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Douglas alumna, whose husband, Jason, is the grandson of the late Ivan Novick of Pittsburgh. Parkland teachers had reached out to Novick when they learned of her family’s connection to Pittsburgh, and said, “We want to go; we want to help,” Novick said.

Through “various connections,” Novick got in touch with Rabbi Ron Symons, senior director of Jewish Life at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, to make that happen.

“It was very helpful to our community when people had come in and supported us,” Novick recalled. “We had people from Sandy Hook and people from Columbine come and help us and guide us and give us advice and just be there with us. We wanted to bring that here to the Pittsburgh community.”

The Parkland visitors had a busy three days in Pittsburgh, meeting with students at Taylor Allderdice High School on Friday to discuss advocacy for gun reform; participating in J-Serve along with 325 teens from

Milton Fine, a hotel magnate whose passion for the arts and Judaism enhanced the lives of Pittsburgh residents, died on March 27. Fine was 92.

Born to Samuel and Ida (Krimsky) Fine on May 18, 1926, at Passavant Hospital — then located in the Hill District — Fine was the third of four children of a Russian mother and Polish father. Fine’s parents came to the United States in 1911 and were introduced to each other shortly thereafter.

As a child in East Pittsburgh, Fine attended Bessemer Avenue Elementary School. In a 1999 recording with the National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh Section, Fine recalled his home’s proximity to Bessemer Elementary and the familiar sound of its tardy bell.

“I heard that frequently because I was dashing off to school and always getting there a few minutes late,” he said.

East Pittsburgh, unlike the Hill District or Squirrel Hill, did not possess a sizable Jewish population, but Fine found Jewish friends. For High Holidays, Fine accompanied his parents to services at Congregation Oheb Zedeck, and around the time of his bar mitzvah, Fine attended Hebrew school for approximately nine months.

“I learned everything I needed to learn, but unfortunately, because of the short period I went, I haven’t been able to retain a great deal,” he said.

Fine attended East Pittsburgh High School for seventh and eighth grades and at 14 he moved with his family to a rented home in Squirrel Hill.

“It was a really good place to live at the time because there were lots of kids and we used to play ball in the street.”

Squirrel Hill provided a “good introduction to the city,” and Fine completed high school at Taylor Allderdice. As a member of the school’s accelerated program, he graduated in January 1944. He attended Penn State University for one semester before entering

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The local Jewish community reacts to City Council’s bold move.

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David N. Wecht talks about anti-Semitism.

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 Parkland teens joined with local Jewish teens for J-Serve. From left: Adam Habona, Carlitos Rodriguez, Daniel Tabares, Rebecca Glickman, Lizzie Eaton, Alyssa Fletcher and Andrea Holber.

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contingent of students, parents and teachers from Parkland, Florida, came to Pittsburgh last weekend to share what they had learned in the wake of a mass shooting there, including the perspective that communities, and the people who make up those communities, become stronger when they stand together.

“You know how one single pencil is very breakable, but if you grab a bunch of colored pencils it’s unstoppable?” queried Daniel Tabares, a sophomore at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a gunman murdered 17 people on Feb. 14, 2018. “It’s the same thing this weekend. One community is really not that powerful, but when you combine a bunch of communities, like Pittsburgh and Parkland, they will be so inspirational together, they will be so united. They will speak, and the world will hear them.”

The visit from Parkland survivors was initiated by Samantha Novick, a Stoneman

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Headlines Families of TOL victims honoring their memory with mitzvahs — LOCAL —

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he murders of 11 devout Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue building left unimaginable voids, not only in the lives of their families and friends, but also for countless others whom they touched through their individual acts of loving kindness, devotion to Judaism, and community building.

Now, just months after the Oct. 27 massacre that left them overwhelmed with grief, several surviving family members have decided to take up the mantle of tikkun olam in ways that would make their loved ones proud.

Joyce Fienberg

For the past 12 years, Marnie Fienberg prepared Passover seders with her mother-in-law, Joyce, a member of Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha.

Facing the grim reality that she would not have Joyce at her side in the kitchen this year, Marnie conceived of a holiday initiative that would honor the values that were important to Joyce: 2 For Seder, a project in which people all across the United States and Canada are committing to hosting two non-Jewish neighbors or friends for seder, with the aim of bridging communities and combatting anti-Semitism.

“Joyce always reached out to strangers for seders,” said Marnie, speaking from her home in Washington, D.C. “Whenever we had a family dinner for any holiday, she would have her husband’s students, her students, co-workers, people from all over the world, all over the country, they would come and join us for whatever the meal was.”

Hosting a group of diverse guests typically led to great discussions, recalled Marnie.

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“That’s what Joyce was all about,” she said.

“Joyce wanted to make sure whatever your background was, that you were comfortable, that you felt welcome, and at home, and that you could really be who you were, and that came out in the discussion. It was wonderful.”

So far, 400 hosts have registered to participate in the project, which can be found at 2forseder.org. That means that at least 800 non-Jewish guests will also be reading the Haggadah this year.

Once registered, a host receives a 2 For Seder kit that includes some suggested questions for the table; information about anti-Semitism, as well as pro-Semitic events in the U.S. and Canada (Joyce was from Canada); tips from the Anti-Defamation League on how to talk to children about hate; and Joyce’s recipe for Passover popovers.

Marnie is hopeful her initiative will help to “fight the foundation of anti-Semitism,” and encourage further sharing of cultural and religious events.

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“It will work in the way I saw Pittsburgh come together during this tragedy,” Marnie said. “In America, we have so many different backgrounds, ethnicities, and faiths, and during times of crisis we all come together.

It doesn’t need to wait for that, though.

“For the Jewish folks, by opening our doors and seders to our neighbors of different faiths, it is absolutely opening up people’s minds and dispelling any myths they may have heard. This is their opportunity to learn and grow, and what I am really hoping is as we are building bridges to other faiths, that this will be a two-way kind of thing. If I invite you to my seder, you will maybe invite me to your Easter dinner, or to your Diwali festival. There are all sorts of opportunities here for everyone to grow.”

This initiative, Marnie said, “is absolutely Joyce’s way of building bridges and helping people educate each other. This is what she did.”

Dan Stein

Fundraising for worthwhile causes is in Leigh Stein’s blood, having grown up watching the unceasing and committed volunteerism of her parents, Sharyn and Dan Stein. From the time she was a child, Leigh was encouraged to take an active role in making the world a better place, and her parents were always there to assist — from selling Girl Scout Cookies to supporting her through 31 marathons for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation.

When she began collecting money in cans outside Walmart to benefit the Foundation, it was natural that Dan was by her side to help.

“Every time I came home with a container or bags filled with money, my dad was right there to help me count it all, and to roll the change, and to take it to the bank,” Leigh said. “I used to call him my ‘business partner’ Please see TOL, page 4

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Headlines Local gun restrictions widely praised in Jewish Pittsburgh — LOCAL —

By Toby Tabachnick | Senior Staff Writer

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ittsburgh City Council’s passage last week of several restrictions on gun use was met with wide approval in Jewish Pittsburgh.

The gun laws were introduced in the wake of the Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue building, which left 11 dead and seven wounded. The legislation, which was signed into law by Mayor Bill Peduto on Tuesday, would make it a criminal offense to “use” an assault weapon in a public place; ban armor-piercing ammunition and highcapacity magazines; and allow the temporary confiscation of guns from people who are found to be a danger to themselves or others.

Pro-gun advocates have threatened to sue to block the laws from taking effect on the grounds that state law prohibits municipalities from regulating firearms, and some Pittsburgh residents, with assistance from the NRA, filed a suit on Tuesday challenging the magazine ban.

Whether the laws hold up against a court challenge, Jon Tucker, a local member of the leadership council of the Republican Jewish Coalition, is pleased that City Council took action.

“There is no reason to have that type of a weapon in a civilized society,” said Tucker.

“It’s purposeless.”

Tucker, who practiced for decades as an orthopedic surgeon, saw firsthand the devastation high-velocity assault rifles can wreak.

“When you see it with your own eyes, you gain a better understanding of the amount of energy these transmit, and the amount of damage they do to people,” Tucker said. “You are not allowed to build and carry bombs around — it’s the same reason, because they kill and maim indiscriminately.”

Even if the local law is overturned at the state level, Tucker said, “I think it has a significant effect on people’s thoughts. The big legislators in both the House and the Senate have to take note. You have to start somewhere, and I think Mayor Peduto and City Council should be applauded for their efforts. I think it is an important statement.”

Members of Congregation Dor Hadash, who have been working on initiatives to prevent gun violence even prior to the Oct. 27 massacre, also greeted the passage of the new laws with praise. The legislation was supported

by Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence, a group that started at Dor Hadash — one of the congregations attacked during the massacre — but now includes a wide range of members.

Although the legislation is limited in scope, Donna Coufal, a member of both Dor Hadash and Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence, is personally pleased with the outcome, she said.

“It’s a baby step along the way. This is where agreement was, so this is where you start.”

A grassroots effort can “snowball in a way it can’t on the national and state level,” Coufal explained. “I’m really proud of Squirrel Hill for the kind of response we’ve gotten and the action we’ve taken.”

Eve Wider, a member of the steering committee of Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence, is “thankful to the Pittsburgh City Council for stepping up to do a job at which the state and federal governments have failed.

It is clear that the majority of lawmakers in Harrisburg and Washington have abdicated their responsibility to keep us safe and the status quo of killing after killing after killing is unacceptable. It is time for state and federal lawmakers to follow the lead of our local leaders.”

If the legislation becomes law, Wider is confident it can help prevent the damage caused by mass shootings.

“Limits on the size of magazines can significantly decrease the number of people wounded or killed,” Wider said. “The damage that assault style rifles do to the human body is qualitatively different from and far more horrendous than the damage done by lower-velocity handguns. Banning these weapons will change the future for survivors of these sort of tragedies.”

A survivor of the Oct. 27 massacre, Barry Werber, a member of New Light, said he was in favor of the legislation.

“There is no need for any civilians to own a military-style weapon,” said Werber, who served in the U.S. Air Force. “They are only

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While Cristina Ruggerio, executive director of National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh, acknowledged that she doesn’t “have the expertise to predict whether this legislation will aid in preventing mass shootings,” she is nonetheless in favor of its passage.

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Even if the law holds up in court, it will have “no effect” on crime, predicted Andy “Hirsh” Dlinn, president of the Pennsylvania Republican Leadership Council and a member of the NRA. “Criminals don’t care about laws and restrictions,” he said. He sees the legislation as symbolic, enacted by City Council as a political move to show constituents that it was “doing something” in response to the massacre.

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because he was right there, all the time, for all these different fundraisers.�

For the past 10 years, Leigh and Dan sold Super Bowl Squares to raise funds for the Foundation — 100-square grids, for which people pay $10 for each randomly assigned square. Half the money raised goes to the nonprofit, and half goes to the payout. “Once the whole grid of 100 spots was filled out, my dad and I would sit with a deck of cards and pull out the numbers and distribute the grids, which he was very efficient with,� Leigh recalled. “He wanted to make sure everyone had their grid in plenty of time prior to the game. And he did a great job with selling the squares and distributing the grids.�

The father-daughter team usually began the fundraiser in December, about two months prior to the Super Bowl. “This year, December rolled around, and it just didn’t sit well with me to do this fundraiser without my dad,� Leigh said. “And I decided to take the year off because of everything that happened, and I just felt such a huge void. At the time, it didn’t feel comfortable.�

But as the days passed, “I felt that something was missing, that I needed to do this fundraiser and to pursue what my dad and I had always done,� she said. “It didn’t feel right not doing the Super Bowl Square fundraiser.

So I put something on Facebook, and my

Facebook just started blowing up with people who wanted squares. There were a lot of squares sold because, I think, people wanted to help and do something to give back and show their support. I felt very supported with this fundraiser and the amount of people that were buying squares. It was extremely emotional for me, and very overwhelming.�

Leigh ended up selling six grids, compared to her usual two or three, and many of the winners donated all or part of their winnings back. “As I said in my Facebook post, ‘My business partner is watching it all, and smiling from ear to ear,’� she said.

Dan was deeply committed as a volunteer to his congregation, New Light. He served as its president, then its Men’s Club president. He organized congregational bus trips, distributed Yom Hashoah candles, organized High Holiday seating, and helped prepare the shul’s weekly Sunday morning breakfast. “I feel like the synagogue was my dad’s second home,� Leigh said. “He spent Friday nights there, Saturday mornings there, Sunday mornings there. Even during the week he would stop to drop things off or to check the mail.�

Dan’s volunteerism extended beyond New Light, including not only to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, but to the Squirrel Hill Food Pantry, where he volunteered one Sunday a month.

Leigh decided to continue that tradition in her father’s memory. “It was something important to him, and I felt comfort in the thought of going to the

Food Pantry and being in a space where he spent time with people he knew,� Leigh said. “I wanted to continue that tradition and that giving of myself like he did.�

Cecil Rosenthal and David Rosenthal

Cecil Rosenthal, 59, and David Rosenthal, 54, brothers who were both an integral part of Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha, were commonly known around Squirrel Hill, and to their family, as “the boys� because of their kind and gentle nature.

Both had developmental disabilities, and found a comfortable and welcoming home at their congregation, where they were always willing to help and contribute in whatever way they could.

Now, their family, along with ACHIEVA — a nonprofit that provides services for those with disabilities — have launched #loveliketheboys, an initiative to carry on the generous and unconditional acts of love, and to honor Cecil and David.

People are encouraged to download and print #loveliketheboys cards at achieva.info/ loveliketheboys, use those cards to accompany random acts of kindness, and then post their acts on social media.

The Facebook group “Love Like the Boys� has engaged 3,500 members since its February launch. “Through these two sons, we learned love, compassion and understanding,� said their mother, Joy Rosenthal. “They had no hate in their bodies. We, as their parents, hope and

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pray that as long as we live, we will continue to show the world how to love, compassion and understanding for everybody who is around.�

ACHIEVA contacted the Rosenthal family during Random Acts of Kindness Week to see if they wanted to do something special in memory of the boys. “We created the logo, and held a press conference just asking people, if there is something that comes out of this, it’s to love one another and just to do something special,� said Michele Rosenthal, sister to Cecil and David. “It doesn’t have to be monetary. Like the boys — just paying somebody a compliment or holding the door, or volunteering at an organization. There are so many ways to do a random act of kindness.�

Many of Cecil’s and David’s acts of kindness were modest, but they were sincere and Please see TOL, page 25

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Headlines Pennsylvania Judge David N. Wecht talks about anti-Semitism — LOCAL —

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arely, if ever, has a sitting American judge spoken out publicly on the threat of anti-Semitism in America.

Here, Justice David N. Wecht, a judge serving on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the highest court in the state and the oldest Supreme Court in the nation, has chosen to speak out boldly and firmly about what he perceives to be a national crisis.

The Honorable David N. Wecht was elected to a 10-year term on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2015. His father’s parents ran a grocery store not far from where Justice Wecht was sworn in.

Before his election to the state’s Supreme Court, he served four years on the Pennsylvania Superior Court (the state’s intermediate appellate court). He attended Yale University and Yale Law School, where he served as notes editor of the Yale Law Journal, and then clerked for Judge George MacKinnon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Wecht grew up in Squirrel Hill. He and his wife were married at the Tree of Life Synagogue.

JOEL COHEN: Justice Wecht, in our talks over the past six months, you seem concerned and troubled, almost horrified, by rising anti-Semitism, particularly in America. How has this concern come to you so urgently?

DAVID WECHT: I’ve always been firm in my Jewish identity. That hasn’t changed.

What’s changed, I think, is a tolerance for anti-Semitism here in America. There’s clearly an increase in the expression of hatred toward Jews in America.

Put aside for the moment the tremendous upsurge in anti-Jewish hate worldwide.

Focusing on this country, all statistics and anecdotal evidence make clear that there’s an upsurge in anti-Semitism in recent years.

And it seems to only be increasing.

JC: As a judge, as a practical matter, can

you actually do anything to help address your concerns about rising anti-Semitism?

DW: The one-word answer is no. It’s not the bread and butter of my professional work. My job as an appellate jurist doesn’t involve me addressing these topics, and so I address them in my personal time and my personal life. I don’t deny that this is somewhat frustrating when anti-Semitism is

rising so clearly. So what I can do is this: I can speak and write about anti-Semitism.

JC: What if a matter comes before you

where anti-Semitism or anti-Zionism, or both, are an issue in a case before you? What do you do to deal with your personal beliefs — your “priors,” in Judge Richard Posner’s term — that might, consciously or unconsciously, propel you in one direction or another in deciding a case?

DW: The Constitution and laws are the same for anti-Semites as for anyone else. That’s why the Nazis could march in Skokie, just like any other bigots. Jews do themselves no favors when they weight the scales of justice. I’ve never had to recuse from a case on account of my Jewish identity. I’d be surprised if I’d ever feel compelled to do so. That’s not what America is about.

JC: Assume you weren’t restricted by the ethical constraints regarding what a judge can do. How would you change society to address rising anti-Semitism? What would you want “the law” to do to help stem this troubling tide?

DW: I don’t really think the question is primarily what the law can do. The problem is principally one of education and polit-

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ical action. Political action is an arena in which I can no longer play. I’m appalled by the cowardice of political leaders regarding the issue. The opposition to anti-Semitism shouldn’t be a partisan matter. And the failure of political leaders to call it out is appalling. Jewish leaders, too, are often timid.

They should learn the lessons of history.

Elected officials, Jews, faith leaders (who, to their credit, came forward in the wake of the massacre in Squirrel Hill), should speak and work vigorously against anti-Semitism.

It’s critical, and history teaches that. I

“ Jews thrive when the rule of law is zealously protected.

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“ Something’s changed on the right and on the left.

People are increasingly willing to voice

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anti-Semitic sentiments. coincidentally heard a radio interview this morning of a freshman congresswoman.

She was going on and on about all manner of things, and was finally asked about the recent controversy involving Rep. Omar’s statements. And, all of a sudden, this very talkative representative said, “No comment.”

That’s all she said, several times. I found that appalling. The idea that an elected member of the Congress has no comment on anti-Semitism is beyond the pale.

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For shame. Remember: This tolerance of anti-Semitism is occurring within the lifetime of Holocaust survivors.

JC: Jews, particularly in America, have, rightly or wrongly, often looked to the courts as their savior when they have faced problems. Can the courts be helpful to right this type of wrong when discriminatory conduct impacts Jews in particular?

DW: American courts always must be open to claims that seek to vindicate individual rights and liberties. Jews thrive when the rule of law is zealously protected. When the rule of law is subverted, when courts are not open to all, when rights and liberties are denied to anyone, the Jews will be targeted and will suffer. History tells us this.

JC: So what could Congress do? What would you have wanted to see the Congress do with Congresswoman Omar?

DW: I think any member who engages in such rhetoric should be disciplined. Period.

And I also think that people of all parties should speak to it.

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leaders. I’m a registered Democrat; I ran and was elected as a Democrat. It’s utterly disgraceful that the Democratic Party is so timid about this. The whole idea that the fight against anti-Semitism could ever depend on one’s party should horrify any American. This should not ever be a partisan issue. It cannot be.

JC: Are you troubled that the resolution passed by the Congress was generic, not directed specifically at Congresswoman Omar?

DW: I wouldn’t call it a resolution. I’d call it an “irresolution.” It basically contained everything but motherhood and apple pie. It was much sound and fury, signifying nothing. It condemned everything and hence nothing.

The whole initial purpose of having a resolution was to condemn what Omar had said, and then the majority caucus became too timid about defending the Jewish people and turned it into a generic “anti-prejudice” resolution. Well, this wasn’t about other kinds of prejudice. That’s not what happened. What happened is that a member of Congress engaged in anti-Semitic rhetoric. All prejudice is bad, but this wasn’t about all prejudice.

It was about repeated anti-Jewish statements.

JC: Let me turn to something different.

A seven-minute documentary was up for an Academy Award this year: A Night at the Garden. It depicted a Bund rally of 22,000 people at the old Madison Square Garden as a then well-known Nazi polemicist addressed the crowd. Most attendees actually made the Nazi salute. An unemployed young Jew rushed the stage. He was promptly beaten up by the Nazi bodyguards. Ultimately, the police arrested him and brought him to court, charging him with disorderly conduct. The presiding judge said, “What did you do there, you could have caused violence?” and he replied simply, “Look at the violence that’s going on now.”

Suppose a neo-Nazi Bund group were to lease today the PPG Arena in Pittsburgh where the Penguins play, probably not too far from where your chambers are. Do you think that kind of thing could happen today?

DW: I don’t think it could happen today.

I don’t think there’s a critical mass of Nazis right now sufficient to put that event on.

But certainly it could happen in the future.

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And the Nazis might be “ultra-left” wing instead of ultra-right wing. For a time after the Holocaust, the sheer horror and magnitude of the slaughter tended to tamp down the most vocal anti-Semites. But something’s changed both on the right and on the left.

People are increasingly willing to voice anti-Semitic sentiments. And when people, particularly leaders, don’t publicly oppose anti-Jewish speech, hatred against Jews festers and grows. And that’s why I think this is a critical time in America.

JC: But what if today a litigant came

before a court asking it to restrain, on First Amendment grounds, such a Bund rally?

Would the courts be constitutionally able to do anything about it, or not really?

DW: Now you’re asking a question of law.

