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www.JewishNaples.org Y March 2021 – Adar/Nisan 5781 Y Vol. 30 #7 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 9 Men’s Cultural Alliance 10 Women’s Cultural Alliance 12 Community Focus 14 Tributes 16 Jewish Interest 29 Israel & the Jewish World 30 Commentary 32 Organizations 35 Synagogues 37 Focus on Youth 39 Community Directory

4 Virtual trip to Israel Join us on a Zoom virtual Israel trip to the “Wonders of the Negev,” brought to you by the Israel Advocacy Committee (IAC).

Spring and new beginnings By Federation President/CEO Jeffrey Feld and Federation Board Chair Jane Schiff

ometimes in Florida, it’s hard to recognize spring as it creeps in, slightly warmer day by day, with the heavy humidity of summer yet to arrive. Whatever the season, this is the spring of our Jewish community. The Holocaust Museum has its new space. In fact, it is enlarging, with muchneeded storage and classroom space. The Naples Senior Center has its zoning approval and is working toward a new home. And we, the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, are working our way through the permitting process in hopes of a groundbreaking for our exciting and fabulous Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center in the very near future. We will announce our groundbreaking plans in the weekly e-blast as soon as they have been firmed up. All this growth in our Jewish community is our spring. For the last 50-plus years in the Greater Naples area, Jews have come, made homes and settled very comfortably. The sprouting of new buildings

for the community is an outward manifestation of that growth. It is an exciting time to be in our Naples area. It is an exciting time to be a Jew in Naples, Florida. The pandemic has not slowed our growth. Many of us have enjoyed the plethora of virtual offerings that JFGN, Women’s Cultural Alliance and Men’s Cultural Alliance have made available. We hear stories that people from Canada and almost all 50 states have enjoyed our offerings. We are staying in touch. We are remaining a strong community, despite the obstacles the last year has put in our path. We have built an inclusive, caring and supportive community. And you have made that possible through your increasing gifts to Federation’s Annual Campaign, which supports elderly, education and engagement. Thank you! The Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center will house our programs, allowing us to be together when this horrible pandemic is in our rearview mirror. We all miss seeing,

Members in the News Community members tapped to chair U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s southeast virtual event. 13 Last Four Book Festival Events Don’t miss the final four events of the 2020-21 Book Festival, reportedly the best Festival to date.

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Jane Schiff and Jeffrey Feld kibbitzing and hugging. We need a safe space to do that. We need a comfortable, inviting and inclusive place to gather for special events, like the Book Festival, as well as for everyday events, like games, lectures and meetings. We need your help to make it come to life. Please, please consider giving a gift to help us create a home for the entire Jewish community. Contact Marcy Friedland at 239-263-4205 or by emailing mfriedland@ jewishnaples.org with your gift, or pledge of a gift, to make the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center a Jewish home you helped make happen. Gifts may be paid over a few years or in a lump sum, whichever works best for you. Let’s all chip in to make our new home one that we all built!

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The Jewish Community Relations Council’s (JCRC) Jewish Community Day of Learning will take place on Sunday, March 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. The Evening of Learning will take place on Wednesday, March 10 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. More information on the speakers can be found on page 3 of this issue of the Federation Star.

Virtual trip to Israel Join us on a Zoom virtual Israel trip to the “Wonders of the Negev” on Tuesday, March 23 at 10 a.m. This program is brought to you by the Israel Advocacy Committee (IAC). Check out some amazing pictures in this issue!

Chief Jim Bloom of the Collier County Sheriff ’s Office to speak on hate crimes. • Yom Ha’atzmaut Concert – Monday, April 19 at noon – Community-wide Yom Ha’atzmaut concert via Zoom All these virtual programs will take place on Zoom. Some programs are free, while others have a fee. More information on all of the above programs can be found throughout this Federation Star and in our Monday weekly e-blast. Please make sure to register via the link that is provided in the weekly e-blasts. If you need help registering, please ask me. A confirmation email will be sent to you, immediately after you register. The Zoom link is emailed to you about two hours prior to the start of each program. Please contact me, your program director, at rbialek@jewishnaples.org with any questions. Please like us on Facebook!

Other Events Please enjoy a few more Book Festival events this month. Save these important April dates: • CJD “HateCrimes” – Sunday, April 18 at 2:30 p.m. – Catholic Jewish Dialogue (CJD) hosts

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he Catholic Jewish Dialogue (CJD) of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples is pleased to announce that Chief Jim Bloom of the Collier County Sheriff ’s Office will present a program on hate crimes, a topic of deep interest to our community. Chief Bloom is a 28-year veteran of the Collier County

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Sheriff ’s Office, rising through the ranks to increasingly responsible positions and currently serving as Chief of Operations. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, has a Master of Science degree in Public Administration from Central Michigan University continued on page 3

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The annual Jewish Community Day of Learning with evening bonus — a not-to-be-missed event By Jeff Margolis

he Greater Naples community is invited to attend the 5th Annual Jewish Community Day and Evening of Learning on Sunday, March 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. and Wednesday, March 10 at 7 p.m. The theme of this year’s Day of Learning program, which will be presented in a virtual format, is “It’s Chai Time to Visit Jewish Neighbors.” The program is proudly presented by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), a committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples.

Our third presenter was to be professor and author, Dr. Steven ( z ”l ) D e r f l e r, on his selected topic, “The Jews of China.”Sadly, Dr. Derfler passed away unexpectedly Cantor Donna Azu on Jan. 25. His program and expertise will be greatly missed. May his memory be for a blessing.

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This year’s featured speakers include noted cultural anthropologist, Dr. Ron Duncan Hart, director of the Jewish Learning Channel and former president of the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society. Dr. Hart will

speak about Crypto-Jews. He has written extensively about the topic, with his most recent works being, “Crypto-Jews: The Long Journey” and “Jews and the Arab World: Intertwined Legacies.” He is co-author and editor of the awardwinning book, “Fractured Faiths: Spanish Judaism, the Inquisition and New World Identities.” Naples’ own Cantor Donna Azu of Temple Shalom will present a program about the Jews of Persia, drawing on her own personal cultural experiences. Cantor Azu received her Bachelor of Music degree in opera performance and music education from California State University. She earned her master’s degree in sacred music from the Hebrew Union College. Dr. Ron Hart

An added learning bonus this year is the “Evening of Learning,” which will take place on Wednesday evening, March 10 at 7 p.m. The panel discussion, titled “Keeping the Faith and so Much More During the Pandemic,” includes a dynamic panel of guests. Local clergy scheduled to

participate include Rabbi Adam Miller of Temple Shalom, Pastor Lonnie Mills from Macedonia Baptist Church, Reverend Edward Gleason from Trinity-by-theCove Episcopal Church, Reverend Dawson Taylor from Naples United Church of Christ and Fr. Hugh McGuigan from Our Lady of Light Catholic Church in Estero. The panel will focus on questions dealing with life-cycle events, and how the clergy has tried to bring comfort and faith during these unprecedented times, when houses of worship are closed due to COVID-19. Participation in this year’s program is free. To register, please access the Federation website, www.jewishnaples.org. The registration link is https://jfgn. regfox.com/day-evening-learning. The program is being presented on the Zoom platform.

chief to speak...continued from page 2 and a master’s degree, Homeland Defense and Security, from the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS). A prominent member of the community, Chief Bloom has been actively involved with the Leadership Collier

Foundation, where he serves as a board member; Police Futurists International; Kiwanis Club of Naples; and Make-AWish Foundation. The mission of the Leadership Collier Foundation (LCF) is to build a broad-based network of community

leaders who enhance their leadership abilities and skills through continuing education, shared perspectives and community involvement. The goal is working toward solutions in the public interest and seeking to energize a network of local leaders to address public interest issues.

This free program will be presented via Zoom on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. (EST). Registration is necessary to receive the Zoom link. Please visit www.JewishNaples.org.

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2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201 Naples, Florida 34109-0613 Phone: 239.263.4205 Fax: 239.263.3813 www.jewishnaples.org Email: info@jewishnaples.org Officers Board Chair: Jane Schiff Vice Chairs: Karen Deutsch, Marc Saperstein, Phyllis Seaman Secretary: Rosalee Bogo Treasurer: Elliot Lerner Immediate Past Chair: Alvin Becker

Board of Directors Patti Boochever, Harvey Cohen, Amanda Dorio, Paula Filler, Merlin Lickhalter, Robin Mintz, Les Nizin, William Petasnick, Joel Pittelman, Stuart Price, Nat Ritter, Michael Rubenstein, Jamie Satz, Betty Schwartz, Arlene Sobol, Michael Sobol, Steve Strome, Jay Weiss, Beth Wolff, Jeff Zalasky Past Presidents Gerald Flagel, Dr. William Ettinger, Ann Jacobson, Sheldon Starman, Bobbie Katz, Rosalee Bogo, Judge Norman (z”l) Krivosha Synagogue Representatives Cantor Donna Azu, Sue Baum, Rabbi Ariel Boxman, Rabbi Ammos Chorny, Shelley Goodman, Rabbi Mendel Gordon, Rabbi Mendy Greenberg, Rabbi Mark Gross, Sue Hammerman, Rabbi Howard Herman, Stephen P. McCloskey, Rabbi Adam Miller,Rabbi James Perman,Dr. Arthur Seigel, Daryl Sissman, Rabbi Fishel Zaklos Staff Federation CEO/President Jeffrey Feld Reneé Bialek: Program Director Marcy Friedland: Capital Campaign & Planned Giving Director Janine Hudak: Admin. Coordinator Nathan Ricklefs: Database Manager Teresa Zimmerman: Finance & Operations Manager Federation is the central Jewish community-building organization for Greater Naples, providing a social service network that helps Jewish people locally, 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 • Celebrate Israel • Educational & Cultural Programs • Israel Advocacy Committee • Israel Scouts • Jewish Book Festival • Jewish Community Relations Council • Jewish Young Professionals • Jewish Russian Cultural Alliance • Men’s Cultural Alliance • PJ Library • Publication of the Federation Star, Connections and Community Directory • Women’s Cultural Alliance • Women’s Division • Youth Activities Committee – sponsoring youth education and scholarships for Jewish Summer Camp and the Israel Experience

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Your support makes our new home possible A welcoming place for all Jews in the Greater Naples area By Marcy Friedland, Capital Campaign & Planned Giving Director

ur Capital Campaign total to date is $8.3M! We would like to say Todah Rabah to the following donors who have contributed $500 or more as of Jan. 19. Interested in adding your name to the list in one of our upcoming issues? Contact Marcy Friedland, Capital Campaign Director, at mfriedland@jewishnaples.org or 239-263-4205. Patricia Adkins Howard & Sheila Agranat Kenneth & Felicia Anchor Michael & Tracy Askotzky Stuart & Tess Axelrod Barry & Sybil Baiman Ronald & Barbara Balser Frank & Stacey Baum Alvin & Sheila Becker Larry & Nancy Bell Shelly Berkle William & Myra Benedikt Bennett & Mardelle Berman Andrew & Beverly Blazar Pete & Patti Bloom Michael & Margery Bluestein Jerry & Rosalee Bogo Steve & Patti Boochever Braverman Family Foundation Stephen & Rhonda Brazina Jay & Mona Brodsky James & Erica Buchweitz Timothy & Gina Cannon Tom & Barb Carlstrom Barbara Carocci Daniel & Linda Carp Harvey & Katie Cohen Barbara Dave Robert Davidson & Shellie Specter Stan & Karen Deutsch Steven & Shelley Einhorn Ron & Kathy Emanuel David Epstein & Geraldine Feldman Stan & Mignon Farb Steven Feiner & Cipora Brown Jeffrey & Susan Feld Ed & Leslie Feldman Ronald & Paula Filler David & Eloyse Fisher Gerald Flagel Marc & Jennifer Fleischer Norman & Madeline Foster Jeremy & Judith Finer Freedman Sid & Lisa Freund Marcy Friedland Mort & Myra Friedman Elaine Goecke Annette Goldenberg

Gene & Barbara Goldenziel Bill & Carol Goldman David Goldsteen & Marcia Cohodes Avie & Donna Goldstein Bruce & Susie Golubock Alan & Helene Gordon Michael & Ellen Gordon Howard & Sherry Greenfield Hank & Nancy Greenberg Lenore & Rabbi Howard (z”l) Greenstein Merrill Hassenfeld & Paula Brody Lawrence & Deborah Hermalyn Richard & Linda Hertzberg Burton & Carol Hirsch Robert & Amy Hirsch Michael & Susan Horowitz Steve Iser Larry & Wendy Israelite Jewish War Veterans Post 202 Fred & Elaine Kamin Joseph & Merrylee Kandel Mel & Jenny Kaplan Nancy L. Kaplan Dale & Lisa Katz Gene & Bobbie Katz Kaufman Family Jack & Judith Kaufman James Knafo Gary & Deborah Kohler Gracia Kuller Howard & Gail Lanznar Larry Lechtner Elliot & Helene Lerner Sander & Arlene Levin Yale & Anna Levin Martin & Hilda Levine Mayer & Judy Levitt Merlin & Harriet Lickhalter Mark & Arlene Litow Bernard & Bobbie Lublin MCA Howard & Marci Margolis Stuart & Carol Mest Martin Millender Andy & Robin Mintz Jeffrey & Judy Morton Jack & Bobbie Myers Les & Gail Nizin Harvey Oriel David & Carol Orloff Marshall & Elaine Paisner Judi & Howard (z”l) Palay Benjamin & Judy Peltz William Petasnick & Irene Thompson Charles & Judith Picus Michael Pierce Joel & Susan Pittelman Jimmy & Susan Pittleman Charles & Judith Picus

Ben Post & Debbie Laites Stuart & Estelle Price Ilya & Kate Prizel Jeffrey & Sandy Randall Mae Riefberg Nat & Susan Ritter Richard & Ellaine Rosen Frederick & Muriel Rosenfeld Lyle & Gloria Rosenzweig Paul Rosofsky Burton Roth Fred & Sandy Roth Ron & Sandy Roth Sam & Judy Roth Michael Rubenstein Kenneth & Sheri Sacks Howard & Myrna Sadowsky Stephen & Bebe Saks Family Foundation Marc & Joan Saperstein Rose Saperstein Jane Schiff Schiff Family Foundation Schuchman Family Bill & Caroline Schulhof Les & Betty Schwartz Phyllis Seaman Art & Ellen Seigel Donald & Arlene Shapiro Floyd & Iris Shapiro Scott & Cathy Silver Russell & Gail Smith II Michael & Arlene Sobol Elaine Soffer Judith Sokoll Howard & Janet Solot Howard & Elaine Specter Mitchell & Lorie Steinberg Stephen & Phyllis Strome Rabbi Malcom Thomson Mel & Janet Ufberg WCA Jerry & Linda Wainick Scott & Hetty Weinstein Max & Ellen Weisberg Jay & Susan Weiss Larry & Laurie Weiss Barry & Iris Weissman Kenneth & Goldie Wetcher Sylvia & Lewis Whitman Brian & Beth Wolff Ed & Ellen Wollman Herbert & Leona Wreschner Donald & Harriet Young Philip & Cathy Zacks Melvyn & Judy Zahn Jeff & Joni Zalasky Don & Sue Zulanch Debbie Zvibleman

Virtual trip to the wonders of the Negev By Goldie Wetcher, IAC member

ake a unique trip, arranged by our Federation’s Israel Advocacy Committee (IAC), to the Negev in Israel on Tuesday, March 23 at 10 a.m. (EST) via Zoom. Guided by world famous naturalist and expert on scorpions, Yuram Zvik, you will hopefully see the Hoopoe, the national bird of Israel, and other unique creatures of this desert region. Zvik will most certainly show you some of his amazing scorpions, as well as the Makhtesh Yeurham and Cloud Surfing.

