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Arnold Wagner, philanthropist, committed Zionist, dies at 84

By Adam Reinherz | Staff Writer

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rnold Wagner, a dedicated Zionist who worked from Pittsburgh to nurture a nascent Jewish state, died on Feb. 13. Wagner was 84.

Born in the Hill District on April 10, 1935, to Maury and Pauline Wagner, Arnold and his family eventually moved to Melvin Street and then Bartlett Street in Squirrel Hill.

At 14, Wagner was introduced to Jacklyn Kanowitz of South Oakland. The two eventually married and created a partnership committed to furthering the growth of their family, the community and the State of Israel.

Years before Wagner or his wife would devote countless evenings to Zionist

Joan Apt, arts patron who transformed Pittsburgh theater, dies at 93

endeavors, he was a student at the University of Pittsburgh who enjoyed cheerleading and membership in the Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity. Before completing his studies, Wagner enlisted in the military and proposed to Kanowitz. He was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas, but returned on leave to marry Kanowitz at Congregation Beth Shalom on June 26, 1955. They honeymooned at the Neville before Wagner was sent to Germany for military duties.

“The family quickly raised money to send my mom overseas to be with Dad,” and it was there in Europe “my parents’ love for travel began,” said son Jimmy Wagner.

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By Toby Tabachnick | Senior Staff Writer

J Pennsylvania Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and his daily visits to the health club, Goldstein was a constant presence at the center. Whether on the cardio deck, in the weight room, hallways or in the shvitz, Goldstein peppered those nearby with jokes, Yiddishisms and eucalyptus spray.

As for the minty aromatic splashes, “I guess they had something similar at the Bellagio steam room in Las Vegas, and he was just trying to bring a little class and appeal to the JCC locker room,” said Beth.

Goldstein’s regular hangouts also included local sporting events, including Pitt basketball games where he helped establish the Oakland Zoo student section. But even far from campus or downtown stadiums and their colorful seas of black and yellow, Goldstein was used to cheers.

As an adult, he frequently visited the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.

“I could never understand how he was playing 25 cent slot machines yet we were treated to the most lavish suites with meals and entertainment totally comped,” said

oan Apt, an innovator who put Pittsburgh on the map as a theatrical hub with the launch of the Pittsburgh Public Theater in 1974, died Feb. 15. She was 93.

Apt, remembered for her vibrancy, strength and determination, had been an active force in the city’s cultural and philanthropic scene for years before she and PPT co-founder Margaret Rieck resolved to create a “quality, professional theater” here, Apt said in an interview with the Chronicle in 2014.

Always passionate about the arts, Apt also knew how to fundraise. She grew up attending shows in Pittsburgh as a child and went on to minor in theater at Wheaton College. When she returned to Pittsburgh, she became actively involved on the board of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, volunteered for what was then the United Jewish Federation and brought the America-Israel Cultural Foundation to Pittsburgh.

Once she and Rieck decided to start a theater, they resolved to raise all the money necessary for the theater’s first season — $350,000 — before it even opened.

“We had invited a very large group to the fundraising party,” Apt told the Chronicle.

“Friends and acquaintances and community leaders and foundation leaders. We had all the money up front. We were determined not to be an albatross to the funding community or the community at large.”

Apt’s vision was for the PPT to be a “producing theater,” creating all aspects of its shows in-house, including the costumes and scenery.

“Joan brought producing theater to Pittsburgh and treated it as her child,” said

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Robert Goldstein, certified public accountant, dies at 72

By Adam Reinherz | Staff Writer

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obert “Bob” Goldstein, a certified public accountant who measured wealth by friendships made, died on Feb. 14. Goldstein was 72.

In a city known for its neighborhoods and interconnectedness, Goldstein was a perfect fit. Some 800 people attended his Feb. 18 funeral.

“Everyone from the mayor to the servers and waiters at How Lee was there,” said Goldstein’s daughter, Beth.

“It’s like he was a community unto himself,” said Goldstein’s son, Michael.

Beloved at his frequent haunts, Goldstein’s orb included clients, neighbors and fellow JCC members. He made new friends by simply learning people’s names, asking about their families and offering help whenever

needed. Born on July 22, 1947, Goldstein came by his warmth and connectedness from his parents, Murray and Hilda, who ran Goldstein’s Restaurant on lower Fifth Avenue. Observing their tireless work, and the care they provided for him and his older brothers, Harry and Shelly, gave the avid sports lover an early playbook for life.

“Bob’s daily routine was certainly modest and consistent,” said longtime friend Stanley Marks.

Each morning, Goldstein rose, covered his head and recited a passage from his father’s prayer book. He then ensured Linda, his wife of 41 years, who predeceased him by 12 days, was comfortable before driving down South Linden Avenue to his nearby office. At day’s end, Goldstein headed toward Forbes Avenue and the Squirrel Hill Jewish Community Center to hold court with friends, many of whom he’d met decades earlier while playing basketball at the Oakland Y. “It goes without saying he was wellliked,” said Alan Mallinger, Men’s Centerfit Platinum director and a friend of Goldstein’s for nearly 40 years.

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agevet, the Yale a cappella group, opened New Light Congregation’s program “Sing a New Light” on Sunday, Feb. 23, at the JCC’s Levinson Hall.

The new quarterly program is dedicated to bringing Jewish a cappella choirs to Pittsburgh in honor of the three New Light members murdered on Oct. 27 — Richard Gottfried, Daniel Stein and Mel Wax. New Light Co-President Stephen Cohen said that both Gottfried and Stein were “the heart of the New Light High Holy Day choir.”

He pointed out that the idea of a choir at the congregation was “relatively new. It was Dan’s and Rich’s inspiration that created it,” he explained.

Susannah Perlman, sister of the congregation’s rabbi Jonathan Perlman, met Gottfried and Stein while visiting from her home in New York. The three discussed Perlman joining the choir each time she was in town, “but it didn’t happen.”

After the attack at the Tree of Life building, the congregation’s leadership was trying to decide how to honor the three New Light members who lost their lives.

It was Perlman’s idea to create the “Sing a New Light” program. As she recalled, she was visiting the Jewish Quarter while on vacation in Prague and stumbled upon an Israeli dance festival.

“I got inspired,” she said. “I had been thinking of how to try and fill this void and

p Magevet performs at ‘Sing a New Light.’

I saw the festival and I thought of Magevet because they had been to the building.”

Perlman created a Facebook page for the idea. Soon, New Light had raised $16,000 and had support from the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and Slifka, the Center for Jewish Life at Yale and over 150 individual and organizational donors.

“Sing a New Light” was born.

Cohen began the concert by recounting that the a cappella group was the last “major

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event” at the Tree of Life building when they performed in March 2018.

The a cappella group’s setlist consisted primarily of traditional Jewish liturgical music, done with a modern twist and contemporary Israeli pop tunes that showcased the musicians’ arrangements and range.

The ensemble opened by performing “Ma Navu” and “Shalom Aleichem.” The songs provided an opportunity for those in attendance to become familiar with both the

updated arrangements of tunes they may know from other settings and the lighthearted good humor of the band, as each member introduced themselves with a pun on their major.

“Hi, I’m Eric, a freshman from Fairfield, Connecticut,” one of the singers said. “At school I am studying English because when I graduate, I would like to be unemployed.”

A Pittsburgh alum of the choir who was in Please see New Light, page 3

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attendance joined the group for their version of “Balbeli Oto,” a pop song by Kobi Peretz, a popular Israeli singer. The number also featured the first appearance of a beatbox, prevelent in a cappella music.

The 90-minute performance included many highlights. A particularly poignant moment came with the band’s rendition of “Eli Eli.” As explained by a choir member, the group performed this piece at a candlelight vigil on the Yale campus following the Oct. 27 attack.

Other works performed included “Va’ani,” another Israeli pop song that featured an additional appearance of the band’s beatbox work, “Bo’i,” an Ethiopian tune and “Yerushalayim Shel Zahav,” a piece that has come to be thought of as the unofficial national anthem of Israel.

The group concluded their performance the way they end every show, with a Hebrew rendition of “Yale Medley.” As the band explained, it is a medley of Yale football songs and included some rather jocular dog barks and yelps by the ensemble.

If you know Hebrew, you are probably aware that the a cappella group’s unusual name means towel. The audience learned that this is because the four founding members would go to a sauna after attending Yale football games. During their walk from the PITTSBURGHJEWISHCHRONICLE.ORG

stadium to the sauna, the group would sing a cappella tunes. Eventually a complete group was formed. Before the band’s first competition, they needed a name. One of founders looked up while in the sauna and used the first thing he saw, a magevet, as the name.

The band’s name became a point of focus when Rabbi Perlman took the stage after the conclusion of the musical performance.

He gave members of the group a Terrible Towel to bring back with them and urged the members to wave it, instead of the traditional white handkerchiefs typically on display at Yale Bowl during the university’s home football games.

Hillelujah, a local a cappella singing group comprised of undergraduate students from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and Point Park university, opened “Sing a New Light.”

Cindy Goldman-Leib commented on the performance saying, “It was very beautiful.

It was like the sunshine outside.”

Shalhevet Schwartz, musical director of Magevet, was glad the group was able to be the inaugural act for the new series. “Being able to come back and be part of the healing process for the community, that’s what we feel like our group is about,” said Schwartz. “This has been a tremendous opportunity, and makes us feel that what we’re doing, we do for a reason.” PJC

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Headlines Caring for caregivers is focus of new JAA program

By Toby Tabachnick | Senior Staff Writer

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here are more than 40 million unpaid caregivers in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center. Of those, nine out of 10 are caring for an aging relative.

Caring for a relative, friend or neighbor can be taxing, with tasks ranging from performing household duties, to helping with bathing, dressing and eating, to more complicated medical responsibilities, such as managing medications or giving injections. Dementia or other mental health issues on the part of the care recipient can present additional challenges.

It’s no wonder that many caregivers suffer from stress.

The Jewish Association on Aging has partnered with the nonprofit Hope Grows in an effort to teach caregivers techniques for selfcare. The program, called Caregiver Connect, launched its newest iteration last fall, and so far is providing services to two caregivers tending to Charles Morris Nursing & Rehabilitation Center patients who were recently discharged from its facility. The program has received grant funding from the Staunton Farm Foundation. Caregiver Connect provides the caregiver with a counselor who demonstrates stress management techniques, according to Lisa Story, founder and executive director of Hope Grows. The counselor will meet with the caregiver three times throughout the year to monitor stress reduction.

“We are going to help them become

mindfully aware of their a holistic approach emotions so that they grounded in nature. can then better cope with “Our core value here their caregiving situais that nature is theration,” Story said. peutic and connecting The program is part people to plants and of a research effort of nature is healing,” said Chatham University, Story, who has a certifintended to identify icate in horticulture in and measure the impact addition to her counon reducing caregiver seling credentials. stress to the caregivers “So, almost every themselves, and also to piece of our programsee if it affects the rate of ming entails some type hospital readmissions for  Lisa Story, founder of Hope Grows of interaction, whether Photo provided by Lisa Story the recipients of the care, it be active or passive, according to Story. with the use of horticulture or nature.”