Law and non-law parts of life, as you know, often exist in parallel universes. The fact that something is offensive or hateful doesn’t make it illegal. So if some group or governmental body would seek to enjoin a rally, you’re correct — it’s an area that implicates the First Amendment. While government can put reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions upon the exercise of First Amendment rights, it cannot restrict speech based upon the content of that speech, with limited exceptions such as “true threats.”

JC: I’m somewhat being the devil’s advocate here, but isn’t there something wrong with the courts basically “enabling” hate speech? Maybe the First Amendment needs more restrictions on it, particularly in hard times.

DW: I definitely don’t think we should fool ourselves into thinking the solution is to undo or displace the First Amendment.

It’s critical that we never in this country give government the power to pick and choose which speech is preferred. The remedy for hate speech is more speech. And of course, we must insist on vigorous and firm law enforcement when that speech crosses the line into true threats or actual violence.

Jews and non-Jews concerned about it should never have to rely on a crutch of government shutting down such speech.

That’s a dangerous dependency. Instead, we should powerfully respond with more speech.

The object isn’t to try to muzzle the speech of

those who hate. The object is to show through more speech, through education, and through political action that the views of the haters are not the views of good people.

JC: You’re particularly troubled, I know,

by the BDS movement. What can be done to address the campus crisis today?

DW: First, the law must deal firmly and forcefully with violence and with threats of violence. Second, university administrators must act and speak vigorously against Jew-haters on their campuses. It’s been very disturbing to see how weak and cowardly many college presidents have been in confronting anti-Semitic events and expressions occurring right under their noses.

And there’s another dimension as well. It’s even more disturbing, because it cuts close to home, because it’s about us.

Part of the campus problem today lies at the feet of Jewish parents for failing to educate their children to be committed, proud Jews. To be Jews who speak up for themselves, who advocate for Jewish interests and who support the U.S.-Israel relationship. If those who hate Jews see that many Jews themselves are ashamed to be Jewish, those haters are only encouraged to express more anti-Semitism, more anti-Zionism.

Many of those who attack Israel and express anti-Semitic sentiments on campus are emboldened by the cowardice and the ignorance of Jewish students who are ashamed to be Jewish. That is the fault of the parents of those Jewish students.

JC: We’ve sort of almost been using the concepts of anti-Semitism and antiZionism interchangeably. Are they really interchangeable?

DW: Yes, I’m convinced that they are.

Anyone who knows Jewish and world history should know that an attack on the Jewish state as a Jewish state is an attack on the Jewish people. Anyone who has ever read the Bible knows you can’t separate it from Eretz Yisrael. When Jews pray, they pray about Zion and the land of Israel.

Unfortunately, many Jews today are brought up knowing nothing about Judaism. That’s not to say that Orthodoxy is favored over Conservative or Reform Judaism. I’m certainly not an Orthodox Jew. But every Jew should be brought up with an appreciation of Jewish heritage. Some understanding of our Torah. Some understanding of our history. If every Jew had some sort of Jewish education

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on the Jewish people. it would be impossible to grow up without cherishing Eretz Yisrael. It’s central to Jewish heritage and identity — whether you pray to God or not. It’s ironic to think that many people on campus and elsewhere invoke their own Jewish identity to attack the Jewish state. I’m entirely confident that the grandchildren of these people will not be Jews.

JC: Still, when non-Jews on campus are troubled by the treatment of Palestinians by the Israelis you see that as being anti-Semitic — even if they aren’t arguing that Israel shouldn’t exist?

DW: People have an absolute right to criticize any government, including that of Israel. It’s curious, though, that these criticisms are only ever about Israel, and obsessively so. You never see or hear any protests about China or Syria or Sudan, or Hamas torturing Gazans, or massacres in Congo or Yemen or anywhere else in the world. I’m not fooled. Are you?

JC: True, but does that mean that they’re anti-Semites because they criticize Israel over the Palestinian issue but not over these other regimes?

DW: I think that’s one point of proof, yes.

When a person or a group compulsively and habitually criticizes only Israel and ignores all of the massive atrocities elsewhere in the world, that’s an indication to me that they’re obsessively focused on Israel and likely anti-Jewish, yes.

JC: The most famous Jewish Supreme Court justice in American history was Louis Brandeis — a committed Zionist. He personally suffered anti-Semitism in his confirmation process, and later when a colleague on the court, Justice James McReynolds, refused to sign opinions authored by or pose in a picture with him. Brandeis was a great believer, of course, in the marketplace of ideas that you essentially spoke of earlier. What would he say or want to do about all this if he were here today?

DW: In 1915, a year before he became a SCOTUS justice, Louis Brandeis said “to be good Americans we must be better Jews, and to be better Jews we must become Zionists.”

And it’s important to remember that Brandeis wasn’t an observant Jew. Not even a Jew raised with any sense of immersion in Jewish life. But he confronted much anti-Semitism in his life — you mentioned the disgraceful bigot, Justice McReynolds. Brandeis was opposed in the Senate for nomination and

confirmation with anti-Semitic rhetoric concealed under a thin veneer of cleverly elliptical language. For example, some pillars of the American Bar Association opposed Brandeis including, by the way, William Howard Taft, who later became chief justice and later came to admire Brandeis.

What would Brandeis say about anti-Semitism today? I have no idea.

Remember, intervening between Brandeis’ time and now have been two transformative events — the Holocaust and the birth of the modern State of Israel. These earthquakes complicate any ability I might have to speculate on what Brandeis might think, say, or feel. Giant that he was, I wonder too.

JC: Whether as a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court or not, I hear you saying that we Jews are as much responsible for our plight as it relates to anti-Semitism in that we have a greater duty to stand up for ourselves than we have exhibited thus far.

DW: No. The levels of responsibility aren’t in equipoise. First and foremost, the responsibility for expressions of anti-Semitism must be laid at the feet of those who make those expressions. And obviously the greatest responsibility rests with those who engage in actual violence, like the gunman who killed 11 Jews (some of whom I knew personally) in the synagogue where my wife and I were married, in Squirrel Hill, where I grew up.

I don’t believe that there are no distinctions between actions and speech, or that there are no distinctions between different levels of hatred. Or different levels of ignorance.

Or inaction. The distinctions are important, in both moral and practical terms. Jewish history teaches that we have a responsibility to stand against anti-Semitism, to educate our children, and to not allow the horrors of history to repeat themselves.

Emil Fackenheim, the great philosopher, said that, after Auschwitz, there’s a 614th mitzvah, a new commandment: “Jews Shall Not Give Hitler Posthumous Victories.”

Every time that a Jew acts like he or she is ashamed to be Jewish, every time that a Jew fails to raise Jewish children, every time that a Jew works against the Jewish state, every time that a Jew makes common cause with Jew-haters, he or she gives Hitler a posthumous victory. PJC

Joel Cohen is a senior counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in New York. This piece originally appeared in Tablet Magazine.

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Submissions will also be included in print.

Events will run in the print edition beginning one month prior to the date as space allows.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, noon. q THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 12 WorkLaunch, a series of work readiness events held each spring by JFCS Career Development Center in partnership with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, provides offerings to meet the needs of the changing regional workforce.

This year events will take place at the main branch of the Carnegie Library in Oakland.

WorkLaunch helps job seekers in Allegheny County gain access to workforce-related information and connect to employers and resources in the area. Visit jfcspgh.org for more information. q THROUGH SUNDAY, APRIL 14 The Spring Thrift & Designer Sale at the Designer Days Boutique will be held at Thriftique Pittsburgh, 125 51st St. in Lawrenceville.

Free parking is available. All proceeds benefit National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section’s community service programs for women, children, and families. There is no charge.

Visit facebook.com/events/569863340186858 for more information. q SUNDAY, APRIL 14 David Shribman will discuss his career as executive editor and vice president of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for the past 16 years, and his and his wife’s new positions at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

The 10 a.m. Herzog Breakfast is sponsored

by Brotherhood and the Women of Rodef Shalom and is open to the community. There is no charge. Visit rodefshalom.org for more information.

Charles O. Kaufman, B’nai B’rith International president, will speak about the organization and vital issues in the world today as it celebrates its 175th anniversary of service to the world. Neighboring lodges and units from Pittsburgh to Cleveland are invited to this event at 10 a.m. followed by a brunch hosted by the Aaron Grossman Lodge # 339 JCC of Youngstown, 505 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown, Ohio 44504. Seating is limited. To RSVP, call Alan Samuels at 724-658-8223 and leave your name and the number of guests who will attend or contact bootman55@aol.com.

The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh will present Chana Brody for the Generations Speaker Series at 10 a.m. at Adat Shalom, 368 Guys Run Road in Cheswick. Born in the Czech Republic, Chana and her parents, Ann and William Jakubovic, immigrated to the United States in 1969. Brody feels that there is no better way to honor her parents’ memory than to tell their story. This event is free and will include a light breakfast, but registration is required; no walk-ins will be allowed. Visit hcofpgh.org/generations-speaker-series/ for more information and to register.

Beth Shalom Men’s Club will host a Lox and Learning with Dennis Jett, former U.S. ambassador to Mozambique and Peru and professor of international relations at Penn State University. He has written about such issues as the future of American diplomats and the political underpinnings of the Iran nuclear deal. His book “Why Peacekeeping Fails” has been revised and re-released. The light brunch begins at 10 a.m. and is free. Visit

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Rabbi Don Rossoff of Temple Emanuel will present part 3 of his Jewish Life Cycle adult education series at 10:30 a.m. Topics will be illness, death and mourning. Contact the Temple office at 412-279-7600 or templeemanuel@templeemanuelpgh.org for more information and to RSVP. The South Hills faith community at Christ United Methodist will hold its 40th annual Holocaust Observance service organized by South Hills Interfaith Movement to remember victims of the Holocaust, pray and reflect, from 2 to 3 p.m. at 44 Highland Road in Bethel Park. The theme of this year’s service is #BeProudOfYourName and will feature a collection of readings from the book “Remember for Life: Holocaust Survivor’s Stories of Faith and Hope” by Brad Hirschfield.

Visit shimcares.org/event/40th-annualholocaust-observance for more information.

Chabad of the South Hills will hold a prePassover wood workshop to create a matzah holder for the seder table from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at the Home Depot in Bethel Park, 4000 Oxford Drive. There is a charge. Visit ChabadSH.com or contact mussie@chabadsh. com or 412-344-2424 to register.

Campus Superstar, a professionally produced singing competition featuring Pittsburgh’s most talented college students, will be held at Stage AE on the North Shore from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Ten finalists compete for the Elly Award and the Ellen Weiss Kander Grand Prize of $5,000. This year’s honorees are Sue Berman Kress and Doug Kress and the proceeds of this event will benefit the activities of the Hillel Jewish University Center. Visit campussuperstar.org for more information and tickets.

“Game of Thrones’ premiere, from 8 to 10 p.m. at Moishe House. Feel free to join us for some arts and crafts in the other room if that’s more your speed. Moishe House events are intended for young adults ages 22-32.

Contact moishehousepgh@gmail.com for more information. q MONDAY, APRIL 15 The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh will present local historian David Rosenberg’s exhibit “Rediscovering the Jews of Amiens” at 7 p.m. After France fell under Nazi control in 1940, Jews across the country were forced to register with local authorities. The majority of Amiens Jews were later murdered. For decades, their names and photographs were tucked away in a government building in Paris. The exhibit shares the faces and collected biographical details that Rosenberg has unearthed. At the opening, Rosenberg will discuss some of the history and process behind the exhibit. There is no charge. Visit hcofpgh.org/amiens for more information. q TUESDAY, APRIL 16 Harry Potter Trivia from 7 to 9 p.m. at Zone 28, 2525 Freeport Road. Five rounds of Ordinary Wizarding Levels that will challenge your memory of the beloved books. Space is extremely limited, so RSVP to reserve a spot.

Moishe House events are intended for young adults ages 22-32. Contact moishehousepgh@ gmail.com for more information.

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Squirrel Hill AARP will hold its next meeting at 1 p.m. in the Falk Library on the second floor of Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Ave. The meeting is open to all seniors in the community. The nominating committee will present nominations for the chapter’s 2019-2020 operating year and the floor will be open for other nominations. Voting will take place during the chapter’s May meeting with installation at the annual June luncheon. Following the business meeting, Lisa Epps, Pittsburgh fire inspector/fire prevention officer, will speak on basic fire safety and escape plans. Barbara M. Morello, supervisor/ CERT instructor of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety, will discuss creating a 72-hour kit, and the importance of family emergency and communication plans. Contact Marcia Kramer at 412-731-3338 for more information.

Temple Emanuel will present Sacred Symphonies with Rabbi Don Rossoff. In this three-part class, participants will listen to and analyze three Biblically based modern compositions. No musical background is necessary and you are welcome to attend any or all of the sessions. April 25, 7:30 p.m.

“Rhapsody by Ernst Bloch” A study in leadership and power based on the book of Ecclesiastes; May 2 at noon – Symphony #1 – Jeremiah by Leonard Bernstein; May 16 at noon, Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein. Bring your own dairy brown bag lunch; drinks and desserts and drinks provided. Contact the Temple office at 412-279-7600 or templeemanuel@ templeemanuelpgh.org for more information.

Sally & Howard Levin Clubhouse will hold its spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m.

There will also be a 50/50 Raffle – Basket Auction. Tickets are $15 in advance, or $20 at the door. Children ages 10-15 are $10 and children under 10 are free. Takeout is also available.

Limited tickets will be available at the door.

Contact 412-422-1850 or visit jrspgh.salsalabs. org/2019ClubhouseSpaghettiDinner for more information and to purchase tickets. Proceeds benefit the Sally & Howard Levin Clubhouse, a program that supports adults with mental illness.

A citywide public safety meeting will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Teamster Temple, 4701 Butler St. Dinner will be served. FBI, Pennsylvania State Police and Pittsburgh Police will discuss “Recognizing and Reporting Hate Groups and Extremism in Your Neighborhood.”

Contact Zinna Scott, president of Zone 5 Public Safety Council, at 412-726-4958.

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q FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Celebrate the sun and the flowers with all things “spring” from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Moishe House. We will have coily pasta, veggie spirals, slinkies and so much more. We will be welcoming Shabbat with services in the living room, followed by dinner in the dining room.

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Young Adult Beer Bash Trivia Night will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at East End Brewery.

Test your trivia knowledge and grab a beer.

Sign up as a four-person team or individual.

Visitjewishpgh.org/event/young-adult-beerbash-trivia-night for more information.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s traveling exhibition Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race will be at the Heritage Discovery Center in Johnstown.

The exhibition examines how the Nazi leadership, in collaboration with individuals in professions traditionally charged with healing and the public good, used science to help legitimize persecution, murder and ultimately, genocide. Admission to the entire Heritage Discovery Center will be free every Saturday during the exhibition in order to maximize the number of people who see it.

Visit jaha.org for more information.

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Congregation Beth Shalom will hold a pre-Passover pizza dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. sponsored by the Men’s Club. There will be no admission without reservations, which have an April 15 deadline. Visit bethshalompgh. org/events-upcoming to register, for cost and more information.

The Bereavement Support Group will meet at Temple Emanuel at 10:30 a.m. for previous and newly bereaved adults All are welcome.

Contact the Temple office with any questions at 412-279-7600.

Chametz potluck from 7 to 9 p.m. at Moishe House. Moishe House events are intended for young adults ages 22-32. Contact moishehousepgh@gmail.com for more information. q TUESDAY, APRIL 23 “Seed Bomb” making from 7 to 9p.m. at Moishe House. Celebrate Earth Day and give Mother Nature a bit of a boost. We will be making custom seed bombs for you to take home. Throw it in your yard or that vacant patch of ground, and watch nature do its thing.

Moishe House events are intended for young adults ages 22-32. Contact moishehousepgh@ gmail.com for more information.

Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures will host author Sloane Crosley at 7 p.m. at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave. The cost is $22, which includes a paperback copy of Crosley’s book, “Look Alive Out There.”

Visit pittsburghlectures.org/lectures/sloanecrosley for more information.

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Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence and CeaseFirePA will host “Looking Back, Marching Forward” on the six-month anniversary of the October 27, 2018, Tree of Life building shooting. At 1:30 p.m., community and faith leaders will speak at Temple Sinai, 5505 Forbes Ave. to honor the victims of the October shooting and talk about how to reduce gun violence. At about 2:30 p.m., the group will march to Schenley Park, where a tree will be planted as a symbol of the Squirrel Hill community’s continued hope and belief in the future.

All are welcome to this free event. Visit squirrelhillstandsagainstgunviolence.org or info@squirrelhillstandsagainstgunviolence. org for more information. Free tickets can be obtained at Eventbrite.com.

Moishe House will hold a Clothing Swap from 2 to 5 p.m. Clear out your closet and get a whole new wardrobe for free. Bring the clothes you no longer wear and take home some new outfits.

Clothes must be in good condition. People of all genders and sizes are welcome at this event.

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q MONDAY, APRIL 15 Meet Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Doyle for a casual coffee and conversation from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh.

This event is free and open to the community and is “off the record” and will be closed to the media. Video or audio recording will not be allowed.

Questions or need accommodations for differing abilities? Contact Marlene Layton at mlayton@jfedpgh.org or 412992-5247 for more information.

Moishe House events are intended for young adults ages 22-32. Contact moishehousepgh@ gmail.com for more information.

A Community Conversation on Teen Mental Health will be held at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh in Squirrel Hill from 4 to 6 p.m. with Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University and author of “IGen: Why Today’s SuperConnected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood.” Understanding how this new world of social media impacts our

children is an evolving topic. Twenge will speak about the mental health effects on teens being addicted to their smart phones and social media.

Contact Rachael Speck 412-697-3539 for more information and RSVP at jccpgh.formstack.com/ forms/community_conversation. q WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 The Waldman International Arts and Writing Competition allows students in grades six to 12 to submit original art and compete for academic scholarships. Participants come from across Allegheny County and Pittsburgh’s partner region in Israel, Karmiel-Misgav. This year’s Pittsburgh competition also features an extra category, an essay. The award ceremony, including Holocaust Educator of the Year, will be held at 7 p.m. at Rodef Shalom Congregation, Levy Hall. There is no charge. Visit hcofpgh.org/ waldman19 for more information.

Zikaron BaSalon: Young Adult Holocaust Remembrance Day Program will commemorate the Holocaust in a personal way, among friends, family and guests, in an intimate atmosphere. Join the young adult community for an evening listening to the personal story of a Holocaust survivor and commemorate Yom HaShoah together at a private home in Squirrel Hill (address will be shared once you register). Dessert will be served. Visit jewishpgh.org/event/zikaronbasalon for more information. q THURSDAY, MAY 2 Women of Rodef Shalom invite you to Hey Good Lookin’, Whatcha Got Cookin’? This

event will feature wine and hors d’oeuvres in Aaron Court at 5:30 p.m., a cooking demonstration with chef Nikki Heckman of Bistro to Go at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. in Freehof Hall. The cost is $25 for members of Women of Rodef Shalom and $30 for all other attendees. Visit rodefshalom. org/rsvp to RSVP and to register.

This year’s Yom HaShoah commemoration program focuses on Women and the Holocaust, the Holocaust Center’s 2018-2019 program theme, and includes short readings from women’s diaries during the Holocaust.

The main event is a candle-lighting ceremony honoring Holocaust survivors, rescuers, liberators and Righteous Gentiles. This year’s ceremony will honor first responders from SWAT, 911 operators, fire, EMS and the Pittsburgh Police at 7 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, Katz Auditorium, 5738 Darlington Road.

There is no charge. Visit https://hcofpgh.org/ yomhashoah2019 for more information. q SUNDAY, MAY 5 Rabbi Don Rossoff of Temple Emanuel will discuss “Zionism and Israel: The What and Whys of the Jewish State and the Connections We Have” at 10:30 a.m. There is no charge. For more information or to RSVP, contact the Temple office at 412-279-7000 or templeemanuel@templeemanuelpgh.org.

JFunds and PJ Library will present Making Cent$ of Tzedakah: A Penny Hunt with a Purpose from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Squirrel Hill Jewish Community Center. Parents

and their children ages 4 to 10 will hear a heartwarming story and participate in activities to learn how tzedakah is practiced in our community. Free pizza lunch included.

RSVP at tinyurl.com/pjmakingcents. q MONDAY, MAY 6 Kollel Jewish Learning Center will hold a community event featuring Rabbi Yisroel Miller at Embassy Suites Hotel, 535 Smithfield St. There will be a light buffet at 7 p.m. followed by the program at 8 p.m.

The charge is $50 per person. Contact Stacie Stufflebeam 412-214-7973 or Stacie@ kollelpgh.org for more information or to make reservations.

“The Soap Myth” starring Ed Asner at Rodef Shalom Congregation at 7 p.m., takes place more than a half century after the end of World War II when a young journalist sets out to write an article about a cantankerous Holocaust survivor and his crusade regarding the Nazi atrocity of soap. Visit hcofpgh.org/ soap-myth for more information and pricing.

The Derekh Speaker Series at Congregation Beth Shalom, talks by authors from across the country made available through the Jewish Book Council, will host Jonathan Weisman, The New York Times at 7:30 p.m.

His book “(((Semitism))): Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump,” will be sold and author signing at the end. PJC

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Headlines B’nai B’rith International president to visit Youngstown — LOCAL —

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’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman will speak in Youngstown, Ohio, on April 14 to celebrate the organization’s 175th anniversary and discuss issues facing Jewish people today.

