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We have no archaeological evidence of selfie sticks to indicate that ancient Israelites took family photos while lounging in sukkahs outside Jerusalem during the annual Sukkot sojourn to the Temple. Still, the AJT wants to dust off the tradition of printing and posting online a community gallery of Jewish Atlanta’s decorated temporary dwelling places. It’s not a contest; we just want to share the holiday spirit and creativity. Take a photo or two of your decorated sukkah, preferably with family and friends inside, and email the high-res images to editor@atljewishtimes.com by noon Thursday, Oct. 19. We’ll run as many photos as we can Oct. 27. That’s a special education issue, so we hope people will study up for next Sukkot, which starts Sept. 23, 2018. More on Sukkot inside: • The Marcus JCC is holding a Sukkot Farm-to-Table Festival on Oct. 8, Page 14. • Don’t limit yourself to scotch in the sukkah; Robbie Medwed has better suggestions, Page 16. • The land of Israel deserves a place in your Sukkot observance; Rich Walter tells you how, Page 18. • Find a few other ways to celebrate the holiday, Page 20. ■

The Chabad of Gwinnett Enrichment Center, as shown in this artist’s rendering, will include a social hall, a library, a kitchen, a roof garden, a mikvah, classrooms and a sanctuary.

Get Inscribed in Gwinnett Rabbi Yossi Lerman has no part in determining who is inscribed in the Book of Life, but he can ensure that you are engraved for the life of the Chabad of Gwinnett Enrichment Center. “Chabad of Gwinnett wants to include everyone in our building campaign,” the rabbi said. “We figured the best way to do this is to actually show them what Chabad is all about, and that is, we’re about giving.” So instead of selling bricks to pay for construction, Rabbi Lerman and his wife, Esther, the co-directors of Chabad of Gwinnett (www.chabadofgwinnett. org) since 2001, are offering every Jew in Gwinnett and Hall counties a red, 4-by8-inch brick engraved with up to three lines so that all the members of Chabad’s Jewish family can be part of the project. The Chabad center, now in 2,000 rented square feet on Holcomb Bridge Road in Norcross, draws people from beyond those counties, so Jews in places such as Dunwoody also can get bricks. “If somebody from New York wants a brick, that’s our limit,” Rabbi Lerman said, although such people can buy bricks ($45 for families, $500 for businesses).

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Just the locals could produce a pile: Rabbi Lerman said his mailing list covers 11,000 households in Gwinnett and Hall. To reserve your brick, go to www. brickmarkers.com/donors/chabadenrichment -center and fill out the inscription you want. There’s no rush: Rabbi Lerman expects the capital campaign for the planned 12,000-square-foot center on Spalding Drive in Peachtree Corners to take two years, and construction will last a couple of years after that. The Lermans bought the property, which the rabbi said is commercially zoned despite being in a quiet residential area, a decade ago. But the time to push ahead with fundraising was never right. Now, he said, “it just feels right,” in part because of people such as the campaign chairman, Scott Frank, the president of intellectual property for AT&T. “The Chabad of Gwinnett that Rabbi Yossi and Esther have built is amazing,” Frank said. “The new building will allow the Chabad to grow its programs and serve many more people in the Gwinnett community, surrounding areas and throughout the world.” ■

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Charlie Ackerman, the New York native who changed the Buckhead skyline and who survived life-threatening wounds to launch a home-security business, died at his Buckhead home Friday, Sept. 22, after a lengthy illness. He was 84. “As far as I’m concerned, he should be credited with creating the skyline of Buckhead,” Buckhead Coalition President Sam Massell said. Massell gave Ackerman his start in real estate when he hired the University of North Carolina grad and U.S. Army veteran off the street at Allan-Grayson Realty in 1957, even though, as Massell recalled in an interview, Ackerman came from a foreign country: New York City. Atlanta real estate had been handled strictly by locals, so Massell asked Ackerman what he was running from. “He had made a study of major cities. He picked Atlanta as one that was going to have the best growth, progress and so forth,” Massell said. “He wanted to be a part of it, and indeed he was.” Massell, who left real estate a few years later to pursue politics, said he couldn’t imagine someone moving to a city and jumping into real estate without knowing the streets, but Ackerman’s decision “was our good fortune.” Ackerman founded real estate firm Ackerman & Co. in 1967, and in 1973 he broke ground on Buckhead’s first skyscraper, Tower Place 100. “Sam, do you think anybody will be able to top this?” Massell recalled Ackerman asking him. Massell now has his Buckhead Coalition office in the building. Ackerman launched Ackerman Security Systems after coming home to a burglary in progress in the late 1970s and being shot and left for dead. “He was the most competitive guy I’ve known,” from real estate to tennis to his social life, Massell said. “He had to be first, a champion.” A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, at Temple Sinai, which Ackerman helped found, at 5645 Dupree Drive, Sandy Springs, with a reception to follow in the Charles S. Ackerman Social Hall. ■ • Full obituary, Page 42

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The president of the United States engaged in a Twitter back and forth with NFL and NBA athletes over the weekend of Sept. 23 and 24, filling the airwaves with threats and harsh judgments about peaceful protests of racial profiling by police. The noise that followed our president’s 140-character messages drowned out the heavy groans of people reeling from recent natural disasters, the worried sighs of the millions of Americans whose health care coverage is uncertain, the prayer whispers of undocumented families who are at risk of deportation, and the grief of a nation faced with racism. On Sunday afternoon, I joined a small group of people of different faiths gathered at the Martin Luther King historic site in downtown Atlanta for a Standing Silence event. I went out of curiosity, as I contemplated the purpose and usefulness of silence in our time. Isn’t this the time to be outspoken? Isn’t this the time to be heard? Yes and yes were my immediate answers. However, what also rose to the surface was the acknowledgment that we are drowning in a deluge of words. Noise is endangering our very capacity to listen and to hear. As we approach the period when we again read the Torah from its beginning, I am reminded of the story of Noah and the flood when thinking about the babbling of our generation that comes across loudest. Rashi notes that the word for flood, mabul, is closely related to the word for confusion, bilbul (Genesis 6:17). Rashi’s commentary exposes wordplay between the destructive power of the flood in Noah’s time and the confusion of languages and breakdown of communication at the Tower of Babel. What’s the connection? The connection allows us to think about the flood as a metaphor — in our case, for oversaturation of words and information. Can we take refuge from the flood, as did Noah, in the contained silence of the ark? Aviva Zornberg, a modern Torah scholar, considers the hazards of Noah’s silence. From the beginning to the end of the flood narrative, Noah does not say a word. G-d speaks twice to Noah before the flood (Genesis 6:13 and 7:1), telling him what’s to come, how to pre-

pare the ark, and how to enter with his family and the animals. After each of G-d’s detailed speeches, the text shows Noah’s perfect obedience. Noah does not inquire about the faith of the world around him. He does not seem to care about what happens to others. What we learn from the story of Noah is that silence is attractive be-

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cause it is safe, but in that safety lurks the danger of apathy. However, we also learn that in the silence of the ark, Noah experiences a transformation. He feeds and sustains the lives of the animal beings he is responsible for. According to Zornberg, this life-sustaining act feeds Noah’s soul and transforms him from a person of apathy to a person of compassion and kindness, perhaps deserving of the title tzaddik, a righteous man. The contained silence of the ark becomes not only a place of refuge for Noah, but also a source of rescue for his character. As I sat in the amphitheater just outside Ebenezer Baptist Church, surrounded by dozens of people who were compelled to show up for a silent protest, I tried not to think about Noah or much of anything else, surrendering to the focus on my breath. We sat close to a busy urban intersection filled with the sounds of passing cars and motorcycles, sirens in the distance, and playful voices of children walking by. With my eyes closed, I heard the faint sound of a voice I immediately recognized. Its cadence was unmistakable, and although I could not make out the words, I could hear the power and familiar depth of its baritone. Later I walked across the street, up the concrete staircase and beyond a row of trees to discover a small speakerphone at the side of King’s memorial that pipes in recordings of his speeches advocating nonviolent resistance. It is true that silence can be seductive in its offer to retreat from the world. Yet silence is also the very thing that can lead us out of cynicism and apathy back to integrity. It can allow us to hear the emergence of hope. ■

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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.

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Yom Kippur Friday, Sept. 29, light candles at 7:06 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, Shabbat and fast end at 8 p.m. Sukkot Wednesday, Oct. 4, light candles at 6:59 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, light candles after 7:53 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, light candles at 6:57 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, Shabbat ends at 7:50 p.m.

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• The Museum of Design Atlanta exhibit “Text Me” features more than 60 artists and designers; the number was low in an article Sept. 22. In the same article, MODA designer Susan Sanders was misquoted. Her correct quotation: “The effort is not to be very literal, but very literal in some ways.” founder and CEO of Team8, is the keynote speaker at the conference at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, 84 Fifth St., Midtown, starting at 8 a.m. Admission is $300; www.cybercon.us.

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High Holiday fitness. The Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, offers a workout with Zumba, Sh’bam and more 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.

Studying Islam. Garry Wills speaks about his book “What the Qur’an Meant and Why It Matters” at 7 p.m. at the Carter Center’s Cecil B. Day Chapel, 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. Free; www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events.

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Mitzvah day. VIA, the young adult group of Jewish Family & Career Services, holds Atlanta’s largest community service day for young Jewish professionals, with 12 projects at various times. Free; www.mitzvahdayatl.org.

Free concert. The Callanwolde Concert Band plays a concert with the theme “Event Horizon: A Soundtrack of Space and Time” at 3 p.m. at Congregation Beth Jacob, 1855 LaVista Road, Toco Hills, with Rabbi Ilan Feldman as the guest conductor. Free; www.calcb.org.

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Mikvah training. MACoM, 700A Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, holds a four-session training course for volunteer mikvah guides on consecutive Tuesdays, starting tonight at 6:45. Free; immerse@atlantamikvah. org or 404-549-9679.

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Water celebration. Congregation Ner Hamizrach, 1858 LaVista Road, Toco Hills, invites all to enjoy Simchat Bet HaShoeva, a tradition harkening to the Temple’s water-drawing ceremony during Sukkot, after the 7 p.m. Mincha minyan. Free; www.nerhamizrach.org.

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Homeless fundraiser. Nicholas House holds its Off the Street, On Their Feet

overnight sleep-out fundraiser and awareness event at its Grant Park shelter in Atlanta, starting at 6:30 p.m. Sleep-out participants are asked to raise $2,500; nicholashouse.org/ events/off-the-street-on-their-feet.

SATURDAY, OCT. 14 Legal thriller. Local lawyer Jason Sheffield speaks about his new novel, “Son of a Bitch,” at 6 p.m. at Bookmiser, 4651 Sandy Plains Road, East Cobb. Free; www.bookmiser.net or 770-993-1555.

SUNDAY, OCT. 15 Pride Parade. SOJOURN leads 53 Jewish organizations in the Atlanta Pride Parade, part of the weekend-long Pride Festival, from the Civic Center MARTA station to the west side of Piedmont Park, starting at noon. Free to march; www.sojourngsd.org/atlpride.

TUESDAY, OCT. 17 Religious freedom. Mickey Gitzin, the new Israel executive directive for the New Israel Fund, addresses “Israel: From Democracy to Theocracy?” at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters Chapel Road, Dunwoody. Free; bit.ly/2hwz3CG or 212-613-4426.

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10 Years Ago Sept. 28, 2007 ■ Congregation Beth Tefillah had a special visitor among the 900 people worshipping in the Chabad congregation for Yom Kippur this year: Minnesota native Robert Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan. The folk singer arrived with two other men for morning services and stayed through Yizkor. He had the sixth aliyah during the morning Torah service but otherwise came and went without any hubbub. ■ The bat mitzvah ceremony of Lindsay Jayne Sifen of Alpharetta, daughter of Aimee Alexander and Marty Sifen, was held June 9 at Temple Sinai. 25 Years Ago Sept. 25, 1992 ■ Congregations Shearith Israel and B’nai Torah, which are

self-described traditional synagogues, have joined the Union for Traditional Judaism after its merger with the Federation of Traditional Orthodox Rabbis, with which both shuls had been affiliated the past few years. The merged group represents 400 congregations, but officials deny any desire to create a new branch of Judaism. ■ Elyse and Billy Kellert of Atlanta announce the birth of a son, Bryan Mitchell, on May 22. 50 Years Ago Sept. 29, 1967 ■ U.S. Army Reserve Capt. Daniel L. Smith has been awarded the Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam from July 1966 to July 1967, when he was responsible for “planning and coordinating the subsistence support of in excess of 200,000 U.S. military forces.” The son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan H. Smith is now with Rich’s after 3½ years of active military duty.

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4,000-Year-Old Toads

David Tanami, an Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist, pulls a 4,000-year-old jar containing the remains of at least nine decapitated toads out of the narrow opening of a tomb from the Canaanite period near the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. The Israel Antiquities Authority excavation at the site shed light on Middle Bronze Age burial customs and found evidence of the cultivation of date palms and myrtle bushes.

