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In remembrance of Susan Bernstein Rabbi David Splansky ended his eulogy for Susan Bernstein with these words from John Greenleaf Whittier: “Alas for him who never sees the stars shine through his cypress trees.

Who, hopeless, lays his dead away nor looks to see the break of day Across the mournful marble play, who hath not learned in hours of faith The truth to flesh and sense unknown, that life is ever lord of death, And love can never lose its own.”

Those words aptly describe Susan Bernstein’s love for her family, devotion to her community, passion for her beliefs, and dedication to her profession.

Dr. Susan Deborah Bernstein was born on June 11, 1953 in Alpena, Michigan. The family later returned to Cincinnati, where Susan and her three siblings were raised. A graduate of Yavneh Day School and Walnut Hills High School, Susan also spent a year during high school living in Israel where she lived on a kibbutz and studied at the Leo Beck High School in Haifa.

After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati, she graduated from The Ohio State University School of Dentistry in 1979. She returned to Cincinnati to establish her dental practice. Susan was dedicated to continuing education and graduated from the L.D. Pankey Institute for Post-Doctoral Dental Education and the University of Minnesota's Esthetic Dentistry program.

She was a principle investigator for the PEARL Research Network and was proud of her published work. A talented, caring dentist and an eager, inquisitive student, Dr. Bernstein’s motto was "gentle dentistry in a caring environment." This was a reflection of her artistic talents and her commitment to patient advocacy. She frequently provided dental care for patients that could not afford her services.

Susan’s life was far more than her

profession. Susan married Richard Ellison in 1974, with whom she had four children, Aaron, Joel, Rachel and Marissa. She later married Howard Ain, and became a mother to his two children, Jason and Andrew. Susan was the driving force behind blending the two families.

Rabbi Splansky said in his eulogy, “We saw how overjoyed she was to find love again, with Howard Ain, and how devoted she was to him and to help in the raising of his two sons, Andrew and Jason. She was dedicated to her children, Aaron, Joel, Rachel, and Marissa, and was always there for them. I never knew a mother who was more “on the go” every day and able to juggle innumerable responsibilities and errands.”

Her son Aaron commented “My mother saved my life more times than I can count. She allowed me to pursue my passions and creativity with unwavering support. She held our family together in difficult times and blended our family

into the close, loving unit we are today.

She is my hero!”

Susan was deeply committed to her entire family and was an excellent role model. She taught her children the importance of family and working hard.

Her daughter Rachel offered, “My mom was always willing to take the next step.

She taught me to never leave a job half way done and to never second-guess my ability to succeed in my goals. She taught me to be the optimist that I am; she showed me how to be a strong woman.”

Susan lived “Shalom Bayit”. She constantly provided her children with insightful advice and support. Her daughter Marissa adds “My Mom always told me she was my biggest fan.

She gave me great personal advice and has instilled a strong sense of Judaism in me. She made me the woman I am today and the woman I will become."

Susan believed that the family not only provided companionship and love, but

also taught values while fostering a sense of identity that defines us as human beings and Jews.

Susan's life culminated in her becoming a grandmother to Layla (Joel and Alyce Ellison) and Teddy (Andrew and Emily Ain). Being a grandmother was a great joy of her life. She spent every possible moment with her grandchildren, loving and doting on them.

Susan was also an extremely talented artist with dexterous hands. As a teenager she was a focused art student. She was accomplished in macramé, pottery, knitting and mosaic. She was an especially prolific knitter, making sweaters, scarves and blankets for her family and friends.

Susan was adventurous.

She loved to travel with her husband, Howard, family and friends. Her favorite destination was Israel, which she was fortunate to visit many times throughout her life. Each time she visited a country, she made it a priority to seek out the Jewish community, visit the local synagogue and support the local Jewish economy.

Susan had a strong commitment to Jewish life. Susan was a gracious and welcoming hostess to guests in her home. She regularly made Shabbat and holiday celebrations for her family and friends. In her youth, she attended Hebrew School through her senior year of high school. She also attended Jewish overnight camps and went on summer trips to Israel. Drawing upon her personal experiences, she sent all four of her children to Yavneh Day School, to Goldman Union Camp Institute (GUCI), and to summer programs in Israel.

Carrying on her parents’ legacy, Susan was proud to spearhead a recent Rockwern (Yavneh Day School) event that ultimately raised significant funds for the school's endowment. Dr. David Finell, head of school at Rockwern Academy said “When we SUSAN BERNSTEIN on page 22

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JCC presents One Candle for Tzedakah and Bike for Light This holiday season, the Mayerson JCC is offering two ways to get in the giving spirit with the One Candle for Tzedakah Toy Drive and the Bike for Light charitable event. Both initiatives provide a unique opportunity to celebrate Hanukkah and give back to the community.

Through the One Candle for Tzedakah Toy Drive, families can teach their children about charity, symbolically devoting one night of Hanukkah to giving, instead of just “getting.” From now until December 14, community members are invited to make a difference in the lives of underprivileged children and teens (from Adoption Connection, JFS’s Bigs and Littles Program and the Barbash Family Vital Support Center) by dropping off new, unwrapped gifts in collec-

tion barrels at the JCC Welcome Desk. Suggested purchases include gift cards, board games, legos, and winter hat, glove and scarf sets. This year, individuals can also participate in the toy drive by donating on the Mayerson JCC website. JCC staff will use every dollar of online donations to purchase gifts for those in need.

“We are so pleased to be able to sponsor this important program for another year,” said Ilana Nadel, JCC Children and Family Program Manager. “Each fall, the JCC partners with [these agencies] to brighten the holidays of so many children in our surrounding community.”

A few days after the toy drive concludes, the JCC will raise money to benefit people with disabilities at the Bike for Light event. From 68pm on December 17, four-person

teams will cycle for charity to light up a pedal-powered Hanukkah menorah in the JCC lobby. Anyone interested in participating can form their own team or join a team as an individual. Registration is open until 5pm on December 12. People can also get involved by sponsoring a team or making a donation.

Proceeds will go to Etgarim in Israel and Halom House in Cincinnati.

In addition to the cycling, a latke vodka bar will be open during the event. The entire community is invited to cheer on the cycling teams and enjoy a Hanukkah Happy Hour, featuring potato latkes with a variety of toppings and happy hour prices on drinks. Bike for Light will also include family friendly activities, such as dreidel stations and Hanukkah crafts.

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Jewish Family Service’s ‘Dancing with our Stars’ event entertained a sold-out crowd Celebrity host Jerry Springer kept the sold-out crowd entertained at the Jewish Family Service Dancing with our Stars gala as more than 500 people enjoyed an evening of dinner, dance and live-auctions. The gala took place November 8 at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza.

The event featured a friendly dance competition between seven local celebrities and their professional dance partners. To help spotlight each dancer’s performance, Chef Jean- Robert de Cavel, Philanthropist Dianne Dunkelman, UC President Santa Ono, and Journalist Norma Rashid sat side-by-side on the judges’ panel to provide insightful and humorous commentary.

The Winner’s Trophy went to whichever dancer raised the most money. Bret Caller, Brian Goldberg, Kim Heiman, Sammy Kanter, Bill Katz, Kate Minevich and Brett Stern put on their best show and kicked the night into high-gear while a crowd of supporters cheered them on for the win. But the race for first place was neck-toneck, with a tie declared between Kim Heiman and Bret Caller.

“They are all winners in our hearts, bringing in over $80,000 to help Jewish Family Service strengthen the lives of more than 4,000 people,” said Susan Shorr, the gala Co-chair with Suzy Marcus Goldberg In addition to the dance competition, there was a live auction that included unique prizes such as a New York City getaway,

Jerry Springer, center, with the dancers and their partners (left to right: Kim Heiman, Jeremy Mainous, Brett Stern, Matt Simkus, Diana Hoffman, Bill Katz, Anne Kramer, Jerry Springer, Bret Caller, Desiree Mainous, Brian Goldberg, Kate Minevich, Jozsef Parragh, Lorena Compean, Sammy Kanter)

memorabilia autographed by Ken Griffey, Jr., and tickets to the studio audience for the TV show Dancing with the Stars in Los Angeles. Rene Micheo (Northside), a former principal dancer with the Cincinnati Ballet and who was the gala’s Artistic Director, lined up various entertainment from Arthur Murray Dance Center, the School of Creative Performing Arts, and DANCEFIX to ensure fun throughout the evening.

Jewish Family Service has many people to thank for the night’s success: Jerry Springer; the celebrity dancers and judges; the Waltz sponsors including their sponsors, gala co-chairs and committee, volunteers; table hosts/hostesses, staff and all the attendees and supporters.

“With all the support we

received for this event it shows that our Cincinnati community can truly make a difference when we dream together,” Suzy said.

Beth Schwartz, Executive Director of Jewish Family Servic, added, “The money we raised tonight brings us one step closer to our overall 2014 fundraising goal. We hope that you can hold your head high knowing that because of you less people will go hungry, more children will receive mentors, more babies will be placed in the arms of loving adoptive parents and more seniors will receive the support they need to live life with dignity, security and hope.”

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UC Hillel working hard at building bridges dents on campus, invite them out for coffee, and then serve as their point of contact for Hillel and other Jewishrelated activities. This program helps students feel less anxious and stressed about adjusting to college life, and gives them someone to turn to when they want to get involved with Hillel but either don’t know how or are afraid to make the initial contact.

Pecosk herself is a Hillel success story. “I interned at Hillel before getting this job, and had a lot of research on it already done,” she said. Being so well-prepared to take on this position, Pecsok was excited to get to work forging these connections; in fact, she likens herself the “Yenta of Internships.”

EmpowerU highlights Israeli contributions, fights back at BDS Imagine not using your cell phone, or laptop, or flash drives. What if your computer had no anti-virus protection, or firewalls? What if you couldn’t use a search engine to find out where to eat dinner tonight? If you boycott Israel, those are just some of the things you’d have to do without.

EmpowerU, an organization that offers free classes to educate and inform the public, held a lecture on Tuesday, November 18th on the global impact of Israel and the dishonesty of divestment Hosted in part by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Cincinnati, this event focused on the positive advancements made in Israel, and showed how the BDS movement has no basis for their

claims.

Seth Harlan, Associate Director of JCRC, pointed out that University of Cincinnati’s President, Santo Ono, as well as the president of Miami Unversity, was one of the first to speak out against BDS and its presence on college campuses. “Medical devices made in Israel are used at Children’s Hospital. What if those weren’t available?,” Harlan pointed out. Without Cincinnati’s crucial connection to Israel, Children’s Hospital wouldn’t be able to provide many of the lifesaving procedures and treatments they offer.

The keynote speaker was Amit Morag, husband of community shliach Maia Morag. Amit, over the past 14 years, has been a freelance life coach and consultant in the fields of sales, service and marketing.

Amit spoke about the contributions Israel makes to the world: from medical and technological advancements to drip irrigation and green energy, there isn’t an area Israel hasn’t make massive inroads. Those in the BDS movement locally who wish to sever all their ties with Israel don’t realize the impact that would have here in Cincinnati.

In addition to medical exchange programs, Cincinnati is also connected to Israel through places such as the University of Cincinnati, Miami University, and Proctor & Gamble.

Other benefits come from the community shliach and Chaverim (friends) programs. But the biggest impact in divesting from Israel would be the loss of medical and technological advances available in Cincinnati.

Other innovations and advances

from Israel include: seamless lingerie; cardiac stents; generic drugs; instant messaging; videogame software; electronic book software; reverse-osmosis technology; hybrid car systems; military weaponry; pill cams; baby monitors; computerized prescriptions; solar power; and voice mail - and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Helen Russo, one of the evening’s attendees said that she “found the session to be informative, enlightening, and engaging. As a non-Jew, I was particularly fascinated by the explanation of the cultural factors that come into play.” Russo went on to say that she has “always thought Israel promotes traditional family values, hard work, education, discipline, and selfreliance. May Israel stand firm against its enemies.”

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From personal experience, she knows the benefits of Jewish retirement homes. Her mother and motherin-law lived in Jewish facilities in California and Massachusetts. “It was so comforting for me to know they had opportunities to celebrate Shabbat, the holidays and other aspects of Jewish life with the support of Jewish clergy,” she said.

Her primary responsibilities are to

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the staff, she and Jones have plans to expand the reach of music within the walls of Cedar Village.

Katzew, known as “Lanie,” replaces Rabbi Gerry Walter, who retired. Her husband, Rabbi Jan Katzew, is the director of service learning at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati.

Her career included a decade at the Union for Reform Judaism, the central organization for Reform Judaism in North America, as the worship and music specialist and director of music programming. In that role, she served as a worship and music consultant for the 900 Reform congregations in North America.

She served as a congregational cantor for more than 20 years and a High Holy Days cantor at synagogues in Greater New York City and beyond.

She also taught at the Jerusalem campus of HUC-JIR. She has bachelors and honorary doctorate degrees in sacred music from HUC-JIR, and has studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the University of Michigan.

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give residents the opportunity to discuss spiritual health issues, visit hospitalized residents, serve as a sounding board for family members about their loved ones and provide guidance for end-of-life decisions.

She oversees the Jewish programming at Cedar Village, including worship services on Shabbat and holidays for liberal Jews. Rabbi Binyomin Yudin will continue to lead the traditional services and serve as chaplain for Cedar Village’s hospice program.

In addition, she is teaching weekly classes focusing on religious topics, peppering her classes with music as well as leading the Cedar Village book club. She has found residents are eager to learn. “People don’t lose the curiosity they’re born with,” she said. “As they age, their hunger for learning continues.”

Before her appointment, Katzew volunteered for two years at Cedar Village by working with its choir director and music therapist, Jude Jones. Music has a positive effect in activating the memories of people with dementia. Now that Katzew is on

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Cedar Village names Cantor Alane Katzew as new pastoral care director Cantor Alane S. Katzew has been named director of pastoral care at Cedar Village Retirement Community, adding her extensive musical background and skills to the position.

Katzew is guiding residents and their families on spiritual issues, leading worship services, teaching classes about religion and Jewish music, and helping to oversee all religious programming.

“We are thrilled to have Cantor Katzew join our clergy team at Cedar Village,” said Sally Korkin, Cedar Village’s Senior Director of Community Relations and Outreach.

“As a cantor, her musical talents bring a new dimension to our religious programming and services. She is a well respected and gifted professional in the Reform movement and is already a wonderful asset to the Cedar Village family.”

Katzew considers it a privilege to be able to serve older adults. “We can benefit so much from the wisdom of seniors who have lived through so many world changes in their lives.

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any student who’s completed their freshman year and has a 3.0 GPA.” Pecsok has begun helping students with resume and interview guidance, and is pursuing Jewish business owners to hire students as interns.

According to Fingerhut, there are about 400,000 Jewish students on college campuses nationwide. Taking the time to engage these young adults, and keeping them involved in a Jewish lifestyle, is what will allow them to create the future Judaism that will sustain us. Career Cincinnati is the perfect step in that direction.

