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Jewish Foundation of Calling all Cinti Cincinnati prepares Jewish bikers for expanded role

Gettler JCRC Breakfast Briefing Series

The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati is embarking on a major new strategic planning process to expand the Foundation’s philanthropic capacity and strategically invest its resources.

The Foundation has hired Rosov Consulting, LLC, a national firm with broad experience in philanthropic and non-profit consulting, to assist in the research, planning and infrastructure expansion, as well as aid in the development of longterm funding priorities.

With the increasing importance of U.S. national security, in particular involving the Middle East and the U.S.-Israel relationship, and with an eye toward engaging and educating community leadership on those subjects, Dee and Ben Gettler have generously committed funding to ensure the continuation of a breakfast briefing series organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) for the past 20 years. The series, which

All Cincinnati-area and northern Kentucky Jewish motorcycle and scooter riders are invited to an organizational meeting on Sunday, Oct. 24, to discuss forming a local chapter of the Jewish Motorcyclist Alliance. Interested men and women will meet over breakfast at 9:30 a.m. at Marx Hot Bagels in Blue Ash, and then depart for two rides in the beautiful Ohio countryside north and east of the city.

One group, led by Barry Wolfson, will include scooters and motorcycles up to 250cc on a two-hour ride. Riders on larger bikes will follow Sheldon Davis on a five-hour loop.

All participants will have a map, in case they need to head back before the route is completed.

“There are 18 JMA chapters worldwide, including Israel, Canada and Australia,” according to Davis.

“There’s an active Jewish motorcycling community in Cincinnati, and as individualistic as bikers tend to be, it’s also fun to get together for group rides, outings, meals and even long-distance touring.”

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Loyalty oath law, causing stir in Poll: Jewish support for Israel, met by U.S. Jewish silence Obama falling

By Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON (JTA) — A day after Israel’s Cabinet announced that it would consider making a loyalty oath mandatory for non-Jewish immigrants, the question put to The Israel Project’s president and founder was simple enough.

“How did your organization react?”

Natasha Mozgovoya, the Washington correspondent for Israel’s daily Haaretz, asked Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi at a news conference last week announcing an expansion of The Israel Project’s activities.

“We didn’t put out a press release” was all Mizrahi would say.

The story, making headlines in Israel and around the world, redounded into emptiness in the mainstream American

Jewish establishment even after the Cabinet approved the oath in a vote Sunday.

The silence reflected a reluctance to criticize Israel at a delicate period in its negotiations with the Palestinians, and as Israel gears up for what could become intensified confrontation with Iran.

The loyalty oath, which must be approved by the full Knesset to become law, would require non-Jewish immigrants to swear allegiance to Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state.” It was a longtime condition of participation in the governing coalition by Yisrael Beitenu, the party that helped crown Benjamin Netanyahu prime minister in early 2009 by joining his Likud Party in the government.

A measure that has drawn sharp criticism

By JTA Staff Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish approval of President Obama is dropping, a new national survey has found.

Some 51 percent of American Jews approve of the job Obama is doing, compared to the 44 percent who disapprove, according to a just-completed American Jewish Committee survey.

The numbers represent a drop from the 57 percent approval

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Question No. 5 in the American Jewish Committee polls indicated falling support for Obama’s handling of the U.S.-Israel relationship.

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Lichter Lecture: Part III with Professor Samuel Kassow ONLINE

By Nicole Simon Assistant Editor The University of Cincinnati’s Lichter Lecture Series will be coming to a close on Thursday, Oct. 28. The final talk of the series will take place on the University of Cincinnati campus, in Braunstein Hall at 7:30 p.m. The last lecture will be given by history Professor Samuel D. Kassow of Trinity College in Connecticut.

Professor Kassow will conclude this year’s theme of “Jewish Neighborhood, Jewish City,” with his lecture entitled “Warsaw: The Making of a Jewish Metropolis.”

“Warsaw was at one point, the biggest Jewish city besides New York,” noted Professor Kassow, who in addition to teaching has also been a consultant for the yet unfinished “Museum of the History of Polish Jews,” of Warsaw, which is being built on the former site of the city’s ghetto.

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Professor Kassow also noted how the Polish city was a center for Jewish life for eight centuries, a gathering place where Jewish books were published, Jewish theater was created, and more.

His lecture will encapsulate Warsaw from its humble beginnings and onward. Warsaw went from being a minor Jewish town to being a city of about 350,000 Jewish people.

Professor Kassow hopes that his audience will appreciate the metropolis that was Warsaw, and remember its inhabitants for their contributions to Jewish culture, and also not to think of them as Holocaust victims, but as people of a living, vital and creative city.

Samuel Kassow is a Charles H. Northam Professor of History at Trinity College, holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University and has lectured and taught in Mexico, Lithuania, Russia, Poland and Israel. Kassow was born in a displaced persons camp in Stuttgart, Germany in 1946—a child of Holocaust survivors.

For further information, and directions, contact UC’s Judaic Studies Department.

JCC takes teens to Poland and Israel for ‘March of the Living’ In April 2011, local high school seniors will embark on a once-in-alifetime trip focusing on Jewish history, as part of the international March of the Living program. The goal of this educational and emotional journey is to teach Jewish teens the lessons of the Holocaust, so they can lead their peers into a future without anti-Semitism.

A free informational meeting will be held at the Mayerson Jewish Community Center on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. for parents with children in grade 12 who are interested in participating in the 2011 March of the Living trip. Attendees will learn about eligibility guidelines for grants provided by The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati that will cover the entire cost of the trip. A sample trip itinerary, forms and fees will also be discussed at the meeting in preparation for the Nov. 15 application deadline.

Between Wednesday, April 27 and Thursday, May 12, 2011, the JCC will take students from Cincinnati to Poland where they will join Jewish teens from all over the world to celebrate Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day. They will march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the largest concentration camp complex built during World War II, and will then travel to Israel to observe Yom Hazikaron (Israel Memorial Day) and Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day).

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and teen coordinator, and Rabbi Shena Potter Jaffee, JCC director of Jewish life and learning, will serve as chaperones for the Cincinnati group. Local Holocaust survivor Sam Potter will accompany them as well.

While in Poland, the teens will experience what Jewish life was like prior to the Holocaust and will witness its devastation. On Holocaust Memorial Day, the stu-

dents will join thousands in a march to memorialize the tremendous loss of 6 million Jews. After a week in Poland, they will then fly to Israel where they will join teens from Netanya, Cincinnati’s partnership community. They will travel together throughout Israel, celebrating Jewish culture and communities in honor of Israel’s Independence Day. MARCH on page 22

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Nationally recognized Jewish authors at JCC speaker series Nov. 10, 11 On Wednesday, Nov. 10 and Thursday, Nov. 11, two nationally-known Jewish authors will speak at the Mayerson Jewish Community Center’s annual literary lecture series, “Authors Out Loud.” This local celebration of Jewish Book Month features presentations by a different author each day, from Nov. 9–12.

On Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., Tina Wasserman will discuss her cookbook, “Entree to Judaism, A Culinary Exploration of the Jewish Diaspora.” This awardwinning cooking instructor specializes in contemporary kosher cuisine and is the food columnist for Reform Judaism Magazine,

the largest circulated Jewish magazine in the world.

Wasserman’s cookbook includes more than 275 easy-to-follow recipes, as well as interesting and historical facts about the different flavors of Jewish food around the world.

The Cincinnati Chapter of Hadassah collaborated with the JCC for this culinary presentation, which will also include free food samples from a few of the recipes in the book (dietary laws observed).

Professional freelance writer and native Ohioan, Lisa Gitlin, will share insight about her highlypraised book, “I Came Out For This?” at the JCC on Nov. 11 at 7

p.m. This novel about love, obsession, friendship and coming out is told through a series of journal entries based on Gitlin’s personal life experiences.

“Gitlin’s funny, quixotic, poignant, gut-wrenching and romantic debut novel is definitely a must-read,” said Victoria Brownworth of the Lambda Literary Foundation (LLF). “This is one of the best books I’ve read this season,” she added. The LLF recognizes this book as a possible nominee for a “Lammy” award, which is the most prestigious, competitive and comprehensive literary award offered to gay and lesbian authors.

Those who attend Gitlin’s presentation can enjoy a post-lecture dessert reception sponsored by JPride Cincinnati. This local initiative helps organizations become more inclusive, welcoming and supportive of the Jewish gay and lesbian community.

The Nov. 9 and 12 “Authors Out Loud” sessions are free, and feature

books that appeal to parents with kids (preschool age through high school). This includes a hilarious presentation on Tuesday evening, Nov. 9 by Diana Falanga, author of “P.S. I Hate It Here: Kids’ Letters from Camp.” Her collection of kids’ letters will resonate with any parent who has sent children to camp.

The Friday afternoon, Nov. 12, presentation features Deborah Lakritz, who wrote the children’s book, “Say Hello, Lily.” This fun afternoon includes an intergenerational birthday party for children, parents, and grandparents.

Advance registrations for all of the JCC “Authors Out Loud” programs should be made by Sunday, Nov. 7. Tickets to Tina Wasserman’s presentation on Nov. 10 and Lisa Gitlin’s lecture/dessert reception on Nov. 11 are available for a small fee.

For registration, tickets, or more information, call the Manuel D. & Rhoda Mayerson JCC on The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Campus, or visit their website.

New changes for Rockwern’s preschool If you pose the question, “What’s new?” to any member of Rockwern Academy’s preschool team, you will likely get a surprisingly long answer. New toys, a puppet theater, fresh faces and ideas, structured curricula, Hopes & Dreams conferences and enhanced programming.

The team invested part of their summer in a variety of curriculumrelated tasks. They read “Much Too Early” and designated chapters of “Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk”; both were written by early childhood researcher and specialist Dr. David Elkind. Their goal was to deepen their understanding of child development before working to improve Rockwern’s pre-kindergarten and early childhood curricula. They now have a rough draft of math, science, health & wellness, and fine arts curricula for pre-k and a final copy of language arts learning outcomes.

While the 2-year-olds focus on physical, social and cognitive skills, the 3-year-olds are building on their skills in those areas and in the important area of emergent literacy. Parents of the 3s will see evidence, not only of Handwriting Without Tears, but also Letter of the Week. Pre-K teachers will use the new curricula to engage the children in a wide spectrum of academic and social areas.

Of course, another aspect of

Rockwern’s preschool that brings newness to the program is the new staff. New teachers’ aides include Sarah Scott, Hannah Ostrow and Beth Shuller. There is also a new teacher in the preschool, Pam Meisner.

Sarah Scott is a newlywed. She was born and raised in Cincinnati and has been working in a preschool setting for eight years.

