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Israel emergency funds

By Ruth Stein As Israel endures rockets and sirens and the fighting in Gaza, North American Jewish communities are raising funds to provide respite and relief services for children, families and especially vulnerable populations.

The Jewish Federation Board of Central New York met in an emergency session on July 30 and voted to support this emergency fund-raising campaign.

Every Jewish community in the country is being asked to make a special contribution to an Israel Emergency Campaign, “STOP the Sirens Israel Relief Fund.”

Previously communities were asked to donate $11,000 to the emergency campaign. Now, as “Operation Protective Edge” enters its third week, communities are being asked for an additional $22,000 in a second phase response.

Letters are being sent to the Central New York community, asking people to donate money to support the emergency fund-raising effort. Every dollar collected will be sent on to Israel.

Israelis gathered in a public bomb shelter in the southern city of Ashkelon. (Photo

by Miriam Alster/Flash 90) Money raised will go toward eight priority areas:

Trauma counseling Restoring hope and

optimism to

Israel’s south through various civic activities Strengthening local communities through emergency preparedness planning, training of local personnel and equipment Respite for front line professionals and volunteers Investing in volunteer frameworks that strengthen the resiliency of communities Ensuring that emergency shelters are used as active spaces during quiet times Emergency health care And supporting “lone” soldiers, new immigrants without a family support network in the community.

For those who did not receive a letter, or misplaced the letter and want to donate, checks should be made out to Jewish Federation of Central New York Operation Protective Edge and sent to Jewish Federation, 5655 Thompson Rd., DeWitt, NY 13214.

Donations may also be made online by going to www.JewishFederationCNY.org and using PayPal. Ruth Stein is the Federation board chair.

French Jewish activist assaulted at home as protests continue in Paris

BY JTA staff (JTA) – A French Jewish activist whose address was published in anti-Israel forums online was ambushed outside his home by several men who caused him minor injuries.

The attack on July 23 in Bobigny near Paris was one of several violent incidents and expressions of hate that occurred in late July across Europe. There has been a surge in such incidents since Israel launched Operation Protective Edge earlier this month in Gaza.

The 24-year-old activist’s name appeared the week before on a Facebook page that contained the names and photos of dozens of people, including some of their addresses. The Facebook page of

“Young French Revolutionaries” was taken offline, but a cached version of it shows the caption “Smile, you’re on camera” on the post containing the dozens of pictures and details.

The Union of French Jewish Students confirmed to Le Monde that the 24-yearold’s name appeared on the list. According to Le Monde, he is associated with the French Jewish Defense League, a far-right group with a history of vigilante reprisals for attacks on French Jews.

On July 26, anti-Israel activists clashed with police at an unauthorized demonstration at Paris’ Place de la Republique. Forty people were arrested, according to the news site 20minutes.fr.

Recently, protesters tried to attack syna-

gogues at a similar protest near Sarcelles.

Yad Vashem Israel’s national Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, urged European governments to protect Jews from antisemitic attacks in a July 24 statement.

“We call on the governments of the democracies around the world, particularly in Europe, to take immediate steps, using the legal and moral tools at their

disposal, to protect Jewish citizens in their countries, and combat the expressions of antisemitism which we are witnessing in recent weeks,” said Yad Vashem’s chairman, Avner Shalev.

The statement was unusual for Yad Vashem because it addressed issues beyond Holocaust commemoration and documentation.

In the Paris suburb of Sarcelles, pro-Palestinian rioters broke shop windows and set fires on July 20. (Photo by Cnaan Liphshiz)

C A N D L E L I G H T I N G A N D P A R AS H A In the Paris suburb of Sarcelles, pro-Palestinian rioters broke shop windows and set fires on July 20. (Photo by Cnaan Liphshiz)

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By Susan Keeter This article was originally available on the Upstate Medical University website and is reprinted with permission.

Beginning June 14, the legacies of Ernest Braun, the thousand refugees and those who helped them – including the medical school professors – were remembered at Oswego’s Safe Haven Museum, located in Fort Ontario. The museum hosted a four-day celebration in honor of the 70th anniversary of the refugees’ arrival in Central New York. The Jewish Motorcycle Alliance Ride to Remember 2014 at Safe Haven – with cyclists sporting jackets with names such as Guns n Moses, Jewish Motorcyclists, Shul Boys, Chai Riders, Hillel’s Angels and the Lost Tribe – are some of the motorcycle clubs that participated in the Ride to Remember weekend at Safe Haven in Oswego. More than 250 motorcyclists raised $58,000 for the expansion of the Safe Haven Museum.

Out of the 982 refugees who found safe haven at Fort Ontario, only about 100 survivors are left. This was the 10th anniversary of Jewish bikers riding for a cause.

How did a Viennese chemist escape the horrors of war and wind up in Syracuse?

In August 1944, Ernest Braun landed in “safe haven” in Oswego, NY, after a harrowing two-week voyage on a U.S. Army transport ship from Naples, Italy. He was one of a thousand Holocaust refugees who would live in the barracks of the former Fort Ontario as “guests” of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

During his 18-month stay in the Oswego fort, Braun continued to develop medicinal skin ointments he had been working on in

Safe Haven

Judy Coe Rapaport, of the Safe Haven Museum and Education Center, posed with Rolf Manfred, a Holocaust survivor.

Manfred was 12-years-old when he arrived at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in August 1944. Born in Germany, Manfred and his parents, Berthold and Felicitas, survived in Italy for 10 years during World War II, and were in Calabria and Ferramonti. Manfred and his wife, Helena, traveled from California to attend the 70th reunion at the Safe Haven Museum in Oswego from June 19-21.

Europe. In Oswego, Braun applied for a patent and wrote letters to the U.S. attorney general and others in Washington, DC. After a year of research and letter writing, Braun was invited to Syracuse to present his work to Dr. Weiskotten, Dr. Hiss and colleagues at the medical school.

