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The three murdered teens, from left to right: Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel.

By Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) – A national ordeal here ended in tragedy as three Israeli teenagers kidnapped earlier this month were found dead near Hebron.

The discovery of their bodies Monday night by the Israeli army and volunteer searchers brings to an unhappy conclusion the intensive effort to find the missing teens.

Eyal Yifrah, 19; Gilad Shaar, 16; and Naftali Fraenkel, 16, were kidnapped June 12 while hitchhiking near the West Bank settlement of Kfar Etzion. All three were studying in West Bank yeshivas.

Their bodies were found partially exposed in an area called Wadi Tellem north of the Palestinian village of Halhul. Israeli reports said the boys

seem to have been killed soon after they were kidnapped.

“They were abducted and murdered in cold blood by human animals,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at an emergency meeting of the Israeli security Cabinet Monday night. “On behalf of the entire Jewish people, I would like to tell the dear families – the mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, and brothers and sisters – we are deeply saddened, the entire nation weeps with you.”

He said, “Hamas is responsible – and Hamas will pay.”

Israel had previously named Amer Abu Aysha and Marwan Kawasme, two Hamas members, as prime suspects in the abduction. The two have been missing since the kidnapping and are still at large. Hamas

has not taken responsibility for the kidnapping.

Israel has sealed off the area where the bodies were found, as well as the city of Hebron.

Leaders from across the Israeli political spectrum, as well as Diaspora Jewish leaders, expressed grief at the news that the bodies were found.

Some also called for strong measures against Hamas.

“In their memories, we must ensure that this tragic end be turned into an opportunity to create a better and safer Israel,” Israel’s deputy defense minister, Danny Danon, said in a statement. “Israelis have the willingness and the fortitude necessary to endure the hardships of a long-lasting operation aimed at eradicating Hamas. We will not stop until Hamas

is completely defeated.”

After the discovery of the teens’ bodies, Hamas warned Israel against stepping up its military offensive against it.

“If the occupiers carry out an escalation or a war, they will open the gates of hell on themselves,” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told the French news agency AFP. Following the kidnapping, the Israeli army spread out across the Hebron area conducting an intensive search for the teens. Six Palestinians were killed over the course of the operation. Hebron’s Palestinian population was placed under curfew, and Palestinians with Israeli work permits were not allowed into Israel for a week after the abduction.

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Dr. Gary P. Zola to receive teaching award from the College of Charleston Dr. Gary P. Zola, Executive Director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives—located on the Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion—will receive a teaching award from the Office for the Academic Experience & First-Year Experience (FYE) at the College of Charleston. During the Spring, 2014 semester, Dr. Zola served as the Norman and Gerry Sue Distinguished Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies at the College of Charleston.

According to the FYE office, Dr. Zola was nominated by a firstyear student for his outstanding service and for enhancing the quality of life for the student during the first year at the College of Charleston. The student wrote that, “I want to recognize Dr. Gary Zola, the professor of my Southern Jewish History (JWST 315) course. He truly cares about the success of his students, both in the classroom and out, and is always available to assist at any hour of the day. In all my years of schooling I have never gotten to know a more dedicated instructor.”

During his residency in Charleston, Dr. Zola taught Southern Jewish History for students in the Jewish Studies program—as well as for his HUC-JIR graduate and rabbinic students who

participated in his lectures via the Electronic Classroom in the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati International Learning Center in Cincinnati.

Upon the announcement of Zola’s appointment to the residency at College of Charleston, Rabbi David Ellenson, Chancellor of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, said that “Professor Zola is a most worthy and appropriate recipient of Norman and Gerry Sue Arnold Distinguished Visiting Chair at the College of Charleston and he will greatly enhance the lives of his students as well as the larger Charleston community. His selection for this position is a mark of great and well-deserved distinction.”

While in Charleston, Dr. Zola also engineered a pioneering course collaboration between Hebrew Union College and the College of Charleston. There were 17 students in Zola’s course, including College of Charleston students, adult learners who were auditing the class, and five HUCJIR rabbinical and graduate students who were attending via video link Mid-semester, Zola arranged for the HUC-JIR graduate students to attend an intensive four-day long academic seminar in Charleston.

The academic seminar exposed Zola’s students to Charleston’s Jewish heritage. They visited historic sites such as Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, the Coming Street Cemetery, the Middleton Place Plantation, and the antebellum Aiken-Rhett mansion, which was the home of South Carolina Governor William Aiken, Jr. (1806-1887).

In addition, students were exposed to the Jewish Heritage Collection in Special Collections at the College of Charleston's Addlestone Library. This intensive seminar also provided HUC-JIR and College of Charleston students with an opportunity to become personally acquainted with those who had been, up to that point, only “virtual” classmates.

Camp at the J campers give back to the community At Camp at the J, children learn important lessons in civic responsibility while having fun and forming lifelong friendships.

Camp at the J weaves Jewish values, culture and traditions into the fabric of camp, helping campers connect to their own identity and the larger Jewish community. This year, campers are focusing on a different Jewish value each week and giving back to the Cincinnati area through Mitzvah projects. The first week of camp, campers learned about “Community,” then put this important principle into action by making fleece hats for the homeless.

“Camp at the J plays a crucial role in the growth and development of so many children,” says Matt Steinberg, Camp Director.

“We have a duty to incorporate charitable giving and community involvement into our camp season, so that each child entrusted to our care leaves a bit more empowered and engaged.”

Last week, camper’s spread

good cheer and practiced social activism inspired by the Jewish value “Justice and Kindness.”

The camp baked cookies and hand delivered them to the Amberley Village police and fire departments during the Fire Truck Spray Day event on Wednesday. Older campers in Raiders and Quest also visited the Freestore Foodbank’s Giving Fields in Melbourne, Kentucky on Friday, where they helped to harvest fresh produce for underprivileged populations in the tristate area.

This hands-on values-based learning will continue throughout the summer.

From “Repairing the World” week to “Canned Food Friday” food drives, each week will instill campers with a sense of purpose and connect them to the greater community. In addition, each mitzvah project translates the week’s Jewish value into a social action initiative; during “Peace in the Home” week, campers will make blankets to donate, offering

comfort to families who have fallen on hard times. Plus, Camp at the J also has a new partnership with Jewish Family Service’s Barbash Vital Support Center. Later this summer, campers will have the chance to visit the center, stocking shelves and learning about the critical services it provides to people in need.

"Whether they’re telling stories in their bunks, learning about the environment, or completing a Mitzvah project, the campers explore what Judaism means to them in a safe, nurturing and fun environment,” explains Simon Stratford, Camp at the J’s Jewish Culture Coordinator. “The impact of these activities is far reaching.

Children with pivotal Jewish camp experiences are more likely to value their Jewish heritage as adults, support Jewish causes, and take on leadership roles in their communities.”

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Chabad offers a Hebrew School your child will love Imagine a Hebrew School where children don't want to miss a day. Where they enter with a smile and leave humming a Hebrew song. A school where the halls are filled with the sounds of lively discussion, singing, laughter and prayer. Imagine a place where children feel the warmth and spirit of Judaism. Imagine a Hebrew School that is also incredibly affordable.

Welcome to Chabad Hebrew School (CHS), a place that instills Jewish pride and creates spiritual connections that last a lifetime, and also doesn’t break the bank.

The friendly and inclusive policy means every Jewish child is welcome, regardless of affiliation, religious observance, prior knowledge or current financial capability (ability to pay).

Chabad Hebrew School

requires no membership fees or dues, only an affordable tuition for the year. With early bird discounts, additional child discounts, and “refer a friend” discounts, this price comes down even more.

And this year, the school has introduced a new half-price policy for students ages 3-5.

“This is our second year here at Chabad Hebrew School, and it is the second year I have gone without my child saying, “Do we have to go, it’s boring, just one time can I skip”, says Amy Reichberg, CHS mom, “Once being a kid myself, I wish I had a Hebrew school program like this.

No matter if you were raised Reform, Conservative, or Orthodox we are all one family here at Chabad."

Chabad Hebrew School strives to keep the curriculum fresh, fun

and diverse by covering a wide range of Jewish traditions, heritage, history, and culture. The dynamic program educates, stimulates and excites children while offering practical relevance.

Chabad Hebrew School instructors bring the Jewish traditions to life and share their own love and passion for Jewish life, so that students don’t just love to learn about Judaism – they learn to love Judaism!

Hebrew Reading has become popular part of the day at CHS. The Hebrew reading curriculum is based on the internationally acclaimed Aleph Champ™ Reading Program, a motivational system that been proven to be the most effective method of teaching Hebrew reading and writing to children. Says one CHS parent, “The Aleph Champ program is

fabulous! Its ability to let my daughter learn at her own pace – however fast or slow that may be in a given week – is exactly the type of learning environment she needs. Her experience at CHS has been invaluable, and she will carry those benefits with her for the rest of her life."

“Our goal extends beyond the basic skills and knowledge students need in preparation for their Bar or Bat Mitzvahs,” says Chana Mangel, “We create a solid foundation of love for Jewish living and learning that will serve our students for the rest of their lives.

And not only is it affordable, it’s one of the safest investments you can make in today’s economy.”

To register your child or for more information, contact Chana at Chabad Hebrew School.

David Letterman’s sidekick on his ‘dream job,’ Jewish upbringing

By Robert Gluck

classical tunes. My dad played the great jazz singers of his era. I had music always ringing in my ears.”

From his role as musical director for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd whenever they recorded or performed as “The Blues Brothers,” to his appearances with Adam Sandler, Shaffer has fond memories of the SNL comics.

“It was a time when they were making this stuff up and inventing it for the first time and figuring out what kind of show SNL was going to be,” Shaffer said. “It was going to represent the youth culture. It was going to break down the barriers. I got to be there and watch this happen and develop. I spoke with [SNL creator] Lorne Michaels a few years ago and I said in watching some of the musical parodies, ‘These guys are better now than we were.’ Lorne said, ‘You can only be first once.’ By that maybe he meant that the first cast laid down the pattern and showed how this was to be done.”

Shaffer has played and recorded with many famed musicians, including Ray Charles, B.B. King, Donald Fagen, Diana Ross, Carl Perkins, Robert Plant, Billy Joel, and Bob Dylan. His own album, “Coast to Coast,” was nominated for a Grammy in 1989. Soon he will

broadcast his 2,500th segment of Paul Shaffer’s “Day in Rock,” a radio show that illustrates the daily history of rock and roll. The daily vignette draws on Shaffer’s vast musical knowledge and his ability to offer expert commentary on the history of rock.

“It’s what I love,” he said. “I have a huge compendium of fun facts and comic rock trivia.

Everything we talk about is accurate but we present it with a comic twist.

Sort of like what John Stewart does with the news [on “The Daily Show”], we do with rock trivia.”

In June 2006, Shaffer received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.

Still, whatever his other personal achievements are, he will forever be connected to David Letterman.

Asked to describe Letterman’s legacy, he called him “the guy that all the other talk show hosts looked to, to figure out how to behave in times of stress.”

“Right after the 9/11 attack comes to mind,” Shaffer said. “He stayed off the air initially. He went back on then everyone else went back on. He said, ‘It’s time to start going back to our normal lives and laughing again.’ Everyone else said, LETTERNAM on page 19

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(JNS) – A Jewish upbringing taught Paul Shaffer, David Letterman’s musical director and sidekick for 32 years, the value of giving back.

After the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Shaffer served as musical director for “The Concert for New York City,” and in 2012 he accompanied Adam Sandler in “12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief,” a fundraiser for people affected by Hurricane Sandy. He was also the national spokesperson for Epilepsy Canada.

“My mother taught by example,” Shaffer said in an interview with JNS. “She was a great supporter of Israel. She was a great supporter of local charities and gave her time for the Hadassah (the women’s Zionist organization), as well as the ladies auxiliary at the hospital.

Growing up I watched this, so it just came natural to me. Getting involved in charities and fundraisers myself became a great opportunity for me to use my musical talents to do some good.”

In April, Letterman announced his intent to retire in 2015 around the time when his contract with CBS expires next August, meaning the

end of the line for the “Late Show with David Letterman.” What’s next for Shaffer?

“I’m going to try to find something which is as much fun as this has been, but it is not going to be easy because it really has been the dream job for me,” he told JNS. “Getting to play every day, have my own band, do comedy, go up against the quickest, smartest guy in the business – it’s not going to be easy, but I’m still going to play the piano.

I’ll be looking for more ways to do that.”

Shaffer’s parents, Shirley and Bernard, introduced him to the piano when he was growing up in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada. He went on to work as the musical director for the Toronto production of “Godspell” in 1972. Two years later he played piano for “The Magic Show” on Broadway and became a member of the house band on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) from 1975-1980.

“My parents said, ‘That kid is going to play the piano and that’s the way it’s going to be,’” said Shaffer.

“Playing the piano was obligatory, but I enjoyed it and still do. There was always music playing in my house. My mother with her Broadway show tunes as well as

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At L.A. cultural center, Middle East translates to coexistence, not conflict

By Anthony Weiss LOS ANGELES (JTA) – It’s Friday night, and patrons are sitting and chatting over plates of tagine and hummus waiting for the evening’s main event, a stand-up comedy show.

It could be any nightspot in this city. But a closer look reveals a bolder agenda than just good food and entertainment.

The comedy show, part of a long-running series called “The Sultans of Satire,” features Muslim and Jewish comedians with roots in Iran, Afghanistan and Morocco. The room’s walls, meanwhile, display an art exhibition about the struggles of Native Americans, the Irish and Palestinians.

Welcome to the Levantine Cultural Center, a nonprofit arts and culture hub whose modest home in a corner storefront on Pico Boulevard belies its grand ambition to bridge the fault lines of the contemporary Middle East.

Launched in 2001, the center aims to foster cultural understanding through concerts, language classes and discussion panels, serving quite literally as a space for common ground.

“To me, the idea of the Levant has always been these cosmopolitan environments like Beirut and Cairo and Casablanca,” said Jordan Elgrably, the center’s Jewish executive director and cofounder. “Instead of all the Jews in this neighborhood, all the Muslims in that neighborhood, each neighborhood is mixed.”

In pursuit of that goal, the center keeps its space churning with activities.

Over the past month, it has hosted panel discussions on the Tunisian revolution and Islamophobia, a Turkish cabaret, an African music concert and a reception for California Arab and Iranian artists. It is preparing to throw a “hafla” – Arabic for party – to celebrate its 13th birthday.

Show by show and conversation by conversation, Elgrably is seeking to upend common understandings of the culture of the Middle East and North Africa. His goal is to encourage Middle Eastern Jews, Christians and Muslims to see themselves not as warring tribes but as the inheritors of a common cultural heritage that can serve as a model for peaceful coexistence.

Tirelessly spreading that message has become a consuming pursuit for the 56-year-old Elgrably.

“I have yet to meet somebody as passionate as Jordan,” said Bana Hilal, a member of the cen-

ter’s national advisory board who left Lebanon with her family after Israel invaded in the early 1980s.

Elgrably and the Levantine Cultural Center have carved out a distinctive niche, but after 13 years of existence, the center still struggles to scrape by on an annual budget of about $300,000. It is crammed into its current home, its fourth, and likely will move again soon.

Although the center is just a few blocks east of PicoRobertson, one of the most densely Jewish neighborhoods in Los Angeles, Elgrably and the center have found themselves very much on the fringes of the city’s Jewish community.

