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.Weinstein JCC Happenings
Exciting literary line-up at the Weinstein JCC
November is still National Jewish Book Month and still the month for The Fife-Davis Family Annual Jewish Book Fair.
Regardless of all the changes to the programs this year, some things do stay the same! A great lineup of authors and books have been assembled and better yet, everyone is guaranteed a front row seat.
Beginning Thursday, Nov. 12 and running through Wednesday, Nov. 18, our annual Book Fair author events will be presented virtually, through partnership with the Jewish Book Council and local bookseller, Chop Suey Books. Don’t miss this year’s exciting lineup:
Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier
Alan Zweibel
Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. EST (Virtual event via Zoom)
Alan Zweibel has made a career of helping funny people be funnier.
His long and successful career started by selling jokes for $7 a-piece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups, to being one of the original Saturday Night Live
writers working with SNL greats such as Gilda Radner and John Belushi to having a hand in such landmark shows as “It’s the Garry Shandling Show” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” In his memoir, “Laugh Lines,” Alan weaves together his own stories and interviews with his friends and contemporaries including Richard Lewis, Bob Saget, Carl Reiner and more.
Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death
David G. Marwell
Monday, Nov. 16 at 12:30 p.m EST (Virtual event via Zoom)
Co-hosted by 5400 Club
“Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death” is a compelling biography of the infamous Nazi doctor and a gripping narrative of the quest to bring him to justice.
David G. Marwell, historian and former Justice Department of Special Investigations o cial who was tasked with uncovering Josef Mengele’s fate in the
1980s, draws from new sources to deliver a richly detailed work that dispels many of the myths obscuring the physician’s identity.
David G. Marwell has served as director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City and Associate Museum Director of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
Hannah’s War
Jan Eliasberg
Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 11 a..m EST (Virtual event via Zoom)
Co-hosted by Jewish Woman’s Club
In 1945, Dr. Hannah Weiss, an Austrian-Jewish physicist, is removed from her essential work with the Critical Assemblies Team at the Los Alamos National Laboratories and is taken for interrogation.
Is Hannah a Nazi spy or is she protecting a far more personal and dark secret of her own? Hannah’s War is a vivid, page-turning, and inspiring re-imagination of the final months of World War II, and the brilliant researchers behind the first atomic bomb.
This unforgettable love story about an exceptional woman and the danger-
ous power of her greatest discovery. Jan Eliasberg is an award-winning writer and director. Her directing career includes dramatic pilots for Miami Vice and Wiseguy, countless episodes of television series including “Nashville,” “Parenthood,” “Blue Bloods,” “NCIS: Los Angeles” and many more.
Wandering Dixie: Dispatches from the Lost Jewish South
Sue Eisenfeld in conversation with Amy Milligan
Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. EST (Virtual event via Zoom)
Presented in partnership with Pozez Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia, Koniko Center for Learning at the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, and Old Dominion University’s Institute of Jewish Understanding and Inclusion
“ ... An introductory plunge into more profound racial consciousness ...” - Kirkus Reviews
“Wandering Dixie” is an exploration of the history of Jewish southerners as it converges with the region’s complex, conflicted present. Author, Sue Eisenfeld visits small southern towns where Jewish people once lived and thrived and, in the process, discovers the unexpected ways that race, religion, and hidden histories intertwine.
For full details and to register for these book fair events, visit weinsteinjcc.org. The Weinstein JCC is supported, in part, by a generous annual contribution, programming grants and COVID-19 Crisis Relief Funds from the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond.
In the spirit of Jewish tradition and quest for knowledge, the Weinstein JCC will be hosting its second Global Day of Jewish Learning (GDJL) on Sunday, Nov. 8, with support from Jewish Community Federation of Richmond and the Richmond Rabbinical Council.
Programming will be available to participate in from 12:30 to 6 p.m.
Community Rabbis and Jewish educators will provide learning experiences related to this year’s theme “Human Dignity.”
This year, GDJL will be entirely virtual, with many flexible learning opportunities throughout the day.
These experiences will provide participants with an opportunity to engage with Jewish texts and learn alongside fellow community members. GDJL is open to everyone regardless of educational background and religious a liation. The classes are created for
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all audiences; no prior knowledge of Hebrew or Jewish text is necessary in order to participate.
GDJL is an initiative of the Weinstein JCC Adult Committee chaired by Susie Adolf and the event is co-chaired by Helen Gri n and Sarah Arenstein Levy.
