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Rockdale to have year–long 190th anniversary celebration Rockdale Temple will be celebrating its 190th anniversary starting this summer, with a full year of events. Founded in January of 1824 as K. K. Bene Israel, Rockdale is the oldest Jewish congregation west of the Allegheny Mountains. The 190th anniversary committee, cochaired by Jane Garfield and Aaron Herzig, has planned a series of events throughout the Hebrew year 5774.

The two main celebrations will be a January 12 concert and a February 21-22 service and dinner.

The concert will feature the cantata, “The Gates of Justice”, written by Dave Brubeck, which had its first performance in 1969 to commemorate the opening of Rockdale’s current facility on Ridge Road. The piece was written to forge the relationship between American Jews and African-Americans. It is based on biblical and Hebrew liturgical texts and includes quotations from Martin Luther King's speeches as well as from Negro spirituals and from the Jewish sage Hillel, with lyrics by Brubeck's wife Iola. It will be performed on the Mayerson JCC campus by cantorial voice, chamber orchestra and African-American choir and in partnership with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition.

The February weekend will begin with a Friday night service in the Rockdale Temple Chapel featuring Rabbi Gary Zola and highlighting Rockdale’s history and its various prayer books. The following evening’s gala will be at the Hilton Netherland Plaza and will include a video produced by Karen and Stuart Zanger with interviews of past Rockdale presidents and others having remembrances of the congregation’s history.

The celebration is themed “190 Years of Forward Thinking”, and every Rockdale event during the year will have this theme, starting with the High Holy Days in early

The 190th anniversary committee co–chairs Jane Garfield and Aaron Herzig

September. A Sukkot service will feature a sermon once delivered by poet Robert Frost, friend of longtime Rockdale Rabbi Victor Reichert. In October, the installation of Rockdale’s new Assistant Rabbi, Meredith Kahan, will be followed by a dinner and a concert by Dan Nichols. November marks the sixth annual “Mitzvah-Palooza

Day” of opportunities for anyone to learn about and participate in social action programs and service projects at the temple or in the community.

The Chanukah dinner in early December, Purim in March, Passover in April and Shavuot/Confirmation in May will also embrace the anniversary

theme, as will each regularly scheduled Tot Shabbat and Rock Shabbat.

The year will conclude with a celebration in honor of Rabbi Sigma Faye Coran’s 10th anniversary at Rockdale.

All events are open to the public. For further information please contact Rockdale Temple.

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Best–selling career expert will offer tips for getting promoted Online registration will open Monday, July 29 for a rare opportunity to hear one of America’s foremost experts on career advancement.

JVS Career Services will present “Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn’t and Why” with career guru Donald Asher, the best-selling author of 14 books about careers. It will be the first in a series of events sponsored by JVS Career Services for the Jewish

community.

Just as important will be the opportunity the same night to network with key members of the Jewish community representing various businesses and careers.

Networking receptions will precede and follow Asher’s presentation.

The event will be 6 to 9 p.m., Aug. 29 at The Carnegie Center in Columbia Tusculum.

There is an admission fee. The

first 50 registrants by Aug. 5 will get a free copy of Asher’s book, “Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn’t and Why.” Asher will debunk the notion that people who do their jobs well will be rewarded with promotions.

He’ll explain how career advancement is more about strategy.

Asher will explain: • Why timing is more important than talent; • How corporations really

make promotion decisions; • How to avoid career mistakes you don't even know you're making; • And ten proven strategies for advancement regardless of your industry and experience.

The event is being co-sponsored by Access, an initiative of the Mayerson Foundation, and the Young Adult Division of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati.

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thrilled to host such an acclaimed speaker as Don Asher because of the practical advice he will offer, giving a special edge to people looking for that next great job,” said Peter M. Bloch, President and CEO of JVS Career Services. “We also are thrilled because we know he will be inspiring and motivating for people who need an extra nudge.”

Coffee Talk on identity theft The last Hadassah Coffee Talk of the 2012-2013 season was held on Monday evening, May 13, 2013 at the home of Julie Brook in Blue Ash. Guest speaker David Lichtenfeld spoke about how to protect oneself from identity theft and other scams.

David Lichtenfeld is a retired FBI Special Agent who served over 27 years. He has first-hand knowledge of identity thieves and the victims they leave behind. He shared stories about real-life situations, including telephone and internet scams. His number one advice: NEVER give your personal information (like birth date or Social Security number) to a stranger.

A native of Bryn Mawr, Penn., Lichtenfeld attended Gettysburg

College on a football scholarship.

After a stint in the army, he married, had three children (a son and two daughters) and worked as a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance. He was looking for a unique way to help society, and in 1965 he became a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). After a productive and satisfying career of more than 27 years, he retired but continued working ten more years for the FBI under contract doing security investigations.

He received the 1998 Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI Humanitarian award and in 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hamilton County Police Association. Since retiring, he has done security work for the

Cincinnati Reds. Active in volunteer work since 1988, he has volunteered for Hospice of Cincinnati, Scarlet Oaks Vocational School, Cincinnati Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired, and the Center for Holocaust and Humanity.

Tobe Snow, Coffee Talk chair and and Programming Vice President of Cincinnati Chapter of Hadassah, presented a beautiful Hadassah certificate in a glass frame to David as thanks for his entertaining and informative presentation. Julie Brook was awarded a Hadassah College Cook Book as thanks for hosting tonight's Coffee Talk.

Hadassah Coffee Talk meets the 2nd Monday of every month, September through May, in a

Tobe Snow, Coffee Talk Chair, David Lichtenfeld, guest speaker, Julie Brook, hostess, and Bonnie Juran Ullner, President of Cincinnati Chapter of Hadassah.

member's home to discuss issues relevant to Jewish women. Day and evening times are rotated to accommodate as many people as

possible and light refreshments are served after the talk. Coffee Talk is free and open to anyone who would like to attend.

Camps allow children to experience Camp at the J in one-week periods. There are three, one-week sessions of Late Summer S’more Camps in 2013 (July 29 – August 2; August 5 – 9; and/or August 11 – 16). Registration is by the week

and is now open.

To register or learn more about Camp at the J, please see the Mayerson JCC contact information in the community directory of this issue.

Camp at the J is a blast Everyone is having a blast at Summer Camp at the J. From swimming to art, sports to drama, or music and nature, each day of this 6 – week summer camp is filled with fun, and funny weekly themes and special events make each day exciting. Safe drop-off and efficient pick-up make it easy for parents and campers to get where they need to be. American Red Cross certified swim instructors teach campers how to swim, providing fun and safe pool time for everyone. Spots are already filling up for next summer.

Camper Sam N., 9, said, “My favorite activity is Ga-Ga (Israeli dodge ball). It’s my favorite because it’s a fun sport to play with everyone. My bunk (camp group) is all the same age and I like that because most of my friends are in my bunk.”

Kids enjoy the great facilities at the JCC: the outdoor pool, indoor waterpark, large playground, Ga-Ga pit, archery field, baseball diamond, art room and gymnasium. Davina Noiman, a Camp at the J counselor, thought, “It’s fun for the campers to play outside in the sun, but when they need a break, or it’s raining, it’s nice to go inside to the gym, art room and indoor waterpark.”

Camp at the J helps teach the campers the skills and confidence they need to become great swimmers. All swim instructors at Camp at the J are Red-Cross Certified with special training.

Tony Molinaro, a JCC swim instructor, said, “We are very patient when teaching the kids to swim and really enjoy it.

Everyone is full of energy from the beginning of the lessons to the end, and we see a dramatic improvement from the kids. They are all becoming better swimmers and more comfortable in the water.”

JCC campers really enjoy the swim lessons and bonding with their instructor throughout the summer. Camper Ella B., 5, said, “The lifeguards are teaching me how to swim across the whole pool. I love to swim with my friends and with my counselors!”

Summer Camp at the J strives to make each day more fun than the last, while ensuring the safety of all the campers and staff.

Andrea Powers, parent of a 5-time returning camper, comments, “There is a large variety of activities between sports, crafts, trips and more. All of the staff are positive influences and help teach respect in a fun way. I feel like my

son is safe and I can trust the staff, programs and facilities. The great communication through e-mail, newsletters and flyers ensures that he is safe and having fun!”

Camp at the J retrieves and delivers campers to their cars each day making carpool lines easy for parents. Jill Toennis, parent of a first time camper, comments, “I have been a part of many summer camps at other local organizations.

I have never seen the efficiency of the JCC staff to direct the cars, call for the campers, have the campers delivered to each car and then be directed by the staff to exit safely. Camp at the J really takes the time to make what could be a chaotic and unsafe situation, an easy and enjoyable experience for parents and campers alike.”

Summer Camp at the J provides options of extended day at the J and camp lunch. For many parents and families, extended days are a win-win for keeping campers busy before and after the regular camp day. Adding camp lunch is a great way to save time in the mornings. Instead of having to pack a lunch every day, lunch is provided to them.

There’s still time for parents to register for Camp at the J this summer. Late Summer S’more

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Jewish Foundation for the Righteous’ Lerner Fellows centers in the United States recognized by JFR as a “Center of Excellence” for its Holocaust programming. Leading up to their participation with JFR, Rosewell and Miller attended numerous teacher and student programs through CHHE.

The JCC launches a new lineup of kids classes this fall children who have stopped napping, and for parents who are looking for a way to keep them occupied.

Children can participate in classes such as Girls’ Squad, Boys’ Club, Creative Movement, and a Classic Sports Sampler.

“My son stopped napping when he was two. He is very active so it has been challenging for me to find things to keep him busy, especially at a time of day when other children his age are taking naps,” says Dana Belkin of Amberley Village. “This is a great way for him to burn some mid-day energy while I grab a little ‘me time’ with a book and a cup of coffee at the J Café!”

Also new this year is the Later Gator Gang, a program for parents who are looking for children’s class-

es and programs after 6pm on weekday evenings or during the day on the weekends. In the fall, families can choose from Blue Jays T-Ball offerings as well as Little Soccer Shots for children 3-5 years old.

While some of the classes are run by the J’s energetic and experienced staff, popular programs such as Gymboree, Tummy Time, Stretch and Grow and the Ahn Taekwondo Institute are also part of the JCC fall lineup. After school offerings such as sports, dance, music, swim lessons are available for children ages 5 and older.

This fall, everyone who registers gets a free gift, such as an apron for the Top Chef Tots class, a sports backpack for the Classic Sports Sampler, or a tote bag for Tummy

Young couples can meet friends at Access’ many Schmooze for Twos events.

working hard to provide a wide range of programming for young professionals and young families to help make Greater Cincinnati a vibrant and exciting place for Jewish young people of every possible taste and interest.

“Young people are the life blood of any thriving community.

And through programs like Access for Jewish young professionals (YPs), 21-35, Shalom Family for young families and YPs at the JCC we are proud to have made a contribution to the many efforts to help make Cincinnati a great place to be for this young Jewish cohort,” explains Pam Saeks, Director of Innovation and Engagement for The Mayerson Foundation.

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Time participants. Parents also get perks, like a free beverage at the J Café while their child is in class.

Space is limited and classes fill up quickly, so early registration is suggested. For more information, contact information for the JCC is listed in the community directory in the back of this issue.

vided by a Forkable Feast, including chicken and veggie kabobs, grilled portabella mushrooms, cold summer salads and wine and beer.

This event will take place at the Red Tree Art Gallery on Thursday, August 8 at 6:30 p.m. and is free with advance RSVP by August 4.

“When my husband and I moved to Cincinnati we didn’t really get to know anyone for three months,” says Marie KrulewitchBrowne. “When we went to our first Schmooze for Twos Happy Hour we ended up meeting some really cool couples, and have already gone pumpkin patching, made homemade pizzas, gone to the park, and had a campfire with a couple we met at that very first event. Schmooze for Twos not only offers people in relationships a group of others to go out with, but it gives us a ready–made group of people who have and will go through similar experiences as our relationships continue to develop.”

Schmooze for Twos is open to couples who are married, engaged, or in committed relationships and in which at least one partner is Jewish and in which at least one partner is between the ages of 2135.

For more information or to RSVP by August 5 for the Game Night-a-Go-Go event, please contact Briana Landesberg at Access whose contact information can be found in the Community Directory listing located in this issue.

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Schmooze for Twos helps young couples in the Jewish community connect with one another in order to be really successful we had to be willing to cater to the wide variety of our constituents’ needs and interests,” she continues.

“We realize that there are many points along the way when young people can lose their connection to Judaism and the Jewish community so we have dedicated ourselves to providing as many entry points for as many different types of individuals as possible.

“But just when we thought we had covered every base, we discovered a very important group we had left out of the mix -- young ‘couples.’ That’s when we created Access’ newest signature program, Schmooze for Twos. Now, young couples, primarily those without children, have a way to meet others in the Jewish community like themselves. When Jewish or interfaith couples can make connections with one another through programs like these, there’s a much better chance they will stay connected to Jewish life in the long run,” she adds.