Elgrably grew up in Los Angeles, the son of a Sephardic father from Morocco and an Ashkenazi mother from Chicago who divorced when he was a child. As a young man he lived in France, Spain and South America, writing about the arts as a journalist and working on a novel.

His life turned from writing toward activism in 1996 when an interview he did with the Guatemalan Sephardic writer Victor Perera sparked Elgrably’s interest in Sephardic culture and his own roots.

Elgrably began to work with Sephardic artists and intellectuals across the country to organize events and exhibitions to highlight Sephardic culture. His work was embraced initially by mainstream Jewish organizations, he recalls, but Elgrably soon became disillusioned with what he saw as the boundaries imposed by the Jewish world.

“They were receptive to Sephardic culture as long as it was polite and folkloric,” Elgrably said. “As long as we stuck to the words Sephardi or Mizrahi, they were fine with that. When a bunch of us started calling ourselves Arab Jews, they didn’t like that.”

Elgrably wanted to expand his cultural explorations by bringing in Arab and Muslim friends, but he became convinced that the organized Jewish community was more interested in criticizing the Arab world and defending Israel than in exploring common heritage and interests.

He drifted away from his work on Sephardic culture and turned instead toward founding the Levantine Cultural Center, hoping it could open a new space for discussion. But the issue of Israel has complicated the center’s efforts to build a broader base of support, especially within the Jewish community.

The center’s events about

Israel frequently take a critical stance on the Jewish state, regularly featuring anti-Zionist Israelis as speakers.

Karin Attia, an Israel native who worked at the center for several months as an assistant to Elgrably, says she believes that he was genuinely interested in creating an open, balanced dialogue about Israel. But Attia says she was troubled at times that forums meant to explore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would have people representing Israel who were antagonistic toward their own country.

Elgrably says defenders of Israel have not accepted his invitations to speak. He also admits, however, to a deep ambivalence about the notion of a Jewish state.

“Zionism was never well thought out to begin with. It was based on the idea that we can go back to this ancient homeland, and there are no people who are living there, or if there are, they don’t count, and we can just push them aside,” Elgrably said.

“If everyone in Israel can have equal rights, I’m all for it. I don’t think that they do.”

For Elgrably, the path to tackling such issues is through culture. Yet he frets that the power of culture may not be enough.

“The arts are necessary, but they’re not threatening to power structures,” Elgrably said.

“Sometimes there’s a sense of futility that cultural diplomacy can win the day.”

But Elgrably’s bouts of pessimism alternate with optimistic, even grandiose, visions. He speaks hopefully of finding donors who will give millions of dollars to build a permanent home for the Levantine Cultural Center, of partnering with the city of Los Angeles to create a museum of Middle Eastern culture, even of someday rivaling local cultural meccas such as the

Getty Center or the Skirball Cultural Center.

“I feel like I’m standing with one foot in the Arab world and the other foot in the Jewish world, and I feel like I could bring people together,” Elgrably said. “I think that peace is right there. I can feel it, I can taste it, I can see it.”

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Terror victims’ families seek to seize Iranian Web domains

By JNS Staff (JNS) – Family members of U.S. victims of Iran-sponsored terrorist attacks are seeking to seize all “top-level domain” (TLD) names provided by the U.S. to Iran.

The domains included the .ir TLD and all Internet Protocol (IP) addresses being utilized by the Iranian government and its agencies. The families served court papers to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an agency of the U.S.

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Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, which manages the World Wide Web. “This is the first time that terror victims have moved to seize

the domain names, IPs and Internet licenses of terrorism sponsoring states like Iran and are attempting to satisfy their court judgments. The Iranians must be shown that there is a steep price to be paid for their sponsorship of terrorism. In business and legal terms it is quite simple – we are owed money, and these assets are currency worth money,” said Israeli attorney Nitsana DarshanLeitner, who is representing the families in the lawsuit with Robert Tolchin of New York.

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Immunities Act, legislated to assist terror victims to collect judgments against foreign states supporting terrorism, stipulates the attachment of “the property of a foreign state… and the property of an agency or instrumentality of such a state, including property that is a separate juridical entity or is an interest held directly or indirectly in a separate juridical entity.”

“For years the Iranian government has refused to pay its judgments, thumbing its nose at these terror victims and the American

court system,” Darshan-Leitner said. “Our clients continue to suffer from the suicide bombing that Iran financed in Jerusalem nearly seventeen years ago. It is not our intention to shut down Iran’s internet usage, but we want what is rightfully due. If by seizing any funds earned from these licenses and contractual rights we can satisfy the judgments, we will have served our clients.”

50 years later, rabbis jailed in civil rights protest return to St. Augustine

By Dina Weinstein ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (JTA) – For Rabbi Richard Levy, it was an emotional return to this historic northeastern Florida city.

The first time Levy came to St. Augustine 50 years ago, he and 15 other rabbis and a Reform Jewish leader endured taunts from segregationists armed with broken bottles and bricks. They were jailed along with other civil rights activists after taking part in protests at a segregated motel.

“As I came here and saw the sign that said St. Augustine, I was stunned,” the Los Angeles resident told a standing room only crowd of over 250 people at Flagler College.

“I never thought I would come back here.”

The rabbis’June 18, 1964 pray-in outside the Monson Motor Lodge and Restaurant served as a decoy maneuver for other black and white demonstrators who jumped together into the motel’s segregated pool.

Police responded forcefully.

Associated Press photos of the angry motel owner pouring acid into the water and of a fully clothed police officer jumping in to haul out the protesters were splashed across newspapers the next day as the U.S. Senate voted to approve the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act. Levy was speaking on the 50th anniversary of those events. Of the 17 members of the Reform delegation who were arrested that day, eight are still alive. Levy and five others returned to St. Augustine for commemorative events titled “Justice, Justice 1964” that were organized by the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society.

The rabbis had come to St. Augustine a half-century ago at the invitation of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., whose Southern Christian Leadership Conference was working with students and activists to fight Jim Crow segregation in the city.

A focal point for the protests was the 400th anniversary celebrations of the city’s founding by the Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez. Blacks had been excluded from the commit-

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Six Reform rabbis pose for a photo outside the jail in Augustine, Fla., where they spent a night after being arrested protesting for civil rights 50 years earlier. Standing, from left to right, are Allen Secher, Israel Dresner, Jerrold Goldstein and Richard Levy. Sitting are Daniel Fogel, left, and Hanan Sills.

tee that planned the federally funded commemorations.

Media coverage of the ongoing St. Augustine protests and the violent resistance to them by segregationists had put pressure on Congress when the Civil Rights Act was facing a filibuster.

A week before the rabbis’protest, King himself had been arrested outside the Monson Motor Lodge. King penned a “Letter from the St. Augustine Jail” to his friend and supporter Rabbi Israel Dresner of New Jersey asking for help.

“We need you down here with as many Rabbis as you can bring with you!” he wrote.

The rabbis came directly from the Central Conference of Rabbis meeting in Atlantic City, N.J., where Dresner read the message from King.

Rabbi Jerrold Goldstein still remembers the introduction for the rabbis at a church rally, recalling someone saying, “Here come Moses’ people.”

Goldstein told The Florida Times-Union, “They all cheered, like

I’d just walked across the desert.

They were so happy to [see] us; I know they felt so isolated, so endangered.”

Rabbi Allen Secher recalled being shocked by the violence of white law enforcement officials as he and others were hauled off to the St. Johns County Jail.

“An officer decided that a young white woman was not obeying his commands,” Secher said. “He turned on his electric cattle prod and shoved it into her rear end. I can still hear her screams.”

King had called St. Augustine one of the most violent places he had ever visited.

On the 50th anniversary visit, much had changed. The rabbis were feted and welcomed by the mayor and the St. Augustine 450th commemoration officials.

“We don’t want you to lionize us,” Rabbi Israel Dresner, 85, told the crowd at the opening panel. “The real heroes are the ones who stayed and fought the battle.”

The St. Augustine Jewish

Historical Society brought back Levy, Dresner, Goldstein and Secher, as well as Rabbis Daniel Fogel and Hanan Sills, to shine a light on values that motivated the Reform rabbis and their allies in pursuit of justice.

The Union for Reform Judaism’s Religious Action Center in Washington, D.C., played a particularly important part in the push for civil rights. The landmark Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act were drafted in the RAC’s conference room by civil rights leaders.

“From these events we see a coalition of people can change America,” Al Vorspan, the nowretired Reform leader who was arrested along with the rabbis, said in a telephone interview.

At the time of his arrest, Vorspan was the director of the Commission on Social Action at the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the URJ’s predecessor.

Today, the RAC is mobilizing support for a Voting Rights Amendment Act, a response to the

Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby v. Holder last year that struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The Jewish liberal advocacy group Bend the Arc has launched its own campaign in support of the voting rights legislation. It sent out an email appeal from David Goodman, the brother of one of three civil rights workers – one black, two Jewish – murdered in Mississippi only days after the rabbis’ arrest in St. Augustine.

Fifty years ago in St. Augustine, from the cramped and steamy cell in St. John County jail where they spent the night, the Reform leaders penned a letter titled “Why We Went.” Rabbi Eugene Borowitz, today one of Reform Judaism’s most eminent theologians, organized the effort. It was drafted on the back of two sheets of a Ku Klux Klan flier.

“Here in St. Augustine we have seen the depths of anger, resentment and fury; we have seen faces that expressed a deep implacable hatred,” the rabbis wrote. “What disturbs us more deeply is the large number of decent citizens who have stood aside, unable to bring themselves to act, yet knowing in their hearts that this cause is right and that it must inevitably triumph.”

The six rabbis who came back to St. Augustine last week read the moving letter aloud to another capacity crowd. Like rock stars, the rabbis signed a blown-up draft featured in an exhibit on the area’s AfricanAmerican history.

The commemorations wound up with a heartfelt concert that brought together a number of clergy and choirs from the St. Paul A.M.E. church and Bet Yam Reform synagogue.

Anniversaries, Dresner reflected, are beneficial to revive the memory.

“We have not finished the job,” Dresner said. “They are still trying to restrict people of color in voting.

They’re cutting early voting, requiring IDs. That generally affects black and Latino voters. There is always more work to be done.”

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THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014

Orthodox school not amused by student’s raunchy ‘America’s Got Talent’ routine

By Miriam Moster Contributing Columnist NEW YORK (JTA) – Josh Orlian cracked up the judges on “America’s Got Talent,” but his Orthodox day school wasn’t laughing.

The 12-year-old kippah-wearing comic made his national television debut with a raunchy routine packed with sexual innuendo. The show’s celebrity judges and studio audience seemed both stunned and entertained by the pre-bar-mitzvah-age cut-up’s dirty jokes.

While the sixth-grader’s shtick garnered the approval of the four judges – they unanimously advanced him to the competition’s next round – it drew a reproach from his suburban New York yeshiva, Westchester Day School.

“The message conveyed by such a performance was entirely contrary to the Modern Orthodox values taught and lived at WDS,” the school’s head, Rabbi Joshua Lookstein, wrote in an email sent last week to parents that was obtained by JTA. “The student and the family have committed to never repeating this kind of comic performance in the future.”

School officials declined to comment on the matter to JTA. Orlian’s performance, which aired June 17 on NBC, consisted of exactly three jokes, all either about oral sex or the young comic’s anatomy.

For his final gag, Orlian recalled going to circus camp and telling his mother that next he wanted to learn sword swallowing, an idea to which she strenuously objected. Orlian then recounted relaying this to his father, who supposedly replied, “I’m not sur-

National Briefs Congress calls on Palestinian unity government to be dissolved after murder of teens (JNS) – U.S. leaders condemned the murders of the three Israeli teens, one of whom was an American citizen, while Congressional leaders called on the Palestinian unity government to be dissolved.

“The news of the murder of these three Israeli teenagers – Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar, and Eyal Yifrach – is simply devastating.

We all had so much hope that this story would not end this way,” Secretary of State John Kerry said.

“As a father, I cannot imagine the indescribable pain that the parents of these teenage boys are experiencing. The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms this senseless act of terror against innocent youth,” said President Barack Obama.

Meanwhile, Congressional lead-

prised, your mother hasn’t been interested in sword swallowing since we got engaged.”

As the audience responded with a mix of laughter and stunned looks, Orlian deadpanned, “I didn’t know my mom was in the circus.”

The judges ate it up.

Comedian Howie Mandel joked that Orlian’s performance would go over well at his bar mitzvah party.

“If nothing else, you’ve got a great piece of tape for the reception,” Mandel said.

Mel B. of Spice Girls fame pronounced Orlian “naughty, naughty but nice.” Shock jock Howard Stern said Orlian had to work on his stage confidence but added, “You got good material.”

Josh’s father, Joseph, boasted in a Facebook post, “Great reaction from literally across America to the audition of my son.”

It wasn’t the first time that a kippah-clad kid had made a splash on “America’s Got Talent.”

In 2012, then 14-year-old Edon Pinchot reached the semifinals with his singing and piano skills. His success was a source of pride for many Orthodox Jews, though some also criticized him for singing secular songs on national TV. Unsurprisingly, Orlian’s performance was considerably more controversial. Online commenters described the performance as a “chilul Hashem” – a desecration of God’s name.

Daniel Rothner, the director of Areyvut, a New Jersey-based nonprofit that connects Jewish youths with volunteer opportunities, told JTA that he was concerned the performance

reflected poorly on the community.

“There’s a difference between conversing at camp with friends and doing it on national TV,” said Rothner, who noted that he had met Orlian several years ago when the boy participated in a “mitzvah clowning” event organized by his group. Orlian, Rothner recalled, rode a unicycle to cheer up the elderly.

Regarding Orlian’s “America’s Got Talent” performance, Rothner said, “For parents to approve of that is troublesome.”

But, it turns out, Orlian actually borrowed at least one of the jokes – the one about sword swallowing – from a 2011 stand-up gig performed by his father at New York City’s Gotham Comedy Club.

Joseph Orlian declined to comment on his son’s performance to JTA. The younger Orlian’s act did have its Jewish defenders.

Rabbi Jason Miller, a Conservative rabbi and blogger, argued that Orlian did what he needed to do to advance to the next round – he made people laugh.

“Sure, it could be argued that Josh’s jokes were tasteless enough that he was violating the Jewish ethic of tzniyut [modest behavior], but what came out of Josh’s mouth was not anything that’s never been heard or alluded to on Prime Time TV in the past,” Miller wrote on his blog.

He also suggested that Orlian’s performance had special resonance for Mandel and Stern.

“They became nostalgic for the teen versions of themselves,” he wrote.

“Both guys were shocking their parents’ friends with dirty jokes, profanity and sexually themed humor from a young age.”

ers said that the murders were evidence that the Palestinian unity government between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party and the terror group Hamas, which is suspected of being behind the murders, should be dissolved.

Ros-Lehtinen and Deutch were in Israel as part of a Congressional fact-finding mission and were originally scheduled to meet with the families of the teens on Tuesday before news broke that the teens’ bodies were found.

was submitted at the request of the Pollard family.

On June 26, the 90-year-old Peres received the Congressional Gold Medal and delivered an address to Congress. His seven-year term as Israel’s president comes to an end in July, when Reuven Rivlin will replace him.

Obama to Peres: U.S. attorney general will review Pollard case (JNS) – Israeli President Shimon Peres met with U.S. President Barack Obama on June 25 at the White House on his last foreign trip before leaving office next month.

