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Naples Senior Center continues to serve
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer President/ CEO
As I sit here in my office, on Sept. 1, 2020, writing my article for the October issue of the Federation Star, I, like many of us, simply cannot believe that our doors still remained closed to on-site programming. I recall when we closed our doors in March, saying with great naiveté, that we would re-evaluate in two weeks. I would like to share with you what has been happening at Naples Senior Center since we pivoted to operate in the world of COVID-19. 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 don’t identify with a faith other than Judaism as an adult. Converts
Naples Senior Center is fully operational in the virtual world. We offer a virtual dementia group every day, with many of the same activities that were offered on-site. Brain fitness, reminiscence and music therapy enable participants to connect with one another during our theme-based programs. Caregivers meet weekly with a clinician, and broader caregiver support programs are in the works.
The Senior Center adds virtual group activities each week. We offer wellness and fitness programs, travelogues, art and music, discussion groups, and believe it or not, line dancing! Because our programs do not require physical presence, we now have seniors participating throughout the United States, and even in Canada. So, in a sense we have become “international!” to Judaism, of course, are also identified as Jewish.
“Chemical Hearts” is an original Amazon film that’s now streaming. Austin Abrams, 23, co-stars as Henry, a sensitive young man who meets Grace (Lili Reinhart), when they are selected to co-edit their high school paper. Grace is smart,
This past week, we offered eight different programs, with an attendance of 70 seniors. Solid relationships have been formed as our geriatric case managers call their clients weekly and volunteers make calls to members every day. Since food insecurity is a real issue, we continue to deliver food pantry staples as well as a hot meal to approximately 50 seniors each week.
After working from home for many months, staff is now back in the office on a full-time schedule. We operate with an abundance of safety features in place, following, and at times exceeding, CDC guidelines.
Virtual Evening for Better Tomorrows
Local guy in good flick
By Nate Bloom, Stars of David Contributing Columnist
Editor’s Note: Persons in bold are
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While our facility is closed to members and clients, Naples Senior Center will continue to operate in the virtual world. In no way does this replace the importance of the face-to-face social contact, but it does help those we serve know that we care and are here to assist them in any way we can during these challenging times.
Please stay safe, and stay well, as we all look forward to better times ahead.
had recurring roles on “The Walking Dead” and “Euphoria.” Veteran actor Bruce Altman, 65, a practicing Jew, has a smallish role as Henry’s father, and makes the most of his screen time. You’ll probably recognize him from scores of TV guest shots.
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New documentary channel. However, it got huge viewing Mitzi Shore (1930-2018) co-founded numbers when Netflix started streamThe Comedy Store, a Los Angeles nighting the first two seasons on Aug. 28. (A club, in 1968. She had a truly great eye for third season will appear “sometime” on young talent and is credited with giving Netflix). many great comics their start or big break The original film was about the con(a partial list: Robin Williams, David flict between sweet teen Daniel (Ralph Letterman, Andy Kaufman, Jay Leno and Macchio) and the teen bullies who study Garry Shandling). A 5-part Showtime karate at Cobra Kai, an “evil” karate documentary about the club will premiere school run by the nasty John Kreese on October 4. The director is sometime (Martin Kove, 74). Daniel meets a Japanese/ actor Mike Binder, 62. American karate expert who turns him
