October 25, 2019 by Jewish Press

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ozziE NoGG abbi Ed Feinstein, author, lecturer and engaging storyteller, will visit Beth El Synagogue as Scholar-in-Residence, Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2. Rabbi Feinstein’s topic for the weekend is A Brief History of Chutzpah. His presentations are underwritten by the Ann Goldstein Fund and open to the community. The dictionary defines the Yiddish word chutzpah as insolence, nerve, temerity or an irrepressible life force. According to Rabbi Feinstein, “Chutzpah is the quality that distinguishes the Jewish people and its faith and has kept us alive for four millennia. Chutzpah describes an attitude to the world and to God. It shapes our definition of self. And it colors everything we do. The his-

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MaGGiE coNti Director of Activities and Volunteer Services, RBJH A Free Afternoon at the Movies: Pictures of Hollis Woods, Friday, Nov. 1, 1 p.m. in the JCC Theater. Complimentary popcorn, warm and delicious, will be served. No reservations are necessary. Bring a pal. Please note that this is a Hallmark Hall of

Fame production and not a movie from the Hallmark Channel. Josie (Sissy Spacek), a retired art teacher, opens up her home to a 12-yearold girl who has lived in foster care all of her life. The two quickly bond, but their relationship is threatened when Josie becomes increasingly forgetful and confused. This film also features Alfre Woodard. The running time is 1 hour and 37 minutes and is not rated. Don’t be late for the show! Bring a sweater. If you’d like to enjoy a Star Deli lunch at the Blumkin Home before the show the Star Deli opens for business at 11:30 a.m. See Mainstreeters page 3

tory of chutzpah is the history of the inner life of the Jewish people.” In his most recent book, Chutzpah Inperative! Empowering Today’s Jews for a Life that Matters (Jewish Lights, 2014), Rabbi Feinstein offers a new way to ‘do Judaism,’ in which he urges us to recover this message of Jewish self-empowerment, or chutzpah, to reshape the world. Rabbi Feinstein’s learning sessions and topics include: Friday evening, Nov. 1, Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6 p.m. followed by dinner. How to Wrestle with God and Win. Saturday morning services, Nov. 2 at 9:30 a.m. The Secret to Jewish Survival. Saturday Lunch & Learn following services: Like a Fiddler on the Roof. See Got chutzpah? page 2

18th Annual Omaha Jewish Film Festival opens with Shoelaces Mark kirchhoff Community Engagement and Education The 18th Annual Omaha Jewish Film Festival opens with the showing of Shoelaces on Monday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m., at the Aksarben Cinema, 2110 S 67th St. Advanced tickets will be available online through the Aksarben ticket office (www.aksarbencin ema.com) beginning Oct. 21 at the festival price of $8 per ticket. We anticipate a packed theater and encourage you to obtain tickets early. We have a special bonus for those patrons who attend all four of this year’s films. Save your ticket stubs and bring the first three to the Nov. 25 showing and your ticket for the final show will be only $5. If you purchase online at the $8 price, we will have a stack of $1 bills and will gladly give you three of them. We will have a record of online purchases for the Nov. 25 film, but bring your proof of purchase just to make sure.

Shoelaces tells the story of a complicated relationship between an aging father, Ruven, and his special-needs son, Gadi. Unsure how to relate with his son, Ruven abandoned his wife and Gadi while Gadi was still a young boy. With the death of Gadi’s mother, father and son are uncomfortably back together again. As their relationship develops, Ruven learns that his kidneys are failing and Gadi wants to donate one of his own to help save his father’s life. As if life were not challenging enough for him, Gadi learns that he is facing more than one obstacle in making the donation. The story develops with warmth and compassion. Audiences embrace Gadi from the moment he appears on screen. The father/son relationship that unfolds gives pause for all to learn something about themselves. The additional films and locations for See Jewish film festival page 2

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Jewish Mindfulness and Meditation CASSAndrA WeiSenburger Director of Communications, Temple Israel here are many ways for us to connect more deeply to our spirituality and God: prayer, chanting and song, study of Torah, Shabbat, Tikkun Olam, social justice. In our modern busy and frenetic culture, many of us have looked for ways to feel more connected. Jewish Mindfulness and Meditation is a contemplative spiritual practice that cultivates da’at: present moment awareness (mindfulness) of the truth of our lives, emet (truth). This practice is rooted in ancient Hasidic tradition. In the quest to be the best person we can be, we need to accept with loving non-judgmental awareness Margot Andersen, MSW all of our strengths and weaknesses. But, we have to be honest and practice truth, emet. It is hard to look at all aspects of ourselves. In fact, we can only do this work if we hold our truth in compassionate, loving kindness, chesed (love). Each of us was born with a divine spark and a divine “blueprint” to be unique. Each of us has been called upon to live our unique destiny.

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Continued from page 1 Raised in the back of his parents’ bakery on the frontiers of the West San Fernando Valley, Feinstein graduated with honors from the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of Judaism, Columbia University Teachers College and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where he was ordained a rabbi in 1981 and from which he received his Doctorate in Education. Currently, Rabbi Feinstein is senior rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California. He came to Valley Beth Shalom in 1993 at the invitation of the renowned Rabbi Harold Schulweis, whom he succeeded as the congregation’s senior rabbi in 2005. Rabbi Feinstein serves on the faculty of the Ziegler Rabbinical School of the American Jewish University, the Wexner Heritage Program, the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and lectures widely across the United States. Rabbi Feinstein lives in the epicenter of the San Fernando Valley with his wife Rabbi Nina Bieber Feinstein. Nina was the second woman ordained by the Conservative Movement. The Feinsteins are blessed with three grown children. In the introduction to Chutzpah Inperative, Rabbi Feinstein writes, “The gift of Judaism is an understanding of what it means to be a human being — what we can do, what we can hope for, how we can live with purpose, what is expected of us. It is a celebration of human freedom, human possibility and human responsibility. Judaism is a way to live a heroic life, to construct a life devoted to values that are eternal, values of ultimate significance. The reward of a Jewish life is walking the world with a profound faith that you matter, your life matters, your dreams matter. I call this chutzpah.” Rabbi Feinstein is also the author of Tough Questions Jews Ask – A Young Adult’s Guide to Building a Jewish Life, (Jewish Lights, 2003), which was chosen for the American Library Association’s Top Ten Books on Religion for Young Readers and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. Jews and Judaism in the Twenty-First Century: Human Responsibility, the Presence of God and the Future of the Covenant, published by Jewish Lights in 2007, was also a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. In Capturing the Moon (Behrman House, 2008) Rabbi Feinstein retells the best of classic and modern Jewish folktales and reminds us why stories are so important. Blurbs on the jackets of Rabbi Feinstein’s books have called

Margot Andersen, MSW is passionate about cultivating resilience and spirituality in others. She received her Masters in Social Work from Loyola University. She is a certified Jewish Mindfulness and Meditation teacher through the Institute of Jewish Spirituality and Orot. Having experienced significant medical and life challenges, Margot embodies emotional resilience and exudes positivity and strength. Margot enjoys teaching Torah through a mindfulness lens. Jewish Mindfulness invites us to look inside ourselves, see how the ancient stories of Torah speak to our hearts today, and reflect on Jewish values so we can transform to become our highest self. Margot is a motivational speaker and a masterful storyteller. Lech L’cha is the first time our ancestral “great-grandparents” Abraham and Sarah leave everything they know. It is the first leap of faith. They must go inward first to discern what they are seeing and hearing before they decide what to do. How do we find the courage and strength to know when it is time to change our lives? What processes do we go through as we make major life decisions? How can we remove obstacles such as fear and anxiety when faced with change? Margot will be leading Temple Israel’s next Rosh Chodesh event on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at Temple Israel hosted by Shelly Fox. RSVP to Temple Israel, RSVP@templeisr aelomaha.com or 402.556.6536. Rosh Chodesh marks the beginning of the Hebrew month and serves as an opportunity for women of every generation to gather and connect, learn and pray, and socialize and create.

his work “beautiful, provocative, evocative, daring, complicated, rollicking and overflowing with love.” He has been described as “one of the great Jewish thinkers and teachers alive today,” combining “the art of a storyteller, the craft of an educator and the wisdom of a philosopher.” For singer-songwriter Craig Taubman, “Ed Feinstein might not have invented chutzpah, but he certainly has reclaimed it for the Jewish people. The Chutzpah Imperative! is the perfect antidote to what is ailing us.” “Rabbi Feinstein is a giant in the world of pulpit rabbis,” said Beth El’s Rabbi Steven Abraham, “having both an incredible level of menschlichkeit and vision that keeps Valley Beth Shalom a pillar of Jewish community. Anyone who wants to learn and hear from a wonderful teacher of Torah, who makes Judaism relevant to all Jews, will be inspired by Rabbi Feinstein’s teaching.” For more information, go to the Beth El website: bethelomaha.org.