Story founded Hope Grows several years Some caregivers can be reluctant to commit ago, after dealing with her own grief following to a program focused on self-care, noted the death of her father. A mental health coun- Anne-Marie Hanzes, the Caregiver Connect selor, she was inspired to find a way to help the manager at the JAA. In a previous iteration caregiving community in Pittsburgh. of the program, caregivers were offered the “I researched the needs of Pittsburgh and services through written materials, and only realized that there was a need for caregiver a few signed on. Now, Hanzes’ job is to reach support,” Story said. “At first I thought I out personally to caregivers to share informawas going to do something with grief and tion about Caregiver Connect and actively bereavement, but it really kind of morphed encourage them to participate. into this nonprofit for providing family “I look at discharge planning and I meet caregivers emotional and mental health with the social work director and we go over and wellbeing.” potential caregivers who we are noticing Hope Grows aims to “cultivate caregiver are having some strain and distress, chalwellness,” she said. The organization provides lenges, with being that primary caregiver,” mental health counseling, support groups, Hanzes explained. and psychoeducation to caregivers, taking If the caregiver is interested in participating

in the program, which is free of charge, a wellness mentor is introduced who provides training in stress management techniques.

The relationships begin with the caregivers sharing their stories.

“They are able to talk about their experiences and begin to think about their emotions,” said Phyllis Rupert, wellness mentor for Caregiver Connect.

Once the caregivers begin to talk, they can start to “recognize some of the emotions that they’re having, some of the ways that they’re dealing with things, and then begin to recognize some of the stress that they’re really under,” Rupert said. Therapy techniques are then offered.

Although since the fall of 2019 just two caregivers have joined the program, Hanzes said Caregiver Connect hopes to add between five and 10 new participants a month.

“It’s been a slow climb because not everyone is aware of it, and even educating the staff is something we still have to do,” Hanzes said.

And there has been some resistance from the caregivers as well.

“They don’t have the time, or say that everything’s good for now,” she said. “But I think once people know about it and they are more comfortable with what the program can provide, I think it’s going to take off because I think it’s a needed service for sure.” PJC Toby Tabachnick can be reached at ttabachnick@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.

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Headlines Joy and inspiration, times four — LOCAL —

By Toby Tabachnick | Senior Staff Writer

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haya Engle first met the Schuler twins, Dov and Emmet, when they moved to Pittsburgh in 2011, 4-year-old boys touring Yeshiva Schools with their mother, Amy. Almost at once, her mind flash-forwarded to their b’nai mitzvah.

“I remember when they moved here,” said Engle, who has a set of twin boys herself, Aron and Menachem. “My kids were in kindergarten.

And I remember meeting the Schulers in the hall, and talking about their birthday. And I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s going to be the same bar mitzvah as my boys. I thought of it right away. They were two days apart, and I thought, ‘We are going to have to share bar mitzvahs.

They are going to have the same parsha.’”

Nine years later, that is exactly what came to pass on Feb. 15, 2020 (Shevat 20, 5780), parashat Yitro. And the celebration of two sets of twins coming of age together in the Jewish community was one to remember.

“It was amazing,” said Engle. “The energy in shul was like Simchat Torah because each boy had an aliyah and read their portion, and after each boy read, they danced and circled the bima with all this energy. And then the rabbi gave his speech, called them up to give them their gift, shook their hands, and as each one stepped

down, the entire shul stood up and danced with them again. It was so much fun and they all did their parts beautifully.”

The service and celebratory kiddush took place at Chabad of Pittsburgh on Wightman Street. It was the first time in Rabbi Yisroel Rosenfeld’s memory that two sets of twins became b’nai mitzvah there on the same day.

“It was really a very beautiful event,” said Rosenfeld, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Pittsburgh.

The festive atmosphere was amplified by the exuberant dancing, the boys being carried around on men’s shoulders, and loads of candy thrown on the bima after each boy did his part.

The guests numbered in the hundreds, and came from all corners of Jewish Pittsburgh.

“So many parts of the community coming together was unbelievable,” said Rosenfeld. “It was a unifying event in a very happy manner.

Unfortunately, over the last several years we have had unfortunate occasions bringing people together. This was really a very exciting opportunity to have so many people together for a beautiful, happy occasion.”

Rosenfeld also was moved by the graciousness in which the boys shared the day with each other.

“Usually a bar mitzvah boy has the day to himself,” he said. “This is his day in the light, his day to shine. But the beauty about these boys is they were able to, in such a beautiful manner, share with one another and everybody shone in their own way. Each one was

met,” recalled Amy Schuler. “We sat down at the table at Yeshiva and the boys decided what they each would do. They all came together, and it was a real amicable meeting.”

Engle agreed.

“No one knew what to expect,” she said. “Rabbi Goldwasser laid it out — there are seven parts to read, plus the fact that the last one has a little bit more, and then there is the Haftorah. And within minutes, one boy wanted to go first so he got (aliyahs) one and two. My son wanted to have the smallest part, so he got three and four. My other son only wanted to do the Ten Commandments, so he got five and six. The last boy wanted to p Dov Schuler, Emmet Schuler, Aron Engle and Menachem Engle Photo by Aliza Denebeim do the Haftorah, so he got seven, the maftir and the Haftorah. And within five minutes, everything happy for the other one. Each one took part was assigned, everyone was happy.” in reading from the Torah, each one had his With so many guests in attendance at own part and also was excited with the other the event, the energy in the room was ones reading and the other ones taking their palpable, Engle said. part. It was so beautiful to watch.”

“It was just so beautiful how many The preparation for the big day also people came to celebrate this. It was like a proceeded smoothly, with no discord between community celebration. I never felt such the boys when divvying up the parts of the togetherness.” PJC service at the first meeting with their tutor, Rabbi Meir Goldwasser, a year ago.

Toby Tabachnick can be reached at “All the parents, the four boys and the rabbi ttabachnick@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.

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Headlines The World Zionist Congress: What you need to know — LOCAL —

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ou can’t miss the ads. They’ve been on social media, in Jewish publications and at synagogues and temples across the country, stressing the importance of voting in the ongoing election. No, not the 2020 presidential election. Instead, the American Zionist Movement wants you to vote for a slate of representatives for the 38th World Zionist Congress.

While the idea of voting is nothing new to American Jews, the process and mechanics used by the AZM are unfamiliar to most Americans, as is the purpose and makeup of the Congress.

Here then, is a brief history of the WZC, how voting works and what the body does:

History

Theodor Herzl established the Zionist Congress in 1897 as the legislative branch of the Zionist Organization. In 1960, the word “world� was added to both organizations.

The first Zionist Congress was held in Basel, Switzerland, in 1897.

According to Herbert Block, executive director of the American Zionist Movement, the purpose of the first congress was to “unite the Jewish world and create a global

political movement that began to push for the creation of the State of Israel.�

Following the initial meeting, the Zionist Congress met every year until 1901. From 1903 until 1913 and from 1921 to 1939, it met every two years in different European cities. Congressional meetings were interrupted during both world wars.

Since the creation of Israel in 1948, the congress has met every four or five years in Jerusalem.

Purpose

The modern WZC is billed as the “parliament of the Jewish people.� It allocates nearly $1 billion annually to support Israel and world Jewry, including the World Zionist Organization, Keren Kayemet LeYisrael — The Jewish Nation Fund and the Jewish Agency for Israel.

The WZC doesn’t only allocate funds, though. As Block explained, the “the congress is like a political convention that meets every four or five years and sets the direction and overall policies and next leaders of those national organizations which serve as quasi-governmental institutions — JNF, the Jewish Agency and Keren Kayemet.�

Each of those institutions, according to Block, “have thousands of programs in Israel-social services, aliyah, programs for Jewish education around the world.�

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6 p.m. $10 per person. Shabbatpittsburgh.com q FRIDAY, FEB. 28 & SATURDAY, FEB. 29 Temple Emanuel of South Hills welcomes Rabbi Menachem Creditor for the annual Sajowitz Weekend. Rabbi Creditor will deliver a d’var Torah on Friday followed by an after-service dinner lecture about the uses and abuses of power in the Jewish community. On Saturday he will discuss gun violence and the Jewish community and LGBTQ+ issues in the Jewish community. Free. 1250 Bower Hill Road. For more information and to register, visit templeemanuelpgh.org/event/sef2020. q THROUGH FEB. 29 The Zionist Organization of America: Pittsburgh Israel Scholarship Program is accepting applications through Feb. 29, 2020. Up to three $1,000 ZOA Scholarships will be awarded.

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Join Classrooms Without Borders for a community lecture featuring Avi Ben-Hur, CWB Scholar in Residence. Ben-Hur will present ‘Israel and the International Arena: Challenges and Opportunities.’ Co-sponsored by Classrooms Without Borders and Rodef Shalom Congregation. 6:30 p.m. Free. 4905 Fifth Ave. classroomswithoutborders.org/events/show.php?252 q MONDAY, MARCH 2 & TUESDAY, MARCH 3 Yeshiva Girls School proudly presents ‘Between the Raindrops.’ The musical production for women and girls tells the story of Rebbetzin Menucha Rochel.

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q TUESDAYS, MARCH 3 & 10 Egalitarianism has become part of the core of the Conservative movement, but where did it come from? Rabbi Seth Adelson’s Lunch & Learn will explore the Jewish legal basis of egalitarianism through responsa literature and halakhic sources.

12 p.m. See website for cost and location. bethshalompgh.org/lunchandlearn q WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 Join women from the greater Pittsburgh area for a fun evening of babka baking at the Big Babka Bake.

Bake two babkas, one to bring home and one to donate. $18. 7 p.m. 1700 Beechwood Blvd.

Pittsburgh New Works Festival, including the oneact play “Aim” by Judy Meiksin. 7 p.m. Higher Voice Studio, 144 E. Main St., 15106. pittsburghnewworks. org/reading-series

Beth Shalom Congregation welcomes Yousef Bashir as part of its Derekh Speaker Series 2020. A book signing will follow this event. 7:30 p.m. 5915 Beacon St. bethshalompgh.org/speakerseries

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Join Chabad of the South Hills at noon for their Purim Senior’s Lunch with hamantashen and a special chair exercise class presented by Club Pilates. Wheelchair accessible. RSVP to 412-278-2658. $5 suggested donation. 1701 McFarland Road. chabadsh.com

In celebration of Dr. Barbara Burstin’s new biography, “Sophie: The Incomparable Mayor Masloff,” the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives is hosting ‘Sophie!,’ an intimate, onenight-only look at Sophie Masloff’s life and career from 6-8 p.m. at the Heinz History Center. The free program includes remarks by Mayor Bill Peduto, an opportunity to purchase Burstin’s book, and more.

1212 Smallman St. For more information, go to heinzhistorycenter.org/events.

Attend An Evening with 2 for Seder to learn about pushing back on Anti-Semitism and building bridges by opening our doors and inviting neighbors to home, community and campus Seders. Hear from Marnie Fienberg, 2 for Seder co-founder, along with Pittsburgh partners including Rabbi Ron Symons, Center for Loving Kindness and Sara Stock Mayo, Pittsburgh chapter, Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom.

