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Shalom Family presents the Potato Pancake Arty Party It will be perfectly fine for kids to color outside the lines when Shalom Family presents the Potato Pancake Arty Party, a free Festival of Lights celebration of artrageous proportions, on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 3 p.m., at the world famous Cincinnati School for the Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA). The SCPA will become Shalom Family’s private playground for the afternoon where kids will get a giant hands-on helping of dance, music and visual and performing arts. They’ll create their own mini-masterpieces and participate in a Tall Painting project with Art Workshop, have a chance to dance and sing with Grammy nominated children’s entertainer, Zak Morgan, build their own drum with Music Kids, make edible and wearable art, do cartooning, clay-play and spin art, and become a karaoke and rock band star. Plus, all aspiring dancers will get to try out their fancy footwork by participating in the popular party game, Dance, Dance Revolution. “This event offers the perfect way for kids to tap into their artistic side,” says Julie Robenson, Shalom Family coordinator. “And where better to host it than at the SCPA, which has produced notable graduates in virtually every artistic field, including award-winning actors, directors, singers, dancers and musicians, including Nick Lachey, Sarah Jessica Parker and others. We are so fortunate to have one of the premiere public arts schools in the country right here in Cincinnati, and are glad to have this chance to showcase the school and its brand new state of the art facility.” Shalom Family is an initiative of The Mayerson Foundation and hosts some of the largest family events in the Jewish community. They are always free and take place
at some of the most popular familyfriendly venues in town. Shalom Family also offers Sensory Sunday playgroups twice a month at
er, a Baby’s First Jewish Holiday board book, a fork and spoon set, and a variety of other Jewish cultural and ritual items for families with
families in the Jewish community with children 12 and younger in which at least one parent is Jewish. Siblings and grandparents are always
“We are so fortunate to have one of the premiere public arts schools in the country right here in Cincinnati, and are glad to have this chance to showcase the school and its brand new state of the art facility.” Julie Robenson
Gymboree in Mason and free Shalom Baby Starter Kits, which include gifts and goodies such as a “Tushy Towelettes To Go” contain-
children 2 years and younger. The Potato Pancake Arty Party is free with advance reservations to the Shalom Family website and is open to
welcome.To RSVP for this event or to learn more consult the Community Directory in this issue for information on how to contact Shalom Family.
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JVS/CCN offers Job Search Boot Camp for college students Is the prospect of looking for a job after college daunting? Help has arrived! The Jewish Vocational Service Cincinnati Career Network (JVS/CCN) is conducting a Job Search Boot Camp specifically designed to address the needs of prospective job seekers as they
anticipate completing college and moving into the “real world.” The workshop will be held Tuesday, Dec. 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Jewish Vocational Service in Blue Ash. There is no cost to attend and food is provided! The JVS/CCN career consultants will direct this informative
program covering topics such as preparing for a job search using self- and career-assessment instruments; researching specific industries and jobs matching your qualifications and career objectives; accessing jobs in both the “visible” and “hidden” markets; creating résumés, cover letters and other
written materials leading to interviews; preparing for job interviews; identifying networking groups for job leads—and support—during your job search.The overall objective? Learn how to land that job! Space is limited, so for more information or to register for the
Mollie Newman joins Adath Israel as Youth and Family Program Coordinator After a career in the television and film industry in Los Angeles and New York, Mollie T. Newman has returned to her hometown to become the Youth and Family Program Coordinator of Adath Israel. “I am thrilled to be part of the staff of Adath Israel because it is an amazing synagogue and organization where people can grow, share, learn, make lasting friendships, and of course have fun,” she said. Newman, a graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in film/video studies and history, plans to use the skills she gained working as a producer for documentary and reality television shows for Discovery Networks and others in New York City and Los Angeles. Growing up in Cincinnati, Newman said she formed a “great sense of Jewish identity” which she
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Academy), Adath Israel religious school classes, and services at Golf Manor Synagogue. “Yavneh gave me a great foundation for the Hebrew language and for Jewish traditions,” she explained. “With my experience in coordination and my strong Judaic background, I can produce and execute top notch programs for the youth and family of Adath Israel,” said the former Jewish camp counselor. In addition to being the USY advisor, she coordinates four youth groups: USY for grades 9-12, Kadima, grades 6-8, Atid, grades 3-5, Jewish Stars, K-2, Mazel Tots, newborn-K, and Kiddush Club and Tot Shabbat for newborn-grade 2. She will also be involved with such family oriented events as congregational Shabbat dinners, the Martin Luther King Day program, Purim Carnival and the Family Retreat.
Northern Hills Hazak features Mariah Woodwind Quintet The Mariah Woodwind Quintet will be featured when Northern Hills Synagogue - Congregation B’nai Avraham holds its monthly HaZaK program for seniors on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The program and lunch will take place at the Synagogue, beginning at noon. The Mariah Woodwind Quintet plays music ranging from light classical to American popular songs and seasonal selections. For this program, the group will include the music of two of their favorite composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Irving Berlin, as well as special selections for Hanukkah. The quintet donates proceeds from its performances to LINKS—Lonely Instruments in Need of Kids—at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music, which takes old instruments and refurbishes them for use in the public schools. “HaZaK” is an acronym, with the letters standing for the Hebrew words “Hakhma” (wisdom),
The Mariah Woodwind Quintet plays music ranging from light classical to American popular songs and seasonal selections. For this program, the group will include the music of two of their favorite composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Irving Berlin, as well as special selections for Hanukkah. “Ziknah” (maturity) and “Kadima” (forward). The HaZaK programs are for adults 55 and older, and are open to the entire community. In addition to members of Northern Hills, many attendees have come from the Jewish Community Center, Cedar Village,
Brookwood Retirement Community and throughout Greater Cincinnati. There is no charge for the program and lunch, but donations are greatly appreciated. For reservations or more information, please call Northern Hills Synagogue.
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sung and played by Adath Israel’s house band, Shir Ami. Dara Wood is also a singer in the band along with band director Mitch Cohen, Debra Feldman, Debbie Lempert, Judy Levenson, Tiffany Mannion and a number of musicians recruited from the congregation. “This evening is our way of saying thank you to our members,” Dara said. It is also a way to introduce prospective members to Adath Israel. New members have described the Chanukah dinner as a “fun, informal way to interact with different people in the Adath Israel community and a nice introduction to the Adath Family.”
One Candle for Tzedakah at the J, Dec. 18 Take advantage of the rare opportunity to enjoy a concert by the internationally known a cappella singing group, The Maccabeats, and also help those in need on Sunday, Dec. 18 at the JCC. Enjoy a performance by this YouTube singing sensation, and bring your new, unwrapped gifts for the JCC “One Candle for Tzedakah” gift drive. The Maccabeats have performed all around the world, including concerts at the White
House and on “The Today Show.” Their mix of pop hits and clever parodies, done with their intricate harmonies, creates a unique, fun concert for the whole family. This month you can also support the JCC “One Candle for Tzedakah” gift program. It is an annual project that helps hundreds of less fortunate children and teens. This year your donated gifts will be distributed via Jewish Family Service, Mindel Konstam, Bikur Cholim and ProKids.
“Many of our clients find buying presents for their children during the gift-giving holidays is a luxury they cannot afford. When we hand out the ‘One Candle for Tzedakah’ gifts, these parents’ faces light up. This program helps children in these homes enjoy the holidays as children should be able to do,” stated Beth Schwartz, executive director of Jewish Family Service of Cincinnati. Families wishing to augment the experience by providing gifts
to individuals or families with specific requests or needs should contact Jewish Family Service directly about their Snowflake Gift Program. Parents who are struggling financially can choose particular gifts their children need and want. It may be a new pair of pajamas, a coat or boots to play in the snow. For more information about The Maccabeats or “One Candle for Tzedakah” gift drive, call the Mayerson JCC or visit their website.
NHS Shabbat service focuses on courage Northern Hills Synagogue Congregation B’nai Avraham will conduct Shabbat morning services on Saturday, Dec. 17, using its popular Chavurat (learning partner) Shabbat format, including a variety of educational and religious programming options alongside the standard traditional service. In anticipation of Hanukkah, which will begin during the following week, the theme of the
morning will be “Gevurah,” which means courage or heroism. “In our time, the Maccabees have become a symbol of Jewish heroism and military strength. While we honor them, we should also remember that there are many different kinds of courage or strength. In Pirkei Avot, for example, we read, ‘Who is strong? One who controls his impulses.’ On Dec. 17, we’ll explore some of
these different kinds of courage,” noted Rabbi Gershom Barnard. Parallel to the Torah reading — Parashat Vayeshev—Rabbi Barnard will conduct an in-depth study of the Torah portion, and Tracy Weisberger, director of Education and Programming, will present “Parasha for Kids.” Additional segments will include congregant Abe Messer’s speaking about his experiences in the Israel
Defense Forces, and a discussion about being in the minority. Following the service, there will be a congregational Shabbat luncheon, free and open to all who attend. No reservations are required, and participants will join to sing Shabbat and Hanukkah songs. The service will begin at 9:30 a.m. For more information about the service call Northern Hills Synagogue.
JCC Winter Break Camp and New Year’s Overnight is perfect solution for parents, children have fun and exercise with interactive games, foosball and air hockey. Campers should bring a swimsuit, lunch, and drink each day. Parents may choose as many days as they like. There are also optional day trips to fun places where kids can play laser tag games and enjoy snow tubing for an additional charge. Working parents will appreciate the daily before and after camp options that allow drop-off as early as 8 a.m., and pick-up as late as 6 p.m. Either or both are available each day for an additional fee. Wondering how to keep the kids busy on New Year’s Eve? Drop them off at the J! The New Year’s
Eve Overnight is from 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31, to 8 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1. Kids in grades K – 5 and grades 6 – 8 will have their own unique celebrations. There will be special activities, fun games in the waterpark and gym, inflatables, a movie, and breakfast in the morning. At midnight the festivities include a bubbly toast and noisemakers! “It is so convenient and beneficial for the both of us. He really likes the activities, all the camp counselors, and he has a great rapport with them. The camp keeps him busy. He will definitely be coming back this year,” said Tonya Baldwin about her son, Darnell.
“Many parents tell us they wouldn’t know how to entertain their kids during the holiday break except for the Winter Break Camp and New Year’s Eve Overnight. Parents know their kids are safe and having fun while they are at work or busy during the holiday season,” said Matt Miller, JCC Youth and Family Coordinator and Director of Camps. “And parents can enjoy their adult New Year’s Eve parties while their kids have their own celebration at the J.” For more information about Winter Break Camp or the New Year’s Overnight, contact Miller or visit the JCC’s website.
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applesauce from her own recipe,” Dara said. The home-cooked menu also includes pasta with marinara sauce, salmon, vegetables, salad, and sufganiyots (fried jelly filled donuts). The evening begins with a Friday Night Live service featuring spirited, uplifting music and Israeli dancing. The sing-along service, inspired by Shlomo Carlebach’s joyous melodies, will generate ruach throughout the auditorium with tambourines, bongos, congas and other drums. It’s a perfect way to welcome Shabbat and Chanukah. Carlebach’s melodies will be
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Rob Wood and my mother-in-law Pat Wood-Byer who wanted to do something special with the Fund they created in Herb’s memory,” explained Dara. “Herb would have been so proud to know that these dinners have brought so many Adath Israel members and friends together to enjoy Shabbat.” Not only does the Herb Byer Memorial Fund underwrite the entire event, which is free to members, their guests, and prospective members, but the evening is truly a family event. Dara, her parents, in-laws, and Adath Israel members cook the dinner themselves. “My Mom makes latkes and
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The third annual Chanukah Shabbat dinner on Dec. 16 at 5 p.m., sponsored by the Herb Byer Memorial Fund at Adath Israel Congregation, has become one of the synagogue’s largest events. “The Fund has sponsored two dinners yearly for the past four years and they have grown from 150 people when we first started to 430 last year at the Chanukah dinner,” said Dara Wood, chairperson and daughter-in-law of the late Herb Byer whose family have been Adath Israel members for several generations. “The idea to have these dinners was the brainchild of my husband
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What is Gesher? It truly takes a village to raise Jewish children. Religious school, tutors, rabbis, teachers, cantors, the list goes on. But perhaps the most important ingredient in this sacred task is parents. For over a decade, Wise Temple has been running an innovative program to help support parents in their roles as teachers to their children. Gesher, Wise Temple’s family education program, helps bridge the gap between temple and home offering families opportunities to learn and participate together in a wide range of Jewish experiences. Each Gesher class is divided by grade and consists of 20-25 families. Each grade meets with their families on Sunday mornings five times a year. For the first hour, parents learn with the rabbis about the same topic their kids are studying in their classrooms. The second part brings students and parents together working, studying, interacting and having fun around the same topic. Each and every Gesher session is filled with creative activities, active learning, community building and tons of resources and ideas to bring home and try out. The Gesher program involves families from second to sixth
Gesher, Wise Temple’s family education program, helps bridge the gap between temple and home offering families opportunities to learn and participate together in a wide range of Jewish experiences. Each Gesher class is divided by grade and consists of 20-25 families.
