothing would change. In a sermon about forgiveness, Rabbi Aaron Levitt, Judaic principal at Robert M. Beren Academy in Houston, said, “We can’t move forward if we’re still stuck in the past.” Right after the High Holidays of 5769, I set out on a journey to become closer to G-d. When I moved to New York, my family joined Chabad of the Five Towns in Cedarhurst. I began following a type of holistic healing called the Wahls Protocol, which emphasizes that a nourishing ancestral diet can combat autoimmune disease. I incorporated prayer, meditation, exercise, yoga, relaxation, mind-

fulness, sunlight and socialization. My goal was to reduce my symptoms to as close to zero as possible. As a recent baal teshuva (newly observant), I found that yoga’s focus on the breath helped me find meaning in the spiritual side of Judaism. It also enhanced my understanding and respect of Jewish practices. But I learned it wasn’t black and white — I am sick, then I am well. Instead there are gradients of wellness. It is a journey of ups and downs that continues today. I also learned that Western medicine alone doesn’t address chronic and complicated illness. Over the next seven years my MRIs and neurological exams became more stable, eventually almost normal. My body was healing from the most debilitating symptoms. I no longer needed oxygen and could walk on my own. By 2015, I was walking 3 to 5 miles a day. My doctor kept looking at me, smiling, looking up to the sky, shaking his head, knowing where I had been. During the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we fast and pray in an effort to alter our behavior and seek forgiveness. The dictionary defines forgiveness as giving up resentment against something or someone. We do teshuva (“return” to G-d) for all those we feel we have wronged. Forgiveness is at the center of our Yom Kippur prayers, which we recite throughout the day. The steps of forgiveness include being aware of our wrongdoing, communicating remorse, asking forgiveness, fixing what we can and not repeating the misdeed. This year during the High Holidays I will renew my vows to forgive myself. I will use the tools to be at peace with my body and stop being held captive by anger. The High Holidays are a time to be cherished, revered and honored. They are a time for peace. This is a period of reconciliation, renewal and recovery. This year, especially, I hold high hopes for the future. Amazing things can happen. We are reminded as we say Yizkor, the memorial prayer, that “as long as the candle is still burning, it is possible to mend.” ■

Right after the High Holidays of 5769, I set out on a journey to become closer to G-d.

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An assortment of appetizers provides a traditional light but filling respite from the Yom Kippur fast.

Appetizers to End Fast By Beverly Levitt At sunset Wednesday, Oct. 12, the traditional sounding of the shofar will signal the end of the 10-day holy period starting the year 5777, from Rosh Hashanah (New Year’s Day) through Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). According to tradition, divine judgment is rendered on each person. That is why we greet each other l’shana tova tikatevu: “May you be inscribed in the Book of Life for another year.” As we join family and friends in synagogue, we reflect on our deeds the past year and make resolutions to improve ourselves in the upcoming year. The idea of fasting is that it brings hunger pangs, making us aware of how difficult it is to face our frailties. The prophet Isaiah declared that the fast is acceptable to G-d only if it leads to good deeds in the upcoming year. Therefore, this day of restraint is not only geared toward introspection and self-examination; it is a time to assess our place in the world, as well as a time to pray for world peace. The new year is a symbol of renewal and optimism. We are all given another chance to do it right this time. That is why, when the last call of the shofar is blown — one long note sounding eerily like a human cry — spontaneous laughter and shouts of joy usher forth as people wish one another the ultimate greeting for a bright future: “Next year in Jerusalem!” And we know it is just a matter of moments until we can break our 25hour fast and eat. Many people attend break-the-fast dinners at synagogues or kosher restaurants. But there’s nothing as warm and comforting as walking home to a special meal lovingly prepared by the matriarchs of the family. It’s a wonderful way to start the year. My favorite sight after fasting is the ceremonial table laden with forshpeisse: delicious, traditional appetizers

that have been passed down from generation to generation (l’dor vador). As part of my tribute to my ancestors, I prepare everything the day before, the old-fashioned way. But if food processors, blenders and electric grinders beckon, they will save time and effort. The break-the-fast meal is traditionally dairy.

Grandma Fradel’s Pickled Herring

Eating pickled or smoked fish to break the fast was started in the old country by our great-grandmothers, who told us we needed lots of salt to replenish our bodies after fasting. Schmaltz herring may be found in kosher fish markets. 2 schmaltz herring, filleted, with skin intact 2 onions, sliced thin 1 cup apple cider vinegar ½ cup water 1-2 tablespoons brown sugar 3 bay leaves 3-4 tablespoons sour cream (optional) 1 tablespoon whole pickling spice 12 peppercorns 6 lemons, sliced thin with seeds removed Soak the herring in water overnight. Cut into 1½-inch pieces. Place the herring into a quart jar in layers, alternating with the onions. Bring to a quick boil the vinegar, water and sugar, then cool until lukewarm. Add the liquid to the jar with bay leaves, spices, lemon slices and sour cream. Store in the refrigerator a day or two before serving.

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YOM KIPPUR 2 hard-boiled eggs, grated 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice 1 teaspoon red wine ½ teaspoon sugar 1 tablespoon fresh dill, minced 1 tablespoon fresh chives, minced Pinch of kosher salt and pepper Combine the ingredients and serve with crackers, challah, or fresh vegetables, such as cucumber, celery, jicama, tomatoes or Chinese peas.

Holiday Vegetarian Pâté

1/3 cup shallots, minced 3 plump garlic cloves, minced Olive oil for frying 1 cup mushrooms 1 cup green beans, halved ¼ cup celery, sliced ¼ cup Italian parsley ¼ cup chives 1 cup toasted whole-wheat bread crumbs 2 hard-boiled eggs, grated 1 tablespoon melted butter 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon brandy 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon dried thyme ¼ teaspoon ground cloves Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste Slowly sauté shallots and garlic in olive oil for about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, green beans, celery and parsley and sauté 5 minutes more or until the vegetables are crisp but tender. Add the remaining ingredients; mix thoroughly. Turn the mixture into a food processor and puree until you like the consistency. Serves 6.

mix well. Set the bowl in a large bowl of ice cubes until the mixture reaches the consistency of whipped egg whites, about 10 minutes. Lightly grease a 4-cup mold. Gently flake the salmon with a fork. Place the salmon and half the cream in a blender or food processor and blend to a puree consistency. Beat the remaining cream until stiff with a wire whisk. Fold the salmon puree and dill into the slightly thickened gelatin mixture. Turn into the prepared mold. Refrigerate until well chilled and firm. Unmold onto a plate and let sit in a refrigerator at least 2 hours before serving.

Chopped Eggs and Onions Eggs symbolize renewal and are included in many holiday menus.

1 Spanish onion, chopped ½ cup red peppers, chopped 8 hard-boiled eggs ½ cup chives 1 teaspoon kosher salt ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper 2 tablespoons rendered chicken fat (schmaltz) or olive oil 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard Toasted sesame seeds (optional) Sauté onions and peppers until golden. Remove to a chopping bowl. Add eggs, chives, salt, pepper, mustard, and schmaltz or olive oil; chop until smooth but still chunky. Serve with rye bread, romaine lettuce leaves or endive. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Pomegranates and Almonds This simple but delicious dessert is

traditional in North Africa at Yom Kippur. Rosebuds, rose and orange-flower water are available at Middle Eastern stores. 2 pomegranates 1 cup blanched almonds, cut in half ¼ cup honey 4 drops orange-flower or rose water Dried rosebuds or rose petals to decorate Break open the pomegranates and carefully remove the sacs enclosing the juice and seeds. Discard all white parts of the fruit. Place the pomegranate seeds into bowl. Carefully stir in the almonds, honey, and orange-flower or rose water, taking care not to break the sacs. Place the mixture in crystal bowl. Sprinkle with rosebuds or petals and serve chilled. Serves 4. ■

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OVM ark builders Joel Katzowitz and Albert Pinto pose with their handiwork.

A Congregation Is Born In the fall of 2010, a group of Jewish residents at the One Vinings Mountain condo complex, many of whom had nowhere else to go, decided to hold their own Rosh Hashanah service. The service was led by Glenn Hirsch, a family physician in East Cobb, and planned by his wife, Lynn, who had moved into OVM a year before. Although they struggled to gather a minyan that first year, High Holiday services have since become a tradition. This Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, more than 20 “congregants” are expected to attend. The services are informal and intimate. They began as a way to fill a void in the lives of Jewish residents at the high-rise condo building in Vinings. “It’s that kind of thing where you don’t want anybody sitting home alone,” Lynn Hirsch said. “A lot of these people didn’t really have anywhere else to go for the holidays.” Her husband, who was brought up in a Conservative synagogue and was well trained by his Hebrew school teachers, took on the role of the rabbi, and “Congregation OVM” was born.

