Federation Star - December 2013 by Jewish Federation of Collier County

Celebrating Jewish Life in Collier County, Israel and the World

Federation Star Published by the Jewish Federation of Collier County serving Naples, Marco Island and the surrounding communities

www.JewishNaples.org INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

6A Women’s Cultural Alliance 7A Men’s Cultural Alliance 9A Community Focus 12A Jewish Interest 16A Tributes 19A Focus on Youth 22A Commentary 23A Rabbinical Reflections 24A Synagogues 26A Organizations 29A Business Directory 30A Community Calendar 31A Community Directory 1B Jewish Happenings 9B Israel & the Jewish World

4A Kristallnacht Commemoration

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“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Judge Norman Krivosha President s I read over some of the findings of the recently published Pew Research Center study concerning how Jews in America think about being Jewish, the words of the philosopher George Santayana came to mind. You may recall he wrote, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Before I make further comment, permit me to make a disclaimer. I do not mean to sit in judgment of anyone by my remarks, but only to share my concerns of where the results of the Pew study may be taking us in light of

what Santayana had to say. I recognize that everyone has a right to do as he or she pleases, and it is not for me to be judgmental. However, having said that, it does not change my concerns for the future. While life in America for Jews today can clearly be called the “golden age” of Judaism, it is not the first time in our history that we have been so fortunate. Anyone familiar with life in Spain just before 1492 is aware of the “golden age” for Jews in Spain, followed by the Inquisition. And Germany pre-Hitler was another “golden age” for Jews only to be followed by the Holocaust. Today we are being made aware of the rebirth of anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe, even though the number of Jews living there are relativity few. And I am old enough to remember when there were Jewish admission quotas to medical

and law schools; and I attended a state university which had a separate “Rush Week” for Jewish students who were not eligible to join non-Jewish fraternities or sororities. I worry that the Pew study disclosed that 73% of those surveyed said that remembering the Holocaust was essential to their sense of Jewishness, but apparently have forgotten how and why the Holocaust occurred. The survey further disclosed that two-thirds of Jews of “no religion” say that they are not raising their children Jewish, as if others would therefore not recognize them as Jewish. Was that not the attitude of many pre-World War II Jews of Germany who believed that they were German and therefore safe? Eighty-one percent apparently reported that observing Jewish law

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Invitations are in the mail for the Evy Lipp People of the Book Event 10A ADL honors Rabbi A. James Rudin

14A Jewish Museum of Florida exhibit

4B GenShoah update

By Carole J Greene

omplete and return your reservation with haste. Yes, it is only December, but the Evy Lipp People of the Book Cultural Event on Wednesday, February 19 is sure to fill up fast. It is free to all members of the Jewish Federation of Collier County, and you know how people love “free stuff.” Your RSVP is a must. (A reservation form can also be found on page 8A of this issue.) Thanks to the continued sponsorship by the Federation and generous Patrons, this event has become an annual tradition, now counting up to this, its tenth anniversary edition. The presenter is Bruce Feiler, New York Times columnist and author of numerous books: Walking the Bible – A Journey By Land Through the Five Books of Moses; Abraham; Where God Was Born: A Daring Adventure Through the Bible’s Greatest Stories;

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fluence of religion in AmeriAmerica’s Prophet; The can life. Council of Dads; and his His most recent book, most recent, published in The Secrets of Happy FamiFebruary 2013, The Secrets lies, exposes the secrets. It of Happy Families. collects best practices for From his titles, you modern-day parents from might deduce that his books some of the world’s most focus on two areas – the Bruce Feiler creative minds, including role of religion in contemtop computer program designers in porary life, and replicable dynamics Silicon Valley – originators of the of functional families. Your deduction “Agile Programming” concept. He would be correct. candidly describes how Agile ProIn Walking the Bible, Feiler gramming has revolutionized his unlocks the mysteries of some of own family and how it can do the the Bible’s most memorable events. same for ours. Abraham recounts the author’s perThe venue, Temple Shalom, alsonal quest to know the shared ancesways fills to capacity. To be sure you tor of Jews, Christians and Muslims. do not miss this opportunity offered Where God Was Born describes gratis to Federation members, join or Feiler’s year-long trek visiting biblirenew your membership in the Jewcal sites through the front lines of Isish Federation of Collier County. For rael, Iraq and Iran. America’s Prophet details, please call 239.263.4205. is his groundbreaking story of the in-

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JFNA Chair Michael Siegal to speak at Major Gifts & Lion of Judah event By David Willens, JFCC Executive Director

ichael Siegal will speak at this year’s Major Gifts & Lion of Judah Event for the Jewish Federation of Collier County. The event takes place at the beautiful home of Bobbie and Jack Myers on Monday, January 13. A minimum gift of $5,000 per household to the 2014 Jewish Federation of Collier County’s Annual Campaign is required to participate in this event. Gifts will be solicited. The evening is graciously being underwritten by our good

friends at Northern Trust. Michael Siegal is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and is the former Board Chair of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. Siegal has served on numerous other nonprofit boards including the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and Israel Bonds, where he served as International Campaign Chair from 1991-1993 and Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2007 to

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2011. He currently serves on the board for the Development Corporation for Israel, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. He has also served on the AIPAC board. Siegal is Chairman & CEO of Olympic Steel and is a national expert in the steel industry. Olympic Steel is a true Jewish family success story. Siegal’s father Sol and uncles Morris and Sam started the company in Cleveland in 1974. Michael joined the company in 1974, becoming president in 1984. The company grew rapidly and made its initial public stock offering in 1994. Siegal has received numerous business awards including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Metal Center News’ Steel Man of the Year, and Inside Business’ Northeast

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Ohio Business Hall of Fame. Siegal and his wife Anita have a winter home in Bonita Springs, and are generous contributors to our Federation’s Community Campaign. For more information about the Major Gifts & Lion of Judah Event, please contact me at 239.263.4205 or david@jewishnaples.org.

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ranked low with them. I have conducted my own unscientific experiment concerning this issue. Someone will tell me that they are not observant. I then ask a series of questions. “Do you believe you should not murder?” “Do you believe you should honor your father and mother?” “Do you believe you should not steal?” “Do you believe you should not covet your neighbor?” Many people confuse Jewish Moral Law with Jewish Ritual Law. Most people I know follow Jewish Moral Law. It is ever more critical that we “remember our past” lest we be required to repeat it. Your Jewish Federation of Collier County is trying as best it can to prevent that from occurring.

As noted in David Willens’ article, we support a number of important Jewish activities, locally, nationally and internationally to insure the safety of Judaism throughout the world. And your participation is likewise critical if we are to succeed and overcome what appears to be a growing trend and a resultant consequence, which I doubt any of us would like to see. I urge everyone to become familiar with the Pew Research study, to reexamine where they are and what it means to be Jewish, and to further assist in helping the Jewish Federation of Collier County do what it can to stem the tide of change by making your contribution before the end of the year.

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Comments on the Pew Research Center study on the American Jewish community David Willens JFCC Executive Director want to comment on the Pew Research Center’s recently released 2013 Survey of U.S. Jews, the most comprehensive national study of the American Jewish population in a dozen years. As presented on page 12A of the November issue of the Federation Star, the study covers a wide range of topics, including population estimates, demographic characteristics, Jewish identity, religious beliefs and practices, intermarriage, child rearing, connections with Israel, and social and political views. It also estimates a total of 6.7 million American Jews, who make up 2.2% of the U.S. population. As a side note, during the winter months, there are usually one million of these American Jews scattered throughout the State of Florida. So now that we have the study, what do we do with it? Michael Siegal, Chairman of the Board of The Jewish Federations of North America, and Jerry Silverman, President/CEO of our national system, commented in the November 1 issue of The Jewish Daily Forward that “If we go by numbers alone, the non-Orthodox American Jewish community is facing an existential crisis. The study clearly demonstrates that we stand at an urgent crossroads for American Jewry, and presents us with a major opportunity. Our communal leadership must seize upon

it with renewed vigor and focus.” Their column goes on to highlight several areas where our energy and dollars should be directed, including but not limited to: Early Childhood Programs, Jewish Camping, Birthright Israel and Establishing Jewish Development Zones. As I see it, our Jewish Federation of Collier County has been focused on and addressing these critical areas for a long time. Early Childhood Programs For decades we have provided grants to the synagogues in our community for their religious education programs, as scholarships – providing the synagogue accept any Jewish child regardless of their ability to pay. In recent years we have also provided Temple Shalom and Chabad Naples with grants as scholarship funding in support of their preschool programs. And we have been sending the Progressive Reform Synagogue in Kiev, Ukraine, grant monies in support of its preschool. Let’s face facts – if we don’t capture our Jewish youth at a young age and hold them fast to their Judaism, we stand to continue to lose young Jews and their affiliation to Jewish communal activities on a global plane. Jewish Camping Jewish camping has always been high on our priority list because we know the impact that it has on those who attend. In the September issue of the Federation Star we featured Felicia Lilien, one of our success stories, because we provided her with scholarships to attend several Jewish camping experiences. That support has translated into this young woman serving as the Program Director for the Hillel

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at The Ohio State University. This does not include all of the additional scholarships we have granted to our youth and teens to travel to Israel, as well as to participate in a variety of leadership conferences. If you are not aware, I am also a product of the Jewish camping experience. I went to Camp Coleman fifty years ago, when they first opened their doors; and also received a scholarship to attend. Birthright Israel Our Federation has funded the incredible Birthright Israel program since its inception, just over 13 years ago. To date, about 350,000 young collegeaged Jews from all over the world have participated in this trip opportunity. Our challenge is to engage the alumni when they return, and to create a pool of new young Jewish leaders for the future. You will be hearing more about this in the next couple of months from Lauren and Michael Saravis, children of Jill Saravis, our Community Program Coordinator. Lauren and Michael will participate in this month’s Birthright Israel journey, along with several thousand other college-aged young adults. We provided Lauren and Michael with a small scholarship to help them with domestic transportation and other costs for their trip. Jewish Development Zones We are certainly innovators in this arena. In the past 13 years, we have

helped launch a Holocaust Museum; a Center for Judaic, Holocaust & Genocide Studies at FGCU; a Jewish Family Service agency; the Evy Lipp People of the Book Cultural Event; a BBYO community-based youth group; and a WCA and MCA. We also assist with the JCMI Jewish Film Festival and Saul Stern Cultural Series programs. We launched a Connections magazine and Jewish Community Directory – later this month you will be receiving the 2014 editions. And we continue to produce this newspaper, the Federation Star, as the connecting thread to everything Jewish in our community, at no charge to you. I’m sure I have omitted other things that we have initiated. Do you see a pattern here? I do. It looks like we have been focused on and addressing the most important issues relevant to the American Jewish community for a long time. If you are a donor to our Federation Campaign, you should feel very good about how your charitable dollars are being spent. If you are not a donor to our Federation Campaign, we think you should hop on the bandwagon and know that you could be funding the most important issues that face our Jewish community today. Please join us and make a gift to the 2013 Jewish Federation Campaign in our community. You’ll be glad you did.

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Catholic/Jewish Dialogue commemorates 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht By David Willens, JFCC Executive Director n Sunday, November 3 the Catholic/Jewish Dialogue (CJD) of Collier County commemorated the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, at Temple Shalom to a full sanctuary of Jews, Catholics and other community members. Rabbi James Perman welcomed those in attendance and commented on the need to impart this history to the next generation. Also present was Bishop Frank Dewane, on behalf of the Diocese of Venice in Florida, who commented on the solemnity and importance of this commemoration. The event included a special memorial service and Witness, a dra-

matic reading about Kristallnacht. Witness looks briefly into the lives of those who experienced this horrific event. Through their accounts, we see history unfold through the eyes of people – most of them very young people – caught up in the turmoil of that night. Witness was presented in partnership with the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida and the Interfaith Council of Central Florida. The CJD knows that with the passage of so many years, there will not be many witnesses left. In a few decades, there will be none. It is the duty of each of us to remember their words, their lives, and their place in

Fr. Robert Kantor, Rabbi Ammos Chorny, Rabbi Edward Maline, Bishop Frank Dewane, Rabbi Sylvin Wolf, Rabbi James Perman

the world, and to pass this knowledge along to each new generation. Appreciation goes to the Catholic/ Jewish Dialogue Steering Committee for planning this powerful and meaningful event; and to the Readers, who volunteered to read the personal accounts of witnesses to Kristallnacht. Special thanks go to Brad Goetz, who directed the Readers and media presentation. The Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida arranged for the display of class projects from The Village School and St. Elizabeth Seton, depicting the students’ sensitivities about Kristallnacht and the Holocaust.

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Dr. Karen Ezrine reads from Witness

Multi-media slide presentation as part of the dramatic reading of Witness

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President: Judge Norman Krivosha Vice President: Dr. Karen Ezrine Vice President: Dr. Morton Friedman Vice President: Phyllis Seaman Recording Secretary: Kevin Aizenshtat Assistant Secretary: Alvin Becker Treasurer: Jerry Sobelman Assistant Treasurer: Jerry Bogo Immed. Past President: Rosalee Bogo

Board of Trustees Harvey Brenner Stephen Coleman Alan Gordon Neil Heuer Linda Hyde Wallie Lenchner Ben Peltz Joel Pittelman Dr. Ronald Roth Dr. Tracey Roth Arlene Sobol Michael Sobol Berton Thompson Dr. Joel Waltzer Dr. Daniel Wasserman Beth Wolff Barry Zvibleman

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Board Members Emeritus Ann Jacobson Hans Levy Shirley Levy

Synagogue Representatives Cantor Donna Azu Roger Blau Rabbi Ammos Chorny Yale T. Freeman Stuart Kaye Rabbi Edward Maline Rabbi Adam Miller Suzanne Paley Rabbi James Perman Dr. Arthur Seigel Rabbi Sylvin Wolf Rabbi Fishel Zaklos

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Giving: Why we do and why we should Phyllis Seaman

Federation VP & Campaign Chair

ere we are in December. Where did the year go? For many of you, this newspaper will arrive around Thanksgiving and Chanukah. Happy holidays to all. As Campaign Chair, this is crunch time for me – one month to reach our million dollar goal for the 2013 Campaign year. This is always a tough time of year, closing out one campaign, while planning the next. As Uncle Sam would say, “We need you and your support,” to achieve our goal. I’d like you to stop and think for a moment why you give to a particular charitable organization or why you don’t. Some of us give because we believe in the institution, what it stands for and what its goals and commitments are. Some, because our families gave to those same charities and they are part of our lives, backgrounds and traditions. Some give because they feel good supporting something that helps others. Then, there are those who give for all of these reasons. I personally

fit into all three categories. Recently there was an article in The Wall Street Journal titled “HardWired For Giving,” adapted from the book What Makes a Hero? The Surprising Science of Selflessness. The article stated that most people believe the Darwinian Principle “the survival of the fittest,” and to get ahead you need to look out for number one. However, the latest science shows we are also hard-wired to be generous. Scientists found the brain churns out a pleasurable response when we engage in charitable giving and it’s inherently rewarding. Also, giving isn’t purely selfless. It was found that most people will give because they expect some tangible reward – if not a monetary one, then a social one. The study also found the pleasurable response people had when they donated on their own was stronger than when they were required to donate. I want you to have a pleasurable response and feel good for helping people in our community, our country and overseas with your generous donation to Federation. Here are some of the many responses to needs our Federation has supported this year: ÎÎ A grant of $230,000 to Jewish Family & Community Services, serving the needs of our most vulnerable Collier County residents ÎÎ Neve Michael in Israel, a home

and school for children in crisis ÎÎ Yad LaKashish, a sheltered workshop for disabled and elderly in Jerusalem ÎÎ Temple Shalom religious school and preschool, Beth Tikvah, Chabad preschool and Camp Gan ÎÎ Jewish Congregation of Marco Island Jewish Film Festival and Saul Stern Cultural Series programs ÎÎ Naples BBYO with AZA and BBG Chapters; there are dozens of middle school kids in BBYO Connect, in the pipeline to join BBYO when they become teenagers ÎÎ Florida Gulf Coast University Hillel and the Center for Judaic, Holocaust & Genocide Studies ÎÎ ORT School Transportation Project in Odessa, Ukraine ÎÎ Hurricane Sandy relief ÎÎ The Greater Naples YMCA for their recent fire and flood ÎÎ Taglit-Birthright Israel – We have supported this international initiative, now in its 14th year. We encourage all 18- to 26-yearolds to sign-up for this “trip of a lifetime.” ÎÎ Camp scholarships to nine children to attend Jewish Summer camp programs – we’ve been providing scholarships for more than 20 years

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Save these 2014 dates for major Federation events Monday, January 13: Major Gifts/ Lions of Judah event

Hosts for this elite evening are Bobby and Jack Myers. Guest speaker is Michael Siegal, chairman of the Jewish Federations of North America. Northern Trust has graciously stepped forward to sponsor this fundraiser.

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Staff

Jill Saravis, Community Program Coord. Iris Doenias, Administrative Assistant Deborah Vacca, Bookkeeper Federation is the central Jewish community-building organization for Collier County, providing a social service network that helps Jewish people in Collier County, in Israel and around the world. As the central fundraising organization for Jewish communal life in our area, strength is drawn from organized committees of dedicated volunteers. Programs include: • Annual Campaign & Endowment fund • Community Relations Committee • Educational & cultural programs • Long Range Planning for expected community growth • Publication of the Federation Star, our monthly newspaper; Connections, our annual resource guide; and Community Directory • Women’s Cultural Alliance • Women’s Division • YAD – Young Adult Division • Youth Activities Committee – sponsoring youth education and scholarships for Jewish Summer Camp and the Israel Experience

Saturday, February 8: Community Celebration Event

The Federation will take that opportunity to honor Rosalee and Jerry Bogo for ten years of dedicated leadership to our organization and community. This dinner will be held at the recently remodeled and redecorated Wyndemere Country Club. To top it off, the program – a night of comedy – will provide plenty of healthy laughter.

annual event always fills the venue at Temple Wednesday, February 19: This Shalom. This year’s speaker may not be an imme-

10th Annual Evy Lipp People of the Book Cultural Event

diately recognized celebrity like former presenters Alan Dershowitz or Ted Koppel, but rest assured that Bruce Feiler, author of Walking the Bible, is a most significant writer, speaker and thoughtprovoker.

Friday, April 11:

After a few years of having no activity specifically for the Women’s Division, 2014 marks its comeback year. Under the leadership of co-chairs Nancy Greenberg and Carolyn Roth, this fundraiser luncheon for the 2014 campaign – women only – will be held at beautiful Grey Oaks.

Women’s Division Luncheon

The Federation Star will feature more information on each of these events as the dates approach.