Israel Pride: Good News From Our Jewish Home

Mexican earthquake aid. An Israel Defense Forces search-and-rescue team was greeted with cheers, applause and shouts of gracias from people lining the streets of Mexico City. The Israelis arrived on Sept. 21, the first day of Rosh Hashanah, after an 18-hour flight from Israel in response to a series of deadly earthquakes in Mexico. The IDF delegation of approximately 70 men and women includes 25 engineers. In addition to the IDF, volunteers from nongovernmental Israeli humanitarian agencies IsraAID, Zaka and iAID are in Mexico to provide rescue services and material and psychosocial assistance. Another tech acquisition. Tel Avivbased Gigya, whose customer identity management platform helps companies build digital relationships with some 1.3 billion people, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by software giant SAP. The company did not disclose the price of the deal, though it has been reported at $350 million. Gigya was founded in 2006 in Israel

and employs 300 people in its offices in Mountain View, Calif., Tel Aviv and London. The acquisition is expected to close in the final quarter of 2017. Ride-share investment. Ride-sharing company Via reportedly has raised $250 million from the German transportation giant Daimler AG. Via was established in 2012 in Israel and now has headquarters in New York. Daimler and Via established a joint venture in 2015 to launch shuttle transport services in Europe. A larger Israeli ridesharing company, Gett, has a partnership with Volkswagen’s MOIA smart transportation unit. Ultra-efficient generator. Aquarius Engines, which is working on an alternative to the combustion engine for cars, is packaging the same technology into a lightweight and efficient portable generator. While a typical “portable” household generator weighs 1,256 pounds and provides 24 kilowatts of power, the Aquarius generator weighs about 220 pounds and produces 35 kilowatts, enough for two average homes. The key is the design invented by Shaul Yaakoby. He replaced the revolving combustion engine with a single-piston linear engine. A cylinder moves the fuel from side to side to generate electrical current.

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Live from New York. Israeli actress Gal Gadot, known the world over as Wonder Woman, will host “Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 7. She will be joined by musical guest Sam Smith. Gadot informed her fans via a tweet Sept. 23. “No longer a secret, so excited to be hosting #SNL,” she wrote, retweeting an “SNL” graphic announcing the first three shows of the season.

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ISRAEL NEWS Today in Israeli History Items provided by the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org), where you can find more details. Sept. 29, 1923: In border designations for states drafted primarily by Britain and France after World War I, the new state of Syria gains control of the Golan Heights. The French block Zionist efforts over the next two decades to purchase large portions of the mountainous region. Sept. 30, 1986: Mordechai Vanunu, an Israeli nuclear technician who leaked details of Israel’s nuclear program to the British press, is extradited to Israel one day after being lured to Italy from London by an undercover female Mossad agent posing as an American. He is convicted in 1988 and spends 16 years in prison. Oct. 1, 1981: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces a plan to sell F-15 fighter jets and Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft to Saudi Arabia over Israeli objections. Oct. 2, 1187: After a siege that began Sept. 20, crusader-held Jerusalem falls to Saladin, the sultan of Egypt. Whereas the crusaders had banned Jews from the city, Saladin welcomes them back in 1190.

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Oct. 3, 2005: Sarah Levy-Tanai, one of Israel’s foremost choreographers and contributors to the nation’s cultural life, dies at the age of 95. A native of Jerusalem who was raised in an orphanage after a typhus epidemic killed most of her family during World War I, she founded the Inbal Dance Theater in 1949 and directed it until the 1990s. Oct. 4, 1992: El Al Flight 1862, a 747 cargo plane bound from New York to Tel Aviv, crashes into an apartment complex in Bijlmermeer, an Amsterdam suburb, because of a mechanical failure 16 minutes after taking off from Amsterdam’s airport after a crew change. Oct. 5, 1941: Louis Brandeis, the retired U.S. Supreme Court justice and celebrated American Zionist, dies in Washington at the age of 84. Louis Brandeis

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Federation Helps Uplift Yokneam’s Ethiopians By Patrice Worthy Israel’s Operations Moses, Joshua and Solomon rescued more than 20,000 Ethiopian Jews who were facing poverty and starvation from 1984 to 1991 because of civil war and unstable governments. Now, more than a generation later, Ethiopians still face integration challenges despite living in Israel as citizens. The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership2Gether program connects Jewish Federations with communities in Israel. In Yokneam, a sister city to Atlanta, the Ethiopian Jewish community is faring better than the national average for Ethiopians, thanks in part to funding from the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. The Family Empowerment Center provides resources and classes to help Yokneam’s Ethiopian Jews compete in a society where they start with a disadvantage. “You have to understand: In any other city, Ethiopian immigrants are automatically put in the welfare system,” said Yaron Yavelberg, the Atlanta and St. Louis Federations’ representative in Israel. “We managed to take it out from the welfare system, (where) each social worker has about 200 files, and they are not treated personally. This is not under the tag of welfare, and they don’t experience that type of prejudice.” Center staff can customize programming to address the specific challenges faced by Ethiopian Jews. They are descendants of a preTalmudic bloodline and trace their heritage back to the queen of Sheba, who lived 500 years before Jeremiah is believed to have codified the Torah. When they were in Ethiopia, the Beta Israel believed they were the only Jews to ever exist. They didn’t believe rumors they heard of other Jews, and when they first saw light-skinned Jews, they said, “It can’t be that Jews are white,” Yavelberg explained. The Beta Israel prayed to Jerusalem as a mythical place that didn’t exist. When they learned it was real, many died while walking across Sudan to make the journey to Israel. The Beta Israel were discriminated against and even killed by Coptic Christians and Muslims. Many lived in poverty in Ethiopia and anticipated a better life in Israel. “Many of these young people carry all these scars of the journey, and they get to Jerusalem, and it’s not the Jeru-

Yaron Yavelberg, who represents the Atlanta and St. Louis Jewish Federations in Israel, and Shosh Zehavi, who directs the Family Empowerment Center in Yokneam, talk about the needs of the Ethiopian Jewish community.

Assimilating into life in Israel has been tough for many Ethiopian Jews. Israel isn’t quite 70 years old, and the Ethiopians represent the first time Israelis have dealt with the issue of color, Yavelberg said. Integration takes many forms, but, for Ethiopian Jews, cultural integration is complicated. The Beta Israel who came in the late 1980s and early 1990s were not accustomed to Western food; combined with having less work, they developed diseases such as diabetes. The Family Empowerment Center creates programs such as an agricultural project that enables them to develop their own farms; agriculture was

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ISRAEL NEWS Continued from Page 7 Most Ethiopian Jews make about 30 shekels ($8.50) an hour working minimum-wage jobs, so the staff prepares the children to be inducted into the Israel Defense Forces. A good job in the IDF increases the chances of upward mobility. To obtain a stable position in the IDF, the men and women need to have proper training and education in areas such as computer technology. If they don’t enter with the right skills, their opportunities are significantly limited. “Within the army there are different jobs,” Cohen said. “If you don’t get into the right unit, your situation is going to reflect that. Pre-army programs are very important.” Still, it takes determination to rise above cultural and racial barriers. Shira Tangania, 24, a student at Yizrael College, said the empowerment center has made a difference in her life. “I learned to study something that I have the skills to do and that I would love, not just something I have the skills to do,” Tangania said. “I want to be with people and talk with people, so I chose human resources so I can help others. Shosh helped organize things

Children learn computer skills at the empowerment center in Yokneam.

and choose a school. It fits my character, so it’s a good fit for me.” Tangania looked at several schools and found help at the Family Empowerment Center. There Shosh Zehavi, the director of the center, helped her complete the paperwork. The difference between Tangania and kids who don’t take advantage of the center is that no one is helping the others navigate educational and career goals, she said. “We don’t have someone to help you achieve that goal. I didn’t have someone to tell me that, and Shosh is like my second mother, and she helped me,” Tangania said. “I came here, and they helped if there was a job I wanted to start or to go to school. This is something I didn’t have in my immigrant home because my parents don’t understand school. My parents don’t tell me to go get an education. It’s more impor-

tant to make money.” That mindset can be a major setback in Ethiopian Jewish homes because the most important thing is to have child, Tangania said. Yokneam has about 350 Ethiopian families, which is a little more than 1,500 people. There are 200 young people Shira’s age using the service. “After I told my big sister, she came here to go to school and began to study. If I speak about this, my environment knows about this, and several people can come here and do something. … Not all, but some,” Tangania said. “It’s somebody to listen to you for your own growth. I told several people about this so they can begin something.” Ethiopians fall below the Israeli average across the socio-economic categories. More than 30 years after Ethiopian Jews came to Israel, the lack of im-

provement causes frustration within the community, Yavelberg said. “If you look at the statistics of people born in Israel, they come up last on every measurement. In matriculation, income and education, they come last or almost last,” Yavelberg said. “The programs we put into this community are putting out higher rates than other Ethiopian communities, but still, after dozens of organizations contributing, there are no results.” Many of those organizations spent too much of their money on staff salaries, Yavelberg said, so the Federations allocated most of their funds directly to families. The staff at the center will work with the families to spend the money appropriately. Ethiopians are entitled to full college scholarships, but many don’t take advantage of the opportunity because their culture does not emphasize education, said Bernice Malka, the Living Bridge coordinator for the Partnership2Gether program linking Yokneam and Megiddo with Atlanta and St. Louis. But the situation is much worse at the national level than in Yokneam. Nationally, 52 percent to 54 percent of Ethiopians pursue higher education; that rate is 65 percent in Yokneam. The

Yokneam Teen Helps Atlanta Win Silver By Patrice Worthy

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When Atlanta’s 14-and-under boys soccer team grabbed the silver medal at this summer’s JCC Maccabi Games in Birmingham, Ala., it got a big boost from a player who came from far outside the Perimeter. Aviv Meneibal, 13, who lives in Yokneam, the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s sister city through the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership2Gether program, scored five goals during the tournament. The Yokneam-Megiddo region receives funding from Federation through Partnership2Gether to support the community’s well-being. Aviv is part of a new generation of Ethiopians integrating into Israeli society while raising expectations for Ethiopian children. His mother was only 14 when she arrived in Israel with her baby boy; now at 13, he has huge ambitions. Federation and the Marcus Jewish Community Center invited the budding soccer start to attend the Maccabi Games, where he met American Jewish boys his age. 8 “It was great and a lot of fun,” Aviv

Aviv Meneibal starred as a goal scorer with Atlanta’s 14-and-under soccer team at the JCC Maccabi Games this summer.

said. Back home in Yokneam, he takes advantage of the Ethiopian Family Empowerment Center and the resources available to him. “I participate in a teens program that enrolled me into the tennis center, and we also go on trips together,” Aviv said.

His early success in school and adjustment to Israeli culture reflect the main goals for Partnership2Gether. Many children have trouble balancing the two cultures and suffer from identity issues that block their path to success, said Shosh Zehavi, the director of the center. “Many adolescents have trouble dealing with their parents and their past, and for Ethiopians more so because there is a whole cultural difference issue,” Zehavi said. Aviv doesn’t seem to carry the same identity issues as many older Ethiopians who were brought to Israel in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He said he views himself as experiencing a typical Israeli childhood: “I feel that I grew up just like everybody else.” In Israel, he is a regular kid, and with the help of Federation he has participated in the soccer group the past six years. Aviv has learned that determination and hard work take you far, said Bernice Malka, the Living Bridge coordinator for the Partnership2Gether program linking Yokneam and Megiddo in Israel with Atlanta and St. Louis. “One of the lessons he has learned

is if you’re good and consistent, you will go far, and that’s why he was chosen,” Malka said. Aviv works hard and focuses on school and playing tennis and soccer. His daily routine runs on a strict schedule of school, study, sports and fun with friends. “I practice soccer three evenings a week, play tennis two evenings, and we have games on Saturdays. I manage to keep on top of my schoolwork,” Aviv said. “I get up at 7 in the morning, study till 1:30 and start practicing at 5:30 for about two hours each day. I play with friends in the neighborhood.” He hopes to play soccer professionally someday. His current path has all the makings of a star with continued hard work and support from the Jewish Agency and Federation. Alex Rogow, a soccer coach during the Maccabi Games, said Aviv and a fellow Israeli teen, Yarin, added value to the team. “Aviv and Yarin were incredible, and anyone who was fortunate to meet them became their friends,” Rogow said. “They added so much joy to the team, and their talents helped lead us to a silver medal.” ■

