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GOOD NEWS MADE IN THE JEWISH STATE THIS PAST WEEK The “largest infrastructure project in Israeli history” is on its way.

The 290-meter high production platform for Israel’s Tamar natural gas field is taller than the nation’s tallest skyscraper. The platform has left Texas after 18 months of construction and will arrive in Israel onboard the largest barge of its kind.

American hip-hop comes to Tel Aviv.

Producer Gilat Weiman brought R&B singer Monique Baines and New York City rapper Clap Cognac to Israel in order to meet Israeli producer-composer Meli One and make the record “Finish Line.” As Clap Cognac says, “music brings everyone together.”

Progress is made in Hepatitis C trials.

Israel’s NasVax has announced success in the Phase IIa clinical trial of its oral anti-CD3 antibody for treating hepatitis C, a chronic disease that disrupts the functioning of the immune system. The treatment also worked on patients who don’t respond to interferon, which is currently the most commonly-used medication

Record tourism numbers were set in August. For the month, 248,000 tourists entered the country; that’s a 10-percent increase compared to August 2011. A record 2.3 million visitors arrived between January and August 2012, making for a 7-percent increase over last year and breaking the previous all-time record, set in 2010.

Israelis win the high-school Nobel Prize. Israeli high school students beat out the representatives of 80 other countries to win first prize at the 20th-annual First Step

to Nobel Prize in Physics competition held in Warsaw. Fourteen Israelis won prizes, including first-place overall honoree Yuval Katznelson for his research of energy in unique gases found in charcoal fibers.

Tel Avivis get on their bikes.

There’s been a huge jump in bicycle usage in Tel Aviv in the last decade.

About fourteen percent of all of the city’s residents use bikes as their main form of transport to work or school.

Artists bring traditional music to Jerusalem. At the Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival, artists and musicians from Israel and abroad shared a variety of musical traditions.

Events and shows featured esoteric, meditative and ceremonial music from Azerbaijan, Iran, Africa, Morocco, Iraq, Brazil and India.

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CONGREGATION B’NAI TORAH HOSTS INAUGURAL EVENT OCT. 14 ongregation B’nai Torah is set to host the First-Annual Atlanta Kosher BBQ Competition on Oct. 14. The event will be open to the entire BBQ-smoking and meat-eating worlds. Participating teams teams hail from the Atlanta region, as well as from the Atlanta region as well as out-of-state representation from the newly-expanded “Kosher BBQ Circuit,” which includes events in Memphis, Tenn.; Birmingham, Ala.; Long Island, N.Y. and Kansas City, Mo.

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“We expect this event to be a highlight of the Sandy Springs and Atlanta fall festival schedule,” said award-winning BBQ smoker Brian Mailman, one of three organizers of the inaugural edition of what will be a yearly event. “We expect thousands of enthusiastic BBQ fans to experience a fun-filled day of cooking and family-friendly activities.

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Teams and attendees do not have to be Jewish or kosher to attend or participate; however, to ensure the event remains kosher, outside food and beverages will not be permitted.

“This is a unique event,” said B’nai Torah’s Rabbi Joshua Heller. “Each team will be provided with two smokers, kosher meat and all basic food pantry items. Kosher supervision will be provided by the Atlanta Kashruth Commission.”

All are welcome, though all presentmust be willing to have a great time and enjoy some award-winning barbeque!

“The competition is open to BBQ beginners and meat-smoking-mavens alike,” Mailman continued. “All you need is your enthusiasm, recipes and a desire to make new friends.”

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Instilling Appreciation ASK PEACHY BUBBE

I am sad to say that, in the past couple of years, I have gotten no acknowledgement of the several wedding, bar/ bat mitzvah and baby gifts I have sent.

I have no idea if the gifts sent to other cities have even arrived!

I can say that one bride sent me an email stating that “she doesn’t believe in thank-you notes,� but that since I sent her the first gift, she was sending me a message.

Now, my own children are growing too big for me to be writing their thankyous; my oldest will have his bar mitzvah next year. So how can I make sure the notes will be written without me having to remind him everyday?

I want my children to know that a written thank-you is NOT optional!

- Old-Fashioned Gift-Giver Dear Gift-Giver, I don’t think you are old-fashioned; you are gracious and you want your children to be gracious also. I think that anyone who “doesn’t believe in thankyou notes,� should not believe in accepting gifts, period!

An acknowledgement and thankyou are just not a negotiable part of the deal. The way to get your son to promptly write his notes is to make a simple rule up front: No gift gets worn, played with, deposited in the bank, spent, eaten, etc., until he hands you a written thank-you note so that you can mail it. When the note hits your hands, the gift becomes his.

You are going to have to help him keep track of who sent what (make a list), and you will have to monitor things, but I promise you, it will be worth it. Your son will grow up with the valuable asset of good manners. This has worked with all of my now-adult children, and to this day, they all send thank-you notes appropriately‌even to me!

- Peachy Bubbe Dealing with Noisy Neighbors Dear Bubbe, My neighbor’s teenage son is driving our family crazy. He hangs out in front of the house in his car, blasting

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If the parents don’t crack down on the kid then, I would recommend speaking with the local police. Maybe they’ll react more appropriately upon hearing that their son could get in trouble with the law if they don’t step up and do some parenting.

And then, if all of that doesn’t work, you will just have to call the police on every occasion that the peace is disturbed.

Better to teach this family about consideration for others and obeying the law now before the kid moves on to bigger things!

- Peachy Bubbe Editor’s note: Submit your questions and have them answered by one of the AJT’s four Bubbes! Email your concern(s) to submissions@atljewishtimes.com, and you might just get a little free – but valuable – advice!

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The Double-Edged Smartphone Sword SHOULD WE BURN THEM OR CHERISH THEM?

By Arlene Appelrouth AJT Columnist

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martphones get lots of press.

When Apple’s newest iPhone was released, what made headlines was how people all over the U.S. were willing to wait in line all night to insure they would get theirs before stores ran out.

The Wall Street Journal has published several articles describing how American families are cutting back on what they spend in restaurants, on entertainment and on clothing because they want to budget that money for their smartphones. The cost of owning a smartphone is purportedly more than $1,200 per year per family!

This being said, and in the interest of full disclosure: Both my husband and I carry iPhones. We’re part of the 50 percent of American households who use smartphones, and our cell phone bills are more expensive than most because we have different providers…but that’s another story.

What has really caught my attention amidst all these reports and concerns is an Associated Press piece that ran in the front section of The Atlanta Journal Constitution and on the front pages of many Israeli newspapers: It tells of an influential ultra-Orthodox rabbi who declared that iPhones are evil.

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He called for those who own them to burn them, for students who use them to be expelled and for parents to make sure that their children do not associate with any people who own or use iPhones. What’s more, 84-year-old Israeli Chaim Kanievsky also opposes the use of computers.

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Of course, it’s not the devices he’s ranting about, but the “evils” of the Internet they facilitate. These evils include everything from access to pornography to other content that is seen as immoral.

Indeed, as a whole, the ultra-Orthodox leaders want to protect their followers from exposure to secular values, and that’s why in some of Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods you can find large posters which label iPhones a “24-hour-a-day abomination.”

On that assertion, I totally disagree. I would never get along with Rabbi Kanievsky: He stands for censorship and I don’t, and he believes in an insular lifestyle and I don’t. He sees the secular world as an evil place.

Frankly, I live in the secular world, and I appreciate its diversity. I stand for freedom of expression and the right for people to have access to information, knowledge and other people’s opinions.

