26 TEVET 5776 • JANUARY 7, 2016 • VOLUME XXXVII, NUMBER 1 • PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID, SYRACUSE, NY
Super Sunday is January 24 – answer the call BY MARIANNE BAZYDLO The Jewish Federation of Central New York will kick off the 2016 Annual Campaign with Super Sunday on January 24, from 9 am-3 pm, at the Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center, 5655 Thompson Rd., DeWitt. Volunteers will call approximately 2,000 members of the Jewish community to ask for pledges throughout the day. This year’s Super Sunday leadership team includes Orit Antosh, Karen Beckman, Mara Charlamb, Rabbi Leah Fein, Joel Friedman, Danielle Masursky, Liza Rochelson and Abby Scheer. This year’s Super Sunday teen leaders are Eric Antosh, Elise Beckman, Ian Beckman, Rachel Beckman, Jake Charlamb, Caleb Jacowitz, Alana Jacowitz, Adena Rochelson, Sophie Scheer and Rachel Scheer. Mark Wladis, the 2016 Campaign chair, said, “The Campaign is off to a great start. To help keep that enthusiasm going, we need volunteers to help on Super Sunday. I hope you will stop by the JCC on Janu-
The 2016 Super Sunday Committee posed for a group photo. Seated (l-r): Sophie Scheer, Rachel Scheer and Elise Beckman. Standing: Alana and Caleb Jacowitz, Danielle Masursky, Abby Kasowitz-Scheer, Eric Antosh, Orit Antosh and Karen Beckman. Not pictured: Ian and Rachel Beckman, Mara and Jake Charlamb, Rabbi Leah Fein, Joel Friedman, and Liza and Adena Rochelson. ary 24 and have breakfast with us… make your pledge, make a few phone calls, stuff a few envelopes, spread the word about the
great things we can accomplish with the Campaign... and stay for lunch. Bring your cell phone to make calls, or if you don’t
have one, we’ll provide a phone for you to use. I really look forward to seeing you and sharing the spirit of the Campaign.” On Super Sunday, the Federation will collect items for the food pantry at Temple Concord, and the Super Sunday teenagers will accept items for students in the Syracuse school district alternative education program. (See related story on this page.) Federation President/CEO Linda Alexander added, “Please answer the phone when a volunteer calls to ask for your pledge. If we don’t reach you by phone that day, we will mail your pledge card.” To make a secure online donation to the 2016 Annual Campaign before Super Sunday, visit www.jewishfederationcny. org and click on the tzedakah box on the homepage. To volunteer, contact Marianne Bazydlo at 445-2040, ext. 102, mbazydlo@ jewishfederationcny.org, or visit www. jewishfederationcny.org. Training will be provided.
Super Sunday teen mitzvah project for students at McCarthy BY MARIANNE BAZYDLO The 2016 Super Sunday teen leadership team is organizing a community mitzvah project to support the students at the McCarthy @ Beard program in the Syracuse school district. The McCarthy program is an alternative school serving 50-70 students in kindergarten-12th grade. The program provides special services for students with social, emotional, behavioral or academic concerns that require resources beyond those of regular schools. At the end of each week, students attend an assembly and choose an item as a reward for achieving goals. Each year, members of the Super Sunday Teen
Committee deliver the items to the school and attend a weekly assembly. The leadership team has asked the community to bring in items for the students at McCarthy during Super Sunday on January 24 at the Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center. The Pomeranz, Shankman and Martin Charitable Foundation has made a donation to support the mitzvah project through trustees Sheldon and Mateele Kall. A 2016 Teen Committee representative said, “It’s great that for the past several years the Super Sunday teen leaders have been able to make a positive difference in the lives of children and other teens
at McCarthy @ Beard, and help them succeed in school. We look forward to helping them again this year.” This year, the Super Sunday teen committee includes Eric Antosh, Elise Beckman, Ian Beckman, Rachel Beckman, Jake Charlamb, Caleb Jacowitz, Alana Jacowitz, Adena Rochelson, Sophie Scheer and Rachel Scheer. “We will be there volunteering on Super Sunday and making phone calls, and we plan to raise a lot of money for our Jewish community and all the Jewish agencies and programs that the Federation supports. We invite others to be a part of tzedakah on Super Sunday with us, and help support
Noam Gilboord, IAN director, to address community leadership BY JUDITH L. STANDER Noam Gilboord, director of community strategy with the Israel Action Network, will meet with local Jewish community leadership from SundayMonday, January 11-12. The Jewish Federation of Central New York has invited him to meet with the Leadership 2016 class and organizational leadership on his trip to Syracuse. Gilboord is responsible for strengthening the ability of local community professionals to combat the ongoing assault on Israel’s legitimacy. He coordinates activities of Israel advocates throughout North America, leads mobilization programming and builds partnerships with communities considered vulnerable to anti-Israel messaging.
the students at McCarthy as well,” said the committee representative. See “Teen” on page 6
Certain items have been requested by teachers for their students at McCarthy @ Beard. Items can be brought to the Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center, 5655 Thompson Rd., DeWitt, on Super Sunday, January 24, from 9 am-3 pm; or they can be brought to the Federation offices any weekday before Super Sunday. The requested items include: Hair accessories such as scrunchies, headbands or barrettes in bright colors Bottles of body wash or hand sanitizer Shampoo and conditioner gift sets Hand and body lotion Children’s toothbrushes or toothpaste with sports themes or childfriendly characters Hair brushes and combs Coloring books, boxes of crayons and colored pencils Colored chalk Packs of cards and card games Craft kits, such as for friendship bracelets or “loom band” bracelets Board games and puzzles Gift cards and movie tickets Balls of all types and sizes, made of foam or rubber, such as footballs or basketballs T-shirts or sweatshirts in sizes youth large to adult XXL
During his time at IAN, degrees in Near Eastern Gilboord has been involved in and Judaic studies and Jewcombating anti-Israel resoluish professional leadership tions in city councils, investfrom Brandeis University, ment firms, academic associaas well as a bachelor of arts tions, university campuses and in archaeology from the Unichurch movements. versity of Toronto. Prior to his current role, he Following his trip to Syrawas the coordinator for Israel cuse, he will rejoin the Jewish and international affairs at the Community Relations Council Jewish Community Relations Noam Gilboord as the director of Israel and Council of New York. He was international affairs. considered “instrumental” in defeating the Park Slope Food Co-op’s motion to join the BDS movement and in colC A N D L E L I G H T I N G A N D P A R AS H A lecting more than 107,000 signatures Janaury 8...................4:29 pm............................................................Parasha-Vaera opposing the unilateral declaration of January 15................4:37 pm.................................................................Parasha-Bo a Palestinian state. January 22................4:45 pm.................................................... Parasha-Beshelach He holds dual master’s of arts
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Fund-raising training
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The Federation will host a fund- Some grass-roots organizations Two Holocaust-themed foreign raising training session open to seek to nourish community life films are announced as Oscar in derelict South Tel Aviv. the community. semi-finalists. Story on page 9 Story on page 3 Story on page 10
PLUS Congregational Notes............ 4 Calendar Highlights............. 10 Obituaries................................11 News in Brief......................... 12