Don’t know what these miracles of nature are? Neither did I, despite multiple trips to Israel. That’s why we are inviting you to join us on this tour. Our hostess, Deborah Goldman Golan, Co-Founder and President of Atid Bamidbar in Yeroham, will tell you about this unique organization and the town where she has lived for over 33 years. Founded 70 years ago, this organization has a current population of about continued on page 5

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Capital Campaign spotlight, part two of two By Marcy Friedland, Capital Campaign & Planned Giving Director

ea Culpa! In last month’s article, we misspelled Arlene & Michael Sobol’s last name. We deeply regret the mistake. This month, we asked some lead donors, who purchased naming opportunities for our new building, “Why did you donate and what does the new building mean to you?” Below are their answers.

Shelley & Steve Einhorn We wanted to be supportive of the Jewish community in Naples to help ensure that the area has a vibrant and active Jewish presence. It is also very important to us that the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples serves the broad population of Naples in many important ways. Our interest in helping fund the new building comes from our belief that this building can be a center for important virtual trip...continued from page 4 11,200 people and a multicultural mosaic of fascinating diversity with, would you believe, over 30 synagogues attended by Jews from all over the world? Israel is 60% desert, and Yeroham is part of Ben Gurian’s dream to make the desert bloom, relieve the density of its cities and provide jobs through new business ventures. Please register at www.JewishNaples. org. The cost is $10 per household.

functions and gatherings that can nourish and sustain our community.

Bebe & Stephen Saks We left Miami a couple of years ago to be closer to our children and grandchildren, happily relocating to Naples. We were both looking to make some new Jewish connections in the area and discovered the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples. We were impressed with the programs offered and the diverse clubs and social activities for the growing local Jewish community. Judaism is a crucial part of our roots, defining who we are and the importance of preserving our future heritage. We wanted to share our good fortune, from many years of hard work, with an organization that we can identify with and be proud to be a part of for future generations to enjoy. The overlapping of Jewish

organizations in the Naples area signifies the strength, bond and unity of Judaism. We are honored to support the amazing, dedicated people associated with the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples.

Joan & Marc Saperstein When we retired to Naples 13 years ago, we experienced the welcoming and growing Jewish community that was available through the Jewish Federation. We met special friends through MCA and WCA, and quickly became immersed in many Federation-supported activities. We also saw the positive impact this Federation has, both locally and overseas. When the idea of a new Federation building came up to support the growing needs of MCA, WCA, the Jewish Book Festival and BBYO, we were all in, giving our financial support in addition to Marc volunteering to lead the new building project through rezoning and construction. The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples deserves to have a facility large enough to meet its needs today, as well as in the future. We are excited to see our community coming together to make the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center a reality.

Jane Schiff We can’t travel to Israel now, and even if we could, you may never get this opportunity, so please come along.

Moving to Naples was a leap of faith for my husband and me. We knew one couple, but knew they would only be once- or twice-ayear out-to-dinner friends. How would we

meet people? How would we get involved? I was serving on the Executive Committee of a national organization, Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), (the umbrella organization for Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC)) and used my contacts to reach out to David Willens, then CEO of the Jewish Federation of Collier County, even though we were moving to Bonita Springs. My husband and I met with David in our current Federation office. I must say I was unimpressed with the office. But his narrative of the community got me involved. I worked hard to be involved as I have a long and rich association with other Federations in the country. I hope to help create a beautiful entryway to newcomers, established residents and the entire Jewish and non-Jewish community that says that we, as a Jewish community, want your involvement, and here is where you belong. The Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center will be that entryway and it is my joy to be able to facilitate its creation.

Naming opportunities We have naming opportunities starting at $5,000 and all pledges can be paid over five years. For more information on how you can make a pledge to the Capital Campaign and to receive a complete list of naming opportunities, contact me, Marcy Friedland, at mfriedland@jewishnaples. org or 239-263-4205.

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Can we speak with one voice? By Joel Pittelman, Jewish Community Relations Council Chair

ews have learned that when our interests are threatened, we must not remain silent. When we have remained silent, the cost has been enormous. In the face of real threats to Jewish security, we try to find the most effective way to be heard. When the Jews of the Shushon were to be slaughtered, Mordechai asked Esther to go to the King and secure his support. The freedom afforded Jews in the United States, and the happiness and prosperity it has brought us, is unparalleled in our long history. When that freedom is threatened by a mob composed of groups and individuals who have openly expressed their hatred of Jews, we have a responsibility to act, just as Mordechai did. One of the duties of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) is to speak for the Jewish community with a strong, clear voice when we need to be heard. This is a difficult task because, as it is so often said, “Two Jews, three opinions.” More precisely, the JCRC cannot and will not purport to speak for all Jews when there is not substantial agreement within the Jewish community. For this reason, we remain silent when disagreements arise between Jews who are on the political left and right. How can we say there is a “Jewish position” when we know that unrest on the streets of major cities is viewed as justifiable dissent by some, and malicious destruction of property by others? What we do know, however, is that Jews are unanimous in condemning unjustified violence, condemning antisemitism in all its forms and shadings, and in the instance of the events of January 6, 2021. We are unanimous in condemning insurrection and sedition committed against our country, whose principles of freedom and equality have given its Jewish citizens opportunities for happiness and prosperity as no other country before has ever done. While I expect the preceding description is broadly understood, I am less

comforted that it is deemed satisfactory to all. I had previously penned an open letter to the Jewish community that condemned the attempt by seditionists, many of whom are members of avowedly antisemitic groups, to destroy our freedom by trying to undo the results of the presidential election. I received several messages of dissatisfaction because I had not previously issued a statement objecting to the street violence that had damaged property during last summer’s Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests.

“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” ~ T. Jefferson I agree with those who oppose loss of life and damage to property. I suspect that the Jewish community agrees, but when put into context, I am certain that many see shading that would justify these actions during last summer’s street protests. Neither I nor the JCRC can speak for the Jewish community when many in our community see justifiable circumstances. On the other hand, there is Jewish unanimity on the events of January 6. I have received no suggestion that any circumstance would justify the overthrow of our democracy by a mob of antisemites. There is no analogy between last summer’s street violence and the insurrection and seditious combat in our nation’s Capitol Building, which sought to, and succeeded in interrupting the business of ratifying the popular election of our President. In the messages I received in response to my open letter to our community, I see a thread of concern regarding antisemitism within the Black Lives Matters movement. There surely are instances where some individuals, under the banner of BLM have expressed antisemitic positions. I will not excuse antisemitic statements, regardless of who ha s m ad e the m o r f o r the

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circumstances when made. I condemn all antisemitic statements. The civil rights movement of the 1960s was an ideal, a vision and a goal. It was not an organization. So too, BLM is a movement, not a formal organization. Statements made by individuals are the responsibility of those individuals, not the movement. The civil rights movement of the ‘60s had great support from the Jewish community, and the civil rights movement largely embraced its Jewish support. This was true even though there were

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individuals, indeed visible spokesmen, such as Malcom X and Louis Farrakhan, who were and are virulent anti-Semites. In its formative moments, the BLM movement was hijacked by Palestinian activists attempting to create a formal organization and “platform” that contained unmistakable antisemitic elements. That organization has since been disregarded by the BLM movement because it fails to advance the objectives of BLM. I’m certain that we can find antisemitic Blacks who represent themselves as spokespeople of BLM, but the movement does not embrace them any more than the civil rights movement embraced

antisemitism. Antisemitism is simply antithetical to BLM’s purpose. However, as a result of its troubled history, we will find no unanimity among Jews regarding BLM, and we can state no clear community position. The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, of which the JCRC is a part, is an apolitical organization. That does not restrict us from talking about government. There is a difference between government and politics. A letter objecting to insurrection, sedition and antisemitism is not political. I suggest that the entire Naples Jewish community shares that belief. What I have learned from the several objections I have received is that several people in our community cannot separate government from politics. When I addressed the events of Jan. 6 in our government’s Capitol Building, to some people, it cannot be viewed as an isolated event. They see it within a larger span of time, set in a political context. I suppose that neither perspective is incorrect. But, to accept the broader perspective means that no matter how troubling a single event may be, the collective Jewish community is unable to speak with one voice because it carries a political implication. I don’t believe Jewish interests can be well-served by our silence. If you disagree, I welcome your response. The JCRC is always open to new ideas and changing situations.

Israeli innovation benefits mankind By Mark Schloss, Israel Advocacy Committee Member

ats off to the genius of Israel and the medical discoveries and innovations that have benefited mankind. Professor Naama Geva-Zatorsky of Technion Institue of Technology in Haifa has developed a rapid SARS-CoV-2 virus test. This innovative test simply requires a saliva sample. The sample is heated to 149 degrees Fahrenheit. If the sample changes color from red to yellow, it shows a positive result for the COVID-19 virus. The test is completed in an amazingly short period of time, at 40 minutes. Literally tens, or even hundreds, of tests can be completed in a single batch. Just imagine how this new discovery from Israel can help change the quality of life for so many people all around

the world. Airline passengers can be all screened within an hour of boarding. Think about the safety of students attending school with this easy home-screening test. Businesses can make the workplace safe, and resume in-person meetings and perhaps even conventions. Applications of this test can create safe environments for spectator sporting events and more. Grandparents can self-test before visiting grandchildren, and vice versa. This easy test could be a game changer for containing the spread of the virus and the beginning of the elimination of COVID-19. Thank you, Professor Naama GevaZatorsky. Thank you, Technion Institute of Technology. Thank you, again, to Israeli discoveries and innovations.

Don’t miss the final four Jewish Book Festival events! For full details on the remaining four 2020-21 Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival events — including authors, book descriptions, event dates, registration and more — go to the Book Festival website, www.JewishBookFestival.org.

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Jewish Sunday/Religious School, Jewish day camp or Jewish sleep-away camp. This is about Jewish continuity. Your dollars allow these families the freedom of choosing to provide these kinds of experiences for their children. With your campaign dollars, we hope to bring Jews to Israel, allowing these individuals the freedom to be Jews. There are still people coming from Ethiopia. The Aliyah and Klitah (immigration and acculturation) provide these Israeli immigrants freedom from persecution. Your campaign dollars provide freedom for Jews in Kiev, Ukraine, to continue to practice being Jewish. The support for the Ha-Tikvah preschool helps provide for Jewish continuity and the Jewish lifeline. At the conclusion of the Seder, we say, “Bah Shanah HaBah, B’Yerushalaiyim” – next year, in Jerusalem. We would like to add that, in the coming year, we should be able to be together, in person. It all begins with you. Thank you for your commitment to the Annual Community Campaign. Thank you for providing so many people with so much help and freedom. Thank you for caring! We wish you a Zissen Pesach!

A Message from your Book Festival Co-Chairs

ow the months have flown by! It doesn’t seem possible that it will soon be March and there are only four more events before our Book Festival concludes. Comments received have indicated that the 2020-21 Book Festival is the best one to date. We are delighted that you are enjoying the wide array of authors participating in this year’s Festival. Although originally we were very concerned about going virtual, there turned out to be numerous advantages to “Zooming” our Book Festival. Many of you have told us that you enjoy being able to watch the authors from the comfort of your couch, and not having to be concerned about such things as finding a parking space or getting a front-row seat. We discovered many other benefits to this year’s virtual Festival. One of the most exciting was the opportunity to invite speakers from near and far — and not have to worry about plane fares and travel delays due to weather. Lew Paper spoke to us from Pelican Marsh, whereas Susan Jane Gilman logged in from Switzerland. Raffi Berg greeted us from England, while Danny Limor provided fascinating information from Israel. And how wonderful it is that the members of our Greater Naples Jewish community are able to log in from throughout North America. This year, Platinum and Silver Patrons were invited to select two Meet the Author (Zoom) events to attend. These programs, which immediately followed a Book Festival event, gave Patrons an opportunity to talk to and ask questions of the author from the comfort of their own homes. The sessions were so interesting and enjoyable, for both the Patrons and the authors, that most continued past the allotted time.

Meet the Author events were held with authors Debbie Cenziper, Alexandra Silber, Meg Waite Clayton and Alan Zweibel. In March, the last two Meet the Author events will be held with author Ariana Neumann, and author and historian, Pamela Nadell, the final presenter in the 2020-21 Jewish Book Festival. Patrons Meet Patrons was another new program offered to all Patrons — Platinum, Silver and Bronze. These events provided community members a chance to meet informally with each other in small (virtual) groups. At a time when meeting new people is difficult, this gave Patrons an opportunity to chat with others, many of whom they didn’t know. Another new initiative is the opportunity for you to submit suggestions of songs that reflect a specific Festival event. The first contest winner was Molly Getnick, who suggested both the “Theme to Mission Impossible” for Red Sea Spies and “Make ‘Em Laugh” for the event featuring the author of Laugh Lines, comedian Alan Zweibel. Congratulations, Molly! We look forward to bringing you the four fabulous authors who will be speaking in March. We are confident that they will conclude the 2020-21 Jewish Book Festival in style — engaging, entertaining and enlightening you, the members of our Greater Naples Jewish Community. We are Virtually Yours,

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MCA unprecedented season marches on By Jeff Margolis

t’s hard to believe that we are at the height of the Men’s Cultural Alliance (MCA) season, and I am sure that many of us are anxiously awaiting the time when we can safely gather together and participate in the myriad of activities the organization has to offer. The following are some highlights of March programming. Members will not want to miss this month’s offering of the documentary film program. Steve Brazina and his committee are pleased to present “Holy Silence” on Tuesday, March 2. This film examines the actions (or inactions) of The Vatican under Pope Pius XII and the Church’s response to Nazism and the Holocaust. A Zoom discussion will follow the film. Registration is required and all films this season are being streamed to members. MCA member Jim Sernovitz continues his global odyssey on Tuesday, March 2 at 2:30 p.m. with a visit to Borneo. Jim’s programs are quite popular, so be sure to register early. Our Conversation Series continues on Wednesday, March 3 with the CEO and president of Artis—Naples. Join in the discussion with Kathleen Van Bergen and learn about future programming in store for Naples’ premier concert and theatrical venue. Noted professor and academic, Terry Weiner, Ph.D., is the featured speaker on Tuesday, March 9 at 10:30 a.m., as part of the MCA’S monthly lecture series. With a Ph.D. in political sociology from the University of North Carolina, Dr. Weiner’s topic will be “Capitalism, Socialism and the Future of Democracy.” Like all featured MCA activities, members are requested to make reservations by going to the website, www.MCAnaples.org. Also scheduled for March 9 at 1 p.m., is the monthly get-together of the Science Group. Mark Albrecht will speak about “The Politics and Crime in Toxic Waste: An Historical Perspective.” Well-known local attorney and NFL referee, Jim Rice, makes a return visit to MCA’s luncheon program on Thursday, March 11 at 11:30 a.m. Back by popular demand, Rice will discuss “A View from the Field.” Be sure to sign up for this popular program. A program titled, “Medicare for All, Some or None – What the USA Can

Learn from Other Nations,” is scheduled for Tuesday, March 16 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and will be presented by Terry Weiner. The second offering for the lecture series during the month is titled, “Marijuana – Weed, Work and Wreckage,” by Dr. Jerold Leiken. This program, which examines the medical toxicology issues of cannabis, is scheduled for Tuesday, March 23 at 10:30 a.m. Dr Leiken is a clinical professor of medicine at the Pritzker School of Medicine (University of Chicago) and professor of medicine and pharmacology at Rush Medical College. Thinking about the future? Grab your calendar and check off November 11, 2021. That is the date our program chair has designated for the first luncheon meeting of next season. Hopefully, we will all be able to get together in person. More information about speakers, etc. will be forthcoming.

