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On The Cover: Rabbi Jessica Gross and Josh Caplan by Justin Tsucalas
Contents
November 30, 2012 Vol. 329 No. 5 Candle lighting 4:26 p.m. 7
Opinion Opening oughts, Editorials, From is View, Your Say …
Local News 16
Briefs
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‘Renaissance’ in Park Heights Latest senior housing project from CHAI unites community
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Not This Time Gov. O’Malley postpones mission to Israel
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Associated campaign informs community of why it should take a stand for Israel
ON THE COVER A Rabbi Walks Into A Bar …
Step Up Time
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Moving Up David Golaner plans to take the Myerberg Center to the next level
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A Rabbi Walks Into A Bar … Rabbi Jessica Gross thrives in pubs, not pulpits
International News 30
Freedom Sunday’s 25th Anniversary A reminder of what’s possible
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Crossing The Line
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Making A Shidduch
Justin Tsucalas
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As Iran achieves nuclear weapons capability, a red line is passed
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34 ‘Renaissance’ In Park Heights
Making A Shidduch Nobel Prize-winning Jewish economist discusses matching
Arts & Life 36
Worth The Schlep Community calendar for Nov. 30 to Dec. 7
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Aly’s Jewish Pride Gold medal gymnast to headline FIDF’s annual event
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Superheroes in Our Midst One family’s journey of love and bravery
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Endowed By Our Creator Local author explores the origins of religious freedom in the United States
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Effective Art Puppets on display at JCC bring beauty, assistance to childhood victims of sexual abuse
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Community Beshert, Milestones, Obituaries
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Amazing Marketplace
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Stevie Wonder To Perform At FIDF Gala
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The annual gala for the Los Angeles chapter of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces will take place next week at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in L.A. Expected to raise millions of dollars, the event will feature a performance by superstar Stevie Wonder. Last year, the audience heard from Barbra Streisand, and the year before, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli was the featured performer.
Andy Cohen
Andrew Garfield Dances For Charity Apparently Andrew Garfield is quite the Renaissance man. In addition to starring in the “The Amazing SpiderMan” and being the loving boyfriend of Emma Stone, the dude can dance. In an appearance on “The Ellen Show,” host Ellen DeGeneres challenged the 29-year-old British Jew to help raise money for his charity, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, by performing a dance — without music. For each dance style, Garfield would receive $1,000 for his charity. The result? A hilarious medley of the can-can, Irish jig, Beyoncé and more. Garfield raised $10,000.
Andy Cohen’s Wrong Direction It’s not clear exactly what Bravo TV executive and television host Andy Cohen was thinking when he referred to fans of the popular boy band One Direction as a bunch of “twinks” in an appearance on the “Today” show. Twinks is slang for young feminine-looking gay men. Not surprisingly, Cohen caught lots of heat on Twitter from One Direction fans. Cohen apologized five hours later, saying he had “misused” the word. “I just meant they’re cute,” he said. It seems that the band took it in good spirits, as their spokesperson told EntertainmentWise, “I don’t think the term ‘twink’ is offensive, it just means attractive!”
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Kim And Bar In Hot Twitter Water While social media has become part of the situation between Gaza and Israel, two popular users found themselves in the middle of it for similar reasons. Reality star Kim Kardashian tweeted that she prays for the people of Israel, enraging her pro-Palestinian followers who wished her things that probably should not be written in a family publication. Kardashian immediately responded by tweeting that she prays for both sides and everyone in the world.
That didn’t change much, and eventually she deleted both tweets. Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli received plenty of heat from her Israeli followers after tweeting that she is “praying for the safety of citizens on both sides.” Many Israelis called her “unpatriotic” and accused her of not caring enough about Israel. Unlike Kardashian, Refaeli stood by her words. Bar Refaeli
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Opening oughts Simone Ellin
‘Wherever I Am’ On anksgiving Day, my father called from New York. At the end of our conversation, he said, “I wanted to wish you a happy anksgiving. It is really a family holiday, and I miss spending it with you.” I hung up the phone feeling sad. I miss spending it with you, too, Dad. We would be spending anksgiving with my husband’s family, as we do almost every year. My mother, who also lives in New York, would be joining us in Baltimore. My father would spend anksgiving with his wife’s relatives. And my sister would be in Burlington, Vt., where she lives, sharing the holiday with friends. Don’t get me wrong. I love our anksgiving tradition. In fact, I wrote about it just a couple of weeks ago, right here in the JT. Yet, it still
makes me sad that my own family is never all together for anksgiving. ere’s nothing unique here. So many of us live far away from family. Just as many of us have family situations that are, well, complicated. ere’s divorce, remarriage and family feuds— reasons enough why spending holidays with family can be challenging. Many holidays fall during the week, and now that the kids are older, traveling midweek is no longer an option. So we visit New York each year during the kids’ winter break. We aren’t together for Chanukah, so we celebrate Chanukah on Christmas. Visits to New York are rushed and exhausting, as we try to squeeze in visits to everyone. I worry about giving each parent equal time, and it never works out that way. There’s a lot of pressure to make it really special. And
usually it is. But it’s just not the same as living practically around the corner, as we do with my in-laws. And it’s not possible for our children to be as close to their New York grandparents as they are to their Baltimore ones. We don’t see enough of my sister either. There were a few months when US Airways had direct flights from Baltimore to Burlington. I was hopeful we could see more of her. But almost as soon as it began, the direct service was canceled. Now I have to go to the Midwest in order to get to Burlington. It takes about eight hours by the time all is said and done. It isn’t anyone’s fault. It’s just how it is. And that makes me sad. How I wish my parents and sister could be here for every concert, play and grandparents’ day. Wouldn’t it be nice if they could pick up one of the
kids from school or just pop over for pizza or Shabbat dinner? I tell a lot of stories about my parents so the kids will know them better, and summer visits to the beach with my dad and his wife help some. In a few weeks we are heading to New York to see my 75-year-old mother perform in a ballroom dancing showcase. I want the kids to see that to know what a remarkable person she is. We’ll go back again in January, when we celebrate the release of my sister’s new book. It will be a lot of traveling but well worth it. Maybe if the kids go to college in New York, they will have another chance to get close to their grandparents. I am hoping for that. I miss you my family, and I love you, wherever I am. JT Simone Ellin is a JT staff reporter sellin@jewishtimes.com
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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi took a gamble last week when he assumed near dictatorial powers. By decree, he freed himself from judicial oversight, abolishing by fiat an important check on his authority. In the absence of parliament, Morsi already claimed legislative powers. The day before he made his bold power grab, Morsi sealed a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas and was being hailed as a new Middle Eastern power broker. Sure, he is ideologically aligned with the Islamist Hamas, but he is linked to Israel by a peace treaty sweetened with $2 billion in U.S. aid each year. Morsi’s newfound status gave new meaning to the delicate balance of Mideast power. Then came his power grab. And in making that move, Morsi clearly overreached. In a stroke he created an opposition composed of loyalists to the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and clean-government liberal secularists. They quickly reacted and staged angry demonstrations
around the country, and clashed with Morsi’s Islamist supporters. Egyptian judges, most appointed by Mubarak, balked at the challenge to their authority, and threatened to strike. By the beginning of the week, and facing mounting protests, Morsi began stepping back from the edge. He met with the protesting judges and insisted that his moves were temporary measures to assure democracy in the long run as a new constitution is completed. Very few observers were convinced. Morsi’s power grab was risky for a man not at the head of an army and who is purportedly ruling at the people’s behest. The same popular revolution that he claims to be protecting could turn on him, as it turned on Mubarak. We know that democracy cannot be strengthened by trampling on it. And now Mohamed Morsi is learning that lesson. Although the American response has been muted because Morsi appears to be the linchpin of the Israel-
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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is learning that democracy cannot be strengthened by trampling on it.
Hamas ceasefire, the administration should not take its eye off the Egyptian leader. While Morsi represents an ideology that is hostile to the United States and Israel, he appears to have worked effectively with the international community, and clearly has the
ear of Hamas’ leadership. In many respects, Mohamed Morsi is in a position to write his own next chapter as a leader. Much of the balance of tension in the Middle East may ride on how he navigates his current difficulties.
have been unthinkable in the past. And she is building connections for these young people that will prove vital as they mature and build families of their own. It’s working. Five months into her job, Gross’ events have drawn dozens of people. In doing so, she is challenging the model of what it means to be a rabbi. While the term “rabbi” connotes one thing to most of her peers, her rabbinic knowledge is proving
useful but secondary to her personality and social acumen. Gross has developed a somewhat unconventional but successful approach that allows her to meet scores of young Jews and connect them to activities where their Jewish language is spoken. This initiative came out of an Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore task force. It’s an example of risk taking and creativity that we commend.
Stage Managing The Downtown Tribe Young Jews are notorious non-joiners, and the Jewish community wisely has decided to meet them where they are. That’s why when the Jewish Community Center hired Rabbi Jessica Gross as downtown educator, it didn’t give her an office. Instead, Gross works from a bar. Or sometimes a coffee shop. That’s where she meets Jews in their 20s and 30s to draw them into the Charm City Tribe.
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As staff reporter David Snyder writes in our cover story this week, the 30something Gross has proved to be a magnet for Jews her age. Acting as a “stage manager” for the downtown Tribe, Gross spends her time listening to her peers — over coffee or at happy hour — and generating activities based upon those conversations. In doing so, she is building a community in a way that would
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This event is free and open to the public. Parking is $3. Co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts, the Graduate Programs in Judaic Studies, the Undergraduate Program in Jewish Studies and Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Professor Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, and Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and College of Arts and Sciences. “A self-described ‘Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt,’ Professor Levine combines historical-critical rigor, literary-critical sensitivity, and a frequent dash of humor with a commitment to eliminating anti-Jewish, sexist, and homophobic theologies.”
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People always ask me how I like Baltimore. Helene and I moved here almost three years ago and have found this community to be warm, welcoming, down-to-earth and family friendly. Outside of the Jewish community, Baltimore as a city offers everything we could ask for — museums, music venues, great sports teams and a beautiful harbor to enjoy. With the birth of our third child a month ago at Sinai Hospital, we feel like our roots have taken hold, and we can finally say, “We’re from Baltimore.” I am so satisfied with every aspect of life here — except for one. There is a reality in Baltimore that I cannot accept, but I’m afraid we’re all so used to it that we barely notice it anymore. It is the violence and bloodshed that takes place in our midst. Every morning, when I check the news, the first thing I read about are the shootings and murders that occurred overnight. We are on track to have well over 200 murders in the city this year, making Baltimore the sixth most deadly city in the United States. For every murder, there are many more non-fatal shootings, and for every non-fatal shooting there are many people threatened or robbed at gunpoint. It hit home when in a oneweek span, the Royal Farms and a bank down the street got robbed, and then a friend was robbed in broad daylight in Towson with a gun pointed at his head. When I voiced my concerns to friends who grew up here, their response was, “Welcome to Baltimore” or “Don’t worry, that’s the city not the county.” ose answers only made me feel worse. Acceptance of evil or creating a barrier in our minds based on a make-believe line is a technique that runs contrary to Jewish norms. In Leviticus we are taught “Lo taamod al dam re’echa,” “don’t stand by while your fellow’s blood is shed.” Baltimore is our city, too, and the
blood of innocents is on our hands. My purpose in this column is not to complain about political leadership, the justice system or the police force. I am not an expert in any of those areas. As a rabbi, my role is to cry out to awaken our sense of communal responsibility. We must not accept violence as our reality. Relying on the authorities to take care of this problem is not good enough. We must demand in a voice that is loud and constant that violence has no place in our city and that even one murder is too many.
We must not accept violence as our reality. … Violence has no place in our city. I’ll never forget the prayer vigil for Milton Hill. It was July of 2010 and I was new in town. When I heard that Hill, a 70-year-old volunteer, was murdered while cleaning the steps of the Ark Church on North Avenue, I felt that I needed to be there. Politicians and religious leaders stood on the church steps swearing to do something about these random acts of violence while Milton’s family and congregation held each other and wept. A grandmother from the church got up and said she was afraid to take her grandchildren to the playground. I still hear her voice today: “Help me, help me.” She’s speaking to you and me. JT Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro is spiritual leader of Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah and a member of the Baltimore Board of Rabbis. His views do not necessarily represent the views of the Board of Rabbis or its members.
