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The impact of teen travel to Israel By Len Steinberg
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even years ago, The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee set out on a mission to send Jewish area teens to the State of Israel every year. What came out of this idea was a program our community is now familiar with, The Bob Malkin Young Ambassador Teen Leadership Mission to Israel – a highly subsidized 15-day trip to Israel for Jewish teenagers entering their junior or senior year in high school that has sent over 150 local teenagers to Israel. Many people wait until college for the “Birthright” experience, thinking they will gain more at an older age. However, seeing the impact this Young Ambassadors trip has had on these high-school students will change your outlook. Most Jewish identities have already been shaped by the time students begin college. In comparison, high-school students are continuously developing their views and feelings toward Judaism. This is the time to show them the beautiful State of Israel. When you introduce the State of Israel to someone who has yet to experience life without the immediate guidance of their parents, you’re more likely to find an open-minded approach to viewing the world and what the future has to offer. The students who recently traveled with me to Israel were some of the brightest, most gifted minds I have come across – truly taking home every bit of information given to them and blowing me away by the emotional impact this had on their lives. To watch these 15 teens mature during the few months of pre-mission trainings is just the tip of the iceberg. Seeing it all come together during our stay in Israel is a remarkable treasure. To sum it all up in one line, Michael Broadfoot says, “That’s it, I’m moving here!” These teenagers who are given the opportunity to travel to Israel before college come back to the States and start looking at where they want to
2012 Bob Malkin Young Ambassadors at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv
attend college. And although academics are always a top priority, a new factor has been brought to the table: the Jewish factor. These students seek universities with larger Jewish populations and thriving Hillels and Chabads. Parents are generally shocked when their son or daughter returns and asks them if they can start lighting the candles every Friday night, something that seems too simple but has such a tremendous impact on a person. The reason that our Federation chooses to focus on the teen population is simple. Teenagers already have the mental capacity to understand the importance of visiting Israel and learning about our history and culture. They tend to have more of a sense of urgency when they return home to get involved with Jewish life and strengthen their Jewish identity. These are the students who not only join organizations such as BBYO, USY or NFTY, they are the ones who become presidents of these organizations, achieve spectacular accomplishments and become a voice in our community. To learn more about the Bob Malkin Young Ambassador Teen Leadership Mission to Israel, contact Amber Ikeman at aikeman@jfedsrq.org or 941.371.4546 x105. Look out for future issues of The Jewish News for firsthand accounts of our 2012 Bob Malkin Young Ambassadors’ experiences in Israel this summer.
Why Federation invests in teen trips By Howard Tevlowitz
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or members of the Jewish community, visiting Israel is more than touring a fascinating country and enjoying amazing sights and great food. Jewish travelers strengthen their Jewish identity, Jewish connections and Jewish involvement while in Israel. In essence, Jewish tourists are basically visiting their homeland. Israel is the eternal birthright of our Jewish people, linking us to our past and to Jews around the world today. Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID MANASOTA FL PERMIT 167
Sociologist Professor Steve Cohen recently released new data claiming that YOUNG AMERICAN JEWS are becoming MORE ATTACHED to Israel, probably as a result of the many organized educational experiences that the Jewish world offers. The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee is proud to offer a plethora of such programs including
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March of the Living – a March of the Living – transformational experience a life-altering trip By Leah Genn
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Editor’s note: Below is the speech Julianne Simson gave at her recent graduation ceremony at Booker High School. The Federation and its leadership are so proud that she chose to focus her remarks on her experiences on the March of the Living Mission. or the past eighteen years, we have been a part of a system. We have all gone through the K-12 education, whether we wanted to or not. We had to abide by dress codes and show up to class on time. We had to listen to our parents, or deal with the wrath of not listening to them. We have made it to our third graduation. We all are cookie cutters of the thousands of others, also a part of Generation Z...until today. Once we walk out of this room, our true individuality begins. For most of us, we are now eighteen and legal – able to make our own decisions. Many of us will go to college, many of us will not. Many of us will start a family one day, many of us will not. We all truly finally have a chance to lead our own path, and for this we should be excited. We are all entering the real world after high school and will be faced with so many different issues. Which are worth it to get caught up in? A few weeks ago, I returned from a life-altering trip, where I visited the evidence of the Holocaust in Poland. Before going, I was really nervous and almost predicted what I would see and feel. However, I learned a lot about myself on this trip. For starters, I realize that I can be extremely introverted – which is shocking for those of you who know me and wonder when I will ever stop talking. I learned so much about the atrocity to which I now find a personal connection, but there is a lot more that I have gained than just knowledge, facts and emotion. My outlook on life has totally gone for a curveball. During my trip, we visited the extermination camp Auschwitz and I have never spent a day more silent than this. After a while one of the girls
are is the experience that completely tears you down emotionally in seven days and builds you right back up the following week. March of the Living is such an experience. As part of the Southern Region, I joined one hundred and twenty high school peers, chaperones, Holocaust survivors and adult leaders on a journey to understand the Jewish people, our people. During our week in Poland, textbook pages and testimony became real. We all stood and prayed, cramped and united, in an original cattle car that had transported Polish Jews to their deaths at various concentration camps. We said the Mourner’s Kaddish in the Auschwitz Crematorium, enclosed by the desperate scratches on the walls around us. Six and a half decades have seemed to dull the horrific nature of the Holocaust, as demonstrated by the museum atmosphere at Auschwitz, the fast food restaurants standing where the prisoners were first sorted, and the hotel across the street. At Birkenau, we gathered around a manmade retention pond that contained fish swimming around disintegrated human bone. In the Lupochowa Forest, we witnessed three mass graves containing the bodies of three thousand Tikocin Jews. Majdanek was exactly what I pictured Hell to look like, with the objects of torture still laying around the barracks and an immense pile of Jewish ashes assaulting your whole being. Such sights overwhelm you, as your brain attempts unsuccessfully to comprehend how human beings can be so cruel and sadistic to men and women who shared more in common with them than differences. What kept our faith in humanity intact during this first part of the trip were the instances of beauty and courage we found. We heard the story of a rabbi risking his life in Birkenau to pray with
Leah Genn and Orna Nissan
Leah Genn, Julianne Simson, Haley Eiffert
young boys before they were sent to the gas chambers. Throughout the actual March from Auschwitz to Birkenau, an incredible spirit of hope and survival clung to each and every participant. During the ceremony at Birkenau, Rabbi Lau, the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv and a Holocaust survivor, was informed of the birth of his granddaughter, a testament to the vitality of the Jewish people after such destruction was forced upon them. In the Lupochowa Forest, such life existed with hundreds of birds chirping right above the tall green trees. I wondered if somehow the lives that were taken so horrifically have transformed into these beautiful beings, vocal with passion, freedom and life. They deserve to be memorialized in such a fashion. week in Israel exemplified the bright future that can be created from the depths of loss and devastation. We were astonished at the exquisiteness in the magnificent blue of the Mediterranean surrounding Caesarea and the grottos of Rosh Hanikra. We witnessed a country honor its fallen soldiers during Yom HaZikaron in Kiryat Yam. The names of each and every man and woman from our Sister City who was killed in battle since the War of Independence in 1948 were called. The solemnity of the day ended as Israel transitioned into Yom HaAtzmaut, the most joyous day of the year. We all enjoyed an incredible night on Ben Yehuda Street, celebrating the independence of the State of Israel with Israelis, fellow Marchers and other tourists. March of the Living fully transforms your emotions and previously-held beliefs about the horrors of the Holocaust and the hope-filled creation of the Jewish State of Israel. I will forever hold with me the images I witnessed, the friends I made, and the dreams that continue to exist for the future of our people. To learn more about March of the Living, contact Orna Nissan at onissan @jfedsrq.org or 941.371.4546 x104.
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turned to me and asked if I was okay because I hadn’t said anything. I wasn’t. I told the girls that I was upset because I overheard people complaining about their first-world problems when we just left Auschwitz and were still on its property where millions died tragically. That day made me realize that some things just aren’t a big deal. Overall, we have a lot more blessings than tragedies in our life, and we should reevaluate all that we have before we start complaining. While I learned more and more about the stories of the Holocaust, I realized that it was all so personal. Every person had a name, a family, aspirations. When I saw the Holocaust survivors and the numbers of those killed, I could only think that they had no opportunity for the future. We do. Each of us can excitedly live each day to its fullest. As you leave this school of great diversity, remember to accept, not just merely tolerate, others for who they ARE, not who they AREN’T. I challenge each of you to keep these newfound lessons in mind as you start becoming your own person and lead your own life. I want us all to take a moment to find one lesson you gained here at Booker High School. Be open minded and open to change. Remember this lesson and take it with you, then instill it in a future generation. Look around the room and take a mental picture of the faces around you. These are the faces of not just today, but the future. You are all going to change the world, whether in little steps or big steps. Our generation only has one shot and it is up to each of us to try our best, to do our best. Hold on to this moment because it won’t come back again. This milestone in your life known as high school graduation is just a part of a process, an open door with many paths to choose. But the best part is that YOU get to choose it. Walk out the doors today proud to be you, a Booker High School grad of the fantastic and best class of 2012!
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The Jewish News welcomes Roy Schneider as new Joseph J. Edlin Journalism intern Staff Report
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he staff and leadership of The his “real-world” experience, which Jewish News are proud to wel- included working as a server at Fresh come Roy Schneider as this Start Cafe and also assisting businesses year’s Joseph J. Edlin Journalism In- in using social media. tern. This paid internship program, Roy recently answered a few quesgenerously funded by Sarasota resi- tions about himself and his desire to dent Miriam “Mimi” Edlin work with The Jewish and her family through the News. Joseph J. Edlin EndowWhy did you decide to ment Summer Journalism apply for the Joseph J. Internship Fund, provides Edlin Journalism Inan opportunity for an area ternship program? student, age 16-22, to get It is a great opportunity real-world experience with to expand my writing a professional publication, skills to a professional as well as learn about the level as well as underJewish nonprofit world. stand how the newspaThe endowment fund is per publishing process Roy Schneider administered by the Jewworks on a local level. ish Federation of St. Louis; the St. Journalism gives the writer a certain Louis Jewish Light publication is also structure to adhere to with the ability a beneficiary of the fund. to be creative with many of the media Roy is a very busy young man, in a certain written work. It was also a having recently graduated first in his great opportunity to get involved with class from Sarasota Virtual School. He our Federation. took advantage of this correspondence How has your upbringing helped you program as an opportunity to pursue a develop your interest and skills? dance career at the San Francisco Ballet I am fortunate to have notably supportSchool as well as to enhance his online ive parents who did not hold me back and computer skills. Due to an injury from any programs that weren’t convenand evolving interests, he decided to tional or mainstream. They recognized return home from the program in Feb- my inclination to create and motivatruary to finish high school and expand ed me to enroll in dance, writing and
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other arts-related programs and activities throughout my primary school years as they saw them make me smile. My family’s move to very arts-driven Sarasota from Israel at the age of seven was also a crucial step. What are your plans after graduation? My plan is to start at the State College of Florida in the fall to complete my basic course requirements before transferring to a university, which will be chosen once a specific major is finalized. What do you like to do in your free time? I like to fill up my free time with different art/design projects, writing, reading, A note from Mimi Edlin: To choose one winner from an astounding group of accomplished students is a formidable task. With the invaluable help of Kim Mullins [Federation Communications Director], I was able to make a choice. Ten outstanding young students vied for a journalism internship which I fund annually through The Jewish News of The Jewish Federation of SarasotaManatee. These candidates are the cream of the crop – eager, smart, involved in an array of school activities,
traveling and enjoying beach-related activities. Additionally, I can never go wrong with a quality movie or TV show that delivers comedic satisfaction! Lastly, what are you reading now? I am currently reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson and current articles of The New Yorker. For more information about the Joseph J. Edlin Journalism Internship Program, please contact Kim Mullins at 941.371.4546 x103 or kmullins@ jfedsrq.org. Be sure to look out for Roy’s first article in the September issue of The Jewish News.
savvy participants in Jewish youth organizations, excellent writers, thinkers and planners. They are people who have assumed leadership roles in their schools and communities. I am so proud of our local Jewish youth. I underwrite a similar internship in St. Louis, where I lived for many years, and I’m bowled over by their past achievements, their present projects and commitments, and their future aspirations. I wish Roy the best of luck!