Kaufman, a Dallas native, said Youngstown and Western Pennsylvania have p Charles O. Kaufman some great history with B’nai Photo courtesy B’rith International, and he’s of Cleveland been collecting anecdotes Jewish News from volunteers from the area to share during his speech, which will be hosted by the Aaron Grossman Lodge No. 339 at the JCC of Youngstown.

“I do appreciate the longstanding history that’s come out of this whole Ohio and Western Pennsylvania area,” Kaufman said.

He anticipates discussing what he calls the internationality of B’nai B’rith, and plans to talk about a trip to the United Nations and UNESCO that will happen in a few weeks.

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Kaufman said it will be the first time visiting the U.N. since both Israel and the U.S. withdrew from the U.N.’s human rights council, and he said he wasn’t sure what to expect.

He also anticipates touching on anti-Semtism, both in his speech and with the UN. He said anti-Semitism isn’t a new concept but remains an issue.

“I think that these are deep-seated problems that have been going on for thousands of years,” Kaufman said. “I wish I could say we’re going to combat anti-Semitism, but I’m not sure we’re ever going to resolve this as long as there’s hate in the world.” PJC

B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman WHEN: Sunday, April 14 at 10 a.m.

WHERE: JCC of Youngstown, 505 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown TICKETS: RSVP by March 15 to Alan Samuels by calling 724-658-8223 or emailing bootman55@aol.com; include name and number of guests attending in message or email INFO: Brunch will follow Kaufman’s speech. Seating is limited. PJC

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newly revised and updated version of “Outsmarting Autism,” by local author and professional counselor Patricia S. Lemer, was released last month.

Lemer, a fifth-generation member of Rodef Shalom Congregation, holds an M.Ed. in counseling and learning disabilities from Boston College and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University. She practiced as an educational diagnostician for more than 40

years, and was a co-founder and executive director of the international nonprofit organization Developmental Delay Resources.

“Outsmarting Autism” is a “user-friendly guide” that addresses autism identification, treatment and prevention from pre-conception through adulthood.

April is National Autism Awareness Month. PJC — Toby Tabachnick

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AS VEGAS (JTA ) — “Trump” was once a dirty word in this room.

Eight years ago, in the same building — Sheldon Adelson’s Venetian casino resort, the site of the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference — Mitt Romney was the presumptive 2012 Republican presidential nominee, and he made it clear he wanted nothing of the tactics of the reality TV star from New York.

An RJC activist asked Romney if he would be less of a “gentleman” and maybe adopt the “scrappy” style of Donald Trump, who was eyeing a political future as ratings for “Celebrity Apprentice” were fading, and who raised specious questions about President Barack Obama’s citizenship.

No, Romney said, he would not stoop to “innuendo” or even mention Trump’s name.

It was an approach embraced by the RJC leadership, which went on to feed major money into Romney’s campaign.

Saturday at the Venetian was a different story. Trump, it is said, has remade the Republican Party in his image, and this past

weekend, in a hero’s welcome, he showed how much he had brought along the party’s once skeptical Jewish contingent. Both he and Vice President Mike Pence attended the conference to speak.

There were still awkward moments during Trump’s speech that showed what divides many Republican Jews from Trump. But more evident was what has brought them together: Trump’s eager embrace of his advisers’ hawkish pro-Israel policies.

No one in the room was more aware of the 180-degree turn the relationship has taken than Trump himself. At one point a man cried out “Four more years!”

“That guy who just said that — he used to hate me, can you believe it?” Trump responded, drawing laughs.

Some organizers also spoke out about the change. Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, now the RJC chairman, introduced Trump by saying, “There were some doubters in this room, and I was foolishly among them.”

Coleman then led the room in a parody of the Passover song “Dayenu” (“It would have been enough for us”) by listing Trump’s tax cuts and his Israelrelated actions, including moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israeli

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sovereignty over the Golan Heights, pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal and defunding the Palestinians.

Matt Brooks, the Republican group’s CEO, said Trump had earned the love in the room.

“There’s no question all the love that was felt in this room today and as Sen. Coleman alluded to in his remarks, that was not the same situation, there were a lot of people who were not necessarily with the president during the primary process,” Brooks told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “But I will tell you now from an RJC perspective in the Jewish community, the amount of support that this president is getting in the Jewish community is growing exponentially.”

Addressing Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, the most generous donors to Trump’s 2016 campaign, who were present at the event, Trump said of his embassy move, “We got you something that you wanted, I can tell you, Sheldon and Miriam, that is the most important thing, I think, that ever happened in their life.”

In describing the moment he told David Friedman, the U.S. ambassador to Israel who has longstanding ties to settlements, that he would recognize Israel’s claim to the Golan Heights, Trump said, “He was like a wonderful, beautiful baby. He said, ‘Do you

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But people in the room pushed back when Trump bizarrely assumed they vote Democratic, like the majority of the rest of American Jews.

“How did you support President Obama, how did you support the Democrats?” Trump asked.

“We didn’t,” the crowd replied, twice.

There were other awkward moments during Trump’s speech.

As he did in his last RJC appearance in 2015, Trump on multiple occasions unsettled the crowd when he appeared to address an amorphous Jewish collective with allegiance to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that once owned factories and influenced trade policy. He described his asylum policy as “we’re full,” an echo of the pre-World War II policies that kept desperate Jewish immigrants out of America.

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on the Golan Heights,� he said.

That drew condemnation from the American Jewish Committee, the AntiDefamation League and Jewish Democrats. “Mr. President, the Prime Minister of Israel is the leader of his (or her) country, not ours,� the AJC said on Twitter. “Statements to the contrary, from staunch friends or harsh critics, feed bigotry.�

A Democratic congresswoman, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. — whom Trump mocked in his speech — has come under fire from Republicans and fellow Democrats for her perceived invocation of the dual loyalty trope.

Trump also collectivized Jews as influential on trade policy in defending his introduction of tariffs. “Maybe you could explain that to some of your people who say ‘Oh, we don’t like tariffs,’� he said.

And he seemed to imagine a room full of one-time captains of industry frustrated by the 1990s NAFTA free trade deal that he has reviled. “Many of you people have factory and plants, they’re still empty,� he said.

The same generalizing of a sometimes hostile Jewish monolith cast a shadow over Trump’s first appearance before the RJC, at its 2015 presidential candidate forum. “You aren’t going to support me even though you know I’m the best thing that will

ever happen for Israel,� he said then. “You aren’t going to support me because I don’t want your money.�

The remarks made many Jewish Republicans, already wary of Trump for his lack of experience and his biased statements about other minorities, even more skeptical of his chances at the time. Adelson waited until May 2016, when Trump’s nomination was all but certain, to board the Trump train and had to issue a public appeal to persuade fellow Jewish Republicans to join him.

This time, Trump’s history of invoking the very tropes that got Omar into trouble — that Jews buy influence, and that they are dually loyal to Israel — got a pass at the RJC. Halie Soifer, who directs the Jewish Democratic Council of America, watched Trump’s speech on C-Span and was stunned not to see any pushback. “For them to decry anti-Semitism on the Democratic side when it was exactly the same references that they now applauded and welcomed back is baffling,� she told JTA. A source close to the RJC said that the leftward tilt of the Democrats, the rise of Israel-critical figures like Omar and Trump’s Netanyahu-friendly policies make backing Trump an easy choice, despite the discomfort at times.

Notably, the RJC did not fill all the 1,500 seats in the room, even with bodies added from a social media call to Las Vegas-area Trump fans, Jewish and non, to attend. A group that told JTA that they were Las Vegas Filipinos for Trump posed for photos in the

underground kills two Arabs connected to the attack the next day. Events escalate into Arab violence against Jews and the British across Palestine, and Arab workers strike for six months.

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April 13, 1971 — Black Panthers meet with Meir

Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir meets with leaders of the Black Panthers, a Mizrahi activist group that protests discrimination against non-Ashkenazi Jews. After a protest by 6,000 Black Panthers in Jerusalem results in clashes with the police, Meir declares the group members “not nice people.�

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killing, or to play down the white supremacist threat. But the threat posed by white supremacists barely rated a mention at the conference. Trump, after the recent mass murder of Muslims in New Zealand carried out by a white supremacist who frequented the same online forums as the alleged Pittsburgh killer, said he did not see white supremacism as a growing problem.

At the end of his speech, Trump discussed the Pittsburgh shooting, but not the far-right extremism that fueled the violence.

He did introduce injured Pittsburgh police officer Timothy Matson, one of the wounded first reponders at the massacre. Matson received a standing ovation.

Jewish Democrats scoffed at attempts to tar their party as posing the greater threat to Jews. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the Jewish chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, noted that Trump after the deadly 2017 neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Virginia, said there were “some very fine people� on both sides of that clash. “The president needs to look inward when it comes to the rise of anti-Semitism in the country,� Schiff told CNN. Protesters with IfNotNow, the Jewish group that opposes Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, interrupted the conference with a chant that subtly invoked the neo-Nazi rallying cry from Charlottesville, “Jews will not replace us.� “Jews are here to stay, the occupation is a plague,� they said as security escorted them out of the room. PJC

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conference hall, and some sported the red Trump kippahs that the RJC gave out.

The event drew top-flight politicians who benefited from Adelson’s political backing, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Brooks showcased ad campaigns that he said helped elect Republicans. Ari Fleischer, an RJC board member, said he saw opportunities for more wins in 2020, especially in swing states with large Jewish populations like Florida and Ohio.

Trump said the Democrats were the party of bias. “The Democrats have even allowed the terrible scourge of anti-Semitism to take root in their party and their country,� he said, referring to Omar.

Omar was the absent star of the conference: Pence, House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California and New York Rep. Lee Zeldin all referred to her at length.

The RJC also screened a video that said anti-Semitism “is too often being led by the liberal wing of the Democratic Party.� It singled out Omar, showing her photo next to text saying “congressional leaders employing disgusting anti-semitic slur� and a photo of the Tree of Life synagogue complex in Pittsburgh where a gunman killed 11 Jewish worshippers in October. “The stakes could not be higher,� the narrator said.

The alleged killer behind the Pittsburgh shooting was a white supremacist.

Brooks told JTA that the RJC did not intend to attach Omar to the Pittsburgh

April 15, 1936 — Arab rebellion

An Arab uprising begins when 10 cars are attacked and three Jews are killed. The Irgun

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April 16, 2007 — Jewish writers conference held

Organized by author Aharon Applefeld and politician Natan Sharansky, the first Kisufim conference for Jewish writers around the world opens in Jerusalem.

Sessions are held in 10 languages, including Russian, German and Serbian.

April 17, 1948 — Rabin leads relief convoy into Jerusalem

Commanded by 24-year-old Yitzhak Rabin, the Harel Brigade delivers a convoy of supplies to Jerusalem despite coming under fire from Arab guerrillas. The supplies bring relief to Jewish residents who have been blockaded since February.

April 18, 1955 — Albert Einstein dies

Physicist Albert Einstein, who had declined an offer in 1952 to serve as Israel’s second president, dies at 76. Einstein opposed militant forms of nationalism, but after witnessing attacks on Jews, he was drawn to Zionism. He wrote in 1921 that “Jewish nationalism must be developed both in Palestine and everywhere else.� PJC

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Organization Directory ADATH JESHURUN CEMETERY Office: 217 East Patty Lane Monroeville, Pennsylvania 15146 Phone: 412-508-0817 Website: adathjeshuruncemeterypgh.org Email: office@adathjeshuruncemeterypgh.org

President, Barbara Scheinberg; Vice President, Ted Heyman; Secretary, Gail Schmitt; Treasurer, Marty Elikan; William Berkowitz, Allan Dalfen, Paul Herman, Beverly Kalson, Earl Kaiserman, Sandy Goppman, Lou Kushner, Alan Sable, Stuart Neft; Susan Cohen, Office Administrator.

••• ADAT SHALOM B’NAI ISRAEL/BETH JACOB A welcoming and inclusive synagogue serving the Fox Chapel & North Hills community 368 Guys Run Road (Fox Chapel Area) Cheswick, PA 15024-9463 Phone: 412-820-7000 Website: adatshalompgh.org

Amy Himmel, Pres.; Laurie Singer, 1st V.P.; Marshall Dayan, 2nd V.P.; Jim Grenen, Treasurer; Michele Fryncko, Rec. Secy.; David Lazear, Asst. Rec. Secy.; DeDe Fink, Jodi Lindner, Amy Perilstein, Sisterhood Co-Presidents; Yaier Lehrer, Rabbi; Jill S. Rook, Exec.Director; Sierra Lautman, Religious School Director; Casey Schapira, Preschool Director.

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AHAVATH ACHIM CONGREGATION The Carnegie Shul

Website: thecarnegieshul.org Email: mrmike7777@yahoo.com

Lawrence Block, Pres; Richard D’Loss, 1st; V.P.; Paul Spivak, 2nd V.P.; Elaine Rosenfield, Secy.; Joel Roteman, Treas.; Rosalyn Hoffman, Michael Roteman, Marcia Steinberger, Irwin Norvitch, and Wendy Panizzi, Board of Directors.

••• AIPAC — THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Phone: 410-223-4190 Website: aipac.org Email: myaffe@aipac.org

Michael Yaffe, AIPAC Pittsburgh Director.

••• ALEPH INSTITUTE — NORTH EAST REGION Hyman & Martha Rogal Center

5804 Beacon St. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-421-0111; Fax: 412-521-5948 Website: alephne.org Email: rabbivogel@alephne.org, info@alephne.org

Rabbi Moishe Mayir Vogel, Exec. Dir.; Marty Davis, Chairman of the Board; Eytan Rosenthal CPA, Treasurer, Ahmie Baum, Estelle Comay Esq., Jim Leiber Esq., Neil Notkin, Charles Perlow Esq., Jon Pushinsky Esq., Bill Rudolph & Charles Saul Esq. Board members.

••• AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY Advancing Innovation for Israel and the World

6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 304 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 Phone: 248-593-6760 Website: ats.org Email: joey@ats.org

Joey Selesny, Regional Director East Central Region.

••• BBYO KEYSTONE MOUNTAIN REGION (KMR) c/o JCC South Hills 345 Kane Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15243 Phone: 412-945-7145 Website: bbyo.org/region/keystone Email: lmigdal@bbyo.org

Lindsay Migdal, Regional Director: KMR BBYO

CONGREGATION BET TIKVAH A welcoming, queer-centric, independent minyan.

P.O. Box 10140 Pittsburgh, PA 15232 Hotline: 412-256-8317 Website: bettikvah.org Email: info@bettikvah.org

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BETH EL CONGREGATION OF THE SOUTH HILLS 1900 Cochran Road Pittsburgh, PA 15220 Phone: 412-561-1168; Fax: 412-561-0499 Website: bethelcong.org Email: steve@bethelcong.org

Alex Greenbaum, Rabbi; Amy Greenbaum, Assoc. Rabbi; Steve Hecht, Exec. Dir.; Rabbi Amy Greenbaum, Edu. Dir.; Warren Sufrin, Pres.; Susie Seletz, Exec. V.P.; Judy Balk, Admin. V.P.; Francine Rosenthal, Ed. V.P.; David Sirota, Fin. V.P.; Geri Recht, Fundraising V.P.; Judi Kline, Membership V.P.; Stacey Reibach, Volunteerism V.P.; Beth Pomerantz, Fin. Secy.; Neal Ash, Asst.

Fin. Secy.; Bill Spatz, Treas.; Cindy Platto, Asst. Treas.; Karen Balk, Rec. Secy.; Lynda Abraham Braff, Sisterhood Pres.; Jeremy Broverman, Steven Haberman Men’s Club Co- Pres.; Jacqueline Radin, Kadima Dir.; Sadie Kalathunkal, USY Dir. ••• BETH HAMEDRASH HAGODOL/ BETH JACOB SYNAGOGUE Visit us Downtown. All are welcome.

810 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Phone: 412-471-4443

Stanley J. Savage, Rabbi; Ira Michael Frank, Pres.; Sherman Weinstein, 1st V.P.; Lee Oleinick, 2nd V.P.; Joe Goldston, Secy; Brian Cynamon, Treas.; Stephen A. Neustein, Esq.; Assist. Treas.; Arlene Neustein, Sisterhood Pres.

••• BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION 265 North Ave. Washington, PA 15301 Phone: 724-225-7080 Website: mybethisrael.org Email: office@bethisraelsynagogue.com

Facebook: facebook.com/bethisraelsynagogue President, The Hon. Gary Gilman; Vice President, Marc Simon; Treasurer, David S. Posner, Esq.; Secretary, Marilyn Posner; Immediate Past President, Richard S. Pataki, M.D.: Rabbi, David C. Novitsky, Esq. Board of Directors: Richard Littman; Stephen Richman, Esq.; Debbie Sekel; Dana J. Shiller, Beth Tully, Fred Weber.

••• BETH SAMUEL JEWISH CENTER A warm and diverse Jewish community serving the needs of Western Allegheny, Beaver and Butler counties.

810 Kennedy Drive Ambridge, PA 15003 Phone: 724-266-5238 Website: bethsamuel.org Email: bethsamueloffice@comcast.net

Cantor Rena Shapiro, Spiritual Leader; Barbara Wilson, Director; William Snider, Pres.; Lauren McLeod, V.P.; Karen Beaudway, Past Pres.; Nicole Homich, Secy.; Sara Braun & Dan Weisberg, co-Fin. V.P.; Sharon Camhi, Trustee 1; Jerry DeSena, Trustee 2.

••• CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM Enriching lives through community, lifelong Jewish learning and spiritual growth!

5915 Beacon St. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-421-2288; Fax: 412-421-5923

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Website: bethshalompgh.org Email: office@bethshalompgh.org

Seth Adelson, Rabbi; Debby Firestone, Pres.; Alan Kopolow, Joe Jolson, Arlene Shapiro, V.P.s; Mitch Dernis, Treas.; Steven P. Albert, Secy; David Horvitz, Immed.

Past Pres.; Hazzan Rob Menes, Executive Director; Dan Eisner, Interim Dir. of JJEP; Hilary Huelsmann, Dir. ELC; Marissa Tait, Youth Program Dir.; Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Dir. of Derekh & Youth Tefillah; Dale Caprara, Controller; Judy Kayam, Bookkeeper; Lonnie Wolf, Cemetery Dir.; Audrey Glickman, Rabbi’s Assistant; Rabbi Mark N. Staitman, Rabbinic Scholar; Ira Frank, Men’s Club Pres.; Judy Kornblith Kobell, Sisterhood Pres.; Michelle Vines, Events Coordinator; Anthony Colaizzi, Communications & Design Mgr.; Mimi Maizlech, Receptionist; John Williams, Maintenance Supervisor.

••• CONGREGATION B’NAI ABRAHAM A warm, caring, inclusive community.

519 N. Main St. Butler, PA 16001 Phone: 724-287-5806 Website: congbnaiabraham.org Email: congbnaiabraham@zoominternet.net

Cantor Michal Gray-Schaffer, Spiritual Leader; Eric Levin, President; Christine Hood, V. P.; Shirley Grossman, Sec.; Roberta Gallagher, Religious School Director; Emily Csonka, Youth Group Leader.

••• B’NAI EMUNOH CHABAD 4315 Murray Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15217 Phone: 412-521-1477 Website: bechabad.org Email: bechabad@gmail.com

Elchonon Friedman, Rabbi; Yehuda Cowen, Pres.; Shalom Leeds, VP & Gabbi; Chanani Saks, Treas.; Ivan Engel, Rec. Secy.; Joel Pirchesky, Past Pres.

••• CHABAD OF CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY 5120 Beeler St. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-772-8505; Fax: 877-286-1434 Website: chabadofcmu.com Email: Rabbi@chabadofcmu.com

Rabbi Shlomo and Chani Silverman, Co-Directors.

••• CHABAD HOUSE ON CAMPUS Serving the needs of the Jewish college community.

Phone: 412-683-7770; Fax: 412-681-7770 Website: chabadpgh.org Email: home@chabadpgh.org

Rabbi Shmuel, Sara Weinstein, Co-Directors. Rabbi Shua, Shoshana Hoexter, Co-Program Directors.

••• CHABAD JEWISH CENTER OF MONROEVILLE 2715 Mosside Blvd.

Monroeville, PA 15146 Website: JewishMonroeville.com Email: Chabad@JewishMonroeville.com

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ROHR CHABAD JEWISH CENTER WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY 424 Brockway Ave. Morgantown, WV 26501 Phone: 304-599-1515 Website: JewishWV.org

Rabbi Zalman and Hindy Gurevitz, Co-Directors.

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CHABAD OF THE SOUTH HILLS Bringing the Joy and Relevance of Judaism to the South Hills.

1701 McFarland Road Pittsburgh, PA 15216 Website: chabadsh.com Email: rabbi@chabadsh.com Phone: 412-344-2424; 412-512-3046

Rabbi Mendel & Batya Rosenblum, Co-Directors; Mrs. Mussie Rosenblum, Event Coordinator; Mrs. Barb Segel, Development Coordinator.

••• CHABAD OF SQUIRREL HILL 1700 Beechwood Blvd.

Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-421-0546 Website: chabadpgh.com

Rabbi Yisroel and Chani Altein.

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CLASSROOMS WITHOUT BORDERS Open Minds. Open Hearts.