There is also a program through Hillel International called the Campus Engagement Initiative that is now active at UC’s Hillel. Current UC students become “engagement interns,” and their role is to seek out Jewish stu-

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Hillel at the University of Cincinnati welcomed Hillel International President Eric Fingerhut at an event on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, for a discussion on how Hillel is making strides in creating connections between the college and the local Jewish community.

Santo Ono, President of UC, spoke briefly on the ongoing success of Hillel, stating that “interfacing with the Jewish community is one of the highlights” of his job as President.

“We [UC] are at your disposal.”

Fingerhut has been president of Hillel International for just about a year and a half, and considers the college experience a critical time to get

students involved and engaged. UC’s Hillel has initiated a new program called Career Cincinnati, and its goal is to match up qualified students with local businesses for summer internships, with the hope that the experience will lead to employment after graduation; this mission aligns with Cincinnati 2020’s focus on keeping our young adults in Cincinnati to further the development and strengthening of our Jewish community.

Brianna Pecsok, Director of Career Cincinnati, says in the few weeks the program has been up and running, she’s already had a great response from students looking for internships. “The goal is to place at least 10 summer interns in for-profit businesses,” said Pecsok. “The application process begins December 1, for

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Jewish Family Service Executive Director Beth Schwartz is a WE Celebrate Awards Finalist Beth Schwartz, Executive Director of Jewish Family Service, has been announced as a WE Celebrate Awards Finalist for Woman of the Year - Nonprofit. The WE Celebrate Awards are presented by Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber. WE Celebrate honors women and womenowned businesses for their achievement, innovation, social responsibility, and mentoring as they inspire women leaders in Cincinnati USA. Beth, who began her professional career in gerontological social work and adult protective services, joined Jewish Family Service in 1999 as the Director of Older Adult Services. She was promoted to Associate Director in 2003 while retaining her previous duties. In 2006 Beth was promoted to Executive Director, and in the first year achieved strong financial health for the agency by turning around a large inherited operating deficit. Over the next seven years, Beth built a strong foundation of services and doubled the agency’s revenues. She accomplished this while focusing on doing what is necessary to help more of the most vulnerable people who

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rely on Jewish Family Service – finding more grants, expanding program areas as needed, adopting best practices programming, and building collaborations with partnering organizations.

The community is invited to congratulate Beth by joining her at the Awards breakfast when the winners will be announced 8-9:30 am, Thursday, December 4, 2014 at the Horseshoe Casino.

Rockdale Temple: 5775 year in review The spirit of reinvention is alive at K.K. Bene Israel/ Rockdale Temple, located in Amberley Village. The Temple has the distinction of being the oldest established and continuously operational Reform Jewish Congregation west of the Allegheny Mountains.

A recent addition to the professional staff is Eugene (Gene) Meyers, Rockdale's new Executive Director.

Meyers comes from Charlotte, NC with a fresh approach to help guide Rockdale Temple.

Regardless of affiliation, everyone was welcomed to experience the warmest and friendliest High Holy Days services during Rosh Hashanah 5775, the days of awe and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement,.

Earlier this year, Rockdale Temple celebrated its 190th anniversary with a spirit that remains alive in its approach to worship, life-long learning and programming.

At a July Shabbat Service, congregants who have been long-standing members (45+ years) were honored with a special service highlighting their achievements. Memorabilia of Rockdale's history was on display for review by all who attended the anniversary service.

Senior Rabbi, Sigma Faye Coran, was also honored for her ten yearanniversary as the spiritual leader of the congregation. Rabbi Coran's inclusive appeal to young families, empty nesters, elder adults, singles, young professionals and Jews- by-

choice, is evident as all are welcome at Rockdale !

Assistant Rabbi and Educator Meredith Kahan enlisted a qualified and enthusiastic crew of instructors for the Kehal Kodesh Religious School, weekday Hebrew and Adult Education classes covering all aspects of Jewish Living.

Rak Limud, Rockdale's Adult Education Program will continue on December 9th and from January through spring of 2015 led by Rabbi Coran. The main topic What does it Mean to be a Jew in a Non-Jewish World?:Talmud for Beginners will be available through personal attendance or the internet on a smart phone or computer webcam. For more details on this procedure, please contact Rockdale Temple and request the Rak Limud pamphlet describing the entire program be sent to you.

The Rockdale's Scholar-inResidence Program took place throughout the year, rather than just one weekend. Featuring Rabbi Rachel Sabath-Beit Halachmi, PhD who began her residency with a Selichot program, the next segment will continue on Wednesday January 14, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Continuing the theme, A Celebration of Jewish Ideas: God, Torah and Israel, Rabbi Sabath-Beit Halachmi will lead studies of sacred texts and raise contemporary questions as well.

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At Thanksgiving time, making a leap to feed the needy

By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) – As we prepare for our Thanksgiving feasts, a 90-year-old Jewish man named Arnold Abbott is stirring the pot in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., about hunger and homelessness in America.

Or is it that Abbott, who in defiance of a controversial new city ordinance has been cited several times for feeding the homeless outdoors, is just asking us to pay more than lip service to our Jewish ideals?

The ordinance limits where outdoor feeding sites can be located and requires permits. Groups must provide portable toilets and hand-washing stations. And like a restaurant, they must maintain the food at pre-

cisely prescribed temperatures.

“I believe I am my brother’s keeper,” Abbott told the SunSentinel recently. “I’m Jewish, and in Judaism they say that if you save one person, you save the world.”

His organization’s name, Love Thy Neighbor, is found in Leviticus.

Mulling Abbott’s words, as I shop for Thanksgiving, I wonder: As we have acclimated ourselves to a night of secular feasting, have we also integrated into our celebration Jewish ideas about hospitality and to “not stand idly by”?

Sure, I can find kosher turkeys, stuffing and cranberry sauce stocked on the supermarket shelves, but how will all that save even one person?

Looking for an answer, I spoke

with Susan Baigelman, who a few miles inland from where Abbott distributes hot meals on the Fort Lauderdale beach runs the WECARE Food Pantry.

The pantry, whose home is the Soref Jewish Community Center in Plantation, Fla., serves about 10,000 people a year, giving out 3,500 bags of nonperishable groceries supplemented with fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as bread donated by a local bakery. Each bag is valued between $40 and $50, Baigelman told me.

Among the people the program serves are “seniors, Holocaust survivors, people living on fixed income and single parents with children,” she said. Also, the disabled,

people with mental health issues and the unemployed, as well as those who are working.

Baigelman, who has directed the program for over 12 years and says she knows Abbott, has learned that those who come to the pantry may not be who you expect.

“They could be your next door neighbor or sit at the desk across from you,” she said. “We get people who say ‘I never thought I would be doing this. I used to donate.’ “ After paying rent or their mortgage, the electricity and medical expenses, people are having trouble making ends meet, said Baigelman, adding that some of the pantry’s clients are “sleeping in their car.”

“We need to help people move

forward,” she said. “I wish I was out of a job because nobody would be hungry anymore.”

The Long Island native, who has lived in Florida for 35 years, adds, “Don’t you think Baigelman is a good name to run a food pantry? It was bashert.”

Throughout the year, and especially during the holiday season – at Thanksgiving they try to have turkeys to give – the pantry’s efforts are supported by the local Jewish community, which organizes food drives and contributes funding.

“Hunger never takes a vacation,” said Baigelman, who unknowingly was also reminding me how that THANKSGIVING on page 22

At Kosherfest, a mad dash to sample the ‘facon’

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arak and tequila.

Not bad for a weekday afternoon.

Held last week at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in this suburban New York town, the two-day convention featured a mix of old and new. There were longstanding staples like Streit’s matzah, Kedem wine and Gold’s horseradish (unfortunately, too far away from the booth of A&B Famous Gefilte Fish).

And there were lots of newer entries to the market, like a nitrate-free cured meat called biltong (courtesy of Joburg Kosher), hot sauce from a company called Burning Bush and kosher-for-Passover chocolates shaped like frogs and locusts from Zelda’s Sweet Shoppe (more plagues may follow!).

“There’s a lot more sampling than other food shows,” observed second-time Kosherfest exhibitor Terry Grant, the president of Smokinlicious, which sells koshercertified wood products for use in barbecuing. “It’s almost like a deli.”

The market for kosher food in America is growing. Consultants maintain it’s a $12.5 billion-a-year industry, though it’s hard to say exactly what the figure represents.

What is clear is that in this age of heightened food awareness and concern about the provenance of food, a growing number of companies are going out of their way to advertise their kosher status or obtain kosher certification.

About 8,000 facilities representing some 4,500 companies are under

the supervision of the Orthodox Union, America’s largest kosher-certification agency. About 28 percent of all new food products launched in 2008 (the latest year available) were certified as kosher, according to a study conducted by the marketing firm Mintel.

Kosher may be enough of a dietary restriction for most, but a growing number of companies are trying to reach more restricted segments of the kosher market. At Kosherfest, there were gluten-free cookies from Allie’s Gluten Free Goodies, organic poultry from Wise Organic Pastures and vegan “seafood” from Sophie’s Kitchen.

There were also nutritional shakes from Nugen certified as cholov Yisroel, meaning that the dairy pro-

duction was supervised by Jews to adhere to a more stringent strain of kosher observance favored by some strictly Orthodox Jews.

One oddly labeled product offered cooked, textured soy slices certified as both pareve and glatt — an impossibility since glatt refers to meat from animals whose lungs were inspected and found to be without blemishes, and pareve is by definition free dairy, meat or poultry.

The kosher-for-Passover category included everything from the anticonstipation pills (Nature’s Cure) to a cake baked to resemble a seder plate (Munch Real Kosher) to matzah-based granola (Foodman’s Matzolah). There were also plenty of

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Shanghai, avoiding certain death.”

In addition to Jewish refugees, the city hosted diasporas from an array of war-battered countries.

National Archives makes postwar Shanghai visa records available WASHINGTON (JTA) – The U.S. National Archives has opened to researchers post-World War II visa application records from the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai.

The records provide a potential trove of information about Holocaust refugees in the Chinese city. Dozens already are available; more will be in the future.

“From 1938 on, an estimated 20,000 Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria escaped to Shanghai, the only place in the world that did not require a visa to enter,” according to a statement Thursday from the archives.

“Between 1939 and 1940, nearly 2,000 Polish Jews escaped to

Islamic State would require different kind[s] of skills than those that Mr. Hagel was brought on to employ.”

A former Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska, Hagel came under heavy criticism from some Jewish organizations and from legislators on both sides of the political spectrum for his record on Israel during a historically tight battle for confirmation in late 2012 and early 2013.

major powers would reduce sanctions over time in exchange for guarantees that Iran is not advancing toward a nuclear weapons program.

Jonathan Pollard’s first parole application rejected WASHINGTON (JTA) – Jonathan Pollard was turned down in his first application for parole.

“The breadth and scope of the classified information that you sold to the Israelis was the greatest compromise of U.S. security to that date,” the parole commission said in an August letter to the Israeli spy, according to The Jerusalem Post, which obtained the letter and broke the news in a cover story in its Friday magazine.

“You passed thousands of Top Secret documents to Israeli agents, threatening U.S. relations in the Middle East among the Arab countries,” the parole commission letter said. “Given all this information, paroling you at this time would depreciate the

seriousness of the offense and promote disrespect for the law.”

Pollard, a former U.S. Navy analyst who was sentenced to life in 1987 after being arrested two years earlier, had not applied for parole until now, the Post said, in part because he favored a presidential commutation, which would release him unconditionally. He has been eligible to apply for parole for 19 years.

Parole likely would require a period of remaining in the United States. Pollard, 60, was made an Israeli citizen in the 1990s and wants to move to Israel.

SECAUCUS, N.J. (JTA) – Gefilte fish? Check. Pastrami?

Check.

Kosher-for-Passover anti-constipation pills? Edible spoons for bar mitzvah appetizers? A cholov Yisroel-certified alternative to the nutritional supplement drink Ensure? Check, check, check.

Welcome to Kosherfest, the annual kosher food trade show where hundreds of kosher food companies come together to hawk their wares, luring their would-be customers with free samples of everything from vegan lasagna to an imitation bacon (“facon”) to carrot cake macaroons. There was also plenty of spirits on hand, including vodka,

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, source of past controversy on Israel, to resign (JNS) – U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, a past source of controversy due to his state-ments about Israel, will resign.

The New York Times, citing senior U.S. officials, reported Monday that President Barack Obama decided to push for Hagel’s resignation “as a recognition that the threat from the

Obama renews Iran sanctions on eve of deal deadline WASHINGTON (JTA) – On the eve of a deadline for an Iran nuclear deal, President Obama exercised a routine renewal of sanctions against the country.

The presidential determination issued Friday, three days before the deadline, declared that there are sufficient alternative sources of oil production to justify continuing sanctions targeting Iran’s energy sector.

Such determinations are required periodically by law.

The deal between Iran and the

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U.S. lawmakers tell Abbas to stop incitement or risk cut in aid (JNS) – Top U.S. lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday called on Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to end incitement and denounce the growing terrorist attacks against Israel, or face a cutoff in U.S. aid.

According to a letter signed by appropriations committee The U.S. currently provides $500 million in annual foreign aid to the PA. “We are profoundly concerned that the cycle of violent behavior threatens to spiral even further out of control,” the lawmakers said. “The situation clearly demands leadership, and we implore you to take decisive steps to stop the incitement and spread of violence.”

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At Paris confab, French Jews tout their Muslim allies

By Cnaan Liphshiz PARIS (JTA) — Shadowed by two bodyguards, Hassen Chalghoumi — a target of numerous anti-Semitic attacks in recent years — mingled with friends and colleagues at the fifth national convention of France’s Jewish community umbrella group, CRIF. But Chalghoumi is not a member of the Jewish community.

Rather he is a Muslim spiritual leader, or imam, who is being targeted for his vocal condemnations of anti-Semitism and his work to commemorate the Holocaust.

“Honestly, it has come to a point where I feel safer when I’m abroad,” said Chalghoumi, who has received

countless death threats. “There’s a minority within the Muslim community that is trying to agitate and to tarnish our name. It’s not only a Jewish problem. It’s a Muslim problem. It’s a French problem.”

Chalghoumi was one of several Muslims who attended the conference on Sunday, where organizers highlighted the contribution of nonJews to the fight against antiSemitism “to show that Jews are not isolated in French society, as some might think, and that the fight against anti-Semitism is a fight for republican values,” as CRIF President Roger Cukierman told JTA in an interview.

The conference, which organizers said drew more than 500 people,

took place amid a spike in the number of anti-Semitic attacks coupled with record-breaking immigration to Israel from France.

And though the conference offered speeches about Jewish spirituality by France’s newly elected chief rabbi, Haim Korsia, and a speech by the French-Jewish celebrity philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy on the future of French Jewry — he called on Jews to stay in France — French anti-Semitism nonetheless dominated the discussions at the convention.

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Latifa Ibn Ziaten and CRIF President Roger Cukierman at the CRIF national convention in Paris, Nov. 16, 2014.

Overlooked Palestinian terror group returns with a vengeance

By Ben Cohen (JNS) – The older I get, the more my childhood memories fade, but I still vividly remember the morning of Sunday, July 4, 1976.

