Federation Star - October 2016 by Jewish Federation of Collier County

The Officers, Board of Directors and Staff wish you

Shanah Tovah!

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

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Men’s Cultural Alliance Women’s Cultural Alliance Community Focus Jewish Book Festival Tributes Jewish Interest Israel & the Jewish World Business Directory Commentary Focus on Youth Synagogues Organizations Community Calendar Community Directory

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17 Celebrate with the IDF Musical Ensemble!

34 Preschool of the Arts is now a Blue Zones school

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Scott Turow announced as speaker for 2017 Evy Lipp People of the Book Event By Renee’ Bialek

he Federation’s annual Evy Lipp People of the Book Event will take place on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Our chosen speaker, Scott Turow, is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction including Innocent, Presumed Innocent and The Burden of Proof, and two non-fiction books including One L, about his experience as a law student. Turow’s books have been translated into more than 40 languages, and more than 30 million copies have been sold worldwide. He frequently contributes essays and op-ed pieces to publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and The Atlantic.

Albom, Roy Blount, Jr., Matt Groening, Several films have been based on Sam Barry and George Iles. his books: Presumed Innocent, Reversible Errors, The Burden of Registration for the Proof and Innocent. event will begin on TuesTurow was born in day, November 8, and is Chicago to a family of on a first-come first-served Russian Jewish descent. basis with limited seating. He attended New Trier More information about High School, Amherst Scott Turow and a ticket College and Harvard Law reservation form will apSchool. He was also a pear in the November issue Creative Writing Fellow of this paper and on www. at Stanford. jewishnaples.org. This cultural program Turow is an esteemed Scott Turow is free to members of the Jewish Fedmember of Rock Bottom Remainders, eration of Collier County. It’s easy to a musical group of authors that includes become a JFCC member. For more Stephen King, Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Amy Tan, James McBride, Mitch information, call 239.263.4205.

Phyllis Seaman receives 2016 KipnisWilson/Friedland Award

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hyllis Seaman, Vice Chair of the Jewish Federation of Collier County, was honored on Tuesday, September 13 by The Jewish Federations of North America’s National Women’s Philanthropy with its prestigious Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award. The award was presented at the 2016 International Lion of Judah Conference (ILOJC), held September 1113 in Washington, D.C. More than 1,300 Jewish women from the United States, Canada, Israel, Mexico and the United Kingdom attended ILOJC to disPhyllis Seaman cuss the influence of the individual and the collective. The Lions of Judah are philanthropic Jewish women of all ages, uniting as an international sisterhood of global advocates who care deeply about the Jewish future. The prestigious, internationally recognized Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award is given to Lions of Judah who

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have demonstrated the highest ideals of leadership and involvement. Winners are chosen by their communities as “women of valor” with a lifetime of commitment to the Jewish world. The award was established in recognition of Norma Kipnis-Wilson and Toby Friedland (z”l), co-founders of The Jewish Federation of North America’s Lion of Judah program. Each winner is recognized at the biennial ILOJC. Phyllis is one of 75 women to

receive this year’s award. Since 2004, the Kipnis-Wilson/ Friedland Award has honored extraordinary women who have set a high standard for philanthropy and volunteerism. The Jewish Federations, collectively among the top 10 charities on the continent, protects and enhances the well-being of Jews worldwide through the values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (charity and social justice) and Torah (Jewish learning).

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Renee’s community program & events corner Renee’ Bialek

Community Program Coordinator

appy New Year everyone! On this page is a promotion for the Latke Eating Contest. We are looking for contestants! Please submit a paragraph or two as to why you want to be a contestant for the latke eating contest, which will take place at our annual Chanukah Celebration on Monday, December 26 on the lawn at the Mercato. All entries must be received by Monday, December 12. This contest is for anyone ages 5 and up. The contestants will eat latkes that are donated by Stage Deli Fine Foods, which is located at Mercato. Latkes will also be on sale at this event. The Chanukah committee will

announce the participants at 5:45 p.m. Don’t be late, as you won’t want to miss the excitement! If you can volunteer at this event, please contact me. The Jewish Federation of Collier County is starting a Maimonides Medical Society. We are looking for Jewish healthcare professionals to build a community through networking and connecting with other Jewish healthcare professionals. Contact me to be added to the Maimonides membership list and let me know if you are interested in attending future programs and events. We are looking for volunteers to be on the Maimonides committee. If you are a member of the Jewish Federation of Collier County and want to chair this group, please let me know. Save these dates and visit www. jewishnaples.org for more details:  Sunday, November 13 - Kristallnacht Commemoration at 2:30 p.m.  Tuesday, December 13 - Jewish Book Festival Luncheon Preview

event at 11:30 a.m.  Sunday, December 18 - FedCup Golf Tournament  Monday, December 26 - Chanukah Celebration at 5:45 p.m.  Monday, January 16 - Martin Luther King Jr Parade in the morning. Join us in this parade.  Wednesday, January 18 - Klezmer Concert at 6:30 p.m.  Saturday, February 11 - Federation’s Power of Community Celebration Gala  Wednesday, February 15 - Evy Lipp People of the Book Cultural Event at 7:30 p.m. with Scott Turow

 Sunday, March 19 - Jewish Community Day of Learning at 9:30 a.m.  Sunday, April 2 - Israel Fest from noon to 3 p.m.  Sunday, April 23 - Yom HaShoah Program at 10:00 a.m. I update the website regularly, so please visit it on a regular basis. Please follow us on Twitter at @JFed CollierFL, and like us on Facebook at Jewish Federation of Collier County. We would love your participation. To get more involved, to volunteer at an event or to answer phones in the office, please email me at rbialek@ jewishnaples.org.

Dip the apple Jeﬀrey Feld

Federation President/ CEO

his time of year, there is a song taught to young Jewish children so that they will learn something of our tradition. The song goes something like this: “Dip the apple in the honey, say a brucha loud and clear; Shanah Tovah U’Metuka, Have a Happy, Sweet New Year!” Of course, we all wish that it was just that simple. We know that it takes a lot of work to make sure that we do have a good year. This year, possibly for the first time in Collier County, the Collier County schools will close in recognition of the Jewish High Holy Days. Schools will be closed for at least one day for Rosh Hashanah and one day for Yom Kippur. It took a lot of work by a

number of people to help make this happen. Rabbi Adam Miller was the point person for this endeavor. However, all of our Jewish community participated in making this come to be. Our Jewish community, including five congregations, JFCS, Holocaust Museum & Educational Center of SWFL, BBYO, a multitude of Jewish organizations, and the committees and programs of our Federation are being recognized as an integral part of the Greater Naples/Collier County community. We have come a long way! Of course, there is always much to do to make a good year. We continue to learn more about ourselves, our needs (locally and globally) and how to best meet those needs. We need every member of our Jewish community to participate in making this Jewish New Year the very best that it can be. Please accept our best wishes for a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous, Peaceful and Sweet Shanah Tovah!

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Everyone is invited to attend this community-wide event, featuring entertainment, food trucks, a bounce house and exhibitors.The Israel Advocacy Committee of the Jewish Federation of Collier County is hosting the event. We have room for additional exhibitors. Your help is needed to identify exhibitors who are involved in Jewish organizations, are vendors or otherwise support Israel. More sponsors are needed. If you, your company or someone you know wants to be a sponsor for Israel Fest, please contact event coordinator Jeffrey Randall at jeffreymrandall@gmail.com or 239.537.2230.

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Collier County Jewish Book Festival: “So many books and authors, how do I choose?”

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’ve been asked this question by several people who have heard or , read about the 2nd annual Collier . dCounty Jewish Book Festival. So what’s tmy initial reply? “Attend them all!” To accommodate everyone’s schedule, .the events are now spread across three tmonths instead of three weeks. And you don’t have to read the e @books to enjoy the authors’ presentations. After all, these authors were chosen from a pool of more than 250, based on their two-minute elevator pitches at the Jewish Book Council’s Conference that I and Festival co-chairs Susan Pittelman and Robin Mintz attended in New York City in May. I’m quite sure, though, that once you hear the authors talk passionately about their books, you’ll want to own copies. So after each presentation, books will be available for purchase and signing. Patron Festival Package Of course, the Jewish Federation of Collier County, host of the Festival, would love everyone to purchase a Patron Festival Package. For only $199, you get to hear all 20 authors at 12 events, including three events with meals. You also get reserved seats in the front rows/tables at each event, your name listed in this newspaper, and invitations to at least two private author receptions – currently, authors Rabbi Harold Kushner, Alyson Richman and Ronald Balson have confirmed their availability. Becoming a Patron also shows that you want this type of

cultural programming to be presented to the community every year. Series Pass This year, we’ve added a Series Pass. With this option, you get tickets to all 12 events (without the Patron benefits). It’s a $182 value for just $149. Even if you can’t make it to all 12 events, the tickets are transferable and make great gifts for your friends, colleagues and family members. So if you can come to only eight programs, you can have your friends thank you for giving them tickets to hear the outstanding authors at the other four events! 7-Event Package for events that have 2 or 3 authors This option entitles you to hear 15 authors for the low price of $59. That’s less than $4 per author! And you can still buy additonal tickets for Rabbi Kushner and the meal events. Event schedule The events take place over three months on various days of the week, at several venues, and different times – with a preview event on December 13. Based on feedback on last year’s Festival, we created the schedule so it would be easy for everyone – regardless of lifestyle, interests, obligations, vacations, etc. – to attend at least a few events.

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Sponsors and venues Several local Jewish and nonJewish organizations and businesses have become sponsors of the Jewish Book Festival. We cannot thank them enough for their support: Hilton Naples, U.S. Bank, Florida Weekly, Barnes & Noble, Women’s Cultural Alliance, JFCS of Southwest Florida, Collier/Lee Chapter of Hadassah, the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida, PFLAG, and Naples Jewish Congregation. The Federation and book festival committee also thank the host venues for providing space for the 12 events: Beth Tikvah, Hilton Naples, Temple Shalom, and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Naples. All presenters at the Festival are part

of the Jewish Book Council network of authors. For more information on the authors and their books, and a ticket order form, see the 4-page Festival spread on pages 19-22 or visit the official Festival website at www.jewishbookfestival.org. On pages 23-25 you will find reviews of five of the books that will be featured. Additional reviews will be published in upcoming issues. Have questions that have not been answered in this issue or on the website? Send an email to fedstar18@gmail. com or call the Federation office at 239.263.4205.

Recommended books for your book group

If you lead or participate in a local book discussion group, consider adding one or more of the following books to this season’s lineup. You’ll be able to meet and hear their authors at the Collier County Jewish Book Festival! The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman A Land Twice Promised by Noa Baum Karolina’s Twins by Ronald H. Balson Mrs. Houdini by Victoria Kelly The Nazi Titanic by Robert P. Watson Modern Girls by Jennifer Brown White Walls by Judy Batalion Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

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An amazing Birthright experience By Alyssa Wolff

t is truly difficult to express my feelings about going on Birthright Israel, and not because I’m still catching up on sleep as I write this article! The best comparison to Birthright would be a ten-day rollercoaster ride throughout Israel. Birthright was the most phenomenal opportunity and experience, a true blessing for Jewish students across the globe. Israel has become dear to my heart, and I will cherish the short amount of time I spent there for the rest of my life. I was so incredibly excited and nervous at the airport; if only I knew what was to come. I chose to go with my first cousin Jenna, and we were so excited to share this experience with one another. We also figured that if our dads were going to panic for the next 10 days then they might as well do it together. Even with our rough start, including a three-hour delay, my fear of airplanes and my group’s lost luggage, the journey to Israel allowed for #BUS1312 to bond in a way that fortified the journey ahead. Our first four nights were spent in the northern city of Tiberias. During our first bonding activity, we were asked to share what we were most looking forward to doing or seeing. I was the only one who said camel riding in the Negev, but hearing the other responses made me so incredibly excited about what was to come. I challenged myself to decide on my favorite activity of the trip and I failed at doing so. For the next 10 days, about once a day, I noted to myself, “This has to be the best part of Birthright!” Perhaps my favorite memory of

Birthright was our entrance to Jerusalem. I have never felt more spiritual and proud to be Jewish than during my first entrance to the holiest city on earth. Our leaders brought us to a beautiful spot that overlooked the city right at sundown. Several busses of different groups from different schools were entering Jerusalem at once, and as I got off the bus I could hear the sounds of camp girls reuniting and Jewish geography name listing. Out of nowhere, we heard drums. Within a few minutes, everyone was holding hands with his or her neighbor, dancing and singing

hymns, and exuding sheer joy. I was overwhelmed with a feeling that I can only describe as warm and fuzzy. In that moment, I was so proud of my heritage, my religion, my people, my family, and my decision to travel to Israel. I was also fortunate enough to meet seven incredible Israeli soldiers – one

of whom I was able to room with for three nights. Dorin had me captivated with her bubbly personality, enthralling interests and beautiful accent. We enjoyed finding similarities between us and explaining foreign concepts to one another. I had her flabbergasted at the concept of rushing a sorority in the SEC. I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed telling her about it, let alone being in one, compared to her service in the IDF. I was blown away by the intelligence, bravery and patriotism of the soldiers in our group in addition to their warm personalities. Even now, Dorin and I enjoy chatting from across the globe, and I was so proud to congratulate her on her last day of service last week. In addition to rafting down the Jordan River, climbing mount Masada at sunrise, floating in the Dead Sea, sleeping in a Bedouin tent, riding a camel (which, by the way, was awesome), visiting Mount Herzl, and experiencing three amazing holidays in Israel, toward the end of the trip I was able to have a second Bat Mitzvah in Jerusalem. My cousin Jenna and I felt so proud to represent our family, who gave us the foundation to love our religion and our heritage. That love was extended in that moment, and I was able to truly grasp what it means to be Jewish and how important it is to have a state for the Jewish people – a place where we can feel comfortable being exactly who we are. As our wonderful Israeli tour guide, Shira, sobbed at the

speeches made by my group and me, I realized just how lucky I was to be given this opportunity to visit this amazing country, make lasting special memories, and meeting people I will be able to call forever friends. To those reading this and not knowing whether to go on this trip, or send their children or encourage their grandchildren to go on this trip, it is important to note that I felt safe at all times. It is truly a remarkable experience that no Jewish person should pass up. We must aid in the education of my generation so that we can pass it on to the next! The opportunity to go to one of the most beautiful places in the world (for free!) must be embraced. Anyone who attends, will have one of the most amazing experiences that they will remember and appreciate forever. Birthright Israel is a program sponsored, in part, by the Jewish Federation of Collier County.

Campaign Chairs and Directors Mission to Paris and Israel, July 2016 – Part 2 Phyllis Seaman Federation Vice Chair

ay 2: Paris Going on The Jewish Federations of North America’s missions to Israel and other countries provides me the opportunity to bring back firsthand stories of the lives we touch and the needs we support every day around the world. This latest trip compelled me more than most. These are troubling times in Europe, and the Jewish communities in France are going through the toughest times since World War II. After our usual morning workshop we traveled to Sarcelles, a Paris suburb, where Jews and Muslims live in fragile coexistence. In the 1970s - ’90s, Sarcelles was the largest Jewish community in France. There, 15,000 Jews and 54 ethnic groups lived in a square kilometer area. The

200 original settlers to Sarcelles were from all over France. Today, most of the Jews have only been there for 50 years, coming from Algeria and Morocco. Most come penniless. They want their children to assimilate and to go to French schools, not religious schools. They have cut ties with their old homes. Daniel, who spoke with us, told us all his relatives left Algeria 50 years ago. His immediate family settled in Paris while the rest of the family settled in Israel. His wife’s grandfather was one of the original settlers in Sarcelles. We then took a walking tour of the main Jewish quarter of Sarcelles with a visit to the Grand Synagogue. The walking tour was quite an achievement, with 112 people guided by four of Federation’s fabulous security team. They are the best. The Jewish quarter, though really a mixed area, had modern apartment buildings and a couple of streets of shopping with all types of kosher restaurants, from pizza to Japanese. As we approached the Grand Synagogue, what stood out to me and touched me deeply was the large steel wall with a narrow doorway – not a gate –

which was the entry to the courtyard and synagogue. There is also a memorial to Rabbi Jonathan Sandler and the three children (two were his) killed in Toulouse in 2012. Rabbi Laurent Berros, the chief rabbi of Sarcelles, said that until the 2014 demonstrations, led by new Muslim immigrants, everyone lived in harmony. Rabbi Berros proudly told us about a recent group service with different ethnic groups. Each group sang a song from their home community. Jewish people from outlying communities come to Sarcelles for a better quality of Jewish life, but many are very poor and need assistance. The synagogue tries to assist. The synagogue is Orthodox, as in most of Europe. The seating surrounds the bimah so that the community – Sephardic, Ashkenazi,

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Moroccan and Algerian – may sit with their own community, but pray together as one. Sarcelles has boys and girls’ Jewish day schools. Both schools are upper schools with 10- to 18-year-olds. The boys’ school has 150 attendees, and the girls’ school has nearly 300. The last five years has seen a drop in attendees due to security and aliyah. The French government does not support the schools or security. Ten-year-olds ask, “Why do they hate us? I didn’t do anything.” The Paris Maimonides School is opening a Tel Aviv branch due to the rise in families making aliyah these last few years. Synagogues need seven or eight soldiers for security. Vandalism has increased. Jewish homes with Jewish names on mailboxes are the main targets. There are 10-12 million Muslims in France. They are insular, and watch Muslim television shows with radical stories and ideas. Six college students who benefit from programs we provide gave us insight into their lives and experiences with anti-Semitism. Iris is 17 years old and wants to go on a Masa Israel Journey for a pre-preparation army program. She received a $3,000 scholarship for an 8-month program and is waiting for an additional $7,000 scholarship. Her parents understand her commitment, but

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Julie Hartline, Donor Relations Coord. Stacy Hersha, Business Oper. Mgr. 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 • Educational & cultural programs • Israel Advocacy Committee • Israel Scouts • Jewish Book Festival • Jewish Community Relations Council • Jewish Russian-American Cultural Alliance • Men’s Cultural Alliance • Publication of the Federation Star, Connections and Community Directory • Strategic Planning • Women’s Cultural Alliance • Women’s Division • Youth Activities Committee – sponsoring youth education and scholarships for Jewish Summer Camp and the Israel Experience

ith each new generation, we lament the fact that they don’t seem to know basic facts and information, such as the current vice president or who won the Civil War. Anything beyond last week is ancient history to them, but there are many events in our collective past that are necessary and proper to remember. That is why the Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County holds a Kristallnacht Commemoration each year on the Sunday closest to the historical date of November 9,1938. On

that horrible night, the Nazi government prodded gangs of thugs to attack Jewish neighborhoods, businesses and synagogues across all of Germany. To put it in context, think of the riots in Ferguson, Baltimore and Milwaukee multiplied by a few hundred, all going on at the same time. Coincidentally, like the U.S. riots in response to a police shooting, the Kristallnacht riots were allegedly sparked by the murder of a German diplomat in Paris by a distraught Jewish man. When it was over, the government

blamed the Jews and fined them for the damages. This year the Commemoration will be held at Temple Shalom on Sunday, November 13 at 2:30 p.m. We encourage you to bring your children and grandchildren because in a few years it will be up to them to carry the torch of “Never Forget.” This free program will feature music and a multimedia presentation of firsthand accounts of the Night of Broken Glass, “Shattered and Broken.” RSVP to cjdialogue@naples.net.

MCA: Having fun and doing good By Jeff Margolis

ost community members as well as MCAers are familiar with the myriad of activities, programs and luncheons that are a large part of our organization’s programming. What many people are unaware of are the many philanthropic organizations that our members participate in. This month I would like to feature three of those organizations. In future months we will be highlighting other projects that members are involved in. Guardian ad litem The Collier and Lee counties’ juvenile court systems run this program. Volunteers advocate for abused, neglected and abandoned children. Participants must be fulltime residents of either Collier or Lee county. For more information, please contact Ira Kushnir at ikushnir11@gmail.com. Bikes For Tykes This program provides bicycles for underprivileged children. Volunteers repair and spruce up donated bikes. The organization donates over 500 bicycles a year. For more information, visit www. bikesfortykes.org. If you wish to participate, please contact Don Belmont at djbelmont@gmail.com. Take Stock in Children This program seeks volunteers to mentor students from low-income families at Immokalee Middle School and High School. Participants do not have to be fulltime residents. The commitment is about one hour per week. To obtain more

information about this program, please contact Dick Rothwell at 513.739.7473 or rfrothwell10@gmail.com. Upcoming events MCA will hold its Welcome Back luncheon on Thursday, November 10 at 11:30 a.m. at the Olde Cypress Country Club. Our featured speaker will be Dr. Peter Bergersen, professor of political science at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Bergersen will analyze and discuss the results of the presidential election. Plan to join fellow members for what should be a very energized program. The cost of the luncheon is $28. For reservations, please contact Meir Kehila at mkelila@aol.com. Send checks, payable to JFCC/MCA, to 4751 West Bay Blvd., #804, Estero, FL 33928. The monthly speaker series will kick off the season on Wednesday, November 16 with a presentation by MCA member Jeff Margolis. “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” examines racism and

anti-Semitism at the Olympics. For reservations, contact Wayne Kargher at w8jkargher@aol.com. Film aficionado Steve Brazina returns this season with his MCA/WCA Documentary Film group. Steve has arranged for the showing of five excellent films this season. The first, Carvalho’s Journey, relates the story of noted photographer and artist Solomon Nunes Carvalho. This event will take place on Thursday, December 1. For reservations, please email docfilmsnaples@ gmail.com. Please note that the new MCA Program Guides were mailed to all members in good standing on September 1. If you are new to Collier County and would like to become a member of MCA, please complete the membership form on page 6 of this issue. Best wishes to all of our members and their families for a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Cardozo Legal Society

For years, the Federation’s Cardozo Legal Society has offered attorneys and judges an opportunity to get involved with the Jewish community of Southwest Florida while creating longlasting relationships with colleagues. The Society has offered a great variety of social, religious and networking programs, including speakers, lunches and other amazing events. The Society is named after distinguished Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo. For more information, contact Joshua M. Bialek, Attorney, Chair of Cardozo Legal Society, at 239.593.2962 or jbialek@porterwright.com.

CATHOLIC-JEWISH DIALOGUE OF COLLIER COUNTY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE 2016-2017 SEASON Theme: Building Bridges Sunday, November 13 (2:30 P.M.) 78th Anniversary of Kristallnacht Commemorative Service. Kristallnacht is recognized by most historians as “The Night The Holocaust Began”. Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine Ridge Rd., Naples, FL 34119 Sunday, December 4 (2:00 P.M.) Walking God’s Paths Part 3, “Common Texts, Different Scriptures” film and discussion. Part three of a series of six short videos designed to discuss the differences and commonalities of Christian and Jewish religions. Commentary by a rabbi and priest following the film, dialogue discussion and refreshments. Beth Tikvah, 1459 Pine Ridge Rd, Naples, FL 34105 Sunday, December 4 (6:00 P.M.) Catholic and Jewish Teen Program. Catholic and Jewish teens will meet and greet one another in an interfaith program. St. Agnes Catholic Church, Ministry Hall, 7775 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Naples, FL 34120 Friday, January 6 (8:00 pm) Interfaith Weekend, an opportunity to witness the worship services of both religions. Rabbi Mark Gross invites Catholics to the Friday evening Shabbat service. Jewish Congregation of Marco Island, 991 Winterberry Dr., Marco Island, FL 34145 Friday, January 6 (7:30 pm) Rabbi Adam Miller invites Catholics to the Friday evening Shabbat service. Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine Ridge Rd., Naples, FL 34119 Sunday, January 8 (5:00 pm) Fr. Tim Navin invites Jews to the Sunday evening Mass. San Marco Catholic Church, 851 San Marco Rd, Marco Island, FL 34145 Please see other side

Sunday, January 8 (5:00 pm) Fr. Bob Kantor invites Jews to the Sunday evening Mass. St. Agnes Catholic Church, 7775 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Naples, FL 34120 Sunday, February 12 (4:00 P.M.) Joe’s Violin; film and discussion This short documentary tells the story of a blossoming friendship between a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor and a Bronx 14-year-old schoolgirl, brought together by a violin that he acquired at a displaced person’s camp in postwar Germany. St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Ballroom, 625 111th Ave. N. Naples, FL 34108 Sunday, March 5 (1:30 P.M.) Dr. William Madges – Presentation and discussion. Dr. Madges has been a co-director of a multimedia traveling exhibit, A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People. St. Ann Jubilee Center, 525 9th Avenue South, Naples, FL 34102 Sunday, April 30 (2:00 P.M.) Walking God’s Paths Part 4, “Season of Freedom, Season of Rebirth” film and discussion. Part four of a series of six short videos designed to discuss the differences and commonalities of Christian and Jewish religions. Commentary by a rabbi and priest following the film, dialogue discussion and refreshments. St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Claussen Center, 625 111th Ave. N. Naples, FL, 34108 For all events, please RSVP to: cjdialogue@naples.net or call (239) 263-4205. • jewishnaples.org/get-involved/cjd Free admission to all events. Donations payable to JFCC are always welcomed. The purpose of the Catholic-Jewish Dialogue is to engage Jews and Catholics in understanding their past history and advancing the cause of mutual understanding and appreciation of their differences, as well as their commonalities.

