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Twinsburg Chabad celebrates new synagogue with Purim party BECKY RASPE Akron Jewish News

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he Chabad Jewish Center of Twinsburg opened its new synagogue at 9945 Vail Road on March 17.

Festivities included a Purim party with costumes, a Megillah reading, a buffet dinner, hamantaschen making and an animal show by Outback Ray.

This is the city’s first synagogue since 1986. Rabbi Mendy Greenberg and his wife, Mussie, have been operating programming out of their home since they moved to Twinsburg in 2017. Greenberg grew up in Solon, the son of Rabbi Zushe and Miriam Greenberg, who run Solon Chabad.

“It is amazing,” Rabbi Mendy Greenberg told the Akron Jewish News at the March 17 event. “We thank God. At this point, we’re already ready to announce an expansion. We

Mussie Greenberg, Chabad program director, shows the children how they can participate in the mezuzah ceremony as part of Twinsburg Chabad’s grand opening Purim Celebration on March 17. | AJN Photos / Becky Raspe

Sadie Danzig, 4, of Twinsburg

Sarah Griffin, 1, of Twinsburg

Caden Silverstein, 13, and Shaun Shamailov, 12, both of Twinsburg

already don’t have room. It’s great.”

The space was designed by Huron architect Michael Meyer. At 1,500-square-feet, the leased space has a sanctuary, classroom, kitchen, office and two restrooms.

To read more about Twinsburg Chabad, visit akronjewishnews.com.

Twinsburg Chabad’s Rabbi Mendy Greenberg affixes a mezuzah to the door leading into the building’s sanctuary.

Levi Greenberg, 3, and his sister, Rochie Greenberg, 4, both of Twinsburg, with their aunt, Rochie Shemtov

Gianna Kornev, 10, and Jillian Kugelman, 10, both of Twinsburg

Siena Puliafico, 3, Capri Puliafico, 7, Giovanni Puliafico, 4, Evelyn Miller, 7, and Eleanor Miller, 4, all of Twinsburg

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Yom Hashoah, Yom Ha’atzmaut, Yom Hazikaron returning to ‘normal’ COURTNEY BYRNES Akron Jewish News

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fter quickly pivoting celebrations and services from in person to online in 2020 due to COVID-19, the Jewish Community Board of Akron has begun planning events for Yom Hashoah, the Day of Remembrance; Yom Ha’atzmaut and Yom Hazikaron. While plans for Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day; and Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, are still in the works, the community plans to be in person for the commemoration of Yom Hashoah.

YOM HASHOAH The commemoration of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2020 was all set to take place in person with Judith Shamir of Moreland Hills sharing her story as a hidden child survivor of the Holocaust, but due to the pandemic the community could not gather in person. Instead, a recording of Shamir, the superintendent of Cleveland Hebrew Schools for 25 years, taken by one of her grandchildren was shared, according to Erin Katz, community concierge for JCBA.

The commemoration faced the same challenge in 2021 and opted for a Zoom event with Dr. Vladimir Roth who shared the story of his mother. The event typically brings in 120 participants, which in 2021 exceeded Zoom’s participant limit.

“We maxed out the Zoom limit and were directing people to stream on Facebook,” Katz wrote in an email to the Akron Jewish News.

This year’s free event will be back in person for the first time since 2019 and will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. April 27 at the Shaw JCC at 150 White Pond Drive. There will also be an option to watch view a livestream. The program is supported by the Rose and Lawrence Schwartz Memorial Holocaust Education Fund, Katz said.

Plans for the evening include featuring three speakers, Samuel Reiss, David Minc, who is a member of the Cleveland Jewish Publication Company Board of Directors, and Andrea Rabinovitz, in a panel moderated by Brian Rolnick-Fox, the Israel & Overseas chair of the JCBA. The panelists will share the stories of their parents who survived the Holocaust. A candle lighting ceremony plans to have the grandchildren of survivors as the candle lighters.

YOM HA’ATZMAUT Israel will celebrate its 74th Independence Day this year and the Akron Jewish community is working on plans for the celebration.

In 2021, the Jewish Community Board of Akron provided families with Israel in a bag and various Zoom opportunities.

“One of the hits was our version of ‘Nailed It: Israel Birthday edition,’” Katz wrote. “Each family had to decorate cake or brownie or cookie for Israel’s 73rd!”

Nailed It is a baking competition show in which contestants attempt to recreate a dessert that is both tasty and looks like the original.

When held in person, Akron’s Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration typically brings in a couple hundred people, according to Katz.

“The Jewish Community Board of Akron will commemorate Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut,” Rolnick-Fox wrote in an email to AJN. “Plans are still in the works. We encourage community members to check jewishakron.org closer to those holidays.”

Temple Israel series to focus on antisemitism, anti-Zionism MEGHAN WALSH Akron Jewish News

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emple Israel in Bath Township will host conversations with the Akron Jewish community on antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiments in our modern times. The events will take place April 29, May 6 and May 25 at Temple Israel at 91 Springside Drive.

The April 29 event, “Community Shabbat,” will begin at 7 p.m. and will highlight speaker Brown

Belle Yoeli, chief advocacy officer with the American Jewish Committee. Moderator Brian Rolnick Fox will lead a conversation with Yoeli on how to define antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiments in America today.

The May 6 event, “Being Jewish and Zionist on Campus,” will begin at 6:15 p.m. and will welcome Jenn Chestnut, vice president of Hillel International, and Adam Hirsh, executive director of Kent State Hillel, to discuss Jewish life on campus today.

Topics will include “Where is antisemitism happening now?,” “How do we help our children understand the difference between anti-Israel and antisemitism?,” and “What can we do to prepare our children for being Jewish

on campus today?”

The May 25 event, “The Progressive Zionist Jew: A Contradiction in Terms?” will be a virtual lunch and learn, beginning at noon on Zoom.

Rabbi Ammi Hirsch, senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, will lead the discussion. Topics that will be addressed are “The intersection Progressive Judaism and Zionism today,” “How do we reconcile our progressive Jewish values with the complex nature of Jewish nationhood in the State of Israel?” and “As Israel is increasingly attacked and criticized, what is the appropriate response for progressive Zionists?

“We need to be more attuned to the varieties of antisemitism that are out there,” Rabbi Josh

Brown of Temple Israel in Akron told the Akron Jewish News.

Brown said modern-day antisemitism extends far beyond how it has been traditionally perceived in ways such as Nazism. He noted antisemitism can be seen today in friends and allies, and can appear in far less obvious forms.

“We can’t just look at antisemitism as a single entity,” Brown said. “We know antisemitism is on the rise. What we want is to focus on the complexities of antisemitism today.”

Registration is not required for the events, which are open to the community.

Shaw JCC seeks athletes for 2022 Maccabi Games in San Diego

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he Shaw JCC in Akron is seeking Jewish teenage athletes to compete in the JCC Maccabi Games as part of the Ohio delegation competing from July 31 to Aug. 5 in San Diego.

The Olympic-style sporting event for Jewish teens ages 13 to 16 is held every summer and more than 2,000 athletes from delegations across North America, Europe, Latin America, Israel and elsewhere attend the competition.

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Sports include baseball, boys’ and girls’ basketball, dance, esports, flag football, girls’ volleyball, golf, ice hockey, boys’ and girls’ soccer, swimming, table tennis and tennis.

Athletes can compete in team or individual sports and participate in social activities and social action projects rooted in Jewish values while at the event. Program highlights include sports competition, community service,

global Jewish connections, hangtime, opening ceremonies, evening events and host family night.

The event is hosted by JCC Association of North America in partnership with Maccabi World Union, Maccabi Canada and Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel.

For more information and to register, contact Lynsey Heffern at lheffern@shawjcc.org.

VOL. 92 NO. 3 The AJN is distributed at the Shaw JCC and mailed to members of the Jewish community and members of the Shaw JCC. An online version is also available at akronjewishnews.com. The newspaper will be delivered the first week of every month.

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Author Rose to discuss ‘Saving Six Million: A Holocaust Memoir’ April 26 JANE KAUFMAN Akron Jewish News

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hen Joseph Kennedy was feted by The University of Akron on his 90th birthday in May 2018, Matt Wilson, then-president of the university, credited him with saving more than 6 million lives through his invention of the drug-eluding stent.

The polymer chemist’s granddaughter, Emma Kaufmann Rose, was in the audience.

“I got goosebumps,” she told the Akron Jewish News March 4. “I was like, I have to write this down. This is too good. I actually got the title idea, right then and there.”

Rose has just published the book that she spent 2½ years writing, inspired by that one phrase.

The book, “Saving Six Million: A Holocaust Memoir,” references both the victims of the Holocaust and the work her grandfather did decades later. She wrote the memoir by asking her grandparents questions.

Rose will be the guest speaker at the Akron-Summit Holocaust Commemoration and Award Ceremony in honor of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 26 in the main auditorium of the Akron-Summit County Public Library at 60 S. High St. The event is free and open to the public.

It is organized by the Akron-Summit Committee on Holocaust and Genocide Education.

“During COVID, we started doing family Zooms,” Rose said, explaining her method of research. “I have cousins in Arizona. They were unable to come to Cleveland and we were unable to go there, so we started doing a family Zoom every week.”

While Rose’s grandmother, Ingrid Kennedy, had spoken about her experience during the Holocaust, Rose’s grandfather had not.

“He started telling us stories,” said Rose, who lives in the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland. “And he said, ‘I have to tell you the bad ones too,’ which is terrible to hear but also so, so important. And that’s where it started.”

Rose said she would “sneakily ask” her grandparents follow-up questions, such as names and dates. She did not tell them she was writing the memoir of their experiences during the Holocaust as well as their lives afterward until the hardcover volume was

Emma Kaufmann Rose of Cleveland has written a memoir about her grandparents’ lives during the Holocaust and afterward. | Submitted photo printed and bound. She presented the book to them at a family party on Chanukah as the last gift of the evening.

“We always do our presents. Our grandparents go last, and then they give their exciting gifts,” Rose said. “I was like, wait there’s one more thing. And so they opened it and they were like, ‘Saving Six Million,’ what is this? They were just kind of confused at first. And then a couple of weeks after that they gave me a box, kind of a thank-you gift with naturalization papers, very special jewelry, all these family heirlooms that are completely irreplaceable.”

Neither of Rose’s grandparents were in concentration camps.

Her grandfather, originally named Joszi Kaufmann, was born May 18, 1928, and hidden in his native Budapest during World War II. Her grandmother, Ingeborg Hausen, was born Oct. 3, 1936, in Vienna and hidden in a convent in France during World War II as a child. She went by the name Marie Louise.

The two met after World War II at McGill University where he was a student and she came to a Bastille Day party for Frenchspeaking Jews.

Rose, 26, was born in Cleveland, the daughter of Cynthia Kaufmann-Rose and Kyle Rose. She grew up in Solon attending

Ingrid and Joseph Kennedy of Akron, who are Emma Kaufmann Rose’s grandparents. | Photo / Jenna Wilkes Photography

Solon Chabad. She graduated from Otterbein University in Westerville, where she studied special education and psychology.

A behavioral specialist who works with children who have autism, she is pursuing her master’s degree at Cleveland State University in applied behavior analysis therapy.