Providing Holocaust and Israel Education for teachers from all frameworks.

P.O. Box 60144 Pittsburgh, PA 15211 Phone: 412-915-9182 Website: classroomswithoutborders.org Email: tgur@classroomswithoutborders.org, melissa@classroomswithoutborders.org

Dr. Zipora (Tsipy) Gur, Executive Director; Board of Directors: Robert Glimcher, Chair; Lisa Allen; Michael Bernstein; Estelle Comay; Laura Penrod Kronk; Robert Mallet; Victor Mizrahi; Alex Paul; Charles S. Perlow; Louis B. Plung; Debbie Resnick; James Rudolph; Hilary S. Tyson.

••• COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL 6424 Forward Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-521-1100; Fax: 412-521-4511 Website: comday.org

Avi Baran Munro, Head of School; Bari Weinberger, CFO; Tzippy Mazer, Head of Lower School and Hebrew/Jewish Studies; Mark Minkus, Head of Intermediate School and Middle School; Sarah Glascom Morris and Andrea Erven-Victoria, Co-Directors of Early Childhood Education; Sarah DeWitt, Admission Dir.; Jenny Jones, Institutional Advancement and Donor Relations Dir.; Jordan Hoover, Technology and Strategic Initiatives Dir.; Jennifer Bails, Marketing and Communications Dir.; Debbie Resnick, Pres.; Stuart Kaplan, Immed. Past Pres.; Derek Smith, Executive Vice President; Eva Gelman, Vice President; Jean Reznick, Treas.; Evan Indianer, Secy.

••• CONGREGATION DOR HADASH Pittsburgh’s Reconstructionist Congregation

4905 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412-422-5158 Website: dorhadash.net

President, Donna Coufal; VP of Ritual, Judy Yanowitz; VP of Administration, Melvin Melnick; Secretary, Beth Silver; Treasurer, Jim Silver; Adult Education, Deborah Prise; VP of Youth Education, Dana Kellerman; Life Events, Pamela Weiss; Social Action, Eve Wider; Social Events, Judy Grumet and Ellen Berne; Membership, Janey Zeilinger; Programming, Jean Clickner and Roz Becker; Member-at-Large, Kimberly Latta; Communications Chair, Jim Lenkner; Principal, Dor Hadash Religious School, Hal Grinberg; Lay Cantor, Cheryl Klein.

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CONGREGATION EMANU-EL ISRAEL To support Judaism and the welfare of our community

222 North Main St. Greensburg, PA 15601 Phone: 724-834-0560 Website: ceigreensburg.org Email: office@cei-greensburg.org

Stacy L. Petersohn, Rabbi; Sara Rae Perman, Rabbi Emeritus; Richard Virshup, Pres. & Admin.; Gary Moidel, 1st V.P.; Dan Reiter, 2nd V.P.; Julie Goldstein, Treas.; Virginia Lieberman, Secy.; Marion Slone, Sisterhood Pres. & Fundraising; Richard Virshup, Men’s Club Pres.; Robert Halden, Archives; Irene Rothschild, Caring; Shoshana Halden, Edu.; Esther Glasser, Endowment; Shirley Shpargel, Library; Robert Slone, Long-Range Planning; Irene Rothschild Membership; Richard Virshup, Physical Properties; Shoshana Halden, Ritual Practices; Terri Katzman & Mary Ellen Kane, Social Action; Dan Reiter, Mitch Goldstein & Zach Virshup, I.T. ••• FORWARD SHADY APARTMENTS Owned by Forward Housing Corporation and managed by the award-winning SeniorCare Network, this 117-unit supportive senior housing community offers efficiency, one and two bedroom apartments in a convenient location along Forward Avenue in Squirrel Hill.

5841 Forward Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-521-3065 Fax: 412-521-6413 Email: forwardshady@srcare.org

John Spear, Pres.; Donna Kruman, V.P.; Terry Lerman, Treas.

••• THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH Building inclusive community for those with special needs, one friendship at a time.

1922 Murray Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-224-4440 Website: fcpgh.org Email: info@fcpgh.org

Rabbi Mordy Rudolph, Exec. Dir.; Rivkee Rudolph, Dir.; Dr. Laura Marshak, Prof.

Advisor; Sara Cato, Director of Operations; Ann Grandinetti, Development Assoc.; Leighann Calamera, Development Assoc.; Hayli Firtell, Volunteer Coord.; Julia Averbach, Member Coord.; Adina Waren, Dir. of Programs; Gila Zimbovsky, Office Manager; Paige Eddy, Friends on the Town Program Coordinator; Alexa Dines, Program Coordinator; Emily Vogt, Friends on the Town Program Associate; Esty Weiss, Reception; Cara Paolicelli, Core Fellow; Board of Dir.’s: Dr. Tracy Levy, Chair of the Board; Amy Spear, V. Chair; Dorothy Pollon, Secretary; Alan Gordon, Treas.; Michael Bernstein, David Goldberg, Ina Gumberg, Lee Hurwitz, Kathy Klein, Mollie Hanna Lang, Aaron Morgenstern, Natalie Moritz, Andrew Rabin, Geri Cohen Recht, Steve Silverman, Cindy Vayonis.

••• GEMILAS CHESED CONGREGATION 1400 Summit St. White Oak, PA 15131 Phone: 412-678-8859; Fax: 412-678-8850 Website: gemilaschesed.org Email: gemilaschesed@gmail.com

Rabbi Moshe Russell, Interim Rabbi; Gershon Guttman, Pres.; vice president Larry Perl; Bruce Gelman, secretary; Richard Bollinger, Treas.; Gabbaim are Gershon Guttman and Alan Balsam.

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HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION 4307 Murray Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-422-8868 Website: hflapgh.org

Shelley Daniels, Pres.; Nancy Israel, 1st V.P.; Jesse Hirshman, 2nd V.P.; Laurie Moritz, Treas./Secy.; Ellen Clancy, Dir. of Operations; Aviva Lubowsky, Dir. of Marketing & Development.

••• HILLEL ACADEMY 5685 Beacon St. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-521-8131; Fax: 412-521-5150

Daniel Kraut, Esq., CEO; Rabbi Sam Weinberg, Principal & Ed. Dir.; Ella Ziff, Dir. of Student Services; Elky Langer, Assistant Principal K-4; Rabbi Oren Levy, Assistant Principal K-4; Yikara Levari, Assistant Principal 5th- 12th-grade girls; Rabbi Yisroel Smith, Assistant Principal Boys High School; Kira Sunshine, Dir. of Admissions; Ruth Pohuly, Early Childhood Dir.; Sarah Hartman, Fin. Mgr.; Selma Aronson, Exec. Admin. to the CEO. ••• THE EDWARD AND ROSE BERMAN HILLEL JEWISH UNIVERSITY CENTER The Mildred and Joseph Stern Building

4607 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412-621-8875; Fax: 412-621-8861 Website: hilleljuc.org Email: info@hilleljuc.org

Daniel Marcus, Exec. Dir. & CEO; Robyn Markowitz Lawler, Assist. Dir.; Jennifer Poller, Dir. of Development; Lori Ferguson, Development Coordinator; Danielle Kranjec, Senior Jewish Educator; Rachel Cohen, Director of Operations; Risa Fruchter, Janet L. Swanson Dir. of Jewish Student Life at the University of Pittsburgh; Alex Zissman, Dir. of Jewish Student Life at Carnegie Mellon University; Matthew Callman, IACT Israel Engagement Coordinator; Andrey Kogan, Israel Fellow; Ariel Walovitch, Springboard Innovation Fellow; Michael Warshafsky, Board Co-Chair; Matthew Weinstein, Board Co-Chair; Aaron Leaman, V. Chair Fin.; Mitchell Letwin, V. Chair Development; Gina Levine, V. Chair Jewish Student Life; David Levine, V. Chair Strategic Planning Committee; Katie Whitlatch, Immed. Past Chair.

••• HOLOCAUST CENTER OF PITTSBURGH 826 Hazelwood Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-421-1500 Email: info@hcpgh.org Website: hcofpgh.org

Dr. Roy “Jake” Jacobson, Board Chair; Lauren Apter Bairnsfather, Director; Board Members: Dr. Barbara Burstin, Dr. Tim Crain, Marc Friedberg, Paul Guggenheimer, Lori Guttman, Dr. Rachel Kranson, Debra Levenson, Dr. Melissa Marks, Dr. Manuel Reich, Harry Schneider, Barbara Shapira, Benjamin Simon, Paula Spiro, David Sufrin, Hal Waldman, Roberta Weissburg, Dr. Yolanda Avram Willis.

••• ISRAEL BONDS 6507 Wilkins Ave., Suite 101 Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-362-5154; 1-800-362-2669 Email: Pittsburgh@israelbonds.com

Julian Elbling, Campaign Chair; Marian Ungar Davis, Advisory Council Chair, Ellen Teri Kaplan Goldstein, Women’s Division Chair; Adrienne Indianer, Registered Representative; Patty Minto, Office Manager; Harold F. Marcus, Executive Director.

Treasurer; Scott I. Americus, Secretary; Carol Robinson, At-Large; Jordan Golin, Psy.D., President & CEO. •••

ISRAEL HERITAGE ROOM University of Pittsburgh

Susie Rosenberg Phone: 412-298-6698 Website: pitt.edu/~natrooms Email: Susan.b.rosenberg@gmail.com

Susan Binstock Rosenberg, Chair; Ruth Gelman, Eileen Lane, Dr. Alex Orbach, Judith Robinson, Dr. Adam Shear, Marcia Weiss, Vice Chairs; Ruth Gelman, Treas.; Dr. Nancy Glynn, Corr. & Fin. Secy.; Sylvia Busis, Nancy L. Shuman, Hon. Chairs.

••• JEWISH ASSISTANCE FUND P.O. Box 8197 Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-521-3237 Website: jewishassistancefund.org Email: Info@JewishAssistanceFund.org

Skip Grinberg, President; Joyce Berman, VP; Sylvia Elias, VP; Gean Goldfarb, VP; Todd Rosenfeld, VP; Roberta Letwin, Secretary; Ellen Primis, Secretary; Harvey Wolsh, Treasurer; Sharon Weisberg, Assistant Treasurer; David Maretsky, Past President; Cindy Goodman-Leib, Executive Director.

••• JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING 200 JHF Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-420-4000; Fax: 412-521-0932 Website: jaapgh.org

Andrew Stewart, Board Chair; Lynette Lederman, V. Chair, Mike Levin, Treas.; John Katz, Sec; Mitchell Pakler, Immed.

Past Chair; Deborah Winn-Horvitz, Pres. & CEO. ••• JEWISH CEMETERY & BURIAL ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH P.O. Box 81863 Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-553-6469 Website: jcbapgh.org Email: jcbapgh@gmail.com

Gregory Engel, President; Rochelle Sufrin, Vice President; Stanley Kirshenbaum, Treasurer; Natalie Rosenbloom, Secretary; Harvey Wolsh, Historian; Jonathan Schachter Executive Director.

••• JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH Nurturing People, Connecting Community, Each Day, Through Every Age, Inspired By Jewish Values

Meryl K. Ainsman, Board Chair; Charles Porter, David D. Sufrin, Scott E. Tobe, Vice Chairs; Jan Levinson, Treasurer; Dr. Susan G. Berman Kress, Assistant Treasurer; Chuck Perlow, Secretary; Linda Joshowitz, Assistant Secretary; Jeffrey H. Finkelstein, President & CEO. ••• JEWISH NATIONAL FUND Administrative Center/Mailing Address 60 Revere Drive Suite 725 Northbrook, IL 60062 Phone: 412-521-3200 Website: jnf.org

Steven H. Schwartz, President. Amy Cohen, Director.

••• JEWISH RESIDENTIAL SERVICES From disabilities to possibilities

2609 Murray Avenue, Suite 201 Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-325-0039 (administrative office) Fax: 412-621-4260 Website: jrspgh.org Email: info@jrspgh.org

Nancy E. Gale, Executive Dir.; Nikki Finch, Off. Mgr.; Audra Thomas, Dir. of Residential Support Services; Marty Brown, Prgrm.

Coord. of Residential Support Servvice, Zara Sayles, Clubhouse Prgrm. Supervisor; Alison Karabin, Donor and Community Relations Director, Project Manager, Young Adults in Transition; Judy Greenwald Cohen, President.; Gerri Lynn Sperling, President Elect; Ellen Berne, Vice President Gary Dubin, Vice President; Edward Frim; Vice President; Lorrie Rabin, Secretary; Paul K. Rudoy, Treasurer.

••• J STREET PITTSBURGH The home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans

Facebook: facebook.com/jstreetpittsburgh Email: pittsburgh@jstreet.org

Nancy Bernstein, Malke Frank, Co-Chairs.

••• JEWISH WOMEN’S CENTER OF PITTSBURGH P.O. Box 81924 Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-422-8044 Website: jwcpgh.org

Squirrel Hill: 5738 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-521-8010; Fax: 412-521-7044 South Hills: 345 Kane Blvd.

Pittsburgh, PA 15243 Phone: 412-278-1975; Fax: 412-446-0146 Website: JCCPGH.org

James S. Ruttenberg, Chair of the Board; William S. Goodman, Carole S. Katz, Scott E. Seewald, Hilary S. Tyson, V. Chairs; Samuel W. Braver, Treas.; Audrey Russo, Asst. Treas.; Lori B. Shure, Secy.; Joshua M. Farber, Asst. Secy.; Marc Brown, Immed.

Past Chair; Brian Schreiber, Pres. & CEO. ••• JEWISH FAMILY and COMMUNITY SERVICES (JFCS) Supporting people through life’s changes and challenges

5743 Bartlett St. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-422-7200; Fax: 412-422-1162 Website: jfcspgh.org

Matthew A. Keller, MD, Board Chair; Howard S. Berger, David R. Lassman, Jillian F. Sacks, Esq., Vice Chairs; Eric J. Perelman,

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JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH 2000 Technology Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Phone: 412-681-8000 Website: jewishpgh.org

Malke Frank, Pres., Mimi Reznik, Treas., Pat Cluss, Barbara Baumann, Laura Horowitz, Members-at-Large.

••• JEWISH WOMEN’S FOUNDATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH The Jewish Women’s Foundation supports organizations that improve the lives of women and girls, with a focus on social change.

1620 Murray Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-727-1108; Fax: 412-681-8804 Website: jwfpgh.org Facebook.com/jwfpgh Email: jcohen@jwfpgh.org

Paula Garret, Lauren Goldblum and Joan Gurrentz, Co-Chairs; Elyse Eichner and Susan Leff, Small Grants Committee Co-Chairs; Paula Garret, Signature Grant Committee, Chair; Judy Greenwald Cohen, Exec. Dir. Please see Organizations, page 19

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Headlines — NATIONAL — From JTA and JNS reports

Anti-Zionist notices at Emory Mock eviction notices were found outside dorm rooms at Emory University in Atlanta, stating the dormitory would be demolished in three days, apparently by the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter to teach a lesson about “the destructive policy of Israel, toward Palestinians,” which includes Israel’s razing the homes of terrorists and their families.

The fake notices were left in residence halls as part of “Israeli Apartheid Week” on campus, which corresponds with Emory Eagles for Israel’s “Israel Week.”

The university and Emory Hillel said they discovered no proof that Jewish students were targeted by the flyers.

Emory Hillel director Dave Cohn told The Algemeiner that he was “not prepared to reach a definitive conclusion” regarding the situation.

“While we support the right of every student in our community to express themselves freely, foremost in our response has been defending the safety of our students from this intrusion on their privacy and security,” wrote Cohn in an email to the Hillel community.

In a statement, Emory said that “while a student group received permission to post the flyers, they did not comply with posting guidelines, and the flyers were removed,” as they were on student dorm-room doors without their consent.

“The Office of Student Conduct will review the incident and determine appropriate next steps,” continued the statement. “Emory University does not tolerate any behavior that threatens members of our community.”

Such eviction notices is a tactic for anti-Israel groups on college campuses. In 2014, they appeared at schools such as Binghamton University, Harvard University, Northeastern University and New York University.

AMCHA Initiative co-founder and director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin previously said that the notices don’t seek to “improve Israel as a modern state” or “legitimate criticism about settlements, the Likud government or any particular aspect of Israeli policy,” as those behind the mock evictions purport.

Instead, she said they are a “delegitimization of the very notion of the existence of the Jewish state.”

“That, in of itself, is the key to understanding the difference between legitimate criticism of Israel and anti-Semitic criticism of Israel,” she said.

Princeton Jewish community fights over Israel-themed Shabbat dinner An Israel-themed Shabbat dinner has divided members of Princeton University’s Jewish community.

Some claimed the event Friday at the university’s Center for Jewish Life provided a one-sided view of the Jewish state.

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The Israel Shabbat was part of the center’s “Israel Week,” during which events were held to “celebrate Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.”

The dinner featured Israeli food and flags, as well as speeches by Daniel Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel who is now a professor at Princeton, and comedian Joel Chasnoff.

According to the Daily Princetonian, the Center for Jewish Life “was packed for the event — both the Dining Hall and Wilf Hall were almost entirely full.”

But a group of Jewish students named the Alliance of Jewish Progressives said the programming did not adequately provide any critical perspectives on Israeli policies as it relates to the Palestinians. The group called on members of the campus community not to attend the Israel Shabbat and organized an alternate dinner, which drew about 50 participants, the Daily Princetonian reported.

“We disagree both politically and morally with the decision to host these events, and we are profoundly disappointed in the CJL’s decision to make ‘Israel Shabbat’ the primary celebration of Shabbat this week,” members of the Alliance of Jewish Progressives wrote in the newspaper.

Meanwhile, the president of the Center for Jewish Life, Gabriel Swagel, said the events did not endorse any one political view.

“In hosting Israel Shabbat, we take no communal stance on the Israeli government’s policies or actions in regards to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” Swagel wrote.

Airbnb will cancel ban on West Bank settlement listings In a reversal of a 2018 policy announcement, Airbnb will not remove West Bank settlement listings from its website. The policy change came in a court settlement Monday between the vacation rental company and a dozen American Jewish plaintiffs who sued the company, organized by Shurat HadinIsrael Law Center. A copy of the settlement says that Airbnb will now allow rentals in both Palestinian areas and Israeli settlements of the West Bank.

Airbnb announced in November that it would remove some 200 rental listings in West Bank settlements because it contended that the settlements “are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians.”

But Airbnb never actually removed the listings. And about a week after the decision, Shurat Hadin organized the suit on behalf of a dozen American Jewish families, most of whom own properties in West Bank settlements. The suit was filed under the Fair Housing Act, which was meant to prevent discrimination against minorities in the United States. Because Airbnb is based in the United States, it must adhere to the act in all its listings worldwide. PJC

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Opinion A measles resurgence — EDITORIAL — Measles — the childhood scourge that many believed was largely relegated to history — has made a significant resurgence both in Israel and in the United States. While there are pockets of concern around the country, much of the press concerning the troubling uptick in reports of the virus has focused on its presence in some haredi communities in the United States, particularly in Brooklyn and Rockland County, New York.

Israel’s Health Ministry reported 4,000 cases of measles in 2018; a year earlier, there were 30 cases. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 387 measles cases in the United States through March of this year — versus 372 in all of 2018. While these numbers are not large in the grand scheme of things, they are extraordinarily serious because of the large number of people who are being exposed to the virus in schools and other public places.

The spread of the virus is tragic in every way, considering that all it takes to make the threat disappear is a simple vaccine, available in abundance to all children here and abroad.

Along with the resurgence of measles comes the finger pointing, with two different narratives: Some assert that there is a small but powerful anti-vaccination line of

p An influenza vaccination seen in 2018. Opposition to vaccinations has persisted in some Orthodox communities.

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thinking in some haredi communities that has led to the outbreak, which runs parallel to the “anti-vax” philosophy espoused nationwide by very committed anti-vaccination advocates, including some well-known

celebrities, who rely on junk science and unsubstantiated claims that vaccinations cause autism and other maladies.

Others maintain that the affected communities are largely unsophisticated and

uneducated, and that parental decisions to forgo vaccination have been driven by issues relating to convenience rather than by anti-vax dogma.

We have heard reports that a majority of haredi rabbis in affected communities have urged their congregants to vaccinate their children. In the Rockland County area, for example, it has been reported that some 18,000 vaccinations have been administered in the last several months alone, and that there are signs in some area synagogues telling those who aren’t vaccinated that they aren’t welcome. Yet the outbreak continues, and is intensifying.

Whatever the reason for the outbreak, we need strong leadership within the affected communities to address and resolve it.

Public health and safety is being threatened by a small group of either ignorant, irresponsible parents or stubborn anti-vaxxers (or both). If leadership in those communities fails to act, public health authorities and other law enforcement agencies will almost certainly step in. And the results will be messy.

Vaccinations are safe, effective and necessary. They are not toxic. They do not cause autism. And they save lives. Those who refuse to vaccinate put their children and their communities at risk. They need to be stopped. There is very little room for compromise. PJC

With love, from Philadelphia Guest Columnist Audrey Glickman

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aves of love “for my brothers and sisters” carried me back from Philadelphia at the end of March.

During the last week of the month, the good folks of Philadelphia heaped on the affection, and honored us with a tribute.

It’s not an easy experience to encapsulate; it was a wild ride. The Philadelphia Orchestra asked Tree of Life for a shofar blower a couple months ago. Rabbi Jeffrey Myers suggested me. I had been leading services when the shooter interrupted, and I blow shofar.