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A sneak preview of the WCA 2016-17 Season – Part 2 By Susan Pittelman, WCA Publicity Director, and Elaine Soffer, WCA President

scripts with the goal of a public performance. To keep our minds and bodies at their very best, The Blue Zone and You, a 3-session mini-course, is being offered. And to encourage members to enjoy the beautiful year-round weather in Southwest Florida, Pickleball and Walking groups have been added. In addition to all of these programs, WCA North and WCA South are offering a myriad of programs open to all WCA members. We are very excited that this year WCA will be sponsoring two programs for the upcoming Collier County Jewish Book Festival. On January 11 we will be the sponsor of the fiction event, which will feature two well-known and talented fiction authors – Alyson Richman, author of The Velvet Hours, and Ronald Balson, author of Karolina’s Twins. The fiction program that WCA sponsored last year PAWS volunteers with two service dogs, following a presentation was one of the highlights of the to WCA members about the non-profit organization book festival, and this year’s promises to be just as exciting! On January 19, Rabbi Harold Kushner will be returning to Naples to speak about naples resident 30 years his newest book, Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned about Life. WCA is honored to be a sponsor of this program. Be sure to mark your calendars for both programs. You won’t want to miss them. By now WCA members should have received the 2016-2017 Program Guide. Take the time to look through it and register for any of the programs you want to attend. Registration for WCA programs and interest groups is very easy. Simply request to be added to the interest group or program by sending an email to the contact person listed. r e a lto r Even if you participated in a program or interest group last year, you need to register again this year. You will see that 239.293.7802 there is a place in the Program Guide helayne.frankel@sothebysrealty.com

CA programming for this coming season is going to be the best ever! Last month you got a sneak preview of what has been planned for the WCA Speaker Series and where our “WCA Culture Bus” will be taking us. We have already received great feedback regarding the activities in these two signature areas of WCA programming! And they are only a part of our overall programming for this coming year. WCA President Elaine Soffer has been working with new Program Director Patti Boochever to oversee the wide scope of the program offerings for the upcoming season. Maintaining a high level of programs of interest to WCA members is always an exciting challenge. We strive to offer a wide variety of programs that provide our membership with numerous opportunities to continue their lifelong learning within a warm and caring community of intelligent, inquisitive and talented women. Each year, a number of programs return by popular demand. This includes, among many others, Duplicate Bridge, Mah Jongg, The New Yorker, Foreign

Films, book groups, Couples Group, “Foodies” group and Birdwatching. This season, there are also some wonderful new WCA programs. Exploring your Life’s Journey through Memoir Writing, for example, has been added at the request of members. A newly formed Readers Theater group will rehearse

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to list any events that you have signed up for – this is an easy way for you to keep track of them. Throughout the year, new events and activities, as well as information about each of the programs in the Speaker Series, will be announced in the weekly WCA eblast. Be sure to read it! Of course, one of the highlights of the WCA year is the Welcome Back Luncheon that kicks off the season. This popular event, which will be held on Thursday, November 10, is always a sell-out. Cory Kahaney, an awardwinning stand-up comic, is the featured entertainment. Cory has appeared on many popular television shows, including The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late, late Show with Craig Ferguson, The View, Comedy Central and many episodes of Politically Correct with Bill Maher. If you are a WCA member, you should have received both your luncheon invitation and the Program Guide in mid-September. If you are not a WCA member, hurry up and join! See the membership form below or go to www. womensculturalalliance.com. We look forward to welcoming both first-time and longtime WCA members to all of these wonderful WCA programs.

Women’s Cultural Alliance: 1,300 members strong and growing!

Women’s Cultural Alliance Membership Form Our Membership year runs from September 1 to August 31. Dues for members who join after March 1st will cover the next season.

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name badge be issued to you at no charge for if youthe are ayear; NEW member. (USwill Funds only, Minimum includes $36 donation to the JFCC.) Membership dues:AI want $70 a replacement name badge: Yes ☐ No ☐ Fee: $8. If you checked yes, submit a total fee is $78. name as you want it to appear on theto namethe badgeFederation in the amount of I am also includingPrint a voluntary donation ____I would like to volunteer for WCA by Chairing or Co-Chairing a program. ____I would like to be a speaker or lead a workshop on these topics: If checked, list topic(s)_______________________ Mail with this SIGNED form (with your check, or credit card number) to:or authorized Total enclosed ____I would like to volunteer in some capacity, but I am not yet sure what. MCA/ Jewish Federation of Collier County Rd, Ste. 2201 Please sign Event Participation Waiver: As a participant in a WCA event, I, acting for myself, my executors, Please make your check payable to JFCC/MCA by Vanderbilt check.Beach ☐ I will be paying 2500 Naples, FL 34109 administrators, heirs, next of kin agree as follows: I waive all rights, claims, courses of action, of any kind whatsoever that

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I or my heirs or my legal representatives may claim to have against The Jewish Federation of Collier County, The Women’s Cultural Alliance, or their agents, servants, and/or employees, for any loss, injury, or damage sustained by me while participating in a WCA event. This waiver and release shall be construed broadly, under the laws of the State of Florida. Your membership payment is your permission for Women’s Cultural Alliance to take and use photographs/videos for appropriate purposes in accordance with WCA’s mission

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Please mail this form (with the signed waiver) and your check or credit card number to:A name badge will be issued to you Jewish Federation of Collier County, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd. #2201, Naples FL 34109. I want a replacement name badge:

at no charge if you are a NEW member. Yes ☐ No ☐ Fee: $8. If you checked yes, submit a total f Signature Date Print If you prefer, you may complete this form online at www.WomensCulturalAlliance.com and then print name off the as you want it to appear on the name badge

form, sign the waiver, and mail it to the Jewish Federation (at the above address) with your payment.

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IAC announces season’s events By Jeff Margolis

he Israel Advocacy Committee of the Jewish Federation of Collier County is pleased to announce its program lineup for the upcoming season. The season will feature a special film event, the presentation of Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Diﬀerence. The program will be held at Beth Ti kvah on Sunday, January 8 at 7:00 p.m. The cost for this event is $10. Please remit payments to the Jewish Federation of Collier County, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Suite 2201, Naples, FL 34109, attention Renee’. Tickets will be $15 at the door. The season will also include two excellent and thought-provoking speakers. On Wednesday evening, December 7, d Dr. Mitchell Bard will speak at Chabad o Naples as part of a joint IAC and ZOA , program. Dr. Bard is the co-chair of the s Task Force on BDS and Delegitimizas tion for the Global Forum in Combatd ting Anti-Semitism. Tickets for this o event are $22 in advance and $25 at the door. Please make checks payable to f ZOASWFL and send to 4003 Upolo Lane, Naples, FL 34119. . Dr. Zuhdi Jasser will be speaking to d

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the community on Wednesday, February 22 at Temple Shalom. Dr. Jasser is President of the Muslim American Forum for Democracy. Tickets for this event are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. There will also be a luncheon reception with Dr. Jasser that day at 11:30 a.m. The luncheon is $100. Seating is limited for this event. Please remit payments to JFCC, attention Renee’. Save the date of Sunday, April 2 for Israel Fest at Fleischmann Park. More information on all of IAC’s events can be found at https://jewish naples.org/major-events/iac-israeladvocacy-committee. The members of the Israel Advocacy Committee of the Jewish Federation of Collier County would like to wish the entire community a Shanah Tovah, and hope for peace in Israel and throughout the world. If you would like to make a New Year’s resolution to get more involved in the community, please consider joining the Israel Advocacy Committee. For more information, email Dr. Ed Ezrine, committee chair, at docfinance2004@ yahoo.com.

Israel Advocacy Committee of the Jewish Federation of Collier County invites you to

By Andy Singer, Chair

he Jewish Federation of Collier County’s Jewish Professionals Group is a great way to make an important connection. Being involved in a Jewish professional organization can help you in many areas of your life. Not only can there be excellent networking opportunities, you may find new business associates, business mentors, friends, spiritual support or even dating opportunities. Below are upcoming events that I hope you can attend. RSVP in a timely manner as there is limited space. I look forward to meeting each of you. Sunday, November 13 Please join us for lunch from noon to 2:00 p.m. at Senor Tequila’s (13040 Livingston Road, Suite 1). We have a private room which is limited to 28 people. After lunch, we will head over to Temple Shalom (4630 Pine Ridge Rd.) for the Kristallnacht Commemoration program that starts at 2:30 p.m. RSVP by November 7 to andy.singer@ singerexecutivedevelopment.com for the lunch, which is Dutch treat. If you can’t attend lunch, we hope to see you at Temple Shalom. Thursday, December 8 The Jewish Professionals will meet at 5:00 p.m. at Bokamper’s Sports Bar &

Grill (8990 Fontana Del Sol Way) for Dutch treat. We have a private room which is limited to 40 people. At 6:30 p.m., we will head over to the Naples Italian American Foundation (7035 Airport Pulling Rd. N.) for the WWII film My Italian Secret, which screens at 7:00 p.m. The film is free with a suggested donation made to the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida. Separate reservations are necessary as follows: For dinner, RSVP by December 5 to andy.singer@ singerexecutivedevelopment.com. For the film, RSVP to GenShoahswfl@ icloud.com. Monday, December 19 The Jewish Professionals are invited to attend my free seminar on time management. You won’t want to miss this 45-minute version of my “Master of Time” time-management training. How do we learn to be more efficient and productive so we can get everything accomplished? Come to the Jewish Federation of Collier County at 6:00 p.m. Appetizers from Café Luna will be served. Remit payment of $10 by December 14 to Renee’ at the JFCC, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Ste. 2201, Naples, FL 34109.

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78 Anniversary of Kristallnacht “The Night of Broken Glass” Sunday, November 13 2:30 PM Temple Shalom 4630 Pine Ridge Rd., Naples Everyone is invited. Free admission. RSVP to cjdialogue@naples.net

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number of organizations have as their priority supporting the most vulnerable people in our community – children, the aged, and those suffering humanitarian emergencies. Other groups seek to keep Israel safe, strong and prosperous. Still others support Jewish practices and perspectives that enrich our lives and draw us closer to family, friends and community. Finally, some promote advocacy to ensure that our voices are a prominent force in policy decisions. But only the Jewish Federation of Collier County includes all of these priorities in its work as an important force in our community – creating, building, supporting and strengthening much needed groups here and elsewhere. Here is only a partial list of those organiza-

tions and programs supported by Jewish Federation dollars last year: BBYO Naples, Catholic-Jewish Dialogue, Beth Tikvah Youth Education, JFCS of Southwest Florida, World Union for Progressive Judaism - HaTikvah Preschool in Ukraine, Temple Shalom Preschool and Religious School, Women’s Cultural Alliance, Naples Jewish Congregation Scholarin-Residence, Evy Lipp People of the Book Event, Jewish War Veterans, Jewish Congregation of Marco Island, Hillel at FGCU, Chabad of Naples, Holocaust Museum & Education Center of SWFL, Jewish Book Festival, two Jewish Film Festivals, Jewish Community Relations Council, Men’s Cultural Alliance, Birthright Israel, World ORT, Camp Scholarships and much more. A longer and more complete list of where your Federation dollars go can be found elsewhere in this issue of the Federation Star, which is also supported by Federation. Note that the list is long, as are the needs, which continue to grow. We need your gift now to continue to meet those needs.

Jewish Community Festival of Learning (JCFL) By Betty Schwartz, Co-chair

ver the last few issues of the Federation Star, the JCFL committee has been providing general information about this event which will be held on Sunday, March 19 at Temple Shalom. Going forward, we will give you a more in-depth preview of some of the scheduled presentations. Since the 2016 Summer Olympics just concluded, it seems appropriate to remember past Olympic Games of note. Dr. Paul Bartop will be making a presentation about the 1936 Olympic Games, aka “The Nazi Olympics,” as well as speaking about the Munich Olympics of 1972. Most people think of Jesse Owens when they think of the 1936 Summer Olympics. His accomplishments were remarkable and certainly proved the Nazis wrong about Aryan superiority. However, Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalf replaced two Jewish runners, Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller. Their names should be remembered. There were other Jewish athletes at the 1936 games who won medals. We

will hear their stories. The Munich Massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games was a terrorist attack perpetrated by eight Palestinians representing a branch of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team died. Recently, additional information about this incident has come to light. Dr. Bartrop is an internationally recognized scholar of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He is the author of many books, and is currently editing a new encyclopedia of the Holocaust. He is a Professor of History and the Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. We are fortunate to have Dr. Bartrop as a presenter at the first annual JCFL to share his knowledge with us. For more information, visit https:// jewishnaples.org/major-events/jcfl, or contact the co-chairs of this event, Betty Schwartz (bettyofnaples@gmail. com) and Ida Margolis (info4JCFL@ gmail.com).

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are worried. Iris lives in Sarcelles. Her grandparents were born in Egypt. She h is a second-generation Parisian. While we were there, Federation announced h she would be getting her scholarship. That was such a touching moment to , experience her joy and surprise. Hannah, a graduate student, no longer can wear her Jewish star (Magen David) necklace for fear of attacks. Her

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Hannah , school acquaintances say that Jews and Israelis are terrorists. She feels BDS is o a major problem. Sarah is a student at the Sorbonne and would like to work in public relations or the diplomatic corps. She has gone on a year-long Masa Israel Journey and worked with Israel security. She is now working at the Israeli Embassy in Paris. Sarah would like to make aliyah to Israel, more out of desire than fear. 2 Another young woman is going to -Georgetown as a business law major. sShe feels many of the problems with ethe Muslim community stem from the educational and financial differences. .Her parents came to Paris as young tchildren from Morocco. She has already connected with a synagogue in Washyington, D.C. Her father is a doctor and her mother does volunteer fundraising ffor Jewish causes in France. a Jessica, told us her family was emaking aliyah the following week, and

many of their relatives are in Israel. Her parents told her not to hide her Jewish heritage, but to be careful when speaking. She attends college in England. The family lives in a good area of Paris, but she doesn’t feel safe anymore. She is upset with the French government, putting the younger Muslims into better apartments and housing that they don’t respect and take care of. Axel is 19 and attended boarding school in Israel last year. He is supposed to leave for Israel in a few months and join the army. His parents are very nervous about his decision. I came away feeling so touched in so many ways by these young people. They are brave, confident and so selfassured. I certainly wasn’t at that age. It’s a different world and I feel they will be successful in whatever they do. This was only part of Day 2. I hope I have given you some firsthand insight into what is happening in the Jewish community in Paris. Your campaign dollars help provide programs with our partner agencies, the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI). We are helping support Jewish communities in the other cities of France that are experiencing anti-Semitism and deadly attacks – Lyon, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Marseille. For the New Year, please consider your gift to the Federation Campaign. The needs are great and your support makes a tremendous difference. Wherever in the world we travel with Federation, the people can’t thank us and our communities enough for the support they get both financially and emotionally. Your gift matters. If you have already made your gift to the 2016 Campaign, THANK YOU! Shanah Tovah and peace for 5777. Stay tuned for more on my trip to Paris and Israel, and the Lion of Judah Conference in New York City.

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tart Rosh Hashanah with the Jewish Russian Cultural Alliance and continue getting together , through the upcoming season. We are . starting the second year of our group @ and will continue to have fun and make new friends. We also look forward to getting better acquainted with everyone in the group. Our members are Jews from the territories of the former Soviet Union. Having left the USSR in the 1950s or later, many group members had a very difficult and winding road to Collier County. They lived in Israel, Europe, Canada and other areas of the United States before choosing Naples and its surrounding area as their current home. Some JRCA members were children when they left the USSR and remember little. Some left later in life and remember a lot. They have a variety of experiences to unify them, and are happy to reside in Southwest Florida. Other members are relocating directly from post-Soviet era countries of the former USSR, retiring to our wonderful climate. They are very happy to find themselves among other Russian

speakers. The group currently has about 80 people and is growing larger. Four events are planned for this season at the David G. Willens Community Room at the Federation: October 2, December 25, March 5, May 7. All events are on Sundays from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. If you speak Russian, want to meet a Russian, or are just curious in general, we welcome you to join in. Be prepared for noise, since speaking loud and at the same time are part of our cultural heritage. Our first event, on October 2, is a pre-Rosh Hashanah wine-and-cheese social. Pre-registration is required. There is a $5 cover charge at the door. There will be a short presentation in Russian. Many members speak English well and are more than willing to translate. Come join us. To RSVP for this event or for more information about the group, please email JRCAGroup@gmail.com or call Emilia Libers at 678.428.3968. Please help us spread the word. Tell your Jewish neighbors from the former USSR that we are waiting for them to be “found.”

High Holiday services and events will take place on the following dates: Erev Rosh Hashanah: Oct. 2 Rosh Hashanah: Oct. 3-4 Yom Kippur Eve: Oct. 11 Yom Kippur: Oct. 12

Please contact the area’s temples for their specific schedules and more information.

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Campaign 2016 Jewish Federation of Collier County Donor Appreciation List Below is an alphabetical listing of the people who have thus far made commitments to Campaign 2016. A new list with recent donors will be published each month. Thanks to each of you, we are able to enhance and enrich the quality of Jewish life by recognizing and supporting the charitable, educational, humanitarian and social service needs of the Jewish community locally, nationally, overseas and in the State of Israel. Thank you for your generous commitment to our community!

Phyllis Aaron Sally Aaron Bonnie and Peter Abeles Faye and Larry Abels Cheryl and Murray Abrams Phyllis and Hy Ackerman Harriet Adelstein Tricia Adkins Doris Adler Judith and Fred Adler Susan Adler Doris and Alan Adlestein Carolyn Agress Barbara and Hymie Akst Martha and Ben Alalouf Carol and Ronald Alderman Bella and Burton Altura Judith and Edward Anchel Sheryl and George Annes Marlene and Nate Apkon Carol and Les Appel Nancy and Robert Armocida Debra Antzis and Chad Atkins Hedy and Albert Aurecchia Mimi and Richard Azreal Cantor Donna Mashadi and Zadok Azu Beverly and Leonard Baker Arlene and Joel Banow Barry Barber Ruth and Martin Barber Judy Liff and Jo Barker Barbara and John Barlas Julie Barocas Phyllis Barolsky Jane and Arnold Baron Melanie and Chuck Barry Sue and Harold Baum Gersha Bayer Gail and Jack Baylin Joan and Harv Becker Claire and Robert Beckler Nancy and Lawrence Bell Elaine and Alan Bello Susan Bellows Judy and Bruce Bendoff Myra and William Benedikt Judith Bergen Carol F. Berger Mardelle and Bennett Berman Minda and Michael Bernberg Harriet and Louis Berneman Nancy Bernstein Robin Bernstein Robin and Joseph Bernstein Karen and Brad Bersh Goldie and Louis Bertone Paula and Stuart Biegel Paula and Michael Blachman Joanne and Roger Blau Beverly and Andrew Blazar Janet W. Bloom Bea Bluestein Margery and Michael Bluestein Barbara Blumenfeld Joyce and Robert Blumenthal Arlene and Burt Blustein Bonnie Bodin Laurie and Roberto Bollt Maria Bollt Jill and Edward Bolner Eleanor Bonder Bette Bonne’ Sonia Boodman Susan and Arthur Bookbinder

Betsy Borden Caren and Nat Bosk Valerie Braun Elizabeth and Richard Brenner Maxine and Harvey Brenner Susan and Eugene Briskman Enid and Eugene Bronstein Pearl Brostoff Diane Solomon and Stuart Brown Joyce and Barry Brown Lori and Frederick Brown Peggy and Kenneth Brown Sybil Brown Melvin Bubrick Erica and James Buchweitz Diane and Pete Burke Joanne Burton Robert Cahners Norma Carl Linda and Dan Carp Judith and Jerome Carr Brian Cassell Elaine Chase Linda and Paul Chase Flo Chelm Ellen and Larry Chernikoff Aviva and Rabbi Ammos Chorny Rosemary Christie Roslyn and David Citrin Carol and Michael Clarke Adele and Mark Cohen Barbara and Edward Cohen Diane and Martin Cohen Georgette and Raphael Cohen Janet and Stephen Cohen Katie and Harvey Cohen Lois and Lawrence Cohen Lois and Philip Cohen Marilyn and Larry Cohen Nancy and Ronald Cohen Karen and Martin Cohn Mark Cohn Miriam and Burton Cohn Mark Coleman Stephen D. Coleman Nancy and Ed Colodny Lynn and Ellis Cook Alan Cooper Jeanne Copeland Becky Cornacchia Marcy and Ira Cotton Paula and Ronald Creed Myra and Peter Cristall Barbara Ann and Leonard Cutler Marilyn and Philip Dano Marcia and David Danoff Susan and Alan Daroff Fern Davis Susan and Phil Dean Celia Deifik David Dembo Johnna Dettis Karen and Stanley Deutsch Cissy and Harvey Dezen Sandy and Sid Diamond Corinne Ditkof Marilyn Dolid Meredith Dondero Steve Earl Bobbi Ehrlich Kathy and Ron Emanuel Richard Endlar Geraldine Feldman and David Epstein Eileen and Bill Ertag

Joan and Azariah Eshkenazi Kella and Bill Ettinger Sandra and Gary Faber Reesa and Michael Faeder Jaclynn Faffer Judy and Ray Fant Mignon and Stanley Farb Cheryl and Mark Feinberg Florence Feinson Kathy and Eric Feinstein Susan and Jeffrey Feld Leslie and Ed Feldman Michael Feldman Sue and Rich Feldman Audrey Fenton Carolyn and Sidney Ferder Paula and Ronald Filler Eileen and Samuel Finkelstein Marlene and Arnan Finkelstein Jan and Steve Fischer Liz and Harry Fischman Cheryl and Barry Fisher Eloyse and David Fisher Rischa and Harry Fishman Linda and Michael Fiterman Barbara and Gerald Flagel Jennifer and Marc Fleischer Madeline and Norman Foster Christine Frank Helayne and Craig Frankel Judy and Barry Freedman Anita and Phil Freeman Diane and Louis Freeman Susan and Yale Freeman Jane and Lester Friedberg Carol and Cliff Friedman Carol and Stephen Friedman Mary Ann and Mel Friedman Myra and Mort Friedman Olga and Boruch Frusztajer Ellen and Richard Gabriel Susan and Bob Garelick Nancy and Darryl Garfinkel Phyllis and Philip Garon Peggy and John Garson Donna and Emory Geller Richard Gerstein Heidi and Howard Gilbert Janet Gladstein Eta Gluzband Jeri Hall and Ted Goldberg Donna and Richard Goldblatt Barbara and Gene Goldenziel Cindi and Harold Goldfine Carol and Bill Goldman Frances and Allan Goldman Susie and Ron Goldsmith Lenora and Bernie Goldstein Marsha and Michael Goldstein Melissa Chalfin and Ramon Gonzalez Jill Goode Suzanne and Jonathan Gopman Ellen and Michael Gordon Helene and Alan Gordon Sharon and Burton Gordon Stephanie and Sandy Gradinger Jane Schiff and Lon Gratz Betsy and Michael Green Debi and Michael Greenberg Marcia and Paul Greenberg Carole Greene Diane and Neil Greene Heather and Jonathan Greenfield Freya Greenspahn

Lenore Greenstein Sondra and Thomas Greer Carol and Rabbi Mark Gross Ellen and Ronnie Gross Margaret and Lawrence Grossgold Ellen and Robert Gurnitz Debbie and Scott Gutterson Susan and Joe Hammerman Sheila and Lester Handler Sharyn and Lawrence Harris Paula Brody and Merrill Hassenfeld Karen and Lawrence Hausman Sandra and Stephen Hechler Evelyn and Larry Hecht Suzanne and Herbert Herman Janet and Martin Herring Judith and Robert Hershenhorn Rosalind and Morris Herstein Stephanie and Neil Heuer Sylvia and Ralph Heyman Carol and Burton Hirsch Evelyn Hochberg Jeanne and James Hochman Harriet and Ted Hollander Joan and Martin Holzinger Susan and Michael Horovitz Susan and Michael Horowitz Sheldra and Lawrence Horwitz Muriel Hurwich Dana and Lonnie Hurwitz Linda and Larry Hyde Rosie and Chuck Hyman Lynda and Donald Insul Fredda and David Isaacson Jo Isaacson Alice and Art Isenberg Nina and Stephen Iser Hari and Jack Jacobsen Rosalyn and Howard Jacobson Liz and Alan Jaffe Lois and Richard Janger Ruth and Philip Jason Rona Javitch Ginny and Herbert Jermanok Rabbi Earl Jordan Miriam Kaemen Florette Kahn Nancy and Jeffrey Kahn Nancy Kalishman Merrylee and Joseph Kandel Ruth Kanter Janet and Stanley Kantor Eloyse and Elliot Kaplan Nancy Kaplan Susan and Hyman Kaplan Chris and Paul Kardon Judith and Wayne Kargher Esie and George Karpman Nancy and Gary Kass Barbara and Morris Katz Bobbie and Gene Katz Gloria Katz Lisa and Dale Katz Roslyn and Albert Katz Judith and Jack Kaufman Vivian and Rabbi Foster Kawaler Jay and Stuart Kaye Shelley and Sheldon Kaye William G. Kaye Melissa and Harry Keel Rita and Bob Kessel Joan and Joel Kessler Anne and Peter Klein Lin and Ron Klein

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October 2016 Federation Star

Campaign 2016 Jewish Federation of Collier County Donor Appreciation List Natalie and Marvin Klein Linda and Louis Klein Jr. Terri and Stuart Kline Frances and Judson Knox Adrea and Charles Kofman Rebecca and Tyler Korn Simonne and Alexander Kott Shirley and Henry Kraus Helene and Judge Norman Krivosha Ruthi and Irwin Kroskin June and Steve Kruger Jodi and Ryan Kuhl Gracia Kuller Marilyn and Bernard Kunitz Bob Kutner Diane La Penna Carol and Marvin Lader Heidi Thorner and Gary Layton Phyllis Lazear Bonnie and Richard Lechtner Ruth and Burton Leibert Bettye and Jerry Leibowitz Rhoda and Ted Lempert Wallie and Gary Lenchner Elaine D Lerner Larry Levey Anna and Yale Levin Arlene and Sander Levin Delores and Sheldon Levin Linda and Larry Levin Myrna and Stephen Levin Linda and David Levine Diane and Robert Levy Godfrey Levy Pat and Abe Levy Irv Lewis Flo and Roger Lipitz Suzanne and David Lipman Teri Kampmeyer and Stan Lipp Dorothy Lipschultz Evelyn Lissauer Jack Lite Arlene and Mark Litow Ilana and Bernard Loewenthal Bobbie and Bernie Lublin Kat Luchene Marlene and Edwin Lyons Gail and Steve Machov Dottie Magen Paula and Robert Maisel Frances Kline and Mark Malone Nancy Brown and William Maltby Bea Margolis Harriet and Sheldon Margolis Ida and Jeff Margolis Marci and Howard Margolis Lorel Martens Toby and Robert Maxmen Lorie Mayer Eileen and Bob McNeill Judy and Art Mehlman Ann and Burton Meisner Helene and Gerald Melnick Jacqueline and Michael Mendelsohn Nancy and Terry Meyer Ronald Michelin Jennifer Siegal and Rabbi Adam Miller Linda and Stuart Miller Lynn and Robert Miller Marilyn and Malcolm Miller Jack Millstein Deborah Minnick Eli Montague Elaine and Jay Moorin Jean E. Morrison Ellen Katz and Milton Moses Karen and Neil Moss Kathy Schneiderman and Martin Moss Neil Moss Bobbie and Jack Myers Micki and Mort Naiman Gail and Alexander Nash Cynthia and Stuart Nayer Bobbie and Richard Nemerson Jerry Nepon Marciadee and Herb Newman