The next Schmooze for Twos event, Game Night a Go-Go, will feature a friendly competition where couples can either “B Y O B…G” (Bring Your Own Board Game) or, borrow one from Schmooze for Twos’ own stash of flashback faves such as Scattergories, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Clue, Operation, Outburst, Bananagrams, Battleship and more.

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With few Jews left to save, HIAS finds relevance in non-Jewish refugees

By Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency TARRYTOWN, N.Y. – The new HIAS is not your grandmother’s Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and it’s certainly not the one that brought her mother over from the Pale of Settlement.

After decades as the Jewish community’s foremost voice on immigration – first in leading the resettlement of Jews who arrived here at the turn of the 20th century, then in absorbing hundreds of thousands of Soviet Jews in the 1980s and ‘90s – HIAS is making formal its shift to refugee care and resettlement overseas.

The vast majority of its work will not be with Jews, and most of it will not be in the United States. The iconic photos of 1890s Russian babushkas and 1970s Soviet scientists arriving in New York are morphing into scenes of refugees fleeing Sudanese tribal wars and

Ecuadorian migrants escaping Colombia’s drug wars.

Underscoring the shift are challenges that are not unique to HIAS: the search for a message appealing to younger Jews considered less parochially minded than their parents, and the dangers of associating with a particular issue – in this case immigration reform – seen as partisan.

“The same stakeholders who were interested in immigration issues were not the same stakeholders who were interested in refugees,” HIAS President Mark Hetfield told the group’s worldwide staff at a retreat last month just north of New York City.

The shift culminates a 15-year period in which HIAS has expanded its operations in refugee camps overseas, where it has accrued a strong reputation for service. And it comes at a time when there are few at-risk Jews in totalitarian countries that potentially require rescue.

HIAS directors say the quest for relevance does not mean it is entirely abandoning the infrastructure it has built to rescue Jews at risk should the need arise. But faced with a choice between satisfying an older generation willing to support an organization focused narrowly on Jewish needs and a younger generation more inclined to see itself as citizens of the world, HIAS chose youth.

“We’re working with all refugees, and you as a young person don’t have to feel limited that we’re being myopic that you’re working with Jews,” said Sandy Spinner, a HIAS board member and chair of its programs committee.

HIAS was founded in the 1880s on the Lower East Side of Manhattan; its initial constituency was Russian Jews fleeing pogroms.

Over the years, the organization became synonymous with the rescue and resettlement of persecuted Jews abroad, helping to bring over such

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A young girl in Ecuador holding hands with representatives of HIAS, right, and the refugee agency of the United Nations.

Jewish luminaries as the philosopher Hannah Arendt, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Olympian Lenny Krayzelburg and Google cofounder Sergey Brin.

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More than a quarter of U.S. House urges engagement on Iran

By Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON – Days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the incoming Iranian president’s plea for engagement with the United States and called for ratcheting up military pressure, a bipartisan letter circulating in the U.S. House of Representatives is urging President Obama to test Hassan Rohani’s offer.

The letter, spearheaded by Reps.

Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) and David Price (D-N.C.), had garnered 118 signatures by Thursday afternoon, more than a quarter of the House.

The bulk of the signatories are Democrats, but 15 Republicans have signed on as well.

While the letter does not mention Netanyahu, it sharply diverges from the Israeli leader’s recent calls to increase pressure on Iran and his dismissal of the Iranian president-elect as untrustworthy.

“It would be a mistake not to test whether Dr. Rohani’s election represents a real opportunity for progress

toward a verifiable, enforceable agreement on Iran’s nuclear program that ensures the country does not acquire a nuclear weapon,” says the letter, which is due to be sent to the president on Friday.

“We must also be careful not to preempt this potential opportunity by engaging in actions that delegitimize the newly elected president and weaken his standing relative to hardliners within the regime who oppose his professed ‘policy of reconciliation and peace,’” it says.

In the wake of Rohani’s victory last month, Obama told PBS that the election appears to create an opening for more “serious, substantive” engagement with Iran. Congress has frequently been a bastion of resistance to such engagement, but the letter, the number of signatures it has attracted and the seniority of some of the signatories suggest that such resistance is not foolproof.

“I think the way to classify the letter is that there is a diversity of opinion on the path forward in the House,” Andrew High, a spokesman for Price, told JTA. The letter comes just days after

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Netanyahu said on “Face the Nation” that the Obama administration should back up its policy of opposing a nuclear Iran with “increasingly forceful sanctions and military action.”

“I think it’s very important to make clear to them that you won’t allow them to have this weapon and to demonstrate that by action,” Netanyahu said July 14 on the the CBS news program. “That is, you can also make clear that the nuclear option which is – the military option

which is on the table is truly on the table. The Iranians take note of that.”

Netanyahu said Rohani did not represent a substantial change from the hardline policies of his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, though he has expressed willingness to make the country’s nuclear program more transparent while continuing to enrich uranium. Netanyahu said the Iranians at their current enrichment levels are “edging up” to a red line that could precipitate Israeli military action.

“They have now about 190 kilos out of the 250 kilos of 20 percent enriched uranium” needed to make a bomb, Netanyahu said. “They’re also building faster centrifuges that will enable them to jump the line, so to speak, at a much faster rate – that is, within a few weeks, once they get to that critical mass of 250 kilos.”

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Hillel and Israel from the perspective of Eric Fingerhut, group’s next CEO

By Jacob Kamaras JointMedia News Service Among the discussions that led to the hiring of former Ohio congressman Eric Fingerhut as the next president and CEO of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, an item Fingerhut says was nonnegotiable for both parties was Hillel’s usage of its staff, resources, and reach to fulfill its stated commitment to the support of Israel.

The “Israel Policy” within Hillel’s “Israel Guidelines” states that the organization is “steadfastly committed to the support of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state with secure and recognized borders as a member of the family of nations.”

Furthermore, Hillel’s “Vision for Israel” states that it “seeks to provide every Jewish student with the opportunity to explore and build an enduring relationship with Israel.”

Fingerhut told JNS – that during the interview process, members of Hillel’s board of directors “made absolutely clear” that they were looking for a CEO who would ensure that “we live up to that mission every day in our work on every campus.”

“And I will tell you that in my own thinking about this job, the clarity that the board had on that question is an important thing that persuaded me to take the job, because I am personally in my life deeply committed to Israel and would only be part of an organization that is not only pro-Israel in its own behavior, but is helping to instill the love of

National Briefs Facebook removes page of Hungarian anti-Semitic website (JTA) Facebook removed an official fan page of Kuruc, a U.S.based website in Hungarian that features anti-Semitic hate speech and propaganda by Hungary’s ultranationalist Jobbik party.

Several Jewish organizations hailed the closure of the page as an important step toward limiting the reach of the anti-Semitic, antiRoma, homophobic and antiDemocratic messages of Jobbik, Hungary’s third largest party.

Billboard battle over Israel heats up in Montana (JTA) The capital of Montana has become the site of a billboard battle over American support for Israel.

The pro-Israel group StandWithUs put up one billboard in Helena on July 15 and will put up another on Monday to counter two billboards calling for an end to U.S.

Israel in the people we serve, the young adults that we serve,” Fingerhut said in a phone interview on Monday, the day his hiring was announced.

The 54-year-old Fingerhut – who will succeed Wayne Firestone as Hillel’s chief executive later this summer – represented Ohio’s 19th district in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 1993 to January 1995, and was chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents from March 2007 to February 2011, a role in which he provided higher education policy advice to the state’s governor and legislature.

Asked about how Hillel should defend Jewish and pro-Israel students on campus when they are faced with challenges such as the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Jewish state, Fingerhut said he is “certainly aware” that Hillel’s commitment to Israel “is challenged from time to time on campuses,” but that the organization needs to “be strong and not just resolute, but also committed to living up to our standards and our commitment [to Israel], and I can assure you we will do that, and certainly work with those who I need to work with to make sure we have the right strategies in place to implement that commitment.”

Hillel’s Israel Guidelines address the BDS movement in the “Standards of Partnership” section, which states that the organization “will not partner with, house, or host organizations, groups, or speakers that as a matter of policy or practice:

Deny the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish and democratic state with secure and recognized borders; Delegitimize, demonize, or apply a double standard to Israel; Support boycott of, divestment from, or sanctions against the State of Israel; Exhibit a pattern of disruptive behavior towards campus events or guest speakers or foster an atmosphere of incivility.”

Aviva Slomich, director of student programming for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), stressed the importance of Hillel enforcing its guidelines on standards of partnership as well as its guidelines “which strongly endorse support for Israel.”

“Contrary to some reports that anti-Israel activity is all but nonexistent, there are real problems on many campuses, with groups and speakers – and sometimes faculty members – spreading falsehoods about Israel,” Slomich told JNS – “For that reason the role of Hillel leaders in educating and protecting impressionable students is essential.

Unfortunately, in some cases Hillels have co-sponsored events with radical anti-Israel groups, hosting them in their own facilities. Hopefully, this practice will end.”

There is an ongoing debate in the Jewish community surrounding Hillel’s partnership with the “proIsrael, pro-peace” group J Street.

While J Street and its supporters believe that J Street’s approach to Israel engages certain pro-Israel students who otherwise would not be

military aid to Israel.

The Helena Service for Peace and Justice put up billboards at key traffic intersections at the end of May with the message “Tell Congress: Spend Our Money At Home Not on the Israeli Military.”

old, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of a minor at the camp, The Morning Call newspaper in Pennsylvania reported.

Kickback scandal at New York’s 92nd Street Y results in firings NEW YORK (JTA) The 92nd Street Y terminated several employees amid an investigation over kickbacks at the New York Jewish community center.

An email circulated to Y employees on July 12 by the organization’s benefits manager, Cliff Owusu, describes the kickback investigation and does not identify the terminated employees, the newspaper reported.

Poconos camp counselor charged with indecent assault NEW YORK (JTA) A counselor at a Jewish summer camp for boys in Pennsylvania was taken into custody after a camper accused him of inappropriately touching him, police said.

Camp Dora Golding counselor Chisdai Ben-Porat, 19, of Ottawa, Canada, was charged with indecent assault of someone under 13 years

More than 5,000 pro-Israel Christians expected for annual CUFI summit (JNS) More than 5,000 proIsrael Christians are expected to attend the annual Washington, DC summit of Christians United for Israel (CUFI) from July 22-24.

CUFI says that it is the largest pro-Israel group in the U.S., with 1.2 million members.

“Israel needs unwavering friends to stand and speak up on her behalf more than ever,” CUFI said on the summit’s webpage. “From Cairo to Beirut, from Gaza to Damascus, and from Ramallah to Tehran, the Jewish people are surrounded by enemies who seek to destroy them. These are truly dark and dangerous days for our ally Israel.”

Legislators speaking at the summit will include U.S. Reps.

Michelle Bachmann (R-MN), John Barrow (D-GA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Tom Price (R-GA), and Peter Roskam (R-IL), as well as U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

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Eric Fingerhut, Hillel's next president and CEO, speaks with student board member JoHanna Rothseid.

part of Hillel, and note that Hillel has reached out to J Street to help with anti-divestment efforts, others oppose J Street’s inclusion under Hillel’s umbrella on the grounds that J Street has helped bring pro-BDS speakers to campus.

Where does Fingerhut stand on J Street? He told JNS – he was “not going to speak to specific groups other than Hillel,” and re-emphasized Hillel’s mission to be “a proIsrael group that not only supports a free and democratic, secure Israel, but that also is seeking to instill a love of Israel in the students that we work with.”

“Obviously I well understand that there will be debate within the pro-Israel community about how you best do that,” Fingerhut said.

“I’ve watched the Knesset, they debate. The Israelis debate all the time. In college campuses, our great spaces, students are wanting to hear various sides of different issues, but all of it, within Hillel, would be within the context of a love of Israel, an unequivocal support of Israel.

And so any students and organizations who subscribe to that will be welcome, those who don’t are not.

It’s that simple.”

Slomich said Hillel should ensure that there is a “safe space for Zionists.” While Hillel’s Israel Guidelines state that the organization welcomes “a diversity of student perspectives on Israel” and objects to “labeling, excluding or harassing any students for their beliefs and expressions thereof,” Slomich explained that the proIsrael perspective is often the viewpoint that is attacked on campus.

“With all the talk about assuring safe space for every group and viewpoint to be heard, the one that’s actually under siege in many places is the strong pro-Israel voice,” she said. “It’s been denigrated on some – certainly not all – campuses as ‘right wing.’ This is a characterization that says more about the campaigns to silence Israel's defenders than about those promoting the facts about Israel.”

CAMERA, Slomich said, has

“worked with many outstanding Hillels that are strong supporters of Israel, want to promote accurate information, and welcome our involvement and that of various other organizations that aim to provide factual information and responsible guidance for pro-Israel students.”

