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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 | 2 TISHREI 5778

Car Found, Not Woman

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Picture-Perfect Landing

Two of Mercedes-Benz Stadium’s signature features — the unique retractable roof and the 360-degree halo screen that is the largest LED video display in North American sports — are seen in all their glory Sunday night, Sept. 17, as Arthur Blank’s Atlanta Falcons come home to their $1.5 billion downtown nest for the first time in a regular-season NFL game.

The team’s performance matched the magnificence of the stadium in a dominating 34-23 win over the Green Bay Packers in front of more than 70,000 fans and a national TV audience. See more photos at atlantajewishtimes.com.

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Jenna Van Gelderen’s blue 2010 Mazda 6 was found Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2½ weeks after the stillmissing Jewish Atlanta woman disappeared.

A Morningside Jenna Van Gelderen woman spotted the car on Defoor Place off Chattahoochee Avenue in Northwest Atlanta. Jenna’s father, Leon Van Gelderen, met police at the scene but honored their request to keep quiet about the discovery for more than a week. “It’s hard to figure out what to publicize, what not to publicize,” he said. “They just wanted some time to process the car.”

He said the Atlanta and DeKalb police are reviewing video footage from the scene. “There’s a video camera on one of the buildings across the street from where the car was, but they haven’t told us what they found on there.”

The 25-year-old Jenna was house­ sitting for her parents, Congregation Shearith Israel members, when she went missing Aug. 19. At press time, her family had not heard from her in a month.

A $10,000 reward is offered for information leading to the return of Jenna, who is 4-foot-11 and 140 pounds. The Facebook page Help Find Jenna Van Gelderen (facebook.com/HelpFindJennaVG) is providing updates on the case.

Leon Van Gelderen said DeKalb Police Chief James Conroy is actively involved in the case. Any information can be emailed to FindJennaNow@gmail. com or called in to Van Gelderen at 404966-8565 or Conroy at 770-724-7475. ■

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To Speak or Not to Speak? semester,” they promised, “we’ll enroll you in the league.”

Sherry was devastated.

When 15-year-old Bruce forgot to take out the garbage and the family wound up with two weeks of accumulation, he had to take over every other child’s chores for a week.

In addition, as a rule, the kids are not given spending money for “extras”

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or what their parents view as luxuries.

Any money they accrue, be it through baby-sitting or odd jobs, must be used to go out with their friends or to buy something they want. So, yes, I plead guilty: When I see them, I often slip them some spare cash.

Do you get the picture? Would it be so terrible if I invited my daughter out for a heart-to-heart chat? Perhaps I don’t have to score a direct hit; subtlety is more tactful. I can simply share different methods I’ve learned over the years. I certainly don’t want to give her the message that I don’t trust them as parents, even though I have my reservations about their methods.

Or maybe I can place a great child-rearing book on my coffee table next time they visit? Send it to them as an anonymous gift?

My kids run a tight ship, and who knows? Maybe my grandkids will grow from the rigidity and become ultraresponsible.

I’m worried about scars. I think kids these days (maybe always) need a gentle touch and extra compassion.

It’s a tough world, and if home isn’t a refuge, where can they go? And what will happen to the next generation? Will my grandkids transfer the authoritarian upbringing that they endured to their offspring, or will they overcompensate with permissiveness and strike an unhealthy balance?

I fear to speak, yet I fear not to speak. I await your suggestions and hope you will send them to Rachel at rachels83@gmail.com by Monday, Sept. 25. ■ Wishing all of you a healthy, happy new year filled with bountiful blessings and the answers to your prayers!

Warmly, Rachel Stein.

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Crow’s feet, a little shrinkage, a crown of white, and some aches and pains — yep, I’ve earned the title of Grandpa, wearing it as a badge of honor. And it is my pleasure to shower the little ones with the unconditional love that only a grandparent can give.

Now I am very familiar with the adage instructing how one should relate to adult children, especially in-law children: Keep your mouth closed and your wallet open. However, I turn the question to you: How sweeping is this credo?

Are you really supposed to seal your lips and turn the other cheek when you see mistakes that could hurt your grandchildren?

I’m not referring to abuse; that would obviate the question. But I am referring to some common pitfalls of the parenting journey: overscheduling, pushing to overachieve, sharp criticism and unjust consequences.

I’ll give recent examples of the latter categories, which sear my heart.

Sammy, a delightful boy of 7, failed to do his homework. Not only was he compelled to miss his recess to complete the missed assignment (a consequence I have never agreed with — I am a strong believer that kids need recess), but he was grounded for three days at home too. So he earned a double whammy.

In my opinion, since Sammy faced repercussions in school, home should have been his haven. A gentle conversation over cookies and milk couldn’t hurt to emphasize the importance of responsibility. But after a difficult penalty, shouldn’t he have come home to a hug and some comfort?

At a different juncture, 11-yearold Abie spoke back to his parents.

His consequence? The whole family was going out to eat, and he had to stay home by himself to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. While I don’t condone disrespect, I do feel that the punishment should fit the crime.

To me, missing special family time is a real shame. It’s the glue that keeps families together. And to deprive a child of that will loosen the adhesive, perhaps creating irreparable damage.

Then there’s my Sherry, age 12, who loves sports. They energize her and provide a healthy outlet. Yet when she came home with a poor grade on her report card, her parents told her she would have to miss soccer season.

“If you bring your grade up next

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Rosh Hashanah Wednesday, Sept. 20, light candles at 7:19 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 21, light candles after 8:12 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 22, light candles at 7:16 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 23, Shabbat ends at 8:09 p.m.

Yom Kippur Friday, Sept. 29, light candles at 7:06 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 30, Shabbat and fast end at 8 p.m.

JELF exhibit. The Jewish Educational Loan Fund’s history is featured in “The Legacy of the Hebrew Orphans’ Home” at the Breman, 1440 Spring St., Midtown. Admission is $12 for adults, $8 for seniors, $6 for students and educators, and $4 for children 3 to 6; thebreman­. org or 678-222-3700.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 24

Family Tashlich. Families are invited to bring picnics and bread crumbs for a Tashlich observance at 12:15 p.m.

Lake RB at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, with a live bird show, bumper and paddle boats, bubble activities, a shofar-blowing contest and other activities after the brief ceremony of casting out sins. Free and open to all; atlantajcc.org or 678-812-4161.

Benefit musical. “Falsettos” — the story of a dysfunctional Jewish family in New York in the late 1970s that stars Jenny Levison of Souper Jenny, is directed by Mira Hirsch and benefits the anti-hunger nonprofit the Zadie Project — shows at 3 p.m. after a 2 p.m. dessert reception at the Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road, Buckhead.

Tickets are $50; www.souperjennyatl. com/shop.

Silent stand. Religious groups, including Interfaith Community Initiatives, gather at 3:30 p.m. at the amphitheater at the Martin Luther King Jr. Historical Site, 450 Auburn Ave., downtown, for brief remarks followed by 20 minutes of silence to support justice, strangers, friendship and democracy. Free.

Corrections & Clarifications

• The name of Second Helpings Atlanta co-founder Guenther Hecht was misspelled Sept. 15.

• An editing error changed a reference to Tanya in Chabad Intown Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman’s column Sept. 15 to Tanach.

MONDAY, SEPT. 25

No-hate wine tasting. Antica Posta Tuscan Restaurant & Bar, 519 E. Paces Ferry Road, Buckhead, holds a tasting of Italian wines and a discussion of Anti-Defamation League guidance on how to stand up to hate, with all proceeds going to ADL Southeast, at 5 p.m.

Admission is $25; marco@anticaposta. com or 404-262-7112.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 26

Babyccino. Children up to age 2½ and their mothers have a Yom Kippur program at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad of North Fulton, 10180 Jones Bridge Road, Alpharetta. Free; www.chabadnf.org or 770-410-9000.

Cuba talk. Author Nelson DeMille, whose new novel is “The Cuban Affair,” and former Cuban hostage Alan Gross speak in a book event at 7:30 p.m. at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Tickets are $10 for JCC members, $15 for others; atlantajcc.org/ bookfestival or 678-812-4002.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 28

Kit Carson. Retired corporate executive Brandt Ross, now a folk singer and

volunteer, speaks about the buffalo hunter, wilderness guide and Indian fighter at the meeting of the Edgewise group at 10:30 a.m. at the Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Free for members, $5 for others; atlantajcc. org/knowledgewise or 678-812-4070.

Talking about race. Retired Atlanta lawyer Arnie Sidman speaks about his updated book, “From Race to Renewal: It’s Not All Black & White,” at 6:30 p.m. at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., downtown. Free; RSVP at www. civilandhumanrights.org/event/racerenewal-not-black-white.

High Holiday fitness. The Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, offers a workout at 6:45 p.m. to help adults prepare for the final push of the Days of Awe. Free and open to all adults; atlantajcc­.org or 678-812-4022.

MONDAY, OCT. 2

JNF golf. Jewish National Fund’s 10th annual Sam P. Alterman Golf Tournament starts with lunch at 1 p.m. at the Standard Club, 6230 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek. Entry is $300 ($200 if under 35); jnf.org/atlgolf.

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Remember When

25 Years Ago Sept. 18, 1992 ■ Tailor-made tours to Israel and a program to tap into the enthusiasm of Atlantans returning from the Jewish state are among the ideas being considered by the revived Israel Program Center and its director, Avi Markovitz, the new, 38-year-old shaliach (emissary) to Atlanta from Israel.

■ Rabbi David Saperstein, who directs Washington’s Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, urged the more than 450 young Jewish professionals who heard him speak at The Temple, to write the congressional representatives in support of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which would mandate a “compelling state interest” standard for any governmental restrictions on religious rights.

■ Douglas and Andrea Kuniansky of Atlanta announce the birth of a daughter, Hayley Anne, on Feb. 12.

50 Years Ago Sept. 22, 1967 ■ The proposed Jewish home for the aged is almost halfway to its $2 million fundraising goal after a spirited meeting at which a crowd of nearly 300 people pledged money, masonry and carpeting for the 100-room facility. An estimated 1,800 of Atlanta’s 18,000 Jews are 65 or older, and that number is expected to increase 40 percent by 1985.

■ A bomb explosion Monday night ripped loose sections of the ceiling and made rubble of the walls at the Beth Israel Temple, the only synagogue in Jackson, Miss.

■ Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harrison of Atlanta announce the marriage of daughter Melanie Robin to Howard Norman Rappaport, son of Mr. and Mrs. Seymour R. Rappaport of Atlanta, on April 21.

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Katie Koestner was a hit when she spoke at Weber in September 2016.

Student safety expert Katie Koestner is returning to the Weber School to advise parents on what their children’s online lives will mean in the future, from college admissions to job applications.

Koestner, a date rape survivor who spoke at Weber last September about healthy relationships and the dangers of hookup culture, will appear at the school at 6751 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, for “Cyber-Health and Teen Relationships,” a free event sponsored by Weber and by the Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta.

Among the topics Koestner will cover to provide cyber-smarts to parents: • What do university admissions officers look for on a teen’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media feeds?

• What does it cost to clean up a digital footprint, and what are the best companies to use?

• How should you dispose of hightech hardware?

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of monitoring teens with GPS logging, nanny cams and spyware?

• What are the best apps for cloud storage for financial documents, photos, medical records and other personal data?

• What should you do about inappropriate online behavior by a child or a child’s friend?

• What are the laws related to child pornography, sexting and bullying?

Koestner has lectured for Fortune 500 companies, has spoken at over 3,000 colleges and schools, and is the founder and executive director of Take Back the Night, a foundation dedicated to ending sexual violence.

Her presentation is open to the community, but seating is limited. Reserve your place at bit.ly/2hawuq2. ■

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Free and Low-Cost High Holiday Options

SEPTEMBER 22 ▪ 2017

It’s not too late to find a place for Yom Kippur, which starts Friday night, Sept. 29. Also, some congregations don’t require tickets the second day of Rosh Hashanah (Friday, Sept. 22).

• MACoM (www.atlantamikvah. org), 700-A Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, is open for immersions Sept. 27 and 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. and Sept. 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Make appointments at immerse@ atlantamikvah.org or 404-549-9679.

• The Sixth Point (thesixthpoint. org) hosts Rosh in the Park, a spiritual experience for young adults, at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 23, at the gazebo at Ashford Creek Townhomes, 1442 Ashford Creek Circle, Brookhaven. It’s free; RSVP at bit.ly/2xsxxv7.

• Alpha Epsilon Pi is working with Synagogue Connect to find free High Holiday services for college students who choose not to stay on campus at Hillel or Chabad. The local options are The Temple, Shearith Israel, Ahavath Achim, New Toco Shul, Bet Haverim, Or VeShalom, The Kehilla, Or Hadash, Kol Emeth, Beth Tikvah and Kehillat Chaim. Visit www.aepi.org/synagogue-

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connect for options across the country.

• Guardians of the Torah (guardiansofthetorah­ .com) holds free services at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 2400 Old Alabama Road, Roswell, at 9 a.m. Sept. 30. RSVP to Rabbi Richard Baroff at 770-286-3477 or richardbaroff­@yahoo.com.

