The Jewish News - June 2017 by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee

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7 Community Focus 13 Jewish Happenings 17 Jewish Interest 22 Israel & the Jewish World 26 Commentary 29 Focus on Youth 31 Life Cycle

3 Federation grant helps fight hunger in Israel

Volume 47, Number 6

LIFE & LEGACY™: Over $3.6M promised to our community in first month By Gisele Pintchuck, LIFE & LEGACY™ local director

pril 1, 2017, marked the official start of The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee’s and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s year one of the LIFE & LEGACY™ program. The four-year program is a transformative collaboration involving eleven local Jewish organizations focused on promoting after-lifetime giving to benefit local educational, social service organizations, synagogues and other Jewish entities. Through training, support and monetary incentives, LIFE & LEGACY™ motivates Jewish organizations to secure legacy gifts, steward donors and Gisele Pintchuck integrate legacy giving into the philanthropic culture of the Jewish community. The Jewish Federation along with Chabad of Sarasota, Chabad of Bradenton & Lakewood Ranch, Chabad of Venice & North Port, Hershorin Schiff Community Day School, Jewish Family & Children’s Service of the Suncoast, Jewish Housing

Council Foundation/Aviva, Temple Beth Israel, Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Emanu-El and Temple Sinai are teaming up to engage donors in conversation and promote the importance of planning for the future and securing Jewish tomorrows for generations to come. “It gives me great pride to see so many organizations collaborating to secure the future of our Jewish community,” said Howard Tevlowitz, Federation Executive Director. LIFE & LEGACY™ is not only for the wealthy donor, it is designed to encourage everyone to become a legacy giver. In addition, it fosters camaraderie and respect among Jewish organizations that share the goal of legacy building for the Jewish community. Since the implementation of the program, all eleven partners have participated in comprehensive training to create a solid, complete and effective legacy program for their organizations. With the support of the Massachusetts-based Harold Grinspoon Foundation, partners receive step-by-step guidance to engage in meaningful legacy conversations, provide significant stewardship activities, effectively continued on page 3

High-school students share their experiences at the AIPAC Women’s Giving Circle mission to Israel Policy Conference By Julie Friedman

“We did it and we’ll do it again!”

Temple Sinai’s Chavurah Gan Eden strengthens community outreach

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uring the two weeks before Passover this year, eleven members of The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee’s Women’s Giving Circle (WGC) enjoyed our first mission to Israel. We visited a dozen nonprofit agencies whose missions reflect the WGC goal – supporting vulnerable children and women in Israel. The agencies ranged from very small with limited funding, to very large with quite diverse resources. Ros Mazur, co-founder of the WGC and the mission chair, saw to it that our visits were interactive and intimate, with opportunities to meet beneficiaries of WGC support from in and around Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Mission participants assumed responsibility to provide more details about each organization so that our understanding of their goals and relevance to the WGC mission was enhanced. Among the programs we visited was Sulamot, which focuses on the power of music to effect social change via engaging very young and middle schoolage children from diverse communities, many from impoverished and immigrant families. Sulamot is a collaboration of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID MANASOTA FL PERMIT 167

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Tel Aviv University, and the Israel Defense Forces. Our hearts were warmed by the 5- and 6-year-old children “playing” their cardboard instruments, singing, having fun and laughing while they entertained us. Older youth performed on culturally evocative instruments, such as the oud and tambor, as well as western wind and string instruments. We were treated to powerful vocal selections from a sweet 12-year-old girl, blind and abandoned as an infant, who was literally picked up on a street by an Israeli continued on page 2

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Women’s Giving Circle...continued from page 1 who became her adoptive mother. help these children cope through these We got to know teen girls at the experiences, thereby lessening potenEthiopian National Project (ENP) tial post-trauma stress. These hands-on SPACE program through playing a activities underscored the importance board game in small groups. It didn’t of cooperation and a willingness to get matter whose turn it was, we all reour hands dirty to have a positive imsponded to the questions. The visit was pact on others. made more memorable by hearing the We were moved by stories shared young women’s hopes, who are their at the Orr Shalom group home in Mevheroines, and what they want their aseret Tzion – as we learned of their lives to be. work with abandoned, unwanted chilWe visited Leket Atid, Israel’s dren – from the very young to those in largest food bank, where we sorted their twenties. Orr Shalom exhibited through fruits and vegetables alongside great care and affection for their charga group of corporate Israeli high-tech es accompanied by appropriate discibusinessmen and women/volunteers. pline and healthy parenting. Later in the trip, we assembled HealOur late-night visit at Crossroads, ing Arts Kits that included toys, pupwhich is close to one of the most pets, crayons and other materials. tourist-visited areas in Jerusalem, was First-responders hand the kits to chileye-opening. Two sisters talked about dren within 20-30 minutes of witnesshow the program saved their lives after ing horrific acts of terrorism. The kits years of living without any material or