Last year a luncheon was added after Rosh Hashanah services to further create a feeling of community for the small group. During Rosh Hashanah services at OVM in 2015, a passing comment by Lynn Hirsch about the lack of an aron kodesh (holy ark) for the congregation’s small Torah turned into an impressive project by Joel Katzowitz and Albert Pinto. The two congregants designed a fully functioning ark out of solid cherrywood, walnut and stained glass. The two men “each have an incredible talent,” Lynn Hirsch said. “Together they created this beautiful piece of Judaica. It’s amazing that people are so invested in our congregation that they would want to do that.” The completed ark represents an abstracted mountain, drawing inspiration from Mount Sinai as well as One Vinings Mountain. Pinto handled the stained-glass work, while Katzowitz oversaw the woodwork. The newly built ark was due to be dedicated at Rosh Hashanah services Monday, Oct. 3. ■

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Statements of mourning and condolence poured in after Shimon Peres died early Wednesday, Sept. 28. “Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta joins the rest of the world in mourning for the loss of a truly visionary leader. It is with very heavy hearts that we say goodbye, and we are inspired by his numerous teachings as we prepare to move into the Jewish new year after this difficult loss. … May we move into 5777 committed to correcting our mistakes and inspired every day to know that our greatest achievements are yet to come and that we always have more to do in our mission to make the world a better place. Through this commitment, may the memory of Shimon Peres be a blessing.” — Eric Robbins and Joel Marks, Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta “Shimon Peres epitomizes Israel’s many achievements over the past seven decades. He was Mr. Israel. He embodied the Zionist dream, he helped to build a free, secure and prosperous state in the ancient homeland of the Jewish people.” — Ronald Lauder, World Jewish Congress “Shimon Peres was my education minister, and I will miss him very much. He didn’t watch history; he wrote it. … I was fortunate to meet Peres multiple times over the past few years and to hear his vision of a country that would be a light unto the nations, an Israel that would export to the world our greatest product: the Jewish mind.” — Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett “There is not a chapter in the history of the state of Israel in which Shimon did not write or play a part. As one man, he carried a whole nation on the wings of imagination, on the wings of vision. A man who was a symbol for the great spirit of this people.” — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin “Peres is the story of the Jewish nation and of the state of Israel, be it as a member of a family of Holocaust survivors, an oleh, an agriculturist, a person involved in the country’s security and a statesman. He was among the giants of our national leadership over the past century, a man with much credit to his name, a shining example of a proud Zionist who aspired his entire life to act for the benefit of the country and its citizens.” — Knesset Speaker Yuli-Yoel Edelstein “He merged a stalwart, hands-on commitment to Israel’s viability and security with a dogged determination to promote peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors, including a

two-state solution with the Palestinians. His moderation and insight not only drew world leaders and dignitaries to meet and consult with him, but also served Israel in its ongoing fight against delegitimization.” — Jonathan Greenblatt and Marvin Nathan, AntiDefamation League “President Peres participated every year in Jerusalem’s Good Deeds Day as a volunteer who always took a paintbrush in hand and personally worked to make Jerusalem more beautiful. With his endless vigor and energy, President Peres also experienced Jerusalem’s nightlife. … Every time I met President Peres, he always had good advice to share. In every discussion, he offered a fresh perspective, and he always looked far into the future.” — Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat “Avital and I always felt that our struggle was important to him. We will always remember that he used his contacts and influence to open doors for Avital around the world in order to advance our struggle. When I was released from captivity and arrived in Israel, he was the first Israeli I saw upon landing when he came as prime minister to greet me. I will always remember him as the individual who started the Israeli chapter of my life.” — Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky “Shimon Peres was one of the few men in the world whose experience was surpassed only by his genuine wisdom and his eloquence. When he talked, everyone listened. And later, long after he’d left the room, you remembered what he said. It crept into your soul and stayed with you. Shimon Peres was truly a force of nature.” — Vice President Joe Biden “One might expect a man in his 90s to speak fondly of the past. But even in his final year President Peres spoke compellingly about the future. I don’t think there has been anyone quite like him or anyone who will be like him again.” — Jewish Council for Public Affairs CEO David Bernstein “Shimon Peres represented the history and the impact Zionism has on all our lives. Through his vision and hard work, we realized the dream of establishing the modern state of Israel.” — Jewish National Fund President Jeffrey E. Levine “We are truly grateful for Peres’ extraordinary contributions to Israel’s security, including helping to arm the previously defenseless Jewish people (and) fathering Israel’s aircraft industry.” — Zionist Organization of America ■

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Peres and a Trip to Egypt Late one night in September 1986, in a hotel suite in Alexandria, Egypt, Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres sat in a wingback chair and spoke to Israeli and foreign journalists while picking apart, small piece by small piece, an empty hard pack of Kent cigarettes. It had been a long and historic day. Israel’s white-and-blue flag had flown at the Ras el-Tin palace, and an Egyptian army band had played “Hatikvah,” Israel’s national anthem — “a tentative rendition,” one journalist wrote — as Peres arrived to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. A charter flight of journalists from Israel was stuck on the stifling plane for two hours after arriving in Alexandria because the Egyptians did not have a staircase available. Offers to jump from the back of the plane were rejected by Egyptian authorities. My vantage point for the Peres briefing was to lean against a wall behind and to the left of his chair. He spoke in Hebrew but repeated most of his comments in English for the benefit of the Western press. The headlines from the meeting were an Egyptian pledge to return its ambassador to Tel Aviv and efforts to resolve the Taba border dispute. A joint communique said the Israelis and Egyptians had declared 1987 “a year of negotiations for peace,” but without setting a plan for further discussions. Peres was constrained in his actions by the knowledge that in a month he would exchange jobs with Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir of the Likud party in a rotation agreement after the 1984 elections left the parties at roughly equal strength. Despite the late hour, the 63-yearold Peres wore a suit, and his tie remained knotted.

At the Funeral

Delegations from more than 70 nations attended the funeral of Shimon Peres, although no heads of state from Arab countries were there. President Barack Obama led the official U.S. delegation, including former President Bill Clinton, current Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro, Secretary of State John Kerry and native Atlantan Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat. The others: Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.; Democratic Reps. Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Jan Schakowsky, Charles Rangel, Sander Levin, Eliot Engel, Jerrold Nadler, Susan Davis, Steve Israel, Adam

Also along on the trip, but not in the room, was Peres’ sartorial opposite, Cabinet minister Ezer Weizman, who wore his shirt unbuttoned, spoke loudly and charmed Alexandrians during a nocturnal walk by greeting and chatting with them in Arabic. I remember a photograph of an early Israeli government. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion was seated front row, center, with his shock of untamed white hair and his shirt collar opened wide. Every other man in the photograph was dressed similarly, with his jacket unbuttoned and collar open — save for one, wearing a suit, a white shirt and a tie. Shimon Peres, a picture of formality in a country that prized informality, a diplomat in a country that prized warriors. Peres the European, the Polish immigrant, the Labor Party member of the Socialist international, with an affinity for the French, the politician and diplomat whose services to his nation were immense (and some revealed only many years later), yet who, until his later years, never seemed to enjoy the degree of public affection accorded his more rough-hewn colleagues. He was a gracious interview, a fullthroated patriot who spoke in calm, measured tones without the bombast of others, a diplomat who defended his country to the fullest even while advocating closer ties with nations others considered to be the enemy. “There is an oily land and a holy land,” he told English-speaking audiences in his Polish accent. We may not have the oil, but Israel has other virtues, he would say. ■ Dave Schechter, who writes a column and long-form articles for the Atlanta Jewish Times, was a network television producer based in Israel in the mid-1980s. Schiff, Steve Cohen, Ted Deutch, David Cicilline, Suzanne Bonamici and Alan Lowenthal; Republican Reps. Ileana RosLehtinen, Kay Granger and Lee Zeldin; National Security Adviser Susan Rice; Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes; National Economic Council Director Jeffrey Zients; administration Middle East aides Robert Malley, Frank Lowenstein and Yael Lempert; former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley; Martin Indyk, a former envoy to Israeli-Palestinian talks; and Alan Solow, a former chairman of the Council of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. ■

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A Man and a Nation

Shimon Peres’ development and acceptance through nearly 70 years of public service both followed and led the evolution of the nation he helped build, Israel. Courtesy of Israel’s Government Press Office, here are some of the memorable images of the former president and prime minister’s life.

President Shimon Peres welcomes President Barack Obama to Jerusalem in 2013.

Shimon Peres joins Levi Eshkol on a visit to David Ben-Gurion on June 28, 1963, two days after Eshkol succeeded Ben-Gurion as prime minister.

Shimon Peres welcomes David Ben-Gurion home after the prime minister’s trip to Scandinavia in September 1962. It was Ben-Gurion who brought Peres into government service at age 24 to solve the problem of arming the Israeli military for the War of Independence.

Deputy Defense Minister Shimon Peres meets with new IDF Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin in January 1963. The two men became bitter political rivals within the political left in the 1970s but ultimately worked together to see peace with the Palestinians in the 1990s.

Shimon Peres listens while former Prime Minister Golda Meir speaks at a press conference during Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s visit to Israel in 1977.

The Dalai Lama greets Shimon Peres in 2008.

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President Shimon Peres welcomes Pope Francis to Israel in 2014.

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Shimon Peres adds his signature to the document during the Oslo Accord signing ceremony outside the White House.

Shimon Peres, a champion of Israeli technology, dons protective gear during one lab tour as president.

Shimon Peres visits with President George W. Bush, one of 10 U.S. presidents Peres met with during his career.

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Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin hold their Nobel Peace Prizes at the Stockholm ceremony in 1994.

Henry Kissinger, not always Israel’s best friend, talks with Shimon and Sonya Peres during a visit to Israel.

Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir welcome Natan and Avital Sharansky to Israel in February 1986.

Shimon Peres meets with President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office in 1986.

After several days of heavy rocket fire from Gaza, Shimon Peres visits an elementary school in Sderot in November 2012.

Moshe Dayan talks with Shimon Peres.

Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin listen to Yasser Arafat during the White House ceremony to sign the first Oslo Accord in September 1993.

Shimon Peres honors Bill Clinton during the fifth Israeli Presidential Conference in June 2013.

As president, Shimon Peres plays the role of elder statesman with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Peres told the Jerusalem Post that he stopped Netanyahu from launching an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

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Jordan’s King Hussein joins Shimon Peres on a helicopter ride in 1994, when the men completed negotiations on a peace treaty between their countries.

Shimon Peres looks up to basketball star Amar’e Stoudamire at the presidential residence in Jerusalem in 2013.

