Federation Star - February 2012 by Jewish Federation of Collier County

Celebrating Jewish Life in Collier County

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

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

3A Community Relations Comm. 6A Women’s Cultural Alliance 7A Jewish Interest 11A Community Focus 16A Focus on Youth 18A Tributes 19A Commentary 21A Rabbinical Reflections 22A Synagogues 24A Organizations 28A Business Directory 30A Community Calendar 1B Jewish Happenings 7B Israel & the Jewish World

5A Annual Human Needs Award presentation

29A Community Chanukah Celebration

1B Holocaust Museum’s tenth anniversary gala

February 2012/5772 Y Vol. 21 #6

An important community announcement Rosalee Bogo President

s I have written on many occasions, this is an amazing community doing amazing things. We have grown nicely, our fundraising campaign has reached an all-time high, and we continue to offer our constituents a vibrant and caring community. But with growth comes growing needs. Many seniors who moved to this area years ago in retirement have become isolated, as they have outlived many of their friends. Some have also outlived their retirement assets. Young families have growing concerns with

the economy – loss of employment, lack of employment, raising their families, covering expenses – the full gamut of things that create hardships and crises for members of the community. To this end, the Jewish Family Services division of our Federation has identified and begun to address needs that have surfaced with the growth of our community. Along with this identification, they have also grown to the point where they need to function as a full-fledged social service agency. They have recently incorporated to become the Jewish Family and Community Services of Southwest Florida, Inc. (JFCS). The Jewish Federation of Collier County endorses this move to autonomy and is working with the new organization. This is a natural progression, which both orga-

An important message to the Jewish Community: Jewish Federation of Collier County is very pleased to announce that the Jewish Family Services division has become a separately incorporated social service agency in response to the growing needs of our community. We look forward to continuing to provide financial support for quality social services through this new organization. The Board of Directors of the Jewish Family and Community Services of Southwest Florida, formerly Jewish Family Services, expects to achieve a seamless transition with no interruption of services to the community. With the support of Federation, we expect to continue and expand our operations. This transition will take some time, but the final result will serve the very best social service needs of our community. Both organizations are committed to that goal. Jewish Family and Community Jewish Federation Services of Southwest Florida, Inc. of Collier County, Inc. Millie Sernovitz, Chair Rosalee Bogo, President Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Executive Director David Willens, Executive Director

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nizations recognize and appreciate. The boxed inset below is a joint statement from our Federation and JFCS, which is intended to share the harmonious spirit in which we approach the growth of a new organization to serve this community. The Federation was established as a fundraising and community-building organization, not a social service provider. It is our intention to continue to support the social service needs of the community, by awarding JFCS an annual grant for their operation from our annual campaign drives. We also recognize the one-time start-up costs of JFCS and plan to assist them with seed money for this purpose. February is an exciting month for the Federation. We have our Annual Community Celebration dinner at The Ritz-Carlton Beach Resort. You still have time to make your reservation for a night of extraordinary entertainment…a fun-filled evening that will blow your mind…featuring the incomparable mentalist, Sidney Friedman. Dinner and dancing are included in our plans for the event. This year the attire is dressy casual; jackets for men are required. Later this month, we will host our eighth annual Evy Lipp People of the Book Cultural Event. As anticipated, we are at a sell-out crowd of 800. The event will honor the memory of Evy Lipp, founder of this signature event for our Federation and its members. While the season is in full swing, don’t miss out on these two great events this month.

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In Section B: Jewish Happenings & Israel items

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jewish Happenings February 3: February 5: February 11: February 12: February 15: February 18: February 19: February 19: February 21: February 22: February 26: February 28:

Hadassah Shabbat at Beth Tikvah, page 25A Catholic/Jewish Dialogue 2012 Program Series, page 3A Federation’s 2012 Annual Community Celebration “Simcha in Song,” Hadassah, page 3B Saul I. Stern Cultural Series’ an evening of music, page 5B 30th anniversary celebration, JCMI, page 22A Temple Shalom Preschool Safety Day, page 17A Generations of the Shoah of SW Florida meeting, page 12A Evy Lipp People of the Book Cultural Event Gulf Beaches ORT’s benefit dinner, page 26A Israel Affairs Committee presentation, page 3A Holocaust Museum’s tenth anniversary gala, page 13A

INDEX Columns Rosalee Bogo...........................1A David Willens...........................3A Jewish Federation....................1-6A Community Relations Comm....3A Women’s Cultural Alliance.......6A Features Book/Film Reviews............9-10A Calendar, Candle Lighting......30A Commentary....................19-21A Community Focus.............11-15A Focus on Youth...................16-17A Tributes.................................18A Business Directory................28-29A Community Directory...............31A

Organizations Hadassah................................25A Holocaust Museum.................13A Humanistic Jewish Havurah.....24A Jewish Women International....26A Naples Jewish Social Club.......27A NCJW.....................................27A ORT America...........................26A Synagogue News Beth Tikvah.............................23A Chabad..................................23A Jewish Cong. of Marco Island..22A Naples Jewish Congregation...24A Temple Shalom........................22A

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Tikkun olam David Willens JFCC Executive Director

ikkun olam is Hebrew for “repairing the world.” The expression tikkun olam resonates with me because it speaks directly to the work of the Jewish Federation. Repairing the world also implies that the world is broken – a statement that, today, seems difficult to deny. If our world is broken, to quote David Levithan, “maybe it isn’t that we’re supposed to find the pieces and put them back together. Maybe we’re the pieces. Maybe, what we’re supposed to do is come together. That’s how we stop the breaking.” In Judaism, the concept of tikkun olam originated in the early rabbinic period. The concept was given new meanings in the kabbalah of the medieval period and further connotations in modern Judaism. The expression tikkun olam is used in the Mishnah in the phrase mip’nei tikkun ha-olam

(“for the sake of tikkun of the world”) to indicate that a practice should be followed not because it is required by Biblical law, but because it helps avoid social chaos. Jews believe that performing ritual mitzvot (commandments, connections or religious obligations) is a means of tikkun olam – helping to perfect the world. Some believe that performing mitzvot will create a model society among the Jewish people, which will in turn influence the rest of the world. By perfecting ourselves, our local Jewish community or the State of Israel, we Jews set an example for the rest of the world. For some Jews, the phrase tikkun olam means that Jews are not only responsible for creating a model society among themselves, but also responsible for the welfare of the society at large. This responsibility may be understood in religious, social or political terms, and there are many different opinions about how religion, society and politics interplay. The Jewish Federation is a place from where tikkun olam emanates, by virtue of our mission statement: ¡¡ We recognize and address charitable, educational, humanitarian

Community Relations Committee update Ann Jacobson Community Relations Committee Chair Catholic/Jewish Dialogue 2012 Program Series The series continues under the topic of “Differences in Religious Practices.” The Sunday, February 5 session will be on “Finding One’s Faith.” This dialogue will be based on the book Turbulent Souls, reprinted as Choosing My Religion, by Stephen J. Dubner, New York Times editor and writer. The discussions will be led by participants in the Catholic/Jewish Dialogue Readers and Thinkers, a book and film discussion group. The event will be held at 2:00 p.m. at St. William Catholic Church Ministry Center, 750 Seagate Drive, Naples. The February session was preceded in January by a dialogue that focused on “Living With Two Faiths – When Jews and Catholics Marry.” That program included a discussion by Jewish and Catholic clergy as well as a panel of interfaith couples. For reservations, call 239.263.4205. CRC participated in “Religious Freedom Day” in January Religious Freedom Day was held on January 18, which was recognized by the Collier County School District as a limited public forum held in its high schools for the purpose of distributing materials celebrating the freedom and diversity of religious thought or belief or lack thereof. The Community Relations Committee of the Jewish

Federation of Collier County participated in this event together with other faith organizations such as the ACLU, Americans United for the Separation of Church & State, and Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays. The Jewish Federation’s 84-page annual resource publication, Connections, was made available to students along with the material submitted by all the participating organizations. The limited public forum for Religious Freedom Day nor the participating organizations and individuals are neither approved nor disapproved by the School District and its Board. The public forum is held purely for an educational purpose and intended to be of an educational nature. There was no interaction between the organizations, persons and students. The display tables were unmanned. Students picked up any of the materials on the display table. Persons who worked on this and set up the Federations display for the respective high schools included Beth Wolff -Barron Collier HS, Ann Jacobson and Gail Smith - Golden Gate HS, Merryl Koch Nay - Gulf Coast HS, Gil Block - Immokalee HS, Florence Levin - Lely HS, Stan Lipp - Naples HS, and Melissa Keel - Palmetto Ridge HS. Israel Affairs Committee presents PART II-ISRAEL TODAY “The U.S. and Israel – The View from Washington” will be presented by Dr. Ralph Nurnberger, Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University and Partner at Nurnberger & Associates in Washington, DC. This event will be held on Sunday, February 26 at 10:00 a.m. at the Florida Gulf Coast University Student Union.

and social service needs of the Jewish community in Collier County, nationally, overseas and in Israel. ¡¡ We promote understanding and cooperation within the Jewish community. ¡¡ We promote understanding and cooperation with the non-Jewish communities in Collier County. This speaks to our dedication to repairing the world – not just for ourselves alone. We do this through the activities of our Community Relations Committee – specifically through our Human Needs Award, given annually to deserving community-based service organizations. We believe that if the overall community in which we live is improved, our lives will benefit from the improvement. The CRC is very involved with the Catholic/ Jewish Dialogue of Collier County, dedicated to building stronger ties

with our non-Jewish neighbors by realizing our similarities vs. our differences. Our Israel Affairs Committee offers educational forums for the overall community about the positive aspects that Israel offers to the world. Our partnerships with the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida, as well as the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University, and our local synagogues and organizations, together build and strengthen our community. And our practice of tikkun olam also travels far and wide through the projects and programs that we support with our advocates and partners nationally, in Israel and overseas. Your interest, participation and support of our Jewish Federation connects you directly to the practice of tikkun olam and helps us – together – repair the world for all of us. We appreciate all those involved.

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JEWISH FEDERATION

Overseas allocations

Your gifts make a world of difference in a child’s life in Israel and in Ukraine

or many years, our Federation has provided supplemental grants to projects overseas that address the needs of the most vulnerable Jews. Below are reports from Neve Michael Children’s Village in Pardes Hanna, Israel, and photos from the Ha-Tikvah Preschool at the Progressive Reform Synagogue in Kiev, Ukraine. Both of these facilities deal with Jewish children, the future of our people. Neve Michael Children’s Village is the only multidisciplinary

children’s home in Israel. Besides providing refuge and a loving home for over 300 children and youth at risk, the village has the only 24-hour Children Emergency Crisis Center in Israel, the first Teenage Girl Crisis Center in Israel, an Elementary School on the premises, Day Care facilities that also serve disadvantaged children in the area, a Therapy Enrichment Center tailored to meet the individual needs of the children, and an External Crisis Center and Therapy Counseling Unit which helps keep families

intact, even under the most trying circumstances. Ha-Tikvah Preschool at the Progressive Reform Synagogue in Kiev, Ukraine, is one of our newer grant recipients, as we have followed the rebirth of a once thriving Jewish community in Kiev, post-Soviet Bloc era. The resurgence of Jewish communities and Jewish life in the former Soviet Union is of great importance to the Federation system. For decades, the Jewish Federations have played a key role in providing

financial resources that deliver humanitarian relief to elderly Jews and Holocaust survivors there. However, we cannot forget those Jews who have rediscovered their Jewish roots and are dedicated to perpetuating our precious heritage. Below are a moving story from Hava Levene of Neve Michael Children’s Village as well as photos from the Preschool and Synagogue in Kiev, Ukraine.

Princess Batya and the miracle of Hanukkah By Hava Levene, Programs & Projects, Neve Michael Children’s Village, www.nevemichael.com

Collier County Hadassah presents

A Simcha in Song A Musical Journey from Israel to Broadway A Cantorial Concert to Benefit

HADASSAH on its 100th Anniversary

Sunday, February 12 at 7:00pm Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples

Featuring Cantor Donna Azu, Naples Cantorial Soloist Lori Cohen, Naples Cantorial Soloist Lawrence Dermer, Fort Myers Cantorial Soloist Jane Galler, Naples Cantor Donna Goldstein, Naples Cantorial Soloist Hari Jacobsen, Marco Island Cantor Aaron Kaplan, Boynton Beach Cantorial Soloist Anne Newman, Naples Cantorial Soloist Douglas Renfroe, Sanibel Cantor Faith Steinsnyder, New York City Musical Director Peter Lewis, Naples Stuart Warshauer and The Naples Klezmer Revival Band

Ticket prices start at $50 For information, contact: Lauren Becker at (239) 592-5304 Lynn Weiner at (239) 598-1009

n February 2011, Batya (last name withheld) arrived at the Emergency Crisis Center in Neve Michael Children’s Village. A small, frail little girl with long brown hair and sad brown eyes. Just nine years old and already a four-year victim of sexual molestation by her father. Unfortunately, her mother is mentally unwell and was incapable of protecting her. Her three younger siblings were taken to foster care, but Batya came to us for therapy, treatment and, most important, for love. In addition, the authorities wanted Batya to be in a protective healing environment before they questioned her to get enough evidence to convict her father and send him to jail (which did happen). Batya wanted to be a princess for Purim and received a costume of a princess dress. But Batya continued to wear the costume even after Purim, especially on days that were “bad” days for her that had painful

memories. Once Batya wore the princess dress it made her feel better and beautiful. The dress was on a chair beside Batya’s bed – always ready when needed. I saw Batya wear the dress so often those first months at the Emergency Crisis Center, even when she played outside on the sports field. Soon after Yom Kippur, Batya ran over to me to tell me that she was so excited because they found a new, good mother for her and she is going there for Shabbat. After many visits to her new family, Batya came to Yael, the director of the Emergency Crisis Center and told her that she doesn’t need the princess dress anymore and that Yael should wash it and keep it for any new girl that comes to Neve Michael who will need it. Princess Batya celebrated her own personal miracle when she left the Emergency Crisis Center at Neve Michael to live with her new family just before Hanukkah.

Photos from the festivals and celebrations in Kiev

JEWISH FEDERATION 5A Federation Star February 2012 Jewish Federation of Collier County

Officers

Board of Trustees Alvin Becker Stephen Coleman Ted Epstein Eric Feinstein Beth Grossman Neil Heuer Linda Hyde Nancy Kahn Wallie Lenchner Susan Millstone Dr. Ronald Roth Sandra Roth Millie Sernovitz Michael Sobol Berton Thompson Dr. Joel Waltzer Beth Wolff

Phyllis Seaman Federation VP & Campaign Chair

e just closed our 2011 Campaign at an all-time high with over $915,000! On behalf of the Jewish Federation of Collier County – WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Our goal in 2012, as I mentioned last fall, is $1,000,000. I am so confident that with all of us committed to reach that goal we will do it. 2012 will be an exciting year with many programs and events that should spark participation on so many levels. Look for articles about all the upcoming events in the Federation Star. Naples certainly is not boring

Dr. Jaclynn Faffer JFCS Executive Director

Past Presidents Board Members Emeritus

Synagogue Representatives Cantor Donna Azu Stuart Kaye Rabbi Edward Maline Rabbi Adam Miller Rabbi James Perman Dr. Donald Pomerantz Bernie Seidman Dr. Arthur Seigel Donald Shapiro Rabbi Sylvin Wolf Rabbi Fishel Zaklos

Executive Director David Willens

Staff Melissa Keel, Community Prog. Coord. Iris Doenias, Office Assistant Deborah Vacca, Bookkeeper

Federation is the central Jewish community-building organization for Collier County, providing a social service network that helps Jewish people in Collier County, in Israel and around the world. As the central fundraising organization for Jewish communal life in our area, strength is drawn from organized committees of dedicated volunteers. Programs include: • Annual Campaign & Endowment fund • Community Relations Committee • Educational & cultural programs • Publication of the Federation Star, our monthly newspaper • Jewish Family Services, the social service arm of the Federation providing financial assistance, information/referral, outreach to the elderly & volunteer opportunities • Long Range Planning for expected community growth • Women’s Division • YAD – Young Adult Division • Youth Activities Committee – sponsoring youth education and scholarships for Jewish Summer Camp and the Israel Experience.

in season. Pick a day, any day, and you may have to flip a coin to decide where to go and what to do. As some of you may be aware, I chair the Federation’s Jewish camp and teen Israel trips Scholarship Committee. Last week, the committee awarded grants to 10 deserving children going to four different month-long summer camp programs. Temple Shalom Sisterhood and Men’s Club also participate financially in this program and I thank them for their long-term participation with Federation to help our youngsters have a fun and meaningful Jewish experience. In December, we helped send five teens to the NFTY (North American Federation of Temple Youth) conclave in Orlando, and two teens went on to the NFTY Biennial in Washington, DC, for leadership development. I expect that in the next few months, we will get information on some of our

teens planning trips to Israel. Federation also allocates money every year to Birthright Israel for college-aged students to go to Israel – FREE. This is just another “did you know moment” of where your dollars go in this community and Israel. Young leadership and our future Jewish generations are paramount to our mission. (See the article on page 8B about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent address to 3,000 Taglit-Birthright Israel trip participants in Jerusalem.) I hope you are planning to help us kick off our 2012 Campaign by attending our Annual Community Celebration on Saturday, February 11. Again, I want to thank you for your continuing support of all that we do for Jews and Jewish life in our community, nationally, in Israel and around the world.

Jewish Family and Community Services update

Gerald Flagel, Dr. William Ettinger, Ann Jacobson, Sheldon Starman Ann Jacobson Hans Levy Shirley Levy

Campaign Kickoff 2012

2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201 Naples, Florida 34109-0613 Phone: (239) 263-4205 Fax: (239) 263-3813 www.jewishnaples.org Email: info@jewishnaples.org President: Rosalee Bogo Vice President: Dr. Karen Ezrine Vice President: Dr. Morton Friedman Vice President: Phyllis Seaman Recording Secretary: Kevin Aizenshtat Treasurer: Kenneth Shevin Assistant Treasurer: Jerry Bogo Immed. Past President: Bobbie Katz

February 2012 Federation Star

y the time you have reached this page you know that there is a “new” organization in town: Jewish Family and Community Services of Southwest Florida. Collier County now joins over 90% of the Jewish communities in North America where the Jewish family agency is separately incorporated from the local Federation. As Rosalee Bogo stated in her eloquent article, this is a natural progression. This progression occurs when there is growth in the local Jewish community, and along with the growth of the community, an awareness of increased needs. In many ways, this increase in need is “old news” to those of you reading my column. I have talked

about it for well over a year. And, Jewish Family and Community Services (JFCS), with the help of community support, and of course our very significant funding from Federation, has developed programs to address the challenges faced by our friends and neighbors in our Jewish community. Here is a snapshot of what we are doing: XX JFCS Case Management program now provides services to over 70 frail seniors. XX Our monthly “Just Lunch” program provides socialization and a good meal to an increasing number of seniors. XX The PJ Library has 120 children between the ages of 6 months and 8 years participating in the program. XX Our Seder-in-a-Box program, in cooperation with Temple Shalom and Beth Tikvah Congregation, provide Passover food and Publix gift cards to close to 100 individuals facing financial challenges.

XX Approximately 30 people receive mental health counseling and support from JFCS each week. XX We provide financial assistance to over 100 Jewish individuals each month, including the JFCS Food Pantry. XX To date, our Community Needs Assessment has received over 550 responses. We are busy analyzing the data and look forward to presenting it to the community. The Board and staff of Jewish Community Services of Southwest Florida stand fast in our commitment to continue providing the highest quality social services to those in our community facing the challenges of aging in place, financial insecurity, and individual and family life-cycle issues. We are grateful to the Jewish Federation of Collier County for all it is doing to help us achieve a seamless transition. Our services to those who need our assistance will not only continue, but will be enhanced.

Annual Human Needs Award presentation

or the eighth straight year, the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Collier County has presented a Human Needs Award to deserving Collier County human and health services and educational organizations, serving vulnerable populations. This year, the Award (a $3,000 grant) was presented to the Friendship Health Clinic Collier, part of the Senior Friendship Centers organization, in recognition of the important work the organization does in Collier County, providing adults 50 years or older, who meet low-income guidelines, primary medical care, dental services and medication assistance from caring, talented, retired and volunteer physicians, dentists and pharmacists

since 1985. Senior Friendship Health Centers are considered a national

health model for the delivery of health care to older adults.