• Kehillat HaShem (rabbiatlanta. com), 640 Stone House Lane, Marietta, offers free worship at 7 p.m. Sept. 29 and throughout Sept. 30 (starting at 10 a.m.). Call Rabbi Jeffery Feinstein at 770-218-8094 for seats.

• The Kehilla in Sandy Springs (www.thekehilla.org), 5075 Roswell Road, offers free High Holiday services with no reservations.

• Congregation Bet Haverim (www.congregationbethaverim.org) holds High Holiday services at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 1790 LaVista Road, Toco Hills, free with no tickets. Call 404-315-6446 for details.

• Congregation Beth Jacob (www. bethjacobatlanta.org), 1955 LaVista Road, Toco Hills, offers three sets of traditional services on Yom Kippur, as well as the interactive, two-hour High

Holiday Experience service (www.highholidaysatl.com), at no cost. Visit www. bethjacobatlanta.org/highholidays.

Pre-register for child care at www. bethjacobatlanta­.org/form/Childcare.

• Young Israel of Toco Hills (www. yith.org), 2056 LaVista Road, offers all services free with no tickets. Nonmembers can get reserved seats for $72.

• Congregation B’nai Israel (bnaiisrael.net), 1633 Highway 54 East, Jonesboro, welcomes all to its services — 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29 and 10 a.m. Sept.

30 — and asks only for a donation. Call 678-817-7162 for tickets.

• Congregation Or VeShalom (orveshalom.org), 1681 N. Druid Hills Road, Brookhaven, welcomes all, although visitors must register in advance and pick up tickets in person.

Contact Executive Director Adam Kofinas at 404-633-1737 or adam.kofinas@ orveshalomg.org.

• Chabad of North Fulton (www. chabadnf.org), 10180 Jones Bridge Road, Alpharetta, offers free seating with no tickets. Educational and children’s services at 10 a.m. Sept. 30 supplement a full schedule of traditional services.

• Chabad of Forsyth (jewishforsyth­. org), 795 Brannon Road, Cumming, offers free services open to all. See the schedule and reserve seats at jewishforsyth­.org/HighHolidays.

• Chabad of Peachtree City (www. chabadsouthside.com), 632 Dogwood Trail, Tyrone, offers everything free, including a break-fast at 8:20 p.m. Sept.

30. See the schedule and reserve seats (optional) at bit.ly/2wBz6WP. • Chabad Intown (chabadintown. org), 928 Ponce de Leon Ave., PonceyHighland, offers free services with no tickets, although registration is requested. Yom Kippur services will be at the Crown Plaza Atlanta Midtown, 590 W. Peachtree St., where a pre-fast dinner will be available for $36.

• Atlanta Scholars Kollel (www. atlantakollel.org) offers services at the Kollel Dome, 5237 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, with Rabbi Daniel Freitag on Sept. 30; at Anshi, 1324 N. Highland Ave., Virginia-Highland, with Rabbi Mayer Freedman on Sept. 29 and 30; and in Brookhaven (address to be announced) with Rabbi Yosef Shapiro on Sept. 29 and 30. A $25 donation

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per ticket is suggested. Email ask@ atlantakollel­.org or call 404-321-4085.

• Congregation Shaarei Shamayim (www.shaareishamayim.com), 1600 Mount Mariah Road, Toco Hills, welcomes everyone, with or without tickets, though a $100 donation is suggested. Call the office at 404-417-0472.

• The Temple (www.the-temple. org), 1589 Peachtree St., Midtown, offers free tickets to visitors for the alternative services and overflow seating areas, not the main sanctuary. Visit bit. ly/2xLy09C, or call 404-873-1731.

• Congregation Ner Tamid (mynertamid.info), 1349 Old Highway 41, Suite 320, Marietta, offers $90 tickets for all the holidays for nonmembers. Contact highholydays@mynertamid.org or 678-264-8575 for details.

• Temple Beth Tikvah (www. bethtikvah.com), 9955 Coleman Road, Roswell, provides tickets for $180, and college students are free with ID. No tickets are required for tot family services at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 30 and closing services at 4 p.m. Sept. 30. Call 770-6420434, or visit bit.ly/2vCebSR. • Congregation Ariel (www. congariel­ .org), 5237 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, welcomes guests for $108 for Yom Kippur. Contact shuloffice@ congariel.org or 770-390-9071.

• Shema Yisrael (www.shemaweb. org) holds services at Atlanta Unity, 3597 Parkway Lane, Norcross. A $75 ticket is good for all services, including 7 p.m.

Sept. 29 and 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. (Yizkor) and 7 p.m. Sept. 30. Reservations are required; 404-998-5410 for questions.

In addition, people taking refuge from Hurricane Harvey or Hurricane Irma are welcome without tickets; bring an official ID to show where you live.

• Congregation Beth Tefillah (www.bethtefillah.org), 5065 High Point Road, Sandy Springs, offers nonmember tickets in the main sanctuary for $118. Rabbi Isser New leads family-appropriate educational services at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 30 for a suggested donation of $72. Visit bit.ly/2gHrzAm. A High Holiday youth experience with Rabbi Ari Karp is available for children 10 and under during morning services and Kol Nidrei for $40 per family with one or two children and $70 per family with three or more children. Visit bit. ly/2vHg1n4 for tickets. For questions, call 404-843-2464, ext. 104.

• Temple Beth David (www. gwinnetttemple­ .com), 1885 McGee Road, Snellville, has guest Rabbi Jonathan Crane leading services. Tickets are free for students and members of the military with ID and have a minimal cost for others. Email gwinnetttemple­@ gmail.com, or call 770-978-3916.

• Ahavath Achim Synagogue (www.aasynagogue.org), 600 Peachtree Battle Ave., Buckhead, offers free tickets to Jewish community professionals, full-time students and active military. Email acohen@aasynagogue.org.

Adults ages 18 to 35 can buy tickets for $36 for one holiday or $54 for everything; for those 36 and older, it’s $100 for one holiday or $200 for everything. Visit form.jotform.com/72054288915159, or call 404-355-5222.

• Temple Sinai (www. templesinaiatlanta­ .org), 5645 Dupree Drive, Sandy Springs, offers free, noticket access to services at 3:30 p.m. (renewal) and 5 p.m. (Yizkor and closing) Sept. 30. Tickets are not available to nonmembers for other services.

• Congregation Shearith Israel

(www.shearithisrael.com), 1180 University Drive, Morningside, offers tickets for $78. Contact 404-873-1743 or reception­@shearithisrael.com.

• Congregation Or Hadash (www. or-hadash.org), 7460 Trowbridge Road, Sandy Springs, requires no tickets for the 4:45 p.m. service (Yizkor and closing) Sept. 30. Tickets for all services are $198 if you’re 30 or older, $36 if you’re younger. Tickets are free for students and active military personnel with ID (registration required). Visit www. or-hadash.org/high-holidays-at-or-hadash.html#, or call 404-250-3338.

• Temple Kehillat Chaim (www. kehillatchaim.org), 1145 Green St., Roswell, offers tickets to nonmembers for $150 for all services. Students under age 25 and military personnel are free.

Visit www.kehillatchaim.org/highholy-days to see the schedule, and call 770-641-8630 to get tickets.

• Congregation Beth Shalom (bethshalomatlanta.org), 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Dunwoody, provides free access for college students and military personnel with ID. Second-day Rosh Hashanah services at 8:30 a.m. Sept.

22 are free and open to all. Nonmember tickets for all High Holiday services are $180. Visit bethshalomatlanta.org/ high-holidays-5778-2017.

• Hillels of Georgia (hillelsofgeorgia.org) offers Reform and Conservative services at Emory University and in Athens that are free for students, $54 for adults 18 to 35, and $150 for other community members. Register at secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=b175b9.

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We Have the Power to Change Course As I sat down to write this piece, I was watching continuous weather reports about the incoming Hurricane Irma and its potential impact to our communities, and I could not help but think of one of the central prayers of our High Holiday liturgy, Unetaneh Tokef.

This liturgical poem posits that on Rosh Hashanah, G-d judges each of us, deciding who will live and who will die, who by fire and who by water.

Untold property damage occurred, and many lives were lost as Harvey hit Texas and Irma hit the Caribbean, Florida and Georgia. Were those losses, or the ones from illness, other natural disasters or random violence, divine punishment for our sins? Unetaneh Tokef would seem to suggest that the answer is yes.

For as Rabbi Larry Hoffman writes in his book “Who by Fire, Who

by Water?” (Jewish Lights Publishing), the poem “assumes a vertical relationship between G-d, the (ruler), and human beings, (G-d’s) servants.

(G-d) has the power, and we are the slaves, simply and passively dependent upon (G-d’s) goodwill or bad plans for our future. … (It) seems to say ‘There is nothing you can do but accept the decree.’ ” And yet, being a Jew empowers

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us to act as G-d’s partner, not as G-d’s slave. We know that our actions do have consequences, and yet there is no set formula, no steadfast set of rules that mete out our rewards and punishments. For we know that in this world the wicked often succeed, and the good often suffer.

So the true power of Unetaneh Tokef is that it causes each of us to ask these questions of ourselves and our Creator. Why do these blessings and tragedies occur? And if we are

co-creators with G-d, how can we, through a process of cheshbon hanefesh, the accounting of our souls, put our lives on the right path?

And yet, Unetaneh Tokef provides an answer too. We read of the potent antidote to the judgment: u’teshuvah u’tefillah u’tzedakah ma’avirin et roa hag’zerirah. Repentance, prayer and charity can temper the harshness of the decree.

These words tell us to take stock of who we are, and, if we do not like what we see, there are three paths to take that can help us change the course and direction of our lives.

These are not an antidote to the ills that befall us or those we love.

But they can lessen the “harshness of the decree.” In other words, when we examine our lives and do not like what

we see, we have the ability to change our viewpoint and our actions. We have the ability to make a change to who we are through teshuvah, connect with the other and find holiness through tefillah, and make a lasting impact for the betterment of our world through tzedakah.

That is the power of Unetaneh Tokef.

We are reminded by this poem, and by these holy days, that human life is fragile, vulnerable and finite. But each one of us possesses the ability to change our outlook through the threefold prescription that we are given. That is the challenge that we must accept as we approach this new year. ■ Shana tova.

When we examine our lives and do not like what we see, we can change our viewpoint and our actions.

Rabbi Jordan Ottenstein is the new spiritual leader of Congregation Dor Tamid (www.dortamid.org).

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Accept Who We Are

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The little synagogue was packed.

It was Yom Kippur; the rabbi, the holy Baal Shem Tov, was weeping in prayer.

Men draped in shawls swayed silently. Women murmured the ancient liturgy. Children watched with awe, sensing that this was a special day.

Suddenly, the sublime atmosphere was cracked by a shout: Cock-a-doodle-doo!

Cock-a-doodle-doo! A village boy stood in the middle of the synagogue, shouting it over and over as he raised his face heavenward.

The congregants moved to expel him. But the Baal Shem Tov said, “No! Leave him alone. He is to remain here among us! This boy knows nothing of the protocols of a synagogue or the procedures of prayer. But he knows it is Yom Kippur, and he wants to speak to G-d, to be heard. He has cried out in the only language he knows. And that cock-a-doodle-doo, from the heart, goes directly to G-d’s throne.”

The special needs community has for too long been marginalized in the Jewish community. Friendship Circle’s mission is to showcase the beauty of every soul. We know that we do not all

speak the same language, but we all feel and need the same love.

When our volunteers stand before G-d this year and ask, “Please, G-d, accept me for who I am,” they can ask

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it with confidence knowing that they have taken the first step of accepting their fellows for who they are.

As a community, we need to learn the language of the soul. We each speak, look and do things differently, but we are the same. This year, let us welcome into the communal conversation those who have no voice, or whose voice we do not easily understand.

I wish you and your family a wonderful year in 5778. May G-d look at us as we hope to look at each other and see that we are forever deserving of His blessing and love. ■ Rickelle New is the director of Friendship Circle of Atlanta (www.fcatlanta.org).

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Best of Humanity Emerges at Times of Disaster Though in today’s absurdist world of pathological equality we have mo-

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participate in daily camp life, sharing Jewish traditions, teaching about Jewish and Israeli culture, and serving as role models for Jewish campers.

American staffers — who make up more than 90 percent of camp teams — work hand in hand with international staff, providing a fully integrated cultural experience. If these summer staffers are no longer able to participate in this cultural exchange, the very nature and existence of these essential programs will be under grave threat.

Our research has proved that Jewish summer camp experiences are a significant predictor of Jewish identity formation and whether children will continue to be part of their faith communities. In addition, summer camps provide critical experiential and developmental opportunities for youth.

Any threat to these programs and their educational impact could cause ripples across our entire faith community and deeply impact the development of future Jewish faith leaders and their connections to Israel.

We cannot overstate the significance of the J-1 Camp Counselor and SWT programs.

— Jeremy J. Fingerman, CEO, and Peter J. Weidhorn, board chair, Foundation for Jewish Camp, along with 12 religious and camp leaders as co-signatories

Save the J-1 Visa

The following is from a letter sent to President Donald Trump on Sept. 6.