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Syria – Separating fact from fiction By Rabbi Howard A. Simon, Chair of The Robert and Esther Heller Israel Advocacy Initiative
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y the time you read this article, senting the Assad regime, continue to the death toll in Syria, perpe- kill innocent people, focusing their attrated by the military under the tacks on women and children who are direction of President Bashar al-Assad, defenseless. The fact is UN special enwill have risen to more voy Kofi Annan continues to make visit after visit to than 15,000 poor, defenseSyria preaching his peace less citizens in the sixteen plan, a plan President months that have passed Assad says is excellent, since nonviolent protestors began calling for Asbut one he will not implement, for it is totally opsad’s departure and a new government. The world, posed to his primary goal of staying in power. including the United States government, stands by The fact is that at a shaking their heads, deplorrecent NATO summit meeting in Chicago, those ing what is taking place in Rabbi Howard A. Simon in attendance showed no Syria, but doing nothing to counteract the reality that is Syria today. support whatsoever for an American It leads us to ask what is fact and what and NATO-led air strike against Syria. is fiction in this ever so deadly part of Assad counts on this inaction to allow him to continue to wage war against the world? The facts are that gunmen, repre- any group that opposes him. The fact
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is a dozen nations have expelled Syrian diplomats from their countries as a protest against the horror that is Syria today. This makes for interesting press, but means nothing to Assad and his followers who could care less about diplomats residing in foreign countries. All he cares about is that the world continues to turn its back on the Syrian people who are systematically being destroyed town by town, village by village. And what about the fictions that exist in this part of the world? First is President Assad’s blaming “armed terrorists” for the continued rise in deaths in his land. The killers are Assad’s men, backed by him and urged to continue the massacre on a daily basis. The next fiction is that the UN, Kofi Annan and the world really care about what is happening in Syria. The issues are talked to death, but nothing is done to end the
Assad regime or relieve the sorrow that afflicts the Syrian people. The result is death, destruction, mayhem and one man clinging to power with the support of Vladimir Putin and the Russian government, who do not wish to see a democracy or any other form of government arise in Syria. The reality that is Syria today is a shanda, an embarrassment for the free world, a situation that will go from bad to worse. The longer the world waits to react to this nightmare the worse it will become, especially for the children – the poor, neglected, slaughtered children. To learn about how you can get involved with the Heller IAI, please visit www. helleriai.org or contact Kim Mullins at kmullins@jfedsrq.org or 941.371.4546 x103.
teen trips...continued from page 1A the Bob Malkin Young Ambassadors program, the Schiff SKIP (Send a Kid to Israel) program, March of the Living, Birthright Israel and MASA grants. From partial scholarships to fully subsidized leadership trips, your Jewish Federation is committed to providing area teens with opportunities for Israel travel. The results of these trips are astounding. Teens return home with a more vivid picture of Israel. They frequently acquire or strengthen friendships with other participants, and sometimes with Israelis as well; most are more willing and able to advocate Israel’s cause in organized and informal settings; some become more involved in their local youth group or synagogue; some become more religiously observant; and many become interested in returning to Israel, with a few even making aliyah! For many, these changes are both enduring and dramatic. Furthermore, trips such as these provide amazing growth opportunities for our teens. They are challenged emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, socially and physically while in Israel. For many, the trip provides a genuine feeling of independence that many teens have never previously experienced.
Whether it is immersing themselves in the intense Jewish society of Israel, hiking for several days in a row, confronting a foreign culture, being totally away from family, or making new friends quickly, these students must learn to cope with new intellectual, physical and social challenges; and most do so, to their own immense satisfaction. Over the past decade, more than 200 teens and college-aged students were able to visit Israel through the direct financial support our Jewish Federation. These teens have and will continue to grow more attached to Israel. Just by being Jewish college students, these teens may find themselves expected to respond to the assault on Israel’s legitimacy, and their visit to Israel will play a key factor in their ability to address these accusations. Israel is an imperative part of our Jewish Federation mission, and that connection to Israel and with her people is an essential part of our educational and engagement role and responsibility. For more information about the programs listed above, please contact Amber Ikeman at aikeman@jfedsrq.org or 941.371.4546 x105.
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PUBLISHER The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee Klingenstein Jewish Center 580 McIntosh Road Sarasota, FL 34232-1959 Phone: 941.371.4546 Fax: 941.378.2947 E-mail: jewishnews@jfedsrq.org Website: www.jfedsrq.org Published Monthly Volume 42, Number 8 August 2012 36 pages in two sections USPS Permit No. 167 September 2012 Issue Deadlines: Editorial: July 27, 2012 Advertising: August 1, 2012 PRESIDENT Nelle Miller EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Howard Tevlowitz ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Marty Haberer COMMUNICATIONS CO-CHAIRS David Gruber, Linda Lipson MANAGING EDITOR Ted Epstein CREATIVE MANAGER Christopher Alexander ADVERTISING SALES Robin Leonardi PROOFREADERS Adeline Silverman, Stacey Edelman JOSEPH J. EDLIN JOURNALISM INTERN Roy Schneider MISSION STATEMENT: The Jewish News of Sarasota-Manatee strives to be the source of news and features of special interest to the Jewish community of Sarasota-Manatee, to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and opinions in the Jewish community, and to communicate the mission, activities and achievements of the Federation and its Jewish community partners. OPINIONS printed in The Jewish News of Sarasota-Manatee do not necessarily reflect those of The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, its Board of Directors or staff. SUBMISSIONS to The Jewish News are subject to editing for space and content, and may be withheld from publication without prior notice. Approval of submissions for publication in either verbal or written form shall always be considered tentative, and does not imply a guarantee of any kind. Submissions must be sent electronically to jewishnews@jfedsrq.org. LETTERS to the editor should not exceed 300 words, must be typed, and include the writer’s name, mailing address and phone number. Letters can be submitted via snail mail or e-mail (jewishnews@jfedsrq.org). Not all letters will be published. Letters may be edited for length and content. ADVERTISING: Publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertisement and may require the words “Paid Advertisement” in any ad. Publication of advertisements does not constitute endorsement of products, services or ideas promoted therein.
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ewish Family & Children’s Service volunteers offer mentor and tutor services for at-risk youth referred to our school-based programs at Emma E. Booker Elementary and Booker and McIntosh Middle Schools. The impact volunteers have on these youth can be life altering for both the adult and the child. Serving as positive adult role models, volunteers provide social, emotional and academic support to help youth foster positive life skills and increase educational achievement. “The JFCS mentor program provides a one-to-one relationship for a child to have with an adult to talk about life and help translate those experiences into something positive,” stated Suki Sellinger, JFCS Mentor Volunteer. The goal of the JFCS mentor pro-
gram is to improve academic achievement, self-esteem, social competence, and avoid further problem/high-risk behavior. By initiating a caring relationship between a trained adult and an at-risk youth, our volunteers help children achieve their potential. The JFCS one-on-one approach to tutoring is unique since we are personally committed to seeing each of our students excel both in the classroom, and in life. JFCS volunteer tutors promote independent learning and thinking to enhance student confidence and ensure academic success. Please contact Caroline Zucker, Coordinator of Volunteer Resources, at 941.366.2224 or czucker@jfcs-cares. org to get started. School begins on Monday, August 20 and volunteers will be needed this fall to mentor and tutor
JFCS offers Bereavement Support Group By Andria Keil Bilan, JFCS VP of Development
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he Bereavement Support Group is offered through the Jewish Family & Children’s Service Jewish Healing Program, funded in part by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. Thanks to the support of the Federation, the Bereavement Groups are offered at no charge as a community service by JFCS. Based on a Jewish approach to mourning and healing the soul, the Bereavement Support Group is scheduled for six consecutive weeks throughout the year. Each hour-and-a-half session has its own topic such as the normal process of grief, a roadmap for healing, the role of prayer, how to keep memories alive, and healing. “It’s important that people experiencing grief can turn to someone for support,” Susan Finkelstein, RN, MAS,
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Association of Jewish Libraries Local support instrumental honors Sylvia Firschein in rededication of By Arlene Hamburger Camp Coleman Hillman Chapel ylvia Haft Firschein, who passed Libraries and to Jewish librarianship.
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away in May 2011, was the librar- The AJL is an international institution ian at Temple Beth Sholom for that was dear to Sylvia’s heart. She founded the local chapmany years. She was also active in the wider Jewish ter, which now bears her name, and attended many community as a volunteer AJL conventions. Shortly with the Anchin Pavilion, before she died, Sylvia Jewish Family & Children’s was preparing to attend the Service, the Brandeis University Alumni Association, 2011 AJL Convention in Montreal. and many other institutions in her chosen role as a preSylvia Firschein was a mentor, educator and beserver and communicator Sylvia Firschein of Jewish culture. loved friend to many in Now, her daughter Merry has re- the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish commuceived a posthumous award – the “Fan- nity. We can be proud that she has been ny Goldstein Merit Award” – honoring honored and, at the same time, sad that Sylvia on behalf of her work and con- she did not live to receive the award tributions to the Association of Jewish herself.
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lans for the Sarasota Jewish Chorale’s 14th continuous season have been finalized by Bookings Chair Susan Gleeksman. Highlights of 2012 include performances at the Federation’s November 8 Kristallnacht Service, Temple Emanuel’s December 7 Chanukah Service, and Sarasota Folk Club’s December 17 holiday program.
Confirmed dates for 2013 include January 13 for the Temple Beth El of Northport Sisterhood, and March 15 for Temple Beth Israel’s Shabbat service. Details to follow. The Sarasota Jewish Chorale invites experienced choral singers to join the group. Call Martha Kesler at 941.955.1021 or Arlene Stolnitz at 941.492.6944 for more information.
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n a recent Friday night at URJ Camp Coleman in Cleveland, Georgia, Shabbat was welcomed with the singing and praying typical of any Jewish summer camp. However, the experience this summer at Coleman is enhanced because of the recent renovation and rededication of the camp’s Hillman Chapel, thanks in large part to a generous donation to the project by Rabbi Geoff and Sue Huntting and their children. The rededication service featured camper readings, blessings led by song leaders and rabbis, words from the camp director and several speeches, including one by Sue Huntting, who was invited especially for the occasion. Jacob Carnes, a fifth-grade student at Temple Sinai and a second-year camper, shared with the camp what makes Shabbat at
The bimah area of the renovated Hillman Chapel
camp holy. “When we dress in white, we do this to show holiness and respect for Shabbat. The Shabbat song session is one of my favorite times because
Sue Huntting (far right) with campers and staff from Temple Sinai
it makes me feel alive and full of energy.” Sue, whose children attended Coleman as campers and staff, and who herself served on the faculty for eight years, spoke about how camp had shaped her life and the life of her family. She ended her remarks with a charge to the campers. “If you’ve had a good summer, thank your parents. And thank your rabbi. And thank your grandparents or your temple’s scholarship committee or your Federation or whomever else made it possible for you to come to camp this summer. They have given you a gift – the gift of camp.”
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Directory of Local Temples and Organizations Temples CHABAD OF BRADENTON & LAKEWOOD RANCH 5712 Lorraine Road, Bradenton, FL 34211 • Telephone: 941.752.3030 Fax: 941.752.3838 • E-Mail: info@chabadofbradenton.com Website: www.chabadofbradenton.com • Rabbi Mendy Bukiet CHABAD OF SARASOTA AND MANATEE COUNTIES 7700 Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL 34238 • Telephone: 941.925.0770 • E-Mail: info@chabadofsarasota.com Website: www.chabadofsarasota.com • Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz CHABAD OF VENICE & NORTH PORT 2169 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice, FL 34293 • Telephone: 941.493.2770 • E-Mail: info@chabadofvenice.com Website: www.chabadofvenice.com • Rabbi Sholom Schmerling CONGREGATION FOR HUMANISTIC JUDAISM Unity Hall, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, FL 34231 • Telephone: 941.929.7771 • Website: www.chj-sarasota.org • Madrikhim: Martin Kotch, Betty Pelletz CONGREGATION KOL HaNESHAMA (Reconstructionist) Services held at South Gate Comm. Ctr., 3145 Southgate Cir., Sarasota, FL 34239 • Telephone: 941.244.2042 • Email: info@congkh.org Website: www.congkh.org • Spiritual Leaders Reb Jennifer Singer and Cantor Neil Newman CONGREGATION NER TAMID (Unaffiliated) The Lodge, 4802 B 26th St. W. , Bradenton, FL 34207 Mailing Address: P. O. Box 10261, Bradenton, FL 34282 • Telephone: 941.755.1231 • E-Mail: shalom@nertamidflorida.org Website: www.nertamidflorida.org • Rabbinic Advisor: Rabbi Barbara Aiello • Service Leader: Rena Morano JEWISH CENTER OF VENICE (Independent) 600 N. Auburn Road, Venice, FL 34292 • Telephone: 941.484.2022 • E-Mail: jcvenice@verizon.net Website: www.jewishcenterofvenice.org • Rabbi Daniel Krimsky • Cantor Marci Vitkus TEMPLE BETH EL BRADENTON (Reform) 4200 32nd Street West, Bradenton, FL 34205 • Telephone: 941.755.4900 Fax: 941.755.2023 • E-Mail: tbebradentonfl@yahoo.com Website: www.templebethelbradenton.com • Rabbi Harold F. Caminker, D.D. • Cantor Alan Cohn TEMPLE BETH EL - NORTH PORT JEWISH CENTER (Conservative) 3840 S. Biscayne Drive, North Port, FL 34287 • Telephone: 941.423.0300 • Email: president@templebethel-np.org Website: www.templebethel-np.org • Religious Leader: Cantor Lyle Rockler TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL (Reform) 567 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, FL 34228 • Telephone: 941.383.3428 Fax: 941.383.9164 • E-Mail: info@tbi-lbk.org Website: www.tbi-lbk.org • Rabbi Jonathan R. Katz TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM (Conservative) 1050 South Tuttle Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34237 • Telephone: 941.955.8121 Fax: 941.365.4099 • E-mail: info@templebethsholomfl.org Website: www.templebethsholomfl.org • Rabbi Joel Mishkin • Hazzan Jeffrey Weber TEMPLE EMANU-EL (Reform) 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota, FL 34232 • Telephone: 941.371.2788 Fax: 941.371.1130 • Email: info@sarasotatemple.org Website: www.sarasotatemple.org • Rabbi Brenner J. Glickman TEMPLE SINAI (Reform) 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota, FL 34231 • Telephone: 941.924.1802 Fax: 941.925.2455 • Email: office@templesinai-sarasota.org Website: www.templesinai-sarasota.org • Rabbi Geoffrey Huntting • Hazzan Cliff Abramson
This directory is updated each year in the August issue of The Jewish News as well as in the annual Connections magazine.
