Atlanta Jewish Times, VOL. XCIV NO. 37, September 20, 2019

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Teach Your Children Well This week, as we prepare for the high holidays, we help you study up about education in Atlanta and beyond. Our stories range from history to pop culture, from a school that survived in the early years of Nazi Hungary to the reaction of local educators, counselors and youth leaders to recent deaths from vaping.

The Lowdown is with the senior associate dean of Emory University’s business school. Also from Emory, we interview an Israeli choreographer who is a visiting professor. In other college news, we speak with the presidents of Oglethorpe University and Georgia State University.

We learn about the declining enrollment of foreign students in the U.S. and our education columnist Mark Fisher offers his annual quiz to test your knowledge of the nation’s colleges.

You can read here about Temple Sinai’s newly designed and remodeled preschool, among those in Atlanta that have made recent updates to accommodate members in addition to those with special needs.

In the arts, we review two books: one helping children deal with death and, at the opposite end of the spectrum, a comedic take on Judaism by the humorous team of Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel and Adam Mansbach.

We also introduce you to Avery Kastin, a young leader on the boards of several prominent local Jewish organizations.

Around the community, we also bring you to the Chabad Intown Jewish Academy dinner at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center and the Atlanta Israel Coalition visit by Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combatting anti-Semitism Elan Carr.

Talking about fighting hatred, the AJT was on site in Dahlonega when a well-known Ku Klux Klan and white supremacist member led a “Patriot” rally protested by a larger, more vocal contingency insistently saying “no” to Nazis.

Bringing the community together against a common enemy – or to celebrate Jewish traditions – we begin our coverage of the high holidays next week. ■

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Cover photo: This week’s cover photo represents the seven recent vaping deaths and how the next steps affect our children.

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LOCAL NEWS Intown Jewish Academy Bar Mitzvah Gala

Leslie And Barbara Rubin chat with Elie Estrin, director of the Intown Jewish Preschool.

By Marcia Caller Jaffe A spiritually enriching celebration at the majestic Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Sept. 9 was the perfect night for dinner, mazel tovs, and personal reflections. Leading to featured speaker Simon Jacobson’s address “Being a Jew in the 21st Century,” both Rabbis Eliyahu Schusterman and Ari Sollish set the stage, along with students who have thrived with Intown Chabad’s Intown Jewish Academy classes, which began 13 years ago.

The Learners Ed Zinn spoke during the program about how the original Kabbalah & Coffee series and subsequent podcasts connected him to Rabbi Sollish. He said, “I so much looked forward to his talks, that I was hooked like on a Netflix series, … but I want to know how a religious Jew from Pittsburgh knows so many jokes and ... ummm modern cultural references?”

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The beauty of Callanwolde Fine Art Center’s stately rooms is the backdrop for caterer Eli Brafman’s delicious buffet.

Dr. Ben and Adrienne Zinn pose with Ed Zinn, who spoke during the program about his meaningful learning experience with Rabbi Ari Sollish, right.

Sandrine Simmons found her place in the Women’s Rosh Hodesh group, Jews and Food, and various bootcamps.

“Finding IJA was like finding a hidden treasure,” she said.

Earlier in the reception, Ann Rosenthal expressed that she enjoyed a variety of IJA classes “because they are grounded in Torah, well thought out with a wide range of topics, in a very accepting place.”

Barbara Rubin said that she enjoyed the Social Justice and Prayer classes with Rabbi Sollish.

Emory Chaplain Sholom Estrin, escorted by wife Elie, director of the Intown Jewish Preschool, knew Rabbi Sollish growing up in Pittsburgh. He recalled, “Ari’s grandfather was his tour-de-force role model, as an old time behind-the-scenes rabbi, shochet and scribe. Ari was the young man whom we all wanted to emulate.”

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Sollish’s podcasts are heard round the world by 45,000 listeners, offering hope and connection from as far as Saudi Arabia.

Rabbi Schusterman expressed pride in the impact IJA has made by offering a “L’Chaim.” “We believe that everyone is important. … We are founded on two pillars: Torah and mitzvot. Thirteen years ago we made a good choice by bringing in Rabbi Sollish. Look at our amazing growth through life stages: … the bris, Torah and next, the chuppah.” Both rabbis thanked their wives for their important roles and support.

Chabad Rabbis Speak Rabbi Sollish started with a shofar blast in light of the upcoming season and reminded the crowd that a bar

Featured Speaker Introducing Rabbi Jacobson was Rabbi Sollish, who studied as a young man with the older rabbi in Crown Heights and incorporated some of his teaching style in making Judaism relevant and “bringing it down to basics.”

Jacobson described his own journey as a young man with a successful book, “Toward a Meaningful Life,” where he was addressing audiences in 96 cities at places such as Barnes & Noble. “I knew that my red carpet might one day turn into a pumpkin, … and that my audiences were secular, not exactly captive.” One female fan told him, “Your book was so relevant that I expected you to be tall, suave, and thin.” (She was shocked by his traditional garb.)

From this, Jacobson explained how he could best communicate by removing stereotypes. “Language can connect and divide.” He recalled relating to more liberal groups such as the pop group Jay and the Americans by substituting words: “Torah” became a “blueprint” or “roadmap,” and G-d was known as the “Divine Essence,” thus, not being trapped in religious sense of a judgmental G-d on a throne or an old-fashioned Hebrew schoolteacher stereotype.”

He also spoke of the importance of understanding the past and why 80 percent of Jews today are not observant. Considering the extremes of the right and left, the audience was surprised to hear about an old Pittsburgh platform in which liberal Jews wanted to move Shabbat from Saturday to Sunday. (It didn’t fly.) Or the right-winger that claimed that the internet was “evil.” He summed it up, saying, “G-d doesn’t send a problem before he sends a solution.” Technology now is a gift for teaching, he said.

“We are pioneering a spiritual revolution. We are taking a leadership role, not a defensive role, and thriving! ‘Ani Ma’amin,’ Jews sing, ‘I have faith’ even in the worst of times!” ■

LOCAL NEWS

Fighting Anti-Semitism ‘For the Future of the Country’

By Dave Schechter The top U.S. diplomat focused on anti-Semitism forecast an intensified government response during a Sunday night address to an event sponsored by the Atlanta Israel Coalition.

Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combatting Anti-Semitism Elan Carr discussed a meeting he attended in July that included Attorney General William Barr, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and FBI Director Christopher Wray.

“That conference was unprecedented,” Carr told 250 people at the Atlanta Jewish Academy. “You’ll see big things happen.”

“The president of the United States really cares about this. The secretary of state cares about this,” Carr said. The 51-year-old Carr had been a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office for more than a decade when he was appointed special envoy in February by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

“This administration, of which I am so proud to be a part, is committed in unprecedented fashion to fighting against anti-Semitism around the world, to the protection of the Jewish people, and to the support of Israel,” Carr said.

He gave his audience something of a global tour of anti-Semitism, citing three main sources: ethnic supremacy on the right, Israel hatred on the left, and militant Islam. “They should hate each other more than anything else on earth, yet they’re united in their hatred of the Jewish people,” he said.

Carr decried “the so-called new anti-Semitism that dresses up Jew hatred with a fig leaf of anti-Zionism and anti-Israel.”

Nonetheless, he said, “Anti-Semitism on the left is no more important than the other two legs of the stool. We don’t rank kinds of Jew hatred. We don’t care what ideological clothing it wears. To rank them is only to help those who are weaponizing anti-Semitism for political gain.”

Referencing the problem in Europe, Carr said, “As we approach the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz … only 75 years since the Nazi crematoria have cooled, we see firsthand the human wreckage left behind on a continent by anti-Semitic ideology.”

Carr said that he soon will make his first trip to the Arab world, to the Gulf region. “Any Arab country that traffics in anti-Semitism is doing the work of Iran,” the diplomat said, connecting anti-Semitism with Iran as part of a “strategy that has more potential to move the needle on anti-Semitism in the Arab world than ever before.”

Though the mandate of his office is anti-Semitism outside of the United States, the White House “has specifically tasked me to focus” on the issue domestically, as well, Carr said.

“The fight against anti-Semitism is the fight for the future of our country,” he said.

Carr said many of this nation’s college campuses have become “disgraceful places of open anti-Semite venom” and said that enhanced Jewish education is needed so that young people are better equipped to counter anti-Semitism.

“The amount of damage done to this fight by some Jews is beyond description,” Carr said, referencing Jewish students and faculty who have advanced anti-Israel

Photos by Joel Alpert/MarketPower // Speaking to a packed house, Elan Carr puts anti-Semitism and his role with the administration into perspective.

Leading the cause of unity in support of Israel are program leaders Anat Sultan-Dadon, consul general of Israel; Elan Carr, U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism; and Cheryl Dorchinsky, founder of Atlanta Israel Coalition.

actions at universities. He singled out Jewish Voice for Peace as “an organization that has its name on almost every venomous action” happening on campuses.

Carr also likened the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement to economic boycotts against Jews promulgated by the Nazi-era brownshirts in Germany.

During a question-and-answer period, Carr was asked about President Donald Trump’s remark that Jews who vote for Democrats are insufficiently loyal to the Jewish people and to Israel.

“As the leader of the Republican Party, the president is entitled to make the case that the Republicans Party is better at supporting Jewish interests than the Democratic Party,” Carr said. “If the president makes that case, I think we have to take it in that context.”

“The degree to which this president’s words were taken out of context, intentionally, is appalling. If you

want to criticize him, criticize him, but don’t take his words out of context,” said Carr, adding that his position requires a non-partisan stance.

“This president is so absolutely, passionately supportive of the Jewish people. He loves the Jewish people.”

Carr said that when he represented the federal government at the funeral of Lori Gilbert Kaye, who was killed in April when a gunman attacked the Chabad center in Poway, Calif., “I was authorized by the White House to say that we are at war with these white supremacists.”

“I’m going to fight this fight. It’s my job and I’ll fight it with the full weight of the United States of America,” Carr said, “But to actually win the war against this ancient, relentless pathology, even the United States alone cannot do that. What we need in this fight is perhaps the most elusive asset of all, Jewish unity. We need the Jewish people to stand together,” he said to applause. ■

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LOCAL NEWS

Dahlonega Says ‘No’ to Nazis

Photo by Roni Robbins // Signs protest Nazis

and white supremacy at the rally.

By Roni Robbins The “Patriot” rally in downtown Dahlonega Saturday pitted a small group of demonstrators with connections to white nationalists against triple the number of protestors carrying signs saying, “Nazis not welcome in Georgia.”

The demonstration was organized

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Chester Doles, a well-known KKK and white supremacist member, organized the rally.

by a known member of the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacist movement who originally advertised it as a rally in support of President Donald Trump.

Such gatherings are always “incredibly upsetting” to the Anti-Defamation League, according to Allison PadillaGoodman, director of the ADL’s Southeast region. “We see a lot of movement

that signals attempts at normalizing anti-Semitism and hatred,” she said.

“They are couching hate in more normal mainstream platforms. This rally is an example of that.”

At the rally, the demonstrators and counter-protesters – kept at a distance by barricades and an overwhelming police presence – maintained a peaceful rally in this historic North Georgia tourist town known for its gold rush and factory outlet about an hour north of Atlanta.

More than 450 officers from throughout the region, including a prison contingency in riot gear, far outnumbered the two factions, the first with 30 far-right “patriots,” at least two with ties to white nationalism, including antiSemitism, and the second, a much more vocal group of around 100 anti-Nazi, antifascist protesters.

The patriot camp made no mention of Nazism Saturday. The only sign of farright beliefs was the small group wearing lime green T-shirts stating: “Confederate Patriot Rebel: Breathing Life Back into the American People.”

No violence was reported, and religion was only mentioned briefly, such as when one pro-patriot speaker cited lessons from Jesus, in contrast with the presence of pastors and church groups among the counter-protestors. Not to mention the signs saying “There are no Nazis in heaven.”

“Regardless of race or religion, we are here because fascism threatens us all,” Claudia Andrade, representing the Party for Socialism and Liberalism, yelled into a megaphone. While religion wasn’t a topic of choice, political ideologies, immigration, gun-control and racism were.

Andrade and others on her side of

the police barriers led chants throughout the two-hour rally that included such refrains as: “Sexist. Racist. Anti-Gay. All the Nazis Go Away,” “No Nazis, No KKK. No fascists USA,” “No hate, no fear. Immigrants are welcome here” and “When black people are under attack, what are we going to do? Stand up, fight back.”

The organizer of the rally, Chester Doles, a Lumpkin County resident, has been in and out of federal prison, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which also reported last week that he is currently on probation for a 2016 assault.

“What’s particularly troubling to me is that Chester Doles is a longtime white supremacist. … He tried to spin the rally as a family-friendly gathering to support their politician.”

At the rally Saturday, Doles summed up his violent checkered past as “youthful indiscretion.”

Of Doles, Army veteran Dustin Penner said at the rally: “He drew the permit and got a lot of flak because of his past, so I drew the permit.”

The pair and others spoke proudly outside the Dahlonega-Lumpkin Visitors Center of their support for President Trump, the military and police.

Speaker Jovi Val was probably the most radical. He is reportedly a farright neo-fascist who promotes political violence and became a white nationalist with extremist views, including antiSemitism, according to online sources.

At the rally, he said he was disappointed more Confederate flags weren’t among others at the event. “If they are allowed to wave the hammer and sickle rebel flag,” he said about the protestors’ signs, although no such flags were observed, he believed his group of demon-

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Jovi Val is known as a far-right neo-fascist and white nationalist who promotes political violence.

strators should have been able to wave the stars and bars, the Confederate symbols.