Rose said keeping the book a surprise was “really hard for me.”

Harder still, she said, was listening to the stories.

“We asked my grandfather what’s the happiest memory of your father,” Rose said.

“He only knew his father for a couple of years before he was taken by the Nazis. And that was the hardest story that I heard. And to write that down was really difficult.”

Another challenge, she said, was putting together the book.

“I’ve never had a baby,” she said. “I feel like this was the biggest thing that I’ve ever done. And I felt this sense afterwards of now what?”

On the cover of the book is a drawing of a netsuke, a counterweight for the sword hanging on a kimono. It was drawn by Rose’s sister, Clara Kaufmann Rose, and represents the collection of netsukes their grandparents have in their Akron home.

“There’s a whole chapter in the book

about how our family is the counterweight to our grandparents’ trauma and history,” Emma Rose said. “The love we have for each other and our ability to maintain close connections with one another has become the counterweight for them and their experiences.”

In addition to her sister’s contribution, her brother, Jakob Rose, helped edit the book.

She said she wrote the book both for her family and for other adults and teenagers, for whom the book is geared.

“My grandmother is the most optimistic person. And I wanted to share that with the world,” she said. “Because it’s not just our story. It’s all of our responsibilities as Jews – second- and third-generation survivors – to share these stories.”

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JCBA joins national effort to address humanitarian needs in Ukraine BOB JACOB Akron Jewish News

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he Jewish Community Board of Akron reacted quickly to the crisis in Ukraine after the Russian invasion Feb. 24, by approving an emergency, advance allocation of $50,000 from its 2022 annual campaign to address Jewish community and other humanitarian needs in Ukraine.

“Like many in the Greater Akron community, the Jewish community is saddened and distressed by the events that have become reality in the Ukraine and feels a responsibility to step up and help in some way,” JCBA said in a statement.

“Jewish Akron has joined the Jewish Federations of North America’s $20 million emergency campaign to provide humanitarian assistance to vulnerable Jewish populations living in Ukraine. Funds will be allocated through Jewish federations’ overseas partners, The Jewish Agency for Israel, The American

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Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and World ORT, to provide critical help where it is needed most and support to protect and safeguard Ukraine’s Jewish community as well as Jews in neighboring countries.”

JCBA said in the statement the funds will support urgent necessities of vulnerable Jewish populations, community security, temporary housing for displaced persons, emergency needs in Jewish schools and aliyah-related assistance.

“Throughout history, the Jewish

community is often caught in the crossfire,” Thom Mandel, board chair of JCBA, said in the statement. “I’m proud that Jewish Akron has recognized the gravity of the moment. When an emergency erupts, we are positioned to meet the challenges of Jewish people and communities around the world.”

There are about 200,000 members of Ukraine’s Jewish community, including many elderly Holocaust survivors. The community has close to 300 Jewish organizations dispersed over some 100 towns and cities.

“It is a rapidly changing situation, and we recognize that the needs may grow in scope and urgency,” JCBA CEO Daniel S. Blain said in the statement. “We are encouraging community members to make a new or additional gift to the 2022 annual campaign, which not only addresses a range of local needs but provides a critical lifeline to help protect and safeguard Jewish communities – including the assistance we can provide to our family in Ukraine. We pray for safety for

I’m proud that Jewish Akron has recognized the gravity of the moment. When an emergency erupts, we are positioned to meet the challenges of Jewish people and communities around the world.

-Thom Mandel all, and for a speedy end to the hostilities.”

To date, the 2022 annual campaign has raised over $1.2 million, according to the statement.

To learn more about how to help, visit jewishakron.org.

JFSA receives $5.1M grant for Holocaust survivor support JANE KAUFMAN Akron Jewish News

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he Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which negotiates with the German government, is allocating $5,182,315 to Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland to support about 600 Holocaust survivors in Northeast Ohio with home care and other support.

The Cleveland allocation ranks 15th worldwide among the 300 agencies receiving a total of $720 million to provide home care and services to support 120,000 Holocaust survivors throughout the world.

Of that total amount, $11.3 million will go toward services for Holocaust survivors throughout Ohio.

The survivors served by this allocation in Ohio and around the world live independently, and the services are meant to allow them to continue doing so.

The largest grant – $36.2 million – goes to the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island in New York.

Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area will receive $4,225,063 to support 124 Holocaust survivors, and Jewish Family Services of Columbus will receive $1,942,640 for 194 survivors.

“About 20 years ago, the issue of home care and social services became much more apparent because survivors were aging,” Greg Schneider, executive vice president at the Claims Conference, told the Akron Jewish News Feb.

25. “And even with pensions, the payments they were receiving, there were survivors who needed home care, or who were very poor, and who needed food or medicine or … additional welfare services. And so we began to fund a program of welfare services.”

In the United States, the Claims Conference partners with Jewish Family Service agencies to provide the services.

In Cleveland, more than 90% of the allocation will go toward direct care, including personal care, skilled nursing and chore housekeeping, Sheri R. Sax, grants officer at Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland, told the AJN March 1. Less than 10% of the allocation goes toward case management, transportation, socialization and administration.

“They have suffered terrific trauma, multiple types of trauma over extended periods of time in their formative years,” Sax said. “And so we ... have been providing what we call patientcentered, trauma-informed care. And that’s why so much of it is really one on one. We become the family that they don’t have.”

The survivors served in Northeast Ohio range in age from 77 to 101 years old.

“The cost of delivering that (has) grown quite extensively, as you can imagine. ... The cost of delivering the care to clients has just increased tremendously,” Jaime Lowy, associate director of Caring At Home at JFSA of Cleveland, told the AJN Feb. 28.

She said that the increase in cost is mostly attributable to the loss of 30% of JFSA’s home health aides and cleaners early in the COVID-19

pandemic.

Jewish Family Service of Akron operates as a division of JFSA in Cleveland.

“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve Holocaust survivors in Akron,” Buffy Ramos, director of older adult services at Jewish Family Service of Akron, said in a statement to the AJN. “By providing them with basic supports, we helped them age with dignity during the final years of their lives. Because they were not living attached to a larger city, they had remained somewhat cut off from Claims Conference support in the past. Now, they have been connected to home care, transportation and other general supports. They are remembered around the Jewish holidays through outreach events.

“The Akron community has engaged them through special intergenerational programs, connecting younger generations to theirs so that their stories are not forgotten. It has been a humbling experience for the community to be able to provide basic supports and life enhancement activities to the local Akron survivors.”

Home care costs range depending on the number of hours, Lowy said. For example, 40 hours of home care a week costs more than $60,000 a year. If someone were to receive roundthe-clock home health care, that would cost more than $200,000 annually.

In order to receive the allocations, agencies must provide matching funds. Cleveland JFSA’s match is $190,066 and is provided by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland in Beachwood.

Holocaust survivors have a constellation of different issues from their peers.

“There are a whole range of deprivations that were endured during childhood, during which was the Shoah for these people, that lead to a whole ... overlay on top of regular geriatric issues, an overlay of additional needs,” Schneider said, referring as an example to childhood nutrition.

Many survivors did not get an adequate supply of fresh vegetables as children in ghettos.

“So the health of your teeth is directly affected by calcium, the bones and the teeth,” Schneider said. “So we see greater needs, physical needs amongst the survivor population.

“Second, there are psychological needs that people don’t really realize,” adding that as people age, they tend to review their lives. “And when these people are looking back on their lives, they’re looking back on the formative years. The most seminal experience of their lives was the Shoah, was a concentration camp, was running and hiding and not having food, and seeing their parents and grandparents and communities shot. … So it’s very common to have night terrors and to have all sorts of late-onset psychological issues.”

In addition, he said many Holocaust survivors were deprived of education and most have no financial support from family to fall back on.

“So in their later years, when some people rely on accumulated family wealth or inherited wealth, they have absolutely nothing,” Schneider said.

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FBI, Jewish community strengthen connection in wake of Colleyville JANE KAUFMAN Akron Jewish News

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ne day after the Jan. 15 hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Jim Hartnett, director of community-wide security for the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, took a telephone call from Jeff Fortunato, assistant special agent in charge of Cleveland FBI. Fortunato said he wanted to establish a stronger connection with the local Jewish community regarding security.

From that conversation, two months later on March 15, the FBI led a facilitated discussion, also known as a tabletop exercise, in which different people explain their roles and decision-making processes in responding to a crisis.

The plan was to invite security personnel from the Jewish Federation of Cleveland as well as their counterparts across northern Ohio from Akron, Canton, Toledo and Youngstown. The scenario played out was a hostage taking at a Cleveland Jewish institution.

Daniel Blain, CEO of the Jewish Community Board of Akron, said the exercise was worthwhile.

“It was a very detailed and impressive process,” Blain told the Akron Jewish News March 18. “What was clear was how much the FBI wants to work collaboratively with the Jewish community, how seriously they take their role and the respect they have for our community and its culture.”

Hartnett and Oren Baratz, senior vice president of external affairs at the Federation, took part in the exercise, alongside FBI personnel.

As a moderator read a series of events, different people responded with their plan of action given the changing scenario.

“FBI Cleveland invited all of their supervisors, all their specialty experts – by that I mean their SWAT team leader, their hostage negotiators, their media personnel, their public information officer, their intelligence coordinator,” Hartnett told the AJN 18. “So, they wanted to bring all the brain trust in and meet with us and learn from each other … in the event we have a critical incident. And (address) what we need to work on to get better in the future for a day we hope never comes.”

The tabletop exercise will lead the Federation to make “minor adjustments” in its response plans, Baratz said.

“We were able to sit together and talk about each organization, what are going to be the various factors we will all need to consider and how we’re going to respond,” Baratz told the AJN March 18, adding among the aspects he found important were meeting members of the FBI, “understanding the thinking” and “creating a common language.”

Eric B. Smith, special agent in charge of the Cleveland FBI, said the FBI has held about a halfdozen tabletop exercises with the Federation in the past several years.

“We don’t want this to be the first time that we’re having this conversation,” he told the AJN March 21, regarding being prepared for any potential incident targeting the Jewish community. “So, if something were to take place in a specific school, we don’t really want to guess as to where the school is and where we’re going.

We want to have all those sorts of things down pat so we don’t have to think about that.”

In addition, he said, “We know what the answers say on paper. But until we’ve talked through it with folks that are the stakeholders in this thing, we want to make sure that our response plan fits with what their needs are and what their response plan is. … What we want to do through this exercise is really put ourselves in position to be more prepared, and to put things in place to make it appear either physically or through word of mouth, that this is not a target that you want to undertake.”

Smith said the FBI knows Jewish communities are targeted by threats from different sources.

“We think about the domestic terrorism side, we think about white supremacy or other hate crimes,” he said. “On the other side, you’re thinking about fundamentalists – those folks that would see the Jewish community as a target to furthering their ideological goals.”

It’s important for law enforcement to reach out and continue having strong relationships with Jewish communities for that reason, he said, adding, “This community is incredibly proactive.”

Bonnie Manello, CEO of the Canton Jewish Community Federation, attended as well.

“It was an eye-opening experience to see how all the departments of the FBI work in tandem with one another, each having a specific task and role, and how everything runs so cohesive during this high-pressure atmosphere because of their preparation and training,” Manello wrote the AJN in a March 17 email. “It was an honor to be invited.”