In addition to sessions with Richmond community Rabbis, the GDJL will include programming from Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial Cemetery in remembrance of Kristallnacht.
Programming for this community event is free and open to the public; however, registration is required.
For more information, to register, and for a full schedule of the day, visit weinsteinjcc.org.
.Weinstein JCC Happenings Stock up on Chanukah essentials
The pandemic may be changing the way we celebrate the holidays this year, but it can’t take away the holiday spirit!
Stop by the Weinstein JCC between Dec. 2-10 for a Chanukah Pop Up Shop in the Richard A. Arenstein Lobby for all the essentials. The shop will include candles, gelt, gift wrap, plastic dreidels, games and more – everything needed to celebrate the Festival of Lights!
To add more meaning to your Menorah, Candles for a Cause in support of the Autism Society and Sharsheret (breast and ovarian cancer support services) will also be available for purchase. CDC and VDH guidelines to be observed.
More details to be announced in the December Reflector and at weinsteinjcc.org. Questions? Contact Jennifer Adams at jadams@weinsteinjcc.org.
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“All Day at the J” student, Avelyn Hanchey, dances to local bluegrass musicians during the Weinstein JCC’s “Jamming for Joy” recently with her family.
Moving forward, together ... building engagement at the Weinstein JCC
With the Weinstein JCC’s ongoing focus on family engagement, the JCC sta have been actively investing in intentional programming to nurture connections, promote civic stewardship and enhance relationships.
In the past couple months, the JCC youth programming department has launched three successful and safe in-person programs: Tashlich o the Capital Trail, Shabbat in the Lot, and Jamming for Joy.
During these programs, sta witnessed a community reconnecting safely and in-person. One family said, “It’s so great to fi nally be home again.”
Continued cultivation of meaningful programming opportunities that connect families’ personal values with the Center’s mission at a space for K’dusha (intentionality and presence) remains the driving purpose behind JCC youth programming, where there is already a strong emphasis on Kehillah (community).
For more information on youth o erings at the Weinstein JCC, contact Melissa Bunce at (804) 545-8658 or mbunce@weinsteinjcc.org.
(From left) Weinstein JCC members Max, Michael, Lauren, Jonah and Luke Plotkin enjoy a socially-
distanced Shabbat celebration with other JCC families at the fi rst “Shabbat in the Lot.”
The 5400 Club at the Weinstein JCC meets virtually on Mondays from 12:25-1:30 p.m. A Zoom meeting registration link will be emailed to members the Friday before each meeting.
For questions? Contact Shari MenloweBarck at sbarck@weinsteinjcc.org or (804) 5458611.
November Scheduled Programs
Nov. 2 - Dr. Karin Wulf, College of William & Mary, “Why Revisionism is Essential: Thinking about Early America in the 21st Century.”
Nov. 9 - Kim Martin, KLM Foundation, “The Florence B. Bowser E ect:
Rosenwald School Galvanizer.”
Nov. 16 - Book Fair: Dr. David Marwell, historian and author, “Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death.” See page 6 for details.
Nov. 23 - Dr. Jim Doering, Randolf Macon College, Musical Program, “Scared Silly: Hollywood’s Techniques for Scoring Frightening Films.”
Nov. 30 - Dr. Ronald Schechter, History professor, College of William and Mary, “The Secret Library of Marie Antoinette.”
Note: The programs and speakers listed are scheduled at Refl ector press time. Any changes to the speakers/programs will be communicated to members.
Join Beth Sholom for a special presentation: ‘Living with Dementia During COVID-19’
Beth Sholom is a certifi ed Memory Care Center of Excellence for the Hearthstone Institute’s I’m Still Here® approach
to dementia, the only program of its kind in Virginia.
We are pleased to announce that on Nov. 10 Michael Skrajner, director of Research and Innovation at the Hearthstone Institute, will be our guest speaker via Zoom to the Richmond community on “Liv-
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ing with Dementia During COVID-19.”
The program is set for noon - 1 p.m.
COVID-19 has changed all of our lives, but few people are as profoundly a ected by the crisis as persons living with dementia. The lifestyle changes to which we have all had to become accustomed during the pandemic, such as quarantines, social distancing, and mask wearing, can be extremely di cult for persons with dementia to understand.
This may lead to increased confusion and even depression for those dealing with cognitive challenges and those that care for them. In this presentation, Mr. Skrajner will talk about ways to help persons with dementia navigate the various challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. At the end of the presentation, he will answer questions submitted prior to the event.
