Federation Star - July/August 2014 by Jewish Federation of Collier County

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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: 1 Women’s Cultural Alliance 3 Men’s Cultural Alliance 7 Community Focus 10 Jewish Interest 13 Tributes 13 Business Directory 15 Israel & the Jewish World 19 Commentary 20 Rabbinical Reflections 20 Focus on Youth 22 Synagogues 23 Organizations 25 Community Calendar 27 Community Directory

5 A “Taste” of Women’s Cultural Alliance (WCA)

July/August 2014 - Sivan/Tammuz 5774

By Susan Pittelman, WCA Publicity Director

veryone knows that the Women’s Cultural Alliance offers great programs during “season” – but did you know that WCA members who remain in Southwest Florida during the summer can enjoy WCA programming year round? Yes, the fun at WCA never stops – even during the summer! On June 17, 40 lucky WCA members enjoyed a Day of Fun, Exercise and Learning at Solaris Health and Wellness in Bonita Springs. After coffee and a tour, the women had a chance to do yoga and stretching, try out the Biodexbalance machine, and learn some drills and exercises. They also enjoyed a healthy and delicious complimentary lunch. Organizer Rhonda Brazina commented, “This day was a wonderful opportunity to consider our own health and wellness goals. It was impressive to see a state-of-the-art facility located between Naples and Bonita. Fun, friends and good food for all attendees.” WCA board member Andrea Pandazi planned three exciting WCA “field trips” for this summer. WCA members and their guests will be traveling by bus

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to the east coast of Florida on June 28 to enjoy dinner and a cabaret show in the Royal Room of the Colony Beach Hotel in Palm Beach. Andrea said, “The Royal Room has been lauded as one of the best cabaret-style venues in the country. I am sure we will all have a fabulous time.” On July 15, 20 WCA members and guests will have the opportunity to participate in an all-day adventure that includes a four-hour cruise on a 40' catamaran near Captiva. Andrea promises, “It will be an ‘ecological expedition’ to remember!” Under the guidance of a marine naturalist from the Bailey Matthews Shell Museum, participants will visit the museum, learn unusual facts about our slice of paradise, enjoy lunch together, and go shelling. A special “Treasure Hunt” is planned for July 31. Members and their guests will be searching for treasures in the Festival Flea Market Mall in Pompano Beach. After looking through the myriad of shops in the large indoor market, participants will have dinner at a delightful Ft. Lauderdale restaurant

The salad bowl David Willens JFCC Executive Director

Summer of the Arts in full swing

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The fun never stops at WCA!

GenShoah planning a variety of public programs

o, this is not an article on epicurean delights. I have very often referred to our community as a salad bowl. I certainly don’t consider it a melting pot. Everyone who moves here is their own unique piece of lettuce from a garden patch located somewhere else – thus the salad bowl concept. And it is the responsibility of the Jewish Federation of Collier County and the local synagogues and organizations to provide the dressing on the salad that blends it together, making it palatable. Personally, I think that we do a great job of tastefully dressing our salad for all.

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My goal has been, and will continue to be, to build a sense of community in an area where people have no roots and many of whom are here only seasonally. This is a compelling reason why there needs to be a strong Jewish Federation presence to help facilitate this building process. Whether it is through our Federation Star, our CONNECTIONS annual resource guide, our eNewsletter, our Community Directory, our website (www.jewishnaples.org) or a number of cultural and social programs and events, the Jewish Federation is here to enhance and enrich the experience of your life here in paradise. If you call this your home all year or are snowbirds (5-6 months) or snowflakes (3 months), and you enjoy everything about the Jewish community

before returning to home. Andrea planned the outing in response to requests by WCA members who had heard about the fantastic adventure that WCA members had on a previous trip to the flea market. In addition to these very special summer programs, WCA members can enjoy participating in the WCA Special Interest & Social Groups that meet during the summer. What better way to escape the heat of summer than to go to the movies? Participants in WCA’s Current Films group go to the movie theater on the third Wednesday of each month. Liaison Nancy Kahn said, “The women not only enjoy the film and the discussion that follows, but they also like having lunch together beforehand. It is a wonderful way to stay connected ‘off season.’” The fun-loving couples who meet on the second Saturday evenings of each month to play Hand & Foot Canasta, look forward to playing during the summer. Liaison Stacy Sokol said, “While we really miss the couples who left for

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here in our salad bowl, please consider supporting the Federation’s efforts to make this community warm and welcoming and blended to perfection. In the fall, we will be kicking back into gear our 2014 Federation Campaign drive to close the campaign at year-end. We have a lofty goal of raising $1.5 million, which is well within our reach. If you have not made your gift for 2014, please consider it NOW. There is a form on page 11 for you to clip, complete and mail to us. You can also make your donation online on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at the Federation office at 239.263.4205. Stay cool and enjoy a crisp summer salad!

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ummertime, And the livin’ is easy Fish are jumpin’ And the cotton is high …wrote George Gershwin and DuBose Hayward for their 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. But unlike at Catfish Row, activity at the Jewish Federation of Collier County continues at a high rate even during the summer. Despite the absence of many northern members and friends, the staff and volunteers are busily engaged in a variety of programs and initiatives. Prime among these efforts is the work of the Federation’s Allocations Committee, whose responsibility it is to recommend grants for the many programs and organizations that apply for Federation funds. Earlier in the year, the Federation board adopted priorities for its 2014 grant cycle: youth programs and youth education, local humanitarian needs and social services, cultural programs and adult education, Israel and overseas humanitarian needs and social services and unmet needs. That

information, along with application forms and program evaluation and financial information requests, was mailed to dozens of potential donees in late spring with an August 31 deadline for submission. The application forms are very detailed in their content. During the summer, as applications are received, they are reviewed for completeness and compliance with allocation guidelines, and follow-ups are made to correct any deficiencies in submission requirements. Follow-ups are also made with those organizations and programs that have not submitted requests for funds. Starting in the fall, applications are carefully reviewed by Allocations Committee members and site visits are scheduled. Accountability and careful evaluation of program content, effectiveness and impact guide the committee’s deliberations. Final recommendations for grants are made to the board in time for their announcement to recipients before the end of the year. The allocations process is very intensive but is designed to assure every Federation donor that contributions to the Federation Campaign are used in the manner intended and that programs supported by those funds seek to fulfill the Jewish Federation of Collier County’s mission statement. To that end, the summer’s busy activities are directed.

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A golf event for all skills and ages to benefit young Jewish children and teens to experience Jewish Summer Camp and travel to Israel. For more information about the event and hole sponsorships contact Kevin Aizenshtat at kevin@gcipnaples.com.

Based on the best-selling book by Ambassador Yehuda Avner, The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers takes the audience inside the offices of Israel’s Prime Ministers through the eyes of an insider, Yehuda Avner, who served as a chief aide, English language note-taker and speechwriter to Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin and Shimon Peres. The first of two parts, The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers focuses on Ambassador Avner’s years working with Prime Ministers Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir and then US Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin, and reveals new details about the Six-Day War, the development of Israel’s close strategic relationship with the United States, the fight against terrorism, the Yom Kippur War and its aftermath.

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3 Federation Star July/August 2014 JEWISH FEDERATION

July/August 2014 Federation Star

Summer 2014

Do you know where your children and grandchildren are? Published by

2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201 Naples, Florida 34109-0613 Phone: (239) 263-4205 Fax: (239) 263-3813 www.jewishnaples.org Email: info@jewishnaples.org Officers President: Alvin Becker Vice President: Kevin Aizenshtat Vice President: Phyllis Seaman Vice President: Berton Thompson Secretary: Wallie Lenchner Treasurer: Jerry Sobelman Immed. Past President: Judge Norman Krivosha

Board of Trustees Joshua Bialek Harvey Brenner Stephen Coleman Amanda Dorio Michael Feldman Alan Gordon Neil Heuer Ben Peltz Joel Pittelman Dr. Tracey Roth Jane Schiff Arlene Sobol Michael Sobol Dr. Daniel Wasserman Beth Wolff Barry Zvibleman

Past Presidents Gerald Flagel, Dr. William Ettinger, Ann Jacobson, Sheldon Starman, Bobbie Katz, Rosalee Bogo

Board Members Emeritus Hans Levy Shirley Levy

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

Executive Director David Willens

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

The work of the Jewish Federation of Collier County represents both our community and our community’s most generous tradition – to give to others even in the most difficult times.

Phyllis Seaman Federation VP & Campaign Chair

or this July/August issue, I want to make you aware of how your gifts to our Federation truly are gifts to many families in our community. We always think of summer as a fun, wind down and recharge time – a time of vacations, travel and camp for the kids. Well, for many families in our community, that is an unattainable dream. Through your support to our Federation – via the FED CUP Golf Outing and our Camp and Israel Scholarship Fund – we are able to make these dreams a reality for many. The scholarship awards are generous but partial, and determined by need. This summer we are sending three children to URJ Camp Coleman and five children to Camp Shalom of Central Florida. Chabad of Naples’ Camp Gan Israel also depends on our support for its summer day camp program. This past April, for the first time in approximately 20 years of supporting summer camp and Israel experiences, we had a student attend the international March of the Living trip to Poland and Israel. We have a very generous couple helping fund students interested in attending this emotional and educational once-in-a-lifetime experience. Currently, we have a high-school student attending a six-week summer session at the Alexander Muss High School in Israel. Three college students from our community went on a life-changing Taglit Birthright Israel trip during their winter break. Taglit Birthright is a free trip to Israel, including international airfare for 18- to 26-year-old students. Funding for Birthright is through The Jewish Federations of North America, of which our Federation is a member, the State of Israel, and several other major benefactors. Our Federation provided a small amount to each local student to help defray their airfare from Naples or their school, to catch their overseas flight in New York. These trips and camp experiences connect our youth to their peers and

their religion. Federation is the tool which makes this connection happen! Many of us or our children and grandchildren have been able to have that wonderful experience, and have made lifelong friends and memories. Shouldn’t all of our children be a part of that experience? Your donation to our Federation makes this possible and so much more that I’ve talked about over the last three years. Please consider your gift to Federation now! I know it’s summer, it’s vacation time and you want to tune out. Well, you are reading this, so I do have your attention. If you have already contributed to

the 2014 Campaign, we THANK YOU! If anything we do touches you enough to make an additional gift or causes you to consider endowing or underwriting a program, I wholeheartedly encourage you to please call the Federation office at 239.263.4205 and speak to David Willens, our Executive Director, or to me. Our 2014 Campaign goal is $1.5 million. We could and should do this... but we need each and every one of you to step up to the plate. Remember – No Gift Touches More Lives! We are The Strength of a People – The Power of Community! My best wishes for a safe and wonderful summer!

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Jewish Community Relations Council update By Ida Margolis, CRC Vice Chair

CRC statement regarding situation in Ukraine The situation in the Ukraine has been of concern to members of our Jewish community as well as Jewish communities throughout the world. After listening to a joint teleconference on the situation in the Ukraine held by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and The Jewish Federations of North America, our Jewish Community Relations Council called a special meeting and has issued the following statement: “We condemn any acts of antiSemitism and acts of violence towards all citizens in Ukraine and hope for a quick resolution of the conflict and

restoration of peace. We applaud Israel’s humanitarian efforts towards the relocation for Jews in Ukraine. In order for you to stay apprised of the situation in Ukraine, the JCRC recommends that multiple media sources be used in order to try to obtain an objective view of the situation.” Anti-Semitism Response Team An Anti-Semitism Response Team is currently being formed. For additional information, call Jill Saravis at the Federation at 239.263.4205. Awards committees A “thank you” was received from Kathrene Pitt, the recipient of this year’s “Stand Up for Justice” Grant

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Award. This award recognizes Collier County teachers, guidance counselors, school librarians, and media specialists who demonstrate outstanding, unique and replicable education initiatives that counter bigotry and bullying in the schools. These innovative and easily replicable initiatives should yield evidence of positive results in student behavior and in the school climate. Beth Povlow, JCRC Educator Awards Coordinator, is following up on candidates for the next grant cycle. Gail Smith, chair of the Human Needs Award, and her committee are in the process of researching local nonprofits to be recipients of the Human Needs Award in December. Migrant Senior Banquet On behalf of JCRC, Marina Berkovich and Jill Saravis recently attended the Migrant Senior Banquet in Immokalee. Catholic/Jewish Dialogue The Catholic/Jewish Dialogue is in the process of planning its programs for the upcoming season, including the Kristallnacht Convocation, which is scheduled for Sunday, November 9 at St. Williams Church. The CJD welcomes two new members – Janine Healey and Helene Gordon.