We are writing on behalf of more than 300 Jewish summer camps serving more than 200,000 children, teens and young adults to urge you to preserve the U.S. State Department’s J-1 Camp Counselor program and the use of the Summer Work Travel (SWT) program by America’s summer camps.

We understand that as your administration defines the “Buy American Hire American” executive order, you may consider radically reducing or eliminating the Camp Counselor and SWT camp cultural exchange programs. This would have a drastic impact — both educationally and operationally — on the many programs we support.

Participation of Jewish counselors and staff from Israel and other countries through the J-1 Camp Counselor and SWT programs is critical to the mission of the Jewish camp field — and the American camp experience as a whole.

Our camps utilize these programs to bring cultural exchange staff from Israel to summer programs, where they

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By Rabbi Shalom Lewis

rons who see no difference between Einstein and Mr. Ed, we know better.

Einstein ponders the cosmos, while Mr. Ed eats grain.

Unlike any other living creature, we reflect on self. Our heartbeat. Our mortality. Our legacy. Our place in the universe.

We dream. We create. We love.

And when we depart, we leave behind an altered world.

But what we also do with divine majesty is step beyond who we are. We see what is beyond our eyes. We hear what is beyond our ears. We feel what is beyond our heart. We dwell in the local and in the faraway.

The catastrophes of Harvey and Irma and the staggering destruction

of great cities in but a few days are unimaginable. Mother Nature’s shock and awe render us numb, speechless and distraught.

The cold irony of a Central Africa suffering from hideous drought and an American South drowning confuses us. But we do not click to another channel or turn to the sports page.

We do not retreat into the unflooded rooms of our home. We do not utter lame clichés as we make dinner reservations and declare, ‘There but for the grace of G-d go I.” The righteous human being sees around the corner and beyond the horizon. Catastrophes test the human spirit, and in Houston, Miami and beyond, we are rising to levels of nobility. We weep for strangers and provide for them. We mourn for the victims and pray for them. We reach deep into our pockets to help the unknown who suffer in the anonymous distance.

To be sure, there are many chimps among us who care nothing of others and yawn at their misery, dismissing with a cold heart their misfortune. But G-d bless those who sob for the remote

calamities of others and recognize that we are all bonded in a paradox of responsibility.

Differences are shed. Sleeves rolled up as the best of us do for others.

The good Lord perched on high looks down with holy sadness as a soulless nature brings down havoc upon His innocent children. But His spirits are lifted by the magnificence of love, sweat and tears on display in the ravaged places below. A smile creeps across the Almighty’s face as He bears witness to an extraordinary benevolence tucked into the 1 percent.

A cynical hasid once approached his rebbe and asked, “What makes us better than the doe that cares for her fawn or the ewe that cares for her lamb?” The rebbe replied, “The difference is that though we live in Minsk, we give tzedakah in Pinsk.”

Harvey and Irma have unleashed the worst in nature but the best in humanity. We should be proud. ■ Rabbi Shalom Lewis serves Congregation Etz Chaim (www.etzchaim.net).

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Evolution took a very long time, but it bequeathed us remarkable qualities and incredible traits that are unparalleled.

Yes, we share 99 percent of our DNA with the chimpanzee, but what is embedded within the 1 percent is astounding. We don’t gobble up bananas and swing from trees, but compose symphonies, paint masterpieces and look to the galaxies. Whether science or faith, the difference between us and the rest of the animal kingdom is a remarkable sense of being.

A cow, a gazelle and an eagle are confined and defined from birth to death by an immutable biology. They do not grow in soul or donate blood to the ailing. They do not build towering edifices or discover cures for afflictions.

They and their extended mishpacha in all of Earth’s habitats care only about eating, reproducing and surviving. They have instincts but no wisdom. Moods but no empathy. Intelligence but no diplomas.

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An anonymous blogger posting with our online partner The Times of Israel has created an uproar by attacking an old problem: the cost of being Jewish.

It’s a timely issue for the High Holiday crowds at synagogues, some grousing about the cost of membership or tickets and others chafing at the Kol Nidrei appeal for donations.

“A Jewish Father,” an American Modern Orthodox father of four in his mid-40s, submitted his itemized critique in blog form Monday, Sept. 11, as we in Atlanta were focused on Hurricane Irma. While he didn’t topple trees, some think he has undermined the foundation of the U.S. Orthodox community, if not all American Jewry.

This blogger has many complaints about the structure and expense of “doing Jewish.” Some of them, such as the salaries of rabbis, the cost of kosher meat and the composition of synagogue boards, are off-base. We also reject the idea that synagogue membership is too expensive — ask Christians who tithe 10 percent of their salaries whether $2,000 to $3,000 a year seems excessive.

But the blogger’s main targets are Jewish day schools. Tuition for his four children accounted for more than half his annual Jewish bill of $150,000, and he felt that their education was substandard.

Where you send your children to school is a personal decision, but it has a communal aspect: While day schools are not right for all Jewish children and are not a cure-all for problems of Jewish continuity, they have a statistical edge over public and non-Jewish private schools at producing additional Jewish generations.

But the negatives could cancel out the benefits if education costs strip a family of the ability to fully participate in Jewish life or create financial stresses that rupture Jewish family life.

Georgia’s tax credits for donations that fund student scholarships at private schools help, but they are only a drop in the bucket. Consider that Birthright Israel is a huge philanthropic success because it can spend roughly $150 million a year to send almost 50,000 Jews on 10-day trips; the cumulative tuition of the U.S. students in Jewish day schools is more than $5 billion.

That kind of number is beyond private philanthropy. But a seed of a solution may have been unpackaged if not planted during this month’s Atlanta visit of members of the Knesset.

Deputy Speaker Yoel Hasson, a member of the opposition Zionist Union, said Israel has a responsibility to help ensure that every Jew around the world who wants a Jewish education can get one. He didn’t get into details, and his party is out of power.

But it’s an intriguing, mutually beneficial concept: tying the world’s Jews and Israel closer together and reinforcing Jewish continuity and Diaspora support for the Jewish state through an arrangement in which Israel subsidizes day school education.

It seems far-fetched, but so did Birthright 18 years ago. If the cost of Jewish education is endangering the Jewish future, it seems natural to apply some of that Israeli innovation to finding a solution and 10 easing the struggles of all Jewish parents. ■

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12 Minutes for Deep Thoughts If Judaism is a series of conversations — among Weiss-Greenberg searched for an authentic Orus, between us and G-d, between us and the rest of thodox Judaism that could prevent the familiar final the world — it’s hard to think of many things more scene from “The Last American Jew.” Jewish than ELI Talks.

Horowitz spoke about doing something of value That’s one of many with your life and not livthings I learned when the ing just for your job. production crew for the Cook, a direct descenEditor’s Notebook Jewish talks addressing dant of Shulchan Aruch engagement, literacy and compiler Rabbi Joseph

By Michael Jacobs identity (thus, ELI) came Karo, guided us on his path mjacobs@atljewishtimes.com to Atlanta for three days of from longing for pepperoni filming inside the Breman pizza to loving the beauty Museum’s “The Legacy of of halacha. the Hebrew Orphans’ Home” exhibit.

Tuchman, who is in her last year of rabbinical If you’ve ever seen a TED Talk, you know the studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary, made basic concept: Someone stands up in front of an the case for a dramatic reassessment of inclusion in audience and speaks about some topic on which he the Jewish community so that “we are all the us, and or she is an expert. Emory’s Deborah Lipstadt, for there is no them.” (She happens to be blind.) example, has received more than 900,000 views for Singer, the final speaker, was devastating as he her talk on Holocaust denial (well worth watching at led us on his personal journey to himself (lech lecha) ted.com). from the dress-hating girl he once was.

I caught the final night of taping, which meant “Never doubt that you were created in the image that I missed some locals, including Etgar 36’s Billy of G-d,” he said, offering his own summary of the Planer and Chabad Intown’s Dena Schusterman.

Torah. “Go to yourself. The rest is commentary.”

None of the five speakers the last night lives in The talks taped at the Breman will be posted on Atlanta, although one, Bradley Caro Cook, grew up that site around the beginning of November after here before moving to Los Angeles. going through post-production, which means about Before even thinking about the content, I was three hours of your time, broken down into 12-minblown away by the speakers’ ability to stand still for ute segments or watched in one marathon, will give 15 minutes while talking. Some people think with you plenty of Jewish material to keep you thinking their hands; I think with my feet, which is just one of and perhaps starting your own conversations for many reasons you’ll never find me at elitalks.org. weeks if not months to come.

The speakers spend months refining their The main Jewish element lacking from the ELI presentations after the ELI Talks organization acTalk is the arguing. After all, the speaker has limited cepts their applications, and the five I heard — Cook, time, and the audience members are props and backSharon Weiss-Greenberg, Susan Horowitz, Lauren drop, not debating foils.

Tuchman and Jhos Singer — praised the process for But the beauty of the recorded talks is that like sharpening their thinking. the Talmud, they are preserved for all time, and the That’s understandable because they were not conversations in response can go on forever. Even if addressing small issues. you’re just talking to yourself. ■

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On the Religion Beat

JVP Buys, Sells the Big Lie

As a thousand Jews from South Florida found shelter from the storm in Atlanta, we drove to Nashville, Tenn., on highways crowded with vehicles from a state temporarily devoid of sunshine, for the Religion News Association annual meeting.

I looked forward to renewing acquaintances with this exceptionally collegial group. As a new member, my wife, a television journalist and interfaith activist, would meet people in both fields.

The journalists of RNA deliver insightful and nuanced coverage of the most personal of subjects.

Three days of panel discussions brought them together with clergy and lay leaders from multiple faiths and denominations, researchers, scholars and theologians, and advocates for causes ranging from “religious freedom” legislation to freedom from religion altogether.

The sessions can be enlightening.

For example, I was unfamiliar with the “new revivalist” movement in evangelical Christianity, but nonetheless found the session on that subject riveting.

This year’s RNA meeting came a month after white supremacists made Charlottesville, Va., a historical reference point.

The moderator for a panel focused on covering religious hate raised the question of whether the anti-Jewish aspect of the story had been undercovered — something I had considered.

“When I heard the news, when I heard the chants and the signs, ‘Jews will not replace us,’ I felt like I had been punched,” said Leonard Saxe, the director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and the Steinhardt Social Research Institute at Brandeis.

“When I thought about it for a minute or two, I realized the United States, the country, had not suddenly become anti-Semitic. These were a very, very small group of people.”

He added, “Religion reporters have a special obligation to help us understand more of the context and not allow individuals who want to say hateful things to be given a megaphone.”

Simran Jeet Singh of Trinity University, the Henry R. Luce fellow for religion in international affairs at New York University’s Center for Religion and Media, said that “reporting on religious interaction is proactive,” while “reporting on incidents is reactive.”

As might be expected, a fair num-

My opinion of Jewish Voice for Peace is even lower than that of the AJT (“Our View: Time to Boycott,” Sept.

8). JVP is best described as a mouther of the propaganda spouted by the Palestinian leadership; JVP is not working to better the lot of the people.

Palestine was a sparsely populated, underdeveloped part of the Ottoman Empire when modern Zionists began returning to the land from which most of their ancestors had been exiled after the Second Temple was destroyed.

Zionists bought land and improved its productivity, built hospitals and schools, and lobbied world leaders to support the establishment of a Jewish state in the Jews’ ancestral homeland.

Indeed, Jews had been praying for a return to Zion for thousands of years.

In contrast, many of the Arabs who are called Palestinians are descended from families who entered Palestine only after Zionist activity had vastly improved living conditions.

The Ottoman Turks were on the losing side in World War I, and their empire was divided up. The League of Nations gave Great Britain the mandate for Palestine. The British used 78 percent of the land to create the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan.

The United Nations voted to divide the remainder of the mandated land between a Jewish state and a second Arab state. The Yishuv (Jewish community in Palestine) accepted, but Arab nations went to war. Their aim was to prevent Israel’s rebirth; they didn’t care if that meant the Arabs of Palestine would not have their first chance to govern their own country.

The invading armies said the Arabs of Palestine were “southern Syrians,” neither needing nor deserving a state of their own.

In the aftermath of the war, 800,000 Jews had been expelled from their homes in Muslim countries. A somewhat smaller group of Arabs had fled the area that became modern Israel. Egypt had seized control of Gaza, and Transjordan, changing its name to Jordan, controlled the Old City of Jerusalem as well as Judaea and Samaria (which it dubbed “the West Bank”).

Israel absorbed and uplifted the Jewish refugees, whose descendants make up the majority of Israel’s current Jewish population. The Muslim world condemned the descendants of the Arab refugees to perpetual refugee

ber of the RNA journalists are Jewish.

On the job, they are journalists first.

There was, though, an occasion when some of the journalists who are Jewish gathered because they are Jews.

Representatives from the communications staff of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement hosted a Shabbat dinner.

It should be noted that the meals

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at RNA are sponsored by organizations, most Christian, that use the opportunity to promote their work.

The protocols of a Shabbat dinner, as practiced by observant Jews, were followed.