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From î‚Šis View Autumn Sadovnik
The Case for Hebrew School Hebrew scHool (or congregational school, the titles refer to the same thing) is a place where children who attend a fulltime secular school go to experience Jewish learning. ese schools provide a rich, substantive environment that creates lifelong Jewish learners and committed community members. I overheard a tutor and a preschool mom inquiring about “Hebrew school tutoring.� I hear this o�en; she, like many of my generation, has decided congregational school isn’t for her. some parents don’t see the need for any formal Jewish education and opt out altogether. e trendy option is a tutor who works within the family’s schedule, meets privately with a student on a customized curriculum and designs a service that the family selects,
without necessarily entering a synagogue. I am not going to deny the appeal of a service that reects my child’s requests, and I will admit that scheduling can be diďŹƒcult, but we make it work for soccer practice. why won’t we make Jewish schooling work, too? My generation seems to have decided that these places of formal Jewish learning are not valuable. our children need competitive academics by day and evenings ďŹ lled with structured recreation. we have stagnant memories of sunday mornings spent repeating Hebrew phonemes and reading antiquated books. we didn’t like Hebrew school. our parents didn’t like Hebrew school. even my Great Uncle sheldon didn’t like Talmud Torah school. we assume our children will have the same experience. Jewish learning isn’t meant to be
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done in isolation. we are a communal people. without a connection to other Jews, our children miss an essential Jewish value — kehillah, community. we are meant to learn together, give together and pray together. It’s why we associate Jewish identity with Jewish peoplehood. If we selected our children’s educational experiences simply based on the unpleasantness we experienced in our youth, most of us would all home school. we send our children to school because teaching methodology evolves and improves and because it serves our children well. congregational schools serve our children well, and well beyond their bnei mitzvah. our thriving high school programs at baltimore’s reform and conservative congregations are a testament to youth who want to keep learning more about their faith and her-
itage a�er the last gi� check was cashed. congregational schools develop strong children with deep Jewish identities and meaningful relationships with our community. some congregational schools are innovative, engaging and exciting. ey teach many of the same skills — teamwork, commitment, integrity, and leadership — that we seek in secular programs. ere is a multitude of worthwhile and valuable a�er-school endeavors to enrich our children’s lives. However, we must remember that when they have moved on to other interests, graduated from college and have jobs and their own families, they probably won’t be gymnasts or ballerinas or lacrosse players. ey will still be Jews. JT Autumn Sadovnik is the director of professional development at the Macks Center for Jewish Education.
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Wo r l d A I D S D ay i s D e c . 1 . Are you between the ages of 13 and 29? Are you the parent of a teen or young adult? Are you a woman over age 50? Do you have or have you had unprotected sex? Have you had a piercing or a tattoo? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are, or someone close to you is, at risk for contracting HIV/AIDS. Most of us may not think we are vulnerable, but HIV/AIDS is still a major health threat. Scientists are closer to a cure, but they’re not there yet. HIV/AIDS is not talked about much in the national news these days, nor is it often mentioned in Baltimore. But the fact is that every eight minutes another person in Baltimore contracts HIV. That’s 180 people newly infected by the virus every day. As those infected are living longer with HIV, many of us have come to see the virus more as a chronic illness. But people still die. Did you know that one in five people who are HIV positive don’t know that they have the virus? Teens and young adults have the highest rate of infection today. And here’s a fact that may surprise you: The number of women over age 50 with AIDS has tripled in the last decade. Whether you are 20 or 50, if you have unprotected sex, you are at risk. Abstinence is the number one way to avoid getting HIV in the first place. You can’t tell by looking whether a person is infected. One unprotected sexual encounter is all it takes to get HIV. If the virus goes undetected and untreated, it can lead to AIDS more quickly. In recent conversations I’ve had with both teens and parents about sex, both referred to protection as birth control pills and not condoms. It seems that the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy found the same thing.
The agency teamed up with Seventeen Magazine to create a survey on current teen sexual behavior. The findings, published in its report “Girl Talk,” note that only 45 percent of sexually active high school senior girls regularly use protection (contraception). When I talk to students, guys often say they’d rather not use a condom. At that point, I turn to the girls and ask them if there is a message that their partner’s pleasure is more important than their health. The girls become a little indignant. A light dawns, as they realize they’re putting themselves at risk, and some of the guys start to get it.
HIV/AIDS is not talked about much in the national news these days Television shows, movies, the Internet, books and magazines may devalue sex; values come from home. You don’t have to defend your choice to wait — or offer anyone an explanation. World AIDS Day presents a great opportunity to have open and honest conversations with those we care about. Our best means of ending HIV is to stop spreading it. If you are sexually active, get tested, and from now on protect yourself and your partner. If you know your friends don’t use condoms, share the information. For parents of teens or young adults, even if it feels uncomfortable, while you’re discussing your values about sex, let them know that they must always protect themselves. Find out where to get tested by visiting our website ifiknew.org. JT Colleen Brady is a prevention education health educator for Jewish Community Services. To learn more about how JCS can help you solve life’s puzzles, visit jcsbaltimore.org or call 410466-9200.
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Book, Article Are Accurate efraim Zuroff ’s letter (“the real truth,” Nov.1) contains numerous untruths. Contrary to mr. Zuroff ’s assertion, my book, “we are here: memories of the lithuanian holocaust” (University of Nebraska Press, 2012), is quite clear about the extensive role played by lithuanians in the mass murder of Jews during world war ii. so is simone ellin’s oct. 18 article about the book. the lithuanian government has been justly criticized for actions and inactions in the years since the holocaust. But “we are here” is not a book about the lithuanian government, nor is it being promoted by that government. in “we are here,” i offer a close and compassionate look at Jews and non-Jews in lithuania who are leading the effort to remember the past and build a more tolerant future. while that effort is difficult and flawed, it is nonetheless deeply instructive for all of us who care about preventing future genocides. Ellen Cassedy Washington, D.C.
Heights Avenue, Not Road Nice story on e Park school. however, it was never located on liberty road. it’s liberty heights avenue, site of Baltimore City Community College, which, as Baltimore Junior College, took over e Park school property when Park moved to old Court road more than 50 years ago. Alan Z. Forman Baltimore
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Park Story Slip-Ups i, too, am a fourth-generation Park school graduate, starting with sigmund sonneborn one of the founders, his son, rudolph sonneborn, my mother, lisette sonneborn scheuer, myself and my daughter, Patti Neumann. i was distressed to see the writer mention that the Park school moved from the park to liberty road in 1917. Park school was located on liberty heights avenue, never liberty road. the school was never called “the Park University school” as it is named under a picture in the article. and, my dear, late mother’s best friend was not helen Greif, but helene Greif. Park was always “... a magical place,” as said by anne applefeld Katz. the relationship between students and teachers was always one of the most important ingredients that made our school such a special one. Ann Scheuer Neumann Libov Lutherville
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sharing space with women, i believe there should be three individual spaces allocated for worship, one for men, one for women and one for people who desire to worship together. Miriam Feingersh Yonkers, N.Y.
Right To Defend a message from the Jewish members of the Baltimore County republican Central Committee: israelis have lived for years under crushing fear of hamas’ tyrannical regime. rockets falling on kindergartens and schools in sderot and ashkelon — where native-born israelis learn alongside poor recent immigrants and refugees — are a human tragedy. some of the victims were among those expelled from the Gush Katif region of the Gaza strip in 2005 in a vain hope of achieving security. the israeli government [was] fully within its rights to defend its people against these atrocities. this [past] thanksgiving weekend, we in Baltimore [appreciated] a sense of security
i got very excited when i saw the headline “secular women making strides” (Nov. 16) as part of your coverage of the 2012 General assembly. alas, my excitement evaporated as i began reading the article, since i quickly realized that it wasn’t about secular women at all. the article discusses a session led by anat hoffman, who definitely is not secular. in the second paragraph of the article, you correctly identify hoffman and other women like her as “religious but non-orthodox.” … i continue to look forward to the day when i open up the Jewish Times and see a story that really is about secular Jews making strides.
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Prayer For All a recent article in the Jewish Times (“Prayer For all,” Nov. 9) regarding the problem with the use of the Kotel concerned me. this is my reply: since many orthodox men object to
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that children in israel’s south have never known. Al Mendelsohn Ruth Goetz Rudy Stoler Baltimore
BGE Babble i am writing in response to the letter to the editor written by Jeannette mills, vice president, customer operations and chief customer officer of Baltimore Gas and electric (Nov. 16). i believe one word would adequately describe the gist of her remarks: babble. here’s the truth about BGe’s power restoration record over the last 20 years. it has been atrocious. hundreds of thousands of customers were without power for at least six days in the aermath of the June 29 derecho. what’s more, thousands of people were le without power aer the occurrence of hurricane sandy for at least four days. is is unacceptable. BGe needs to come clean and confess that it is at least 1,500 individuals short in their power restoration division, and it must be willing to correct
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During his campaign for re-election, Chris Van Hollen claimed that he was a “friend of Israel.” He even took out a full-page ad in the Washington Jewish Week just a few days before the Nov. 6 election claiming that he always stood in strong support of Israel. … Van Hollen also claimed he supported the Iron Dome missile defense system. … However, Van Hollen conveniently failed to mention that he twice voted against funding the Iron Dome. The fact now is that Israel doesn’t have enough Iron Dome missile defense batteries to protect the country from Hamas and Hezbollah missile strikes. So where is Chris Van Hollen now?
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Eighteen percent of children in the United States have a disability or condition that requires some supplemental intervention or support. That is six million students. In public schools, most children with disabilities spend the majority of their days in an inclusive classroom. These children are flourishing. They are learning. … e Individuals with Disabilities Act was passed in 2004. It has not been around for long; however, it has created a difference in the lives of students in public schools. Students have their own Individualized Education Plans that help promote their learning. Private schools obviously do not have to abide by this law; they do not get any funding from it. A Jewish education and an inclusive education are not interchangeable. Jewish private schools need to work harder to include students with disabilities. What really matters is that a child with a disability who comes to a school should not have to pay more for services. It has already cost the family enough to get testing and to diagnose a child. … If a child needs services for a disability and also wants a Jewish education, he or she should be able to get one. … I am encouraging you to help these students and to make sure that all Jewish students in our community feel included.
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My wife and I went to both our family’s gravesites at several cemeteries before the holidays. The one in Rosedale Cemeteries is where my grandparents’ monument is located. The American flag and its holder were gone, and the cemetery [in general] was not in the best shape. We then went to Beth Jacob’s cemetery. … The whole cemetery looks bad; there are a lot of monuments that have fallen over … and are busted. … This needs someone’s attention. … We pay a lot of money for the care of these graves.
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this understaffing. Otherwise, BGE customers will continue to suffer. While the politicians and the media in the state of Maryland are willing to grant BGE a free pass for its unsatisfactory service during power outages, I will not. at is why I’m resubmitting my $1 billion lawsuit against BGE-Exelon for failure to provide good service to their customers. … All of any monetary rewards to me would be distributed to the needy.
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What time is the next Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC yoga class? How much does it cost to get a taco salad from Eden Cafe? These are all questions that can be easily answered … through an app. Less than a month ago, the JCC launched its mobile app, which enables users to get easy access to group fitness, aquatics and gym schedules, as well as JCC upcoming events. The user can even download the class he or she is interested in to his or her digital calendar — and set a reminder. “We’re always exploring new ways of making the JCC more accessible to our members and guests,” said Robin RoseSamuels, marketing director for the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, an agency of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. The app, which was soft launched at the end of October and made available to the public in early November, was created through Guidebook.com. Rose-Samuels located the app creator through the Jewish Community Center Association listserv; Guidebook.com built a first JCC app for the JCC in Palo Alto, Calif. Ultimately, she said, JCCA envisions a national JCC app, which would list all centers across the country and provide links to mobile websites. The local app, which also offers access to the Owings Mills and Weinberg Park Heights centers’ hours, directions,
contact forms, overview of arts and culture offerings and info for teens and students interested in Jewish camping, has been met with tremendous interest. According to Rose-Samuels, in the first three weeks, more than 2,500 people viewed the JCC’s mobile website through their browsers, and another 200 downloaded the app. The app joins the JCC’s already hightech facility — flat-screen displays in the lobby, a text-messaging alert service and Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channels. What’s next? “We are planning to upgrade our website next year,” said Rose-Samuels, “and we are actively looking at upgrading our online registration program.” Stay tuned … or rather plugged in. — Maayan Jaffe
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Israeli youth will participate for the first time in the Junior Eurovision competition. The event, which takes place Dec. 1 at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, is produced by the European Broadcasting Union. This year, 12 countries are participating. The Israeli youth were discovered first by a recommendation from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, as well as department managers of local authorities throughout the country. Each winner, selected by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority and Israel Ch. 1’s Department of Children and Youth Division, participated in an audition. They include: Adi Meselot, 14, of Kfar Saba; Adele Korsov, 11, of Oranit; Daniel Frojinski, 13, of Rosh Ha’ayin; Adi Beatty, 11, of Hod Hasharon; Libi Penker, 14, of Rosh Ha’ayin; and Tali Sorokin, 11, of Rehovot. The Israeli delegation, going by the name “KIDS.IL,” will perform the song, “Let the Music Win,” written and composed by singer-songwriter Ohad Hitman. KIDS.IL is in the process of filming a music video in Rosh Ha’ayin under the direction of Alon Alush. Rosh Ha’ayin is among Israel’s leading cities for musical education with the goal of using music to build a bridge between cultures and nations. Learn more at iba.org.il/zap/ (site is in Hebrew). — Maayan Jaffe
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University of Maryland Senior Wins Hillel Award A University of Maryland senior was one of five students worldwide to win a prestigious award from Hillel. Aaron Czinn, 21, of Springfield, N.J., received the Philip H. and Susan Rudd Cohen Student Exemplar of Excellence Award. Overall, five students and two Hillels from around the country were recognized with the honor, given out during a ceremony earlier this month at the 2012 Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly. The award is presented annually to students who have demonstrated outstanding Jewish leadership skills
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on their college campuses and have shown continued commitment to their Jud-aism through leadership, observance of Jewish values, creation of relationships and inspiration to others to do the same, according to a news release. “It’s a nice thought to know that the work I have done on campus has been recognized by others,” said Czinn, a marketing and information systems major. “I wasn’t trying to be recognized; I just wanted to have a positive impact on my community.” Czinn serves as president of Mary-
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land Hillel’s Committee for Religious Life, where he said he has worked to increase inclusiveness among Jews on campus. “It is always a wonderful opportunity to grant these awards to deserving students and be able to celebrate, with hundreds of students in attendance, the amazing work that is happening at Hillels around the world,” said Debra Geiger, a director at Hillel’s Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center and coordinator of the Cohen Award submissions. Czinn has been active in Hillel since
his freshman year and hopes to work with a nonprofit aer graduation in May 2013. “Maryland Hillel inspires Jewish leaders, such as Aaron, to reach their potential,” said Cindy Goldstein, a Maryland Hillel board member. “I could not be prouder of the meaningful work that Maryland Hillel does in providing opportunities for students to find their ‘Jewish place,’ encouraging them to immerse themselves in Jewish life and leadership on campus in whatever way they find comfortable.” — Ron Snyder
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During the 2012-2013 school year, three Baltimore Jewish day schools stand to benefit from a newly formed partnership between SHEMESH and Hidden Sparks. SHEMESH, a program of e Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, announced that Bais Yaakov School for Girls, Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore and Ohr Chadash Academy will participate in the Hidden Sparks program that focuses on various forms of teacher training to strengthen classroom learning for students with a wide range of learning disabilities such as reading comprehension and language processing. Hidden Sparks is a New York-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping children with learning differences. e approach is mutifaceted.