Organizations AIPAC – AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Jacki Waksman, North & Central Florida Area Director, 954.653.9053 or jwaksman@aipac.org; www.aipac.org AJC (AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE), West Coast Florida Chapter Brian Lipton, Regional Director, 941.365.4955 or liptonb@ajc.org; www.ajc.org AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY, Gulf Coast Chapter Jennifer Singer, Chapter Director, 941.378.1500 or jennifer@ats.org; www.ats.org ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE 561.988.2900 or florida@adl.org; www.adl.org ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL JEWISH ARTISTS Kim Sheintal, 941.921.1433 or klapshein@aol.com BBYO NORTH FLORIDA REGION Marissa Feinman, Program Director, 407.645.5933 x292 or mfeinman@bbyo.org; www.northfloridabbyo.org B’NAI B’RITH INTERNATIONAL Programming/membership, 941.302.4500 BRANDEIS NATIONAL COMMITTEE Rookie Shifrin, President, 941.907.0985 or rookies@me.com HADASSAH, SaBra Chapter Lee Ruggles, Organization VP, 941.924.1338 or lruggles.sabra@gmail.com THE JEWISH CLUB AT LAKEWOOD RANCH Lenny Drexler, thejewishclubatlwr@gmail.com JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN’S SERVICE Rose Chapman, LCSW, President/CEO, 941.366.2224 or info@jfcs-cares.org; www.jfcs-cares.org JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Kim Sheintal, President, 941.921.1433 or klapshein@aol.com; www.jgsswf.org JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF SARASOTA COUNTY POST 172 Stuart Krupkin, Commander, 941.342.3413 or skkrup@yahoo.com JEWISH NATIONAL FUND Uri Smajovits, Regional Director, 727.536.5263 or usmajovits@jnf.org; www.jnf.org NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW), Sarasota-Manatee Section NCJW’s 24-hour answering service, 941.342.1855; www.ncjw.org ORT AMERICA Andrew Polin, Associate Director, Florida Gulf Coast Region, 541.501.2090 or apolin@ortamerica.org Ann Baum, GulfsidePalm co-President, 941.355.7200 Barbara Berliner, GulfsidePalm co-President, 941.907.0317 or melberliner@aol.com Kim Sheintal, GulfsidePalm co-President, 941.921.1433 or klapshein@aol.com Janet Glazer, SaraMana co-President, 941.893.5015 or janetpglazer@gmail.com Andrea Kas, SaraMana co-President, 941.756.7542 or andreakas@ymail.com Larry Mandel, Men’s co-Coordinator, 941.751.4849 or larryofliberty@verizon.net Sydney Weinstein, Men’s co-Coordinator, 941.739.2244 or judithwein@aol.com RAFI (Relatives and Friends of Israelis) Harriet Joy Epstein, 941.342.1818 or hjesarasota@yahoo.com SARASOTA JEWISH CHORALE Susan Skovronek, 941.355.8011; Arlene Stolnitz, 941.492.6944; www.sarasotajewishchorale.org SARASOTA LIBERAL YESHIVA Marden David Paru, Dean, 941.379.5655 or mardenparu@comcast.net SARASOTA-MANATEE RABBINIC ASSOCIATION Rabbi Jonathan Katz, President, jrkatz1@aol.com SARASOTA SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION Betty Greenspan, City Director for Tel Mond Israel, 941-706-3239 or CD_Israel@SisterCities.org; www.sarasotasistercities.org/Tel_mond.html STATE OF ISRAEL BONDS, Florida West Coast Reva Azneer Pearlstein, Assistant Director, 727.539.6445 or reva.pearlstein@israelbonds.com; www.israelbonds.com SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL OF SARASOTA-MANATEE COUNTIES, INC. Laurie Lachowitzer, President; 941.927.3636 or laurietemple@verizon.net ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, Sarasota/Manatee chapter Dr. Brent Rubin, President, info@ZOAsarasota.org; www.ZOAsarasota.org
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Sarasota-Manatee Synagogue Council announces Annual Community-Wide Synagogue Open House Find your Jewish family
By Laurie Lachowitzer, Synagogue Council President
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he Annual Community-Wide Synagogue Open House will take place on Sunday, August 26 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Ten of the area’s congregations – from Bradenton to North Port – will be welcoming prospective members. This is a wonderful opportunity to tour their facilities and meet the clergy, staff and lay leadership of these synagogues. Representatives will be on hand to showcase the various offerings, auxiliaries and programs that each temple offers. It is a great way to get a taste of what each congregation is all about. There is no cost to attend, no reservations are required and most, if not all, will offer refreshments. The ten participating congregations comprise the membership of the Synagogue Council of Sarasota-Manatee and represent various denominations and sizes. They will be looking for-
ward to seeing you at (in alphabetical order) Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Congregation Kol HaNeshama, Congregation Ner Tamid, Jewish Congregation of Venice, Temple Beth El (Bradenton), Temple Beth El (North Port), Temple Beth Israel, Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Emanu-El and Temple Sinai. Addresses and phone numbers can be found in the Event Fact Sheet at right. While it will be the dead of summer, the timing is planned so that interested people are able to commit to a temple family prior to the High Holidays and the start of religious school classes. Most congregations are sensitive to the economic times and will make financial arrangements to accommodate a person’s ability to pay. Don’t let monetary concerns keep you from visiting. Our Sarasota-Manatee community is unique in the way that our congrega-
These we honor
ANNUAL CAMPAIGN IN MEMORY OF Wendy Howard Lawrence Press Sandra and Frank Kaplan Jerry and Beverly Enerfeld Lola Hoenig Patricia Hershorin Sam and Sally Shapiro
BOB MALKIN YOUNG AMBASSADORS GET WELL Martin Ross Judy Weinstein
IN MEMORY OF Milton Lucow Ruth and Joe Golov Wendy Howard Judy Weinstein MAZEL TOV Peggy Greenwald Rebecca and Rich Bergman
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND MAZEL TOV Jay and Bobbie Saphier – 60th anniversary Alan Roomberg
DORIS LOEVNER FUND MAZEL TOV Jay and Bobbie Saphier – 60th anniversary Joan Feder
Schiff SKIP (Send a Kid to Israel) GET WELL Bernie Katz Patricia* and Richard Hershorin Karen Moss Patricia* and Richard Hershorin * of blessed memory
Myrna Herman Patricia* and Richard Hershorin Martin Ross Lois Stulberg
IN MEMORY OF Wendy Howard Bryna and Howard Tevlowitz Patti and David Wertheimer Lois Stulberg Patricia Hershorin Irene and Marty Ross Bernice Stern Patti and David Wertheimer Bryna and Howard Tevlowitz Doris Idelson Patricia* and Richard Hershorin Marge Sharff Patricia* and Richard Hershorin Herbert C. Lee Patricia* and Richard Hershorin Norma Sprinz Patricia* and Richard Hershorin Joel Fedder’s brother Susan and Lenny Landau Ellen VanDernoot Lois Stulberg
MAZEL TOV Bert Rapowitz Patricia* and Richard Hershorin David Spevac – 100th birthday Patricia* and Richard Hershorin Jay and Bobbie Saphier – 60th anniversary Patricia* and Richard Hershorin Stanley and Cynthia Wright Irene and Marty Ross Florence Katz - birthday Howard and Betty Isermann
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tions work with a spirit of cooperation to coordinate this event. This simultaneous Open House is not something that
occurs often in other cities and it says a lot about the collaboration and goodwill that exists in this part of the world.
Event Fact Sheet: Community-Wide Synagogue Open House Sunday, August 26, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The ten congregations listed below (in alphabetical order) will be hosting individual Open Houses for prospective members. Cong. for Humanistic Judaism (Humanistic) Unity, 3023 Proctor Rd., Sarasota 941.929.7771 Congregation Kol HaNeshama (Reconstructionist) 3145 Southgate Circle, Sarasota 941.244.2042 Cong. Ner Tamid (Non-affiliated) The Lodge, 4802 B 26th St., Bradenton 941.755.1231 Jewish Congregation of Venice (Non-affiliated) 600 Auburn Road, Venice 941.484.2022
Temple Beth El, Bradenton (Reform) 4200 32nd Street West, Bradenton 941.755.4900 Temple Beth El, North Port (Conservative) 3840 S. Biscayne Dr., North Port 941.423.0300 Temple Beth Israel (Reform) 567 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key 941.383.3428 Temple Beth Sholom (Conservative) 1050 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota 941.955.8121 Temple Emanu-El (Reform) 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota 941.371.2788 Temple Sinai (Reform) 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota 941.924.1802
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Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Housing Council appoints new board members
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here are a few new faces on the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Housing Council Board of Trustees. At the organization’s annual meeting, Board President Ken Stock announced the appointments of Joseph Paul Bornstein, Eugene A. Schiller, Louis Siegel and Alan G. Silverglat. The four bring vast experience from the worlds of corporate finance, law, human resources, risk management and medicine. Joseph Paul Bornstein received his JD degree from the George Washington School of Law. Currently the executive director of the KBR Foundation, he also has been director of
the Jefferson Scholars Foundation and the Jewish Club of Lakewood Ranch. Bornstein also was managing partner at the public accounting firm of Bornstein, Harab, Redler, Lipton, Freedman and Fig, LLC and the law firm Bornstein and Marin, LLC, concurrently. Eugene A. Schiller received his master’s degree in public administration from the University of Hartford. Most recently he was the Deputy Executive Director of the Southwest Water Management District. Other financial positions include first financial management director for Sarasota County, director of finance and management for the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, and first
Hearing Loop System amplifies accessibility at Temple Emanu-El By David Abolafia
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s part of its ongoing effort to improve accessibility for members and guests, Temple Emanu-El has installed a Hearing Loop System in both its sanctuary and social hall. The new system was designed to allow those with hearing loss to more fully enjoy religious services, speakers and other functions. The Hearing Loop is the only system that sends clear superior sound from a microphone directly into a hearing aid or cochlear implant without interference. Unlike traditional sound amplification systems, a Hearing Loop is not dependent upon sound coming through loudspeakers. In order to access the Hearing Loop System, visitors to Temple Emanu-El must wear a device that has a built-in Telecoil (T-coil). However, the temple does offer portable loop receivers for people whose hearing aids/implants are
not outfitted with T-coils. According to the Hearing Loss Association of Sarasota (HLAS), approximately 110,000 people in Sarasota and Manatee counties – 16.1 percent of the local population – are living with hearing loss. This is the highest incidence in the nation. Hearing Loop Systems have already been installed in many of the theaters in the area, including the Van Wezel, The Players and Sarasota Orchestra. On its website, HLAS indicates that Sarasota, Bradenton and Venice are the first cities in the U.S. to have the majority of their theaters “looped.” Half the funding for Temple EmanuEl’s Hearing Loop System (materials and installation) came from a grant provided by the Anonymous Foundation and the Sarasota Hearing Loss Association. The other half came from individual donations.
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New president brings change to Suncoast Hillels By Linda Wolf, Assistant Director
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illels of the Florida Suncoast be important additions to the new Sunis pleased to announce that coast Hillels governance structure and long-time Tampa Jewish com- strategic planning,” Doliner notes. A munity member, Debbie Doliner, has new governance model has been implebeen elected to a two-year term as pres- mented, with a small, 10-12 member ident of Hillels of the Florida Suncoast Board of Directors responsible for gov(HFS). Doliner’s leaderernance, financial overship brings a number of sight, policy development, strategic changes to the fundraising and marketing. HFS organization. A Strategic Leadership As Doliner describes, Council, made up of 20much of the change tak30 community members ing place at HFS is due to and campus student leadthe shift in focus initially ers from all five campuses, introduced by Rabbi Ed will support the Board of Rosenthal, the organizaDirectors in forward-plantion’s executive director. ning strategies, public re“Three years ago, HFS lations and fundraising. hired Rabbi Rosenthal as Debbie Doliner (photo: Rob Doliner’s primary Harris Productions, Inc.) our executive director. He focus will include implecreated a vision that grew USF Hillel menting increased marketing communifrom a single dimension nonprofit at cations efforts to raise the visibility and the Tampa campus of the University of understanding of HFS in the donor, parSouth Florida to a five campus regional ent and business communities throughstructure, adding Hillel student orga- out the Florida Suncoast and beyond, nizations at the University of Tampa, as well as exploring new development Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, and strategies with the USF Foundation’s New College of Florida and Ringling support and increasing the organizaCollege of Art and Design in Sarasota. tion’s emphasis on grant writing. We have five very different campus cul“It is our perception that the Suntures, each of which needs to be sup- coast Jewish communities do not yet ported and developed to reach its unique understand our HFS makeup or misand full potential,” says Doliner. sion,” Doliner says. “Our Hillels cur“Student and community leaders rently connect with more than 1,000 from all five campus communities will Jewish students a year, not to mention
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Kol HaNeshama announces new clergy
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Stars of David
By Nate Bloom, Contributing Columnist Editor’s note: Persons in BOLD CAPS are deemed by Nate Bloom to be Jewish for the purpose of the column. Persons identified as Jewish have at least one Jewish parent and were not raised in a faith other than Judaism – and don’t identify with a faith other than Judaism as an adult. Converts to Judaism, of course, are also identified as Jewish. Spidy Goes For Matzo Balls The three Spider-Man films starring Tobey Maguire, were huge hits. Now comes The Amazing Spider-Man, which is labeled a “re-boot” rather than a sequel. It opened on July 3 to good reviews and is racking up incredible box office numbers. It stars ANDREW GARFIELD, 28, in the title role, with Emma Stone, 23, as Spider-Man’s love interest. Garfield and Stone both began pro acting careers in their early teens and they became a real-life romantic couple not long after the “re-boot” began filming in late 2010. Garfield’s film breakthrough role came in The Social Network, in which he played EDUARDO SAVERIN, a (real-life) Brazilian Jewish guy who aided MARK ZUCKERBERG in the creation of Facebook. Stone’s big hits include Zombieland, Easy A and The Help. Garfield was born in Los Angeles and raised in England. His father’s father, SAMUEL GARFINKEL, grew up in London, the son of Polish-born Jews. He wed Andrew’s Jewish grandmother in a UK synagogue in 1933. They moved to the States around 1945 and Samuel changed his last name sometime after coming to America. Andrew’s father, RICHARD, was born in the United States in 1950. Andrew was three years old when his parents moved to England, where they opened a small design business.