Fingerhut said the Hillel CEO post merges his “personal commitments in Jewish life” with his “professional experience on campuses and in systems of very large, complex organizations that have to work together as a system even though they have a lot of individual autonomy.”

Hillel, founded 90 years ago, has grown to more than 550 locations at colleges, universities, and communities across North America. Fingerhut said there are “enormous similarities” between his roles at Hillel and the state university system he oversaw in Ohio.

“A university system is a large, sprawling, decentralized organization,” Fingerhut said. “In the case of Ohio, it had 14 public universities, 23 community colleges, each having their own faculty senate, their own board, their own administration – and yet the chancellor of the system was expected to lead with a clear vision, to ensure quality across the system, to address problems when they arose on individual campuses.”

What Fingerhut said he discovered as chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents was that his task “required a certain kind of leadership style that I possess, that it’s about persuading people that we are better off or stronger… when we work together as a collective whole, when we work together as a system, than when each individual works separately.”

Fingerhut said his legislative years would also translate well to his new role leading Hillel, because they gave him experience with building coalitions – something he feels is important for Hillel to do with campus groups outside of the Jewish FINGERHUT on page 20

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BDS activist voted in as University of California student regent

By Jacob Kamaras JointMedia News Service Sadia Saifuddin, an activist in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, on Wednesday in San Francisco was voted in as a 2014-15 student regent on the University of California (UC) Board of Regents, the governing board of the 10-school UC system.

Saifuddin, a Pakistani American, co-sponsored and vocally promoted a student government resolution this spring calling for UC Berkeley, where she is a student, to divest from Israel. She has been involved with anti-Israel groups including the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muslim Students Association and Students

for Justice in Palestine.

Representatives from the proIsrael education group StandWithUs and the Simon Wiesenthal Center attended Wednesday’s Board of Regents vote to speak out against Saifuddin’s candidacy. Roberta Seid, research-education director of StandWithUs, said she told the regents they “should be trying to find a bridge builder, not a bridge burner” like Saifuddin to be their student board member.

“What I would call for [following the vote] is for the regents to redouble their efforts to speak against bigotry, anti-Jewish bigotry, and BDS, and that they should re-double their efforts to uphold an inclusive environment, tolerance, and intellectual responsibility,” Seid told JNS.

Richard Blum was the only regent who abstained from the board’s voice vote, due to his belief that Saifuddin “led a movement that was so divisive” on campus, making her unfit to be representative of all students, according to Seid. Regent Bonnie Reiss acknowledged her personal opposition to Saifuddin’s views, but maintained that the regents “would not have selected Sadia if we thought she was antiSemitic,” the San Jose Mercury News reported.

The Wiesenthal Center had organized an online petition opposing Saifuddin’s nomination on the grounds of the Israel divestment resolution she co-sponsored at UC Berkeley, as well as a bill she authored “to curb the First

Amendment rights of free speech for UC lecturer and pro-Israel activist Tammi Benjamin, which violates the very essence of being a member of the Board of Regents.”

Saifuddin also signed a July 2012 letter slamming the UC campus climate report, which brought to light the extent of bullying and harassment of Jewish students by anti-Israel elements at UC schools.

At the same time, Saifuddin authored and co-sponsored a March 2013 resolution denouncing specific individuals as Islamophobic.

“It is worrisome that she defends free speech rights for those who share her political views but does not uphold that same right for others,” StandWithUs wrote in a letter to the UC Board of Regents.

Sadia Saifuddin, an activist in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.

does work by Calder, Giacometti, Modigliani and Miró. La Chapelle de la Rosaire, an incredible jewel better known as the Matisse Chapel, is just three miles up the mountain in Vence.

Chagall is not the only artist who makes my spirit soar and I also visited the Musée d’Orsay and l’Orangerie, in Paris, the Musée de l’Annonciade (Saint Tropez), the Musée Matisse and Musée Picasso (Antibes) on this trip. Yet, no others compare to him for his love of color, life, relationships and, primarily, for his love of his Jewish heritage.

Stained-glass windows in the axial chapel of Reims Cathedral in France, designed

by Marc Chagall and made by Charles Marq in 1974.

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Chasing Chagall’s legacy in France

By Irvina Lew JointMedia News Service The abundance of Marc Chagall’s work in New York City, where I live, inspired me to see more of his genius abroad. So I headed to France on my very own Chagall trail.

Here in New York, Chagall’s work is readily accessible at the Metropolitan Opera House, at the Museum of Modern Art, and at galleries and at the Jewish Museum. Just 30 miles outside the city there are nine of his stained glass windows in the Union Church in Pocantico Hills. And there is great excitement for the exhibit “Chagall: Love, War and Exile,” which opens at the Jewish Museum of New York in September.

Energized by all of this, in April I organized a Chagall-centric itinerary from Paris to Nice, and viewed paintings, stage sets, etchings, mosaics, stained-glass windows, lithographs and murals in numerous venues.

Art historians label the Belarus-born artist’s work Cubism, Symbolism and Fauvism; some speak of Expressionism. I think of color and sensitivity, as much for suffering as for love.

Observing his life’s endeavor added to my understanding of 20th-century Jewish life as much as to my personal pleasure.

In Paris, le Palais Garnier, the Opera House, is home to a glittering gold and red Chagall ceiling and the Museum of Jewish Art, in Montmartre, displays a selection of lithographs. The Centre Pompidou displays dozens of works from his youth in Vitebsk, where he was born in 1887, through the 1960s in the south of France, where he died in 1985.

This national museum is in the fourth arrondissement near the

Marais, the now-trendy neighborhood that was once home to the largest Jewish population in Europe. Its narrow, cobblestone alleyways, distinctive architecture and synagogues retain a strong Jewish presence, and on rue de Rosier kosher restaurants serve everything from fine steaks to falafels.

From the Centre Pompidou’s rooftop terrace, there’s a clear view of Notre Dame. One of two female figures on the façade, Synagoga, represents Judaism as symbolized by the broken tablets with the Ten Commandments.

Behind Notre Dame, where the Ile de la Cite comes to a point in the Seine River, the moving Memorial de la Deportation is dedicated to the 200,000 deported during World War Two. To see more art, I traveled to Nice by train, taking the highspeed TGV that glides between metropolitan areas at about 200 miles per hour, and stopped at Lyon and Marseille.

I explored Marseille – European Capital of Culture 2013 and home to a large Jewish community – by bus, before heading 19 miles north to Aix-en-Provence to see the Atelier Cezanne, Musée Granet and Fondation Vasarely.

From Marseille’s new Gare St Charles, the TGV to Nice takes two-and-a-half hours along the scenic coast (reserved seats on the upper level facing the destination have the best view).

Nice is home to a vibrant Jewish community and The Musée National Marc Chagall with the most splendid and comprehensive of all Chagall collections. It stars 17 biblical paintings, brightly colored canvases dedicated to his wife, sculptures, brilliant stained-glass windows, mosaics, tapestries, sketches, prints and lithographs. It’s an emotionally

powerful visit, and though the glorious Matisse museum is in the same Cimiez hillsides, I recommend that, if at all possible, visitors don’t try to cram both into the same day.

It takes about a half hour to drive up the hillside from Nice to reach Saint Paul de Vence, where Chagall chose to spend his last years. Across from the ancient walled fortification, a tourist Mecca with narrow, cobblestone pedestrian streets is the sprawling Fondation Maeght. Chagall mosaics decorate the architecturally stunning, park-like spot, as

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Israeli lacrosse team may forfeit title because of Shabbat

By Eric Hal Schwartz JointMedia News Service This story was originally published by the Washington Jewish Week The Israeli women’s lacrosse team will not play on Shabbat, even though this means they cannot win the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) 2013 Women’s World Cup, which ends this weekend in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

On Wednesday, the 10th-seeded Israelis defeated 7th-seeded New Zealand, 12-9, to guarantee a topeight finish in the World Cup. The coach and players are completely behind the decision not to play on Shabbat, said Scott Neiss, director of the Israel Lacrosse Association.

Lacrosse is a new sport in Israel,

International Briefs British MP Ward suspended over tweet calling Israel an ‘apartheid state’ (JNS) British Member of Parliament David Ward was suspended by his Liberal Democrat party on Thursday over a recent message on Twitter calling Israel an apartheid state.

“Am I wrong or are am I right?

At long last the #Zionists are losing the battle – how long can the #apartheid State of #Israel last?”

Ward tweeted last Saturday.

Ward refused to apologize for the tweet, Reuters reported.

Kerry repeats Arab position that Israeli-Palestinian conflict key to area instability (JNS) After meeting with Jordanian and Arab League officials in Amman on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stressed that the ministers he met with told to him that the “core issue of instability” in the Middle East is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The remark comes amid the recent fall of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s regime in Egypt, and the continued turmoil of the Syrian civil war.

Egypt Coptic Christians subjected to increased persecution after Morsi’s ouster (JNS) Coptic Christian Egyptians are being subjected to increasing religious violence after the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi.

According to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), the Muslim Brotherhood has blamed the Coptic Christian community and Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II

Neiss and others founded the ILA just a few years ago, and this is the first time Israel has competed in a Lacrosse World Cup. Being an Israeli team means that the national identity and culture are a part of the nature of the team, Neiss explained, and therefore it’s the official policy of the organization not to play on Shabbat.

“As a player representing Israel abroad, it’s really important to be true to the values of who you’re representing,” said Sara Greenberg, a midfielder on the team.

But the rules of the FIL forbid teams from playing more than one game in a day and the tightly scheduled tournament, which began last week, requires whatever teams are left in the tournament – a group that will include Israel – to play this Saturday.

“They can’t change the times of the games so we have to play or forfeit,” Neiss said. “We chose to forfeit.“ The question of Israel playing on Saturday was first raised about six months ago, before the FIL created the game schedule, when the ILA requested that they be excused from any Shabbat games. The ILA offered several alternatives to avoid having to forfeit a Saturday game, suggesting they play Friday before sundown, Saturday after sundown or even early Sunday morning.

“Unfortunately they quoted the rules about not playing more than one game a day,” Neiss said.

Since there will only be eight teams left on Saturday, scheduling fair rest and play time for all the teams made it impossible for the FIL to accommodate the ILA’s request,

for Morsi’s ouster.

Four Coptic Christians have been killed in the Luxor area since Morsi’s ouster, and churches have been destroyed, including one recently in a village near the central Egyptian city of Minya, according to the BBC.

Ban on kosher slaughter stirs unease among Polish Jews

UK clergyman calls on church to repent for past antiSemitism (JNS) An Anglican clergyman spoke on the church’s history of antiSemitism and called on the institution to repent at the annual UK conference of the Church’s Ministry among Jewish people.

“The Apostles would not recognize much in the church today. A Christianity divorced from its Jewish roots has always opened itself up to the demonic spirit of anti-Semitism,” said Rev. Simon Ponsonby, a theologian from St Aldate’s Church in Oxford, UK, according to the ASSIST News Service.

Egyptian Jewish community head: Zionism is racism JERUSALEM (JTA) The head of Egypt’s Jewish community said in an interview with an Egyptian newspaper that Zionism is racism.

“Zionism is a racist movement that discriminates between people on the basis of religion,” Magda Haroun told Al-Masry Al-Youm in an interview that was translated and published Tuesday on the website of the Egyptian Independent.” The failure to draw a distinction between Judaism as a religion and the Israeli state is the result of ignorance, which is to blame on social science curricula and teachers.”

Haroun was elected head of the Egyptian Jewish community in April, shortly after the death of Carmen Weinstein, who had led the community for more than 20 years.

Approximately 40 Jews live in Egypt, mostly elderly women, split between Cairo and Alexandria.

insisting they would either have to play or forfeit.

The FIL did schedule the games so that Israel would not have to play during the first Saturday of the tournament, for which the ILA thanked the group in a statement, while still committing to not playing on Shabbat.

“As a team we are all completely on the same page about this,” Greenberg said, adding that they were all proud of the decision to stick to their policy of not playing on Shabbat.

Greenberg is one of several foreign-born players – she’s from Philadelphia – on the team, joining not long after moving to Israel two years ago. Jews from abroad as well as Israelis can play for the ILA and all of them signed on to the no-playing-on-Shabbat rule as an aspect of

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Israeli women’s lacrosse team member Sara Greenberg wields her stick.

the nation s character.

“It’s an obvious extension of what we do,” Greenberg said.

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By Cnaan Liphshiz Jewish Telegraphic Agency In their Krakow home, Anna Makowka Kwapisiewicz and her husband, Piotr, skim through an online article about Poland’s recent ban on kosher slaughter.

What they find even more disturbing than the actual news are the comments posted by other readers.

Hundreds of comments calling on Jews to leave Poland have appeared beneath news articles in the days since the country’s parliament defeated a bill that would have reversed a ban on kosher slaughter, or shechitah, first imposed in January.