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ne reason that WCA has been so successful – and attracts so many members – is the wide range of outstanding programs and activities that WCA offers to its membership. While each one of these events is special, every season WCA also creates some unique offerings – “Special Events & Programs.” A sampling of special events for the 2013-2014 season is highlighted below. See what peaks YOUR interest! Bird Watching Bird watching is one of America’s fastest growing hobbies – and now it is one of WCA’s newest hobbies too! This fun and relaxing activity combines observing nature and taking a leisurely walk with friends – and Southwest Florida is one of the best locations in the U.S. to observe a wide variety of birds. On October 28, ten WCA members enjoyed Introduction to Bird Watching at Eagle Lakes Community Park led by WCA member Susan Sissman and her husband Arthur. The Sissmans are experienced birders, having developed their skills

during 25 years birding in Florida and also traveling to other countries. The WCA birdwatchers (several were “novices”) saw 36 different species, including wading birds, hawks, warblers, and ducks – and even an alligator! Participants commented, “It’s really nice being here,” “There’s a bird in every tree!” and “Let’s do this again!” Susan’s favorite comment, of

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Israel Advocacy Committee presents Middle East expert at December meeting By Jeff Margolis

he Israel Advocacy Committee (formerly the Israel Affairs Committee) of Collier County is pleased and honored to present Dr. Eric Mandel on Thursday, December 19 at 4:30 p.m. at Temple Shalom in Naples. Dr. Mandel who is a director of MEPIN (Middle East Political and Information Network) will be speaking about the “Challenges for Israel and the United States in the Middle East in the 21st Century.” This presentation is free and open to the public.

Prior to his presentation, Dr. Mandel will be meeting with area students. On Friday, December 20, Dr. Mandel will be briefing a meeting of interfaith clergy. The committee is also pleased to announce its participation in “Israel 101,” a series of films, discussions and printed materials about Israel today. The first session is scheduled for Thursday, January 16 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and is entitled “Geography and Historical Evolution of the Region.” Clips from the film Israel,

Phyllis Seaman...continued from page 5A ÎÎ This past summer, two of our teens represented the U.S. and our community in the Maccabiah Games in Israel and one in the Maccabi Games USA in California. I hope I have touched you in some way to consider giving if you haven’t, and raising your gift or pledge if you have. Maybe it’s time to think about what is really important. At this time of year, shouldn’t your heart guide

your giving? You’ll feel so good! No gift touches more lives. Please consider a 10-20% increase in a past gift or what you may have thought about giving. We could make our goal and help so many more people. The needs are great and we need your help to be successful. R e m e m b e r, w e a r e T H E STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE, THE POWER OF COMMUNITY.

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Birth of a Nation will also be shown. All participants will receive a copy of the StandWithUS publication “Israel 101.” The second session is scheduled for Thursday, February 20. The topic for this presentation will be “Zionism and Restoring the Jewish Homeland,” and will include clips from the outstanding documentary film It is no Dream; the Life of Theodore Herzl.

The third session, on Thursday, March 20, covers “The British Mandate & the War of Independence.” All of the discussion programs will be held at the Federation office, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples. To register for events or for more information about these and all upcoming Israel Advocacy events, please email israeladvocacycommit tee@gmail.com.

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Noted economist to speak at MCA’s kickoff luncheon By Jeff Margolis

he Men’s Cultural Alliance (MCA) of Collier County is honored to present Dr. Stu Schweitzer as the featured speaker at its first meeting of the season on Wednesday, December 18 at Cypress Woods Golf and Country Club. Schweitzer is Vice Chairman and Global Marketing Strategist for JPMorgan Private Bank and JPMorgan Wealth Management. He holds an undergraduate degree from City College of New York and earned a

PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Schweitzer will discuss the “Outlook for the U.S. and Global Economy and Financial Markets in 2014.” The cost of the luncheon is $24. Checks should be made payable to the Jewish Federation Collier County and sent to Meir Kehila, 4751 West Bay Blvd., #804, Estero, FL 33928. Don’t miss this timely event. Please note that this luncheon is open to MCA members only. The second luncheon meeting in

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the series, scheduled for Thursday, January 16, will feature Kathleen van Bergen, CEO of Artis–Naples. This luncheon will be held at Olde Cypress Country Club. Look for more information in upcoming MCA emails. The Documentary Film and Discussion Group will present a screening of Orchestra of Exiles on Thursday, December 12 at 2:00 p.m. in the Community Room of the Jewish Federation. RSVP to Steve Brazina at sbrazina@aol.com.

Save the date! Join fellow MCA members for a Florida Everblades game on Saturday, January 18. Come and cheer on the 2012 Kelly Cup Champions as our local hockey team takes on their cross-state rivals, the Orlando Solar Bears, at Germain Arena. Tickets are $18 each and include an Everblades t-shirt. Family and friends are invited to this event. For more information, email me at jamcounsel2@gmail.com.

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e thank you for your support of the Jewish Federation of Collier County. It’s that time of the year when you may be considering your charitable contributions. We would like to remind you that you have until December 31, 2013 to use the IRA charitable rollover provision to make a gift to the Federation, and receive

certain tax benefits. Who can take advantage of the IRA charitable rollover? What is the maximum gift? If you have an IRA, and you and/ or your spouse are 70 ½ or older, you each can make a tax-free charitable distribution of up to $100,000 from your IRAs directly to a public charity, such as the Jewish Federation,

through December 31, 2013. What are the benefits? Your IRA charitable rollover transfer to the Jewish Federation counts towards your minimum required annual withdrawal from your IRA. By taking advantage of this opportunity, the funds you transfer to the Jewish Federation will not be included in your taxable income. In

some cases, lowering your taxable income may place you in a more favorable tax bracket, and using IRA assets for the charitable rollover can also reduce your overall taxable estate. Please note that while your taxable income will be lowered, the distribution to the Jewish Federation will not be eligible for a charitable tax deduction.

EVY LIPP PEOPLE OF THE BOOK CULTURAL EVENT Celebrating 10 years of bringing noted authors to our Federation Members PROUDLY PRESENTS Bestselling Author and Journalist

BRUCE FEILER WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014 – 7:30PM Temple Shalom – 4630 Pine Ridge Road – Naples Since 2001, Bruce Feiler has been one of the country’s preeminent writers and speakers about the role of religion in contemporary life. In Walking the Bible, Feiler unlocks the mysteries of some of the Bible’s most memorable events. Abraham recounts his personal search for the shared ancestor of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Where God Was Born describes his year-long trek visiting biblical sites through the front lines of Israel, Iraq, and Iran, and America’s Prophet is the groundbreaking story of the influence of religion in American life. All four were New York Times bestsellers. He is also the writer/presenter of the PBS miniseries “Walking the Bible” and the forthcoming “Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler.” Currently, Feiler is a family columnist at The New York Times. His latest book, The Secrets of Happy Families (Feb. 2013), is a bold playbook for families today. It collects best practices for modern-day parents from some of the world’s most creative minds, including top designers in Silicon Valley, elite peace negotiators, the creators of “Modern Family,” and the Green Berets. Bruce Feiler has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, and Gourmet, where he won three James Beard Awards. He is a frequent commentator on ABC, NBC, NPR, CNN, and Fox News. A graduate of Yale and Cambridge universities, he has also written books about Japan, England, and his year as a circus clown. A native of Savannah, Georgia, he now lives in Brooklyn, with his wife, Linda Rottenberg, and their identical twin daughters.

BECOME A PATRON OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK – Patron sponsorship is $1,000 over and above your annual Federation pledge. Patrons enjoy a pre-event dinner with Mr. Feiler and reserved seating. Contact David Willens at 239-263-4205.

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Museum presents Holocaust history to Immokalee students Amy Snyder Executive Director

his year the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida is privileged to participate in one of the Naples Children and Education Foundation’s Strategic Initiatives. The Guidance Programs for Success takes place in Immokalee, providing afterschool enrichment opportunities to elementary and middle school students. Beginning in October, Sam Parish, our education specialist, has been spending afternoons in Immokalee, presenting the history of the Holocaust in engaging and age-appropriate ways for 4th and 5th graders. Sam’s task has been finding ways to adapt our regular school programs in such a way that these students will have fun, while learning about the people impacted by the Holocaust. Fireflies and Butterflies is a pro-

gram designed to introduce young students (4th grade) to the story of the Children of Theresienstadt and their art. Through pre- and post-class surveys, story telling, PowerPoint, and play acting Brundibar, students learn about life and coping through art expression in the ghetto. The teaching techniques used by Friedl Dicker Brandeis were imitated to transition the students from the theoretical to hands-on by drawing increasingly complex pictures and concepts. The project culminated with a three-dimensional art project of a character from Brundibar. The Fireflies part of the title was taken from the Czech fairy tale that Brandeis turned into a children’s play. But-

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Lake Trafford fifth-graders in front of their “Conspiring for Good Tree”

terflies paid homage to an often used topic of children’s drawings as well as the Theresienstadt Butterfly. Students also participated in a program called Conspiracy of Goodness, which introduces them to the men and women who participated in rescue during the Holocaust. The culminating activity of this program is the creation of the “Conspiring for Good Tree” in which students write ways in which they pledge to impact their family, school and community for good. These statements make up the leaves on the tree. We look forward to sharing more about these projects with you as the year moves on.

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How and why do donors give? Dr. Jaclynn Faffer JFCS President/ CEO n October, Forbes published an article titled “The Charity Divide: Boomers vs. Gen X and Gen Y.” This is one of many recent articles focused on the differences and similarities of the way generations approach charitable giving today. This is an important topic for everyone reading this article, because if you are reading it in the Federation Star it means that you are a subscriber and, in one way or another, a supporter of the many non-profit organizations featured in the monthly paper. Our collective futures depend upon our understanding of these important issues of philanthropic giving. Jewish Family & Community Services believes the subject is so important that we invited Kim Lear, generational expert of BridgeWorks, to be the featured speaker at “Planting Seeds for Better Tomorrows,” our 2nd annual fundraising event scheduled for Tuesday, January 14 at Artis– Naples. Ms. Lear will be speaking about “Four Generations of Family

and Philanthropy.” According to findings from a survey of 1,014 U.S. donors online in May 2013, here is some of what we can expect to hear: Only 10% of boomers said they plan to increase charitable giving over the next 12 months. About 60% of Gen Y and 50% of Gen X said the ability to see the direct impact of their donation has a significant bearing on their decision to give. Just 37% of boomers feel that way. Unlike Gen Y, boomers rarely give to charity through crowd funding appeals such as Kickstarter or Indiegogo. (How many of you reading this even know what that is? I had to look it up!) Ms. Lear will not only be discussing the differences, both positive and negative, but she will be advising us on how to make those “differences” work for us. Tickets to “Planting Seeds for Better Tomorrows” are $225 per person. The price includes cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, the beautiful galleries of Artis–Naples, and hearing the wisdom of Kim Lear. Our JFCS programs assisting children and seniors are heavily dependent upon the philanthropic dollar. We eagerly await Ms. Lear’s words of wisdom.

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ADL honors Rabbi A. James Rudin for lifelong interfaith accomplishments n recognition of his lifelong efforts to build bridges of understanding between different faiths, Rabbi A. James Rudin was honored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) with its Abraham H. Foxman Exceptional Leadership Award during the League’s Annual Meeting in New York on Friday, November 1. “Through decades of leadership and service, Rabbi Rudin has been a trailblazer in interfaith relations throughout his career,” said Ronald D. Balser, ADL National Commissioner, in presenting the award to Rabbi Rudin. “While his accomplishments are impressive unto themselves, it is the humanity, grace and empathy with which Rabbi Rudin conducts himself that really speaks to his character.” Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, said during the award presentation that Rabbi Rudin has been “tireless in building bridges between faiths and promoting interreligious understanding and respect,” and that his work with the Catholic Church has been “exemplary.” Rabbi Rudin is Senior Interreligious Adviser of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and also served as the organization’s longtime director of interreligious affairs. In more than 35 years at AJC, Rabbi Rudin was involved in several momentous interfaith dialogues and convocations and established interfaith understanding

as a priority for the Jewish community. He is the author most recently of Cushing, Spellman, O’Connor: The Surprising Story of How Three American Cardinals Transformed CatholicJewish Relations, and is also author and editor of other works including Israel for Christians: Understanding Modern Israel, Evangelicals and Jews in Conversation; Evangelicals and Jews in an Age of Pluralism; Twenty Years of Jewish-Catholic Relations; and A Time to Speak: The Evangelical-Jewish Encounter. Rabbi Rudin served in Japan and Korea as a United States Air Force Chaplain where he shared the same quarters and chapel with those of different faiths and was able to teach servicemen about Judaism and the State of Israel. Rudin was also a steadfast champion of civil rights and marched in Mississippi in the early 1960s. In 1997, he was awarded the “Person of Reconciliation” Award from the Polish Council of Christians and Jews in Warsaw, and in 1999, the International Council of Christians and Jews awarded him its Interfaith Medallion. “Interfaith relations is needed now more than ever,” Rabbi Rudin said in accepting the award. “Religion, for good or ill, is playing a major role in world politics, culture, economics and international relations. And if we want a world free of hatred – as the ADL

Ronald D. Balser, ADL National Commissioner; Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director; Rabbi A. James Rudin; Barbara B. Balser, ADL Centennial Chair; Barry Curtiss-Lusher, ADL National Chair

has worked so hard to do – a world that is safer for Jews; if we want a world in which our beloved State of Israel has finally achieved [its own] safety, security, survival; we must continue to deal with religious leaders and the religious folk throughout the world, whether we agree with them or not, or whether they agree with us or not.” The ADL Abraham H. Foxman Exceptional Leadership Award was established by Ronald D. and Barbara B. Balser as a tribute to the League’s longtime national director, who for more than four decades has fought the forces of inhumanity and indecency and all forms of prejudice and discrimination. The Balsers are

longtime members of the ADL National Commission. The award honors individuals who have dedicated their lives to the betterment of the Jewish people and recognizes those who are committed to protecting America’s democratic ideals. The award is a specially commissioned bronze sculpture created by the internationally noted artist and 2008 U.S. National Medal of Arts recipient, Jesus Morales. The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world’s leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.

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n Sunday, November 17, Gerald Mansbach, a seasonal resident of Naples, received the French Legion of Honor Medal in Indianapolis. The Legion of Honor Medal was originated in 1802 by Napoleon and was granted only to French citizens. It is equivalent to our Congressional Medal of Honor. In 2004, on the 60th Anniversary of D-Day, the French Government extended this award to GIs who made significant contributions to the liberation of France between 1944-1945. Mansbach served in the U.S. Army’s 88th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron attached to the 8th Armored Division. He landed on Utah Beach on D-Day plus 6. Our congratulations to Gerald Mansbach on this outstanding award and recognition.

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Naples locals reappointed co-Presidents of JNF’s Board of Directors

ewish National Fund (JNF) is proud to announce the re-election of David Braverman and Anthony Solomon as co-Presidents of JNF’s Board of Directors in Naples. “David and Anthony are strong leaders for JNF and for the Jewish community in Naples,” said Uri Smajovits, JNF Northern Florida Director. “They work diligently on behalf of the people and land of Israel.

Anthony Solomon, David Braverman

As co-presidents, their passion and vision for the campaign year will be an inspiration that will take JNF to the next level.” Originally from Newton, Massachusetts, David Braverman has been a resident of Naples for over 15 years after living in Boca Raton and Miami. Braverman has been a real estate developer and builder and involved in his family’s multi-family office organization for almost 20

years. He has played an active role on numerous boards including the Jewish Federation of Collier County, Temple Shalom, and the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida. The Braverman family has been and continues to be active supporters of JNF, local Jewish organizations and Israel. “I am extremely excited to share the presidency with Anthony Solomon for a second term,” said Braverman. “We feel we can get our community energized and behind all the great things JNF does and represents. Our current campaign to raise funds for the development of the Negev is just the beginning of what our local community can do for such a great cause. We look forward to making this campaign and year the best ever!” Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Anthony Solomon has been a resident of Naples for over 15 years and is an owner and Executive Vice President of The Ronto Group, a family-owned land development company. The Solomon family are active supporters of JNF in Naples as well as Jewish causes in Toronto, and have graciously underwritten the Naples Tree of Life™ Award Dinner for several years. “My involvement with JNF in

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Naples began about ten years ago with the formation of the Naples chapter,” said Solomon. “This year I hope to raise awareness in the community that JNF has a local chapter and to educate people of the importance of JNF to Israel and the many incredible

projects and programs JNF supports and undertakes.” For more information, please contact Beth Glickman Morris, Campaign Executive, JNF Northern Florida, at 800.211.1502 or bmorris@jnf.org.

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The Naples Jewish Caring Support Group Next meetings: December 9 & 23 10:30 a.m. to noon at Temple Shalom Call Phyllis Lazear at 239.352.2907 for more information.

From the “King of Citrus” and groves three times the size of Manhattan, to sixth generation dairy farmers, Growers, Grocers & Gefilte Fish spans nearly 200 years of Florida Jews in the food industry, with artifacts, figures and photographs.

Hans Sachs Poster Collection Thru December 15, 2013

This poster collection, the largest and most significant in the world, was confiscated by Nazis 75 years ago and finally returned to the Sachs family this year. Come see select works from this rare and stunning collection.

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Peter Sachs and Family in honor of the Legacy of Hans Sachs. Courtesy Guernsey's, New York.

Also see the Museum’s core exhibit, MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida, with over 500 artifacts and photographs of unique history. Visit the Orovitz Museum Store for one-of-a-kind gifts and have a snack at Bessie’s Bistro!

