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s the outbreak of COVID-19 in Ohio moved into a phase of community spread March 11, one person in Cleveland’s Jewish community and one who was visiting tested positive, sparking the selfquarantine of more than 19 local high school students. The first case known in Cuyahoga County March 9 is an employee of the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland in Cleveland Heights, a man in his 50s who attended the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference from March 1 to March 3 in Washington, D.C. He rode on a bus to the event from Cleveland. The Cleveland Jewish News is not identifying the

man because his name has not been made public by the Ohio Department of Health. At least 19 high school students in Greater Cleveland were under self-quarantine as a precaution as of March 11, following contact with him. “We can confirm that a Jewish Education Center staff person has tested positive for the coronavirus. This individual is now quarantined,” the federation said in a statement to the CJN March 9. The Jewish Education Center is a partner agency of the Federation. His was one of three confirmed cases in Cuyahoga County, as of March 11. The other two are a married couple who were recently on a Nile River cruise. An Israeli rabbi who visited Fuchs Mizrachi School in Beachwood and stayed at the DoubleTree by Hilton

Hotel Cleveland East Beachwood also tested positive after returning to Israel. A fourth Ohioan, a Stark County man, also tested positive, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced March 11. The Jewish Education Center offices closed for two weeks and the Federation sent the following message to parents of students who attended the conference: “We wanted to let you know that a member of the delegation that traveled to and from the conference on the bus with your child has tested positive for the coronavirus. “We have been in touch with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and were told the following:

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this, then laughed: “Breaking News: John Travolta was hospitalized for suspected COVID-19, but doctors now confirm that it was only Saturday Night Fever, and they assure everyone that he is Staying Alive.” I had to smile at the doctored Facebook photo of the Mona Lisa wearing a gas mask with the caption: Corona Lisa. Things will change. For a while, social distancing will be the norm. Work from home if you can. Stay home if you’re sick. No more shaking hands. Greet each other with elbow pumps, fist bumps or Spock’s Vulcan salute, if you’re so genetically inclined. And no touching your face. Yes, some of us actually need a reminder not to pick our nose. Sad, but true. And not just our nose, but our lips and eyes as well. I just saw a short video of a California health official reading a statement on how not to get the coronavirus: “Today, start working on not touching your face, because one main way viruses spread, is when you touch your own mouth, nose, or eyes.” Good advice, until she licked her finger to turn the page of her speech. Gross. And yet, we are all a bit gross. We wash our hands, but don’t dry them all the way. Or dry them on our jeans. Or shake them in the air. (Guilty on all counts.) Most of us will have our lives disrupted, but for most people, the coronavirus isn’t deadly, just inconvenient. Planning and preparing are helpful; panicking isn’t. So instead of complaining about your travel plans being derailed, or your college students returning home because classes are closed, click your red ruby slippers and repeat, “There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home.” And stay there if you get sick. We can get through this, alone and together. Let’s not spread panic or fuel fear. Let’s pause, take a deep breath, exhale away from each other and promise that we will stay in the present moment and not awfulize the future. It’s simply unknowable. Just like always.

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4 | CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS | CJN.ORG COVID-19 | 1 • Any child on the bus should be self-quarantined for 14 days and monitored for symptoms (temperature above 100.4; respiratory issues; sneezing; etc.). • Parents and siblings of the children on the bus do not need to self-quarantine unless the child exhibits symptoms. • If you believe your child is exhibiting symptoms, contact your personal health care provider immediately. For additional information or other questions, contact the Cuyahoga County Board of Health at 216-201-2000 or ccbh.net. The Jewish Education Center has its @akiva office at the Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School in Beachwood and as a result closed for two days March 10 and March 11 “out of an abundance of caution,” according to a letter emailed March 9 to families of the day school. Head of School Jerry Isaak-Shapiro said the school is closed for a cleaning and disinfecting, but the person with the virus had “minimal contact with specific staff members.” The infant care center at Gross Schechter Day School in Pepper Pike also closed for two days as a precaution because staff was not feeling well. Rav Dov Singer, the Israeli rabbi who tested positive for the virus, was tested after he returned to Israel on March 2. Singer, who leads Makor Chaim in Kfar Etzion, was on a book-launch tour in the United States and was involved with Fuchs Mizrachi from Feb. 27 to Feb. 29. He visited the school to conduct professional development work for staff at the school. He also stayed for the Mizrachi Family Shabbaton Feb. 28 and 29 at the DoubleTree hotel in Beachwood, Head of School Rabbi Avery Joel told the CJN March 11. When the CJN contacted the hotel March 11, employees were unaware of his situation. Calls to the corporate office media inquiry line in McClean, Va., directed a reporter to send an email request. Nigel Glennie, vice president, corporate communications, wrote in an email to the CJN, “This appears to be an independently owned and managed property, so I am unable to speak on their behalf. I have passed your email to the property’s management group for them to engage. “One thing to consider – for guest privacy reasons, it is unlikely that they will share details of a specific reservation at a specific property.” Fuchs Mizrachi sent an email to its families announcing the school would close at noon March 11 and plan to re-open March 16. “We will be doing a deep cleaning of the school in the coming days,” Joel wrote in another email to the families. The email also stated, “Those who were in close proximity to Rav Dov (some of our high school students, teacher, and Fuchs Mizrachi community members who were on the shabbaton) should be in touch with their health care provider to determine if they need to quarantine the 14 day period of contact (which would be through March 14),” Joel wrote in the email. “The (Cuyahoga County Board of Health) has shared that the further we are from the date of contact, the likelihood of being symptomatic with COVID-19 decreases

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considerably. Individuals who should seek medical advice are those who came in direct contact with Rav Dov, and does not extend to family or friends who they were then in further contact with (exposure to exposure is not exposure).” Singer launched the tour of “Prepare My Prayer,” which included a visit to Yeshiva University in New York City, where he served as scholar-in-residence in February. Yeshiva University was closed on March 8 and plans to reopen March 16 due to an outbreak of the viruus where two students tested positive. He also visited synagogues in Boca Raton, Fla.; New Rochelle, N.Y.; Teaneck, N.J.; New York City and Woodmere, N.Y. DECLARED A PANDEMIC On March 11, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the same day Ohio logged its fourth confirmed case, a 53-year-old Stark County man. The Stark County case signifies the first case of community spread, meaning the man did not travel out of the U.S. or have known contact with those who had, according to Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton. She said he was hospitalized at Mercy Medical Center in Canton as of March 11. According to Acton, as of March 11, 21 people were under investigation and 21 other people tested negative. IMMEDIATE RESPONSE Federation employees worked remotely for two days. High school students who were in contact with the Jewish Education Center employee through attending the AIPAC conference – students at Beachwood, Shaker Heights and Solon high schools; Hawken School in Chester Township; Laurel School in Shaker Heights; Lawrence School in Sagamore Hills; and University School in Hunting Valley – were undergoing selfquarantine for 14 days, their school superintendents wrote to their communities. Beachwood schools made preparations to use Google Classroom in the event that schools close. The Ohio State University in Columbus was the first university in Ohio to announce suspension of face-to-face classes, prior to DeWine’s recommendation that large group gatherings, including indoor sporting events, be held without spectators. Scores of events were canceled following the announcement, including some services at Greater Cleveland synagogues and the Cleveland International Film Festival. Purim celebrations March 9 and March 10 were not held at most synagogues, and synagogues promoted livestreaming of services, and in at least one case, added them. The Rabbinical Assembly, the internal arm of the Conservative movement, discouraged worshipers from touching one another, the Torah mantles, mezuzahs and encouraged people to stay home if sick. Some grocery stores ran out of hand sanitizer as the public was told to wash hands frequently and to use hand sanitizer in instances where sinks are unavailable. Democratic presidential rivals Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, who both planned rallies in Cleveland March 10, canceled them following DeWine’s recommendation that day that events with large groups not be held.

SPORTS EVENTS IMPACTED Major events in Northeast Ohio are also impacted. “The great concern is indoor events where there are spectators,” DeWine said in a press conference March 10. “The recommendation is for indoor events, where there are spectators, that there be no spectators and that the event can continue on with the athletes and for the people for that competition to take place.” The Mid-American Conference Tournaments for both men and women at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse will be closed to the general public. The tournaments will continue as scheduled for women starting March 11 through March 14 and for men starting March 12, David Gilbert, president and CEO of Destination Cleveland, told the CJN. Only credentialed school personnel, media, official members of the teams and players’ family members will be allowed in attendance. Those who purchased tickets will be given a full refund or a ticket to next year’s tournament. This change in a loss of spectators, while serving as a health precaution, will have an effect on the tournaments’ profits, Gilbert said. “For the MAC, what I would tell you is you have games going on between the men’s and women’s tournaments for four days, typically the final game will have well in excess of 10,000 people in attendance,”

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6 | CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS | CJN.ORG COVID-19 | 4 Gilbert said March 11. “A large portion of those fans are from out of market and a lot always depends on what schools and how far they have to travel, but it’s a significant event every year in terms of the numbers of people from out of town and the impact that it has on the local economy.” First- and second-round games of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament March 20 and March 22 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse will also be played with restricted attendance. The NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship from March 11 to March 14 at SPIRE Institute in Geneva is still expected to continue as of March 11, Gilbert said. The championship features over 400 student-athletes from across the nation competing for a range of titles. The event is estimated to generate over $375,000 in economic impact to the region, according to the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission’s website. Also unphased by the coronavirus is the American Cornhole League 2020 National Championship coming to the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland March 13 to March 15, where 1,100 people from 30-plus states – both competitors and spectators – registered for the events that are free and open to the public, Gilbert said. It will be broadcast by ESPN3 and is estimated to generate $800,000 in economic impact for Northeast Ohio, according to the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission’s website as of March 11. As of March 11, the Cleveland Cavaliers hadn’t announced a change to their spectator policy. On March 11, the NBA’s Golden State Warriors announced their plan to play remaining home games without spectators. The Cleveland Monsters’ announced March 11 their games at the fieldhouse will be played without spectators starting March 15. Also on March 11, the Columbus Blue Jackets reversed a previous decision of theirs and announced they will play their hockey games without spectators at Nationwide Arena. “If you look just across the world in terms of what’s happening with the coronavirus, the travel and tourism industry is certainly one of the most hard hit, so the effect that Cleveland will see is in that realm,” Gilbert said. “I think that it’s a difficult situation, so it’s hard to imagine almost any business right now anywhere around the world somehow not being effected by this. “Situations are changing daily. This will pass and it will have had an effect. We have to do our best to plan for it and put our energy into the things we can control.”

INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR WEIGHS IN “This is an extremely contagious virus,” said Dr. Steven N. Bass, an infectious disease specialist who manages infection control at Cleveland Clinic’s Marymount Hospital in Garfield Heights. He said he has never seen “an infection that ran through a nursing home (killing) 11 people,” adding that shows, “how deadly it can be in the elderly.” He confirmed Acton’s appraisal that community spread is likely, meaning that people won’t know the source of their illness. WHAT’S NEXT FOR SCHOOLS? In addition to canceling public events, Beachwood Superintendent Robert P. Hardis stated in emails that he is preparing to go to online learning, specifically with the use of Google Classroom. Shaker Heights Superintendent David Glasner said he has been meeting with a task force twice daily and he is concerned about risk, communication and planning for potential school closures. “Apropos of (Fuchs) Mizrachi closing, we need to have plans in place in case we need to close as well,” Glasner said. Other schools such as Solon have cancelled all “non-essential indoor large group activites and gatherings as well as all student field trips.” SYNAGOGUES RESPOND In the week prior to the three cases confirmed in Cuyahoga County, synagogues began releasing precautions to congregants, and advising them to use livestream options if they are feeling ill or are in vulnerable populations. A March 5 emailed letter to members of Park Synagogue opened with the traditional prayer for the body. “At this time, we are not aware of any direct impact to the building or the communities within it,” read the letter signed by Rabbi Joshua Skoff, president Susan Ratner and Executive Director Stuart Deicher. “While we continue our regular operations, we are taking precautions which require the whole community to work together over these next few weeks and months to help keep the synagogue a safe and healthy environment.” The email asked congregants not to come to events or services if they are sick or symptomatic, to wash hands, and asked congregants not to shake hands, hug or kiss congregants, and to use tongs when serving food. In addition, it said Park personnel is “increasing our wipe-downs of all surfaces” and “watching soap dispensers.” Other synagogues sent similar emails to their congregants.

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Preventive tips The best steps to managing and containing an infectious-disease outbreak are the following: • Hand washing with soap and water is the best defense against this virus. Wash your hands thoroughly and frequently, especially when returning home from work or running errands. Use soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or hand sanitizers with at least 60% alcohol. • Practice “social distancing” by avoiding handshaking, hugging, or other closecontact greetings • Regularly disinfect high-touch surfaces and items (door knobs, phones, counters, etc.). • Stay healthy: get plenty of rest, eat right, and keep health conditions like asthma and diabetes under control. • Stay home if you are sick. The main symptoms of this disease are high fever, cough and shortness of breath. If you have these symptoms, especially acute respiratory illness, contact your medical provider for further advice. If you need emergency medical assistance, call 911. Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Ohio Department of Health Following the news of the three cases, B’nai Jeshurun Congregation in Pepper Pike sent an email to congregants: “Both Rabbi (Stephen) Weiss and Rabbi (Hal) Rudin-Luria as well as anyone who attended AIPAC from our congregation will not be attending Purim services tonight (March 9) nor tomorrow morning,” the email stated. “We want you to come and celebrate this evening’s Purim festivities without any concerns.” On March 11, the synagogue sent an email saying the rabbis chose to selfquarantine through March 17 because of their possible exposure to someone at AIPAC who later tested positive. The synagogue also started to livestream its two morning minyans. The Rabbinic Assembly said those who wish to be part of a weekday minyan to recite prayers requiring a minyan, including mourner’s kaddish, may connect virtually through audio or video with a minyan whether of their own congregation or another whose members are meeting in person, preferably in their time zone. They may recite kaddish, kedushah, barkhu, etc., and hear Torah reading along with that minyan. Green Road Synagogue in Beachwood provided a link to an online megillah reading. The Temple-Tifereth Israel shifted the venue of an Apollo’s Fire concert scheduled for March 10 to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, after The Temple stopped holding public events.

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8 | CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS | CJN.ORG COVID-19 | 6 the virus. “I’ve been in the business many, many years, and I have never seen it like this,” said Natalie Titlebaum, a travel consultant with On the Go Travel in Beachwood. “Right now, people are afraid to get on an airplane; they’re afraid to go to a hotel. Over the past weeks, I’ve canceled like a couple dozen vacations, and for a small agency, that’s a lot. Even 9/11 was not as bad as this.” Locals canceling trips like spring break cruises planned a year in advance – many in fear of having to be quarantined during their cruises – has become a regular practice for Titlebaum. “Most of the companies have been very generous (when people cancel),” said Titlebaum, of Beachwood, who attends B’nai Jeshurun Congregation in Pepper Pike. “Some have not been, but most of them are willing to give the people vouchers or future cruise credits or future credits on other trips.” Most airlines are waiving their cancellation fee “if you abide by their rules,” Titlebaum said, which is the first time she’s seen that done before. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of State discourage people from traveling via cruise ship due to the fact that cruises put large numbers of people typically from across the globe in close and frequent contact with one another, according to the CDC’s website. This contact promotes the spread of respiratory viruses, including COVID-19. If COVID-19 or its possibility is discovered on the ship, those on-board will be subject to mandatory quarantine. The CDC puts getting COVID-19 on an airplane as a low risk due to how air is circulated and filtered on planes, but it encourages older adults and travelers with underlying health issues to avoid crowded places and non-essential travel. For Todd Behrens, making the decision to cancel his family’s Royal Caribbean Harmony of the Seas spring break cruise was easy. “The final decision was made when Royal Caribbean said they were going to give the credit for a future trip,” said Behrens, of Solon, who attends Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in Beachwood. “At that point, it was kind of a no-brainer. Before that, I would say we were probably like 99.9% positive that we weren’t going to be attending the cruise. And then they announced the Grand Princess, and there was just too much risk at that point for being quarantined on a ship; it just wasn’t something that we would consider.” Instead of exploring tropical ports like St. Maarten or Puerto Rico with his sons Evan, 10, and Andrew, 7, and his wife, Stacey, Behrens and his family plan on still using the flights he purchased for their cruise’s first leg to Orlando to stay in an

area resort March 21 to 29. But as of now, Behrens doesn’t think his family will stray far from the resort as a precaution, even though Orlando is home to many theme parks and attractions. “It’s really just we had tickets down to Orlando,” Behrens said. “We’d probably just spend most of the time at the resort, but it just depends. I don’t know that I would feel comfortable actually going to Disney – even the size of the crowds and just the risk that’s associated with being in that sort of setting, given the risk of all the surfaces that would be touched by my wife, my kids or I.” Behrens is keeping his eyes open for updates to make sure going to Florida is safe for his family. “It’s really hard to guess, Behrens said. “You’re just kind of taking it day-by-day in terms of what kind of current guidances there are from the government agencies and what seems like a reasonable approach for how to handle the situation to be able to keep our family safe and healthy.” COLLEGE STUDENTS REACT Both Jack Spero and Maya Cohen, juniors at The Ohio State University in Columbus, said they first learned about the university’s decision to suspend face-toface classes from a screen shot shared on social media. They both speculated that the news might have been faked because the Wexner Medical Center website, where the notice of the decision was first posted, crashed because of web traffic. Cohen, who was in Hollywood, Fla., said she finally received official email notice at 11:30 p.m. March 9, from Ohio State President Michael V. Drake announcing that face-to-face classes were being suspended until March 30 at the earliest. Drake implemented a series of steps that many private and public colleges and universities across Ohio announced the following day, such as an end to international travel, limiting domestic travel and canceling events. Drake said students would be allowed to stay on campus, encouraging them to “make the choice that is best for their own personal situation.” Cohen has a job at the JCC preschool in Columbus, but said she would prefer to return to Orange, where her parents live, to ride out whatever comes next. “It’s honestly just kind of like overwhelming. The first thing I was worried about was if I was going home or if I was going back to school,” said Cohen, a preschool education major. She said one professor has been in contact with students surveying them about which online option might work best, a gesture she appreciated. Meantime, Cohen prepared to fly from Florida March 12. On her flight out, she said, she took disinfectant wipes with her to clean the hard surfaces and her seat. “I think everyone else was kind of

MARCH 13, 2020 doing the same thing,” she said. “It was still like a pretty full flight on our way here.” Spero was home in Beachwood visiting family. The biology major and Hebrew minor said he was concerned about his lab classes and about the potential barriers to learning he might encounter as he goes forward. Spero is hoping to go to medical school and considering pediatrics as a specialty. He said he considers Columbus a home at this point, because his friends are there. Still, “My main concern is for people’s health around the country and especially in Ohio – Cuyahoga County,” he said. While other colleges and universities across Ohio prepared to embark on similar steps – including Case Western Reserve University, Kent State University and Ohio University – Cleveland State was taking a “deliberate and informed approach.” “Unlike some other locations, many of our students do not have personal computers and some lack remote access to the internet,” President Harlan Sands wrote in a March 10 notice on coronavirus. On March 11, he announced that CSU will extend its spring break and offer remote delivery of classes as well. Sands said CSU is working to ensure that every student can continue to study if CSU moves to an online approach. STATE OF EMERGENCY/ELECTION DAY Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish declared a state of emergency March 11. He issued the following statement: “As the COVID-19 situation continues to develop in Cuyahoga County, I have made the decision to declare a state of emergency. This will allow us to purchase mission critical supplies without going through our normal procurement process. I believe that this is crucial so that we can continue to react swiftly to what is a fast-moving situation. As we go through this uncertain time, please know that we are all working together with our municipalities, our boards of health, the state and others to monitor and react in a timely way. The health and safety of our residents and our county employees is paramount.” Earlier, DeWine declared a state of emergency on March 9 for the state of Ohio, like the county, partly to be able to buy tools to fight the virus without going through a lengthy bid process, he said in a news conference. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose on March 10 announced polling locations at senior residential facilities would be relocated to other locations in order to protect a vulnerable population, and encouraged Ohioans to vote early or absentee. The Cuyahoga County Board of Election is relocating polling locations from senior citizen facilities, including Menorah Park in Beachwood, Severance

LOCAL Towers in Cleveland Heights and University Suburban Health Center in South Euclid, to locations yet to be determined, as of March 11. The primary election in Ohio is March 17. On March 11, DeWine said he would issue an order regarding large gatherings in the coming days and the state would limit nursing home visits to one a day per patient and have all incoming visitors to nursing homes and assisted living facilities go through a health screening. “This is the next step we felt we needed to take to protect the population,” DeWine said. “Step after that would be to ban all visitors and we’re not there yet.” “We expect to see these cases grow,” Acton said. “We also expect to see more proof of community spread.” Six health care workers at University Hospitals in Cleveland were being monitored following contact with the three Cuyahoga County patients who tested positive. They were all in isolation at home, Acton said. “The patients had gone to their primary care physicians, where they were screened using the COVID-19 protocol, and sent to UH Cleveland Medical Center’s emergency room, where they were met by infectious disease healthcare providers who followed protocols, which included wearing eye protection, gowns, gloves and N95 masks,” according to a news release. “The patients were examined in negative pressure rooms which ensure the virus does not escape the room.” DeWine said he has met with physicians and health care professionals across the state. “They’ve told me that in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, we need to make the tough decisions now,” DeWine said. “And the decisions we make now will make a huge impact. I’m talking particularly now about the gathering of a large number of people together.” He said he was told that this virus is twice as easy to catch as the flu, which he called “very contagious.” “This is certainly not going to be easy,” he said. “If anyone in your household is sick, you should act as if you were sick, again avoid other people.” DeWine shared the advice he received from the physicians and said he spoke with the presidents of public and private colleges and universities. He recommended that students returning to Ohio campuses from foreign countries or from cruise ships be screened by campus clinics, that international travel be eliminated, that remote learning be used – which OSU did ahead of DeWine’s press conference. He said the state has stopped allowing visitors to state prisons and to department of youth services facilities and that contractors at prisons will be screened.