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Martin Nicolau Gail and Les Nizin Vickie and Truly Nolen Jack Nortman Frances and Robert Nossen Jack Nothmann Arlene Tannenbaum and Jim Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leary Nancy and Charles Olender Cheryl and Arthur Orlick Samuel Oshry Barbara and Steve Ostrolenk Marjorie and Charles Ostrov Judi Palay Nanda and Joel Pearlman Jeanne and Melvin Pelletz Freddie and Alan Peltz Bonnie and Richard Perlman Jane and Rabbi James Perman Glenn Perrin Judith and Charles Picus Aileen and Michael Pierce Stanton Pikus Susan and Joel Pittelman Grace and Richard Plager Carol and Dick Polinsky Rochelle Pollens Irene and Donald Pomerantz Henny Porter Karen and Curt Posner Debbie Laites and Ben Post Beth-Ellen and Irv Povlow Estelle and Stuart Price Judit and Richard Price Isabel B Price Kate and Ilya Prizel Lynn and Richard Prosten Susan and Jack Rabin Sandy and Jeffrey Randall Lourene Rapport John Reisman Marcelle Reiss Alice and Jerry Richter Sandy Rick Mae and Judge Mort Riefberg Dena and Gerald Robbins Donna J. Robbins Lorraine and Norman Rocklin Naida and Michael Rodman Tova and Basil Roman Selma Rosen Toni and Michael Rosen Wilma and Sidney Rosen Linda and Kim Rosenberg Harvey Rosenthal Gloria and Lyle Rosenzweig Paul Rosofsky Carolyn and Tracey Roth Natalie and Burton Roth Sandra and Fredric Roth Sandra and Ronald Roth Geri and Dick Rothwell Luba and Alberto Rotsztain Midge and Stephen Rozen JoEllen and Leonard Rubenstein Anne and Mark Rubin Barbara and Lionel Rubin Norma and Martin Rubin Joan Rudick Judy and Stanley Ruskin Adrienne and Miles Russ Rena and David Rutstein Mary Sabel Karen and Edward Saeks Denise and Jack Samuel Eva and Barry Sands Sandra and Charles Sanfilippo Joan and Marc Saperstein Rita Bernstein and Mort Sapkin Bette and Arnold Saslavsky Jamie and Stephen Satz Nancy and Steven Schachtman Judy and Mark Schaengold Lorraine and Mark Schapiro Eleanor and Neil Scheffler Linda and Shepard Scheinberg Janet Scher

Sedra and Alan Schiffman Lois and Jay Schiller Roslyn Schneider Diane and Harvey Scholnick Elaine and Rudy Schott Susan Schreiberg Deborah and Stephen Schreier Stephanie and Robert Schriber Anne and Larry Schuchman Arlene and Elliot Schwartz Betty and Les Schwartz Elaine and Ira Schwartz Jane Schwartz Denise and Robert Schwartzman Harriet and Stuart Schweitzer Phyllis and Michael Seaman Bernie Seidman Estelle and Jacob Shammask Anita and Richard Shapiro Arlene and Donald Shapiro Sandra and Norman Shapiro Caroline and Jonathan Shaw Sorley Sheinberg Debbie and Howard Sherman Sylvia and Elliott Sherman Harrilee and Kenneth Shevin Fay and Alfred Shubinsky Iris Shur Tobyanne and Arnold Sidman Anita and Michael Siegal Gay and David Silberg Winnie and Marvin Silberman Debra and Michael Silow Cathy and Scott Silver Carol and Eugene Simon Linda and Marc Simon Andy Singer Elizabeth and Mark Singer Robin and Dan Singer Daryl and David Sissman Barbara and Jerry Sitner Abbie and Paul Sladick Nancy and Paul Slater Miriam Slavich Annette Smith Deborah and Peter Smith Irene Smith Linda and Stephen Smith Marcy and Jerry Sobelman Arlene and Michael Sobol Elaine Soffer Joann and Eugene Sohn Susie and Richard Sokolik Susan and Richard Sokolov Zelda and Howard Solomon Janet and Howard Solot Judi and Dan Spintman Benita and Charles Staadecker Elizabeth and Stanley Star Esther and Howard Starkman Elizabeth and Sheldon Starman Diana and Carl Steinhouse Sandra Stone Jerome Strauss June Streisand Phyllis and Stephen Strome Sue Ann and Harvey Sturm Barbara and Stephen Suden Nan and Michael Suffian Donna and Harry Sulzer Linda and Ken Sumner Patricia and Marshall Sutker Ann and Michael Swartz Sondra Sweet Roberta and Donald Tannenbaum Sylvia and Michael Taub Joan and Bert Thompson Maureen and Lawrence Tomchin Andrew Tretter Margot and Marshall Tutun Gail and Melvin Ufberg Louise and William Warshauer Stuart Warshauer Julie and Daniel Wasserman Leslie and Mark Wasserman Tikva and Louis Wasserman

Lilo Waxman Ruth Halperin and David Weil Frada and Frank Weinberg Helene and Ira Weinberg Ann and David Weiner Elinore Weinhaus Marilyn Weinstein Sue and Jay Weintraub Trudy and Stephen Weisberg Deborah and Stephen Weiss Helene and Major General Bernard Weiss Susan and Jay Weiss Debbie and Paul Weissman Sydell and Leo Wertheim Albert Wertheimer Sandra and Alan Weseley Evelyn White Harriet Israel and Eugene White Janet Whitebook Sylvia and Judge Lewis Whitman Nancy and Jack Wiadro Michal and Mordechai Wiesler Mo and Mayer Winograd Bernalee Winter Barbara Winthrop Solomon Wise Sandra and Rabbi Sylvin Wolf Beth and Brian Wolff Ellen and Edward Wollman Carol and Stanley Woolf Leona and Herbert Wreschner Susan and Bruce Yankow Diana and Stanley Yarkin Reesa and Larry Yarkin Carole and Wilbur Yellin Harriet and Donald Young Suzann and Steven Yussen Joanne and Stuart Zager Ettie and Rabbi Fishel Zaklos Joni and Jeff Zalasky Leda and Jack Zbar Tony Zeiger Shelly and Alan Zelbow Joyce and Stan Zeldin Ted Zelman Shirley and Sid Zetzer Kathy and Marty Zigler Bonnie and Alan Ziskin Elaine and Murray Zucker Amy and Alex Zusmanovich Debbie and Barry Zvibleman

2016 Federation Annual Campaign

$1,100,000 $899,033* $600,000 $300,000 $100,000 *as of 9/15

The Jewish Federation of Collier County expresses its appreciation of Fuller Funeral Home for providing the community with a wallet-size Jewish Holiday Calendar for the coming year.

Federation Star October 2016

JEWISH FEDERATION

Federation Star reader survey results – Part 2 By Ted Epstein

s a follow-up to my article in the September issue about the responses to a 10-question Federation Star survey, I will now turn to this question that was asked: What suggestions do you have to make the Federation Star a better Jewish community newspaper? Below are some of the responses I received. I’ll answer them in this column. Way too big pages…Publish in tabloid form, easier to hold when reading… The size is unwieldy, perhaps a magazine format would work better if it is affordable. The Federation Star and the monthly newspapers of the Federations in Fort Myers and Sarasota are printed at the Naples Daily News facility on Immokalee Road. The press there is set up to handle pages of this size. You’ll notice that the Naples Daily News pages are the same size. In 2014, the Federations chose to print their newspapers at this facility due to cost savings, the ability to print color on every page, the heavier paper stock, and the overall better quality of printing as compared to typical newspapers. We think you do a great job of reﬂecting the community. Short bio/profiles of people in the community would be interesting. In the past, the Federation Star has featured interviews with “Stars of the Month” as well as several Federation

board members. If you would like to recommend one or more Jewish community members to be profiled in the newspaper, please send your suggestions to me at fedstar18@gmail.com. More photos of local Jewish events. I agree that more photos of our local Jewish events would make the Federation Star a better-looking publication. And those photos would need to be high quality. I am the go-to photographer for most of the major Federation events and a few of the organization events. You’ll see these photos in the newspaper and on the Federation’s Facebook page. We always ask for photos to accompany articles, when appropriate, but many times the photos submitted are low quality or low resolution and would not look good on newsprint. If you submit photos taken with your smart phone, please send them at the “actual size” (the largest) setting. Seek articles from qualified “experts” on “their” topic for inclusion in the Star. These people may have presented a program for WCA, MCA or others. Have an article by that person for the Star, when appropriate. I love this idea and will ask the various organizations to ask their presenters to submit an article on their area of expertise. More actual news similar to Federation-aﬃliated papers in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, etc. The Fed

Star is more of a “newsletter.” Actually, the Federation Star is more of a lifestyle publication. Since it is published monthly, “news” items may no longer be relevant by the time the issue reaches readers. With today’s 24/7 news cycle online and on cable, it doesn’t make sense for a monthly publication to include “news” items. I imagine the Federation papers in the cities listed above are published more frequently. Allow people to write in. Letters to the Editor and articles of inter-

est to the local Jewish community are always encouraged, and we publish the majority we receive. Please send your editorial items to fedstar18@gmail.com. Wish it would include wedding and birth announcements. And obituaries. I’ve tried, on several occasions, to solicit life-cycle announcements from our readers and organizations. It just hasn’t worked. If you receive the newsletters of the area’s temples and organizations, you’ll see these announcements covered there.

Federation Star readers focus group

While a majority of the comments were very positive…  I really am completely satisfied with the content and always look forward to receiving my issues... nice to keep abreast of happenings in our community.  I think it is a really good publication. It is important that it is so inclusive of all the synagogues and Jewish interest groups. We are a small community and by doing so it highlights our connections. The Chicago publication is, for me, garbage, as it highlights itself pretty much exclusively.  It is a terrific paper and I like everything about it, the columns are great, the leadership is fantastic, and I am honored to be one of the readers

who can enjoy it cover to cover. In the Fed Star you find information you can find nowhere else in Naples and that makes it unique!  The content is constantly improving and it is very informative. The community events coverage is excellent. …we’re always looking to make the Federation Star even better. To help us do that, the Federation and I are putting together a Federation Star readers focus group. If you’d like to attend this two-hour lunch meeting in the Federation boardroom (sometime in November), please send an email to me at fedstar18@gmail.com with “Fed Star Focus Group” in the subject line, and your name and phone number in the body of the email. I will contact you once we set the date and time.

JCRC is a community resource to combat anti-Semitism By Betty Schwartz, JCRC Chair

very year, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) conducts an “Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents.” The statistics are alarming. Unfortunately, there has been a significant increase in the number of incidents in Florida. The ADL audit for 2015 shows that Florida has the fourth highest number of incidents of all the states. A summary of the situation appeared in the September issue of the Federation Star. You may

get further information on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ADL.Florida. The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) has begun an initiative to address any anti-Semitism problems that occur in Naples and Collier County. One of the adopted goals of the JCRC is “to provide appropriate responses to counter statements of bigotry and acts of anti-Semitism.” A second purpose is “to record incidents of anti-Semitism

that occur in the area and report them as a part of the ADL’s annual survey.” Locally, if one experiences, witnesses or becomes aware of what he or she perceives to be an expression of anti-Semitism, please contact the JCRC. We want to make sure that such expressions do not go unchallenged. The JCRC recognizes that often, individuals who have been the object or victim of an anti-Semitic event do not wish to call attention to the situation, or make the event a matter of public discussion. The JCRC is here, both to provide support to the victim and to serve as a resource to take appropriate action.

Our Anti-Semitism Task Force, chaired by Joel Pittelman, will take whatever actions are deemed necessary. The committee involves the ADL when appropriate, and works with its trained staff. The Task Force also continues to seek members of the Jewish community who are interested in serving as volunteers on the Task Force. The work of the JCRC and its Anti-Semitism Task force should reduce the number of hate crimes and anti-Semitic events by making both the Jewish and general communities aware of problems as they occur. For more information, call the Federation office at 239.263.4205.

Wishing you and those you love a sweet New Year of happiness, contentment & peace.

Renee’, Josh & Jared Bialek Wishing you and those you love a sweet New Year of happiness, contentment & peace.

Rachelle Arberman

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May you have a good and sweet year.

Shanah Tovah Umetukah David & Fredda Isaacson

The Start of the New Year May the sounds of the Shofar signal peace and unity for Israel and good health and contentment in our lives.

Samuel & Judith Friedland

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COMMUNITY FOCUS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & ED CTR OF SWFL

October 2016 Federation Star

www.holocaustmuseumswfl.org / 239-263-9200

Memorial garden art installation at the Museum Amy Snyder Executive Director

everal years ago, the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida created a small traveling exhibit, The Holocaust: History and Memory, to be used in schools. Additionally, the Museum has an active Oral/Visual History Project, capturing the testimonies of our local survivors and liberators. These projects allow us the opportunity to see history through the eyes of those who lived it, using their memories and recollections of historical events. Although the Museum has used “memory” in the teaching of history, we have not really had a place for “memorial.” Each time we lose a survivor or

liberator who has been part of our Museum family, we are asked what will be done to honor him or her. We are excited to announce a new project that provides the opportunity to do just that! In cooperation with local artist Juan Diaz, we’ll be embarking on a memorial garden art installation that will be placed in the windows along the front walkway of the Museum. Many of you experienced Juan’s unique style of light painting at the Museum’s 10th Anniversary Triumph event, when he painted a story from Lorie Mayer’s childhood in Germany through a 20-minute multimedia performance. It was absolutely incredible! We are looking forward to once again working with Juan to design an unforgettable installation for the Museum. Juan will lead three workshops at the Museum so that our community can participate in the creation of paper flowers which can be personalized as a tribute to our local Holocaust sur-

Lorie Mayer to be honored as “Point of Light”

orie Mayer, Curator of the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida, has been honored as a “Point of Light” by the national Points of Light organization. The organization honors volunteers who have made a lasting contribution to their communities. President George H.W. Bush originally used the phrase “points of light” in a speech noting nthe importance and value dof the work volunteers do oto improve the quality of life in our country. Since 2001, through her work both establishing e eand continually updating sthe Museum’s exhibits, hMrs. Mayer has impacted sthousands of lives. Over 150,000 students have been impacted by -

Museum programming and field trips to the Museum since its beginning in 2001, along with thousands of visitors from more than 35 countries who have visited the Museum. The Museum will be hosting a formal recognition in October.

vivors and liberators. Later, Juan will affix the flowers to the already painted background to fashion our beautiful three-dimensional memorial garden. Installation will take place in time for International Holocaust Remembrance Day in late January, with the official unveiling in early February 2017. As author and counselor Craig Lounsbrough stated, “It is my wish and most cherished hope that God would be pleased with my legacy, that lives would be changed by it, and that the world would be immeasurably better because I was privileged to leave a legacy at all. And if perchance I am fortunate enough

to have these things come to pass, I can then rest in the fact that I have lived well.” All of our survivors and liberators have left a profound legacy for those who knew them, and each one made an immeasurable difference in the life of this community. We are so pleased that we can honor them with this project. Details of the various workshops will be available soon on the Museum’s website and in our monthly eblast. If you are not on our email list and would like to know more about this project, please email me at Amy@HolocaustMuseum SWFL.org.

Holocaust survivors, children of survivors and students:

We would love your participation as readers and candle lighters at the Kristallnacht Commemoration on Sunday, November 13 at 2:30 p.m. Please contact Amy Snyder at the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida by October 13 at amy@ holocaustmuseumswfl.org or 239.263.9200. The Kristallnacht Commemoration is presented by the Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of the Jewish Federation of Collier County. This free community-wide program will be held at Temple Shalom. For reservations, email cjdialogue@naples.net.

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Lorie Mayer (photo by Erik Kellar)

Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story

Film about WWII heroine to be screened at Holocaust Museum

he story of Noor Inayat Khan is far from a typical WWII spy story. Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story is the story of one woman’s extraordinary courage in Nazi-occupied Paris. Noor, who had an American mother and Indian Muslim father, and spent her life growing up in a Sufi center of learning in Paris, would at first glance seem to be an unlikely candidate for the highly dangerous work she agreed to undertake. The film tells how in 1940, when the Nazis invaded France, Noor fled with her family from Paris to England, where she trained as a wireless operator in Britain’s Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. In early 1943, this young Muslim woman was recruited as a covert operative. Noor became a member of Winston Churchill’s Special Operations Executive. The S.O.E. was ordered by Churchill to use sabotage in factories and railroads, and to support the French underground’s attacks on Nazi units in preparation for the D-Day invasions. Unfortunately, the entire network was betrayed and arrested – except for one lovely and gentle woman, Noor Inayat Khan. Noor became the only surviving radio operator linking the British to the French Resistance in Paris, coordinating the air-drop of weapons, explosives and agents, and supporting the rescue of downed allied fliers. Noor was also ultimately betrayed, brutally

interrogated by the Gestapo, and escaped twice – only to be recaptured. Noor was sent to Germany where she was executed at Dachau. Reviewers have stated that “this is a story not only about the drama of fighting the Nazis – the brutality of the Gestapo, deception, betrayal and escape

– but also about the deep moral imperative that defined this young woman throughout her struggle.” Noor Inayat Khan became one of the most decorated agents of the British S.O.E., receiving numerous awards. A plaque in her name hangs at Dachau, and a memorial statue of her was erected in London. GenShoah SWFL and the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of SWFL, where the film will be shown on Wednesday, October 26 at 7:00 p.m., will present Enemy of the Reich. Space is limited and reservations are required. A few seats are still available for the film. For more information and to RSVP, email genshoahswfl@icloud.com.

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Federation Star October 2016

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Silver anniversary service for Temple Shalom sanctuary By Rabbi Adam Miller

ur sages teach that dreamers and visionaries perform acts of tzedakah that bring blessings of shalom to the individual, the community and all of Israel. In 1962, four families dreamed of establishing a vibrant Jewish community in Collier County. Their vision led to the creation of the Jewish Community Center of Collier County, now known as Temple Shalom. We all owe those four families, as well as the many other early Jewish “pioneers” in the 1960s and 1970s, a tremendous debt of gratitude for their willingness to lay the foundation and groundwork for the vibrant community we have today. They could not have imagined that one

day Jewish Naples would encompass multiple congregations, a Jewish Federation, Jewish Family & Community Services, or the growing population we have today. That initial dream also led to the vision of a Temple Shalom campus, with construction completed 25 years ago. That facility has served as a center not only for the Temple Shalom congregation, but also for the entire Jewish community of Collier County as a host and partner in countless events of all sizes. This year we celebrate that 25th anniversary with a special Shabbat service on Friday, November 18. The entire community is invited to join us

for that special night as we recognize everyone who made this milestone possible with the gifts of their time, talents and resources over the years. For decades, Temple Shalom was the only synagogue in Naples, and many from our greater community contributed to its evolution and growth. We are grateful to all whose acts of tzedakah brought blessing to themselves, Temple Shalom and the people of Israel. We hope that all contributors will attend and be recognized for their roles in establishing the Jewish community of Collier County. If you have a particular story about your role in building our campus or

sanctuary, please share it with Lori Cohen (loricohen.naples@gmail.com) so that we can include it as part of our Temple Shalom history. The dream of those first four families lives on today because we have all embraced the desire to have a strong Jewish community in Collier County. Indeed, in line with that initial vision, Temple Shalom remains a center for living Judaism, loving Judaism and sharing Judaism. May we all work to sustain yesterday’s dream of a vibrant Jewish community, ensuring that it will be tomorrow’s experience.

Jewish Historical Society of SWFL update

Marina Berkovich JHSSWF President irtual Museum Thanks to the joint effort of our many volunteers, supporters and collectors, the first phase of the Virtual Museum of Southwest Florida Jewish History is now available for the community to enjoy and explore. Virtual visitors will be able to view, read and learn from the exhibits contributed by such early Jewish Southwest Floridians as Helen Weinfeld, Elena Rosner, Sheila and Gerry Laboda and many others. Curious? Visit www.jhsswf.org and start perusing and learning. You’ll be amazed and amused by the information and photographs in our collection. Wish to contribute your artifact?

The virtual ease of this is going to impress you. Call 239.566.1771, email jhsswf@gmail.com, or contact us through the website or a link at the Virtual Museum. Florida Jewish History Month Please reserve Wednesday, January 11 for a Collier County Southwest Florida Pioneers film premiere. The event will take place at the Paragon Movie Theater from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Reserve your seats early at office@jhsswf.com. There will also be a film event in Lee County exploring the 20th century Jewish history of that area. The exact date, time and location will be announced in early October. Israeli Synchronized Swimmers On August 30, the Israeli Olympians of Rio 2016 were received by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to Olympian Anastasia Gloushkov (one of two Israeli synchronized swimmers who trained in Naples), at the reception, her 3-year-old son Tom definitely stole the show. “My boy cer-

Our Mission Collecting, protecting and preserving Jewish histories to celebrate the contribution by Jews in Southwest Florida every day of every year is part of our mission. Become a member of JHSSWF, a sponsor, business associate, volunteer and/or donor. Contact us at: The Jewish Historical Society of Southwest Florida 899 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 116, Naples FL 34108 239-566-1771 www.jhsswf.org The Jewish Historical Society of Southwest Florida is Anastasia Gloushkov and her 3-year-old son Tom at the reception with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a section 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Contributions are deductnext generation, and to return to Collier ible to the extent allowed by law. County for a possible future round. tainly was the main Olympian,” said the four-time Olympian, who dreams now to pass her skills and her drive to the

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The Senior Housing Bus Tour

he Senior Housing Bus Tour is hitting the road again on Wednesday, February 8. Back by popular demand, this educational and fun event provides an opportunity to visit three prominent senior communities in Southwest Florida, enjoy chef-prepared meals, and have some fun along the way. The event is hosted by senior housing expert Bruce Rosenblatt of Senior Housing Solutions. Bruce has organized visits of three different types of senior communities in the area to give folks an opportunity to see what options are available for future planning. “It is never too early to plan ahead,” states Bruce. “Being able to visit these communities and not feel any pressure to make any decisions is a wonderful opportunity.” Participants will be given the “red g carpet” treatment at each place on the tour. A light breakfast will be served at the first stop, followed by a chefprepared lunch at the second, then gourmet desserts and coffee at the third. f Tours and information will be provided s at each location. In addition, a special r

senior showcase event will be held, which will provide access to a variety of senior-related resources in the area. Everyone will be picked up and

dropped off at a central North Naples location and be chauffeured to the communities (Inspired Living, Sandalwood Village and Arbor Trace) in a luxurious air-conditioned tour bus. “The best part of the Bus Tour is the camaraderie on the bus. Friendships are made and questions and opinions are shared,” says Bruce. Seating is limited to 40 people, so if you’re interested, RSVP right away. Bring your appetite and your quest for knowledge. The fee is $25 per person. For more information, please contact Bruce Rosenblatt at 239.595.0207 or bruce@seniorhousingsolutions.net.

The Pickle Recipe comes to SWFL

oey Miller is the undisputed king of Detroit party MCs. He’s also a single father and deeply in debt. To make matters worse, during his latest, s one-of-a-kind wedding performances, e -all his prized sound equipment gets destroyed in a freak accident. To add insult to injury, his daughter Julie’s Bat Mitzvah is only weeks away and she’s counting on him to MC her party. After exhausting all of his options, he turns to his shady Uncle Morty, who agrees to give him the needed money to get back into business. But only under one

condition. Joey must go and steal his grandmother Rose’s most prized possession: her famous, top-secret dill pickle recipe. And it’s a recipe which she has vowed to take to her grave. From the director: The Pickle Recipe is a heartwarming family comedy. But the recipe is really a metaphor for life. One of our characters talks about how the people in our lives are the ingredients that make us who we are. When something like a recipe is passed down from one generation to the next, it helps us remember people and places, those special moments that are dear to our hearts...and our stomachs!

I’m Italian-American. More specifically, my father’s side of the family is Sicilian. Sunday dinners at my grandparents were a staple of my youth. And my “Nannie” made the most incredible sauce and meatballs. You’ll hear this from most Italian-Americans. Their grandmas made the best meals they ever had and they can never find a better sauce for the rest of their lives. (And it’s true.) Those family dinners helped shape my life. The taste of my grandmother’s food and the smells from her kitchen will stay with me forever. If you’re lucky enough to have a loving family, as dysfunctional as it may be, and a grandmother who brought everyone to the table to share a wonderful meal, then you can relate to this story. Ethnicity doesn’t matter. Pickles, meatballs, burritos, dumplings, whatever part of the world the dish and the family comes from, recipes and foods passed down from one generation to the next feed our senses and our souls, and connect us. That’s what I want audiences to get out of this film. The Pickle Recipe opens Friday, October 21 at these local theaters:  Regal Hollywood Stadium 20 in Naples  Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 in Fort Myers  Prado Stadium 12 in Bonita Springs

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Temple Shalom events open to the community

For more information on these events, call 239.455.3030. Torah Talk Join us for a volunteer-led discussion of the week’s Torah portion. On Saturday, October 1, the portion is Nitzavim. There will be a light breakfast at 8:15 a.m. with discussion to follow at 8:30 a.m. There is no charge and all are welcome. *** High Holy Days services If you have never spent the High Holy Days with us, we invite you to join us as our guest! Active duty military personnel and college students always receive complimentary tickets. Reservations are required. For additional information regarding services, ticket costs or membership, please contact Temple Shalom. *** Sukkot Celebration and Food Truck Rodeo! Bring the kids and come on down to Temple Shalom on Sunday, October 16 at 11:30 a.m. for a celebration of Sukkot. Decorate the sukkah and then enjoy lunch inside it. Food will be available for purchase at the various food trucks in the temple parking lot. ***

Sisterhood Book Bag On Thursday, October 20 at 1:30 p.m., facilitator Helen Weinfeld presents The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman. The book is about impressionist artist Camille Pissaro’s colorful family history as well as Jewish life and customs in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas in the 1800s. RSVP to HelenWeinfeld@ aol.com. *** Yizkor Service, Simchat Torah and Consecration Join us for Yizkor on Sunday, October 23 at 9:30 a.m. as we remember those who have passed. Then, at 10:30 a.m., we rejoice in the beginning and ending of the Torah reading cycle as we unroll the entire scroll around the sanctuary and celebrate the Consecration of our Kindergarten and new Religious School students. *** Blessing of the Animals On Sunday, October 30 at 9:00 a.m., Rabbi Miller and Cantor Azu will celebrate the wonderful animals that bring so much joy to our lives. Make sure your pet is leashed or in a carrier.