“I believe in the Second Amendment.

I believe in the right to bear arms,” he said. “At the end of the day we want to see a free America.”

Dov Wilker, regional director of the American Jewish Committee in Atlanta, said “it’s sad to see rallies and marches by white supremacists. It is frustrating

to know that these types of people have a voice in our community.

“Looking on the bright side, there was a sizeable counter-protest that promoted the idea that all people are equal.

Our best response is to continue our pioneering work in bridge-building and Jewish advocacy to ensure that all communities have a better understanding of the hatred that we face.”

Counter-protestor Estevan Her-

Photo by Roni Robbins // Police from throughout the region

descended on downtown Dahlonega to keep the peace.

nandez said Saturday’s rally gave the far-right demonstrators a chance to get a foothold in Georgia. “We are against fascism together and united,” shouted Hernandez, representing the ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition.

Among the few downtown Dahlonega businesses that remained open during the rally, Shenanigans Restaurant and Irish Pub had live folk music on its

back patio that played before and after the rally. Stephen Stills’ “Love the One You’re With,” one of the songs heard in passing, seemed a fitting commentary on the event. On one side of the restaurant entrance a small rainbow-colored flag in the ground saying “love, freedom and equality,” stood parallel to another tiny sign showing an American flag contained in a heart with the phrase: “Hate has no home here.” ■

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BUSINESS MendenFreiman Adds Six Attorneys

By Eddie Samuels Lance Einstein first interviewed with MendenFreiman in 2006, shortly after graduating from law school. Now, 13 years later, he’s joining the Atlanta boutique law firm as one of its newest partners, along with five other attorneys.

“Larry [Freiman] and I have known each other for a while now and we’d run into each other every once in a while,” Einstein said.

“But I was actually at my now-sister-in-law’s 30th birthday and Larry was there because she babysat for one of his kids.”

That chance meeting led to another over coffee, both events seeming fated to happen, according to Einstein and Freiman.

Einstein and fellow new MendenFreiman partner Jeffrey Kess were looking for a new home and MendenFreiman was searching for new attorneys following the retirement of co-founding partner George Menden.

“It was important to us that we brought in more like-minded attorneys to help take the firm through its next phase,” Freiman said. “Lance and Jeffrey really were right in line with what was important to us in terms of the core values of the business.”

Joining Einstein and Kess after leaving Gomel Davis & Watson, LLC — on cordial terms — are three new associates:

Jeffrey Kess and Lance Einstein are the two newest partners of MendenFreiman.

Amy McGehee, Ashley Duel and Matthew Paolillo; and Chris Citty, a senior associate.

While MendenFreiman has focused on business law and estate, trust and tax planning, the new team brings decades of experience in tax controversy work and will help to establish MendenFreiman as a player in that field.

“It allows us to expand into a practice area that we weren’t in previously,” Freiman said. “It brought in a complimentary practice because they represent the same clients that we represent in the business and tax planning practice. So when these clients have an IRS audit or state-level Department of Revenue examination, they know where to look for representation.” ■

New Judge of Medicare Hearings and Appeals

By Roni Robbins

a court-appointed lawyer, for nearly 20 years in family court, where he advocated Udell Levy was sworn in last month as the interests of abused and neglected chila judge of the U.S. Department dren. of Health & Human Services’ Levy was an administraOffice of Medicare Hearings tive law judge for the Kentucky and Appeals in Atlanta.

Department of Workers’ Claims In his new role, he will for two years, experience he said decide disputes about Medilends itself to his current position care entitlement, coverage as he decided if injured workers and medical necessity. He said were entitled to medical benefits.

Udell Levy recently his main priority is to move While Medicare benefits became a judge in along the backlog of more are a big political hot potato, the U.S. Office of than 300,000 cases of people Medicare Hearings and Levy personally believes, “In Appeals in Atlanta. appealing Medicare. “People this country, everyone ought to who have appeals in the Medicare system are have the right to reasonable and necessary waiting 1,000 days from the time the case is health care. It’s not a privilege only to those filed to the time they get a hearing.” who have the money to pay for it.”

Levy, formerly of Louisville, Ky., has In Louisville, Levy was also past chairbeen a lawyer for nearly 40 years. He has man of the Jewish Community Relations more than two decades of experience Council for the Jewish Federation of Louisville. representing injured workers.

He said Louisville is very similar to Atlanta, a He worked for the office of the public Southern city with an active and vocal Jewish defender and served as a guardian ad litem, community, although on a smaller scale. ■ 10 | SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

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ISRAEL PRIDE

News From Our Jewish Home Yad Vashem Marks 80th Anniversary

Eighty years after the beginning of World War II on Sept. 1, 1939, Yad Vashem is releasing a new online exhibit to commemorate the occasion. “1939: Jewish Families on the Brink of War,” shows the progression of the hatred and fear leading up to the war through documents, photographs and artifacts from the museum’s archives.

A diary entry from 1939 reflects the feelings of much of the Jewish community at the time. Mira Zabludowski had already located to pre-Israel Palestine and was visiting her parents in Warsaw when the world-altering events happened.

“The time is 4:00 p.m. The sound of artillery fire has been going on nonstop for twenty hours. The noise of machine guns and the thunder of the planes overhead have been reverberating in the air and increase the terror. My ears and head ache. You can’t hear what’s being said. Just boom! Boom! Boom! A block of houses in the city center is on fire. Suddenly there is a terrible noise, then moans and screams — houses collapse in the old city and we

Today in Israeli History Sept. 20, 1890: Rahel Bluwstein, considered the founding mother of modern Hebrew poetry, is born in Russia. She begins writing poetry at age 15 and makes aliyah in 1909. After living in Rehovot and at a training farm along the Sea of Galilee, she studies agriculture in France, then settles at Kibbutz Degania in 1919.

She is one of the first modern poets to write in Hebrew in a conversational style.

run to save those buried alive under the rubble. Suddenly the sky darkened — a cloud of smoke descended over the city.”

To see Yad Vashem’s “1939: Jewish Families on the Brink of War” exhibit, visit www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/1939/index.asp.

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McDonald’s Corporation is engaged in an agreement to purchase Israeli-founded startup Apprente, which is a leader in “conversational voice-based technology,” according to a statement by the fast-food behemoth.

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Sept. 22, 2000: Yehuda Amichai, the poet laureate of Jerusalem, dies of lymphoma at age 76. Born in Germany, Amichai made aliyah with his family in 1935. He served with the British army in World War II and with the Palmach during the War of Independence. Themes of war, peace and loss are prominent in his poetry, including “God Takes Pity on Kindergartners,” which Yitzhak Rabin read during his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in 1994. His poems have been translated into more than 40 languages.

Sept. 23, 2003: Simcha Dinitz, whose long career as an Israeli diplomat includ-

league roster, but very few ever manage to do so. A significantly smaller subset of even those lucky, talented few are on display at the Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot, based in Tel Aviv.

The museum has assembled a roster comprised of the best Jewish baseball players at each position, reportedly to go alongside a New York screening of “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel,” a documentary about the nation’s run in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

The museum’s squad is listed below, and will no doubt lead to endless debate: Catcher: Harry Danning First baseman: Hank Greenberg Second baseman: Ian Kinsler Shortstop: Lou Boudreau Third baseman: Al Rosen Outfielders: Shawn Green, Sid Gordon and Ryan Braun Designated hitter: Alex Bregman Starting pitchers: Sandy Koufax and Ken Holtzman, left-handers; Steve Stone, Barney Pelty and Jason Marquis, right-handers. ■ law after Israel’s War of Independence that allowed Jews to emigrate as long as they sold their homes and property first.

Photo by Moshe Milner, Israeli Government Press Office // Adviser Simcha Dinitz (right) joins

a wreath on the coffin of poet Yehuda Amichai in Jerusalem on Sept. 24, 2000.

(right) submits his resignation letter to President Shimon Peres on Sept. 21, 2008.

Museum Creates All-Time Jewish Baseball Roster

ment, but she concedes her inability to do so Oct. 26. Elections are held in February 2009, and although Kadima wins the most seats with 28, it is Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu who forms a governing coalition.

Photo by Amos Ben Gershom, Israeli Government Press Office // President Moshe Katsav lays

Photo by Ohayon Avi, Israeli Government Press Office /// Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

more accurate ordering” at the restaurant’s drive-throughs.

Apprente is based out of Silicon Valley and was founded in 2017 by Itamar Ariel, who is a researcher and former University of Tennessee professor in the field of artificial intelligence. Prior to the purchase, the company had raised $4.8 million in venture financing.

Its 16 employees will be brought onboard at McDonald’s, but they won’t be flipping burgers. Instead, they are forming the foundation of a new team called the McD Tech Labs, which will work with the company’s innovation center in Chicago to improve technology in franchise locations across the world.

The statement added that while currently the focus is on drive-through orders, the technology could adapt to serve various other roles, including mobile and in-store ordering kiosks.

Prime Minister Golda Meir for a chat with Henry Kissinger at the Israeli ambassador’s residence in Washington on Feb. 27, 1973.

ed serving as ambassador to the United States from 1973 to 1978, dies at age 74.

He played a key role in securing airlifted U.S. weapons for Israel during the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. “He was a superb representative of his country whose role in saving his country in the 1973 war has never been adequately appreciated,” Henry Kissinger said.

Sept. 24, 1950: Two planes carrying 177 Jews to Israel from Aden mark the final flights of Operation Magic Carpet, the airlift of Jews from their ancient community in Yemen. Nearly 50,000 Yemeni Jews were flown to Israel during the 15 months of the operation, also known as On the Wings of Eagles. The operation took advantage of a change in Yemeni

Sept. 25, 1917: Amir Gilboa, one of Israel’s leading poets, is born as Berl Feldmann in Ukraine. He makes aliyah in 1937, serves in North Africa with the British army in World War II and fights in Israel’s War of Independence. His contemplative, often heavy poems draw on his military experiences and biblical issues of morality. Gilboa wins the Bialik Prize in 1971 and the Israel Prize in 1982.

Sept. 26, 2002: Rabbi Zerach Warhaftig, a founder of the National Religious Party and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at age 96 in Jerusalem. A native of Belorussia, he became involved in religious Zionism as a teen in Poland. He went to Lithuania at the start of World War II and was part of a delegation in 1940 that asked Japanese Consul Chiune Sugihara to issue exit visas for Jews; Sugihara defied his government and helped save thousands of Jews.

Warhaftig made aliyah in 1947. ■ Items are provided by the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org), where you can find more details.

ISRAEL NEWS President Rivlin's ‘Declaration of Our Common Destiny’

President Reuven Rivlin introduced the Declaration of Our Common Destiny in a speech Sept. 10 at his official residence in Jerusalem.

By President Reuven Rivlin Today, at Beit HaNasi in Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Israel and the heart of the Jewish people, I received the Declaration of Our Common Destiny. The document, which is a roadmap for future relations between the Jewish people in Israel and around the world, is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, the Genesis Philanthropy Group and Beit HaNasi.

The document was presented by over 30 leading thinkers from Israel and across the Jewish world, from all shades of the spectrum of Jewish life and I want to thank them and the initiators of the project for being part of this important effort.

Friends, the miracle of the Jewish people is not only that we survived for thousands of years. The real miracle is that, despite the fact that we were spread all over the world, speak different languages, and developed different traditions, we always were one people.

Despite our differences, we remained bound by our shared history, our core values and beliefs, our Book of Books, and our commitment to improving the world.

It helped that our enemies always saw us as one people. Our enemies didn’t differentiate between one stream of Judaism and another. Secular, Haredi, Reform, Conservative, Masorti: for them we are all Jews.

Today, we face a different kind of

challenge. Jewish communities around the world have integrated successfully into their home countries. This has created new challenges to Jewish identity and to the Jewish people.

The future of the Jewish people depends on three things: preserving our core values, traditions and identity; mutual respect for our differences; and mutual responsibility to each other. We must embrace our unity and our diversity. We must see our diversity not as a source of weakness, but a source of strength.

Dear friends, when I say that the future of the Jewish people depends on preserving our identity, mutual respect, and mutual recognition, I also mean the future of the State of Israel. As a Jewish and democratic state, Israel is essential for the survival of the Jewish people. In the same way, a thriving Jewish people, our fifth tribe, is essential for the survival of the State of Israel.

Today is just the start of the journey.

From here, Our Common Destiny will go on a Jewish ‘world tour’. It will initiate conversations between communities, streams and generations.

I look forward to welcoming it back to Jerusalem after it has been enriched by all the different colors that make up the Jewish family. If we sincerely embrace our diversity while cherishing our shared history, then this document can truly serve as a set of principles for our common destiny, a roadmap for the future of the Jewish people. ■ ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 | 13

OPINION Thank You, but Leave My Name out of It I was explaining to a for its leaders and machfriend my reluctance – even ers (plural of “one who gets after writing about my canthings done,” in Yiddish). It cer diagnosis in this column can be said to honor some– to have my name said one called up to the Torah, aloud as part of a Mi Sheand for that person’s family, berach (“May the one who or for a bride and groom, or blesses”) list. for a b’nai mitzvah. I found Perhaps it is my lack of a mention of doctors and religiosity, or my skepticism nurses reciting the Mi Sheabout the efficacy of prayer Dave berach in the operating the– the available research is Schechter ater.