7 p.m. at the 10.27 Healing Partnership, 5738 Forbes Ave. Free. RSVP: info@2forseder.org

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Feb. 28, 1942 — Justice Dorit Beinisch born

Before a settlement June 26, the labor action escalates to a hunger strike.

March 3, 1950 — Iraq allows Jews to leave

Dorit Beinisch, who in 2006 becomes the ninth president of Israel’s Supreme Court and the first woman in the post, is born in Tel Aviv. She also becomes Israel’s first female state attorney in 1989.

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Lehi militants bomb train cars carrying British troops on the Cairo-Haifa rail line north of Rehovot, killing at least 27 soldiers, in retaliation for the Ben Yehuda Street bombing in Jerusalem a week earlier.

March 1, 1920 — Arab raiders attack Tel Hai

An Arab militia attacks the Jewish agricultural community of Tel Hai on the border between British-controlled Palestine and French-controlled Syria. Eight Jews are killed, including Joseph Trumpeldor.

March 2, 1983 — Doctors begin 4-Month strike

The Israel Medical Association launches a lengthy strike to protest the government’s refusal to grant doctors a substantial pay raise.

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The Iraqi government retracts a ban on emigration of Jews going to Israel. In response, Israel launches Operation Ezra and Nehemia, which flies out nearly 120,000 Iraqi Jews from May 1950 to January 1952.

March 4, 1996 — Tel Aviv suicide bombing kills 14

A Palestinian from Ramallah detonates a 45-pound bomb packed with nails outside Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Center on the eve of Purim, killing the Hamas bomber and 13 Israelis, five of whom are 13 or younger.

March 5, 1934 — Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman born

Daniel Kahneman is born in Tel Aviv.

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Calendar: Continued from page 10 Join the ladies of E3 for an exclusive meeting with Marnie Fienberg, co-founder of 2 for Seder. Marnie Fienberg is the daughter-in-law of Joyce Fienberg, one of the 11 people murdered at the Tree of Life building. 2 for Seder’s goal is to push back on antiSemitism with love and matzah. The group will also participate in a hands-on Passover volunteer activity.

Open to women in their 40s-60s. Free. 6:30 p.m.

2000 Technology Drive. jewishpgh.org/event/e3-5  THURSDAYS, MARCH 5-APRIL 2 New Light Congregation presents Sacred Seasons of Christians and Jews, a new interfaith learning opportunity. Rabbi Jonathan Perlman from New Light Congregation and Rev. Taeeta Candy from Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church will lead the five-week class that begins March 5 and will discuss the connections between Passover and Easter. Free and open to the public. 6111 Rodman St. 6:30 p.m. Please contact Janet Cohen at janet.cohen@gmail.com to register.  SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Join the entire South Hills Jewish community for the South Hills Jewish Community Purim Carnival at the South Hills JCC. Enjoy carnival games and prizes, pizza, hamantaschen, an inflatable obstacle course and slide, moon bounce, DJ, balloon artist, face painting and PJ Library Quiet Corner. 12:15 p.m.

Lunch and admission are free. Game bracelets can be purchased for $10 on the day of the event. 345 Kane Blvd. southhillsjewishpittsburgh.org/purim20 Over 21 Purim Party, sponsored by the Beth Shalom Men’s Club and Sisterhood. 6 p.m. in the Samuel & Minnie Hyman Ballroom. $25 per person.

Come dressed in your favorite decade. Light meal, open bar, costumes (with prizes), games, 50/50 raffle, dancing and DJ. 5915 Beacon St. bethshalompgh.org/events-upcoming Join Classrooms Without Borders for a community lecture featuring Avi Ben-Hur, CWB Scholar in Residence. Ben-Hur will present ‘Moroccan Jewry from Antiquity to Today,’ mapping out the various Jewish communities that have made Morocco their home for over 2,000 years. Co-sponsored by Classrooms Without Borders and Rodef Shalom Congregation. 6:30 p.m. Free. 4905 Fifth Ave. classroomswithoutborders.org/events/show.php?255

Grab your mask, grogger and costume for the Purim celebration at Congregation Beth Shalom.

For more information about times, locations and activities, visit bethshalompgh.org/purim.  TUESDAY, MARCH 10 Chabad of the South Hills presents Purim in the Air. Enjoy a sit-down dinner served airplane-style, inflight entertainment featuring “The Lego Purim Movie,” nail art and face painting party at “Queen Esther’s Xpress Spa,” crafts and fun at kidsport, and Sky Bar for adults. Come in costume (air theme optional). 5 p.m. South Hills JCC, 345 Kane Blvd. $10/individual or $18/family. Book your tickets at chabadsh.com/purim.

A New Light Evening of Food and Fun: Purim Seudah (Dinner) in the ballroom. $15 per person, contact Barbara Caplan at 412-512-7141 to register for dinner, which will be cold cuts. Please reply by March 3. Megillah reading at hyper speed after dinner. The movie “For Your Consideration” will be shown after the Megillah reading. This movie is brought to you from the same comedy team that created “Best in Show” and “A Mighty Wind.” 6 p.m.

New Light Congregation, 5915 Beacon St.  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 Join Rabbi Danny Schiff, Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Foundation Scholar, and Gal Inbar, executive director of 412×972 Pittsburgh-Israel Business Innovation Link, for Conversations That Count, a candid discussion of the role Jewish ethics plays in Israeli business culture, and the similarities and differences between the business cultures of Israel and the United States. Light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. Dietary laws observed. 5:30 p.m. $10. Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, 2000 Technology Drive. To register, visit jewishpgh.org/ event/conversations-that-count-3.  FRIDAY, MARCH 13 Bring your family and friends to a very special Shabbat service and oneg celebration in honor of Dr. Walter Jacob on his 90th birthday, featuring artist-in-residence Dan Nichols and the Rodef Shira Choir. RSVPs appreciated. 5:30 p.m. 4905 Fifth Ave. rodefshalom.org/rsvp

Professor Adam Cohen presents Passover Rituals in the Illustrated Haggadah. Explore the way some of the seder's key rituals have been illustrated in haggadot from the Middle Ages to the present day.

11:30 a.m. New Light Congregation, 5915 Beacon St.

Enjoy soup and a speaker at Parkway Jewish Center’s ‘Souper Shabbat Plus Lecture Series.’

Tom Dougherty, vice president of external affairs at Allegheny Land Trust, will discuss ALT’s work helping people save local land in the Pittsburgh region. The service begins at 6 p.m., soup and speaker at 7 p.m.

300 Princeton Drive. For directions and more, visit parkwayjewishcenter.org.

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Join Rodef Shalom Congregation and Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha for a Purim Dinner and Costume Contest.

Enjoy an evening of Harry Potter-inspired Purim fun. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. $18 for members, $10 for kids and $25 for guests. The Herschel Potter & the Gantse Megillah Purim Spiel begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by a traditional Megillah reading with Rabbi Jeffrey Myers. For tickets, visit rodefshalom.org/rsvp.

Dan Nichols will lead Rodef Shalom Congregation in heart-opening music, silence, and prayer. Prayer books will be provided so that you can easily follow along. Bring your family and friends. No RSVP is required. 9:15 a.m. 4905 Fifth Ave. rodefshalom.org

Temple David presents ‘Shushan Confidential,’ an original “shpiel” at 6 p.m. following the Megillah reading. Set as a TV talk show hosted by Eubie the Eunuch and including an Elvis impersonator, commercials with jingles from the royal city of Shushan’s finest businesses, the shpiel’s six familiar melodies with repurposed lyrics will introduce the everyday “Persian-alities” behind the Purim story.

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Opinion Bernie and Mike — EDITORIAL —

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t’s still too early to know whether either Bernie Sanders or Michael Bloomberg, two Jewish candidates in the Democratic primaries, will win the Democratic nomination or whether one of the other candidates will, but at this point having a Jewish candidate for president is a realistic possibility and has captured the imagination of some of the press and the public.

From the headlines, you’d think it was election season in the Catskills. “Is Bernie vs. Bloomberg good for the Jews?” “Two Jews Walk into a Presidential Primary.” “Two Old Jews Argue Over Whose Arteries Are Worse.” “Finally, Good News for the Jews.”

These playful takes on Jewish jokes reveal the extent to which Jewish culture has assimilated into the American mainstream. They also reveal the singular effect of having two Jews among the top contenders in the Democratic presidential race — with one holding a far left position and one holding a more centrist position in a pack of deeply divided candidates.

And then there are the disquieting reminders of two perpetual anti-Semitic tropes about Jews.

As political writer Jonathan Tilove described them, Trope No. 1 is “the International Jew, money-lender, banker, all-powerful manipulator of world events for his own nefarious ends.” Trope No. 2 is “the rootless cosmopolitan, the subversive,

radical outsider bent on destroying the American way of life.”

As Bloomberg and Sanders are targeted by their Democratic and Republican opponents, many of those characteristics will probably be highlighted, as their policies, records and characters are discussed and attacked. Disturbingly, the hateful part of the narrative will likely provide ammunition for anyone looking for a Jewish scapegoat or a Jewish conspiracy in what promises to be a fractious presidential race.

While fear of that nastiness should not get in the way of progress toward a possible Jewish president, the prospect is as frightening as it is exciting. Chemi Shalev claimed in Haaretz last week that “If either Sanders or Bloomberg face off against Donald Trump,

an anti-Semitic surge on the white right — from the White House down — is almost inevitable.” And we can expect similar reactions from the far left.

As we in Pittsburgh know all too well, hateful rhetoric and stereotyping of Jews can lead to horrific consequences. And the proliferation of bigotry coupled with the incitement of violence on the internet most definitely can present a clear and present danger.

As much as we would be happy in principle to welcome a Jewish person to the White House, if the Democratic candidate facing off against Trump is either Bloomberg or Sanders we need to brace ourselves for an ugly and possibly dangerous election year for Jews. And that’s no joke. PJC

Coronavirus is unnecessarily harming our Squirrel Hill economy Guest Columnists Marian Lien and Josh Sayles

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uring a recent weekday afternoon in Squirrel Hill, two couples trickled into Chengdu Gourmet restaurant.

Just one takeout order sat by the counter.

Normally, according to the front desk, the restaurant seats 20 to 30 for lunch with the phone ringing off the hook for to-go orders.

Over the past month, established Chinese restaurant proprietors in the neighborhoods of Squirrel Hill and Oakland have seen business drop 20 to 40%. Owners of restaurants such as T-Swirl and Night Market Gourmet indicate that normally during the Lunar New Year season (February), businesses are bustling. This year, they have seen a severe drop-off in customers patronizing their establishments — an untenable trend, especially for smaller and newer businesses.

Coronavirus has wreaked havoc on communities in ways that extend beyond public health. Huge economic losses in major U.S. cities can be explained by sudden restrictions on international travel and canceled flights to and from mainland China (Chinese tourists spend about $258 billion per year, according to the World Tourism Organization). But it’s important to note that there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Pennsylvania. Fears of being exposed to a virus that has not made its way into the state has the potential to severely damage our local economy. There are nearly 30 Asian restaurants in the Squirrel

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Hill neighborhood and 90 in the East End, and many of them are currently operating in the red.