I was eight years old at the time, spending Shabbat with my grandparents at their house in London.

Early on that Sunday, I woke to the sound of my grandpa, the eminent Sephardic Rabbi Dr. Solomon Gaon, whooping and yelling and generally making a racket in the kitchen— behavior that was most definitely out of character. Thinking something was wrong, I bolted downstairs to discover my elated grandfather listening to the BBC radio news.

Locked in his embrace, and in between his joyous shouts of, “They are free! The hostages are free!” I could make out certain words uttered by the announcer—”Israeli forces,” “rescue operation,” “hijacking,” and so on.

The news that made my grandfather’s heart burst with pride was, as those who recognize the date will have figured out, the rescue operation mounted by Israel to free around 100 hostages from an Air France plane that had been hijacked seven days earlier by Palestinian terrorists and diverted to Uganda, then under the boot of the brutal dictator Idi Amin. After a week of sheer hell, during which the German leftist hijackers separated the Jewish from the non-Jewish passengers with the uncompromising determination of concentration camp guards, Israel launched a daring and successful raid to bring them home. Among those killed in the gun battle was the operation’s commander, Yonatan Netanyahu, the brother of the current Israeli Prime Minister. President Ronald Reagan later described the operation as a gift from Israel to mark the United States bicentennial, which fell the same day.

I relate that anecdote because

that morning was the first time that I encountered the name of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Marxist faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) led by the late Dr. George Habash, which planned and executed the Air France hijacking in conjunction with a group of left-wing German terrorists.

From the late 1960s onwards, the PFLP established itself as the most spectacularly violent of the Palestinian factions, carrying out hijackings and bombings, and working with a range of far left terrorists like the notorious Carlos the Jackal.

The PFLP spoke in the barbed, aggressive language of both Marxism and Arab nationalism, but left little doubt as to its real target. If the Entebbe episode failed to convince outside observers of the PFLP’s hard-wired anti-Semitism, then its bombing of the Rue Copernic synagogue in Paris in October 1980 should have set aside any lingering doubts.

Over the last 20 years, the PFLP has been eclipsed by both Fatah, the faction currently led by the forkedtongued Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas, the Islamist terrorists who still reign in Gaza. But this week, the PFLP returned to the scene with a vengeance, again by targeting a synagogue, this time in Jerusalem rather than in a Western capital.

While the PFLP didn’t explicitly claim responsibility for the atrocity at the synagogue in the Har Nof neighborhood, it did laud the attack while describing the two assailants, cousins Ghassan and Odai Abu Jamal, as “PFLP comrades.” A statement released in the name of Khalil Maqdesi, a member of the PFLP’s Central Committee, was in essence a call to genocide. “Occupiers and racists do not belong to the land of Palestine; there are, and must be, consequences and repercussions for

the theft of our land and our rights,” Maqdesi said. If his meaning here is unclear, look at the bloodstained images from the Har Nof synagogue for clarification. Similarly, anyone tempted to believe that the PFLP is the secular organization that Maqdisi presents it to be, should ask why the terrorists screamed “Allahu Akhbar” as they embarked on their murder spree.

What was most striking about this statement, however, was Maqdesi’s praise of Jewish antiZionists: “Thousands of Jews around the world are true and genuine voices for the struggle, leading

boycott movements and joining the Palestinian struggle for liberation on a daily basis. We salute each and every one of them.” I think he knew what he was doing here, and it’s smart. Maqdesi understands that by heaping compliments on the tiny minority of Jews who collaborate with anti-Semites, many observers will conclude that the PFLP didn’t kill Jews this week because they are Jews. And once that’s established, the door is open to the moral equivalency and rationalization that has stained so much of the media coverage of the Har Nof attack.

We saw Israeli Economy

Minister Naftali Bennett rudely chastised by a BBC presenter for showing a photo of the bloody devastation in the synagogue; this from a broadcaster that went to town with the graphic images generated by this summer’s conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza! We saw Alan Dershowitz admirably counter Ashleigh Banfield, the asinine CNN anchor who ventured, “When you have mandatory conscription and service in Israel, effectively the Palestinians will say, ‘it’s war against everyone,’ because everyone GROUP on page 22

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Western media twist Jerusalem terrorist attack narrative

By Alina D. Sharon (JNS) – In the wake of a terrorist attack on the Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood on Tuesday morning—which killed five people, including three American citizens, and wounded at least seven other Jewish worshippers—Western media organizations rushed to downplay the culpability of the Palestinian terrorists in the attack.

The U.K.-based newspaper The Guardian published a Reuters story about the attack that was originally headlined “Palestinians kill four in Jerusalem synagogue attack,” but

changed the headline to “Four worshippers killed in attack on Jerusalem synagogue.” (Both headlines came before the death toll in the attack rose to five when a Druze policeman died of his wounds.) The Guardian also removed all references to Palestinians from the text of the article, writing only that “two men” had perpetuated the attack.

A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation article on the attack was headlined “Jerusalem police fatally shoot 2 after apparent synagogue attack,” implying that most of the culpability lies with Israeli police for responding to the attack.

In what might have been an accidental—though still highly irresponsible—gaffe, CNN mislabeled its initial TV coverage of the terror attack with the headline, “Deadly attack on Jerusalem mosque.”

“I would say (the CNN ‘mosque’ error was) predisposed—an honest mistake that was probably not consciously made, but revelatory of subconscious prejudice. ... Such mistakes, perhaps honest in individual cases, suggest by their numbers and repeated occurrences a pattern indicating underlying predisposition or bias.

Israelis and Jews are filtered through the false history of ‘the Palestinian nar-

rative,’” Eric Rozeman, Washington director for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), told JNS. Such factual errors—as well as alterations to the context surrounding terrorist attacks and other violence by Palestinians against Israelis—are frequently documented by CAMERA. The media watchdog group’s analysis on coverage of the Nov. 18 synagogue attack (and other recent incidents) can be found here.

As CAMERA noted, when a Palestinian driver ran over pedestrians in Jerusalem last month—after which point police officers responded by

shooting the assailant, as they likely would do if such an incident occurred anywhere else—the initial Associated Press headline was “Israeli Police shoot man in east Jerusalem.” This headline, though later revised, was online for some time and omitted the entire terror attack that provided the context for the police shooting.

CAMERAalso pointed out what it called “passive language” in the initial New York Times headline on the synagogue attack. The headline had stated, “Four Killed in Jerusalem Synagogue Complex,” without any mention of terrorism.

New museum reflects growing Polish interest in all things Jewish

By Ruth Ellen Gruber KRAKOW, Poland (JTA) – Crowds have been streaming to Warsaw’s POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews since its core exhibition opened Oct. 28 at a highprofile ceremony led by the presidents of Poland and Israel.

Thousands of visitors have toured the museum’s eight interactive galleries that tell the 1,000-year story of Jewish life in Poland and have flocked to events like the recent Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, some of whose screenings took place at the museum. Some 7,000 people visited the museum on a single Monday when admission was free.

But POLIN is not the only Jewish-related museum in Poland to

International Briefs Germany’s Merkel opposes unilateral recognition of Palestinian state (JNS) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed opposition to unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, setting Germany apart from some other European countries who have recently endorsed Palestinian unilateralism.

The Swedish government officially recognized “Palestine” on Oct. 30, and Spain’s parliament last week approved a non-binding resolution recognizing a Palestinian state following similar motions in the legislatures of Great Britain and Ireland.

Iran says it gave Hezbollah missiles that can reach southern Israel (JNS)– Iran said it has given the Hezbollah terror group-which is based in Lebanon, Israel’s northern neighbor-hundreds of missiles with 160-220 mile ranges, making

win recent recognition. At the end of October the Polish version of TripAdvisor listed the much more modest Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow as one of Poland’s 2014 top 10 museums. The Holocaust memorial museums at the former Nazi camps at Auschwitz and Majdanek, as well as the Auschwitz Jewish Center – a museum, study and prayer center in Oswiecim – also made the roster.

The TripAdvisor list is based on user reviews and is by no means a scientific study. But it reflects the widespread interest in Jewish heritage, culture and history that has been growing in Poland since before the fall of communism. In many ways, POLIN is the high-profile tip of a very big iceberg.

“It is a symbolic representation of all the changes that have taken place,”

said Galicia Jewish Museum Director Jakub Nowakowski. “It could not have been created if not for this. There is a genuine interest in Jewish culture and Polish-Jewish relations in Poland.”

The Galicia museum is one of more than a half-dozen Jewish cultural and educational institutions and initiatives in Krakow alone, a city that is home today to only a few hundred Jews. Established 10 years ago, it showcases photographs of Polish Jewish heritage sites taken by its founder, the late British photographer Chris Schwarz. It also hosts temporary exhibits and other events that celebrate Jewish culture from a contemporary viewpoint.

Other Jewish institutions in Krakow include the Jewish studies

program at the city’s Jagiellonian University, the Judaica Foundation Center for Jewish Culture and the annual Krakow Jewish Festival, a nine-day event founded in 1988 that draws tens of thousands to concerts, workshops and exhibits.

The city also has three Jewish bookstores, a Jewish publishing house and a Jewish branch of the Krakow History Museum. A modern Jewish community center opened in 2008 and attracts local Jews, non-Jews and tourists alike to classes, courses, holiday events and kosher Shabbat dinners. Most of the dozens of young volunteers who staff the reception desk and help run JCC activities are not Jewish.

“The huge amount of interest in Jewish topics has created an incredi-

bly pro-Jewish environment where people feel comfortable taking steps to explore their Jewish roots,” said JCC Executive Director Jonathan Ornstein.

Nationwide, there are various academic Jewish studies programs, new or revamped Jewish museums and permanent exhibits, and hundreds of grassroots initiatives ranging from Jewish cemetery cleanups to more than 40 annual Jewish culture festivals. Given that only 15,000 to 20,000 Jews live in Poland today, most of these are run by non-Jews – about 200 of whom have been honored by the Israeli Embassy since 1998 for their role in preserving Jewish culture and heritage.

them capable of hit-ting the southern Israeli city of Dimona.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Aerospace Force Brig. Gen. Seyed Majid Moussavi said the mis-siles, called Fateh missiles, fly at a speed of 2,800 miles per hour and carry an 1,100 pound war-head.

“Our strategic guiding principle is the appropriate arming of Hezbollah and Hamas with advanced, modern weapons in order to allow the resistance groups to deal with the bloodthirsty Zi-onist regime,” Moussavi said, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.

“The missiles that Iran most recently gave to Hezbollah will allow the organization to reach every point in Israel, including the most guarded facilities of the Zionist occupation forces,” he added.

said the economic situation, including the difficulty for young people to find jobs, figured strongly in the aliyah increase, with Jews feeling that “they can lead a better life in Israel.” They said the economic crisis hit the Jewish community in Rome particularly hard – many of the city’s 12,000 or so Jews are shopkeepers or run small businesses.

Italy’s overall jobless rate tops 12 percent; for young people the figure is more than 40 percent.

The Italian Jewish community has about 24,000 registered members.

Iran nuclear deadline missed again, talks expected to resume next month (JNS) – The Nov. 24 deadline for negotiating a deal on Iran’s nuclear program expired on Monday, but world powers and the Islamic Republic are expected to continue talks next month.

“Given progress made this weekend, talks headed to likely extension with experts and negotiat-ing teams reconvening in December at a yet-to-be-determined location,” an anonymous Western diplomat said in an email to Reuters.

The original interim deal

between Iran and the P5+1 powers, reached in November 2013, led to an easing of some sanctions on Iran while a final deal is being negotiated. The Nov. 24 deadline was set through a four-month extension to the initially missed July 20 deadline for an agreement.

While world powers want to severely curtail Iran’s enrichment capability or have enriched fuel sent abroad for processing, Iran is seeking to retain its full ability to enrich uranium. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the complete dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program. Many leading U.S. Republican legislators, ahead of their party’s forthcoming control of both houses of Congress in January, have expressed similar sentiments and have promised to block any “bad deal” with Iran that allows the country to retain enrichment capability.

The title of Righteous Among the Nations – a distinction awarded by the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem – was given posthumously on Friday to Frederika Maria Segboer and Christina Segboer, sisters who hid Jews and helped them reach safety in Spain.

Earlier this month, Israeli diplomats conferred the title posthumously on another 12 recipients during a ceremony in The Hague.

At the Friday ceremony, Frederika’s daughter, Marijke van de Meent-Segboer, accepted the honor in Gorinchem, near Rotterdam, for her mother and aunt, who directed Jews they hid to the Westerweel group – a ring of resistance fighters who helped smuggle at least 210 Jews out of the Netherlands, as well as hundreds of non-Jews who were wanted by the Nazi occupation forces.

The Netherlands, which had 140,000 Jews before the Holocaust, has over 5,350 Righteous Among the Nations – more than a fifth of the overall number in Yad Vashem’s records and more than any other country except Poland.I

Italian aliyah expected to double in ‘14 MILAN, Italy (JTA) – Italy is experiencing a sharp upsurge in Jews making aliyah.

An estimated 300 Italian Jews are expected to move to Israel in 2014.

Some 152 Jews made aliyah from Italy in 2013.

Several Italian Jewish leaders

14 recognized as righteous for saving Jews in the Netherlands THE HAGUE, Netherlands (JTA) – Fourteen non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust were honored as righteous gentiles.

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Terror victims mourned in Jerusalem – and beyond

By Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) – They all lived on the same street. They had all moved there from abroad. They were all rabbis. They all prayed at the same synagogue.

And it was at that Jerusalem synagogue that they were all murdered on Tuesday morning.

Mosheh Twersky, 59; Kalman Levine, 55; Aryeh Kupinsky, 43; and Avraham Goldberg, 68, were killed when two cousins from eastern Jerusalem entered Bnei Torah Kehillat Yaakov, in the haredi Orthodox neighborhood of Har Nof, wielding a gun and butcher knives. The attackers, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, injured seven others before they were killed at the scene by Israeli

police.

An Israeli Druze police officer – Zidan Saif, 30, of the Druze village of Kfar Yanouch in the Galilee – died Tuesday night of wounds suffered during the shootout with the assailants.

Twersky, Levine and Kupinsky were Americans. Goldberg was from England. All of the men were laid to rest Tuesday in Jerusalem.

“We are here, standing in front of these three holy men, the best of our community, Torah scholars whose blood flowed like water,” said Rabbi Yitzchak Mordechai Rubin, the chief rabbi of Bnei Torah, according to the Times of Israel.

Twersky, the head of the Toras Moshe Yeshiva, was the eldest grandson of the influential

American Orthodox scholar Rabbi Joseph Soleveitchik. Twersky left behind his wife, five children and 10 grandchildren.

Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of the Orthodox Union’s Kosher Division and a student of Soleveitchik, knew Twersky for most of his life and told JTA “he was in every respect extraordinary,” noting “his kindness, his stunning brilliance.”

“He was a great scholar. You saw his devotion to his students and their love for him,” Genack said. “He was reserved, very insightful. He came from the most exalted rabbinic family and yet he was just so humble.”