Mitzi was the real talent in the faminto a black belt. In the film’s climatic ily. She effectively ran the club from its scene, Daniel defeats Johnny, Cobra Kai’s inception because her husband and club top student. The re-boot is set in the co-founder, “so/so” comedian Sammy present. Johnny re-founds Cobra Kai, but Shore, was usually on the road. Mitzi he runs it more humanely than Kreese became the club’s sole owner after she did, and Daniel re-founds the school that and Sammy split in 1974. Their son, “so/ his mentor ran. so” comedian Pauly Shore, now 52, had Reprising their film roles are Maachio, a mini-burst of fame in the ’90s, but has Kove and Randee Heller, 73 (she played/ really faded. plays Daniel’s mother). Kove is not like Kreese: he goes around the country giving New series anti-bullying lectures. In 2017, he told a “Monsterland” is an original Hulu series Chabad-affiliated, South Florida-based that begins streaming on Oct. 2. It is an rabbi, that he tries to be as observant as 8-episode anthology series (each episode he can and that his two children were stands alone) about “broken” people who b’nai mitzvah. have encounters with mermaids, fallen angels, and other strange beasts. Jonathan More fun Tucker, 38, who has many film and TV Here’s a Jewish-related entertainment credits, co-stars in the first episode. Tucker anecdote to make you smile in these difwill also co-star in the NBC sci-fi series, ficult times. “Debris,” which will premiere sometime On YouTube, I recently came across early next year. The seventh episode of a 1970 Dick Cavett interview with star “Monsterland” co-stars Michael Hsu actor William Holden. Cavett asked him Rosen, 30ish. He is just breaking into about on-set difficulties. Holden said that TV/film work, following years as a ballet getting into makeup and costume can dancer and stage actor. His father is take hours. He then told a story about Jewish. His mother is Chinese. Charlton Heston, who played Moses
The original “Showtime” series, “The in “The Ten Commandments” (1956). Good Lord Bird,” was set to premiere Heston, he said, was dressed up as the months ago. The premiere was moved to elderly Moses when he met Bob Hope Oct. 4. As I wrote before, a lead character on a studio street. Heston told Hope is the famous abolitionist Frederick Douthat it took hours to put on and take off glass, who escaped from slavery. Daveed his heavy makeup, which included a full Diggs, 38, (“Hamilton”) plays Douglass. white beard. Plus, he said, he was dying
“Cobra Kai,” a sort of reboot of “The from the heat in his heavy robe and he Karate Kid” movies, got little attention was drenched in sweat. when the first two seasons streamed Hope replied, “Well, as I have always only on the little-watched YouTube Red said, it’s hard to be a Jew.”
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France Introduces its Own “Nuremberg Laws”
By Paul R. Bartrop, PhD
An old joke is told about t w o J e w s , Shlomo and Yakov, in Warsaw, sitting on a park bench in 1900. Shlomo said to Yakov, “You look awful; are you alright?” Yakov Dr. Paul Bartrop answered that he’d had a horrible nightmare, “I dreamed that in 40 years the city will be destroyed. There will be war, and all the Jews will be murdered.” “Don’t worry,” said Shlomo. “It will never happen. The French aren’t that bad.”
For many pundits at the turn of the century, it was more likely that a major explosion of anti-Semitic persecution would have come from France rather than its eventual focus, Germany. This month, it will be 80 years since some of the currents leading to Yakov’s nightmare came to the fore, when France introduced legislation that was at least on par with the Nazis’ Nuremberg Laws of 1935.
Following the defeat of France by Germany on June 22, 1940, the country was divided into two zones: a northern zone occupied by the German army, and an unoccupied “free zone” in the south. The unoccupied zone retained its nominal independence (although in many respects it was a puppet of Germany), with its capital in the resort town of Vichy, southeast of Paris. Its president was the World War I hero, Marshal Philippe Pétain, who was granted extraordinary powers by the National Assembly to enact a new constitution, giving him full authority in the new French government. Pétain, then aged 84, turned the Vichy regime into a nondemocratic collaborationist government, operating enthusiastically with Nazi Germany while remaining officially neutral.
On October 3, 1940, the government passed its first widespread anti-Jewish legislation, the Statut des Juifs (Jewish Law). This included a definition of who was a Jew that was even stricter than what the Nazis had instituted in Germany. Under Vichy, someone was Jewish if he or she had three Jewish grandparents, or two Jewish grandparents if his or her spouse was also Jewish.