The music would be a new composition by composer-in-residence (and jazz trumpeter) Hannibal Lokumbe, this being his third and final year of residency. Titled Healing Tones, Hannibal had been working on it by communing with “life-givers and healers” of Philadelphia, and, according to the program, he tributes “the other living shamans known as midwives, doctors, artists, musicians, and all who work with passion for the spiritual liberation of humanity.” When the shooting in Pittsburgh happened in the middle of his work, he felt he had to include us.

Thus my shofar. I practiced like a fiend.

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sent two pages of the shofar part as currently written, and I worked to try to hit those notes. The E flat came sometimes, the G and C not so much. The good folks of the orchestra assured me that I wouldn’t have to accomplish the impossible. We drove across the commonwealth, imagining what would be. I was ready for anything they could throw at me — I’d do whatever they wanted.

And I was nervous.

And they greeted me with open arms.

Everyone was so gracious and so generous and so accommodating.

The ensemble, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, consisted of members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, with soloists Karen Slack, Funmike Lagoke and Rodrick Dixon, surrounded by both the Morgan State University Choir and the Philadelphia Heritage Chorale, all of them brilliant. And me — I became known as the Shofar Player.

The music is in three movements, which Hannibal calls “Veils,” named “Veil One: The Tones of Peace,” “Veil Two: The Tones of War” and “Veil Three: The Tones of Healing.”

The soloists were in costume and makeup, and there were props as well.

This piece of music is monumental. There are many ways to take in — to absorb — the composition. It brings one through the primordial soup of the beginning of humankind, through the evolution of humanity with all the war, turmoil, peace, confusion, love, communication and so much more. In another vein, it is working through the gods and goddesses and shamans and other icons of

our mutual beginnings. In yet another way, it is drawing the image of where we have failed and where we are headed — in the least-advisable direction, while the answer is right before us.

Hearing the work is a workout. It visits so many feelings, so many points of touch in one’s brain and instinct and emotion. And I had the privilege of being immersed in it as I counted a couple hundred measures of rests between my notes through rehearsals and three performances.

Traveling with fellow Tree-of-Lifer Joe Charny, we had lunch on Friday with some of his high school buddies (Central High School class of 1945), all just as sweet and humorous as Joe. We also went to Saturday morning services at Beth Zion Beth Israel, in Center City, Philadelphia, a wonderful community. They were very welcoming, and after services we talked a lot about Tree of Life and how we are dealing with the circumstances, and that we are indeed determinedly positive, with a lot of work ahead of us. And sadly, we now reach out to others, even as we are still learning how to cope: It is a club that no one wants to join, yet we accept the responsibility of our membership and will pay it forward.

We found solidarity in our journey. It was the same wherever we went — even at a stop on the turnpike, recognized wearing my “Hazak Hazak” shirt made by the students at Allderdice. In talking with musicians, with orchestra staff and board members with random individuals in restaurants and stores, audience members, and so many others, people reach out to us and as we

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figuratively clasp their outstretched hands, together we are forming a network to stand solid against all sorts of violence, profiling, prejudice and other negative forces.

So many had questions, so many gave consolation, shared strength, reinforced our solidarity. We talked about what a shofar is, how it’s played, how it’s made. We got to know each other, if only briefly.

It was an immense honor, all the way around, for our community, and for our congregations.

I found it very humbling. Of course, it was a constant source of fulfillment to be able to talk with so many about the very things we want to say: that violence, hatred, profiling, scapegoating and shooting are all wrong, and we have to stop them before they grow any bigger.

We talked, we hugged, we bonded. Hannibal wants us to let him know when we reopen the Tree of Life building. He wants to come with his trumpet to herald the day.

In a very physical way, I got to blast the call to action that we so sorely need. A shofar blast is exactly that — a call to action.

So much beauty can come out of human beings, and so much expression and illumination about ourselves. We need only stop arguing and fighting, and listen, and create. PJC Audrey N. Glickman is an active member and past board member of Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha congregation in Pittsburgh. She is the Rabbi’s Assistant at Congregation Beth Shalom, and is the author of the forthcoming book “Pockets: The Problem with Society is in Women’s Clothing.”

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Opinion Genealogy research leads to amazing discoveries Guest Columnist Lee Goldman Kikel

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elvin Goldman, my father, was a Holocaust survivor, born in Lodz, Poland. He spent over four years in the Lodz Ghetto, and many months in concentration camps, including Auschwitz, where he lost most of his family. In the five years following the war, he was a patient at medical facilities throughout Germany recovering from numerous injuries and illnesses, at one point being declared over 70 percent disabled.

In late 1950, Melvin immigrated to the United States and immediately settled in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, where he eventually met my mother, Mildred. He learned English and worked numerous jobs while establishing himself as a new American citizen. Later, he entered the jewelry trade, using skills he developed as a child working in the family metal business in Poland. In about 1970, he and my mother opened a jewelry store at the corner of Darlington Road and Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill.

At some point during the late 1970s, my father recorded a series of tapes to tell the

story of his life — his childhood, his struggle, his survival, his loss, his immigration and his new life in Pittsburgh. The tapes, about 15 hours of recorded recollections, sat in a box until decades after his death in 1996.

In the spring of 2015, my son was preparing for a summer graduate school program in Berlin. My husband and I decided this would be a good opportunity to visit sites of family genealogical importance, and I pulled out the tapes. On one recording, my father indicated his hope that his story would be used in a book — which I then decided to write.

My book project has been ongoing for nearly four years, and I am close to the end.

One unending task has been looking into the family tree, with numerous research challenges: language barriers, records requests, limited information from my father and a lack of living relatives to ask for guidance.

Every time I felt like I might be making progress, I found myself running into a wall.

It was important for me to connect the dots. I was able to put some pieces together, with the help of a few genealogy resources, including MyHeritage, the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw and an in-person visit to the Polish government archives in Lodz.

I found information on my paternal grandmother’s relatives, which I could trace back to the 1700s. This included names, birthdates, death dates and birth locations.

Things gradually came together. Eventually,

I found my great-grandmother’s name on MyHeritage, and I found other people who were related to her. This led me to Lili and Fanny.

I was able to establish contact with Lili and Fanny, two cousins who were born and raised in Sweden. This development was quite shocking, since none of us knew about each other before. I was so excited to find other family members whose parents also survived the Holocaust. I only wish my father was alive to share in this remarkable happening.

Lili’s father, Fanny’s father and my father were cousins. While my father came to the United States after the war, their fathers made it to Sweden to start over. In an unforgettable turn of events, we were able to make arrangements to meet these cousins for the first time last November while on a family trip to Europe. We spent time with one cousin and her husband in Amsterdam, while the other cousin invited us to join her and her husband at their home in Gothenburg, Sweden.

We all had information to share with each other, exchanging seven decades of lost family history and genealogical information. I have now learned of additional relatives in Sweden, Israel and here at home in the United States.

My husband, son and I are grateful to have had this unusual opportunity. Most people don’t find relatives and then get the chance to

connect with them, and for descendants of Holocaust survivors, it’s even more unusual.

In the years following the war, there were many resources to help survivors find family members. Organizations operated in DP (displaced persons) camps to help spread information about survivors and their families. But decades later, the world is a different place. Seventy-four years after World War II, such stories of family members connecting are few and far between.

For other people looking to learn more about their family history, online resources can help fill in the gaps. There will be challenges, no doubt, but it could be possible to find relatives who were scattered after the Holocaust. It takes some detective work and being able to put many puzzle pieces together. In my case, as a middle-aged person, I think it is becoming more rare — because of our ages. Offline, foreign countries’ archives may be able to help; however, you may need translation assistance, as I did.

Be prepared to hit a few snags along the way. Don’t give up. Doing any type of genealogy is a tedious process, but you can have success. PJC Lee Goldman Kikel is a Squirrel Hill native and now lives in Hampton Township.

Her forthcoming book, “Perseverance: One Holocaust Survivor’s Journey from Poland to America,” will be available this summer.

I’m an Orthodox rabbi who is going to start officiating LGBTQ weddings. Here’s why.

Guest Columnist Avram Mlotek

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queer friend of mine from a haredi Orthodox background had posed a query publicly on social media. She had attended a conference on LGBTQ inclusion. There she learned a practice of certain Catholic priests who described going into gay bars in full clerical garb: They would sit in the bar, and when queer Catholics approached them, the priests would affirm God’s love and their belonging place in the church.

My friend asked her community of observant Jews, acknowledging that rabbis don’t have any identifying clerical garb: When might Orthodox rabbis do the same?

As an Orthodox rabbi myself, I was intrigued. I discovered a rainbow kippah online and decided to purchase it.

It managed to garner attention the first day I wore it. A woman took a picture of me and motioned a thumbs-up. A homeless man on the subway who was begging for money approached, pointing to my kippah, and said, “Now I like that,” and bumped my fist.

A man in high heels came up to me before getting off his stop and said, “Thanks for the yarmulke.” I even had made my way to the headquarters of Chabad Lubavitch that very

same day for a meeting and a Hasid asked me where he could find a kippah like mine. I surmised: The kippah works.

But what is it symbolizing and is it enough?

The kippah is a symbol of my commitment to God, to Torah and the Jewish people. To me, the rainbow kippah is also a symbol that God and Judaism love you no matter your sexual orientation.

I understand that the plain reading of Leviticus considers homosexual sex a “toevah,” often translated as an abomination.

I understand that Jewish law views kiddushin, the ritual ceremony of marriage, as a legal structure between a man and a woman.

I know and respect this.

But I also believe that the Torah does not want human beings to live alone, and supports a covenantal relationship between parties as they build a faithful Jewish home. I know that Judaism has, for thousands of years, had a rich understanding of the diversity of gender identities. I know that the Torah affirms the God-endowed dignity of all human beings.

In the recent film “Boy Erased,” based off Garrard Conley’s memoir describing his experience in a gay conversion program, a scene between a Baptist pastor father and his adult gay son has stayed with me. Conley’s character says something along the lines of “I’ve tried to change, God knows I’ve tried. I can’t change. Now it is your turn.”

I’ve thought about how resonant that particular sentence felt. The onus of

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responsibility now rests upon those of us in religious leadership positions: to continue to make space, validate, humanize, empathize and support those who have long felt suppressed by our traditions, and not the aggrieved parties themselves.

My own rabbinical school, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, which is a beacon of progressive traditionalism, recently informed its students and alumni that one of its fourthyear students, an openly gay man, will not be receiving ordination a few months shy of graduation after years of study at the seminary. It’s a painful reminder that LGBTQ Jews still lack the ability to fully participate as equals in all facets of Orthodox life.

That is why, going forward, I will be officiating wedding ceremonies for queer Jews.

I’m passionately committed to God, Jewish law, Torah and the Jewish people. These won’t be “kiddushin” ceremonies, but similar to the brit shutafin (covenantal partnership) ceremonies the visionary Rabbi Steven Greenberg, founder of Eshel, has been performing for years.

I understand that for some, this may feel like a blatant break from tradition, and I know some of my teachers and the larger Orthodox community believe that this is crossing a line that should not be crossed.

Yet I know that there is a small but growing number of Orthodox rabbis from across the Modern Orthodox spectrum who believe that this is where we have to be moving. I hope that in doing so as a community, queer Jews will see

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themselves as valued in the community and see that their rabbis are ready to celebrate their life choices of sacred covenantal marriage as well. It is not only about upholding the dignity of the human being, but upholding the dignity of the Torah itself, which emphasizes the need for loving partnership.

A wedding day should be a joyous day for loving companions, as liturgy connotes, regardless of their sexual orientation. If the couple is choosing to live Jewish lives, build a Jewish home and raise Jewish children, our traditional rabbinate must seize the opportunity to welcome and work with these families at their most precious life-cycle moments. If we don’t, we risk further alienation and falling into an abyss of religious irrelevance by denying these couples their rightful place of belonging.

Shouldn’t our Orthodox communities rush at the opportunity to keep as many Jews engaged in their Judaism? Is this the Torah and this its reward?

We are long overdue for a new paradigm. I am humbled to be part of a new generation seeking to straddle the sacred tradition we inherit as well as the humanity before us. PJC Rabbi Avram Mlotek was named one of America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis by The Forward in May 2016 and is a founder of Base Hillel, a home focused rabbinic ministry now in 10 cities worldwide.

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Pittsburgh on Sunday; and attending a Pirates game with local teens and community members on Saturday. They also met with Mayor Bill Peduto and visited the grounds of the Tree of Life synagogue building along with survivors of the Oct. 27 massacre.

The visit was organized by the JCC’s Center for Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement of the Jewish Community Center, which is headed by Symons, and was funded by the JCC and others.

“We’ve done really well at the JCC at the Center for Loving Kindness of being able to redefine neighbor as a geographic term when it comes to Hazelwood and East Liberty and Homestead and Homewood and the Hill and Squirrel Hill,” Symons said. “But now this weekend proves that even a thousand miles away, neighbor is not geographic, neighbor is a moral concept.”

It is important to keep in mind, Symons explained, that while “what happened on Oct. 27 was an act of anti-Semitism — period — anti-Semitism is a symptom of a larger hatred that exists not just for the Jewish community, but for lots of

marginalized peoples. And that if we were just to focus on Oct. 27, we would be doing a disservice to our neighbors. We know that at least once every 10 days, a young black man in Pittsburgh dies by gun violence. Now the question is, how do we respond? What do we do? How do we engage? How do we have compassion for our Latino brothers and sisters, our Latino neighbors when they live in fear?

“We all need to be gathering together,” Symons continued. “We need to be holding each other close, we need to be working for those of us who know what it means to be marginalized.”

The Parkland visitors and several Pittsburgh community members — including Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, New Light Rabbi Jonathan Perlman and Rabbi Cheryl Klein of Dor Hadash — gathered beneath a tent outside the Tree of Life synagogue building on Friday morning, sharing words of comfort and inspiration with each other.

“Even though a terrible shooting happened, and terrible things happened here, so many wonderful things happened,” said Parkland teacher Ivy Schamis, who was teaching a Holocaust class at Stoneman Douglas when a gunman entered her room

and murdered two of her students. “I hope that you, just like me, hold onto the fantastic and amazing memories — and not forget, of course, what happened there, but hold onto all the good things.”

For New Light member Barry Werber, who was in the Tree of Life synagogue building on Oct. 27, the visit from the Parkland representatives was profound, despite the challenge he felt being at the site of the massacre.

“I haven’t been this close to the building since Oct. 27,” Werber said. “It feels eerie to see the fence around the entrance where I usually went in. It’s weird.”

While Werber has been touched by the outpouring of compassion coming from so many in the wake of the attack, he was particularly moved by the Parkland visit.

“To have Parkland come in after all they’ve been through, especially the suicides in the last couple weeks, I’m speechless,” Werber said. “The emotional trauma we have been through has made us relatives in more ways than one.”

On Sunday, the five Parkland students gathered with hundreds of Pittsburgh teens to participate in J-Serve, the International Day of Jewish Youth Service, held in Pittsburgh each spring, and led by the JCC, BBYO, the Jewish Federation of Greater

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the U.S. Army. After 17 weeks at Fort Bragg, Fine was deployed overseas in December, 1944. He served in London for one week and then in France for one and a half years. He later noted that at just 19 years of age he was a sergeant responsible for 1,500 people.

Upon returning to the Steel City in 1946, Fine enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh, where he completed his undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees in less than four years.

Yet he discovered few opportunities for Jewish attorneys.

“A Jewish lawyer couldn’t really work for a major law firm or Mellon Bank or Bell Telephone Company or U.S. Steel, so the avenues that were open were very limited,” he said.

Fine was eventually employed by his cousin, Samuel Krimsly, but fired six months later.

“I always really had problems with authority and pretty much concluded it was better for me not to work for anybody and try and create a situation where I could be my own boss and have my own business,” he said.

Fine went out on his own, and later quipped that he had been “unemployed” ever since.

Throughout the 1950s, he practiced law and entered business and real estate ventures.

In 1960, he and Edward Perlow co-founded Interstate Hotels Corporation with the purchase of a motel in Erie, Pennsylvania.

IHC was the country’s largest hotel management company until the late 1990s, when they were acquired by Patriot American Hospitality REIT. Fine later formed FFC Capital Corporation and became a respected art collector. His interest in paintings was spurred by a visit to Parisian galleries in the 1970s. Fine later served as a trustee of the Carnegie Museum 18 APRIL 12, 2019

p Milton Fine giving a speech at a ceremony for the 2012 Fine Awards, a partnership between the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and The Fine Foundation.

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of Art in Pittsburgh, helped revitalize the Carnegie International — the nation’s oldest exhibition of global contemporary art — and chaired the museum’s board.

“Milt Fine was a generous and effective leader of Carnegie Museum of Art for many years, and an early and persuasive advocate for The Andy Warhol Museum,” said Richard Armstrong, director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, in a statement.

Fine’s contributions to global Jewish life were noted by those who knew him.

“Milt was a stalwart supporter of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh because he cared deeply about the strength and vitality of our Jewish community and about the future of the state of Israel,” said Jeffrey Finkelstein, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

Although Fine supported the Jewish State, there was an irony, recalled his son, David Fine.

“He was a strong supporter but didn’t like spending time in Israel,” said David Fine.

“My father would remark that the weather was too hot, the food was too spicy and the people were too prickly.”

His son also recalled that after attending his grandson’s bar mitzvah in Israel, Milton Fine flew to France. When asked why he did that, he replied, “Because I was hungry.”

“Milt had such a keen intellect and just saw the world from a perspective that was very unique,” said his stepdaughter Pamela Wein Levy. “He was bold and courageous.

He was a nonconformist and he was driven and ever hungry for knowledge.”

“Milt believed in the Jewish faith’s ethical principles and appreciated the sense of community that Judaism fosters,” said his wife Sheila Fine, in an email. “He believed the values of Judaism made him a more responsible community leader. They shaped his support for vulnerable neighbors and instilled in him a reverence for education, hard work and the self-determination that guided his life.”

“He was accomplished, cultured and ever-curious,” echoed Rabbi Aaron Bisno,

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Pittsburgh’s Volunteer Center and Repair the World. Throughout the day, students volunteered with more than 15 different service organizations, including 412 Food Rescue, Family House and Animal Friends.

In addition to traditional direct service projects, teens also had the option of participating in one of two advocacy workshops: one on gun violence, led by teens from Pittsburgh and Parkland, and one on immigrants and refugees, led by Pittsburgh teens and community members, according to Hannah Kalson, director of Teen Engagement and Experiences at the JCC. Pittsburgh and Parkland teens had been working together remotely for weeks to organize the events, and inspiring each other to work toward positive change in the world.

“One of our goals is to really just find hope through support and community because these times have been so hard, and it is just something so tragic that brought our cities together,” said Pittsburgh teen Andrea Holber, who is on the J-Serve steering committee. “But instead of focusing on that, we’re trying to focus on the bigger picture and how to make change afterward.”

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Rodef Shalom Congregation’s senior rabbi.

Sitting with Fine was “sort of like being in the old yeshivas,” remarked Karen Wolk Feinstein, president and CEO of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. “He really had a great sense of humor and the most probing mind. Milt was always looking at the why of things, why something isn’t working, and the how of things, how do you make a bigger impact.”

Finkelstein agreed.

“My visits with him always challenged me as he was so well-read and up-to-date on current events,” he said. “I will deeply miss those interactions but will forever hold them in my memories.”

Fine was married twice. In 1950, he married Sara Fogel of Pittsburgh. The couple had three children: Carolyn Fine Friedman (Jerry) of Newton, Mass., Sibyl Fine King of Poole Dorset, England, and David J. Fine (Rachel) of Weston, Mass. In 1989, he married Sheila Reicher and gained three stepchildren: Pam Wein Levy (Michael) of Pittsburgh, Howard Reicher (Donna) of Pittsburgh and Jan Reicher (Alain Bismuth) of San Francisco, Calif.

In 2007, Fine and Reicher established the Fine Foundation, which supports projects in arts and culture, Jewish life, science and medicine, primarily in the Pittsburgh region.

To date, the Fine Foundation has provided more than $35 million in grants to more than 350 nonprofits.

Twenty years before his passing, Fine was asked if there was any way he would like to be remembered.

“Not really,” he said. “Whatever I do, whatever I’ve done, speaks for itself.”

Fine is survived by his wife, three children, three stepchildren, nine grandchildren and six stepgrandchildren. PJC Adam Reinherz can be reached at areinherz@ pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.

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JOINT JEWISH EDUCATION PROGRAM (J-JEP) Providing innovative learning experiences that inspire and prepare students to engage meaningfully in Jewish life

4905 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15213 Phone: 412-621-6566, ext. 116 Website: jjep.org Email: dan@jjep.org

Dan Eisner, Interim Director; Kate Kim, Assistant Director; Aaron Bisno, Rabbi; Sharyn Henry, Rabbi; Seth Adelson, Rabbi; Hal Coffey and Todd Roscoe, Co-Chairs.

••• KEHILLAH LA LA An inclusive community engaging members in creative Jewish experiences

Phone: 412-335-0298 Website: ravchuck.com Facebook: Kehillah La La Email: ravchuck@gmail.com, ravchuck@ yahoo.com

Chuck Diamond, Rabbi and Executive Director; Fred Davis, President; Bobbi Gerson, Treasurer; Mickie Diamond, Secretary.