Hidden Sparks, working in concert with Gila Haor, professional development coordinator for SHEMESH, will provide on-site training for selected coaches from each school. The coaches will then work hand-inhand with the schools’ teachers in the form of one-on-one meetings and classroom observations to incorporate ideal components of learning, classroom strategies and differentiated instruction. “Usually, most teachers aren’t thrilled about having people coming into their classroom and giving them feedback,” said Faye Friedman, SHEMESH’s program director. “But because the feedback is focused on the students and not about their teaching, teachers will welcome this and are embracing the opportunity to discuss
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their students.” “It’s not your administrator, it’s not your supervisor. It’s a colleague. [Teachers] aren’t embarrassed to say things like, ‘with this student, I’m stumped,’” she explained.
Make Your Own Chanukah House And Win! Chanukah is early this year, and Manischewitz has a fun new product and contest to engage you and especially the kids, in the delights of decorating for the holiday. If Martha Stewart were Jewish, she would certainly have one: The Manischewitz Chanukah House Decorating Kit! You have until Dec. 15 to upload a photo of your own hand-built Chanukah house to the Manischewitz Facebook website (facebook.com/ Manischewitz). The kits ($14.95) are available at Seven Mile Market and include a vanilla cookie base, an assortment of toppings that include blue and white icing, fondant and sugar with custom decorative pieces of Stars of David, menorahs and a door mezuzah. But you’ll want to embellish with more ingredients; let your imagination be your guide. According the rules, you can add “outside materials” such as sprinkles, cookies, candy and more. Maybe Chanukah chocolate coins. The kit makes assembly very easy, yet you might need an additional can of store-bought white icing. Think of an entire scene, not just a house.
There’s a limit of one online entry per person. Judges will choose one grand-prize winner and one second-prize winner. They will also select five finalists whose entries will be posted online for voting by the public. The entry with the most “likes” on Facebook will be named third-prize winner. The grand prize is $500, second prize is $200, and third prize gets $150 worth of Manischewitz products. You must be 18 years or older to enter, but those younger can submit their entry with parental permission, using a parent or guardian’s email address. For a complete list of the rules visit the Manischewitz Facebook page or Manischewitz.com. Even if you don’t make a house, you could win, and it’s fun to view the entries. There will be one fourth-prize given to a lucky voting participant selected at random from a list who participate in online voting. That prize is $100 worth of Manischewitz products. Get your kits, and get your imagination in gear. Wouldn’t it be great to have a grandprize winner from Baltimore? — Ilene Spector
Noted a release on the partnership: SHEMESH hopes the success of this initiative will lead to signing more schools for the 2013-2014 academic year. — David Snyder
Memorialize A Legacy The Avnei Choshen Foundation is in search of memories, photos, letters, documents, movie clips and other materials featuring or pertaining to a once very famous Baltimore rabbi, Rabbi Michael Forshlager, zt”l. Rabbi Forshlager, born in 1844 in a shtetl in Poland, immigrated to Baltimore in 1921. From a very young age, he was considered one of the Torah greats of his generation. The famous Orthodox rabbi, Rabbi Aron Kotler, zt”l, called him, “the greatest gaon [genius] to step foot in America.” Rabbi Forshlager welcomed into his home in Baltimore the first two Chief Rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1921-1935) and Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1936-1949). It was also in his home that the seed that grew into the prestigious Ner Israel Rabbinical College was planted. Rabbi Forshlager’s library of his own teachings contained 45 bound volumes of about 300 pages each, plus around 1,000 pages of unbound copy written in the last 10 to 15 years of his life. The Avnei Choshen Foundation plans to memorialize Rabbi Forshlager’s memory with a biographical publication. The foundation is asking that if Baltimoreans have materials about the rabbi that they are willing to share, they should contact Rabbi Benzion Bergman at 718-435-4638 or bergmanjay@gmail.com. All submissions will be credited upon request and all rights respected.
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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, center, joins CHAI and Park Heights Renaissance to break ground on a new housing community.
‘Renaissance’ in Park Heights CHAI’s latest senior housing project unites community
na Singer said she understands that to many people, Baltimore’s Park Heights community is divided into two sections: the predominately Jewish north and the mainly AfricanAmerican south. But to Singer, president of Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc., Park Heights is just one big community. That mindset was echoed by elected officials and civic leaders Tuesday, Nov. 20, when they gathered along the 4300 block of Pimlico Road for the groundbreaking of a planned 60-unit independent apartment building to benefit limitedincome seniors. The $9 million project, called Renaissance Gardens, will be a fourstory building with one-bedroom apartments. e project came to fruition thanks to a partnership between CHAI and
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Park Heights Renaissance, Inc., the latter of which was formed to implement the Baltimore City Park Heights master plan. e funding for the housing community came from a combination of Department of Housing and Urban Development financing and grants and a grant from Baltimore City. “It’s important for CHAI that all of Park Heights, not just the northern portion, thrives. This is about reinvesting in the community and helping all seniors in the community find an affordable place to live, where they can be as independent as possible,” Singer said. “This project is smaller than most of the senior communities we have developed. While we usually have communities in the 85- to 100-unit range, this latest project will have a big impact in Park Heights, and I’m so excited.” CHAI Executive Director Ken
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“This latest project will have a big impact in Park Heights, and I’m so excited.” — CHAI President Ina Singer
Gelula said that along with the apartments, Renaissance Gardens also will include common areas with a multipurpose dining room, living room, computer room, commissary and activity rooms. There also will be ancillary services available, including assistance with health care through the LifeBridge Health Network and the Park West Health System and the opportunity for residents to dine together through the Baltimore City Eating Together program. Gelula noted that there will be additional programs to assist residents with shopping and social services.
“It was really a three- to four-year process to get this project to this point,” Gelula said. “This was a winwin concept for all the parties involved, as it will go a long way toward kick-starting redevelopment in southern Park Heights. There is such a need for affordable senior housing in the area, and this project will help address that need.” Renaissance Gardens represents the 15th community CHAI has acquired, renovated or developed in Baltimore City, Pikesville and Owings Mills since 1994, Gelula said. But, this latest project is unique in many ways to
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What if you could change the way the world sees Israel? at is the question e Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore will be asking locals this year, as it embarks on a new campaign, Step Up For Israel. “All of us are responsible for the future of Israel and the Jewish people. If we don’t take a stand and become personally involved today, we deny future generations the opportunity to understand their role in Israel’s history and to be a part of Israel’s future,” said Beth Goldsmith, quoting from material published on associated.org/standup forisrael, the website promoting the campaign. Goldsmith is co-chair of e Associated’s Israel & Overseas committee with Jason A. Blavatt.
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innovation and importance to the Jewish people. The first film to be featured this year is “Israel Inside,” the story of how a small nation has made a big difference in the world. “It is the most amazing film about Israel,” said Mark Bearman, chief operating officer of the Bearman Foundation. “It focuses on how Israelis turned a desert into a thriving caring society and how Israeli youth are raised to give back. … The youth are raised to ask questions. … [Israelis] see mistakes as steppingstones to doing something great.” Bearman noted that many people think the technological devices they carry around are created in China. In reality, and as is showcased in the film, many of these things are developed in Israel. Plans are to show the films at synagogues, community centers and other locations around town. According to Bearman, his foundation with Attman bought the rights for screening all six films as many times as possible for one year. Some of the other films focus on Israeli history, and still another focuses on the challenging anti-Israel atmosphere on some college campuses. “One of the films, ‘Crossing the Line,’ exposes the growing anti-Israel movement taking place on many college campuses,” noted Goldsmith. “It is not intriguing, just very scary and also very frustrating. We have to be proactive.” Step Up For Israel comes shortly after — and in some ways in response to — a study by the Brand Israel Group and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. The 2010 survey, which sampled more than 3,000 Americans, including 1,800 college students,
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Israel,” said Bearman. Currently, Bearman is working with The Associated to incorporate some of the innovations that can be learned from “Israel Inside” into its family missions’ itineraries and other opportunities. Bearman said his foundation “likes to keep it fresh” when it comes to what it funds. The foundation does its due diligence in making sure its dollars are put to appropriate use. “This sort of campaign follows the Bearman mission,” he said. JT A first showing of “Israel Inside” will take place on Dec. 5 at 9 a.m. as part of the Baltimore Israel Coalition’s “Lobby for Israel: Day on Capitol Hill.” For more information, contact Chana Siff at csiff@baltjc.org. Additional viewings can be found at associated.org/stepupforisrael. Maayan Jaffe is JT managing editor mjaffe@jewishtimes.com
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The first thing … is to help the community move beyond their thoughts of what a senior center is. We took “senior” out of the title because I think the words “senior center” drum up connotations of bingo and hot lunch and arts and crafts. That is not what we are. We have some of those types of activities, … but where we thrive are with things like high-level literature and art classes and with fitness programming, and there is so much more that we can do. We want to be a central organization for anything an older adult needs, whether that is recreation, socialization, a referral, education or just good programming. How will you get it all done?
I am the kind of person who likes to throw everything out at once, and I know I will have to take my time — a little. But I am so exited by all the potential of what we can do for older adults in Northwest Baltimore, but beyond as well.
David Golaner took the position of Myerberg executive director in July.
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MOVING UP David Golaner plans to take the Myerberg Center to the next level By Maayan Jaffe
avid Golaner is young and full of vision. A graduate of The Park School, Golaner spent the beginning of his career working for his alma mater, first as principal of summer programs, then as the head of development for its auxiliary revenue programs, and eventually as director of alumni programs and relations. From there, he worked with Sol Levinson’s & Bros. Inc. Today, however, Golaner said he is right where he wants to be — at the helm of the Edward A. Myerberg Center (since July 1), where he plans to provide a stimulating, supportive and welcoming environment for mature adults and, in his words, “to develop the center into something great.” At only 34 years old, Executive Director Golaner
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said he has fond memories of the Myerberg from his youth. And in a short question-and-answer session with the Baltimore Jewish Times, he said he “thought about this [position as] a great way to use my talents as a nonprofit leader.” JT: There has been a lot of transition at the Myerberg in the last couple of years. What will make you different and longer lasting? Golaner: Linda Trope retired and then we had
Arnold Eppel , who I would consider to have been an interim executive director. He really got the center back on a very strong standing financially and in a managerial sense. Now, I have the benefit of coming in after he did all that hard work to really further the vision.
We are a hub of the Northwest Baltimore neighborhood, but there are older adults in other neighborhoods who don’t have a center like this. … We can take anyone for programming and membership. We want to encourage more Baltimore County residents to come and take advantage of the center. Is this a changed vision?
Not really. e current strategic plan for the center is being extended a little as I come in. I will put some of my vision into it, as will key board members. e vision and strategic mission of the Myerberg remains the same: to provide opportunities for older adults in a variety of ways. In last few years, the center did not necessarily live up to that mission. e message I am giving to the staff and the board is that we need to elevate what we are doing and to provide a more well-rounded experience for older adults. The center’s hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with short Sunday hours. Are you accessible?
When you think of adults who are 55 and older, those in that 55 to 70 range, a lot of them are still working, a lot of them are taking care of grandchildren, and they may not have the time to come to a center like this between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. We need to extend our hours to when people are available to come in and utilize our services. And the other part is to go into the community and to bring programming to them.
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For example …
We could meet on the NCR (Northern Central Railroad Trail). We’d provide a leader and go on a bike ride. You’d pay $5 or whatever it is. at is a great program for older adults who want to remain active, adults who might not have considered coming in because they don’t want to be in a senior center.
“WE NEED TO EXTEND OUR HOURS TO WHEN PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE TO COME IN AND UTILIZE OUR SERVICES.”
Who will you partner with?
Our key strategic partners are The Associated: [ Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore] and its agencies. We have a great working relationship with many of them. We were started in 1976 through the work of the National Council of Jewish Women and e Associated — through grants. … And, while we are open to anyone and we have a very nice amount of diversification in our population, the vast majority of our constituents are Jewish, and it is natural to have that relationship with e Associated and its agencies. This relationship enhances what they can offer and what we can offer to Jewish Baltimore. Are there any 2013 highlights already planned?