I am thrilled to live in the age of the Internet and I absolutely love my smartphone, although sometimes it offers temptations that are hard to resist.

The infinite number of apps offer exciting distractions, and I can admit that some people turn to their smartphones when they really should be putting their attention elsewhere.

By that, I mean not only the people who text and drive – who are endangering themselves and others – but the people who check their email when they’re supposed to be listening to someone speak. Both instances, I feel, are a misuse of smartphones, and maybe those people committing such actions are succumbing to an “evil inclination.”

Or maybe they’re just guilty of rude behavior.

Another part of this controversy is the addictive behavior that smartphones can bring about. Anyone who has ever watched someone play the video game “Angry Birds” knows what I mean, though it’s not only silly video games that can be addictive.

I’ve gone through periods when I just don’t want to stop playing the oldtime favorite “Scrabble” (though it’s a little different than the game I grew up with, as it has a built-in electronic dictionary). At one point, I was playing 25 games simultaneously.

As the Facebook Scrabble app provides an infinite number of competitors from all time zones, my habit developed thusly: When my Eastern Standard Time competitors were ready to call it a night, I would challenge friends in California or Israel. Plus, I could always enter a random game; I didn’t even have to know whom I was playing against or where they lived.

Still, despite time “wasted” (was it really?), it would never occur to me to

burn my iPhone just because it provides an opportunity for compulsive behavior.

As a matter of fact, when I became concerned I might become sleep-deprived because of too much Scrabble, I clicked on my Facebook page and posted that I was interested in starting a 12-step program for others who might feel powerless over Internet Scrabble addiction.

There are so many things that can be said about smartphones: In the book “The Mobile Wave,” the author claims that smartphones bestow super powers on their owners.

To that, I can say that my iPhone GPS keeps me from getting lost (and I love being able to find the answer to almost any question by tapping on the Safari icon and typing a few words). Additionally, my smartphone allows me to translate languages!

The smartphone is such an allknowing device that I am beginning to have a glimmer of why ultra-Orthodox leaders want them banned and burned.

So many people cherish and become dependent upon these devices: Perhaps they represent a new form of idolatry?

Editor’s note: Arlene Appelrouth earned a degree in news-editorial journalism from the University of Florida and her career as a writer and journalist spans a 50-year period; she currently studies memoir writing while working on her first book.

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he story of how the leader of Chabad was saved from the Nazis began just about 73 years ago. It was October 1939; during the previous month, Nazi Germany threw the globe into World War II with a blitzkrieg as ruthless as it was effective.

The Nazis’ first target, Poland, lasted less than a month before it folded, and on Oct. 5, 1939 Hitler triumphantly reviewed his troops in Warsaw. It was that day that the fate of more than 3 million Jews in Poland was largely sealed.

soldiers acting on behalf of the head of the Nazi’s military intelligence based in Berlin (the Abwehr) in the fascinating book entitled “Rescued From the Reich – How One of Hitler’s Soldiers Saved The Lubavitcher Rebbe”

by Southern Methodist University historian Brian Mark Rigg.

Chabad had been in America since the mid-1920s, and the Rebbe had visited in 1929 and met President Herbert Hoover at the White House. At the start of World War II, though, the Lubavitchers were a mere shadow of the rich and politically influential worldwide movement it has become in recent decades.

Still, leaders of Chabad were able to find the support Among those Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn pictured of prominent Ameritrapped in War- in New York, which he visited in addition to cans including Sol Washington, D.C. in 1929. saw was the sixth PHOTO/courtesy Bob Bahr Bloom, the head of Lubavitcher Rebthe Foreign Affairs be, Yosef Yitzchak Committee of the House of RepresenSchneersohn, and his extended fam- tatives; Supreme Court Justice Louily. As the rebbe celebrated the clos- is Brandeis; and Secretary of State ing days of Succoth that year, leaders Cordell Hull, whose wife had a Jewof Chabad in the United States set ish father – early in their campaign to about the difficult process of rescuing save the Rebbe. their beloved leader from the Nazis; what they developed was an extraor- The United States was officially dinary plan to bring him to the U.S. neutral in 1939, and thus high-rankin the months following the German ing State Department official Robert Pell – who had good contacts in Bermilitary victory. lin – was able to convince Helmuth It was an audacious operation that Wolthat, the head of Germany’s Four depended on international diplomacy, Year national economic plan, to help. secret intelligence work and coop- Wolthat found a sympathetic ear in eration from the highest levels of the Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, a career Roosevelt administration. Of course, military officer, who led the aforeas crucial as the President’s support mentioned Abwehr. was, the many maneuvers almost certainly would not have succeeded if it Exactly why Nazi intelligence was did not have the support of some of willing to help is not entirely clear, but apparently there were a few followers the most prominent Nazis in Berlin. of Hitler who did not want to destroy There’s no mention of this in Cha- every Jew they found. Though he himbad’s official bio of the Rebbe. However, one can find the story of Rabbi Schneersohn’s rescue in 1939 by Nazi continued on the next page

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self was dedicated to his party, Admiral Canaris had a number of trusted officers under his command who were part-Jewish; they were what the Nazis described as Mishlings, meaning they had been “aryanized” under Germany’s racial laws.

Canaris chose three of them – including Major Ernst Bloch, who had a Jewish father – to work with the Abwehr office in Warsaw. The trio’s task was to find and safely rescue the Rebbe and his family before the Nazi SS or the Gestapo murdered them.

It would take them nearly two months in their quiet search through the rubble of Warsaw to finally locate the Chabad leader. Meanwhile in the U.S., Chabad officials and their lawyer Max Rhoade began the difficult process of securing visas for the Rebbe.

It was a quest that was complicated by often anti-Semitic officers of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and hostile American diplomats in Europe and the United States. What’s more, the Chabad officials also needed the cooperation of a reluctant Latvian government, as the Rebbe was a citizen of that still independent Baltic nation.

In what could only be described as an extraordinary – even miraculous – accomplishment, the Rebbe, his family and several of his followers finally left Warsaw under Major Bloch’s and the Nazi government’s Abwehr protection on Dec. 22, 1939. They traveled by train through Poland to Berlin, passed through hostile document checks by the SS, stayed the night

in Berlin’s Jewish Federation offices and then journeyed to Latvia and ultimately to neutral Sweden.

Their visas were finally granted in early January 1940. Ironically, it took longer to get the visas from the American government than to rescue the Rebbe from the Nazis, but on March 19, 1940, the Rebbe, his wife, several family members and a few other Lubavitcher Hasids finally set foot in America and began their work to rebuild the Chabad movement in its new home. Rabbi Schneersohn’s beloved library of 135 crates of books was saved, too, and arrived from Warsaw a few months later.

Despite a severe heart condition and multiple sclerosis, the Rebbe continued to work tirelessly to lay the ground work for a vibrant post-war Chabad. He died in 1950 at the age of 70 and was succeeded by his sonin-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, whom he had helped rescue from Vichy France.

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In a short span of years that saw most of the great Hasidic dynasties of Eastern Europe end in the Nazi concentration camps, the Chabad Rebbe’s survival came against all odds and all logic. That he survived to continue to create what is arguably one of the biggest Jewish success stories in modern times is the stuff of great Hollywood movies.

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IF YOU ASK ME

A Jealous G-d and the Zealot Faithful CHANGE, AND THE RESISTANCE TO IT, IN RELIGION

By Eugen Schoenfeld AJT Contributor

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ews commentators had a field day recently as they scurried to find explanations for the Muslim attacks on United States embassies.