Participants at Leket Atid: Julie Friedman, Marcy Moore, Debbie Cohen, Mackie Spitzer, Ros Mazur, Adrienne Driben, Ilene Fox, LD Marantz, Gloria Feibus, Anne Stein, (kneeling) Alice Cotman, Ruthie Schumeister

emotional support. Crossroads, a program that benefits English-speaking young adults living on the streets or in risky situations, took us to Kikar Tzion – at the base of the famous shopping street, Ben Yehuda – to show us how they approach the most sophisticatedlooking, yet fragile girls we could imagine, to engage them over a period of months and sometimes years, to develop trust and foster their maturation. We received gratitude for taking the time to meet with people and learn more about programs which benefit the women and children in need in Israel. Ros received the following thank you note (accompanied by a photo of an Israeli mountain in spring): …Thank you so much for all you have done for us and please thank all the ladies of your organization on my behalf. The spring is here, and Sulamot is blooming with 2,000 children, thanks to good people like you. I send you a mountain of flowers for the spring and wish you a very happy Passover! During a visit to Netanya, we were moved during our meeting with seven

Ethiopian women who had trekked on foot with their families across the Sudan to make aliyah. The women prepared special coffee and bread for us. As they shared their stories – through an interpreter – photos, gestures, tears and smiles, we experienced, viscerally, kol Yisrael arevim zeh la-zeh (all the people of Israel are responsible for one another). The group also visited Tel Mond, Sarasota’s Sister City in Israel. We had many touching, sad and joyful experiences in our beloved Israel. We gained new friends during our travels as we found that we have many shared values. We bonded through our after-dinner walks through the cities (often ending at an ice cream kiosk), our conversations during shared meals, and a fabulous party with plenty of wine and real, tasty Israeli halvah. We shared the afterglow of mutual contributions, the sense that “we did it and we’ll do it again!” For more information about the Women’s Giving Circle, please contact Ilene Fox at The Federation at 941.343.2111 or ifox@jfedsrq.org.

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Women’s Giving Circle grants $50,000 to Israel programs By Adrea Sukin

nder the wide umbrella and support of The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, a caring group of women, known as the Women’s Giving Circle (WGC), gather annually to financially help Jewish women and children in Israel who need a variety of social services. This year, the WGC received almost 100 grant requests. In the

granting and funding process, WGC members discussed, researched and learned more about ways to help those with disabilities, victims of terror, orphans, children and women in abusive situations, educational support, and assistance in business development, and more. WGC granting is a “feel good” project for those involved. Any woman is welcome to join this

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High-school students share their experiences at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. Each year, The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee provides scholarships for a delegation of high-school students to attend the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. Following are essays written by students who attended this year’s conference.

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Many voices, one mission By Phoenix Berman irst and foremost, I love politics. More importantly, I am a girl who one day hopes to institute change and promote peace on the world’s stage. Nestled inside the beating heart of Washington, D.C., my fellow delegates and I were offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a chance to meet world leaders, government officials and other proIsrael advocates to discuss not only the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship but also ways we can all protect and defend this sacred bond between our nations. The notion that an event such as the AIPAC Policy Conference existed seemed almost surreal. In a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise and cavernous rifts exist in our intricate political system, I wondered how it was even possible to gather almost 20,000 diverse pro-Israel advocates into one unified setting. I distinctly remember a particular evening at the conference when the warm glow of the streetlights and the grandeur of the Verizon Center engulfed my senses. As my fellow delegates and I finally weaved our way into the stadium, I was starstruck. Peering down, I saw rows upon rows of individuals, different in race and culture, all banding together to stand in solidarity for the U.S.-Israel relationship under a light box that outlined AIPAC’s motto: “Many voices, one mission.” If