Jewish Genealogy Group Meeting The next meeting of the Jewish Genealogy SIG (Shared Interest Group) at the Jewish Federation of Collier County oﬃces (2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201, Naples) is on Tuesday, October 11 at 10:00 a.m. Seating is limited. RSVP to genresearch13@yahoo.com. You will receive an acknowledgement that you have a reservation. Bring a notebook and pen with you to the meeting.

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GenShoah to present outstanding variety of programs C I Ida Margolis

GenShoah President

enerations of the Shoah of SWFL (GenShoah) is pleased to announce its programs for the 2016-17 season. If you have an interest in history – especially little-known stories of the Holocaust – Holocaust education or human rights, mark your calendar and make reservations for these interesting and informative public programs. Never heard of Noor Inayat Khan? You won’t want to miss the film Enemy of the Reich. It tells the story of a Muslim woman who was a heroine during

WWII. The film will be shown at the Holocaust Museum & Education Center at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26. The Defiant Requiem is another little-known story of how the inmates of the Nazi Concentration Camp Terezin used music and art as their weapons against the Nazis. This film will be shown at the Museum at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 16. If you missed seeing The People vs. Fritz Bauer in local theaters in September, come to Beth Tikvah on Sunday, November 20 at 5:00 p.m. to see this thriller about a good German prosecutor’s efforts to bring Nazis to justice. If you have never heard of Gino Bartali or Dr. Giovanni Borromeo, you are not alone. The film My Italian Secret tells the incredible story of these forgotten heroes and will be shown at the Naples Italian American Foundation

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(7035 Airport Pulling Rd. N.) on Thursday, December 8 at 7:00 p.m. From books and films, the sinking of the Titanic is a very familiar story, but are you familiar with the true story of The Nazi Titanic? The new book by Robert Watson, The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in WWII, tells about another tragedy of the Holocaust and one of history’s worst maritime disasters. In addition to book discussions, author Robert Watson is scheduled to be in Naples as part of the Jewish Book Festival. He will be at Beth Tikvah at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, January 23, along with Josh Aronson, author of Orchestra of Exiles: The Story of Bronislaw Huberman, the Israel Philharmonic, and the One Thousand Jews He Saved from Nazi Horrors. Among Holocaust stories, The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most famous and popular. According to Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times, “Just when you thought you’d heard every vital story about the Holocaust, along comes the stirring documentary, No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story, to shine further light on one of history’s darkest periods.” This stirring documentary is coming to Temple Shalom on Tuesday, January 31, as is Jonathan Brent, the executive

director of New York’s YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, where a cache of letters written in 1941 by Anne Frank’s father, Otto, was recently found. On Sunday, February 19 at 5:00 p.m. at the Holocaust Museum, two extraordinary stories will be told. Holocaust survivor Steen Metz will relate his personal story of being transported to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. And local filmmaker and author Marina Berkovich will tell her story about interviewing a well-known Holocaust denier. Two presenters scheduled to speak at the Jewish Community Festival of Learning on Sunday, March 19 at Temple Shalom are Goldie Bertone and Dr. Paul Bartrop. Goldie will be sharing the story of her mother, who escaped from Dachau, and Dr. Bartrop will tell “the rest of the story” of the 1936 Olympics. More about these programs will be featured in future editions of this newspaper and in the GenShoah enewsletter. Space is limited and reservations are required for all events. Donations so that GenShoah can continue to present exceptional programming are requested and appreciated. If you are interested in attending events, or for more information, contact me at genshoahswfl@ icloud.com or 239.963.9347.

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Wednesday, November 16, 7:00 p.m. Film - Deﬁant Requiem - co-sponsored by Holocaust Museum - Little-known story of when Nazi Concentration camp Terezin inmates fought back with music and art Holocaust Museum, 4760 Tamiami Trail N, Naples Sunday, November 20, 5:00 p.m. Film - People vs Fritz Bauer - Thriller that dramatizes a good German’s efforts to bring the architects of Auschwitz to justice. Beth Tikvah, 1459 Pine Ridge Road, Naples Thursday, December 8, 7:00 p.m. Film - My Italian Secret- co-sponsored by Italian-American Club - Story of courageous Italians who carried out ingenious schemes to rescue Jews and refugees from Nazi-occupied Italy The Italian American Foundation, 7035 Airport Road, Naples Sunday, December 18, 4:30 p.m. Pot luck dinner at member’s home with a discussion of the book The Nazi Titanic, led by Shelley Lieb Sunday, January 15 Trip to Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg followed by lunch with Generations After Tampa Bay Tuesday, January 31, 7:00 p.m. Film - No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story - with speaker Jonathan Brent, Executive director of YIVO, the archives where letters written by Otto Frank were recently uncovered Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples Sunday, February 19, 5:00 p.m. Speakers Steen Metz, presenting his survivor story, and Marina Berkovich discussing her interview with a Holocaust Denier Holocaust Museum, 4760 Tamiami Trail N, Naples Sunday, April 16 Program TBD Beth Tikvah, 1459 Pine Ridge Road, Naples

RSVPs are required for all GenShoah events. For reservations, information and to receive the GenShoah enewsletter, contact Ida at genshoahswfl@icloud.com or 239.963.9347. Additional Community Programs of Holocaust Relevance: Sunday, November 13, 2:30 p.m. Kristallnacht Commemoration, at Temple Shalom

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Thursday, January 19, 7:00 p.m. Jewish Book Festival, author Amy Kurzweil, Flying Couch, at Jewish Federation Monday, January 23, 1:00 p.m. Jewish Book Festival, authors Robert Watson, The Nazi Titanic, and Josh Aronson, Orchestra of Exiles, at Beth Tikvah Friday, January 27, 7:30 p.m. UN Holocaust Day, Speaker Dr. Stephen Berk, at Temple Shalom Sunday, March 5, 1:30 p.m. “Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People” presented by Dr. William Madges, at St. Ann Jubilee Center, 479 9th Ave. S., Naples Sunday, March 19, 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Jewish Community Festival of Learning, scheduled presentations include “Bearing Witness” by Goldie Bertone, and “Nazi Olympics” by Dr. Bartrop, at Temple Shalom Sunday, April 23, 10:00 a.m. Yom HaShoah program, at Temple Shalom

October 2016 Federation Star

COMMUNITY FOCUS

Celebrate with the IDF Musical Ensemble!

he Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Greater Miami Chapter together with Temple Shalom of Naples will be hosting a fun-filled evening to honor and salute Israel’s soldiers on Tuesday, December 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the temple. The event co-chairs are Rick and Ellaine Rosen. Sponsors for the event as of the writing of this article include Jewish Federation of Collier County, Jewish Federation of Lee and Charlotte Counties, and Temple Shalom. Our community will come together to enjoy a special performance of popular and traditional Israeli songs performed by the talented soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Musical Ensemble. The ensemble is composed of highly talented singers and musicians, all of whom are blessed with great skill, charisma and stage presence, and all of whom are dedicated to their roles in the ensemble. Many of the most celebrated Israeli singers and musicians are alumni of IDF musical ensembles. The IDF musical ensembles perform in any and all locations where IDF forces are stationed, from the Northern Border of Israel to the South, whether it is on a base or in the field, or at a big event. Additionally, the ensembles put

on shows on a voluntary basis for civilian populations. Patron VIP tickets are $90. Patrons are invited to a private cocktail reception before the performance, where they will have a meet-and-greet with the soldiers. General Admission tickets are $18, and children 12 and under are free. To join the festivities, to learn about sponsorship opportunities, or to purchase tickets, please call the FIDF Greater Miami office at 305.354.8233 or email Jaime.Sagona@fidf.org. About Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF): FIDF was established in 1981 by a group of Holocaust survivors as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing and supporting educational, social, cultural and recreational programs and facilities for the heroic men and women of the IDF. Today, FIDF has more than 150,000 loyal supporters, and 15 regional offices throughout the U.S. and Panama. FIDF proudly offers its support to the IDF soldiers and their families through a variety of unique and innovative programs. These opportunities reinforce the vital bond between the communities in the United States, the soldiers of the IDF, and the State of Israel. For more information, visit www.fidf.org.

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Thursday, November 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Chabad Naples, 1789 Mandarin Road. The program is open to the public and tickets are $20 prepaid and $22 at the door. RSVP with checks payable to ZOA SWFL, and sent to 4003 Upolo Lane, Naples, FL 34119. Also be sure to mark your calendar for Dr. Mitchell Bard on Wednesday, December 7; Raheel Raza on Wednesday, January 25; and Dr. Howard Shatz on Wednesday, March 15. These presentations promise to be enlightening. For additional information, please visit www.zoaswfl.org, email info@zoaswfl. org or call 914.329.1024.

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ZOA Southwest Florida Chapter update he ZOA Southwest Florida Chapter is looking forward to the upcoming season with a list of exciting programs. We will begin our season with a film screening and presentation by Mr. Matt Weisbaum. Matt is a returning presenter to our area and an informative and engaging speaker. He joined Jerusalem University in 2009 to pioneer new systems for Israel education and to show the world the true, vibrant and creative face of Israel through educational and feature films. As a follow-up to the documentary Beneath the Helmet, Matt will share with us his latest production, Mekonen: The Journey of an African Jew. This film is an uplifting and inspiring work that shows viewers that anything is possible with the right attitude, tools and support. The film follows the backstory and personal journey of Mekonen Abebe, a young African-Israeli Jew, once a young shepherd in Africa and now a commander in the Israel Defense Forces. Mekonen is one of many brave young men and women drafted into compulsory service in the IDF, to defend their homeland and the liberal values of democracy, freedom and equality. He was born and raised in an Ethiopian village and was a 12-year-old shepherd when his father died suddenly, less than a day before his family was to move to Israel. The film accompanies Mekonen back to Africa on an emotional journey where he explores his roots, makes peace with his past and embraces his future in Israel. This program will be presented on

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JFCS of Southwest Florida update Dr. Jaclynn Faﬀer JFCS President/ CEO

hen JFCS established the Naples Senior Center in January 2014, the purpose was to address the isolation and loneliness of seniors. We understood that seniors who were alone and lonely struggled emotionally. We also began to be aware of the research that indicated that the impact of isolation and loneliness had a physical component, as well. Very recently there were two articles published that addressed these findings – one in The Washington Post on September 4 and one in The New York Times on September 6. As referenced in the Times article, Professor John T. Cacioppo’s research has indicated that chronic loneliness is associated with increased levels of cortisol, a major stress

hormone, as well as higher vascular resistance, which can raise blood pressure and decrease blood flow to vital organs. JFCS and the Naples Senior Center have become community leaders in developing programs and services to address the impact of loneliness on older adults. On February 10, JFCS will build upon its role as the community leader in the delivery of social services for seniors by offering a symposium on the impact of loneliness and isolation on older adults. Jane Brody, noted New York Times health columnist, will keynote the morning event which will be held at the Royal Poinciana Club in Naples. Following Ms. Brody’s presentation, she will join Marc Agronin, MD, noted geriatric psychiatrist and faculty member of the University Miami Health System, and several other experts on a panel to continue the discussion from each expert’s professional experience. The morning educational program will be followed by a patron luncheon. More information will follow shortly.

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ummer may be a time to slow down and relax, but your Mix & Mingle Steering Committee worked behind the scenes to put together some interesting, fun-filled, educational, exciting and entertaining events for our members. Hopefully, we will tempt you with our 2016-2017 menu. As a reminder, annual member dues of $10 should be mailed to JFCC by November 15. Members of M&M receive updates, emails and a reduced price for some events. Due to the nature of many of our events, and actual venue space, some activities are limited. Don’t be disappointed. Remember that your check is your only reservation. Send your check (payable to JFCC) as early as possible to Renee’ Bialek, Jewish Federation of Collier County, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Ste. 2201, Naples, FL 34109. September On September 12 we dusted off our sombreros and met at Senor Tequila’s in the Collier Plaza for an evening of mixing, mingling, great Jalisco-style Mexican fare and superb entertainment by Frankie Ray and Maryellen. The dinner was accompanied by melodies ranging from oldies and show tunes to Mexican and Spanish songs. October We have two diverse events planned for October. For our theater goers, M&M offers an evening at the Florida Rep in Fort Myers, preceded by dinner. Tickets for Erma Bombeck’s At Wits End are going quickly at $44. The performance begins at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 29. Carpooling is available. Animal/nature lovers don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Judi Palay has organized a visit to the Shy Wolf Sanctuary on Monday, October 31 at 9:00 a.m. There is a 20-person limit. Members will gather for breakfast/brunch after the visit for those who

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Brunch just for us! Owner Lisa Boet has selected a delicious brunch menu including your choice of a vegetarian quiche or Scottish salmon fillet with coffee bar and her dessert specialty. Appropriate brunch drinks will be available for purchase.

The event will feature Helene Gaillet de Neergaard, author of I was a War Child, talking about her memoir and bringing us up to date in “The War Child Grows Up: Part One.” The author describes her tumultuous years growing up in Larchmont, only seven years of school, moving to Manhattan, first job, arranged marriage, two daughters, and a separation at 25 years old. This presentation is for everyone – those of you who have met Helene before, as well as those who will experience her poignant story for the first time. Astounding and fascinating, you’ll also want to catch Parts Two and Three of her life later this season. To share this M&M brunch together and hear more about Helene Gaillet de Neergaard’s life as a writer, artist and photographer, please send your check ($30 for M&M members and $35 for nonmembers) payable to JFCC to Renee’ Bialek, Jewish Federation of Collier County, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201, Naples, FL 34109. In the memo, please note your food choice: vegetarian or salmon. For each reservation received, your name will be entered into a raffle to win a book personalized by Helene. The drawing will take place at Chez Boet at noon. Books will be available for purchase at a cost of $15 per copy.

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dinner, and the have the opportunity to dance the night away while supporting JFCS of Southwest Florida and the Naples Senior Center. This year’s event is chaired by Judith and Edward Anchel. The ticket price is $300 per person, and patron tables of 8-10 are available for $5,000. For more information, please visit our website at www.jfcsswfl.org or call us at 239.325.4444.

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would like to mix, mingle and discuss the experience. For this event only a $10 minimum donation is requested. Make your check payable to Shy Wolf Sanctuary and send it to Renee’ by October 21. November Let’s join together on Sunday, November 6 for brunch at Chez Boet on 12th Avenue South in Naples from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We are honored to welcome writer, artist and photographer Helene Gaillet de Neergaard as our speaker for this event. Author of I Was a War Child, Helene’s talk is entitled “The War Child Grows Up: Part One.” For complete details, see the ad below. December On Monday, December 5 from 12:45 to 3:30 p.m. there will be a private visit to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Dalton Discovery Center, Wildlife Program, and Electric Boat Tour. Sign up

quickly. There is a limit of 22 participants. Your check, payable to JFCC for $10 ($15 for nonmembers), should be sent to Renee’ at the Federation no later than November 28. We will meet at Cibao Grille in the Neapolitan Shopping Center on Monday, December 12 at 6:00 p.m. This is a wonderful restaurant where nothing is prepared in advance. The food is beautifully prepared and presented. Dinner is Dutch treat, but it is imperative that we have a head count. As space is limited, we ask that you please honor your reservation. If you are unable to attend, please let us know so that your space can be used by someone else. Respond to Renee’ by December 5. Please continue to read your Federation Star and watch for flyers and eblasts. These will keep you updated on current events, as well as changes and additions to our schedule. We’ll be talking and writing about more events and activities. Why don’t you make a suggestion. After all, this is OUR organization. For more information or how to get involved, contact Judi at judipalay@aol. com or call 239.263.4205. For upcoming events, you can also visit https://jewishnaples.org/getinvolved/mix-and-mingle.

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Thursday, January 19, 2:00 - 3:30 pm at Hilton Naples • Topic: Inspiration $18 in advance / $25 at the door Rabbi Harold S. Kushner – Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned About Life

As a congregational rabbi for half a century and the best-selling author of 12 books on faith, ethics and how to apply the timeless wisdom of religious thought to everyday challenges, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner has demonstrated time and again his understanding of the human spirit. In this compassionate new work, his most personal since When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Kushner relates how his time as a contemporary rabbi has shaped his senses of religion and morality. He elicits nine essential

lessons from the sum of his teaching, study and experience, offering a lifetime’s worth of spiritual food for thought, pragmatic advice, inspiration for a more fulfilling life, and strength for trying times. Rabbi Harold S. Kushner is the rabbi laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, having long served that congregation. He is best known as the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned About Life is his 13th book.

Preview Event

Tuesday, December 13, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm at Hilton Naples • Topic: Relationships $36 / No tickets sold after December 9 – Lunch included Author Kate Siegel with her mom, Kim Friedman – Mother, Can You Not?

Kim Friedman and Kate Siegel

There is nothing more wonderful than a mother’s love. There is also nothing more annoying. Who else can proudly insist that you’re perfect while simultaneously making you question every career, fashion and relationship decision you have ever made? No one understands the delicate mother-daughter dynamic better than Kate Siegel and her own mother, who drove her so crazy that she decided to broadcast their hilarious conversations on Instagram. Soon, hundreds of thousands of people were following their daily text exchanges, eager to see what outrageous thing Kate’s mom would say next. Now, in Mother, Can You Not?, Kate pays tribute to the woman who invented the concept of drone parenting. From embarrassing moments (like crashing Kate’s gynecological exams) to outrageous stories (like the time she made Kate steal a cat from the pound) to hilarious celebrations (including but not limited to parties for Kate’s menstrual cycles), Mother, Can you Not? lovingly lampoons the lengths to which our mothers will go to better our lives – even when it feels like they’re ruining them in the process.

Kate Siegel is a writer and a social media guru behind the Instagram account @CrazyJewishMom. She has been featured on BuzzFeed, Elite Daily, The Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, Today.com, Vogue.com, in People Magazine, and on Nightline and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She previously served as an associate producer for Condé Nast Entertainment, overseeing digital video for Teen Vogue, Bon Appétit, The New Yorker Festival, Condé Nast Traveler and Self. Kim Friedman is an Emmy-nominated director of primetime television, including Beverly Hills 90210, Star Trek Voyager, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Square Pegs and Lizzie McGuire. Kim is also a distinguished theater director, having received two Obie nominations in New York and two Los Angeles Drama Critics Awards. More recently, Kim moved back to the East Coast in an effort to more effectively nag her daughter.

Kate and Kim’s presentation includes mature content and language. This event includes a preview of all Jewish Book Festival events, with drawings for tickets, books and more!

Special Events

Thursday, January 5, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm at Hilton Naples • Topic: Memoir $36 / No tickets sold after January 2 – Lunch included Jesse Itzler – Living with a SEAL

In 2011, former rapper and millionaire businessman Jesse Itzler approached an accomplished Navy SEAL with this proposition: to move into Jesse’s family’s Manhattan apartment and train him for 31 days. The SEAL, widely considered “the toughest man on the planet,” agreed, but on one condition: Jesse would do everything he told him – and nothing was off the table. What ensued was a physical training regimen that included sleeping in a wooden chair, jumping into a frozen lake, and running miles wearing a 50-pound weighted vest, with training occurring at all hours of the day and night. At turns

hilarious (think The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air goes to boot camp) and insightful, Living with a SEAL tells the story of a fitness routine like no other – and the unlikely friendship it produced. Jesse Itzler cofounded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet flight card, before helping to pioneer the coconut water craze with Zico, acquired by The Coca-Cola Company. He is a former rapper and music producer. Jesse often can be found at the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely; they have four children.

Monday, February 27, 9:00 - 11:30 am at Hilton Naples • Topic: Food $36 / No tickets sold after February 23 – Breakfast buffet included Ina Pinkney– Ina’s Kitchen

Ina Pinkney, the beloved Chicago restaurateur known affectionately as the Breakfast Queen, has been feeding people for over 30 years. When she closed her restaurant’s doors in 2013, it headlined news across the country. Now, the favorite dishes that thousands came to love at Ina’s are showcased in her new book. Ina’s Kitchen is part cookbook and part memoir, combining 39 of Ina’s favorite recipes with stories from her life, including her Jewish upbringing in Brooklyn, overcoming paralytic polio as a child, the intermarriage her parents disapproved of, and her mid-life choice to change careers and follow her dream. From milestone moments and warm memories to the true trials of owning a restaurant, readers will gain a deeper understanding of Jewish cooking and hospitality. Ina’s Kitchen is a love letter to the

diners Ina has fed over the years. In it, she shares her wisdom with the same generosity – both of food and of spirit – that kept people coming back to her restaurant for decades. Ina Pinkney was the chef and owner of INA’s and The Dessert Kitchen Ltd. catering. She has appeared on the Food Network’s Sweet Dreams and The Best Of, and on CNN’s The Turnaround. She has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Details, Chicago Tribune, Gourmet, Midwest Living, and trade and in-flight magazines.

Breakfast includes Ina’s Heavenly Hots – small, thin, sour cream pancakes that melt in your mouth. These were a mega hit for 22 years!

The following events with green banners are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. See the back of this 4-page pullout for the Order Form, Patron & Ticket Packages, venues and more.

Wednesday, January 11, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at Temple Shalom • Topic: Fiction Alyson Richman – The Velvet Hours

Ronald H. Balson – Karolina’s Twins

As Paris teeters on the edge of the German Occupation, a young French woman closes the door to her late grandmother’s treasure-filled apartment, unsure if she’ll ever return. Inspired by the true account of an abandoned Parisian apartment, Alyson Richman brings to life the stories of courtesan Marthe de Florian, her granddaughter Solange Beaugiron, and the unlikely relationship between two women who pursue freedom and independence during uncertain times. Solange and Marthe’s stories unfold like velvet itself, each stitched with their own shadow and light. Alyson Richman is the international bestselling author of The Mask Carver’s Son, The Rhythm of Memory, The Last Van Gogh, The Lost Wife and The Garden of Letters. Her novels have been published in eighteen languages and have been bestsellers in several countries. The Lost Wife is currently in development to become a major film.

From the author of Once We Were Brothers comes a saga inspired by the true events of a Holocaust survivor’s quest to fulfill a promise to return to Poland and find two sisters lost during the war. Karolina’s Twins is a tale of survival, love and resilience in more ways than one. As Lena recounts her story, Catherine herself also recognizes the unwavering importance of family as she prepares herself for the arrival of her unborn child. Through this association and many more, both Lena and Catherine begin to cherish the dogged ties that bind not only families and children, but the entirety of mankind. Ronald H. Balson is a Chicago trial attorney, educator and writer. His practice has taken him to several international venues. He is also the author of Saving Sophie and the international bestseller Once We Were Brothers.

Monday, January 23, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at Beth Tikvah • Topic: Holocaust Josh Aronson – Orchestra of Exiles

Robert P. Watson – The Nazi Titanic

As a teenager, violinist Bronislaw Huberman toured Europe and received invitations to play for royalty. But as an adult, witnessing the rising threat of Nazism, Huberman conceived of an ingenious crusade that would become his greatest legacy: forming the Palestine Symphony Orchestra, which would become the lauded Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Huberman arranged the safe passage of hundreds of Jewish musicians and their families out of Nazi-controlled territories. His tireless campaigning for the project saved nearly one thousand Jews from the approaching Holocaust. Arranging for the great Arturo Toscanini to conduct the orchestra’s first concert, Huberman’s triumph of art over cruelty was heard around the world. Josh Aronson is an Academy Award-nominated documentary and film writer, producer and director. He has worked with Showtime, PBS and others. His films have won awards at festivals all over the world. He is also a concert pianist and regularly plays chamber music in New York and at the Telluride Musicfest, the chamber music festival he founded in 2002 with his wife, violinist Maria Bachmann.

Built in 1927, the German ocean liner Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the Titanic. When the Nazis seized control of the vessel, she was stripped down for use as a floating barracks and troop transport. Hitler’s minister, Joseph Goebbels, later cast her as a “star” in the epic propaganda film about the sinking of the legendary Titanic. In the Third Reich’s final desperate days, the SS Cap Arcona was mistakenly bombed by the British Air Force, killing the concentration camp prisoners packed aboard. Although the British government sealed many documents pertaining to the ship’s sinking, Robert P. Watson has unearthed forgotten records and conducted many interviews. The Nazi Titanic is a riveting and astonishing story about an enigmatic ship that played a devastating role in World War II. Robert P. Watson is a historian and political commentator with 36 books to his name, including America’s First Crisis, which received a 2014 IPPY Gold Medal for history. He lives in Boca Raton, Florida.

Monday, January 30, 7:00 - 9:15 pm at Beth Tikvah • Topic: Sports/Sports Photography Gary Belsky – On the Origins of Sports

Gail Buckland – Who Shot Sports

Our passion for sports has started wars, emptied treasuries, ended marriages and set cities aflame. Sports fans regularly spend hundreds of dollars on tickets, devote entire weekends to watching games, and argue with colleagues over the greatest game and athlete of all time. In On the Origins of Sports, award-winning editors Gary Belsky and Neil Fine set out to understand why and how sports have become so important to us. They gather the original rules, history and miscellany of the world’s 21 most popular sports. By taking readers back in history to learn the lore behind these sports, they give fans a new context for watching and competing in games. Gary Belsky is a former editor-in-chief of ESPN The Magazine and current president of Elland Road Partners, a consulting firm specializing in editorial and content strategy. Belsky lectures and writes extensively on sports, decision-making and consumer behavior. A graduate of the University of Missouri in his native St. Louis, Belsky is an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University and a columnist for Money.com.