Many proposed that the impetus for these attacks was the blame for permitting the creation of a film that portrays Mohamed in disrespectful terms that was erroneously placed on the U.S. by some Muslim zealots.

Then, on the day after Rosh Hashanah and in reaction to a French magazine’s publication of a satiric depiction of Muhammad, many of the French embassies closed their doors and prepared to defend themselves against anticipated onslaught

by Islamic fundamentalists.

With regard to these incidents, I’ll express my opinion that while no one should be disrespectful towards other faiths, we all have the right to criticize a religion that seeks to violate the rights of others or advocates war instead of peace.

The day after Yom Kippur, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu – while addressing the UN General Assembly – asserted to the leaders of the world that in the last 30 years the world has experienced an increase in fanaticism-based militancy. And though Bibi was careful not to blame Islam, we are aware that the fanaticism he talks about is one primarily (if not solely) exhibited by Islamic “true believers.”

The fanatics are indeed “true believers,” at least as Eric Hoffer described them in his book of the same title. These individuals have existed and continue to exist among the faithful of all religions; they are zealots who are characteristically anti-change and seek to block any evolutionary movement towards human universalism.

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True believers instead seek to return to the past, asserting that man’s technological and particularly intellectual advancements have led to the loss of G-d’s favor and with it the loss of paradise on this earth. Thus, true believers are not only anti-progress, but they also deny human freedom of 10 thought.

True believers propose that the theology they advocate is the only truth and that their way of life is the only one that pleases G-d. They identify themselves as soldiers in the service of G-d and conclude that their mission is to defend G-d.

Furthermore, they accept the holy writ – be it the Bible or the Quran – as G-d’s infallible word, dogma standing in a dialectical relationship with other belief systems and nonbelievers, and this inevitably leads to holy wars.

But in spite of the zealots’ antievolutionism, religion – like all other social institutions – responds to new discoveries and knowledge, which prompts change. All of the world’s religions follow an evolutionary path in which belief systems advance from primitivism to modernity.

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In the past, we quite often took on a fallacious belief that advocated a dichotomous perspective: that idol worshipping is primitive and monotheism reflects modernity, for example. But this is not so; religion changes along a continuum which on the lowest end holds particularistic beliefs and, at its most advanced, subscribes to manifest universalism.

The primitive end of religion includes literal anthropomorphism, in which gods have distinct forms and domains and all gods are bound to a particular people and geography.

Contrastingly, the other end advocates transcendentalism – a power that encompasses the universe.

Monotheism was the first advancement from primitive religions; it advocates the belief in an invisible deity who single-handedly rules the world. Today, monotheistic religions are predominant; unfortunately, most religions have not yet accepted a universalistic belief and spirit.

In this way, most religions have maintained a form of primitivism.

For instance, they adhere to a description of G-d who is jealous, angry and punitive; this is a demanding G-d who, the faithful advocate, has chosen some people to be his own because they are true believers.

The corollary is that these believers assume an exclusive relationship with G-d that is built on the premise that they and they alone will be rewarded with salvation. The “outsiders” in this world-view are anti-G-d, anti-Christ and anti-Allah and have no right to salvation.

It is this belief in a special relationship with God that creates zealotry. The zealots believe that it is God’s will – and hence their duty – that they fight for G-d to defend his honor from those who besmirch, who defile and who threaten or deny the reality and supremacy of their vision of G-d.

Of course, the irony here is that, in defending G-d, the zealots reduce Him to a status that is less than human. If G-d needs men to fight his battles, then G-d cannot be all-powerful, ipso facto man has a power that is equal to or even superior to G-d’s. After all, it is G-d who must be defended by men.

When we examine religious wars waged by zealots, though, we soon realize that it is nothing more than a theologically legitimated wars for power. It is a war like any other – a struggle for the maintenance or enhancement of power – and these wars have always existed, whether they are called “crusades” or jihad.

Inherent All Along So how then can we overcome the dysfunctional and undesirable consequences of the zealots?

First, religions must accept the importance of responding to new needs and change. Second – and perhaps more important – religious teachings must shift their emphasis from a particularistic perspective to the principle of universalism (i.e., the adherence to a common universal moral perspective), similar to what Gotthold Ephraim Lessing suggested in his work “Nathan the Wise.”

The way I see it, the ancient prophets advocated the principle of universalism as a path towards peace.

I like to think that Malachi spoke not to Jews alone but to the world when he declared “Have we not all one father? Has not one G-d created us all?

Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother…?”

Of course, the spirit of universalism is also found in the book of Jonah.

In the last few sentences of the book, G-d declares the unity of all that lives, and Jonah is sent to prophesize forthcoming destruction to Nineveh (the capital of Assyria, described as the “bloody city”). At the time of this prophecy, Assyria was warring with the northern Jewish kingdom Israel, but G-d is not concerned with Israel.

He is concerned with Nineveh’s immorality. Then, when Nineveh repents, G-d saves the city and Jonah protests, His query is this: “Should I not have pity on Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six-score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?”

For further illustration of universalism, consider that one of our sages raised the question: Why has G-d created Adam as a solitary person instead creating mankind en masse, as He did the other animals?

That sage’s explanation is that no one should declare that the status of his ancestry gives him the right for greater privileges. After all, we all descend from one person: Adam.

Finally, take into account that sages also proposed that it is not faith in its variety of forms that best serves G-d, but rather the adherence to moral principles. Thus the rabbis proposed what we may refer to as the Noahite Laws: seven moral ideals to serve as the infrastructure for universal morals.

For the sake of peace, religions must change. They must eliminate the contentious idea that beauty and truth exist only in one faith, that G-d is a jealous G-d and that it is our duty to defend Him. G-d’s supreme requirement is to do justice, to love mercy and to walk humbly – all foundations for a universal moral existence.

Editor’s note: Eugen Schoenfeld is a professor and chair emeritus at Georgia State University and a Holocaust survivor.

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n June 2012, Davis Academy fourth-grader Shai Kochav became the holder of three separate world titles in taekwondo. A black belt at the age of 9, he now has the hardware to prove that his fighting skills rival those of most grown men.

Every year, the American Taekwondo Association (ATA) hosts a World Championship conference, gathering together Association members and guests from over 17 countries and five continents. Kochav earned titles in Creative Form and Creative Weapons, as well as a world title with his Demo Team, at this year’s edition of the conference, held in Little Rock, Ark. Shai began his taekwondo career at the age of 5, when one day he and his mother walked past a local karate studio.

“I looked inside, and I saw everybody doing some cool stuff,” Kochav said. “So I asked my mom if I could go inside and try if I could do it a little.”

Four years later, his life revolves around the sport. He clocks approximately 10 hours of practice a week – including private instruction at home and lessons at his school, EDGE ATA of Gainesville, Ga. – and challenges

himself by working with older black belt peers Ciel Solwazi and Stephen Renney.

Kochav says that he most enjoys creative weapons, specifically the bo staff, a long rod used by martial artists, spinning and slicing through the air in various complex maneuvers. He recalls that, when he won his title in Creative Weapons, he almost didn’t realize what was happening.

“I actually didn’t know I won until my instructor and my mom kept telling me, ‘You won, you won, you won,’ and then I got really excited,” Kochav, now ranked in the top 10 in his division worldwide, said.

To remain at the “top of his game,” Shai and his family travel on weekends, flying across the country at least once or twice a month for competitions.