At the meeting, Peres asked Obama to free imprisoned Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard.

“I offered a certain proposal, and President Obama promised that the [U.S.] attorney general [Eric Holder] would review it,” Peres said.

Peres added that the proposal

CAMERA trip educates college students on media bias, Israel activism (JNS) – The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) media watchdog group held a June 22-July 2 trip to Israel for two-dozen college students to help “strengthen their Israel activism” on campus.

The CAMERA Israel Advocacy and Leadership Training Mission to Israel enabled students hailing from the U.S., Canada, and South America to meet with a number of Israeli media experts, including Mark Regev, spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Yigal Carmon, founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI); and Arab-Israeli Jerusalem Post reporter Khaled Abu Toameh.

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“America’s Got Talent” contestant Josh Orlian cracked up the show’s judges with raunchy jokes.

On his popular blog, Rabbi Eliyahu Fink described being initially “horrified that this kid was Orthodox and wearing a yarmulka.”

But on further reflection, Fink, the Orthodox rabbi of the Pacific Jewish Center in Venice, Calif., said he came to a more measured conclusion. He wrote that Orthodox Judaism doesn’t suffer from a perception of insufficient religiosity but rather from “a reputation as old, stodgy, boring, joyless, arcane, insular, and intolerant of others.”

Challenging that reputation is a good thing, he argued.

“If we accept that premise, it might be that Josh did us a favor by wearing his yarmulka on America’s Got Talent,” Fink wrote. “I wouldn’t go so far as to say that it was a Kiddush Hashem and I wouldn’t recommend anyone do what Josh is doing, but in the aggregate it might balance out. At

Gender-segregating signs stir controversy in New York’s Kiryas Joel NEW YORK (JTA) – Signs that appear to call for gender segregation on streets in the Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel have raised some hackles.

The color-coded signs posted along Forest Road – blue for men and red for women – designate separate sides of the street for men and women. The signs were made by a private individual and are not endorsed by the village in New York State’s Orange County, according to News 12.

Supreme Court sides with Hobby Lobby on contraception WASHINGTON (JTA) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that a privately held business may refuse to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives to employees.

Jewish groups lined up on both sides of the issue, with Orthodox groups likening the law to mandates overseas banning ritual slaughter and liberal Jewish groups saying its reversal would impinge on the rights

the very least, I think it might not be deserving of vitriol and disgust.”

Mara Yacobi, a Jewish sex educator and founder of the JLove and Values initiative, which conducts workshops on Jewish values and sex at liberal day schools and camps, also praised Orlian for defying stereotypes about observant Jews.

“He’s putting out a lot of thoughts a typical 12-year-old may have,” she said. “It’s great to open public dialogue. Sex is powerful and so is language.”

Others, though, were less sanguine.

Westchester Hebrew High School, which Orlian’s brother attends, removed a Facebook post from March announcing that Orlian’s mother and father – who accompanied their son on the TV show – had been named parents of the year.

The school did not return a call seeking comment.

Lookstein, the head of the young comic’s school, wrote in his email to parents that Orlian’s family is “taking steps to limit any future damage, though an additional performance is likely to air in the coming weeks.” He advised viewer discretion.

“Notwithstanding the unfortunate episode, this is an isolated incident, not only among the WDS student population, but from an otherwise exemplary child who has made his school and teachers proud many times over, and by parents who have been leaders in their community,” Lookstein wrote.

“We applaud the student’s desire to pursue his dreams, and we love him today as much as we loved him Tuesday afternoon.” of women and could set a precedent allowing employers to deny a range of services for religious beliefs, for instance blood transfusions and other medical interventions.

Jewish Women International said Monday’s decision coupled with a decision last week that disallowed buffer zones for protesters at abortion clinics “sent women’s rights backwards.”

Pa. law urges schools to teach about Holocaust (JTA) – A new law in Pennsylvania “strongly encourages,” but does not require, schools to teach a Holocaust curriculum.

The law “encourages schools to teach their students about the Holocaust, genocide, and human rights violations by having the state develop strong curriculum options to teach these subjects, distribute these curriculum options to all school districts, train teachers to teach this subject effectively, assess schools’ use of these resources, and assure that every school district is offering these subjects to their students,” according to a statement from the Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition.

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As ISIS threatens Jordan, Israel could be dragged into global jihadist conflict

By Sean Savage

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An Israeli border policeman patrols the area of the Judean desert, near the Jordan border. After swift victories in Iraq, the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) terrorist group is also setting its sights on Jordan, threatening to drag Israel into the global jihadist conflict.

(JNS) – Emerging from the chaos of the Syrian civil war, the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) terrorist group has gained the world’s attention for its brutal medieval-style Islamic justice and its swift victories in Iraq, threatening to overrun the weak U.S.-backed government there.

But now ISIS is also setting its sights on Jordan, threatening to drag Israel into the global jihadist conflict.

“They are a vicious and brutal group, and have even done some things that al-Qaeda thought were unwise,” Elliot Abrams, who served as deputy national security advisor for former President George W. Bush and is currently a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, told

JNS. “More people, more money, and more guns. They do constitute a real threat,” Abrams said.

The goals of ISIS are clear from its name. Alternatively translated as the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham – the Arabic name for the Levant region – or the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the group seeks to control the entire region, which in addition to Iraq and Syria includes Jordan, Lebanon, and even Israel and the Palestinian territories.

ISIS has origins in the various different al-Qaeda-affiliated Sunni jihadists groups that have been active in the region for most of the past decade, including the infamous alQaeda in Iraq, led by former Jordanian-born terrorist Abu Musab

al-Zarqawi, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in 2006 during the Iraq War. As the Syrian civil war has dragged on since 2011, ISIS and other al-Qaeda-influenced jihadist groups have been able to bolster themselves through ransom, extortion, and oil revenue, while simultaneously attracting fighters from across the world.

Amid its swift victories in large swaths of Iraq, ISIS has also set its sights on nearby Jordan, which is ruled by the moderate pro-Western King Abdullah. ISIS terrorists consider Abdullah an enemy of Islam and an infidel, and have publicly called for his execution. A recent video posted

by ISIS threatened to “slaughter” the king and called him a “tyrant.”

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Critics see struggle for power behind replacement of Krakow chief rabbi

By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) – On the way to his first appearance as Krakow’s new chief rabbi, Eliezer Gurary passed a group of young demonstrators holding signs with messages of affection for Jews.

“I [heart] Jews,” one sign read.

“Yes to tolerance,” read another.

But the demonstration last week outside Krakow’s Old Synagogue was no support rally.

Organized by non-Jewish university students on the day of Gurary’s installation, the protest was sparked by the rabbi’s recent assertion in an interview with the Israeli news site Arutz 7 that all non-Jews dislike Jews.

International Briefs European human rights court upholds French burqa ban (JNS) – The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a French law that bans wearing full-face covering veils, known as burqas and niqabs for Muslims, in public and a variety of other places.

The case was brought to the court by a 24-year-old FrenchMuslim woman, identified only by her initials SAS, who argued that the ban on wearing the veil in public violated her freedom of religion and was “degrading treatment,” France24 reported.

In a majority ruling, the European Court’s Grand Chamber declared that the law did not violate Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects one’s right to privacy, and Article 9, which protects freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.

Gurary’s statement, which he has denied making despite a recording attesting to its accuracy, provoked an unusually strong rebuke from local Jews, with passionate condemnations from 12 lay leaders and rabbis who said his words were harmful.

Jonathan Ornstein, director of the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow, called on Gurary to resign because he was “caught lying” about the quotes.

The interview by Gurary, a Chabad rabbi who has lived in Krakow for eight years, upset local Jews in part because it appeared to signal a dramatic reversal from the approach of his predecessor. Boaz Pash was a popular figure known for

his outreach and openness in a country where many non-Jews have discovered they have Jewish roots that were lost over decades of assimilation and communist repression.

Pash quit the post last year, but his supporters say that community leaders had him replaced because they feared his outreach agenda would bring in new members who might weaken their hold on the community and its real-estate holdings.

“From outside, it may seem like the controversy is all about outreach, but the real issue is control,” said Anna Makowka Kwapisiewicz, Pash’s former assistant and the cofounder of Czulent, an organization of young Krakow Jews.

For decades, Krakow’s Jewish

community, which employs the chief rabbi, has been controlled by members of the Jakubowicz family.

The current president is Tadeusz Jakubowicz, a 75-year-old musicologist who has headed the community since 1997. Jakubowicz’s uncle, Czeslaw, was the previous president, and Jakubowicz’s daughter, Helena, is the current vice president and manager of the community’s realestate portfolio. Helena’s life partner, Kuba Lewinger, a businessman and factory owner, runs the 371year-old Kupa Synagogue.

“That family pushed out the excellent Rabbi Pash because he drew in too many new faces whom they couldn’t control,” Ornstein said. “Then they brought in a rabbi

who believes in exclusion and isolation to facilitate their task of preventing community growth just to preserve their dynasty at the top.

That’s what caused the uproar.”

Tadeusz and Helena Jakubowicz did not reply to numerous requests from JTA for comment, but Lewinger denied the accusation, saying that “almost anyone” can join the community if they have at least one Jewish parent. Membership policies, Lewinger said, are an attempt to keep the community “authentically Jewish and not turn into a touristic display for and by non-Jews, like Ornstein’s Jewish Community Centre.”

The French law, which forbids anyone to hide his or her face in a number of places, including on the street, went into effect in April 2011. France has Europe’s largest Muslim population.

that the group was American, not Israeli.

relatively close ties.

Jordan has been under threat from the advance of ISIS terrorists in Iraq. The terror group took over a key Jordanian-Iraqi checkpoint last week and has made several death threats to Jordan’s King Abdullah.

U.K. Jewish group forming new pro-Israel Christian group (JNS) – The Jewish Leadership Council, an umbrella group of several major British Jewish organizations, has announced that it is helping to form a new pro-Israel British Christian organization in order to give a “voice to Christian unity in support of Israel.”

Dubbed the “United Christian Alliance for Israel,” the new organization will be formed from “biblefocused Christian communities, organizations, and Christian leaders” that will “proactively stand in support of the Jewish community in Biblical support of Israel through a united positive voice.”

African Union under fire after delegations shun Jewish group at summit (JNS) – This year’s African Union Summit in Equatorial Guinea is receiving criticism over an incident last Thursday involving a Jewish delegation from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which left the gathering after several delegations refused to enter the summit’s venue in its presence.

“We were invited as official guests,” Conference of Presidents Executive Vice Chairman Malcolm Hoenlein told JNS. Initially “we were treated very well” and met with many heads of state, Hoenlein said. But the Egyptian delegation would not enter the session hall on Thursday while the Jewish group, which the Egyptians called “Israelis,” remained inside-despite the fact

Egyptian Christian gets sixyear prison sentence for ‘insulting Islam’ (JNS) – An Egyptian court has sentenced a Coptic Christian man to six years in jail for “insulting Islam,” in the latest blasphemy case targeting Egyptian Christians.

Kirollos Shawki, 29, Shawki allegedly posted a picture of the Prophet Mohammed with an “insulting comment” on his Facebook page.

FM Avigdor Lieberman: Jordan’s stability of vital interest to Israel (JNS) – In the strongest statement yet on the subject by an Israeli official, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said it is in Israel’s vital interest to protect Jordan’s stability in light of the threat posed by the terror group Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).

Unlike most Arab states, Jordan has a peace treaty with Israel, and as U.S. allies, the nations’ governments and militaries maintain

U.N. Security Council rejects Arab states’ request to censure Israel (JNS) – A petition by the ambassadors of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iran asking the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israel over its recent operation in Judea and Samaria to find the kidnapped and murdered boys was denied Thursday.

Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Ron Prosor slammed the Arab countries for failing to denounce the abduction of Israeli teens Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach, and Naftali Frenkel.

“Instead of denouncing the boys’ abduction, the Arab states have the gall to stand before the international community and criticize Israel,” Prosor said.

Germany to loosen immigration restrictions for Ukrainian Jews (JNS) – The German government announced June 26 that it would ease immigration restrictions on Jews from Ukraine over Jews from other former Soviet republics. To that end, Germany will be waiving some application requirements for those immigrants.

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THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014

In suburban settlement bloc, kidnapping shakes sense of security

By Ben Sales EFRAT, West Bank (JTA) – At a shopping center in the middle of Efrat, families eat pizza, a deliveryman unloads a cart and a barista serves coffee. On a passing bus, a banner reads “Gush Etzion – an Israeli home.”

In many respects it’s a normal, quiet Monday in this settlement that has grown into a large commuter suburb for Jerusalem.

At a nearby intersection, though, the calm feels absent. Israeli soldiers patrol the crossroads, and a curb usually crowded with hitchhikers looking for a ride is empty.

The June 12 kidnapping of Israeli teens Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach and Naftali Frenkel while they were hitchhiking from the area has upset life in the Etzion settlement bloc, or Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem.

During the past week, Israeli residents say, life has felt more tense and their communities less secure.

For a week following the kidnapping, Palestinians living in the area who work in Israel were unable to

get to their jobs.

“I feel scared that there’s no security,” said Tali Ardani, 32, a supermarket employee in Efrat. “I didn’t feel like that before. I used to hitchhike at that very intersection.”

As West Bank settlements go, Gush Etzion – with Efrat at its center – is about as mainstream Israeli as it gets. The Gush Etzion area southwest of Jerusalem and Bethlehem includes 20 Israeli settlements and about 70,000 Israeli residents living among about 18,000 Palestinians.

Shortly after Israel conquered the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War, settlements were established in the area. Some of the first residents were the children of Jews massacred after the Kfar Etzion settlement was seized by Arab forces during Israel’s War of Independence in 1948.

The settlement bloc has since become a collection of Jerusalem suburbs. It is widely expected to remain part of Israel under any peace deal.

Opponents of a Palestinian state also recognize the Israeli national consensus on the area’s future as part

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Israeli soldiers guarding near where Jewish settlers hitchhike at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank, June 16, 2014.

of Israel. In his proposal to annex vast swaths of the West Bank, Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett has lobbied to start with Gush Etzion.

But the kidnapping of the teens has served as a harsh reminder to Efrat residents that they live in a conflict zone. Locals say that since the kidnapping, the number of resi-

dents trying to hitchhike here has dropped dramatically.

Yitzchak Glick, a U.S. native who moved here in 1974, said the atmosphere reminds him of the mood during the Second Intifada a decade ago, when attacks here were common and “we were afraid to drive on the road at night.”

“There’s a lot of tension in the

air,” he said. “There are ups and downs. The atmosphere in Efrat was horrific.”

The director of Efrat’s local government council, Yehuda Schweiger, said that while residents are more cautious and on edge now, they’re trying to regain a sense of normalcy.

“We don’t want to go back to Defensive Shield,” he said, referring to the Israeli army’s extensive West Bank 2002 operation to combat terrorism during the Second Intifada.

“We trust the army.”

Palestinian residents also said they want to return to a calm life.

But the ongoing Israeli military operation to find the teens and punish their kidnappers has left five Palestinians dead, entailed widespread searches in Palestinian homes and for a week closed the border to Palestinians with Israeli work permits, leaving them without a paycheck.

“It’s a lot of changes,” said Fatima, a Palestinian doctor who declined to give her last name. “The army has been around here. People don’t have money because they haven’t been working.”

