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leased, the refugees were resettled in Europe DR. JEANNETTE GABRIEL with support from more secure Jewish comDirector, Schwalb Center for Israel and munities. “With the perspective of centuries,” Jewish Studies he Schwalb Center for Israel Teller points out, “this study shows the ways and Jewish Studies at UNO is that the Jewish world succeeded in dealing hosting the first presentation with this crisis economically and spiritually, in its series on New Research and even psychologically. There are lessons on Jewish Migratory Studies. for our own time as we struggle to deal with Dr. Adam Teller, professor of History and Ju- ever increasing numbers of refugees.” daic Studies at Brown This groundbreakUniversity, will be ing research uncovers speaking on his new an early example of book, Rescue the SurJewish displacement viving Souls: The Great and resettlement. Jewish Refugee Crisis of Based on extensive rethe 17th Century, at an search of original doconline event. Please uments in twelve join us on Wedneslanguages, this new day, Oct. 14 at 7 research examines p.m. All the Schwalb the crisis from its oriCenter events are free, gin in the military but pre-registration is conflict to its resolurequired. tion as Jewish comA global refugee crimunities in Polandsis developed as a reLithuania and central sult of mid-17th and western Europe century wars in the mobilized to assist Poli sh-Lithuanian the refugees. His work Commonwealth. Tens contributes an imporAdam Teller of thousands of Jews tant new chapter to were forced to flee and captured into slave both Jewish history and the broader field of networks across Europe, the Middle East, migration studies. and North Africa. Professor Teller’s presentaProfessor Teller was born and raised in tion will examine how an international net- London and attended Oxford University. He work of Jewish communities mobilized to then moved to Israel and completed his secure ransoms and free Jewish captives graduate studies in Polish-Lithuanian Jewry from slave markets in Istanbul. Once re- See Rescue the Surviving Souls page 2
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PAM MONSKY Assistant Director, ADL-CRC The ADL’s Plains States Region (ADL-CRC) is joining ADL’s National Walk Against Hate for the first time, and, due to the circumstances created by the pandemic, are transforming the traditional “walk” into a real-world/online hybrid event – cre-
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about in schools but, nevertheless, have had profound impact ( for better or worse) on our society. History can-
in an entirely new way. Leading up to Sunday, Oct. 18, ADL-CRC will unveil 24 local locations on their event website: www.adlplains.com, that reflect the historic, diverse journey through which our civil rights and civil liberties have evolved. WHY WE WALK: We aim to shine a light on places not typically talked
not be defined solely by the victories but by the many sacrifices, inequities and unfair treatment felt by so many, in every corner of our city. ABOUT THE WALK: Participants will have the opportunity to physically (and safely), or virtually, visit sites around the metro area to learn See Walk Against Hate page 2
Kaplan Book Group SHIRLY BANNER On Thursday, Oct. 15 the Dorothy Kaplan Book Discussion Group will be discussing Elinor Lipman’s whimsical novel The Family Man. New participants are welcome and all are invited to remain for a discussion of the family saga Hershon’s Folly by Rachel Schultz immediately following.
A recently retired, unattached and gay New York lawyer, Henry Archer, is a nice, warm and caring guy – perhaps too nice. When Henry reluctantly becomes involved in trying to help ex-wife Denise get her fair share of her recently deceased third husband’s estate, Henry begins a renewed relationship with his stepdaughter, Thalia. Henry adopted Thalia as a small child when Denise’s first husband died and Henry married Denise. But shortly afterwards, when Denise had an affair with future third husband Glenn, Henry and Denise divorced and Glenn adopted Thalia, pushing Henry out of Thalia’s life. Thalia is now a 29-year-old would-be actor who works in the hair salon where Henry has been going for years, but Henry has failed to recognize her until now. A relationship blossoms as Henry’s provides guidance, friendship, and legal advice for Thalia. As the book progresses, Thalia gets an acting gig as the fake girlfriend for a socially awkward sitcom- and horror film actor in need of a re-branding. Denise arranges a meeting between Henry and the man of his dreams, thus adding to the already melodramatic happenings in Henry and Thalia’s lives and relationship. Immediately following the discussion of The Family Man (approximately at 2 p.m.), the group and others will be discussing Rachel Schultz’s Hershon’s Folly. Hershon’s Folly is a family saga set in rural South Africa during the 1950s when white nationalists were in power. It shows the loving bond See Kaplan Book Group page 2
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Continued from page 1 between an outsider father, a Russian Jewish refugee, and his South African-born daughter, and how together they deal with poverty, Apartheid and anti-Semitism. A black outcast befriends the young girl, and they discuss Bantu beliefs and mythology. Miriam Ben-Yaacov (pen name Rachel Schultz) moved to Omaha with her family in 1979. She is a retired Yoga instructor and was a poet/writer in the schools/communities of Iowa and Nebraska. Her stories and poems have appeared in literary magazines such as Short Story International, Archipelago and The Long Story. Her writing reflects life in the Midwest, and her South African and Eastern European Jewish Heritage. Hershon’s Folly is available on Amazon Kindle only. The Dorothy Kaplan Book Discussion group meets normally on the third Thursday of every month at 1 p.m. in the Kripke Jewish Federation Library but we will be “meeting” online using Zoom until further notice. New members are always welcome. The group receives
administrative support from the Community Engagement & Education arm of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. To view books discussed by the group over the past several years, go to www.jewishomaha.org, click on the “Community & Education” pull down tab and navigate to “Kripke Jewish Federation Library,” then to “Dorothy Kaplan Book Discussion Group.” If you would like to attend any of these discussions, contact Kripke Library Specialist Shirly Banner at 402.334.6462 or sbanner@jewishomaha. org to receive the Zoom link or for more information.