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high school dropout rate is zero for Yokneam’s Ethiopians, compared with 3.5 percent nationally. The staff at the empowerment center credits Simon Alfassi, Yokneam’s mayor, who immigrated to Israel from Morocco as a small boy. “The mayor remembers what it was like to struggle as an immigrant,” Malka said. “His heart is in the right place, and he feels like he won’t let what’s happening in other communities happen under his watch.” People didn’t want to live in Yokneam in the 1990s, and the Jewish Agency connected with the Federations in St. Louis and Atlanta at a time when many mayors were refusing olim (immigrants). Alfassi went to caravan sites and invited families to live in the small northern city. The commitment of the mayor and the city’s relationship with the Atlanta Federation add value, Malka said. “The governments were supporting immigrants in the beginning, but in the long term the support stops, and that’s where the Federations come in,” she said. “The government isn’t going to support the community projects with professionals and giving young people living grants.” To start, Yokneam had 35 Ethiopian families, and Alfassi arranged for apartments for them scattered throughout the city. Now there are more than 350 families, Malka said. “The Federation comes in in such a meaningful way and allows professionals to zoom out to identify the needs,” she said. “It has a ripple effect on the Ethiopian community and broader community. There is a commitment from the Federations of Atlanta and St. Louis to maintain the well-being of the community.” When people ask why the partnership with the Federations continues, the explanation is that they have taken on a “generational task,” Zehavi said. Zehavi, whose parents made aliyah from Yemen, said it takes a long time to break the cycle and fully assimilate into Israeli culture. “For my family, it took four generations.” Many kids rebel in their teens by rejecting integration and white Israeli culture. Without guidance, they turn to crime and embrace the Black Power movement to form a strong identity because they can relate, Yavelberg said. Yokneam’s relationship between the Ethiopian community and the police is tense. Cohen said it reminds her of the relationship between blacks and police in the United States after an incident in 2015 in which an Ethiopian soldier was recorded being beaten by

police, which sparked community outrage and protests. Community leaders are trying to control the situation by learning from the mistakes of the United States. Cohen started by listening to the young people in the community. “They feel they are targeted for violence and arrested,” Cohen said. “Almost all the young people have a record for attacking officers. We asked the commander of the Yokneam police to meet with an Ethiopian representative to express how they feel. Crime is now lowered, and a few of those records were closed.” As children, many Ethiopians don’t want to be seen as different from other Israelis and reject their traditional culture. Most Ethiopian children’s names are automatically changed to Israeli names, or they change their names to something more Israeli. Name-changing has long been practiced in Israel. When Malka came from Scotland at 7 years old, she was given an Israeli name she hated. Like Tangania, Malka began using her birth name when she went into the army. “My actual name isn’t Shira; it’s my Hebrew name. My real name is Mamlmal. In school, I was embarrassed by my name, my food and all

my culture,” Tangania said. “In the IDF I saw different cultures and heard different names. My commander asked me, ‘Why don’t you use your real name?’ He said, ‘Teach people how to pronounce it, and they’ll understand it.’ So I began using my name and realized, if someone can’t pronounce it, I just have to say it several times, and they get used to it. Now all my friends call me Mamlmal.” Cohen, who grew up in a strong community, was inspired to create the same sense of community in Yokneam to assist Ethiopian children with their identity and assimilation. She rallied the parents together and began celebrating holidays such as Purim, Shavuot and Chanukah and going on trips to see the country. For many Ethiopians, those trips were the first time they saw snow. “I believe a strong community can really empower people, and you have to know where you come from,” Cohen said. “It was good for me to get to know the community. They always say to me, ‘You don’t know us,’ and they don’t explain to me about the cultural differences.” The empowerment center encourages Ethiopian Jews to take pride in their culture by launching cooking

workshops for Ethiopian food, a source of embarrassment for children, who are told their food smells bad and looks funny. The center also is preparing for Sigd, a Beta Israel holiday honoring the covenant between the Jewish people and G-d through the Torah. In Ethiopia, the Beta Israel would climb the highest mountain and pray to Jerusalem because it was their dream to live in the Holy Land. Sigd started small, but it’s an official holiday in Israel. People gather in Jerusalem at the Kotel to celebrate. The Ethiopian culture has many beautiful things that have been forgotten, Yavelberg said, but the new generation is learning how to deal with a complex identity. “It also is important they adapt to modern society and different concepts of time, to know how to make your voice heard and achieve your goals in a difficult environment,” Yavelberg said. “A part of the effort is the first generation adapting to modern society while still carrying on the good things. The ideal product is a strong individual who is proud of who they are and proud of their heritage while having a balance between the two.” ■

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If President Donald Trump wanted to win support for athletes who sit, kneel or skip the national anthem before games, he couldn’t have found a better way than his combination of speech vulgarity and aggressive tweeting in the opening days of 5778. Even while millions of American citizens were reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, while others were still assessing the damage and cleaning up from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, while Mexico (with the help of Israel Defense Forces emergency responders) was searching for survivors from an earthquake that killed more than 300 people (including Rabbi Haim Ashkenazi), and while dangerous, nuclear-tinged confrontations with North Korea and Iran continued to percolate, Trump turned his attention to the scattered players who have followed Colin Kaepernick’s lead in protesting during the playing of “The StarSpangled Banner.” “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a b---- off the field right now, out. He’s fired. He’s fired!’” Trump said while campaigning for Sen. Luther Strange in Huntsville, Ala., on Friday, Sept. 22. He followed up over the weekend with tweets about players making millions of dollars as professional athletes not being allowed to disrespect the flag or the country by kneeling during the anthem. He called for firing or suspending players who don’t stand, criticized the inaction of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (a man worthy of criticism for so many other things, such as covering up the deadly brain damage players sustain to make him rich and famous), urged fans to boycott the NFL and called the league boring (a fair charge many weeks, but not in Week 3, when two games went to overtime and several others, including the Falcons’ 30-26 win over the Lions, were decided on the last play of the game). We don’t think the protests make any sense. By their nature, they draw more attention to the protesters than to the issues motivating them, which themselves seem to be a muddled mess, from deadly police brutality to Kaepernick’s unemployment. And there’s a difference between respectful actions, such as taking a knee in silence, and the exaggerated stretching routine Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy employed during the anthem Sunday, Sept. 24. What American troops have fought and died for aren’t symbols such as the flag and the anthem, but the freedoms they represent. NFL players are demonstrating those hard-won rights in increasing numbers, thanks to Trump’s efforts to stop them. Amid the divisiveness, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank stepped forward as a true leader before Sunday’s game in Detroit. He joined his players on the sidelines and locked arms with them in solidarity while all but two stood for the pre-game anthem. It’s a shame that Trump hasn’t learned from his Jewish daughter and in-laws about using the Days of Awe to practice humility and seek forgiveness from people you have wronged. But at least he can look to the righteous example of Blank and other Jewish NFL owners who stood up for their employees’ exercise of 10 their First Amendment rights. ■

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Learning Through the Generations Rosh Hashanah is a time for celebrating, for matter to their children if it doesn’t matter to them. spending time with family, for eating fantastic Rabbi Lebow said it felt good to do a bit of chidmeals, for praying and for reflecting. It’s also the ing of his congregation after 31 years. best opportunity our rabbis have for teaching us. Luckily, my parents didn’t need any chastising. The crowds are just about as large as they will be for They showed the imporYom Kippur, and, without tance of Judaism to me the distractions of hunger and their grandsons by and the imminent closure making the trip down from Editor’s Notebook of the ledger on who will Virginia for the holiday. By Michael Jacobs and won’t die in the comTheir visit, however, mjacobs@atljewishtimes.com ing year, those audiences provided a reminder that are even more attentive. you never stop learning Given that each of us from your parents. can be in only one shul at a time, one reason for the Mom and I went to Congregation Etz Chaim community messages in our Rosh Hashanah issue is for Shabbat Shuvah and had a warm welcome from to provide a sampling of the wisdom across Jewish Rabbi Daniel Dorsch. During the Kiddush luncheon, Atlanta. Sometimes particularly strong High Holiday Mom somehow shared a new piece of family history. sermons emerge, and we might be able to bring you I knew that her parents, the children of early examples in the coming weeks. For example, I’ve 20th century immigrants from the Kiev area, met at heard praise for what Rabbi David Spinrad said a meeting of young Communists in Brooklyn. I don’t about Israel at The Temple and how Rabbi Ari Kaiknow what motivated my grandfather to attend; he man at Congregation Shearith Israel addressed the went on to found and run an industrial business in unsettling feeling for a community when someone, North Carolina. My grandmother made no secret of such as 25-year-old Jenna Van Gelderen, is missing. her interest: Such meetings were where you found At my home synagogue, Temple Kol Emeth, cute Jewish boys. Rabbi Steven Lebow offered a perennial topic on What I didn’t know is that my bubbe’s mother Day 1: the need for parents to show that Judaism is didn’t believe that my grandfather was Jewish. He important. He started with the example of Esau, who looked Italian, and his fluent Yiddish didn’t prove was willing to sell his birthright for a meal because anything at a time when Italian and Jewish immihis parents, Isaac and Rebecca, failed to instill the grants lived in mixed neighborhoods. importance of the still-new faith of Abraham. So Ida Milgram, who spoke no English, made Contemporary failures included a mother her way across the river to New Jersey to call on the who let a daughter skip religious school to practice parents of her daughter’s suitor, only to find not only competitive cheering, then told Rabbi Lebow that that they were Jewish, but also that they came from the resulting challenge in preparing her daughter to the same area of the Russian Empire. The two families become a bat mitzvah was his problem, and a father almost had a marriage a couple of generations earlier. who sent a son to a Jewish summer camp, then got Fortunately for me, the Old Country match upset when the boy was so inspired that he wanted didn’t happen, but the New World one did. And to celebrate Shabbat every Friday night. following Mom’s Shabbat example helped fill an The bottom line: Parents can’t expect Judaism to unknown gap in my family story. ■

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Can Israel Weather Its Own Storms? cracked, and the window frames have openings where the air blows through. The morning after the exposé, the individual gets a new apartment. If he needs other assistance, that too is made available. Why in the world is Israel treating

Guest Column By Rabbi David Geffen

survivors so badly? One reason is that they are dying off. Second, the claim is that the funds received to support them are not sufficient. I do not believe there has been a public accounting of these funds. As we sit in shul or not, the spirit of Unetaneh tokef kedushat hayom reaches us: Will the lines about who will live and who will die touch us? The greatest tragedy was the beating of Haredim who were demonstrating when police officers lost their cool. All Israel and the world could see the confrontation on television Sept. 17.

Even when you know that the Haredim have captured the cities of Arad and Sderot with their religious demands, you can’t help being angered when the police beat the Haredim mercilessly. I believe that the Haredim assaulted police as well, but then the beatings got totally out of hand. Seeing those religious demonstrators being dragged through the streets of Jerusalem and being beaten was just a little too much. Police are trained to resist using force until an incident gets out of hand. The manner in which they acted indicates that they have not been trained as well as the police chief and the minister of internal affairs claim. I have written about the Haredim. One article made it into The Jerusalem Post with a picture showing how ridiculous the Haredim were — beating a woman as she crossed through their crowd. Sadly, some of them are like wild animals. On Sept. 17, the police became wild animals too. The demonstrators are only the face of the problem. The Haredim need housing because of all the children they have. Israel has towns and cities with apartments available

for purchase or rent. The Haredim are organized so that when they want to move somewhere, a large group moves, usually with a rebbe or one of his assistants. The two cities reeling from the demands of the Haredim are Arad and Sderot. I cannot tell you what happened in Arad, but in Sderot, the Haredim pushed for and received in the Kupat Cholim Kelali, a health care organization, TVs that cannot be played in the halls while people are waiting because the commercials contain licentious material. Short dresses are among the items being advertised. Who knows what will happen? Many Israelis in the right-wing camp are delighted this is going on. In fact, the government must decide whether soccer can be played on Shabbat. The other side of the political spectrum is angry about what is transpiring. But those activists are not doing enough to halt this religious slide. I am religious, but I am not sure I want a Jewish theocratic state. ■ Atlanta native Rabbi David Geffen lives in Jerusalem.

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As I write this, it is Monday night, Sept. 18, only a couple of days before Rosh Hashanah. The spirit of the new year is nowhere to be seen in Israel. Before and after a special Knesset session, those present did nothing for the disabled. People in this category get approximately $600 a month, with which they are supposed to live, buy food, pay bills. For months they have begged for their entitlement to be raised to the minimum wage of about $1,600 a month. People in their wheelchairs have sought to teach the citizenry, Knesset members and the Israeli government a tough lesson. The only action they can take is to blockade the roads. One driver got so angry with the blockaders that he jumped out of his car and beat up an elderly man in a wheelchair. The story of the people with disabilities is not a pretty one. The world press has picked it up to show how heartless Israelis are. The government of Israel has, for a long time, been afraid to raise this group’s allotments because it knows that there would then be a spiral in all the benefits Israel’s National Insurance provides. So those who have the least and for whom the benefits mean everything seem to suffer interminably. The country backs them; the government and Knesset do not. And this was two days before Rosh Hashanah; who are the heartless people ruling? The Holocaust survivors are the second set of sufferers. Israel has received millions, maybe billions, to assist these individuals, whose real lives were taken from them. This is not to say that all Holocaust sufferers fall into the category of those who lack the funds to live almost properly. Some have done well, but those who have not are really auf tsouris (in big trouble). These people are too broken to demonstrate. Sometimes their complaints are heard; usually they are not. What Israel has done to protect their money, whatever the amount may be, is to make rules about which survivors receive funds and which do not. If you are a survivor and made aliyah to Israel after a certain date, you receive either no benefits or such a minimal amount that it is a joke. Israel stuffed these survivors into public housing, in which the conditions are horrible. Every so often the television will run an exposé on an elderly survivor in an apartment where the water barely runs, the walls are

