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JEWISH TIMES
November 23, 2012 9 Kislev 5773
‘ARE WE GOING TO DIE TONIGHT?’
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Thank hank nk kY You, Yo ou, o Baltimore! B Baltimor timor morre! e! The Jewish h Federations of Nort North h America is ASSOCIATED: so grateful to THE ASSOCIA ATED: TED D: Jewish Community y Federation of Baltim Baltimore more and the entire Baltimore community extend-entir e Baltim more Jewish commu unity for extend ing such a warm welcome to th the e 2012 General Assembly.. Assembly From the Linda Fr om th e amazing chairs, Lin nda & Steven v Hurwitz and d Genine & Josh Fidl lerr, to Fidler, ASSOCIATED’s THE ASSO OCIA ATED’s dedicated professional professi sional team, led by b Mar c B. T errill, Pr e esident, nd Marc Terrill, President, and
Michelle M Gordon, Gordon, Chief Chie ef of Staf Staff, f, to the ti tireless tirele ess te eam of volu olunte eer ambassadors, bassadors, Baltimor Baltimo B ore team volunteer Baltimore made m us feel fe eel at home h and helped make the e GA cess. a huge succ success. A special tthanks ks to o the local families, milies foun founounda ations and bu busines usines sse es that suppo orted the e GA dations businesses supported with w their generous gener erous sp ssponsorship. ponsorship.
Michael Siegal M Chairr, Boar d of T rustees ustees es Chair, Board Trustees
Jerry Silverman verman President a nd C EO President and CEO
Baltimore Baltimo ore Sponsors s of the 2012 012 2 GA Platinum The Harry and Jeanette W Weinberg einberg Foundation, ation, tion, Inc. Gold Sinai Hospital, a LifeBridge Health Center err Silver Genine & Josh h Fidler and Linda & Steven Hurwitz Hirschhorn The David and d Barbara B. Hirschhor n Foundation, undation, Inc. Meyerhofff Family Charitable Joseph & Harvey vey Meyerhof table Funds Sheraton Innerr Harbor Bronze Br onze Bronfein Jessica and Michael Br onfein Charles Crane Family Foundation ndation Cordish The Cor dish Companies The Goldsmith h Family Israel Bonds McCormick & Co. Ben and Esther er Rosenbloom Fnd. The Russel Family mily
Friends s off the GA Anonymous mous Arrow Arr ow Parking Bond B ond Distributing/Ronnie istributing/Ronnie Ronnie and Bob Footlick/Shelly tlick/Shelly and Bob Pinkner n nkner Klein’s Klein’ in’s ShopRites S of MD McGladrey McGladr rey y LLP The Pearlstone arlstone Family Fund/Amy d/Amy Elias as & Richie Pearlstone arlstone Ruach hT Tova ova Lainy LeBow-Sachs eBow-Sachs w-Sachs and Leonard Leonard Sachs S UTZ Potato tato Chips
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THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore extends a hearty mazel tov to
Genine & Josh Fidler and Linda & Steven Hurwitz Chairs of the Jewish Federations of North America’s 2012 General Assembly
Your enthusiasm and leadership helped make this year’s GA an incredible success.
Thank you also to our ASSOCIATED professionals and hundreds of community volunteers. You stepped up to welcome more than 3,000 friends and colleagues from North America and Israel to Baltimore. You represented our city, our community and THE ASSOCIATED. We could not have asked for better ambassadors.
Marc B. Terrill
Howard E. Friedman
President
Chair of the Board
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Krieger Schechter Day School Mazal Tov to Our Class of 2008! We wish them great success as they continue their education at the following universities and programs: Binghamton University Boston University Clark University College of Charleston Connecticut College DePaul University Emory University Hartt School of Music Harvard College Indiana University at Bloomington Israeli Defense Force Maryland Institute College of Art Muhlenberg College NATIV College Leadership Program, Israel (2) Northeastern University Northwestern University Princeton University Towson University (7) Tulane University University of Chicago University of Delaware University of Florida in Gainesville University of Maryland College Park (5) University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Miami University of North Carolina - Wilmington University of Pennsylvania (2) University of Pittsburgh University of Redlands The Johnston Center Virginia Tech Washington University in St. Louis (2) Young Judaea Year Course in Israel (2)
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On The Cover: Palestinian girl: ALI ALI/EPA/Newscom Jewish boy: David Katz/ The Israel Project
Contents
November 23, 2012 Vol. 329 No. 4 Candle lighting 4:29 p.m. 7
Opinion Opening oughts, Editorials, From is View, Your Say …
Local News 14
All In This Together Efforts to make the Jewish community more inclusive gain momentum
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Winds Of Compassion
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Jewish Baltimore responds to victims of Hurricane Sandy in a tremendous way
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‘Are We Going To Die Tonight?’
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Photo Essay: Community Cleanup CHAI’s Good Neighbor Day
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Offensive Material Anti-Semitic fliers distributed in Pikesville neighborhood cause concern
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Baltimore And D.C. Got Talent Middle and high schoolers get their big chance
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Perfect Fit Kagan brings new energy, commitment to BBYO
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Winds Of Compassion
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Sabbath Traditions Area Jews and African-Americans gather to learn about each other’s traditions
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Taking A Stand Local women, organizations work to combat domestic violence
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Dream Job
International News 32
‘Are We Going To Die Tonight?’ As Mideast conflict reignites, 4.5 million Israelis are under threat of attack
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Tzedakah Central JT annual giving section
Arts & Life 47
Worth The Schlep
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Comment: Parents, Control Yourselves
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Dream Job
David Stuck
Sports News
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Sports junkie turns childhood aspiration into flourishing career
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Pace Setter Maryland soccer stud continues to hone his game
Community 56
Beshert, Milestones, Out & About, Obituaries
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Amazing Marketplace
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‘Skyfall’ A Snoozer For Franco James Franco has done what few have likely done before — fall asleep during a James Bond movie. Over the weekend, the actor-director caught the late-night showing of “Skyfall” with Ashley Benson in Los Angeles, but according to theater-goers, the two didn’t exactly watch the movie. It’s not what you’re thinking. “They tried to stay incognito catching a late show together. But both James and Ashley fell asleep,” Perez Hilton posted on his blog. “They were woken up by theater staff at the end of the movie.”
Jews On The Election In the days following the presidential election, Jewish celebrities tweeted their thoughts. Some congratulated President Obama: “i only ask for a certain amount of miracles a year. i can check this one off !” Sandra Bernhard offered. Some discussed the real winner of the election: “Nate Silver was just anointed Emperor of Math,” Michael Ian Black wrote. Some shared their personal celebration: “I am a sleepdeprived zombie. But a happy zombie. Haven’t stayed up so late since New Year’s Eve 1960,” Judy Blume tweeted. Some complimented the Republican candidate: “Classy concession speech by Mitt Romney. Gave the speech alone, took high road, no excuses, and the country can move on,” Elizabeth Banks said. Actress Roseanne Barr, who surprisingly finished fifth Nov. 6 with more than 48,000 votes, congratulated Obama and tweeted her wish for the next election: “2016 ballot access in all 50 states.”
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Mila in ‘Meridian Hills’ Six years aer Mila Kunis starred on “at ‘70s Show,” she’s heading back to the “Dy-No-Mite!” decade — as a producer. According to “Deadline Hollywood,” Kunis is set to produce “Meridian Hills,” a CW Network drama project. “Meridian Hills,” according to the Deadline website, “is set in a boozy Midwestern country club circa 1972, when the Equal Rights Amendment had just passed [in] Congress to begin a
long and difficult process of state ratification. e show centers on a young, newly married woman who joins the Junior League, discovering an eclectic group of other young women who become unlikely allies in her quest to change the system.” e amendment was never adopted. While it seems like Kunis has much love for the ‘70s, she never actually experienced the decade, having been born in 1983. Mila Kunis
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Opening oughts Phil Jacobs
Tel Aviv: A New Reality that during her child’s ballet class a red alert was sounded, and a Grad rocket exploded in that seaside town. Her one and only priority was to get to her daughter, and she did. ankfully everyone was OK. We read, at the time of this writing, that three people have been killed by a Hamas rocket. Many of us remember during the first Gulf War when Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein lobbed Scud missiles at Tel aviv. again, my memory flashes back to a federation event I was covering in detroit. When our shaliach (emissary from Israel) heard what was happening, she called her mother from a pay phone on the wall of the synagogue hosting the event. She let me listen in on the call. and all we could hear was her mother crying hysterically and the droning sound of sirens. Hamas could be bringing the war to Tel aviv with an assist from Iran. at possibility seems all too real. Now this isn’t just the issue of a poor, small town called Sderot and the town that powers the area’s electrical grid, ashkelon. No, Hamas is showing that it can reach the nation’s most populous metropolitan area. Now, it becomes everyone’s issue in Israel. Sderot, ashkelon, ashdod and now Tel aviv. e impossible is becoming possible. If Hamas keeps aiming the rockets toward Tel aviv, then the IdF will be forced to take appropriate action. It must keep Israelis safe, whether they call Sderot or Tel aviv home. e shelling that happened in Tel aviv represents the possibility of a new reality. e enemy has proved it can get near this gem of a city. is is what terrorism is. is is the new reality. JT Phil Jacobs is JT executive editor pjacobs@jewishtimes.com
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news of how Hamas firepower has reached the outskirts of Tel aviv. I had a flashback to just four years ago. I was on a media mission to visit Sderot, the development town on Gaza’s border, and ashkelon, Baltimore’s sister city. e mission had its own bus driver and security personnel. ese were people from the Tel aviv area. I remember explicitly that none of our hosts knew much about what was happening to the people of Sderot and ashkelon. and they seemed almost incredulous at the question of should they worry? We sat in meetings with ex-IdF personnel, who told us that the potential was growing for Hamas to throw missiles as far up the coast as ashdod. One day, if something didn’t change, we were warned, a missile could reach the dense commercial heartbeat of Israel, Tel aviv. But that was for another day, I guess. Our tour continued through Sderot, where resident aer resident talked about what it was like to find a shelter in 15 seconds. One showed us a patched-up hole in the middle of the street. at was from a rocket. e patched hole was just a few yards from an elementary school’s front gate. We were even in that elementary school when the lights flickered, and every child was ushered quickly into the auditorium and the doors closed. e auditorium, it seemed, was also a bomb shelter. e lights went back on, and the room was filled with classes of crying schoolchildren. Still, our Tel aviv driver and security personnel admitted that they weren’t so familiar with the depths of the terrorism being shot at Sderot from Gaza. We knew more from the news we read in the States. My friend Sigal ariely of the Baltimore-ashkelon Partnership told me
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Editorials
Gaza Again e barrage of missiles from Gaza into Israel has, unfortunately, become a familiar event. As have Israel’s necessary defensive and protective responses. But the extended range of Hamas’ missiles last week and the air raid sirens and explosions in and around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem were new. e painful conflict, and the resulting death and destruction, was deliberately expanded to the heart of Israel. Israel called up its reserves and intensified its targeted bombing attacks in Gaza. And the world waited
An Israeli home in Kfar Gaza shows the result of a Hamas rocket strike.
to see whether Israel would pursue the commitment of ground troops in an effort to end the conflict. Despite the unnerving familiarity of the frightening events of last week, there remains the lingering question of the end game. Stopping the missiles is a clear and necessary goal. But what’s next? Many believe that Hamas, for ideological as well as political reasons, will not recognize Israel or negotiate peace with her and that diplomacy with the Islamist organization that
controls Gaza is a waste of time. We hope they are wrong. The reality is that Israel’s partner for achieving an end to hostilities will have to be Hamas. Its supporters in Egypt, Turkey and Qatar will clearly have a voice in the process, since they are increasingly interested in forging a new Mideast order. They also have relations with the United States, Israel’s strongest supporter. No one expected the chance for President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu to work together in a mean-
GA Is A Shining Success For Baltimore As life in Jewish Baltimore settles down following the excitement of last week’s Jewish Federation of North America’s General Assembly, we congratulate The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, and GA chairs Linda and Steve Hurwitz and Genine and Josh Fidler, for a job very well done. The GA is the largest and most important annual gathering of the Federation system and attracts participants from around the world. Under the guidance of the Associated, this year’s more
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than 3,000 GA participants were greeted, guided and hosted by some 500 smiling and enthusiastic Baltimore-area volunteers, who personified Charm City’s hospitality and warmth. Over the three days of the GA conference, attendees addressed and debated issues of significance to the local, national and international Jewish community in a friendly and inviting environment in and around our vibrant Convention Center, exciting Inner Harbor, and quality nearby hotels. Even the
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pleasant weather seems to have been influenced by the warmth of our city’s volunteers and the tireless determination of our local chairs. The 2012 Baltimore GA was a major undertaking by our community. The success of that effort — with participation from all segments of our community — has brought us even closer together. That result should make us all very proud of our city and of our area Jewish community. Next year in Jerusalem!
ingful way to come so quickly aer the U.S. election. As of this writing, the president’s support for the defensive measures taken by Israel has been clear and strong. And Mr. Netanyahu’s response to the bombings on Israel has been targeted and measured. We hope that the U.S. will use its influence and muscle to help broker an immediate resolution that ends the current hostilities. Anything more will take time, and a lot of patience. Neither side of the conflict has much of either right now.
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Our community is blessed to have a safety net. e Annual Campaign of e Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore provides the vital programs and services offered by the 14 local agencies of e Associated system and our overseas partners, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish Agency for Israel. From cradle to grave, members of our community are served by the annual campaign. Having this system in place allows us to address the foreseen needs in our community and to plan for opportunities. It also gives us the ability to respond quickly to emergency needs. Now is one of those times. Over the past 10 years, we have built a relationship with the people of Ashkelon, our sister city. We have sent hundreds of Baltimoreans to this beautiful community in southern Israel and have welcomed many from Ashkelon to Baltimore. We have paired schools and synagogues here with institutions there and have worked together on issues of shared concern. It is a relationship that transcends distance and reinforces the notion that we are all a global Jewish family. Our family needs us now. A mere three miles from Gaza, Ashkelon has been hammered by rockets for the last week. Schools have been closed, businesses shuttered and families trapped in bomb shelters. Government officials are wrestling with decisions they must make on behalf of their city, decisions that impact working parents and ultimately could be a matter of life and death. To reaffirm our solidarity with our sister city, we have started an Israel Terror Relief Fund. is fund will address immediate needs on the ground: respite care for children and adults with special needs; supplies for families trapped in shelters; emergency provisions for homebound seniors, and the mobilization of children and other vulnerable populations to safer locations
in northern Israel. All of the money raised will be disbursed through our partners overseas. is campaign is in addition to our annual campaign, which is the lifeblood of our Associated agency system’s ability to respond to foreseen issues in Baltimore and around the world. Because of the annual campaign, e Associated’s Israel and Overseas Committee, which oversees our partnership with Ashkelon, was able to release $50,000 in immediate funding to Ashkelon. As part of the Jewish Federations of North America, e Associated is involved in conversations about the overall needs in Israel. At the same time, we are in constant communication with Associated staff in Ashkelon and communal leaders there. ey know that their counterparts in Baltimore can respond swily when there are needs in Ashkelon. is is a small sense of security for those living in times of great uncertainty. We will continue to monitor this situation closely, keeping in constant contact with Ashkelon and assessing the needs as they evolve. While we hope the fighting will end swily, we know that even when the rocket fire ends, there still will be much work to do. ere will be homes and businesses to rebuild and support needed for those who have been traumatized by these treacherous times. As always, their friends in Baltimore, led by e Associated, will be here with an outstretched hand and the question we must always ask our sister city: how can we help? JT To help iends and family in Ashkelon, visit associated.org/helpisrael. See related story, ‘Are We Going To Die Tonight?’ on page 32.
Howard E. Friedman is chair of the board and Marc B. Terrill is president of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore.
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From î‚Šis View Meredith Jacobs
On Cooking, Dirty Dishes And Family I just opened a fortune cookie and the fortune read: “Cooking is easy, doing dishes is the hard part.� Wow. not much of a fortune. With anksgiving , every conversation with my mother turned to a report about what she baked or cooked and the tables my dad has somehow, at 75, schlepped up from the basement. And even though my sister, cousins, aunts and I tried to help anksgiving night and again at brunch and again for shabbat dinner, my mom did “the hard part.� this is more than cleaning dishes. she’s the one who nudges us to call each other. she keeps us up to date with family news. e more I think about the fortune, the message is deeper.
It’s about family. î‚Šere are two holidays on which my extended family gets together every year — î‚Šanksgiving and passover. And I’m certain we’re like most families for this. And for my mom, and others like her in charge of their family’s celebrations, it’s about more than cooking. or doing dishes. It’s about creating the event that causes the family to head into traďŹƒc, to miss work and school. We’re not doing it for the food (although my cousins may disagree when it comes to our traditional morning-aî†?er î‚Šanksgiving brunch of bagels, ďŹ sh, kugel and homemade schnecken). We’re doing it for family. î‚Še fortune makes me think about what it means to be a parent. It starts with pregnancy. pre-term labor conďŹ ned me to 10 weeks of bed rest when I
was pregnant with my daughter, and I remember saying to my unborn child, “It’s not time yet. You’re not done cooking.� now, 16 years later, I realize she’s still not done cooking. And my mom probably would say the same of me. As parents, we always do what we can to shape and mold, push and prod to help our children grow. We sprinkle some sweet here and some sour there, hoping to get just the right mix — hoping, with just the right touch, everything will turn out perfectly. But it can’t. Life doesn’t work that way. ere’s no secret ingredient, no magic recipe. I remember talking to my mom when I was newly pregnant — telling her how worried I was about the baby. I asked when the worry would stop, and she said, “never.� First, you worry if
your baby will be healthy. en, you worry if your toddler will hit all her milestones. en, you worry if she is making friends at school. en, you worry if she remembers all the lessons you taught her and is making good decisions. e worry never stops. It just changes focus as children grow. And it’s these worries that are the dishes: the things for which we must roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty; and the things for which we sometimes need patience before we tackle. And then there are the stains that no matter how hard we scrub, they never come clean. But these dirty dishes, this hard work, they are what makes the cooking come out so good.JT Meredith Jacobs is managing editor of our sister publication, Washington Jewish Week.