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Hundreds of Israelis mourn at the funeral of three of the victims killed earlier today when two Palestinian terrorists from East Jerusalem entered the Kehilat Yaakov synagogue in the Jewish orthodox neighborhood of Har Nof, Jerusalem, with pistols and axes, and began attacking Jewish worshippers. Nov. 18, 2014.

Is Mahmoud Abbas to blame for Jerusalem synagogue attack?

ByBen Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) – After a gruesome attack by two Palestinian cousins left five dead at a Jerusalem synagogue, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu singled out one person for blame: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

In a statement issued by his office, Abbas denounced the Tuesday morning attack, saying he “condemns the killing of civilians no matter who is doing it.” But over the past few weeks, as a string of violent attacks have unsettled Jerusalemites, Abbas has issued statements some see as encouraging violence against Israelis.

In late October, he called for a “day of rage” over the temporary closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in

Jerusalem, saying the move amounted to a “declaration of war.” Days later he called the shooter of Jewish Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick a “martyr” in a letter to the attacker’s family.

“This is the direct result of the incitement being led by Hamas and Abu Mazen, incitement which the international community is irresponsibly ignoring,” Netanyahu said following the synagogue attack, using Abbas’ nom de guerre. “We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were met by reprehensible murderers.”

In the attack, the two Palestinians entered a synagogue in a haredi Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem and attacked worshippers with a gun and butcher knives.

Four Israeli rabbis were killed in

the attack: Mosheh Twersky, 59, head of the Toras Moshe Yeshiva in Jerusalem and a grandson of Rabbi Joseph Soleveitchik, the founder of modern Orthodoxy; Kalman Levine, 55; Aryeh Kupinsky, 43; and Avraham Goldberg, 68.

Twersky, Levine and Kupinsky were dual Israeli and American citizens; Goldberg was an Israeli and a British citizen. Eight others were wounded, including one Israeli police officer.

An Israeli Druze police officer — Zidan Saif, 30, of the Druze village of Kfar Yanouch in the Galilee — died Tuesday night of wounds suffered during the shootout with the assailants.

The assailants, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, were killed by Israeli police at the scene.

Despite Abbas’ condemnation, Israeli politicians and American Jewish groups admonished him for inciting the violence.

“There’s hypocrisy at work here,” Finance Minister Yair Lapid said in an interview with i24 News.

“You cannot incite in the evening and condemn in the morning.”

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who called the attack “an act of pure terror” while traveling in London, also called for an end to Palestinian incitement, though he didn’t mention Abbas by name.

“To have this kind of act, which is a pure result of incitement, of calls for days of rage, of just an irresponsibility, is unacceptable,” Kerry said at a news conference Tuesday. “So the Palestinian leadership must condemn ABBAS on page 19

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A man walks next to a bullet hole inside a synagogue where two terrorists from east Jerusalem entered the Kehilat Yaakov synagogue in the Orthodox neighborhood of Har Nof, Jerusalem, earlier this morning, with pistols and axes, and began attacking Jewish worshipers, Nov. 18, 2014.

Israelis grapple with synagogue safety in aftermath of Jerusalem attack

By Deborah Fineblum Schabb (JNS) – Seven a.m. It’s an hour when most are still battling with an insistent alarm clock. But for those intent on being part of a morning minyan (prayer quorum), it’s prime time for showing up at synagogue to thank God for the vast possibilities of a brand new day.

On Nov. 18 in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood, that morning routine was unspeakably shattered. With the images of the slaughter at Kehilat Bnei Torah still fresh in the minds of Israelis and not likely to go away anytime soon, leaders of synagogues around the country are grappling with setting the right tone and safety procedures for an uncertain future.

In the days that followed the attack, thousands came out to mourn the four murdered rabbis and the slain Druze policeman who tried to save them. While it seems that almost

everyone in Israel is personally connected to at least one of the victims in some way, those who are not still feel immense sympathy for their fellow Jews who were gruesomely killed while wrapped in tallit and tefillin by Palestinian terrorists wielding butcher knives, axes, and a gun.

How does this attack affect the Jewish state’s roughly 11,000 other synagogues, which in many neighborhoods can be found on virtually every block?

“Of course, we are all reeling from this terror that has echoes of [the] Kishinev [pogrom] over 100 years ago and [the] Hevron [massacre] in 1929,” says Rabbi Daniel Beller of the Kehillat Shivtei Yisrael synagogue in Ra’anana.” He adds, “Yes, we do plan to be more vigilant at shul.”

That commitment to heightened security is a common theme in conversations with Israeli synagogue

leaders, particularly concerning Shabbat services. At the Mizmor LeDavid synagogue in the trendy Jerusalem neighborhood of Baka, where more than 200 crowd into the building each Friday night for a rousing Kabbalat Shabbat service, there is talk of hiring a guard—someone who packs a gun and knows how to use it.

“We know we need to do this.

Though it’s certainly not anything we ever wanted to do,” says Naomi Goldberg, wife of Rabbi Mordechai Goldberg, the congregation’s leader.

Over in Maale Adumim, Ze’ev Orenstein is president of the Nachalat Yehuda congregation, which attracts a mix of young and old to Shabbat services. “I don’t think anyone is panicking or planning to stay home on Shabbos out of fear,” he says. “But, though on the one hand it’s important not to panic, on the other hand, we also need to be alert around our congregation’s safety.” At Nachalat

Yehuda and many other shuls, that means having volunteer “shomrim” (guards) take shifts during services and get training from the city’s police force.

“It’s been a difficult week but this is not the first time Jews worshipping have been targeted, and we have to learn how to deal with a minority who doesn’t want us here,” says Orenstein. “But one of the blessings of the sovereignty of having a Jewish state is that, thank God, after 2,000 years in exile, we have police and an army whose job it is to protect us.

That’s something our grandparents and great-grandparents never had.”

At one of Tel Aviv’s busiest synagogues, Beit Daniel, “hundreds of people come into our building every day, not just on Shabbat,” says Rabbi Meir Azari.

“And in this day and age we have to have a guard,” says Azari, who reports that since the second

Palestinian intifada (uprising), when one of its members was killed in a bus bombing, the congregation has made use of a security camera and an alarm that alerts the police when triggered.

“Of course, the cost of all of this is enormous,” Azari says. The rabbi balks at the idea of having a gun inside the synagogue during services.

“People come to synagogue looking for the peaceful energy of this place, and seeing a gun can take that feeling away,” he says. “Still, I might have to compromise someday. I don’t want to, but it may become necessary.”

Yet guns inside synagogues are already common sights elsewhere in the country, including in the community of Efrat.

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Making Israel’s Jewish status the law: Why it matters

By Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) – On Sunday, Israel’s Cabinet advanced a bill in a 14-6 vote that if passed by the Knesset would enshrine into law Israel’s status as a Jewish state. The nation-state law, as the controversial measure is being called, has sparked a crisis in Israel’s coalition, with center-left parties voting against it and threatening to break up the government if it passes.

Following the threats, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed a full Knesset vote on the bill for one week.

With Arab-Jewish tensions run-

ning high in Israel, supporters of the bill say it will reinforce Israel’s Jewish character. Opponents fear the bill will undermine the status of Israel’s Arab minority and stoke the flames of the conflict.

Here is what you need to know about the bill and its prospects: What is the nation-state law?

The bill makes clear that Israel is the state of the Jews or, in the words of the bill, “defines the State of Israel’s identity as the nation-state of the Jewish people.” Among other things, it means that Jewish law should inspire its legal system and that Israel’s national holidays will be the Jewish holidays plus

Independence and Memorial Day. The bill affirms that the country’s national anthem is “Hatikvah” and that its flag is the blue-and-white star-and-stripes. For good measure, the bill also affirms the Law of Return, which gives automatic citizenship to any Jew who wants it.

Some of the bill’s sections already are law. But the nation-state law would become one of the socalled Basic Laws, which like a constitution guide Israel’s legal system and are more difficult than regular laws to repeal.

Two drafts of the nation-state law have been proposed recently by right-wing lawmakers. The one

advanced by the cabinet Sunday is a version formulated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office aimed at compromise. The earlier version also would have defined Hebrew as Israel’s sole national language, giving Arabic a secondary status, and affirmed the importance of settlement throughout Israel’s borders — a term that was not defined.

Everyone knows Israel is a Jewish state. Why is the nation-state law necessary?

Supporters say it’s because Israel’s Jewishness has never really been made into law.

Judaism is mentioned through-

out the country’s laws and religious authorities control some ceremonies, like marriage. But the 11 existing Basic Laws deal mostly with state institutions like the Knesset, the courts or the presidency, and Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty defines Israel’s democratic character. The nation-state law, proponents say, will place Jewish values and democratic values on equal footing.

“Although there is wide agreement in the Israeli public regarding the State of Israel’s definition as a Jewish state, the characteristics of Israel as the nation-state of the WHY IT MATTERS on page 21

Fast-growing Hispanic Evangelical population steps up support for Israel

By Sean Savage (JNS) – Against the backdrop of growing threats facing Israel at home and abroad, one of the fastest-growing ethnoreligious segments in the U.S. is stepping up its support for the Jewish state.

At the forefront of the interests of America’s Hispanic Evangelical Christian population is the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC)/Conela.

Claiming to represent more than 100 million Hispanic Evangelicals in the U.S., NHCLC/Conela is now beginning to wield its considerable influence for the purpose of standing up for Israel.

NHCLC—which earlier

Israel Briefs Netanyahu: No Iran agreement is preferable to bad one JERUSALEM (JTA) – No agreement with Iran on its nuclear program is preferable to a bad one, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday night briefed Netanyahu on the world powers’ nuclear talks with Iran, Netanyahu said that a “bad agreement” could “endanger Israel, the Middle East and all of humanity.”

The Israeli leader said his country was monitoring developments in the talks.

“We are holding discussions with the representatives of other major powers and are presenting them with a vigorous position to the effect that Iran must not be allowed to be determined as a nuclear threshold state,” Netanyahu said. “There is no reason why it

merged with Conela, a Latin American organization that serves more than 500,000 Latin churches across the world—states that its vision is to “exercise prophetic leadership by reconciling the vertical and horizontal planes of the Christian message, sanctification with service, conviction with compassion, the image of God with the habits of Christ, holiness and humility, John 3:16 and Matthew 25, and the prophetic with the practical.”

The organization adds that it is looking to “enrich the narrative of American Evangelicalism by replacing the media exacerbated image of angry white evangelicals who oppose everything to a con-

victed yet compassionate multi-ethnic kingdom culture community committed to sharing truth with love.”

“We seek to combine the message of Rev. Bill Graham of salvation with that of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s march of prophetic activism,” Rev. Dr. Samuel Rodriguez, president of NHCLC/Conela, told JNS. “That being said, our commitment to the Jewish people and Israel is also without compromise.” he said.

According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, Hispanics are one of the fastest-growing segments of the Evangelical Christian population, with 16 percent of

American Hispanics identifying as Evangelical in 2013, up from 12 percent in 2010. Similar trends have developed in Latin America, where Protestants now make up 19 percent of the population, with 69 percent of them belonging to Evangelical churches.

These “Evangelicos” have an above-average enthusiasm for their faith. They display this fervor by attending church services, praying more, and strongly adhering to moral teachings, according to Pew. This Hispanic Evangelical surge has come at the expense of Roman Catholicism, which traditionally has been the faith of the vast majority of Hispanics and has historically shaped their outlook.

As the leader of one of the largest Hispanic organizations in the U.S., Rev. Rodriguez has spoken at the White House and frequently consults with federal legislators from both parties on such issues as social justice, the Latino community, and values.

Support for Israel has become a key aspect of the mission of many Evangelical Christian organizations, as is the case for the Evangelical movement as a whole.

While Rodriguez said that most Hispanic Evangelicals are “absolutely committed to Israel,” he is concerned about the surge in anti-Semitism in the Latino world, especially among the younger generation.

should be left with thousands of centrifuges that could enable it to enrich uranium for a nuclear bomb in a short time.”

Israel were stopped near the Kerem Shalom border crossing, the IDF said. One of the men was carrying a grenade.

Palestinian man shot was approaching Gaza fence, IDF says JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli troops shot a Palestinian man in northern Gaza who the Israeli military said was approaching the security fence between Israel and Gaza.

Palestinian officials said Fadil Muhammad Halawah, 32, was killed while hunting birds Sunday in the northern Gaza Strip when he was shot.

The Israeli military told Maan that Halawah and another man approached the security fence and did not stop when ordered by Israeli troops.

The soldiers fired warning shots before firing at the men’s lower extremities, hitting one, the IDF said. The IDF could not confirm the condition of the man.

Halawah would be the first Gaza Palestinian killed by Israeli bullets since Israel’s 50-day operation in Gaza last summer.

Also Sunday, two Palestinians from Gaza who infiltrated into

Ashkelon mayor decides against ban on Arab workers JERUSALEM (JTA) – Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimon has walked back his decision to lay off city Arab workers in the aftermath of the deadly synagogue attack in Jerusalem.

On Sunday, Shimoni agreed to allow the workers to complete construction work on bomb shelters in the city’s preschools and relocate the students to the local community center, Ynet reported. The plan was to be presented to parents at a meeting that night.

Shimoni on Friday had ordered a halt to the project, which is expected to take a week, to prevent Arab workers from entering the city.

The mayor said he made the decision after parents said they were uncomfortable with the Arab workers around their children and asked for additional armed security guards when the workers were present.

Israeli forces prevent Hamas attack on Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (JNS) – Israeli security forces revealed Thursday that they prevented a Hamas assassination attempt against Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

According to a joint statement by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the Shin Bet security agency, and the Israeli police, a three-member Hamas terror cell had purchased an RPG rocket launcher that they intended to use to fire at the foreign minister’s car.

The leader of the terrorist plot was 37-year-old Ibrahim Salim Muhammad al-Zir, a resident of the Harmela village near Bethlehem.

Al-Zir has already been incarcerated in Israel for offenses related to involvement with Hamas.

tion released for publication on Thursday.

Hamam Mesalmeh said he was inspired to ram a truck into three soldiers by an attack earlier on the same day, Nov. 5, in which terrorist Ibrahim al-Akri rammed his car into a crowd of pedestrians waiting at a light rail station in Jerusalem, killing two people.

Security camera footage from a nearby army fortification on the night of the Gush Etzion attack showed three Kfir Brigade soldiers patrolling on the side of the road, and then Mesalmeh’s vehicle coming in quickly, hitting them and fleeing the scene.

Police and military forces swarmed the scene immediately after the attack, setting up impromptu checkpoints and sweeping the area of the vehicle used in the attack. The three soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries, and one of them remains in serious condition in the hospital.

Mesalmeh had turned himself in the next day, claiming he hit the soldiers by accident. The camera footage and other evidence from the scene, however, pointed to an intentional attack.