For a couple of hours, they — we — gathered as journalists and Jews, and our conversation was as much about the latter identification as the former.

This was, at least to the memory of the most senior member present, who has attended for more than 30 years, the first Shabbat dinner at an RNA meeting. Judging from conversations afterward, it may become a tradition.

Insofar as I could tell, ChabadLubavitch, known for its Jewish outreach, was the only Jewish organization with boots on the ground at RNA. Exhibitors at the meeting included Baha’i and Hindu groups, along with Christian seminaries and a variety of religious and secular research and public policy bodies.

Materials promoting PJ Library, the Jewish children’s book program, were in the swag bags RNA members received at registration, the work of West End Strategy Team, a PR firm with numerous Jewish clients.

Not in attendance were the major religious, communal and political organizations, including those best known by their initials, that see themselves as representing parts or all of American Jewry and that might want to increase their media coverage.

Beyond matters of faith, Jewish organizations engage in a myriad of cultural, social and political realms.

RNA offers them opportunities for interaction with a large number of journalists who cover the depth and breadth of religious life in America.

Next year’s meeting is in Columbus, Ohio. ■

status, insisting that they remain stateless until Israel gives them the homes their forebears fled. Neither Egypt nor Jordan made any effort to set up an independent Palestinian state.

In 1967, Israel liberated the lands Egypt and Jordan had occupied illegally. Jordan had allied with Egypt and Syria to destroy Israel and annihilate

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her people.

Israel’s removal of all Jewish communities and military outposts from Gaza in 2005 was reciprocated by the firing of thousands of missiles at Israeli civilians. Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas rejected Israeli proposals for the establishment of a Palestinian state in all of Gaza and 97 percent of Judaea and Samaria, even with shared governance in Jerusalem.

Arafat instigated the Second Intifada instead of negotiating. Abbas has urged his people to violently resist the “occupation.” His Palestinian Authority pays handsome stipends to terrorists or their families.

Aid to the Palestinians, administered by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, is four times the amount, per capita, of aid to other refugee groups, administered by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Much of the money is siphoned off to line the pockets of corrupt leaders or to support efforts to attack Israel (cement intended for schools and hospitals in Gaza is used to construct terrorist tunnels).

Efforts to improve the Palestinians’ living standard have been sabotaged (e.g., the destruction of hothouses purchased from Gush Katif evacuees for the people of Gaza, missiles fired at the site of a planned Israeli/Gazan industrial park, and efforts to shut down businesses in Judaea and Samaria that employ both Israelis and Palestinians).

I can only conclude that the Palestinian leaders feel that poor people, seeing no end to their misery, are easily incited and willing to risk their lives for the stipends reserved for murderers. What a shame that JVP has bought the Big Lie. ■ Toby Block lives in Northeast Atlanta.

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ISRAEL NEWS

Retail Markets and Chains Boom in Israel On Aug. 29, French sporting goods chain Decathlon opened a branch in the Israeli city of Rishon LeZion. Over 25,000 shoppers showed up to the sports superstore within the first four days.

Accordingly, after only 96 hours of being in business, the store was forced to close for an emergency 24-hour period to restock its empty shelves.

Israel has seen similar retail crazes surrounding other major chain store openings.

In 2001, roughly 30,000 shoppers clamored to attend the opening of Israel’s first Ikea. Located in the central coastal city of Netanya, the retail behemoth’s opening caused some of the worst traffic jams Israel has ever seen.

As the economy in Israel grows, Israelis have more expendable income.

Grocery and retail superstores, often connected to large shopping malls, are becoming commonplace all over the country. Keeping up with the demands of Israel’s consumers, even in remote, peripheral locations, this retail boom does not seem like it will stop any time

soon.

Israel is thriving economically in 2017, allowing for a robust retail sector. However, this has not always been the case.

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Today, high-end smartphones sold at ubiquitous cellphone retailers are the standard means of communication in Israel, but it wasn’t until the end of the 1960s that the majority of Israelis even had their own household telephone lines. Israelis would use public pay phones that accepted governmentissued tokens known as asimonim, not discontinued until 1990.

Likewise, Israel in the 1980s and 1990s, while experiencing steady economy growth associated with increasingly neo-liberal economic policy, was nowhere near where it is today.

Israel did not have a shopping mall until 1977, when the iconic Dizen-

goff Center was completed in Tel Aviv.

Further, there was not even a word for “mall” in Hebrew until a real estate developer built another major Israeli shopping mall in 1985. Located in Ramat Gan, the developer called it Kenyon Ayalon. Kenyon, the nowcommon Hebrew word for mall, was created as a play on the Hebrew words for shopping and parking.

Between 1967 and 2016, Israel’s GDP per capita grew from $8,500 to $39,100 (in 2016, the United States’ GDP per capita was $57,467).

This significant economic growth has bolstered many Israelis’ ability to shop in increasingly competitive retail markets throughout the Jewish state.

It has likewise opened new import markets for goods such as American and Asian electronics and cars and Eu-

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Despite this growth and subsequent variety of shopping options, Israel’s cities maintain heavily trafficked, traditional open-air markets, such as the Shuk Ha’Carmel in Tel Aviv and Mahane Yehuda in Jerusalem.

It is unlikely that those traditional public spaces and commerce centers will fall victim to economic-growthdriven commerce booms. Thus, like Israel as a whole, Israeli retail markets are a melding of the past with modernity. ■

Today in Israeli History

Items provided by the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org), where you can find more details.

Sept. 22, 2000: Yehuda Amichai, the poet laureate of Jerusalem, dies from lymphoma at the age of 76. Born in Germany, he moved with his family to Israel in 1935, served with the British in World War II and with the Palmach afterward, and featured themes of war, peace and loss in his poetry.

Sept. 23, 2003: Simcha Dinitz, a longtime Israeli diplomat who served as the ambassador to the United States from 1973 to 1978, dies at the age of 74. He played a key role in Israel’s getting arms from the United States during the Yom Kippur War. Sept. 24, 1950: Two flights carrying 177 people from the British colony of Aden in Yemen conclude Operation Magic Carpet, which secretly brings 50,000 Yemenite Jews

to Israel beginning in June 1949.

Sept. 25, 1917: Amir Gilboa, one of Israel’s leading poets, is born Berl Feldmann in Ukraine. He is known for drawing on his military experiences and biblical issues of morality to write contemplative poems.

Sept. 26, 2002: Rabbi Zerach Warhaftig, a founder of Israel’s National Religious Party and signatory of Israel’s Declaration of Independence, dies in Jerusalem at the age of 96. A native of Belarus, he went to Lithuania at the start of World War II and led a delegation in 1940 that asked Japanese Consul General Sempo Sugihara to get visas for Jews trying to escape Lithuania. Sugihara issued 3,500 of them.

Sept. 27, 1950: The third Maccabiah Games commence in the 50,000-seat stadium in Ramat Gan. Sept. 28, 1995: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat sign the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement, known as Oslo II, in a ceremony at the White House.

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Warm Welcome Turns Heated for Lawmakers

By Michael Jacobs mjacobs@atljewishtimes.com

Jewish Home lawmaker Shuli Moalem-Refaeli, who entered politics after her husband was killed in an IDF helicopter crash, acknowledges that it’s wrong that Mark Olstein’s lone soldier son is not considered Jewish by the Israeli government.

Jews, there are no tensions between Israeli Druze and American Jews.

The question-and-answer session then began, and the visitors could see part of what Robbins meant when he said, “We look at you as family. We feel as if we’re family.”

Like a Rosh Hashanah dinner, the love in the room didn’t prevent tough talk about politics amid laughter.

American Jewish Committee Atlanta Regional Director Dov Wilker had the first question and cut to the chase: “You are the ones responsible for this change, and my question for you … is how are you allowing Shas and all the religious parties to control this decision which impacts how a Jew practices their religion?”

Bitan acknowledged that it was all about politics: Likud needs the support of the religious parties, so it has to compromise on issues they care about.

If the actions related to pluralism are so important to left-wing parties, he said, the Zionist Union could join Likud in a unity government excluding Shas and United Torah Judaism.

The ultimate answer, Bitan said, is for millions of Conservative and Reform Jews to make aliyah so they can vote in an Israeli government to do whatever they want.

Josh Shubin expressed concerns to the Knesset members that his grandchildren won’t be welcome or won’t be interested in Israel.

Mark Olstein, whose son is one of 30 Atlantans serving in the Israel Defense Forces as lone soldiers, complained that even though his son did everything that was asked of him, including going through an Orthodox conversion, he still wasn’t considered Jewish by the Israeli government. The Israeli lawmakers offered sympathy but no solutions. ■

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Whatever a delegation of Knesset members knew about Southern hospitality before arriving in Atlanta, the group got the good and the bad during a breakfast at the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta on Sept. 7.

“This is the real Diaspora,” Federation CEO and President Eric Robbins said in welcoming the half-dozen Israeli lawmakers, representing a range of parties inside and outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

The Knesset members visited Atlanta Sept. 6 to 8, with stops ranging from the Epstein School to SunTrust Park, before flying to the New York area for Shabbat. Their trip was part of a Jewish Agency for Israel program to strengthen bonds between Israel and the Diaspora, and this was the first time Atlanta was on the itinerary.

Yoav Kisch, a Knesset member from Netanyahu’s Likud, said in an interview before the program that the delegation’s primary goal was to listen to the concerns of American Jews.

“I think it’s a mutual interest both for Israel and the Diaspora Jews to maintain a good and constructive relationship,” Kisch said.

He said the success of American Jewry the past 100 years has been crucial to Israel, but now Israel is contributing to the strength of the Diaspora worldwide. “Having a strong Israel is something that is very important, in my opinion, to the Jewish Diaspora.”

Kisch said Israel is much stronger than it was 30 years ago, but the Diaspora still is important in shoring up international support for the Jewish state.

Facing a diverse group of Federation donors, he anticipated questions about religious pluralism involving the suspended compromise over an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall and legislation tightening Orthodox control over conversions.

He wasn’t disappointed.

Kisch, Likud Coalition Chairman David Bitan, Druze Yisrael Beteinu member Hamad Amar, Jewish Home member Shuli Moalem-Refaeli, and Zionist Union members Itzik Shmuli and Yoel Hasson introduced themselves with gratitude for the hospitality, praise for the Jewish role in the American civil rights movement and plenty of jokes.

Amar, for example, noted that whatever issues divide Israeli and American

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Israel Pride: Good News From Our Jewish Home Virtual safari. The Ramat Gan Safari has placed cameras in the monkey enclosures and live-streams video to bedridden children at Sheba Medical Center in Tel HaShomer. The innovation helps kids deal with the stress of their illness and will be expanded to more animals and more hospitals.

Israeli on WHO board. The World Health Organization has finally rewarded Israel for its contributions to the WHO and global medicine. For the first time in 21 years, WHO has appointed an Israeli to its executive board: Itamar Grotto, the Israeli Health Ministry’s associate director-general. Grotto said he was moved by the appointment and promised to do all he could to represent the interests of Israel.

Mayoral mission. American Jewish Committee brought the mayors of Syracuse, N.Y., Albuquerque, N.M., and six other U.S. cities to see Sderot, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem, the Syrian border and Ziv Medical Center in Safed. The delegation chair was Mayor John Giles of Mesa, Ariz.

The delegation originally was to be 10

members, but two Florida mayors, Bob Buckhorn of Tampa and Jeri Muoio of West Palm Beach, canceled because of Hurricane Irma.

Eastern exposure for Giro. The Giro d’Italia cycling race, a major event in the global sporting calendar, will begin in Jerusalem in May, marking the first time that a Grand-Tour (one of cycling’s three major races) takes place outside Europe. It arguably will be the most prestigious sporting event ever held in Israel. Commencing May 4, this race will see 176 of the world’s top cyclists begin in Jerusalem’s Old City. Over the next two days, the competitors will ride from the north of Israel to the tip of the Red Sea, taking in breathtaking views and major historical and religious sites. The 2018 Giro will carry a strong message of peace and coexistence, with its journey representing the ability of sports to bring people together. The race will also be an opportunity to pay tribute to Italian cyclist Gino Bartali, a three-time winner of the Giro. Bartali helped rescue hundreds of Italian Jews during the Holocaust and was recognized by Yad Vashem in 2013 as one of

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Israeli on top of London restaurant world. The Barbary restaurant in Covent Garden is No. 1 in TimeOut’s list of London’s 100 best restaurants. The lead chef is Tel Aviv-born Eyal Jagermann.

The restaurant is not kosher.

Tax-free honey. Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon added a sweetener to the Jewish new year for the business community, signing an order in early September authorizing a customs tax exemption for the import of 560 tons of honey to Israel. The order, a temporary measure until the end of 2017, is said to be necessary because of expected shortages in the domestic market.

The land of milk and honey. Israelis use date honey (silan) in soups, salads, main courses and desserts. Now consumers overseas can find this sweet syrup in stores just in time for the new year. Dates are one of the seven native crops of Israel, and while bee honey is beloved in Israel, date honey is a staple ingredient in Middle Eastern cuisine and is favored by Israel’s growing veg-

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Dr. Schuchat joined CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in 1988. She has served in various leadership posts over the years, and currently serves as CDC principal deputy director, a role she assumed in September 2015. She served as acting CDC director from January-July 2017 and was director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases from 2006-2015.