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‘Clarity’ or inconsistency? Conservatives debate surging Gingrich By Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON (JTA) — On the campaign trail, Newt Gingrich has given his fellow Republican presidential candidates a wide berth, often going out of his way to praise them. Instead of attacking his rivals, Gingrich has focused his fire on President Obama. The strategy appears to be paying off. The former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, all but counted out last summer when his frustrated campaign team abandoned him, has come back from the political dead to pull ahead of Mitt Romney in the polls. Whether Gingrich has been up or down in the polls, one area in which he has been assailing the president’s record is foreign policy, specifically the Middle East. In a June 12 speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition, Gingrich said he would bring foreign policy “moral clarity” that the Obama administration has lacked. “Today the greatest obstacle toward achieving a real and lasting peace is not the strength of the enemy or the unwillingness of Israel to make great sacrifices for the sake of peace,” he said. “It is the inability on the part of the Obama administration and certain other world leaders to tell the truth about terrorism, be honest about the publicly stated goals of our common enemies and devise policies appropriate to an honest accounting of reality.” Gingrich’s RJC speech came at the nadir of his campaign, when key campaign staff left him for, among other reasons, his decision to take a long Greek holiday when other candidates were busy stumping. The speech reflected the fact that one of Gingrich’s most stubborn redoubts of support has been among Jewish conservatives,
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The rise in the Republican presidential polls by Newt Gingrich, shown speaking at a GOP leadership conference in Las Vegas on Oct. 19, 2011, has refocused attention on his foreign policy statements.
many of whom were still appreciative of the checks he put on the Oslo peace process in the mid1990s when he was House speaker. Chief among the checks was a law that recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Gingrich has said that his first act as president would be to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Some major Republican Jewish donors committed to other candidates only after it seemed that Gingrich was not really in the running. But Gingrich is not counted out any longer. According to polls, he leads Romney in early caucus and primary states such as Florida, Iowa and South Carolina, as well as nationally among Republicans. Gingrich’s surge has resulted in a new focus on his past statements and actions. A veteran of decades in public life, Gingrich has a long record that his opponents are now trawling through for ammunition to use against him. His foreign policy views have not been immune from such examinations. While Gingrich says that as president he would bring moral
clarity to American foreign policy, critics say he often sends mixed signals on the Middle East. Jennifer Rubin, a conservative Washington Post columnist who backs Romney, dedicated a recent blog post to picking through what she depicted as Gingrich’s flipflopping on the Iraq War. Rubin quoted reports showing Gingrich, as a member of the Defense Policy Board, helping to plan the war in 2002, and then pronouncing Iraq a no-win proposition in December 2003, when support for the war was still high. Rubin said this, as well as Gingrich’s equivocation in 2006 on the American military surge that eventually drew Iraq back from chaos, was his “worst betrayal” of Republicans and demonstrated his willingness to place a premium “on political expediency over national security.” More recently, Gingrich has faced criticism over apparent inconsistencies on Libya. On March 7 he accused Obama of waffling, saying that as president he would immediately and unilat-
erally impose a no-fly zone. When Obama did just that later in the month, Gingrich said intervention was a mistake. In a Facebook post, Gingrich attempted to explain: He wrote that by the time of his earlier remark, Obama had already put American prestige on the line by saying that it was time for Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to go. And therefore at that point, Gingrich wrote, “anything short of a successful, public campaign for regime change would have been seen as a defeat for the United States.” But he suggested that prior to the president’s statement, there were preferable alternatives to American military intervention. Commentators attribute Gingrich’s surge to his strong performance in debates. The former history professor and a best-selling nonfiction writer appears to command a wealth of knowledge on a wide range of topics. “The former speaker of the House is a dab hand at drawing listeners in, for good reason — he showers them with details, facts and history in a degree no candidate in recent memory has even approached,” Wall Street Journal columnist Dorothy Rabinowitz wrote. “Audiences have a way of rewarding such trust.” Other prominent Jewish conservatives, however, are skeptical of Gingrich’s intellectualism and where it has led him. Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer slammed Gingrich for a 2008 television advertisement that he made alongside then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) calling for action against climate change — an ad for which Gingrich has since expressed regret. In his column, Krauthammer wrote that Gingrich had made the ad because he was “[t]hinking of
himself as a grand world-historical figure, attuned to the latest intellectual trend (preferably one with a tinge of futurism and science, like global warming), demonstrating his own incomparable depth and farsightedness.” Krauthammer raised concerns about Gingrich’s electability and described him and Romney as “two significantly flawed front-runners.” Liberals also take issue with some of Gingrich’s manifold political enthusiasms. Matthew Duss, director of the Middle East program at the liberal Center for American Progress, said that Gingrich’s alliance with elements in the conservative movement that see Shariah, or Islamic religious law, as a threat to the American way of life could have profound foreign policy consequences. “He’s presented the challenges in apocalyptic terms, which is a real problem,” Duss said. Gingrich’s freewheeling rhetoric has raised eyebrows, too, in the Jewish community. The American Jewish Committee in May 2010 called on the Republican leadership to condemn Gingrich’s claim in a 2010 book that the Obama administration poses as “great a threat to America as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.” Gingrich at times also appears tone deaf to certain pro-Israel sensibilities. Asked during a Nov. 22 GOP debate whether he would come to Israel’s defense if it should attack Iran, he said, “If my choice was to collaborate with the Israelis on a conventional campaign or force them to use their nuclear weapons, it will be an extraordinarily dangerous world if, out of a sense of being abandoned, they went nuclear and used multiple nuclear weapons in Iran. That would be a future none of us would want to live through.”
Thousands of Chabad emissaries gather for Brooklyn banquet By JTA Staff Writer Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK (JTA) — Thousands of emissaries from the Chabad-Lubavitch movement gathered for their annual banquet in Brooklyn. The almost all-male crowd of about 4,500 at Sunday night’s gala dinner included nearly 4,000 Chabad emissaries from around the world, according to a Chabad spokesman. The event was hosted at a massive port facility building in the Red Hook neighborhood. Guest speaker Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Britain’s chief rabbi, talked about the influence of the late Lubavitcher rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, on his own life. Sacks credited meeting Schneerson with inspiring his
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Britain’s chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, addresses the banquet of the international ChabadLubavitch emissaries conference in Brooklyn on Nov. 27, 2011.
own rabbinic career. He called Schneerson “one of the greatest Jewish leaders not just of our time but of all time.” “Throughout Jewish history there were great leaders, but I know of no precedent for one who trans-
formed visibly and substantively every single Jewish community in the world, including many parts of the world that never had a Jewish community before,” Sacks said. The banquet is a highlight of the annual international Chabad emissaries conference that brings the far-flung representatives back to the Chasidic movement’s home base in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. The banquet’s signature roll call of all the locations served by emissaries highlighted the diverse locations on all six regularly inhabited continents where the Chabad movement has a presence — from Bolivia to Laos to the Congo. The movement’s female emissaries — spouses of the male emissaries — had a separate conference in January.
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Thousands attend the banquet in Brooklyn.
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For rescuers and survivor, a Thanksgiving to remember By Hillel Kuttler Jewish Telegraphic Agency BALTIMORE (JTA) — When Dahlia Jakutiene of Giedraicai, Lithuania, developed a brain tumor in early November, Cheryl Rosen offered to fly the woman she has never met to the United States for treatment. “I was heartbroken when I heard she was sick,” said Rosen, who lives in suburban New York. “Of course we would have brought her here. Whatever was necessary: If she had required financial assistance with [treatment], of course we’d help.” Jakutiene’s tumor proved benign, and she is recuperating nicely. She didn’t need to fly to New York for treatment, but coming through in an emergency is what family members do for one another, and here the matter was personal: Jakutiene’s grandmother, the late Leokadija Ruzgys, and the latter’s three children saved Rosen’s mother, Mira “Mary” Erlich, during the Holocaust. On Nov. 23, at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, Erlich, now 82, got a good look at Ruzgys’ daughter, Egle Bimbirine, 83, and son, Aurimas Ruzgys, 81, for the first time since World War II ended. (Their sister, Meile, Jakutiene’s mother, passed away in 1988.) The siblings embraced their hosts, posed for news cameras and drove off to Rosen’s home in Scarsdale, N.Y., to spend nine days together. On Thanksgiving night, with the dishes washed and the day’s last football telecast attracting the household’s 20-somethings, Bimbirine and Erlich relaxed in the dining room, nursing dessert with their respective daughters, Ida Juraitieme and Rosen. Ruzgys had retired for the night, fatigued by the long flight. “This is my rescuer,” Erlich said, introducing a visitor to Bimbirine. The older women scarcely comprehended the reality of the other’s presence after 66 years. Erlich’s left hand grasped Bimbirine’s right for nearly an hour, continuing to hold on for dear life. “I feel like we’re one family,” Bimbirine said, her daughter interpreting. “I feel as close to them as [to] family because if not for them, I wouldn’t be here today,” Erlich said. “This is what we’ve been talking about all day. You don’t do something like this for someone you don’t care about, only for someone you love.” The two clans were reunited by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, a New York-based organization that honors non-Jews who rescued Jews during the
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Sixty-six years after they last saw one another, Mira Erlich, left, was reunited last week with Egle Bimbirine, who as a teenager rescued Erlich and her parents.
Shoah. At a Manhattan hotel last week, Ruzgys and Bimbirine, along with their late mother and late sister, officially received the Righteous Among the Nations designation from Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust commemoration institution. Seventy years ago, Israel Katz, a bakery shop owner in Giedraicai, rapped at the window of Leokadija Ruzgys in Dudenai four miles away, seeking refuge. His son, Leibel, had been killed by schoolmates following the German invasion, and Israel survived a mass execution. Ruzgys, a widow, had been Katz’s steady customer. Her three children frequently had frolicked with his daughter, Mira, while Ruzgys shopped or attended church. “We played hopscotch or whatever it is that kids do,” Erlich recalled. Ruzgys hid the three Katzes, including Mira’s mother, Berta. Concerned over the family’s food supply and the consequences of harboring Jews, Ruzgys tried limiting their stay to three days. Meile, Egle and Aurimas wailed in support of the Katzes, and their mother relented in a scene that played out periodically under the new living arrangements. When a female approached the family’s remote home from the valley, the Katzes buried themselves in a narrow pit beneath the pantry, with one of the hosts replacing the floor and topping it with a bushel of potatoes. A man’s arrival could mean he’d been tipped off and was coming to arrest them, so the Katzes squeezed into the smokehouse out back. The families dwelled together for three years until an informant blew their cover. Leokadija Ruzgys and the Katzes were jailed, but bribes kept them alive. They were released at war’s end. After four years in a displaced persons’ camp
in Germany, Katz moved his family to the United States in 1950. Until his death in 1984, Katz corresponded with the Ruzgyses. “I never got them out of my heart. They were always there,” Erlich said of her rescuers. “It’s very emotional just seeing them again. About three or four years ago, we almost went there for a visit, but my husband got sick. If not for [the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous], I don’t know if we’d have been together for this holiday.”