Also participating was Daniel Riedl, chief of the national security and cyber unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Ohio.

His unit focuses on terror and cyber threats.

“Our office regularly partners with law enforcement, both federal and local, in these sorts of tabletop exercises because the reality is in a critical event, we play a role in the outcome,” Riedl told the AJN March 21. “That can vary from giving real-time advice about constitutional issues, giving real-time support about gaining information for law enforcement partners.”

Riedl said his office assists with things like getting information from electronic providers and assisting with charging decisions, should an

Eric B. Smith, special agent in charge of the Cleveland FBI, addresses attendees during the tabletop training exercise held at the Cleveland FBI field office March 15. | Photo / Cleveland FBI incident take place where it’s necessary.

Participating in these types of exercises helps to better assist, he said.

In addition, Riedl gave his commitment to the investigation and prevention of threats against the Jewish community.

“We are very cognizant of the past and persistent ongoing threats against the Jewish community,“ he said. “We always stand ready to take whatever action is necessary to protect the community.”

The exercise allowed observers from the Jewish communities of Akron, Canton, Toledo and Youngstown to both understand the role law enforcement plays and to make connections with their local FBI supervisory special agents in charge, who also attended the exercise and sat next to the attendees in their respective communities.

In fact, David Tullis, community assets, safety and security manager for the Jewish Federation for Greater Toledo, said he drove to Cleveland with Dave Banach, the Toledo supervisory special agent in charge, which allowed Tullis to strengthen his relationship with Banach.

The tabletop exercise helped him understand what information the FBI would need for a successful outcome in a hostage crisis, Tullis told the AJN March 21.

He said the Toledo Jewish community is still shaken by the Dec. 7, 2018, arrest of Damon M. Joseph, 24, who plotted to target two Greater Toledo synagogues in a mass shooting. He was arrested after receiving firearms from an undercover FBI agent.

Joseph, of Holland, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison in September 2021 for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham and attempting to commit a hate crime. He is serving his sentence at Gilmer Federal Correctional Institution in Glenville, W.Va., and is eligible for

release on April 22, 2036.

“And to this day, there’s still that uneasy feeling that somebody was there,” Tullis said.

“This individual, this predator, this evil person was on this campus looking to do harm to people on (campus) just because of ideology.”

Rob Elston, security director of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, said it was helpful to see how collaboration and intelligence sharing can work between the FBI and the community.

“I don’t think I can directly correlate what took place here with the exercise,” Elston told the AJN March 21, referring to the social media targeting of the Youngstown JCC by James Reardon, who is serving a 41-month sentence in prison after tagging the Youngstown JCC in a violent post in 2019. “There was nobody on our property making the threat. It was more of a social media-type threat.”

Reardon, 23, was sentenced to federal prison in September 2021, serving at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix in Burlington County, N.J. Elston said the exercise was valuable to observe.

“We learned how to work together more closely,” he said.

Smith, of the Cleveland FBI, said he has been in touch with his counterpart in Cincinnati, William Rivers – who also covers Columbus – and that a similar tabletop exercise will be offered there for the central and southern Ohio Jewish communities.

He praised the ongoing close relationship the Cleveland FBI has with Hartnett, an FBI veteran, and the Federation.

“Jim is in my phone, right?” Smith said.

“That’s what’s so great about it is that if Jim needed something, or if I needed something from him, I just call him. And that’s one of the most important pieces.”

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BABBY TALKS BASEBALL RubberDucks owner prepares for silver anniversary season of baseball in Akron ED CARROLL

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he Major League Baseball lockout has ended, delaying the start of the bigleague season, but the minor leagues were unaffected by it. The Akron RubberDucks, the Cleveland Guardians’ Class AA affiliate, have already been gearing up for the team’s 25th season in Akron and at Canal Park.

Team owner Ken Babby said he views opening day as “a holiday” and is excited for the upcoming season.

“Our players started spring training on time, in late February,” Babby, who also owns the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, the AAA affiliate of the Miami Marlins, told the Akron Jewish News. “From an operational standpoint, both our Akron and our Jacksonville clubs will start their season on time, but it’s always great to see Major League Baseball back on the field. I think all of us were excited to see the news (March 10). It just adds more to the joy. Opening day is like a holiday in our family, certainly, and it will

be nice to see that start in early April.”

The RubberDucks had several players on last year’s team – which won the Northeast Championship Series – selected for the Guardians’ 40-man roster, which meant during the lockout they were unable to report for spring training and practice, Babby said.

While they hadn’t received this season’s roster from the Guardians yet, it was unlikely many of these players would have returned to the RubberDucks anyways due to promotions and the needs of the big-league club, he said.

“There really wasn’t much impact as it related to our season,” he said. “We’re really proud to be the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians. We always look forward to a competitive year of baseball. Rouglas Odor returns as our manager to defend our 2021 championship. It was a really exciting season, really exciting championship run.

And the goal every year obviously is to provide a great experience for our fans and to field a competitive team. The outcome last year was

Akron RubberDucks owner Ken Babby greets the crowd. | Photos / Akron RubberDucks extraordinary and exciting for everyone associated with RubberDucks baseball.”

He said fans can expect some changes at Canal Park, foremost among them the complete replacement of every seat in the ballpark. Babby said most of the seats were the original ones, installed in 1997, about 10 years past their 15-year life expectancy. He also said the replacement of the ballpark’s air control system, which helps for cold nights early in the season and hot nights during the summer, is less visible. And, a full renovation of the National Interstate Insurance Suite Level is now complete after three years.

Babby also said there are plans to honor the 25th anniversary of the team, but wasn’t able to share many details at the time. The team’s plans will be announced as they get into the season, as the start will focus on celebrating the championship, he said.

The team rebranded from the Aeros to the RubberDucks in 2013.

“We’re going to start the season by acknowledging our championship team early in the season – one of the first few

games (April 16), all fans in attendance will take home replica 2021 championship rings,” he said. “So, that will be great fun.”

He also teased that the franchise would do something in the future once it’s the 13th anniversary of the RubberDucks rebranding.

“We’ve joked that when we approach the 13th anniversary of that, a proper bar and bat mitzvah would be necessary for Webster and Rubberta, our mascots. So that’s something the fans can look forward to in the future. We will definitely do that,” said Babby, who was raised in a Conservative Jewish household.

The RubberDucks season begins April 8 in Erie, Pa., and opening night at Canal Park is April 12.

Ed Carroll is a freelance writer.

To read a 2016 interview with Ken Babby in the Cleveland Jewish News, visit bit.ly/CJNBabby

Owner Ken Babby addresses the crowd at the 2021 season opener.

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Leora Cohen, left, is president and Rachel Osherow is program director of Rubber City Jews. | Submitted photos

Rubber City Jews brings back in-person events for Passover, Lag b’Omer JANE KAUFMAN Akron Jewish News

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ubber City Jews will hold in-person events to celebrate Lag b’Omer and to prepare for Passover as it returns to in-person programming following programming hiatus as result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The April 10 pre-Passover picnic with students from The University of Akron Hillel will be held as the group looks forward to cultivating a stronger relationship with Hillel at The University of Akron and Kent State University through joint programming and member-student outreach, according to a news release.

In addition, Rubber City Jews will host a Lag b’Omer bonfire May 19.

Founded in 2013 by 11 young Jewish professionals seeking community, Rubber City Jews is open to individuals, couples, families and college students. All are welcome: Jewish, non-Jewish, interfaith, undecided or unaffiliated, for anyone who wants to celebrate Jewish culture and build community. The group works in partnership with and in support of the Jewish Community Board of Akron, the Sands-Rogovy Fund, and the Albert L. and Janet A. Schultz Endowment Fund for Jewish Programming.

Leora Cohen is president and Rachel Osherow is program director of Rubber City Jews.

Along with most in-person programming, its membership program – the RCJ-Ticket– was put on hold during the pandemic, but will return in the coming months. RCJ membership allows for free attendance to most RCJ programs and also offers low-cost or free admittance for many programs in the Jewish community and Greater Akron.

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Attacks on local women may be tied to Proud Boys Photo / Summit County Jail

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26-year-old Kent man who has been identified as a one-time leader of the Akron-Canton Proud Boys chapter is being investigated for a possible hate crime by the FBI after he punched two women – one black – after calling one of the women the N-word “bitch” in attacks on West Market Street in Akron.

Andrew Carlson Walls, the alleged perpetrator, was identified as vice president of the Akron-Canton chapter of the Proud Boys in 2019 by the Akron Beacon Journal.

The first victim was Cameron Morgan, 23, of Akron who is Black. The second victim was Sydnie Rosenfeld, 26, of Akron, who is white.

Rosenfeld filed a report Feb. 28. On Rosenfeld’s professional website, she posted a video promoting a Jewish community center.

The Proud Boys espouses white supremacist ideology and has been involved in violent incidents across the country, according to James Pasch, Anti-Defamation League regional director in Cleveland.

The Feb. 27 incident was captured on video and that video was placed on Facebook by family members of one of the victims.

Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett said in a Feb. 28 news release, “I am deeply concerned with, what clearly appears to be, a racially motivated assault in our city. ... The Akron Police Department has reached out to the FBI to determine if this assault rises to a federal hate crime. Hate has no place in our beloved city. We will use every resource at our disposal to bring anyone who engages in racially motivated or bias based crimes to justice. We stand united with the victim of this heinous assault and her family to ensure justice is served.”

Walls was released on $25,000 bond

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after pleading not guilty in Akron Municipal Court March 1 to simple assault and using weapons while intoxicated, first-degree misdemeanors. Judge Annalisa Williams placed an active temporary protective order against Walls to protect the victims.

Morgan told police she heard Walls yelling racial slurs prior to the assault.

“Morgan said she told Walls to ‘stop saying that,’” according to the police report. “Morgan stated Walls then told her ‘(N-word) bitch shut your mouth’ and punched her in the face.’”

After that, some people tackled Walls and Morgan attempted to break up the fight, she told police, the police report stated.

Walls then “grabbed (Morgan) by her hair, pulled her to the ground, and she ended up hitting her head,” the police report said.

Her bottom lip was split and she received a bruise under her right eye, according to the police report.

Morgan told police she saw that Walls had a gun and knife and reported that he was “very drunk.”

Morgan filed a lawsuit against Walls in Summit County Court of Common Pleas March 11. She is seeking both compensatory damages and punitive damages, each in excess of $25,000, attorneys fees, costs and other remedies.

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The Proud Boys is “a right wing, extremist group with a violent agenda. They are misogynistic, Islamophobic transphobic and anti-immigration. And they have members that espouse white supremacist and antisemitic ideologies. And some of them they have some members that even engage with white supremacist groups.”

James Pasch done earlier in the day, so Rosenfeld stated she did not realize Walls punched her.

Rosenfeld said her face is now sore from Walls punching her, too.”

Walls’ next pretrial conference was set for 11 a.m. April 1 at Akron Municipal Court. His lawyer, Kimberly Stout-Sherrer of Kimberly Stout-Sherrer Law, LLC in Akron, could not be reached for comment.