“I was finally given the opportunity to exhibit the properties of my preparations,” wrote Braun about his meeting with the faculty. “The experiments were successful and I was advised... to produce the (skin ointments) so that the Army and Navy

Author Louise Korn Waldron (right) traveled from Santa Fe to speak at the 70th anniversary of the arrival of 982 refugees to the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Center in Oswego. Waldron’s father, Lou Korn, was captain of the USNS Henry Gibbins, the troop transport ship that brought 982 Holocaust survivors from Naples, Italy, to safety in Oswego, NY, in August 1944. Waldron is the author of the recently published “We Were Prisoners, Too.” She posed with illustrator and author Susan Keeter (left). (could) make use of them. They cure certain skin diseases... due to infection and inflammation.”

Despite enormous obstacles, Braun had created a medical compound that would revolutionize presurgical wound care and, because of the support of the Upstate Medical University medical school faculty, would be used to care for injured soldiers and hospital patients.

It’s hard to imagine how Braun built a laboratory in the sparse Oswego army barracks, but he did. He’d had to learn to do science in strange places. In the early years of World War II, Braun used the Vatican Library to conduct experiments. (He’d fled to Rome after the Germans annexed Austria in 1938. His language skills landed him shelter and a job at the Vatican.) There, Braun’s See “Haven” on page 5

a matter of opinion BDS movement

By Joshua Anbar The Presbyterian Church (USA) voted on June 20 to divest from three corporations engaged in commerce with Israel.

The Church’s rationale for choosing to end investment with Hewlett Packard, Caterpillar and Motorola Solutions was that the Presbyterian General Assembly felt these three companies had supported Israel’s military and anti-terror operations. The General Assembly, the governing body of the Presbyterian Church that, in turn, has 1.76 million members, issued a statement saying that the action should “not be construed or represented... as divestment from the state of Israel, or an alignment with or endorsement of the global BDS (Boycott, Divest and Sanction) movement.” Heath Rada, the General Assembly’s moderator, further stated that the divestment vote was not “a reflection of our lack of love for our Jewish brothers and sisters.”

Unfortunately, this decision by the Presbyterian Church very much represents divestment from the Jewish state of Israel and a harsh reflection of its attitude regarding the Jewish people. As a policy decision and action, divestment is undertaken with the intention of cutting off relations and investments with a specific group. Divestment’s sole political purpose, in regard to a nation-state, is to express disdain for said nation-state. By divesting from companies that do business with Israel, the Presbyterian Church (USA) is sending a very loud and very clear message that it does not believe in the legitimacy of the Jewish state. While the General Assembly did pass subsequent referenda that supported Israel’s right to exist, the two-state solution and interfaith cooperation, it is the actions that shout louder than the platitudes.

This is not the first anti-Israel action that the Presbyterian Church (USA) has undertaken. In 2004, the Church’s General Assembly established the Israel/Palestine Mission Network, which has advocated boycotting the Jewish state of Israel. More recently, the network released a congregational study guide that claimed Zionism, the 2,000-year-old Jewish yearning for

a national home, was a “false theology.”

This study guide is available for sale by the Church.

By claiming that Zionism is a false theology, and then subsequently voting to support divestment activities, it is painfully clear that the institution of the Presbyterian Church is choosing to no longer support the Jewish enterprise of establishing and maintaining a Jewish national homeland.

Zionism, in one capacity or another, has always been a component of the Jewish experience. Denial of Zionism’s role is deeply troubling.

The fig leaf of tolerance within which the institution of the Presbyterian Church has attempted to cloak itself does nothing to hide the ugly truth behind its actions. The Presbyterian Church (USA) has made the choice to profit from blatantly antisemitic propaganda and has now chosen to actively participate in a global movement to delegitimize Israel, Zionism and the Jewish right to a national home.

In the face of this, Jews must send a message to the Presbyterian Church that the questioning of the legitimacy of Zionism and the Jewish right to a national home will not be tolerated. While Jews should welcome critiques of the Jewish experience and the Jewish enterprise as a way of helping to better ourselves, these critiques must be rooted in the understanding that Jews are equal partners deserving of the respect that is afforded to all other peoples. If that respect cannot be afforded, then the Jewish people must take actions to safeguard their dignity and rights. With the decisions the Presbyterian Church (USA) has made, it may be time to re-evaluate Judeo-Presbyterian relations and rethink whether it is to our benefit to continue to engage in community works with a group that can be so openly hostile to us.

Joshua Anbar is a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo, where he majored in political science. Currently, he is in the master’s of public health program at Syracuse University/SUNY Upstate Medical University and he is the Torah reading coordinator for Temple Adath Yeshurun.

Canadian members of the Jewish Motorcycle Alliance arrived at Fort Ontario at the end of the 2014 Ride To Remember. More than 250 motorcyclists raised $58,000 for the expansion of the Safe Haven Museum.

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AROUND CENTRAL NEW YORK Annual symposium focuses on aging parents

By Ettarae Alpert “Squeezed and Squashed: Challenges of Honoring Our Aging Parents” will be the topic of this year’s symposium presented by The Women’s Connection of Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas and the Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center. The event will be held at the JCC on Wednesday, October 29, at 6:30 pm.

Symposium participants will be Sharon A. Brangman and Rabbi Andrew Pepperstone. Brangman is professor

of medicine and division chief of geriatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University. She focuses on providing comprehensive care for the various medical needs of elderly patients and is also trained in internal medicine.

Pepperstone is the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas.

The symposium will address the concerns of people with aging parents and will include subjects such as the options available as people age; how people cope with illness;

and how they juggle family obligations with obligations to their parents.

There will be a fee, which will include a full dinner, as well as recognition for tables of eight. Reservations should be made early, as the event has always sold out, by contacting the CBS-CS office at 446-9570 or office@ CBSCS.org.