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Jerusalem Post Crossword Puzzle

The first anti-Nazi trial By Paul R. Bartrop, PhD, Professor of History, Director, Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies, FGCU quick quiz: When did the first trial take place against Nazis charged with crimes against humanity? If you answered the Nuremberg Trials of 1945-1946, you were, I’m afraid, incorrect. In fact, while there has long been a perception that the Nuremberg Trials were a judgment on the Holocaust owing to the shockDr. Paul Bartrop ing revelations and film footage that came to light as a result, the trials actually focused on what was considered to be an even worse crime: Hitler’s waging of aggressive war on the nations of the world, at a time when everyone was trying to avoid it. Nevertheless, while the Holocaust itself was not on trial at Nuremberg, the horrors revealed served to confirm why the struggle against the Nazis had been too important to lose. By then, however, there had already been a trial of Nazi war criminals. It took place not at the end of the war, but, rather, in December 1943 – exactly 70 years ago this month – and not when victory against the Nazis had been achieved, but when it was far from guaranteed. Moreover, the trial took place in the Soviet Union, hardly a bastion of impartial or dispassionate justice. The background to this can be found in a declaration several weeks earlier, in Moscow. Formally entitled the “Declaration of the Four Nations on Security,” the Moscow Declaration was an Allied statement signed on October 30, 1943, by the governments of Britain, the Soviet Union, China and the U.S. It was a warning to the Nazi government that those responsible for, or participating in, atrocities, massacres or executions would, upon being apprehended, be returned for trial to the countries in which they had committed their crimes. In clear language, it stated that those who participated in perpetrating atrocities would be held accountable for their actions. It was not made specifically in order to punish those responsible for the Holo-

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caust, and did not address directly the Nazi persecution of the Jews. The declaration was, however, highly influential in the development of international war crimes law, as it placed the punishment of crimes committed in wartime as a war aim. Accordingly, it was the “birth certificate” of what became the International Military Tribunal established to try alleged war criminals at Nuremberg. It also set the stage for the first war crimes trials in December 1943, as the Soviet leaders saw in this declaration the possibility of putting on trial Nazis they managed to capture during the war. This did not bode well for the Nazis captured in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkov. This city had suffered significantly during World War II. It was first captured by Nazi forces on October 24, 1941, but was retaken by the Soviets on February 16, 1943. The Nazis then recaptured the city on March 15, 1943, before a final Soviet liberation on August 23, 1943. Seventy percent of the city had been destroyed, and tens of thousands citizens had been killed. In view of this, the Soviet authorities were not well-disposed to any forms of leniency for captured Nazis. Following the Moscow Declaration, and in a spirit of retribution and overtly-expressed justice, the Military Tribunal of the 4th Ukrainian Front conducted the first war crimes trial against Nazi defendants on December 15-18, 1943. Three Nazis and a native Ukrainian collaborator were charged with war crimes perpetrated during the German occupation of the area. Considerable publicity was given to the proceedings, which took place in a large theatre with an audience of six thousand Kharkov residents. While the accused were defended by eminent Soviet lawyers, the fact that the forms of Soviet law were followed was not necessarily the best indication that justice would be done or seen to be done. It was, therefore, inevitable that the accused would confess to a series of what were labeled as appalling atrocities which they committed in

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Dr. Paul Bartrop...continued from previous page accordance with orders issued from the highest quarters. Stating that they were the instruments of brutal crimes deliberately planned from above, they blamed their political leaders – Hitler, Himmler, and Alfred Rosenberg – as the “real” war criminals. The tribunal was not convinced, particularly given the all-too-recent Moscow Declaration. While the tribunal had all the hallmarks of a Soviet-style show trial, it also provided a precedent that was later to be invoked at Nuremberg: the principle that where a moral choice was possible, the defense of “following superior orders” was unacceptable. Accordingly, after a trial that began on Wednesday, December 15, 1943, the sentence of death by hanging was handed down on Saturday, December 18. The next day, the sentences were carried out against three members of the Kharkov Gestapo – Hans Rietz, Wilhelm Langfeld, Reinhard Retzlaff – and a Ukrainian collaborator who acted as a driver for the Gestapo, Mikhail Bulanov. All of them were hanged in Kharkov’s public square. The story of the now-forgotten Kharkov Trials, which sought jus-

tice for the thousands killed in the Ukraine two years prior to Nuremberg, has recently been brought to light by a journalist from Orlando, Greg Dawson. In a book entitled Judgment Before Nuremberg (2012), he chronicled the full story of the trial at Kharkov, following a trail that took him to the city itself and to some fascinating conclusions about this first attempt at anti-Nazi justice – eighteen months before the end of World War II, and two full years before the opening statement by the prosecution at Nuremberg. It is worth recalling that well over a million Jews were murdered by the Nazis in the Soviet Union – “the Holocaust by bullets,” as Fr. Patrick Desbois has described it – prior to the full development of the gas chambers. It was thus more than just symbolic that the first anti-Nazi trial should have taken place, 70 years ago this month, at the scene of these atrocities. It was, it might be suggested, eminently appropriate. Dr. Paul Bartrop is Professor of History and the Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. He can be reached at pbartrop@fgcu.edu.

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By Nate Bloom, Contributing Columnist Editor’s note: Persons in BOLD CAPS are deemed by Nate Bloom to be Jewish for the purpose of the column. Persons identified as Jewish have at least one Jewish parent and were not raised in a faith other than Judaism – and don’t identify with a faith other than Judaism as an adult. Converts to Judaism, of course, are also identified as Jewish. Boychik, I Gotta Take You Out of the Game When the Detroit Tigers recently named BRAD AUSMUS, 44, their new manager, readers asked me: Who were the other Jewish Major League Baseball managers? Here’s my list, vetted by Jewish Sports Review magazine. All except Phillips were, like Ausmus, a former MLB player: LIPMAN PIKE (18451893), the first player of any faith to sign a pro contract, he was a player/ manager of three teams in the 1870s; ANDY COHEN (1904-88), Pittsburgh, one game, 1960; HAROLD “Lefty” PHILLIPS (1919-72), Los Angeles Angels, 1969-71; NORM SHERRY, 82, Los Angeles Angels, 1976-77; and JEFF NEWMAN, 65, 10-game interim manager, Oakland, 1986. The following managers had one Jewish parent, but were raised Christian: the late Lou Boudreau, Larry Rothschild, 59 (four years as skipper of Tampa Bay), and current Oakland manager Bob Melvin, 52. On Paula and Simon You’ve probably heard that singer/ dancer/and former American Idol judge PAULA ABDUL, 51, visited Israel last month and had a bat mitzvah ceremony. Here are a few things

about her background and the trip you may not find in most sources: While she didn’t really speak about her father’s Jewish background before 2006 (he was born in Syria, raised in Brazil, moved to California), she did a radio interview with a Chabad rabbi more than a decade ago in which she said she was a “believing Jew.” And a rabbi presided when she married the Jewish son of the head of “Starter” clothes in 1996. They split up in 1998. Her Jewish mother, LORRAINE, the daughter of Eastern European immigrants, was born and raised in a small town in Canada. Before she left for California, Lorraine dated the late ISRAEL “Izzy” ASPER, a member of the only other Jewish family in town. Asper later became famous as a politician and media mogul. A profile says that his family and Lorraine’s family were “ostracized [in that town] because they had accents, and discriminated against because of religion.” While in Israel, Abdul visited the Western Wall and Yad Vashem, and met with President SHIMON PERES, 90. Plans to have her bat mitzvah at the Western Wall were

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BANG! WHAM! KA-BOOM! Comics are back, but not like you’ve ever seen! “Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women” bares all in Miami Beach

ews have had an extensive contribution to comics, but the focus has been mostly on male artists and their larger-than-life superhero counterparts. This season, learn how women contributed to the history of comics and, in particular, to autobiographical comics, a genre they helped birth, in “Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women.” The exhibit features 18 artists, whose writings and drawings depict their own pain, laughter, shame, triumphs and self-doubts in a way that taps a collective nerve. The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU hosts the exhibit, which opened to the public on Tuesday, November 5. What is particularly Jewish and female about how they did it? And,

why unveil parts of yourself and your life in comics? These are the questions posed to the artists featured in the exhibit, whose ages and experiences span four decades. “We are so excited to bring this intimate, unique show to the museum,” said Jo Ann Arnowitz, executive director. “In stark contrast to the superhero exhibit we had in 2007-2008, these artists use their own personal, sometimes tragic, experiences as the material for their work. From relationships to identity crises, these women expose themselves graphically and emotionally to reveal experiences that relate to women of all backgrounds.” While female graphic novelists began ghost writing in the 1930s, and

some comic shops employed women scripters openly into the 1940s, their acceptance into the world of graphic novels would take time. Women

who were employed before the war were encouraged to leave their jobs and attend to their husbands, many of whom had returned from the battlefield, though their place in the industry was not wholly forgotten. Some women would later be credited for creating female protagonists such as “Jane Martin,” “Glory Forbes” and “Camilla,” and heroine titles, including “Lady Luck,” “Sheena” and “Senorita Rio.” As the industry experienced a downturn through the 1960s, new talent emerged injecting social awareness and topics like drugs, racism and corporate greed, to make comics more relevant in the early 1970s. This era would birth the underground comic, or “comix,” a more edgy version of

the comics sold by the large publishing houses that dealt with crime, sex, drugs and controversial social issues of the times. A spinoff of the underground comix, autobiographical graphic storytelling, began in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some of the pioneers of the genre were women and are included in the “Graphic Details” exhibit: Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Diane Noomin, who started “Twisted Sisters;” and Trina Robbins and Sharon Rudahl, who together with Crumb, created “Wimmin’s Comix.” Underground comix are now somewhat more mainstream and celebrated for serving as a model to the larger comic industry, proving an adult audience exists for the graphic novel and eliminates the need for a large publishing house to carry the titles in order for them to be successful. “Graphic Details” celebrates the Jewish woman’s role in the genre, both from the past and in the modern day. Many of the works in the exhibit address extremely personal topics and also reveal the artists’ feelings about Israel, being Jewish and/or a woman in today’s world, struggles with children, family, intermarriages and other collective experiences. Together, they tell the tale of women everywhere.

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Comics...continued from previous page Artists in the “Graphic Details” exhibition include: Vanessa Davis, Bernice Eisenstein, Sarah Glidden, Miriam Katin, Aline KominskyCrumb, Miss Lasko-Gross, Sarah Lazarovic, Miriam Libicki, Sarah Lightman, Diane Noomin, Corinne Pearlman, Trina Robbins, Racheli Rotner, Sharon Rudahl, Laurie Sandell, Ariel Schrag, Lauren Weinstein and Ilana Zeffren. At least one of the artists has a distinctly Florida connection. Sarah Lazarovic was raised in South Florida and has drawn on her experiences in some of her works, including an encounter with another famous Florida comic artist, Syd Hoff. The event would later be the foundation for a tribute to Hoff in Tablet Magazine after he passed away in 2012. Vanessa Davis was born in West Palm Beach, where she graduated from the

Dreyfoos School of the Arts (then called Palm Beach County School of the Arts) in 1996. Her mother ran the Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival for many years. “Graphic Details” will be on display at the Jewish Museum of FloridaFIU, 301 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, from November 5 through February 16, 2014. For a complete list of complementary public programs, visit www.jewishmuseum.com. For more information about the museum, call 305.672.5044 or visit Facebook @JewishMuseum ofFlorida. “Graphic Details” is curated by Michael Kaminer and Sarah Lightman. Traveling exhibition developed by Yeshiva University Museum curator Zachary Paul Levine. Funding provided by Funding Arts Network and The Forward.

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Stars of David...continued from page 13A changed, probably to avoid a media circus. Instead, it was held in the city of Safed (also known as Tzfat), a famous center of Jewish mysticism. Presiding over her bat mitzvah was Rabbi EYAL REISS, director of the Center for Tzfat Kabbalah, a joint venture of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach, Florida. Its visitor center aims to provide an authentic introduction to Kabbalah to Safed visitors and it maintains an extensive and informative website. Here is one comment Abdul made about her trip: “Beyond being Jewish, I’ve always found myself to be very much in tune with spirituality. I feel very grateful coming to Israel now, where as a woman I know who I am a lot more than even 10 years ago.” Meanwhile, Simon Cowell, 54, Abdul’s former co-judge on American Idol, gave $150,000 to a charity that helps Israel Defense Forces members. He not only gave money, but entertained at a big benefit for the charity held in Los Angeles in late October. Cowell discovered as an adult that his late father was Jewish (his mother isn’t Jewish). This donation fostered almost certainly false stories that he was planning to wed Floridian Lauren Silverman, who is carrying his child, in a Jewish ceremony. Whether Silver-

man is Jewish is still unclear. Kennedy Center Honors The Kennedy Center Honors for excellence in the arts will be given in a gala celebration at the Center on Sunday, December 8. The ceremony, which always includes onstage tribute performances by other artists, will air on CBS on Sunday, December 29 at 9:00 p.m. (Set your DVR because CBS never repeats this show.) This year’s honorees are opera singer Martina Arroyo; pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer Herbie Hancock; pianist, singer and songwriter BILLY JOEL, 64; actress Shirley MacLaine; and musician and songwriter Carlos Santana. Joel, contrary to some early career rumors, is the son of two Jewish parents. His father was a refugee from Nazi Germany. His mother is an American Jew. He describes himself as a secular or cultural Jew. MacLaine isn’t Jewish – but I was touched when she spoke about Jewish women right after the release of In Her Shoes (2005), a comedy/drama in which she played a Jewish grandmother who had retired to Florida. (Rent it if you haven’t seen it.) She said she admired the way most Jewish women stood up for themselves. It wasn’t a tradition among the women she grew up with.

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Giants of modern Jewish culture By Philip K. Jason, Special to the Federation Star Elie Wiesel: Jewish, Literary, and Moral Perspectives, edited by Steven T. Katz and Alan Rosen. Indiana University Press. 312 pages. $30. ~~~ The Rise of Abraham Cahan, by Seth Lipsky. Schocken. 240 pages. $26.

atz and Rosen’s comprehensive critical survey of Wiesel’s profound and variegated achievement goes beyond previous anthologies, as Wiesel has gone beyond the scope of his early body of work. One of the great merits of the collection is the compactness of the essays. Not one goes on longer than it needs to. In growing a book out of what must have been a powerhouse conferPhil Jason ence, the editors have not allowed too much growing by way of over-elaboration. The twenty-four essays are grouped into five parts: “Bible and Talmud,” “Hasidism,” “Belle Lettres,” “Testimony” and “Legacies.” Though these groupings are useful courtesies for the reader, they in fact underscore the interrelatedness of Wiesel’s concerns and modes of expression. “Legacies” could just as well have been named “Pedagogy,” and an essay not now placed in that section would fit there just as well as the ones already there. Most of the essays take great pains to establish a critical, historical or theoretical context – to create a lens

through which to view Wiesel’s contribution. In a few cases, the context dwarfs the commentary that is directly focused on Wiesel. Such is the academic habit. Nonetheless, we come out of this chorus of scholarly voices with a much-enriched understanding of Wiesel’s place in the cultural pantheon of the twentieth century. And not only the Jewish spectrum. Wiesel the student and scholar (of Torah, Talmud, history, philosophy and literature), Wiesel the dreamer and fabulist, Wiesel the voice of conscience through and beyond the Holocaust, Wiesel the mentor, and Wiesel the public figure, all get respectful, revealing and profound attention. There are other Wiesel paradigms as well. Some essays put a particular work under the microscope, while others trace an issue or stance through several. Some measure Wiesel against other writers. There is no getting our minds entirely around this immense figure, but the editors come pretty close. This book is an absolute requirement for all university libraries and Jewish institutions; a pleasure for any educated reader. ~~~

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lthough Abraham Cahan strode like a giant across the stages of world Jewry, western journalism, socialist politics, and labor union ascendency through the first half of the twentieth century, author Lipsky makes it quite clear that Cahan was a man first shaped by the circumscribed Jewish life into which he was born in small-town, nineteenth-century Russia. The story of his unforeseeable remaking in New York, a story drawn in part from Cahan’s own memoirs and the parallels to the title character in his classic immigrant novel The Rise of David Levinsky, is told with an eye at once critical and warmly respectful. Seth Lipsky, formerly editor of the English language edition of The Forward (Forverts), which Cahan brought to prominence in a threepart career filled with both turmoil and amazing success, emphasizes several main aspects of his subject’s achievement. First and foremost, he details Cahan’s career as a self-educated, ambitious journalist who brought what was at first a neighborhood newspaper to world-wide stature and a daily circulation that peaked at 250,000. That career included staff, freelance and guest assignments at many other important newspapers and magazines. For decades, Cahan’s name was everywhere, not only in the Yiddish language press but also in the higher reaches of mainstream journalism. Cahan’s place in the transplantation of European Socialism to

American soil as well as his prominence on the international scene as an advocate of socialist government also receives detailed attention, as does his early disappointment in the dictatorial Communist enterprise against which he became a loud and influential voice. At one time, like many other socialists and free-thinkers, Cahan had little sympathy for the Zionist cause. Lipsky carefully and convincingly traces Cahan’s gradual transition to respect and then support for the Zionist position. Finally, Lipsky makes the case for Cahan as a major literary figure – a man of great sympathetic imagination and skill. This splendid blend of character study and cultural history is a powerful addition to the “Jewish Encounters” series. This review article combines two reviews that appear in the Winter 2013 issue of Jewish Book World. They are reprinted with permission of the Jewish Book Council. Philip K. Jason is Professor Emeritus of English from the United States Naval Academy. He reviews regularly for Florida Weekly, Jewish Book World, Southern Literary Review, and other publications. For more of Phil’s insights and reviews, as well as literature/publishing links, visit his website at www.philjason.wordpress.com.

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Rising young star: Jason Randall By Jean L. Amodea ith the personal motto “To help one person is to help the world,” 14-year-old Jason Randall, the middle of two brothers, is poised to set his world on fire. A freshman at Barron Collier High School, he is involved in the junior varsity cross country team and the community service Key Club, and is running for ninth grade class representative. His journey of civic duty started at The Community School early on. In fourth grade, he was an active member of K-Kids service club, the junior version of the Kiwanis organization and was involved with a camp food drive, book drive, Help for Haiti fundraising and a car show. By age 10, in fifth grade, Jason was elected president of K-Kids, and by age 12, in seventh grade, he was elected class representative. In eighth grade, he switched

schools to North Naples Middle School. The first question he asked at registration was if the there was a Kiwanis Builder’s Club in place. Even though the club had been inactive for four years, eventually, Jason was able to get the club up and running. He became the club’s president and under his leadership, he initiated several projects, including the teachers’ recognition project “Giving Back to Teachers,” a fundraiser for the Leukemia Society, and the Builder’s club, and he orchestrated a trip to Barrington Terrace where students visited with senior residents. Today, Jason’s involvement with the Key Club includes projects like helping The Boys and Girls Club, Grace Place, a pencil box drive for schools, Trick or Treating for UNICEF and participation in “Eliminate,” a project designed to eliminate tetanus worldwide. Since January 2013, Jason has been the BBYO Naples Vice President of Judaic programming and community service. His involvement includes a Jewish studies program which he initiated, local fundraising events like bake sales, Shabbat bonfires, a Hanukkah event and a service fund for a family that the chapter is adopting – for whom $400 has been raised, so far.

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“My inspiration stems from a recent BBYO conference at which it was explained that ‘The things that makes us different are the things that make us unique.’ The upcoming BBYO regional convention theme is ‘If you will it, it is no dream.’” In addition to Jason’s public service, he also has a passion for film and music. Since fourth grade, he has played acoustic then electric guitar, and now has an acoustic electric guitar. He devotes Sundays to improving his guitar chops and works with Anthony Ilczuk who has given him lessons since age 10. “I am studying music theory, learning about music and how it works. Music relieves things that stress me out, and it’s a way to express myself,” he said.