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10 | CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS | CJN.ORG COVID-19 | 8 “We understand that this is difficult for families,” he said. “We again hope this is temporary.” In terms of schools, “The recommend-ation today is not to close K through 12,” he said. Behrens “But I think people should be thinking – parents, principals, superintendents, teachers – about what would happen if these schools had to be closed. We are not there at this point. We don’t know whether we will be there. Cohen But parents need to prepare for the possibility, as well as teachers,” he said on March 10. Acton said the state has the ability to test 300 to 400 people at its public laboratory with a turnaround time of a Gilbert day. Private labs have longer turnaround time, she said. At a news conference, she showed two bell curves, one dramatically larger than the other. She said the object of Spero the measures is to stem the spread and decrease the size of the bell curve. “This is classic epidemiology,” Acton said. “I keep saying it’s predictably unpredictable. We’re actually progressing along a continuum.” Acton was clear that the virus will spread. “There is no scenario where there isn’t a curve,” she said. “It’s how many people can we prevent from being ill.” DeWine put it slightly differently. “Ohioans are tough people,” he said. “The sun will come up in the morning, but it will get darker before it comes back up. The goal is to minimize deaths.”

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Closings, cancellations and more • All JFSA YouthAbility activities are canceled through March 31. • All public programming at the Beachwood Community Center is suspended through end-of-day March 19. • The Jewish Education Center ofﬁces will be closed until March 23. • Mandel JDS and Gross Schechter Day School students are required to refrain from attending Kids Club at Mandel JCC while their schools are closed. • All in-person Kol HaLev gatherings are suspended until after March 17. • All in-person religious school classes at Temple Beth Shalom in Hudson are canceled until after Passover, April 16. • Mid-American Conference Men’s Basketball Tournaments in Cleveland will be held without fans. • Ohio High School Athletic Association basketball, wrestling and hockey championships will continue with limited spectators. • The Cleveland International Film Festival set for March 25 to April 5 has been canceled. • The City Club of Cleveland will reschedule remaining forums in March. Those with tickets to a rescheduled forum will be contacted with further information. Starting March 12, forums moved to an online format with the ﬁrst being on the topic of COVID-19 and the local and statewide response to this unique public health threat. On March 13, the regional high school debate championship will still be hosted with a limited audience of close friends and family members of the debaters. Others may livestream the event at cityclub.org or on the radio at 90.3 WCPN at 12:30 p.m. • Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has banned fans at National Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Tournament games in Cleveland and Dayton. • Shaker Heights Public Library has suspended all library programs and public meeting room use through April 30.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS • Shaker Heights schools: all schoolsponsored, after-school, large-group events and daytime school assemblies are canceled, as well as ﬁeld trips through March 21.

Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wait outside before a campaign rally March 10 in Cleveland. The Cleveland rally was canceled due to concerns about coronavirus. | AP Photo / Tony Dejak • Solon schools have canceled all nonessential indoor large group activites and gatherings as well as all student ﬁeld trips

COLLEGES • Ashland University in Ashland will move to an online format starting March 18. • Baldwin Wallace University in Berea will move to an online format through at least April 13. • Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green will move to an online format starting March 23. • Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland will move to an online format through at least April 6. • The University of Cincinnati students will complete classes remotely until April 13. • Cleveland State University in Cleveland has extended spring break until March 23. Classes will resume in an online format through at least April 10 with the intent to resume on-campus classes April 13.

• Miami University in Oxford will move to an online format through at least April 12. • Oberlin College in Oberlin will begin spring break March 18 and make a decision about moving to an online format by March 25. • The Ohio State University in Columbus will move to an online format through at least March 30. • Ohio University in Athens will move to an online format through at least March 30. • University of Akron in Akron will move to an online format March 30 when students get back from spring break. • University of Toledo in Toledo will move to an online format through at least March 30. All events with expected attendance of 100 or more are canceled. Domestic and international travel is suspended for the rest of the ﬁscal year. • Walsh University in North Canton will move to an online format through at least March 27.

LOCAL EVENTS • John Carroll University in University Heights will move to an online format through at least April 13. • Kent State University in Kent will move to an online format through at least April 11. • Lorain County Community College in Elyria will resume in-person classes March 25 after spring break.

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Friday, March 13 • The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood events: Regular Kabbalat Shabbat service without hakafa will be streamed; Shira Chadasha will be rescheduled; Souper Oneg; TGIS and visit from Temple Israel teens • B’nai Jeshurun Congregation in Pepper Pike events postponed: Mind-full Shabbat dinner and speaker; Kinder Shabbat

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he 44th annual Cleveland International Film Festival set to take place from March 25 to April 5 has been canceled due to concerns regarding COVID-19. “While we are saddened that our film loving audience will not have the opportunity to experience CIFF44’s amazing films and talented filmmakers, we

understand the city’s obligation to protect the health and safety of all residents,” CIFF Executive Director Marcie Goodman said in a statement on the organization’s website. “We regret not having the opportunity to celebrate our three decades at Tower City Center. But we look forward to presenting CIFF45, April 7 to 18, 2021, at our new and permanent home in Playhouse Square.” The Cleveland Jewish News and Canvas were media sponsors of the film festival.

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Saturday, March 14 • BBYO Spring Kickoff: ONRave • Beachwood City Schools’ “The Wizard of Oz” production • The Temple-Tifereth Israel events: Torah study will be streamed; Shabbaton; Judaism, Reform and Modern America; All In, New Donor Event • Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in Beachwood events: Torah Study at 9:15 a.m. will be streamed via Zoom, email Diane Lavin (dianelavin60@gmail.com) for the link; Library minyan • B’nai Jeshurun Congregation in Pepper Pike events postponed: Starbucks, Bread and Torah; religious school activities • Solon High School SAT testing • Solon Middle School OMEA choral competition Sunday, March 15 • Beachwood City Schools’ Bison Feast + Fest • Beachwood City Schools’ Senior Spaghetti Dinner for the Class of 2020 and their parents • Purim Hoopla with jHUB & PJ Library at the Solon Recreation Center • The Temple-Tifereth Israel events: fourth- and ﬁfth-grade family breakfast; Sunday learning; family study with Rabbi Jonathan Cohen; youth choir rehearsal; Kallah; and temple board retreat • Playmakers Production of “Frozen Jr.” at Mandel JCC • “Sing into Spring” at Mandel JCC • Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple events: Religious School; Support the Girls packing project is postponed • B’nai Jeshurun Congregation events postponed: Yom Hashoah breakfast and candle packing; sisterhood valued volunteer luncheon; Chesed at the Kosher Food Pantry; all religious school activities including Torah Bites, Tallit workshop and Teﬁllin workshop Monday, March 16 • The Temple-Tifereth events: AA; museum committee; Chai learning; congregationalchoir rehearsal • Religious school at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple • Beachwood City Schools’ Beachwood Bistro closed • Solon High School winter sports awards Tuesday, March 17 • The Temple-Tifereth Israel events: AA; Kol Isha choir rehearsal • 175th annual Cleveland St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Superior Avenue at East 18th Street

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• Beachwood City Schools’ Beachwood Bistro closed • Art Show and Book Fair Family Night at Parkside Elementary School in Solon Wednesday, March 18 • “An Evening with Tzipi Livni” hosted by Israel Bonds at Landerhaven. • The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood events: AA; Literary Club; Midweek Learning • Beachwood City Schools’ Beachwood Bistro closed • Solon High School Musical Parent Preview • Solon High School Senior Recognition Dinner • Solon Middle School spring sports parent meeting • Parkside Elementary School in Solon Hale Farm & Village grade two field trip Thursday, March 19 • The Seniors Day Out luncheon is canceled. Refunds will be available. • AJC Cleveland’s 17th Annual Global Interfaith Seder at The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood • NCJW/CLE Passover Tasting Luncheon is postponed • Beachwood City Schools’ Beachwood Bistro closed • “Mapping Out Anti-Semitism” class at Temple Israel Ner Tamid in Mayfield Heights postponed • Solon High School girls’ track parent meeting Friday, March 20 • Beachwood City Schools’ Beachwood Bistro closed Sunday, March 22 • Montefiore’s Purim carnival from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. • The Beachwood Arts Council concert scheduled at the Beachwood Community Center Monday, March 23 • Inaugural TEDxOhioUniversity in Ohio University’s Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium has been postponed

Tuesday, March 24 • Annual Interfaith Seder at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple Wednesday, March 25 • “A Very Special Seder” hosted at Congregation Shaarey Tikvah in Beachwood for JFSA Ascentia and YouthAbility • Schultz Campus for Jewish Life The Lippman school play is postponed Thursday, March 26 • “Mapping Out Anti-Semitism” class at Temple Israel Ner Tamid in Mayﬁeld Heights postponed • The Lippman School Lippmanpalooza 2020 is postponed Sunday, March 29 • PJ Library Celebrates Passover at Wiggins Place from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. • The Lippman School “Liz, Holly, & The Jolly Lollies Children’s Concert” is postponed Monday, March 30 • AJC Cleveland’s Bridge to the World program • NCJW/CLE Women’s Seder: Planting the Seeds for a New Life is postponed Thursday, April 2 • “Mapping Out Anti-Semitism” class at Temple Israel Ner Tamid in Mayﬁeld Heights postponed Sunday, April 7 • Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Jewish Volunteer Network Good Deeds Day Friday, April 12 • V.I.P. Passover Experience at The Lippman School is postponed Tuesday, April 21 • NCJW/CLE Gala 125 headlined by Leslie Odom Jr.

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ATTENTION HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND SPOUSES

The Claims Conference has negotiated the following liberalizations with the German government.

Article 2 and CEE Fund

The following Jewish Holocaust survivors, who were persecuted in the open ghettos identified below, for at least three months, may be eligible for a monthly pension from the Article 2 or CEE Fund: •In Romania, survivors persecuted in Botosani, Galati, Focsani, Tecuci, Roman, Piatra Neamt, Barlad, Vaslui, Alba Iulia, Constanta, Targu Neamt, Harlau, Buzau, Ramnicu Sarat, Stefanesti, Craiova, Pascani or Bacau between August 1941 and August 1944; •In Bulgaria, survivors persecuted in Plovdiv, between September 1942 and September 1944; •In the Netherlands, survivors persecuted in the ghetto in Amsterdam, between September 1941 and September 1943. Note: Jewish Nazi victims from these open ghettos in Romania, Bulgaria and Amsterdam may also be entitled to a pension from the ZRBG (Ghetto Pension). This pension is not administered by the Claims Conference. The maximum annual income and asset limit for the Article 2 Fund and for social welfare services has been changed. The annual maximum income for eligible recipients is now $49,850 per annum and the maximum allowable assets held by the recipient has been raised to $997,020 (excluding the principle residence of the applicant). The German Ministry of Finance has determined that “old-age pensions and pensions on account of reduced earning capacity, occupational accident, occupational illness, or death, or comparable benefits” should not be included in calculating an applicant’s income for the purpose of an application to the Article 2 Fund. For more details see http://www.claimscon.org/what-we-do/compensation/background/article2/comparable-payments/. NOTE: It is not possible to receive an Article 2 Fund pension in addition to a pension from the BEG. Applicants who were a fetus during the time that their mother suffered persecution described may also be eligible. Eligibility is dependent on all the criteria of the fund being met and for a full set of criteria see www.claimscon.org

Child Survivor Fund

The Child Survivor Fund will provide those who took part in the Kindertransport a one-time payment amounting to €2,500 per person. Participants of the Kindertransport in this sense are deemed to be Jewish persons who met the following cumulative criteria at the time of the transport: o they were under 21 years of age at the time of the transport, unaccompanied by their parents and took part in a transport that was organized by third parties, not organized by the German government, in order to escape potentially threatening persecution by German forces; o they were transported from somewhere within the German Reich or from territories that had been annexed or occupied at the time; o the transport took place between November 9, 1938 and September 1, 1939 or was approved by the German authorities after November 9, 1938 but before September 1, 1939. In addition, all pension recipients who were in one of the open ghettos in Romania, Bulgaria or Amsterdam named above and born after January 1, 1928, may be entitled to a one-time payment from the Child Survivor Fund administered by the Claims Conference.

New Payment to Spouses of deceased Article 2/CEE Fund beneficiaries

Beginning January 1, 2020, the Claims Conference will provide payments to eligible spouses of deceased recipients of the Article 2 and Central and Eastern European (CEE) Funds. A spouse of an Article 2/CEE Fund beneficiary may, upon the death of the Article 2/CEE Fund beneficiary, be entitled to receive €513 per month for up to 9 months, paid in three quarterly installments, if the following conditions apply: 1 The spouse is alive as of January 1, 2020 or the date of application, whichever is the latter; and 2. The spouse is alive at the date of the payment; and 3 The spouse was married to the Article 2/CEE Fund beneficiary at the time of death of the Article 2/CEE Fund beneficiary; and 4. The Article 2/CEE Fund recipient passed away at any point while he or she was receiving a payment from the program. The spouse of a Holocaust survivor must be alive at the time of each payment. Other heirs, including children, are not entitled to receive any payment in lieu of the spouse. To download an application from our website, please go to: www.claimscon.org/apply For more information, contact: Claims Conference P.O. Box 1215 New York, NY 10113 Tel: 646-536-9100 Email:info@claimscon.org www.claimscon.org The Claims Conference has an Ombudswoman. To contact the Office of the Ombudswoman, please email Ombudsman@claimscon.org or write to The Ombudswoman, PO Box 585, Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10113

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endl Weinstock, it appears, delivers more than just pizza. Weinstock is a 19-year-old junior at The University of Akron studying financial planning, and who works at Papa John’s Pizza. Five years ago, Weinstock, was on a road trip with his older sister, Riva, when she began talking about her wedding. “She was 17 and not even dating anyone at the time and so it kind of was irking me a little bit,” he recalled. “So I told her, I’m not going to come out to the wedding just to get a reaction out of her because I was fed up with hearing about it. And she freaked out. “So, just to keep it going the most random thing that could pop into my head, I said, ‘I’m going to bring a llama to the wedding.’ And, of course, she freaks even more. So, eventually she gets so upset that she told me that the llama is invited to the wedding.” Weinstock took that invitation to heart. “Ever since she said those words, I have promised her and nagged her about it that I’m going to do it,” he said. On March 1 – his sister’s wedding day – Weinstock delivered on his promise. At a cost of $450, he delivered a llama to the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cleveland East in Beachwood ahead of the arrival of guests. Dressed to the nines in bow tie and tuxedo with a yarmulke to cap off his appearance, the llama was an

immediate sensation – and not just with guests, who snapped photos. A photo of the three – brother, sister and llama – went viral on Reddit with the caption, “5 years ago I promised my sister I would bring a llama to her wedding.” Before the reception was over, the number of upvotes on Reddit was 100,000. By March 3, the number topped 150,000. Since then, Weinstock has been inundated by media. Riva Eisenberg said she was not surprised by the appearance of the creature, given that her brother has reminded her of his promise frequently since he first made it. “I knew it was coming,” she said, adding that she set ground rules. “I will not spend more than 10 seconds with the llama.” Riva and Avi Eisenberg met at a 2018 wedding at Green Road Synagogue in Beachwood. A shared sense of humor, Avi said, was the spark. She said he looked her up the following morning on Facebook after she told him “If you remember this conversation, find me tomorrow.” He did and the two began dating long distance. In 2019, he moved to Cleveland from Detroit. And the rest is history. The two live in South Euclid and attend Heights Jewish Center Synagogue in University Heights, where she celebrated her bat mitzvah. Avi Eisenberg said while his bride dislikes llamas, he has had a long-standing dislike of zoos. Shocky (the llama), it turned out, is used to wearing costumes, so fitting the custom-made tux turned out to Screenshot of Mendl Weinstock’s post that went viral on Reddit. Riva and Mendl Weinstock with Shocky the llama at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Cleveland East in Beachwood. | Submitted screenshot

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be simple for the animal’s handlers, Weinstock said. “It would have been a little weird if we put a tuxedo on a female llama,” Weinstock said, confirming that the llama was male. “If it was a female, I probably would have had to commission a dress.” A co-worker at Papa John’s fashioned the garment for the animal at a cost of $10, for which she did not charge Weinstock. Shocky’s appearance cost more, but Weinstock said he was prepared to pay up to $1,500, so the $450 charge was well within his budget. Shocky, he said, performed admirably. “He did great,” Weinstock said. “He killed it. I mean, guests couldn’t get enough.” Weinstock did have a last-minute panic. His initial plan, to secure the four-footed wedding guest from an Akron petting zoo, didn’t pan out, he learned a week before the wedding. He called around and got a referral to a Youngstown llama farm. “And I have to say we were really nervous because llamas are known to spit,” Weinstock said. “But he didn’t spit. He didn’t move around too much. He didn’t make a mess. Nothing. It was perfect.” Riva is apparently planning payback for her brother on his graduation day. Meantime, Weinstock has just one regret. “I wish I kept my mouth shut for the past five years and had a big surprise because the reaction would have been 10 times better,” he said. “But, unfortunately, I love picking on my sister too much and just getting that reaction every single time for five years was too perfect.”