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Interfaith break-fast at mosque Members of the Jewish community participated in an interfaith “break-fast for peace” held on July 15 at the Islamic Society mosque on Comstock Avenue. The event marked the conclusion of the traditional Jewish fast day of 17 Tammuz and the 18th day of Ramadan. It included a presentation by Rabbi Daniel Fellman on the significance of the fast day for the Jewish people, and a discussion of the L-r: Mohamed Khater, Minna R. Buck, Rabbi Daniel Fellman, Rabbi Andrew common values of peace, jus- Pepperstone, Miriam F. Elman, Reverend Bill Redfield and Mark H. Field participated tice, compassion and sanctity in an interfaith break-fast for peace at the Syracuse Islamic Society mosque. of life, which are considered Israel and worldwide. the “most sacred” aspects of faith traditions.

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Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center senior dining menu August 11-15 Monday dinner – grilled salmon Tuesday – Asian Day – sesame chicken with broccoli Wednesday – grilled cheese and sliced tomato Thursday – spaghetti and meatballs Friday – meat loaf with gravy August 18-22 Monday dinner – apricot chicken Tuesday – salad and sandwich day Wednesday – lemon-baked fish Thursday – hot corned beef sandwich Friday – turkey with gravy The Bobbi Epstein Lewis JCC Senior Adult Dining Program, catered by Tiffany’s Catering Company at the Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center, offers Va’ad Ha’ir-supervised kosher lunches served Tuesday-Friday at noon. On Mondays through early September, dinner

will be served at 5 pm. Reservations are required by noon on the previous business day and there is a suggested contribution per meal. The menu is subject to change.

The program is funded by a grant from the Onondaga County Department of Aging and Youth and the New York State Office for the Aging, with additional funds provided by the JCC and United Way of Central New York. To attend, one need not be Jewish or a member of the JCC. For more information or to make a reservation, contact Leesa Paul or Larry Crinnin at 445-2360, ext.

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congregational notes Congregation Beth SholomChevra Shas

Men’s Club Events The Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas Men’s Club will hold two events in August.

The CBS-CS youth department and Men’s Club will attend a Syracuse Chiefs baseball game on Sunday, August 10, at 1 pm. There will be a kosher cookout at noon in the stadium’s parking lot. The cost of the event will be the price of admission to the game and reservations will be required. For more information, contact Tony KennesenAdams at 633-1368.

The CBS-CS Men’s Club will hold a golf outing on Sunday, August 24, where participants can play for fun, prizes and charity. Net proceeds will benefit the Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center’s senior adult dining program. Organizers are seeking hole sponsors. For more information, contact Marc Beckman at 477-6244 or Vincent Kuss at 703-2189.

Annual Back-to SHUL Barbecue The annual CBS-CS Back-to-Shul Barbecue will be held on Friday, September 1, from 4-6 pm, at CBS-CS. The event will provide the opportunity for visiting with and making friends. Donations have been requested to help cover the costs of the food and the children’s bouncy house.

Attendees should bring school supplies – pens, pencils and crayons – for Delaware Academy in Syracuse.

Reservations have been requested and can be made by contacting cbscs@yahoo. com or 446-9570 by Tuesday, August 26.

Religious School The CBS-CS Religious School has unveiled its plans for the coming year.

Sunday classes will be held from 9 amnoon. The school’s curriculum will cover three areas of learning: Torah (study), avodah (prayer) and gimilut chasidim (acts of lovingkindness). Included in these areas of study will be prayer, Jewish music, Hebrew, the Five Books of Moses, Jewish holidays, Israel and mitzvot. Teachers will use a variety of modalities, including music, art, drama,

literature, creative writing, games, media, debate, discussion and food. Except for the youngest classes, all students will rotate through each area of learning.

Each Sunday morning will end with all-school tefillah (worship). Parents and the community have been invited to join the students at 11:30 am for an interactive, multi-media service.

Wednesday classes will be held from 4-6 pm. Once a month, during class time, the fifth and sixth grade students will participate in the “Moving Traditions” programs, “Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing!” and “Shevet Achim: The Brotherhood.” These programs will be open to all CBS-Cs fifth and sixth grade congregants.

All classes will have high school-age madrichim (paid student assistant teachers), as well as teachers. The madrichim will learn about child development, teaching, learning and combining all of these in the classroom.

For more information, contact Julie Tornberg, director of youth and education, at director@cbscs.org or 701-2685.

Temple Adath Yeshurun L-r: Richard Goldstein, Temple Adath Yeshurun President Howard We i n s t e i n a n d A n n Goldstein played bingo during Temple Adath Yeshurun’s “Family Fun Night” on July 13. Among the activities were mah jongg, bingo and bunko for adults, as well as facepainting, a bounce house, arts and crafts and a film presentation of Disney’s “Frozen” for children.

A p p ro x i m a t e l y 1 0 0 congregants attended.

At left: The TAY Camp Rothschild hosted a “Madagascar Dance Party” on July 11. To kick off the party, Camp Director Alicia Gross taught 25 campers and six counselors the basic steps to the horah. L-r: Dakota Wynn, counselor Angelica Popp, Ella Azria, Madison Eaton and Addison Owen practiced the steps they learned.

L-r: Caleb Porter, Myah Pettiford and Shayna Sikora waited for their turn at kickball at the Congregation Beth SholomChevra Shas mid-summer barbecue.

At left, l-r: Jeff Stanton and Kevin and Mitchell Parsons worked the grill at the “Jamesville Beach” midsummer barbecue, which was moved to C o n g re g a t i o n Beth SholomChevra Shas due to the weather.

Close to 30 members of the TAY chapter of Hazak attended an annual pizza party at Trapper’s on July 17. L-r: Barbara and Mike Nevid, Ira Tobak, Nancy Holstein and Dee Bluman. Tobak and Bluman were elected as the newest Hazak board members.