Before preschool she worked the before- and after-school programs at the Pleasant Ridge Community Center and was a lifeguard there as well. In her free time she loves to coach soccer for her old neighborhood team Ken-Sil. She has been coaching these talented girls for almost eight years now. When the work day is done, she loves spending the rest of her day with her husband, Aaron. They enjoy bike riding, soccer and just hanging out.

Hannah Gabel Ostrow was born in Cincinnati and raised in Portsmouth, Ohio. She is a graduate of Portsmouth High School and attended Shawnee State College.

She is married to Fred Ostrow and is the mother of Beth Bluman of Baltimore, Md., Jeremy Ostrow of Cincinnati and Brian Ostrow of New York. She was formerly employed as the executive administrator for Cincinnati Hebrew Day School and office manager for The ROCKWERN on page 20

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Cincinnati Chocolate Festival

By Nicole Simon Assistant Editor The first annual Cincinnati Chocolate Festival, a communitywide festival designed for chocolate lovers of all ages, will be held on Sunday, Oct. 24, from 12 - 5 p.m. at the Mayerson JCC. “The idea, inception and fulfillment of the Cincinnati Chocolate Festival came from Wise Temple Sisterhood,” said Marjorie Solomon, Sisterhood PR committee cember. “It began with a conversation about a city-wide event and after much conversation, became the Cincinnati Chocolate Festival. Renee Becker and Susan Melowsky were selected as co-chairs for the event. They began selecting committee chairs from the Sisterhood membership

last February and March.”

Over two years in the making, the festival began as an idea of Melowsky’s. After viewing televised accounts of other cities’ chocolate festivals, Melowsky communicated to her fellow members during a Sisterhood fundraising committee meeting, how such a project, if taken up, would fit in with their other community efforts.

“Over 120 sisterhood members donated the seed money about a year ago,” noted Melowsky of the project’s foundation. From there, it was a grassroots effort of calling and e-mailing prospective vendors.

All proceeds from the event will support the Isaac M. Wise Temple Sisterhood community projects, including YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter, South Avondale School and the Interfaith Hospitality

UC Hillel off to a great start As the University of Cincinnati’s 2010-2011 school year gets underway, the Hillel Jewish Student Center is busy meeting new students and planning for a fun and meaningful fall. Both staff and returning students have greeted more than 50 first-year students, many of which have already signed up to become interns and student leaders. Whether it was a bbq or a boat cruise, attendance has been amazingly successful. “I love this

time of year, coming back to school and meeting new people,” said senior Jen Shaffer. “Now that I am a senior, it is great to get to know the freshmen and help them out. I was given a first-year buddy and have gotten her to come to several events with me so that has been fun, too!”

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Network, among others.

There is a charge to attend this event. Please contact the Mayerson JCC or Isaac M. Wise Temple for further information.

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Local Hadassah member receives AJC to brief National Leadership Award community on Israel and the press Gayna Bassin, Cincinnati Chapter of Hadassah webmaster/publicity chair, has been named a recipient of the 24th Annual Hadassah National Leadership Award. This award pays tribute to members whose leadership accomplishments within Hadassah and civic, educational and cultural organizations reflect Hadassah’s dedication to the principles of the volunteer ethic. Award recipients are selected by their peers and represent a wide range of achievements.

“Leadership often means

developing vision, taking risks, staying positive and focused while carrying through with projects,” said Nancy Falchuk, national president of Hadassah. “Anyone who has dared to be a leader understands the challenges. How delighted we are to welcome you into a select group of women who have realized their leadership potential through Hadassah.”

Tobe Snow, immediate past president of Cincinnati Chapter, presented the award to Bassin at the Opening Meeting and Installation Lunch on Sept. 20,

2010 at Carrabba’s Italian Grill in Mason. “This is such a surprise,” Bassin said. “I am truly touched and honored to be recognized by this incredible organization.”

Bassin became a life member of Hadassah in 1984 but was not actively involved with the organization until 2005, when she was invited to join the Cincinnati Chapter board as an information technology specialist. Realizing that the chapter was in desperate need of its own website, she worked with the

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92nd Street Y: Discussion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Isaac M. Wise Temple’s next 92nd Street Y program via live satellite is Thursday, Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. The prolific author and outspoken advocate for Israel Alan Dershowitz discusses the IsraeliPalestinian conflict and the most controversial issues of the day with Wall Street Journal deputy editorial page editor Bret Stephens.

Professor Alan M. Dershowitz is a Brooklyn native who has been called “the nation’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer” and

“Israel’s single most visible defender–the Jewish state’s lead attorney in the court of public opinion.” He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Dershowitz, a graduate of Brooklyn College and Yale Law School, joined the Harvard Law School faculty at age 25 after clerking for Judge David Bazelon and Justice Arthur Goldberg. He is the author of many books, including “The Case for Israel,” “The Case for Peace” and, most recently,

“The Trials of Zion.”

Bret Louis Stephens is the foreign-affairs columnist of the Wall Street Journal and deputy editorial page editor. He is responsible for the editorial pages of the Journal’s European and Asian editions. He was editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post in 2002–2004, a position he assumed at age 28 – the youngest person ever to hold that position.

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Why is it so difficult for Israel to get a fair shake in the media?

American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes Herb Keinon, diplomatic correspondent of the Jerusalem Post, to brief the community on Israel and the press. He will speak Tuesday, Nov. 9, from 7:30–9 p.m., at the Mayerson JCC. AJC’s global Jewish advocacy focuses on support of Israel and its security.

After years as a news and features writer at the Jerusalem Post, Keinon took over the diplomatic beat in August 2000, just after the failed Camp David summit, and just before the outbreak of the Palestinian violence in September of that year.

He is responsible for covering the prime minister and the foreign minister. He has traveled to world capitals with Barak, Sharon, Olmert and Netanyahu, gaining up-close knowledge and an intimate perspective of the country’s political, diplomatic and strategic challenges; from Hamas to Hizbullah, Kadima to Likud.

Originally from Denver, Colo., Keinon has a Bachelor’s in political science from the University of Colorado and a Master’s in jour-

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nalism from the University of Illinois. He has lived in Israel for 26 years.

Jeff Goldstein, Sandy Kaltman, Rick Michelman, Seth Schwartz, Beth Wayne and Michele Young are co-chairing the event, which highlights AJC’s efforts to speak out for Israel.

To make reservations for the program and dessert reception, which will observe dietary laws, please reply by Nov. 2 to the AJC office.

Judaism, spirituality and food: Subjects of B’nai Tzedek program Congregation B’nai Tzedek will host a program on Judaism, spirituality and food, led by Rabbi Gabriel Cousens, M.D. on Saturday evening, Oct. 23. The program will start at 8 p.m. and conclude at 10 p.m. Havdalah services and light refreshments of fruits and vegetables will be served. The public is welcome.

Cousens is a renowned spiritual teacher and expert on nutrition.

His books include “Spiritual Nutrition,” “Rainbow Green LiveFood Cuisine,” and “Conscious Eating” which has been called the “Bible of Vegetarianism.” Much of his work focuses on the impact of diet on spirituality.

He is a cum laude graduate of Amherst College, received his M.D. degree from Columbia Medical School in 1969 and completed his psychiatry residency in 1973. Cousens was initiated and ordained as a Rabbi after 12 years

of guidance and study with Rabbi Gershon Winkler. Cousens has been called the world’s foremost physician promoting live-food nutrition for physical health and spiritual growth.

Cousens’ presentation will focus on many of the ways that our selection of food can enhance both our physical well-being as well as help us to fulfill many of the Torah mitzvot. He will examine the relationships between physical health, spirituality and Judaism. He will explicate the relationship between Jewish meditation and Eastern forms of meditation. Many of his ideas will help to apply Torah teachings to our contemporary concerns about spirituality, Judaism and nutrition.

This will be the first in a yearlong series of programs being planned by Congregation B’nai Tzedek to focus on spirituality and Judaism.

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Holocaust survivor reunites with rescuer after 62 years

By LeeAnne Galioto Assistant Editor An unexpected phone call on Sept. 20, 2010 led Cherie Rosenstein of Dayton, Ohio to a reunion that was 62 years in the making. Rosenstein and Monique Valvot had not seen each other since the day Valvot’s mother had used her daughter’s passport to get Rosenstein to her new family in America. They searched for each other for years but couldn’t find each other until a couple of rabbis joined the search.

On that fateful Monday, Rosenstein received a series of calls from her son, Johnny, who let her know that not one, but two rabbis were trying to get in touch with her.

Rabbi Saadya Notik and Rabbi Levy Goldberg, both affiliated with Chabad in Brooklyn, were determined to find Rosenstein after a chance meeting with Valvot and hearing of their story.

In 1948, Rosenstein was named Maria Helena Chuchnowicz, and she lived in a Jewish orphanage in Paris after her parents had died at the Bergen-Belson concentration camp in Germany. One day, she was sent from the orphanage to live

Monique Valvot and Cherie Rosenstein

Cherie at age 5

with a generous family, a woman named Eleanor Bohne-Hene, and her two daughters, Monique and Catherine. Monique and Rosenstein were like “twin” sisters because they were born only a week apart.

They were 5 years old.

Rosenstein quickly became a part of this French family and they began calling her Cherie, French for dear. She arrived “with a dress, a doll and no identification papers.”

“Though I was unaware of the drama surrounding me, there was already a plan underway to whisk me into America, papers or no papers,” Rosenstein recalled.

After several weeks with her new family, Valvot’s mother, Mrs. Bohne-Hene, prepared to take Rosenstein to her new family in Cincinnati. Since Rosenstein did not have any papers, Valvot’s mother used her daughter’s passport and bleached Rosenstein’s hair blonde to match the photo. Tearfully Rosenstein left her “newfound ‘sisters’” and wondered if they would ever meet again.

John and Libby Moskowitz, who would become Rosenstein’s new parents, met Rosenstein and Bohne-Hene at the Greater Cincinnati Airport. Bohne-Hene stayed for two weeks, to help Rosenstein adjust to her new life in Cincinnati, before returning to her family in Paris.

Recently, while Monique Valvot and her husband, Jean-Pierre, were vacationing in New York they went to Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, and it was outside of the museum that Rabbi Goldberg overheard them talking in his native language, French. While they were talking, Mr. Valvot shared the story of the orphan who lived with the Bohne-Hene’s during the war.

In turn, Goldberg shared the story with Rabbi Notik, who has had experience finding people online. Notik found an autobiographical story Rosenstein wrote for the Dayton Jewish Observer in 2007 that revealed she entered America with Monique Bohne’s passport.

After connecting with Rabbi Notik and Rabbi Goldberg, Rosenstein and her husband, Stu, planned the logistics of how to meet with Valvot and her husband. They decided to meet in Dayton later that week.

