Jewish Observer - August 20, 2015 by Jewish Federation of CNY

5 ELUL 5775 • AUGUST 20, 2015 • VOLUME XXXIV, NUMBER 16 • PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID, SYRACUSE, NY

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Spotlight on Lincoln’s Jewish ties ters between Lincoln and By Jennifer Brody Abraham Jonas, a Jewish JNS.org lawyer from Quincy, IL, At a time when America’s who was instrumental in heroes are dwindling, filmLincoln’s political rise. In makers and historians are a friendship that spanned among those turning to Abrajust more than two decades, ham Lincoln for inspiration. th Jonas was one of the first The 16 president inspired to support Lincoln’s can“Lincoln,” Steven Spieldidacy for president and berg’s 2012 film examining urged the Republican Party how his political acumen to woo political outsiders helped him get Congress to pass the 13th Amendment. The cover of  “Lincoln like the “liberal and free“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire and the Jews: A History,” thinking Germans” and Hunter” imagines “The Great the basis for the “With “Israelites.” In 1861, Lincoln reEmancipator” as a slayer Firmness in the Right: of slaveholding Southern Lincoln and the Jews” warded Jonas’ contributions museum exhibit. (Photo with the plum political apvampires. But Lincoln’s relationship cour tes y ofT homa s pointment of postmaster of Quincy. But perhaps the with Jews, a lesser-known Dunne Books) greatest testament to their story, is the inspiration for the exhibit “With Firmness in the Right: friendship was Lincoln’s handwritten Lincoln and the Jews,” at the Abraham Lin- order in May 1864 to allow one of Jonas’ coln Presidential Library and Museum in sons, Charles, then a Confederate POW, Springfield, IL. Based on the book “Lincoln “a parole of three weeks to visit his dyand the Jews: A History,” by Jonathan D. ing father.” Lincoln’s fundamental sense of fairness Sarna and Benjamin Shapell, the exhibit distinguished him throughout his political opened at the New York Historical Society career. Evidence of this trait appears in earlier this year. “These are not the stories you’ve many of the documents, photographs, letheard about Lincoln from textbooks. It ters, Bibles and other artifacts assembled opens up a whole new world of another for the “With Firmness in the Right” exaspect of Lincoln’s life,” said Carla hibit. The items are drawn from a variety Knorowski, CEO of the Abraham Lin- of sources, including the Shapell Manucoln Presidential Library Foundation. script Foundation, the Chicago Historical Considering that Lincoln grew up at a Society, Brown University and the Library time of antisemitism, many people may be of Congress. Some of them are being dissurprised to learn that he was deeply com- played publicly for the first time. The exhibit includes a tracing of mitted to religious pluralism and had more Jewish friends and acquaintances than any Lincoln’s own feet and highlights his president before him. In 1809, the year of close relationship with his eccentric Lincoln’s birth, barely 3,000 Jews lived in foot doctor, the British-born Dr. Issachar America. By 1865, the year of Lincoln’s Zacharie, who is buried in London’s assassination, that number had increased Highgate Cemetery. In 1863, The New York World reported that the doctor to 150,000. See “Lincoln” on page 11 The exhibit includes a series of let-

Three congregations to share Friday night Shabbat

Temple Adath Yeshurun, Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas and Temple Concord will come together at Temple Adath for the “Hava Nagrilla” dinner on Friday, August 21, at 6 pm. The dinner will be followed by Friday night services, Shabbat in the Round, at 7 pm, and an oneg Shabbat immediately

following services. Services will be jointly led by TAY Rabbi Paul Drazen, TC Rabbi Daniel Fellman and CBS-CS Rabbi Andrew Pepperstone. Although dinner reservations have closed, the remainder of the evening will be open to the community.

GOP debate: Iran, Israel By Jonah L. Rosenblum Cleveland Jewish News/JNS.org Israel stood on the sideline for most of the August 6 primetime “Republican Presidential Primary Debate,” hosted by Fox News at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland. But that changed an hour and 43 minutes in, when U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (KY) was asked about his previous proposal to cut all financial aid to the Jewish state. Paul didn’t back off that stance. Instead, he said the U.S. shouldn’t give foreign aid until it had a surplus to take from. He noted that even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will be stronger when it is independent. “Out of your surplus, you can help your allies, and Israel is a great ally,” Paul said. “We cannot give away money we don’t have. We do not project power from bankruptcy court.” New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stood in semi-disagreement. “I absolutely believe that Israel is a priority to be able to fund and keep them strong and safe after eight years of this presidency [of Barack Obama],” Christie said.

Matt Borges, chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, said that Israel is hardly the only issue that matters to Jewish voters, but it is one that brings a partisan divide to light. “There couldn’t be any starker contrast about where we stand and where the Democrats stand on this thing right now,” Borges told the Cleveland Jewish News. The American Jewish vote has gone to the Democratic Party in every election since 1920, although the Republican Party came relatively close in 1980 (within 6 percentage points). After reaching a low at 11 percent in 1992, Republicans have slowly increased their chunk of the Jewish vote in recent elections, losing 69-30 percent in 2012. President Barack Obama won 78 percent of the Jewish vote in 2008. While most (though not all) polls show that both Americans voters generally as well as American Jews are against the recently forged Iran deal, the leading Republican presidential candidates came out against the agreement in unison during the debate. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said See “Debate” on page 4

Democrats on Iran From JTA

Democrats supporting the Iran deal

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his support for the Iran nuclear deal. Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, offered his backing in a statement on Aug. 7 following a telephone conversation with President Barack Obama, who addressed some of his concerns, Sanders said. He talked about his decision during an interview aired on Aug. 9 on the CBS News program “Face the Nation.” “It’s so easy to be critical of an agreement which is not perfect,” Sanders said during the interview with host John Dickerson. “But the United

States has to negotiate with, you know, other countries. We have to negotiate with Iran. And the alternative of not reaching an agreement, you know what it is? It’s war. Do we really want another war, a war with Iran? ...So I think we go as far as we possibly can in trying to give peace a chance, if you like. Trying to see if this agreement will work. And I will support it.” In his statement, Sanders said, “The test of a great nation is not how many wars it can engage in, but how it can resolve international conflicts in a peaceful manner. ...The United States must do everything it can to make certain that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon, that Israel is not threatened by a nuclear Iran and that a See “Iran” on page 8

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Israeli film series

“The End”

Congregational notes

The JCC will sponsor an Israeli The CBS-CS Sisterhood and the A shul barbecue; a look at sacred film series as part of the Syracuse JCC will co-host a symposium on stories in Judaism and Islam; and Jewish views of the afterlife. International Film Festival. Itzhak Perlman in concert. Story on page 3 Story on page 2 Stories on page 4

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JCC to sponsor Israeli film series as part of Syracuse International Film Festival

By William Wallak The Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center of Syracuse will sponsor three Israeli film screenings during the Syracuse International Film Festival in October. Four episodes of “House of Wishes” by award-winning Israeli writer, director and actor Haim Bouzaglo will be shown on Saturday, October 17, at 7:30 pm, at the Palace Theatre, 2384 James St., Syracuse. The TV series, re-named “Wish” for American distribution on HBO, is a fictional look at people who receive a chance to relive defining experiences of their lives. Bouzaglo will also be present at the screening to receive the festival’s Sophia Award for lifetime achievement.