From Where I Sit a mixed bag of yes, no, and There also is a Mi Shemaybe – or feeling that there berach for people who don’t are others in greater need of such invoca- talk during services. This effort to protions. mote decorum during worship dates to Or, maybe, I have an unrealistic de- the 17th century C.E., so kibbitzing (from sire to feel that I can maintain a modi- the Yiddish “to offer gratuitous advice as cum of control over the situation. [For an outsider”) may be as old as the service the record, I’m receiving the recom- itself. mended treatments and adjusting to beA version of the prayer recited in ing a member of that club no one wants many non-Orthodox congregations to join.] translates to English as: “May the one When I hear a friend’s name on a who blessed our ancestors, Abraham, Mi Sheberach list, I naturally am curious Isaac and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel about their condition. But shouldn’t it be and Leah, bless and heal those who are left to the person who is ill to decide what ill. May the Blessed Holy One be filled and whom to tell, rather than my seeking with compassion for their health to be out that information? Would I not be en- restored and their strength to be revived. gaging in lashon hora (evil speech) or re- May God swiftly send them a complete chilut (gossiping) by inquiring with a mu- renewal of body and spirit, and let us say, tual friend, possibly putting that person Amen.” in an uncomfortable position?

As recited by Orthodox Jews, the Leviticus 19:16 says: “You shall not go prayer for those who are ill begins: “May up and down as a slanderer among your He who blessed our fathers, Abraham, people.” Some sources included the sub- Isaac and Jacob, Moses and Aaron, David stitution of “talebearer” for “slanderer.” and Solomon …” There is no mention of This column, suggested by the the matriarchs. above-mentioned friend, is the latest exThe phrase “complete renewal” (reample of how my work provides me the fuah shleimah, in Hebrew) may mean opportunity to learn more about aspects healing or cure, but also might mean of Judaism and Jewish life. At the outset, I bringing peace to someone with a termiknew that the Mi Sheberach was a prayer nal illness. for people who are ill or recovering from In some congregations the names an accident, and that the rendition by the of those for whom prayers are offered late Jewish folksinger Debbie Friedman are said aloud (by congregants and/or is popular in many non-Orthodox con- the rabbi or cantor), in others they are gregations. said silently. Some congregations say the I did not know that the Mi Sheber- names in English. When Hebrew names ach has multiple applications and that are used to pray for someone ill, the there is no uniformity in how the prayer mother’s name is added, as opposed to is presented within and across the vari- prayers in which a Hebrew name is folous Jewish movements. lowed by the father’s name.

The Mi Sheberach, which traditionWhile the research I did for this colally is said during the Torah service, umn did not have change my disinclinadates to the 13th century C.E. (Common tion to have my name said aloud, I do Era) and the “Machzor Vitry,” compiled find myself less inclined to object when by a French Talmudic scholar named rabbis and friends say they will keep my Simhah ben Samuel. name on their personal Mi Sheberach The prayer can be offered for the lists. well-being of a community, particularly To them, all I can say is thank you. ■ 14 | SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

The Last Class in Munkacs

REFLECTIONS

By Bob Bahr It was one of the most progressive experiments in the history of Jewish secondary education in Eastern Europe. The Munkacs Hebrew Gymnasium, in a major Jewish community in the Carpathian Mountains, was established in 1925 as a school where every subject in a modern high school curriculum was taught in Hebrew. Young Jewish men and women studied alongside one another as equals. Historians have described it as the most prestigious Jewish high school east of Warsaw.

One of the last graduates of that esteemed institutions was Eugen Schoenfeld of Atlanta, who died earlier this year at the age of 93. He was a retired professor of sociology and a former chair of the sociology department at Georgia State University. We were close friends in the last decade of his life and he often spoke of his school years in Munkacs as among the most important in his life.

The school was taught by a staff which had a deep commitment to Zionism. Some were fortunate enough to flee the city in the years leading up to World War II. A 1934 document in the archives of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum signed by 20 graduates of the class of 1934 promises that they will all meet 10 years later, on the eve of Passover, by the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Ten of the signatories were still alive in 1944 for that fateful meeting. The founder of the school, Dr. Chaim Kugel, made his way to Jerusalem as well, and eventually served as mayor of the city of Holon in the modern State of Israel.

Dr. Schoenfeld’s father was a bookseller in Munkacs, and although he was an observant, Orthodox Jew, he, and all the other parents who sent their children to the Gymnasium, were excommunicated. It was done by the most important religious figure in Munkacs, the Munkaczer Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapira. For 24 years he ruled his community with an iron fist.

When the cornerstone for the new school was being laid in 1925, the rebbe gathered his followers in the Great Synagogue and by the light of black candles, symbolically banished all the teachers and staff of the Gymnasium along with any parent who sent their children there.

The rebbe had established a large yeshiva to rival the secular school and he admonished his religious family to shun their co-religionists. He was an ardent anti-Zionist and in a 1934 newsreel film, can be seen wagging his finger in opposition to immigration, particularly to America.

But the same newsreel, shot by a visiting Soviet camera crew, showed the young men and women of the Gymnasium dancing a spirited Israeli horah. Also seen in the newsreel of the time is a 9-year-old Schoenfeld, singing the “Hatikvah,” the Zionist anthem, with his secular elementary school classmates.

Life in Munkacs, where Schoenfeld grew up, became increasingly difficult for Jews after the Munich conference in 1938. Munkacs became a part of Hungary, which allied itself with Nazi Germany, and the economic noose around Jews tightened.

While Jews in Paris, Amsterdam, Vilna, and Vienna were being transported to their deaths in the concentration camps, Schoenfeld and his fellow students continued their studies at the Gymnasium. Hungary’s alliance

Students of the Munkacs Hebrew Gymnasium in 1941 on a holiday outing.

with Nazi Germany postponed, for a time, the Final Solution.

Schoenfeld graduated in the spring of 1943, after passing his final written and oral exams in Hebrew, the last graduating class before the German invasion of Hungary in April of 1944. By May 30, the German commandant of Munkacs could certify that the city was Judenrein, all 15,000 Jews had been shipped off to Auschwitz. The gymnasium became a German military hospital.

Schoenfeld and his father, the bookseller, were among the 2,000 that survived, but his mother, his brother, sister and so many of his classmates, friends and family were murdered.

Document signed by 20 of the 1934 graduating class of the Munkacs Hebrew Gymnasium vowing to meet in Jerusalem in 1944.

The great educational experiment in Munkacs, like so much that was so glorious about Jewish life in preHolocaust Europe, had died as well. ■

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EDUCATION Path Forward After Vape-Related Deaths

By Eddie Samuels

takes effect Jan. 2, 2020.

This week’s headlines have been Vape Outbreak dominated by vape-related disease and At deadline, there have been seven death, and policymakers’ attempts to ad- vaping-related deaths reported nationdress the issue. wide. As of Sept. 11, the Centers for DisLast December, the AJT spoke to a ease Control and Prevention also reportnumber of Atlanta vaping and addic- ed 380 cases of lung illness associated tion experts on the dangers, with the use of e-cigarette concerns and initiatives surproducts reported from 36 rounding the topic. With the states, including Georgia. subject once again the focus These stories are tragic, of conversation and of conand much attention has cern to teachers, parents and zeroed in on the lack of community members, severregulation within the vape al counselors, educators and industry and availability of addiction experts discussed unknown, untested, blackthe issue in depth. market products.

Hear their thoughts on “There are 400 possible the current status of vape cases of disease and the CDC Christine Storm is regulation, the potential for is calling this an outbreak – regional director of banning flavored liquids and not quite an epidemic – but education for Caron Treatment Centers. oils, and the next steps in the that’s very concerning,” said fight against vaping.

Christine Storm, regional director of eduRecently Atlanta Mayor Keisha cation for Caron Treatment Centers. “The Lance Bottoms signed legislation that only chemical that they really have isobans smoking and vaping in restuarants, lated as the consensus for potential harm bars, workplaces and more. That ban is vitamin E acetate that seems to be

doesn’t feel like a scary thing to do when found in a lot of black-market THC oils.”

Much of Caron’s work on vaping has it’s mango-flavored.”

Moistner agreed, noting that the flafocused on prevention. Bethany Moistner is a student assistant specialist at Caron vors could create a perceived separation who works with metro Atlanta schools between vaping and traditional smoking on Caron’s CONNECT nicotine cessation or nicotine use.

“If you ask the students I work with program. She explained that because of the quick rise of vaping, not much re- in Atlanta what is in a vape, many would say water and flavoring,” she search has been done on the said. “They don’t even realhealth effects. ize that there are high levels “We’ve been telling kids of nicotine in the vape that for years that they’re going they’re ingesting. There is to be the guinea pig gena real stigma around cigaeration for what potential rettes, … but they don’t comhealth consequences this pare the two at all.” can cause and what needs to Lubell explained that change,” she said. banning flavored products Leslie Lubell is program would be a step in the right manager for HAMSA or direction, but doesn’t view it Helping Atlantans Manage Leslie Lubell says as a solution to the underlySubstance Abuse at Jewish vaping is not a highly ing problem.

Family & Career Services. regulated industry.

“It’s a Band-Aid. Of She explained that a lack of research, combined with the absence of course, we want to see dangerous prodregulation, has led to an industry that is ucts that appeal to and are marketed to booming with little concrete knowledge minors taken off the shelves and made less accessible, and we need to empower of the risks involved.

“It’s a highly unregulated industry,” our kids to make good decisions by preshe said. “Most of what is being sold senting them with reliable information doesn’t go through any quality control about the risks associated with using or testing, and there’s no industry stan- these products,” Lubell said. “I think we dards for what chemicals are safe or un- need to be more focused on why kids are safe to put in these products. So, this was using these products in the first place, already a scary enterprise before hearing and how to empower them to make intrinsically motivated decisions.” that people were getting sick.”

Flavor Bans One proposed solution to some of the issues with vaping is to ban flavored liquids and oils that have become popular and, according to critics, appeal especially to younger audiences.

President Donald Trump’s administration announced Sept. 11 that it was preparing to ban those non-tobacco flavors.

“The big thing with flavors is that it can be incredibly enticing to young people,” Storm said.

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EDUCATION Why Vape?

revamped its substance abuse program“There are people using vaping to ming and provided an education opquit smoking cigarettes,” said Daniel Ep- portunity for parents on Monday. In partnership with The Berstein, director of client serman Center, the discussion vices for The Berman Center, touched on a number of suban addiction treatment censtance abuse issues, includter. But he explained that was ing vaping. not the case for teens. “That’s “We had this program a different story from going Monday night with The Berfrom zero to one — no nicoman Center to do a showtine use to vaping — there’s and-tell for parents and nothing healthy about that.” show them what vape pens The 2018 U.S. Food & look like and what parents Drug Administration Nashould look out for. … We’re The Weber School is tional Youth Tobacco Survey trying to provide more thrilled with that partnerfound that e-cigarette use programs about health ship and with providing among high schoolers was and wellness, said Head parents knowledge and suprising at an alarming rate, of School Ed Harwitz. port,” said AJA High School increasing 78 percent from 11.7 in 2017 to 20.8 percent in 2018. It also Counselor Pam Mason.

Beyond that conversation, the new found that tobacco use was on the rise with high schoolers, reversing previous programming also allows juniors and seniors to work with The Berman Center to trends of decline.

While the initial causes of first vap- become effective peer leaders capable of ing can be wide and varied, Moistner supporting seventh- through 10th-graders. pointed to curiosity and Home Plate wanting to blend in as two One common theme for common “whys” Atlantamany of those interviewed area students share with her. was the importance of honThe reasons they continue to est and open conversations, vape are more complicated, beginning at the home level. she said.

“I really encourage par“One of the biggest ents to communicate their things is stress,” Moistner values and standards that said. “I think we don’t often they expect,” Epstein said. give teenagers enough cred“Make it clear that this is not it or we dismiss it because Kelly Cohen of they don’t have the same JumpSpark said parents something that we do, but stressors that adults have. … need more information having a conversation about the boundaries is very imto help their children.

They have a lot of stress and portant.” don’t really know how to Kelly Cohen, director of JumpSpark deal with that.” teen programming, explained that while they may want to have that conversation School Address Rabbi Ed Harwitz, head of school with their children, often parents can feel undereducated on these at The Weber School, noted topics and not know where that one means through to turn. which they were addressing “I think adults educatthese complicated subjects ing themselves and preparwas through the new Weber ing to have some difficult sports science academy. conversations could go a “The goal is to provide long way,” she said. “Right a series of courses and pronow, I don’t feel like we’re grams around health and talking about it enough.” wellness,” he said. “Given Storm and Moistner recent data and that there noted that modeling positive have been tragic situations Bethany Moistner, behavior was an important with vaping, we want to raise a student assistant specialist at Caron step for parents. awareness even more. The Treatment Centers, “Being a good role modsports science academy gives works with metro el for dealing with stress us a formal setting where it Atlanta schools on and anxiety is important,” can be talked about and broCaron’s nicotine Storm said. “We definitely ken down and students can cessation program. learn our coping skills from learn scientifically what the our families and the people around us impacts are.”

The Atlanta Jewish Academy also without even thinking about it.” ■ ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 | 17

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U.S. Sees Decline in International Student Enrollment When the president of Georgia State University, Mark Becker, participated earlier this month in GSU’s World Affairs Council, he reaffirmed how important education has been as a driving force in international affairs.

Last December, Becker made his first visit to Is- Bob rael. Although that trip was Bahr sponsored by Project Interchange, the nonprofit educational institute of the American Jewish Committee, he was careful to balance his admiration of Israeli higher education and scientific prowess with a concern for the deep political chasm between Israel and the Palestinians.