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In response to the article by Eugen Schoenfeld in the Rosh Hashanah issue (“Morals More Important Than Rituals,” Sept. 15), I would like to make my feelings known. As he is a Holocaust survivor, I have the utmost respect for what he went through during that awful period. No one from my generation can possibly imagine the horrors he witnessed and the emotions of losing family and friends in such a brutal way. However, I do want to point out that his articles have had a consistent theme — that is, to denigrate observant Judaism. He has written many times about how in his youth he and his family adhered to Torah mitzvot but that at some point in his life he believed that the goals of tikkun olam and taking care of fellow Jews superseded the need to keep the commandments (mitzvot). In this particular article, he mentions that his Orthodox Hasidic grandfather told him before anything else to be an eidler mensch, a moral and caring human being. Mr. Schoenfeld goes so far as to say that being Jewish has changed for most people in that the godly humanistic principles override the rituals (commandments). The five Books of Moses command Jews to adhere to the commandments and to develop our proper relationship with G-d (and humans in specific, godly ways) many times over, and Deuteronomy even predicts that the Jews will lose this path and create other, manmade values. Yet the Torah clearly states that the commandments between man and G-d (as well as between people) constitute the primary basis for the existence of Jewry in the first place. This is how we become a light unto the world, for a Jew who keeps the mitzvot is not keeping them if he is not moral and caring. Again, I respect Mr. Schoenfeld for the life he has lived and his themes of challenging Jews to look out for others. Where I disagree is the constant denigration of the Torah commandments. I would posit that if the Jewish Times had a regular contributor who wrote that the only way to be a “good Jew” was to be mitzvah-observant, including being shomer Shabbos (keeping Shabbat), to the exclusion of being moral and caring, there would be a strong outcry from the readership. I would ask Mr. Schoenfeld to keep challenging the Atlanta reader-

ship to be moral and to continue being an eidler mensch, but to do so by leaving out the advice that the Torah rituals are antiquated, have been replaced and need not be followed anymore. — Matt Marks, Sandy Springs

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It is important for the community to be aware of the homeless women and men in our community, so we were happy to see the article on Rebecca’s Tent in your Rosh Hashanah issue (“More Than Shelter” by Candice Gulden, Sept. 15). Homelessness is a sad and difficult problem that is invisible to many of us and requires the support and efforts of many to make a real difference. We have provided shelter to more than 1,000 homeless women, but what was not mentioned in the article is that this important humanitarian work would not have been possible without the hundreds of volunteers who have given their time each shelter season. Volunteers are a cornerstone of Rebecca’s Tent, and we could not provide any services or improve the lives of any of the homeless without them. As we prepare for a new shelter season, we need more volunteers to fill important roles in the shelter’s operations. They include dinner volunteers who serve the ladies dinner each evening and make sack lunches for the next day, and volunteers to prepare hot meals for nightly dinners. We also need volunteers to teach empowerment sessions on life skills, job readiness skills and computer training, as well as people to help with administrative jobs and small tasks that keep us going from day to day. We hope that no one will feel helpless when they learn about the many women and men who must sleep on the streets or in their cars every night. We would be very happy to put anyone and everyone to work to help solve this awful societal problem. Please contact us at www.rebeccastent.org, or call me at 404-873-3147, and we will make you a part of the solution. — Tasho Wesley, executive director, Rebecca’s Tent, Atlanta

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Last year’s Sukkot farm-to-table dinner at Aluma Farm in Adair Park, which drew about 80 people, has spawned the Marcus JCC’s first Sukkot Farm-to-Table Festival.

Farm-to-Table Festival To Celebrate Sukkot By David R. Cohen david@atljewishtimes.com

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A new festival in Jewish Atlanta aims to bring Sukkot back to the farm. The first Sukkot Farm-to-Table Festival, scheduled for noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at the Marcus Jewish Community Center, will bring together the best of Atlanta’s Jewish agriculture, farming and food scenes. Event organizer Jonathan Tescher said the idea for a full-fledged festival developed from various dinners he has helped put together, including last year’s Sukkot farm-to-table dinner at Aluma Farm in Adair Park and the annual Heeb Christmas Eve Chinese buffet. “We’ve been doing farm-to-table dinners for the past three years,” Tescher said. “The evolution was really wanting to reach a broader base of people. Doing a dinner for 80 to 100 people is nice, but being able to do a festival for 300 to 500 people is better. It’s a good way to grow and get more people involved.” Activities planned for the festival include a farmers market, a community cook-off, chef demonstrations from Seth Freedman of PeachDish and Alex Lampert of Kimball House, and a petting zoo. The free event will have live music sponsored by the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival from folk/Americana musician Robbie Horlick and bluegrass duo the Cohen Brothers Band. Yalla, Souper Jenny, Revolution Gelato, the JCC’s Healthy Touch Café, Grow & Behold Kosher Meats, Oy Veg! and Keith’s Corner BBQ have signed on as food vendors. Keith’s Corner will serve grass-fed, kosher-certified beef hamburgers and hot dogs from Grow & Behold. His food

truck is Atlanta Kosher Commissioncertified. “Almost all of our vendors have a connection to the Jewish community,” Tescher said. “That’s the fun thing about it. It’s not just pulling in random people for this event. Everyone has a tie to the community.” The community cook-off, which is dedicated to longtime Atlanta caterer Enoch Goodfriend, who died in 2016, will see participants enter a dessert dish or pastry. The winner will decide which charity receives a cash donation. Spaces are still open for the cookoff; visit sukkotfarmtotablefestival. com/register to sign up. Getting many Jewish organizations to work together was not easy, but Tescher said the task was made smoother by support from the Atlanta JCC and the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. He also said that holding the event in Dunwoody gives the Jewish agriculture movement a chance to expand outside the Perimeter. “We’ve been doing all of our events intown, but I like the idea of bringing what we do outside the Perimeter,” said Tescher, a member of the AJT’s 2017 40 Under 40. “I also like the idea of doing something around this space once a year, and I do think this is a good idea to pick up annually. But we’ll see what it’s like when it’s done, and if everyone is happy, we’ll do it again. I’m already thinking about plans for next year.” ■ What: Sukkot Farm-to-Table Festival When: Noon Sunday, Oct. 8 Where: Marcus JCC, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody Admission: Free to all; cook-off entry, $18; cook-off tasting, $10; sukkotfarmtotablefestival.com/ register

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Sukkot is one of my favorite Jewish holidays. I love sitting outside under the stars with good friends and family, simply enjoying one another’s company. Because autumn produce is so rich and warm, seasonal cocktails are always a bit more flavorful and complex. Here are some of my go-to recipes for a night in the sukkah. Black Manhattan Cool autumn nights call for a dark and rich cocktail, and few are as dark and rich as the Black Manhattan. The Black Manhattan is a play on the traditional Manhattan, which has been around since the 1860s. Unlike the original, which Amaro gives relies on vermouth to sweeten and complethe Black Manhattan ment the rye, the its distinctive Black Manhattan uses bitterness. another Italian liquor, amaro. Amaro means “bitter” in Italian, and it takes this cocktail in a whole different direction. Luxardo makes a wonderful, medium amaro (not too bitter, not too sweet, very herbal) that’s also certified kosher and works great here. If you’re new to amaro, you might want to change the ratio and use a bit less until you’ve gotten used to its unique flavor. 2 ounces rye whiskey (bourbon will work fine) 1 ounce amaro 1 dash Angostura bitters 1 dash orange bitters Pour all the ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice and stir until the outside of the glass fogs up. Strain and pour into a stemmed cocktail glass.

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How to Infuse Israel Into Sukkot Celebration As stated in Deuteronomy 16:16, Sukkot originally was a time for Israelites to appear at the Temple in Jerusalem with offerings from the harvest. As such, Sukkot (fall harvest) joined Passover (barley) and Shavuot (wheat) as the shalosh regalim — the three feast holidays. The name indicates the pilgrimages Jews made to the Temple three times per year. While the destruction of the Temple and the development of rabbinic Judaism changed some of the rituals, Sukkot still offers wonderful ways to bring Israel into your family’s holiday preparations and celebrations. Here are two suggestions.

that expertise to assist developing nations, especially in Africa. In his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 19, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “We’re in the midst of a great revolution, a revolution in Israel’s standing

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Ushpizin for Modern Times

Beginning with Maimonides in the 12th century, Sukkot became connected with welcoming guests and helping the poor. This theme was extended in the 16th century by the Kabbalists, who created a practice of welcoming seven guests, one for each night of the festival. These “exalted men of Israel” are Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron and David. Some Sephardim will even set aside special chairs for the ushpizin (guests) each night, and, recently, many others have expanded the list to include the great women of Israel as well: Sarah, Rachel, Rebecca, Leah, Miriam, Abigail and Esther. While these traditional ushpizin have their roots in the Tanakh, we suggest a discussion in your sukkah this year: Who are the seven ushpizin who have played a role in the birth and growth of modern Israel whom you would choose to have as guests in your sukkah and why?

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As stated above, the holiday at its roots is a harvest festival of the seasonal fruits (another name for Sukkot is Chag Ha’asif, the Harvest Holiday) and a time of thanksgiving and gathering before the onset of the winter rains in ancient Israel. The building of the sukkah originated when farmers would dwell in such temporary shelters with their families to be close to the harvest in celebration of a job completed. Today, Israel is at the forefront of agricultural technology and is using

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sept. 19 addresses the U.N. General Assembly, presided over by Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon.

among the nations. This is happening because so many countries around the world have finally woken up to what Israel can do for them. Those countries now recognize what brilliant investors like Warren Buffet and great companies like Google and Intel, what they’ve recognized and known for years: that Israel is the innovation nation — the place for cutting-edge technology in agriculture, in water, in cyber security, in medicine, in autonomous vehicles. You name it, we’ve got it.” As you can see, Sukkot, like many Jewish festivals, is deeply entrenched in the land of Israel. While we express this connection by shaking the lulav and etrog, composed of the four species from Israel, and by living and/or eating in a sukkah to remind us of times in the fields during the ancient harvest, there are many ways to incorporate the modern state of Israel as well. ■ Rich Walter is the associate director for Israel education at the Center for Israel Education (www.israeled.org).

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The Days of Awe conclude with Yom Kippur, which starts Friday evening, Sept. 29, a little after 7 p.m. and ends about 8 the next night. If you’re in need of a place to pray for the holiest day of the year, visit atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/ high-holidays-in-atlanta-5778. Free, no-ticket options include Congregation Bet Haverim (www.congregationbethaverim.org), Congregation Beth Jacob (www.bethjacobatlanta. org), Young Israel of Toco Hills (www. yith.org), Congregation Shaarei Shamayim (www.shaareishamayim. com), The Kehilla in Sandy Springs (www.thekehilla.org), Chabad Intown (chabadintown.org), Chabad of Forsyth (www.jewishforsyth.org) and Chabad of Peachtree City (bit.ly/2wBz6WP). The morning after the fast ends, sukkahs will be erected around the area. Sukkot starts Wednesday night, Oct. 4. Here are some holiday events: • While preparing for the Atlanta Pride Festival and Pride Parade the weekend after Sukkot, SOJOURN is traveling the synagogue circuit before and during the holiday with “SOJOURN in the Sukkah: Spreading Our Canopy of Peace and Equality.” In its second year, the SOJOURN sojourn has expanded from one event to five, reflecting the Jewish community’s embrace of LGBTQ people. “This event series is a loving, physical demonstration of the community that surrounds and supports the mission of SOJOURN, the community that magnifies our mission to spread a canopy of peace and equality,” SOJOURN Executive Director Rebecca Stapel-Wax said. “We welcome all to join us in the sukkah and celebrate this place of refuge for gender and sexually diverse (LGBTQ+) Jews around the South.” The schedule: Temple Sinai, 5645 Dupree Drive, Sandy Springs, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3; Ahavath Achim Syna-

gogue, 600 Peachtree Battle Ave., Buckhead, at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 8; Congregation Gesher L’Torah, 4320 Kimball Bridge Road, Alpharetta, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8; Congregation Shearith Israel, 1180 University Drive, Morningside, at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10; and Temple Beth-El, 2179 Highland Ave., Birmingham, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10. Registration for each Atlanta-area event is $18 at www.sojourngsd.org/ sukkottix. The Birmingham stop is free. • Chabad Intown’s directors, Rabbi Eliyahu and Dena Schusterman, continue their tradition of sushi in the sukkah Wednesday, Oct. 4. The free festivities start with preschooler story time at 6:45 p.m., then move into an open house for adults and families at 7:30. The Schustermans are providing kosher sushi, fine scotch and other potent potables deep into the night at 990 St. Charles Ave. in Virginia-Highland. RSVP to dena@chabadintown.org. • Another Virginia-Highland option is Sukkot in the Highlands at Anshi, 1324 N. Highland Ave. The cost is $12; RSVP to info@anshisfard.org. • In Brookhaven, Congregation Or VeShalom, 1681 North Druid Hills Road, is grilling burgers and hot dogs with all the trimmings at its sukkah from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8. RSVP to Amy Arnold at 404-633-1737 or amy.arnold@ orveshalom.org by Tuesday, Oct. 3. • Jewish National Fund Women for Israel’s Beyond the Blue Box series features Hal’s Kitchen owner Cyndi Sterne leading a cooking workshop during “Food, Friends & Fall: The Magic of Sukkot” at Hal’s Kitchen, 4969 Ros well Road, Suite 220, in Sandy Springs at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10. The event includes a three-course vegetarian lunch and costs $45. RSVP by Monday, Oct. 2, to JNF Greater Atlanta Executive Director Beth Gluck at bgluck@jnf.org or 404-236-8990, ext. 851. ■

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Young Israel Hires Women’s Halachic Adviser By Leah R. Harrison lharrison@atljewishtimes.com Young Israel of Toco Hills this summer hired Tova Warburg Sinensky to serve as the Atlanta Jewish community’s first yoetzet halacha (adviser on Jewish law). Although the Modern Orthodox synagogue has had yoatzot as scholars in residence, Sinensky is the first official hire for the community, Young Israel Rabbi Adam Starr said. She made the first of four annual visits to Atlanta from her Philadelphia home Aug. 23. A yoetzet halacha is a woman certified, after extensive training, to serve as a halachic adviser for women on questions regarding taharat hamishpacha (family purity) and mikvah observance. In his notification to the community June 6, Rabbi Starr detailed Sinensky’s qualifications as a graduate of the U.S. Yoetzet Halacha Fellows Program of Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center. He wrote that the program is approved by well-known gedolei Torah (top Torah scholars) and is supported by respected rabbis in Israel and the United States. Sinensky was in the first U.S. Nish-

mat graduating class in Teaneck, N.J., in 2013. She is widely published and has lectured throughout the United States and overseas. Tova Warburg At a time Sinensky when the Orthodox Union has rejected any rabbinic role for women, the concept of a woman as a halachic adviser might seem revolutionary, but the OU has specified that the yoetzet halacha role is different. In explanation of the need for yoatzot halacha at the beginning of the movement in 1999, “Rabbanit Chana Henkin recognized that there was a need to integrate women into the halachic system regarding laws of family purity,” according to www.yoatzot.org. As founder of Nishmat, she was aware that many observant women, for reasons of modesty, did not consult rabbis with intimate questions, so they often decided issues for themselves. In a Times of Israel blog post Dec.