As the director of Research and Innovation at Hearthstone, Mike oversees federally-funded clinical trials of non-pharmacological interventions for dementia. He also designs and implements internal research projects for Hearthstone to develop the evidence base for the company’s programs and operations.
As a senior faculty member of the Hearthstone Training Institute, Mike trains professionals and care providers nationally and globally on the I’m Still Here® Approach and Procedural Interval Learning, about which he has coauthored more than ten peer-reviewed articles.
Beth Sholom anticipates this to be the beginning of many in a series of “Lunch and Learn” topics for the community. Through programs such as this, we hope to o er some support to families and caregivers.
For more about this program, attend, or to submit your question, please email Communications@bslcc.org to request login information.
We hope you can join us! Beth Sholom Senior Living is supported, in part, by agenerous annual contribution, programming grants and COVID-19 Crisis Relief Funds from the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond. Living with Dementia During COVID-19 A free virtual presentation from Beth Sholom Senior Living Tuesday, November 10th, 12:00-1:00PM
Michael Skrajner, Director of Research and Innovation at the Hearthstone Institute, will discuss ways to help persons with dementia navigate the various challenges of the COVID-19 crisis.
Beth Sholom is a certified Center of Excellence for Hearthstone Institute’s “I’m Still Here®” approach to dementia care.
For information or to request a login code, email Communications@bslcc.org or call (804) 421-5355
1600 John Rolfe Parkway, Richmond, VA 23238 | www.bethsholomliving.org
Beth Sholom’s mission is to provide quality and comprehensive residential, health care and communitybased services to individuals of all faiths, in a manner that refl ects our Jewish traditions and values. For information call us at (804) 750-2183 or visit us online at bethsholomliving.com.
Beth Sholom and Generations Home Health Proudly Serving the Richmond Community Generations Home Health provides in-home skilled medical care and personal care designed to competently meet important needs of our neighbors. Whether you are recovering from illness or injury, managing a chronic disease, or simply trying to improve your quality of life in retirement, Generations has the multi-disciplinary team that can ensure you achieve optimal health outcomes while in the comfort of your own home. For more information contact us at (804) 421-5270.
Generations Home Health is jointly owned and operated by Beth Sholom in Richmond and Beth Sholom Village in Virginia Beach.
.JFS Happenings
Light the holidays for a neighbor in need with JFS Lights of Love 2020
The JFS Lights of Love campaign brought warmth and joy to almost 50 people who might otherwise have felt forgotten last holiday season.
Many generous, compassionate community members participated, buying gifts for their more vulnerable neighbors. The Weinstein JCC graciously hosted a giant Menorah display hung with paper fl ames that listed someone in need and their short holiday wish list. Every single fl ame was chosen, and every single person received gifts!
Last year, one elderly client had just moved into a new apartment, and her wish list included dishes and a fl oor mat. When she opened her door to see JFS Director of Human Resources and Volunteer Services Teresa Baldwin and her daughter Abbie struggling to carry three giant bags of home goods to get her settled in, she burst into tears.
As Teresa and Abbie left to make their next delivery, she said, “Thank you for thinking of me today.”
Lights of Love will look a little di erent this year, but the need is greater than ever. Kids in foster care need coats, art supplies, or a soft blanket to snuggle with. Elders might like cozy socks or puzzles and games to keep their minds active. You could even include a holiday game or treat that’s special to your family!
You can help bring holiday warmth and joy to your neighbors in need of a little light! We are shifting Lights of Love to an online format where you can choose someone to shop for without having to leave your house, and simply drop o the unwrapped gifts at JFS. Our sta and volunteers will wrap and deliver the gifts, spending a little time with each person, appropriately socially distanced of course.
Please keep an eye on your inbox and JFS’ Facebook page – facebook.com/jfs.richmond – for announcements and more details to come! If you know you’d like to participate or have any questions, reach out to Morgan Goad at mgoad@jfsrichmond.org or (804) 2825644 ext. 231. Jewish Family Services is supported, in part, by a generous annual contribution, a programming grant to support the Jewish Care Line and COVID-19 Crisis Relief Funds from the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond.
The “Lights of Love” display last year in the lobby at the Weinstein JCC. The Center hosted the display that featured paper “fl ames” with the Wish Lists for people to read, take and shop for. This year, “Lights of Love” has shifted to an online format. Details will be available soon at facebook.com/jfs.richmond.