Public health experts note that the many reasons people cite for avoiding Chinese restaurants are unfounded. People cannot contract the virus through food originating in China. It is a respiratory illness that is spread through saliva, coughs, coughs, sneezes and direct contact with others who have the virus.

“The outbreak has had a decidedly dehumanizing effect, reigniting old strains of racism and xenophobia that frame Chinese people as uncivilized, barbaric ‘others’ who bring with them dangerous, contagious diseases,” reports website Eater.com in an article titled “Pinning Coronavirus on How Chinese People Eat Plays Into Racist Assumptions.”

Unconfirmed reports linking the new coronavirus to a market in Wuhan has also contributed to a p Pittsburgh celebrates at the 2016 Lunar New Year parade. This year there has been a drop in wave of Sinophobia (anti-Chinese business during the Lunar New Year season.

Photo by Jim Busis sentiment) that smears Chinese eating habits and conflates them with the illness.

In a community such as Squirrel Hill, this week (while following all appropriate cause our local economy and our commuwhere we have been rightly laser-focused on dietary laws). And share photos of yourself nity to suffer. PJC combating anti-Semitism, we have an obli- on social media supporting small Asian gation to support all communities targeted businesses in the neighborhood.

Marian Lien is the president of the by racism. In our current climate, that means Additionally, we call upon our city’s Pittsburgh Chapter of the Organization of making a concerted effort to frequent local leaders and public officials to spread Chinese Americans and director of educaAsian restaurants and businesses and not the message that there is nothing to tion for inclusion and global awareness at assuming the worst when an Asian person fear when shopping and dining in the St. Edmunds Academy. Josh Sayles is the appears to have cough or cold.

Chinese establishments of Pittsburgh, director of community relations for the Jewish We encourage you to bring your family and that our restaurants and markets are Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and vice and friends to eat in or takeout from a local safe and sanitary. president of the board of the Squirrel Hill Asian restaurant or teahouse at least once Misinformation and xenophobia only Urban Coalition.

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Opinion I care deeply about Israel, so climate change is determining my 2020 vote in America Guest Columnist Rabbi Jonah Rank

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ike every American Zionist, I want my vote for president to ensure Israel’s safety and ideals.

Deciding how to vote isn’t always easy.

Many, including Yossi Klein Halevi, dread the day when American Zionists must choose between Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump.

For plenty of American Jews, Sanders represents “a self-hating Jew,” an anti-Zionist, or at best a liberal Zionist who, despite his kibbutz days, never deemed it important to deliver unconditional support for the Israeli government.

On the other hand, American Jews acknowledge Trump’s approach to Israel as right-wing and, for many, it is reassuring to see that Trump is in step with ideas that Benjamin Netanyahu espouses — even an idea like annexation, the exact opposite of the disengagement that Ariel Sharon’s own conservative government orchestrated only 15 years ago.

In this polarized political atmosphere, how can a centrist Zionist vote responsibly? I have found a way through by thinking about how another issue I care deeply about, our Earth, affects the Jewish world.

I believe that the responsible Zionist vote today has to do less with voting for Israel’s future but voting for all of our futures.

Israel is facing a threat even larger than Iran, violence from Palestinian terrorists, the Islamic State or any militant group. Not too long from now, Tel Aviv could be under water, the blooming desert may shrivel away and there may be no people left to live in what is now the Jewish state.

I worry about the warnings from scientists who tell us that by 2050 — just 30 years

I am worried about the warnings from scientists who tell us we have only about a decade left to reverse, stop or slow down the global climate change crisis. And I worry the most because so many people refuse to accept that our planet is endangered. from now — our planet may be too hot for human life to continue as we know it. I am worried about the warnings from scientists who tell us we have only about a decade left to reverse, stop or slow down the global climate change crisis. And I worry the most because so many people refuse to accept that our planet is imminently endangered.

Whereas few people would ever question scientists’ predictions about the visibility of stars, moons or planets over the coming decades, predictions from the same scientists about the way Earth will look in the next few years remain an area of greater controversy.

While there is no cadre of serious scientists who can disprove global climate change, our global climate crisis is, as Al Gore put it, an inconvenient truth, and it is unsettling to consider.

Why must Zionists today make the environment their No. 1 priority as voters? Who else will defend Israel other than Zionists?

Doesn’t a deep and informed commitment to Israel shape a robust understanding of foreign policy, of economic trade deals, of immigration?

It does, and these issues are near and

dear to my heart, but I am afraid that rising temperatures and rising oceans may wipe away our civilizations — the value of a dollar bill, of religions, of borders, of everything.

As a religious Jew who understands why children exit their schools to march for a future where they don’t have to worry about mass starvation, I occasionally terrify myself when I imagine a planet with just a few humans left who have figured out how to scavenge (since the grocery stores have nobody to stock them or run them) in the middle of some wasteland (since very little flora can still grow) and have no jobs other than protecting themselves (since money doesn’t matter when there’s nothing to buy).

These few humans, who suspect that they will be the last humans on Earth, have no interest in Judaism — the religion, the history or even the bagels. Judaism is a luxury for refined humans in a developed civilization with time for making life about more than just nutrition, clothing and shelter.

In an age without humans, Israel cannot exist, and Jewish tradition has nobody to observe it. The Babylonian Talmud shares a narrative (in Shabbat 88b-89a) in which the

angels in heaven are all clamoring to inherit the Torah, but God points out to them that the Torah provides a moral compass, an awareness of forces far greater than ourselves and a map for people searching for meaning in a physical world with suffering. God’s gift of the Torah would be useless in the hands of spirits; divine inspiration, the echo of God’s voice, is meant for human seekers.

Could some other species evolve and develop the potential to create or receive such a nuanced tradition as the one inherited by the Jewish people? I wouldn’t want to bet on such slim chances. I accept the simple principle of faith that Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson has stated: “God is not done with us yet.”

I am not yet willing to accept a world beset by natural disaster where great Jewish books lie dormant with no souls to notice them.

A world where there is nobody left to study Torah is the Jewish nightmare.

When fires burn apart California, when Cape Town loses clean water, when ice caps slowly melt, I know we have to put in a serious effort to be God’s partners in creation. The least we can do is a little maintenance for Earth.

The Torah does not give much voting advice, but it does tell us to “choose life” (Deuteronomy 30:19). I am going to vote with great hope and enthusiasm for the candidate who can best convince me that they will do everything they can to keep our planet a place where we can all live — in Israel and the Diaspora.

The Jewish people have survived and rebuilt many times. In this time of all these crises, Jews rely on the whole world surviving and rebuilding together. PJC Rabbi Jonah Rank is a musician and writer who serves Kehilat HaNahar in New Hope, Pennsylvania, as the director of its Shul School. This piece originally ran on JTA.org.

— LETTERS — No rush

Stuart V. Pavilack (“Middle East conflict — Groundhog Day no more,” Feb. 21) was absolutely correct in his review of the history of the Palestinian “no.” He is also correct in suggesting that the Palestinian reaction to the current Trump proposal will not be any different. But Mr. Pavilack did not discuss the perils Israel faces if the current proposal rolls to its obvious conclusions: annexation of the settlements in areas B and C, which, effectively, establish a “one state solution.”

There is no politician in Israel who would dare suggest that the Arab citizens of Israel could be asked to join a government. What, then, will be the status of the Palestinians in the annexed territory?

It seems that as much as Netanyahu’s push for a status quo before the Trump era seemed irrational, it is now a sensible pause in the rush to implement the current “peace proposal.”

Ram Kossowsky Oakland

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Judy Palkovitz Shadyside

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Early years of marriage involved touring the continent in a 1935 Mercedes convertible and enjoying European culture, food and art.

After returning to the States, Wagner joined his uncle’s insurance firm, and eventually, alongside family members, established the Wagner Agency, an independent business proudly boasting four generations of family involvement.

Success at work, along with encouragement from home, enabled Wagner to pursue communal ventures. Following their move to Stanton Heights in 1963, the Wagners became increasingly involved in Congregation B’nai Israel. Arnold eventually served as congregational president and Jacklyn headed the sisterhood.

The couple’s engagements extended throughout the city as they began volunteering with Pittsburgh’s ZOA, JNF and Israel Bonds chapters.

Stuart Pavilack, executive director of Zionist Organization of America: Pittsburgh, recalled meeting Wagner decades ago: “When I was at Israel Bonds as a professional, Arnold was on the board of governors. He

was 100% dedicated to Israel. No ifs, ands or buts about it.”

Some of their desire for giving long hours to various Zionist causes stemmed from “the creation of the State of Israel and its role in helping those who escaped the Holocaust,” said their son. Part of it was due to their “absolute love of travel.”

Between the mid-1970s and mid-1990s, Arnold and Jacklyn made 25 trips to Israel.

Observing such dedication to life abroad was impactful, but so too was witnessing their efforts at home, noted Amy Perilstein, Wagner’s daughter.

Following the death of Jacklyn’s father, Harry Kanowitz, Jacklyn and Arnold invited her mother, Millie, affectionately termed “Ma,” to live with them. While Ma helped raise the grandchildren (Amy, Jimmy and Harry), Arnold and Jackie spent evenings advancing Zionist ideals.

“We knew that they were working towards building the State of Israel, participating in the building of the State of Israel, promoting the State of Israel and inspiring others to visit and to participate,” said Jimmy Wagner of his childhood. “For my parents, it was truly a love of Israel. It was important for them to see this country grow. It was exciting for them to return and see tremendous growth,

and they wanted to be influencers. They wanted to show their commitment, both in their leadership, as well as their financial support to the growth of the State of Israel.”

Wagner participated in several World Zionist Congresses as well as volunteered locally on behalf of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. Such posts cemented his place as a communal leader, but his impact was also personal, explained Perilstein: “He was very good at training somebody or helping them if they wanted to be a volunteer. He was the first to take them to lunch and give them insight on how to do this. I have found ... at my synagogue when young people come in, they are afraid and they don’t know how to come and volunteer,” said Perilstein, an active member of Adat Shalom.

Perilstein’s brother, Jimmy, whose communal involvements have included roles at B’nai Zion, the Federation and local chapters of ZOA, JNF and Israel Bonds, similarly praised their father’s example: “My dad’s the kind of guy that when somebody called him and asked him for money, one, he didn’t say no, and two, he thanked the caller for calling him and thanked the caller for their efforts in fundraising and development. My father recognized the act of asking for money is greater than the act of giving.”

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Stuart Miller, a PPT trustee, in an interview prior to the opening of the theater’s 40th season. “She brought it to fruition, and she didn’t walk away. She hung around; she attended board meetings and was supportive financially. She watched her child grow. And we’re very, very strong.”

The theater is now in its 45th season, under the artistic direction of Marya Sea Kaminski, who came on board in 2018, succeeding Ted Pappas, who served in that position for 18 years.

“Joan Apt is the reason I felt like I could move here and do this job,” said Kaminski.

“She laid the groundwork not only for so many amazing institutions, but also the pathways here for women and for leaders.”

Apt was serious about her mission yet never lost sight of the joy.

She helped “create and maintain an artistic home for some of the world’s finest playwrights, actors, directors and designers and in the process established Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as one of the great theater towns in our country,” Pappas said in a eulogy at her funeral service at Rodef Shalom Congregation on Feb. 18.