there was one thing I was excited for that night, it was to see UN Ambassador Nikki Haley address the sea of conference attendees. Ambassador Haley was born to an Indian-American Sikh family and was the first female elected to the position of Governor of South Carolina. For me, Ambassador Haley emulates AIPAC’s motto of “Many voices, one mission.” As a first-generation American and a woman who represents the opportunities females in this country have, she brings a face to the diverse group of individuals I met during my time at the conference. One thing we shared? A burning passion for Israel. I remember grabbing onto the edges of my seat as I heard her introduction. All 18,000 conference attendees gave her a standing ovation as she gracefully approached the stage. My heart leapt as I heard her describe her personal connection with Israel, outlining the similarities between Indian and Israeli culture, and later expounding upon the importance of supporting our country’s only true ally in the Middle East: Israel. One important point Ambassador Haley drove home was regarding the responsibility of leadership. “Leading isn’t saying and doing things when it’s comfortable. Leading is saying and doing things when it’s not comfortable,” she said. In my opinion, this definition of leadership is applicable now more than ever.

The AIPAC Policy Conference exposed me to the multifaceted spectrum of individuals who encompass the mission of the U.S.-Israel relationship. With regional aggression in the Middle East, the rise of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS), and nationwide attacks on Jewish organizations, it is critical for our nation’s diverse pro-Israel advocates to understand the responsibility they share. The responsibility of raising your voice to fight for the U.S.-Israel relationship, even in the most adverse conditions, is crucial. From your local temple member all the way to the ambassador to the UN, I learned that anyone can make a difference. However, in the end it is up to you what you make of it. Phoenix Berman, a Federation STEP Fellow, received a scholarship from The Federation to attend the Schusterman Advocacy Institute High School Summit, is an alumna of The Federation’s Bob Malkin Young Ambassador Mission to Israel, and served as an Edlin Journalism Intern for The Jewish News. Phoenix is a junior at the Sarasota Military Academy. Israeli innovation is changing the world By Amanda Green s a part of my fellowship in The Jewish Federation of SarasotaManatee’s STEP Program, I was given the opportunity to attend the AIPAC Policy Conference in March. One of the most interesting and engaging parts of the conference was the general session each morning. Throughout the conference, important world leaders and guest speakers entertained and informed the pro-Israel audience of over 18,000 people. One of the most inspir-

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ing parts of my AIPAC experience was learning about the ways in which Israel impacts the rest of the world, especially through technological and medical innovations. During our first general session, we learned about a facility in Israel called “Save A Child’s Heart” that specializes in medical care for children from developing countries who are in need of heart surgeries and follow-up care. A video told the story of a young boy from Gaza who was in dire need of life-saving heart surgery. By welcoming his family into Israel, the organization was able to save the boy, who is a now a happy and healthy person – and an advocate for Israel. After the video, the boy and his father came on stage to share how Israeli innovation and medicine changed their lives. The next day, we were introduced to a woman who wanted to see an upgrade in efficiency of security in public places. She created a security screener called the Qylatron Entry Experience Solution, which uses a combination of X-rays, chemical sensors and other scanners, creating a more effective system than those currently used in places like airports and sports venues. This past year, Qylatrons were even used at the Rio Olympics! We also were shown an innovative technological device called the WaterGen, which can pull water vapor from the air and filter it into drinkable, clean water. It has the potential to quench the thirst of entire communities-inneed worldwide. My group even got a chance to drink water produced from the device. One of the other incredible examples of technology I saw at the conference was a phone that can continued on page 5