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Bravo, JT! Bravo on the Nov. 9 editorial "Million-Dollar Questions.” Newcomers to this area should be aware that in Baltimore, Mort Klein’s name is mud, and has been for decades, since his ballot-stuffing coup ousted Baltimorean Jim Schiller from the role of ZOA president. Once he assumed that office, Klein then sidestepped the ZOA bylaws’ term limits for that position, setting himself up as national president for life. There, he cultivated an almost cult-like following, highlighted by intolerance of dissent from his policies (or as the JT editorial put it, “Klein and the ZOA are one and the same”). That cult-like dominating influence explains his excessive compensation as "the highest-paid Jewish professional in North America." Saul Edelman Reisterstown
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Mort Klein: Time To Go To say that “[Mort] Klein and the ZOA are one and the same” (“Million-Dollar Questions,” Nov. 9) is like saying that Cal Ripken played a lot of baseball — a vast understatement. In the fashion of Middle Eastern tyrants, Klein ran the ZOA the way Yasser Arafat ran the PLO; Hosni Mubarak dominated Egypt; and the al-Assad family controls Syria, complete with elections that are a foregone conclusion. The one big difference, of course, is that the ZOA strongman conducted his [character] assassinations via press release rather than [through] ballistic discharge. The ouster of this greedy bully will constitute the American Jewish organizational life equivalent of an Arab Spring, and with it, hopefully, the return of the ZOA to its illustrious and honorable origins. Baruch Shaw Clarksville, Md.
Great Article On The GA The article (“GA Baltimore”) on the General Assembly 2012 in the Nov. 9 edition of the JT was superb. Maayan Jaffe wrote a great piece describing the GA so that readers who perhaps had never heard of the GA would understand the workings
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of that great organization. Kudos to Jaffe for bringing this information to readers of the JT!
for many reasons; politics is not one of them. Jack Zager Baltimore
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Your Oct. 26 story “Politics and the Pulpit” poses a question in the subtitle that the article does not answer. "Has Separation of Synagogue and State Become Obsolete?" Ever since the issue of Question 6 was first raised by our rabbis, I have been asking why this discussion doesn't violate the laws of the separation of church and state. We walk a slippery slope when we go from interpreting the Torah and discussing or even arguing its meaning (a process that I wholeheartedly endorse) to using its perceived meaning to tell people how they should vote. I agree with Rabbi [Ronald] Shulman when he says that "Judaism's primary ethical value is that all human beings should be treated with dignity," but I also agree with Rabbis [Moshe] Hauer, [Menachem] Goldberger and [Yaakov] Hopfer when they say, "Constituents [should] stop the pulpit politics and make their opinions known not on the lawn, but at the ballot box." Both constituents and rabbis should stop the pulpit politics. I go to synagogue
We live in New York and are looking for some help. Our synagogue was flooded during Hurricane Sandy. We have lost a lot of books. Our rabbi is very busy right now trying to restore a lot of things while running services and opening his home to everyone in the neighborhood. I am trying to help replace some of the books we have lost, including siddurim, machzorim, Tehillim and Chumashim. We need them with English and/or Russian translation. Any quantity and condition is appreciated. Please help us to rebuild. The books can be sent to Chabad of Sheepshead Bay, 1315 Avenue Y, Brooklyn, NY 11235. Marina Zhukovskaya New York
Support Israel This week, at a time when [4.5] million people in Israel are targeted for hundreds of aerial attacks launched by the Gaza regime, a new Israel Advocacy Task Force has been spawned. The task force will address issues of the day that Israel has to cope with on
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a daily basis. According to U.S. law, Hamas is on the official list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. And also according to U.S. law, anyone who supports an FTO can be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. In that context, at a time when the Hamas regime in Gaza continues to launch aerial attacks against the Israeli civilian population, the Jewish Voices for Peace has issued a statement of full support for the Hamas regime in Gaza. We need to unite behind Israel and not stab it in the back. Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg New Jersey
Our Veterans Honored Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah proudly honored our veterans on Shabbat, Nov. 3. More than 40 men and women from the United States and Israel military walked in the Torah processional. The congregation’s members shook hands with the veterans as they walked by and thanked them for their service. The sanctuary was decorated in red, white and blue bunting and ribbons, and each veteran was given a small token of appreciation. is is the fourth year that we have honored these heroes at a Veterans Shabbat, and each year the sentiment and emotion runs high. Our members served in WW II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the wars in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and in Israel. MMAE is grateful for their service and the service of all men and women who have served or are currently serving to ensure our freedom and safety here in the United States and in Israel. ank you. Brenda Burgan Executive Director Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Baltimore
Planned Parenthood In The News, Again Planned Parenthood is involved in more corruption. An undercover
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Benghazi-Gate e sudden resignation CIA Director David Petraeus because of infidelity almost seems laughable in light of President Bill Clinton's sexual encounters with Monica Lewinsky. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton always had her operatives getting such dirt on anyone who was a threat to her and Bill’s careers, and according to Wiki, the Obama administration gathered personal information on diplomats around the world. WikiLeaks cited American memos encouraging U.S. diplomats at the United Nations to collect detailed data about the U.N. secretary-general, his team and foreign diplomats, going beyond what is considered the normal run of information gathering expected in diplomatic circles. In other words, Obama and Hillary already had the goods on Petraeus, and thus Petraeus was forced to lie, but not under oath, to those investigating Benghazi-gate! It would appear that Petraeus will not lie under oath and instead choose to bite the bullet. Hopefully … America will finally find out about Benghazi-gate, "Fast and Furious" and dozens of other dark secrets, which will make Richard Nixon look almost like a saint.
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Correction Regarding the article “At the Polls” (Nov. 9), Sen. Ben Cardin was elected Nov. 6 to serve a 12th term as an elected official. The Baltimore Jewish Times regrets the error.
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All In This Together Efforts to make the Jewish community more inclusive to people with disabilities gain momentum By Simone Ellin
Last week’s General Assembly built inclusive communities for Jews for her son. brought together some of the nation’s leading advocates for Jews with disabilities and their families. e Nov. 13 session, “Disabilities, Inclusion and the Federation” and Nov. 14’s postGA program, “Opening Abraham’s Tent: e Disabilities Initiative,” each focused on making Jewish organizations welcoming and accessible to all members of our community. Passionate presenters with poignant personal stories made for some moving moments. One came when Steve Rakitt, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, shared a personal revelation. “I’ve lived with a severe hearing loss for 50 years and have never spoken of it. I never realized I had a disability, but I guess what I have learned here is that I do,” he said. Rakitt’s brave declaration underscored one of the most salient points of the session and conference: Disabilities affect us all. Twenty percent of us actually have some sort of diagnosable disability, said Rebecca Wanatick, who serves as community inclusion coordinator for MetroWest ABLE in New Jersey, but everyone else — parents, siblings, teachers, therapists and clergy — are also affected. “No one is untouched by disabilities. We are all in this ... together,” she said. Having an inclusive Jewish community, stressed Wanatick and other presenters, doesn’t happen overnight. Becca Hornstein, executive director of the Council for Jews with Special Needs in Scottsdale, Ariz., has 14
with disabilities and their families for 30 years. When she first began her work, Hornstein was pretty much the only one in Scottsdale who championed the cause. Like so many advocates for people with disabilities and their families, Hornstein said she derived her inspiration from her family. Her son Joel, now 39, has autism, and her daughter Shana, was born with multiple congenital deformities in her limbs. When her children were young, Hornstein moved to Arizona and was forced to contend with a culture of ignorance and a paucity of services for people with disabilities.
“If you build it, they will come,” said Hornstein. “People who were invisible began to show up. This has to be a personal crusade. You have to be passionate and find others who have the passion.” Being passionate about building inclusive communities is necessary, Hornstein stressed, in order to break through the myths about people with disabilities and how difficult it will be to accommodate them. In her book, “e Jewish Community Guide to Inclusion of People with Disabilities,” Shelly Christensen, founder and CEO of Inclusion Innovations Consulting,
“NO MAN CAN SINCERELY TRY TO HELP ANOTHER WITHOUT HELPING HIMSELF.” — Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman, quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I asked about special education at a local synagogue and was told, “We don’t have any. We don’t have any Jews with disabilities,” she recalled. “I looked at my kids and said, ‘I guess you’re invisible.’” Hornstein, who wanted her children to have a Jewish education and to be part of a Jewish community, found she had no choice but to create her own resources. She hired a special educator and a teenager who would serve as a sign-language interpreter
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program manager of the award-winning Minneapolis Jewish Community Inclusion Program for People with Disabilities and a GA conference presenter, described common myths that prevent organizations from implementing strategies to make their communities inclusive. Such myths include: • “There aren’t enough people with disabilities to justify the cost of making our community inclusive.” • “Creating accommodations will
diminish the quality of existing services for typical children and adults in our schools, camps and religious schools.” • “Modifications to our facilities will be too costly and unattractive.” • “Efforts to accommodate those with disabilities will have a negative impact on our traditions.” • “The cost of refitting buildings to make them accessible will be impossible for many institutions and cannot be justified by our overburdened budgets.” • “If those people wanted to be part of the Jewish community, they would have asked for it themselves.” One by one, Hornstein, who is Christensen’s friend and colleague, debunked all of these myths. Most of them, she stressed, can be attributed to fear and ignorance. Building awareness and providing disabilities education, she explained, is essential if inclusion is to be successful. Typically developing children, their parents, teachers, synagogue and agency staff all need education about disabilities in order to engage and accommodate people with disabilities. is may be especially true when it comes to providing inclusive environments for children. “Little children believe everyone is born perfect,” said Hornstein. If they aren’t educated about the fact that some people are born with disabilities, “they will come up with their own explanations.” Those explanations, she said, may cause children to be fearful and unkind to their peers with disabilities.
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camp directors and others and keeps the lines of communication open. “ere is a point person and plan in case something goes wrong,” she said. “We provide appropriate staffing and support for the settings, and we do a lot of training in ability awareness for the typical kids, staff and employers.” Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman, executive director of Yachad, the National Jewish Council for Disabilities, said that attitude is the biggest challenge to communities seeking to become inclusive. But with the right attitude, Dr. Lichtman said anything is possible. “If we truly believe everyone is created in God’s image, we have an obligation to include everybody in our community, and we recognize that everyone has something to contribute. Inclusion is not chesed,” he said, and quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson, “No man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” “Opening Abraham’s Tent: The Disability Inclusion Initiative” was jointly created by the Jewish Federations of North America, the Mizrahi Family Charitable Fund, the Jewish Funders Network and the Jewish Foundation for Group Homes. JT Simone Ellin is a JT staff reporter sellin@jewishtimes.com
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Winds of Compassion
Jewish Baltimore responds to victims of Hurricane Sandy in a tremendous way
By Maayan Jaffe
Hurricane Sandy brought destruction, despair and darkness — both physical and emotional. It literally demolished pockets of life throughout New York and New Jersey. e stories of sadness and reports of communities almost in disrepair are sometimes unfathomable. But amid the tragedy have been — and continue to be — pockets of shining light. From across the world, but specifically from Jewish Baltimore, emanated an outpouring of chesed efforts to assist those whose lives were rocked by Sandy’s winds and waters. Under the leadership of the Chesed Fund, the Northern Park Heights Community Emergency Response Team, Hatzalah, Shomrim and Chaverim, galvanized by a core group of Baltimore rabbis, several clothing, toy and food drives — even a pet food drive — were arranged. And into New York and New Jersey, to Jewish communities in the Five Towns, Bayswater, Far Rockaway, Lakewood, Seagate and others, came hundreds of Baltimore volunteers,
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willing to get their feet wet and dirty. The day after the storm on Oct. 31, efforts began. Frank Storch, founder and operator of the Chesed Fund, called Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler to help him arrange for the purchase of $135,000 worth of emergency supplies, including generators, 250 gas cans, 50 sump pumps, 1,000 lanterns and thousands of batteries from Home Depot. The store was skeptical, fearing that the Chesed Fund was going to sell to the victims at a profit; Gansler affirmed the good standing of the organization and enabled the Chesed Fund to move forward. “[The items were] brought to New York just one day following the storm,” said Storch, “and sold to residents at the true and fair price — often at cost. Some paid with checks and IOUs, as trust triumphed avarice.” Similar supplies were brought to New York on three subsequent occasions with the help of several others, including Brian Tannen, Dovid Meir Loeb and Meir Gold.
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At the same time, a massive community-wide clothing drive was launched. With loading points throughout Pikesville and Northwest Baltimore, four 16-foot truckloads of clothes, linens and toiletries were driven by caravan to New York within one week of the storm. An additional truck brought more generators, gas cans and lanterns. At one loading point, according to Storch, a young girl brought $400 of her maser, a percentage of her bat mitzvah money, to purchase new clothing for the victims. Chizuk Amuno Congregation worked in conjunction with Temple Oheb Shalom and Beth Am Synagogue to collect batteries, flashlights, socks, hats, gloves, ear warmers, blankets and winter coats. Congregational school parents were sent an email requesting students bring these items with them to school on Nov. 11. Beth Tfiloh Congregation and its Dahan Community School, under the auspices of its Social Action Committee, set up shop at Extra Space Storage in Owings Mills to
help sort, fold and pack tons of food, clothing, baby items, toys, shoes and coats. Two hundred people turned out, and after four hours, five storage units were arranged and more than 200 boxes were packaged for delivery in the New York area. “In no time, my inbox was flooded with school parents, synagogue members and camp families wanting to sign up to help,” said Lindsey Gaister, BT youth coordinator. “The amount of hard work, effort and heart that was displayed by the entire Beth Tfiloh family was unbelievable, and it brought tears to my eyes. I am so proud to work in such a special place, where I am surrounded by people who care so much about tikkun olam.” Beth Tfiloh also ran a blood and bone marrow drive on Nov. 18 to help offset the more than 370 blood drives that were canceled due to Sandy, resulting in a shortfall of more than 12,500 units of blood. At Oheb Shalom, volunteers, led by Joy Freedman and Leigh Forbes, gathered pet supplies for the animal shelters that were hardest hit by the
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Marla Lewis (left) and Lindsay Gaister are surrounded by mounds of donated clothes gathered during the BT relief drive.
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storm. What started as a small, grassroots effort blossomed into a huge relief project. Freedman and Forbes personally drove thousands of pounds of donated dog and cat food to the affected areas.
Getting Dirty Like Freedman and Forbes, many others loaded buses with supplies for the neighborhoods demolished by the storm. Ari Lichtman, a member of Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim, was itching to do something. He and friends determined over the Shabbat following the storm to arrange a special weekend for those struck by Sandy. However, he said, the group quickly learned that was not what the residents of New York and New Jersey needed. “They didn’t want a vacation. They needed help, and they needed it badly,” said Lichtman. By Monday, Nov. 5, the men had learned of the destruction in the Seagate community, and the next day, a group of 38 volunteers boarded a bus at 4:30 a.m. to help in the cleanup efforts. Seagate had been covered by five feet of water and was left, as
described by Lichtman, under a film of black slime and sludge. “We worked our butts off,” said Lichtman. “And when we got back [to Baltimore], we immediately had a conference call to say we needed to do more and fast and big.” The volunteers picked the next Sunday, Nov. 11, to take another bus. This time, 165 people — able bodied and ready to carry trash, mop, sweep, scrub and load — took part in a mission to Seagate. Among those who participated were three prominent Baltimore Orthodox rabbis, Rabbi Moshe Hauer, Rabbi Shmuel Silber and Rabbi Binyamin Marwick. “We all schlepped and got dirty,” said Lichtman. Another mission went on Nov. 20 to help remove drywall, insulation, paneling and other soaked, moldprone items from flooded basements. This past weekend, a bus of 65 volunteers, arranged through Baltimore’s Jewish Volunteer Connection, carried out a similar task. Rebecca Weinstock, JVC senior associate, said that even before Sandy struck, a group of community leaders, organized by Comprehensive Housing
Assistance, Inc., pulled together to determine how they could rally volunteers to assist with elderly residents who could be trapped and in need of service when Baltimore was hit. Baltimore weathered the storm fairly well, said Weinstock, and many of those who were willing to help locally were eager to help in New York/New Jersey, too. “We didn’t even know what we were asking them to do,” recalled Weinstock, who sent a preliminary email to her constituency, “and we had 60 people write back that they were willing to help out.” JVC hooked up with the Council of Jewish Émigré Community Organizations in New York, which has been providing direct relief and support to some of the most vulnerable elderly who were impacted by the storm. COJECO is the coordinating body in the Russian Jewish community of New York. Last week, around four dozen people boarded a bus to the Coney Island/Brighton Beach vicinity with brooms, mops and heavy-duty cleaning supplies, like bleach, and did whatever was needed. They cleaned
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Larry Brash packs up boxes of toys and clothes for victims of Hurricane Sandy.