On Sunday, October 18, two films will be screened at the JCC. “The Farewell Party,” an Israeli comedy about euthanasia and residents of a retirement home, will be shown at 1 pm. Running at 3 pm will be another Israeli comedy, “Zero Mo-

Central New York’s 2015 Community Program Fund. For more information or to purchase tickets to these and other Syracuse International Film Festival screenings, visit www.filminsyracuse.com.

“Jewish Schindler” saves more than 120 Iraqi Christian and Yazidi girls By JNS staff JNS.org A Canadian Jewish businessman who was inspired by the work of Oskar

a matter of opinion Lobby hard on Iran deal, but ditch the stereotypes By Jonathan Greenblatt NEW YORK (JTA) – Congress and the American people are focused on what everyone agrees is a historic, serious and consequential foreign policy decision – the fate of the nuclear deal with Iran. While we all hope for a debate based on substance and conducted with civility, the truth is that political debates today are often characterized more by slogans and fearmongering than by evidence-based deliberations. Some of the rhetoric around the debate over the Iran deal has been far from edifying and downright worrying. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, went so far as to accuse President Barack Obama of leading Israel “to the door of the ovens.” Other opponents of the deal have attacked the character of the president and Secretary of State John Kerry directly, with one even stooping so low as to suggest that Kerry is an agent of Iran and another saying the president is effectively declaring war on Israel. These are preposterous claims that should be rejected outright. On the other side, I am deeply troubled by rhetoric that characterizes opposition to the deal as motivated by disloyal attachments to other countries or by the religious affiliation of those against the agreement. A number of liberal advocacy groups have impugned the reputation of Sen. Charles Schumer, who is Jewish, describing the New York Democrat as a warmonger, a puppet of the Israeli prime minister and a traitor. Such accusations are baseless and unhelpful. In this environment, the Obama administration is waging a vigorous campaign for the deal’s approval. Part of any campaign is to define your opponent and do it in a sound bite. Having worked in the Obama White House, I have the extra benefit of knowing the president and his staff, what motivates them and the values they hold. They are not antisemites, and in fact have a record of standing with the Jewish community and supporting Israel even when they have felt pressure not to. Yet as the debate over the Iran deal has gone forward, the administration has at times waded into characterizations that in the eyes of many members of the Jewish community recall malicious accusations about Jews. References to money and the well-funded opposition, while factually accurate, resonate negatively in a Jewish community that has been targeted for centuries as using its wealth for sinister purposes. This anxiety only is bolstered when one realizes that no one has raised issues about the finances and organizations

tivation,” which follows female Israeli soldiers awaiting their return to civilian life from the remote desert base where they are stationed. The JCC’s Israeli film series is funded by a grant from the Jewish Federation of

of the deal proponents. Moreover, claims that opponents of the proposed agreement are “the same folks who brought us the war in Iraq” remind many Jewish Americans of tired accusations against the “Jewish lobby” that has supposedly pushed for every failed policy in the Middle East. Yet there was no unified Jewish community position on the Iraq war, and the community was in no way a major factor in the Bush administration’s decision to launch the war. In fact, many Jewish Americans who are concerned about this deal with Iran actually were opposed to the Iraq war and bristle at accusations that imply “they got it wrong before, don’t listen to them now.” At best, this assertion is simply inaccurate. At worst, it can foster a hostile climate for the American Jewish community as the debate intensifies. Long after the dust settles it may also leave lingering questions about the Jewish ability to partake in public debate. This situation is exacerbated by framing opponents of the deal as simply advocating for war. Opponents of the deal in the Jewish community hear this as a suggestion that Jews are seeking yet again to drag the United States into conflict, possibly against American interests or to serve only Israeli ones. Agree or disagree with the deal, it is unfair to suggest that those who oppose it are advocating for war. Some sincerely believe in maintaining sanctions or the need to achieve a deal that addresses Iran’s human rights violations, sponsorship of terrorism and belligerence in the region. To be clear, we do not believe that the administration is buying into these canards. What we do believe is that this rhetoric is poisoning the political debate. Political leaders, commentators and advocates on both sides need to be aware of the painful history of anti-Semitism and how statements can both wound those who have experience with it and incite those looking for any opportunity to foster hostility toward Jews. Our message to both sides is clear: Debate this policy on the facts, without engaging in personal attacks on the intent or character of our leaders. Stick to your arguments and lobby hard. Express concerns without demonizing your opponents. Realize that accusations may linger long into the future. Let all of us, liberal or conservative, hawk or dove, commit to reject personal attacks and to avoid innuendo and stereotypes, whether intentional or not. Jonathan Greenblatt is national director of the Anti-Defamation League.

Schindler during the Holocaust has rescued more than 120 Iraqi Christian and Yazidi girls from the Islamic State terror group. Steve Maman, 42, founded the group Liberation of Christian and Yazidi Children of Iraq after the jihadist group conquered northern Iraq last year, displacing more than 120,000 people while forcing many non-Muslims they captured to either convert or die. Many women and children were also taken as sex slaves by the Islamic State fighters. “We liberate children from their captors through the use of on-the-ground brokers,” Maman told the U.K. Catholic newspaper, The Tablet. According to Maman, many of the girls who were kidnapped, some as young as 8, were used as sex slaves and raped as many as 30-40 times a day. Maman said the money he has raised has come from many of his Jewish busi-

ness associates, whom he called “very generous.” But those associates, he said, have failed to generate support from Christians in Canada. “This is a finite problem that can be solved with money,” Maman said. “We need Christians to open up at the same rate as my Jewish friends have.” Maman has also launched a GoFundMe crowdfunding webpage that has raised $267,214 as of August 12, with a goal of $2 million. According to Maman, the freed girls are escorted to Iraqi Kurdistan, where they are given short-term shelter, food and medical care, with additional assistance to help them relocate and rebuild their lives. “The price of a child’s life to remove them from the hands of ISIS is between $1,000-$3,000,” Maman said on his fundraising page. “We, as avid consumers, spend that money on gadgets and tools. Why not spend that money to save a life?”

NEWS IN bRIEF From JNS.org

Israeli man wins world championship in running for seniors

Three months after being named European champion, 91-year-old Israeli longdistance runner Semion Simkin on Aug. 10 won the world championship for senior runners in Lyon, France. Simkin finished the 6.2-mile race with a time of 1:20:01, beating the runner-up from Argentina by 21 minutes and 26 seconds. A day earlier, Simkin won the silver medal in the 3.1-mile race. “This is a scenario I never even dreamed of. I hope that in the future I will still have the strength to continue and to bring honor to Israel,” Simkin said after his victory, Israel Hayom reported. Simkin, who was born in Belarus and survived the Holocaust, is a father of two, grandfather of four and great-grandfather of six. Despite being legally blind, he prefers competing without any concessions on his behalf.

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AROUND CENTRAL NEW YORK CBS-CS Sisterhood and JCC symposium to be held October 13

By William Wallak The Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas Sisterhood and Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center of Syracuse are preparing to present another Sisterhood Symposium on Tuesday, October 13. The program “The End: Jewish Views

of the Afterlife” will be held at 6:30 pm at the JCC, 5655 Thompson Rd., DeWitt. There will be a charge to attend. Tickets include dinner, and there is a per-table price that also includes recognition in the printed program. The event’s featured participants will be Benjamin D. Som-

mer, professor of Bible in the department of Bible and ancient Semitic languages at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, and CBS-CS Rabbi Andrew Pepperstone. For more information and to purchase tickets, contact CBS-CS at 3446-9570 or office@cbscs.org.