Andrew’s mother, Linda, was born in England. It isn’t clear whether she is Jewish or not. The actor has called himself Jewish in interviews, but hasn’t mentioned anything about religious education. In a recent interview, he did say that he eats matzo ball soup every day he’s in New York (where he lives with Stone). Embetz Davidtz, 46, plays SpiderMan’s mother, Mary Parker. Davidtz is best known for her bravura performance as HELEN HIRSCH, a (real-life) Jewish woman who worked as a maid in the home of the concentration camp commander in Schindler’s List. I know most people erroneously assumed that Davidtz was Jewish in real life when Schindler’s List came out. In 2002, she married Jewish attorney JERRY SLOANE in what brief press reports described as a Jewish wedding. She and Sloane are still married and have two children. (It’s possible that Davidtz converted to Judaism. But, I don’t know more than I just wrote). By the way, late in 2010, Brit DANIEL RADCLIFFE, 24, best known as the star of the Harry Potter movies, said when he learned that Garfield had been cast as Spider-Man, “He’s fantastic and Jewish apparently, and I’m Jewish. A Jewish Spider-Man – that’s progress.” Radcliffe is the son of an English Jewish mother and an Irish Protestant father. While entirely secular, he (obviously) identifies as Jewish.
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Send Nate an email at middleoftheroad1@aol.com, tell him you saw this ad in The Jewish News, and include your phone number (area code, too). Nate will then contact you about doing a “limited” family history for you at a modest cost (no more than $100). No upfront payment. Like Garfield, there was an Anglicization of a Jewish family name within Radcliffe’s family within the last couple of generations. His maternal grandfather’s original name was “Gershon,” which this grandfather changed to “Gresham” (which was Daniel’s mother’s maiden name). On Nora Ephron It’s hard for me to add much to the many tribute articles about NORA EPHRON, the famous essayist, novelist, film director and screenwriter who died on June 26 at age 71. For those looking for the best “Jewish angle” journalism on Ephron, I direct you to the Forward newspaper articles about Ephron, written by author ABIGAIL POGREBIN, 47. Pogrebin knew Ephron for decades, and interviewed her several times. Pogrebin’s June 26 piece for the Forward, “Warm
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JEWISH INTEREST
August 2012
The Körbels of Prague and the demise of Jewish identity
By Philip K. Jason, Special to The Jewish News
WWII and its aftermath. More narrowly the U. S., bringing his (and richly) yet, it’s a perspective that family here in 1948 and hinges on the part her father, Josef Kör- building a significant cabel, played in the Czech foreign minis- reer as an international try as press attaché and ambassador to studies professor at the ost Jewish readers attracted Yugoslavia, as scribe and mouthpiece University of Denver. to Madeleine Albright’s re- for the Czechoslovakian government- Albright’s positions in cent book are no doubt curi- in-exile (in London) after his country the U. S. government ous about the degree of Jewish identity fell to the Nazis, and as effective sub- and her father’s place that attached to the author upon her dis- ordinate to the major Czech leaders, in Czechoslovakia’s covery, late in her life, that both of her Edvard Beneš and Jan Masaryk, even government gave her parents came from through his country’s second fall, to the access to materials Jewish families. Soviet Union, after a very brief hope of that she fashioned industriously and Yes, the 64th renewed democratic independence. intelligently. She explores, with clarU. S. Secretary of Readers will be frustrated once they ity and dramatic pointing, the political State (and the first realize that Albright was twists and turns by which woman to hold barely a toddler when the democratic Czechoslothat position) was the historical timeline vakia that came to life in born a Jew, but she fleshes out began. the aftermath of WWI beshe didn’t know it. She is rarely writing came a victim of Nazi agMany of her rela- from memory, as she was gression and then a pawn Phil Jason tives, including much too young to have in the east-west game folthree of her grandparents, died in the experience-based lowing Germany’s defeat. inHolocaust, but she didn’t know it. She sights on the events that The Czechs had the bad has no meaningful Jewish identity, but she relates. In addition, luck to be liberated by the that in itself hints at a story of Jewish Albright spent very few Soviets. Madeleine Albright families in Nazi-infected Europe that of her early years living Madeleine Albright’s perhaps can never be told. in Prague, and more of them living in narrative of how a small European naThe story Albright does tell has either Belgrade or London. tion caught in the crossfire fared during three dimensions: it’s a WWII narraHis own future insecure after the the stormy years leading up to and foltive with a Central European focus; Soviet regime took hold, Josef Körbel lowing WWII is bolstered by an abunmore precisely, it’s a Czech-eye view of was able to gain political asylum from dance of sources, an array of captivating photographs, a cast list of principal characters, a detailed timeline, and a bountiful index. Fortunately, this apparatus does not interfere with accessibility. On many occasions, Albright’s personal (as distinguished from professional) voice R P. O C adds charm and wit to the presentation X KAMA of unfortunate occurrences. le Availab scrap gold broken gold The story of Madeleine Albright’s s t n e tm Appoin response to the discovery of her Jewish necklaces jewelry t ee & Discr d e s n ancestry is a leitmotif running through charms bracelets Lice for n io t a c the analysis of Czechoslovakia’s fate. earrings rings Same lo ears! Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948, by Madeleine Albright. Harper. 480 pages. $29.99.
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Once their Jewish parentage became known, she and her younger siblings explored family papers, government records and various archives to piece together a good bit of their parents’ Jewish past. There was no one from whom Albright could receive the answer to this question: What led her parents to convert to Roman Catholicism when Madeleine was still very young and never reveal the truth about their Jewish origins? Knowing the character of her parents, the author surmises that their decision was meant to be protective. It’s not clear whether or not Josef’s assignment to work with the Czech government-inexile was intended as an escape from his family’s likely discovery and probable extermination as Jews. Albright suggests in various ways that the young Körbel couple had worn their Judaism lightly, making it relatively easy to leave it behind. Prague Winter reveals no information about Albright’s grandparents having relationships with Czechoslovakia’s Jewish communities. The questions that linger include these: (1) Did Josef Körbel attempt to get his parents and in-laws out of danger? (2) As the Nazis rose to power, how many other Jewish individuals or families disowned their Jewish selves to save (or try to save) their lives? (3) How many succeeded? Philip K. Jason is Professor Emeritus of English from the United States Naval Academy. He reviews regularly for the Naples edition of Florida Weekly and for Fort Myers Magazine. Visit Phil’s website at www.philjason.wordpress. com.
Stars of David...continued from previous page herself ‘as a Jew, but not Jewish.’ She wasn’t in denial about her Jewish identity, just indifferent to it. ‘At this point [Ephron said] it doesn’t make the Top 5 of what I would say about myself. And it probably never did.’ She bristled at being pegged as a Jewish director, just as she cringed at being described as a woman director: ‘It seems like a narrow way of looking at what I do.’” Over time, I came to admire Ephron’s honesty. I’m sure that many other Jewish celebrities have the same “indifferent” view, but put on a different face when they talk to a Jewish media outlet. Also, Pogrebin notes that Ephron’s “persona” contrasted with her statements about being Jewish. Pogrebin writes: “For all her Jewish disconnection, she felt utterly Jewish to me.” In other words, Ephron’s “Jewishness” was “existential” and is apparent in the “Jewish sensibility” she brought to so much of her work. One case in point, that Pogrebin doesn’t mention, but other writers have. WOODY ALLEN (via Annie Hall) and Nora Ephron (via When Harry Met Sally), can be co-credited as the creators of the “Jewish romantic comedy.” Yes, there were hundreds of American romantic comedy films, many written by Jews, before these films. But the dominant plot line of these prior films
was “external” rather than “internal.” The couple came together, and then outside forces – family, events, etc. – drove them apart. Almost always they overcame these “forces” and re-united. In Annie Hall and Harry, the couples were driven apart by their own internal personality issues or flaws. In Harry, the couple found a way to work through their “own mishegoss” and re-unite. In Annie Hall, they didn’t re-unite, but still managed to work through their feelings, remain friends, and look back fondly on their romance. This “inward looking” style of romantic comedy seemed, to many writers, to be “very Jewish” and it certainly was a fresh and realistic re-invention of the whole romantic comedy genre. It’s no accident that these two films remain the most remembered and best loved romantic comedies of all-time. Sport Short The Jewish Sports Review magazine, the best source on Jews in sport, says that at least 13 Jewish players were drafted by a major league team in June. SEAN BIERMAN, a pitcher, was drafted in the 10th round by Tampa. The most promising draftee is pitcher MAX FRIED, a first-round draft pick of the San Diego Padres. Fried was the 7th player to be picked by any team in the draft.
JEWISH INTEREST 13A August 2012
August 2012
The Wannsee Conference: 85 minutes of pure hate
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012 marks the 70th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference – the assemblage of fifteen ranking German officers concluding whether or not to exterminate the “Jewish race.” This appalling meeting took 85 minutes to plan the mass murder of eleven million European citizens, six million being Jews. This conference took place in January Sarah Ida Tedesco 1942. Sarasota is fortunate enough to have a Holocaust survivor who witnessed the events leading up to the Wannsee Conference. Mr. Kurt Marburg, a member of Temple Beth Sholom, has dedicated his life to remember the millions who perished during the Third Reich, and educating the community about the abhorrence he witnessed as an adolescent in Germany. Having such a vault of information gives members of the Sarasota Jewish community a source of vital historical information. When people gain knowledge about serious subjects such as the Holocaust, it is expected that they will hold a responsibility of carrying on the stories they have been told. As we all learn from Mr. Marburg’s eyewitness accounts, we should remember the lessons from his stories and pass their messages on to the next generation. Mr. Marburg is a strong believer in educating our children so that the outcome of the Wannsee Conference does not reoccur. Kurt Marburg was born on August 17, 1924, in Berlin, to a conservative Jewish family. His father was the managing director of the Berlin branch of an international real estate company. This financial obligation created a strong affiliation between the Marburg family and the Arnold family. The Arnold family lived on the border of Berlin and Wannsee in an upscale neighborhood. As connections between the two families grew stronger, Mr. Marburg found himself visiting the Arnolds’ mansion on a regular basis for social events. Mr. Marburg, guided by his mother at the age of ten, found himself looking into a conference room with a large mahogany table staring at him. Mrs. Marburg quickly jerked a young Kurt back and guided him toward the living quarters. The mahogany table that stared into the eyes of such a young innocent boy was the same conference table used to conduct the Wannsee Conference. The Arnold family was a crucial component in Kurt Marburg’s early discovery of the Wannsee Conference’s meeting table. The Arnolds were highranking members of German finance and were stripped of their earnings just as millions of other European Jews
were. Mr. Marburg has not heard from this financial powerhouse since leaving Germany, but has speculations about their disappearance. The mansion was never returned to the rightful owners and is still standing today. During Mr. Marburg’s post-war visit to Wannsee, he saw this table refurbished and memorialized in a museum. This sight brought back memories and influenced him to never stop preaching the message of “Never Again.” When the Marburg family left Germany, the horror of the Holocaust was just beginning, but Mr. Marburg would see more than his quota as a combat infantryman in the U.S. Army. Mr. Marburg and his family immigrated to the United States in the fall of 1938. Upon arriving in the U.S., Mr. Marburg earned his high school diploma and enlisted in the United States Armed Forces. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and
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JEWISH INTEREST
August 2012
Holocaust studies at Eckerd College By Elyse Warren
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little over a year ago I had the great honor of participating in the 2011 March of the Living. Thanks to the generous contribution of Dr. and Mrs. Barry Stein, I was able to represent The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee along with five other girls for an experience of a life-
Elyse Warren at the Neue Synagogue in Berlin
time. I had never witnessed any event so moving and inspiring. While I had always been interested in the study of the Shoah, this trip evoked such passion within me that I knew it was a study I wanted to pursue further. When deciding what college I wanted to attend, I knew I had to take into consideration what study-abroad programs and courses the school offered that would advance my interest in Holocaust studies. I decided to attend Eckerd College in St. Petersburg. It not only fulfilled my desire to attend a small school but also offered wonderful study-abroad programs and the chance to take a course taught by Professor Elie Wiesel every January. Recently, I had the privilege of hearing Professor Wiesel speak at a luncheon for Jewish life at Eckerd. In person he is very soft spoken, yet his lecture was filled with passion, and every word he spoke was delivered with
distinct clarity and purpose. After hearing him speak you want to join him in his cause to educate and rid the world of ignorance and hate. I also wanted to be involved with the growing Jewish life on campus. With the help of Rabbi Ed Rosenthal, Director of the Suncoast Hillels and Eckerd College Campus Rabbi, we have Shabbat dinners, a Jewish environmental program called “Scubi Jew” for scuba divers, and have successfully petitioned the college to change its policy to allow students to study in Israel at Hebrew University or University of Haifa for credit. These have been amazing milestones for the campus, and I am so excited to be a part of its flourishing Jewish community. It also provided me the opportunity to intern at the Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg, and I feel very fortunate that I will be allowed to intern there again this upcoming year. Eckerd College was my mother’s alma
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mater and since it is within easy driving distance to home in Sarasota, my parents, as you can imagine, were thrilled I would be so close! Along with the growth of Jewish student life on campus, an opportunity presented itself to study abroad in Poland and Germany with Professor Jared Stark in a literature course called “Holocaust Memory, Berlin/Poland.” After an application process and interview, I was accepted along with fourteen other students to travel abroad for the threeweek course. Having just returned less than two weeks ago, I can say that it was another life-changing experience. During our course studies we analyzed testimonies from both Nazis and survivors, and studied the ways in which we memorialize these atrocities throughout the world. We traveled to Berlin and then to several cities in Poland. We had the opportunity to meet and speak with the directors of multiple museums and sites such as the Schindler Factory Museum, Galicja Jewish Museum of Krakow, and the Memorial and Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Our class also visited multiple Nazi extermination and concentration camps in Germany and Poland that included Sachsenhausen, Treblinka, Majdanek, Belzec and Auschwitz-Birkenau. We also had the incredible opportunity to meet and speak with Pani Stefania, recognized as one of the “Righteous Among the Nations” for saving a Jewish family in Poland. Her testimony inspired the class and taught us how we must have faith and do what is right no matter what the consequences. The March of the Living trip may have ignited my interest in studying the Shoah, but my recent trip overseas with Prof. Stark sealed it. I am more determined now than ever to pursue a career in education and the study of the Shoah. I hope to combine my love of education and museum studies so that I can help educate others about these atrocities and inspire them to be advocates against hate and ignorance. I intend to share the stories I have heard from witnesses and survivors with others and future generations to ensure that the Shoah never fades into the abyss of history. In the words of Primo Levi: “It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say.” Through my studies at Eckerd College I am looking forward to continuing my studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and eventually returning to Poland to complete my senior thesis on the Shoah. As many of the directors had mentioned to our class, while the interest is there to some, they need educators and curators to uphold and secure the studies of the Holocaust for future generations.