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stamps, art, etc. and both he and my ROBBY ERLICH mother encouraged my brother and me Beth El Engagement Coordinator to collect something that we were pasBeth El is pleased to continue our robust sionate about.” series of adult education classes taught by Barry believes that comics can create Beth El members. Starting on Wednesday a bigger and more meaningful picture Oct. 14, Beth El member Barry Grossman and dialogue for the reader. “Even will be teaching a three part class titled Juthough I am an avid reader of regular daism in Comics on Zoom. The dates will books, the comics have a tendency to be Oct. 14, 21 and 28 all starting at 6 create a bigger picture for me (pun inp.m. For Barry, his love of comics started tended). I’m hoping I can surprise stuat a young age and he has a family history dents about what one can find in a of collecting items. “When I was seven comic book and hopefully spark an inyears old, my parents bought me a subterest that will have them look for a scription to Walt Disney’s Comics and Stobook that they (or family members) may ries so I would get a comic in the mail enjoy. I am planning to share with them every month. I was hooked from then on. certain comics that have depicted JewWhen I was 11 years old, I took all my ish life in the 19th and 20th centuries.” Casper comic books (and there were a Barry Grossman For more information and to sign up great deal of them) and traded them in for Superman and Batman comics at a wonderful book store for this free class, please visit www.bethel-omaha.org. For called the Antiquarium that was located near the Old Market. any questions, please contact Robby Erlich, Engagement CoMy father was a historian and a big collector of ancient coins, ordinator, at rerlich@bethel-omaha.org.
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Continued from page 1 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Teller joined the Department of Jewish History at the University of Haifa in 1995 and remained there until 2010, when he moved to Providence, RI to take up his current position as Professor of History and Judaic Studies at Brown University. As part of this event, Princeton University Press is offering a special discount on the purchase of Rescue the Surviving Souls. From now until Nov. 15, you can receive 30% off the price of the book, plus free shipping. Detailed information on how to register for this program, take advantage of this discount and learn more information about Schwalb Center 2020 programming is available on the Schwalb Center website at https:// www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/ schwalb-center/index.php.
Walk Against Hate Continued from page 1 about and appreciate how the ground many of us walk on, and perhaps take for granted, has memory and meaning. QR codes will be affixed at each location providing a deeper dive into that site. If you are unable to physically visit the locations, we offer a rich, virtual learning experience for each location on our event site, as well. Participants will also be able to share their experience with others on the journey. This is a great opportunity to involve your entire family, classroom or business, connect to others, begin a dialogue about our community and start to move the needle against hate! Registration is free, but if you want to make a donation, you will receive stylish Walk Against Hate gear (merchandise begins for a minimum donation of $25). Please visit www.adlplains.com to register. Registrants can also create a team or individual page to raise vital funds for ADL, spread the word about the walk and actively fight hate for good.
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New Women and Religion class at Beth El synagogue • Gurudharmas in Taiwanese Buddhist DR. JEANNETTE GABRIEL Nunneries Director, Schwalb Center for Israel and • Women Deacons in the Catholic Church Jewish Studies • Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of This fall Beth El Synagogue is hosting a sixsession course that I am teaching on Women the Qu’ran This course is a shortened version of a new, and Religion that focuses on the intersection permanent course I am ofof power and oppression fering at UNO through the that women experience in Religious Studies and four of the major world reliWomen and Gender Studgions – Judaism, Christianies departments. This seity, Buddhism, and Islam. mester, the Women and We will examine the historReligion course at UNO inical, cultural and religious cludes a service learning contexts that highlight project where the students women’s involvement in or are engaging with a group of exclusion from activity and local women refugees and power within each religion. immigrants to hear about The course will examine ishow their experiences have sues of feminism and leaderbeen influenced by religion ship, as well as how religious and religious institutions. scriptures have been reinAs part of this event, terpreted. A main focus of Dr. Jeannette Gabriel Princeton University Press the course will be to explore the broad and complex range of responses to is offering a special discount on purchase of women’s increased demand for greater voice Rescue the Surviving Souls. From now until Nov. 15, you can receive 30% off the price of and participation within religion today. The course will be held Tuesday after- the book, plus free shipping. Detailed infornoons at 2 p.m. from Oct. 13 through Nov. mation on how to register for this program, 10. Registration can be found at https:// take advantage of this discount and learn www.bethel-omaha.org/event/women -- more information about Schwalb Center 2020 programming is available on the Schwalb religion-with-jeannette-gabriel.html. Some of the case studies that the class will Center website at https://www.unomaha .edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/sch examine are: walb-center/ index.php. • Women of the Wall movement in Israel
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ORGANIZATIONS B’NAI B’RITH BREADBREAKERS The Monsky Lodge of B’nai B’rith is pleased to announce the resumption of its award-winning speaker program via ZOOM. Although the Home auditorium remains temporarily closed, we’ll continue presenting an outstanding lineup of thought-provoking keynoters. Congressman Don Bacon will tell us why he should continue to represent greater Omahans as our representative in the US House of Representatives (NE-2). (Rescheduled from 10-28) on Wednesday, Oct. 14. For specific speaker information and/or to be placed on the email list, please contact Breadbreakers chair at gary.javitch@gmail. com or leave a message at the BB JCC office 402.334.6443.
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Grounded now playing at the Omaha Community Playhouse The Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP) production of Grounded opened Friday, Sept. 25. An ace fighter pilot finds herself grounded when an unexpected pregnancy cuts her career in the sky short. Reassigned to military drone operation, the former F-16 pilot patrols Afghanistan by day—from a windowless trailer outside of Las Vegas—and returns to her family at night. But as professional pressure mounts, the lines between the desert where she lives and the desert where she
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ADL-CRC condemns President Trump’s debate remarks PAM MONSKY Assistant Director, ADL-CRC During the recent Presidential Debate, President Trump was asked by Chris Wallace: “Are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say that they need to stand down...” Rather than condemn white supremacists, President Trump repeatedly dodged the question and responded: “Proud Boys should stand back and stand by. But I’ll tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about antifa and the left.” To say the least, the President’s response was astonishing and dangerous. “Stand Back and Stand By” is not at all a condemnation of white supremacy or right-wing extremism. In fact, it’s being taken by the Proud Boys as a call to arms. The online response from Proud Boys, whose misogynistic, antisemitic, Islamophobic, transphobic and anti-immigration rhetoric is often paired with violence directed at left-wing protesters, was immediate and resounding. Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio signaled his fealty to Trump. Tarrio posted on Parler, “That’s my president!” and “Standing by sir.” In a tweet following this exchange, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt wrote: “Trying to determine if this was an answer or an admission. @POTUS owes America an apology or an explanation. Now.” The ADL-CRC would like to share our expertise and resources to better equip you to navigate this issue. Below you will find a number of vetted ADL resources and highlights you can share. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have questions or need further comment. BLOG ENTRIES AND BACKGROUNDERS • Asked to Denounce White Supremacists, President Trump Tells Far-Right Extremist Group to “Stand By” – ADL Blog reacting to the President’s refusal to denounce white supremacists and reaction from the Proud Boys •ADL Backgrounder on The Proud Boys
TWEETS TO LIKE AND SHARE • ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt’s statement on President Trump’s comments • Link to Asked to Denounce White Supremacists, President Trump Tells Far-Right Extremist Group to “Stand By” blog SO WHO ARE THE PROUD BOYS? ADL has conducted extensive research into the Proud Boys, which can be found here. Some highlights: • The Proud Boys represent an unconventional strain of American right-wing extremism. While the group can be described as violent, nationalistic, Islamophobic, transphobic, antisemitic and misogynistic, its members represent a range of ethnic backgrounds, and its leaders vehemently protest any allegations of racism. • During the last three years, the Proud Boys have established themselves as a dominant force within the alt lite. • After several years of forging alliances with members of the Republican political establishment, the Proud Boys have carved out a niche for themselves as both a right-wing fight club and a volunteer security force for the GOP. Despite their associations with mainstream politicians, Proud Boys’ actions and statements repeatedly land them in the company of white supremacists and right-wing extremists. Jason Kessler, the primary organizer of the deadly 2017 Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, is a former Proud Boy. • Violence has been a key component of the Proud Boys since the group’s creation. Examples can be found in our ADL backgrounder. • ADL’s Center on Extremism tracked dozens of stay-athome protests during Spring 2020 and identified members of the Proud Boys and Three Percenters, signs referencing antivaccine beliefs and QAnon conspiracies, attendees flashing the “okay” hand gesture (which can have white supremacist connotations), and others decrying the “tyrannical” actions of state governments.
