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Why I Light My Menorah In The Window — And You Should, Too
The new Hanukkah stamp provided an unexpected source of inspiration for a writer. (Courtesy of U.S. Postal Service) By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — In the weeks before Hanukkah, with anticipation of the holiday brightly filling my mind, the darkening news of rising anti-Semitism in the U.S. began to filter in. As I pictured our menorahs burning in their usual place — the front windows of our home — a warning light began to blink. Though Hanukkah represents a victory of light over darkness — by the Maccabees over the Seleucid Empire, which resulted in the rededication of the Second Temple — recent events were causing me to rethink our window menorah lighting, turning me toward sharing our menorah kindling with only family and friends. But, surprisingly, like finding an extra Hanukkah candle in the box, a new U.S. Hanukkah postage stamp depicting a lit menorah in a window was an unexpected source of inspiration. For 17 years we've lived on a block where there are no other Jewish families. We've proudly placed our menorahs — whether lit by candle or by bulb — in our front windows, publicizing the miracle of the holiday both to our neighbors and ourselves. Saying the blessings and lighting the candles is a mitzvah, according to the Talmud, and by doing so, we were also recognizing the blessing of our freedom of religion and expressing our Jewish identity. In fact, it wasn’t really Hanukkah for me until I walked outside and, looking at the lit menorah emanating from my own window, affirmed that we had arrived to this time once again. Why was I worried now? Since the previous Hanukkah, nothing had changed in our multi-ethnic and multi-denominational neighborhood, a place where non-Jewish neighbors have wished me “Happy
Hanukkah” and at Passover “gut yontif.” But in the uncertain light of political change in our country, I was worried about what was emerging from the shadows: anti-Semitic iconography online, attacks on Jewish journalists, the re-emergence of Jewish conspiracy stories, Jewish college students being confronted with swastikas. Was this a wise time to let our light shine? Helping to banish my second thoughts, however, was that new stamp. The design — a traditional,
menorah was set instead in a prominent place inside the home.” Though the statement went on to say that “today in the U.S., many families have renewed the tradition of displaying the menorah in windows during the holiday,” I still wondered if “today” was one of those “not safe” times in history. Was it a good time to draw the light safely in and bring the flickering candles into the kitchen? After all, that’s the way my mother, who grew up in the Bronx borough of
branched menorah shown burning in a window against a background of falling snow — seemed innocuous enough, even unseasonably fanciful if you live in California, like me. But there it was, a government-issued reminder that in the window, where your neighbors can see it, is the place from which your menorah should send out its glow. Even so, a statement released by the Postal Service with the issue of the new stamp renewed my concerns when it reminded me that “at times in history when it was not safe for Jewish families to make a public declaration of faith, the
New York City in the 1930s, when anti-Semitism in America was on the rise, did it in our home. What was I afraid of? It wasn't as if I'm expecting a replay of the now famous Billings, Montana, incident in 1993, when, according to JTA, “a brick was thrown through the bedroom window of a 5-year-old Jewish boy, Isaac Schnitzer, who was displaying a Chanukah menorah.” But in an Anti-Defamation League report about anti-Semitic incidents issued before the presidential election, California was cited in 2015 as the state with the second-highest level of anti-Semit-
ic incidents. Adding to my sense of Jewish déjà vu, after the election, in mid-November, the ADL's national director, Jonathan Greenblatt, had announced at the organization’s yearly conference that the American Jewish community had “not seen this level of anti-Semitism in mainstream political and public discourse since the 1930s.” What these statistics challenged, I realized, was not my faith that miraculous things can happen, like a single cruse of oil burning for eight days, but my faith in another kind of miracle — freedom of religion and American pluralism. After national calls to deport Muslims, a recent spike in hate crimes in New York — with the majority of incidents directed at Jews — and closer to home, reports last year of a Jewish student at UCLA being harassed because of her identity, I realized that the menorah burning in the window isn't just a message to fellow Jews — it's a signal to any person that this was a free and safe place for anyone to openly identify and show his or her beliefs. If I, or anyone, were to light one candle at Hanukkah in full view of neighbors, it wouldn't be, contrary to the song, not just for the Maccabee children — it would be for all. It doesn't make any difference which side you were on in the recent election. What must be decided is how with candles, oil or electric bulbs we would vote now. Recalling that my mother’s parents, Joseph and Rebecca, had been strangers here about a century ago, I felt that the welcoming menorah light represented the freedom for which they had left everything behind. Plus, the act of putting our menorahs in the window would be See MENORAH on Page
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By: Walter J. Krygowski, Acting Director of Aviation, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Non-Stop International Travel from New Orleans Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport has seen tremendous growth in air service this year. The Airport achieved a new record high of 17 airlines with the recent announcements by British Airways, Choice Aire, and Condor. We also welcomed multiple new routes to both domestic and international destinations to reach all-time high of 58 non-stop destinations. Armstrong International is the only airport in Louisiana with 7
non-stop international destinations. One of the most recent and exciting announcements was made by British Airways. For the first time since the early 1980s, British Airways will provide non-stop from New Orleans to London. British Airways will provide non-stop service to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) four times weekly. Flights are scheduled to depart at 9:10pm from New Orleans arriving into London Heathrow’s Terminal 5 at 12 noon
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December 7, 2016 Abe Rubenstein 100 Years Young Here is a picture of Abe Rubenstein turning 100 years young on December 7, 2016. He and his wife, Shirley, have been living at Williamsburg Senior Living Community in Baton Rouge since Katrina. Mr. Rubenstein handmakes candy and cross stitches baby blankets in his spare time. Happy 100th Birthday! ì Friday, December 23 Beth Israel Scholar-in-Residence with Dr. Erica Brown 4:48PM-Candle Lighting 6:00PM-Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv 7:00PM-Dinner and Learning with our Scholar-in-Residence - “Where Have All Our Leaders Gone? A Biblical Study of Power and Influence” RSVP Required
Members: $18 pp Adults / $9 pp Children (ages 5-12) Non-Members: $25 pp Adults / $18 pp Children (ages 5-12) (All Children Under 4 free) ì Saturday, December 24 Beth Israel Scholar-in-Residence with Dr. Erica Brown 9:00AM-Shacharit 10:45AM-(Approx)- Drasha by Dr. Brown - “Heroes and She-roes in the Spirit of Chanukah” 11:45AM-The Kiddush Lunch (not yet sponsored) Contact the synagogue office to arrange for your Kiddush Mincha: 12:30PM Maariv / Havdalah / Shabbat Ends: 5:47PM ì Sunday, December 25 6:00 pm Beth Israel Chanukah Party! Join us for an evening of fun, food, learning, song and celebration at Beth Israel, which includes... A Delicious Buffet Dinner! A Gift Auction! Please bring a wrapped gift ($10 - $20 value) with a written clue as to its contents for others to bid on. And Much More!