His training is further supplemented by gymnastics classes and other floor work, both of which better prepare him for a future in extreme martial arts.

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Between that, the aforementioned individual taekwondo practice and another three to five hours every Sunday with his demo team, one might wonder how Kochav balances sport with schoolwork.

Shai’s simple solution: Homework on the go. Whether in the car en route to lessons or on an airplane thousands of feet in the air, he makes time for his studies.

“He’s a very self-disciplined child, which I think is one of the reasons he is successful,” Pam Kochav, Shai’s mother, said. “He can manage his time, and he does put the extra work in that’s needed. I think that’s a quality that he’s learned through his martial arts.

“You have to put the time in to get the rewards, you know?”

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On his travels, Kochav has made many friends who, like himself, are on the taekwondo competition circuit. The family sees familiar faces all around the country at each event. Shai has developed friendships across the nation, from San Diego to Las Vegas to New Jersey.

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“They are amazing stories, one by one,” Maoz Kochav, Shai’s father, said. “There are some of them doing a secondary sport [as well], and it’s just amazing. They’re an amazing group of kids and parents.”

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Without a doubt, taekwondo has become a family affair for the Kochavs.

“Everybody gives a little [and] takes a little to make it work,” Pam said. “But we’re very lucky that, as a family, we’ve really grown with it. It’s a really a neat sport to have.”

With his parents, instructors and work ethic propelling him, Shai is pursuing his passion and carving out a place for himself in the world of martial arts, one world championship at a time.

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TWO-PHASE TREATMENT AND THE BENEFITS OF STARTING YOUNG

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Indeed, the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) states that orthodontics helps reduce a patient’s risk of suffering from tooth decay, tooth loss, gum disease and other dental health problems that can arise due to improper tooth alignment. In addition, the aesthetic advantages of having straighter teeth are often appreciated by those who opt for orthodontics, the AGD says.

What Comes Next?

Typically, Phase 1 orthodontic treatment is the first of two phases of treatment. Phase I normally begins between the ages of 6 and 10 years (the American Association of Orthodontists, or AAO, recommends that all children have an orthodontic evaluation by 7 years of age) and is followed by a shorter second phase.

How Soon Should Treatment Begin?

Sometimes, early intervention is necessary to correct orthodontic issues that would be more difficult to fix in the future. “Phase I” orthodontic treatment refers to treatment that begins at an early age; this first stage typically takes place when a young patient has both primary (baby) as well as some adult (permanent) teeth present.

Such early treatment can correct a dental or skeletal developmental issue that may become more severe or complicated to treat in the future. It is not necessary for all young patients to have Phase I treatment, but in certain cases, it will eliminate the need for extractions or surgery to correct jaw growth issues in the future.

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Some of the more common reasons for Phase I treatment are cross-bite, underbite, excessive overlapping or deep bites, open bites (where the teeth in the front do not contact or overlap), disproportionate jaw growth, severely protruding teeth, side effects of a thumb habit and tooth crowding.

Of course, beyond the health benefits, even young children often benefit from a more esthetic smile and enhanced normal social development.

Many of those who have not yet undergone orthodontic treatment will smile only partially, keeping their mouth closed because they are self-conscious about their teeth. These people are perceived differently than someone who smiles openly and self-confidently.

After orthodontics, people smile more naturally to show off their straight and healthy teeth, and this translates into greater confidence in interactions with others. It goes without saying that, for a youth or adolescent, greater confidence is important for normal social development during interaction with peers, and such healthy self-assurance can be very important to a youth trying to be accepted into the mainstream of the school class.

According to the AAO, approximately 4 million children and 1 million adults are undergoing orthodontic treatment at any given moment to enhance their smile. With greater health and confidence to be gained and options from traditional braces to Invisalign and beyond, orthodontics can and should be considered at any age.

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umor has it that it’s the biggest sukkah in Atlanta, and while this claim can’t be verified, the Greenfield Hebrew Academy’s sukkah is certainly among the busiest.

During Chol HaMoed, the sukkah welcomed all GHA students for lunch, as usual. They enjoyed the novelty of eating in this al fresco version of the cafeteria – decorations brightening the walls and light dappling the room as it twinkled through bamboo mats and paper chains – but as just as important as the meal were the very special holiday activities arranged by Judaics teachers Debbie Bornstein, Rachel Buckman and Rabbi Israel Robinson and held within the temporary shelter.

To being the proceedings GHA music teacher Dona Wise led all the children from first to eighth grade in a series of drum circles. With the help of Wise’s middle school music students, budding percussionists chose from a wide variety of un-pitched instruments and separated themselves into sections.

Wise then taught each section its assigned rhythm: The “skins” (drums) thumped “I love my sukkah,” the “woods” (wooden percussion) played “hang the fruit,” and the “metals” (tam-

bourines) shook their instruments to a rising and prolonged cheer of “Sukkot!” and the sukkah positively rocked with the rhythm.

Afterwards, B’not Sherut Ateret Kfir and Linor Nachum took over the microphone to announce a competition for “best edible sukkah.”

The students, split into groups, received bowls of marshmallow fluff, tea biscuits, fruit roll-ups and a frankly bewildering array of candy for construction purposes.

“No, no, don’t eat the licorice,” thirdgrader Jonah Gordon admonished his team. “We need it for the s’chach!”

Classmate Elliot Sokol interjected another practical tip.

“Hey, guys: You forgot the door.”

There was only one best sukkah, but everyone walked away a winner, as all the entries tasted delicious. And speaking of tasting, that was the highlight for fourth-grader Mickey Covitz.

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Then, later in the festival week (Oct. 5, the third day of Chol HaMoed), GHA’s sukkah continued in its starring role as third- and fourth-graders welcomed family members to the sukkah for VIP (Very Important Person) Day. Parents, grandparents and other special people joined their students in the sukkah, where they engaged in chavruta (one-on-one) study with each other.

Third graders covered Abraham’s journey to Canaan, while fourth graders discussed Jacob’s dream of angels.

Armed with chumashim and surrounded by the hum of Torah study, Gabby Stark shared the finer points of Jacob’s dream with her teenaged brother Matthew, while further down the table, Yonatan Levy and his recently transplanted grandmother Malka Braunstein talked about how it feels to move,and what it might have been like for Abraham to go somewhere he’d never seen.

All the while, Buckman and Rabbi Robinson watched their students eagerly expounding on the Torah they had studied.

“It’s so gratifying to see how much they’ve learned and how happy they are to share it,” Buckman said. “Their VIPs are proud of them, I’m proud of them and, most importantly, they’re proud of themselves.”

Rabbi Lee Buckman, Greenfield Hebrew Academy Head of School, reflected as he stood at the window that overlooks the bamboo patchwork of the sukkah roof.

“At GHA, we’re not just teaching Torah as an abstract subject, another part of the school day. Our students live the things they learn,” he said. “We integrate Torah into their everyday lives.

Our sukkah is decorated by students, used by students, and lived in by students.

“At GHA, it’s just the place to be on Sukkot.”

Editor’s note: Leah Levy is a paraprofessional at GHA and the author of “The Waiting Wall,” a Sydney Taylor Notable Book for 2010.

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Growing up in suburbia, it shouldn’t have been like that. I had quite a few Jewish friends, but the fact remained the same: I was always that Jewish friend. Thankfully, the epiphany I needed to get past this mental block came when I ventured to Israel as a participant of the Birthright program.