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AIPAC Policy Conference...continued from page 4 revolutionize the lives of people who on the agenda. This is detrimental to have been paralyzed. A quadriplegic businesses and other institutions, and told the audience how the Sesame compromises Israel’s economic stabiliPhone changed his life. He explained ty. The fight against anti-Israel bias has that by using head and eye movements, been prominently led by our country, he can control this phone. By saying and for that I am grateful. the words “Open Sesame,” the user can As a student, I am faced with many open the phone and use it to complete obstacles. BDS is active on campuses the same functions as anyone else with nationwide. Now, because of AIPAC, a smart phone. I am armed with the confidence and Overall, the AIPAC Policy Coninformation I need to fight for what I ference was an inspiring experience. believe in. One of the most impactful aspects for Erica Lester is a senior at Sarasota me was seeing how Israel is creating High School. innovative technology for the world to share. We can make a difference Amanda Green is a senior at Pine View By Gabriella Hazan School. y parents have always made Judaism an important part of my Fighting BDS at home and at school life and, having been to Israel twice By Erica Lester now, I think it is important that I do hanks to a scholarship from The my part to support Israel. So, when I Jewish Federation of Sarasotareceived a scholarship from The JewManatee, I was offered the opportunity ish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee to attend the AIPAC Policy Conference to attend the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., in March. This in Washington, D.C., this March, I was conference was especially important thrilled to participate. to me because I will be spending my What struck me the most was the first year out of high school in Israel sheer number of people who attended. through a program called Nativ. More than 18,000 people came togethIt was an honor to represent the er to support Israel. It was incredible Sarasota-Manatee area when I spoke to see so many thousands of people about BDS to Representative Vern Bugather in our nation’s capital to support chanan while lobbying on our last day a cause I thought no one cared about. of the trip. BDS, otherwise known as When that many voices come toBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions, gether, politicians pay attention. On the has become a greater issue than ever last day of the conference, the student before. group from The Federation, along with The UN has been a crucial factor other constituents from Florida’s 16th in the creation of Israel, but the Jewdistrict, met with Congressman Vern ish state’s history has been majorly Buchanan. We reminded him how he affected and tarnished by constant ancan support Israel, and how his support tagonism from surrounding countries. will not only benefit Israelis but also Israel’s legitimacy has been consistentAmericans. ly debated since its creation, which has Before I went to the Policy Confercaused it to be politically isolated. ence I thought lobbying was only for Israel’s delegitimization was furwealthy corporations and professional thered by the 1975 “Zionism is Racism” lobbyists, but I’ve learned that anyone Act and Security Council Resolution can lobby and effect change. It was 2334. The Committee on the Exercise important that our representative in of the Inalienable Rights of the PalesCongress saw how many people from tinian People, amongst other bodies in his district support Israel and how pasthe UN, exclusively promotes the Palsionate we are. estinian narrative, with little to no reI am not an expert on Middle Eastgard for the Israeli narrative. ern policies, but I was able to tell Mr. Additionally, the United Nations Buchanan why I support Israel and Human Rights Council maintains what he can do to help. When I was in scrutiny of Israel by keeping it as the Israel last summer I learned a lot about only country-specific standing item the innovative technologies being de-

veloped there. These technologies will protect Israel from potential attacks by neighboring countries. It is in the United States’ best interest that Israel continue to be strong because it’s the only country in the region that shares our democratic values. However, to develop these technologies, Israel needs support from the U.S. I was able to discuss this issue with Congressman Buchanan, and he promised to continue to support programs providing essential aid to Israel. Even though I am only a student, I was able to directly impact legislation for a cause that is very important to me. Gabriella Hazan is a senior at Pine View School. Armed with knowledge By Camryn Cohen his spring I had the opportunity to attend the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., with seven other teens from this area. AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, hosted 18,000 pro-Israel advocates from across America at an annual conference focused on demonstrating bipartisan interest in promoting the U.S.-Israel relationship. During the general session, we heard from diverse speakers, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (via live satellite), Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Senators Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell, United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. When we weren’t listening to prominent political figures or awe-inspiring Israeli tech pioneers, we attended breakout sessions focused on Israeli and Middle Eastern affairs to broaden the scope of our knowledge. One of my favorite breakout sessions was “Israel and the Palestinians: Ideas for the Future.” In the session, four analysts debated and shared their opinions on current and future relations between Israel and the Palestinian people. It was interesting to hear differing perspectives from people across the political spectrum who specialize in studying the conflict. The complexities of the conflict, while they make the issue interesting to learn about, also continued on page 6