Meanwhile, the FBI is investigating.

“The Cleveland Federal Bureau of Investigation (Akron Office) has been in contact with the Akron Police Department regarding allegations of a recent hate crime that may have occurred in Akron,” Patrick Lentz special agent and public affairs officer for the Cleveland FBI wrote the Akron Jewish News in a March 7 email. “As ever, the FBI will begin a deliberate and full review of these allegations.”

He said that no further information can be provided at this time.

Pasch said the ADL had no independent confirmation of Walls’ ties to the Proud Boys, which has been implicated in both civil and criminal prosecution following the Jan. 6, 2021, storming and breach of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., where he said more than 51 Proud Boys have been arrested.

The Proud Boys is “a right wing, extremist group with a violent agenda,” Pasch said.

“They are misogynistic, Islamophobic transphobic and anti-immigration. And they have members that espouse white supremacist and antisemitic ideologies. And some of them they have some members that even engage with white supremacist groups.”

In summer 2021, Pasch said, the Proud Boys engaged in eight violent incidents across the country, “often against counterprotesters and included fighting with fists,” which he described as “their tradition.”

In addition, Pasch said, the Proud Boys have been using paintball guns, members have pulled people from cars and assaulted them, “because of their perceived membership in leftwing groups.

“They stifle freedom of speech, protest efforts with threats of violence,” Pasch said.

“And they’ve inserted themselves in political events using their known history of violence to intimidate and attempt to quash opposing political viewpoints.”

Pasch said Proud Boys members have attended school board meetings “to participate in debates that have become mainstream on the right.”

The Proud Boys “continued providing ‘security’ at GOP events, “and they fight with counter-protesters outside of Planned Parenthood buildings.”

He said the group uses the social media platform Telegram, with a channel called White Chauvinist that posts white supremacist content and has 50,000 subscribers.

As to the Feb. 27 assaults, “The first thought that went through my head is, I really hope that she makes a full recovery,” Pasch said, referring to Morgan. “It was horrific. There’s no place for that level of violence in our communities. There’s just no place for it. It has to stop.”

This is a developing story. Visit akronjewishnews.com for updates.

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Israel Bonds announces new Shalom Bond

Kent State gallery to host Redeye exhibit through May 14

NYT Pulitzer Prize winner Friedman to speak virtually April 10

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens opens with BOGO admission

The Shalom Savings Bond, the latest offering from Development Corporation for Israel/Israel Bonds, presents a new means of simultaneously supporting causes and Israel.

The bond, which can be purchased only at israelbonds.com or via the Israel Bonds app, is available for donating and may be held only by not-for-profit entities. Starting at $36 with $1 increments, the Shalom Bond provides the option of one or two year maturities.

Donating a Shalom Bond to one’s cause of choice also benefits Israel, as proceeds from the bond, as with all Israel bonds, are used to help develop Israel’s economy.

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The New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Thomas L. Friedman will speak at a virtual event co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Board of Akron at 9 p.m. April 10.

Hosted by the Jewish Federation of New Mexico, Friedman will speak about “The Big Trends Shaping The World Today: Economics, Technology & Geo-Politics.”

Advance registration is required at bit.ly/jewishakron for the Zoom link.

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Summit Artspace is searching for artists to enroll in its Artist Entrepreneurship Institute in May. AEI is a multi-week course for artists designed to help them grow their businesses.

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Kent State University Downtown Gallery is hosting the exhibition “This Is Home: Recent Paintings

by Luanne Redeye,” through May 14.

The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State opened the exhibit as part of the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read events, organized in part by a partnership with the Massillon Museum. Luanne Redeye grew up on the Allegany Indian Reservation. It is from there where she draws inspiration incorporating community and family members into her paintings, which gives her works a strong personal and emotional component, according to a news release.

The KSU Downtown Gallery is at 141 East Main St. in Kent.

For more information, visit bit.ly/3IhEeRp. Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens opened for the season April 1, with “Entertaining: You’re Invited” as this year’s theme explores the many notable events and social gatherings hosted by the Seiberlings from 1915 through the 1930s, with a focus on the important role played by the domestic staff.

Guided tours return after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with a full schedule of public programs and special events.

In April, guests who buy a tour ticket and donate a nonperishable food item when they arrive in admissions will receive a second ticket at no charge. All food collected will be donated to the AkronCanton Regional Food Bank.

The exhibit in the Manor House showcases how the estate was used for family gatherings and celebrations, as well as fundraisers, musical performances and lectures. The exhibit also examines the key role of the domestic staff, and how they orchestrated an event at Stan Hywet Hall, displaying the practical and logistical side of entertaining in a large home during the early part of the 20th century. For more information, visit stanhywet.org.

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Senior living facilities seek return to normal Passover MADISYN WOODRING

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enior living facilities throughout Northeast Ohio plan to provide residents a more normal observance of Passover this year despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Rabbi Akiva Feinstein, director of spiritual living at Menorah Park in Beachwood; Kelly Jo Hinrichs, vice president of marketing for Resort Lifestyle Communities in Hudson; and Steve Rachilson, creator of the program for Jewish living at Vitalia Active Adult Community at Montrose in Copley, said their respective facilities will be offering various activities for Passover.

For the past two years, Menorah Park relied on virtual and smaller group activities for Passover, Feinstein said. This year, residents can attend a larger concert with masks and social distancing as well as smaller communal seders in their pavilions.

On the last day of Passover, there will be a synagogue service.

It feels wonderful to be able to provide seniors with a more normal experience, Feinstein said. Since Passover is often a social and family holiday, it is something that residents missed through the pandemic.

“I think that the residents themselves miss their families,” he said. “They miss the socialization among their fellow residents.

So, we hope that we will be able to eat and sing and be joyous together in a group which is so amazing.”

The rapidly changing COVID guidelines impact how the festivities will be handled, Feinstein said. As of now, family of the residents will not be invited to the seder, but can visit during the week to celebrate and join the entertainment activities.

“We’re being very careful because these are significant health issues and we want to protect our residents,” he said, “But also we’re keenly aware that the spiritual and social opportunities our folks have missed are so important. So whenever we can accommodate them and it’s safe and appropriate, we really want to.”

Each facility under the Resort Lifestyle Communities umbrella will be handling Passover slightly differently, Hinrichs said.

In general, facilities such as the Hudson Meadows Retirement Community will be offering meals throughout Passover as well as telling the Passover story in their theater.

Some facilities will provide spring cleaning and Passover desserts for their residents.

Sharing the Passover story could be educational to residents who are not as familiar with the traditions, Hinrichs said.

“It’s just really cool to watch the collaboration and sharing of information as our seniors age,” she said.

COVID protocol varies depending on the location, Hinrichs said. Each facility will follow state and local guidelines when celebrating Passover. These guidelines can also affect if family can be involved in the celebrations.

While Passover gives residents a specific reason to celebrate, seniors should be celebrating every day, Hinrichs said.

“They’ve raised the generations behind them and we owe it to them to be sure that they’re spending their time in love and compassion and open-heartedness,” she said.

Vitalia Active Adult Community will be handling Passover in a similar manner as last year, Rachilson said. Since many residents spend Passover with their families, the events will take place on April 13.

Residents of the Montrose facility will be transported by car to the Solon location for the program, he said. Attendees will discuss the Passover story as well as the importance of the holiday.

Rachilson said his favorite part of the event is hearing residents talk about their memories of seders from years ago.

“It’s remarkable how people talk about seders of past and people listen to these stories and then they tell [their] stories,” he said.

Residents can also have an eight day supply of matzah for the actual days of Passover, Rachilson said.

These celebrations will be held under the same COVID protocol as Vitalia’s Shabbat services, he said. These guidelines include social distancing in a large room with optional masks. Like last year, families are not invited to these gatherings due to the pandemic.

Passover celebrations give residents a sense of community and identity, Rachilson said.

“It’’s very important for Jewish residents that live in the same buildings to really express their own religious pride by having their own holidays,” he said. “Vitalia has done a wonderful job of encouraging Jewish cultural and religious expression in their buildings.”

Madisyn Woodring is a freelance writer.

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Passover recipes FROM CHABAD.ORG

PASSOVER GEFILTE FISH

MOCK MATZAH BALLS (KNEIDLACH)

Meat/Dairy Pareve Time > 60 Minutes Difficulty Complex Health and Allergies Low-Fat, Low-Carb, Gluten-Free

Meat/Dairy Meat Time > 60 Minutes Difficulty Easy Health and Allergies Low-Fat, Low-Carb Yields 15–20 balls

Fish Mixture • 3 1/2 pounds whitefish • 3 1/2 pounds pike • 2 pounds carp plus • 1 pound buffalo fish or 3 pounds carp • 6 eggs • 2 medium large onions • 3 large carrots • 5 tablespoons salt • 1/4 cup sugar water Broth • 2 carrots, sliced • 1 large onion • 4-5 tablespoons salt • 4/5 tablespoons sugar water Directions 1. Fillet fish. Wash thoroughly. Wash and set aside bones, skin and heads. Grind fillets. If ground fish is too sticky, add water.

2. Grind 2 onions and 3 carrots. Add eggs, onions, carrots, 5 tablespoons salt and 1/4 cup sugar water to ground fish.

Ingredients • 1 pound / 1/2 kilo ground white chicken or white turkey • 2 eggs • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1 potato, cooked and mashed • 1 small onion, diced or pureed 3. Mix thoroughly. The more you mix fish, the fluffier it will be.

4. Peel carrots and onion, slice into 8-quart pot. Place bones, skin and heads on top of vegetables. Add enough water to pot to cover completely.

5. Add 4-5 tablespoons salt and 4-5 tablespoons sugar-water. Bring to boil. Wet hands and form fish balls.

Add to pot while water is boiling.

6. Boil fish for two hours. Check pot frequently and add water as necessary, conservatively if you want a gel, or generously for broth. Yields 35-40 portions.

Note: Use very large pot as fish balls expand.

PASSOVER MEAT AND POTATO PIE Meat/Dairy Meat Time > 60 Minutes Difficulty Easy Health and Allergies Gluten-Free Ingredients • 6-7 hard boiled eggs • 6 potatoes, boiled and mashed • 2 eggs, beaten • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 3 tablespoons olive oil or chicken fat • 2 pounds chopped meat • 1 large onion • pinch of salt

Directions In separate pot, boil eggs to hardboiled. Set aside. Boil and mash potatoes with eggs and salt. Set aside. In frying pan, brown onion and chopped meat.

Grease wonder baker with olive oil or chicken fat. Put chopped meat on bottom of pot. Peel and slice hardboiled eggs for second layer. Top with mashed potatoes.

Cook over low flame for 1 hour. Scoop out carefully so layers do not lose shape. May also be baked in large baking pan at 350°.

When baking you may want to add an additional layer of mashed potatoes on the bottom of pan. Serves 6.

Directions Combine all the ingredients and mix them well. Refrigerate the batter for about an hour to make the batter firm.

Make small balls out of it and drop them into boiling water. Cook the kneidlach for about 3/4 of an hour. Add them to the soup pot about 45 minutes before the soup finishes.