If your group has an event that you would like for us to include on the Community Calendar please e-mail the information to jewishnews@bellsouth.net. All submissions are subject to acceptance of the Editor. ì Free to Members $18 Suggested Donation for NonMembers Sponsorships Available Please RSVP to: RSVP@BethIsraelNOLA.com ì Friday, December 30th (Following 6pm Chanukah Worship) Congregation Gates of Prayer Chanukah Dinner (Sponsored by Sisterhood) Experience Frank Levy, Interactive Storyteller
“The Smell of the Latkes”, A Tale For All Ages Open Seating Feel free to bring your own Menorah for this event. For your convenience, call Congregation Gates of Prayer @ (504) 885-2600 to make reservation with credit card. Please make checks payable to: CGoP Sisterhood. Your payment is your reservation. For more information, contact Dina Zeevi @ (405) 420-5424. *yes, (405) area code ì
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Exploring the Issues, Challenges and Opportunities of Sacred Aging FRIDAY 8:00PM “What Are We Seeking? Reinventing and reimagining life’s third age” Saturday 9:00 PM The “Art” of Care-giving 10:30 AM Making a Jewish Decision as Life Ebbs 12:00PM Lunch/Learn Creating New Rituals for Life’s New Stages Havdalah Standing in Life Before
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January 11,18, and 25, 2017 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Touro Synagogue Israel Reading Series 3 Sessions In January 2017 Led By Rabbi Berk New York Times Best-Seller Named One Of The Best Books Of The Year By The New York Times Book Review And The Economist Winner of the Natan Book Award, The National Jewish Book Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award My Promised Land, By Ari Shavit An authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of the State of Israel, by one of the most influential journalists writing about the Middle East today. Facing unprecedented internal and external pressures, Israel today is at a moment of existential crisis. Ari Shavit draws on interviews, historical documents, private diaries, and letters, as well as his own family’s story, illuminating the pivotal moments of the Zionist century to tell a riveting narrative that is larger than the sum of its parts: both personal and national, both deeply human and of profound historical dimension. Three consecutive but selfcontained sessions - come to one or all.ì
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Friday, January 20, 2017 following Shabbat services Touro Synagogue All The Sounds Of The Earth Are Like Music: The Great Broadway Musicals Of Richard Rodgers Be sure to join us for this special evening! Please join us for an unforgettable program as we explore the life, times and beautiful music of Richard Rodgers. George Dansker and
friends will treat us to a concert featuring an excerpt from each musical in which Rodgers collaborated with renowned lyricist, Oscar Hammerstein, II; from the familiar “Oklahoma!” and “The Sound of Music” to the less familiar “Pipe Dream” and “Allegro”. Come and celebrate the life and music of the composer who revolutionized the Broadway musical for all time! ì April 1, 2017 – No joke!! New Orleans Hyatt Regency JCRS Presents: Jewish Roots of Past, Present & Future! Mark your calendar NOW for the 2017 JCRS Jewish Roots Gala – the largest attended event for the Greater New Orleans Jewish community! ì
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twin great grandchildren, Sydney K. Haspel and Nathan J. Haspe. Proud parents are April and Lee Haspel and grandparents are David Haspel and Vickie Haspel. Harvey Lewis who just published the book, “A Legacy Preserved, Contemporary Louisiana Decoy Carvers.” Rachel and Bert Moore on the birth of their son, Jason Travis Moore, born on October 6, 2016. Jason’s grandparents are Betty and the late Herbert Moore and Karen and the late Melvin Presser. Greatgrandparents are the late Frederick Moore, the late Reni and Kurt Bloch, the late Una Moore Price and Wilfred Price, the late Fannie and Julius Presser and the late Doris and Sam Breen. Dr. Alan Sheen for winning the World Championship in the dead lift category at the World Championship of Bench Press and Dead lifters competition in Las Vegas on November 15th. He lifted 342 lbs! Alan also won second place in the bench press category by pressing 227 lbs. ì
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MENORAH Continued from Page 1 an opportunity to rekindle the core Jewish belief of welcoming the stranger. To push back the shadows, won’t you join me in a Hanukkah show of light? Help light the way for us, and for others: During the eight nights of Hanukkah, place your menorah where passers-by can see it. Take a photo or selfie, and post it on social
media with the hashtag #menorahinthewindow. Share the city, town or place where you are, and let us know why you are doing it. The strength of what we can do as a community — that is a miracle, too. (Be safe with your menorah, light it away from anything that can catch fire and do not leave it unattended. Edmon J. Rodman is a JTA columnist who writes on Jewish life from Los Angeles. Contact him at edmojace@gmail.com.) ì
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The World's Largest Hanukkah Menorah being lighted by then-New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg with Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman, Director of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, in 2013. (PR Newswire)
NEW YORK (JTA) -- Each year in Brooklyn, Chabad Rabbi Shimon Hecht ascends 33 and a half feet to light the tallest menorah in the world. But he’s not allowed to call it that anymore. By decree of a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical court, Hecht must cede the title of “World’s Largest Menorah” to another candelabra, this one also erected by a Chabad rabbi, also in New York. That menorah is, in fact, is six inches shorter than Hecht’s, but because it used the “tallest” moniker first, the court said it owns the title. “Every Hanukkah operation is meant for publicizing the miracle in a way that sanctifies God’s name and the name of Chabad, and not, God forbid, the opposite,” the judges wrote in the Dec. 1 decision. “So when another organization in the same city uses the same descriptor without permission from the plaintiff, it could cause the opposite of respect to Lubavitch.” Each Hanukkah since 1984, Hecht’s menorah has stood at Grand Army Plaza, a public plaza at the main entrance to Prospect Park in the upscale Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope. Across the river in Manhattan, the other Chabad menorah, erected by Rabbi Shmuel Butman, stands on Fifth Avenue at the southeastern corner of Central Park. The bases of both menorahs