Jewish Film Festival

Continued from page 1 this year’s festival are listed below. All showings are at 7 p.m. Admission is $8 with the exception of the Film Streams movie for which their standard prices apply. nov. 12, Tel Aviv on Fire at Film Streams, Ruth Sokolof Theater nov. 18, Leona at Village Pointe Cinema nov. 25, The Samuel Project at Marcus Majestic Cinema of Omaha This year’s film selection committee members are (alphabetical order) Helen and Tuffy Epstein, Jordana Glazer, David Golbitz, Dora Goldstrom, Margie Gutnik, Heidi Needleman, Gloria Kaslow, Ron Lugasy, Ophir Palmon, Amanda Ryan, Marty Shukert, and Nancy Wolf. The Samuel Project, the Holocaust-themed film, was chosen by the Institute for Holocaust (IHE) staff and their film review committee. We extend our thanks to the generous sponsors of this year’s film festival. They are The Henry Monsky Lodge of B’nai B’rith, and the following Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation funds: Klutznick/Creighton Custodial Fund, Kenneth Ray Tretiak Memorial Fund, Ruth Frisch & Oscar S. Belzer Endowment Fund, Avy L. & Roberta L. Miller Film Fund, Samuel & Bess Rothenberg Memorial Endowment Fund, and Special Donor-Advised Fund.

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KAreN GuStAfSoN JFS Executive Director Jewish Family Service and Friedel Jewish Academy will co-host a program for children 8-12 and their parents, “Building Resilience and the Importance of Mindfulness.” Emotional Resilience is one of the greatest indicators of how successful a child will become. We will present the importance of promoting resilience in the early years, the characteristics of a resilient child and protective factors that parents can help instill in their children. We will do an age-appropriate mindfulness activity to teach the important concept and will take inspiration from Ashley Spires’ The Most Magnificent Thing, a book about a girl illustrating a child who struggles through a project, wants to quit but ultimately perseveres. Every registered child (8-12) will go home with a copy of the book. Program will be held on thursday, Nov. 7 from 6-7:30 p.m. A pizza dinner will be served and babysitting for children younger than 8 is available if reserved ahead of time. The deadline to sign up for the class, the book, dinner and babysitting is Oct. 31 (so that we can plan accordingly for all resources). To register your family, please call Jewish Family Service at 402.330.2024. This program is a part of our two-year Suicide Prevention programming thanks to a grant from The Dennis Shuman Charitable Foundation.

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community Pavarotti, Friday, Nov. 15 at 1 p.m. in the JCC Theater. Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti. This film is rated PG13 (for brief strong language and a war-related image) and the running

Monday, Nov. 18: Senior Fraud Awareness, 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home Boardroom. No charge. Presented by Catherine N. Swiniarski, attorney at law with Elder Continued from page 1 Law of Omaha. Americans lose an estimated $40 billion each year due to the Wednesday, Nov. 13: Visit UNO Art fraudulent sale of goods and services Gallery Weber Fine Arts Building to over the telephone or by mail. Over 9 view Witness: The Art of Samuel Bak. million Americans have their The cost is $5 per person for identities stolen each year. Beround-trip transportation. An tween 56% and 80% of these exhibit featuring 70 paintings crimes are committed against of Samuel Bak gives witness to older individuals who are the Holocaust, Jewish culture more susceptible to these and human rights. Bak’s extencrimes. This presentation will sive, world-renowned body of discuss the various ways to work is historically, culturally identify frauds/scams and proand artistically significant. Devide information on how you part from the Rose Blumkin can protect not only yourself Jewish Home by a small bus at but also your loved ones. In1:30 p.m. to return by approxvite a friend. Refreshments imately 4 p.m. Space is limited will be served. To RSVP by – first come first served! Sign Wednesday, Nov. 13, please up early because it might sell call Maggie Conti at out! A special thanks goes out 402.334.6521 or email mconti to Jeannette Gabriel, Ph.D., @rbjh.com. Director of the Nate and HanWe welcome all Jewish resinah Schwalb Center for Israel dents of the Omaha area age and Jewish Studies. Deadline 60+ and invite you to take part for reservations: Wednesday, Nov. 6 (if there is still room on Pictured top: Samuel Bak, above left: Catherine N. Swiniarski-At- in these November activities and in the many other enrichthe bus). Make check payable torney at Law and above right: Luciano Pavarotti to Jewish Social Services. Send Reserva- time is one hour and 54 minutes. Come ing programs planned throughout the tion with full payment to Mainstreeters, for the free popcorn! If you’d like to year. For more details, phone Maggie c/o Maggie Conti, 323 S. 132nd Street, enjoy a Star Deli lunch at the Blumkin Conti, Director of Activities & VolunHome before the show the Star Deli teer Services at 402.334.6521 or email Omaha, NE 68154. her at mconti@rbjh.com. Don’t miss this documentary: opens for business at 11:30 a.m.

A (fitness) first for the Miriam Initiative

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community Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nai Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;rith Monsky Lodge and BBYO build Sukkot gary JavItCh Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nai Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;rith Henry Monsky Lodge President â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our annual mitzvah project,â&#x20AC;? said Steve Riekes, the Henry Monsky Lodge project chair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each Sunday before the Jewish Holiday of Sukkot begins, the Lodge teams up with the students in the local AZA (boys group) and the BBG (girls group). This yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; student and adult volunteers helped build three sukkot, one each for the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, the Pennie Z. Davis Child Development Center and the Friedel Jewish Academy on the Jewish Community Center Campus. Jacob Geltzer, the director of Mid America Region, Omaha Cornbelt Council, helped recruit the

students from Mother Chapter AZA #0001 and MZ Yoshanah BBG #2053. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great that the students join the Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nai Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;rith Monsky Lodge to enhance the religious enjoyment of the residents and participants on the campus,â&#x20AC;? Jacob added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The project provides an opportunity for the students to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;give backâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to the community.â&#x20AC;? Gary Nachman provided the tree branches for the builders, and the David Jacobs family brought them to the campus and, as they have done for many years, took the lead in tossing the heavier branches over the wood support structure to provide the sukkah open-air ceiling. See photo page 11.

Nancy Rips announces new book

Boys and Girls! Moms and Dads! Grandparents too! Bring your trucks to The Bookworm, 90th and Center, Loveland Plaza. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re having a Hanukkah Truck Party celebrating the new book by Omahaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite book star, Nancy Rips, called Noah and the eight trucks of Hanukkah. This colorful new picture book pairs a small boy who loves trucks with the holiday of Hanukkah in a charming way. Preschoolers are sure to identify with Noah who prefers trucks to candles. Noahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contagious joy in the season, and passion for all things that vroom and haul will delight truckcrazy kids everywhere as they recognize their favorites in this innovative twist on the tradition and spirit of Hanukkah. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the perfect gift for holiday giving in 2019! Each child will get to â&#x20AC;&#x153;show and tellâ&#x20AC;? about their truck, and Nancy Rips will read the story and answer questions about Hanukkah. Plus, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll personally sign your book.

OzzIe NOgg even one depending on her curiosity,â&#x20AC;? Jan the Middle Ages, long before resist- cobson explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shiri, Caryn and Beth ance bands, home treadmills or gym are terrific at what they do. Pick your pleasmemberships, Moses Maimonides â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ure, pick your time -- youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be glad you did. rabbi, philosopher and brilliant Plus, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give away some great raffle physician â&#x20AC;&#x201D; advocated for the bene- prizes, including gift certificates for two fits of exercise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those who engage in vig- months of free Jazzercise, two weeks of free orous or gentle movement or a combination yoga at Karma, and more.â&#x20AC;? of the two will increase their health and Yoga instructor Shiri Phillips has actively strength,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. Inspired by his advice, Beth El Synagogueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Miriam Initiative will debut A Fitness Sampler on Sunday, Nov. 17, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Jewish Community Center. The event will offer samplings of Yoga (led by Shiri Philips), Jazzercise (led by Caryn Scheer) and Tai Chi (led by Beth Staenberg), and is free of charge and open to all women in the Jewish Miriam Initiative Fitness Sampler leaders: Shiri Phillips, left, community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea came from our Caryn Scheer and Beth Staenberg. Design Team, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genius,â&#x20AC;? said Joanie Ja- practiced yoga for over eleven years and cobson, general chairperson of the Initia- fully embraces its spiritual and physical tive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How many of us have said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d benefits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The practice has brought me like Yoga but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never tried itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Jazzer- peace in needed times,â&#x20AC;? Shiri said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and I becise looks fun -- I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know why I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lieve Yoga has the power to heal from the sign upâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;My best friend thinks Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love Tai inside out. If our bodies and minds are at Chi but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that much about it?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? peace with ourselves then we can carry that Wonder no more. Problem solved. onto others around us. I strive to bring this The Fitness Sampler will begin promptly mantra to every class I teach. My passion is at 10 a.m.,â&#x20AC;? Jacobson continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and will to give back to the community and serve feature three 25-minute sessions in rotation others.â&#x20AC;? Shiri Phillips is a 500-hour regiswith two 10-minute passing periods. The tered and certified yoga teacher and curfirst rotation running from 10:15 a.m. to rently part of the teaching family at Pranam 10:40 a.m., the second rotation from 10:50 Yoga Shala, a donation-based, breath, and a.m. to 11:15 a.m., and the third from alignment-centered Yoga Studio in Omahaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11:25 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. A participant can Blackstone District. sample all three disciplines or just two or See Miriam Initiative page 7