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Women’s Cultural Alliance...continued from page 1 the summer, those of us who participate in the monthly gatherings continue to have a great time!” WCA’s Mah Jong group (Tuesdays), Intermediate Bridge group (Fridays) and Canasta group (Wednesdays) also meet during the summer. WCA members who enjoy “reading and discussing” have several summer options. The New Yorker group continues to meet on the first Wednesday of each month to discuss two pre-selected articles. During the summer, WCA’s Contemporary Fiction group meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Liaison Sue Bookbinder explained, “During season, the group also meets on the third Wednesday of the month, as so many women want to participate.” In June the group will be discussing TransAtlantic by Colum McCann, and in July, Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver.” North of Naples (NON) book club meets throughout the summer. While NON was created to serve WCA members who live in the Bonita Springs, Estero and south Fort Myers area, NON Coordinator Dina Shein explained, “All WCA members are welcome to participate in NON activities.” The Book Forum meets the first Thursday of the month. Renée Becker, who facilitated the June meeting commented, “We had a lively discussion of The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman. In July we will be reading How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez.” Women share their views on current events and discuss the latest public opinions through WCA’s Contemporary Issues group, which meets on the third Monday of each month. Let’s Knit and Stitch provides WCA members who enjoy knitting and crocheting with a chance to share their ideas and special hints. The women meet the

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fourth Wednesday of each month. For women interested in tracking down their families’ histories, the Jewish Genealogy group, facilitated for WCA by Arthur Sissman, meets the second Tuesday of the month. WCA members who enjoy going out for lunch will be able to participate in WCA’s popular Ladies Who Lunch (LWL) this summer. The group will be dining at Miromar Lakes on July 28. Liaison Toby Kosloff remarked, “Ladies Who Lunch is a perfect way to enjoy lunch and stay connected – catching up with good friends and meeting new members.” Even though gatherings for a few of WCA’s Special Interest Groups are posted in the weekly WCA email blast, women must register with the group’s liaison in order to participate. (See the WCA e-blast as well as the WCA Program Guide for the names of the liaisons and their contact information.) If you remain in Southwest Florida for the summer or return to a place up north that has a flourishing WCA branch, you can enjoy WCA programming throughout the year. If WCA gatherings are not available where you spend the summer, rest assured that planning is well underway for 2014-2015. Many exciting events and programs await your return to Florida. If you haven’t yet renewed your WCA membership – now is the time! If you have never joined WCA, don’t wait – due it today so that you can see firsthand why everyone says, “The fun never stops at WCA!” A membership form is below, or go to www.womens culturalalliance.com to see why more than 1,000 women are so having such a good time being a part of WCA!

MEN’S Cultural Alliance Membership Form Please check: r New

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r I want to be listed in the MCA membership roster For more information, email Steve Brazina at sbrazina@aol.com Please make your check payable to: Jewish Federation of Collier County and mail with this form to: MCA Jewish Federation of Collier County 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Ste. 2201 Naples, FL 34109

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Women’s Cultural Alliance Membership Form Please check one: r New r Renewal For more information: Linda Simon, lgsimon2947@yahoo.com

Please make your check payable to: Jewish Federation of Collier County and mail with this form to: WCA Jewish Federation of Collier County 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Ste. 2201 Naples, FL 34109

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Be a part of MCA next season By Jeff Margolis

he rainy season has come to Southwest Florida and many of our fellow MCA members have headed north for the summer months. But that has not stopped the MCA planning committee from diligently working to make next season the best one yet for the Men’s Cultural Alliance of the Jewish Federation of Collier County. For the season opener, please circle the date of Tuesday, November 11 on your calendars. This will be our Welcome Back Luncheon. The event will be held at the Vasari Country Club with an exciting guest speaker whose bio will follow in our next article. In addition to our monthly luncheons, MCA will be starting a brand new Speaker’s Series. One of the topics to be discussed will be Jewish Genealogy. As more presenters and topics become confirmed, we will notify the members. Be sure to check our periodic e-blast for information about upcoming MCA events as well as club activities. Remember, activities and events are open to MCA members, so be sure to

pay your dues and update your membership information. A membership form is below. For those of you who are hockey fans, we will be planning another trip to an Everblades game in January. In hockey news, Coach Greg Poss has been rehired for another year and team captain Matthew Roy has decided to play for a professional team in Norway. The team hopes to rebound from a disappointing season in which they did not make the playoffs for the first time in 14 years. The Collier MCA has grown to an organization of over 200 members thanks to your support. The number of activity groups has also expanded. Be sure to bring your fishing rod, reading glasses and poker face to Naples next season. And our MCA will have a new look with a yet-to-be unveiled logo. Be sure to look for it. Have a great summer and we look forward to seeing you in the fall. For more information about MCA, please email Steve Brazina at sbrazina@ aol.com.

WE REMEMBER The men and women whose names are herein inscribed have left a legacy of love to our Jewish community. We honor the memory of those whose lives serve as an inspiration for future generations. The Jewish Federation of Collier County gratefully acknowledges a bequest from

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A “Taste” of Women’s Cultural Alliance (WCA)

CA offers its members a wide variety of cultural, intellectual and purely social programs, some of which are year round. From the Speaker Series to Special Interest Groups, from Discussion and Study Groups to Art Tours, from the Singles Connection to Special Events – there’s always something happening at WCA. The fun never stops at WCA! Women who belong to WCA have numerous opportunities to learn, laugh, discuss and dine. If you are not yet a member of WCA, join today so that you, too, can be part of all that WCA has to offer. (See page 3 for a membership form.)

2013-2014 WCA Board of Directors (not pictured, Paula Handloff)

Tim & Gina Cannon and Harriet & Stu Schweitzer show off the masterpieces they created during the WCA “Alla Prima Alla Fun” Couples Event at the Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs

WCA members with Frank Verpoorten, Baker Museum Director and Chief Curator, prior to touring the exhibit “Papiers a` la Mode: the Exquisite Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave”

WCA Technology Coordinator Jane Podber shared tips with WCA members taking her class on using the iPhone and iPad

Elaine Feffe and Elaine Laurence talk with Loris Dallal about an arrangement following Loris’ Ikebana-Sogetsu demonstration

Professor Jeff Margolis with WCA Membership Director Linda Simon after sharing his insights about the impact of Walt Disney as part of the WCA Speaker Series

Jill Saravis thanked WCA at the 2013 Welcome Back Luncheon for the generous contribution to the Jewish Federation’s Youth Scholarship Programs (photo by Gwen Greenglass)

The members of the North of Naples (NON) Planning Committee, led by NON Coordinator Dina Shein (far right)

Guest speaker Peggy Post, the great granddaughter-in-law of Emily Post, signed copies of her books at the 2013 WCA Welcome Back Luncheon (photo by Gwen Greenglass)

Sherry Zailer, Karen David, Karen Knudson and Elaine Laurence enjoy their weekly bridge game at the Federation offices

WCA members learned tips on looking “Florida Fabulous” at a private party in the Chanel Cosmetic Boutique in Saks Fifth Avenue

Members of the WCA Singles Connection gathered for a Hanukkah Dinner at Pelican Bay

Robert and Leda Lubin having a great time at the WCA Navy Kayaking Event

Author Shelly Weiner Maguire with WCA President Elaine Soffer after Shelly’s presentation at Book Nook

WCA Bird Watchers spotted 36 different birds during “Introduction of Bird Watching” in Eagle Lakes Community Park

WCA Crew Members (top row) Susan Pittelman, Merle Crystal, Nina Iser, (bottom row) Lisa Freund and Helene Gordon getting ready to welcome everyone aboard the Double Sunshine for the WCA Navy “Welcome Back Sunset Cruise”

WCA members were warmly greeted by gallery owner Barbara Meek (rust-colored top) before taking a tour of the art and cut-glass collection in her home

WCA Past President Jane Hersch and Federation Executive Director David Willens at the 2013 WCA Welcome Back Luncheon (photo by Gwen Greenglass)

Women’s Cultural Alliance: 1,000 members strong and growing!

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Catholic/Jewish Dialogue update By Marv Weisberg, co-Chair

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ome weeks ago I was contemplating what this article would be about. I was going to discuss the programs that the Catholic/Jewish Dialogue has been planning for next season but, while having breakfast and reading the Wall Street Journal, I came across the headline “Poll Says Anti-Semitism Is Global Matter.” Marv Weisberg After reading the article, which summarized an ADL survey covering 101 countries, I felt that I had to switch gears, write about this article, and add some of my thoughts. The first thing that caught my eye was the graph in the center of the page. I was not surprised that four percent of those surveyed believe that the Holocaust never happened, but I was shocked to read that twenty-eight percent believe that the Holocaust DID happen but that the number of Jews who died has been greatly exaggerated. Only sixtytwo percent believe that the number of Jews who died is accurately described. That’s less than 2/3 of the world! The rest believe that, somehow, at least some portion of these numbers have been made up! When it comes to stereotypes, it seems that not much has changed in the 80+ years since the Nazis took

power in Germany. Over twenty-five percent believe that Jews have too much power in international finance, too much control over global affairs, too much control over the global media, and too much control over the U.S. government. Twenty-three percent believe that Jews are responsible for most wars in the world! To quote the article, “The only religious group with a higher unfavorability rating in the survey than Jews was Muslims. While 38% rated Jews favorably and 21% unfavorably, both numbers were higher for Muslims, with 47% rating them favorably and 24% unfavorably.” “...Greece had the highest percentage with 69% of the people surveyed affirming six or more of the anti-Semitic statements. Anti-Semitism and other forms of prejudice tend to rise during times of economic hardship, and Greece has been struggling with a downturn. The extremist party Golden Dawn, which has blamed Jews and other minorities for the country’s woes, has made significant inroads there.” If we turn the clock back to 1933, the numbers tell a scary story. The total population of Germany at that time was sixty-seven million with a Jewish population of approximately five hundred thousand. Somewhere in the vicinity of 3/4 of 1%. Greece today has a total population of over eleven million with a Jewish population of eight thousand.

Do the math. That comes to less than 1/10 of 1%. Shouldn’t we be showing some concern? The purpose of the Catholic/Jewish Dialogue is just what the name implies – to facilitate activities that give us a chance to discuss not only our religious differences, but also our similarities, so that we can learn to understand, live and thrive together in a peaceful world. And even though our name specifies only two religions, we must reach out to members of all religions with this same purpose in mind. The Dialogue works

on a local level and builds relationships. With those relationships it is hard to be bigoted. We can change the face of antiSemitism in our corner of the world. Not all will hear us. And, of those who do hear us, not all will listen or even care, but we must all try. We have a difficult, tedious and long road ahead, but those involved in the Catholic/Jewish Dialogue of Collier County feel convinced that our affiliation and efforts are leading us to a more hopeful future.

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Holocaust Museum update Amy Snyder Executive Director

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tory” is essential to the human experience. It is through story that we learn about love, hate, determination, greed and happiness. We experience all of these things in “the real world,” but it is through story that we are best able to identify and connect with the elements that make us human. For the past 13 years, the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida has endeavored to share the history of the Holocaust. Yes, we use

facts and figures, but more importantly, we tell the story. As human beings, we crave connection and want to know that what we learn is relevant to us in the here and now. World War II and the Holocaust remain relevant because they are the story of humanity. In learning these stories, we learn how to be better people; how to recognize evil and fight against it; how to be courageous even in the midst of darkness. These stories are timeless and necessary. As we approach the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Holocaust Museum continues to tell the stories that inspire us and encourage us to remember. In August, the Museum will offer a new seminar for area teachers in conjunction with the annual national celebration of our World War II veterans, The Spirit of ’45. This

three-day seminar will provide teachers with the historical background, primary sources and materials necessary to engage their students with this history in such a way that has the potential to change the way the students feel about the past. Working with this year’s seminar partners, the Museum will connect teachers both to the broader history of the Holocaust and to the individual stories in our local community. We will use “Echoes and Reflections,” the Holocaust multimedia teaching resource jointly created by Yad Vashem, the Anti-Defamation League and the USC Shoah Foundation. New partner, The Friends of the National World War II Memorial, will present insights and resources relevant to our WWII veterans that will surely impact the lives of our

teachers and their students. Participants will also have the opportunity to visit The Museum of Military Memorabilia in Naples. Here, teachers will have access to important primary sources – artifacts, documents and veterans – which help expand the lessons beyond the classroom. Finally, tying all of the information together, the Florida History Fair will provide a presentation on its 2014-15 theme of “Leadership & Legacy in History.” By using the vast resources here in Collier County related to the Holocaust and World War II, the Museum and its partners are looking forward to sharing our stories with local teachers and students in a way that engages them with the past, with the goal of changing the future stories for the better.