Following dinner, the group visited Ryder Park, where they sang and danced to the music of Timeline, a band performing music of the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s.

Temple Concord Temple Concord will celebrate Shabbat poolside at the Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center of Syracuse on Friday, August 15. The event will be open to all members, who have been encouraged to

bring their bathing suits.

After Shabbat services, a barbecue dinner will be served for a modest fee. For dinner reservations, contact the TC office at 4759952 or april@templeconcord.org.

Shaarei Torah Orthodox Congregation Shaarei Torah Orthodox Congregation of Syracuse will hold a special Shabbaton on Friday and Saturday, August 29-30, with guests Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Sacks, immediate past chief rabbi of the British Commonwealth, and his wife, Elaine. Sacks is often considered one of the world’s leading spiritual leaders and Jewish intellectuals, as well as a media star in the U.K. He is the author of 25 books.

Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Sacks

As scholar-in-residence, he will speak at the synagogue’s Kabalat Shabbat service on August 29 at 7:30 pm and at a dinner afterward. He will deliver the d’var Torah on parasha Shoftim at the 9 am service on August 30 and speak at the seudah shelishit meal after the 7:15 pm Mincha service.

For more information, contact the synagogue at 446-6194.

More than 100 members of Temple Concord welcomed its new cantor, Kari Siegel Eglash, on July 4 in a patriotic-themed musical Shabbat celebration at Thornden Park’s amphitheater. Families brought picnic dinners and became acquainted with Eglash and her family, including her parents, who visited from Milwaukee, WI.

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JCC summer camp openings still available The Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center of Syracuse still has openings in its summer camps. There are still spots open for children seeking to learn and bond with their peers. The JCC’s Camp Rishon has openings in some of its specialty camps, including gymnastics, kitchen science, rocketry and secret agent camp.

The final two weeks of summer camp

will begin on Monday, August 11. For more information and registration information, contact the JCC at 445-2360 or visit www. jccsyr.org.

At right: Certified swimming instructor Maddy Frank gave a swim lesson to Lexis Collins at the Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center of Syracuse.

All campers from 18-months-sixth grade participate in daily Red Cross swim lessons and free swim time in the JCC’s outdoor, heated swimming pools.

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A recent dance camp at the Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center of Syracuse concluded with a performance by camp participants.

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research included using ancient Hebrew texts to understand Dead Sea minerals.

Even when Braun was imprisoned by Fascists in 1941, he found ways to continue his experiments. After two years of confinement, Italian surgeons and dermatologists wrote letters describing Braun’s discoveries

At right, l-r: Ben and Martha Alalouf posed with Bruce Ente, one of more than 250 members of the Jewish Motorcycle Alliance who participated in the JMA Ride To Remember. Ben remembers first lady Eleanor Roosevelt visiting the Fort Ontario Refugee Shelter in 1944.

Roosevelt separated herself from the formal tour, knocked on the barrack door and introduced herself to his mother. He remembers Roosevelt asking his mother, in French (their common language), “Do you have what you need? Do your children have what they need?”

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as “highly necessary for hospital use.”

After the end of World War II and his release from the Oswego fort, Braun moved to New York City, married and eventually settled in Israel, where he died in 1996. As his daughter writes, “His legacy lives on.”

The Oaks

Local guitar duo Loren Barrigar (left) and Mark Mazengarb entertained at The Oaks on July 20, playing their renditions of pieces from Fats Waller to Stevie Wonder, with some country, cowboy and standards as well.

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Rosanne David has called herself “The Travelling Baker” because, at this point, she has baked in all the local synagogues! Due to the tremendous outpouring of support and encouragement from the community, she now provides full kosher catering from A to Z for bar and bat mitzvahs, weddings and shiva luncheons.

Her favorite part of what she does is individually tailoring menus for her clients. The outcome is a very personalized catering experience, which becomes a reflection of the family’s individual style. All desserts continue to be homemade.

“I am so grateful for the positive response I have received from the community, thank you so much!” says Rosanne.

Please call Rosanne to discuss your catering needs at 315415-6328.

Donn Ungar, who is making aliyah, posed in Alaska with a grizzly bear in the background. (Photo courtesy of Donn Ungar) the other side of the world – especially these days when Israel is under fire.”

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Christmas my whole life, but I do feel that connection to my land,” she said. “I don’t know if it’s my Jewishness or if I just like the heat.”

Scoggin is one of several Jews from Alaska immigrating to Israel this year. Among the others making aliyah are a 51-year-old CT scan-MRI technician who wants to get away from the ice; a 51-year-old expert on refugee resettlement who is relocating with her son and Scottish husband; and a 58-year-old former corrections officer and deputy sheriff from Anchorage.

“It’s not every day that we are privileged to take care of new olim from Alaska,” said Erez Halfon, vice chairman of Nefesh B’Nefesh, the organization used by the Israeli government to handle the logistics of U.S. immigration to Israel. “It’s astounding and inspiring to me that Jews living in a kind of paradise, with a comfortable and luxurious life, are deciding to leave home, work, community and friends to move to

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L-r: Stewart, Liam and Karen Ferguson, who are making aliyah, held a large king salmon that they caught in Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Stewart Ferguson)

By Uriel Heilman (JTA) – Rebecca Scoggin lived in a lot of places growing up: Juneau, Nome, Fairbanks, Homer, Anchorage. But except for the two years she lived in Seattle after high school, she never lived outside Alaska.

At least she hadn’t until a few months ago.

Inspired by a Birthright trip she took at age 19, Scoggin decided to pick up and move to Tel Aviv.

“It was kind of a random decision. There was no real reason for it,” Scoggin, 23, told JTA in a recent phone interview from Anchorage, where she was back visiting family. “I fell in love with Tel Aviv and sun. It’s become more home to me than any other place.”