Encountering spirituality in depth By MAGGID Jim Brulé and Reverend Bill Redfield Beginning in October, Jews and Christians will have an opportunity to “deepen themselves spiritually,” with a later option of traveling to Israel. Participants examine the spiritual world through two different perspectives, those of Judaism and Christianity. The program will be led by two well-known individuals in the Syracuse and broader community, Maggid Jim Brulé and Reverend Bill Redfield. Friends for many years, the two men found the inspiration for the program while on an interfaith visit to Israel led by Temple Concord Rabbi Daniel Fellman and Redfield this past spring. The journey took participants to a variety of Jewish and Christian sites, which opened the doors to – but did not allow much time for reflection upon – the shared spiritual underpinnings of their respective faiths. Brulé and Redfield are said to have created this new program out of a desire to take “a more mystical and measured journey.” “Anyone who has closed one eye can see everything, but depth perception is missing,” said organizers of the event. “In fact, those who looked at scenes through a View Master many years ago would see two flat images

– each taken from a slightly different angle – suddenly pop out into 3-D. Of course, looking at either image, or through one eye, didn’t mean that the image was false; neither eye’s image was truer than the other. However, when those two images were seen together, people could see the real depth of the picture. Seeing with two eyes allows people to intuitively recognize distance, catch a baseball and know when to look around something to see what might be behind it.” Beginning in October, Brulé and Redfield will “weave together” two streams of spiritual pilgrimage – Jewish and Christian – in three separate, but connected, programs. Throughout 18 months, participants will study together with the intent of growing together and allowing each person “to deepen his or her encounter with the One,” as well as with each other. The first program will consist of monthly meetings, beginning in October. In these meetings, Brulé and Redfield will explore the “deep interconnections” and differences between Judaism and Christianity through dialogue and practice. Participants will be able to have the experience of moving beyond the surface distinctions of theology and ritual, and learn how to explore the deeper

JCC senior department news By William Wallak August 31 supper to wrap up summer dinners The Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center’s Monday evening senior kosher dinners will conclude with an end-of-summer celebration dinner on August 31 at 5 pm. It will be the last Monday senior dinner until 2016. Entertainment will be provided by Signature Music. The dinner will be open to seniors ages 60 and older. There will be a modest suggested contribution per person. Reservations for the dinner will be required by

Wednesday, August 26. For more information and to make a reservation, call 445-2360. Flu shot clinic offered September 8 The JCC of Syracuse will host a flu shot clinic on Tuesday, September 8, from 10 am-2 pm, at the center on 5655 Thompson Rd., DeWitt. Most insurance will be accepted. For anyone paying out of pocket, there will be a charge. The clinic is being held in conjunction with Ride Aid Pharmacy. Reservations have been requested. For more information and to make a reservation, call 445-2360.

spirituality that makes each accessible. Their hope is that “a deep tunnel will be opened” between mystical Judaism and mystical Christianity. Brulé and Redfield will also lead two or three weekend retreats during the 18-month period, when participants can more deeply explore the “deep ecumenism” that these faiths present in a residential setting. Finally, there will be an opportunity to travel to Israel as a group in Spring 2017. Details of the residential retreats and Israel trip are still in formation; so no commitment to these programs is required now. The monthly meetings will be held the first Wednesday of every month beginning October 7, from 7-9 pm, at Wisdom House, 113 Chapel St., Fayetteville. For more information, visit www.openpathways.org or contact Brulé and Redfield at info@openpathways.org.

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Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center senior dining menu August 24-28 Monday dinner at 5 pm – Cornish hen with couscous Tuesday – hamburger on a bun Wednesday – spaghetti and meatballs Thursday – chicken fried rice Friday – salmon with hoisin glaze August 31-September 4 Monday dinner at 5 pm – brisket with mango barbecue sauce Tuesday – TBA Wednesday – TBA Thursday – TBA Friday – TBA The Bobbi Epstein Lewis JCC Senior Adult Dining Program at the Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center offers Va’ad Ha’ir-supervised kosher lunches served Tuesday-Friday at noon. Dinners are served on

Mondays at 5 pm throughout the summer. Reservations for dinner are required by the Wednesday before each dinner. Lunch reservations are required by noon on the previous business day. 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. To attend, one need not be Jewish or a member of the JCC. For more information or to make a reservation, contact Cindy Stein at 445-2360, ext. 104, or cstein@ jccsyr.org.

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congregational notes Tickets going fast for Itzhak Perlman’s return to Syracuse The Temple Concord Regina F. Goldenberg Cultural Series, in collaboration with Symphoria, will present Itzhak Perlman in concert on Sunday, November 1, at 3 pm, at the Mulroy Civic Center’s Crouse Hinds Theater. Only a few hundred tickets remain. The world-renowned violinist last appeared in Syracuse in November 2001, in a concert also hosted by Temple Concord. The performance with Symphoria, conducted by Lawrence Loh, of Symphoria, will

feature the Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A-minor, op. 56 (Scottish) and the Beethoven Violin Concerto in D-Major, op. 61. Tickets for the concert can be purchased by visiting www.ExperienceSymphoria.org or by calling Symphoria’s box office at 299-5598. Proceeds from Perlman’s appearance will benefit the free, monthly Regina F. Goldenberg Music Series and programming at Temple Concord.

Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas CBS-CS annual Back-to-Shul BBQ Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas will hold its annual Labor Day Back-to-Shul barbecue on Monday,

Temple Concord Sacred Stories in Islam and Judaism discussed at Temple Concord Dr. Elliott Bazzano and Maggid Jim Brulé will draw from the sacred and spiritual traditions of Islam and Judaism in a discussion on Wednesday, August 26, at 7 pm, at Temple Concord. They will discuss how similar values are interwoven through these two traditions, and will tell stories about and discuss what the two religions share, along with what distinguishes them from one other. Among the topics to be presented will be that one of the stories many Jews think is in the Torah is actually found in the Qu’ran, and the characters in Abraham’s sacrifice might have been different than people usually think. The program will be open to the community. For more information, contact the synagogue at 475-9952.

September 7, from 4-6 pm, at CBS-CS. The event will be open to the community and will offer an opportunity for those who do not know the synagogue to come learn about the congregation. Clergy, staff and lay leaders, as well as congregants of all ages, will come for a meal and to be among friends. In addition to a bouncy house, there will be sand art, crafts and face-painting for children of all ages. This year, participants will make a “gigantic” New Year’s card that will be displayed through the holidays. Although there will be no charge, donations have been encouraged to help offset costs and participants are also asked to bring school supplies such as pens, pencils, crayons and notebooks, all of which are always needed at Delaware Academy on the west side of Syracuse. There will also be an opportunity to donate canned and dry food to the year-round collection of food for the Temple Concord Food Pantry, as well as toiletries for Operation Soap Dish, which collects toiletry items for food pantry clients. In The City coupon books will be available for sale. Reservations have been requested and can be made by contacting the CBS-CS office at cbscs@yahoo.com or 446-9570 by Monday, August 31.