Terrorist admits he intentionally rammed car into IDF soldiers in Gush Etzion (JNS) – The Palestinian man who recently hit three Israeli soldiers with his car in Gush Etzion reversed a previous statement that the incident was an accident, admitting to wanting to carry out a terrorist attack, according to informa-

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Think outside the box when shopping for Hanukkah

By Beth Kotzin Assistant Editor With Hanukkah fast approaching, it’s time to start thinking about what to get the multitude of people on your list.

From family and friends to coworkers, babysitters, teachers and party hosts, the list can get long and sometimes it’s just easier to go the gift-card route and be done with it.

But why not take the time to “think outside the box” and get more creative this holiday season? After all, it should be just as much fun to give as it is to receive!

Family and friends should be easy to shop for, right? Not always. Who knows what your nephew is into this year, or what hobby your sister is trying a hand at now. Gift cards are great, but giving a tangible gift somehow seems more personal.

Here are some ideas for the specical people on your list: For party hosts, go beyond the bottle of wine or box of chocolates and show up with some monogrammed hand towels or soaps, a collection of unique hot sauces, or maybe a few baguettes tied up with a pretty dish towel and a bottle of gourmet jam.

Co-workers to buy for?

Coffee mugs are overdone.

How about a box of bourboninfused marshmallows? They may like a bamboo herb-growing kit, Scrabble-tile drink coasters, or a mug warmer - perfect for heating up that cup of coffee that got abandoned when rushing off to a meeting.

Truth be told, your babysitter probably wants extra cash. But if you want to give something else (or add to it), try a collection of movie theater candy tied up with some microwave popcorn bags. A collection of DVD’s you enjoyed at their age might be fun (think John Hughes films, the Back to the Future series, or anything with a young John Cusack).

When it comes to family, buying gifts gets a bit more difficult, but there’s always something out there for everyone.

For the cooks in your life, sets of fancy oils and vinegars are great, as are “salts of the world” collections, cookbook stands, unique cooking tools and stylish cutting boards. TV addicts would probably love their favorite shows on DVD. Make up and make up tool sets are good for the young lady in your life, and high quality head-

phones or iPod speakers are likely to appeal to the young men in the family.

But what about your parents?

They can be tricky. Do something clever with pictures of the grandchildren, or of you and your siblings, or combine the whole clan. Use the pictures to make a quilt or blanket to cuddle up with at night; this is great for the grandparents whose grandchildren live out of town, because then they can feel closer to them all the time. Make a calendar, a family tree, or coasters of those smiling - or grumpy -faces. Or try the latest trend of recreating pictures of you and your siblings - dress up in the same outfits and act out the same poses. Possibly a little creepy, but definitely a lot of fun!

A good way for siblings to get each other gifts is to play the white elephant game. To play, have everyone bring a wrapped gift and then pick a number out of a hat. Number 1 picks a gift and keeps it, then number 2 has the option to pick a gift or steal from number 1. If your gift gets stolen, you get to pick again, but beware - it could get nicked again! This goes on until all the gifts are claimed. Put a price cap on it and have fun - anything from waffle makers and cookbook collections to sportsthemed fleece blankets and board games can be on the table.

Shopping can be stressful, but if you take the time to think creatively, you’re bound to enjoy every minute of the experience.

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Tandoor approaching 30 years as Montgomery eatery

By Bob Wilhelmy Lunchtimes are dependable at Tandoor Cuisine of India. That is one reason the restaurant has been around now for nearly 30 years, opening its doors in 1985. Evening meals are the same—dependable.

What that should say to the dining public is that the food at Tandoor is of good quality and consistently good taste and good value.

Restaurants not providing those “goods” are not around long, and certainly not three decades.

In the dependable department, this is what a patron named Jane had to say: “I love coming to the Tandoor because the lunch buffet always has a nice selection of fresh food that is vegetarian.”

Jane claims to be a “regular,” and beams with enthusiasm over the food on her plate. “I’m a vegetarian, so I especially appreciate the selection they have (the buffet features lamb and chicken dishes as well). My favorites are the spinach and the naan, and Naren makes a very nice cabbage dish (cabbab matter). They keep the buffet well stocked and the food is fresh and wholesome when you go up to get something.”

Tandoor’s menu is interesting because the dishes showcased on it are the ones native Indians love, according to the aforementioned Naren Patel, owner. At the same time, ethnic Indian diners often ask for a special preparation. “A lot of our guests will ask us to fix something special for them, and we are happy to do that,” he said.

“Other times, the chef will make something special and offer it to one of our regular customers. They try it and before you know it another guest comes in a week or so later and asks us to prepare what we made for so-and-so the other day. We enjoy doing that, and we believe it sets us apart from the other (Indian and ethnic) restaurants around.”

You don’t have to be Indian to take advantage of this custom feature of the Tandoor offering. But back to the luncheon buffet: if you are a novice to Indian cuisine, then the buffet is a good way to gain a sense of what it has to offer.

Personally, I find the tandoori chicken to be very good, and the lamb dishes, like stews, are good as well.

The spinach dish, called palak paneer, is one of my favorites. The fresh spinach is cooked with cheese and onions, tomatoes and a variety of herbs and spices.

Another dish that features wonderful flavor is the paneer jalfrazie.

Also vegetarian, this dish features homemade cheese, tomatoes, green peppers and onions, all of which is enhanced with fresh spices for good flavors. There is a chicken version of this dish (called chicken jalfrazie), in which the chicken is cooked with peppers, tomatoes and onions. Both are among my favorites.

The dining area.

A plate of vegetarian items with naan (Indian bread).

Of the 20 or so Indian restaurants in the Greater Cincinnati area, almost all of them are Punjabi in style of cuisine. Tandoor Cuisine of India is something of an exception to that rule of thumb, according to Patel. His restaurant offers the cuisine of Northern India. That area historically was heavily influenced by cultures to its north and west, such as Afghanistan. The Punjab area of India is more westerly to the area from which Patel draws his

culinary inspiration. “These influences came into the North of India and never really went beyond that area of my country,” he said.

That area of Patel’s homeland is primarily farmland that produces many fresh vegetables, such as eggplant, squash, spinach, potatoes, okra and more, including many vegetables indigenous to India only.

“The food is richer in content, with more cream and butter used in its preparation,” he said. “In the

The luncheon buffet.

south, there is more fish and the food is made with coconut milk. We enjoyed more rice and wheat breads in the north of India. The flavors of the foods we prepare in the north are more subtle, more delicate.”

Does that mean not spicy? “No, not necessarily; you can have the food very spicy if that is how you want it.”

And speaking of ethnics, one of my personal benchmarks for ethnic restaurants is how many one sees at

the restaurant. At Tandoor Cuisine of India, you will see many natives of India at the tables. That tells you volumes about the authenticity of the food brought out from Patel’s kitchen.

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Talk is cheap: U.S. response to Jerusalem synagogue attack disappoints

By Stephen M. Flatow (JNS) – The scenario has been repeated more times than I can remember: Palestinian terrorists murder Israelis. The Obama administration condemns the attack. And that’s it. No change in U.S. policy, no penalties or consequences for those who encourage and praise the killers. The Palestinians are, quite literally, getting away with murder.

Secretary of State John Kerry condemned the Nov. 18 slaughter of four Jews in a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood.

He even acknowledged that it was “a pure result of incitement, of calls for days of rage” by the Palestinian leadership. Indeed it was. It’s too bad it took a massacre to get Secretary Kerry to admit that. If only he had spoken out against Palestinian incitement weeks or months ago.

But “speaking out” is not enough. Bland verbal condemnations of incitement don’t make any difference. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and has colleagues don’t take America’s words seriously. There have to be actions. The Palestinian leaders need to see that there will be real consequences for their incitement.

Secretary Kerry said that Palestinian leaders “must begin to take serious steps to restrain any kind of incitement that comes from their language, from other people’s language, and exhibit the kind of leadership that is necessary to put this region on a different path.”

But what if they don’t? What’s he going to do about it?

Back in 1998, President Bill Clinton’s administration established a Trilateral Committee on Incitement. (That’s what Israel received in exchange for agreeing to the Wye River Memorandum.) But the committee turned out to be a farce. The Israeli members of the committee would complain about Palestinian leaders making inciting statements, and the Palestinians would respond by pointing to some individual Israeli newspaper columnist who said something strongly critical of the Palestinians, and they would say that, too, was incitement.

The problem was that the

Clinton administration refused to define “incitement.” It refused to acknowledge the difference between what a Palestinian official said and what an individual Israeli pundit said. The U.S. preferred to play the “both sides are guilty” game. It was like putting Holocaust survivors and Holocaust deniers in a room together and declaring that each side has its own equally valid perspective.

President Obama’s response to the Har Nof massacre took the same “both sides” approach. He declared, “At this sensitive moment in Jerusalem, it is all the more important for Israeli and Palestinian leaders and ordinary citizens to work cooperatively together to lower tensions, reject violence, and seek a path forward towards peace.”

Calling on “Israeli and Palestinian leaders” to “lower tensions and reject violence” is saying that they are both currently not doing enough to lower tensions or reject violence. Both sides are to blame. Both sides need to act. This kind of moral equivalency is false and outrageous. Israel has done everything possible to lower tensions. Israel is the victim. The Palestinians are the aggressors. But President Obama refuses to acknowledge that simple truth.

If the Obama administration is really interested in lowering tensions and getting the Palestinians to reject violence, there is plenty it can do.

Here are a few first steps: —Revive the Trilateral Commission on Incitement, but start by defining incitement, and then impose real penalties on the inciters.

—The PA has a policy of paying salaries to Palestinian terrorists who are imprisoned by Israel. Whatever they pay the prisoners should be deducted from America’s $500-million annual aid to the PA. The PA also pays the families of terrorists who are killed in action--meaning that the families of the Jamal cousins, who carried out the Har Nof massacre, are about to receive large checks from the PA. Deduct that from the U.S. aid package, too.

—The Har Nof attack was perpetrated by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. It’s the second-largest faction in the PLO, of TALK on page 19

Correction In the November 20, 2014 issue, in the article entitled “Summer internships in Israel available”, the second-to-last paragraph should have read: “Program, travel, and living costs will be 100% covered for Cincinnati participants who are eligible for a Cincy Journeys Israel Grant, funded by the Jewish Foundation and administered by the Jewish Federation.” We apologize for the omission.

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Deal or no deal? Iran says shut up and make one

By Ben Cohen (JNS) – As everyone seems to be saying, there is less than a fortnight to go before we hit the Nov. 24 deadline for a final agreement with Iran over its nuclear program. And as more and more people are forecasting, things aren’t looking too good.

The issue isn’t whether we get an agreement, but what kind of agreement we get. Moreover, if we don’t get an agreement, what happens next?

Fundamentally, Western negotiators are being hampered by the same knowledge and intelligence gaps that have dogged the entire Iranian nuclear saga for more than a decade. Put simply, the Iranian regime’s deliberately obstructive strategy has been to prevent inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from building up a true, verifiable picture of Iran’s nuclear installations and capabilities. While IAEA experts are frequently very good at guessing what they haven’t been told, the fact remains that the Obama administration is pushing for a deal without the critical data on which success depends.

Indeed, so unreliable have the Iranians been that the Joint of Plan of Action agreed to in Geneva on Nov. 24 last year wasn’t actually implemented until January of this year, leaving Iran’s uranium and plutonium production programs “significantly closer to breakout capacity than if the Joint Plan of Action had been implemented on November 24, 2013,” according to former IAEA deputy director general Dr. Olli Heinonen, When I conducted a long inter-

view with Heinonen earlier this year, he sounded a warning that may come to haunt those seeking an Iranian deal at almost any cost.

“Everything that happens [with Iran’s nuclear program] is at a known, declared place,” he said.

“There is no assurance that there isn’t another enrichment plant under construction somewhere else.”

This week, Heinonen was again highlighting Iran’s duplicity with regard to what’s known diplomatically as the PMD (Possible Military Dimensions) of the Iranian nuclear program.

Speaking to the Sunday Times in London, Heinonen offered an independent assessment of Iran’s nuclear capacity—specifically that Iran could have up to 5,000 IR-2m centrifuges, rather than the 1,008 it has claimed. The IR-2m devices are up to five times more effective in enriching uranium than their predecessor model.

Then, on a conference call organized by The Israel Project, Heinonen explained that with just 1,000 IR-2m centrifuges, Iran could enrich enough natural uranium to make a weapon in just one year. Were the Iranians to use their stockpile of 3.5 percent enriched uranium, the same number of centrifuges could produce the same result in six months. The addition of more centrifuges would simply speed up this process.

None of that exactly suggests that a forthcoming deal would arrest the mullahs’ desire—which they insist they don’t have!—to weaponize their nuclear program.

Even the looming Nov. 24 deadline hasn’t curbed the Iranian determination to circumvent restrictions on any nuclear activi-

ties that they are able to. And we are compelled to ask not just how insistent the Obama administration is being with the Iranians, but whether they are now engaged in outright wishful thinking.

Take recent Reuters report that stated, “Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham gave no indication that Iran had stopped feeding natural uranium gas into the so-called IR-5 centrifuge”—a more advanced device that also speeds up the enrichment process.

Yet the same report says “Washington said on Monday Tehran had ceased” that activity.

Frankly, that is just flabbergasting. Our own administration is confirming Iranian compliance before the Iranians themselves do so.

If you read what the Iranians have to say, you will learn that they regard the whole centrifuge problem as an irritating irrelevance. As regime mouthpiece Press TV reported, “sources close to the Iranian negotiating team say the main stumbling block in the way of resolving the Western dispute over Iran’s nuclear energy program remains to be the removal of all the bans imposed on the country, and not the number of centrifuges or the level of uranium enrichment.”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani—long-feted as a moderate despite his own shadowy role in the development of the Iranian nuclear program, not to mention the appalling human rights abuses that have marked his time in office—is also getting fed up with anything that sounds like a demand from Western negotiators.

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in Grace after Meals for seven days following the wedding, we find the best description I know of a married couple: re’im ahuvim, loving and beloved friends, drawn from Rav’s verse.

If we can define love as sexual attraction towards a partner with whom we would wish to continue the Jewish narrative into future generations, “friendship” would suggest a relationship of complete and unabashed honesty, mutual respect, and commonly held ideals and values.

If all of these criteria are present in a relationship, then I would say the two people are “in love.”

However, one doesn’t just “fall” in love; one must actively work to see that love continues and grows.

Love requires nurturing – giving time every day to the relationship, with a sharing of ideas, emotions and events which make two individuals more and more of a united entity. Each must be encouraged to grow and develop independently, but there must be sufficient sharing to allow both people to grow together as one even as they develop themselves.

Hence there must be a “will to love” and to create a stable and lasting family environment (see Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving.) To return to our portion.

We are told that when the fleeing Jacob arrived in the town where his mother’s family dwelt, he found shepherds gathering together to lift the boulder from atop the well so that they could give water to their sheep. “But when Jacob saw Rachel, he singlehandedly uncovered the stone from atop the well and gave water to her sheep…” (Gen. 29:10).

The amazing power of love – love at first sight.

Immediately thereafter, the Bible notes “Jacob kissed Rachel and he lifted up his voice and wept.”