Ongoing programs The weekly virtual MCA breakfasts continue in March at 9 a.m. on the following dates: March 4, 11, 18 and 25. It is recommended that members sign up for the entire series. BYOB (bring your own breakfast). The MCA book discussion group continues its monthly programs on Thursday, March 11 at 2:30 p.m. Check the e-blast for more information and reading details. Interested in finding out about your family history? MCA members are welcome to join the Jewish Genealogy Special Interest group. The next meeting is on Tuesday, March 9. Contact program chair, Arthur Sissman, for details at genresearch3@yahoo.com. As a reminder, until it is safe for us to meet in person, all programs are being offered via Zoom. To register for any program, go to the link found on the weekly e-blast or check the website, www. MCAnaples.org. Not an MCA member? You can still join this season. Dues are $90 and include membership in the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples. For more information about MCA, its programs and activities, please contact MCA president, Les Nizin, at MCAnaplespresident@gmail.com. Ways to StayThere safe andare get 3vaccinated.

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WCA programs are Zooming along By Emily Berkowitz, WCA Coordinator at Large

upreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said, “Difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.” Her idea perfectly describes the continuation of WCA’s many interest groups and programs on Zoom during the pandemic. Thanks to our members’ determination, online groups have been meeting, expanding and enabling people from all over the U.S., Canada and abroad to discuss, learn, have fun and see old friends while making new ones. This month, we continue to highlight some of these groups and their successful pivot to Zoom. WCA members are book lovers, and Zoom has enabled its many book groups to continue meeting, including long-established groups, like Modern Playwrights and Book Study. Started 20 years ago, Playwrights met monthly and read aloud excerpts from plays before COVID-19 struck. Judy Isserlis, who facilitates the group with Linda Wertheim, explained that once they started using Zoom, the group decided to watch plays rather than read them, as the pandemic drove many theaters to present plays online. Isserlis comments that using Zoom has been advantageous in many ways, “While we normally stop meeting at the end of the season, we wanted to continue, and

Zoom gave us that opportunity. Zoom enables all of us to communicate, even if we are not in Naples. Women even stay a bit longer for personal discussions. This has made our group even closer. At the conference table, you can’t see everybody, but now we can see each person’s face.” Zooming from Israel, Rami Elhanan and Bassam Zoom has enabled Aramin (top l to r), the protagonists of Colum Canadian Louise Novis McCann’s work, “Apeirogon,” are joined by to continue to lead moderator Stephen Apkon (center), son of Book Study and see her WCA’s Marlene Apkon, and WCA members Florida friends. to discuss the book. Calling the book club members “fantastic” and enables participants to join who are not “extremely well-read,” Novis adds, “All in Southwest Florida. the friends I’ve made in Naples are my Modern Israeli Authors has been book club friends. Zoom has been an growing, with about 25 women meeting incredible resource for me to connect monthly on Zoom. Choosing diverse with my book group.” works — from classics by S.Y. Agnon to Even though the contact and discusgraphic novels, like “Exit Wounds,” by sions are virtual, they are invaluable. Rutu Modan — helps participants “learn For lovers of Jewish and Israeli-themed and gain insight into Israeli culture combooks, the Jewish Experience book club, pared to us, and discover how much we led by Arlene Sobol, and Modern Israeli are all alike,” explains Shein. Authors, started by Luba Rotsztain and In a groundbreaking program in Dina Shein, also meet on Zoom. January, they joined Sue Bookbinder’s Jewish Experience draws 15-20 Contemporary Fiction group, and over women monthly to read both fiction 125 women Zoomed with the actual and nonfiction. Sobol notes that Zoom protagonists of Colum McCann’s novel, Apeirogon, from Israel! Due to popular demand, TED Talks, moderated by Sonya Bloom, has expanded from one in-person monthly meeting to two online monthly sessions during the pandemic. “TechnolMax Rabinovitsj | Artistic Director ogy,” “Entertainment” and “Design Talks” are short videos of worldwide conference presentations. “Zoom has been an ideal way to presINTRODUCING THE NCO CHAMBER ENSEMBLE ent the sessions,” Bloom explains. Bloom shows the videos, then facilitates lively discussions of the subject matter. Zoom has also enabled participants from any location to join the sessions. Two additional WCA groups faced FGCU’s own star enormous challenges switching to Zoom, pianist and doctoral succeeding nonetheless. Prior to COVIDcandidate 19, New Member Coffees introduced new WCA members to one another, as Performs Bach, Mozart and Gershwin

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well as to Board members. Meeting in members’ homes, new members also learned about all that WCA offers. Membership Director Harriett Kleinman, who coordinates the coffees, says, “It was an easy transition to Zoom ... all we are missing are the pastries and coffee! Even virtually, our members make connections at these coffees. I have seen a connection made when two members found out they had the same exotic dog breed.” In addition, Kleinman has been able to show the weekly e-blast on the computer screen to illustrate how new members can register for programs. Importantly, since Zoom coffees are smaller, “they give all the members ample opportunity to talk to everyone” she explains, happily realizing, “The new members who attend the Zoom coffees feel like they are now a part of this organization.” Foodies also faced challenges in pivoting to Zoom. Lea Bendes, coordinator of the 400-member group, explains, “The enthusiasm of the women involved never ceases to amaze me ... we are reinventing ourselves.” The popular cookie exchange, for instance, evolved into an online one, with about 27 participants. After some fun activities, members entered breakout rooms, where each woman displayed her cookies while describing the baking method, texture, smell and taste. They shared interesting histories of the delectables, too. Foodies also transformed their “Tastings” event. Previously, every participant brought a themed dish to a host’s home to share. For their Zoom “Tastings,” participants joined breakout rooms to discuss their recipes and converse while dining. And their creativity continues; future Zoom meetings might be conversations about favorite gadgets or equipment. The women of WCA have prevailed, creating multiple virtual paths to continue the tradition of friendship, enrichment and fun, even during difficult times. Many thanks to Susan Pittelman for her contribution to this article.

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2gs reflect on January 6 Ida Margolis GenShoah Chair

ost people reading this know what GenShoah SWFL is and may, in fact, be 2gs. But to clarify, GenShoah is shortened from Generations of the Shoah. Shoah, from the ancient Hebrew word for calamity, has become a standard term for the Holocaust. 2gs refers to individuals who are children of Holocaust survivors, the second generation. There are 2g groups in the U.S. and internationally, such as Generations of the Shoah International (GSI), which was one of the inspirations for our group. I frequently get emails from GenShoah members, often regarding instances of anti-Semitism. On Jan. 6, the date of the storming of the U.S. Capitol, I heard from many people, including a number of 2gs, who expressed exactly what I was thinking. I later asked some 2gs to send comments about how they felt as they watched the events unfold on Jan. 6. Below are some of their comments. Steve Ludsin, former member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, wrote, “My reaction was that the rioters in that insurrection were in sacred space. It reminded me of Kristallnacht. I have

attended the annual Days of Remembrance of the Holocaust in the rotunda of the Capitol since the first ceremony in 1979. The sight of those mobs in that space was shocking.” Rabbi Stephen Fuchs, whose father had been in Kristallnacht, wrote, “I felt appalled that such chaos actually penetrated the halls of Congress.” “It was a sad day for our country,” said Dr. Stuart Mest, Museum docent. “The Beer Hall Putsch came to mind as I watched TV that day.” Richard Stein noted that his immediate reaction was a “stomach-turning realization and revelation who these troops storming the Capitol really are. America agrees, ‘Never Again.’” Shelley Lieb, daughter of Auschwitz survivors, wrote, “For me, it was getting two hits. My first thoughts were connected to ‘how could this be happening in America?’ My almost immediate second thoughts were connected to what happened in Europe during World War II and imagining my survivor parents’ response if they were still alive and watching these seditious rioters. Did they ever really feel safe in America? I clearly remember them declaring that it could happen here, that we must never forget.” “I abhor any kind of unwarranted violence, destruction and civil unrest, be it at the nation’s Capitol or mainstream America,” said Sol Awend. “We are Americans, first and foremost, with no room for demagoguery and disrespect!”

“As a 2G, I have a sensitivity to a hostile world scenario and Jan. 6th confirmed to me what I always knew. I know I have a certain inner resilience, and at the same time, a deep vulnerability to outside threats. It was a total catastrophe at the Capitol and [there is] no doubt that, given the right circumstances, potential perpetrators can threaten our world. I had a variety of reactions, mainly disbelief and, at the same time, a real true reality. I felt grateful that my father didn’t live to witness Jan. 6, and for that matter, the last four years of heightened tension in a country that he truly loved. To see my fathers ‘golden land’ torn apart would have broken his heart all over again,” said Betsy Dougatz. Relly Coleman wrote, “A few days before Jan. 6, I happened to watch a clip showing Hitler addressing a large rally of supporters. The energy was palpable, and a roar was emanating from the mesmerized crowd in response to the speaker’s inflammatory message, ‘Make Germany great again!’ The crowd roared — a sea of people chanting in unison, as one menacing, living creature. We know too well where these mass rallies led. “Watching Trump address a massive crowd a few days later on Jan. 6 was unnerving. The roar of the responding crowd sounded eerily identical to the German one 85 years earlier. A chill went through my body. I watched with horror as the angry mob then swarmed the Capitol. I remembered my father’s

warning: ‘It happened to us, but it can happen anywhere. It’s up to you to ensure it never happens again anywhere to anyone. When you see it coming, do something! Don’t wait. Later on, it might be too late.’” When asked her feelings as a Canadian, daughter of survivors and author, Rene Geist, stated, “I was horrified. I have my kids and their families living in the U.S. I have friends there. I live there for five months of the year. I agonized, would the U.S. ever recover? Could the U.S. recover from this most dangerous virus — deadlier than COVID? I think my reaction was the result more of being a Jew than a Canadian or a Floridian. “The mob forcing its way into the Capitol, causing unrestrained damage, brought the book burnings of 1933 Germany clearly to the forefront of my thoughts. And of course, the Nazi shirt worn by one of the rioters reminded me that anti-Semitism is far from dead in the America. “Thinking as a Canadian Floridian, I felt so sad that my United States had fallen to such lows. But when I watched the inauguration two weeks later, I shed tears as I saw the heights the U.S. is capable of achieving and remember to where it had sunk just a short time ago. I’m left with a small hope that enough Americans are willing to be upstanders, not bystanders, to make a vital difference.” That is my hope as well.

What makes a “good man” a hero of the Capitol siege or a hero of the Holocaust? By Ida Margolis, GenShoah Chair

or a number of months, I have been writing about “Heroes, Heroines and Helpers,” the GenShoah and Holocaust Museum theme for this season. It was decided that the theme would include not only heroes of WWII and the Holocaust, but heroes of any era, and not only well-known heroes, but lesser known and unsung, quiet heroes. I have already written about a variety of heroes and heroines, from inspiring Holocaust survivors, to poet and martyr, Hannah Senesh, to “Righteous Among Nations” Master Sergeant Robbie Edmonds. I have heard from kind readers that they have been moved, educated and impressed by many of these stories. Recently, I was inspired by the actions of one Capitol guard during the siege of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. You may not have heard the name of the U.S. Capitol police officer, but it is likely that you saw one officer facing a group of protestors, one man who appears to be standing alone before luring the mob away from the Senate floor once the U.S. Capitol Building was breached. You may have viewed the footage from that day in disbelief when protestors, who forced their way into the building, proceeded to the hallway outside the Senate chamber. You may have seen Eugene Goodman shove a protester who was making his way

Heroes Heroines &Helpers to the front of the group. You may have seen him pick his baton up off the floor as rioters flooded through the doorway. And you may have wondered why he was alone, why no other police officers were there facing the crowd with him. I wasn’t quite sure where he was leading the angry-looking mob, but soon I heard that this lone officer led them away from the unguarded door of the Senate. I also heard that his judgment call and heroism likely prevented much bloodshed. If you try to find out more about Eugene Goodman, you can easily learn he is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq, and that he has served with the U.S. Capitol police about 10 years. You will also find that many people have labeled Eugene Goodman a “true American hero,” and a petition was started to give him the Congressional Medal of Honor. When reading about his actions, I felt such gratitude and admiration for the courage of this one man. At the same time, I wondered what makes someone take such risks for others?

Phil Jason, current activist and WWII hero Robert Hilliard, and Jeff Margolis I have read numerous stories, as I am sure you have, about so many bystanders, and worse, perpetrators during the Holocaust. I am sure that you have also read stories of the heroes of the Holocaust. Do you think you would have had the courage of an Irena Sendler, who at great personal danger, rescued 2,500 Jewish children in Poland? Most people wouldn’t, and that is understandable. But could you be like Jan Karski, and join the resistance, reporting to Western Allies about the extermination of European Jews, as he did beginning in 1940?