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Cooking With scraps | Lindsay-Jean hard | Workman, $19.95

The author starts this cookbook commenting that very good recipes and your treasured methods can be pretty much perfect, but that doesn’t mean “they are beyond messing with, tweaking and adapting to your preference.” How about a touch or squeeze here and there? Lindsey Hard loves a challenge, hates unnecessary waste and feels it is important to be conscious of LOis Friedman our consumption of food. Turn your peels, cores, rinds, stems, seeds, tops and such into delicious meals. This reference book, alphabetical from apples to zucchini emphasizes what to do with underutilized and mostly discarded produce parts. The focus is on simple recipes without long lists of ingredients (mostly under 10) or overly complicated steps. “Crisper Tips” and recipes are loaded with practical hints: a pinch of Diamond Crystal Kosher salt isn’t as salty as Morton’s (so, use half the amount and then adjust). Onions and potatoes should be stored in a cool, dry, dark space BUT not together (personal whoops!), don’t store celery in the plastic wrapper from the produce department, wrap in foil. All those homegrown tomatoes...store with the stems down and not in direct sunlight.

Recipes included with each item list ingredients, have brief numerical instructions and many offer Food 52 (a go-to validation) references. Try this recipe spread on crackers, sandwiches, puff-pastry tarts, dips or pasta sauce the next time you buy carrots. FYI: Hard is the guest cookbook author at the Read It And Eat Culinary Conference, Saturday, Nov. 2, at 11 a.m. at the W. Dale Clark (Main) Library. Don’t miss this free event (the ninth year) with contributors from local non-profits and experts dedicated to food utilization. Even the latest modernization of The Joy of Cooking includes a chapter on streamlined cooking, how to save money and avoid food waste! Lois Friedman can be reached at ReadItAndEat@ yahoo.com.

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makes about 1 cup Ingredients: Greens from 1 medium-size bunch of carrots (to make about 1 cup after blanching and chopping) 1/2 cup unsalted sunflower seeds, toasted 1 garlic clove, minced 1 tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice 1/4 tsp. fine-grain sea salt 1/4 cup plus 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil note: hard likes to toast nuts and seeds in a dry skillet over medium heat, stirring or shaking the pan occasionally...don’t walk away or they may burn! Directions: Fill a medium-size pot with water and bring it to a boil over high heat. Prepare an ice bath: Fill a medium-size bowl with ice and water. Once the water is boiling, add the carrot greens to the pot-pushing down with tongs to make sure they all get in the water-and blanch for 1 minute. Drain the pot into a colander and transfer the greens to the ice bath with the tongs to stop the cooking process. Let the greens cool completely and drain them. Squeeze any remaining water from the greens and roughly chop them. In a food processor, pulse the greens, sunflower seeds, garlic, lemon juice, and salt, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Then add the olive oil and process again until smooth.

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OZZiE NOGG “My life-long dream was to go to Israel,” said Dede Spiegal. abbi Steven Abraham of Beth El Synagogue and “My late husband, Jeff, and I had hoped to visit Israel for our Pastor Marshall Johnson of St. Luke United 25th wedding anniversary and put a note together in the Methodist Church in Omaha are colleagues and Wailing Wall, but he passed away before that dream came good friends. They have shared one another’s pul- true. So, my visit to the wall was very emotional for me bepits, attended AIPC conferences together, respect cause instead of Jeff being there with me and us placing a note one another’s religious traditions. So it seemed natural for the pair to plan an interfaith trip to Israel. “I had wanted to take a group to the Holy Land for a long time,” Pastor Johnson said, “but didn’t necessarily want it to be be an all-Christian group. I feared the Kool Aid would be too thick. I figured the experience would be more productive if Steven and I did this together.” In April of 2018, they hatched their plan. “Our goal,” Rabbi Abraham said, “was to take our congregants to Israel so we could become more comfortable with and better understand the impact of other people’s sacred space. We held several information sessions and put together five Sunday night study groups based on Yossi Klein Halevi’s book, In the Garden of Eden. What was compelling to me, as At the Cathedral of St George. Front row: Eadie Tsabari, left, Michelle Shkolnick, Darlene someone who has been to Israel Mueller, Cindy Johnson, Wendy Berenson, Becky Reilly, Anne Reilly, Dede Spiegal, Phoebe Shkolmany times, was that I was nick; Middle row: Pastor Marshall Johnson, left, tour guide Josh Even Chen, Nancy Joekel, going to see Jewish sites Miriam Steinberg, Scott Lustgarten, Julie Laughlin, Jim Laughlin, Randy Mueller, Kim Ricker; through a Christian lens, as Back row: Ziv (tour driver), left, Corey Joekel, Peter Gordon, Jenny Gordon, Mort Steinberg, Pam well as getting to see Christian Feldman, Ron Feldman. sites I hadn’t seen before. As it turned out,” Rabbi Abraham con- in the Wall together, I was there alone, placing a note to him. tinued, “I didn’t have the pleasure of traveling with the group. I felt so moved by the experience and felt very close to my late Instead, Eadie Tsabari, Beth El’s Director of Congregational husband when I was praying at the wall.” Learning, partnered with Marshall as unofficial tour guides.” “A trip to Israel,” Pam Feldman said, “wasn’t even on our Becky Reilly was the first St. Luke congregant to sign on for radar until we heard about this interfaith tour. For Ron and the trip. “The pairing of the two congregations, as well as me, it was the perfect opportunity to see both the Christian friends and family who came along, resulted in a tour group and Jewish sites. In reality, the trip was so much more than a of people from diverse faith backgrounds who were open to sightseeing tour. Our guide, Josh Even Chen, was so knowlsharing their traditions, as well as learning about each other’s,” edgeable of both Old and New Testaments. He brought a bibBecky said. “Our nightly gatherings to discuss the experiences lical understanding of the locales that truly enhanced our of the day helped us overcome any shyness we felt initially experience. We were able to learn the history and the present and allowed us to ask questions and learn about each other’s situation in Israel in ways I had not expected. Meeting with beliefs and history. Before we left Omaha for Israel, my only Gil Hoffman of the Jerusalem Post, going to the Golan expectation about the trip was that we would see places im- Heights and hearing about the Six-Day War while looking portant to both Jewish and Christian faith traditions. The trip right into Syria, hearing a rabbi and priest talk about how incompletely surpassed those expectations. It opened my eyes terfaith dialogue must be done clandestinely, being in to different perspectives.” Jerusalem on Shabbat and feeling the peacefulness and calm Along with Pastor Johnson, Eadie Tsabari and Becky Reilly, of a true day of rest. Seeing all the families celebrating toother trip participants included Beth El members Wendy gether was beautiful.” Scott Lustgarten shared Pam’s feelings Berenson and her friend, Kim Ricker, Pam Feldman, Ron about Shabbat in Israel. “The fact that everything around me Feldman, Genevieve Gordon, Peter Gordon, Scott Lustgarten, shut down for those twenty-four hours, then life resumed, Michelle Shkolnick, Phoebe Shkolnick and Debra (Dede) made me feel much stronger about my Judaism and Jewish Speigal, as well as St. Luke congregants Corey Joekel, Nancy identity.” The highlight of the trip for Scott was the cable car Joekel, Julie Harding, Jim Laughlin, Darlene Mueller, Randy ride up Masada. “That day the temperature was 117 degrees Mueller, Anne Reilly (Becky’s daughter) and Pastor Johnson’s and it was very windy. The view was absolutely breathtaking.” wife, Cindy. In addition to the regulation stops on most Israel itineraries Mort and Miriam Steinberg of Highland Park, Illinois, also — the Dead Sea, the Western Wall, Bethlehem and the joined the group. Their daughter, Shira, is married to Rabbi Church of the Nativity, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Abraham. “Although we have visited Israel about 30 times in Garden of Gethsemane, the mystical city of Tzfat, Jerusalem’s the past,” Miriam Steinberg said, “we thought it would be in- Machaneh Yehuda Market — Pam described unexpected adstructive to travel with a group that consisted mostly of ‘first ventures, too, like “walking along a path on the side of a timers’ and also with an interdenominational group, giving mountain on a hot, windy day to see one of the most specus a chance to see Israel through their eyes.” When asked tacular views I’ve ever encountered — the hidden monastery about each end-of-the-day discussion, Miriam Steinberg of St. George carved into the side of the next mountain. This echoed Becky Reilly. “A unique aspect of the trip occurred and other events made the experience so rich and memorable. every evening when we gathered to discuss the day’s events, But the icing on the cake are the friends we made among our ask questions and share impressions, which led to what we fellow travelers. There was such a beautiful camaraderie and think was the best part of the tour — the Beth El participants kindness that was deep and, I believe, lasting.” For Michelle meeting the St. Luke attendees and getting to know them, es- Shkolnick, “This was the trip of a lifetime for my mother and pecially Pastor Marshall Johnson and his wife, Cindy. Our ten me. I cannot imagine a more special way to see Israel for the days together turned out to be both enjoyable and educa- first time than with my mom, Phoebe, who celebrated a birthtional.” Cindy Johnson grew particularly close to the Stein- day mid-way through. We’ve made some lifelong friends from bergs during the trip. “For me,” Cindy said, “hearing Mort and both the Beth El and St. Luke’s. Bring on Israel 2.0.” Miriam’s perspective gave me insight into the Jewish ‘roots’ As the literal shepherd to an interfaith ‘flock’ in Israel, Pasof my Christian beliefs and proved that we are more alike than tor Johnson shared with Beth El members and his St Luke’s See interfaith trip to israel page 9 different, and that’s what makes our world beautiful.”