How two women work to shift public opinion on Israeli sovereignty

By Judy Lash Balint (JNS) – Almost every day, Nadia Matar, 48, steers her battered white SUV along the hilly roads between Jerusalem and Gush Etzion to visit the soldiers stationed at Shdema.

The revival of the small former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) army base located on Israeli-controlled land is one of the concrete achievements of Nadia and Yehudit Katsover, 66, her co-chair in the activist Women in Green movement.

But Shdema is just the tip of the iceberg in what the women hope to achieve in the larger battle to shift public opinion away from the twostate solution and to gain acceptance for the idea of declaring Israeli sovereignty over Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley.

“It’s like a huge ship that has to turn around,” Nadia explains. “It’s slow and takes tremendous effort to steer it in the right direction.”

For the two European-born women with decades of Jewish activist experience between them, the current campaign is a commitment that consumes their lives.

Scrambling over the barricade at the entrance to Shdema to deliver snacks and a friendly word to the soldiers, Nadia admits that she’s functioning on three to four hours sleep per night.

Pointing out the strategic position of the small outpost, with the outskirts of Bethlehem and Beit Sahour almost within touching distance on one side and the Jewish communities of eastern Gush Etzion on the other, the mother of six (ages 11-25)

describes how years of concerted effort, beginning in 2008, prevented Shdema from being taken over by illegal Arab building.

“It’s a small presence, but a big victory,” Nadia asserts about the IDF’s decision to maintain a presence at Shdema. Every Friday, Women in Green holds well-attended lectures and community activities in a remodeled community center at the site.

“We realized we had to act to restore the Jewish presence to the area,” she says.

Establishing facts on the ground is a key pillar of Nadia and Yehudit’s activist philosophy. “Petitions don’t work: you have to be on the ground and then get political and public support,” Nadia emphasizes. “Just like at Beit Hadassah,” she adds.

Yehudit Katsover, Women in Green co-chair, cut her activist teeth at Beit Hadassah in Hebron in 1979 as one of a group of 13 women and 40 children (two of whom were Yehudit’s sons) from nearby Kiryat Arba who snuck through a back window of the abandoned building to reestablish a presence in the ancient Jewish city.

Recognizing that the women were not going to budge despite enduring the primitive conditions for almost a year – ”the rats were bigger than cats; lots of people got sick,” Yehudit recalls – Menachem Begin’s government lifted the siege of the building in 1980 and agreed to repair and extend the structure and allow families to reunite and move in. That action paved the way for the modern resettlement of Hebron.

“We learned tactics there; how to

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Nadia Matar (left) and Yehudit Katsover, co-chairs of Women in Green.

deal with the prime minister, but most of all, from Rabbi Moshe Levinger, the leader of the return to Hebron, we learned to stay focused, to be tough and to concentrate on the goal,” Yehudit says.

Subsequently, Yehudit and her family moved to nearby Kiryat Arba, where she played many roles in the development of the community that is home to a diverse population of observant and secular Israelis-immigrants and native-born. As an ulpan teacher during the period of the major aliyah from the former Soviet Union, Yehudit says she saw the redemption in her classes filled with immigrants.

“Part of what we taught was a love of the land,” she affirms.

Both Yehudit and Nadia are themselves immigrants to Israel.

Nadia grew up in a non-religious

family with a strong Jewish identity in Antwerp, Belgium, while Yehudit was born and raised in Transylvania to parents who survived the Holocaust. Nadia arrived in Israel alone as an 18-year-old in 1984 to attend a Jewish leadership program.

In Europe, she had been a leader in the Yavneh Olami student movement.

Yehudit immigrated to Israel with her parents as a 12-year-old in 1960, after her mother who survived Auschwitz, returned to Hungary after the war.

Today, both women work as volunteers heading up the Women in Green, which started out as a grassroots movement founded by Nadia’s mother-in-law, Ruth Matar, to protest the Oslo Accords in 1993. Nadia was a highly visible leader of many public protests, and moved her family to Shirat Hayam in Gush Katif prior to

Israel’s 2005 unilateral pullout from Gaza.

Now known as Women in Green and the Forum for Sovereignty, Nadia and Yehudit are the public face of a movement that has graduated from street theater and loud protests to a sophisticated and focused effort to promote an alternative political vision.

A series of well-organized public Sovereignty Conferences as well as a serious political journal named Sovereignty have both featured influential Israelis and legal scholars.

Writers and speakers have included former Israeli Ambassador to Canada Alan Baker, a prominent scholar of international law; Minister of Housing Uri Ariel; Middle East analyst Dr. Guy Bechor of the IDC Herzliya college; and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein.

“The more the people press for sovereignty, the more politicians will take action,” Nadia and Yehudit emphasize.

While political change requires long-term vision and steadfast commitment, Nadia and Yehudit and the Women in Green have not forgotten the day-to-day necessity to be watching out for the land itself.

Whether at Shdema or in Netzer, an area of Israeli state land in Gush Etzion where Arabs have been illegally working the fields and destroying trees planted by Jews, Nadia and Yehudit are on the front lines, calling up Israelis with tractors to come and help and organizing groups of local youths to replant, as well as pushing the authorities to formally take over the land.

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Prayer and unity: the quintessentially Jewish response to a kidnapping

By Deborah Fineblum JERUSALEM (JNS) – With their pictures posted on countless Facebook pages and widely published in newspapers and on websites, the faces of the three missing Israeli teens have been etched deep into the global Jewish consciousness and individual Jewish hearts. But is there something quintessentially Jewish about the response to the crime of kidnapping?

Especially in Israel, where parents now watch their teens with equal parts gratitude and concern, the kidnapping is highly personal.

Life-size pictures hang from storefronts, the boys’ features fly by on the sides of buses, and an increasing percentage of the passengers inside those buses have their Tehillim (Psalms) books out. They are reading certain psalms such as No. 121, which centuries of Jews have turned to as an appeal for divine intervention in times of crisis. Indeed, it appears that the Israeli public’s focus on prayer might be at an all-time high.

In Jewish tradition, the crime of kidnapping is considered a violation of the eighth commandment, “Thou shalt not steal” (Ex. 20:13). But when what has been stolen is one’s son, the threat is of course more personal than when one’s ox disappears. Untold thousands of Jews have been captured throughout Jewish history and often held for ransom, their captors well aware that Jewish communities will go to

Israel Briefs Police officers demoted for mishandling kidnapped teen’s call JERUSALEM (JTA) – Several senior police officers were demoted for “severe failure of conduct” in their handling of the phone call from one of three kidnapped Israeli teenagers.

A committee investigating the call found that the police officers at the Judea and Samaria Police emergency call center considered the call a prank and did not follow up by notifying the army, according to protocol.

The center received the call at 10:25 p.m. June 12 from someone who whispered “We’ve been kidnapped,” according to the panel’s findings released Monday. The call was cut off after two minutes.

A senior officer who called the number back eight times received busy signals and then the voice mail.

The officer did not tell her supervisors about the call.

The soldier who received the call

Courtesy of Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

On June 25, hundreds of Jews gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City to pray for the release of the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers.

extraordinary lengths to redeem captives.

“Redeeming the captive is among our most treasured 613 mitzvot,” says Rabbi Michael Beals of Congregation Beth Shalom in Wilmington, Del., who was in Israel co-leading a community tour amid the kidnapping crisis. Whether it’s Abraham redeeming his nephew, Lot, or Lord Rothschild redeeming the Jews of Syria in the 1800s, “Jews have gathered their resources to free other Jews,” Beals says.

But for most Israelis, personally redeeming the three boys is a distant dream. Instead, they support the boys and their families with an unofficial formula of prayer and unity.

Prayer When Jews need to engage in initially was found to have acted properly by transferring the call to a supervisor.

“Not providing a proper response to a man’s cry of distress is an unforgivable event by every measure that can ultimately undermine the public confidence in the police, which is a cornerstone of police activity,” Israel Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino said after the release of the report.

Netanyahu: Mideast turmoil necessitates Israeli presence in West Bank (JTA) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said turmoil in neighboring Arab countries counted out the removal of Israeli forces from the West Bank for “a very long time.”

“Time after time, it’s been shown that after the withdrawal of Western forces, one cannot rely on local forces trained by the West to stop Islamists,” Netanyahu said. $90M plan for eastern Jerusalem aims to reduce violence JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel’s Cabinet approved a $90 million plan for the socioeconomic development of eastern Jerusalem with an eye toward reducing violence.

very serious prayer, the Kotel (Western Wall) is often their destination. That is exactly where 17-yearold Hodaya Wienberg of Jerusalem went on one recent evening. Her brother is a soldier stationed in the West Bank. “I’m here so he will come back fast and safely,” she says.

Does Wienberg have a hunch that God is listening? “Of course he’s listening,” she says with a grin.

“But maybe he’s looking for a better time to answer.”

On June 26, some 200 men, women, and children gathered in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Baka to hear musicians including Yehuda Katz and Shira Golan sing psalms designed to petition for the safe return of the boys. “I don’t know how powerful my prayer is alone,” Katz says as he tunes his guitar in The plan approved Sunday will focus on increased security and police there.

It marked the first time that a comprehensive socioeconomic development plan will be formulated and implemented for eastern Jerusalem, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.

preparation for going onstage. “But when we send up our prayers together, we are banging on the gates of Heaven and insisting that He open up and let our prayers in.”

“People are praying now who haven’t prayed in years,” says Rabbi Ronen Neuwirth of Ohel Ari Congregation in the Israeli city of Ra’anana. “And, as we plead for the boys’ safe return, others who already pray are finding their prayers are coming alive in new ways.”

“They say there are no atheists in foxholes,” says the author of “The Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Survival Kit,” Shimon Apisdorf.

“Here in Israel everyday the boys are still missing we are looking at a very big foxhole.”

For Rachel Klein of Jerusalem, carrying a picture of the boys in her bag and keeping another on her refrigerator keep them at the front of her mind. “That way I can never forget that they need our prayers,” she says.

“When you are a Jew, prayer is an obligation to cry out to God in times of need,” says Sarah Yehudit Schneider, author of the 2009 book “You Are What You Hate.”

Prayer, explains Schneider, “fills in the hole which creates a conscious channel of partnership with Hashem, and this pulls down blessing from above.” Especially in times of crisis, people “are stretched and grow as a result of our prayer,” she adds.

“And when we begin to lapse into cynicism or despair, prayer can pull us right out of it. It stretches us

so we can receive blessing. This is the purpose of every mitzvah, including the mitzvah of prayer,” says Schneider.

Prayer may be the most intimate of all the mitzvot – and that has “nothing to do with halacha (Jewish law),” according to Rabbi Benjamin Lau, head of the Israel Democracy Institute’s Human Rights and Judaism in Action Project and leader of Jerusalem’s Ramban Synagogue.

“Especially in times of crisis, we are talking about the language of the soul, about using the words of the tefillah (prayer) to express our deepest feelings, our truest selves,” says Lau. Since news of the kidnapping emerged, countless congregations across Israel have added psalms to their daily and Shabbat services.

Psalm 121 states, “I lift up my eyes to the mountains,” asking where help will come from – and the psalm’s answer is, from God. “We go to the roots of ourselves, and we ask Him to intervene,” Lau says.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday.

Speaking at the Institute for National Security Studies conference in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu said that in any future peace deal with the Palestinians, the Israel Defense Forces would be the entity protecting Israel in Judea and Samaria, including the Jordan Valley.

U.K.’s BG Group with an estimated $30 billion worth of natural gas for its facility in Idku, Egypt.

The preliminary agreement, announced Sunday, comes after supply agreements signed with Jordan and other local countries, making Israel a major local exporter of natural gas.

Interior minister rejects Sabbath opening of Tel Aviv stores JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel’s interior minister, Gideon Saar, rejected an amendment to a Tel Aviv statute that would have allowed some stores to stay open on the Sabbath and holidays.

On Sunday, Saar said in a statement that he struck down the amendment approved by the municipality’s City Council in March because it was not explained why it was essential for the stores to remain open on the Sabbath rather than meet the public’s needs during the rest of the week.

Palestinian terrorists fire 20 rockets at Israel in escalation of weekend attack (JNS) – Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired at least 20 rockets toward Israel overnight Sunday into Monday morning. Most of the rockets exploded in open fields in the Eshkol region, but two hit Sdot Negev, causing minor damage to two buildings.

Meanwhile, Israeli Air Force planes struck a terrorist cell Sunday night as it was preparing to fire rockets at Israel. Previously, an Iron Dome anti-rocket battery intercepted two rockets fired at Netivot.

Israel needs security fence along Jordan border, Netanyahu says (JNS) – In light of recent changes in the Middle East, Israel needs to construct a security fence along the length of its border with Jordan,

Israel’s Leviathan strikes $30 billion gas deal with U.K.’s BG Group (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS) – Partners in Israel’s Leviathan natural gas field have signed a non-binding letter of intent to supply the

Unity Katz, the musician, says he was visiting the family of abducted teen Naftali Frenkel when the topic of Jewish unity came up in conversation. “What [the Frenkels] wanted to talk about was their vision for bringing the Jewish people together,” says Katz. “And they told me that they feel every bit of our support.”

For Katz, music stands to serve PRAYER on page 19

Israeli Arab demonstrators call for more kidnappings (JNS) – Some 200 Israeli Arab demonstrators hoisted Palestinian flags on Friday at the entrance to the city of Umm al-Fahm, clashing with policemen who were trying to keep order.

The demonstrators were protesting Israel’s use of administrative detention, when arrestees are held without trial, in Judea and Samaria following the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers. Some demonstrators called for more kidnappings, particularly of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers, Israel Hayom reported.

At his cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the calls for more kidnappings in Umm al-Fahm “outrageous.”

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Izzy’s downtown locations’ century-long attraction for diners

By Bob Wilhelmy The classic Reuben sandwich perhaps is the crown jewel of the Jewish deli circuit. Izzy’s has taken the classic Reuben concept and given Greater Cincinnati diners a tasty new twist on that century-old sandwich theme.

Drum roll, please, to introduce the all-new trio of grilled chicken Reuben options, headed by the grilled chicken Reuben sandwich (pictured), from Izzy’s. The trio of new menu items also includes a chicken Reuben salad and a Reuben wrap (hold the Swiss cheese on all, please).

The grilled chicken Reuben sandwich comes to the table on a multi-grain bun, and the chicken breast is topped with Izzy’s proprietary summer slaw instead of sauerkraut. The slaw, to my taste buds, adds a nice flavor dimension to the sandwich. Also, when the breast is placed on the grill, a secret grilling sauce is added, enhancing the flavor of the chicken as it sizzles. The combination of slaw and seasoned chicken makes for yet another good sandwich option from Izzy’s lengthy menu list. And while the pasta salad that is featured with the sandwich is good too, I ordered the potato pancake instead, since the diner has a choice of side items. And of course, there are the pickles to enjoy with the sandwich.

An advertising banner on Izzy’s menu declares: World’s Greatest Reubens—that’s Reubens, plural.

The plural is necessary, since there is the original Reuben, but also a cod Reuben, a turkey Reuben, a veggie Reuben, a pastrami Reuben, and even a beef frank Reuben. And now, the chicken Reuben sandwich, salad and the wrap.

“Our staples are the excellent corned beef and the Reuben sandwiches, no doubt,” said John Geisen, owner of the Izzy’s franchise, now eight locations strong. “But we’ve added a little something for everyone. We have the hamburgers and the turkey; the chicken salad, egg salad and tuna salad; and a new brat Reuben (which goes along with the beef frank Reuben already on the menu). We butterfly the brat and grill it rather than boil (or steam) it.