On Sept. 23, Rosenstein, her husband, her daughter’s family and photographers and reporters all waited anxiously for Valvot and her husband to arrive. With tears in their eyes, Rosenstein and Valvot were finally together again.

“Monique, you shared your room with me. You have no idea how long I’ve been looking for you and wondering if I would ever see you again,” said Rosenstein. Valvot

replied, “I have been looking for you too. Jean-Pierre and I are so happy to be here, now that we found you.”

Valvot and Rosenstein shared about their lives and caught up with

each other. Rosenstein learned that Valvot’s family was Jewish and not Catholic like she had believed.

Valvot’s family stayed in Switzerland until the war ended, because it was a neutral country,

and then returned to Paris when it was safe. She also learned that she couldn’t find Valvot in Paris because she now lives in Grenoble.

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Meeting with an Orthodox group in Brooklyn, New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, seated, saw an audience receptive to his message that children shouldn’t be “brainwashed” into thinking being gay is OK, Oct. 10, 2010.

By Uriel Heilman Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK (JTA) — When the Republican candidate for New York governor, Carl Paladino, addressed an Orthodox crowd on Sunday about his opposition to gay pride parades and how children shouldn’t be “brainwashed” into thinking being gay is OK, he clearly thought he’d find a receptive audience.

He was right.

Orthodox viewpoints on homosexuality are derived from the Torah, which is clear in its condemnation of male gay sex, and Orthodox leaders almost uniformly oppose celebrating gay identity.

It was that opposition that prompted The New Jersey Jewish Standard, a Jewish weekly in a heavily Orthodox area of northern New Jersey, to apologize earlier this month for offending Orthodox sen-

sibilities by printing a gay wedding announcement (though the newspaper later switched course, expressing regret for its hasty apology).

“Sometimes people feel that they have the right to make their choices and then to obligate others to celebrate their choices,” said Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, a past president of the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County in northern New Jersey. “We believe that we cannot celebrate these choices.”

Goldin was the rabbi who in a meeting with The Jewish Standard warned the paper that its same-sex wedding announcement might alienate Orthodox readers.

Yet on other issues involving gays beyond sex — discrimination, anti-gay violence — the Orthodox community appears unsure about how to act, if at all.

While Conservative and Reform leaders issued statements condemning anti-gay violence following a spate of recent gay suicides in the United States evidently prompted by bullying and the Oct. 3 beating of a Bronx, N.Y., man thought to be gay, Orthodox voices largely have been silent.

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Torah scribes Linda Coppleson, Rabbi Chana Klebansky and Rachel Reichhardt, l-r, discuss the placement of text on a panel before it is sewn onto the rest of the scroll, Oct. 13, 2010 in Seattle.

Female scribes finish writing Torah scroll

By Sue Fishkoff Jewish Telegraphic Agency SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — It took seven years to write and just a few days to sew together, but on Oct. 15 the first Torah scroll written entirely by a group of women was attached to its wooden poles and declared complete.

The ceremony was held at Seattle’s Kadima Reconstructionist Community, which sponsored the project.

“We had the idea 10 years ago, but when we looked around for women scribes, we realized there weren’t any,” said Kadima member Wendy Graff, one of the volunteers who shepherded the project from its inception.

To remedy the dilemma, Kadima supported two women as they trained to be scribes. Four others trained on their own.

Ultimately the six female scribes, or sofrot, worked on the scroll in four countries: two in Israel, two in the United States, and one each in Brazil and Canada.

The panels were checked by experts in Jerusalem and New York, who made the minor tikkunim, or corrections, permitted by Jewish law. Major errors require a complete redo of the page.

Last week the panels were flown to Seattle, where another group of women sewed them together. The Torah mantle, including wooden poles, or atzei chayim, and other traditional accoutrements were created by seven local artists.

The scribes were paid, but the others who worked on the project donated their time.

According to Orthodox tradition, women are not permitted to be Torah scribes.

Over the last decade, however, a handful of women have trained as scribes. It’s an exacting process.

Torahs must be written by hand on parchment made from the skins of

kosher animals, and scribes must state their intentions out loud each time they prepare to write God’s name.

In September 2007, Jen Taylor Friedman of New York completed the first Torah scroll known to have been written by a woman, for the United Hebrew Congregation of St. Louis, Mo. Friedman advised the Women’s Torah Project and was one of the experts who checked for small errors. She is among a number of women at work on other Torah scrolls, including Julie Seltzer of San Francisco, one of the six scribes on the Seattle project.

Seltzer wrote four of the Seattle Torah’s 62 panels in the summer of 2009, when she was living in New York. Since October 2009, she has been writing a Torah scroll at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco as part of the yearlong exhibition, “As it is Written: Project 304,805.”

Seltzer began the year doing all her writing in public at the museum, so visitors could watch and ask questions. She soon realized, however, that she would never complete the scroll by her December 2010 deadline, so Seltzer writes mainly at home now and spends several days a week at the museum talking to the public.

“Jewish learning and text was my entryway to Jewish practice and spirituality, and continues to be one of the primary ways I connect,” Seltzer told JTA, saying she feels honored to be able to write a Torah scroll. “To be this close to the text, on the elemental level of the letters, is extraordinary.”

Seltzer says she doesn’t feel that her experience writing a Torah is any different from a male scribe. But the fact that her Torah, and the one completed by the Women’s Torah Project, were written by women means they will not be accepted for use in Orthodox congregations.

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Miliband’s positions on Israel concern UK Jews

By Winston Pickett Jewish Telegraphic Agency LONDON (JTA) — Less than three weeks after Ed Miliband was elected the leader of Britain’s Labor Party, Jewish concerns are growing about how his views will shape the policies toward Israel of the party favored by most British Jews.

Jewish political observers are talking about a possible new reality in Labor in which Miliband, the first Jewish head of the 110-year-old party, will deviate from the solidly pro-Israel stances of former prime ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, also of Labor.

The concerns were stoked when Miliband, in his keynote address to Labor’s annual conference in Manchester earlier this month, told party members that they must “strain every sinew” to end Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. Though he said he “will always defend the right of Israel to exist in peace and security,” Miliband also said Israel’s “attack on the Gaza flotilla was so wrong.”

“It was very disappointing that his conference speech criticized Israel without mentioning Hamas rocket attacks on civilians,” Louise Ellman, a Labor member of

Parliament from Liverpool and chairwoman of the Jewish Labor Movement, told the Jewish Chronicle, the main Jewish newspaper in Britain. “It’s important for Ed to show he is evenhanded on the Middle East, and the first things he must do are support the universal jurisdiction legislation, show he is opposed to boycotts and support a negotiated peace agreement.”

The universal jurisdiction legislation is a proposed law pending before Parliament that would restrict the application in Britain of arrest warrants issued elsewhere on the ground of “universal law” —essentially removing the threat that visiting Israeli leaders would be arrested on war crimes charges.

Miliband, 40, surprised pundits last month by beating his older brother, former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, 44, in the race for Labor leader. He was the first party leader elected since Brown resigned after losing the race for prime minister.

After Miliband’s Manchester speech raised Jewish eyebrows, a spokesman declined to answer questions that the Jewish Chronicle had for Miliband about Israel, foreign policy or his plans to meet Jewish leaders.

“These are serious issues requiring serious answers,” one Labor insider explained. “Ed’s not about to make up policies on the fly just to answer a reporter’s questions. Moreover, there are a significant number of pro-Israel members of his shadow cabinet.”

At the “fringe” meetings held at the Labor Party conference, where elected party leaders can speak directly to supporters’ concerns, Jews got a mixed message from Miliband.

At the Labor Friends of Israel meeting, Miliband said he considers himself a friend of Israel and that “I take incredibly seriously the issues of peace and security.” He called for the condemnation of Hamas rocket attacks and affirmed his support for a two-state solution while saying that any questioning of Israel’s legitimacy is “just totally unacceptable.”

But Miliband also issued a statement to Labor Friends of Palestine suggesting that trade policy could be used as a coercive tool against Israel.

The message said, “The major instrument for influence at our disposal in relation to the Middle East is trade policy. I am against blanket boycotts of goods from Israel. But Israel, and all countries in the region,

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Ed Miliband, the new leader of the British Labor Party.

must live up to the commitments they have made to respect human rights as part of trade agreements.

The EU must be tough enough to ensure that these commitments mean something.”

Officially, the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the country’s main Jewish umbrella body, welcomed Miliband’s election, emphasizing his opposition to boycotts “which discriminate by targeting Israelis.”

But Jonathan Arkush, the senior vice president of the organization,

told the Jewish Chronicle that he was worried.

“His speech singled out Israel for criticism and lacked balance in relation to the Middle East,” Arkush said.

Israeli Embassy staffers in London said they would give Miliband “the benefit of the doubt” and adopt a “wait-and-see” policy.

Miliband’s perceived policy unknowns have left analysts to scour his personal biography for clues.

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By Marcy Oster Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM (JTA) — Here are some recent stories from Israel that you may have missed.

DANCING WITH PAMELA Former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson is preparing to dance into Israelis’ hearts.

Coming off her sixth-place finish on America’s “Dancing with the Stars,” the 43-year-old Anderson will appear as a guest judge in the sixth season of Israel’s “Dancing” version. In addition to voting and offering the Israeli dancers feedback, the former model and Playboy cover girl reportedly will do some dancing, too.

Anderson’s comments will be subtitled in Hebrew.

DON’T MESS WITH THE MONKEYS A new security barrier going up in Jerusalem will protect Israeli families from a new kind of intifada: rock-throwing chimpanzees.

The chimps at Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo begin throwing rocks

whenever they became agitated, The Jerusalem Post reported. And their rock-throwing antics usually generate large crowds, agitating them even more.

The new reinforced glass barrier, which is not called a security fence, coupled with filling in the moat in the chimpanzee exhibit, will allow the chimps to come right to the glass and get a closeup view of their human audience.

FREEZING EGGS FOR FUTURE FERTILITY Healthy Israeli women in their 30s can now freeze their eggs for future use.

Under the Health Ministry’s national health care package, the women will be allowed to freeze 20 ova harvested in up to four extractions.

Until now, only women undergoing current fertility treatments or potentially egg-destroying treatment such as chemotherapy were covered for egg freezing under the national health care plan.

The new law, which went into effect at the beginning of the month, will also allow Israeli

women to serve as egg donors, meaning that Israelis will not have to look to women abroad for egg donations.

GABI THE ELEPHANT DOES TURKEY A famous Israeli elephant has taken up residence in Turkey. But it’s not a signal of thawing of relations between the two countries.

Gabi the elephant, who was born in Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo in 2005 after being conceived by artificial insemination, boarded a ship bound for Turkey last week with two other elephants, zebras, a hippo and several lemurs from the zoo and the Ramat Gan Safari.