Why did he weep? A student of mine once suggested that perhaps he wept because he kissed her before they were married, transgressing the prohibition of touching a woman who is not your wife. One of the commentaries suggests that since he kissed her on the hand, it was an act of one relative to another without any erotic content.

But Rashi makes two other suggestions. The first is that Jacob cried because he didn’t have any gifts to give her, since Eliphaz the son of Esau had stolen all the gifts that Jacob had brought for his kinspeople.

From here, we see that one should give gifts to one’s fiancée and also to one’s wife throughout one’s marriage.

Everyone wants to know that they are appreciated.

The Rambam (Maimonides) rules that every husband should give his wife a gift on every festival.

Even though the author Erich Segal wrote, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry,” I would contend that love means always being the first to say you’re sorry and giving frequent gifts.

Rashi’s second interpretation is even more poignant.

Jacob saw that he wouldn’t be buried together with his beloved Rachel, since he would be laid to eternal rest in the “Cave of the Couples” (Ma’arat Hamachpela) and she would be buried in Bethlehem on the road to Efrat.

I interpret this to mean that Jacob saw that in the order of things, towards the end of their lives there would be an enforced separation; usually one partner predeceases the other. And the bitter price that one pays for loving is the necessity of an ultimate existential separation.

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T EST Y OUR T ORAH KNOWLEDGE THIS WEEK’S PORTION: VAYETZI (BRAISHITH 28:10—32:3) 1. What did Hashem promise Jacob in his dream? a.) He would become wealthy b.) His descendants would live in Egypt 400 years c.) He would give his descendants the land of Canaan 2. How many flocks of sheep gathered by the well? a.) One b.) Two c.) Three 3. What was Laban's reaction to Jacob's proposal to marry his daughter Rachel? but asked Lavan why he did it in a tricky way. R' Bchai A 30:28 Lavan agreed to pay. He said that he knew thru sorcery that Jacob brought blessing and wealth to his house. Rashi

EFRAT, Israel - “And Jacob kissed Rachel, and he lifted up his voice and he wept” (Gen 29:11) The Bible presents two models for finding one’s life partner: the IsaacRebekah arranged marriage model, and the romantic Jacob-Rachel model.

In both instances, there must be “love” (ahava): The Bible informs us that “Isaac brought (Rebekah) into the tent of Sarah his mother, he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her …” (Genesis 24:67); and in our portion, when Laban asks Jacob what remuneration he wants for his work, the Torah records that “Jacob loved Rachel, and so he said, ‘I shall work for you for seven years in exchange for marrying Rachel, your younger daughter’” (Gen. 29:18).

The major difference between these models is that with Isaac and Rebekah, the love came after the marriage, whereas with Jacob and Rachel, love preceded the marriage. In both cases, however, the Bible emphasizes that love is fundamental to relationships.

The Talmud likewise speaks of the “love” component, “It is forbidden for a man to betroth a woman unless he sees (comes to know) her, lest he find in her something unseemly and she becomes distasteful to him; for the Torah teaches, ‘You must love your friend like yourself.’” (B.T. Kiddushin 41a); Maimonides rules that the woman also has the right to choose her mate. (Laws of Marriage 19:3).

It is fascinating that Rabbi Yehuda (Judah bar Ezekiel, 220–299 CE) records in the name of Rav that the law of “loving your friend like yourself” applies to husband and wife – perhaps he would maintain that this is the fullest compliance of the command.

This is reminiscent of the magnificent verse regarding the very first married couple, Adam and Eve: “...This time she is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh …. Therefore, shall a man leave his father and mother, join together with his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Gen. 2:23, 24) The Ramban (Nahmanides) explains “one flesh” as referring to the act of sexual intercourse which unites both individuals; Rashi interprets it as referring to “the child formed by the two parents.” From this perspective, “love” includes the desire to join physically with one’s mate as well as to have children with him/her.

Among the seven marital blessings recited under the nuptial canopy and

“It is forbidden for a man to betroth a woman unless he sees (comes to know) her, lest he find in her something unseemly and she becomes distasteful to him...

a.) Happy b.) Lukewarm c.) Disapproved 4. What was Jacob's reaction when he found out Lavan gave him Leah instead of Rachel? a.) Accepted b.) Disapproved c.) Threatened revenge 5. What was Lavan's reaction to Jacob's request for payment? a.) Agreed b.) Demanded he work another seven years c.) Chased him out of the house

a bottle cap. Rashi 3. B 29:18,19 Lavan said that it was good that Jacob would marry Rachel instead of another man. It does not necessarily mean he was lukewarm to the idea. R'Bchai 4. A 29:25-28 Jacob accepted what happened,

by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

SHABBAT SHALOM: PARSHAT VAYETZE GENESIS 28:10-32:3

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ANSWERS 1. C 28:13 Hashem folded up all of Canaan under Yakov, to show him his descendants would capture it easily. Rashi 2. C 29:2 The stone on top of the well was very heavy, but Jacob moved it as if he were opening

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By Nate Bloom Contributing Columnist Mike Nichols and Being Jewish Director MIKE NICHOLS, the the Berlin-born son of German Jewish refugees, died on November 19, age 83. You can easily find print and on-line biographies of Nichols. What is harder to find is material about his relationship to his Jewish background after his early days as a child refugee in New York. In 2006, he was interviewed by ABIGAIL POGREBIN for her book, "Stars of David," in which famous Jews talked about being Jewish. Here is a little first-person information about his family life, as he related it to Pogrebin. It requires a brief preface: Nichols was married four times and none of his wives, including his widow, journalist Diane Sawyer, were Jewish. He had one child, DAISY, now about 44, with his first wife, and two children, JENNY, now around 36, and MAX, now about 39, with his third wife.

Nichols told Pogrebin that his parents were not religious observant at all. He said he was connected to his Jewish heritage, but did not practice Judaism or any other religion. His three children, he told her, were not raised in any faith. Despite their secular upbringing, Nichols said, all three of his children ultimately came to identify as Jewish.

Nichols told Pogrebin that his daughter, Jenny, once said to him, "In the end you pick Jewish because it is harder."

When asked what he thought about his daughter's statement, Nichols replied: [I was] "Proud [of my daughter]. Impressed. I think it was also accurate. If you get a choice, you do pick it because it's harder. You don't like yourself if you pick the other one and always feel like you're full of sh-t."

Max Nichols is a leading music business executive. In 2001, he married Jewish journalist RACHEL ALEXANDER, now 40, in a Jewish rabbinical ceremony in Venice, Italy.

Alexander was then a sportswriter for the Washington Post.

She took her husband's name and now is a prominent ESPN/CNN TV sportscaster under the name Rachel Nichols.

Some New Faces Here are some Jewish thespians not previously mentioned in this column. All the guys, below, I didn't know were Jewish until recently.

Still playing in theaters is the hit sci-fi film, “Interstellar.”

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Casey Affleck co-stars as Tom, the son of Cooper, the movie’s star character. Playing Tom as a 15-year-old is TIMOTHEE CHALAMET, 18. He also played Finn Walden in the 2nd season of “Homeland” and may co-star in an upcoming “X Men” movie. Raised in the States, his father is French and his mother is an American Jew. She’s the sister of RODMAN FLENDER, 52, a big-time TV director. Last year, Chalamet briefly dated Madonna’s 17-year-old daughter, Lourdes.

The CW series, “Jane, the Virgin,” has an implausible premise, but the charming title character (played by the charming Gina Rodriguez) makes the show work. It’s emerged as a critical and popular hit since its midOctober premiere. The premise: Jane, a “virg,” gets impregnated at her doctor’s office with sperm that had been stored for Rafael, her boss. He had stored the sperm before cancer treatments made him infertile. The sperm was meant for Petra, Rafael’s evil wife, who married him for his money; is serially unfaithful to him; and wanted to have his baby only when she realized he might leave her. Playing Petra is Israeli actress YAEL GROBGLAS, who is around 26. Described often as a “blonde bombshell,” she starred in several Israeli TV shows. She told the NY Times:” It’s been a blast playing such a mischievous character because she’s so unlike me.” Rodriguez, by the way, had a Jewish grandfather and her parents, she told a reporter, exposed her to many religions. She hasn’t really picked one, but added “my oldest sister is Jewish.”

The next-to-last season of “Boardwalk” (2013-14) featured the handsome BEN ROSENFIELD, 22, as Willie Thompson, the smart but troubled nephew of star character Nucky Thompson.

More recently, he filmed a large supporting role in a yet-untitled WOODY ALLEN movie that’ll be released in 2015. Meanwhile, “Nurse Jackie”, which will begin its 7th and final season in April, has featured DOMINIC FUMUSA, 45, as Jackie’s hunky husband, Kevin, since it began.

Fumusa has been married to stage actress ILANA LEVINE, 50, since 2002 and they have two kids. A film director friend, who knows Fumusa, recently told me the actor converted to Judaism “after a long period of study.”

My web check revealed that Fumusa briefly mentioned his conversion to a blogger and that he and his wife are active in their local Jewish Federation.

FROM THE PAGES 150 Y EARS A GO Chevra Kedischa Mikva Israel will give a Grand Ball for the benefit of the widows and orphans at Metropolitan Hall, corner of 9th and Walnut, on Wednesday, December 28. Order and good wine will be provided for by the officers.

It becomes our painful duty to record the death of one of our oldest and most esteemed residents, Mrs. Louisa Symonds, relict of the late Simon Symonds, who departed this life on last Thursday morning, December 15, in the seventy-fourth year of her age. In 1828 she emigrated from Portsmouth, England, with her husband and children, to this city. Since that period, until within a few years of her death, we can date a career of usefulness, which was unremittingly exercised, not only toward those comprising her domestic circle, but extending her services of kindness, affection and generality alike to family and friends. The widow, fatherless and destitute were so remembered, and those who have been the recipients of her bounty still cherish for her sentiments of gratitude and esteem.

She died, as she had lived, a true daughter of Israel, and doubtless now reaps the reward of the righteous. Long will she be mourned by a large circle of relatives and friends, who will all feel that this notice is but a faint and imperfect tribute to her memory. – December 23, 1864

125 Y EARS A GO An enjoyable masquerade surprise was tendered by Miss Lillie Roth, at her residence on John Street. Among those present were: Misses Lillie Roth, Emma Roth, as a peasant girl; Flora Heisher and Sadie Lauman, as dancing girls; Emma Epstein, a queen; May Jacobs, a waitress; Adeline Lintz and Hattie Fruhauf, as nurses; Cora Bauer, a Dutch girl; Hattie Bauer, fortune-teller; Dora Pauper, American Flag; Blanche Lang, Pink Domino; Miss Stein. Mashers were E. Epstein, J. Wolf, I. Epstein, S. Gottlieb, Saul Lieber, A. Pauper, M. Joseph and many others.

The wedding of Miss Emma Newburg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Newburg, and Dr. Ascher I. F. Buxbaum occured last Tuesday evening, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Crescent Place, Walnut Hills. It was a very pleasant affair. Rev. Isaac M. Wise officiated. – December 5, 1889

100 Y EARS A GO Mr. and Mrs. David E. Kaufman of 825 Hutchins Avenue, Avondale, announce the betrothal of their daughter, Babette L., to Mr.

Lawrence S. Meyer.

All of Cincinnati, O. Joseph Freiberg, one of the oldest and most respected of our citizens was buried from his late residence in Greenwood Avenue, Avondale, Wednesday afternoon.

Dr. Philipson officiating. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Charles L. Stix and four sons, Dr. Albert H., and the Messrs. Sidney, Arthur and Harry Freiberg.

Mr. Clarence Rothschild of Detroit, Mich., and Dora, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Kohn were married at the residence of the bride, B Landon Court, Avondale, Thursday evening, Dr. Grossmann officiating.

The male inmates of the Home for the Jewish Aged and Infirm received cigars from Mr. Maurice Joseph this week and clothing from Mrs. Geo. Seeman. – November 26, 1914

75 Y EARS A GO Beatrice Steinberg and Carolyn Russak were initiated into Lambda Mu Alpha Sunday at the home of Geraldine Hoffman. The sorority is planning a skating party at Sefferino’s to raise money for the Jewish Welfare Fund.

H. S. Livingston, widely known philanthropist and retired businessman, succumbed Sunday morning, Dec. 3rd, to a heart attack suffered Wednesday at his winter home in Sarasota, Fla. He was 85. He had left his Kemper Lane home in Cincinnati but a few days earlier.

Mr. Livingston, known to his friends as “Sandy,” was founder and president of the old Cincinnati Cloak and Suit Co. Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Albert Steiner; and a sister, Mrs. Sara Spira, of Cincinnati. Irwin M. Krohn was a brother-in-law. A son, Robert Krohn Livingston, died in service during the World War. In his honor, the father dedicated Camp Robert Krohn Livingston, of the United Jewish Social Agencies.

– December 7, 1939

50 Y EARS A GO Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ostrow, 180 Sunnybrook Drive, announce the forthcoming Bar Mitzvah of their son, Steven Mark, Saturday, Dec. 12, at 9 a.m., at Adath Israel Congregation at the Jewish Community Center, 1580 Summit Road. Relatives and friends are cordially invited to worship with the family and attend the Kiddush following the service. Steven is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Schneiderman and Mr. and Mrs. Boris Ostrovsky.

The A.Z.A. Sweetheart Dance will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8 pm. to 12:30 am at Kemper Lane Hotel. Sweetheart candidates are:

Chi Sigma Delta, Jackie Brown; Gamma Kappa, Rosie Kopman; Omega Sigma Phi, Susan Nebolsky; Signa Theta Pi, Bobbie Rosen. Also on this list: Phi Epsilon, Art Mandell; Phi Rho Delta, Ron Shuller; Signa Delta Chi, Aaron Bortz. – December 3, 1964

25 Y EARS A GO Dr. and Mrs. Robert Lukin announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Faith, to Bradley H. Kuhr, son of Nancy Sattler Kuhr and Richard T. Kuhr, all of Cincinnati.

Kimberly is the granddaughter of Mrs. Melvin Schultz of Cincinnati and Mrs. Joseph Lukin of Cleveland. Bradley is the grandson of Mrs. Samuel Sattler of Hollywood, Fla., and Alvin Kuhr of Tamarac, Fla. Kimberly is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a bachelor of science degree in education. Bradley is a graduate of UC. He is an executive with Riverfront Steel, Cincinnati. A January wedding is planned.

Richard Singerman announces the engagement of his daughter, Jennifer, to Danny Lerner, son of Geraldine Lerner and the late Seymour Lerner of Los Angeles.

Jennifer is a graduate of California State University, Northridge, and is a C.P.A. doing business management in Los Angeles. Danny is a graduate of California State, Northridge. He is a C.P.A. and is selling insurance in Los Angeles.