PASSOVER LEMONY-ONION BROILED SALMON Meat/Dairy Pareve Time < 30 Minutes Difficulty Easy Health and Allergies Sugar-Free, Gluten-Free For those who follow the Passover Chabad customs, very few herbs and spices are used in cooking, and it can be challenging to come up with new and different dishes throughout the holiday. Sometimes by combining the same ingredients differently, you get an interesting and unusual result. Instead of pouring the lemon over the salmon and sprinkling some onion rounds over the top, I’ve blended them together and poured it over the fish.

Note: If your custom allows (or if you’re making this at a different time), add some fresh garlic to take it up a level.

Note: Kneidlach can be made in advance and frozen.

Remove them from the freezer and place them in the soup approximately 45 minutes before the soup finishes cooking.

Ingredients • 4 pounds (2 kilograms) salmon (12 pieces) • 5 lemons • 1 medium-large onion • 1 tablespoon kosher salt Directions 1. Lay the salmon out on a baking sheet. Leave space between the pieces.

2. Juice the lemons and cut the onion into chunks. In a food processor or high-speed blender, blend the onion and lemon juice to form a thick and almost creamy liquid. Add the salt.

3. Pour the lemon-onion mixture generously over the salmon.

4. Broiled on high for 15 to 20 minutes. Tastes best fresh (flavor dilutes when it sits in the fridge. If you must serve it at a later time, perhaps squeeze a fresh lemon over the top just before serving.).

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PESACH ONION CHICKEN WITH CARAMELIZED POTATOES AND SWEET POTATOES Meat/Dairy Meat Time > 60 Minutes Difficulty Easy Health and Allergies Gluten-Free This is a one-dish dinner that’s great for those trying to stay away from processed foods (either because of Passover traditions, or for health reasons). It uses basic ingredients and flavors, and will make your house smell fantastic.

You’ll need chicken, potatoes, sweet potatoes and onions. Cube the potatoes and sweet potatoes, and dice one of the onions. Toss them with the salt and oil and put them in the bottom of the pan.

Now it’s time to prepare the sauce. Squeeze the oranges and pour the juice, with the pulp, into a pot.

Add the wine and sugar and bring to a boil. Simmer over a low flame for about 8–10 minutes, so the syrup can thicken.

Place the chicken on top of the potatoes and pour on the syrup.

Slice the second onion into rings and pile it on top of the chicken. Sprinkle with salt.

And that’s it, you’re ready to bake it. Wrap the pan tightly with foil, and bake at 300° F for 2–2 1/2 hours.

Remove the foil, turn the oven up to 400° F and bake for another 30–60 minutes, until the chicken crisps up.

When it’s ready, the potatoes and sweet potatoes should be soft and almost caramelized from the syrup, and the chicken should be falling-off-the-bone soft, with a crispy top. Once you get it in the oven, this dish requires very little attention, so it’s a good one for a busy day. Just set a timer so you don’t forget to uncover it for that last hour or so.

Great for Passover, but of course you can make it

year-round as well. It reheats well, but don’t freeze this one. Potatoes and sweet potatoes don’t do well in the freezer.

Ingredients • 4 chicken legs • 2 large sweet potatoes • 4 medium potatoes • 2 onions • 1 tablespoon olive oil • 1 1/2 teaspoon. kosher salt • Juice and pulp of 1 large orange (approximately 3/4 cup) • 1/2 cup sweet red wine • 2 tablespoon sugar Directions 1. Juice the orange and pour it into a pot, pulp included.

Add the wine and sugar and bring to a boil. Lower the flame and let the mixture simmer for 8 to 10 minutes.

2. Peel and dice the potatoes, sweet potatoes and one onion. Toss them with the oil and salt and put them on the bottom of the pan.

3. Place the chicken on top of the potatoes, and pour the orange juice and wine mixture over it. Cut the second onion into rings and pile the rings over the chicken. Sprinkle with salt.

4. Cover the pan tightly with foil and bake at 300° F for 2–2 1/2 hours, then uncover, turn the oven up to 400° F and bake for another 30–60 minutes.

Serves 4

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RECIPES | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 TROPICAL FRUITY SALAD WITH CITRUS AVOCADO DRESSING Meat/Dairy Pareve Time < 30 Minutes Difficulty Easy Health and Allergies Vegan, Gluten-Free You know that awesome creaminess that you get when you add chunks of avocado to a salad? It’s almost like a dressing in and of itself. So I figured, why not really make it into a dressing?

You can use this dressing on a variety of salads, but here I’ve paired it with lettuce, strawberries, oranges, purple onion and almonds. You can also add in some mango chunks if you like. To turn this salad into a full meal, throw in some diced chicken. The avocado dressing makes it very filling.

To make the dressing, you’ll need a food processor or high-powered blender. Blend the avocado, purple onion, lemon juice, orange juice, salt and sugar together until smooth and creamy.

You can store the dressing in an airtight container in the fridge for a couple of days, but not much longer, or it will turn brown. Make sure you use a really, really airtight container.

You can also prepare the salad a day or two in advance. Just cut up the lettuce, onion, orange and strawberries and put them in a Ziploc bag in the fridge, with all the air squeezed out. Dress the salad and add the nuts only immediately before serving, or else it will become soggy.

Salad Ingredients • 3 heads romaine lettuce, chopped • 2 oranges, sliced • 20 strawberries, sliced • 1 small purple onion, sliced • 1/4 cup almonds, chopped Dressing Ingredients • 1 avocado (180 grams) • 1/2 small purple onion (45 grams) • 2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice • 1/2 cup fresh orange juice • 1 teaspoon sugar • 1 teaspoon kosher salt Directions 1. Lightly toss the salad ingredients together. You can also add some mango, pomegranate seeds, or other fruit.

2. Put the dressing ingredients in the bowl of a food processor and blend until smooth and creamy.

3. Dress the salad immediately before serving.

4. Store dressing in an airtight container. Dressing lasts a couple of days in the fridge.

Serves 8-10.

CRUSTLESS PASSOVER SWEET POTATO PIE

SIMPLE BEEF AND CARROT TZIMMES

Meat/Dairy Pareve Time > 60 Minutes Difficulty Easy Health and Allergies Vegetarian, Sugar-Free, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free

Meat/Dairy Meat Time > 60 Minutes Difficulty Easy Health and Allergies Sugar-Free, Gluten-Free Tzimmes is traditional at Rosh Hashanah, but for many it is also a Passover favorite. I am not a huge fan of tzimmes, because I find so many are cloyingly sweet. But by letting the carrots provide the sweetness on their own, and with the addition of beef (which is a must for some; sacrilegious to others) this one has a place at my table.

I’ve kept the ingredient list very simple and in line with the Chabad Passover food customs. Feel free to adjust the recipe to suit your tastes.

The low and slow cooking here is a must to break down the meat and get it soft and flavorful.

Ingredients • 1.5 pound (700 grams) stew meat or boneless flanken • 2 onions, sliced in thin half-rounds • 2 pounds carrots, peeled and sliced • Kosher salt • 2 cups water Directions 1. Heat a deep frying pan over high heat (this recipe would also do very well in a Dutch oven if you have one). Brown the beef well on at least two sides.

2. Once the beef is browned, add the onions, a generous sprinkle of salt, and

Ingredients 3 large sweet potatoes 1/4 to 1/2 cup orange juice 2 eggs, beaten Dash of salt Chicken fat or oil

give it a good stir. Reduce heat to medium, cover the pan, and cook until the onions start to have some color.

3. Add the carrots and two cups of water and cover the pan. Once the water comes to a boil, reduce the heat so that it’s cooking at a low simmer.

Cook until the beef is soft and falling apart (this could be 3 hours or more, depending on the cut and quality of your meat, which kind of pan you are using, and the size of flame). It’s important not to measure by time but by the meat. If it doesn’t feel ready, keep it on the fire, just make sure there is enough liquid to mostly cover the meat (the carrots will let out lots of their own liquid).

4. Taste and add salt as desired. Serve hot.

Serves: 4-6 (depending what else you’re serving)

Directions Use chicken fat or oil to grease pie dish.

Peel, boil and mash sweet potatoes. Mix with rest of ingredients and bake in greased pie dish at 350 for 45 minutes or until lightly browned.

Serves 4.

Recipes supplied by Chabad.org.

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Celebrating Purim in the community Temple Israel

Mandel Early Childhood Center

Temple Israel in Bath Township celebrated Purim March 13. | Submitted photos

The children of the Mandel Early Childhood Center at the Shaw JCC participated in the annual Purim parade March 17 with costumes and treats. Parents, teachers and staff cheered them on as they marched around the JCC gymnasium in celebration of the holiday. | Submitted photos

Eleanor Newman, from left, as a unicorn, Elliott Glauberman as Spiderman and Paul O’Neill as Shunk

John Menefee and his son, Walter play “basketball”

Jenna Vaughn, 4, and Elliott Glauberman, 5

Mandel Early Childhood education students celebrate Purim.

RECIPES | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 20 CRUNCHY COATED BAKED APPLES Meat/Dairy Pareve Time 30-60 Minutes Difficulty Easy Health and Allergies Vegan, Low-Fat Each apple is one serving, but most people will want more than one serving of this one.

Ingredients • 6–8 medium green apples, peeled

• 1 1/2 cup crushed walnuts or almonds, or a mix of both • 1/4 cup sugar • 1 packet vanilla sugar • oil, as needed • white raisins, optional Directions Preheat the oven to 350°F / 180°C. Peel and core each apple. In a bowl, mix together the crushed nuts, sugar and vanilla sugar. Brush each apple

gently with a bit of oil. Roll each apple into the nut mixture. Line a small baking pan with baking paper.

Stand up the coated apples in the pan. When they are all ready, spoon a bit of the nut mixture into the center of each apple’s hole. You may choose to add several golden raisins to each apple’s center as well. Place the pan into the oven and bake for about 45 to 55 minutes, checking them after the first 45 minutes. They are done when they are soft.

Recipes supplied by Chabad.org.

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Zelenskyy: defiant, determined, defender REGINA BRETT Akron Jewish News Columnist

By the time you read this, he might be dead.

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned the world over and over that he is a target of the Kremlin.

So is his family.

“This might be the last time you see me alive,” he told the world after Russia began attacking his beloved country.

But Zelenskyy is so much more than a target. He is a symbol of bravery and boldness, a champion of democracy for the entire world. He has warned the world he is fighting for Ukraine, but also for worldwide democracy and freedom.

“This is not just Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” he said. “This is the beginning of a war against Europe, against European structures, against democracy, against basic human rights, against a global order of law, rules and peaceful coexistence.”

He has shed suits and ties for military T-shirts and flak jackets. He is unshaven, worn and weary, surrounded by sandbags that fortify an office protected by concrete barriers and steel beam crosses in an effort to stop tanks.

He is the face of defiance. Resistance. Hope.

He is decisive. Confident. Strong. His cabinet didn’t flee. Neither did he.

He is the voice of Ukraine, pleading with the world for help. For ammunition. For planes. For a no-fly zone.

When the United States offered to swoop in and deliver him to safety outside of Ukraine, Zelenskyy declined the evacuation with these words: “The fight is here. I need ammunition. Not a ride.”

Bam. With that, a Jewish Ukrainian action figure was born.