While Baltimoreans were taking to the streets — literally — to help victims of Hurricane Sandy, in New York, the Jewish Federations of North America raised and distributed $10 million. The funds were made immediately available to synagogues, Jewish day schools and federation agencies, providing direct care and support for stormhit communities. According to a JFNA statement, the first $245,000 was raised in less than one week, including $195,000 raised online. “We stand in solidarity with the Jewish organizations and agencies that are helping victims on the ground,” said Jerry Silverman, president and CEO of JFNA. “It is especially important in times like these to come together and have a collective impact to help those in need and rebuild communities.” The storm hit just a few weeks before the federation’s largest annual event, the General Assembly, which this year brought more than 3,000 people together for a conference in Baltimore. Somehow, the conference went off without a hitch. “I’ve been using my synagogue social hall as an office,” Joe Berkofsky, managing director of JFNA communications, told the JTA Wire Service in an interview just after the storm. “I have been powering things up and have been able to get some work done.” The Union for Reform Judaism also raised substantial funds for hurricane relief. By Nov, 15, it had announced a collection of $326,000.
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Destruction was everywhere in parts of New York and New Jersey, but the efforts of Baltimore's Jewish community made, and continue to make, a huge difference.
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out refrigerators reeking from weeks without power and picked up branches and debris from the streets. “I think this ties right in with JVC’s new mission of creating a culture of service in Baltimore and meeting vital community needs,” said Weinstock. “This is an expansion of community. Our community is not just Baltimore, it is the global community. When there are people in need, JVC will be there to respond.”
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this weekend. Baltimore’s Chesed Fund will be presenting a free and exciting children’s carnival at the Young Israel of Wavecrest and Bayswater. Toys, games, prizes, entertainment and food will be brought in to delight the children. If weather permits, outdoor rides will be available, too. Storch said two dozen high school students from Bais Yaakov School for Girls and Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore will help run the carnival, meant to “lift the spirits of the children and give parents time to attend to matters, knowing their children are in a safe and happy environment.” Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim Talmudical Academy of Baltimore’s middle school
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will be supplying the toys through a schoolwide drive. The Chesed Fund will also bring builders and engineers to Bayswater to assess its rebuilding needs. “This [storm] gives us an opportunity to appreciate what God has given us and to understand that at any moment things can be taken away from you,” said Storch. “There are many unsung heroes who have contributed greatly, whose names will not be written in a newspaper.” “Someone called from the media — they were writing about the storm efforts. And they asked me, ‘What is the name of your organization?’ said Lichtman. “I said, ‘It is called Baltimore.’” JT
In an interesting twist, New Yorkers got assistance from Israel. Often, the U.S. Jewish community sends aid abroad to help with the Jewish state. Post Sandy, Israel offered a hand to those suffering in the States. A delegation of 15 Russianspeaking Israeli young adults, recruited by the Jewish Agency for Israel, arrived in New York last Thursday to assist elderly Russian speakers and families whose homes and communities were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy; more than 800,000 Russian immigrants live in the United States, including a large number in New York’s five boroughs. The Israeli volunteers are from families that immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union. Half the group was “Shinshinim,” 18year-olds who deferred their military service for one year to perform community service throughout the Jewish world. The other half was made up of Israeli Scouts and former counselors at Jewish summer camps operated by the Jewish Agency in the former Soviet Union. They traveled despite Operation Pillar of Defense, which was ravaging Israel at the time of their departure. A week prior, volunteers from Israel’s IsraAID, the Israel forum for international humanitarian aid, sent a mission to New York and New Jersey. According to spokesperson Tova Hametz, the IsraAID delegation’s mission was to “rehabilitate, rescue and bolster morale and bring physical resources in the most effective, organized and expedient way.” A number of independent Israeli youth traveled to New York, too, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Said Israeli volunteer Joel Leyden: “We were wearing our blueand-white hats to make sure they knew this aid was coming from the people of Israel.”
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Community Cleanup Close to 600 volunteers from across the Jewish and general 1. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and CHAI Executive Director Ken Gelula speak to Baltimore community turned out last Sunday for Comprereporters. The media turned out to partake in hensive Housing and Assistance, Inc.’s Good Neighbor Day. the good spirits and good deeds of the day. As part of the effort, some 100 seniors received winter preparation and weatherization services, and 100 emergency supply 2. Community volunteers rake and bag leaves kits were delivered to CHAI clients. The Baltimore City Fire outside the home of a senior. Department installed smoke detectors in a number of homes. Also, upward of 20 neighborhood cleanup projects took 3. Nava and Siona Schuerholz sign the Good Neighbor Day banner, celebrating the hunplace; residents of Northwest Baltimore worked with Blue dreds of volunteers who participated in this Water Baltimore to clean the Western Run stream. Mayor year’s event. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake kicked off the event. — Maayan Jaffe — Photos by David Stuck
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Alan Zukerberg, president of the Pikesville Communities Corporation, which consists of 11 neighborhood associations (including Ralston), was informed of the iers at a PCC meeting on Tuesday. He said that while a small portion of people may be influenced by the fliers’ assertions, the majority of educated individuals will be quick to dismiss them as nonsense. “Jews still have to live under the umbrella of ignorance that other people put over us, and that’s why we have to protect ourselves and continue to protect ourselves,â€? Zukerberg said. “I don’t give any credence to what’s in this package. It’s all cut and pasted. It’s just pure garbage. I would counsel people to not be upset by it, but always be on guard.â€? JT David Snyder is a JT staff reporter dsnyder@jewishtimes.com
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So you want to be a rock ‘n’ roll star or a groundbreaking visual artist? If you’re a middle or high school student in Baltimore or Washington, your big break could be only months away. But you’ll need to get busy! To compete in “Voices of Meir Panim,” Baltimore and D.C.’s own version of “American Idol,” contestants will need to submit their entries (either works of visual art or videotaped vocal performances) before Jan. 18. And, incidentally — it’s not all about you. Your participation will help raise money to feed hungry people in Israel. Last but not least, on the night of the “Voices” concert on Feb. 24, all vocal finalists will perform and so will celebrity guest star, Elliot Yamin, 34, who became a household name when he placed third in the fih season of FOX’s hit show, “American Idol.” It all started last February when Cantors Avi Albrecht of Beth Tfiloh Congregation and Emanuel Perlman
Attman, will help to fund Meir Panim’s new Mortimer Zuckerman and Abigail Zuckerman Israel Nutrition Center in Kiryat Gat. e facility will enable the organization to feed 30,000 children and their families in Israel, regardless of religious affiliation. e nutrition center also will create hundreds of new jobs for residents in the economically troubled southern region, the Negev. Once the cantorial concert committee members began to brainstorm about the event, it began to morph, said event co-chair Leslie Goldberg. “We decided we wanted to gear the event toward younger people, and we put together a youth committee made up of people in their early 20s. ey said they wanted to do an ‘American Idol’-type event,” Goldberg explained. With that, the concept for “Voices for Meir Panim” was born. “We are thrilled that Elliott Yamin has signed on,” said Goldberg. Yamin, who
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of Chizuk Amuno Congregation joined together with a committee to plan a cantorial concert to benefit Meir Panim, an organization that provides relief to Israel’s poor children, families, elderly and disabled. Proceeds from the event, sponsored by Phyllis and Leonard
just released his third album, “Let’s Get to What’s Real,” said he’s “tickled” that the organizers of the “Voices” event asked him to headline. “My father is Israeli so I definitely have a personal connection to Israel. I’ve visited several times,” he said. “One thing I
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love about this event is that they’re using art and music as a way to help people. It’s killing two cool birds with one stone.” “People don’t realize how many people in Israel are impoverished. It’s really astounding,” said Goldberg. “ere are 1,800,000 people living below the poverty level in Israel, and 800,000 of them are children. My husband, Ron, and I are very passionate about Meir Panim. ey do very dignified feeding; they are not like soup kitchens. Instead they have free restaurants. ere are no lines, and people sit down at tables and are served, regardless of nationality. ey also provide meals for children during and aer school.” In addition to its 14 restaurants and school meal deliveries, Meir Panim delivers daily meals to Holocaust survivors, the homebound, the elderly and people with disabilities. Meir Panim also issues free food shopping cards to needy families and Holocaust survivors on a monthly basis and before holidays. e organization’s Power of Giving warehouses distribute donated
clothing and back-to-school supplies and give assistance to lone Israel Defense Forces soldiers. ey also provide winter supply kits and furniture for economically deprived families. For children, Meir Panim offers aer-school programs and a summer camp; for adults, it provides vocational training opportunities. Convinced? If you or someone you know qualifies for the “Voices for Meir Panim” competition, here’s the drill:
• By Jan. 18, at midnight: Vocalists must submit a song of their choice by uploading a video to their personal YouTube or Vimeo sites and provide judges with a link to the video. It is also permissible to provide a video on DVD or a vocal-only entry by email as an MP3. Visual artists must submit one piece of artwork no larger than 18 inches-by-18 inches. e work’s theme must relate to Meir Panim’s values. Once approved, your artwork will be posted on Meir Panim’s YouTube and Facebook sites.
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• After Jan. 18: When all submissions have been collected, a panel of judges will narrow down submissions. ere also will be two “people’s choice” semifinalists chosen on the basis of “thumbs up” votes on YouTube.
• On Sunday, Feb. 10: Semifinals for vocal contestants will be held at the Gordon Center For Performing Arts in Owings Mills. Finalists will be selected by celebrity judges. Additionally, there will be two “people’s choice” semifinalists selected based on voting by family and friends on YouTube. Those chosen will be asked to prepare another song of their choice to be performed and judged at the “Voices” concert on Feb. 24.
• On Sunday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m.: e “Voices” concert will take place at the Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College. Vocal finalists will perform their songs, and all artwork will be displayed. Along with the celebrity judges, the
audience will vote on the winner of the vocal competition. e winner of the visual arts award will be pre-selected, and there will be a silent auction of all of the artwork at this event. Following intermission, there will be a performance by the event’s guest star. Finally, winners in the middle school and high school vocal and visual art competitions will be announced. Winners of the vocal competitions will sing their winning songs, and all semifinalists will perform a song together.
• Prizes: First Place Vocal: one day in a music recording studio. Artist: artwork displayed in the lobby of the Meir Panim Nutrition Center in Israel and a summer scholarship to the Maryland Institute College of Art. For additional information, visit voicesformeirpanim.org, email Deborah @meir panim.org or call 410-504-6800. JT
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From state delegate to director of a nonprofit organization, Cheryl C. Kagan’s career has seen her take on roles where engaging communally and networking socially are paramount skills. Her newest position is no different. Named last month as the director of community engagement for BBYO’s Mid-Atlantic hub, Kagan will work hand-in-hand with teen and adult leaders to elevate the organization’s visibility, expand its funding base and develop even more teen-centric programs and initiatives. BBYO is considered the leading pluralistic Jewish teen movement in the country. Kagan’s region encompasses Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and North Carolina, and while she readies to take on one of the most challenging juggling acts of her career, she’s counting on the energy from BBYO teens to keep her going. She said it is the drive and commitment from BBYO’s young leaders that made her want to be a part of the organization in the first place. She talked to the JT about her excitement. JT: What made yo u want to join up wit h B BYO?
K AgA N: I have always been motivated to make a difference in our community, whether that has been in democratic politics, in philanthropy and now in the Jewish community. BBYO has demonstrated it has an impact on Jewish continuity. Teens who get involved in BBg and AZA are more likely to stay affiliated and identify Jewishly into their college
years and through adulthood. They are less likely to intermarry, more likely to affiliate and more likely to raise Jewish children. It’s a very exciting opportunity not only to enrich the lives of tens of thousands of Jewish teens in our country and around the world, but also to feel like I could have a small role in ensuring the future of our people. Do you feel prepared?
My background has been in policy, politics and nonprofits at the federal, state and local levels. I served eight years as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing Montgomery County. After choosing not to seek re-election, I then ran a charitable foundation that contributed over $1 million a year through regional nonprofits. I have always personally, and in my volunteer time, been active in the Jewish community, including as a longtime board member of the American Jewish Committee. All those roles have prepared me well to have an impact here at BBYO. You like t o network?
Absolutely. I’ve done media work; I had a television gig for years. I’m very comfortable giving speeches and working a crowd. getting to know new people and figuring out how to connect them with causes and activities that they may find interesting is very exciting for me. What are going to be some of you r key responsibilities?
I will be raising money. … I will be
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responsible for connecting with community leaders, teen leaders, parents, alumni and key stakeholders in that region and supporting the work that is done there as well.
inclusiveness. I want that Jewish teens of any economic background can find scholarship support and other opportunities so they can fully participate in our activities.
You’ re o ver seeing sev en st at es. H ow do y ou st ay on top of su ch a large geographic area?
How have your interactions with B BYO teens been so far?
I’m a very good multitasker, but this requires juggling about a dozen balls on any given day. It’s exciting, but it’s also very demanding. I’ve always been pretty high energy, and being around teens who are so eager to learn and so eager to make a difference, it’s inspiring. Wh at goals do y ou hav e for y ourse lf and B BYO?
Ten years ago, BBYO became independent of B’nai B’rith. Since that time, our membership has quadrupled from about 10,000 teens to over 40,000 teens around the world. I want to be part of the expanded growth, the continued dedication to excellent programming for teens and
I continue to be amazed and impressed with the dedication, the warmth and the creativity of the BBYO teens. They are eager to learn, and they want to be involved in all sorts of activities. … BBYO is the forum they’ve chosen to engage, and it’s a great place. This is a teen-led organization. This isn’t where some grownup is telling them what to do. What was yo ur e xperie nce like as a Jew ish tee n? Were you inv olv ed with youth groups?
I grew up in Montgomery County and was active in [United Synagogue Youth] and had friends involved in BBG. Now that I work here, I feel a pretty significant amount of regret
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Your strong Jewish identity as a y out h, does t hat mak e y ou re lat able whe n dealing wit h t eens now?
Yes, I’d like to think so. I was one of those nerds who actually loved Hebrew School. My sister and I had b’not mitzvah, and I’ve always been proud to be Jewish.
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Wh at is some th in g you ’v e le ar ned t hro ugh y our caree r t hat you wou ld offer to your teens?
I have always been driven by my belief that one person can make a difference. You don’t have to be an elected official or a powerful corporate leader or an influential nonprofit executive. Any one person with a passion, a focus and an energy to invest can make a difference and help people, help the community and make the world a better place. What is the best advice you’ve received?
The advice came from my dad. When I was growing up, I’d say things like, “I wish I could get an A.” And he’d say, “backbone, not wishbone,” which was kind of an annoying thing when you were a kid, but it was also a wise and insightful piece of advice. In general, you don’t succeed by wishing for something, but by working hard and using your backbone and investing the time and effort it takes to succeed. JT David Snyder is a JT staff reporter dsnyder@jewishtimes.com
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Sabbath Traditions he Jewish Museum of Maryland and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture are separated by just a 10-minute walk. Despite their close proximity, there is still a great divide between the two communities they represent. And while leaders from both museums recognize there are many differences between the two groups, there are also many commonalities and ways each can learn from the other. Understanding those differences and educating each community about the other were two of the goals this past Sunday as part of a joint museum effort titled “Sabbath Tables.” About 75 people came out for the event, which helped facilitate discussions about the preparation and presentation of the Sabbath table in Jewish and AfricanAmerican tradition. “Sabbath may be on Friday night
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for Jews and Sunday for AfricanAmericans, but each is an event that combines religion with weekly family gatherings,” said Rachel Cylus, program manager for the Jewish Museum of Maryland. “e idea behind the event was to build a bridge between the two communities and understand why the Sabbath is important to each.” As part of Sunday’s gathering, participants learned about various Sabbath customs, including lighting candles and saying the kiddush before sampling foods from each culture. is meant enjoying matzo ball soup, challah and grape juice at the Jewish Museum of Maryland. Following a walk to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, participants sampled macaroni and cheese, greens and fried chicken. “What I hope both communities took from this event is that the Sabbath in any community is a special day, one that families can set aside [to] reflect
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Area Jews and African-Americans gather to learn about each other’s traditions By Ron Snyder on faith, family and all that is important in their lives,” said foodways specialist Mary Zajac, who helped facilitate the discussion. Zajac, who is white and Catholic, used the event to help Jews and AfricanAmericans reflect on their own past Sabbath experiences and what made them special. She had participants share their favorite Sabbath stories along with special memories and/or foods that were a constant presence at the Sabbath table. “e Sabbath is a time of celebration for many families,” she said. “We’re also hoping that by fostering this discussion that people who may have gotten away from celebrating the Sabbath will remember why it was important to them in the past and maybe will try to return those traditions to their families in the future.” Terry Taylor, education program coordinator for the Reginald F. Lewis
Museum, hopes Sunday’s event is the first of many events on which the two museums can collaborate. She said the organizations are two of the only members of the Maryland State Arts Council associated with specific cultures, and both can share their rich history in Baltimore. “We want everyone to share their stories and give people the opportunity to learn about the benefits of both museums and to understand the similarities of both cultures,” she said. Dody and Stanley Brager, who are Jewish, weren’t sure what to expect when they heard about Sabbath Tables. The Baltimore couple came away feeling educated about other Sabbath customs and liked how Jews and African-Americans joined together as one community. “It’s interesting to see how Sabbath customs evolve over time,” Dody Brager said. “ere’s a lot more commonalities
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Jewish Museum member Susan London Russell talks about the blessings that are said before a traditional Shabbat meal.
than one might believe.” Stanley Brager agreed. “This was a very ambitious undertaking by both museums,” he said. “It’s a nice way to build community bridges.” Deborah Taylor, an African-American, said learning about other cultures is something that is very important to her. She believes that when people step outside their realm of familiarity and embrace those from different communities, much can be learned and positive relationships can be fostered for the greater good. “Education is so important in today’s world,” she said. “Learning about each other and what is important to each can help each community grow.” JT
Diane Macklin of the National Association of Black Storytellers offers insight into the African-American Sabbath culture and food.