COMMENTARY 15A August 2012
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Eleven years later From the Bimah Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz Chabad of Sarasota
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ny one of age remembers exactly where they were eleven years ago when the planes struck New York’s World Trade Center towers. Just say the word 9/11 (nineeleven), and everyone knows exactly what you are talking about. But of all the powerful experiences of that day – both the tragic ones as well as the noble acts of courage – the one that perhaps endures the most is the utter incomprehensibility of the attacks. Today, just as then – despite more than a decade having passed, and all the intelligence (if you can call it that), wars fought, and technologies developed – we are no closer to making sense and understanding the events of 9/11: Why were we attacked? What did Bin-Laden and Al Qaeda want to achieve with these aggressive acts? The only thing we know for certain after 9/11 is that we have entered an age of uncertainty. Before that date America was riding high, brimming with confidence, everything was possible. We saw violence and terrorism centered in the Middle East, mostly focused on Israel. We were immune, or so we thought, from the ills plaguing
that primitive region. Now, more than a decade later, with the wisdom of retrospect, we can say that 9/11 – in the wee dawn hours of the 21st century – ushered in a new age: an age of uncertainty. We must acknowledge the fact that since 9/11 there has been no attack on America. We did something right. But the shadow of that fateful day still hangs low and heavily over us. The doubts and uncertainty it has sowed remain very real and threatening. Now for the good news. Fundamental to Torah psychology is the confidence that every challenge is preceded by its solution, as every illness is preceded by its cure. This gives us the strength to face any challenge knowing that it can always be conquered. A second and equally important principle is that every negative can be turned into a positive. Even loss and destruction – including what happened on 9/11 – can and ought to be channeled and transformed into a force for good. This does not justify or minimize the loss; it only tells us that after the fact even a liability can become an asset. The Torah takes this a step further: Every new breakthrough is preceded by the meltdown of the status quo, like a new building that can only be built after the old one has been razed. Because as long as we are stuck in an old state, we cannot expect to assume a new state. To allow for a new layer of skin, the previous one has to be shed. Here is where we can distinguish between “the men and the boys.” Sucked into the vortex of the whirlpool it is very difficult to see outside of our
own selves. Mired in self-interest and in the challenges of the moment, our vision is heavily clouded. To recognize the forest from the trees requires stepping back, climbing up, and taking in the scene from a bird’s-eye view. When we are able to transcend immediate circumstances, it becomes quite evident that we are in a period of transition from one age into the next. Periods like this are inevitable. Like a healthy immune system, every few years our systems have to go through a reality check and a market correction, to realign us and help achieve balance. The boys will only see the here and now. They can thus be overcome by fear and indecision based on the unpredictability of world affairs. The men will realize that we are in the process of growth, and we must see it through, patiently, humbly and filled with hope and courage.
So what does the future hold? Our Torah sages discuss in various places the present “clash of civilizations.” One particular Midrash states: The King of Paras (Persia) will bring destruction to the entire world, and all the nations will be outraged and confused…and Jews will be outraged and confused and say where shall we come and go, where shall we come and go? G-d will answer them: My children, do not be afraid. Everything I have done, I have done for you. Why are you afraid, do not fear, the time of your Redemption has arrived… 9/11 will always be remembered. But it is up to us to determine how it will be remembered. Will it be remembered as a day of death and destruction, or a day that began a new world order? Let us have the strength to turn September 11 into a day that helped usher in redemption to the world.
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After an Israeli strike on Iran By Daniel Pipes, June 25, 2012
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ow will Iranians respond to an Israeli strike against their nuclear infrastructure? This prediction matters greatly, affecting not just Jerusalem’s decision but also how much other states work to impede an Israeli strike. Analysts generally offer up best-case predictions for policies of deterrence and containment (some commentators even go so far as to welcome an Iranian nuclear capability) while forecasting worst-case results from a strike. They foresee Tehran doing everything possible to retaliate, such as kidnapping, terrorism, missile attacks, naval combat, and closing the Strait of Hormuz. This, despite two facts: neither of Israel’s prior strikes against enemy states building nuclear weapons, Iraq in 1981 and Syria in 2007, prompted retaliation; and a review of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s history since 1979 points to “a more measured and less apocalyptic – if
still sobering – assessment of the likely aftermath of a preventive strike.” Those are the words of Michael Eisenstadt and Michael Knights of the Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy, who provide an excellent guide to possible scenarios in “Beyond WorstCase Analysis: Iran’s Likely Responses to an Israeli Preventive Strike.” Their survey of Iranian behavior over the past three decades leads them to anticipate that three main principles would likely shape and limit Tehran’s response to an Israeli strike: an insistence on reciprocity, a caution not to gratuitously make enemies, and a wish to deter further Israeli (or American) strikes. The mullahs, in other words, face serious limits on their ability to retaliate, including military weakness and a pressing need not to make yet more external enemies. These guidelines in place, Eisenstadt and Knights consider eight possible Iranian actions, which
must be assessed while keeping in mind the alternative – namely, apocalyptic Islamists controlling nuclear weapons: Terrorist attacks on Israeli, Jewish and U.S. targets: Likely, but limited destruction. Kidnapping U.S. citizens, especially in Iraq: Likely, useful but limited in impact, as in the 1980s in Lebanon. Attacks on Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan: Very likely, especially via proxies, but limited destruction. Missile strikes on Israel: Likely: a few missiles from Iran get through Israeli defenses, leading to casualties likely in the low hundreds; missiles from Hezbollah limited in number due to domestic Lebanese considerations. Unlikely: Hamas getting involved, having distanced itself from Tehran; the Syrian government, which is battling for its life against an ever-stronger opposition army and possibly the Turkish armed forces. Overall, missile attacks
are unlikely to do devastating damage. Attacks on neighboring states: Likely: terrorism, because deniable. Unlikely: missile strikes, for Tehran does not want to make more enemies. Clashes with the U.S. Navy: Likely: but, given the balance of power, does limited damage. Covertly mining the Strait of Hormuz: Likely, causing a run-up in energy prices. Attempted closing the Strait of Hormuz: Unlikely: difficult to achieve and potentially too damaging to Iranian interests, for the country needs that same strait for commerce. The authors also consider three potential side effects of an Israeli strike. Yes, Iranians might rally to their government in the aftermath of a strike, but in the longer term Tehran “could be criticized for handling the nuclear dossier in a way that led to military confrontation.” The so-called Arab street is perpetually predicted to rise up in response to outside military attack, but it never does; likely unrest among the Shi’a of the Persian Gulf would be counterbalanced by the many Arabs quietly cheering the Israelis. As for leaving the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and starting a crash nuclear weapons program, while “a very real possibility,” the more the Iranians retaliate, the harder they will find it to obtain the parts for such a program. In all, these dangers are unpleasant but not cataclysmic, manageable not devastating. Eisenstadt and Knights expect a short phase of high-intensity Iranian response, to be followed by a “protracted low intensity conflict that could last for months or even years” – much as already exists between Iran and Israel. An Israeli preventive strike, they conclude, while a “high-risk endeavor carrying a potential for escalation in the Levant or the Gulf … would not be the apocalyptic event some foresee.” This convincing analysis confirms that the danger of nuclear weapons in Iranian hands far exceeds the danger of eliminating those weapons before they come into existence. Mr. Pipes (www.DanielPipes.org) is president of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. © 2012 by Daniel Pipes.
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Iran, Israel, and the Bomb By David Harris, Executive Director, AJC, July 1, 2012 hen I first saw the headline in the current issue (July/August 2012) of Foreign Affairs – “Why Iran Should Get the Bomb” – I thought there was a typo. Surely it was meant to read “Why Iran Should Get the Bomb – Not!” But then I remembered that this bimonthly journal is not known for its typos – nor, for that matter, irony. On the contrary, this is arguably the world’s most influential and straightshooting publication on foreign policy. The author of this particular essay, Kenneth Waltz, is no slouch, either. He is a prominent scholar and a founder of the neorealism school in international relations theory. So I turned to the piece, eager to see if my own longstanding concern about an Iranian bomb was perhaps misplaced. I was dumbfounded by what I read. Here are a few choice snippets: “Most U.S., European and Israeli commentators and policymakers warn that a nuclear-armed Iran would be the worst possible outcome of the current standoff. In fact, it would probably be the best possible result: the one most likely to restore stability to the Middle East.” “Another oft-touted worry is that if Iran obtains the bomb, other states in the region will follow suit, leading to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Should Iran become the second Middle Eastern nuclear power since 1945, it would hardly signal the start of a landslide...No other country in the region will have an incentive to acquire its own nuclear capability, and the current crisis will finally dissipate, leading to a Middle East that is more stable than it is today.” “Diplomacy between Iran and the
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major powers should continue...But the current sanctions on Iran can be dropped: they primarily harm ordinary Iranians, with little purpose.” And then there’s Waltz’s closing line: “When it comes to nuclear weapons, now as ever, more may be better.” In essence, Waltz constructs his argument on two pillars. First, he asserts the core problem in the Middle East is Israel’s nuclear arsenal, which needs to be balanced by another power, in this case Iran. And second, he believes such a balance of power inherently stabilizes the situation, thereby reducing, not increasing, the risk of conflict. He could not be more wrong on Iran. Iran does not fit the theoretical template, drawn from his research, that he seeks to impose on it, and the consequences of this misreading could be profound. First, Waltz declares that Iran’s leaders are rational, hence no need for concern about a nuclear bomb in their hands. Really? Just because Waltz deems them to be dependable actors who, he asserts, will behave like others moderated by their possession of a nuclear bomb (does that include North Korea’s strongmen?), are we all now to go home and get a good night’s sleep? Is their Shiite eschatology, focused on hastening the coming of the Hidden Imam, not to be taken into account, as if there were no place for state ideology in the discussion? Apropos, is it just possible that their vision of the “end of days” could be accelerated by a world without Israel? After all, the former Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, famously
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declared “[T]he use of even one nuclear bomb inside Israel would destroy everything.” Could that kind of thinking not prompt Iranian leaders, living in a selfimposed cocoon, to conclude that the risk might be worth the reward? Was their recruitment of young Iranian boys as would-be bomb sappers in the eight-year war with Iraq, and armed only with plastic keys to enter “heaven” and the awaiting 72 virgins, the behavior of a “rational” government? Was the plot to blow up a Washington restaurant and kill the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. the thinking of a predictable regime? Second, Waltz’s confidence that there would be no “landslide” of proliferation in the Middle East if Iran goes nuclear is belied by the facts. He totally ignores the regional
context. There is no mention of the critically important Shiite-Sunni rivalry. He inexplicably fails to note the panic in neighboring Arab countries, documented in Wikileaks and elsewhere, about the prospect of an Iranian nuclear bomb. Is it conceivable that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and, for that matter, Turkey would sit idly by and watch neighboring Iran become a nuclear power without following suit – and with all the attendant consequences? The prospect of such a neighborhood hegemon sends shivers up the spines of everyone in the region, save Iran’s few friends, such as Bashar alAssad’s Syria, and those already too “Finlandized” by Iran’s growing assertiveness to speak up.