Dr. Schuchat played key roles in CDC emergency responses including the 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza response, the 2003 SARS outbreak in Beijing and the 2001 bioterrorist anthrax response. Globally, she has worked on meningitis, pneumonia and Ebola vaccine trials in West Africa, and conducted surveillance and prevention projects in South Africa.

Dr. Schuchat graduated from Swarthmore College and Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine and completed her residency and chief residency in internal medicine at NYU’s Manhattan VA Hospital. She was promoted to Rear Admiral in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service in 2006 and earned a second star in 2010.

an community. This Rosh Hashanah, as Jews dip apples in honey to wish for a sweet new year, many will opt for silan.

Germ-killing clothes. The constantly intensifying battle against viruses and antibiotic-resistant superbugs isn’t only about finding stronger drugs against infection. The focus is moving to preventing infections in the first place. Jerusalem-based Argaman Technologies has invented a bio-inhibitive cotton that kills viruses and bacteria on contact. To create the material, enhanced copper-oxide particles are ultrasonically and permanently blasted into cotton fibers using an environmentally friendly technique. CottonX, as it is being called, is being made into facial masks, hotel linens, uniforms, activewear and more.

Anchors aweigh. Israel Shipyards has launched from its Haifa Bay facility a technologically advanced, 430-ton patrol boat built for the Cypriot navy.

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BUSINESS

Atlanta, Jerusalem Plan Biomedical Joint Venture

The Conexx young professionals event draws a wide range of ages to Alon’s on Sept. 14.

Alon Balshan shares his personal and business story.

Bartender Stephanie Northrup runs through the list of wines offered at the Conexx wine tasting.

IDF Lessons Serve Owner Well at Alon’s

By Sarah Moosazadeh sarah@atljewishtimes.com

Jewish community members of all ages gathered at Alon’s in Dunwoody on Thursday, Sept. 14, for a Conexx young-professionals food, wine and networking event with guest speaker and host Alon Balshan, the Israeli-

American owner of the bakery and restaurant.

The Conexx event offered a selection of Mediterranean dishes and signature wines in partnership with the Sorting Table, a wine importer and marketer.

Balshan, who this year celebrated the 25th anniversary of the original

Alon’s in Virginia-Highland, spoke about the eatery’s establishment and its ongoing presence within the community.

He highlighted the importance of persevering through difficult times, and he emphasized that he learned in the Israel Defense Forces to never say, “I can’t.” ■

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed have agreed that their cities will operate a biomed and life sciences innovation center as a joint venture.

The center will be in Atlanta and will provide Jerusalem-based companies incubator resources and access to the U.S. market. The venture includes the Jerusalem Economic Development Authority’s Bio-Jerusalem, the Metro Atlanta Chamber, Georgia State, and Georgia Tech’s Global Center for Medical Innovation and T3 Labs.

A meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, Sept. 3, between Barkat and an Atlanta delegation led by Metro Atlanta Chamber Vice President Jorge Fernandez, GCMI CEO Tiffany Wilson and Conexx President Guy Tessler sealed the deal after a year of efforts by Israeli Consul General Judith Varnai Shorer.

The center will have a joint AtlantaJerusalem executive board. GCMI will provide resources, guidance, facilities and accelerator tools to help companies reach commercialization milestones.

Selected Jerusalem-based companies will be hosted at the center for six to 12 months. ■

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Event co-chairs Denisse Beldin (left) and Lauren Simons present Alon Balshan to guests during Conexx’s Young Adult Professional’s wine tasting.

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ADL Head Excited by Atlanta History, Initiatives

By Sarah Moosazadeh sarah@atljewishtimes.com

SEPTEMBER 22 ▪ 2017

With an appreciation for the civil rights era and the Anti-Defamation League’s roots, Allison Padilla-Goodman has taken on the role of ADL’s Southeast regional director.

She has moved from ADL’s South Central Region office in her native New Orleans to the Buckhead office at a time of rising anti-Semitism across the country and increasing examples of anti-Jewish harassment in public and private schools in the Atlanta area.

Padilla-Goodman earned a doctorate from the City University of New York in sociology with a focus on race relations. She holds a master’s in Latin American studies from Tulane University and a bachelor’s in sociology and anthropology from Middlebury College.

Her work experience includes community organizing and education.

As the daughter of an ADL board chair, Padilla-Goodman grew up with the organization. She credits ADL with saving her mother’s life by interfering with Ku Klux Klan plans for bombings in the Mississippi Delta.

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Allison PadillaGoodman is eager to address antiSemitism and hate crimes in the Southeast.

Padilla-Goodman became an ADL board member in New Orleans, then was hired as regional director in April 2014. “I’ve found the melding of all of my passions in one place,” she said.

She hopes to bring to Atlanta initiatives she oversaw in New Orleans, including community ties with law enforcement. In line with ADL’s national priorities and the interests of local advocates such as the Atlanta Initiative Against Anti-Semitism, she is promoting hate-crimes legislation in Georgia, one of five states without such a law.

“I am excited to build on our work and training around law enforcement while providing the necessary resources,” she said. “We see so many more hate groups surfacing in the wake of Charlottesville, which means there are

more situations to address them with the help of law enforcement.”

Padilla-Goodman looks forward to building coalitions for civil rights.

“ADL has been involved with some amazing work under Shelley Rose working with various community groups across the city, which has built some important relationships, and I think there is a lot to work to build off that,” she said.

Rose, No. 2 in ADL’s Atlanta office, served as the interim regional director from June 2016, when Mark Moskowitz left to take a position with the Jewish Agency for Israel, until Padilla-Goodman arrived in mid-August.

Padilla-Goodman praised ADL’s success with its educational program in the Southeast. “It is one of the strongest I’ve seen, as we are in over 200 schools in the region, and every Atlanta public school is involved in our No Place for Hate program,” she said. “We are seeing a lot of anti-Semitism in schools, but we are also seeing a lot of schools respond very well when it happens.”

She commended grassroots movements, parents and other local organi-

zations working to end anti-Semitism.

She and others across the country have pushed for a strong response to hate after the Charlottes­ville, Va., neoNazi demonstrations, such as a commitment to anti-bias education. Some 300 mayors have signed a compact against hate, she said. “The compact provides an amazing foundation for our work, as well as a powerful statement for cities nationwide who wish to create a strong counternarrative.”

Her move 400 miles east is not the first time she has left New Orleans for a job, and while it may not be as exotic as Hong Kong, where she once worked as a university instructor, Atlanta does have connections going back to the beginning of ADL in 1913.

“The work of ADL is very exciting in Atlanta. It is still in the Deep South, which possesses a particular relevance,” Padilla-Goodman said. “Atlanta is home to the civil rights era and Leo Frank. It represents a large part of ADL’s work and where the organization contains its roots. I am excited to take that energy and growth from New Orleans and bring that to Atlanta.” ■

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Cedartown Provides Refuge From Irma

SEPTEMBER 22 ▪ 2017

We always try to plan our Simply Smart Travel trips well in advance. It pays to do our homework, research the best places to stay and learn about attractions and culture. But long-term planning is not always possible.

That is the situation we faced at our Sarasota, Fla., home as Category 5 Hurricane Irma churned toward us, days away. The official message was clear: Get out if you can; go to a shelter if you cannot.

We heeded the advice and fled north. But planning and preparation proved valuable and made our evacuation less stressful.

After studying TV weather reports and downloading the Florida Storms app for our phones, we filled our gas tank, loaded our precious computers in the trunk, packed appropriate clothes and a few necessities, and decided that Northwest Georgia seemed to be a good destination, given Irma’s predicted path.

Knowing Atlanta would be mobbed by evacuees, we decided on Cedartown, about 60 miles west-northwest of Atlanta. We made a reservation for two nights at the Best Western Cedartown Inn & Suites and hit the road four days before the storm was scheduled to strike.

We correctly figured the highways would be clogged. We called hotels along the way when it became obvious that we would not make Cedartown in the normal drive time of nine hours.

After a lot of “Sorry, we are full” responses, we found a room in Tallahassee and arrived there after a 10½-hour drive (normally about 5½), mostly on secondary roads because Interstate 75 became a parking lot.

The next morning we set off from Tallahassee on U.S. 27 toward Cedartown and arrived in midafternoon.

The front desk suggested we go to Jefferson’s restaurant across the street for dinner because it was offering free food to Florida evacuees.

That was our first taste of Southern hospitality. What wonderful and generous people. We tried to pay, but they would not let us.

The hotel filled up fast, and the next morning people were sleeping in campers in the parking lot (provided gratis by people in the town). The hotel opened a room where evacuees who weren’t staying inside could shower.

Even though we had reservations 18 for only two nights, the hotel accom-

modated us and extended our stay to four nights.

The hotel lobby began to fill with huge quantities of food of all kinds, bottled water, diapers, pet supplies, toiletries and so forth, all donated by private citizens, stores and churches,

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and all available for the taking, no questions asked.

The volunteer fire department made provisions to set up a huge tent if needed. Fortunately, it was not because the hotel let people to stay in the lobby and in the campers in the parking lot.

Soon, grills appeared on the lawn, and the townspeople began preparing hamburgers, hot dogs and barbecue and urging evacuees to take their fill.

They kept it up every day until two days after the storm, when we left to return home.

Nobody would take any money for anything.

To put it mildly, the people of Cedartown stepped up and showed what hospitality is all about.

Since we had a car, a room, credit cards and adequate provisions, we decided to make the best of a bad situation and explore the region.

Cedartown, the county seat of Polk County, is a picturesque town with a population of 9,750.

The town was named for its red cedar trees. Its downtown is full of historical buildings and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its 1890s architecture.

Although the town was ravaged by the Union Army during the Civil War, the coming of the railroad and U.S. 27 helped it recover in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Postscript: We arrived back home to find no damage. Irma had largely spared our town. Unfortunately, other places were not so fortunate. Thanks for everything, Cedartown.

Before You Go Check out these sites: • www.downtowncedartown.com.

• www.exploregeorgia.org/city/ cedartown.

• roadsidegeorgia.com/city/cedartown.html.

Getting There Cedartown is at the intersection of U.S. 27 and U.S. 278, 27 miles north of Interstate 20 and 60 miles from Atlanta.

On a Day Trip • Visit the historical Cedartown downtown.

• Go to Big Spring, the largest natural limestone spring in the South.

• Take a stroll on the Silver Comet Trail, which runs through town.

Photo by Jeff Orenstein

The old mill at Berry College in Rome is a beautiful place to visit.

Staying Two or Three Days • Take a drive to the restaurants and antique shops at nearby Cave Springs.

• See the still-open West Cinema Theatre’s art-deco architecture.

Staying Longer • Explore the gorgeous campus of Berry College in Rome.

• Wander through the Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia in Cedartown.

Dressing to Evacuate Dress comfortably for being in the car a long time and for the expected weather. Forget fashion. If you are evacuating a natural disaster, emphasize clothing that will help you survive.

At a Glance • Over 50 — Small-town Georgia oozes history and hospitality. Cedartown’s historical downtown is walkable and welcoming.

• Mobility — Public and commercial buildings are accessible. There is no public transit. The terrain is flat to rolling, and most places have convenient on-street parking. A car is a necessity.

• When to Go — When you need to in order to beat the throngs of hurricane escapees. Hurricane season is June through November.

• Where to Stay — Before you leave, make hotel reservations. Plan on slow driving because you are not the only one with plans to escape.

• Special travel interests — Safety and comfort. While you are away, be sure to explore your surroundings and enjoy the hospitality, history and charms.

Jewish Cedartown If being with fellow Jews and

Photo by Aimee Madden, public information officer, Cedartown

Downtown Cedartown’s many festivals provide nonevacuation reasons to visit.

having access to Jewish institutions are important to you during a disaster, you will find Jewish comfort in most big cities in North America. But because you likely will stay or at least stop in smaller towns during your evacuation, take kosher food with you if you observe the dietary laws.

We found no Jewish institutions in Cedartown, but the local Christian community provided aid and comfort while asking no questions about religion, color or creed.

Rome, 20 miles north of Cedartown, has a significant if small Jewish community, including Reform Rodeph Sholom Congregation, whose building dates to 1938.

The town’s Jews survived the Civil War and Reconstruction and today constitute about 1.3 percent of the population. ■ Jeffrey Orenstein, Ph.D., and Virginia Orenstein are husband-and-wife travel writers from Sarasota, Fla. Their Simply Smart Travel column appears in newspapers and magazines in nine states. They publish travel ideas, articles, photos and a blog at www.SimplySmartTravel.com and at www.facebook.com/ SimplySmartTravel.

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Joe Landsberg (left) of Boca Raton and Eli Hagler of Hollywood both had sons born while they took refuge from Irma in Toco Hills.

Rabbis Ilan Feldman and Adam Starr continue the Beth Jacob-Young Israel cooperation by officiating at the bris of the first evacuee baby born in Toco Hills.