Or could you be like local resident, Dr. Robert Hillard, who, as a 19-year-old in the U.S. Army right after World War II, wrote letter after letter to try to get help for the displaced persons in terrible conditions at St. Ottilien outside of Munich? Are you willing to do what 91-year-old Hilliard does currently — use your words to fight hate? As Elie Wiesel said, “There may be times when we may be powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”

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Remembrance Local members, Felicia and Kenneth Anchor, chair U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s southeast virtual event by Julia Browning

elicia Anchor knows how lucky she is to have been born. Both of her parents are survivors of the Holocaust. Though lucky might not be a word one thinks of to describe people who went through such a life-threatening experience, Felicia says that luck and the fact that her parent’s youth, which made them fit for slave labor, is what kept them alive. In the 1940s, Felicia’s parents were teenagers living in Poland when the Nazis invaded. Her mother, only 14, was separated from her parents in Auschwitz. Her father had gifted her a comb for her beautiful long hair during their last conversation, but within hours, all her hair was shorn off and her clothes stripped away, as the German soldiers instilled a sense of fear and humiliation into her heart that she would never forget. Felicia’s father was separated from his family at 17 and sent into slavery, moving rocks 24 hours a day to create caves, where the German army would secretly build missiles they would use to bomb across Europe. The two endured pain, grief, humiliation and fear for years, until the war finally ended, they were liberated, and the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen, where Felicia’s mother was imprisoned, became a place for displaced survivors. There, Felicia’s parents met and fell in love. They married, had Felicia a year later, and set forth to America to start a new life. Years later, part-time Naples residents Felicia and husband, Kenneth Anchor, shoulder the responsibility of ensuring that Holocaust survivors’ tales of trauma and triumph are never forgotten. Their heritage brought them together when they were just teenagers — each was the president of their respective Jewish youth group. The two have been together ever since. “I love her every bit as much today, if not more, than I did way back when,” says Kenneth, a clinical psychologist. Now, the pair live in Naples and recently served as chairs of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s southeast virtual event titled “What You Do Matters.” “The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was honored to have Felicia and Kenneth Anchor chair our first-ever southeast virtual ‘What You Do Matters’ event,” said Robert Tanen, director of the Museum’s southeast region. “The Anchors’ leadership role with the Museum and their personal commitment to Holocaust remembrance is inspiring, and we are forever grateful for their ongoing support.” Nowadays, children in the U.S. learn about the Holocaust as early as elementary school. That was not the case when Felicia was growing up. Though the tragedy was close to home, she heard “not a word about it,” she recalls. This is because, as

historians explain, it takes many years for people to be able to reflect on such a monumental tragedy. Felicia didn’t realize how formative her childhood experience was until she met other children of Holocaust survivors and felt an “invisible thread” that tied them together. “It was then that I promised myself I was going to learn and know about what happened to my family and why it happened to my family,” Felicia says. She committed herself to researching the Holocaust, and when the first gathering

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Four More Fabulous Events in March

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of Holocaust survivors happened in America in 1983, her family attended. A few years later, she went to the inauguration of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. Now Felicia and Kenneth play a vital role in supporting the Naples Holocaust Museum. They know that everyone studying this history, not the Jewish community alone, is the only way to ensure society is not doomed to repeat it. “For so many years we talked about perpetrators and victims,” Felicia says. “Now we’re talking about upstanders, people who are willing to stand up and do something. All it takes for evil to occur is for good people to do nothing. We want them to move from being bystanders to upstanders, people who will have a voice,

people who will stop other people from saying and doing hurtful things.” During the fundraising event on Feb. 11, the couple helped showcase the museum’s commitment to preserving the history, an intention that’s increasing in importance every day as the last eyewitnesses will not be here to share what they saw for much longer. To preserve the history, the museum is creating a new section that will display the many artifacts they have curated, digitized and archived. The couple agrees that Holocaust education is of the utmost importance for a society free of hatred to come to fruition. “Felicia has taught me that educating just one person can make a difference,” Kenneth says.

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21 Authors • 19 Events

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Check the events you will be attending for easy reference:

a o Thursday, Dec. 3 • 7:30 p.m., Lori Gottlieb

a o Wednesday, Feb. 3 • 10:30 a.m., Raffi Berg

a o Wednesday, Dec. 9 • 7:30 p.m., Andrew Michael Blauner

a o Monday, Feb. 8 • 7:30 p.m., Alan Zweibel

a o Friday, Dec. 11 • 10:30 a.m., Elayne Klasson & Nessa Rapoport a o Wednesday, Feb. 10 • 1 p.m., Steven E. Zipperstein a o Thursday, Dec. 17 • 1 p.m., Lew Paper

a o Monday, Feb. 15 • 1 p.m., Howard Blum

a o Tuesday, Dec. 22 • 1 p.m., Rabbi Corinne Copnick

a o Sunday, Feb. 21 • 7:30 p.m., Jonathan Reed Kaufman

o Wednesday, Jan. 6 • 3 p.m., Debbie Cenziper a

o Wednesday, March 3 • 7:30 p.m., Neal Bascomb

o Monday, Jan. 11 • 4 p.m., Susan Jane Gilman a

o Thursday, March 11 • 1 p.m., Ariana Neumann

o Thursday, Jan. 14 • 7:30 p.m., Alexandra Silber a

o Monday, March 15 • 1 p.m., Bess Kalb

o Tuesday, Jan. 19 • 10:30 a.m., Janice Kaplan & Jill Wine-Banks a

o Tuesday, March 30 • 7:30 p.m., Pamela S. Nadell

o Monday, Jan. 25 • 1 p.m., Meg Waite Clayton a

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Neal Bascomb

Bess Kalb

Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best

Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story

As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, three misfits banded together to challenge Hitler’s dominance at the apex of motorsport — The Grand Prix. Their quest for redemption culminated in a remarkable race that is still talked about in racing circles to this day. Bringing to life this glamorous era and the sport that defined it, Faster chronicles one of the most inspiring, death-defying upsets of all time: a symbolic blow against the Nazis during history’s darkest hour. Neal Bascomb is the award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of The Winter Fortress, Hunting Eichmann and The Perfect Mile.

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Bess Kalb saved every voicemail her grandmother Bobby ever left her. Bobby was a force — irrepressible, glamorous and unapologetically opinionated. She was the light of Bess’s childhood and her fiercest supporter, giving Bess unequivocal love, even if sometimes of the toughest kind. Then, at 90, Bobby died. In this debut memoir, Bobby is speaking to Bess once more in a voice as passionate as it ever was in life. Recounting both family lore and family secrets, Bobby brings us four generations of indomitable women and the men who loved them. Bess Kalb is an Emmy-nominated writer whose credits include “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” This best-selling memoir is currently slated to be an upcoming feature film.

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America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today

When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains

What does it mean to be a Jewish woman in America? In a gripping historiThis true story reads like fiction — and may seem difficult to believe. Of cal narrative, Pamela S. Nadell weaves together the stories of a diverse group of 34 Neumann family members, 25 were murdered by the Nazis. One of the extraordinary people — from the Colonial-era matriarch, Grace Nathan, and her survivors was the author’s father, who built an industrial empire in Venezuela, great-granddaughter poet, Emma Lazarus, to labor organizer, Bessie Hillman, but could never talk about the unspeakable experiences of the Holocaust. After and the great Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to scores of other activists, workers, Book Festival Co-Chairs he died, Ariana found a trove of letters, diary entries and other items, launching wives and mothers, who helped carve out a Jewish American identity. Nadell Robin Mintz and Susan Pittelman her on a worldwide search to discover more about how a family finds meaning recounts how Jewish women have been at the forefront of causes for centuries, and manages to survive amid the worst that can be imagined. fighting for suffrage, trade unions, civil rights and feminism, and hoisting banAriana Neumann grew up in Venezuela. She taught at New York University ners for Jewish rights around the world. Carole Greene, Author Review Team • Phil Jason, Jewish Emeritus before moving to the UK. When Time Stopped is her first book. Pamela S.Book NadellFestival is a renown,Co-Chair award-winning scholar and professor as well as an author and lecturer who focuses on Jewish history. Ida Margolis Patti Boochever Judith Finer Freedman Lee Henson Iris Shur Thursday, MarchSteve 11 Brazina at 1 p.m. •Susie $10 • Sponsored March 30 atElaine 7:30 p.m. • $18 Soffer Irene Pomerantz Goldsmith Carol Hirsch Tuesday,

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March 2021

A Special “Thank You” to Our Patrons* We would not be able to host the Jewish Book Festival without your generous support. Stacey & Frank Baum Goldie Bertone Karen Deutsch Shelley Einhorn Jeremy Freedman Judith Finer Freedman Norman Foster Family Rosie Hyman Larry Israelite

Howard Agranat Anonymous (2) Gayle Levy & Martin Barber Phyllis Barolsky Jill Binder Terri David Barbara Druckman Geraldine Feldman Arnan Finkelstein Marlene Finkelstein Louise Forman Spencer Forman Myra Friedman

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Susan Garelick Priscilla Gerber Jan Goldman Susie & Ron Goldsmith Carole Greene Sherry Greenfield Lenore Greenstein Linda Grusin Ronna Hain Linda Hamburger Sharyn & Larry Harris Carol Hirsch Judy Isserlis Pamela Karll

Susan Pittelman Estelle Price Stuart Price Ellaine Rosen Judy Roth Samuel A. Roth Joan Saperstein Jane Schiff

S I LV E R Bobbie Katz Deborah Kohler Toby Kosloff Fran Kroll Gracia Kuller Debbie Laites Dana Lefkowitz Toby Levine Marci Margolis Bob Mensch Iris Podolsky Steve Podolsky Terri Polacheck Irene Pomerantz

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Federation Star

March 2021

Bat Yam Temple of the Islands

announces a virtual musical CONCERT extravaganaza!

A CANTOR, A PASTOR AND A BLUEGRASS BAND featuring Nefesh Mountain!

Cantor Murray Simon, Bat Yam Temple of the Islands

Rev. Dr. John Danner, Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ

Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg, Nefesh Mountain

* Attendance is Free to the public * * Virtual seats are limited *

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Required “reading” for daughters, mothers, grandmothers – and those who love them Receive four generations of wisdom at the Book Festival event on the afternoon of March 15. In the meantime, enjoy this review of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me.

By Lenore Greenstein, JBF Committee Member

ess Kalb saved her grandmother Bobby’s voicemails. The wisdom Bess’ grandmother imparts can sometimes be hilarious, and other times, very poignant. When Bobby died at age 90, Bess was not surprised that her voice continued to speak to her. This debut memoir channels the grandmother who regales Bess with stories of four generations of women, and the men who loved them. In Nobody Will Tell You This But Me, Bobby reminds her granddaughter early in the first section, “You are the only daughter of an only daughter of an only daughter.” But the memoir is less about the mother-daughter relationship than about the kind of relationship that skips a generation. The book is divided into four sections that mirror the life of Bobby, the irrepressible grandmother of author Bess Kalb. Part One, “My Mother,” tells the story of Bobby’s mother, who traveled alone from Belarus to escape the pogroms. As Bobby puts it, “When she began the story of her escape, I envisioned it so clearly, I thought of it as my story. And when I told it to your mother, she’d think of it as her story. And when she told it to you, you’d think of it as your story. It’s her story, Bessie, but it belongs to us. When she stepped off the boat, we all became possible.” Part Two, “Your Mother,” is a reflection of the life led by Robin, who is Bobby’s daughter and Bess’ mother. She was unconventional and had a difficult relationship with both her mother and her daughter. She became a hippie in the 1970s, but later changed course and

attended medical school. Robin ended up becoming a psychiatrist, helping people mend their family relationships while still working on her own. Part Three, “Our Life Together,” is a love story between grandmother and granddaughter, a bond that began at Bess’ birth, and continues on after her grandmother’s death. When Bess is published in Grantland, a sports and pop culture blog, Bobby prints copies for her friends at the club and makes them read it in front of her. When Bess is hired as a writer on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Bobby tells her to go to the hairdresser and get a blowout. “The rest,” she assures Bess, “you can handle.” In the last chapters of the book, Bobby is still giving Bess advice. In Part Four, “After Me,” Bobby reflects on what it’s like to be gone, and yet still be connected to life and to Bess. Even after “One Year and Six Months Dead,” they are still communicating. Granddaughter: “I miss you.” Grandmother: “I miss you too, Bessie.” Bess: “I wish I could hear you.” Grandmother: “Listen to the voicemails.” I read this profoundly moving book in only two sittings. The pages were full of humor, tenderness, pathos and sadness. Although short for a memoir, its impact lingers for a long while after the final chapter and can easily bring a tear as the inevitable losses in life occur.

Monday, March 15, 2021, 1 p.m. Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A true (as told to me) story by Bess Kalb Sponsor: Naples Senior Center Bess Kalb is an Emmy Award-nominated TV writer for the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” television show and a journalist with The New Yorker. She has written for both the Emmy Awards and the Academy Awards. As valedictorian of her graduating class from Brown University, she wowed her professors and classmates with her humorous speech.

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How Jewish women have led the way in America Join us at the Book Festival on March 30 as Pamela Nadell weaves together the stories of a diverse group of extraordinary women. In the meantime, enjoy this review of America’s Jewish Women. By Carole J Greene, JBF Committee Member

n the late 18th century, the Jewish community in America was tiny — about 2,500 souls — and diverse. In her book, America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today, author Pamela S. Nadell tells us that they came from western Europe, the West Indies and the British Colonies. They gravitated to the major seaports of the time: New York, Newport, Philadelphia, Savannah, and Charleston, where they enjoyed a “remarkable degree of toleration and diversity.” During that time, upper class Jewesses — as Jewish women were called — had servants, hosted debutante balls, worked in business, founded women’s clubs, wrote influential newspaper columns, and made Jewish homes in a predominantly Christian culture. The lives of these women were consumed with the same chores as their Christian neighbors: they spun wool, wove, sewed, knitted, made candles and soap, churned butter and made cheese, cooked, cleaned, and laundered. But on Shabbat, the differences were apparent as Jewish women brought out their best tablecloths and dishes, lit candles in treasured candlesticks lovingly brought from their native homes, and prepared traditional Shabbat meals. Nadell introduces Grace Nathan (1752-1831), the great-grandmother of Emma Lazarus, whose famous poem graces the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor . . .” While Nathan represents the past, Lazarus, who is two generations later, exemplifies the 150,000 Jews who emigrated from Central Europe between 1820 and 1880 and found success in the New World. Lazarus also saw the wave of millions of Jews fleeing to the U.S. from Tsarist Russia. These new immigrants often lived in poverty, many working in the needle crafts. Nadell details the labor reforms spearheaded by Jewish women to raise the pay and provide greater safety for workers

in the garment industry, 95% of whom were women. According to Nadell, American Jewesses “pushed open new byways into charity and philanthropy, synagogues, and Zionism.” An army of Jewish women battled with the 3 Ds — dirt, discomfort, disease. They founded women’s groups, some of which, namely National Council of Jewish Women and Hadassah, still thrive today. Nadell’s examination of American Jewish women touches on all elements of life. She chronicles the evolution of synagogue dicta to allow a girl to become a bat mitzvah and even choose a career as a cantor or rabbi; she explains changes in marriage and divorce statistics, and the rise of interfaith marriage. As contraception became available and, much later, legal, Jewish women had fewer children and focused on matters outside the home. In the decades since World War II, America’s Jewish women have increasingly combined family life with professional careers. Nadell traces the trajectory of early pioneers like Grace Nathan; Bessie Hillman, activist and suffragette; Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel; and Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah, to the fame of such 20th- and 21st-century luminaries as Bess Myerson, first Jewish Miss America; Gloria Steinem, founder of Ms magazine; Carole King, singer and songwriter; Dr. Joyce Brothers, quiz show prize winner, author, and columnist; Betty Friedan, journalist, activist, and author of the groundbreaking The Feminine Mystique; Ruth Handler, co-founder of Mattel Toy Company and inventor of the Barbie and Ken dolls; Bella Abzug, activist and Congresswoman; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, law professor, litigator, and Supreme Court Justice. Nadell’s impressive research is apparent on every page as she winds her way through four centuries of Jewish women in America whose activism has been writ large upon the scroll of this nation’s history.