Incredible Sukkot photos from inside the Lodz Ghetto

ilAnA sichel During the Holocaust, Jews found innovative ways to maintain religious observance. From whispering Sabbath prayers at Auschwitz to carving potato menorahs at Bergen-Belsen, stories of risk and resistance have long been told. But rarely have they been seen. This changed in 2012, when incredible photographs surfaced of four men and a young boy saying Sukkot prayers over the symbolic lulav and etrog in an unlikely place: inside the Lodz Ghetto. In 2011, an Israeli Holocaust education organization named the Shem Olam Institute launched an initiative to collect photographs of Jews from the Holocaust. The project had a twist: They were seeking them from families of former Nazi soldiers, eager to purge these reminders of their dark past. Among the thousands of photographs that were handed over were these, from Sukkot 1941. Starting in February 1940, Jews from across the city of Lodz and a broad swath of Poland had been forced to cram into the ghetto. Residents sent a letter of thanks to the Jewish ghetto leader Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski for permitting them to use scraps of wood—so precious for heating—to build the traditional hut. The four Top picture: Credit: Yad Vashem Archive; Middle and bottom picspecies of branches and the citron ture: Credit: Shem Olam Institute shake them—a religious and sensory reminder of were smuggled into the ghetto, possibly from as life outside the ghetto, before the war. far as Palestine. Jews waited in long lines just to

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community Miriam Initiative

continued from page 4 To quote Caryn Scheer, “I started going to Jazzercise classes about ten years ago and immediately loved it. Dancing for exercise is much more exciting than going to the gym or running on a treadmill. There is such positive energy in the room, and I love being surrounded by other women who enjoy music and movement. About three years ago I decided to take it to the next level by becoming an instructor. Trying a sample class will erase any preconceived notions you may have about Jazzercise. Believe me, this is not your Grandma’s Jazzercise, and there are no leg warmers like all the movies suggest. I hope my enthusiasm toward dance is contagious and inspires others to get fit, let go of their inhibitions, and have fun.” Caryn Scheer keeps participants dancing up a storm at two different Jazzercise locations — 156th and Maple and 132nd and Center — where she leads both one hour and thirty minute express classes in high impact and low impact. The ancient Chinese practice, Tai Chi, suits Beth Staenberg. “I particularly enjoy Tai Chi because it helps us all slow down in this fastpaced world,” Beth said. “It works on pairing breath with movement and can be viewed as a moving meditation. Tai Chi also helps with bal-

ance, joint mobility, endurance and strength, and promotes healthy body work without overdoing. I hope this Miriam Initiative sample of Tai Chi gives participants a chance to decide if they enjoy the practice enough to find an on-

A person should engage one’s body and exert oneself in a sweat-producing task each morning Rabbi Moses Maimonides (the Rambam) b.1138 d.1204

going class. I also hope they’ll find a bit of calm and quiet to carry them through the rest of their day.” Beth Staenberg has worked as an occupational therapist for over thirty years, and has taught Tai Chi and Qi Gong for more than ten years. You can find Beth, slowly and serenely helping others go through the moves, at the JCC and at Karma Yoga on 156th and Dodge. Registration is preferred in order to determine class sizes. To register for the Nov. 17 Fitness Sampler, please go to the Beth El website: bethel-omaha.org or call Robby Erlich for details: 402.492.8550. The Miriam Initiative is an ongoing series of projects and programs created and implemented by Beth El women. The Initiative welcomes all women who want to participate at any level from leadership to fellowship.

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Steve and Howard Epstein honored

teve and Howard Epstein were honored with in- man aer college and from 1975-1991 he was the Vice-Presduction into the Omaha Hospitality Hall of Fame ident and co-owner of that same company. Now living in Las on Sunday, October 20th. e Hospitality Hall of Vegas, he has been married to Judy for 49 years; they have Fame (HOF) was created in 1993 to recognize three children: Andy (Ashley), David (Sarah Larson) and achievement in the restaurant/food service indus- Laurie (Adam Finberg) and four grandchildren, Jonas, Isaac, try to include past and present Noah and Sam. individuals who have signifiSteve’s brother, Howard N. cantly contributed to the inEpstein, also graduated from dustry. e annual dinner and Omaha Central High School induction ceremony raises and received his BS from funds for culinary and hospiUNL. tality students. e Hall of “By the time I was 14 years Fame was hosted by the Instiold,” Howard said, “I was tute for the Culinary Arts at working in the warehouse at Metropolitan Community E.L Nogg Fruit Company. College. Since the early 1950’s, our fae event honored this ther, Sam, had been a partner year’s inductees, which in the in the fruit company, and it past included Sid Abraham was a natural place for me to and Alan Simon(1993), Jay work. When I obtained my Stoler (1994), Arthur Kulakofdriver’s license, I began to sky (1995), Edward Schimmel drive a delivery truck. Just like (1996), Sam Epstein (1998), my brother, I spent every sumHarold Epstein (2001), Louis mer and school break there Albert (2002), Fred Simon through my college years.” (2005), Dennis DePorte, Aer a short stint as C.P.A., Howard and steve epstein (2006) Rick Fox (2007), Larry he joined Steve and Sam in the Albert (2009), Paul and Gary Epstein (2011) Diane Zipay business. Together, they owned and managed the company (2012) and Les and Jan Schneiderman (2017). until 1991, when they sold it, at which point they stayed on In recognition of Steve and Howard’s careers at E.L. Nogg for three more years. Fruit Company from the early 1970’s to the mid-1990’s, they “e Hospitality Hall of Fame honor was a surprise,” received the honor in the Purveyors category. Nogg Fruit Howard said. “We le the business 25 years ago, so this was Company distributed fresh fruits and vegetables and frozen truly a special recognition. It is great that aer all these years, and refrigerated food products to restaurants, hospitals, people remember and continue to value the work we did.” schools and other food service establishments in eastern NeHoward enrolled in Creighton University School of Law in braska and Western Iowa for over 40 years. To be considered 1992 while still working in the foodservice distribution busifor the Purveyors category, one must “possess truth in prod- ness. Aer he earned his law degree from Creighton Univeruct promotion and conduct ethical business practices. Recog- sity, he worked as an attorney from 1997 until 2013, when he nition as an entrepreneur and a commitment to needs of the became the Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of hospitality industry are essential.” Omaha Foundation, where he works to this day. He continSteve Epstein is an Omaha native who graduated from Cen- ues to be an active volunteer and is a past-president of the tral High in 1967. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Busi- Suburban Rotary Club of Omaha. Howard has been married ness Administration from UNL, but long before that, began to Sharon for 47 years; they have three children: Jason (Lauhis career in the food business as a busboy at Village Inn. He rie), Jenny (Jon Benowitz) and Emily (Nick Ray), and seven was a warehouse worker and truck driver for E.L. Nogg Fruit grandchildren: Tyler, Molly, Lucas, Audrey, Noah, Sammie Company through high school and college, became a sales- and Evan.