Representatives from the Friendship Health Clinic Collier, Dr. Felix Krock, Volunteer Physician (far left), Betty Gamel, A.R.N.P. Director (center), Carl Westman, Attorney, Chairman of the Community Board (far right), with Ann Jacobson, Community Relations Committee Chair (2nd from left), and Melissa Keel, Jewish Federation Community Program Coordinator (2nd from right)

For a continuously updated community calendar, visit www.jewishnaples.org.

Federation Star February 2012

WOMEN’S CULTURAL ALLIANCE

JEWISH FEDERATION www.WomensCulturalAlliance.com / 239-948-0003

WCA loves movies, opera and theater By Elaine Soffer, WCA Publicity Chair

CA members support a large variety of special interest group programs permitting them to explore in depth either a new interest or an interest for which they may not previously have had time. The group leaders are WCA members who give freely of their time to ensure each season’s programs related to Current Films, Foreign/ Independent Films, Opera, and Modern Playwrights are interesting. These groups are led by Nancy Kahn, Chet Rivel, Mae Riefberg, Carol Soling, Bobbie Bassewitz and Karen Slater. Contact information for each group leader may be found in the WCA directory. The Current Films Group meets the third Wednesday of each month at area theaters. The women meet for lunch, go to the film, and then have a discussion regarding the film. Nancy Kahn provides a wealth of information from the multitude of published reviews for each film that she reads to prepare for the discussion. The Current Films Group most often has lunch at Bravo, and views the film at the Silverspot Cinema at The Mercato. Bravo is terrific at

serving the group efficiently and getting the group out quickly, including separate checks – no small feat for a group of 30. Silverspot generously makes its restaurant available to the group for the post-film discussion. This group fills very quickly in season. You need to respond as soon as you see the film announced for the monthly meeting in the WCA eBlast sent on the second Thursday of the month. For more information, contact Nancy Kahn. The Foreign/Independent Films Group is composed of two sessions. Session one meets the first Monday of the month and session two meets the second Wednesday of the month in the Federation community room. There are so many wonderful films that we never get to see unless we live in a major urban area. Fortunately we have Netflix. Cecile Rivel locates the films that have garnered awards at international film festivals, at film societies and in film magazines. She views them and narrows the field down to five extraordinary films each season. Each group views the film and participates in a discussion. Each film is shown twice a month but

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attendance is limited to the first 35 ladies who sign up for each showing. For more information, please contact Chet Rivel. Opera enthusiast Mae Riefberg encourages music lovers to become acquainted with three outstanding operas. This season’s theme, “Potion, Poison and Passion,” will cover (1) Elixir of Love by Donizetti. This is a charming comic opera with a melodious score. It revolves around the mistaken belief that a potion (in reality, cheap wine) will solve romantic problems. (2) Romeo and Juliet by Gounod. Gounod’s version of Shakespeare’s play is the only one which has endured in the operatic repertoire. Filled with sumptuous arias and great lyrical passages, the music comes closer to the pathos of Shakespeare than any other adaptations of his plays outside the work of Verdi. You’ll enjoy this – even though you know the ending! (3) Tosca by Puccini. This is a powerful story which takes place at the time when Rome was torn by fierce political strife. Tosca is a musical drama of intrigue, violence and passion. The group will be introduced to the information about the composer, learn the story of the opera, and watch part of the DVD. The Opera Group

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A priest bears witness (part 2 of 3) By Sarah Breger, Moment magazine

Father Patrick Desbois is on a mission to uncover the mass graves of nearly two million Jews. Sixty years after the Holocaust, time is running out.

Editor’s note: This article, which is divided into three parts and published in the January, February and March issues of the Federation Star, is reprinted with permission from Moment magazine, www.momentmag.com.

The interviews can last for hours – some have run up to eight – since each person is taken through every single detail they remember about that period. “The interview is not a sentimental interview,” says Desbois. “It’s really a rebuilding of the crime. It is a real investigation.” Through his work, Desbois has defined a new category of witness: those requisitioned by the Germans to perform tasks connected with the mass killings. One woman told him her job was to walk across the corpses to flatten them before the next group was shot. Another man said he was responsible for finding kindling of sunflower and hemp to burn the bodies. Desbois recalls one woman who saw her Jewish friend in the line to be

With funding from private donors in America, family foundations and the German government, as well as other sources, the organization runs 15 trips a year, each lasting 17 days. Teams include an interpreter, a photographer, a note taker, a bodyguard and – due to concern over Jewish burial laws – a rabbi. Eventually, Desbois added a ballistics expert to the roster, in recognition of the fact that each gun cartridge left on the ground correlates to a bullet, and each bullet to a Jew. Full-time researchers at archives in Germany and in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) scour records for information to give Desbois and his teams before they embark on their trips. Much of this material only became available after the fall of the Soviet Union and even then was infrequently utilized, according to Paul Shapiro, Director of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the USHMM, where the vast Soviet archive is now located. “People weren’t looking at it,” he says. “They felt it was not credible.” But Desbois’ work has corroborated much of the material. “It’s turned out that in many cases the content of the testimony [Desbois and his teams found] and the information that the Soviets had are extraordinarily similar,” says Shapiro. they arAs more than one person told rive Once in a village, the him, referring to those buried search for witnesses alive in the pits, “the ground commences. Team members follow the breathed for three days.” same script wherstories. He turned to Cardinal Jeanever they go. Desbois runs through Marie Lustiger, the Archbishop of it with me: ‘“Ma’am [or Sir], you Paris and a leader in French interwere here during the War?’ and if faith relations, for advice. Lustiger, the answer is positive, we say ‘Oh, who died in 2007, was a Jew, whose you can help us.’ And ‘were you here mother died at Auschwitz; he conthe day of the shooting?’ And if she verted to Catholicism in his teens [or he] says yes, then ‘Do you accept after living with a Catholic family, to be interviewed’ and on the spot but maintained his Jewish identity we do the interview. We don’t wait; even after converting and becoming otherwise a neighbor will tell them a priest – at his death, Kaddish was not to speak.” recited before the mass. Together, he When necessary, the teams reach and Desbois founded the organization out to local churches, asking clergy Yahad-in-Unum (both the Hebrew and members to preach from the pulpit why Latin words for “together”), with the it is important to speak up. If nothing goal of documenting all of the mass else works, the interviewers wait paextermination sites in Eastern Europe. tiently in a grocery store for people to Desbois began journeying through come in. “Slowly, slowly we find a witUkraine, knocking on doors in search ness,” says Desbois. “If we don’t find of witnesses. Some recounted their the truth in one day, we come back.” stories willingly, as if in confession, The teams know they will eventually and asked him to pray with them find a witness, since the killing site afterwards. Others needed cajoling, “is not a hidden place, someone will reluctant to revisit their pasts. say ‘oh, under the grass here or there.’ What started as a solo effort has After all, the murders happened in the evolved into four separate teams city in broad daylight under the watch under the French priest’s direction. of everybody,” says Desbois.

ven the mighty Soviet regime, however, couldn’t entirely erase history. In 1961, the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko stirred up deep emotions, when he published the poem “Babi Yar” in the weekly newspaper Literaturnaya Gazeta. The poem’s first line, “No monument stands over Babi Yar,” condemned the Soviet regime for its refusal to acknowledge what happened. He accused the government of antiSemitism and warned that no matter how hard the regime tries, “no fiber of my body will forget this.” The poem, which later inspired Dmitri Shostakovich’s 13th symphony, had a great impact on Soviet consciousness, as did journalist Anatoly Kuznetsov’s account of the massacre in his 1966 book Babi Yar: A Documentary in the Form of a Novel, which included interviews with Dina Pronicheva, one of the few known survivors. In response to increased public pressure, a monument was erected on the site in 1974 but it did not have a memorial specifically identifying Jewish victims until after the fall of the Soviet Union. For Desbois, the experience at the mass grave in Rawa-Ruska was a personal revelation. He realized that there were citizens all over Ukraine who most likely had similar untold

Father Patrick Desbois will be the guest speaker at a community-wide event on Thursday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m. The event is presented by the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Collier County; the Catholic/Jewish Dialogue of Collier County; the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at FGCU; and the Holocaust Museum and Education Center of Southwest Florida. For individual and group sponsorships, please contact Ann Jacobson at annrj5@aol.com

shot, and the friend said, “Don’t cry, don’t cry – we are going to Palestine.” But the woman knew they were going to their death. As more than one person told him, referring to those buried alive in the pits, “the ground breathed for three days.” To date, Yahad-in-Unum teams have interviewed more than 2,000 witnesses of the massacres and identified the location of hundreds of mass graves. They have covered over threequarters of the Ukraine, three regions of Belarus, two regions of Russia and have started to work in Poland. Desbois says they have also found 48 sites of Roma extermination. Slowly, the group is building a website that will have a page dedicated to each

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continued from previous page community visited. Each page will include historical facts, video interviews of witnesses, excerpts from German and Soviet archives and photos of the town and the people interviewed. For example, on the page from the December 2010 trip to the Grodno region of Ukraine, there is testimony from Vladimir, born in 1925, who saw “a cart was approaching the house. Around five German soldiers were waiting in front of the house. The Jews got down from the cart and were taken into the house on the ground floor. At this moment, one of the Germans entered the house and closed the door. We could hear the gunshots. Then, the officer came back out with his revolver in hand. He took a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off his forehead… [then] the executioners went to the next house. Like this, the elderly were shot in three houses.” On a page from a May 2009 trip to Velyky Glybotchok, Ukraine, another witness, Lemelian, recalls “I remember someone who was yelling – ‘Guys, to the hill! Run!’ They [the Jews] saw these mass graves from the top of the hill and they started to run away. Grenades were thrown at them and submachine guns fired from both sides. The children, the women, everyone was killed and their bodies were huddled together. The blood was flowing into the pond.” Documenting the massacres is only the first step. The second is to honor the victims with a proper burial. “We know from Catholic and Jewish tradition that a human being dead or alive needs to be respected,” says Desbois. “If you accept that the Jews and gypsies are not properly buried it is a little bit of a victory for Hitler because he said they were not human.” But a proper burial is complex: Bodies were buried in shallow trenches, exposed human bones sometimes litter the area and in some places, looters have desecrated the graves. In the few cases where there is a Soviet marker of some kind, its inscription is meager and incomplete, says Andrew Baker, director of International Jewish Affairs for the American Jewish Committee (AJC). “This reflects a Soviet approach,” he says, “saying nothing of Holocaust history, nothing of the fact they were Jews.” Through the AJC and with funding from the German government, Baker has been working with Desbois to construct covers and memorial markers for the graves. To Desbois his work means more than ensuring that the victims are properly buried. “I have the conviction that we cannot build a modern Europe, and perhaps a modern world, above thousands of mass graves of Jews, who have been killed like animals, buried like animals,” he says. “We cannot build democracies above mass graves. Otherwise, what can we say to Rwanda, to Darfur, Cambodia? What can we say to other countries if we don’t bury the victims?” By now, Desbois is an expert at not showing emotion as his heavily lined face absorbs witness testimony. He admits it is difficult to remain impassive when confronted by people

who remain anti-Semitic, those who ask if there are still gold teeth to be found in the graves or those who show no remorse. “If you show your feelings, you will never know the next house, what they did,” the priest says. And this is what he has to teach his teams to do in order to find the truth. “It was difficult to train young people not to show their feelings.” Some critics balk at his pointblank acceptance of the testimony of his witnesses. “Desbois doesn’t ask a

about the complicity of the Ukrainian police, and some people ask if he is an apologist,” says Aryeh Rubin, president of Targum Shlishi, which has both supported and raised funds for Yahad-in-Unum. “But if he took all the Ukrainians on, he would never have gotten to see a single grave. You have to be non-judgmental; it’s like being an undercover agent.” His calling makes it possible for the priest to build trust among the potential witnesses, says JohnHimka, a professor “If you show your feelings, Paul of history and classics at you will never know the next the University of Alberta, house, what they did,” the whose work focuses on memory and the Holocaust priest says. in Ukraine. “In rural regions lot of the people that he speaks with,” where views are more traditional a says Omer Bartov, author of Erased: clergyman is still a clergyman,” adds Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Himka. “Father Desbois is interested Present-Day Ukraine. “He gives the in collecting information, not being impression it was the Germans doing confrontational. That’s why people all the killing, but in fact much of the feel they can talk to him.” organization of the genocide had a lot Shapiro puts it this way: “Some to do with auxiliary and local police people have been critical of the methforces. He is not interested in that.” odology, but no one else is going out Adds Bartov: “There was a great deal and doing this kind of work. It is easy of taking over the property of those to be critical; it is much harder to have who were killed.” the drive, stamina and commitment to Others see Desbois’ strategy as the go again and again to these places.” A quick Google search makes only option. “He doesn’t say anything

it clear that Desbois is passionately hated by Holocaust revisionists. “The Shoah by bullets is apparently one of the Jewish fallback plans in the event the diesel/insecticide gas chamber/gas van myths die,” proclaims Holocaustdenier.com. “What Father Patrick Desbois has done is more like a magic performance,” says one writer on a Holocaust revisionist forum. Outside the revisionist world, the priest’s words carry authoritative weight. “Having Father Desbois bear witness is so important,” says Hannah Rosenthal, the Obama administration’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. “It is one thing when Hannah Rosenthal, child of Holocaust survivor, says it, of course she is going to. When Father Desbois speaks out, he has so much more impact because he is not the usual suspect.”

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February 2012 Federation Star

Book Review New novel sounds a prophetic call for renewal of the Jewish state By Philip K. Jason, Special to the Federation Star

and essence without solving any of its problems. It implicitly perpetuates homegrown terror. The story opens with the longdelayed homecoming of Lilah Kedem, a sabra in her mid-fifties who ise is an astonishing tale, as has spent three decades living in the true as the breaking news United States. She has become an from Israel. Though it is easy internationally-acclaimed photograto characterize it as promoting a leftist pher, long-separated from her husband perspective on Israeli-Palestinian isand son, whose heart now tells her it sues, it’s quite clear that the author and is time to return. principal characters see themselves The Israel Lilah returns to is simply as practical. changed in many ways. The divisiveThe new ingredient, ness is ugly and bitter; variety has for many readers, will transformed into shades of “us and be the increasing dithem.” Party lines are sharply drawn, mension of terrorism and disagreement is felt and labeled as from within – meantreachery. The country seems to have ing Jewish terrorlost its soul. ism in particular. For Phil Jason Now reunited with her husband, Gotlieb, Israel’s own son, and childhood friend Michal, extreme right is as much a danger to Lilah inevitably befriends Michal’s the state as the terror born of Islamic husband, an Israeli Arab physician fundamentalism. Its values and acnamed Issam Halaby. In a short tions compromise the country not period of time, circumstances lead only politically, but also spiritually. the two couples to bond They infect the country and found a new movewith a disease that cannot ment. Na’aleh (rise) is be cured even by Israel’s not a political party but a unparalleled medical inloosely organized grassstitutions. roots organization that In the novel, the govfosters communication, erning Nationalist Party is cooperation and mutual headed by a self-perpetsupport to Israeli comuating leadership cadre munities of all ethnic and committed to satisfying religious stripes. It works the wealthy and powerto awaken the population ful. Its policies promote Yosef Gotlieb to rise up against mindless unbridled materialism, hate and bigotry and the stranglehold increasing the distance between the that twenty wealthy families seem to rich and the poor, and its security have on government policy. stance pays more attention to real Unofficially allied with Naftali’s estate than to the values of justice, New Democratic Party, Na’aleh’s imequality and tolerance. For many, inmediate concern is to counteract the cluding Naftali Kedem, leader of the Sons of Gideon, a right-wing terrorist opposition forces and Knesset memgroup killing Arabs and conciliatory ber, the Nationalist Party is a dead Jews by staging spectacular acts of end for Israel, destroying its nobility Rise: A novel of contemporary Israel, by Yosef Gotlieb. ‘Atida Press. 386 pp. $14.99. Kindle eBook $4.99.

Tamed By An Angel

By Abe Price, Naples resident and Holocaust survivor

amed By An Angel is my new book about the Holocaust. After I liberated myself and escaped a Death March in January 1945, only 12 miles from Auschwitz, I joined DIN, which is the Hebrew word for ‘judgment’. There were 50 young boys and girls, all Jewish, in this organization. We also had 300 Jewish Soviet officers who volunteered to help us find high-ranking Nazi officials. We pledged to not talk about DIN for 50 years. We had a secluded farm house in the Polish city of Katowice, where these Nazis were brought to justice. The Soviet officers became our brothers; they were wonderful. The

work was dangerous because these Nazi murderers were heavily armed and had body guards who were also heavily armed. The Nazi officials were arrested (the body guards were not) and were brought to Katowice for trial. They were treated the same way they treated our parents, brothers, sisters, children and relatives. The book is being distributed through amazon.com, as is my first book, Memoirs of a Survivor. Also available at amazon.com are Art of Survival by my brother, Charles Pierce, and DIN (a fictionalized version of my involvement in DIN), by my nephew, Mark Pierce.

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murderous violence. Essentially, the Gideon group promotes ethnic cleansing of Israel’s Arab population and brooks no dissent from those striving toward fruitful accommodation and reconciliation. A separate thread of the novel develops around the mission of Eli Zedek, a top-level Israeli security agent charged with investigating domestic terrorism. He, too, is on the trail of these homegrown terrorists, who gladly take credit for their atrocious deeds. Before long, Eli and Lilah cross each other’s paths. Lilah, who is determined to fight with her camera, discovers an image of one of the perpetrators in a roll of film she shot in Jaffa while building her portfolio for a book on Women of the Ports. The image matches the description of the hulking figure many had witnessed at a terrorist attack by the Gideons. The novel winds back and forth between the home lives of the key characters, the public rallies to topple the present government staged by the New Democratic Party / Na’aleh

organizations, and the growing frequency of terrorist attacks. Lilah becomes the spokesperson for the movement to redeem her country from its social ills and spiritual ills, its debilitating hatreds and violence. Embedded into the suspense-filled events and rich characterizations are compelling analyses of what must be done to correct Israel’s path and to release it from the stranglehold of a powerful minority. The issues are thoughtfully and clearly expressed, and the passions of the Kedem and Halaby families, along with the almost superhuman commitment of Eli, so often thwarted by government ineptitude or interference, make Yosef Gotlieb’s ideas and principles for a renewed and reawakened Israel come fully alive. Philip K. Jason is Professor Emeritus of English from the United States Naval Academy. He reviews regularly for the Naples edition of Florida Weekly and for Fort Myers Magazine.

For more of Phil’s insights and reviews, as well as literature/publishing links, visit his website at www.philjason.wordpress.com.

Max Miller: Final Mourner’s Kaddish 333 Days In Painting Thru May 13, 2012

Max Miller's grief provides inspiration for a vivid account of his year spent saying Kaddish (the Jewish prayer of mourning), for his father. The 50 vibrant watercolors depict the synagogues Miller visited in New York, Vermont, Ohio and Florida, along with commentary on his experiences with those he met. While honoring the Jewish tradition of memorializing a parent, Miller learned a great deal about his father and their shared heritage. Cuban Hebrew Congregation, Miami Beach, FL, watercolor, 2005.

This exhibition by Max Miller originated at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York City and is sponsored by New York Foundation for the Arts.

Kehilath Jeshurun, Upper East Side, New York City, Watercolor, 2005.

WOODEN S Y NAGOGUES OF POLAND & THE FLORIDA CONNECTION T hru March 18, 2012

Model of Gombin Synagogue, built in 1710; destroyed by the Nazis in 1939.