“Diversity,” he was quoted in Georgia State’s student newspaper at the time, “is a main topic of conversation.”

International education, once seen as a prime avenue to foster understanding between the nations of the world,+ has, in recent years, become a contentious and emotionally charged political battlefield.

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Kirsty Williams, the minister of education in Wales, U.K., met with Becker at the World Affairs Council program Sept. 6 on “Innovating International Education.”

“It is more important than ever to show the world that we are not sufficient in education; that we will not turn our back on the world.”

In late August, a foreign student from Lebanon who had been awarded a scholarship to study at Harvard University, was barred by immigration officials from entering the United States to begin his studies. Even though he had been issued a visa to study in this country, when he landed in Boston, immigration officers searched his laptop and phone and found what they described as comments made by some of his friends that were hostile to American policy decisions. They sent him back to Lebanon.

After much publicity and lengthy discussions in Washington, D.C., he was allowed to come back to Boston and be-

International students contribute more than $39 billion to the national economy.

gan his studies earlier this month.

Incidents like this are blamed, in part, for the decreasing numbers of foreign students coming to the United States for their college education over the past several years. According to the Institute of International Education, new foreign student enrollment in the United States fell by 6.6 percent in 2017-18, which was double the drop

from the previous year. While the total number of international students in the U.S. grew slightly in those years, the drop in new enrollees is said to be the biggest since the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in 2001.

In the last 20 years, according to The Economist magazine, the number of international students has more than doubled and will double again by 2025,

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Georgia State University President Mark Becker, a strong supporter of international education, made his first trip to Israel in December.

from 2 million in 2000 to 7 to 8 million tional student declines.”

Rachel Banks, the public policy in the next five years. As America has director of NAFSA, lost foreign students, confirms that the decountries such as crease appears to be Australia, China and continuing.

Canada have gained But it’s not just them. And there are the policies of the new players in the federal government marketplace. Japan that are affecting has a goal of 300,000 international educastudents by 2020, tional exchanges. In which is 60 percent April, Georgia State’s more than just four student government years ago. And Mainterjected itself in laysia is hoping to that conversation by have 250,000 foreign attempting to end students attending the university's partheir universities by Mark Becker ticipation in a long2025.

In recent years in America, foreign standing international educational students have helped to pad education exchange program between law enbudgets and subsidize local students. forcement officers in Israel and GeorThe latest analysis by NAFSA, the As- gia. The measure was decisively tabled but could be brought sociation of Interup again this fall national Educators, when the student shows that the nearly government recon1.1 million internavenes. tional students studyRobbie Friedmaing at U.S. colleges nn, a retired professor and universities conof criminal justice who tributed $39 billion has run the Georgia and supported more International Law Enthan 455,000 jobs to forcement Exchange the U.S. economy durprogram since 1992, ing the 2017–2018 acahas noted that presdemic year. sure to end the proAccording to a gram has increased in survey released in the last 10 years, but May of this year by GILEE Founding Director so far the president of NAFSA: “a significant Robbie Friedmann GSU has refused. proportion of instituThe hope is that the insights Becker tions report that the U.S. social and political environment (60%) and feeling has gained from last year’s trip to Israel unwelcome in the United States (48.9%) will help to fend off future attempts to are factors contributing to new interna- shut the program down. ■ ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 | 19

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The College Scene

By Mark L. Fisher The Chronicle of Higher Education has recently published its yearly almanac with a multitude of statistics for its 2019-2020 edition.

From the newest almanac, here are some questions for AJT readers to answer. Note that answers are based on Mark the options presented, not Fisher necessarily the top or best in the entire category. Often, there are colleges rated even higher in the almanac.

Here they go: 1. Which public college has the highest average pay for full professors? A. Rutgers University at Newark, B. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, C. University of Texas, D. University of Massachusetts.

2. Among these private nonprofit institutions, which has the highest average pay for full professors? A. Harvard University, B. University of Chicago, C. Yale University, D. Vanderbilt University.

3. Among non-STEM faculty members, what was the most important goal in teaching? A. Prepare students for graduate or advanced education, B. Prepare for employment after college, C. Promote ability to write effectively, D. Teach tolerance and respect for different beliefs.

4. Private nonprofit institutions are expensive. Which is the most expensive (excluding any financial aid)? A. University of Pennsylvania, B. Brandeis University, C. Harvey Mudd College, D. Duke University.

5. Which public university has the best six-year graduation rate? A. Virginia Tech, B. University of Georgia, C. University of Maryland, D. Ohio State.

6. Which four-year public college has the best four-year graduation rate?

A. University of New Hampshire, B. The Citadel, C. University of Connecticut, D. Binghamton University.

7. Among these four-year private nonprofit colleges, which has the best four-year graduation rate? A. Cornell University, B. Northwestern University, C. Lehigh University, D. University of Miami.

8. Which doctoral university has the most foreign students? A. Northeastern University, B. Carnegie Mellon University, C. Boston University., D. Michigan State.

9. Which baccalaureate institution has the most foreign students? A. Mount Holyoke College, B. Franklin & Marshall University, C. Wellesley College, D. Bryn Mawr College.

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the most foreign students? A. School of Visual Arts (N.Y.), B. Savannah College of Art and Design, C. Pratt Institute, D. Rhode Island School of Design.

11. Which group was higher when it came to freshmen political views? A. far left, B. middle of the road, C. conservative, D. liberal.

12. Which was the fastest growing public college? A. Florida International University, B. Oregon State University, C. Northern Arizona University, D. Georgia Tech.

13. Which was the fastest growing private nonprofit doctoral institutions?

A. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B. University of New England, C. Belmont University, D. Chapman University.

14. For public doctoral institutions, the largest enrollment was at: A. University of Florida, B. Rutgers University, C. Michigan State, D. Arizona State.

15. The highest paid chief executive at a private nonprofit college was the head of: A. University of Rochester, B. Rice University, C. George Washington University, D. Dartmouth College.

16. When choosing a four-year college, what distance from home influenced incoming freshmen the most? A. 101 to 500 miles, B. 10 or less miles, C. 11 to 50 miles, D. 51 to 100 miles.

17. Rated “very important” for choosing a college, the following garnered the most votes: A. Offer of financial assistance, B. Very good academic reputation, C. Good reputation for social and extracurricular activities, D. College graduates get good jobs.

18. Which private nonprofit college had the largest enrollment? A. Bucknell University, B. Wesleyan University (Conn.) C. University of Richmond, D. High Point University.

19. The highest median wage at midcareer, by major was: A. economics, B. political science, C. accounting, D. criminal justice.

20. The top destination of American study-abroad students was: A. China, B. Australia, C. Thailand, D. Israel Answers: 1.A, 2.B, 3.C, 4.C, 5.C, 6.D, 7.A, 8.A, 9.A, 10.B, 11.B, 12.D, 13.B, 14.A, 15.A 16.C, 17.B, 18.D, 19.A, 20.D. ■ Mark Fisher is a college and career consultant at Fisher Educational Consultants, www.fishereducationalconsultants.com, and a consultant for the College Planning Institute, www.GotoCPI.com.

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Oglethorpe President Has Strong Political Voice

By Bob Bahr Last month Lawrence Schall, the president of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, read about the funeral of one of the 17 victims of the shootings in El Paso Aug. 3. The husband of the woman killed, Margie Reckard, didn’t have other family, so he invited anyone who wanted to come to her burial service to attend.

That afternoon Schall and his wife Betty got on a flight at the Atlanta airport and were among more than a thousand people who showed up to mourn.

The spur of the moment decision and the impact that it had on the 65-year-old educator was the subject of an op-ed that he authored for The Atlanta JournalConstitution recently. He wrote about the tremendous turnout for the funeral of a woman that most there did not know.

“I am both frightened for and embarrassed for my country and its leaders,” he wrote. “This night, I couldn’t have been more proud of its citizens.”

The blunt and emotional statement by Schall, who grew up in a well-to-do Jewish home in Wilmington, Del., is typical of the Oglethorpe president. In his 15 years at the helm of the university, he has mixed a passionate commitment to social justice and liberal ideals with a hard-nosed, conservative approach to fiscal management and educational leadership.

Fifteen years ago, when he first came to Oglethorpe, the university, which had a long and distinguished history, was mired in debt. Spending was outstripping

Under Schall’s leadership Oglethorpe University has raised more than $130 million.

revenues by $3 million a year. The campus might have been a shambles and the cash register was empty, but that didn’t matter to Schall.

“My wife and I come here almost every night and on the weekends, and we’d weed and mulch and she’d made curtains. We went to Goodwill and bought furniture for lounges. Just to give people a sense that somebody cared about the place and that you didn’t drive on campus and the first thing you saw was overflowing trash cans and weeds.”

Those hardscrabble days are long gone. Since he took over in 2006, he’s raised $130 million in new endowment money, completed a $50-million fundraising campaign two years ahead of schedule, built a new student center and added five global study campuses in

Lawrence Schall, who became the president of Oglethorpe University in 2006, is now the longestserving college president in Georgia.

Barcelona, Cape Town, Greece, Paris and Rome. He’s also helped to establish the Atlanta Laboratory for Learning, which has become a center for experiential education.

Last month the Atlanta Business Chronicle named him one of Atlanta’s most admired business leaders.

It’s an impressive record of achievement for someone who started his career as a civil rights lawyer in Philadelphia, and today volunteers as an attorney with the Georgia Justice Project to help rehabilitate prisoners after they’ve served their time.

But he was just following in the footsteps of his Dad, a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School and a top corporate litigator for DuPont. His father found time to be president of the Human Rights Commission of Delaware, lead the Jewish Federation of Delaware and serve as head of his Reform temple in Wilmington.

Today the son of the Delaware Jewish community leader has been instrumental in drafting and circulating a letter on gun control that has been signed by more than 600 college presidents; and he’s active in providing scholarships for young Hispanic immigrants that are here under the so-called Dreamers program.

At the end of this school year he’ll be retiring, and he’s hired a career coach to help him decide on his next challenge. With the memory of El Paso still fresh in his mind, he doesn’t think there will be any shortage of opportunities.

“I’m an optimist by nature,” he says, “but I’m not an optimist about America at this point. There’s this divide that’s been opened up that may take a generation to heal.” ■ 22 | SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES

EDUCATION

Israeli Choreographer Teaching at Emory

By Kevin C. Madigan Award-winning Israeli choreographer, dancer, and musician Dafi Altabeb has just begun a stint as a visiting professor for the fall semester at Emory University. She will be teaching two courses, Contemporary Modern Dance IV and Movement Improvisation as part of the Emory Dance & Movement Studies Program. One of her works will also be performed during the Emory Dance Company’s fall concert.

Why Emory? “It was actually not my choice to come to Emory; it was the other way around,” Altabeb said in a phone interview with the AJT. “They chose me. One of the professors saw one of my pieces presented in 2016, so when they were looking for an Israeli artist to bring here, they asked for me, and now the dance community in Atlanta has welcomed me so nicely.”

Altabeb’s work at Emory is part of the Visiting Artists Program, an initiative of the Israel Institute in Washington, D.C., that “brings outstanding Israeli filmmakers, choreographers, musicians, writers, theater practitioners, and visual artists to leading universities in North America for teaching residencies,” according to a statement. “Beyond engaging with students, visiting artists share contemporary Israeli culture with American communities.”

Altabeb, 43, founded and directs the Dafi Dance Group in Tel Aviv. She is a three-time recipient of the Israeli Ministry of Culture’s Excellence Award for Young Choreographers and another for ensemble performances of one of her pieces. She has also won the 2014 Rosenblum Award from the Municipality of Tel Aviv.

Her dancers have performed her works in numerous countries to significant acclaim.

She received her bachelor of education and teaching certificate at the Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts in Tel Aviv.

The day before we spoke, Altabeb picked the eight students who will take her class, out of a total of 60 applicants. “I really felt that I made the right choice,” she said. “At first I thought I would place an existing piece on them and recreate it, but watching them yesterday I felt a good vibe in terms of maybe creating something from the beginning.”

She added, “We watched a piece of mine on video and they already started to improvise, and were directing themselves to a place that I’m looking for. It was a nice experience. They really wish to create a common language; they are curious.”

Collaborating with Altabeb in the improvisation class is Lori Teague, director and associate professor of the Emory Dance program. “Dafi and I share a similar approach to teaching improvisation, perhaps because we access improvisation a lot to create our own choreography. It is a familiar world to us,” Teague told the AJT. “Dafi is an intense observer; she crafts her ideas from the movement itself, and from the movers in front of her. It feels very organic to work and play with her. I am excited that her lens will color my approach, and vice versa.”

Altabeb agreed. “It’s super interesting. We have a very nice communication. I try to study as much as I can from the people around me, to see how they work. I try to bring my style to a place I’m not familiar with, to

Dafi Altabeb is a visiting professor at Emory University’s dance program this fall.

Altabeb founded and directs the Dafi Dance Group in Tel Aviv.

make myself more accurate in each experience that is not in my comfort zone, in my language, and that makes me a better teacher and a better creator.”

Growing up in Israel, Altabeb imitated what she saw on television – dancers, Olympic gymnasts doing floor exercises – and when she joined the Girl Scouts at 9 she started taking things seriously.