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MARY SUE GROSSMAN There are a variety of images that may project in one’s mind when hearing the word “intimacy.” It may be a romantic evening with candles and soft music. Perhaps it is an image of a sensual physical experience. Perhaps it is the closeness that two people share after being together for many years, knowing one another’s thoughts and feelings without speaking. What is intimacy when viewed from a Jewish perspective? Join Laura and Rabbi Ari Dembitzer on Oct. 18 and 25 for a two-part class exploring this issue. Classes will be held from 8-9 p.m. via Beth Israel’s Zoom room. Registration is required. The first class is entitled Physical and Emotional Intimacy and the second is Resolving Conflict and Building Trust. Classes will incorporate the teachings of Rabbi Kook and John Gottman. “Judaism gives us such a beautiful compass and roadmap for marriage,” shares Laura Dembitzer. “We wanted to share some of the teachings that have been instrumental in our own lives and what we have seen be successful for others.” She continued saying, “What does it mean for a woman to go the mikvah every month? What impact does it have on a marriage, not just spiritually, but also, what are the practical implications of renewing your marriage every month? This class will present ideas that will inspire and offer practical tools for our most intimate relationship.” Rabbi Ari concurs with Laura’s comments: “The last half of the year has made us refocus on the most important parts of our lives, our relationships with ourselves and others. One area which always needs clarity is intimacy. Luckily the Torah guides us in a deep and profound way. Please join us as we explore the meaning and depth of intimacy and Judaism.” Classes are open to the community for those 18 years and older. Registration is available at orthodoxomaha.org, by emailing executiveasst@orthodoxomaha.org, or by calling 402.556.6288.
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Who are these ‘Proud Boys?’ BEN SALES JTA Who are the Proud Boys, the far-right group that Donald Trump namechecked at the first presidential debate? And do they hate Jews? The answer to the second question: Some of them — including their founder — certainly do. Let’s back up: At the debate Tuesday night, moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump whether he would condemn white supremacists from the debate stage. He did not. What he did say, amid denunciations of the far-left Antifa, was this: “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by, but I’ll tell you what, somebody’s gotta do something about Antifa and the left because this is not a right-wing problem, this is a left-wing problem.” The group Trump referred to, the Proud Boys, is a far-right, “western chauvinist” fraternal organization founded by Gavin McInnes that supports Trump and has engaged in street violence. Anti-Semitism is not core to the group’s ideology, but according to the Anti-Defamation League, the group has allied with white supremacists, and McInnes has made a series of anti-Semitic statements. The ADL estimates that it has several hundred members.
Want more stories about anti-Semitism in America? Sign up for JTA’s daily newsletter. A former member of the Proud Boys, Jason Kessler, was the primary organizer of the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, which Joe Biden again criticized for its anti-Semitism during the debate Tuesday. Chapters of the Proud Boys have marched with neoNazis on other occasions as well. Just as members of the Boogaloo Bois, another far-right group, frequently wear Hawaiian shirts, the Proud Boys have adopted a specific quasi-uniform, in their case a black polo shirt with yellow trim produced by the British company Fred Perry. Late last week, the company announced that it would stop selling the shirts and issued a forceful statement reiterating its top executive’s previous condemnation of the Proud Boys. Fred Perry, the Englishman who founded the company in 1952, “started a business with a Jewish businessman from Eastern Europe. It’s a shame we even have to answer questions like this. No, we don’t support the ideals or the group that you speak of. It is counter to our beliefs and the people we work with,” John Flynn, the company’s chair, said in 2017 and again in the new statement. “And, in case anyone has any doubts,
the Proud Boys are a virulent strain of American right-wing extremism,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt tweeted on Tuesday night, following the debate. “They have a long track record of violence, including in Portland this past weekend.” McInnes went on an anti-Semitic rant in 2017, in which he defended Holocaust denial and repeated anti-Semitic stereotypes. The rant came in a video filmed in Israel that he originally titled “10 things I hate about the Jews.” “I felt myself defending the super farright Nazis just because I was sick of so much brainwashing and I felt like going, ‘Well, they never said it didn’t happen. What they’re saying is it was much less than 6 million and that they starved to death and weren’t gassed, that they didn’t have supplies,’” he said, before adding, “I’m not saying it wasn’t gassing.” He also blamed Jews for Josef Stalin’s starvation of millions of Ukrainians. “I think it was 10 million Ukrainians who were killed,” he said. “That was by Jews. That was by Marxist, Stalinist, left-wing, commie, socialist Jews.” He then said Jews have a “whiny paranoid fear of Nazis.” Trump later told reporters, “I don’t know who the Proud Boys are,” and “Whoever they are they need to stand down.”