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10A Federation Star February 2012

Oy! Mahmud Osir discovers he’s really Solly Shimshillewitz By Don Pomerantz

The Infidel (2010) 105 minutes, not rated, in English Available on amazon.com and netflix

rom Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors to the Schwarzenegger/DeVito film farce Twins, mistaken identity has been a constant source of comic trauma for the individual characters. When Mahmud Osir (Omid Djalili), an East End London Muslim business owner with an Archie Bunker mindset, learns he was adopted as a newborn and his birth parents were Jewish, he is compelled to reexamine his life. The actions he takes to comprehend who he is and to come to grips with his new self are both touching and humorous as he finds out he is really Solly Shimshillewitz. Director Josh Appignanesi and writer David Baddiel of The Infidel

have chosen a Frank Capra “feel good” approach to a difficult dilemma. To develop a plan by which Mahmud overcomes his prejudice and ignorance about Jews, they provide him with a cantankerous lush named Lenny Goldberg (Richard Schiff), who becomes his Professor Henry Higgins. In a series of funny sequences, Lenny instructs Mahmud in Jewish body language, vocal intonation, the novels of Philip Roth and Saul Bellow, and the Torah. As Mahmud reads the Torah, he realizes how many of its basic moral principles are also found in the Koran. Like Eliza Doolittle’s test at the Embassy Ball, Mahmud/Solly convinces everyone at a Bar Mitzvah that he is truly a Jew. Omid Djalili, a talented physical comedian, dances and shrugs like Tevya, tells an incom-

prehensible dirty Jewish joke, and wows all the attendees. With the help of Lenny, Mahmud learns that his birth father, Izzie Shimshillewitz, is near death in a nursing home. When he tries to see his dying father, Mahmud is denied entrance by Izzie’s ultra-orthodox rabbi because of his inability to recite the appropriate prayers. When Mahmud returns later to confront the rabbi, he bursts into Izzie’s room and finds he has died. In true Capraesque form, all is not lost. Mahmud notices a VCR tape which Lenny had sent to Izzie showing his son’s acceptance of his Jewish identity. Since the name “SOLLY” was scribbled on the tape cover, Mahmud knew that his father died knowing that his son had regained his birthright. Having embraced his birth identity and religion, Mahmud must repair the rift between himself and his family. In fairy tale fashion, Mahmud confronts and unmasks a supposedly devout Muslim cleric who would not allow his stepdaughter Uzma to marry

Film Review Rashid, Mahmud’s son. With the lovers united, the family reconciled, and Mahmud secure in his identity, all is well in the kingdom. Despite its predictable plot devices and obvious resolution, The Infidel is a delightful and thoughtful film which raises important issues of belief and self-awareness. Don Pomerantz is Professor Emeritus and Chairman of the Department of Modern Languages and Humanities at Central Connecticut State University. He teaches at Hodges University and directs the winter Renaissance Academy film series. He is also president of Naples Jewish Congregation.

Our recent trip to Israel By Saul Cooperman

The Jewish Caregivers Support Group is a cohesive, understanding and caring group of women and men who are caring for loved ones suffering from many different diseases.

Meetings are held the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 10:30 a.m. Temple Shalom has kindly given the group the use of its Chapel. This is a free service to the entire Jewish community. Caregiving can be a job without clearly defined goals. This can lead to physical exhaustion, frustration, guilt and depression. At group meetings, participants can safely and privately talk about these concerns as well as share tips about community resources, major life decisions, and dealing with daily problems. Discussions include strategies to help participants cope with stress and enhance their ability to stay in control of their shrinking world. Florette Kahn, LCSW, is the group leader. She is a licensed retired psychotherapist who is also a caregiver for her husband Jack, who suffers from Parkinson’s Disease. Phyllis Lazear helps organize the group. She can be reached at 352-2907.

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y wife Janet and I responded to an advertisement in the Jewish News (New Jersey Federation newspaper) that asked for volunteers in Arad, Israel. We volunteered and found our two weeks in Arad to be a wonderful experience. But, before I explain why, I’d like to take a few sentences to describe Arad. The town is in the Negev Desert between the Dead Sea and Beer Sheva. Where the town ends, the desert begins. The population is about 27,000, almost 45% of whom are Russian immigrants. Beside the Sabras and people who made Aliyah, there are Ethiopian Jews, some Sudanese, Israeli Arabs and Bedouins. There are secular Jews, several Orthodox groups and, of course, Muslims. Avi, a taxi driver, told us he was one of a small group that settled Arad and he has watched it grow and change. “It was all desert when we came here; we lived in tents.” Today’s youths tend to see the lights of Tel Aviv or Haifa as their future, not the few industries in Arad. There is only one supermarket, no movie theater, and though there are a few cultural aspects, the sidewalks roll up by 8:00 p.m. on most nights. Every day I walked about three miles to different parts of the city, viewing apartment buildings that had seen their better days and lovely homes that would be part of any American suburban landscape. The air is clean and clear, as is the sky. Because it is in the Negev, there is very little rain and the sun shone every day we were there. The cars were all small by our standards as the price for gas would make our $3.50 a gallon seem like a bargain. We met a couple, Mordecai and Ann, whose story was inspiring and

Janet and Saul Cooperman in Arad near the Green Line

heartbreaking. Mordecai, who was from Poland, fought with the Bielski brothers (the movie Defiance told of their struggle) when he was 14, and was then in the War of Independence in Israel in 1948 when he was 18. When I mentioned to him that I read about Jews getting off the boats in Tel Aviv and receiving only two hours of training before they were sent to fight at Latrun, he gently corrected me and said, “I ‘trained’ many in how to use a machine gun and we gave them about 20 minutes of instruction.” Ann, a Russian, who was to become Mordecai’s wife, fled from the Nazis, leaving their home and all material possessions. She said for several weeks they subsisted on water, bread and garlic, only finding sanctuary in Siberia, beyond the Nazis’ grasp. Ellie had just retired as a nuclear engineer and physicist and was a joy to be with. Like all Israelis we met, he had opinions on everything political, and like almost everyone we met, seemed to feel that continued war with the Muslims was inevitable. His wife, Lali, an upbeat lady and former paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces,

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eth Tikvah’s Community Leadership Award will recognize Bill Barnett for his many year of excellence in community service. Be there on Sunday, March 4 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club, 851 Gulfshore Blvd. North. Enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, accolades for the honoree, plenty of laughs, and the award presentation. In 1984, Bill was elected to the Naples City Council, serving until 1992, when he was termed out. He was elected Mayor in 1996, serving until 2000, when he termed out again. After sitting out four years, Bill was elected Mayor again in

2004. Although his term ended in February 2008, an overwhelming 2006 voter referendum allowed a Mayor to serve the same term(s) as Council Members. Bill ran once more and was elected with 85.5% of the vote. When this term expires on January 31, Bill hopes to have won a City Council seat for 2012-2016. The couvert for the event is $75 per person, with proceeds divided between Beth Tikvah’s Youth Education Program and a charity to be named by Bill Barnett. Reserve now with your check to “Beth Tikvah” (indicate “Barnett event”) mailed to 1459 Pine Ridge Road, Naples, FL 34109.

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BereavementSupport Group Jewish Family & Community Services of Southwest Florida is offering a new Bereavement Support Group, beginning Thursday, February 16. A series of 8 weekly sessions will be held at the JFCS offices, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Please call Margaret Passeri, LCSW at 239.325.4444 if you have questions or would like to reserve a spot in the group.

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Community invited to GenShoah meeting By Ida Margolis

We will also discuss support of the Holocaust Museum, including the 10th anniversary celebration of the Museum. The speaker scheduled for the February meeting is psychotherapist Shelley Goodman. Shelley currently has a practice in Toronto, Canada. She will tell the group about her work with the late Dr. Henry Fenigstein, a Holocaust survivor who became a psychiatrist at age 58. Dr. Fenigstein worked with both survivors and children of survivors. Shelley’s talk should be extremely interesting. The meeting is open to all children of Holocaust survivors, guests, and all who are interested in preserving memories of the Holocaust and promoting Holocaust education. Anyone with an interest in this group is welcome and encouraged to attend. If you have any questions, suggestions for future speakers, or if you are not on the e-mail list for this group and would like to be, please email Ida Margolis at mrsmarg@comcast.net. Individuals who have requested to be on the email list have received updates about meetings as well as minutes of meetings that have been prepared by Stephen Brazina. Also, if you are planning to attend the meeting Dr. Steven Derfler with Ida Margolis and Rhonda Brazina after his presentation at the on February 19, please send an Holocaust Museum on the Jews of Morocco email to the above address.

enerations of the Shoah of SW Florida (GenShoah) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Sunday, February 19 at 4:45 p.m. at the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida. The agenda for this meeting will include introductions, a discussion of activities to support our mission of education, suggestions for publicizing the group, plans for future meetings, guest speakers and activities, and related special projects. This season, meetings have included guest speakers on a variety of topics. Speakers have included Dr. Gerry Melnick, co-Director of the Advisory Committee of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Human Rights studies at FGCU, archeologist and historian Dr. Steven Derfler, as well as group members Ann Jacobson and Marina Berkovich.

Our recent trip to Israel...continued from page 10A has a studio in Arad where she makes jewelry. We met Yaakov, who took us to the Green Line and discussed the “settlements” with us and the proximity to the Arab towns in the Palestinian Authority. We had an interesting “conversation” with an Orthodox young man with a rather large dog who told us to “get off our land.” Yaakov would not budge, telling the young man that his homes were illegal and he, Yaakov, might get a warrant for the young man’s dispossession. Luckily for us, the dog and human retreated. We talked extensively with Jerry, an American who came to Israel 30 years ago, and Aliza, his Moroccan wife. Jerry was full of opinions and I had several spirited discussions with him. Aliza, small in stature, but strong in resolve, had a studio in their home, and Janet will be trying to connect her with a possible marketing person in Connecticut. Her tapestries are beautiful. I spent a morning in a senior citizen home and had a good time talking with one of the most positive men I met in Arad. He read, he sang, he worked in the greenhouse, and he helped other people see the bright side of life. One afternoon we met with a young man at the community center who was just starting his job, which

was trying to prevent high school dropouts. Full of intelligence, passion, energy and organization skills, he is a diamond in the rough. When Janet said, “You might be able to help him, Saul,” I said, “The way I can help is to stay out of his way. He is the real deal.” And so it went. We took trips to Tel Aviv, Beit Hatfutsot: The Museum of the Jewish People, Ben-Gurion University, Sed Boker (to visit research being done in areas of water and solar energy), and to the desert home of former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. We visited with glass artist Gideon Friedman and were fortunate to have him explain his art. We helped high school sophomores with their English. We attended a moving tribute to Yitzhak Rabin on the anniversary of the 16th year of his assassination. And we saw the young people in the Army, leaving Arad for assignment or coming home for a visit. Always there is the military presence, and one does not forget that Israel, the island of democracy in the sea of Islamic terror, must defend the homeland every day of the year. Saul and Janet Cooperman are parttime residents in Bonita Springs and members of the Jewish Federation of Collier County.

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The true heroes among us By Amy Snyder, Executive Director

he biggest game in football is upon us…the Super Bowl. We wait for it each year, handing out our predictions in August and praying it’s our team holding the trophy at season’s end. My team, the New England Patriots, has played in some dramatic Super Bowls and has achieved some glorious victories. When they win, I applaud their heroic efforts along with all their fans. However, as I get older and learn more about life, I wonder if many athletes, although gifted, have really done anything heroic. Sure, some have played through the pain and others have come back to top condition despite career-ending injuries. But are these actions those of a hero or just of a determined athlete? In a world where talent, money and status have seemingly become the only requirements to be considered a hero, I wonder who our young people really have to look up to. Lady Gaga and Tiger Woods just aren’t enough to satisfy a discerning mind. Where do we look to find those with integrity, honesty and real courage? Are all our

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heroes to be found in mythology? Where do we find those who used their power for good? We can certainly look to history. The events of the Holocaust are full of people who have done horrific things, but in those events we also find those whose actions are the stuff of legend. Take, for example, Irena Sendler. She was a young lady in Warsaw, Poland, who knew without a doubt that she was meant to do more than to watch the people around her suffer at the hands of the Nazis. Between 1942 and 1944, as part of a resistance group called Zegota, Irena worked to save hundreds of Jewish children from deportation from the Warsaw

Ghetto. She risked her life every day in order to save others and was eventually caught by the Gestapo. Though severely tortured, Irena never gave up the names of those in her group and they never gave up on her. As Irena was being transported to the location for her execution, members of Zegota were able to bribe the Nazis and they left her in the woods. After her recovery, Irena continued to assist those in need until the war ended. Hers is the story of a true hero. Visit the Holocaust Museum in February to learn more about Irena through the original artwork of Bill Farnsworth in the exhibit, Painting the Irena Sendler Story. We are fortunate that in our small

community of Southwest Florida, we are able to look around us each day and see people who have similarly impacted our world in significant ways. This month, the Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida is honoring the “Witnesses to the Holocaust” who have furthered the message of respect and understanding by sharing their stories of perseverance and courage. In our 10th Anniversary Year, it’s fitting to honor these heroes whose stories have impacted thousands of school children looking for someone to look up to. We hope that each and every student who hears the testimony of a Holocaust survivor will say, “You’re my hero.” What better ending to the story.

A tribute to our area’s own Holocaust Survivors and WWII Veterans Join us as The Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida celebrates a decade of engaging our youth to learn from the past and build a future with the cornerstone of Respect An Evening to Remember Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Patrons’ Reception (donations of $2,500 & above) - 5:00 PM Hosted by Osetra Champagne Caviar Bar in the Rolls Royce Showroom Experience Naples Artist Juan Diaz as he creates a one-of-a-kind Performance Painting Limited availability The Celebration Begins - 6:00 PM Small plate dining and silent auction Performance - 7:30 PM Intimate performance by Grammy and Emmy award-winning composer Charles Fox, with special welcome by Myra Janco Daniels

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Circle of Hosts

Chris and Bill Barnett Nena and Bill Beynon Rosalee and Jerry Bogo Dawn Litch�ield Brown and Sam Brown Phyllis and Gordon Caplan Norma and Bob Claussen Christine and Terrance Flynn Myra and Mort Friedman Ellin Goetz and Michael Watkins Nancy and Hank Greenberg Linda and Bob Harden Pauline and Murray Hendel Wallie and Gary Lenchner Maureen and Arnold Lerner Simone and Scott Lutgert Diane and Ronald McGinty Estelle and Stuart Price JoAnn and Chuck Remington Adria and Jerry Starkey Arlene and Bob Subin

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Prominent Southwest Florida Jewish family tries again

lapsed in 2006, R&S suffered revlive Lubner believes that enue losses, as did many retail stores he has created a furniture throughout the country. In early 2011, dynasty here in Southwest the bank (with whom the company Florida, even though the youngest had a 23-year relationship) called in generation is aged 10, 6 and 3 weeks. its loan, effectively forcing R&S into Those little boys love PopPop and bankruptcy. In spite of a hard-fought Daddy’s business and don’t realize battle, the intellectual property was that the dynasty reaches back to 19th bought by a Chinese entrepreneur century Europe. who has recently reopened in the Fort Being eternal wandering Jews, Myers location. Clive’s grandfather immigrated to “We were devastated that 1,350 South Africa at the close of the cenfamilies were affected by our banktury, bringing with him the craft of ruptcy, despite our very best efforts,” furniture-making. all the Lubners agree. “It broke our Clive and Sunny Lubner left hearts that after 97 years, a little South Africa in 1977 for the Unitstore that started States and settled ed in downtown in Fort Myers, along Fort Myers and with 5-year-old Clauexpanded to dia and 3-year-old multiple units, Daniel. Together with couldn’t fight the Mariner Group, the combined Clive bought Robb headwinds of a & Stucky, a venercollapsed real able furniture company estate market established in 1914. and an economOver the next thirty ic downturn.” years, R&S became Daniel and Clive Lubner In April, the largest high-end 2011, the Lubner family, with Daniel retailer and interior design company Lubner leading the charge, started the in the country, dominating south and Lubner Group, catering to the hoscentral Florida, Dallas, Las Vegas and pitality industry. They retained their Scottsdale, Arizona. core group of essential management in When the real estate market col-

pliances, as well as outdoor kitchens; the hope that they could reopen a retail fine art; a coffee bar and – everyone’s establishment. With two partners and favorite hangout – a wine bar. This a core team that worked like a wellmonth, Clive is pouring wines from oiled machine, they opened Clive his native South Africa. Daniel Home in their former Naples Clive Daniel Home has already R&S location in November 2011. held several events to benefit women, It should come as no surprise that children and the arts. They open two entrepreneurs like Clive and DanThe Chat Room, a community room iel Lubner have devised a concept that with a capacity of 150, to groups and is strikingly new for home furnishings individuals. retail in the United C l i v e ’s e n States. Naturally, thusiasm for his there is furniture, fledgling business but lighter in tone, is eclipsed by his scale and price appreciation that point. As Clive his entire family says, “I feel that is involved. He is people are in the Chairman; Danmood for a fresher The new Naples store iel, the President approach.” and CEO; wife Sunny is company One of Clive Daniel Home’s Wordsmith; daughter-in-law Cathy is taglines is “… so much more than boutique buyer; and daughter Claudia a furniture store.” How much more, is everybody’s go-to Girl Friday. It’s we wondered? Aside from the usual anybody’s guess how long it will departments found in a furniture take before Jacob, Sam and Mason to store, like rugs, bedding, accessories find ways to contribute to this family and patio, we found pretty much evdynasty. erything a home would need. They Clive Daniel Home is located at sell costume jewelry within their gift 2777 Tamiami Trail North in Naples. boutique; complete home automation Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday within their home theater; doors and - Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on cabinetry, including custom closets Sunday. Call 239.261.4663 for more that can be matched to any fabric, information. surface or color; indoor kitchen ap-

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Announcing the launch of...

“Latke Lunch” was held at Beth Tikvah on Sunday, December 25. This annual Chanukah tradition is always a lot of fun.

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Preschool of the Arts By Ettie Zaklos, Preschool Director

reschool of the Arts is proud to announce a new program for 2012: Summer of the Arts! This six-week summer program is available to boys and girls ages 2-5. Full and half days are available. Summer of the Arts will run from June 11 through July 20 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Our phenomenal program integrates various creative arts and educational themes in a safe, multisensory and Jewish-spirited setting. Each week, our program offers children opportunities to experience music, art, baking, sports, gymnastics and science through exciting, stimulating, hands-on activities. Children enjoy daily outdoor and water play. Each Friday, campers participate in a challah baking workshop and interactive Shabbat party. The camp spirit and unique blend of activities taught by nurturing teachers and professional instructors makes

Summer of the Arts the perfect setting for the Naples preschooler. Register before February 15 to receive an early bird discount. Space is limited – sign up now! Summer of the Arts is located in the heart of Naples at the Chabad Naples Jewish Community Center, 1789 Mandarin Road. For more information, call 239.263.2620 or email NaplesPreschooloftheArts@ gmail.com. It gives us great joy to announce the opening of our third classroom this month! We are very thankful for the amazing growth we’ve experienced since opening this past fall. We are very thrilled to be able to meet the needs of the community with this new class and we look forward to more growth in the near future. We have enhanced the security of our precious children with the addition of an esthetically pleasing fence, making the area even more secure by dividing the entrance and exit from the common grounds. If you’d like more information or a personal tour, please call Ettie at 239.263.2620.

Preschool children proudly pose in front of the school’s giant Lego menorah

The school’s new wooden playhouse turned into a Latkah Shop for Chanukah

Friendship Circle of Naples

he Friendship Circle of Naples is based on the idea that within each person is a soul, regardless of any limitations or challenges that may surround it – and that soul is sacred and worthy of boundless love. Friendship Circle is a non-profit organization that provides programs and support to the families of individuals with special needs, and enables volunteers to reap the rewards of selfless giving. This unique program pairs special-needs children with caring, dedicated teenage volunteers, providing friendship, support, encouragement and practical help in dealing with

challenges. The volunteers also provide support and respite care to the families. An added bonus of the wellknown, national program is helping the teenage volunteers increase sensitivity, competence and commitment to community service. As part of Friendship Circle of Naples, the teenage volunteers make weekly visits to the homes of specialneeds children, as well participating in other programs and activities. If you know a child with special needs or a teenager who would like to volunteer, please call Chabad of Naples Jewish Community Center at 239.262.4474.

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Schoolchildren join to make biggest book in Israel

nglish literacy Institute A.H.A.V.A has launched its seventh annual read-a-thon by inviting local school children to help create what is expected to be the biggest book ever made in Israel. The book titled The Giant’s Book, about a giant who can’t find a book big enough to read, measures almost two meters tall, over one meter wide and is being made by school children from over 13 schools in the Maale Adumim who will be given words to write and design. Children’s author and illustrator Netanel Epstein has created the front cover for the book, which was unveiled at the Nofei HaSelah School in Maaleh Adumim on January 10. A.H.A.V.A is the only non-profit organization in Israel dedicated solely to promoting English literacy for children. It is working hard to raise awareness of the importance of learning English in Israeli schools from a young age. In 2009, of the total number of Israelis in the 12th grade age group just 39% matriculated at a level that would enable them to be accepted to university. Director of A.H.A.V.A, Gaila Cohen Morrison, said, “English is crucial for children to learn well at school. It opens up a world of wider reading and opens up opportunities for them later on in life. “We are delighted that Netanel Epstein has designed our giant front cover. By making Israel’s biggest book we hope to capture the imagination of local school children and to inspire more interest and enjoyment of reading English.