Jason also loves to write songs – rock, blues and hip-hop – and uses Garage Band software to create background music tracks to which he adds his vocals. Since September 2011, he has operated a YouTube channel and has 5,000 views from listeners in 82 countries who tune in to his gaming, pop culture and music videos of covers and original tunes (YouTube.com/ TheBassetfreak). As for his spiritual growth, he attends Beth Tikvah with his family and takes pride in his heritage. “Being an American Jew in Naples, even though it is a small group, makes me proud, since I stand out,” he said. As for future plans, he said that his English teacher says, “You always argue with me, so, you should be a lawyer,” but Jason said he’d like to go into medicine and become a family practitioner. Whatever his choice, this young man is certain to succeed. Jean Amodea, a former school principal from New Jersey is a freelance writer for the Naples Daily News and its community publications as well as director of Peter Duchin Music of Naples/Entertainment Direct. She also performs with her husband Ron’s dance band, jazz ensemble and Caribbean quartet. Reach Jean at jeanamodea@earthlink.net.

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Temple Shalom Preschool update By Seyla Cohen, Preschool Director

his year something quite unique happens…Thanksgiving and Chanukah coincide! Since this rare occurrence will not happen again for approximately another 70,000 years, it’s party time at Temple Shalom Preschool this month! We celebrate holidays to bring families together, share good times, and build memories, and this month gives us lots of opportunities! Our Chanukah Super Shabbat party is an opportunity for all our families to come together and embrace the full meaning of Chanukah. Our children busily prepare Chanukah

treats, create beautiful and unique menorahs, and decorate dreidels for our Chanukah party. We celebrate Shabbat, share the story of Chanukah, and build wonderful memories with friends. Each Friday, students in each class take turns bringing home a Shabbat basket. Each basket contains an explanation of Shabbat and all it represents, a Shabbat stuffed animal (a puppy or a bear) to share the holiday, a Shabbat story, a delicious challah and a challah cover, candle sticks and candles, and a journal for sharing pictures and writing about their Shabbat

experience. The journal is filled with beautiful pictures and loving thoughts about the joy of Shabbat. As one family’s journal entry said, “This weekend was so much fun with Shabbat puppy. We learned a lot about Shabbat and we were thankful to spend such a special time with our family and Shabbat puppy. It was a true blessing. Thank you Temple Shalom Preschool for a wonderful experience.” It’s important for young families to have the support and consideration of others as they are often faced with challenges while raising young children, building careers, and dealing with everyday responsibilities. At the preschool we not only provide an outstanding education for children, but assume the roles of ally, supporter and helper to all our families. As children progress through the preschool, they learn traditions so important for creating a sense of belonging, memories and family history. Participating in these occasions gives us all something to look forward to each year. When such customs are passed down from generation to generation, they provide us

the time needed to escape from our ordinary routines; so important to our health and sense of well-being. The holidays help to define a place in time and remind us of the importance of preserving precious beliefs, ideals and principles. Wishing all Healthy and Joyful Holidays!

Preschool of the Arts update By Ettie Zaklos, Preschool Director s always, Preschool of the Arts is the hub of many exciting activities and a lot of family fun. But more than this – our returning families will attest to the fact that our newly enrolled families are quickly discovering-- the pervading theme to all our events and everything we do is the common thread of family and community. Our preschool is all about establishing healthy relationships – we observe both children and their families forming solid friendships and bonds that have the potential to last a lifetime. Parents Night Out On Saturday, November 16 we had our first-ever Parents Night Out when our preschool children had the wonderful opportunity to spend an evening with their Preschool of the Arts teachers while their parents enjoyed a much-

needed break. The children had fun playing together, doing art projects and eating snacks – and some children even rested! Preschool of the Arts will be offering this special event to our preschool parents throughout the year to give children a special night of fun with their friends and teachers – and their parents a few hours of freedom! Thanksgiving/Chanukah Performance and Luncheon On Friday, November 22, we plan on hosting our annual Thanksgiving/Chanukah Performance and Luncheon. The children will sing a variety of seasonal songs including, of course, lots of Chanukah favorites. After the performance, everyone will enjoy a delicious kosher turkey and latke luncheon catered by Aroma. These gatherings provide some time

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for all of the preschool families to get together and share in these precious moments – and this is just one of the many reasons why Preschool of the Arts is such a special place to be. Chanukah Car Menorah Parade On Tuesday, December 3, we will hold our first-ever Chanukah Car Menorah Parade. The event will begin at 5:00 p.m. when we leave from Chabad of Naples, travel along US 41 to 5th Avenue S., to 3rd Street S., and back to Chabad. Come and spread the light of Chanukah with us! To join our free parade, kindly RSVP to 239.262.4474 or visit www.chabadnaples.com. At 6:00 p.m., we will have our 10th Annual Chanukah Festival at Chabad of Naples. Help kindle the menorah created by the Preschool of the Arts children and resident artist Maurice Tordjman. Maurice and the children

worked on this menorah masterpiece throughout the month of November and we are all very excited to light it on the seventh night of Chanukah. There will be a bounce house, arts and crafts, face painting, live Jewish music, dreidels and gelt. Admission is free and you are invited to come with family and friends. Family Fun Day We plan to host a Family Fun Day during our Winter Break. No ice or snow, but what a great opportunity for families to gather and reconnect over the break, just for fun. Come and participate in yoga, art activities, and playground games – with lots of good food, too! The event is free and open to Preschool of the Arts families. For more information, please contact me at naplespreschoolofthearts@ gmail.com or 239.263.2620.

Solie enjoying music at Preschool of the Arts

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Our teens are our future! Hillel at FGCU update By Caren Plotkin, Temple Shalom Religious School Director

ince we are aware that here in Naples our Jewish teens are a minority in their schools, at Temple Shalom we strive to keep our teens connected to their Jewish heritage through various programs and activities. Our Confirmation program for 8th through 10th grade students consists of two components: a gradespecific curriculum and participation in our Madrichim (student assistant) and leadership building program. Each Sunday morning begins with a thirty-minute session of skill building and leadership training. Instruction is concrete and realistic as students discuss various learning modalities and review classroom scenarios so they are prepared to be effective student aides. Role playing reinforces these skills and teaches the students how to be leaders. The training builds confidence that carries over into their own school classrooms and extracurricular activities. In eighth grade, an informal setting sets the tone for discussion topics that include social issues, peer and family relationships, tikkun olam (repair of the world), and g’milut chasadim (acts of loving kindness.) Current controversial issues are examined using a variety of Jewish texts and resources. Ninth grade focuses on comparative religion through a Jewish lens. The text book, Apples and Oranges, clearly explains each of the world’s major religions and shows where Judaism is both similar and different from them. Our 10th grade Confirmation class is designed to help the students develop a more adult understanding of Judaism. Our rabbi leads the class in discussions that include the life cycle and holiday views on God, ethics, and traditions and practice. The course concludes with a class Confirmation Service and celebration on Shavuot. Our students in 11 th and 12 th grades participate in Senior Study, which meets the first Tuesday evening

of each month. The year’s course includes discussions on various areas of Jewish beliefs and practices, social action, current events and issues that are challenging to our high-school students. The curriculum is studentdriven, reflecting the students’ interests and relevancy, and helps to prepare them for the next steps after they graduate. The Madrichim program, for students in grades 8 through 12, serves as an opportunity for them to experience working with younger students of all ages. Often a teen will request a particular age level to work with and will find that they really enjoy another age group once they are working with them. Many of the students go on to assist or teach Sunday or Hebrew School classes in college, and some even pursue Education degrees in college. Everyone benefits greatly from the Madrichim program. The teachers appreciate the students’ help, the madrich learns teaching skills from the teacher, and the younger students form a valuable friendship of respect and guidance from the older teens. In addition to the Religious School program, our teens are encouraged to participate in NFTY (Reform Judaism’s National Federation of Temple Youth) Regional events and in BBYO (B’nai B’rith Youth Organization). Both of these organizations offer our teens an opportunity to connect with other Jewish teens through local and regional activities and events. Through these events they develop social and leadership skills that will assist them into their adult Jewish lives. Yes, our teens are our future, and it is our goal to give them the knowledge they need and to teach them the lessons of our heritage so they may, in turn, pass them to their own children in the future, just as our parents did for us. For more information about the Temple Shalom Religious School, please contact me at 239.455.2233 or cplotkin@naplestemple.org.

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Is there a Treasure in your Attic? Yiddish Books are a Cultural Treasure of the Jewish People The National Yiddish Book Center is a non-profit organization working to save Yiddish culture. Please check around your home for old Yiddish books and records, and inquire among friends and relatives. Gifts of these books are tax deductible. Please drop off your Yiddish books and records at the Jewish Federation, for further delivery to the National Yiddish Book Center, or call Louis Rusitzky at 455-6447 to schedule a pick-up. Visit the National Yiddish Book Center at www.yiddishbookcenter.org.

student’s involvement with Hillel is one of the strongest predictors of future Jewish leadership. As the leading authority on Jewish campus life, Hillel reaches, engages and equips tomorrow’s leaders today. Florida Gulf Coast University has an extremely active student population. The goal of our local chapter of Hillel is to unite the Jewish students to give them a place to meet, bond and actively engage in religious and cultural events. This year, we plan to hold monthly Shabbat services, host social events, offer community service opportunities, have lunch and learns with local community rabbis and Jewish leaders, visit other university Hillels for a joint bonding experience, and celebrate Jewish holidays together. Our main objective for this year is to raise awareness of the growing Jewish community on campus in an effort to connect Jewish students to each other.

We currently have a fantastic board that is extremely excited to put ideas into motion. Our co-presidents are Sydney Harlow and Davita Golovin, the treasurer is Ben Rouah, the secretary is Elana Beame, and the advertising leader is Sara Eisenberg. Together they are working hard to prepare an awesome year for everyone. A few events to keep in mind: ¡¡ The first Friday of every month, Hillel members celebrate Shabbat together on campus. ¡¡ There will be a Chanukah event on the evening of December 2 on campus. Times and details to be announced. ¡¡ Our most highly-anticipated holiday event of the year is Passover. We will be enjoying a seder together April 16. Make sure to friend us on Facebook at Hillel FGCU, follow us on twitter @HillelFGCU, or email us at swflhillel@eagle.fgcu.edu to stay involved.

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The U.S. Mandate? By Gene Sipe, VP Southwest Chapter ZOA ord has been released that the U.S. intends to force an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. According to senior U.S. officials, since there has been little progress in the current U.S. initiative, the U.S. intends to impose its plan. After just three months, the U.S. administration has become impatient and declared that it intends to impose a plan in January 2014. Allegedly, the plan is similar to the one proposed by Past President Bill Clinton in 2000. That plan was doomed to failure for multiple reasons. To begin with, its proposed borders jeopardized Israel’s security. Secondly, calling a newly formed state demilitarized or “non-militarized” does not change the fact that the PA did not then, nor does it now have control over its radical factions. Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, already threatening Israel’s borders, are prime examples of governments without control of their extremists. Also, legally, demilitarization is unenforceable. A new state would enjoy sovereign powers and be free to enter into alliances hostile to Israel and import weaponry without control or supervision. Zionist Organization of America President, Morton A. Klein, summed up the situation in his September 19, 2011, article titled “A Palestinian State Would Be a Dangerous, Terrorist, Anti-Semitic, Racist State.” In this article he stated: “Throughout the Oslo years, the PA signed several agreements in which it committed itself and recommitted itself to fighting terrorism and ending the incitement to hatred and murder that pervaded Palestinian society, yet never did so. The PA never paid any price internationally for its non-compliance with signed agreements. To the contrary, Israel

continued and continues until the present day, to be pressured to make further, unreciprocated concessions to the PA. Meanwhile, the PA receives ever higher levels of U.S. and other foreign aid. Clearly, the international constellation of forces is such that the Palestinians are never likely to feel compelled to keep an agreement, nor are they likely to be penalized when they do not.” The recent release of yet another batch of convicted murders is, to Israel’s credit, a testimony of the sacrifices she is willing to make for the sake of peace. Where is the sacrifice on the side of the Palestinian Authority? PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said, “We cannot bear Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.” He threatens to go to the UN Security Council to demand UN intervention to stop Israel from building homes. Abbas also rejected Israel’s stance that an Israeli military presence is crucial in the Jordan Valley to maintain her citizens’ safety and security in the event of a two-state solution. Should Israel withdraw from the region, rockets fired from Judea and Samaria can reach central Israel, including the Ben Gurion International Airport. The PA position is that Israel’s demand for security for its citizens as part of a future agreement is a “hardline” position. Those prisoner releases were pre-negotiation demonstrations of good faith on the part of Israel at the behest of the U.S. The previous round of negotiations required a halt to home construction as a demonstration of good faith by Israel imposed by the U.S. All of these concessions were one-sided. A U.S. Mandate is likely to be forthcoming in January as promised. Whether signed or not, it will certainly be an interesting read.

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The Pew Report and why I celebrate Hanukkah Rabbi Sylvin L. Wolf began to write an article about why I celebrate Hanukkah. It has nothing to do with the legend of the oil lasting for eight days. As for the Maccabees, I’m not sure that they would accept my approach to Judaism. So, why do I celebrate Hanukkah? I celebrate Hanukkah because with the lighting of each candle, I affirm my Jewish self. And, I affirm my link to the generations of Jews who lit their candles and affirmed their Jewish selves. As I was writing, I received a copy of what David Harris, Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee, wrote in response to the recent Pew Report. Mr. Harris entitled his article “What Being Jewish Means to Me.” Much of it resonates with

me at this time. Here are excerpts: To me, being Jewish means entering into a partnership with the Divine for the repair of our broken world (tikkun olam). To me, being Jewish means affirming life (Deuteronomy: “I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse, therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live”) and the moral choice each of us has to bring us all a little closer to the prophetic vision of a world at peace and in harmony. To me, being Jewish means celebrating the fact that Jews were the original revolutionaries – the first to challenge the status quo and insist on the right to worship differently than the majority, while still being treated equally under the law. Today, we call this pluralism, and it is a bedrock principle of democratic societies. To me, being Jewish means recognizing that I am an heir and custodian of a civilization that is thousands of years old, and that has within it bountiful riches of theology and faith,

philosophy and ethics, music and art, ethnography and history, and so much more – enough for a lifetime of endless exploration and education. To me, being Jewish means appreciating the centrality of discussion and debate about life’s big questions, the delicate balance of tradition and modernity, and the categorical rejection of imposed views or doctrinal thinking. To me, being Jewish means the joy of belonging and community wherever I go; the meaningful and symbol-laden annual holiday cycle; the extraordinary contribution of the Jewish people to advancing the frontiers of world civilization; and the admirable, almost unimaginable, determination to persevere against all odds. To me, being Jewish means having a past to which I am inextricably linked by the generations that preceded me, that prepared their children for their Bar and Bat Mitzvah, that sat at the Passover table and yearned for “Next year in Jerusalem” and the

coming of Elijah, that fasted on Yom Kippur as they underwent their moral inventory, and celebrated joyously at Purim in the knowledge that our enemies had been defeated – as well as a future that will long outlive me, and carry the baton of the Jewish people. To me, being Jewish means affirming the inextricable link between Israel and the Jewish people. This land represents not only the physical, or sovereign, symbol of our peoplehood, but also – whether we choose to live there or not – the highest metaphysical expression of our faith, our prayer, and our yearning. And finally, as Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel once said, to me, being Jewish means not necessarily seeking to make the world more Jewish, but rather more human. Mr. Harris ends with these words: May every Jew feel the sense of happiness, enrichment and inspiration that I’ve had the privilege of experiencing throughout my life! That’s my prayer too.

Chanukah poses questions for contemporary Jews living in a global society Rabbi Ammos Chorny

n 1879, a group of revival-minded Jews called Keyam Dishmaya decided to bring back Chanukah. The holiday, never a favorite of the Rabbis, barely mentioned in the Talmud, had fallen into disuse. For the group, made up of young Jews in Philadelphia, Chanukah represented a staunch rejection of assimilation, a promise of national restoration, and a call to continue God’s work. They revived the holiday for the modern era. The revival was a rousing success. Chanukah emerged as a prominent holiday. Lighting Chanukah candles became one of the most popular, if easy, ways of celebrating one’s Judaism in America. Stories of Chanukah with tales of the military victory, oil miraculously lasting eight days, have removed it from its historic context and stripped it of some of its depth. To tell the story of Chanukah, with its complexities, is more compelling than the congratulatory miracle narratives. In the year 200 B.C.E., Antiochus III conquered the holy land and implemented a more progressive Hellenistic culture. The two major features were the establishment of the gymnasium, and education, through which anyone could become a member of the aristocracy. A community that had

sufficient athletics and educational institutions could become a polis (a small city-state). At first these may sound as highly appealing features of Hellenism. After all, North American Jews love sports, and they revere going to college as a ticket into the socio-economic elite. But many Jews resisted these changes, as they represented too great a break with the past, and seemed as forced assimilation. Ironically, the hard rejection of Hellenism might have been the trigger for the more oppressive and brutal behavior of Antiochus IV. In light of this history, what is the real issue of Chanukah, and what should we be both celebrating and challenged by on this holiday? At its core, Chanukah celebrates traditionalism – the rejection of assimilation into a dominant culture, raising some obvious challenges: why does a Jewish population in the most modern, progressive and welcoming continent in which Jews have ever lived, celebrate a holiday that rejects all of Greek civilization and embraces separatism and ancient ritual? This challenge leads us to question how much our modern Jewish community should engage in the affairs and social needs of the societies we live in. Chanukah forces us to consider how much of the outside world we want to let in, and in turn, how much we want Judaism to reach out and influence the world around us. After nearly 2,200 years, perhaps we should reinterpret the message of the candles from celebrating isolationism, to celebrating our capacity to impact

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the world. The candles can serve to publicize the miracle of our consistent strength as a people, and inspire us to take new risks of integrating ourselves with the progressive search for solving human problems. If Judaism is only focused on Jews, and doesn’t take responsibility for the greater world, it will wither into an insignificant sect. But if we use our Jewish narratives and traditions to shine beyond our own concerns, we can mobilize our extraordinary resources and thereby contribute our services to the American and global societies we live in. The Keyam Dishmaya strived

to recreate a higher spiritual life for American Jews, but in focusing solely on restoring abandoned rituals, they neglected the more dramatic challenges of being a Jew in the progressive milieu. Traditionally, Passover is the holiday of questions and Chanukah the holiday of miracles. But I suggest Chanukah also poses questions for contemporary Jews living in a global society. Chanukah should be a time to discuss, question and critique our relationship with the outside world. As the candles grow in intensity each day, let us consider the quality of the light that we emit into the world around us.