••• KOLLEL JEWISH LEARNING CENTER 5808 Beacon St. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-420-0220; Fax: 412-420- 0224 Website: kollelpgh.org Email: info@kollelpgh.org

Rabbi Levi Langer, Rosh Kollel; Rabbi Doniel Schon, Associate Rosh Kollel; Philip Milch, Esq., President; Dr. Frank Lieberman, Vice President; Michael Kaminsky, Treasurer, Mark Sindler, Esq., Secretary; Rabbi Avrohom Rodkin, Director of Education; Stacie Stufflebeam, Director of Development.

••• LADIES HOSPITAL AID SOCIETY 3459 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412-648-6106; Fax: 412-692-2682 Website: lhas.net

President: Carole L. Kamin; Vice Presidents: Jackie Dixon, Peggy Smyrnes-Williams, Heather Ziccarelli; Secretaries: Denise Shipe, Judy Woffington; Treasurer: Cindy Kacerik; Directors: Brittany Holzer, Linda Melada, Jill Nolan, Ruth Rubenstein, Marcia Weiss, Gayle Zacharia.

••• LUBAVITCH CENTER SYNAGOGUE Chabad of Western Pennsylvania

2100 Wightman St. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (Corner of Hobart & Wightman streets) Phone: 412-422-7300

Rabbi Yisroel Rosenfeld, Mr. Charles Saul, Esq., Pres.; Rabbi Yisroel Altein, Chabad of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Chanie Rosenblum, Women’s Organization; Mr. Shmuel Creeger, Men’s Mikvah; Mr. & Mrs. Hirsh Dlinn, Hospitality; Shul Committee: Shmuel Huebner, Hirsch Dlinn, Lior Shkedi, Yosef Goldberg.

••• NA’AMAT USA Pittsburgh Council (formerly Pioneer Women) A voice for Women and Children in Israel.

Committed to gender equality, religious pluralism, the status of women in and out of the home, the prevention of domestic violence and education

4905 Fifth Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Phone: 412-521-5253; Cell: 412-303-5769 Website: naamatpgh.org • naamat.org Email: naamatpgh@gmail.com

Dorothy Greenfield, President; Barbra Bowman-Labbie, Fundraising VP; Judy Kobell, Treasurer; Natalie Rosenbloom & Rhoda Judd, Recording Secretary; Barbara Caplan & Elinor Young, Correspondence Secretary; Sibyl Treblow, American Affairs & Allied Activities VP; Gloria Elbling Gottlieb, Julian Elbling & Carole Wolsh, Spiritual Adoption/Scholarship Chair; Lisa Steindel, Immediate Past President; Jackie Braslawsce, Executive Director ••• NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN Pittsburgh Section

1620 Murray Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-421-6118; Fax: 412-421-1121 Website: ncjwpgh.org

President, Debbie Levy Green; VP Teddi Horvitz, VP Lynne Farber; Immediate Past President, Laurie Gottlieb; Cristina Ruggiero, Exec. Dir.; Becky Abrams, Director of the Center for Women (a joint project of NCJW and the JWF); Misi Bielich, Director of the Children’s Rooms in the Courts; Meredith Brown, Manager of Programs and Operations; Lynn Tomasits, Director of Retail-Thriftique.

••• THE NEW COMMUNITY CHEVRA KADISHA of GREATER PITTSBURGH Phone: 412-422-8044 Email: NewCommunityCK@verizon.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ NCCKPGH/

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NEW LIGHT CONGREGATION/ OHR CHADASH Conservative, Egalitarian • Come Join Us

5915 Beacon St. Pittsburgh, PA 1521 7 Phone: 412-421-1017 Website: newlightcongregation.org

Jonathan Perlman, Rabbi; Barbara L. Caplan, Stephen Cohen, co-presidents; Marilyn Honigsberg, Administrative Assistant; Janet Cohen, Corresponding Secretary; Debbie Salvin, Membership V.P.; Barbara Caplan, Social V.P.; Harold Caplan, Treasurer; Carl Solomon, Fin. Secy.; Ileen Portnoy, Secy.; Sharyn Stein, Sisterhood Pres.; Harold Caplan, Men’s Club Pres.

New Light Cemetery, 750 Soose Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15209, Chair: Myron Snider & Stephen Cohen.

••• PARKWAY JEWISH CENTER Egalitarian Conservative Synagogue in the East Suburbs

300 Princeton Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15235 Phone: 412-823-4338; Fax: 412-823-4338 Website: parkwayjewishcenter.org Email: parkwayjc@verizon.net

Cantor Henry Shapiro, Spiritual Leader; Lynda Heyman, Hal Lederman and Bob Caplan, Executive Committee; Laurie Barnett Levine, Sisterhood Pres.

••• PASTE Pittsburgh Association of Synagogue and Temple Executives

Leslie Hoffman (Temple Emanuel), President; Drew Barkley (Temple Sinai); Joel Don Goldstein, FSA (Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha); Steve Hecht, FSA, Treasurer (Beth El); Rob Menes (Beth Shalom), Jill Rook, (Adat Shalom); Bill Stein (Rodef Shalom).

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PENN STATE HILLEL 114-117 Pasquerilla Spiritual Center University Park, PA 16802 Phone: 814-863-3816 Email: Hillel@psu.edu Website: pennstatehillel.org

1212 Smallman St. Phone: 412-454-6406 Websites: heinzhistorycenter.org/collections/ rauh-jewish-history-program-and-archives; jewishfamilieshistory.org; jewishhistoryhhc.org Email: RJArchives@heinzhistorycenter.org

Executive Director: Aaron Kaufman; Chairman: Jill Epstein, First Vice President, Wealth Management, Wealth Advisor, UBS; Vice Chairman: Dr. Rick Jacobs, Professor of Psychology, Penn State; Secretary: Cindy Ruben; Treasurer: Jeff Ruben, WSFS Mortgage; Financial Secretary: James Ultman, Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Penn State.

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Eric Lidji, Director, eslidji@heinzhistorycenter.org; Adam Reinherz, Chair •••

PITTSBURGH JEWISH CHRONICLE Connecting Jewish Pittsburgh

5915 Beacon St., 5th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15217-2005 Phone: 412-687-1000; Fax: 412-521-0154 Website: pittsburghjewishchronicle.org Email: newsdesk@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org

Evan Indianer, Chairman; Gayle R. Kraut, Secretary; Jonathan Bernstein, Treasurer; David Ainsman, Immediate Past Chairman; Gail Childs, Elizabeth F. Collura, Milton Eisner, Malke Steinfeld Frank, Tracy Gross, Richard J. Kitay, Cátia Kossovsky, Andi Perelman, David Rush, Charles Saul, Board Members; Jim Busis, CEO and Publisher; Liz Spikol, Acting Editor-in-Chief.

••• PITTSBURGH SECULAR JEWISH COMMUNITY Website: www.pghsecularjews.org Email: susankforrest@hotmail.com

Coordinator: Susan Kershner Forrest Ask to join our Facebook page and/or email for specific meeting locations and holiday celebrations. All welcome.

••• PLISKOVER ASSOCIATION, INC. Pliskov Landsleit org, manages Pliskover Cemetery

P.O. Box 8237 Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Website: pliskover.com Email: pliskover@pliskover.com

Kimball Rubin, President; Bruce Ibe, 1st Vice President; Pam Ludin, Vice President of Budgets, Investments, and Audits; Carole Rubenstein, Vice President of Marketing; Steven Speck, Vice President of Membership; Honey Forman, Vice President Scholarship and Special Events; Jared Kaufman, Treasurer; Cheryl Kaufman, Financial Secretary; Joel Dresbold, Recording Secretary. Anastasia Abramson, Marilyn Brody, Marshall Cohen, Cookie Danovitz, Andrew Pearl, Frank H. Rubin, Paula Rubin, Gloria Shapiro, Ruth Stock Zober, Board members.

••• CONGREGATION POALE ZEDECK 6318 Phillips Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-421-9786 Website: pzonline.org Email: info@pzonline.org

Rabbi Daniel Yolkut, Spiritual Leader; Dr. Louis Felder, President; Joe Ungar, 1st V.P.; Richard Levine, 2nd V.P.; Ben Pollack, 3rd V.P.; Rabbi Ari Goldberg, Fin. Officer; Shifra Poznanski, Rec. Secy.; Todd Stufflebeam, Executive Director; Shifra Poznanski, Stacie Stufflebeam & Naama Lazar, Sisterhood Presidents; Shmuel Isenberg, Men’s Club President.

••• RAUH JEWISH HISTORY PROGRAM & ARCHIVES AT THE SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER Preserving the History of the Jewish People in Western Pennsylvania

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REPAIR THE WORLD: PITTSBURGH We aim to make meaningful service a defining part of American Jewish Life.

6022 Broad St. Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Phone: 412-363-5870 Website: weRepair.org/Pittsburgh Email: pittsburghteam@werepair.org

Zack Block, Executive Director; Rachel Libros, Teen and Family Program Manager; Rachel Schwartz, Program Manager; Alix Cramer, Workshop Coordinator.

••• THE NEW RIVERVIEW Senior Loving Community

Amy Weiss, Chair; Mitchell Pakler; Vice Chair; Alec Stone, Treasurer; Barry Roth, Secretary; Debbie Winn-Horvitz; Hanna Steiner, Executive Director ••• RODEF SHALOM CONGREGATION An Inclusive Reform Jewish Community, LGBTQ+ Safe Zone, & Fully Accessible Gathering Place

4905 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412-621-6566; Fax: 412-687-1977 Website: rodefshalom.org Email: info@rodefshalom.org

Aaron B. Bisno, Rabbi; Sharyn H. Henry Rabbi; Dr. Walter Jacob, Rabbi Emeritus & Senior Scholar; Barry D. Weisband, Exec.

Dir.; Karen Brean, Pres.; David Kalson, Sr. V.P.; Alex Heit, Laura Swiss, V.P.s; Bob Rosenthal, Secy.; Joel Katz, Treas.; Peter Rosenfeld, Asst. Treas.; Mimsie Leyton, Family Center Dir.; Daniel Eisner, Interim Dir. of J-JEP. ••• RODEF SHALOM BROTHERHOOD

Thomas Litman, Pres.; Peter Rosenfeld, Edward Mandell, V.P.s; Richard Meritzer, Brotherhood Treas.; Al Rosenfeld, Brotherhood Rec. Secy.

••• WOMEN OF RODEF SHALOM

Teri Cowan, Pres.; Sandie Brand, Marjorie Goldfarb, Goldie Katz, Elaine Rybski V.P.s; Terri Sterrett, Rec. Secy.; Sheila Werner, Assist. Rec. Secy.; Phyllis Feinert, Corr. Secy.; Emmeline Silk, Assist. Corr. Secy.; Gail Lefkowitz, Treas.; Nancy Rosenthal, Assist.

Treas.; Marilyn Caplan, Karen Hochberg, Marla Perlman, Ruth Rubenstein, Directors; Marion Damick, Parliamentarian.

••• SHAARE TORAH CONGREGATION At the gateway to the community — come visit or join our family

2319 Murray Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-421-8855; Fax: 412-521-9938; Rabbi: 412-377-1769 Website: ShaareTorah.net Email: Office@ShaareTorah.net Email Sisterhood: dorseyhannahb@aol.com

Daniel E.Wasserman, Rabbi; Eliezer M. Shusterman, Assoc. Rabbi; Jonathan Young, Pres.; V.P. Adam Rothschild; Secy. Leah Ackner; Treasurer, Avram Avishai; Brian Cynamon, Jay Luzer, Salomon Murciano and Bryan Shuman, Gabbaim; Sisterhood Pres., Hannah B. Dorsey.

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Phone: 412-369-0900; Fax: 412-369-0699 Website: templeohavshalom.org Email: jleicht@templeohavshalom.org

Continued from page 19 TEMPLE B’NAI ISRAEL A Friendly Progressive Congregation with Traditional Values

2025 Cypress Drive White Oak, PA 15131 Phone: 412-678-6181; Fax: 412-896-6513 Website: tbiwhiteoak.org Email: tbioffice@gmail.com

President: Rosalind Kendal; Vice President: Richard Leffel; Secretary: Janice Greenwald; Treasurer: Steve Klein; Office Manager: Lisa C. Schonberger; Rabbi: Paul Tuchman.

••• TEMPLE DAVID CONGREGATION Making our house of prayer, learning and gathering into your second home.

4415 Northern Pike Monroeville, PA 15146 Phone: 412-372-1200; Fax: 412-372-0485 Weiger Religious School 412-372-1206 Website: templedavid.org Email: tdoffice@templedavid.org

Barbara AB Symons, Rabbi; Jason Z. Edelstein, Rabbi Emeritus; Beverly Reinhardt, Office Mgr.; Rabbi Barbara Symons, Dir. of Education; Barbara Fisher, School Admin.

Assist.; Kay Liss, Pres.; Reena Goldberg, Exec.

V.P.; Harvey Wolfe, Fin. V.P.; Rachael Farber, Religious School V.P.; Bruce Antonoff, Worship & Ritual V.P.; Robert Bell, Past Pres.; Brett Pechersky, Comptroller; Richard Myerowitz, Rec. Secy.; Alisa Chotiner, Treas.; Mary Bendorf, Fin. Liaison.

••• TEMPLE EMANUEL OF SOUTH HILLS Emanu-El- “God is with Us” ... in our community ... in our families ... in our words and deed, hearts and souls

1250 Bower Hill Road Pittsburgh, PA 15243-1380 Phone: 412-279-7600 Website: templeemanuelpgh.org Facebook: facebook.com/templeemanuelpittsburgh Twitter: @TEPGH

Donald B. Rossoff, Interim Rabbi; Jessica Locketz, Rabbi and Director of Education; Iris Harlan, Early Childhood Development Center Director; Leslie Hoffman, Executive Director; David Weisberg, President; David Rullo, Vice President; Beth Schwartz, Vice President; Lisa Steinfeld, Vice President; Jeffrey Young, Vice President; David Hepps, Financial Secretary; Tracy Barnett, Treasurer; Jason A. Green, Treasurer; Mary Cothran, Secretary; Mark Joel Mahler, Rabbi Emeritus.

••• TEMPLE OHAV SHALOM A vibrant, inclusive Reform community in the North Hills

8400 Thompson Run Road Allison Park, PA 15101

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Jeremy R. Weisblatt, Rabbi; Bonnie Valinsky, Preschool Dir.; Jackie Leicht, Temple Admin.; Sara Stock Mayo, Director of Ruach and Music; Arnie Begler, Pres.; Ellen Sapinkopf, Immediate Past President; Andi Turkheimer, EVP Member Services; Andy Bashe, Treas; Cindy Harrison, VP Fundraising; Steve Huber, VP Membership; Susan Loether, VP Lifelong Learning; Danielle West, VP Preschool; Alysia Knapp, Corresponding Secy.; Constance Mayer, VP Social Action, Rhea Marinstein, VP Spiritual Enrichment; Lenette Sostmann, VP Youth; Ian Halper, Rec. Secy.; Brian Kline, Member at Large; Rebecca Mason, Member at Large; Mike Daninhirsch, Men’s Club, Julia Cohen & Kristi Karsh, Women of Ohav Shalom.

••• TEMPLE SINAI 5505 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-421-9715; Fax: 412-421-8430 Website: templesinaipgh.org Email: office@templesinaipgh.org

James A. Gibson, Sr. Rabbi; Rabbi Keren Gorban, Associate Rabbi; Cantor Laura Berman, Cantor; Drew Barkley, Executive Dir.; Marilee Glick, Ed. Dir.; Philip Lehman, President; Saul Straussman, 1st Vice President; Alison Yazer, 2nd Vice President; Jerry Katz, 3rd Vice President; Arthur Goldberg, Treasurer; Marc Darling, Assistant Treasurer; Lynn Rubenson, Secretary; George Arnold, Financial Secretary; Immediate Past President: Nancy Gale.

••• TIPHERETH ISRAEL CEMETERY Oakwood Street Shaler Township, PA 15209 Send correspondence to: 2233 Ramsey Road Monroeville, PA 15146 Phone: 412-824-7460 Email: adamwgusky@yahoo.com

President, Harvey Wolsh; Vice President, Adam Gusky; Secretary & Treasurer, Judy Gusky.

••• TREE OF LIFE*OR L’SIMCHA CONGREGATION 5898 Wilkins Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-521-6788; Website: tolols.org Email: office@tolols.org

Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey S. Myers, Alvin K. Berkun, Rabbi Emeritus; Bill O’Rourke, Interim Executive Director; Alex Speck, Program Director; Sam Schachner, President; Alan Hausman, Vice President; Carol Sikov Gross, Vice President; David Lilien, Treasurer; Ben Simon, Assistant Treasurer; Irwin Harris, Secretary; Michael

Eisenberg, Immediate Past President.

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Pittsburgh PA 15217 Phone: 412-421-0508 Email: halochoscope@hotmail.com

TREE OF LIFE*OR L’SIMCHA MEN’S CLUB

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Passover Lighten heavy Passover meals with salad — FOOD —

By Eileen Goltz | Special to the Chronicle

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ne of the biggest problems with the week of Pesach is that so much of the food is so heavy. Eggs, oil, matzah meal and meat — lots and lots of meat and chicken and then maybe some more meat.

Sometimes all you want is a little bit of nothing to fill in the times between the gigantor meals or to serve with the gigantor meals.

Enter the salad.

I’m not talking about opening a bag of prepacked greens and drizzling on some prepackaged dressing here. I’m saying I have some knockout fabulous recipes for you to whip up. They are terrific, and it’s not an accident that they just happen to be kosher for Pesach.

They stand on their own as a quick snack, can be served at a meat or dairy meal and are so good that you can serve them year-round.

Oh, and there’s no matzah in any of the recipes. Nada, zero, zip, none and I do mean less than none so that anyone, like me, who thinks that eating matzah is akin to munching on cardboard can rejoice.

Just in case you want to serve a dairy meal during the week, the addition of cheese to some of these salads adds protein and a nice smooth taste. I have added a dairy suggestion at the end of each recipe if applicable.

Note that there should be extra care taken with examining vegetables, salad greens and spinach for bugs at all times.

Avocado, onion and hearts of palm salad

Spinach and mango pepper salad

1 (14-ounce) can hearts of palm, drained, sliced into rounds 4 ripe avocadoes, diced 1 small red onion, sliced thin 1/4 to 1 cup pine nuts, toasted Bibb or red leaf lettuce leaves, shredded

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ripe avocados, cubed tablespoons lime juice, divided ripe mangoes, cubed jalapeno, stemmed, seeded and finely chopped Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon grated lime zest 1/4 teaspoon sugar 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, plus more for garnish 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 red bell peppers cut into slivers 3 cups fresh spinach leaves

In a bowl, combine the avocado cubes with 1 tablespoon of the lime juice. Add the mango, jalapeno and salt and mix to combine. Set aside.

In a bowl, combine the remaining 2 tablespoons of lime juice, the zest, sugar and parsley in a large bowl. Whisk in the oil until combined. Season with salt and pepper. Add bell peppers and spinach and toss to combine.

Serve in a large bowl or on individual plates.

Note: You can add shredded Monterey Jack or mozzarella.

Apple and asparagus salad Pareve | Serves eight

Pareve | Serves eight

40 asparagus stalks, ends trimmed cut in half 2 tablespoon plus ⅓ cup olive oil Kosher salt Ground pepper 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar 3 tablespoons honey 1 to 2 tablespoon chopped parsley 2 teaspoons minced garlic Mixed salad greens 2 Granny Smith or Golden Delicious apples, peeled and diced 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

Dressing 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1/4 cup chopped parsley 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon sugar 2 teaspoons dried dill 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup oil

Place all the dressing ingredients in a bowl and whisk them together. You can also put the ingredients in a container with a tight lid and shake it to combine. Set the dressing aside.

In a large salad bowl, combine the hearts of palm, avocado and red onions. Add the dressing and toss to coat. Divide the lettuce between eight plates, and mound the hearts of palm mixture on top. Sprinkle the pine nuts on top and serve Note: You can add shredded or grated Parmesan or mozzarella.

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Place the asparagus pieces on a cookie sheet with sides and drizzle the 2 tablespoons of oil over the top. Sprinkle the kosher salt and pepper over the top. Roast the asparagus just until starting to wilt, about 5 to 7 minutes.

Remove from the oven and let it cool.

In a bowl, combine the vinegar, honey, oil and garlic. Whisk to combine, and then add the chopped parsley. Whisk to combine again and taste, adjusting the sweetness and salt levels to your preference. Add the apple pieces and mix to coat.

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Passover Setting the seder table — SEDER —

By Keri White | Special to the Chronicle

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s Passover approaches, hosts often have a laser focus on the menu.

This is understandable and appropriate, given that the seder is, first and foremost, a ritual meal. But true balabustas also keep an eye on the table settings and seating arrangements.

I am not a great decorator. I am guilty of devoting all of my resources to the food and generally forgetting about the centerpiece until guests are on the verge of arriving. At that point, I let out a stream of obscenities and scramble to come up with something that doesn’t look like it was attacked by the cat and then placed on the table.

On occasion, I have had the forethought to outsource this task — truly a best-case scenario. It is a great job for someone who wants to “bring something” but can’t cook.