The Statut des Juifs also entrenched a drastic cutback of Jewish involvement in French society. Jews were, from this point onward, excluded from the army officer corps and noncommissioned officer posts, top government administration positions, and any other job that influenced public opinion. They were only allowed to hold low-level public service jobs if they had fought in World War I or distinguished themselves in battle in 1939-1940.
Further, Jews were denied French citizenship and were ultimately banned from professions such as show business, teaching, the civil service and journalism. In occupied France (though not in Vichy), Jews were forced to wear yellow badges. Police confiscated their telephones and radios, and a curfew was enforced, beginning in January 1942. Jews were also required to travel in the last car of the Parisian metro and were limited to certain public areas.
The Statut des Juifs was followed by a second Statut, issued on June 2, 1941. It made the definition of a Jew even more rigid and called for the complete removal of Jews from industry, business and the liberal professions. Only a few Jews were exempted from these cutbacks.
The impact of the anti-Jewish laws was profound. They enabled the French police in the northern zone to conduct raids, roundups and deportation of Jews. In doing so, they went further than the orders demanded by the German occupiers. The laws were created purely on the initiative of the French government and not by the Germans themselves. They were not mandated by Germany and were to apply throughout metropolitan France as well as its overseas territories.
The speed with which the new measures took hold was head-spinning. Denaturalization of Jews in France took one month; in Germany, it took six. Whereas in Germany, it took over three years for Jews to be excluded from the military, in France the process took only three months. And so on.
As a result, the Vichy regime managed to maintain public order for the first two years after the armistice, with Germany providing little in the way of interference—other than demanding that the French police round up immigrant Jews, communists, political refugees and any individual labeled as “undesirable.”
The Vichy government was ahead of the curve, however; it voluntarily enacted its own measures against these “undesirable” individuals. A special commission was set up in July 1940 to review naturalizations granted since the 1927 reform of the nationality law. As a result, Vichy denaturalized approximately 15,000 individuals, mostly Jews, between June 1940 and August 1944.
Vichy tightened its anti-Semitic legislation, applicable in both zones, during 1941. The first mass arrests of Jews took place in May 1941, with most of them held in the winter sports stadium known as the Vel’d’Hiv. They were held in horrifying conditions for days, prior to being sent to the transit camp at Drancy before being moved on to the gas chambers at Auschwitz.
Overall, by the time deportations ended, the Vichy government had aided directly in the deportation of approximately 76,000 Jews to German extermination camps.
The course of anti-Jewish legislation in France provided fertile ground for the collaborationist Vichy government to exercise its racist agenda during the war. It is worth bearing this in mind when we contemplate the horrible darkness that was the Holocaust, and to reflect on the fact that one did not have to be a German Nazi in order to adopt murderous anti-Semitic policies.
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It is that time of year again—the leaves have fallen, marking the change of weather, as October brings us into autumn. As the festivities begin and people start decorating, it can mean only one thing—the Jewish holiday of Sukkot arrives and it’s time to build a sukkah.
This is one of the many Jewish holidays that Jewish people understand and enjoy, while the rest of the world has no clue.
In Israel, Sukkot is a time to party with your family. Its eight days of intense happiness and joy after 10 intense days of praying for forgiveness during the high holidays. When Sukkot comes, you just want to party; you are so happy you lived through those 10 days. You build a sukkah and move in, like it’s your house for eight days, staying inside it most of the time; even sleeping in it.
In Israel, on the last day of Sukkot, called Simchat Torah, Israelis express the joy of having the Torah. In synagogues, men sing and dance with the Torah for hours.
They’re drunk with happiness, with the privilege of having the Torah.
“What do you do in the sukkah?” I once ask my husband, as the holiday of Sukkot approached. He said, “We eat, and we eat and then we eat again!”
On Sukkot, eating in the sukkah is itself the very essence of the holiday.