This year, we will have Michael Feinstein [head of
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the award-winning PBS series “American Songbook”] on May 8 at the Lyric Opera House. We used to have our annual event at synagogues. Part of what I am really pushing here is that we have to think bigger than we have, to get the name of the Myerberg Center out in the community. We can draw people [to this event] from the entire Baltimore region. … It is going to be a wonderful night. How will this help the Myerberg?
It is a cycle: You become better known, you get better programming, and then more people come. That is the future of the Myerberg, for it to be a great place and the destination people think of
when they want to go to a program about yoga, estate planning, art history or ceramics. But you are only 34. What will keep you passionate about the seniors?
These older adults are no different than anyone else. They have the same needs and the same wants to be important, to have someone listen to them and to be a part of an active community. This job is all about building community. … We have come a long way already, and we have a long way to go. I am committed to making that happen. JT Maayan Jaffe is JT managing editor — mjaffe@jewishtimes.com
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A RABBI WALKS INTO A BAR ‌
Rabbi Jessy Gross sees herself as a facilitator and takes advantage of happy hours to make herself more approachable.
Rabbi Jessica Gross thrives in pubs, not pulpits By David Snyder | Photos by Justin Tsucalas
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erched atop a bar stool at Max’s Tap House on a tranquil Monday night in Fells Point, Rabbi Jessica “Jessy” Gross takes a swig of her Union Craft Brewery autumn red ale before turning to friend Josh Caplan. News of the University of Maryland’s impending departure from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big Ten Conference had popped up on one of the bar’s flat-screen TVs. Both Terrapin alumni, they briefly chat about the potential ramifications of the move. However, the purpose of Gross’ happy hour meeting is hardly just to sample beer and talk sports, although she’s happy to do both. No, on this particular night, Max’s is serving as another example of Gross’ roaming office. Bar, coffee shop, city park—it doesn’t matter. Multiple times during the week, she’ll meet with her 20to 30-something peers in the Baltimore Jewish community to conduct informal “strategy sessions” on innovative ways to engage what is slowly becoming a booming downtown demographic.
“My style of leadership would be more of a stage manager whose job is to make sure that everybody has what they need to be on stage and be in the forefront — but they may never be identified as part of the band.” — Jessy Gross
Less than an hour later, Gross has shifted from patron to host. About a dozen Baltimore Jews — from Fells Point and Hampden to Charles Village and Federal Hill — sit around the dining-room table of Gross’ second-story Bolton Hill apartment crafting homemade Chanukah candles, previewing their holiday plans and talking about future events. Not exactly an average evening for your typical rabbi. But, spend just a few minutes with the 32year-old Gross and you’ll soon realize that she is not your typical rabbi. Hired in June 2012 by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, an agency of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, to direct Charm City Tribe, Gross’
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full-time job is embedding herself in the downtown Baltimore Jewish community and connecting those who comprise it with organically formed events. The relationships, she says, don’t necessarily have to take shape spiritually. They just have to take shape. “I don’t think a lot of people have an idea of what it would mean to say, ‘I’m interested in being part of a Jewish community,’ and for that not to be an inherently religious statement,” Gross said. “That’s the gift of the fact that we’re not just a religion — we’re a people.”
Uncharted Waters Usually in the professional world one can refer to successful templates or consult with experienced voices in a given field. is is not the case for Gross. As Beth El Rabbi Steven Schwartz told Gross recently, “You’re one of the first to ride the wave.” On top of engaging in discussions with hundreds locally in the past few months, Gross also has conversed with a number of individuals who hold similar positions in cities across the country. The majority are in unofficial or part-time roles. Very few possess the level of support Gross is receiving from Baltimore’s organized Jewish community. “The Jewish community overall is very much aware that there is a growing Jewish population in Baltimore City. ... A big part of that population is young adults. I think the community felt a very strong obligation to be able to engage those young adults in Jewish life,” said Rabbi Phil Miller, JCC vice president of outreach. “We needed someone who could go and become a part of the culture downtown and start an initiative that would create relationships with young adults and opportunities for them to create relationships with each other.” In addition to her wealth of experience in Jewish life — Gross has a rabbinical degree from Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles — Rabbi Miller pointed to the fact that both religious and lay leaders involved in the hiring process saw Gross as an ideal match given her social demeanor. Equipped with a bubbly personality, a quiet sense of humor and a humble approach, her colleagues say they feel relaxed when talking to her. “I know people who really would be intimidated sometimes by talking with a rabbi because they would feel there was a distance between them that they would have to overcome before they could embrace a message,” said Caplan, a Canton resident who is active in IMPACT and the Jewish Volunteer Connection. “She’s so warm and perceptive in terms of what this generation needs to feel
welcome and motivated.” It’s through that open line of conversation that Gross intends to develop an initiative that is still very much in its infancy. She notes that some of her initial plans after getting started in July have completely morphed since then. But whether it’s working in concert with organizations like Moishe House and the Jewish Museum of Maryland or hosting challah-making workshops or Shabbat dinners in her own home, Gross doesn’t want to be the one dictating the programs. Instead, she thrives in her role as facilitator, generating
Considerable Credentials Jessy Gross’ professional resume spans three pages and more than a decade of commitment to Jewish life. Gross’ work and personal history shed light onto the diverse experiences that have made her who she is today. Here are some of the highlights:
Jewish Farm School, Pa.: Served as an educator and logistical coordinator for week-long trips for college students. (She also developed curriculum for urban farm programs.)
Kayam Farm at the Pearlstone Center, Reisterstown: As a rabbinic educator, planned
a summer-long Kollel for young adults and oversaw the center’s core educational/ programming components.
Jewish Funds for Justice, N.Y.: Led servicelearning trips for college-aged students and young adults in their 20s and 30s.
Jewish Volunteer Connections, Baltimore: Was the lead counselor for service-learning camp and developed curriculum for JVC youth programs.
Gary Rosenthal Collection, Kensington, Md.:
Fueled programs that combined education with fundraising or community service projects. Included two events in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
American Jewish World Service, N.Y.:
Contributed to the Jewish Social Justice Round Table in 2011 at a White House briefing. Part of a rabbinic student delegation to Ghana in 2008.
PresenTense Magazine: Authored three articles on pluralism at Kayam Farm, growth of service learning among Jews and Judaism in the kitchen.
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PREDICTABLE, PERFECT PARTNERS Rabbi Jessica Gross knows that she cannot do her job on her own. Since taking up her position over the summer, she has found many eager partners downtown. One such partner are the folks living at Moishe House: Eta Flamholz, 25, Amanda Rudin, 22, and Sara Feldman, 24. Moishe House, located in Federal Hill, is a branch of an international program providing meaningful Jewish experiences to young adults in their 20s. The innovative model trains, supports and sponsors young Jewish leaders, as they create vibrant home-based communities for their peers. On a given month, said Flamholz, Moishe House could provide a handful of programs ranging from Jews and Tattoos — a program that the organization partnered on with Gross — to pizza night or a Shabbat dinner and wine tasting. The events could take place at the Moishe House or at the synagogues, bars and other spaces downtown. Program size could be as few as three people or as many as 70. “The goal is to build Jewish community in our area and to let people know there is a resource downtown,” said Flamholz. “We are meant to build community the way the local community wants that community built.” The Moishe House’s key constituency: singles in their 20s and early 30s. The three women have been living in the Moishe House since August. They took over for Max Pollak, Mickey Rubin and Jen Posner. Each has a day job. Flamholz, for example, works in the alumni relations department at Johns Hopkins University. Feldman is employed by Jewish Community Services, and Rudin is a special needs educator in Baltimore City. Partnering with Gross, said Flamholz, is natural. “While there is no formal partnership, Jessy was very forthcoming in wanting to meet with us to talk about how we could work together. Anytime we do a program with a learning aspect, she is more than happy to help,” said Flamholz. “She is a great person and easy to work with, and we look forward to working with her more in the future.” — Maayan Jaffe
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Make Your Own Chanuk ah Candles Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7-9 p.m. Bolton Hill; address provided on reply Shabbat Pot Luck Dinner Friday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m. Bolton Hill; address provided on reply Fry Something Chanukah Party Wednesday, Dec. 12, 7:30-10 p.m. For more information, email Jessy Gross at jgross@jcc.org or find her on Facebook, facebook.com/charmcitytribe. In partnership with Moishe House.
activities based on the conversations she has at sit-down meetings or impromptu happy hours. Gross realizes that her appeal to her generation of Jews may lie within the fact that she isn’t a 70year-old man with a gray beard. Still, she maintains strong relationships with local synagogues downtown — including B’nai Israel and Beth Am — and provides a valuable resource for any of her peers interested in learning more in a religious sense. That said, the fact that Gross does not reside in a pulpit, makes her all the more approachable to her peers. “I’ve heard a couple of times from people that I’ve met out and about, ‘this is really great, I’ve never felt like I could find someone I could to talk to,’” Gross said. “I do think that [during the search and hiring process] that my ability to connect with people who are my peers was, and I say this a little flippantly, maybe a little more important than how much Torah I know.”
Subtle Beginnings With such a strong passion for Jewish life and community, one may be surprised to learn that Gross was raised in a town, where there was not much of either. “I was the Jew,” said Gross, who grew up in a Chantilly, Va., a town about 25 miles west of
Washington. One of five Jews in a graduating high school class of more than 700 students — her four best friends were all members of a black Southern Baptist church — Gross was exposed to Baltimore’s tight-knit community through Jewish summer camps and the NFTY Reform youth movement. When she spent time in Charm City, she realized something that many here take for granted. “The fact that [my Baltimore friends] didn’t have to go out of their way to interact with other Jews was such an unrecognized difference, just in terms of how friendships were formed,” Gross said. “I feel like I had a few experiences growing up when I really needed some support, and I found it in my relationships and experiences in a variety of different Jewish communities.” As a youth, Gross didn’t have a Pikesville or an Owings Mills to call home. Now, she jokes, she knows more people who graduated from Pikesville and Owings Mills high schools than some of the people who actually went there. However, not living in a town with a highly concentrated Jewish population and not following strict religious observances as a child clearly didn’t impede her progress toward what she’s doing today. In fact, it may have laid the framework for it. Gross remembers celebrating the holidays with
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At a recent Chanukah candle-making workshop, Rabbi Jessica Gross played host to an ecclectic group of downtown Baltimore Millennials.
her family. They may not have been overtly religious in nature, but that didn’t stop them from being a tradition. “Every Jewish holiday I got stories about my family and about Judaism when I was making food with my mom,” she recalled. “The stories that she told when we were making matza ball soup for Passover were significantly longer than any Seder we did.”
A Challenging Generation Gross would like to share her own stories, too. But, she cautioned, this job is not about her or her notoriety. Several months down the road, it’s possible that hundreds of downtown Jews could know who she is or recognize her on the street, but that’s not the goal. Gross will only consider herself successful if the relationships she’s developing lead to connections down the line for young adults who otherwise may never have associated with one another. Although she’s someone who is never at a loss for words — “most of the people who care about me will tell you that I never shut up,” she said — and brings an unrelenting energy to what she does, Gross prefers to take a back seat and watch the bonds form. She also doesn’t want to be the only one sparking the conversation and asking the questions. Given her passion for music — her candle-making workshop featured an iTunes playlist replete
with classic hits and modern jams — the analogy she provides for what she wants her role to be isn’t too surprising. “My style of leadership would be more of a stage manager whose job is to make sure that everybody has what they need to be on stage and be in the forefront — but they may never be identified as part of the band,” Gross said. “I feel that same way about my role as a rabbi and a teacher. I don’t want to be the person who people are kind of emulating as the center. I want to be able to stand on the periphery, and in the different interactions individually and communally, more and more people will feel they have the confidence to move in the center.” In her own words, Gross concedes that her generation can often be apathetic, noncommittal and suspect of establishment and organization. But, she said, that’s no excuse for abandoning any hopes of engaging them. “Sometimes the biggest gift, but also the biggest challenge, is I happen to agree with a lot of the people who say, ‘This is why I don’t want to do things or don’t show up.’ Yet at the same time, I don’t want to say, therefore we shouldn’t engage at all. That’s exactly why we need to participate in the conversation and get involved,” said Gross. “We can’t stand on the outside and say, ‘You should be doing things differently.’” JT
There is not only a growing contingency of young adults downtown, but also families with young children. Over the past three years, the Jewish Community Center has tapped into that constituency by offering family programming at locations ranging from city libraries and the Jewish Museum of Maryland to churches and art galleries. In January, the Downtown Baltimore JCC, DBJCC as it is called by its fans, will have a home of its own. Sharon Seigel, director of parenting and outreach for the JCC, says the center has signed for office space on Light Street, not far from the Cross Street market. The JCC is slated to get into the property sometime in December, with a soft launch in January. By March, said Seigel, DBJCC should be up and running. “We were doing this [programming] in all these random locations, and there was just a need for a drop-in play space and also a place to create community. We picked Federal Hill because it has the largest concentration of families with young children, and there is also great walk-ability,” Seigel said. The physical DBJCC, made possible in large part by a grant from the Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds, will house downtown family program coordinator Kimberly Jacobson, as well as provide office space to Rabbi Jessy Gross. In addition, there are plans to hire an additional coordinator so the building can be open for more hours. DBJCC will offer birthday parties, too. Since its launch three years ago, said Seigel, DBJCC has seen tremendous growth. A database of 15 families has skyrocketed to more than 400. Between 30 and 50 families take classes through the DBJCC each eight- to 10-week session. — Maayan Jaffe
HOW MANY JEWS REALLY LIVE DOWNTON?