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2, 2015, titled “The truth about yoatzot halacha: Responses and reflections,” Sinensky wrote: “For women for whom asking a rabbi is comfortable, ma tov umah na’im (that is lovely). However, for those for whom it is not, yoatzot provide another avenue for halachic guidance and emotional support.” Offering reassurance that yoatzot halacha are specially trained and qualified to counsel from halachic and women’s health perspectives and that women appreciate such guidance from another woman, Sinensky outlined the rigor of the training program. Nishmat’s curriculum includes 1,000 hours of Talmudic study, including all traditional works of Jewish law. After two years of study, fellows are orally tested for four hours by a panel of rabbis. Yoatzot halacha also benefit from Nishmat’s extensive supplementary curriculum, which covers the areas of women’s health that intersect with taharat hamishpacha, such as gynecology, infertility, psychology, family dynamics, abuse, sexual dysfunction and genetic testing. In addition to visiting Atlanta four times per year to be an in-person community resource, Sinensky will run webinars and be accessible for questions and consultations via phone, email and text. In Atlanta she will build relationships, teach classes and run symposia and will be available for personal consultations. She will visit Atlanta Jewish Academy to teach teenagers about intimacy and Jewish law. Rabbi Starr said he hopes people beyond Young Israel will take advantage of Sinensky’s expertise, and he looks forward to working closely with her to serve Atlanta’s halachic needs. Her hiring is “a very important step in solidifying Atlanta as a major center of Modern Orthodoxy in the U.S.,” the rabbi said. Young Israel is proud to support women in assuming roles of “halachic spiritual leadership towards the goal of greater Torah observance,” he said, and it’s “a value to our congregation to have a female Torah scholar who will be visiting us with regularity serving as a role model and building relationships.” Sinensky can be reached at 470231-5058 or yoetzet@yith.org. Before her first visit to Atlanta in her new role in August, Sinensky answered a few questions from the AJT.

Sinensky: I first heard of the program while I was studying in Israel for my year abroad (1999). That’s when Nishmat (the Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women in Jerusalem) graduated their first three or four yoatzot halachot. … I studied in the graduate program for advanced Talmudic studies at Stern College, which is a two-year program for women including Gemara as well as Jewish law, and the second year we spent studying the laws of family purity intensively, and I found that they were extremely fascinating. When my husband became the rabbi at the synagogue at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, I began to teach a lot more brides, and as the rebbetzin I began to receive many questions in this area of law. I was able to answer a lot of them, but at a certain point there were questions that I was receiving that were extremely complex, that I didn’t have the answers to, and I began to feel frustrated because I felt that if I had more training, both in the halachic text as well as the intersecting areas of women’s health, I’d be able to be a resource to even more women.

AJT: What started you on your path toward becoming a yoetzet halacha?

AJT: Are you typically hired to be a yoetzet halacha for a synagogue or for

AJT: You were still in New York at this time? Sinensky: Yes. After some time there I received a phone call from a colleague of mine saying they’d be starting a program in the United States, and would I be interested in joining? That was around the time when I was feeling that I really wanted to be able to help more women. I said yes, and that’s how my present life has evolved. AJT: The position of yoetzet halacha seems to be prevalent within Modern Orthodoxy. Are there any yoatzot halacha in the Orthodox community or working with Orthodox synagogues? Sinensky: I’m not sure how you’re distinguishing between Orthodox and Modern Orthodox. … I would say all the yoatzot halacha that I know identify with Modern Orthodoxy, and I would say that all of the shuls that have employed yoatzot halacha identify with Modern Orthodoxy. There are women who I think would align themselves with different movements within Judaism … that do ask questions to yoatzot halacha even if their shul has not hired one. So yoatzot halacha receive questions from a wide spectrum of women.

LOCAL NEWS a community? How does that usually work? Sinensky: There are different models. One is that one shul hires a yoetzet halacha for their shul, and no yoetzet halacha is going to say to a woman that calls from a different shul that she won’t answer her question. There is a model where a group of synagogues will get together. There’s this model in Manhattan, where a group of synagogues get together and they hire a yoetzet halacha for the Manhattan area. And then the model that I have here in Philadelphia is that I work for the Yoetzet Initiative, which is an organization of women who felt there was a need in the community. They felt this, based on having their pulse on where women were at in their community, and they started the Yoetzet Initiative, and they fundraised and garnered support to hire a yoetzet halacha.

www.atlantajewishtimes.com cially in the age of social media, in a lot of different ways. AJT: Do you take calls from women outside the specific synagogues that have hired you? Sinensky: I receive calls from women across the spectrum of Jewish observance, mostly from women who are Modern Orthodox and to the right of Modern Orthodox. AJT: Do men seek your counsel? Sinensky: Most of the people that ask me questions are women, but I do serve men in the sense that the answers that I give, and the conversations that I have with their wives, obviously impact the men. I have received a few calls from men in the past, in very

specific, unique cases, but it is not the norm. … In previous generations, when yoatzot halacha didn’t exist, the men were basically always the go-between between their wives and the rabbi, and I think a lot of men are happy to extricate themselves from being the middleman, so to speak, and a lot of things can get lost in translation. There are just so many challenges with that model, even though it has functioned for centuries. I think many women, and this is why Rabbanit Henkin started this position, … are happy and would actually prefer to have the support of someone who directly identifies with their issues. Not that the rabbis don’t know what they are talking about, but the nature of this topic is so intimate and

involves disclosing intimate details about their bodies and their relationships. A lot of women feel more comfortable speaking about these issues with a woman. They have really taken advantage of this opportunity to have that comfort and be able to ask more specific questions and divulge more information so they are able to get answers that are most appropriate for their situations. I think that it’s really a gift when a community hires a yoetzet halacha because the rabbi is making a statement that he wants all of the women in the community to feel comfortable asking questions and that it’s really important that all women and all couples are able to observe halacha in the most appropriate manner. ■

AJT: What was your background growing up? Sinensky: I always identified as Modern Orthodox. I went to Modern Orthodox day schools. I went to Modern Orthodox high school. I went to Modern Orthodox seminary. I went to Stern College. I’m straight up Modern Orthodox from birth to now. I fully identify with the community.

AJT: Considering the movement is less than 20 years old, do you think the position is fairly well known in communities today? Sinensky: I think, especially within the Modern Orthodox community, many people are familiar with yoatzot halacha, and they’ve either heard about them, they’ve been exposed to them, they have one, they’ve called Nishmat’s hotline in Israel, or they’ve sent in a question to Nishmat’s website. So yoatzot halacha are accessible, espe-

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AJT: How would you encapsulate the function of a yoetzet halacha? Sinensky: I conceptualize the position as one that is sanctioned by hundreds of rabbis in the United States and abroad, that basically provides opportunities for qualified and passionate women to learn these laws at a high level and to use their knowledge to serve the Jewish community. … I am passionate about learning. I am passionate about helping people observe Jewish law, and for me this position is a way for me to fuse those together and to really use my knowledge as a way to help people observe Jewish law in a way that is correct and a way that feels comfortable.

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The College Scene: What Do You Know? The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published its yearly almanac with statistics for 2017-18. From the 108 pages, I have drawn questions for AJT readers to answer. Note that the answers are based on the options presented. Often, there are colleges rated even higher in the almanac. Here we go. 1. Which public university has the highest average pay for full professors? A. Michigan; B. UCLA; C. Massachusetts; D. Virginia 2. Among these private institutions, which has the highest average

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Deadline Nears For Ayeka Program

Ayeka: The Center for Soulful Education announced in Jerusalem on Sept. 5 that Jewish educator Debra Shaffer Seeman of Atlanta will mentor four Jewish day schools in North America that will be selected to introduce Ayeka’s Soulful Education methodology into their Judaic studies departments. The Ayeka program is being funded by a two-year grant from the Avi Chai, Kohelet and Mayberg foundations. Shaffer Seeman, who serves as a network weaver for Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools, brings a wealth of experience in nurturing learning communities, building institutions and developing networks. An avid teacher of classical Jewish texts and an educational entrepreneur, she has served in a variety of educational settings in Israel and North America, including the Dror Elementary School, the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, the Florence Melton Adult Mini School, the Rambam Atlanta Day School, Yeshiva Atlanta High School and RAVSAK. Ayeka has issued a request for proposals from Jewish day schools interested in participating in the project. The RFP can be viewed at bit. ly/2yqq651. The deadline for submitting a proposal is Wednesday, Oct. 4. Before sending a proposal, an interested school should schedule a preliminary conver-

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Pace Grad Wins Flax Scholarship

Pace Academy graduate Tonyia Johnson recently was awarded the $1,000 Why My Teacher Makes Me Smile Scholarship from Flax Dental. The Why My Teacher Makes Me Smile Scholarship invites high school seniors in Georgia to submit essays about their favorite teachers. The scholarship is for college tuition. Johnson graduated from Pace in the spring and attending the University of Miami. She wrote about Michael Gannon, the head of Pace’s Upper School and a history teacher. “He believed in me from Day 1 and held me to lofty standards that only made me work even harder,” Johnson wrote. “He has been a continuous supporter of my goals and dreams and is one of the reasons why I found a way to smile in a school that I have come to love.” Dentist Hugh Flax and his staff presented her the scholarship check at the Flax Dental office in Sandy Springs and gave Gannon a $100 Amazon card to honor his work in education.

Ben Franklin Academy, which is marking its 30th anniversary this year, is celebrating the success of its Achieve the Possible Capital Campaign with a private reception Tuesday, Oct. 3. The college preparatory high school enlarged its three-story building on Houston Mill Road 30 percent over the summer. The capital campaign paid for expanded arts and science spaces, new conference rooms and an elevator. A new front courtyard is encircled by roses, and a small art courtyard can be used for meeting or work space. Ben Franklin Academy, which offers rolling admissions, aims to maintain enrollment between 125 and 130 students even with the increased room and an enhanced curriculum. The school is holding open houses Nov. 16 and 30 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. More information is available at www. benfranklinacademy.org.

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Elite Internship Sends 2 Atlantans to Israel By David R. Cohen david@atljewishtimes.com

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Two Atlantans took part in an elite fellowship program in Israel this summer focused on empowering the next generation of Jewish business leaders. University of Georgia student Zack Leitz and recent Duke University graduate Daniel Abravanel were among 54 North American students who participated in the 10-week Excel business ex-

perience organized by Birthright Israel from June 1 through Aug. 5. Leitz was assigned an internship at Ernst & Young in Tel Aviv, and Abravanel, who was born in Israel and moved to Atlanta when he was 6, interned with Viola Credit in Tel Aviv. The program offered such fields as biotech, venture capital, business development and finance. The companies included Microsoft, Google, Deloitte, Wix, Facebook and Uber.

Zack Leitz and his Israeli peer, Leeron Paz, are all smiles during the Excel Fellowship in Israel.