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Peres Devoted 7 Decades to Israel’s Service

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Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday, Sept. 28, at age 93, was the last living leader from the generation that midwifed the rebirth of Israel in 1948. He was instrumental in establishing the Israel Defense Forces, facilitating the nuclear reactor in Dimona and the nuclear research facility at Sorek, and developing the Israeli defense industry and security infrastructure. He also was devoted to the pursuit of peace and to Israel’s emergence as a world power in technology and innovation. In addition to president and prime minister (twice), Peres served as Israel’s minister of defense, of foreign affairs, of finance, of the interior, of immigration, of transportation, of communications, of information, and of regional cooperation and development of the Negev and Galilee. He was a member of the Knesset for 48 years and served four times as the opposition leader. The man who went on to share the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 and serve as Israel’s ninth president from 2007 to 2014 was born Szymon Perski on Aug. 2, 1923 (20 Av 5674), in Vishnyeva, Belarus, which then was part of Poland. He immigrated to Israel in 1934,

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Shimon (then the defense minister) and Sonya Peres are seen arriving at Ben Gurion Airport.

studied at Balfour and Geula in Tel Aviv, and was educated in the Ben-Shemen youth village. In 1941 he was sent for training to Kibbutz Geva with a group from Ben-Shemen, and he later joined Kibbutz Alumot in the lower Galilee. In the beginning he worked as a shepherd and a farmer, but he entered public service at the age of 24 when David Ben-Gurion gave him the mission of breaking an international embargo and arming the military. Peres was appointed the director general of the Defense Ministry at

29 and began secretly developing the nuclear reactors in Dimona and Sorek, which remain central to Israel’s deterrence capabilities. With Ben-Gurion and Moshe Dayan, Peres hammered out a military agreement with France and England and initiated Operation Sinai (Operation Kadesh) in 1956 to bring in weapons for the military and prevent Egypt from nationalizing the Suez Canal. He also established security relations with West Germany. Peres was the father of Israel’s strategic relationship with France, which enabled Israel to obtain advanced weaponry, acquire vital intelligence and technology, and establish its own defense industries. As defense minister in 1976, Peres planned and oversaw the military operation that freed the hostages held in Entebbe, Uganda, after Palestinian terrorists hijacked an Air France flight from Tel Aviv to Paris with 248 passengers on board. As prime minister from 1984 to 1986, Peres instituted his Economic Stabilization Program and oversaw Israel’s recovery from its worst economic crisis, which included annual inflation of more than 400 percent. During that first term as prime minister, he also worked to open the Soviet Union to the emigration of Jews who wanted to live in Israel and pushed for the release of Soviet Jews imprisoned for Zionist activities. He also oversaw Operation Moses, which brought 8,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Both efforts fit Peres’ belief that it was the right of every Jew in the world to live in Israel. Although Peres was an early advocate of Jewish settlements in the territory captured during the Six-Day War in 1967, his efforts toward peace began in 1974 when, as defense minister, he negotiated an interim agreement on the Sinai with Egypt.

As foreign minister, he negotiated the 1993 and 1995 Oslo Accords with the Palestinians, for which he, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shared the Nobel Peace Prize, and he held secret meetings with King Hussein that led to Israel’s peace treaty with Jordan in 1994. After Rabin’s assassination in 1995, Peres became prime minister for the second time and tried to keep Israel on the path toward peace with the Palestinians envisioned by the Oslo process, but he lost the next election to Benjamin Netanyahu in 1996 after a wave of terrorist attacks pushed the electorate toward a preference for security. In 1996 Peres founded the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa to promote relations and shared living between Arabs and Jews and Israelis and Palestinians. In July this year he laid the cornerstone for the Israeli Innovation Center at the Peres Center for Peace. The location of that center honors Peres’ role as one of the founders of Israel’s high-tech industry. As prime minister, he recognized the potential of computer software as an export. He worked for decades to promote Israel’s image as a science and technology superpower and supported the development of Israel’s scientific research. When the Knesset elected Peres president in 2007, seven years after rejecting him, he became the first former prime minister to hold the largely ceremonial role. During his term he worked with Israel’s multicultural population, advocated strengthening Israeli society, promoted Israel’s international standing, and established institutions to encourage entrepreneurial and scientific breakthroughs. Besides the Nobel Prize, Peres’ international honors included honorary citizenship of the Knights of the Franciscan Monastery of Assisi, knightship in the Order of St. Michael and St. George by Queen Elizabeth II of England, the Congressional Gold Medal, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by President Barak Obama. Peres was the first Israeli head of state to receive the presidential honor. Peres married Sonya Gelman in 1945; she died in 2011. They had three children, all of whom spoke at his funeral Sept. 30: Tsvia Walden, a linguist and professor; Yonatan Peres, a veterinarian; and Nehemia “Chemi” Peres, a businessman who has co-founded venture capital and technology firms. They also had eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. ■

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Despite my self-avowed commitment to be a radical optimist, I have to admit that recently it has taken a bit more effort to stay optimistic. The almost weekly news of an unarmed black man being killed somewhere in America, the relentless attacks on the legitimacy of Israel and the increasingly divisive U.S. presidential election all have made it increasingly challenging to see silver linings

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among the cascade of clouds. There are lots of reasons to believe these are the best of times, but we are walking among long shadows being cast by unchecked bias, unfettered antagonism and an insidious increase in hateful speech. And yet, within what might be a sad and somber moment — the death of former Israeli President Shimon Peres — my sense of optimism has

been renewed in an unexpected way. Shimon Peres represented the ultimate sprit of optimistic self-transformation and the disavowal of limitations in the face of opportunities. You see, for most of us who encountered him in his final decade of life, Shimon Peres was a wise elder statesman, a grandfather of the Israeli national spirit and a beloved visionary. But he wasn’t always that person, nor was he always as beloved in life as he is now in death. Peres was a calculating politician, and before he was a peacemaker, he was a hawk. That isn’t to say his pursuit of peace wasn’t genuine — there can be no doubt, after his role in crafting the Oslo Accords and subsequent decades of commitment to the peace process, that it was. But it is to say that he navigated a significant transformation from one personal worldview to another. Similarly, before he was (perhaps) the most successful president of Israel, he was a failed candidate for prime minister — five times. Sure, some of this failure might have been circumstantial, but there is no question much of it was personal as well and was a reflection of ambition and of unrealized political acumen. Nevertheless, what he didn’t achieve at the (all-too-frequent) Israeli ballot box, he did achieve in a sevenyear term as Israel’s president, a position of reflective and influential leadership, and in a personal transformation that allowed him to pursue both essential ideas and an unconstrained imagination. These transformations of Peres’ life, in many ways, paralleled the growth of a nation — in fact, the two

have been, until his death, coexistent. At each turn and each challenge, Peres (like Israel itself) adapted and transformed, holding on to a spirit of possibility that allowed him to continue to reinvent himself in the pursuit of his own advancement as a person and

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in the pursuit of the greater good of a nation he loved and helped create. To be able to do that not only takes resilience, but also takes optimism. It also requires belief that optimism is not a fool’s balm or the naiveté of the weak, but it is the asset of the strong and the unyielding. Optimism isn’t what we hold on to; it’s what we foster — within ourselves and within those around us. It is what allows us to maintain our stamina as we each undertake a lifelong search of better versions of ourselves. As we embark on the Jewish new year and look ahead at a year of challenges both foreseen and unknown, it is well worth remembering one of Shimon Peres’ favorite quotes: “If your dreams outnumber your accomplishments, you are still young.” So here is to wishing for a youthful year of many achievements, even more dreams, and an unyielding optimism that allows each of us to transform ourselves from who we are to the best of what we can become — individually and together. Shabbat shalom from Atlanta, happy new year and l’shana tova tikatevu. ■

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A raffle held over the summer by the Hebrew Order of David’s Lodge Carmel raised more than $25,000 from sales of $100 tickets to benefit three organizations that work with people with disabilities: Friendship Circle of Atlanta and Camp Living Wonders locally and Lotem in Israel. The drawing for two round-trip tickets to Israel and $1,000 in spending money was held Sunday night, Aug. 28, after evening services at Congregation Beth Tefillah. Rabbi Michael Druin, the head of Chaya Mushka Children’s House Elementary-Middle School, shared some wisdom from Pirke Avot (Ethics of Our Fathers) regarding charity and connected those insights to the special needs population. Anthony Naturman, who conceived and oversaw the raffle as Lodge Carmel’s president, said that including Lotem had been an objective of his since learning about the organization, which provides outdoor experiences in Israel for people with disabilities, from lodge member Mitchell Tepper, whose son, Jeremy, supported Lotem for his bar mitzvah project seven years ago. Tepper, who uses a wheelchair because of a spinal cord injury, and Jeremy enjoyed the great outdoors in northern Israel on a 6-mile nature trail Lotem developed. “We could not leave our brothers and sisters in Israel out,” said Naturman, who was succeeded as lodge president by Stan Lefco in September. “Just as we feel it here in Atlanta when a Jew is harmed, hurt or, G-d forbid, worse, so too can we not leave out our family in the Holy Land. We are one people, one nation, with one beating heart.” Simon Barzilay, a supporter and beneficiary of the services in Atlanta of Friendship Circle and Camp Living Wonders, drew the winning ticket: Eran Israel, a Beth Tefillah member,

was the lucky winner. Israel wasn’t at the drawing, so Naturman and Tepper delivered the good news to his house. “An Israeli with the name Israel gets to travel to Israel,” Naturman said. “Isn’t that sweet?”

Bridge Named for Adelman

The Briarcliff Road bridge across the South Fork of Peachtree Creek south of the Sage Hill shopping center in DeKalb County now has a name: the Ambassador David Adelman Bridge, after the former Democratic state senator and U.S. ambassador to Singapore. The signs identifying the bridge were erected in mid-September. A ceremony organized by state Sen. Elena Parent, D-Atlanta, was held Friday, Sept. 30, to dedicate the bridge. “Ambassador Adelman has made a great impact on our state and our nation through his years of public service,” Parent said in a statement. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to honor my dear friend, mentor and colleague in such a remarkable way.” The bridge naming was part of a resolution enacted by the General Assembly during this year’s session. Adelman, a graduate of the Lovett School, the University of Georgia and Emory Law School, served in the Senate from Atlanta from 2003 to 2010, when he resigned to become ambassador to Singapore. Since returning from that post in 2013, he has worked as a trade lawyer in New York. “It was a privilege to serve the people of Georgia as a lawmaker as well as the United States as a diplomat. Our security and prosperity are strongest when we build bridges between countries and communities,” Adelman said. “I am truly humbled by my former colleagues in the General Assembly honoring me in this way.” By coincidence, the bridge event came about the same time Adelman donated his official papers from his time as a legislator and diplomat, including speeches, notes, meeting materials, travel itineraries, strategic planning documents, correspondence, legislation and committee work, to the University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies.