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olocaust survivor Roman Frayman told sixth graders at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in Beachwood never to deny their Judaism. “Please be proud of being a Jew. Don’t ever say, ‘I’m not Jewish’ because you’re afraid of being Jewish,” he said in a March 1 program. Frayman, 81, who taught religious school at The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood for more than 30 years, is the central character in a brief retelling of his story by Miriam Duhamel and illustrated by Anna Wolf, Frayman both high school freshmen, that will be used as part of Holocaust curriculum in schools where no survivors are available to speak. Susan Ringel of Pepper Pike, a member of Fairmount Temple and a teacher in its religious school, was the adult adviser for the project, and she wrote the biographical sketch on Frayman that teachers will use. She invited Frayman and her team to speak at the Beachwood temple. Miriam had a conflict, but Anna showed illustrations and spoke of how she interviewed Frayman and took colored pencils to camp to work on the illustrations for the story, which is called “Three Miracles: The Life of Roman Frayman.” It is the 44th in the Holocaust series published by A Book By Me, which includes curriculum for teachers as well. Frayman, a Beachwood resident, asked the students

definitions of brainwashing and Aryan, whether they had been bullied and how they handled it. The students raised their hands both in response to his questions as well as to add their own comments and ask questions. Frayman considers his survival to have been miraculous and used that word to describe pivotal moments in which he might have been found and killed. Frayman was born in Sosnowiec, Poland, in March 1938 in Poland. H e was not quite 6 months old when the Nazis invaded Poland Sept. 1 of that year. He said the Nazis initially “kind of left us alone,” but In 1941 Frayman’s family was taken to a ghetto in nearby Shrodula. While there, his mother gave birth to a son, Chaim. Frayman explained that a baby could be a liability to a family in hiding. “If a baby would cry, the tragedy would be that the Nazis would find everybody, and everybody would be killed,” he said. “Sometimes the mothers would have to kill their babies so they wouldn’t make sounds.” Frayman said his parents later denied some of the things he remembered. “The reason they did that is because they tried to protect me,” he said.” Most surviving families that had children would never talk about the Holocaust.” His family was transferred to a labor camp about six months later. “My parents were on either side of me and they had a blanket over them, and the German dogs were walking around and I saw them. and for some reason, I was a 4-yearold, I didn’t cry. I just stood there.” His mother, he said, was able to get his younger brother to sleep and left him in the ghetto for the day. The plan, he

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Cincinnati highway graffiti calls Jews ‘enemies of the whole human race’ FROM LOCAL AND WIRE REPORTS CINCINNATI – Cincinnati officials have condemned graffiti found on a heavily trafficked highway overpass that targeted Jews. The graffiti reading, “The Jews killed Christ. They are the enemies of the whole human race. – Paul,” was discovered on the border of Madisonville and Oakley on March 4. It was painted over on March 6. On March 6, representatives from the Cincinnati Office of Human Relations, the police department and the Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati, among others, gathered at the overpass to condemn the incident. “We are tremendously grateful for the

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ekyll’s Kitchen in Chagrin Falls will close March 14 after 20 years of business. As part of a partnership between Hyde Park Restaurant Group and NCR Ventures, the space will transform into a new concept, with an expected opening of midMay. Construction will start next week. With Rick Doody of NCR Ventures at the helm, the team will develop, operate and manage the new restaurant. Hyde Park’s Joseph Saccone and Richard Hauck will work directly with NCR Ventures. “We are extremely excited about this partnership. Rick is the best person to lead the redevelopment of this iconic Chagrin Falls location,” Saccone said in a news release. “We are all residents of Chagrin Valley. Rick Doody has a wealth of connections including family, friends and local business affiliations.” NCR Ventures and Hyde Park Restaurant Group have history – Saccone and Hauck partnered with Doody’s father, Alton Doody, in 1988 to open the original Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse on Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights. The return to that historical partnership is “interesting,” Doody said.

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Oheb Zedek to honor Tetiev heritage March 28

heb Zedek-Cedar Sinai Synagogue in Lyndhurst will honor its Tetiev roots and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tetiev pogrom March 28. The synagogue traces its roots to the Tetiever shul that was located on Linn Drive and on East 40th Street prior to that. The synagogue is seeking descendants of those Zake who came to Cleveland from Tetiev to recognize them at the event. A Shabbat service, which begins at 9 a.m., will be dedicated to the memory of those who died in the pogrom in 1920. Services will be

followed by a special kiddush lunch at about noon, featuring Susan Kirkman Zake, who will speak on “A Century of Resilience: Why Tetiev Matters.” Zake is an associate professor in the school of journalism and mass communication at Kent State University in Kent, where she is the faculty adviser to the school’s student newsroom. Before joining the Kent faculty in 2008, Zake was the managing editor for multimedia and special projects at the Akron Beacon Journal. The event is free and open to the community, but reservations are encouraged. Contact the synagogue office at 216-382-6566 or office@oz-cedarsinai.org for more information. The synagogue is located at 23749 Cedar Road.

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n April 3, the Cleveland Jewish News will publish a list of Passover celebrations happening at synagogues, temples and organizations in the Greater Cleveland area. Send details about your congregation or organization’s Passover seder, speakers and other festivities by March 26 to Special Sections Staff Reporter Becky Raspe at braspe@cjn.org. Be sure to include the event date, time, cost to attend and ways to register.

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Economist points to educational divide hurting Israel’s progress JANE KAUFMAN | STAFF REPORTER @jkaufmanCJN jkaufman@cjn.org |

n Israeli economist is hopeful the Likud and Blue and White parties will band together to address the country’s brain drain – or the emigration of some of the country’s brightest people – before it’s too late. Dan Ben-David spoke March 6 at a Jewish Federation of Cleveland breakfast lecture called, “An Engaging Conversation on What the Israel Elections Means Long-Term.” He is the founder and president of the Shoresh Institution in Israel, an independent think tank. He is also a professor of economics at Tel Aviv University. He says he sees opportunity in the latest election results because the Likud and Blue and White together control a majority of seats in the Knesset, specifically in regard to an educational gap in the country. “We are the only country in the developed world that does not mandate a core curriculum for the children,” he told about 60 people in the Federation’s board room in Beachwood. “There is no other country that allows parents to deprive their children of the basic right to an education that will give them a future.” Ben-David said the trend allows an education gap to continue between the ultraOrthodox and other Israelis. “There (are) two nations in one,” he said. “There is the startup (nation) in Israel, but there is this other nation. And that other part of Israel isn’t getting either the tools or conditions to work in a modern economy. And that other part of Israel is huge. Not only is it big, but its share of the total is growing. It’s like this huge weight on our shoulders and it’s dragging down an entire country for nearly half a century now.” He projected in two generations, 49% of Israel’s children will be ultra-Orthodox. Today, 7% of adults and nearly 20% of the country’s children are Haredi. “As long as right wing and left wing don’t want to work together, the kingmakers are Haredim,” he said. “They were never in any government until 1977. They’ve been in nearly every single government since 1977, and that has had a lot to do (with) the change of priorities.” Israel will not be viable in the future if the trend continues, he said. “This is not sustainable,” he said. “A third world economy can’t support a first world army, and then we can’t defend ourselves.” While referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment and pending trial, as “the elephant in the room,” he said one way out is to reverse the trend through political action. Ben-David said the problem is one of political will. “It’s possible to fix it, but you need the

Dan Ben-David speaks about the path to a better future for Israel. | CJN Photos / Jane Kaufman

willingness to deal with a lot of special interest groups in Israel that have a vested interest in keeping things the way they are,” he said. “Hopefully, they will because things that are extremely difficult to solve today, there is a demographic democratic point of no return that if we cross it, game over.” In order to change the trend, Ben-David said, Israel needs to write a constitution “so that it would be difficult to move us back to an unsustainable path.” In the same vein, he said Israel’s education needs an overhaul. “The education system is crummy for everybody,” he said. “It’s education reform. It’s health care reform. It’s a number of things that we need to start dealing with and that resources have been diverted away from for years.” In closing, Mark Holz, who serves on the Federation’s overseas connections committee, said, “After seeing this, I’ve never felt stronger about what we’re doing with the STEM program in Israel, especially with the ultra-Orthodox community.” He also spoke about the more than 200 computer programmers who live in the Federation’s sister city of Beit Shean, “that are leaving every day to go to Tel Aviv and Haifa that want to stay in Beit Shean. … I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that if anybody is in need of programmers or knows of companies that needs a programmer, please reach out to the overseas connections committee and we’ll get you in touch with some of those programmers.”

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Dan Ben-David, left, speaks with Mark Holz, chair of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Beit Shean subcommittee, following Ben-David’s presentation.

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ports broadcasting fanatic Caden Vincent attended the Cleveland Jewish News’ annual “Les is More,” event March 5 for the third time. The 16-year-old student at Orange High School in Pepper Pike said he was excused from school in order to see some of his idols in person. CJN Sports Columnist Les Levine moderated the event hosted at Buffalo Wild Wings in Warrensville Heights. On the panel were: Andy Baskin, co-host of “Baskin & Phelps” on 92.3 The Fan; Adam “The Bull,” co-host of “Bull & Fox” on 92.3 The Fan; Aaron Goldhammer, co-host of “The Really Big Show” on 850 ESPN Cleveland; and Jonathan Peterlin, host and anchor at 92.3 The Fan. “I always loved sports broadcasting and I wanted to be in their place,” Caden said. Asked whose career he’s most familiar with, Caden said, “Probably Adam ‘The Bull,’ just because I’ve heard him the longest and I’ve kind of heard his journey, obviously coming from New York and then coming to Cleveland. Aaron Goldhammer, I’ve known for about three to four years now, but I like him also, and Andy Baskin, too.” Kevin S. Adelstein, publisher and CEO

A packed house listens as the panelists at “Les is More” event discuss sports March 5 at Buffalo Wild Wings in Warrensville Heights. They are, from left: Adam “The Bull,” co-host of “Bull & Fox” on 92.3 The Fan; Andy Baskin, co-host of “Baskin & Phelps” on 92.3 The Fan; Aaron Goldhammer, co-host of “The Really Big Show” on 850 ESPN Cleveland; and Jonathan Peterlin, host and anchor at 92.3 The Fan. CJN Sports Columnist Les Levine is at far left. | CJN Photos / McKenna Corson

of the Cleveland Jewish News and president of the Cleveland Jewish Publication Company, opened the event by welcoming the crowd of 125 to the seventh annual sports talk breakfast before turning over the microphone to Levine. After introducing panelists Adam “The Bull,” Baskin and Goldhammer, Levine said,

“and down at the end, Jonathan Peterlin, who is here because he’s marrying into the faith in the next couple weeks. And Adam ‘The Bull,’ believe it or not, is doing the ceremony!” “That’s not a joke,” Peterlin said. “That’s true.” Jumping into baseball talk, the panelists

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LES | 22 years the Indians are outside the playoffs, the numbers are horrible.” Goldhammer said baseball has changed significantly since he was growing up. “This isn’t that long ago, I mean, I’m 37, but when I was growing up, ... Ken Griffey Jr. and Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, those guys were the biggest stars in sports,” Goldhammer said. “They all had unique and different personalities. They had flocks of people following them (when) they walked down the street in any city in America. I think baseball (now) has a serious star and marketability problem that is the No. 1 factor.” They addressed a bevy of subjects including fans’ inability to access Major League Baseball content. “Ultimately, it’s an entertainment thing. Sports is entertainment. The ‘E’ – I tell every intern when they come into our office – in the ESPN stands for ‘entertainment’ and football games are just wildly entertaining. There are all kinds of unexpected craziness going on for three hours,” Baskin said. “NBA, they’ve done an unbelievable job, I think, from a technology standpoint. I open up my phone ... and I can look at every single highlight, you know, not to get so inside baseball, no pun intended, but one of the mistakes that baseball has made is that the way that they distribute their video product only through their app and their mediums and not social media is really hurting the game.” The panelists also discussed the Browns and Cavaliers. Before taking questions from the audience, raffle tickets were drawn, with winners receiving items including: a pair of Indians tickets, a 1-year free CJN print and digital subscription offer, gift cards to Buffalo Wild Wings, two tickets to “An Evening with Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey” presented by the CJN, a complete car detail and Lexus for a day from Classic Lexus and a gift card to Zoom Express Car Wash. Caden said his favorite part of the event was listening to the panelists discuss the Indians. “Just because the Indians are my favorite baseball team,” Caden said. “I think

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Adam is right, that this isn’t necessarily a big baseball town as it was, ‘cause of the Browns and how much they’ve impacted Cleveland. But I still feel like the Indians are a very important aspect of baseball and of Cleveland. So I was very interested to hear when they were talking about (Francisco) Lindor, mainly because he’s like our future, but he may only be here for just another year.” The Indians avoided arbitration with Lindor and signed him to a one-year $17.5 million deal in January. He is arbitrationeligible next year and he can then become a free agent following the 2021 season. Co-presenting sponsors of the event were Classic Lexus and Dale Braun and David Gottlieb of Edward Jones. Supporting sponsors were Elk & Elk, Mandel Jewish Community Center and Smylie One Heating, Cooling & Plumbing Co. Gift bag sponsors included ATA Martial Arts and COIT Cleaning and Restoration. Support also came from Elk & Elk, 850 ESPN Cleveland and Sports Radio 92.3 The Fan. The venue sponsor was Buffalo Wild Wings Warrensville Heights.

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About 35 Ohio natives wintering in Florida gathered with nearly 100 other Friends of the Israel Defense Forces supporters from the Midwest region on Feb. 23, at the private residence of Michigan residents Miriam and Fred Ferber in Delray Beach for a brunch program. The event provided FIDF supporters with a firsthand look into the unique challenges facing Israel. The program’s guest speaker, combat soldier Sgt. Gaya, spoke about her paternal grandfather, who served as a mayor of a village where he was a sworn Nazi, and her maternal great-grandmother, who is a Holocaust survivor. Her father left his home at a young age to become a pastry chef and eventually found his way to Israel, where he later converted to Judaism, served in the IDF, and met Sgt. Gaya’s mother.

FIDF Cleveland supporter Gilda Cohen with Sgt. Gaya | Submitted photos

FIDF National board member and former Ohio chairman Irwin Haber speaks at the event.

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Joseph White, political scientist and director of the Case Western Reserve University graduate studies, and director of the Center for Policy Studies. will discuss, “Religion and Politics: 1787-2020,” from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. March 15 at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd. in Shaker Heights. For more information, visit uucleveland.org.

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Home, remodeling expo returns March 20-22

The 2020 Cleveland Home + Remodeling Expo will be held at the Cleveland I-X Center from March 20-22. The show will include appearances by Ty Pennington of TLC’s “Trading Spaces”; Darren and Kate Mancuso, co-stars of an up-and-coming HGTV pilot episode; and Matt Fox, who created and hosted HGTV’s “Room by Room.” Hours are from noon to 9 p.m. March 20; from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. March 21; and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 22. Admission ranges from $5 to $10, with discounts for children ages 5 and under and seniors with ID. The I-X Center is at 1 I-X Center Drive in Cleveland. For more information, visit homeandremodelingexpo.com.

Social media program March 23

Dawn Maze from Behavioral Health Services of Greater Cleveland will explore the connection between social media and our mental health in a program about “Social Media and Isolation” at 7 p.m. March 23 at the Orange branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, 31975 Chagrin Blvd. in Pepper Pike. For more information and to register, visit cuyahogalibrary.org or call the branch at 216-831-4282.

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Terri Libenson, an award-winning cartoonist and children’s author, will talk about “Pajama Diaries: A Jewish Family in the Funnies” from 7 to 9 p.m. April 1 at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, 23737 Fairmount Blvd. in Beachwood. Desserts and beverages will be served. Cost is $20 for adults and $5 for students. RSVP by March 25 to womenft@fairmounttemple.org. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Workplace symposium May 18 at Corporate College

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hree Cleveland college presidents spoke of the work they do to embrace free speech and keep their campuses safe and tolerant environments for students of all faiths. In a panel discussion moderated by J. David Heller, board chair of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, the presidents of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University and Cuyahoga Community College spoke of their efforts to tolerate a free flow of ideas while drawing the line at hate speech. The Feb. 26 event at Corporate College East on the eastern campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Warrensville Heights was part of the 73rd annual meeting of the Community Relations Committee and Sidney Z. Vincent Memorial Lecture. It was called “Civility & Discourse on College Campuses: A Candid Conversation.” More than 200 people attended. “Free speech is a basic tenet that I think we all support and where you end up drawing that line between free and hateful speech is something we spend a lot of time talking about,” CSU’s Harlan Sands said. RESPONDING TO HATE CWRU’s Snyder spoke of her response when white nationalist posters appeared on campus. “We don’t let people just tape things up anywhere,” she said, adding that CWRU has a process for posting notices and that the white nationalist group failed to follow that process. “So we were able to take them down right away as soon as we learned about them. But student still saw them. And other people saw them.” In response, she held a community meeting. “I think it was a good opportunity for people to be able to air their concerns,” she said. She said she worked closely with the campus police department following the incident. “But we also worked with Hillel and Federation and others to think about these things. I reached out immediately,” Snyder said. “(The Anti-Defamation League) came on campus because it is an educational moment, as Harlan said.” Tri-C’s Alex Johnson spoke of the importance of “context for response,” praising Snyder’s. Johnson said there have been incidents involving white supremacist organizations at Tri-C as well. “And just recently there was an anti-Semitic note passed under one of

J. David Heller, Jewish Federation of Cleveland board chair, from left, shares a light moment with panelists CWRU President Barbara Snyder, CSU President Harlan Sands and CCC President Alex Johnson at “Civility & Discourse on College Campuses: A Candid Conversation” Feb. 26 at Corporate College East in Warrensville Heights. | CJN Photos / Jane Kaufman

our faculty member’s doors,” he said, adding that Tri-C also reached out to educate students. “So the students quite honestly ultimately become our vehicle for the values that we promote at the institution.” ON BOYCOTT, DIVEST AND SANCTIONS In his introductions, Heller said he spent time with each of the three panelists on Federation trips in Israel. He then asked the panelists about the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement targeting Israel, which he said has been “a real challenge for our community, around the country and around the world. Heller said,”They have a plan that they have and that plan doesn’t include dialogue, which is frustrating for us in the Jewish community, because in the Jewish community, ingrained in our sort of DNA is to have dialogue.” Sands spoke about CSU’s free speech resolution, which was passed in partnership with its faculty and modeled after one by the University of Chicago’s. “It’s enabled us to go to the students in the classroom and outside the classroom and come up with a framework for having these discussions,” he said. “It lays out the boundaries of what free speech is and what it isn’t and what our mission is in educating students.” Johnson spoke of the role of the president. “Sometimes the president of an institution has to exude bravery and fortitude in the face of all this because you can be hit from both sides,” he said. “I like to say I’m a practicing agnostic when it comes to the issues,” Sands said. “Because we have a duty to protect free speech, and if you’re not going to have these discussions on college campuses,

Erika B. Rudin-Luria, president of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, speaks of the rise of anti-Semitism and the importance of the community relations committee during this time.

where else can you have them?” Snyder said that while CWRU has a free speech policy and she is careful about “what I put my imprimatur on because people are watching that,” she has taken public stands more than once about BDS, first when she was employed at The Ohio State University in Columbus as executive vice president and provost. “I believe that in the academic community, we have a special responsibility to engage and not boycott anybody,” she said, adding that CWRU maintains connections with institutions in many countries “where there are definitely human rights going on, and yet we still engage with faculty and students in those places.” Snyder said she took a stand at CWRU “just a few weeks of my arrival because that was when an organization called the British Teachers Union was advocating for this, and so I wrote a letter about my views.”

Cheryl Davis, past community relations committee chair, pays tribute to Jim Samuels, who died in 2019.

Snyder, who is leaving in the fall to head the Association of American Universities, said there was a campus conversation at the time, and she recognizes that there are people at CWRU who disagree with her position. WHEN HATE TURNS TO VIOLENCE The presidents addressed hate speech as well. “All of us, I know, have had incidences where we have to step in,” Sands said. “I’ll go back to the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh (in October 2018), which obviously affected all of us in a really personal way, and how we dealt with that on campus and the discussions we’ve had, not just from an education standpoint but from a safety standpoint, is something we all think about. And so it cuts across a lot of different areas when we talk about the effect of hateful speech or speech

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PRESIDENTS | 26 that crosses a line.” Regarding social media, Johnson said Tri-C and CSU both confronted students who made anti-Semitic posts on Facebook several years ago. Snyder said she sent out a campus-wide email decrying anonymous hateful posts on Yik Yak after students protested the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by St. Louis police. “I’m sure not everybody agreed with that either,” she said. “But I have the right to speak my mind just like our faculty, our staff, our guests have the right to use theirs. And I try to use it sparingly but appropriately.” CRC MEETING NOTES Outgoing community relations committee chair Bradley Schlang reviewed the year’s accomplishments. “As you may have deduced already from the theme of this evening a major focus for the CRC this past year has been improving civil discourse,” Schlang said. “With the polarization of our community, we have a difficulty listening to each other, really hearing each other, especially when we have opposing viewpoints. That’s why in 2019 the CRC launched The Dialogue Initiative. We brought in an organization based in New York called Resetting the Table. This group specializes in bringing together people with different perspectives and gives them the tools to begin to communicate more effectively, whether on campus, as you’ve just heard, in houses of worship or around the family dinner table. Our language continues to divide us. The CRC will be bringing tools to the community based on what we learn from Resetting the Table to reverse this trend so that we once again can learn from one another to identify solutions to improve the world around us. “But if the CRC is to represent the voices of over 80,000 Jews in Cleveland, we can’t back away from the tough discussions. We need to be able to discuss challenging topics and identify where consensus can be reached across the community. For example, in aftermath of many instances of gun violence, some explicitly targeting the Jewish community, the Federation board asked the CRC to consider if the consensus view on guns had moved since the issue was last addressed in 2013. We convened a diverse group of community members from gun enthusiasts to people that would never even touch a gun. A group of volunteers dedicated to respectfully advocating for their segment of the community but also willing to consider the opposing views, and most importantly, seek compromise and consensus to find

J. David Heller, board chair of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, introduces the panelists.

the best solution to represent our community as a whole. “Because of their commitment to the process, we now have a much clearer understanding of our community view and a policy that will allow us to join advocacy efforts and support legislation that increases the safety and security of our community without intruding on the rights of our citizens.” Schlang said the community relations committee continued reaching out to the fastest growing populations in Cleveland: the African American and Latino communities. He said the community relations committee has continued to support their efforts in racial equity and in economic development. “And they continue to support the Jewish community in Israel advocacy and anti-Semitism,” he said. Schlang said Beit Shean in Israel became an official sister city to Cleveland. It was already a sister city of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. The community relations committee led its second, biennial Adler Civic Leaders Mission to Israel in June: 40 non-profit leaders took that trip to learn about economic development and intergroup relations. Gregg A. Levine, incoming chair, said Schlang “provided steady leadership in a time of some unsteadiness and some internal and external challenges.” Levine said Schlang “worked on repairing the world one conversation at a time.” There was applause. “In 2020, we will continue our work on inter-group relations,” Levine said, “specifically reaching out to folks who are our partners in the African American community, the Latino community, and the interfaith community. We know that building strong relationships is a way to fight

Gregg A. Levine, left, and Bradley Schlang share the podium. Levine is a member of the Cleveland Jewish Publication Company Board of Directors. Levine succeeds Schlang as CRC chair.