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reach 32 feet, the maximum allowed by Jewish law. But Hecht’s central candle, called the shamash, pokes half a foot higher into the sky than Butman’s. “The whole spirit of the holiday is to spread the miracle” of Hanukkah, said Rabbi Moshe Hecht, Shimon Hecht’s son. “Putting menorahs out in the public garners attention.” Both rabbis lead institutions within the vast Chabad infrastructure. Shimon Hecht is rabbi of Chabad of Park Slope and Butman is the director of the Lubavitch Youth Organization. In the mid-1970s, former Chabad leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson began encouraging his emissaries to build public menorahs to increase awareness of the holiday and to inspire Jews to light their own menorahs. More than two decades after his death, Chabad rabbis put up large menorahs every year in cities around the world — one of the most visible signs of the global Hasidic Jewish outreach movement. Each New York menorah has staked its claim to being the world’s largest — and each has used that distinction for all the publicity it’s worth. The Manhattan menorah, first set See SIZE MATTERS on Page THE
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Why Planting More Trees in Israel is a Bad Idea Right Now By Jay Shofet
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Over the past few weeks, more than 1,700 brush fires across Israel have destroyed homes, vehicles and countless irreplaceable personal possessions. As a nation, we have also suffered severe damage to more than 32,000 acres of precious natural resources – woodlands, grass-lands and protected parklands, as well as the planted forests and the flora and ground-dwelling fauna that once thrived there. As the smoke clears, organizations and individuals from across the country and around the world are spearheading campaigns to help hundreds of Israeli families reconstruct their homes, restock their shelves and rebuild their lives. At the same time, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that the people of Israel would replant the forests that were burned. “In the place of every tree that was blackened, another 10 green trees will bloom,” he declared. While the sentiment is beautiful, ecology – the “facts in the ground,” if you will – dictates that the impulsive “plant, baby, plant” ideology commonly promoted by the Israeli government and the Jewish National Fund-Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael would only add insult to injury at this critical juncture. Put simply, replanting the forests would do irreversible damage to Israel's already weakened ecosystem. Having swapped countless trees for thousands of acres of scorched earth, the affected areas are in a very fragile ecological state. Disrupting it further by initiating treeplanting campaigns would be counterproductive at best. The reason, as explained to me in detail by our top ecologists at the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, is twofold. First, the destructive nature of the tree-planting process itself could do untold damage to the fragile soil. While most people who “donate trees” to Israel maintain the THE
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romanticized notion that small teams plant the trees by hand, the reality is that the process has “evolved” to become an industrialstyle undertaking. Because so many of the trees and other plants that had been protecting the soil are now gone, the threats of severe soil erosion and runoff due to wind and rain are very serious. Tree-planting staff and vehicles entering the sensitive areas would erode the soil further, leading to unnecessary long-term damage. Second, forests are capable of rejuvenating naturally, so planting additional trees would be redundant and harmful, with seedlings and saplings competing for nutrients and room to grow. As such, the rehabilitation process must rely on the natural renewal capabilities of the affected region based on the natural seed bank found in the ground itself, not on initiated tree planting. Knowing all this, you can understand why ecologists from the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel are urging the public to allow nature to run its course. It’s clear to us that the only way forward is patience, careful planning and consultation with experts in the field. Make no mistake: Being patient doesn’t mean sitting idle. We need to simultaneously launch a fullscale ecological survey to see how the affected areas are reacting naturally, and begin the development of “buffer zones” between human living areas and the previously wooded areas. In the aftermath of forest fires, highly adaptive and “opportunistic” plants like pine trees begin to overwhelm the affected areas. Our biggest challenge is effectively diluting these young seedlings so they won’t develop and create a dense carpet of green cover. If we mobilize teams quickly, we can prevent this and create a less dense and more patchy and diverse vegetation cover. If we allow the pine trees to grow – or support campaigns to plant even more pine trees in the devastated areas – we will do great damage to the natural balance and set the stage for yet another wildfire, due to the species’ repeatedly See MORE TREES on Page
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Kirk Douglas, On His 100th Birthday, Looks Back — and Ahead By Tom Tugend