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Eleven Jewish mothers from Atlanta participated in the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project Leadership Conference Sept. 18 to 20 in College Park, Md. The conference, a JWRP collaboration with the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, gathered Jewish women from around the world to hone their leadership skills and create a global

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Jewish women’s movement. The annual conference was launched in 2013 with 65 participants and has grown to include some 300 people. Representing Atlanta were Lynn Oves, Helen Zalik, JWRP city leader Julie Silverman, Lori Kagen-Schwartz, Erin Mermelstein, JWRP Momentum trip guide Faye Lefkoff, Carrla Goldstein, Karen Kaplan, Gayle Siegel, Beverly Lewyn and city leader Batsheva Gelbtuch. JWRP works with the Jewish Women’s Connection of Atlanta. At the conference, JWRP honored Lihi Lapid, an Israeli feminist author, and Rachel Fraenkel, the mother of a slain Israeli teenager who became a national symbol of hope, with the Pamela Claman Leadership Award. “Rachelle and Lihi both speak on our Momentum trips and are true examples of Jewish women from diverse worlds who know what it means to love one another based on the values they share,” said Lori Palatnik, the founding director of JWRP. JWRP brings Jewish mothers on Momentum trips to Israel, to inspire them to change the world. Since 2009, more than 8,000 Jewish mothers from 150 partner organizations in 26 countries have taken the trips.

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Exploring the Self With Rumi, Lewis Caroll By Kevin Madigan kmadigan@atljewishtimes.com A small paper plate with a compact disc sitting in it, colored markers, and a sheet of paper with excerpts by British author Lewis Carroll and 13th century Persian poet Rumi. These were items visitors found on their tables at “Through the Looking Glass: The World Reflected in Ourselves,” an event to help prepare for the High Holidays on Sunday night, Sept. 25, at Congregation Gesher L’Torah. Sue Chase, the director of the Neshama Interfaith Center, which cosponsored the event, called it “a chance to release our inner artist while recharging our internal batteries.” Hosted by Rabbis Michael Bernstein and Pamela Gottfried, the evening was an exploration of the self, using analogies by the authors and the chance to create a symbolic piece of art. “We came up with this idea together because we wanted to think about this one aspect of the concept of reflection on ourselves and to take it literally, as we’ll see in the art project, as well as to explore the texts,” Rabbi Bernstein said. “The purpose is to bring your own perspective to the conversation regardless of your faith, or your belief, or your doubt.” Rabbi Bernstein challenged attendees to answer the question “Who am I?” with just one word. He then focused on a brief portion of Carroll’s 1871 book “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” featuring a heated discussion between her and the Caterpillar. Alice is being asked exactly who she is by a rather demanding Caterpillar, and her confused response fails to appease him. “It’s a very powerful resonating concept, I imagine, in many faiths —

how we see, what prevents us from seeing everything — and reminds us that what we see isn’t always what we think we see,” Rabbi Bernstein said. “Lewis Carroll’s very famous story is not a religious text per se but is a very powerful text that overlaps with our religious consciousness.” The looking glass, or mirror, is a somewhat ambiguous concept, the rabbi said. “A looking glass makes you remember it’s just glass that reflects what’s on the other side of it, something completely opaque where light doesn’t go through. You see yourself.” At least two faith traditions use phrases about looking through a glass, he said, the more famous one being in the Christian testament, in which you see the world through a glass darkly. “It’s the way in which the world is an illusion to a certain extent, that it doesn’t quite give you the whole picture. Also, in the rabbinic tradition there’s a description that all the prophets saw a vision of the world to come in a glass that didn’t fill with light, but you could see a little bit through it.” Turning to a short poem by Rumi that contains the lines “Look inside yourself/everything that you want/ you are already that,” Rabbi Bernstein said: “This poem uses the language of the looking glass. Rumi is trying to tell us that our soul is capable of being anything and everything. You are capable of anything. You are enough. It is a way of saying you are not someone who needs to be more than you are or you perceive you are.” This is a perfect time for reflection, he said. “The text itself is a way of reflecting something about ourselves. This is part of a journey leading up to the High Holidays, a real opportunity for each individual to think about themselves, their relationship with G-d and who they are.” ■

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Rabbis Michael Bernstein of Congregation Gesher L’Torah and Pamela Gottfried of the Weber School will be the honorees at the 11th annual Purim off Ponce, the fundraising party for the Southern Jewish Resource Network for Gender and Sexual Diversity. The announcement comes while SOJOURN is organizing Jewish participation in Atlanta Pride, including the parade Oct. 9 (gather at 11:30 a.m. near the Arts Center MARTA station in Midtown to march with SOJOURN and its approximately 40 co-sponsors) and a tent in Piedmont Park on Oct. 8 and 9. “Rabbi Bernstein and Rabbi Gottfried have been incredible role models for the Jewish community,” SOJOURN President Leanne Rubenstein said. “They have inspired others to become allies to the LGBTQ community through their courageous leadership.” Both rabbis have been active the past two years in fighting Georgia legislation that supporters say would protect religious liberty but opponents say would legalize discrimination. SOJOURN has been on the front lines of that legislative battle, and Purim off Ponce celebrates and largely pays for such advocacy work, as well as the organization’s education, outreach and suicide prevention efforts. “Purim off Ponce is always in the middle of the Georgia legislative session, which sometimes makes us feel like we’re deep in the trenches with no end in sight,” SOJOURN Executive Director Rebecca Stapel-Wax said. The party is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at Le Fais do-do with the Golden Age of Hollywood as the theme. Tickets are $75 in advance and $100 at the door. Get more information or tickets at sojourngsd.org/purim. ■

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Shirley Chambers talks about Kabbalah.

Hadassah Group Gets Spiritual by Numbers By April Basler abasler@atljewishtimes.com Hadassah Greater Atlanta’s Health Professionals Group took members for a walk on the spiritual side Sunday, Sept. 18. Three speakers — Rabbi Ephraim Silverman of Chabad of Cobb, numerologist Gloria Parker and Karin Kabbalah Center director Shirley Chambers — addressed Kabbalah and numerology during the meeting at the Harmony Place Spiritual Center in Roswell. Kabbalah is the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible; the term became widely used beginning around the year 1000. Numerology is the branch of knowledge that deals with the occult significance of numbers. Rabbi Silverman addressed similarities between Kabbalah and Rosh Hashanah. “Rosh Hashanah is the day Adam and Eve were created. It is the day we reflect on the purpose of all mankind and do soul searching. Kabbalah talks about why we are here and our sense of self.” Rabbi Silverman also explained that each Hebrew letter has a numerical value, forming the foundation of numerology, which Parker touched on. Parker, who formerly published the Aquarius Newspaper, explained the significance of numbers and how they make us who we are. She said she can tell a lot about a person and “read their numbers” just by using their day, month and year of birth. Parker read the numbers of several attendees, shared their personality traits and made predictions. For example, she said one person’s year will focus on family, while money and

business will be important factors for another person. Chambers provided a great deal of insight into the history of Kabbalah and its basic principles. She also explained the concept of the tree of life. “The origins behind the tree of life go beyond this life wave,” Chambers said. “The tree of life is a symbolic and archetypal glyph or diagram as it relates to the four basic levels of human expression.” She said a higher power flows through us, and we can use either freedom or fear to direct our lives. She also said we have many aspects of ourselves that we have not developed or learned. “It was very interesting, particularly for Hadassah to bring in speakers who shared about a spiritual being and not only physical healing,” attendee Diane Fisher said. “It gave me a different perspective.” Ellen Sichel, the president of the Health Professionals Group, said she chose those topics for the meeting because, while most Hadassah members deal with serious health issues, it is nice to mix in spiritual health for a change. “Understanding what makes us tick as human beings is important,” she said. “Health is so much more than physical health.” The meeting did include the physical as well. Hadassah Greater Atlanta President Paula Zucker spoke about Hadassah’s hospitals in Israel, which treat everyone equally, regardless of religion or background. The next meeting for the Health Professionals Group is Nov. 20 on the topic of “foods you love, made healthy.” Contact Sichel at ellensichel@gmail. com or 770-313-6162 for details. ■

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‘I’d Rather Be With My Dog’

Catchy tune leads to e-commerce success for Atlanta musician By David R. Cohen david@atljewishtimes.com You never know when a great idea will pop up. Just ask Doug Ratner of idratherbewithmydog.net, who turned a catchy music video about dogs into a full-time e-commerce business. In 2013, Ratner wrote a song titled “I’d Rather Be With My Dogs Than Be With You” and put the music video on YouTube. The song and video proved so popular that Ratner eventually put his 15-year music career on hold to make Tshirts with the phrase. “I said to myself, ‘This is crazy. I think I have something here. I need to put this on a T-shirt,’ ” Ratner said. “So I went from playing music full time to getting into e-commerce and building up the brand. That’s how it all happened.” Ratner launched I’d Rather Be With My Dog in February 2014 with only T-shirts, but the website has expanded to include items such as tank tops, magnets, hats, tennis balls and dog treats.

Doug Ratner and German shepherd Oggy present a $2,100 check to the American Cancer Society to fight canine cancer.

The 29-year-old entrepreneur also makes breed-specific items like German shepherd T-shirts inspired by his dog Oggy. More than 20 other dog breeds are available for placement on apparel, including English bulldogs, Labradors and golden retrievers. “Essentially the brand is a department store for everything a dog owner could possibly need,” he said. “Whether you want high-end T-shirts to wear to the bar, you want something to work out in, or you just want poop bags, I

envision the company as a one-stop shop.” Ten percent to 15 percent of each purchase on the website goes to charity, which Ratner said was his goal when he started the brand. Each month he switches the charity that his website supports. In October, Ratner is participating in a Canine Cancer Awareness campaign in which he will donate 10 percent of all sales to help find a cure for canine cancer.