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IDF issues new rules of engagement in Judea and Samaria

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) – Israel Defense Forces GOC Central Command Maj. Gen. Roni Numa on Aug. 11 issued a temporary directive revising the rules of engagement across Judea and Samaria, seeking to limit the number of incidents in which live fire is used against Palestinian rioters. The directive was issued as part of the IDF’s efforts to defuse the growing tensions on the ground following the July 31 torching of homes in the Palestinian village of Duma, near Nablus, which claimed the life of 18-month-old Ali Dawabsha and his father, Saad, 31, and left his mother and 4-yearold brother in serious condition. According to Israel’s Channel 10, the new orders bar soldiers from opening fire at Palestinian rioters hurling firebombs or stones at them, unless the troops believe they are in imminent danger. The orders specify that if a rioter who threw a stone or a firebomb is not endangering soldiers’ lives and moves away from them, the troops must not shoot toward him, but must instead try to apprehend him using other measures. Before the new directive, the instructions were for soldiers to try to stop rioters who had hurled firebombs or stones using all reasonable measures, working under the assumption that those who threw such items once would do so again. Consequently, soldiers would pursue Palestinian rioters and begin arrest procedures, which include firing in midair and if necessary at the suspects’ legs.

OECD praises efforts to integrate Israeli Arabs

The 34-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development praised Israel’s economy in a recent report, noting that it “weathered the global financial crisis [of 2008-2009] better than most OECD countries” and kept unemployment at “historically low levels.” Part of the report is dedicated to the integration of Israeli Arabs in the labor market and includes recommendations for the Israeli government. According to the report, the seven government-run employment centers in the Arab community have been a “welcome development,” in part because they help create a more skilled workforce that could climb the economic ladder.

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You get the Jewish enrichment and spiritual nourishment you’re looking for. You get the rabbinic support you need in times of joy and times of sorrow. And you get connected to your community and your Jewish roots.

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Only through memberships can a congregation support the variety of services, classes, and programs throughout the year that keep Judaism alive and flourishing.

The Jewish community benefits.

The congregation is the institution that has sustained the Jewish people for two millennia throughout the world. Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform - everyone wins when you join the congregation of your choice. The Jewish Federation of Central New York encourages you to affiliate. This message is brought to you by the Jewish Federation of Central New York in support of our synagogues important pillars of our Jewish community.

Syracuse area congregations: Chabad House Chabad-Lubavitch 424-0363 Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas Conservative 446-9570 Shaarei Torah Orthodox Congregation of Syracuse Orthodox 446-6194 Temple Adath Yeshurun Conservative 445-0002 Temple Concord Reform 475-9952

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he’d terminate the deal on day one if he were elected. “It’s another example of the failed foreign policy of the Clinton-Obama doctrine,” Walker said. Paul faulted how the Obama administration negotiated. “I don’t think the president negotiated from a position of strength,” he said. “I think President Obama gave away too much too early.” Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee brought up the Ronald Reagan aphorism, “Trust, but verify,” accusing Obama of a “Trust, but vilify” approach that criticizes all who oppose the pact. “We got nothing and Iran gets everything they want,” Huckabee said. “The world has a burgeoning nuclear power.” Current frontrunner (according to recent polls) and real estate mogul Donald Trump agreed. “If Iran was a stock, you folks should go out and buy it right now,” Trump said. “What’s happening in Iran is a disgrace, and it’s going to lead to destruction in large portions of the world.” An overly soft Obama administration policy was also discussed in regard to the Islamic State terror group. “We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism,’” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (TX) said. “What we need is a commander-in-chief that makes clear if you join ISIS (Islamic State), if you wage jihad on America, then you are signing your death warrant.” In his argument for a stronger foreign policy, Cruz recalled that the Americans taken hostage by Iran from 1979-81 were released right after Reagan took office. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said he wouldn’t have gone to war in Iraq knowing what he knows today, but he blamed Obama’s abandonment of Iraq for creating a void that allowed Islamic State to grow. “We need to take out ISIS with every tool at our disposal,” Bush said. Borges told the Cleveland Jewish News that Ohio Governor John Kasich stood out for his foreign policy experience, including nearly two decades on the U.S. Armed Services Committee, which Kasich stressed during the debate. “It stands out from others, because he’s the only one who can talk about it,” Borges said. “The only thing he has to do to differentiate himself from the other candidates is talk about his record, because his record differentiates himself.”

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Do You Know? Forget-Me-Nots By Jackie Miron Community Program Fund Grants are awarded annually in the fall by the Allocations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Central New York. The grants are available to all Jewish organizations, agencies, and synagogues in the Central New York community. The funds come from Federation’s Annual Campaign and are given Jackie Miron out in grants of $10,000, $5,000 or $2,500. The Allocations Committee reviews the grant requests and makes recommendations to the board, which then votes on the recommendations. The Jewish Federation of Central New York awarded a community grant of $10,000 to the Forget-Me-Nots Chorus in 2014. Under the guidance of Francine Berg, music director of Menorah Park, the chorus features seniors with dementia, caregivers and loved ones. The program was modeled after a similar program in New York City, and is conducted at eight locations in Central New York. Funding allows the weekly one-hour sessions to be held at Menorah Park, where skilled nursing staff and social workers are on-hand to aid the singers. Berg has adjusted the program to meet the needs of participants by choosing upbeat songs that are not too difficult, but are easily sung. She has watched as singers have reacted positively to the music and their pure joy – which makes the activity therapeutic as well. It has been proven that patients with dementia respond to music even if they offer little communication and interaction otherwise. Berg has a magical way with the singers – engaging, interacting, encouraging and smiling. She is a marvel at this activity, as she has been in countless other musical endeavors throughout many years in the Central New York community. Speaking to her about the program ignites her infectious enthusiasm. Her passion and love for the singers See “Nots” on page 11

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JCC’s “So-Long Summer” vacation camp starts August 24 By William Wallak The Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center of Syracuse will hold its “So-Long Summer” vacation camp during the last two weeks of summer. The camp for children entering kindergarten-sixth grade will be held weekdays from August 24-September 4, from 9 am-4 pm, at the JCC, on 5655 Thompson Rd., DeWitt. Early- and late-care options are available to extend each day from 7:30 am-6 pm. Half-day options are also available most days. Children may attend just one day, or up to all 10. The camp will feature a variety of age-appropriate indoor and outdoor activities, as well as theme days, such as Disney day, super hero day and “sports galore.” Field trips are also planned to Clark Reservation State Park, Chittenango Falls State Park and the New York

State Fair. All campers should bring seasonally appropriate clothing for outdoor activities, including sneakers, swimsuits, towels, hats and sun block. Mick Hagan, director of children and teen services, said, “With so many cool things planned, each day will be like one big party for the kids. We’re going to get everyone moving and having fun with activities like arts and crafts, games, swimming, sports and more.” Full-day campers are asked to bring a non-meat lunch. An afternoon snack will be provided. Registration for “So-Long Summer” vacation camp will continue up until and throughout the camp. Current JCC membership or program enrollment is not required to enroll a child. Discounts are offered for JCC members and siblings. For more information and to obtain a registration form, call 445-2360 or visit www.jccsyr.org.

Last chance to jump in the JCC pool By William Wallak Only a couple of weeks remain for members of the Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center of Syracuse

L-r: Jewish Community Center Camp Rishon campers Zoe Mastronardi and Wyatt Cole enjoyed the water during their swim lesson with certified swimming instructor Jeff Hust. All JCC campers from 18-monthssixth grade participate in daily Red Cross swim lessons and free swim time in the JCC’s outdoor heated pool.

to swim in the outdoor heated pool this summer. Labor Day, Monday, September 7, will be the last day that the JCC pool will be open for the season. Anyone looking to participate in swim lessons before school starts have one week left to do so. The JCC’s group, semi-private and private swim lessons for children, as well as adults of all skill levels, will end for the season on Friday, August 28. Taught by Red Cross-certified instructors, swimmers as young as 6-months old are can attend. JCC membership is not required to take swim lessons; however members receive a discount. JCC Executive Director Marci Erlebacher said, “The JCC pool has been a wonderful gathering place for our members and their guests this summer. To see families relaxing and bonding in and around the pool, our campers having fun in the water on hot summer days and children excited to be swimming on their own for the first time because of swim lessons, has been priceless.”