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AIPAC Policy Conference...continued from page 5 their insights on the Middle East situhelps people in need – no matter their make finding a resolution incredibly ation and the relationship between Isbackground. difficult. rael and the United States. We were also When I returned home from the While this issue should in no way able to attend smaller, more intimate conference, my teacher asked me about be minimized, it is important that Israel panel discussions featuring a wide vathe impact the experience had on me. not be defined by this conflict. As we riety of panelists, many of whom were Overhearing this conversation, a few have seen in recent years, specifically ambassadors or foreign policy experts. of my non-Jewish peers began to ask with UN Security Council Resolution After attending several in-depth what AIPAC is, what the conflicts in 2334 which condemned Israel and Issessions discussing the situraeli settlements, the United Nations ation in the Middle East and is not in favor of Israel. It is my belief the U.S.-Israel relationship, that Ambassador Haley, as she stated we went to lobby on Capitol in her speech, will stand up for Israel Hill. My group had the opporat the UN, even if other countries are tunity to speak with Congressreluctant to do so. man Vern Buchanan about By attending the AIPAC Policy diverse topics, including Iran Conference, I became more knowland funding for Israel. At one edgeable not just on the Israeli-Palespoint, Congressman Buchanan tinian conflict but also on many other expressed his concern about a issues Israel faces. Next year, I will be rise in anti-Israel sentiments in attending college and, with the knowlthe United States. I responded edge and tools I have learned from The that I felt the Trump adminisFederation and at AIPAC, I will be able (In back) Harris Lichtenstein, Gabriella Hazan, Alex Hanan, tration and, to an extent, the to effectively stand up for Israel. Amanda Green, Erica Lester, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Republican party are strongly Camryn Cohen is a senior at Pine View Ian Sanford, (in front) Camryn Cohen, Phoenix Berman, Jessi Sheslow pro-Israel. I told him that my School. concern is that Americans Israel are, and why any of it is imwho are against Trump might use this An eye-opening experience portant. Armed with the knowledge I pro-Israel stance against both him and By Alex Hanan gained at the conference, I was able to Israel. uring the AIPAC Policy Confermeaningfully answer each question. This concept was emphasized ence I watched a video about For me, the AIPAC Policy Conferseveral times at the conference. Most a young Palestinian boy with an exence was an eye-opening experience speakers, though, emphasized that the tremely rare, possibly fatal, heart disand I’m grateful to The Jewish Federpro-Israel movement is bipartisan and ease. He was unable to receive the ation of Sarasota-Manatee for makdoes not “belong” to any one admintreatment he needed where he lived, ing it possible for me to attend. I hope istration or party. Our job is to remind so his parents, desperate, brought their to attend next year’s conference, too! people that just because they don’t like son to an Israeli hospital. After treatAlex Hanan is a sophomore at Pine a politician, they don’t have to oppose ment, the boy’s life was saved. View School. every policy put forth by him or her. In the video, the parents spoke Let’s remind those around us that about how they will be forever grateful The pro-Israel movement support for Israel transcends political for the warm welcome the Israelis gave transcends political divides divides. their family – even though they were By Harris Lichtenstein Harris Lichtenstein is in 11th grade at Palestinians. Everyone was genuinely t was an honor to receive a scholarPine View School. moved when the young Palestinian ship from The Jewish Federation boy from the video walked on stage, of Sarasota-Manatee to participate in with a translator by his side, and spoke the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washabout how well he is doing. Needless ington, D.C., this year. to say, we gave him a standing ovation. Many prominent speakers, includThis family’s story really touched me. ing Vice President Mike Pence and I feel proud to support a country that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, shared

An unforgettable experience By Ian Sanford was very fortunate to receive a scholarship from The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee to attend this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference. I had the honor of hearing some of America’s and Israel’s prominent leaders, including Vice President Michael Pence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Congressman Vern Buchanan. I was able to attend many political conferences (my favorite), and even met the first member of the Knesset to come out as gay! I was most impressed with Senator Marco Rubio and his support for Israel. He said, “When politicians fail to take a stand against those that seek to deny Israel’s right to exist, and try to question the Jewish history of Jerusalem, we hurt not just Israel, but our own credibility.” He spoke with conviction and I was impressed that he did not read from a written speech or a teleprompter. He seems to have a strong grasp on foreign policy. Senator Rubio feels strongly that if the United Nations wants to continue to promote anti-Semitism and anti-Israel views, it will do so without the support of U.S.ding taxpayer funding. He closed by tellingfunn us, “It is time we start taking care ofabou our own best interests, and part of ourfaith best interests lies with keeping up posi-sibil A tive ties with our best ally, Israel.” I am honored to have been able toOrth participate in this event with my fellownally high school peers. It was an experiencethe of m I’ll never forget! Ian R. Sanford is a sophomore atis b ancé Braden River High School. the mon to re life,