Thanks to Sukkot’s status as a harvest holiday, there’s a tradition to serve stuffed foods to celebrate the seasonal gift. For many, the custom extends through Simchat Torah, since pairs of tube-shaped foods resemble Torah scrolls. Of course, there’s no need to save these recipes for the holidays— they’re wonderful all year round!
I am a sweets lover (I am sure everybody knows that by now) so, for me, stuffed food is stuffed dessert. Here is my top one—kataïfi, which is shredded phyllo with nuts, halva and honey syrup.
Golden, crispy and amazingly moist, kataïfi is a delicious dessert, which, like baklava, is very popular in Israel. It’s an amazing dessert, made with roughly chopped almonds (and sometimes other nuts and dried fruit), scented with cinnamon, wrapped into buttered crispy kataïfi dough (shredded filo dough) and bathed in honey syrup. This not only adds a sweet finish, but also acts as a preservative, allowing the pastry to last longer. Simply amazing!
This great sukkot dessert symbolizes the plentiful harvest by stuffing your delicious pastry with additional flavorful
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fruits and nuts. One of my favorite desserts, kataïfi is a specialty that we reserve for special occasions. If not Yom Tov, then when? It is a bit time-consuming, but well worth the effort.
You simply cannot go wrong with this dessert. It’s great to serve when entertaining, because it can be made a few days ahead. Kataïfi is almost identical in flavor to baklava except, instead of phyllo pastry, shredded phyllo is used. Use your favorite ground nut combination to create this delicate dessert. I used almonds, walnuts and halva. Don’t give up on the halva— tahini-based, halva is an Israeli sweet that is good for you. It adds creaminess and tang to anything it touches, whether fresh or baked. It is so delicious.
Enjoy kataïfi in your sukkah (while doing that mitzvah)!
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Kataïfi: Almond Walnut and Halva Pastry in Syrup
Yield: 24 pastries
Ingredients Syrup • 1¼ cups water • 2 cups sugar • 1 teaspoon lemon juice • 1 tablespoon honey
Filling • 1 cup chopped walnuts • 1 cup ground almonds • 1 cup halva • ½ cup sugar • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1 pound kataïfi dough (defrosted per package instructions) • ½ pound butter (melted)
Preparing the Syrup
1. Heat the water in a saucepan over low heat. Add the sugar and stir to dissolve. 2. Add the lemon juice and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. 3. Stir in the honey. Remove from the heat. Set aside to cool.
Making the Filling
In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients for the filling and blend well.
Preparing the Dough
1. Lay the long strip of dough out on a clean work surface and divide it into 18
to 24 pieces, gently spreading the strands out a bit if they clump together.
Each piece will be used to create an individual kataïfi roll. Keep unused dough covered with a piece of waxed paper and a damp towel on top of that to keep it from drying out. 2. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly butter a 9x13 baking dish. 3. Brush a strip of dough with melted butter. Place a tablespoon of the filling at one end of the strip and roll up into a cylinder, tucking in any stray pieces of dough. Take care to roll the pastry tightly so that the filling is securely enclosed. 4. Place the rolls seamside down in the prepared baking dish, close together, but not squashed, and brush well with remaining butter. Bake for 45 to 60 minutes, until golden brown and crispy looking. 5. Remove from the oven, pour cooled syrup over the pastry and cover with a clean towel. Let cool about 3 to 4 hours as it absorbs the syrup.
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Big-headed Ants Causing Big Headaches For Naples Residents by Joe Jayne, Truly Nolen
A recent survey conducted by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) showed that ants are the most common nuisance pest in the United States. One ant in particular is causing big headaches throughout our area right now: the big-headed ant. Did you know these ants can cover almost five acres in one colony, which is essentially the equivalent of two football fields?
Big-headed ants get their name from the appearance of the major workers - they have very large heads in relation to their bodies. The front half of the major's head is sculptured, while the back half is smooth and shiny. Every colony of this reddish brown species has two distinct types of workers: major workers and minor workers. Major workers are about 1/8 inch and minor workers are 1/16 inch.