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Iran, Israel, and the Bomb...continued from previous page And, speaking of proliferation, Waltz unconvincingly dismisses the possibility of Iran passing along its nuclear technology to terrorist groups, and entirely ignores the prospect of Tehran sharing nuclear tidbits with state actors such as Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela. Third, Israel’s nuclear arsenal, believed to have been developed over 50 years ago, has not created the strategic imbalance that Waltz suggests needs recalibrating. Indeed, that reported arsenal neither stopped Egypt and Syria from provoking war in 1967, nor launching a surprise attack against Israel in 1973. Nor did it halt the PLO from waging its terrorism campaign. Nor did it dissuade Hamas and Islamic Jihad from firing thousands of missiles and rockets at Israel. Nor did it block Hezbollah from triggering a war with Israel from its redoubt in Lebanon. Moreover, unlike Iran, Israel has never threatened another nation with extinction.
Thus, to put Israel and Iran in the same boat, as Waltz does, is utterly irresponsible. And finally, Waltz calls for the continuation of diplomacy with Iran and the end of sanctions. Huh? Drop the sanctions, as Waltz suggests, and we will have precisely the outcome he invites – a nuclear-armed, chest-thumping Iran, convinced, not without good reason, that it had masterfully manipulated a gullible world. At that point, what useful purpose could diplomacy serve? As the P5+1 faces the growing prospect of failed talks with Iran, there will doubtless be more calls from the likes of Waltz for some dramatic accommodation with Tehran. Nothing could be more dangerous for regional and global stability. And nothing would better prove our inability to learn the lessons of history than, to borrow from the title of Barbara Tuchman’s book, such a march of folly. For more information, visit www.ajc.org.
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Alice Walker & Israel
The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s fanatical worldview has morphed into Jew-hatred
When is religious freedom not religious freedom?
By Yvette Alt Miller, with permission from Aish Hatorah Resources, www.aish.com
By, Ruth A. Brandwein, Ph.D, Kol HaNeshama Social Action Committee member
’ll never forget the first time I watched the film version of Alice Walker’s masterful 1982 novel The Color Purple. Both book and movie brilliantly depict the savagery and violence against blacks in the American South and in South Africa in the 1930s. The story is about Celie, beaten and impregnated by her step-father; Celie’s friend Sophia, unjustly jailed and horribly abused in prison; and Celie’s sister Nettie, a missionary in South Africa, ministering to brutalized people denied civil and political rights. It’s a depressing novel, but also an important one, stirring readers to fight injustice. For this, Alice Walker was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. You’d think after writing about these abuses, author Alice Walker would enjoy visiting a country like Israel: a robust democracy in which conflicting views are forced to coexist. After all, Israel has an open and vibrant press. In Israel, the vote is extended to all, regardless of ethnicity or religion. Members of Israel’s Arab minority serve at all levels of government, from Parliament to Supreme Court justices.
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hat do the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, Florida School Boards Association, Florida Education Association, the NAACP and Americans United for Separation of Church and State have in common? Opposition to Amendment 8, misleadingly billed as a “religious freedom” amendment, on the November ballot. The current Florida Constitution is actually stronger than the U.S. Constitution in protecting separation of church and state. Sectarian organizations operating as non-profit agencies (Jewish Family & Children’s Service, Catholic Charities for example) obtain government grants and contracts, but must abide by non-discrimination laws in hiring and accepting clients regardless of religion. Amendment 8 seeks to eliminate this restriction and thus open the door to faith-based groups choosing to hire only members of their own reli-
gion. Religious groups could discriminate in hiring with taxpayer money. Critics believe the real purpose is to allow state funding to go directly for school vouchers for faith-based private schools. The First Amendment’s twin guarantees of free exercise of religion and separation of church and state ensure that Americans of all faiths and of no faith can live as their consciences dictate. Respecting these constitutional mandates is also the surest way of avoiding division in our pluralistic society. It is incumbent on all of us to educate our friends and ourselves so that we can make informed decisions when we exercise our right to vote. As the website “Jews on First” (defending the First Amendment) so aptly puts it: “If Jews don’t speak out, they’ll think we don’t care.”
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Alice Walker & Israel...continued from page 19A immigrants (including thousands of political refugees from African and Arab countries) – “worse” than a regime like apartheid South Africa is just plain wrong. Again, it cheapens the history of those who suffered and died under apartheid. At the Core What lies behind this irrational hatred for the Jews? Alice Walker’s daughter, Rebecca Walker, offers some insight with a searing description of her unusual childhood. For starters, Rebecca was fathered by Mel Leventhal, a Jewish lawyer and the son of Holocaust survivors. A mixture of guilt and disdain may have played some role here. Yet more – ideology was always more important to Alice than people, and she espoused the radical view that childhood enslaved women. Walker ignored and neglected Rebecca for years. Resentful of the chain of motherhood, she essentially left Rebecca to fend for herself from age 13. Ultimately, Alice took the radical step of severing their relationship: “saying that our relationship had been inconsequential for years and that she was no longer interested in being my mother.” (London Daily Mail: “How My Mother’s Fanatical Views Tore Us Apart”) With Walker’s latest salvo against Israel, her family’s personal tragedy has lately become a tragedy for the
entire Jewish community as well. Alice Walker has turned her naive, one-dimensional view of the world away from the crucible of her family and onto the world stage, bringing the same warped view to bear. The Oldest Hatred Anti-Semitism has been called the world’s oldest hatred. Through the years, it has provided people with an easy scapegoat for the world’s suffering: if only there weren’t Jews, everything would be great. In modern times, this hatred is often redirected to Israel, painting the country and its citizens as uniquely evil and sinister on the world stage. Sadly, Walker isn’t the only famous person to tarnish her reputation and legacy by spurious attacks on the Jewish state. In recent years, Nobel Prize-winning Archbishop Desmond Tutu has become known less for his struggle against South African Apartheid, and more and more for his obsession with Israel and Jews – saying it’s time to forgive Hitler; talking about sinister Jewish lobbies; and repeating other bizarre anti-Semitic and anti-Israel tropes. Plenty others allow their legacy to rot into anti-Israel rhetoric. Mairead Corrigan Maguire won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 for her work to end violence between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland, but lately she’s been squandering her moral capital bashing Israel obsessively, comparing
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Israel to Nazi Germany and embracing radical anti-Israel campaigns. José Saramago, the Portuguese writer who won the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature, was better known in the last years for lurid statements comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. Tom Paulin was once known as one of Britain’s greatest living poets – an Oxford professor and frequent fixture on British television and radio programs. Until lately, that is, when he’s compromised his considerable legacy by questioning Israel’s very right to exist and calling on some Israelis to be “shot dead.” In all these cases hostility toward Israel begins to spill over into hostility toward Jews. Alice Walker’s opposition to people reading her books in Hebrew is a move against the language of the entire Jewish people. To target the language in this way is to move vilification out of the political realm and make it personal. What can we do in the face of such anti-Israel mania, especially on the part of well-respected cultural figures? On one hand, we can and must
educate ourselves to counter factual inaccuracies. There is no shortage of pro-Israel websites; the Jewish Virtual Library contains a treasure trove of information. On a deeper level, perhaps the most effective way to counter anti-Israeli hatred is to recognize it for what it often is, a poisonous world view that hurts its host as much as its object. It appeals to those looking for a simplistic answer to complex questions; to those to whom the world is either black or white, good or evil; to people who lack the will to explore more complex understandings. Sadly, Alice Walker’s extreme views on Israel indicate a pervasive problem with fanaticism that, according to her daughter, has distorted her entire life. The danger for the rest of us is that her statements create an atmosphere in which ever more virulent rhetoric about Israel becomes the norm. Yvette Alt Miller Ph.D lives in the Chicago area. She is author of Angels at the Table: A Practical Guide to Celebrating Shabbat.
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Tuvia Natkin will facilitate an ongoing interaction with the Chumash on Wednesday mornings (August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29) from 10:00 a.m. – noon at Waterside Retirement Estates, 4540 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota. The purpose of this free class is to bring Torah in all of its potential meaning to people’s lives today – to explore, study, examine and determine its place in their lives. Any interpretation is welcome and open to discussion. Tuvia Natkin grew up in New York and Connecticut and moved to Israel in 1975 to study Torah. His recent translations include the works of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz and classic Chassidic texts. This course will go all year and dynamics will determine class size (or perhaps a second class). Various sources and interpretations will be suggested for reading with each section. Tuvia will set these in PDF format to be downloaded. For more information and to RSVP, contact Scott Barde at 941.922.9353 or scottjudyb@comcast.net.
Please join us for an Ice Cream Social from 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. in the Social Hall at 1050 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota. Learn about all the wonderful activities and worship experiences the temple has to offer. Visit with the membership committee, clergy, Sisterhood, Men’s Club and others. For more information, call 941.955.8121.
Temple Beth Sholom Interesting Lives Series Join us at 1:15 p.m. at 1050 S. Tuttle Avenue, Sarasota, to hear Ron Klein, an inventor, entrepreneur, athlete, and inspirational speaker. He is an ordinary man who has accomplished extraordinary things. Ron is the inventor of the Credit Card Validity Checking System as well as the developer of computerized systems for Real Estate Multiple Listing Services, and Bond Quotation and Trade Information for the New York Stock Exchange. Ron has a positive “can do” attitude and characterizes himself as the “Grandfather of Possibilities.” The program is open to the public and free of charge. Refreshments will be served. For information, contact Judy Lebowich at 941.371.4686 or lebowich.judy@comcast.net.
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tuesDAY, august 7 Brandeis Reel Discussion Group Brandeis National Committee invites everyone to join us for the Reel Discussion. There is no charge; simply see the movie (TBD) on your own and come to participate in a discussion of it. Members and nonmembers are welcome. The discussion begins at 1:30 p.m. at Roskamp Center, 1226 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Contact Lenore Weintraub at 941.377.5958 or lenoreweintraub@gmail.com to learn the name of the film to be discussed or for more information.
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Join us at 2:30 p.m. at 600 N. Auburn Rd., Venice, for the Jewish-themed film Sixty-Six, which will be followed by a lively discussion with moderator Jordan Shifrin. Then it’s out for dinner at Cedar Reef Fish Camp. Costs: movie – $5 for members, $7 for nonmembers; dinner – $17 for members, $19 for nonmembers. For more information, call Beata at 941.484-2022, email jcvenice2@gmail.com or visit www.jewishcongregationofvenice.org.
saturDAY, august 11 “The Health Care Law and How it Affects You” Congregation Ner Tamid hosts Suzanne Dickie, member of the Manatee Country League of Women Voters, who, in her role as speaker for the LWV’s Health Committee, will discuss the Affordable Care Act and take questions as well. Light refreshments will be served. This free event is open to the public, and begins at 11:00 a.m. at The Lodge, 4802 B 26th St. W., Bradenton. For information call Elaine at 941.755.1231 or visit www. nertamidflorida.org.
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sunDAY, august 12 Temple Emanu-El Summer Film Series Temple Emanu-El’s Olympic-themed Summer Film Series concludes with a screening of Watermarks on the Temple’s state-of-the-art film projection system. Watch the compelling story of Jewish female athletes who defied Nazi stereotypes at the Olympic Games. The screening begins at 2:00 p.m. at 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. Cost: $5. Lemonade will be served. All are invited to this stimulating and enjoyable afternoon sponsored by the Adult Education Committee. Contact Peter Wells at 941.359.8235 for more information.
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Mindy Simmons in concert Temple Beth El Bradenton has the pleasure of showcasing Mindy Simmons, along with Ellen Bukstel, who will present “Peace and Politics – a heartfelt concert promoting peace and justice!” Ms. Simmons is the Music Director/ Choir Director for the Unity Church of Sarasota and in January of this year was honored as the recipient of the Duisberg Annual Peace Award. She has performed extensively across Florida. The event begins at 3:30 p.m. at Temple Beth El, located on the Unity Church of Bradenton campus, 4200 32nd Street West. Cost is $10 per person. Seating is limited so reserve early by calling Temple Beth El, Tuesday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. - noon at 941.755.4900.