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Beth Tikvah update By Stuart Kaye and Rosalee Bogo, co-Presidents fter much deliberation, we have decided to experiment with holding our Friday evening services earlier. Usually, our Friday night services last 45-60 minutes. The earlier start will allow worshippers to attend the service and be finished in time to enjoy a leisurely Shabbat dinner. We will run this experimental schedule through April and evaluate along the way. The start date for this change will be announced next month, along with the new start time. Adult Education Rabbi Chorny offers two courses on Tuesdays. Torah Study, which includes exploration of contemporary issues examined through the lens of Torah, meets at 12:15 p.m. Liturgical Hebrew, designed to make people comfortable with the siddur, meets at 4:00 p.m. Each runs 75 minutes. Conservative Judaism, also led by Rabbi Chorny, is keyed to chapters in The Observant Life, an amazing compendium of information and insight valuable to Jews of all stripes. The course generally meets at 8:00 p.m.

on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. Latke Dinner? A Beth Tikvah favorite, Latke Lunch will be Latke Dinner this year. Light the final candle with us on Wednesday, December 4 at 6:30 p.m. and share in our Chanukah festivities with a dinner featuring latkes and other delights. $15 per person in advance. No charge to our religious school families. However, all (members and nonmembers) are asked to volunteer to bring salads, desserts and other items to supplement the meal. Songs, games and stories. Contact Phil at pjason@aol.com to RSVP. (Because the originally scheduled Latke Lunch ended up being part of Thanksgiving weekend, we decided to reschedule.) Book Group Our Book Discussion Group continues on Monday, December 30 as we explore Seth Lipsky’s The Rise of Abraham Cahan, a compelling biography of the protean cultural giant who gave the Jewish world (among other things) one of its great novels: The Rise of David Levinsky. He also

masterminded, for decades, the Forward, perhaps the most important Jewish newspaper of the 20th century. All book group meetings are Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Coming soon On Sunday, January 12 at 7:30 p.m., it’s “Yiddishkeit Night,” an evening of entertainment featuring YiddishEnglish raconteur extraordinaire Alf Kwinter and the Naples Klezmer Revival Band. Fancy desserts will follow. Enjoy a show and eats for only $25 per person! Members and nonmembers get to know one another in a laugh- and music-filled evening. RSVP to Shelley or Bob at 239.793.6286. Scholar-in-Residence Weekend, January 31 to February 2, features Prof. David Golinkin, President and Professor of Jewish Law at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. For twenty years he served as Chair of the Va’ad Halakhah (Law Committee) of the Rabbinical Assembly, which writes responsa and gives halakhic guidance to the Masorti (Conservative) Movement in Israel.

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Seasonal Affiliate program e recognize that not everyone gets to live in our beautiful city year-round. We realize that some of you aren’t typical snowbirds, arriving in October or November and staying through April or May. Some of you get to spend just a few months in Naples, and we want you to know how happy we are to have you here! We invite those of you who are here for just a few months to become a Seasonal Affiliate, where you will enjoy a

number of privileges for up to four months of your stay in Naples. As a Seasonal Affiliate, you are welcome to worship, learn and socialize with the congregation. You’ll receive The Voice, our excellent monthly newsletter, by hard copy during the period of affiliation, as well as our weekly email updates and important congregational notices. In addition, our Winter Affiliates can: ÎÎ Receive Pastoral Life Cycle recognition (yahrzeit, baby namings,

Rabbi Golinkin is the author or editor of forty books, and he has published over 190 articles, responsa and sermons. Representative titles are Rediscovering the Art of Jewish Prayer, The Status of Women in Jewish Law, and The Student Struggle Against the Holocaust. He is a true titan of international Conservative Judaism and World Judaism. For more information, call the synagogue office at 239.434.1818. Religious Services Schedule Friday services begin at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday services begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude with a Kiddush Luncheon. Sunday morning minyan runs from December through March at 9:00 a.m. We convene Yahrzeit minyanim upon request. Please join us at any service. Our participatory worship services and most other events are held at 1459 Pine Ridge Road, just west of Mission Square Plaza. For more information, call 239.434.1818, email bethtikvahnaples@aol.com or visit www.bethtikvahnaples.org. You can reach Rabbi Chorny directly at 239.537.5257.

birthdays, anniversaries) during seasonal residency ÎÎ Serve as a Shabbat host/hostess ÎÎ Volunteer on a variety of temple committees ÎÎ Join the Men’s Club or Sisterhood (dues not included) And, your donation may be credited toward full membership dues in that calendar year! Please keep in mind that this is NOT a temple membership category, and therefore Seasonal Affiliates

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are not eligible to vote or serve on the Board of Trustees. Our Seasonal Affiliate program extends to those who are in Naples for no more than four months in a calendar year. The annual donation is $450/ couple or $225/single and there are no additional fees. Please call the temple office at 239.455.3030 for further information or if you have any questions. We look forward to welcoming you into our temple family!

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A busy season planned for JCMI By Steve Goldenberg ike the opening night of a Broadway play, one can almost feel the electricity, the excitement and the anticipation of a new season here at the only Jewish temple on Marco Island, appropriately named the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island, or JCMI for short. Our seats at our weekly Shabbat services are filled and each week we add more to welcome our returning congregants back to Southwest Florida. Our services are ably led by Rabbi Edward Maline and Cantorial Soloist Hari Jacobsen. Every Shabbat, Rabbi Maline, now celebrating his 51st year in the Rabbinate, sermonizes on the

Torah, Jewish ethics and meaningful insights on the world as we know it today. Hari Jacobsen provides both meaningful and emotional musical moments for our services and encourages the congregation to share the experience of being a true participant in our Shabbat celebration. Not to be outdone, however, our service always ends with a truly bountiful Oneg, beautifully prepared and presented by our JCMI Sisterhood. Everyone, congregant or not, is invited to partake in this chance to break bread (challah, of course), share home-baked treats, and meet old friends and, hopefully, make new

ones. It is a delightful ending to the week that has passed and the celebration that is Shabbat. But the excitement and entertainment go far beyond our services at JCMI. Our weekly Bingo game is justly known throughout the island and Collier County for the spirit, camaraderie and, most importantly, the winnings that happen each week on Monday evenings. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. and you can expect a kosher hot dog or other treat to start the evening. All are welcome from Marco to Naples to join in this exciting evening and maybe take home one of the many cash prizes that get awarded.

There are lots of activities that take place at JCMI. We sponsor a community-wide Chanukah Candle Lighting Ceremony on Marco together with the help of the Jewish Federation. This is a chance to share the joy of this special holiday – more special this year than most as it coincided with Thanksgiving – with the entire community and we are always pleased at the reception the Islanders give us. Speaking of entertainment, JCMI is celebrating the 13th year of the Sidney R. Hoffman Jewish Film Festival this year. This year’s festival

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Chabad Jewish Center of Naples update Chanukah This year we are lighting up the city, literally, on Tuesday, December 3 with a huge Chanukah Car Parade featuring lots of vehicles, many with a menorah on top. The parade leaves Chabad at 5:00 p.m., travels along US 41 to 5th Avenue S., to 3rd Street S., and back to Chabad. Come and spread the light of Chanukah with us! To join our free parade, kindly RSVP to 239.262.4474 or visit our mini-site at www.chabad naples.com. At 6:00 p.m., at our 10th Annual Chanukah Festival at Chabad of Naples, we’ll kindle the menorah created by the Preschool of the Arts children and resident artist Maurice Tordjman. There will be a bounce house, arts and crafts, face painting, live Jewish music, and dreidels and gelt. Admission is free. If you would like to participate in this spectacular event – as a sponsor or with your car (easy installation and the magnetic menorah will not damage your car) – please call the office for more information. Shabbat Community Dinner On Friday, December 13 we will offer one of our beautiful Shabbat community dinners where the whole family

stepsister and childhood friend, Mrs. Eva Schloss of London, UK. Chabad Naples invites you to come for a memorable evening and a unique opportunity to enter the world of Anne Frank. Like her stepsister, Eva was hidden in Holland, but was betrayed, captured and sent to the AuschwitzBirkenau death camp. Hear her firsthand account of the discovery and publication of Anne Frank’s famed diary. Share Attendees at a past Jewish Women’s Circle event insights into the life and times of Eva Schloss and Naples, from award-winning movAnne Frank. ies to good health and contempoOngoing Programs rary thought. The next program, on Flying Challahs: Freshly-baked chalThursday, December 12 at 7:00 p.m., lahs are distributed weekly to families is “Looking Good and Being Organized.” Join Closet Concierge Heidi in our community. Call in your suggestion, and a Flying Challah will be Thorner, who will help you navigate delivered. through that confusing closet clutWeekly Services and Kids’ Proter and restore clothing confidence. Dessert and questions will follow. gram: Join us each Shabbat for weekly uplifting services, and bring An historic evening the kids to the incredible children’s with Anne Frank’s stepsister program at the same time. Kiddush Join us on Monday, February 24 for the family and a social gathering for an evening with Anne Frank’s can relax with friends and enjoy a delicious, traditional presentation filled with warmth and companionship. Women’s Circle The Jewish Women’s Circle will present six exciting and stimulating programs this season at Chabad

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follow services. Partner Project: Our Partner Project has grown to 285 partners since its inception. Choose your own participation level to help us continue to thrive. This year, our goal is 336 partners. For more information or to receive your Partner Package, call 239.262.4474 or visit www.chabadnaples.com. First Mikvah in Naples: Be a part of a stunning, elegant, state-of-theart women’s mikvah, often seen as the cornerstone of Jewish life and the continuity of a community. Contact us for more information, private tours, a look at the construction plans and site, and opportunities for dedications and memorials that are being offered. Hebrew School: Introduce your children to their heritage and ensure their meaningful participation. There are varied stimulating programs that include projects, activities and discussions providing insights into contemporary Jewish life. On Wednesday, December 18, East coast Rabbi Rabin will conduct a large-screen program followed by a practical lesson and activity. Hebrew School is held on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Registration is still open.

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Naples Jewish Congregation update By Suzanne L. Paley, President Happy Chanukah to everyone! Members and guests of Naples Jewish Congregation will be having a great time at our annual Chanukah party on Monday, December 2 at the Naples Heritage Country Club. I’m looking forward to greeting everyone and to having a fun evening as we gather to light the candles, eat some delicious latkes, dance a little and maybe spin some dreidels. Watch for pictures to appear on our website. Speaking of our website, it is still a work-in-progress as we enhance this valuable means of communication by reviewing and revising it with changes and additions. Please visit www.naplesjewishcongregation. org and send us constructive ideas to make it better. December events Rabbi Wolf will continue his Adult Enrichment classes on the second and fourth Sunday of each month – December 8 and 22. Classes are held in the boardroom at the Jewish

Federation building. The Sisterhood Book Club will not meet in December; instead members will be having a blast at the annual Mah Jongg and Game Day on Monday, December 16. See the information at the end of this article. The Men’s Club will have its monthly luncheon meeting on Thursday, December 19 at the Pelican Marsh Golf Club. For more information, please call Harvey Sandberg at 239.513.1638. January events Sisterhood will continue its Book Club on the third Monday, January 20 at noon at Perkins on Pine Ridge Road. For more information about our Book Club, please call Thelma Sandberg, coordinator, at 239.513.1638. The Men’s Club will meet the third Thursday, January 23 at noon. As mentioned above, contact Harvey Sandberg if you are interested in joining this group. On Wednesday, January 15, NJC

if offering a day trip to the Jewish Museum of Florida in Miami. The trip includes bus fare, entrance to the Jewish Museum and the Holocaust Museum as well as lunch in Bessie’s Bistro, named for Bess Myerson, and located at the museum. For more information or to reserve a seat, call Sue Blum at 239.513.9501. The allinclusive price for this wonderful day is $79 per person. On Sunday, January 26 we will be holding our annual Open House and Welcome Back BBQ. This event is planned to welcome new and prospective members to learn about our spiritual, cultural and social offerings. You will meet our religious staff and Board of Directors and many of our members. At this event we also welcome back our snowbird members. This event is open to the community, with no charge to prospective members. For information and to RSVP, call Peter Weissman, Membership Chair, at 239.352.4395.

My family joins me in wishing you a very Happy Chanukah – may you land on Gimmel many times! NJC Sisterhood The Sisterhood of Naples Jewish Congregation met for lunch at Brio’s Restaurant on Tuesday, October 22. The guest speaker was Herbert Herman, whose subject was the history of Jewish humor. He shared some jokes and, at the conclusion of his talk, some of the women told jokes as well. Our next event is Game Day which will take place on Monday, December 16 at Pelican Nest Golf Club in Bonita Springs. A continental breakfast will be served and then there will be Mah Jongg, Bridge, Canasta and Dominoes until lunch. Play will continue until 3:00 p.m. and there are many exciting door prizes to be raffled off. For more information, please contact co-chairs Ruth Ruskin at 239. 352.6992 or Marilyn Goldenberg at 239.566.1464.

planned, including the 20th year of our Saul I. Stern Cultural Series, our Rabbi’s Adult Education Series on the Greatest Jewish Thinkers, Sisterhood events, Men’s Club gatherings, card games and Mah Jongg. Week after week, we provide the Jewish community with a place to call home. We welcome you to come by and say

hello and, as they say down here, sit-a-spell. The Jewish Congregation of Marco Island is located at 991 Winterberry Drive. For information on events, services or membership, please call 239.642.0800 or visit www.marcojcmi.com.

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made the Broadway musical what we all know. Interviews, musical numbers and reminiscences make up a most entertaining film that you will not want to miss – one showing, on Sunday, December 15 at 2:00 p.m. We promise you will be tapping your feet and singing as you drive home. JCMI has a very busy season

ORGANIZATIONS

26A Federation Star December 2013 ORT AMERICA – GULF BEACHES CHAPTER

ORT in Italy

ORT America (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) Did you know that: ¡¡ ORT supports 300,000 students annually in 56 countries by providing technical education that emphasizes employable skills? ¡¡ ORT’s most famous (and least publicized) mission was to educate Holocaust victims in DP camps so they were able to move on with their lives? ¡¡ ORT America has four college campuses in the U.S., including two in New York and one each in Chicago and Los Angeles, that serve the most vulnerable communities? ¡¡ ORT America is active in Southwest Florida? Please attend Gulf Beaches Chapter events and support ORT’s educational mission. Help ORT raise funds to save lives through education. To join/renew/transfer, please contact ORT America Gulf Beaches Chapter President Marina Berkovich at 239.566.1771, or Membership Chair Marebe Crouse at 239.263.4959. Please visit www.ortamerica.org for a virtual ORT experience.

By Helene Dorfman Fuchs RT America has been committed to its education mission for many generations. In the current popular volunteerism culture, developing a second generation of followers and supporters has become a central focus of fundraising efforts. With ORT, there are 3rd and 4th generations of loyal supporters and donors, whose unwavering commitment to the cause traverses the world from India to Argentina, Israel, Ukraine, the U.S. and Italy. The ORT school in Milan has been selected as one of 15 schools in Italy to participate in iTEC, an initiative of European Schoolnet, the Brussels-based network of 30 European Ministries of Education. iTEC seeks to shape the future of education in Europe through technology-supported teaching and learning. Leading this effort in Milan is ORT math teacher Ms. Dany Maknouz, who has implemented a project, “Designing the Future Classroom,” with her class of 15-year-old students. The project uses collaborative video-making, flipped classroom methodology, and EdModo sharing technology to create video math tutorials for younger students. She became the ORT networks’ agent of change thanks to her participation in next month’s Naomi Prawer Kadar International Seminar for Digital Education in Jewish Education in Rome.

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“We were the first school in Italy to have a one-to-one computer lab. It’s a wonderful lab with an interactive whiteboard, places for 20 students, and the software and layout we need to ensure a dynamic situation in class. It’s made us famous in the education sector,” Ms. Maknouz said. *** Gulf Beaches Chapter of ORT America offers premier cultural fundraising events throughout the season. The flagship fundraiser of 2014 is the 2nd Annual Private Art Collection Tour and Luncheon. Dottie Magen, Programs Coordinator of Gulf Beaches Chapter, who is familiar with the collector’s home, said, “This is truly a ‘must see it to believe it’ exclusive collection of art glass and ceramics. It is a pity that only a limited number of guests can be admitted inside Larry and Rita Sibrack’s home, but a few more tickets are still available.” The Sibracks will be Dottie Magen conducting the tour of their collection. Later in the spring, Dottie will be one of three presenters during the “Just Desserts” fundraising series. If you are interested in volunteering, attending, hosting, or have a program idea, please call Midge Rauch at 239.676.7674 or Dottie Magen at 239.596.2536.

2014 Calendar of Events • Thursday, January 23 at 11:30 a.m.: 2nd annual private-art collection viewing at a private residence. • Friday, February 7 at 7:00 p.m.: ORT Shabbat at Beth Tikvah Synagogue, 1459 Pine Ridge Rd., Naples. Speaker: Rabbi Ammos Chorny. • Sunday, February 16 at 11:00 a.m.: ORT special brunch at the Jewish Federation of Collier County offices. • Thursday, March 13 at 1:00 p.m.: “Just Desserts”* at the Jewish Federation of Collier County offices. Speaker Ellaine Rosen will talk about “Jewish Artists of the Paris School.” • Wednesday, March 19 at 1:00 p.m.: ”Just Desserts”* at the Rosen Studio and Gallery, 2172 J & C Blvd., Naples. Host: Richard Rosen. • Monday, March 24 at 1:00 p.m.: “Just Desserts”* at the Jewish Federation of Collier County offices. Speaker Dottie Magen will talk about “Caravaggio, the Artist and the Man.” * This new series features elegant desserts followed by outstanding programs on a variety of art topics. It is being held on three different days of the week in order to accommodate busy schedules. Note: All members are invited to attend ORT board meetings, which are held on the first Friday of every month at 11:30 a.m. in the Jewish Federation of Collier County boardroom.

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National Council of Jewish Women update By Linda Wainick, co-President t our October15 meeting, we heard from two very informative speakers. First, we learned about a gem in our own community, the Naples Botanical Garden. Our guest was Kara Laufer, Director of Business Development. The Garden now consists of 170 acres. There are 90 acres of preserves and 3,000 different plants. It was started by a group of eight dedicated people. Phase One consisted of three gardens. Phase Two added three more gardens. Phase Three will include a new visitor center with a cafe. There will be a project for Lighthouse Florida, children’s gardening, and

horticulture therapy for Alzheimer’s patients, their caregivers, and autistic children. Educational activities will provide programs for teachers, children and adults. There are 120,000 visitors per year, and 700 volunteers. We can look forward to a Lego sculpture in February, and a flower show in March. Thanks to Kara Laufer for sharing this information. Susan Daugherty, Executive Director at Temple Shalom, spoke about Naples invisible population – homeless children. This year, 1,054 students were identified as homeless, about 60% elementary age and 20% each middle and high school age.