Jared Isaacson, executive director of Cleveland Hillel, speaks about the accomplishments of the past year. Adam Hirsh, executive director of Hillel at Kent State University looks on.

Cindy Demsey and Adam Rosen, event co-chairs, welcome guests to the event.

anti-Semitism and all bigotry and hate. It’s the bread and butter of what CRC does: building relationships.” There was applause. “Our country, our community, the Jewish community and the general community has seen more and more polarization and less and less acts of love and kindness and understanding.” Levine said the community relations committee is committed to civil discourse as a priority. “We can do it. We’ve done it on the gun legislation work, and we’ll continue to work on civil discourse for our community,” he said. “With active listening skills and respectful, thoughtful, intentional discussions, we will model consensus building through our policy task forces and our other committees. Because we know our community is stronger and more secure when we come together on the things

that unite us rather than letting other issues divide us..” Adam Hirsh, executive director of Hillel at Kent State University, and M. Jared Isaacson, executive director of Cleveland Hillel, spoke of their work. Cheryl Davis, the past community relations committee chair, made a memorial tribute to Jim Samuels, who was a past community relations committee chair as well. Cindy Demsey and Adam Rosen were event co-chairs. Federation President Erika B. Rudin-Luria offered closing remarks. “We live in challenging times,” she said. “Anti-Semitism is on the rise. Hate has become emboldened and general negative rhetoric is also on the rise. The role of the Community Relations Committee in helping to meet Federation’s mission has never been more important than it is today.”

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Yavne High School enjoys ‘Best Day Ever’

Hebrew Academy of Cleveland’s Beatrice Stone Yavne High School held its annual production Feb. 23 with about 600 people at the Simon and Rose Mandel Theatre on the eastern campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Highland Hills. The 200 Yavne High School students showcased the Broadway-style play, “Best Day Ever,” through drama, song and dance. They composed original tunes, played music, directed a student orchestra, wrote lyrics for the choirs and ensembles, arranged twirls and sharp, jumpy dances, and performed a gymnastic number. | Submitted photos

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Komerofsky named rabbi of Temple Israel Canton McKENNA KENNA CORSON | STAFF REPORTER @McKenna8989 mcorson@cjn.org |

abbi David Komerofsky, a Texas resident for 14 years, is hanging up his cowboy boots and hat – or in his case, leaving them to his son, Gabe, who attends the University of Texas – to return to Ohio. Komerofsky will become rabbi of Temple Israel, a Reform congregation, in Canton starting Komerofsky July 1. But it won’t be hard for the 48-yearold living in San Antonio to adjust to Ohio’s white-out winters and hairfrizzing summers – he was raised in Akron, attended the University of Cincinnati and was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. Even his wife of a little more than 5 years, Ronit Sherwin, CEO of the Jewish Federation of San Antonio, is from the Cleveland area. To Komerofsky, the 1,440-mile move isn’t your run-of-the-mill job transplant. He’s returning home. “Coming to Canton – it’s very exciting,” Komerofsky said. “Texas has been a wonderful experience, but it’s been 14 years in two very different settings ... I always said Akron was – tongue in cheek – a great place to grow up and then leave, but I’m coming back to Canton. Canton has all of the benefits I loved about being in Akron: being close to family and being in a place where my children will not take Judaism for granted, just like I didn’t.” Before he left for the state of rodeos and The Alamo, Komerofsky began his career at the Hebrew Union College and worked his way up to dean of students and director of the rabbinical school. In Texas, Komerofsky served as executive director of the Texas Hillel Foundation at the University of Texas in Austin, worked remotely for Hillel International and as spiritual leader of Temple Chai in San Antonio. But despite how he found Texas’

Jewish communities “very warm like a family, embracing with very deep roots and similar to Ohio’s,” he decided he’d move back to Northeast Ohio once his twins, Gabe and Lainey, graduated high school. During the fall of 2019, Komerofsky’s twins were 20 years old and attending college. That’s when he realized it was time for him and his wife to go back to the place where they began their separate journeys, but now together with their mixed family of four children: Sherwin has 10-year-old twins. As a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, he used its placement services where congregations looking for rabbis submit an application and rabbis in the placement process put together a resume and statement. After submitting his materials, the placement office then helps make matches. “As soon as I submitted my materials, the placement office said Temple Israel was interested in talking to me,” Komerofsky said. “I looked and I knew about Canton, but I hadn’t been there in many, many years. The more I researched, put in my application, had a number of phone calls and a committee interview, it was the only congregation where I interviewed. It just was meant to be.” He will replace Rabbi Emeritus Jon Adland, who retired in 2019, and Rabbi Emeritus John H. Spitzer, who retired in 2008. Komerofsky said he knew he wanted to be a rabbi who when he was 12, looks forward to continuing Temple Israel’s 135-year tradition and getting to know each congregant. “I want to meet everyone and learn what their priorities are, what they find most meaningful and their involvement in the congregation, what things they would like to change; I just want to get to know people,” Komerofsky said. “The congregation is celebrating 135 years this year, so my first goal is not to break anything. Before I start creating something, I want to make sure that it’s an appropriate and a good match for the congregation.”

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Celebrating Purim around the community Congregation Shaarey Tikvah

Aviva Roland reads the Megillah at Congregation Shaarey Tikvah in Beachwood.

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Hebrew Academy of Cleveland preschoolers Pori Schonfeld, left, and Avi Abraham are ready for Purim.

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Hebrew Academy of Cleveland Michael Weischneider visits the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland in Cleveland Heights preschool classroom of his son, Doniel, to show how the Megillah is read on Purim in synagogues around the world.

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Andrew Yagour and his mother Jessica Yagour of Solon.

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Linings

Jack Fogel

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ven during his career as a compliance auditor for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Jack Fogel always had an interest in getting involved in his community. Now in his 10th year of retirement, that attraction is even more evident. Fogel’s activities run the gamut – from helping with the Cleveland Sight Center’s White Cane Walk and helping light Holocaust remembrance candles at his synagogue, Park Synagogue, to helping young people learn to fish at the Cleveland Metroparks and tending to his garden as part of the South Euclid Garden Club. But his main activities are two: caring for his 101-year-old mother-in-law, Selma, and helping coach the Cleveland Heights High School basketball team. Fogel played for the team from 1965 to 1967. “I have to keep a calendar because people are always asking me to do things,” he said. CJN: Why did you decide to do these volunteer activities? Fogel: Basketball keeps me young. Heights basketball is a wonderful fraternity. To me, this level of involvement is normal. To others, it might not be. It is what it is. It’s no different helping someone at the garden, teaching someone to fish or coaching basketball. With my mother-in-law, my understanding of the world, it’s common for older individuals to live with their younger

About Jack

Age: 71 City: South Euclid Former career: Compliance auditor for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services for more than 30 years Retirement year: 2010 Synagogue: Park Synagogue Hobbies: Jack collects basketball trading cards and does two shows per month, one in Eastlake and one in Middleburg Heights. He also loves to cook. family members. There is so much to be gained from older individuals, so I don’t find it unusual. The humanity of it – helping people – is what gets me. I’ve got these little things about my philosophy, when you do these things. You can’t expect to get anything back from the people you help. A smile and a thank you is more than enough. Doing these things for so many years, even before I retired, I learned to become a good listener. Especially with the young people on the basketball team, I’ve had a player or two say, “How come you’re the only one that listens to me?” And that is because, though the coaches want them to be better men, life is moving so fast for them. So, I’ve learned to sit there and really listen.

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CJN: What does volunteering mean to you? Fogel: If you have that time, and I know everyone is busy, it’s worth it to make a difference. I know you hear that all the time from people, and I’m going to be another one, because it’s true. And to see people succeed because of your help, it makes you happy. It’s a good story. Volunteering for the people, there is that idea of self-satisfaction, but I don’t want anything back. I am pretty happy with my lot in life. I’ve gotten to meet wonderful people. CJN: What have you learned in retirement? Fogel: I know what I live for. I hope by doing this, younger people will pick up on the same thing. Not everyone is going to volunteer, but I hope that people who are in their 20s, 30s or 40s, when they do get some time, they will also volunteer. It’s about setting an example. So, I’ve also learned how important setting that example really is. Also, I just like to have a good time. I find myself learning just as much as the students, or whoever I am helping, do. CJN: Do you have a favorite volunteering memory? Fogel: I love seeing kids I coached come back to school with their own kids in tow. You can’t remember everything you have said to people, but sometimes they’ll remind you. And that is the best part. The students will always say that I’ve always had a good word for them, and it’s because, again, I listen to them. But, specifically, there is nothing I can pinpoint. It’s all been wonderful. It’s a wonderful world. But, there are also so many great things. And it’s not all about basketball. It’s just the importance of

Jack Fogel at the Cleveland Sight Center White Cane Walk. | Submitted photos

Cleveland Heights High School basketball coach Jay Brem with Damon Stringer and Jack Fogel in November 2019 at Stringer’s number retirement ceremony.

inspiring the younger generations to pick up and do the same when they’re older. For the future of his retirement, Fogel is open to possibility. “I really want to be married for 150 years,” he said, laughing. “But I just want to be able to do these things that people ask of me, as long as I am able. There is stuff constantly being added to my calendar. All of these things make life sweeter. It’s all good. Isn’t that what we’re on this planet to do?”

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Michael Bowen shows off his custom painted kicks.

Shaker School’s Foundation Innovation Fund

Michael Bowen and Sarah Brandon Bowen

The ballroom at the Hilton Cleveland Downtown was filled with movers and shakers on March 7. Literally, Shakers. Alumni, teachers, parents and other supporters shared a goal of funding Shaker School’s Foundation Innovation Fund with a night of dining, dancing, student performances and a silent auction. Money raised will support STEAM initiatives across all grades, including a new manufacturing and machining class at the high school. Greeted by the harmonic stylings of the high school group, Vocal Ease, guests perused a curated collection of kindergarten through 12th grade art and an impressive robotics demonstration before entering the ballroom where the school’s band was in full swing. Superintendent David Glasner said, “It’s great to see our community out tonight supporting our Shaker schools.” And, boy, did they turn out. Dressed in black tie, red gowns and custom-painted Raidersthemed shoes, the crowd of more than 600 showed their school spirit in fashion. Perhaps the best “accessory” of the night was worn by San Diego transplants Meghan and Matt Simon, who were adorned with their 4-month old baby, Arlo. Let’s hear it for the class of 2038.

Michael and Dorothea Polster, who is Shaker School Foundation board president

Doug and Nancy Honig

Elana and David Glasner, who is superintendent of Shaker schools

Cliff and Hannah Mendelsohn and Sharon and David Galin

A Night for Red and White co-chairs Mity Fowler, Lauren Martin, Marla Walker and Sarah Brandon Bowen

Jef Fowler, and Amy and Marc Morgenstern

Shaker Heights High School band performs at the Hilton Ballroom.

Richard and Kathryn Edelman

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Visit cjn.org/thecity for full calendar listings

*Due to the coronavirus pandemic in the area, it is suggested to check with the organization before attending an event. FRIDAY, MARCH 13

“Mini movers” class, 10 a.m., CCPL Orange branch, 31975 Chagrin Blvd., Pepper Pike. For more info and to register, call 216-831-4282 or visit cuyahogalibrary.org.

SATURDAY, MARCH 14

“Storytimes” with family, 10 a.m., CCPL Orange branch, 31975 Chagrin Blvd., Pepper Pike. For more info, visit cuyahogalibrary. org. Stay and play at 10:30.

SUNDAY, MARCH 15

Maple Sugar Festival & Pancake Breakfast, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Hale Farm & Village, 2686 Oak Hill Rd., Bath Twp. $7-$17 at halefarm.org. Strike it Big for Milestones, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Spins Bowl, 5619 Brecksville Rd., Independence. For more info, visit bit.ly/3aavA6z. Congregation Shaarey Tikvah’s Entrees & Insights on “Gefilte Fish and the Emerging Food Scene” with Lisa Sands of Edible Cleveland and Jeremy Umansky of Larder, 6 p.m. Address given at registration. $100 at bit.ly/3aoQf74. “Religion and Politics: 1787-2020” panel, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Hts. For more info, visit uucleveland.org. The Cleveland Jewish News is the media sponsor of the event.

SINGLES SCENE SATURDAY, MARCH 14

Dinner with Crossroads for Jewish Singles of Cleveland, 7 p.m., Wild Mango Restaurant, 25385 Cedar Rd., Lyndhurst. RSVP to Ken at 440-498-9911.

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

Dinner with Crossroads for Jewish Singles of Cleveland, 7 p.m., Golden Dragon Restaurant, 5871 Mayfield Rd., Mayfield Hts. RSVP to Hy at 216-381-3100.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Calendar listings appearing in The City should be submitted at least 14 days prior to publication date. Send to calendar@cjn.org. Questions? Contact Bob Jacob, managing editor, at 216-342-5207 or bjacob@cjn.org. Park Synagogue sisterhood programming, 10 a.m., Park Synagogue, 27500 Shaker Blvd., Pepper Pike. $10 for lunch, RSVP to Rita at 440-683-1025.

Tibor’s 1st Passover Food Fair, 9 a.m.9 p.m., Young Israel of Cleveland, 2463 S. Green Rd., Beachwood. Place orders on site for Passover. For more info, visit tiborskoshermeats.com.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18

MONDAY, MARCH 16

Shalom Baby, 7 p.m., Gross Schechter Day School, 27601 Fairmount Blvd., Pepper Pike. Free, RSVP at grossschechter.org/shalombaby.

“Storytimes” with baby & toddler, 10 a.m., CCPL Orange branch, 31975 Chagrin Blvd., Pepper Pike. For more info, visit cuyahogalibrary.org. Stay and play at 10:30. JCC Men’s Club meeting with Michael Goldstein of eGeneration Foundation, 11 a.m., Mandel JCC, 26001 S. Woodland Rd., Beachwood.

TUESDAY, MARCH 17

“Storytimes” with toddler, 10 a.m., CCPL Orange branch, 31975 Chagrin Blvd., Pepper Pike. For more info, visit cuyahogalibrary. org. Stay and play at 10:30.

Kesher: Connecting Mom and Me, 9:3010:30 a.m., Gross Schechter Day School, 27601 Fairmount Blvd., Pepper Pike. Free, RSVP at grossschechter.org/kesher.

Hebrew Storytime, 4 p.m., CCPL Beachwood branch, 25501 Shaker Blvd., Beachwood.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19

“Israel in the News” course, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Youngstown JCC, 505 Gypsy Ln., Youngstown. $25-$35 at jccyoungstown.org. “Storytimes” with baby & me, 10 a.m., CCPL Orange branch, 31975 Chagrin Blvd., Pepper Pike. For more info, visit cuyahogalibrary.org. Stay and play at 10:30. Engage! Cleveland’s 3rd annual Next Generation of Women event, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Stillwater Place at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, 3900 Wildlife Way, Cleve. $90 general admission, includes lunch and drinks. For more info and tickets, visit bit.ly/2wrGPZT.

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“Jews of the Jungles and Cities in Brazil,” 7 p.m., CCPL Orange branch, 31975 Chagrin Blvd., Pepper Pike. For more info and to register, visit cuyahogalibrary.org. Marcus Thomas LLC’s “Breakthrough: Think Again” panel discussion, 6-8 p.m., 4781 Richmond Rd., Warrensville Hts. Free to college students and professionals, but RSVPs required at mtllc.com/breakthrough.

FRIDAY, MARCH 20

2020 Cleveland Home + Remodeling Expo, noon-9 p.m., Cleveland I-X Center, 1 I-X Center Dr., Cleve. $5-$10, free for children ages 5 and under. For more info, visit homeandremodelingexpo.com. Great Lakes Science Center’s “Body Worlds Rx” opening day, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 601 Erieside Ave., Cleve. For more info, visit greatscience.com. Adoption Network Cleveland: The Ohio Family Connection’s “Journeys of Discovery” conference, 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Baldwin Wallace University, 125 Tressel St., Berea. RSVP at bit.ly/39A5NoB.

BESTBET Congregation Shaarey Tikvah will hold the first installment of its Entrees & Insights dinner series at 6 p.m. March 15. Featuring Lisa Sands of Edible Cleveland and Jeremy Umansky of Larder Delicatessen and Bakery, the pair will discuss “Gefilte Fish and the Emerging Food Scene,” focusing on how Jewish food is becoming part of the Cleveland food scene. Hosts open their homes to the dinner parties, so the address is given at registration. Future installments will be on March 29, April 26, May 17, May 31, June 14 and June 28. Admission is $100 at bit.ly/3aoQf74. Dinners are welcome to everyone, regardless of religious affiliation. Get Best Bet daily with Boker Tov. Subscribe today at cjn.org/bokertov

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

Maple Sugar Festival & Pancake Breakfast, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Hale Farm & Village, 2686 Oak Hill Rd., Peninsula. $7-$17 at halefarm.org. “Storytimes” with family, 10 a.m., CCPL Orange branch, 31975 Chagrin Blvd., Pepper Pike. For more info, visit cuyahogalibrary.org. Stay and play at 10:30. Adoption Network Cleveland: The Ohio Family Connection’s “Journeys of Discovery” conference, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Baldwin Wallace University, 125 Tressel St., Berea. RSVP at bit.ly/39A5NoB.

SUNDAY, MARCH 22

Maple Sugar Festival & Pancake Breakfast, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Hale Farm & Village, 2686 Oak Hill Rd., Peninsula. $7-$17 at halefarm.org.

TUESDAY, MARCH 24

Park Synagogue sisterhood programming, 10 a.m., Park Synagogue, 27500 Shaker Blvd., Pepper Pike. $10 for lunch, RSVP to Rita at 440-683-1025.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25

Mandel JDS’ Hebrew Storytime, 9:15-10 a.m., Mandel JDS, 26500 Shaker Blvd., Beachwood. For more info, visit mandeljds.org. Kesher: Connecting Mom and Me, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Gross Schechter Day School, 27601 Fairmount Blvd., Pepper Pike. Free, RSVP at grossschechter.org/kesher. Shalom Baby, 7 p.m., Gross Schechter Day School, 27601 Fairmount Blvd., Pepper Pike. Free, RSVP at grossschechter.org/shalom-baby.

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Weinstein sentenced to 23 years for sexual assaults MICHAEL R. SISAK, TOM HAYS and JENNIFER PELTZ | Associated Press NEW YORK – Harvey Weinstein was sentenced March 11 to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the disgraced Hollywood mogul’s multitude of accusers thought they would never see. Weinstein, who has been accused of violating scores of women, was convicted last month of raping a once-aspiring actress in a New York City hotel room in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on former TV and film production assistant Mimi Haleyi at his apartment in 2006. He faced a maximum of 29 years in prison. Both women confronting Weinstein were again in court March 11 after their testimony helped seal his conviction at the landmark #MeToo trial. “It takes a very special kind of evil to exploit connections to leverage rape,” said the 2013 rape accuser. “Rape is not just one moment of penetration. It is forever,” added the woman, who recalled a moment during the trial when she left the witness stand in tears and then could be heard screaming from an adjacent room. “The day my screams were heard from the witness room was the day my voice came back to its full power,” she said. Asked later about her reaction after the sentence, she wiped her eyes, raised her arm and nodded her head. The Associated Press has a policy of not naming people who have been sexually assaulted without their consent.