Despite Toco Hills’ hospitality, it proves not to be far enough north or inland to avoid some of the damaging effects of Irma.

Irma Evacuees Thankful for New Atlanta Friends Although most Jewish Florida evacuees have left after taking refuge from Hurricane Irma in Atlanta, their appreciation for the people and congregations who helped them remains.

Of the 1,000-plus evacuees who found shelter in Toco Hills, one or two stayed for the High Holidays at Congregation Beth Jacob, Executive Director Rabbi Yitzchok Tendler said.

He said air mattresses donated by a company in Canada have been sent to Houston to help people flooded out by Hurricane Harvey.

“There’s been an overwhelming outpouring of appreciation from individuals who have returned home to Florida,” said Rabbi Tendler, who has received countless letters from evacuees. “People have written to us claiming they were unsure what awaited them after hitting the road and how much it meant to them that individuals were able to open their homes and their hearts through a difficult time.”

Beth Jacob worked with Young Israel of Toco Hills to handle the influx of evacuees into the Orthodox community, and Young Israel Rabbi Adam Starr said Monday, Sept. 18, that the rest of the guests who arrived ahead of Irma before Shabbat on Friday, Sept. 8, have returned to Florida.

Three evacuees staying with the two congregations gave birth, including two during the power outages across the community after Irma struck Monday, Sept. 11. A bris was held for the first baby Friday, Sept. 15, at Beth Jacob.

“It was a beautiful experience, and I am glad everyone is back home,” Rabbi Starr said. “We’ve received countless messages of appreciation from people who simply wanted to give thanks.”

Since Thursday, Sept. 14, all the evacuees handled by Congregation Beth Tefillah in Sandy Springs have

gone back to Florida, Rabbi Isser New said.

He said his mother, Dassie, played a part in another simcha, giving a ride to someone traveling to Florida for a family wedding scheduled in advance.

“There were so many incredible friendships that were made, which to me is the real story behind the connections,” Rabbi New said. “Yes, the organizations and the shuls all pitched in and came together; however, the humaninterest story lay within people who expressed their appreciation and how indebted they are towards families who helped take them in.”

Although the guests have made it home, they left a lasting impression with their host families, Rabbi New said.

“When you speak to members of the community, you hear so many stories of how much they cried when they witnessed the guests leaving. People were doing so much and felt blessed to do so,” he said.

One of Beth Tefillah’s main concerns was how long guests would stay with the families who volunteered to house them.

“You’d be surprised at the amount of people who accepted people within

their homes without any hesitation,” said Rabbi New, who matched 300 to 400 families within the community.

“I didn’t have any answers or know how long they would be here, but not a single person stopped to ask any questions.” ■ The AJT covered the Irma evacuation story online at atlantajewishtimes. com, where you can find reports before and after Irma arrived, including the refuge offered by Congregation Beit Yitzhak in Norcross and the Shabbat stop in Toco Hills by Israeli rescue crews headed to Florida, as well as more photos.

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Breman Helps Serve Snack-Size Culture

By Rachel Fayne

SEPTEMBER 22 ▪ 2017

If you can get away from the office for lunch once a month in Midtown, you can experience some free culture and perhaps learn something.

The Breman Museum has partnered with the Center for Puppetry Arts and the High Museum of Art for LunchTime Culture, a program between noon and 1 p.m. one Friday per month in which the Midtown cultural institutions combine for a performance, a conversation or a tour from a different perspective.

Each program is free and lasts about 20 minutes and includes a bag lunch to eat during the presentation, leaving enough time during your lunch hour to visit the host museum’s exhibitions.

The most recent LunchTime Culture program Friday, Sept. 15, examined old buildings and parks around Atlanta, as well as the way art and artifacts can preserve history and tell stories.

Held at the Breman, the program focused on the legacy of Atlanta’s Hebrew Orphans’ Home, which opened

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downtown on Washington Street in 1889. The organization eventually became the Jewish Educational Loan Fund (JELF), the oldest nonprofit in Georgia, which grants interest-free loans to Jewish students from Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia and Florida who are pursuing higher education.

Although the building was demolished in 1974, the organization remains a vital part of the Jewish community, as celebrated in an exhibit at the Breman through December. The LunchTime Culture program looked at artifacts such as a terra-cotta post from the entrance of the home and photos of the orphans roller-skating, playing basketball and taking a field trip to the Loew’s Grand Theatre.

The LunchTime Culture partnership seems to be working, said Ghila Sanders, the acting executive director of the Breman.

Realizing that Atlanta lacked shorter programs requiring a reduced time commitment to expose people to new ideas and connect to their interests, Sanders met with the director of the High about the concept of short

daytime programs. The Center for Puppetry Arts, across 18th Street from the Breman, was a natural third partner.

“It’s a true collaborative effort,” Sanders said. “This partnership between cultural organizations demonstrates a true shift from competition to collaboration. That’s a new mindset and honestly how we stay relevant.”

LunchTime Culture launched in July and is scheduled to run monthly through December, with each of the three institutions hosting and presenting two events.

The next program will take place Oct. 20 at the High. Holocaust survivor Henry Friedman will discuss his experience after World War II as a street artist in Italy who made his way to America.

The collaboration among the three organizations fills a need in the community, Sanders said. “We were missing something like this in Atlanta where we look at the neighborhoods and bring them together. We’re focused. We have an eye on history, arts and culture, and LunchTime Culture is programming reflecting that.” ■

Photos by Rachel Fayne

A terra-cotta pillar from the front of the Hebrew Orphans’ Home is part of the JELF exhibit.

Bagged lunches sit at the Breman check-in table for LunchTime Culture on Sept. 15.

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6 Jewish Soldiers Who Haunted, Hunted the Nazis

By Al Shams

SEPTEMBER 22 ▪ 2017

Some people believe that Jews are not brave fighters for their countries, communities or families. Those people have a poor understanding of history.

As Jews, we are encouraged to avoid conflict to resolve issues. But when our values, families, communities and lives have been at risk, from ancient times to today, Jews have been audacious fighters.

Think of the Maccabees, Masada and the escape from Sobibor.

During World War II, the Jews of Europe rarely had the means to fight their evil enemy. But even with the most modest of weapons, as during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, they inflicted heavy losses while battling the Germans for a prolonged period.

Bruce Henderson’s “Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned With the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler” tells the stories of six brave young men whose circumstances enabled them to deal a significant blow to the Nazis.

All were born in Germany in the 1920s and managed to immigrate to

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the United States before America was dragged into the war in December 1941.

When Germany declared war on the United States, they were eager to join the U.S. Army and help destroy Hitler.

By mid-1942, the Army realized that such mean could be valuable in monitoring German communications and interrogating German POWs. The Army established a secret school at Camp Ritchie in western Maryland to train these men.

About 2,000 Jews went through the rigorous training, learning the German army’s structure, the habits of German officers, and techniques for befriending and interviewing POWs. About 40 percent washed out.

These German-born Jewish soldiers were commonly referred to as the Ritchie Boys. They were told not to discuss their wartime activities, and their operation remained a secret until 2012.

“Sons and Soldiers” is divided into three parts.

The first describes prewar life in Germany, then in the United States.

The second, the bulk of the book, covers the Ritchie Boys’ training, their ocean voyage to the war zone, and such

engagements as D-Day, Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge.

The last section addresses the final days of the war, the exposure of the death camps and some soldiers’ realization that the Nazis had slaughtered families and friends. Each of the six visited his hometown and tried to identify his home amid bombed-out rubble.

The overwhelming feeling for the men was sadness — that their loved ones were dead, that the wonderful country of their birth had been hijacked and destroyed by the Nazis, that the war had been unnecessary.

They also felt great pride in having helped to take down Hitler.

The book has great historical accuracy and provides a view of how these Jewish soldiers were an important part of the Army. Among the poignant moments Henderson describes: • The Army concluded that 60 percent of the credible intelligence generated in the European theater came from the Ritchie Boys’ efforts.

• Captured Ritchie Boys faced certain death, so they often hid their Jewishness. Two who were interrogating POWs were themselves taken prisoner

when their unit was overrun during the Bulge. Their former POWs revealed the identities of the Ritchie Boys, who were immediately executed. The officer who ordered the executions was hanged for war crimes after the war.

• U.S. military police several times challenged Ritchie Boys, who wore American uniforms but had thick German accents and often didn’t know the pop-culture challenge questions, such as “Who won the 1940 World Series?”

• One Ritchie Boy was assigned to the 82nd Airborne a week before DDay. Despite lacking parachute training, he refused the option of skipping the operation, and his first airplane ride ended in a combat jump behind enemy lines June 6, 1944.

I love this book and find the life stories of the six featured heroes to be fascinating. Henderson carries readers to major battles and shows the highs and lows of these American patriots. They did us proud, and I am glad their story of courage and sacrifice is being told. ■ Sons and Soldiers

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Hirsch Keeps Directing Theater With Conscience

By Kevin C. Madigan kmadigan@atljewishtimes.com

seconds. The format seems to engage the young audience.

Theater director Mira Hirsch likes to keep busy. A fixture on the Atlanta theatrical scene, Hirsch founded the Jewish Theatre of the South, whose closure after 13 seasons at the Marcus Jewish Community Center was announced 10 years ago in December. She recently has spearheaded productions such as “Anne Frank: Within and Without” at the Center for Puppetry Arts and “My Name Is Asher Lev” for Theatrical Outfit, where she is the education director.

A year ago she organized the Exposed Dance Festival, a collaboration led by the Core Performance Group and the Israeli Consulate General.

She is directing “Falsettos” at the Atlanta History Center at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, after a 2 p.m. dessert reception. The $50 tickets (www.souperjennyatl.com/shop) benefit the Zadie Project. Like much of Hirsch’s work, the production includes social activism.

The AJT spoke to Hirsch about “Falsettos” and other projects.

AJT: What are you proudest of in your work?

Hirsch: Project Tolerance, because I can see the impact we’re having. The idea of theater for social change is something I really believe in. “Anne Frank,” I was very proud of that. Artistically, it was a very beautiful show, and, again, it was reaching young audiences in a really profound way.

Mira Hirsch says the Jewish Theatre of the South was a community asset whose time came and went.

performing for other high school kids.

They really pay attention. You can hear a pin drop. It’s not a linear play; there are short themes. It works particularly well in our environment today, where you can scroll through stories within

AJT: What is next for you?

Hirsch: I’m directing my first show at Synchronicity this coming winter,

an adaptation of the children’s book “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane,” about a china rabbit that gets transferred from one owner to another.

It’s such a beautiful story and one that I read to my kids when they were younger, and they loved it. Then I’m doing a play at Oglethorpe University, a classic piece by Friedrich Dürrenmatt called “The Visit” that I’ve wanted to do for a while. Atlanta Jewish Teen Initiative has invited me to do a spring break program. I’m just continuing my involvement in what is really important: my Jewish community, theater and social issues. Any time I can marry those together, that’s a worthwhile project for me. ■

AJT: How is “Falsettos” going?

Hirsch: Just great. We’re doing it in a concert format where it doesn’t require a lot of staging. The actors use music stands. … I don’t think you lose much in translation; there’s not a lot of staging to begin with.

AJT: Tell us about The Temple’s Project Tolerance.

Hirsch: When I used to run Jewish Theatre of the South, we had a program called Project Impact Theater, and this has the same format. The Temple was given a grant to create programs around tolerance. We developed a 45-minute show for teens around bigotry, prejudice, discrimination — all these negative behaviors in our contemporary society. It’s really peer-to-peer communication, with high school kids

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AJT: What is the Zadie Project?

Hirsch: Souper Jenny Levison, who has four restaurants in Atlanta, wanted to do something to give back to the community. She’s very philanthropic and started a nonprofit arm of her business. The mission is to deal with hungry families; they are delivering food to them. My husband happens to be the general manager of Souper Jenny restaurants, so it’s all in the family. I initially knew Jenny as an actor in the theater; it all just linked up in an interesting way.

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Israeli Consulate Official Spreads Love for Culture

SEPTEMBER 22 ▪ 2017

By Sarah Moosazadeh sarah@atljewishtimes.com

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With a bachelor of arts in culture, the Israeli Consulate General’s new director of cultural affairs, Yael Nehushtai, believes that she has found the perfect opportunity for her background and skills.

“I’ve always loved culture and everything related to it. It’s not only the face of a country, but also its heart,” Nehushtai said about what attracted her to the opening at the consulate in Midtown. “You can learn so much about a place by looking at its culture.”

While living in Kidron, Nehushtai obtained her master’s in literature and worked in a bookstore and at a television satellite company until she moved to the United States, where she learned about and applied for the position. She succeeded Yonit Stern.

Despite having little time to adjust to her new role, Nehushtai has begun planning various programs throughout the Southeast to generate greater awareness about Israeli culture and arts.

In addition to organizing festivities throughout the Southeast, Nehushtai is supporting the Nashville Jewish Film Festival, scheduled for Oct. 17 through Nov. 11, and the Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center, set for Nov. 4 to 20, which includes Israeli author Michael Bar-Zohar speaking about his re-edited book “Phoenix: Shimon Peres and the Secret History of Israel” on Sunday, Nov. 12.