The animals docked in Turkey before traveling overland to a zoo in Gaziantep, not far from the Syrian border.

The current tensions between Turkey and Israel, which were raised after Israeli commandos killed nine Turkish activists while intercepting a Turkish-flagged ship attempting to evade Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza, were not a factor in the transfer, according to Shmulik Yedvad, the zoo’s head curator. He said the transfer was

handled zoo to zoo, not government to government.

“There’s no connection to politics,” Yedvad, who raised Gabi from birth, told the Jerusalem Post.

He added that “Happily, everyone is working together for the good of the animals, and all the politics are just not relevant.”

HIGH PRICES FOR IPHONE4 Whoever said talk is cheap never tried to purchase the latest smartphone in Israel. Israelis pay the world’s highest prices for the new iPhone 4, according to several surveys.

An unlocked 16 gigabyte iPhone 4 purchased in Israel will cost nearly $1,100, compared to prices in the $700 range in Britain and Canada, according to the Israeli business daily The Marker.

The discrepancy in price comes from several factors, The Media Line reported, including Israel’s hefty 17 percent Value Added Tax and the fact that one company, iDigital, has a monopoly on the distribution of Apple products in Israel.

The high prices send many

Israelis to eBay to buy their devices, or to buy when they are abroad.

BIDING THEIR TIME FOR BIEBER Young Israeli music fans are keeping their summer music calendars open after hearing that teen pop star Justin Bieber will perform in Israel.

Seven Israeli producers are vying for the opportunity to bring the 16-year-old heartthrob to center stage in Israel next summer or perhaps in April, Yediot Achronot reported last week. The performance in Israel would be part of Bieber’s “My World Tour” that began in June following the launch of his second album, “My World 2.0.”

Bieber recently accepted an offer to perform in Israel at a private event held by a French millionaire, according to Yediot. The cost to stage a Bieber concert in Israel is estimated at $1.5 million, the newspaper reported.

Meanwhile, a Facebook page called “Justin Bieber fans in Israel” had 11,224 fans as of Sunday.

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A N N O U N C E M E N TS

Bradley Julius Horowitz

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randon and Rebecca (Demb) Schneider announce the birth of their son, Ryan Blake, on September 19, 2010. Ryan has an older brother named Zachary David. Grandparents are Dr. Larry and Marilyn Breslow Schneider of Cincinnati and Sharon and Marvin Demb of Pikesville, Md. Great-grandparents are the late Minnie and David Breslow of Lincoln, Neb., the late Mary and Ed Schneider of Cincinnati, Esther Kruger and the late Zalmon Jerry Kruger, and the late Louis and Priscilla Demb of Pikesville, Md.

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n September 25, 2010, Bradley Julius Horowitz was called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Adat Ari El in North Hollywood, Calif. Bradley is the son of Bruce Horowitz and Linda Parker Horowitz, and the grandson of Dorothy and Donald Horowitz of Providence, R.I., and Naomi Parker of Cincinnati and Paul B. Parker (deceased). Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard and Cantor Judy Dubin-Aronoff officiated with Neal Schnall, Bradley’s tutor, serving as Gabbai. Bradley is a graduate of the Solomon Schechter Jewish Day School of Adat Ari El, and traveled to Israel with his classmates and teachers

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Bradley has a brother, Mitchell, age 17, and the family lives in Arcadia, Calif.

WEDDINGS inda and Marty Mandel of Cincinnati are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Sari to Nathan Levin, son of Daryl and Gregg Levin of Shaker Heights, Ohio. The wedding took place at Adath Israel Synagogue August 1, 2010 in Cincinnati where Rabbi Irvin Wise officiated. Sari is the granddaughter of Thelma Essig, and the late Dr. Joel Essig

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Hailey Jordan & Brian David Parnes both of Cincinnati, and the late Jack and Claire Mandel of Hamilton Ontario. Nate is the grandson of Rene Kurland and the late Alex Kurland of Cleveland, Ohio, and Colette and Donald Levin of Washington, Penn.

The bride and groom met 11 years ago after their junior year of high school on a BBYO trip to Europe and Israel. Sari went to Sycamore High school and then on to the University of Michigan, where she studied environmental policies, and then Ohio State for law school.

She now is an assistant attorney general in the Environmental Department. Nate went to Shaker Heights High School and on to Ohio University, where he studied business and music administration,

and now works for Allied Glass and Mirror Company in Cincinnati. They live in their home in Mt. Lookout with their dog, Parker. indy and Marvin Werthaiser are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Hailey Jordan to Mr. Brian David Parnes, son of Kim and Cary Parnes. The wedding was held June 19 at the Hilton Netherland Plaza. Rabbi Michael Shulman officiated.

Hailey is the granddaughter of Sala Werthaiser and Louis Gup and the late Shirley Gup and Harry Werthaiser. Brian is the grandson of Yve Parnes and Bonnie and George Widmeyer and the late William Parnes. The couple resides in Cincinnati.

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By Marilyn Gale Dining Editor Where can three generations of women dine and drink elegantly, in an atmosphere of plush seating and a gentle ambience suitable for conversation even if the hearing for some of the ladies is a wee bit on the decline? Embers restaurant, located near the Kenwood Mall, is the place.

I dine there with my 95-yearold mother-in-law and my 30year-old daughter. We have always been able to find suitable choices for our various tastes, from strict vegetarian to seafood, or rack of lamb in port wine sauce.

Perhaps, I am in the mood for rotisserie chicken, served with spinach sauté and mashed sweet potatoes. But the steaks are tempting; too. A pan-seared filet mignon blanketed with wild mushrooms has caught my attention a few times. The drinks are divine, whether it be a split of champagne shared between grandmother and granddaughter or the Sidecar — vodka, cointreau, cognac, sugared rim and pressed lime — that I savored while listening to the wisdoms passed back and forth between the younger and the older women.

That is not to say that this fine restaurant is only suitable for sophisticated family dining.

Embers offers a sleek and jazzy bar menu, scrumptious drinks and an atmosphere conducive to romantic, intimate meals for all ages.

Jon Zipperstein and his partner, Greg Pancero, have been the owners of Embers for seven years.

A native from nearby Dayton, Zipperstein is a trained chef. “I love to cook,” said Zipperstein, as if that simple declaration answered all my questions. Giving credit to his mother and grandmother as the catalysts for nurturing his passion with food and dining, Zipperstein described Embers as a new American steak house with a twist.

What was that twist? Was it the food, stylish presentation, gracious serving, choice steaks, or a

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new bar menu with gourmet light entrees? The weekday specials of half- priced sushi on Wednesday and half-priced wine on Tuesdays are also amiable work-week draws.

Embers evokes an inviting atmosphere, with new choices on the horizon. Zipperstein talked about the new bar features, transforming the cocktail hour into a casual experience, with three large high-definition televisions, theme nights and a deluxe menu. Some features of the menu include unique combinations, such as edamame bean hummus, fried risotto with crimson pear and tomato chutney, duck fat fries— freshly cut by hand and served with truffle aioli—country style chicken tempura on sugarcane skewers, sprinkled with drops of honey, or a simply best macaroni and cheese ever. “We are also making ourselves available to catering off-site, in private homes and business settings,” Zipperstein said.

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“tzedakah,” a Hebrew word meaning compassion or charity. Embers has sponsored three community causes this past year; an epilepsy fundraiser, Lindner Center of Hope, and a leukemia/lymphoma fundraiser. For each event, the restaurant shuts down and all con-

tributions raised are directly given to the cause. “These fundraisers give employees the opportunity to donate time and effort for a worthwhile cause while they work,” said Zipperstein. With the epilepsy event, a special price was set for young professionals for an

Melanie Atkinson, marketing director, says Embers has culinary finesse.

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Zipperstein has a right to be proud of this generous practice.

Not only does he donate his culinary skills and resources but he also provides an arena for young professionals in the Tristate area to meet, eat, talk and connect with these mitzvah endeavors. Our community wants to create harmony and opportunity for young people to settle and raise their families as well as devote their vocational aspirations to the Queen City. Embers is at the forefront of promoting such a vibrant environment by mixing tzedakah with food and beverage — ahh, there might be the twist.

Melanie Atkinson, marketing manager for Embers, is also a member of the Greater Cincinnati Independent Restaurant Association. Wearing two hats, Atkinson promotes Embers during restaurant week, which occurs twice a year, where diners can enjoy a three-course dinner for $26.10. Atkinson said, “I deal with 46 restaurants; culinary talent here is unmatched.”

Atkinson describes Embers as a contemporary steakhouse appealing to young professionals or multiple generations. “Service is traditional, gracious, and the food innovative,” she said. Three main chefs manage the kitchen.

Zipperstein goes from the back to the front of the house, translated as overseeing the entire experience. Chef Jimmy Gibson, creative culinary soul, focuses on presentation and ingredients. And chef Cole Armoise garners raves from Atkinson in production and timing of the order. “You need all three to run a quality culinary restaurant,” said Atkinson.

Treat yourself and your family to an elegant meal at Embers.

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It’s no secret that the United States is falling behind other nations in Asia and Europe in teaching math and science — necessary subjects and skills if America hopes to compete successfully in the 21st century.

However, there was always one category where we remained a leader. Americans, as the most religious society among developed nations, knew more about the history and core beliefs of their faiths than our competitors.

Or so we thought.

At a moment in history when the world’s various religions are major players on the global stage, recent findings from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life are nothing short of disturbing.

Pew’s U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey revealed our knowledge to be shallow, superficial, even simplistic.

Pew researchers asked 3,412 adults 32 questions about basic religious figures and history; the results displayed an extraordinary lack of basic information not only about our neighbors’ spiritual traditions, but also of our own.

Less than half of Catholics, for example, knew their church teaches that the bread and wine used in Communion become the actual body and blood of Jesus. In a real shocker, slightly more than half of Protestants couldn’t name Martin Luther as the man who inspired the Reformation. A disturbing 43 percent of Jews did not know that Maimonides, one of Judaism’s greatest religious thinkers, was Jewish. Less than half of Americans knew the Dalai Lama is a Buddhist.

Nine of 10 Americans knew the Supreme Court prohibited public school teachers from leading prayers in the classroom, but only a third knew teachers are permitted to use religious texts in history and literature courses. Three religious minorities scored highest in the survey: atheists/agnostics, Jews and Mormons. In our religiously saturated society, it proba-

Rabbi Rudin is the American Jewish Committee’s senior interreligious adviser.

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Dear Editor, I read Rabbi Matthew Kraus’ editorial dated October 14, 2010 and had the following epiphany (A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization). Had the Jews of 1095 and 1291 read and understood the literature of Western Christian Europe, particularly the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire, they would have broken bread with the Franks and Romans.