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Barney Frank leaves as he served—with a sharp wit By Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON (JTA) — Barney Frank’s talk of retirement was anything but retiring. The veteran Jewish congressman’s announcement on Monday that he would not seek re-election was replete with the same caliber of verbal bombs — lobbed and received — that characterized much of his career. Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, attributed his decision not to run in 2012 in part on what he said was the Republican polarization of the legislative process. The House GOP caucus, he said at his news conference, “consists half of people who think like Michele Bachmann and half of people who are afraid of losing a primary to people who think like Michele Bachmann,” referring to the GOP presidential hopeful and conservative Minnesota congresswoman. “That leaves very little room to work things out,” said Frank, 71, who has served in the House of Representatives since 1981 and in 1987 became the first member of Congress to voluntarily come out
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U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, shown addressing the World Economic Forum in Switzerland in January 2010, announced his decision this week not to run for re-election.
as gay. Frank also cited the redrawing of his district that made it more conservative as a reason for his decision. His critics — among them a phalanx of Jewish conservatives — are not necessarily shedding tears over his impending departure from Congress. Some assailed his role amid the financial crisis as
chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Finance Committee from 2007 until January of this year. Frank is “a quick wit — all too rare on the left,” Joel Pollak wrote on the conservative website Big Government. “Yet,” Pollak added, “his most damaging legacies — the housing crisis, the financial ‘reform’ that
bears his name, and the hyper-partisanship to which he eagerly contributed — outweigh Frank’s positive contributions. How unfortunate that his constituents did not eject him much sooner.” Frank at his news conference at the town hall in Newton, Mass., where he lives, pushed back against such claims, saying that much of the groundwork for the economic crisis was in place by January 2007. But answering the reporter who asked him if he regretted his role, Frank expanded his answer to say that he did have regrets about his time in Congress. And they were substantive. Frank said he rued his vote against the first Persian Gulf War in 1991, as well as approving restrictions on the Internal Revenue Service that he now sees as impeding tax collection. He was no stranger to public regrets. In 1989, Frank expressed contrition when it was revealed that a man he once paid for sex and later hired to do chores and errands had run a prostitution service from the congressman’s Capitol Hill apartment. Jewish community professionals who dealt with Frank said that
In Sherman-Berman race, grass-roots National strength faces off with Capitol Hill heft Briefs By Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON (JTA) — The California race between Democratic congressional incumbents Howard Berman and Brad Sherman is seen as pitting experience against energy, compromise against confrontation and — painfully for many in the Jewish community — pro-Israel stalwart against pro-Israel stalwart. “These are two guys who are extraordinary leaders on issues of importance to those who care about Israel,” said a pro-Israel insider in Washington who, like many others in the community, asked not to be identified in order not to offend either congressman. “Congress will be lessened by one of them not being there,” said the insider, who likened the choice to Solomon’s judgment to split the baby. Berman, 70, and Sherman, 57, currently represent adjacent districts in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. They have been thrown against one another because of the post-census redrawing of California’s electoral map by a nonpartisan commission. Both men reside in the new 30th District, which encompasses most of Sherman’s current district in the western San Fernando Valley. Berman opted not to run in the new 29th District in the eastern San Fernando Valley, which includes
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U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman, shown here speaking at a Washington careers day in September 2010, is facing a tough re-election battle against another veteran congressman, Brad Sherman, in a newly drawn California district.
much of his current district but has a larger Hispanic majority than he now represents. The 30th includes a substantial Jewish community, making it a natural fit for either lawmaker — but not for both. Under California’s election laws, the two top vote-getters in the nonpartisan June primary will face off in the general election. In a strongly Democratic district, that means a Berman-Sherman show-
down in November is likely. While they do have some policy differences on issues such as trade policy — Berman last month supported recent trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia, while Sherman voted against them — both lawmakers are liberal Democrats. The fight between the two congressmen — who never have been close to one another — is shaping up as more about effectiveness and style. Berman, who has served in the House of Representatives since 1983 and exercised considerable political influence locally through his longstanding alliance with Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), has racked up support from Hollywood bigwigs and elected officials. Twenty-three of the state’s 34 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have endorsed Berman, as have Gov. Jerry Brown and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Sherman, a Congress member since 1997, may have fewer highprofile politicians in his camp — his website lists only two members of Congress as endorsers — but he has shown strength on the grass-roots level. Earlier this month Sherman received the endorsement of the Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley, an umbrella group for 27 local Democratic clubs. GRASS-ROOTS on page 22
Chabad rabbi has won his battle to join the U.S. Army without shaving his beard. NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi Menachem Stern, whose approval to serve as an Army Reserve chaplain in 2009 was rescinded because he refused to shave his beard, will be allowed to serve after settling a lawsuit against the military. Stern expects to be sworn into service next week and begin chaplain training in January. Though army policy does allow religious waivers for beards on a case-by-case, the waivers had previously been granted only after the men entered the service clean-shaven. In December, Stern filed a lawsuit against the military after attempts — aided by Senators Joe Lieberman, Charles Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand — to receive a waiver failed. According to the Aleph Institute, a Chabad organization that assists Jewish military personnel, there are currently 37 Jewish chaplains in the U.S. military, including nine rabbis on active duty. The Aleph Institute will be live streaming Stern’s swearing in ceremony on Dec. 9.
his ability to self-correct — the flip side of his acerbic wit and his unwillingness to suffer fools gladly — made him valuable: He was willing to be swayed by good arguments. “Barney was willing to admit when he was wrong,” said Nancy Kaufman, CEO of the National Council for Jewish Women, who for years dealt with Frank in her previous job as director of Boston’s Jewish Community Relations Council. “If he stepped out too far on an issue, he would call the Jewish community leaders to apologize,” she said. “If he didn’t understand all the ramifications, he would check in.” Rabbi David Saperstein, who directs the Reform movement’s Religious Action Center, recalled a few hair-raising encounters with Frank. “He could be scathing in his critique of your view,” he said. “It didn’t mean he was always right, but he would push you hard to defend your position. If you didn’t come really prepared, you’d find yourself in deep trouble. When you came prepared, he respected that.” Al-Qaida claims kidnapping of U.S. aid worker NEW YORK (JTA) — The leader of al-Qaida took credit for the kidnapping of a 70-year-old American aid worker in Pakistan. In a video posted on militant websites, Ayman al-Zawahiri claimed responsibility for the Aug. 19 capture of Warren Weinstein from his home in the Pakistani city of Lahore. Weinstein, of Rockville, Md., is the director in Pakistan for J.E. Austin Associates, a U.S. firm that advises a range of Pakistani businesses. “I tell the captive soldiers of al-Qaida and the Taliban and our female prisoners held in the prisons of the crusaders and their collaborators: ‘We have not forgotten you, and in order to free you we have taken hostage the Jewish American Warren Weinstein,’ ” Zawahiri said in the 30-minute video, which was translated by the nonprofit Site Monitoring Service. Zawahiri, who assumed leadership in June after Osama bin Laden was shot and killed by U.S. Navy Seals, demanded that Israel ends its “siege” of Gaza; that the U.S. stop its airstrikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen; and that all al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners be released. He said Weinstein’s relatives must pressure President Obama to meet his demands “if you want to bring back your relative.” A police official said Aug. 23 that three suspects had been arrested, according to CNN.
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In Detroit, Jewish resurgence led by young aims to transform city By Dan Klein Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Six members of an El Al Airlines crew spoke with students at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., as part of a new program, Nov. 28, 2011. Shown with the crew is Lehi Rothschild, third from right, the Jewish Agency fellow who organized the event.
In their off hours, El Al flight crews are now ‘ambassadors’ By Dan Klein Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (JTA) — A good flight crew requires a certain amount of charm to keep passengers calm during turbulence, emergencies or pretzel shortages. Five El Al Airlines flight attendants and a pilot put those skills to the test Monday at Rutgers University in New Jersey as they fielded questions on their personal lives and on Israel from an audience of more than 100 for nearly two hours. It was the opening event for the El Al Ambassadors program, an initiative to put El Al crews to use during their U.S. layover time to create a positive image of Israel in the United States. The idea is to counteract the negative images of Israel in the news with the personal stories and faces of El Al pilots and flight attendants. “This is a unique opportunity for a Zionist company in the private sector to do something meaningful,” said Alon Futterman, the program’s director and emissary development director at the Jewish Agency for Israel. “You have real people. You have people with families. You have people with the same range of ages talking about real life.” El Al partnered with the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the advocacy group StandWithUs and the Jewish Agency to select 60 El Al crew members from hundreds of volunteers to take part in the pilot program (no pun intended). The event at Rutgers, which boasts one of the largest populations of Jewish undergraduates in the country, was organized by members of the university’s Hillel. Organizers say the El Al vol-
unteers were chosen largely for their eloquence and English skills, but it did not escape the notice of students that the El Al delegation was unusually diverse: two gay men, a Druze Israeli, a woman who sidelines as an aerobics instructor and a pilot who also is a yoga teacher. The six also happened to be particularly attractive. Futterman said El Al crews already have received 20 invitations to speak at events across the United States in 2012. “We weren’t specifically looking for diversity, but it came out that way,” said Daniel Saadon, vice president of El Al’s North and Central America operations. He described the six participants as “the civilian wings of Israel.” The Monday talk largely kept clear of the Israeli-Arab conflict. Questions ranged from what life is like for gay men in Israel — “We live a normal life. The nightlife is better than New York,” said flight attendant Kai Elias — to balancing a flying career with university studies to dealing with ear popping upon descent. The crew members also discussed headier topics such as Israel’s changing society, the tent protests that sprung up in Israel over the summer and the changing role of Zionism. Crew member Yuval Vershavsky, a 34-year-old father of two, said Zionism is now about making Israel “a more just, liberal and secular country.” One of the gay flight attendants, Gilad Greengold, said the only time he had felt the subject of discrimination in Israel was when he and his partner were denied an apartment lease after the landlady consulted with her rabbi. “It’s not very common,” he said. “It’s just something we’ll have to deal with and change.”
DETROIT (JTA) — Blair Nosan grew up in the Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield, attended the University of Michigan and then, like thousands of other young Jews from the beleaguered state, moved away. Though she grew up in a heavily Jewish area Nosan, 26, had felt disconnected both from her Jewish identity and the nearby city, which was undergoing its own debilitating population drain. Over the last decade, 25 percent of Detroit’s residents have taken flight. Some 5,000 young Jews left Michigan between 2005 and 2010, according to a 2010 survey by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. But then Nosan came back. In 2009, she moved to Detroit to work in its burgeoning urban agriculture scene, eventually starting her own pickling company, Suddenly Sauer. Nosan was startled to learn that she was part of a significant migration of young Jews to the Motor City — a young Jewish renaissance that has been as unexpected as it has been successful. It’s evident not just in numbers but in a resurgence of Jewish activity and vitality in the heart of Detroit, including among Jews who had
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Blair Nosan, foreground right, founder of Suddenly Sauer and chair of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue’s Education and Social Action Committee, teaches a sauerkraut workshop at Detroit’s recently opened Moishe House, Nov. 20, 2011.
never been Jewishly active. “I did not expect to find a Jewish community at all,” Nosan told JTA, echoing the sentiments of many of Detroit’s new Jewish residents. “Most of the Jews were living in Detroit as participants in the Jewish community, but with their Jewish identity in mind were trying to fill in the blanks of this long history we had had in the city but weren’t raised with.” Over the last few years, a slew of new programs from the institu-
tional to the grass roots and from suburb to city have blossomed in the Detroit area. Detroit’s first Moishe House opened in June in midtown, and its occupants — five from the suburbs of Detroit and one from Los Angeles — have been holding five or six Jewish events a month. The most recent was a sauerkraut workshop taught by Nosan that attracted 16 people. DETROIT on page 19
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BERLIN (JTA) — Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke was arrested as he was about to speak at a neo-Nazi event in Germany. Duke, who was discovered during identity searches of those attending the event on the outskirts of Cologne, was ordered to leave the country, according to the Die Welt newspaper. In 2007, a ruling originating from Switzerland banned Duke from entering and staying in the contiguous states of Europe, but the 61-year-old Holocaust denier
reportedly was living in Austria since then and came to Germany for the event last week. Duke returned to Austria the day after his arrest, according to Karl Ollinger, an Austrian member of parliament with the Green Party, who according to the Austrian Daily Kurier watches the far-right scene in Austria and takes a special interest in Duke’s activities. The two neo-Nazi organizations sponsoring the event had advertised Duke’s appearance. According to Die Welt, he only held a special transit pass through Germany. Approximately 100 police officers reportedly surrounded some 60
men and women on their way to the event and conducted thorough identity searches when Duke was discovered and arrested. Ollinger told the Kurier that Duke has lived in the resort area of Zell am See since 2007 and said he was planning to question Austria’s Interior Ministry as to why “a leading international figure from the far-right extremist movement can take refuge in Austria when another Schengen country kicks him out.” Duke in recent years has been promoting his racist and antiSemitic views primarily in Eastern European and former Soviet countries.