Downtown: 4,500 Jewish persons in 3,700
Jewish households (5 percent of Jewish Baltimore)
Guilford/Roland Park: 4,100 Jewish persons in 2,500 Jewish households (6 percent of Jewish Baltimore)
Source: 2010 Greater Baltimore Jewish Community Study
David Snyder is a JT staff reporter — dsnyder@jewishtimes.com
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FREEDOM SUNDAY’S
25TH ANNIVERSARY EXACTLY 25 YEARS AGO on Dec. 6, more than 250,000 people gathered in Washington to call on the Kremlin to open the gates and let Soviet Jews emigrate. Freedom Sunday, as it came to be known, was the largest Jewish-organized gathering in
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In 1987, the number of Jews allowed to leave the USSR was pitifully low. Many Soviet Jews continued to languish in the Gulag for their activism, while some refusenik families were living in limbo behind the Iron Curtain for years counted in double digits.
A reminder of what’s possible By David Harris The "Campaign to the Summit," a march on Washington, supporting freedom for Jews living in the Soviet Union, took place 25 years ago on Dec. 6, 1987.
I had the privilege of serving as the national coordinator of Freedom Sunday. It was an exhilarating and inspiring experience, but it had its challenges. First, we had barely five weeks notice of Gorbachev’s arrival to plan the event. The myriad details, big and small,
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For our youngsters, the emotional trauma can last forever. made it a 24/7 job for the dedicated team in charge of assembling the pieces. Second, the record attendance for a Jewish rally in Washington was 12,000 to 13,000 people. at was to support Israel in a defining time of war. What would our number look like against that unimpressive backdrop? Could a poor turnout actually damage the Soviet Jewry cause by signaling to the Kremlin a low level of interest in the issue? And third, despite the impression of a united Soviet Jewry movement, there were deep fissures between the so-called establishment and the activists — in typical Jewish fashion. Would everyone put aside their perceived differences and stand together as one for this single day? Much credit goes to Natan Sharansky, the legendary prisoner of conscience who spent nine years in the Soviet camps and was released in 1986, for setting the organizers’ sights high. He insisted there be a mass rally and set the goal at 250,000 participants. Frankly, no one had a clue how we would attain the number, but Sharansky, given his courageous and principled history, was not easy to dissuade. It was extraordinary to watch those five weeks of preparation unfold. Most striking was to see the response of Jewish communities across the United States, in Canada and in other countries. Reports would trickle in of one bus or planeload from a given city or college campus, then an amended report of two, or three, or four, or five. Organizers also began hearing about those planning to show up who had never attended a protest rally but felt this was history in the making and wanted to be a part of it. It was especially noteworthy to see how many times people referred to the Holocaust, saying that American
Jews needed to learn the lessons of history and speak out. In the end, more than 250,000 people participated. The weather was brisk but sunny. We had no shortage of prominent speakers, including Vice President George H.W. Bush. Media coverage was extensive. Indeed, Voice of America broadcast the rally to Soviet listeners, which we later learned was a huge morale boost for Jewish listeners. And as history has recorded, when Reagan and Gorbachev met in the Oval Office the next day, the American leader cited the rally as an unmistakable expression of public opinion and urged his Soviet counterpart to heed the message. The rest, as they say, is history. The gates began to open ever wider, and more and more Soviet Jews left. Eventually, more than a million Russian-speaking Jews settled in Israel, profoundly transforming the country and revitalizing the Zionist spirit. Unexpectedly, Germany became the fastest-growing Diaspora community in the world, with tens of thousands of new arrivals from the Soviet space. And the U.S. drew hundreds of thousands to the point where more than 10 percent of the Jewish community hails from the Soviet Union (or now, in one of my favorite sets of initials, the FSU). Not only is this history important as a remarkable chapter in the Jewish journey that should be far better known, but also it can serve as a case study in what is possible, against all the odds, if only the Jewish people stand together, persevere and join forces with others of good will. Dec. 6 is a date worth celebrating for what it achieved — and as a telling reminder of what is possible. JT David Harris is the executive director of the American Jewish Committee. He served as national coordinator for Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jewry, Dec. 6, 1987.
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Crossing the Line By Ron Kampeas
As Iran achieves nuclear weapons capability, a red line is passed
Iran appears to be over. With its massive increase of operative centrifuges at a secured uranium enrichment site, Iran appears to have moved beyond the question of whether capability to build a nuclear weapon or actual acquisition of a nuclear weapon is the appropriate red line. Iran already has achieved nuclear weapons capability, according to Michael Adler, an Iran expert at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Adler studied the latest report on Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which was leaked last week. It said that Iran soon could double the number of operating centrifuges at its underground Fordo nuclear site from 700 to 1,400. In all, the site has
nearly 2,800 centrifuges in place, a ccording to the report. Fordo, near the holy city of Qom, is built into a mountainside. Israeli and Western officials say the site has been fortified against attack. “As always with Iran, as time goes on they increase the facts on the ground,” Adler said. “What they do with their capability will determine whether they intend to be more threatening or reassuring. They’ve built up capacity — let’s see whether they use it or not,” Adler said. The notion of what constitutes capability to produce a nuclear weapon long has been controversial. Groups that oppose military engagement with Iran charge that the term itself is unclear and the aim of those promoting it as a red line was to
encourage a military strike. Others argue that with evidence of uranium enriched to “medium” levels — just a step or two short of weapons grade — Iran already had capability. A recent Gallup poll found that Americans cited keeping Iran from developing a nuclear weapon as among their top three priorities for President Barack Obama in his second term, with 79 percent of respondents ranking the issue as “extremely” or “very” important. For years, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahuís government had led calls to set nuclear capability as the red line. Both parties in Congress backed that language, inserting it into a number of laws. The Obama administration resisted, instead seeking through diplomatic and economic pressures to persuade
Iran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program. Netanyahu appeared to back down in September following months of pressure from Obama administration officials seeking to head off an Israeli strike on Iran. In a U.N. speech, Netanyahu set the Israeli red line at the point where Iran has made the decision to manufacture a bomb — essentially the position Obama had staked out. In that speech at the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu said that point might come as soon as spring, and Obama appears to agree. Last week, Obama said the window for diplomacy is several months “I will try to make a push in the coming months to see if we can open up a dialogue with Iran, and not just
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with us but with the international community, to see if we can get this thing resolved,” the president said. “I can’t promise that Iran will walk through the door that they need to walk through, but that would be very much the preferable option.” Western diplomats have said that such a dynamic likely would culminate in one-on-one talks between the United States and Iran. The New York Times last week reported that the Obama administration was seeking such talks, though the White House denied it. Heather Hurlburt, a speechwriter during the Clinton administration who now directs the National Security Network, a liberal/realist foreign policy think tank, noted that administration officials did not reject outright the prospect of one-on-one talks.
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“There’s this interesting dance about one-on-one talks,” she said. “It’s clear both sides are looking forward to having one-on-one.” Obama, aer his decisive election victory, has the mandate for such talks, Hurlburt said, partly because his challenger, Mitt Romney, toward the end of the campaign, aligned his Iran policy with Obama’s, emphasizing diplomacy as the best way forward. “ere are a number of areas where Romney adopted the president’s foreign policy, and Iran was one,” she said, adding that polling shows the public prefers a diplomatic option. Polling also shows that the public sees Iran as a priority, which could spur an Obama administration urgency toward securing a deal. Stephen Rademaker, a nuclear arms negotiator for President George W.
Bush, said Obama deserves breathing space to explore such a deal but that negotiations should be subject to close scrutiny. “I would never fault the U.S. government for exploring whether Iran is prepared to reach a diplomatic settlement to suspend the enrichment program. Now is as good a time as any to test them on that,” said Rademaker, now a principal at a lobbying outfit, the Podesta Group. “My larger concern about negotiations with Iran is that the Iranians may say yes to what we see is a good deal, but the reverse is also true.” One positive outcome, Rademaker said, would be a verifiable reduction in readily available enriched uranium, either through export or dedicated use in non-weapon capacities. Michael Makovksy, a Bush adminis-
tration Pentagon official who focused on Iraq and now directs the Bipartisan Policy Center’s foreign policy projects, said pressure should increase at least until a deal is achieved. “You could increase those chances of a deal if you have much tougher sanctions, a much tougher embargo on Iran, but it’s unclear whether other countries will go along with that,” Makovsky said. Another option is to ratchet up pressure by sharing with Israel advanced weapons, including the latest generation of bunker-busting bombs, and increasing the U.S. profile in the Persian Gulf, he said. “e element we need to be focusing on is boosting the credibility of the U.S. military option and of Israel’s,” Makovsky said. JT Ron Kampeas writes for the JTA wire service.
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Making A Shidduch By Alina Dain Sharon
Alvin E. Roth, in his Menlo Park, Calif., home, speaks to reporters following the announcement of his Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
ALVIN E. ROTH AND LLOYD S. S HAPLEY were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in mid-October for their work in market design. Shapley and another researcher, David Gale, came up with the Gale-Shapley algorithm, which showed how 10 men and 10 women could be matched so that no two partners would prefer a different partner over their current match. Roth, 60, who is Jewish, took this mathematical concept and applied it to the matching of U.S. student doctors to hospitals, a method now used by the National Resident Matching Program. He also used the algorithm to redesign how students apply to New York City public high schools so that fewer students ultimately attend schools that were not among their top choices. Roth, who also applied his algorithm to the process of kidney organ donation, is currently a visiting professor at Stanford University. The following is an exclusive JNS interview. 34
JNS: How and when did you find out about winning the Nobel Prize, and what was your initial reaction?
ROTH : We were awakened from sound sleep at around 3:30 in the morning. My wife woke up and said the phone is ringing. She went to our office, brought it back, and it rang again. One of their concerns is that you don’t think it’s a hoax, so he said “I have five or six of my colleagues here, and you know two of them, and they all can speak to you right now to let you know that it’s the real thing. I talked to a bunch of people in quick succession. It wasn’t unimaginable, [but] when the phone rang at first we thought that a child was in trouble. What does your market design research entail?
For a long time economists have studied markets as naturally occurring human phenomena. Biologists get to know more about plants so they can do plant readings and try to improve varieties of corn, just as economists like to know more about markets and
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how they work and try to make them work a little better, particularly when they run into trouble. Marketplaces are the institutions through which we decide all the things that get allocated, all the scarce resources. You’re sharing the Nobel Prize with Lloyd S. Shapley. How did you apply his algorithm to matching medical residents with hospitals? What was the main difference between the previous system and what was implemented based on your algorithm?
I knew about Shapley’s work. He was a giant of game theory when I was in graduate school. One of the things that changed was that instead of hospitals proposing to students, we moved it around to students proposing to hospitals, and that allowed us to handle some of complications of the medical market more basically. When the market started, there were no women in American medical schools. Today, there are about 50 percent women, and it turns out that a significant number of graduating medical students are married to each
other. In recent years there have been about 16,000 graduates of American medical schools, and about 1,600 are married to each other. So those two people need two jobs, and they would like to have them both, for instance, in Boston or New York. That gives their preferences a different kind of structure, and they have to be devised a little differently. How was your algorithm applied in the New York public school system?
New York City has a long history of struggling how to assign children to schools to meet all sorts of rules, as well as solutions to racial segregation. So New York had a very decentralized public school system partly as a result of that, and when Michael Bloomberg first became mayor, he tried to reassert some municipal control and reform these school systems. What they had before was that each high school sorted its own admissions, and as a result about 17,000 kids a year got multiple offers of
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which they could only take one. It wasn’t just that they didn’t get into their top choice but that they were assigned to a place on which they had no information about whether they wanted to go there or not. So now that number is down to about 3,000 from about 30,000. In the kidney transplant realm, your work has allowed patients to effectively swap incompatible donors with compatible ones from other donorpatient pairs. How does this work?
That’s how the simplest kind of exchange works, a double coincidence of wants as economists describe it.
You have a kidney, we can use it; we have a kidney, you can use it. But often you might have a kidney we can use, but we don’t have a kidney you can use. Maybe someone else has a kidney that you can use. So we started investigating more complicated exchanges, like with three pairs, for example. In what way did your Jewish education and upbringing, or religious thought in general, play a role in your life? Have those factors affected your economic research?
In my family we went to a Conservative shul. The idea of tikkun olam
is something that fits well with market design because they’re both there to repair the world. There’s a nice story in the Talmud about a Roman woman who asks a rabbi how long did it take Hashem to create the universe, and he says six days, resting on the seventh, and she says to him, “What’s he been doing since then?” And the answer is, he’s been making matches. What are you working on these days or planning to work on?
and I’m working on a Nobel lecture. Right now, I am comfortably busy with the ripples of this award, but I’m teaching a class on market design and a class on experimental economics. One of the very nice things of this Nobel Prize for me is that I’ve gotten it for work that I am still doing. There are still valuable things to do, so it’s quite a thrill for me to have work recognized that I will go back to as soon as I stop being awarded for it. JT
These last two weeks, I’ve been answering emails, hundreds a day,
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Heart Screening: Receive a healthheart screening from LifeBridge Health. 9 a.m., 525 Resource Drive, Randallstown. Cost: $20 (appointments are required). Contact 410-601-9355.