“It was super important for me; I was really into creating dance pieces (for the other kids) and I was win-

ning first prize every time we competed, so from then on I wanted to focus on dance. I thought I would be best expressing myself through movement. It was present throughout my life to create something more than just taking ballet classes.” ■ Tickets for the dance company’s fall concert are available at the Emory Arts website, tickets.arts.emory.edu/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=123308.

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EDUCATION

Redesigned Temple Sinai Built on Inclusion

By Bob Bahr More than 50 years ago Jan Epstein was among a small group that began discussing how to start a new Reform temple in Sandy Springs. During the planning for that temple, which became Temple Sinai, they didn’t talk much about handicap access.

But with the implementation of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and a demand to open temples and synagogues to everyone, Epstein has made accessibility for the aging and disabled a major priority for the past 20 years.

When Temple Sinai rededicates its newly redesigned and remodeled building Sept. 22, just before Selichot services, it will be the culmination of her efforts to make the building more user-friendly.

Epstein has served as president of the congregation, directs a leadership training program there, and sat for 16 years on the national board of the Union for Reform Judaism, the main body for that denomination.

“We put our rabbis in wheelchairs and took them through the building and we found that while you could get a wheelchair into the men’s room, you couldn’t get a wheelchair into the stall. They could see for themselves what we were dealing with.”

Not only is Temple Sinai upgrading its physical space, but this year it has scheduled a high holiday service for those who have physical and mental limitations.

The service, which will be held Oct. 6, is open to the entire community and was developed with consideration for those with special needs.

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For many years, Jan Epstein hosted a weekly interview program about Jewish life on Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters.

Temple Sinai will host a high holiday service on Oct. 6 for those with disabilities in its newly remodeled building, seen in this architectural drawing.

“The service booklet has big print,” according to Epstein, “and I would describe it as a quiet, soothing service. We’re doing it on a Sunday, which will make it easier for family members to attend. We want to see how we can best serve a community of people who have issues that would make it difficult for them in a big service.”

Epstein, who has a 20-year-old grandson with special needs, co-chairs the Hineni (Hebrew for “here I am”) committee on accessibility at the temple and worked with design professionals to make sure her concerns were heard.

“I met with the architect and the contractor and said I am here for only one reason and that is to make sure that you make our entrance to the temple accessible for wheelchairs, walkers and canes.”

Temple Sinai, which already had a wheelchair

ramp by the front door, redesigned it and then renovated virtually every public space to make each more userfriendly and comfortable for its members.

Temple Sinai Executive Director Jack Feldman supervised the extensive remodeling job, which closed the temple to the public this summer.

“I am very proud of the work we’ve done. Our congregants who attend our high holiday services in the newly redesigned building are going to be very impressed.”

The Temple design committee made sure that worshippers will see and hear better than ever. There’s a new state-of-the-art sound system in the main sanctuary, chapel and library.

Those wearing hearing aids with a telecoil (t-coil) will be able to receive an amplified audio signal directly in their ear. New LED lighting has been installed throughout the building and new furniture that emphasizes ease and comfort has been put in place. Members with walkers, wheelchairs and other mobility issues will be able to open the doors of the main sanctuary with the press of a button.

All of these changes at Temple Sinai and at other congregations around the country are driven, in part, not just by the disabled, but by a growing number of seniors, who are among the most active participants in religious programs and worship services. Temple Sinai is a prominent member of the URJ, which has made accessibility a major concern.

With a grant from the Ruderman Family Foundation, the URJ has designed an online Disabilities Inclusion Learning Center that helps congregations in search of further information on topics such as early childhood education, mental health, and services for the deaf. Each February for the past 10 years, the movement has observed Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month.

Still, there are some who believe that the Jewish community can do more to promote inclusion. Sheri Denkensohn-Trott became a quadriplegic at the age of 16, but went on to a 25-year career as an attorney and helped found a national organization called Happy on Wheels.

“When it comes to disability, I have found that inclusion is still not fully understood,” she wrote on the URJ website, “and because religious organizations are exempt from laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), there is no legal mandate for compliance.

This exemption creates a major missed opportunity – to learn, adapt, and lead – and that opportunity has the possibility to positively impact the lives of all of G-d’s creations.” ■

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These alarming numbers alone would make anyone question how their private Jewish day school compares to the standards of Georgia public education, national public education, private education, or if their school has its own standards.

From the earliest of times, education has been at the forefront of our culture.

Since this inception of education, we have had educational standards which speak to the knowledge and skills a student should possess. Education standards, like Common Core are not a curriculum.

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Sollish has instituted the Zekelman Standards for chumash, Mishna, and Talmud. In 2010, the Menachem Education

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Foundation began a process to create standards for the teaching and learning of Tanach and Toshba (Mishnah/Gemara).

By 2016, The Zekelman Standards were improved, refined and made available for the benefit of all Jewish schools around the world. The Zekelman Standards for Chumash presents a significant milestone for Torah educators. They are founded on an approach to teaching Chumash, Mishnah and Talmud that is based on skills and mastery, as opposed to coverage alone.

This approach is deeply rooted in our heritage. Standards inform curriculum. They clearly spell out the type of knowledge and skills students need at each year level to be able to graduate as lifelong Torah learners.

The students are taught the correct respect and appreciation for the G-dly wisdom they are learning and its role in the everyday life of a Jewish person. These standards have at-

tracted international attention and are now informing classroom instruction, resource development, and above all, student learning.

Padron acquired iReady as a progress monitoring tool. What makes iReady different from other diagnostic testing is that it not only monitors progress three times a year, but it provides differentiated instruction and a toolkit of research-based interventions and strategies that remove any guessing as to what the students need. Teachers are more empowered to use effective instruction in their classes on a daily basis for those who are struggling and meet the needs of the above-average students who many times in schools are not challenged to their full potential.

The educational tool iReady provides user-friendly reports for parents and staff members in order to understand the results.

Padron states, “this is a wonderful tool for our school and we look forward to positive results going forward.”

Both of these programs promote a high level of standards and subsequently guide the curriculum and instruction for the day-to-day learning for the success of the students. It’s time we all navigate our school’s standards to ensure the success of our children’s future.

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ARTS Children’s Book Helps Kids Deal with Difficult Topic

By Robyn Spizman Gerson With the colors of a rainbow and the mission of uplifting others despite her personal loss, Jodi Kalson did the bravest thing possible: She chose to make a difference.

The attorney and Atlanta native and her husband Richard lost their twin infant daughter Harley at 8 1/2 months old to a rare disease. Their surviving twin daughter Micah was the blessing and inspiration for what Kalson did next. She provided an understanding for children about what happens when you die.

“The Girl Who Lives in the Sky” is a beautiful book giving an answer to the difficult question their 5-year-old daughter, Micah, asked, “Where does someone go when he or she passes away?” Kalson addresses this topic with sensitivity and meaning in her beautifully illustrated book.

In 2013, twins Micah and Harley were born at 27 weeks at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “We learned during pregnancy something was wrong

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Jodi Kalson’s children’s book about coping with death.

with Harley. They didn’t think she would survive the night, and at 4 days old, they informed us she had a congenital birth defect seen in less than 1 percent of all births. Harley survived 8 1/2 months and never left the hospital,” Kalson recalled.

“After Harley passed away, one thing that helped me was the realiza-

had to pull ourselves together to be there for our daughters. We had to be strong for them,” she said.

“After Harley passed away, people from all over were so thoughtful, and it helped me to be able to do something positive to help other babies and families.

We donated special swings for the babies who had lots of tubes and I’ve organized fundraisers to support children’s hospitals.

“Harley also had a revolutionary surgery and only one other baby in the world had it. The doctors learned so much from performing it and this gave Harley’s life meaning. Harley’s life had a very big purpose and her memory Kalson’s daughters, Micah and Riley, pose with the children’s book. continues to be a blessing. While her life was short, she has helped so many other children facing medical challengtion that she was no longer sick. My es.” hope was that Harley was now getting About “The Girl Who Lives in the to do all those fun things in the sky Sky,” Kalson said, “I hope parents and that other children do on earth. I tried grandparents will use this book when to create that picture of what I imag- discussing loss with a young child. I ined heaven to look like for Micah. My think it’s important to discuss death in vision for the book was to share that an honest and realistic way, but also to picture with other make it not so scary kids, presenting for children. I think what happens when it should be made someone passes clear that death is a away in a way that is sad thing, though this bright and positive, book portrays it in a rather than dark beautiful way. Kids and scary, which is still need to underwhat most people asstand why the charsociate with death.” acters on one page Thinking of Harare crying.” ley with a departed “The Girl Who relative also helped Lives in the Sky” ease the pain, Kalson isn’t just for families said. who have lost a child “I lost my Dad a or sibling. Kalson few years ago and I hopes it will be used remember he always as a tool to discuss loved German chocolosing a loved one, late cake,” Kalson be it a grandparent, continued.

“Every family member or year on his birthday friend. She is dediFrom her personal tragedy, Jodi I picture Harley and cated to ensuring Kalson wrote a book about helping children deal with death. him eating a huge that her message is piece of German chocolate cake together. widespread and has generously donated In the book there is a character that is an books to hospitals and communities image of my Dad. It helps me to imag- throughout the country that have been ine that he and Harley are together and affected by tragedy and loss. That inhe’s taking care of her. Now on Harley’s cludes Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta birthday, Micah and sibling Riley release and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, balloons to the sky and think of Harley. which will receive books and 10 percent Kalson remembered the initial loss. of book sales. ■ “My husband Richard was so supportive throughout our entire time in the hos“The Girl Who Lives in the Sky” is pital. We were so young having to make available at www.jodikalson.com or www. these unbelievable decisions. We really amazon.com.

ARTS

Comedians Will Have You Laughing at the MJCCA

By Marcia Caller Jaffe I have interviewed entrepreneurs, scholars, children and movie stars, but have never encountered a group like this.

Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel and Adam Mansbach will present their book, “A Field Guide to the Jewish People” as part of the Book Festival of the MJCCA Sept.

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Over the phone (since we were all in different cities) all three of these loony, extemporaneous comedians/writers were shouting over each other, insulting each other and laughing at themselves.

Fun gig, right?

“On the MJCC stage, they want Alan to be off to the side because his head size is so large,” Barry said. “Dumpsters are huge, dinosaurs have small brains, and everyone stares just at Alan’s head.”

The book addresses baffling questions: Why do random Jewish holidays keep springing up unexpectedly? Why are yarmulkes round? Who was the first Jewish comedian? Or as it says on the book cover: “Where Do They Come From, What to Feed Them, What They Have Against Foreskins, How Come They Carry Each Other Around on Chairs, Why They Fled Egypt by Running Straight to a Large Body of Water, and Much More.

Maybe Too Much More.”

Get ready to laugh as you finally begin to understand the inner workings of Judaism from this book, and why Elvis was like Moses.

See if you can make sense of any of these very complex basics of Judaism explained this way: Creation: Barry asked, “How did Adam and Eve know how to sew clothing? Was one of those little kits hanging around with needles, patterns, … Why did she sew a ‘girdle’ specifically? Was the tree full of carbs?”

Are Jews just naturally funny? Look at the history of our great comedians, Mansbach said. “Jews have influenced all of America. Our comedy was born out of fleeing and depression. Let’s just keep it light. Who has ever heard of Christian comedy?”

Jewish parenting example: Zweibel said, “G-d didn’t have to instruct Isaac to slay his son. This was a horrible example of a voice/instruction. He could have told him to just try a ‘time out.’”

Why Dave Barry, who is not Jewish,

About the Authors Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prizewinning humor writer and bestselling author whose work has appeared in hundreds of newspapers. The New York Times has pronounced him the funniest man in America.

Adam Mansbach is a novelist, screenwriter, cultural critic and humorist. He is the author of the No. 1 New York Times best-seller, “Go the F*** to Sleep,” which has been translated into 40 languages, named Time magazine’s 2011 Thing of the Year, and has sold more than 2 million copies.

Alan Zweibel wrote for Dave Letterman, “Saturday Night Live,” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” He won many Emmys and collaborated with Billy Crystal on “700 Sundays.”

Alan Zweibel, Adam Mansbach and Dave Barry bring their humor to a new book, “A Field Guide to the Jewish People.”

wants to be in this group: “I’m a ‘Jewish wanna be’ because my wife is Jewish, and I am circumcised.” He is mesmerized by the high holidays. He puts on a suit and sits for what seems like 18 hours. More problematic is that he feels they come every three months with two hours notice, and there is no way to predict when they will come. Being in Miami, he better knows when a hurricane is coming.

Bottom line, “I’m more Jewish than most Jews.”

High holiday advice: “Drink espresso when you fast … that’s the Reform way,” Mansbach begins. “Start practicing now to prepare to fast. During this phone call is the extent of my fasting … I want to ask forgiveness (Al Hayt) from your readers for all the parts of the book that Alan wrote.” Zweibel chimed in, “I typed the book and wrote 30 words and provided beverages …. Also, I have written a lot of books with the ‘f’ word in the title because they sell like crazy. It actually is the interior monologue in my head attempting to be a parent.”

Last word: Do you really not have any friends like you state in the book?

“Who would have us as friends?”

They kept referring to me (the writer here) as Joyce Carol Oates or Joyce Brothers … so someone please figure this out! ■ To witness these legends in the flesh, get tickets for their appearance and book sign-

ing at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Book Festival of the MJCCA. You’re sure to have a jolly Jewish time.

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CALENDAR

SEPTEMBER 20-OCTOBER 8 so too are the “sins” symbolically carried away. Co-sponsored by Jewish Kids Groups. Free and open to all. For more information, www.bit.ly/2lX9UXI.