Most indoor problems with big-headed ants begin outdoors. They often are observed when foraging for food both inside and outside. Although they do not usually nest inside of homes, they often enter to forage through cracks in the foundation. In fact, they are often mistaken for termites because of the debris they bring into a home. Outdoors, these ants eat sweet liquids such as honeydew, dead insects, and soil invertebrates. Indoors, they prefer foods that are high in protein. Big-headed ants readily make trails between their nest and their food source. Colonies typically consist of multiple queens.
As with most ants, the most common sign of a big-headed ant infestation is the worker ants. The big-headed ant can be found nesting in disturbed soils, lawns, flowerbeds, under objects, such as bricks, cement slabs, rocks, logs, or flower pots, around trees or water pipes, along the base of structures, and walkways, where displaced soil is usually observed from the action of ants digging below the surface.
Well-cared-for lawns may have big-headed ant infestations that are less noticeable, except along the edges where lawns meet walkways where piles of soil are often deposited. Big-headed ant populations expand into neighboring areas by following along these lawn-walkway edges or roadways. Big-headed ants can quickly move into new areas to establish nests and kick out other ant populations. Control of the big-headed ant is difficult because the ant colonies are numerous and populations usually extend across property lines. Fortunately, the big-headed ant does not sting or cause any structural damage to a home. These ants usually do not bite unless their nest is disturbed, and even then, the bite is not painful.
Some do-it-yourself things you can do to help prevent an infestation include removing potential nesting places near your home, keeping firewood piles as far from your house as possible, and maintaining a gap between your home and any mulch or vegetation.
Controlling these ants can involve several treatment methods. If part of the colony survives, the population can rebound. If your big-headed ant problem becomes overwhelming, seek professional pest control help.
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FIDF announces appointment of new CEO
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) announced the appointment of Steven Weil as its new National Director and CEO to head the charitable organization beginning September 16, 2020. He will succeed Maj. Gen. (Res.) Meir Klifi-Amir, who has led FIDF for six years of unprecedented organizational expansion.
Under Maj. Gen. (Res.) Klifi-Amir’s leadership, FIDF has experienced exponential growth. It expanded its fundraising capabilities, opened new chapters around the U.S., and raised more than $570 million between 2015-2019. True to its mission, FIDF was able to increase its well-being support for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers, helping 114% more soldiers than in years prior.
In light of this, FIDF’s lay leaders identified the need to modify the structure of the organization’s executive office and extend the scope of both management and fundraising operations. To further deepen FIDF’s philanthropic roots within the local community and allow for a prolonged tenure of the CEO, FIDF’s Board has decided to appoint an American-based
Jewish National Fund-USA’s (JNFUSA) 2020 National Conference will, for the first time, be held virtually, announced the organization’s National President, Dr. Sol Lizerbram.
Slated for October 18–23, 2020, JNFUSA’s Virtual National Conference will continue to serve as the organization’s premier planning and celebratory event. This year’s conference will again feature a substantive program, with a focus on how JNF-USA is impacting Israel’s present and future, all available from the comfort of participants’ own homes.
“As it does so ably and efficiently, Jewish National Fund-USA is making the best of the current situation and following through on its promises to Israel, its people and our partners,” said Lizerbram.
“This will be a great opportunity to review our tremendous accomplishments
Steven Weil
CREDIT: MINT MEDIA CEO, along with an IDF general to strengthen fundraising efforts. Weil will develop FIDF in the long term and build upon its vital position within the American philanthropic community. He will oversee the 501(c)(3) notfor-profit, as it continues to grow
its infrastructure, both nationally and locally around the U.S. and Panama, solidifying the strong foundation it has developed over the past 39 years, with the mission of supporting education
and well-being programs for the soldiers of the IDF.
Particularly suited for this position, Weil comes to FIDF following an 11-year tenure at the Orthodox Union (OU). He attended Yeshiva University, concurrently completing his ordination at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (REITS) and receiving a master’s degree
in Business Administration from NYU’s Stern School of Business.