Ratner has built up a sizable following on social media, which he manages himself. On Instagram, @idratherbewithmydog has more than 177,000 followers, and 16,000 people have liked the business on Facebook. But his brand is not without copycats. Ratner said he spends hours each week reporting people who have taken his copyrighted phrase “I’d rather be with my dog,” and put it on their own T-shirts. Ratner speaks fluent Yiddish and grew up in Massachusetts, where he attended Hebrew Day School at Heritage Academy. He now lives in Atlanta and operates a warehouse in Chamblee but travels frequently to make sales calls at pet shops all around the United States. The downside to his life on the road? His two German shepherds have to live in Massachusetts with his family. “Talk about how much I’d rather be with my dogs,” he said. “I go home about twice a month just to be with them.” ■

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To the Ohel and Back

Messages from the graves of spiritual giants By Yaacov Noah Gothard

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My first visit to the Ohel (literally “tent” but in this context “gravesite”) was in 1989, when only one tombstone was inside the walled enclosure in the Montefiore Cemetery in Queens, N.Y. It was five years before the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, died, and the headstone was that of his father-in-law, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. The sixth rabbi of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, Yosef Yitzchak had been imprisoned and tortured by the Soviet government for defying its ban against religious practice. When World War II broke out, he refused to leave Warsaw until its capitulation to Nazi Germany. After helping as many Jews as possible flee the country, he arrived in New York in 1940. With just over a dozen remaining Lubavitch leaders and family members, he settled in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and began an unprecedented worldwide Jewish outreach movement. I didn’t know any of this on that

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sunny day in 1989 when I flew from New Orleans with Chabad Rabbi Zelig Rivkin. We arrived at the cemetery and lighted memorial candles in an antechamber just outside the gravesite. As a Kohen, Rabbi Rivkin was not allowed to enter the gravesite. Instead, he opened a small Hebrew book of Tehillim (Psalms). He handed me the open book and said, “Read this.” I walked through a small door and stood in front of a walled gravesite and headstone. Inside the wall, in front of the headstone, was a mound of thousands of letters that had been left by previous visitors. Rain had molded and rounded the white pieces of paper into the uncanny shape of a mummy. While standing next to what would have been the interred rebbe’s right shoulder, I began reading Psalms for perhaps the first time in my life and immediately felt a rush of positive energy, like the blast of an updraft of wind, roaring up from the grave. It was the most powerful force of goodness I had ever felt. I felt as if the previous rebbe were

alive, lying on his back under that mound of heartfelt notes and requests, smiling up at me. I was so shocked at the sensation that I stopped reading Psalms, and as soon as I did, the rush of positive energy stopped as well. To this day, I am not sure what lesson that message from the grave truly meant to convey. Unlike Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who spent many hours per day at this same gravesite talking to his late father-inlaw, I did not have that ability. According to Native Americantrained shaman Tom Brown Jr., only those who practice spiritual skills during their lifetimes are able to consistently communicate with their loved ones after death. The previous Lubavitch rebbe was one of those individuals, but he was not the only one in his family to develop those skills. In 2013, 24 years after my first visit and 22 years after moving from New Orleans to Atlanta, I returned to the Ohel. My tour guide this time was Atlanta native Gavi Shapiro, who was studying in a Crown Heights yeshiva. As we rushed through the cemetery just before Shabbat, I felt sorry for the dozens of interred souls we were passing en route to the Lubavitch VIPs. “Thousands of people walk past these graves every week, ignoring these people,” I said to Gavi. “These people deserve attention too, like this one.” I pointed to a grave we were passing. “Or that one, or that one.” I felt drawn to a gravesite just outside the Ohel wall. As I began to walk toward that grave, Gavi looked at his watch, grabbed my arm and pulled me into the antechamber. There were now two graves in the Ohel, those of the rebbe and his father-in-law. I felt the solemnity of the

resting place of these two spiritual giants, yet unlike my first visit, I did not receive any veil-breaking communication from beyond. As we left the Ohel, however, I again felt drawn toward that same grave. The energy was irresistible, and as I walked closer to it, I felt an undeniably positive, feminine, happy and supportive energy emanating from it. “Who is that?” I asked Gavi as we stood in front of a headstone decorated with dozens of stones left by visitors. “That’s the rebbetzin,” he said. It was the wife of the rebbe and the daughter of the previous rebbe, whose positive, uplifting energy I had felt 24 years earlier. I never met Chaya Mushkah Schneerson, but people who knew her have told me that what I felt accurately described her personality. That supportive energy was her defining characteristic, even to the point of waiting up until dawn with a warm cup of tea when the rebbe returned from his office. Many of us have had the good fortune of meeting those rare people who emanate positivity, who never say a negative word and who rarely think a negative thought. Being in their presence is uplifting and refreshing, like fresh air blowing into an open window, like bathing in sunshine. The energy of the room shifts when that person walks in. That’s what the previous rebbe and his daughter’s energy felt like: pure, uplifting goodness. On Tuesday, Sept. 20, over 30 members of Chabad of Cobb woke up hours before dawn to fly from Atlanta for a one-day pre-High Holiday trip to Crown Heights. Jewish custom teaches the benefits of visiting the grave of a tzadik, or righteous person, before the High Holidays, so our first stop on our

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whirlwind trip was the Ohel. After praying the morning services in the small Chabad synagogue just outside the cemetery, replacing our leather shoes with Crocks, and writing notes to read at the gravesite, one by one we walked the narrow paths to the Lubavitch section of the cemetery. The morning was overcast, yet I was transfixed by a gray dove sitting peacefully atop one of the white tombstones. I entered the antechamber, lighted a candle, took a book of Tehillim off a shelf and entered the Ohel. Even though the small, walled courtyard surrounding the graves was packed with men and women who had traveled from around the world to pay their respects, I was immediately struck by how massive the two headstones appeared, as if the two rebbes were larger than life or death. I walked to the previous rebbe’s headstone and was overwhelmed by what these two spiritual giants achieved, and sacrificed, in their lives. The previous rebbe sacrificed his body and put his life in jeopardy while serving as a beacon of hope for millions of Russian Jews. His son-in-law, though childless, gave blessings to hundreds of couples who were unable to have children but then inconceivably conceived. The tens of thousands of world leaders and followers of all religions who visit the Ohel annually don’t pray to the rebbes; they pray to G-d while enlisting the support of the masters. On the tour bus that day, we watched a video of a doctor with an inoperable eye injury who was able to practice medicine again after receiving a blessing from the rebbe. In the video, this doctor says, “For those who do everything G-d asks them to do, G-d is much more likely to do what those people ask Him to do.” Standing at the Ohel, my hand on the previous rebbe’s headstone, I was overcome by emotion, by my connection to these men and by my reconnection to my own soul. I read my note through the tears, shredded and added it to the mound, then opened the book of Tehillim to a random page to discover what nonrandom lesson life had for me that day. “Lift up your soul!” is what I saw. When we present ourselves to the world, to society, is it usually not our soul we present. It is usually some view of ourselves that we want others to see, our mask, our shining coat of armor. G-d apparently doesn’t want that. He wants us to shine forth our souls, to lift up ourselves above our egos, for that is who we truly are. That is what the tzadikim are telling us to be. ■

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Rabbi Levi Mentz of JCrafts demonstrated how to create a shofar out of an actual ram’s horn.

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big deal for our pre-K students to make their own shofar, bring it home and keep it as a lifelong memory. As students immerse themselves in enriching activities, they gain a sense of personal achievement which is transformative.” JCrafts head Rabbi Levi Mentz demonstrated the sawing and drilling aspects of shofar making. The boys and girls then used sandpaper and shellac to finish their own shofars. The program was funded by the Sunshine School’s Parent-Teacher Organization. Robyn Davis, the PTO’s president, noted that the organization works to hold fundraisers that are noninvasive but that provide families with something tangible for their money. ■

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This is one of 27 paintings Maya Horesh created over three years for an auction Sept. 25.

Weber School senior Maya Horesh is using her own artwork to raise money for an Israeli-based nonprofit organization that saves children in developing countries who need heart surgeries. Save a Child’s Heart says it saves a child’s life every 29 hours through pediatric heart surgery in facilities in Israel and around the world. Even though the doctors, who come from several countries in the Middle East, donate their time, the surgeries cost an average of $15,000 for supplies, air travel, housing and other expenses. Save a Child’s Heart treats children regardless of race, sex, religion or finances. “I love the message this non-profit sends,” Horesh wrote in an invitation to a fundraising art sale she held at her Sandy Springs home Sunday, Sept. 25, “as it has people from conflicting backgrounds working together for a greater good.” She learned about the organization several years ago from a counselor at Camp Barney Medintz. “I thought it was an amazing organization,” she said. “I wanted to figure out a way to help.” So she started painting. The past three years she has created a collection of paintings, each featuring a heart, to sell through a silent auction. The sale went well, Horesh said, as she sold 25 of the 27 paintings available. She also has a fundraising website that accepts direct donations (www. classy.org/fundraiser/759964). According to the tracker on the site, she has raised more than $3,600. ■

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Books: Anti-Atheism, the Rebbe and Shemini Atzeret By R.M. Grossblatt

Besides mahzorim (prayer books for the High Holidays), here are some new books to discover at Judaica Corner. Religion “Nonsense of a Higher Order: The Confused World of Modern Atheism” by Rabbi Moshe Averick (Mosaica, 297 pages). Everyone should read this book. It is profound, persuasive and amusing.

On the back cover, Dr. Diane Medved wrote, “If you have ever felt bullied by schoolyard atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, I have good news. … Your big brother, in the person of Rabbi Moshe Averick, has just stepped onto the playground.”

book shows in text, documents and photos the American Jewish experience during the Civil War and how Abraham Lincoln welcomed Jews into the highest circles of American society. Sen. Joseph Lieberman wrote, “It’s deeply moving.”

History “Lincoln and the Jews: A History” by Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell (Thomas Dunne Books, 272 pages). This fascinating coffee-table

Inspiration “Stories of the Rebbe: Twenty-Five Wondrous Accounts From the Life of the Rebbe R’Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch” by Rabbi Avraham Ohayun, illustrated by Tamar Zeitlin (Israel Bookshop, 56 pages). Each story is amazing, and Zeitlin’s portraits of the Rebbe capture him so well at different ages. For children and adults.