For the first time in my life, I felt proud to be Jewish; surrounded by a group of 40 other Jewish college students, I felt at peace with my culture and religion. I bought Star of David jewelry, a beautiful glass mezuzah and proudly displayed my Judaism.

I can pinpoint that trip as my Jewish awakening. From then on, I no longer cared who knew that I was Jewish.

What’s more, I chose to follow my new passion by attending the University of Georgia’s Hillel and observing the High Holy Days.

Then, after spending six years both attending school and working in Athens, Ga., I moved to Florence, S.C. to teach in a small neighboring town. I remember that before I accepted my new job, I spent a weekend in the town, attending Friday night services at the local synagogue.

There, I met a kindergarten teacher in the district. She informed me that, even at their young age, her students thought she was going to hell for being Jewish.

I couldn’t help but wonder where in the world I had found myself. This is the 21st century; surely whole populations of people couldn’t still be harboring such anti-Semitic ideals.

Still and in spite of that frightening experience, I kept my mind open

and accepted the teaching position. On the first day of preplanning, the teachers were welcomed back with a morning breakfast; when the middle school principal introduced himself to me, but I couldn’t take my eyes off of his biblical tie: On it was a colorful image of an open bible at the base of Mt. Sinai.

That impression was followed by the morning prayer. This was my first day at my new job, so I obligingly lowered my head and listened to the prayer, even mouthing “amen” at the end as to not ostracize myself.

The day continued as scheduled, meetings followed by planning and the occasional parent phone call; I came to view the morning’s religious practices as par for the community, and I accepted that. Yet, as the week progressed, I was dumbfounded by just how involved religion is in the school.

In a staff meeting, we were asked to discuss why we taught. I lost count of how many teachers said the Lord brought them into the profession.

And when we spoke of a student who dropped out of school, it was the Lord’s doing; the Lord helped the football players remain safe; He was responsible for the general achievement in the school.

There are multiple Christian organizations on the campus of this school, including Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Crusaders for Christ. Students walk around wearing t-shirts proclaiming “Team Jesus.” Prayer is also held over the loudspeaker at Friday night football games. As far as I know, the population of Jewish students is zero.

This was becoming the new norm for me, and I made the conscious choice to shelve my Jewish identity while at work. This has caused me much anguish, but I do not think I want to invite the quizzical looks or inquisitions into my beliefs from colleagues and students.

I do not see them as bad people or of poor character, but there is that fear of being treated differently, or shunned, because of my religion. It’s upsetting to me that I even feel this way; I’d like to think that being Jewish isn’t a reason to hide part of my identity.

I really don’t believe I would receive any retribution if I told my colleagues, but there is something unwelcoming about being Jewish in a small town.

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Editor’s note: Gillian Miller is a Birthright alum, University of Georgia Page 1 graduate and English teacher.

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Education GUIDE The Panic Trap

REDUCING TEEN STRESS

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For the Atlanta Jewish Times all has arrived, bringing with it pumpkins, cider and mid-semester panic. It’s the time of year when first progress reports have been handed to nervous high school students who are already overwhelmed with classwork, football games and the dreaded SAT. What are we parents to do for our nail-biting teens?

Students come into our tutoring center all the time with sighs of anxiety, piles of homework and out-of-sync priorities. Anyone who works with – let alone parents – a teen knows what I’m taking about! As a remedy of sorts, try this activity with your student: Have them write a list of all the things they feel they need to do this week – homework and homecoming, work and working out, data analysis and dating – all of it. The list will be long, and looking at it will certainly be overwhelming.

After your student completes the list-creation exercise, have he or she then take out a blank page and fold it into quarters. Flatten out the paper so that there are four empty boxes in which to write, and then label the first column – in which the two left-hand boxes fall – as “must do,” and the second column – for the two right-hand boxes – as “want to do.” The horizontal rows are labeled “now” (top) and “later” (bottom).

Finally, ask your teen to organize their to-do list into the chart, putting each item in one of four categories: “Must Do Now,” “Want to Do Now,” “Must Do Later” and “Want to Do Later.” Hopefully, this method of prioritizing thins out the number of things on your child’s plate and eases her mind.

I have tried this activity with all types of students – type A, type B and even the occasional type that at first says, “I’m not doing this.” Inevitably there is a student who labels everything as “Must Do Now,” but he or she just needs a little more help rearranging his or her tasks.

The benefit of this activity can be great – your child will have a time management skill that many adults struggle to learn.

Editor’s note: Allison Barchichat is a mother of three and owner of East Cobb Math Tutoring.

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udaism is more than a religion, and it takes more than a lifetime of study to understand its tenets and complexities.

Through the ages, rabbis and biblical scholars have studied and interpreted the history, morals, mores and laws of Judaism. For more than 2,000 years, Jews have been known as “The Children of the Book” (referring to the Bible), but, of course, more than the Torah is required for students of Judaism.

side? Do you recall being lifted up to gaze at what you were told was the most important treasure of all?

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You may think the most important classes occur during the bat and bar mitzvah years, as it might seem that older children are better prepared to understand the complex principals and dogmas of Judaism. So why even bother sending kids to religious school at tender ages?

We all know the value of early childhood experiences, and consider the special lessons of Judaism for kids at that level. As a subject you can reach out and touch, Judaism can be felt before one can read.

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remember the sequence of events well: A teacher had discovered that a student had plagiarized a paper and subsequently gave him a failing grade. The father of the student demanded a meeting with me, the teacher and his son.

The father opened the meeting with line I will never forget:

“My son never lies.”

The teacher – a woman with a sterling reputation for excellent teaching, exemplary character and abiding concern for the welfare of her pupils – was stunned by the implicit assertion that she either had lied in making the accusation or made a terrible mistake in evaluating the student’s work.

Having worked with students for many decades, I (like most teachers) always assume the best of students.

But when confronted with incontrovertible evidence of cheating, I accept

the reality that even good students occasionally may do dishonest things.

The teacher in question broke down in tears from the baseless accusation. I, of course, defended and supported her. Several months later, the father apologetically confided in me that his relationship with his son was very rocky, and he felt a need at our meeting to be publically supportive of his son even if he had doubts about the veracity of his statements.

This kind of misguided, naïve parenting is at the heart of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” a comical but true-tolife perspective on teenagers in the ‘80s that still resonates today.

The plot – such as there is one – revolves around high-school senior Ferris, who decides to cut school on a beautiful spring day to enjoy downtown Chicago.

Our protagonist then enlists his girlfriend Sloane and his buddy Cameron to join him on his self-awarded “vacation,” and the day begins with a lie as Ferris fakes an illness to his fawning and trusting parents, who believe everything he says. It is clear that they are preoccupied with their own lives; parenting to them is a diversion, not a mission.

Cameron’s dad – never seen in the film – also serves as commentary on parenting, though a different sort. We only see his polished Ferrari, glistening in the family’s hillside garage: It is an emblem of parental neglect and a reminder of his parents’ total preoccupation with material things.

Indeed, almost all the adults in the movie are out of touch with children.

Whether it be parents, teachers or ad-

ministrators, all are self-absorbed and only peripherally aware of the children with whom they interact.

to know their children well and to provide opportunities for them to develop their own unique talents.

Two insights emerge from “Ferris.” First, parents need to be present in the lives of their children. They need to spend quality time with them and not be so preoccupied with business that they are clueless about what makes their child tick.