“She was modest about this breath-taking achievement. Civic duty aside, she thought it was all terrific fun. No one, but no one, loved an opening night more than Joan.”

Referring to Apt as his “theatrical teammate for many, many years,” Pappas noted he never once saw her lose “her focus, her humor, or her idealism.”

Yet practicality did not take a back seat to vision. “‘Produce anything you want,’ she once advised me, ‘as long as it is absolutely wonderful and you can find a way to pay for it,’” Pappas recalled.

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“She was my Auntie Mame,” he said, referring to the intelligent and fun-loving character in the musical of the same name. “My dear friend and guide who opened new windows for me each and every day. Work and play with Joan by my side was a banquet. But when I needed her to be tough, she transformed into General Dwight D. Eisenhower, but with much better make-up. And like a general, she marched into the troops and led us all to victory, show after show, season after season.”

Describing Apt as a “force of nature,” Rabbi Aaron Bisno, spiritual leader of Rodef Shalom, stressed she was “genuine and

generous, creative and kind, determined and determinative.”

“Who among us can fail to remember the role Joan played as a conduit for individuals and community, between patrons and performers and the wider populace, the wider community, for whom she fashioned public works that brought so much brilliance and so much beauty into a place, to Pittsburgh, which she so truly loved,” Bisno said.

Apt also helped establish both the American Wind Symphony and the Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival.

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Such dedication was recognized during a 2015 ceremony at Rodef Shalom Congregation when the Wagner family was given Federation’s PNC Community Builders Award.

In presenting the prize, Sy Holzer, then president and CEO of PNC Bank, said, “For 70 years, the Wagners have been a Pittsburgh Jewish community institution, defining philanthropic engagement for four generations ... They are deserving of this honor in every way.”

Arnold, a founding member of the Federation’s overseas funding committee who also helped found Adat Shalom and supported Israel Elwyn, an organization that trains special needs adults and children for employment, told the Chronicle at the time, “I trained my family to be involved.”

Arnold Wagner is survived by children Amy (Steven) Perilstein and James (Rochelle) Wagner; sister Sandra “Sissie” (late Gerald) Margolis; grandchildren Joshua (Nicole) Perilstein, Evan (Amanda Posteraro) Perilstein, Samantha (Anthony) Iellimo, Michael (Kyle Oldfield) Wagner and David (Rebecca) Wagner; and great-grandchildren Haylee and Ethan Perilstein. PJC Adam Reinherz can be reached at areinherz@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.

Wilkinsburg, Apt lived in Pittsburgh most of her life. Her grandfather was Pittsburgh industrialist and civic leader Isaac W. Frank, and she was the daughter of Cecelia Kaplan Frank and Robert Jay Frank, an engineer and the vice-president for sales of Copperweld Steel Company.

Apt graduated from the Winchester Thurston School in 1944.

She married Jerome Apt Jr. in 1947. The couple lived in Springfield, Massachusetts, for a short time, then moved to Pittsburgh in 1949.

She served as citywide chair of the United Way’s Community Fund, city-county chair of the American Cancer Society, chair of WQED’s Ford Foundation challenge campaign, and was one of the founders of the Woman’s Division of the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh.

Her civic roles were only eclipsed by her profound familial relationships, setting an example for those she loved “When she died this weekend, the Cleveland cousins were visiting the Philly cousins,” said granddaughter Sarah Apt at her funeral. “So, you could say she died while we were doing something she loved. She knew the best gift she could give us was each other.”

Apt is survived by her brother, Alan I.W. Frank of Pittsburgh; her son, Jay of Pittsburgh; grandchildren David Nathenson, Michael Nathenson, Robert Nathenson, Steven Nathenson, Sarah Apt and Ru Emmons; and five great-grandchildren.

A celebration of Apt’s life will hosted by the PPT on March 16.

“I never met a more alive person, more present, more excited about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and the day after that,” Pappas said. “She always looked ahead, always forward, and she took all of us along for the great adventure.” PJC Toby Tabachnick can be reached at ttabachnick@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.

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Marks, who accompanied Goldstein on several trips and saw how he interacted with staff. Whether they were hosts, servers, bartenders, bellhops or concierges, he simply loved people and valued their efforts. In turn, several Bellagio staff members asked him for help with taxes.

The nearly 2,200 miles separating Pittsburgh from Las Vegas made no difference. Of Goldstein’s 1,600 clients, 900 of which are doctors, approximately 35% live outside the city, explained his daughter. And he treated all of them like family — which meant giving a lot of hugs.

“At a time when personal space is coveted, my dad truly didn’t care,” said Beth. “If you saw him, you were getting a hug. It didn’t matter if you were an Orthodox woman, a stoic man trying to go in for just a handshake, his waiter he just met that night at a restaurant. It didn’t matter if he just worked out at the JCC and was sweaty — you were getting that hug. He was going to hold you in that hug and pat your back and give you a huge smile.”

As it happened, many of these exchanges occurred while exiting the JCC. In the process of asking about someone’s family, kibbitzing or offering an embrace, Goldstein often missed paying his meter and got a ticket. It was worth the cost, he’d always say; people were granting him riches in a way most accountants could never measure.

Whereas some practitioners pursued the field because of a penchant for numbers

p Robert “Bob” Goldstein, center, with son Michael and daughter Beth

or finance, Goldstein enjoyed accounting because of the human interaction.

Beth worked with her father for 14 years, and said he was motivated by being helpful.

For example, because of his clientele, he knew the salaries of many physicians, and he sometimes discovered inequalities.

“When a woman was making less, he would tell her to ask for a raise,” Beth recalled. “And if she didn’t, he would make calls until she did.”

Through various ways, “he built this little community,” said his son.

Photo courtesy of Beth Goldstein

Often his impact was felt beyond the individual level. After identifying clients who qualified for a special earned income tax credit, Goldstein helped raise more than $1 million for Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh, which honored him at a dinner in 2017.

Hoping to preserve such memories, his children asked anyone with recollections — “big or small, long or short, G-rated or R-rated, from any time in his life” — to email stories to memoriesofbobbyg@gmail.com.

In just a few days, they got more than 100 responses. The large return isn’t surprising.

“He often quoted to me, ‘My bubbe said, ‘If you have three good friends, you’re a very lucky man,’’ said Marks. ‘In truth, I think Bob had 3,000.’”

In addition to his daughter, Beth (Jeremy Goldman) Goldstein, and son, Michael (Maggie Cann) Goldstein, Robert “Bob” Goldstein is survived by two granddaughters, Hannah Skye Goldman and Lila Gwendolyn Goldstein. PJC Adam Reinherz can be reached at areinherz@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.

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will not be subject to the death penalty.

Last week, the U.S. attorney’s office filed papers requesting that the judge take action to move the case to trial more quickly, while the defense is seeking an additional six months to explore any potential mental health issues that the accused may have.

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Life & Culture ‘Reviving Ophelia’ co-author talks about new challenges for adolescent girls — BOOKS —

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wenty-five years after the book “Reviving Ophelia” called attention to problems facing adolescent girls, author and psychologist Mary Pipher returned to the subject with an anniversary edition of her landmark work. Joining her in updating the text for a 21st- century audience was her daughter Sara Pipher Gilliam, a writer, editor and activist, who visited Pittsburgh last week.

“As we approached the 25th anniversary, or birthday, of ‘Reviving Ophelia,’ my mother and I recognized that we couldn’t just slap a new cover on the original book, but that we really needed to make the content of the book for a new generation of girls,” said Pipher Gilliam at Carnegie Library Lecture Hall on Feb. 20, at an event sponsored by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Jewish Women’s Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh.

Through focus groups and interviews with students, teachers, parents, guidance counselors and clinicians, the two authors discovered today’s adolescent predilections differ from those of 25 years ago.

“The teenagers we talked to all said

 Author Sara Pipher Gilliam describes social media’s harm to today’s teens at a recent event at Carnegie Library Lecture Hall on Feb. 20.

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that they feel really uncomfortable maybe making small talk, even at the grocery store with someone, or talking to their parents’ friends,” said Pipher Gilliam. “A lot of girls, for example, said that they had maybe dated

someone, but what dating was was texting and talking online. They’ve never been on a date and the idea of going on a date in person was terrifying to them.”

Whereas adolescents in the 1990s largely

socialized outside of the home, today’s teens are more inclined to connect with friends via social media.

Pipher Gilliam, who was a teenager when her mother wrote the first edition, compared her own adolescent experience to that of the girls they interviewed for the update.

“I would have been miserable to be home on a weekend night,” she said. “The only way you would not be home on a Saturday night would be if I were grounded. Otherwise we were out as much as possible at parties, sleepovers or concerts.”

She made similar observations earlier in the day, in other visits throughout the Jewish community.

“In 1994, my era again, girls were at a low in terms of happiness ... and then between 1994 and 2007 happiness scores were on the rise.” The numbers began plummeting, however, in 2007, “which, coincidentally, is the year that the iPhone debuted,” she pointed out.

“We believe that social media causes parts of or some of this depression by isolating girls from their true selves, and even helping them to substitute a virtual self for a real identity,” she said. “While the virtual self grows prettier, more popular and more Please see Ophelia, page 17

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interesting, the true self shrivels. When this happens, girls’ feel insecure, confused and lost. We posit that depression and suicide rates reflects girls deep sorrow about their disconnect from their authentic selves.”

Despite many “prominent therapists” terming today’s teens “the loneliest generation of girls,” all is not lost, explained Pipher Gilliam. Parents can help.

“The biggest investment that parents can make in their kids is just helping them learn to develop real human relationships,” she said. “The low-hanging fruit for families is to be that house that teenagers are welcome to hang out at. Invite them over, pay for the snacks, pay for the drinks. You may have to walk your child through what it looks like to have people over. You may be starting at that level of square one at that place.”

The other thing parents need to be cognizant of is the “social media piece and the real importance of actually seeing and looking at what your children are doing online,” she continued.

“You wouldn’t trust your child to go spend time with someone that you hadn’t met and sort of vetted in whatever way you choose to as a parent. We’ve got to give that same attentiveness to the time that they’re spending online.”

“Real-world challenges are beneficial for teenagers,” said Pipher Gilliam. “Encourage part-time work, encourage volunteer work, encourage activism and advocacy in the community. If you have a girl that loves animals, have her go volunteer at the animal shelter. If she’s an introvert, have her go shelve books at a library. Whatever that is, it looks different for every kid, but find a way to get them out of their own adolescent headspace and off of their devices and out engaging with the world.”

Attendees, many of whom stayed to chat with Pipher Gilliam after the event, praised the author’s insights, including the major differences between the generations, such as the “different patterns of socialization,” said Debby Gillman of Squirrel Hill.

“What she’s written about the state of younger people is shocking,” said Lesa Rosamond of Regent Square. “I read the original book and it’s a different ballgame now.”

“Parents need to understand the impact of social media on young people,” echoed Angi Yucas of Blawnox. “So many issues are stemming from social media.”

Parents can curb the effects of social media by helping children physically connect, reiterated Pipher Gilliam.