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TAKING A STAND Local women, organizations work to combat domestic violence
THE FACE OF DOMESTIC violence can come in many forms. While the clichéd vision of a woman walking around with sunglasses and in baggy clothes to camouflage her injuries is still prevalent today, there are many other ways abusers can take control of their victims. Miranda* knows that all too well. The 50-year-old holds a master’s degree and has gone back to school, hoping to work in the health-care industry. But right now, she is an unemployed mother of two fighting to avoid the foreclosure of her home after escaping an abusive relationship with a husband who controlled every aspect of their financial life, even neglecting bills vital to the health of her special-needs child. For Miranda, it took years for her to realize she was in an abusive relationship. It wasn’t until she took out a third protective order against her now ex-husband that she finally could take control of her life. Prior to that, she lived like a pris30
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oner in her own home, feeling isolated from the rest of the world. Her pain only increased as her daughter’s friends were not allowed to come to the house, and her own family members wouldn’t visit due to the volatility of her home environment. “ere were no bruises or scars,” she said. “e sad thing about domestic violence and abuse is that you lose your sense of self and your voice to advocate for yourself. It was so difficult to label what I was in.” Miranda was not alone. According to Maryland Uniform Crime statistics, domestic violence affected nearly 18,000 men, women and children in 2010. This included more than 16,000 assaults, 53 rapes and 18 homicides. Domestic violence is also something that cuts across racial and religious boundaries. In 2010, the state recorded 9,406 incidents of domestic violence by whites and another 8,037 by blacks. State and local officials, along with advocates of abuse victims, highlighted
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those statistics last month as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Unique Needs CHANA Executive Director Nancy Aiken said many domestic violence victims deal with issues ranging from denial to guilt and shame over perceived failures as a significant other, spouse and/or parent. “Many of our victims have been in an abusive relationship for five to 10 years or more,” Aiken said. “It takes time for victims to be trustful of others when seeking help. They need to understand they are not alone and the situation is not their fault.” CHANA, which stands for Counseling, Helpline & Aid Network for Abused Women, has taken many steps to ensure just that since its founding in 1995. The Baltimorebased organization’s mission is to “aid individuals in the Jewish community who are victims of domestic violence by providing support, counseling and assistance, empowering women to create
a safe environment for themselves and their families.” Aiken said while there are many great organizations available to help abuse victims, CHANA is in a unique position to help address the specific needs of those in the Jewish community. This assistance could be anything from ensuring a victim can get a Jewish divorce to dealing with abusers who utilize scripture to justify their actions. “There are cases when an abuser takes one line from the Torah to show their victim what they are doing is OK in God’s eyes as a way of gaining power in the relationship,” Aiken said. “We have the ability to work with local rabbis to show victims that is not the case.” Other support can include emergency financial assistance to help with buying food and medicines and paying bills. Domestic violence cases can extend for years, as the victims work to recover financially, physically and mentally, Aiken said. Many times
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“IN MANY WAYS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES ARE TREATED LIKE MURDER CASES.”
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— Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger
clients must deal with multiple court cases addressing everything from protective orders to alimony and child support. Miranda said she is grateful for the help she has received from CHANA. “I have court dates every couple of months, especially when it comes to child support,” she said. “To have someone there to hold my hand and help me through the process means so much.” Like Miranda, Sheila* spent several years in a mentally abusive relationship with her husband. They are now divorced, but she said she is constantly looking over her shoulder, wondering what he may do next. Her ex-husband has battled substance abuse and mental illness and has not allowed her space to move on with her life; she continues to live in fear. “It never ends,” Sheila said. “One person specifically told me [that since] he didn’t beat me up or punch me in the face, it’s not really domestic violence. It’s important to know that it comes in different forms. There are often a lot of other things involved.”
A Collaborative Effort Law enforcement agencies are now much more aware of the various forms of domestic violence and have pledged to work alongside organizations like CHANA to help stem the abuse. Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler said it takes a collaborative effort to help victims of domestic violence. Gansler recently honored
several nonprofits that are striving to combat abuse. e gathering included the Verizon Foundation, which awarded $50,000 in grants to aid several programs. Gansler said Maryland also has worked to ensure that those who have protective orders against them have firearms removed from their households. “The idea is to take the proverbial match away before an abuser can light the fire,” Gansler said. “If we don’t work together, victims will only get abused again and again in the court system.” Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger said his office tries to take a similar approach. He said his prosecutors do all they can to help victims navigate the system without jeopardizing their safety. In many cases, Shellenberger said, this means moving forward with cases in which victims either refuse to testify or change their stories in fear of their lives. To combat this, Baltimore County tries to build their cases strong enough so that victims don’t necessarily have to take the stand to secure a prosecution. “From the moment we receive the 911 call, we work under the assumption that the victim may not be cooperative,” Shellenberger said. “is means we have to be diligent in our investigations. e police make sure there are pictures of the injuries and the crime scene. We also make sure to interview any potential witnesses who may have heard or seen something to corroborate the facts of the case.
“In many ways, domestic violence cases are treated like murder cases. When it comes to murder, the victim isn’t there to speak for themselves, yet we’re able to convict based on other evidence.” Baltimore City State’s Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein said his office recently formed a special victims unit, which specializes in prosecuting crimes involving sexual assault and abuse, domestic violence, child abuse and pornography, human trafficking and crimes against vulnerable adults. emove,Bernsteinsaid,wasdesigned to allow specially trained prosecutors, social workers and investigators to work together on these highly sensitive cases. “Not every prosecutor or social worker has the right makeup or training to deal with victims of domestic violence,” said Baltimore City Assistant State’s Attorney Lisa Phelps, who heads up the unit. “ese victims have unique needs, and to have people be able to work on these cases exclusively will only allow us to better understand and support those who need our help the most.”
with support from her family and the Jewish community, gave her the strength to leave the relationship. ankfully, Alana’s abuser now is allowed only limited visitation with their child. “There are endless sources available in the Jewish community to help abuse victims,” Alana said. “Domestic violence is about more than abuse. It’s about control.” Miranda also refuses to be a victim any longer. She has become an advocate for fellow domestic violence victims and has even helped a friend — with assistance from CHANA — escape an abusive and potentially life-threatening situation. “You might see everyone smiling and happy at shul, but you never know what family just arrived aer the father berated the mother or trashed the house in a fit of rage,” Miranda said. “[Making it worse] is that they can’t talk to anyone about it because they are ashamed and scared. is could be your sister, your best friend or someone you see every day.” JT
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*Note: e names of the victims have been changed for their protection.
Alana* understands the perils of navigating the judicial and social service systems when it comes to domestic violence. Her life changed about four years ago when she saw a flier at shul advertising CHANA’s services. She spent nine years dating someone who abused her and with whom she had a child. Alana said CHANA, along
CONTACT CHANA 410-234-0030 (office) 410-234-0023 (helpline) chanabaltimore.org
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‘ARE WE GOING TO DIE TONIGHT?’ As Mideast conflict reignites, 4.5 million Israelis are under threat of attack By Maayan Jaffe
Boom! Boom! Boom! at’s the sound of a rocket explosion — but it’s much louder and much more terrifying than mere words on a page. If cities such as London, Paris, New York or Tokyo were the targets of unprovoked attacks on a daily basis, the international community would be swi and strong. What would you do if your children were under attack? For the residents of southern Israel, that scenario has been real and solid for more than a decade. Close to 14,000 rockets have been fired at Israeli civilians from the Gaza Strip since 2001; this is an average of more than three
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attacks per day. In addition, 2,000 rockets have been fired into Israel in 2012, more than 1,100 in the last week alone. When an air-raid siren goes off, residents have only 10 to 15 seconds to find shelter. So, on Nov. 14, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Pillar of Defense. In Hebrew, that is Amud Anan, a phrase that refers to the column-shaped cloud that led the Israelites in Sinai during the Exodus from Egypt. With the launch of the operation, Israel has made it clear that the time has come to do whatever is necessary to protect its citizens from the blistering and unrelenting fear of death caused by the Palestinian rockets.
Operation Pillar of Defense was at least several weeks in the making; between October and November 2012 alone, according to the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, Palestinian terrorists from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched more than 300 rockets into Israel. is, coupled with the knowledge that Hamas was harboring a large and diverse arsenal of an estimated 10,000 rockets — some of them Iranian-developed Fajr rockets capable of reaching 40 miles into Israel (as far as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem), laid the groundwork for the offensive. Some 4.5 million Israelis — more than half the population — are at risk of attack as a result of this rocket stash.
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Israeli soldiers take cover as an air raid siren warns of incomng rockets before the funeral of Aharon Smadja, one of the three Israelis killed by a rocket fired from Gaza last week.
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An Iron Dome missile is fired from Ashdod to intercept an incoming Hamas rocket. It is a costly launch, as each Dome missile carries a $50,000 price tag.
“ese rockets aren’t going to vanquish Israel. ey’re there to terrorize the public, to disrupt Israel and to make life unbearable,” said David Makovsky, Ziegler distinguished fellow and director of e Washington Institute’s Project on the Middle East Peace Process. Nonetheless, since the launch of the operation, rocket sirens have wailed in some of Israel’s most populous areas. Last ursday evening, for the first time since the 1991 Gulf War, rockets struck in the Tel Aviv vicinity of Gush Dan; two rockets struck Holon, located on the southern outskirts of the city. A rocket also hit an open area in Rishon Letzion. Two rockets were fired at the Jerusalem vicinity last Friday evening, and more have hit the area since then. It was the first time rockets had been fired at Jerusalem since 1970. ree Israelis were killed last ursday: Aharon Smadga, 49, Itzik Amsalem, 24, and Mira Sharf, 26, of Kiryat Malachi. In addition, three others, including an 8-month-old baby, remain hospitalized in critical condition. As of
Tuesday, more than 252 Israelis had been taken to the hospital with rocketrelated injuries or treated by Magen David Adom. Many more had been treated for shock and emotional trauma. e damage would be worse, if not for the Iron Dome. Since the start of the operation, the Dome has intercepted over 350 rockets headed tow-ard civilian areas (a 90 percent rate of effectiveness). is has a heavy price tag: Every anti-rocket missile used by the Iron Dome defense system costs $50,000. Between Wednesday and Sunday, the Dome has cost Israel more than $15 million. Of course, there is no price tag on a human life.
Indissoluble Defense ere was no option but to take action, Israeli officials say. To date (see jewishtimes.com for the latest news), Israel is successfully reducing the terrorists’ stash and their ability to launch rockets. On the fih day of Operation Pillar of Defense, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told his cabinet that the IDF
had attacked more than 1,000 terrorist targets in Gaza, reported the Jewish Federations of North America. “We have significantly damaged the rocket-launch capabilities of munitions warehouses operated by Hamas and other terrorist organizations,” the IDF said in a statement late last week. On Monday, the IAF killed Ramaz Harab, a top leader of Islamic Jihad’s military wing, the Al Quds Brigade. At least three other Islamic Jihad leaders were killed in that attack. e highlight of the operation thus far, however, came on the day of its launch. On Nov. 14, the Israel Air Force fired a missile at a car in Gaza, killing the commander of Hamas’ military wing, Ahmed Jabari, and his son. Killed at the same time was Raed al-Atar, commander of Hamas’ southern division. “Jabari was an arch-murderer and responsible for terror attacks and the killing of many,” said President Shimon Peres following the attack. “I salute the IDF and the security services for their accurate, surgical and strategically important operation.”
“e occupation has opened the gates of hell on itself,” said Hamas’ armed wing, the Izz al-Dinn Al-Qassam Brigades, in a statement following Jabari’s death. e impact of Jabari’s death is yet to be seen. Some experts are confident that Hamas will take a blow from the assassination — at least for a period of time. Dr. Art Abramson, executive director of the Baltimore Jewish Council, equated Jabari’s assassination to the cutting off of the head of a snake, that when you cut off its head, the snake can still move around, but it flails. “e more those who design the terrorist programs are killed by the Israelis, the more they [the terrorists] end up killing their own people as well. Sooner or later, the whole body begins to flail, it moves in different directions, and it ends up becoming relatively impotent,” said Abramson. Other thought leaders, however, are more skeptical. Charles Freilich, former deputy security adviser in Israel and now a senior fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School, said that eliminating a charismatic and effective leader like Jabari (see “Who Was Ahmed Jabari?” on page 34) “has some impact, but they have already gotten over the initial shock and shown that they can respond massively in his absence. … I believe that in this case it will not have a significant impact over time.” Hamas is not ready to stop the terror. e annihilation of Israel is the organization’s primary platform and the key to its success. “e more Israel hits Hamas and takes out the leadership of Hamas, the more victimized they appear and the more general support they get from the Palestinian street,” Gaza-based reporter Mohammed Omer told the JT last week. He said war with Israel increases Hamas’ stability. “Anyone watching can see this — when they shoot rockets and cause Israel to attack them, it builds their popularity,” he said. According to Matthew RJ Brodsky, jewishtimes.com
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Smoke rises from a building on the northern Gaza Strip after an Israeli Air Force strike.
Ahmed Jabari had served as the head of the Izz al-Dinn Al-Qassam Brigades since 2002. In his role, he was responsible for supporting the execution of countless acts of terrorism against Israelis. Prior to taking on his position, Jabari was involved in multiple other attacks.
• 1998 — He helped execute a terrorist attack on a school bus in Kfar Darom, killing two children • 1996 — He was involved in bombings that killed 59 Israelis Source: American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
IDF Drops Leaflets Over Gaza Strip The IDF dispersed leaflets above several locations in the Gaza Strip, warning residents to stay away from Hamas and terrorist organizations’ operatives. The leaflets state, “… For your own safety … avoid being present in the vicinity of Hamas operatives and facilities and those of other terrorist organizations. … Hamas is once again dragging the region to violence and bloodshed. The IDF is determined to defend the residents of the State of Israel. This announcement is valid until quiet is restored in the region. …” Source:Tazpit News Agency
The Last Time Israel Invaded Gaza: Operation Cast Lead December ‘08 to January ‘09 Cast Lead lasted three weeks. In that round of fighting, 14 Israelis and an estimated 1,400 Palestinians were killed.
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• 2006 — He organized a terror squad that infiltrated Israel, killed three IDF soldiers and kidnapped Israeli solider Gilad Shalit
director of policy for the Jewish Policy Center, Hamas was losing popularity among the Palestinian people because the group was not doing an adequate job of providing for them. He said, “Hamas wants to remind the Palestinian people that they are the ones who will fight the Jews and that the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank has not been doing that.” Brodsky noted that Hamas wants to be seen as the legitimate government of the Palestinian people, and to do that it needs support from the street. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is panning to appeal to the United Nations on Nov. 29 at the General Assembly to have the PA’s U.N. membership upgraded. “e rockets could be sending a message to the Palestinian Authority,” said Brodsky. Many experts cited the notion that Hamas was likely emboldened by Egypt’s government, which is led by the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas’ parent organization. Last Wednesday, Egypt recalled its ambassador to Israel in protest over the Gaza strikes. (Israel’s ambassador to Egypt, Yaakov Amitai, also was called back to Jerusalem out of fear for his safety.)
Also, the prime minister of Egypt, Hisham Kandil, visited Gaza. He was sent by President Mohamed Morsi and condemned Israel’s airstrikes. Nonetheless, it appears Egypt has little interest in getting too involved in the conflict, most probably due to its need for foreign aid. “Hamas failed to understand that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is busy first and foremost with the huge challenges of Egypt — economic, social, political,” said Mideast analyst Avi Melamed. “Morsi knows he has to deal with these challenges, and the Egyptians are expecting him to provide answers to these problems. To do that, he needs the support of the international community. e condition for that support is stability.” As of Tuesday, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon was in Cairo to meet with Morsi and to help broker a cease-fire. At 1 p.m. on Tuesday, a Hamas official was quoted as saying a cease-fire had been agreed to and would go into effect at midnight.
Wage War to Make Peace? e Israelis know they are unlikely to completely halt rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip or, even more so, to prepare
the field for negotiations with Hamas. Hamas is a terrorist organization. “e objectives of this operation are no more than tactical. e most I think that can be achieved is a few months of peace and quiet before we revisit the entire scenario again,” said Yossi Alpher, Israel security analyst and former Mossad intelligence officer. ere is “no one to engage with, no one to negotiate with,” said Oren Marmorstein, who has served for the last three years as a diplomat at the Israeli embassy in Cairo. He was speaking during a Jewish Federations of North America/Jewish Community Relations Council conference call last Friday. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak laid out four goals for Operation Pillar of Defense: • To strengthen Israel’s military deterrence over the Gaza Strip • To damage — seriously — Hamas’ rocket-launching capabilities • To deliver a “painful blow’ to the terrorist groups operating in the Gaza Strip • To minimize damage to Israel and Israelis Last Sunday, Israel mobilized 75,000
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‘HaShem Is Guiding Us, All Clear’ reservists to prepare for a potential ground offensive in order to achieve those goals. While the operation is under way, there will be human suffering on both sides. “It is terrifying,” said Sigal Ariely, director of the Baltimore-Ashkelon Partnership in Ashkelon. It is our home, our community. You are supposed to feel safe and secure, and you are not. It is really scary.” Ariely said she struggles to go to work, afraid for her children at home alone. e rockets are “driving the children crazy.” For civilians in Gaza, life is very similar. “e streets are empty. People are scared. ere is panic. Schools are shut,” said Omer. In Gaza, there are no bomb shelters, no bunkers for civilians to run into. All the family, said Omer, gathers together and sleeps in the center of their house. “ey are afraid the windows will fall on their heads,” he said. ‘When my niece asks her daddy, ‘Are we going to die tonight?’ her daddy says, ‘I don’t know.’ She is just a child of 2 years, but she is so scared she cannot sleep. I imagine the same goes for Israeli children, too.” e situation is even more traumatic because the Hamas terrorists use civilians as human shields. ey sleep in hospitals and mosques in an attempt to protect themselves from Israeli Air Force fire. Omer said the people don’t recognize the Hamas militants; no one in Gaza knows where they are. “ere are no operative militants firing rockets. You don’t see them on the roads,” said Omer. “You see the rockets going out of Gaza, but you don’t know how or who controls this.” e Israelis do what they can to avoid civilian casualties, including dropping leaflets (see “IDF Disperses Warning Leaflets” on page 34) indicating the locations of their next attacks — eliminating the element of surprise — but there is no way to completely avoid civilian casualties. In addition, Israel continues to treat Gazan civilians in need of medical care in Israeli hospitals; 99.3 percent of thousands of Gazans who requested permits to enter Israel for medical treatments were approved entry, according to a JFNA leadership briefing. Last Sunday, Israel coordinated the transfer of 124 truckloads of goods into
Gaza, including humanitarian supplies of food and medicine.