The Franks and Romans would have embraced them instead of murdering them. Had the Jews of Spain in 1492 and 1501 read and understood the literature of Spain, they would have had exchange study groups, discussing their cultural differences and the Spanish Inquisition would have been averted. If we would have only read the literature of the Russians and met with Russian Royalty the pogroms would have never happened. Hitler was simply misunderstood. If our brothers and sisters of the 1930s and 1940s would have only taken the time to read his commentary, and understand his anger and hostility The Holocaust would never have occurred.

Neville Chamberlain had been reincarnated in the form of

Had the Jews of Spain in 1492 and 1501 read and understood the literature of Spain, they would have had exchange study groups, discussing their cultural differences and the Spanish Inquisition would have been averted.

Rabbi Matthew Kraus, and those who think reading about our enemy, breaking bread with him and holding his hand will make him like and appreciate us. Why didn’t someone think of that long ago. Someone needs to pass this valuable information on to the Israelis. Peace will arrive and we will bond with and love the Palastinian and Arab terrorists worldwide. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will invite us to dinner and praise all of our wonderful contributions to humanity.

By the way, none of the above mentioned horrific acts of history destroyed us. Our real enemy in the year 2010 is the “enemy from within.” Those who think like Rabbi Kraus guarantee the successful assimilation of Judaism into the masses. Hitler failed, because we refused to sur-

render our identity. The Crusades failed because we refused to assimilate. The Spanish Inquisition failed because we stood our ground. Roman empire? Gone, Third Reich?

Gone. Jews of 2010? Soon to be gone by our own hand! A cup of water poured into the ocean of humanity to be dispersed and made indistinguishable from the masses. If you’re Rabbi Kraus and his academic associates, I guess this is considered success.

We are all familiar with Cogito ergo sum. In today’s world Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Palestinian brothers and sisters see Jews and have their own expression. “They exist, therefore they must be killed.”

Paul Glassman Deerfield Twp

T EST Y OUR T ORAH KNOWLEDGE THIS WEEK’S PORTION: LECH L’CHA (GENESIS 12—17) 1.) In this week’s portion, did Abram go to Shechem? a.) Yes b.) No

4.) Who settled in Sodom? a.) Lot (Abraham’s nephew) b.) Aner, Eshkol, and Mamre (Abraham’s friends) c.) Eliezer (Abraham’s servant)

2.) Did he visit Tiberias? a.) Yes b.) No

5.) Who was rescued at Be’er Lachai Ro’ee (“The Well Where the Living [Angel] Appeared”) a.) Abraham b.) Sarah c.) Hagar (Sarah’s maidservant)

3.) Did he travel to Egypt? a.) Yes b.) No 3.) A—12, 10. Abram went there to escape a famine in Canaan.

4.) A—13, 10-12 Lot wanted to separate from Avrom's way of life. Rashi 5.) C—16, 7-14. An angel appeared to Hagar beside this well, and it became a holy place. Years later, Isaac would come here to pray (see Genesis 24, 62).

The real price of religious illiteracy

bly requires more knowledge to be a nonbeliever than a nominal member of a particular religious group.

Jews and Mormons, both historical victims of religious prejudice and bigotry in the U.S., need to know the major beliefs of the dominant Catholic and Protestant population in order to function effectively in society. The reverse, however, doesn’t seem to be true: Mitt Romney faced questions about his Mormon faith again and again during the 2008 presidential campaign.

The conclusion I took away — however discouraging it may be — is that many Americans lack religious curiosity and are intellectually lazy. Just because we invoke the phrase “the Bible says ...” doesn’t mean we actually know what the Bible says. Likewise, a one-size-fits-all answer to every question of faith doesn’t actually answer very much.

I constantly encounter a stunning lack of accurate information about Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism and Daoism — religions that together far outnumber Christianity and Judaism. Maybe Americans think they don’t need to know much about the faiths of Muslim countries, India, China, Japan, Thailand or other nations. In fact, they need that knowledge now more than ever.

More than anything, the survey is a failing report card for many of America’s religious education programs. If churches and synagogues fail to teach their members the core values of their faiths, if they persist in offering their members a mushy pabulum of “feel good” worship services and mindless catchphrases devoid of actual content, the only thing we’ll get is religious illiteracy and spiritual indifference.

And in an increasingly competitive global marketplace of ideas and ideologies, that’s simply not good enough.

Without even basic religious knowledge, Americans will not understand what motivates billions of people of other religions who share the planet with us. A lack of authentic religious knowledge is as much a threat to our national security as falling behind in science and math.

ANSWERS 1.) A—12, 6. Abram went there to pray for his descendants because he foresaw tragedy there. Ramban also says that whatever happened to the Patriarchs will happen to their descendants in the future.

2.) B

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Sedra of the Week

by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

SHABBAT SHALOM: PARSHAT VAYERA GENESIS 18:1 -22: 24

Efrat, Israel - I have loved [known] him in order that he will command compassionate righteousness and moral justice.

(Genesis 18:19) In last week’s portion, Lech Lecha, we read of God’s covenant with Abraham — that seminal event which made Israel the Chosen People. An important contemporary theologian, Michael Wyschogrod, maintains that our covenant is a result of God’s preferential love for the descendants of Abraham, through which He continues to “dwell within the continuity of historic or corporate Israel.”

The Bible itself teaches, “He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their seed after them, and brought you out in His presence with great power from Egypt, to drive out nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in and give you their land for an inheritance. God did not love you and choose you because you were greater in number than any people; rather, you were the fewest of any people; it was because the Lord loved you and because He would keep the oath He swore to your ancestors.”

(Deut. 4:37-38; 7:7,8) This is how Wyschogrod formulates his thesis: if God continues to love the people of Israel — and it is the faith of Israel that He does — it is because He sees the face of His beloved Abraham in each and every one of his offspring, as a man sees the face of his beloved in the children of their union. (See Meir Y. Soloveichik, God’s First Love, First Things, November 2009). I would maintain, however, that God’s election of Abraham was not merely an act of love, but rather a morally

directed charge in keeping with the fundamental definition of ethical monotheism. This is made clear in this week’s portion; “And Abraham shall surely become a great and powerful nations, through whom all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; it is to this end that I have known him; in order that he will command his children and his household after him to guard the way of the Lord, to do compassionate righteousness and moral justice, in order that the Lord may bring you, Abraham, whatever He has said He would.” (Genesis 18:18, 19) The Divine election of Abraham and his descendants is explained by their responsibility for spreading God’s message of compassionate righteousness and moral justice.

This fits with the ancient definition of a covenant — a two-way street of mutual obligations. This covenant between God and our ancestors provided an enlightened alternative to the corrupt societal structures, which brought about divine punishment through deluge, fire and brimstone.

And even though God unconditionally guarantees that Abraham’s seed — the Jewish people will never be destroyed — our ability to live in the Land of Israel as a sovereign nation is dependent upon our moral and ethical worthiness. The relationship between our status as a nation and our ethical standing is iterated and reiterated throughout the Bible.

Even those Biblical passages which emphasize Divine love as the reason for the election conclude with a warning: “But you shall observe the statutes and commandments which I have commanded you this day, that it may go well with you and with your children so you may lengthen your days on the land which the Lord your God has given you” (Deut. 4:40). “And you shall know that the Lord your God, He is God

the faithful God who observes the covenant and loving kindness for those who love Him and observe His commandments. So you shall observe the commandment and the statutes and the laws which I have commanded you this day to do them.” (Deut. 7:9-11) Indeed, the Bible prophecies two destructions and exiles — one foretelling the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE, “If they will not hearken unto Me,” (Lev. 26:14) and the second dealing with the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE and the second exile “And it will happen if they do not hearken to the voice of the Lord your God” (Deut. 28:15). The prophet Isaiah even refers to the divine charge to Abraham when he insists that ultimately “Zion shall be redeemed by means of moral justice [mishpat] and [Israel] shall return [to her land] by means of compassionate righteousness [tzedaka].” (Isaiah 1: 27) No wonder that these are the concluding words of our prophetic reading (haftara) on the Shabbat before Tisha B’Av the anniversary of the destruction of both Temples.

The message, which emerges from this study, should be clear and frightening. God loves and believes in Abraham’s progeny, and there will always be a faithful remnant worthy of redemption. But whether our present miraculous return — “the beginning of the sprouting of our redemption” — will truly flower into the long-anticipated salvation of our nation and the world depends on our penitent hearkening to God’s voice, and our ability to serve as a sacred model of compassionate righteousness and moral justice.

Shabbat Shalom Shlomo Riskin Chancellor Ohr Torah Stone Chief Rabbi — Efrat Israel

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By Nate Bloom, Contributing Columnist SCHWIMMER TAKES THE PLUNGE DAVID SCHWIMMER, 43, best known for playing Ross Geller on the mega-hit “Friends,” has married for the first time. Last week, his press rep announced that Schwimmer, and ZOE BUCKMAN, 25, his girlfriend of three years, wed in a “private ceremony” last June. No photos of the ceremony or further details were immediately forthcoming.

If you relied solely on the coverage, to date, in the general (and Jewish) media—this is what you’d find out about Buckman: she’s English and quite pretty; she and Schwimmer met in 2007 when he patronized a hip and exclusive London club where she was working as a waitress; and now she’s a part-time photographer.

However, this “intrepid reporter” dug through obscure web sources to find out a lot more.

As the pieces fell into place, it became apparent that the newlyweds have a lot in common. David comes from a moderately religious, high-achieving home (his parents are both Beverly Hills lawyers). Theater has been his passion since he was a child.

While still in college, he was a cofounder of Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company.

He has regularly appeared on the stage in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and London.

Zoe’s mother, JENNIE BUCKMAN, is Jewish and Zoe described herself as Jewish in a recent civil rights petition that she, her mother, and her mother’s brother, PETER BUCKMAN, signed. Jennie was the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts’ “head of acting” from 1986-2007 when she left to found her own Londonbased theater company. Jennie is also a playwright and a BBC TV writer. Last May, her company put on a gala performance of a new play written by Jennie.

(Schwimmer, a major patron of the company, was in attendance.)

Peter Buckman is an important literary agent who also writes (TV’s “Inspector Morse”).

Zoe’s father, Nick Blatchley, a government health expert, is not Jewish. Nick’s late mother, who had a Jewish father (but was not raised Jewish), was the sister of the wife of Sir Alec Guinness, the famous English actor.

MORE COUPLES’ NEWS A few weeks ago, SACHA BARON COHEN (“Borat”) and his wife, actress ISLA FISHER, 34, were spotted wheeling a baby carriage. This appears to be proof that their second child, born this summer, really exists. Very guarded about family matters, the couple has refused to release any details about their new baby — including its name or sex. Cohen, 39, and Fisher have a 3-year-old daughter, OLIVE. Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that Cohen will play the late Freddie Mercury, the famous lead singer of the rock band “Queen,” in an upcoming bio-pic.