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Approximately 10% of the schoolage homeless population is from Immokalee and 90% is from Naples. Since 2009, Temple Shalom has been involved providing packets of travelsize toiletries for distribution to these children. NCJW members are invited to help. On Sunday, January 26 at Temple Shalom’s Mitzvah Day, children will pack bags of toiletries, which are individualized for males and females, elementary age through high school. Please bring travel-size toiletries – soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, etc., including razors, makeup and cologne for high schoolers to our meetings. Thank you, Susan, for bringing this very important issue to our attention. Special thanks to Maraline Rane

for providing the information from the meeting. The 18th Annual Women’s Chanukah Celebration will be held on Wednesday, December 4 at 1:00 p.m. at Temple Shalom. Once again, Bobbie Katz has organized this event, which is hosted by Hadassah, NCJW, ORT, Women’s Cultural Alliance, Sisterhoods of Temple Shalom, Naples Jewish Congregation, Beth Tikvah and Chabad Jewish Center of Naples. Entertainment will be provided by Cantor Donna Azu of Temple Shalom, Jane Galler and the children of Temple Shalom Preschool. The cost of $5 per person will be collected at the door, with proceeds to benefit Jewish Family & Community Services.

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Hadassah update Shelley Skelton President

id you know... Hadassah is the Hebrew word for myrtle? And the definition of myrtle is an evergreen shrub with white flowers followed by purple and black berries? Hadassah is the Hebrew name for Esther, and was the formal, given name of the Queen before she actually became known as Queen Esther? Hadassah is the name of the Israeli hospitals founded by the Hadassah Zionist Organization? Hadassah is the name of the largest Jewish Women’s organization in the United States, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America? In my tenure as president of our Collier/Lee chapter, it has been my goal to provide a history of our Hadassah Women’s Organization and its medical projects in Israel, along with its charitable and volunteer work throughout the world. Charity Navigator, America’s leading independent charity evaluator, has given Hadassah a four-star rating, the highest rating possible. These are talking points for all of us – to let people know why we

are so committed to Hadassah, to let others know about the extraordinary work of Hadassah and how we, right here in the United States and all over the world, benefit from that work, especially the medical research. It’s just as important that we take the time to remind ourselves about the importance of our mission and why we became members. As a Hadassah member, we are in the company of over 330,000 women (and 30,000 male Associates) throughout the United States, who have decided to stand together and support specific projects in Israel and America. We gather together in the name of Hadassah to socialize, learn and enjoy. It is up to us to keep up-to-date on the latest information about our organization. There is always new information and we urge you to read your newsletter and go to www.hadassah.org for the latest news from Hadassah. Hopefully, you will attend our meetings with a better understanding of what we do, what we raise funds for, why it’s so important, and why membership is so relevant and valued. We thank all of our members for being such a vital part of this organization. If you are not a member of Hadassah, join us! If you are an annual member, upgrade to Life Membership. If your spouse or partner (or son, grandson or son-in-law) is not a member, have him join as an Associate or,

better yet, bestow it upon him as a gift! Why are membership numbers so important? While it’s true that “there’s strength in numbers,” membership numbers give politicians pause. Did you know... Hadassah maintains a Washington Action Office that advocates for issues that really make a difference: a political agenda that includes support for stem cell research, a woman’s right to choose, support for genetic antidiscrimination legislation, support for the separation of church and state, and support for the State of Israel. When Hadassah speaks, politicians listen. By joining Hadassah, you don’t have to chair an event or be overwhelmed

by committee work (unless you would like that, of course), but you can know quietly that we are advocating for progressive, non-partisan issues that enhance people’s lives and insure individual freedom. To live harmoniously, we strive to be supportive and helpful to all people. It feels good to help others without expecting anything in return. There are so many ways to be of service to our community and so many volunteer opportunities, both in our community and within our Hadassah organization. Every day you can do something to make the world a better place. Giving of yourself is the best gift that you can give.

2013-14 Calendar of Events XX Sunday, December 15: 14th annual recognition of our Major Donors and Keepers of the Gate at Quail West Golf Country Club; Special Guest Speaker: National Hadassah President Marcie Natan; luncheon served at noon. XX Tuesday, January 21: Luncheon and Installation of Officers, at The Country Club of Naples; Dr. Raphael Haciski speaking on Women’s Health Issues: Misconceptions De-Mystified; Winners of Epicurean Adventures announced (winners need not be present). XX Monday, January 27: Annual Mah Jongg and Card Party at Cypress Woods Golf & Country Club; luncheon buffet will be served; fun and prizes; 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. XX Sunday, March 9: Hadassah will bring the highly-acclaimed New York musical Warsaw: A Story in Song to Temple Shalom in Naples; and to Temple Beth El in Fort Myers on Saturday, March 8; both productions will begin at 7:00 p.m.

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naples jewiSh Social Club

Connecting Jewish people from Naples, Marco Island, Fort Myers and Estero By Arnold Bresnick, President

Annual Gala Dinner Dance Please attend the Naples Jewish Social Club’s final Annual Gala Dinner Dance at Longshore Lake Country Club in Naples on Sunday, January 26. At this closing gala celebration, we will be honoring past officers who have dedicated their efforts to make the Social Club the success it became. This will be a celebration of the Social Club for its 25 years of service to the

Naples community. The cost is $40 per member and $66 for nonmembers. Confirm your reservation by January 9 with payment to NJSC c/o Sondra Greer, 935 Tropical Bay Court, Naples, FL 34120. Mahjongg Since the Social Club is closing down after the January Gala, the Mahjongg activity will continue on its own. Mahjongg is played every Thursday at the Longshore Lake Clubhouse.

Play begins at 11:30 a.m. with lunch served at 12:30 p.m. The afternoon ends at 3:30 p.m. The game is played with experienced players only. For more information, call Sondra Greer at 239.353.4468. For all other information, contact Arnold Bresnick, President, at 239.566.1126 or bhbnaples@gmail. com, or Harvey Chodock, Vice President, at 239.949.4927 or harvey chodock@earthlink.net.

Closing of the Social Club For several years, attempts to revitalize the Board of Directors have failed. No new volunteers have come forward to take the reins of the Social Club. Consequently, the current members of the board, most of whose terms expire at the end of our fiscal year, have voted to terminate the Club. For more information, please see the article in the November issue of this newspaper.

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JEWISH WAR VETERANS

Jewish War Veterans update By Gil Block, Commander Post # 202 hen you read this article, we will have had our first two meetings of the season and our 20th annual Veterans Shabbat at Temple Shalom. We would like to thank Rabbi Adam Miller for his kind cooperation in making the evening a total success.

We also will have participated in the Veterans Day observance at Cambier Park on Monday, November 11. So as you can see we are keeping busy. We appreciate any help you can provide in finding speakers for our meetings. We know that there are may

qualified speakers willing to spend an hour with us on a Sunday morning. We are constantly looking for new members. You do not have to be a war veteran to belong to JWV, as long as you were in the service, National Guard, Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, etc.

By joining with us you have an opportunity to build lasting relationships and continue a fine cause. Join us for our next meeting, Sunday, December 15 at 9:30 a.m. at the Jewish Federation offices, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201, Naples.

28A Federation Star December 2013 HUMANISTIC JEWISH HAVURAH

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First Chanukah and courage; then, “A Conversation with Gore Vidal” Paula Creed President

he Humanistic Jewish Havurah invites you to its Chanukah celebration beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 3 at Vasari Country Club, 11250 Via De Vasari Drive, Bonita Springs (east side of Livingston Road, south of Bonita Beach Road). The festive meal begins with matzo ball soup, then a choice of roasted chicken or pan seared salmon for the main course, potato latkes, vegetable medley and a luscious dessert for the price of $40 per person. To secure your reservation, mail your check (payable to HJH) along with notation of your choice of entree, to Cynthia Cook, 25051 Banbridge Court, #202, Bonita Springs, FL 34134. Please include your phone number. Humanistic Jews respect the courage with which the Maccabees faced their overwhelming adversary to stand

up for their ideals. Had the Maccabees not achieved victory, no doubt Judaism would have been overwhelmed by the Hellenistic world and disappeared along with the many other cultures that subsumed to that fate. It seems likely Chanukah replaced some older, discarded nature festival Jews observed with fire in the season when the days begin to lengthen. In time those lights were eventually tied up with Chanukah, celebrated on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Kislev. And it was only much later that the legend of the flask of oil lasting eight days was created. Further changes to this winter holiday occurred over millennium until today. In North America, Chanukah is aligned with the Christmas season, now committed to sharing gifts with family and friends. This Chanukah season the Havurah is participating in gathering toiletries for Naples’ invisible population, the 1,054 students in the Collier County School District indentified as homeless. This project falls under the auspices of Collier County Schools’ Liaison for Homeless Education program.

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Historically, the numbers break into about 60% elementary age and 20% each middle and high school age. Ethnicity closely follows the general school population. A surprising statistic reveals that approximately 10% of the school-age homeless population is from Immokalee and 90% is from Naples! School is stable and safe. Homeless students have breakfast and lunch, friends, conversation and laughter, and they are able for those few hours, Monday through Friday, to feel just like everyone else. These children are the embodiment of courage, a value Humanistic Jews associate with Chanukah. Those who attend our Chanukah celebration are asked to bring travelsize toiletries for distribution to these children, including shampoos, soaps, toothbrushes and the like. For high school ages, choose razors, makeup samples, deodorant, cologne and other small items for personal hygiene to be included in their male or female individualized packets. The goal is that these children have an opportunity to look like, smell like, and feel like their peers, even though their lives are so

very complicated. This small act of kindness has tremendous ramifications for children who desperately wish to maintain the illusion that they are like everyone else. Incorporating the Jewish tradition of tzedakah is compatible with the humanistic principle that working to benefit society maximizes individual happiness for the benefactor and the recipient as well. *** Please mark your calendars for 1:30 p.m. (note change of time) on Sunday, December 15, when the Humanistic Jewish Havurah will gather in the community room of the Jewish Federation of Collier County for “Conversation with Gore Vidal.” Reservations are being accepted by Dena Sklaroff at denas27@aol.com or 239.591.0101. Vidal (1925-2012) was an atheist and humanist who, in 2009, was named honorary president of the American Humanist Association. He was an iconoclast, provocateur, misanthrope, acclaimed writer and critic. This conversation with Vidal will provide a sophisticated and amusing event for your enjoyment.

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Jewish women leaders from across U.S. named 2013 “Women to Watch” Millie Sernovitz

JWI Past International President

uilding on a tradition of showcasing Jewish women’s leadership, Jewish Women International (JWI) has announced the 10 extraordinary women who will be honored as 2013 “Women to Watch.” The women to receive this distinction are transforming communities and the lives of women and girls across the United States. In honor of its 13th year honoring Women to Watch, the extended “bat mitzvah” celebration will include a symposium and luncheon on Monday, December 9 in Washington, D.C., and for the first time, a Young Women’s Leadership Conference on Sunday, December 8. The conference will give emerging Jewish women leaders the opportunity to develop relationships with Women to Watch honorees, past and present, who will participate as mentors and share their words of wisdom and stories of success.

This year, JWI is honoring women who have been game changers in the worlds of business, media, the military, food and culture, television and film, philanthropy, Jewish life and connection to Israel, reproductive health and adoption, and financial education and independence. Each is leaving her mark on her own community, on the country and on the global community of women JWI works to better every day. Selected for their unique contributions across a wide array of professions, the honorees are: Gail Becker, Los Angeles, chair of Canada, Latin America and U.S. Western Region for Edelman Public Relations, and chair of Edelman’s Global Women’s Executive Network (GWEN). Lisa Eisen, Washington, D.C., national director of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, and director of its Washington, D.C. office. Danielle Gelber, Los Angeles, Executive vice president of Wolf Films, where she produces NBC’s Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. Julianna Goldman, Washington, D.C., chief White House correspondent for Bloomberg News and

Bloomberg Businessweek; writes on White House domestic policy and the President’s economic policy agenda. Dr. Bonnie Hartstein, San Antonio, Texas, lieutenant colonel and chief of family and community medicine at San Antonio’s Brooke Army Medical Center. Board certified in pediatric and emergency medicine, she oversees a $14 million annual budget and constantly searches for ways to improve patient care. Pati Jinich, Chevy Chase, Maryland, cooking teacher, food writer, official chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C., and host of the public television series Pati’s Mexican Table. Nicolette Mason, New York, writer, editor, designer and art director; contributing fashion editor and columnist for Marie Claire; and host of the Big Girl in a Skinny World YouTube series. Lori Palatnik, Rockville, Maryland, international speaker, author and founding director of the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project, which has brought almost 4,000 women to Israel since 2009 on subsidized, tourand-learn programs. Meryl Rosenberg, Potomac, Maryland, Sondra D. Bender Com-

munity Leadership Honoree, Washington, D.C., activist, philanthropist and attorney in private practice; director of ARTparenting, a program devoted to arrangements and all legal aspects of surrogacy, egg donation, embryo donation and other matters involving assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Amanda Steinberg, Philadelphia, thought-leader on the topic of women and money, and founder of DailyWorth – an online community (nearing one million subscribers) helping women earn more, save more and spend smarter; featured in the New York Times, TIME, Forbes, Parenting, Cosmopolitan and on NY1, CNN, FOX, ABC and NBC News. To learn more about the JWI’s Women to Watch celebration or other JWI endeavors locally and nationally, please contact Millie Sernovitz at 239.498.2778 or millie@sernovitz. com. Also, please visit the JWI website at www.jwi.org or its companion website for Jewish Woman magazine at www.jwmag.org.

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9:00am BT Minyan 9:00am BT Religious School 12:00pm BT Latke Lunch 5:30pm JCMI Chanukah Celebration

10:00am NCJW Board Mtg 2:00pm HDH Board Mtg 5:30pm JCMI Bingo 6:00pm NJC Chanukah Party

10:00am TS-S Board Mtg 12:00pm NJC Art Demo 12:15pm BT Torah Study 1:00pm JCMI Dupl Bridge 1:30pm CJD Steering Cmte 4:00pm BT Liturg Hebrew 5:00pm CHA Chanukah Parade 6:00pm CHA Chnkh Party

10:30am TS Naples Jewish 9:00am BT Minyan Caring Support Group 9:00am BT Religious School 11:30am NCJW Visions 9:30am TS Sunday School Luncheon 10:30am NJC Adult 5:30pm JCMI Bingo Enrichment 11:00am TS Torah Ceremony 5:30pm HDH Fundraiser

10:00am Jewish Genealogy 10:45am HDH Instal Lunch 11:00am JCMI-S Bd Mtg 12:15pm BT Torah Study 1:00pm JCMI Dupl Bridge 4:00pm BT Liturg Hebrew 6:00pm TS RS Seniors Stdy 7:00pm JCRC Human Needs 7:30pm JFCC Board Mtg

9:00am BT Minyan 9:00am BT Religious School 9:30am JWV Meeting 9:30am TS Sunday School 10:00am NJC-M Trip 10:45am HDH Major Gifts 2:00pm JCMI Film Festival 4:30pm HM GenShoah Mtg 5:00pm HDH Install Dinner

16 11:00am HM MOSeries 12:00pm NJC-S Book Club 1:00pm HDH Study Group 1:00pm NJC Mah Jongg 5:30pm JCMI Bingo

12:15pm BT Torah Study 1:00pm JCMI Dupl Bridge 4:00pm BT Liturgical Hebrew 7:00pm TS Board Mtg

9:00am BT Minyan 10:30am TS Naples Jewish 12:15pm BT Torah Study 9:00am BT Religious School Caring Support Group 1:00pm JCMI Dupl Bridge 4:00pm BT Liturgical 10:30am NJC Adult 5:30pm JCMI Bingo Hebrew Enrichment 6:00pm BT Deli/Game Night

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

11:30am CHA-M Meeting 10:30am JCMI Mah Jongg 12:00pm BT Srs Chn Lunch 6:30pm HDH Chanukah 1:00pm Women’s Chn Tea 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 4:30pm BT Hebrew School 4:30pm CHA Hebrew School 4:30pm TS Hebrew School 8:00pm BT Consrv. Judaism

SATURDAY

11:30am ORT Board Mtg 6:00pm TS Shir Joy Shabbat 7:30pm BT Services 7:30pm NJC Torah Services & Choir 7:30pm TS Services 8:00pm JCMI Services

8:30am TS Torah Talk 9:30am BT Services 9:30am JCMI Services 10:00am CHA Services 10:00am TS Services

9:30am HJH Bd Mtg 11:30am CHA-M Meeting 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 1:30pm Israel Affairs Mtg 4:30pm BT Hebrew School 4:30pm CHA Hebrew School 4:30pm TS Hebrew School 7:00pm HDH New Mem Dsrt

10:30am JCMI Mah Jongg 1:30pm JCRC Meeting 3:00pm HM Exec Cmte Mtg 6:30pm HDH Evening Grp 7:00pm TS Exec Cmte Mtg

5:30pm CHA Community Shabbat 7:30pm BT Services 7:30pm NJC Services 7:30pm TS Services 8:00pm JCMI Services

9:30am BT Services 9:30am JCMI Services 10:00am CHA Services 10:00am TS Services

11:30am CHA-M Meeting 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 4:30pm BT Hebrew School 4:30pm CHA Hebrew School 4:30pm TS Hebrew School 5:30pm CHA Jewish Storytime/Dinner 8:00pm BT Cons Judaism

10:30am JCMI Mah Jongg 12:00pm NJC Mens Mtg 1:30pm TS-S Book Bag 3:00pm Israel Affairs Event for Youth 5:00pm Israel Affairs Event 5:00pm BT Board Mtg

9:00am Israel Affairs Event for Clergy 7:30pm BT Services 7:30pm NJC Services 7:30pm TS Services 8:00pm JCMI Services

9:30am BT Services 9:30am JCMI Services 10:00am CHA Services 10:00am TS Services

25 CHRISTMAS

10:30am JCMI Mah Jongg 11:30am CHA-M Meeting 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 4:30pm BT Hebrew School 4:30pm CHA Hebrew School 5:30pm HDH Holiday Party

6:00pm BT Eat/Learn 7:30pm BT Services 7:30pm NJC Services 7:30pm TS Services 8:00pm JCMI Services

9:30am BT Services 9:30am JCMI Services 10:00am CHA Services 10:00am TS Services

Candle lighting times:

9:00am BT Minyan 5:30pm JCMI Bingo 9:00am BT Religious School 7:30pm BT Book Group

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

12:15pm BT Torah Study 1:00pm JCMI Dupl Bridge 4:00pm BT Liturgical Hebrew

December 6: December 13: December 20: December 27:

5:17 5:19 5:21 5:25

Throughout the year, some holidays fall within the normal work week. The Federation office will be closed in observance of those holidays which are listed in all CAPITAL LETTERS.