“The real work of adolescence is identity building, and it’s figuring out who am I, who do I want to be, what do I care about, and a lot of that happens when you sit around with your friends and you talk,” she said. “I had a summer before my senior year of high school where my group of friends and I went every night to this playground by our houses, and we sat on the swings and talked till 2 in the morning about dream college, dream job, dream life, all the places you want to travel.

If kids aren’t doing that then they’re really not doing that work of building their identity that has to happen in adolescence.” PJC Adam Reinherz can be reached at areinherz@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.

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Nostalgia in miniature pays off big

By Matt Silver | Contributing Writer

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ver 30 years in the toy business, Alan Dorfman’s literally been able to take this concept to the bank: Size matters.

For 20 years, the Pennsylvania businessman owned a company called Basic Fun. During the Clinton years, Basic Fun hit on one of the longer-lasting fads among that era’s suburban tweens — miniaturized versions of well-known toys on keychains.

Like Airwalks and Stüssy T-shirts, like Tamagotchis and Shark watches and Beanie Babies, they quickly became fetishized status symbols — the more affixed to one’s backpack, the better.

“We kind of just stumbled on a formula that worked,” Dorfman recalled. “Kids started collecting them, and then, in order to show off their collection, they started hanging them on their backpacks. For a trend, that lasted unusually long.”

In 2008, Dorfman sold Basic Fun. Not long after, the company’s new ownership decided it wanted to go in a different direction with its product line; it stopped making those miniaturized toys that had been all the rage just a few years prior.

But Dorfman knew something they didn’t — the demand was still there.

“A couple years went by, and people kept asking for the stuff,” said Dorfman of the shrunken classics. “So we decided that the timing was right, that there had been enough of a lull in the industry.”

In 2014, Dorfman started a new company, Super Impulse, based in Bristol, Pennsylvania. In 2015, Super Impulse launched what has since become its signature product line, World’s Smallest.

They didn’t change the original concept much. A principal difference this time around is that Super Impulse’s new creations have shed one key vestigial appendage.

“I thought that key chains may have been played out,” Dorfman said. “What everybody loved anyway was the smallness, the miniature, so let’s just go straight at it and do the world’s smallest.”

The results suggest Dorfman knows his business.

World’s Smallest’s first offering, the world’s smallest Super Soaker, sold more than 5 million pieces. The big-box retailers took notice, and now the greatly expanded World’s Smallest line is sold at Target, Walmart and on Amazon.

Included in World’s Smallest’s evergrowing catalogue are time-worn favorites like G.I. Joe, Transformers, Mr. Potato Head, Rubik’s Cube, Etch A Sketch and Silly Putty.

The last three are Dorfman’s favorite individual pieces, but Dorfman is quick to point out that the line as a whole is much more than diminutive reproductions of other toy companies’ most famous creations. Often, Dorfman explained, going smaller involves more moving parts, especially if the goal is for the toy to work.

“A lot of times, people look at a product and think, ‘It’s very small; it must be very inexpensive,’ but it’s actually sometimes more complicated to build in small size — picture a well-made watch,” Dorfman said.

p Alan Dorfman holds Super Impulse’s World’s Smallest Etch A Sketch. Photo by Amanda Lau

“Oftentimes, you can’t automate the production process because the parts are so small they have to be hand done. With figures like Barbie or G.I. Joe, the bases have to be handpainted, so there’s quite a bit involved.”

While Dorfman and Super Impulse’s goal, to a great extent, is to make the smallest possible versions of iconic, instantly recognizable toys, World’s Smallest, he said, is about more than optics; the goal is to capture form and also function.

“The catch is that everything is as small as it possibly can be while still capturing the original function of the full-size toy it’s based on,” Dorfman said. “And an added bonus is that (the World’s Smallest miniatures) are even smaller than the key chains were.”

The functionality of low-tech favorites like the Rubik’s Cube, Etch A Sketch or Mr. Potato Head is one thing — though Dorfman assures that “when we can take an Etch A Sketch and make it work in an inch-and-a-half scale, it’s a wow” — but consider an ’80s-style arcade console, those mammoth, earth-bound machines native to malls and boardwalk arcades and stripcenter pizza shops of yesteryear. Now picture these arcade machines many, many magnitudes smaller — small enough that they can be held between thumb and forefinger

— functioning in much the same manner as their gargantuan forebears.

“Tiny Arcade has been special,” said Dorfman, who noted choosing a favorite among his toys was like a father choosing a favorite among children. “They’re fully functional, complete, working end-to-end miniaturizations of the full original games.

Our Pac-Man has all 254 levels. That’s been a favorite; it works so well, and it’s just a big wow.”

Shrinking down iconic toys to microsize is fun, but to make it work, consumers need to think it so much fun that they’re willing to spend new money on smaller versions of toys they already have.

They’re doing it.

So what about playtime in miniature is so intrinsically appealing?

“It’s definitely an emotional connection, an emotional attachment,” Dorfman said.

“As long as there’s been play, there have been miniature toys.”

Dorfman and company’s genius may lie in adding the potent sentimentality of nostalgia to this emotional stew.

“Knock on wood,” Dorfman said, hoping parents will continue to want to pass down the pastimes of their youth to their youth. “Between nostalgia and the retro craze and the emotion attached to miniatures, we’ve got a lot of emotion in play here.” PJC

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interesting, the true self shrivels. When this happens, girls’ feel insecure, confused and lost. We posit that depression and suicide rates reflects girls deep sorrow about their disconnect from their authentic selves.”

Despite many “prominent therapists” terming today’s teens “the loneliest generation of girls,” all is not lost, explained Pipher Gilliam. Parents can help.

“The biggest investment that parents can make in their kids is just helping them learn to develop real human relationships,” she said. “The low-hanging fruit for families is to be that house that teenagers are welcome to hang out at. Invite them over, pay for the snacks, pay for the drinks. You may have to walk your child through what it looks like to have people over. You may be starting at that level of square one at that place.”

The other thing parents need to be cognizant of is the “social media piece and the real importance of actually seeing and looking at what your children are doing online,” she continued.

“You wouldn’t trust your child to go spend time with someone that you hadn’t met and sort of vetted in whatever way you choose to as a parent. We’ve got to give that same attentiveness to the time that they’re spending online.”

“Real-world challenges are beneficial for teenagers,” said Pipher Gilliam. “Encourage part-time work, encourage volunteer work, encourage activism and advocacy in the community. If you have a girl that loves animals, have her go volunteer at the animal shelter. If she’s an introvert, have her go shelve books at a library. Whatever that is, it looks different for every kid, but find a way to get them out of their own adolescent headspace and off of their devices and out engaging with the world.”

Attendees, many of whom stayed to chat with Pipher Gilliam after the event, praised the author’s insights, including the major differences between the generations, such as the “different patterns of socialization,” said Debby Gillman of Squirrel Hill.

“What she’s written about the state of younger people is shocking,” said Lesa Rosamond of Regent Square. “I read the original book and it’s a different ballgame now.”

“Parents need to understand the impact of social media on young people,” echoed Angi Yucas of Blawnox. “So many issues are stemming from social media.”

Parents can curb the effects of social media by helping children physically connect, reiterated Pipher Gilliam.

“The real work of adolescence is identity building, and it’s figuring out who am I, who do I want to be, what do I care about, and a lot of that happens when you sit around with your friends and you talk,” she said. “I had a summer before my senior year of high school where my group of friends and I went every night to this playground by our houses, and we sat on the swings and talked till 2 in the morning about dream college, dream job, dream life, all the places you want to travel.

If kids aren’t doing that then they’re really not doing that work of building their identity that has to happen in adolescence.” PJC

Nostalgia in miniature pays off big

By Matt Silver | Contributing Writer

O

ver 30 years in the toy business, Alan Dorfman’s literally been able to take this concept to the bank: Size matters.

For 20 years, the Pennsylvania businessman owned a company called Basic Fun. During the Clinton years, Basic Fun hit on one of the longer-lasting fads among that era’s suburban tweens — miniaturized versions of well-known toys on keychains.

Like Airwalks and Stüssy T-shirts, like Tamagotchis and Shark watches and Beanie Babies, they quickly became fetishized status symbols — the more affixed to one’s backpack, the better.

“We kind of just stumbled on a formula that worked,” Dorfman recalled. “Kids started collecting them, and then, in order to show off their collection, they started hanging them on their backpacks. For a trend, that lasted unusually long.”

In 2008, Dorfman sold Basic Fun. Not long after, the company’s new ownership decided it wanted to go in a different direction with its product line; it stopped making those miniaturized toys that had been all the rage just a few years prior.

But Dorfman knew something they didn’t — the demand was still there.

“A couple years went by, and people kept asking for the stuff,” said Dorfman of the shrunken classics. “So we decided that the timing was right, that there had been enough of a lull in the industry.”

In 2014, Dorfman started a new company, Super Impulse, based in Bristol, Pennsylvania. In 2015, Super Impulse launched what has since become its signature product line, World’s Smallest.

They didn’t change the original concept much. A principal difference this time around is that Super Impulse’s new creations have shed one key vestigial appendage.

“I thought that key chains may have been played out,” Dorfman said. “What everybody loved anyway was the smallness, the miniature, so let’s just go straight at it and do the world’s smallest.”

The results suggest Dorfman knows his business.

World’s Smallest’s first offering, the

 Alan Dorfman holds Super Impulse’s World’s Smallest Etch A Sketch.

Photo by Amanda Lau

world’s smallest Super Soaker, sold more than 5 million pieces. The big-box retailers took notice, and now the greatly expanded World’s Smallest line is sold at Target, Walmart and on Amazon.

Included in World’s Smallest’s evergrowing catalogue are time-worn favorites like G.I. Joe, Transformers, Mr. Potato Head, Rubik’s Cube, Etch A Sketch and Silly Putty.

The last three are Dorfman’s favorite individual pieces, but Dorfman is quick to point out that the line as a whole is much more than diminutive reproductions of other toy companies’ most famous creations. Often, Dorfman explained, going smaller involves more moving parts, especially if the goal is for the toy to work.

“A lot of times, people look at a product and think, ‘It’s very small; it must be very inexpensive,’ but it’s actually sometimes more complicated to build in small size — picture a well-made watch,” Dorfman said.

“Oftentimes, you can’t automate the production process because the parts are so small they have to be hand done. With figures like Barbie or G.I. Joe, the bases have to be handpainted, so there’s quite a bit involved.”

While Dorfman and Super Impulse’s goal, to a great extent, is to make the smallest possible versions of iconic, instantly recognizable toys, World’s Smallest, he said, is

about more than optics; the goal is to capture form and also function.

“The catch is that everything is as small as it possibly can be while still capturing the original function of the full-size toy it’s based on,” Dorfman said. “And an added bonus is that (the World’s Smallest miniatures) are even smaller than the key chains were.”

The functionality of low-tech favorites like the Rubik’s Cube, Etch A Sketch or Mr. Potato Head is one thing — though Dorfman assures that “when we can take an Etch A Sketch and make it work in an inch-anda-half scale, it’s a wow” — but consider an ’80s-style arcade console, those mammoth, earth-bound machines native to malls and boardwalk arcades and strip-center pizza shops of yesteryear. Now picture these arcade machines many, many magnitudes smaller — small enough that they can be held between thumb and forefinger — functioning in much the same manner as their gargantuan forebears.