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ll civilizations have interesting histories and distinctive records to study but few are as intriguing as the Jewish people. Outlasting the great ancient powerful civilizations – Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek and Roman – the Jews still exist to tell their story. The importance of this phenomenon led the Dalai Lama to convene an international meeting of leading Jewish scholars to help him learn how his Tibetan Buddhist flock might survive discrimination and their pariah status in Asia. (See The Jew in the Lotus by Rodger Kamenetz.) From my experience as an adult educator, and by serving in many different educational venues, there seems

to be a weighty thirst for understanding the anthropology of the Jewish people. Who are they? Where did they come from? To where did they meander? Who were the Jews of yesteryear and who are they today? How and why did Jewish practices change over the millennia? By what means did the Jews survive all the powerful forces which aimed at and attempted to kill them or forcefully convert Jews to other religions or creeds? What were the tools at play? Did the Jewish religion change in order to adapt to the many new conditions and demands of the powers-thatbe in the far-flung regions of world where Jews settled? A new class is being offered this June to study the unique phenomena

of Jewish anthropology: existence, survival and contributions to humanity in the past as well as in the near term. Drawing on printed media materials that will be distributed in class, students will have an opportunity to analyze the unique character of the Jewish people in the different eras and venues they have occupied. There are many interesting episodes of Diaspora Jewry’s past that have a bearing on and implication for where the Jewish people may be headed in the future, I believe. Belonging to a people is good for general identification, but by studying Jewish civilization one can better understand just exactly where the Jews stand today. Beginning June 6, the Sarasota

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rom American-Israeli writer and director Rama Burshtein (Fill the Void) comes The Wedding Plan, a poignant and funny romantic comedy about love, marriage and faith in life’s infinite possibilities. At 32, Michal, an Orthodox woman, is finally looking forward to the comfort and security of marriage, when she is blindsided by her fiancé’s decision to call off the wedding with only a month’s notice. Unwilling to return to lonely single life, Michal decides to put her trust in

fate and continue with her wedding plans, believing Mr. Right will appear by her chosen date. Confident she will find a match made in heaven, she books a venue, sends out invitations and buys a wedding dress, as her skeptical mother and sister look on with trepidation. During Michal’s month-long search for a spouse, she enlists the help of two different matchmakers, goes on a series of disastrous blind dates, and finds an unexpected connection

with a charming but utterly unsuitable pop star – all while dismissing pleas by concerned friends and family members that she reconsider her risky plan. As the day of the ceremony grows closer and no suitor appears, Michal puts everything on the line to find happiness. Noa Koler gives a brilliant performance as Michal, for which she received the Ophir Award (the Israeli version of the

Liberal Yeshiva will be offering a course on “Jewish Anthropology.” This eight-week course will take place on Tuesdays from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. on The Federation Campus, 580 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. The course fee is $60. To register or for more information, please contact me at marden.paru@ gmail.com or 941.379.5655. The Sarasota Liberal Yeshiva is a not-for-profit, independent adult Jewish studies institute which is partially funded through a grant from The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. Classes are open to anyone regardless of religion, race or sexual orientation. We invite you to participate.

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Miracle Swimming for Adults on The Federation Campus By Melon Dash

iracle Swimming for Adults (MSA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1983 in Berkeley, California, to teach adults who are afraid in water to swim with a new system. When you can swim, you can rely on yourself for your safety in deep water. You can play, rest, and move anywhere you want to go, freely, comfortably and confidently. When people feel safe in deep water they can then focus their attention on learning to swim efficiently. Efficiency comes from strokes, like freestyle and backstroke. It’s easy to learn strokes once you know how to swim. MSA teaches adults to swim. Its third course teaches freestyle. It also teaches adults to be safe in the Gulf, and how to sea kayak, stand-up-paddle, snorkel and scuba dive. To end drowning, which is one point of swimming lessons, confidence and safety must be top priorities, ahead of efficiency. MSA’s goal is to teach every adult in Sarasota to swim – either in a pool or the Gulf – and to be a model for adult learn-to-swim programs worldwide. Innovations by MSA make it easy to learn to swim without panic. MSA renovated the pool on The Feder-