GenShoah Southwest Florida planning a variety of public programs By Ida Margolis

enShoah Southwest Florida has concluded its programs for this season. Once again, I need to thank the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida, as well as all of our presenters, speakers, members and guests for their contributions that helped make the season so successful. I am grateful for all of the positive feedback that GenShoah received for its programs. The GenShoah

steering committee, which includes Steve Brazina and Shelley Lieb, has decided to present an even greater variety of programs next season. As with many groups in Southwest Florida, the majority of our members and guests are away from the Naples area for a while, so we once again have decided make October the target date for resuming monthly meetings. Monthly business meetings for members are usually held the third Sunday of each month from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. from October to April at the Holocaust Museum. If there are any changes of meeting dates, they will be included in future GenShoah articles in the Federation Star and in emails that are sent to members and friends of GenShoah. Not only are meeting and program information, reminders and relevant updates included in the e-mails, but also Ida Margolis, GenShoah Southwest Florida Chair, and Steve Brazina, Program Chair and Secretary, discuss programs for next season information about current

Holocaust research and related information. If you want to receive these emails, send me an email at ida.margolis2@ gmail.com. Most GenShoah programs, which include films, speakers, guest presentations and discussions, will be presented following the business meetings. These programs are usually open to the public. In addition, this season GenShoah will be sponsoring and co-sponsoring a number of very special events, including major films and renowned speakers. Topics, times, dates and venues for these very exciting programs will be

announced shortly. Although GenShoah was a group that consisted only of children of Holocaust survivors, the membership of this group has grown to include others who are interested in Holocaust education and preserving the memory of the Holocaust. Whether you are a full-time or part-time resident, or just a guest in Naples, if you are interested in the accurate history of the Holocaust, you are welcome to come to GenShoah events. For more information, contact me at 239.963.9347 or ida.margolis2@ gmail.com.

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Jewish Family & Community Services update Dr. Jaclynn Faffer JFCS President/ CEO

ill Jewish Family & Community Services be slowing down for the summer? It sure doesn’t look that way! If you drop by on a Wednesday between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. you will see close to 100 seniors enjoying lunch and more at the JFCS Senior Center. Whether watching the tappers as they tap dance across the floor, listening to the beautiful sound of a harpist,

or hearing Naples Daily News Editorial Page Editor Jeff Lytle talk about life in Naples, all members have smiles on their faces. What a pleasure it is to see them socializing with their new friends. If you stop by on Monday morning, you will see an art class filled to capacity. And on Monday afternoon, the smell of popcorn wafting through the building lets you know it is Matinee Monday! When we surveyed personnel at other senior centers throughout the country, they told us “Offer card games and they will come.” Please stop by on Friday afternoon to see that whoever said that was so right! The Senior Center now has programming four days a week. We plan on increasing programs over the summer,

Jewish Caring Support Group now at JFCS offices

he Naples Jewish Caring Support Group has been meeting for over five years at Temple Shalom. The group was founded by Florette Kahn when she and her friends watched illness attack their loved ones. Feeling isolated by the job of caregiving, they sought a safe place where they could discuss their distress and find ways to handle difficult situations. The confidential group environment provided support, comfort and encouragement. We are honored that the founders of the Naples Jewish Caring Support Group have asked Jewish Family & Community Services to facilitate the group that has helped so many. The Naples Jewish Caring Support Group has moved to the JFCS offices at 5025

Castello Drive, where it is facilitated by Donna Levy, RN, the JFCS geriatric case manager. Ms. Levy is a psychiatric nurse with extensive experience in helping individuals and groups cope with the struggles of caregiving and loss. Group meetings are free and are offered the second and fourth Mondays of each month from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Please contact Donna Levy at 239.325.4444 or dlevy@jfcsswfl.org for more information.

and by the time you read my column in the fall editions of the Federation Star, I won’t be surprised if we are open five days a week! Currently there are 254 members enjoying our programs. Mental health counseling and programming have increased, so much so that in July, JFCS is adding another full-time licensed clinical social worker to the staff. Right now we are providing individual, couple and family counseling here at JFCS, and caregiver support counseling on-site at NCH and the Brookdale Center for Rehabilitation and Healthy Aging. Our community outreach partners for our Healthy Socialization Skills program for pre-teens and teens will be fully launched in July. Partners who have signed on so far

include BBYO, Grace Place for Children and Families, and the YMCA. We look forward to partnering with local congregations, as well. Our JFCS Food Pantry is busier than ever and we remain ready to assist our local families struggling with food insecurity. How do we do it all? With a terrific staff, a wonderful, committed board of directors, 64 completely vetted volunteers and, of course, all of you reading this column who readily step forward to lend a hand. Please save January 20, 2015, for the JFCS annual fundraising event. Have a great summer and thank you for all that you do to help JFCS help so many!

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Jewish Prisoner Outreach in our area has been conducted for about 30 years (before 2002 it was under the umbrella of B’nai B’rith and Jewish Prisoner Services International). In order to continue this initiative, support is needed in providing anonymous responses to mail from lonely and forgotten men and women. Work can be done from your own computer. Jewish Prisoner Outreach provides a wide assortment of Judaica to those lacking the funds to make their own purchases. We welcome donations of dormant Judaica (used tefillin, Chumashim, Tanakhim, Hebrew readers, Siddurim, tallaisim, etc.) from individuals and congregations. Through directed giving, we provide kosher edibles at holiday times. We also provide pre-entry and post-release support and counseling for Jewish offenders and their loved ones who request it. Much of our time and energy is devoted to combating rampant anti-Semitism in Florida’s prison system.

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Jamie Fisher selected for U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)

amie Fisher of University of Pennwhere these languages are spoken. The sylvania has been selected for the CLS Program provides fully-funded, U.S. Department of State Critigroup-based intensive language instruccal Language Scholarship tion and structured cultural (CLS) Program to study enrichment experiences Chinese in China during the designed to increase lansummer of 2014. guage fluency and cultural Fisher is among the apcompetency. CLS Program proximately 550 U.S. unparticipants are expected dergraduate and graduate to continue their language students selected for the U.S. study beyond the scholarDepartment of State’s CLS ship and apply their critiProgram in 2014 to study cal language skills in their Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, future professional careers. Chinese, Hindi, Korean, The CLS Program is Jamie Fisher Indonesian, Japanese, Perpart of a U.S. government sian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish or Urdu effort to expand dramatically the numlanguages. U.S. students will spend ber of Americans studying and masterseven to ten weeks in intensive language ing critical foreign languages. Selected institutes this summer in 13 countries finalists for the 2014 CLS Program hail

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respect between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. For further information about the CLS Program or other exchange programs offered by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, please visit our websites at http://www.clscholarship.org and http://exchanges.state.gov. Jamie Fisher is the daughter of Dan Fisher and Wendy Fisher and the granddaughter of Eloyse and David Fisher (all local residents).

Rhonda Brazina wins Toastmasters Competition

aples resident and author Rhonda Brazina recently won first place in the Table Topics Contest at the Southwest Florida Regional Toastmasters Competition. Toastmasters is a worldwide nonprofit organization whose purpose is to help members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. Rhonda, a member of the local Toastmasters Chapter “Toast of the Coast,” was required to compete in Table Topics at the local, area and division levels before she was able to represent her club at the District competition in Tampa. Table topics is an impromptu speech contest where contestants are led into the room one at a time and pre-

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A fun and exciting summer ahead at Temple Shalom For more information on these events, which are open to the entire community, please call 239.455.3030. Israel – Past, Present & Future Join Rabbi Adam Miller for his annual “Tuesdays with Torah” summer class on July 8, 15 and 22 at noon. This year’s topic is Israel – Past, Present & Future. A name originally bestowed upon Jacob as a blessing, Israel now refers to the land, the people, and the modern state. Discussions will examine the history of these three elements, their current status, and discuss what the future holds. These

lunch-and-learn sessions are open to the whole community. Rabbi Miller will bring the texts, you bring lunch. *** Patriotic Shabbat on July 4th! Celebrate the birth of our nation with a special Fourth of July service at 6:30 p.m. Weaving together famous texts related to the founding and history of the United States of America, this service honors Independence Day. With an early

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Israeli-born conductor selected as Southwest Florida Symphony’s new maestro

f you kicked your summer travels off a little early this year, you may have missed the Southwest Florida Symphony’s big announcement in the local mainstream press about who was selected as its new maestro. We at the symphony are thrilled to announce that we’ve added an incredibly gifted, internationally acclaimed member to Southwest Florida’s arts community and its Jewish community. The symphony is delighted to welcome Israeli-born conductor, Maestro Nir Kabaretti. Nir Kabaretti comes to Southwest Florida from the Santa Barbara Symphony in California, where he also serves as music and artistic director. He enters his eighth season with Santa Barbara this year. He has been described as “a conductor with immense musicality and warm personality” by the Israel Philharmonic’s Lifetime Maestro, Zubin Mehta. Kabaretti has earned an impressive reputation across continents for his command of vast symphonic and operatic repertoire.

ances have included the Israel PhilharMaestro Kabaretti began piano lesDuring the 2004-05 season he made monic Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony sons at the age of six and later studied his debut at Teatro alla Scala di Milano. Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra piano and conducting at The Rubin In 2007 he was invited again for the Academy of Music at Tel Aviv Univerand Haifa Symphony Orchestra in adballet production of Mendelssohn’s A dition to multiple guest conMidsummer Night’s Dream (broadcast sity. He later went on to ducting appearances across by Italian television RAI, and released attend the prestigious as a commercial DVD). Europe, Asia and the United University of Music States. He was appointed Maestro Kabaretti received the and Performing Arts in America-Israel Cultural Foundation principal conductor of the Vienna. Post graduation, Raanana Symphonette OrGrant for Young Conductors. In 1993, he began working as he won the Forum Junger Künstler chestra in Israel in 2002, coach and chorus masand later its music director Conducting Competition in Vienna. In ter at the Vienna State 1994 he was among the finalists in the until 2008. He recently Opera and the Salzburg International Competition for ConducFestival. He later adjoked in a News-Press interview that “only Africa tors in Douai, France. vanced to positions as awaits” him. While his bio is impressive – borassistant to the music Nir Kabaretti © Dan Ram Kabaretti’s operatic exdirector at the Teatro dering intimidating – Maestro Kabaretti perience includes productions at the possesses a warmth, sense of humor and Real in Madrid and personal assistant Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro to Maestro Zubin Mehta at Teatro del disarming personality that will woo our Real in Madrid, The Israeli Opera, entire community into falling in love Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in FlorOpéra de Lausanne, Avenches Opera with him. He and his lovely wife, Gaja, ence, Italy. Festival in Switzerland, Tokyo New NaNir Kabaretti has worked with and their beautiful children, Adam and some of the world’s most sought-after tional Theatre and Opera Santa Barbara. Amanda, will make their way to Fort He conducted The Diary of Anne musicians, such as Lang Lang, Placido Myers to set up a household in midFrank, a guest production of the Vienna December. Domingo, Itzhak Perlman and Hélène State Opera performed at both the BreGrimaud. His guest conducting appearFor more information on Maestro genz Festival and Expo 2000 in HanKabaretti’s performances with the nover. In 2005, Kabaretti lead Teatro Southwest Florida Symphony, please San Carlo di Napoli on its first tour to call the Southwest Florida Symphony Japan, conducting Il Trovatore both in box office at 239.418.1500 or email his or her Jewish or non-Jewish spouse/ Kyoto and Tokyo. apadilla@swflso.org. partner or family member, will be allowed to be interned here. In April 2011, a Cemetery Beautification Project was completed. Al Benarroch of Affordable We sit on the same side of Landscaping Service and Design, a the table as our clients. JCMI member, in conjunction with Lee What is in their long-term Rubenstein, made this best interest is in our beautification project long-term best interests. a reality. The JCMI Cemetery Committee works Howard Isaacson, MBA, CRPC® hard to insure all JewEquity Strategist/Client Advisor ish burial customs are observed and the “Garden” remains a peaceful resting place. The Jewish Memorial Garden is located in the Marco Island Cemetery at the corner of Bald Eagle Drive and E. Elkcam Circle, Marco Island. For further information, please call the JCMI office at 239.642.0800 or Cemetery Chairperson Bernie Seidman at 239.248.5566.