Nehushtai brings knowledge of Israeli culture, film, theater, literature and the arts and experience in event planning to the consulate.

“I was taught to examine culture in a critical manner and look at it differently,” said Nehushtai, who considers herself a big fan of watching movies and reading books.

She is working with the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival and with the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, for which she hopes to bring an Israeli chef for the opening gala, and has helped schedule the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company’s performance “Horses in the Sky” on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at Kennesaw State University, whose dance department has participated in the planning.

Moving ahead, Nehushtai hopes to promote additional programs throughout the consulate’s Southeastern region, including Tennessee, South Caro-

The Consulate General of Israel’s new director of cultural affairs, Yael Nehushtai, brings a passion for literature and arts to her new role.

lina and West Virginia.

“We look forward to expanding and bringing Israeli culture to as many states as we can,” Nehushtai said about her determination to enhance American-Israeli collaborations. “We want to show the world how important Israeli culture is.”

Nehushtai looks forward to collaborating with the Breman Museum, Core Dance Company, Spoleto Festival, American Dance Festival, 7 Stages Theatre and the Rialto Center for the Arts.

She also hopes to provide greater attention to Israeli artists and female singers who are often overlooked or live in the periphery, such as Jane Bordeaux.

“We don’t want to bring individuals people already know, but rather common jazz artists and theater groups Americans have yet to be exposed to,” Nehushtai said. She cited artists such as Ofir Nahari, scheduled to return to 7 Stages for a performance in January.

She said the consulate’s budget is an issue as she plans events in as many states as possible.

“I think it’s easy to focus on Atlanta because it’s so huge and has its own culture, but I also think it’s important to bring Israeli culture to places which have never been introduced to an Israeli film or musician,” she said.

Nevertheless, Nehushtai remains committed to bringing greater awareness to Israeli culture.

“I have an amazing team I work with and can always rely on our office in New York, which contains countless individuals who are masters within their fields,” she said.

She also works with the Ministry of Culture and Sport, which often informs her of new and upcoming artists.

“I would love to hear from anyone who is really interested in Israeli culture and will try my best to accommodate everyone who wishes to learn more,” Nehushtai said. “I want to reach as many Americans as I can with the hope of incorporating as many Israeli artists within local venues and festivals.” ■

ARTS & CULTURE

‘Cooking Gene’ Follows History of Food, Family

By Patrice Worthy

Michael Twitty is scheduled to spend part of Rosh Hashanah speaking about his book at the Atlanta History Center at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21.

These are answers for many people of African descent whose curiosity forbade them to accept the stories in U.S. history books designed to pacify any lingering questions. There are moments when Twitty traces his DNA, using testing such as African Ancestry, AncestryDNA and 23andMe, that the book becomes more scientific, slowing the reader in a haze of information. But the book then continues reading like a modern time-travel adventure.

In “The Cooking Gene,” the historian boldly dissects the seemingly invisible elements that make us the people we are today: the food that calls us to Sunday dinner or a Rosh Hashanah celebration.

He travels to New Orleans to visit Mildred Covert, a Sephardi Jew from Galicia who co-wrote “The Kosher Creole Cookbook,” “The Kosher Cajun Cookbook” and “The Kosher SouthernStyle Cookbook.”

Twitty recalls the matriarch welcoming him with open arms and explaining a connection that gives the African-American palate an even wider area of influence: “My family kept kosher. … But I tell you this much, my family learned how to eat American through Black ladies. They taught us how to cook.”

Black ladies provided the sustenance for the continuity of Judaism in the biggest slave market in North America, New Orleans.

There is a freedom in knowing, and Twitty pinpoints the events that led to the creation of African-American culture so definitively that his book becomes a guide to African-American history. Twitty’s lineage is a backdrop to the history that his unrelenting pursuit of knowledge bestows on the reader.

Thank you, Mr. Twitty. ■ The Cooking Gene

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In the tradition of finding your roots, food historian Michael Twitty brings readers on a journey through the Deep South to connect bloodlines in his latest book, “The Cooking Gene.”

The book tells how Twitty attempts to reclaim his black family and sense of place via food. Through years of DNA testing, research and memory, Twitty traces his ancestors through plantations in Texas, South Carolina and Virginia. He is just as obsessed with the food as he is with his origins.

“But I know where I come from, and I want my children to know too,” Twitty writes.

Twitty knows exactly who he is: a black, Jewish, gay man from Washington, D.C. If the past is layered, a theory he proves in his quest to find missing pieces of his and our history, his first layer is deep enough to support a strong oak.

“We were a family set apart in many ways, from our travels to our education to our resistance to feeling as if we had to belong,” he writes.

Twitty’s journey explores the idea of sustenance. Through detailed descriptions and recipes for okra, yams, collard greens, melons, sugarcane and sorghum, peaches, molasses, ham, tomatoes, peanuts, and hoecakes, Twitty answers the question of how African and African-American slaves sustained themselves and their masters’ families.

“The Atlantic world has been an incredible experiment in how an enslaved population could get away with enslaving the palates of the people who enslaved them,” Twitty says.

It is how they built a nation and curated a unique culture.

The slave trade was a crossroads where African, Native American, French, German, English and Dutch cultures intersected, creating a gumbo that would become the foundation for African-American culture.

Twitty chronicles the timeline of an upsurge in slave shipments that began in 1750, and he connects the ancestry of slaves brought from Ghana, Nigeria, Kongo-Angola and Madagascar to the tables of the South.

If African and African-American slaves were victims of the insatiable appetites of Europeans for produce and commodities, that same produce sustained them through the cruelest years of American history.

By Michael Twitty HarperCollins, 464 pages, $28.99

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Designer Susan Sanders (left) and curator Debbie Millman have collaborated on “Text Me: How We Live in Language.”

“I Dismantle Suit” by Lesley Dill is the centerpiece of the MODA exhibit’s living space.

Urinals make-up Ken Carbone’s “The Fountain.”

Text and the Mingle Woman

Debbie Millman brings life into her exhibit of typographical design

By Patrice Worthy

SEPTEMBER 22 ▪ 2017

Debbie Millman explores words and language every day.

Whether she is interviewing an innovative designer on her “Design Matters” podcast or creating a branding strategy for such companies as

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Campbell’s Soup, the internationally renowned designer’s career revolves around nonverbal communication.

The crux of her work can be seen at the Museum of Design Atlanta, 1315 Peachtree St., Midtown, in an exhibition titled “Text Me: How We Live in Language.” The exhibit features

the work of more than 30 artists and designers, including Israeli typographer Oded Ezer, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Stephanie Brody Lederman, Timothy Goodman, Abbott Miller and Adam J. Kurtz.

Each piece explores how we live with text, from a shower curtain hanging in the women’s restroom to “The Fountain” by artist Ken Carbone. Each contributor builds on the mundane experiences of everyday life to create work that speaks volumes.

The exhibit considers typography — from social media to tattoos, from road signs to fine art, from clothes to consumer goods — as the core of human communication and connection.

It has been a dream of Millman’s to create an exhibit around her work, and now she’s finally seeing it come to fruition.

“I’ve been working a really long time. I didn’t get any significant cultural attention until my 40s, when I started writing and doing the podcast,” Millman said. “I truly believe anything worthwhile takes time. The longer something takes, the better you know how to take care of it.”

The MODA exhibit was designed

by Susan Sanders, who took the phrase “how we live in language” literally and figuratively. Her work is progressive but simple enough to convey a message, she said.

“When we first talked about the show and the notion of ‘Text Me: How We Live in Language,’ that became the driving force behind some of what you see here today,” said Sanders, MODA’s in-house designer. “The effort is not to be very liberal, but very liberal in some ways.”

The exhibit includes a living space designed with a bedroom, a living room with a couch, a library, and a bathroom, complete with urinals and a bathtub filled with sand to “draw your own bath.”

A dress by Lesley Dill, titled “I Dismantle Suit,” has words on the layers of fabric. Carbone’s “The Fountain” consists of a set of urinals sending the message “Art Proves One Man’s Plumbing Is Another Man’s Art.” The exhibit takes the subtleties of graphic design and thrusts them to the forefront in way that makes a highly stylized statement. The words of each piece are placed throughout the museum to demonstrate how we live with language, said Laura Flusche, MODA’s executive director.

“Another interesting thing with this exhibition is that we’ve gone a little bit out of the box,” Flusche said. “We tried to use a lot of space we normally don’t use in exhibitions.”

A set table is suspended from the ceiling, elongating the hallway, and a piece that reads “You Are Here” overlooks the lobby.

A piece by Elle Luna, an artist featured in the show, is placed on a corner wall next to the restrooms. Her work addresses finding your own voice, she said.

“When we think about the shoulds in life and the shoulds are from the outside in, it’s all the expectations and obligations you feel that people layer upon you,” Luna said. “Must at its core is who you are and what you know to be true. My journey has been to try and stay on the must path.”

The exhibit, which opened Sunday, Sept. 17, runs through Feb. 4. ■

ARTS & CULTURE

Joe Alterman Back Home With New Album After nine years living in New York, jazz pianist Joe Alterman has moved back to his native Atlanta and released a new album, “Comin’ Home to You.” The album, which in typical Alterman fashion features a bevy of jazzy instrumental pop covers, is named after its third track, an original song that the Epstein School graduate penned on the night he decided to move back to Atlanta.

“They don’t have Waffle House in New York,” Alterman joked, “so it felt right to come back. I realized too for my music that when I’m writing the songs or getting inspiration, a lot of the things that give me that inspiration come from down here in Atlanta.”

Among his biggest inspirations are his friends, Alterman said, and they love when he covers popular tunes.

That’s why this album, which was released last December, includes more covers than usual.

Alongside upbeat instrumental covers of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “Sarah Smile,” the Zac Brown Band tune “Whatever It Is” and Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely?” are two original melodies from Alterman: “The Last Time I Saw You” and the aforementioned title track.

“What really got me into jazz was not the crazy improvisations,” he said.

“It was really the cool things that the musicians were doing to the melodies I already knew. For a long time, I was only playing jazz standards, but a lot of people don’t know those melodies. So I started to incorporate more modern

and pop tunes into my sets. It’s nice to be able to relate to an audience, and also the more I explore these tunes, the more I want to go down that route.”

Alterman said additional covers he plans to arrange include “Hard to Handle” by Marietta’s Black Crowes, “Night Fever” by the Bee Gees and “I Say a Little Prayer” by Aretha Franklin.

“I have so much fun just buying a new book of music and playing through it and seeing what comes from it,” he said. “If you told me a year ago that I’d be playing the Bee Gees’ ‘Night Fever’ at my gigs, I would have thought you were crazy.”

Since moving back to Atlanta in 2016, Alterman has performed and toured in support of his album. Alterman performed more than 40 shows last year, including appearances at the Atlanta Jazz Festival, City Winery Atlanta and the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club in New York.

In June, Alterman won top honors in the 2017 AJT Jewish Atlanta Favorites musician category. ■

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Happily Homeward Bound Clocking in at just under 50 minutes, Joe Alterman’s album “Comin’ Home to You” is an easygoing and upbeat foray into jazz piano that most listeners, even those with a limited knowledge of jazz, can enjoy.

Starting with a funky, blues-inspired rendition of “Heard It Through the Grapevine,” Alterman takes listeners on a catchy, energetic jazz journey.

He brings a fresh, youthful enthusiasm to his cover of renowned jazz pianist Les McCann’s “Fish This Week,” and his take on “Isn’t She Lovely?” is a catchy, toe-tapping delight. By the time he finishes the album with the slow and soulful “Everyone Says I Love You,” listeners are bound to have smiles on their faces.

Almost hidden among the cover tunes on the album are two excellent original compositions. The title track, “Comin’ Home to You,” is a display of piano expertise as Alterman dances from high to low notes and fast to slow tempo with ease. Soulful and melodic, “The Last Time I Saw You” brings back memories of the one that got away.

From start to finish, “Comin’ Home to You” is a must-have for the uninitiated and for devoted jazz fans alike. ■

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SIMCHAS

Births Haley Dorsch

A Baseball Mitzvah

Rabbi Dan and Amy Dorsch of Marietta announce the birth of Haley Rayna Dorsch on Aug. 27, 2017.

The grandparents are Roz and Marty Greenfeld of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Jay Dorsch and Deborah-Jo Essrog and the late Cheryl Dorsch of Philadelphia.

The great-grandparents are Lou and Clara Bernstein and Betty Greenfeld of Winnipeg and Carole and Herbert Gary of Monroe Township, N.J. Haley Rayna is named for maternal great-grandfather Harry Greenfeld, paternal great-great-grandmother Helen Rosowsky and paternal great-grandmother Rowena Dorsch, all of blessed memory.

Matthew Krasner

Rachel and Daniel Krasner of Atlanta announce the birth of their son, Matthew Benjamin, on Aug. 15, 2017.