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y brother and I made plans to have Mom move to assisted living. But then COVID-19 hit the nursing homes, so we kept Mom at home. My brother helps some, but I am Mom’s main caregiver. It’s been almost a year and I’m burned out, exhausted and on edge. My family and friends mean well, but some of the things they say — well, it’s clear they just don’t get it!” Shira K. Shira K. is not alone. Her words could have been said by hundreds, maybe thousands, of family members who, during the long months of the pandemic, provide the majority of daily care to an elderly family member. In fact, according to Vitas Health Care and other agencies and organizations, regardless of the COVID-19 crisis, “family members and close friends continue to provide daily care (to frail elderly men and women). That means that caregivers can be the frontline recipients of well-meant, but often misguided, commentary that hurts more than it helps.” Just ask Ann Brenoff, whose writing on the subject was nearly prophetic. Indeed, well before the pandemic took hold, Brenoff alerted readers to what has become an important issue for those who serve as caregivers. Writing for the Huffington Post six years ago (“A Dozen Things You Should Never Say to a Caregiver,” October 29, 2015), Brenoff highlighted 12 specific comments often made to caregivers that, for the most part, “won’t go over well.” These are the highlights of what caregivers wish others wouldn’t say.

“I could never do what you do!” Brenoff notes that no one knows when they themselves will be thrust into the role of caregiver, having to spring into action when a loved one needs help. Brenoff found that caregivers felt “whether you think you will be up to the task when your time comes is pretty irrelevant to someone already doing it.” A better alternative would be a kind compliment.

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“You’re so brave!” Caregivers who responded to Brenoff ’s survey said that courage has nothing to do with the care they give. Others said that assigning superhero status to caregiving is a way to create distance between family members and friends who might step back from helping because they’ve deified the caregiver to the point that they feel they could never measure up.

“If you ever need a break, just call me. Let me know what I can do to help.” Caregivers surveyed pointed out that a

vague comment is not as helpful as a specific offer. Like Shira, caregivers are often exhausted and burned out and would appreciate concrete help, such as, “I am Rabbi Barbara bringing dinner Aiello to your home. What night is best for you? Would you prefer chicken, beef or pasta?”

“You really must make time for yourself.” Most caregivers understand that balance in life is important. “We’re not martyrs,” Shira says. She agrees with most caregivers who ask for specificity. If a friend or family member notices that the caregiver has no personal down time, offer to provide her/ him with time and space. One caregiver says, “Buy a bag of groceries, shovel the snow, wash the car, walk the dog, sit with the patient [so that] the caregiver has a free hour or two, bring coffee and a newspaper, do the dishes, vacuum the house, clean the bathroom — the list is endless.”

“God never gives us more than we can handle.” The Jewish mystics, among others, taught that God is not the giver of trouble. For this reason, it is moot to affirm that God will not give you more trouble than you can handle. Instead, as Jews, we are taught that we work in partnership with the God of our understanding. In this partnership, based upon gratitude and faith, we are taught that we are not alone in our difficulties and that a working relationship with God will provide us with strength. Ann Brenhoff reports that, according to a 2015 survey from AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving, approximately one in three Americans are providing care to someone who is ill, disabled or elderly. In that same study, 78% of the caregivers said they needed help. Thanks to the COVID-19 epidemic and its effect on an aging population, the challenges facing family caregivers is particularly acute. For caregivers like Shira, what we say and how we say it can make more of a difference than we might think. For 10 years, Rabbi Barbara Aiello served the Aviva Campus for Senior Life as resident rabbi. Her most popular columns are now published in her new book, “Aging Jewishly,” available on Amazon Books. Rabbi Barbara now lives and works in Italy, where she is rabbi of Italy’s first Reconstructionist synagogue. Contact her at Rabbi@RabbiBarbara.com.

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Holiday’s woes, D.C. universe stuff, Grammys and Diamond Stars of David By Nate Bloom, Stars of David Contributing Columnist

ditor’s Note: Persons in bold are deemed by Nate Bloom to be Jewish for the purpose of this column. Persons identified as Jewish have at least one Jewish parent and were not raised in a faith other than Judaism — and do not identify with a faith other than Judaism as an adult. Converts to Judaism, of course, are also identified as Jewish. The original Hulu film “The United States v. Billy Holiday,” began streaming on Feb. 26. Holiday (1915-1959), an African American jazz singer, is most famous for singing “Strange Fruit,” an anti-lynching song written by Abel Meeropol (1937). The FBI and others didn’t like her civil rights activism, and they used the excuse of her drug addiction to hound her for decades. The film heavily focuses on her long relationship (briefly sexual) with famous (Southern white) actress, Tallulah Bankhead (Natasha Lyonne, 41). “Superman & Lois,” a new CW series, premiered on Feb. 23, and moves to its regular time slot on March 2 at 9 p.m. This iteration of the Man of Steel saga finds Clark Kent (Superman) and Lois Lane married, with two sons, and looking to live again in Smallville, Clark’s boyhood home. Emmanuelle Chriqui, 45 (Sloan on “Entourage”) has a recurring role as Lana

Lang, an old friend of Clark who still lives in Smallville. Also appearing in a recurring role is Stacey Farber, 33. She plays Leslie Larr, a business honcho. Both actresses are Canadian. Chriqui’s parents were Sephardi Moroccan Jews who settled in Montreal. Farber grew up in Toronto and, like many Canadians, got her start with a big role on the popular Canadian series “DeGrassi High: The Next Generation.” Next year, she will also have a recurring role on “Virgin River,” a hit Netflix drama series. By the way, American producers love to film in Canada because its less expensive and they get big tax credits for hiring Canadian actors. Both “Virgin River” and “Superman & Lois” are filmed in Vancouver. In 2017, the film “Justice League” was released to so-so reviews. For a variety of reasons, director Zach Snyder left the film before it was completed and he didn’t edit it. Now, looking for good material during the pandemic, HBO Max allowed Snyder to re-edit the film and add so much unused film that Snyder says it’s a very different movie. Called “Zach Snyder’s Justice League,” it will premiere on March 18 with ‘Tribe’ cast members Gal Gadot, 35, as Wonder Woman; Ezra Miller, 28, as The Flash; and Jesse Eisenberg, 37, as Lex Luthor.

The Grammys were moved from Jan. 5 to Mar. 14 (CBS, 8 p.m.) for the “usual reason.” Most Grammys are not awarded on TV. Here is a “sampler” of Jewish nominees in the “TV worthy” categories – Jack Antonoff, 36, and Aaron Dessner, 44, for producing an ‘Album of the Year’ nominee (Taylor Swift, “Folklore”). Dessner is also nominated for co-writing a ‘Song of the Year’ nominee, “Cardigan.” Antonoff is also nominated for a ‘biggie’ award, “Producer of the Year.” Burt Bacharach, 92, is up for ‘Best Traditional Pop Album’ honors for “Blue Umbrella.” Haim (a band made up of three Jewish sisters whose last name is “Haim”– Este, 34, Danielle, 32, and Alana, 29) is nominated for ‘Best Rock Performance’ for “The Steps.” Nick Valensi, 40, of the band The Strokes, got a ‘Best Rock Album’ nomination for “The New Abnormal.” And Drake, 34, got a ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ nomination for “Laugh Now Cry Later.” He’s up for another Grammy (‘Best Rap Song’) for writing this tune. Neil Diamond, who turned 80 on Jan. 24, gave a long interview to Parade Magazine (Jan.10), and the news is surprisingly good. In July 2018, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, after which he immediately stopped touring. He now lives a comfortable life

in an expansive cabin in the Colorado Rockies, accompanied by his wife and his dog. Unlike Linda Ronstadt, who also has Parkinson’s, his voice has not been affected by the disease. He says, “In a strange way, I think I am singing better than I ever have. It’s probably because I am not on the road singing full-out and tearing up my voice…Also, I take my medication. I do my exercise and my workouts.” Last November, he released “Classic Diamonds,” in which he reworked 14 of his biggest hits. He was backed by a symphony orchestra. He told Parade he is working on an album of completely new songs. Also, at Parade’s request, he selected his favorite seven hit songs. He included “America,” which he wrote for the 1980 remake of “The Jazz Singer.” Diamond also played the title role, a cantor’s son who becomes a popular singer. He told Parade. “[The song] was the story of my grandparents coming to America for that freedom. My grandmother, ‘Bubbe Molly,’ came to America in steerage … when she was 12, escaping Jewish oppression in Russia. My other grandparents had similar stories. … It’s a musical expression of being free.”

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Pastelito – Sephardic Kugel Recipe by Chef Dalia

assover, which celebrates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, begins on Saturday, March 27 this year. At this time of the year, wherever Jews gather, the talk turns to Passover. It is a holiday every Jewish household looks forward to all year — the most celebrated holiday in American Jewish life. The center of attention of the evening is the recital of the Haggadah, which utilizes symbolic foods and wine throughout the ceremony. I like to call Passover the Jewish Thanksgiving, and I have fond and familiar, but slightly different, memories of the celebration with my family as a child in Israel. I grew up with the spices, colors and very bold flavors that are very different from the foods most American Jews, with roots in Eastern Europe, ate growing up. But I have to say that I can see a growing interest in Sephardic and Israeli foods. It has become more popular among chefs and foodies, who are trying to make their food more interesting and lively, much like you find in Israel. I have lots of Passover memories from the past 20 years of celebrating Passover in America, like cooking large Passover

Seders for some of the synagogues in Southwest Florida or hosting a huge Israeli Seder for 100 people or more in my house. However, when asked to recall memories of Passover, I immediately think of my Passover in Israel. When American Jews sit down for their Passover Seder, the foods that decorate their holiday table may not look, smell or taste anything like the Passover foods eaten by my family. Sephardic Jews, who come from Spain, North Africa and the Middle East, combine the aromatic spices, exotic fruits and nutritious vegetables of their regions into Jewish cuisine. So, while American Jews, primarily Ashkenazi Jews from Europe, cook up gefilte fish, roast chicken, fry potato kugel and bake flourless chocolate cake for the holiday, my Sephardic family baked Pastelito (Sephardic Kugel, a mashed potato with meat mixture); topped matzos with matbucha (spicy tomato sauce); filled matzo meal-crusted kibbeh with chopped lamb or beef; infused vegetable soup with turmeric; chopped sticky dates for dipping (charoset); and spiced fish, meats, stews and desserts with bold flavors, such as cinnamon, cardamom, Baharat

spice, ras el hanout spice, ginger, cumin and sumac. Living far away from family for the past 20 of years has changed the essence of Passover and I find that keeping the traditions I remember from childhood even more important. I remember the long family tables at my grandmother Dalia’s house, where the kids sat together at the end of the table. The Seder plate had all the recognizable spaces, but they were overflowing with different elements. I still love all the traditions and how you stop every so often to eat something that symbolizes something big and meaningful. I remember the Maror — the horseradish. At the kids’ table, we would compete to see who could eat more at a time. Some put it on the Matzo and some ate it straight up. We were all red with teary eyes from the heat and the laughter. The smells coming from the kitchen were delicious … the best food smells ever. The Seder went on with lots of noise, lots of commotion, and most importantly, lots of love. Dish after dish came out of the tiny Israeli kitchen; a huge variety of colorful salads, spiced Moroccan fish, and sweet dishes filled with dried fruit and honey. Sure, it’s hard to imagine a Passover dinner without those dishes, but a staple of our Seder meal was a Sephardic dish that we refer to as pastelito, sometimes ‘pastela’ or “meat casserole.” It is served by Moroccans for Passover Seder and special occasions, but is tasty anytime of the year.

Personal Chef Dalia Hemed can be reached at daliahemed@msn.com. Usually made with potato, meat and eggs, we couldn’t get enough of it! I am sharing the recipe my grandmother made for our family as she has taught it in community cooking classes. This version is made with ground beef, although ground turkey works as well. The spices in the filling make it particularly flavorful, while the hard-boiled eggs add great texture — crispy on the outside and yummy inside — exactly as I remember it. Whether you are a Sephardic or Ashkenazi Jew, why not stimulate your palate and delight your guests with this holiday dish that Sephardic Jews around the world will be enjoying this Passover? Chag Pesach Same’ach!