Both Atlanta participants are graduates of the Epstein School. “This was one of the most incredible opportunities for professional development that I could have asked for,” Leitz said. “I’m planning to go into consulting for my career, and so this was my first foray into the field, but I also got to discover specifically what types of consulting I may be interested in. There was also so much knowledge that we took away from the speakers and the programming we had.” As part of the business experience, Leitz was matched with a mentor at Ernst & Young. He also took part in programming and lectures with Israeli business leaders. The program featured discussions on leadership, innovation, Jewish iden-

tity, the global economy and teamwork. The Americans were matched up with Israeli peers who participated alongside them in the fellowship. The Israeli peers regularly hosted the Americans for family Shabbat dinners and helped them acclimate to Israel. “It’s a really special opportunity to create a close bond with somebody who is around your age and that grew up in Israel,” Leitz said of his Israeli peer, Leeron Paz. “Of course, they can show you around Tel Aviv, but they can also answer any questions you have about the country and Israeli culture. Developing that friendship was one of the most special things for me.” It was Leitz’s fourth time in Israel but his longest trip. The 2014 Dunwoody High School graduate already has an impressive résumé. At UGA he started a nonprofit that helps the homeless in Athens by providing them with backpacks full of clothes, toiletries and food. Abravanel graduated from the Weber School in 2014 and finished his undergraduate degree from Duke in only three years. He is searching for career opportunities in the finance and private equity sectors. “My experience was really amazing and unique even for the program,” Abravanel said. “Since I was born in Israel and moved to Atlanta when I was young, to see Israel again alongside my peers and experience it as an American this time was special to me. Sometimes I felt like I was the ambassador between the Israelis and Americans.” Abravanel was matched with an Israeli peer who founded a cyber security startup that recently received funding from American investors. He said the Excel program is a terrific solution for college students who want to have a fun summer while gaining valuable professional experience. “I would highly recommend this program for anyone that is looking to do a summer internship in Israel,” Abravanel said. “Not only can you feel like you’re not wasting a summer, but you get to do it on an Israel trip. It’s a phenomenal experience.” The highly selective Excel Fellowship program is open to college sophomores, juniors and select seniors. All expenses associated with flights, housing and programming for North American fellows are paid for by Birthright Israel Excel, the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life, the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, and the Paul E. Singer Foundation. ■

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Abbey Glass Navigates the Fashion Curve By Patrice Worthy Running her own company has been one of the most fulfilling and challenging experiences of Atlanta-based fashion designer Abbey Glass’ life. There’s a learning curve for smallbusiness owners that Glass is navigating with the expertise of a seasoned professional. As a woman, she is learning that longevity brings respect and that having a great team is half the battle. In her Miami Circle showroom, Glass sits on sofa looking at her spring/ summer collection. The pieces in shades of peony, aqua and white hang from racks in a curated space. It’s upscale but not overdone, and, like the designer, there’s something relaxed about it. “I’m a tomboy,” Glass said. “I am very casual, my family is casual, and I am much more cerebral than people would expect. I am not out and about as much as people would think. … But that’s a pleasant surprise.” The craft of design was the driving force behind her career choice. Her brain was only satisfied when she was

Abbey Glass’ retail space at Ponce City Market displays her mix of colors and fabrics.

involved in some aspect of fashion design. “It was something I had to do. I had to have my hands full of fabric. I had to be drawing. I had to be sewing, or I had to be pattern making,” Glass said. “It was all about the engineering and problem solving.” Glass is from the Ansley Park

neighborhood and attended The Temple as a child. She graduated from Central Saint Martins in London, then continued her education at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. She started her company in 2010 and was inspired by first ladies such as Jacqueline Kennedy and Michelle Obama, whom she aspires to dress

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someday. Glass’ looks have transitioned from classic pieces with a rock ’n’ roll edge to pieces with the relaxed tailoring of Italy. It’s a change that came with research and evolution, she said. “The more I look into Jacqueline Kennedy’s life, she becomes very multifaceted. I realize these characters have so much complexity within themselves, and there is so much dichotomy,” Glass said. “They have this darker, edgier side to them that isn’t in the public eye, then they’ve got this very sophisticated public image.” Princess Grace of Monaco inspired her spring 2017 line. The collection features a secret-garden wide-leg pant, A-line dresses, and eyelet lace tops in peony, navy blue, aqua and black. The silk fabrics and colors reflect the scenery of the Mediterranean destination. The fall/winter line was inspired by Sofia Coppola’s film “Marie Antoinette.” The palette includes an unexpected crimson-and-blue paisley, knit jacquards, white, black and a rich emerald green. Glass is excited about the line because “Marie Antoinette” is one of her favorite films. There’s something refreshingly authentic about Glass, who, though influenced by highly stylized films, remains grounded. At 28, she has put almost eight years of hard work into building her brand. “The hardest part of running a business is putting together a team,” Glass said. “I can finally sit back and watch the machine work.” Her team consists of design assistant Colleen Quinn, office manager Elie Behr and a few operations specialists. Size-4 Glass is the fit model for her collection. “That’s why our sell-through is so good,” she said. When the samples come in, each member of the team wears the pieces and gives feedback. “I know how things feel and know how I want them to feel. All the girls try everything on. When one thing comes, I’ll try it on, then Colleen will try it on, and then we talk about it,” Glass said. “It’s like an open forum. … You need the peanut gallery.” Each member of her team appreciates working for a woman who values other opinions. They work together, playing off one another’s strengths and weaknesses. Quinn said she is more organized while Glass is more inspired, but they balance each other out. “Abbey is coming up with ideas

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and pinning things up. I’m more organized. I know where things are, so Abbey put me in charge of that,” Quinn said. “She’ll come to me when we’ve edited the collection and ask, ‘How can we update these?’ ” The two don’t share the same aesthetic. Glass is inspired by contemporary designers such as Raf Simons, formerly of Christian Dior. She uses his influence to bring simplicity and minimalism to her brand. Glass provides traditional silhouettes but enjoys introducing her clients to conceptual approaches such as what she saw at the Comme des Garçons exhibit in New York. Quinn said the result is a space where experimentation with color and fabric is central to each season.

“A lot of times she’ll pick out fabrics, and I’ll be like ‘no,’ but we’ll mock it up, and I’ll say, ‘That’s genius,’ ” Quinn said. From her retail shop at Ponce City Market to her showroom at Miami Circle, Glass’ signature style marks the space. There are clean lines in stark white with pops of bright color. “She designed the whole space. You really get an idea of Abbey’s aesthetic,” Quinn said. Her store at Ponce City Market sits on the second floor. Like Glass, it’s lowkey. There is no signage above the doorway, just small black letters on a back window reading “Abbey Glass.” Sun streams through the industrial space curated with feminine clothes, jewelry and pictures. Glass opened the store in the spring and decided to re-

work for her. She helped Glass design the retail location and said she’s proud at how far Glass has come in such a short period. “I remember the first show I went to in Buckhead. … She was pulling this person from here and that person from there to put on this big production. You could tell she had it in her. It was supersuccessful,” Ewing said. “She’s learned so much about running a business and also so much working with her clientele. It’s really cool to watch her grow and watch her line grow year after year.” ■

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new her lease after a trial period. The retail space gives her more control over what she sells and allows her to engage the public. “We have a much wider demographic,” Glass said. “It’s given me a whole new perspective on merchandising, products and customer service. It’s also given us a really great space to have events.” Longtime friend Katie Ewing manages the space, casually greeting customers as they enter. She has followed Glass since their days at the Paideia School and jumped at the chance to

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Cyber Week Scheduled

Baker Donelson and the Metro Atlanta Chamber have organized the inaugural Atlanta Cyber Week, a public-private collaboration Oct. 2 to 6 to highlight the region’s cyber-security ecosystem and to connect growth-oriented cyber-security companies with Fortune 1000 companies. Cybercon, whose keynote speaker is Nadav Zafrir, the co-founder and CEO of Team8, Israel’s leading cyber-security think tank and venture creation foundry, and the National Technology Security Coalition’s CISO Policy Con-

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ference are anchoring Atlanta Cyber Week, whose sponsors include Conexx. Zafrir founded the Israel Defense Forces’ Cyber Command and commanded Unit 8200, an elite cyber-security unit. “I am extremely proud of how Atlanta’s corporate, economic development, tech and security communities have rallied in support of Atlanta Cyber Week,” said Justin Daniels, a Baker Donelson shareholder who is leading Atlanta Cyber Week. “Atlanta is prepared to show the world that our city has the talent and infrastructure to thrive as

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• Capture the Flag competition; all day at Georgia State University More information is available at www.atlantacyberweek.com and www. cybercon.us.

Architect Cooper Honored

Urban Land Institute presented its Frank Carter Community Achievement Award to architect Jerry Cooper at its Awards for Excellence Dinner at the Fox Theatre Sept. 14. Cooper is the Jerry Cooper principal, chairman of the board and co-founder of Atlanta design firm Cooper Carry. He is a longtime supporter of the William Breman Jewish Home who also is involved in causes helping Holocaust survivors. The award, named for the late Frank Carter of real estate investment, development and advisory firm Carter, “recognizes an individual in the development or real estate related field who has made an outstanding contribution to the Atlanta community in his or her lifetime.” Georgia Tech alumni Cooper and Walter Carry established Cooper Carry in 1960. Cooper Carry’s recent projects include Park Center in Dunwoody, Georgia Tech’s Engineered Biosystems Building, Emory Point in Druid Hills, AC Hotel Atlanta Buckhead at Phipps Plaza, The Hotel at Avalon and Alpharetta Conference Center and the new North Atlanta High School.

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AJT owner and Publisher Michael A. Morris has been elected the chairman of the board of directors of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation, the charitable and educational arm of the world’s only Jewish college social fraternity. Morris was elected this summer at AEPi’s 104th annual convention. He is a 1985 graduate of Vanderbilt University and earned an M.B.A. from Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business in 1992. As AJT’s publisher, Morris holds professional affiliations with the Atlanta Press Club, the American Jewish Press Association, the Jerusalem Press Club and Conexx. The Brookhaven resident also serves on the boards of the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, the Georgia Aquarium, the National World War II Museum, the Friends of the IDF Southeast Region, the Friends of the Israel Democracy Institute, Jewish National Fund (Greater Atlanta) and Leadership Atlanta.

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A native of Latvia, Dina Yoffe trained at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow.

But that didn’t stop her career. In addition to performing in festivals and individual concerts, she has led master classes in venues around the world. She told interviewer Bozena Zaremba that when it comes to Chopin, the composer himself is the best teacher: “Think about the music. Think about the meaning of this music. For me this is most important. What I teach them is what I want from myself: Be yourself, be natural, be honest.” ■ Who: Dina Yoffe What: Piano recital Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 Tickets: $25 general public, $20 seniors, $5 students; chopinatlanta.org

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Pianist Dina Yoffe has played concerts with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic and the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, but she’ll perform in a more intimate setting for a Chopin Society of Atlanta recital at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center at 7 p.m. Oct. 7. Yoffe has been renowned on the international classical music scene since at least 1975, when she finished second in the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. The graduate of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow also is a past winner of an international Schumann competition in Zwickau, Germany. But her onstage success did not protect her from the same oppression as other Jews living in the Soviet Union. From 1979 to 1987, she and her husband, Michal Vaiman, a champion of international violin competitions, were not allowed to travel abroad. When they joined the Jewish exodus with their then-11-year-old son after the Iron Curtain dropped in 1989, the Soviet authorities would not let them bring their instruments with them to Israel.

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It’s not the same old cucumberand-dairy kibbutz. The dance department at Kennesaw State University will present Israel’s world-renowned Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company for one show at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Dance Theater on KSU’s Marietta Campus (the former Southern Polytechnic). Choreographed by Kibbutz Contemporary Dance’s artistic director, Rami Be’er, “Horses in the Sky” premiered in 2016 at the Sydney Opera House. The work uses powerful physical vocabulary to juxtapose a surrealist sense of dreams and an impending apocalypse. Ivan Pulinkala, the founding director of Kennesaw State’s department of dance, who this time last year was working with the Israeli Consulate General and several arts organizations on the Exposed dance festival, saw “Horses in the Sky” in December in Israel and knew it would be the ideal work to launch a professional presenting season at the university’s new, state-of-the-art Dance Theater. The first professional dance company to grace the Dance Theater stage, Kibbutz will usher in a new era of dance for metro Atlanta as Kennesaw State introduces a professional series of internationally renowned dance companies. The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company was founded in 1973 by Yehudit Arnon, who survived Auschwitz, then moved to Israel to establish Kibbutz Ga’aton in the Western Galilee.