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The Aksarben Ball has been around for more than a century and has a rich history of supporting the entire state of Nebraska and western Iowa. We crowned our first King and Queen of Quivira in 1895. Since that time, the Aksarben Ball has continued to grow and evolve each year, paying tribute to our treasured past while looking forward to hopeful promises of tomorrow. The 2019 Aksarben Ball was held Saturday, Oct. 19, at the CHI Health Center in downtown Omaha. This year, the Aksarben Ball received a new name and shift in direction, but our time-honored legacy of honoring families throughout Nebraska and western Iowa remained the same. For over 122 years, the Aksarben Foundation has been honoring volunteerism and community service by recognizing individuals and families for their contributions improving the quality of life for our region. This has been and is one of the most important parts of its mission, and the list of past recipients is truly the history of leadership in our community. Each year the Ball’s most awaited recognition has been the naming of the Aksarben King and Queen. In a move designed to assure that all are eligible for Aksarben’s highest honor, the organization has introduced the Aksarben Citizens of the Year. Those recognized will be individuals who have shown remarkable dedication to our community and a broad range of causes sustained over many years. This year, the Court of Honor inducted Dr. ken cowan, the Director of the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Pages this year included ezra Joseph Feinstein, son of Jessie and Jamie Feinstein; elizabeth anne nogg, daughter of Kelly and Jeff Nogg; chloe isabel ruback, daughter of Teresa and Andrew Ruback; Halle maren Tauber and Tori Jordan Tauber, daughters of Kari and Brandon Tauber. The Ball’s floor committee included rory sudbeck, brandon Tauber and ben Taxman. Jack bennett Goldstein served as escort. He is the son of Jill and Joe Goldstein.

JFO Loan deadline coming soon

Diane Walker Assistant to Alan Potash, CEO, Scholarship Administrator The Jewish Federation of Omaha’s Financial Aid Committee administers the Benjamin & Elizabeth ‘Bess’ Stern Scholarship Loan Fund. The committee is pleased to announce that substantial interest-free loans are available for Jewish graduate students, regardless of geographic origin. Awards are interest-free loans, payable in full over 15 years, beginning one year after graduation. The Benjamin and Elizabeth ‘Bess’ Stern Scholarship Loan Fund was established at the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation by sisters Louise H. Stern and Naomi Stern Jaffer in memory of their parents. Loans will be made based on demonstrated financial need and character to qualified Jewish graduate students. The application deadline for this special offering (for use in the 2020 spring semester) is nov. 1. The application is available on the Jewish Federation website – www.jewishomaha.org. Please contact Diane Walker at 402.334.6407 or dwalker@jewishomaha.org with any questions.

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Shirley’s Kitchen: Blintze Casserole From: Ann Goldstein Originating from: NCJW Cookbook (1973) Usually served this at Brunch, especially on

Mother’s Day. A classic which everyone likes, and easy too.

Blintze Casserole

Ingredients: 2 packages frozen blintzes, partially defrosted (may use cheese-filled or fruit filled or a combination of both) 1/4 pound margarine 1 1/2 cups sour cream 4 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup orange juice Directions: Melt margarine in oblong oven-safe casserole dish. Place blintzes in casserole. Beat eggs and vanilla, salt, sugar and orange juice. Add sour cream last and beat all together. Pour over top of blintzes. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Serve with sour cream, blueberry sauce or jams if desired. Serves 8-10.

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interfaith trip to israel Continued from page 6 parishioners the wonder of “how small a world Jesus lived in. We visited the ruins of the synagogue at the ancient village of Capernaum,” he said. “We stood in the city of Tiberius, at the edge of Lake Kinneret — also called the Sea of Galilee — and could see the other shore. We put our feet in the water and felt the spirit of all the other people who have been here before us. That was a moment.” Jim Laughlin’s ‘moment’ came at the Jordan River. “We stood at the Jordan at the site where Jesus may have been baptized and our guide read from the Bible about how Jesus traveled ‘south from Jericho to the Jordan’ where we were. That was intense.” Becky Reilly experienced her own moment while walking in the wilderness of the Judean hills and feeling and hearing the wind. “A few weeks before we left on the trip,” Becky said, “our reading at church was about Elijah hiding in a cave. God told him to go outside, because He would be passing by. First came ‘a mighty wind, but God was not in the wind.’ And here I was, in Israel, and indeed I felt a mighty wind. It evoked a connection for me with Elijah and with Jesus, who spent time in that same wilderness, as well as with the tribes of Israel who wandered in that or a similar area. After reading Bible stories for most of my life, it was meaningful to feel, as well as see, the landscape.” The group’s visit to Yad Vashem’s Memorial to the Children, with its candles reflected like stars in heaven, was particularly moving. “In 2014,” Pastor Johnson said, “my family and I were in Warsaw and saw the memorial sculpture of Janusz Korczak, the pediatrician who refused to abandon the orphans under his care in the Ghetto and chose to die with them in Treblinka. The memory of that visit to Warsaw has ached like a sore tooth. And here I was, five years later, at Yad Vashem, looking

at another statue called ‘Janusz Korczak and the Children’, remembering them in a different place. People in my profession weren’t particularly stellar during the Holocaust. We were absent. We can’t do anything about the past, but we can never forget it. That message is so damn preachable.” Growing up as a Nebraska farm kid, Pastor Johnson appreciated what he saw of Israeli agriculture. “The root irrigation on a kibbutz, the date palms, even bananas.” He was also struck by what he calls the overwhelming pressure for recognition, and wonders, “What does it mean for a nation when those around you won’t recognize your existence?” And, of course, he noticed the guns. “Apparently carrying a gun doesn’t stop when you leave the army. When an Israeli sees another Israeli with a gun he feels safe, not threatened. During the entire trip, I was impressed by the kindness Israelis showed us.” For Eadie Tsabri, “This was a beautiful and meaningful trip. Sharing this ten-day experience with total strangers who became part of my extended family was truly inspiring. It’s all about the people who we share our experiences with and this was a marvelous group.” As expected, some travelers brought back mezuzahs for their doorposts, red kabbalah strings or colorful hamsas. Two couples came home with personally meaningful souvenirs, reflecting their different faiths. “Pam and I brought back a tallit made in Tzfat that our eleven-year old grandson will use on his Bar Mitzvah,” Ron Feldman said. Randy and Darlene Mueller carried back water from the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan River. “We then added some ‘Omaha water’ to it for the baptism of our first grandchild,” Darlene explained. “We’re saving some of the water for future grandchildren. This was a special trip, with lasting memories.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 IHE Governance Council, 11:15 a.m. Conversational Hebrew with Ron, 2 p.m. Community Unity Event, 4 p.m. TBD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 The Book of Jewish Values Class, 11:30 a.m. at Beth El ADL-CRC Board Meeting, noon Wilson Lectures, noon at UNO Weber Fine Arts Building-Art Gallery Jewish Film Festival: Tel Aviv on Fire, 7 p.m. at Film Streams WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Breadbreakers and Speaker, noon at RBJH THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 IHE Meeting, 3 p.m. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Star Deli, 11:30 a.m. at RBJH Tot Shabbat, 5:30 p.m. at Beth El SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. at Temple Israel SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Beth El Miriam Initiative Fitness Sampler, 10 a.m.-noon Torah Study, 10 a.m. at Beth El Musical Theater Rehearsals, 3 p.m. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Conversational Hebrew with Ron, 2 p.m. Jewish Press Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m. Jewish Film Festival: Leona, 7 p.m. at Village Pointe Cinemas TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 The Book of Jewish Values Class, 11:30 a.m. at Beth El WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Breadbreakers and Speaker, noon at RBJH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Star Deli, 11:30 a.m. at RBJH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. at Temple Israel SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Torah Study, 10 a.m. at Beth El Musical Theater Rehearsals, 3 p.m. Israeli Cooking Workshop with Ron Lugasy, Community Shlicha, 4:30 p.m. at Beth Israel Parenting and Young Families Panel Discussions, 5 p.m. at FJA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Conversational Hebrew with Ron, 2 p.m. Jewish Film Festival: The Samuel Project, 7 p.m. at Majestic WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Breadbreakers and Speaker, noon at RBJH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Star Deli, 11:30 a.m. at RBJH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Torah Study, 9:15 a.m. at Temple Israel

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Above: Alvin Abramson and daughter Barb Giller checking out the RBJH sukkah.

Above: RBJH Residents, including Thi Lan Plummer, enjoyed Music Therapy with music therapist Felicia MagaĂąa Voorhees.