Every host has one of those guests and lives in pre-holiday dread of what they might offer — this is a win/win work around, and wise hostesses will assign the centerpiece to this guest, with clear parameters of height, dimension, color, etc.

But if you are inclined to handle your own centerpiece, and you consider it in advance of the first guest ringing the doorbell, you

are in good shape. If you are aiming for a formal look and plan to pull out the best Passover china, silver, crystal and table linen, then a special centerpiece is a must.

Flowers are beautiful and traditional. Just be sure to order (or make) an arrangement that is low enough for guests’ eyes to meet across the table. You don’t want an arrangement so large and dramatic that it dwarfs the gathering.

Seasonal spring flowers are traditional for Passover; these include True balabustas also keep an eye on the lilies, violets, carnations, irises, p table settings and seating arrangements. cherry blossoms, hyacinths, tulips, Photo by dnaveh/iStockPhoto.com

daisies and daffodils.

In planning your tablescape, consider the beads. Then fill the vessel with water, and number of dishes that will be on the table place tealight candles floating on the top. It’s — the seder plate, matzos, soup, main dish beautiful, eye-catching and low cost.

Aiming for a less-formal table? Consider and sides take up a lot of space, so make sure to use your real estate wisely. If you a basket or bowl of fruits and vegetables. are super-squeezed for table space, consider Mix colors and textures for visual interest. having your candles do double duty; cluster Or strew some Mason jars or short candle a few elegant candlesticks in the center of the holders filled with tealights (floating or not) table. This delivers a minimal, elegant look along the length of the table.

Table aesthetics are, perhaps, the easier and is a nifty way to create an attractive focal point without adding apparent clutter. part of the non-food aspects of hosting.

I am a huge fan of the floating candle The other, creating a seating arrangement centerpiece. Fill a shallow, wide-topped glass that prevents bloodshed, can be more of a vase or bowl halfway with something colorful challenge. Some hosts prefer to let guests sit and attractive — cut lemons or limes, cran- where they wish. This might be fine. Spouses berries, flower petals, leaves, even decorative will likely sit with spouses, kids with kids,

and hosts in their “regular seats,” or at the head of the table to preside.

But if you have a large gathering, assigned seats with place cards are a great way to mix up the crowd and streamline the process of getting everyone seated. They can also add a decorative element, whether you buy pretty place cards, make something festive or recruit a creative relative to help.

The cards provide a strategic way to manage, ahem, personalities. Take, for example, the youngster who plays his mom and grandma like fiddles, disrupting the seder and generally wreaking havoc on the evening. Sit him next to his strict schoolteacher aunt who will take no nonsense.

As for the political extremists? Opposite ends of the table, please, surrounded by people who will either distract them from their dogma, or are well able to quash the discussion. And it may not be a bad idea to declare the seder table a “politics free zone” for the duration of the holiday. This is well within a host’s right, and arguably his or her duty to ensure a peaceful seder for all gathered.

Regardless of what is on the table or who is seated around it, the most important thing is to focus on the joy of the celebration. Happy Passover to all! PJC Keri is the food columnist for the Jewish Exponent, an affiliated publication of the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle.

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Passover Vegan Passover is a recipe for chia seeds and discussion — FOOD —

By Adam Reinherz | Staff Writer

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auren Baldel has her maple gingerglazed carrots, roasted kabocha squash and grazer’s pie figured out. It’s the matzah balls that may be most problematic, as finding a kosher-for-Passover vegan binder is a bit of a sticky situation.

Many recipes call for flax seed, but the protein-packed source of healthy fat, antioxidants and fiber is kitniyot — a catchall term for foods prohibited by many Ashkenazi rabbis on Passover — so the Squirrel Hill resident is trying to develop a recipe with chia seeds.

“It is something I will have to troubleshoot before Pesach,” Baldel said.

The difficulties of achieving a kosher-forPassover vegan experience might seem like a contemporary problem, but the holiday has long been the setting of gastronomic and intellectual inquiry.

Rabbi Shimon Silver of Young Israel of Greater Pittsburgh presented the case of an Ashkenazic Jew who, due to serious health concerns, was placed on a gluten-free vegan diet. The prescribed menu required the patient to consume vegetable proteins, which fall under the kitniyot label, on Passover.

In determining what course to follow, Silver, who authors the weekly publication Halochoscope, explored the historical bifurcation of Ashkenazic and Sephardic communities during the past 1,500 years, as most Sephardic rabbis permit the eating of kitniyot on Passover. He asked himself, “Does he have a dispensation due to his health? Should he keep his food and utensils separate from those of the rest of the

household? Does he need hataras nedarim (absolvement of a vow)?”

Even apart from a kitniyot analysis, Jewish literature offers a heaping of food-related scrutiny and no shortage of rabbinic advice.

The Babylonian Talmud in tractate Berakhot counts the eating of bulrush leaves, grape leaves, grapevine tendrils, the palate and tongue of an animal and the spine of a fish (among other edibles) as causes of hemorrhoids. Rabbi Yehuda bar Ezekiel, a third-century sage, claimed the extension of one’s mealtime at the table will prolong a person’s days and years. There’s much more.

These days, more people than ever before are avoiding animal products, with increased interest in veganism over the past 15 years.

Google tracks users’ interest by scoring each word on a scale up to 100. In 2004, “veganism” ranked 34. As of last week, it was up to 98.

As a natural response to demand, Passover vegan options have increased.

In Philadelphia, tickets are available for a community vegan seder. Hosted by Jewish Veg, a national nonprofit, the seder will allow guests to “learn how the themes of the holiday relate to animal agriculture.”

Jeffrey Spitz Cohan, a Pittsburgh resident and executive director of Jewish Veg, expects between 50 and 100 people to attend.

“A large percentage of the people who come are vegan Jews who are looking for a Passover seder where their food choices will be respected,” he said. But a fair amount will be simply curious eaters.

Jewish Veg is also hosting seders in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Seattle.

“San Francisco is already sold out and it’s not for two weeks,” Cohan said.

Canadians have a similar option, as on April 27 zunroyz zoymen (sunflower seed chopped

p Lauren Baldel is trying to develop a Passover recipe with chia seeds.

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liver), crispy yuba gribenes and black radish eigmacht (chutney) are available for a $60 entry to Emily Zimmerman’s vegan seder through the Rusholme Park Supper Club in Toronto.

Apart from newfound appeal, there is an age-old connection between veganism and Passover, explained Cohan.

“Passover is about a retelling of how we escaped with God’s help from an oppressive situation and achieved freedom. In retelling the story, we’re supposed to think about the oppression that is around today and that oppression is particularly acute in animal agriculture for both the animals and the workers,” he said.

Aiding such narrative is Jewish Veg’s Passover haggadah. The material, which will be available in print and online in the coming days, should complement information on the organization’s website, and will explain “how to veganize your seder plate in a halachic way according to Jewish

law” and include “a drasha on the freedom of oppression for both the animals and the workers in animal agriculture,” Cohan said.

It will provide all the elements of a Passover seder, he added.

Although the upcoming holiday is ripe for discussion and reflection, Baldel advised a gradual transition for those adopting certain practices.

“It took us three years to reach this process,” she said.

Becoming vegan and kosher for Passover “never has to be all or nothing. We can always be conscientious in our food choices and everything makes a difference,” she added. “When you choose to eat more vegetables and less meat, that makes a difference in the world we live in.” PJC Adam Reinherz can be reached at areinherz@ pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.

Delicious Passover memories — FOOD —

By Linda Morel | Special to the Chronicle

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hat would you like to eat on Passover?” I asked my granddaughters. “I’ll make anything you want,” opening a folder stuffed with favorite Pesach recipes. ”I like eating matzah,” 10-year-old Nicole said.

“Don’t worry,” I said. “We’ll have plenty of matzah.”

“I want the Moroccan charoset — those bite-sized balls of fruit,” 12-year-old Juliette said.

“Here is that recipe,” I said, pulling out a

stained card. I’ve sprinkled some Sephardic dishes into my repertoire.

“What about the salad with oranges and strawberries?” she continued.

That’s always on my Passover menu because it’s a harbinger of spring, along with my chicken recipe, brimming with parsley.

“I love the almond cookies dipped in chocolate,” Nicole said.

I was gratified the girls requested foods I serve at Passover instead of clamoring for marshmallows and Nutella. For several years, I’ve tried to foster Passover food memories.

While my granddaughters love reciting the Four Questions, finding the afikoman and singing songs at the end of the seder, I’ve found preparing certain foods only at Passover is a meaningful way to instill

attachment to Pesach. I could bake the almond cookies dipped in chocolate all year round, but when Passover rolled around, the girls wouldn’t look forward to them.

I was delighted there are foods my granddaughters crave at Passover. When they’re older, I’m hoping they’ll ask for my recipes.

hands get sticky, rinse them under cool water and dry them with paper towels.

Serve the charoset balls wrapped in lettuce leaves, or make matzah-charoset sandwiches by placing charoset balls between two squares of matzah.

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Pareve | Yield: 25 charoset balls ½ cup pitted dates ½ cup raisins ½ cup blanched, slivered almonds ½ cup walnuts 1 tablespoon grape juice Lettuce leaves, rinsed and patted dry Small squares of matzah

Place the dates into the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Process the dates until they are broken into tidbits the size of raisins. Add the raisins, almonds, walnuts and grape juice. Process until the nuts are finely ground and the mixture clumps together. This may take several minutes.

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1 (16-ounce) box of strawberries 1 (5-ounce) box of baby spinach leaves, rinsed and dried in paper towels or a salad spinner 2 (8-ounce) cans mandarin oranges, drained ⅔ cup cashew pieces

Rinse the strawberries under cold water well. Drain them on paper towels. Hull the strawberries and cut them into slices. Move the strawberries to a large bowl. Add the spinach leaves, oranges and cashews. The recipe can be made to this point and refrigerated for three hours before serving. Dress with citrus vinaigrette (below).

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Life & Culture Comedian Lewis Black coming to Pittsburgh — COMEDY —

By Adam Reinherz | Staff Writer

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ewis Black has been angry for decades, and at 70 years old, the infuriated comedian has no intent on quieting his rage. Both onscreen and onstage, Black has delighted audiences of all ages by probing life’s vexations. In 2015, Black voiced the role of Anger in Pixar’s “Inside Out.� In 2009, he hosted the History Channel’s “Surviving the Holidays With Lewis Black,� a humorous rant on navigating the calendrical pressures between Thanksgiving and New Year’s.

Black has made numerous comedy specials and released more than a dozen albums and DVDs, but the Maryland-born Jewish entertainer may be best known for his five-minute “Back in Black� tirades on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.� He’s skewered conservative political commentator Glenn Beck for his penchant for invoking Nazis, legal actions taken by the estate of Joseph Goebbels against Random House publishing company, and the abundance of 90-year-old Nazis.

Black often invokes his Jewish identity, and during a phone interview, prior to his April 13 show at Heinz Hall, he noted his first bit was a bar mitzvah-related gag. “I was 13,� he said. “I was bar mitzvahed.

That’s a stand-up gig we Jews have. You say a few

prayers over a credit card. Bam, you’re a man.�

It’s been nearly 60 years since his September 1961 bar mitzvah at Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C., and while Black cannot remember specifics apart from having read from Isaiah, he has routinely mined the coming-of-age ceremony for laughs.

Black’s 2005 autobiography is titled “Nothing’s Sacred,� but as his attendees at his upcoming Steel City show will discover, certain topics are off the table. “To bring up guns onstage, the blowback is just intolerable,� he said. “You got a group in that audience who laugh at everything else, but they really believe that somebody’s going to come get their guns.�

Black said he made a joke on Twitter years ago in which he pointed to the abundance of firearms. Playing upon the perception that there is “basically a gun for every American,�

Black quipped, “Well, I don’t have a gun so it seems like somebody has my gun.�

The response was “unbelievable,� he said. “All they saw was the flashing red word ‘gun’ and they had their reaction.�

Black removed the material from his act until he found a suitable replacement in the news: In 2017, during a discussion on church safety in Tennessee, an 81-year-old man accidentally shot himself and his 80-year-old wife, who was sitting nearby in her wheelchair, after he forgot the weapon was loaded. “This guy is explaining, you know, how to

use a gun and ends up injuring himself and his wife in front of a group of people. That’s how I deal with it,� said Black. “I just have to read it. It works on its own. I don’t have to do any work.�

That material won’t be featured in Pittsburgh, though. “Am I going to read that in front of a group of people who have gone through this? I don’t think so.�

Black said he won’t be mentioning the Tree of Life attack during his visit either. “There’s stuff I could say but that’s for others,� he said. “You know, I can’t wander into Pittsburgh and tell you people what I think. It’s your community. It’s a horrible thing to have happened in your community.

I lived in New York during 9/11. We all have gone through horrors over the past 20 years.

That one, it was just wrong, as the one in Vegas, as the one in Parkland, as the one, as the one, as the one, and then you go, ‘Well, what can I do about that?’�

Satire only goes so far, he explained.

In 2011, following the firing of football coach Joe Paterno from Penn State University, Black and his longtime opening act, comedian John Bowman, were invited “after that whole incident with Sandusky to kind of cheer up the students.� “Well, what f--king planet?� he recalled. “You can’t really. That’s not my job. My job is to get people to take a step back from the pain and the anguish we go through, no matter

what it is — whether it’s the horror of what happened there or the horror of that you’ve got a loved one who has cancer and is dying.� As a comic, “you’re the insulation, you’re the one who allows them to take a breath, hopefully.�

Black is genuinely interested in what his audience thinks, and remains keen on tapping the communal pulse. Prior to each show — he routinely does more than 100 performances per year — Black asks people to submit topics for “The Rant Is Due,� a post-show bit in which he shares the suggestions and then riffs on all aspects of local life. The forum, he explained, allows people to complain about roadwork, representatives or whatever most matters to them. “It’s written by the community, about the community, for the community,� he said.

Black appreciates learning about his fans’ concerns, but does not presume to be an expert on their state of mind. “If someone has something to say about the Tree of Life, I’d rather they said it. They know it, it’s personal to them.�

Black will talk freely, however, about the troubling presence of Primanti Bros. outside of Pittsburgh. “The good food is where you live. I have tried two of them,� he said. “It’s not working well on the road. They don’t get it.�  PJC Adam Reinherz can be reached at areinherz@ pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.

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prompted by love, according to Joy. Cecil is often remembered for telling someone, “You look so beautiful,” and David would commonly just say, “It’s so nice to meet you,” their mother recalled. “They were sincere in whatever they tried to convey.

They might have been handicapped, but I think they were smarter than you and I.” The boys “did not know anything from hate,” said their father, Elie Rosenthal. “They were loving, very kind, and always helpful to others and enjoyed doing a good deed.”

For example, their father said, the boys

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who organized a community vigil in Squirrel Hill the night of the Oct. 27 massacre, and who also serves on the J-Serve steering committee — hopes that the relationships forged between the teens from the two cities will continue, so they can “advocate for gun reform and become leaders together and continue our coalition.”

Glickman said she felt “empowered” being with the Parkland visitors, “because we heard a lot of their stories and the stories of teachers and parents who lost their children.

It was hard, but the fact that they’re here and

Salad: Continued from page 21

plates. Divide the asparagus pieces between the plates and mound them on top of the greens. Spoon the apple dressing over the top of the asparagus and on the greens. Top with the toasted walnuts and serve.

Memories: Continued from page 23

Citrus vinaigrette Pareve

Juice from 1½ lemons ¼ cup orange juice Salt to taste ⅛ cup olive oil

Place all the ingredients in a small bowl.

The recipe can be made to this point a day in advance if refrigerated. Whisk the ingredients together. Drizzle on the spinach salad and toss well. Serve immediately after dressing the salad.

Spring Chicken | Meat Serves eight

8 chicken thighs, bone in and skin on Kosher salt to taste White pepper to taste ⅛ cup olive oil, plus ⅛ cup 1 medium onion, diced fine 3 garlic cloves, minced

would help at synagogue during the High Holidays by putting out the machzors, and setting up tables along with the custodian.

“The boys helped on the breakfast minyans, helped set up the tables and chairs, and even in the kitchen,” Elie said. “They loved people, and it is a legacy they will always be remembered by.”

After Cecil and David were killed, the family began hearing from scores of people who loved them.

“The thing that was so incredible to our entire family was, we knew Cecil and David got around in Pittsburgh — they both knew how to take public transportation — and we knew they knew a lot of people, but honestly so many people came out of the woodwork,

whether they be shop owners or restaurant owners, saying, ‘I know your brother, he’d stop here every Monday and put his hand in the candy dish, or tell me how lovely I looked today,’” said Diane Rosenthal Hirt, sister to Cecil and David. “We were shocked by the outpouring of cards and people saying, ‘Your brothers were so great. We loved them.’ They knew more people than any of us did.”

Judaism was of primary importance to the boys.

“They loved the Jewish holidays,” said their mother. “The most important to them was Shabbos.”

“They would get upset if we didn’t observe,” Diane said. “It was really important for them to go to synagogue on Friday night

and Saturday morning. Family was very important to them as well. Family and being Jewish were just probably the biggest part of their lives.”

The boys had a great relationship with their two 16-year-old nieces, Diane’s daughters. To honor their uncles’ legacy, the girls have started lighting candles when they are home on Friday nights.

The boys were beloved by their fellow congregants, Joy said.

“They didn’t love them because they were special. They loved them because they were Cecil and David.” PJC

they’re happy and they are living life and advocating is very inspiring.”

The Parkland teens were inspired by Pittsburgh as well.

“It’s healing to know there is someone out there that went through the same thing we did, but also heartbreaking to know there are more people out there,” said Lizzie Eaton, a senior at Stoneman Douglas. “That’s why we continue to do this, so we can make sure that no one else has to go through that pain, because it is really traumatic on your life.

That’s why we’re here.”

For Carlitos Rodriguez, a senior at Stoneman Douglas, it is imperative to share a message of love in times of heartbreak.

“We are just doing what we think is best

for our country and the world and for other people, and we are trying to transmit a message of love and care for one another, in unity, to this community that was impacted five months ago,” Rodriguez said. “Our community was impacted 14 months ago, and it is such a big way for us to reflect on how we healed as a community five months in, and seeing how this community has brought together two populations to bring a message of love and that we are stronger than hate.”

It has been “a rough 14 months,” said Stoneman Douglas junior Adam Habona.

“We’ve all been really ignited by this tragedy.

And we are united to do the same thing, to reach the same equilibrium. So, we’re trying

to stop letting this happen over and over again. It’s been really keeping us together, keeping us as one, and uniting us.”

The Parkland teens have been bringing hope to a traumatized world, according to Stoneman Douglas senior Alyssa Fletcher.

“I have been told that the youth have given hope to everyone no matter what age they are,” Fletcher said. “And I think that by restoring that hope, it is encouraging other people to now speak out, and empowering them to vote, and that’s our purpose — to keep that momentum going into the future and to impact our future generations.” PJC

Olive salad

½ tablespoon sugar 3 to 4 stalks chopped celery 2 tablespoons minced parsley 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1½ teaspoons black pepper 4 to 5 cups spinach leaves 1 cup chopped tomato, garnish

and refrigerate until ready to use. (The olive mixture can be covered and refrigerated for up to five days).

Divide the spinach between eight plates.

Top with 2 to 3 tablespoons of the olive mixture and top with chopped tomatoes.

There will be more than enough olive mixture for this salad. It’s also great on Pesach rolls and matzah.

Note: You can add shredded Monterey Jack or mozzarella. PJC

Pareve | Serves eight

You don’t need to add salt as the olives are salty enough without adding more.

1 cup sliced black olives 1 cup sliced pimiento stuffed green olives, sliced ½ cup olive oil 2 tablespoons minced red onions

Place the black and green olives and olive oil, sugar, red onion, celery, parsley and pepper in a bowl. Mix to combine. Cover

8 ounces mushrooms, sliced 4 Italian plum tomatoes, diced fine ¾ cup kosher-for Passover dry white wine, (such as Borgo Reale pinot grigio or Goose Bay sauvignon blanc) ½ cup chicken broth 2 teaspoons chopped parsley, plus 1 teaspoon ⅛ teaspoon tarragon

medium-low flame for 30-40 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through and the juices run clear, not pink, when pierced with a knife. If the broth bubbles too quickly, reduce the flame.

The recipe can be made to this point and refrigerated. Warm the chicken again before serving.

Move the chicken and sauce to a wide, low bowl. Sprinkle the remaining parsley over the top and serve.

Rinse the chicken under cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

In a deep skillet, briefly heat ⅛ cup of oil over a medium flame. Using tongs, place the thighs in the skillet skin side down. Turn them when they are golden brown and sauté on the other side. Using the tongs, move the chicken to a platter. Remove the skillet from the flame and, when cool, discard the fat and oil.

In a large saucepan, briefly warm ⅛ cup oil.

Sauté the onion, garlic, mushrooms and tomatoes until a bit of sauce forms. Move the chicken to the saucepan, skin side up. Add 2 teaspoons of parsley and the tarragon. Pour on the wine and chicken broth. Stir the ingredients gently.

Cover the saucepan and simmer over a

Chocolate-dipped almond macaroons

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cups blanched, slivered almonds cup sugar egg whites teaspoon kosher-for-Passover vanilla, such as Lieber’s Imitation vanilla extract 12 ounces kosher-for-Passover semisweet chocolate, such as Lieber’s real chocolate chips

In a food processor, grind the almonds fine, until they look like coarse sand. Reserve.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cover

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three baking sheets with parchment paper.