Scoggin is not your typical immigrant to Israel, and not just because she hails from the 49th state. Scoggin has no family in the Holy Land, hasn’t had much Judaism in her life and has a Christian father. But something drew her to Israel.

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Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon posted on Twitter that he was related to Hadar Goldin, the soldier thought to have been kidnapped by Hamas on Aug. 1 and later declared killed in action. “Hadar Goldin is a member of my family. I have known him since he was born,” Yaalon tweeted the morning of Aug. 3, hours after the soldier’s family was notified of his death. “He and the fallen IDF fighters have gone to battle to restore calm and security to Israel. I embrace their families.” The publication of the relationship was censored until after Goldin was declared dead for fear that Hamas would use the information.

“This is the reality of Israel. We’re going there to immigrate and be part of the country. You have to take the country for all it is – the good and the bad.”

Ferguson’s move will be the latest stop in a lifetime marked, she says, by “a desire for change and adventure.”

After meeting her Scottish, non-Jewish husband in Ohio and marrying in Nova Scotia, Canada, the couple soon moved to the Pacific island nation of Samoa, where their daughter was born. When they moved to Anchorage 17 years ago, they planned to stay just a year or two. But with good jobs, young kids and a fondness for catching their own wild salmon, they decided to stay put for a while.

Every year the family catches up to 55 pounds of salmon (their legal limit) using dipnet fishing: Stewart affixes a large, circular net to the end of a long pole, then dips it into the ocean where the salmon swim into an inlet. Karen chops off the heads, guts the fish and takes the meat to a facility that turns it into lox and smoked salmon and filets. The family hasn’t had to buy salmon in 15 years, Ferguson says. But now they’re ready to say “So long, and thanks for all the fish.”

With their daughter off to college and their son about to start high school, they’re set for a new phase in their lives.

“We’re in this window of opportunity now,” Ferguson said. “We could continue doing what we’re doing or try and do something different. My husband and I decided we really wanted to take on new horizons.”

So why Israel? “I haven’t quite figured out how to articulate it. It’s a place I would love to have lived in and been a part of,” said Ferguson, who has raised her children as Jews, though her husband has not converted. There’s just something about Israel that is both dynamic and magnetic.

The intellectual and historical experiences when I’m there are very challenging. And for me, I grew up never being around very many Jews. We were a very secular Jewish

Continued from page 6 family. I went to an Episcopalian boarding school. I work for Catholic Social Services. There’s something really appealing for once about being among my own and having the holidays be the Jewish holidays.”

Unlike many immigrants, Ferguson says she’s not necessarily thinking about Israel as a final destination. She will be starting a master’s program in peace and conflict management at Haifa University; her husband will telecommute to his job doing telemedicine for small, rural communities around Alaska. “We’re going to Israel looking for a connection and a place to be our next home,” she said. “You really can’t predict well whether a place you stay for a while will become your home. Things unfold for you.”

That was how Ungar ended up spending 17 years in Alaska. He decided to move there after falling in love with it while on vacation from Florida, found work quickly and made good friends. But after a brutally cold winter three years ago that never seemed to end, Ungar, who is single, began thinking about an early retirement destination. He wanted someplace simple and inexpensive. But Israel, where his family unsuccessfully tried living for a few months in 1971 and where Ungar now has a brother and other relatives, kept popping into his head. Ungar went there on a three-week vacation in February and was smitten.

“The energy just felt amazing,” he said. “That’s what brought me to Alaska in the first place – the feeling that this is where I should be at that point in my life. Now I was feeling that for Israel. I’ve learned to listen to that little voice in my head.”

So he contacted aliyah authorities, packed up and got rid of his most prized Alaska possession: a fur bomber jacket. It was the warmest thing he ever owned. “People say to me, ‘Why are you going?’” he said. “I say, ‘I have no idea. It’s just where I’m supposed to be.’”

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The technician, Donn Ungar, whose aliyah flight left from New York on July 21, says he’s not nervous about going to Israel despite the rocket fire from Gaza. “It’s crazy over there now, but it doesn’t change my decision at all,” Ungar said. “It’s not a reason not to go there. I know they have wars. I’m going to be a part of Israel and a part of the community. You can’t pick and choose.”

Karen Ferguson, director of the refugee program at Catholic Social Services in Anchorage, where she works with refugees from Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Bhutan and Burma, has a similar take. She will be moving to Haifa in August with her 13-year-old son, to be followed in December by her husband, Stewart. “I don’t think you can pick a time and hope that will be a time of peaceful tranquility in Israel and say that’s when you’re going to move,” Ferguson said.

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Netanyahu: “All options on the table” in continuing Gaza op.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will keep “all options on the table” as its military operation continues in Gaza. Netanyahu also offered enthusiastic praise for U.S. support of Israel throughout the conflict. As Operation Protective Edge in Gaza neared the end of its 26th day, Netanyahu said the night of Aug. 2 during a conference at Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv that the operation would continue “no matter how much time it takes and how much strength it requires. ...Every option is on the table to ensure long-term quiet to the residents of Israel,” he said. “I won’t say when we’ll finish and where we’ll go. We have no obligation outside of our security concerns.” Netanyahu’s remarks came at the end of a tumultuous weekend in Gaza. Shortly after Israel and Hamas agreed to a three-day cease-fire beginning at 8 am on Aug. 1, Hamas killed two soldiers in a suicide bombing and was said to have captured a third. The Israel Defense Forces determined on Aug. 3 that the soldier supposedly abducted, Lt. Hadar Goldin, was killed in action. Fighting continued in Gaza through Aug. 1-2, though the IDF began withdrawing an unspecified number of troops on Aug. 2.