We use Scheckler relish, with the sauerkraut and put it on a pretzel bun along with a mustard-horseradish sauce. It’s really a good sandwich!”

Geisen is correct about the menu at Izzy’s: there does seem to be something for everybody, and the Izzy’s brain trust has focused on variety with the sandwich offerings.

For instance, under Specialty Sandwiches, you’ll find a tuna melt, a boneless cod, a spicy delight (pastrami with onion, minced olives, sweet peppers and garlic), and a salami sandwich as well.

Also, Izzy’s offers wraps, soups

John Geisen talking to a customer at the Madisonville location.

patrons over the years, such as the Jeff Ruby. Are you ready? The Ruby is a double-decker on rye, the bottom deck being roast beef and slaw, then roast turkey and chopped liver and a special dressing on top before the rye lid is put in place. The Ruby is a lollapalooza of a sandwich, just like its namesake.

Now, added to the lunch trade, you can stop by Izzy’s for breakfast.

The menu features some items you’d expect at a place called Izzy’s, namely bagels and cream cheese.

But there is more, such as vanilla crispy French toast, served with maple syrup. Izzy’s also makes its own maple cinnamon rolls, featuring coffee-maple icing. There are breakfast sandwiches, with your choice of meat, egg and/or cheese served on an English muffin.

Speaking of the breakfast menu, Geisen emphasized that the Izzy’s general menu has evolved greatly in the past several years to better meet the wants and needs of his customers. Judging by the people flocking to his Izzy locations, he’s right about that.

See you there!

The signage outside Izzy’s on Main Street.

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Inviting Reuven Rivlin back to a Reform synagogue

By Charles A. Kroloff WESTFIELD, N.J. (N.J. Jewish News) – Over the years, Temple Emanu-El of Westfield, the largest Reform synagogue in New Jersey, has been on the receiving end of public criticism for a variety of reasons.

As a newly arrived rabbi in the late-1960s, I learned how our temple was upbraided because our members were supporting fair housing practices in the Westfield area. Then we opposed a churchlike Christmas pageant in the public high school. (A federal judge upheld our cause.)

In the 1970s, the national media reported that prior to a visit of Vice President Spiro Agnew to our community, Agnew’s advisers were unhappy about our opposition to the war in Vietnam.

I was proud of these critiques.

They demonstrated that we stood for important principles. In the spirit of the Hebrew prophets, my teachers and mentors taught me that our task as rabbis is to comfort the afflicted, but also to afflict the comfortable. As our rabbinates mature, most of us learn that if everyone loves everything we do as rabbis, we must be doing something wrong.

But one day my synagogue was criticized for reasons that reflected more on the insensitivity and parochialism of the critic than on the reality of Temple Emanu-El or the Reform movement of which we are proud members.

In 1989, six members of the Israeli Knesset visited our synagogue and appeared to enjoy the experience, including Shabbat dinner at our home. Yet the next day, one of those parliamentarians, Reuven Rivlin, unleashed a venomous attack on us and our style of worship.

In an interview on April 19, 1989 with Yediot Ahronot, the popular Israeli daily, he described his Shabbat experience in this way: “I was completely stunned.

This is idol worship and not Judaism. Until now I thought Reform was a stream of Judaism, but after visiting two of their synagogues I am convinced that this is a completely new religion without any connection to Judaism.

Total assimilation. Their prayer is like a completely Protestant cere-

mony.”

Earlier this month, the same Reuven Rivlin was elected by the Knesset to become president of the State of Israel, succeeding the venerable Shimon Peres.

The year 1989 is a long time ago. And Rivlin has hopefully learned a few things.

Let’s hope that he has learned that Judaism is not a monolithic faith. We are and have been throughout our history a pluralistic people. The rabbis of the midrash taught that this diversity began with the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who, they suggest, embraced differing concepts of God. Fast forward to the American Jewish experience. Our community has flourished because we embraced a diversity of thought reflected in the teachings of Rabbis Isaac Mayer Wise, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Mordecai Kaplan and Joseph Soloveitchik, to mention a few who helped shape Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and Orthodox Judaism respectively. Our Jewish federation movement has thrived because the various streams of Judaism work together and respect each other.

Surely Rivlin knows that Israel itself has been built by secularists (Theodor Herzl), socialists (David Ben-Gurion), Orthodox leaders who believed in outreach (Rav Kook), liberal religious leaders (Anat Hoffman) and a vast array of immigrant communities whose beliefs and practices differed dramatically from one another (Yemenites, Ethiopians, Iraqis, Americans and dozens more).

Let’s hope that Rivlin has learned that calling fellow Jews idol worshippers and describing the practices of Reform Judaism, the largest Jewish religious community in the United States, as “Protestant” is demeaning for any Jew, and beneath a member of Knesset.

I am hopeful that Rivlin understands that if we are to be strong we must respect our fellow Jews, and if we are to survive, we Jews must be a united people.

We have reason to be optimistic. Speaking shortly after his election victory, Rivlin stated that RIVLIN on page 19

Correction In the June 26, 2014 issue of the American Israelite, the article entitled “Cedar Village CEO tells White House more attention is needed to fight elder abuse”, it should have read “The Shalom Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at Cedar Village is staffed by personnel, including physicians, from Cedar Village. The Shalom Center does not have a separate staff.” We apologize for the error.

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Dear Editor, This letter is in reaction to your article dated June 19, 2014, Founding of German Jewish Society of Cincinnati featured installment of German Jewish history collection. In 1925 I was born into a very typical German Jewish family. My dad was a German Jewish veteran in World War I on the Western Front and my uncle was missing in action on the Western Front. Because of this experience, my parents raised their children as ‘Germans of Jewish persuasion.’ With this background I feel I have some ideas which should be incorporated into the Jewish history collection.

Number one, in 1934 all Jewish children were thrown out of public school.

Number two, in 1938 before the synagogues were either burned down or destroyed all Jewish males were forced to add the name Israel and all women the name Sarah. All Jews had to present their id cards to

the authorities and the letter ‘J’ representing the German word Jude was stamped into their id card.

Number three, in 1941 the deportation of German Jews started and 250,000 German Jews including tens of thousand of German Jew war veterans were deported into the killing machines in Eastern Europe.

(Source of 250,000 from Gedenkbuch.)

Number four, in 1945, German Jewry had been eliminated.

I also think that the German Jewish Society should incorporate into their mission a quote out of the Old Testament, ‘Do not forget what Amalek did to you.’

Think about it.

Werner Coppel Cincinnati, OH

generation German-American Jew. My father’s fraternal grandmother’s grandfather, Zachariah Auer, came from the Saar District, Rhine Bavaria (near Blieskastel) to America in 1833. He arrived, via sailing ship, in New Orleans and then steamboat up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers directly to Cincinnati. He lived and died in Cincinnati and was a member of Rockdale Temple.

My father’s fraternal grandfather’s father Solomon Klein came from Hagenbach to NYC on the ship, “Spark of the Ocean,” arriving 19 Sep 1854. He also lived and died in Cincinnati. Solomon’s son, Moses Klein, was a Captain in the Union Army.

My mother’s family is also from Germany and arrived here before the Civil War.

Dear Editor, I read with interest of the founding of the German Jewish Society of Cincinnati in your paper. I’m a 6th

Charles (Chuck) Henle Klein, Jr. Georgetown, OH

Why the Kurds are a beacon of hope in the Middle East

By Ben Cohen During the war in Iraq, when I was still living in London and coordinating news coverage of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein for various international media organizations, I was in regular contact with a brave Iraqi Kurdish journalist named Ayub Nuri. When Ayub and I finally met in person, several years later in New York, we spent a couple of hours talking about the region generally, and specifically about whether Israel had a natural ally in the Kurds.

So it was with some pleasure, in the midst of a horrible news week for the Middle East, that I came across an interview with Ayub in which he said the following: “Kurds are deeply sympathetic to Israel and an independent Kurdistan will be beneficial to Israel. It will create a balance of power. Right now, Israel is one country against many. But with an independent Kurdish state, first of all Israel will have a genuine friend in the region for the first time, and second, Kurdistan will be like a buffer zone in the face of the Turkey, Iran and Iraq.”

Think about the meaning of those words, “a genuine friend.”

In this context, it means a country in the region that not only respects Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, but also actively seeks to

strengthen their mutual bonds. A country whose population is overwhelmingly Muslim but secular in political orientation, and one where the anti-Semitism that dominates elsewhere in the Islamic world is strikingly absent.

Kurdistan actually is what many Jews mistakenly supposed Turkey to be: a Muslim-majority state with no ideological or theological objections to the idea of Jewish national self-determination.

Unlike the Palestinians, whose objections to Israel’s very existence have stymied repeated attempts to create a Palestinian state, the 30 million Kurds have never enjoyed similar international backing in their quest for independence. Instead, they have been repressed and even exterminated by the regimes in the countries in which they are concentrated: Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. But thanks to the U.S.-led victory over Saddam – a Hitler-like figure for the Kurds, who remember his genocidal war against them in the mid-1980s, including the 1988 murder of around 5,000 mostly women and children during a chemical weapons attack on the town of Halabja – the Kurds were able to consolidate a Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the north of the country.

Over the last decade, talk of Kurdistan splitting from Iraq has

continually surfaced. Many Jews, moved by the shared experience of our two peoples of genocide, and sympathetic to the fact that the Kurds, like us, have been the victims of Arab chauvinism in both its nationalist and Islamist forms, have rightly supported such a move on moral grounds.

Yet we shouldn’t forget that this is one situation in which, happily, moral considerations fit neatly with strategic ones.

As of this moment, the Kurds have little reason to hold back from declaring independence, as they have done in the recent past.

For as long as the U.S. was seriously engaged in Iraq, and helping to guarantee de facto Kurdish control of the oil-rich north, the KRG was wise not to upset the delicate balance by making a move that would have caused a major headache for American relations with Turkey and other neighbors.

Now, almost three years after President Barack Obama withdrew American troops from Iraq, the Kurds are rightly skeptical that Washington will assist them in confronting the predators around their territories.

More and more, the Middle East looks like a failed region, rather than a collection of failed states. The disintegration of Syria KURDS on page 19

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Jewish love and Jewish family, in tribute to my beloved wife.

Why family? It’s an institution which limits one’s choice in sexual partners, and produces children who require much time, energy and expenditure and often give back heart-ache (as one European professor said, we have a minus zero population growth because we cannot abide anything that makes noise and dirt and we cannot control).

One of God’s earliest judgment calls, immediately before the creation of Eve is “It is not good for the human being to be alone” (Gen. 2:18). “Alone” means first of all, social loneliness; the human being, endowed with a portion of God from on high, has the ability and the fundamental need to reach out beyond himself to “other” in communication and love (Gen. 2:7, Targum ad loc). And “alone” also means existential alone-ness, our being limited to our own circumscribed individual bodies, and our mortal dread of the time when that individual entity which is “me” will cease to be.

And why children? Balaam sees that ultimately Israel will triumph; our compassionate righteousness will triumph over Amalek’s cruel grab for power (Num. 24:17-20). Balaam prophesies, “I see from the beginnings of the rocky mountains, and I look from the hilly plains” (ibid. 23:9), which Rashi interprets, “I see your origins and roots firmly entrenched in your matriarchs and patriarchs.”

God charged Abraham to become a great nation and a blessing to the world (Gen. 12:3); Abraham will command his children and household (historic family) to do compassionate righteousness (ibid. 18:18-19), with each Israelite generation commanding the next until we finally succeed when all the nations accept a God of morality and peace (Isa. 2:2-4).

We receive our identity and mission from our forbears, and remain optimistic and hopeful because of our progeny.

We are deeply rooted in our past and highly responsible for our future; we are each a golden link in an eternal chain of being; we are each a crucial part of the great Unfinished Symphony which is

Israel. All past generations live in us; we live in all future generations. The Yiddish word for grandchild is ein’i’kel, a combination of two Hebrew words, ein kul, there is no destruction! We are our grandchildren, and our grand-children are us.

In Jewish love and marriage and children, we give ourselves to our life-partners, we give ourselves to our past and to our future, and what we receive is God’s promise that Israel the nation will never be destroyed, the great merit of participating in the historic mission to perfect the world. Our God-given task is to pass on the baton to our children, our students, and to people we may touch along the way.

And our synagogues, our learning academies and even our Holy Temple are passing down those traditions which emanated from the House of Abraham and Israel, which our forbears bequeathed to the children of Israel, and which we know contains the road-map to a future redeemed.

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T EST Y OUR T ORAH KNOWLEDGE THIS WEEK’S PORTION: BALAK (BRAISTH 22:2—25:9) 1. Why did Balak contact Bilaam? a) He was a great general b) He was a prophet or sorcerer c) Bilaam was rich 2. Which other nation contacted Bilaam? a) Midian b) Moav c) Edom 3. Why did Hashem allow Bilaam go to curse the Children of Israel? a) The Children of Israel had sinned b) Bilaam could now be punished for his sins c) Bilaam entreated Hashem twice to try

5.) B 25:1 Bilaam counseled Balak to entice the Children of Israel to sin with the daughters of Midian. Rashi

EFRAT, Israel – “How goodly are your tent-homes, O Jacob” (Num. 24:5).

At the conclusion of the Pentateuch, which is also the conclusion of Moses’ physical existence on earth, the Biblical text records that, “Never again did there arise in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the Lord knew ‘face to face’” (Deut. 34:10). Our sages comment, “Never did such a prophet arise among the Israelites, but among the nations of the world such a prophet did arise – Balaam son of Beor” (Yalkut Shimoni 966 ad loc). This stunning statement indicates that Balaam was not only gifted with the Divine prophecy, but that he could even be compared to Moses! And if the task of the prophet is to communicate God’s words to the people, we must take seriously the words of Balaam the prophet and learn from them.

Indeed, in synagogues throughout the world for thousands of years, daily prayers begin with the words of Balaam, “How goodly are your tent-homes, O Jacob, your Sanctuary – Study Halls, O Israel.”

Apparently, Balaam himself was inspired when “he saw the Israelites dwelling according to their tribes” (ibid. 24:2). Rashi, our classical commentary, explains that Balaam was especially moved by the modesty of their family lives, “that the doors and windows of the respective homes did not face each other.” And the Israelites brought the unique quality of their family life, the sanctity of their homes, into their national institutions: our Temple is a Beit HaMikdash, a home of sanctity, our synagogue a Beit Hakneset, a home of “gathering” for prayer and festival celebrations (national togetherness), our study-hall, a beit hamidrash, a home of academic analysis. What is it about the familial home which makes it so cardinal to Jewish life?

What has the familial home to do with our national institutions?

I write these lines at a time when, in Western society, the family as an institution is severely embattled, when many family gatherings feature “his” children, “her” children, and “their” children, when more and more couples are opting to have no children and when more and more individuals are opting not to get married at all!