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MARCY OSTER JTA Israel delivered the first of two Iron Dome missile defense system batteries to the U.S. Army. The U.S. and Israel signed an agreement for the purchase of two batteries a year ago from its developer, the Haifa-based firm Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. The batteries will be employed in the defense of U.S. troops against ballistic and aerial threats, Israel’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday in a statement. On Wednesday, Defense Minister Benny Gantz visited Rafael’s Leshem Institute for an event marking the delivery of the first Iron
Dome missile to the U.S. In March, the Army canceled plans to purchase more of the batteries because of difficulties integrating them into its existing air defense systems. Congress has given Israel more than $1.5 billion to produce Iron Dome batteries. In 2014, the U.S. and Israel signed a co-production agreement that would allow parts of the Iron Dome system to be produced in the United States. Since it was deployed in 2011, Iron Dome has intercepted over 2,400 rockets fired at Israel from Gaza. Along with Iron Dome, Israel employs several other defense systems, including David’s Sling, Arrow-2 and Arrow-3.
See Yesterday and Today at the Omaha Community Playhouse The Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP) presents fan favorite Yesterday and Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience—opened on Friday, Oct. 2. Cap off 2020 with a shot of Beatlemania! Yesterday and Today is the smash hit, all-request Beatles show controlled by the audience. Share your favorite stories and relive your fondest memories with the songs that defined a generation. With no two shows the
same, fans will be dancing in the aisles and singing along to all their favorite hits. Tickets are on sale now starting at $45, with ticket prices varying by performance. Tickets may be purchased at the OCP Box Office, located at 6915 Cass Street, by phone at 402.553.0800 or online at OmahaPlay house.com. The show will run in the Hawks Mainstage Theatre in October.
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Israel reports COVID-19 spike MARCY OSTER JTA Israel reported a record number of nearly 9,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in a 24-hour period. The 8,919 confirmed infections reported Oct. 1 from the previous day represent a 13.6% positivity rate. As of Thursday morning, Israel has had a total of 1,571 deaths from the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the Cabinet voted to extend the current full lockdown meant to prevent the spread of the deadly virus by three days, though it could be longer. The Cabinet also approved fining those caught in a sukkah that is not their own. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Health Ministry to prepare hospitals
to handle up to 5,000 seriously ill coronavirus patients at one time. The maximum now is 800, a number that has already been exceeded. The country’s embattled coronavirus czar, Dr. Ronni Gamzu, said at a news conference Thursday that some 40% of verified coronavirus cases in Israel are from the haredi Orthodox community, though they make up about 8% of the population. He said the large number of cases discovered on Wednesday was fallout from the small number of tests performed this week on Yom Kippur. Meanwhile, Israeli news outlets such as Channel 12 reported that sukkahs with the capacity to hold hundreds of people were seen being constructed in Jerusalem, sparking fears of a continued spike in virus cases in the community.
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speak your mind doesn’t hurt others.” times when we think we see evil, we are correct— ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT Let’s unpack that quote, because it holds an im- and then, we must speak out. But we MUST know Jewish Press Editor It’s been another exciting few weeks. While the portant truth. “Freedom,” a word that we like to the difference. How did we get here? days already run together without the markers of throw around a lot, doesn’t mean what we think it More importantly, how do we get past it? “normal life,” and it has become a challenge to re- means. At least, it doesn’t in the current political We have less than a month until the election and member whether it’s Tuesday or Sunday, we have climate. Right now, it means we feel entitled not the additional stress of natural disasters and giant just to vote for our own candidate; it also means unless the polls are really off, roughly half the counfires. Meanwhile, a fight over who will and who will we feel that whatever choice we make gives us the try will end up disappointed, the other half elated. With the stakes this high, what will we not take the COVID-19 vaccine —when do? How will we act the next morning? it becomes available— seems to be It’s not a question that is easy to anbrewing. Then, of course, the President swer—but it is one we all have to anand the First Lady tested positive for swer for ourselves. And then, we have to COVID-19. be able to live with that answer. We Constantly in the background, we have to know the difference between have the Presidential election, remindmoral bankruptcy and a simple differing us that we’re bad at getting along. For ence in worldview. those of you who have siblings, it’s like When every political opinion is seen when we were little and we could not in a moral light, it becomes impossible help fighting over that one specific toy. to disagree in a civilized manner. In If we were lucky, our parents didn’t nomaking the political this personal and tice and we got away with it; most times ethical, we have created a very big probwe were all sent to our rooms crying. lem. When we yell ‘Freedom,’ we don’t Growing up means letting go of the childish wish to always get our way. We Joe Biden, left, and Donald Trump during the first presidential debate, Sept. really mean it. When we say, ‘we can 29, 2020. Credit: Jim Watson, Saul Loeb AFP via Getty Images agree to disagree,’ we don’t really mean come to realize that we are different people with different needs, wants and loves, but right to denounce others who don’t make that it. When we claim to respect each other’s opinions, choice. Every choice, politically speaking, becomes we don’t really mean it. Once, there may have been we can still respect each other. How is it that, as a nation, we can’t learn that a moral choice. And what’s worse: we all act as if a time when we were able to have civilized disour own moral choices are better than our neigh- course, but the gloves are most definitely off this simple lesson? “I completely understand and appreciate that we bor’s. Disagree with us? You must be a bad person. time around. Remember when everyone wanted to make fun of live in a country where our freedom of speech is See it our way, or suffer the consequences. And if protected and where we can vote for whomever we our “right to speak hurts others” as Henrique that debate on Sept. 29? The rest of the country really please,” Melissa Henrique wrote for Kveller. “These writes, we often feel that hurt is deserved. What is doesn’t act very differently. We just don’t have a camera pointed at us at all times. Getting better, being are freedoms many have given their lives for around wrong with us? To make things even more complicated, some- better: we all have to start in our own backyard. the world. But that doesn’t mean your right to