Drawing Support ere has been a groundswell of support for Israel since it launched Operation Pillar of Defense last Wednesday. President Barack Obama told Egyptian and Turkish leaders that a resolution to the Gaza-Israel violence must begin with an end to rocket fire into Israel. “If we’re serious about wanting to resolve this situation and create a genuine peace process, it starts with no more missiles being fired into Israel’s territory,” Obama said Sunday at a news conference in Bangkok, the first leg of his tour of Asian countries. “We are fully supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself from the missiles landing on people’s homes and workplaces and potentially killing civilians. And we will continue to support Israel’s right to defend itself.” U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) released a statement strongly supporting “Israel’s right to defend its citizens against threats to its security and existence” immediately following the launch of the operation. Later in the week, Congress passed Resolution 813, expressing vigorous support and unwavering commitment to the welfare, security and survival of the State of Israel. “e United States must stand with our ally Israel and defend it on the world stage,” said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) following the issuing of the resolution. e Senate, too, passed a bipartisan resolution affirming Israel’s right to act in selfdefense. Jewish organizations like JFNA, the Union for Reform Judaism and the Rabbinical Assembly of America all came out in support of the Jewish state with statements condemning Hamas and defending Israel’s right to protect its citizens. e Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, Baltimore Jewish Council and Baltimore Israel Coalition said they, too, stand with Israel. JFNA also announced a new Israel Terror Relief Fund and committed up to $5 million for the immediate needs of the people of Israel, especially in southern Israel. rough the fund, the Jewish Agency for Israel, one of JFNA’s strategic partners, is providing a range of programs and services,
Jan and Scott Babus started planning months ago for what they called “a trip of a lifetime” to Israel in November. While Jan has been to Israel, this was to be her husband’s first time. There wasn’t a Shabbat meal or a phone call where they weren’t asking just about everyone who had been to Israel what they should see there or if they could be connected with this or that relative or friend for a Shabbat meal. They wondered, should they hire a guide? Nowhere in that planning, however, was a police order to evacuate the Kotel (Western Wall). At no time while they were checking out hotels, did it dawn on them to ask about a bomb shelter. They were already traveling in Israel when they heard the news of Israel’s pinpoint killing of Hamas’ Ahmed Jabari. They were in Jerusalem at their hotel, the Inbal, getting ready for Shabbat when Hamas rained terror in the form of rockets into the south. Jan heard the siren that goes off every week to let the residents of Jerusalem know that Shabbat has descended. However, she didn’t hear the subsequent siren advising Jerusalemites to seek shelter. “We spoke to a variety of people, both tourists and hotel workers,” Jan wrote in a Facebook message. “The employees are pretty forthcoming that they are nervous for their brothers and sisters in the south. They are not showing fear because it would make the guests nervous. We spoke to them and they opened up to us. We know things are normal in Jerusalem because no one has stopped eating at the hotel buffet. When Jews stop eating, we need to worry,” she wrote, a tone of humor in her post. “We are off to daven [pray] at the Kotel. It seems Americans are more worried about being in Tel Aviv, but they still plan to keep touring.” Then, in a later post: “Walked to Kotel. The security is beefed up, and there are soldiers everywhere. … Everyone is concerned, but no one has said tourists should leave. We feel the peacefulness of Jerusalem and wish we could send that throughout Israel.” After Shabbat, however, Jan wrote that they were told to evacuate the Kotel, that a siren had sounded. Jan and Scott found themselves in one of the nearby Kotel tunnels until it was safe to leave. On the phone on Sunday Jan said, “I’m praying like I’ve never davened before. I was terrified.” Still, on Sunday, the couple left for Tel Aviv. There they were to meet family and also a young woman who spent part of a summer with them in Owings Mills through the Baltimore-Ashkelon partnership. They also had dinner with Rabbi Elan Adler, former spiritual leader of Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Congregation. “You have to believe here,” said Scott said by phone, as he and Jan walked around the Tel Aviv streets. “As long as I see the Israelis aren’t afraid, then I won’t be afraid.” The couple was back at their Tel Aviv hotel for a quick nap when they were evacuated from their room to a hotel bomb shelter. “We were just evacuated to the stairwell of our hotel,” Jan wrote on Facebook. “Two missiles were fired at Tel Aviv and were deflected by the Iron Dome. … HaShem [is] guiding us, all clear. Love Jan and Scott.” — Phil Jacobs
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Take Action What can you do to support Israel from afar? Take action! • Write letters to your local and regional newspapers • Post talkbacks and comments on articles and postings on the web • Call radio programs • Tweet about the issue • Express sentiments of support via the Baltimore Zionist District Facebook page or through the Baltimore-Ashkelon Partnership page • Keep our Israeli brothers and sisters in your prayers
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including respite for the 23,500 gradeschool students who live in affected areas, as well as psychological interventions for parents and children in Israel’s southern region. e American Jewish Joint Distribution Community is using JFNA funds to distribute food and emergency kits to the elderly and disabled and to provide immediate and special care to the most severely disabled or frail elderly in their homes. The Associated opened a similar, local fund (see “Terror Relief,” page 10). Several Israeli organizations also pulled together to aid the south, many opening their homes and inviting residents from affected areas to stay for a night or two. According to the Tazpit News Agency, a special telephone service center and a Facebook page were established for the purpose of coordinating these activities. Both Abramson and Jewish Community Relations Council Executive
Director Ron Halber said that at this time there is no need for U.S. citizens to fear backlash at their local Jewish institutions. Abramson said that he had been contacted by many Baltimoreans asking about traveling abroad, and he recommends following the Department of State’s guidelines. e JCRC, said Halber, has established crisis plans so it can go on automatic pilot when a crisis happens. “We’re in touch with law enforcement in the event that the time comes when we need to raise security at Jewish institutions,” Halber said.
Making A Difference For now, the best way to help Israel is to get the truth out about the situation. “We need to go on a media war,” said Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich, head of the International Media & Communications Branch of the IDF Spokespersons Unit during a conference call.
“False images of the conflict are being spread on the Internet by Hamas-affiliated organizations. … e [social media] networks are filled with lies. … With joint efforts, we can influence the narrative.” Write, speak, phone, email and tweet the facts about Israel, she said. And don’t forget to let the Israelis know you care, said Roey Levy, Israeli emissary to Baltimore through the Baltimore Zionist District, “Take a picture, send your message, and show your support to our friends in Israel.” Said Ariely: “e amount of support, emails, Facebook messages and phone calls we are getting from my friends in Baltimore are warming our hearts and giving us more strength. … People really appreciate that our friends across the ocean are thinking about us and sharing our stress with us.” JT Maayan Jaffe is JT managing editor mjaffe@jewishtimes.com
Emergency personnel carry out the body of one of the three Israelis killed in a rocket attack on their apartment building in Kiryat Malachi.
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Right after learning that there was going to be a pro-Gaza march, students at the George Washington University took action. They emailed, tweeted, set up an event on Facebook and called every pro-Israeli person or group they knew. Five hours later, about 150 college students from George Washington, American University, the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown were singing, dancing and showing their support both for Israel and the United States’ support of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces. “There are no words. It was wonderful to see the immediate support. It is inspiring,” said GW junior Gabriel Felder, one of the rally’s organizers. He went there carrying an Israeli flag, and “by the end of the night, I had four. I’m not sure how that happened.” The students sang “Hatikvah” and “Am Yisrael Chai” and shouted such slogans as “No More Rockets,” “USA” and “Israel Wants Peace.” The students gathered in front of the White House at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15. About an hour later, a similar-sized group arrived after marching from the State Department in support of the people of Gaza. “When the anti-Israeli protestors showed up, at that point, the police were there. They had more of a presence. They set up wrought-iron police barricades,” said GW senior Rebecca Federman, a 22-year old Middle Eastern Studies student from Ohio. “There were screaming at us so we tried to turn around and show them we were pro-peace,” she said. “At one point, we screamed ‘no more rockets’ and they screamed ‘end the siege.’ We tried to have it non-confrontational.”
Felder, who is majoring in political communications, agreed, adding, “I couldn’t have asked for a more well-behaved crowd.” Ari Hoffman, a GW student majoring in international business and information systems technology manage- ment, said he helped organize the rally “to support Israel’s right to defend herself” and to show “support for a strong and growing relationship” between Israel and the United States. He said he was very proud to be there and never had any intention of confronting or starting a fight with those participating in the March for Gaza across the street. “We did not go out there to start a fight or argue,” he said. He was impressed with how many students from area colleges joined in, noting that he had a 10-minute walk to get to the rally while others had to coordinate bus and metro trips. As young adults, many of the participants realized they were about the same age as the Israelis called up to fight. “They are actually younger than me,” said Federman, who is an intern with The Washington Institute. “I have a lot of friends in the [Israeli] army right now, but they are not in combat units. I could not imagine being there right now and being told to pack, ‘you are going to Gaza.’” Felder, who is the president of the Jewish Student Association at GW, also has friends in the IDF. “I am desperately looking at my phone, looking for texts,” he said. The few messages he has received are short but powerful. “They speak with discretion,” he said. “They speak of it as tense.” — Suzanne Pollak
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30 Giving Something Tangible Local businesses aim to improve needy families’ holiday experiences
34 Easy Giving GenchoPetkov
Credit cards, online efforts aid charitable causes
36 A New Wave Of Philanthropy In Eastern Europe, homegrown giving and volunteerism is taking root
36 Leave A Legacy
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Giving Something Tangible
Local businesses aim to improve needy families’ holiday experiences By David Snyder
Ali Berney and the staff at Carbiz
are all too familiar with the negative stereotypes associated with the usedcar business. at’s why when Berney, finance manager at the Glen car dealership, contacted local charities to ask for their participation in the company’s newest giving initiative, she was prepared for a certain amount of skepticism. And that was the case earlier this fall when Carbiz reached out to several organizations and offered them the chance to be a part of its anksgiving turkey drive. “I think at first they were kind of taken aback because I was contacting them, reaching out to them, saying, ‘Hey, can you participate?’” Berney said. “They don’t expect a car dealership … contributing in this sort of way. It took a lot of convincing on my part to say, ‘Hey, we want to give you this. This is the real deal.’” eir plan was simple. For every vehicle sold between Nov. 1 and Nov. 19, Carbiz donated one turkey to the car buyer and allowed the customer to donate a second turkey to one of three local organizations: Bea Gaddy Family Centers Inc., e Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore or Catholic Charities of Baltimore. Customers were also given the option of giving their personal turkeys to charity as well. Berney said a good portion of car buyers elected to go that route. rough the first two weeks of the drive, Carbiz had amassed more than 75 turkeys destined for needy families.
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“People say, ‘I have 10-15 dollars to a buy a turkey myself, let me donate this one to a good cause,’” Berney said. “They appreciate the opportunity to give something tangible rather than just money.”
Advance’s effort is an informal, grassroots initiative; employees are not required to donate. However, the company’s executives explain that when presented with the opportunity in a pressure-free environment, a
“It’s the value system that you are brought up with, you help those in need.”
— Jeff Elkin, Advance
The staff at Advance has taken a similar approach. Each year, the Cockeysville-based document management company partners with local organizations that pair Advance with a few needy families who are experiencing challenging circumstances during the holiday season. Like Carbiz, Advance aims to give material necessities rather than just money alone. Provided with the families’ information, including the children’s age and gender, the company accumulates suitable food, clothing and toys to improve their holiday experience.
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majority of the staff feels compelled to do its part. “Giving is a very personal thing, and it should come from the heart and the head,” Advance President Jeff Elkin said. “A good portion of our employees end up contributing.” With so many worthy nonprofits in the area, Elkin said that it’s a struggle each year to select which ones to aid. He said that when it comes to doing their part during the holidays, it’s never about publicity, but about doing the right thing to support the local community.
“It’s partly a Jewish thing. We’re brought up to give back. Obviously, we’re not a Jewish company, but being a Jewish-owned company, our value system is inherent in what we do,” Elkin said. “We’re a local company, we’re members of the community, and there’s a need there. It’s the value system that you are brought up with, you help those in need.” Charities across the city are grateful for the efforts of companies such as Carbiz and Advance. Bea Gaddy Family Centers Executive Director Cynthia Brooks said that because of Hurricane Sandy, donations aren’t as plentiful this year. As a result, any added assistance her organization receives is welcome. “At this time of the year, everybody has a spirit that comes over them,” Brooks said. “They want to help somebody, and it makes them feel good — especially when they help somebody they don’t know.” JT David Snyder is a JT staff reporter dsnyder@jewishtimes.com
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Credit cards, online efforts aid charitable causes By Ron Snyder
Stacie Mann Kronthal said people watching the news in recent weeks have had many reasons to be inspired to make a charitable donation. Whether it is to assist Americans impacted by Hurricane Sandy or helping Israelis under siege from the most recent violence in the Gaza Strip, people want to find ways to help, but they want to do it in the easiest way possible, Kronthal said. In the 21st century, that can take place with the swipe of credit card, a simple text or a click of the mouse. Charitable giving through digital channels is quickly becoming the most popular way people choose to help, said Kronthal, vice president of partnerships for the Bethesda-based Networkf or Good.org. Founded in 2001 in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Network for Good has helped collect more than $700 million for more than 80,000 nonprofit organizations through online giving and other digital programs. is includes assisting charitable groups like
the Jewish Federations of North America along with businesses such as Capital One, which allows its card holders to donate cash or credit card reward points to more than 1.2 million U.S. charities. “This is a digital world we live in today,” Kronthal said. “When people are sitting around the Shabbat table talking about causes to support, they are looking for convenient ways of doing it. Today, more than ever, that means using a credit card or smartphone rather than reaching for a checkbook or dropping off a donation to someone standing outside a store or at an intersection.” JFNA spokesman Joe Berkofsky said his organization has tried to be on the forefront when it comes to donations through digital platforms, and that approach seems to be working. In 2011, JFNA raised $11.5 million through 24,000 online transactions. is compares to $9.5 million through about 8,000 online transactions in 2009. In addition, Berkofsky said, JFNA
is starting to see its donations via texting increase as well. He pointed out that in just the first few days of launching its Israel Terror Relief Fund, JFNA raised about $3,000 through 30 text-to-pledge donations. “E-philanthropy through online donations, credit card transactions and texting is a burgeoning part of our work today,” Berkofsky said. “It has become an even more powerful tool during times of crises like we are seeing today. The Jewish community has always been very responsive during such times, and now it’s easier than ever to do so.” Also becoming increasingly popular are affinity credit cards, where people can donate to various causes every time they make a purchase. For those seeking to support charitable causes in Israel, there is the HAS (Heritage Affinity Services) Visa card. Launched in 2005, card holders can support up to five Israel-related charitable organizations within the HAS 24-member network. is includes
Ron Snyder is a JT staff reporter rsnyder@jewishtimes.com
What if there was one day when the entire country gave back? Would the impact be greater? The founders of #GivingTuesday think so. #GivingTuesday began its life as a simple idea: Take a day and give thanks. “We have two for getting deals,” it states on the movement’s website, giv ingtu esday.or g. “Wouldn’t it be great to have a day for giving back?” A lot of people liked the idea. New York’s 92nd Street Y has been
the catalyst and incubator for #GivingTuesday, bringing the expertise of 139 years of community management to the project and providing #GivingTuesday a home. The United Nations Foundation joined as partners, bringing its strategic and communications clout to the project. Then, a team of influencers offered their ideas, contacts and wisdom to help shape and improve the concept. Today, a powerful list of corporations and nonprofits have agreed to be founding partners, helping spread
the word and committing to their own #GivingTuesday initiatives. So this year, on Nov. 27, you too will have a chance to give. In Maryland, there are well over a dozen #GivingTuesday projects, including one through The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. According to the #GivingTuesday website, the federation is bringing together its campaign fundraisers and its hands-on volunteers for a phonea-thon to reach hundreds of its donors.