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Forgiving Without Forgetting in WWII The hell of London during World War II is captured in compelling fashion by British author Chris Cleave in his novel “Everyone Brave Is Forgiven.” The story revolves around four main characters who navigate through wartime Britain with steely determination and occasional subterfuge. A love triangle is at its core, though the dialogue tends to be the weak point. Cleave based the chief protagonists on his grandparents’ exploits in Britain and Malta. Cleave’s maternal grandfather, Capt. David Hill of the Royal Artillery, was assigned to protect Randolph Churchill, the prime minister’s “brilliant but dissipated son,” during a visit to the Mediterranean island. Alistair, the character based on Hill, goes through an alarming number of calamities during the course of his overseas postings. Just when you think it can’t get worse for him, it does. Another player is Mary, an uppercrust young teacher who, horror of

horrors, befriends a black boy in her care and ruffles numerous feathers. Then there’s Hilda, who with Mary signs up to drive an ambulance during the air raids. Hilda, unlucky with men, bitterly resents Mary’s successful overtures in that regard, even as their fraught friendship endures. Not part of the war effort is Tom, who wavers on whether to join and suffers accordingly. All four share anguish, defeat and redemption. Addiction and amputations feature prominently. The story is well told and shows the brutal and futile nature of war. Cleave writes, “Theirs was a generation whose choices were made quickly, through bravery and instinct, and whose hopes always hung by a thread.” ■

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Acoustic music and bluegrass legend David Grisman and his sextet came to town for two sets at City Winery Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 15. The pioneering Jewish mandolinist is perhaps best known for his collaborations with Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. He also has worked with John Sebastian, Tony Rice, Bonnie Raitt, Peter Rowan and fellow Jewish mandolinist Andy Statman, with whom he has recorded two Judaic-inspired albums: 1995’s “Songs of Our Fathers” and 2006’s “New Shabbos Waltz.” Ahead of his shows at City Winery, Grisman answered a few questions from the AJT. AJT: You’ve played as a quintet for a long time, but your most recent recording is your first as a sextet. What was behind the decision to add a sixth instrument? Grisman: For the first nine years, my quintet included violin. Since 1989, I have had a flute player. Now I have both. I like arranging, and having both these melody/harmony voices allows me a lot of wonderful options with the arrangements. AJT: There are a few new faces on this album/tour. How did that change the writing/recording process? And will you be playing with your son, Samson, on the bass at all on this tour? Grisman: Nothing really changed that much in the writing/arranging/recording realm. I usually deal with these instruments in various combinations. My son, Samson, plays bass with my bluegrass band and lives in Nashville. He also plays with Lee Ann Womack

and the Bryan Sutton Band. The bass position in the sextet (and quintet) has been held for the last 31 years by Jim Kerwin. AJT: Your last album (before “The David Grisman Sextet”), “Del & Dawg Live!” had a traditional Jewish tune on it in “Shalom Aleichem.” Had Del McCoury ever heard “Shalom Aleichem” before you suggested it to him? I’m just curious as to how the conversation went, and I find the thought of you and Del discussing Jewish music hilarious. Grisman: Del had never heard “Shalom Aleichem” before. We came up with the idea to add both “Shalom Aleichem” and the gospel tune “Life’s Railway to Heaven.” It seemed logical to both of us to combine some religious music from both our cultures. AJT: Will you be releasing more Jewish-inspired music any time soon? Perhaps another collaboration with Andy Statman? Grisman: No plans right now, but Andy and I did a second CD of traditional Jewish music a while back. It’s called “New Shabbos Waltz” and is available on Acoustic Disc. AJT: I didn’t realize this until I looked at your discography, but in 1983 you released a Christmas album, an album on which you covered the Irving Berlin-penned “White Christmas,” which happens to be the best-selling single of all time. Can you tell me the story behind how a nice Jewish boy from New Jersey got talked into doing a Christmas album? Grisman: No one talked me into it. It was my own idea. When asked to sign copies, I always write “Happy Chanukah.” ■

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Synagogues Embrace Pickin’ and Grinnin’

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Nefesh Mountain features Doni Zasloff, Eric Lindberg (center), Gary Oleyar (right) and Tim Kiah.

Nefesh Mountain performs at congregations across the country, but each service is unique, Zasloff said. The group normally collaborates with a cantor or rabbi to infuse bluegrass into the proceedings. “It’s our goal to communicate a Jewish spirit and connection through this genre of music that we love,” she said. “We’re thrilled to be coming back to Atlanta and honored to be part of this amazing community.” Ahavath Achim’s director of engagement, Gabrielle Adler, who planned Bluegrass Shabbat at the Conservative congregation, said her goal with the event was to reach out to members and nonmembers from a variety of backgrounds. “With the daily stress of work, school, family and social obligations, sometimes we need to just take a step back and relax,” she said. “Bluegrass Shabbat offered a space for folks of all ages and religious observances to come together for an evening of Southern-style cooking, bluegrass music and an easy-to-follow musical service.” More bluegrass music is coming this holiday season: The Cohen Brothers Band will perform at the Marcus Jewish Community Center in Dunwoody as part of the center’s Sukkot Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 23. ■

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Atlanta’s synagogues have caught Jewgrass fever with several congregations presenting bluegrass-themed events in recent months. Back in April, Temple Kol Emeth hosted Nefesh Mountain, a nationally touring band led by Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg that blends bluegrass and old-time Appalachian music with Jewish themes and lyrics. The band was scheduled to return to Kol Emeth on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, leading a youth and teen service and performing a few songs during the main service at the East Cobb Reform synagogue. On Sept. 16, Ahavath Achim Synagogue hosted Bluegrass Shabbat in Buckhead with the Cohen Brothers Band and Sammy Rosenbaum. More than 200 people attended the Friday night event, enjoying barbecue, cocktails and bluegrass music. (Shameless plug: I happen to play guitar in the Cohen Brothers Band.) Nefesh Mountain was back in Atlanta for Shabbat on Sept. 23 and 24 at Temple Beth Tikvah in Roswell. Lindberg, Zasloff and their backing band (upright bassist Tim Kiah and fiddler Gary Oleyar) led a bluegrass Erev Shabbat service, then a Shabbat morning Jewish bluegrass service. They closed their time at the Reform congregation with a Selichot service that Saturday night. “We’ve been planning a weekend with Nefesh Mountain since we saw them perform at last year’s URJ Biennial,” Beth Tikvah Cantor Nancy Kassel said. “They have a really unique way of taking our Jewish prayers and interpreting them to bluegrass music. It’s very creative.” Kassel said the congregation is always looking for ways to enhance Shabbat, and bringing Nefesh Mountain to town was one way to make congregants more aware of the different types of Jewish music.

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Ready-Made Glamour Greets Collecting Couple Carol and Bob Nemo found their dream flat fully furnished with glamorous lighting, lots of built-ins, pristine flooring, gourmet kitchen and chic furniture reminiscent of Architectural Digest. “I knew when I first walked in that this was IT,” Carol said. “The beautiful chocolate and taupe tones would provide a majestic backdrop for our art and Judaica collection. … It even came with eight TVs, one in every room!” Bob, former owner of the upscale Smith Ace Hardware on West Paces Ferry Road, said: “When we shopped at the gift shows, it was one for the store and one for Carol. She has quite the eye for treasure and art.” Carol, daughter of benefactors and collectors Sylvia and William Breman, is gracious and animated as she explains that their 4,040-square-foot condo has views from all sides and is surrounded by balconies where grandchildren can watch the Peachtree Road Race and Fourth of July fireworks at Nonny and Poppy’s place. Bob, a young 80, is an expert needlepointer, while Carol employed interior designer Bo Waddell of Bo Unlimited to organize their galleries and reframe and position objects in just the right spot. Jaffe: So you walked into this fabulous space already decorated? Carol: We had looked high and low for 18 months. My daughter grew weary of me complaining and found this online. … Talk about love at first sight. Every thread, all the furniture, the counters, the open-spaced floor plan — all 4,040 square feet were just perfect for us. We did bring over our art, Judaica, my childhood piano and a few family pieces.

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Jaffe: What are the special things you brought from your Breman family antiquities? Carol: My grandmother’s oil lamp (circa 1880) illuminates the master bedroom by my mother’s small glass dish that she served nuts in every Friday night when our kids were little and we had Shabbat dinner together. Our dining room set and china cabinet belonged to my parents and are a sentimental part of my childhood. Waddell re-covered the chairs in a fabric that would be snazzy but still stand up 48 well with grandchildren.

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Two of our favorite oils from my folks are “Girl at the Opera” by Pál Fried, which is very Degas-like, originally framed in a nondescript whitish frame. See how Bo’s new, sleek frame really brings the young girl to life. And the other in the hall is the “Accordion Player” by Paul LaCour. Waddell: What an honor it was to help Carol and Robert create their

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exciting glass home overlooking the city. The Nemos have spent many years collecting art that reflects their wonderful sense of humor along with an air of whimsy that permeates their new home. As well as enjoying their humorous side, the very dedicated and deeply spiritual side of their lives is beautifully displayed in their Judaica collection. The highlight of my experience working with this gracious family was installing a custom display case that I designed to solely feature Judaica. It is in the heart of the home for all to admire. Jaffe: Your collection is splendid and organized so artistically. Fill in the memories. Carol: We have a large and wonderful dreidel collection, many of which are still in storage. One of our most unusual is this spinning one which stands alone that we got in Caesarea, Israel. The menorahs are quite special too. This multicolored glass one by William Goldhagen is from “Art Works,” a fine art show at the Breman Jewish Home, that my father surprised me with as a birthday gift one year. Bob: We gave half of our Judaica collection to the Weber School before we moved from Sandy Springs. We like to participate in charitable auctions … like the intensely vivid Peter Max in the dining room and the Alvar in the kitchen. Jaffe: Do you have any unusual sculpture? Carol: I fell in love with “Jezebel” at a SoHo gallery in New York and had it shipped here. Janet Beerman, a friend and carpenter, built the base and lighted case it is housed in. My other favorite is from the Great American Gallery, titled “No