And I write these lines as an ode to

One of God’s earliest judgment calls, immediately before the creation of Eve is “It is not good for the human being to be alone”

4. What did Bilaam's attendants do when he struck his donkey? a) They struck the donkey also b) Called the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals c) They did not understand what was happening 5. After Bilaam's unsuccesful attempts, what did Balak do? a) He gave up his attempt to harm the Jews b) He attempted to make the Children of Israel sin c) He went to war against the Children of Israel

peace with each other to fight the Children of Israel 3.) C 22:15-20 Hashem allowed Bilaam to go , but never commanded him to go. Rashi 4.) C—22:23 They also never saw the angel

by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

SHABBAT SHALOM: PARSHAT BALAK NUMBERS 22:2- 25:9

Written by Rabbi Dov Aaron Wise

ANSWERS 1.) B—22:6,7 Bilaam was known to be a prophet. They took magical instruments because it was known that Bilaam used them. . Rashi 2.) A 22:7 Moav and Midian fought , but made

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By Nate Bloom Contributing Columnist New TV Shows “Leftovers” began earlier this week. Pundits speculate HBO ordered just ten episodes because it wants to see whether there’s sustained interest in a series about what happens to people left in a suburban community when most of the population is taken up to heaven by “the Rapture” (a Christian belief that Christian believers will be taken up to heaven in advance of other events, mostly bad, happening on Earth). I’ve never read about any Christian denomination that believes unconverted Jews will be included in the Rapture and one of the “leftovers” is a character with a Jewish name (Levin).

“Leftovers” was co-created by DAMON LINDELOF, 41, who also created “Lost”. The ending of “Lost”, which was quasi-religious – with characters, alive and dead, reuniting in a church – disappointed a huge portion of the show’s audience. Speculation is that HBO is hedging its bets about another Lindelof series with a metaphysical plot line until after the first ten shows air. The cast includes Amy Brenneman, the former star of “Judging Amy,” who many think is Jewish. Her father was born and raised a Congregationalist Protestant and her Jewish mother converted to her father’s faith decades ago.

The FX series, “Tyrant,” began late last month. Basic ‘official’ plot: Bassam “Barry” Al Fayeed (played by Brit actor Adam Rayner) is from the fictional wartorn (Arab) country of Abbudin. He has been living in self-selected exile in Los Angeles for nearly 20 years. Barry, the younger son of Abbudin’s dictator, ends his exile to return with his American family to his homeland for his nephew’s wedding. His arrival leads to a dramatic culture clash, as he reluctantly returns to the familial and national politics he once left.” The pilot (which got good reviews) and most of the rest of 10-episode first season was filmed in Israel. The supporting cast includes NOAH SILVER, 18, who plays Sammy, the son of Barry and Molly (Barry’s American wife). Silver has made Israeli films, as well appearing in American shows like “The Borgias.” Also in big supporting roles: JUSTIN KIRK, 45; MORAN ATIAS, 33, and Ashraf Barhom, 34. Kirk, whose mother is Jewish, plays an American diplomat stationed in Abbudin. Atias, an Israeli Jewish actress, plays Leila, the wife of Jamal (Jamal is the older brother of Barry and next-inline to his country’s presidency).

Playing Jamal is Barhom, a Christian Israeli Arab, and a Univ.

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“Extant” is a sci-fi/mystery series, produced by STEVEN SPIELBERG, which will start next week. Halle Berry plays an American astronaut who inexplicably returns home pregnant after a year in space. The supporting cast includes CAMRYN MANHEIM, 53, (“The Practice”). She plays Sam Barton, Berry’s character’s best friend and confidant.

Birthright and Baseball The Times of Israel reported last week that filmmaker JERRY NEWBERGER and sports writer JONATHAN MAYO are working on organizing a special trip to Israel for Jewish major league baseball players. Newberger thinks that he could make an interesting film about how the trip touched each one of the players who went to Israel. It also would allow these players, most of whom have little Jewish religious background, to get in touch with Israeli/Jewish life and culture. They already have the enthusiastic backing of Houston pitcher JOSH ZEID, 27, whose sister went on a Birthright Israel trip (“It was life changing for her,” Zeid told the Times). Players who have given them positive responses include Pittsburgh first baseman IKE DAVIS, 27, and Detroit second baseman IAN KINSLER, 32.

Tigers manager BRAD AUSMUS, 45, the former coach of Team Israel, gave Mayo and Newberger some baseball contacts in Israel to help with organizing clinics led by the players. The duo caution that the project is still at an early stage and much work needs to be done until it becomes a reality.

One of My Favorite Eli Wallach Stories Acting legend ELI WALLACH, who died last week, age 98, was a great storyteller. Here’s one of my favorite Wallach anecdotes. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Wallach went to the Univ. of Texas because the tuition was very low.

While there, he became a pretty good horseman. This came in handy when he was cast as the leader of a group of about 40 mounted Mexican bandits in the great 1960 Western, “The Magnificent Seven.” The movie was filmed in Mexico and they hired real-life Mexican cowboys to play Wallach’s “gang.” Wallach related how they quickly bonded around him and kind of viewed this little Jewish guy from Brooklyn as their leader. A couple of times, Wallach actually had to tell them to cool it when they mis-read a situation and thought the director or another cast member was “dissing” their “chief.” By the way, Robert Vaughn is now the sole surviving “Magnificent” co-star.

FROM THE PAGES 150 Y EARS A GO Our young friend and poet, Mr. Max Eberhardt, whose bright scintillations frequently appear in the columns of the Deborah, is a promising young lawyer, whose legal lore added to his practical knowledge and moral character, entitle him to the unlimited confidence of the people. His office is at No. 17 1/2 West Third Street, where he may be found during the business hours of the day. We bespeak for him a bright future and a successful career.

The Rev. Mr. J. Shoenbrun, of this city, who is a gentleman of erudidition and well versed in Hebrew literature, has been engaged as Rabbi and Teacher by the congregation of Laporte, Ind. He will enter upon his office on Monday, August 1, 1864. May his efforts be crowned wtih success. – July 29, 1864

125 Y EARS A GO Dr. Charles Weber, of Cincinnati, O., has made a treatment of Cancer and Tumors a specialty for many years, using no knife or other severe measures. As an evidence of his success, he cites the names of a few well know persons who have been cured by him.

Prof. H. McDiarmid, formerly editor of the Christian Standard, Cincinnati, now professor at Hiram College, Hiram, O., was cured five years ago of cancer of the face. Before Dr. Weber’s treatment was applied, the diseased part had been cut out twice, each time returning in about six months.

Rev. W. H. Sands, pastor Presbyterian Church, Southport, Ind., whose father was cured eight years ago of cancer, affecting nearly the entire right side of his face, invovling the right eye and the nose.

Judge R. J. Bowman, of Alexandria, La., was cured of cancer of the right cheek and forehead three years ago.

On Monday evening Miss Helen Loeb and Mr. Max Steinberg, both of this city, were married at the Cincinnati Club, Dr. Grossmann officiating. – July 13, 1889

100 Y EARS A GO Mrs. V. Shields gave the old men of the Home for Jewish Aged and Infirm a most enjoyable automobile outing and luncheon last week, and Mrs. Phil Bloch gave the inmates an ice creak and cake treat. The hot weather is hard on the old people and these attentions are therefore doubly welcomed by them.

Miss Helen Troy Bohm and Mr. Lester Rothschild were mar-

ried on Monday, June 29, by Rev. Dr. David Phillipson.

Mrs. Rothschild is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Troy The Plum Street Temple Industrial School for Girls, the oldest vocation school, will open for its summer term for worthy girls on the Monday following the Fourth of July. This is purely a philanthropic institution and no charge at all is made for teaching girls all kinds of sewing from the simple stitches to fine lace work, and all kinds of fancy work and the finest embroidery.

The school was founded 30 years ago by Mrs. S.B. Sachs, and her daughters Mrs. Charles Moch and Mrs. Strauss (Amy Sachs), will carry on the work with renewed vigor. – July 2 1914

75 Y EARS A GO On Sunday, June 25, the marriage of Miss Mary Sher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. Sher of Hale Avenue to Mr. Harry S. Schwartz, of Forest Avenue, was performed

by Rabbi Eliezer Silver at the Hotel Sinton. More than 700 guests attended.

Mr. Robert Lappin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Lappin, of 715 Chalfonte Place, won the intermediate essay contest of Young Judaea.

Beth Jacob Center, Price Hill, was the scene Sunday, June 25th, of a shower in honor of Miss Dorothy Levine, daugther of Mr. and Mrs. J. Levine, of Price Hill.

Some 200 guests attended.

Hostessess were Misses Betty Levine and Dorothy Fox. Miss Levine is the fiancee of Mr. Ben Wilner, son of Mrs. L. Wilner and the late Louis Wilner.

The marriage of Miss Yetta Rudin and Mr. Jacob Goldberg took place Sunday, July 2nd at the home of the bride’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice White. The ceremony was performed by Rabbi Samuel Wohl in the presence of the immediate family. Upon return from their honeymoon, the couple will be at home to relatives and friends at 36 Burton Woods Lane.– July 6, 1939

50 Y EARS A GO Michael Mason, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Mason, 7091 East Aracoma Drive, was on the dean’s list the past spring quarter at Ohio State University. He is an accounting major in the College of Commerce and Administration.

Mr. and Mrs. Max Appel, 8118 Debonair Court, announce the forthcoming Bar Mitzvah of their son, Lesley Stuart, Saturday, July 25, at 9 a.m., at New Hope Synagogue, 1625 Crest Hills Avenue.

Relatives and friends are cordially invited to worship with us on this happy occasion and attend the Kiddush lunch following services.

Lesley is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Weissman and the late Mr. and Mrs. Laser Appel.

Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Lipman, 3305 Longmeadow Lane, will be at home Saturday, July 11, from 7 to 11 p.m., in honor of the marriage of their son and daughter-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. David F. Lipman. Relatives and friends are cordially invited. No card. – July 9, 1964

25 Y EARS A GO David S. Levine and Joelle Luebbers-Levine announce the birth of a son, Jeffrey Adam, June 23. Jeffrey has a brother, Steven Luebbers.

Maternal grandparents are Judge and Mrs. Joseph A. Luebbers of Cincinnati. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Levine of Cincinnati.

Helen Weiser, 88, died July 8.

Mrs. Weiser was a member of Northern Hills Synagogue. She was the past secretary of the Jewish Community Center’s Athletic Department and a life member of the Orthodox Jewish Home for the Aged Ladies Auxiliary.

She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Bernard (Bill) and Beverly Weiser of Springfield, Ohio, and Norman and Margo Weiser of Cincinnati; a sister, Belma Rosenthal of Cincinnati; four grandchildren, Dr. Irwin Weiser, Judith S. Weiser, Jeffrey F. Weiser, and Cynthia Wiser Stewart; and two greatgrandchildren.

Mrs. Weiser was wife of the late Isadore Weiser and the sister of the late Jack M. Rubin and Bernie Rubinovitz.

Services were held July 11 at Weil Funeral Home, Rabbi Gershom Bernard officiating.

Interment was in Love Brothers Cemetery. – July 13, 1989

10 Y EARS A GO Ilan and Itai Bear, twins sons of Avi and Karen Schulman Bear of Cynthiana, KY, were called to the Torah as B’nai Mitzvot June 21, 2004, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. They continued the mitzvah Saturday, June 26 by reading torah and leading Shabbat morning services at the synagogue on Kibbutz Sdot-Yam. Ilan and Itai are the grandsons of Zelma and the late Melvin L. Schulman of Cincinnati, Ohio and Yaccov Bear of Kibbutz Sdot-Yam, Caesarea, Israel. – July, 22, 2004

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KURDS from page 16 has caused the disintegration of Iraq and could eventually consume Lebanon as well. The obvious winners are jihadi groups like ISIS – the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, one of the most brutal Islamist terrorist organizations we have encountered to date – and the Iranian regime, which has exploited the general meltdown to boost the Assad regime in Damascus and the Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon and Syria (and whose murky relations with the jihadis are closer than many people understand).

Meanwhile, the Americans are stoking the sense that nothing short of a repeat of 9/11 – in other words, another terror spectacular on American soil – will reverse their determination to wash their hands of this wretched region.

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month’s terrorist atrocity at the Jewish museum in Brussels, who fought with the jihadis in Syria and was arrested carrying a flag with the ISIS symbol in his pocket. Negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program are collapsing, again fueling speculation about an Israeli preemptive strike on Tehran’s key nuclear facilities.

Most Americans, however, know deep down that the Middle East will interrupt our foreign policy slumber sooner or later. That’s why, more than ever before, we need to be bolstering the only peoples in the region we can truly trust: the Israelis, who have created a model liberal democracy in one of the most reactionary regions on earth, and the Kurds, whose modest wish to join the family of democratic nations is one we should actively be seeking to grant.

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LETTERMAN from page 4 ‘Yes it is.’ That’s his legacy. An intelligent guy on the spot. A real intelligent man behind the desk who really knew how to run a show like that. Interviewing not only the craziest clown or comedic performer up to the leader of the free world and doing a great job no matter who it was.”

Reflecting on his Jewish upbringing, the 64-year-old Shaffer said, “Judaism is certainly a bluePRAYER from page 10 as a conduit for both prayer and unity. “Our duty is to raise up cry after cry, plea after plea,” he says.

“In this way we can learn once and for all that we are not primarily a religion but a nation and a family.

All you have to do is look at their pictures to realize that these are our boys, too.”

“The main thing we can do now is overcome all the divisiveness,” says Rav Abraham Sutton, an Israeli author and teacher based in Kiryat Ye’arim, a town near Jerusalem.

“These boys are all of us. We are supposed to feel their pain. We are supposed to send them strength and encouragement. When we say them together, they bring us together and lift us up above the petty and the trivial.”

Rabbi Neuwirth says, “After the boys are back home we have to remember this lesson of a united Jewish people. Then we won’t need other painful lessons to remind us

RIVLIN from page 16 he would represent “all the citizens of Israel – Jews, Arabs, Druze, rich, poor, religious and less religious. From this moment, I am no longer a party man but everybody’s man, a man of all the people.”

I join with the senior rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, Douglas Sagal, in extending an invitation to Rivlin, on his first trip as president to the United States, to attend a Shabbat service in Westfield and to address our congregation. Now wouldn’t that be a brilliant statement affirming the pluralistic character of the Jewish people?

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“My parents were the greatest,” he said. “They brought me up that way. Not all that observant, but there was only one synagogue in town which was Orthodox, so my education was Orthodox. It gives me something to fall back on spiritually, that kind of background.”

that we are one people and what unites us is so much bigger than what divides us.”

Rav Sutton, meanwhile, insists that prayer and unity must be supplemented “with our inner work, fueled by a true desire and yearning for redemption.” Neuwirth agrees.

“Prayer and solidarity? Yes, but they’re not enough. You have to become a better person than you ever were before. Otherwise God is not going to listen to our prayers or be impressed with our unity,” he says.

Rabbi Beals suggests that one way to accomplish this is by incorporating the boys into the happiest time of the Jewish week – when Shabbat enters our homes and our hearts.

“As we bless our own children at the Shabbat table on Friday night, Jews everywhere are also blessing those three boys,” Beals says. “They are a part of our family, as we are all part of the family of Israel.”

Wouldn’t that be a dramatic contribution to the strength and unity of the Jewish people?

We promise the president a warm welcome and a Shabbat experience that will lift his spirit.

Charles A. Kroloff is rabbi emeritus of Temple Emanu-El of Westfield and past president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. A president of ARZA, the Association of Reform Rabbis of America, he is currently a vice president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. This article was originally published by the New Jersey Jewish News.