American-style Jewish fraternities cross Atlantic to Britain By Alex Weisler Jewish Telegraphic Agency LONDON (JTA) — Historically Jewish fraternities are leading the introduction of American Greek culture to the United Kingdom, but not everyone is throwing a toga party for England’s latest import. Over the past year, Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Epsilon Pi — Jewish fraternities whose membership is open to all — have established the first fraternity chapters in the United Kingdom. ZBT established its chapter in May in Nottingham, followed by a second in Birmingham. AEPi has opened chapters in Birmingham, Leeds and at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Except for St. Andrews, the other chapters are city based and open to members from all nearby universities. The fraternities aim to appeal to Jewish students differently from the country’s existing network of Jewish societies, which operate similarly to Hillel chapters in the United States and are organized under the umbrella of the Union of Jewish Students. JSocs, as they are known, focus broadly on serving Jewish students and defending their interests, while the fraternity representatives say their focus will be on social events, volunteering and professional networking. “It’s an unexplored territory for the U.K., so when [British Jewish students] see that and understand they can actually do that through their own means, they become really enthusiastic,” said Steven Senft, AEPi’s director of international expansion. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Union of Jewish Students, which promotes Jewish social life on campus, isn’t sold on the new kid on the block. UJS President Dan Grabiner called American fraternities “alien” to Jewish life at Britain’s universi-
ties and cited concerns about their single-sex nature and connection with binge drinking — a problem that has dogged Britain for years. “From reports of fraternity life in the U.S., it appears that even if it is not their initial intention, they still encourage binge drinking and an elitist culture which is divisive to university life,” Grabiner said. “This, to UJS, does not add to Jewish life on campus.” Laurence Bolotin, the Indianabased executive director of ZBT, said that Jewish fraternities, whether in England or the United States, are “as relevant today as ever.” “They provide college men with an opportunity to bond together, provide service to their campus and to their Jewish communities,” Bolotin said. “Our groups at Nottingham and Birmingham have already become active and engaged in their local Jewish communities and plan on growing that involvement.” Though the fraternities are still small in England — the ZBT chapter at Birmingham has just 11 members and the AEPi St. Andrews branch has nine — they are growing, with expansion efforts planned by both groups to target universities in Manchester and London. Ryan Lipman, 19, a first-year business administration student at Birmingham City University, is the president of the Birmingham ZBT chapter. Lipman, who decided to attend university in large part for its social aspects, said the stereotypes of fraternity and sorority life are not what ZBT is about. “To be honest, all I know about fraternities was literally what I’ve seen in the movies — drinking, the hazing — things that have nothing to do with it at all,” Lipman said. “It’s kind of making friends for life. That’s the main reason I went to university, and I thought this couldn’t hurt it.” Lipman said the organization
also has helped him meet fellow Jews, which can be hard on campuses with small Jewish populations. “There’s 400 people living on my campus and, of that, I know about four Jews and only two of them are guys,” he said of Birmingham, where the ZBT chapter spans several area universities. “You have to make it a kind of citywide one to get the reaction to a Jewish fraternity that we’re aiming to get.” For a variety of reasons, British fraternity life is unlikely to mirror its American counterpart. The chapters are smaller, there are no fraternity houses (yet), and universities offer little support. Public relations representatives from Nottingham and Leeds said they had no knowledge of the new chapters. But frat culture is getting a boost in Britain through a more familiar medium: reality television. “Sorority Girls,” a new British reality show, follows five American sorority women trying to create a new chapter in Leeds. According to the show’s website, the women “must endure weeks of full-on challenges while remaining beautiful and perfectly turned out every single day.” The AEPi chapter in Leeds has reached out to the “Sorority Girls” producers in the hopes of being featured on the show. But despite the boost that such exposure could bring, fraternity leaders say they must be careful to find a balance between playing on fraternity stereotypes and dispelling them. And ZBT’s Bolotin says it’s important to create chapters smartly and sustainably, not just rush into the new frontier of British universities.” “We want to be very intentional about the way that we’re growing there,” he said. “We want to make sure that it’s going to be students that are going to add to our name.”
(JTA) — A German neo-Nazi gang reportedly created a version of the game Monopoly in which death camps were substituted for railroads. The game, called Pogromly, also featured a swastika on the start square and offered players the chance to land on squares marked with the SS emblem. The board also included pictures of Hitler and sinister-looking Jews, The Telegraph reported. The game was discovered in a garage used by the National Socialist Underground, which is accused in the ethnically motivated murder of 10 people. Bomb-making equipment and unused nail bombs also were found there. From 2000 to 2011, the gang
reportedly sold the game sets to raise revenue. The game is believed to be based on the events of Kristallnacht, the November 1938 Nazi pogrom against German Jews. “Holocaust survivors recoiled with horror at the sight of the Monopoly-like board game replete with swastikas, ‘gasworks,’ concentration camps, burning Israeli flags, and grotesque caricatures of Jews,” Elan Steinberg, vice president of the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants, said in a statement. “The game itself is merely a trivial footnote to the monstrous crimes these individuals are charged with, but the visual impact made by this twisted theme on such an innocently remembered childhood item serves to punctuate the all-consuming hatred that drove these people.”
Rabbi Amar raps Clinton’s criticism of Israeli women’s treatment By Marcy Oster Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Chief Sephardic Rabbi Shlomo Amar slammed Hillary Clinton for the U.S. secretary of state’s criticism of the haredi Orthodox establishment in Israel’s treatment of women. “She has no real knowledge of a Jewish woman’s modesty,” Amar told the haredi Orthodox Kol Barama Radio station in an interview Monday. “The Jewish people respect women and treat them like queens and princesses.” Amar also said that segregating men and women on buses is not required by Jewish law, but is done by people who choose to be stricter in their observance. The rabbi said he does not
Israel Briefs Israeli lawmaker says McCarthy was right JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli lawmaker who sponsored a bill to limit funding to left-leaning NGOs said Joseph McCarthy “was right in every word he said.” Likud lawmaker Ofir Akunis told a political television show Sunday night that McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator who presided over a U.S. Senate committee in the 1950s that investigated Americans suspected of sympathy with the communists, “was
oppose women singing in the Israel Defense Forces, but that the request to allow religious soldiers to leave during a recent performance “politely and without any humiliation of course, as the Torah does not insult anyone and respects women,” was not unreasonable. Clinton over the weekend during a closed session of the Saban Forum in Washington reportedly rapped the marginalization of women in Israel, citing the examples of religious Israeli soldiers leaving programs that feature women singing and women sitting in the back of the bus on some religious bus lines. If Clinton had learned from “the right people, scholars, she would see that the Jewish people respect their women,” Amar said. right in every word. The fact is, there were Soviet agents.” Akunis’ bill would ban political organizations in Israel from receiving donations of more than approximately $5,500 from foreign governments and international organizations. Its progress has been frozen in the Knesset at the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Akunis later told the Israeli daily Haaretz that he does not support McCarthyism and said he meant that McCarthy was right about Soviet agents infiltrating the United States. Over the weekend, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized the state of Israeli democracy, referring in particular to Akunis’ bill.
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APPOINTMENTS For 17 years, Appointments has been the place to go for fine pens and more. Located in the Carew Tower, Appointments is Cincinnati’s largest fine pen dealer. They specialize in fountain pens and have 20 different lines in stock. Proprietor Doug Kennedy and his associates Labron Miller and Jay Plogman enjoy talking with people about gift needs. Between the three of them, they have over 50 years experience. Excellent customer service is important to them. They’ll take time with people to find out his or her needs especially with fountain pens. At Appointments, customers can also find items especially for the men on their holiday gift list with wallets, luggage and luggage tags, globes, clocks and walking sticks. They also carry Rookwood Pottery tiles, bookends and more. True to their name, Appointments also carries an array of stationary, journals and calendars. BELL’S HOUSE OF TOBACCO Bell’s House of Tobacco in Symmes Township offers a unique and personable experience for
your fine tobacco needs. The shop carries one of the largest varieties of premium cigars, humidors, lighters and general cigar accessories in the area. Since opening in 1999, Bell’s has been working hard to provide their guests with superior products, knowledge and excellent customer service. Bell’s House of Tobacco is an excellent place for customers new to cigars and pipes and also for customers who want to learn something new as well as the discriminating consumer. With a passion for products and customer service, the staff of Bell’s House of Tobacco is knowledgeable about current and future trends for premium cigars and pipes. Bell’s will take the time to find out exactly what you would like in a cigar or pipe tobacco, and find the best fit for your budget and personal tastes. Still not sure what you want, Bell’s House of Tobacco is accommodating for people to sample wares. The shop has a smoking lounge, a private area dedicated for member guests to be able to enjoy fine tobaccos. With comfortable leather chairs, televisions, and blues or jazz always playing in the store, it’s hard to believe that people ever want to leave.
ELEGANT TREASURES For people looking for Jewish and Hebrew items, this custom embroidery shop offers elegant Jewish treasures. Indeed, the heart of Elegant Treasures from the beginning has been to bring Jewish art into homes. Owner Karen Schiffer was motivated to create objects for the home and infuse them with beauty after being inspired by a book of Jewish art. In business since 1999, Schiffer started her operation with home equipment bought at Kramer’s Sew and Vac. Elegant Treasures has since expanded into commercial equipment in order to handle the demand for her work that continues to grow, even in this troubled economy. Today, they are capable of subcontracting work and screen-printing, and enhancing designs with rhinestones and rhinestuds. The shop is probably best known for a wide variety of Judaica – including kippahs, tallit, challah covers, synagogue Torah table covers, dance dresses and humorous Jewish wear. Custom products in her repertoire include family tree afghans or wall hangings. They have several Hebrew fonts perfect for adding names, lettering and monograms to a variety of items like towels, aprons
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and wall hangings. Beyond Judaica, Elegant Treasures can design and produce custom business identification and promotional products, school spiritwear, sports teamwear and gifts. Owner Schiffer remembers becoming fascinated by design around age 10, when she began designing clothes for her Barbie doll. Schiffer came by business honestly. Her mother, Betty (Isaacs) Roth, owned a gifts, stationary and collectible shop called “Something Else,” in Landen, Ohio for 23 years. Her father, the former Dr. Oliver K. Roth, was a family physician for over 30 years in Blue Ash, Ohio. She grew up in Montgomery and attended local schools. She earned her undergraduate degree at Ohio State and her master’s degree at Miami University in educational disciplines. Schiffer worked as a physical education/health teacher and coach before she went on to raise her family in Cincinnati. After her children were on their own and that phase of her life was done, Schiffer returned to her first love – design – by starting Elegant Treasures. Now every day holds the potential of giving her creativity an outlet and the promise of watching the pleasure customers derive from seeing their design in stitches. GATTLE’S Located on Cooper Road in Old Montgomery, Gattle’s has been in Cincinnati since German immigrant, Henrietta Gattle, began selling imported lace curtains door-to-door here. Over the years Gattle’s business grew to include a location in Michigan, and another in Florida, while her product lines of luxury fabrics and other items grew to encompass bath, bedding, sleepwear and lingerie as well as table linens, soaps, fragrances and gifts. Its reputation is based on assembling an array of fine linens – the finest cotton from Egypt; intimate apparel by the best
designers. Popes and presidents have been customers. Henrietta and her son, Otto, opened Gattle’s first storefront in Cincinnati in 1920 on West Seventh Street in downtown Cincinnati. This was one year after Henrietta opened a store in Petoskey, Mich. to serve her customers there. In the 1950s they opened stores in Florida and North Carolina. In 1964, the company began to print and distribute catalogues nationally. Third generation owner, Tom Gattle, sold the Michigan and Cincinnati stores to family friends, the Cheneys, 25 years ago. Barbara Cheney said, “We have always strived to make our stores a place where customers’ comfort is never compromised.” KRAMER’S SEW AND VAC Kramer’s Sew and Vac has been in Cincinnati since 1947. At its store on Montgomery Road, in the Kroger anchored shopping center across from the Camargo Cadillac, Kramer’s offers a comprehensive array of products and services for those who love to sew, embroider and quilt. They also carry a complete line of sewing furniture. Included in their services are classes in all sorts of fabric crafts as well as access to designs. Every month Kramer’s offers a full calendar of classes and events. In addition to sewing products and services, Kramer’s stocks 40 different models and nine brands of vacuums. Trade-ins are welcome, and warranty work is done in the store. They repair and service most major brands of sewing machines and vacuums, and they are an authorized Bernina and Brother Sewing Machine repair center. Kramer’s offers a sharpening service for knives, scissors and pinking shears with a one-day turn around as well. Pricing is a major focus of Kramer’s – at or below the discount stores.