Vote NO on 429, 430, 431—Protect Nebraska from unlimited gambling losses Once again, well-funded casino operators want to change Nebraska’s constitution to allow casino gambling. The change would allow all forms of gambling across the state, from slot machines to online sports betting. And such a constitutional change immedi- DEBBIE ately empowers Nebraska’s DENENBERG three tribes to offer all forms Guest Editorial of gambling with no state taxation or oversight. Here are compelling reasons to vote down these initiatives, and to tell your friends and neighbors to vote “no” as well. The initiative is deceptive. It discusses racetracks, but a “racetrack” could offer 24/7 casino gambling 365 days/year by holding just one race per year. Dozens of such “licensed-racetrack-enclosure” casinos could open across the state, approved and overseen by unelected officials with no legislative or public oversight. Who is for casino gambling? Casino operators are. They stand to make millions. Who is against casino gambling? A broad coalition of Nebraska’s leadership, both Democratic and Republican: Senator Bob Kerrey, CEO Warren Buffett, Ron Brown, Governors Pete Ricketts, Dave Heineman, Mike Johanns, Kay Orr, Congressmen Hal Daub and Tom Osborne, and more oppose casino expansion here. Trust them. Tom Osborne said, “Every single congressman that I’ve talked to, when they’ve had expanded gambling move in, has told me it’s the worst thing that has ever happened.” What about the money going over the bridge to border states? “Keep the Money in Nebraska” is a myth. Distributing casinos across communities here would be like throwing gasoline on the fire. Just one casino in Omaha would increase gambling losses in Omaha by 66% and add $132 million in so-
cial costs while Nebraskans will continue to gam- promising them a dream that will not come true. ble in Iowa, according to an Omaha Chamber of There is no way the citizens of Nebraska won’t beCommerce study. We’ve seen this scenario actually come losers...we don’t need it.” His partner Charlie play out. Detroit voters approved casinos to “stop” Monger adds, “Casinos wreak egregious harm.” $500 million going across the river to Windsor, Jewish tradition frowns on gambling. According Canada. More people got hooked on gambling, and to the Talmud, when a buyer and a seller make a the outflow to Canada increased to $700 million. transaction, both must give consent. The buyer Creighton Economist Ernie Goss recently must be happy parting with money to receive demonstrated that citizens pay higher tax rates in something of value from the seller. With gambling, casino states than in non-casino states. That sug- this exchange is dishonest, because the buyer does gests that if we try to balance property tax relief on the backs of addicted gamblers, who account for some two thirds of casino revenues, then other Nebraska taxes will go up (Google “Why Casinos Matter” for the research). The promised tax relief is a shell game. “Slots in Nebraska will just drain more money out of the state,” says John E. Anderson, University of Nebraska Department of Economics. More gambling will mean significantly more social costs. Gambling’s ABCs—Addiction, Bankruptcy, Crime, Divorce, Credit: Jeff Kubina. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons AttriEmbezzlement, and other bution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. side-effects—cost at least three times any benefits, not receive what he expects. The Jewish commuaccording to University of Illinois Economist Earl nity should reject this dishonesty. It’s not difficult Grinols. Casinos won’t pay; taxpayers will. The to see that gambling becomes a harmful, predatory, modern slot machine is not a game. It’s fast, com- regressive tax on those who can least afford it. puterized, and meticulously designed to capture Want to “Keep the Money in Nebraska”? Then keep players. That’s why modern slots are known as the slot machines and sports betting out. Keep unlimited “crack-cocaine of gambling.” tribal casinos out. Keep the heartache and destrucCEO Warren Buffett frequently sets the record tion of addiction out. Vote NO on 429, 430 and 431. straight on gambling. He says “I think that for a Editorials express the view of the writer and state to essentially prey upon its citizens, create are not necessarily representative of the views of more of these addictions…I just think it’s wrong. I the Jewish Press Board of Directors, the Jewish think it’s cynical on the part of the state to raise Federation of Omaha Board of Directors, or the money from people who basically can’t afford it by Omaha Jewish community as a whole.
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Avoiding politics is a political act, no matter what Rabbi Sacks says JOSHUA SHANES JTA In a recent interview with the JTA, former British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks offered a critique of contemporary political and religious culture in America. He attacked so-called “cancel culture” and the refusal to engage with people of different opinions, as well as rabbis who tell their congregants how to vote. “The division between politics and religion,” he said, “is absolutely fundamental. It’s one of the greatest things Judaism ever taught the world: Don’t mix religion and politics. You mix religion and politics, you get terrible politics and even worse religion. It’s an absolute and total outrage. … I have never, ever, ever taken a party political stand — and not one member of my family… knows how I vote. … So I’m afraid I have absolutely not the slightest shred of sympathy for anyone who, as a rabbi, tells people how to vote.” With all due respect, I found both claims surprising. First, Sacks’ self-portrayal as always respectful and opposed to “cancelation” is contradicted by his history of delegitimizing nonOrthodox forms of Judaism. He’s refused to attend the Limmud Conference, for example, one of the largest interdenominational Jewish gatherings in the world. He attacked the Masorti movement, as well as a beloved Reform rabbi and Holocaust survivor, as intellectual “thieves” who threaten the future of British Jewry. I found Sacks’ praise for political neutrality even more surprising. As many of our most powerful voices have argued, political neutrality does not really exist. Political neutrality is itself a form of political expression supporting those in power or those destined to remain in power without the voice of opposition. As Elie Wiesel taught us: “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” Martin Luther King, Jr. similarly quoted Dante in defending the need to protest the Vietnam War: “The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. I cannot be a silent onlooker while evil rages,” he declared. Despite Rabbi Sacks’ words to the contrary, our own tradition teaches this lesson. The overriding message of prophetic activity, for example, was political intervention in the name of
ethical monotheism. From Elijah to Isaiah and countless others, the prophets intervened in contemporary politics when regimes or their people behaved immorally. It extends to rabbinic sources as well. In the dramatic story of the destruction of the Temple, the Talmud blames the rabbis who saw injustice — the humiliation of their fellow man — and said nothing. “Since the Rabbis were sitting there and did not stop him,” Bar Kamsa said of his tormenter, “this shows that they agreed with him.” Thus began his revenge that ended in the Temple’s destruction and our exile.
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In fact, it seems that Rabbi Sacks does not actually believe in remaining neutral, because he has himself openly supported various political causes, especially (but not only) if he believed it would benefit Israel or the Jewish community. For example, in 2002 Sacks openly supported an invasion of Iraq, assuming specific conditions were met. In 2011, he called for the British government to tax married people at a lower rate than single ones, a position then promoted by the Conservative Party but opposed by its Labour and Liberal Democratic opponents. He advocates for Israel’s rightwing perspective on its conflict with Palestinians and settlements, and he celebrated Trump’s decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem. He literally consulted on Vice President Mike Pence’s speech to the Knesset celebrating that moment. Most famously, he thundered against Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour party, during last year’s British elections. You might argue those examples — or at least some of them — are different because Corbyn was an anti-Semite, and the rest were in defense of Israel or Jews.