Amit Cafe, A Night of Israeli Flavors: Amit Baltimore presents evening of Israeli food and music along with guest speaker Samy Ymar. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., 2525 Quarry Lake Drive, Baltimore. Cost: $36 ($54 for two); $172 for life membership plus two tickets. Contact 410-484-2223 or visit amithchildren.org/ gifts.
A Rabbi’s Path to Palestinian Solidarity: Author/Rabbi Brant Rosen will discuss his transformation from a liberal Zionist to an engaged Palestinian solidarity activist. Noon to 1 p.m., Jewish Voice for Peace, 2640 St. Paul St. Cost: $5 (suggested donation). Contact Jodie Zisow at jzisow@gmail.com.
Social Skills Group for Boys: This is a meeting for middle school boys who experience challenges with relationships. 7:15 to 8:15 p.m., Owings Mills JCC, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave. Contact 410466-9200 or info@jcsbaltimore.org.
Family Fun Day : Come out for story time, games and more. 10 a.m., Towson Town Center, 825 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson. Free. t ow sontowncent er.c om.
Michael Tolcher Entertains: Acoustic show. 8 p.m., 2501 Eutaw Place, Baltimore. Cost: $15 in advance; $20 at the door. Contact 410-4849110 or producer@eutawplace.org.
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St ory Time at B ar nes & Noble: Parents and kids are invited to this weekly story-time gathering. 10 a.m., Barnes & Noble, 1819 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville. Free.
Resume Writing Strategy: Learn the latest resume techniques. 1:30 to 3 p.m., JCS at Owings Mills, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave. Contact 410466-9200 or info@jcsbaltimore.org.
Networking for Jobs: Develop marketing techniques for a successful job search. 9:30 to 11 a.m., JCS Building, 5750 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. Contact 410-466-9200 or info@jcsbaltimore.org.
Interview for Success: Learn how to interview. 5 p.m., Owings Mills JCC, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave. Contact 410-466-9200 or info@ jcsbaltimore.org.
He brew Readers Crash Course : Learn to read Hebrew in just five weeks. 7 p.m., Beth Tfiloh Congregation, 3300 Old Court Road, Pikesville. Free (advance registration requested). Contact Sandy Vogel at 410-413-2321 or mercaz@btfiloh.org.
Brews & Schmooze: Esther Fest! Come together for latkes, jokes, Esther and good old-fashioned holiday cheer. 6 to 9 p.m., Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd St., Baltimore. Free (alcohol provided for purchase). Contact 410-7326400, ext. 215 or rcylus@jewish museummd.org.
Klei Kodesh — Musical Kabbalat Shabbat: Join Rabbi Daniel Burg, cantor Ira Greenstein and guest musicians for music and food. 6 p.m., Beth Am Synagogue, 2501 Eutaw Place, Baltimore. Cost: $16 adults; $10 children 6-12; $56 max per family. Contact 410-532-2446 or office1@bethambaltimore.org.
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Aly’s JEWISH PRIDE Gold medal gymnast to headline FIDF’s annual event By David Snyder
Aly Raisman says that in addition to promoting her Jewish heritage, “Hava Nagila” was the perfect fit for her gold medal floor routine.
OLYMPIC GYMNAST ALY RAISMAN tumbled into our lives in late July. Raisman, 18, generated Jewish pride in scores of communities across the country and throughout the world when she performed her gold medalwinning floor routine at the 2012 Olympics in London to the song “Hava Nagila.” Captain of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, dubbed the “Fierce Five,” Raisman also played an integral role in helping bring home a team gold medal. Life hasn’t settled down since. Raisman is looking forward to completing a 40-city tour of the United States, but not before she makes a special appearance in Baltimore on Dec. 11 to speak at the Midatlantic Region of the Friends of the IDF’s annual event, taking place at Beth Tfiloh Congregation. e JT caught up with Raisman in anticipation of her appearance. JT: What’s life been like since returning from London?
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opportunities and to have so much support from everyone. It’s been really special. Wh at doe s it me an t o y ou th at y ou are speaking at an event in support of Israeli soldie rs?
It’s really an honor. … I’ve never given a long speech before, so I’m sure I’ll be a little bit nervous, but I’m excited. More nervous than you were with millions of people around the world watching you compete at the Olympics?
Yeah, I think so. Can you pu t int o wor ds w hat y our Olympic experience meant to you?
It meant everything to me. all the girls and I worked so hard and had trained for basically our whole lives. To have everything work out there and to be called the “Fierce Five” and be recognized like that is really cool. We’re all so close — best friends — so it’s really cool to be able to look back on that. When you finally got to t he Olympics, what was it like?
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it being the Olympics. You’re just trying to enjoy every little second and cherish every moment. I don’t think we ever expected it to be this crazy … and to have people know who we are. [Olympic teammate] Jordyn [Wieber] and I just went out to lunch, and we literally had 10 people come up to us. It’s just really crazy that we’re being recognized in public. Has t hat been a hard adjustment?
I don’t think it’s been difficult. … It doesn’t bother me at all. I love meeting new people, and it’s cool because before the Olympics I never got recognized, and now I get recognized all the time. Where did the idea to perform to “Hava Nagila” come from?
I wanted music that everyone could relate to and that the crowd could clap to. I had a really hard time picking floor music, and then one day, when I was at training camp in Texas, my parents found the “Hava Nagila” version on YouTube and I loved it … [I] showed it to my coaches, and they loved it, too. It … just fit right away. When I first performed it at the american Cup I got my highest score
ever … so I just had a good feeling about it. I t serv ed tw o pu rposes. Along wit h being a good fit, it also promot ed your Judaism. Was that import ant to you?
Yeah, it was really important to be able to support my Jewish heritage and to use that music. It was really cool … and [being] the 40th anniversary [of the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics], to win that routine was that much more special. What kind of fe edback did y ou ge t w hen pe ople on t he Olympic st age heard and saw it for t he first time?
There was a lot of positive feedback. I didn’t really realize that it would have an effect on everyone back home. People were explaining to me that their grandparents watched it and they were alive during the Holocaust, so to see me dance to “Hava Nagila” and have people supporting me and rooting for me meant so much to them. It was just cool for them to see me being proud of being Jewish. See Aly’s Jewish Pride on page 40
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home, training up to seven-and-a-half hours a day. It was so exhausting mentally and physically. I’m really thankful that I could have them to vent to at night and be there for me when I needed someone. It was definitely the hardest year of my life, so having their support and knowing that no matter how I did — if I finished first or last — they’d be so proud of me [helped a lot]. Do you think the casual view er has any idea how much t rain ing goes into what you do?
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I have the loudest laugh ever. I’m always hyper and crazy, and I like to have a lot of fun. Now that the Olympics are over, it’s nice to have a little break, be able to sit back, relax and have a good time. JT
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The Scher family struggles with Ian’s illness, but they keep a positive attitude.
Superheroes in Our Midst One family’s journey of love and bravery By Simone Ellin
Why do bad things happen to good people? This question has been asked since the beginning of time. Marci and Brian Scher and their twins, Becca and Ian, are among those people. They are good folks, faced with a situation that would be unimaginably difficult for anyone. Last July, aer coping with their son’s mysterious and debilitating symptoms for years, they finally received a diagnosis. Ian, 9, is suffering from a condition known as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and his is only the
third documented case of the disease in the world. The two other cases are twin girls in Israel, who, like Ian, are of Ashkenazi descent. The disease is incurable and untreatable. Ian’s diagnosis was made after he was administered a new genetic test known as the exome sequencing test. The Schers were the 13th family at Kennedy Krieger Institute to have the test. Ian’s results showed a mutation on the VRKI gene, and subsequent tests performed on his parents showed they both carried the same
auto-recessive mutation. The Schers’ saga began when the twins were born early, at 34 weeks. As a newborn, Ian had trouble breathing on his own and had microcephaly (an abnormally small head). Despite some developmental delays, he received early intervention services and appeared to be progressing well. Then, in the summer of 2009, Ian, then 6, experienced a sudden and dramatic regression. “He lost all his motor skills,” said Marci. But since all medical tests came back normal, a diagnosis could not be made. Although Ian regained some of his skills, in December 2009, he suffered another regressive episode. This time, his motor function didn’t return. In April 2010, the results of a spinal tap convinced his doctor to place him on medication usually prescribed for Parkinson’s patients. Ian started to walk a bit, Marci recalled, but soon lost that ability.
One year later, the Schers went to Utah, where they met with a specialist in motor disorders. At that time, Marci and Brian believed Ian was suffering from a dopamine deficiency that was affecting his movement. They were hopeful that with the right treatment, Ian could recover. Instead, the Schers were told Ian suffered from a type of neuromuscular disorder. “at’s when we learned it was a progressive, nonreversible, untreatable disease,” Marci recalled. Ian began using an electronic wheelchair in 2010. To make matters worse, a referral to a pulmonologist led to the discovery that Ian had only 30 percent lung function. In early 2012, the Schers were contacted by Dr. Gerald Raymond, Ian’s longtime neurologist and geneticist, about the exome test. Leila Jamal, a genetic counselor at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, explained the testing process and results to the Schers. See Superheroes on page 42 jewishtimes.com
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“The situation was devastating,” said Jamal. “But the Schers are phenomenal — strong and articulate; they learned everything they could learn. One of the difficulties of tests like this is that finding an answer doesn’t mean we have a cure. But there’s immense benefit and value to having a diagnosis, because even if there is no cure now, the test can lead to cures in the future.” “When we got our blood drawn for the exome test,” Marci remembered, “I knew in my gut, it would show something rare; it wouldn’t benefit Ian, but it would benefit the rest of the family. In some ways, getting the diagnosis changed nothing. We had known the prognosis since Utah, but it did take away the unknown, the wondering.” In addition, the Schers’ relatives can now decide whether or not to be tested to find out if they are also carriers of the VRKI mutation. Most anyone would wonder how the Schers cope with the ongoing trauma of Ian’s illness while balancing the parenting of Becca, a typically functioning 9-year-old, their work lives (Marci is assistant to Chizuk Amuno’s executive director and Brian is an accountant) and the day-to-day stressors that all of us face. Both Marci and Brian admit they have “had their moments.” Brian said he gets frustrated more easily than Marci. “But we complement each other. When she gets frustrated, I’m there to pick up the slack. … It’s just part of our lives. We don’t think, we just do,” Brian said. “In a way, Ian’s almost as active as other boys. He does Cub Scouts and Hebrew school, adaptive sports.” Of course, sometimes the Schers are sad. “ere are times when we’re at scouts and I see the other boys running around and I see other boys and their dads, and I feel sad, but I wouldn’t give him up for the world. … Once you talk
to Ian, you’re hooked,” Brian said. “Ian wants to walk again and wonders why he’s different,” Marci said. “He’ll say, ‘I used to be able to make a fist,’ ‘I can’t roll over in bed anymore.’” And they worry about Becca. “We have to remember she’s only 9. We want to give her as much time as possible and give her a childhood, too,” Brian said. “I try to make dates for dinner and to go out for ice cream [with her].” “It’s isolating having a child with a disability,” Marci said. “You can’t just go to a party and have conversations and let the kids go off on their own. You’re on duty 24/7, even aer bedtime. If Ian’s uncomfortable, I have to go in and turn him over, take him to the bathroom. He’s getting heavier, so it’s hard.
“It’s isolating having a child with a disability. ... You are on duty 24/7, even after bedtime.” — Brian Scher
“When we applied for funds for Ian’s bath chair, a wheelchair ramp and stairlift, we were told they weren’t medically necessary. When we’ve tried to get help at home, we’ve been told his condition isn’t serious enough, [that] his care is only custodial. Where are the resources for families in this situation?” “Sometimes, I get angry,” added Marci, “but being angry all the time isn’t going to help me or us or anyone.” JT Simone Ellin is a JT staff reporter sellin@jewishtimes.com
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ENDOWED BY OUR CREATOR Local author explores the origins of religious freedom in the United States By Ron Snyder
JT: How did the Founding Fathers envision the role of freedom of religion? Meyerson: They believed that reli-
gion could be both good and evil. The question is “How can you use religion to unite but not divide the nation.” They basically struck a balance, where government would not fund religion, would not give land to religious organizations, and government would have a total freedom of liberty of conscious. In other words, no one would be deprived of rights in the national government because of their faith. However, they did not desire to cleanse the public dialogue of all religious references. Our earliest literature has many religious references.
[The Founding Fathers] were nonsectarian in their works, but they still
used religious references. They were indeed willing to use religious language but in a way so that everybody would feel like they were full Americans. They were aware that any discussion of religion was dangerous, where there could be the tendency for the faith of the majority to dominate. That is why they made sure all their religious references were as nondenominational as possible. How has the interpretation of the First Amendment evolved since the country’s founding?
e reality is the leaders of our nation in its earliest days had a vision of where the balance between religion and government should be struck. But I think the population as a whole never reached that same consensus. Almost from the beginning, you can see there was a battle about what type of country the U.S. should be. Is it a religious country? Is it Christian, or is it secular? What has happened today is that [religious debate] has become so blended in our partisan political debate that people seem to refuse to acknowledge the strength and wisdom of opposing arguments. e framers really wanted to separate church and state but not necessarily God and state. Does today’s society understand where the Founding Fathers stood in terms of religious freedom?