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By David Benkof, DavidBenkof@gmail.com Across 1. Measurement for the gold in a mezuzah 6. Hebrew language alternative 11. It tapes Mayim Bialik on “The Big Bang Theory” 14. “The Producers” was ___ Mostel film 15. Emulate Charles Krauthammer 16. “Six by Sondheim” cable network 17. Herman Wouk’s “War and ___” 19. “Shalom ___” (Prayer for peace in the silent Amidah) 20. A mezuzah is affixed ___ angle 21. Hamentashen beginner, to Brits 22. Large collection of shekels 23. ___ Hotels (Israel’s largest luxury chain) 25. They sometimes carry plain pine boxes 27. Psychologist who popularized the “hierarchy of needs” 32. Sound from Noah’s dove 33. ___-Zionism (BDS cause) 34. Pay ___ to Shylock 37. NBC Chief White House Correspondent Chuck 39. “___ and a leg” (Israeli taxes demand) 42. Mixes linen and wool in the same garment, according to the Torah 43. ___ fress 45. Circumcise, in some people’s minds 47. Wissotsky makes it 48. President of Israel after Zalman Shazar 52. Something Bernie Madoff will probably never be 54. ___ Dolorosa (Jerusalem site) 55. “I’ll have ___” (order never heard in kosher deli) 56. Dance that sure ain’t the hora 59. Dunn whom Lorne Michaels hired for late-night TV 63. Six-Day War gun 64. 1976 Dustin Hoffman film 66. Day after Shabbat (abbr.) 67. Author Solomon with a new book on the history of “Fiddler” 68. Feature of Hasidic men 69. Kind of matzah 70. Judaism believes in exactly one 71. Part of the city where many Jewish ghettos were Down 1. See 3-Down 2. “I’m Jewish, not ___ Buddhist...” 3. He commented on the major work of 1-Down

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ighty-one years ago this month, on July 20, 1933, Germany’s Nazi government signed an agreement with the Vatican. The Latin word ‘Concordat’ was appropriately employed on this occasion, as it involved a treaty entered into between the Vatican and a foreign government. Earlier, in 1929, Pope Pius XI had signed a Concordat with the Italy of fascist leader Benito Mussolini, so that of Dr. Paul Bartrop July 20, 1933, did not come as a complete surprise for many. The purpose of both these agreements was to guarantee the rights of the Pope’s Roman Catholic citizens in Italy and Germany, as well as the right of the Church to administer its own affairs and manage its own properties. As it would turn out, neither the Nazis in Germany nor the fascists in Italy were to uphold their end of these agreements. Throughout his pontificate, Pius XI spoke out against racism, anti-Semitism, unwarranted persecutions, totalitarianism and excessive nationalism. While not a philosemite, he was nonetheless a humanitarian, and saw the need to reach an accommodation with both dictators as a way to attain some measure of space within which to mitigate their excesses. He thus considered the Concordat with the Nazis as a way to protect Catholic rights in Germany. Whatever good might accrue beyond this, he felt, would be a bonus. However, this had a negative effect for the Jews of Germany. The Concordat legitimized the Third Reich in the eyes of the German Catholic hierarchy, and congregations all over Germany saw that they could square their consciences with the new regime and at the same time remain good Catholics. The international community, moreover, now had a different lens through which to view Nazism. In this way, the Concordat helped to pave the way for the much fuller Nazi takeover of all facets of German society during the period the Nazis referred to as Gleichschaltung or coordination. Pius XI eventually realized what he had unleashed and later condemned Nazism. On March 14, 1937, he issued the papal encyclical Mit brennender Sorge – “With Burning Anxiety” (sometimes translated as “Concern”). The document reproached the Nazis’ excesses, even though it made no explicit mention of the Jews. Five days later, on March 19, 1937, he issued a further encyclical Divini Redemptoris (“Divine Redeemer”), wherein he condemned communist persecutions in the Soviet Union, Spain and Mexico. One further encyclical, Humani Generis Unitas (“On the Unity of the Human Race”) was planned, though it was never promulgated owing to Pius’s death on February 10, 1939. It condemned anti-Semitism, racism and the Nazi persecution of Jews. Because it never went forward, it is sometimes referred to as “The Hidden Encyclical,” and the draft text remained secret until it was unearthed and published in France in 1995. Since learning of the draft encyclical, historians have been left wondering as to what effect it

might have had on Germany’s Catholics – and thereby, obviously, on Germany’s Jews – if it had seen the light of day before the outbreak of war in September 1939. History, of course, does not allow any alternatives. After the death of Pius XI, his successor, Eugenio Pacelli – who took the Throne of St. Peter as Pius XII – was to be much less conciliatory towards the Jews. He had earlier served as Papal Nuncio to Germany, and negotiated and signed the Concordat of July 20, 1933. He was intensely opposed to communism, was theologically conservative, and was a Germanophile – hardly qualifications suited to confront the Nazis over their anti-Semitic persecutions. As we know, controversy continues to surround his pontificate regarding the lack of any public condemnation of the Nazi assault and genocide of the Jews. Those who continue to defend him argue that the actions of the Vatican during World War II to give comfort and succor to Jews, much of it in secret, were all done with Pius XII’s knowledge, and that, had he chosen to speak out, their fate would have been even worse. Those who attack him for his public silence argue that had he chosen to speak out, given his position as the acknowledged moral voice of the Western world, it could possibly have lessened the tragedy since a worse fate for Jews other than what took place cannot be imagined. Complicating these issues is an at-times simplistic misunderstanding regarding his concern for the preservation of the Church, as well as the fate of Roman Catholics involved in all theatres of war. To this can be added his view of the ongoing struggle between Nazism and communism, which he saw as an atheistic force determined to destroy Christianity. Moreover, his own religious perspective regarding Jews saw them as a people antithetical to Christianity, and as a deicide community they did not deserve any special favors when the struggle against communism was, in his opinion, much more important for the future of humanity. What was not realized at the time was that Hitler – the former Catholic choirboy from Linz – had no intention of adhering to any agreements with the Vatican, as his attack on Rome in 1943 was to show. (This is to say nothing of the unrealized plot to kidnap Pius XII, often overlooked in historical analyses.) Knowing this, however, is not to let the Vatican off the hook. Eighty-one years ago this month the Concordat was signed, signaling to Hitler that the Catholic Church was prepared to turn a blind eye to his excesses. Ironically for the Church, this was to include the incarceration and murder of large numbers of dissenting Catholic priests at the hands of those same Nazis. The failure, if indeed there was one, could be put down to a severe lack of imagination at least, if not outright collusion at worst. The most fundamental questions, unfortunately, remain unanswered. 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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Ophir’s Carlebach: the inclusive, healing message of a true original By Philip K. Jason, Special to the Federation Star Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach: Life, Mission, and Legacy, by Natan Ophir (Offenbacher), Urim Publications. 503 pages. Hardcover $39.95.

n this monumental biography, the author strives to capture the facts about and legend of the man who was the Pied Piper of late twentiethcentury Judaism. In so doing, Dr. Ophir provides a portrait of several decades in North American, European and Israeli culture through a very special lens. These are decades Phil Jason of spiritual revival, experimentation and the reconfiguring of traditional religious institutions. In the realm of Jewish experience, Rabbi Carlebach (hereafter “Shlomo,” as most people came to know him), was a central figure, most likely the presiding genius, of what is still an ongoing revolution. Dr. Ophir divides the book into two main sections: The Mission and The Impact. The Mission traces the evolving sense of purpose that shapes Shlomo’s unusual career. Here, the author introduces the Carlebach family’s European background and “Rabbinical Legacy” until the relocation to Brooklyn in 1939 when Shlomo was fourteen years old. The Carlebachs are centered in Brooklyn for six years and then Manhattan into the early 1950s. Shlomo’s education is provided in detail, particularly the influence of the major Hasidic communities of Bobov, Modzitz and

these important decades of Chabad. In New York, the Bobover youth rebellion, peace and Rebbe repeated his father’s pattern of environmental advocacy, developing “kindergartens, schools, folk music and communal synagogues and Talmud academies.” life. Shlomo did, indeed, Shlomo and his twin brother Eli Chaim bring young people back to had a strong relationship with this Judaism and strengthened group. the engagement of those Importantly, Shlomo was attracted already involved. to the Modzitzer Rabbi, whose comSome say he was too liberal with munity was involved with musical his hugs, but his message was joy. He composition. He studied and went to spread it across the Americas, Europe summer camps within this community. and Israel. He was everywhere and Most formative, however, was the anywhere. His records sold in astoninfluence of Chabad. A frequent visiishing numbers, given what was truly tor to Crown Heights, Shlomo, in his a niche genre. His last name became an own way, became a Chabad disciple. adjective: a Carlebach Shabbat (“ShabEli Chaim married into the Schneerbos,” he would say), a son family. Well before Carlebach farbrengen, a the neo-Hasidic renewCarlebach service. al movement was popuIn his book’s seclar, Shlomo was tapped ond part, The Impact, to be an emissary, partDr. Ophir details the nered with Reb Zalman extensive outreach and Schachter. By 1950, “wide reach” of the Shlomo was launched global rabbi. At times, into his outreach career the pages read like as a special assistant an annotated planning to Menachim Mendel calendar, the main text Schneerson (the 7th chief supplemented by page Lubavitcher Rebbe). He notes that include genand Zalman were to be erous amplifications as “outreach messengers Natan Ophir well as sources. The auto ‘lost souls’ outside of thor is careful to portray Carlebach’s the committed Hasidic camp.” innovative manner as an adaptation of Shlomo studied, informally nettraditional Hasidic modes. But what an worked, traveled and, most importantadaptation. ly, played his guitar. He set liturgical In retrospect, Reb Shlomo initiated phrases to new tunes that would, over a concept that soon became so popular the decades to come, seem like they had that it received a new name – a “Shabalways been around. At the beginning baton.” The term entered modern parof his career, “the Singing Rabbi” was lance as a colloquial expression for a an oddity. Before long, he was famous. Shabbat experience replete with singThrough the 1960s and 1970s, he was ing, spirited praying, communal meals a phenomenon, attached powerfully to and Torah study. But in actuality, this is a Neo-Hasidic innovation of Reb Shlomo. He redesigned the Hasidic Shabbat, expanded it to be gender inclusive, and pioneered ways of ‘getting high’ on Shabbat. Today, the idea of a “Shabbaton” is taken for granted, but in the late 1960s the idea of transforming an Orthodox-type celebration of

Shabbat into a socialspiritual-emotional happening that is open to all was a rather avant-garde concept. Perhaps you haven’t heard of The House of Love and Prayer, an alternative commune for Jewish hippies. Developed (where else?) in the San Francisco area under Shlomo’s inspiring tutelage, it was a place for all kinds of communal events – and a crash pad. Fostering its own special Jewish dress code that blended observant norms with hippie styles, it was just what lost souls and disenchanted seekers needed. Many of Shlomo’s most able disciples were spiritually nourished and gained leadership skills in one or another manifestation of the HLP. Through the 1980s and up to his death in 1994, Shlomo’s global spiritual healing continued. In the chapter “Lifting the Iron Curtain,” Dr. Ophir records the power of Carlebach’s melodies, particularly for Am Yisrael Chai, in rallying world Jewry to the eventual liberation of the Soviet Union’s Jewish population. Shlomo’s influence on Jewish Renewal rabbis is described at length, as are other aspects of his rich legacy. Though it is (deliberately) skimpy on Shlomo’s personal life and on the antagonism his outreach style sometimes generated, Dr. Ophir’s biography is a great gift, unlikely to be superseded for decades to come. We can be especially grateful for the valuable appendices: a Timeline, a Bibliography, a list of Sites Accessed, a Discography, an Index of Carlebach Songs, an Index of Names, and an Index of Places. 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. Please visit Phil’s website at www.philjason.wordpress.com.