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Fine food, friendliness and family atmosphere at Padrino By Sondra Katkin Dining Editor As a denizen of Milford, the coolest little enclave in greater Cincinnati, it’s a pleasure to write about Padrino, an excellent example of local casual dining. Here in this small city, you discover a historic district with buildings restored to resemble their original design. Its main street contains an eclectic collection of enterprises that include antique shops, cupcakeries, bakeries, candy shops, tea and coffee emporiums, a custom dress design boutique, gift shops and restaurants; housed in all their period finery, and now further enhanced by the holiday decorations — a virtual parade of 19th century stationary “floats.” Restaurant commentary typically applauds the small business folks whose families support their dining establishments; Padrino exemplifies family. Their chef, Court Thomas is the brother of owner, Hunter Thomas, a prize winning sommelier; their manager, Neil Barraco, is the brother of executive chef, Paul Barraco. In addition, many of their recipes are handed down by their mothers, aunts and grandmothers. This promotes a warm, friendly atmosphere which I greatly appreciated on the chilly, rainy day of my visit. Paul Barraco described their pizzas as “non conforming” since they are handmade and not always a perfect circle. I sampled the bruschetta pizza, “one of our best,” according to Barraco. More oval than round, it had a juicy, creamy, herbal flavor. “All of our crusts are thin with butter, garlic and parmesan,” he added. I learned that there are several types of mozzarella, with fresh being less “gummy,” softer and creamier. A whole milk cheese, it’s a bit more expensive than the normal shredded variety but worth it to achieve a superior tasting pizza. In addition, the bruschetta has generous slices of tomatoes, liberal shavings of fresh basil and a sprinkling of oregano and parmesan. They are added at the last minute for extra taste. “Cincinnati Magazine” got wind of these delicious pizzas and awarded them placement (at number six) on their top 10 list. They have a nice variety of vegetarian pizzas, frequent pizza specials and what Barraco calls “interesting” pizzas such as the hot brown pizza and the grilled cheese and tomato soup pizza. Some great imaginations are at work here. I was sorry that I couldn’t bring my sample home for my husband Steve who can eat no gluten, but I did have other treats for him (roast beef and salad). Speaking of gluten, the bread on the roast beef giardiniera sandwich is not to be missed. As a Philadelphia girl who grew up on hoagies and pizza steak sandwiches, I wondered where I would find that crusty roll with just the perfect
(Clockwise) Creative chefs, Court Thomas and Paul Barraco; Decorative front entry of Padrino; Perfectly crunchy bread meets meat of high quality with tangy and spicy veggie topping; Sweet crunch in the “L.L.” salad and creamy cheese flavor in bruschetta “hand thrown” pizza.
amount of bread texture inside. Padrino has it. They import it from New York and bake it fresh. “This is a proper vessel for sandwiches,” Barraco commented. You can identify this bread when you touch the crust and large pieces actually flake off. Then you hear the crunch when you bite into it, and the flavors don’t get lost in a lot of dough. It’s filled with melt-in-your-mouth slices of angus beef covered with marinated minced cauliflower, carrot, banana and jalapeno peppers and garlic. There is homemade au jus for dipping, and if that’s not enough (it is) you can add their original hot sauce. In Sicily, when we asked for crushed red peppers, they served us a hot oil mixture. Padrino has improved on this concept with a 100% red Fresno chile sauce they call “Dark Star” (Hunter Thomas’ creation). Barraco explained, “It’s a very strenuous process with a lot of cutting that yields a nice fluid sauce with a good balance of sweet and hot.” I loved it on my pizza; it added an extra layer of savory savoir faire that was quite salubrious. The selection of salads includes Caesar, garden, antipasti, their own version of Caprice salad with basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella to
which they add a crisp mix of greens tossed in tomato basil vinaigrette. I sampled the “L.L.” salad. I learned the letters stand for ladies’ love but I was assured that men love it too. No wonder. The homemade candied almond slivers added a sweet crunch to a nice variety of greens with feta cheese. There were thinly sliced red onions too. Since I am onion averse, I was hesitant to try them but they were so thin and well blended into the other ingredients, I could appreciate their slightly hot bite without being overwhelmed. I also enjoyed the craisins which were chunkier than the tiny red “dot” you normally get. It was accompanied by a lovely brioche shaped garlic knot, a delicious foil to the bright flavors of the salad. You can add chicken to your selection since “things are so customizable,” according to Barraco. The Barraco’s Italian heritage shines through in their homemade meatballs and marinara sauce. I was informed that the sauce cooks for three hours and consists of San Marzano tomatoes, the cadillac of tomatoes because of their low moisture content which creates a thicker sauce. Their meatballs are light, slow cooked and handmade
with pieces of bread, no bread crumbs. They also make their own ricotta cheese for the lasagna. In the Italian tradition, the restaurant is frequently filled with families. Other diner drawing delectables are their comfort food specials such as lemon roasted chicken with rosemary garlic potatoes and salad, meatloaf and pot roast with big chunky vegetables and gravy from natural juices. Regular features are creamy tomato basil soup, several varieties of chicken entrees and spaghetti combos. Neil Barraco told me they have four revolving kegs for beer on tap to keep everything fresh, along with a wide selection of bottled beers, including Yuengling. People are enjoying all the varying subtle flavors available from micro breweries. There is always a featured beer and pizza on their blackboard. Neil enjoys creating herbal infused cocktails such as sage, sage and basil or lemon basil martinis along with the other choices of cocktails and wines. On Saturday evenings they feature live music that ranges from five or six piece bands to singer composers. An eating challenge is also available for seriously competitive ruminators. They have
a wall of fame/shame with plaques denoting the “lucky” winners who were able to down two pounds of spaghetti, one pound of marinara, one pound of meatballs and four garlic knots. They win a Padrino tee shirt, their $30 dinner is free and they receive a gift card. I have been to this restaurant many times and have always enjoyed the delicious food, friendliness and family atmosphere. Steve enjoys their antipasti with chicken and now I think he will order the roast beef sandwich (without the bread of course). Padrino does catering and has a private room that seats up to 35 people. Padrino is open Monday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., on Tuesday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. for the kitchen; the bar and band with pizza available by the slice till 1 a.m. Happy hour is Monday to Thursday from 4–6 p.m. with half off beers, discounted appetizers, house wines and cocktails. There is off street parking behind the restaurant with a convenient rear entrance. Padrino 111 Main Street Milford, OH 45150 513-965-0100
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Dear Editor I walked into Montreal, Canada’s Notre-Dame Basilica and was awed by gold-tipped carvings, statues, a magnificent altar. I sat in a pew, for a few minutes, trying to take in the splendor of such a structure. I imagined a Hollywood-type wedding where guests rose as a bride glided down the aisle, rose petals at her feet, and Prince Charming touching her arm as both kneeled in the surroundings of vaulted ceiling and glamour. Adding to the magic, I mused about the massive organ sounding out the traditional wedding march, and a Mass in Latin with incense waving and priestly robes on clergy, and echoes bouncing from gilded walls. As a little girl, I saw my neighbor in her pretty Communion outfit ready to go to her Catholic church. I wondered why I couldn’t have such a bridal dress and headpiece, and a wafer put in my mouth, and even walk into a big, big church. Definitely, I believed, people, on bent knees asking to be blessed, have to feel a great presence of the Almighty in huge buildings with stained glass windows. My synagogue was first just a room above a shoe-repair shop; a house on Northern Blvd. in Queens County, NY, was later converted into the shul with classrooms from original bedrooms. A velvet drape with gold embossed letters, saying ‘in memory of’ and a name, was the equivalent of an altar cover. Certainly didn’t look either spiritual or splendid like a church’s altar.
My mind visualized parts of my past as I sat on a rear-seat in the Notre-Dame Basilica. Hm. Could I whisper my private thoughts amid these distractions of art and architecture? Might I constantly stare at polished wood pews and glittering gold decoration rather than a prayer book? Could I twirl a grogger in here, or march around doing dancing movements during Simchat Torah? This Basilica was beautiful; my little shul, with the center of attention being the Torah scrolls adorned with silver breastplates, was beautiful. I didn’t realize this growing up. I assumed that trappings tapped into religious souls, whatever a soul was anyway, and someone as powerful as the maker of the entire universe just would prefer a palace to a converted house; it still looked like a house no matter what the mailing address label said. For the girls’ confirmation, we thirteen year olds put on white robes like the ones worn for high school graduations. The congregation was seated in what had been a master-bedroom, our chapel, and we girls climbed the fire escape to make our special entrance to the bima. The outside staircase wasn’t easy to navigate in the ankle length robe with its flowing sleeves, but I pretended to cope well. What would a girls’ confirmation be like in Montreal, Canada’s Notre-Dame Basilica? Oh my gosh, a fairy tale. Oh my gosh would I have remembered little details of my religious rite of passage, and the small leather Bible given to me by the Ladies’
Guild that continues to hold family birth/death dates, had I been in a majestic building like this? People near me were speaking French; I didn’t understand them. I was not allowed to learn Hebrew as a girl and smiled, hearing the foreign language, that I wouldn’t have understood the very same persons had they been speaking Israel’s official language. The church was a gorgeous art gallery and museum and complete escape from a real world, but, for me, didn’t allow reverence. Maybe, as a little girl decades ago, I would have felt the same had I walked into the house of worship my neighbor attended; I never considered that before and it seemed to surprise me. My maternal grandma scolded me when I stubbornly refused to cross a street and walk another sidewalk because I would actually be in front of a reform synagogue. And, at about age ten, I so wanted to peek into the one near Central Park in NY but didn’t as I sensed my grandmother’s presence and heard, in my mind, her scolding words. Yet, in a Montreal tourist attraction, as an adult, I still felt my identity; why did my mother’s mama think I’d change my religion at age ten if I ambled by a non-orthodox place? Childhood instruction, services, and where I was married took place in that house converted into a synagogue, and I was connected to simple yahrzeit plaques and an eternal light. Sitting in that space in Montreal, I first realized my roots LETTERS on page 22
T EST Y OUR T ORAH KNOWLEDGE THIS WEEK’S PORTION: VAYISHLACH (GENESIS 32:4—36:43) 1.) Where did Esau live? (Two answers) a.) Israel b.) Edom c.) Babylon d.) Egypt e.) Land of the Philistines
c.) River Yabok 4.) Where did Jacob sustain an injury during this fight? a.) Hip b.) Shoulder c.) Foot
2.) How many men accompanied Esau to meet Jacob? a.) He went alone b.) 120 c.) 400
5.) Where is Rachel buried? a.) Jerusalem b.) Hebron c.) Bethlehem
3.) Where did Jacob fight an angel? a.) Mount Hermon b.) Edom
Extra Credit) Who was Eliphaz? Where else does his name appear in the Bible? (Hint: He befriended a man who is a symbol of suffering.)
ness which brings healing” Rashi 5.) C—35:19 E. C.) 36:10-12—Eliphaz was the son of Esau and the progenitor of Amalek, the nation which later attacked the Israelites after their Exodus from Egypt. He was also a friend of Job and had philosophical discussions with him about why the righteous suffer.
Remember Terri Schiavo, the “vegetative” Florida woman who, as a result of her husband’s insistence and a court order (over her parents’ objections), was removed from life support and died in 2005? “Vegetative” patients—people who, due to disease or accident, are unresponsive to stimuli—are considered by many to be less than truly alive. Last year, though, a group of European scientists employed something called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which shows cellular activity across brain regions, to demonstrate that four patients in a group of 54 diagnosed as vegetative were in fact hearing and thinking — and could actually communicate — answering yes-or-no questions about their lives — through mental effort. And now, the prestigious medical journal The Lancet has published a study demonstrating that three severely brain-injured people thought to be in an irreversible “vegetative” state showed signs of full consciousness when tested with a relatively inexpensive, widely available method of measuring brain waves. The researchers used a portable electroencephalogram (EEG) machine, which picks up electrical brain activity in the brain’s cortex, or surface layer, through electrodes positioned on a person’s head. The research team gave 16 “vegetative” people simple instructions, to squeeze their right hands into a fist or wiggle their toes when they heard a beep. The tasks were repeated up to 200 times. In healthy people processing those instructions, the EEG picked up a clear pattern in the premotor cortex, the area of the brain that plans and prepares movements; the electrical flare associated with the hand was distinct from that associated with the toes. Although the three supposedly vegetative people could not move their fingers or toes, their brains showed precisely the same electrical patterns. Of course, even in the absence of evidence of any brain activity detectable by machines we have now, no one can know what degree of consciousness persists in a body unable to move. But a diagnosis of “permanent vegetative state” can make it lawful to withdraw assisted nutrition and hydration — in other words, to starve the patient to death. A different issue is “brain death”—a diagnosis of irreversible
cessation of all brain function, which modern medicine and secular law consider sufficient to permit the “harvesting” of organs before removal of life-support. In the eyes of halacha, can such a patient, whose heart is still beating, in fact be considered a warm corpse? Some rabbis say yes. But many of the most prominent halachic authorities, including Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt”l, and yibodel lechaim, Rav Yosef Elyashiv, disagree. Leading halachic lights in the United States who concur with those poskim include Rabbi Herschel Schachter and Rabbi J. David Bleich. (Halacha, to be sure, does not always insist that life be maintained; in some cases of seriously ill patients, even those with full brain function, it even forbids intercessions that will prolong suffering. But Judaism considers life precious, indeed holy, even when its “quality” is severely diminished. And so, halacha does not permit any action that might hasten the demise of a person in extremis. And, needless to say, it forbids removal of vital organs from a patient not deemed by halacha to be deceased.) Back in 2005, Princeton University Professor of Bioethics Peter Singer was asked by The New York Times what todaytaken-for-granted idea or value he thinks may disappear in the next 35 years. He responded: “the traditional view of the sanctity of human life.” It will, he went on to explain, “collapse under pressure from scientific, technological and demographic developments.” The professor, unfortunately, is likely right about society’s regard for human life — particularly as life-spans increase, insurance costs rise, and demand for transplantable organs intensifies. Human beings run the risk of morphing from holy harborers of souls into… commodities. Ironically, though, Singer may be wrong about technological developments. As events of late have shown, the creative use of technology can upend our assumptions about things like “vegetative” patients, and act as a brake on the “progress” of the commoditization of human life. Would an EEG have yielded any sign of consciousness in Terri Schiavo’s unresponsive body? Doctors say it is unlikely, that her brain was likely too deeply damaged. But of course we’ll never really know.