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JCC’s school-year programs help children learn and grow By William Wallak From preschool and after school care, to dance, gymnastics and other classes, the Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center of Syracuse will offer many programs during upcoming school year to help children learn and grow. For the youngest learners, the JCC’s Jerome and Phyllis Char ney Early Childhood Development Program is a licensed child care facilit y offering infant, toddler and pre-school care for children from 6-weeks-5-years. This program provides activities designed to “invigorate children’s minds, encourage their love of learning and satisf y their curiosit y.” The facilit y features a variet y of enrollment options designed to give families “peace of mind and flexibilit y.” JCC ECDP Director Jo David said, “We offer so much to ensure the development in social-emotional, physical, language and cognitive well being of each child. SMART boards in the pre-k indergarten classrooms, optional enrichment classes and our creative curriculum aligned with common core standards and early

The Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center’s Jerome and Phyllis Charney Early Childhood Development Program regularly brings guests into the preschool classrooms for interactive programs. Tamar Frieden (far right), of Toddlers’Tango, performed for a class using music and movement. learning guidelines are all designed to help children succeed.” The JCC offers programs for schoolage children as well. Before-school care for Jamesville-DeWitt elementary students provides a place to go in the morning be-

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fore the school day begins and includes free busing to school. The After School Program gives children from school districts in close proximity to the JCC a place to go from the close of school to 6 pm on school days. Children may attend from one-five days per week. In many cases, the JCC’s bus can provide transportation to the program. Mick Hagan, JCC director of children and teen services, said, “Solid programming that’s fun and full of teachable moments is what makes us different from a babysitter or having children sit in front of a TV. We do a lot to keep children active and engaged. This includes arts and crafts,

sports and recreation, games and cultural activities. We even have a homework room. Children can also enroll in enrichment classes to further their interests or learn something new.” Other school-age programs offered include school vacation camps and snow-day care. These allow children to enjoy field trips, games, special events and activities when not in school during holidays, breaks and unexpected snow days. Organizers feel that this t ype of care eases parents’ stress so they can continue to work, knowing their children are “well cared for.” In addition, various fitness and recreation classes are available weekdays starting each fall for preschool and school-age children. They t ypically run for 12 weeks. Classes offered include dance, gymnastics, karate, basketball and rookie sports. New classes available this fall include “Movin’ and Groovin’ Fitness,” “Cardio Hoops” and “Lil’ Kickers Soccer.” All classes have been designed to build skills and “get children moving and having fun.” The ECDP is open to JCC members. Membership is not required to enroll in the JCC’s before school care, after school care, vacation camps, snow day care and fitness and recreation classes, though members receive a discount. The JCC is located at 5655 Thompson Rd., DeWitt. For more information about the early childhood and school-age children’s programs, call 445-2360 or visit www. jccsyr.org.

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nuclear arms race in the region is avoided,” he said. “President Obama and Secretary Kerry have worked through a very difficult process with the United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, Russia and Iran. This agreement is obviously not all that many of us would have liked, but it beats the alternative – a war with Iran that could go on for years.” Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner in the 2016 race, also has endorsed the Iran agreement. She said as president she would hew to the Iran nuclear deal just completed, but would also build a coalition to stop Iranian bad behavior in other areas. “We have in the agreement the access for inspections and the transparency that was absolutely necessary,” Clinton said on July 15 as she met Democrats in Congress. “But we have to treat this as an ongoing effort and as president, I would be absolutely devoted to ensuring the agreement is followed.” Clinton, who was President Barack Obama’s secretary of state in his first term, has broadly embraced his foreign policies. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said she would back what she called an “imperfect” Iran nuclear deal. Gillibrand, the junior senator from New York, said in a statement on Aug. 6 that Iran was likelier to obtain a nuclear weapon sooner should Congress kill the deal. “Iran will still be disruptive in the Middle East and fund terrorist activities,” Gillibrand said. “This regime will continue to deny

Israel’s right to exist, the Quds Force,” a division of the country’s Revolutionary Guards, “will still be listed as a terrorist organization, and Iran will continue to exacerbate tensions with our allies in the region,” she said. “But Iran would be exponentially more dangerous to Israel and the entire region with a nuclear weapon.” At least nine Jewish Democrats among the 27 Congress members have backed the deal, notably Reps. Sander Levin of Michigan, Adam Schiff of California and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, along with both California senators, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. Levin is the senior Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee; Schiff is the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee; and Schakowsky is the chief deputy whip. Feinstein is the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and Boxer is a long-serving member of the Senate. Congress’ Jewish caucus generally takes the lead on Israel issues and its trends are closely watched by other lawmakers.

Democrats opposing the Iran deal

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), said he will oppose the Iran deal, becoming the sixth Jewish Democrat in Congress to come out against the nuclear agreement. Sherman, though, praised President Barack Obama for his “incredible efforts” to keep Iran from becoming a nuclear-armed state. “This president has worked far harder, taken more diplomatic and political risks, and

accomplished far more than the previous administration,” he said. Sherman joins Reps. Eliot Engel, Nita Lowey and Steve Israel of New York, and Ted Deutch of Florida, along with Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, as Jewish Democrats opposing the deal. Engel is the Foreign Affair Committee’s senior Democrat; Deutch is the senior Democrat on its Middle East subcommittee; Lowey is the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee; and Israel until last year chaired the House Democrats re-election campaign. Schumer is in line for his party’s Senate leadership. “Advocates on both sides have strong cases for their point of view that cannot simply be dismissed,” Schumer said in a statement obtained by The New York Times. “This has made evaluating the agreement a difficult and deliberate endeavor, and after deep study, careful thought and considerable soul-searching, I have decided I must oppose the agreement and will vote yes on a motion of disapproval.” “The answers I’ve received simply don’t convince me that this deal will keep a nuclear weapon out of Iran’s hands, and may in fact strengthen Iran’s position as a destabilizing and destructive influence across the Middle East,” Engel was quoted as saying by Reuters. Republicans are largely against the sanctions-relieffor-nuclear-restrictions deal reached on July 14 between six major powers and Iran.

Selichot around the community Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas will present a Selichot program and service in preparation for the upcoming High Holiday season on Saturday, September 5. Participants will gather at 8:30 pm for Havdalah and watch the film “Thirteen Conversations about One Thing.” Through glimpses of various people’s lives, the film asks the questions about what happiness is and how people achieve or lose happiness. Participants will view parts of the film, with a discussion afterward. Rabbi Andrew Pepperstone and Cantor Paula Pepperstone will lead the Selichot service at 10:30 pm, which includes prayers of forgiveness as people begin to examine their lives and look forward to the New Year. The program and service will be open to the community. For more information, contact the CBS-CS office at 446-9570 or office@cbscs.org. Temple Adath Yeshurun Temple Adath Yeshurun will show the documentary “Raise The Roof” by Yari and Cary Wolisky on Saturday, September 5, at 8:30 pm. The film follows the project of

Artist Rick Brown held a photo that inspired him and his wife to reconstruct Gwozdziec, an 18th century wooden synagogue in Poland, which was the last to be destroyed by the Nazis during World War II. It is the subject of a film to be shown at Temple Adath Yeshurun on Selichot, Saturday, September 12, at 8:30 pm. (Photo copyright 2014 Trillium Studios) artists Rick and Laura Brown, who are neither Jewish nor Polish, but who set out to rebuild Gwozdziec, an 18th-