Matthew is named for great-grandfathers Morris (Moshe) Galanti and Ben (Dov Baer) Rabinowitz, both of blessed memory, with initials MBK in memory of his aunt Mandy Beth Krasner.

Grandparents are Karen and Mark Krasner and Lisa and Hal Rabinowitz, and great-grandparents are Virginia and Milton Saul and Rachel Galanti, all of Atlanta.

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Annie Weinberg

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Molly and Adam Weinberg of Atlanta proudly announce the birth of their daughter Annie Margo on April 15, 2017.

The very happy grandparents are Lori and Marc Weinberg of Rhode Island and Barbara and Alan Kaplan of Atlanta. The even happier great-grandparents are Pauline Kaplan of Atlanta and Lillian and Samuel Weinberg of Massachusetts. Hallie Rose Weinberg, who is also happy, is the big sister.

A 12-year-old spent the summer visiting all 30 big-league parks for charity

By David R. Cohen david@atljewishtimes.com Most Jewish kids spend the summer before a bar or bat mitzvah studying Torah and planning a party, but 12-year-old Adam Koss of Syracuse, N.Y., had a different idea.

In honor of his bar mitzvah and in lieu of a party, Adam persuaded his parents to take him on a baseball bucketlist road trip for charity.

From June 22 to Aug. 24, Adam attended games at all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums and raised more than $20,000 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Make-AWish Foundation.

Besides simply giving to his cause, Adam’s supporters had the option to pledge donations for every home run he saw on the trip. In the end, Adam witnessed 73 home runs in 30 games.

“A family tradition is to give back as part of your bar mitzvah, and so it was just something that really worked and fit together,” Adam told MLB.com in July.

Adam, who will be called to the Torah this year, chose the trip over a bar mitzvah party.

On Aug. 18, Adam visited his 28th stadium, SunTrust Park in Cobb County, to watch the Braves play the Cincinnati Reds. There Adam experienced what he called the highlight of his entire trip.

Adam was given on-field passes for batting practice, and after he stood on the field for more than two hours, Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett came over to talk with him about his trip, posed for a photo and brought over more Reds players.

One of them was Reds All-Star first baseman Joey Votto, who shook hands with Adam and made his own home run pledge. Votto agreed to donate $2,500 for every home run he or teammate Eugenio Suarez hit during the series with the Braves. He also pledged $5,000 for any home run by light-hitting center fielder Billy Hamilton.

Third baseman Suarez hit a home run off Braves pitcher R.A. Dickey in the sixth inning. There were three more home runs in the game, including a shot by Brave Matt Adams, but none from Votto or Hamilton.

After the game, Suarez gave Adam his home run bat.

Adam Koss poses for a photo with Reds first basemen Joey Votto at SunTrust Park.

The trip was financed by Adam and his parents, though they got help from teams and hotels to minimize the cost.

The family drove from park to park in their Ford Expedition and didn’t make it back to New York until the final day of the trip, when they watched a Mets game at Citi Field.

“This summer has taught us to appreciate the rich history of baseball, the magic that can happen at a ballgame, and the kindness and generosity of so many people everywhere in the USA!” Adam wrote on his blog after the trip.

After seeing all 30 ballparks, Adam put together a “best of the best” list.

Some of his stadium favorites: • Best views — A four-way tie among AT&T Park in San Francisco, Coors Field in Denver, PNC Park in Pittsburgh and Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

• Best overall food — Comerica Park in Detroit for its shawarma nachos and honey-roasted almonds.

• Best weather — Coors Field in Denver. Adam said it was a nice change from the August heat at SunTrust Park.

• Most home runs — An Aug. 22 game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, which featured nine home runs.

The visiting Marlins had five, and the home Phillies had four.

• Best domed stadium — Minute Maid Park in Houston.

• Easiest parking — Tropicana Field in Tampa.

• Best on-field experience — Busch Stadium in St. Louis, where Adam got to throw out the first pitch, and SunTrust Park, where Joey Votto agreed to donate to Adam’s charities.

• Best catch — At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Adam caught the only home run of the night. He caught almost 100 balls during the trip.

• Best giveaway item — A Hank Aaron commemorative statue at SunTrust Park.

• Best baseball city — St. Louis. ■

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OBITUARIES

Hans Baumgarten 93, Atlanta

Hans Julius Baumgarten, beloved husband of Jean Baumgarten, passed away Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, surrounded by loved ones.

He was a man of integrity with an inquisitive, sharp mind and an amazing sense of humor who made everyone he spoke to feel special.

He was born in Berlin, Germany, on July 7, 1924, to Frederich and Marianne Baumgarten. After living in Austria, at age 12 he took one of the last kindertransports to England, where he lived in a boys’ home and worked. In 1940, along with his mother and brother, Hans took a ship to Quebec and a bus to New York City, where they were all reunited with his father.

Hans registered for the Army in 1942, but because he was not a citizen, he was not accepted at that time. Not long after, he was drafted and became the first Baumgarten to become a U.S. citizen. During World War II he was stationed in Germany and served as a Signal Corps driver, where he fixed and integrated telephone communication systems for the Allied forces.

After the war, Hans met and married Jean and settled in Atlanta to build Baumgartens Exclusive Imports with his parents, which continues as a family business today.

Hans is survived by his love of more than 70 years, Jean; adoring children Susan McCarter, Ellen Waldman, Nancy Butler, Kathy Scheer and David Baumgarten; grandchildren Elisa Waldman, Andrea Waldman, Adam Bloom, Amanda Weissman, Emily Scheer, Allison Martin, Andrew Scheer and Zion Baumgarten; and 10 great-grandchildren. A military graveside service was held Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Crest Lawn Memorial Park with Rabbi Alvin Sugarman officiating.

Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. Donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation or an armed forces unit of your choice. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Howard Gross

Sign the online guestbook at www.jewishfuneralcare.com. A graveside service was held Friday, Sept. 15, at Crest Lawn Memorial Park with Rabbi Steven Lebow officiating. The family requests that donations be made in Howard’s memory to TOPS, c/o Georgia Soccer, 2323 Perimeter Park Drive, Atlanta, GA 30341 (or call 770-452-0505, ext. 111, and ask for Jade). Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Frank Moiger 61, Atlanta

Frank Moiger, 61, of Atlanta died peacefully in his sleep Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, in hospice care, surrounded by family and friends.

A Knoxville, Tenn., native, he was the son of the late Sol and Dorothy Scott Moiger. He is survived by his brother, David Moiger (Ximena) of Dallas, Texas; his sister, Anita Worsham of Santa Fe, N.M.; and nieces Sasha Moiger and Suzy Worsham (Betsy Buckley).

Frank was devoted to his family and enjoyed traveling with them across the United States and Canada. He had an abiding curiosity about the world and a keen sense of humor.

His friends also meant the world to him. The family especially thanks Paul and Dana Joffe and Mike and Celeste Hayes for their devotion to Frank during his illness. Their unwavering and heartfelt support helped extend Frank’s life.

Frank was a kidney patient all his adult life. A strong advocate for kidney patients, he was the former associate director for the Georgia affiliate of the National Kidney Foundation. The owner of FairPlay Sportscards and Atlanta Area Sports Collectibles Show, he remained a lifelong University of Tennessee Vols fan.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Atlanta Community Food Bank or Gary Sinise Foundation. A graveside service was held Friday, Sept. 15, at the New Jewish Cemetery in Knoxville with Rabbi Erin Boxt of Temple Beth El officiating. Pallbearers: Mike Hayes, Paul Joffe, Lindsey Brown, Steve Tabb, Larry Winston and Rich Barnett. Honorary pallbearers: Carole Zwick and Martin Abrams. Funeral arrangements by Rose Mortuary.

Howard Keith Gross of Atlanta passed away Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, at age 60 because of complications from multiple myeloma.

He is survived by his wife, Cathy; son Max and daughter-in-law Jennifer, son Aaron, and daughter Lucy; his adoring mother, Sylvia “Double” Gross; and loving siblings Michael and Bryan Golson, Cindy Solomon, and Marcie and Barry Koffler and family.

Howard was born in Pittsburgh. In the mid-60s, he and his family became residents of the “new” Atlanta and lived in the North Druid Hills and Toco Hills area. He attended Briarcliff High School and Georgia State, then worked as a popular bouncer in the mid-70s at many notable Atlanta clubs. That community called him “Happy Howard.” He was a successful home builder and commercial real estate broker who played an instrumental role in the growth of Rockdale County alongside his father and uncles, developing popular neighborhoods and shopping centers and ensuring the success of Rockdale Hospital. Howard continued to work in commercial real estate for the majority of his short life and was a life director and spike of the National, Rockdale, Atlanta and Georgia Home Builders Associations.

Howard had a zest for life; always helping those less fortunate, and loved rock ’n’ roll. You could always catch him humming off-key to Led Zeppelin, the Black Crowes, Little Feat, Deep Purple, AC/DC and Yes. He was a great fan of Atlanta soccer, most notably since the family’s involvement with the Atlanta Chiefs, and supported TOPSoccer, a charity for youths with disabilities.

However, Howard’s greatest passion in life was his family. He believed in family first, supporting them despite adversity over the years. He wasn’t afraid to show them off to anyone who would listen and could always be seen bragging about his amazingly strong wife, Cathy, to any passer-by, playing his daughter Lucy’s latest singing recordings to a stranger on the street, discussing his youngest son Aaron’s latest business success with any old day laborer, or boasting about his eldest son, Max, soon becoming a father with his neighbors. His family was his biggest pride and joy. Howard also never met a stranger and, like his dad, Ben, knew no boundaries. The family joke is “No Entry” signs mean “unless your name is Gross.” He was constantly bending the rules, but in the best way possible with a huge personality filled with love and affection for his family, friends and community. He left a lasting impression, and he will be deeply missed with love.

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CLOSING THOUGHTS

Ever-Vulnerable at Home CROSSWORD

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“A Healthier New Year”

By Yoni Glatt, koshercrosswords@gmail.com Difficulty Level: Challenging

SEPTEMBER 22 ▪ 2017

Rosh Chodesh Tishrei always begins on Rosh Hashanah. Tishrei heralds the new year and the stream of holidays, including the 10 Days of Repentance, Shabbat Shuvah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, and Shabbat Bereishit.

Thinking about Sukkot and the hurricanes sparked thoughts of vulnerability. The Torah instructs us to build an impermanent structure, according to detailed specifications, and inhabit it as our dwelling for seven days. At the same time, it requires us to view our permanent home as a temporary structure.

For many victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, what they viewed as their permanent structures disappeared. Their homes, furnished and decorated with carefully chosen possessions, all in their places, ceased to be.

These themes of permanence and impermanence were witnessed. One day, the sun was shining, and the next day, the sky was dark, with ominous rain clouds that emptied themselves in torrents. The wind howled and whipped through the trees, uprooting them. Homes, cars and the hardearned fruits of labor were washed away. Lives were lost.

Challenging physical and emotional work continues with the cleanup of the devastation and the building of new “permanent” structures.

Back to Sukkot. Because we’re staying in the sukkah for only seven days, one might think that we shouldn’t spend time and energy adorning it. But we do. The smallest of children make paper chains and cutouts of fruit to hang on the walls.

While we’re living in it, we must fully make it our own. We can’t live in it with the thought that it could be taken away at any moment.

This is also true regarding the impermanence of our physical bodies. The soul dwells within the body, whose structure is also transient, but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t live fully in it. We are aware we will lose it at some point, but we don’t know when.

The fragility of life puts us in touch with feeling vulnerable.

We prefer to feel safe and secure, but we’re vulnerable in our homes and bodies, making us emotionally naked and anxious. Certain life stages 30 heighten those feelings.

New parents and their babies are vulnerable. Toddlers and children, teenagers, college kids, newlyweds, pregnant women, soldiers, and the elderly are all vulnerable. We all are, all the time, yet that perspective can be exhausting and restrictive.

But what if we, like those before us, toughen our spirit and commit to rebuilding our lives, homes and communities on a foundation of Judaism?

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What if we, in spite of our vulnerabilities, consciously reinvent ourselves with the strength of our immigrant relatives, examine changing beliefs and allow ourselves to be flexible like the newly constructed buildings designed to sway with the power of storms?

What would happen if we held fast to our teachings and traditions but explored new ways to honor and rebuild them, rather than abandon them like discarded rubble?

We’ve witnessed the power of community these past few weeks.

Strangers helping strangers. Prejudices, political differences and judgments collapsing like the seemingly permanent dwellings.

Tishrei is a time of beginnings.

Let’s recommit to building our community. Let’s be a source of strength for one another. Money is not the only way to connect and help others. Gifts of the hands and heart are needed as well.

Meditation Focus Close your eyes and quiet yourself.

Place your hands gently on your heart and acknowledge your vulnerabilities.

Breathe deeply and shore up your strength. In what ways can you change your thoughts, expand your heart and alter your behavior to help mend our world? What gifts do you have to give?

Act to reach out to others.

A Gift From My Heart Here’s a link to a Yizkor meditation I’ve created as an opportunity to connect with the memory of departed loved ones on whose shoulders we stand. We remember them, and we must live in a way to honor them: bit. ly/yizkor-meditation. ■

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