Above: Front Row: Lauren Dolson, left, Elena Rosenblatt, Abby Kaufman, Lauren Kugler, Abbey Milder, Michelle Jacobs, Frankie Jacobs and Nathan Jacobs. Back Row: Steve Riekes, left, Ari Riekes, Alex Kugler, Leo Kohll, Dave Jacobs, Gary Javitch.

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ANNETTE vAN dE KAMP-WRiGHT and Customs Enforcement. Twelve of them were arrested. (and other genocides)! Rallying in support of Soviet Editor, Jewish Press Oct. 15, police arrested British rabbi Jeffery Newman Jewry! Marching against racism and xenophobia! These ast week, simultaneous rallies were held in Tel during a climate change protest in London. The resulting are some of the many causes where Jews have shown Aviv and New York to protest the imprisonphoto is sobering: Newman is seen wearing his tallit and leadership and have been involved to bring activism to the ment of Naama Issachar by Russian authoriholding the four species while being dragged away by police. streets. Despite these past occurrences, what is the conties. She was caught with 9 grams of “I see it as my religious and moral duty to stand up for temporary Jewish perspective on taking activism one step marijuana while attempting to make a connect- what I believe in, and what I care about, for my grandchil- further into the realm of productive socially relevant civil ing flight in Russia between India and Israel. The disobedience?” (Timesofisrael.com) He goes on to amount is within the legal limit in Israel; nonetheless, say: “It is difficult to imagine what could have been acshe was sentenced swiftly and is now facing 7.5 years complished without civil disobedience and those who in a Russian prison. Russia has offered to release her in were willing to be jailed, beaten within an inch of their exchange for a Russian hacker who is imprisoned in Islives (John Lewis, for example) for their beliefs.” rael and scheduled for extradition to the U.S.. That, ac“In general,” writes Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin, “Jewcording to the protesters, turns her into a bargaining ish law and tradition have a positive attitude towards chip. protest.”(The Schechter Institute) He goes on: “The imWhether the rallies will make any difference in the portance of protesting an injustice or a transgression is politics at play here remains to be seen. It is important, emphasized numerous times in rabbinic literature. […] A however, to have these public outcries; it is a way for Tzaddik who remains quiet and passive is ultimately reRabbi Jeffrey Newman is arrested as protesters continue to sponsible for the communal evil which he could have and regular every-day people to let their voices be heard block the road outside Mansion House in London, during an should have prevented.” Golinkin gives many examples, and draw attention in a much more immediate way than voting in the next election could ever accomplish. Extinction Rebellion climate change protest. and if you’re interested, you can find them here: Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images https://schechter.edu/the-jewish-attitude-towardsIn June of this year, hundreds of Jewish protesters gathered at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement dren,” Newman said afterwards. (JTA) non-violent-protest-and-civil-disobedience/. center in Rhode Island. The protest was a demonstration I am not a rabbi (and it would be interesting to ask It all comes down to speaking out when injustice hapby Never Again Action, a Jewish group protesting ICE and someone who’s more educated in these maters) but I pens. It’s about not being a bystander; it’s the biblical verUnited States immigration policy by getting arrested at think Moses would agree. Public protest and civil disobedi- sion of ‘See something, say something.’ ICE detention facilities. When they blocked the parking ence are a longstanding Jewish tradition. Without it, Which injustices are egregious enough that they warlot, a guard drove his truck into a row of protesters, injurPharaoh’s handmaidens would not have rescued Moses. It rant protest? That’s another question—we don’t always ing five. In August, 36 protesters from the same group landed Daniel and his friends in the lion’s den and caused all agree on what injustice looks like. Suffice it to say that were arrested at a demonstration in front of an ImmigraSaul’s guards to disobey a direct order to kill the priests Rabbi Newman in London is not the first—and he certainly tion and Customs Enforcement detention center in Elizawho fed David. Without it, Moses would not have fought won’t be the last-- to address the distinction between the beth, New Jersey. for his people to go free. Law of the Land and what Judaism teaches him. In September of this year, hundreds of Jewish protestAfter Charlottesville, Rabbi Shmuley Yanklowitz wrote: Editorials express the view of the writer and are not necers, also affiliated with NAA, took to the streets in “The tragedy that unfolded led me to think of other essarily representative of the views of the Jewish Press Boston, disrupting traffic and calling out private compacauses that have spurred the Jewish people to hit the Board of Directors, the Jewish Federation of Omaha Board nies that are doing business with the U.S. Immigration streets. Protesting in memory of victims of the Holocaust of Directors, or the Omaha Jewish community as a whole.

The Women’s March might be ready to take Jewish women seriously EMiLy sHiRE NEW HAVEN, CONN. | JTA For the first time in a while, I am cautiously hopeful that the Women’s March may be turning a corner. I am not talking about the dramatic changing of the guard, though it is certainly a big deal that three of the march’s four prominent co-chairs — Bob Bland, Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour — have stepped down after the organization’s leadership was plagued with controversy, including praising notorious anti-Semites like Louis Farrakhan and allegations that they pushed a Jewish woman out of leadership because of her religion. For me, the bigger news is that one of the 17 new board members has already been removed for rhetoric that many found to be anti-Semitic, including demonizing the Anti-Defamation League, chastising Muslims who are willing to join interfaith efforts and calling Israel a “racist” state that “engages in terrorism.” Just days after Zahra Billoo was announced as part of the new board, the Women’s March took the outpouring of concern from Jewish organizations seriously and actually did something. The organization that in February 2018 took a staggering nine days just to say Louis Farrakhan did not “align” with its values managed to actually fire someone over anti-Semitism concerns. This is a marked difference, indeed, from where the organization began. In 2017, shortly after the first Women’s March rocked not only Washington, D.C., but the entire world as a unifying feminist storm, I found myself reluctantly questioning whether I was welcomed in this supposedly inclusive wave of feminist activism as a Jewish woman and a Zionist. I very much would have preferred to pull the pink pussyhat over my eyes and ignore the fact that there was a singular hostility toward Israel in the movement and then a growing tolerance for antiSemitism. It felt whiny, if not traitorous, to question and raise concerns when I was a proud feminist who agreed with so many of the overarching goals and objectives of the movement. I

should take the good with the bad, I thought. But I couldn’t. It felt dishonest and hypocritical, especially in a movement that proclaimed to value intersectionality and encouraging people — especially women — to speak their truth and be the ones to name and call out discrimination and hate. I was prompted to write “Does feminism have

abashedly and unapologetically minimized its harm, saying “I want to make the distinction that while anti-Semitism is something that impacts Jewish Americans, it’s different than anti-black racism or Islamophobia because it’s not systemic.” It wasn’t just that Mallory shared on social media a video of Farrakhan from an event where he stated that “the powerful Jews are my enemy … the Jews were responsible for all of this filth and degenerate behavior that Hollywood is putting out turning men into women and women into men,” with the caption, “Thank god this man is alive and doing well. He is definitely GOAT,” or greatest of all time. Or that Carmen Perez, also a national co-chair, had also shared a video of the avowed and notorious homoJewish women are among the participants in the Women's March, Jan. 19, phobe and anti-Semite with 2019. Credit: Evelyn Hockstein/for The Washington Post via Getty Images words of praise. room for Zionists?” after the International Rather it was that it took well over a week for the Women’s Strike — distinct from the Women’s Women’s March leadership to issue a single stateMarch — presented a platform that singled out Is- ment that would barely qualify as an apology, rael as the only country other than the U.S. for merely noting, “Minister Farrakhan’s statements condemnation, demanded the “decolonization of about Jewish, queer, and trans people are not Palestine” and proudly touted Rasmea Odeh as an aligned with the Women’s March Unity Principles.” organizer. Odeh had been convicted for her in- As recently as January of this year, Mallory defended volvement in a bombing that killed two Hebrew and justified calling him the “greatest of all time.” University students. The repeated message from the Women’s March The response I received from the most promi- was that anti-Semitism would either be tolerated nent and loudest voices of the modern feminist or not acknowledged. People who weren’t Jewish, and progressive movements was a resounding no or the good Jews who hated Israel, were really the — both implicitly in their hyper-hostility to any- only ones qualified to recognize anti-Semitism. thing that could be mistaken as acknowledging the The rest of us were being too sensitive and too selflegitimacy of Jewish statehood and explicitly from centered. But that wasn’t all. In December, Tablet Sarsour. magazine and The New York Times published reAnti-Zionism seemed like relatively small pota- ports alleging that there had been concerted efforts toes against my new looming question: “Does fem- to keep a Jewish activist, Vanessa Wrubel, out of a inism have too much room for anti-Semitism?” leadership role in the Women’s March organizaIt wasn’t just that Sarsour had said that “nothing tion, with an account that Perez and Mallory had is creepier than Zionism,” but that she had un- see The Women’s March page 13