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Squeezing energy out of our unwanted food Israel’s Bluesphere is building a 5.2-megawatt waste-to-energy power plant in North Carolina, with others planned in the coming years. By Karin Kloosterman, ISRAEL21c, www.israel21c.org

lose to half of the food that the world produces goes to waste, whether it’s on the farm, at the production or packaging plant, or from the dinner plate. An Israeli company with past experience in building renewable energy plants in China has stepped up to the plate in America, aiming to transform food waste to biofuel. Israel-based Bluesphere, founded in 2010, is now building a 5.2-megawatt waste-to-energy power plant in Charlotte, North Carolina. An anaerobic digester will convert food and organic waste into biofuel, to be turned into electricity onsite using steam turbines. The Bluesphere project is backed by $17.8 million in financing from Caterpillar and another $6 million from an undisclosed clean-tech fund. Once the system is operating, it will be able to offset the energy costs of 2,500 homes in North Carolina every year, and another 1,500 homes in Rhode Island in the same timeframe once the company’s second plant comes online. The first plant is expected to be operating by 2015; the second by 2018. Bluesphere plans to take in organic waste and then sell the end-product as renewable energy and compost. Two major energy purchasers, Duke Energy and National Grid, have signed on to buy power from Bluesphere for the long term. One of the largest privately held composting companies in the world says that it will buy compost generated by the plant. “Our skill is squeezing out the value of every project,” Bluesphere chief carbon project developer Mark

Radom tells ISRAEL21c. The structure of the deal and the fine-tuned details of the plant are what makes this project innovative, says Radom, who is a lawyer by training and worked extensively in the area of carbon credits in the UK before the bottom fell out of the green bucket. Energy from last night’s leftovers While the business model seems lucrative – basically taking trash and turning it into money, “There are barriers to entry,” says Radom, pointing out that they had to put together some $25 million in financing to make the project work. “The details and the minutiae are very complicated,” Radom tells ISRAEL21c. But he is not worried that the waste will run out one day. “As long as there are people, there will be waste. In the U.S., the amount of variation, even in a bad year, shows they are not [generating] less waste,” says Radom. All manner of organic waste is good to go in the Bluesphere system, from the pasta salad you didn’t eat last night to all the farm waste one can imagine. Anything that would normally be sorted in a green bin as organic waste is suitable. Often overlooked as a renewable energy, waste-to-energy (WTE) – also called refuse-derived fuel (RDF) – is a growing segment in the renewable energy market. SBI Energy estimates the market will reach $29 billion by 2022. Environmental advocates say this is one strategy the United States should take to reduce its dependence on foreign oil, while reducing climatechange-causing greenhouse gases and

achieving green energy security. WTE is still considered in its early stages in the U.S., but it has a lot of potential to solve problems beyond the carbon question. According to Bluesphere CEO Shlomi Palas, WTE diverts organic waste that would be buried in landfills and repurposes it for something positive. 11 more Bluesphere plants planned With the abundance of open land in the U.S., unlike in Europe, Americans have been slow to adopt the practice of turning organic matter into fuel. Some believe that the best solution is more WTE plants, but at the same time educating the packing industry so that fewer burnable materials will be sent to landfills. New restrictions on burying waste in the U.S. are expected to give Bluesphere a competitive edge. To date, there are only about 200 biogas generating plants like it in the U.S., as compared to some 7,000 in Germany. Bluesphere employs five people in Tel Aviv, two in the U.S. and one in Africa. In addition to the plants in

North Carolina and Rhode Island, 11 additional plants are on the drawing board, with six already under development. “I would not say our product is superior,” says Radom. “It is energy and it is fungible. What’s unique is our approach. Other companies in the U.S. tend to get involved in this business because they are farmers and have a lot of manure or are in the compost business or connected to the waste industry. “We came in through another way,” he says, hinting that his skilled business team with Israeli chutzpah will be able to squeeze a lot of great green energy out of waste because they come from the energy business. For more information, see www. bluespherecorporate.com. Karin Kloosterman lives in Jaffa, Israel. She is a journalist, writer and blogger who focuses on the environment and clean technology from Israel and the Middle East. Published in hundreds of newspapers around the world, Karin also writes for the Huffington Post and Green Prophet.

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BRIEFS MACCABI TEL AVIV WINS EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL TITLE Maccabi Tel Aviv won its sixth Euroleague title by beating hot favorite Real Madrid 98-86 in overtime on May 18. More than 10,000 Israelis flew to the final held in Milan, and all over Israel citizens watched on TV. (Ynet News)

ISRAELI BUSINESSES IN MASSACHUSETTS PROVIDED 6,600 JOBS Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is leading a trade mission to Israel of 120 Massachusetts business leaders. According to the New England Israel Business Council, more than 200 Israeli-founded businesses based in Massachusetts booked $6 billion in revenue in 2012 and provided 6,600 jobs. (Josef Federman, AP)

ISRAEL’S NEW FRIEND IN NEW DELHI Narendra Modi is the next Prime Minister of India. As Chief Minister of Gujarat State (2002-14), with a population of 60 million, he turned the economy around and today Gujarat’s per-capita GDP is much higher than India’s average. Every year more than 2,000 farmers from Gujarat visit Israel to be trained in advanced farming techniques – at their own expense. He welcomed Israeli companies to enter the water management and recycling sector in fifty cities in Gujarat. He created an industrial fund to promote joint ventures between Israeli and Gujaratbased companies. Modi is a friend of Israel, the likes of whom India has not seen before. He is the first Indian leader to have actually

visited Israel, and has often expressed admiration for Israel’s achievements. Ideologically, Modi is sympathetic to the notion of the Jewish homeland. (Vijeta Uniyal, Times of Israel)

ISRAELI COMPANY PARTNERS WITH ALCOA TO EXTEND RANGE OF ELECTRIC CARS BY 1,600 KM. Israel-based Phinergy and Alcoa Canada demonstrated an electric car recently in Montreal with a battery that extends the range of the vehicle by 1,600 km. The range for electric cars now on the market is 135 km. for the Nissan Leaf and 480 km. for the Tesla Model S. Aviv Tzidon, CEO of Phinergy, said the new battery technology can store enough energy to take a car 3,000 km. with 100 kg. of aluminum-air batteries, as compared with the Tesla Model S battery which weighs 500 kg. (CBC News - Canada)

PALESTINIAN MD LAUDS ISRAEL FOR SAVING CHILDREN

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ISRAEL SOLVES WATER WOES WITH DESALINATION Israel experienced its driest winter on record, but thanks in large part to an aggressive desalination program, this perennially parched land has been transformed into perhaps the most well-hydrated country in the region. “We have all the water we need, even in the year which was the worst year ever regarding precipitation,” said Avraham Tenne, head of the desalination division of Israel’s Water Authority. “This is a huge revolution.” Since 2005, Israel has opened four desalination plants, with a fifth set to go online later this year. But reliance on this technology also carries risks, as a key element of the country’s infrastructure is vulnerable to attack. Missile strikes or other threats could potentially knock out large portions of the country’s water supply. (Josef Federman, AP-ABC News)

HEBREW UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PLACE 2ND IN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL COMPETITION Forty-nine teams from 35 countries took part in a competitive International

Criminal Court contest at The Hague. A team of four Hebrew University students finished second. All of the top three finishers – India, Israel and China – are countries that have not joined the ICC. (Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post)

ISRAELI ARABS LIKE ISRAEL; WHERE’S THE COVERAGE?

According to “The Index of ArabJewish Relations in Israel,” a study by Professor Sammy Smooha of the University of Haifa, 63.5% of Israeli Arabs consider Israel to be a good place to live in 2013, up from 58.5% in 2012. The percentage of Israeli Arabs who accepted Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state rose to 52.8% from 47.4% the year before. That is a majority. Further, the number of Israeli-Arabs who accept their identity as such without identifying as Palestinians increased from 32.5% in 2012 to 42.5% in 2013. (CAMERA)

AUSTRALIA DROPS ‘OCCUPIED’ FROM REFERENCES TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS

The Australian government has ruled out using the term “occupied” when describing Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem, suggesting a shift in its foreign policy. Attorney general George Brandis, speaking on behalf of the minister for foreign affairs, Julie Bishop, said, “The description of East Jerusalem as ‘occupied’ East Jerusalem is a term freighted with pejorative implications which is neither appropriate nor useful.” “It should not and will not be the practice of the Australian government to describe areas of negotiation in such judgmental language.” (Australian Associated Press-Guardian-UK)

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Europe, wake up! By David Harris, Executive Director, AJC, May 27, 2014 The deadly attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on Saturday, followed by a violent assault on two kippahwearing brothers outside Paris on Sunday, have triggered new concerns for the well-being of Europe’s Jews. Add to that the success of several extremist parties in this weekend’s European Parliament elections and the situation becomes still more worrisome. The piece below puts these tragic events in the larger context of the past 14 years, during which, together with our European Jewish friends, we have energetically sought to alert Europe’s leaders to a growing threat to Jews – and to core European values. Many, however, were slow to recognize the extent of the emerging challenge. urope needs to wake up to the threat posed by anti-Semitism. Sure, it thinks it’s awake, but, in reality, only partially. The problem is bigger and deeper than many realize. And the stakes couldn’t be higher, not just for Jews, but for Europe’s core values, beginning with the protection of human dignity. As a long-time Europhile whose wife and three children are EU citizens, I have some familiarity with this subject. We were living in Europe in 2000-1, when the anti-Semitic genie reemerged from out of the bottle in several West European nations. It was obvious, and it was close at hand. There was the rally in the center of London, where the speaker told the crowd the latest “joke” about the Jews – What do Jews and pizza have in common? They both go into the ovens, but at least the pizza makes no noise. The crowd roared with delight. And when my wife protested, a welldressed Englishman looked her straight in the eye and said “F--k the Jews!” No one uttered a word of protest. There were the incidents at our children’s international school outside Geneva. In one, an older student, the son of a UN ambassador from a Persian Gulf nation, cornered our youngest child. He said he heard a rumor that we were Jewish and hoped that wasn’t the case, as he didn’t like Jews. Our son was frightened, but admitted that, yes, he was Jewish, before running across the campus in search of his older brother’s protection.

When we protested the incident, school officials didn’t bat an eyelash. They simply were not interested. Perhaps they didn’t want to run the risk of offending their substantial Arab clientele. And then there was the case of the Israeli student at the school. On International Day, when children were asked to wear something from their native countries, she wrapped herself in an Israeli flag. A group of hostile students approached, taunted her, and then humiliated her by dripping soda on her head. She broke from the group and rushed in search of an official. Finding one, she breathlessly began to recount what had just happened. The official responded stone-faced: We don’t get involved in political matters at the school. That’s between you and them. Meanwhile, with Arafat having turned down the Clinton-Barak proposal for a two-state accord and unleashing a second intifadah, Israel’s need to defend itself became the target of often incendiary reporting in many European media outlets. I developed an ever-growing folder of one-sided examples, including shocking cartoons and headlines in the mainstream Spanish media that inverted the Holocaust, suggesting that Israelis were the new Nazis and Palestinians the new Jews. Then came 9/11 and a frantic query from our friends in Greece. Some Greek papers were buying the outlandish notion that the whole thing was a “Zionist plot,” and that thousands of Jews had been alerted in advance to stay away from the World Trade Center on September 11. Could AJC send a list of Jewish victims of the terrorist attacks to disprove the ghoulish rumors swirling in Athens? And I vividly recall a tense meeting in November 2001 with Hubert Védrine, the French foreign minister, during the postponed opening of the UN General Assembly session. We expressed our concern about the growing threat to Jews in France, a threat I witnessed from my Geneva perch just across the border and that I had discussed with French Jewish leaders on many visits. His response was immediate and categorical: There is no problem of anti-Semitism in France. The problem is one of “hooliganism.”