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Sarah live! By Arlene Stolnitz

f you follow my column each month, you know I am always looking for a connection, and this month is no exception. Several years ago, knowing my interest in Judaic music, my nephew by marriage, Sidney Aroesty, z’l, who lives in Rochester, NY, asked me if I knew a singer named Sarah Aroeste. The similarity of the last names intrigued him. As a matter of fact, much earlier, I had heard of her through a radio program devoted to Jewish music — “The Sunday Simcha,” on 88.5 WMNF.org from Clearwater, Florida. Every Sunday morning, the hosts play selections of Jewish music. Listening gave me a great way to learn about the music and singers they featured. On one Sunday, I heard the beautiful voice of Sarah Aroeste as she sang the Ladino melodies she is known for. What happened next, I thought I would never divulge. The host that day told of an “up-and-coming” Ladino singer, Sarah Aroeste. He pronounced the name differently than my nephew, emphasizing the “o” as in “Ar-oh-es-te.” I immediately called the station to let

him know he was wrong! I told him very authoritatively that I knew the correct pronunciation was “Ah-res-te.” The converArlene Stolnitz sation got pretty heated, even to the point where he spoke about it on-air, referring to me, unnamed! Thinking about it now, I realize I had a lot of “chutzpa,” since I had not even checked it out. Recently, the name Sarah Aroeste came up again, when a friend of mine in Jupiter, Florida invited Sarah to a Zoom session for her Sisterhood. My friend thought I would be interested in attending. I did, and that is when I became aware of Sarah’s fascinating story. First, a little refresher on the history of the language known as Ladino. Based on ancestry of over 1,000 years, the Jewish people are divided into two main groups: Ashkenazim, who came from Eastern Europe and spoke Yiddish (a mix of

German and Hebrew), and Sephardim, who came from the Iberian Peninsula and Arabic lands and spoke Ladino (a blend of Spanish and Hebrew). Each group has its own set of customs, songs and traditions based on influences from the regions they came from. Sarah Aroeste, singer and cultural activist, has long been committed to the preservation of the Ladino language, making it accessible to audiences and creating projects with young people to increase their familiarity with Ladino. She has produced many albums for children as well as adults, which are easily found on YouTube and Facebook as well as her website. I am personally intrigued by her recent venture known as The Monastir Project. Sarah’s inspiration comes from her family’s roots in Greece and Macedonia, formerly known as Monastir. Her grandfather was born in Monastir, which once had a thriving Jewish population. Since the end of World War II, no Jews remain. However, there is a wealth of Macedonian Jewish music. Writing original works and singing in Ladino, Sarah has extensively researched

the music of Monastir, working tirelessly to keep Ladino music alive for a new generation. For a more complete description of her work in preserving the music of Monastir, I suggest reading her article in the February 18, 2018 issue of Tablet Magazine. Recently, I have had the pleasure of corresponding with Sarah. Here are her thoughts on Ladino: “I always like to convey that my work is grounded in the fact that Ladino is not a dead, ancient language. It is still part of a living, vibrant community and culture. I’m proud of the work I’ve done in the last 20 years to bring Ladino to new audiences, both young and older! From composing original music in the language to working with young families, I hope people learn that Ladino is still very much alive today.” For further information about Sarah Aroeste, contact saraharoeste.com, facebook.com/saraharoeste, youtube.com/ saraharoeste or twitter.com/saraharoeste. Correction to my January 2021 article: Cheryl Lester is Associate Professor Emerita at University of Kansas.

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Passover deconstructed Rabbi Howard S. Herman DD

t is interesting to hear the reactions of Jews to the celebration of Passover in this third decade of the 21st century. For some, it is their favorite Jewish holiday of the year. If you ask them why, they might tell you it is a holiday that gathers the entire family together to celebrate; it’s a reminder that the long, cold winter is over; a time to do spring cleaning and everything smells so good after that; or they kvell at seeing their kids doing the same thing they did when they were kids. It is the kind of holiday where they pass the torch, so to speak, in the hope that their children will continue those same traditions and pass them onto the next generation as well. Then there are those who tell me that of all the Jewish holidays in the cycle of celebrations, Passover is their least favorite. Why? Too much work to organize and execute a seder, they simply can’t abide the food restrictions, or eight days is just too long to remove themselves from the comfort zone of their daily routine. I am here to tell you that no matter what your reasons for liking or disliking the Passover holiday, your focus is on the wrong place. Passover is not really a holiday to like or distain; it is the holiday that

gave rise to our glorification of the ethic of “justice,” as well as “righteousness” and “moral compassion.” It is a holiday where the rituals, if you read into their meaning a bit, enliven the meaning and bring it up to date in real time. It is only when the rituals of the seder are simply done by rote, devoid of any substance or connection to the present, that seders and the Passover rituals become perfunctory. The Exodus that was undertaken under the leadership of Moses is a consistent refrain in the seder of today. It is done so with the admonition to treat others with compassion and justice, to help the strangers (foreigners) among us because we were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. We are also reminded that the quest remains ongoing for those who seek a better life of safety, security and prosperity. The idea here, is that we have the compassion to recognize that we were once strangers, too; that there are those who seek freedom and are a part of the foundation of our community and strengthen our resolve. We also open our doors during our Passover celebrations with the idea of letting all who are hungry come and eat. This reflects the mandate that we invite everyone, not just Jews, to come and eat. Commenting on this line, Rabbi Isaiah diTrani (13th-century Italy) said, “It is the obligation of every person to eat the first night of Passover, so we invite anyone who doesn’t have the means.” The encompassing idea is that no

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one in our midst should go hungry. Our Jewish sources make very clear the importance of the blessings of food. Passover is teaching us that it is our responsibility to see to it that no one goes without; that no one starves and no one suffers the indignity of hunger. Once again, this is what justice looks like in our society. It is “just” that everyone has nutrition in order to live healthily.

If there was ever a Jewish holiday that oozed the theme of social justice, it is Passover. Hopefully, some of these ideas will spark meaningful conversations at your seder and connect you to our shared story of liberation, fighting for the dignity and redemption of all human beings. A Zissen Pesach to you. Rabbi Howard S. Herman DD serves at Naples Jewish Congregation.

The small things count Rabbi Mendy Greenberg

ne frequently voiced challenge to Judaism is its obsession with trivial details. Does G-d really care about the small things? Nowhere is this preoccupation with details more pronounced than in the holiday of Passover, when we refrain from eating, deriving benefit from and even possessing Chometz (any grain mixed with water that was allowed to rise). In fact, if even one miniscule crumb falls into a huge pot of food, the entire mixture is not kosher! It is incredulous that one small crumb can make the difference between observing the Festival of Freedom properly or not! How is that freedom? It sounds so stifling and confining. Indeed, most of the Torah is filled with G-dly commands that dictate to us how we should think, talk and act. And here is the question — why would an omnipotent G-d be concerned with minutia, such as the minor details concerning the food we eat, the words we speak, etc.? Wouldn’t G-d get more out of the more spiritually glamorous experiences than with the minute details of our everyday lives? Doesn’t G-d care about the big things in life rather than some minor detail of a ritual? In truth, the answer is, precisely because G-d is absolutely infinite, He can relate to anything without it affecting His greatness. Humans are limited. Simple people can handle small things and great people can relate to the big, sophisticated things, but not to the small. G-d, by contrast, has no such limitations. The more trivial the action that we do for G-d, the more it demonstrates that G-d is truly infinite, before whom the most insignificant act can be endowed with cosmic importance. If we need support for this premise, G-d has given us a powerful lesson from

the COVID-19 pandemic. One microscopic virus from a remote part of the world has wreaked havoc on the entire world. This miniscule creation of G-d has captured the attention of all of humanity in unprecedented ways. If there is a silver lining to this horrible, catastrophic pandemic, it is that each and every small, and apparently insignificant, action, word or even thought, counts, and it counts significantly. One kind word can save the life of a person contemplating suicide, G-d forbid. We can now understand why Chometz is so objectionable and even the tiniest crumb cannot be tolerated. Chometz represents an inflated ego. That inflated ego can be the root cause of so many conflicts, which can degenerate into something catastrophic. Frequently, it begins with but one person allowing his or her ego to inflate. With this in mind, we can better appreciate Maimonides’ statement, based on the Talmud, that even one positive action can save the entire world. To ensure the future of the world, the ultimate age of redemption, one does not have to necessarily perform some earth-shattering gesture. One minor act of kindness and goodness, one more Mezuzah on our doorposts, one more dollar to tzedakah, just one Shabbat observed, can be the one act that brings salvation and transforms the entire world. The recognition that every mitzvah counts will usher in the future redemption through the coming of Moshiach. Moreover, when we show our reverence for even one small mitzvah, we demonstrate that we are aware of the true infinite nature of G-d. Just as G-d is not limited by human standards, so too G-d is not limited by His greatness; He can relate to and appreciate the small things in life. That recognition itself is the beginning of the process of redemption when G-d’s true infinite nature will be fully revealed within our finite world. Wishing you all a kosher and happy Passover. Rabbi Greenberg serves at Chabad of Bonita Springs and Estero.

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ith the impending arrival of the Festival of Passover, having just completed the portions of the Torah that describe in detail the events leading up to the Exodus from Egypt, I ponder on the description of the last plague: The Demise of the First Born! What preparation did our forefathers have to undertake in order to survive what was going to be an indiscriminate attack on the population? As most of us are aware, the narrative suggests Moshe instructed the Hebrews to place lamb’s

blood on the doorposts to their homes and thus ensure God would “pasach” [pass over their dwellings]. The medieval commentator, Rashi, interprets “pasach” to denote God’s “pity,” and willingness to “pass-over” the Jewish homes (Exodus 12:23) while smiting only the Egyptian homes. While skipping over Jewish homes makes sense, why would Rashi translate God’s actions as an expression of God’s pity? Some more contemporary commentators propose that many Hebrews at the time considered themselves to have been “Jewish Egyptians,” having been enslaved for centuries and enduring all the previous plagues. For those Jews who self-identified as “Egyptian Jews” – God readily “skipped them over” and spared them. Even those who identified themselves merely as Egyptians, but still put

What does Freedom mean in 2021? Rabbi Fishel Zaklos

ach year, as the Passover season comes around, it brings with it many gifts. Kneidels. Matzah. Spring cleaning. Kvetching about the prices. Mock Seders. Memories. The offtune uncle ‘singing’ Ma Nishtana. And so much more … One of the most important gifts it offers is the spirit and theme of freedom. It is the flavor of the season, and rightfully so. Pesach is all about the privilege and responsibility that comes with liberty. Let’s face it though, freedom is not exactly the buzz word of 2021. There are many feelings pulsing through the hearts of us all; freedom is not high on that list. With the many restrictions and unknowns of the pandemic, we can argue that we are not living through the freest of times. Add to that the anxiety many are feeling in this political climate and you are faced with the question: what is the message of Pesach for our time? What does freedom mean in lockdown? What does freedom mean if we cannot sit at the same table as our loved ones? What does freedom mean when we cannot even shake the hands of, let alone hug, our friends and family? Before I continue and offer a somewhat philosophical response, I must pause and allow the heart to talk first. My heart aches for the pain and loneliness that so many are facing for this long time. You are in my heart, and I ask you kindly to carry me in your heart as well. Our hearts beat as one.

Freedom can mean vastly different things, based on which word follows it in the sentence. Exhibit A: Freedom from… Exhibit B: Freedom to… Often, when we speak of freedom, we mean ‘freedom from.’ From tyranny. From rules. From anything I don’t want to be enslaved to. Freedom to is not about where I am leaving, but where I am going. Rather than looking back at where I am leaving, I am looking forward to where I wish to be. It is the second freedom that is never taken away from the human being. No matter our circumstances, we are given the total freedom to choose our attitude, our perspective and our behavior. This Passover season reminds us that we alone can decide whether to choose freedom or not. We can choose to embrace optimism. Hope. Faith. Love. Empathy. Reflection. Joy. Peace. Forgiveness. In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses tells the Jewish people to “choose life!” You might ask, “but isn’t that the obvious choice?” Not really. Choosing ‘life’ is more than just choosing to live. It is about choosing to ‘have a life’ – a life of freedom. That is a big choice to make. Life and freedom are synonyms. Choosing freedom is choosing life. At the same time, we continue to pray for ‘freedom from’ COVID-19, incivility, pain, hardship, financial struggle, sickness, death, loneliness, war… the list is infinite. But perhaps it is also simply, the freedom we ask G-d for: Next year in Jerusalem. As we sit at our Seder table this year, let us remember that freedom is handed to us in gift wrap. Will we open it? Rabbi Fishel ser ves at Chabad of Naples.

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the blood on their doorposts were saved, but out of pity rather than merit. While the notion of identifying with one’s past is of critical importance, and admirable, it is fundamental to our ethos, as Jews, encompassing the essence of that which enables us to actively identify as Jews in any age, but above all, in the present day. As grateful as we must be for the freedoms and liberties our country affords those of us blessed to live within its shores, as “American Jews,” we have to be forever cognizant of the degree to which we are indebted to our ancestors for “getting us to this place” and planting the seeds that have germinated in the advent of a thriving Jewish presence.

As we complete merely a year of living under the dark cloud of a pandemic, having mustered all our strength and resourcefulness to adapt to the demands and the realities of our day, we are obligated to remember those who have been taken away from us, the contributions and sacrifices they made to ensure we — like our ancestors — continue to merit God’s “pity,” blessings and support. May the day soon dawn when we can be together again, enjoying each other’s company, and growing together as a blessed people. Rabbi Ammos Chorny serves at Beth Tikvah of Naples.

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ime flies too fast and so many things are happening, it’s difficult to be everywhere and do everything, albeit, mostly by Zoom, for now. In January, we celebrated Florida’s Jewish History Month and The Jewish Historical Society’s 10th Anniversary Celebration with Naples Mayor Bill Barnett at our first-ever virtual Zoom fundraiser. I am happy to report that it was a successfully wonderful event. We premiered the Southwest Florida Jewish Pioneers documentary film, “The Mayor with a Heart,” about Bill Barnett, four-time mayor of the City of Naples. We are proudly humbled to bring our organization’s mission of promoting awareness of contributions by Jews to new audiences interested in the history of the region. It was great to celebrate Florida Jewish History month together.

Southwest Florida Jewish Pioneers Major events happen all the time. We may not realize we have been in them until time marches forward, forcing us to take

a different, more detached look at what we have been eyewitnesses to. “The Song Meister,” a Southwest Florida Jewish Pioneers film a b o u t Na p l e s’ notable centenarian, Songwriters’ Hall of Famer Gene Goodman, concluded Florida Jewish History Month at a presentation hosted by Naples Depot Museum. During the Q&A, I pointed out that Gene started in the music business in the late 1930s, working for his older brother, Benny. Imagine that! Or better yet, would you like to hear him tell you about it in his own words? There is so much information, music and memories in the film that it’s worth seeing twice. We will repeat the film’s showing on March 21, during the spring 2021 Southwest Florida Jewish Pioneers series via Zoom. Register at the events page on our website, www.jhsswf.org.

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Jewish History, including materials about local Jewish successes and connection to teach history from a positive perspective. Ruth R. Wisse, the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature, Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University emeritus, and noted scholar of Yiddish literature and of Jewish history and culture, writes in her fall 2020 essay, “…30 years ago, in a Commentary Magazine article titled, ‘How They Teach the Holocaust,’ noted historian and intellectual Lucy Dawidowicz raised serious concerns about the distorted curricula and questionable outcomes. … Consulted as an authority on what she called the ‘war against the Jews,’ Dawidowicz undertook a thorough study of (Holocaust) materials,

leading her to question the wisdom of encouraging ‘oppression studies’ in the absence of any robust teaching of history. “Dawidowicz concluded… by citing the sixth commandment, ‘Thou shalt not murder.’ This, she wrote, was ‘the primary lesson of the Holocaust,’ and if invoking a biblical commandment would violate the doctrine of the separation of church and state, ‘something is clearly wrong with both our system of education and our standards of morality.’” Our Southwest Florida Jewish Pioneers come from various beginnings and fairly represent the diversity of the Jewish people in our area. If you have a story to share, contact us at office@jhsswf.org.