He began his career in education before moving on to pulpit work, first in Oak Park, Michigan and then in Beverly Hills, California. In both locations, he significantly built and expanded his congregations and instituted programs to unify and impact the broader and shift our focus on successfully achieving the goals of 2021.”
Featured topics and discussions will focus on how JNF-USA is helping Israel shape itself as the food and culinary capital of the world; the tremendous strides JNF-USA is making to support Israel’s role as a leader in global food, energy and water security; a behind-the-scenes look at the worldwide impact of the training international students receive at the Arava International Center for Agriculture Training; and much more.
“The Virtual National Conference will be an opportunity to reflect on the past year, share how we pivoted with the times and continued to deliver on our promises to the land and people of Israel, and lay out the foundation for our vision for the upcoming year,” said David Braverman, Co-President of the JNF-USA Naples Board of Directors. community. He subsequently assumed the position of senior managing director of the OU, where he spearheaded its institutional advancement and community engagement efforts.
Weil is a sought-after speaker and educator, and has given invocations for presidents, governors and other senior elected officials. He is deeply passionate about the State of Israel, Jewish continuity and the vital role Israel’s soldiers play in guaranteeing its future. Weil resides in New Jersey with his wife and is a proud father and grandfather.
“I’d like to thank Maj. Gen. (Res.) Klifi-Amir for his tremendous leadership over the last six years. His efforts have brought this organization to new levels, and inspired thousands to contribute to FIDF’s essential mission,” said Rabbi Peter Weintraub, FIDF’s National Chairman. “We are thrilled to welcome Steven Weil to the FIDF family as National Director and CEO, where he will channel his skills in institutional advancement as well as his vast experience in the Jewish community to support Israel and its heroic guardians, the men and women of the IDF.”
“It is the greatest honor to join the FIDF family of lay leaders and
“Next year, we hope to see everyone in Israel for JNF-USA’s 2021 National Conference!”
Sponsorship opportunities are available for the 2020 Virtual National Conference at levels from $500–$25,000. “This is a significant time and a wonderful opportunity to show your support for Israel,” said Anthony Solomon, CoPresident of the JNF-USA Naples Board of Directors.
“Those who sponsor the 2020 Virtual National Conference will get a two-forone deal and receive recognition at the 2021 Conference in Israel as well. Our vital work in Israel continues despite the challenging times, and our vision for the future is bigger than ever.” professionals who have committed their lives to looking after the IDF soldiers,” said Weil. “FIDF, through educational and well-being initiatives, enables these courageous young men and women, who invest years of their lives to protect Israel, to serve proudly and guarantee the future of Israel and the Jewish people.”
About Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF)
FIDF was established in 1981 by a group of Holocaust survivors as a 501(c) (3) notfor-profit organization, with the mission of offering educational, cultural, recreational and social programs and facilities that provide hope, purpose and life-changing support for the soldiers who protect Israel and Jews worldwide. Today, FIDF has more than 150,000 loyal supporters and 24 chapters throughout the United States and Panama. FIDF proudly supports IDF soldiers, families of fallen soldiers and wounded veterans through a variety of innovative programs that reinforce the vital bond between the communities in the United States, the soldiers of the IDF and the State of Israel. For more information,
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Registration for Jewish National Fund-USA’s 2020 Virtual National Conference is now open at jnf.org/virtualnc. Jewish National Fund-USA is offering a complimentary registration Zoom spot to members of its World Chairman’s Council, King Solomon Society, Negev Society, and those who have registered for the 2021 National Conference in Israel.
For more information about the National Conference, contact Amy Fass, Director of National Events, at afass@ jnf.org or 212.879.9305 x804. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Glen Schwartz, Executive Director, National Major Donor Relations, at gschwartz@ jnf.org or 212-879-9305 x880.