“Tiny Arcade has been special,” said Dorfman, who noted choosing a favorite among his toys was like a father choosing a favorite among children. “They’re fully functional, complete, working end-to-end miniaturizations of the full original games.

Our Pac-Man has all 254 levels. That’s been a favorite; it works so well, and it’s just a big wow.”

Shrinking down iconic toys to microsize is fun, but to make it work, consumers need to think it so much fun that they’re willing to spend new money on smaller versions of toys they already have.

They’re doing it.

So what about playtime in miniature is so intrinsically appealing?

“It’s definitely an emotional connection, an emotional attachment,” Dorfman said.

“As long as there’s been play, there have been miniature toys.”

Dorfman and company’s genius may lie in adding the potent sentimentality of nostalgia to this emotional stew.

“Knock on wood,” Dorfman said, hoping parents will continue to want to pass down the pastimes of their youth to their youth. “Between nostalgia and the retro craze and the emotion attached to miniatures, we’ve got a lot of emotion in play here.” PJC

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Alexander Velazquez became a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Feb. 22, at Temple Sinai. He is a seventh-grade student at Community Day School who plays on the soccer team, participates in Minyan Makers and practices tikkun olam. For his bar mitzvah project, Alexander collected medical and hygiene supplies through the nonprofit Brother’s Brother Foundation to help impoverished communities and disaster areas around the world that are in need of resources.

He enjoys learning about history and architecture, collecting coins and spending time with his family and friends. Alexander is the son of Agustin Velazquez and Anne Linder, and brother to Ava Velazquez. His grandparents are Barbara and Richard (z”l) Linder, Vikki Santiago and Emiterio Velazquez. PJC

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t was a beautiful moment of community unity: The Eternal spoke to Moses, saying: “Tell the Israelite people to bring Me gifts (terumah); you shall accept gifts for Me from every person whose heart so moves him. And these are the gifts that you should accept from them ... ” (Exodus 25:1-3).

An improbable result: The Israelites brought so many offerings, each person’s heart moved him/her so much, that Moses had to shut down the fundraising campaign because they gave too much. It should only be that way in our day for our worthy organizations!

When reading this text, the medieval Italian Rabbi Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno commented: “The leaders who were to carry out this taking (accepting) of the gifts were the Sanhedrin, the High Court. The Israelites were so anxious to contribute that they did not wait until the High Court organized all this, but they approached Moses personally bringing with them so many contributions that Moses was forced to call a halt to this” (Exodus 36:5).

They were so eager to contribute that they didn’t wait for the knock on door, the email in their box, the tap on the shoulder, the text message on their phone, the in-person solicitation at a local coffee shop to give. They just gave.

The United States has a “Terumah moment” coming up.

Every 10 years, the U.S. conducts a census of the entire population. Census Day is April 1, 2020, and our community is currently organizing resources to ensure a complete and accurate count — because an incomplete count in Allegheny County can have a devastating impact in Pennsylvania.

The census is used to determine Congressional representation and allocate billions of dollars in federal funding that supports schools, hospitals, infrastructure developments and other community-based services.

Local government, foundations, businesses, educators and others rely on census information to make important decisions about local policies, funding distribution, where to start businesses and more. The participation of every resident in the census will help make sure that our region receives the federal funds that it needs to serve everyone equitably. It’s why our goal is to make sure 100% of our residents are counted.

Here is how it is going to work: • In March, every household will receive a snail mail card with your computer code that will gain you access to fill out the census online. Once you get it, you should use the code and fill out the census online.

That would be a great Terumah moment: Everyone’s heart will move him/her so much, that they will need no knock on the door to fill it out.

• If you need help filling it out, you can come to the JCC, or another Census Hub, for help with the technology.

• But, we know that not everyone will be so quick in filling it out. That’s why you might get a knock on your door (from April through July) from a neighbor working for the Census Department in order to fill out the form with you.

Let’s face it, who wants a knock on their door? Who wants to have to be reminded to take their responsibility seriously? Rather, wouldn’t you like to be like an Israelite in this week’s Torah portion? Wouldn’t you like to have “Terumah Eagerness”?

Your active participation in the census will be the greatest gift you can give to our community. Our community funding is on the line and each and every one us needs to eagerly fill out our census. If you would like to learn more about the census including how to get a part-time job paying $23/hour helping your neighbors complete the census, please visit becounted2020.org. PJC Rabbi Ron Symons is the founding director of the JCC’s Center for Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement.

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Obituaries ARNHEIM: Donald B. Arnheim, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Beloved partner of Dan Iddings and former partner of the late Bill Cohen.

Loving father of Dustin (Kris) Arnheim and Erin Arnheim; brother of Nancy (Robert) Rosenthal and the late Stuart A. (surviving spouse Kathy) Arnheim; Poppy to Dylan, Cooper, Claire and his beloved granddog, Barkley; loving uncle of Julie Arnheim, Richard Rosenthal, Kairol Rosenthal and Rachel Neuhaus. Love and appreciation to TaNisha and the other caregivers. Don was a board member of Persad, a former district governor for the Greater Pittsburgh area of Rotary International and an award-winning fundraiser and recipient of the 2018 Perseverance, Grace and Purpose award from the Parkinson’s Foundation of W. PA, as well as the top fundraising team of 2019.

Services were held at Rodef Shalom Temple.

Interment at West View Cemetery of Rodef Shalom Congregation. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Pittsburgh CLO, 719 Liberty Ave., 6th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or Parkinson’s Foundation of W. PA, 575 Lincoln Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15202 or Rodef Shalom Temple, 4905 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., family owned and operated. schugar.com GOLDSTEIN: Carol E. Goldstein, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Beloved wife of the late Barry Goldstein; sister of Rochelle (Hy) Chesterpal; sister-in-law of Paula (the late Harvey) Goldstein; aunt of Kimberly (Howard) Rosenberg, Todd (Melissa) Chester, Stacey (Chris) Carson and the late Paul Goldstein. Also survived by her fur baby, Welsh corgi Joely, and her loving cousins, great-nieces and nephews and friends. Graveside service and interment were held at Adath Jeshurun Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to the Hillman Cancer Center, 5115 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. family owned and operated. schugar.com HAUSMAN: Jennie Titlebaum Hausman, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Beloved wife of the late David Hausman; devoted mother of Alan W. (Stacey) Hausman, Linda Hausman and Stuart (Jennifer) Hausman; sister of Joe Titlebaum and the late Fannie Frank; loving “Deedle” to Duncan, grandmother to Will (Brittany) Okoniewski and Erin Okoniewski; also survived by many nieces and nephews. Graveside services and interment were held at Beth Shalom Cemetery. Contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 444 Liberty Ave., #1300, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or Animal Friends, 562 Camp Horne Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., family owned and operated. schugar.com

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THIS WEEK’S YAHRZEITS — Sunday March 1: Abe P. Bennett, Esther Gardner, Lou Ann Krouse, Ella Levy, Harry Levy, Dr. Yale S. Lewine, Louis Luterman, Alyce H. Mandelblatt, Benjamin D. Miller, Esther Rudkin, Dorothy Schwartz, Max Shapiro, Frances B. Sigal, Isaac W. Solomon, Samuel Veinegar, Harry Zalevsky

SHUFLER: S. Leonard Shufler, of Squirrel Hill, born on Aug. 4, 1927, in Scranton, PA, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.

Beloved husband of 57 years of the late Phyllis Levine Shufler. Beloved father of Daniel E. Shufler M.D. of Wilmington, Delaware, Debra (Brian) Moidel of Mt. Lebanon and Betsy Shufler of Squirrel Hill; beloved grandfather of Justin (Honor) and Brandon Moidel; son of the late Max and Sarah Shufler; brother of the late Adeline Wolfson, Freda Keller, Lillian Walters, Ann Stahler, Evelyn Goldstein, Morris Shufler, Ruth Stoltz and Eleanor Popky. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Leonard received his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Scranton and his master’s degree in nuclear physics from the University of Pittsburgh. Leonard worked at Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Lab for 35 years, as a nuclear physicist and manager. His major project was designing the nuclear reactor for the USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier. Leonard served in the US Navy during WWII. Leonard was very active at Tree of Life Congregation, especially on the social action committee.

He was instrumental in helping to settle many Soviet Jews that arrived in Pittsburgh during the 1970s and ’80s. He also was involved with the East End Cooperative Ministry. Leonard loved traveling the world with Phyllis, which included visiting relatives. He enjoyed playing the piano by ear, golfing, watching Pittsburgh sports teams and chanting Haftorah at synagogue. He was a righteous and religious man and will be missed by all who had the good fortune of knowing him. Services were held at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. Interment at B’nai Israel Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Tree of Life Congregation, 5898 Wilkins Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217 or American Cancer Society, 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. schugar.com PJC

Monday March 2: Harry J. Benjamin, Joseph Canter, Alec W. Chinn, Gertrude Chizeck, Sara F. Cohen, Florence Farkas, David H. Goldberg, Rose M. Hausman*, Marvin KleinEugene Light, Isaac L. Rosenfeld, Charles Schwartz, David Stern, Raye Supowitz, Helen Weinberger, Samuel Yanks Tuesday March 3: Conrad Irving Adler, Bernard Berkman, Albert Farber, Samuel Farbstein, Frances A. Feinberg, Dr. Abraham Finegold, Israel Fireman, Fred Kalson, Charles Korobkin, Morris S. Levine, Tillie Lippock, Joseph Miller, Harry B. Orringer, M.D., Harold B. Pollack, Ruth Shatum, Myer N. Shipkovitz, Harvey Simon, Phillip Weinberger Wednesday March 4: Ella Alpern, Sarah Baker, Samuel J. Burke, Ruth Chell, Emil Glick, Bernard Golanty, Edward Green, Meyer Hart, Rosella B. Horvitz, Harold Levine, Bessie R. Levinson, Jay Calvin Miller, Abe Rader, Stanley E. Rosenbloom, Md, Dorothy Rubin, Max Wikes, Rose Ziff Thursday March 5: Frances A. Barniker, Libby Berlow, Esther R. Broad, Samuel Cushner, Mary J. Darling, Maurice Firestone, Anne Davis Ginsberg, Rebecca Goldstein, Joseph Horvitz, Marion H. Jacobson, Gertrude Judd, Marvin L. Kaufman, Samuel Lewis, Ethel Mallinger, Emanuel Mervis, Emanuel Ripp, Harvey James Roth, Azriel Meyer Sachs, Bernard Weiss, Bernard Weiss, Isaac Young Friday March 6: Tillie Berenfield, Shirley L. Borcover, Louis C. Burstin, Hyman Cahen, Dora Cohen, Morris Gilbert Davidson, Pauline Davis, William Davis, Charles Glick, Eleanor Granowitz, Jack Greenfield, Julius L. Gusky, Sondra Hansell, Florence L. Hochhauser, Samuel Hodes, Mollie Koss, Esther Mandel, Thelma Marder, Jacob Marks, Max A. Moses, Estelle S. Nernberg, Fannie Orlansky, Nat Rubin, Rebecca Rubin, Max Seltman, Markus Sherman, Fannye Taper, Israel Whiteman, Samuel Williams, Josephine Olbum Zinman Saturday March 7: Minnie Abelson, Molly D. Bloch, Frank B. Bortz, Ethel Chesterpal, William Davis, Eva Fox, Harvey N. Goldstein, Minnie Herring, Isadore S. Levin, Oscar Levine, Joel Litman, Sophia S. Meyers, Dorothy Morantz, Sadie Pearlstein, Lester Poser, Julius Rosenberg, Louis S. Rosenthal, Freda Rubin, Jean G. Semins, Ida Shieff, Ethel Simon, Goldie Simon, Harry Uram

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Obituaries ARNHEIM: Donald B. Arnheim, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Beloved partner of Dan Iddings and former partner of the late Bill Cohen.