ANSWERS 1.) A,B—32:4, 36,6-8 Esau left Canaan because Isaac blessed Jacob that he would inherit Canaan. Ramban 2.) C—32:7 The men went alongside Esau, but were not one with him. R Bchai 3.) C—32:23 4.) A—32:26 The injury started to heal at sunrise (32:32), “a sun of righteous-
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Written by Rabbi Dov Aaron Wise
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by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel — “I am the Lord of Beth El, where you annointed a monument and where You made me a vow. Now, — arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth” (Gen 31:13). After more than two decades away from home, Jacob has finally extricated himself from Laban and the comfortable, materialistic exile which his uncle created for him. He hears a Divine voice commanding him to go home and Jacob plans “to go back to my father’s house in peace.” So he sets out for Hebron where Isaac had lived with Abraham (Gen 35:37), and where the initial familial charge had been given. However, although Jacob takes his leave of Laban at the end of the portion of Vayetze, it is only after stopping off at Seir, and then Sukkot (which suggests continued wandering) then Shekhem for an extended stay, then Beth El where he builds a monument, then Bethlehem where he buries his beloved Rachel, and finally Migdal Eder — only after all these stops and way-stations does he finally return to his father’s home four chapters and many adventures later. What took him so long? What is the Bible teaching us in detailing this long delay? Jacob asked G-d to return him to his father’s house “in peace.” Jacob’s early years were certainly not peaceful; his relationship with twin-brother Esau was tense; and his relationship with his father Isaac was too. Jacob felt unappreciated and unloved by his father and he felt guilty toward his father as a result of his deceptive masquerade in the guise of Esau to steal the birthright. Most significantly, Jacob was not at peace with himself and with his G-d. Yes, Abraham had also been an aggressive fighter, who came from behind with only a small militia to defeat the four terrorist kings; and yes, the heir to the Abrahamic birthright would have to act courageously and even militantly to see to it that compassionate righteousness and just morality would dominate the world order. But, even though
SHABBAT SHALOM: PARSHAT VAYISHLACH GENESIS 32:4 -36:43
Jacob’s early years were certainly not peaceful; his relationship with twin-brother Esau was tense; and his relationship with his father Isaac was too. Jacob felt unappreciated and unloved by his father and he felt guilty towards his father as a result of his deceptive masquerade in the guise of Esau to steal the birthright. Esau had sold him the birthright for a bowl of lentil soup, hadn’t Jacob taken unfair advantage of his brother’s hunger? Would not compassionate righteousness have suggested that he give him the soup without charge? And is it morally just to pretend to be someone else and deceive your father into giving you the birthright? Although Rebecca had proven to Isaac that Jacob could utilize the hands of Esau to claim his rightful birthright — making use of those grasping hands of Esau can potentially strangle the Divine voice of Jacob, the wholehearted and scholarly image of G-d within. This is clearly what happens to Jacob in Labanland, where he out-foxes the sly and foxy Laban himself. This is why the angel in his dream calls him back to his birthplace, reminds him of his earlier idealism, and returns him his truest original self, the wholehearted dweller in tents. But Jacob must repent before he returns to his father; he must go to Seir where he returns the “blessing” to Esau whom he addresses as his master and elder brother (Gen 33:11). Jacob must disgorge the Esauism and Labanism which has almost penetrated the essence of his being. He does this in the wrestling match which takes place within his own self, when the image of G-d is returned to his innermost soul (33:10). Yes, he can and should achieve aggressive mastery over the strong and powerful evil forces of Esau and the angel of Esau (Yisra-el), but with yosher — moral integrity for G-d wants righteousness, “Yashar-el.” He goes to Shekhem, where — despite the rape of his daughter, Dinah, he refuses to behave with duplicity to Shechem (the rapist)
and his father. Indeed, he roundly condemns Simeon and Levi for deceiving their city into circumcision only in order to weaken and eventually kill them Jacob is demonstrating that he has now learned the importance of honest confrontation, the lesson of being “straight,” up front and not a “heel-sneak.” Jacob is forced to bury his beloved Rachel because she did not confront her father honestly. He should have pointed out that since her husband — and not her brothers — had secured Laban’s wealth in livestock, he, Jacob, deserved the household gods which represented the right of inheritance. Rachel also stooped to deception, and Jacob had sworn that whoever had stolen the gods deserved to die! Finally, Jacob realizes that his eldest son, Reuben, slept with his concubine Bilhah to demonstrate that as the eldest son of the first wife Leah, he deserved the birthright, rather than his younger brother Joseph, the first-born son of Rachel. By favoring Joseph, Jacob had done to Reuben what his own father had done to him. Now Jacob realizes that in setting patterns of behavior in his desire to be Esau, he is in no small way responsible for Reuben’s transgression. Now he is finally able to appreciate and forgive Isaac’s favoritism. Simultaneously, he understands that his father can now forgive him just as he is now forgiving Reuben. Jacob is able to return to his father “in peace,” finally leaving the family tensions, jealousies and hatreds behind! Shabbat Shalom Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Chancellor Ohr Torah Stone Chief Rabbi — Efrat Israel
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SOMETHING FUNNY; SOMETHING SCHMALTZY “The Sitter” stars JONAH HILL, 27, as a college student (“Noah Jaybird”) who is suspended from school, goes home, and is coaxed into babysitting for the three young kids next door (boy and girl siblings and a foreign student living with the neighbors). Noah’s hot girlfriend (ARI GRAYNOR, 25) calls him just as he starts watching the kids and tells him to meet her at a party. Noah takes the kids with him and a wild night, including being chased by drug dealers, ensues (opens Friday, Dec. 9). ERIN DANIELS, 38, has a supporting role, playing the kids’ mother, the sexy Mrs. Pedulia. Born Erin Cohen in St. Louis, Daniels is instantly recognizable to fans of the former Showtime series, “The L Word.” She co-starred as Dana Fairbanks, a pro tennis player who died of breast cancer during the series’ 3rd season. “New Year’s Eve,” directed by Garry Marshall, is very much like his 2010 hit, “Valentine’s Day,” which was killed by critics, but did great at the box office. Like “Valentine’s,” it features interspersed stories of couples and singles seeking romance on a holiday. The huge cast includes SARAH JESSICA PARKER, 46, LEA MICHELE, 25, and SARA PAXTON, 23. It looks like, from the trailer, that Michele (“Glee”) belts out a song to the Times Square crowd (opens Dec. 9). Paxton, a pretty lithe blonde, co-starred in “Aquamarine” (2006) and the 2009 re-make of “Last House on the Left.” Both her parents are dentists. Her mother, who was born and raised in Mexico, was born Jewish. Her father is a convert to Judaism.
remembered as the waiter in “Casablanca” (1943). Sakall’s three sisters died, sadly, in the Holocaust. Sakall never played Santa, but easily could have — and then I started to think — were there other Jewish actors who could have lit up a Christmas celebration or eight nights of Hanukkah parties with their cheery bulk? Hill (formerly) and Sakall are two. Here are six others: ED ASNER, 81. This gruffly funny fellow actually played Santa in the hit XMAS 2003 movie, “Elf.”; MAURY CHAYKIN (19492010). Best known for playing TV’s Nero Wolfe; Chaykin played a very chubby and lovable Jewish uncle in the sweet film, “Unstrung Heroes” (1995); JON FAVREAU, 45. Like Ed Asner, he goes up-and-down weight-wise. He can be “zaftig zany”; MAURICE GOSFIELD (1913-64). Built like a matzo-ball with legs, he’s best remembered for playing the hapless Pvt. Duane Doberman on the hit ‘50s sit-com, “Sgt. Bilko”; JEROME “Curly” HOWARD of the Three Stooges. Need I say more?; and, of course, ZERO MOSTEL (1915-77), who’s comic genius was as ample as his waist line. Mostel, by the way, co-starred as a Jewish comedian who is a victim of the ‘50s Hollywood blacklist in the excellent 1976 film, “The Front,” directed by the late MARTIN RITT. It co-stars WOODY ALLEN (who didn’t write the film) as a cashier who’s paid to put his name on TV scripts written by blacklisted writers. The film was “selected” by actress WINONA RYDER, who is TCM’s “guest programmer” this month. It airs on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 8PM. This well-paced film has some humor, but it’s a searing drama at its heart. Ryder will intro this film and three others that follow it that night.
PORTLY AND JEWISH Several mental strands came together as I was writing this column. First, I noticed that Jonah Hill (above) was still roly-poly when he filmed “The Sitter.” He didn’t dramatically slim down until later this year. Then I watched a feature about films and specials on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) this month. Mentioned was a new documentary on Christmas films and a clip of a film co-starring one of my all-time favorite character actors — S.Z. SAKALL (1883-1955). Sakall was born in Hungary. Quite rotund, with fat, dimpled cheeks and a double chin, he was so cute that he was often billed, “Cuddles” Sakall. He’s best
SPIRITUAL SUSTENANCE Actress MAYIM BIALIK, 35, (TV’s “Blossom”; Amy Fowler on “Big Bang Theory”), who has a UCLA doctorate in neuroscience, will teach a live on-line class on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 9AM EST, entitled: “Eight Ways to Connect to G-d through Food: A Personal Journey.” She’ll discuss how she combined her experiences with food with her journey to observant Judaism. The class is open to all women and girls, but space is limited. Sign-up for the class or watch a recording later on the Jewish learning website HYPERLINK. Check out the site even if Bialik’s class is not quite your dish or cup of tea.