But those were, in fact, political actions that reflected his values. And his refusal to advocate for other issues — or for other threatened communities — is an equally political act. It’s particularly galling when Sacks seeks political allies against anti-Semitism by noting the interconnection between various forms of prejudice, and yet does not act to end those other injustices. Insisting that the Torah speaks neither for nor against a political cause or leader is itself defining one’s Jewish values in a specific way. It is perfectly legitimate, for example, to argue that a rabbi must rally Jews against Trump and his agenda, just as it is valid to argue that a rabbi must rally Jews behind him. Either position reflects that rabbi’s understanding of Torah values. Rabbi Sacks’ call to ignore the issue is itself a political act, separate from either camp to be sure, but no less a political — and thus moral — choice for it. It is true that Judaism does not speak to every political debate, but the key is to recognize those challenges in the moment, when one can actually make a difference. For example, today we praise rabbis who opposed slavery or Jim Crow, often at great personal sacrifice. But those views in their time were extremely controversial, and as a result many rabbis in both the North and South refused to address them based precisely on Rabbi Sacks’ logic of avoiding politics from the pulpit. On Yom Kippur, Jews around the world read from the Book of Isaiah. “This is the fast I desire,” says the prophet. “To unlock fetters of wickedness, and untie the cords of the yoke to let the oppressed go free; To break off every yoke.” This is a call to action. As Frederick Douglass thundered: “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” Silence now means declaring ambivalence or apathy at a time of moral, political and ( for many) existential crisis. It requires acceding to those in power and arguing that the Torah does not speak to their success or failure. And that is an exceedingly political act. Joshua Shanes is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, and Director of the Center for Israel Studies, at the College of Charleston. He has published widely on modern Jewish politics, culture and religion in academic and popular venues including the Washington Post, Slate, Haaretz and many others.
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B’NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
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BETH EL SYNAGOGUE
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BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
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B’NAI ISRAEL Join us via Zoom on Friday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. for evening services. Our service leader is Larry Blass. Everyone is always welcome at B’nai Israel! For information on our historic synagogue, please contact Howard Kutler at hkutler@hotmail.com or any of our other board members: Scott Friedman, Rick Katelman, Janie Kulakofsky, Carole and Wayne Lainof, Mary-Beth Muskin and Sissy Silber. Handicap Accessible.
BETH EL Virtual services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman. VIRTUAL MINYAN SCHEDULE: Mornings on Sundays, 9 a.m. and Mondays and Thursdays, 8 a.m.; Evenings on Sunday-Thursday, 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY: Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. SATURDAY: Shmini Atzeret Morning Services, 10 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7:30 p.m. followed by Hakafot Virtual Reception. SUNDAY: No BESTT Classes; Simchat Torah Morning Services, 10 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 7:30 p.m. MONDAY: Jewish Law with Rabbi Abraham, 8 p.m. TUESDAY: Biblical Literacy with Rabbi Abraham, 11:30 a.m.; Women & Religion with Jeannette Gabriel, 2 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Coffee and Conversations with Rabbi Abraham, 2 p.m.; BESTT (Grades 3-7) Online, 4:30 p.m.; Comic Books & Judaism with Barry Grossman, 6 p.m.; Hebrew High (Grades 8-12), 7 p.m. THURSDAY: Make Smoothies with Cheryl Lerner and Michael Parsow, 7 p.m.; Shul Music with Hazzan Krausman, 7 p.m. FRIDAY-Oct. 16: Thanksgiving To-Go Orders Due, 10 a.m.; Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. SATURDAY-Oct. 17: Shabbat Morning Services, 10 a.m. Please visit bethel-omaha.org for additional information and Zoom service links.
BETH ISRAEL Virtual services conducted by Rabbi Ari Dembitzer. Classes, Kabbalat Shabbat and Havdalah on Zoom, Whatsapp or Facebook Live. On site services held outside in Sukkah, weather permitting. Physical distancing and masks required. FRIDAY: Hoshana Raba — Shacharit, 6:45 am.; Mincha/Candlelighting, 6:34 p.m. SATURDAY: Shemini Atzeret — Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Mincha, 6:15 p.m.; Candlelighting, 7:32 p.m. SUNDAY: Simchat Torah — Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:30 p.m.; Havdalah, 7:30 p.m. MONDAY: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (What’s App); Shacharit, 7 am.; Deepening Our Prayer, 7:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (Zoom); Laws of Shabbos, 8 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Mincha/ Ma’ariv, 6:30 p.m. TUESDAY: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (What’s App); Shacharit, 7 am.; Deepeniing Our Prayer, 7:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (Zoom); Laws of Shabbos, 8 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Mincha/ Ma’ariv, 6:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Shacharit, 7 am.; Deeping Our Prayer, 7:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (Zoom); Laws of Shabbos, 8 a.m. with Rabbi Ari
(WhatsApp); Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:30 p.m.; Board of Commissioners Meeting, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY: Nach Yomi — Daily Prophets, 6:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Shacharit, 7 am.; Deeping Our Prayer, 7:45 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (Zoom); Laws of Shabbos, 8 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (WhatsApp); Character Development, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Ari (Zoom); Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY-Oct. 16: Shacharit, 7 am.; Mincha/Candlelighting, 6:23 p.m. SATURDAY-Oct. 17: Shacharit, 9 a.m.; Candlelighting, 7:21 p.m. Please visit orthodoxomaha.org for additional information and Zoom service links.
CHABAD HOUSE Virtual services conducted by Rabbi Mendel Katzman. Due to Coronavirus, all services and classes have moved online. For schedules and more information or to request help, please visit www.ochabad.org or call the office at 402.330.1800 FRIDAY: Shacharit, 8 a.m.; Candlelighting, 6:33 p.m.; Outdoor Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:30 p.m. followed by Kiddush and Hakafot. RSVP please email mitzvah@ ochabad.com. SATURDAY: Outdoor Morning Service, 10 a.m.; Yizkor, 11 a.m.; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6:30 p.m. followed by Kiddush and Hakafot. RSVP for services please email mitzvah@ochabad.com; Light Candles after, 7:31 p.m. SUNDAY: Outdoor Shacharit, 9 a.m. followed by Kiddush & Hakafot; Holiday Ends, 7:29 p.m.; RSVP for services please email mitzvah@ochabad.com. MONDAY: Personal Parsha class, 9:30 a.m. with Shani; Biblical Hebrew Grammar, 10:30 a.m. WEDNESDAY: Mystical Thinking, 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Katzman; Introduction to Reading Hebrew, 10:30 a.m. THURSDAY: Intermediate Hebrew Reading & Prayer, 11 a.m.; Talmud Class, noon with Rabbi Katzman. FRIDAY-Oct. 16: Candlelighting, 6:22 p.m. SATURDAY-Oct. 17: Shabbat Ends, 7:20 p.m.