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JEWISH HAPPENINGS 3B August 2012 tuesDAY, august 14 JFCS Transitions Support Group Sponsored by
The death of a spouse, significant other or life partner is perhaps the most difficult experience that one can have. Once the initial intense period of grief has subsided, how do you recreate your life and go on? This group is an opportunity to be with others who are struggling with the same life issues. The ongoing group will meet monthly initially to meet new people in similar life circumstances; share experiences – what works, what doesn’t; begin to laugh and enjoy what life can offer you now; and receive support as you navigate this new road. The group will meet from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. at the JFCS Main Campus, 2688 Fruitville Road, Sarasota. No fee, but pre-registration is required. Contact Susan Finkelstein, RN, MAS, Jewish Healing Coordinator, at 941.366.2224 x166 or sfinkelstein@jfcs-cares.org.
Israel Study with Rabbi Geoffrey Huntting This is the second in a series of eight opportunities to discuss the history and establishment of the modern State of Israel. Each session will be built around a book. This month it’s The Settler by Meyer Levin. This free event is open to the public and begins at 10:30 a.m. at Temple Sinai, 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota. You need not have read the book to attend. Visit www.templesinai-sarasota.org for a list of upcoming dates and books. For more information, call 941.924.1802 or email office@ templesinai-sarasota.org.
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saturDAY, august 18 Ner Tamid honors area college students “Let your house be a gathering place for the wise,” says Pirkei Avot. At 10:00 a.m., Congregation Ner Tamid will honor all new and continuing college students. Special guests include Vajra Morano, Jake Durshimer and Jaclyn Jacobson. Ner Tamid invites all Manatee-Sarasota area college students to join us for Shabbat, followed by a special Kiddush. Free and open to the public. Ner Tamid is located at The Lodge, 4802 B 26th St. W., Bradenton. RSVP to 941.755.1231 or shalom@nertamidflorida.org.
La La La Havdalah Back by popular demand, it’s an evening of camaraderie, dessert, socializing, Havdalah – and song! Join old and new friends for the fun and welcoming La La La Havdalah. The event’s centerpiece will be a sing-along featuring American folk classics and fantastic guitar accompaniment. The community is warmly welcome at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. No cost. The La La La Havdalah is ably chaired by Helena Ozer and Dr. Eleanor Wachs, and sponsored by Temple EmanuEl’s Membership Committee. For more information, contact Kim Sheintal at klapshein@aol.com or 941.921.1433.
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AJC 2012 Summer Lunch & Learn AJC (American Jewish Committee) West Coast Florida proudly presents Dina Siegel Vann, Director of its Latino and Latin American Institute, as the Keynote Speaker at its Lunch & Learn at 11:00 a.m. at Michael’s On East, 1212 East Avenue South, Sarasota. Ms. Siegel Vann will discuss “Iran’s Impact on Latin America and its Jewish Communities.” She will explore Iran’s close relationship with Latin America and the Palestinian presence there, and how the Jewish communities in Latin American countries are affected. This is the third program of the series, generously sponsored by the law firm of Williams Parker. The cost of $25 includes lunch. To RSVP, contact Monica Caldwell at 941.365.4955 or sarasota@ajc.org.
Third Annual JCV Film Festival – Left Luggage Sponsored by
Join us at 2:30 p.m. at 600 N. Auburn Rd., Venice, for the Jewish-themed film Left Luggage, which will be followed by a lively discussion with moderator Jordan Shifrin. Then it’s out for dinner at Angelo’s Italian Restaurant. Costs: movie – $5 for members, $7 for nonmembers; dinner – $17 for members, $19 for nonmembers. For more information, call Beata at 941.484-2022, email jcvenice2@gmail. com or visit www.jewishcongregationofvenice.org.
Celebrity Bartending & Karaoke Raise your glass and your voice for ORT America. The Gulf Coast Region of ORT America is hosting Celebrity Bartending & Karaoke from 6:00 9:00 p.m. at the Broadway Bar, 1001 Cocoanut Ave., Sarasota. It will be open mic to all Sarasota Idol aspirants. The cost is a $7 donation at the door. The Broadway Bar is providing light fare. Guests are responsible for paying for food not donated and drinks with tip money going to tuition assistance for ORT students in the United States. To RSVP or for more information, contact Andrew Polin, associate director of the Gulf Coast Region of ORT America, at 941.312.7720 or apolin@ortamerica.org.
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August 2012 sunDAY, august 19 Art Robbins Men’s Club annual picnic
Temple Beth El’s Art Robbins Men’s Club will host its annual Coquina Beach picnic from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Come and enjoy a barbeque, beach games (for the young and not so young) and swimming. The Men’s Club has reserved the last pavilion (same as in former years) for shade and tables, but please bring your own beach chairs for the beach area. Cost is $7 per person for members and $15 for member families (2 adults and children under 13); $10 per person for nonmembers and $20 for nonmember families (2 adults and children under 13). Reservations and pre-payment required by Friday, August 10.For more information and reservations, please call Temple Beth El, Tuesday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. - noon at 941.755.4900.
monDAY, august 20 Chabad’s Kaplan Preschool opening day August 20 is opening day for Chabad’s Kaplan Preschool’s 15th year of operation. For the 2012-13 school year, the Kaplan Preschool will once again be offering the free VPK program. The Kaplan Preschool (7700 Beneva Road, Sarasota) provides a top-quality learning environment for children ages 2.5 - 5. Our goals are to provide an education that reinforces Jewish values and holidays, while meeting each child’s individual learning priorities. To schedule a tour of the school, and receive more information, please call the office at 941.925.0770.
Temple Emanu-El Preschool begins Temple Emanu-El Preschool (151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota) opens its doors for another wonderful year of learning and growing in a loving Jewish environment. Children ages 18 months through five years thrive at this nationally-accredited and Gold Seal-certified preschool, which offers traditional preschool hours as well as extended care. VPK is also offered. Outstanding secular learning is enhanced by weekly Shabbat celebrations, joyful Jewish holiday activities, and the acclaimed “Six-Pointed Stars” Judaic enrichment curriculum. Call Elaine Sharrock, Temple Emanu-El Preschool Director, at 941.377.8074 for schedule and tuition.
The Gan at Temple Sinai opening day The Gan at Temple Sinai welcomes back students ages 18 months to pre-K. Spots may still be available in our NAC accredited school that provides authentic Jewish educational experiences. The Gan, located at 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota, offers early care, after care, as well as enrichment activities and family programming. For more information, visit www.thegansarasota.org or call Laura Freedman, MS Ed, Director of Early Childhood Education, at 941.926.9462.
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tuesDAY, august 21 Monthly Mania has returned! Join SaBra Hadassah for Mah Jongg from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at The Tea House at Asian Arts, 5473 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota. Call the Tea House at 941.343.9727 to save your spot. $10 for games and lunch plus a $10 donation to SaBra Hadassah at the door. Questions? Call Cathy Reinitz at 941.306.5785.
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Join us at 2:30 p.m. at 600 N. Auburn Rd., Venice, for the Jewish-themed film Shabat Shalom Maradona, which will be followed by a lively discussion with moderator Jordan Shifrin. Then it’s out for dinner at Burgundy Cafe. Costs: movie – $5 for members, $7 for nonmembers; dinner – $17 for members, $19 for nonmembers. For more information, call Beata at 941.484-2022, email jcvenice2@gmail. com or visit www.jewishcongregationofvenice.org.
friDAY, august 24 Shabbat, Supper and Schmooze Temple Sinai invites you to its final 4th Friday of the summer event. The evening begins with a Welcome Reception at 5:15 p.m., the signature Rhythm and Jews Service at 6:00 p.m., followed by a casual supper. Dinner from Demitrio’s will include eggplant parmesan, spinach pie, pasta, Greek salad and more. $15 for guests. Temple Sinai is located at 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota. To RSVP, call 941.924.1802 or email office@templesinai-sarasota.org.
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Congregation Ner Tamid’s 8th birthday party It’s a Birthday Potluck Dinner and Havdalah, too. Just turn the number 8 on its side, and you’ll see the symbol for infinity: ∞. In Chinese culture, “eight” is identified with prosperity – both so appropriate for Ner Tamid’s special eight-year celebration. Ner Tamid means the eternal light, which is exactly what this congregation is dedicated to – keeping the flame of Torah and Yiddishkeit alive in the world. We’ve had an amazing eight years, and we’re celebrating with music, entertainment, a pot luck supper and, of course, birthday cake! The event begins at 6:00 p.m. at The Lodge, 4802 B 26th St. W., Bradenton. To RSVP, call Elaine at 941.755.1231 or email shalom@nertamidflorida.org.
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JCV Religious School Parent-Student Bagel Brunch Prospective parents and students are invited to visit the Jewish Congregation of Venice Religious School at 9:30 a.m. at 600 N. Auburn Rd., Venice. Meet Rabbi Dan Krimsky, Cantor Marci Vitkus, professional teaching staff, and current parents and students. Enjoy brunch, learn about the curriculum and Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation. Discover Jewish Congregation of Venice, a place of Jewish diversity and belonging. Interfaith families welcome. Scholarships available. No charge, but reservations are required. Call Beata, at 941.484.2022 for more information and to RSVP.
Chabad Hebrew School Open House and Orientation This year, Chabad Hebrew School of Bradenton & Lakewood Ranch will be traveling “Back to the Future” in the CHS time machine. Come travel in time at Chabad’s Open House and Orientation and see for yourself everything that CHS has to offer. The event, which runs from 11:00 a.m. to noon at 5712 Lorraine Road, Bradenton, will have activities, art, fun, refreshments and prizes. Meet the CHS teachers and fellow classmates. For more information, call 941.752.3030.
High Holiday workshop Rabbi Geoffrey Huntting and Chazzan Cliff Abramson will explore the liturgy, music and traditions of the High Holidays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Temple Sinai, 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota. Chazzan will be playing samples of the music to enhance the learning experience. Bagel nosh will be served. Free, but please RSVP to 941.924.1802 or office@templesinai-sarasota.org.
Community-Wide Synagogue Open House The 10 congregations of the Synagogue Council of Sarasota-Manatee are hosting their annual Open House from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. It’s an opportunity to tour the facilities, meet the clergy, staff and lay leadership, and see what they have to offer you. They will be looking forward to seeing you at (in alphabetical order) Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Congregation Kol HaNeshama, Congregation Ner Tamid, Jewish Congregation of Venice, Temple Beth El (Bradenton), Temple Beth El (North Port), Temple Beth Israel, Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Emanu-El and Temple Sinai. Addresses can be found in the ad on page 3A and the article on page 8A. This event is free and refreshments will be served.
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ZOA mourns loss of Jewish giant: Israeli PM Yitzhak Shamir By Morton A. Klein, ZOA President, July 2, 2012
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he Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) mourns the loss of a giant in Jewish and Israeli history, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. PM Shamir was 96. Mr. Shamir served as Prime Minister of Israel in 1983-84 and 1986-92. Only David Ben-Gurion has served longer as the leader of the Jewish state. In 1973, Shamir was elected to the Knesset as a member of the Likud. He was Speaker in 1977 and Foreign Minister in 1980. He served in the Mossad from 1955-1965. Prime Minister Shamir was both a member of the Irgun and a commander of the Lehi group, which many give credit for being critical to the founding of the Jewish state. I am honored and proud to say that Yitzhak Shamir was a personal friend of mine. We first met when we were the two speakers at a pro-Israel rally at Shaare Shamayin Synagogue in Philadelphia in 1994. Later that year my wife and I visited with Prime Minister Shamir and his wife at their small apartment in Tel Aviv. I remember telling my wife how surprised I was that a Prime Minister lived in such a small residence. Shamir’s extraordinary humility was always part of his life. The Prime Minister was the Keynote Speaker at our annual Brandeis Award Dinner in 1995 that honored Carl
and Sylvia Freyer. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer was the other speaker. (The Prime Minister said he noticed we had Benjamin Netanyahu as Keynote the year before, and quipped, why didn’t we invite him before Netanyahu.) He also addressed ZOA delegates at ZOA Israel missions. Shamir’s remarks at the Award Dinner included: “I am happy to be speaking to the ZOA, who proudly tells the truth about the Oslo accords, the Palestinian’s refusal to fulfill any of its obligations, and the danger to Israel Oslo represents.” “The problem we face is so grave that my conscience does not permit me to be silent.” “The peace will not be a real peace. It is not built on a readiness of these Arabs for a peace with us, but rather on an Arab plan to destroy Israel in stages.” He said that the PLO already is looking at the areas of Jericho and Gaza and plans to set up its capital in Jerusalem. He said the PLO plans to resettle as many as a million Arabs in Israeli territory. “This is the Arafat plan that will be fleshed out and could, God forbid, become reality. The contradictions between the promises of [Israeli Prime Minister] Yitzhak Rabin to the Israeli people and the promises of [Yasser] Arafat to the Arabs will eventually be
revealed and will cause the collapse of this ‘peace in our time.’” The irony, Mr. Shamir said, is that before the peace agreement, the PLO had “no chance to even approach their goals of destruction,” much less achieve success. “Had we only been patient, we could have witnessed before long the collapse of our most extreme enemies.” “Israel settlers are the real defenders of the sacred covenant between the people of Israel and the land of Israel... they deserve all the support and solidarity of Jews everywhere.” I remember that when I asked Prime Minister Shamir to speak at our dinner, he asked for a normal speaking fee appropriate for a former Prime Minister. When I balked and strongly complained that ZOA was not in good financial shape (in 1995), he immediately said, “OK, OK, don’t worry, you don’t have to pay me a fee.” We must always remember that it was Shamir who worked fervently with the United States to insure that the U.S. not issue refugee certificates to Soviet
Jews, so they would be directed to relocate to Israel. He oversaw the absorption of one million Soviet Jews. Shamir was also responsible for tens of thousands of Ethiopian Jews immigrating to Israel. In 1991, he refused to participate in the Madrid Conference between Arabs and Israelis unless the U.S. guaranteed there was no PLO participation, no discussion of Land for Peace or ceding the Golan Heights to Syria. Prime Minister Shamir was a proud and courageous Jew who stood up like a rock to the enemies of the Jewish people. He devoted his life to our people with a strength seldom seen. As Congressman Ted Poe of Texas said, “He was the sturdiest statesmen in the Middle East.” Shamir was not blinded by fantasies but by reality. He lived by Winston Churchill’s dictum, “You must look at the facts, for the facts are looking at you.” Yitzhak Shamir was a great Jewish patriot. We will miss him dearly. May his memory be for a blessing.