From the creator of Who Shot Rock & Roll, Who Shot Sports shows the range, cultural importance and aesthetics of sports photography through the work of 165 extraordinary photographers – some of them heralded, most of their names unknown. Gail Buckland has written and collaborated on 12 books of photographic history. She is a former curator of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, a Benjamin Menschel Distinguished Professor at the Cooper Union, and a guest curator at many American museums. She lives in New York City and Warwick, New York. Gail is the guest curator of Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present at the Brooklyn Museum. The exhibit, which highlights sport photographers and their place in the history of photography, not merely sports history, runs through January 8, 2017. Gail was also the guest curator of the 2009 exhibition Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present.

Wednesday, February 8, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at Beth Tikvah • Topic: Memoir Judy Batalion– White Walls

Judy Batalion grew up in a house filled with piles of junk obsessively gathered by her hoarder mother. At the first chance, she escaped the clutter to create a new identity – made of order, regimen and clean white walls – until she found herself enmeshed in life’s biggest chaos: motherhood. Confronted with the daunting task of raising a daughter after her own dysfunctional childhood, Judy reflected on her upbringing and the lives of her mother and grandmother, both Holocaust survivors. What she discovered astonished her. The women in her family were more closely connected than she knew, and it was Judy’s bond with her mother that healed her old wounds. Judy explores navigating the messiness of motherhood and the indelible marks that mothers and daughters make on each other’s lives. Judy Batalion was born in Montreal, studied at Harvard, and worked as a curator and comedian in London before settling in New York City. Her essays about parenting, relationships, religion and health have appeared in Vogue, The Washington Post, The Jerusalem Post, The Forward, Tablet, Cosmopolitan, Salon and other publications.

Noa Baum – A Land Twice Promised

Israeli storyteller Noa Baum grew up in Jerusalem in the shadow of ancestral traumas of the Holocaust and ongoing wars. Stories of the past and fear of annihilation in the wars of the 1960s through the ’80s shaped her perceptions and identity. In America, she met a Palestinian woman who had grown up under Israeli Occupation, and as they shared memories of war years in Jerusalem an unlikely friendship blossomed. A Land Twice Promised delves into the heart of one of the world’s most enduring and complex conflicts. Baum’s deeply personal memoir recounts her journey from girlhood in Israel to her adult encounter with “the other” with honesty, compassion and humor, capturing the drama of a nation at war and her discovery of humanity in the enemy. Noa Baum is an award-winning storyteller who performs internationally. She acted with Jerusalem Khan Theater and studied theater at NYU and with Uta Hagen. Voted by the Washington Jewish Week as one of ten most interesting local Jews, she has lived in America since 1990.

Monday, February 20, 7:00 - 9:15 pm at Federation • Topic: Memoir - LGBTQ Julie Tarney – My Son Wears Heels

Steven Gaines – One of These Things First

When Julie Tarney’s only child Harry was two years old, he told her, “Inside my head I’m a girl.” It was 1992. The Internet was no help because there was no Internet, and bookstores had no literature for a mom scrambling to raise such an unconventional child. There were, however, mainstream experts whose theories mirrored a negative stereotype of Jewish mothers: a “sissy” boy would be gay because his mother was domineering. Lacking a positive role model of her own and fearful of being judged as a Jewish mother potentially messing up her kid, Julie embarked on an unexpected parenting journey that spanned 20 years before eventually drawing Julie to the realization that her son had known who he was all along. Her job was simply to get out of the way and let him be. Julie Tarney is a former PR agency president from the Midwest who worked extensively with leading brands like McDonald’s and Coca-Cola. She is now a writer, resource for parents raising gendercreative kids, and an advocate for LGBTQ youth. She is a blogger for The Huffington Post and board member for the It Gets Better Project.

One of These Things First is a wry and poignant reminiscence of a 15-year-old gay Jewish boy in Brooklyn in the early ’60s and his unexpected trajectory from a life behind a rack of dresses in his grandmother’s bra and girdle store to the halls of Payne Whitney among a captivating group of wealthy neurotics and Ivy League alcoholics who subtly begin to change him in unexpected ways. This rich cast of characters includes a famous Broadway producer who becomes his unlikely mentor, an elegant woman who claimed to be the ex-mistress of newly-elected president John F. Kennedy, a snooty, suicidal Harvard architect, and a seductive young Contessa. At the center of the story is a brilliant young psychiatrist who promises to cure a young boy of his homosexuality and give him the normalcy he so longs for. Steven Gaines is the author of Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons, The Sky’s the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan, and Simply Halston, a biography of the fashion designer, among other books. He is a former NPR radio host.

Thursday, March 2, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at Beth Tikvah • Debut Fiction Panel Victoria Kelly – Mrs. Houdini

Before escape artist Harry Houdini died, he vowed he would find a way to speak to his beloved wife, Bess, from beyond the grave, using a coded message known only to the two of them. When his widow begins seeing this code in seemingly impossible places, it becomes clear that Harry has an urgent message to convey. Unlocking the puzzle will set Bess on a course back through the pair’s extraordinary interfaith romance, which swept the illusionist and his bride from the beaches of Coney Island to the palaces of Budapest to the back lots of Hollywood. In surprising turns that weave through the dawn of the 20th century and into the dazzling 1920s, Mrs. Houdini is a thrilling tale that goes to the heart of one of history’s greatest love stories.

Jennifer Brown – Modern Girls

In 1935, Dottie Krasinsky is the epitome of the modern girl. A bookkeeper in Midtown Manhattan, Dottie has a steady beau, close girlfriends and an eye for fashion. Yet at heart, she is a dutiful Jewish daughter, living with her Yiddish-speaking parents on the Lower East Side. So when after a single careless night she is “in a family way” by a charismatic but unsuitable man, she is desperate – unwed, unsure and running out of options. After 20 years as a housewife and mother of five children, Dottie’s immigrant mother,

Rose, is itching to return to the social activism of her youth. With strikes and breadlines at home, National Socialism rising in Europe, and a brother unable to escape Poland, she knows there is more important work to be done than cooking and cleaning. Yet when she realizes that she, too, is pregnant, she struggles to reconcile her longings with her faith. Mother and daughter must confront their beliefs, the changing world, and the fact that their lives will never again be the same.

Martha Hall Kelly – Lilac Girls

New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate, but her world is forever changed when Hitler’s army invades Poland in September 1939 with its sights set on France. An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. For the ambitious young German doctor Herta Oberheuser, an advertisement for a government medical position seems her ticket out of a desolate life. Once hired, though, she finds herself trapped in a male-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power. The lives of these women are set on a collision course when Kasia is sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women. Their stories cross continents as Caroline and Kasia strive to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten.

Monday, March 13, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at UUCGN • Topic: Humor Eric Golub – Jewish Lunacy

William Novak – Die Laughing

Jewish Lunacy is a lighthearted slice of Jewish life meant to bring all Jews together. It is a humorous spiritual journey that weaves love of Judaism with love of family in a story of trying to obey religious laws amid the secular temptations of the world around us. Whether liberal or conservative, secular or religious, Jewish Lunacy can unite all readers in laughter and purpose. Eric Golub is a national author, speaker and comedian who has spoken in all 50 states. He speaks about politics, religion and everything else that should not be discussed. He is a former stockbrokerage and oil professional living in Los Angeles. He is single, to the chagrin of his loving parents, and proud of his Jewish heritage.

From the co-creator of The Big Book of Jewish Humor comes a laugh-out-loud collection of jokes and cartoons about growing older that deals with memory loss, long marriages, medicine, changes in sexuality, the afterlife and much more. Growing older can be unsettling and surprising, so what better way to deal with this new stage of life than to laugh about it? Die Laughing includes more than enough jokes (and a nice sprinkling of New Yorker cartoons) to let that laughter burst out. William Novak is best known to Jewish audiences as the co-editor of The Big Book of Jewish Humor, a beloved collection of jokes, cartoons and stories that is still in print 35 years after its 1981 release. Novak is also a successful ghostwriter who has served as the coauthor of the best-selling memoirs of Lee Iacocca, Tip O’Neill, Nancy Reagan, Oliver North, Magic Johnson, Tim Russert and Natan Sharansky.

Thursday, January 19, 7:00 - 8:30 pm at Federation • Topic: Holocaust Amy Kurzweil – Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir Flying Couch tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy’s coming of age as a young Jewish artist weaves into the narrative of her mother, a therapist, and her Bubbe, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. Captivated by Bubbe’s story, Amy turns to her sketchbooks to preserve and record the past, teaching herself to draw as a way to cope with what she discovers. Entwining the voices and histories of these three women, Amy creates a portrait not only of what it means to be part of a

family, but also of how each generation bears the imprint of the past. Flying Couch uses Bubbe’s real testimony to investigate the legacy of trauma, the magic of family stories, and the meaning of home. Amy Kurzweil’s comics have appeared in The Huffington Post and The New Yorker. In 2013, she was the recipient of a Norman Mailer Fellowship. She teaches writing and comics at Parsons, The New School for Design and at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Free event with any ticket purchase (limited to the first 50 reservations).

For the events with more than one author, the order in which they present will be decided a few days prior to their event. If you’d like to know the order, please email fedstar18@gmail.com or call the Federation office at 239.263.4205.

Venues

Festival Sponsors

All locations are in Naples (area code 239): Special thanks to Beth Tikvah: 1459 Pine Ridge Road (434-1818) these organizations for Hilton Naples: 5111 Tamiami Trail N. (430-4900) providing space for the Jewish Federation: 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road (263-4205) Festival events. Temple Shalom: 4630 Pine Ridge Road (455-3030) Unitarian Universalist Cong. of Greater Naples: 6340 Napa Woods Way (455-6553)

We are grateful to the following businesses and organizations for their support of the Collier County Jewish Book Festival.

Book Sales

All of the Festival’s books will be on display on the second floor in the Barnes & Noble store at the Waterside Shops beginning in early October. Be sure to pick up a free Festival bookmark while you’re there. Books will also be available for purchase and signing at each author’s event. Books make great gifts for friends and family.

Festival Website & Email

Visit the official Festival website at www.jewishbookfestival.org for more information on the authors and their books, event updates and a printable order form. Have questions that have not been answered in this 4-page pullout? Send an email to fedstar18@gmail.com.

Patron Receptions with Authors

Purchasers of the Patron Festival Package (see order form below) will be invited to at least two private author receptions. Currently, the following authors and dates are confirmed. Additional dates and authors may be added. (Authors and dates are subject to change.) ¡ Alyson Richman and Ronald H. Balson: Wednesday, January 11, catered buffet lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (prior to their event) at Temple Shalom ¡ Rabbi Harold Kushner: Friday, January 20, afternoon tea/coffee and light snacks in a private home

Tickets are transferable

Consider purchasing a Patron Festival Package or Series Pass. Even if you can’t make it to all 12 events, you can gift your tickets to friends, colleagues and family members. Tickets make the perfect Chanukah gift. Women’s Cultural Alliance

Authors appearing at the Collier County Jewish Book Festival are part of the Jewish Book Council Network. Jewish Book Festival Committee

Coordinator: Ted Epstein Co-Chairs: Phil Jason, Robin Mintz, Susan Pittelman Carole Greene Ida Margolis Lee Henson Patti Boochever Dina Shein Irene Pomerantz Lenore Greenstein Steve Brazina Elaine Soffer Iris Shur Linda Smith Sue Bookbinder

Jewish Book Festival Ticket Order Form Patron Festival Package: Tickets to all 12 events $199 x ___ package(s) = total $_____ Bonuses: Includes reserved seat in front rows/tables at each event, invitations to two private author receptions (with food), and recognition in the Federation Star.

Series Pass: Tickets to all 12 events (a $182 value) $149 x ___ pass(es) Does NOT include Patron Festival Package bonuses.

Featured Event: Thursday, January 19 @ 2:00pm

Rabbi Harold S. Kushner

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Luncheons and Breakfast at the Hilton Naples: Tuesday, December 13 @ 11:30am Luncheon w/ Kate Siegel & Kim Friedman $36 x ___ = $_____ Please indicate choice of meal:  chicken  salmon  vegetarian

Thursday, January 5 @ 11:30am Monday, February 27 @ 9:00am

Luncheon with Jesse Itzler

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Breakfast with Ina Pinkney

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7-Event Package: Tickets to all 7 events below (an $84 value) $56 x ___ = $_____ Wednesday, January 11 @ 1:00pm Monday, January 23 @ 1:00pm Monday, January 30 @ 7:00pm Wednesday, February 8 @ 1:00pm Monday, February 20 @ 7:00pm Thursday, March 2 @ 1:00pm Monday, March 13 @ 1:00pm

Alyson Richman & Ronald H. Balson Josh Aronson & Robert P. Watson Gary Belsky & Gail Buckland Judy Batalion & Noa Baum Julie Tarney & Steven Gaines J. Brown, V. Kelly, M. Hall Kelly Eric Golub & William Novak

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Free event with any ticket purchase (limited to the first 50 reservations): Thursday, January 19 @ 7:00pm Amy Kurzweil # of tickets ___ (1 ticket per person) • Tickets will be mailed beginning in early December, or can be picked up at the events. • Tickets ARE transferable and can be given to others. • Open seating at all events. Front rows/tables will be reserved for Patrons and Sponsors. • If an author cancels (weather, illness, etc.) we will attempt to reschedule the author in late March or April. Your original ticket will be good for the rescheduled event. • No refunds unless entire event (both authors for multi-author events) is canceled and not rescheduled. For ticket packages, refund will be prorated. • Tickets are NOT tax deductible. • If a venue needs to be changed, ticket buyers will be notified. • All events will take place in Naples.

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2nd Annual

Mail in your order form today. Phone and walk-in orders (at the Federation office) will be taken beginning Wednesday, October 5. Pick up your free Festival bookmark at the Federation office or the Naples Barnes & Noble.

Calendar of Events TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 • 11:30am - 2:00pm Relationships Kate Siegel, Mother, Can You Not? with Kate’s mom, Kim Friedman

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 • 11:30am - 2:00pm Memoir Jesse Itzler, Living with a SEAL

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 • 1:00 - 3:30pm Fiction Alyson Richman, The Velvet Hours Ronald H. Balson, Karolina’s Twins

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 • 2:00 - 3:30pm Inspiration Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned About Life

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 • 7:00 - 8:30pm Jewish Identity Amy Kurzweil, Flying Couch - A Graphic Memoir

MONDAY, JANUARY 23 • 1:00 - 3:30pm Holocaust Josh Aronson, Orchestra of Exiles Robert P. Watson, The Nazi Titanic

MONDAY, JANUARY 30 • 7:00 - 9:15pm

presented by

Sports/Sports Photography Gary Belsky, On the Origins of Sports Gail Buckland, Who Shot Sports

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 • 1:00 - 3:30pm Memoir Judy Batalion, White Walls Noa Baum, A Land Twice Promised

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 • 7:00 - 9:15pm Memoir - LGBTQ Julie Tarney, My Son Wears Heels Steven Gaines, One of These Things First

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 • 9:00 - 11:30am Cooking/Food Ina Pinkney, Ina’s Kitchen

THURSDAY, MARCH 2 • 1:00 - 3:30pm Debut Fiction Panel Victoria Kelly, Mrs. Houdini Jennifer Brown, Modern Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

MONDAY, MARCH 13 • 1:00 - 3:30pm Humor Eric Golub, Jewish Lunacy William Novak, Die Laughing

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October 2016 Federation Star

Book reviews and author information 1st in a series of 4

Over the course of four Federation Star issues (October 2016 - January 2017), we will present the Jewish Book Festival committee members’ reviews and synopses of the books (and their authors) being featured at the Festival.

A powerful Holocaust thriller about long-kept secrets Book review by Philip K. Jason, Special to the Federation Star Karolina’s Twins by Ronald H. Balson. St. Martin’s Press. 320 pages. Hardcover $25.99

arolina’s Twins is the third book in a trilogy (hopefully, to be a series) by Ronald H. Balson. Part legal thriller and part Holocaust narrative, the story echoes the pattern of Balson’s first novel, the highly successful Once We Were Brothers. As with the earlier book, the author risks the possible tedium of putting readPhil Jason ers through long stretches of extremely detailed conversations in which one voice dominates. This time it is the voice of Polish-born Lena Scheinman Woodward, a Holocaust survivor who has a long, complex story to tell, a promise to keep, and a secret. In her late eighties, Lena is in fine physical and mental condition; she speaks with elegance and precision. The setting for her storytelling is primarily the law office of Catherine Lockhart, a lawyer whom Lena insists should represent her. But as much as Lena reveals to Catherine, the lawyer feels that her client is holding something back. Meanwhile, Lena’s son Arthur is prepared to have his mother declared incompetent. He fears she will squander family resources on an old obsession, and he strives to take control of the family’s assets. To Arthur, Lena appears obsessed and delusionary. But Lena’s preoccupations stem from a promise to return to Poland and find her best friend Karolina’s twin daughters. The infant girls, traveling along with Karolina and another woman, were cast out of a railroad car in order to save their lives. The unfolding narrative, which requires many meetings, is in part shaped by Catherine’s questions. Often, Cath-

erine’s husband, private investigator Liam Taggart, is in the room. It will be Liam’s task to verify the facts of Lena’s story – including the reliability of her memory. So, there is the story Lena tells, mostly focused on her experiences during the Holocaust, the story of the legal proceedings, and the story of the relationship between Catherine and Liam, appearing in the trilogy together for the third time (including the second book, Saving Sophie). The Holocaust narrative is fascinating, horrifying, and yet on the whole, uplifting. We are witness to terrible suffering via the full range of Nazi cruelty and the defiant, generous actions of a handful of individuals. It lives in the authentic details of place, especially the Scheinman family’s small town, which is occupied by Nazi forces. Balson’s historical research goes far beyond the story he was told by the woman whose life served as his main source. Moreover, he employs that research smoothly and stunningly. Once the legal proceedings are underway, Balson is writing a courtroom drama. Arthur’s lawyer is truly nasty – a fine match for his client. The unfriendly, self-important judge threatens Catherine with contempt of court if she does not reveal information that would sacrifice attorney-client privilege. The

competency hearing requires more than the display of Lena’s obvious mental and physical health. How can she prove that she is neither fabricating nor imagining seemingly far-fetched events and circumstances? Liam’s job is to verify the key elements in Lena’s story. But what can be discovered seventy years later? Readers will eavesdrop on his phone calls from Europe in which he reports to Catherine his frustrations, his plans, his leads and his findings. Balson’s absorbing presentation of Liam’s investigation is handled with authority and vigor. The novel is emotionally enriched by Catherine being in the late stages of her pregnancy. Balson crafts effective emotional connections between Lena’s story of the vulnerable prenatal twins and their mother, and the fears that any mother-to-be experiences – Catherine in this case – in the late stages of her pregnancy. Readers may find Lena’s articulateness a problem. Often her speech seems unusually studied or scripted – not quite what one would expect in any conversational situation in which a degree of improvisation is expected. The sentences are so well-turned, it’s as if they’ve been refined for publication and rehearsed. And yet one can’t help but feel and believe in the essence

of her character. Balson has done an excellent job of writing three stand-alone novels that have just enough teasing cross references to draw a reader from one book to the others. These include, for example, a reference to a gorgeous Israeli agent who figures importantly in Saving Sophie now showing up in Karolina’s Twins to meet Liam at Yad Vashem where he does some of his Holocaust research. Another example is Catherine hiring a lawyer (once her employer and later her adversary) to help her with the contempt issue. He first appears in Once We Were Brothers. It is time, perhaps, for Balson to call his books the Lockhart and Taggart Mystery Series – because I wouldn’t mind more. This review, which first appeared in the Washington Independent Review of Books, is reprinted by permission. See www.washingtonindependentreview ofbooks.com. 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.

Wednesday, January 11, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at Temple Shalom Ronald H. Balson is a Chicago trial attorney, educator and writer. His practice has taken him to several international venues. He is also the author of Saving Sophie and the international bestseller Once We Were Brothers. Appearing with Ronald H. Balson will be Alyson Richman, author of The Velvet Hours. This program is being generously sponsored by the Women’s Cultural Alliance.

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Mother, Can You Not? by Kate Siegel Review by Ted Epstein, Jewish Book Festival Coordinator

o what is a guy doing writing a review of Mother, Can You Not? Well, I had a Jewish mother, much like author Kate Siegel’s. And while mine didn’t accompany me to a gynecological exam or ask about my period, she did stick her nose into my dating life and career choices, and worried about me being single forever. Fortunately, we didn’t have cell phones when I grew up. If you have a Jewish mother, or are one, you’ll enjoy the straightforward, candid and even explicit language and

scenarios in this book. You’ll find a little bit (perhaps, much) of yourself and your experiences in these pages. Just go with the flow…wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Warning: Like Kate’s mom, the book doesn’t hold back with language and subject matter. The titles of some of the chapters should you give an idea of what to expect: Green Eggs and Sperm, My First Fake ID, Stalking 101, Dr. Who (Ha), Buff Boys. Reading the book, I realized that even though Kim, Kate’s mom, hovers like a helicopter, she has the best of

intentions and absolutely adores Kate. And, Kate, though it may not sound like it at times, pays tribute to her doting and sometimes critical mom. Kate says that her mom is her best friend and loves her dearly. The book includes screen shots of text message exchanges between Kate and her mom. If you think the following message from Kim to Kate is funny, then this book – and their presentation at the Jewish Book Festival – is for you: Happy Birthday, Spawn! Or as I like to say: Happy “day ur mother was cracked

Tuesday, December 13, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm at Hilton Naples Kate Siegel is a writer and a social media guru behind the Instagram account @CrazyJewishMom. She has been featured on BuzzFeed, Elite Daily, The Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, People Magazine, and on Nightline and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She previously served as an associate producer for Condé Nast Entertainment, overseeing digital video for Teen Vogue, Bon Appétit, The New Yorker Festival, Condé Nast Traveler and Self. This program is being generously sponsored by U.S. Bank and includes lunch.

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open like a coconut to give u life” day. Here’s another: Kim: Kate, I sat next to the nicest young man at Starbucks today. Yale. Lawyer. I showed him your Facebook picture and gave him your number. Kate: Mom, you can’t keep giving my number out to strangers. Kim: YALE In many ways, Kim is a typical parent. She loves her daughter and wants her to be happy, have a good job, get married, and have kids someday. Her concerns just happen to manifest themselves in dozens of texts a day, ranging from advice about using bronzing lotion to pleas for Kate to freeze her eggs before it’s too late. Every mother-daughter dynamic is a balancing act. Who else can proudly insist that you’re perfect while simultaneously making you question every career, fashion and relationship decision you have ever made? With Mother, Can You Not?, Kate invites you to commiserate, to roll your eyes and, above all, to laugh lovingly at the lengths to which our mothers will go to better our lives – even if it feels like they’re ruining them in the process.

Living with a SEAL by Jesse Itzler Review by Carole J Greene, Jewish Book Festival committee member

have to meet the guy who thought hiring a Navy SEAL as his personal trainer for a month was a GOOD idea. Was Jesse Itzler nuts? Or was he crazy like a fox? I waffled between those two opinions as I read Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet, written by entrepreneur, author, rapper and endurance athlete Jesse Itzler. Was SEAL’s exercise regimen physically grueling and mentally punishing? Oh my, yes. Was it worth it?

Itzler definitely thought so, as he made clear at the end of the book: “SEAL – we never learn his name – left an indelible mark on me. I’ve never been stronger, faster or mentally tougher…I can do a thousand push-ups in a day. I smoke the times I used to do around the Central Park Loop. I literally don’t have an ounce of fat on me.” He goes on to say, “I have houses, a driver, fly privately. I have all of these things. SEAL has a military ID and cash…He didn’t want my life and I

wanted his life.” For someone who lives in an upscale apartment on Central Park West, that’s quite an admission. The book – a quick, easy read – details the daily workouts Jesse endured. In his mid-40s and already physically fit, Jesse wanted to take his training even further. SEAL took the job on one condition: Jesse would do everything he said, when he said. He could wake Jesse at any time, push him to any extreme. That meant running six miles at 5:00 a.m. in 15° weather, doing push-ups and pull-

Thursday, January 5, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm at Hilton Naples Jesse Itzler cofounded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet flight card, before helping to pioneer the coconut water craze with Zico, acquired by The Coca-Cola Company. He is a former rapper and music producer. Jesse often can be found at the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely; they have four children. This program is being generously sponsored by U.S. Bank and includes lunch.

ups until his muscles felt like Jello, or chopping through the ice to plunge his body into the frigid lake water beneath. Jesse ends each chapter with a recap of that day’s workout totals, e.g. “8 miles, 400 push-ups and 550 sit-ups.” The book concludes with a chart showing impressive totals of miles run, pushups, pull-ups, sit-ups and other workouts during the 30 days SEAL lived in Jesse’s apartment and put him through those agonizing paces. The book is not all exercise-oriented. Into his narrative, Jesse weaves stories about his business exploits, how he wooed his wife Sara – the inventor and founder of Spanx – and other anecdotes. At first, Jesse found it unnerving that SEAL couldn’t care less about his tony address, his commercial successes, his wife’s business empire – all the things that made up his life. But in the end, it was Jesse who wanted what SEAL had, not the other way around. At first I was disappointed not to learn SEAL’s identity. However, upon reflection, I understood why Jesse never told us. When you read the book, you will, too.

Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned About Life by Harold S. Kushner Review by Iris Shur, Jewish Book Festival committee member

abbi Harold S. Kushner, wellknown author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, has appeared in Naples a few times in recent years. The last time, there were 700 in the audience and a waiting list. This time he will be talking about his thirteenth and latest book, Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned About Life. The book covers a lot of ground along Rabbi Kushner’s path to defining his view of God. It isn’t a book you can skim. Instead, you’ll want to digest it

very slowly as you compare your life essentials and your God-view with his. Rabbi Kushner tells us that he is constantly responding to new generations of Jews with different ways of dealing with the concept of God. So the book has appeal for college students as well as senior citizens. One of his essential points is “Forgiveness is a Favor You Do Yourself.” The author takes us from Biblical times to modern-day living, giving examples of the act of forgiveness. King David,

characters in the movie Love Story, Nelson Mandela, and your Uncle Irving who hasn’t talked to his sister for twenty years, all have something in common. They carry grudges that need to be abandoned. If they don’t, the object of their anger will continue to hold power over them. In the thought-provoking chapter “God Does Not Send the Problem; God Sends Us the Strength to Deal With the Problem,” Rabbi Kushner further defines his idea of God. He writes exten-

Thursday, January 19, 2:00 - 3:30 pm at Hilton Naples Rabbi Harold S. Kushner is the rabbi laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, having long served that congregation. He is best known as the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned About Life is his 13th book. This program is being generously sponsored by the Women’s Cultural Alliance.

sively about his son, who died at a young age of a rare disease called progeria. His son’s strength in dealing with that illness, and the family’s struggle to cope with the challenge and sorrow, gave rise to the rabbi’s ability to continue to believe in a God who would cause such a horrible thing to happen. His God is the God who “is with us in our struggles... with us in our grieving.” His God is not the God who brings on the misfortune, but the one who gives us the strength to deal with it. Rabbi Kushner was a Columbia grad in 1955 who did not start out planning to be a rabbi. In this book he offers a glimpse of his journey to that decision and of the early years that shaped his theology. Even after completing his studies, he was not equipped to answer all the questions about Judaic practices, about right and wrong, about revenge and forgiveness, that came his way. “I was at best ready to go forth and learn,” he writes. As you read his latest book, you’ll find yourself making your own list of life’s essentials. This is a guidebook to help you define yourself.

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The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman Review by Dina Shein, Jewish Book Festival committee member

fter seventy years, an apartment containing numerous art collections and an enticing portrait Iwas discovered in Paris. Using this as dher inspiration, Alyson Richman beautifully crafts a story of two women, Solyange, a 19-year-old writer, and Marthe de Florian, her estranged grandmother. The novel shifts between the 1880s and the late 1930s, when the world is about to enter World War II, and Gertmany is at Paris’s doorstep. Marthe is an elusive courtesan who has lived in solitude in her apartment for the past g s

sixty years. She has surrounded herself with beautiful objects: her collection of crystals, ceramic figurines, sumptuous furnishings and, most notably, her portrait that hangs over the fireplace, painted by the very famous Giovanni Boldini. Marthe reinvented herself from a penniless seamstress, to actress and courtesan. She had also given up her child, Henri, at birth. As his mistress, Marthe finds true love with Charles. On their trip to Venice, Charles gives Marthe a new name and the freedom

to discover her talent of collecting art objects. From finding ancient Japanese erotic love prints, to her crystals, Marthe surrounds herself with the aesthetics. Charles also commissioned the portrait to preserve Marthe’s beauty forever. Marthe is a woman desired by men, wealthy men, who appreciate that rare beauty and the connoisseur of the arts. As WWII looms, Solange’s father is called to serve. Not wanting to leave his daughter alone while still grieving her deceased mother, he introduces Solange to his mother, Marthe, the grandmother

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Alyson Richman is the international bestselling author of The Mask Carver’s Son, The Rhythm of Memory, The Last Van Gogh, The Lost Wife and The Garden of Letters. Her novels have been published in eighteen languages and have been bestsellers in several countries. The Lost Wife is currently in development to become a major film.

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The martyrdom of Lubny

s .By Paul R. Bartrop, PhD he small city of Lubny is located in the Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. It is reputed to ” be one of the oldest cities in Ukraine, -allegedly founded in 988 by Prince sVladimir the Great of Kiev. The first written record cons cerning Lubny dates from 1107. Jews settled in Lubny in the first half of the 17th century. On e the eve of World War II, in 1939, the Dr. Paul Bartrop Jewish population t ynumbered 2,833, about 10.5% of the total. Exactly 75 years ago this month, s tthe Jewish community of Lubny was obliterated by the Nazis. Its history is worth recalling, in tears and sorrow. After Operation Barbarossa, the o Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union that rbegan on June 22, 1941, the residents uof Lubny became immediately vulnerable to German attacks, even though the city itself was not occupied until September 13, 1941. Lubny and its surrounds became a major resistance center, and partisans fought the Nazis outside of the city. With the German takeover, all Jews were immediately registered under the so-called Kommissar Order (Kommissarbefehl). The Nazis counted around 1,500 Jewish residents of the city, though this did not take into account those from outlying villages who

had come in looking for refuge. On October 10, 1941, the occupying authorities sent out an order to the Jews of Lubny that they were to gather in the nearby village of Zasule for resettlement, making sure to take with them warm clothes and valuables. The “resettlement” was to take place a few days later, on October 16, 1941. On the appointed day, the Jews of Lubny gathered at Kirov Square, the main market square of the city. Unknown to them was the fact that Sonderkommando 4a, one of the units of Einsatzgruppen C and under the command of Colonel Paul Blobel, had also received orders: to effectuate the liquidation of the entire Jewish population of Lubny. Blobel was one of the SS officers who had organized the huge massacre of Jews at Babi Yar, just outside of Kiev, in late September 1941, where 33,771 Jews were murdered in the space of two days. Later, in November 1941, Blobel was to receive and put into operation the first gas vans in Ukraine, as well. As perpetrated by Blobel’s unit, all the Jews were then herded just outside of Lubny – they never made it to the village of Zasule, which was just a ruse to assemble the population – and murdered in small batches at the Zasylskiy ravine. As many members of the population as could be located were shot into the ravine: men, women, children, babies and the elderly. On that day, 1,865 Jews were murdered; not just

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whom she never knew existed. Solange is a budding writer, and as the two women bond, Marthe shares the story of her incredible life’s journey. Solange begins to write, and while relationship blossoms, the outside world becomes more and more ominous. The plot alternates between the stories of both women. Marthe is at the end of her life; Solange is just beginning to discover herself, love and her Jewish heritage. We see Paris during the Belle Epoque age, and Paris as WWII is approaching. The Velvet Hours is a story of love: Marthe’s love of Charles and her suitors, as well as her love of beauty. Solange also finds love as it unfolds against the desperation of war that looms. Solange’s mother, a Jewish woman named Cohen, leaves Solange with two rare Hebrew books. One is a Haggadah illustrated in Italy in the 15th century which eventually is the means for Solange’s survival. The Velvet Hours is a book within a book, a story of seduction – seduction of the mind through art and color. Using metaphors and symbols, Richman beautifully tell a story of Jewish survival, endurance and love. This is a great title for book clubs and book discussions.

Rescue of Jewish children in the Holocaust

rofessor of History and Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University, Dr. Paul Bartrop, is engaged in a major project on the rescue of Jewish children in Vichy, France, during World War II. In particular, he is looking at the escorting of Jewish children across the French Alps (the region known as Haute Savoie) to safety in Geneva, Switzerland. An important part of this research involves giving a voice to those Jew-

ish children who experienced this crossing. Dr. Bartrop is undertaking a worldwide search. If you are, or are related to, or know of someone who was a child at the time, or are aware of anyone who might be in possession of life stories or papers or photographs regarding these children, their story deserves to be highlighted in this work. If you, or someone you know, can help, please contact Dr. Bartrop at pbartrop@fgcu.edu, or Dr. Bartrop’s assistant, Ms. Taylor Neff, at twneff@ eagle.fgcu.edu.

the Jews of Lubny, but also those from Shtalag-328, a makeshift concentration camp that had been established earlier in Lvov (Lviv) and the areas around Babi Yar. The Nazis did not stop the killing there. In the second half of November 1941 they found and killed another 73 Jews missed in the first sweep. Those who, despite all this, still managed to survive as skilled laborers in demand for the German military, were killed during April and May 1942. Overall, therefore, across the period from October 1941 to May 1942, approximately two thousand Jews were murdered in Lubny. Their fate would have been largely forgotten were it not for the fact that a number of photographs were taken by the SS themselves during the killing process. The originals of these are filed in the archives of Hamburg’s Institut für

Sozialforschung (Institute for Social Research), and were used by Danish documentary filmmaker Ove Nyholm in his celebrated 2004 film The Anatomy of Evil (Ondskabens Anatomi). The Holocaust was visited upon the small Jewish community of Lubny as a totality. It was always intended that there would not be any survivors, as subsequent efforts by the Nazis showed. All men; all women; all children; everyone was murdered. The enormity of the Holocaust was such, however, that these two thousand Jewish deaths are hardly ever recorded in histories of the Shoah. This month, we remember…and may their memory be for a blessing. 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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the crowd after refusing to shake the hand of 26-Across 11. “___ Einai” 12. Word between “it” and “good” in Genesis 13. Bring to a beth din, perhaps 18. What one without a coat at the top of Hermon might say 22. Less mashuga 23. Observed shiva 24. Shalosh, in Pisa 25. Like Linda Richman’s fake nails 27. ___ it (spends a night in a bedouin tent, for some) 28. Hebrew or Arabic 29. Have an interest-free loan out 30. Shabbat or Tamid 33. ___ Rican (like Juan Epstein) 37. See 51-Across 39. Word with B’koach or Hashem 41. In Israel they’re kgs 43. Eilat and Cairns have them 44. Kingdom of kosher chicken? 45. ___ Chaim 46. Carew’s CA team, on the scoreboard 49. Fifth king in the House of David 50. Computer pioneered by Jobs and Raskin, for short 53. Resting spot of Noah’s Ark 55. Color War relay race at many Jewish camps 58. Nation of Islam el-Shahabi 59. ___ Aviv (Beit Shemesh neighborhood) 61. Lauder of makeup 64. Whole (Jewish community) 65. 1994 Jeremy Piven campus comedy 66. Campaigned, like Sanders 67. Paul’s role in “Exodus” 69. Second Temple or Hasmonean 70. Like a choleh 71. “¡___ Tormé!” (1959 album) 72. “...will not fail thee, ___ forsake thee” (Josh. 1:15)

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By Nate Bloom, Contributing Columnist Editor’s note: Persons in BOLD CAPS are deemed by Nate Bloom to be Jewish for the purpose of the column. Persons identified as Jewish have at least one Jewish parent and were not raised in a faith other than Judaism – and don’t identify with a faith other than Judaism as an adult. Converts to Judaism, of course, are also identified as Jewish. New TV Season: New Hebrews Here are TV shows that started in September through early October, with a Jewish thespian in an important role. Better Things, an FX cable show, began on Thursday, September 8. It stars PAMELA ADLON, 50, whose best known roles include being the voice of Bobby on King of the Hill, Louis C.K.’s wife on Louie, and the wife of DAVID DUCHOVNY’s best friend on Californication. Things is semiautobiographical – Adlon plays an actress who is raising three daughters, alone. In real life, that’s what Adlon is doing. The first season of One Mississippi was released on September 8 on Amazon. It stars lesbian comedian, and Mississippi native Tig Notaro as a lesbian from Mississippi who returns home following the sudden death of her mother. JOHN ROTHMAN, 67, a character actor whose face you’d recognize, plays her stepfather. The Los Angeles Times said about him: “But Rothman is the marvel of One Mississippi, taking a role too often used strictly for humor and exposition and turning it into a beautiful portrait of a man who has just lost his emotional translator. Far from cold or oblivious, he is simply searching for another door through which he can communicate with the world.” Also on Amazon is Fleabag, a series that was released on September 16. It’s a BBC import about the complex life of a young woman. Most of the cast is British, but American comedian BRETT GELMAN, 39, has a large supporting role.

Designated Survivor is an ABC series that started on Wednesday, September 21. An explosion kills the President and all the cabinet members except Kiefer Sutherland’s character, the HUD secretary. He becomes president and quickly finds out there are many more horrible surprises coming. ASHLEY ZUCKERMAN, 32, an Australian Jewish actor who starred in the WGN series Manhattan, has a large recurring role as a congressman who was a war hero. Meanwhile, September 30 marks the release of the six-part Amazon series Crisis in Six Parts. It is written and directed by WOODY ALLEN, 81, who also stars. No real plot details are available as I write this, but the listed cast includes ELAINE MAY, 84, and MICHAEL RAPAPORT, 46. October 2 sees the premiere of Westworld on HBO. It’s based on the 1973 film of the same name in which advanced robots in a Western theme park turn on the rich patrons. EVAN RACHEL WOOD, 29, co-stars. Also on HBO, starting October 9, is the highly-anticipated comedy/drama series Divorce, starring SARAH JESSICA PARKER, 51, as a woman trying to make a new start. Co-stars include TALIA BALSAM, 57, and ALEX WOLF, 18. Parker, Balsam and Wolf are all children of Jewish fathers and non-Jewish mothers (Balsam’s father was the late actor MARTIN BALSAM). They Should Erect Two Statues Okay, as I write this, the Chicago Cubs, who have not won a league champion-

Nate Bloom (see column at left) has become a family history expert in 10 years of doing his celebrity column, and he has expert friends who can help when called on. Most family history experts charge $1,000 or more to do a full family-tree search. However, Bloom knows that most people want to start with a limited search of one family line.

So here’s the deal:

Write Bloom at nteibloom@aol.com and enclose a phone number. Nate will then contact you about starting a limited search. If that goes well, additional and more extensive searches are possible. The first search fee is no more than $100. No upfront cost. Also, several of this newspaper’s readers have asked Bloom to locate friends and family members from their past, and that’s worked out great for them. So contact him about this as well. ship since 1945, and a World Series since 1908, are poised to win their division, and respected pundits give them the best chance of any team to win it all. The suffering of Cubs’ fans was long shared by Boston Red Sox fans. The Sox won the Series in 1918 and didn’t win again until 2004. One could say that Sox fans had it better than the Cubs’ fans because Boston did win the American League championship in 1967 and 1986. On the other hand, getting so close and losing (before 2004) may have inflicted more agony than Cubs’ fans suffered. If the Cubs do win, they will have one thing very much in common with the 2004 Red Sox. The same guy built these teams through deft draft picks, trades and choice of coaches. In 2004, the General Manager and builder of the Red Sox team that finally won the Series was THEO EPSTEIN, now 42. Epstein’s title is different with the Cubs (President of Baseball Operations), but he’s really doing the same job as he did with the Sox. Epstein’s father is well-known

author LESLIE EPSTEIN, 78. His grandfather (PHILIP EPSTEIN) and great-uncle (JULIUS EPSTEIN) were identical twins and screenwriters. In 1943, they won the Oscar for their script for Casablanca. If the Cubs win, they should erect identical statues of Theo Epstein in front of Boston’s Fenway Park and Chicago’s Wrigley Field. A larger-than-life statue of Epstein should stand on a pedestal with a crowd of (carved) fans looking up at him. A bronze plaque attached to the bottom of the “tableau” should quote that famous Casablanca line: “Here’s looking at you kid.”

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Enhancing identity in Cuba MARK YOUR CALENDAR With Federation support, Cuban Jewish athletes took the world stage and learned for the ﬁrst time what it was like to be a part of a global community.

hen 46 Cuban Jews traveled to Israel this summer to participate in the Maccabiah Games, it wasn’t just the first time the island nation had sent athletes to what’s been described as the“Jewish Olympics.” It was also a demonstration of Cuban Jewish pride. A year in the making, the Cubans’ journey to Israel to participate in the Maccabiah Games was facilitated by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). The agency, which is funded by Jewish Federations, connected World Maccabiah with the Cuban Jewish community and provided the necessary resources to help its athletes fulfill their dreams. “For the first time, a very small -Jewish community of 1,500 people rparticipated in one of the biggest Jewsish events the world over,” said Lucisano Jaimovich and Alejandra Kotilar, spart of JDC’s team in Cuba. “From the ybeginning, the goal was to bring home -the medal of dignity, but the athletes hsurprised us with another five medals – tan incredible accomplishment.” e Though some Cuban Jews have eparticipated in programs such as the s

March of the Living and Taglit-Birthright Israel, the Maccabiah Games represented a new frontier. JDC’s help was instrumental in preparing the Cuban Jewish athletes for the games. The agency provided services including food, uniforms and transportation, as well as a coach from Argentina who traveled to Cuba for 10 days of intensive training with the indoor soccer team. By sending the Cuban Jewish athletes to the Games, JDC accomplished some of its most vital goals: helping people reconnect to their cultural heritage and find unprecedented strength as part of the global Jewish people. After the success of their first trip to the Games, the Cuban athletes are looking forward to the next Maccabiah. “With the spark left by the Games, all athletes are willing and excited to continue training and hopefully develop a new sports program for the Jewish community of Cuba,” Jaimovich and Kotilar said. “Perhaps, this may turn into the next program that will enhance social and cultural community life while rebuilding Jewish identity on the island.

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International credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s announced August 5 that it was maintaining its A+ rating for Israel. S&P sees Israel’s economy as robust in the face of shocks on the financial markets, thanks to its diversity, its balance of payments surplus, and its higher than projected tax receipts that have continued into 2016. (Amiram Barkat, Globes)

ISRAEL PROVES THE DESALINATION ERA IS HERE

Mediterranean seawater pumped from an intake a mile offshore is transformed at Israel’s new Sorek desalination plant into enough drinking water to supply 1.5 million people. The plant is the largest reverse-osmosis desal facility in the world. Just a few years ago, Israel was running out of water. Now it has a surplus. That remarkable turnaround was accomplished through national campaigns to conserve and reuse Israel’s meager water resources, but the biggest impact came from a new wave of desalination plants. Biofouling has always been an Achilles’ heel of desalination. Desal works by pushing saltwater into membranes containing microscopic pores. Microorganisms in seawater quickly colonize the membranes and block the pores, requiring periodic costly and chemical-intensive cleaning. But Israel

has developed a chemical-free system using porous lava stone to capture the microorganisms before they reach the membranes. Branching off from the main line where the Sorek water enters the Israeli grid is a simple spigot, a paper cup dispenser beside it. I open the tap and drink cup after cup of what was the Mediterranean Sea 40 minutes ago. It tastes cold, clear and miraculous. (Rowan Jacobsen, Scientiﬁc American)

ISRAELI START-UPS WIN TOP GLOBAL INNOVATION AWARDS

NiNiSpeech, which has developed a revolutionary digital platform for treating speech disorders, took first place in the Global Innovation Awards 2016, a global start-up competition held in China. AerialGuard, which has created an autonomous navigation system for civilian drones, won second place. The winners were selected by 11 judges from around the world as well as realtime voting from an audience of over 1,000 people. The finalists were selected from 3,000 international start-ups. Last year, Israeli start-up DiaCardio, developer of innovative software for decoding echocardiograms, took first prize. (Dan Schwartz, Times of Israel)

THE PRESIDENT OF PERU IS JEWISH

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, 77, who was sworn in as head of state in Lima recently, is Jewish. He was raised in

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Jewish and Arab women of Jaffa ﬁnd common ground in music By Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21c, www.israel21c.org, August 7, 2016

he dulcet voices of the women them. You develop a team spirit as you in Jaffa’s Rana Choir give the perform together and want to succeed.” impression of perfect harmony. Participants range in age from 35 The 10 Arab and 10 Jewish singers to 70-something, including motherdo have a strong bond, yet their views daughter and sister pairs. are hardly monolithic. “We went through a polite stage “It’s not easy. We don’t and then reached a all agree about everything stage where we’re like all the time,” says Lubna one big family,” Danny Rifi, 40, an Arab Muslim says. “That means we resident of Jaffa who joined can speak openly even the group last year. though we don’t all “It’s challenging to share the same political hear other opinions and try opinions. The only thing to understand the other peryou can aim for is to be son’s point of view. But at able to live together and least you are seeing the pic- Rana Choir member Lubna Rifi respect one another.” ture from their side and they (photo by Noa Ben Shalom) She was not sure are seeing it from your side,” she tells the fledgling group would survive the ISRAEL21c. “In this amazing choir we summer Gaza war of 2008. “I realized are doing something to change our difwe couldn’t go on without discussing ficult reality.” politics,” she says. “Instead of turning Rana (“singing” in both Hebrew into a big fight about who’s to blame, it and Arabic) was founded as Shirana in became a conversation about how we 2008 at the Arab-Jewish Community share the same pain, sorrow and anger Center in Jaffa. In early 2016, foundabout the waste of life.” er-conductor Mika Danny and artistic The deadly terrorist stabbing in Jafdirector Idan Toledano took the group fa on March 8, 2016, happened shortly under the umbrella of the Inspiration before the choir’s weekly rehearsal. Global School for Art, Leadership and Because they had a performance the Social Change and shortened the name. next day, the singers all showed up. “I was always involved in political “Everyone was in a horrible mood activities and demonstrations, and then but once you start singing you immediI moved to Jaffa 13 years ago and there ately feel better,” Danny says. “Some I felt I had a real chance to do someof the women were crying while singthing meaningful using my profession ing but we sang it out, you could say.” of music,” says Danny, 60, a voice Members have formed cross-culteacher and composer. tural friendships and the group spends She felt that a choir could provide one or two fun weekends together eva pivotal point for interaction between ery year. Muslim, Christian and Jewish residents “I feel good about knowing Arab of Jaffa, officially part of the Tel Aviv women and being friends with them municipality. and understanding their situation bet“The power of music is immense,” ter,” says Jewish Jaffa resident Irit AhaDanny tells ISRAEL21c. “Making roni. “If I need anything, I have a warm music together, especially singing, imsupport group that cares about me and mediately creates intimacy and nonI can always reach out to them.” verbal communication. You have to For Aharoni, the music is the glue listen carefully to those standing to that holds them together. “I joined Shiyour left and right to synchronize with rana about six months after it started

because it let me catch two birds: singing and being politically active choir with founder-conductor Mika Danny (center back row, wearing glasses) for coexistence. Theand artistic director Idan Toledano, front left (photo by Noa Ben Shalom) I really like the material we sing and I like the fact that ingly packed performance schedule we sing mostly in both languages, Arapresents a challenge in their busy lives. bic and Hebrew,” she tells ISRAEL21c. Rifi struggles to fit in rehearsWorking with Arab singer Lubna als and shows with raising three chilSalame, Danny chooses apolitical folk dren and working fulltime for the U.S. and ethnic songs suitable to the womAgency for International Development en’s sensibilities and voices. (USAID). She has mashed up several Hebrew “It’s very busy but it’s very imporand Arabic songs with a similar motif. tant for me,” she says. “It is becom“For example, there’s a Hebrew lullaby ing an objective in life for me to show ‘Numi Numi’ and I found an Arabic Arabs and Jews can be united through lullaby called ‘Nami Nami.’ The words the arts. I don’t think anything else can are very much alike and they harmounite us as much as singing does.” nize well together.” The resulting song Time isn’t the only commodity in is called “Nami Numi.” short supply, says Danny. “The only The choir also presents songs in money we’ve had until now is from Ladino, Greek, Persian, Yemenite and performances. We rely on volunteers Yiddish. and we dream of the day we can hire “The messages behind the songs a professional administrator. We are are very powerful,” says Rifi. “Sometrying to create an international friends times we see people with tears in their organization to support the choir.” eyes when we sing. I think this is the Abigail Klein Leichman is a writer and way to touch people and maybe change associate editor at ISRAEL21c. Prior their way of thinking a little bit.” to moving to Israel in 2007, she was Aharoni says that some of her chila specialty writer and copy editor at a dren tell her she is naïve to think the daily newspaper in New Jersey and has choir can make any difference. “I truly freelanced for a variety of newspapers believe it can,” says the 54-year-old and periodicals since 1984. psychologist. “I lost my father in the Yom Kippur War when I was 11 years old…and I think this is one reason it’s so important to me.” The more traditional Arab Muslim women face a different problem. Their husbands don’t like them leaving home and children once a week and performing in public. And for all the memSinging it out under the baton of Mika Danny bers of Rana, an increas(photo by Geert Van Kesteren)

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BRIEFS continued from page 29 the jungle, where his father served as director of the San Pablo leper colony at Iquitos, deep in the Peruvian Amazon. Pedro attended an English boarding school and then Exeter College, Oxford and Princeton University. He began his career as an economist at the World Bank before returning to Lima to serve as deputy manager of the Peruvian Central Bank. In 1980, he was named energy and mining minister and went on to serve twice as finance minister, as well as prime minister until 2006. Peru’s Jewish community numbers less than 3,000. (Jewish Chronicle - UK)

ISRAEL EMERGES AS A SIGNIFICANT PLAYER

Israel’s government debt-to-gross domestic product ratio, the Achilles’ heel of most countries, has been reduced from 100% in 2002 to 63.9% in 2016, compared with the euro bloc’s 90.7% and the OECD’s 94%. Israel’s unemployment rate has declined to 4.8%, compared to the OECD average of 6.3% and the euro bloc’s 10.1%. According to the Huffington Post: “The emergence of Israel as a small, but significant, player on the world stage is one of the remarkable developments at the end of the post-Cold War era...With a flourishing economy of $300 billion and nearly $40,000 GDP per capita...its military was rated by the Institute for the Study of War as pilot to pilot and airframe to airframe, the best air force in the world.” (Yoram Ettinger, Israel Hayom)

SAUDI MEDIA SOFTEN HOSTILITY TOWARD ISRAEL

Saudi state-run media appear to be softening their reporting on Israel, running unprecedented columns floating the prospect of direct relations, quoting Israeli officials, and running fewer negative stories on Israel’s relationship with the Palestinians. One column called for Saudis to “leave behind” their “hatred of Jews,” and another said that talks between the two nations should be direct, based on Saudi national interests. Saudi conservative Islamists view Iran, the Shi’ites and Hizbullah as “much worse than the Jews,” noted David Pollock of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. (Michael Wilner and Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post)

ARTICLES IN SAUDI PRESS: END THE ANTI-SEMITIC DISCOURSE, LEARN FROM THE JEWS’ SUCCESS

Over the past month, the Saudi press has featured a number of articles harshly critical of the anti-Semitic discourse in Arab and Muslim society. The articles argued that Koranic passages against the Jews only applied to specific groups during specific time periods, and should not be applied to Jews in general. They added that blind hatred of Jews everywhere has prevented Arabs and Muslims from learning the lessons of Jewish experience and advancement. (MEMRI)

TURKEY SEEKS ISRAELI DEALS

A delegation of Turkish businessmen headed by Ahmet Zorlu, a billionaire with interests in the energy sector, visited Israel recently in the wake of the two countries’ reconciliation agreement. Zorlu Group is already involved in the Israeli energy market through a 25% holding in Dorad, a new gas-fired generation plant, in partnership with Israeli Edeltech. Zorlu, regarded as an ally of Tur-

key’s president Erdogan, said that Turkey was waiting for Israeli natural gas, according to Yediot Ahronot. According to another report, a Turkish consortium has offered $2.5 billion to finance a 500-km. sub-sea gas pipeline from Israel’s Leviathan field to Turkey. (Ya’acov Zalel, Natural Gas Europe)

THE RUSSIA-ISRAEL ROMANCE

Israeli fruit and vegetables have become a common sight in Moscow, and even in the country’s periphery. The many Russians who have visited Israel since the visa requirement was canceled have changed the way Israel is viewed by the Russian public. Almost anyone you meet in Moscow has a friend, relative or acquaintance who recently visited the Holy Land and came back with tales of its wonders. If in certain Western circles the IDF is seen as deserving of criticism, the Russians see Israel’s military strength as something to be admired. Recently, in one week, three major events were underway in Moscow: an exhibition of giant photographs of Israeli landscapes; the Israeli Film Festival; and the IDF band’s appearance at an international festival of military bands. When the Russian media mentions Israel, the consensus is largely favorable. The Russian government has such tight control over the state media that it’s clear that the affection for Israel feeds off the sentiment of the “commander.” (Ariel Bolstein, Israel Hayom)

MORE ARAB ISRAELIS JOIN NATIONAL SERVICE

A fast-growing community of young Arabs are eschewing decades of antinormalization with the majority-Jewish State of Israel. Six years ago, only 600 non-Jews served in Israel’s national service program, in which participants volunteer for one to two years in schools, hospitals, courts or health clinics. Presently, 4,500 non-Jews are doing national service, including 100 from eastern Jerusalem. Those doing national service receive the same benefits as soldiers, which include $209 monthly, free healthcare, free use of public transportation, and a $2,880 grant at the end of their service for every year served, which can go toward education or buying a home. In addition, there is a fully funded, year-long university preparation program available only to native Arabic speakers. Sar Shalom Gerbi, director of Israel’s national service, noted that 85% of Arab volunteers find good jobs afterwards. “They want to help their communities and they understand this can also be an entry card into Israeli society.” (Dov Lieber, Times of Israel)

October 2016 Federation Star State of Israel.” The Young Socialists, the youth organization of the Social Democratic party, played a key role in the passage of the resolution. (Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post)

HAS THE CULTURAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL PEAKED?