A Protection,” by Indian artist Indira Johnson, a very spiritual piece to me. Note the individual removable body parts in her lap. Jaffe: How do you use the Garden Room? Carol: It’s rather wild in here. … All the doors open to the outside. The folk grandfather clock by Sticks is from a gallery in Asheville, N.C. What’s really special to me is the totem pole made by a North Georgia mountain man, painted with soulful messages all over: “Your feet walk in many directions, but only your heart can tell you the right path to follow.” And “Walk as a turtle, so as not to outrun your thoughts.” Jaffe: Bob, I’ve heard of professional football players doing needlepoint for relaxation. How did you get into that? Bob: It’s been decades. My late mother-in-law, Sylvia, was a wonderful needle crafter. … That was my initial exposure. You can see her Unicorn Tapestries in the front entrance. I usually have several canvasses going at the same time: hot-air balloons, intricate patterns, Bargello. I give many away as gifts and also take orders for custom pieces for family members and friends. Jaffe: I see your farm animals in

progress look amazingly detailed. Your Old City of Jerusalem is very moving and must have taken many hours. … You are a man of many hobbies. Bob: Maybe that relates to my love of jigsaw puzzles. Sadly, there’s no room here for my 3,000-plus beer bottle collection that we had to give away. Jaffe: The kitchen is totally stunning, centered on a view of Versailles-like gardens and the winding Peachtree Creek. I’ve never seen it so wide and rapid. Carol: I just had to have a big working kitchen. I thought the glass countertops were unique and love the cherrywood cabinets. My favorite painting in here is by Spanish artist Alvar, known for his intricate borders. I was fortunate to meet him at a gallery. He didn’t speak a word of English, nor I Spanish, but we communicated through smiles and hand gestures and totally understood each other. Bob: Carol loves cooking for the family and friends. Her best dishes are turkey chili and mini-chocolate-chip cookies. Carol: My secret is lots of chips and pecans and not too much dough. Bob: My secret is sometimes I slip over to Willy’s across the street and eat a burrito (laughing). But I still love Carol’s home cooking. ■

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A: Bo Waddell’s custom cases show off Carol and Bob Nemo’s Judaica collection, including a Goldhagen glass menorah. B: The Nemo dining room features the table and china cabinet from Carol’s childhood home. The Peter Max painting, purchased at a charity auction, adds a pop of color to the Atlanta skyline. C: “Girl at the Opera” by Hungarian painter Pál Fried (who often signed his name Fried Pal) was a wedding present from the Bremans and was reframed by Bo Waddell. D: This “Jezebel” sculpture was a discovery at a SoHo gallery many years ago. E: Carol Nemo looks down on one of her favorite spinning dreidels, acquired in Caesarea, Israel. F: The master bedroom has an alabaster paper sculpture by Ohio artist Frank Gallo to supplement the breathtaking view of Atlanta. G: Carol Nemo’s gourmet kitchen includes glass countertops and a bordered painting by her favorite Spanish artist, Alvar. H: An oil painting of the scene outside the Fox Theatre was a move-in gift from the Nemos’ real estate agent. I: The previous owner of the home left this combination of a sculpture and a sepia-toned photo of workmen at New York’s Rockefeller Center. J: Bob Nemo’s needlepointing includes this intricate presentation of Jerusalem.

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Bar Mitzvah Adam Gregory Arkin It is with great pride that we announce that Adam Gregory Arkin of Sandy Springs was called to the Torah to become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, at Temple Sinai in Sandy Springs. Adam is the son of Marilyn and Jonathan Arkin, the brother of Ross Cooper, and the grandson of Murray and June Arkin of Savannah and Mireille and Phillip Morgan of Atlanta. For his mitzvah project, Adam raised money for the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation by creating the Try It for a Cure fundraiser. Adam, a terribly picky eater, agreed to try any new foods in order to earn a donation from friends and family. It was a successful project, with much money raised and many new foods tried.

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Rosalind Flax 69, Atlanta

L’Shana Tovah

On Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, the world lost a very special person. Rosalind “Roz” Flax, age 69, passed away after a very long and extremely courageous fight against cancer. Roz was the daughter of the late Bernard and Bessie Feinberg. She was the loving mother of two children, Jessica Braunstein of Atlanta and Jeremy Flax of Nashville, Tenn. She was a caring mother-in-law to Jessica’s husband, Glenn, and sister to Joyce Wright of St. Petersburg, Fla. She had two beautiful grandchildren, Sarah and Kayla, who loved “BeBe” beyond words. She was a loving, selfless and influential part of their lives. Roz was born in Delaware, was raised in Baltimore, and lived the majority of her life in Atlanta, where she had an amazingly positive impact on family and countless friends. She was a hard worker and spent many years as a prominent real estate agent in the Atlanta market. When she wasn’t spoiling her children and grandchildren with love, she could be found holding a deck of cards and dominating the table, playing her favorite game of bridge. Roz had a true zest for life and will be dearly missed and remain in our hearts forever. Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Emory Winship Cancer Institute. Graveside services were held Thursday, Sept. 15, at Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs with Rabbi Peter Berg officiating. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

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Sara Patlis Loshak, born Aug. 14, 1923, passed away peacefully at her home in Naples, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Sara was born and raised in New York City, the fourth of five children and the daughter of Joe and Rebecca Patlis. At the age of 19, she met the love of her life, Nathan Loshak, and they spent almost 60 years together until his death in 2002. After Nate served in World War II, Nate and Sara had their first child, Leda, before embarking on a new adventure in Minneapolis/St. Paul, where their second daughter, Susan, was born. In the mid-1950s Sara and Nate and their young family moved to Baltimore, where their youngest child, Joel, was born.

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OBITUARIES Sara and Nate moved to Atlanta in the late ’50s and spent the next 11 years there, where Sara decided to go to work and get a degree in education at Georgia State. By the time they moved to Austin, Texas, Sara was able to complete her degree at the University of Texas. She continued by obtaining her master’s degree in education after moving to Chicago. While she was substitute teaching, Nate and Sara moved once again to Tulsa, Okla., where Sara taught for the next 15 to 20 years in special education before finishing her professional career. Sara and Nate had many wonderful years in Tulsa, where they made many lifelong wonderful friends. They retired to the Naples area to be closer to family and friends. Sara and Nate loved to travel, and even after being diagnosed with cancer in 1985, she was determined not to let it slow down her life. She continued to travel extensively even after Nate’s death, playing bridge with her close friends at Arbor Trace in Naples. She loved seeing a movie, reading a book, challenging you to a game of Scrabble, or going to a cultural scene with her friends, whether it was the opera, a museum or a good play. Sara led an active life and continued to take classes at the university up until her death. Sara Loshak is survived by her sister, Iris Levine; a sister-in-law, Judy Kaplan; children Leda and Jack Zbar, Susie and Bruce Golubock, and Joel and Mindy Loshak; grandchildren Beth and Michael Marks, Stephanie Footer and husband Luke Warren, Clay and Shari Zbar, Andrew and Martha Golubock, Wendy and Brad Weissman, Lauren and Clark Edlund, and Brandon and Viviana Loshak; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was a wonderful lady who lived a wonderful life and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in her memory to JFCS of Southwest Florida, 5025 Castello Dr., Suite 101, Naples, FL 34103, or MD Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4486, Houston, TX 77210-4486, in memory of Sara Loshak, and write Fund Designated by Family. Sign the online guestbook at www.jewishfuneralcare.com. A graveside service was held Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, with Rabbi Steven Lebow officiating. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

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Henry and Runia Vogelhut were appointed by Gov. Jim Hunt of North Carolina as charter members of the North Carolina Holocaust Council on July 12, 1982. Representing the council, they traveled the state, educating people of all ages to ensure the lessons of the Holocaust were never forgotten. “It worries me that many Americans do not appreciate the freedom and opportunities of this country. As for myself, I am proud to be a citizen of this wonderful country. … I want you to remember that you have to think and not follow crazy ideas of others without questioning them. I hope you will remember the lessons of the past.” Henry was predeceased by his wife of 52 years, Runia, and is survived and lovingly remembered by his son, Mark Vogelhut, M.D., and his wife, Rhea; his daughter and son-in-law, Adele and James Bedrick, M.D.; his four grandchildren, Emily Graubart, M.D., and her husband, Noah, Jonathan Bedrick and his wife, Kimberly, Jacob Vogelhut, and his wife, Sara, and Alina Gardner and her husband, Rabbi Tom Gardner; and his seven great-grandchildren, Olivia, Benjamin and Elizabeth Graubart, Jack Bedrick, Natalie and Gavin Vogelhut, and Runia Gardner. Graveside funeral services were held Sunday, Sept. 25, at Raleigh Hebrew Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages memorial donations to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, ushmm.org. May Henry’s spirit and example endure among us as a blessing.

Death Notices

Rakhil Pustilnikov of Atlanta on Sept. 27. Karen Rabin of New York, sister of Temple Sinai member Ben Sillins and Susan Sillins, wife of Bill Rabin, and mother of Emily Rabin and RJ Rabin. Frances Rosenberg of Sandy Springs on Sept. 20. Charlotte H. Rudel, 83, of Johnstown, Pa., wife of David Rudel, mother of Neil Rudel, Mark Rudel, Barry Rudel, Miriam Quast and Karen Reb, and sister of Joseph “Jerry” Harris, on Sept. 19. Judith Warren of Marietta on Sept. 27. William “Billy” Cary Zucker, 60, of Los Angeles, brother of Temple Sinai member Scott Zucker and Neil Zucker and father of Devin Zucker, on Sept. 18.

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Ina Ginsburg Schnitzer of Atlanta, age 83, died Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. She is survived by her children, David Schnitzer, Debra Lynn Schnitzer and Brian (Jill) Schnitzer; grandchildren Kyle, Kevin and Thomas; and brother Ira Ginsburg. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer. Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Atlanta Humane Society. A memorial service was held Monday, Sept. 26, at Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 3734 ChambleeDunwoody Road, Atlanta, 770-451-4999.