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merica is the land of opportunity, a nation of freedom and prosperity. She is a nation we can always love and must always respect and protect. We have gotten caught up in discussions of America’s flaws with culture content to despise the country that gave everything it has. America is imperfect, with a flawed past and uncertain future. However, she is, without question, a nation of freedom, dignity and possibility. One of the many things worth loving about America is her history. Our country, like most countries, does not have a spotless past. But she does have a truly remarkable history. Our founders were educated men, well-versed in the disciplines of history and law. Our country was built by men and women of faith, many fleeing to our shores seeking the freedom to worship God as they chose.

Martin Cohn Vice Commander JWV Post #202 Our nation was built on a love for freedom, and our framers gave us a foundation to realize our goal. From these values, the American dream was born.

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Tune in on Expanding Horizons Feb. 24, 11 a.m. – noon: “When the World Came Together: Success Stories in Global Health,” presented by Mandy Slutzker, MPH, Director of Global Health Child Advocacy, Department of Federal Affairs, Academy of Pediatrics Mar. 19, 11 a.m. – noon: “Coffee Time with the Grand Piano Series,” featuring Co-founder and Artistic Director, Milana Strezva, and guest artist, Mackenzie Melemed, a finalist in the American Pianists Association Awards.

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Temple Shalom events open to the community By Jeanette Fischer, Temple Shalom Director of Communications

emple Shalom offers many virtual opportunities to stay connected. In addition to the events listed below, please visit our YouTube channel, Temple Shalom Naples, for beautiful music from Cantor Donna Azu as well as previously recorded programs from Rabbi Adam Miller, Cantor Donna Azu, Rabbi Ariel Boxman, Rabbi James Perman and Rabbi Frank Muller. Follow us on Facebook, TempleShalomNaplesFL, for informational links and live content. For Zoom links to our other programs and events, please send a request to info@naplestemple.org. Shabbat services are available via our livestream (found on our website under

the Media tab) and Facebook Live on the Temple Shalom Facebook page, Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. Havdalah service takes place every Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m., live on our Facebook page and interactive on Zoom. On March 13, special guest, musician Jacob Kraus, joins us for Havdalah. Please email info@naplestemple.org for the link. Saturday Morning Torah Study happens every Saturday at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Please email info@naplestemple.org for the link. Stories of Music is scheduled for Wednesday, March 3 at 10 a.m. via Zoom.

Facilitated by Cantor Donna Azu, Stories of Music is an adult education project of the Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Each class offers a broad range of musically related topics about the American Jewish experience. On March 3, the topic will be “The Times They Are a Changin’ Part 2: Innovators & Influencers.” Please email info@naplestemple.org for the Zoom link.

Decade of Distinction Scholar Series World-class scholars will be interacting with us in a series of virtual learning

opportunities. This series is generously underwritten by the Shirley and Henry Kraus Scholar-in-Residence Fund. Please email info@naplestemple.org for the Zoom link to each of these upcoming events. • March 4 at 7 p.m. - Rabbi Gary Zola, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of the American Jewish Experience & Reform Jewish History at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati • March 8 at 7 p.m. - Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., Chancellor Emeritus of Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

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t is hard to believe that a year has passed since COVID-19 first struck. No one would have predicted that we would still be battling this virus. Gratefully, we have stayed connected in Beth Tikvah by means of Zoom and streaming. Much appreciation is sent to everyone, especially Rabbi Chorny, who has worked so diligently in the most difficult of times to make Beth Tikvah a home of learning.

Film festival The Naples Jewish Film Festival continues on March 5, 6 and 7, with “The Crossing;” March 12, 13 and 14, with “Broken Mirrors;” closing with “A Starry Sky above the Roman Ghetto” the weekend of March 19, 20 and 21. All movies will be viewed in the comfort of your living room. Please contact office@bethtikvah. us or call 239-434-1818 to subscribe and receive the Zoom link.

All things Jewish Keeping with our “All things Jewish programs,” Rabbi Chorny will be conducting a two-part course on “Jews and their History.” Part 1 begins on Wednesday, March 3 at 12:15 p.m. Part 2 continues

on March 10 at 12:15 p.m. Please contact office@bethtikvah.us to register.

Lecture series Our 2021 lecture series concludes on Thursday, March 11, when speaker Sam Geist will talk on “How Technology Changes Our Lives Every Single Minute.” Geist will take us on a ride to the future, outlining his projections for future trends in technology and how they will impact our lives. Go to our website, www.beth tikvahnaples.org, for the Zoom link.

And more… It was our hope to be able to enjoy the Beth Tikvah Celebration in 2021; however, it has been decided to once again postpone this event until it is safe for us to gather together in 2022. Our Rosh Chodesh Women’s Study brings friendship and intellectual stimulation monthly. This month, we will meet on Sunday, March 14 at 11 a.m. All women interested in attending are welcome. Go to our website, www. bethtikvahnaples.org, for the Zoom link. Just after the start of the pandemic last year, many of us were blessed with

the opportunity to gather for Seder. This year, that will once again be an option. On Saturday, March 27, Beth Tikvah will host a virtual Passover Seder. Services begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Seder. Reservations are necessary. Please contact office@bethtikvah.us for reservations. Beth Tikvah is the Greater Naples congregation affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ). We are grateful to the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples (JFGN) for support of our Scholar in Residence, Naples Jewish Film Festival and All Things Jewish programs. All Beth Tikvah events are open to the Greater Naples community. Go to our website, www.bethtikvahnaples.org, for all reservations.

March 5-7, 12-14 and 19-21 – Naples Jewish Film Festival Films No. 2, 3 and 4 Thursday, March 11 at 7 p.m. – Speaker series featuring Sam Geist Sunday, March 14 at 11 a.m. – Rosh Chodesh Nisan Women’s Study Saturday, March 27 at 6:15 p.m. – Services and First Passover Seder

March Beth Tikvah happenings on Zoom:

Religious services streaming schedule

Tuesdays, March 2, 9, 16 & 23 at 12:15 p.m. – Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Chorny Tuesday, March 2 – Naples Jewish Film Festival exclusive Director’s event Wednesdays, March 3 & 10 at 12:15 p.m. – “Jews and Their History” with Rabbi Chorny

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Thursday and Sunday morning services begin at 9 a.m. Friday services begin at 6:15 p.m. Saturday services begin at 9:30 a.m. Yahrzeit minyanim convened upon request. You may reach Rabbi Chorny directly at 239-537-5257.

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What a year! By Sue Baum, President

his March marks a year since the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island began livestreaming Friday evening services, followed by our Saturday Torah study and services via Zoom, our 20th year of the Sidney R. Hoffman Jewish Film Festival and the 27th year of the Saul I. Stern Cultural Series via livestreaming. Who would’ve thought! We established an advisory task force of congregants to guide us, with Dr. Gregory Poland of the Mayo Clinic as an additional advisor. The task force meets on a regular basis and recommends that we continue to use these methods to bring our Jewish community together.

Despite our restrictions, March is a busy month.

Let us entertain you On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 7:30 p.m., the 27th year of the Saul I. Stern Cultural Series presents Frank Del Pizzo, a magnificent singer and entertainer with a magical voice and a quick wit! Frank has entertained in Las Vegas and top comedy clubs, and has traveled the country and world delivering laugh after laugh wherever he goes. Just the ticket while we are so confined. Del Pizzo will have you in stitches, making you laugh with his trueto-life stories and Jersey attitude. Join us

as this New Jersey native takes us on a wild ride! Our Sidney R. Hoffman Jewish Film Festival, the first in Southwest Florida, continues with another great film in March. Save Sunday, March 14 on your calendars for a complimentary viewing from the JCMI website.

Book club Not to be missed is our monthly Book Club on March 16 and the Rabbi’s LifeLong Learning Series on March 21. All of JCMI’s upcoming events can be found on the JCMI website at www.marcojcmi.com. Check out our

“Home” page for quick event links, information and printable handouts relating to our Friday and Saturday services as well as our Saturday morning Torah study. The “Flyers & Information” page has all the details and flyers of our upcoming cultural and film events. The “Online Services” page has quick links to our livestream services and the Zoom link to our Saturday Torah study and services, as well as links to our printable handouts. Have a question? Can’t find what you’re looking for? Call our friendly staff at 239-642-0800 Monday through Friday.

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How to best express gratitude during the pandemic Steve McCloskey President

n so many ways, 2020 was the most dismal year on record for many of us. Starting in about mid-March, the coronavirus literally upended our lives. Its deleterious effects were, and continue to be, worldwide and devastating in scope. The pandemic, global in its reach, has been a scourge for all of us, but most profoundly, it has wreaked physical and mental havoc on our health care workers, first responders, essential workers and their families. While we rallied early on to support them in the spring and early summer, by honking, cheering for them and otherwise acknowledging their heroic efforts as they completed their shifts, in the ensuing months, our formerly

fulsome praise has largely given way to indifference. We Americans have a confoundingly cursory attention span. How, then, can we honor those who have risked everything, both physically and emotionally, so that the rest of us can survive this dire threat to our well-being? As these past 11 months (as of this writing) have so graphically demonstrated to over 330,000 families, it is all too often just a short downward spiral to death and despair from the onset of this lethal virus. Rather than delving into the myriad aspects of delusional, irrational or unprincipled opposition to scientifically based and reasoned public health measures, we should focus on the simple steps we can all take in the next months to ensure that those who have protected us, in turn, receive our thanks by the actions we take. Donning a facial covering is not a political statement nor an infringement of some illusory constitutional right or unspecified “personal freedom;” rather, it is a personal and public affirmation

that we value all lives, not just our own. Despite protestations to the contrary, we do have a modicum of a societal obligation not to knowingly harm others, particularly when a simple task can alleviate that risk. This civic duty is especially critical as the more highly transmissible coronavirus variant first reported in the UK is here. While we are awaiting COVID-19 vaccine shots, we must stay the course by continuing to physically distance ourselves when out, by avoiding gatherings and by staying home, other than when absolutely necessary to venture out. That these common-sense public health recommendations are unfairly maligned by many is a lamentable commentary on rigorous rumination being riven by the propulsive propagation of disinformation, misinformation and outlandish conspiracy theories peddled by some at the highest levels. Far too often, we hear many people bemoaning their “COVID fatigue.” Admittedly, it has been 11 months of

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mostly isolation for many, particularly us senior citizens. However, we are not children. If we elevate selfishness over selfsacrifice in this trying time, demanding deference to the common good, what are we teaching our children? In order to acknowledge the extraordinary courage and devotion of those tasked with caring for us, feeding us and providing us with the essential services we have needed throughout this pandemic, we need to take the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is available to us. We at NJC have pledged to do so. Take a shot at demonstrating your deep appreciation for those Mr. Rogers lovingly called the “helpers,” by rolling up your sleeves to do your small part. On a more personal note, my gratitude is extended to Rabbi Herman, Jane Galler, Alla Gorelik and Peter Weissman for our wonderful Zoom Shabbat services, as well as to Dick Lechtner, Charles Flum and Barry Goldenberg for orchestrating them. Check NJC out at www.naplesjewish congregation.org for more information.

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Allow us to introduce ourselves By Rabbi Mendy & Luba Greenberg, Co-directors

habad of Bonita Springs and Estero welcomes Jews from all backgrounds. We offer daily services, Shabbat services, adult education, Hebrew school, bar/bat mitzvah lessons, senior programs, hospital and nursing home visitations, kosher meals on wheels, a kosher grocery store, holiday programs, lectures, and in the pre-COVID-19 era and hopefully once again soon, our popular

Shabbat dinners and Kiddush luncheons. Join us for Hebrew lessons, Yiddish language, study of Chassidic philosophy and Torah study. We are currently offering some classes in person (with social distancing) as well as via Zoom. For our in-person services, we practice social distancing and wear masks. We also operate an independent center servicing the Jewish students at

FGCU, now led by Rabbi Mendel and Shternie Gordon. Our center is located at 24611 Production Circle in Bonita Springs, facing U.S. 41, just north of Old 41. For more information, please call us at 239-949-6900 or check out our website at www.Jewishbonita.com

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Chabad Center update By Rabbi Fishel

habad of Naples has maintained its high level of serving and caring for the community in both traditional and COVID-19-responsive ways over the past year. In addition to providing food, masks, drive-thru care package pickups, and much-needed inspiration through doses of uplifting Jewish wisdom, we held online classes, and delivered digital and conventional holiday events in the safest ways possible. We are continuing with our ongoing services and strive to be here for the community in every imaginable way.

Pesach We will be sending out the special Shmurah Matzah, handmade matzah that Kabbalah calls the bread of healing and the bread of faith, to hundreds of families in our community. If you would like to

receive one, please reach out to the office. If you need a Seder kit or if you know of someone in need, please let us know as well and we will help them with a meal and their Passover needs. Planning a Seder at home and need a few hints? We offer a full video explaining how to make a Seder, with some explanations and insights so you can do it on your own. You can find it on our website or email us and we will send it to you. We will miss the camaraderie of our beautiful annual family community Seder, but send you blessings on the success of your own home Seder, which you can make unique and meaningful in your own personal way.

The flying challah and meals from the heart Each week, we send out smiles with an uplifting message in the form of a tasty

fresh challah. What a lovely way to say that, during this challenging time, we and the community are here for you! All you have to do is nominate a recipient by sending us an email and we will have it delivered. If you know someone who would appreciate a meal for Shabbat, or just in general, please let us know. We will be happy to arrange to have one sent to those who are really in need and without means to obtain help.

shopping for groceries or medicine — just let us know.

Shabbat services

If you have a yahrzeit or need to say Kaddish, we are always here to help make a minyan during the week. We are so grateful to those who help us with this minyan service when called.

After consulting with Dr. Michael Cohen and Dr. Avi Rosenberg, with whom we update frequently, we offer limited, abbreviated indoor Shabbat services from 10:30 a.m. - noon. Wearing a mask and social distancing must be observed and the area is cleaned before and after. There is no kiddush. Temperature checks are taken before entry by the head of security. Reservations must be made in advance, seating is limited, and you will receive the full guidelines and policy upon receipt of your RSVP. Safety is our primary concern.

Volunteer assistance

Mens Club Torah class

Our volunteers continue to be available if elderly or homebound people need

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Chocolate Seder By Rabbi Ariel Boxman, Director of Lifelong Learning

emple Shalom Preschool students are getting very excited to celebrate Passover this month! For weeks now, the students have prepared for the holiday with songs, food, crafts and dramatic play. On Friday, March 26, students in the preschool will enjoy a special chocolate Seder in their classrooms. Instead of the traditional Seder foods, students will enjoy a whole experience with chocolate Seder alternatives. Instead of 4 cups of grape juice, students will enjoy 4 small cups of chocolate milk. Instead of matzah, students will have chocolate covered matzah, and so on! By adding the element of chocolate into the Seder, students experience the excitement of the holiday and have a positive association with the Seder ritual.