The patriarch Isaac, according to some Biblical commentators, erred in educating his children Jacob and Esau with the same “parenting toolbox.” He failed to recognize that each one required a different parenting approach (one that recognized their different personalities and intellectual and spiritual inclinations).

Second, Ferris’s visit with his friends to the Chicago Art Museum suggests that kids need more than mastery of rote knowledge to succeed as human beings. Ferris, Sloane and Cameron engage the modern art they view with creativity and wonder; the classroom is boring, but the museum, which houses a major collection of abstract art, unleashes a creativity that speaks to their curious and active teenage minds.

Proverbs tells us “to educate a child according to his personality.”

This means that it is the job of parents

It may be easy to do “more of the same” when it comes to parenting, but it may be wiser to do something different that takes into account the way each child learns.

Editor’s note: Rabbi Cohen, former principal of Yeshiva Atlanta, now resides in Beit Shemesh, Israel. Visit koshermovies.com for more of his Torahthemed film reviews.

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Congregation Gesher L’Torah 4320 Kimball Bridge Rd. Alpharetta, GA 30022 www.gltorah.org 770.777.4009 Congregation Or Hadash 6751 Roswell Rd. Atlanta, GA 30328 www.or-hadash.org 404.250.3338 Congregation Shearith Israel 1180 University Dr. Atlanta, GA 30306 www.shearithisrael.com 404.873.1743 Non-denominational Atlanta Chevre Minyan Druid Forest Clubhouse North Crossing Dr. Atlanta, GA 30305 www.atlantachevreminya.org Congregation Shema Yisrael 6065 Roswell Rd., #3018 Atlanta, GA 30328 www.shemaweb.org 404.943.1100

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AJT Contributor or a moment, I’m going to invite all of you to my dorm in Rubelmann Hall at Washington University in St. Louis. This is metaphorical, of course – Mom, I love you, but I don’t want you knocking on my door tomorrow.

I “invite” you because of a specific conversation my floormates and I had the other day. We were all just standing in the hallways, passing time and avoiding the piles of homework we all had looming over our heads. Our advisors had put up a big yellow poster board on which we were to write responses with markers.

On one side, it asked, “What is one thing you wish more people knew about you?” The reverse asked, “What, if any, offensive thing had you ever heard said about your race/ethnicity/religion/culture?”

My friends and I stood there, and eventually we all came to the conclusion that – even though the poster was interesting and addressed important issues – responding with a Sharpie on a public wall to questions so personal probably wasn’t the best

of ideas. Still, the nerd inside all of us jumped at the opportunity for good conversation.

was intuition, that something inside just knew when they did something wrong.

It was a Friday afternoon, and we had all gone out that Thursday night (as we had on many of the prior weekends). We had been living together for six weeks, so we knew each other’s secrets and regrets, we knew who was skipping classes and we knew who was gossiping and who was being gossiped about. The truth is that there’s very little you can hide about yourself when you live in such close quarters with 40 or so other kids.

Well, OK; but then how do you reconcile what you did wrong? Is it more difficult to reconcile with yourself than with G-d – in other words, when there’s not a structured form of repentance?

So there we were, the five of us: a Jew, a Christian, an Atheist, and two still on their religious journeys. Inspired by the questions on the board, we asked one another where one’s moral codes should come from.

My friend and I – that’s the Christian and the Jew – had a clear-cut answer: G-d. G-d tells us what’s right and wrong, what we should and shouldn’t do and how to recover from sin.

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We were hitting on big questions, and I could see the wheels in everyone’s heads start to turn. We’ve been away from our families for six weeks now; that means away from people telling us when to study, when to eat dinner, if we can go out or not and what time we have to be back.

Thus we must answer for ourselves: “What’s right and what’s wrong? And is wrong the same as sinful?”

In junior high and high school, we were pestered with messages about how every decision you make should result in moving yourself closer to the person “you want to become.” So does that mean that any decision we make that doesn’t further progress our life is wrong?

At 18, how am I even expected to know the kind of person I want to become? And do decisions that lead to sheer enjoyment and pleasure not fit into the realm of “further progressing my life”?

As my friends and I stood there, I felt guilt wash over me like a powerful ocean wave. I thought to myself: If it were true that decisions made for one’s own benefit are necessarily wrong, then I would be drowning in sin forever.

I saw reactions similar to mine on my friends’ faces. And I would imagine that if someone told you that “any decision you make that doesn’t further progress our life is wrong,” you might be struck by that same wave of guilt.

This question is one that I had pondered often, even before the dorm room conversation I’ve described. I consider myself religious and connected to G-d; I would even say that I speak to G-d on a daily basis. But I do sin: I go out on Friday nights; I sometimes choose socializing over schoolwork; and – as hard as I try to avoid it – when someone upsets me, I might find myself gossiping about him.

Naturally, I’ve been thinking about the matter particularly frequently since my friends and I had the aforementioned discussion, so it only seems fitting that I try to find the answer in this week’s Torah portion. And baruch Hashem, “thank G-d,” I think I’ve finally found it.

This week’s parsha, B’reishit, goes through the creation of the earth, followed by that of Adam and Eve, and finally relates how the first two people were banned from the Garden of Eden. The portion then goes on to tell the story of Eve’s sons, Cain and Abel; Cain kills his brother and tries to hide it from G-d with the famous line, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Genesis 4:8-9).

I don’t think there’s any room for debate here: Cain sinned. But guess what happened after?

Cain got married, had a child and built a city in his son’s honor.

I think, in all my worry about sin, consequence and regret, I forget about the benevolence of G-d. G-d wants to forgive as long as we ask to be forgiven.

After sinning, Cain devoted the rest of his life to repentance: Knowing he could not bring back the life he took, he built a city, and G-d forgave Cain for killing his brother and for lying.

Even further, G-d blessed Cain with a child. So does this mean that I’ve found the answers to all of the critical questions my friends and I had?

No, unfortunately, it doesn’t. But it’s a step in the right direction; Cain’s story provides comfort to people like me – people who, while constantly love G-d, don’t always make G-dly decisions. What’s important is taking a step back, conferring with G-d (or even yourself) about the decisions you make, realizing that you can do nothing about the past and making a plan for moving forward.

Editor’s note: Rachel LaVictoire is a graduate of the Davis Academy and Westminster High School, recipient of the prestigious Nemerov Writing and Thomas H. Elliott Merit scholarships at Washington University of St. Louis and an active member of Temple Emanu-El and the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta.

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fter choosing the right guinea pig from the pet store, the work began; it was probably the most difficult negotiation process so far in my childrens’ lives.

Each time one would suggest a name, the other two would state that it was perhaps “the worst name that we have ever heard!” The process (or perhaps one might call it a “game”) went on for hours: A moniker was offered and then quickly batted down by at least one other party.

There was no majority rule decision, so the naming procedure did not end until one of them finally suggested the name “S’more,” and – by some small miracle – it unanimously seemed like a fitting name for the fluffy brown and white creature.

Seemingly, the animal naming process was not as difficult for Adam, as we learn in this week’s parsha portion, B’reshit. First, man gives himself the name “Adam” – from the Hebrew word for earth adamah – because he was created from the ground, and then he decides that G-d will be called Adonai because He is “master” over all created beings.

Then, G-d says, “It is not good for man to be “alone” (Genesis 2:18).

Thus, fitting helpers are created, and with each animal G-d creates, the first man becomes G-d’s partner by being given the task of giving each one a name.

On this topic, Midrash Rabbah teaches us that while G-d took council from the ministering angels in creating Adam, He bestowed great wisdom upon man over the animals and angels and as such trusted man with such an all-important first task as naming.