Following Netanyahu’s statement, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said the IDF was nearing the end of its mission to destroy Hamas’ network of tunnels in Gaza. Ahead of Netanyahu’s statement on Aug. 2, Goldin’s family held a news conference during which they called for the IDF to continue operations until the soldier is returned. “I demand that the state of Israel not leave Gaza until it brings my child home,” said Hedva Goldin, the soldier’s mother. “I

demand the state of Israel not give up on my child, and not give up on any child who went out to defend the state of Israel.” Netanyahu said he planned to speak to the Goldin family after his statement and that “their statement touched my heart.” But he added that “we will continue the operation until it reaches its goals, and the deliberations will be based on those concerns. I’m ready to get to the end of the operation militarily or, if I can, diplomatically,” he said. “I prefer to diplomatically, but if that is impossible, we’ll use all of the tools available.”

The prime minister said “the U.S. has been terrific,” and offered strong words of praise for President Barack Obama and for an “untiring effort” by Secretary of State John Kerry. He also thanked the United States for its financial support of the Iron Dome missile defense system.

“President Obama has made constant statements on Israel’s right to defend itself,” Netanyahu said. “I appreciate it deeply.” Netanyahu also blamed Qatar for funding Hamas and harboring Khaled Meshal, Hamas’ political head. But Netanyahu also noted an emerging “constellation” of Middle Eastern states that oppose Hamas and “that allows us to create a new reality.”

Rio Jews rally for peace in Israel

Some 2,500 people rallied at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro for peace in Israel and the Middle East. Participants of varying ages and types – Jews and non-Jews – marched along the promenade and in the street. They sang Hebrew songs, as well as the Brazilian and Israeli national anthems. Huge signs in Portuguese and English called for peace in the Middle East and condemned antisemitism. The blue and white of the Israeli flag flew alongside the Brazilian flag’s green and yellow, symbolizing the Jewish community’s integration in Brazilian society.

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Love in the Shema: two radically different approaches

By Rabbi Uri C. Cohen Familiarity may not breed contempt of the prayers we say every day, but it certainly makes us feel overconfident about how much we understand. After all, isn’t knowing the words by heart the same as knowing their meaning?

If only. Before we look at two ways to understand the first paragraph of the Shema (Devarim 6:4-9), let’s do a quick review of how it’s usually understood. Here’s a good translation: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your might. These words which I command you today shall be on your heart. Teach them repeatedly to your children, speaking of them when you sit at home and when you travel on the way, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be an emblem between your eyes. Write

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National Jewish security arm calls for enhanced security

The security arm of national U.S. Jewish groups called on Jewish institutions to enhance security because of a spate of attacks on Jewish targets in Europe in the wake of the IsraelHamas conflict in the Gaza Strip. “In light of the current threat environment, SCN strongly encourages member organizations to increase their overall security posture,” said the bulletin distributed on Aug. 1 to Jewish community institutions nationwide by the Secure Community Network in coordination with the Anti-Defamation League. Among its recommendations: Requesting additional patrols from local law enforcement, limit access to a minimum, perhaps to a single entryway, monitoring social media and reviewing security measures, including cyber security. “While there is no imminent or specific threat to the American Jewish community at this time, given the escalation in violence in the Middle East, an unprecedented level of violence and attacks against Jewish facilities across Europe, and the uptick of demonstrations and protests across the United States, it is prudent for Jewish community organizations to reassess their current security posture and consider increasing levels of security during this period of heightened security,” the statement said. Paul Goldenberg, the director of SCN, a joint enterprise of the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, emphasized that such security considerations should not deter Jews from attending synagogue or using Jewish facilities.

He said one cause for concern was that anti-Israel protesters in the U.S. had in recent weeks shifted their focus from Israel diplomatic outposts to Jewish community buildings.

them on the doorposts of your house and gates” (translated

by Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, The Koren Siddur, p. 98).

If you asked the average person what’s involved in love, they might say it’s doing nice things for the one you love, showing that you care and so on, but that’s not what the Shema says. What’s love got to do with the detailed actions described here?

Approach One: Being Loyal One possibility is to read the Shema in political terms that could have been familiar to the Israelites or anybody else living in the Ancient Near East. In the ANE, the word “love” appears in loyalty oaths or treaties between a suzerain (ruler) and a vassal (subject). For example, in the El Amarna letters, the king of Byblos (in present-day Lebanon) writes to Pharaoh, “Behold the city! Half of it loves the sons of Abd-Asir-ta [who rebelled against Pharaoh], and half of it loves my lord.” (As cited by Professor Joshua Berman, “God’s Alliance with Man,” Azure 25, Summer 2006, http:// www.azure.org.il/download/magazine/1721az25_Berman. pdf.) In this context, “love” doesn’t mean affection, but rather, loyalty.

Accordingly, the first paragraph of the Shema might be understood as follows: Be loyal to the Lord your God with all your resources, to the point of self-sacrifice, and with all your armies. You should internalize this contract which I command you today. Make sure your children continue the contract. You should talk about it wherever you go. Wear a sign of allegiance on your arm and where you can see it.

Display a copy of the contract by your front door.

Along these lines, the late Professor Moshe Weinfeld, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, suggested that the prayer of Emet Veyatziv, which we say right after the Shema in the morning service of Shacharit, contains expressions that are direct parallels to the loyalty oaths that started in the ANE and continued in Greek and Roman times (when the prayer was composed). It seems that the sages understood the Shema to be the conditions of God’s contract; so they created Emet Veyatziv to be our acceptance of those conditions (Moshe Weinfeld, “The Loyalty Oath in the Ancient Near East,” Ugarit-Forschungen 8 (1976), pp. 379-414).