And indeed, he and his French colleagues would more or less stick to that line, until Nicolas Sarkozy became Minister of the Interior and then President, and began to face things headon, followed by the current leadership team of President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls. Occasionally, we’d be told in France in those early years that anti-Semitism was, in reality, “intercommunal violence.” That Jews were always on the receiving end of the attacks didn’t seem to matter to those who peddled this “even-handed” formulation. Or that the danger was a regrettable but inevitable result of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, meaning that the targeting of French Jews could somehow be contextualized – and, yes, held hostage to a conflict a continent away for as long as the peace that Israel sought went unfulfilled. I could recount literally hundreds more meetings with European officials, not to mention dozens of op-eds, speeches and conferences, with which AJC was involved in an effort to press the point. More often than not, we were met with varying degrees of skepticism and doubt. It was as if by pretending otherwise – that age-old temptation of denial – the problem might somehow magically disappear of its own accord. Along the way, though, some European leaders, to their credit, became more attuned and assertive, but precious time had been lost and the dangers had become more deeply rooted. Years of failing to call anti-Semitism by its true name had taken their toll. Years of media irresponsibility in demonizing Israel – from dubbing Gaza the new Warsaw Ghetto to branding Israel the killer of the second Jesus, the Palestinian; from claiming Israel was harvesting the organs of Palestinians to asserting that Israeli prime ministers devoured Palestinian children – had had an effect. Years of looking the other way, averting eyes, rationalizing hateful behavior, issuing statements that weren’t necessarily followed by appropriate actions, and underestimating the growing threat had had their impact. When an EU survey last year of European Jews revealed shocking results, including the fact that more than

40 percent of Jews in Belgium, France and Hungary have considered emigrating, and that more than 20 percent of European Jews avoid Jewish events or sites out of fear, it should have raised alarm bells and stepped-up, and sustained, efforts to grapple with this assault on European values. When openly anti-Semitic, neoNazi political parties gained a foothold in national parliaments and regional councils, and now in the European Parliament itself, more alarm bells should be raised. And after deadly attacks, inter alia, at a Jewish school in Toulouse killed three children and one adult, at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on Saturday killed four people, and on two kippah-wearing brothers outside Paris the day after, still more alarm bells need to be raised. It’s high time for Europe to face the stark reality that anti-Semitism is alive and well in its midst, and more action – real action – is needed, and now. From better intelligence-gathering to enhanced protection, from tough prosecution to improved civic education, from media responsibility to public solidarity, from confronting anti-Semitism at sports events to monitoring social media, there are many pressing fronts to pursue. The menace comes from a far right that’s been given a new lease on life by populist anger over economic pain and seemingly uncontrolled immigration. It comes from a far left that relentlessly questions only one nation’s right to exist, Israel, and vilifies the Jewish state at every turn. And it comes from within Europe’s growing Muslim population, some of whom have embraced the deadly virus of anti-Semitism nurtured in the mosque, the madrassa, or the media. If there’s good news, it’s that, apart from some question marks about Hungary, no European government today condones anti-Semitism, much less encourages it, and that Jewish communities are determined to stand tall and proud as European citizens – and as Jews. The future of Jews in Europe depends on getting this right. No less, perhaps, the future of Europe itself may hang in the balance. For more information, visit www.ajc.org.

Iran presents the greatest threat to Israel By Gene Sipe, VP Southwest Chapter ZOA

sraeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has on a continuous basis for the past five years been trying to get through to the world, and particularly Israel’s allies, that Iran presents the greatest threat to Israel’s continued existence. The threat to the rest of the Middle East and world notwithstanding, this message is still being ignored. Somehow, the majority has been distracted by the “enlightened and diplomatic” approach of sanctions and peaceful negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. We who live in an instant gratification society with short-term memories – and for that matter, political regimes – tend not to remember that the war with Iran against the U.S. is a long-term engagement. Despite the name of the current Iranian president, the true power behind the president, Ayatollah Khamenei, has remained unchanged for the past 35 years. If, at this point, you are thinking this is just a rehashing of the same old “We have to stop Iran from getting Nukes,” let’s put that issue on the back burner

for the moment. Most recently we are seeing that Iran has moved right into Judea and Samaria without setting off any alarms on the world stage. To get a handle on this we must look back to 2007 when Israel, in their magnanimous and unilateral gesture to try to find peaceful coexistence, vacated Gaza and was thanked by the duly elected Hamas government and the almost daily raining of bombs across the border. In reality, Hamas took control by a bloody coup declared on Fatah officials in Gaza prior to the election. Recently, Fatah has been losing control in Judea and Samaria, and in the misguided belief that they will be able to hang on to a sliver of power, have opened the doors to the “Unification Agreement” with their archenemies Hamas. Hamas claims that the purpose for the Unification is to strengthen the armed struggle against Israel. They are adamant over full control of the new government with Ismail Haniyeh as the leader. With their history in Gaza, there is no reason to doubt their confidence.

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Meanwhile, Hamas has been losing funding to the new terrorists on the block, “Jihad Islami,” who are sponsored by Tehran. In order to reingraciate themselves with their Iranian masters, Iran Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Hamas politburo head Khaled Mashal have come to an agreement to restore the flow of cash to the tune of $200 million per year and a cache of advanced weapons. Hamas operatives will also train at courses run by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. This agreement places Hamas fully under control of the Iranian regime. With Iran supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon, all but Israel’s southern border is controlled by Iranian-trained

and loyal forces. Regardless of the fine details of the agreement, before it is even finalized, Iranian influence is already becoming quite apparent. While the West is still in “negotiations are always the best option” mode, Iran is manipulating shipping in the Persian Gulf with the threat of Karrar drones that carry Kowsar-class torpedoes. Any shipping in a range of 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) is presently at risk. Emboldened, they now have the confidence to threaten the United States with Israel’s annihilation if U.S. forces attack. Iran has, without even the need for nuclear weapons, positioned itself to make good on these threats.

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RABBINICAL REFLECTIONS / YOUTH

Finding the diamond in everyone Rabbi Fishel Zaklos

une is the traditional month of weddings. How many successful marriages begin with love at first sight? That means that two people somehow are quite attracted to each other, based on their first meeting, and I would suspect that it happens more frequently than we might imagine. If that’s how you and your lifetime mate met, try to recall what attracted you, and if those qualities have stood the test of time. When John Keats stated in his poem Endymion, “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness,” surely the beauty he referred to was something meaningful, like the beauty of one’s soul.

Sometimes we allow human nature to rule at first meetings and we are guilty of judging not just people but other things by their appearance. We know better and possibly discover just how much we can lose by relying on this habit. Just think of how many people may not dress in a conventional, conservative manner that might fit in with most peoples’ tastes, or perhaps you might meet someone who does not look or act like most of your acquaintances. Think of how much poorer one might be for allowing himself to be guided by such superficial judgment, and not getting acquainted with a person who might be very intelligent and interesting and have all the qualities of a great friend. Occasionally we discover behind the door of what might look like a ‘greasy sleeve’ or a dive of a diner, one of the best restaurants we have ever tried. Think of what we might miss if we didn’t dig a little deeper, and at least give it try.

Sometimes, a very ordinary building might house what could become your spiritual home. We have all been told not to judge books by their covers, and yet at times we continue to do it. If our loyal partners and friends in the community had not dared to probe Chabad Naples more deeply and give it a chance when we were still operating out of temporary quarters, all of us would have missed some rare opportunities to learn, pray and socialize together. Some of the most precious gems begin as lumps of coal or chunks of rock, and it often takes time and patience to work off the rough edges, cut and polish, and produce a jewel from a hidden crystal. But what really is needed is the talent to recognize which common looking rocks are capable of producing jewels. My teacher, the Rebbe of blessed memory, often referred to every human being as a ‘diamond.’ As one who sought to find the best in people and believed in their inherent goodness, he

obviously knew that beauty and quality are more than skin deep. None of us likes to be taken at face value without having the chance to put our best foot forward, yet often we might not be confident enough to project our real personality when first meeting people. However, at the same time, we cannot always assume that others will care enough to delve into our deepest thoughts and character to appreciate who we really are. Sometimes it takes more than a first impression to discover the potential in all of us to be real diamonds, capable of kindness and mitzvot, and that discovery can be well worth the wait, because not every worthwhile relationship occurs as a result of a first meeting. Keeping an open mind and heart in our daily relationships will assure us of continuing to learn about, understand and appreciate others.

Summer of the Arts in full swing By Ettie Zaklos, Preschool Director

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Naples teens elected to BBYO chapter board positions o finish the 2013-2014 programming year, the Naples BBYO chapters elected the Fall Term board officers. The newly-elected board members will help chart BBYO’s vision for the coming year and provide leadership amongst their peers and community. “Another six months have gone by within an amazing and incredible Negev board. We have accomplished so much this past term and I cannot wait to see what we can do in the next term,” said Jason Randall, newly-elected chapter president for Negev AZA. The Fall Term Negev AZA board members are Jason Randall (President), Jack Melnick (Membership) and Brandon Schwartz (Secretary). The Fall Term Sababa BBG board members are Zoe Van Slyke (President), Cloe Feldman (Vice President), Saige

Feldman (Membership), Suzie Waltzer (Secretary) and Rachel Waltzer (Jewish Programming). “The members closed out an incredible term of fun and learning, and I am so proud of everything the teens accomplished this year,” said Skylar Haas, Naples BBYO Program Associate.

About BBYO BBYO is the leading pluralistic Jewish teen movement aspiring to involve more Jewish teens in more meaningful Jewish experiences. For 90 years, BBYO’s leadership programs, the Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA, high school fraternity) and the B’nai B’rith Girls (BBG, high school

Cloe Feldman and Suzie Waltzer design BBYO fliers for upcoming events

Saige Feldman and Rachel Waltzer celebrate being elected to Sababa BBG’s chapter board

sorority), have been providing exceptional leadership programs and identity enrichment experiences, shaping the confidence and character of more than 400,000 alumni who are among the most prominent figures in business, politics, academia, the arts and Jewish communal life. Now, BBYO’s network of Jewish teens, alumni, parents, volunteers and philanthropists serves as the Jewish community’s most valuable platform for delivering to the post Bar/Bat Mitzvah audience fun, meaningful and affordable experiences. With year-round activities in hundreds of local communities and inspiring world-wide travel experiences, BBYO’s broad program menu enables teens to explore areas of leadership, service, civic engagement, Israel education and Jewish values. For more information on BBYO, please visit www.bbyo.org.

Camp Shalom & Camp Einstein at Temple Shalom Preschool By Seyla Cohen, Preschool Director

n Monday, June 9, fabulous summer fun officially began at both Camp Shalom and Camp Einstein. Camp Shalom is a fun-filled seven-week summer camp program for children ages two through five and Camp Einstein is an outstanding academic camp for children five through eight years old. Both programs have been developed with children’s needs and interests in mind, offering a welcoming place for little ones to come and

enjoy the hot Naples summer. There’s something to peak everyone’s interest. Campers participated in Water Play, Dancing, Arts and Crafts, Performing Arts, Foreign Language, and Music. Returning campers looked forward to exciting experiences and new campers were surprised by the treat in store for them. Each camp offers a new theme each week during the program. Children attending Camp Shalom had fun during a special breakfast with

their dads, making science experiments in our Science Lab, celebrating our planet and learning all about recycling, creating magnificent art pieces, cooking and learning about healthy eating as well as mixing, measuring and enjoying yummy goodies! They also created a musical showcase with our amazing Miss Jane! Camp Einstein’s children used their creative minds and writing skills to develop their own play script, broadcasted

a weather report, illustrated their own book, visited the states and countries our students and teachers traveled, learned about lives and art styles of different artists, and applied what they learned to their own artistic creations! And everyone had fun with Technology with Legos! Now that’s what we call having a blast at camp. Don’t you wish you were part of our amazing camp family?

Connecting with Jerusalem: Lego by Lego

t was an unusual sight: Temple Shalom’s Rabbi Adam Miller sitting on the floor of Temple Shalom’s media center joining in with the temple preschool and religious school students engaged in a Lego tiles activity. This atypical Sunday school session was a journey through the history and the elements of the Old City of Jerusalem while engaging with Legos to build their replica of Jerusalem. Children, parents and Rabbi Miller worked their way through 60,000 Lego tiles to create Jerusalem’s Old City: the surrounding walls and gates, the second Temple and famous buildings.

The red, blue and green tiles formed a huge Lego city, 20 feet by 20 feet, set on a map designed by architect Stephen Schwartz. Yellow was reserved for the sacred Western Wall, the closest point to the 2nd Temple, where daily, countless numbers gather from all parts of the world and Israel to pray or leave written prayers. Stephen Schwartz was on hand to assist the children through this handson, enjoyable experience. Schwartz was also there to explain the story of the Old City, sharing its rich history and significance. Naples is only one of many cities throughout the country where

he has taken his Lego maps to teach Jewish history. Rabbi Miller remarked, “Mr. Schwartz brings to life for children and adults a city that they have only heard about from stories or books. Something magical occurs when the two-dimensional map is transformed into a 3-D representation of Jerusalem.

The children’s only potential disappointment will be when they learn that the buildings in Jerusalem are made of stone and not Lego bricks.” Having built Jerusalem Lego brick by Lego brick, and experiencing Mr. Schwartz’s presentation, these children from Naples already feel as if they have visited the city in person.

Temple Shalom Religious School students built Jerusalem with over 60,000 Lego pieces!