B’NAI JESHURUN The Temple office is on reduced hours until further notice and all services and activities are being offered via livestream or teleconferencing. Please call 402.435.8004 or email office@southstreettemple. org for further information or to make an appointment for a visit, if necessary. You may also email board president Nicholette Seigfreid at president@south streettemple.org. South Street Temple’s events can be found at https://south streettemple.org/calendar/. FRIDAY: Temple Office Closed; Erev Simchat Torah/ Shabbat Service, 6:30 p.m. from SST via livestream with Rabbi Alex and musicians; Candlelighting, 6:36 p.m. SATURDAY: Temple Office Closed; Shabbat Morning Service and Yizkor, 10 a.m. with Rabbi Alex via Zoom; No Torah Study; Candlelighting for Yom Tov, 7:34 p.m. SUNDAY: Temple Office Closed; No LJCS Classes; Simchat Torah Morning Service with Yizkor from TI with Rabbi Alex, format: TBD, 10 a.m.; Havdalah (72 minutes), 7:32 p.m. MONDAY: Temple Office Closed. TUESDAY: Synagogue Staff Meeting, 10 a.m.; Tea & Coffee Time with Temple Pals, 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. WEDNESDAY: LJCS Hebrew School: Grades 3-7, 4 p.m. via Zoom.
FRIDAY-Oct. 16: Erev Shabbat Service, service leaders/music: Rabbi Alex, Leslie Delserone & Peter Mullin via livestream, 6:30 p.m. Bat Mitzvah of Samantha Siedband; Candlelighting, 6:26 p.m. SATURDAY-Oct. 17: Shabbat Morning Service, 10 a.m. with Rabbi Alex via Zoom. Bat Mitzvah of Samantha Siedband; No Torah Study; Havdalah (72 minutes), 7:23 p.m.
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE All services canceled until further notice.
ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME
The Rose Blumkin Jewish Home is currently closed to visitors.
TEMPLE ISRAEL
Virtual services conducted by Rabbi Brian Stoller, Rabbi Deana Sussman Berezin and Cantor Joanna Alexander. DAILY VIRTUAL MINYAN: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. FRIDAY: Shabbat Service with Artist Noah Aronson, 6 p.m. Special guest Noah Aronson joins us via zoom for our celebration of Shabbat and Simchat Torah! Our Virtual Artist-in-Residence weekend is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Speedy and Debbi Zweiback. SATURDAY: Torah Study with Noah Aronson, 9:15 a.m. Noah Aronson leads us in an integrated musical, meditative study session of parshat B’reishit. Our Virtual Artist-in-Residence weekend is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Speedy and Debbi Zweiback; Tot Havdalah with Artist in Residence Noah Aronson, 4:30 p.m. We’ll celebrate with our newest consecrants as we have a tot-style sing along dance party and Havdalah ceremony. Our Virtual Artist-in-Residence weekend is made possible by the generosity of Dr. Speedy and Debbi Zweiback. SUNDAY: 2nd Sunday Breakfast at Stephen Center, 8:30 a.m.; Youth Learning Programs for Grades PreK6; Temple Tots, 10:30 a.m. MONDAY: Jewish Law & the Quest for Meaning, 11 a.m. WEDNESDAY: Mindful Meditation with Margot, 9 a.m.; Youth Learing Programs: Grades 3-6, 4-6 p.m.; and Grades 7-12, 6:30-8 p.m. THURSDAY: Thursday Morning Discussion, 9:30 a.m. Please visit templeisraelomaha.com for additional information and Zoom service links.
TIFERETH ISRAEL
FRIDAY: SST invites Tifereth Israel to live stream service, 6:30 p.m.; Candlelighting, 6:35 p.m. SATURDAY: LJCS hosted Simchat Torah Services, 10 a.m. at TI; Havdalah (72 minutes), 7:34 p.m.. SUNDAY: No LJCS Classes. WEDNESDAY: LJCS Hebrew School: Grades 3-7, 4 p.m. via Zoom. FRIDAY-Oct. 16: Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:30 p.m. via livestream from SST. Bat Mitzvah of Samantha Siedband; Candlelighting, 6:25 p.m. SATURDAY-Oct. 17: Samantha Siedband leads Shabbat Morning Service, 10 a.m. from TI via Zoom; Havdalah (72 minutes), 7:23 p.m. Please visit tiferethisraellincoln.org for additional information and Zoom service links.
Our future is now STEVE LEVINGER Chief Development Officer, JFO We are at an exciting and transformative moment; a crossroads of the Omaha JCC’s past, present and future that is rich with opportunity. Our Future is Now, and we invite you to Be a Part of It! “You have to see it to really appreciate it…photos don’t do it justice.” These are words commonly heard in the hallways of the transforming Staenberg Omaha JCC as construction continues in several areas. According to the Federation’s Chief Development Officer Steve Levinger, “Our community is so fortunate that around 100 donors have made contributions to the building project so far. This has allowed us to do construction work while we are out raising necessary capital. Most projects of this type require that a large percentage of the funds are secured before the shovel actually hits the ground. “We have now raised about 88% of the necessary dollars and are at a point where we are excited to in-
vite the entire JCC community, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, to help us reach the finish line. This is a project that benefits all of us and ensures the sustainability of our facilities and community for generations to come.” In the not too distant future, a community-wide fundraising campaign led by Donald Goldstein, David Gilinksy, John Glazer, Joanie Jacobson and Mike Siegel will begin with the goal of raising an additional $4 million on top of the $29 million already secured. The JCC website will provide an overview of the project with a donation page for online gifts.