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Continued from page 12 instructed her to read Farrakhan’s “The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and the Jews.” The Times wrote that Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates called it the “bible of the new anti-Semitism.” Still, the Women’s March’s four cochairs dug in their heels, seemingly deaf to calls for them to leave. Wrubel also said she was told, “we really couldn’t center Jewish women in this [march].” But a year can make a difference. With fresh blood and a willingness to listen and take action, there is finally some hope that Jewish women’s concerns will be heard and taken seriously. This doesn’t mean that there isn’t more room for improvement. For one, it was disappointing that the Women’s March could not bring itself to use the word “anti-Semitism” when it announced the removal of Billoo, instead cloaking Billoo’s dismissal in politely vague claims that “some of her public statements [were] incompatible with the values and mission of the organization.” Moreover, as the Forward pointed out, at least one of the new board members, Charlene Carruthers, has publicly supported Farrakhan. It is not only exhausting but demoralizing to be told that we need to accept leaders who are otherwise good, except for the tiny fact that they are cool with a man that the Southern Poverty Law Center has denounced and who said less than a year ago, “I’m not an anti-Semite. I’m anti-Termite.” Jewish women should not have to accept this from people who take on the mantle of feminist leadership.Moreover, while I am thrilled to see there is Jewish leadership in the new board. Is it too bold to say I hope for the day that there can be loud, explicitly Zionist voices in the Women’s March to show the world of feminism that progressivism and Zionism can coexist? Is that too much to ask? Maybe it is today. But a small part of me cautiously believes that won’t always be the case. Emily Shire is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, The Daily Beast, Washington Post.com, Slate, and Salon. She is also currently pursuing her J.D. at Yale Law School. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of JTA or its parent company, 70 Faces Media.

How the late French president Jacques Chirac started France’s reckoning with the Holocaust

Liam hoare VIENNA, Austria | JTA Jacques Chirac, the former French president who died on September 26 at age 86, had only been in office two months when, on July 16, 1995, he delivered a speech that began a vital reckoning with one of the darkest aspects of France’s recent history. Breaking a 50-year taboo on acknowledging France’s role in the Holocaust, Chirac said that “the criminal folly of the occupiers” — including the July 1942 Vel’ d’Hiv roundup, during which French police arrested nearly 13,000 Parisian Jews, confining them in crowded, unsanitary conditions prior to their deportation to Auschwitz — “was seconded by the French, by the French state.” “France, the homeland of the Enlightenment and of the rights of man, a land of welcome and asylum, on that day committed the irreparable,” Chirac said of the roundup. “Breaking its word, it handed those who were under its protection over to their executioners.” France owes the victims “an everlasting debt.” With these words, Chirac shattered the myth of French innocence his predecessors on the left and right of French politics, from Charles de Gaulle to François Mitterrand, had, in the name of national unity, created and nurtured for decades. When the Nazis occupied France in June 1940, so the story went, the Republic ceased to exist. All the crimes committed on French soil — the anti-Jewish laws, the arrests, the deportations, the near-75,000 dead French Jews — were the responsibility of Nazi Germany and the puppet Vichy regime, not France. Far from cultivating a culture of remembrance, the leaders who rebuilt France after World War II and presided over it in subsequent decades sanctioned an official culture of denial and forgetting. As late as 1992— 50 years after the Vel’ d’Hiv roundup and long after Germany had begun its own process of coming to terms with the past—Mitterrand pointedly avoided acknowledging France’s role in a major speech marking the

event. “The dead hear you,” Mitterrand was warned by his longtime friend Robert Badinter, the president of the Constitutional Council. The Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld condemned Mitterrand as someone who was only “faithful to himself.” Prior to joining the French resistance in 1943, Mitterrand had been a civil servant in the Vichy regime. The urge not to remember was therefore in part self-serving. Chirac, on the other hand, was only 11 at the time of France’s liberation in 1944. He was the first of a new generation of French leaders unencumbered by the experience of World War II. His 1995 address, Klarsfeld would say, “contained everything we hoped to hear one day.” Chirac in general was far from an honorable man. He was a political chameleon and a hypocrite. The same politician who gave the notoriously racist “le bruit et l’odeur” speech in 1991 was the anti-racist option when he campaigned for the presidency against the far-right’s JeanMarie Le Pen in 2002. And he was corrupt, as a French court found in 2011 when it found him guilty of embezzling public funds to illegally finance his neo-Gaullist political party. But when successive French presidents, from François Hollande (“The truth is that this crime was committed in France, by France”) to Emmanuel Macron (“It was indeed France that organized this”), speak so openly of France’s complicity in the Holocaust, they do so because of Chirac. “To recognize the errors of the past and the errors committed by the state and not to hide the dark hours of our history, that is plainly the way to defend a vision of man, of his freedom and dignity,” he said in 1995. A complicated figure, to say the least, this aspect of his legacy cannot be negated. Liam Hoare is Europe Editor for Moment. He lives in Vienna where he reports on politics, culture, and Jewish life in Austria and the wider region. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of JTA or its parent company, 70 Faces Media.

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Services conducted by Rabbi Steven Abraham and Hazzan Michael Krausman. friday: Kadima Kinnus (Grades 6-8) — all day; Nebraska AIDS Coalition Lunch, 11:30 a.m. — offsite; Pre-Neg, 5:30 p.m.; Six-String Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 p.m. saturday: Kadima Kinnus (Grades 6-8) — all day; Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m. D’var Torah by Leonard Greenspoon; Junior Congregation (Grades 3-7), 10 a.m. weekday serViCes: Sundays, 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; weekdays, 7 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. sunday: BESTT (Grades K-7), 9:30 a.m.; Torah Study, 10 a.m.; Yiddish Class, 11 a.m. with Hazzan Krausman; Beth El Goes to Vala’s, 5 p.m. at Vala’s Pumpkin Patch in Gretna. monday: Women’s Book Group, 7 p.m. at Swanson Towers Clubhouse. tuesday: Mahjong, 1 p.m. wednesday: BESTT Classes (Grades 3-7), 4:15 p.m.; USY Spooky Lounge Night, 5:15 p.m.; Ethics of Enviroment, 6 p.m.; Hebrew High (Grades 8-12), 6:30 p.m.; Beit Midrash Giving Jewishly, 7:30 p.m. thursday: Brachot and Breakfast, 7 a.m. Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Ed Feinstein, friday, nov. 1saturday, nov. 2. Chesed Committee Visits the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, thursday, nov. 7, 2-3 p.m. Join members of the Chesed Committee as we visit with residents of the Blumkin Home on the first Thursday of the month.

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wednesday: More Than a Joke - A Tri-Faith Symposium God for Grownups: Modern Theologies for Modern Believers (and Skeptics Too), Lunch-and-Learn, noon at Countryside Community Church; Grades 3-6, 4-6 p.m.; Community Dinner, 6 p.m. Menu: chili, potato bar, enhanced salad bar, dessert. Wednesday night dinners are open to the entire community! If you have a child in our Wednesday learning programs, there will be no cost for your family’s dinner. Cost is $4 per adult and $3 per child (12 and under), which will be billed to your account. Please RSVP to Temple Israel the Monday before; Grades 7-12, 6-8 p.m.; Community Beit Midrash Giving Jewishly: Dignity, Compassion & Priorities in Tzedakah, 7:30 p.m. at Beth El. thursday: The Israel Forum, 10 a.m. Rosh Chodesh: Jewish Mindfulness & Meditation with Margot Anderson, tuesday, nov. 5, 6:30 p.m. hosted by Shelly Fox. Jewish Mindfulness invites us to look inside ourselves, see how the ancient stories of Torah speak to our hearts today, and reflect on Jewish values so we can transform to become our highest self. Lech L’cha is the first time our ancestral “great-grandparents” Abraham and Sarah leave everything they know. It is the first leap of faith. They must go inward first to discern what they are seeing and hearing before they decide what to do. How do we find the courage and strength to know when it is time to change our lives? What processes to we go through as we make major life decisions? How can we remove obstacles such as fear and anxiety when faced with change? Margot Andersen, MSW is passionate about cultivating resilience and spirituality in others. She received her Masters in Social Work from Loyola University. She is a certified Jewish Mindfulness and Meditation teacher through the Institute of Jewish Spirituality and Orot. Cantor Alexander Installation Weekend, friday, dec. 6saturday, dec. 7. Watch for more details!

friday: Camp Shabbat, 6 p.m. Campers and camp alumni will be leading the congregation in prayer, sharing their favorite memories of camp, and bringing the amazing energy of camp Shabbat into our sanctuary! We will begin in the community court with Kabbalat Shabbat singing, and after the main service there will be an oneg and "Shabbat Shira," a camp-style high-energy song session; Tish Pop-Up Dinner, 7 p.m. at Mayne Street Market. RSVPs required. saturday: Torah Study, 9:15 a.m.; Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 a.m.; OSRUI Havdalah, 6:30 p.m. Rabbi Stoller will be hosting a special Havdalah gathering at his home for current and former OSRUI campers, as well as any potential campers for Summer 2020! OSRUI assistant director Dylan Singer will be there to tell you all about it! RSVP to Temple Israel, rsVp@templeisraelomaha.com. sunday: Youth Learing Programs for Grades K-6, 10 a.m.; Jewish Summer Camp Fair, noon-1 p.m. Temple Israel will be hosting representatives from Jewish camps and summer programs from all over the Midwest and beyond! Come learn about all of the amazing choices and find out which one is the right fit for your children! If you already have a camp you attend, then we encourage students to come help their friends decide as well! A free camp-style cookout lunch will be served. RSVP on Parent Square; OTYG Board Meeting, noon.