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A children’s village, an adult dream The place in the Middle East where seriously ill children can just be kids By Susan Salzman
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he clowns who greeted us upon our arrival to Jordan River Village in Israel were colorful, fun and entirely appropriate. This facility is designed with children in mind. The central lawn sculpture is of kites flying in the wind. All buildings and equipment, including the swimming pool and theater, are bright, colorful, and designed so children can participate in activities regardless of their physical abilities. The Jordan River Village in the Lower Galilee seeks to enrich the lives of regional Jewish, Muslim and Christian children (ages 9-18) suffering from serious illnesses and life-threatening conditions by creating free, fun-filled, memorable and medically safe camping experiences. It exists because of the love, vision and dedication of two remarkable people, Marilyn and Murray Grant, whom I have been privileged to call friends. The camp was the brainchild of
the Grants, who worked for over a decade to secure significant funding and the government cooperation needed to make the dream a reality. The camp has met the standards of the Serious Fun (formerly Hole in the Wall) network of camps, Paul Newman’s humanitarian project. When Murray and Marilyn were applying for certification as a Serious Fun camp, they were advised that to meet organization requirements, they would need to have a certain number of sessions every year open to non-Israeli families. Their response was that all sessions would be open. Serious illness knows no racial or ethnic boundaries. Each camp session is devoted to children with the same illness, allowing them to focus more on the way they are the same, rather than on the things that could divide them. Though the camp had been in operation for several months, June 10 was its official opening. Among an audience
of hundreds in the dining room cum auditorium were friends and family who had traveled from the U.S. and across Israel to share in the tribute. I was one of five representatives from the Grants’ Sarasota congregation (Kol HaNeshama), along with Multi-colored flags wave over Jordan River Village in Israel. Murray Brochin, Toby The flags symbolize the camp’s mission to help free the spirits Deutsch, and John and of children with severe illnesses or disabilities. Kayla Niles. The ceremonies opened with an of- the family of getting a break from their ficial ribbon cutting, and Murray Grant routines. Others spoke of the logistics wielded the scissors in his and Mari- necessary to finance, build, equip and lyn’s names. The children’s choir of the operate the camp. There is no charge to Haifa Symphony provided entertain- families whose children attend, though ment. Among the many speakers were the actual cost for a child to attend is numerous children who had already $2,000 for a week’s stay. gone through the program. They spoke Sadly, Murray Grant passed away of attending camp as their first experi- peacefully on his flight home from Israence living away from their homes, as el a few days after the Jordan River Vila way to make contact with children lage ceremonies. Murray was movingly like themselves, and as an opportunity and lovingly eulogized at his funeral to overcome fears and try new things. by three generations. He was a remarkMany expressed a wish to serve as a able man. I think the tenacity of spirit volunteer at the camp in the future. that made it possible for him to turn the A parent spoke about the way a dream of the Jordan River Village into child with a serious illness shapes the reality held him together until the work life of the whole family, and the value to was finally finished.
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Some of the Grants’ friends and neighbors who traveled to Israel for the official opening of Jordan River Village: (standing) Fradle & Barry Freidenreich, Susan Salzman, Toby Deutsch, Kayla & John Niles, Jan Joseph, Beila Ungar, Tony Joseph, (in front) Murray Grant, Marilyn Grant, Erika Fox
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BRIEFS ISRAELI ATHLETES HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR OLYMPIC MEDALS
Israel’s delegation to the London 2012 Olympic Games currently consists of 38 athletes in 10 different fields of competition. The athletes, who have already proven themselves at the highest level of international competition, will compete in windsurfing, gymnastics, swimming and judo. (Times of Israel)
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The Jerusalem Development Authority has launched a new website – www. itraveljerusalem.com – that includes Google Street View maps of all the sites in the city, a calendar of events, advice on trips to sites across Israel, and restaurant and accommodation reviews, in addition to an array of HD videos of the Capital. (Jerusalem Development Authority)
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tions of a stunning mosaic floor with a scene depicting Samson placing torches between the tails of foxes (see Judges 15). In another scene, two human faces flank a circular medallion with a Hebrew inscription. “Only a small number of ancient synagogue buildings are decorated with mosaics showing biblical scenes, and only two others have scenes with Samson,” said Prof. Jodi Magness of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
THE WORLD IS DANCING TO ISRAELI CLUB MUSIC
They may look like two average guys in a Tel Aviv park, but they’re actually the hottest band in Israel today: The Young Professionals (TYP). The group is putting Israeli club music on the world’s dance floor. Says TVP’s Ivri Lider: “The Israelis are this crazy mixture of East and West; that’s what we’re trying to be. We’re not trying to be, ‘Okay, we’re from Israel but we’ve put aside everything Israeli and Middle Eastern because we want to be a part of Europe.’ On the contrary,
we say, ‘Oh, we totally embrace everything we have here because it makes us interesting and a bit different.’” Universal Music seems to agree, having recently signed a three-album deal with TYP. “For us it’s a giant step. It’s a giant opportunity to really take our stuff forward,” says Lider, speculating that the band is headed for global performances. “Now we’re releasing in Europe and the U.S. and we’re so much in that moment I don’t think any of us are thinking what’s next.” Visit www.youtube.com/watch?v= 2icNwVxQAog for more information. (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, www.mfa.gov.il)
ISRAEL IS A NATION OF SURVIVORS
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briefs...continued from previous page and freedom of speech and commerce. But in the community of democratic states, Israel is more often regarded with suspicion. Unwarranted hostility is one of the forces it routinely faces while pursuing survival. Its sworn enemies are routinely treated with more sympathy. The universities of North America have become comfortable homes for a proPalestinian movement that is genially tolerated despite its outrageous rhetoric and mobster tactics. The UN is so profoundly prejudiced against Israel that most people no longer notice its behavior; those who believe UN reports must also believe Israel commits more crimes against human rights than all other nations combined. In 1947 the UN approved a twostate partition of Palestine, which the Jews accepted but the Arabs did not. In May 1967, the Arab states again decided they could not tolerate Israel’s existence. They gathered their armies and moved toward its borders. “The Arab people want to fight,” said president Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt. The Arab states, whose aggressive misjudgment and incompetence caused the West Bank of the Jordan River to fall into Israeli hands, now blame Israel for the sin of acquiring it. Israel has tried to trade back this territory in various landfor-peace schemes, to no avail. (Robert Fulford in National Post - Canada)
BOYCOTT ISRAELI PRODUCTS? NOT IN THE PA Despite a Palestinian campaign that calls for the boycott of Israeli products, Palestinian consumers “love and buy Israeli products,” says one Bethlehem minimarket owner. “Lots of people prefer to buy Tnuva products simply because there is tighter supervision and they want to feel safe in what they buy. It has nothing to do with politics. When we buy a product from you (Israelis) we know it is under supervision and only
made with fresh ingredients.” Imad Naama, who owns a cleaning and hygiene product warehouse, explains that there is no comparison between the quality of Israeli products and other brands. “If my clients see that the product has Hebrew letters on it or if it says the product is from Israel, they are sure it is better,” he notes. (Ynet News)
THOUSANDS FLOCK TO ISRAEL’S AGRITECH 2012
This year’s two-day AgriTech show in Tel Aviv featured over 250 exhibitors. “Some 5,000 visitors from abroad came from South America, nearly all of the Far East (including sizable delegations from China and India), and just about every country in sub-Saharan Africa,” said event chairman Dani Meiri. There were even unofficial delegations from Arab countries. Altogether, there were 80 official delegations from foreign countries. India sent 2,000 farmers to the show, with over 1,200 from the Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. One significant Israeli agricultural accomplishment is technology to enhance milk production. “Israeli cows are the world’s most productive, with cows able to yield up to 12,000 liters of milk annually,” said Meiri. “Farmers come from all over the world to learn how we do it, and we export that technology as well. Right now we have a huge project in Vietnam, where we are working to improve production of 32,000 cows.” (Times of Israel)
WHAT ISRAEL CAN TEACH CHINA
Twenty students and I recently traveled to Israel for six days to study what makes Israel “a start-up nation.” If China is the world’s sweatshop, then Israel is the world’s laboratory. The Technion’s Water Research Institute is building a new “water-wise” building which aims to meet 80% of its water needs by harvesting rainwater on its roof, and recycling “gray” water from showers and sinks. These are technologies that, once developed, can be profitably exported to countries with severe water shortages.
What makes Israel so innovative? Israel’s answer is simple: Ask questions. When we visited a public high school in Tel Aviv, we saw teachers interrupt the principal, and learned that Israelis consider “shyness” a learning disability. To ask questions is difficult enough for many a Chinese student. It entails a radical re-ordering of how you relate to yourself, and to the world around you. It requires a willingness to overturn the world if need be. That’s what makes Israel such an innovative culture. (Jiang Xueq in The Diplomat - Japan)
TECHNION IMPROVES MICROSCOPE RESOLUTION TEN-FOLD
Haifa’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has registered a patent for a new technique that improves tenfold the performance of any type of sophisticated microscope and imaging system without making hardware changes. The discovery, published in the Nature Materials journal, has aroused great interest in the scientific world and is being described as a “breakthrough.” (Jerusalem Post)
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Recent event photos from the area’s temples, schools & organizations
A group of women who live in Kobernick Anchin’s independent retirement community meet weekly to knit for others. Some group members made their first presentation of a lap robe to Hilda Corman (center), a longtime KA resident who now lives in the skilled nursing center on campus.
Outgoing Temple Beth Sholom Men’s Club President Joel Servetz introduces Gerald Ronkin as his successor at the installation ceremony
Judy Bronstein, Past President of Temple Beth Sholom, and Gerald Ronkin at the installation ceremony
Etta and Howie Raiken sponsored a Welcome Reception at Temple Sinai in honor of their 50th anniversary. Rabbi Geoffrey Huntting blessed them during the service.
Zvi and Judy Rogovin enjoy the first 4th Friday of the Summer Shabbat Supper at Temple Sinai
The new Temple Emanu-El Board of Directors gives a thumbs-up after being formally installed and blessed during Shabbat services June 1.
Augie and Barbara Hoch served 100 people at Shabbat Supper at Temple Sinai
Deborah Solomon and Norty & Louise Bick celebrated Shavuot at Temple Emanu-El’s Tikkun Leil Shavuot. Participants enjoyed study sessions and delicious dairy desserts.
The movers and shakers of N’shei Chabad Women gathered for a planning meeting: Sheila Fox, Chirle Glinski, Gerry Nussbaum, Nechama Whalen and Jodi Bloom
At Temple Beth El Bradenton’s “Art Robbins” Men’s Club Shabbat are Arnold Klein, Bill Oser, Neil Clark, Ralph Shaw (President), Ron Shapiro, Cantor Alan Cohn and Jonas Ellis
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Temple Beth El Bradenton members and guests enjoy the Social Activities Dinner/Cruise at Regatta Pointe Marina
At Temple Beth El Bradenton’s New Member Shabbat: Marla Ryder, Joy Yelin, Jay Berman and Simone Shaw (membership chair)
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Camp Gan Israel of Venice campers and counselors enjoy a Slurpee break
Levi & Mushka Schmerling and Emma Mcgill enjoy Zumba at Camp Gan Israel of Venice
Junior Counselor Erica Brown has fun with campers at Camp Gan Israel of Sarasota
Campers at Camp Gan Israel of Sarasota enjoy dance
Goldie Feldman Academy campers at the Summer at the Academy’s gardening-themed camp prepare the soil to plant herbs
Woody Bryant and Leo Glickman found some shade at Temple Emanu-El’s “Splash Shabbat.” Young families ate breakfast and enjoyed sprinklers, a wading pool, Popsicles, and an age-appropriate Shabbat service.
Camp Gan Israel of Sarasota campers and counselors at MOSI
Two campers create a water paint and shaving cream masterpiece at the Summer Experience Camp at the Justin Lee Wiesner Preschool
A camper models the “buggy” hat she created during the Creatures Featured-themed Summer Experience Camp at the Justin Lee Wiesner Preschool
On their recent visit to Israel, Kol HaNeshma members Susan Salzman and Toby Deutsch participated in an Israel Religious Action Center civil rights freedom ride encouraging women to sit in the front of the bus.
On June 10, Murray and Marilyn Grant, two of Kol HaNeshama’s founders, saw the fulfillment of their long-held dream with the official opening of the Jordan River Village in Israel, where seriously ill or disabled Jewish, Muslim and Christian children can attend camp. See the related story on page 6B.
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