Loving father of Dustin (Kris) Arnheim and Erin Arnheim; brother of Nancy (Robert) Rosenthal and the late Stuart A. (surviving spouse Kathy) Arnheim; Poppy to Dylan, Cooper, Claire and his beloved granddog, Barkley; loving uncle of Julie Arnheim, Richard Rosenthal, Kairol Rosenthal and Rachel Neuhaus. Love and appreciation to TaNisha and the other caregivers. Don was a board member of Persad, a former district governor for the Greater Pittsburgh area of Rotary International and an award-winning fundraiser and recipient of the 2018 Perseverance, Grace and Purpose award from the Parkinson’s Foundation of W. PA, as well as the top fundraising team of 2019.

Services were held at Rodef Shalom Temple.

Interment at West View Cemetery of Rodef Shalom Congregation. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Pittsburgh CLO, 719 Liberty Ave., 6th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or Parkinson’s Foundation of W. PA, 575 Lincoln Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15202 or Rodef Shalom Temple, 4905 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., family owned and operated. schugar.com GOLDSTEIN: Carol E. Goldstein, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Beloved wife of the late Barry Goldstein; sister of Rochelle (Hy) Chesterpal; sister-in-law of Paula (the late Harvey) Goldstein; aunt of Kimberly (Howard) Rosenberg, Todd (Melissa) Chester, Stacey (Chris) Carson and the late Paul Goldstein. Also survived by her fur baby, Welsh corgi Joely, and her loving cousins, great-nieces and nephews and friends. Graveside service and interment were held at Adath Jeshurun Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to the Hillman Cancer Center, 5115 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. family owned and operated. schugar.com HAUSMAN: Jennie Titlebaum Hausman, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Beloved wife of the late David Hausman; devoted mother of Alan W. (Stacey) Hausman, Linda Hausman and Stuart (Jennifer) Hausman; sister of Joe Titlebaum and the late Fannie Frank; loving “Deedle” to Duncan, grandmother to Will (Brittany) Okoniewski and Erin Okoniewski; also survived by many nieces and nephews. Graveside services and interment were held at Beth Shalom Cemetery. Contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 444 Liberty Ave., #1300, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or Animal Friends, 562 Camp Horne Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., family owned and operated. schugar.com

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SHUFLER: S. Leonard Shufler, of Squirrel Hill, born on Aug. 4, 1927, in Scranton, PA, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.

Beloved husband of 57 years of the late Phyllis Levine Shufler. Beloved father of Daniel E. Shufler M.D. of Wilmington, Delaware, Debra (Brian) Moidel of Mt. Lebanon and Betsy Shufler of Squirrel Hill; beloved grandfather of Justin (Honor) and Brandon Moidel; son of the late Max and Sarah Shufler; brother of the late Adeline Wolfson, Freda Keller, Lillian Walters, Ann Stahler, Evelyn Goldstein, Morris Shufler, Ruth Stoltz and Eleanor Popky. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Leonard received his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Scranton and his master’s degree in nuclear physics from the University of Pittsburgh. Leonard worked at Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Lab for 35 years, as a nuclear physicist and manager. His major project was designing the nuclear reactor for the USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier. Leonard served in the US Navy during WWII. Leonard was very active at Tree of Life Congregation, especially on the social action committee.

He was instrumental in helping to settle many Soviet Jews that arrived in Pittsburgh during the 1970s and ’80s. He also was involved with the East End Cooperative Ministry. Leonard loved traveling the world with Phyllis, which included visiting relatives. He enjoyed playing the piano by ear, golfing, watching Pittsburgh sports teams and chanting Haftorah at synagogue. He was a righteous and religious man and will be missed by all who had the good fortune of knowing him. Services were held at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. Interment at B’nai Israel Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Tree of Life Congregation, 5898 Wilkins Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217 or American Cancer Society, 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205. schugar.com PJC

Monday March 2: Harry J. Benjamin, Joseph Canter, Alec W. Chinn, Gertrude Chizeck, Sara F. Cohen, Florence Farkas, David H. Goldberg, Rose M. Hausman*, Marvin KleinEugene Light, Isaac L. Rosenfeld, Charles Schwartz, David Stern, Raye Supowitz, Helen Weinberger, Samuel Yanks Tuesday March 3: Conrad Irving Adler, Bernard Berkman, Albert Farber, Samuel Farbstein, Frances A. Feinberg, Dr. Abraham Finegold, Israel Fireman, Fred Kalson, Charles Korobkin, Morris S. Levine, Tillie Lippock, Joseph Miller, Harry B. Orringer, M.D., Harold B. Pollack, Ruth Shatum, Myer N. Shipkovitz, Harvey Simon, Phillip Weinberger Wednesday March 4: Ella Alpern, Sarah Baker, Samuel J. Burke, Ruth Chell, Emil Glick, Bernard Golanty, Edward Green, Meyer Hart, Rosella B. Horvitz, Harold Levine, Bessie R. Levinson, Jay Calvin Miller, Abe Rader, Stanley E. Rosenbloom, Md, Dorothy Rubin, Max Wikes, Rose Ziff Thursday March 5: Frances A. Barniker, Libby Berlow, Esther R. Broad, Samuel Cushner, Mary J. Darling, Maurice Firestone, Anne Davis Ginsberg, Rebecca Goldstein, Joseph Horvitz, Marion H. Jacobson, Gertrude Judd, Marvin L. Kaufman, Samuel Lewis, Ethel Mallinger, Emanuel Mervis, Emanuel Ripp, Harvey James Roth, Azriel Meyer Sachs, Bernard Weiss, Bernard Weiss, Isaac Young Friday March 6: Tillie Berenfield, Shirley L. Borcover, Louis C. Burstin, Hyman Cahen, Dora Cohen, Morris Gilbert Davidson, Pauline Davis, William Davis, Charles Glick, Eleanor Granowitz, Jack Greenfield, Julius L. Gusky, Sondra Hansell, Florence L. Hochhauser, Samuel Hodes, Mollie Koss, Esther Mandel, Thelma Marder, Jacob Marks, Max A. Moses, Estelle S. Nernberg, Fannie Orlansky, Nat Rubin, Rebecca Rubin, Max Seltman, Markus Sherman, Fannye Taper, Israel Whiteman, Samuel Williams, Josephine Olbum Zinman Saturday March 7: Minnie Abelson, Molly D. Bloch, Frank B. Bortz, Ethel Chesterpal, William Davis, Eva Fox, Harvey N. Goldstein, Minnie Herring, Isadore S. Levin, Oscar Levine, Joel Litman, Sophia S. Meyers, Dorothy Morantz, Sadie Pearlstein, Lester Poser, Julius Rosenberg, Louis S. Rosenthal, Freda Rubin, Jean G. Semins, Ida Shieff, Ethel Simon, Goldie Simon, Harry Uram

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meaning if Israel Shelanu receives 10% of the vote, it will make up 10% of America’s delegates. Those delegates are from across the country. Pittsburgh has several candidates in different platforms.

One of those delegates, Susan Friedberg Kalson, views the elections as a “chance for Diaspora Jews to represent our interests.

This is how we can have a say in the billions of dollars in funding and other resources within Israel.�

No Pittsburgh delegate, however, is guaranteed to be one of the representatives who go to Israel as part of the congress. According to Rabbi Aaron Meyers of Temple Emanuel of South Hills, who served as a member of the 37th World Zionist Congress in 2015, the delegates sent are all rated on various qualifications by each slate. Those with the highest scores are sent to serve on the congress.

This year’s vote will be historic. It promises to be one of the largest in history. As the Jerusalem Post noted in an article published earlier this month, more than 54,000 votes have already been cast since voting began Jan. 21, about double the pace of the 2015 elections.

p Theodor Herzel gives the keynote address at the Second Zionist Congress in Basel, Photo from the National Library of Israel via Wikimedia Commons Switzerland, in 1898.

Process

To be eligible to vote in the current election, you must be Jewish, at least 18 years of age, be a permanent resident of the United States, not vote in the March 2 Knesset election and affirm your commitment to the Jerusalem Program.

The Jerusalem Program, according to the American Zionist Movement, is the official platform of the Zionist movement. Among other things, it counts as its foundational beliefs the unity of the Jewish people, its bond to Israel and the centrality of Israel and Jerusalem in the life of the nation.

The voting process operates on the

honor system, meaning the rules are more guidelines than qualifiers. For instance, Block explained, a person must “self-identify� as Jewish, leaving open the door that some of those voting might be more “Jewish� than Jewish.

Anyone interested in voting should visit azm.org/elections before March 11 to register. There is a $7.50 fee, which covers the cost of running the election and “serves as a verification process,� Block explained.

While the process may seem peculiar to some Americans, voting for a slate that represents your values and beliefs about Israel serves the same purpose as voting in the presidential election — it’s an opportunity to have your voice heard and your influence felt.

As Block puts it, “There’s a lot on the line historically, if you look at what the Zionist Congress does, it represents what’s going on in the Jewish world at the time. There may be a big push now for greater money for Jewish security around the world because that’s something that costs a lot and it concerns everyone, everywhere.�

The 38th World Zionist Congress will be held in Jerusalem on Oct. 20-22. PJC David Rullo can be reached at drullo @pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.

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Community Lunch in the South Hills

Father’s Day at Yeshiva

Chabad of the South Hills held its monthly seniors lunch on Feb. 19. Participants enjoyed lunch and a presentation on “7 Steps to a Healthier Heart.”

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p The Early Learning Center at Yeshiva Schools hosted Father’s Day on Feb. 17. Each father was given a homemade gift that his child had specially prepared. And each room offered different projects for the children and adults to work on together, such as folding and decorating paper airplanes, cookie decorating (and eating), building with loose parts and decorating challah boards with sea glass.

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p Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Young Adult Division members participated in a Game Night Shabbat Club dinner on Feb. 7.

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Folk Shabbat Temple Sinai held its third annual Folk Shabbat evening service on Feb. 14.

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p Pete Neft, Michael Litman, Larry Paper and Alan Cohen had an unplanned reunion at Charles Morris Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. The group reminisced about their college days at Pitt, p From left: Delilah Picart, Suzie Hauptman, Chuck Mahan, Barbara Gibson and Judy Mahan including Neft’s triumphs on the gridiron, and what they’ve been doing in the years since.

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