“The ban is bad enough because it’s the result of disinformation, but it opened the door to anti-Semitism that’s very evident in these comments,” said Piotr, who with his wife is a founding member of Czulent, an association of young Krakow Jews.

The shechitah ban and ensuing anti-Semitic outbursts come as painful reminders that despite years of government-led projects celebrating Jewish tradition, Poland still has a a long way to go to become a place “where minorities feel at home and not just guests,” as Anna put it.

“There’s a view that Poland is a paradise for Jews,” Anna said. “But now everyone sees there’s no paradise and Poland is a country like all others. It needs to work on tolerance during difficult times, when populism and nationalism flourish throughout Europe.”

In January, a constitutional court, responding to a petition filed by animal welfare activists, outlawed religious slaughter in Poland. A law that would have reinstated shechitah was rejected by the Sjem, the Polish parliament, on July 12 by a vote of 222-

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Polish animal rights demonstrators hold a rally in Warsaw opposing ritual slaughter, or shechitah, July 11, 2013.

178.

On Tuesday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he had no plans to reintroduce legislation to lift the ban.

The Polish ban is not the first time a European country has put animal welfare concerns above the religious freedom of its Jewish and Muslim minorities.

In 2011, a large majority of the lower house of the Dutch parliament passed a bill banning the practice, but it was scrapped by the Dutch Senate. Laws banning kosher slaughter also are on the books in Norway, Switzerland, Latvia, Sweden and Iceland.

The view of Poland as something of a Jewish paradise has been bolstered by initiatives such as Warsaw’s ambitious $100 million Museum of the History of Polish Jews and Krakow’s Jewish Culture Festival, a weeklong affair that attracts tens of thousands of partici-

pants – projects carried out with significant government support. Poland also is seen as a robust Israeli ally.

But the government has lagged on other issues of Jewish concern, like Holocaust restitution. It is the sole European country that does not offer private property restitution to survivors and their heirs.

Poland also has shown a worrying indifference to instances of antiSemitism.

Last month, a prosecutor in the northern city of Bialystok called swastikas “symbols of prosperity” in explaining the refusal to investigate the painting of Nazi symbols on municipal property. Earlier that month, a Polish official said the courts were “powerless” to stop a declaredly anti-Semitic political party from running in elections.

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Maccabiah Games open with record number of athletes Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM (JTA) – U.S. Olympian Aly Raisman lit the torch at the opening ceremony of the 19th Maccabiah Games, which features a record number of nearly 9,000 athletes.

Thursday night’s ceremony at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem featured pyrotechnics and performances with hundreds of dancers and popular Israeli singers, as well as electric violinist Miri Ben-Ari. American “X Factor” runner-up Carly Rose Sonenclar sang “Hallelujah” joined by many in the crowd of 30,000.

“After winning medals and winning achievement, go tour Israel.

This is your country,” Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu said in a welcoming speech that alternated between English and Hebrew. “I’ll tell you the truth. I hope you and your families decide after this visit to come and live here.”

Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres rose and applauded as Israel’s blue-and-white-clad delegation of 2,270 athletes entered the stadium. The 1,100-member U.S. contingent wore red, white and blue sweatsuits with white baseball caps.

President Obama greeted the athletes via video, referencing the “unshakeable bond” between Israel and the United States.

Athletes from a record 78 countries will participate in 42 sports, as well as Paralympic events. Some 150

athletes who participated in the recent Olympic Games will be competing in the Maccabiah, the quadrennial event known as the Jewish Olympics.

Former Israeli Olympians carried a large Israeli flag into the stadium, each accompanied by a participant in the special-needs events.

Amitzur Shapira, an Israeli athlete at the Munich Olympics, recited the Yizkor prayer of mourning in memory of the nine members of the Israeli delegation who were killed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and the four Australian athletes killed in the the 1997 Maccabiah bridge disaster.

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U.S. Olympic gymnast and gold medalist Aly Raisman lighting the torch during the opening ceremony of the 19th Maccabiah Games at Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium, July 19, 2013.

With big plans, Beersheva is hoping to bloom in the Negev

By Ben Sales Jewish Telegraphic Agency BEERSHEVA, Israel – In four years, it’s slated to be bigger than New York’s Central Park and consist of open fields, a sports complex, and a lake and a river filled with recycled water.

Now, though, Beersheva River Park looks like much of the area surrounding the desert city of Beersheva: a panorama of sand and dirt, with a bit of trash and, on a good day, some dirty water trickling through a gorge.

In one patch of empty space, workers in hard hats walk up and

Israel Briefs Three Gaza rockets shatter calm in southern Israel (JNS) Three Qassam rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel on Thursday, ending several weeks of calm in the area. No injuries or property damage were reported.

On Thursday night, rocketwarning sirens sounded in several communities in the Eshkol region. Radar systems identified two rocket launches in Gaza, and a shortly after, Eshkol residents reported hearing explosions. The rockets apparently struck open areas.

Earlier, on Thursday afternoon, a Qassam rocket fired from Gaza toward Israel exploded in Gazan territory.

Troops erred in detaining Palestinian boy in Hebron, IDF says JERUSALEM (JTA) Israeli troops erred in detaining a 5-year-

down rows of stadium seats covered in plastic. At the bottom is a round stage with the foundations of a back wall that is scheduled to open in October as a 12,000-seat amphitheater – Israel’s largest. The cost is $16 million.

Alongside the park, Beersheva looks like one large construction zone. Cranes towering above rising skyscrapers dot the sky. Museums and restaurants are popping up near a formerly dilapidated central district. Ten new upscale suburbs are in the works north of the city. The Israeli Defense Forces is building a massive training complex with seven bases next door. old Palestinian boy for throwing stones at soldiers at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, an Israel Defense Forces official said.

“We made a mistake during the event, both in detaining the boy and detaining his father,” Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon, the head of the IDF Central Command said, told commanders Wednesday during an operational assessment of the incident. “This incident caused more harm than good.”

Burger King ready for royal return to Israel JERUSALEM (JTA) Three years after leaving Israel, Burger King is in talks to open franchises in the country.

Burger King is expected to open 12 restaurants in its first year back in Israel and 15 the following year, according to the Israeli business publication Calcalist.

The desire to return to Israel stems from ownership changes in the international company, according to Calcalist.

On Sunday, the Israeli government announced a five-year initiative to invest nearly $140 million into bringing new residents and businesses to the Negev Desert.

“The city is waking up,” says Natan Jibli, CEO of Israel’s Negev Development Authority. “There’s culture and things to do and students and artists.”

Israelis long have viewed Beersheva as the country’s largest “development town,” the first and sometimes only stop for immigrants from Morocco, Ethiopia, India or Russia. Squat brown public housing known simply as “residences” crowd neighborhoods devoid of

names and identified only by a series of letters.

In its outer districts, though, Beersheva features rolling green hills – even in July – trees, singlefamily homes and traffic circles anchored by central fountains.

In its Old City, which dates back to 19th-century Turkish rule, dilapidated buildings are now buffeted by sleek apartments and trendy restaurants opening on the ground levels of many peeling residences. Some of the apartments house students at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, a bustling campus in northern Beersheva with smooth concrete buildings.

More than 100 of the students live in apartments subsidized by the school, and in return they give eight hours per week to their community in the form of volunteer programs.

University officials hope to engage the students in the city – and keep them there after they graduate.

“The university was created with a mandate to bring development to the region,” said Faye Bittker, director of the university’s department of publications and media relations.

“We want to build an ecosystem.

You have academia, the army, hightech and a hospital.”

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Cedar Village hospice Hospice is a word that often frightens people. They equate hospice with imminent death and that is truly not the case. Hospice services

are available to individuals who have a diagnosis of six months or less to live. What hospice offers are a set of services designed to help the

individual and their family at this challenging stage of life.

When hospice becomes involved with a patient and family, they bring a specially trained and skilled group of health care professionals, individuals who are specifically prepared to work on pain control and relief, symptom management as well as the emotional issues that accompany this stage of life. A key focus is to make certain that the patient is comfortable, that unnecessary medicines are not being given, that pain control is taking place consistently and thoughtfully. When pain is managed, a patient's quality of life is enhanced significantly.

Hospice staff also work closely with family members to help support them through this experience.

Hospice patients do not always

live only six months, some certainly have shorter life spans but others can live for years with hospice care. In fact, research indicates that patients have a longer life span and improved quality of life when hospice care is provided. It is not a "death sentence" rather it is a "life gift" to accompany that patient and their family on this journey.

Cedar Village Hospice brings a unique perspective to the care of hospice patients.

Because we have expertise in caring for frail elderly, we understand fully how to address end of life issue and needs. Because we are a faith based organization, built on Jewish values, we bring a level of compassion and spiritual care that is unparalleled.

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to delivering the same quality of service for which Cedar Village is known, our caregivers and our services are unmatched.

Hospice gives a family the opportunity to "be family" and not have full responsibility for the care management of their loved one. It provides the medical, nursing, pastoral, social work and volunteer resources to ensure that the patient and family receive all the services that they need, with compassion, care and commitment.

Cedar Village Hospice offers services throughout the Greater Cincinnati area. Whether your loved one is at home, in another retirement community or at Cedar Village, Cedar Village Hospice is there to help. Call Cedar Village for more information or with questions.

Living in a retirement community Ever wonder what it is like to live in a retirement community?

Specifically, what is it like to live in the Oak View or Fountain View Apartments on the Cedar Village campus? There are many misconceptions that we hear, and clear up, every day. But for those of you who haven’t had those conversations with us, here are some of the facts about living in retirement housing.

One of the things that folks DON’T give up when they move into a retirement community is their independence. In fact, living in this kind of supportive environment allows them to remain independent longer. Every resident has their own apartment and the freedom to participate in programs and activities as they choose. Just like living in a regular apartment, the choices are their own and they can have all the privacy that they would like. What is different, however, is that there are services available to make it easier for them to be self sufficient.

At Cedar Village, our apartment residents have three meals a day, weekly housekeeping, transportation for shopping or to doctor’s appointments all provided as part of their rent. There is staff available in the building 24 hours a day, including a nurse, to ensure that concerns

are addressed promptly and care provided.

And if you need to see a specialist, from podiatry to orthopedics, from dermatology to ophthalmology or even dental care, the Cedar Village clinic has both fully equipped medical offices and a full range of physicians to meet your specific needs.

Some people think that moving into a retirement community means that you walk away from the lovely home, and beautiful surroundings, that you have created over the course of many years. That is just not the case. At Cedar Village, staff work closely with residents to help them determine how to best place their own furniture, put their own art on the walls and create an environment that is uniquely theirs.

Think that iving in a retirement community means nothing to do except Bingo? If you think that, you are completely mistaken. At Cedar Village, the choice of activities is just about endless, with programs designed to meet every need, interest and level of ability. From Reds games to the symphony, from CCM concerts to visits from the Cincinnati Zoo, it is all available to our residents. And, because we have been blessed with some very

special endowed funds, it is all available at no charge for our residents, something that is unheard of in just about every other retirement community.

Think that living in a retirement community means that your days of traveling are over?

Not only do Cedar Village residents frequently travel on their own or with family but they also travel with us! We are the only community in the country that has taken three missions of residents to Israel. Want to be a part of our next adventure?

Come and see Cedar Village and learn more.

Do you think that living in a retirement community means you have to surrender your car keys and the freedom that goes along with them? Not at all. Many of our Cedar Village residents still drive, still have their cars and use them often.

For those who prefer not to drive, or want options, we have a full program of transportation that includes regular trips to doctor offices, the grocery stores and the mall and is also available on an individual basis to meet specific needs.

Other myths still on your mind?

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There’s help available in your new role as caregiver Whether it’s a phone call from the emergency room about Mom’s fall and her fractured hip, or a slow decline you’ve noticed in your spouse’s cognitive abilities, most of us are unprepared for the new role thrust upon us as caregivers. Sometimes the warning signs are clear in advance but often the scenario unfolds suddenly. The new situation can create overwhelming emotions, confusion, uncertainty and exhaustion.

We suddenly become responsible to make decisions on matters in unfamiliar territory where we have no experience. Among the many issues that could come up are: • Should Mom return home or is another living environment better for her? What is the difference between independent living, assisted living and nursing care?

How do we choose the best place?

• If Dad returns home, will he be able to take care of himself?

Will he be safe at home, take his

meds as prescribed, maintain a healthy diet, etc.?

• If I bring my wife home for rehab, what help is available for in-home care such as companion services, skilled nursing, physical therapy, and how do I know which are the right providers?

• What special equipment do I need and how can I make the house safer?

• What will my insurance pay for and what about Medicare or Medicaid?

The good news is there are professionals out there who can step in and provide the expertise and direction you are looking for.

They are called Geriatric Care Managers (GCM) and they work with individuals and families in situations like yours every day.