Gaila added, “Making a giant book does have some logistical questions including where we are going to store this book. We may have to build a giant library!” A.H.A.V.A was founded in 2000 by Gaila Cohen-Morrison, an experienced English teacher and mother of five, who was determined to provide affordable English education to Israeli children. All of the seminars and curricula are based on Cohen-Morrison’s nearly 30 years of experience in the field, having taught over 2,000 students and dozens of educators. The read-a-thon attracts hundreds of local school children who are sponsored to read as many short English books as they can over the course of a month, culminating with a community party and award ceremony to be held this year on March 15. The read-a-thon sponsors include Bank Hapoalim, Steimatsky, Remax, Burgers Bar, Aroma, Maale Adumim municipality, and more. When completed, the giant book will go on display at the local municipality and around schools in the Maale Adumim area after the read-a-thon finishes mid February. For more information about the read-a-thon or A.H.A.V.A, please contact ahava.org@gmail.com.

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Safety Day/Open House at Temple Shalom Preschool By Seyla Cohen, Preschool Director

nce again Temple Shalom Preschool is hosting its annual Safety Day/Open House on Sunday, February 19. This very special activity-packed, day-long program educates our young citizens about safety within our neighborhood. Various community helpers join us to create awareness about their individual departments. The children enjoy seeing fire trucks up close and personal. They are able to climb on board and view firefighter gear and equipment while gaining an understanding of the critical role the men and women of the Fire Department fulfill. EMTs showcase their ambulances for the children, enabling them to explore what’s inside these specialized vehicles and explaining how and when an ambulance is put into service. The Police Department is on hand

with a great deal of equipment and manpower, and brings their mascot, McGruff the Crime Dog, to teach the children about combating crime. Water safety, a major concern for parents in the area, is strongly reinforced as the children have the opportunity to explore a Police Department boat! Domestic Animal Services joins us to talk about the care of our furry friends, and special guest Smokey the Bear joins us along with his human friends from the Department of Forestry. Let’s not forget The Bug Guy who exhibits his unique and creepy critters to his mesmerized audience! Safety Day is open to the general public and there is no charge for this wonderful, fun and educational event! Also in February, Temple Shalom Preschool opens registration for the upcoming school year. Temple Shalom Preschool has been distin-

guished as the top preschool in Naples for many years. Its programs for children ages birth - 5 are top quality, dedicated to preparing a firm foundation for students entering Kindergarten and successive school years. Beginning with its “Baby and Me” and “Mommy, Me, and More” programs, children begin their formative years Smokey the Bear at last year’s event in a safe, wholesome, acaStorytelling, Puppetry, Drama, Music, demically challenging environment, Aerobics and Spanish are offered. conducive to promoting self-esteem, General sign-up becomes availconfidence and individuality. Its able to the public as space permits dedicated and well-trained staff proonce current families have had a vides a caring and loving atmosphere chance to enroll their children. For in which each child flourishes and more information, contact Seyla grows to meet his or her full potenCohen, Director, at 239.455.4361. tial. Enrichment in Art, Computers,

At the December 2011 Winter Kallah are Tyler Daugherty, Dorothy Pirrone, Hannah Daugherty, Amanda Mitrani and Payson Nay

The community is invited to these Hillel at FGCU events The Hillel at FGCU invites members of the Jewish community to attend the events listed below. RSVP to swflhillel@eagle.fgcu.edu.

Friday, February 24 6:30 to 9pm Shabbat Services & Dinner at the Tiki Hut North Lake Tiki Hut Sunday, February 26 10am to 1pm Israel Affairs Forum Student Union 213 Wednesday, March 14 6:30pm to 10pm Purim Party Student Union Ballroom

Friday, March 30 noon to 2pm Tie-Dye Pool Party West Lake Wednesday, April 4 6:30 to 8pm Charoset Event Student Union 214

Wednesday, April 11 6 to 9pm Passover Seder Student Union 214

Friday, April 20 8pm to midnight Bat Mitzvah Fundraiser Applebee’s on Corkscrew Rd

See Section B of this issue for “Jewish Happenings” and “Israel & the Jewish World.”

Fed Cup IV April 29, 2012 at TwinEagles

A golf event for all skills & ages to benefit young 20 Jewish children and teens to experience Jewish Summer Camp and travel to Israel.

8:00am Registration and Warm Up 9:00am Shotgun Start Prizes for long drive and closest to the hole Boxed breakfast along with coffee and juice bar upon arrival Z Elegant country club buffet lunch after golf Z Awards and Auction Z Z Z Z

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Tributes to the UJA Federation Campaign To: Louise Warshauer In honor of your birthday From: Helen & Ed Rosenthal To: Ruth Albert In honor of your birthday From: Nicole & Robert Williams

TRIBUTES

Tributes

To: From:

Kate Frankel In memory of your beloved husband, Lawrence Luchowski Sunny Boodman

To: From:

Mrs. Edward Novick & Family In memory of your beloved husband, Edward Novick Nancy & Harold Kaplan

To: To: Shirley Locketz In memory of your husband, Bill Locketz From: From: Phyllis & Michael Seaman

Alan Savada In memory of your beloved mother, Lila Savada Phyllis & Michael Seaman

To: From:

Henny & Morton Porter Congratulations on your 65th wedding anniversary Bunny Levere

To: From:

Mrs. Klodette Corio In memory of your beloved husband, George Corio Nancy & Harold Kaplan

To: From:

Ruth Miller In memory of beloved husband, Allen Miller Bunny Levere

To: From:

Mrs. Trudy Schiff & Family In loving memory of your husband & father, Dr. William Schiff Shereen & David Willens

To: From:

Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Sissel In memory of your beloved sister, Eileen Berke Sonia Boodman

To: From:

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Myers In memory of your beloved brother, Milton Myers Sue & Donald Zulanch

To: Maxine & Chuck Shapiro In appreciation From: Shereen & David Willens To: Sonia Keller In honor of your “Big Birthday” From: Charlotte Milavsky To: Our Friends at Temple Shalom In honor of your 50th anniversary From: Diane & Gilbert Block To: From:

Rosalee & Jerry Bogo In memory of Rosalee’s beloved sister, Phyllis Levin Shereen & David Willens Bobbie & Dr. Gene Katz Ellen & Dr. Gary Gersh Drs. Karen & Ed Ezrine Linda & Larry Hyde Phyllis & Michael Seaman Rena & David Rutstein Paulette & Ed Margulis Dorothy & Irving Litt Lois & Richard Janger Nancy & Harold Kaplan Elaine & Michael Giver Harrilee & Ken Shevin Gracia & Merrill Kuller Sandy & Dr. Ron Roth Linda & Curtis Sims Rabbi Sylvin & Sandra Wolf Cathy & Dr. Scott Silver Beth Grossman & Rick Bobrow Dr. Stephen & Susan Cohen Ruth & Martin Barber Delores & Corky Levin Phyllis & Stanley Magrill

To: Elinor Locketz In loving memory of Bill Locketz From: Bobbi Bassewitz To: From:

Rosalee & Jerry Bogo In memory of Rosalee’s beloved sister, Phyllis Levin Ann & Joe Weiss Nancy & Dr. Jeffrey Kahn

Tributes to the JFS Special Projects Fund To: From:

Rosalee & Jerry Bogo In memory of Rosalee’s beloved sister, Phyllis Levin Millie Sernovitz Jackie Faffer Estelle & Stuart Price

To: Marv Lader In appreciation of your generosity From: Richard Goldblatt In memory of Eric Robbins From: Dina & Gerald Robbins To: From:

Toby & Herb Kosolff In honor of the birth of your granddaughter, Natalie Ava Debby & Jeff Waranch

To: Rena & Dave Rutstein In honor of Rena & Dave Rutstein From: Sara Rutstein

Tributes to the Evy Lipp People of the Book Event Tributes to the To: Rosalee & Jerry Bogo Dorismae and Harvey In memory of Rosalee’s beloved sister, Friedman Elder Fund Phyllis Levin To: Sonia Keller In honor of your birthday From: Rhoda Lown

From: Sheila & Alvin Becker Ted Epstein

Tributes to the WCA Campaign To: From:

Rosalee & Jerry Bogo In memory of Rosalee’s beloved sister, Phyllis Levin Ellie & Dan O’Brien

Tributes to the JFS Mitzvah Fund To: Ann & Joe Weiss In honor of your 25th anniversary From: Dottie Lipschultz To: Dr. Loren & Mrs. Barbara Rosenbach In your honor From: Lisa Rosenbach

You can now make a donation to the Jewish Federation of Collier County’s 2012 Campaign and Jewish Family and Community Services via the web. It’s safe and secure. Simply click on the ‘Donate Now’ link on the ‘Ways to Give’ page at www.jewishnaples.org to get started.

To: From:

Rosalee & Jerry Bogo In memory of Rosalee’s beloved sister, Phyllis Levin Corky & Alan Kaplan

Jewish Federation of Collier County & Jewish Family and Community Services extend: • Condolences to Rosalee & Jerry Bogo & Family on the passing of Rosalee’s beloved sister, Phyllis Levin • Condolences to Larry & Linda Hyde on the passing of their sister-in-law, Karen Hyde Hardyman

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

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Christians at risk: A Jew’s concern By David Harris, Executive Director, AJC, December 31, 2011

ere’s a recent headline in The Guardian: “Gaza Christians long for days before Hamas cancelled Christmas.” As a non-Christian, I’m curious about the reaction. Or when the media reports on attacks on Coptic Christians, an estimated ten percent of the Egyptian population. One such piece appeared in The Wall Street Journal on December 24. It focused on deadly assaults on Christians and their churches, while authoritative sources, including the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, document patterns of discrimination against Coptic Christians. A result has been the steady flow of emigrants from Egypt. I’m also curious about the reaction when the media notes the Christian population of Iraq has dropped precipitously, as people leave the country in droves for fear of their future. Or when Saudi Arabia shows zero tolerance for public worship or other activity by non-Muslim communities. Remember during the 1990-91 Gulf War, when America sent its troops to the kingdom to protect it against possible attack from Saddam Hussein’s Iraq? Our men and women in uniform were asked to risk their lives to defend the Saudis, but were told to keep any cherished religious symbols, such as a cross or Star of David, out of sight, lest they “offend” the host nation. Not much has changed since then for non-Muslims in Saudi Arabia. Or when, for the second year in a row, a Muslim terrorist group in Nigeria proudly claims responsibility for deadly attacks on Christian wor-

shipers attending Christmas services. This year, the death toll was at least 39, with many more wounded. Looking for reaction, what I find is mostly deafening silence. Sure, there are perfunctory statements issued here and there, but that’s about it. What’s missing is the outrage. Targeting any religious community writ large, be it Sufi or Ismaili Muslim, Baha’i, Chaldean or Coptic Christian, Jewish, or whomever, should trigger a thunderous global response.

anything to say before being executed. One said he didn’t. By contrast, the other began cursing at the Nazis, which prompted a caution from his comrade, “Shh, we don’t want to get them still angrier at us!” Clearly, private diplomacy, without the thunder of the streets, was not going to get far, so long as Soviet oppression persisted. Moscow had to know it couldn’t rely on a somnolent or snookered public in the West. And those Western governments, which might have been content to issue an occasional Cairo cannot claim to be on the statement of concern path to democracy, or invoke while in reality conducting business as high-minded principles in lofty usual, were also put documents, if, in the real world, on notice. Every situation is minorities live in fear. in some way unique. I come from a community where But there are commonalities as well there was a daily vigil in front of the in how to respond. Soviet Embassy in Washington for What should be abundantly clear, 20 years – yes, 20 years – to protest above all, is that indifference or inacthe plight of Jews in the USSR. The tion is not a strategy in the face of goal was to let the Kremlin know the religious bigotry, nor should it be a world wouldn’t remain silent. By the prescription for a good night’s sleep. way, many non-Jews laudably joined, First, countries have obligations understanding that such out-and-out under international agreements and bigotry towards any faith group decovenants they have signed and ratimanded universal condemnation. fied, such as the Universal Declaration To be sure, there had been earlier of Human Rights. discussions within the Jewish comAllowing them, or groups within munity about the respective merits of their borders, to trample with impupublic activity versus private diplonity on such bedrock rights as freemacy. Advocates of the latter were dom of worship and equal protection fearful that drawing public attention under the law makes a mockery of might only exacerbate problems for their commitments. They should be beleaguered Jews behind the Iron named, blamed and shamed if they Curtain. don’t change. That debate evoked for me the By not ensuring that those responstory of the two partisans about to sible for the intolerance and violence be shot by a Nazi firing squad. The are held accountable, governments, officer in charge asked if they had old and new, in these countries, are

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actually encouraging further violence against religious minorities. When the Soviet Union endorsed the Helsinki Final Act in 1975, it never for a moment thought anyone would actually hold it to the human rights standards set forth. But Helsinki monitoring groups sprouted up in the Soviet bloc and, to support them, in the West as well. The impact was quite profound. Second, Coptic Christians, to take one example, are not “guests” in Egypt, nor should they be allowed to be depicted in this way. They happen to predate Islam’s arrival in Egypt by many centuries. They are not there by sufferance of the majority. Cairo cannot claim to be on the path to democracy, or invoke high-minded principles in lofty documents, if, in the real world, minorities live in fear. Third, complicit countries must be made to understand that they cannot get away with countenancing such behavior without paying a price in their relations with the West – and many do care about their ties with the U.S. If we fail to make this clear, or if we simply give lip service in the belief there are higher “interests” at stake, we only make matters worse, both for the vulnerable groups and for any prospect of democracy and the rule of law. If now is not the time to stand up, speak out, and be counted, when is? How many more Christian churches have to be attacked, how many more Christian worshipers have to be killed, how many more Christians have to pray in fear of harassment, and how many more Christian families have to emigrate before the silence is truly broken? To learn more, visit ajc.org.

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Letter from Jerusalem

By Rebecca Caspi, Senior Vice President, Israel & Overseas, Director General, JFNA Israel, January 6, 2012

he shocking use of Holocaust imagery by extremists from within the ultra-Orthodox population last Saturday night provided a unique backdrop for a week of fact-finding and close consultations with Israeli leaders and social activists by The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA). Jerry Silverman, president and CEO of JFNA, joined JFNA Israel office staff and members of the local Federation community in a series of meetings and field visits designed both to convey growing concern about worrying trends within Israeli society and to reinforce the North American Jewish community’s abiding commit-

ment to the Jewish State. strongly against these acts and the extremists who perpetrate them. Without question, a small group While we might have wished to see of fanatics living in their own world have crossed the lines of decency this happen sooner, we applaud that and abandoned It is heartening that leaders from Jewish values. Nothing else can across Israel – including from withexplain their acin the mainstream Orthodox and tions – actions that have rocked ultra-Orthodox community – are Israel down to its now speaking out strongly against core. It is heartening that leadthese acts and the extremists who ers from across perpetrate them. the country – including from within the mainthose who may have been at first too stream Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox passive in their responses are now community – are now speaking out taking proactive and public positions

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against the disgraceful behavior of the zealot minority. Much of the tension that has led to the current crisis seems almost unavoidable. The rapid population growth within the ultra-Orthodox community is compelling them to integrate more fully into the general community than many might wish. A severe housing shortage and lack of public facilities means that those who would rather live apart are being forced to vie for assets and live together. This situation is very threatening to their highly traditional way of life, and they are deeply worried about the impact that this intermingling may have on their society. In addition, there are political aspects to the situation on the ground that flow from the current coalition agreement. Promises were made by national leaders that are playing out on the local stage, particularly with regard to the allocation of some 30,000 housing units planned for the city. Recent attempts to intimidate the modern Orthodox community in the city may in fact lead to them gaining ground in their efforts to ensure that new construction takes into account the needs of all sectors of the population. One of the last stops on this whirlwind tour was to the Yitzhak Rabin Center, Israel’s national institute commemorating the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, which promotes dialogue and tolerance and seeks to instill democratic values within Israel’s diverse society. Perhaps no place could have brought home more painfully or more clearly the lurking danger of failing to actualize this vision. Meanwhile, Federations are working to nurture a more diverse and inclusive society in Israel. Collective Federation funding via JFNA does not fund ultra-Orthodox yeshivas, but does promote greater diversity and inclusion through grants to the religious streams via the work of the Jewish Agency and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). Their efforts include facilitating the integration of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community into both the army and the work force. Reflecting on his week in Israel, Jerry Silverman said, “As the North American Jewish community, we know full well that Jewish and democratic values can be combined successfully. At Federation after Federation, we make decisions to come together in ways that honor one another and our diversity as a people. Now, we must do more to share this model with our Israeli family and demonstrate our faith in the underlying capacity that Israeli society possesses to tolerate and celebrate its own diversity. We should look to create and harvest critical opportunities for dialogue that will advance this goal when traveling to Israel on missions and in small groups, and working through our partnership projects with cities and towns across the country.”

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Here’s my Rx for happiness Rabbi Sylvin L. Wolf

t’s not too late to wish you a Happy New Year. The Focus Section in the winter edition of Reform Judaism is entitled Happiness. The heading of the first article is Happiness Rx: What Science Says. The editors interviewed Sonja Lyubomirsky, a researcher on increasing happiness. She is a professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside, and the author of The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want. The article contains her 11 Happiness Boosters. For this column, I’ve excerpted several of her boosters. I will attempt to follow them. May they help us in 2012 and beyond. Count Your Blessings. Keep a “gratitude journal” and once a week

list three to five things for which you are thankful – from the mundane (your flowers are finally in bloom) to the magnificent (your child’s first steps). As much as possible, vary the kinds of blessings and how you express them. And in the process, if you name a particular person who has been kind to you or influential in your life, don’t wait to express your appreciation. Write him/her a letter now or, if possible, visit and thank the person. Practice Acts of Kindness. These should be varied, and both random (let the dad with the crying baby go ahead of you at the checkout counter) and planned (read a newspaper to an elderly neighbor). Nurture Optimism. Practice finding the silver lining in negative events, noticing what’s right (rather than what’s wrong) in a given situation, feeling good about the future (your own and the world’s), or simply feeling that you can get through the day. Learn to Forgive. Write – but don’t send – a letter of forgiveness to a person who has hurt or wronged you. It may help you in letting go

of anger, resentment and feelings of vengeance. Invest in Relationships. Having strong personal relationships is one of the major contributing factors to happiness. Put effort into healing, cultivating and enjoying your relationships with family, friends and fellow congregants. Act with love, be as kind to the people close to you as you are to strangers, affirm them, share with them and play together. Savor Life’s Joys. Pay close attention to, and take delight in momentary pleasures, wonders and magical moments. Focus on the sweetness of a ripe mango, the aroma of a fresh baked challah, the warmth of the sun when you step out from the shade. Some psychologists suggest taking “mental photographs” of pleasurable moments to review in less happy times. Take Care of Your Soul. Studies show that religious and spiritual people are happier and healthier than others, perhaps because of the social support of belonging to a close-knit religious group and the sense of

meaning and purpose that comes from believing in something greater than yourself. If you haven’t already, join a synagogue or a community center – and become actively involved. Commit to Your Goals. People who strive for something significant in their pursuits, whether it’s learning a new craft or raising moral children, are far happier than those who don’t have strong dreams or aspirations. Start by taking “baby steps” towards goals that help you accomplish something, nurture relationships, and feel better about yourself. Use Your Body. Getting plenty of sleep, exercising, stretching, meditating, smiling and laughing can all enhance your mood in the short term, and promote strong mental health. Practiced regularly, these energizing practices can help make daily life more satisfying and increase longterm happiness. The full article is available at www. ReformJudaismmag.org. (Reprinted with permission of Reform Judaism magazine, a publication of the Union for Reform Judaism.)