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century wooden synagogue in Poland. It was the last to be destroyed by the Nazis during World War II. The artists worked with 300 college students from 11 countries to replicate the roof structure and paint ceiling murals. Using their hands, old tools and restoration techniques, they are said to have “rediscovered” Gwozdziec’s history, culture and art. The film has been screened at Jewish film festivals in San Francisco, Philadelphia and Atlanta, and internationally at Jewish film festivals in Toronto, Berlin and Barcelona. Following the film, there will be a dessert reception sponsored by the TAY Sisterhood. Rabbi Paul Drazen will lead the Selichot service beginning at 10:30 pm. The service will include the dedication of memorial endowments on the TAY Yizkor Wall of Remembrance. The film and Selichot services will be open to the community. Mincha will be held at 7:20 pm, with the film to follow at 8:30 pm. The Selichot service will begin at 10:30 pm. For more information, visit www.adath.org, call 445-0002, or e-mail info@adath.org. Temple Concord Temple Concord will explore “Mishkan Hanefesh,” its new High Holiday prayer book, at Selichot services on Saturday, September 12. Starting at 8 pm, the new prayer book will be explored, comparing it with the books of earlier generations. Cantor Kari Siegel Eglash and Rabbi Daniel Fellman will discuss new readings and melodies. The books will then be officially consecrated, followed by an oneg. After the discussion and consecration, the Selichot service will begin in the sanctuary, marking the beginning of the holiday season with the changing of the Torah mantels. Rabbi Fellman said, “Selichot will be a time for us to celebrate our new prayer books while enjoying the warm glow of the Selichot service.”

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Calendar Highlights

To see a full calendar of community events, visit the Federation's community calendar online at www.jewishfederationcny.org. Please notify jstander@jewishfederationcny.org of any calendar changes.

Sunday, August 23 Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas at Jewish Community Garden at Temple Adath Yeshurun at 10 am Monday, August 24 Lunch and Learn at the Oaks with Rabbi Andrew Pepperstone at noon Syracuse Hebrew Day School board meeting at 7 pm Tuesday, August 25 Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center Executive Committee meeting at 6 pm, followed by JCC Board of Directors meeting at 7 pm Thursday, August 27 Early Jewish Observer deadline for the Sept. 17 issue TAY Board of Directors meeting at 7 pm Friday, August 28 Temple Concord Shabbat in the TC garden from 4:45-5:30 pm, followed by Shabbat in the Park(ing) lot at 6 pm Tuesday, September 1 CBS-CS Sisterhood potluck at 6:30 pm at Kimry Moor Tuesday, September 2 TAY Hazak lunch at the JCC at noon Friday, September 4 CBS-CS SHIRAT Shabbat at 6 pm Saturday, September 5 SELICHOT CBS-CS pre-holiday lunch and learn with Rabbi Andrew Pepperstone at noon Monday, September 7 Labor Day CBS-CS Back-to-Shul barbecue at 4 pm

NEWS IN bRIEF From JTA

Historic former French shul burns down

A historic building that once housed a synagogue burned down in northeastern France. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fire the week of Aug. 7 in the town of Maizieres-les-Vic inside the 19th-century building, which was consumed by flames, the news website www.republicain-lorrain.fr reported. The building was used by a local poultry farmer and has not functioned as a synagogue in decades, according to the report. Police are not ruling out arson, as the building had no electrical wires that could have started a fire accidentally, according to Mayor Alain Guise.

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The JCC pool is a members-only benefit; however guests can purchase a pool pass and swim when accompanied by a member. Each summer, the JCC pool features a variety of aquatics programs, including learn-to-swim lessons, open free-swim, lap-swim, group aqua fitness classes and pool parties. For more information about the JCC pool and swim lessons, call 445-2360 or visit www.jccsyr.org.

d’var torah

Rules: A gift of healthy boundaries By Judith S. Huober Ki Tetze is, on the face of it, a difficult parasha to love. It contains 74 mitzvot, 27 positive and 47 negative, about topics ranging from proper family relationships to many aspects of daily living, justice, family responsibility, work and sexuality. Many of its specific tenets have entered into the canon of modern ethical behaviors, such as the mandate to build a fence around the dangerous places of one’s house, so as to protect visitors and intruders alike from risk while on the property. Others have, in practice, been discarded as irrelevant, such as rules about how to treat a beautiful captive of war; or even some deemed as antithetical to today’s values. The law against cross dressing or those governing other sexual matters seem, at the very least, unfashionable; and at their worst, hateful. The rules against pairing unlike team members (a donkey with an ox) or mixing unlike substances (wool and linen) are among the most troublesome, evoking racist proscriptions against “miscegenation” between races or seeming to forbid the cross-cultural competence that safeguards fairness and justice in our by now irretrievably intermingled world. The future of our perhaps compromised biosphere might even depend on the creation of new materials by means of the seemingly forbidden combining of basic natural components. Perhaps there are ways to interpret these rules, even those against this last (shaatnes), in ways that allow us to feel more comfortable with them; but does it matter whether we can find a way to interpret each of the laws that allows our buy-in? Does a loving reading of Ki Tetze mean that we must seek in each line the rule we can agree to adhere to? From my vantage point in the Jewish Family Service world, I find myself drawn to the basic task taken on by Ki Tetze, the development of a set of laws or mitzvot, and less interested in the specifics of each mitzvah. What I read in the parasha as a whole is a reminder that healthy communities, families and individuals require a healthy approach to setting boundaries. Personal boundaries are the limits of one’s inner and outer worlds that determine, define and safeguard the self. Wikipedia has this to say about personal boundaries: They “are guidelines, rules or limits that a person creates to identify for themselves what are reasonable, safe and permissible ways for other people to behave towards him or her and how they will respond when someone steps past those limits. They are built out of a mix of conclusions, beliefs, opinions, attitudes, past experiences and social learning.” On a larger scale, communities articulate boundaries for their members in codes of law and codes of punishment for infringements of those laws, as well as in the sometimes unspoken cultural messaging about permitted and forbidden ways of relating to others. The boundaries contain, and protect, both individual and collective rights and health. Families function similarly, and family systems can be examined for their spoken or unspoken boundary styles. Many families fail to actually articulate boundaries, or protect healthy parameters for relations among members. Overly rigid and overly fluid, vague, or erratic family boundaries tend to signal and create psychological dysfunction in individual family members. Families that are enmeshed, and those that tolerate boundary violations, as well as families that interact minimally, all produce individuals who are at psychological and emotional disadvantage. Boundaries are bi-directional. It might be said that part of the function of families – and communities at large – is to produce individuals with healthy personal boundaries. These individuals can, in turn, give back to their families and communities from a vantage point of strength and healthy personal boundaries, reciprocating and nurturing the community’s or family’s well being.