CANDLE-LIGHTING TIMES

Ki Tavo Friday, September 20, 2019, light candles at 7:19 p.m.

Saturday, September 21, 2019, Shabbat ends at 8:13 p.m.

Nitzavim Friday, September 27, 2019, light candles at 7:10 p.m.

Saturday, September 28, 2019, Shabbat ends at 8:03 p.m.

JF&CS Mitzvah Day – Metro Atlanta, from 1 to 5 p.m. Mitzvah Day is one of Atlanta’s biggest Jewish young adult volunteer days. Join us on Sunday, October 6, for an opportunity to schmooze with other young professionals and have fun while giving back to the community.

There are great projects all over Atlanta and many chances to give your time to make a difference. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kfyvXk.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

NCJW Israeli Election Analysis with Dov Wilker – National Council of Jewish Women, 6303 Roswell Road NE, Atlanta, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Dov Wilker, regional director of the American Jewish Committee, will lead a discussion on the results of the Israeli elections at a lunch ‘n learn held at the NCJW office. A light lunch will be served. Free. RSVP to christineh@ ncjwatlanta.org. or call 404 843-9600.

and family-friendly Friday evening potluck dinner held monthly in a local park.

Featuring a Shabbat sing-along led by Rabbi Ari Kaiman. Enjoy a vegetarianfriendly meal, and an evening of socializing with Shearith Israel. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2IaIuGP.

Shabbat in the Park – Noble Park, 1710

Friday with Family – Temple Emanu-El,

Noble Drive NE, Atlanta from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. Shabbat in the Park is a casual, fun

1580 Spalding Drive, Atlanta, from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. For children with their par-

ents and/or grandparents to engage in a fun and interactive Friday night worship experience. Free and open to the community. For more information and to RSVP, www.bit.ly/2KIRovh.

Guided River Canoe Trips on the Chatahoochee River – Chattahoochee Na-

Sober Shabbat in the Park – East Cobb Park, 3322 Roswell Road, Marietta, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Anyone who identifies as in recovery and their allies will find a safe space to connect and celebrate Shabbat with prayers, blessings, games and dinner. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2MM0n2a.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6

Tashlich at the Lake - JCC Zaban Park – Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Atlanta, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. All are invited to experience the Jewish tradition of Tashlich at a family picnic and celebration.

Tashlich, which means “sending away” in Hebrew, is the tradition of tossing breadcrumbs into a body of water. Just as the water carries away the bits of bread,

ture Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell, at 5 p.m. Take a leisurely evening 2.5-hour paddle with experienced canoe guides while learning all about the environment of the Chattahoochee River. This trip is a great first-time experience or a fun way to reconnect with the river you already treasure. On the trip you will look for wildlife and learn about the wetland ecosystem that is unique to metro Atlanta.

All equipment is provided. Ages 6 and up.

For tickets and more information, www. bit.ly/2CmG71Y.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7

Divorce & Separation Support Group – Jewish Family & Career Services, 4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, from 6 to 8 p.m. Join this biweekly support group facilitated by Helen Kotler, Ph.D. LPC. $25 per session. To join the group, hkotler@jfcsatl.org or call 404-210-9571.

Find more events and submit items for our online and print calendars at:

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

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SELICHOT SERVICES SEPTEMBER 21 Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 7 to 9 p.m.

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

SEPTEMEBER 21

Temple Emanu-El Selichot Service – Temple Emanu-El, 1580 Spalding Drive, Atlanta, from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2m113o7.

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

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8

Teens and How to Have a Phoneless Conversation – Jeff’s Place at Chabad

Torah Studies – Chabad Intown on the

Temple Sinai Selichot Service– Temple

BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Join the acclaimed Torah Studies program as it brings you the tradition of classical Jewish learning in a series of inspiring and engaging weekly classes. The lessons probe the depths of contemporary Torah thought, with a special focus on issues surrounding spirituality, the human psyche, love and relationships. Every experience offers meaningful and timely lessons, from the most timeless of texts. For more information, www.bit.ly/2SfnVPV.

Sinai, 5645 Dupree Drive, Atlanta, from 7:45 to 9:30 p.m. $5 per person for reception only. For more information, www. bit.ly/2ki4VRf.

Leil Slichot Service at Temple Beth David – Temple Beth David, 1885 McGee Road SW, Snellville, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free. For more information, www. bit.ly/2kvPEMG.

Selichot Movie Service – Congregation Etz Chaim, 1190 Indian Hills Parkway NE,

Marietta, from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2lz6H0A.

Selichot Service at Beth Shalom – Congregation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Dunwoody, from 8:30 to 11:45 p.m. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2k21v4N.

B’nai Torah Selichot Services and Learning – Congregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mount Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs, from 8:45 p.m. to 12 a.m.

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

New Toco First Night Selichot – 2003 Lavista Road, Atlanta, from 10 to 11 p.m.

Free. For more information, www.bit. ly/2lA8imI.

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ROSH HASHANAH SERVICES

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

Rosh in the Park – Murphy Candler Park, 1551 W. Nancy Creek Drive, Atlanta from 2 to 4 p.m. Celebrate Rosh Hashanah with The Sixth Point through its own version of an alternative to services.

Participate in meaningful conversations and interactive discussions about the holiday. Also reflect on the past year and share intentions for the coming year.

Free. For more information, www.bit. ly/2kug419.

Erev Rosh Hashanah – Temple EmanuEl, 1580 Spalding Drive, Atlanta, from 8 to 9 p.m. Community friends and outof-town guests are invited to join the syngogue for High Holy Day services.

Tickets are required and include all High Holy Day services. For tickets and more information, www.bit.ly/2jYuFlh.

Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, starting at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29. Celebrate the high holidays with Chabad Intown. Whether you’ve joined Chabad Intown for the high holidays in the past or this is your first time celebrating with us, you and your family can look forward to celebrating the holy days enveloped by the uplifting spirit of discovery and solidarity. For more information, www.bit.ly/2khY4r0.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

1589 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are free. Register at the door or, to register ahead of time, contact Rabbi Sam at skaye@thetemple.org or Nalo Grant at Ngrant@ the-temple.org.

Rosh Hashanah Services – Congregation

Temple Sinai Erev Rosh Hashanah Service – Temple Sinai, 5645 Dupree

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SEPTEMBER 29 – OCTOBER 1

High Holidays at Chabad Intown–

The Temple Erev Rosh Hashanah Service with The Well – The Temple,

Drive, Atlanta, at 8 p.m. Temple Sinai’s Erev Rosh Hashanah service is open to the community. Tickets are not required. For more information, www.bit. ly/2k41Rbg.

Green Street, Roswell, from 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 29 and 10 a.m. Sept. 30. $75 adult members, $150 adult nonmembers, free for full-time students, military and firsttime attendees. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kdJctF.

SEPTEMBER 29–30

Rosh Hashanah at Temple Kehillat Chaim – Temple Kehillat Chaim, 1145

Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Dunwoody. Beth Shalom offers two services that do not require a ticket. These services are open to the entire community. Erev Rosh Hashanah Sunday, Sept.

29 at 6:30 p.m. and the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah, Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 8:30 a.m. For more information, www.bit.ly/2krnnXz.

Rosh Hashanah Services – Columbus, Ga. – Shearith Israel Synagogue, 6727 River Road, Columbus. Sunday, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m, Monday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Tuesday, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please join the synagogue for high holiday services this year. Services are conducted by Rabbi Brian Glusman and Cantor Jack Kahn. For tickets and more information, www.bit.ly/2lA3fmg.

Rosh Hashanah Services – Chabad of North Fulton, 10180 Jones Bridge Road, Alpharetta, from 7 to 8 p.m. each day.

Free seating on a first-come, first-served basis. No membership or tickets required, or reserve a seat guaranteed and marked with your name. Limited availability. Reserved seats are $120. For more information, www.bit.ly/2lChmHA.

SEPTEMBER 28 – OCTOBER 6 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6

Hineini High Holy Day Service – Tem-

CANDLE-LIGHTING TIMES

Rosh Hashanah Sunday, September 29, 2019, light candles at 7:07 p.m.

Monday, September 30, 2019, light candles after 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 1, 2019 holiday ends at 7:59 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

Rosh Hashanah Day 1 – Temple EmanuEl, 1580 Spalding Drive, Atlanta, from 8 to 10:15 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Community friends and out-of-town guests are invited to join the synagogue for High Holy Day services. $249 per adult. For tickets and more information, www.bit.ly/2jYuFlh.

B’nai Torah Rosh Hashanah Day 1 – Congregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mount Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Congregation B’nai Torah offers a traditional service, an enrichment service, an essential service, youth programming and babysitting. For more information, www.bit.ly/2lwaGLo.

SEPTEMBER 30 – OCTOBER 1

New Toco Shul Rosh Hashanah Services – 2003 Lavista Road, Atlanta,

The Temple Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Service – The Temple, 1589 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, www.bit. ly/2lDZaNN.

Rosh Hashanah Young Children’s Service – Temple Emanu-El, 1580 Spalding Drive, Atlanta, from 10:45 to 11:15 a.m.

This is a special service that provides families with small children an opportunity to share in the High Holy Day experience. This service is free and open to the public. For more information, www. bit.ly/2jZLlZI.

To find more Rosh Hashanah services to attend, www.atlantajewishconnector.com/series/rosh-hashanahservices-2019

from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day.

Free. For more information, www.bit. ly/2lw8ZO2.

High Holy Days at Congregation Dor Tamid – Congregation Dor Tamid, 11165 Parsons Road, Johns Creek, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For tickets and more information, www.bit.ly/2lG9fK5.

Temple Sinai Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Service – Temple Sinai, 5645 Dupree Drive, Atlanta, 9 a.m. Temple Sinai’s Day 1 Rosh Hashanah service is for members only. For more information, www.bit. ly/2k41Rbg.

ple Sinai, 5645 Dupree Drive, Atlanta, from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Please join the synagogue as it holds a special combined Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur service created for those living with cognitive or memory issues. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2kvNYmm.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1

Rosh Hashanah Day 2 – Temple EmanuEl, 1580 Spalding Drive, Atlanta, from 10 to 11 a.m. Free and open to the community. To register and for more information, www.bit.ly/2lD1LaV.

Bagels& Bands& Belugas.

Temple Sinai Rosh Hashanah Day 2 Service – Temple Sinai, 5645 Dupree Drive, Atlanta, 9 a.m. Temple Sinai’s Day 2 Rosh Hashanah service free and open to the public. For more information, www.bit.ly/2k41Rbg.

Sunday, January 26, 2020 | 10am–3pm | Georgia Aquarium

Essential Rosh Hashanah Service at B’nai Torah – Congregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mount Vernon Highway NE, Sandy Springs, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

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

YJP Slacker’s Service – Chabad Intown on the BeltLine, 730 Ponce De Leon Place NE, Atlanta, From 6:30 to 10 p.m. Free. For more information, www.bit.ly/2lZAUpL.

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DINING Marlow's = Elevated Menu

By Marcia Caller Jaffe Marlow’s Tavern (designated by M.) is a comfortable yet modern, friendly place that’s just around the corner.

It offers American tavern fare while being the pulse of the neighborhood. True.

Folks amble in donning baseball caps and Bermuda shorts. We visited the Vinings location. The interior is brick with stark framed black-and-white photos. TVs frame the walls. There is ample seating outdoors too.

It’s not so “special occasion,” but the food is surprisingly good. Marlow’s touts a “modern twist and elevated menu” that does achieve some gourmet levels.

The concept works because they don’t take themselves too seriously. The menu has expressions and tavern rules like: “Feel Free to Talk to Strangers,” “Ear Plugs Available Upon Request,” “The Guest is Usually, OK Always, Right.” “Keep Kitchen Open Late,” “Music is at the Volume we Like.”

The menu is extensive with tons of categories and apt descriptions. Salads are a good start and our favorite appetizer was $6.50. The Hawaiian tuna was $13.50.

Grilled Atlantic Salmon with jumbo pearl couscous, grapes, kale, sautéed fennel, toasted almonds and Dijon sauce was five star; it tasted buttery, which was pulled off with the mustard sauce.

“Infamous” Fish (soft) Tacos with blackened tilapia, red cabbage and jicama slaw, black beans, smoked chili cream in warm tortillas. This was among the best for this fish taco devotee.

“Perfecto” Grilled Jumbo Asparagus – under-chopped tomatoes were cooked to perfection, just the right amount of crispness, firmness and springy bite.

Healthy options abound with flavor such as the grain and veggie poke bowl highlighted with pickled onion and herbed rice vinaigrette. The giant asparagus were firm and grilled.

A favorite entrée was grilled Atlantic salmon over kale, grapes, jumbo pearl couscous and sautéed fennel with Dijon sauce.

The entrée we preferred was $18, and one could snag a burger for $9.50.

scallions and wonton. (I always toss the wonton to deconstruct). This mélange was “melt in your mouth” good.

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No one was overly enthusiastic about the two desserts we sampled: strawberry cheesecake and warm chocolate cake à la mode. Category: NWTC (not worth the calories).

Who’s Behind Marlow’s?