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formers and inventive artistic voice. Be’er, the company’s artist director, was born in 1957 to a family of Holocaust survivors. After his mandatory army service but while he continued to serve in the army reserve, he joined the Kibbutz Contemporary company as a dancer. He has continued the founding vision of the late Arnon and established the company’s International Dance Village as a magnet for dancers and creative artists from all over the world. “Horses in the Sky” will mark the first time the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company is seen in Atlanta. The past five years, Pulinkala has established a strong presence for the Kennesaw State dance program in Israel, including an annual dance study-abroad session in Tel Aviv and a host of visiting Israeli artists, who have given Kennesaw dance students the experience of cutting-edge contemporary dance from one of its world centers. The Kennesaw State dance program received a Schusterman Visiting Artist Grant in 2016 to bring an Israeli artist to campus for four months. ■

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“House of Spies” is Daniel Silva’s 20th novel and 17th starring Israeli spy and master art restorer Gabriel Allon. To put that in perspective, Ian Fleming wrote only 12 James Bond novels. But even though Silva pleaded unsuccessfully with a standing-room audience at the Marcus Jewish Community Center during the summer to let him stray into different areas with his writing, perhaps counting on an uncast Allon TV series to satisfy fans for a while, neither the writer nor his star creation shows any loss of mental creativity or physical ability in their latest adventure. Allon has excuses to slow down. He is remarried, is the father of infant twins and is officially in charge of the spy agency known as the Office. But he also has a nation to protect and a grudge to settle against the terrorist mastermind known as Saladin, who unleashed his ISIS machine in the previous novel, “The Black Widow,” to devastating effect in Washington. Acting nothing like a man in his

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Sandy Springs Highlights Jewish Role in City By Sarah Moosazadeh sarah@atljewishtimes.com The Atlanta Jewish community’s history has long been intertwined with that of Sandy Springs, a realization that Heritage Sandy Springs and Temple Sinai are sharing in a new exhibit, “L’Chaim Sandy Springs! A Toast to Jewish Participation.” Home to six synagogues, five Jewish day schools, the AJT and countless

other Jewish organizations, Sandy Springs’ relationship with the Jewish community traces back decades. Heritage Sandy Springs’ director of historic resources and educational programing, Melissa Swindell, sought to capture that story through panels that depict enlarged Instagram photos and community leaders’ comments. “We wanted something that would reach a younger demographic, and since the exhibit will be touring the

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Nine large, portable panels depict photos and interviews from community leaders as part of Heritage Sandy Springs’ “L’Chaim Sandy Springs! A Toast to Jewish Participation.”

schools, everyone from elementary school to high school is already familiar with Instagram and will know how to interact with it,” Swindell said. Although “Instagram is a very friendly and easy way to help get the exhibit’s message across,” she said, the exhibit also is meant to connect with those who don’t use the photo-sharing app. “Individuals who pass by the JCC may see the exhibit and recognize someone from the photos or find an image that resonates,” Swindell said. After City Council member Andy Bauman, a Temple Sinai member, approached Swindell to help create an exhibit commemorating Sinai’s 50th anniversary, she took the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. She realized that Heritage Sandy

Springs was missing a Jewish collection, and rather than focus on just Temple Sinai, she decided to cover the community as a whole. Swindell and her team conducted more than 120 interviews, using common questions for all the city’s Jewish organizations, plus questions specific to each group. “It was a great way to meet everyone and see what is special about their organization,” Swindell said. After a preview party earlier in September, the exhibit opened to the public at the 32nd annual Sandy Springs Festival on Sept. 23 and 24. The exhibit, which was a year in the making, will travel to locations across Sandy Springs the next three years, including several schools and synagogues and the Sandy Springs branch of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. Heritage Sandy Springs also has grant funding to bring the exhibit to more organizations at no charge. Visit form.jotform.us/72566743778170 to apply to host “L’Chaim Sandy Springs!” “I think people know that we have a vibrant Jewish community in Sandy Springs, but there’s still so much going on that not every Jewish resident may be aware of,” Swindell said. After working alongside Jewish Sandy Springs resident Leslie Walden, Swindell is excited for people to view the exhibit. “Learning about what’s available in our community, all the wonderful people in it and the difference the Jewish community is making has been the most rewarding aspect for us,” she said. “We knew the exhibit would have an impact but didn’t realize how big or vibrant it would be.” ■

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Sculptor Layers Colors and Emotions in Enclave It’s always impressive to visit an artist’s home and see her own work embedded with the verve of others. Phyllis and Lew Kravitz are tucked away in a wooded Sandy Springs enclave where Phyllis’ imagination runs wild with her life-size sculptures, her drawings and paintings, and her handmade vessels. Her expression comes from within. Her interest in psychology and creation led to art therapy. Every room, including her studio, has texture, pattern and the intensity of things collected over the years that give a place its soul — a patchwork quilt of collections and color. Wide-ranging influences come to life with antique and primitive furnishings. Nothing overshadows Kravitz’s own work, which has been displayed in New York and various Southern venues, including the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. Kravitz’s early exposure to design was informed by her family’s involvement in Rich’s Department Store. Jaffe: Were you artistic as a child? Kravitz: At age 7, we moved to Atlanta from New Jersey. I started ceramic lessons at the High Museum of Art when it was in the original old mansion. I attended Westminster Schools, earned a fine-arts degree at Georgia State University. After a 16year gap to rear my family, I continued there to earn a master of fine arts in sculpture and took painting from Jack Ramsey, who headed the Atlanta College of Art. After a few years, I returned to college to attend the Vermont College’s art therapy program. I came home to develop the first art therapy program at Hillside psychiatric hospital in Midtown. It was very meaningful to work with emotionally disturbed youth.

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Jaffe: You are talented in so many mediums. How did you evolve? Kravitz: I started as a painter but morphed into a sculptor. When I took a 3D class at Georgia State, I loved working with my hands — molding and layering. Playing with materials to create makes me the happiest. I’ve made art my whole life: collecting branches and burls in the woods to make frames and stones as a child and building in tree roots. Mannes Gallery 40 carried my work in the 1990s. I’m now

at Amy Spanier’s I.D.E.A. Gallery in Chamblee. I am a multimedia artist who depicts human expression. My approach is both experimental and intuitive. The abstracted forms explore the boundaries of space and containment. I hand-build my forms over armatures that are bent and shaped to capture expression. I began making vessels when I realized the symbolism of holding. That led to the idea of a body as a vessel: stories, memories, joys and

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sorrows. I build my pieces using layers of materials, implying what we as humans carry inside. In my most recent sculptures, the bodies are open and hold scrolls with writings and poems. For my large human figures, on which I spend the most time, I use PVC pipe, paper, resin, wire and paint. I rarely do expressions on faces. I create flow and positioning to imply feelings. Jaffe: Describe the bones of your house. Kravitz: It was built in 1960 by Earl McMillen. We moved here in 1971 because we loved the idea of being surrounded by woods while being close to the city. Through the years the house décor changed, and I began using color to define the rooms. We like the contrast between traditional and contemporary and house my own art along with antiques and other collections. Australian Shepherd mix Buddy finds house nooks in which to watch the wild creatures outside and keep his job protecting the house. We added a porch and waterfall to hear the sound of water. Jaffe: What are some of the unusual pieces here? Kravitz: We have a bowl from the Adirondacks carved from a burl with a bear on its rim, a 1750 plate rack and table, a French cafe chandelier, an Old English clock and Charlie West’s roosters. Jaffe: Folk art allows a sense of humor. Kravitz: We have carved wooden Civil War soldiers — “Blue vs. Gray” by

B a man named Rooster — fighting on the battlefield. Only the Union soldiers are dying and bleeding. The twist in this piece is the Confederate soldiers are “winning.” In the entrance, we have a sculpture by Andrew Crawford of a pear vine growing out of the floor. We have pieces by Jack Ramsay, Jim Sudduth, Cornbread, Thornton Dial and this wild devil by R.A. Miller — note his red tongue against the somber black and white. Jaffe: How would you describe your home’s style? Kravitz: The house is eclectic. My husband and I love color. Lew, a Georgia Tech graduate, designed and built our playroom with a vaulted and beamed ceiling. He has been a tremendous support for me as an artist — gives feedback, moves pieces, constructs rolling tables and mounts for my pieces. His technical knowledge helps me in numerous ways. We are attracted to folk art and its

energy. The hall walls are faux-painted in a burnished yellow and ochre with a touch of green rubbed in; the living room, a deep autumn maple orangered; the kitchen, rich turquoise, deep aquamarine; and orange imari fabric on the walls in the sitting room. Jaffe: What goes on in your studio? Kravitz: It takes about five months to complete a figure. I work fast, but the drying time is long. I use clay, wax, dry materials and resins. When creating a wax vessel to be cast in bronze, I take it to a foundry, where they use the lost-wax method to cast and then patina the sculpture. I studied under George Beasley and learned bronze casting. I work five hours a day, five days a week, listening to country music or slow jazz and classical. Once I’m into the flow of work, I hear very little of the music. I’m not shy about getting my hands or the rest of me dirty. ■

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A: The guest bathroom zings with turquoise walls. The red and orange paintings are abstracts by Phyllis Kravitz. B: Adding to the view of the woods while reclining on a distressed-wood table is Phyllis Kravitz’s “Ochre,” a life-size figure made of tissue paper, PVC pipe and resin layers. C: Phyllis Kravitz is surrounded by colorful sculptures in progress in her home studio, where she spends about 25 hours a week. She hand-builds the forms over armatures. D: The entrance hall features a 1988 black-and-white lithograph by Chinese artists Su Xinping and a Betty Clark abstract on walls that are faux-painted in a burnished yellow and ochre with a touch of green rubbed in. E: The Kravitzes’ collection of folk art includes work by Jimmy Lee Sudduth, John “Cornbread” Anderson and Thornton Dial. R.A. Miller’s “Devil” exposes a scarlet tongue against a black-and-white painting. The Kravitz sculpture represents a granddaughter putting on riding boots while attended by her dog. F: Phyllis Kravitz, who believes that vessels hold our emotions, displays her “found objects” branch vessel and Ed Moulthrop’s pine bowl in the library. G: The sitting room includes an Adirondacks bowl carved from a burl with a bear on its rim, a 1750 English plate rack and drop-leaf table, a French cafe chandelier, and an Old English clock. The walls are covered in orange imari fabric. The yellow-and-white drawing on the left is by Phyllis Kravitz. H: An untitled Kravitz acrylic painting hangs above “Blue vs. Gray,” an array of wooden Civil War soldiers (with only the Union soldiers wounded) on the mantel. J: In the dining room, autumn wall colors accentuate Phyllis Kravitz’s sculpture of her second granddaughter reading, titled “Rebecca,” and her red, mixed-media painting. The secretary is a 1700s English piece.

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Charles Ackerman 84, Atlanta

Charles “Charlie” Ackerman of Atlanta passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. He was 84 years old. He is survived by daughter Carlyn Ackerman of San Francisco, daughter Paige Ackerman Prill of Seattle, grandson Dylan Henry Prill, brother Dr. Robert Ackerman and stepbrother Alan Rosenthal. Charlie Ackerman was born in New York City in 1933. He graduated high school at Horace Mann in New York in 1951, then received his bachelor of science degree from the University of North Carolina in 1955. Ackerman went on to serve two years in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957. He continued his higher education at the Emory University School of Law from 1957 to 1960. In later years, Ackerman attended Georgia State University to obtain a graduate degree in anthropology, including a six-month stint in which he lived with and studied an indigenous tribe in Costa Rica. An icon and leader in the Atlanta commercial real estate world, Ackerman began his career as a tenacious real estate leasing agent working for Allan-Grayson Realty Co. in 1957. His competitive spirit and work ethic led him to establish Ackerman & Co. in 1967, which is now one of the Southeast’s largest full-service real estate firms. Ackerman’s vision forever changed the skyline of Buckhead with the construction of the first high-rise office building, Tower Place, built in 1973. This was followed by other development projects, including the Swissotel, now the Westin Buckhead Atlanta; the former Rio shopping center in Midtown; and Crowne Pointe in Central Perimeter. He also spearheaded major developments in Gaithersburg and Baltimore, Md. A large part of Ackerman’s real estate success came from his desire not only to build a great property, but also to create an atmosphere that catered to the needs of its tenants. He was instrumental in developing a tenant representation business that won the respect of his peers in the real estate world. After receiving life-threatening injuries during a robbery in his home in the

www.atlantajewishtimes.com late 1970s, Ackerman was inspired to found Ackerman Security Systems Inc. He felt that everyone deserved to feel secure in his or her own home. After great success regionally, the company was sold in 2015 to a Canadian investment firm, Imperial Capital Group, and continues to grow nationwide under the Ackerman moniker as a trusted name in providing security. Ackerman’s impact on the Atlanta community went well beyond his business interactions. He was the founder of REAP Atlanta — Real Estate Apprenticeship for African Americans. He served on the board of directors of the Buckhead Community Improvement District, on the national board of governors for American Jewish Committee, as the chairman of the board and an advisory board member for Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum, on the board of trustees of Clark Atlanta University, on the advisory board of the University of North Carolina, on the board of trustees of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, and on the board of directors of American ORT. He was a founder and member of the board of directors of Temple Sinai. He received numerous awards for his contributions to the community. In addition to Ackerman’s local affiliations, he was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to serve on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum board of trustees from 1990 to 1994. His vision was at the forefront of the final concept, design and building of the national memorial to Holocaust survivors in Washington, D.C. A renaissance man at the heart of it, he was a voracious reader, an art enthusiast, a marathon runner and an adventure traveler who sought to immerse himself in other cultures whenever given the opportunity. In the 1970s, Ackerman secured permission to drive for weeks through much of the old Soviet Union at a time when the Cold War with the United States stifled all but the barest of diplomatic interchange. In 1981, he ventured out with two friends on a three-month odyssey that took him across the length and breadth of the People’s Republic of China just five years after the country opened its doors to the outside world, prompted by President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. From Beijing, the journey jumped to Bombay, India, (now Mumbai) and a 5,000mile drive north into the Vale of Kashmir and over the highest road in the world into the barely known Himalayan region of Zanskar, part of the lore of ShangriLa. In support of the noted adventurer Ned Gillette, Ackerman helped break in the one-of-a-kind “Red Tomato” rowboat along 300 miles of shoreline at the far southern tip of Chile. From Cape Horn, Gillette and three others rowed the craft 600 miles to Antarctica in 13 days across the most treacherous seas on the planet. Charlie Ackerman was loved by so many friends and family near and far, who would describe him as unique, accomplished, a man of integrity, a remarkable human being, trustworthy, generous, dynamic and one of a kind. His legacy will live on through his work and philanthropy, as well as the time he gave to help so many people professionally and personally during his life. The family expresses heartfelt gratitude and acknowledgment for the caregivers of the Caring Approach, Felicia London, Em Turong, Simon Sears, Ana Arivadera and Weinstein Hospice, along with extended family and friends, whose care and attentiveness kept his spirit alive even when his physical capabilities were diminished. Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Mass General Hospital Parkinson’s Research Fund in Memory of Charles S. Ackerman, MGH Development Office, 125 Nashua St., Suite 540, Boston, MA 02114. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999. (See Page 1 for memorial service arrangements.)