Key: • AJC: American Jewish Committee • ATS: American Technion Society • BT: Beth Tikvah • CHA: Chabad Jewish Center of Naples • CHA-M: Chabad Men’s Club • CJD: Catholic/Jewish Dialogue • HDH: Hadassah • HJH: Humanistic Jewish Havurah • HM: Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida • JCMI: Jewish Congregation of Marco Island

Federation Star Publication Policy The Federation Star is a subsidized arm of the Jewish Federation of Collier County (JFCC). Its purpose and function is to publicize the activities and programs of the “Federation,” and to publicize the ongoing activities of the established and recognized Jewish organizations within Collier County. The mission of the JFCC is to reach out and unite all Jews of the greater Collier County area. While offering opinions and points of view do, and will continue to, exist about many issues of importance to Jews, the Federation Star will confine itself to publishing ONLY items that report the facts of actual events of concern to Jews and will only offer commentary that clearly intends to unite all Jews in a common purpose or purposes. Critical or derogatory comments directed at individuals or organizations will NOT be published in the Federation Star.

• JCMI-M: JCMI Men’s Club • JCMI-S: JCMI Sisterhood • JCRC: Jewish Community Relations Council • JFCC: Jewish Federation of Collier County • JFCS: Jewish Family & Community Services • JNF: Jewish National Fund • JWV: Jewish War Veterans • MCA: Men’s Cultural Alliance • MDA: Magen David Adom • NCJW: National Council of Jewish Women (Adopted by the Officers and Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federation of Collier County 1/98) To avoid misunderstandings, controversies and destructive divisions among our people, the Officers and Board of Trustees of the “Federation” have adopted the following publication policy: Advertisements: All advertisements, regardless of their sponsor, shall be paid for in full, at the established rates, prior to publication. The contents of all advertisements shall be subject to review and approval of the Federation Board or its designee. Commercial advertisers may make credit arrangements with the advertising manager, subject to the approval of the Federation Board. Regular Columns: Regular columns shall be accepted only from leaders (Rabbis, Presidents, Chairpersons) of established and recognized Jewish organizations within Collier County and the designated Chairpersons of the regular committees of the Jewish Federation of Collier County.

• NJC: Naples Jewish Congregation • NJC-M: Naples Jewish Congregation Men’s Club • NJC-S: Naples Jewish Congregation Sisterhood • NJSC: Naples Jewish Social Club • ORT: Organization for Rehabilitation/Training • TS: Temple Shalom • TS-M: Temple Shalom Men’s Club • TS-S: Temple Shalom Sisterhood • WCA: Women’s Cultural Alliance • ZOA: Zionist Organization of America

Special Announcements: Special announcements shall be accepted from established Jewish organizations within Collier County and may, at the discretion of the Federation Board, be subject to the conditions applicable to paid advertisements, as set forth above. News Items: Only those news items pertaining to matters of general interest to the broadest cross-section of the Jewish Community will be accepted for publication. Note: Items of controversial opinions and points of view, about political issues, will not be accepted for publication without prior approval of a majority of the Federation Officers and Trustees. All persons and organizations objecting to the actions and rulings of the Editor or Publications Committee Chairman shall have the right to appeal those rulings to the Officers and Board of Trustees of the JFCC.

Federation membership

According to the By-Laws of the Jewish Federation of Collier County, members are those individuals who make an annual gift of $36 or more to the UJA Federation Campaign in our community. For more information, please contact the Federation at 239.263.4205.

December 2013 COMMUNITY DIRECTORY 31A Federation Star TEMPLE SHALOM OF NAPLES (Reform) 4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples, FL 34119 Phone: 455-3030  Fax: 455-4361 Email: info@naplestemple.org www.naplestemple.org Rabbi Adam Miller Cantor Donna Azu James H. Perman, D.D., Rabbi Emeritus Yale T. Freeman, President Susan Shechter Daugherty, Exec. Dir. Caren Plotkin, Religious School Dir. Seyla Cohen, Preschool Director Peter Lewis, Organist/Choir Director Shabbat Services: Shabbat Eve - Friday 7:30 p.m. Shabbat - Saturday 10:00 a.m. • Sisterhood • Men’s Club • Adult Education • Havurot • Youth Groups • Religious School • Judaic Library • Hebrew School • Pre-School • Adult Choir • Social Action • Outreach

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CHABAD NAPLES JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER serving Naples and Marco Island 1789 Mandarin Road, Naples, FL 34102 Phone: 262-4474 Email: info@chabadnaples.com Website: www.chabadnaples.com Rabbi Fishel Zaklos Dr. Arthur Seigel, President Ettie Zaklos, Education Director Shabbat Services Shabbat - Saturday 10am • Camp Gan Israel • Hebrew School • Preschool of the Arts • Jewish Women’s Circle • Adult Education • Bat Mitzvah Club • Friendship Circle • Smile on Seniors • Flying Challah • Kosher food delivery The Federation Star is published monthly, September through July, by the Jewish Federation of Collier County. 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road Suite 2201 Naples, FL 34109-0613 Phone: 239-263-4205 Fax: 239-263-3813 E-mail: info@jewishnaples.org Website: www.jewishnaples.org Volume 23, No. 4 December 2013 44 pages USPS Permit No. 419 Publisher: Jewish Federation of Collier County Editor: Ted Epstein, 239-249-0699 fedstar18@gmail.com Design: Federation Media Group, Inc. Advertising: Jacqui Aizenshtat 239-777-2889 January Issue Deadlines: Editorial: December 2 Advertising: December 6 Send news stories to: fedstar18@gmail.com

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JEWISH CONGREGATION OF MARCO ISLAND

NAPLES JEWISH CONGREGATION (Reform)

(Conservative)

991 Winterberry Drive Marco Island, FL 34145 Phone: 642-0800  Fax: 642-1031 Email: mgr.jcmioffice@embarqmail.com Website: www.marcojcmi.com

Services are held at: The Unitarian Congregation 6340 Napa Woods Way Rabbi Sylvin Wolf Ph.D, DD 234-6366 Email: sylvinwolf@comcast.net www.naplesjewishcongregation.org

1459 Pine Ridge Road Naples, FL 34109

Rabbi Edward M. Maline, DD Hari Jacobsen, Cantorial Soloist Roger Blau, President Shabbat Services Friday 8:00 p.m. Torah Study and Saturday Services • Sisterhood • Men’s Club • Brownstein Judaica Gift Shop

Suzanne Paley, President Jane Galler, Cantorial Soloist Shabbat Services Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. May - August: services once a month Sisterhood • Men’s Club Adult Education • Adult Choir Social Action • Community Events

Spice of Life Whether you’ve made a mint or not, whatever you’ve salted away may be enough to give you a dilly of a problem with your estate. And you’re no doubt peppered each day with unsavory proposals on how to spend and invest your money. Yes, regardless of your estate, the taxman some day will be cumin, but you can mustard up the courage and move gingerly to keep the tax bite at bay with some simple, plain vanilla and some more seasoned techniques of estate planning and charitable giving. Frequently, we try to impart a little sage advice and curry your favor for a lifetime gift or bequest to the Endowment Fund of the Federation. Have you taken the first step to becoming a tarragon of virtue by consulting with us or your financial advisors and deciding how to clove out a piece of your assets and fennel it to Federation’s Endowment Fund? Don’t you think...it’s about thyme? For more information on gift planning, call Executive Director David Willens at 239.263.4205.

BETH TIKVAH

(just west of Mission Square Plaza)

Phone: (239) 434-1818 Email: bethtikvahnaples@aol.com Website: www.bethtikvahnaples.org Rabbi Ammos Chorny Stuart Kaye & Rosalee Bogo, co-Presidents Phil Jason, Vice President Sue Hammerman, Secretary Shabbat Services Friday evenings at 7:30pm Saturday mornings at 9:30am Youth Education - Adult Education Community Events

Jewish Organizations to Serve You in Collier County (All area codes are 239 unless otherwise noted.)

Jewish Federation of Collier County Phone: 263-4205  Fax: 263-3813 Website: www.jewishnaples.org Email: info@jewishnaples.org • Federation President: Norman Krivosha • Executive Director: David Willens

American Technion Society • Chapter Dir: Jennifer Singer, 941-378-1500

Collier/Lee Chapter of Hadassah • President: Shelley Skelton, 676-3052

Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida • President: Joshua Bialek, 263-9200

Humanistic Jewish Havurah of Southwest Florida • Paula Creed, 495-8484

Israel Bonds • Reva Pearlstein, 800-622-8017 • Tyler Korn, 354-4300

Jewish Family and Community Services of Southwest Florida Phone: 325-4444 • Chairperson: Richard A. Goldblatt • President/CEO: Dr. Jaclynn Faffer

Jewish National Fund • West/Central FL Office, 800-211-1502 Uri ext 8910, Beth ext 8911

Please note our email addresses: David Willens, Executive Director – david@jewishnaples.org Jill Saravis, Community Program Coord. – jill@jewishnaples.org Iris Doenias, Administrative Assistant – iris@jewishnaples.org Deborah Vacca, Bookkeeper – deborah@jewishnaples.org General information requests – info@jewishnaples.org Federation Star advertising – jacqui1818@gmail.com Ted Epstein, Editor, Federation Star – fedstar18@gmail.com

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Jewish War Veterans Post 202,Collier Co. Chapter • Commander, Gil Block, 304-5953 • Senior Vice Commander, M/Gen. Bernard L. Weiss, USAF Ret. 594-7772

Naples Friends of American Magen David Adom (MDA) • SE Reg Dir: Marc Glickman, 954-457-9766

Naples Jewish Social Club • Co-President: Arnold Bresnick, 566-1126 • Co-President: Harvey Chodock, 949-4927

National Council of Jewish Women • Co-President: Bobbie Katz, 353-5963 • Co-President: Linda Wainick, 354-9117

ORT - Gulf Beaches Chapter • President: Marina Berkovich, 566-1771

Women’s Cultural Alliance • President: Jane Hersch, 948-0003

Zionist Organization of America • President Southwest Florida Chapter: Jerry Sobel, 597-0855

03.03.14 THE ZIG ZAG KID 2013 Award Winning Movie opening the upcoming Toronto and Boston Film Festivals. A witty, spirited, and action-packed comedy about an almost-Bar Mitzvah boy, Nono, who longs to be a good detective like his father. Two days before his Bar Mitzvah, in trouble again, he is sent off to his uncle's. You will laugh out loud at what awaits Nono! Dutch film in English and Dutch with English subtitles.

KADDISH FOR A FRIEND

03.17.14

Growing up in a Palestinian refugee camp, 14-year-old Ali learns to hate Jews. Arrested and desperate, Ali must seek out the trust and forgiveness of his Jewish enemy to avoid deportation. German film with English subtitles.

03.24.14 ORCHESTRA OF EXILES The extraordinary back-story of the formation of what was to become the Israeli Philharmonic, highlighting the heroic feats of its founder Bronislaw Huberman who ultimately saved 1,000 lives. Features perspectives from music icons Pinchas Zuckerman, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell. Israeli/American film in English.

REMEMBRANCE

03.31.14

In this epic romance, a Polish partisan and a German-Jewish woman forge an unshakable bond in the dark shadow of the Holocaust. After a daring escape from a Nazi death camp, Tomasz and pregnant Hannah are forcibly separated, each convinced the other has died. The events of 1944 Poland are crosscut with 1976 Brooklyn, where an older Hannah has a realization that her lost love may be alive. Based on actual events. German film in English and German with English subtitles.

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Vol. 23 #4

Jewish Happenings

Jewish National Fund to host annual Tree Of Life™ Award Dinner in Naples

ewish National Fund (JNF) will host its annual Tree of Life™ Award Dinner on Thursday, January 23. The dinner will honor local philanthropist Janet Guttman Cohen with the prestigious Tree of Life™ Award, a humanitarian award given in recognition of outstanding community involvement, dedication to the cause of American-Israeli friendship, and devotion to peace and security of human life. “Janet is a true philanthropist, staying away from the limelight of notoriety,” said Hank Greenberg, JNF Naples Board of Directors member and past Tree of Life™ Award honoree. “When she learned what JNF has done, is currently doing and plans to do for the future of Israel, she jumped in with vigor, extremely eager to become involved. We [JNF Board of Directors in Naples] are inspired by her enthusiasm and her willingness

to help grow the state of Israel for the future.” Janet Guttman Cohen was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she eventually married her husband Harvey and had her daughter Fran. During these years, Janet led a Brownie Troop, volunteered at Heart Mart and for an underprivileged pregnant woman’s clinic, and worked at the Council of Jewish Women’s gift shop. After her husband’s long career as an attorney, the Cohens retired to Naples. In 2010 tragedy struck as their cherished daughter Fran (z’l) passed away and her husband Harvey (z’l) passing away the following year. In 2012, Cohen gifted the student union at Florida Gulf Coast University in memory of Harvey, which is known affectionately as “Harv’s Place.” Recently she provided funds to help establish the Fran Cohen Youth Center, which will serve Salvation

Army’s “latchkey” children in Naples. Fran was also philanthropic in her own right and helped people from all walks of life. Cohen credits her philanthropy to her parents. Her father would always say, “The person that has the financial means and gives, is admirable, but the person without means who gives should be truly admired.” Cohen is also involved with the NCH North Naples Hospital, the Holocaust Museum, Jewish Federation, and Girl’s Town Jerusalem. “I know that if Israel is striving, so many wonderful things will continue to come out of her innovative spirit, which are not only good for Israel and the Jewish people around the world but good for all mankind,” said Cohen. “The innovation that comes from Israeli citizens is remarkable and it is all due to JNF’s many important projects and initiatives.” Gil Tamary, Washington Bureau Chief for Israel’s Channel 10 News, will address the audience as the evening’s guest speaker. Tamary is known by virtually every Israeli as a top news reporter. He has worked for Israel Broadcasting Authority, Israel Public Radio, and as anchor and chief editor of Good Morning Israel. Tamary covers a wide range of Middle East

Janet Guttman Cohen

issues from the U.S. and conducts exclusive interviews with many dignitaries and political figures, including presidents, secretaries of state, the head of the World Bank and others. Also known for his reporting on the Israeli economy, Tamary used to serve as International Editor of Forbes - Israel magazine, and Economic Editor for Israel TV and the IDF radio. The Naples Tree of Life™ Award Dinner will take place at TwinEagles Country Club at 11725 TwinEagles Blvd. in Naples. RSVP is required by January 9 online at jnf.org/naplestol or by contacting the JNF office at RSVP NorthFL@jnf.org or 800.211.1502. For more information including sponsorship opportunities, contact Beth Glickman Morris at bmorris@ jnf.org or 800.211.1502 x891.

SAVE THE DATE WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BRCA? Thur. Mar. 20 - The British

Mandate & the War of Independence

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 7:00 p.m. Jewish Federation Community Room 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Ste. 2201, Naples

Presented by:

James W. Orr Jr., MD, FACOG, FACS Florida Gynecologic Oncology Please join us to hear the latest information about the BRCA genes, risk factors, and testing

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Community Chanukah Celebration Jewish Federation of Collier County and our Community Synagogues and Organizations invite you to join us

Wednesday, November 27 at 5:45 p.m.

The Lawn at Mercato Across from Silverspot Cinema

Greetings from Community Leaders Candle Lighting Concert by the Naples Klezmer Revival Band and lots of holiday spirit for the whole family! WE CELEBRATE OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY Jewish Federation of Collier County • Beth Tikvah • Chabad Jewish Center of Naples Jewish Congregation of Marco Island • Naples Jewish Congregation • Temple Shalom Jewish Family & Community Services of SWFL • Hadassah • Humanistic Jewish Havurah • Israel Bonds • JNF Jewish War Veterans Post 202 • NCJW • Naples Friends of Magen David Adom • Naples Jewish Social Club • ORT

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JEWISH HAPPENINGS

“From Bimah to Broadway” By Arlene Yedid

re you a fan of Il Divo? These classical artists have redefined popular music and left their fans swooning. Here in Naples, Temple Shalom’s Cantor Donna Azu is creating a new singing sensation – The Five Cantors, “From Bimah to Broadway.” Who is this new singing phenomenon that will bring to the Naples audience new heights in music? Temple Shalom’s Cantor Donna Azu has gathered some of the finest American cantors for a once-in-a-lifetime concert. She has selected Carrie Barry from Wellington, Florida, Aaron Kaplan and Daniel Mutlu from Houston, and Star Trompeter from Chappaqua, New York. Your spirits will soar as you listen to the professionally trained voices presenting a variety of music, including stirring cantorial works, Israeli

folk songs, and favorites from Broadway musicals. You’ll hear Jewish songs that will reveal our rich heritage and remain in our hearts. “From Bimah to Broadway” is a benefit concert for Temple Shalom. Ticket prices are $50 for advance purchase general admission and $18 for students 25 and under. There will be a limited number of tickets available at the door at a cost of $75. The success of this exceptional concert will benefit from the sponsorship of patrons giving from $100 to $500, who will be given a dessert reception in addition to tickets. Save the date: Sunday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Shalom. We’re anticipating that his dazzling concert might well be a sell-out. For more information, call the temple office at 239.455.3030 or visit www. naplestemple.org.

Upcoming ZOA presentations and events By Gene Sipe, VP, Southwest Chapter ZOA

he December 2013 program of the Southwest Chapter of the ZOA will be presented by Mr. Dan Pollak, the National coDirector of Government Relations of the Zionist Organization of America. The program is scheduled for Tuesday, December 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Chabad Jewish Center of Naples, 1789 Mandarin Road. Dan manages the Washington office of the ZOA, the oldest Zionist organization in the U.S., and educates members of Congress on issues related to the Middle East and American policy regarding Israel and the region. Dan has been with the ZOA for more than six years. Prior to his joining the ZOA, he served as a JO on the USS Memphis and held vice president positions at a number of national banking institutions. Dan’s program will present the positions of the ZOA as they relate to the evolving situations in Israel and her Middle Eastern neighbors. RSVP to Jerry Sobel at jerrysobel@aol.com or to me at mrnsrvr@gmail.com no later than Friday, December 6. We will also be presenting these additional programs throughout the

upcoming season: ÎÎ Bret Stephens , 2013 Pulitzer Prize winner and Editor at The Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, January 28 at 7:30 p.m. ÎÎ Film Festival (film to be announced), Tuesday, February, 18 at 7:30 p.m. ÎÎ Daniel Pipes, President of the Middle East Forum and Publisher of the Middle East Quarterly Journal, Tuesday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. Our goal is that the high caliber of our programming will inspire and promote the most informed Zionists in Southwest Florida. We want our members to be active and involved and would love to hear from you with your thoughts, ideas and suggestions. We also need our members to share this program with those who are not yet members. Dues are only $25 per year and help us continue this fine programming. If you would like to become a member or have not yet paid your 2013/2014 dues, please send your check, payable to ZOA, to Jerry Sobel, 4003 Upolo Lane, Naples, FL 34119.