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Clear but adaptable structure and rules, or laws (or mitzvot), are one of the key prerequisites to establishing and maintaining boundaries and promoting this dynamic. What does a focus on boundaries tell us regarding Ki Tetze? In the very multiplicity and occasional perplexity of the 74 mitzvot it presents, I hear my religion exhorting me to think about, establish and enforce boundaries, or limits, on my interactions with people and objects in my environment in a way that guides an ethical stance and keeps me well. Must I do, or refrain from doing, each of the mitzvot in order to benefit from the process of boundary setting modeled in the parasha? I believe the answer is no. Specifically, do I need to decide whether to wear, or not to wear, a garment comprised of a wool-linen mixture, a practice prohibited in Ki Tetze; or whether to harness my donkey with my ox? Frankly, these are concepts I will perhaps never come down on one side of or the other. However, in a greater sense, viewing them in the context of boundary-setting, I am encouraged to consider many things I might not otherwise give thought to, among them the purity of my clothing and what goes into creating and maintaining that purity, or the ethical composition of a team and the basic parameters of cooperation. Most importantly, and most metaphorically, I am guided to consider whether I look to my religion to influence me, or to dictate to me. The rules themselves empower me to interpret, and limit, their impact on me – in other words, to establish boundaries that nurture and protect my relationship with my religion and my co-religionists. This is a gift, whether I can find a way to understand shaatnes that aligns with my modern mentality or not. Judith Huober is director of Syracuse Jewish Family Service at Menorah Park and founding director of IMPARA: The Institute at Menorah Park for Applied Research on Aging. A former JO editor and executive editor of The Reporter Group, Huober has more than 30 years of experience in Jewish and secular for-profit and not-for-profit management and strategic development; communications; community organizing; education; and technology/health care.

business brief Le Moyne, others use Menorah Park as nurse training site

Menorah Park of Central New York has been cited as “a great resource” in training the next generation of caregivers, nurses and geriatric health professionals by Dr. Susan Bastable, recently retired founding chair and professor of Le Moyne College’s Department of Nursing. Le Moyne uses Menorah Park as a training site for undergraduate nursing students and its graduate level physician assistants program. Onondaga Community College and OCM BOCES also send nursing students to Menorah Park for their geriatric training, as does Keuka College, which will soon use the facility as a practice site for a new adult geriatric nurse practitioners’ program. Additionally, Syracuse University’s School of Social Work students do their internships through Menorah Park’s Syracuse Jewish Family Service. Students provide direct nursing care under the supervision of Menorah Park’s licensed professionals – bathing, ambulation, feeding, medication administration and other activities of daily living. They learn evidencebased practices in geriatric health and wellness, and how to preserve dignity and maximize independence in every aspect of care. Guidance is also given on how best to interact with individual residents, all of whom have their own likes and personalities. Menorah Park’s administrative staff also provides guidance on policies and procedures as set by the facility, the state and the federal government, as well as assistance on paperwork in completing students’ credentials. “Our affiliation has provided not only required clinical experience for our students, but sometimes points them in their preferred direction,” said Crystal Smith, MS, RN, a nursing educator and health occupations coordinator for OCM-BOCES. “After their rotation at Menorah Park, they realize they can best serve the elderly, and many choose to work at Menorah Park following graduation or see the geriatric field as a gratifying career path. Menorah Park has been a wonderful partner and we can’t thank them enough.” Menorah Park is a continuum of care campus that has cared for the aged for more than 100 years. “To fulfill our mission of always providing the highest quality services to our residents,” Mary Ellen Bloodgood, Menorah Park CEO, said, “we take great care and pride in helping train the next generation of health care workers.”

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“enjoyed Mr. Lincoln’s confidence more than any other private individual.” The president even sent Zacharie on peace and intelligence missions to the South during the Civil War. Lincoln had just appointed General Nathaniel P. Banks to replace the antisemitic Benjamin F. Butler in the Gulf. With Jewish connections in New Orleans, Zacharie was the ideal choice to help repair relations with the area’s 2,000 Jews. Lincoln urged Banks to make somewhat mysterious use of Zacharie’s skills, saying, “I think he might be of service to you, first in his peculiar profession, and, secondly, as a means of access to his countrymen, who are quite numerous in some of the localities you will probably visit.” Lincoln made bold decisions that transformed Jews from outsiders to insiders in American society. One significant example is Lincoln’s overturning of Ulysses S. Grant’s General Orders No. 11 (December 1862) that expelled Jews “as a class” from Union-controlled territory (including parts of southern Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi). Born out of frustration with some Jewish cotton smugglers, Grant’s edict qualified as “the most blatant state-sanctioned act of antisemitism in American history,” according to the “Lincoln and the Jews” book. Daniel Stowell, the Lincoln Presidential Library’s curator for the exhibit, agrees that Lincoln’s countermand of Grant’s order shows how the president stood up to antisemitic generals. “Lincoln gave wide latitude to generals that were succeeding and Grant was one of them,” Stowell said. “Lincoln would have had no trouble if Grant said, ‘OK, all peddlers need to leave the area,’ but Lincoln was quoted as saying he did not like condemning a whole group because of a few sinners.” In September 1862, Lincoln took another bold action, appointing Rabbi Jacob Frankel of Philadelphia as the U.S. military’s first Jewish chaplain. The document formalizing that appointment is included in the Illinois exhibit. At that time, there were 7,000 Jews in the Union Army. “Many Jews did feel like second-class citizens, especially in the decades prior to the Civil War, but Lincoln establishes this sense that all sorts of people should be treated as equals. The Emancipation Proclamation was all about that idea,” said Stowell. Regarding renewed interest in Lincoln – the man and the politician – Sarna speculates that, at a time when many Americans are disaffected by the political process, Lincoln’s mastery of politics is admired. “There may be a certain nostalgia toward a president who was ‘Honest Abe.’ It’s really extraordinary when you see the extent to which he was able to live his values and accomplish so many things,” said Sarna. In the days after Lincoln’s assassination, rabbis compared the anti-slavery president to the greatest of biblical heroes from the patriarch Abraham to the prophet Moses. When some of our heroes today have disappointed us, it’s comforting to know we still have Lincoln. Jennifer Brody is a former associate editor at JUF News and a freelance writer living in Chicago. This story was originally published by JUF News.

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Jerome Brezner, 84, died on July 26. He was a retired university professor, and enjoyed boating, flying a planes, doing crossword puzzles and volunteering. He was predeceased by his wife, Annette Brezner, in 2014. He is survived by his daughter, Marilyn (Michael) Starrett; son, Marty (Sharon) Brezner; his sister, Linda (Malcolm) Gordon; two grandchildren; one great-grandson; a niece; and a nephew. Burial was in Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ. Birnbaum Funeral Service had local arrangements. Contributions may be made to Temple Chai, 4645 E. Marilyn Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85032; or Congregation Or Tzion, 9096 E. Bahia Dr. Suite 106, Scottsdale, AZ 85260. 

Rosalind Wolfson Gingold

Rosalind Wolfson Gingold, 94, died on August 1 at Menorah Park. A Syracuse native, she had lived at the Oaks of DeWitt since 2009. She was a graduate of Nottingham High School and the Community General School of Nursing. She was employed as a registered nurse by Community General Hospital. She was a member and former trustee of Temple Concord; a life member of Hadassah, the National Council of Jewish Women and the Auxiliary of Crouse Hospital. In 1973, she received the Distinguished Leadership Award from the Syracuse Jewish Federation for leading the Federation’s Women’s Campaign. She was especially proud to have brought the breast cancer support group “Reach to Recovery” to Syracuse, a program that became part of the American Cancer Society. She was a member of Lafayette Country Club and the Cavalry Club; played golf; enjoyed gardening; and was also an avid Syracuse University football and basketball fan who rarely missed attending an SU home football game. She was predeceased by her brother, Norman; and her husbands, Isaiah “Cy” Wolfson, in 1977, Samuel Greene, in 1978, and Samuel “Mike” Gingold, in 1995. She is survived by her sons, Robert (Mary Kathryn) Wolfson, of Atlanta, GA; Warren (Carole Kametz) Wolfson, of Liverpool, NY; and Daniel (Diana) Wolfson, of Highland Park, NJ; Mike’s children, Mary Jo Gingold, of Florida, and Harvey (Joyce) Gingold, of Florida; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Burial was in the Temple Concord section of Woodlawn Cemetery. Sisskind Funeral Service had arrangements. Contributions may be made to the Foundation at Menorah Park, 4101 East Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13214. 