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Sam William Andrews of Marietta passed away Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, at age 64 from complications stemming from a two-year battle with cancer. Sam was a kind and loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to many. He used his heart, quick wit and extraordinary storytelling to bring joy to family, friends and clients. He was an avid gardener who also loved to work with his hands and travel. Sam enjoyed many years of volunteering with the Cobb County YMCA’s Etowah Federation Indian Program, becoming federation chief in 2000. Born in Oklahoma City, he moved to Atlanta with his family in the 1960s. He was a graduate of Ridgeview High School and the University of Georgia. Early in his career, Sam experienced professional success as the youngest chairman of the board for MSA at the age of 28. For 20 years, he worked at his father-in-law’s company, Ace Auto Electric, before joining International Services Inc. (ISI) as a senior business consultant in 2007. Weeks before his passing, Sam and his wife completed his longtime bucket-list trip of traveling the length of Route 66 by car. Sam is survived by his wife of 36 years, Cheryl; his son, Jason (Allie) Andrews; and his grandson, Aidan Andrews. He is also survived by his brother, Archie (Selma) Andrews, and his niece and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister, Betsy (Ken) Huffman, and his parents, LaVerne Booth and Archie (Lily) Andrews. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. A graveside service was held Sunday, Sept. 24, at Arlington Memorial Park. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

James (Jim) Max Breman, 74, died Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, at Piedmont Hospital. Jim was born in Atlanta on Feb. 9, 1943, to William and Sylvia Breman. Jim was a graduate of the Westminster Schools and got his B.A. in English from Tulane University and his M.B.A. from Emory University. He was also a proud member of ZBT. After college he briefly worked in New York as a stock analyst. He spent the rest of his life in Atlanta, where he worked at Breman Steel Co. and continued to pursue his interests in investments and philanthropy. He loved playing the guitar, spending time with his family and listening to music. He was generous and kind and lived a modest life. Jim is survived by his sister, Carol (Bob) Nemo, and his four children, Michelle (Jimy) Salmans and daughter Trevor, Joe (Galit) Breman and sons Joshua and Jonah, Jennifer (David) Pelcyger and son Sam, and Sybil Breman, as well as by several nieces and nephews. The funeral service was held Tuesday, Sept. 19, at The Temple. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Breman Religious School at The Temple, the William Breman Jewish Home or the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

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Tammi Fisher 54, Sandy Springs

We are profoundly devastated that our beloved Tammi Fisher left us on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. She was 54 years young and will be remembered as an amazing woman, mother, wife, daughter, sister and friend. Tammi was truly selfless and lived her life never having uttered an unkind word about anyone or anything. She was almost a myth. Giving 100 percent of herself to family and friends and never asking for anything in return, she leaves behind a legacy of love, kindness and generosity. Born Oct. 23, 1962, in Minneapolis, Tammi lived in Beachwood, Ohio, Mountain Brook, Ala., and Lexington, Ky., before graduating from Indiana University. After graduation, Tammi relocated to Atlanta, where she would spend her adult life cultivating a legacy of which she was unaware: Her warmth, goodness, laughter and friendship made us better human beings. Tammi was preceded in death by her father, Jerry Zuckman. She is survived by her loving husband and best friend, Curtis Fisher; her children, Andrew and Lyndsi, who were the center of her universe; her mother, Toby Zuckman; her siblings, Cari and Michael Spangler and Bobby and Laura Zuckman; her in-laws, Diane and Martin Fisher, Jay and Jan Fisher, and Elyse Fisher; and her extended, loving family of nephews Evan and Daniel and nieces Addison and Rachel. She will truly be remembered by an entire community of family and friends, who are heartbroken. Anyone who knew Tammi knew that her family meant everything to her and she to them; she treated her friends like part of her family. Her courage and strength over the past four years were inspiring. We will forever be endowed with her grace and determination, and it has been a privilege to know and love Tammi. Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. A celebration of Tammi’s life was held at Temple Sinai on Sunday, Sept. 24, with Rabbi Ronald Segal officiating. Should you wish to make a memorial donation, an education fund has been created for the benefit of her children on the app Venmo at venmo.com/teamupwithtammi, or visit www.facebook.com/Team-Up-With-Tammi-463933123729841. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

Leon Lane 76, Dunwoody

Dr. Leon (Lee) Lane, age 76, of Dunwoody passed away Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, from prostate cancer. He was born in Boston to Lillian and Morris Lane. Leon was the beloved husband for 50 years to Sharyn Lane. He is survived by children Kimberly and Richard Kopelman of Atlanta and Craig and Jagoda Lane of San Antonio. He was a

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Henry Maslia 92, Atlanta

Henry Maslia of Atlanta passed away Monday, Sept. 18, 2017; he was 92 years

old. He was born in Izmer, Turkey, on Sept. 15, 1925. Henry moved to Atlanta at 6 months old. He graduated from Boys’ High School, achieved his bachelor’s degree at the University of Georgia and received his master’s from Emory University. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II as a seaman first class on the aircraft carrier USS Omni Bay. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Stella Cohen Maslia; his parents, Regina and Morris Maslia; and his sister, Regina Krochmal. He is survived by wife Doris Williams; children Jeannie (Arthur) Feinstein, Phyllis Maslia (Jules) Greenblatt and Bruce Maslia; grandchildren Scott Feinstein, Cari (Brian) DeHaas, Beckett Maslia and Sam Greenblatt; great-grandchildren Grace Feinstein and Emerson DeHaas; and brother Albert (Isabel) Maslia. Sign the online guestbook at www.edressler.com. Graveside services were held Tuesday, Sept. 19, at Greenwood Cemetery with Rabbi Hayyim Kassorla officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Congregation Or VeShalom, 1681 North Druid Hills Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30319, www.orveshalom.org. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999.

of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Weber School, 6751 Roswell Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30328, www.weberschool.org; the William Breman Jewish Home, 3150 Howell Mill Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30327, www.wbjh.org; or the Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta, 1440 Spring St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30309, www.jwfatlanta.org. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care, 770-451-4999, and J. Henry Stuhr Inc. Funeral Chapels, Charleston, 843-723-2524.

Death Notices

Beverly Bradburn-Stern, 72, of Atlanta, member of The Temple, mother of Megan Stern, and stepmother of Richard Stern and Dana Meline, on Sept. 20. Marshall Cohen, 78, of Atlanta, husband of Sheila Cohen and father of Audrey Wagshul, Deborah Hamburger, Shani Cohen and Zev Cohen, on Sept. 22. Leonard Cotts, 84, of Sandy Springs, Temple Sinai member, husband of Birgit Cotts, and father of Claire, Margaret and George Cotts, on Sept. 19. Pearl Friedenberg of Savannah on Sept. 11. Kay Holt, 71, of Atlanta, mother of Julie Zebrak, on Sept. 18. David Kamrass, 88, of Atlanta, husband of Anna Lee Kamrass and father of Steven Kamrass, Lewis Kamrass and Julie Braun, on Sept. 11. Matthew Mollé, 32, of Sugar Hill, husband of Kasandra Mollé, father of Murdok Mollé and Maverick Mollé, son of Marcia Mollé and Arthur Mollé, and stepson of Mark Isenberg, on Sept. 15. Marion Ratner of Lilburn on Sept. 23. Aryeh Reiter of Rockville, Md., husband of Chana Reiter and father of Congregation Beth Shalom member Dani Reiter, David Reiter and Ehud Reiter, on Sept. 6. Ann Zucker, 99, of Stockbridge, mother of Boni Powell and Jeffrey Zucker, on Sept. 3. Obituaries in the AJT are written and paid for by the families; contact Associate Publisher Kaylene Ladinsky at kaylene@atljewishtimes.com or 404-883-2130, ext. 100, for details about submission, rates and payments. Death notices, which provide basic details, are free and run as space is available; send submissions to editor@atljewishtimes.com.

Paula Popowski Paula Kornblum Popowski, 94, passed away Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. She was the daughter of Moshe and Sarah Kornblum. Born in Kaluszyn, Poland, in 1923, Paula survived the Holocaust along with her sister by using false documents to hide their Jewish identities. They lived in hiding as Catholics at a convent while working in a glass factory in southern Poland. After the war, she and her sister were smuggled into Germany and ended up in a displaced persons camp. There she met Henry Popowski, a community leader in the camp, and they married in August 1947. Paula was universally known for her warm smile and tight hugs. She was a brilliant woman who, with Henry, ran Henry’s Furniture Co. in downtown Charleston, S.C. Paula was devoted to her family, always up to date on the lives of her children and grandchildren. She was a true matriarch and worked tirelessly to ensure a strong family unit. She was an accomplished cook and seamstress who avidly read the newspaper and watched “Jeopardy!” and CNN. Never driving a car, Paula could be seen walking city streets on her errands in her beloved adopted city, Charleston. Paula volunteered for many years at Roper Hospital, which was a rewarding experience for her. Paula was predeceased by her husband, Henry Popowski. She is survived by sons Mark Popowski (Helene) and David Popowski (Anita Zucker); daughters Sarah Popowski and Martha Berlin (Barry); grandchildren Stephanie, Corey, Gabriel and Emma Popowski and Carly and Ross Berlin; and nephew Myron Rushetzky. Graveside funeral services were held Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the Brith Sholom Beth Israel Cemetery in Charleston with Rabbi Moshe Davis officiating. In lieu

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It was neither the first time nor the last time one of the Fordham Baldettes ask me to meet her outside after school. There were so many challenges in high school, not the least of which was learning. OK, I admit it. I was a pretty good student whose learning challenge took on the sound of French. Now don’t get me wrong: I love hearing French spoken. It is such a beautifulsounding language, I thought to myself, I will take French, not Spanish. My French teacher was kind as he assured me I would be gifted with a decent passing grade. “Now, now, no need for tears!” He also urged me to take Spanish in college. My high school in the Bronx did not have bullies, per se. We did not need any bullies. We were fraught with gangs. The Fordham Baldies were the real in crowd. Being popular for academics or cuteness and being in the popular crowd were not as respected (i.e., feared) as if you were popular because of your gang affiliation. When I was a sophomore, there was this one time when we were jolted out of our seats during the last period of the day. The school loudspeaker blared the announcement that we were on lockdown. (It was not called lockdown; that’s a fairly recent phenomenon.) All faculty and students were told to remain in their classrooms — an unusual announcement compared with those we generally heard, such as: “Third (or fourth or whatever) period is now over; please proceed to your next period.” The sound of adult footsteps could be heard running in the hallways to lock the exit doors. We could also hear the police sirens, and by looking out the thirdstory window of the classroom I was in, we could see the police cars dragracing to the scene. One of the gangs not affiliated with our school must have been on the prowl, looking for trouble. This time the trouble was referred to as the Fordham Baldies. It seems that one of the girls belonging to this outside gang was maligned by one of the Fordham Baldettes. It was quite exciting. 46 We could hear the sound the zip

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guns made. My G-d, we were so streetsmart and so naive at the same time. Fifteen minutes later, it was all over but the rumors. Of course, I never told my mom or dad. They would have yanked me out of that school, and G-d knows where I would have wound up. The positive: We were released

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early that day. I think the administrators could not wait to get rid of us. Let’s talk ponytails. In our junior year, we could audition for the cheerleading squad. So many girls auditioned and had to be interviewed that it took two afternoons to complete the process. My last name started with W, so of course my turn arrived on the second day, almost last. For sure I did not see myself being chosen. I kept telling myself that at least I didn’t fall. I made it. Suddenly, I lost all sense of being humble and took on an air of privilege. No worries: This phase did not last long. If it had not been for the basketball players being watchful of their cheerleaders, not only would I have had the privilege slapped out of me, but also my ponytail would have been yanked — hard — or just simply cut off by the Baldettes. On this particular day, I performed like a cool cucumber; like I was not scared out of my mind of what could happen if I met this girl alone. I believed that she would not come alone, and they would all stomp me to death, or worse, far worse, cut off my ponytail. I knew if and when I became captain, hurting me would be off-limits. It turned out to be true — thank goodness. So on this momentous day I did what any other red-blooded cheerleader would do: I asked the captain of the basketball team to accompany me on this terrifying encounter. He did; she didn’t. All’s well that ends well. Let me hear a resounding amen! ■

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