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by Michael Ganson Transferring real estate in Ohio is a relatively simple process. Most commonly in Ohio, one party transfers an interest in real property to another party through a written document called a deed. There are a few situations, however, such as when the government uses its eminent domain power to acquire private property for a public improvement or where a court may order the transfer of real estate that it occurs without a deed. Also, in rare cases, title may be transferred as the result of open, continuous, exclusive, adverse, and notorious possession by a person other than the owner. No matter what the situation may be though, Ohio law requires a transfer of real estate to be in writing.

A deed must contain information that identifies the current owner(s) (known as the “grantor”), that identifies the new owner (known as the “grantee”). It must also specifically describe the land to be transferred (a street address is not enough; a legal description is required and usually the Auditor’s book, parcel, and page numbers must also be included), and it must expressly have language saying that the grantor “grants” the property to the grantee. The grantor must also sign the deed in front of a notary public or another authorized officer, who will acknowledge the signing of the deed.

There are various types of ownership of real estate in Ohio which may affect the manner in which property is transferred and who must sign a deed in order to effect the transfer. For instance, if the title to one’s house is in one’s name alone and the owner is married, her or his spouse will have to sign the deed when she or he sells the property.

The reason is because, although the title is in one spouse’s name alone, Ohio law gives the spouse what is known as “dower” rights. Dower rights means that after the death of the one in whose name the real estate is in, the spouse may claim an interest in the property even though it has been sold if not signed by the spouse, even if the spouse’s name does not appear in your deed. The spouse must sign the deed to the grantee to clear the dower interest from the title.

Amazingly, Ohio law does not require a deed to be recorded with

the county recorder’s office in order for someone to transfer property to someone else. However, although the deed to the property does not need to be recorded for title to pass from a grantor to a grantee, it is generally sound judgment to record the deed. The only thing that must be done in order to effectively transfer title to real estate, you only need to “deliver” the executed and acknowledged deed to the grantee. This means that you must give up control over the deed during your lifetime and intend to transfer title to the grantee. To complete the transfer, the grantee must accept the delivered deed. If the deed benefits the grantee, acceptance ordinarily will be presumed. But if the deed is not recorded in the county recorder’s office where the property is located, the grantee risks losing the property to someone who “buys” the same property from the same seller if the subsequent buyer records the subsequent deed before the “first” buyer records the deed she or he received.

This is because the subsequent buyer generally will not have legal notice of the transfer unless the deed is recorded.

There are many different types of deeds. One which is frequently used is called a Quit-Claim deed.

Unlike a warranty deed, a QuitClaim deed transfers whatever title the grantor may have without giving the grantee any assurance that the grantor has any interest or title to the property. A family member will often use the Quit-Claim deed to grant an interest in real estate to another family member because there is more of an assurance in the validity of the granting family member’s title.

With a warranty deed, the grantor promises (“covenants”) that the title being transferred is free of liens and other encumbrances.

Under Ohio law, general warranty deeds promise against all lawful adverse title claims while limited warranty deeds covenant only against adverse claims created by the grantor.

A deed can be titled so that when the owner dies, the title will transfer automatically. This can be accomplished by what is known as a survivorship deed. The survivorship deed is a deed where at least two people are named in the deed as “joint tenants with right of survivorship.” When one of those named dies, the decedent’s interest will transfer automatically to the other person(s) if the other person is alive.

The survivorship deed is often used among family members in order to allow the transfer of title to the surviving family member(s) without having to go to Probate Court. One can also sign and record what is known as a “Transfer-on-Death Designation Affidavit;” formerly REAL ESTATE on page 22

Can a court exclude a child from a visitation feud between her parents?

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by Marianna Bettman The Supreme Court of Ohio recently decided an interesting issue in the family law arena – does a child who is the subject of a post-divorce feud between her parents over custody and visitation have the right to be a party to that action and to participate in the hearing? The short answer from the Court was no. Let’s take a look at what happened.

The background of this case is so wild and crazy that readers may want to say a plague on both their houses.

There is a lot of background to the case before getting to the legal issues.

A.G. (the Court uses initials instead of names for all minors) was born in December of 1995 to Lolita, a Russian citizen and Patrick, an American citizen. They settled in the United States.

Lolita and Patrick soon divorced, in 1998, in Henry County Ohio. Patrick was originally granted custody of A.G. In February of 1999, Patrick absconded with A.G. The F.B.I. tracked them down in Florida. Patrick had been planning to take A.G. to Costa Rica. Patrick was arrested, and A.G. was returned to the custody of her mother.

In February of 2001, the Henry County Domestic Relations Court approved a consent judgment of divorce between Patrick and Lolita which resolved all the issues except child support and visitation. The same day, the court established a visitation schedule for Patrick with A.G. Within weeks of this order, Lolita absconded with A.G. to Moscow. Ayear later A.G. was forcibly abducted from her mother’s Moscow home. The F.B.I. believed Patrick was responsible.

The Henry County Domestic Relations Court determined that it was in A.G.’s best interest that neither parent be her legal custodian or residential parent. On July 25, 2002, that court certified the case to the Henry County Juvenile Court.

A court of domestic relations can send a case to juvenile court if it believes a child should not be placed with either parent. When it does, the juvenile court steps into the shoes of the divorce court in terms of what it can do, going forward. That same day, the juvenile court ordered law enforcement to seize A.G. if they could find her, and ordered her placed in the care

of the Henry County Department of Job and Family Services for her protection. The next day, Patrick brought her there, where she remained in the temporary custody of the county for two months.

On September 23, 2002, the juvenile court awarded custody of A.G. to Lolita, and granted Patrick unsupervised visitation. Then both parents moved out of Henry county – Lolita to Ottawa County; Patrick to North Carolina. So the case was transferred to the Ottawa County Juvenile Court.

The Ottawa County Juvenile Court appointed a guardian ad litem (GAL) for A.G. A guardian ad litem is often, but not always, a lawyer. The two roles are different. Alawyer for a child advocates what the child wants. The GAL determines what is in the child’s best interest, and advises the court accordingly. In this case, A.G. ultimately had both.

On June 23, 2006, the GAL, believing Patrick to be violent and unpredictable, asked for and was granted an emergency order suspending Patrick’s visitation. But by February of 2007, the GAL notified the court she was no longer certain of her earlier recommendation, and sought a psychological evaluation of A.G. and her parents to determine what was in A.G.’s best interest. The court allowed this, and interviewed A.G. in chambers.

On July 11, 2008, Patrick was granted supervised visitation with A.G., but only in Ottawa County.

Despite a letter from A.G. telling her father she had no intention of visiting him in North Carolina, on Sept. 14, 2009 Patrick moved for unsupervised visits in North Carolina. This is where the legal story of this column begins.

On October 14, 2009, A.G. got a lawyer, who moved to terminate Patrick’s then-existing visitation rights.

On October 21, 2009, A.G. filed a motion for permission to attend her trial. She was then 13 years old.

On February 9, 2010, the GAL filed a revised recommendation that Patrick be granted overnight, unsupervised visitation with A.G., ultimately expanding that recommendation to a motion to grant custody to Patrick. The GAL had become convinced that Lolita was intentionally alienating A.G. from her father, and recommended that Lolita have no contact with A.G. until proper reunification occurred between A.G. and Patrick.

Patrick joined the GAL’s motion; A.G. and Lolita opposed it. In preparation for a hearing on this motion, the judge interviewed A.G. in chambers.

Five days later the judge denied A.G.’s motion to attend the hearing. The judge found that A.G. would be represented by counsel at this trial, that her mother could also advance her interests, and that A.G. had had the opportunity to express her wishes to the court at the on-camera hearing. The hearing took place in early November of 2010. A.G. was then fourteen.

The issues for the Supreme Court of Ohio to decide were whether A.G. was actually a party to the action, and if not, whether she had the right to be present at the hearing.

Before even beginning its analysis, the Court had to decide if there was anything to decide, because by the time it issued its decision, A.G. had turned 18 – legally an adult in Ohio. Thus the issue in her particular case was moot, but the Court decided it should decide the issue because it would likely come up again and was of general interest.

This was a 5-2 decision written by Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor.

First, the Court held that A.G. was not a party to this action. Even though the case was transferred to juvenile court, it retained its character as a domestic relations case. Under the domestic relations statutes controlling such proceedings, only a parent, not a child, has the authority to invoke the jurisdiction of domestic relations court to modify a prior order.

But A.G. went on to argue that even if she wasn’t a party to the case, she had a constitutional right to be present at the proceeding in which her parents were feuding over visitation. The Court disagreed, first noting that no one has an absolute constitutional right to be admitted to a court proceeding.

But the Court agreed with A.G. that even if she couldn’t be a party, she definitely had an interest in the outcome of the proceedings.

In a situation like this, the trial judge, in this case the Ottawa County juvenile court judge, has considerable discretion about the child’s presence at a hearing. The court has discretion to exclude the child from the proceedings if the court deems it in the child’s best interest to do so. And that is what the judge decided was best for A.G. The Supreme Court of Ohio found that A.G.’s due process rights were not violated by being excluded from the hearing. The Court found that A.G. had conveyed her wishes directly to the judge in chambers, without her parents being present. By the time of the trial A.G. had her own lawyer. Both her lawyer and her mother advocated her views at trial. The GAL also participated in the trial. And the juvenile court judge had input from mental health professionals who had evaluated A.G. and her parents. Thus the Court found that the juvenile court judge was not wrong in excluding A.G. from the proceedings, and found that due process did not mandate that she be allowed to attend.

Justice Bill O’Neill wrote a dissent, joined by Justice Paul Pfeifer. He would find that the trial judge totally failed to analyze whether A.G. was of sufficient age and maturity to attend the trial. In his view, the evidence in the case weighed strongly in favor of allowing her to be present, and there was no credible evidence to keep her out.

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This Year in Jerusalem: International Jewish media conference This Year in Jerusalem

by Phyllis Singer A new international Jewish media conference took place last week in Jerusalem – the Jewish Media Summit. Approximately 140 Jewish media individuals – journalists, TV personalities and radio correspondents – attended from Israel, the United States, the UK, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Latin America, Australia and elsewhere. As contributing writer for The American Israelite, I was one of those participants. Four days – from June 22 to June 25 – were packed with plenary sessions, panel discussions and field trips. The main theme of the conference was “The Challenges of Reporting on Israel and the Jewish World.”

Confronting participants were the questions: Does the Jewish world outside Israel report enough about Israel, and does Israel report enough about the Jewish world? The answers were that the Jewish world – especially the United States – reports ISIS from page 8 interest to put a stop to ISIS’s advancement,” Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Major General (ret.) Israel Ziv told JNS. Yet ISIS’s rapid progress through Iraq can be deceiving. While the terror group has been noted for its success in conquering Mosul, Iraq’s secondlargest city, and for threatening Baghdad, it has also faced a weak enemy so far.

“It’s true they have done better than anybody expected in Iraq. But it’s not that they have done things brilliantly, it’s just that the Iraqi army has totally collapsed,” Abrams said, noting that the Jordanian and Israeli militaries, by contrast, are “hard targets and they certainly know how to fight.”

Recent reports indicate that Jordan and Israel are taking the jihadist threat seriously and have stepped up cooperation on the issue. Unlike most Arab states, Jordan has a peace treaty with Israel, and as U.S. allies, the nations’ governments and militaries maintain relatively close ties.

“There is a very good cooperation between us regarding ISIS’s growing presence in Iraq and Syria, but also on issues relating to other radical forces in the Middle East which have their sights set on Israel and Jordan,” a Jordanian diplomatic source told Yedioth

heavily about Israel through the stories from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) and the fledgling Jewish News Service (JNS). But Israeli media report much less about the Jewish world outside Israel – especially the Hebrew papers and TV and radio services. Perhaps that is a result of the fact that news from the Jewish world comes to Israel in English via those same news services.

Many suggestions were made by panelists and members of the audience about how to rectify those shortcomings, but much remains an issue of money. And in today’s rapidly changing world of media coverage, money often is not available for new initiatives – unless some very creative answers can be found.

The summit was intended not only as a gathering of peers from around the world, but also as an indepth encounter with Israeli leadership and society, with particular emphasis on expanding dialogue with Israeli media. President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President-Elect Reuven Rivlin, Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein, Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett and Chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky participated in the conference.

In a one-on-one interview with David Horovitz, founding editor of The Times of Israel, at the opening session, President Shimon Peres emphasized that he has no regrets about his life. “Why waste time on

regret?” Looking toward the future, he said he still will have lots to do after his term as president of Israel ends July 27. “I won’t stop doing because I stop being president.”

As he always does, Peres praised Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas as “a man of courage … He is a great leader. We shouldn’t miss the opportunity to make peace with him.”

Speaking about terrorism, Peres said: “Terror has 100 sides; they don’t respect borders, they don’t respect human beings; they destroy country after country; it’s hard to fight them. I don’t think terror will win, but I don’t think we can win over terror.”

Peres charged the Jewish media with what he believes is their role: “to criticize at home and to defend us abroad.”

In his address to the opening session of the summit, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu elaborated on “three great challenges [the Jewish people] have to face” and asked the Jewish media to join in the fight against these threats. “We have to identify danger and take action.”

The first challenge he identified is “the rising tide of anti-Semitism.

We have to fight it; we have to speak out against it forcefully with the truth. Nobody will defend us if we don’t defend ourselves. Stand up as proud Jews and assail the antiSemites.”

The second challenge Netanyahu spoke about is “fraying [Jewish] identities – especially in the West,

especially young people in the United States.” Netanyahu emphasized that there is “no substitute for bringing young people to our country and to our heritage. We can infuse them with pride and make some want to come here [on aliyah].”

The third challenge – and the greatest – is the dangers of the region. “Shi’ite militants against Sunni militants. These radicals are the enemies of civilization,” Netanyahu stressed.

“The number one imperative of our time is to make sure that a militant Islamic regime does not get its hands on nuclear weapons.” That will be “exceedingly dangerous for Israel and the world,” he said. It will be “catastrophic to allow an Islamic power to have nuclear weapons capability.”

The Jewish people “have shown great ability to address challenges.

We are addressing them,” he said, as he urged the Jewish media “to express [these challenges] to Jews everywhere.”

The next president of Israel – Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin – addressed the final session of the summit.

Noting that he is a seventh-generation Jerusalem, “the son of a Jerusalemite, [who was] the son of a Jerusalemite [who was] the son of a Jerusalemite going back to 1809.”

He explained that in 1809, the family said, “The Messiah will come to Jerusalem; the Rivlin family must be there.”

Rivlin emphasized that he intends to be president for all the peo-

ple of Israel. The day before he spoke to the conference, he had visited the family of the Arab Israeli boy who had been killed by Syrian gunfire on the Golan Heights. The week before, he had visited Makor Chaim Yeshiva, the yeshiva where two of the kidnapped Israeli boys were students.

To outsiders, he noted, it seems impossible to visit both Arab and Jewish families. But that’s what it means to be president for all the people.

Noting that he and Abbas were born in the same country [Palestine], he said that he intends to meet with Abbas “even though there are gaps, but it will be necessary.”

“Israel is the country of all Jewish people around the world,” he emphasized. “My door will be open to all; the president’s home will be open to any who wish to engage in dialogue with me.”

Rivlin concluded his remarks by noting that “every one of us has two or three cities – where we were born, where we live and Jerusalem. We are all Jerusalemites. I am proud to become president of the Jewish democratic state.”

Plans are for the summit to be held in Israel once every two years in order to cultivate the new links that will be created and to strengthen ties with Israel, not only in the professional sphere, but in social and emotional spheres as well.