Posing last year with some of the “Lights of Love” gifts are (from left) a JFS volunteer, JFS CEO Wendy Kreuter, volunteers Blanche Kornfeld and Debbie Sawyer and Teresa Baldwin, and JFS director of Human Resources and Volunteer Services. The group of fi ve were just some who helped wrap and
package the gifts last year. JFS Photo www.JewishRichmond.org
November is Adoption Awareness Month, and JFS Adoption and JFS Connecting Hearts are busier than ever!
JFS’ Adoption program is celebrating Adoption Awareness Month with a social for all the families they’ve helped grow over the years! While in the past they might have gathered at a park, this year JFS will host a family Zoom reunion!
Adoptive families and JFS Adoption sta will take the time to catch up, swap stories, and share what they’re thankful for.
Every November, JFS Connecting Hearts partners with WTVR CBS 6 to present “A Hand to Hold,” a 30-day campaign to raise awareness about children in Virginia’s foster care system awaiting adoption.
Every day in November, CBS 6 features a child or sibling group on Virginia this Morning, the evening news, and their website and social media outlets. This year, families who have adopted children from foster care will also tell their stories on the air.
The goal of the A Hand to Hold campaign is to find permanent, loving homes for the 30 children or sibling groups featured and to raise awareness about the other 1,000+ children in foster care awaiting adoption.
Last year, CBS 6 featured 31 children and 153 families reached out to JFS Connecting Hearts! Initiatives like “A Hand to Hold” are essential to spread the word and help recruit foster, adoptive, or kinship parents and find forever families for every child in central Virginia.
Tune in to CBS 6 all November long meet the children and youth looking for a family to welcome them home.
Children you might meet during A Hand to Hold.
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.Jewish Community Happenings
Jules Mintzer: A Guiding Force for 25 Years
The Federation honored Jules Mintzer with its Distinguished Community Service Award in 1995.
Courtesy of Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives. (Editor’s note) Jules Mintzer (OBM) was Executive Director of the Richmond Jewish Community Council and Jewish Community Federation of Richmond for a quarter of a century – 1953-1978. As the Federation celebrates 85 years of service in Richmond, we are sharing stories on some of the families, individuals and institutions who were and are the soul and legacy of our Jewish community. This is the second article in the series. We appreciate Robin Jackson assisting with conducting interviews, contributing information, writing articles. We also thank Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives for providing archival information as well photographs.
By Skip Kozakewicz
Refl ector Editor
For more than a quarter of a century, the guiding force behind a signifi cant part of the Jewish community of Richmond was Julius “Jules” Mintzer.
Commenting on Mr. Mintzer’s forthcoming retirement in August 1978 in the Refl ector, Federation President Hortense Wolf (OBM) referred to the high reputation and regard Jules– had earned nationally in the Jewish community organization fi eld as well as locally in Richmond’s general and social service communities.
“These past 25 years have been truly momentous periods in the growth and development of our Jewish community,” she noted.
Mrs. Wolf continued, “Jules has been the one who provided the personal spark and the high quality of professional skill and leadership that enabled the o cers, Board of Directors, and the Richmond Jewish Community to make such great progress over the past quarter century.”
She recognized his Annual Campaign leadership – a
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Jules and Rhoda Mintzer at a Federation Annual Meeting in
1996. From a Refl ector scan. grand total of $19,233,509 was raised during his 25 years. “The Campaigns have grown from a fi gure of $289,424 in the year prior to his arrival to drives exceeding the one-million-dollar mark in each of the last eight years.”
It is clear the Federation became the Jewish community’s address during this period. There was a strong sense of unity and cohesion with leadership coming from all elements of the community.
A warm and caring man, Jules Mintzer left an indelible mark on the community. Known for his foresight, and together with his wife, Rhoda, they helped build a strong foundation in both the Jewish and general communities during their time here.
Former Federation President Neil November (OBM) said in 2001 in the Refl ector, “Mr. Mintzer’s unusually long tenure as executive director stands as testament to his strengths in the position.”
Mr. November who knew Jules for several decades, continued, “He achieved it by being e ective, diplomatic and not rubbing anybody the wrong way – and that’s tough.”
A highlight of Jules’ years with the Federation, said Neil, came in 1976 with the eight-day Israeli Showcase. “This event took years to plan and it was an e ective show.”
In remarks during his retirement event hosted by the Federation in 1978, Jules noted, “The Richmond Jewish community has changed rapidly during the past 25 years. The Federation agenda now encompasses just about every concern facing Jewry at home and overseas. It has been successful in merging the ‘We’ and ‘They’ concept into a unifi ed, all Jews serving themselves.”