LOS ANGELES (JTA) – Kirk Douglas — actor, director, producer, author, philanthropist and Torah student — is celebrating his 100th birthday on Friday, and there is a special treat in store for the centenarian. Douglas has been under strict medical orders to abstain from alcohol, but his cardiologist, Dr. P.K. Shah, promised the actor that if he made it to 100, he could have a glass of vodka. So at an afternoon tea party at an event space in Beverly Hills, Shah will be in attendance to personally administer the medication. Some 150 other guests will fete Douglas, ranging from his extended family, including three sons and seven grandchildren, to old friends like director Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Don Rickles and other Hollywood luminaries. Also on hand will be Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple in West Los Angeles, who has directed Douglas’ weekly Torah studies for many years. Wolpe also officiated at the actor’s second bar mitzvah, when Douglas – then only 83 – declared, “Today, I am a man.” Hosting the event will be Kirk Douglas’ son, Oscar winner Michael Douglas, and his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, who will also welcome leaders of numerous charities and institutions in the United States and Israel that have received approximately $118 million over the years from Douglas and his wife, Anne. “You have to give back," Douglas once explained. "I came from abject poverty. I didn’t dream of becoming a millionaire. So you have to pay back.” On Dec. 9, 1916, the future Kirk Douglas was born in the upstate New York town of Amsterdam as Issur Danielovitch, the son of an illiterate Russian-Jewish immigrant who supported his family of six THE
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daughters and one son as a rag picker and junkman. His rise to one of Hollywood’s top male stars in the 1950s and ‘60s is the stuff of American legend. In most of his 87 movies, the blond, blue-eyed boy who once laid tefillin every morning was now cast as just about the toughest, roughest guy around. But this is only part of the story. Douglas is the author of 11 books, including harsh childhood recollections, explaining the Holocaust to children and love verses to his wife, as well as tracing his recovery from a helicopter crash, stroke and attempted suicide. Douglas is now reading the proofs for his 12th book, coauthored with his wife and titled, “Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter and a Lifetime in Hollywood.” With all these accomplishments, ask Douglas about his proudest recollection and he will point to his act of moral courage in breaking the Hollywood blacklist of alleged communists during the McCarthy red-hunting era. He did so by insisting that the name of writer Dalton Trumbo, who had been blacklisted for a decade, be publicly credited for the “Spartacus” screenplay, despite warnings that such a provocation would end Douglas’ own Hollywood career. Most of his old friends who will attend the party are familiar with another of the actor’s talents -- for pithy observations on life, love and advice to future generations. On religious observance: “I don’t think God wants compliments. God wants you to do something with your life and to help others.” On the appeal of Torah study: “The Torah is the greatest screenplay ever written. It has passion, incest, murder, adultery, really everything.” In his heyday, when Douglas was as famous for his egocentricity and womanizing as his screen roles, he spared little time and interest for his Jewish heritage. However, he observed, “I always fasted on Yom Kippur. I still worked on the movie set, but I fasted. And let me tell you, See KIRK DOUGLAS on Page
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The Jewish Story Behind the Broadway Hit 'Falsettos' By Linda Buchwald
NEW YORK (JTA) — The opening number in the Broadway musical "Falsettos” — currently being revived on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre — is called "Four Jews in a Room Bitching." Featuring sample lyrics like "I'm neurotic, he's neurotic, they're neurotic, we're neurotic. Bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch,” it immediately places the audience in the often humorous environment of Jewish neuroses and self-deprecation. "The people I know are kind of neurotic and very funny and quickwitted, and that's what I was trying to write,” said William Finn, the show's composer and lyricist, who
also co-wrote the book with James Lapine. “I was trying to set up a world where that was the tenor of the conversation.” The critically acclaimed production of "Falsettos," running through Jan. 8, was praised for remaining relevant, even though times have changed — marriage equality is a reality and AIDS is no longer a death sentence. Yet the tribulations of love and family are timeless, and the show also remains an accurate depiction of modern Judaism. "Falsettos" actually began as two one-act musicals —"March of the Falsettos" was written in 1981 and "Falsettoland" in 1990. In 1992, the
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two were combined into Act 1 and Act 2 of the Broadway musical. "Four Jews in a Room Bitching" was supposed to be the title of "March of the Falsettos" until Lapine, who directed the original production and is also directing the revival, insisted Finn change it -Lapine said he wouldn't direct a show with that name. In Act 1, Marvin (played in the revival by Christian Borle), a selfish but likable man, tries to navigate relationships with his ex-wife Trina (Stephanie J. Block), his boyfriend Whizzer (Andrew Rannells), his psychiatrist Mendel (Brandon Uranowitz) and his son, Jason (Anthony Rosenthal). Act 2 takes place two years later, in 1981. Marvin and Trina are fighting over planning Jason's bar mitzvah when Whizzer falls ill with the disease that would later be known as AIDS. Jason wants to cancel the bar mitzvah, but in a moving conclusion, ultimately decides to hold the coming-of-age rite in Whizzer's hospital room. The Marvin character actually first appeared in an earlier one-act, "In Trousers," in 1979. "He was imperfect, and I found that he could contain a lot of the misery and humanity that I was trying to express," Finn said about why he kept coming back to him. Now in 2016, Finn is revisiting Marvin again. "I'm shocked how well it's stood the test of time," he said. "Thirty years later, it could have been written yesterday and I can't tell you how that pleases me because I was petrified that it wasn't going to hold up." Finn spoke to JTA about his own bar mitzvah, why the show is so Jewish and more. JTA: A bar mitzvah is a big part of the show. Did you have a bar mitzvah? What do you remember about it? Finn: I certainly had a bar mitzvah. I remember doing not only my haftarah, but two other Torah portions — and I remember always going for the high notes. I wanted to impress the chorus. In fact [in “Falsettos”], the haftarah Jason starts singing was originally my haftarah — and then I got bored in the middle writing it. Then I just started writing a few Hebrew words because I knew I wanted to end
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Clockwise from left: Anthony Rosenthal, Betsy Wolfe, Tracie Thoms, Christian Borle, Andrew Rannells, Brandon Uranowitz and Stephanie J. Block performing in the musical "Falsettos." (Joan Marcus)