It is also offering a service learning project to aid service recipients and advance local media coverage to promote this new national day of giving. Every new and increased gift will also be matched by a generous MileOne Automotive Challenge Grant. For more information, visit associated.org/get involv ed. To find all Maryland #GivingTuesday projects, visit the program’s website, click on the “Partners” tab and sort by state. — Maayan Jaffe
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hospitals, emergency services, children’s organizations and social service agencies. “This card is an easy way for Jewish communities to support Israel,” said HAS Advantage co-founder Zev Doubler in a statement. “You can spend money on your HAS Advantage Card every day while benefiting Israel’s economy.” Capital One has a similar program designed to assist smaller nonprofits. Card Lab Connect allows an organization to set up its own affinity card, where users have a portion of their charges go toward a charity. This includes 2 percent on gas/grocery, up to 10 percent "preferred merchant” purchases, 1 percent on everything else and a $50 first purchase bonus per approved application. “It’s really a simple approach for small nonprofits to help raise funds for their cause,” Capital One spokeswoman Pam Girardo said. JT
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A New Wave Of Philanthropy
By Cnaan Liphshiz
In Eastern Europe, homegrown giving and volunteerism is taking root Wearing an elegant dress and name tag, Dasha Fedoseeva flitted among the tables during a recent Jewish community dinner in Moscow. Fedoseeva wasn’t just a guest. She was part of a team of young Jewish volunteers whose goal was to mingle and charm older guests into increasing their donations to local Jewish charities. Organized by the Russian Jewish Congress, the gala dinner and auction raised $85,000. In 2011, the congress allocated $385,000 to a Jewish orphanage in Moscow. All the money was raised locally in fundraising drives. e raising of substantial funds locally is a sign of something that was almost unthinkable just a few years ago in former Soviet bloc countries. For years, the Jewish communities there subsisted on Western help for welfare and community building. But as these communities grow up, they are becoming increasingly self-reliant — something that’s evident both in the growing culture of local volunteerism and homegrown philanthropy. “We see more volunteering by young Jews and more donations, which are aspects of the same trend of giving,” said Matvey Chlenov, deputy director of the Russian Jewish Congress. “In the 1990s there was a feeling we were struggling to survive in the post-communist upheaval. Now we have more time and money, and ... are looking for a way to do positive things for the community.” Chlenov says this applies not only to Jews, but also to Russian society. In Ukraine, a $70 million Jewish community center in Dnepropetrovsk, due to be dedicated this month, was
funded entirely by local philanthropists. Elsewhere in Ukraine, JCCs are encouraging activism and philanthropy among young Jews while accustoming older members to paying fees. In Poland, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee recently received its first significant donation from a local philanthropist. Promoters of Jewish life in Eastern Europe say getting people to donate time and money is difficult in the former Soviet bloc, where bitter memories of “forced volunteering” remain and there is deep-rooted skepticism in the idea of sacrificing for the common good. “Former Soviet countries have little culture of giving or volunteering, and I know exactly why,” said Karina Sokolowska, director of the Poland office of the JDC. “Growing up in communist Poland, I remember attending ‘compulsory-voluntary action’ every month. We would go somewhere and do what they told us. It profoundly affects your attitude to community work.” Mariya Zarud, 22, of Odessa, encountered this barrier, too. Zarud, the regional coordinator for the JDC-funded Metzuda program for developing Jewish leadership, said she had to plead with her parents to convince them that her unpaid role in the Jewish community was a good thing. “Initially, it was pretty tough. I had to make them see I wasn’t wasting my time,” Zarud said of her teen years, when she first became involved with JDC programs. While her parents’ generation looks askance at volunteering, young Jews recognize that it is up to them — not just
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international Jewish aid groups — to build their communities, she says. In Odessa, the Beit Grand Jewish Community Center, which was dedicated in 2010 thanks to American Jewish donations, collects fees for all activities, according to Ira Zborovskaya of the local JDC office. “Even if it’s only symbolic, everyone has to chip in and pay,” he said. In Soviet times “charging fees for cultural activities was unthinkable — it was all free,” said Kira Verkhovskaya, director of Odessa’s other JCC, Migdal. Fees are also collected as a matter of policy there, but most of the budget comes from subsidies from Jews in the West. “Some older people are not happy when they are asked to pay,” she said. Both Migdal and Beit Grand have programs that encourage young Jews to contribute time and effort. Beit Grand also operates a luxury Jewish kindergarten for 40 children whose well-off parents pay a monthly fee of $500 — approximately double the average national monthly salary. e kindergarten is so popular that it has a long waiting list. e annual income of $240,000 from fees helps cover other programs, including charitable activities. Still, the culture of giving is far less
widespread than in the West, experts say. Russia has a Jewish population of 265,000, according to a 2010 official census, and the World Jewish Congress says it estimates the number is at least 330,000. Despite the community’s size, local philanthropy comes mostly from a thin layer of “oligarchs or super-rich Jews,” Chlenov said. “What we are missing is a trusted brand for small donations from middleclass donors, like what the Jewish federation system does in the U.S.,” he said. Attempts to raise donations from that sector yielded some results, according to Chlenov, but never beyond a total of $150,000 per campaign. In Ukraine, Eduard Dolinsky, director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, says the Jewish middle class still isn’t opening its wallet. “Since the mid-’90s, we are seeing the same 10 to 15 very rich Jews funding charity,” he said. e donor pool is “sadly not expanding.” is means that with a Jewish population of 360,000 to 400,000 and many thousands of welfare cases, Ukrainian Jewry would “face a humanitarian disaster” if it weren’t for American money, Dolinsky added. JT Cnaan Liphshiz writes for the JTA Wire Service.
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Leave A Legacy Endowment gifts keep on giving
By Maayan Jaffe
Michael Friedman of The Associated says an endowment gift “can go on forever.”
Now and forever.
at is the message Nancy Kohn Rabin, chair of e Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, delivered about the importance of making a legacy gift. “If we want to sustain our Jewish community, there is no question people have to endow their gis,” Rabin said. “e Talmud says, ‘Just as my ancestors planted for me, so I will plant for my children.’ Children here means more than my personal children, it means the Jewish community.” How does it work? What is a legacy gift? According to Michael Friedman, senior vice president of Planned Giving & Endowment at The Associated, a legacy gift is any gift a person leaves to an heir or to a charity that is intended to have a lasting impact. An endowment is a type of legacy gift. “The easiest way to describe an endowment is [that it’s] a gift that keeps on giving. The gift is invested 44
and then an amount is spent each year from the endowment to support the program, project or organization that the donor has designated,” said Friedman. “Managed properly, the gift — and more importantly, the services and benefits — can go on forever.” The Associated is seeing that statement in action. The federation manages $650 million in endowment and foundation assets that support the programs and services of its agencies. Also included in that total are the assets of virtually every synagogue and day school in Baltimore that has an endowment, as well as several other federations’ endowment assets. Through its Consolidated Investment Fund and a lay committee that oversees it, it has outperformed every Jewish federation in North America and has performed better than the top 10 percent of all endowment funds managed by any nonprofit. That’s good news for an organization like The Associated. Last year,
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20 percent of the organization’s annual campaign, said Friedman, was paid from philanthropic funds and supporting foundation grants. Moreover, more than $4 million in revenue is realized from other unrestricted and designated endowments for Associated programs and agencies. “That’s $4 million in additional revenue over and above what we raise for the annual campaign,” he said. At Beth Tfiloh, Ricka Neuman chairs the synagogue/school’s endowment efforts. She said she decided to work with the program in order to ensure “a strong and enduring Beth Tfiloh.” Neuman cited the recent 2010 Greater Baltimore Jewish Community Study as underscoring the importance of legacy gis. She said that as young people grow more disconnected and give less to solely Jewish causes, “these funds will be needed 20-30 years down the road — this is how [BT] is going to be able to provide for its community.” Neuman has made her own legacy
gift in her father’s name. “At some point, four or five years ago, I was sitting in a meeting and the importance of kiddushes after service was talked about — the importance of people being able to stand around and talk, catch up and really just give a sense of community [to the shul],” said Neuman. “I ended up talking to
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In 2011, where did the money come from? Where did it go? Total charitable giving: $298 billion (up about $12 billion from 2010) Total giving by private, community and operating foundations: $41.7 billion Donations by corporations and corporate foundations: $14.6 billion Bequests: $24.4 billion (an increase of 9 percent from 2010) Source: Giving USA
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Make A Gift For The Future Ways to leave a legacy
Make a Bequest in Your Will: A simple bequest in your will designated to a charity is the most common technique for leaving your legacy.
Use Life Insu ran ce: A gift of a life insurance policy is particularly appealing for younger individuals because of its reasonable cost and tax benefit. When charity is the owner and beneficiary of the policy, the premium payments that you make are tax deductible. If you have an older policy that you no longer need for your family’s protection, you may be able to contribute that policy and realize a tax benefit. Name a Charity as the Beneficiary o f You r IRA o r Retirement Plan : Your IRA or retirement plan can be subject to high estate and income taxes, leaving precious few dollars for your heirs. When planning your
legacy for charity, always consider using these assets first. The more you can save on your tax bill, the more that your heirs will stand to inherit from you. E s t a b l i s h a C h a r i t ab l e I n c o m e Plan: A charitable remainder trust or charitable gift annuity provides you or a loved one with needed current income while providing a legacy for charity after your lifetime. Important tax benefits and possible increased income are available. Create Your Legacy Today With an Outright Gift of Cash, Stock or Other Property: Take advantage of immediate income tax benefits, and create your legacy during your lifetime. Your favorite charity will work with you to identify the most tax-efficient way to establish your legacy right away.
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my family, and we started a kiddush fund — and we committed to endow it so that there can be kiddushes for as long as there needs to be kiddushes.” Neuman said that when she approaches a potential donor, she asks him or her, “What do you want your legacy to be? ... Is there something you are passionate about?” There are many ways that one can leave a legacy gift, and people are jumping on the bandwagon. At BT, more than 75 people have committed to legacy gifts. “Endowment gifts come in all shapes and sizes. Many we know about in advance. Some we do not,”
said Friedman. Friedman told a story from when he first started at The Associated: “I got a call from a lawyer telling me to come to the cemetery that aernoon for the funeral of a 101-year-old woman who was leaving her estate to e Associated. She never gave more than $100 a year to us when she was alive. Imagine my surprise when we learned she was leaving us $2 million. Now, each and every year we draw more than $100,000 to help continue to innovate and sustain our community.” JT Maayan Jaffe is JT managing editor mjaffe@jewishtimes.com
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AGENCIES & PROGRAMS funded by THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Baltimore Hebrew Institute at Towson University
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TOGETHER, WITH OUR DONORS: We uplift the vulnerable.
Baltimore Jewish Council The Louise D. & Morton J. Macks Center for Jewish Education
We inspire the next generation.
CHAI: Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc. CHANA: Counseling, Helpline and Aid Network for Abused Women
We care for a community.
Council on Jewish Day School Education The Darrell D. Friedman Institute for Professional Development at the Weinberg Center
We make the world a better place.
Edward a. Myerberg Center Hebrew Burial and Social Services Society Hebrew Free Loan Association Hillel-Goucher College Hillel-Johns Hopkins University Hillel-Towson University Hillel-University of Maryland Baltimore County Hillel-University of Maryland College Park Jewish Cemetery Association Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore
November 27, 2012 is
GIVING TUESDAY Black Friday, Cyber Monday, now we’re launching Giving Tuesday, the giving season’s opening day.
Jewish Community Services Jewish Museum of Maryland at The Herbert Bearman Campus Jewish Volunteer Connection Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital* Maryland/Israel Development Center The Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center SHEMESH Sinai Hospital of Baltimore*
NATIONAL AGENCIES The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. The Jewish Agency for Israel North America Section The Jewish Federations of North America
*Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital and Sinai Hospital are constituent partner agencies that do not receive an allocation from THE ASSOCIATED Annual Campaign.
GET INVOLVED with THE ASSOCIATED and our agencies. Giving Tuesday and every day
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CJC hosts artist Linda Hirschhorn on Nov. 30.
Friday 23
Saturday 24
Sunday 25
Monday 26
Family Fun Day: Stories, games and more for kids at Towson Town Center. 10 a.m., 825 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson. Free. towson towncenter.com.
Benefifitt Rock Concert: East Coast Ratz reunite to raise money for the MD Anderson Cancer Center. 8 p.m., House of Rock, 11445 Pulaski Highway, White Marsh. Cost: $10. eastcoastratz.hotshot records.us.
Acoustic Jam Session: Come and play along with musicians from the area. 6:30 p.m., Guitars of Pikesville, 806 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville. guitarsofpikesville.com.
Job Search Network: Learn about current job-search and recruiting trends. Preregistration is required. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Owings Mills JCC, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave., Owings Mills. Contact Ronnie Green at 410-843-7433 or rgreen@ jcsbaltimore.org.
Tuesday 27
Wednesday 28
Thursday 29
Friday 30
Bus iness Meet-up: Monthly gathering brings together current and future business owners in Northwest Baltimore. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Park Heights JCC, 5700 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. Contact Ronnie Green at 410-843-7433 or rgreen@jcsbaltimore.org.
Toddler Tales: All kids are welcome for story time. 9:30 a.m., Owings Mills JCC, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave., Owings Mills. Contact 410356-5200 or go to jcc.org.
I M PACT Happy Hour: Connect with young Jewish adults. 6 to 8 p.m., Mt. Washington Tavern, 5700 Newbury St., Baltimore. Contact Marisa Danto at 410-369-9296 or mdanto@associated.org.
CJC Hosts Hirschhorn: Cantor Linda Hirschhorn will serve as the Columbia Jewish Congregation’s artist-in-residence. 7:30 p.m. Shabbat service. CJC, 5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia. Contact 410-7306044 or cjc@columbiajewish.org , or go to columbiajewish.org.
Hebrew Reading Crash Course: Learn to read Hebrew. 7 to 8 p.m., Beth Tfiloh Congregation, 3300 Old Court Road, Pikesville. Free, but advanced registration required. Contact Sandy Vogel at 410-4132321 or mercaz@btfiloh.org.
American Zionism: Jeff Israel, visiting professor of Judaic Studies at Goucher College, will discuss American Zionism today. 7:15 to 8:45 p.m., Goucher College Athenaeum, Batza Room, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson. Free.
Classical Music Recital: CCBC Essex students will present Baroque to contemporary works. 12:20 p.m., 7201 Rossville Blvd., Rosedale. Free. ccbcmd.edu.
For a complete calendar listing, visit jewishtimes.com. Please send calendar submissions to rsnyder@jewishtimes.com. jewishtimes.com
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SPORTS
SNYDER CENTER FOR APHASIA LIFE ENHANCEMENT
By David Snyder
Parents, Control Yourselves
Don’t call out your son or daughter during the game. I’m all for positive encouragement. Proud of your kid? Yell to the high heavens. I’m good with that. In fact, my own mom wrote the book on it. But if you’re unhappy with the action taking place in front of you, don’t stand up on the bleacher seats and bellow your displeasure for everyone to hear. Maybe your daughter turned the ball over. Maybe your son air-balled a shot. As a child, you don’t want to hear your parents hollering out your mistakes as you scamper back on defense. The acoustics in small gyms make it particularly humiliating. Trust me, it can wait until after the game when you’re in the car on the way home. I take constructive criticism much better when I’m sipping a 7-Eleven slurpee. Remember, the coaches are volunteers. In all my years playing sports, not once did I see Gary Williams or Brenda Frese pacing the sidelines as a coach of an 8-year-old’s basketball game. No, these coaches
are parents, just like you. They have families and jobs and not enough time in the day to listen to you lecture them on why the 2-3 zone would be a more effective defense than the man-to-man. They signed up to volunteer their time to coach. So let them. There’s nothing worse than having one coach on the sideline and nine more in the stands.
There’s nothing worse than having one coach on the sideline and nine more in the stands. For God’s sake, leave the referees alone. Some of the garbage that is spewed out of parents’ mouths in the direction of game officials is truly unbelievable. It’s so heated at times that you’d think the person had bet money on the game. There have been many occasions where parents have had to be physicall separated from refs. If you can’t control yourself enough to hold back yelling at a person making somewhere around $30 to officiate a children’s game, do yourself (and everyone else) a favor: Don’t bother coming. You make everyone around you uncomfortable. Don’t outwardly root against the other team. Folks, this isn’t Ravens vs. Steelers. It is two groups of children playing each other. I remember a basketball game where a parent instructed his kid to “let him (me) shoot” because I was “terrible.” Really? I’m terrible? I’m 9! How good can I be? Taunting or booing the other team is low — and it sets an awful example for kids. Think this list of advice is unwarranted? Go to a game and watch for yourself. JT David Snyder is a JT staff reporter dsnyder@jewishtimes.com
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Silver Spring native Bram Weinstein has been an ESPN anchor since 2008.
Dream Job
Sports junkie turns childhood aspiration into flourishing career By David Snyder
B RAM WEINSTEIN has known his native, has cemented himself as a reg- media insider. “Full credit goes to life calling since he was a youngster. As early as 8 years old, he would hover around the television, turning down the volume so he could voice play-by-play for sporting events and anchor the coverage of his own pretend highlights shows. At the time, his viewers were assorted family and friends. Some three decades later, Weinstein, 39, is still doing what he loves, albeit in front of a considerably bigger audience. Hired by ESPN as a studio anchor in 2008, Weinstein, a Silver Spring 50
ular on “SportsCenter,” the network’s flagship program that offers daily highlights, analysis and opinion. Laying claim to a career mainly rooted in radio, he initially wasn’t sure why ESPN showed interest in him for a television gig. But Weinstein would come to learn that the skill set he possessed matched up precisely with what the “Worldwide Leader in Sports” was searching for at the time. “e stars aligned just right,” said Jim Williams, the Washington Examiner’s
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Bram. He was ready when he got the opportunity to try out for ESPN. e rest, as they say, is history.”