I was a bit amused that Cohen and Fisher could keep their child’s sex and name a secret, but via public records, the Los Angeles Times was able to provide tons of details on how the couple recently “traded-up” from their $2.5 million Hollywood Hills home in favor of a nearby $18.5 million, four acre, wooded estate that includes a seven bedroom, 10 (!) bathroom main house; tennis court, detached theater, guest house, and swimming pool. Show-biz has been very, very good for Sacha.

Tabloids are abuzz with the news that RACHEL ZOE, 39, the fashion stylist who is star of the Bravo reality series, “The Rachel Zoe Project,” is pregnant. But as I write this, there is no confirmation from Zoe, or her husband of 12 years, RODGER BERMAN. There long has been “catty blog talk” that Zoe (born Rachel Zoe Rosenzweig) is too skinny to get pregnant (she’s a size “00”).

WORTH WATCHING Comedy Central airs the special “Night of Too Many Stars,” tonight, Oct. 21, at 9PM, with an encore showing at 11:30. Hosted

by JON STEWART and Steven Colbert, the show is a benefit for autism education. Guests include Chris Rock, LEWIS BLACK, SARAH SILVERMAN, Robin Williams, Tina Fey, and ROBERT SMIGEL (appearing as his alter ego, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog).

The special was taped right after Rick Sanchez, the former CNN host, gave his now notorious interview in which he labeled Jon Stewart a “bigot” and proceeded to go off on Stewart and all the “powerful” Jews who, he implied, run CNN. Stewart and NBC anchor Tom Brokaw took little swipes at Sanchez during the “Stars” special.

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FROM THE PAGES 100 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Meis and daughter, Corinne, of Kemper Lane, are the guests of their daughter and sister, Mrs. S.J. Elsman, Oklahoma City.

The postponement to some future date of the song recital that was to have been given at the Grand Opera House last Thursday (Yom Kippur) afternoon is a very practical demonstration of the extent to which Jews contribute financially to the support of the best class of music.

The marriage of Miss Bertha Morgenroth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morgenroth of Anderson, Ind., and Stanley Reis, of Cincinnati, son of Mrs. Clara Reis, took place at 6 p.m., Tuesday, October 18, at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis. Rabbi Feuerlicht, of Indianapolis, officiated. Miss Elsie Morgenroth, sister of the bride-elect, was the bridesmaid, and A.D. Offner, of Cincinnati, was the best man. Following the wedding ceremony there was din-

ner and a dance, both at the Claypool. The principals in the wedding left for a trip of about three weeks, after which they will live in Walnut hills, Cincinnati.

Mr. Reis is connected with the Brunswick-Balke Collender Company. His bride is among the most popular young women of Anderson. Her club of young women were the only witnesses to the wedding outside of the circle of relatives in Anderson and Cincinnati. — October 20, 1910

75 Years Ago Max Hirsch is chairman of Cincinnati’s 1935 Jewish Welfare Campaign.

He is chairman of Cincinnati’s Municipal Recreation Commision and president of Cincinnati’s Jewish Community Council.

William J. Shroder and Oscar Berman are vice-chairmen in the drive, Henry Meis is honorary chairman and former mayor Murray

Seasongood honorary vice chairman.

Dr. Joseph B. Filger has taken offices at 831 Carew Tower, to specialize in the practice of ear, nose and throat diseases. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and the Medical College, and last year he was resident on ear, nose and throat at the General Hospital.

Honoring Miss Duffie Brown, whose marriage to Mr. Joseph Segal

will be an event of Thursday, Nov. 14th, Miss Rosemary Tobias and Mrs. Arthur Hirsch, are giving a shower Saturday, Nov. 2nd. A number of other informal affairs are being given this week. Among those entertaining are Mr. and Mrs. Harold Goldstein, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Goldstein, and Mr. Jack Martin.

Friends of Mr. Segal are planning a stag night for him on Nov. 9th. — October 24, 1935

50 Years Ago Dr. Ed Lowenstein, who has completed his internship at the University of Oregon Medical School Hospital in Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Lowenstein, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max Lowenstein, on Robinwood Avenue in Roselawn. They are en route to Boston, where Dr. Lowenstein will serve his residency in anesthesiology at Boston General Hospital.

The marriage of Miss Patsy Gendel of Houston and Mr. Edward Wertheimer III, of Cincinnati, was solemnized Saturday evening, October

15, at the Houston Club in Houston.

The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Elka Gendel of that city. She was given in marriage by her uncle, Mr. Isadore Erlich.

Dr. Hyman J. Schachtel of Houston performed the ceremony.

The bride attended the Universities of Texas and Houston.

The bridegroom attended Miami University (Oxford), University of Cincinnati, and School of Machine and Accounting at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. He served

two years in the Armed Forces, including 17 months in Germany.

Dr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Peerless invite their relatives and friends to worship with them on the occasion of the bar mitzvah of their son, Alter Gerson, at Louis Feinberg Synagogue Saturday, Oct. 29, at 9 a.m. A kiddush will follow the services.

Alter is the grandson of Mrs. Alter Peerless and the late Mr. Alter Peerless and of Mrs. Louis Feinberg and the late Rabbi Louis Feinberg.

— October 20, 1960

25 Years Ago Dr. Stuart and Dr. Martha Selonick of Annapolis, Md. announce the birth of a daughter, Helen Celeste, Oct. 11.

Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Selonick of Cincinnati and the late Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Stoddard of Sumter, S.C. Julius Distiller of Ridge Nursing Home in Covington, formerly of Newport, passed away Oct. 11. He was 90.

A native of Newport, whose parents immigrated from Russia, Mr. Distiller was a former employee of Manischewitz in Cincinnati before that

company relocated to New Jersey, and the Wurlitzer Organ Company, also formerly of Cincinnati. He was the oldest living member of the Jewish Community of Northern Kentucky.

Mr. Distiller is survived by his cousins, Stella Piates and Blanche Rich of Cincinnati, and Bernard Shore of Knoxville, Tenn. He was the son of the late Jennie and Nathan Distiller and the brother of the late Bertha and Albert Distiller, and Esther Chickering.

Mrs. Sarah Zipperstein Jaffe of Cleveland, formerly of Cincinnati,

passed away Oct 1.

Mrs. Jaffe is survived by a daughter, Alice Zipkin of Cincinnati and Singer Island, Fla,; three sons Alvin Jaffe and Dr. Jack Jaffe of Cleveland and Dr. Eliezar Jaffe of Jerusalem; 19 grandchildren, including Allan Zipkin of Jerusalem, Judith Zipkin of Los Angeles, and Dr. Jeffrey Zipkin of Cincinnati; and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was the wife of the late Henry Jaffe, and the mother of the late Arthur J. Jaffe, and the sister of the late Jacob Zipperstein. — October 24, 1985

10 Years Ago Janet Makrauer, 86, passed away on Oct 7, 2000. Mrs. Makrauer was born in Middletown, Ohio as the daughter of the late George and Minnie Mehl. She was the wife of the late Irvin Makrauer. She is survived by her children: Zola Makrauer , and George (Taaron) Makrauer. Surviving grandchildren are Emmy and Scott Berning; and Ellyce Makrauer and several nieces and nephews.

In 1966, Mrs. Makrauer, togeth-

er with her late husband, was cofounder of Amko Plastics. She was a gifted leader and innovator in the plastic packing industry for more than 30 years.

Edward Witten, widely regarded as the world’s premier theoretical physicist and, according to a PBS television documentary, “the heir-apparent to Einstein,” was recently named recipient of the 2000 Frederick Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics.

Witten is the foremost scholar in the field of superstring theory, which seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature in one conceptual framework. In 1996, “TIME” magazine profiled him as one of the 25 most influential people in America.

A physics professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Edward Witten is the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Louis Witten, and the late Lorraine Witten. — October 19, 2000

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GETTLER from page 1 will be renamed The Gettler JCRC Breakfast Briefing Series, will kick off with its first event on Nov. 4, 2010, from 7:30-9 a.m. at the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber. The first briefing will feature Anne Bayefsky, a human rights scholar and expert on the campaign to delegitimize Israel at the United Nations. Participation is by invitation only, and interested parties may contact the JCRC. “These JCRC briefings have always been supported by the vision and inspired leadership of Ben Gettler, and we are extraordinarily grateful to Ben for making this new commitment enabling them to continue,” said JCRC president, Gary Greenberg. Since the late 1980s, they have typically been held downtown, and have been designed for leading policy makers and opinion leaders in the Cincinnati region, including elected officials, clergy and other interfaith leaders, ethnic community leaders, media personalities, and business and academic figures.

Previous briefings have focused on national security issues, with particular emphasis on current events in Israel and the Middle East, and anti-Semitism.

High level speakers from around the world have made presentations, answered questions and interacted with guests in an exclusive, intimate forum. Past speakers have included Saul Singer, coauthor of “Start-Up Nation”; Dr. Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Hilary Krieger, Washington bureau chief of The Jerusalem Post; Daniel Kutner, consul general of Israel to the Midwest Region; and Yaakov Katz, journalist for The Jerusalem Post, USA Today and the Londonbased Jewish Chronicle, among others.

These briefings have been critical in engaging and educating influential elites. “Ben Gettler introduced me to these briefings,

and they have afforded me an insight into Israel and Middle East issues that I would otherwise never have,” explained former congressman, Bill Keating. “I have always been a strong supporter of Israel, and like many I am concerned about Israel’s future. That’s why these briefings are so important, as they really help educate members of the community about the challenges facing Israel and what we can do to help.”

“As difficult as the challenges have been in the first 60 years of Israel’s existence, the dangers that the Jewish State currently faces are unprecedented,” said JCRC director, Brian Jaffee. “The global campaign of delegitimation of Israel–which includes ritual condemnations in foreign capitals and at the United Nations, as well as a widespread Boycott/Divestment/ Sanctions Movement–combined with the challenges of a nuclear Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, poses existential threats to Israel’s ongoing security and viability. We appreciate that Ben Gettler has long kept us focused on those challenges, and we will have no shortage of topics to present in the months and years ahead.”

Ben and Dee Gettler have been community leaders for more than half a century. Ben, a University of Cincinnati and Harvard Law School graduate, is CEO of Vulcan International Corporation and past chairman of the Cincinnati Transit Company and the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority. He served as chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Cincinnati, chairman of the board of Jewish Hospital, national chairman of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, and is a founding member of both the nationwide Republican Jewish Coalition and the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati. Ben served as president of the JCRC of Cincinnati and was a recipient of its prestigious Peace of the City award.

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left denounced the proposed law in the same strong terms used by their Israeli counterparts. J Street and the New Israel Fund even cited prominent Israelis, like Intelligence Minister Dan Meridor of Likud, in opposing the oath.