with "abba"— father. That's why it doesn’t make any sense if you know Hebrew. I was just musicalizing words. What was your Jewish upbringing like? My rabbi was Rabbi Harold Kushner, who wrote "When Bad Things Happen to Good People." I went to Hebrew school and then I went to Hebrew high school at Temple Israel in Natick [Massachusetts]. How would you describe the role Judaism played in your life then and now? Well, I'm a big Jew. I now belong to Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the gay and lesbian temple in New York City. They just moved to a new building, the first time they’ve had a permanent home, and I gave the biggest contribution I've ever given because I think it's really important that there be a temple like that for those people. Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum is a wonderful, brilliant gal and an inspirational rabbi. I enjoy going to services. I just don't do it as frequently as I should. And I write songs for them occasionally. You mentioned that it's important that there be a synagogue like this. As a gay man, were you always in an accepting Jewish community? I've been going to this temple for a long time. No one calls it temple, only I do. And, of course, there was nothing bad since there was a temple for people like me — there was of course no resistance. In writing "Falsettos," did you always intend for Judaism to be such a big part of the show? Yes. Well, when you start out a show with the song "Four Jews in a Room Bitching," there better be a See FALSETTOS on Page THE
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FALSETTOS Continued from Page 12 payoff at the end. And the bar mitzvah [scene] I find incredibly moving. There's so much about what it means to be a man in the show. It's not only the kid becoming a man — it's kind of all the men becoming men. It's a metaphor that resonates. Can you talk about writing "Four Jews in a Room Bitching?" How did that idea come to you? I know exactly where it happened: I was walking across Central Park going to my friend's house; she lived on 68th and Third. I live on the Upper West Side, much higher. I was right around the Reservoir and thought of "Four Jews in a Room Bitching" and I got [hums the melody] — and I did not want to forget that, so I'm humming this for however long it takes me. I'm not sure why I didn't take a cab, but I'm sure I couldn't afford a cab at that time. She had a piano, so I went to her house and I just wrote it down immediately. I also wanted to talk about "Miracle of Judaism,” Jason's song about which girls he should invite to his bar mitzvah, and "Another Miracle of Judaism,” in which Jason tells God he will have a bar mitzvah if Whizzer doesn't die. The first one is funny, but when it comes back, it's heartbreaking. I'm not sure I knew how it was going to play out, that it was going to end up so moving. I didn't know when I was writing the first "Miracle of Judaism" that he was going to sing it as he was batting [he plays baseball in this scene], but that worked out well. When you put things together, you discover things that you didn't know you knew. I so much love "Another Miracle of
KIRK DOUGLAS Continued from Page 11 it’s not easy making love to Lana Turner on an empty stomach.” Kirk was upstaged by his second and current wife at the celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary in 2004. The former Anne Buydens startled the guests by announcing that she had converted to Judaism. “Kirk has been married to two shiksas,” she declared. “It’s about time he married a nice Jewish girl.” Douglas has always had a special spot in his heart for Israel. In “The Juggler,” he starred in the first THE
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Judaism" because it's so incredibly moving where he talks to God asking him to save Whizzer. Everyone's turning out to be mensches because they didn’t start out that way. Why did you decide to have the bar mitzvah in the hospital room? Basically, we knew that there was going to be another [musical after "March of the Falsettos"], and we had talked about there being AIDS. And I said: "Yeah, but I can't have AIDS be peripheral in the show, and I don't know that I could write about AIDS head-on because the horror is too real and I don't want to trivialize it." [Then] I had a dream. I always forget my dreams, but in this dream, Jason's getting bar mitzvahed, they fight about the bar mitzvah, Whizzer gets sick, and Jason decides to have the bar mitzvah in the hospital room. I dreamt it, called Lapine the next day and said, "Let's have a reading in two months” — and we did. "Falsettos" is running on Broadway and so is a revival of "Fiddler on the Roof." These are probably two of the most Jewish musicals ever written. What do you think about having your musical running on Broadway at the same time as "Fiddler"? I loved "Fiddler." That is a beautiful production and it's a beautiful show. Once I was lucky enough to see a version of it with [lyricist] Sheldon Harnick sitting next to me, and just his being there made me sob during the whole thing. He's so lovely. I was at this talkback [after "Falsettos"] the other day and a young girl said, "I'm Jewish, but I've never felt more Jewish than at this show," and I said, "I don't know what that means, but I take it as a compliment." ì
Hollywood feature to be shot in the Jewish state, returning later for “Remembrance of Love” and “Cast a Giant Shadow.” Shortly before his 100th birthday, Douglas recalled a blessing he first pronounced on his 90th birthday. “In the Jewish tradition, a birthday gives a person special powers and if he issues a blessing, his blessing will come true,” he said. “I bless all the people in the land of Israel that the current conflicts resolve themselves, that no more people die or are hurt, and that you can continue your lives in peace.”ì
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Eggnog Donuts Recipe for Chrismukkah By Shannon Sarna
(The Nosher via JTA) — It’s sufganiyot season, and there are few things that make me as enthralled as legitimate, cultural/religious reason to eat copious amounts of freshly fried donuts. Sufganiyot, or donuts, are traditionally round fried donuts filled with raspberry jam and dusted with powdered sugar. But in Israel, much like here in the States, beautiful, diverse flavors increasingly take over in abundance each year. I love seeing photos from friends in Israel chronicling the beautiful dis-plays of sufganiyot.