In the 2016 concert season, there is no shortage of international performers coming to Israel and virtually all categories are represented. The South African rave-rap duo Die Antwoord, one of the hottest names around, was a prime target for BDS activity. However, the band paid little or no attention to this and once they took the stage in Tel Aviv they told the boycott activists exactly what they thought of them. Guitar icon Carlos Santana had

canceled his performance in Israel back in 2010 when the cultural boycott was at its height. This is why Santana’s recent performance in Tel Aviv was so important. The fact that a performer of iconic status, who has in the past canceled a performance, now feels it is safe and legitimate to return, tells us that as far as the cultural boycott is concerned, the worst may very well be behind us. (Adam Shay, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

ISRAEL’S GAS ROYALTIES HIT NEW RECORD

The Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources has reported that Israel received NIS 392 million ($103 million) in royalties from the Tamar gas field in the first half of 2016, a rise of 12.8% from the same period last year. (Globes)

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NUMBER OF ARAB TEACHERS IN JEWISH SCHOOLS RISES BY 40 PERCENT

The number of Israeli Arab teachers working in Jewish state schools has increased by 40% in recent years. The Education Ministry has sought to integrate Arab teachers of English, mathematics and science, among other subjects, into Jewish schools to reduce the surplus of teachers in the Arab sector and to promote coexistence. (Israel Hayom)

GERMAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DECLARE BDS ANTI-SEMITIC

Students at Leipzig University in Germany passed a resolution recently “to condemn the anti-Semitic BDS campaign” and “against anti-Semitic measures such as disinviting Israeli academics.” The Leipzig student council sees BDS as a danger to academic freedom and its goal is the “abolition of the

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Israel Action Network: Taking a stand against BDS By Jerry Silverman, August 25, 2016

he globally coordinated delegitimization movement, started primarily by groups that do not support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, is becoming increasingly sophisticated. Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) supporters are waging an economic, political and cultural battle on many fronts. Many say that they support a twostate outcome and just want to apply political pressure to push Israel to improve its treatment of Palestinians. Yet the movement’s founders remain committed to an end of the State of Israel and have attracted many anti-Zionists, Israel-haters and downright anti-Semites to their campaign. A dramatic example took place in January at a national LGBTQ conference in Chicago. Anti-Israel protesters shouting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” prevented participants from entering a reception hosted by A Wider Bridge, a U.S.-based group that builds connections to Israel. A Wider Bridge calls for a “time when Palestinians will live in dignity, free from occupation.” But that seemed meaningless to these protesters, who wanted to silence any supporter of Israel. If these activists really cared about advancing the peace process and fostering self-determination to enable Israelis and Palestinians to live side

by side, they would have advocated with A Wider Bridge activists instead of protesting against them. Time after time, loud, vocal, broad and sweeping animus toward Israel overshadows advocacy for peace and shuts down any possibility of dialogue. We saw another example of animosity toward Israel early this month when the Movement for Black Lives released an extensive platform that raises important issues, including economic justice, voter rights and criminal justice system reforms. Unfortunately, the platform also includes provisions that demonize Israel, erroneously equating the experiences of AfricanAmericans with Palestinians and outrageously calling Israel an “apartheid” state guilty of committing “genocide.” Jewish Federations work to turn the tide away from delegitimization and toward support for peace efforts through the Israel Action Network (IAN). Created in 2010, IAN is our goto network for anyone seeking resources to combat BDS. It provides training and strategies, fact sheets and talking points to counter attempts to undermine Israel’s legitimacy. Often working behind the scenes, IAN can be found wherever BDS raises its ugly head: supporting Hillels on college campuses, advising professors in their classrooms and within aca-

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demic associations, coordinating local efforts to adopt anti-discrimination legislation in states across the country, counseling fair trade-focused CEOs in board rooms, and training church activists, just to name a few. As a convener of organizations working to fight delegitimization of Israel, IAN leverages the strengths and assets of those groups. It provides education, training and speakers for major Jewish and non-Jewish conferences, as well as trips and education efforts for non-Jewish leaders of groups vulnerable to delegitimization efforts including interfaith, youth, women, minorities and journalists. IAN’s key message is simple: BDS is an approach that seeks to shut out and shut down one party to the conflict. That can’t be the pathway to peaceful resolution. And increasingly, thanks to efforts by IAN and other groups, fair-minded people in mainstream Protestant church groups, academic associations, unions and many other settings get it. Earlier this summer, at a national meeting of the Presbyterian Church (USA), IAN led a broad grassroots mobilization that yielded impressive results. For the first time in more than 40 years, the PCUSA endorsed a Jewish right to self-determination, representing a monumental shift from recent

dialogue in the church. In that same week, IAN helped New York University graduate students, who received the support of the United Automobile Workers International Union (UAW) in their efforts to defeat a divestment campaign. In doing so, UAW became the first union in the country to rule against BDS. A recent event held with The Israel Project honored state legislators in an ongoing effort to support local leaders who take a stand against BDS. The two groups are working to ensure that where BDS is active, anti-BDS legislation is signed into law. As of now, 11 states have such laws in place. Twenty more states have passed or are considering legislation. Those organizations that truly work to promote dialogue and cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians seek strategic approaches to build relationships and foster partnerships between the populations. A true and lasting peace will result only from bilateral negotiations between the two parties, not a boycott of one. Until those boycott efforts end, Jewish Federations’ Israel Action Network will be at the forefront of the battle against them. Jerry Silverman is president and CEO of The Jewish Federations of North America.

whether he reviles the half million Israeli Jews who live in Judea and Samaria sufficiently.” BDS organizations and student activists across U.S. campuses regularly utilize intimidation of students and faculty who do not support the BDS agenda. Many campuses have become a hostile and unsafe environment for both Jewish and non-Jewish students who support the State of Israel. To its credit, Syracuse University provost Michelle Wheatley issued a mass email stating that Dotan had been re-invited to the festival. Unfortunately, however, the email contained no reference to an investigation of, or intention to establish policy to end such intimidation. The BDS Movement is having little success in changing U.S. policy and funding agreements with Israel. Quite the contrary, more states are joining the ranks of those passing anti-BDS legislation, and anti-BDS advocates like Professor Alan Dershowitz are supporting anti-BDS legislation at a federal level. The discouraging effect of the movement is that they are causing Jewish students to keep a low profile regarding

Israel and Judaism, where they should, for good reason, stand proud. In addition to keeping us advised to anti-Israeli BDS activities as those mentioned above, the ZOA supports students through its Campus program.c ZOA offers paid fellowships on cam-t puses across the country. Campus Fel-w lows act as interns on behalf of the ZOAt at their schools, and after completingm their tasks, receive a $1,000 stipend andH a spot on the ZOA Student LeadershipT Mission to Israel, which runs everyc summer and winter. Each Fellow willH organize at least four events on campus,b staff a table at least six times duringa the academic year with ZOA materials,d write at least two articles for the ZOAh Campus Blog, and post all events anda “tablings” on social media with the hashtags “ZOA” and “ZOA Campus.”l Each major university has a ZOA Cam-t pus Coordinator to support and encourage work with pro-Israel activists on campus to plan exciting events and to promote the Jewish state. For more information on ZOA Campus, visit www.zoa.org or write me at info@zoaswfl.org.

in Gaza. There’s neither logic nor data to prove it. “Between 1939 and 1945,” writes Joseph Telushkin in Tablet, “one-third of the Jewish people in the world were murdered. That was genocide. And since Israel took control of the West Bank and Gaza in 1967 [as a result of a] war of self-defense, the Arab population in these two areas has gone from just over a million to 4 million. That is not genocide. It’s a population explosion.” (Wesley Pruden, Washington Times)

and sanctions movement. BDS is a reckless act of hatred that threatens the security and stability of not only Israel, but also my country, Jordan, and the entire Middle East. As the head of the Jordanian opposition, Mudar Zahran, wrote last year: “If the day were to come when Israel falls, Jordan, Egypt and many others would fall, too, and Westerners would be begging Iran for oil. We can hate Israel as much as we like, but we must realize that without it, we too would be gone.” Israel is at the front of the war against terror in our region, and if Israel is hurt, we all will suffer, and Jordan will suffer the most. Therefore, BDS is a threat to us all.

Divesting from BDS By Gene Sipe, VP, ZOA Southwest Florida Chapter

he Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has been and continues to be one of the most consistent and most outspoken voices against the BDS Movement. It is your source for early warning alerts when the forces against Israel launch another attack or shift strategies in the campaign. The most recent of which seems to be that the Evangelical LuGene Sipe theran Church of America (ELCA) is starting to take a tract similar to the one the Presbyterian Church USA took a number of years ago. At the recent triennial assembly in New Orleans, the ELCA called for an “investment screen.” The pattern established in the past is a two-step process toward boycott. An investment screen involves setting up criteria for non-investment, which has the effect of the ELCA saying that it cannot invest in Israel because Israeli companies do not meet their screening criteria. This is

the first step in implementing boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) with the ultimate goal to call to cut all U.S. aid to Israel. As this was occurring in New Orleans, Syracuse University professor Gail Hamner uninvited Israeli filmmaker Shimon Dotan from screening his film The Settlers at the university’s film festival this coming spring. The reason for Hamner’s decision alleged that the BDS faction on campus would “make matters very unpleasant for you and for me if you come,” according to The Atlantic. Dotan’s stated objective of his film is: “It is such a heated and often discussed topic, but I find that so little is known about it, and often the discussion is misinformed.” He presents a fact-based documentary depicting how both sides of the issue are affected. The BDS objection to this film has nothing to do with their stated mission toward advancing human rights and seeking peaceful resolutions to these issues. According to Hamner, their objection was that “the title of his film, The Settlers, does not make it immediately apparent

COMMENTARY BRIEFS THE MEANING OF AN OLYMPIC SNUB

If you want the short answer for why the Arab world is sliding into the abyss, look no further than the incident in which an Egyptian judoka at the Rio Olympics refused to shake his Israeli opponent’s extended hand. Over the past 70 years the Arab world got rid of its Jews, some 900,000 people, while holding on to its hatred of them. Over time the result proved fatal: a combination of lost human capital, ruinously expensive wars, misdirected ideological obsessions, and an intellectual life perverted by conspiracy theories and the perpetual search for scapegoats. Historian Paul Johnson has noted that wherever anti-Semitism took hold, social and political decline almost inevitably followed. Among Egyptians, hatred of Israel barely abated after Menachem Begin relinquished the Sinai to Anwar Sadat.

Among Palestinians, anti-Semitism became markedly worse during the years of the Oslo peace process. Successful nations make a point of trying to learn from their neighbors. The Arab world has been taught over generations only to hate theirs. So long as an Arab athlete can’t pay his Israeli opposite the courtesy of a handshake, the disease of the Arab mind and the misfortunes of its world will continue. The hater always suffers more than the object of his hatred. (Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal)

THE ENDLESS WAR AGAINST THE JEWS

The man who controls the language controls the conversation, as George Orwell rightly observed. Genocide is what Hitler set out to do, to exterminate Europe’s Jews. The manifesto of the Black Lives Matter movement applies “genocide” to Israeli self-defense

ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT A THREAT TO THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST

As a Jordanian politician, I feel obligated to speak out against the anti-Israel boycott, divestment

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COMMENTARY

The Jewish prayerbook as a richly evocative resource of food for the spirit

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Rabbi Mark Gross

his month the Jewish community n will be gathering to welcome the New Year 5777. There will be e richly meaningful rituals, there will be t -evocative melodies, there will be (Jews 1being Jews!) food. And there will be ywords – lots of words. The machzor, our prayerbook for the High Holy Days, is chock full of ysoul-poetry coming down from the ages. -Some are the basic prayers we routinely -recite daily. Some are liturgical highdlights unique to the Days of Awe. And ssome are, bluntly, fillers eking out the dservice for a community traditionally -committed to spending the entire day in osynagogue. The sheer volume of material can be daunting, especially for those who do not ordinarily attend public wor-ship and are drawn by tradition to attend

during the Ten Days of Repentance. It used to be common for Jewish prayerbooks to be printed with the Hebrew content in different sized typeface, a helpful effort to highlight which prayers were more important than others. No such helpful hints exist in our modern prayerbooks. When we sign in for services on Rosh haShanah and Yom Kippur, we are in it for the duration. Early into my rabbinic career, I grew concerned when I saw my wife leave the synagogue on Yom Kippur. She later reassured me she was quite all right, but that there came a point in the service where she was simply overwhelmed by all the words. (That experience led me to emphasize and maximize t’fillah she-b’lachash, the silent and personal devotion, as the core experience in our worship service.) Carol was, of course, unknowingly echoing the great Ba’al Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism. Invited once to address a particular congregation, he stopped at the front door and professed his inability to enter their synagogue because it was filled to the rafters with

piles of prayers that, having been recited by mere rote, lacked the wings to carry them On High. Which story brings us to the real issue: is the problem in fact the sheer volume of poetry in our prayerbook, or our own frank lack of involvement in engaging with it? The latter has long been recognized in Jewish tradition as a necessary component of the true sanctity inherent in Judaism. Our sages in the Mishnah and Talmud speak of kavvanah, the spirit of spontaneity and personal engagement necessary to give meaning to our performance of prescribed rituals; the Hasidic tradition speaks even more energetically of hitlahavut, an eager aura of excitement at fulfilling the Will of (and thereby communing with) our Maker. I offer two prescriptions for worshippers during the New Year season. The first is to meditate on the observation of composer Claude Debussy, that true music lies not in the notes but

in the silences between them. Riding the wave of our liturgy marathon during the Ten Days of Repentance, get a feel for the spaces, the pauses, and the times of silence as opportunities to reach in and engage with your own soul – the ultimate voice behind all the words. The second is an invitation to accept (to a limited degree!) the advice of Timothy Leary to “drop out.” Look for some prayer or concept or turn of phrase that makes a particular impression on you, then take all the time you want – as the rabbi and cantor and congregation move on from there without you – to stay on that page and ponder what in particular engaged you, and why. Be assured that the Jewish prayerbook is not a script to be gotten through, but a richly evocative resource of food for the spirit. May yours be well fed, and your New Year be a sweet one. Rabbi Mark Gross serves at the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island.

A spiritual “checkup”

Rabbi Ammos Chorny

s the month of Elul draws to a close, so does the year, and we must prepare ourselves to account for all our actions. The period of the High Holidays is that time of year when all humans are equal in the eyes of the Lord, and they must try with all their might to find His forgiveness and thank Him for all they have received. The Talmud explains that although God did create man to be perfect, nonetheless, in His mercy, He decided to allow man to be able to repent for his wrongdoings, and that in fact is what we are about to do during the High Holidays: to take hold of the opportunity to do Teshuva and repent for our wrongdoings. What is Teshuva? Teshuva means literally to return, but in order to “return” we must begin by examining

ourselves, our actions and our commitments. Yet, we must not end with ourselves. The verb “laShuv” (to return) means more than mere repentance and good deeds. It means that as we turn into our own beings, as people lost in a maze of self-love, we find an open door to God, a door that allows us to do all the things He has intended for us. Repentance can only be an incentive for “returning,” for just to feel guilty, or to have feelings of inadequacy is not enough. As stated in the Psalms, “…we must turn our back to any wrongdoing, and simply do good…” (Ps. 34). Even if we have done wrong, let us mend our ways by turning in the direction of good deeds and love for our neighbors. In this spirit, I would like to take this opportunity, in my name and that of my family, to wish all a very happy New Year, a year full of health, happiness and wellbeing. I pray to the Almighty that He grant all your wishes and inscribe you in the Book of Life for a joyful and prosperous year. Rabbi Ammos Chorny serves at Beth Tikvah in Naples.

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FOCUS ON YOUTH

Temple Shalom Preschool update By Seyla Cohen, Preschool Director

e have had our first full month of school and so much has already happened. We have added additional staff to meet the needs of our growing enrollment and they fit perfectly into our Temple Shalom Preschool family. The students are transitioning from class to class with ease, and we have already celebrated Rosh Hashanah. With the ever increasing expectations in elementary school, our amazing enrichments and superb curriculum prepare our graduates to enter Kindergarten fully prepared. Our unique program and outstanding staff are able to bring out the best in each of our students, raising self-esteem and confidence, and providing a firm foundation for their school years ahead. Among the many ideals we impart to our students and their families, one of the most important is Mitzvot. We all know of the horrible flooding in Louisiana. Because of this, TSP has reached out and partnered with Beth Shalom Synagogue in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Thankfully, its preschool and synagogue

were not physically devastated, and it serves as a haven to the teachers and families of the Alfred G. Rayner Learning Center who were hit especially hard, some of them losing everything. Our TSP families have bonded together in this time of need and are reaching out to friends and families for donations of Walmart and Target gift cards. With these, the Louisiana families will be able to buy food, clothing and personal care items to help get them through this difficult time. In addition, they are accepting monetary donations on their website: BethShalomSynagogue.org (look for the Flood Relief Fund). If you would like to be included in sending them gift cards, please contact me at 239.455.3227. We held our Preschool Super Shabbat celebrating Rosh Hashanah where our Preschool families joined our students, Rabbi Miller, Cantor Azu and Miss Jane to sing special holiday songs and celebrate Shabbat. As we do every month, the children baked mini challahs to take home and share with their families. This month, they made round challahs to commemorate

Rosh Hashanah. Our POTS (Parents of Temple Shalom) Committee Chair, Mandi Zawacky, has met with this year’s committee and they are planning an incredible year. The committee is open to anyone who would like to play an active role in helping TSP achieve its goals. Dr. Anna Salomon, Director of Congregational Education, conducted an in-service for our teachers on how we can help integrate Rosh Hashanah and other Jewish holidays into our classrooms which are now filled with such a wide and diversified group of students. Now in his third year, Officer William Sosa continues to welcome our students and their families every morning. Our families have a great feeling of peace and security knowing “Mr. William” is at Temple Shalom Preschool from the time they get to school for early drop-off, until the time they leave from afterschool specials and late pickup. He knows all of the children and is a welcoming figure among our Preschool family. Officer Sosa conducted a security training in-service for our teachers

during orientation and helped us run through our lock-down drills and other safety measures. For further information regarding Temple Shalom Preschool, please call me at 239.455.3227.

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Naples BBYO update

By Skylar Haas, Assoc. Regional Dir. of BBYO’s North Florida Region

n September, Naples teens joined their friends from across the region as they set sail on a beautiful yacht out of Clearwater. It was an incredible day of reuniting with old friends, meeting new faces, and sharing memories

from summers spent in so many different ways. Locally, the teens have been meeting regularly on Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Jewish Federation of Collier County, hosting business meetings, having teen-led programming, and just enjoying each other’s company away from school and homework. Over the weekend of October 28-30, North Florida Region is hosting Regional Kallah, the first regional convention Negev AZA members open their board meeting using traditional BBYO opening ceremonies of the term. Kallah is a place where Jewish learning happens in a way that works for the individual. Kallah helps find answers to your questions, and offers more questions about Judaism. It offers an opportunity for teens to explore their own Jewish identity and decide what it means to be Jewish, for themselves. Teens are able to form their own Sababa BBG Chapter board members meet to plan upcoming events educated opinions about

the different meanings and ways of being Jewish through relationships and conversations with peers. There will be teen-led Shabbat and morning (Shacharit) services to create truly meaningful Jewish experiences. This weekend will bring together teens in grades 9-12 from Orlando, Melbourne, Jacksonville,

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Tampa, Sarasota and Naples. For more information about service, advocacy and philanthropic opportunities for Naples teens, email me at shaas@bbyo.org. Follow us on Instagram @Naples BBYO and Like us on Facebook @ Naples BBYO.

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Preschool of the Arts update By Ettie Zaklos, Preschool Director

ur new school year started on a high note this past month with a grand Back to School Brunch for our entire preschool community to enjoy. The warmth and camaraderie displayed between our dear preschool families, veterans and newbies alike, was heartwarming to see, and the energy throughout the school was palpable. Preschool of the Arts families spent the day socializing, eating delicious food, and enjoying a magnificent bubble show from a local performer. The fun day with families and staff really solidified my belief that Preschool of the Arts is more than simply a community of likeminded parents – we are a family. At the Brunch, we were also deeply honored to be officially recognized as a Blue Zones school with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony by Dr. Allen Weiss, CEO of NCH. Blue Zones is an NCH-sponsored program that recognizes places that support a healthy and environmentally-friendly lifestyle. As a school that prides itself on its holistic approach to education, POTA is honored that our efforts toward creating a healthy and eco-friendly community were recognized in such a meaningful way. In keeping with the learning process

of the Reggio Emilia teaching philosophy, we believe that a well-planned environment can encourage positive interactions, communication and relationships. We know that early childhood is a time when children begin to learn about

fresh, nutritious lunches, our students pick their own healthy snacks from our garden. In yoga, my gym, music, and our state-of-the-art outdoor playground, children have loads of fun as they gain strength, balance, coordination, agility and flexibility while also developing social skills, confidence and selfesteem. As we move forward with a renewed commitment to the health and wellbeing of our children and families, we are taking active steps to inRibbon-cutting ceremony for Preschool of the Arts being oﬃcially recognized as a Blue Zones school vest in our school’s themselves and the world around them. eco-friendly environment. We will soon Our preschool strives to foster a positive be installing a bike stand to encourage environment that offers nutritious foods families who live nearby to bike ride to and lots of physical activity to help our school, and will be enhancing out Little students develop lifelong good habits in Chefs program by giving children more food and fitness. opportunities to create healthy dishes with the produce and herbs they grow in Our professionally landscaped Garden of the Arts offers a natural our on-site garden. These features aren’t simply add-ons to our curriculum but an outdoor space and lets children play an essential part of creating a well-rounded active role in planting our vegetable and sensory garden. In addition to enjoying program that truly serves our families

throughout the early childhood years. This time of year we also enjoyed celebrating the Jewish holiday season with our students, marking special days and learning all about our beautiful traditions. In keeping with the Rosh Hashanah theme, our school welcomed a local beekeeper who brought in thousands of buzzing bees for an incredible hands-on experience that taught the children about bees’ habitats and honeymaking ability. The children had a great time helping extract the honey from the beekeeper’s cylinder and collecting it in their very own jar of honey that they had artistically handcrafted. The children then baked delicious honey cake with the fresh honey in our Little Chefs program. It was wonderful to see how the experience ramped up the children’s enthusiasm for the upcoming holiday. As the High Holidays commence, we are eager to welcome our families for engaging adult services and offer a unique holiday program specifically geared to children. Spending Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with our extended Preschool of the Arts families is a very meaningful experience that sets the tone for an inspired and educational year ahead.