Being proud of Israel, yet vigilant Rabbi Jeffrey A. Wohlberg

ur niece is currently in Israel on one of those wonderful Birthright missions from which, we know, she will return enthusiastic because of the experience. However, I often wonder, after such a short visit, how she and the other young participants will make sense of the complex issues they encounter: the challenges Israel faces over water, religious issues and questions of pluralism; political problems in this very dynamic democracy; challenges presented by Iran, Hamas and Turkey; Israel’s relationships with its neighbors and with Europe; and, of course, its relationship with the U.S. What are the facts about each of these issues? Whose views are accurate and whose opinions can be trusted? For many Jews, even those with strong personal ties to Israel, each of these issues presents a perplexing array of alternatives and requires a considerable amount of knowledge as well as a sense of context. Those who do not have that knowledge, who base their opinions on an occasional op ed or a photo they may have seen, will find it difficult to sort through this complexity and transcend popular biases and loaded language. Even within the Jewish community, many hear about Israel only as a problem, but never as a solution. They are taught about Palestinian national aspirations but they are not told that the State of Israel is the expression of Jewish national aspirations. For many, the word ‘Zionism’

has taken on negative connotations. Even though the UN rescinded its scandalous assertion that Zionism was a form of racism, that idea continues in the popular mind along with the specious concepts that Israel is an oppressor and an occupier. Very few journalists understand the history of the Middle East conflict or know the laws concerning captured territory. They may not know that Israel did not start the wars it won defending its existence, or that Israel held on to captured land, such as Gaza, because the Arab countries refused to negotiate with it. They do not know that Israel has no official borders, neither from 1948 nor from 1967, only armistice lines, and that the original 600,000 Arab refugees remained in camps because brother Arabs kept them there. (Other refugees in the 20th century from around the world were resettled when the conflicts displacing them ended.) Propagandists tar Israel as an “Apartheid State” knowing that the opposite is true. Even South African jurist Richard Goldstone (whose committee criticized Israel when it defended itself after years of rocket attacks from Gaza), roundly condemned this blatantly false accusation. Unfortunately, politics is war carried on by other means, and propaganda is a potent weapon. In recent years, a Middle Eastern organization has set as its goal the undermining of Israel through an intensive campaign known as BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions). Despite setbacks, it continues in its relentless effort, disseminating a scurrilous 172-page document, filled with distortions, blaming Israel for every kind of violation imaginable. Nevertheless, Israel remains an extraordinary country, exuberant, exciting, fantastically creative, and a

leader in every field in great disproportion to its small size. No matter what our politics, we have great reason to be proud just as there is need for us to be vigilant. We have mutual responsibilities because our futures are intertwined. Jews who care must be Zionists, supporting Jewish National aspirations. We must know the facts, be able to speak

intelligently and to respond dispassionately to unwarranted criticisms. Herzl’s proclamation “If you will it, it is no dream,” rings true today. The Jewish millennial dream has become reality. Our mandate is to continue to maintain the dream and to live in such a way as to help assure Israel’s stability and continuity.

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Where do Purim Shpiels come from? By Susan Shechter Daugherty, Executive Director

he secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. – Albert Einstein How do you explore your creativity? Creativity can manifest in any one of a thousand ways. The important thing is that we find ways to express our thoughts and feelings, as well as our questions and curiosities. We create because it makes us feel good. Creativity is often a solitary exercise, but every now and then, it is a group process. Sorry Einstein. It’s time to share the secret to the age-old question, “Where do Purim Shpiels come from?” Knowing that in early March we’ll be on stage, we faced the New Year with trepidation. It’s early January, the temple’s senior staff – Rabbi Adam Miller, Cantor Donna Azu, Caren Plotkin, Seyla Cohen, and yours truly – realize that we don’t yet have a Purim Shpiel. We scour the internet, review what’s available at Shpiels-RUs.com, and then decide to write one ourselves. Jane Galler valiantly steps up to participate in this crazy process. We throw all kinds of ideas against the wall to see what will stick. “How

about ‘Estherella’ – Esther will be like Cinderella, and instead of the wicked stepmother, we’ll have Haman!” Oy vey. “I’ve got it…we’ll base it on West Side Story, but we’ll call it ‘Lower East Side Story’ and…” And then we laugh hysterically, go back to the Internet to check out PurimPlaysandPoems.net, and again decide to write one ourselves. “Esther should be strong and powerful. How about ‘The Esthernator’? Mordecai was also a hero. What about ‘Tuesdays with Mordy’? Let’s just do the whole thing in song. What if we do a Willie Nelson Purim?” Then we remember that Cantor Azu is the only one of us who can sing, and it’s not fair to make her carry the entire show on her own. And then we laugh hysterically, go back to the Internet to check out ShpielsOnABudget. org, and again decide to write one ourselves. We work through the next several weeks, and in the process, we actually gain a deeper understanding of the story of Purim. We begin to define the essence of Esther and Mordecai and Haman, and soon we realize that we

have created a plan that will enable us to share the story in a way that resonates with each of us. As Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager, said, “None of us is as smart as all of us.” The process of creating a Purim Shpiel is every bit as wonderful as the shpiel itself (and, we acknowledge, sometimes better!). Creating something is so empowering! There are websites dedicated to encouraging creativity in adults, multiple definitions of creativity, articles about the creative process, and creativity tests and exercises. There’s all kinds of talk about whether a person is left-brained or right-brained – one being creative and the other analytical. I never remember which is which, so I’m guessing that I, at least, lean toward the creative brain team. Now that I officially qualify for the senior discount at the movie theater, I am always trying to find ways to keep myself on that team. Author Dalene Entenmann, writing on creativity and aging, posits that creativity offers several benefits: XX Encourages the mind to continu-

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JCMI Sisterhood update By Peg Geller, JCMI Sisterhood President

s Sisterhood President, I’d first like to wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year. The Sisterhood of JCMI has a number of events planned for 2012. First, there is a wine-pairing dinner scheduled for Sunday, January 29. In conjunction with the Men’s Club, we are sponsoring a five-course gourmet Italian dinner accompanied with wine. Music will be provided by Lucille Gaitta. Present will be Ron Kapon, who hails from New York City, and is a wine educator. He has taught all about wine at several culinary schools in the Metro area. Our own Four Chefs will be cooking the meal.

Next we look forward to the Sisterhood Shabbat on Friday, February 17. Running the service once a year is a tradition at JCMI and we invite you to attend. Our program committee has scheduled many varied and wonderful programs. At our December 13 program, Dr. Anurag Agarwal, a Naples plastic surgeon, presented a brief video showing before and after pictures, and then took questions from the audience. In January our own Sisterhood member, Estie Karpman, spoke about her involvement with the Lincoln museum in Springfield, Illinois. Her first appearance two years ago got such a

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JCMI gets ready to celebrate its 30th anniversary On Saturday evening, February 18, we will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island with a gala affair at the Marco Island Marriott Resort. We will be recognizing the founders and founding members who had the foresight and perseverance to establish a Jewish presence with a synagogue on Marco Island. Much has happened during the last 30 years, but JCMI has endured and prospered. This special evening will be celebrated with a beautiful dinner and dancing. wonderful reception, we asked her to do a return engagement. Our Tuesday, March 13 program features author Marilyn Land who will talk about her book Clattering Sparrows. Since this is about Mah Jongg, it should be of interest to many of us who spend our weekday afternoons

with those nasty little tiles. Sisterhood is also running a raffle which should appeal to many grandparents. At $10 for one and $25 for three tickets, you have a chance to win an iPad2, Nook Color Reader, and Kindle Reader. Hope you will all support our efforts.

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

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Chabad Jewish Center of Naples update By Ettie Zaklos

amp Gan Israel: Although it is only February, camp registration is already underway. Now in its 8th successful year, Camp Gan is gearing up for the most exciting summer yet! Our camp, located in the heart of Naples, enjoys a well deserved reputation as a trendsetter with creative programming. Campers participate in a wide range of exciting activities and field trips in a warm, upbeat environment. Camp runs from June 25 through July 20 for children ages 6-13. We thank the Jewish Federation of Collier County for supporting our camp. New this year at Camp Gan, and in part due to our new center, we are pleased to be able to accommodate the requests from so many parents and are proud to announce the debut launch of Summer of the Arts for children ages 2-5. Registration is now open and an Early Bird Discount is available. More information can be found at cginaples. com or by phoning 239.263.2620. Summer of the Arts runs from June 11 through July 20. Dedication of our New Build-

ing: Friends and supporters of Chabad of Naples throughout Southwest Florida (and beyond) came out in record numbers and joined together in the celebration of the most momentous event in the organization’s eight-year history: The Grand Opening of the new Chabad Naples Jewish Community Center in Naples. Our building dedication was a warm and memorable event, and we extend our gracious thanks to everyone who made this beautiful dedication a part of Naples history! Along with prominent Naples dignitaries, we were honored to have Governor Rick Scott take time from his busy schedule to share his personal message with the Naples community and celebrate with us. If you would like more information about the services and the Center, or for a personal tour, please call the Chabad office at 239.262.4474 or visit ChabadNaples.com. Chabad Naples Annual Partner Project: As we continue towards the first anniversary of being in our beautiful new building, we are proud to announce that the Chabad Naples

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Annual Partner Project is well underway. Anyone seeking information about the Project, which is dedicated to bringing the joy of Judaism – including successful social and humanitarian programs – to many more people throughout Collier County, can email partner@chabadnaples. com. We also have Premier Partner opportunities available. Lunch and Learn: Rebbetzin Ettie Zaklos is leading a lunchtime program dedicated to inspiring and empowering Jewish women through cultural learning experiences. In this course we uncover the soul, spirit and mystical dynamism of being a woman, discovering a pragmatic approach to implementing these feminine strengths in practice. Guided by classical Jewish and Kabbalistic texts, we examine issues such as beauty, love, relationships, career, family, education and spirituality – tying together the various facets of womanhood in synchronized harmony. The group meets monthly at the Chabad Naples Jewish Community Center. Learning begins at 11:00 a.m.

followed by a delicious lunch. All women of the community, regardless of affiliation, are welcome. If you have any questions, would like more information, or to RSVP, please call Ettie Zaklos at 239.207.7645 or e-mail chabadnaples@gmail.com. Chabad Men’s Club: Come together to meet and socialize every Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Chabad Center. Rabbi Fishel leads a discussion of the weekly Torah portion. For more information, please call 239.262.4474. Regular Shabbat Services: Our warm and welcoming Shabbat services are held each and every Saturday morning beginning at 10:00 a.m. The Torah service usually begins at approximately 11:00 a.m. and includes the Rabbi’s insights during the Torah reading, which always has a contemporary relevance to our day and age. Weekly email & mailing list: If you would like to be added to our weekly updates or mailing list, contact the Center at 239.262.4474 or email rabbi@chabadnaples.com.

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Beth Tikvah update Stuart Kaye Beth Tikvah President

eth Tikvah’s Community Leadership Award gala event will take place on Sunday, March 4 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Naples Beach Hotel. The honoree is Bill Barnett, revered multi-term mayor of Naples and dedicated citizen of our beloved community. See details about this long-awaited event on pages 12A and 4B. We have added several names to our Rabbi Search Committee: Arlene Brown, Nina Iser and Jeff Margolis. Thanks for joining the team! We have been scheduling visits from rabbis and holding Skype interviews as well. Beth Tikvah is pleased to announce that Rabbi Jeffrey Wohlberg and his wife, Judy, will be with us once again during the period of February 2-15. (See Rabbi Wohlberg’s article on page 21A.) Special thanks to Shep Scheinberg, the maestro of Deli Night, for conducting another magnificent performance. Kudos as well to Bruce Mazer, who assisted by Ari Schneider in preparing those wonderful latkes for our Latke Lunch held on December 25. Thanks to all who helped.

Upcoming Winter events Sunday, January 29 at 3:00 p.m.: “Take Four Plus / Broadway Concert” at Beth Tikvah. Don’t miss this special event. $20 ($25 priority seating). Kosher wine and cheese. There may still be room. Call Eythe Winters at 239.331.2845. Friday, February 3 at 7:30 p.m.: “Hadassah Shabbat” at Beth Tikvah. Monday, February 27 brings a special meeting of our Book Discussion Group at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Allen Malnak, author of the thriller novel Hitler ’s Silver Box, and a Bonita Springs resident, will talk about the genesis and creation of the novel. A taste: When Dr. Bruce Dr. Allen Malnak Starkman discovers his murdered Uncle Max’s journal, he commits himself to foiling the neo-Nazi plot to create a Fourth Reich. That means foiling neo-Nazi attempts to retrieve a “silver box” and its contents – detailed plans for the resurgence of Nazi power and worldwide domination. Adult Education Programming Torah Study is a friendly weekly activity. It meets Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m. at the synagogue and features a lively discussion of the Torah portion for the upcoming Shabbat. No charge. If you wish, bring a dairy lunch.

Adult Hebrew: Yehudit Negri leads the class. The first class ran from November through January. We plan a second class beginning in February on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. Call Phil at 239.598.2880 if you’d like to join. Gerald Ziedenberg’s “Heroes of the Holocaust” lecture series continues on Thursday, February 2 and Monday, March 5, focusing on Hannah Senesh and Anne Frank. Both sessions begin at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Ziedenberg has been one of our most popular lecturers over the last several years. On Monday, February13 at 7:30 p.m., Dr. June Sochen, Distinguished Professor Emerita of History from Northeastern Illinois University and author of several books, will speak on “Jewish American Concerns in the 21st Century.” Q & A and refreshments will follow. Please let us know if you are coming. On Sunday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m., Fran and Bernie Alpert, co-

founders of Archeological Seminars, will speak on “The Archeology of Jerusalem.” Purim is coming Our Purim service and festivities begin on Thursday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. followed the next morning at 9:30 a.m. Megillah reading at both services. Put on your best Purim costume and join the fun. Religious services schedule Friday services begin at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday services begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude with a Kiddush Luncheon. Sunday morning minyanim run from December through May at 9:00 a.m. We strive to 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 and east of the firehouse. For more information, call 239.254.1486 or 239.434.1818, email bethtik vahnaples@aol.com or visit www. bethtikvahnaples.org.

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President’s message By Don Pomerantz, President

n Friday, December 2, we were honored to celebrate our monthly Torah service with 45 guests, many from Saint Agnes Church in Naples. Thanks to Rabbi Sylvin Wolf’s leadership and participation in the Catholic/Jewish Dialogue, Naples Jewish Congregation had the opportunity to play a significant role in the Catholic/Jewish Dialogue Faith Weekend by sharing our sacred Shabbat services with congregants of another religion. Among those in attendance were Martin Gauthier, coChair of the Catholic/Jewish Dialogue and Father Bob Kantor of Saint Agnes Church. Rabbi Wolf’s presentation was inspiring and instructive. He skillfully guided our guests through the progressive elements of the Torah service. The warm and comforting atmosphere in the sanctuary was strengthened by the beauty of the music. Jane Galler and the choir sang with skill and heart, and Alla played with emotion. The sense of congeniality was evident as we all enjoyed a sumptuous oneg provided by the generous support of NJC members and supervised by Carolyn Greenberg and the Social Activities Committee. The intensity and length of the discussions during the oneg affirmed how moved our guests were by their spiritual and social experience. To reinforce the goals of the Jewish/Catholic Dialogue, a sizeable group of our congregants attended the

5:00 p.m. Mass on Sunday, December 4 at Saint Agnes Church. Like Rabbi Wolf, Father Bob was welcoming and made numerous references to his rewarding experience at Naples Jewish Congregation. To help us understand, he skillfully punctuated the Mass with notes of instruction. Our attendance at Saint Agnes was a perfect conclusion to a thought-provoking weekend. Social events at Naples Jewish Congregation are in full swing. In addition to the active Sisterhood Book Club, the organization held a highly successful Mah Jongg Fun Day at Pelican Sound on December 12. More than 80 players attended the event which included breakfast, lunch and a raffle. Our sincere thanks to Ruth Ruskin and Gayle Dorio for their great organization and hard work. This event is instrumental in showcasing the role Naples Jewish Congregation plays in our community. With Chanukah comes our annual dinner/dance. The event was held at the Vasari Country Club, and as in the past, the food and service were excellent. Menorahs at tables added a festive touch to the evening. For those who love to dance, a great deejay played just the right songs. Rabbi Wolf’s Adult Enrichment Program, which began in November, continues to be an educational and provocative experience. It is well attended and engenders lively discussions. The group meets at the Federation office on Sundays from

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10:30 a.m. to noon. The 2012 schedule is: February 12, March 11 & 25, April 8 & 22. The NJC Men’s Club is offering a variety of activities for the Winter/Spring period. From January through April, there will be monthly luncheons at the Pelican Marsh Golf Club and game nights at the Pelican Marsh Community Center. An evening Jewish film series will be presented in the Federation community room from January through May.

In addition to these clustered events, the Men’s Club will meet on Wednesday, February 15 for lunch and a guided tour of an antique car restoration facility. This will be a car lover’s dream. For baseball enthusiasts, we have arranged to see the Boston Red Sox play Toronto at the new JetBlue Park on Thursday, March 29. As many of our “snowbird” members are now back in Naples, we anticipate a continued schedule of religious, educational and social events.

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he Naples Jewish Congregation Sisterhood Book Club meets on the third Monday of each month at Perkins Restaurant on Pine Ridge Road. In December, we lunched and then reviewed The Postmistress by Sara Blake. Maraline Rane was the facilitator and we had a very lively, informative discussion. All of us agreed that we learned so much. In January, we read The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, and Cheryl Lash was our facilitator. We look forward to reviewing The Paris Wife by Paula McLain in February. New Sisterhood members are always welcomed. If interested, contact Marilyn Goldenberg at marilyngoldenberg@comcast.net or 239.566.1464 for details. The Sisterhood held its second annual Mah Jongg Fun Day at the Pelican Sound Country Club in Es-

tero. It was attended by 80 women who partook of a lovely continental breakfast and fabulous buffet lunch complete with matzo ball soup. There were many door prizes as well as a silent auction which had more than 30 items, some of which were gift certificates to restaurants such as Seasons 52, Capitol Grille, Stage 82 and Zookies. There was a table filled with jewelry items (earrings, bracelets, pins) which were given to winners of their mah jongg games. Plans in the works for future events are a Boutique Shopping Day, Design Your Own ‘Miriam’s Cup’ through the Bonita Springs Art League, and a trip to Bonnet House Museum & Gardens in Ft. Lauderdale. If interested, please contact Ruth Ruskin at ruthrus@embarqmail.com or 239.352.6992.

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Havurah views documentary Journey to Justice Paula Creed President

n Sunday, February 19 at 2:00 p.m., the Humanistic Jewish Havurah of Southwest Florida invites the community to join them in the viewing a unique documentary, Journey to Justice. The film will be shown in the Federation’s community room, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201, Naples. Reservations may be made by contacting Dena Sklaroff at denas27@aol.com or 239.287.4837. Journey to Justice is an amazing story. “It is a documentary with the emotional power of a feature film,” states noted film director Barry Levinson. Howard Triest, a German Jew who fled Nazi Germany in 1939 when he was 16 years old declares, [At that

time. . .] “I considered myself a German with a Jewish religion.” He returned as an American soldier and witnessed atrocities. After the war, Howard served as interpreter for psychiatrists at the Nuremberg Tribunals. For one year he came face to face with imprisoned Nazi leaders responsible for the death of six million Jews, including his parents at Auschwitz. The Nazi leaders did not suspect Howard was Jewish and they confided in him. “It certainly was satisfying to have these monsters in a prison cell in front of me where I was the victor and they were the victim,” Howard proclaims. The documentary also tells the story of Howard’s younger sister, Margo, who was rescued from a detention camp in southern France just before her parents’ deportation to Auschwitz. She saved ten other Jewish children in her escape to Switzerland. Journey to Justice was filmed in five countries and features extensive archival research and images, includ-

ing historic film and photographs shot by Howard himself. Audiences, artists and critics have hailed this documentary for its emotional power, epic scope and its important contribution to the historical record. This film is more important today than ever before. The murder of six million European Jews during the Second World War was the most devastating assault ever experienced by the Jewish people. Not only did it raise the issues of human evil and human responsibility, it also dramatized the question of divine justice. How could a good God allow six million innocent victims to die if he had the power to intervene? The Holocaust is painful testimony to the difficulties that the theistic/rabbinic view of Jewish history presents. The concept that the Jewish people is a “Chosen People,” giving witness to the existence and power of a just and loving God, is difficult to sustain in the face of the Holocaust. On the contrary, the Holocaust

serves as witness to the absence of a just and loving providence governing the affairs of humanity. There are physical laws of nature. But they are indifferent to the welfare of men and women. In the end, the only power available to resist human cruelty is human power. The Warsaw Ghetto uprising was not a manifestation of divine intervention. It was a sign of human determination to defend human dignity even in the face of a merciless “destiny.” Yo m H a S h o a h ( H o l o c a u s t Memorial Day), on the 27th of the Hebrew month of Nissan, is an important commemoration for Humanistic Jews. Howard Triest exemplifies the ability of a person who faces reality. He meets the challenge and addresses his circumstances with a brave and positive attitude. With his integrity intact, Howard participates in the process that brought the Nazi leaders to justice. You will not want to miss the first showing of this film in Southwest Florida.