Israeli and International Folk Dancing on Thursdays Where: When: Why: Teacher:

Fleischmann Community Center, 1900 Fleischmann Road, Naples, opposite Coastland Center Mall Thursday mornings from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Exercise, relaxation, socializing, learning, good health and fun Richard Eddy, member International Dance Council (CIDUNESCO) and Florida Folk Dance Council Cost: Only $5 per session Questions: Richard Eddy at 703.303.4719; Fleischman Community Center at 239.213.3020 Come join our beginners group for dancing to classic music featuring both traditional and new Israeli and international folk dances. Richard has been dancing for about 14 years in Europe and the U.S. He has studied under many international teachers and choreographers, including Meir Shem-Tov, Rafi Ziv, Matti Goldschmidt, Mona Goldstein, Israel Shiker, Roberto Bagnoli, Paola Pagliani, Lucrezia LoBianca and Andi Kapplin.

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Temple Shalom events open to the community For more information on these events, call the temple office at 239.455.3030.

oin Temple Shalom on Sunday, December 8 at 11:00 a.m. for our Crowning Ceremony, as our new Torah takes its place in the arc. All are welcome for this joyous occasion! *** The Temple Shalom Sisterhood Book Bag invites you to join them on Thursday, December 19 at 1:30 p.m. in the Perman Library. This month’s selection is The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg. With huge compassion and sly humor, the author gives us an epic story of marriage, family and obsession, exploring the hopes and

heartbreaks of new and old love, the yearnings of Midwestern America, and our devastating, fascinating preoccupation with food. Read, talk, nosh! Book Bag is open to all! There is no charge. *** Temple Shalom proudly welcomes Ruth W. Messinger as its 2014 Scholar-in-Residence on FridaySaturday, January 24-25. Ruth is the President of American Jewish World Service (AJWS) and is considered a national leader in the movement to end the genocide in Sudan. As such, she has been called

upon several times to advise President Obama about creating a sustainable path toward peace in that country. In recognition of her leadership, she has served on the Obama administration’s Task Force on Global Poverty and Development and currently sits on the State Department’s Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group. She lectures widely on diverse social and global justice issues and is currently a member of the Leadership Council of Repair the World and the Executive Committee of the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable. ***

Temple Shalom opens its doors to the community on Sunday, January 26 as we hold our annual Mitzvah Day and Blood Drive. Join us as we work to benefit those in our community most in need. Activities benefit The Shelter for Abused Women and Children, the Humane Society, homeless school children throughout Collier County, and more. All are invited to participate on our Meals of Hope food packaging assembly line, as we prepare in excess of 50,000 meals!

Harold Kushner, renowned rabbi and best-selling author, to speak at Temple Beth El

emple Beth El in Fort Myers will host Rabbi Harold Kushner as he presents “Knowing Your Life has Made a Difference,” a lecture addressing topics found in his most recent, best-selling book, The Book of Job, When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person. Rabbi Laureate Harold Kushner was the spiritual leader at Temple Israel in the Boston suburb of Natick, Massachusetts, for over 25 years. He is the well-known author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People and many other nationally best-selling books on how religion helps to cope

in Bible in 1972. Rabbi Kushner has with life’s problems. Rabbi Kushner’s books offer interpretations of also studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, taught at Genesis, Ecclesiastes and the Psalms. His emphasis Clark University and on God’s forgiveness the Rabbinical School of the JTS. He has releads to a focus on the acceptance of our own ceived six honorary doctorates and many and others’ flaws. national awards. Born in Brooklyn, The Christophers, New York, Rabbi Kusha nonprofit organizaner was educated at Cotion devoted to spreadlumbia University and Rabbi Harold Kushner ing messages of hope obtained his rabbinical and understanding, describes Rabbi ordination from the Jewish TheologiKushner as “one of the 50 people who cal Seminary (JTS). The same instituhave made the world a better place in tion awarded him a doctoral degree

the last 50 years.” And national organization, Religion in American Life, paid tribute to him as their clergyman of the year. The lecture takes place at Temple Beth El (16225 Winkler Road, Fort Myers) on Sunday, January 12 at 7:30 p.m.; a pre-lecture dinner is available at 5:00 p.m. at the Crown Colony Golf & Country Club (8851 Crown Colony Blvd., Fort Myers). The cost is $125 for dinner; $35 for the lecture. Tickets can be purchased by calling 239.433.0018 x101 or by visiting www.templebethel.com.

OUR TORAH CROWNING CEREMONY Sunday, December 8, 11am—Be a part of it! Please join us in celebrating this Crowning Achievement! Our Torah will be carried around the sanctuary seven times and the last words of Devarim will be

Thank you to all who took part in this holy task. Nearly 900 individuals, couples, families, havurot, and organizations from Temple Shalom, the Naples

scribed: Kol Yisrael— all of (the

Jewish community, and our

children of ) Israel—under the

greater community, scribed

chuppah. Our Torah will

a letter and left a most

then take its place in the

meaningful legacy for

ark to be read from on

future generations.

Shabbat and the High

L’dor v’dor.

Holy Days, and by Bar and Bat Mitzvahs for many years to come.

Please stay and enjoy the luncheon to follow!

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GenShoah to present “Destruction of Hungarian Jewry” and screening of Nicky’s Family By Ida Margolis

enerations of the Shoah of SW Florida (GenShoah) will feature Herbert Herman as a speaker following the meeting on Sunday, December 15. Meetings for members and friends of GenShoah are scheduled the third Sunday of each month at 4:30 p.m. GenShoah is open not only to children of Holocaust survivors (the Second Generation), but to all those who are interested in its mission of: Promotion of Holocaust education, preservation of memories of the Holocaust, connection of members of the Second Generation to one another, and support of the Holocaust Museum. After the December 15 meeting at the Holocaust Museum, at 5:00 p.m. Herbert Herman will present a public program on the “Destruction of Hungarian Jewry.” Mr. Herman has traveled extensively in Eastern Europe and has been personally acquainted with the survivors of the Budapest Ghetto. His talk will cover many interesting events from the very personal experiences of those who were witness to the events. He will explain political intrigues that took place in Hungary in the 1930s, ’40s and throughout the war years. His talk is based on the accepted works published by Columbia University

on the topic. Naples residents Herman and his wife Suzanne have traveled extensively. Herman, a graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago, has had a career in education, social services and public service. He is a past president of the largest B’nai B’rith Lodge in Chicago, and member of numerous organizations including Hadassah Associates, ORT, the local Jewish Community Relations Council, NAACP, and board member of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. Herman, who was a museum docent, will be available for a question and answer period after his presentation. Following are public programs that have already been scheduled by GenShoah: A special public screening of the award-winning, insightful and gripping film The Long Way Home will follow the meeting on Sunday, January 19. At 5:00 p.m. Steve Brazina will present the often-untold story of Jewish Holocaust survivors who are moved, after WWII, into Displaced Persons’ camps. The award-winning documentary by Moriah Films shows how after delays, more physical hardship, and years of uncertainty, the survivors are finally permitted to begin new lives in Israel and the U.S.

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Sunday, March 2 psychiatrist Marlene Steinberg will speak on “Surviving and Healing from Traumatic Experiences: Understanding Post-traumatic Symptoms and Dissociation.” Dr. Steinberg will share insight about key ways that people survive and heal from traumas. This event will be held at Chabad Naples at 7:00 p.m. A $5 donation will be requested at two these special events. Reservations are required for all events. If you are interested in attending the December 15 presentation or would like to receive email notifications about GenShoah meetings and events, contact me at ida.margolis2@ gmail.com or 239.963.9347.

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Jewish Congregation of Marco Island in cooperation with the Jewish Federation of Collier County presents The Sidney R. Hoffman Memorial

JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2013-2014 IT’S OUR BAT MITZVAH – 13 SMASHING YEARS SHOWCASING THE NEWEST AND BEST AWARD-WINNING FILMS ON THE JEWISH CIRCUIT Opening Day BROADWAY MUSICALS, A JEWISH LEGACY Sunday afternoon, December 15, 2013 Film 2:00 PM

Naples/Marco Premiere

BROADWAY MUSICALS, A JEWISH LEGACY celebrates the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. From the golden years of Gershwin, and Rodgers and Hammerstein to more recent standouts, Sondheim, Streisand and Stephen Schwartz, the timeless and delightful songs of Broadway were created almost exclusively by Jewish Americans. The film features melodic music and interviews with composers and performers from FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, THE PRODUCERS, FUNNY GIRL, CABARET, and GYPSY but poses a question for the audience to answer. How and why did Broadway become so Jewish? What is your answer? Come and enjoy! 90 minutes English Bat Mitzvah Reception with Fruit and Cake following film

HANNAH ARENDT Naples/Marco Premiere Sunday afternoon, January 19, 2014 Film 2:00 PM

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Fifty years ago a book was published that set off a storm in the Jewish community around the world, EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM---A REPORT ON THE BANALITY OF EVIL. It was written by a young and brilliant Jewish philosophy teacher, named Hannah Arendt, a refugee from Nazi Germany. Arendt was hired by THE NEW YORKER magazine to go to Israel and report on the Eichmann trial. She wrote that Eichmann was not the monster she expected but rather a mediocre bureaucrat, an ordinary man who became a brutal killer. But she also claimed that the Jewish Councils that reported to the Nazis in Germany, in Lodz, Vilna, Bialystok, and Ukraine helped rather than resisted their occupiers to round up more Jewish victims. This new film which has critics raving revives the debates and the era. Did Arendt sympathize with Eichmann and demonize Jewish victims? Come see this fascinating and compelling drama and decide for yourself. 113 minutes German and English with English subtitles

GOD’S FIDDLER: YASCHA HEIFETZ Florida Premiere Sunday afternoon, February 9, 2014 Film 2:00 PM

Today you will see the only film biography of the world’s most renowned violinist, a documentary on the life and artistry of the 20th century’s virtuoso violinist, Yascha Heifetz. From home movies and family photos going back to childhood in Lithuania, you first see the Jewish child and later glimpse the man, amidst the American scene, growing into the first truly modern violin virtuoso, the man about whom Itzhak Perlman said: “When I spoke with him I thought, I can’t believe I am talking with God.” You will thrill at the filmed performance clips of this wonderful artist. Beautiful film and music: not to be missed. 87 minutes English Reception following the film

WHEN COMEDY WENT TO SCHOOL Florida Premiere Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2014 Film 2:00 PM

WHEN COMEDY WENT TO SCHOOL is a fun film telling the story of the rise of the Jewish men and women who got started in the boot camp for comedy, the Borscht Belt, in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. Jackie Mason, Jerry Lewis, Henny Youngman, Woody Allen, Joan Rivers, Lenny Bruce, and even Jerry Seinfeld, all honed their comedic acts in that upstate New York vacation destination for Jewish families in the mid-20th Century. Grossingers, The Concord, Kutsher’s and the other resorts lifted comic geniuses out of the teeming slums of New York’s Lower East Side and pushed them to stardom. You will laugh and be delighted. 83 minutes English Delicious Noshes after the film.

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The Jewish Congregation of Marco Island in conjunction with the Jewish Federation of Collier County presents The 2014 Saul I. Stern Cultural Series – now in its 20th year!

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Saturday, February 22, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

THE NAPLES PHILHARMONIC BRASS QUINTET returns with a delightful variety of music – classical and popular. A fantasy of pastries follows the program with a sampling from Starbucks.

Sunday, March 2, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

RABBI MARVIN TOKAYER presents “The Jews of China, Japan and India.” Upon his discharge as Air Force Chaplain in Japan, Rabbi Tokayer served for eight years as the rabbi for the Jewish community of Japan. He wrote 20 books in Japanese and is a noted scholar of the Jews of the Far East.

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12 most amazing Israeli medical advances Israel is a powerhouse in medical innovation. Here are a dozen standouts from a field with many exciting, game-changing candidates. By Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21c, www.israel21c.org

sraeli ingenuity is responsible for some of the world’s most amazing medical advances. Whether they’re futuristic, such as Given Imaging’s PillCam capsule endoscopy or Itamar Medical’s fingertip monitors for sleep disorders and cardiac issues – or cleverly simple, such as First Care Products’ Emergency Bandage – blue-and-white inventions are changing the face of healthcare in hospitals, doctors’ offices, homes and even battlefields worldwide. “It’s almost a cliché to say Israel is an excellent place for medical innovation,” says Eran Perry, managing director at Israel Health Care Ventures (IHCV), one of the largest venture capital funds in the country. “But if you look at [global] statistics, it’s evident – from total expenditure on civilian R&D, where we are ranked first; to human infrastructure and entrepreneurship, where we rank in the top five. You can see the results in patents. We are first in the world for medical device patents per capita, and second in Europe for bio-pharma.” About 1,000 Israeli companies are in healthcare or life-science products, including 700 in medical devices. Approximately half are already generating revenue. “There has been an ecosystem created for life sciences, so these

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4. GI View Aer-O-Scope disposable colorectal cancer screening device, now in U.S. trials, will make lifesaving colonoscopy screenings cheaper, safer and more accessible worldwide. The self-navigating, flexible Aer-O-Scope removes the risk of perforating the colon, provides superior imaging and can be used by a trained nurse or technician so a gastroenterologist does not have to be present. 5. InSightec’s ExAblate OR uses MRI-guided focused ultrasound to destroy tumors and uterine fibroid cysts without surgery. The company has begun a Phase III trial of its next product, ExAblate Neuro, to cure

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Israelis are living longer, happier lives, according to the 2013 Statistical Abstract of Israel recently released by the Central Bureau of Statistics. 88% of Israelis say they are happy with their lives, compared with only 83% percent in 2002. 60% are also satisfied with their financial situation. Life expectancy has risen significantly in the past decade and is now 79.9 years for males born in 2012, and 83.6 for females. (Lazar Berman, Times of Israel)

ISRAELI MATERNAL HEALTH VIDEOS A BIG HIT IN ARAB WORLD

Six months ago, Clalit Health Services, an Israeli health maintenance organization, uploaded a series of YouTube training videos in Arabic for the Israeli Arab community on breastfeeding, pregnancy monitoring, early detection of diseases, preparation for routine checkups, and physical therapy. Recently, Clalit officials discovered that out of 1.1 million views, only 45,000 were from Israel, while the rest were from neighboring Arab countries. Saudi Arabia lead with 560,166 views, followed by Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Algeria and Jordan. (Yaron Kelner, Ynet News)

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ISRAELIS SEND AID AND CLOTHING TO SYRIAN REFUGEES

“There are a number of Israeli citizens and organizations involved with aid distribution to Syrian refugees, which have sent hundreds of tons of humanitarian aid to Jordan,” said Dr. Nir Boms from Haifa University. Boms is involved with an Israeli group called Hand in Hand with Syrian Refugees, initiated in early 2013. In May, Hand in Hand sent a truckload with 5,000 winter jackets and sweaters, along with 1,000 pairs of shoes and toys, with the aid of Operation Blessing, an American Christian charity. An Israeli mom from northern Israel spearheaded the distribution project, collecting thousands of clothing items and raising money to make the project happen. (Anav Silverman, Huffington Post)

HONG KONG MAGNATE TO DONATE $130 MILLION TO ISRAEL’S TECHNION

Hong Kong magnate Li Ka-shing said he will donate $130 million to Israel’s leading engineering university, the Technion, to help establish a technology institute and innovation center at Shantou University in China’s Guangdong Province.

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December 2013 ISRAEL & THE WORLD Federation StarJEWISH 11B continued from previous page Li, who had invested in Waze, a traffic-mapping start-up recently purchased by Google for $1.1 billion, said he will use proceeds from the acquisition for the Technion donation. (Joshua Mitnick, Wall Street Journal)

ISRAEL HELPING MAKE NEVADA’S DESERT BLOOM

“Over the last year the Southern Nevada Water Authority has engaged with Israel’s national water company, Mekorot, focusing specifically on water quality and water security, waste water and recycled water, hydrology, and joint research and technological development,” said Uri Resnick, deputy consul general of Israel to the Southwest U.S. Governor Brian Sandoval planned to lead a travel mission to Israel’s Negev in October to learn more about how Israeli technology can help rejuvenate Nevada’s farming industry. (Jspace)

THE LEGACY OF THE YOM KIPPUR WAR – 40 YEARS LATER

The Yom Kippur War erupted on October 6, 1973, when Egyptian and Syrian forces surprised and overran Israeli positions. The following three weeks of fighting were brutal, the scale monumental. The offensive was eventually blunted and beaten back to an Egyptian enclave surrounded by Israeli forces. Cairo came within Israel’s striking range. 80,000 Egyptian soldiers nearly surrendered for lack of water, and those soldiers and Cairo were saved by a last-minute application of American might and statecraft. Tens of thousands of Syrian troops, spearheaded by divisions of Soviet-made tanks, punched through Israeli defenses on the Golan Heights. They were stopped by numerically inferior Israeli forces and compelled to fall back on Damascus, which was also threatened by IDF guns. Each year there is an outpouring of public grief over the battlefield

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deaths of more than 2,500 Israeli soldiers – the equivalent, in current per capita terms, of 230,000 Americans – and the maiming of vastly more. Israel’s enemies saw how, while enjoying total surprise and overwhelming advantages in men and material, Arab armies still could not prevail, could not even avert defeat. Despairing of destroying Israel by conventional means, its adversaries turned to terror and delegitimization, which have similarly failed. (Michael Oren, former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. (2009-2013), New Republic)

BRIGHTSOURCE TO BUILD SOLAR THERMAL FARM IN ISRAEL

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Florida and Israel sign research & development agreement

n Tuesday, October 29, Florida Governor Rick Scott and Israeli Consul General Chaim Shacham signed a Memorandum of Understanding between Florida and Israel to support research, development and commercialization of projects related to aerospace and other technology sectors. Florida’s $1 million will be matched dollar-fordollar by Israel, to create a $2 million joint research fund. Governor Scott said, “Our Florida Families First Budget committed $1 million in recurring funds to further Florida’s longstanding economic partnership with Israel. The memorandum of understanding we signed

BrightSource, a U.S.-based solar power company whose roots began in Israel 30 years ago with the firm Luz, is about to flip the switch on a massive 377-megawatt solar thermal farm in the California desert. At the start of 2014, BrightSource will begin building a solar thermal energy plant in Israel that will produce 121 megawatts in the Negev Desert by 2016. (Karin Kloosterman, ISRAEL21c)

today creates a targeted investment that will increase Florida’s role as a hub for global commerce, deepen the Florida-Israel relationship, and create jobs and opportunities for Florida’s families.” Consul General Shacham, stated “the MOU agreement highlights, once again, how the strong ties between the people of Florida and Israel have the power to create vital economic benefits for both states – especially economic growth for Israel, and jobs for Florida. There are enormous untapped opportunities between Florida and Israel. The new MOU will certainly create a ‘win-win’ situation for both sides.”

Chris Snow of Space Florida, Lisa McClaskey of the Israeli Consulate, Israeli Consul General Chaim Shacham, Governor Rick Scott, Brent & Debbie Sembler of the Sembler Company, Michael Sevi of the Governor’s Office

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