The political divide has mirrored the divide over the debate of the role of religion in government. Sadly, it doesn’t have to be that way. ere’s no question the framers did not understand racial equality or even equality for women. However, the framers understood religious freedom, religious pluralism and
Michael I. Meyerson says the nation’s history is part of Jewish history, too.
freedom to think as you will better than not only those during their time, but arguably any time, including today. … To not take advantage of their wisdom from that time is a tremendous mistake. What do you hope the Jewish community will take from your book?
The leaders of the new nation embraced religious pluralism and viewed Jews as members of the national community. Early in our history, the individual states tended to discriminate against Jews, including in Maryland, where they couldn’t serve in the legislature until the 1820s. However, that wasn’t the case in the national government. While there were individuals who could easily display antiSemitism, those that created the country welcomed the Jewish community and the faith and decried any attempt to discriminate. The Jewish community should embrace this part of the nation’s history because it’s part of the Jewish history as well. What can everyone learn?
[To] show more respect for those who disagree with them. Just as we respect people of different faiths, we
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Michael I. Meyerson considers himself a practicing Jew who is a fervent believer in freedom of religion. The University of Baltimore law professor and member of Beth Shalom Congregation in Columbia said he has become concerned over how heated and divisive the debate over the concept of religious freedom has evolved. It was the belief of the Founding Fathers that religion was something that should unite, not divide, the nation, he said. To prove that point, Meyerson, a Wilson H. Elkins Professor of Law and Piper & Marbury Faculty Fellow at the University of Baltimore, recently published his book, “Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America.” He spoke with the JT:
need to respect people with different ideas and views. … People need the courage to admit they don’t know something and that possibly … the other side may be right. JT
“Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America” By Michael I. Meyerson Yale University Press, 2012, 384 pages The debate over the framers’ concept of freedom of religion has become heated and divisive. This scrupulously researched book sets aside the half-truths, omissions and partisan arguments, and instead focuses on the actual writings and actions of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison and others. Legal scholar Michael I. Meyerson investigates how the framers of the Constitution envisioned religious freedom and how they intended it to operate in the new republic. Source: Yale University Press
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he numbers are mind-boggling. According to Stop It Now, a national child abuse prevention organization, as many as one in three girls and one in seven boys will be sexually abused at some point in their childhood. More than 78,000 cases of child sexual abuse were reported and substantiated in 2006, but since only 12 to 30 percent of sexual abuse cases are actually reported, Stop it Now estimates a more accurate statistic would fall somewhere between 260,000 and 650,000 a year. In a unique project, puppeteer, fine artist and Johns Hopkins doctorate student Maya Nadison is working to prevent child sexual abuse and to find help for those who already have been victimized. Nadison’s puppets, portraits and set designs are on exhibition at the Norman and Sarah Brown Art Gallery in the Weinberg Park Heights JCC through Dec. 31. Born in Israel, Nadison, 28, grew up in France. Although she had no
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formal art training, Nadison always enjoyed drawing. She became interested in puppetry after her father, a talented woodworker, built a puppet theater for her. “It was set up on the kitchen table,” Nadison recalled. “My father jokes that I grew up with wood chips in my salad.” Nadison, who now lives in Rockville with her husband, Misha Zilbermint, a physician at the National Institutes of Health, received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University, where she created her own major in medical humanities. “I spent most of my days in the theater department, where I was happiest,” she said. While studying at Northwestern, Nadison received two grants. The first, a research grant from the university, enabled Nadison to create a public outreach program using puppetry and theater to address the epidemic of childhood bullying. The program was created in accordance with guidelines from the
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Department of Health and Human Services campaign “Stop Bullying Now.” In 2006, Nadison received a second grant from Northwestern. is time, she traveled to Japan to study Japanese Bunraku puppetry at the National eatre in Tokyo. In Japan there is a serious problem with bullying, she explained. In fact, bullying is the leading cause of suicide in the country. Nadison’s studies focused on using Bunraku puppetry to combat bullying at a Japanese aer-school program. Nadison is now in her fourth year of a doctoral program at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. “I applied to Hopkins so that I could do these projects in a more rigorous and convincing way,” said Nadison. “I wanted to have scientific evidence that these techniques really make a difference.” At Hopkins, Nadison has received two additional grants. The first, from the Institute of Education Sciences,
enabled her to teach literature and puppetry classes for Higher Achievement, an after-school and summer program targeting middle school children in at-risk communities in Baltimore. The other, from the Urban Health Institute and the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, allowed her, in partnership with the Baltimore Child Abuse Center, to work with middle school students to develop a puppet show about sexual abuse. Simultaneously, she created a school-based sexual abuse awareness program using puppetry. Combating child sexual abuse using puppetry has become Nadison’s passion. “Sexual abuse,” she explained, “is such a delicate and difficult issue. Puppetry can be used to talk about it in a way that is less threatening. Puppets are neutral.” And, she added, puppets do not necessarily identify with a specific culture, language group or class. They
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have the potential to bridge gaps of misunderstanding by bringing people together. The puppet, Nadison wrote in a project proposal, “is both a visual metaphor representing the real world and ... an inanimate object removed from the real world.” For this reason, puppets can “get away with” being more controversial than “live performers,” especially when they tackle delicate issues .” In her JCC show, Nadison uses sea creatures in her bullying series and insects to portray themes of sexual abuse. Nadison has taught students to sew their own puppets, and the results are impressive. “I knew nothing about the insect world when I started,” said the artist. “It is fascinating and insects are great for exploring sexual issues.” For example, Nadison said, bioluminescence is a way for fireflies to attract mates. When the female firefly consents to mating, she also produces a light. This is an opportunity to discuss the warning signs (i.e. flashing lights) of a sexual predator and the importance of consensual sex. Although Nadison’s puppetry
projects have given her a great deal of satisfaction, she’s not done yet. So far, she has benefited from assistance from clinical social workers with the expertise to intervene when themes like sexual abuse and bullying provoke strong reactions from the children in her workshops. Nadison would like to have the skills and the certification to handle clinical issues on her own. For that reason, she is considering a master’s in social work, once she completes her doctorate. The themes and messages conveyed through Nadison’s art are central to her exhibition, but her art also stands on its own. Nadison creates her puppets from materials such as foam, wood, fabric, paper mache, needlecra and even balloons. She works in gorgeous colors and finds brilliant and whimsical ways to breathe life into the sea creatures, insects and other non-human puppets in her show. There is an interactive area in the gallery, where children can play with the puppets created by Nadison’s students so parents can tour the exhibition at their leisure. JT
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Rape and the Culture of Silence This year’s election cycle provided an unlikely opportunity to clarify some things about domestic violence and rape, namely a much-needed lesson in human anatomy and procreation. The voting public was “treated” to Todd Akin’s boneheaded comments about “legitimate rape” and Richard Mourdock’s equally problematic remarks explaining his opposition to abortion, even in a case of sexual abuse: “… I think even if life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen.” Jewish tradition is clear in its condemnation of rape; the narrative voice in this week’s parsha describes the infamous rape of Dina as “something not to be done” (Genesis 34:7). More striking, though, than the terse description of the rape itself and the visceral and violent reaction of Dina’s brothers, is the passivity of Dina’s father. The Torah goes so far as to tell us “… Jacob kept silent …” in the aftermath of Shechem’s abusive act. And while the text implies a conversation between Jacob and Hamor, Shechem’s father, the Torah records none of Jacob’s spoken words until much later when he chides Simeon and Levi for their act of vengeance. Jacob says, “You have brought trouble on me, making me odious among the inhabitants of the land” (Genesis 34:30). Agree or disagree with the severity of the brothers’ response, Jacob’s silence and passivity rings hollow in the face of their accusation, “Should our sister be treated like a whore?” Many believe that abuse and rape should be understood as more than a “women’s issue” challenging, rightly, misogynistic societal attitudes that condone violence against women. But there is another side to this issue
implied by Jacob’s inaction. While serving a congregation in Chicago, I had the privilege of supporting SHALVA, Chicago’s Jewish organization for domestic violence awareness and advocacy. The reason I became a supporter was not initially because of female congregants who had experienced abuse. Rather, it was through two men, both domestic violence survivors. From them, I learned that though most victims of abuse are women and girls, many are, in fact, boys and men, straight and gay, from every socioeconomic background, race, level of education and religious tradition including, of course, Judaism. But SHALVA also helped me face the reality that the vast majority of those who perpetrate violence against women and men, girls and boys are — men. Indeed, I have come to accept that this is largely a “men’s issue.” In a society where most abusers are men, it is men who must be more reflective about how we view and treat women. It is men, first and foremost, who must transcend a code and sometimes a culture of silence. And it is men and women together who must think seriously about the systemic and societal causes of abuse and devise viable and lasting solutions. Jacob is the father of a nation, a dreamer and often exemplar of praiseworthy leadership. But in this moment, he fails his daughter — not by acting badly, but by inaction, not by speaking inappropriately, but by remaining silent when his voice is desperately needed. JT Here in Baltimore, we are blessed with CHANA: Counseling, Helpline & Aid Network for Abused Women. If you are in need of assistance, call 410234-0023. Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg is the spiritual leader of Beth Am Synagogue.
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graduations. In April 1947, Sol’s parents, Jacob and Fanny Ackman, invited Henry and Mary Levy for dinner. There, Sol presented Fran with a large box — and it wasn’t even her birthday. After opening a few boxes within boxes, Fran finally got to a ring, and they were engaged. She held up her hand all night. They married that November at the Lord Baltimore Hotel. Rabbi Israel Tabak performed the ceremony. They then spent a week in New York City, seeing Broadway shows and movies. When they returned to Baltimore, they lived with the Levys for two years. Sol worked for David’s Jewelers before opening his own store in Westminster in 1952. Fran worked as a secretary. They bought a duplex on Fieldcrest Road with Fran’s sister, Elise Baron, and her husband, and it was there that their children, Ann, Phyllis and Judy, were born. With their three girls, they then moved to Stuart Avenue, where they have lived for the past 53 years. When the girls reached school age, Fran enrolled in college, earned a social work degree and then went
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to work for the Baltimore County Department of Social Services. Today, both are retired and enjoy traveling. They have timeshares in Florida, Arizona and Aruba. “It’s hard to believe that 65 years have gone by,� says Fran, now 84. Fran and Sol also enjoy being with family; they have three grandchildren, and their first great-grandchild is due any day. They also like doing newspaper puzzles each morning while sitting side-by-side. Fran and Sol express their love for each other every day, and Fran even tucks Sol in at night. “You’ve got to be lucky to marry the right girl,� says Sol, now 85. “I sure did.� JT Linda L. Esterson is a freelance writer in Owings Mills. For “Beshert,� call 410-902-2305 or email Linda.Esterson@verizon.net.
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Middle School Social Skills Group Jewish Community Services is forming a social skills group for middle-school-age boys who experience challenges with peer relationships; a concurrent group for parents is also being formed. The groups will meet for eight Monday evenings, to be determined, from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. at the Jewish Community Services office at the Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave. The boys will learn how to improve relationships with peers, discover ways to manage negative emotions and practice social skills in a safe group setting. Parents will gain strategies for helping their child improve social skills, and they will benefit from support from other parents and professional facilitators. Preregistration is required. For more information, call JCS at 410-466-9200.
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Jewish Community Services is offering several scholarships for students graduating from high school this year. Grants are available for single-parent Jewish students from the Baltimore-metro area for assistance at an accredited U.S. college or university. In addition, JCS is offering a scholarship to a Jewish student with a documented, diagnosed learning disability, whether the student is from a twoparent or a single-parent family. This award is for assistance in pursuing a vocational, trade or college education. Recipients in both categories are chosen based upon financial need, academic performance, community and school involvement and letters of recommendation. For an application, call 410-466-9200 or visit jcsbaltimore.org/jcs-scholarship-program. The deadline is March 15.
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Thankful Students: In preparation for Thanksgiving and as part of Beth El’s Hebrew School in Your Neighborhood, Beth El students took part in a discussion about what they have to be thankful for and what life would be like without those items. They then made scarves for the homeless. “Our students have big hearts and a limitless capacity for caring. They were excited to make the scarves knowing they were making a difference by helping one starfish at a time,” said Jill Eisen, assistant principal for the congregational school.
Global Day of Jewish Learning: The third annual Global Day of Jewish learning was held Sunday, Nov. 18, and it provided inspiration for thousands of Jews throughout the world. An initiative of the Aleph Society and scholar Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, the Global Day of Jewish Learning unites Jews from all backgrounds to celebrate and study foundational Jewish texts. This year's theme was “Blessings and Gratitude.” Individuals in more than 330 communities in over 50 countries – and across six continents – participated. In the Donetsk, Ukraine, participants expressed their gratitude to God by writing messages on stickers affixed to balloons. The balloons were released into the sky at the conclusion of the program.
Technically Speaking: The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is a major source of the innovation and brainpower that drives the Israeli economy, and it’s a key to Israel’s renown as the world’s “Start-up Nation.” Last month, those involved with the American Technion Society came together to celebrate the center’s accomplishments at the annual ATS National Board of Directors meeting, held at the Royal Sonesta Harbor Court in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. From right: Peretz Lavie, president of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Beth Perlman, president of the ATS Baltimore chapter; Dr. Lena Lavie of the Technion; and Ariane Aronhime, director of the ATS Baltimore office.