More about the summit in next month’s column.

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ISIS, meanwhile, is seeking to establish a new Islamic Caliphate and modern-day borders that were largely established by European powers more than a century ago are irrelevant to the jihadist group.

“We don’t recognize borders,” an ISIS fighter from the United Kingdom said in a recently released propaganda video, adding that he has fought in Syria and will go “wherever our leader sends us,” including Lebanon, Jordan, and beyond.

Reports indicate that ISIS terrorists, with the support of Sunni tribal rebels in Iraq, have taken over the only official border crossing with Jordan, at Tirbil, as well as a number of Iraqi towns near the border. In response, Jordan announced that it has significantly beefed up its military presence along the 112-milelong border, which is largely barren desert.

David Schenker, director of the program on Arab politics at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told JNS that he doesn’t think ISIS would be a match for Jordan’s military.

“Jordan has an advanced modern military with fighter jets, tanks, [and] well-trained and motivated troops,” he said. “I don’t think Jordan’s military would have a problem fighting ISIS on

the border.”

At the same time, ISIS might also risk stretching its limits as a terrorist organization too far.

“If they continue to stretch themselves to a bigger area, then they will need to set up logistics, supply lines, training camps,” said Maj. Gen. Ziv, who played a role in founding the IDF’s Academy of Tactical Command. “They will need to act like an ordinary army.”

“This would expose them more and make them vulnerable to being reattacked,” he added. “They will lose the hidden or surprise element of a terrorist organization.”

Despite ISIS’s potential weaknesses going up against the Western-backed Jordanian or Israeli militaries, jihadist groups do pose a significant long-term regional threat as the Middle East continues to destabilize from the Syrian civil war.

“The more inroads ISIS makes in Iraq, Syria, and in the region, there will be more who sympathize with their cause,” said Schenker.

At the same time, Jordan is facing an increasing internal threat from terrorists returning to the country. It is estimated that nearly 2,000 Jordanians are fighting in the Syrian conflict.

“We shouldn’t be naïve, they are not returning to Jordan to retire,” Ziv said. “Their goal is to reproduce al-

Qaeda in Jordan.”

For Jordan, the problem is even more acute due to the large border it shares with Syria and Iraq as well as the huge Syrian refugee population the country is hosting. According to the United Nations, there are nearly 650,000 registered Syrian refugees in Jordan, with other estimates approaching close to a million. This costs the Jordanian economy billions a year.

In response to this threat, Jordan’s parliament recently passed an amendment to its 2006 anti-terror bill that will give security forces the power to detain and try citizens suspected of belonging to terror groups.

“The Jordan [military] has excellent intelligence services, but it’s not going to be 100 percent,” Schenker said.

But the threat of battle-hardened jihadists returning home is not only a problem for Jordan. Many Middle Eastern countries, including Israel, have to contend with citizens who have joined jihadists groups in Syria. At the same time, it is estimated that there are up to 3,000 Westerners, including U.S. citizens, who are fighting in Syria and Iraq for these jihadist groups. There is a “virtual United Nations” fighting in Syria, said Abrams.

“The fundamental problem is how do you [as a government] prevent recruiting?” he said.

Jordan has also allied itself closely with the U.S. on counter-terrorism training. The Central Intelligence Agency, for instance, trains Syriam rebels in Jordan. President Barack Obama also announced June 25 that he would provide $500 million for advanced military training and support for Syria’s moderate opposition.

But Abrams believes the U.S. needs to do more to support its allies in the region and get Syria under control.

“We made a huge mistake in being so slow in helping the Syrian rebels,” he said. “And now with the Sunni groups in Iraq, we should be going back to them to offer them help. We should be talking to our allies in Turkey, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.”

Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon, however, stressed that the U.S. should proceed with caution regarding its involvement in internal Middle East affairs. Israel, he said, treads a neutral path on the conflicts in Syria and Iraq.

“Our region is complex. … We (Israel) don’t take sides on this issue,” Danon told JNS. “The only thing we do is, we tell our friends in the U.S., ‘Be careful with the alliances you are making today, because they can be used against you.’”

22 • OBITUARIES D EATH N OTICES MESSING, Brenda Lynn Korobkin, age 74, died June 18, 2014; 20 Sivan, 5774.

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Graveside services were held Sunday, June 29 at 11:00AM at Rest Haven Memorial Park. Shiva was observed after the service on Sunday. Memorial contributions may be made to Meals on Wheels.

FINER, Doris S., age 85, died June 25, 2014; 27 Sivan, 5774.

SALINGER, James Alvin, age 92, died June 26, 2014; 28 Sivan, 5774.

KLEIN, Alvin L., age 91, died June 30, 2014; 2 Tammuz, 5774.

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LICHTIN, Dr. J. Leon

FINER, Doris Fay Doris Fay Finer, age 85, of Cincinnati, Ohio, passed away June 25, 2014. She was predeceased by her husband, Norman S. Finer. She is survived by her children Atalie (Moshe) Berger Finer of Chicago, IL, Drs. John (Kim) Finer of Wooster, OH, Allen (Nancy) Finer of Cincinnati, OH and Dr. Richard (Alyssa) Finer of Boulder, CO. She is also survived by nine grandchildren, Shani, Ron, Ilan, Julia, Ben, Sarah Beth, Adam, Michael and Noah, and three great grandchildren Reuven, Phoenix and Chloe.

Doris was born and raised in Boston, MA, and obtained her nursing degree from Boston University.

She moved to Cincinnati in 1954, when her husband Norman became a hospital administrator at Jewish Hospital. Doris raised 4 children in Roselawn and was chair of the Roselawn Community Council for a number of years. She was also involved in Cincinnati politics as a vice chair of the Hamilton County Democratic Party. After retiring from nursing at Glen Manor Nursing Home, she and Norman helped her son Allen establish Finer Diamonds and watched it grow into a thriving family business. She also worked at Finer Diamonds for a number of years before a second retirement. Doris spent her last years in Blue Ash to be close to the jewelry store and her son Allen.

Doris attended Adath Israel Congregation, where she was active in the Adath Israel Sisterhood and participated in youth group activities. She enjoyed her family and an occasional trip to Israel to visit family and old friends.

James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy professor emeritus J. Leon Lichtin, PhD, who is widely recognized as, “the father of higher education in cosmetic sciences”, passed away on June 10, 2014, at the age of 90.

Although Dr. Lichtin retired from UC in 1991, he continues to be revered by faculty, staff and alums for his long-standing history with the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy and for his continuing contributions to higher education and to the cosmetic science industry.

It was in 1949, having just received his PhD in pharmaceutics from the Ohio State University, that Dr. Lichtin began his academic at the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy. He then became a faculty member at the University of Cincinnati in 1954, when the pharmacy college joined with the university.

During his 42-year career, Dr. Lichtin touched the lives of many UC pharmacy students, with his most significant academic contribution being his devotion to the field of cosmetic sciences and the students who chose this field. A music lover and composer, he collaborated with the late professor emeritus Wolfgang Ritschel on projects that combined music and paintings in order to bring students an awareness of science as an extension of art.

A true visionary, in 1959 Dr. Lichtin teamed with faculty from the UC College of Medicine’s Department of Dermatology to introduce medicine and pharmacy students to the study of lotions, ointments and emulsions. Dr. Lichtin wrote his own textbook and built upon UC’s co-op education concept by arranging cosmetic sciences student placements in industry, contract testing labs, trade associations and government laboratory positions throughout the United States.

In the early 1970s, he went on to establish the cosmetic science graduate program, with the first student graduating in 1974. In the time since, over 100 students have obtained master’s or doctoral degrees in this highly specialized program. In 1991, the National Society of Cosmetic Chemists recognized Dr. Lichtin by awarding him the Robert A. Kramer Lifetime Service Award. He was only the third person to receive the award and one of only seven people honored at the time of the society’s 54year history. Dr. Lichtin’s lifetime contributions were also celebrated in Fall 2013 at a special symposium hosted by the Ohio Valley Society of Cosmetic Chemists (OVSCC).

Several UC faculty and graduate students also participated at this event, as did Dean Neil J. Mackinnon. Highlights from that event can be found here: http://healthnews.uc.edu/news/?/23 776/ Today, due to Dr. Lichtin’s dedication as a faculty member and research scientist, University of Cincinnati’s James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy remains one of only a handful of pharmacy schools in the country to offer graduate studies in cosmetic science, and the only to offer a PhD in pharmaceutical science with a specialization in cosmetic science. The college hopes to soon partner with Chongqing Medical University in China to launch a master’s degree with a focus on cosmetic science in that country.

A graveside service was held on Thursday, June 12. Dr. Lichtin is survived by his beloved wife, Beverly Lichtin, his sons Benjamin L. (Grace) Lichtin of Rochester, NY and Alan E. (Joni) Lichtin of Cleveland, OH, and his grandchildren Jared Aaron Lichtin & Chad Daniel Lichtin.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the either Northern Hills Synagogue or to the Dr. J. Leon and Beverly Lichtin Cosmetic Sciences Endowed Scholarship Fund at the University of Cincinnati by calling 888-556-8889 or online at www.uc.edu/give . Please make checks payable to the UC Foundation and mail to: The University of Cincinnati Foundation, P.O. Box 19970, Cincinnati, OH 45219-0970.

SALINGER, James Alvin Former community leader and Naval aviator James A. Salinger is dead at 92 James Alvin Salinger, a community leader in Cincinnati for more than sixty years, died at home on Thursday, June 26, 2014, of natural causes. He was 92.

Jim was devoted to religious, educational, and community organizations. He was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, president of Rockdale Temple, campaign

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chairman of the Jewish Welfare Fund, a trustee of the Jewish Hospital, and president and member of the executive board of the Metropolitan Area Religious Coalition of Cincinnati (MARCC).

Jim was a longtime member of Congregation Beth Adam in Loveland, Ohio. Rabbi Robert Barr of Congregation Beth Adam said “Jim Salinger was a leader in the Jewish community who invested his time, energy, and resources to make our society, our community, and our institutions stronger. As a long-time member of Congregation Beth Adam, Jim found a home here where he celebrated a Judaism that embraces modernity, science, and reason.”

Born on January 1, 1922, in Cincinnati, Jim was the son of Helen Glaser and Alvin Salinger.

He graduated from Walnut Hills High School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. At age 16 he earned his pilot’s license at Blue Ash Airport. After completing his college studies in three years, he became a Naval Aviator and served in Scouting Squadron 57 based in New Caledonia.

In 1945 he married the former Joyce Joslin of Providence, RI, and they returned to Cincinnati following completion of his military service.

Jim’s career began at the United States Shoe Corporation where he became executive vice president and president of the subsidiary Joyce Shoes and served on the board of directors. He later became a business and investment adviser.

In addition to his wife of 69 years, he is survived by his son John of Scottsdale, AZ; his daughter, Ann; his son Michael of Newton, MA; his daughters-in-law, Lynda Salinger and Julie Landsman Salinger; his sister, Joan Salinger Ungar, formerly of Cincinnati and now of San Diego; and his grandchildren, Joel, Morgan Beth, Philip, David, and Nicholas Salinger.

A funeral was held at Congregation Beth Adam on Friday. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for contributions to Congregation Beth Adam, MARCC, or the charity of one’s choice.

Meanwhile, dozens of rockets have been fired from Gaza at Israel amid the search.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had publicly condemned the kidnapping, and P.A. security forces aided the Israeli army in the search for the teens.

The kidnapping has dominated Israeli news. Israelis gathered in prayer vigils across the country, and the boys’ mothers became symbols of resilience. On Sunday, a day before the teens were found, more than 10,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv for a concert to call for the boys’ return.

As news of the murders emerged, hundreds slowly gathered in Tel Aviv again, in Rabin Square, to light candles in memory of the teens and sing songs.

But the kidnapping also brought up a range of national debates – about the nature of the military operation, Israel’s approach to the Palestinians and, most of all, the wisdom of exchanging Palestinian prisoners for kidnapped Israelis. Israel’s last kidnapping incident – when Hamas took soldier Gilad Shalit captive in 2006 – ended with Israel swapping 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Shalit.

More than 50 of those prisoners were rearrested in the Israeli military operation to find the boys as well as weaken Hamas’presence in the West Bank. Hundreds of Hamas operatives were arrested during the operation.

In the weeks since the kidnapping, Fraenkel’s mother, Rachel, a U.S. citizen, advocated fiercely for his release in international forums, pleading to the U.N. Human Rights Council last week for the organization to do more to secure his release.

“It is wrong to take children – innocent boys and girls – and use them as instruments in any struggle,” she said. “Every mother’s nightmare is waiting and waiting for her son to come home.”

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Israel’s ambassador Of special interest to the United States was Laura Blumand his wife, Rhoda. enthal, Senior The event honored Advisor, Office of U.S. Representative the Special Envoy Ed Royce, Chairfor Israeliman, house ComPalestinian Negmittee on Foreign otiations, U.S. Affairs and U.S. Department of Representative Eliot State.

Engel, Ranking The conference Member, House concluded Tuesday Committee on afternoon with a Foreign Affairs. The meeting with Terry awards were pre- Israel Bonds leadership conference visited Arlington National Cemetery to pay respects a the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Shown presenting an Israel Bonds Gainer, former sented by Israel wreath to the military honor guard are, from left, Kent Swig, Brian Taub and Gene Mesh.

Sergeant at Arms “Izzy” Tapoohi, of the U.S. Senate president and CEO and a tour of the of Israel Bonds and U.S. Capitol, folRichard Hirsch, lowed by lunch in Israel Bonds chairthe Cannon Caucus man of the board.

Room. At the Following the preslunch, the group entation the audiwas addressed by ence was treated to numerous mementertainment by the bers of Congress in renowned Israeli support of Israel, performer, Dudu including Ted Fisher. Among the Deutch (D-FL), guests were Elise Nancy Pelosi (Dand Gene Mesh, CA), and Michele long time investors Bachman (R-MN). and supporters of Israel Bonds Israel Bonds. Gene demonstrated it is serves as the an important and Cincinnati Platinum highly respected Society chair, denotorganization in the ing investors of included a briefing by Lt. General Bonds, including Cincinnati’s own Gene Israel bonds at $1 million and above, and Michael S. Linnington. After a wreath Mesh. “I was very proud and humbled to United States and Israel.

Advocating investment and pride in also serves on the Israel Bonds national from Israel Bonds was formally presented be chosen for this great honor,” Gene Israel through the sale of Israel bonds is advisory board. at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial, said. “This is the 150th anniversary of The leadership conference kicked off General Linnington escorted the group to Arlington National Cemetery and it was a global in scope. Worldwide sales have with an opening session highlighting the Arlington National Cemetery where they humbling experience. Israel and the exceeded $36 billion since the first bonds growth in sales of Israel bonds in the met with Superintendent Jack E. Lechner, United States are two great allies with the were issued in 1951. Proceeds from the United States from $630 million in 2011 Jr. After the historic and solemn changing common bond of freedom and democra- sale of Israel bonds have played a decito $1.12 billion in 2013. Next, the group of the guard, Israel Bonds presented a cy.” That evening, the participants were sive role in Israel’s rapid evolution into a of about 80 lay leaders from across the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. treated to dinner at the Embassy of Israel, groundbreaking, emulated leader in highUnited States toured the Pentagon, which Three lay leaders represented Israel hosted by Ambassador and Rhoda tech, greentech and biotech.