He is also the voice of compassion. When talking to reporters, he said it bothered him that the Russian soldiers were so young, just 18 and 19. “They will die in uniforms because of decisions made by men in suits,” he said.

He is the first Jewish president of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin should know that, but the Poisoner of Underpants claimed he is invading Ukraine to “de-Nazify” it. The man is deranged.

When Zelenskyy went to Israel in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, he told this tale of four brothers: “Three of them, their parents and their families became victims of the Holocaust. All of them were shot by German occupiers who invaded Ukraine.

The fourth brother survived. Two years after the war, he had a son, and in 31 years, he had a grandson. In 40 more years, that grandson became president, and he is standing before you today.”

His path to power is a unique one. As a

comedian, he starred in the sitcom “Servant of the People” where he played a school teacher who accidentally becomes president of his country.

He competed in the Ukrainian version of “Dance With the Stars.” He voiced Paddington bear in the Ukrainian version of “Paddington.”

He’s the leader former President Donald Trump pressured to investigate then-presidential candidate Joe Biden and his family right after Trump put a hold on military aid to Kyiv.

Zelenskyy is the man who caused the ruble to crash. He is the superhero who moved Switzerland, which has a 200-year-old policy of military neutrality, to freeze billions in Russian assets.

He is an online hero who posts videos telling the world: “We will be defending our country, because our weapon is truth and our truth is that this is our land, our country, our children, and we will defend all of this. That is it. That’s all I wanted to tell you. Glory to Ukraine.”

Even on Twitter, he is a leader. He has 5.7 million followers. How many people does he follow? Zero.

A photo of him in a bulletproof vest made the rounds next to the picture of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz wheeling his suitcase through an airport when he left to vacation in Cancun while millions in his home state endured a massive power outage from a winter storm.

Zelenskyy doesn’t fear the storm.

He is the storm.

This modern Maccabee has inspired the world to act and has shamed the world into caring. He has turned ordinary folks into G.I. Joes.

There’s a TikTok video of a Ukrainian woman demonstrating how to drive abandoned Russian military vehicles. There are people standing in front of tanks, shouting obscenities at soldiers, removing road signs to confuse the Russians. And this, from the Ukraine Library Association after they had to cancel their conference: “We will reschedule just as soon as we have finished vanquishing our invaders.”

Zelenskyy doesn’t know how long he has left.

He doesn’t know how long his country has left.

No matter what happens to him or Ukraine, he woke the sleeping giant of democracy. Let’s pray it does not fall back asleep.

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French politicians call time on anti-Zionist provocation BEN COHEN

Akron Jewish News Columnist

Palestine solidarity activists have found themselves a new hate figure in the person of Gérald Darmanin, the interior minister of France.

Darmanin announced last week the dissolution of two Palestinian solidarity organizations: the Comité Action Palestine (Palestine Action Committee) and the Collectif Palestine Vaincra (Palestine Will Overcome Collective), on the grounds that both groups promote hatred, violence and discrimination. His decision outraged the vocal pro-Palestinian lobby in France, which warned that those hard line anti-Zionist groups overlooked by the interior minister, such as boycott, divestment and sanctions, France, Samidoun and the Association France Palestine Solidarité, would be next in the firing line. At a demonstration in the city of Toulouse to protest the announcement, participants denounced Darmanin for his “authoritarian” stance.

From these activists’ point of view, it’s easy to understand why Darmanin has earned this reputation. Over the last year, as France recorded more than 550 antisemitic attacks and outrages, he has used newly passed legislation to go on the offensive against Islamist influence among France’s diverse Muslim communities.

At the end of December, Darmanin announced the closure of the Bilal Mosque in Beauvais, a suburb of Paris, “(because of its) unacceptable incitement against Christians, homosexuals and Jews.” Twenty other mosques have been closed under the same legislation for similar reasons.

Then last May, Darmanin ordered police in Paris to ban a Palestinian solidarity march as fighting raged between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The demonstration was to have been staged in the Barbès district of northern Paris – the same district in which a pro-Palestinian demonstration during the 2014 war in Gaza degenerated into an antisemitic riot.

“Serious disturbances to public order were

seen in 2014,” explained Darmanin when asked the reason for last May’s ban. He also urged police forces around France to remain “vigilant” in the face of pro-Palestinian demonstrations, in the process making crystal-clear his view that the organizations and individuals who mount these protests are willing to engage in hate speech and violence.

Yet Darmanin’s approach is based on more than just the fear that pro-Palestinian demonstrations result in public-order disturbances – a fear that seems justified when you recall the wave of antisemitic violence that accompanied protests in the United States, Europe and around the world in May 2021. It can also be seen as the most concrete example of an important shift in the thinking of the French government.

In various speeches and statements over the last two years, a number of French politicians – from President Emmanuel Macron downwards – have identified antiZionist ideology and its extensive dovetailing with antisemitic prejudice as a political problem. In part, this is based on domestic considerations, given that in the French context, abject hostility towards Israel blends with antisemitic beliefs about Jewish wealth to the point where one goes hand in hand with the other. In the process, however, some French politicians have finally grasped that the most cherished beliefs of anti-Zionists – that Israel is an apartheid state, that Zionism is a form of racism and colonialism, that Israel has no right to exist – feed Jewish hatred.

In a speech to the annual dinner of the French Jewish umbrella organization Crif at the end of February, Prime Minister Jean Castex took explicit aim at these tropes. “How dare anyone speak of apartheid in a state where Arab citizens are represented in the government, in the parliament, in leadership positions and in positions of responsibility, where all citizens,

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regardless of their religion have understood that their only hope is peace together,” he declared, in a swipe at the recent Amnesty International report that depicted Israel as the reincarnation of the racist regime that ruled South Africa until 1994.

For the two groups dissolved by Darmanin, however, the notion that Israel is an apartheid state is axiomatic to their campaigns.

Similarly, anti-Zionism is worn as a mark of pride. “We are anti-Zionists and want the liberation of Palestine,” the Palestine Action Committee stated in a response to Darmanin’s announcement. “Palestine is a land stolen from the Palestinians, and it must be returned to the Palestinians. Since 1948, the Zionists have wanted to annex more land by expelling, imprisoning, massacring the Palestinians.”

There was a time when these assertions were taken seriously by French politicians, but that is less the case now. Indeed, the impatience with anti-Zionist dogma and its socially divisive impact is not only restricted to elected French officials. Last December, Jack Lang – a former minister of education who heads the prestigious Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA: Institute of the Arab World) in Paris – locked horns with a group of anti-Zionist academics and public figures furious that the Institute was hosting a “Jews of the Orient” exhibition opened by Macron in November.

Asserting that the IMA “would betray its intellectual mission” by “normalizing” and “standardizing” cooperation with Israel, the group, which included veteran PLO politician Hanan Ashrawi and Columbia University professor Joseph Massad, denounced attempts “to present Israel and its regime of settler colonialism and apartheid as a normal state.”

But the IMA didn’t fall for this boilerplate anti-Zionist guilt trip, objecting instead to “the virulence in the tone of BDS in the face of an exhibition whose scientific quality has been recognized.”

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intellectual and moral legitimacy in French circles is a most welcome development. Far from its rosy self-portrait as a human-rights campaign, the pro-Palestinian lobby has been exposed as a practitioner of hate speech and a promoter of violence, glorifying terrorism against Israelis and rationalizing anti-Semitic outrages that target Diaspora Jews as flowing from legitimate Muslim grievances.

Are there any lessons to be drawn in the United States, where here, too, anti-Zionist ideology is manifesting as a threat to the Jewish community’s security? Because the provisions of the First Amendment behoove us to emphasize all speech is protected, we have to redouble our efforts to explain what constitutes hate speech.

The fact that an understanding of antiZionism as a hateful ideology has emerged, of all places, in France – which last year excused the murderer of Sarah Halimi, a Jewish woman, from a criminal trial on the grounds of mental illness supposedly caused by his cannabis habit – might lead some to conclude that this is a kind of atonement for the ordeals faced by French Jews over the last 20 years. Even so, if it persuades politicians in other countries to revise their views on anti-Zionism in the same spirit, then that will count as meaningful progress.

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Refugee problem difficult to comprehend CLIFF SAVREN Akron Jewish News Columnist

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he idea that Russia, however anti-democratic or corrupt it might be, would simply invade a neighboring country – one that is the size of Texas, has a population of over 40 million people and is more democratic than Russia – would have been inconceivable even a few months ago. The outrageousness of the invasion of Ukraine makes the news more dramatic than any fictional drama could be.

The story is of particular interest here in Israel because of the roughly 1 million immigrants who have come to Israel from the former Soviet Union in the years since the fall of Communism. That means that many Israelis are themselves from either Ukraine or Russia.

Ukrainian Jews and their extended families, some of whom may not be Jewish, are entitled to immigrate to Israel and receive citizenship.

Israel has also agreed to grant temporary asylum to 5,000 other Ukrainians.

Israel is awaiting as many as 50,000 refugees arriving over the course of the next year.

At the beginning of the March came the surprising news that Israeli Prime Minister

Naftali Bennett – Israel’s first religiously observant prime minister – had secretly flown to Moscow on a Shabbat to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in effort to mediate between Russia and Ukraine. All of this was coordinated with the Biden administration and was followed up with telephone conversations between Bennett and Putin and Bennett and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Bennett and Zelenskyy are the world’s only two Jewish heads of government. When the Ukrainian invasion began, the country’s ambassador in Israel even said that as a Jew, Zelenskyy had expected more support from Israel.

“You can’t imagine how difficult it is for me to be ambassador to Israel if my president is a Jew – because he has much higher expectations of Israel than Israel can deliver,” Ambassador Yevgen Korniychuk said.

Zelenskyy’s Jewish background is a reminder not only of the continuing Jewish presence in Ukraine, but of the country’s Jewish past. It has been estimated that prior to the Holocaust, a third of the populations of Kyiv and Odessa were Jewish.

Further back in time, Ukraine was the heart of the so-called Pale of Settlement, the area of the Czarist Russian empire where Jews were permitted to live. Ukraine – which has not been independent during most of its history – produced many of the leading Jewish authors, religious leaders and Zionist leaders of the modern era. That includes Hebrew writers S.Y. Agnon and Haim Nachman Bialik. And amazingly enough, Ukraine was the birthplace of two Israeli presidents and three prime ministers, including Golda Meir, who was born in Kyiv.

It’s difficult to comprehend the enormity of the refugee problem that the current war has created, but the events of the past several weeks bring to mind one particular Jewish couple from Ukraine who escaped to Chisinau, or Kishinev as it is known in Russian, in Moldova.

The woman was pregnant when they escaped and she delivered her child, a girl, in Kishinev.

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little more than three years ago, this nation stood transfixed by a senseless act of mass murder at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Antisemitism had reared its head again, as it has so many countless times, across the globe, throughout history. Tree of Life caught our attention, in no small measure because of its magnitude – 11 dead, seven injured. The news coverage was around the clock, page one.

Vigils were held and the entire faith community reflected. The gunman sits in his prison cell, awaiting his trial.