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FROM THE PAGES 100 Y EARS A GO Among the betrothals announced during the past week are those of David J. Joseph, son of Mrs. Joseph Joseph and Miss Emily, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Aram of Lexington Avenue, Avondale; Walter Klein and Miss Francis Weil; Rabbi Horace J. Wolf of Rochester, N.Y., to Miss Ruth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Levi of Prospect Place, Avondale. Mr. Jacob Strauss, a longtime and highly respected resident of this city, died in Chicago, on December 3, after a short illness. The funeral took place from his late residence, 1394 Myrtle Avenue, Walnut Hills, Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Grossman officiated in the Chapel of the United Jewish Cemetery. The deceased is survived by three sons, Jerome, Harry and Ned, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Strauss and Mrs. Dr. Bernard Katz of Chicago, Ill. Cincinnati friends have received cards announcing the arrival on November 29, of Jeanne Nettle Gidding, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Gidding, of New York City. Cincinnati is unique among cities of the first-class in the United States, in that it permits the driving of hogs in the day-time through its streets, and its principal streets at that. This is an oportunity for a much needed reform. — December 7, 1911
75 Y EARS A GO Lester A. Jaffe is the nominee for presidency of Cincinnati’s Rockdale Avenue Temple, the election being a part of the program for the congregation’s annual dinner Sunday, Jan. 24th, at the Hotel Sinton. He is to succeed Adolph Rosenberg, president the past two years, and has been on the board eight years. Other choices are Morton J. Heldman, vice president, and Stanley Klein, re-election as secretary, and Julius W. Freiberg, reelection as treasurer. Joseph Schwartz, 52, passed away at his home in Dayton, Oh., Saturday, Dec. 5th. Mr. Schwartz was a former Cincinnatian and was a former representative of the Keilson Tobacco Co. of Dayton. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Evelyn Schwartz, of Dayton; two sisters, Mrs. L. W. Dargul and Mrs. Harry Litt, Hamilton; and seven brothers, Dr. A. L., Dr. B. and Pat Schwartz, all of Cincinnati. Services were held at Weil’s Monday, Dec. 7th, Rabbi Samuel Wohl officiating. Miami Lodge 46, F. & A. M.,
installed the following officers Wednesday, Dec. 2nd, at Scottish Rite Auditorium: Messrs. Sol Kaplan, worshipful master; Nicolas Golusin, senior Warden; Schachne Wittstein, junior warden; Dr. J. B. Falk, senior deacon; Harold Baron, junior deacon; Sidney Karp, senior steward; Albert L. Weinstein, chaplain; Sam Rouda, treasurer; J. Weinberg, secretary; Jack Radin, tyler. — December 10, 1936
50 Y EARS A GO Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bass, 1310 Paddock Hills Avenue, have returned following a two-month stay in Israel and a visit in Europe. Mr. Bass was in Israel at the invitation of the U.S. State Department International Co-operation Administration as a national quality control survey consultant to Israel’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He is manager of advanced quality control engineering at General Electric’s large Jet Engine Department here. Officers of the Alfred Bewttman Foundation for Urban Planning were re-elected at the annual meeting at the Queen City Club. They are Walter A. Draper, president; Ladislas Segoe, vice president; James L. Magrish, secretary, and Max Hirsch, treasurer. Judge Gilbert Bettman, Bleecker Marquette, Mr. Hirsch and Mr. Magrish were re-elected to three-year terms as trustees. Judge Benjamin S. Schwartz of Juvenile Court was elected president of Queen City Lodge 4, Fraternal Order of Police Associates on Tuesday night, Dec. 5. Judge Schwartz succeeds Judge Charles S. Bell as president of the organization. He has been serving as chairman of the entertainment committee of the lodge. Judge Schwartz was nominated by both the Blue and White ticket nominating committees. Other unopposed nominees included William Hyman, secretary; Alfred D. Meitus, a trustee. — December 7, 1961
25 Y EARS A GO Four million dollars in Israel Bonds were purchased at the Dec. 7 dinner paying tribute to Oliver W. Birckhead, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of the Central Trust Company, as Israel Bonds Man of the Year. Led by a generous commitment by Central Trust, the community responded in terms unequalled at previous Man of the Year dinners making the event “the largest night
ever experienced in Israel Bonds history in the city,” announced Mark Alan Greenberger, Israel Bonds chairman. Former United States Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, Jr. was guest speaker. Juanita S. Rosenbaum of 1164 Cheyenne Drive passed away Dec. 1. She is survived by her husband, Morton I. Rosenbaum; two daughters, Diane N. Resnick of Chicago and Ruth L. Rosenbaum of Cincinnati; and a granddaughter Julia Jennifer Resnick. — December 11, 1986
10 Y EARS A GO Vera Sanker, volunteer for Jewish Family Service (JFS) was honored as a finalist for the Community Quarterback Award by the National Football League’s Cincinnati Bengals. The award is an NFL-wide volunteer recognition program that has donated nearly $1 million to community organizations served by outstanding volunteers. Agencies nominated outstanding volunteers for the award and a panel from the Bengals chose the finalists. Sanker has served on the JFS board for more than 40 years, volunteering as an officer of the board in almost every capacity and on almost every agency committee. She has advocated for the adoption program, resulting in growth in families and services offered. JFS received $1,000 from the Bengals on behalf of Sanker’s volunteerism. In 1909, they were European immigrants without families, or farm girls coming to the city to study or work in factories. In the 1940s they staffed industry while the men were off to war. In the new century, they may be students who also need to hold jobs, new divorcees starting over, widows who can no longer maintain their former homes or recovering addicts who need a safe, clean environment while they get on their feet. Through all the changes, the Anna Louise Inn in downtown Cincinnati has filled that need. Founded by Cincinnati Union Bethal as a “Hotel for Working Girls,” the Inn was a logical extension of CUB’s Settlement House and lunch program for women factory workers. When the need for women’s housing became apparent, Anna Sinton Taft (by the mores of that time, Mrs. Charles Phelps Taft) donated both property for the Inn, which sits across Pike Street from the Taft Museum, and funds to begin operating it. Women who were rapidly taking industrial jobs at well below that of their male counterparts soon filled the Inn and its waiting list. — December 6, 2001
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by Zell Schulman Makes 4 dozen large or 6 dozen small cookies Mrs. Polakoff’s visits to Cincinnati came with tins filled with cookies and strudel. She was an excellent cook and her son Abe sang with our Cincinnati Opera Company. One year, I asked if she would teach me how to prepare these delicious cookies made with oil. Because they’re made with oil, they are especially significant at Chanukah and have become a favorite with my family. Ingredients 2-1/2 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup sugar 3 large eggs 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon vanilla
DETROIT from page 9 At a bar in Royal Oak, a suburb near Detroit, Rabbi Leiby Burnham began a weekly program in 2007 called Torah on Tap to talk about Judaism in a bar setting, with the drinks paid for by an anonymous donor. Starting with seven people, the event now draws as many as 100 per week. The most striking example of the transformation of Jewish life in Detroit is at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, the last remaining synagogue in the city. Detroit once was a major hub of Jewish life, with 44 synagogues. But after race riots in the 1960s
Method 1. Sift the flour, baking soda and sugar together in a medium bowl. Grease a baking sheet or cover it with parchment paper. 2. Place the eggs, oil and vanilla into the food processor or large bowl of your electric mixer. Process or beat until well mixed. Slowly add the sifted ingredients. When the dough begins to form a ball around the knife or the beater, stop and remove it. A humid or rainy day may require additional flour. Add no more than 1/4 cup. 3. Remove the dough and roll it in a little flour, then form a ball. Divide this into 3 pieces, and allow it to rest 10 to 15 minutes. Preheat the oven to 325°F. On a lightly floured board, roll the first piece of dough about 1/4 inch thick. Cut the dough with cookie cutters and place them on the prepared baking sheet. Continue with the remaining dough. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until they turn a little brown on the edges. Remove and cool on a baking rack. Store in an airtight container. Zell’s Tips: Should you wish to decorate the cookies with colored sugar or sprinkles, press them into the dough with a flat spatula or brush the tops with an egg wash, then decorate the cookies and bake them. To prepare an egg wash, mix 1 egg plus a teaspoon of cold water together in a one-cup measure. and economic decline, most of the city’s whites — Jews included — left for the northern suburbs, repeating a pattern taking place in cities across America. In 2008, the 90-year old conservative shul was in dire straits — open only once a week, often unable to assemble a minyan and without a rabbi (the last one had died in 2003). The board was considering packing it in and selling the historic four-story building. “Some didn’t think we had a future,” said David Powell, who has attended Isaac Agree for decades. “We continued to plod along until reinforcements came.”
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Carpe Diem: ‘Seas’ The Day PART 4 OF A SERIES There are said to be only three places in the world with a Mediterranean climate: The actual Mediterranean coast…Catalina Island, California…and the coast of Chile around Santiago. And, if you work it right, you could enjoy the best of The Med’s climate 12 months of the year. During spring, summer and fall, that glorious Mediterranean climate is yours for the asking on the Mediterranean coast or on Catalina Island. However, when winter’s chilling blasts blow in, enjoying a Mediterranean climate takes a little more doing. That fete involves flying down, or cruising to, Santiago, Chile in the dead of our winter…when it is mid-summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Silver Sea’s Silver Whisper afforded me that opportunity this past winter when she sailed me from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso, the port for Santiago. Once a city little known to North Americans, in the last few years Santiago has become one of the great places to visit in South America. Back-dropped by the majestic Andes Mountains, this capital of the Republic of Chile is a bustling, vibrant metropolis of 6 million people. An interesting bit of trivia about the country of Chile itself is the fact that it is the longest, slimmest country in the world. Stretching 2604-miles from north to south, it is only 150-miles wide at its widest point. It has been said that if Chile were a man, he would definitely be a star basketball player. In Santiago, Colonial structures abut soaring skyscrapers. Tangled electric lines, resembling those seen in third-world countries, are reflected in the facades of sleek glass skyscrapers. Horse-drawn wooden carts click-clack along the same tourist routes as Mercedes limos. In recent years, visitors to Santiago have been impressed with its smartly designed hotels, sophisticated shops, contemporary restaurants, stunning street sculptures,
and modern museums. For those whose taste in hotels runs to elegant old-world decor, the Ritz Carlton should be your hotel of choice. Located in one of Santiago’s most exclusive neighborhoods, El Golf, the hotel boasts a huge fitness center and stunning swimming pool area beneath a glass-enclosed rooftop. Whether you are overlooking the mountains in the afternoon, or the dazzling city lights in the evening, it is the perfect place to relax after a hectic day in the fascinating city of Santiago. If a drop-dead, contemporary, avant garde lifestyle is your choice, head for the W Hotel. A sushi lunch in W Hotel’s Osaka Sushi Bar was the best sushi I’ve ever eaten. Be sure to check out the gift shops in both hotels. The only purchases I made in all of Chile were in the gift shops of the Ritz Carlton and W hotels. Both hotels are located in the upscale El Golf neighborhood. Once a traditional neighborhood, El Golf is now the most luxurious area of the city. It is resplendent with its displays of street sculptures and decorated park-like benches scattered along the avenues. The vibrant metropolis of Santiago, a geographically gifted city, is easily accessible to sandy beaches, the Pacific Ocean, ski resorts, vineyards and snow-capped mountains. It also offers a plethora of attractions within the city itself. Downtown Santiago is the city’s center of government. In the blink of an eye, the historic Plaza de Armas will transport you from Colonial times to the present. The Plaza de Armas is framed by the National History Museum, the Cathedral of Santiago, the main Correos de Chile (Chilean Post Office) and the Presidential Palace. Carbineros (policemen on horseback) sit at attention on wellgroomed horses; children jump over silvery rain puddles; and dogs splash in the circular granite fountain. Devotees of Cincinnati Chili and chili-dogs please pardon my pun…but these are the original Chile-dogs! Approximately 30 museums in Santiago exhibit a faithful representation of its cultural wealth. There is something for everyone…everything from the Chilean pre-Columbian Art Museum, to the Sephardic Jewish Museum, to the Museo de la Moda, a museum devoted to fashion. The latter is housed in a 1960s modernist glass building, once the family mansion of textile merchants. It showcases approximately 10,000 garments including a black strapless gown worn by Princess Diana, a conical bra designed for Madonna and a tutu that belonged to Margot Fonteyn. San Cristobal Hill (Cerro San Cristobal) offers a spectacular view of the city. At the bottom of the hill
is the Metropolitan Zoo. You can walk, run, bike or drive to the hilltop Metropolitan Park. If those options don’t work for you, there are always the telefericos (aerial cable cars) that will zip you up the hill. The Central Market (Mercado Central), founded in 1872, is a most popular attraction in Santiago. Evoking the spirit, warmth and hospitality of Chile, it is surrounded by fish markets and restaurants. The Central Market is a must for those who crave a fresh seafood meal cooked according to ancestral recipes. Another interesting attraction in Santiago is one that, hopefully, most visitors will never see in action. Bomba Israel is a Jewish fire company created in 1954. With its motto of “Overcoming,” it attends to emergencies in five communities of Santiago. The Jewish community (less than 10,000 people) has supported Bomba Israel not only with material donations but with the massive contribution of young people that has given strength, prestige and efficiency to the fire company. Time permitting, if you are a lover of good Chilean wine, you might enjoy a day trip to visit one of the Chilean vineyards in the valleys surrounding Santiago. Or, if you’re into seeing all the superlatives the world has to offer, you can drive 60 miles west of Santiago to Chile’s San Alfonso del Mar resort that boasts the world’s largest swimming pool. This “Big Dipper” covers 10 acres and stretches half a mile long. A sandy shore and an ocean dotted with sailboats surrounds swimmers in the gargantuan pool.
(Top-bottom) A typical Sunday atop San Cristobal Hill; Carbineros (police on horses)/Plaza de Armas/Santiago; The original “Chile Dog” bathes in front of the Presidential Palace.
Janet Steinberg is an award-winning Travel Writer, International Travel Consultant, and winner of 38 national Travel Writing Awards.
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This Year in Jerusalem Audi A4—luxury you can afford Singer Says
by Phyllis Singer For the past few months Israel has been going through a crisis in its medical system — although it has not affected Jerusalem. The agreement under which doctors in public hospitals were working expired in the spring, and negotiations for a new agreement were long and arduous. The hospitals in Jerusalem — Hadassah, Sha’are Tzedek and Bikur Cholim — were not affected since they are private hospitals.