Co-founder, CEO and executive chef John Metz trained at The Culinary InstiBeet & Goat Cheese Toast – roasted beets, tute of America and remains on its board. whipped goat cheese, honey and toasted His background includes 30-plus years of pumpkin seeds – was on toasty ciabatta. restaurant and hospitality experience, Seriously, we fought over this combination. some at New York’s finest restaurants And yes, the beets were such as Tribeca Grill, roasted. before serving as executive chef and executive director of research and Knife & Fork Caesar development for Carlson salad had large romaine Restaurants Worldwide. leaves, chopped eggs (we “We pay attention to had on the side), parmesan the details and strive to and huge croutons. Again, create craveable food that licked the plate, but would guests really want to eat. have liked some real anEverything at Marlow’s chovies; even white anchoTavern is made from vies would magnify the scratch, from our famous already tangy taste.

Partner and wine expert tomato jam to our marRoberta Nemo poses with garita mix. We believe it’s Grain & Veggie Poke CEO and executive chef John worth the extra effort to Bowl is tri-colored quiMetz of Marlow’s Tavern. give our guests incredible noa, farro, puffed wild rice, cucumber, radish, snap peas, shii- chef-crafted tavern fare made from the take, avocado, pickled red onion and ci- freshest ingredients available.”

Partner, inside and outside of Marlantro herbed rice vinaigrette. None in our party wanted to order this until we low’s, is Roberta Nemo, who’s expertise tasted it. This really jived with the pick- is on the wine flank. She is a member of led onion. You can add your own protein, the Society of Wine Educators and previbut it’s not necessary. Why mess with ously worked for Aria and Canoe on the sommelier side. Atlanta native Roberta perfection?

A note about farro. Although it is not is the daughter of Carol and Bob Nemo, gluten free, it’s a very trendy healthy “old- who recently appeared on the AJT’s cover world ancient grain” often paired with ol- based on their 59-year marriage. Mom ive oil. It’s high in protein and fiber, larger Carol occasionally contributes recipes than barley, and known for its nutty yet and lifestyle ideas to the paper. ■ versatile taste. Some would say it’s “adaptMarlow’s Tavern in Vinings is located able.” Marlow’s does a yeoman’s job of emnext to Oy! at 2355 Cumberland Parkway. ploying grains in its menu.

The Lowdown I Bet You Didn’t Know …

Andrea Hershatter Atlanta is chock full of interesting movers and shakers, some bent on creativity, empire building, activism, and in this case, academics. Lean in to hear some off-the-cuff remarks about what makes Andrea Hershatter tick.

Hershatter has called Emory University home for more than 30 years. In her role as senior associate dean at the Goizueta Business School, she directs the highly ranked undergraduate business program. She also teaches entrepreneurship and is an expert on innovation and generational differences.

Her awards include being a GoBeyond Goizueta 100th honoree and recipient of the Outstanding Staff Impact Award for the most significant contributions to the school’s success, the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award and the Don Keough Award for Excellence.

Hershatter serves on the boards of directors for the Atlanta Speech School and Campus Movie Fest, the largest student film festival.

In her spare time, she is an avid runner who completed her 34th Peachtree Road race in July. She is married to Bruce Hershatter, a radiation oncologist at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, and they are the proud parents of two successfully launched children, both of whom live in the Old Fourth Ward.

She comments on the preparedness of today’s college students as well as why she still dotes on Bruce Springsteen after all these years. Get to know her better right here.

Last time I was moved to tears …

Professionally, the last time was in May during graduation. Our faculty speaker, Allison Burdette, gave a wonderful speech about how the love and enthusiasm of family members is what carries our graduates across the finish line. I have heard this story before, and I pretty much started crying in anticipation after the first sentence.

My most exotic vacation was …

Biking in Europe. My husband Bruce and I have actually done this six times, biking for a week each through the back roads of Provence, Tuscany, Sicily, and Ireland. My favorite trip is always the one I’m on and the one we’re planning to take next!

My celebrity crush is …

I hate to be so predictable, but the truth is Bruce Springsteen. In high school I had a bumper sticker that said, “God is alive and well and living in New Jersey.” My opinion has not changed.

My biggest pet peeve is …

Can I have three? Long lines, Atlanta traffic, and incorrect grammar.

I am currently reading …

“Educated” by Tara Westover, which is the Emory Common Read. I am very excited that the author is coming to our campus in September.

My kids would say I …

Answer emails for a living. They are not entirely incorrect.

I think college students today versus 20 years ago are …

Better prepared, more focused, and more accomplished, but also much more anxious about making all the right choices. I empathize with them; previous generations felt less pressure and were under far less public scrutiny.

What advice would you give a 20-year-old Andrea?

Marry that guy you have been hanging out with! Fortunately, I did.

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COMMUNITY FIDF’s Second Annual Ride Rolls On

Barry and Heather Sobel enjoy a long ride along the picturesque Silver Comet Trail.

By Eddie Samuels The Silver Comet Trail was home to the second annual FIDF Southeast Region Bike Ride Sunday. About 100 riders, hailing from as far away as Nashville and Montgomery, participated in the fun and friendly ride while raising money for the

Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

Narrowly avoiding a Saturday evening downpour, which could have dampened the trail, cyclists geared up early Sunday morning to undertake their choice of 36- and 70-mile routes in Mableton.

According to Itai Tsur, president of FIDF Southeast region, the majesty of the

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Ticket reservations immediately on-line at www.shemaweb.org The Halpern Center 4381 Beech Haven Trail, Smyrna GA 30080 (off Cumberland Parkway)

The Halpern Center 4381 Beech Haven Trail, Smyrna GA 30080 There is no charge Another community event from Kol Echad and Shema Yisrael- TheParkway) Open Synagogue (off Cumberland

Cyclists gear up for the second annual FIDF Southeast Region Bike Ride.

to begin, Cohen noted ride was not lost on him. that the route had got“Being able to bring ten many positive reso many people who views from participants have a shared interest and was likely to remain together on a beautiful the venue in the future.

Sunday morning to en“It was a good numjoy one of Georgia’s key ber of people, and it’s landmarks hits all the hard to accommodate different facets of what many more on the Commakes a great event,” he et, but we would like to said. “It was just a really get a few more people, perfect morning.” and that’s what we’re Marshall Cohen, aiming for next year,” an FIDF board member he said. “Having the lowho was also on the cal ride really is a great event’s planning comway to get the FIDF out mittee, explained that there to a wider audiafter the first ride took A participant celebrates while ence.” place in White, Georgia, basking in the warm Sunday sun.

The funds raised the goal was to aim for from the ride are earmarked to bensomewhere a little more accessible. “[White] was a great location, but efit wounded IDF soldiers and support families of those who logistically it was pretty have fallen, according cumbersome,” he said. to FIDF Southeast Ex“It required a ton of volecutive Director Seth unteers, and we thought Baron. settling on the Silver “When you hear Comet would be much some of the stories of easier. Last year some the impact that we’ve people got lost because had on the lives of these there were a lot of turns soldiers who come to and we had to set out speak to us, it enriches signs, … the Silver Comet your soul,” Tsur said. “I is just a straight line.” think that an event like This year, volunthe bike ride enriches teers were prepared the body in the same with water and rest way. … I think to go away stops at the 18- and 36from the usual model of mile points, where the a lecture, dinner or gala turnarounds for the Morris Maslia, one of the members and just share an activride were designated. of the planning committee, ity outside with people While it’s still early pedals away as he participates is wonderful.” ■ for next year’s planning in the ride Sunday morning.

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Temple Sinai Opens Full-Day Infant Room

Ribbon cutting for Temple Sinai Preschool’s infant room.

Temple Sinai Preschool recently held a ribbon cutting for its newly renovated infant room.

Temple Sinai began renovations this summer. The previous space served as the preschool and religious school for

the past 14 years.

It will offer a full-day schedule, daily outdoor time, and a 4-to-1 student to teacher ratio.

The full-day program will meet the needs of all families with young chil-

Children such as Jacob Cohn attend the Temple Sinai Preschool.

Renovations of the preschool began this summer.

dren. Licensing was required for the full-day option and the renovation ensured that every preschool classroom had the appropriate bathrooms, sinks and ventilation for diapering. The classrooms were updated with new furniture

to match the school’s teaching philosophy of academics through play.

Starting in January, the school will offer Jewish early childhood learning experiences to infants through pre-K. Registration continues through Friday. ■

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9/11 REMEMBRANCE

Rabbi Peter Berg of The Temple addresses the crowd.

JNF and Etz Chaim’s USY remember 9/11 and present Cobb firefighters with a framed image of Israel’s 9/11 Living Memorial in Jerusalem.

Atlanta's 9/11 Day of Service Cobb Firefighters Honored Rabbis Analia Bortz and Peter Berg were among those who spoke at Hands on Atlanta’s 9/11 Day of Service in which 1,000 volunteers helped pack meals for Atlanta families in need.

Hands on Atlanta partnered in the event with Feeding Children Everywhere and the Atlanta Community Food Bank. The volunteers packed 330,000 meals at the College Football Hall of Fame.

Each shift began with a ceremony commemorating the lives lost and altered 18 years ago. Faith leaders offered words of healing; first responders both were honored and volunteered; and children from Hands on Atlanta-supported schools sang “America the Beautiful.”

Those gathered shared a minute of silence, then got to work making a difference for those in need. ■

Inspiring the volunteers was Mouhammad Al Kanawati of Islamic Relief USA; Jay Cranman, Hands on Atlanta CEO; and Rabbi Analia Bortz of Congregation Or Hadash.

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In honor of 9/11, the Jewish National Fund and students from the Sababa chapter of United Synagogue Youth from Congregation Etz Chaim in East Cobb paid tribute to their nearby firefighters of Cobb County Fire Station 21.

They held a ceremony remembering the heroes who fell in the attacks and expressing gratitude for current first responders.

JNF and the students brought pizza and presented the firefighters with a large framed image of Israel’s 9/11 Living Memorial. The Jerusalem memorial, built by JNF, was donated to Israel in 2009. It is the only one outside of the U.S. that lists the names of each person killed in the 9/11 attacks. It represents a deep connection and shared values between the people of Israel and the U.S. – freedom, democracy, religious tolerance, and value for human life. ■

9/11 REMEMBRANCE

Chabad Rabbi Avrohom Chayempour and his family from Tyrone in South Georgia brought brownies to their local Fayette County fire department.

Brownies for Rescuers Chabad Rabbi Avrohom Chayempour and his family from the Tyrone-Peachtree City area of South Georgia visited their local Fayette County firefighters on 9/11. Here is the rabbi’s reflection on the day: “9/11 is still fresh in my mind. I was a young boy at the time, but that day is one I will never forget.

As the world was watching in terror and fear, and people running in all directions away from the World Trade Center, there was a group of men and women that ran towards the danger.

The fire department is always the first to arrive and ready to put themselves aside in order to save a life. There was no greater evidence of their self-sacrifice than of 9/11.

They ran in knowing the danger, but it was not about them, it was about us, saving a life. They are truly amazing people and we have so much to learn from them and appreciate.

Now, years later, as I reflect upon it and see my wife and children, it hits me how brave and dedicated these men and women from the fire department really were.

They were parents as well.

So this year for 9/11, I wanted to express my feelings of appreciation. My wife Chaya baked some brownies and we made our way to the fire department.

We entered the station and were greeted warmly. My wife and I told the people there that we have Father’s and Mother’s Day as a reminder to show how much we appreciate our parents.

However, we felt that 9/11 should not only be a day to remember those that gave up their lives, but also remember and show appreciation to those who continue to serve and help our people.

They were truly touched, grateful and excited for some homemade brownies.

They couldn’t stop thanking us and expressed how much they appreciated our visit and thoughtful gift.

We’ve been taught from the Baal Shem Tov that we can learn something from everyone and anything. What the men and women of the fire department teach me as a rabbi is commitment and dedication and how we should do our best to be there for our community.

Wishing everyone to be written for a good and sweet year. ■ ATLANTA JEWISH TIMES SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 | 37

COMMUNITY SIMCHA SPOTLIGHT

Bat Mitzvah

Noa Horwitz Zusman The bat mitzvah of Noa Horwitz Zusman of Sandy Springs was held Sept. 7, 2019, at Congregation Or Hadash.

Noa is the daughter of Ula and Michael (MZ) Zusman, and has an older brother, Ziv, who is 14, and a younger brother, Lev, who is 11. Noa is the granddaughter of Merle and David Horwitz, of Atlanta, (formerly South Africa), and Leonie Zusman and Michael Zusman Sr. of Perth, Australia. She attends Midtown International School.

Noa is passionate about dance and has been dancing competitively since the age of 8. Aware of her privilege, she has chosen to teach dance classes to children at homeless shelters as a means of giving back.

Noa describes Camp Ramah Darom as her “happy place” and has also chosen to support and fundraise for JDC’s Camp Szarvas, which provides opportunities to experience and rekindle Jewish life and community in Europe.

B’nai Mitzvah Notices:

Andrew Berenson, son of Mindy and Eric Berenson, on Sept. 14.

Harrison Lewis Goncher, son of Rachel and Mark Phillip Goncher, on Sept. 14.

Sophie Hannah Levy, daughter of Betsy and Michael Levy, on Sept. 14.

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Kastin: Present and Future ‘Jet Setting’ Leadership

By Marcia Caller Jaffe Native Atlantan Avery Kastin attended Riverwood High School and became a bar mitzvah and confirmand at The Temple. He graduated from Columbia University and then pursued a career in finance in New York and Chicago before returning home to Atlanta to work in the family business. Since then we see his smiling face at many local Jewish fundraising, social and artsy events. Or we can find this bon vivant skiing, flying or museum hopping.

Get the scoop here:

rounded by works that are thought-provoking, have meaning or are beautiful, which means as a collector, I support artists making original works of art.