Henry Vogelhut Henry Vogelhut, 92, of Atlanta passed away peacefully Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. Henry was born in Krakow, Poland, on Nov. 15, 1923. Shortly after he began an apprenticeship as a tailor, the Nazis invaded Poland. Henry and his family were arrested by the Gestapo. After his enslavement in a succession of four Nazi concentration camps (Buchenwald, Gross Rosen, Krakau-Plaszow and SonnebergWest), Mr. Vogelhut was liberated by the U.S. Army on May 5, 1945. None of his family remained. He later met his beautiful wife. Runia, in a displaced persons camp. “How did I survive? Luck. Millions of us never made it,” he said. “We did not become bitter or filled with hate. Instead, we rose from the ashes of our tragedy to create new life. It took a lot of courage to bring children into this world.” Upon emigration to the United States in 1946, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society gave him a $5 bill and a siddur. Henry and Runia lived in New York for several years and had their two children, Mark in 1949 and Adele in 1954, while he began working as a tailor in the garment industry. Their family moved to Lancaster, Pa., in 1955 and lived there for 15 years before moving in 1970 to Raleigh, N.C., where Henry continued to advance in his career, ultimately becoming the vice president of operations of K&R Sportswear.

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In what caught many friends, business associates and even some family members by surprise, Sandra Leigh Gordy and Sam Massell were wed in a private ceremony on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. As this was the second marriage for both the bride and groom, who are longtime senior friends, it was reasoned that an elopement-style arrangement would provide an appropriate and efficient union while the couple remained in town. The simple program was presided over in Atlanta jointly by Dean Sam Candler of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip, where Gordy is a member, and Rabbi Peter Berg of The Temple, where Massell is a member. Gordy is the chief executive officer of American Superior Inc., is the daughter of the late Jeff and Gladys Gordy of Gainesville, and formerly lived in LaGrange. Massell is the president of the Buckhead Coalition Inc. and son of the late Sam Sr. and Florence Massell of Atlanta. The bride wore a wedding dress she had purchased in Acapulco, Mexico, and a diamond necklace that had belonged to her mother. The bride’s ring was a gold band inscribed with Song of Songs 6:3 in Hebrew: “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine.” The groom’s ring was a gold band that had belonged to the bride’s

father. The ceremony took place in the town home of the groom on Peachtree Road in the Buckhead community of Atlanta, the city the groom served as mayor from 1970 to 1974 after 18 years in other elected offices. The bride is a concert pianist and served as adjunct professor of music at Brenau University in Gainesville. Announcements mailed Rabbi Peter Berg and Dean Sam Candler flank the after the confidential wedhappy couple, Sam Massell and Sandra Gordy. ding state, “As we now have everything one could want, including each other, please do not proffer gifts, but if you MUST, please us by sending a contribution to either the Cathedral of St. Philip at 2744 Peachtree Road, Atlanta 30305, or The Temple at 1589 Peachtree St., Atlanta 30309.” The couple now lives at 2600 Peachtree Road in Buckhead. ■

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Dog and Deer I did not need the weather man to tell me it was a brutal summer. I wake up early (for me, 6 is early) each morning, rain, shine or snow. I do this sans the buzz of an alarm clock or music alarms to wake me. This summer, however, was a great challenge for me. Under normal circumstances, I can count on my fingers and toes the number of days I’ve either deliberately overslept or been too darn lazy to get out there. The midsummer weeks, however, truly tested my resolve. I hope you are asking yourself why a fairly normal girl would wake up an hour before necessary, especially given the brutality of the heat and humidity. Ari and I run in the mornings. Ari is my dog. I feel sure you have your pointer finger in the dimple of your cheek as you are thinking to yourself, “Aha, now I understand that fabulous body Ari flexes.” We have our regular routes, Ari and I. One of our routes includes our beautiful lake, which exists as the swimming hole for geese. The lake also is used for boating, canoeing and for some fishing. The sun rising over the lake is breathtaking. I love to watch the geese families travel together. I don’t mind the geese; I do mind their droppings. I’ve always dreamed of owning five homes around a beautiful lake filled with ducks and fish. Sort of my very own compound, if you will. Why five? One for each of my girls’ families, and one for us, of course. Ah, a dream for another time. There is something so reassuring and comforting in the familiarity of our morning routine. We hear the same few garage doors opening, neighbors in their cars leaving for work or school. We wave to the same folks coming out in their robes or pajamas to retrieve their newspapers. There is someone who is lucky enough to avoid Ga. 400 traffic by flying — yes, flying — in his/her private helicopter every morning. We hear it loud and clear, right above us. Sometimes I feel it’s flying just a wee bit too 54 low for my heart. OCTOBER 7 ▪ 2016

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Ari and I live in an equal-opportunity neighborhood. That is, people and animals living peacefully under one blue sky, most of the time. This sense of well-being changes when Ari gets possessive and chases the squirrels and the rabbits off our (his) property. I do feel sad for the turtles in our back yard who do not understand his

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way of communicating a welcome. Bark, bark, bark. Although he has developed a loving, sweet friendship with one of the deer families with which we share our neighborhood, he gets crazy with stranger danger if he sees a deer he does not know on our land, eating our plants. One day, his deer friend came within a few feet of where we stopped so Ari could take a “country pish” (relieve himself of No. 1). They looked at each other for a moment or two, paying no attention to me, as if I were mere chopped liver. Then the deer turned to the rest of the family, as if to say, “We know this dog; it’s Ari. Come say good morning.” And they did. And then, with nary an unkind word, they returned to their morning activity, and we returned to ours. (I love that word, nary.) As we were running on our way back home, passing the houses where Ari’s friends can usually be found, the deer were gone. I could tell Ari was looking for them. He stopped short right in front of me to look around. I nearly killed myself as I promptly tripped over him, walking away with just some scratches and bruises. The birds (and we have many), the ducks, the geese, all the four-legged furry and not furry friends who reside in my neighborhood live by the motto “Live and let live.” So, I ask you, what did they learn in kindergarten that we humans have forgotten? ■

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Then the deer turned to the rest of the family, as if to say, “We know this dog; it’s Ari. Come say good morning.”

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ACROSS 1. Mineo of “Exodus” 4. “Whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world,” e.g. 9. Channel that might show Wasserman Schultz’s house? 14. Emotion for Moses when seeing the Golden Calf 15. 1998 Disney animated film with Harvey Fierstein 16. “My ___” (how Mordecai might have addressed Ahasuerus) 17. Keira Knightley’s 2007 attrition at the end of 61-Across? 19. Biblical witch’s locale or home of the Ewoks 20. Rock genre of Guster 21. Vilna Gaon, with “The” 22. Makes a yutz out of 25. Like Clint Eastwood in 1992 at the end of 61-Across, perhaps? 30. Shortened name of a biblical strong man 31. Bird where 9 Av is in the winter 32. Give 18-Down 33. Novelist Rand 34. Pieces on Gene Wilder, e.g. 36. An Uzi is one 37. Robert who fought against 21-Down 38. Judd Nelson’s 1985 group at the end of 61-Across? (with “The) 42. James of “The Godfather” 43. Length of time the world has not lasted, according to a literal Bible translation 44. Stoudemire in Israel 46. Letters on a switched sim card at Ben Gurion, perhaps 47. Jew___ (hairdo) 48. ___air 50. Brady who plays for Kraft 51. Paul Newman’s 1982 outcome at the end of 61-Across? 54. Synagogue seats 55. Gold played by Jeremy Piven 56. Fire called for by the IDF? 58. “Ahava,” in Paris 61. See 17, 25, 38 and 51-Across (it’s over in the 25th

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35. Number of Commandments 36. Eden was one 37. Common tree in northern America, but not northern Israel 39. 1996 Olympian Strug 40. Challah or gefilte fish, e.g. 41. It can be hard getting one around the Old City 42. Common Israeli stray 45. Ends of Purim and Shushan DOWN Purim? 1. David Guetta’s “Titanium” 47. Iconic role for Matthew singer (Broderick) 2. Work of Chagall 48. Block cutters at the start of 3. Uncle on “Seinfeld” Menzel’s “Frozen” 4. “I’ll second that” 49. Invested in (like Israel 5. Brand that makes a kosher Bonds) bacon lollipop 52. Aly Raisman might jump off 6. Prayer at the end of nearly all one — or a place for her medals services 53. “Here ___ to save the 7. Swindler day!” (Mighty Mouse — or Andy 8. Talking tree creature that Kauffman) doesn’t meet Sean Astin in “The 54. ___ talk, motivational Lord of the Rings” speech at Ramat Gan Stadium 9. Rabbis and priests 57. Moses Montefiore and Paul 10. Moses spent a lot of time McCartney on it 58. Jake Gyllenhaal’s six-pack 11. Ryan Braun admitted using 59. One that shows Israel’s one: Abbr. borders 12. 68 years ___ (Israel was 60. Eve’s eggs born) 61. Sweet addition to a cholent 13. Tamid or shel Shabbat 62. Ellie Goulding genre 18. Money in the Holy Land: 63. Mentalist Geller Abbr. 64. Schmatta 21. General Ulysses who tried to expel Jews from Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi 22. G.I. entertainers (like The Marx Brothers) LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 23. It’s not a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 work day A D A M A G A B L E A M P L E 16 17 18 R O M A N A L I A S G O L E M 24. Arab 19 20 21 T W E N T Y F O U R C A R R O T S chieftain’s 22 23 24 J R S O F E R R Y E domain 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 L O I U S E S H O N E Y D E W 26. Richard 32 33 34 35 E N C A S E J E W B O N E Dreyfuss’ “Mr. 36 37 38 39 40 F A C T O R H E A D O F F I S H 41 42 43 44 Holland’s ___” A C T G E R E S E I S N O 45 46 47 48 49 27. Find out how S H O W E R L E E K S 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 much (Wix) is D H S B U N E E L P E P A 59 60 61 62 63 worth A U T H O R B E E T S B Y D R E 64 65 66 28. Target for W I T H O S I E R B E A U 67 68 69 70 71 72 S C O W T S O tweezers or Estee S Y M B O L I C 73 74 75 T E L G A L A C I I Lauder products 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 R O S H H A S H A N A H F O O D S 29. Netanya to 83 84 85 A F I R E O O Z E S A P N E A Tiberias dir. 86 87 88 V A D E R N E A R S N A S S O 31. ___ Einai

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