Services conducted by lay leader Nancy Coren. Office hours: monday-friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. friday: No Shabbat Service; Candlelighting, 6:16 p.m. saturday: Shabbat Service, 10 a.m. followed by light a kiddush lunch; Got Shabbat, 11 a.m.; Havdalah (72 minutes), 7:17 p.m. sunday: LJCS Gan through Grade 7, 9:30 a.m.; LJCS Gesher, 10 a.m.; LJCS Teachers Meeting, 12:15 p.m. at TI. wednesday: LJCS Hebrew School, 4 p.m. at TI. Bless the Animals Havdalah, saturday nov. 2, 5 p.m. at the home of Seth Harris (15049 South 46th Street Roca, NE 68430). A potluck dairy dinner will begin at 5 p.m. and will be followed by a short Havdallah service. Please bring a dairy side dish or dessert to share. Feel free to bring your animal. All dogs must be on a leash. RSVP to the office let us know you are coming by Thursday Oct. 31. Join Us for our World Without Hate Shabbat, friday, nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. featuring guest speaker Pastor Eduardo Bousso, Nebraska Wesleyan University campus minister delivering the Sermon at Tifereth Israel. Invite a neighbor, co-worker, or friend from the community to join you at this service dedicated to eliminating hatred, prejudice, and discrimination. We’ll gather following the service for a Oneg Shabbat. Your presence at this interfaith gathering is most important. Join us.

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Services conducted by Rabbi Teri Appleby. friday: Simchat Torah Service, 6:30 p.m. music by the Star City Kochavim; Oneg, 7:30 p.m. hosted by Linda Glaser; Candlelighting, 6:13 p.m. saturday: Shabbat Morning Service, 9:30 a.m.; Torah Study, 10:45 a.m. at Parashat Bereshit; Movie Night: The Black Cat & The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 7 p.m.; Havdalah (72 minutes), 7:42 p.m. sunday: LJCS Gan through Grade 7, 9:30 a.m.; LJCS Gesher, 10 a.m.; LJCS Teachers Meeting, 12:15 p.m. at Tifereth Israel; Board of Trustees Meeting, 1:30 p.m. wednesday: LJCS Hebrew School, 4 p.m. at TI. South Street Temple Annual Meeting, sunday, nov. 3, 4-6 p.m. Our next Pop-up Shabbat is friday, nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m. Note: No Erev Shabbat Services at the Temple. Jewish Book Club Meeting, sunday, nov. 17. 22, 1:30 p.m. at Gere Library, 2400 S. 56th St (South 56th & Normal Blvd) and will discuss Spies of No Country by Matti Friedman. Bringing of treats is permitted. Also note that this not intended to be a women’s-only group; men are welcome!

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Lorenzo Batt, son of Valerie Batt and Aaron Batt, will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Temple Israel. Lorenzo is a seventh-grade honors student at Lewis and Clark. Lorenzo has played on a YMCA soccer team since he was in kindergarten. He loves to golf, snow ski and surf when he can. He has created a line of fused glass magnets which he sells mainly at the Hot Shops Art Center. He won second place in the G.A.T.E. Shark Tank challenge. For his mitzvah project, Lorenzo has been volunteering at City Sprouts, a community garden, urban farm, and educational resource center in the Orchard Hill neighborhood. Grandparents are the late Larry Batt and Jane Batt, Margaret Kirkeby, and Rick and Connie Spellman. Great-grandparents are the late Norman and Frances Batt, the late Harold and Gloria Feintech, the late Bill and Laverne Hoy, and the late Gene and Dorothy Spellman.

Tree of Life says its building will reopen as a center for Jewish life in the US

marcy oster JTA e Tree of Life synagogue building, the site of an attack a year ago that le 11 worshippers dead, will reopen as a “center for Jewish life in the United States.” e Tree of Life Congregation issued a statement to announce its “vision” for the building on Oct. 18. e building, which was home to three different congregations, has not reopened since the Oct. 27, 2019 attack. e attack le the building “unsuitable for worship,” according to the statement. It was in need of serious repair and renovation before the attack took place, it also said. Tree of Life’s vision for the future of the property calls for the space to be a “cooperative and collaborative space that brings together stakeholders in a shared environment that includes places for Jewish worship memorial, education and social engagement, exhibit space for archival historical artistic expression, as well as classrooms and training spaces.” A community planning process will determine the building’s “precise future,” according to the statement. e process was announced to the congregation during Kol Nidre services on Yom Kippur. “We are poised to become an incredible center for Jewish life in the United States,” Tree of Life’s Rabbi Jeffrey Myers said in a statement. “When we reopen, and we most certainly will, I want the entire world to say, ‘Wow, look at what they have done.’ To do anything less disrespects the memory of our 11 martyrs.” e plans reportedly include worship space for the congregations that want to return, space for the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh to move into the building, and space for the Chatham University. ere also will be a memorial to the victims of the attack, though it may not be the official city memorial.

The Jewish arguments at the heart of Steven Menashi’s nomination

WASHINGTON | JTA In 2010, Steven Menashi, then a law professor at George Mason University, wrote an article defending Israel from the charge that it’s an ethnonationalist state. “Ethnonationalism and Liberal Democracy,” published in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, said that many countries — he cited Ireland, Greece and Bulgaria, among other examples — have a particularist notion of national identity. Menashi also seemed to cast doubt on the value of ethnic diversity. “Ethnically heterogeneous societies exhibit less political and civic engagement, less effective governing institutions, and fewer public goods,” he wrote. Nearly a decade later Menashi, 40, is President Donald Trump’s nominee for a position on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals covering New York, Connecticut and Vermont. And the article is one piece of evidence in a nomination battle that is touching raw nerves in a polarized country, including immigration, feminism, LGBTQ rights and nationalism. In a statement in August, the National Council of Jewish Women said it was “stunned and deeply disturbed by Steven Menashi’s calls for ‘ethnonationalism’ and against ‘ethnic heterogeneity.’ In these words, we hear haunting echoes of cries for a master race and racial purity.” The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, an organization that includes several Jewish groups under its umbrella, has released a laundry list of Menashi’s perceived sins. Over seven pages long, the list includes policies that Menashi has advocated or helped shape involving the rights of women, the LGBTQ community, immigrants, Muslims and racial minorities. Notably, the Leadership Conference’s jeremiad against Menashi does not cite his article on ethnonationalism. As a student at Dartmouth in 2001, Menashi also wrote an article comparing supporters of affirmative action and LGBTQ rights to the Nazis: “Sixty years after the promulgation of the Nuremberg laws, universities persist in cataloguing students according to race on college applications and official documents,” he wrote in the Dartmouth Review in an attack on the media and others for advocating for extending hate crimes protections to gays. “This analogy,” the Leadership Conference said in its statement, “reflects both ignorance of history and tremendous hostility to diversity and efforts to remedy past discrimination.” Menashi, a New York native, also does not have the support of his home state’a U.S. senators, both Democrats: Chuck Schumer, the Jewish minority leader, and Kirsten Gillibrand. The Leadership Conference does not necessarily need consensus to issue its statements, and only the National Council of Jewish Women has taken a public position. Stern told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the American Jewish Committee’s “unwavering policy” is not to get involved in confirmation fights. An official of the Reform movement’s Religious Action Center said the group has no formal position, “but we have significant concerns.” In his Senate testimony last month, Menashi spoke of his upbringing as the descendant of Jews from Iraq and Ukraine, and called the charge of ethnonationalism “hurtful.” He also said he would not apply his argument to the United States, where shared national identity is not based on ethnicity but on a commitment to “constitutional traditions.” This article was edited for length, Ed.

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