“The proposal would harm relations with Israel’s Arabs and damage the country’s international

reputation,” NIF quoted Meridor as saying in its action alert. “Act now to stand up for Israel and its democratic future,” the alert said, urging supporters to contact Netanyahu’s office directly.

The law’s defenders frame it as an appropriate and effective way to deal with efforts to delegitimize Israel.

“Currently, Israel faces the greatest delegitimization campaign of any nation,” Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, a member of Yisrael Beitenu, wrote in The Jerusalem Post. “One of the main targets is its national character. Unfortunately, too many Israeli Jews have internalized this assault and have either forgotten, misunderstood or are actively working against the raison d’etre of the re-establishment of Israel.”

What sticks in the craw of opponents is making loyalty to the Jewish state a specific attribute requiring the fealty of non-Jews.

Ayalon and others have defended the oath as not differing from the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance required of new citizens. The pledge, however, does not defer to any cultural, religious or ethnic designation.

“It is one thing to require adherence to the law,” Hagai Elad, who directs the NIF-backed Association for Civil Rights in Israel, wrote to supporters. “It is another altogether to demand that free individuals in a democracy sign on to a specific ideology or identity — and specifically one with particular religious content.”

when pressed or absolutely necessary.

Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, spiritual leader of one of the biggest Modern Orthodox synagogues in New Jersey, Bnai Yeshurun of Teaneck, said he is “against violence against any person or group,” but he declined to address violence against gays specifically.

“I can’t say more than I’ve said,” he told JTA. When Yeshiva University, the flagship institution of Modern

Orthodoxy, held a forum last December on “Being Gay in the Orthodox World,” the president of the university, Richard Joel, declined to attend. Instead he issued a statement warning that the event could “send the wrong message” about the Torah’s opposition to homosexuality.

“We want to reiterate the absolute prohibition of homosexual relationships according to Jewish law,” Joel wrote in a statement co-authored with Rabbi Yona Reiss, the dean of YU’s rab-

binical school. “We are committed to providing halakhic guidance and sensitivity with respect to all challenges confronted by individuals within our broader community, including homosexual inclinations, in a discreet, dignified and appropriate fashion.”

Joel did not respond to multiple requests from JTA for interviews for this story.

Rabbi Avi Shafran, spokesman for Agudath Israel of America, which represents the black-hat segment of Orthodoxy, said the

LAW from page 1 on the Israeli left, and from some figures on the political right and center, was supported by 22 Cabinet members and opposed by eight — Labor’s five ministers and three from Likud.

In America, Mizrahi’s Israel Project was one of the few organizations other than solidly left-wing ones willing to say anything on the record. Most major centrist groups, including those that lean toward liberal, even kept their refusal to comment off the record.

“The timing is not right,” one official said, referring to the diplomatic impasse in the Middle East.

Others simply declared that they were not prepared to deal with the issue.

The American Jewish Committee said its staff was busy analyzing its latest poll of Jewish voters, and that it might have a statement later this week. The Anti-Defamation League did not address the content of the oath but said it should extend to all new immigrants, Jews and non-Jews.

Groups on the American Jewish ORTHODOX from page 8 Diament, director of the Orthodox Union’s Institute for Public Affairs.

The dilemma for Orthodox leaders is how to condemn antigay activity without being seen as endorsing the “mainstreaming of the homosexual lifestyle,” as one Orthodox spokesman put it. For many that means not addressing the issue of anti-gay violence or discrimination at all. For others it means addressing the issue only

Courtesy of Yossi Zamir / Flash90 / JTA

At the Israeli Cabinet meeting on Oct. 10, 2010, ministers voted 22-8 in favor of a measure to require non-Jewish immigrants to take a loyalty oath to the Jewish state.

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Beth Shuller is excited to start her first year at Rockwern Academy. She loves teaching young children and feels privileged to have this opportunity to work and play with them. She received a degree from Ohio University in special education with a specialty in teaching children with learning disabilities. She taught in the public schools in Ohio, Texas and Minnesota as her husband trained to become a child psychologist. They moved to Cincinnati in 1981. They have three children: Jamie, 29, a physical therapist; Josh, 26, a sous-chef at Via Vite; and Anna, 17, a senior at Indian Hill High School. Beth has worked as a program director and co-director at the Alan Mack Parents Center of Jewish Family Service, as a preschool teacher for 12 years at Rockdale Temple Nursery School, and at the JCC Early Childhood Program for an

Rockwern preschool staff, 2010-2011

Tzipi Livni, the leader of the opposition Kadima Party, depicted the proposed law as a blunt instrument.

“This law does not contribute anything — the opposite is true,” The Jerusalem Post quoted her as saying. “It will cause internal conflicts. This is a bad proposed law that does not protect Israel as the Jewish national home, and even harms it.”

The ADL’s concern — that the law’s main fault was in its discriminatory application to non-Jewish immigrants only — also was reflected at the Cabinet meeting, where Yaakov Neeman proposed an amendment to make it a requirement for every immigrant, regardless of religion. It did not pass.

Ayalon said Jewish immigrants were entitled to the assumption of loyalty.

“The pledge becomes unnecessary for those who join us by virtue of their national and historic ties to our land and people,” he wrote in his Op-Ed. “The Jewish state was created to deal specifically with the issue of the Jewish people, and the return of any Jew to his or her land is the fulfillment of this principle.” traditional Orthodox community is appalled by hate violence against anyone, including gays, but that the community is also “deeply dismayed at the ongoing and increasingly successful public and media campaign to ‘mainstream’ the homosexual lifestyle.”

It might have been insensitive for Paladino to reiterate his opposition to homosexual lifestyles in the immediate wake of anti-gay violence, Shafran said, but that was “a matter of sensitivity to feelings.” additional four years.

Pamela Meisner, our new PS3 teacher, comes to Rockwern Academy with experience that is both deep and wide. She has a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Master’s degree in special education. She has taught at just about every grade level, including preschool (18-month olds, 2s, 3s & 4s), elementary school (grades 1 and 2), and special needs/multihandicapped students (elementary, middle and high school). If you ask her, she will say that the best education, and what has made her a better teacher, is being a mother to her own six children (all of whom were born within eight years, no twins). When she returned to teaching, she had a whole new understanding, especially regarding parents’ perspectives on their children’s education.

The preschool staff has always been highly collaborative and supportive of one another, and this fall has been no exception. We invite anyone who would like to know more about this wonderful program to call Gail Sperling, director of admissions.

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HILLEL from page 5 staff and students have implemented new events like, Dinner and a Movie and Learn a Little, Nosh a Lot. Student Rabbi Elana Dellal has also been successful in recruiting more students to help lead Friday AWARD from page 6 Hadassah national webmaster and soon had the chapter website up and running. A professional photographer, she began photographing events and posting the pictures on the website.

In 2008, Bassin accepted additional responsibilities as publicity chair for Cincinnati Chapter and also joined the Hadassah Central States Region Board as the region webmaster. She was honored with the Hadassah Women of Innovation Award in November 2008. She also administers a Facebook account for Cincinnati Chapter, and as a member of the donor committee was instrumental in bringing Ariella Perlman to perform at Donor Luncheon in April 2010.

This past summer, she attended her first National Hadassah Convention in Hollywood, Fla. “The convention was absolutely spectacular!” said Bassin. “I learned so much about all the incredible things that Hadassah is MILIBAND from page 9 At the party conference in Manchester he spoke openly of growing up the child of Jewish refugees. His late father, Ralph Miliband, fled Poland and the POLL from page 1 rating Obama got from Jews the last time the AJC did a survey, in March, and a sharp decline from the 79 percent approval rating Obama had among Jews in a May 2009 poll. Obama captured 78 percent of the Jewish vote in the presidential election two years ago.

The survey also showed 49 percent approving of the Obama administration’s handling of U.S.Israel relations, and 45 percent disapproving. The AJC’s March survey registered a 55 percent approval rating for Obama on that issue, with 37 percent disapproving.

The differences between the two polls taken six months apart show both waning Jewish support for Obama and a narrowing of the gap between Jews and non-Jews regarding their opinion of Obama.

Until now, Jewish approval of Obama has usually exceeded that of the general population by more than 10 points; this latest poll puts Obama’s Jewish approval rating at just 6 points higher than the national average of 45 percent.

night Shabbat services as well.

More importantly, Hillel’s student groups on campus have begun their programming. Binah Women’s Group recently celebrated Parshat Noach at the Cincinnati Zoo, and Bearcats for Israel has been lining up speakers and attending lectures.

Hillel also has plans to collaborate with the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education by bringing their traveling exhibits to campus in memory of Kristallnacht.

Four new student interns are volunteering their time at Hillel this year as well. Sam Fisher, Israel

intern, Elana Tobin, community service intern, and Hali Nacdimen and Rachel Stoyler, social interns have all been meeting and planning more community service, pro-Israel and social justice programs for the school year. “We not only want to plan fun things for Hillel students to

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do but bring more awareness to who we are on campus,” said Stoylar.

Tobin has been discussing possible community service events at Cedar Village and with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, while Fisher has been busy recruiting students for a winter Birthright trip to Israel.

doing, and was deeply touched by all the personal stories that were told. Hadassah Medical Organization is funding cutting edge medical research and saving lives every day. Youth Aliyah Villages and Hadassah College are rescuing young people from a life of poverty, giving them education, counseling and vocational training.

Hadassah is truly a beacon of peace, treating people of all faiths and nationalities with compassion and dignity. It was especially thrilling to see Cincinnati’s own Bonnie Ullner speak at the convention and tell the story of how Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem saved her daughter’s life last summer.”

Bassin added that parts of the convention were broadcast live over the Internet for the first time.

“The Internet and social media like Facebook and Twitter are changing how people relate to each other and to organizations. Hadassah is meeting the challenge with a newly designed national website with

Tobe Snow, immediate past president of Cincinnati Chapter of Hadassah, presents the 2010 award to Gayna Bassin.

more interactive features and hundreds of videos, to grow awareness, spur giving and get out a unified message. It’s a great way to promote outreach to new donors and members.”

With 1,000 chapters in the United States and Puerto Rico, Hadassah is the largest women’s Jewish and largest Zionist organization in the United States, celebrating 98 years of service rooted in health care, education, child rescue and rehabilitation.

Bassin is a member of Northern Hills Synagogue and lives in Montgomery with her husband, Jeff, and son, Eddie. Her older son, Michael, lives in Israel and recently completed his service in the IDF. Her home-based business, GMB Multimedia, specializes in photography, video production and Web design. A former member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, she teaches violin and viola at Cincinnati Country Day School, the Center for the Arts in Wyoming, and her private studio.