What’s more, when G-d gave us the power to name, we were not only given the sacred task of bringing order to the world by subdividing species and sharing a unique identity for each of G-d’s creations. We were also given the power and leadership to set a path for the recipient’s future through the name chosen.

Just as the commentator Bachya

taught that with every name that Adam chose, he would define the nature and characteristic of that creature; so, too, it is with our naming.

For instance, if a child is given the name “Ezra,” meaning “help” in Hebrew, it is assumed that he will bring help to someone or something in the future.

Similarly, when we bestow the names of biblical heroes and our own loved ones upon our children, we hope that they will live up to the morals and leadership of their namesakes.

But the power given to us with the task of naming is not our only role in partnering with G-d in creation. Our rabbis teach in Midrash Tanchuma that each of us acquires three names in life: “one which his parents call him, one which people call him and one which he earns for himself. The last is the best one of all.”

From this, we learn that creation is an ongoing partnership, as our actions and choices in life give us the ability to rename ourselves throughout life.

Thus we learn that despite the ease or difficulty in our parent’s choice of a name for us at birth, it is our lifelong work to not only uphold the name given, but to also harness the mantle of leadership that G-d shares with us as partners in maintaining and bettering creation.

Editor’s note: Rabbi Steven Rau is the Director of Lifelong Learning at The Temple and a member of the Atlanta Rabbinic Association.

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Sun., Oct. 14

Behind the Doors of Beth Din, “Understanding Jewish Family Law,” a six-week Sunday-morning class series. Sun., Oct. 14, 10 a.m. $50/person. Congregation Beth Tefillah.

Register at chabadga.com/jlc or (404) 8432464 x102.

Playgroup with a Purpose, baby playgroup sing along. Held twice a month at differing locations. Sun., Oct. 14, 11 a.m. The William Breman Jewish Home. (404) 351-8410.

Talk Series, “The Judaism of Fear” discussion series opener with Dr. Eugen Schoenfeld. Fri., Oct. 14, 11 a.m. Congregation Shema Yisrael. RSVP via shemaweb.org or (404) 943-1100.

Relay for Life Ruach Atlanta, the Shabbatobservance-friendly Relay event sanctioned by the American Cancer Society. Sun., Oct. 14, 1 p.m. Roswell Area Park. relayforlife.org/ ruachga.

1st-Annual Atlanta Kosher BBQ Competition, sponsored by the B’nai Torah Brotherhood. Sun., Oct. 14. Congregation B’nai Torah. (404) 210-7443.

National Gaucher Foundation ‘Go for Gaucher’, 5K Walk/Run to raise awareness

for Gaucher disease. Register or put together a team by Oct. 5. Run takes place on Sun., Oct. 14. Mason Mill Park. rosina@gaucherdisease.org or (800) 504-3189.

more about the Multi-Generational Family Trip to Israel which will take place, June 11 to 24, 2013. Tues., Oct. 16, 7 p.m. MJCCA’s Zaban Park. brian.glusman@atlantajcc.org.

Drivers Ed, 30 hours of classroom time (including State-required Alcohol and Drug Awareness training) and six additional hours of behind-the-wheel training with a licensed instructor. Ages 15+. Sun., Oct. 14. MJCCA’s Zaban Park. lora.sommer@atlantajcc.org.

Dor Tamid Sisterhood Jewish Book Club,“The Red Tent” by Anita Diamant.

Tues., Oct. 16, 7 p.m. Private residence. RSVP to sisterhood@dortamid.com.

Mahjong for the Mikva, benefits the Dunwoody Mikva Society. If available, bring 2012 Mahjong Card and set. Sun., Oct. 14. Private residence. RSVP to (404) 226-7771 or twjsbj@bellsouth.net.

Mon., Oct. 15

Music on Main Street, featuring The Cohen Brothers Band. Mon., Oct. 15, 5 p.m. Free admission. MJCCA Lobby. lora.sommer@atlantajcc.org.

March of the Living Information Meeting, learn about the two-week international program for Jewish teens to march from Auschwitz to Birkenau. Mon., Oct. 15, 7 p.m.

The Breman Museum. RSVP at altmol.eventbrite.com.

Tues., Oct. 16

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The Grandparents Circle, five-session, facilitated, educational support group. Tues., Oct. 16, 7 p.m. Free admission, $18 material fee. MJCCA’s Zaban Park. RSVP to Suzanne. hurwitz@atlantajcc.org or (678) 812-4160.

Thriving Beyond Surviving Support Group Series, access the incredible healing power of animals with Dr. Irving. Tues., Oct. 16, 7 p.m. William Breman Jewish Home. RSVP to jfirestone@weinsteinhospice.org. (404) 3524308.

Rosh Chodesh Ladies’ Night Out, couponing with Allison Thomas. Tues., Oct. 16, 8 p.m. Congregation Ariel Social Hall. RSVP to jsirota@hotmail.com Parenting Class, Ariel Youth second class, with Rabbi Feldman. Tues., Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m. $10/couple. Private residence. (770) 3909071.

Beit Midrash, Tuesday night classes; choose from the two of three tracks or study individually with a chavruta. Tues., Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m.

Free. Congregation Beth Tefillah. Register at chabadga.com/jlc.

U.S. and the Muslim World Discussion, “Mutual Misconceptions, Serious Consequences” with Dr. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im.

Tues., Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m. Emory University.

RSVP by Oct. 12 to rsvpemoryattheetz@etzchaim.net.

Cobb-merce at the Terrace, a business-tobusiness networking event. Door prizes and refreshments will be provided. Tues., Oct. 16, 6 p.m. $10/person. Arbor Terrace of East Cobb. ecjewishnetwork@gmail.com.

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Positive Discipline, a seven-session course on an essential parenting philosophy based on non-punitive, respectful strategies that incorporate kindness and firmness. For parents of toddlers to age 10. Thurs., Oct. 18, 7 p.m. $125 member/$140 non-member. MJCCA’s Zaban Park. Ilana.schlam@atlantajcc.org.

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“The Survivor” by Susan Nanus, play based on the memoirs of Holocaust survivor Jack Eisner. Thurs., Oct 18, 7:30 p.m. and Sat., Oct. 20 and Sun., Oct. 21, 2:30 p.m. Alliance Theatre. alliancetheatre.org.

Fri., Oct. 19

Camp Coleman Shabbat, Beth Schafer will join in worship. Fri., Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. Congregation Dor Tamid. (770) 623-8860.

Sat., Oct. 20

Shabbat Learner’s Minyan, small informal prayer group discussing hows and whys of Shabbat prayer. Sat., Oct. 20, 10:30 a.m.

Congregation Etz Chaim. RSVP by Oct. 18, rsvplearnersminyan@etzchaim.net.

Worship in Pink, celebrate with Komen Atlanta to raise breast cancer awareness by wearing pink. Includes informational packets for participants. Sat., Oct. 20, 9 a.m. Congregation Shearith Israel. shearithisrael.com.

Parent’s Night Out, vening of games, crafts, activities, dinner and movies. Sat., Oct. 20, 6 p.m. $30/child + $10/sibling (members); $40/child + $15/sibling (non-members).

MJCCA’s Zaban Park. RSVP to beth.feagain@ atlantajcc.org, (678) 812-3830 or atlantajcc. org.