This year, Christmas and Hanukkah fall on the same nights, and so of course I wanted to mash-up the holidays and celebrate with one glorious, spiced hybrid: eggnog donuts. I added dark, sweet rum to the glaze, but of course you can leave it off and just use storebought eggnog. Or even plain milk. Ingredients: For the dough: • 2 tablespoons dry yeast • 1/2 cup lukewarm water • 1/4 cup plus 1 teaspoon sugar • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour • 2 eggs • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg • 2 teaspoons salt • 2 tablespoons butter, softened • Vegetable oil for frying • Special equipment: wooden skewer, piping bag, round piping tip For the glaze: • 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg • 2 teaspoons dark rum (optional) • 2-3 tablespoons eggnog • For the filling: • 1 package vanilla pudding mix Directions: Prepare the vanilla pudding according to directions on the box. Place in refrigerator to set and chill.
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To make the dough: In a small bowl combine yeast and warm water. Sprinkle sugar on top and mix lightly. Allow to sit until foamy, around 10 minutes. When yeast mixture is ready, in a large bowl combine it with flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, eggs and butter, using a wooden spoon until a sticky dough forms. On a floured surface, knead dough until it is smooth, shiny and bounces back when touched, around 8 to 10 minutes. Place in an oiled bowl and allow to rise 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until doubled in size. To assemble: On a lightly floured work surface, roll dough to 1/4inch thickness. Using a 2 1/2-inch round cutter or glass, cut rounds. You may have to roll out the dough a few times. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise another 20 to 25 minutes. Heat oil in a pot on medium heat until a thermometer measures 370 degrees. If you don’t have a thermometer, raise the heat to lowmedium heat and test one of the doughnuts. If the oil immediately starts bubbling and the donut begins browning, it is the right temperature. If it doesn’t bubble at all, heat needs to be higher. If the oil splatters or the doughnut starts browning too quickly, heat needs to be turned down. Using a slotted spoon, place 3 to 4 donuts into the oil. Allow to fry on each side, around 40 seconds or until golden brown. Remove from oil and place onto a plate lined with paper towel. Once excess oil has been removed, place donuts on a drying rack to cool. When all the donuts have been fried and cooled, begin to fill. Fill pastry bag with prepared vanilla pudding. If you don’t have a tip, you can just snip the corner of the pastry bag with a scissor. Using a wooden skewer or toothpick, make a hole in the side of each doughnut. Fit the pastry tip into a hole, pipe about 2 to 3 tablespoons worth of pudding in each donut. Repeat with remaining donuts. In a medium bowl, whisk together confectioners sugar, rum, if using, See EGGNOG DONUTS on Page THE
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Spicy Mexican-Inspired Cholent Recipe By Aly Walansky
(The Nosher via JTA) -- I grew up in a traditional Jewish home eating my mom’s cholent, which had been my grandma’s recipe. It was always one of my favorite meals; I often chose it for birthday dinners and special occasions. When I moved out, I took the recipe with me — but decided it was time to modernize it a bit and make it my own. I’ve always loved food packed with flavor, and I’m a big fan of Mexican food, so I decided to take the family cholent recipe and reimagine it with influences of carne asada or a rustic chili. The result is Mexican cholent. It’s spicy and comforting, and a favorite whenever I have friends over. I often pair it with a scoop of guacamole to cool down the heat (but you can always make it less spicy by cutting down on the chilies in adobo sauce or halving the taco seasoning — be bold though!). Ingredients: • 2-pound brisket, fat trimmed (or you can use 4 marrow bones plus 1 pound cubed beef stew) • 1 onion, diced • 3 garlic cloves, minced • 2 Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and chopped • 1 16-ounce bag cholent bean mix OR 2 cups pearl barley and 1 cup dry red kidney beans, soaked in 2 cups warm water
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In addition to the victory parades of the ancient Maccabees that celebrated their political independence, the original holiday also took the form of a Temple Rededication Ceremony. In the Second Book of the Maccabees, which quotes from a letter sent circa 125 BCE from the Hasmoneans to the leaders of Egyptian Jewry, the holiday is called "The festival of Sukkot celebrated in the month of Kislev (December)," rather than Tishrei (September). Since the Jews were still in caves fighting as guerrillas on Tishrei, 164 BCE, they could not properly honor the eight-day holiday of Sukkot (and Shemini Atzeret), which is a Temple holiday; hence it was postponed until after the recapture of Jerusalem and the purification of the Temple. This--not the Talmudic legend of the cruse of oil--explains the eight day form of Chanukah. The use of candles may reflect the later reported tradition of Simchat Beit HaShoava (Water-drawing Festival),the all-night dancing in the Temple on Sukkot, which required tall outdoor lamps to flood light on the dance floor of the Temple courtyard. "They celebrated it for eight days with gladness like Sukkot and recalled how a little while before, during Sukkot they had been wan-