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Federation Star July/August 2014 BETH TIKVAH

SYNAGOGUES www.bethtikvahnaples.org / 239-434-1818

Beth Tikvah update By Stuart Kaye and Rosalee Bogo, co-Presidents

pcoming events Enjoy our Havdalah at the Beach at Lowdermilk Park on Saturdays, July 19 at 8:00 p.m. and August 16 at 7:30pm. We will hold a Religious School Open House on Sunday, July 27 at 10:30 a.m. Meet the teachers, review the curriculum, and ask questions. RSVP to Rabbi Chorny at 239.537.5257. Religious School begins on Sunday, August 24. 5775 preview Many exciting events are on the calendar. At 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 11 (Veterans Day), author Michael Hirsh will speak at Beth Tikvah. Mr. Hirsh is the author of The Liberators, a book based on interviews with 150 American servicemen who rescued concentration camp survivors at the end of WWII. The proximity of this U.S. holiday to the anniversary of Kristallnacht creates a special time to remember and give thanks. Book guru Phil Jason will interview Mr. Hirsh. Our flagship December events, Kosher Deli & Game Night and Latke

Dinner, will continue. On February 8, we will bring back a comedy fundraiser with lawyer-raconteur Alf Kwinter for an evening of fun called “Yiddishkeit Night.” Dr. June Sochen will be back this winter, joined once again by her sister, Joyce Schrager. Jerry Ziedenberg will return with another three-part lecture series. This one is a miscellany called “The Trials and Tribulations of the Jewish People.” January 8 – “A Day in the Life of a Polish Shtetl,” February 2 – “A Blood Libel Trial in Hungary,” and March 26 – “Moe Berg.” All begin at 7:30 p.m. Arlene Levin’s cookbook will launch at Beth Tikvah in February with a demonstration and book signing. My Cooking Journey, Arlene’s Simple to Lavish Cookbook will be available just in time for Purim and Pesach meal preparations. Adult education courses Rabbi Chorny offers two courses on Tuesdays. Torah Study meets at 12:15 p.m. (bring a dairy lunch). Liturgical Hebrew, designed to make people more comfortable with the siddur, meets at

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4:00 p.m. Each class runs 75 minutes. Conservative Judaism, also led by Rabbi Chorny, is keyed to chapters in the widely praised The Observant Life: The Wisdom of Conservative Judaism for Conservative Jews. This book is an amazing compendium of information and insight, valuable to Jews of all stripes. The course meets at 8:00 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. The summer schedule is lighter, so please check our website. In addition to these regularly scheduled offerings, we will connect, on Sunday, November 16, to a day-long Internet event, “The Global Day of Jewish Learning.” More details to come about this special experience in future columns. Book Discussion Group Our Book Discussion Group will resume on Monday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. Among the books on the agenda for 2014-15 will be Zachary Lazar’s brilliant novel I Pity the Poor Immigrant. Other likely choices are Ronald H. Balson’s Once We Were Brothers and Ward Larsen’s Assassin’s Game, featuring a

Mossad assassin whose exploits rival those of Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon. High Holy Days Beth Tikvah’s Selichot observance begins on Saturday, September 20 at 8:30 p.m. We will view a film relevant to the themes of the occasion and then turn to Selichot prayers. Check our website for the High Holy Day schedule and reservation details. 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 regularly 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.

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Naples Jewish Congregation update By Suzanne L. Paley, President

hile many people are relaxing, traveling and looking for cooler climates, those of us who serve on committees of the Naples Jewish Congregation are hard at work planning and organizing for special events in the coming year, as well as planning for the High Holiday season. We have a special brunch planned for Sunday, November 2 to commemo-

rate fifteen years of service to the Jewish community of Naples! We have more Pot Luck Suppers planned, which are very popular and enjoyed by all who attend. Once again, we will be presenting Sundays at the Movies starting the last Sunday in October. This program is educational and thought provoking as well as entertaining. Be sure to read future editions of

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the Federation Star and Naples Daily News for information about all of our programs that are open not only to members and their guests, but to the greater Jewish community as well. As a reminder: Naples Jewish Congregation has started its “summer schedule” in regards to Shabbat services. We only gather on the last Friday of each month for May, June, July and August.

If anyone is interested in finding out more about our congregation, please call Rabbi Sylvin Wolf at 239.234.6366, Membership Chair Peter Weissman at 239.352.4395 or me at 239.776.7559. You are invited to join us for services where you will meet many of our friendly members, and we guarantee that you will always feel welcome.

www.chabadnaples.com / 239-262-4474

Chabad Jewish Center of Naples update

ith the onset of summer we know we will be seeing less of some of you and wish you a safe and healthy summer wherever you are. We appreciate and thank you for participating in all our programs throughout the year, and for your kind words and support. Here at the Chabad Center in Naples we are told that things are slowing down for the summer, but frankly, with a bustling summer camp hosting our maximum of 130 children, we don’t consider it much of a slow down! It gives us such pleasure to participate in such a joyful program with the children that we invite you to tour and visit both

the camp and the Summer of the Arts. Just call the office and Rabbi Fishel or Ettie will be happy to give you the Royal Tour. You will be blown away, as many others have been, by the experience. Shavuot The Festival of Shavuot was very meaningful for us as so many children participated. Being able to bless each one was a highlight, especially when one asked, “Rabbi, can we do it again?” The holiday marks the receiving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, 3,322 years ago. The Midrash tells us that before G-d gave the Torah to the Jewish people, He demanded guarantors who would

indeed keep the Torah. The Jews made a number of suggestions, which were all rejected by G-d. Finally, they suggested, “Our children will be our guarantors that we will cherish and observe the Torah.” G-d immediately accepted and agreed to give them the Torah. Our guarantors certainly stood up and were counted! Partner Project At this time of year, as we begin to make plans for our very popular and wellattended High Holiday services where all are welcome at Chabad of Naples, we recommend that it might be a good time to consider both renewing your personal partnership and possibly increasing your level of participation. A joyous crowd of over 200 Partners attended our annual Partner Appreciation Evening on May 15. This was the much anticipated opportunity for Chabad Partners to celebrate together the continuing growth of Chabad of Naples and to learn what is being planned for the future. A Chabad Partner decides the amount of his or her own level of giving. Donations can be made in one payment, quarterly, monthly or whatever is best for the Partner. It is the commitment that Partners make to Chabad that is most important. For more information or to receive your Partner Package, please call 239.262.4474 or visit www. chabadnaples.com. Jewish Women’s Circle Our well-attended and enjoyable 20132014 Women’s Circle was devoted to

the theme of “Women’s Health and Well-Being.” The final speaker was Betsy Opyt, a registered dietitian who spoke on “Allowing Healthy Concepts into Your Life.” The Women’s Circle will resume in the fall. If you would like to assist with the planning for the 2014-2015 Women’s Circle, please contact Ettie at ettie@chabadnaples.com or 239.263.2620. Weekly services and kids’ program Join us every Shabbat at 10:00 a.m. for weekly uplifting services, and bring the kids to the incredible children’s program at the same time. A Kiddush and social gathering for the family follow services. First mikvah in Naples Be a part of a stunning, elegant, stateof-the-art, women’s mikvah, often seen as the cornerstone of Jewish life and the continuity of a community. Contact us for more information or private tours to see our magnificent new addition, and take advantage of opportunities for dedications and memorials that are being offered. Hebrew School Graduation followed a hugely successful year at Hebrew School with once-amonth incredible workshops touching on topics from a Matzah Bakery to a Shofar Factory to learning how to write a Torah to a Havdalah workshop! Now is the time to sign up for Hebrew School for next year. Hebrew School is held on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

23 Federation Star July/August 2014 ORGANIZATIONS COLLIER/LEE CHAPTER OF HADASSAH

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www.hadassah.org / 239-598-1009

Hadassah update Lynn Weiner President

id you know that the Simon Rockower Awards, which are given out yearly to Jewish publications for “Excellence in Jewish Journalism,” are known as the “Jewish Pulitzers?” Hadassah Magazine has recently received 12 Rockower Awards, which is more than any other publication including magazines, newspapers or websites. In fact, 9 of the 12 awards were for first place! The American Jewish Press Association sponsors these awards. The Rockower Awards began in the 1980s to encourage Jewish publications to improve and

create more quality Jewish journalism. Over the years, Hadassah Magazine has won more than 325 awards. It was also the first Jewish publication nominated for a national magazine award. Each member of Hadassah should receive a copy of this award-winning magazine every other month. Happy reading! To join Hadassah and start receiving your Hadassah Magazine, contact Donna at 505.735.4883 or mom443@aol.com. Hadassah and Young Judaea have created the Inaugural Leaders of Tomorrow Award for Young Women. The award is given to two high school students who will receive full tuition for a four-week Young Judaea Teen Summer Program in Israel. When they return, the students will share their experiences with their communities by writing, blogging and speaking. One of the recipients is Jamie, a high school sophomore whose mother

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was the Past President of their local Chapter. Jamie says, “This award is so important to me because of the amazing opportunity it provides for me to go to Israel and see the Jewish homeland that I have learned about for my entire life.” The other recipient is Naomi, a high school junior who says, “I am so excited to have the opportunity to explore Israel this summer. I think the best way to connect with your roots is to do it with people who are just as passionate as you are.” Young Judaea’s Teen Summer Programs in Israel connect participants with the land of Israel, its culture and its spirit. There are a variety of trips focusing on science, social entrepreneurship, advocacy, volunteering and more. Young Judaea creates young Jewish leaders who become active Jewish adults. In May, Pope Francis visited Is-

rael and toured Hadassah Hospital. He was greeted by Dr. Osnat LevtzionKorach, Director of Hadassah Hospital, Mount Scopus, and a children’s choir. He also visited Yad Vashem and the Kotel (Western Wall) on his trip. It is interesting to note that Hadassah Hospital is on the itinerary of many notables who travel to Israel, including doctors, educators, politicians, and religious and civic officials. If you know of a local dignitary who is planning a trip to Israel, please let us know and we will connect them with someone who can arrange a tour of Hadassah Hospital. Mark your calendars for these upcoming events: Sunday, August 10 will be our Annual Summer Dinner and Tuesday, October 28 will be our Fall Luncheon. Associates and spouses are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact me at 239.598.1009 or lynninaples@yahoo.com.

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National Council of Jewish Women in Israel By Linda Wainick, co-President

he following is from Shari Eshet, Director, NCJW Israel Office: As Jewish women, we at NCJW believe both freedom and independence are Jewish humanistic values. Most of us were fortunate enough to be born free and independent, but we all know women who are not free to choose a way of life, who to live it with, or a profession. In the most extreme cases, they are not free to control their own bodies. It is estimated that 15,000 women and children are forced into sex trafficking in Israel today. This is untenable in a country based on Jewish and democratic values. We at NCJW are working to free those women and children who are forced into the sex trade. International trafficking into Israel has been almost completely eradicated, but the traffickers have turned inward now, looking for vulnerable women and girls. NCJW has

been working with Atzum, the Taskforce on Human Trafficking in Israel advocating for more stringent laws regarding sex trafficking in Israel. Legislation criminalizing the act of trafficking is in process. And for those who are not able to marry their beloved, we are no less committed – advocating and working for the right of all people to marry in Israel. Marriage equality will be one of Israel’s most challenging political issues in the coming year. Based on Ottoman law, all marriages in Israel are governed by religious authorities – Jewish, Muslim and Christian. For Jews, there is no alternative to an Orthodox marriage. Even Jews recognized as such by the state may be unable to marry in a Jewish ceremony if one or both parties fail to meet criteria of lineage or orthodoxy. The only exception is that those who

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declare no faith may marry each other without religious sanction. Same sex couples may not marry in Israel, though their marriages are recognized by the state if they marry elsewhere, nor can any couple seek a civil union. NCJW has called on the Israeli government to take immediate measures to authorize civil marriage, civil unions, and marriages sanctioned through nonOrthodox religious avenues, as well as civil divorce. We believe, as do the majority of Israelis, that such measures will strengthen democracy in Israel and strengthen the ties between Israel and world Jewry. NCJW is working hand in hand with Israel Hofshit (Be Free Israel), the only Israeli grassroots movement organized to promote freedom of religion and pluralism in Israel as core democratic values.

Shutafot is a partnership of Israeli women’s organizations for gender equality, economic justice and workplace rights funded by The Jewish Women’s Collaborative International Fund (JWIF). JWCIF is comprised of seventeen Jewish Women’s Foundations/Funds of North America and Israel, including NCJW. Shutafot’s new campaign, “Women’s Business,” is focused on encouraging women and men all over Israel to make a conscious effort to support women-owned businesses. These businesses, if retail facilities, are being asked to put the logo of the campaign in their window. Only four percent of businesses in Israel are women-owned. This campaign hopes to increase this number significantly.