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ation Campus in 2016 to meet all Sarasota County requirements for use. Now that MSA has a home pool, this goal is within reach. Year-round, the pool is used for adult Miracle Swimming classes from Ultra-Beginning in the two-foot pool, where learning to float is guaranteed, to Freestyle & Flip Turns, Women Only, Backstroke/Butterfly/Breaststroke, Pre-masters, lap swimming, and Do-ItYourself Learn-to-Swim with MSA’s book and DVD. Everywhere you look, there are swimming lessons for kids, but nowhere can you find innovative and powerful instruction for adults like that offered by MSA. Currently, while the Arlington Park pool is closed for renovation, the Tsunami masters swim team and part of the kids’ team are using the MSA pool mornings and evenings. MSA has also opened some hours for lap swim to accommodate those displaced by the closing. Lap Swim hours are Monday/ Wednesday/Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Tuesday/Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.; Saturday from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.; and Sunday from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. Memberships for adults will become available this summer. There will be family swim sessions scheduled as well. The pool was dedicated May 1 to the original donors, the Loevner and Leuchter families, for their vision and their commitment to the Jewish community. Why teach adults to swim first? Since formal swim lessons began, the premise has been that if all kids

learned to swim, eventually all adults would know how to swim. In 100 years, this hasn’t panned out. In fact, over 70% of drownings are by adults today (CDC 2015). Adults who are afraid in water (46% of the American adult public according to Gallup in 1998) often prevent their children from taking lessons because the parents are afraid for their kids. Parents must know how to swim in order to pass along correct information

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about the water to children and to model comfort and confidence, showing them the water can be a fun, safe place. MSA believes that parents should be the teachers of their kids – and kids’ lessons can be free. Jews had it right all along with its tradition that the father (parent) teaches his children to swim. What prevents adults from learning to swim? Fear of drowning and of panicking, of looking silly, and of failure prevent adults from learning to swim. The

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he Jewish Housing Council Foundation, the fundraising arm of the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Housing Council, hosted a groundbreaking on April 6 for the expansion of a new multi-purpose community room for Aviva - A Campus for Senior Life. The expanded multi-purpose room will be named The Kretzmer Center at Aviva, honoring Sarasota philanthropist Ernest Kretzmer, the lead donor on the project. The room will be used not only for Aviva educational and entertainment events but will also be open

accommodations. “We are very fortunate at The Jewish Housing Council Foundation to have donors like Ernie Kretzmer who recognize the need to enhance the lives of others,” said VP of Philanthropy Scott Anderson. “Ernie is dedicating this multi-purpose community room in loving memory of his wife Alisa.” Among the many attendees who participated in the groundbreaking were Jay Solomon, Aviva CEO; Ernie Kretzmer, lead donor; Merrill Wynne, Jewish Housing Council Foundation Board President; Randy Mallitz, Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Housing Council Board President; Danny Bilyeu, Field Representative for Congressman Vern Buchanan; members of the Jewish Housing Council Foundation; and SarasotaManatee Jewish Housing Council boards and project team. “Our planned expansion of the multi-purpose community room will provide more opportuniSarasota-Manatee Jewish Housing Council Board President Randy Mallitz, Jewish Housing Council Foundation ties for lifelong learning Board Advisor Larry Haspel, lead donor Ernie Kretzmer, through our Aviva UniverJewish Housing Council Foundation Board President Merrill Wynne, Aviva CEO Jay Solomon sity program and innovafor use by the community including lotive health, wellness and entertainment cal non-profit organizations. The projactivities for our residents,” said Jay ect will double the space of the existing Solomon. “We are all so excited to ofroom and will feature the most up-tofer The Kretzmer Center as a valuable date audiovisual and hearing loop sysresource for the local community and tems, completely enhanced seating and non-profit groups.”