Nazis in 1940 and later became a Marxist, a professor at the London School of Economics and one of Britain’s most celebrated leftwing intellectuals.

Milband’s mother, Marion Kozak, 75, escaped mass murder

and deportations in Poland and fled to Belgium, where she was hidden by a Christian family. She eventually immigrated to London and became a long-standing supporter of groups like Jews for Justice for Palestinians.

By contrast, Miliband’s older brother, David, the former foreign secretary, has an established track record of pro-Israel engagement.

In the brothers’ race for Labor leader, David Miliband won the backing of more rank-and-file

party members, members of Parliament and members of the European Parliament. But the trade union vote went to Ed, helping to push the younger Miliband over the top by 1.3 percent of the vote.

The poll also showed a spike in Jewish support for Republicans in Congress — from percentages in the low 20s in previous elections to 33 percent in this poll.

The margin of error for the poll is 3 percent. For the survey, Synovate, formerly Market Facts, interviewed 800 self-identified Jews selected from a consumer mail panel between Sept. 6 and Oct. 10.

Regarding the issue of Obama’s handling of the economy, Jewish approval has declined since the March survey. In the current poll, 45 percent approve and 51 percent disapprove of Obama’s actions. In March, the numbers were 55 percent approving and 42 percent disapproving.

David Harris, executive director of the AJC, said the downward trend of Jews’ opinion of Obama is a reflection of “Where are we?” anxieties.

“To me, the common denominator pretty much across the board is a sense of growing anxiety and apprehension,” Harris said, noting the decline in Obama’s approval ratings on the economy and for-

eign policy since the March poll.

“There’s a sense that things here and abroad are not necessarily getting better.”

By contrast, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approval has risen: 62 percent of the respondents approve and 27 percent disapprove of his handling of U.S.-Israel ties, compared to 57 percent approving and 30 percent disapproving in March.

Harris said the most surprising result of the poll is that a majority of Jewish voters back Arizona’s new immigration law, which encourages police to check the immigration credentials of persons being questioned on other matters.

The law already has sparked an exodus of undocumented workers from the state.

The survey asked its Jewish respondents: “A new law in Arizona gives police the power to ask people they’ve stopped to verify their residency status.

Supporters say this will help crack down on illegal immigration.

Opponents say it could violate civil rights and lead to racial profiling. On balance, do you support

or oppose this law?”

The result was a slim majority in favor of the law: 52 percent to 46 percent.

“That one elicited the most surprise here,” Harris said. “You form a notion in your mind of what you think the likely response is to each question and then you check it against the reality. We did not expect to see majority support for the Arizona law.”

The poll also showed that American Jewish confidence in Obama’s approach to Iran has fallen, with 43 percent approving of the administration’s handling of the Iran nuclear issue compared to 47 percent in March. Some 46 percent disapprove, up from 42 percent. In a related question, about 59 percent of respondents support and 35 percent oppose the idea of the United States taking military action to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. And about 70 percent support and 26 percent oppose the idea of Israel taking such military action.

A series of questions regarding the Arab-Israeli peace process yielded results similar to those of

previous surveys, showing continuity in American Jewish views regarding a Palestinian state, the status of Jerusalem and West Bank settlements.

Matching the March results, the new survey found that 48 percent favor and 45 percent oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state.

A majority of American Jews, 60 percent, continue to support a united Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, while 35 percent said Israel should compromise on the city’s status in a peace agreement with the Palestinians.

Regarding the dismantling of West Bank settlements as part of a permanent agreement with the Palestinians, 6 percent said that all such settlements should be dismantled, while 56 percent called for some and 37 percent called for none to be dismantled.

American Jews remain nearly unanimous, at 95 percent, in supporting a proposal requiring Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state in a final peace agreement. In March and in 2009, the figure was 94 percent.

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OBITUARIES

DEATH NOTICES COSTANTINI, Joseph G., died on October 11, 2010; 3 Cheshvan, 5771.

KAHN, Ernst, age 90, died on October 12, 2010; 4 Cheshvan, 5771.

WEINER, Charles, age 78, died on October 12, 2010; 4 Cheshvan, 5771.

JAFFE, Margery B., age 81, died on October 16, 2010; 8 Cheshvan, 5771.

ROSENBAUM, Leonard E., age 80, died October 16, 2010; 8 Cheshvan, 5771.

SHAPIRO, Gwendolyn, age 95, died on October 17, 2010; 9 Cheshvan, 5771.

FOUNDATION from page 1 “The recent sale of the Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati affords us an historic opportunity to envision the ideal Jewish community,” said Gary Heiman, president of the board of trustees. “With a profesBIKERS from page 1 Before moving to Cincinnati to work at Adath Israel Congregation, co-organizer Bruce Ente was a member of the Chaiway Riders in

MANDELSHTAM, Yakov, age 81, died on October 18, 2010; 10 Cheshvan, 5771.

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was the first woman to serve as president of the Jewish War Veterans chapter in the state of Florida.

Returning to Cincinnati in 1992, she became active in the Rockdale Temple Sisterhood. She was also a founding member of the Friends of Cedar Village. At this time she volunteered at several retirement homes.

She was a generous, loving and caring aunt survived by: Natalie and the late Sam Skurow, and Marcia and Walter Rubin.

She was devoted to many greatand great-great-nieces and nephews and she will be sorely missed by her family and friends.

Services have been held and the family would appreciate donations to Rockdale Temple, 8501 Ridge Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236; 513-891-9900, or to Cedar Village, 5467 Cedar Village Drive, Mason, Ohio

45040; 513-754-3100.

Rose Sandle, age 96, passed away on September 22, 2010.

She was the daughter of the late Dora and Nathan Raboff. Mrs. Sandle was the sister of the late Lillian and Max Rubin, Fred and Sara Raboff, and Bill and Edith Ginsburg. She was the wife of the late Saul Sandle who was killed in France during World War II. After her husband died, Mrs. Sandle joined the Women’s Army Corps and was stationed at a hos-

pital in West Virginia, where she counseled and befriended the wounded servicemen returning home from battle.

After the war, Mrs. Sandle graduated from Chase College and received a master’s degree in social work from the University of Louisville. She worked for the State of Ohio placing disturbed children in state facilities. She was responsible for directing the program for foster parents at the Children’s Home. Mrs. Sandle was social director and counselor at the Jewish Hospital School of Nursing in the early ‘60s and later, between 1968-1976, she was assistant director of social services at Jewish Hospital.

Mrs. Sandle retired to Deerfield Beach, Fla., where she became the first woman president of Century Village. She was also honored as Woman of the Year in Broward County, Fla., and she

sional, thoughtful strategic planning process led by acknowledged experts in philanthropy and planning, the Foundation will be wellpositioned to support the Jewish community of the future in Cincinnati.”

In addition to developing a

strategic plan to enhance and brighten Cincinnati’s Jewish future, the planning process will provide a unique opportunity for the Foundation and the Jewish Federation to discover new opportunities to complement and strengthen one another's work. Heiman expects

that the two organizations will consult on a regular basis during the project. “By examining best funding practices throughout North America, and by listening to our own community, we are confident that, together with the Federation and other key partners, we can build

a model Jewish environment that fosters active participation by all segments.” He added that the strategic plan is expected to be completed in Spring 2011 and that the Foundation’s basic grant-making activities will continue as before throughout the planning process.

Chicago. “In addition to weekly Sunday rides and a weekend covered bridges tour of Indiana, I went through the Colorado Rockies one summer and to Glacier National Park in northwest Montana the next

year. It was a blast,” he reported.

At the meeting on Oct. 24, the group will consider names for the local club. Whoever suggests the winning name will get a motorcycle mezuzah to affix to his or her

bike. JMA clubs in other cities are known as Yidden on Wheels, Hillel’s Angels, Six Point Riders, The Tribe, and Star of Davidson (“our hogs are kosher”).

Interested folks who cannot par-

ticipate this coming Sunday are invited to RSVP to Sheldon Davis. “If you like to ride, if you like to eat, if you’re any type of Jewish, then you qualify for membership! Come by and check us out,” concluded Ente.

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Jewry, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. They will also meet with the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati’s Israeli emissaries, the chaverim m’Israel, to learn more about contemporary Israel in preparation for their journey.

For applications and general information about the March of the

Living, contact Danny Meisterman at the JCC or visit their website. All applications must be submitted to Danny Meisterman at the JCC by Monday, Nov. 15. For grants from The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati, contact Barbara Miller at the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati.

Temple’s Wohl Chapel and Social Hall, equipped with a large screen and digital video technology capable of state-of-the-art simulcasting. The Cincinnati audience at Wise Temple will be able to ask questions directly to Dershowitz

and Stephens.

The event is open to the Greater Cincinnati public. There is a small fee and tickets are available at the door at 7:30 p.m. at Wise Center.

For further information and to RSVP, contact Wise Temple.

year and have already altered their plans to include a visit with Valvot and her husband at their home in France when the cruise ends.

Rosenstein wondered, “What if Monique and Jean-Pierre had not gone to New York? What if they had not gone to the Jewish Children’s Museum? What if they had not run into Rabbi Goldberg?

Rabbi Notik attributes Internet savvy and a bit of ‘Divine Providence’ in unraveling the mystery of this long lost Jewish orphan. With today, Sept. 23, being my husband’s birthday and the first day of Sukkot, it was indeed an unforgettable day to be thankful. After all, it’s not everyday that two 5-year-old girls find each other after 62 years!”

ENGLANDER, Bill, age 84, died on October 19, 2010; 11 Cheshvan, 5771.

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In preparation for their journey, local students will meet as a group several times with Holocaust survivors and educators associated with the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education to learn about European 92ND from page 6 The 92nd Street Y series originates and is fed live from New York’s prestigious Jewish cultural center, the 92nd Street Y. The broadcast is fed into Wise SURVIVOR from page 7 The Rosensteins planned to take a Scandinavian cruise next

The unveiling of the monument for

Ellen Teggart Sachsendorfer will be held Sunday, October 24 at 4:00 p.m.

It will be held at the New Hope Cemetery, 5375 Sidney Road, Cincinnati, OH 45238.

Family and friends are welcome.

ENGLANDER, Bill Bill Englander, age 84, father of Shepard Englander, passed away on October 19, 2010. He was the beloved husband of Harriet Englander. In addition to Shep (Hayley), he was the father of Carrie (Vincent) Taibi and the grandfather of Gabriel, Lila Rose, Jacob and Benjamin.

The funeral is Thursday, October 21, in Great Neck, N.Y. The family will be sitting shiva at the Englander residence in New York through Sunday and in Cincinnati on Monday, October 25, and Tuesday, October 26, at 7 p.m. at the Englander home in Blue Ash. The address is 4486 Classic Drive. Memorial contributions to the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati would be appreciated.