Approach Two: Being Lovesick A second possibility is to read the Shema in romantic terms. Professor Reuven Kimelman of Brandeis University presents this intriguing possibility: “Where are words considered so dear that they are worthy of being impressed upon the hearts of the young? What situation is it in which persons, wherever they are, talk of each other; their last thoughts before retiring are of each other; their first thoughts upon awakening are of those precious words which passed between them? They wear each other’s signet, and post their poetry to each other on their gates, that all may see. Would you not say that this is love – a love so all-consuming that it enlists one’s whole heart, soul and might in the service of its demands? This paragraph of the Shema is nothing other than a romance between God and man...” (Reuven Kimelman, “While Saying the Shema,” Conservative Judaism 23:2, 1969, p. 41).

To support his point, Kimelman cites the Rambam, who declares that the ideal fulfillment of the mitzvah to love God is by being in love with God: “What is that proper love [which a person is to love God]? A great, exceedingly intense love, until his soul is bound up with love of God and he finds himself immersed within it. It is as if he is lovesick, when a man’s mind is never free of the thought of that woman, and he thinks of her perpetually – whether sitting, standing, eating or drinking. Greater than this should be the love of God in the hearts of His lovers, pondering upon Him perpetually, as we have been commanded: ‘with all your heart and all your soul.’” It is of this that King Shlomo allegorically has said, “I am lovesick,” and all of Shir Hashirim is an allegory for this (Hilkhot Teshuvah 10:5, translated by Rabbi Reuven Ziegler, “Teshuva: Repentance and Return,” www.vbm-torah.org/ roshandyk/yk62ral.htm).

Notice that the Rambam refers explicitly to the Shema’s words (“bekhol lebabkha uvekhol nefshekha”). Accordingly, the first paragraph of the Shema might be understood as: Be in love with the Lord your God with the most love that’s humanly possible, to the point of self-sacrifice, and wanting to give more even after giving everything. These words which I command you today should be heartfelt.

Tell them to your children over and over. These words should be all you talk about, wherever you go, morning and evening. Wear a symbol of them on your finger, and tack the words up by the door.

What a contrast in approaches! Is it the legal or the emotional? Is it being loyal or being lovesick? The beauty of the Shema is that both are possible. These and those are the words of the living, loving God. Rabbi Uri and Dr. Yocheved Engelberg Cohen, the first couple of the Syracuse Kollel, now live in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel. Cohen teaches in a variety of programs, including Midreshet Moriah in Jerusalem and

Yesodei HaTorah in Zanoach. Engelberg Cohen translates professionally from Hebrew to English.

obituaries David Belkowitz

David Belkowitz of Richmond, VA, died on July 22 from complications of ALS. Born in Syracuse, he spent more than 30 years in Virginia, working as an attorney. He loved food, wine, the Wisconsin Badgers, volunteer pet therapy, traveling and spending time with his family and friends.

He is survived by his children, Sara (Erik) and Jonathan; his longtime companion, Glenda; his brother, Martin (Nancy), of Manlius; three nephews and nieces; seven grand-nephews and -nieces; and his mother-in-law, Gloria Brandt.

Arrangements were by the Bennett Funeral Home.

Contributions may be made to the MD/DC/VA chapter of the ALS Association, 2800 N. Parham Rd., Ste. 208, Richmond, VA 23294. 

Milton “Mickey” Glazier

Milton “Mickey” Glazier, 89, died on July 28, just days shy of his 90th birthday, at Jenners Pond retirement community in West Grove, PA. A lifelong resident of Syracuse until 2002, he and his wife, Pauline, moved to Pennsylvania to be close to their daughter, Estelle, and her husband, Stan.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and attended Syracuse University, where he received a master’s in social work, and worked for the New York State Department of Social Services before retiring at 65.

He was predeceased by his wife, Pauline, in 2012; and his brothers and sisters-in-law, Abe (Ruth) and Louis (Beverly).

He is survived by his daughter, Estelle (Stan) Lukoff, of Landenberg, PA; his son, Mark, of Minden, NV; and his sister-in-law, Lorraine Brummer, of Van Nuys, CA. Burial was in Poiley Tzedek Cemetery. Sisskind Funeral Service had arrangements.

Contributions may be made to Willow Tree Hospice, 616 E. Cypress St., Kennett Square, PA 19348. 

David Scott Kashdin

David Scott Kashdin, 44, died on July 22 at home in Minneapolis from natural causes.

He had lived in Syracuse most of his life. He was a graduate of Fayetteville-Manlius High School and Johnson and Wales University. He was a chef at Silver Oaks Country Club in Minneapolis and had traveled extensively, working as a chef in Naples, FL; Charleston, SC; San Francisco, CA; and Orcas Island, WA. His passions were food, music and the adventure of life, which he shared with his friends and family.

He is survived by his parents, Robert and Linda Kashdin, of Manlius; his brother, Jeffrey (Ilana) Kashdin; a nephew; a niece; and a large extended family.

Burial was in the Beth Sholom section of Oakwood Cemetery. Sisskind Funeral Service had arrangements.

Contributions may be made to Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas, P.O. Box 271, DeWitt, NY 13214-0271; the American Diabetes Association, 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311; or The Eric R. Gingold Foundation at http://ericrgingold.org. 

Robert Malzman

Robert Malzman, 85, died on July 18 at home.

Born in Crotona, NY, he had been a resident of Syracuse since 1964. In the 1970s, he and his son, Cliff, co-founded Cannon Pools. His grandson, Ari, joined the company as a vice president, ensuring the continuity of the family business.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran and served in the Korean War. He was a member of Temple Adath Yeshurun, Onondaga County Post 131 of the Jewish War Veterans, a member of the National Spa and Pool Institute, and a former director of the Better Business Bureau of Central New York.

He was predeceased by his brothers, Martin and David.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Ellie; their children, Cliff (Bobbi) Malzman and Jaime Malzman; two grandchildren; a great-grandson; a sister, Shirley Zucker; and many nieces and nephews.

Burial was in the Adath Yeshurun Cemetery. Sisskind Funeral Service had arrangements.

Contributions may be made to Temple Adath Yeshurun, 450 Kimber Rd., Syracuse, NY 13224 or Hospice of Central New York, 990 7th N. St., Liverpool, NY 13088. 