Fast forward three years, to Colleyville, Texas, and a hostagetaking situation at Congregation Beth Israel. To the casual observer, the outcome could not be more different – no fatalities, no injuries, the gunman Bodie is dead. We exhaled and moved on. It made little impact on the news cycle. And, we must confess, the role of “casual observer” includes the larger portion of the faith community. For this, we ask

forgiveness.

We ask forgiveness for not having noticed the renewed fear and trembling among our Jewish neighbors. Their portion of the faith community is still living the event in Colleyville. Once again, they have redoubled their security effort at their houses of worship. Once again, they speak of the pain of knowing themselves to still be “other,” even in their own neighborhood, even among those of the interfaith community with whom they have tended such close relationships. Once again, they are left to wonder what the silence means.

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spoken out sooner, and without having to be reminded. After all, while none of us can guarantee security, we can ensure that no one searches for peace, alone. All those interfaith breakfasts and lunches and dinners should not have simply led to more thoughts and prayers. Perhaps, we should sit down to share ideas about countering antisemitism that could lead to a greater sense of security, before – instead of after.

Perhaps, this could lead on to a broader conversation about religious and ethnic intolerance, across the whole of the faith community. At least, then, indifference would not have ruled the day, and that is not inconsequential.

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pproximately 750,000 people gathered March 20 in Bnei Brak in central Israel to accompany Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, who died March 18, to his final resting place at the Shomrei Shabbat Bnei Brak cemetery. He was 94.

Kanievsky was widely considered to be the leading spiritual leader and Torah scholar and was known as “The Prince of Torah” for his vast knowledge.

Among those eulogizing Kanievsky were Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, rosh yeshivah of the Ponevezh Yeshiva and the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah Party; his brother-inlaw, Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein; and his son, Rabbi Shlomo Kanievsky.

Edelstein said of Kanievsky: “Here (we are talking about) a great man. It is not the case that there is another great man. He was the only great man of the Land of Israel. It is not that just one (among others) is missing. Now there is no great man in all the land of Israel

and in the whole world.”

In his opening remarks to the March 20 Cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called Kanievsky “the leader of our generation,” and said his death was a “great loss to the Jewish people” Referring to the funeral, one of the largest in Israel’s history, Bennett called it “a uniquely Jewish moment.”

“The cultural heroes of the Torah world are not material giants, they are giants of the spirit. They are people who have dedicated their lives to Torah and mitzvot, to in-depth study and the preservation of tradition,” Bennett said.

“The name of Rabbi Kanievsky will be remembered as an important part of the Torah history of the people of Israel: The son of the Steipler (Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky) and the nephew of the Chazon Ish, he continued in their path, after the Holocaust, in the Land of Israel, preserving the Torah world of the destroyed communities of Europe. May his memory be blessed,” he concluded.

The funeral procession of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky in Bnei Brak March 20. | Photo / City of Bnei Brak

JFNA’s Wilf reflects on mission to Poland-Ukraine border MIKE WAGENHEIM | JNS.ORG

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he first organized humanitarian mission of the North American Jewish community for Ukrainians will be far from the last.

Recently, a mission organized by the Jewish Federations of North America traveled to the Ukraine-Poland border to visit with refugees and evaluate needs on the ground. The task is overwhelming, but something the Federations are working on in tight coordination with global partners.

“It was an important and eye-opening experience ... We had leadership from 10 communities. We wanted to see and sense for ourselves all the work going on with our partner agencies that we’re working with collectively to really help in any way we can,” Mark Wilf, chair of the JFNA board of trustees, said upon arriving back in the United States a few days later after leading the delegation.

“We saw a lot in a short period of time,” he added. “It’s a true tragedy, and the effects will be lingering for some time here. We need to be mobilized in how best to effectively address it.”

According to JFNA, funds have been allocated by JFNA and individual federations through their partner agencies, including The Jewish Agency for Israel, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and World ORT, as well as United Hatzalah, Hillel International, Nefesh B’Nefesh, HIAS, Israel Trauma

Coalition, Hadassah Medical Organization, Chabad-Lubavitch and Sh’ma Yisrael.

The delegation first stopped in Warsaw, where it visited the processing of refugees who want to go to Israel. They arrived at the hotel where The Jewish Agency is working with the Israeli consulate to process families.

“We met with some of the people that are applying for that trip,” Wilf said. “It was a gentleman with his 95-year-old father. It was a young lady with two small daughters whose husband is still in Ukraine. She was exhausted, and of course, physically drained and mentally drained from the experience of just getting through Ukraine carrying her 2-year-old child in her arms for days at a time. And we also saw a family of five – a husband, wife and their three young children. The girls were just in dance school a matter of 10 days ago. The father had a decent job, and he had a normal, fine life, but it was totally uprooted. They got to the border and went on a bus to Warsaw, and their dream now is to move to Israel where they can rebuild their lives.”

The mission traveled on to Lublin, where the JDC took over the Chachmei Lublin Yeshivah Synagogue that was destroyed by the Nazis in World War II and which has since found many other uses. It’s currently a processing center for refugees, where they are receiving food, housing and medical care. JFNA met with some of the professionals and volunteers there, as well as the refugees before traveling on to the Poland-

Mark Wilf, right, chair of the JFNA board of trustees, on the Poland-Ukraine border, with representatives of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). | Photo / Jewish Federations of North America Ukraine border area.

“We went to a town called Medyka (in southeastern Poland), where we saw thousands and thousands of people just looking through their belongings – their life savings, reduced to one suitcase or one shopping cart,” Wilf said. “They get on buses driven two to three miles away to a transport center, where they wait a couple more days to get on other buses to be dispersed throughout Poland. We saw

humanitarian relief being offered at the border area. And what was amazing is the first flag as these people cross the border into Poland was the Israeli flag, and there was a hospital unit set up there.”

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Watson trade leaves plenty to talk about What happens when fandom crosses morality crosses business crosses talent crosses legality? It equals Deshaun Watson.

Last month, the Cleveland Browns made a major move by trading for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. They sent five draft picks to Houston, including three first-round selections, in exchange for Watson and one draft selection. The Browns also agreed to a reported $230 million deal over five seasons.

Barring some bizarre twist, Baker Mayfield’s career is over in Cleveland. Mayfield is coming off shoulder surgery and is still under contract to the Browns next season. A former No. 1 pick overall in Cleveland, his exit is left with a bridge in flames behind him.

A year ago, after winning the first playoff game in the Browns’ expansion-era history, all signs looked to make Mayfield a very rich man with a long career ahead of him in Cleveland. The yellow brick road ended early last season with a torn labrum that Mayfield played with the entire season. Whose choice was it to send him back on the field after week three will be the signature theme of a season that left the Browns one or maybe two wins short of the playoffs.

The Browns decided they wanted an upgrade at the quarterback position. They were looking for a higher-tier quarterback than Mayfield. The door wasn’t closed on Mayfield coming back and

showing he could be a franchise quarterback, it’s just that the Browns were going to be aggressive if they could get better.

The door opened when Watson was not indicted by a Texas grand jury after 22 separate women accused him of sexual misconduct allegations during massage therapy. There are details of the accusations in public stories.

The case moved from a criminal situation to a civil matter of law. The court of public opinion has been open since the day accusations against Watson first became public. When the Watson story first broke last year, it appeared Watson was going to Miami. Dolphins’ ownership wanted the civil cases closed before they would make a trade.

John McClain of the Houston Chronicle told me on my radio show this week that 18 of 22 women were ready to settle last year. Missing four settlements was enough for Miami to say no to the deal.

On the gridiron, Watson is a better player than Mayfield. He was not suspended last season; he was placed on the inactive list for each game. The league has not handed down a suspension for Watson yet. They are still investigating and could suspend him under the terms of the personal conduct policy. Most experts will guess Watson will be out four to six games. The Browns picked

Play ball!

Baseball is back. I’m not sure anybody realized it was gone.

After the lockout was settled last month, we will have a 162-game schedule. Some things will be noticed such as nine-inning doubleheaders will be needed to replace the lost days to start the season. The National League will have the designated hitter and there will be more playoff teams. Six teams make the playoffs now. The top two teams in each league get a first-round bye. The wild card is now a best-of-three. Say goodbye to the one-game wild card and game 163 because tiebreakers will eliminate the need for an extra game in the regular season.

Next season could bring the ban of the defensive shift. The owners just need to give 45 days notice to make that happen. The pitch clock is coming next year too. Pitchers will have 15 seconds to throw the ball when no one is on base and 19 seconds when someone is on. In the minors, it cut 20 minutes off the game. Larger bases are coming next year and that’s a good idea. The bases increase the distance to steal a base, allow the runner more surface area to touch and make the game safer.

Now we just need to get used to saying “Guardians” and not “Indians.” It is going to take some time, so be nice when people mess this up. Not sure what the statute of limitations will be, but remember some people still call the ballpark Jacobs Field.

More than the change of the name on the front of the jersey, the Guardians need to worry about the names on the back. They need help in the outfield. The team did not make any moves before the lockout and this is the most compact window of available free agents making this an exciting time for roster changes. The Guardians have the starting pitching to do some damage, so I am intrigued to see what they do next.

up former New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts and Dolphins quarterback Jacoby Brissett as a backup, and traded quarterback Case Keenum to Buffalo for a seventh-round pick following the Watson trade.

Watson was allowed to choose where he wanted to play next season because of a no-trade clause in his contract. The Texans approved each team that talked to Watson. Jason Lloyd reported in The Athletic that 13 teams reached out to Houston about a trade and only five were approved.

It became clear the Browns were one of three teams to become a finalist along with the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons. It was at this point Mayfield wrote on social media a goodbye to Cleveland fans, deciding he was done with the Browns.

Next came the news that while the Browns offered the most talented team and the best deal for Watson, he was going to pass on Cleveland.

On the morning of March 18, it felt like Watson was going home to Atlanta. Mayfield asked to be traded and the Browns said no. There was a report saying Browns (and Columbus Crew) owner Jimmy Haslem wanted to fly to see Mayfield and smooth over things, but Mayfield wanted no part of that.

By the afternoon of March 18, the Browns looked like a team searching for a quarterback.

Then the guaranteed record-breaking deal of $230 million made it happen. The timing of it made it feel like it was a Mayfield spite-inspired

transaction, no matter the true inspiration. So, the Browns get Watson and Baker gets his wish of a trade, or maybe even a release.

This is the situation. But it doesn’t answer the first question of the story. As someone who has covered sports for a better part of 25 years, now the lines between sports and reality are very blurry. I listened and read all sides of this story.

In your heart, you probably have made up your mind on how you feel about Watson and the Browns. I just encourage you to be informed.

There are no easy answers, especially when there are no criminal charges. Right or wrong, this story will constantly keep you thinking about someone who might be guilty in the court of public opinion, but not in our legal system, how important professional athletics are in our society, how performers or wealth changes the options and outcomes in our legal system.

The Browns and the NFL will always be bigger than just one player. Watson’s era, like all, will end someday. For now, his trade to Cleveland will be something for all to talk about. Beyond football, this forces conversations about what is right and wrong, and perhaps situations that are uncomfortable to talk about.

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Take it easy on amateur officials It’s not hard to wonder why there is a shortage of umpires and officials in youth sports these days.

Between the players, coaches and fans, it’s not exactly a walk in the park. I have a million stories. We all do. I don’t remember this as a kid. But I also don’t remember my folks feeling the need to spend the amount of time and money on youth sports as parents do today.