It is withholding the rape accuser’s name because it is not clear whether she wishes to be identified. Weinstein, who has maintained that any sexual activity was consensual, showed no visible reaction to the sentence. Beforehand, he broke his courtroom silence with a rambling plea for mercy in which he said his “empathy has grown” since his downfall. He told the court he felt “remorse for this situation” but said he was perplexed by the case and the #MeToo climate in which it unfolded. “Thousands of men are losing due process. I’m worried about this country,” he said, arguing that men are being accused of “things that none of us understood.” “I’m totally confused. I think men are confused about these issues,” he said in a calm but creaking voice, adding that he had fond memories of his accusers. Looking back during the trial at emails they exchanged, he said he thought they had a good friendship: “I had wonderful times with these people.” The executive behind Oscar-winning films such as “Shakespeare in Love” and “Pulp Fiction” became Exhibit A for the #MeToo movement after years of whispers about his alleged behavior burst into public view in The New York Times and The New Yorker in 2017. More than 90 women, including actresses Gwyneth Paltrow, Salma Hayek and Uma Thurman, eventually came forward to accuse Weinstein of sexual assault and

Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continued in his rape trial Feb. 24 in New York. | AP Photo / John Minchillo

harassment. The takedown energized the #MeToo campaign of speaking up about sexual assault and holding perpetrators accountable. One of Weinstein’s lawyers, Donna Rotunno, told the court he faced an uphill fight from the start of the trial, with media coverage of his allegations and the #MeToo movement making it impossible for him to get a truly fair shake. “How can we deny the fact that what happened before we walked in here had an impact?” Rotunno asked.

RJC to hold conference with Trump as speaker JTA WASHINGTON – As events around the world are canceled because of the coronavirus, at least one major Jewish gathering was going forward as of March 11: this weekend’s Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Las Vegas. The annual event, which is scheduled to feature an address by President Donald Trump, drew a crowd of nearly 1,500 last year. Matt Brooks, the coalition’s executive director, said he expects “a strong showing” this year, too, despite the emerging epidemic that has canceled conferences, shuttered synagogues and effectively closed Israel to travelers. He said about 10% of those who signed up had pulled out but would not say how many people had registered. “The marketplace is determining whether we continue with the event,” Brooks said “We’re not forcing anyone to come.” As Jewish groups and leaders grapple

with their coronavirus response, political allies of the Trump administration must weigh more than just public safety and sentiment. They also must face the fact that Trump himself has been downplaying concerns, including those expressed by top public health officials, and for the most part has continued with his regular public appearances and handshakes. “Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on,” Trump tweeted March 9. Brooks said politics had not played a role in RJC’s decision to move forward. But reports suggest that Israel’s new quarantine rules for international travelers might reflect U.S. preferences. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose hold on power is tenuous, dithered for several days over whether to restrict travel to Israel from the United States because of the virus. When he announced a two-month quarantine March 9, he extended it to all countries, although many nations have reported no or very few cases.

On March 9, quoting anonymous officials, Axios reported that Vice President Mike Pence had asked Netanyahu to expand any ban to the entire world so the United States would not appear to be singled out. A Pence spokesman denied the account. The task of handling Trump’s sensitivities is not new for the Jews in his orbit, and the delicacy is compounded by the degree to which the president has aligned himself with right-wing pro-Israel views: He moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, defunded the Palestinians, extended recognition to some of the areas captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War and exited the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Netanyahu also has trod carefully on the rare occasion that his government has opposed Trump actions, refusing to speak out for instance about Trump’s pullback from resolving the Syria crisis – an absence that could leave the country open to Israel-hostile actors like Iran.

Sanders loses Michigan, path to nomination narrows

Joe Biden won the Michigan Democratic presidential primary, making his delegate lead over Bernie Sanders nearly insurmountable. Sanders won the state in 2016 and it was seen as the key to salvaging his presidential run this year. Biden also took Idaho, Missouri and Mississippi. Sanders won in North Dakota. Sanders’ win in 2016 in Michigan made him a serious threat to Hillary Clinton’s efforts that year to get the Democratic presidential nomination. The Vermont senator was this year unable to build the same coalition of young and working-class white voters who pulled off that victory. Sanders in 2016 became the first Jewish candidate to win major-party nominating contests. – Compiled from JTA

Sanders campaign names adviser who promotes BDS

The Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has named Phillip Agnew, who has called Zionism “racist,” and co-founded a group that supports the anti-Israel BDS movement and a U.S.-designated terrorist group, a senior adviser. “I am excited to welcome Phillip to our team,” said Sanders in a statement on Saturday. “He is a gifted organizer and one of his generation’s most critical voices on issues of race and inequity. He has and will continue to push me and this movement to deliver on what is owed to black people who have yet to experience reciprocity in this country.” Agnew previously served as a surrogate for the campaign and is a co-founder of Dream Defenders, which has ties to Ahmad Abuznaid, a supporter of the U.S.-designated terrorist group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Former Hillel director convicted of sexual abuse of minor

The former Hillel director in Iowa City, Iowa, who also served students at the nearby University of Iowa, was convicted last week with second-degree sexual abuse of a minor. David Weltman, 29, originally of Skokie, Ill., was found guilty on March 5 by a jury, which deliberated for about an hour-and-a-half, of sexually abusing a child at the Hillel House in Iowa City sometime between Feb. 1 and March 31 while he was teaching a 9-year-old boy Hebrew, according to an Iowa City Police complaint. Weltman didn’t take the stand during the three-day trial, saying that it was his, and not his attorney’s, decision to not testify.

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What has changed since ‘Black Death’? BEN COHEN

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he numbers are rolling in and they make for grim reading. In four European countries with significant Jewish communities – France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy – statistics gathered during 2019 by communal organizations and law-enforcement agencies published in the last month noted a steep rise in anti-Semitic offenses across all of them.

Arguably, the most worrying pattern to emerge from this data is the growing tendency among Jew-haters to physically assault their victims. True, such outrages still account for only a small percentage of the overall number of anti-Semitic incidents, but year on year, they are becoming more common. The nature of the violence has ranged from street assaults on individuals wearing kipahs or carrying Jewish religious items to an attempted gun attack on a synagogue in the German city of Halle on Yom Kippur last year, foiled only by the heavy doors that separated worshippers from the rampaging neo-Nazi outside. That there is greater license for anti-Semitic violence mirrors the greater license for anti-Semitic invective we have also witnessed, both in Europe and

America. On both sides of the Atlantic, post-World War II discursive taboos are being shattered to the point that they are “ultimately reflected in deeds,” as the head of Germany’s Jewish community, Josef Schuster, put it last week. Schuster was remarking on yet another annual rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes reported in Germany – 1,839 incidents altogether, a record, of which 72 involved physical violence. 2019 was a record year for anti-Semitic acts, but it was also notable as the year in which Americans stopped reading about anti-Jewish violence as a mainly European problem, and Europeans stopped thinking about America as a country largely immune from anti-Jewish hatred. The global character of antiSemitism was rarely more in evidence

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pantheon of anti-Jewish libels and its echoes of the propaganda of the Nazi German regime that occupied France during World War II. Writing about the growing visibility online of conspiracists variously connecting the virus with the Israeli Mossad, the Rothschild banking family and sundry other members of the antiSemite’s rogues gallery, Marc Knobel – a historian with CRIF, the French-Jewish representative organization – reminded his readers that the linkage of Jews with pandemics goes back at least to the Middle Ages. On Jan. 12, 1349, Knobel wrote, the Black Death reached Germany for the first time. He then listed the outbreaks of anti-Jewish violence that accompanied the spread of the plague in lockstep. In Freiburg on Jan. 16, the entire Jewish community was burned at the stake. On Jan. 22, it was the turn of the Jewish community of Spiers to be wholly destroyed. The massacres of Jews continued in Germany and then in neighboring Swiss towns right through to the end of April. “What have we learned from the epidemic of 1349 and the anti-Semitism that struck at that time?” asked Knobel. Wisely, perhaps, he did not answer this question, encouraging us to simply reflect on the parallels between Yersinia pestis, or Black Death, and COVID-19. Duly reflecting, it’s hard not to notice the conjunction of a viral epidemic that is itself drowning in false information and malicious speculation with a wider context in which political, racial and religious extremism is flourishing. Just as the anti-Semites didn’t need scientific proof in the Middle Ages to support their lies, they don’t need it now, for what is presented to them as a superior set of arguments is thrown back at us wrapped in the label “Jewish conspiracy.” Because it theoretically explains everything, anti-Semitism in reality doesn’t explain anything. The coronavirus crisis has given us an insight into its actual purpose, which is to strike terror into the Jewish community. The realization that techniques used seven centuries ago are again in operation against Jews today is certainly a terrifying thought.

Ben Cohen is a New York City-based journalist and author who writes a weekly column on Jewish and international affairs for JNS. Top read more of Cohen’s columns, visit cjn.org/cohen.

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Israeli politics, coronavirus cross paths MARCY OSTER columnists@cjn.org

I have been living for the last several weeks – but felt it most acutely in recent days – in a split screen of Israeli politics and coronavirus. And, to be honest, they are both scaring me. Which is a very uncomfortable way to live. One week ago, I and my fellow Israelis went to the polls for the third time in less than a year. There are things about election day that are constant and incredibly enjoyable. For example, all of my kids come home to vote since they all remain registered to this address. And to celebrate, we make a plentiful barbecue. And there are things about election day that are constant and induce stomachaches. Because for the third time the results have come out just about the same, with a nearly evenly divided electorate that leaves both the right wing and the left wing unable to form a majority coalition government. Time will tell whether either Likud Party head Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Blue and White head Benny Gantz will be able to form a viable coalition government. But I am guessing the chances that an unstable minority coalition that leads to fourth elections in the near future and the chances that I will sooner rather than later get infected with coronavirus are both too high. At times, the split screen has merged into one. Like on election day, when more than 4,000 Israeli voters in quarantine at home due to possible exposure to the coronavirus voted at special outdoor polls, a triumph of Israeli democracy. And then election workers refused to count the paper ballots for fear of being exposed to the virus (Central Election Committee officials had to do it). No anxiety there. I have also seen it in recent days as Netanyahu and his government ministers have responded to the coronavirus crisis. Netanyahu is at his statesmanlike best when dealing with a crisis and, as in this case, dealing with a crisis where he has to reach out to other world leaders. Love him or hate him, Netanyahu is a world leader who knows how to lead. So when a crisis such as coronavirus approaches the boiling point, Netanyahu, as he did on two occasions spoke with Vice President Mike Pence to discuss cooperation especially on the technological solutions dealing with coronavirus, held a conference call with leaders of Middle East countries to discuss the crisis, and joined a conference call with European leaders in order to discuss challenges and cooperation between Israel and the other countries on coronavirus.

It allows him to look about as prime ministerial as one can get just as the rest of the newly elected lawmakers must decide who to recommend that the president tap to try to take the first crack at forming a government. And at that point, perhaps the screen will split into thirds, because in addition to possibly working to form a coalition government or to prevent one from being formed, and to working to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Israel, Netanyahu could be headed to a Jerusalem courtroom for his corruption trial which is slated to begin on March 17 (though it could be postponed due to issues with the case material). If Netanyahu truly wanted to look like a statesman, and truly wanted to help cure Israeli politics, he would announce that he is stepping down as head of the Likud party and taking a hiatus from politics. He could say that he is doing it for the good of the country and for the health of the country. That while he gives his full attention to his legal defense, another Likud leader can give his full attention to helping the country’s citizens and economy remain safe from the ravages of the coronavirus. Netanyahu could save this country from a fourth election to take place several months from now, when even more Israelis would have to go to special polling places due to the coronavirus and there will not be a soul left who is willing to count those ballots. I would love to spend some more time figuring out how many left-wing lawmakers Netanyahu would have to convince to defect to serve in a right-wing government in order to form a ruling coalition. But I have to run out to the store now to buy toilet paper and disposable gloves. And stocking up on nonperishables such as pasta would be a no-brainer, if Passover weren’t just a month away. Let’s hope a new Israeli government, in any form, will last longer than the coronavirus crisis.

Marcy Oster is a former Clevelander who covers the Middle East for the Cleveland Jewish News from Karnei Shomron, West Bank. To read more of Oster’s columns, visit cjn.org/oster.

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Last week, news came out that Iran has tripled its nuclear stockpile since November. This is a direct result of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy failures. Over seven years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United Nations that unless something was done, Iran was going to have a nuclear bomb by the summer of 2013. Thank G-d, President Barack Obama responded and built a program to prevent that catastrophe. And Obama’s approach worked, keeping Iran from developing nuclear materials for the years since. As soon as Trump dismantled these efforts, Iran – predictably – returned to the path that Netanyahu warned the world about. Let us hope that the administration puts a policy in place to protect against Iran’s nuclear ambitions. And thank you, Obama, for protecting Israel from a nuclear Iran for so many years. Jon Miller Steiger Beachwood Publisher’s note: Steiger writes a frequent column for the CJN.

Baseball memories abound

The mention of the Cleveland Indians in the March 6 edition about one-time shortstop/manager Lou Boudreau brought back memories of baseball games played at League Park at East 66th Street and Lexington Avenue in Cleveland. (“Talk should shift away from defensive shifts”) I cannot recall any other Major League Baseball team in which Boudreau and second baseman Ray Mack played together in the minor leagues and came to the Indians as the same combo. The ball yard was in the middle of a middle-class neighborhood easily reached by streetcar. So many home run balls bounced off adjoining houses that a screen was erected. At one game, I saw a ball stuck in the screen and the officials had to decide whether to call it a home run or a ground-rule double. Sorry, but I forget which decision prevailed. Another memory was of third baseman Kenny Keltner. He would scoop up the ground ball, look at the seams to get a good grip and then zoom it to first base, barely beating the frustrated runner. That was when baseball was fun to watch.

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So in a week where the leading Democratic candidate calls Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a racist, says AIPAC is a platform for bigotry, indicates he would seriously consider moving the U.S. Embassy out of Jerusalem if elected and announces that he is a proud Jew (!!!)...what is the Cleveland Jewish News front page lead story? (“Second woman seeks money over Horwitz’s conduct,” Feb. 28) A story about a disgruntled city of Beachwood employee. Exactly which of these two events is more newsworthy, relevant and important to the Jewish population of Cleveland (and the country)? Which belongs in this paper (let alone on the front page) and which does not? Your journalistic priorities leave much to be desired. Chuck Lurie Beachwood

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All of us are Marie Yovanovich

Since the sham Senate impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump that had neither documents nor witnesses, we have been living in a dictatorship that daily tries to weaken the legislative and judicial sections of the U.S. government. But I have not noticed any real changes in our society. The meritocracy, both white and non-white, Jewish and non-Jewish, continues with indifference to the manipulative lies of bigots. The hopeless, be they very rich or very poor, still worship the gods of apathy and cynicism. Taxpayers continue to give millions of dollars in salaries and benefits to lapdogs like U.S. Sen. Robert Portman; unintelligent thugs like U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan; and dishonest lawyers like Pat Cipollone, who defended the dictator even though he is a fact witness to Trump’s abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The emboldened Heartland still makes war against immigrants of color, our allies, Jews, Palestinians, scientists and intellectuals. The 30-foot statue of Richard Wagner, Hitler’s mentor and one of the greatest anti-Semites that the world has ever produced, still looms proudly over Lake Erie in Edgewater Park, just as it has for more than 100 years. Shame has given way to tolerance. But I have noticed one change: we no longer have our own names, regardless of what it says on our birth certificates. All of us are now named Marie Yovanovich, the civil servant who lost everything, because she dared to be professional. Steve Wolotsky Lakewood

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Re: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders cancel Cleveland campaign events citing coronavirus

Biden can use this as an excuse not to have any meetings, debates or speeches from now on. He can avoid falling off the stage and still look and sound good with enough video edits for his political ads. – Bobby Reese It sounds a bit fishy. – Steven Seiler

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Condemning is not enough. It (needs to be) investigated. – Fira Fernandez

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There are so many children that need a home. And dogs too. What’s her problem. – Mindy Majzner Rader Adopt. – Bob Deskins

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Regardless of his medical status or age this war criminal must be deported. 6.5 million are calling from their graves. His final moments of life should be in custody. – Erich Pfleaidermahnn

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Glad she did. She would not be a friend of Israel. – David Baden

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I hope that this person and his family can truly keep a self imposed quarantine in their home. – Ron Klein Goodness, this is how a pandemic grows. – Vincent Mann

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Re: Israeli economist points to educational divide hurting Israel’s progress

The reason the smartest people want out of Israel is because these are people who are smart about prioritizing themselves financially. Housing, material goods, cars, gas, land, technology, etc., is incredibly expensive in Israel, especially compared to in the U.S. The key to Israel maintaining and growing this demographic of people is by developing cities and settlements in the Negev that look more like the layout of American towns... – Mark Liner

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sk any college graduate what they liked most about their higher education experience and many will say the time they spent with their peers. Though academics are important, Sarah Dowd, director of campus involvement at Hiram College in Hiram; Timeka Rashid, assistant vice president, inclusive Dowd student engagement in the division of student affairs at Cleveland State University; and Marc West, dean of first-year students and student engagement at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, said maximizing the college experience lies Rashid outside the classroom. “When students are involved, they feel like they’re part of the community in general,” West said. “And it also allows them to use more time-management skills and persist toward graduation. West Another thing that goes hand-in-hand with that is the whole aspect of tying in what they’re learning in the classroom to outside activities.” Dowd said, “Campus involvement plays a huge role in every student’s college experience. It’s not only about entertainment and flexing social skills. Though it does help them make friends and share their common interest in things, it helps them network with other people as well.” Rashid added campus activities also allow students to feel connected to a community. “In today’s world where everything begins to feel like a grind, we want to create an experience where students feel connected to their campus, and understand who they are and what they’re able to become,” she explained. “When we reflect on the college experience, we remember those extracurricular experiences that we have. That is all part of what we want students to feel in their ability to feel connected to campus.” In her 20 years in the field, Rashid said colleges realize students are focused

on getting their degree. But, activities also provide opportunities to flex their professional expertise. “It helps create the whole person,” she noted. “Your co-curricular experiences are all built in a sense of allowing you to increase those competencies. Employers are looking for a person with a degree, but they’re also looking for those additional skills.” West added, “It is being able to develop those relationships with folks that then know what your skills and abilities are, and they’re then able to connect you to internships, jobs or other outside opportunities. It’s knowing that when you’re involved in programs, events and workshops, you don’t know when those connections will come in handy.” Dowd said many of these outside activities can help students connect their knowledge with experience. “Students can also learn if they like something or don’t,” she stated. “It’s the opportunity to better understand their abilities or talents, or understanding careers they hadn’t even considered.” At Cleveland State, with opportunities like Magnus Fest, Camp Vike and a robust campus activities board, students aren’t without options. “It gives you the chance to, one, take a break, and two, sit with someone that you might not normally interact with,” Rashid said. “One of the things I drive here is to focus on intentional engagement. It is one thing to connect, but another to be intentional in continuing those opportunities.” West said activities at Baldwin Wallace are for all students, but with a particular focus on first-year students, as they’re more likely to keep to themselves due to the new environment. “We believe in the rule of three, get involved in three organizations, so they can get some kind of foundation,” he said. “They need to hone in on it – one activity in their major, one in something they’re already passionate about and one outside of our comfort zone.” Hiram College really “loves community,” Dowd said, which inspired a lot of the campus involvement opportunities. “We understand that when students, faculty and staff are connected as a community, we can thrive,” she explained. “We love to provide a place for students to come together with all of us. We want them to get out there, know what is out there and who is around them. It’s about working towards the element of the whole student.”