dering in the mountains and caverns like wild animals. So carrying lulavs [palm branches waved on Sukkot]...they offered hymns of praise (perhaps, the Hallel prayer) to God who had brought to pass the purification of his own place" (II Maccabees 10:6-7). The connection between Sukkot and Chanukah (as the Rabbis later called it) goes beyond the accident of a postponed Sukkot celebration. Sukkot is the holiday commemorating not only the wandering of the Jews in the desert in makeshift huts but the end of that trek with the dedication of the First Temple (i.e. the permanent Bayit/ Home of God in Jerusalem by King Solomon circa 1000 BCE). "King Solomon gathered every person of Israel in the month of Eitanim (Tishrei) on the holiday (Sukkot) in the seventh month…for God had said, 'I have built a House for my eternal residence'" (I Kings 8:2, 12). Thus the Maccabean rededication celebration is appropriately set for eight days in the Temple. Reprinted with permission of the author from A Different Light: The Big Book of Hanukkah, published by the Shalom Hartman Institute and Devora Publishing. Noam Zion is the Director of Shalom Hartman Institute's Resource Center for Jewish Continuity. He specializes in teaching Jewish Holidays, Bible and Art, and has edited several educational books for the Shalom Hartman Institute. For all things Jewish: MyJewishLearning.com ì
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What kinds of wills are there and can I draft my own will? To answer the first part of your question- there are two types of valid wills in Louisiana- OLOGRAPHIC and NOTARIAL. According to the Louisiana Civil Code, an olographic will is one that is written, signed and dated ENTIRELY in the handwriting of the person making the will. This type of will may be notarized, but does not have to be. There are many problems that can arise with an olographic will that can cause the will or parts of the will to be invalided. The most common problem is that the will is not written in the proper form under the law. This can be dating issues, improper signatures, or the lack of proper language used to designate the document as a will. Another common problem arises when a perSIZE MATTERS Continued from Page 8 up about a decade before its Brooklyn rival, stands between the posh Plaza and Pierre Hotels on Fifth Avenue. Designed by Israel artist Yaacov Agam, the menorah’s candlesticks rise from a rectangular base and shoot off diagonally. A string of New York City mayors and New York State governors have ascended in an electrician’s cherrypicker to light the Fifth Avenue menorah -- though former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and current Mayor Bill de Blasio have lit candles at both locations. In 2006, the Fifth Avenue menorah scored a coup — it got Guinness World Records to certify it as “World’s largest menorah.” “The prominence of the menorah carries an additional message," Butman, who wouldn’t comment to JTA, said in a 2014 press release. "The Rebbe teaches that soon there will be another light, an eternal light, the eternal light of Moshiach, the eternal light of the Great Redemption." But until the rabbinic ruling on Dec. 1, the Brooklyn menorah hadn’t let go of its claim to the title. Standing opposite a military memorial in the center of Grand Army Plaza, it rises from a single goldcolored stem that widens into an angled candelabra. Last year, Hecht drew 2,000 people to the first candle-lighting and expects a similar THE
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son uses a “will form” that contains some typed information. Often, the typed portions of the will be invalidated because those segments were not “handwritten” as required. The second type of will is notarial- meaning created by and/or signed by a notary and two witnesses. This type of will is usually created with the assistance of an attorney and is usually type-written except for the signatures. The notarial will also must follow the rules as to proper dating, signatures and form, to be valid. To answer the second part of your question- Yes. You can draft your own will without assistance. But, because of the rules dictated by the Louisiana Civil Code and the possibility of the will or parts of the will possibly being invalidated, it turnout this year. To promote the menorah, Hecht runs the website www.largestmenorah.com and — until the court decision — advertised it on the Facebook page World’s Largest Menorah. Both the website and Facebook page feature a logo of a menorah rising from a globe. The dispute, said Schneerson biographer Samuel Heilman, exemplifies Chabad’s dilemma since its leader’s death in 1994. Decades ago, Hecht and Butman would have appealed directly to the rebbe, whose word was final. But now, a variety of sometimes competing Chabad institutions can operate independently of one another. “Chabad is now no longer led by a single authority, and today is really in a situation where each emissary or each territory is its own independent operator,” said Heilman, who co-wrote the biography “The Rebbe,” published in 2012. In this case, the court became the acting authority. In the ruling, the judges ordered Hecht to change his promotional materials or surrender them to Butman, and to instead use a descriptor like “The central menorah of Brooklyn.” Moshe Hecht said he and his father are still working on a re-branding. “We’re Jews, so we have to follow the ruling of the beis din [rabbinic court], and no further comment on that,” he told JTA. “It’s going to be the same menorah it’s been for the last 30 years.” ì