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obituaries Hannah Warshaw Margulies

Hannah Warshaw Margulies, 99, died at the Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania in Scranton, PA, on July 15.

Born in Pruzhany, Poland, she lived in New York City, where she met her husband. The couple lived in Detroit, MI; Louisville, KY; and Richmond, VA, before moving to Scranton in 1967. Her husband, who was the executive director of the Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania, died in 2012.

She was multilingual from an early age, became fluent in many languages and was a former translator for the Joint Distribution Committee in New York City. She was also a Hebrew teacher. As editor of The Louisville Jewish Post and Opinion, she reported live on the Eichmann trial from Israel. She was a life member of Hadassah and active in the Jewish community. She also sang in the Temple Israel choir. She completed her B.A. in French and earned a master’s degree in English literature from the University of Scranton while in her late 70s.

She was predeceased by her husband, Herman Margulies; her brother, Isaiah Warshaw; and her sister, Frieda Hershkowitz.

She is survived by her daughters Hedva (Gary) Marrell and Hanita Margulies (Howard) Blair, of Syracuse; a son, Hayne (Christine) Margulies; five grandchildren; a greatgranddaughter; and nieces, great-nieces and nephews.

Burial was in Temple Israel Cemetery, Dunmore, PA. Carlucci-Golden-DeSantis Funeral Service had arrangements.

Contributions may be made to Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas, P.O. Box 371, DeWitt, NY 132140271 or Jewish National Fund, 42 E. 69th St., New York, NY 10021. 

Sara Lea Newell

Sara Lea Newell, 100, died on July 29 at Menorah Park.

A life resident of Syracuse, she was a partner with her husband in their family business, M.H. Williams Co., a retail appliance store. She was a life member of Temple Beth El. She was predeceased by her husband, Samuel, in 1989.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Robert (Marlene) and Terry (Carol); four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Sisskind Funeral Service had arrangements.

Contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice to benefit children. 

David Burton Schultz

David Burton Schultz, 89, died at home on July 16.

Born in Syracuse, he was a lifelong resident of the area. He graduated from Syracuse Central High School and served as a radio operator aboard a C47 in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1943-45, as part of the 438th Troop Carrier Command, 87th Squadron, which participated in every battle from Normandy to the crossing of the Rhine. He received six battle stars and an Air Medal with oak leaf cluster. As part of the 438th Troop Carrier Command, he received a presidential citation. He returned to Syracuse after the war and married.

He began his career in sales by helping his father with his horse-drawn produce cart and selling sweets in Syracuse’s 15th Ward and in Archbold Stadium. He became an insurance agent in 1955, choosing it as a career opportunity that enabled him to help people. In 1979, he established the David B. Schultz Agency; in 1983, his son Richard joined him in the firm.

He and his wife supported the community, especially the visual and performing arts, civil and human rights and Syracuse University. They traveled extensively, including to East Africa, China, Egypt and Europe, as well as many visits to Ogunquit, ME. They built a home at Seward Point on Owasco Lake. In addition to supporting the arts, he was an artist, first sculpting in wood and clay, and later painting landscapes, still lifes and portraits. He cherished his Jewish heritage and culture; his philosophy of life was based on atheism and a respect for all people.

He was predeceased by his wife, Bernice Alpert Schultz, in 2014; his brother, Robert Schultz; his sister, Bernice Weinstein; and a son, Louis, in 1971.

He is survived by many friends; his son, Richard (Mary Dunn); two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery. Birnbaum Funeral Service had arrangements. A memorial gathering of family and friends will be held at a later date.

Donations may be made to the Louis Schultz Scholarship Fund at Syracuse University at Syracuse University Office of Development, Attention: Louis Schultz Scholarship Fund, 820 Comstock Ave., Syracuse, NY 13224-5040. 

Leonard Schwartz

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Schwartz, 90, died on July 20. Born in New York City, he was a longtime resident of Port Jefferson. He was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, first as a bomber pilot and later flying cargo/transport missions. He was also a New York City firefighter and postal carrier.

He married his wife shortly after their first date, a blind date, each certain that the other was “the one.” They were well-known around Port Jefferson as the couple often seen walking hand-in-hand along the streets of downtown. A handball player until his 70s, and an avid scuba diver and swimmer, he was often scolded by lifeguards at PJ beach for swimming a half mile from the beach.

He was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Lea, and his sister, Selma.

He is survived by his children, Michael (Mara), of Fayetteville, Rebecca (Rich), Judy, Joseph (Beth) and Joshua (Elissa); nine grandchildren; several cousins, nieces and nephews; and Dottie Andrews, a special friend for the past several years.

Memorial services were held at the Calverton National Cemetery. Shalom Memorial Chapels had arrangements.

Contributions may be made to any organization supporting Israel, hospice or the Port Jefferson Free Library, 100 Thompson St., Port Jefferson, NY 11777. 

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Donald J. Sanders, 93, of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, and formerly of Syracuse and Oneida, NY, died at home on July 26. Born in Sandy Creek, NY, he was raised and educated in Syracuse and graduated from Syracuse University.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force, where he served as a radio operator on the B-17 “Flying Fortress” during World War II. After his wedding in 1951, he and his wife relocated to Oneida, NY, where he managed Markson Bros.

Furniture store for 35 years. He was very active in the local community until retiring to Palm Beach Gardens, FL. He was also an avid golfer, playing several times a week into his 90s.

He was predeceased by his wife, Sally (Shimberg) Sanders; and his sister, Sally Alderman Dworski.

He is survived by his children, Rick Sanders of Middleton, WI, and Beth Sheldon of Nashua, NH; and three grandsons.

Burial was in the Temple Concord section of Woodlawn Cemetery. Birnbaum Funeral Service had arrangements.

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