They come from many different backgrounds such as social work, nutrition, gerontology or nursing and are required to maintain a board approved certification through the National Associations

The JCC Senior Center provides innovative health & wellness programs Did you know there’s only one nationally accredited senior center in Greater Cincinnati? It’s the JCC Senior Center at the Mayerson JCC, the leader in providing excellent health and wellness programs for Cincinnati seniors for more than six years. The JCC Senior Center enhances the quality of life for older adults ages 60+, to support them in their efforts to keep active and to preserve their independence by promoting wellness, personal fulfillment and self-esteem.

As a focal point for older adults in the community, the JCC Senior Center offers a broad range of innovative activities, services and programs. It is a model of how to provide seniors a variety of evidence-based programs (meaning they’ve been researched and documented) as proven ways to promote health and wellness among older adults.

One of the leading evidencebased programs at the JCC Senior Center is “A Matter of Balance.”

This series of classes emphasizes practical strategies to reduce fear of falling and increase activity levels. Participants learn to view falls and fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals to increase activity, change their environment to reduce fall risk factors and exercise to increase strength and balance.

The “Chronic Disease SelfManagement Program” (referred to as CDSMP) at the JCC is designed to help seniors gain confidence in their ability to control their own health problems and symptoms. Six weeks of smallgroup, highly interactive workshops, meeting once a week, are facilitated by a pair of class leaders – one or both of whom are non-health professionals who have a chronic disease. The ability of these leaders to model chronic disease management and empathize with participants makes the experience especially powerful.

Another popular program at the JCC Senior Center is Tai Chi for seniors, which emphasizes weight shifting, postural alignment and coordinated movements.

Synchronized breathing aligned with Tai Chi movements is integrated into the movement routines. Each session includes instruction in new movements, as well as review of movements from previous classes, and all are done with musical accompaniment.

“Healthy Steps/The Lebed Method” is a therapy, exercise and movement program that also utilizes music to help seniors thrive.

Offering wellness activities for everyone – from younger adults to JCC on page 20

of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGSM). There is also the Midwest Geriatric Care Managers Network that covers the Greater Cincinnati area. They strive to maximize the independence and autonomy of elders while providing the most effective and highest quality health and human services. Fees vary and are based on an initial assessment and individual care plan.

Another local resource, Living Well Senior Solutions is a Cincinnati-based company owned and operated by Episcopal Retirement Homes that provides these services.

For more information on caregiving and the warning signs that your loved one might need help, please contact us.

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Café Mediterranean a taste of Turkey in Blue Ash

By Bob Wilhelmy Dining Editor If you appreciate those who burn with a passion for authentic ethnic foods, then dine at Café Mediterranean. There you will find Fahri Ozdil, a native of Turkey, and owner of the restaurant.

Ozdil travels to New York City three or four times a year to buy herbs and spices for the foods he prepares back here in Blue Ash. Why? Because those particular herbs and spices he buys are imported directly from Turkey, and the imported varieties are not available here. He could buy herbs here, such as oregano, but he says the flavors are just not the same. So he travels to the Big Apple to get the imported Turkish varieties.

“Dry mint, dry oregano, they are very important for us,” he said. “Without them (the Turkish-grown herbs and spices), the food is not the same.” Ozdil said some ingredients are not even available in the U.S., such as red pepper paste (both hot and mild), which is a flavoring that goes into a lot of the dishes found at Café Mediterranean. “Turkish cuisine, we need the spices and herbs 100 percent the same to have everything taste the same as in Turkey.”

Those specially sought seasonings go into dishes that are common to the Near and Middle East, but with a Turkish twist.

Dishes featuring eggplant and lamb as main ingredients are central to Turkish cuisine, according to Ozdil. “We eat lots of eggplant in Turkey; more than 500 different dishes from it (with eggplant in the recipe) in Turkey.”

One of those is the mousaka, a dish seen in the photos associated with this article. Mousaka features a base of eggplant on which the ground lamb and beef are placed. Another couple favorites of mine include: the fried eggplant served up in a fresh tomato sauce as an appetizer; and baba ghanoush, also an appetizer, which is pureed smoked eggplant mixed with garlic and sesame oil, and eaten on torn pieces of pita bread.

While Ozdil goes to great lengths to procure genuine Turkish herbs and spices, he swears by the lamb raised here in the United States. “We use 100 percent U.S. Choice lamb. It is the best,” he claimed. What makes it the best is that the lamb has a mild flavor and none of the disagreeable odor of more pungent lamb from some other

Pictured, Fahri Ozdil, owner, in the dining area of Café Mediterranean

Mousaka, made with eggplant and a ground lamb-beef combination

countries.

“U. S. lamb definitely is number one; it has a better flavor and it makes better dishes for us.

When we have lamb shanks, we have people call and reserve the dish, so they are sure to get the lamb shank—80 percent of the lamb shank is reserved,” he said, meaning that four out of five of those entrees are spoken for before the first customer walks through the door.

Kebabs are widely available in Turkey, and Ozdil has a variety of kebab choices on his menu. Among the favorites are:

shish kebab, featuring chargrilled chunks of lamb, marinated in chef’s seasonings; doner kebab, featuring the lamb-beef mix that is cooked on a vertical spit, sliced thin and served; and chicken kebab, featuring chicken chunks, also marinated.

Vegetarian dishes are central to Café Mediterranean’s menu as well. You may want to try the veggie casserole, with broccoli, cauliflower, peppers and other vegetables, with melted mozzarella cheese on top; the okra stew, made with baby okra, other veggies, and served over rice; or

The exterior of Café Mediterranean.

the falafel dinner, served with a shepherd’s salad and hummus.

The shepherd’s salad is part of Turkish lore. Shepherds once took their flocks to the mountain regions, and while there, would plant a small garden of tomatoes, peppers, scallions, cucumbers and parsley. They would rely on the gardens for part of their sustenance over the course of their mountain pasturing. That traditional salad is on the menu at Café Mediterranean, along with Greek and house salads.

Save room for dessert if you are a baklava fan. The Turkish

variety is made with simple syrup instead of honey as the sweetener. The difference is a lighter dessert that is delicious.

Also, there is an all-Turkish version made with shredded phyllo dough, that is different in appearance, but with great pistachio flavor.

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Iran—Argentina pact erases idea of justice for AMIA victims

By Eduardo Kohn Jewish Telegraphic Agency On July 18, the victims of the AMIA bombing were killed again.

Their families felt the chilly winter and the cold reality of the chain of agreements made between Iran and Argentina that has erased the remote illusion of a true and honest effort to prosecute the perpetrators.

The July 18, 1994 terror attack on the the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association building the heart of the Argentinian Jewish community killed 85 and wounded 300. No one has been brought to justice, though Iran’s ties to the attack are well known.

In a 2006 report, Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman detailed how top Iranian leaders including Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran’s president at the time, and Ahmad Vahidi, who later became minister of defense ordered Hezbollah to kill Jews in Buenos Aires. Interpol has requested that Iran turn over the officials responsible for the worst terrorist attack ever in Latin America. No arrests have been made.

The latest assault on the victims started last year on Yom Kippur, the most sacred day for the Jewish people, when the foreign ministers of Iran and Argentina announced in New York that the two countries had agreed “to investigate together” the AMIA bombing. And to deepen the affront, on Jan. 27 the United Nations’ Holocaust Remembrance Day, Iran and Argentina signed the “agreement” publicly.

Many observers have expressed deep skepticism about the pact between Argentina and Iran to form a “truth commission,” wondering about its true motives. What is clear is that the pact is a sham with no hope of ever bringing to justice the perpetrators.

Here are some points to consider: • Iran has yet to send the Argentinian Foreign Ministry the note of ratification of the agreement signed on Jan. 27.

• The Argentinian media have reported and nobody has denied the information that the Argentinian government has accepted the newly elected president of Iran, Hasan Rohani, as a

“moderate.” What is “moderation” in a theocratic regime that has been accused of violating human rights and where the last word in every decision is not of the “president” but rather the “Supreme leader of the revolution?”

• La Nacion columnist Martin Dinatale, writing in the July 3 edition of the daily Argentinian paper, pointed out that a spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said that “foreign and Zionist agents are behind the AMIA bombing.” Nisman has issued a legal report accusing Iran of creating an intelligence network to prepare attacks in Latin America.

Dinatale also wrote that on July 1, there were clear signs undermining Nisman from the Argentinian government: Attorney General Alejandra Gils Carbo denied permission for the prosecutor to travel to Washington to explain before the U.S. Congress the results of his investigation. It must be added, he wrote, that the Iranians have not yet helped Nisman in his investigation.

According to Dinatale, since the signing of the pact, commerce between Argentina and Iran has skyrocketed. In all of 2012, exports from Argentina to Iran were $52.1 million. In only the first three months of 2013, they exploded to $76.4 million.

Dinatale noted, too, that the prestigious International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance has asked Argentina to distance itself from the organization in light of the pact with Iran.

Though half the country opposed the pact with Iran, Argentina lawmakers still pushed through the deal. In the long run, the lawmakers will have to respond to the people for their decision.

Nineteen years after the AMIA bombing, the survivors and the families of those who perished only know about promises made by the Argentinian government to catch and convict those responsible and the seemingly endless impunity of those responsible.

So on July 18, just before 10 a.m. when the siren marking the AMIA blast sounded we remembered the victims and realized that their memory continues to be insulted by a pact whose sole purpose is to keep the existing obstacles to justice in place.

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Dear Editor, AJC welcomes the unanimous European Union (EU) decision to designate the “military wing” of Hezbollah a terrorist group. We applaud this decision which shines a spotlight on Hezbollah terrorist activity. AJC has long engaged in direct, ongoing diplomacy with senior officials of EU member states, urging this labeling.

A year ago, Hezbollah bombed a bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, killing five Israeli tourists and the Bulgarian bus driver. In addition, Hezbollah has been complicit with the murderous Assad regime in Syria.

The Hezbollah, sponsored by Iran, has established a presence in several European countries, where it has raised funds and recruited operatives.

While AJC would have preferred that the EU make no distinction between the “military wing” and the entire Hezbollah organization, this new EU designation shows serious concern for the specter of terrorism reaching to European nations. AJC maintains offices in Brussels, Berlin, Paris and Rome. Thanks to Great Britain, France, and Germany, prime supporters of the move to shut down Hezbollah in Europe.

Sincerely, Rick Michelman, President Barbara Glueck, Director AJC Cincinnati Regional Office Dear Editor, Cincinnati is well known for its rich history built upon many cultures—most notably for its German and Irish roots—but did you know that Cincinnati is also home to over 200 years of Jewish history?

On June 13, 51 Jewish teens had the rare opportunity to take a bus tour around the city to learn

about “Jewish Cincinnati.” The tour was part of the Israel HERE program, a post-trip engagement program developed by the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati for recipients of Israel Travel Grants from The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati. The goal of Israel HERE is to help the students process their experiences in Israel, strengthen their own personal Jewish identity and explore and expand their relationships with the local Jewish community.

Led by Dr. Gary P. Zola, executive director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, students experienced: • An educational seminar at the American Jewish Archives. HERE teens learned about the Jewish pioneers who began their lives in Cincinnati.

• Visits to Plum Street Temple and Chestnut Street Cemetery, where the participants heard about the founding of these two Jewish landmarks.

• Stops at various historical Jewish landmarks along Reading Road, including the old Congregation Adath Israel, which still has some of the original Hebrew writing on its walls.

In my role as an intern at the Federation, I had the opportunity to help facilitate the tour and see the impact learning about the long history of Jewish Cincinnati had on the teens. When I went to Israel during high school, I had no idea what to expect. The bus tour gave the participants a glimpse of the adventure they are about to embark on. Four years after my time in Israel, I can now see the importance of a program like this.

I came home from the tour feeling more connected to Judaism and wanting to give back to the Jewish community. I could not be more excited for these teens. They are in store for a one-of-a-kind experience that will stay with them for a lifetime.

Zach Samuelson, 17, who is

currently participating in the BBYO International Leadership Seminar in Israel (ILSI), said, “I had no idea how much Jewish history is in Cincinnati. I was blown away when Dr. Zola listed countless names of Jewish businessmen who started many national companies right here.”

“It was a great way to learn more about my local Jewish community before heading off to Israel,” said Adam Dock.

To me, the sight of more than 50 teenagers from different high schools and backgrounds learning together about their Jewish roots and history was empowering.

These teens, myself included, are the future of the Jewish community in Cincinnati, and it is reassuring that they now know their significance in our community.

The addition of the bus tour and other pre- and post-trip programming to the Israel Travel Grants program not only helps these Cincinnati students become more knowledgeable and engaged with the local Jewish community, but also allows them to connect to each other and expand their local network of peers. In addition to the bus tour, Israel HERE consists of five meetings, including a day of community service. To conclude the program, participants help plan and coordinate the community’s Yom HaAtzmaut celebration.