ORGANIZATIONS 25A Federation Star February 2012 HADASSAH

Hadassah update Lynn Weiner President

012 marks the beginning of Hadassah’s exciting Centennial Year. From small beginnings in a women’s study group on February 24, 1912, Henrietta Szold founded an organization that has grown to a membership of 300,000 women in the U.S., many Chapters internationally, and thousands of Associates, the male affiliates of Hadassah. Hadassah’s accomplishments include groundbreaking research and care at two world class Hadassah Hospitals in Jerusalem; Hadassah Academic College, a fully-accredited city college in the heart of Jerusalem; Youth Aliyah youth villages for children at risk; Young Judaea, Hadassah’s youth movement that consists of local youth groups, regional summer camps, Israel experiences, Year Course, and Birthright trips; and Hadassah is the largest organizational contributor to the Jewish National Fund, which helps to reforest Israel, creates beautiful parks, builds reservoirs, and reclaims the land in Israel. I hope you will join us as we celebrate 100 years of Hadassah! We have a busy February, starting with Hadassah Shabbat at Beth Tikvah on Friday, February 3 at 7:30 p.m. Join us for Shabbat services as we honor Hadassah’s 100th anniversary, and stay for a delicious oneg afterwards. Beth Tikvah is located at 1459 Pine Ridge Road just east of Goodlette Frank. For more information or if you would like to provide baked goods, contact Marsha Goldfine

at 239.596.2641 or mpgoldfine@ gmail.com. Sunday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Shalom is the big night of the year! Hadassah is having a Spectacular Community-Wide 100th Anniversary Concert – “A Simcha in Song: A Musical Journey from Israel to Broadway.” You will be entertained by 10 cantors and cantorial soloists from near and far as well as Stuart Warshauer and The Naples Klezmer Revival Band, and accompanist Peter Lewis. The “Fabulous 10” include Coordinator Cantor Donna Azu, Cantorial Soloist Lori Cohen, Cantorial Soloist Lawrence Dermer, Cantorial Soloist Jane Galler, Cantor Donna Goldstein, Cantorial Soloist Hari Jacobsen, Cantor Aaron Kaplan, Cantorial Soloist Anne Newman, Cantorial Soloist Douglas Renfroe and Cantor Faith Steinsnyder. Yamron Jewelers has generously donated a $1,000 gift certificate for our grand prize drawing. General admission is $50. (There is a special price of $18 for ages 25 and under.) Higher levels of giving include $100, $180 and $500, which include an invitation to the dessert reception after the concert and your name listed prominently in the program. Please invite your friends and neighbors for this unforgettable once-in-a-lifetime event! Proceeds will benefit Hadassah Medical Organization and other Hadassah projects. For more information, please contact Lauren Becker at 239.592.5304 or Lynn Weiner at 239.598.1009. Please be sure to read the article on page 3B and see the ad on page 4A for more information. The Evening Activity Group will meet at a private home on Thursday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m. We will have a special guest speaker talking about experiences on a philanthropic

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SAVE THE DATE February 3: Hadassah Shabbat at Beth Tikvah February 12: Benefit Concert “A Simcha in Song” for Hadassah’s Centennial 100th Anniversary February 23: Evening Group - Guest Speaker, A Mission to Russia February 29: Membership Luncheon March 8: Evening Group - Guest Speaker, The Cooking of Laurie Colwin March 11: Hadassah New, Prospective, Transfer Member Brunch March 25: Evening Group Progressive Dinner March 29: Installation Luncheon April 20-22: Florida Central Region Conference April 22: Associates End-of-Season Brunch mission to Russia. For more information, contact Lauren Becker at 239. 592.5304. We have a wonderful program planned for you at our Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon on Wednesday, February 29 at 10:45 a.m. at the Naples Sailing and Yacht Club located near Tin City at 896 River Point Drive in Naples. Leslie Hindman, founder of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago, Milwaukee and Naples, will speak on “An Insider’s View of the Auction World and Discovering Hidden Treasures.” Leslie Hindman Auctioneers has conducted many significant and highly publicized auctions. We will also honor our new and Life Members. For details, contact Rickie Klein at 239.404.2618 or rickieklein@

comcast.net. Join us for the Celebration of the Century at Hadassah’s Centennial Convention from October 15-18 in Jerusalem. 1,600 have already registered! Hadassah members, Associates, friends and family will share magical moments, dedicate the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower, visit our Israel projects and much more. Over two dozen preand post-tour extensions are also available. To register online, go to www.hadassah.org and click on Centennial, or contact Ayelet Tours at 800.237.1517 or at www.ayelet. com. As you can see we have a lot to celebrate, so join us for a year of Hadassah Centennial festivities!

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26A Federation Star February 2012 ORT AMERICA – GULF BEACHES CHAPTER

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Fine food, marvelous music, cool cause at Gulf Beaches ORT’s benefit dinner By Helene D. Fuchs

Metropolitan Opera winner, is the or more than 20 years, Billy vocalist. Dean and Dawn have made Besides fine food and great mumusic together all across the sic, the dinner, which begins at 6:00 country, from five-star hotels and p.m., will provide support for the Las Vegas casinos to mountain reZarem/Golde ORT sorts and cruise ships. Technical Institute in The catchphrase “Get Skokie, Illinois, one Happy” is stamped on of a half-dozen ORT their photos, and those schools in the U.S. two words aptly describe that teach people the their mood-lifting spirit skills they need for that has delighted aua lifetime of meandiences from coast to ingful and satisfying coast. work. (See below for Since 1997, the more information on Estero couple has perZarem/Golde.) The formed for most of the cost is $100. Please country-club communisend your check to ties in Southwest FloriBilly Dean and Dawn Sandee Weseley, 4021 da. And, on Wednesday, Golf Shore Blvd. North, Apt. #1605, February 22, the tall (both are over six Naples, FL 34103. feet), handsome duo will bring their The performers, known in Naples act to Quail Creek Country Club to for their warm, intimate, toe-tapping entertain at Gulf Beaches ORT’s annual benefit. music, have a large and devoted fan base. One of those devotees is Gulf Their repertoire includes stanBeaches co-President Midge Rauch, dards, pop, Broadway and country. who has seen them several times Billy, a native of Wayzata, Minnesota, plays keyboard and saxophone, sings and says she tries to catch as many of their performances as she can. and does all the arranging. Dawn, “Once you see their act, you are from Pittsburgh and a former district

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hooked.” she says. Billy studied at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point and River Falls, performed at Opryland for two years, traveled with several Department of Defense tours, and was musical director for the house band at Caesar’s Pocono Resorts, where the couple met. Dawn received her bachelor of music degree in vocal performance at Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, and continued with graduate studies at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Both performers are actively involved in the Estero community and lead music for worship services at Estero’s Legacy Church. When not making music, Billy Dean and Dawn avidly pursue their interest in golf. For more information on the benefit dinner and to learn how you can support Gulf Beaches Chapter of ORT America, please call Midge Rauch at 239.353.3065 or Hella Amelkin at 239.649.4000. About Zarem/Golde: Based in the close-to-Chicago suburb of Skokie, the school sits at an industrial and manufacturing hub with extensive employment opportunities. It offers

top-quality technical, business, medical and pharmaceutical training, and partners with large drug store chains and doctors’ offices, clinics and hospitals to provide hands-on training and internships. It also teaches English as a Second Language and jobpreparation courses. As a testament to its success, Zarem/Golde students enjoy job placement rates close to 80 percent. To learn more about Zarem/ Golde, see the May 2011 issue of the Federation Star or visit www.zg-ort. edu. Save the date: Join us on Thursday, March 15 at 1:30 p.m. at the Federation office for coffee, dessert and a discussion by Dr. Alan Levine. The Sanibel resident will spotlight the great jazz artist Louis Armstrong through an analysis of his handwriting. ORT America will hold its Inaugural International Major Gifts Gala and 2012 Annual Meeting in the Palm Beach, Florida area on February 2627. For more information, please see the article on page 6B.

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JWI debuts new program for teen girls at Jerusalem Hills Children’s Home Millie Sernovitz JWI Past International President

ewish Women International has helped support the Jerusalem Hills Children’s Home, which treats severely emotionally-disturbed children, for nearly 70 years. A few years ago, the Children’s Home relocated from Bayit Vegan to Abu Ghosh, a town situated a few miles from Jerusalem. While there has been a transition in recent years in the operational relationship between the two organizations, JWI’s commitment to the Children’s Home is as strong as ever. JWI is excited about the opportunities moving forward since they will reflect JWI’s ongoing mission to safeguard the fundamental rights of women and girls to live in safe relationships. Girls are increasingly at risk everywhere, and Israel is no exception.

Too many young girls are experiencing physical and sexual violence and are growing up in dysfunctional family settings. In response, in September 2012, a new program for girls 11-13 will launch at the Children’s Home. In the first year, a unit of eight girls will be added, and an additional group of eight the following year. Psychologists have observed that girls coming from chaotic backgrounds, exacerbated by abuse, addiction and parental mental illness tend to internalize their experiences, making the fact that they’re experiencing problems harder to identify. Instead of acting out in the classroom as boys tend to do, girls often withdraw, quit school, run away and exhibit antisocial behaviors. The model of treatment for the girls will grow out of the Children’s Home philosophy: By providing consistency and constancy, you help them renew and repair their lives. Whereas the old campus was smaller and hemmed in by apartment houses, here you have a sense of openness and beauty. There are

so many more spaces designed for various uses: soccer fields, places for roller skating and skateboarding, playgrounds with equipment, and extensive grassy areas. Everybody is outside. Children are playing; childcare workers and children are sitting together; workers are busy tending the landscape. The area is alive with activity. The programs which the children loved in Bayit Vegan are all here – among them the pet therapy area and an agricultural area where children raise their own plants, as well as an off-site equine therapy program. The treatment philosophy and modalities haven’t changed. It’s the same warm and loving environment for which the Children’s Home has been known for decades. Eightysix children, about 18 of whom are girls, receive care at the Abu Ghosh campus. Another 14 or so teen boys reside at the Group House, located in Jerusalem. The children still come to the Children’s Home at around age 8 for a minimum of four years, and the same childcare workers are with them

for the entire time. Using minimal medication and involving each child’s family in the treatment program have remained key aspects of the therapeutic approach. And the program is still recognized for its excellence by professionals both within and outside of the country. Do you plan to be in Israel? JWI will help you schedule a visit to the Children’s Home. Contact JWI’s office at 800.343.2823. Jewish Women International is the leading Jewish organization empowering women and girls through economic literacy, community training, healthy relationships education, and the proliferation of women’s leadership. To learn more about the JWI’s Children’s Home in Israel or other JWI endeavors locally and nationally, please contact Millie Sernovitz at 239.498.2778 or millie@sernovitz. com. Also, please visit the JWI website at www.jwi.org or its companion website for Jewish Woman magazine at www.jwmag.org.

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

lease join us on Tuesday, February, 21 at 11:30 a.m. at the Vineyards for a delicious lunch and a very informative program. “ Preparing for Significant Life Events” will be presented by Howard Isaacson, Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch. He will discuss a simple to use, but highly comprehensive form for placing critical information at one’s finger tips when addressing life events. A reservation with your check ($22-members; $25-nonmembers) should be sent to Marlene Oshry, 793 Regency Reserve Circle #4501, Naples, FL 34119. Save the date: Fashion Show on Thursday, March 22 RCMA tour This season, NCJW members and friends have a unique opportunity to see firsthand how RCMA serves our migrant farm workers in Naples.

Gloria Pedilla, RCMA Area Coordinator, and her staff are coordinating a tour of their Naples-based center. The tour takes place on Monday, March 12 from 9:00 am to 1:00 p.m. RCMA (Redland Christian Migrant Association) is a statewide organization that opens doors to opportunities through quality childcare and education from crib to high school and beyond. The programs strive to increase the school readiness of young children in low-income families. A Naples Center is located on the grounds of Lipman 6Ls Produce. Lipman Produce, Florida’s largest field tomato grower, uses strategically located farms and seamless packing and distribution networks to benefit the needs of their customers from seed to delivery. The Immokalee-based company, founded by Max Lipman in the 1950s, is named after the 6 Lipman sons (6Ls). The Lipman family has

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been longtime supporters of Collier County and Jewish communities. Our tour will include a briefing, visits to the RCMA Childcare Center and Lipman Produce (6L) operations (fields, camp, processing), and lunch in the area. Cost is $10 plus lunch. Transportation: Car pool to 6L where RCMA will arrange area transportation. Registration required (name, phone, e-mail, residence area). Car pools will be arranged. Please contact Myra Shapiro at 239.263.2544 or myhyshap@me.com. NCJW calls for end to bullying in schools The NCJW Board of Directors has called for local and federal policy to combat bullying of our nation’s young people. “NCJW believes that every child deserves to learn in a safe environment free from harassment, threats, discrimination and bullying. Action to ensure such an environment

must be taken at the local, state and national levels. Schools must adopt, disseminate and enforce clear policies that ban bullying to ensure a safe and secure learning environment for all students.” Holiday programs Jewish Family Services and NCJW jointly sponsor holiday programs for Jewish residents at assisted living facilities. This Chanukah, we visited Tuscany Reserve, Terracina Grand, Merrill Gardens and Harbor Chase. We meet with the residents, share holiday stories and songs, and reminisce. This is a wonderful opportunity to share some Jewishness. Our visits are greatly appreciated, and we enjoy the experience. The programs were led by Ellen Gurnitz, Bobbie Katz and Linda Wainick. We encourage new volunteers to join us. It’s easy, it’s fun, and you leave feeling wonderful. Please contact Linda to get involved.

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Naples Jewish Social Club update By Illeen Mittleman, President

he Naples Jewish Social Club is a friendly group from southern Lee, Collier and Marco representing the entire Jewish spectrum. We encourage members to jump on board and let your ideas take shape. Join us on Sunday, February 26 from 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. at Southern Pines Clubhouse for a Pizza and Game Fun afternoon. This event features your favorite pizza, soft drinks, and a bottle of wine on every table. Bring your favorite table game including mah jongg, cards, dominoes, Monopoly, checkers, chess, Rummikub and more! Call Carolyn or Harvey

Chodock for details at 239.949.4927. Further details will be announced in a mailer. Recent successful and enjoyable events include the Big M Casino Cruise in January, the Chanukah Gala in December, and the Handle with Care Theatre Party in November. Board meetings are open to any members who wish to attend. Bridge and Mahjongg In addition to our regular monthly events, we offer bridge and Mahjongg. Our special interest groups of bridge and maj remain an active, social part of our group. Our terrific bridge games, which include social

JOIN THE ISRAEL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE The goal of the Israel Affairs Committee of the Jewish Federation of Collier County is to present Israel in a positive manner. We’re doing this by hosting seminars and symposiums as well as addressing issues through editorials and commentaries in the local press. We address both the non-Jewish and Jewish citizens of our community. We continue to expand and enhance our activities which include: ÎÎ planning forums and programs ÎÎ establishing campus programs at local colleges and universities ÎÎ presenting educational materials for middle and high schools ÎÎ interfacing with our local media

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and duplicate, are played respectively on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month at Sterling Oaks Clubhouse in Naples. Games begin at 6:00 p.m. Coffee and cookies are served. Cost is $8 per couple. Reservations are a must by the preceding Thursday. Contact Tilda Ellis at 239.949.9913. Our Mahjongg game is a spirited one played every Thursday at Long Shore Lake Clubhouse in Naples. Lunch is available at the Clubhouse followed by a fast-paced game for experienced players. Be there for lunch at 11:30 a.m. and continue with play ending at 4:00 p.m. Contact Pauline Taxman at 239.592.7760 or Sondra

Greer at 239.353.4468. We are always open to suggestions for special interest groups as we do in bridge and mahjongg. For Sunshine matters, please contact Judy Lansat for updates on members’ health and life events at 239.352.0287. For Membership matters, call Sondra Greer 239.353.4468. For any general questions or suggestions, contact Sheila Marks at 239.514.8289. To contact the Naples Jewish Social Club, contact Illeen Mittleman, President, at 440.221.6468 or imtwirl@sbcglobal.net.

Jewish Heritage Video Collection The Jewish Heritage Video Collection (JHVC) is now housed and maintained at the Federation’s offices. The JHVC video library contains nearly 200 films and television programs carefully chosen to stimulate learning, thinking and discussion about Jewish history and culture. The Collection also provides courses that address vital issues of Jewish history, identity and culture. These courses will be available to schools, organizations and congregations in the area. For a list of available titles organized by category (Children, Comedy, Holocaust, International Jewry, Israel, Jewish Experience in America, Religion and Identity), visit www.jewishnaples.org. For more information, call us at 239.263.4205.

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Community Chanukah Celebration on December 22 at The Mercato

The Shalom Dancers

Part of the largest crowd ever for this event

Master of Ceremonies David Willens

Richard Johnson and Jane Galler

The Shalom Dancers

Stu Warshauer

Jane Galler leads the children in song

Just some of the many children in attendance

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Get the Service you Deserve February 2012 / 5772 SUNDAY MONDAY Candle lighting times:

February February February February 5

3: 10: 17: 24:

5:53 5:58 6:03 6:07

9:00am BT Religious School 10:00am NCJW Board Mtg 9:00am CHA Hebrew School 1:00pm HDH Board Mtg 5:30pm JCMI Bingo 9:30am JCMI Rabbi Study 10:00am TS Adult Ed 10:00am TS Sunday School 2:00pm CJD Series

9:00am BT Religious School 10:30am TS Caregivers 9:00am CHA Hebrew School Support Group 10:00am NJC Ed Program 5:30pm JCMI Bingo 10:00am TS Sunday School 7:30pm BT Lecture 2:00pm JCMI Film Festival 4:00pm CHA Art Show 7:00pm HDH Concert Fundraiser

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

10:00am JFS Therapy/ Support Group 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 1:30pm WCA New Yorker 2:30pm CRC Meeting 4:00pm BT Religious School

10:00am JFS Bereavement Support Group 11:30am JCMI Mah Jongg 1:00pm CHA Cooking 1:00pm NJC Board Mtg 7:30pm BT Lecture Series

11:30am ORT Board Mtg 5:00pm TS Preschool Fri Nt 5:30pm HJH Potluck 7:30pm BT Svcs - Hadassah Shabbat 7:30pm TS Services 8:00pm JCMI Services

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

10:00am JFS Therapy/ Support Group 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 2:30pm Israel Affairs Mtg 4:00pm BT Religious School 7:00pm TS WIJL 7:30pm BT Film

8:30am JCMI Mah Jongg Tournament 10:00am JFS Brvmnt Group 3:00pm HM Exec Comm 5:30pm WCA Bonita Art Lg

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

9:30am BT Services 9:30am JCMI Services 10:00am CHA Services 10:00am TS Services 6:00pm JFCC Community Event

9:30am HJH Board Mtg 10:00am JFS Support Group 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 4:00pm BT Religious School 7:30pm JCMI Cultural Series 7:30pm TS WIJL

10:00am JFS Brvmnt Group 11:30am JCMI Mah Jongg 1:30pm TS-S Book Bag 7:00pm BT Board Mtg 7:00pm TS Exec Comm

10:00am WCA von Liebig 7:30pm BT Services 7:30pm NJC Services 7:30pm TS Services 8:00pm JCMI Sisterhood Shabbat Services

9:30am BT Services 9:30am JCMI Services 10:00am CHA Services 10:00am TS Services 6:00pm JCMI 30th Anniversary Dinner/Dance 6:00pm TS Havdalah on Beach

TUESDAY

9:00am JFS Exec Comm 10:00am JCMI choir practice 10:00am TS-S Board 10:00am Yiddish Club 10:30am JCMI-S Gen Mtg 12:15pm BT Adult Ed 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 1:30pm CJD Meetings

10:00am JCMI choir practice 10:30am JCMI-S Board 12:00pm JCMI-S Lunch 12:00pm NJC Men’s Club 12:00pm TS Brown Bag Ln 12:15pm BT Adult Ed 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 7:30pm JFCC Board Mtg

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

9:00am BT Religious School PRESIDENTS DAY 9:00am CHA Hebrew School 12:00pm NJC-S Book Club 9:30am JCMI Men’s Club 1:00pm HDH Study Group 9:30am JWV Meeting 5:30pm JCMI Bingo 10:00am TS Preschool Open House 10:00am TS Sunday School 2:00pm HJH Comm Mtg

9:00am JFS Board Mtg 10:00am JCMI choir practice 10:00am Yiddish Club 11:30am NCJW Lunch Mtg 12:15pm BT Adult Ed 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 2:00pm NJC Board Mtg 7:30pm JFCC People of the Book

10:00am JFS Therapy/ Support Group 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 4:00pm BT Religious School 6:00pm ORT Fundraiser 7:30pm JCMI Rabbi’s Inter faith Adult Ed

10:00am JFS Bereavement Support Group 11:30am JCMI Mah Jongg 3:00pm HM Board Mtg 5:30pm TS Rosh Chodesh 7:30pm JCMI Board Mtg

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

9:30am BT Services 9:30am JCMI Services 10:00am CHA Services 10:00am TS Scholar-inResidence/Services 7:00pm JCMI Fundraiser

9:00am BT Religious School 9:00am CHA Hebrew School 10:00am TS Sunday School 10:00am NJC Ed Program 2:00pm JCMI Film Festival 4:00pm TS Meet the Rabbi 7:00pm Brigitte Gabriel event in Naples

10:30am TS Caregivers Support Group 12:00pm TS Brown Bag Ln 5:30pm JCMI Bingo 7:30pm BT Book Group

10:00am JCMI choir practice 12:15pm BT Adult Ed 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 5:00pm HMSWFL Fundraiser 7:00pm TS Board Mtg

10:00am JFS Therapy/ Support Group 11:00am HDH Mem Lunch 1:00pm CHA Lunch & Learn 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 1:00pm WCA The Salon 4:00pm BT Religious School

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 • CJD: Catholic/Jewish Dialogue • CRC: Community Relations Committee • HDH: Hadassah • HJH: Humanistic Jewish Havurah • HM: Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida • ISRB: Israel Bonds

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

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

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

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

Federation membership

According to the By-Laws of the Jewish Federation of Collier County, members are those individuals who make an annual gift of $36 or more to the UJA Federation Campaign in our community. For more information, please contact the Federation at (239) 263-4205.