A Timely Audition When he was first contacted by ESPN, Weinstein had already carved out a place for himself as one of the country’s go-to guys when it came to the Washington Redskins. As a beat reporter and local radio host with a firm grasp on the pulse of D.C. sports, radio and TV stations routinely turned to Weinstein for
news and notes on his beloved hometown teams. He surmises that this is how he managed to trigger a blip on ESPN’s recruiting radar. Weinstein’s agent informed him that the network was looking for on-air talent and wanted him to come to ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn., for an audition. Weinstein said that although he was never nervous during the tryout, he was also uncertain if he had the credentials for the job. “I wasn’t sure if they were going to hire me based on [the fact] that my experience was mainly as a radio host,
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Keeping the Faith Growing up in a Conservative household, Bram Weinstein says that although he never regularly attended services — aside from the High Holidays and his bar mitzvah — Judaism has always been “important” and something he “doesn’t take lightly.” “It feels weird saying this, but it’s very important to me even though I don’t observe it,” he said. That sentiment was tested when Weinstein took his first job out of college, working for a television station in Hastings, Neb. “People were very curious,” he recalls. “Not a bad curiosity. I just ran across a lot of people who never met a Jewish person.” It didn’t take long for Weinstein to discover Hastings’ diminutive Jewish community. After introducing himself during an interview for a story, the town board chairman whispered to him, “I assume you’re Jewish?” When Weinstein responded that he indeed was, the chairman said, “I am too. There’s a few of us. Here’s my card. Give me a call. You can come to my house for all the holidays.” For his two years in Nebraska, he had located his mishpacha. Said Weinstein: “Sure enough, there were 10 people, none of them related, local people who worked in the community, and we all spent the holidays together.” Now living in Bloomfield, Conn., Weinstein’s Jewish community is markedly more abundant. Still, with countless transplants in Bristol, home to ESPN, he’s found that families living apart from their relatives find ways to unite and celebrate the holidays. He, along with his wife Heather and daughter Alexandra, 3, are always invited to friends’ homes for Yom Kippur break-fast or Passover dinner. The Weinsteins, along with other Jewish families, have started a tradition in which holidays are rotated from house to house. “It does say a lot about the people of our faith,” Weinstein said. “It is important to continue those traditions and be inclusive to those who don’t have the access to continue it with their own families.” JT —David Snyder
a radio reporter and a television guest,” Weinstein recalls. “But I must’ve done something right.” It turned out that Weinstein’s radio abilities translated ideally to the changing premise of “SportsCenter.” Once a show that relied primarily on pre-written scripts, traditional highlight packages and anchors reading off teleprompters, the program has undergone a complete evolution in the last five or so years. Now, anchors engage analysts in impromptu dialogue and conduct on-camera interviews with athletes, coaches and media. “SportsCenter” hosts must be able to spark conversation, ad-lib up-to-the-minute high-
lights and stay calm and prepared for any breaking news a producer heaves in their direction. “I think that’s where my background came into play. I was never scripting anything doing radio,” Weinstein said. “e transition to TV] was relatively easy once I got past the mechanics of it. Of course, I can talk about LeBron James for 15 seconds, but having to talk about him for literally 15 seconds and then do something else was something to get used to.” Williams, a former television director/producer for 26 years, praised Weinstein’s ability to communicate with his viewers. He also said Weinstein’s wit adds another element to
his delivery. “He’s able to weave that sense of humor in without being too much of a guy with a lot of shtick,” Williams said. “He can take a story and craft some humor in it, if it’s worthy of putting it in there, and make it work. [But] he understands when it’s time to dial that back and be a good solid voice. “I have spoken to a number of people at ESPN management, and they think very highly of Bram. at always is a very good thing to have.”
Washington Sports Passion One of the few drawbacks of life up north at ESPN is that Weinstein is no longer at the heart of the Washington sports scene. Covering the Redskins for nearly a decade gave him the chance to be involved with the team he’s loved since he was a kid. As a radio host and reporter, Weinstein attended every game, interviewed players and coaches and experienced the camaraderie (and drama) of an NFL locker room. “I do miss that part of actually being there day to day,” he said. His enthusiasm extends to the Washington Capitals, where Weinstein jokes that he’s one of the few hockey fans left in the country. He’s also fully behind the Washington Nationals, just don’t get him started on the decision to shut down ace pitcher Stephen Strasburg prior to the playoffs. Clearly, just because he’s 330 miles away in Connecticut doesn’t mean his fervor for Washington-area sports has relented one bit. Sports fans witnessed this firsthand in early October when Weinstein, along with Washington Post blogger Dan Steinberg, publicly defended their city’s sports reputation against a national voice. ESPN personality (and former Post columnist) Michael Wilbon — referencing
the hype surrounding the Nationals and Redskins — called Washington a “terrible sports town.” Stung by the criticism, Weinstein took to the social media realm to support his hometown sports legion. Eventually, under considerable heat, Wilbon would pare his statement, conceding that Washington is a “pretty good sports town — but not great.” “I was a little surprised that, of all people, Michael Wilbon would put that out there. He made his bones professionally in Washington, and I thought he knew a little better than that,” Weinstein said. “We sell out every [Capitals] game. You want to see passion? Go to a Maryland basketball game. You won’t see any more of a passionate venue than that — especially when they’re good. The Redskins have had a season-ticket waiting list since before I was born.”
Future Plans On camera, Weinstein tries to be as relaxed as he can. In today’s world, one egregious mistake can make you the most popular video on YouTube for days. A few weeks ago, during a“SportsCenter” interview, he was “pranked” by Atlanta Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud, who repeatedly referenced a joke from the movie, “Super Troopers.” DeCoud inserted cat meows randomly between words. Weinstein didn’t pick up on the stunt until the end of the interview. “When I watched the interview again,” Weinstein said, “I realized what was happening, but at the time I didn’t know. That stuff can happen. There I am, looking stupid for five minutes. “Slip-ups are slip-ups. They happen every single day and every single show. I make 10 mistakes in every show; you just hope that most people don’t notice them.” Still, Weinstein is comfortable on camera regardless of a hoax or an See Dream Job on page 52 jewishtimes.com
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occasional error. He knows gaes are a part of the show. It’s that level of conďŹ dence that should propel Weinstein to even more roles at ESPN. “There are a lot of things I want to do, and that’s the best part of ESPN, there are a lot of opportunities. I’d love to call games at some point,â€? said Weinstein, who announced football games while at Springbrook High School. “I think I’m going to get some opportunities in the near future to try my hand at play-by-play.â€? If that’s the case, his first experience announcing games could truly come full circle. Somewhere there might be a kid in front of a TV who mutes Weinstein so he can do his own call of the game. “I knew what I wanted to do when I was a kid. I feel lucky that way,â€? Weinstein said. “There are so many people that don’t know what they want to do with their lives. I knew when I was a little kid.â€? JT David Snyder is a JT staff reporter dsnyder@jewishtimes.com
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Maryland junior Jake Pace has played a key role on this season’s Atlantic Coast Conference champion.
PACE SETTER Maryland soccer stud continues to hone his game By David Snyder
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Director Paul Lurie vividly remembers the first few times he encountered Jake Pace. In 2007, with his parents looking to find a Jewish outlet for their son, a then-16-year-old Pace was dropped off at Maccabi soccer tryouts. He fit right in. Lurie recalls Pace immediately developing chemistry with kids who had played together for years, so much so, they voted him captain following tryouts. And, along with the great attitude, Lurie said, came immense talent. “The first time I saw him play I knew for a fact he was head-and-
shoulders better than most of the kids we get in our program — athletically,” Lurie said. “You could tell by the way he carried himself on the field, by the natural way he played, that soccer was a part of who he was.” Soccer is still enormously important to Pace — and if the now 21year-old redshirt junior has his way, it will be for years to come. Following a standout career at River Hill High School in Columbia, Pace is in his third year suiting up for the University of Maryland soccer team. is year, playing in all 21 games as a striker, he’s been a steady contributor for the Terps, who captured both the Atlantic Coast Conference regular
season and postseason titles. Pace has tallied four goals and three assists while providing a consistent lategame spark off the bench. Sunday, Maryland (18-1-2 on the year) takes on Coastal Carolina in the third round of the NCAA Division I men’s championship. Maryland head coach Sasho Cirovski knows that Pace, like any collegiate athlete, would rather be a starter than a substitute. But, familiar with his player’s temperament, Cirovski also knows that Pace will assume any role if it will provide a boost for the team. “Jake is becoming one of those great “glue” players who seem to
embrace every second on the field. His attitude has just been unbelievable,” said Cirovski, who, living in Columbia, tracked Pace through both recreation and high school soccer. “Obviously, I’d rather play longer,” Pace said, “but I know the team needs me in this specific role. I’m willing to give everything I’ve got when I get in there.” Cirovski says that “everything Pace has” is often more than opposing defenses are equipped to handle. At a muscular 6 feet 2, 208 pounds, Pace is not a typical lightweight, deftly moving soccer player. Whether it’s with 20 minutes to go in the first half or two minutes See Pace Setter on page 54 jewishtimes.com
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remaining in the game, the coach enjoys watching Pace charge off the bench with a tank full of energy and use his size to ward off defenders and make his presence felt, especially within the 18-yard box. “Jake’s not your skillful, rhythmic soccer player. He’s a physical presence that competes on every play,” said Cirovski, who added that Pace’s skill and tactical understanding of the game are constantly improving. “[Over the course of a game] teams deal with these skillful and tricky and fast players, and then Jake comes in, and if you’re a defender you’re going, ‘Oh my gosh, really?’ He gives us good balance and a very different look. It becomes scary for teams on the defensive side of the ball.” Part of Pace’s mentality on the soccer field comes from his background in wrestling. A wrestler is on the mat for several three-minute rounds, giving everything he has in that span. Pace refuses to be outworked while he’s in the game. Pace’s work ethic carries over to practice, where the Terps train on the field two hours a day and spend an hour studying opponents in the video room, usually six days a week. That doesn’t include the time spent on the road traveling for games. “You put in a lot of time. It’s definitely a job that you have to commit to,” Pace said. Being a student-athlete puts a lot of pressure on the “student” part of
this term. As a freshman, Pace found out firsthand that balancing a full class schedule with the rigors of being a scholarship athlete isn’t easy. Missing classes and tests during road trips can lead to piles of makeup work, and Pace learned early that the only way to beat it is stay ahead of the game. “It’s something you got to get used to. I [was forced to] learn time management,” Pace said. “You really get booked when you’re on the road. You’re missing exams, and you’ve got to talk to the teachers about when you’re going to make up work. It’s definitely something that gets stressful if you let it get to you.” Pace’s motivation derives from his long-term goals. A kinesiology major, he’s interested in a career as an athletic trainer or a conditioning coach. However, with another year to play, he’s hoping that honing his skills on the field even further will lead to soccer becoming his full-time job. “My first profession would be professional soccer, but I’m working toward other things if that doesn’t pan out,” Pace said. With some continued improvement, his coach could see it happening. “He still needs to refine his technical skills, but I think there’s a possibility of him playing at the next level,” Cirovski said. “A year ago, I would have said, ‘no.’ Right now, I think he’s got a shot.” JT David Snyder is a JT staff reporter dsnyder@jewishtimes.com
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Tearful Encounters After services and lunch at shul a few weeks ago, in need of a quiet Shabbat moment by myself, I decided to go home a bit earlier than usual. I went to tell my kids that I was leaving, that their father was staying a while longer and would bring them home with him. My son asked, “Are you going home by yourself ?” I answered, “Yes.” “I’m going to come with you,” he said, “because I don’t want you to be lonely.” So sweet — but exactly not what I wanted at that moment. To him, at 5 years old, being alone and being lonely are exactly the same thing. In the Torah portion this week, we witness a very powerful emotional encounter. It stands out because emotional moments like it are rare in Torah. When Jacob first meets Rebecca we read, “Jacob kissed Rachel and broke into tears” (Genesis 29:11). e rabbis, probably uncomfortable with the immodesty of this unconventional moment, have multiple explanations for it. One of Rashi’s explanations is that Jacob cries “because he foresaw, through sacred inspiration, that Rachel would not be buried together with him.” Somehow, in this moment, Jacob knows that his love for this woman will be so powerful that the possibility of being separated from her ever — even after death — brings him to tears. According to Aviva Zornberg, in her book “The Beginnings of Desire,” “There is anguish at the very heart of love.” There is, however, another possible explanation. In the story of the beginning of the world, God repeatedly looks at creation and proclaims that it is good. The first time God looks at the world and sees something that is “not good” is when he
notices that Adam is alone. “It is not good for man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18). Loneliness is a real yet tragic condition of our humanity. It is certainly possible to be alone without being lonely — some time by oneself does not necessarily mean any sense of existential or actual loneliness. It is also possible to be lonely without being alone — a moment when one is surrounded by people but feeling utterly disconnected from all of them. And, it is possible to be alone and lonely.
It is certainly possible to be alone without being lonely. In Hebrew, every letter is assigned a numerical value. The rabbis play with these letters and numbers to find hidden meanings in the world. The gematria (numerical equivalent) of the word “echad,” meaning “one,” is the same as the gematria for the word “ahava,” meaning “love.” Often, this is interpreted to mean that when two people are in love they become like one. Maybe, though, it can mean something slightly different. Maybe love is the antidote to the reality that ultimately we are each “one,” we are each alone. When we experience moments of profound connectedness to another human being — a friend, a lover, a child, a parent — that is love. Jacob’s tears, then, may not be tears of anguish, but rather tears of joy for having found an answer to his loneliness. May we all shed such tears. JT Rabbi Miriam Cotzin Burg is the director of Jewish Life at Capital Camps and Retreat Center.
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with an elaborate setup when asking his wife, Rebecca, to marry him. Two years ago, Eichner surprised Rebecca with a helicopter ride over New York City prior to a planned cruise to the Bahamas. She obviously said “yes,” and the pair got married this past Labor Day in front of 115 people at Martin’s West in Woodlawn. But prior to the extravagant engagement and wedding, their love was sealed with a simple kiss eight years ago in a closet at the Weinberg House in Pikesville. Barely teenagers at the time, Solomon and Rebecca met while the two were volunteering during Bingo night at the senior citizen assisted-living center. They have been together ever since. “I guess I was a little aggressive at the time,” said Solomon, 23. “She’s been the love of my life ever since.” Rebecca said the pair met the summer before her junior year at Owings Mills High School and before Solomon’s sophomore year at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School. Rebecca said he had a great way of
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reaching out to the residents at the Weinberg House, including calling out Bingo numbers and playing songs on the piano. She especially was fond of his rendition of the Frank Sinatra classic “New York, New York.” Today, Solomon is studying at the Peabody Conservatory in hopes of being a concert pianist. Rebecca, 25, recently began her career as a physical therapist with LifeBridge Health. The pair recently returned to the Weinberg House shortly before their wedding to reflect on their relationship. Solomon even had a custom frame made for the shirts the pair wore on the day they met: a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle T-shirt for him and a Joe’s Coffee House shirt for her. “He’s always been outgoing and a complete romantic,” Rebecca said. “It was really special to come back to where it all started for us.” For Solomon, the return to the Weinberg House reminded him of just how special it is to still be with his high school sweetheart in a time when most people are waiting longer to get married.
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Solomon also realized that they are the only couple from their high school days that are still together. The couple has even outlasted many of the landmarks that provided the memories for the early part of their relationship, such as the nowclosed Loews movie theater at Valley Center, where the couple took in “Elf ” on their first date. “She was just always the one for me,” Solomon said. “We had been planning our wedding even before we got engaged. I knew right away she was who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. In my eyes, she deserves nothing but the best.” JT Ron Snyder is a JT staff reporter rsnyder@jewishtimes.com
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Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel The Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel has announced that applications are now being accepted for its 27th summer program. Through the fellowships, 26 outstanding North American teenagers are sent to Israel for five weeks of intellectually engaging summer study during which they experience a shared sense of Jewish community. The program educates and inspires exceptional young Jews from diverse backgrounds to become active participants and leaders in Jewish culture throughout their lives. The program was founded and is funded by Edgar M. Bronfman. Applications are available at bronfman.org and must be submitted online by Jan. 7. High school students who will be in the 12th grade in the fall of 2013 may apply.
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Gansler’s Trip To The Holy Land: Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler returned from a six-day mission of United States Attorneys General to Israel on Nov. 14, the day Operation Pillar of Defense began. Gansler, shown here with Israeli President Shimon Peres, said there was no disruption caused by the operation during his mission, arranged by the American-Israel Frienship League. “Our security talks focused on Iran and Iranian nuclear proliferation,” he said. Gansler noted that the highlight of his experience was the visit with Peres, 89. “He has seen it all and lives it all, and he is so profound in his vision of what is going on today and where Israel needs to be,” said Gansler. “That will stick with me for years to come.” See related story, “‘Are We Going To Die Tonight?’” on page 32.
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Jewish Women in Baltimore’s Art World: CHANA: Counseling, Helpline & Aid Network for Abused Women completed its first-ever speaker series last month with a program featuring WBAL-TV’s Deborah Weiner. From left: Ann Neumann Libov, chair of the board of CHANA, Deborah Weiner and Nancy Aiken, executive director of CHANA.
Making A Difference: Donn Weinberg gave the introductory remarks at The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation’s Annual Community Gathering on Nov. 13. The foundation welcomed hundreds of community, civic and business leaders to its celebration of the foundation’s mission, partnerships and accomplishments over the past year. Tom Tierney, a recognized leader in the nonprofit sector, spoke about “Making a Difference — or Not — Through Philanthropy.”
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Tzedakah in Action at Beth El: Fifth- and sixth-grade students in Beth El Congregation’s religious school shared breakfast with a homeless person as part of a two-session unit on homelessness. The children’s parents also joined in.
Happy Holidays! The Jewish Community Services Toy Drive is under way. The volunteerrun project collects unsolicited donations of toys, school supplies and gift cards, which are distributed to community families in need. Last Sunday, JCS held a “special drop-off day” at the Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC. Zack Lubliner, 12, and sister Jenn, 8, donated toys. For more information on how to donate, call 410-843-7402.
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SCHEIN — e unveiling honoring B. Robert Schein will be held Dec. 2 at 11:30 a.m. at Tifereth Israel Anshe Sfard Cemetery, 6300 Hamilton Ave., Rosedale. For more information contact Myra Schein at 410-358-8470.