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ZICHRON YAAKOV, Israel (JTA) – Kobi Ifrach stood on a stage in England wearing nothing but gold body paint, a Speedo and an Israeli flag. He had just become the first Israeli to win the Junior Mr. Universe bodybuilding competition. Back home in this northern Israeli town, Ifrach's haredi Orthodox parents were cheering him on. Days earlier they had lit Shabbat candles and prayed for his victory. Ifrach, 20, left the path of strict Jewish observance during high school and now abides instead by the strictures of bodybuilding -working out for hours every day and following a carefully regimented diet. But he remains close with his family and credits much of his success to the discipline of his religious up-bringing. “Since you’re young, they teach you to have a strict order to your days. You have to wake up in the morning and pray and wrap tefillin, and you take this discipline with you wherever you are in life,” Ifrach told JTA. “I still have this order and this discipline of doing the things I need to do.” Ifrach grew up in Zichron Yaakov, the youngest of eight brothers and sisters born to Moroccan immigrant parents. The children attended haredi Orthodox schools. Two of Ifrach's older brothers introduced him to weightlifting when he was 11 years old. At his yeshiva in Tiberias, he would hide dumbbells under his bed and skip
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prayers to work out. In class, he would doodle pictures of superheroes and bodybuilders instead of studying Torah. “Bodybuilding chose me. I didn’t choose it,” Ifrach said. “I liked something about these very masculine characters. I was interested in them.” After a brief stint in an all-boys army preparatory program, Ifrach dropped out of school and moved home to devote himself full time to bodybuilding. “I couldn’t sit and study while I was thinking of working out. I needed to do what my heart wanted,” he said. "Anyway, I don’t think I would have continued with religion. It wasn’t in my soul.” Ifrach’s parents tried to convince him to stay in the haredi world. His obsession with bodybuilding made little sense to them. “I was worried. I didn’t know where it was going to lead,” his mother, Ruti, said as she prepared Shabbat dinner. “He was making a balagan [fiasco] in the kitchen every time he needed to eat. I was waking up in the middle of the night thinking the house was on fire. I’d come into the kitchen, and he’d just be eating his rice and chicken.” “Our parents always wanted us to go their way, to stay in the haredi world, for the men to study in the yeshiva, for the women to be daughSee MR. UNIVERSE on Page THE
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MR. UNIVERSE Continued from Page 18 ters of Jacob,” said Ifrach’s sister, Hagit, 37, using a term for an ideal haredi woman. Ifrach eventually moved into an apartment in a nearby non-haredi neighborhood with his brother Mayer, a 26-year-old special needs teacher and amateur bodybuilder. They still live together, along with a gregarious Rottweiler named Revi. Together they own and manage a bodybuilding supplement shop called Kobi Body. Their apartment is filled with Ifrach's trophies and medals, as well as one photo of the two beefcake brothers nearly nude. Seven days a week, Ifrach wakes up and drinks a protein shake before spending 30 minutes practicing poses in front of the mirror. An hour later he eats a portion of tuna and rice. Two hours after that he lifts weights for three hours and drinks another protein shake, sometimes followed by running stairs. Lunch is a portion of chicken breast and rice. After a few hours -- typically spent working at the supplement shop -- he has dinner: an omelet made from a dozen eggs,
nine of them without the yolks. At day's end, he poses in the mirror for another 30 minutes before sending off a selfie to his trainer, Dani Kaganovich, another young bodybuilder who has won several international tournaments. Together they tweak the regimen for the following day, including how many grams he will weigh out for each meal. Ifrach’s regimented life leaves little room for hobbies and friends. Along with his brother, he spends most of his free time with his girlfriend, Yuval Azulay. Ifrach likes to cook for her, even if he can't enjoy the results. Azulay is 18 and doing national service for the Magen David ambulance service before starting a career in teaching. In an inverse situation to Ifrach’s, she comes from a secular family but became observant. Ifrach competed in his first bodybuilding competition, the Mr. Israel junior event, in the coastal city of Netanya in 2012, at 16. He finished second, but the next year he took first place. He followed up in 2014 by winning the Mr. World youth competition in Malta, then took the title again the following year in
Brazil. As Ifrach rose in the bodybuilding world, his family came to support him, and with them came much of the community. By all accounts, the process started with his mother. “You have to understand, my father is a very respected rabbi in the community. Everyone is seeking his advice and coming here to consult with him about religious and personal issues,” Hagit Ifrach said. “Seeing Kobi on the stage the first time, wearing only underwear, was a shock. But they saw my mother come up after he won with a wig and a long dress and a head covering, and hugging and blessing him. When that happened, everybody understood it was OK.” A little more than a month after winning Junior Mr. Universe in October, Ifrach is halfway through
his two-month recovery period. Next year, or in 2018, he plans to compete for the men's Mr. Universe title won four consecutive times from 1967 to 1970 by movie star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. "Other competitors get drunk on their success," Ifrach said. "They're not focused enough on their training, so they won't win again the next year. I will." Ifrach hopes to follow Schwarzenegger's path to becoming Mr. Olympia, which he considers the high-est bodybuilding title. But for now he is enjoying the time off, which he said is essential to his physical and spiritual recovery. It's also important to his mom. “At least for a couple months a year, he eats my Moroccan fish,” she said. ì
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