A native of Brooklyn, Jules Mintzer arrived in Richmond in 1953 as executive director of the then Richmond Jewish Community Council, and retired in 1978. He died in 2001 at age 87 in Massachusetts.
Prior to Richmond, he held positions as assistant director of the Jewish Federations of Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1946-1953.
During the early 1940s, he graduated from New York
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University with a B.S. degree in education and M.S. in sociology and earned master’s degree in social work from Columbia University. He served in the Army during World War II serving as a sergeant from 1942-1945.
Daughter Susie Mintzer Davidow, refl ected, “My father was an unbelievably warm and generous man who got along with everyone!”
Starting in the 1950s, she recalled, he was dedicated to helping people get started in Richmond who were settling here from abroad. He was deeply involved with the Russian Resettlement program here.
Son Ken Mintzer recalled recently, “My dad and mother were all about family. They also were devoted to the community here. Through the years, I am sure he could have moved on to larger cities and Federations. but both my dad and mom felt so much comfort here.”
Daughter Amy Mintzer Abramovitz recalled, “My mother was an only child. My father was from a large, warm, generous family with wonderful parents. Both of my parents valued education. They each had a master’s of Social Work degree. They were devoted to each other.”
They actually met at a social worker conference in Pittsburgh she noted. “That’s really remarkable.”
Amy Abramovitz continued, “My mother was a clinical social worker at Family and Children’s Service in Richmond. She was highly valued by colleagues, clients, and social work students. She also was an adjunct professor at VCU School of Social Work. She was recognized for the contributions she made in the Field Instruction of master’s level social work students at the VCU School of Social Work. Adele Karp was a valued colleague.”
She added, “I followed in her footsteps. I attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, receiving my MSW from there, and subsequently my LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker). Now retired, I worked for 35 years as a clinical social worker in the Newton Public Schools in Massachusetts,
Rhoda and Jules Mintzer are happily pictured surrounded by their family during their 45th wedding anniversary celebration in the mid-1950s. Standing are: granddaughter Talya Davidow; daughter in law Ann Mintzer; son in law Joel Abramovitz; daughter Susie Davidow; and son Ken Mintzer. Seated are daughter Amy Abramovitz who is holding her daughter Sarah with
her other daughters Miriam and Rachel next to their grandparents. Mintzer Family Photo.
working with individual students, groups, crisis intervention and advising principals.
Ken Mintzer who was born and raised in Richmond, graduating from VCU, o ered these reflections, “We are a family of social workers. We always had Shabbat family dinners together and my father impressed on me to be home for these dinners. It was understood and was very important for us to be together. Friday night was always special. My mother lighting the candles and my father saying the blessings are so memorable.”
He noted, “My father always stressed Tikum Olam – Repairing the World – to me and my sisters. He believed in this very much whether it was the Civil Rights Movement or helping those who were homeless and less fortunate.”
Ken also noted it was important he attend public high school – Thomas Je erson – during the forced busing period in Richmond. “My father and mother always stressed you needed to get along with people of di erent backgrounds. My father always believe in this - Repairing the World.”
In addition, being together with aunts, uncles, cousins and other family was important, he added.
Ken also recalls his father and mother never pushed him to major in Sociology or Social Work.
“In college, I initially was majoring in Anthropology and told my father I was not enjoying it,” he recalled.
“I remember my father saying, ‘maybe it’s time to get into the family business.’”
After college, Ken did have positions in both the Federation and JCC fields. “My father was always proud of this and was also pleased with my other career choices.”
Ken is currently the chief advancement o cer for APLA Health. “We provide medical, dental and behavioral health care and support services (14 food pantry’s, housing, etc) for low income members of the LGBTQ and underserved communities in the greater Los Angeles area though 20 locations.”
He noted, “My parents spirit and desire to provide Tikkun Olam -- To Repair the World -- around us to all people in need still lives within me today and their DNA is part of who I am.”
When Jules came to Richmond, he already was known to Holocaust Survivors Jay Ipson and his father, Israel.
Jay Ipson said recently he met Jules in Munich in 1946 when Jules was serving as deputy director of Camp Fochrenwald, a displaced persons camp housing approximately 5,500 Holocaust Survivors. It was sponsored by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
Jules was a contemporary of Jay’s father, and both served with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Munich. Israel Ipson was in charge of transportation at “the Joint.” which furnished vehicles- ambulances, trucks, etc.
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