February 2012 COMMUNITY DIRECTORY 31A Federation Star TEMPLE SHALOM OF NAPLES (Reform) 4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples, FL 34119 Phone: 455-3030  Fax: 455-4361 Email: info@naplestemple.org www.naplestemple.org Rabbi Adam Miller Cantor Donna Azu James H. Perman, D.D., Rabbi Emeritus Donald L. Shapiro, President Susan Shechter Daugherty, Exec. Dir. Caren Plotkin, Religious School Dir. Seyla Cohen, Preschool Director Peter Lewis, Organist/Choir Director Shabbat Services: Shabbat Eve - Friday 7:30 p.m. Shabbat - Saturday 10:00 a.m.

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

1459 Pine Ridge Road Naples, FL 34109

Rabbi Edward M. Maline, DD Hari Jacobsen, Cantorial Soloist Bernie Seidman, President

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 21, No. 6 February 2012 44 pages in two sections USPS Permit No. 419 Publisher: Jewish Federation of Collier County Editor: Ted Epstein, 249-0699 FederationStar@comcast.net Design: Federation Media Group, Inc. Advertising: Jacqui Aizenshtat (239) 777-2889 March Issue Deadlines: Editorial: February 1 Advertising: February 6 Send news stories to: FederationStar@comcast.net

Don Pomerantz, President Jane Galler, Cantorial Soloist

Shabbat Services Friday 8:00 p.m.

Shabbat Services

Torah Study and Saturday Services

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

• Sisterhood • Men’s Club • Brownstein Judaica Gift Shop

Sisterhood • Men’s Club

Happy Hunting Ground

Naples’ only Judaica Shop

Rabbi Fishel Zaklos Dr. Arthur Seigel, President Ettie Zaklos, Educational Director

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• Sisterhood • Men’s Club • Adult Education • Havurot • Youth Groups • Religious School • Judaic Library • Hebrew School • Pre-School • Adult Choir • Social Action • Outreach

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

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Bear with us if we remind you not to worm or weasel your way out of our request of you to consider a gift to the Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation of Collier County. Or play possum if and when you are asked. It’s easy to squirrel away assets and groundhog them for oneself. But hare’s a solution where your charitable giving can do a lot of good and skunk the tax collector at the same time. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, we would like you to make a lifetime gift or bequest to the Federation’s Endowment Fund. Gopher it. Make your gift a real killer.

(just west of Mission Square Plaza)

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

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

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

American Technion Society • Chapter Dir: Jennifer Singer, 941-378-1500 • Naples Chairman: L.C. Goldman, 592-5884

Hadassah, Collier Co. Chapter • President: Lynn Weiner, 598-1009

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

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

Israel Bonds • Reva Pearlstein, 800-622-8017 • Tyler Korn, 254-0400

Be a deer!

Jewish Family and Community Services of Southwest Florida

For more information on gift planning, contact David Willens, Executive Director at (239) 263-4205.

Phone: 325-4444 • Chairperson: Millie Sernovitz • Executive Director: Dr. Jaclynn Faffer

Jewish National Fund • Clearwater office, 888-563-0099

Please note our email addresses:

Jewish War Veterans Post 202,Collier Co. Chapter

David Willens, Executive Director – david@jewishnaples.org

• Commander, Gil Block, 304-5953 • Senior Vice Commander, M/Gen. Bernard L. Weiss, USAF Ret. 594-7772

Melissa Keel, Community Prog. Coord. – melissa@jewishnaples.org Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Exec. Dir. JFCS – jfaffer@jewishnaples.org Jewish Family & Community Services – JFS@jewishnaples.org Margaret Passeri, Counselor – counselor@jewishnaples.org

Naples Friends of American Magen David Adom (MDA) • Exec Dir: Robert Schwartz, 954-457-9766

Naples Jewish Social Club

General information requests – info@jewishnaples.org

• President: Illeen Mittleman, 440-221-6468

Federation Star advertising – jacqui1818@gmail.com

National Council of Jewish Women

Ted Epstein, Editor, Federation Star – federationstar@comcast.net

• Co-President: Bobbie Katz, 353-5963 • Co-President: Linda Wainick, 354-9117

ORT - Gulf Beaches Chapter

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• Co-President: Hella Amelkin, 649-4000 • Co-President: Midge Rauch, 353-3065

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

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

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Jewish Happenings “Driven to Triumph” – Holocaust Museum’s tenth anniversary gala By Carole J Greene

hen I tell you why I believe “Driven to Triumph” as the name for the Holocaust Museum’s tenth anniversary celebration is sheer genius, I suspect you’ll have all the reasons you need to offer your own support. First, the obvious: because the February 28 event will be held at the new car showroom of Naples Luxury Imports, the word “driven” is most appropriate. Second, okay, this one’s obvious too: “triumph” describes the results of all the vision and labor over the last ten years to make the Holocaust Museum

and Education Center of Southwest Florida a “must see” venue in Naples. “Driven to Triumph” also symbolizes the Museum’s decade of education for 75,000 Southwest Florida school children, plus 25,000 adult visitors, who journey from ignorance and hate to knowledge and respect.

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Center for the Arts. Finally, the title highlights the evening’s entertainer, Grammy and Emmy award-winning composer Charles Fox. This composer’s name may not be familiar to you, but I’ll wager that you DO know his work. He has composed more than 100 theme songs for motion pictures and television. Let’s take TV first: Happy Days; Laverne & Shirley; Love, American Style; The Love Boat; Wonder Woman – all bear theme songs he created. How about the themes for Wide World of Sports and Monday Night Football? Also

his work. Are you humming one of them? Now the movies: Barbarella, Goodbye Columbus, Oh God Book Two, Nine to Five, to drop just a few names of those for which he wrote the score or significant music. How about Killing Me Softly with His Song, which won Fox a Grammy? I KNOW you can hum that one popularized by Roberta Flack. Yes, Charles Fox triumphed. But what drove him? His Jewish heritage delivered the motivation to take his innate talents

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Now for the less subtle yet vitally important reasons I love this title. (No, I was NOT the person who coined it.) The title is but one small way to pay tribute to those awe-inspiring survivors of World War II who were witnesses to history – not only the atrocities but the courage, perseverance and willpower to triumph over them. As time inevitably takes its toll and we lose our local survivors of the Holocaust and their liberators, individuals who ARE here must take up the fight to engage people to see value in everyone. From the poignant testimonies of those survivors and liberators, we all inherit this mission: To illustrate the need to confront hate early, before it can get too firm a grasp on a person’s psyche. To teach that the actions of one brave soul can influence many to make better choices. To provide ongoing lessons of the consequences of giving in to hatred and indifference by demonstrating the example of self-sacrifice and heroism. “Driven to Triumph” also epitomizes the group of visionary philanthropists who have issued this challenge: we will match dollar-fordollar donations up to $575,000. It applies as well to the phenomenal achievements of this gala’s honored guest, Myra Janco Daniels, recently retired CEO of the Philharmonic

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“Driven to Triumph”...continued from page 1B to such pinnacles of success. His mother was a Sabra, born in 1907 in Rosh Pina. Her grandmother’s family was among the first Jewish families who traveled from Eastern Europe in the 1880s to resettle the land of Palestine when Baron Guy de Rothschild bought land around the Sea of Galilee and asked Jews from all over Eastern Europe to return to the land of Zion. His mother’s grandmother made her way to Palestine on foot with six children and a donkey. Family tradition holds that being born in Rosh Pina was akin to arriving in America on the Mayflower. His father was born in Szydlowiec, Poland, in 1902. In 1917, as a 15-year-old boy, he was drafted into the Polish Army to fight the Russians at the start of World War I. He was taken prisoner by the Russians, escaped and made his way back to his little town. When his mother learned that the Polish Army was coming to conscript him again, she told him to run. He left his whole family – mother, father, ten siblings and extended family – and made his way to Israel by stowing away on a boat to Haifa. Because he had no papers, he jumped overboard in the port of Haifa and began his life there as a Chalutz, an early pioneer. The rest of

his family remained in Poland and all perished in the Holocaust. I could go on and on about Charles Fox and his drive, but I know you are ready for more details about this gala, so you too can participate in this “Driven to Triumph” event. The anniversary celebration kicks off at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28 at Naples Luxury Imports, 800 Tamiami Trail North. You will enjoy delectable by-the-bite dining, a silent auction, plus a live auction that will give you a chance to bid on six luxury trunks, one of which includes a four-day driving spree in a Bentley. Patron levels for the event are available: Circle of Respect, $10,000; Circle of Honor, $5,000; Circle of Hope, $2,500. A “Patrons-Only” party will be hosted by the exciting new Osetra Champagne and Caviar Bar on Fifth Avenue, and patrons at all levels will enjoy preferential seating for the Charles Fox performance. You may purchase tickets for $125 person. Invitations have gone out, so if you did not receive one and want to get into the driver’s seat for the start of the Museum’s next decade of triumph, contact Jay Kaye at jay@holocaustmuseumswfl.org or 239.263.9200 x203.

Terrorism expert Brigitte Gabriel in SWFL

You have seen her as a regular guest analyst on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC News and CBS News, and heard her on various radio stations daily across America. Brigitte Gabriel is one of the leading terrorism experts in the world, providing information and analysis on the rise of global Islamic terrorism. She will be making her only appearance in Southwest Florida on Sunday, February 26, from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Naples, 3000 Orange Blossom Drive. Her topic will be “Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It.” She will present the latest threats radical Islam poses to our safety and security. For directions to the church or more information, call 239.597.6057. There is no charge for the event.

JEWISH HAPPENINGS

Presenting Leslie Hindman

Hadassah Membership Luncheon & Meeting (open to the community) By Arlene Yedid

reopened in 2003, now with a branch ave you hoped that your office in Naples. “find” at a garage sale or an For eight years, Leslie hosted two inherited item is a treasure popular television shows on the Home waiting to be discovered? What & Garden Television Network – At makes an item extremely valuable? the Auction with Leslie Find out the answers Hindman and The Apto these questions and praisal Fair – airing much more on February from 1994-2001. She 29, when Collier County wrote a weekly syndiChapter of Hadassah cated column for the presents a luncheon proChicago Tribune, and in gram with guest speaker 2001 wrote a critically Leslie Hindman. Leslie is a well acclaimed book, Adventures at the Auction. known and respected Plan on attending auction expert. She will this fascinating program speak on “An Insider’s on Wednesday, February View of the Auction Leslie Hindman 29 at 10:45 a.m. at the World and Discovering Naples Sailing and Yacht Club located Hidden Treasures.” Join her as she near Tin City at 896 River Point Drive presents a look into the glamorous in Naples. The cost is $27 per person world of high-priced auction items. which includes lunch and valet parkLeslie founded Leslie Hindman ing. For information or questions, Auctioneers in 1982. For more than contact Rickie Klein at 239.404.2618 two decades, it was recognized as or rickieklein@comcast.net. the Midwest’s leading fine art auction house. Sold to Sotheby’s in 1997, it

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It’s a simcha!

ou are invited to a very special “Simcha” honoring Hadassah’s Centennial. On Sunday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m., Temple Shalom will be filled with the sound of Israeli, Sephardic, Ladino, and Broadway music, performed by ten talented professional cantors and cantorial soloists. And the joyous Naples Klezmer Revival Band with Stuart Warshauer will add to the celebration. Our fabulous ten are led by Cantor Donna Azu, Temple Shalom’s first female cantor. After graduating from Hebrew Union College-JIR, Cantor Azu was selected to serve as cantor along with incoming Rabbi Adam Miller. Temple Shalom colleague, Organist/Choir Director Peter Lewis, joins her as accompanist. Cantor Faith Steinsnyder has been a dedicated instructor at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, where she has inspired students such as Cantor Donna Azu. Cantor Steinsnyder has an extensive, celebrated concert career and was featured in the acclaimed documentary 100 Voices: A Journey Home, filmed in the Polish National Opera House. Cantor Aaron Kaplan was a colleague of Cantor Azu’s at Hebrew Union College-JIR. He also now

resides in Florida, serving as cantor for Temple Shalom, Boynton Beach. Cantorial Soloist Douglas Renfroe is an internationally-acclaimed bass baritone. In 2006, he performed the Verdi Requiem and portrayed Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof in Bulgaria and Israel. Renfroe is the Artistic Director of the choral ensemble Voices of Naples and is Cantorial Soloist and Music Director at Temple Bat Yam on Sanibel Island. Lawrence Dermer serves as Cantorial Soloist at Temple Beth El in Fort Myers. His unique background includes that of a Grammy-nominated composer/producer and a creator of the famed Miami Sound Machine. He has multi-platinum successes with Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna and others. Along with his writing partner and wife, Robin, he has composed powerful spiritual music. The other members of the fabulous ten also have had extensive careers in Jewish and Hebrew music. Lori Cohen was Cantorial Soloist for 13 years at Temple Ahavat Shalom in Palm Harbor, Florida, before coming to Naples. Cantor Donna Goldstein is retired from her cantorial career at Community Synagogue in Rye, New York, and Temple Israel in Westport, Connecticut. She spends part of the

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year in Naples. Cantorial Soloist Anne Newman held a long, distinguished tenure at Temple Shalom. She continues to reside in Naples. Jane Galler is Cantorial Soloist at the Naples Jewish Congregation and a vocalist with the Naples Klezmer Revival Band. Hari Jacobsen has a BA and MA from Juilliard. She has a long tenure as cantorial soloist for the Jewish

Congregation of Marco Island and previously served as cantorial soloist at Temple Shalom. Don’t miss this unforgettable “SIMCHA IN SONG,” a concert to benefit Hadassah on its 100th anniversary, on Sunday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Shalom. Tickets begin at $50. For information, call Lauren Becker at 239.592.5304 or Lynn Weiner at 239.598.1009.

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Community programs at Temple Shalom

n Sundays, February 5 and 12, Rabbi James Perman shares his extensive knowledge in his inimitable style for Sunday School for Adults 2012. This year’s theme is The Search for Identity in Modern Jewish Literature. Over the two sessions, Rabbi Perman will unfold an overview of Jewish writing with an eye to discovering how these brilliant writers saw themselves as Jews. These authors were no longer trapped in the shtetls or ghettos of Europe. Whether inspired or rebellious, they were powerfully influenced by their Jewish backgrounds. Rabbi Perman will talk about the big questions they faced. What were the creative choices before them? How did they channel their Jewish attitudes through stories and plays, poetry and song, movies and television? And, of course, how can their literary expressions help us to understand the role of

our Jewish identity on our own lives? The programs begin at 10:30 a.m. There is no cost and all are welcome. For more information, contact Temple Shalom at 239.455.3030. *** Temple Shalom’s Sisterhood invites you to a very special luncheon on Tuesday, February 14 at 11:30 a.m. Join us as special guest speaker Rabbi Adam Miller discusses Gender and Judaism: Where Do We Go From Here? We know you’ll enjoy this presentation by Rabbi Miller. His stature as a rabbi is matched by his scholarly intellect, tempered with humor and wit. Tickets are $25 for Sisterhood members, $30 for non-members, and $50 for Patrons. Please contact Judi Spintman at 239.348.8713 to RSVP. *** Temple Shalom Sisterhood’s Book Bag group meets at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 16 to discuss

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman. The Book Bag group meets in the treasure-filled Perman Library, and new attendees are always welcome. The discussions are thought-provoking, the women are fabulous, and the snacks are pretty good, too! For more information, please contact Beverly Moeckler at 239.455.4052. *** Join Temple Shalom as we celebrate Havdalah on the Beach on Saturday, February 18 at 6:00 p.m. at Lowdermilk Beach Park. Bring your beach chair and your enthusiasm! No RSVP is required, and all are welcome. *** Temple Shalom’s Adult Education Brown Bag Series continues on Tuesday, February 28 at noon with a fascinating presentation by Sheri Samotin, President of LifeBridge Solutions – a company that provides

family transition and caregiver coaching, medical bill advocacy services, daily money management, and estate administration support. Sheri’s presentation will provide insight regarding Managing Life’s Transitions. Bring your lunch and your curiosity. There is no cost and all are welcome. For more information, contact Temple Shalom at 239.455.3030. *** In celebration of Temple Shalom’s 50th Anniversary, we proudly welcome Peri Smilow as our 2012 Musician-in-Residence, March 2-4. Peri Smilow is a nationally recognized singer/songwriter, educator and community organizer. In addition to her work as a contemporary Jewish composer and entertainer, Peri holds a Masters Degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Join us Saturday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m. as Peri Smilow sings The Great (Jewish) American Songbook - Gershwin, Kern, Rodgers, Sondheim and more. Enjoy the magical soundtrack created by the Jewish sons of new immigrants that influenced the sound of America. All are invited and there is no charge for this event. We thank the Jewish Federation of Collier County for its support in celebration of Temple Shalom’s 50th Anniversary! For more information, contact Temple Shalom at 239.455.3030.

Potluck Shabbat with Humanistic Jewish Havurah

he Humanistic Jewish Havurah will hold its monthly potluck Shabbat at 5:50 p.m., Friday, February 3 at Beachwalk Clubhouse, 705 Reef Point Circle, Naples. Please contact Joan Weinstein at massjoan@yahoo.com or 239.254.1092 to make your reservation and sign up for a dish to bring that will serve at least eight people. The options are appetizer, vegetable/ starch, entrée, dessert, wine and challah. In an effort to have a balanced menu, Joan will let you know what options are available when you contact her. Hopefully everyone will take a turn in bringing one of the above categories. The cost is $5 for members and $10 for non-members. Dinner will be followed by a short lecture and discussion on a topic pertinent to the philosophy of Humanistic Judaism.