Sincerely, Jordan Evans Workum Intern at the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH Dear Editor, The world is divided along strict ideological lines. You’re either conservative, or you’re a liberal. That concept doesn’t work, because if you define yourself either as a liberal or conservaLETTERS on page 20

Palestinian state won’t bring peace

By Morton A. Klein JointMedia News Service We all want the Arab war against Israel to be finally resolved. But is establishing a Palestinian state the answer? Not when the Palestinians’ goal is Israel’s destruction, as opposed to a Palestinian state living in peace with Israel.

Every opportunity the Palestinians had to establish a state

was rejected because it meant accepting Israel. The offers they rejected included: a 1937 Peel Commission proposal of a state on 95 percent of territory what is today all of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza; in 1947 a division of the land into Jewish and Arab states (U.N. Resolution 181); in 2000 the offer of 97 percent of the West Bank, all of Gaza, and eastern Jerusalem made

by U.S. President Bill Clinton and

endorsed by Prime Minister Ehud Barak; and in 2008 an offer of 98 percent of the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem, and billions in aid from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

These rejections clearly and painfully show that statehood is not the Palestinians’ goal. American Jews understand this. A recent American Jewish Committee poll PALESTINIAN on page 20

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THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013

SHABBAT SHALOM: PARSHAT EIKEV DEUTERONOMY 7:12-11:25

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by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin father was advised by doctors to apprentice him to a Lithuanian farmer in order to “strengthen his blood.”

The young boy worked hard alongside the farmer.

What amazed him was how the farmer constantly smiled while engaged in this backbreaking work.

When the youth asked him the source of his joy, he answered, “Don’t you hear the music and the song of the land as it begins to yield its produce?” The young boy bent down and cupped his ear to the ground, but heard nothing at all. With a knowing smile, the peasant farmer explained, “You see, it’s not your land. If it were, you too would hear the song and smile at the sound of the music.”

At that moment, Hazan decided that as soon as he was old enough, he would go to his land and hear its song. The interview ended with the final words of 96year-old Ya’acov Hazan: “I still work the land and I still hear its music.”

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

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T EST Y OUR T ORAH KNOWLEDGE THIS WEEK’S PORTION: EIKEV (DEVARIM 7:12 – 11:25) 1. How did Moshe describe the desert? a.) Big b.) Snakes c.) Scorpions d.) All of the above 2. Where did the Children of Israel get water in the desert? a.) Rain b.) Streams c.) Rocks 3. What was watered by feet?

Israel.

5. B 10:22 When they arrived in Egypt, Jacob's family was seventy souls and now a numerous nation.

riage to the land – and the land assumes an almost personal form, like the beloved bride of her husband, Israel. The Israelite people “comes” (biah) into the land and sends out his seed upon it.

The Bible even uses the phrase kidashtem – “And you shall sanctify the land [from the same root as kiddushin, engagement] on every fiftieth Jubilee year” (Leviticus 25:10).

The Land of Israel will relate and respond only to the people of Israel just as a loving wife and husband will only relate to one another. Hence, whereas the land always yielded its produce for Israel, during the 2,000 years of our exile the land refused to give its produce to those who came in her place. None were able to bring forth the luscious fruit from it.

Indeed, this is what gave rise to the “Green Line”: where Jews farmed the land, it was green and where the Arabs worked the land it was brown. And although our nation may have been separated from our land, we were never divorced from it. Israel the land remains our first love and eternal bride.

When the Jews worked the land in accordance with the dictates of the Torah, allowing it to lie fallow every seventh year, giving tithes to those who were landless and providing food for the teachers and ministers of the Holy Temple, the land responded in kind and produced abundantly for Israel. But when the Israelites neglected the sabbatical years and the tithes, the land gave itself over to our conquerors and became desolate, making up for all of the years when we did not leave it fallow in the sabbatical years (see Leviticus 26:34). Israel and the land have a mutual mandate to act with mutual respect and lovingkindness.

When I first came to Israel, I heard a radio interview with Ya’acov Hazan, one of the founders of Mapam (the United Workers Party) and the Shomer Hatza’ir kibbutzim. The interviewer knew that Hazan came from a very religious and antiZionist family, and therefore asked him the origin of his Zionism. Hazan explained that when he was about 10 years old, he fell ill with anemia, and his

a.) Egypt b.) Desert c.) Land east of the Jordan River 4. What is the reference to “Lebanon” a.) The cedar trees b.) A border of Canaan c.) Home of the Emori 5. What is “seventy”? a.) Sages in the Highest Court b.) People that went down to Egypt c.) Secrets of the Torah

3. A 11:10 Egypt needed the Nile to irrigate its fields. In Canaan Hashem had the rain to sustain the land. Rashi 4. B 11:24 Lebanon was a northern border of

EFRAT, Israel – ‘For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams and springs and fountains issuing from plain and hill… Give thanks to the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you’ (Deuteronomy 8:7-10).

These verses comprise a paean of praise to the beauty, fruits and natural resources of the Land of Israel. In these four verses, the word eretz (land) is repeated seven times as a refrain and twice it is described and defined by the word tova (good).

This description of the Land of Israel takes the form of a poetic song, which is very different from a descriptive narrative. A narrative depends upon logic to make its point; a song is the product of profound emotion and heartfelt commitment.

The general Hebrew term for “inheritance” is yerusha. But there are two objects that the Bible designates as morasha (heritage): the Land of Israel (Exodus 6: 8) and the Torah of Israel (Deuteronomy 33:4).

The difference between yerusha and morasha is that a yerusha comes very easily, usually in the form of a bequest which the recipient may use however he wishes, even wasting it on useless or unnecessary acquisitions; a morasha is acquired by hard work and must be given as a precious heirloom to the next generation.

The word morasha is therefore in the causative (hiph’il) tense – to “give over.” A sum of money is a yerusha; a Sabbath candelabra or a kiddush cup is a morasha.

The root letters of both yerusha and morasha are the same (yod or vav, resh and shin) and when these same letters are written in a slightly different order, they spell out the word shir (song).

We have seen here how the Bible describes the Land of Israel as a song; the Bible also calls the Torah a song (Deuteronomy 32:44). Moreover, our Sages interpret the word morasha as if it were written me’orasa, a fiancée; both the song of Torah and the song of the Land of Israel are expressions of profound love and commitment.

Hence, the people of Israel seem to be wedded in eternal mar-

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ANSWERS 1. D 8:15. Also the desert had Seraph. Not clear what a Seraph is this context.

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By Nate Bloom Contributing Columnist Glee News: Cory Monteith, Lea Michele, and Adam Lambert Cory Monteith, 31, a (nonJewish) star of the hit show, “Glee,” and the boyfriend of his “Glee co-star,” actress Lea Michele, 26, died of a toxic mix of alcohol and heroin on July 13.

After Monteith’s death, Michele was described as a “Jewish actress” in the Jewish media and elsewhere. This is incorrect: while she has a Jewish father; Michele was raised in her mother’s Catholic faith.

On a much happier note: it was announced on July 10 that singer ADAM LAMBERT, 31, will join the cast of “Glee” next season. It is currently unclear whether his role will be as a regular cast member, or as a guest star in one episode or several. Lambert first became famous when he finished second in the 2009 “American Idol” competition. He has since become a major recording artist, with over six million albums sold worldwide. Lambert’s mother is Jewish and he identifies as Jewish. He has sung Jewish religious music in synagogues.

Smart TV Shows and a Riff on Super Models “Who Do You Think You Are”, a well-made show exploring celebrities’ ancestry, which ran for three seasons on NBC, will return with eight new episodes on TLC, the cable station. (Began on Tuesday, July 23. Many encore showings.)

Actress LISA KUDROW, 49, the series’ producer, and the subject of a first season episode, told Variety: “I’ve never stopped hearing about how much people love [the show] and I’ve always known that we’ve had more great stories to share.” Just one of the eight celebs has Jewish roots: comedian CHELSEA HANDLER, 38. She’ll be profiled in the episode airing on Aug. 6., at 9PM. By the way, former supermodel Cindy Crawford is one of the celebs whose ancestry will be covered on the show. She’s been married since 1998 to RANDE GERBER, 51, a former male model and the present owner of a chain of successful bars and lounges. The couple has two kids and, in years past, I caught press references to both being baptized. Back in 1999, “People” reported on their first child’s birth: “Like Mom, [their son] will be raised Protestant but with exposure to his dad’s Jewish traditions.”

I remembered this as friends peppered me last week with two questions: is Behati Prinsloo, the supermodel who just got engaged

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to singer ADAM LEVINE, 34, Jewish? Is Alyssa Miller, the Sports Illustrated model who just became the girlfriend of actor JAKE GYLLENHAAL, 32, Jewish? The answer is that neither is Jewish.

It occurred to me that somebody should set up a dating service in which hot, “A” list male Jewish celebrities can meet Jewish supermodels, like ERIN HEATHERTON, 24, and BAR REFAELI, 28 (who have both dated Leonardo DiCaprio). Not only would such dating thrill my readers – but if such couples had progeny – to paraphrase ADAM SANDLER’s “Hanukkah Song”: “they would be some good looking Jews.”

If you get Ovation on your cable/satellite provider, you can watch these new programs: “Music Mavericks” profiles bigtime pop stars (began July 18 at 9PM), including NEIL DIAMOND and PAUL SIMON (air date for their episodes announced next month); “Broadway Bash” features Broadway vets (no doubt – many Jewish) who give behindthe-scenes commentary on a re-run of the NBC show “Smash” that is aired on Ovation just before “Bash.” (Began July 19, 10PM); and “Culture Pop”, a round-up of arts news that starts on July 26 at 10:30PM. At the Movies Opening on Friday, July 27, is the “The To-Do List,” a “sex comedy” starring Aubrey Plaza (“Parks and Recreation”) as a smart, but nerdy teen girl determined to become much less innocent before she goes off to college. While verbally explicit, and often featuring crude humor, the film has no nudity. “To-Do” is being heralded as a female-oriented equivalent of “American Pie”. The strong cast includes RACHEL BILSON, 31, ANDY SAMBERG, 34, and CHRISTOPHER MINTZPLASSE, 24.

Just for Fun I just stumbled on a recent NY Times article about Wall St. heavyweights being honored by the UJA-Federation.

One was BRUCE RICHARDS, megaasset manager. Here’s the condensed version of a joke a buddy of his told at the ceremony: “It seems the pope has met with his cardinals to discuss a proposal from Bruce Richards. Mr. Richards had challenged the pope to a game of golf to show the friendship between the Catholic and Jewish religions. The Catholic church chose the golfer Jack Nicklaus to be its proxy, promising to make him a cardinal.

While Mr. Nicklaus played well, he ended up losing – to ‘rabbi’ Tiger Woods.”

FROM THE PAGES 150 Y EARS A GO Henry Kahn’s Meat Store, No. 31 West Sixth Street, between Main and Walnut, is open every day except Sabbath to furnish the community with the best Beef, Veal, Mutton, Smoked Beef, Sausages, Tongues, and Pickled Meat of Prime Qualities. Baskets are sent home to order.

Fresh Meat every Sunday Morning.

QUINCY, ILLS. WANTED The Congregation “Benai Abrohum” desires to engage the services of two Competent persons, to fill the following offices vacant on the first day of July next.

One Gentleman to perform the duties of “Chazan” and “Teacher” (a “German Lecturer” preferred) for which he will receive a remuneration of five hundred dollars per annum, with the usual perquisits of Chazan. – August 7, 1863

125 Y EARS A GO The betrothal of Mr. Alfred M. Cohen and Miss Millie Phillips is announced. Mr. Cohen, the junior member of the well known firm of attorneys, Goss & Cohen, is the President of the Young Men’s Hebrew Association and Secretary of the Mound Street Temple Congregation. Both offices have been filled by him for a number of years with honor to the institutions and credit to himself. Although a very young man Mr. Cohen is well known in political circles, having represented his ward in the Common Council and narrowly escaping being elected to the office of Prosecuting Attorney. He is a staunch Democrat and a man of unusual ability. His contributions to the press have given him more than a local reputation and his persistent and consistent devotion to his faith stamps him as a true and conscientious Israelite. The bride–elect is the daughter of Elias. Phillips, Esq., of 47 East Fifth Street. Miss Phillips is a beautiful and accomplished young lady, talented alike in music and painting, and possessed of an unusually fine education.

Many friends wish them joy and bespeak for them a happy journey trhough life.