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Beth Tikvah update Phil Jason President

re you ready for the month of Holy Days? We are working hard to prepare for a Spiritual Octoberfest (including the Octoberfast). Here’s a quick schedule overview: Oct 2 – Erev Rosh Hashanah 6:15p.m., Oct 3 – 1 Rosh Hashanah 9:30a.m., Oct 4 – 2 Rosh Hashanah 9:30a.m., Oct 7 – Shabbat Shuvah 6:15p.m., Oct 8 – Shabbat Shuvah 9:30a.m., Oct 11 – Kol Nidre 6:00p.m., Oct 12 – Yom Kippur 9:00a.m., Oct 16 – Erev Succot 6:15p.m., Oct 17 – Sukkot Yom Tov 9:00a.m., Oct 23 - Simchat Torah 6:15p.m., Oct 23 – Shemini Atzeret (w/ Yizkor) 9:00a.m. Feel free to join us at any service. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur tickets for nonmembers must be purchased in advance and brought to the synagogue. The break-the-fast after Yom Kippur

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also requires reservations and advance payment. There is no charge for the other holidays. Call the synagogue for more information. We were so pleased with the cantor’s performance last year that we were eager to have him return to our community. Cantor Wine has served congregations in Pinecrest, Florida; Miami Beach, Florida; Thousand Oaks, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and at the Vandenberg Air Force Base. He is a B. A. and M. A. graduate of The University of Miami School of Music, with specialties in Vocal Performance, Studio Music, Composition, and Orchestration & Arranging. L’Shanah Tovah Tikatevu and G’mar Chatimah Tovah. Looking ahead The second Beth Tikvah Eat & Learn Shabbat of the season will be on Friday, October 28. The religious service begins at 6:15 p.m. followed by dinner and learning experience. The cost of the dinner is $25 per person in advance. Contact Shelley Goodman at shelleygoodman@rogers.com to reserve. We will have several other “Eat & Learn”

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Shabbats in the months to come. Our Book Group resumes on Monday, October 31 to discuss Elizabeth Poliner’s As Close to Us As Breathing. “An instant classic...Poliner handles the texture of Jewish family life with brilliance, authenticity and a touch of wistfulness.” – Jewish Book Council. Future book group selections will be drawn from books to be represented at the Collier County Jewish Book Festival. The November 28 selection is Karolina’s Twins by Ronald H. Balson, and the December 19 selection is A Land Twice Promised by Noa Baum. All meetings are on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. You will want to mark your calendars for a special lecture by Jeff Margolis. On Thursday, November 3 at 7:30 p.m., Jeff speaks on “Unsportsmanlike Conduct.” The 1936 Berlin Olympics was the opportunity to highlight Hitler’s Aryan race supremacy. But the “Nazi Olympics” showcased the athletic prowess of Jesse Owens instead, and was supposed to include Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller. But the politics of racism and anti-Semitism got in the way. Fast forward to 1972, this time in Munich,

and the world observes terrorism and tragedy up close. This presentation explores the dynamics at the Olympics from athleticism to politics. A nonmember donation of $5 is requested. If you are interested in joining the Judy Rosenthal Memorial Chevra Kadisha, please contact Rabbi Chorny at rabbi@bethtikvah.us. To contribute, send a check payable to Beth Tikvah and marked “Chevra Kadisha Fund” to Beth Tikvah of Naples, 1459 Pine Ridge Road, Naples, FL 34109. Religious Services Schedule Friday services begin at 6:15 p.m.; Saturday services begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude with a Kiddush luncheon. Sunday 9:00 a.m. minyan resumes in late fall. 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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Temple Shalom update

Debbie Zvibleman President

s the High Holidays approach, it is a time that I reflect on the past as well as look at the future for our congregation and the Jewish community. As I look back there are special memories of the High Holidays. Of course, most of it revolves around cooking and family. When I was little, my

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go and welcome them into your home. This year as temple president, I also understand that I have a lot of responsibility to our congregation and to our community. We live in paradise and yet we have families in our own community

who need our help. Consider donating your time, food or making a monetary donation. It is our responsibility to reach out to those less fortunate. I wish everyone a healthy and happy New Year.

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Naples Jewish Congregation update By Suzanne L. Paley, President

igh Holiday tickets and schedule Naples Jewish Congregation will be providing complimentary tickets for the High Holiday services to those who are new to the community or have not worshipped with us previously. For others who wish to purchase tickets, they are available at $100 per person. The schedule of our services is as follows:  Erev Rosh Hashanah – Sunday, October 2 at 7:30 p.m.  Rosh Hashanah – Monday, October 3 at 10:00 a.m.  Yom Kippur - Kol Nidre service – Tuesday, October 11 at 7:30 p.m.  Yom Kippur – Wednesday, October 12 at 10:00 a.m.; Yizkor service at 4:00 p.m.; Neilah service at 5:15 p.m. followed by a Break the Fast meal.

We hope that many of you will choose to join us in worship. We know you will feel the welcoming spirit and enthusiasm of our leaders and congregants. We hope you enjoy the High Holiday services so much that you want to return, and in so doing you understand the importance of belonging to and supporting a local congregation. The money you pay for tickets can be applied to membership dues. Please contact Steve McCloskey at 724.747.3359 to arrange for either complimentary or purchased tickets. Broadway – here we come! Who doesn’t love a good Broadway musical? I’ll venture to say that many of you love to hum or sing along with the memorable tunes – especially in the shower! You won’t have to depend on a shower to embrace some of the most iconic classical musical tunes from our

favorite Broadway shows. On Thursday, February 9, Naples Jewish Congregation will present this season’s Artist and Scholar-in-Residence, Rabbi Kenneth Kanter. Plan to join us at the Wang Auditorium of Opera Naples for an evening of wonderful music – to sing along if you choose – and learn about the many Jewish composers and lyricists who produced those lasting memories. This evening is sure to entertain you and we guarantee you will go home happy and exhilarated, singing your favorite songs! On Friday night, February 10, during our Shabbat service, Rabbi Kanter will give a more scholarly presentation regarding the effect of the composers’ Jewish backgrounds and values on the music produced for Broadway and Tin Pan Alley. Starting next month, watch for more information on Rabbi Kanter and how to arrange for the purchase

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of the tickets we know you will want to buy! Shabbat services Our Friday night Shabbat services begin at 7:30 p.m. and we gather at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Naples, located at 6340 Napa Woods Way. Please join us for a Shabbat service and find out why “NJC is a place for you to belong!” An Oneg always follows our services, which gives everyone a chance to greet, meet and chat. NJC is a warm, Reform, affordable and adult congregation. For further information about Naples Jewish Congregation, please call 239.431.3858 or visit www. naplesjewishcongregation.org. On behalf of the Board of Directors and the entire membership of Naples Jewish Congregation, I wish you all a very happy, safe, healthy and sweet New Year – Shanah Tovah!

www.marcojcmi.com / 239-642-0800

An interesting season ahead for JCMI By Sue R. Baum, President

s the synagogue celebrates its 34th year, the congregation will enjoy another season of enriching spiritual, cultural and social programs. We begin with services conducted by Rabbi Mark Gross as he starts his first full season as the rabbi of the congregation. Rabbi Gross comes to the synagogue as a scholar of the Torah and an outstanding spiritual leader. The bimah has received a facelift due to the generous donation of Arthur Doxer, in memory of his beloved wife, Joanne. We are appreciative of this donation, and the work of the synagogue’s Wish List Committee – Bert Thompson and George Karpman – who prepared the plans for the renovation. Monday Night Bingo reopens October 10 for its 18th season. The game has changed the culture of Marco Island

and beyond with its complimentary kosher hot dog and generous winnings to players. The Saul I. Stern Cultural Series in cooperation with the Jewish Federation of Collier County opens its 23rd year with three exceptional events (all take place at 7:30 p.m.): Saturday, January 21: “50 years of Fiddler on the Roof,” the story of Fiddler’s creation, the fascinating history of the unforgettable music with a performance by Ellen Katz. Saturday, March 4: “The Chocolate Trail” presented by retired Rabbi Deborah Prinz, who has traveled the world lecturing on the history of chocolate, with an emphasis on the Jews of France. A chocolate tasting will follow the presentation with a book signing of On The Chocolate Trail, now in its 3rd printing, which includes recipes.

Saturday, March 18: The Naples Philharmonic Brass Quintet will perform classical and modern music for the 11th toe-tapping season. JCMI will hold its Fourth Annual Jewish Deli Fest on Sunday, January 29. Bernie’s Deli and Bubbie’s Bakery will once again serve delicious traditional food to eat in or take out. This is a community event and open to all. Look for flyers with a $1 off deli sandwich coupon. The Jewish Film Festival will begin its 16th season with an outstanding series of films in conjunction with the Jewish Federation of Collier County. Film titles will be announced soon. Please visit our website at www. marcojcmi.com for details on all of these events and more. For more information and to reserve tickets, call the JCMI office at 239.642.0800.

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BRIEFS

We Arabs have boycotted Israel for 70 years. Where has it gotten us? We are light-years behind Israel in technology and the economy. We will stop this in Jordan and begin learning from our Israeli friends. (Abed Almaala, Israel Hayom)

estinians delayed at Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank, while they ignore barrels of explosives dropped by the Syrian military on residential areas in refugee camps in Syria. (Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)

Towers, and the Islamic State doesn’t pretend to be interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In addition, there are the savings in lives and money that we will never be able to detail. Israel is a regional intelligence superpower, and our bitter experience has turned us into the Middle East’s leading experts in the covert fight against terrorism. The vast majority of the money Israel receives as military aid – and in the near future, all of it – remains in the U.S. Israel will purchase equipment from U.S. defense industries, and the result is the creation of American jobs and a relatively cheap way to test the most advanced arms in field conditions. One of the most difficult moments in the Jewish collective memory is the knowledge that when they came to murder us all, no one came to the rescue. That’s the reason Israel was founded, and the reason we’ll never leave our fate in the hands of others. But the fact that the largest and strongest country in the history of the world stands by our side is nothing less than momentous. (Yair Lapid, chairman of the opposition Yesh Atid party, and former Israeli finance minister, Foreign Policy)

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Why does BDS never boycott Lebanon, where Palestinians are banned from working as taxi drivers? Why does it not boycott Syria, where President Bashar Assad has killed thousands of Palestinians in Yarmouk camp? I say, BDS: Shame on you for attacking the only country that offers jobs to my Palestinian brothers. Shame on you for attacking the country that provides free health care for Palestinian cancer patients. If the biggest supporters of BDS are Arab and Muslim dictators, what does this say about BDS?

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THE “OTHER” PALESTINIANS

Nearly 3,500 Palestinians have been killed in Syria since the beginning of the civil war in 2011. Since the beginning of this year (until July), 200 Palestinians were killed in Syria. But because these Palestinians were killed by Arabs, and not Israelis, this fact is not news in the mainstream media. The Palestinian Authority leadership is currently seeking to improve its relations with the Assad regime in Syria – the very regime that is killing, imprisoning and torturing scores of Palestinians on a daily basis. The PA recently celebrated the inauguration of a new Palestinian embassy in Damascus. Yarmouk, 8 km. from the center of Damascus, is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria. In 2002, 112,000 Palestinians lived there. By the end of 2014, there were less than 20,000, who live without running water or electricity. More than 12,000 Palestinians languish in Syrian prisons. Some 503 Palestinian prisoners have died under torture in recent years. Yet Western journalists lavish time on Pal-

THE INVALUABLE U.S.-ISRAELI ALLIANCE

The real value of the soon-to-berenewed military aid agreement between the U.S. and Israel isn’t in the dollar amount, but in the defense technology that Israel will receive and the depth of the security cooperation between the two countries. The first words that need to be said from the depths of our hearts are “thank you.” This agreement is critical to Israel’s security and the safety of its citizens. We live in the worst neighborhood in the world, surrounded by fundamentalist Islamists who would like nothing more than to see us killed. This agreement is a crucial component of our ability to defend ourselves. Critics will argue that Israel is the reason the U.S. needs a military presence in the Middle East, but that argument is unfounded. Israel has no connection to the American presence in Iraq, the Persian Gulf or Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden didn’t claim that Israel was the reason for the attack on the Twin

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ORGANIZATIONS COLLIER/LEE CHAPTER OF HADASSAH

www.hadassah.org / 239-370-6220

Why I believe Hadassah is a very big deal Gayle Dorio Collier/Lee Hadassah Co-President

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admit I am envious. When I see Hadassah women wearing the pins that signify they are part of emulti-generational families who have Csupported Hadassah and Israel to intsure good works continue, I sigh and am envious. These beautiful pins with ,their gemstones symbolize the altruism .and dedication to important causes. I wish my mother and grandmother could have been able to be part of this amazing organization. I wish to serve las an example to my children as I work tto promote Hadassah. I have given the gift of life membership in Hadassah to my daughter-in-law and plan to do

the same for my granddaughter when she is a bit older and will understand the importance. I hope that I can begin our multi-generational family legacy of tikkun olam. So, what’s the big deal? What is so important about Hadassah? I’ve heard that there are many other ways to spend one’s time that are much more fun. Here are my reasons why I believe Hadassah is a VERY BIG DEAL. Reason One: (Information quoted from Hadassah.org) “At Hadassah Medical Organization, a diverse community of healthcare professionals work side by side to deliver superlative patient care, and to carry out medical research that impacts people in every corner of the globe. HMO receives severely ill or injured patients whom other hospitals turn away because they lack the expertise to heal them. Hadassah has two remarkable hospitals – Hadassah Mount Scopus,

a community hospital built in 1949, and Hadassah Ein Kerem, a tertiary care facility built in 1961. Hadassah Ein Kerem is home to the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Mother & Child Center and the new state-of-the-art inpatient facility, the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower, which was dedicated in 2012. The Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Medicine is also located in Jerusalem. In 1962, renowned artist March Chagall selected the Abbell Synagogue at Hadassah’s hospital in Ein Kerem as the site of his twelve iconic stained glass windows, representing the twelve tribes of Israel. At the installation of the breathtaking works of art, the artist said, ‘This is my modest gift to the Jewish people, who have always dreamt of biblical love, friendship and of peace among all people.’” Reason Two: Did you know that August 26 was Women’s Equality Day?

It fell on the 96th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. “Hadassah has a long history advocating for women’s equality – from fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment and the Violence Against Women Act, to pay equity, paid family leave, and now for Gender Equity in Medicine (GEM).” Reason Three: Hadassah chapters are in many countries all over the world! Reason Four: Named one of the best charities by Charity Navigator, monies raised go where they are needed – in Israel, in the United States and in the world! I know there are many ways to spend one’s time – many charities. There is no other like Hadassah, and for that reason also, I can understand someone feeling envious! We are awesome! I say thank you Hadassah women. Won’t you please join us?!

239-261-3270

JEWISH WAR VETERANS

Jewish War Veterans update By Harve Sturm, Commander Post #202

ugust was an exciting time for JWV Post 202 members and our community. We attended The Spirit of ’45 Tribute to World War II Veterans to connect the “Latest Generation to the Greatest Generation.” This event, which was held at the Hilton Naples, included a complimentary buffet breakfast. Our group of twelve, consisting of wives and significant others, sat at a reserved center front table,

with great recognition and a tribute to all of us in our community. There were many interesting speakers, liberators from World War II, and entertainers from local schools. We all participated in the Pledge of Allegiance and joined together with patriotic songs from all branches of the military. This was a thrilling and heartfelt experience for us all.

Post 202 is looking forward to upcoming meetings. Our initial season meeting will be at the Vineyards Country Club on Sunday, October 16 at 10:00 a.m. A buffet breakfast will be available. All veterans and family are

invited. RSVP to jwv post202@gmail.com or 239.261.3270. Save these dates for upcoming Sunday meetings: November 13, December 18, January 15, February 19 and March 19.

JWV Post 202 had a table for 12 at The Spirit of ’45 Tribute to World War II Veterans event at the Hilton Naples

HUMANISTIC JEWISH HAVURAH

www.hjhswfl.org / 248-417-2514

Why secular humanistic Judaism? Paula Creed HJH President

raditionally Judaism is defined as a set of theistic beliefs: belief in the existence of a supreme being who rules and regulates the universe, our planet and humanity. But it would be a mistake to argue that Judaism equals the religious beliefs of Jews. First, because Jewish beliefs were and are different, even mutually contradictory; and second, because religion was and is just one aspect of Jewish existence. Today for many Jews it is not even that. Judaism, then, is everything that the Jewish people in their very long history have produced. The close identification of religion with peoplehood began to wane with the rise of secularized nationalism during

the Age of Enlightenment. Consciously or not, Jews increasingly ceased to observe their religious traditions and customs, and ceased to believe in a God who was concerned about whether they ate their salami with cheese. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, more and more Jews, particularly those living in western European countries who were urban, and were impacted by both the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Reason, began to alter their self-definition of what it meant to be Jewish. They equated Judaism not with religion, but with a culture, a way of life. The advent of socialism and then of Zionism added to the number of secular Jews. Secular Jews come in different shapes and forms: nonreligious Zionists, nonreligious Yiddishists and those who don’t identify with either but are acculturated to the host society where they are quite at home with their culture yet also feel their Jewishness quite strongly and wish to identify with Jewish matters and

causes. Secular Jews seek an interpretation of Jewish civilization that accords with their own preferences and beliefs. Secular can be defined most simply as “nonreligious.” If you believe that the idea of a God is irrelevant to your life – either because you do not believe in a God, or because you think that even if a God exists, he (or she) is not the kind of being that controls the universe and your own life – then you are a secularist. A humanist can be defined as someone who believes in the centrality, inviolability and the sacredness of human life and human integrity. There can be religious humanism because people who believe in a godhead may still see human life as inviolable and may view human integrity as a supreme value. However, if human life and human integrity are the central values, they must be independent of a God; otherwise it is God who is the central thing, not the human personality. The logic of humanism is not religious. For secularists, then, humanism means that we believe there is no God

out there to take the responsibility for our lives off our shoulders. The moral values propounded by the Jewish religion are not the result of divine intervention in human affairs, but were conceived and pronounced by humans much like ourselves. Our attitude toward ourselves and the world around us is one in which the human being is the center of our endeavors, in the sense that it is we ourselves who are responsible for our actions and welfare, for the welfare of others and, indeed, to whatever extent possible, for the welfare of the planet. Secular humanistic Jews view Judaism as the evolving culture and civilization of a world people. It allows many interpretations of the Jewish experience. What unites Jews is an active identification with the history and fate of the Jewish people. Compiled from the writings of Yehuda Bauer as they appear in the introduction of Judaism in a Secular Age (Milan Press 1995)

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Get the Service you Deserve October 2016 – 5776/5777 SUNDAY lighting MONDAY Candle times:

October 7: October 14: October 21: October 28: 2

Erev Rosh Hashanah 9:00am BT Religious School 12:00pm BBYO Middle School Event 3:00pm JRCA Rosh Hashanah Program

Call your synagogue for services schedule 10 Columbus Day 1:00pm HDH Study Group 5:30pm JCMI Bingo

17 SUKKOT

4:30pm BT Hebrew School 6:00pm TS Confirmation Class 4:30pm CHA Hebrew School 4:45pm TS Hebrew School Call your synagogue 7:30pm BT Adult Ed

for services schedule

11 Erev Yom Kippur 12 YOM KIPPUR

10:00am Jewish Genealogy

Call your synagogue for services schedule

18 SUKKOT

12:15pm BT Adult Ed 1:00pm HDH Study Group 7:00pm BT Adult Ed 7:00pm TS Exec Comm Mtg

24 SHEMINI ATZERET

25 SIMCHAT TORAH

5:30pm JCMI Bingo

12:15pm BT Adult Ed 7:00pm BT Adult Ed 7:00pm TS Board Meeting

9:00am Mix & Mingle Event 5:30pm JCMI Bingo 7:30pm BT Book Disc Group

SATURDAY 1

9:00am BT Religious School 12:00pm NJC-S Book Club 9:00am TS Sunday School & 1:00pm HDH Study Group Hebrew School 5:30pm JCMI Bingo 9:30am JWV Meeting 11:30am TS Sukkot Food Truck Call your synagogue Rodeo for services schedule 4:30pm GS Meeting & Film

9:00am BT Religious School 9:00am TS School 10:00am BT Rosh Hodesh Grp

FRIDAY

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

5 3 4 ROSH HASHANAH ROSH HASHANAH 1:00pm JCMI Bridge

9:00am BT Religious School 9:00am TS Sunday School & Hebrew School 9:30am JCMI Rabbi’s Life Learning Program 1:00pm BBYO Connect Games

THURSDAY

6:49 6:42 6:35 6:29

9:00am BT Religious School 9:00am TS School 11:30am HDH Mem Brunch

WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

Call your synagogue for services schedule

6:15pm BT Services 7:30pm NJC Services 7:30pm TS Services 8:00pm JCMI Services

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

10:00am BBYO Board Meeting 11:00am TS Senior For’em 2:00pm NJC Board Meeting 4:00pm JFCC Exec Meeting 7:00pm BBYO Youth Program

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9:30am HJH Board Meeting 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 4:30pm BT Hebrew School 4:30pm CHA Hebrew School 4:45pm TS Hebrew School 7:00pm JFCC Board Meeting 7:30pm BT Adult Ed

11:30am HDH Knowl & Nosh 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 4:30pm BT Hebrew School 4:30pm CHA Hebrew School 4:45pm TS Hebrew School 7:00pm GS Film

4:00pm BT Board Meeting 7:00pm BBYO Youth Program

7:00pm BBYO Youth Program 7:00pm JCMI Board Meeting 7:30pm BT Film

6:15pm BT Services 7:30pm NJC Services 7:30pm TS Services 8:00pm JCMI Services

9:00am WCA Board Meeting 6:15pm BT Eat & Learn 7:30pm NJC Services 7:30pm TS Services 8:00pm JCMI Services

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

9:30am BT Services 10:00am CHA Services 10:00am TS Services 8:00pm Mix & Mingle Event

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 • GS: GenShoah of SWFL • HDH: Hadassah • HJH: Humanistic Jewish Havurah • HM: Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida

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• JCMI: Jewish Congregation of Marco Island • 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 • JHSSWF: Jewish Historical Society of SWFL • JNF: Jewish National Fund • JRCA: Jewish Russian-American Cultural Alliance • JWV: Jewish War Veterans (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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• MCA: Men’s Cultural Alliance • NJC: Naples Jewish Congregation • NJC-M: Naples Jewish Congregation Men’s Club • NJC-S: Naples Jewish Congregation Sisterhood • 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.

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COMMUNITY DIRECTORY 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 Debbie Zvibleman, President Eli Montague, Executive Director Dr. Anna Salomon, Dir. of Cong. Ed. Seyla Cohen, Preschool Director Peter Lewis, Organist/Choir Director Shabbat Services: Shabbat Eve - Friday 7:30 p.m. Shabbat - Saturday 10:00 a.m. Sisterhood • Men’s Club • Adult Education Havurot • Youth Groups • Religious School Judaic Library • Hebrew School • Pre-School Adult Choir • Social Action • Outreach Naples’ only Judaica Shop

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 26, No. 2 October 2016 40 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: Nancy Kuehne 239-822-6150 November Issue Deadlines: Editorial: October 2 Advertising: October 7 Send news stories to: fedstar18@gmail.com

JEWISH CONGREGATION OF MARCO ISLAND

NAPLES JEWISH CONGREGATION

BETH TIKVAH

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

Services are held at: The Unitarian Congregation 6340 Napa Woods Way Rabbi Sylvin Wolf Ph.D, DD 431-3858 Email: rabbi@naplesjewishcongregation.org www.naplesjewishcongregation.org

1459 Pine Ridge Road Naples, FL 34109

Rabbi Mark Gross Hari Jacobsen, Cantorial Soloist Sue Baum, President

(Reform)

Shabbat Services Friday 8:00 p.m. Saturday Talmud-Torah at 9:30 a.m. and Shachrit at 10:30 a.m. Sisterhood • Men’s Club Brownstein Judaica Gift Shop

(Conservative)

(just west of Mission Square Plaza)

Phone: 434-1818 Email: bethtikvahnaples@aol.com Website: www.bethtikvahnaples.org

Suzanne Paley, President Jane Galler, Cantorial Soloist

Rabbi Ammos Chorny Phil Jason, President Sue Hammerman, Secretary

Shabbat Services Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. May - August: services once a month

Shabbat Services Friday evenings at 6:15 p.m. Saturday mornings at 9:30 a.m.

Sisterhood • Men’s Club Adult Education • Adult Choir Social Action • Community Events

Youth Education Adult Education Community Events

Mail Ego Once again we’d like to air a request for you to be the carrier of a lifetime gift or bequest to the Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation. Please give it your stamp of approval, by posting it to our office at any time. Such a delivery would be very special. In return, your receipt is certified and insured to be a parcel of satisfaction, not to mention tax and estate benefits by following the letter of the law. So weigh in now with a call to the Federation. That would be…First Class! For more information on charitable giving, contact the Jewish Federation of Collier County at 239.263.4205.

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

Jewish Federation of Collier County Phone: 263-4205  Fax: 263-3813 Website: www.jewishnaples.org Email: info@jewishnaples.org • Federation Board Chair: Alvin Becker • Federation President/CEO: Jeffrey Feld

American Jewish Committee

• Regional Dir: Brian Lipton, 941-365-4955

American Technion Society

• Chapter Dir: Kelley Whiter, 561-395-7206

Collier-Lee Chapter of Hadassah • Co-President: Karen Cohn, 370-6220 • Co-President: Gayle Dorio, 530-8992

Friends of the IDF • Exec. Dir.: Dina Ben Ari, 305-354-8233

GenShoah SWFL • President: Ida Margolis, 963-9347

Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida • President: Herb Berkeley, 263-9200

Humanistic Jewish Havurah • Paula Creed, 495-8484

Israel Bonds

• Reva Pearlstein, 800-622-8017

JFCS of Southwest Florida

Please note our email addresses: Jeffrey Feld, Federation President/CEO – jfeld@jewishnaples.org Renee’ Bialek, Community Program Coordinator – rbialek@jewishnaples.org Julie Hartline, Donor Relations Coordinator – jhartline@jewishnaples.org Stacy Hersha, Business Operations Manager – shersha@jewishnaples.org General information requests – info@jewishnaples.org Nancy Kuehne, Advertising Account Rep – nancy.fedstar@gmail.com Ted Epstein, Editor, Federation Star – fedstar18@gmail.com

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Jewish Historical Society of Southwest Florida • President: Marina Berkovich, 566-1771

Jewish National Fund

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

Jewish War Veterans Post 202

• Commander, Harvey Sturm, 261-3270 • Senior Vice Commander, M/Gen. Bernard L. Weiss, USAF Ret. 594-7772

Men’s Cultural Alliance

• President: Les Nizin, 653-9259

Naples BBYO

• Skylar Haas, 263-4205

Naples Friends of American Magen David Adom (MDA)

• SE Reg Dir: Joel Silberman, 954-457-9766

Women’s Cultural Alliance

• President: Elaine Soffer, 431-7905

Zionist Organization of America • President: Jerry Sobel, 914-329-1024

Federation membership

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

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