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Staff support plays large part in student’s success BECKY RASPE | SPECIAL SECTIONS STAFF REPORTER @BeckyRaspeCJN braspe@cjn.org |

eaching can be a complex and sometimes stressful profession. With the need to keep up on the changing educational landscape, teachers sometimes need assistance. That is where employer support comes in, according to Rabbi Simcha Dessler, educational director at the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland in Cleveland Heights; Leah Spector, principal and director of Hebrew Judaic studies at the Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School in Beachwood; and Cassie Sponseller, director of curriculum and gifted education at Menlo Park Academy in Cleveland. Though each school supports its educational staff differently, there is the same emphasis on teacher support. “At Menlo, we have more than the typical number of days earmarked for professional development, and that gives us the opportunity to work with teachers throughout the course of the year,” Sponseller explained. “We know that high-quality professional development doesn’t happen in a day, it’s ongoing. This is where teachers can feel floundered or illsupported. So, that goes a long way to help them feel supported.” At Hebrew Academy, Dessler said supporting faculty and staff is a big part of the school’s core mission. “From communicating with staff to empowering

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them, from instilling a sense of confidence in staff to supporting them, the school has an obligation to set staff up for success,” he stated. “At Hebrew Academy, teachers are provided with professional development opportunities, divisional meetings, professional learning communities, classroom visitation, best practices, general feedback or recognition.” Spector said Mandel JDS’ gift of $17 million in 2015 has been heavily committed to supporting teachers, specifically in increasing their salaries. “For us, that was a huge show of support for the teachers and that they matter to us and are making a difference,” she noted. “After that, there was a huge change in how teachers felt being part of our community. Another thing really important to us is that we tell teachers their families are more important than the school. We don’t make it hard on them when they need to be out of school.” The professionals said when teachers feel supported by their school community, students feel the direct benefits.

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“A happy teacher is a happy classroom,” Spector said. “The more supported teachers feel, the more students will feel encouraged. One of the things we truly believe is that the more students see teachers collaborating, enriching each other and learning from each other, the more they will do it themselves.” Dessler said, “Teachers will be most successful in a supportive environment, one with a positive school climate and a positive school culture. When a team approach is prioritized, teacher motivation and satisfaction are likely to increase, and ultimately the learning environment is maximized. The students are the beneficiaries.” When teachers aren’t supported, Sponseller said

“From communicating with staff to empowering them, from instilling a sense of confidence in staff to supporting them, the school has an obligation to set staff up for success.” Rabbi Simcha Dessler they can feel “siloed,” and will become more focused on what to do and how to do it, instead of focusing on the learning taking place. “It would be like an adult having five different bosses during the day and they all have different expectations and rules,” she explained. “It’s like that for students too. When teachers aren’t supported, students are affected.” But it doesn’t end with employer support, the professionals said. Educators also thrive when they feel supported by their peers. “What comes to mind is: a team is only as strong as its weakest link,” Sponseller said. “We have a great sense of pride in what we do for our students. We don’t want a weak link among us, so you naturally support your peers and give them advice. It’s understanding and staying true to who we are, and working to develop the sense that we need to hold our peers accountable for their greatness.” Dessler said, “Colleagues actually play an important role in stimulating motivation and achieving success because their belief in and support of their teammate helps build passion, confidence and camaraderie.” Spector said colleague support plays a role in ensuring schools have the best teachers possible. “Our goal here is to have teachers perform the best they can,” she explained. “So, feeling supported by each other is key. In order to ensure teachers are willing to do that, we have to get their support and have them buy into whatever we do. For us to be able to do that, they have to feel good about it.”

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hile teachers have a role in a child’s education, so do parents. According to Rabbi Jonathan Berger, associate head of school for Judaic studies and programs at Gross Schechter Day School in Pepper Pike; Mike Griffith, head of school at The Lillian and Betty Ratner School in Pepper Pike; and Hadassa Meyers, director of educational services at A+ Learning and Development Centers in Beachwood, it’s critical for parents to show interest and initiative when it comes to their child’s learning. “This gives value to the importance of education and impact that learning has on their children’s future,” Griffith stated. “It also helps show children the importance of everyone investing and growing the school’s learning community, which is a model of the classroom, school and ultimately the wider community they share.” Berger explained along with being a caregiver, every parent is also an educator. “Our children learn so much from us, especially values and priorities,” he said. “Children know what we truly care about, and what we just pay lip service to. If we tell them education is important but don’t show any interest, they will know, without ever being told, that we don’t mean what we said.” Meyers added, “If parents are setting good examples by reading or being involved in education on their own, it’s encouraging kids to see and mimic. If you take an

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interest in what your child is doing, it sends the message that it is important to you.” Parental involvement can also impact a child’s willingness to learn and get emotionally invested in the school community, Griffith said. “Seeing parents active and engaged in the community and their learning supports and encourages them to reach out to others around them and be involved and invest in their learning opportunities,” he noted. That willingness to learn also feeds right into a child’s motivation, Meyers added. “Motivation is key in terms of a child’s learning, so the more they are interested and excited, the harder they work,” she explained. “So, if you make it something you do together, that is going to create a more supportive environment especially if the child is struggling in any way.” But, parents should also be aware when it may be too much. “As parents, we love our children, and that love can sometimes make us try to save them from frustration

and failure,” Berger said. “Tragically, though, when we intervene too much, we ultimately hurt our children’s ability and willingness to learn and cripple their natural resilience. Truly positive involvement means encouraging children but not swooping in to solve their problems for them.” Since a child is away at school for most of the day, some parents may feel as though they aren’t getting involved enough. If that is the case, the professionals suggested a few ways for parents to insert themselves into the learning journey. For example, Griffith said families could go on active and experiential learning trips to local establishments like the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, local libraries or even parks. “Be creative and encourage your children to be active in selecting the opportunities,” he noted. “The bottom line is to have fun. Learning is supposed to be fun and engaging.” If that isn’t an option, Meyers said parents could also learn about what their child is studying to help relate. “Get books related to that topic and watch movies related to the topic, so you can have relevant conversations about what they are learning,” she explained. “Reading to and with children is always super important in showing you value what they’re doing.” But, Berger said, it can be as simple as a conversation. “Ask your children about school, but how you ask is important,” he stated. “Open-ended questions are better than yes/no questions. The internet is full of good conversation starters.”

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hether it is the SAT or the ACT, standardized testing season is in full swing. According to Margaret Appenheimer, director of college counseling at Hathaway Brown School’s upper school in Shaker Heights; William H. Daughtrey, director of upper school at University School Appenheimer in Hunting Valley; and Andrew Cruse, associate director of college guidance at Laurel School in Shaker Heights, study methods differ. “It is certainly useful to familiarize yourself with each of the tests,” Cruse Cruse said. “The SAT is broken into two primary sections: reading/writing/ English and math. The ACT includes a science section that is less about scientific knowledge and more to test critical thinking Daughtrey skills - extrapolating data from charts, etc.” Cruse said both tests are about three hours in length. Students should take them at least once to see which test they’re comfortable with. “From there, a retake of either test, with appropriate preparation or tutoring, is a best practice,” he added. Appenheimer said the test taking and study process depends on each student, taking their goals into account. “With a lot of colleges becoming testoptional, it gives them the chance to decide if they want to take the test or not,” she explained. “For kids who are focused on those test scores, preparation has been known to make a difference. And the big thing is being fully immersed in their classes.” If a student does decide to take a standardized test, Daughtrey emphasized the importance of the reading portion when preparing. “Students should read as much as possible, and they should read a variety of texts,” he stated. “By reading a combination of newspapers, technical papers, research studies, magazines, novels or memoirs,

students benefit from increasing their vocabulary and reading fluency. The tests require students to understand lots of text in a short amount of time, so they should practice reading and then relaying that information in a variety of ways.” Appenheimer placed similar importance on reading, especially with how it ties into a student’s understanding of the overall test. “I’ve noticed where students struggle most is navigating the actual test as it requires a lot of reading in a short amount of time,” she explained. “We suggest students then pick up some tips and tricks on how to be a smart test taker, like looking into what kind of questions are awaiting you and being very mindful on time. Leave two minutes at the end for the very tough ones and make sure you’ve filled everything in.” She added these skills can be applied to other sections like science and math, which can have long narratives. Regardless of the area students focus on, the best preparation lies in practice, Cruse said. “A student would be well-advised to take a practice test before a formal exam,” he suggested. “This allows students to get familiar with some of the basics of each test and what kinds of questions are asked. There are great free resources for students online to assist them before test taking, as well.” The professionals also said parents should collaborate with their student’s school or study program. “Each student comes to test taking differently,” Cruse noted. “It is important for schools to work with students to help identify a test preparation approach that will allow for the best chance of success. Working with test prep coordinators who will review students’ scores allows us to provide them with the most efficient and useful approach.” Daughtrey said, “I often encourage parents to discuss shared readings with their children so they can develop not only their reading fluency but also their ability to analyze and articulate the arguments present within those readings.” But, parents should make sure to take cues from their students. “As a parent, if I was talking to my child and there was a lot of avoidance in talking about test prep, I would want to circle back later,” Appenheimer explained. “When kids are ready to do this, they’ll give you a sign. So, it is important to be on the same page. Ask them what works best for them and give them a little bit of autonomy on how they learn best. Then check in with them.”

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indergarten tends to be a child’s first exposure to formal education and can be a difficult transition. Stella Moga Kennedy, owner of Le Chaperon Rouge in Solon; Karen Leeds, preschool director at Fairmount Early Childhood Center in Beachwood; and Erica Wilkov, assistant director of early childhood at The Temple-Tifereth Israel’s Ganon Gil preschool in Beachwood, said kindergarten readiness lessons are important. “Education has changed dramatically over the last 10 to 20 years,” Leeds said. “There are new standards for kindergarten readiness with regards to academics and preparedness for school. Making sure students are prepared and ready to function in a classroom, follow directions, interact with peers as well as learn information is a lot, so making sure students are properly prepared and ready for kindergarten is important.” Kennedy explained children exposed to early childhood education opportunities like preschool tend to be more prepared for kindergarten than those who aren’t. “It is a disadvantage to those who don’t go to preschool,” she said. “They don’t have the confidence to do the kindergarten work, which can be advanced. It can harm their confidence, which is important in preschool.” Along with confidence, there are a few other skills children should have down pat. “There is a focus on social-emotional and self-help skills, so when the children make it to kindergarten, they know how to ask for help, open their lunch box and if they can’t do something, do they know how to get help,” Wilkov noted.

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“We want to make sure the kids are ready to learn.” She added knowing how to write their name, hold a pencil, their ABC and letter sounds are other important skills. Leeds said children should also know to manage themselves, completing tasks independently and responsibly. Each preschool focuses on integrating kindergarten skills into their lessons. At Le Chaperon Rouge, students are taught within small groups, allowing individual attention. “We expose children to fine and large motor development, along with foreign language development,” Kennedy said. “By five years old, children develop the skills to learn and retain a foreign language. It’s easier for them to grasp that if they are exposed very early in life, which can help them learn English skills.” At Fairmount Early Childhood, teachers focus on the development of the whole child and how that relates to future learning. “It’s preparing students for the academic rigors of kindergarten while being able to manage themselves in a

classroom environment,” Leeds stated. “We teach children to understand and manage their emotions so they can make responsible choices with their behavior through our conscious discipline approach.” Children at Ganon Gil are supported through student and school relationships – with kindergarten readiness checks, collecting of work samples and looking at connections. “We give parents information about the school districts and we give a transition to kindergarten information session,” Wilkov said. “We also look at child to peer relationships, inviting current kindergartners to talk about their experiences to our preschoolers.” The professionals said parents have an important role in preparing their children for kindergarten. “At home, parents should read a lot to the child and also do some little projects,” Kennedy suggested. “Let them cut, trace, paste and mirror these actions. And if you don’t go to a preschool, expose them to those skills of remembering letters, numbers, shapes and colors.” Leeds said, “Parents should attend parent information nights or open-houses to learn about the school policies, procedures and routines. The more knowledge parents have, the easier it will be for them to prepare their children. Parents need to feel comfortable with the transition and kindergarten environment as well.” Along with mirroring actions at home, Wilkov said parents should also be advocates for their children. “It is really important for parents to be advocates for their children, and give both schools as much information they can about how their child learns and what support their child might need in kindergarten,” she said.

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e talk a lot about avoiding a threat like COVID-19. You likely know avoiding gatherings, social distancing, washing hands, not shaking hands, not touching your face and wearing masks and personal protective gear are important.

But your body is designed to protect you from outside threats. Your immune system is a highly organized and mobile unit, designed to fight to protect you. Unlike other parts of the body, the immune system is difficult to visualize. After all, you know what the heart looks like and where it beats. But your immune system is just that: a system. It involves a variety of cells and messages between them. Plus, it’s something that patrols your entire body. Think about it as any kind of protect-and-defend system – it just happens at a microscopic level. It goes through a very similar process as societal defense mechanisms. And like the city police, state police, FBI, etc., there is a lot of redundancy built into the system, designed to help you. Your skin serves as the first, outer shield to your insides. Even protection for your ears – that’s what wax is for – nose and lungs have filters and cilia that act like brooms, trying to make sure bad stuff from the outside stays outside. Once inside, or against an inside renegade like a cancer cell, this defense system goes into action. It’s what rushes in when you scrape yourself. When you have a cold or are sick from a virus, your immune cells recognize some nasty stuff causing problems and send in other immune cells to fight them. The result of that fight is what

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you see or feel – coughing, runny nose, inflammation, fever and things of that sort. You also might see it when you cut yourself or twist an ankle. Redness or swelling are a result of those immune cells identifying a problem and sending in cells to heal the area. Ultimately, it’s what heals you. Yet when we talk about vibrant longevity, it’s not just about how your body handles the flu or a bum joint. It’s much more about how your immune system handles the major threats that if not defeated, will kill you, like MERS, SARS, COVID-19 or a cancer. Strengthening your immune system is key for keeping you young inside. It should be noted your immune system, after you turn about 50, loses some of its juice. It is less able to identify and attack invaders, which is the reason self-engineering your immune system is vital and you should do all you can to keep it in top shape. TIPS FOR SELF-ENGINEERING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM • Quality sleep: Poor sleep is associated with decreased immune function and decreased rate of vaccines working, for that very reason. That means not only getting at least 7

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IMMUNE | 56 hours of sleep, but also making sure it’s quality sleep. Good sleep hygiene, meaning no screens in the bedroom and not eating for a few hours before sleep, is crucial to making sure you get rest. Getting great sleep for several days prior to a flu shot boosts its success in protecting for influenza viruses. • Manage stress: One of the major threats to your immune system is chronic stress, which causes a cascade of hormonal responses that weakens your immune function over time. And while we’re of the belief there’s no such thing as total stress relief – stress is simply a byproduct of living a fulfilling life – we believe there are ways to self-engineer the effects that negative and chronic stress can have on the body. Of course stress management can take many shapes and forms, and you should engage in those activities that work for you, as long as they’re healthy – a nightly assembly line of martinis does not qualify. Meditation, deep breathing, social connections by phone or video chat in this time of “social distancing,” and at least 10 other techniques have been shown to increase immune function. • Enjoy healthy food: Vegetables are nature’s best protective medicine – they’re fortified with so many good-foryou compounds and nutrients. When it comes to preventing or fighting enemies of longevity, if there’s one thing you can do to help reduce your risk, it’s to make a conscious effort to cover more of your plate with veggies and fruits. Make them great tasting, and it helps to avoid red and processed meat, simple sugar, syrups and carbs that are not 100% whole grain. The best approach is to diversify your portfolio of fruits and vegetables – think leafy greens, cruciferous vegetables, berries and citrus fruits. This will help improve the chances

that all your micronutrients – vitamins A, B, C and D, and minerals like zinc and selenium – are covered. It’s also a good idea to supplement with half a multivitamin-multimineral supplement twice a day (morning and night) to ensure all of your bases are covered. Taking it for several weeks prior to a flu shot is another way to boost the flu shot’s success in protecting you for influenza viruses. • Move, move, move: Any movement is great, but increasing progressively over time can boost immune functioning. Note, though, that over-exercising is associated with decreased immune function. Training by running continuously for more than two hours, or biking more than two hours continuously, would classify as over-exercising, as doing more than two hours of exercises continuously causes inflammation and depresses your immune system. • Cut out toxins: This includes vaping, smoking cigarettes and consuming too much alcohol. • Cover your cough. • Get vaccines. • Wash your hands. Yes, you get to engineer your immune system so it can help you ward off the current headline threat, as well as the big longevity stopper – cancer. Take the opportunity.

Dr. Michael Roizen writes about wellness for the Cleveland Jewish News. He is chief wellness officer and chair of the Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic.

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uring Oprah Winfrey’s “2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus Tour” several weeks ago in Los Angeles, she spoke about wellness and balance. Unfortunately, immediately after mentioning balance in her speech, she lost her footing and tumbled onto the stage, a reminder of how important balance is to our overall health.

The human brain and nervous system are very intricately engineered to help us maintain our balance. There are four main areas in our nervous system that coordinate together and are crucial to having good balance. A defect in any of these four areas can cause balance problems. These areas are the labyrinthine system, the visual pathways, the cerebellum and the peripheral nerves. The labyrinthine system is located close to the inner ear and is closely aligned with the hearing apparatus. The visual pathways refers to the eyes and the part of our brain that processes images. The cerebellum is a large section of the brain located in the back of the skull, which helps to coordinate our limb movements. The peripheral nerves are located in our arms, hands, feet and legs. These provide stimulation to our muscles for limb movement and they also send sensory signals to the brain related to body position, as well as sensations of pain and temperature. One example of a defect that cause balance problems is vision impairment. Such an impairment will cause problems in the functioning of the other key brain and nerve areas that govern balance. It should also be noted that there are other very specific situations associated with poor balance. Someone with low blood pressure, which is often a side effect of prescription medications, can be prone to falls. Diabetes mellitus can cause damage to the peripheral nerves, which can lead to impaired sensation in the feet and legs, and consequently poor balance. Some vitamin deficiencies,

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such as Vitamin B12 can cause similar nerve damage issues as described with diabetes. Exposure to certain toxins, such as alcohol, can also lead to similar peripheral nerve problems. People who have arthritis in their legs or feet or damage to tendons or ligaments in their legs, are also prone to poor balance. Balance exercises can help you maintain your balance at any age and can be effective for fall prevention. A good first start to addressing balance problems would be to meet with a physical therapist. They have the skills to analyze a person’s specific risk factors for falls and can prescribe a course of therapy that can be tailored to the individual’s specific weaknesses. A person with less serious balance concerns can undertake exercises on their own initiative to improve balance. These exercises could include yoga, taichi or simply going for frequent walks, to strengthen leg muscles, tendons and ligaments. It’s very important to be as active as one can within the limits of one’s capabilities, because a sedentary existence can weaken all of the body parts that are needed to ensure good balance. As George Bernard Shaw stated: “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

Dr. Mark Roth writes about internal medicine for the Cleveland Jewish News. He is an internal medicine physician with University Hospitals.

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arch is National Nutrition Month. It also happens to be National Peanut Month, Women’s History Month, Mustache Month, National Kidney Month and many other observances. However, let’s focus on nutrition, specifically infant nutrition.

Some of the most frequent questions I get from parents are about initiating baby foods. Parents and grandparents come asking when to start foods, what foods to start and which ones to avoid in infancy. Some of these recommendations have changed significantly in the past five years or so, which can make things confusing. The recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics is to start baby food at 6 months of age, and to solely breastfeed up until then. However, in practice, infants are often ready to start food earlier. There are specific signs of readiness to look for: Babies should be able to hold their heads up when in a supported seating position; they should show interest in food by watching their parents eat and by reaching for food; and they should be approximately twice their birth weight. These often happen when babies are between 4 months and 6 months of age. If they show they’re ready, then you can go ahead and start. If they’re not interested or if they still push the spoon out with their tongue, they’re not quite ready, and you can try again in a week or two. Many people want to start with rice cereal or other single-grain cereals, though it’s perfectly fine to start with a pureed fruit or vegetable instead. Another big concern parents and grandparents have is the possibility of their baby developing food allergies. As recently as five years ago, the recommendation was to avoid potentially allergic foods (peanut products, soy, eggs,

dairy, or fish) for at least one to two years. In 2015, researchers in the UK were studying the incidence of food allergies and discovered that 10 times as many Jewish children in the UK had peanut allergies when compared to Israeli children. They found that most Israeli babies were eating Bamba snacks – puffs made with peanut powder – starting from a young age. From there they proved that early introduction to allergenic foods lead to a decrease in food allergies. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases developed new guidelines after that 2015 study, recommending the gradual initiation of peanut products and other allergenic foods as early as 6 months of age, or even sometimes between 4-6 months old, for babies who are at higher risk of allergies (those with severe eczema or strong family history of food allergies). Overall, the best way to advance foods is to start with safe foods that have low risk of allergies, such as rice cereal, bananas or sweet potatoes. Then you can gradually add one food at a time, waiting two to three days before starting the next one. If you are concerned about a possible reaction or have further questions, consult your doctor. By following these guidelines, you can safely enrich your baby’s palate and encourage good eating habits.

Dr. Laura Shefner writes about pediatric care for the Cleveland Jewish News. She is a pediatrician at The MetroHealth System and practices in Beachwood and Parma.