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The Saul I. Stern Cultural Series presents an evening of music

he Naples Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Quintet will entertain at the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island, Wednesday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. This is the second event of this season’s Saul I. Stern Cultural Series, which is in its 18th consecutive year. Saul Stern, who died two years ago, was a JCMI congregant who brought outstanding programs to the Marco Island-Naples community. The series is presented by the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island in cooperation with the Jewish Federation of Collier County. The program includes a selection of classics and modern tunes, from Bach to Broadway. The musicians are known for their talents and include Matthew Sonneborn, trumpet; David Dash, trumpet; Tracy Leonard, horn; Aaron

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Historical lecture on Abraham Lincoln

he Jewish Congregation of a special presentation on the Life and Legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Marco Island (JCMI) and the Marco Island HisSave the date of Saturday evening, February torical Society (MIHS) are bringing to our com25, 2012. This is the week munity a special event for of President’s Day. There will be a light dinner President’s Day. Our two organizations reception at JCMI from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. with the have joined together to bring world renowned lecture at the MIHS Rose History Auditorium at Abraham Lincoln historian, Dr. Thomas F. 7:15 p.m. Marco Island Interfaith Schwartz, currently theClergy Association 2012 For more informaCommunity Educational Series tion, contact Estie Karpman at 239. Director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum, for 642.4049 or karp888@aol.com.

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Rabbi Maline of JCMI will discuss the major discussion, hosted many of the movements congregations beginning Wednesday, Jewishby Congregation withinon theMarco Jewish Island Community – January concluding March 2012 January 18, 2012, Of Marco Island2012 andOrthodoxy, Reform, Conservative and 7PM 991 Winterberry Dr. Reconstructionist Judaism Wednesday, New Life Community January 25, 2012, Church of God Rev. Thomas McCulley of the New Life Community Date and Time 590 W. Elkham Place Circle Church of God will discuss Subject 7PM Pentecostal Christianity Wednesday, The United Church of Rabbi Maline Adair of JCMI the major February 1, 2012 Marco Island Rev. Richard of will The discuss United Church of Marco Wednesday, Jewish Congregation movements within Congregational the Jewish Community – 7PM 320 N. Barfield Drive Island will discuss Christianity January 18, 2012, Of Marco Island Orthodoxy, Reform, Conservative and Wednesday, Jewish Congregation 7PM 991 Winterberry Reconstructionist February 8, 2012, Of Marco Island Dr. Rev. Rita Partin ofJudaism the Cupbearer Ministry will discuss Wednesday, New Life Community 7PM 991 Winterberry Dr. her denomination January 25, 2012, Church of God Rev. Thomas McCulley of the New Life Community Thursday, St. Mark’s Episcopal 7PM 590 W. Elkham Circle Church of Bennett God willofdiscuss Pentecostal Christianity February 16, 2012 Church Rev. Kyle St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will Wednesday, The Church 7PM 1101United N. Collier Blvd.of discuss his denomination February 1, 2012 Marco Rev. Richard Adair of The United Church of Marco Wednesday, WesleyIsland United 7PM N. Barfield Drive Island willDreiser discussofCongregational Christianity February 29, 2012, 320 Methodist Church Rev. Kirk the Wesley United Methodist Wednesday, Jewish Congregation 7PM 320 S. Barfield Drive Church will discuss Methodist Christianity February 8, 2012, Of Island Wednesday, TheMarco Family Church of Rev. Rita Partin of the Cupbearer Ministry will discuss 7PM 991 Winterberry Dr. her March 7, 2012, Marco Island Rev.denomination Tim Neptune of The Family Church of Marco Thursday, St. Mark’s Episcopal 7PM 1450 Winterberry Dr. Island will discuss the Baptist Movement February 16, 2012 Church Rev. Kyle Bennett of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will Wednesday, San Marco Catholic 7PM 1101 N. Collier Blvd. discuss his denomination March 14, 2012, Church Father Tim Navin of San Marco Catholic Church will Wednesday, Wesley 7PM 851 San United Marco Road discuss Catholic Beliefs and Practices February Church Rev. Kirk Dreiser of the Wesley United Methodist Tuesday, 29, 2012, Methodist Marco Presbyterian 7PM 320 S. Barfield Drive Church willLyle discuss Methodist ChristianityChurch will March 20, 2012, Church Pastor Bill of the Marco Presbyterian Wednesday, The Family Church of discuss Presbyterian Christianity 7PM 875 W. Elkcam Circle March 7, 2012, Marco Island Rev. Tim Neptune of The Family Church of Marco Thursday, Lutheran 7PM 1450 Winterberry Dr. Island will discuss Baptist Movement March 22, 2012, Church Rev. Kevin Koenig the of the Marco Lutheran Church will st rd Wednesday, San Marco Catholic 7PM 525 N. Collier Blvd. discuss Lutheran Beliefs and Practices March 14, 2012, Church Father Tim Navin of San Marco Catholic Church will 7PM 851 San Marco Road discuss Catholic Beliefs and Practices Tuesday, Marco Presbyterian March 20, 2012, Church Pastor Bill Lyle of the Marco Presbyterian Church will 7PM 875 W. Elkcam Circle discuss Presbyterian Christianity Thursday, Marco Lutheran March 22, 2012, Church Rev. Kevin Koenig of the Marco Lutheran Church will 7PM 525 N. Collier Blvd. discuss Lutheran Beliefs and Practices

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ORT America 2012 Inaugural International Major Gifts Gala & Annual Meeting

RT America will hold its agreed to address our group,” said Shelley B. Fagel, National President Inaugural International Maof ORT America. “He has impressed jor Gifts Gala on Sunday, everyone with his savvy, grace and February 26 at the beautiful Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. The intelligence, and we look forward to hearing his fresh, thoughtful comGala will honor those remarkable mentary on the relationship individuals who have between the United States shown an unparalleled and Israel.” financial dedication to ORT America’s misFor registration information about ORT America’s sion to “Educate and Elevate.” Annual Meeting, please contact Michael Bettencourt at “We are delighted to serve as co-chairs mbettencourt@ORTamerica. of this extraordinary org, or call 800.519.2678 x 233. Participants are encourevent,” said Daniel Ron Prosor aged to register online at and Meryle Verner www.ORTamerica.org/AMRSVP. (Boca Raton, FL). “Both of us are he day following the Gala, on especially looking forward to celMonday, February 27, ORT ebrating the generosity and commitAmerica will convene its 2012 ment of our major supporters. Annual Meeting at the Kravis Center This truly international event will Cohen Pavilion in West Palm Beach. feature dignitaries from World ORT Supporters from across the national and a presentation by His Excellency will come together to celebrate the Ambassador Ron Prosor, Israel’s 90th anniversary of the organization’s newly appointed Permanent Representative to the United Nations. founding in the United States and set fundraising and outreach goals for the “We are thrilled that Ambassador coming year. Prosor, so early in his tenure, has

Program highlights include an address by Dr. Jean De Gunzburg, President of World ORT (and a descendant of ORT co-founder Horace de Gunzburg), a demonstration of interactive smart boards pioneered by ORT’s Kadima Mada (Science Journey) program in Israel, and in-depth reports on ORT programs in Latin America and the United States. The Honorable Toby Feuer (Weston, FL) is serving as the 2012 Annual Meeting Chair. Ms. Feuer also

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serves as Florida Region Chair and Area Development Advisor Committee Chair for the region. “Chairing the upcoming ORT America annual meeting affords us a unique opportunity to shape this momentous event,” said Ms. Feuer. “I am especially delighted to have this event held in the Palm Beach area, offering many of our donors and the local community an opportunity to participate in an ORT America national event!”

Jewish War Veterans Post #202 meets the third Sunday of the month. The next meeting will take place at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 19 in the Federation office, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201, Naples. As always, guests are welcome at our meetings. We hope that we can enlist some new members. For more information, please call Gil Block, Commander Post #202, at 239.304.5953.

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srael remains the world’s top investor in R&D as a proportion of its GDP. And, based on its achievements in the fields of medicine, clean energy, high tech and other cutting-edge industries, the investment is paying off. This year, Prof. Daniel Shechtman won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his groundbreaking discovery of “quasicrystals.” The Technion professor, who does double duty at Johns Hopkins University and Iowa State, becomes Israel’s 10th Nobel laureate. Kudos to Tel Aviv University Prof. Yosef Shiloh for winning the top cancer research prize from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Hebrew University Prof. Haim Sompolinsky took home the top prize at the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting in the United States. Meanwhile, two Israeli geneticists from the Hebrew University – Aharon Razin and Howard Cedar – were the first Israeli winners of the prestigious Canada Gairdner International Award, presented annually to researchers around the globe for outstanding contributions to medical science. Howard wasn’t the only family member honored in 2011. His son, Israeli film director Yossi Cedar, won the best screenplay award at the Cannes Film Festival for his picture Footnote. Born in New York, Cedar grew up in Jerusalem and has also directed Beaufort, which won the Silver Bear at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar. More Hollywood news: The documentary film Strangers No More, about a Tel Aviv elementary school that boasts students from 48 countries, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject; the hit Israeli TV series, Hatufim, has been remade in America as Homeland, which U.S. critics are calling one of the best new shows on television; the Walt Disney Company is partnering with an Israeli cinema chain to build a $160 million amusement park in Haifa; and Jewish-American filmmakers Ethan and Joel Coen won the $1 million Dan David Prize, handed out at Tel Aviv University. There were plenty of blockbuster deals in 2011 between the United States and Israel. Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa won a competition to launch a “super science school” on Roosevelt Island off Manhattan. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg expects the campus to generate as much as $6 billion in economic activity by creating up to 600 new companies and thousands of

jobs in its first 30 years of existence. Apple is purchasing Israel’s Anobit – a global leader of flash storage solutions – for $500 million. Apple has also announced that the tech giant will be opening an R&D center in Israel – its first facility outside of the United States. Apple will join the ranks of companies with R&D centers already in Israel such as Google, IBM, Oracle, Motorola, Microsoft, Dell and Intel, whose new “Sandy Bridge” microprocessor chip – developed at its Haifa R&D facility – was all the rage at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. And it isn’t only high-tech companies that have decided to establish research facilities in the Jewish state. Barclays, one of the ten largest banking and financial services groups in the world, plans to open an R&D center in Tel Aviv. Medical patients have new hope thanks to a series of Israeli breakthroughs in 2011. An Israeli drug company is testing a promising vaccine that can kill cancer cells. Another company’s device that combines MRI and ultrasound technologies was cited by TIME Magazine as one of the 50 best inventions of the year. Technion researchers have found a way to reverse the aging process. The FDA has approved the “Rewalk,” a device that helps paralyzed people get back on their feet, featured last year on the TV show Glee. A new Tel Aviv University study claims cinnamon can prevent and fight Alzheimer’s. Good news, because the U.S. chain Cinnabon has opened for business in Tel Aviv. Israel’s medical prowess came in handy this year in coping with humanitarian disasters. The Jewish state was the first foreign country to set up a field hospital in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in March, and an Israeli humanitarian organization was recognized for its relief efforts in the wake of this disaster. Finally, other stories that made headlines in 2011: Electric cars went on sale in Israel this summer; NASA’s final space shuttle mission included an Israeli bone cell experiment; Israel opened a 62-km “Gospel Trail” from Nazareth to Capernaum for Christian pilgrims to retrace the route of Jesus; the Israel Museum put the complete Dead Sea Scrolls on the Internet, attracting millions of online visitors; two Israeli Arabs represented the country at the Special Olympics in Athens as part of the tennis delegation; the world’s oldest human remains have been found in a cave in Israel; and IDF soldiers delivered a Palestinian baby. Dear 2012: Can’t wait.

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Netanyahu: Wherever you choose to live, be proud of your Birthright

Israel’s Prime Minister addresses 3,000 Taglit-Birthright Israel trip participants in Jerusalem

rime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed some 3,000 young adults at Taglit-Birthright Israel’s winter Mega Event on January 4 in Jerusalem, urging them to become advocates for Israel and to recognize and be proud of their connection to the Jewish people and the State of Israel. “You all come from great countries, but you all come from here. We

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all started here many years ago, and we all came back here. This is our birthright. This is your homeland. This is where the Jewish people forged their identity.” Netanyahu described Israel as “a country that seizes the future,” one which invests in technological innovation, medicine and education. He also encouraged the crowd to offer their support for Israel on college

Have you ever watched folk dancing or line dancing and thought: “I could do that!” Do you yearn for those camp days, dressed in blue and white, when Israeli dancing was a regular part of Kabbalat Shabbat – or any evening after dinner? Do you watch those hora lines at weddings and bar mitzvahs and say to yourself: “I know there’s more to Israeli dancing than this!”

Well, now’s your chance to experience the fun, camaraderie, and exercise Israeli style here in Lee County at the Federation building. We will be teaching, learning, and doing Israeli folk dances. All levels of experience – from never having danced before to very experienced ‐ are welcomed and encouraged to come.

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campuses and in their communities. “I want you to enjoy yourselves, go back to your homeland and tell the truth about Israel. Tell them about a country where you can be free, free to work, free to criticize the government. A country in which a woman is the Supreme Court Chief Justice, a woman is a general in the military, and a country in which a woman can sit anywhere she wants to. The most important battle is the battle for the truth. And all of you can become an ambassador for Israel. “Whether you come here or whether you stay where you are, be proud of your birthright.” “This is the beginning of TaglitBirthright Israel’s Bar Mitzvah year,” said Michael Steinhardt, who helped found Taglit-Birthright Israel 13 years ago. “Sometime this year, the 300,000th participant will arrive. You are part of a historic undertaking of the Jewish people. Becoming a Bar Mitzvah is not simply entering adulthood; it is about accepting adult responsibilities; to feel a new sense of responsibility and to be part of Klal Yisrael, the worldwide Jewish community.” He urged the crowd to “show your

appreciation. Continue to be engaged in Jewish life. Love Israel, and be a proud Jew.” “In times of conflict, TaglitBirthright Israel offers a glimpse of a promising Jewish future, one in which we can focus not on the question of who is a Jew, but what we can do to create a Jewish community which helps all others around us,” said Lynn Schusterman, a co-founder of the program. “Each of us must know the values for which we stand, not just what we are against. I hope you realize that the true gift of Taglit-Birthright Israel is not just a free 10 days in Israel, but rather the once-in-a lifetime experience of meeting, friendship and connection, and all that you will gain from it. Israel needs you, the Jewish people need you, and the world needs you.” Taglit-Birthright Israel CEO Gidi Mark said, “In the course of the decade, it has become the most successful Zionist project in the Jewish world. We believe that the second decade of the project will lead to a significant change in terms of building the resilience of the Jewish people and strengthening their connection to Israel.”

Florida fire paramedic Rocky Parker is ready to help Israel By Wade Tatangelo, Bradenton Herald

t has nothing to do with politics. Or religion. That’s the first thing Rocky Parker, a fire lieutenant paramedic at the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department, said when asked about his involvement with the Emergency Volunteers Project. “The Emergency Volunteers Project (EVP) is a non-political, non-affiliated organization dedicated to deploying groups of “first responders” to Israel during times of crisis and national emergency to work with Israel’s emergency services in providing essential, life-saving services to Israel’s citizens,” begins the EVP mission statement. “I’m not Jewish,” he said. “Just a fireman helping other firefighters.”

Parker was trained in New York City by Israeli firefighters in Israeli fire tactics and procedures. “It was probably the most intense training I have ever done in my life,” he said. “Two people there are doing what 12 do in the states.” EVP then recently flew Parker to Israel to spend a week and a half training and working with Israeli firefighters in their stations to prepare for a national emergency. “The hospitality in Israel really struck me,” Parker said. “People were treating us like rock stars. They thought it was amazing we were doing this.” Parker said there are more than 100 U.S. firefighters involved.

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BRIEFS ISRAEL REACHING FOR THE MOON

rival trade route to the Suez Canal, which will avoid the canal’s high fees. Israel wants shippers to dock in Eilat, load goods onto the train, and then ship them out of one of the country’s Mediterranean ports. (Jewish Chronicle, UK)

Kfir Damari, a communication systems engineer, has a dream: to land a miniature spacecraft on the moon sometime in 2013. Damari is one of the founders of Team SpaceIL, a non-profit organization representing Israel in the Google Lunar X Competition. The prize: $20 million to the first of the 26 international teams currently registered that lands an unmanned craft on the moon, moves it a minimum of 500 meters across the lunar surface, and transmits live high-resolution images back to earth. Damari and his partners have enlisted the support of 120 local volunteers, many of them engineers holding top positions in the technological and scientific community, as well as the country’s leading defense industries. (Xinhua, China)

ISRAEL’S POPULATION STANDS AT 7.8 MILLION

Israel’s population stands at 7.836 million, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics recently reported. Jews comprise 75.3% of the population, with 5.9 million, with Arabs comprising 20.5%, or 1.6 million. 4.2%, some 325,000, are non-Arab Christians and others. 2011 saw a 1.8% increase in Israel’s population – 141,000 people – a rate comparable to the figures of the last decade. 166,800 new babies were born and 17,500 new immigrants arrived. (Ha’aretz)

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continued from previous page (3.8 deaths per 1,000 births); and a significant improvement has been recorded in the treatment of chronic diseases. A significant drop has been seen in mortality rates from heart disease, cancer and stroke. At the same time, healthcare spending per capita is 30% lower than the OECD average. (Ynet News)

ISRAELI STARTED U.S. DRONE INDUSTRY

In 1980, Abraham Karem, an engineer who had emigrated from Israel, retreated into his garage outside Los Angeles and began to build an aircraft. When Karem finished a year later, he wheeled into his driveway an odd, cigar-shaped craft that was destined to change the way the U.S. wages war. More than a decade of development later, Karem’s drone became the Predator, whose controllers thousands of miles away in the U.S. launch Hellfire missiles toward targets they are watching on video screens. (Washington Post)

ISRAEL SETS WORLD RECORD FOR LARGEST CHEMISTRY LESSON

Guinness World Records says it has recognized Israel’s Science and Technology Ministry for holding the “largest chemistry lesson.” On September 22, the ministry organized a class in 13 locations that drew 4,207 participants to carry out

a reenactment of an experiment performed in space by the late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who died in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster. (AP)

ISRAEL’S LARGEST UAV TO BECOME OPERATIONAL

The Eitan UAV, the Israel Air Force’s largest unmanned aircraft and considered the most advanced UAV in the world, is scheduled to begin operations within several months after eight years in development. It has been reported that the Eitan was developed to reach Iran and Sudan. It is able to fly for 20 hours and can carry up to one ton. (Ynet News)

ISRAEL AN IMPORTANT PARTNER FOR INDIA

During the past decade, Israel has emerged as the second largest supplier of sophisticated weapons systems to India. This has led to vastly expanding collaboration in areas like air defense systems and missiles, upgrading of aging equipment from the Soviet period, including tanks and fighter aircraft, and cooperation in areas of research and development, in highly-advanced night vision devices, sensors and unmanned aerial vehicles, which have a crucial role in dealing with cross-border terrorism. (The Hindu, India)

ISRAELI BROTHERS WIN WORLD DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIP

Brothers Omer and Sela Nevo from Tel Aviv University won the World Universities Debating Champion-

ships in the English as Second Language category which was held in Manila recently. More than 3,000 teams from around the world participated in the competition. (Ynet News)

POLL: 73 PERCENT OF AMERICANS VIEW ISRAEL AS LOYAL ALLY

73% of Americans say Israel can be counted on as a strong, loyal U.S. ally, while 18% disagree, according to a survey conducted in October by Marttila Strategies on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League. 63% view Israel as serious about wanting to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians, while 44% see Palestinian leaders as serious about wanting a peace agreement with Israel. 64% agree that it is up to the Palestinians and the Israelis to solve their own problems and that any lasting

peace agreement between them must be reached with minimal involvement from the U.S. 58% say a Palestinian state must not be established until Palestinians demonstrate a commitment to end violence and accept Israel’s legitimacy. (Anti-Defamation League)

ISRAELI ECONOMY EXPANDED 4.8 PERCENT IN 2011

The Israeli economy grew 4.8% in 2011 despite a gradual slowdown as the year wore on, according to a preliminary report recently released by the Central Bureau of Statistics. Most advanced economies are forecast by the International Monetary Fund to grow an average 1.6% this year. Exports advanced 4.5% in 2011, after gaining 13.4% in 2010. Investment in fixed capital climbed almost 16%. (Jerusalem Post)

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In a video produced by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon explains that the reason there are still Palestinian refugees after more than six decades is because of Arab leaders’ recalcitrance to accept their brethren, and the UN, which created a separate agency with unique principles and criteria for Palestinians. The video also highlights the Jewish refugees who were forced out of their homes in the Arab world, and were subsequently absorbed by the State of Israel.

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CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU to all of our donors to our 2011 Campaign. Our largest community campaign topped $915,000.

We appreciate the contributions of so many generous donors – You are at the Heart of our Community – Here’s to a successful 2012 Annual Campaign and reaching our $1Million goal!

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Phyllis Seaman David Willens Campaign Chair Executive Director