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Job Search Help for Teens Jewish Community Services is offering Keys to a Successful Job Search, a program for teens ages 14 to 19. The workshops, which will continue through March 13, include how to write an effective resume and cover letter, how to network and how to interview. The programs are taking place at various dates, times and locations, allowing teens to choose the sessions that are convenient for them. For information and to
register, contact Deborah Weksberg at 410-843-7437 or dweksberg@jcsbaltimore.org, or visit jcsbaltimore.org.
Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel The Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel has announced that applications are 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. The program educates and inspires young Jews from diverse backgrounds to become active participants and leaders in Jewish culture. The program was founded and is funded by Edgar M. Bronfman. Applications are available at br on fman. or g 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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Community Unveiling 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 ANSHEL — On November 22, 2012, ZELDA (nee Goldsmith), 92, beloved daughter of the late Joseph Goldsmith and Bessie Goldsmith Kushner; dear wife of the late Bernard Anshel; dear mother of Joseph (Barbara) Anshell and Ellen Kampler; cherished sister of Joyce Goldsmith and the late Leah Sammel; loving grandmother of Avi Kampler, Jeremy (Monica) Anshell and Adam Anshell; adored great-grandmother of Jake, Mason and Abigail; loving aunt to Francine, Ronald and Philip Anshel, Jacki and Stewart Anshell, Ruth Blatt and Judy Sammuel. Interment at Lubawitz Nusach Ari (Ner Tamid) Cemetery, Rosedale. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland, 1026 E. 36th St., Baltimore, MD 21218 or to the Winands Road Synagogue, 8701 Winands Road, Randallstown, MD 21133. BERMANSKI — On November 20, 2012, BETTY (nee Celcer); beloved wife of the late Zyggi Bermanski; loving mother of Robyn Bermanski and Paul (Angela) Bermanski; devoted sister of the late Edward Mirsky; loving grandmother of Scott Aron Bermanski, Michelle Alisa Bermanski and Brent Bermanski. Interment at Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Trees for Israel, 78 Randall Ave., Rockville Centre, NY 11570. BLUM — On November 26, 2012, SELMA (nee Bernstein); beloved wife of the late Joseph Blum; loving mother of Gayle ( Jay) Freyman and the late Sanford (Carol) Blum; devoted sister
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of Howard (Lois) Bernstein; cherished grandmother of Ethan Freyman, Jaclyn Freyman, Chaim (Mariam) Blum, Michael (Deborah) Blum and Mark Blum; adored great-grandmother of 11. Interment at Anshe Emunah Aitz Chaim Cemetery, 3901 Washington Blvd. Please omit flowers. BRILL — On November 24, 2012, FLORENCE ANN (nee Glassband); beloved wife of the late Irvin Brill; cherished mother of Stephanie (Benyoman) Yoffee; cherished sister of Herman (Marsha) Glassband and the late Edith Seidel; dear sister-in-law of Lester, Sam and Juanita Brill, Selma Kofsky and the late Florence Adams, Harold, David and Beverly Brill, Annie Trowe and Gilda Smith; adored grandmother of Paula (Jay) Duff; devoted great-grandmother of Riki Weiss, Meir Weiss, Robert Duff and Jona Duff. Interment at Forband Cemetery, Rosedale. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Ner Tamid Congregation, 6214 Pimlico Road, Baltimore, MD 21209 or Levindale Hebrew Home, 2434 W. Belvedere Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215. DAFNER — On November 26, 2012, NEIL MICHAEL; loving son of Beth Goldberg-Dafner and David Dafner; devoted grandson of Helen and the late Milton Goldberg and Regina and the late Dove Dafner; beloved brother of Lauri Dafner. Interment at Beth El Memorial Park, Randallstown. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 8501 LaSalle Road, #106, Towson, MD 21286 or The League for People with Disabilities, 1111 E. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21239. EANET — Brian Eanet is the loving son of Art and Carolyn Eanet and Jackie and Iren Sachs; adored grandson of Jerry and the late Lorraine Eanet and Joan and the late Morton Feldman; beloved brother of Chelsea Hesekiel, Evan Hesekiel, Carly Sachs and Evan Sachs. Interment at Oheb Shalom Me-
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morial Park, Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to Jewish Recovery Houses, 3723 Old Court Road, Pikesville, MD 21208. EBERLY — On November 21, 2012, JONAS S.; beloved father of Reed G. Eberly and Nick Miller; devoted brother of Rachel (Bobby) Broder; loving son of Arlene (nee Oberfeld) and the late Robert G. Eberly; loving uncle of Robert, Spencer and Lily Broder and loving nephew of Larry (Joanie) Oberfeld and Edith (Louis) Weiss; also survived by other loving family and many dear friends. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to the Maryland SPCA, 3300 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21211. ESSELMAN — On November 21, 2012, BABETTE GRINSFELDER; beloved mother of Elizabeth H. McMillion (nee Heller) and Mark H. Heller and his wife Lisa (nee Jandorf ). Preceded in death by her parents, Irwin M. Grinsfelder and Babette (nee Hirshler). Also survived by her devoted brother, Irwin H. Grinsfelder; three grandchildren, Sharon Pindell (nee McMillion), Rebecca Michelle Heller and Madeline Beth Heller; three greatgrandchildren; a niece, Elizabeth Davidson, and four nephews, Peter Grinsfelder, Clay Kilbourn, Gregory Grinsfelder and Jeffrey Grinsfelder. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be sent to e Park School, 2425 Old Court Road, Baltimore, MD 21208 or People Encouraging People, 800 Wyman Park Drive, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21211. FRANS — On November 22, 2012, YETTA (nee Weisberg), beloved wife of the late Zoltan Frans; cherished mother of Stephen D. Frans (Beah Zander), Renee E. Rutstein and the late Jonathan N. (Roxanne) Frans; devoted grandmother of Jared, Brandon and Tyler Rutstein and Keri and Shelley Miller. Interment at Hebrew Young Men’s Cemetery, 5800 Windsor Mill Road. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the
American Heart Association, 415 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201. GLASS — On November 24, 2012, BENJAMIN; cherished husband of the late Edythe Glass; beloved father of Mark (Charlotte) Glass and Shelley (Benjamin) Fishman; devoted grandfather of Daniel, Richard and Jeffrey Glass, Seth Fishman and Ross Fishman; adored great-grandfather of Grant Glass, Ethan Fishman and Zoey Fishman. Interment at Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Crownsville, Md. Please omit flowers. GOODMAN — On November 22, 2012, ALICE (nee Katzenstein); beloved wife of the late William R. “Billy” Goodman; cherished mother of Harvey (Shari) Goodman, Laurie (Nathan) Stein and the late Barry Jon Goodman (Jeff Hill) and Jamie Goodman; devoted sister of the late Stanley Katzenstein; loving grandmother of Staci, Julie and Alexa Goodman and Richard Stein. Interment at Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the American Heart Association, 415 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201. JAGUST — On November 20, 2012, BARBARA (nee Peril); beloved wife of the late Bertram Jagust; loving mother of Lisa (Dr. Sam) Beitler; cherished grandmother of Justin Beitler, Carly Beitler and Gerrie ( Justin) Hoffman; adored great-grandmother of Brooke Scarlett Hoffman. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 8219 Town Center Drive, Baltimore, MD 21236. KESSEL — On November 18, 2012, LAWRENCE; beloved husband of Annette Pakula; cherished brother of Suzi (late David) Gerber and the late Arleen (Barry) Lhormer. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to the Shelter for Abused Women and Children, P.O. Box 10102, Naples, FL 34101.
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MILLER — On November 22, 2012, FLORINE “FLO” (nee Greenberg); beloved wife of the late Stanley M. Miller; beloved mother of Irvin (Patricia) Miller, Lee (Helaine) Miller and Julie (William) Oden; devoted sister of Henry I. (Lana) Greenberg; loving grandmother of Justin (Alyssa) Miller, Scott Miller and Stephanie Oden. Interment at Anshe Emunah Aitz Chaim Cemetery, 3901 Washington Blvd. Please omit flowers. RABINOWITZ — On November 23, 2012, WILLIAM; beloved husband of the late Merilyn Rabinowitz (nee Keselenko); beloved father of Jay (Michelle) Rabinowitz and Craig (Ellen) Rabinowitz; devoted brother of the late Solomon, Nathan, Abraham and Morris Rabinowitz; loving grandfather of Simone, Shane, Joshua (Lea), Adam and Stephanie Rabinowitz. Interment at Hebrew Friendship Cemetery, 3600 E. Baltimore St. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to the American Red Cross, 4700 Mt. Hope Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215. SHAW — On November 25, 2012, SUSAN; beloved mother of Bradley Schoolnick; loving daughter of Lovey and the late Harry Shaw; devoted sister of the late Michael Shaw. Interment at Beth El Memorial Park, Randallstown. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 825 Hammonds Ferry Road, Suite H-J,
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In the Estate of (168154) Gloria Mae Haberkam 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 of the will dated November 25, 1986 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 February 12, 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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MARKETPLACE ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES MR. BOB’S ANTIQUES. Buying now. Antique furniture through 1950ís. $Silver-jewelry-lampsclocks-watches-complete estates. 410-371-3675
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Exciting custom designed 4 BR contemp, 2 acres, 1st flr fam rm + 2nd den off kit, Lge MBR w/ lux BA, 3 fin lvls, screened patio overlooks ingrd pool. Truly a country club setting!
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4BR/3BA Rancher with Full Basement. New Windows, Updated Kitchen. Brett. $429,000
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Renovated Bungalow 1 Block from the Water. Brett $139,000
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Stunning 3700SF, 5BR/4.5BA Colonial with All the Bells&Whistles! Tons of Designer Extras.Shows Great! $450,000. David
6705 Carol Road Renovated & Expanded 4B$/3BA Cape with Large MBR Suite. Everything New-Shows Great! $199,888. Cliff
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Beautifully Renovated 5Br/3BA Cape on Private Wooded Lot. New Kitchen, Baths Window, Roof+more. $189,900. David
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4BR/2.5BA Remodeled Townhome. Immediate Occupancy. $1650/mo. Cliff
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Spacious 3BR/3BA Colonial. Huge Kitchen, Huge MBR Suite. Shows Great. $250,000 David
Reisterstown
Magnificent 8BR/8.5BA Home ON 2.6 Acres Adjacent To The Loch Raven Watershed! 7,000 SQ.FT. Main Residence PLUS Attached 3BR Guest Home. $995,900. Ron.
Glen Arm
Washington Village
Short Sale! 2008 Renovation. 2BR/2BA Gorgeous Townhome. Owner Paid $265,000. A Steal at $99,900. David
Stevenson Village
New Listing! Freshly Painted 1 Bedroom+Den Mid Level Unit Next to the Pool. $99,900. Ron
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Beautifully Remodeled 4BR/2.5BA Rancher. New Roof, Kitchen, S/S Appls. Huge Finished Clubroom. $234,888. Cliff
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New Listing! 6 BR/3.5BA Rancher on 3+ Acre Private Setting. 2 Car Garage, In- Ground Pool. $450,000 Ron
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Beautfully Remodeled 3BR Rancher. New Roof, Windows, Bath, Carpet, Paint. Large Private Yard. $249,900. David
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Two bedrooms with full bath GE plus a powder room is a perHU fect 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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Bright spacious one bedroom and den 8th floor Coop near the elevator. Wide windows bathe the space with light. Tree top views from all rooms. Updated eat kitchen, 3 walk in closets. Move in condition. Full service with doorman and receptionist. Monthly fee includes, heat, air conditioning and taxes. Cash only contracts.
Under $40,000
Eleven Slade
Beautiful bright 5th floor condo close to elevator overlooks the pool. Spacious 2 bed 2 bath Updated custom white eat in kitchen with loads of cabinets, counters and drawers. 4 closets in master bedroom. Bosch washer and dryer. Balcony overlooks swimming pool. 2nd bedroom built in desk/storage is perfect for office or den. Elegant Move In !
Under $75,000
Seven Slade
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!
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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
Custom built Waterfront home in Baltimore County! $500,000
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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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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
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Rebecca Conway
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410-653-SOLD(7653) Marc Goldstein Broker, ABR, CRS, GRI
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STEVENSON $439,900 (WOO)
VIL OF LONGREACH $369,900 (HAY)
GREENSPRING EAST $324,900 (QUA)
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!
3BR/2.5BA garage Townhome w/eat-in kit, sunroom add'n. MBA w/soaking tub. Walkout LL.
3BRgarageTownhousew/graniteeat-inkit,SSappls.1st flMBRw/gardenbath,hdwds,sunroom&more!
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.
3BR/1.5BA Rancher w/many updates! Custom kit, hdwd flrs, vaulted ceilings, huge FR. Private yard.
3BR/2/@BA Townhouse w/eat-in kit, hdwd floors, fin'd walkout LL w/FP & half BA.
3BR brick Townhouse w/newer roof, windows, hdwds. Fin'd walkout bsmt. Freshly painted.
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.
2BR mid-lvl Condo w/updated kit & floors, fresh Stunning 2BR 1st fl Condo w/granite kit, upgraded baths, hdwd flrs, new HVAC. Private setting. paint, fireplace, balcony & corner location!
NORTH POINT $174,900 (OLD)
Remodeled3BRTownhousew/granitekit,ceramic bath, hdwd flrs. Fin'd walkout LL, new roof!
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