Murray named Youngstown federation executive director of senior care, services

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ric Murray was hired as executive director of senior care and services for the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation to oversee Heritage Manor Rehabilitation & Retirement Community and Adult Day Services and Levy Gardens Assisted Living Facility, effective March 9. Murray has more than 20 years of health care experience in a variety of settings, including hospital, inpatient rehabilitation, therapy

services, skilled nursing/long-term care, home health, hospice and private duty nursing. “Senior care services, including nursing facilities, adult day care centers and assisted living facilities, will continue to play a greater role in shaping the future of health care delivery,” Murray said in a news release. “The Youngstown Area Jewish Federation’s commitment to the senior community through Heritage Manor, Levy Gardens and its adult

day care services provides a tremendous opportunity to be a strong partner to the Youngstown community. We have an excellent story to share and look forward to playing an integral role in the delivery of high quality healthcare services in the Youngstown area.” Murray and his wife, Holly, live in Salem. They have three children.

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Take precautions when out in sun

his time of year, we often need a break from the snow and grey sky of Northeast Ohio. Many of us travel to warm and sunny climates for at least a few days during winter months. Cleveland’s sunny days are also just around the corner and we will be out and about enjoying our beautiful sunny days. Sun makes us feel better, wakes up foliage and even helps conditions such as acne and psoriasis. However, exposure to direct sunlight could also be leading Demidova to development of skin cancers, sunspots and wrinkles. All the things we do not want, are actively fighting against and are trying to reverse. Sun exposure is inevitable unless we stay indoors. It is everywhere we go, in the car while we drive, in the park on the walk, outside at the wedding reception or the outdoor restaurant, the marathon, kids’ soccer game and the amusement park. It is important to remember that development of skin cancers depends on both the lifetime number of sunburns and the amount of cumulative sun exposure. Sunburns represent greater danger in developing melanoma types of skin cancer. Living in Ohio with many days of decreased UV index, we are more prone to getting a sunburn when we make our winter escape to the sunny climates. Sunny climates of course include ski resorts with high altitudes, where we can burn within minutes – same as on the cruise in the open sea. All this means is that we need to be prepared as we are getting off the airplane.

Do not forget to have your skin cancer screening once a year or more often if there are suspicious lesions present on your skin. Our goal is to make sure we are protecting all sunexposed skin, including the often-forgotten tops of feet, ears and top of our head. Don’t forget to protect the eyes. This can be easily accomplished by use of moisturizers that already have sunscreen in them apply every two hours during the sunny part of the day. Additionally, we can bring along ever-fashionable UV protective wide brim hats, sunglasses and UV protective clothing. With increasing skin cancer awareness, more retailers carry UV protective clothing for most activities. Look for the UV protective label on the tags. If you must be in the sun between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., consider covering the entirety of your body or staying in the shade. Full-body coverage swimsuits, dresses, shirts, pants and hiking outfits are ever-more stylish and light, while assuring full UV protection. Preventing development of skin cancer can be

started at any time – with proven results of decreased development – as soon as one starts effective sun protection or sun avoidance. Do not hesitate to make easy changes today. You will soon notice that you are not alone, and skin cancer prevention is a big and popular movement. Lastly, do not forget to have your skin cancer screening once a year or more often if there are suspicious lesions present on your skin. Those are easy appointments with your board-certified dermatologist. Not all skin cancers are caused by sun. If skin cancer is caught in its early stages, it is easily treatable in a dermatologist’s office setting.

Sunscreen selection tips: Any sunscreen >30 SPF and containing zinc or titanium oxide is adequate; mineral sunscreens cause less acne and sensitivity; spray-on sunscreens still need to be rubbed into skin; water resistant does not mean waterproof; it still needs to be reapplied every one to two hours. Some good brands are Aveeno, Neutrogena, AltaMD and Epionce, etc. Enjoy the sun and never stop your activities, just be prepared.

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he Cleveland Museum of Art will receive more than 100 works of art from Cleveland collectors Joseph P. and Nancy F. Keithley, the largest gift the museum has received since 1958. The collection, valued at more than $100 million, includes impressionist, post-impressionist and modern European and American paintings, drawings and prints; Chinese and Japanese ceramics; and other works from the Keithleys’ collection. Of the works pledged, 97 are outright gifts and the other 17 are promised for the museum’s collection in the future. “It would be difficult to overstate the impact of Joe and Nancy’s gift and promised gift,” said CMA Director William Griswold, in a March 11 news release. “It is nothing short of transformative, and it will permanently enrich our holdings – and the visitor’s experience – across the institution, from our galleries of Asian art to those dedicated to impressionism, post-impressionism and the 20th century in Europe and this country.” The gifts are five paintings by Pierre Bonnard; four

each by Maurice Denis and Edouard Vuillard; two each by Milton Avery, Georges Braque, Gustave Caillebotte, Joan Mitchell and Félix Valloton; and individual pictures by Henri-Edmond Cross, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro and Andrew Wyeth. Among the works on paper are six watercolors by John Marin, five drawings by Bonnard and a pastel by Eugène Boudin, according to the release. Beginning March 17, a selection of the works will be on view in CMA’s permanent collection galleries. A large-scale exhibition of the gift is planned for fall 2022, along with a comprehensive publication. Nancy and Joseph Keithley are longtime supporters of CMA. Nancy Keithley became a trustee of the museum in 2001, and from 2006 to 2011 she was chair of its Accessions Advisory and Collections committees. “Joe and I are thrilled to be giving back to our community,” she said in the release. “Cleveland is our home and we have enjoyed building our lives here. It is important to us to share our collection with our fellow Northeast Ohioans, and we felt the Cleveland Museum of Art was a perfect home for the works of art we have assembled, cherished and now joyfully make available

to all.” Joseph Keithley is the former chairman of the board, president and CEO of Keithley Instruments, Inc., a company that he led for 17 years. He is a member of the boards of the Holden Forests & Gardens, the Cleveland Foundation and LAND Studio and a trustee emeritus of Case Western Reserve University. In 2013, the Keithleys formed the Keithley Institute for Art History, a collaborative program of the museum and CWRU to train future curators, scholars, museum directors and academic leaders. It focuses on an “object-oriented” approach to teaching art history, integrating theory with the viewing works in the museum’s permanent collection. The gift will facilitate the effort, adding to the number of high-caliber works that can be studied. “For Nancy and me, collecting has been a true joy, and we are delighted that these works will inspire museum visitors from Cleveland and around the world,” Joseph Keithley said in the release. “That they will also be available to students – and will inform the teaching of art history and museology at the Keithley Institute – is especially exciting for us.”

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Brad Helfman, a Park Synagogue congregant, and his daughter, Lindsey, a Solon High School graduate who lives in Chicago, attended the two-night live “The Bachelor” finale March 9 and 10 in Los Angeles. “When we first checked in, the very first thing they talked about and had us do was sign a waiver to make sure everyone was safe and had not contracted coronavirus”, Lindsey told the Cleveland Jewish News. On attending the live shows and being seated behind show host Chris Harrison on March 10, Lindsey said, “It was surreal seeing the drama unfold live and crazy to think that millions of people were watching on their TV what we were seeing right in front of us. The best part was experiencing it all with another fan, my dad.”

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Cleveland Public Theatre’s “Breakout Session (or Frogorse),” 7 p.m., James Levin Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleve. $15-$35 at cptonline.org. Thru March 14. Dobama Theatre’s “Dance Nation,” 8 p.m., 2340 Lee Rd., Cleve. Hts. $32-$38 at dobama.org. Thru March 29. Cleveland Orchestra’s “Schubert’s Great Symphony,” 11 a.m., Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleve. Tickets at clevelandorchestra.com or 216-231-1111. KeyBank Broadway Series “Jesus Christ Superstar,” 7:30 p.m., Connor Palace, 1615 Euclid Ave., Cleve. $49-$139 at playhousesquare.org. Thru March 29. City Music Cleveland’s “The New World Revisited,” 7:30 p.m., Lakewood Congregational Church, 1375 W. Clifton Blvd., Lakewood. Free. Cinematheque’s “63 Up,” 7 p.m.; “One Hundred and One Nights,” 9:45. 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleve. Tickets at cia.edu/cinematheque. Ensemble Theatre’s “Kindertransport,” 8 p.m., 2843 Washington Blvd., Cleve. Hts. Tickets at bit.ly/32GqkFl. Thru March 29. Talespinner Children’s Theatre’s “The King of the Animals (A Tale of Cameron),” 7 p.m., Reinberger Auditorium, 5029 Detroit Ave., Cleve. $10-$18 at talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org. Thru March 29. The Cleveland Havana Ballet Project return celebration, 7 p.m., Verb Ballets Center for Dance, 3558 Lee Rd., Shaker Hts. $50 at bit.ly/2POQwZ0. “That Golden Girls Show - A Puppet Show Parody,” 7:30 p.m., Hanna Theatre, 2067 E. 14th St., Cleve. $39-$49 at playhousesquare.org.

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Cleveland Public Theatre’s “Breakout Session (or Frogorse),” 7 p.m., James Levin Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleve. $15-$35 at cptonline.org. Dobama Theatre’s “Dance Nation,” 8 p.m., 2340 Lee Rd., Cleve. Hts. $32-$38 at dobama.org. Thru March 29. Cleveland Orchestra’s “Schubert’s Great Symphony,” 8 p.m., Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleve. Tickets at clevelandorchestra.com or 216-231-1111. KeyBank Broadway Series “Jesus Christ

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Superstar,” 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., Connor Palace, 1615 Euclid Ave., Cleve. $49-$139 at playhousesquare.org. Thru March 29. City Music Cleveland’s “The New World Revisited,” 8 p.m., St. Stanislaus Church, 3649 E. 65th St., Cleve. Free. Massillon Museum dedication and ribbon cutting, noon, 121 Lincoln Way E., Massillon. Open house from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. For more info, call massillonmuseum.org. DANCECleveland presents the Stephen Petronio Company’s Ohio debut, 7:30 p.m., Mimi Ohio Theatre, 1511 Euclid Ave., Cleve. $25-$65 at dancecleveland.org. Cinematheque’s “Little Women,” 7:05 p.m.; “IP Man 4: The Finale,” 9:40. 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleve. Tickets at cia.edu/cinematheque. Ensemble Theatre’s “Kindertransport,” 8 p.m., 2843 Washington Blvd., Cleve. Hts. Tickets at bit.ly/32GqkFl. Thru March 29. Lake Erie Ink’s annual Giant Bananagrams Tournament fundraiser, 12:30-4 p.m., 2843 Washington Blvd., Cleve. Hts. For more info, visit lakeerieink.org/giant-bananagrams. Teams are $25 at lakeerieink.org/bad. Talespinner Children’s Theatre’s “The King of the Animals (A Tale of Cameron),” 7 p.m., Reinberger Auditorium, 5029 Detroit Ave., Cleve. $10-$18 at talespinnerchildrenstheatre. org. Thru March 29. “That Golden Girls Show - A Puppet Show Parody,” 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., Hanna Theatre, 2067 E. 14th St., Cleve. $39-$49 at playhousesquare.org.

SUNDAY, MARCH 15

Dobama Theatre’s “Dance Nation,” 2:30 p.m., 2340 Lee Rd., Cleve. Hts. $32-$38 at dobama.org. Thru March 29. KeyBank Broadway Series “Jesus Christ Superstar,” 1 and 6:30 p.m., Connor Palace, 1615 Euclid Ave., Cleve. $49-$139 at playhousesquare.org. Thru March 29. Cinematheque’s “Paavo, A Life in Five Courses,” 3 p.m.; “A Hidden Life,” 6:30, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleve. Tickets at cia.edu/cinematheque. No Exit performance, 3 p.m., Federated Church, 76 Bell St., Chagrin Falls. $5-$32 at 440-247-9700. Ensemble Theatre’s “Kindertransport,” 2 p.m., 2843 Washington Blvd., Cleve. Hts. Tickets at bit.ly/32GqkFl. Thru March 29. Talespinner Children’s Theatre’s “The King of the Animals (A Tale of Cameron),” 3 p.m., Reinberger Auditorium, 5029 Detroit Ave., Cleve. $10-$18 at talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org. Thru March 29. The Cleveland Havana Ballet Project performance, 2 p.m., Akron-Summit County Library Auditorium, 60 S. High St., Akron. $10 at bit.ly/2VP7daG. “That Golden Girls Show - A Puppet Show Parody,” 1:30 p.m., Hanna Theatre, 2067 E. 14th St., Cleve. $39-$49 at playhousesquare.org.

TUESDAY, MARCH 17

KeyBank Broadway Series “Jesus Christ Superstar,” 7:30 p.m., Connor Palace, 1615 Euclid Ave., Cleve. $49-$139 at playhousesquare.org. Thru March 29.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18

Cleveland Play House’s Musical Theatre I program, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Market Square, 239 Market St., Westlake. 10-weeks for $325 at clevelandplayhouse.com. Thru April 8. TMS Klezmer Orchestra practice, 6:30-8:30 p.m., TMS University Circle, 11125 Magnolia Dr., Cleve. $210 per person, financial aid available for those who qualify. Register at bit.ly/3aOvPp4. KeyBank Broadway Series “Jesus Christ Superstar,” 7:30 p.m., Connor Palace, 1615 Euclid Ave., Cleve. $49-$139 at playhousesquare.org. Thru March 29. Cleveland Play House’s “Middletown,” 7:30 p.m., The Helen, 1501 Dodge Ct., Cleve. $15 at bit.ly/2xlVLsR. Thru March 28.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19

Dobama Theatre’s “Dance Nation,” 7:30 p.m., 2340 Lee Rd., Cleve. Hts. $32-$38 at dobama.org. Thru March 29. KeyBank Broadway Series “Jesus Christ Superstar,” 7:30 p.m., Connor Palace, 1615 Euclid Ave., Cleve. $49-$139 at playhousesquare.org. Thru March 29.

BESTBET Ensemble Theatre will present “Kindertransport” Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through March 29 at Mainstage Theatre in Cleveland Heights as part of its 40th season anniversary. The play is based on the real 1938 to 1940 Kindertransport rescue effort, where 10,000 Jewish children from European countries traveled alone by train to Great Britain to escape the Holocaust. The March 15 at 2 p.m. show is “pay what you can,” meaning attendees can enter paying whatever amount they have to allow for the entire community to be able to see the show. Ensemble Theatre Mainstage Theatre is at 2843 Washington Blvd. in Cleveland Heights Tickets are $12 to $29 and can be purchased at bit.ly/3a4cnnd. For more information, call 216-321-2930 or email tickets@ensemble-theatre.org. Get Best Bet daily with Boker Tov. Subscribe today at cjn.org/bokertov

Cinematheque’s “Zombi Child,” 6:30 p.m.; “Memories of Murder,” 8:35, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleve. Tickets at cia.edu/cinematheque.

Dobama Theatre’s “Dance Nation,” 8 p.m., 2340 Lee Rd., Cleve. Hts. $32-$38 at dobama.org. Thru March 29.

Shaker Theatre Arts and Music Departments’ “RENT School Edition,” 7 p.m., Shaker Heights High School, 15911 Aldersyde Dr., Shaker Hts. $5-$10 at shakertheatre.ludus.com.

KeyBank Broadway Series “Jesus Christ Superstar,” 7:30 p.m., Connor Palace, 1615 Euclid Ave., Cleve. $49-$139 at playhousesquare.org. Thru March 29.

Cleveland Museum of Natural History tour with Orange Senior Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Meet at the center, 32205 Chagrin Blvd., Pepper Pike. For more info and tickets, visit orangerec.com. CWRU William N. Skirball Writerss Center Stage presents Andrew Sean Greer talk, 7:30 p.m., Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Rd., Cleve. Tickets at 216-368-6062 or bit.ly/2x5UWUW. Cleveland Play House’s “Middletown,” 7:30 p.m., The Helen, 1501 Dodge Ct., Cleve. $15 at bit.ly/2xlVLsR. Thru March 28.

FRIDAY, MARCH 20

“Something I Want to Tell You: Big Paintings by Pamela Dodd” art exhibit and artist reception, 5-9 p.m., Suite 215 Gallery @ 78th Street Studios, 1300 W. 78th St., Cleve. Thru April 17.

Cinematheque’s “Memories of Murder,” 7 p.m.; “Zombi Child,” 9:35, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleve. Tickets at cia.edu/cinematheque. Ensemble Theatre’s “Kindertransport,” 8 p.m., 2843 Washington Blvd., Cleve. Hts. Tickets at bit.ly/32GqkFl. Thru March 29. Talespinner Children’s Theatre’s “The King of the Animals (A Tale of Cameron),” 7 p.m., Reinberger Auditorium, 5029 Detroit Ave., Cleve. $10-$18 at talespinnerchildrenstheatre.org. Thru March 29. convergence-continuum’s “Gidion’s Knot,” 8 p.m., Liminis Theatre, 2438 Scranton Rd., Cleve. $8-$20 at convergence-continuum. org. Thru April 11. Playwrights Local’s “Hey Siri,” 7:30 p.m., Creative Space at Waterloo Arts, 397 E. 156th St., Cleve. $12-$18 at playwrightslocal.org/heysiri. Thru March 29.

Shaker Arts Council seeks artists for utility box designs

Shaker Arts Council is sponsoring a juried art competition for the design of utility boxes in residential neighborhoods. Artists must be at least 21 years old and live or work in Shaker Heights or the Shaker Heights School District. Designs and applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. May 1. For more information and to download the information, application and template, visit shakerartscouncil.org.

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B’nai Mitzvah Dylan Brett Hershey

Dylan Brett Hershey will become a bar mitzvah Saturday morning, March 14, at Temple Emanu El. Dylan is the son of Darcy and Aaron Hershey of Solon and the brother of Caleb. He is the grandson of Barbara and James Heller of Beachwood, and Judy and Denny Hershey of Mayfield Heights. Dylan attends Solon Middle School. He is a soccer goalkeeper, and enjoys music and sports trivia. For his mitzvah project, Dylan designed and sold T-shirts and raised money for the students of St. Francis Catholic School, located at East 71st Street and Superior Avenue in Cleveland. Funds raised will help students participate in team sports.

Sophia Makofsky

Sophia Makofsky will become a bat mitzvah Saturday afternoon, March 14, at The Temple-Tifereth Israel. Sophia is the daughter of Hope and Michael Makofsky of Solon and the sister of Olivia. She is the granddaughter of Jennifer and Barry Makofsky. Sophia attends Solon Middle School. She enjoys swimming and band. For her mitzvah project, Sophia will be volunteering at a local hospital or care center.

Ethan Samuel Papcum

Ethan Samuel Papcum will become a bar mitzvah Saturday morning, March 14, at JFX Congregation. Ethan is the son of Marla Kassoff of Beachwood and Edward Papcum of Mayfield Heights and the brother of Jacob Papcum. He is the grandson of Naomi Kaplan of Mayfield Heights and Marshall Kassoff of Shaker Heights. Ethan attends the Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School. He enjoys playing soccer and Ultimate Frisbee.

Engagements

FROM OUR CLOTHING TO OUR CUSTOM Edelstein-Krisby

Stacy and Robert Edelstein of Orange happily announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Edelstein, to Ryan Krisby, son of Rob and Sonja Krisby of Euclid. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Susan Gerdy of Orange and Mary Edelstein of Beachwood. She graduated from The Ohio State University in 2015 and Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 2018. Jessica is an attorney at the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals. The groom-to-be is the grandson of Mara Orlic of Euclid and Robert Krisby. He graduated from the University of Dayton in 2015 and Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 2018. Ryan is an attorney at Benesch. The couple met and started dating their first year of law school. An April 2021 wedding is planned.

Goldie-Batoff

Beverly and Michael Goldie of Solon are thrilled to announce the engagement of their son, Eric Goldie, to Jeremy Batoff, son of Carol and Steven Batoff of Baltimore. Eric is the grandson of Emily Goldie of Solon, and the late Shirley and Boris Greenberg of Solon, the late Michael Kruger of London, England, and the late Robert Goldie of Cleveland. He earned his marketing degree from Miami University, and is a real estate agent for Compass in New York City. Jeremy is the grandson of Evelyn Gross and the late Gerwin Gross of Baltimore, and the late Ingeborg and Milton Batoff of Long Beach Island, N.J. He received his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University, his law degree from University of Baltimore School of Law, and a master’s degree in real estate from Johns Hopkins University Cary Business School. He is an attorney and an associate broker with Long and Foster/Christie’s in Baltimore. A May 2021 wedding is planned in Baltimore.