Part of the issue is “Parent status.” I am a parent, and a youth and high school coach.

I see a ton of different sides. The sad thing is I think most parents realize the odds of your kid going pro or even playing college sports is slim.

It’s the loud parents that stand out in the crowd. Let’s try to figure out what we are witnessing.

I often wonder, are you dumping all this money into your child because you need the gratification that your kid plays “Super Elite Major Selects Travel ” youth sports?

Now take all the stress of trying to compete with the Jones, sprinkle in your athletic career you wish was better, and the knowledge of listening to a podcast from a former big leaguer that now makes you an expert. You have a powder keg that is waiting for a match to be lit to yell at officials.

The next time you see “that parent” yelling something profane at a game official, remember the official is probably making less than a tank of gas to do the game. They are human, they make mistakes. It’s OK. One bad call isn’t going to stop your kid from getting a scholarship.

They are out there to keep the game going and do the best job they can to make your kid safe.

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hen you need a lawyer, it usually means your problems are bigger than you can handle without professional intervention.

As many of the reasons clients seek out legal help stem from complex issues, strong client-lawyer relationships should take the forefront of any case, according to Kevin Sandel of Sandel Law Firm in Fairlawn and Marc Scolnick of the Law Offices of Marc Scolnick in Akron.

“Most people only need a lawyer when something happens, when they get into a crash or a dog bites them,” Sandel said. “That potential client has to be able to trust that I’m going to provide the service I say will provide in an initial phone call. Personal injury attorneys need to create trust very quickly.”

His firm specializes in car accidents, personal injury, wrongful death lawsuits, dog bites and animal attacks, and also has a location in Cleveland.

Scolnick, who practices real estate law, bankruptcy, eviction proceedings, family and divorce representation, small business strategy, foreclosure defense and litigation, estate and probate, and intellectual property, said building meaningful client relationships sits at the center of his practice.

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“In working at other law firms, I saw the importance of relationships in small firms,” he said. “My goal wasn’t to work in big law.

It was to work with people and help people.

One of the most meaningful parts of being a lawyer is seeing the tangible effects and the results of the legal work. You can see the impact you make on people’s lives.”

In describing how his firm places importance on client relationships, Scolnick said a big push for his team is customer service.

“I think customer service is a lost art in the law,” he said. “People tend to hire an attorney and they really need your help.

They want to be told what to do. But, our job as attorneys is to give advice. It’s the art of suggestion – so they can make their own decision. Though they generally agree (with their lawyer), it is about making them feel heard. That’s how they’re going to remember

the experience after.”

Sandel said his firm focuses on education, especially since the injury claim process can be complex.

“You want them to know what to expect instead of just leaving them in the dark,” he said. “The second part is doing what I say I’m going to do. If I say I’m going to keep in touch with them every three to four weeks, I, or someone on my staff, have to do that as we move through the process. It creates familiarity. Trust can be broken on a whim.”

When client relationships flourish, a lawyer’s job can also be more streamlined, Sandel explained.

“Staying in touch is vitally important for both sides,” he said. “This makes sure nothing is falling through the cracks. When

we lose track of our clients, it can create an issue with their case later down the road. If we know about things when they happen, we can try and work it out. If we lose track of them or they aren’t sharing information, we can’t properly help.”

That’s why communication is key, Scolnick said.

“The clients want to feel like they’re getting all of their facts out,” he noted.

“Sometimes what they say doesn’t have relevance, but client issues don’t exist in a vacuum. If they’re seeking an attorney, they need help with something they can’t solve and that can have many layers. Every client’s issues tend to be multifaceted.”

Pfouts joins Kisling, Nestico & Redick

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enjamin P. Pfouts was hired by Kisling, Nestico & Redick as a new attorney in its Fairlawn office.

Pfouts has spent his entire career representing those who have been injured or wronged due to the careless and reckless actions of others and has tried cases in courts throughout Northern and Central Ohio, according to a news release.

He has been recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine as a Rising Star and by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys as a top 10 Personal Injury Attorney Under 40.

The Fairlawn office is at 3412 W. Market St. Founded in 2005, the firm has 11 locations and more than 30 attorneys and 100 support staff.

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Reasons abound for choosing Akron School of Law EMILY JANOSKI-HAEHLEN Special to AJN

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he University of Akron School of Law is a special place. Here are some reasons why.

We offer a top-rated legal education at an affordable price. U.S. News & World Report recognizes Akron Law’s intellectual property law, trial advocacy and part-time studies programs as among the best in the country.

Janoski-Haehlen As for affordability, tuition and fees are under $25,000 annually for all students and scholarships are guaranteed for up to three years in the full-time program and four years in the part-time program so long as students remain in good standing.

Nearly 90% of our most recent entering class received scholarships. Not surprisingly, our graduates’ average debt load is the lowest among Ohio’s law schools.

Students attest to our supportive and inclusive culture. Once a student decides to enroll, programs offering mentorship, academic coaching and professionaldevelopment assistance support their success and encourage them to stay the course.

Akron Law promotes inclusion, diversity and equality through its recruitment and admissions policies, its student organizations, its community involvement and its broader support of diversity in the legal profession.

We are nationally known for our emphasis on experiential learning. Students represent real clients, appear in court,

draft agreements, help advise startup businesses and hone their skills in advocacy competitions.

Our cutting-edge summer trial academy is the centerpiece of a comprehensive advocacy curriculum. Our trial advocacy teams are consistently among the best in the country, with 23 national and regional titles and a No. 5 national ranking in 2018 to 2019.

Law students in our nationally recognized reentry clinic assist low-income clients to help file applications to expunge their criminal records, obtain certificates of qualification for employment and file clemency applications.

Aspiring intellectual property lawyers take advantage of our Washington D.C. externships and internships, while our trademark clinic is specially designated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to allow students to prosecute trademark applications.

Our C. Blake McDowell Law Center features the latest classroom technology, plentiful study space, accessible student services and a beautiful common area with a café and fireplace.

While most law schools require students to begin their J.D. studies in the fall, at Akron Law students can also begin the full-time or part-time program in the summer or spring.

Part-time evening students can complete all required courses with just two nights a week of on-campus classes through our new blended online course schedule.

Full-time students can earn both a J.D. and a master’s degree in business, accountancy, taxation, public administration, applied politics or intellectual property law in four years or less.

Our goal is for every student to pass the bar on the first try. In recent years, we have further enhanced our bar-preparation

Casey earns ABTA membership

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im Casey, founder and owner of Casey Law in Mentor, was recently accepted into the American Board of Trial Advocates.

A graduate of The University of Akron Law School, Casey recently won a medical negligence case in southern Ohio that resulted in a $2.92 million verdict for his client, according to a news release.

He represents clients throughout Ohio for medical malpractice and negligence cases, including birth injury, surgery and anesthesia errors, medication errors, and misdiagnosis.

ABOTA dedicates itself to preserving and promoting the 7th amendment, which guarantees the right to civil jury trials.

Members in the invitation-only group must have tried a minimum of 10 civil jury trials to conclusion.

“ABOTA is an organization that champions ethics and professionalism,” Casey said in the release. “I am proud and humbled to be part of such a select group.”

Casey, who has an undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University, earned recognition as a Super Lawyers since 2021.

program through a partnership with bar review leader BARBRI that provides every student with tailored support services throughout their time at Akron Law at no additional cost.

Our graduates’ employment rate has consistently been at or above 90%. For our intellectual property degree or certificate holders and joint degree holders, the employment rate runs at or near 100%.

These are just some of the reasons why Akron Law attracts and graduates some of

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TORAH | SYNAGOGUE

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Holidays, festivals connect Jewish people

April 2 Tazeria Leviticus 12:1-13:59 Ezekiel 45:16-46:18

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n the month of Nissan, as we prepare for Passover, we read a special Torah reading named Hachodesh (literally “the month,” which we take to mean “the new moon,” Exodus 12:1–20). Hachodesh contains G-d’s communication to Moses in which He conveys to him the first mitzvah commanded to the people of Israel: to set the Jewish calendar in accordance with the monthly birth of the new moon, and to regard Nissan, the month of the Exodus, as “the head of months.”

The Jewish people had been enslaved in Egypt for many years during which time much was taken from us. What does an enslaved person lack the most? The ability to decide what to do with their time. The Egyptians controlled how we spent our time. Now, as a free people, G-d commanded us to set our calendar including our holiday cycles and when we would come together as a community for festivals.

With all the mitzvot given to the Jewish people, why was this the first mitzvah given?

When going from slavery to freedom, the ability to be master of our own time was the most consequential shift to the daily lives of the Jewish people.

And yet, while we are a free people, we don’t just celebrate whenever we like. There is a framework, a calendar, within which we mark time. Today, it is these shared holidays and festivals that connect the Jewish people most.

As we move through the year we make meaning for ourselves and our community.

It is in marking this time, and noting the new

months, that we understand that our traditions and teachings provide a paradigm to live life with the laws and ethics found in the Torah we received.

Marking time in a Jewish way is a powerful and tangible way to stay connected to our tribal roots and ancestors. As we mark time, we celebrate with the freedom to practice our Jewish way of life and in so doing recognize that we must not take our freedom for granted. Even in the most horrific and oppressive conditions found in the concentration camps of the Holocaust, Jews used very creative ways to mark time and keep the Jewish calendar.

As we celebrate Passover this year, we can keep in mind the importance of marking time in a Jewish way and be inspired to participate in more Jewish moments from this Nissan – head of months – to the next. In my professional role, I am fortunate to participate in marking time for our Jewish holidays each year with our students. I live the Jewish spiral of time with

The Akron area is home to several local synagogues and congregations to meet the worship needs of all members of the community. For service times and additional information, including links and passwords to attend online services and requirements for attending services in person, visit the synagogue website or contact the synagogue office directly.

CONSERVATIVE

Beth El Congregation 750 White Pond Drive, Akron Rabbi Jeremy Lipton 330-864-2105 bethelakron.com

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Temple Beth Shalom 50 Division St., Hudson Rabbi Michael Ross 330-656-1800 tbhudson.org

Temple Israel 91 Springside Drive, Bath Township Rabbi Josh Brown Cantor Kathy Fromson 330-665-2000 templeisraelakron.org

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Anshe Sfard-Revere Road Synagogue 646 N. Revere Road, Bath Township Rabbi Moshe Sasonkin 330-867-7292 akronshul.com

Twinsburg Chabad 2275 Gary Drive Twinsburg Rabbi Mendy Greenberg 440-465-2063 jewishtwinsburg.com

April 9 Metzora Leviticus 14:1-15:33 2 Kings 7:3-20

April 16 Pesach Exodus 12:21-51 Joshua 3:5-7, 5:2-6:1, 6:27 April 23 Shemini Shel Pesach Deuteronomy 14:2216:17 Isaiah 10:32-12:6

young people who in-spire us to continue to participate and learn together with the sacred calendar that G-d gave to Moses and the Jewish people so many years ago.

I hope the Passover you experience this year is meaningful and can provide you inspiration to last all yearlong.

Sam Chestnut is head of school at The Lippman School in Akron.

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