“The key component in medical professionalism is the primacy of the interests of the patient and the community over those of the physician.” Dr. Shimon Glick
(It’s a complicated system; they are private hospitals maintained partially by nonprofit organizations, but open to the public and covered by the national health system. Hospitals in the rest of the country are maintained by the government, and thus the hospitals and their staffs have to negotiate with the Finance Ministry for operating funds and salaries.) A new nine-year agreement between the Finance Ministry and the Israel Medical Association, representing doctors in the public hospitals, was signed in August. However, residents in these hospitals were dissatisfied with the agreement and the terms that it
imposed on the residents. As a result, they threatened to resign en masse and turned in resignations to their respective hospitals, leaving hospitals understaffed and forcing cancellation of non-urgent surgeries and other medical procedures. In response to the state prosecutor’s request that the National Labor Court issue an injunction against the resignations, the court denied the validity of the mass resignations and ordered the residents back to work. Next, the residents turned in individual resignations, but the Labor Court once again denied their validity. The residents then appealed to Israel’s Supreme Court, which ruled that the case had to be submitted to negotiation and appointed mediators. Currently, the case is in mediation. (It may be possible that by the time you read this article on Dec. 8, the dispute may have been solved. And, then again, maybe not.) Do doctors have the right to strike? A very interesting op-ed article on the subject appeared recently in The Jerusalem Post written by an Israeli doctor with a Cincinnati connection — Dr. Shimon Glick, professor emeritus of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, who is married to former Cincinnatian Brenda Rubenstein, the sister of Esther Deutch. Noting that the right to strike is “so engrained in modern societies that it is unlikely to change in the near future,” Professor Glick asks, “Are strikes by physicians different than strikes by other groups?” His answer: “I believe that physicians are indeed different. They deal with human lives [and] during strikes it is impossible to prevent serious human suffering and unnecessary death.” Moreover, Professor Glick continues, “the key component in medical professionalism is the primacy of the interests of the patient and the community over those of the physician.” He goes on to cite the Jewish point of view: “In Judaism, provision of treatment to a patient is not a matter of private contract, or discretion, but is a religious obligation, a biblical mandate. The Shulhan Arukh states, ‘If a physician withholds his services, it is considered as shedding blood.’” Recognizing that Israel is not governed by Halacha (Jewish law), nevertheless, Professor Glick ends his article by urging the physicians “to find creative and dynamic ethical ways for the settling of labor disputes” through “binding arbitration by objective experts.” The dilemma is: Will that happen? Or will patients in Israel’s public hospitals continue to be held hostage?
The compact executive car, the Audi A4 sedan, holds the distinction of single-handedly reviving the Audi brand after its sales slump two decades ago. First released in 1994, the A4 proved a favorite among luxury-car buyers thanks to its handsome, well-finished cabin, sharp handling and available Quattro all-wheel drive. Tight panel gaps, high-quality materials and firm, comfortable seating give the interior the proper European ambience, while a supple ride and willing performance make the Audi A4—now in its fourth generation—a great road trip choice. Power comes from the awardwinning 2.0 TFSI® engine, which provides 211 hp and 258 lb-ft. of torque and combines Audi valvelift system, variable valve timing and TFSI® direct injection for increased power and efficiency. The Audi 2.0 TFSI® has been the engine of choice for more than 1.3 million Audi drivers worldwide and is one of the most awarded engines of the last decade. Audi premium sound system includes 10 speakers and SiriusXM® Satellite Radio. This stereo system integrates 180 watts of power, SD card slot, MP3 capability, a CD player and auxiliary input for easy access to a variety of music devices. Aside from exceptional sound quality, the system also features the Radio Data System (RDS), which includes SiriusXM Satellite Radio. With
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automatic climate control and you have a harmonious driving experience. The climate control system allows the driver and passengers to enjoy an ideal level of heating or cooling via the center console. A light sensor on the dashboard adjusts the system based on the sun’s intensity. At its core, the A4 is still the sport sedan that many enthusiasts love, and the new larger, more mature sedan is now even better prepared to take on its class rivals. The 2012 Audi A4 has an MSRP that starts at $32,500 to $42,500 depending on your package of choice.
22 • OBITUARIES D EATH N OTICES KORROS, Rita, age 78, died on November 25, 2011; 29 Cheshvan, 5772. SACHS, Anita, age 83, died on November 28, 2011; 2 Kislev, 5772. GOLDEN, Bernyce, age 74, died on December 2, 2011; 7 Kislev, 5772.
O BITUARIES PERLMAN, Harold E. Harold E. Perlman, 87, passed away on Wednesday, November 16 in Youngstown, Ohio. His funeral was held in Youngstown and burial was at Love Brothers Cemetery. Mr. Perlman was born on August 27, 1924 in Covington, Ky. He was the son of the late Ethel and Irving Perlman. He was preceded in death by his beloved first wife of 40 years, Libby (Paim) Perlman. Mr. Perlman graduated from Walnut Hills High School in 1942. He attended Johns Hopkins University and served in the 84th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, which went into combat in Germany during World War II. After the war, Mr. Perlman earned his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Cincinnati. He spent a number of years in the research, development and manufacturing of polyester resins (plastics). He retired from Steelcraft Corporation in 1989. Mr. Perlman was a longtime member of Ohav Shalom and Adath Israel synagogues before moving to Youngstown in 1997. There he was a member of Temple El Emeth and served on its board of directors for many years. He was chairman of the temple’s social committee. He also served as secretary of the Youngstown Israel Investment Club. He was an avid bridge player and a longtime sports fan. He is survived by his beloved wife, Phyllis (Klein) Perlman; three sons, Dr. Mark S. (Irina) Perlman of Youngstown, Dr. Steven (Dr. Susan) Perlman, Edward (Pamela) Perlman of
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Greenwich, Conn., a daughter, Judi (Eric) Kline of Pittsburgh, Penn.; two step-children, Steven (Carol) Klein and Sherri (Sal) D’Alessio; 10 grandchildren, Lindsay, Jason, Eric, Andrea, Brent, Evan, Scott, Jennifer, Allison and Diana; four stepgrandchildren, Kate, Anna, Christie and Nikki; three greatgrandchildren, Daniel, Kaitlyn and Jacob; sister-in-law, Lenore Ackerman; mother-in-law, Minnie Harskovitz; and brother-in-law, Morris Paim. Memorial contributions may be sent to Temple El Emeth, 3970 Logan Way, Youngstown, Ohio 44505. HATTENBACH, Eric Max Eric Max Hattenbach passed away after 92 active years on November 26, 2011, following a brief illness. For 62 years, Mr. Hattenbach was the beloved husband of Annette (Callis) Hattenbach. He was the devoted father of Joni (Joan) and Mel Shuller, Marc Hattenbach, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., Larry Hattenbach and the late Richard Jay Hattenbach, dear brother of the late Arthur and Walter Hattenbach, loving grandfather of Meredith (Josh) DeWitt, Kimberly Shuller and Michael Shuller, of Los Angeles, Calif., and great-grandfather of Zoe, Zach and Charlie DeWitt. Born in Kassel, Germany, in 1919, Mr. Hattenbach immigrated with his family to America in 1938. He spent four years in the U.S. Army where he returned to Europe to serve as a German translator. Upon his return, Mr. Hattenbach began his 38 year career with General Electric as an Engineering Designer. He was an industry pioneer and among the first to use computer technology in his field. Mr. Hattenbach was a member of B’nai Brith for over 60 years and was the longtime treasurer of the Alfred M. Cohen Bowling League. He was a 40 year member of the Avon-Miami Masonic Lodge and was named Man of the Year in 2010. Mr. Hattenbach was a member of Adath Israel Synagogue, where he attended
services regularly and was a weekly attendee at morning minyan throughout his retirement. A tireless volunteer, Mr. Hattenbach utilized his computer skills in Records Management since 1992 at the Shriners Hospital. His volunteer service to the Cedar Village Retirement Community and the Cincinnati Jewish Community was recognized in May 2011 when he was a recipient of the Cedar Village Eight Over Eighty honor. At Cedar Village, he helped in the Medical Records Department and assisted each year with the Golf Classic. Funeral services were on November 28 at Weil Funeral Home and burial followed at the Adath Israel Cemetery in Price Hill. Rabbi Gerry Walter officiated. Memorial contributions to Adath Israel Synagogue, the Shriners Burns Institute or Cedar Village would be greatly appreciated. SCHEAR, Melvin Robert Melvin Robert Schear, age 84, passed away November 26, 2011, in Cincinnati. Born in Dayton, Ohio on October 23, 1927 to the late Mose and Anna Schear (nee Goldhoff), he was the dear brother of Dr. Myrna Jean Weissman, the late Sydney Schear and Bertha Barasch; beloved husband of 60 years to Vivian (nee Brown) Schear; devoted father of Bradley, Neal (Kathy), Michael (Connie) and Rick (Paul Cauthen) Schear all of Cincinnati; loving grandfather of Jacqueline and Autumn Schear, Katherine (Benjamin) Brooks, Jeffrey, Daniel (Margaret) Schear, David and Gabriel Schear. Mr. Schear spent his working career as a CPA at Schear & Schear, Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Schear was a business entrepreneur creating various businesses over his lifetime. Most notably were the chain of Photo Bug stores which thrived for years in the Tri-state area, and the travel agency Travel Bug. Services were held at Weil Funeral Home with interment at Rest Haven Memorial Park in Evendale. Memorial contributions to the charity of one’s choice would be appreciated. LETTERS from page 16 were significant. My father’s name was etched on a bronze rectangle, and my mother paid for the space next to it to be saved for the “whenever” she died and her name would be added to the yahrzeit wall. After my father’s burial, in his memory, my family bought a new eternal light for the shul. It was there above my canopy of flowers as I wed. I didn’t care that this ceremony, elegant meal and gentle violins emitting music were taking place in a large basement room that was both sanctuary and just meeting-place. My religious wedding was also to embrace my
RESCUERS from page 7 “It is a very special day,” Bimbirine said. “I was so nervous about meeting. I wondered whether we’d recognize each other. Mira and I thought that it’s a pity that my mother and sister, and Mira’s parents, are not with us… I was so glad I met Mira and that she and I are still alive and can talk about the time we spent together.” The next generations take the sentiment to heart. After Bimbirine and Juraitieme climbed the stairs to the bedrooms they’d call home for nine nights, Rosen’s children replaced them at the table beside their grandmother. “I’m not the biggest fan of the term ‘rescuers.’ It doesn’t do justice to what they’ve done for the family,” said Ilana Rosen. “The balance of the universe is so delicate, and everything happens for a reason.” “[Mira] had three children and nine grandchildren,” said Adam Rosen, 23. “You keep going further and further down the line, and [the Ruzgyses] ultimately will have saved thousands of people.” Daniel Rosen, 21, said, “To see them embrace after 66 years, you can still see the love.” At last week’s dinner, Israel’s consul general presented the GRASS-ROOTS from page 8 Sherman insists the race will be won locally. “Talk to your cousin’s old friend in college and if they happen to live in 818, they’re for me,” he said, using the area code for the San Fernando Valley. Widely acknowledged as a dogged grass-roots campaigner, Sherman says he attends 300 community events a year. Berman, for his part, acknowledges that Sherman is an energetic candidate. But Berman, who has enjoyed decades of large-margin victories and has a reputation as a quieter political operator, says he is ready to take it to the streets. “There’s no doubt Brad is tireless and getting himself out there,” Berman said in an interview. “I’m building an endorsement list of people within the district, neighborchildhood learning, feel my dad’s presence as I witnessed my widow-mother’s courage and courtesy with all the guests, and not be a “show.” It was a union and not an event. My roots. Important part of me. It seemed so strange to take time to emotionally understand the adult “me” just by sitting in a foreign country in church. A Moorish-Gothic structure on Plum Street in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, straddled church or shul from its architecture; my oldest grandson became Bar Mitzvah there. Sitting in a pew with familiar books that read from right-to-left, listening to chants in a language that I still couldn’t
Lithuanian rescuers with Yad Vashem’s award. A 13-minute documentary of their heroism was screened. A three-generation photograph of Mira Katz Erlich and the descendants whose existence the Ruzgyses enabled was presented. By then, Dahlia Jakutiene, her husband and three children were likely fast asleep back in Giedraicai. The Jakutienes will continue to live for many more years, many thousands of multiples of three days, in the modest house they’ve renovated, a dwelling whose doorposts the executive vice president of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, Stanlee Stahl, swears bear old indentations for mezuzot. Dahlia has owned the house since 1988, when her mother died. Meile had lived there since 1964, when Meile’s mother, Leokadija, died. Leokadija had lived there since the late 1940s. That was when Israel Katz signed the deed over to her. It was the least Katz could do to express his gratitude. And it ensured that the home remained in the family. Please send a message to Seeking Kin at JTA if you would like our help in searching for long-lost friends or family. Include the principal facts in a brief e-mail (up to one paragraph) and your contact information. hood councils, homeowner associations, chambers of commerce.” Berman has his work cut out for him. A poll done for the Sherman campaign and released publicly in August, just after the new district’s lines were finalized, shows Berman scoring just 24 percent to Sherman’s 51 percent in a two-way race. With a third candidate in the race, local Republican businessman Mark Reed, Sherman had 42 percent, Reed 26 percent and Berman 17 percent. The survey of 600 likely voters had a margin of error of 4 percentage points. Berman, who has been less visible locally than Sherman, says he will be pitching an ability to get things done in Washington. “My bet is that the voters care at least as much about what we have done in Washington,” he said. “They will have plenty of me before the June election.” read/write/speak, I was not a tourist but there, with family, to participate and witness his religious rite of passage. My deceased maternal grandmother never really understood that Orthodox/Conservative/Reform are just different branches of the same tree. Even in this structure which didn’t conform to any religious building I’d ever been in, I was connected to tangible yahrzeit plaques and a visible eternal light. Sometimes identity is quite simple and a different time or place is merely a reminder. Lois Greene Stone New York
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