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ORTie for life

By Marina Berkovich, President, Gulf Beaches Chapter ORT

elene Dorfman Fuchs, the come active in local issues of education, Public Relations Chair of Gulf literacy and women’s rights. Almost Beaches ORT America Chapevery ORT program during his period ter, has been an ORT Member for 58 in office was sponsored substantially years. Helene felt connected to ORT at by WAO, and he helped to initiate new first sight, which to an ORTie means she programs in Latin America, Russia and saw The Mellah. the U.S. Forty thousand Jews “are literWhen Helene was growing up in ally rotting” in the Casablanca Buffalo, New York, she mellah, Mrs. Ludwig Kaphan, had never heard of ORT national president of Women’s or Nathan Gould. At 17 American ORT, told a press she received a partial conference on August 23, 1950, scholarship to study upon returning from there. “Jews journalism at Northare threatened with moral and western. “We arrived physical disintegration…” while two weeks before class. “Israel is building a new life for I remember the Dean of the Jews,” she said. Women came to tell us Nathan Gould, who had just that as Jews we were Helene Dorfman Fuchs joined ORT staff, responded with only allowed to rush the ORT film The Mellah. It brought two sororities – Sigma Delta Tau and Althousands of new members and funds pha Epsilon Phi (the Jewish sororities). to WAO. Gould is credited with buildShe said this in such a matter-of-fact ing the organization into a major force way. There was a quota for Jews then.” in American Jewish life. Born into an Helene graduated in 1951 and settled in immigrant family in Chicago, he started suburban Chicago. “We were building a out as a writer and public relations conhouse in Highland Park, when a client of sultant. He encouraged Jewish women my then-husband invited me to an ORT across the country to raise significant evening – it was Women’s American funds for ORT and helped them to beORT then. We saw The Mellah, and we

all cried and we all joined. I had no idea there was such poverty among Jews.” Many years later Helene went to work at Lake Forest College as a feature and news release writer. She stayed there for twenty-five years, during which she also provided tutoring and mentoring to students. Helene was startled once, when a former student recognized her and thanked her for the guidance she never forgot. Women who joined ORT in the ’50s and ’60s agree that the mission of teaching people how to be self-supporting has been the flame of their lasting dedi-

cation to ORT. “And there is one more thing,” Helene adds. “ORT appeals to me because it does not have cliques and there is no back-biting. Everyone works together for the good of ORT, and that’s why we are all still involved.” As a Jew, her greatest satisfaction was having a Bat Mizvah at 76. As a writer, Helene was most overjoyed to meet Robert Redford and Angela Davis at Lake Forest College. As an ORTie, she treasures the impact of The Mellah and its far-reaching contribution to the ORT world.

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, one in Chicago and one in 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.

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Federation Star July/August 2014 HUMANISTIC JEWISH HAVURAH

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Humanistic Jewish ceremonies at marriage and death Paula Creed President

arriage and death, significant moments in the cycle of personal life, are times when our Jewish identity serves as enrichment and comfort. But since the Secular Revolution, religious structures of the past no longer hold true. Often parents are spending their old age separated from their children. Young people are arranging to find sex and love outside marriage, and couples are marrying at a later age than their parents did. Intermarriage has increased dramatically. Humanistic Jews neither resist these changes nor approve of them unconditionally. They test both the old and the

new with the measuring stick of dignity, acknowledging that a humanistic celebration of Jewish “passages” must be able to embrace what is good in these changes. Marriage Humanistic Jewish wedding ceremonies celebrate an equal partnership of two individuals. The ceremony affirms the uniqueness of each marriage partner, celebrates their connection to family and friends and to their traditions, and establishes community support for the union. Humanistic marriage celebrations draw on the time-honored symbols of Judaism, placed within a nontheistic context, to create a marriage celebration that is inclusive and profound. Couples are encouraged to participate in the creation of their own ceremony by deciding which symbols they wish to include and by writing special words of love and affirmation to share with one another. A couple might

create their own ketuba or decorate their own huppa to represent the sanctity and safety of the couple’s new home. Music, modern Hebrew poetry and other readings can enrich the ceremony, as can nontheistic renditions of the sheva b’rakot or even original blessings that the couple desire for themselves, for their families, or for the world. Together, the couple may break either one glass or two, representing equality in their union. Humanistic Jewish clergy willingly officiate or co-officiate at intermarriage ceremonies within the context and integrity of Humanistic Jewish philosophy. Recognizing the important ethical values in all traditions, the Jewish partner is encouraged to maintain his or her Jewish identity, and both partners are encouraged to share their cultures with each other and with their children. Thus, Humanistic Judaism has the opportunity to reach many Jews who otherwise find no home in the Jewish

For more information, please call Gil Block, Commander, at 239.304.5953.

community. Death Humanistic Judaism accepts life and death realistically. It promises no eternal salvation; nor, confronted by mortality, does it recommend an attitude of despair. Mourning is intended for the living. Whatever is done should enhance the ability of the living, both family and community, to reaffirm life. The purposes of a funeral or memorial service are to celebrate the life of the deceased and, through the presence and support of family and friends, to help the bereaved accept their loss and focus their memories of the dead in a meaningful way. Features of Humanistic mourning include: Shiva: Mourners may choose to remain at home for a period of time after the funeral or memorial service to allow time to be comforted by visiting relatives and friends. Memorial services might be held in the home. Yahrzeit: The recitation of the Kaddish is inappropriate, given its theistic content. Instead, non-theistic meditations appropriate to the occasion are used. On the anniversary of the death, a yahrzeit flame may be kindled. Unveiling: If there is a burial or cremation plot, a memorial stone may be placed on the grave and a ceremony of dedication/unveiling of the stone may occur at any time after the death. Humanistic Jewish congregations and communities function in the lives of their members the same as other branches of Judaism, but do so in a manner consistent with their nontheistic beliefs.

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JWI’S National Alliance webinars help navigate latest news

Millie Sernovitz JWI Past International President aking the world safe for women and girls has been the mission of Jewish Women International (JWI) since 1988. Yet, even with all JWI’s work, lately all we seem to read about in the news is horrific stories of violence against women – from the shootings on the UC Santa Barbara campus to the kidnapped girls in Nigeria to efforts by Congress and the White House to give women in the military and college campuses a recourse when they are victims of assault. These stories can be challenging to navigate. The issues are nuanced. We wonder, “What’s really happening? So we want to learn more. And then we want to take action – to help when and where we can – to make a difference. That’s where the webinars from JWI’s National Alliance to End Domestic Abuse can help. The Alliance is a group of professionals who work in the domestic violence field – from social workers to attorneys to educators. JWI was the first to offer such webinars and has been doing so since 2005. Each year, ten 90-minute webinars are offered on cutting-edge issues. Webinars are seminars you can at-

tend on your computer. Simply log in from wherever you are and listen to the country’s best educators and innovators – those who are leading the thinking and the doing in domestic violence work. Just this past year, listeners have learned about the need for providing shelter for pets of victims of domestic violence. It was something some might not have thought about before – how leaving one’s beloved pet might prevent someone living with violence from leaving and going to a battered women’s shelter. Some shelters, like the Shelter for Abused Women and Children in Naples, are allowing space for pets. Other shelters are partnering with local animal shelters to care for pets. JWI’s webinars help listeners understand many important issues in the news concerning domestic abuse: about sexual assault in the military and various actions in Congress to change the way a victim can seek justice; about guns and intimate partner violence and how a woman is 11 times more likely to be killed if there is a gun in the home; about the intersection of substance abuse and violence; about elder abuse; about immigration victims; and about human trafficking. Professionals working in the field of domestic violence often work in fast-paced, underfunded environments where they are expected to successfully serve diverse victims with different needs, conditions and stories. They do not have the time or resources to seek out training or stay up-to-date on the

latest best practices or emerging studies. September begins the next round of webinars. If you are a DV professional, you can sign up for a membership that allows you access to all the webinars. But if you are just interested in staying on top of these issues and are driven to help make the world safer for women and girls, you might want to sign up

for individual sessions (just $25 each). To learn more about JWI’s National Alliance to End Domestic Abuse or other JWI endeavors locally and nationally, please contact me 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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25 Federation Star July/August 2014 COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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July 2014 – 5774Get the Service you Deserve MONDAY

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11:00am JCMI Mah Jongg

6:15pm BT Services 6:30pm TS Shir Shabbat 8:00pm JCMI Services

5 8:30am TS Torah Talk 9:30am BT Services 9:30am JCMI Services 10:00am CHA Services 10:00am TS Services

10:00am Jewish Genealogy 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 12:00pm JCMI-S Lunch Mtg 12:00pm TS Torah 12:15pm BT Torah Study 4:00pm BT Liturgical Hebrew

11:00am JCMI Mah Jongg 1:00pm NJC Board Mtg 3:00pm HM Exec Cmte Mtg

6:15pm BT 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

10:30am JFCS Naples Jewish Caring Support Group

1:00pm JCMI Bridge 12:15pm BT Torah Study 4:00pm BT Liturgical Hebrew 8:00pm BT Adult Ed

11:00am JCMI Mah Jongg 12:00pm NJC-M Meeting 4:00pm BT Board Mtg

6:15pm BT 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 8:00pm BT Havdalah Beach

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Get the Service you Deserve August 2014 – 5774

SUNDAYlighting MONDAY Candle times:

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SATURDAY

6:15pm BT Services 6:30pm TS Shir Shabbat 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

12:15pm BT Torah Study 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 4:00pm BT Liturgical Hebrew 8:00pm BT Adult Ed 4:00pm JFCC Exec Cmte

11:00am JCMI Mah Jongg

6:15pm BT 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

11:00am JCMI Mah Jongg 1:00pm NJC Board Mtg 3:00pm HM Exec Cmte Mtg

6:15pm BT 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 8:00pm BT Havdalah Beach

5 Tisha B’Av

5:30pm HDH Summer Event

10:30am JFCS Naples Jewish Caring Support Group

10:00am Jewish Genealogy 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 12:00pm JCMI-S Lunch Mtg 12:15pm BT Torah Study 4:00pm BT Liturgical Hebrew

10:30am JFCS Naples Jewish Caring Support Group 12:00pm NJC-S Book Club 4:30pm CHA Student/Parent Orientation

12:15pm BT Torah Study 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 4:00pm BT Liturgical Hebrew 8:00pm BT Adult Ed 7:00pm TS Exec Cmte Mtg

9:00am BT Religious School 11:00am CHA Back-to-School Brunch 1:00pm BBYO Kickoff Party

10:30am JFCS Naples Jewish Caring Support Group

12:15pm BT Torah Study 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 4:00pm BT Liturgical Hebrew 4:30pm BT Hebrew School 7:00pm TS Board Mtg

11:00am JCMI Mah Jongg 12:00pm NJC-M Mtg 4:00pm BT Board Mtg

6:15pm BT 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

11:00am JCMI Mah Jongg 3:00pm HM Board Mtg

6:15pm 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

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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

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• 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.

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• 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.

27 Federation Star COMMUNITY DIRECTORY July/August 2014 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 Neil Shnider, President Caren Plotkin, Religious School Dir. Seyla Cohen, Preschool Director Peter Lewis, Organist/Choir Director

JEWISH CONGREGATION OF MARCO ISLAND

NAPLES JEWISH CONGREGATION

BETH TIKVAH

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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

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. 11 July/August 2014 28 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 September Issue Deadlines: Editorial: August 1 Advertising: August 7 Send news stories to: fedstar18@gmail.com

July/August 2014 Federation Star

• 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

Fruit Jews

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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 6:15pm 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.)

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This is now . . . and you’re raisin the problem of your currant situation. Are you going coconuts trying to prune the tax bite on your estate? With a passion, some time, somehow you have to determine what to do with the fruits of your labors.

• Federation President: Norman Krivosha • Executive Director: David Willens

Well, there are some peachy estate planning and tax avoidance techniques available, while doing some berry nice charitable giving at the same time. Wine not do a grape deed by making a lifetime gift or bequest to the Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation? Now’s the time to . . . pick a date and . . . give a fig! For more information on charitable giving, call Eecutive Director David Willens at 239.263.4205.

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

Collier/Lee Chapter of Hadassah • President: Lynn Weiner, 598-1009

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

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

Men’s Cultural Alliance • President: Steve Brazina, 325-8694

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

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: Elaine Soffer, 431-7905

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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 Annual Federation Campaign in our community. For more information, call the Federation office at 239.263.4205.

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