The wedding is set for June 9 in Los Angeles at the Stephen S. Wise Temple. Jennifer and Danny will be in Cincinnati in mid to late January. – December 7, 1989

10 Y EARS A GO Noted aeronautical engineer, scientist, community leader, and philanthropist Morris A. Zipkin, 83, president of Golf Manor Synagogue for the last ten years, and chairman of its board for four years at an earlier interval, passed away December 4, 2004, the 21st day of Kislev, 5765. He is survived by his wife of nearly 58 years, Alice (Jaffe) Zipkin; his children, Allan and Devorah Zipkin of Jerusalem, Dr. Jeffrey and Suzy Zipkin of Cincinnati, and Judy Zipkin of Los Angeles, as well as his 29 nieces and nephews and numerous gretnieces and nephews. Mr. Zipkin leaves his legacy in 7 grandchildren: Danielle, Dafna, Avishai, Elise, Mollie, Ariel and Derek. He also leaves a brother and his wife, Louis and Ethel Zipkin of Springlfield, N.J. and a sister, Fay Hortz, of West Orange, N.J. – December 16, 2004

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In the West Bank, a senior official from Hamas’ political echelon told a visiting journalist that he found Tuesday’s attack encouraging. The attack appeared to be a spontaneous response to Israeli actions, the Hamas official said, not a coordinated assault organized by the military wing of Hamas.

“Hamas has been trying for a long time, but particularly since the summer, to foment and incite unrest in Jerusalem and the West Bank,” the journalist, Neri Zilber, now a visiting scholar at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said of his meeting with the Hamas official, whom he declined to identify by name. “It’s obviously a high Hamas interest to foment this type of instability to keep the Palestinians in the West Bank rising up against both Israeli authorities and Palestinian authorities, which they see as going hand in hand.”

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Hamas political figures and has written for the Washington Post, the Atlantic and Foreign Policy, said the attack wasn’t unexpected given the current environment in Jerusalem.

“You have an escalating pattern of lone wolf attacks, and I think it was only a matter of time before a bigger attack materialized,” he said.

Some analysts say placing the blame on Abbas is a mistake. They point to the Palestinian president’s longtime opposition to violence as well as the Palestinian Authority’s ongoing security cooperation with Israel, which some credit with preventing the recent unrest from spiraling into a full-blown uprising.

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and his efforts to curry favor with his constituents.

On Tuesday, Yoram Cohen, the head of Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service, told the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that “Abu Mazen isn’t interested in terror and isn’t causing terror,” according to Israeli reports.

“Mr. Abbas is a true partner of Israel who wants peace,” said Munib al-Masri, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Legislative Council. “We are fed up with occupation. We don’t want harassment in our holy sites. We want to sit down and talk about this.”

But Mordechai Kedar, an analyst at Bar-Ilan University’s Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, said Abbas only opposes violence when speaking to an international audience and that his inflammatory Arabic pronouncements show his true position.

“Within the Palestinian Authority, he calls for violence,” Kedar said. “In English, they speak with one mouth and in Arabic they speak with a different mouth. He can’t clearly say ‘Go kill Jews,’ but he says it in an unclear way.”

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The more than $100 million POLIN museum, which draws about 60 percent of its funding from the city of Warsaw and the Polish government, is dramatically larger than the other Jewish projects around the country. It aims now to use its clout to reach out far beyond its walls to lead SAFETY from page 9 of the Lev Efrat congregation. “But I’ve been here for 20 years and seen thing kind of thing before, as the Palestinians’ fanatical leadership incites their people to violence. We just have to remind ourselves that having our own country is a miracle, and we need to be strong and maintain a Jewish life and future here no matter who doesn’t want us here.”

Was the synagogue in Har Nof targeted simply because it is a synagogue? Rabbi Azari in Tel Aviv does not believe so. “It could have been a community center, school, or any place where many people congregate,” he says. “[Terrorists] choose places where many Jews are TALK from page 16 which Abbas is chairman. The U.S. should demand that Abbas expel the PFLP from the PLO. If he refuses, declare him to be partially responsible for the Har Nof attack, and put him on the “U.S. Watch List,” which prohibits terrorists from entering the U.S. __There is a park in Ramallah, Mahmoud Abbas’s capital, that is named after Dalal Mughrabi, leader of the Palestinian terror squad that murdered 38 Israelis in a 1978 attack, including the niece of U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff. Every Palestinian child who walks those streets gets the message—he sees

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In early November, the museum convened more than 100 local Jewish heritage and culture activists from around the country to exchange experiences, network and meet with museum experts. And POLIN’s Museum on Wheels project takes material, information and educational programs prepared by the museum curators to far-flung communities all over the country.

together and easy to kill.”

Gabie Sykora, a board member at the Kinor David synagogue in Ra’anana, disagrees.

“By attacking people in a synagogue, they attacked us where it hurts the most, literally at the heart of the Jewish people,” she says.

Kinor David has had congregants taking guard shifts since the second intifada, and in the wake of the Har Nof attack is considering bolstering security further with an armed guard.

“We don’t want to have Jews needing to work on Shabbat, but when it comes to our congregants’ safety, it’s whatever it takes,” says Sykora. “Nothing else matters nearly as much who is regarded as a hero, who he is supposed to emulate. The U.S. should demand that Mughrabi’s name be removed. And if Abbas refuses, there need to be consequences.

I am flying to Israel this week with a heavy heart. I am filled with grief for the families of the latest terror victims. I am worried about my children who live there and have to go to work every morning, not knowing if they will return home that night. And I am anguished by the thought that my own government could do so much to combat Palestinian terrorism—and yet chooses to do next to nothing.

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Maccabee on the Mantel a fun way to learn the story of Hanukkah

By Beth Kotzin Assistant Editor Abra Liberman-Garrett was out shopping one day, and spotted the ever-popular Elf on a Shelf. It occured to her that as Jews, we didn’t have a cute little creature to hide all over the house, who who would report good (or bad) behavior to Santa. And since Jews don’t have Santa, there was no one to report to at all!

Abra wanted something for her kids to enjoy during the Hanukkah season, something that represented how she, and others, raised their kids and also incorporated the story of Hanukkah in an easily understandable yet historically accurate way. And thus Maccabee on the Mantel was born!

As a preschool teacher at her Dallas, TX synagogue, creating a story that children could follow and understand was old hat to her.

Abra consulted the rabbis and teachers at the preschool while writing the book, in order to be sure she was using the right verbage and telling the story correctly. She then called upon her friend David Wilke, co-founder of Four Day Weekend, a criticallyaclaimed comedy troupe, to help her develop the doll that would go with her book, as well as any entertainment pieces that might accompany it. With David’s

media contacts and Abra’s writing skills, they knew they could make Maccabee on the Mantel a success.

Making Hanukkah, and all its rich, expansive history, accessible to Jewish children all over the country has been a dream come true for Abra. Maccabee on the Mantel is available in almost every state in the U.S., in gift shops and online.

When asked if she felt that

similar product Mensch on a Bench was her competition, Abra replied, “not at all!” She doesn’t see it that way. “It’s not like the market is saturated,” said Abra.

“There’s plenty of room for everyone, and the more ways for children to learn about Hanukkah, the better.”

‘Start-up nation’ exporting its businesses to American shores

By Maayan Jaffe (JNS) – The “start-up nation”— a nickname Israel earned due to its population’s knack for innovation— is increasingly exporting its culture of entrepreneurship to America.

A 2012 Pew Research Center study showed that as many as 330,000 native-born Israelis were living in the United States, while other estimates peg the total current population of Israeli Americans— including the descendants of those born in Israel—at between 500,000 and 800,000. There are a number of reasons why an Israeli might decide to come to the U.S., but for those who are innovators, entrepreneurs, or businesspeople, the move is often based on necessity. The relatively small market of Israel, a country that is roughly the size of New Jersey, leaves Israeli companies thirsting for opportunities outside of the Holy Land.

“Israel is great place to nurture new ideas. But when they want to scale up, they have to go to the U.S. or Europe,” Benjamin Soffer, head of the Technology Transfer Office at the Haifa-based Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, told JNS. Soffer explained that Israeli companies making the move to the U.S. usually “need to follow the money” and go wherever their top investors are. Others, he said, think more about vertical market opportunities (in which vendors offer their goods and services to a group of customers with specialized needs) or the community and infrastructure that will be available for their families when they arrive in America.

There are now a dozen Israeli American chambers of commerce around the U.S. to assist companies arriving here from the Jewish state, according to a list on the website of VICTIMS from page 9 children, grew up in Kansas City, Mo. He was born Cary Levine and attended the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy there. A friend told the Kansas City Star that he was a “gentle soul with a kind heart.” His son eulogized him Tuesday as a diligent scholar.

the Association of American-Israel Chambers of Commerce. These organizations try to make the Israeli companies’ landings softer, but also understand that recruiting Israeli thought leaders is beneficial for their U.S. states’ economies.

“Israel is one of the world’s leaders in innovation and there is a competition to get them to your state,” said Vered Nohi-Becker, head of the Philadelphia Israel Chamber of Commerce. “We want them to come here to create good, innovative jobs here, and to help our economy grow.

It is extremely lucrative for local companies to explore collaborations with Israeli companies.”

“We need to market ourselves to attract those companies,” she told JNS. Ayal Vogel—vice president of business development for RADiflow, a New Jersey-based Israeli company that creates secure communication networks for infrastructure such as transportation systems—said there are three major factors that influence where Israelis decide to do business in the U.S.,

and none of them have to do with tax rates or event cost of living. They are the estimated vertical market, meaning the customer base; flexibility of the location, meaning how close its proximity to an international airport with a direct flight to Israel; and the people—are there other Israelis living there, and will the Israeli entrepreneur’s family be happy while he or she focuses on developing the company?

“We look to be away from home but at home,” said Vogel. “Your friends turn into family, so we look for well-established cities and towns that have Israeli people like us.”

In the “beltway” area (Washington, DC, and Maryland), Barry Bogage heads the Maryland/Israel Development Center (MIDC), a partnership between the local Jewish federation, the state of Maryland, the Montgomery County Departments of Business and Economic Development, and the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Trade.

MIDC serves as “an energetic hub of people and activities engaged in pro-

moting Maryland/Israel trade and investment,” said Bogage.

“It assists both Israeli and Maryland businesses and entrepreneurs in successfully accessing each other’s markets,” he told JNS. Bogage said Israeli companies will choose to set up shop in the beltway because of its close proximity to the U.S. government and its accessibility to defense and cybersecurity contracts. He uses a network of preferred providers to assist Israeli companies in finding investors and partners, but also all the service providers they would need to help their businesses come alive and sustain themselves.

“Real estate, employee benefits, accounting, bookkeeping, regulatory questions, taxes—with one phone call to us, we can set all of that up [for the Israeli companies],” Bogage said.

Outgoing Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley (who could not run for re-election this month due to term limits and will be succeeded by Republican Larry Hogan) has taken many trade missions to Israel over the last two decades to recruit cyberentrepreneurs to his state. Bogage said MIDC has helped 20 Israeli companies open offices in Maryland, and dozens more to establish development and sales partners in the area. Yet Technion’s Soffer did not name Maryland or the DC area in his list of the top U.S. destinations for Israeli innovators.

Instead, he cited Boston, California, and New York.

A 2010 study released at the New England-Israel Business Council’s 2010 Life Sciences Summit at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., revealed the scope and impact of Israeli-related businesses on the Massachusetts economy—a striking $2.4 billion annually.

“My father would study all day long and would return home at night only to learn some more until he would fall asleep in his chair,” the son said, according to Israel’s Foreign Ministry. “Abba, you were in the middle of saying the Shema [prayer] when your soul left your body and the terrorists came and murdered you.”

Kupinsky, who also emigrated from the United States, leaves behind his wife and five children.

He lost a daughter, Chaya Chana, who died in her sleep two years ago at 13. According to the Foreign Ministry, he was known to be very generous and was a daily worshipper at the synagogue.

Goldberg, who moved to Israel in 1993, is survived by his wife, six children and grandchildren.

His friend from the neighborhood, David Osborne, remembered him as devout and kind.

“He was the most wonderful person you could meet, a pillar of the community,” Osborne told the British Jewish News. “Avraham

Courtesy of California Israel Chamber of Commerce

The California Israel International Business summit, held by the California Israel Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 22.

The study also showed that nearly 100 companies in Massachusetts are founded by Israelis or offer products based on Israeli technology, and that Israeli industry has created 5,920 jobs in the state.

Talia Cohen, executive director of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce, said some 300 Israeli companies are working in Silicon Valley and across the rest of the state. She thinks that one of the reasons Israelis have chosen the area is its high level of multiculturalism.

Not only can they forge U.S. partnerships, but they can also connect with leaders and funders from across the globe.

Additionally, there are fewer cultural roadblocks for Israelis in regions with diverse populations.

Vogel said Israelis struggle to understand American culture or how enormous and complex the U.S. market really is, and that being in a place with others who have the same challenges can make the transition easier. On the flip side, Americans are not always accustomed to Israelis’ business style. Bogage said that Israelis’ “frankness and passion” often shocks Americans.

“Americans think it is an argument when really it’s just that for Israelis, there’s no equivocating, no beating around the bush,” he said.

The attraction of innovation, however, usually wins out. The Philadelphia chamber’s NohiBecker said that while Israeli market penetration is rising in America, there is the simultaneously growing presence of U.S. research and development centers and venture capitalism in Israel. All the while, both Israeli and American innovators are looking to scope out the “next big thing.”

prayed there most days for the last 10 years or so. He was a devout Jew with no political agenda. All he wanted was to live a peaceful life.”

The terrorists in Tuesday’s attack were identified as Uday and Ghassan Abu Jamal.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2014

A Thankful Day Zell’s Bites

by Zell Schulman We come together with our families and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving. This holiday gives us an opportunity to remember simple things we need to be thankful for and which make our lives special: the sunrise and a new day to meet; the smiles we put on people’s faces by our actions; and the gifts of sharing this holiday with new neighbors, new friends, and college students, who are away from their families for the first time.

It may be a little too late for some of you who have already set your menu, but this turkey recipe is a healthy, low-fat, low cholesterol recipe that’s quick and easy to prepare.

DEMOCRACY from page 9 of power Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Noni Mozes has is unspeakable.

He can tailor a bill just so he can eliminate competition,” AmericanJewish philanthropist and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, the owner of Israel Hayom, said in an interview with his newspaper earlier this year.

The future of democracy in Israel is also at stake, analysts say.

On Nov. 12, the same day the bill passed in its preliminary Knesset vote, Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler—head of the Media Reform Project at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI)—submitted a legal opinion to the Knesset that opposes the bill. Altshuler argued that the bill “impinges on the right of freedom of expression and the press, and is a threat to democracy.”

Altshuler’s opinion did acknowledge that Israel Hayom poses a problem for the Israeli newspaper market. The problem “is not that Israel Hayom is distributed for free,” she wrote, but rather that the newspaper is driving down the cost of advertising.

Advertisements cost nearly three times lower in Israel Hayom than in Yedioth Ahronoth, but this issue “is not mentioned at all in the proposed law, despite its tenfold impact on the newspaper market that the bill seeks to assist,” Altshuler wrote.