Singles Mixer, Metro Atlanta Singles’ first official mixer. Sat., Oct. 20, 8 p.m. Spice Brick Oven Kitchen. meetup.com/Metro-AtlantaSingles.

Sun., Oct. 21

Women’s Study Group, Rosh Chodesh group study begins with yoga and meditation led by Paula Coplon and Sheri Frohlich.

Sun., Oct. 20, 9:30 a.m. Congregation Etz Chaim. RSVP by Oct. 18 to rsvproshcodesh@ etzchaim.net.

Jewish History Through Cooking, class taught by executive chef of BLUNUVO. Sun., Oct. 21, 10 a.m. Free. The Epstein School.

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Bark ‘N Bracha: Blessing of the Pets, blessings will be recited for living pets with a special prayer in memory of pets that have died. Sun., Oct. 21, 11:30 a.m. Brook Run Dog Park at Liane Levetan Park. brian.glusman@atlantajcc.org.

Jewish Genealogical Society, amateur genealogist Karien Daniel speaking; open library for visitors to track their own genealogy. Sun., Oct. 20, 1 p.m. $12/adults, $8/ seniors. $6/students-teachers, free for museum members. The Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. thebreman.org.

Unveiling for Rabbi Ichay, honoring the memory of Rabbi S. Robert Ichay. Sun., Oct. 21, 2 p.m. Greenwood Cemetery. (404) 6331737.

Family Rock Concert & Dinner, Or VeShalom Sisterhood FUNdraiser featuring “The Helpers.” Rain or shine. Sun., Oct. 21, 5:30 p.m. (dinner), 6:30 p.m. (concert). Or VeShalom Social Hall. mbrich127@comcast.net.

Minyan Leadership Lessons, “Show Me the Way: Leading the Daily Minyan” first of three parts. Sun., Oct. 21, 5:15 p.m. $25/ person (optional for copy of Siddur Sim Shalom). Congregation Etz Chaim. Register by Oct. 8 at etzchaim.net/lilmodereg.

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Veronica Bowen Beck 58, OF ATLANTA

Veronica Bowen Beck, 58, of Atlanta, passed away Mon., Oct. 1, 2012 following a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. Born in Atlanta, she grew up in Buckhead and graduated from North Fulton High School, Dental Assistant School and Oglethorpe University. Veronica taught for Woodstock Elementary, was a dental assistant for four years and went on to work as an economic assistant for the Federal Government. She was an avid tennis player and a member of ALTA, and she enjoyed playing Bunco with close friends for over 20 years. Veronica is survived by her loving husband of 33 years, Bruce; her sons, Brian and Matthew; her sisters, Eileen Edwards, Allison and David, and Dottie and Jim Cooke; her brother, James and Wendy Bowen; her brother-in-law, Daryl and Susan Beck; her father-in-law, Herman Beck; and many nieces and nephews. An online guestbook is available at edressler.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the breast cancer charity of one’s choice or to Hospice Atlanta, 1244 Park Vista Dr., Atlanta, GA 30319, vnhs.org. Graveside service was held at 2:30 p.m. on Wed., Oct. 3, 2012 at Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs with Rabbi Fred Greene officiating. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care.

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Mildred Miller Turetzky 93, OF ATLANTA

Mildred L. Miller Turetzky, 93, beloved mother, grandmother, wife, sister and aunt, peacefully passed away in Atlanta on Tues., Oct. 2, 2012. She was born in Poland and came to the United States with her mother at age three. She was raised in New York and San Francisco and married William Miller in 1940 and moved to Atlanta. They had three children and worked together in the grocery business until his death in 1964. Afterwards, she worked alone in the grocery business, putting their three children through college. She was married to Philip Turetzky in 1970 until his death in 1989. She was a lifelong member of Hadassah and former president of Mount Scopus Group. She was a member of the Ahavath Achim Sisterhood, Shearith Israel Synagogue and Na’Amat USA. Survivors include her son, Neal Miller (Pat), Birmingham, Ala.; daughter, Judy Cone, Dunwoody; daughter, Susan Padove (Stuart), Birmingham, Ala.; grandchildren: Wendy Vitale (Mike), Jodi Marmis (Mike), Randy Miller (Michelle), Evan Cone (Tonyia), Laurie Gaby (Jonathan), Staci Cohen (Darryl) and Mindy Henry (Steve); 11 great-grandchildren; sister, Sylvia Weissman (Sam); and many nieces and nephews. The family also appreciates Linda Magee for her kind and thoughtful care over the past few years. An online guestbook is available at edressler. com. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association (alz.org) or to the charity of one’s choice. Graveside service was held at 11 a.m. on Fri., Oct. 5, 2012 at Crest Lawn Memorial Park, 2000 Marietta Blvd. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care.

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Sophie “Sonia” Gottesmann Kisner, 88, was born Dec. 6, 1923 in Romania and passed away peacefully surrounded by family and loved ones Sept. 30, 2012 in Sandy Springs.

She was preceded in death by her husband, David Kisner; and parents, Tatiana and Karl Gottesmann. She is survived by her daughters: Pearl Kisner Kleinberger and Sue Kisner Varon; sons-in-law, Jeffrey Kleinberger and Marty Varon; grandchildren: Nathan and Xiao Sun-Kleinberger, Ellie Kleinberger Moon and Mike Moon and Charlie Varon and Jennifer Varon; and great-grandchildren: Aviva Kleinberger and Arielle Moon. She has a great-granddaughter on the way, to be named Sophia SunKleinberger. Sonia was married Feb. 24, 1946 and came to the U.S. with her husband David that year from Germany to live in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her parents came to the U.S. shortly thereafter. Her first child, Pearl, was born July 8, 1948. She and David became U.S. citizens March 31, 1953 and welcomed their second daughter, Sue, Nov. 2, 1954. Sonia and David ran the Kew Gardens Economy Spot, a hardware store in Kew Gardens, N.Y. until the early 1970s. In 1978, they moved to Plantation, Fla. and lived in the same condominium complex as Sophie and Morris Varon, the in-laws of their youngest daughter, Sue. In 1981, Sonia and David started living six months per year in Plantation and six months in Marietta, where they attended services at Congregation Etz Chaim. Their daughter Sue and son-in-law Marty with children Charlie and Jennifer also lived in Marietta. Charlie and Jennifer’s fondest memories of growing up are the times they spent at their grandparent’s house, which they did every weekday during the summers. After David passed away, Sonia moved in with Sue and her family, where she loved to be a part of all the family activities, birthday parties, holidays and even sporting get-togethers. Sonia took pride in dressing “to the nines” – complete in her makeup, dresses, jewelry and purse. She also traveled across the country to Portland, Ore. and later to Seattle to visit with Pearl and her family during summers. She loved to sit outside with her portable radio and listen to NPR or classical music, many times with any one of the Varon’s three Malteses, whom she adored: Ricky, Bebe or Zoey. Recently, Sonia spent her time at Belmont Village in Sandy Springs, where she was adored by all her caregivers, made many friends and enjoyed field trips to the library and restaurants, guest speakers, movies and even games like Bingo, Scattergories and trivia. Of all her lifetime accomplishments, one thing she never learned to do was drive a car. She loved being chauffeured around town. She will be sorely missed by her family and all who had the privilege of knowing her. Sign online guest book at edressler.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (ushmm.org) or the USC Shoah Foundation Institute (dornsife.usc.edu/vhi/donate). A graveside service was held Tues., Oct. 2, 2012 at Arlington Memorial Park with Rabbi Andrea Bregman officiating. Arrangements by Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care.

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