Business men who want to do their work systematically, rapidly and in comfort are invited to call at 275 Walnut Street and examine the exhibit of the Wooten Desk Co., the handsomest and most useful adjunct to an office or counting room ever invented. – July 27, 1888

100 Y EARS A GO Miss Jane Addams, the founder of Hull House in Chicago, has been visiting Syria, Palestine and Egypt,

and while staying at Vienna to attend the Woman’s Suffrage Conference gave an interesting interview to a correspondent of the New York World. She had a desire, she said, to acquaint herself with the Holy Land and especially with Jerusalem. She was most favorably impressed with the extensive material and social development going on in the Holy City. In many ways it makes the impression of a modern town. Most interesting, of course, are the relations of the three religions which have to get on together though not always without friction. – July 24, 1913

75 Y EARS A GO Jack A. Casper, attorney and candidate for state representative in the Democratic primary, addressed the member of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority at the home of Helen Savran, 974 Dana Avenue, Monday night, July 25th.

Mr. Casper, is a graduate of Miami University and University of Cincinnati Law School.

He lives in Avondale, is unmarried, is a member of B’nai B’rith, Eagles, Elks, Moose, Duckworth Club and Young Democratic Club of Hamilton County.

His candidacy is being sponsored by some of the leading Democrats in the country. He has announced he favors extension and enforcement of Civil Service.

Phil Harris and orchestra, whose part in the Jack Benny programs on the air has contributed to the success and fame of both the orchestra and Benny himself, will make a personal appearance in Moonlite Gardens, Coney Island, Friday Aug. 12th, according to Edward L. Schott, president and general manager. The orchestra has achieved distinction as being “tops” in popularity among the great dance bands of the land.

The importance of the primaries was emphasized in a final appeal by the committee for the nomination of Gus Karger, Republican Congressional candidate for Republican nomination in the First District subject to the Tuesday, Aug. 9th, primaries. – August 4, 1938

50 Y EARS A GO Mrs. Alfred Lustberg has been appointed chairman of the newly formed Household Contact Committee of the Thrift Shops of the Council of Jewish Women, according to Mrs. Louis Ehrenfeld, Thrift Shop board chairman.

“Furniture of all kinds and in all quantities, as well as household furnishings can be sold in the Thrift Shops,” said Mrs. Lustberg, “and our committee hopes to perform a real service to Council members

and friends, as well as to customer.”

Council’s only fund–raising for its many community service projects in Cincinnati, as well as the overseas program, is provided for through Thrift Shops, she said. – July 25, 1963

25 Y EARS A GO Judi Graceman and Renee Lemberg have become associate chairmen for the 1989 Women’s Campaign of the Jewish Federation, said Carolyn Lowitz and Nancy Berman, co–chairmen/presidents of the Women’s Division.

Graceman most recently served as co–chairman of the Human Resource Development Task Force for the Federation as well as the 1988 Super Sunday chairman. She is a former winner of the Clara Geller and Kate Mack Leadership Awards and she served on the UJA Young Women’s Leadership Cabinet. She is a former board member of the Jewish Vocational Service.

Lemberg, a former Allen Cowett Leadership Award winner, was past vice president of Leadership Council, co–chairman of Super Sunday, and a former board member of Federation. She currently serves as financial secretary on the board of the Jewish Community Center and is a board member of the Jewish Community Relations Council and American Jewish Committee.

“We are delighted to have the expertise and Judi Graceman and Renee Lemberg, long active in community affairs, on our campaign cabinet. We know that with their help, the Women’s Division will raise its one million dollar goal,” said Berman and Lowitz. – July 28, 1988

10 Y EARS A GO Dr. Gary Kirsh, president of Yavneh Day School, announced July 23, the appointment of Dr. Susan Michel Moore as interim head of Yavneh Day School.

Moore joined the administrative staff last year as lower school principal. Prior to joining Yavneh, she was the director for one year at Sabis, a charter school in Mt. Auburn serving nearly 700 children that she helped found. Her professional career has included: staff development; curricular and instructional design; program evaluation; human resources management; and problem solving.

Moore graduated magna cum laude from West Virginia Wesleyan College. She has an M.A. in Reading from West Virginia University, and an Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of Cincinnati. – July 31, 2003

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Paralympics tennis gold medalist Noam Gershony, four-time windsurfing world championship winner Lee Korzits, former Israel national soccer team goalkeeper Nir Davidovich and Israeli judoka Arik Ze’evi carried the Maccabiah torch into the stadium. They passed it to Raisman, an Olympic gold medalist, who lit the Maccabiah flame.

LACROSSE from page 8 has a 5-1 record, before its Thursday matchup with 2nd-seeded Canada.

Although they will have to forfeit, Neiss said he is hoping that the opponent they would have played against will be willing to compete in an exhibition game out of sympathy and love of the game even though it would have no effect on the standings in the tournament.

Israel will also compete in the Men’s Lacrosse World KOSHER from page 8 have Jewish neighbors. More than 60 percent said they did not want Jewish spouses.

A year ago, Jonathan Orenstein, director of the Krakow Jewish Community Center, told JTA that “there’s no better place to be Jewish” than Poland. Interviewed again this week, the New York-born Orenstein sounded less upbeat.

“For the first time in my 11 years in Poland, I feel that things are going backwards,” he said.

Poland is home to some 25,000 Muslims, according to a 2010 U.S. government estimate, and a Jewish population of approximately 40,000, according to Michael Schudrich, the country’s American-born chief rabbi.

But Jews and Muslims are not the only ones affected by the ban, which has shut down the country’s robust export industry of kosher and halal meat. Estimates place the value of the ritual slaughter industry at more than $500 million.

“Yet the talk in media and online was about how the Jews should not be allowed to make money off the misery of animals,” said Piotr Kadlcik, president of the Union of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland. “This kind of talk created a

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(513) 531-9600 Earlier in the day, Peres at a meeting in his Jerusalem office implored New York Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire, a coach for the Canadian Maccabiah basketball team, “to join the Israeli National Team and be a part of our country.”

Stoudemire, a one-time all-star, met with Peres to present the educational project he has launched to promote in Israel – learning science through sports.

Championship next year in Denver and the same rule about playing on Shabbat will apply. It’s too early to say if the scheduling will force the team to have to make the same hard choice again, but the ILA has already started reaching out to lacrosse governing bodies in several countries in an effort to build support for their commitment to not playing on Shabbat but wanting to still fully participate in international tournaments.

“At the end of the day it’s representing the country,” Greenberg said. very uncomfortable feeling.”

The ban has created a rift as well within the Jewish community. In the wake of the parliamentary vote last week, the director of the Brusselsbased European Jewish Association, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, called on Schudrich to resign.

Representatives of two other European Jewish groups also told JTA that they were dissatisfied with Schudrich’s performance in connection with the July 12 vote.

Schudrich told JTA that Margolin’s words constituted “unwarranted hate,” adding that he had been in contact with the European Jewish Congress and the Conference of European Rabbis about the issue. Schudrich has said he would resign if the bill is not reversed.

Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler, the Chabad movement’s emissary to Warsaw, told JTA he believes this will happen because “there is enormous interest and good will toward Jews in Poland.”

Back in Krakow, Anna and Piotr are less certain.

“We are certainly working to make this happen through education and the struggle against intolerance, but there are no guarantees,” Anna Makowka Kwapisiewicz said. “Not in Poland or anywhere else.”

20 PALESTINIAN from page 16 shows that 76 percent of U.S. Jews believe the Palestinians’ goal is Israel’s destruction, and only 38 percent support a state.

The president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas, makes his hatred toward Jews and the Jewish state clear. He and other PA officials proclaim the racist, antiSemitic statement that no Jews will be permitted to live in a Palestinian state, and that he “do(es) not accept a Jewish state; call it what you will.”

In a U.N. speech he condemned Israel for “63 years of occupation,” meaning all of Israel is illegal, and called Israel the “land of Mohammed and Jesus,” denying its Jewish connection. His official emblem shows all of Israel with an Arab headdress over it next to a Kalyshnakov rifle.

In the New York Times, Abbas openly wrote that a Palestinian state will not lead to peace, but will “internationalize the conflict as a legal matter... paving the way for us

LETTERS from page 16 tive, you buy the whole nine yards – which an independent, thinking person would not do. After all, there is such a thing as a moral compass that trumps political affiliation and party loyalty. A person can be sometimes liberal, sometimes conservative, depending on what is right or wrong.

Each group defines the other in a pejorative way. There is talk about reconciliation in Washington, but in reality the divide is becoming greater and greater and it has deteriorated to a point that it is not even civil. I consider myself a neo-con, but I am not always a neo-con. What I believe is essential here is people’s intention and motivation. During the past decades, I have lost several of my heroes and they were from both camps. The first one I lost was an arch-conservative.

Nate Perlmutter was head of the ADL. Then I lost my liberal friend, Billy Goldberg, who was the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Texas.

When he felt the Party was wrong, he fought them. The same thing could be said about Sam Kane, who was a Republican except when he thought they were wrong.

Bob Perry was given a lot of negative attention for contributions he made toward candidates the media found disagreeable, but was never noted for his charitable contributions such as the orphanages in Latin America he started and funded. But he didn’t care what anyone thought; he was doing the right thing and that’s all that mattered. Ben Gettler came up with many concepts that he was never given credit for, but he didn’t care.

As a matter of fact, none of these people cared; they did what they

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to pursue claims against Israel at the U.N. Human Rights Treaty bodies and the International Court of Justice.” Only this week, Abbas said he has made “no concessions” and still demands that the 1967 “Auschwitz” lines – as they have been called by Israeli Minister of Tourism Uzi Landau – be accepted (with minor changes) and that millions of so-called “refugees” be allowed to move into Israel, which would end Israel as a Jewish state.

Are Abbas and the PA presently acting as a democracy creating a civilized, peace-loving society? No. Abbas is a dictator who has not allowed elections for almost nine years. He promotes hate education against Jews and Israel in their media, schools and speeches – such as PA TV recently showing Arab children calling Jews “most evil among creations, barbaric monkeys, wretched pigs”; doesn’t arrest terrorists; doesn’t stop demanding that Israel release terrorists; doesn’t end relations with Hamas; glorifies terPALESTINIAN on page 22 thought was right and that was the end of it.

What all of these people have in common is that they were ideologically committed, and none of their motivations were based in self-serving or ego gratification.

So many leaders today are drawn by ego gratification and a sense of power. The cause is almost secondary to the credit. What makes the passing of my aforementioned friends notable is that they represent the end of an era. We have many more altruistic people active today but none of them have given so much with so little in return. I mourn my friends’ passing because I don’t suspect there will be many people like that again.

They were all hard fighters for what they believed in. Republican conservatives and Democratic liberals defined who they were, but they never quite fit in the mold.

They were either American patriots or Jewish leaders. They were not down the line party hacks, but people who drew the line by the concept of right and wrong. They spoke their minds, regardless of the consequences to them. They were articulate and their messages were heard. We shouldn’t be calling these people neo-cons or liberals. We should call them reasonable. The person in Washington who best fits that category is Joe Liebermann. The moral compass cannot be replaced by party affiliation or by party loyalty, as Joe Liebermann has demonstrated. He always did what was right, regardless of party agenda.

Sincerely, Tom Neumann Executive Director Emeritus of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs

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community. Over the course of 10 years in Ohio’s state senate, during which he served with the minority (Democratic) party, he said he was considered a successful officeholder specifically because of his ability to put together coalitions.

“What you have to do is recognize that different groups aren’t going to see every detail of any issue in an identical pattern, but find those that you share core values [with], and [groups with whom] you can teach each other about your different approaches to those core values, and then find common ground,” Fingerhut said.

Hillel needs to similarly build coalitions on campus “because we are a minority, that’s the reality of the Jewish people,” according to Fingerhut.

But that minority, Fingerhut said, consists of “the brightest, most talented young people on our campuses.”

“They’re smart, they’re passionate, they want to change the world, and to do that, we [at Hillel] have to help them build strong and effective coalitions that are affirming of their Jewish identity, affirming of their connection to the Jewish people, and also take the strength of Jewish values and Jewish teachings out into the broader world,” he said.

potential Jewish refugees has necessitated a wholesale re-imagining of the organization’s purpose. The change is reflected in the group’s new motto, unveiled in June, which adds “Protect the Refugee” to the group’s traditional motto, “Welcome the Stranger.”

It’s not clear yet how HIAS will make its pitch to younger donors.

Officials could only describe it in vague terms.

“Young people don’t just want to write checks, they want to be involved,” said Dale Schwartz, the incoming chairman of HIAS. But Schwartz could only speculate about the shape that involvement would take. “Legal work, organizing to raise funds?”

Hetfield in his talk to staff in this suburban village of New York City noted that the international refugee system is largely faith-based and that it would be a “shonda” should the Jews abandon their place at the table while various Christian and Muslims groups continue to play a prominent role.

“If anyone would know about being forced to flee from their homes, the Jews would know,” said Anne Mwangi-Wambugu, HIAS’ country director for Kenya, which has taken in refugees from conflicts in neighboring countries as well as gay refugees subject to persecution in Uganda.

JCC from page 13 seniors – and regardless of health status or ability, the Healthy Steps program improves overall wellness, range-of-motion, balance, strength and endurance, as well as emotional well-being and selfimage. Healthy Steps/The Lebed Method has even been proven to help enhance the well-being of those with cancer or other chronic illnesses or medical conditions.