THE TURKEY’S IN THE BAG Serves 10-12 Ingredients 1 9”x 23 1/2” cooking bag 1 tablespoon flour 12-16 pound turkey 1 navel orange, sliced 1 medium onion, peeled 1 McIntosh apple, quartered 6 dried apricots Juice and rind of one orange 1/2 cup apricot preserves Method 1. Preheat over to 350 degrees. Shake the flour inside the cooking bag. Remove the giblets from the turkey, and rinse turkey inside and out with cold water. Drain it and dry it well, inside and out, with paper towels.

2. Place the orange slices, whole onion, apple pieces and dried apricots into the turkey cavity. Secure the neck skin with a metal skewer. Tuck the drumsticks under a band of skin or tie together with string. Mix the orange rind and juice with the apricot preserves and rub the outside skin of the turkey well.

3. Place turkey in the cooking

IDI’s opinion urged the “transparency and full disclosure of economic and political interests underlying press coverage.”

“This includes both general disclosure and the need to deal with branded content that is being published in order to promote a political agenda, the achievements of a government ministry, or a particular member of Knesset, without disclosure that it is sponsored content,” wrote Altshuler, who called on Israel’s state comptroller “to issue an opinion or statement whether a situation in which a wealthy person funnels money to a media outlet without a business model, with the aim of supporting a particular political candidate whose identity is clear, constitutes a violation of Israel’s election financing laws.”

On the issue of a newspaper’s ownership, Dershowitz wrote that in the U.S., the Supreme Court has “ruled that spending money is protected speech and that laws limiting such speech are generally unconstitutional.” Even the Supreme Court justices who dissented on that ruling “agree that imposing any constraints on newspapers owned by wealthy families (such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe) would run afoul of our First Amendment,” according to Dershowitz.

Yossi Fuchs, an attorney with 15 years of experience in Israeli constitutional law, explained that unlike

bag, breast side up. Close the bag with the tie provided and make six 1/2 inch slits in the top of the bag with the tip of a sharp knife. Place bag in a baking pan.

If using a meat thermometer, insert it through a slit in the bag, into the center of the thigh, next to the body. Be sure thermometer does not touch the bone.

4. Cook turkey 2-2 hours, 45 minutes or until the thermometer registers 180 degrees. Remove the turkey from the oven and allow it to rest (in the bag) for 15 minutes. If the turkey sticks to the bag, gently loosen it before opening.

5. To remove the turkey, keep the bag in the baking pan and very carefully cut or slit the top of the bag and slowly remove the turkey to a wooden carving board or onto a large pan. Take the fruit and vegetables from inside the cavity and discard them.

Allow the turkey to rest 20-30 minutes before carving.

Zell’s Tips: I like to rub a little more of the apricot glase on the outside of the turkey and the let it rest before serving it.

America, Israel does not have a formal written constitution. What Israel does have is a set of “Basic Laws” which have been passed since the country’s founding in 1948 and have “the weight of constitutional laws,” he told JNS in July. One “can’t legislate a law which contradicts a Basic Law,” said Fuchs, who believes that is the case with the proposed bill to ban free newspapers.

As such, the notion that the bill’s preliminary passage in the Knesset could imminently shut down Israel Hayom might be premature.

According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “to become law, a regular state bill must pass three readings in the Knesset,” while private bills have four readings.

Voice of Israel radio’s Knesset insider Jeremy Saltan, who is also a Central Committee member of the Jewish Home party, explained on the “Josh Hasten Show” that the bill’s next destination is the Knesset House Committee, which must review the law and send it back to the Knesset for another vote, followed by another House Committee review and a final Knesset vote. The next Knesset vote might not be imminent because the House Committee is chaired by MK Yariv Levin—a member Netanyahu’s Likud party.

Matinee Musicale presents Ilya Kaler and Alon Goldstein in concert at Mayerson Jewish Community Center In the second concert of its 102nd season, Matinée Musicale is pleased to present violinist Ilya Kaler and pianist Alon Goldstein on Thursday, December 11, 11 a.m. at The Mayerson Jewish Community Center.

Ilya Kaler, making his Cincinnati debut, is the only violinist to win gold medals at three highly prestigious competitions – The International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, 1986), The Sibelius (Helsinki, 1985), and the Paganini (Genoa, 1981).

He has received enthusiastic reviews for both his distinguished solo performances and highly acclaimed recordings.

He has performed with major international orchestras, and his solo recitals have taken him throughout Europe, Scandinavia, East Asia, and the former Soviet Union.

Also an active chamber musician, Kaler has performed for several summers at the Newport Music Festival. One of the most sought after teachers in the world, he has been a Professor of Violin at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, Indiana University School of Music and is currently a Professor of Violin at DePaul University School of Music in Chicago, Illinois.

Alon Goldstein, winner of numerous competitions, is one of the most original and sensitive artists of his generation, admired for his musical intelligence and dynamic personality.

His artistic vision and innovative programming have made

WHY IT MATTTERS from page 10 Jewish people were never anchored in the state’s foundational laws,” Likud Knesset member Zeev Elkin wrote in the earlier version, which he drafted.

Netanyahu has long demanded that the Palestinian leadership recognize Israel as a Jewish state, something it has refused to do. Elkin wrote that the law “is doubly important especially in times when some seek to negate the right of the Jewish people to a national home in its land.”

Why is the bill so controversial?

Opponents of the bill worry that it will prioritize Israel’s Jewish character over its democracy.

Israel’s Declaration of Independence defines it as a Jewish and democratic state, a dual man-

Ilya Kaler and Alon Goldstein

him a favorite with audiences and critics alike. He made his orchestral debut at the age of 18 with the Israel Philharmonic under the baton of Zubin Mehta.

In recent seasons he has performed internationally on major stages, including Carnegie Hall, as well as in festivals. In addition to solo recitals, he has performed in concerts with the Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio - including an engagement with Matinée Musicale. He has conducted master classes and was a featured panelist at the 2010 Conference of the League of American Orchestras. A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, he studied with Leon Fleisher and served as his assistant – a position assigned only to Fleisher’s most exceptional students.

date that has sometimes been a tough balancing act. Opponents worry that the bill will further alienate Israeli Arabs, who make up about a fifth of the population, fomenting discord in Israel and giving ammunition to Israel’s detractors.

In particular, some Israeli legal scholars oppose sections of the bill that say legislation should be inspired by Jewish law and that courts should look to Jewish law in cases where civil law provides no clear answer.

“Israel is a nation-state whose vision has three essential ingredients: Jewishness, democracy and human rights,” Hebrew University law professor Ruth Gavison wrote in a government-commissioned report on the bill that was released last week.

“The nation-state law is likely to

22 • OBITUARIES D EATH N OTICES BERNSTEIN, Dr. Susan D., age 61, died November 18, 2014; 25 Cheshvan, 5775.

WICK, Florence, age 89, died November 19, 2014; 26 Cheshvan, 5775.

BUCHHEIM, Gerd, age 89, died November 23, 2014; 1 Kislev, 5775.

SUSAN BERNSTEIN from page 1 say that a person lives on through their deeds and through the lives they have touched Susan (and the whole Bernstein family, really), embodies this truth. She is part and parcel of our school and always will be.”

Susan was active in many other Jewish organizations that raised tzedakah for the community. She was an avid supporter of the Breast Cancer Bricks Along the Journey project, founded by her late sister Ellen B. Ganson. Susan and her mother Miriam were instrumental in the creation of Women for Positive Change. She generously supported Camp Kesem, a non-profit camp geared to children who have or have had a parent with cancer. She was an active member of Northern Hills Synagogue (B'nai Avraham).

Dr. Susan Deborah Bernstein, age 61, passed away November 18, 2014 surrounded by her family and loved ones. Loving daughter of Miriam G. Bernstein & the late Dr. I. Leonard Bernstein, beloved wife of Howard Ain, devoted mother of Aaron, Joel (Alyce), Rachel & Marissa Ellison & stepmother of Jason & Andrew (Emily) Ain, dear sister of Dr. David (Cheryl) Bernstein, Dr. Jonathan (Lisa) Bernstein & the late Ellen (Michael) Ganson, loving grandmother of Layla Ellison & Theodore Ain, loving aunt, cousin & friend. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions to The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, c/o The Howard Ain & Susan D. Bernstein Philanthropic Fund, 8499 Ridge Road., Cincinnati, OH 45236 would be appreciated.

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THANKSGIVING from page 6 “one person” is saved.

As to Abbott’s efforts and the attention they are being given, Baigelman said he was bringing “awareness” to the situation.

It has.

Besides the headlines, and Steven Colbert lampooning the city, on the other side of the country, in San Diego, Calif., just days after Abbott becomes national news, Rabbi Yael Ridberg in an online “Torah Talk” saw a parallel between Abbott’s actions and that of one of the forefathers.

KOSHERFEST from page 6 Passover breads, which are made with potato flour instead of wheat to circumvent Passover’s prohibition against “chametz,” or leavened foods.

Some of the non-Passover breads were specially marked as “mezonot,” meaning they are made with fruit juice rather than water, thus consumers are not required to wash ritually and recite the blessings PARIS from page 7 summer during Israel’s war with Gaza.

The community recorded 527 incidents in the first seven months of this year; there were 423 such incidents in all of 2013.

Most violent acts in 2014 have been perpetrated by people of Muslim background, according to Sammy Ghozlan, founder of the National Bureau Against Anti-Semitism watchdog group.

“Over the past 20 years, Muslims have taken over from the far right when it comes to violent acts,” he told JTA. Patrick Klugman, a human rights lawyer who serves as a deputy mayor of Paris and a former head of France’s Jewish student union, said: “We had terrible anxiety, of historical proportions, over the very future and sustainability of the Jewish community of France, and what would happen to France itself — two concerns that are intertwined. Now it’s time to reflect. And while the situation is dire,

“I felt for a moment that I was reading a modern-day story of Abraham,” wrote Ridberg of the Reconstructionist Congregation Dor Hadash.

When I spoke with her, Ridberg explained that in the Torah portion Vayera, Abraham is sitting in his tent in the heat of the day, and as three strangers approach he “leaps up” and “runs to greet his guests.”

“It didn’t matter what was going on his life, he had guests to attend to,” she said.

Listening to the rabbi, I saw the parallel: Abbott in his way was leaping up, too, and that feeding the hun-

gry in public was his own take on hospitality.

Abbott “has a certain calling to feed the hungry,” even though he lives in a city that “has told him, and everyone else, this is against the law,” Ridberg said. “He is not deterred.

“Our Torah teaches us that we are to take care of the poor, the stranger, the widow,” and that “we are obligated to remember the heart of the stranger,” she said.

“To just arrest a 90-year-old man for feeding the hungry and not address the underlying issues that have caused hunger and homeless-

ness in America, I think is not the whole equation. How about getting more resources to the local homeless shelters?”

And what about providing more food and support, I thought, especially before Thanksgiving, to the programs run by Abbott and Baigelman, as well as to others across the country who feed the hungry?

Later, rolling through the supermarket, I realized that to save that one person, I would need to make my own leap.

before and after meals. Mezonot rolls are commonly used on airplanes for kosher meals, therefore diners can avoid getting up and navigating past seatmates and food carts to find a sink before eating. At Kosherfest, the mezonot breads included full loaves of rye.

Not all the exhibitors at Kosherfest were food companies.

Kosher certification agencies came, including one all the way from Australia. A payment process-

ing company offered free shoe shines to those willing to hear a pitch. And Haynes Lubricants operated a booth promoting its lubricating oils for machines used in food preparation.

The most frenzied moment at the convention came near the end, when exhibitors prepared to pack up and leave. Consumers rushed forward to grab some final free samples, including items that previously had been for display purposes only. After a

mad rush for the Bissli and Bamba snack bags at the Osem display, a few women emerged with their goody bags full and their wigs slightly askew.

“It was definitely more intense than I was used to,” said an employee of a promotional company who works helping exhibitors at food conferences who identified herself only as Suzie.

the Jewish community has more friends than it knows. This is an attempt to show it.”

The conference included a lunch session with Latifa Ibn Ziaten, the Muslim mother of one of three French soldiers killed by the Islamist Mohammed Merah before he murdered another four people — three of them children — at a Jewish school in Toulouse in 2012. Ziaten spoke of her indignation when she hears young Muslims speak of Merah as a martyr.

“I can’t believe my ears and I tell myself this is simply not possible in the France I know,” she said.

Chalghoumi told listeners of a recent incident in which a young man gave him the thumbs-down sign from some distance.

“This time, I went over and tried to ask him why he would do that. He told me to go to my Zionist friends,” recalled Chalghoumi, the imam of Drancy, near Paris. “Then he told me ‘goodbye, Mr. Rabbi.’ “

Notably, back in 2010, Chalghoumi was the target of scores of Muslims who burst into a prayer service he was leading and yelled, “We are going to liquidate him, this imam of the Jews.”

To Chalghoumi, “anti-Semitism and the indifference to it are part of a bigger crisis afflicting French society, also visible in the departure of hundreds to fight as jihadists in a war which has nothing to do with real Islam,” he said in reference to young men and women who left for Syria since 2011. The French daily Le Figaro put their number earlier this year at 250.

As noted during the lunch, these and other factors resulted in the growing popularity of the far-right National Front party, which many perceive as anti-Muslim, not only in the general population but also among Jews. Its founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen, has been convicted multiple times for hate speech and Holocaust denial. But with

his daughter, Marine, at the helm, the party has courted the Jewish vote.

One person working to solve issues of interreligious discord is Martine Ouaknine, president of the CRIF’s Nice-based office. At the conference, Ouaknine showcased a recently launched scouts group for Muslim, Jewish and Christian children.

While the CRIF convention highlighted France’s “republican values” and its longstanding embrace of secularism, it also named Muslims (as well as far-right and far-left voters) as more susceptible than others to antiSemitic views. Conference organizers revealed the results of surveys conducted in recent weeks by the IFOP polling company. Among the findings: 74 percent of the more than 1,500 respondents who self-identified as observant Muslims agreed that Jews have too much influence on French economics, compared to 25 percent in the general population.

DEAL? from page 16

damage that might be done once the Republicans take control of the Senate in January.

Republicans, however, have launched an immediate push to secure the approval of Congress for any deal. We can also expect a fight if the president decides to use any of his executive powers to override congressional pressure.

In that sense, failure to reach a deal on November 24 should be welcomed, because the only deal that can be made in the limited time remaining is a bad one.

True, it would mean that Obama’s ambition of a historic peace with Iran falls by the wayside. But what the president understands as peace will—for

other countries in the region like Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—be interpreted as the green light for further Iranian expansion in the Middle East. It would also be a game-changing shift in the regional balance of power that an eventual Iranian nuclear weapon would usher in.

Thankfully, our federal legislators seem to understand the stakes involved here. For the time being, then, the main brake on Iran’s further accumulation of power and influence lies in the U.S. Congress.

cabinet, “Iran has made its utmost efforts and made the necessary adjustments to its demands and we hope that all the P5+1 countries, particularly the U.S., which occasionally seeks excessive demands in the nuclear talks, will understand the circumstances.”

In other words, shut up and make a deal.

President Barack Obama, sadly, may not need much convincing. By writing secret letters to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Obama has proved that he wants a final accord, and getting one on Nov. 24 will, he calculates, limit the

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