Jaffe: Describe your food purveyor business Kastin: We act as a sales force for manufacturers looking to sell their food products to retail chains, food distributors and wholesalers. My father started the company nearly 40 years ago. I joined the company about 15 years ago and we’re now partners. Working with my Dad is wonderful (99 Avery Kastin wants to percent of the time).

Jaffe: How did you expand Atlanta’s Jewish and initially get interested cultural communities.

Jaffe: What are in Atlanta Jewish comyour long-term goals in the community? munity involvement?

Kastin: Expanding the possibilities Kastin: My Birthright Israel trip was the spark. I was reminded how proud I was for both Atlanta’s Jewish and cultural to be a part of the Jewish people and how, communities. The potential within Atwith too few exceptions, the only people lanta is tremendous on both fronts, and I who have helped Jews are other Jews. I hope to play a role in strengthening these raised my hand and fortunately, the Atlan- pillars as Atlanta continues to grow. ta Jewish community had several under 40 Jaffe: What advice would you give to Jewish organizations in which I could become involved in meaningful ways for me. younger folks about getting involved in the Atlanta Jewish community?

Kastin: NumerJaffe: What are the ous pathways exist boards on which you for NextGens to get inserve? volved in our commuKastin: Within nity. So many options, the Jewish community, in fact, that Federation I currently sit on the has staff who will naviboards of the Jewish gate with you available Federation [of Greater offerings, matching Atlanta] and Hillels of your interests with all Georgia. Within Federthe organizations and ation, I sit on the alloprograms that exist in cations and campaign our greater commucommittees where we In the winter, Kastin enjoys skiing. nity. This wayfinder see 1 - the diverse needs of the Jewish community, and 2 - the service is true not just for NextGens but needs are greater than the funds raised. also for those at every life stage.

I’m currently serving as the Business & Jaffe: You recently returned from Professionals chair of Federation’s camIsrael as part of the Wexner Heritage paign to narrow that gap hopefully.

Program’s Israel Institute. What did you Jaffe: You are an art collector and pa- learn there and what message would you tron. How does that play a role in your life? like to bring back from Israel?

Kastin: Our cohort of Wexner AtKastin: The arts enrich my life immeasurably, and I seek it out when I trav- lanta leaders spent over a week in Israel el and try to surround myself with it at exploring firsthand the many complexihome. In Atlanta, I advocate for a strong ties of Israeli society today. While the arts scene, including museums, dance issues are challenging, we are reminded and theater, which means I participate that Israel is only seven decades young in in and support those raising the cultural forging its identity. We are very fortunate bar here. In my home, I want to be sur- to live in a time where Israel is a Jewish

Avery Kastin met Pope Francis shortly after his inauguration as part of a Jewish delegation visit. They are pictured here with Rabbi Marvin Heir.

state, and I feel it is important to both celebrate its improbable successes and support its loftiest ideals.

Jaffe: What do you like most about Atlanta and our uniqueness?

Kastin: I love that Atlanta is still a city of neighborhoods. Despite its tremendous growth in population and opportunity, it still has a close knit, diverse

community of people who feel connected and responsible for one another.

Jaffe: Complete the sentence: When I’m not working you can find me …

Kastin: In the window seat of a Delta jet, my second home. In the winter, hopefully I’m skiing in the back bowls of Vail on a powder day. The rest of the year, in museums or enjoying the outdoors. ■

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COMMUNITY OY VEY! HAVE I GOT A PROBLEM... maraderie in our Dear Rachel, ve enjoyed the ca ha d an m fir r ou ing to capitalize untant in I’m a senior acco of effort and learn t lo a ok to It s. team that works an two decade come a cohesive be s office for more th ha p ou gs gr r engths, but ou : Do all good thin d now I wonder on each other’s str An . ne ? hi or ac th m imistic au e a well-oiled ined by some pess co e well together, lik lin éd ch in e cli a e third tim d or is that just st his job – for th really have to en usin John just lo Co … t in . Bingo! He is po in a ’s he ve to what field as s Well, s/he may ha se es gu e to re th od word for him d I’ll give you if I can put in a go as many years. An d ke as d h an uc e vo m usly if I approached ’s application serio hn a CPA. He recently Jo ke ta d ul rk wo wo t relatives my employer at they say abou wh my boss. I believe ow kn u s, er Yo ? rtn ess pa at a good idea they become busin for him. But is th se they are, once clo w able risk – I ho id r te rm at fo m a en though it’s ing together. No ev d An . ys fra p ason not to help relationshi John – is that a re ith the fabric of their w p hi ns tio la re d value my be able to live! despise conflict an – and he needs to ily m fa y m ’s he John? After all, ?

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Dear T.T.F.I.O., Tough dilemma! But you left out some significant details that might make it easier for me to weigh in.What is John’s personality like? Is he responsible, friendly and a good team member? Does he consider the opinions of others, or is his the only one that counts? Is he open to constructive criticism?

If you answer these questions affirmatively, I would say it’s probably worth the risk to put in a good word for him. We should all reach out and help anyone in need to maintain financial stability, and we certainly bear a greater responsibility towards our own family, friends and community.

If you feel that John would not be a good match for your firm, then the plot thickens. Since you’ve been in the business for so long, have you made friends with others in the field? Perhaps as a senior accountant, you’ve shaken hands with those in other firms and may be able to finagle something for him in a different office.

However, if John is not qualified or could somehow damage the agency through poor performance, then you are putting your good name on the line by recommending him. Do you know the reasons for his terminations during the last three years? Is it the economy or are there more personal reasons at play?

If you’re uncertain but have reservations, perhaps you can tell John that you will keep him in mind if you hear of any openings. That will buy you a little time, but is not an effective long-term resolution. A more beneficial approach may be to contact your firm or a different firm and explain that your cousin is looking for a job. But be honest.

Explain that although you like him personally, you are uncertain about his suitability for the position. Perhaps they will agree to give him a trial. Then, if it doesn’t work out, you’re not liable.

If you are certain that John has serious issues that would impact – and already have impacted –his career, then perhaps it’s time to put it on the table and have an honest conversation with him. Ask him if he has any idea why his other jobs haven’t lasted. Guide him towards self-awareness and allow him to come up with the underlying problem. And then, when he turns to you with his hands up and a woebegone expression, lead him to reach his own conclusions about fixing the situation. When people are empowered, they generally don’t feel attacked, appreciate your support, and are more willing to tackle the problem they are facing.

Taking the multifaceted factors into account, these are my thoughts about navigating this challenging situation with care, responsibility and transparency.

All the best, Rachel Atlanta Jewish Times Advice Column Got a problem? Email Rachel Stein at oyvey@atljewishtimes. com, describing your problem in 250 words or less. We want to hear from you and get helpful suggestions for your situation at the same time!

Yiddish Word of the Week The Change Maker Freda was looking very sad while talking to her best friend Kitty. “Ever since we got married, Robert has been trying to change me. That’s all he seems to do. He got me to stop drinking, cut down significantly on my smoking, and he stopped me going shopping at Brent Cross at all hours of the day. He taught me how to dress well, how to enjoy the fine arts. He got me to enjoy gourmet cooking, classical music and recently how to invest in the stock market. He even sent me to Hebrew classes.”

On hearing this, Kitty said, “Sounds like you are just a little bitter because Robert spends so much time trying to change you.”

“I’m not bitter, “ Freda said. “Now that I’m so improved, I find he just isn’t good enough for me anymore.”

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Plotz

‫פלוץ‬ platz, plots, plats “1. To split, to burst, to explode. 2. “ To be aggravated beyond bearing” (Rosten) [lit. “to explode”] From the German word “platzen,” this means to be at a breaking point, where one is fed up or exhausted.

“The news was so wonderful I almost plotzed when I heard it!”

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partment of Children and Family Services provided Jewish Vocational Services with $25,000 to enhance its Vocational English as a Second Language course, a six-month program equipped to teach Russian Jews the skills necessary for obtaining a job.

■ About 500 Jews marched in the 11th annual Hunger Walk, sponsored by the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Additionally, Helen Cavalier did not walk, but raised $3,500 through collected donations.

15 Years Ago// September 17, 2004 ■ Torah Day School of Atlanta received $500,000 over five years from The Marcus Foundation to pursue accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

■ Shearith Israel, Atlanta’s third oldest synagogue, made sure that future generations knew what the Conservative congregation was all about in 2004, when members placed memorabilia and artifacts in a time capsule, replacing one from 1957 that was opened earlier in the year.

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50 Years Ago// September 19, 1969 ■ Atlanta Chapter of Hadassah kicked off its annual fundraising campaign and the theme was Hadassah, Guardian of Hope.

The campaign was a donor dinner at the Motor Marriott hotel.

■ The premiere of Morton Gould’s “Soundings” highlighted the opening program at the Atlanta Symphony’s new season.

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OBITUARIES

Kenneth Winter Cohen 60, Marietta

Kenneth Winter Cohen, 60, of Marietta, passed away Sept. 10, 2019. He was preceded in death by his wife, Paula Cohen. Survivors include children Seth and Hayley; sister Karen Winnick; mother-in-law Rachelle Berliner; and brothers-in-law Cary Auerbach and Steven Auerbach.

A graveside service was held Sept. 13 at Greenwood Cemetery with Rabbi Ephraim Silverman officiating. Sign the guestbook online at www.dresslerjewishfunerals.com Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Lorraine Wender 85, Atlanta

Lorraine Wender, 85, a native of Atlanta, passed away peacefully Sept. 15, 2019.

She was born July 17, 1934, to Ruth and Frank Cohen, both of blessed memory. She enjoyed cooking, playing cards, traveling with her loving husband of 59 years, and celebrating happy occasions with friends and family.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law Sheri and Pace Chambless; son David Wender; granddaughters Marnie and Frankie Chambless; and grandson Liam Wender. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Cristol Wender; son Mitchel Wender and brother Dewald Cohen, of blessed memory.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Ahavath Achim Synagogue. A graveside service was held Sept. 17 at Greenwood Cemetery. Rabbi Neil Sandler officiated. Sign the online guest book at www.dresslerjewishfunerals.com.

Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, Atlanta, 770-451-4999. ■

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CLOSING THOUGHTS Weighing Our Deeds sent thoughts and actions Rosh Chodesh Tishrei that elevate your vibration, begins at sundown Sept. expand your heart and spir29 on erev Rosh Hashanah. it, and brighten the world.

Rosh Chodesh Tishrei alThe darker ones represent ways begins on Rosh Haenergy that lowers your vishanah. There’s no Rosh bration, is only self-serving, Chodesh blessing because and fosters isolation and Hashem blesses it on the separation. In an honest aclast Shabbat of Elul. Tishrei counting of your soul over heralds the new year and this past year, if you filled the stream of holidays, in- Dr. Terry the scale with stones reprecluding the Ten Days of Re- Segal senting your thoughts and pentance, Shabbat Shuvah, New Moon Meditations deeds, would you have more Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, and Shabbat on the lighter or darker side?

Now envision clearing the scales, Bereshit.

One of our many tasks this month taking all the stones off again. Sort is to balance the scales of light and dark- through the darker ones, naming each of ness within us. For most, it’s not a ques- them with ways in which you missed the tion of good and evil, but more of the mark. You might need to add more dark good lying dormant and the negative ex- stones than you had previously realized. pressed. What if we work toward tipping Do the same for the lighter stones, with the scales of goodness as we return to the those representing G-d’s attributes.

We’re performing a Divine task purity of our souls, while we turn away from our inclinations to negative energy when we hold ourselves accountable.

You might try this with actual stones for that serves no one?

Imagine the scales of justice and two a more tactile experience, but you can piles of smooth stones. Some are light make stones cut from light and dark paand some dark. The lighter ones repre- per. After you’ve labeled and sorted them,

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choose three dark stones that stand for your most difficult expression of negativity to transform, your least difficult, and one in the middle.

For example, lashon hara, “bad talk,” or gossip, may be a tough one for you. As you delve into this, you’ll find that we’re forbidden to speak negatively about someone, even if it’s true. In fact, we’re supposed to chastise someone else who speaks negatively of another in our presence or, at least, remove ourselves from hearing it. If we do hear it, we’re forbidden to believe it. We’re supposed to view that person favorably in some way as not to be judgmental. If there might be truth to it that could harm us we’re allowed to protect ourselves, however, we are forbidden to tell the story, even if omitting the name, if the listeners might be able to guess who it is. If this were the only stone to work on, it would present a formidable challenge. I randomly chose three things to turn from, but one might be plenty.

By contrast, choose three positive light stones that represent middot, attributes of G-d, to embody. Again, one that is challenging, one that might come more

easily, and one in the middle. Keep them all in your awareness. Work to eliminate the negative and augment the positive.

We can explore new ways to tackle Tishrei’s challenges through the Kabbalist lens of understanding the zodiac sign of Libra, those who are practical, level-headed, diplomatic and logical in their balanced state. The Hebrew letter lamed rises up above the others. The tribe Ephraim means “procreation,” which aids in renewal and rebirthing ourselves.

The sense, touch, invites us to reach out for connection. The controlling organ, gallbladder, helps us to expel poison and cleanse our toxicity.

Each year at this time we are given the opportunity to clear our souls and reinvent ourselves anew.

Meditation focus: Quiet yourself and ponder the above exercise. Select a negative pattern you’d like to change, along with a positive one you’d like to integrate. Consider the impact of those changes in your world. Write them down and place your list somewhere you’ll see it and be mindful of it daily.

May it be a sweet and meaningful year for you and yours. ■

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