These are just a few of the wellness programs offered by the JCC Senior Center. There are many other onsite options, including discussion groups, lectures, group lunches and holiday celebrations, music and computer training. Services are also offered outside the walls of the JCC, including a full spectrum of trips, Meals on Wheels for homebound adults, outreach support programs for both seniors and their adult children and more. Seniors not only have the opportunity to choose the programs and services of interest to them, but they may also participate in the planning of which programs and services will be offered.

U.S. HOUSE from page 5 engagement.

“We are mindful of the limitations of the Iranian presidency within the country’s political system, of the fact that previous Iranian presidents elected on platforms of moderation have failed to deliver on promised reforms, and of the mixed signals that Dr. Rohani himself has sent regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions,” it says.

The letter comes as a number of lawmakers in Congress have joined Netanyahu in calling on the Obama administration and the international community to ratchet up pressure. Some members in signing the letter appear to have placed themselves at odds with positions they signed on to just weeks ago.

Several of the signatories on the Dent-Price letter are members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which collectively signed a letter to Obama on July 1 saying the election had “done nothing to suggest a reversal of Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapons capacity.” The committee dismissed any contention that Rohani was a “moderate” and called on Obama to expand and intensify sanctions.

A lobbyist who campaigned for the Dent-Price letter said it was his impression that lawmakers signed on in part because they

In Latin America, HIAS employs Argentinian Jewish psychologists who lost their jobs in the country’s economic crisis 15 years ago. Their job is to work with refugees who only have had contact with government bureaucrats. With operations in nine Ecuadorean cities, HIAS is now the country’s largest refugee agency.

“We work in the waiting rooms,” said Enrique Burbinski, the group’s regional representative for Latin America. “We try to cut the chain of violence.”

HIAS is not abandoning immigration reform. It remains one of 26 members of the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable, which has made immigration reform a priority this year. And its website calls for comprehensive immigration reform that creates a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers in the United States and establishes border policies that enhance security while protecting human rights.

But HIAS officials hope the deemphasis of the group’s immigration work in favor of refugee resettlement will help smooth the edges of HIAS’ relations with potential partners put off by its reform agenda.

“People would say to us, are you for illegal immigration?” Spinner said, describing the reaction of certain Christian groups. “The issues that are around refugees are much more intense and critical.”

wanted to investigate all options in the wake of U.S. involvement in two controversial Middle East wars over the last decade or so.

“It resonates with them because even those members who believe in their heart Iran will need something more kinetic than diplomacy, they still prefer diplomacy because it’s been a rough 10 to 12 years for them as members of Congress during U.S. military engagement in the Middle East,” said the lobbyist, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The lobbyist said he and his colleagues were careful to pitch the letter as not obviating sanctions and military action down the line.

“All these members agree that despite what their plan B’s are, the opportunity to negotiate and resolve this diplomatically has to be explored,” he said.

A number of the signatories have senior positions in the House. Dent and Price are senior members of the Appropriations Committee, and Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) is the thirdranked Democrat.

The letter also has the backing of J Street, Americans for Peace Now and the National Iranian Advisory Council. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee did not adopt a position on the letter, an official told JTA.

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THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013

All about food – Fresh fruit desserts Zell’s Bites

by Zell Schulman Summer brings fresh fruits and the opportunity to enrich our taste buds with fresh strawberries, blueberries, Georgia peaches, plums, raspberries and more. These summer fruits, straight off the vine or tree, are waiting for you at your neighborhood fresh market. They can begin or end your day on a sweet note.

Some mornings, I’ll open my refrigerator to find one or two strawberries sitting in a bowl, a mango I forgot I’d purchased earlier in the week and a carton of yogurt with its expiration date staring me in the face. The makings of a “morning cocktail.” If breakfast isn’t your thing, and mine isn’t, a fruit smoothie provides nourishment to start my day.

FRUIT SMOOTHIE Makes one 10-ounce drink Ingredients One, 6-ounce carton yogurt 1 medium fresh peach or banana, peeled and sliced or one cup of your favorite fresh fruit or berries 1/2 cup juice (orange, grapefruit, cranberry or pineapple) 1 teaspoon extra fine sugar (optional) Method 1. Empty the yogurt into a blender or bowl of your food processor, fitted with the steel knife.

Add the fruit of your choice and pulse several times. With the processor or blender running, pour the juice and sugar through the feed tube. Process or blend until smooth.

Pour into a tall glass. Here’s “To your health.” Enjoy!

SIMPLE SYRUP FOR SUMMER FRUITS & BEVERAGES A pint of simple syrup can usually be found in my refrigerator at all times. It not only sweetens drinks but with the addition of your favorite liqueur, you will have the perfect addition to pour over fresh fruit and create a light, fresh fruit dessert. A pint of sugar syrup can be refrigerated for two to three weeks.

Ingredients 1 cup sugar 1 cup water or orange juice

3 tablespoons liqueur (optional) Microwave Method Place the sugar and water or orange juice into a four cup microwave–safe container.

Microwave on high setting 3 to 5 minutes or until bubbly. Stir and microwave on medium setting 2 to 3 more minutes until the sugar has completely dissolved. Remove and allow the syrup to cool 15 minutes before placing in a pint jar.

Refrigerate until ready to use.

QUICK SUMMER DESSERTS To make quick and easy summer deserts, the following additions go great together. You will need at least three cups of fresh berries, or fruit that is sliced into bite size pieces.

The following fruits and liqueurs go well together and make a fabulous tasting dessert for any summer party: Strawberries or oranges with Cointreau Apricots with Amaretto Raspberries with Kirsch or Cassias Grapes or cherries with Brandy Peaches with Grand Marnier or Cointreau Pineapple with Rum Method 1. For dessert, add the appropriate liqueur to the sugar syrup. Heat 1 minute on high in the microwave or in a sauce pan on the range.

2. Pour over the fruit and chill an hour or two before serving.

3. Refrigerate.

Zell’s Tips: I slice a lemon and crush several fresh mint leaves in the warm syrup. Refrigerate it for several days, then strain the syrup, and pour it over melon for breakfast or use it to make a great summer cocktail using the above method.

FRESH BRANDIED PEACHES Serves 6 These are wonderful to take along on a picnic. Serve them with your favorite cookie or spoon them over angel food or pound cake slices.

Ingredients 1 dozen fresh peaches, peeled, pitted, and sliced into eighths 1/4 cup brandy 1/2 cup extra fine sugar 2 large lemons, juice and zest Method 1. Place the peaches into a 2quart bowl. In a 1 cup container, mix the brandy and sugar together and microwave on high, 2 minutes or heat in a small saucepan, until the sugar has melted.

2. Add the lemon juice and zest.

Stir well. Pour the syrup through a strainer, over the sliced peaches.

Refrigerate in a tightly–covered container, overnight.

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BEERSHEVA from page 9 The university boasts a well-regarded computer engineering program and is pinning its hopes on a new high-tech park next door. The first of the park’s 20 planned buildings opened this month and houses seven companies along with two incubators for early-stage startups. When completed, the park will house up to 60 companies, bringing 10,000 jobs to the area.

“The park is big technology news for Beersheva and the Negev,” said Sima Kachlon, general manager of the city’s Proactive Center for Business Promotion. “You finish an engineering degree and you have somewhere to join.”

The center also hopes to attract large communications and electric companies to Beersheva and create a commercial district in the Old City.

Kachlon laments that chain clothing stores and cafes have been reluctant to open in a city some still regard as backwater.

For upper and middle-class Israelis still wary of Beersheva, the government has planned 10 new suburbs to the city’s north: affordable, quiet bedroom communities for people working in Beersheva or even Tel Aviv, which is about one hour, 15 minutes away by car and an hour by train.

The Jewish National Fund in the past 10 years has invested $40 million into attracting half a million Israelis here within two decades, working alongside the Or Movement, which shares that goal.

The Israeli immigration organization Nefesh B’Nefesh also has offered incentives to families who PALESTINIAN from page 20 rorists and names schools, streets, and sports teams after Jew-killing terrorists; and continues his massive and relentless delegitimization and demonization of Israel.

We also need to understand that a sovereign state doesn’t necessarily create a civil and peace-loving society – it only strengthens the ability of the underlying culture to promote its agenda. Iran, Libya, North Korea, Egypt and Syria are sovereign states.

Are they lovely and peaceful?

There is also no demographic issue for Israel if a Palestinian state is not created, since Israel has already given away 42 percent of the West Bank and all of Gaza, where 99 percent of all Palestinians live.

Therefore, Palestinians are no longer under Israeli rule, except when it comes to some security issues, and Israel can maintain its Jewish character without the creation of a Palestinian state.

Additionally, if Abbas is acting this way now, when he still has concessions to demand, how will he act when he runs a Palestinian state with no more concessions to demand? No

move to Israel’s South.

In past decades, “the state took initiative, but now, as we see on Facebook, innovation comes from the people and the young generation,” said Roni Flamer, CEO of the Or Movement. “If you know how to create a good model, the state will see it.”

To attract residents to Beersheva, the government is improving its connections to Tel Aviv. A new train track will carry passengers between the cities in 50 minutes, and the Negev Development Authority is pushing to build Israel’s second international airport in the area even though Beersheva has few hotels.

Like Beersheva River Park, some of the planned communities still leave much to the imagination.

One planned town, Karmit, has one structure, the synagogue – it was paid for by American donors. JNF envisions the town with 2,500 families, half religious and half secular, and is counting on existing infrastructure like the synagogue attracting prospective buyers. Karmit’s first lots won’t be populated until 2016.

The 10-suburb plan has its critics. Ronit Ze’evi, Beersheva’s district manager for the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, says she’d prefer that neighborhoods be added instead to nearby depressed towns. The new suburbs, she said, will separate the upper and lower classes while costing the government more money in infrastructure development.

“They’ll hurt the existing towns,” Ze’evi said. “If you have communities of villas, the well-off population will leave the city and go

to these villas. It’s less socially equitable.”

Fifty families – a progressive Orthodox community equal parts immigrant and native-born Israeli – has settled in the heart of Beersheva.

Since arriving in 2010, they’ve tried to boost the district socially and religiously, volunteering in immigrant absorption centers, hosting lectures and social events, and founding a liberal Orthodox prayer group.

“What makes us different is being a progressive religious community,” said Ravit Greenberg, former chairwoman of the community’s board. “When you go into a school and say pluralism matters to us, you’re doing something important.”

Beersheva’s biggest boost may come from the new IDF training base complex, which is set to arrive by 2015, along with the army’s computer unit. The army estimates that this will streamline its operations and create 10,000 jobs.

Ben-Gurion University plans to collaborate with the army on research and courses, and will encourage soldiers to find jobs here after their discharge.

As with many projects, Beersheva residents will have to wait and see what happens. But for Flamer, who noted that the Negev Desert covers most of Israel, a new and improved city is just on the horizon.

“We’re talking about the state’s biggest dream,” Flamer said, “to affect the whole population, to take 60 percent of Israel and make it 100 percent of its future.”

wonder Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview last week that Israel is worried “a Palestinian state will be another Iranian client state that is committed to our destruction,” a state that “arms itself with missiles and rockets.” Remember, Netanyahu said that after Israel left Gaza “and tore up the settlements,” the conflict continued. No wonder Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said, “There are those who are trying to market Abbas as relatively moderate, but his goals are the same as Hamas.”

Under prevailing conditions, not only would a Palestinian state not bring peace, but Israel would also be truly endangered. No remotely stable and peaceful Palestinian state is even possible when rivals Fatah and Hamas control the West Bank and Gaza, respectively. Hamas might one day topple the Fatah/PA in the West Bank, just as it did in Gaza in 2007. Jerusalem, Ben Gurion airport and 70 percent of Israel’s population would be placed in rocket, mortar and rifle range of Palestinian terrorists, as is the case for Israeli territory adjacent to Hamas-controlled Gaza today – something that has trauma-

tized Israelis in towns like Sderot and which has led to repeated military clashes and bloodshed.

Advocates of Palestinian statehood claim such a state would be demilitarized. But there is no way to ensure that it would be. The Versailles agreement after World War I required Germany to be demilitarized – yet Germany built the most powerful army in Europe.

The last thing the world needs now is yet another anti-American, anti-Jewish, anti-Christian terrorist dictatorship. Yet that is exactly what a Palestinian state would be, judging by the behavior of the PA during the 20 years since its creation.

Peace doesn’t exist because the Palestinian culture of hatred and violence against Jews and the Jewish state continues unabated, and because, as Prime Minister Netanyahu said, “There is a fervent Palestinian opposition to a Jewish state within any border.” Palestinian statehood won’t resolve these issues.

Until these things change, and the Palestinian Arabs accept the right of the Jewish people to have a state, peace will remain elusive.