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Criminal justice reform has gone mainstream with Democrats anxious to truly reflect the 8th Amendment and Republicans tired of paying for mass incarceration. The bi-partisan First Step bill took an historic, albeit modest, “first step,” retroactively equating crack and powdered cocaine and improving women prisoner protections. It doesn’t, however, address jailing currently 450,000 arrestees, practically none of whom are flight risks, almost all of whom can’t afford bail imposed by antiquated rules and a racist system. Nor does it commute excessive sentences, nor provide for re-absorption, prison education, or mental health. On the other hand, supporters or contributors to Donald Trump earn clemency: his biographer (mail fraud), an Illinois governor (bribery), three war criminals who disgraced their services, a Cheney aide who exposed a CIA agent, a far-right conspiracy theorist (illegal political contribution scheme), armed occupiers of a federal wildlife refuge, a Fox contributor, a disgraced Republican Congressman, a lobbyist, and a convicted NFL owner. Atonement? Quid pro quo! Paid for by Another Vu LLC.

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Two Handed Judaism

RABBI MOSHE GANCZ

his week’s Torah portion is my bar mitzvah parsha. I’d like to share with you a lesson I was taught back then and that has stayed with me ever since.

We read that after the Jewish people heard the Ten Commandments at Sinai, Moshe ascended the mountain to receive the “hard copy,” the two tablets. Here’s an obvious question: What’s the deal with dividing the Ten Commandments into two tablets? Either put all 10 on one tablet, or if they need to be divided, why not have 10 tablets each with one commandment? Why the five and five configuration? Where in nature do you see 10 things divided into right and left, five on each side? You don’t have to look too far, the answer is within reach, even at a arm’s length! Yes, your hands. You have been blessed with two hands, a right hand and left hand, with five fingers on each. You don’t have one hand with 10 fingers, or 10 hands with one finger. In Kabbalah, right and left represent the energies of chesed (kindness) and gevurah (restraint), sometimes also expressed as “the left hand pushes away and the right hand draws near.” On the right we have generosity, giving and loving while on the left we have discipline, withholding and severity. Commandments one to five on the right tablet are the “do’s” and six to 10 on the left tablet are the don’ts. Its chesed and gevurah. The right side is positive stuff – belief in G-d, observance of Shabbos, and the honor of parents. The left side is all “thou shall not’s.”

Yiddish Vinkl Liebe (LEE-beh)

Meaning: love • Ich hob dir zayer liebe / I love you very much. • “Di liebe is zees, nor zi iz gut mit broyt / love is good, but it’s good with bread. (You can’t live on love).” (https://bit.ly/38y5M3k) • “The Thesaurus of the Yiddish Language (Der Oytser fun der Yidisher

Ki Tisa Exodus 30:11-34:35 Ezekiel 36:16-38 If Judaism were all positive commandments with no limits, or all limits with no positive things to do, you know what we’d have? The sound of one-handed clapping! Interestingly, we see that when a person is full of joy, he spontaneously claps both hands together. When you have a joyous, vibrant Judaism, you clap both hands together- right and left, do’s and don’ts, chesed and gevurah. And that is why the basis of Judaism must be presented on a right tablet and a left tablet so that we have both. The challenge is to overcome the tendency to view the don’ts as somehow less important than do’s. Look at your hands again. One isn’t more important than the other. Right and left hands are both equally hands, perfectly balanced and symmetrical. So too, just like the do’s of the right tablet are all mitzvos, and a mitzvah means a connection to G-d, the don’ts of the left table are also all mitzvos which connect us to G-d. Both types of mitzvos connect us to G-d, equally. Let’s be two-handed Jews.

Rabbi Moshe Gancz is director of Fromovitz Chabad Center in Beachwood.

Shprakh) – with more than 150,000 words, idioms, phrases and proverbs – has seven columns in the categories of Love (liebe) and Loving, Beloved (liebenish, liebling).” (yiddishkayt.org) • “Sonim, di Geshichte fun a Liebe / ‘Enemies, A Love Story’ is a novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer ﬁrst published serially in the Jewish Daily Forward in 1966.” (bit.ly/32Zbhqy)

Shaker Heights resident Harold Ticktin prepares “Yiddish Vinkl” for the Cleveland Jewish News.

MARCH 13, 2020 CONSERVATIVE AGUDATH B’NAI ISRAEL: Meister Road at Pole Ave., Lorain. Mark Jaffee, Ritual Director. SAT. 10 a.m. 440-282-3307. abitemplelorain.com BETH EL CONGREGATION: 750 White Pond Dr., Akron. Rabbi Elyssa Austerklein, Hazzan Matthew Austerklein. FRI. Potluck & Lev Tahor 6 p.m., Lev Tahor 7 p.m.; SAT. 9:15 a.m.; SUN. 8:30 a.m.; WED./FRI. 7:30 a.m. 330-864-2105. bethelakron.com. B’NAI JESHURUN-Temple on the Heights: 27501 Fairmount Blvd., Pepper Pike. Rabbis Stephen Weiss and Hal Rudin-Luria; Stanley J. Schachter, Rabbi Emeritus; Cantor Aaron Shifman. FRI. Shabbat Service 6 p.m.; SAT. 9 a.m., 6 p.m.; SUN. 8 a.m., 6 p.m.; MON.-THURS. 7/7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; FRI. 7/7:30 a.m. 216-831-6555. bnaijeshurun.org. MONTEFIORE: One David N. Myers Parkway., Beachwood. Services in Montefiore Maltz Chapel. Rabbi Akiva Feinstein; Cantor Gary Paller. FRI. 3:30 p.m.; SAT. Service 10:30 a.m. 216-360-9080. PARK SYNAGOGUE-Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo Cong.: Park MAIN 3300 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights; Park EAST 27500 Shaker Blvd., Pepper Pike. Rabbi Joshua Hoffer Skoff, Rabbi Sharon Y. Marcus, Milton B. Rube, Rabbi-in-Residence, Cantor Misha Pisman. FRI. 6 p.m. (Park East); SAT. 9 a.m. (Park East), 6 p.m. (Park East); SUN. 8:30 a.m., 5:30 p.m. (both Park East); MON.-FRI. 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m. (both Park East). 216-371-2244; TDD# 216-371-8579. parksynagogue.org. SHAAREY TIKVAH: 26811 Fairmount Blvd., Beachwood. Rabbi Scott B. Roland; Gary Paller, Cantor Emeritus. FRI. Kabbalat Shabbat 6 p.m.; SAT. 9 a.m.; SUN. Minyan 9 a.m. 216-765-8300. shaareytikvah.org.

EGALITARIAN/TRADITIONAL BETH EL-The Heights Synagogue, an Independent Minyan: 3246 Desota Ave., Cleveland Heights. Rabbi Michael Ungar; Rabbi Moshe Adler, Rabbi Emeritus. SAT. Morning Service 9:15 a.m. 216-320-9667. bethelheights.org.

INDEPENDENT THE SHUL-An Innovative Center for Jewish Outreach: 30799 Pinetree Road, #401, Pepper Pike. Rabbi Eddie Sukol. THURS. Toast & Torah at Corky & Lenny’s 8 a.m. See website or call for Shabbat and holiday service dates, times and details. 216-509-9969. rabbieddie@theshul.us. theshul.us.

ORTHODOX AHAVAS YISROEL: 1700 S. Taylor Road, Cleveland Heights. Rabbi Boruch Hirschfeld. 216-932-6064. BEACHWOOD KEHILLA: 25400 Fairmount Blvd., Beachwood. Rabbi Ari Spiegler, Rabbi Emeritus David S. Zlatin. FRI. Kabbalat Shabbat 7 p.m.; SAT. Shacharit 9 a.m., Study Group 6:15 p.m., Minchah/Ma’ariv 7 p.m., Havdalah 8:14 p.m.; SUN. 7:30 a.m., Minchah/Ma’ariv 7:15 p.m.; MON. Shacharit 6:30 a.m., Minchah/Ma’ariv 7:15 p.m.; TUES.-THURS. Shacharit 6:30 a.m., Minchah/Ma’ariv 7:20 p.m.; FRI. Shacharit 6:30 a.m. 216-556-0010. FROMOVITZ CHABAD CENTER: 21625 Chagrin Blvd. #210, Beachwood. Rabbi Moshe Gancz. SAT. Morning service followed by kiddush lunch 10 a.m. 216647.4884, clevelandjewishlearning.com GREEN ROAD SYNAGOGUE: 2437 S. Green Road, Beachwood. Rabbi Binyamin Blau; Melvin Granatstein, Rabbi Emeritus. FRI. Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30 p.m.; SAT. Hashkama Minyan 7:45 a.m., Shacharit 9 a.m., Youth Mintan 9:30 a.m., Tot Shabbat 10:30 a.m., Rabbi’s Talmud Class 6:05 p.m.,

Minchah 7:05 p.m., Havdalah 8:15 p.m.; SUN. Shacharit 8 a.m., Minchah/Ma’ariv 7:25 p.m.; MON.-WED. Shacharit 6:40 a.m., Minchah/Ma’ariv 7:25 p.m.; THURS. Shacharit 6:40 a.m., Minchah/Ma’ariv 7:30 p.m.; FRI. Shacharit 6:40 a.m. 216-3814757. GreenRoadSynagogue.org. HEIGHTS JEWISH CENTER SYNAGOGUE: 14270 Cedar Road, University Heights. Rabbi Raphael Davidovich. FRI. 7:15 p.m.; SAT Morning Parsha Class 8:30 a.m., Morning Services 9 a.m., Minchah 30 minutes before sunset; SUN. 8 a.m., 15 minutes before sunset; MON.-THURS. 6:45 a.m., 15 minutes before sunset; FRI. 6:45 a.m. 216-382-1958, hjcs.org. K’HAL YEREIM: 1771 S. Taylor Road, Cleveland Heights. Rabbi Yehuda Blum. 216-321-5855. MENORAH PARK: 27100 Cedar Road, Beachwood. Rabbi Howard Kutner; Associate Rabbi Joseph Kirsch. SAT. 9:30 a.m., 4:15 p.m.; SUN. Minyan & Breakfast 8 a.m. 216-831-6500. OHEB ZEDEK CEDAR SINAI SYNAGOGUE: 23749 Cedar Road, Lyndhurst. Rabbi Noah Leavitt. FRI. Minchah 6:05 p.m.; SAT. 9 a.m., Minchah/Seudah Shlishit 7 p.m., Ma’ariv 8:05 p.m., Havdalah 8:14 p.m.; SUN. 8 a.m.; MON.-FRI. Shacharit 7 a.m., Minchah 7:15 p.m. 216-382-6566. office@oz-cedarsinai. org. oz-cedarsinai.org. SEMACH SEDEK: 2004 S. Green Road, South Euclid. Rabbi Yossi Marozov. FRI. Kabbalat Shabbat at candlelighting; SAT. 9:30 a.m., Minchah at candlelighting. 216-235-6498. SOLON CHABAD: 5570 Harper Road, Solon. Rabbi Zushe Greenberg. FRI. Kabbalat Shabbat 6 p.m.; SAT. Torah Study 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m.; SUN. 8 a.m.; MON-FRI. 7 a.m. 440-498-9533. office@solonchabad. com. solonchabad.com. TAYLOR ROAD SYNAGOGUE: 1970 S. Taylor Road, Cleveland Heights. SAT. Shacharit 9 a.m.; SUN. Daf Yomi 7 a.m., Shacharit 8 a.m., Minchah/Ma’ariv 5:15 p.m.; WEEKDAYS Daf Yomi 6 a.m., Shacharit 6:45 a.m., Minchah/Ma’ariv 5:15 p.m. 216-321-4875. WAXMAN CHABAD CENTER: 2479 S. Green Road, Beachwood. Rabbis Shalom Ber Chaikin and Moshe Gancz. FRI. Minchah 7:23 p.m.; SAT. Shacharit 10 a.m., Minchah 7:15 p.m.; WEEKDAYS Shacharit 7/8 a.m., Minchah 7:25 p.m. 216-381-1770. waxmanchabadcenter@ gmail.com. YOUNG ISRAEL OF GREATER CLEVELAND: Hebrew Academy (HAC), 1860 S. Taylor Road; Beachwood (Stone), 2463 Green Road. Rabbis Naphtali Burnstein and Aharon Dovid Lebovics. FRI. Minchah (Stone) 7:10 p.m., (HAC) 7 p.m.; SAT. Shacharit (Stone) 8/9 a.m., (HAC) 9 a.m., Minchah 7 p.m., Ma’ariv 8:14 p.m., Motzei Shabbat 8:22 p.m.; Shacharit: (Stone) SUN. 7:15/8/8:30 a.m., MON./THURS. 6:40/7:50 a.m., TUES./WED./FRI. 6:45/7:50 a.m., (HAC) SUN. 7:20 a.m., MON./THURS. 6:40 a.m., TUES./WED./FRI. 6:45 a.m. WEEKDAYS Minchah 7:20 p.m. 216-382-5740. office@yigc.org. ZICHRON CHAIM: 2203 S. Green Road, Beachwood. Rabbi Moshe Garfunkel. DAILY 6 a.m., 6:45 a.m. 216-291-5000.

RECONSTRUCTIONIST KOL HALEV (Cleveland’s Reconstructionist Community): The Ratner School. 27575 Shaker Blvd., Pepper Pike. Rabbi Steve Segar. SAT. Member-led Shabbat Service 10:30 a.m. 216-320-1498. kolhalev.net.

REFORM AM SHALOM of Lake County: 7599 Center St., Mentor. Spiritual Director Renee Blau; Assistant Spiritual Director Elise Aitken.

LIFECYCLES Candle lighting time 7:13 Sabbath ends 8:13 Upcoming Candle lighting March 20 7:21 March 27 7:28 April 3 7:36 Erev Passover (April 8) 7:41 April 10 7:44 440-255-1544. ANSHE CHESED Fairmount Temple: 23737 Fairmount Blvd., Beachwood. Rabbis Robert Nosanchuk and Joshua Caruso; Cantor Sarah Sager; Jordana Chernow-Reader, Rabbi-Educator. FRI. Kabbalat Shabbat followed by a hearty oneg 6:15 p.m.; SAT. Torah Study 9:15 a.m., Lay-led Shabbat Minyan 10:30 a.m., Minchah Havdalah 6 p.m. 216-464-1330. fairmounttemple.org. BETH ISRAEL-The West Temple: 14308 Triskett Road, Cleveland. Rabbi Enid Lader. Alan Lettofsky, Rabbi Emeritus. FRI. Service 7:30 p.m.; SAT. Torah Study 9:30 a.m., Service 11 a.m. 216-941-8882. thewesttemple.com. BETH SHALOM: 50 Division St., Hudson. Rabbi Michael Ross. 330-656-1800. tbshudson.org B’NAI ABRAHAM-The Elyria Temple: 530 Gulf Road, Elyria. Rabbi Lauren Werber. SAT. Shabbat Service with blessings for birthdays and anniversaries 10:30 a.m. 440-366-1171. tbaelyria.org SUBURBAN TEMPLE-KOL AMI: 22401 Chagrin Blvd., Beachwood. Rabbi Allison Bergman Vann. FRI. Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6 p.m., Come Grow with Me Shabbat 6 p.m.; SAT. Torah Study 9:15 a.m. 216-991-0700. suburbantemple.org. TEMPLE EMANU EL: 4545 Brainard Road, Orange. Rabbi Steven L. Denker; Cantor David R. Malecki; Daniel A. Roberts, Rabbi Emeritus. FRI. Shabbat Service 6:15 p.m.; SAT. Parshat HaShavuah 9 a.m., Service 10:30 a.m. 216-454-1300. teecleve.org. TEMPLE ISRAEL: 91 Springside Drive, Akron. Rabbi Josh Brown. Cantor Kathy Fromson. FRI. Service 6:15 p.m.; SAT. Torah Study 9 a.m., Morning Service 10:30 a.m. 330-665-2000 templeisraelakron.org. TEMPLE ISRAEL NER TAMID: 1732 Lander Road, Mayfield Heights. Rabbi Matthew J. Eisenberg, D.D.; Frederick A. Eisenberg, D.D., Founding Rabbi Emeritus; Cantorial Soloist Rachel Eisenberg. FRI. 7:30 p.m. 440-473-5120. tintcleveland.org. THE TEMPLE-TIFERETH ISRAEL: 26000 Shaker Blvd., Beachwood. Senior Rabbi Jonathan Cohen; Rabbi Roger C. Klein and Rabbi Stacy Schlein; Cantor Kathryn Wolfe Sebo. FRI. Shira Chadasha Musical Shabbat Service 6 p.m., “Thank God It’s Shabbat” 7:30 p.m.; SAT. Torah Study 9:15 a.m., Shabbat Service 4:30 p.m. 216-8313233. ttti.org.

SECULAR/HUMANIST JEWISH SECULAR COMMUNITY: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights. jewishsecularcommunity.org.

MIKVAOT THE CHARLOTTE GOLDBERG COMMUNITY MIKVAH: Park Synagogue, 3300 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights. By appointment only: 216-371-2244, ext. 135. THE STANLEY AND ESTHER WAXMAN COMMUNITY MIKVAH: Waxman Chabad House, 2479 South Green Road, Beachwood. 216-381-3170. This is a paid listing with information provided by congregations.

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Obituaries

Feigeles, Claire

laire Feigeles (nee Kline), 86, of Lyndhurst passed away at home peacefully on March 3, 2020. Claire was born Jan. 4, 1934. Beloved wife of the late Joseph Feigeles for 54 years; devoted mother of Sherrie (Abe) Kantarovich and Michelle Feigeles of Orlando, Fla.; loving grandmother of Isaac and Rachel Kantarovich, Joseph and Marc Salvaggi; and dear sister of Susan Battista of North Carolina and the late Norman Kline. Funeral services were held March 5 at BerkowitzKumin-Bookatz Memorial Chapel in Cleveland Heights. Interment was at Mount Olive Cemetery (Forest City Hebrew section) in Solon.

Goldstein, Miriam

iriam Goldstein (nee Diamond), 91, beloved wife of 35 years to the late Milton Goldstein. She is survived by her children, David (Marion, deceased) of Cleveland, Larry (Gerry Koprowski) of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Randi (Stuart) Kahn; cherished grandmother of Ethan and Mackenzie; dear sister of the following deceased: Eugene (Natalie) Diamond and Lawrence Diamond. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. March 13 at Mount Olive Cemetery in Solon. Randi and Stuart will receive family and friends following the service until 8 p.m. March 13 at 37380 Fox Run Drive in Solon. In lieu of flowers contributions are suggested to American Diabetes Association or American Kidney Fund.

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sther B. Epstein (nee Ritzenberg), 95, was born Dec. 4, 1924, and passed away March 4, 2020. Beloved wife of the late Bernard Epstein; cherished aunt of Nate (Gayle) Schneider, Ira (Amy) Kaplan, Amy (Larry) Graves, Sandy (Ira Lorber) Falck, Joel (Julie) Falck, David (Nancy) Falck, Brian (Faith) Ritzenberg, Debbie (Mark) Silverstein, Diane Eden, David (Laurel) Eden and Sherry Eden Rosenfeld; and dear sister of the following deceased: Bessie Falck, Aaron Ritzenberg and Marvin Ritzenberg. Graveside funeral services were held March 11 at Zion Memorial Park in Bedford Heights. Contributions are suggested to Stone Gardens (menorahpark.org/residences/stone-gardens). Arrangements under the direction of BerkowitzKumin-Bookatz Memorial Chapel, 800-448-2210.

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Obituaries Sobel, Barbara

arbara B. Sobel (née Bainder), 91. Beloved wife of the late Robert D. Sobel; devoted mother of Michael, David and Susan (Ronald) Lehman. Cherished grandmother of Yaakov, Louis, Jamie, Jennifer, Dylan, Stevan and Patty; great-grandmother of six; and dear sister of Ellin Millman. Barbara was raised in Baltimore and met Robert at the University of

Wisconsin. She married Robert in 1948 and graduated Flora Stone Mather College (now Case Western Reserve University) in 1949. She was a past president of NCJW/Cleveland from 1967 to 1969. Barbara was an avid golfer and bridge player, and was a longtime member of Beechmont Country Club. Services were held March 6 at Berkowitz-Kumin-Bookatz Memorial Chapel in Cleveland Heights. Interment was at Mount Olive Cemetery. Donations can be made to NCJW/ Cleveland or the Humane Society of Cleveland. Special thanks to Menorah Park and Visiting Angels for their care.

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