If you want to enjoy a chocolate Seder at home as well, you can access the chocolate Haggadah at https://tinyurl.com/ chocolatesederhaggadah. Listed in the Haggadah are all the chocolate substitutions for traditional Seder foods. We wish you and your family a wonderful Passover holiday and look forward to hearing how you enjoyed the chocolate Seder experience!

Xander Simmerman shows off his beautiful art work!

Lions enjoy homemade fruit ice pops in honor of Tu B’shvat!

Luke Atkinson and Bree Mills share an afternoon ride through the playground.

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Garden of Arts provides hands-on learning By Ettie Zaklos, Preschool of the Arts Founder & Director

reschool of the Arts places a strong emphasis on creating an aesthetically pleasing environment inspired by nature to optimize the learning experience of each child. We have carefully designed each space to enhance our children’s learning and allow them to connect with nature. This special connection is particularly felt in our beautifully landscaped Garden of the Arts, which offers a beautiful botanical space, engaging our children in natural micro-environments. Students play an active role in creating the outdoor space by helping to plant our vegetable and sensory garden. Throughout the year, children plant seasonal plants, herbs and fruits and work diligently to maintain the garden’s beauty and vitality. Tending our garden fosters responsibility, as well as children’s feelings of competency, self-esteem and pride. The school’s botany expert works to make outdoor exploration time an extended sensory and learning process through integrative art and science projects. The garden provides the optimal setting for engaging lessons pertaining to nature and the environment and allows students to pick their own fresh snacks. They enjoy using the herbs and vegetables to prepare healthy dishes in our Little Chefs program. As an educator who deeply believes in child-directed hands-on learning, it

chabad center...continued from page 36 Wednesday at 11 a.m. If you wish to join, please RSVP to our office and we will send you the link. As the schedule sometimes changes, please reach out to confirm weekly.

Hebrew School We are currently offering in-person

is so gratifying to see how the children quite literally get their hands dirty in the freshly tilled soil and gain such pride in their garden. In honor of the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shvat, we decided to take our appreciation for our Garden of the Arts to the next level with a fun-filled Tea Party in the Garden. Tu B’Shvat is considered the “New Year for Trees” on the Jewish calendar and marks the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle. To celebrate, each class dressed up in their tea-party best to plant new trees and engage in gardening activities. Surrounded by the natural beauty of our preschool garden, with the sun shining, a gentle breeze rippling through the leaves and happy giggles of the children, the Tu B’Shvat Tea Party was a magical and joyous celebration of the plant world. The children planted new saplings that they will tend to in the months to come and had such fun choosing from a rainbow of fruits for their healthy fruit kebobs. To bring all the learning home, each child carefully selected a fresh potted plant to care for at home with their families. In February, our miniature Children’s Marketplace was transformed into a makeshift “Pet Shop,” fully stocked for all your pet needs, including a real incubator to hatch live baby chicks! This hands-on

experience is so enriching for our students, as they gain a new appreciation for the animal world and our need to treat pets and animals with respect and care. Our preschool team is busy developing and enhancing our upcoming summer camp. Year after year, our Summer of the Arts program, for children ages

18 months through 8 years, has been a tremendous hit. Enrollment is filling up fast! With high demand and limited availability, we encourage prospective families to enroll today by visiting our website, www. NaplesPreschooloftheArts.com, or calling 239-263-2620.

Hebrew school. All children and teachers wear masks and there is social distancing. This has been progressing well for the last few months. There are still openings; please sign up if your children wish to participate. Call 239-262-4474 or email office@chabadnaples.com.

Videos

Summer Camp

I offer a video each week. If you want to receive them, reach out to us via email at office@chabadnaples.com to be placed on the weekly email list. You can also view the past 10 months’ worth of videos at www.chabadnaples.com.

Summer Camp registration is open, and you may sign up now. This is a very popular, amazing experience for your children and spaces may be limited, so early signup is recommended! For more information, visit naplespreschoolofthearts.com.

Tea Party in the Garden at Preschool of the Arts. Our precious children dressed up in their teaparty best, planted new trees and engaged in gardening activities that highlight our connections to each other and to nature.

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Shalom Naples Families!

BYO has many upcoming exciting programs open to eighth- through twelfth-graders, and some that are open to sixthand seventh-graders as well! Naples BBYO is hosting its monthly virtual meeting on Tuesday, March 15 at 7 p.m. To register for the event, visit https://bbyo.org/bbyo-nearyou/regions/north-florida-region.

Jessica Zimmerman

This meeting is open to all sixth- through twelfth-graders in the community. Quickly following, Chapter President Joshua Albanos and Vice President of Programming S’gan are hosting a virtual event

called Freaky Falafel on March 21 at 3 p.m. The event will teach you how to make falafel. Yum! To learn more about upcoming events in Naples, contact Jess Zimmerman, Associate Regional Director, North Florida Region, via email at jesszimmerman@ bbyo.org or call/text 941-677-3018. We hope to see you soon! From your friends at Naples BBYO, stay safe.

With students back at school, Chabad gears up for a new semester By Rabbi Mendel Gordon

s the spring semester commenced at FGCU on Jan. 11, Chabad was on hand to welcome back the students at their home-away-from-home on campus. In addition to regular Shabbat get-togethers, where students wine, dine and mingle each week, Chabad hosted a welcome back barbeque, marking the beginning of what will prove to be yet another semester filled with inspiration, fun, and of course, (kosher) food. Many returning students were rejoining in-person studies after a period of virtual study. To jumpstart the camaraderie and social acclimation, Chabad hosted a night out at Congo River Mini Golf, where students socialized and mingled with new Jewish friends in a safe environment. A girls’ night saw dozens of students craft their own scented candles, while they learned about the significance of candle lighting in Jewish tradition for Shabbat and holidays. In an exciting development, Chabad has commenced a brand-new course on Jewish medical ethics, offering an age-old take on cutting-edge, modern dilemmas — Can I unplug Grandma? Can doctors play G-d? Who should be vaccinated first? As the world grapples with a raging pandemic, these sensitive moral issues are evermore relevant, with hospitals, medical staff and even laymen forced to make life-changing decisions with enormous ramifications.

spices. Special for that week was the monthly kiddush levanah prayer, when we gather under the clear, moonlight sky and recite a prayer blessing the new moon. As the moon waxes and wanes, so do we, the Jewish people. Chabad will be hosting COVID-19-friendly, social-distancing PassGetting to know other Jewish students at mini golf over Seders for students on March 27 and They explored his storied life and leg28. For more info or to RSVP, email acy; the visionary behind the thousands ChabadFGCU@gmail.com. of Chabad centers worldwide, the Rebbe’s Chabad at FGCU caters to all Jewish life mission had an impact on every Jew, students in Southwest Florida, providing a teaching that “Every Jew is infinitely home away from home. Join us to learn, celprecious,” and exhorting his followers to ebrate or just meet Jewish students your age. reach every Jew with love. For more information or to get involved, At close of Shabbat, a Havdalah contact Rabbi Mendel Gordon at 347-452ceremony was held, marking the conclu0489 or ChabadFGCU@gmail.com. sion of the week and the transition into Visit our website at ChabadFGCU. the next, with fire, wine and aromatic com.

Girls craft night

Candle lighting times:

Shabbat of Jan. 23 saw students gather in commemoration of 10 Shevat, marking 70 years of the leadership of the Lubavitcher Rebbe — Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory — who assumed the mantle of leadership that day in 1951, exactly a year after the passing of his father-in-law and predecessor, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory.

March 5: March 12: March 19: March 26:

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COMMUNITY DIRECTORY TEMPLE SHALOM OF NAPLES (Reform) 4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples, FL 34119 Phone: 455.3030  Fax: 455.4361 Email: info@naplestemple.org www.naplestemple.org Rabbi Adam Miller, MAHL Cantor Donna Azu, MSM Rabbi Ariel Boxman, MAHL, MARE, Director of Lifelong Learning Rabbi James H. Perman, D.D., Rabbi Emeritus Deborah Rosen Fidel, J.D., MAJPS, Executive Director Daryl Sissman, President Jim Cochran, Music Director Shabbat Services: Shabbat Eve - Friday 7:30 p.m. Shabbat - Saturday 10 a.m. Sisterhood Men’s Club Adult Education Havurot Youth Groups Religious School Judaic Library Hebrew School Preschool Adult Choir Social Action Outreach

March 2021 JEWISH CONGREGATION OF MARCO ISLAND (Reform) 991 Winterberry Drive Marco Island, FL 34145 Phone: 642.0800  Fax: 642.1031 Email: tboxma@marcojcmi.com Website: www.marcojcmi.com Rabbi Mark Gross Hari Jacobsen, Cantorial Soloist Sue Baum, President

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Stephen P. McCloskey, President Jane Galler, Cantorial Soloist

Shabbat Services Friday 7:30 p.m. Seasonal: Saturday Talmud-Torah at 9:30 a.m. and Shachrit at 10:30 a.m.

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

Rabbi’s Life Long Learning Series Sidney R. Hoffman Jewish Film Festival Saul I. Stern Cultural Series JCMI Book Club

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

THIS PASSOVER, AS WE RECALL THE STORY OF OUR ANCESTORS... LET’S ALSO WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER.

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

CHABAD OF BONITA SPRINGS & ESTERO 24611 Production Circle Bonita Springs, FL 34135 Phone: 239-949-6900 Email: chabad@jewishbonita.com Website: www.JewishBonita.com

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(just west of Mission Square Plaza)

Phone: 434.1818 Email: office@bethtikvah.us Website: www.bethtikvahnaples.org Rabbi Ammos Chorny Shelley Goodman, Co-President Sue Hammerman, Co-President Roberta Miller, Secretary Shabbat Services Friday evenings at 6:15 p.m. Saturday mornings at 9:30 a.m. Youth Education Adult Education Community Events

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CHABAD NAPLES JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER serving Naples and Marco Island 1789 Mandarin Road, Naples, FL 34102 Phone: 262.4474 Email: info@chabadnaples.com Website: www.chabadnaples.com

Shabbat Services Shabbat - Saturday 10 a.m.

(All area codes are 239 unless otherwise noted.)

Naples’ only Judaica Shop

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

Federation Star

• Federation Board Chair: Jane Schiff • Federation President/CEO: Jeffrey Feld

American Jewish Committee

Regional Dir: Brian Lipton, 941.365.4955

American Technion Society

YOUR LEGACY MATTERS One of the most meaningful ways you can express your desire to sustain Jewish life for future generations is by creating a Jewish legacy.

We are here to help with all your philanthropic needs.

Chapter Dir: Kelley Whiter, 561.395.7206

Friends of the IDF Exec. Dir.: Dina Ben Ari, 305.354.8233

GenShoah SWFL President: Ida Margolis, 963.9347

Collier/Lee Chapter of Hadassah President: Joyce Toub, 518.330.1559

Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center President/CEO: Susan Suarez, 263.9200

Israel Bonds

Monica DiGiovanni, 727.282.1124

Jewish Historical Society of Southwest Florida Ellen Weiss, E ecutive Director

Marcy Friedland, Planned Giving Director

phone: 813.769.4785

phone: 239.263.42 5

email: ellen@topjewishfoundation.org

email: mfriedland@jewishnaples.org

Together, we are ensuring a Jewish future.

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Rabbi Mendy & Luba Greenberg Co-directors

2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201 Naples, FL 34109-0613

Services: Sunday 9 a.m. Monday through Friday 8 a.m. Shabbat 10 a.m.

Phone: 239.263.4205 • Fax: 239.263.3813 E-mail: info@jewishnaples.org • Website: www.jewishnaples.org

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Publisher: Jewish Federation of Greater Naples

Volume 30, No. 7 • March 2021 • 40 pages USPS Permit No. 419

Editor: Sharon Hood • 239.591.2709 • sharon@marketcrank.com Design: MarketCrank, Inc.

President: Marina Berkovich, 566.1771

Jewish National Fund

Joshua Mellits, 941.462.1330 x865

Jewish War Veterans Post 202 Commander, Harvey Sturm, 261.3270 Senior Vice Commander, Marty Rubin, 716.863.5778

Men’s Cultural Alliance President: Les Nizin, 653.9259

Naples BBYO

Jessica Zimmerman, 263.4205

Naples Friends of American Magen David Adom (MDA) SE Reg Dir: Joel Silberman, 954.457.9766

Naples Senior Center at JFCS Phone: 325.4444 Chairperson: Alan S. Jaffe President/CEO: Dr. Jaclynn Faffer

Women’s Cultural Alliance

Advertising: Joy Walker • 941.284.0520

President: Patti Boochever, 518.852.3440

April 2021 Issue Deadlines: Editorial: March 5 • Advertising: March 11 Send news stories to: sharon@marketcrank.com

Zionist Organization of America President: Jerry Sobel, 914.329.1024

Federation Star

March 2021

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SURVEY SAYS:

It’s Chai Time to Vis JEWISH NEIGHBORS AND KEEP THE FAITH After an extensive survey, this year’s Jewish Community Relations Council will present a two-part virtual learning experience for a Day and Evening of Learning.

FREE EVENTS: 7 0 1 0 Y A D N U S WEDNESD

MARCH

i s f Persia V ews o -Jews The Jthe Cr ypto and

2-4 P.M.

MARCH

Join a clergy panel who have:

“Kept the Faith and So Much More During the Pandemic”

7- 8:30 P.M.

OF GREATER NAPLES

Federation Star - March 2021

Articles inside

With students back at school, Chabad gears up for a new semester

Shalom Naples Families!

Garden of Arts provides hands-on learning

Chocolate Seder

Chabad Center update

Allow us to introduce ourselves

How to best express gratitude during the pandemic

What a year!

Beth Tikvah update

Temple Shalom events open to the community

Hadassah happenings

Let’s reclaim the America our founders imagined!

Marching forward

What does Freedom mean in 2021?

Pasach

The small things count

Passover deconstructed

FIDF launches new broadcast platform

Virtual Passover cooking class with Debbie Kornberg

Sarah live!

Pastelito – Sephardic Kugel

Holiday’s woes, D.C. universe stuff, Grammys and Diamond

Caregiving during COVID – What not to say

How Jewish women have led the way in America

Required “reading” for daughters, mothers, grandmothers – and those who love them

Ten timely tips for Zooming into the Book Festival

Southwest Florida Jewish Pioneers series

MEMBERS IN THE NEWS

What makes a “good man” a hero of the Capitol siege or a hero of the Holocaust?

2gs reflect on January 6

WCA programs are Zooming along

MCA unprecedented season marches on

A Message from your Book Festival Co-Chairs

Freedom

Israeli innovation benefits mankind

Can we speak with one voice?

From our donors

Virtual trip to the wonders of the Negev

Your support makes our new home possible

The annual Jewish Community Day of Learning with evening bonus — a not-to-be-missed event

Collier County Sheriff’s Office chief to speak on hate crimes

Day and Evening of Learning

Spring and new beginnings