Postcards, brochures, on-site tours and other plans are in place to ensure everyone has an opportunity to participate in the dreams and vision of our future. We are making some big changes that will enhance our JCC for the 21st century and allow us to continue impacting our community members’ lives now and in the years to come. “This is truly a community-wide effort,” Steve said. “Every gift to this project matters and is essential to complete the transformation, so we invite you all to join us.”
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IN MEMORIAM VICKI CHESEN Vicki Chesen passed away on Sept. 28, 2020 in Omaha. Private services were held on Oct. 2, 2020 at Temple Israel Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at a later date. She was preceded in death by her parents Nettie and Sol Brooks, and her dad Maurice Lasensky. She is survived by her loving husband Jerry Chesen, son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Andrea Chesen, daughters and sonsin-law, Lisa and Ken Chaiken, and Stacie and Jason Metz; grandchildren: Alex Chesen, Cameron Chesen, Jana Berkowitz, Adam Chaiken, Louis Chaiken, Benjamin Brodkey, Julia Brodkey, and Elizabeth Brodkey and Henry Conrad Metz.
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Marilee Shapiro Asher, artist who survived global pandemics a century apart, dies at 107
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BEN HARRIS JTA Marilee Shapiro Asher, an acclaimed artist who survived both the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and COVID-19, has died. Asher died on Sept. 11 at her home in Washington, D.C., according to a statement from her family. She was 107. Asher made national headlines in May when news broke that she had survived COVID-19, despite doctors telling her family that she had mere hours to live. Asher wound up returning home after five days in the hospital. Her recovery came more than a century after she survived the Spanish flu, the 1918 pandemic that claimed more than 50 million lives worldwide. Born in Chicago in 1912, Asher began studying sculpture in 1936. She took up painting a few years after she moved to Washington, in 1943, with her first husband, Bernard Shapiro.
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Her first solo exhibition was held at American University in 1947. In 1993, she married Robert Asher, who died in 2008. Asher remained a working artist until she took ill from the coronavirus, with a solo exhibition scheduled for May at a Washington gallery that was canceled due to the pandemic. In 2015, she published a memoir, Dancing in the Wonder for 102 Years. Asked the secret of her longevity last year on the activist Ralph Nader’s radio program, Asher chalked it up to exercise and art. “Here at the facility for senior living I go to tai chi class and to a yoga class, which helps to keep me kind of limber,” she said in the interview. Asher is survived by a daughter, Joan, of Washington, and a son, Harvey, of Florida.
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The Chicken Soup Manifesto RACHEL MYERSON This post originally appeared in The Nosher. JTA I fell in love with Jenn Louis’ latest cookbook The Chicken Soup Manifesto at first sight. The James Beard-nominated chef has curated a collection of over 100 beautifully photographed chicken soup recipes, which allowed me to vicariously travel the globe with my favorite comfort food as a guide. What more could an Ashkenazi gal with wanderlust wish for? When I got a chance to chat with Louis, she was as vibrant as her book. Like me, her prototypical chicken soup was her mother’s matzah ball soup, which she made on Shabbat and Jewish holidays. The recipe is there, on page 62, the matzah balls “exactly how she made them. I think everyone likes a different kind. Mine are really tender on the outside with a bit of chew in the middle.” The accompanying photo features the blue and white china Louis inherited from her mom. If matzah ball soup is your starting point, too, Louis recommends branching out to the Romanian Supa de Pui cu Galuste de Gris (page 196) with semolina dumplings. The dumplings are fluffy with whipped egg whites and poached, “like super yummy clouds.” But don’t be afraid to dive in, says Louis. “It’s chicken soup! It should be fun! Explore, learn... it’s a great way to travel.” Some of the recipes come from Louis’ own travels. “I took a cooking class in Ethiopia and learned to make Doro Wat (page 33). Even though it’s more of a stew, I really wanted to include it.” But most of them were collected through expansive research. “It’s not a creative book,” explained Louis, “it’s a documentary. It’s a shout-out to how cool these recipes are, and how much we all have in common.” Some came from Louis’ periodic appeals on social media, “I’d put call outs on Facebook once in a while. Like, ‘Hey! Who’s got a chicken soup they grew up with in their family?’”
Others were told to her orally. Was it difficult to translate year. Louis is keen to assure me that chicken soup is not just word-of-mouth instructions into quantifiable amounts? I ask. for winter — “there’s a summer soup from Finland (page 189) “Somewhat. There’s a Palestinian recipe — it’s a really great with green beans and baby carrots that you can eat chilled. story. This woman sat next to me on a plane and, halfway It’s really lovely.” through the flight, she looked at me and said, ‘Hi, I’m Hanan. Regardless of the recipe, Louis is full of tips to achieving the I’m a Christian Palestinian, the peaceful kind.’ She was super most flavorsome dish, with an entire section dedicated to getsweet. I didn’t tell her I was writing a book, but she told me about her mom’s chicken soup recipe and I wrote it down. It called for, like, a ‘handful of rice,’ so I tried my best to replicate it.” Their encounter ended after landing, and Louis never got Hanan’s details. “I’d love to send her a copy [of the book] but I don’t know where she lives!” The research process was rich and fruitful. “Just when you think you’re done,” Louis explained, “you find this cool new recipe. It’s really fun to unfold all the layers. They’re all super delicious dishes.” And, she says, despite major differences in flavor, the functions of chicken soup Here are two takes on the classic dish featured in The Chicken Soup Manifesto Credit: Ed are universal: comforting, often Anderson and George Dolese healing broths, intended to stretch a chicken as far as it can go. ting the most out of your chicken. “You always want to cook Can she pick a favorite? “The South American soups are so your chicken slow, on a really lazy simmer. If you cook a little unique because they have corn and yucca, which make them slower, it keeps the meat tender,” she tells me. And if you want sweet and totally different to anything else.” Louis pauses. “Or a richer broth, use homemade chicken stock, “it’s special… the Kanjee from Sri Lanka (page 179). I made it in my Instant heartier and more luxurious than just using water.” Pot on a rainy day and then went for a walk with my friend. At the end of the day, Louis reiterates, exploring the diverse When we got back home, we opened the pot — it was so fra- offering of chicken soups should be fun. “Make one recipe a grant. We sat and ate the soup, and then split the leftovers be- week,” she urges, “and learn something new.” cause they were so good.” Make sure to check out the recipe for Afghan chicken soup But, of course, much depends on your mood. Or the time of (Yakhni) from Louis’ book here.
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