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Isabel Moskow, 105, died August 7. Born in Rochester, NY, she married Sol C. Moskow in 1934 and moved to Syracuse, where they opened Baby Furniture Co. She later opened Kids Town. After his death in 1951, she brought up three children, Howard, Ellen and Eddie and ran the business. She retired to Boca Raton, FL, in 1980 and became involved in various activities, including director of her condo association and make-up artist for the repertory theater group of Century Village. A painter, her work was exhibited in numerous shows over the years in the Boca Raton area. She was the family historian and communication link. Along with a few other centenarians, she was honored by the city of Boca Raton at a dinner party. She was described by a friend as the “life of any party.” She was a longtime fan of the Miami Heat and on her 100th birthday was honored at one of their games. She was predeceased by her husband, Sol C., in 1951. She is survived by her children, Howard (Lorry) Moskow of Pompey, NY, and Ellen Maloff of Sarasota, FL; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Burial was in the Temple Concord section of Woodlawn Cemetery. Sisskind Funeral Service had arrangements. Contributions may be made to Trustbridge Health, c/o John Knox Care Center at John Knox Village, 5300 East Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33407. 

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Synagogue opens near Brazil’s iconic Ipanema Beach

An Orthodox synagogue was opened officially a few blocks from the iconic Ipanema Beach in Brazil. Some 1,200 people attended the Aug. 9 inauguration of the fourstory, 440-seat synagogue in Rio de Janeiro named for Edmond Safra, the late Brazilian Jewish billionaire and philanthropist whose foundation funded much of the project. The 20,000-square foot building, which replaces a much smaller synagogue, took some 25 years to be established. White stones for the building’s facade were shipped from Jerusalem. The smaller shul, Agudat Israel, was built in the 1970s on the rear of another building. The congregation of some 1,000 families is made up mostly of Sephardic families originally from Syria and Lebanon. The new complex includes mikvahs, a social hall, classrooms, a beit midrash and a recreation area, according to Shirley Nigri Farber, editor and publisher of the Shalom Magazine. Last year, Ipanema, an upscale neighborhood that is home to many affluent Jews, and the adjacent coastal neighborhood of Copacabana received a new eruv, a demarcation of an area that permits observant Jews to carry objects on Shabbat.

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Israel’s Supreme Court limits illegal migrants’ detention to 12 months

Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that illegal migrants can only be held in a Negev detention facility for 12 months while a law is revised. The provision in the current “anti-infiltration law” allowing the migrants to be held for up to 20 months at the Holot detention center is “disproportionate,” the court said. The Knesset has six months to revise the law, which passed its final readings in December. Several Israeli nongovernmental organizations have petitioned against the law. Under the measure, an amendment to an existing infiltration law, illegal migrants can be held in closed detention centers for three months and then kept at the Holot open detention center in the Negev for up to 20 months, where they will be required to be present at a head count once a day rather than three times. In September, the Supreme Court ordered the state to close the Holot center and struck down the section of the amendment that allows the illegal migrants to be held in closed detention for one year. Had the new law not been passed before the Knesset dissolved, the court would have required the freeing of all 2,500 migrants being held at in Holot. More than 40,000 Eritreans and Sudanese are in Israel, most illegally. Prior to the court’s announcement of its decision, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said that invalidating the existing legislation would be a “declaration that south Tel Aviv is the official facility for accommodating infiltrators.” Following the decision, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that the court “has accepted in principle the state’s position, according to which the illegal influx of labor migrants is unacceptable and that they may be held in order to achieve the necessary deterrence. The ruling will be studied and the state will act to implement it.”

Captured Hamas fighter provides terror tunnel information

A captured Hamas fighter has provided information to Israeli security services about the location of tunnels between Gaza and Israel, planned attacks on Israel and the Hamas-Iran connection. Ibrahim Shaer, 21, from Rafah in Gaza, was captured in a joint operation of the Shin Bet security service and the Israeli army in early July, the two agencies announced in statements on Aug. 11. Shaer confessed to being involved in recent months in the digging of a terror tunnel from Rafah to the Kerem Shalom crossing, according to the Shin Bet. He said a road being paved by Hamas next to the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel is to be used for attacks against Israel. Verifying the partnership between Iran and Hamas, Shaer confirmed that Iran supports the terrorist group’s military infrastructure. He said Iran transfers funds, advanced weaponry and electronic equipment to Hamas, and has trained Hamas operatives to infiltrate Israeli territory and airspace. Shaer said Hamas was using materials brought to Gaza for reconstruction and rehabilitation to rebuild terror infrastructure and execute terrorist activities, and that Hamas leaders ordered operatives to use homes for weapon storage, including his own home. The District Court of Beersheba has indicted Shaer for membership and association with illegal organizations, attempted murder, interaction with foreign spies, illegal military trainings and several weapons-related offenses.

Reform rabbis join NAACP march from Selma to DC

More than 150 Reform Jewish rabbis are marching with the NAACP from the Deep South to the U.S. capital to promote social justice. The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis are participating in the NAACP’s Journey for Justice, an 860-mile march from Selma, AL, to Washington, DC. The march, which started on Aug. 1 and will end on Sept. 15, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.

JCC flu shot Q&A lunch program August 28

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By William Wallak The Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center of Syracuse will hold a “Flu Shot Q&A” program as part of its monthly senior lunch and learn series, on Friday, August 28, from noon-1:30 pm, at the JCC, 5655 Thompson Rd., DeWitt. A guest speaker from Rite Aid Pharmacy will give a presentation on the different flu vaccines that will be available this fall, as well as wellness information for seniors to help prepare for the cold and flu season. A question and answer session will follow. The discussion is designed to start seniors thinking ahead about staying healthy during the upcoming winter months. The discussion will be followed by a flu shot clinic at the JCC on Tuesday, September 8, from 10 am-2 pm. The August 28 program will begin with a hot kosher lunch followed by the flu shot presentation. Due to the Green Family Foundation’s sponsorship of the session, lunch will be free for any senior who remains for the presentation. Otherwise, there will be a modest suggested contribution for the lunch portion. There will be no cost to

attend only the guest speaker’s portion of the program, which will start at 12:30 pm. Registration for lunch is required and may be made by calling 445-2360 by noon on Thursday, August 27. The JCC lunch and learn series was launched earlier this year and offers information on a range of issues facing seniors. The free monthly meetings feature local professionals covering topics such as health, wellness, finances, legal matters and caregiving. The program is funded by a grant from the Green Family Foundation. The JCC’s lunch and learns are an added monthly component to its Bobbi Epstein Lewis Senior Adult Dining Program, which offers seniors 60 and older kosher meals weekdays at noon for a modest suggested contribution. All meals are under the kosher supervision of the Va’ad Ha’ir of Syracuse. The program is funded in part by the Onondaga County Department of Aging and Youth and the New York State Office for the Aging and Administration for Community Living. For more information or to make a reservation for a lunch, call 445-2360.

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