Place the almonds, sugar and egg white in a large mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat until the ingredients are well combined and stick together. Using a teaspoon, scoop up the dough and drop it onto the parchment paper.

The macaroons will be irregular in shape.

Place 12 macaroons on each baking sheet.

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until light brown. The macaroons will be soft when removed from the oven. Wait five minutes and move the macaroons to a large platter.

They will firm up as they cool.

Meanwhile, set up a double boiler. Pour 2 inches of water in the bottom part. Place the chocolate in the top part and put on the lid. Bring the water to a fast simmering boil. Stir occasionally until the chocolate is completely melted. Remove the top part of the double boiler from the bottom. Let the chocolate cool to warm with the lid on.

Dip about half of each macaroon in the chocolate. Let the excess chocolate drip back into the double boiler. Place the macaroons on the platter. Wait for the chocolate to harden slightly. Cover loosely with aluminum foil and refrigerate until two hours before serving. PJC APRIL 12, 2019 25

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Spring cleaning the Torah way Dahlia Pearl Braver became a bat mitzvah on March 23 in a beautiful ceremony overlooking the old city of Jerusalem. She was proudly joined by family members and Israeli friends. Dahlia’s parents are Molly (Davis) and Justin Braver, and her brother is Simon, age 9. Her grandparents are Marian and Stan Davis, Cheryl Braver and the late Jeffrey Braver. Dahlia volunteers with Repair the World and attends Camp Ramah in Canada. On Friday, April 12, Dahlia will assist in leading the Temple Sinai congregation in Shabbat services.

Aaron Smith, son of Carol and Joshua Smith, brother of Abigail Smith, grandson of Sharon and Steve Jubelier of Charleston, W.Va., and Michael Jacobs of Groton, Mass., will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, April 13, at Congregation Beth Shalom. In the seventh grade at Colfax, Aaron plays violin and is an avid reader.

Isaac Tabachnick, son of Sarah Hardin and Michael Tabachnick, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, April 13, at 10:30 a.m. at Rodef Shalom Congregation. Isaac attends Pittsburgh Obama Academy. He cares deeply about animals, justice and equality, and his younger sister, Eliana. Isaac enjoys playing baseball and competes on his school’s swim team. For his bar mitzvah project, Isaac will help homeless and rescued animals. PJC

Rabbi Sharyn Henry Parshat Metzora Leviticus 14:1 - 15:33 Shabbat HaGadol

T

he Torah’s sister portions Tazria (last week) and Metzora (this week) are commonly labeled “anachronistic” or “irrelevant,” in that they describe an enigmatic and decidedly unpleasant condition called tzara’at which could affect skin, clothing and even the walls of a home.

While tzara’at is often translated as “leprosy,” it is clearly not the disease we know as leprosy today.

I am intrigued by the notion that whatever this disease or affliction was, it was mostly curable. And yet, the return to health and connection was not brought about by medical or scientific means. Rather, tzara’at was a spiritual problem requiring a spiritual solution. It was the priests, the spiritual leaders, who determined and facilitated the complex process by which the affected person or object was brought back into the state of ritual purity, and back into society.

Our rabbinic sages understood tzara’at as a physical manifestation of internal failings — specifically, the habit of lashon hara, or speaking badly about others. A midrashic pun connects the metzora, the one afflicted with this skin disease, to the motzi shem ra, the one who ruins someone’s reputation by spreading lies about that person (Lev. Rabbah Parashat Metzorah par. 16:6).

Interesting that parshat Metzora comes at a time when so many of us are knee-deep in Pesach cleaning. It is unlikely, of course, that we will discover dark red or green patches of tzara’at — evidence of tzara’at — alongside the crumbs behind the couch. But we might,

if we are honest, find evidence of spiritual ill health within our walls.

Returning to this idea that tzara’at is linked to “evil speech,” what if we were to expand our understanding of pre-Pesach cleaning to include searching for and sweeping away the ways in which we have become lax in our speech with one another? What if we arrived at our Seder tables this year with crumb-free homes as well as a renewed dedication to being more scrupulous with our words?

Another way we might make the Torah portion’s connection between spiritual and physical health this year is to remember that our rabbinic sages linked chametz, the forbidden food of Pesach, with arrogance.

Leavened dough (chametz) rises and swells, just as self-importance “puffs up” a person.

(Matzah, on the other hand, is thin and flat, suggesting humility.) It is interesting to note that not only are we prohibited from eating chametz, we also must not have it in our possession. Rabbi Adam ZagoriaMoffet expands the analogy: Not only are we prohibited from doing things that will lead to arrogance … we must also remove the chametz that is already in our souls.

This analogy leads to a compelling idea.

The Torah passages describing the tzara’at of bodies and dwellings are read during the weeks of searching for and eliminating food and behavior that renders our homes unfit for Pesach. Maybe this year we can institute a new practice, bedikat atzmeinu (searching ourselves) alongside the traditional bedikat chametz (searching for chametz. Our spiritual selves can be as clean as our cabinets! PJC Rabbi Sharyn Henry is rabbi at Rodef Shalom Congregation. This column is a service of the Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinical Association.

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Obituaries ANTIS: Paul Antis, on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Beloved husband of Sharon Antis.

Devoted father of Corey Antis (Melissa Lenos) and Lindsey Antis (Scott Michels).

Grandfather of Madeline Michels. Graveside services and interment were held at The National Cemetery of the Alleghenies.

Contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 1100 Liberty Avenue, Suite #E-201, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or Wounded Warrior Project, 600 River Avenue, Suite #400, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., family owned and operated. schugar.com HELLER: Daniel B. Heller, age 93, of Pittsburgh, on April 4, 2019. Beloved husband of the late Marian R. Heller; loving father of Diane (Eddie) Klein, Karen Heller, and Aaron Heller; grandfather of Korie (Hans) Klein-Groenvynck, Scott (Stephanie) Klein, Logan Textor, Daniel M. Heller, and Jacob Heller; great-grandfather of Tristan, Talia, Kira Groenvynck, and Elliot Klein; brother of the late Charlotte Shapiro, S. Zola, Saul, Al and Bernie Heller; son of the late Morris Emanuel Heller and Sadie Clara Heller.

A graveside service was held at Tree of Life Memorial Park. Memorial contributions can be made to St. Jude’s Research Hospital. stjude. org/donate. Professional services trusted to D’Alessandro Funeral Home & Crematory LTD., (Lawrenceville). dalessandroltd.com

LANDMAN: Estelle Landman of Mt. Lebanon, known to all as Cookie, passed away April 6, two weeks shy of her 90th birthday.

She shared her long and happy life with and is survived by her husband of 68 years, Robert (Bob). Bob and Cookie had a beautiful marriage, a true love affair and partnership.

Together since they were 15, she supported Bob in his every endeavor and laughed at all of his jokes. Cookie had several noteworthy accomplishments of her own. She graduated from University of Pittsburgh and was a school teacher when they first married.

She stopped working to raise their family, which was her pride and joy. When her children were older, she became an entrepreneur, parleying her interest in antiques into a consignment shop in uptown Mt. Lebanon named Twice Treasured. Cookie was kind, gentle yet strong and beautiful inside and out. Everyone that met her loved her, and she never had a bad word to say about anyone.

She and Bob loved to entertain, travel, play golf and dance together. Cookie had a beautiful singing voice and starred in many of the Temple Emanuel and Rolling Hills Country Club shows when she was younger. Cookie is survived by her three children, William

(Beth) Landman, Lynne Turton and Joy (Richard) Mayerson, and her brother Harold (Essie) Garfinkel. She had eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family would like to express its appreciation to her caregiver and companion, Jean Medfisch, who was like a daughter to Cookie. Services were held at Temple Emanuel of South Hills, where Bob and Cookie have been longtime.

Contributions may be made to Alzheimers Association, 1100 Liberty Avenue, Suite E-201, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., family owned and operated. schugar.com LEVITT: Marvin Herbert Levitt, age 86 of Dayton, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. He was born to Sophie and Paul Levitt on January 17, 1933, in Dayton.

Marvin was a proud veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1961. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife of 64 years, Paula, his three children, Mitchel (Patty) of Columbus, Ohio, Wayne (Ilise) of Lake Hopatcong, N.J., and Lee (Karen) of Pittsburgh, five grandchildren whom he adored, Paul and Nicholas Levitt, Alexandra Levitt and Sophie and Noah Levitt. Graveside service was held at the Beth Jacob Cemetery in Dayton.

MARCUS: Madelyn “Madge” Marcus, on Monday, April 1, 2019, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died at the age of 97. Madge was a vital and witty woman who adored her family, friends and mahjong. Born in 1921, Madge said she always felt she had what she needed as a child, even in the midst of the Great Depression. She carried that positive attitude throughout her life. Madge had a wonderful marriage to her husband, Leonard, until his death in 1992. Madge is survived by her children, Bernard and Marsha, and Joyce and Carol Marcus, her grandchildren, Jonathan and Lisa, Daniel and Claire, and Cary and Cassidy Slone, and five treasured great-grandchildren. Great-aunt of Robin and Peter Gordon. Services and interment private. Donations in Madge’s memory may be sent to the Jewish Association on Aging, 200 JHF Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. You may also donate online at jaapgh.networkforgood.com. Arrangements entrusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc., family owned and operated. schugar.com

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THIS WEEK’S YAHRZEITS — Sunday April 14: Harry Balber, Julia Baroff, Morris Cohen, Eva Cooper, Harry Fisher, M.D., David Frank, Steven David Harris, Jean Katzman, Larry J. Klein, Anna Leff, David Levy, Pearl Baskind Sadowsky, Rody S. Verk Monday April 15: Milton Alderman, Eleanor K. Brody, Benjamin Geduldig, Dora Himmel, Dorothy Leah Katz, Anne R. Levy, Samuel Miller, Betty Pearl, Israel Pick, Adele Prizant, Fannie Serbin, Ida Shrut, Sidney A. Uram Tuesday April 16: Celia Apple, Annette L. Smith Bergsman, Helen Harris Berman, Louis Cohen, Eva Diamond, Mervin B. Feldman, Florence Glick, Gertrude N. Hoffman, Nathan H. Isaacs, Sophia E. Israel, Dora Jacobson, David Kalson, Louis Meyer, Morris Schwartz, Nettie Silverberg Wednesday April 17: Steven Beck, Goldie R. Broida, Irving Cowen, Nathan A. Davis, Abraham Glanz, Ruben Heller, George Lurie, Jr., Ruth G. Martin, Hyman Miller, Roberta Morrison, Catherine Neiman, Louis Plesset, Jennie Volkin Thursday April 18: Ella Bails, Freda Berkovitz, Dr. Albert B. Berkowitz, Ida Cohen, Edith Pichel Davis, Freda Gordon, Milton Kelsky, Rosa Klawansky, Esther Kramer, Rosalind Light Kraus, Isadore M. Pollock, Ruth Rosenstein, Julius A. Rudolph, Jacob Segal, Leonard Herbert Shiner, Mel Weinberg, Meyer Young, Helen Zeff Friday April 19: George Apple, Sam Astrov, Morris A. Berman, Gerda Bloch, Nathan Breakstone, Dorothy L. Fisher, Bennie Ginsburg, David Philip Gold, Morris H. Goldenson, Saul Katz, Louis K. Landau, Sara Gluck Lewinter, Abe Mallinger, Jan Steuer Mandell, Eva Perlow, William Wolf Shamberg, Ida R. Thompson Saturday April 20: Jacob Barniker, Gary Allen Braunstein, Julius H. Cohen, Rubin Dafner, Ida Dobkin, Esther Gottesman, Sara R. Levy, Louis Nathan Morris, Rose Myers, Harry Saxen, Rebecca Schulman, Melvin Sherman Shapiro, Libby Sherman, George Simon, Freeda Solomon, Robert Charles Solomon Correction: Marvin Kamin, Tuesday, April 9 | 4 Nissan 5779

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MORITZ: Silbert Moritz died peacefully after a brief illness on Tuesday evening, April 2. He was surrounded by his children. Silbert was born in Beaver Falls, PA on April 23, 1928 and grew up in Hilliards, PA (Butler County) in an enclave of extended family. Silbert graduated from Westinghouse HS and from The University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. He was also a member of the Pitt Dance Band and a lifelong member the Pitt’s Pharmacy Fraternity. While serving in the US Army in 1954 at Fort Monmouth, NJ, he met his future wife Grace and it was love at first sight. Married on May 29, 1955, Silbert worked as a pharmacist in Pittsburgh until fulfilling his dream of owning a store which he did in Export, and eventually a second store in Delmont.

Silbert was an active member of Temple David in Monroeville and upon moving to Pittsburgh became a beloved member of Temple Sinai. He enjoyed golfing, taking Osher classes, playing poker, participating in ROMEO lunches, spending time with his multitude of friends, and he particularly excelled at taking care of those in need, including his wife whom he nurtured through many years of cancer treatment. He was predeceased by Grace in October of 2017.

He is the beloved father of Howard Moritz (Nancy Burk), Lowell Moritz (Paula Beal), Ruth Moritz Allen (Jim) and Susan Moritz Roth (Tom). Grandfather of Alex (Joanna), Simon, Carl, Ben (Jullie), Hillary, Emma, Elizabeth, Izzy, Jacob and step-grandson Ben Berenstein. Great-grandfather of Lydia Allen.

He leaves behind a multitude of both life-long and new friends, who will remember him as a kind and generous soul. Services were held at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. Entombment at Homewood Cemetery. Donations can be made to The Jewish Association on Aging, 200 JHF Drive, Pittsburgh PA 15217, or the Southern Poverty Law Center, 400 Washington Ave, Montgomery, AL 36104. schugar.com POLOWITZ: Shirley (nee Goolst) Polowitz, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully on March 17, 2019, in Pittsburgh. She was born on November 26, 1925 in Boston, Mass. Shirley was predeceased by her husband of 60 years, David, in 2007. The brightest light in all our lives, Shirley is survived by her daughter, Diane (David) Lassman, and her two sons Kenneth (Shelley Katz) and Steven (Candace Caprow). She leaves behind adored and adoring grandchildren, Alix Li, Joshua, Zachary, Mathew, Marisa and Jasyn, and twin great-grandsons, Jack and Nolan.

Shirley carried with her a glow and lust for life, which she shared lovingly with everyone who came her way. Her life, love and kind heart leave us filled with inspiration and joy. She will be greatly missed. A memorial service will be held in the spring, date yet to be determined. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to JFCS Squirrel Hill Food Pantry, 828 Hazelwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. Arrangements are under the direction of Healy Hahn Funeral Home, 512 Grant Ave., Millvale. Online condolences at healyhahnfuneralhomes.com.

RUDOV: Walter Baer Rudov, born October 8, 1927, died Saturday, April 6, 2019, at the Charles Morris Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He had been under Sivitz Jewish Hospice care for

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complications from diabetes.

Born to Rose and David Rudov, Polish immigrants, he was raised in Knoxville where his father struggled as a tailor.

He graduated from South Hills High School and volunteered for the U.S. Navy a year before bombs were dropped in Japan. He received an honorable discharge in 1946 and from the Naval Reserves in 1959.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1948 where he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi. He received his license as a Professional Engineer in 1957. He designed several patents when he was employed by U.S. Steel, initially as a maintenance foreman at the former Duquesne Works. He then moved to corporate headquarters where he was a project manager in Pittsburgh in the engineering organization with worldwide responsibility. He continued in that role for several companies after retirement from U.S. Steel. An early devotee of physical fitness, he was a familiar face at the Jewish Community Center since age 18. He continued lifting weights there until this past autumn. He won numerous sport trophies in tennis, sailing and squash. He was a Renaissance man who enjoyed discussing ideas, wordplay and crossword puzzles. He resumed playing the violin at age 50, having been a prodigy until age 13.

He played for years in the Pittsburgh Civic and Jewish Community Center Orchestras and chamber music groups. He also played guitar and ukulele for sing-alongs at the Anathan House and savored playing piano/ violin duets with his wife, Diane Karp Rudov.

He was unflaggingly devoted to his family and known for his wit, indefatigability and determination. He is survived by his children Marc, Brentwood, Calif.; Mike (Christian Herrera), Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Wendy Huff (David), San Antonio, Texas; sister Sheila Golding, Churchill; brother Melvin Rudov, Squirrel Hill; stepchildren Cara Bloom (Richard Carufel), Joel (Jody) Bloom, Ellen Bloom, Steven Bloom, sister-in-law Elissa Hirsh, brother-in-law Norman (Nancy) Karp, granddaughters Stella and Adaline Bloom and Sydney Neft, several nieces and nephews; former wife, Corinne. He was predeceased by sister Sylvia Klein and wife Florence Herlich Rudov in 1999. Services were held at Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc. Interment Temple Sinai Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Temple Sinai, 5505 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. or the American Diabetes Association, 112 Washington Place, #1520, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. schugar.com SHELPMAN: Shirley Himelblau Sokolsky Shelpman, on Saturday, April 6, 2019. Beloved wife of the late Robert Shelpman and beloved former spouse and lifetime friend of the late Sanford Sokolsky. Beloved mother of Sheila Sten (Thomas Boczkowski). Daughter of the late Sidney and Ann Himelblau. Sister of Alvin (Ellen) Himelblau and the late Ronald Himelblau. Grandmother of Andrea Rachel Sten. Also survived by nieces and nephews.

Shirley was a member of Temple Adath Or of Davie, Fla. Graveside services and interment were held at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery-Temple Emanuel section. Contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 1100 Liberty Avenue, Suite E-201, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

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Jewish Family and Community Services President and CEO Jordan Golin accepted an award for extraordinary leadership from the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies in recognition of his leadership during the Pittsburgh Jewish community’s darkest day on October 27, 2018, and the days that followed. JFCS, along with the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh and the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, worked together from just an hour or two after the event to provide resources for victims, their families and the community at large.

In the ensuing months, JFCS has offered continuous individual and community counseling for anyone affected by the tragedy, published a book of letters of comfort and solidarity from all over the world, and facilitated training in trauma response to community religious and lay leaders. Golin has also presided over JFCS’s upgrade of agency security and a rededication of the agency to continue helping refugees and immigrants.

Rabbi Sharyn Henry (bottom row, third from left) of Pittsburgh’s Rodef Shalom Congregation gathered with rabbis and activists in Washington, D.C., during an advocacy delegation organized by American Jewish World Service in March. The group met with members of Congress and other officials about pressing international human rights issues, including justice for the Rohingya people in Burma, who have suffered genocide; an end to the “global gag rule,” which restricts U.S. funding for lifesaving sexual and reproductive health programs overseas; and human rights in Guatemala. Rabbi Henry is a participant in AJWS’s Global Justice Fellowship, a program designed to inspire, educate, and train American rabbis to become national advocates for human rights in order to affect U.S. policy and advance the AJWS mission to build a more just world for all. In January, Rabbi Henry traveled with the fellowship to Guatemala.

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Community Day School students earn awards More than 24 Community Day School Middle School students participated in the Covestro Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair on Friday, March 29 after earning top awards at the CDS Science Fair.

p From left: JFCS staff Stefanie Small, Dana Gold and Jordan Golin at the NJHSA conference in Atlanta on April 2.

Photo by Megan Manelli of NJSHA p Four sixth-grade students took home prizes at the regional fair including, from left: Sam Tarr (first place), Abigail Naveh and Ilyssa Bails (second place), and Hannah Adelson (fourth place), all in the Behavioral and Consumer Sciences category.

p Seventh-grader Talia Gelman, center, earned third place in the Earth/ Space/Environment category, and eighth-graders Nealey Barak (left) and Owen Lichtenstein received perseverance awards for their science fair success over the course of their Middle School years. The students were mentored in their research by CDS science teacher Kyle Ison.

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GIFT prep Volunteers gather together to prep 200 traditional holiday kits for homebound seniors and those in hospitals and assisted living facilities as part of GIFT’s (giftpgh.org) annual “Passover to GO” program.

p From left: Mardi Steinz, Hilary Spatz, Nechama Hordiner, Eli Hordiner, Simone Rubin and Sara Wulff are helping to prepare kits.

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Community Yeshiva students visit Weinberg Terrace Every Friday afternoon, students at Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh of all ages visit with residents of Weinberg Terrace. Under the guidance of Rochel Shlomo, students help residents fulfill the mitzvot of giving tzedakah and lighting Shabbat candles.

u Sixth-grader Esti Jacobs helps a resident light Shabbat candles.

p Tenth-grader Chana Jacobs takes time to visit with residents and catch up on the week’s events.

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p Matali Trestman, 2, and Avremi Friedman, 5, help a Weinberg Terrace resident with the mitzvah of giving tzedakah.

Holocaust memorial shared at Temple David

During Shabbat services on Friday, March 29 and on Sunday during religious school, Patty Weisser (left), a teacher formerly from North American Martyrs school and now from Mother of Sorrows Catholic School who has done extensive study on the Holocaust — including going to Poland with Classrooms Without Borders — taught congregants and students at Temple David about a unique Holocaust memorial in Berlin in which 80 small colorful signs are posted in a once-Jewish neighborhood. On the back of each simple sign — a picture of a dog or a thermometer or a bench — is written which right was taken away from the Jews and the date on which it happened. Weisser displayed the yellow bench on which her students painted the symbols.

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