Obituaries BAIDA — On November 16, 2012, ERWIN; beloved husband of Lillian Baida (nee Berger); loving father of the late Peter Baida; devoted fatherin-law of Diane Cole; beloved brother of Margot (late Dr. Norman) Zipper; loving grandfather of Edward Baida. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Interment at Arlington Cemetery, Chizuk Amuno Congregation, North Rogers Avenue. Please omit flowers. COHEN — On November 13, 2012, LILLIAN (nee Weiner); beloved wife of the late Jerome Cohen; devoted mother of Barry (Cathy) Cohen and Benn Cohen; also survived by six loving grandchildren. Interment at Arlington Cemetery, Chizuk Amuno Congregation, North Rogers Avenue. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the Group for the Independent Learning Disabled, P.O. Box 322, Brooklandville, MD 21022. DIENER — On November 14, 2012, KAREN JOYCE (nee Silver); beloved mother of Alexander Israel Diener and the late Amanda Beth Diener; cherished daughter of Gerald and Mitzi (nee Burke) Silver; loving sister of Eileen (Michael) Murphy, Gary (Adrienne) Silver and Marty (Kathy) Silver. Also survived by many loving nieces. Interment at Tifereth Israel Cemetery, Rosedale. Please omit flowers. FREIBERG — On November 13, 2012, BERNICE REIS; beloved sister of the late Hannah Green; devoted aunt of David (Sharon) Green and Harriet Green; cherished great-aunt of Jennifer (David) Gensler, Shannon
(Kevin) Koinzan, Katie Harris, Amy Green and Samuel Mirkin. Interment at Beth Jacob Cemetery, Finksburg, Md. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Ner Israel Rabbinical College, 400 Mt. Wilson Lane, Baltimore, MD 21208. GERBER — On November 15, 2012, BERNARD VICTOR; beloved husband of Ethel Gerber (nee Spector); loving father of Robin Sakin and Susan (Allan) Brecher; devoted brother of Solomon (late Mary) Gerber, Allen (late Suzanne) Gerber and the late Ida Gerber, Gertrude (Morris) Beker and Rosalie Gerber; loving grandfather of Nicole Sakin, Danny Brecher and Rachel Brecher. Interment at Workmen Circle Cemetery, German Hill Road. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 3400 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21218. GERBERG — On November 13, 2012, MARTIN; beloved husband of the late Bernice Gerberg (Nee Gold); loving father of Richard (Lisa) Gerberg, Kenneth Gerberg and Laurie (Steve) Barger; dear brother of the late Gene Gerberg and Emily Boxer; cherished grandfather of Jodi Gerberg and Danielle Barger. Interment at Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers. KAPLAN — On November 14, 2012, CORINNE R. (nee Greenberg); beloved wife of the late William B. Kaplan; loving mother of Barbara (Barry) Bass and Bryan Kaplan; devoted sister of the late Edward Greenberg; cherished grandmother of Matthew (Elizabeth) Bass and Melanie Bass; adored great-grandmother of Devorah, Tovah and Aliyah Bass. Interment at Arlington Cemetery, Chizuk Amuno Congregation, North Rogers Avenue. Please omit flowers. MAGER — On November 14, 2012, SHIRLEY CARDIN; loving mother of Dr. H. Larry (Penny) Mager and See Obituaries on page 60
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Community om page 59 Dr. Eileen Mager; devoted sister of the late Jacob L. Cardin, Rose Stein, Meyer M. Cardin, Lillian Ginsberg and Maurice Cardin; cherished grandmother of Scott Mager, Jeffrey Mager and Lisa Hoyt; beloved greatgrandmother of Eric, Marly, Ryan and Anthony Mager. Also survived by many loving nieces, nephews and other family members. Interment at Beth Tfiloh Cemetery, 5800 Windsor Mill Road. Please omit flowers. MASSUDA — On November 13, 2012, FARAG; beloved husband of Rachel Massuda (nee Abraham); devoted father of Kamal (Giselle) Massuda, Michael (Susan) Massuda, Mona (David) Massuda and Laila MassudaCohen (Joseph Cohen). Also survived by 10 loving grandchildren. Interment at Arlington Cemetery, Chizuk Amuno Congregation, North Rogers Avenue. Please omit flowers. MEISTER — On November 14, 2012, SHIRLEY (nee Horshoff ); beloved wife of the late Solomon Meister; adored mother of Glenn Louis (Leslie Simon) Meister; dear sister of Rita Beth (Sidney) Friedman; loving grandmother of Gabriel Ethan ( JooHee) Meister; cherished greatgrandmother of Orion Haneul Meister; loving aunt of Jill Rowan and Abby Smith; dear great-aunt of Brett (Margaux) Rowan and Gregory ( Jennifer) Smith; special daughter-friend of Estelle Meister; also survived by three stepgrandsons and six stepgreat-grandchildren. Interment at Mikro Kodesh Beth Israel Cemetery, 6700 Bowleys Lane. Please omit flowers. MILLER — On November 16, 2012, EILEEN (nee Kirsh); beloved wife of the late Elliott H. Miller; cherished mother of Ina and Larry Lerman, Ann (late Sheldon) Berman and Susan and Steven Sheer; devoted sister of Dr. Marvin M. (late Helen) Kirsh, Lee (Sandy) Kirsh and Ruth (Dr. Martin) Rochester; loving grandmother of Rivka (Michael) Bresler, Penina (Moshe Haim) Blate, Shuli (Marc)
Tropp, Michael (Tova) Lerman, Elie Berman, Leah (Yehuda) Bennett, Benjamin Sheer and Sara Sheer. Also survived by eight loving great-grandchildren. Interment at Mikro Kodesh Beth Israel Cemetery, 6700 Bowleys Lane. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Beth Israel Congregation, 3706 Crondall Lane, Owings Mills, MD 21117. MILLER — On November 17, 2012, SUZANNA (nee Neustadt); beloved wife of the late Milton H Miller, Sr.; beloved mother of Jay Jefferson Miller III, Milton H. (Susan) Miller, Jr. and John Perry Kallison ( Jodi) Miller; loving grandmother of Alex, Nick, William, Kristen, Dylan, Taylor and Bailey. Interment is private. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the Johns Hopkins Hospital, 100 N. Charles St., Suite 421, Baltimore, MD 21208. PACHINO — On November 16, 2012, ERIK; loving son of Cynthia Pachino (nee Kolscher) and Ronnie (Lisa A.) Pachino; devoted brother of Evan Max Pachino, Conor Fielding Pachino, Rashi Tikva Pachino, Michal Chaya Pachino and Steven Michael Kushnir; dear grandson of Joy (Lois) Pachino, Stanley (late Marion) Cooper and the late Jacqueline and Robert Kolscher. Interment at Beth Tfiloh Cemetery, 5800 Windsor Mill Road. Please omit flowers. POTASH — On November 16, 2012, ESTHER B. (nee Mandel); beloved wife of the late Oscar Potash; devoted mother of Michael Potash, Sharon Weiss, Lynn (Jerry) Linkin and the late Neil (Susan) Potash; loving sister of Gov. Marvin Mandel. Also survived by many loving grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Interment at Beth Tfiloh Cemetery, 5800 Windsor Mill Road. Please omit flowers. The Baltimore Jewish Times updates obituaries regularly on its website, jewishtimes.com/obituaries. To submit an obituary, contact David Snyder at dsnyder@jewishtimes.com or 410-902-2314.
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LEGAL NOTICES Francis X. Borgerding, Jr., Esq. 409 Washington Avenue, Suite 600 Towson, MD 21204
Arthur L. Drager 10 N. Calvert Street, Suite 620 Baltimore, Maryland 21202
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Small Estate Notice of Appointment Notice to Creditors Notice To Unknown Heirs to all Persons Interested in the
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Notice is given that ARTHUR L. DRAGER, 10 N. Calvert Street, Suite 620 Equitable Bldg., Baltimore, Maryland 21202, was on November 14, 2012 appointed Personal Representative of the small estate of Robert Freeman who died on October 6, 2012 without a will. Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney. All persons having any objection to the appointment shall file their objections with the Register of Wills within 30 days after the date of publication of this Notice. All persons having an objection to the probate of the will shall file their objections with the Register of Wills within six months after the date of publication of this Notice. All persons having claims against the decedent must serve their claims on the undersigned personal representative or file them with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Thirty days after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claims will be barred unless the creditor presents the claim within thirty days from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not served or filed within that time, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.
In the Estate of (170704) Shirley Irene Holt Notice of Judicial Probate To all Persons Interested in the above estate: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed by FRANCIS X. BORGERDING, JR., ESQ. for judicial probate and for the appointment of a personal representative. A hearing will be held at Orphans’ Court, Fifth Floor, 401 Bosley Avenue, County Courts Building, Towson, Maryland 21204 on Janurary 8, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. This hearing may be transferred or postponed to a subsequent time. Further information may be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills. GRACE G. CONNOLLY Register of Wills for Baltimore County, Courts Building 401 Bosley Avenue, Towson, Maryland 21204-4403.
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DISCOUNT DRAPERIES Rods, Verticals, Mini- blinds. Drapery cleaning, restringing, repair, installation. Norman Goldschmitt 410-358-1651 BEST PRICES on custom blinds, upholstery, draperies. Installation, repairs, drapery cleaning. 410-526-2744
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LONG & FOSTER Greenspring Valley – Lutherville
410.583.5700
GWYNNBROOK (81QU) $464,900
VLGS OF WINTERSET (97BO) $224,900
W NE
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SUMMIT CHASE (43ST) $299,900
W NE
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VALLEY STREAM (25LI) $324,900
W NE
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ANN OR MORT 410-905-1401
CAROLE OR LINDA 410-409-8110
PHYLLIS BLUM 410-627-9734
PATTI SPIGEL 410-241-9797
GREENSPRING EAST (28QU) $320,000
STEVENSON (34BI) $349,900
CAVES FOREST (25CA) $649,900
WOODRIDGE (2WO) $759,000
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REISTERSTOWN (13GE) $515,000
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LINDA OR CAROLE 410-375-6532
LINDA OR CAROLE 410-375-6532
CAROLE OR LINDA 410-409-8110
CHESWOLDE (60WO) $239,900
SMITH/LABYRRINTH (32SM) $279,000
THE RISTEAU (23OL) $290,000
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KATHY GILLESPIE 410-967-6487
EILEEN BUMBA 410-790-1757
SHARON ZUCKERBROD 410-599-5303
LIBBY BERMAN 410-978-492
SCOTTS HILL (10FL) $192,500
OWINGS MILLS/NEW TOWN (10CA) $244,900
GREY ROCK VILLAS (11OL) $319,900
VELVET VALLEY (16VE) $795,900
PATTI SPIGEL 410-241-9797
PATTI SPIGEL 410-241-9797
GILI GUETER 410-258-0277
PATTI SPIGEL 410-241-9797
QUARRY LAKE (73TR) $319,900
PALADIA WAY $1,350,000
ROCKLAND – GATED COMMUNITY $1,180,000
CAVES VALLEY (23CA) $618,000
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THE TOWERS (30FA) FR. $90,000
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ON SLADE AVENUE
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1 SLADE – FULL SERVICE BUILDING 2 BEDROOMS , 2 BATHS, 2HBA $259,000
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STEVENSON $439,900 (WOO)
VIL OF LONGREACH $369,900 (HAY)
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4BR/2.5BA Contemporary w/eat-in kit, 1st fl FR, big LR & DR, 2 car garage.
5BR/3.5BA Contemp w/eat-in kit, sep DR, MBR suite, vaulted ceilings, fin'd LL. In-ground pool.
Renovated 3BR/3.5BA Townhouse w/granite kit, custombaths,MBRw/luxBa.Woodfloors,fin'dwalkoutLL.
VILLAGE AT WOODHOLME $290,000 (MEA)
REISTERSTOWN VLG $254,900 (BEN)
ASPEN MILL $254,900 (SIL)
Updated 2BR/2BA on 1.48 lush acres! Granite kit, beaut 6' walk-in shower, hdwd flrs. Balcony w/stunning view. Agent/ Owner.
VELVET VALLEY $299,900 (PAR)
NEW TOWN $225,000 (OLI)
BROOKFALLS $239,900 (JON)
3BR/3.5BA brick EOG w/eat-in kit, sep Renovated 3-4BR Townhouse w/eat-in kit, DR, MBR w/cath ceiling. Fin'd walkout LL. cathedral ceilings, fin'd walkout LL & more!
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4BR/3.5BAendTownhousew/eat-inkit,2-storyfoyer,wood floors.MBRsuite,fin'd walkoutLL.Deckoverlookstrees.
SUBURBIA $219,900 (EMP)
FOREST GREEN $199,900 (FOR)
GARRISON WOODS $199,900 (HIG)
OAKHURST $189,900 (PER)
4BR/3.5BA Townhouse w/eat-in kit, MBR suite, cathedral ceilings, fin'd walkout LL.
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4BRCapeCodw/newwindows,newerHVAC&roof. Hdwdflrs,hugeLL,detached garage & more!
BELLE FARM ESTATES $169,900 (BON)
GREENSPRING VALLEY $149,900 (SPR)
JONES VALLEY $149,900 (JON)
TIMBERGROVE $149,900 (WIC)
NORTHWOOD $142,500 (KIN)
3BR/2BA Rancher w/granite eat-in kit, hdwd flrs, fin'd LL w/bath. Enclosed rear porch.
Updated 2BR Colonial on 1/2 acre! Eat-in kit, 1st fl laundry. New carpet, freshly painted.
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Four level Pickwick split rarely available with a very large family room, with room for fourth bedroom. Beautiful level park–like backyard and patio. Large living room, formal dining room and eat–in kitchen with window over sink. Extra long and wide driveway for plenty of off street parking. Central air, gas heat. www.homerome.com
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Panoramic River Views A home for living, for vacationing and for entertaining. 4-5 bedrooms (2 on main level with full accessible bath) Dock, decks, hot tub, sauna, casita/lanai. Move in ready! www.homerome.com
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Custom built Waterfront home in Baltimore County! $500,000
Master bedroom with His and Hers Bathrooms and THREE walk in closets plus another closet for shoes. Modern decor with mirrors on the walls and ceilings. Lots of custom built -ins. Open plan with marble floors in foyer, dining room, living room and 2nd bedroom(now used as a den) Bright white eat in kitchen with pantry. Convenient laundry inside the unit. Garage parking and full service luxury! www.homerome.com
2 story contemporary on .42 acre. 4 BR 3 1/2 baths. 3 finished levels. gorgeous lot with park like views from the oversized deck. Gourmet granite, stainless, and ceramic kitchen. Stone fireplace in great room. Luxury Master with double vanities, separate jetted tub and stall shower.1st floor laundry. Mancave with wet bar, fridge and full bath. Sliders for easy outside access. This one is special. www.homerome.com
VELVET HILLS SOUTH
1930 JORDANS RETREAT RD. UNDER $450,000 Mini horse farm ... Idyllic 7 acres buffered by a forest of trees. Charming home with bright sunroom, central air, gas cooking granite kitchen! A bit of paradise to live and enjoy nature. 3 car garage, workshop. So much charm and so much beauty! Horses, people and pet friendly! When would you like a tour? www.homerome.com
STONE HOME UNDER $155,000
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COUNTRY LIVING ONE MILE FROM THE BELTWAY. UNDER $425,000 415 SOUTH RD. 21208
Unique solid masonry brick custom home on 3 acres buffered by Woodholme County Club. Gated secluded private retreat in Pikesville… convenient to everything. First floor master suite, open floor plan and a guest suite with kitchen. High ceilings and brick fireplace. Drive the golf cart home! www.homerome.com
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HU Two bedrooms with full bath plus a powder room is a perfect size. Very bright with oversized windows and double sliding doors to the very private enclosed first–floor patio with gated locked entrance. For photos go to www.homerome.com
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All stone semi with front and rear porch- level backyardandaone–car garage. Large rooms throughout. Separate dining room, fireplace in spacious living room. Eat–in kitchen. 3 Bedrooms and two full baths upstairs. Finished lower level paneled recreation room with fireplace, full bath and an abundant amount of storage. All new windows and doors. www.homerome.com
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Contemporary 3500' sprawling Rancher with sunroom and dressing room in the master bedroom suite. Luxury marble and glass brick master bath with walk in shower and jetted tub. Floor to ceiling Stacked stone fireplace divides the living and family rooms. Huge eat in kitchen with expanse of corian counters, center island and greenhouse window overlooking the large deck and in ground pool. Cathedral ceilings and skylights. Perfect home for entertaining with abundant parking. Please call for more details.
I HAVE QUALIFIED BUYERS FOR THESE HOMES • NEEDED...GLYNDON TRACE CONDO W/ 1ST FLOOR MASTER BR • NEEDED...CHARMING OLDER HOME WITH CHARACTER, ACREAGE, GARAGES AND MULTIPLE FIREPLACES (ONE IN THE MASTER WOULD BE IDEAL) • NEEDED... GREY ROCK TOWNHOUSE WITH FIRST FLOOR MASTER, NO BASEMENT AND GOOD PARKING. • NEEDED ... GREENE TREE TOWNHOUSE ASCOTT MODEL QUICK SETTLEMENT! • NEEDED...ANNEN WOODS TOWNHOUSE, IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT. • NEEDED...LARGE HOME IN FALLSTAFF OR DUMBARTON AREA. MOVE–IN CONDITION A MUST. • NEEDED...ELDERSBURG OR SYKESVILLE HOME WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES AND GAS HEAT UP TO $500K • NEEDED...2 STORY W/ LARGE YARD IN SUMMIT PARK, FRANKLIN OR FORT GARRISON DISTRICT. UP TO $500K
THINKING ABOUT SELLING YOUR HOME PLEASE CALL MARGARET ROME.
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$469,500 625 Strandhill Ct Michael Yerman 410-583-0400
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