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Information and referral to community resources, services, and benefits Counseling — individual and group sessions, in home visits Social Engagement Education and Wellness Seminars MindSet Brain Fitness Classes Caregiver Support — weekly group sessions and individual appointments Respite for Caregivers Geriatric Care Management Caring from a Distance program Friendly Visitors End of Life and Bereavement Support Jewish holiday celebrations at the Fruitville campus, JCV, and in the community Alzheimer’s Support and Education Network 941.364.7508 Helpline for Caregivers 941.364.7560 Financial Assistance Program Holocaust Survivor Services Jewish Aging Mastery Program Transportation to programs and activities

Holocaust Survivor Support Offering holiday celebrations and social gatherings for area Holocaust Survivors (presented in partnership with Jewish Family & Children’s Service of the Suncoast, Inc., Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services and The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany) Contact Orna Nissan at 941.552.6305 or onissan@jfedsrq.org Indigent Burial Services Contact Howard Tevlowitz at 941.343.2110 or htevlowitz@jfedsrq.org

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Temple Sinai’s Chavurah Gan Eden strengthens community outreach

emple Sinai’s Chavurah Gan Eden is strengthening the temple’s community outreach connection by volunteering at All Faiths Food Bank. In addition, Temple Sinai has a year-round collection for the Food Bank in which, annually, thousands of pounds of non-perishable food are donated. Members who volunteer regularly at the Food Bank are David and Varsha

Stein, Barbara and Jon Ryder, Arnold Baer, Natalie Tate and Barbara Jacob. These individuals break down boxes of fresh produce into family bags, prepare boxes of canned goods for food distribution centers, sort frozen meats from boxes onto pallets and pack frozen meat into family-sized bags. In one session, volunteers sorted close to 11,000 pounds of frozen meat! Chavurah Gan Eden members

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Temple Emanu-El to install 2017-18 officers and board

n Friday evening, June 2, Temple Emanu-El will hold a formal ceremony and a festive Shabbat dinner to celebrate the installation of the congregation’s 2017-18 officers and board of trustees. With most officers and trustees beginning the second year of their terms, there are many familiar faces on the 2017-18 board – and a continuation of the wonderful spirit and dedication that are hallmarks of those who serve the congregation. Continuing in their roles are Toby Halpern, President; Liz Klaber, Larry Barnet and Wendy Wicks, Vice Presidents; Neal Vorchheimer, Treasurer; Ken Marsh, Financial Secretary; Dr. Gary Janko, Recording Secretary; and Gloria Weed, Immediate Past President. Also to be re-installed as trustees are Ethel Gross, Ellen Klein, Dr. Michelle Mallitz, Michelle Pearson, Doug Popp, Alice Cotman, Barbara Peltz and Harry Yaverbaum.

Several board members – Vice President Marian Raupp and trustees Jeff Cohen and Gail Klein – will be leaving after terms of distinguished, much-appreciated service. Joining Temple Emanu-El’s leadership in much-anticipated new roles are Vice President Dr. Hal Alterman and trustees Mark Sharff and Betty Perlmutter. Temple Emanu-El Administrator Sheila Siegel expressed excitement about working with these officers and trustees. “As someone who has worked at several nonprofits, I have never seen a board that is more engaged or more dedicated to the institution which it serves,” she stated. “It really feels like a family all working together.” The community is warmly invited to the board installation ceremony and Shabbat dinner on June 2 at 6:00 p.m. For reservations or more information, please call 941.371.2788.

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also help pack backpacks of food for distribution to children on Fridays for weekend consumption, and distribute perishable food at neighborhood distribution centers. The members say they find it extremely rewarding although it is very hard work. They love it because these efforts help to feed the hungry. Chavurah Gan Eden is one of the many Temple Sinai Chavurah groups that meet regularly to develop meaningful relationships, thereby deepening members’ interactions with one another and with Temple Sinai. These groups celebrate holidays and special occasions, go on cultural outings, try new restaurants and share many joyful times. They provide new families, couples, singles and established members an opportunity to meet others in our Temple Sinai family. We encourage all Temple Sinai members to join a Chavurah.

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in Europe proclaimed Judenfrei by the better places to visit. Accompanied Nazis, and from these ashes has arisen by the Japanese ambassador, we went a community of several thousand Jews to the office of the Japanese counsel from the former Soviet in 1939-40, the Sugihara Union. House, where Chiune SugIn Tallinn our visihara, now recognized as a its included a cemetery Righteous Gentile, issued with a Jewish section transport visas to Jews, and then a gorgeous contrary to his instructions, synagogue with a kosaving 6,000 lives. In the sher restaurant and a village of Ziezmariar, a day school with 50 wooden synagogue is beJewish children in ing rebuilt to symbolize kindergarten. We celthe Jewish contributions to ebrated in the evening Susan Halpern in the wooden Lithuania. synagogue in POLIN with a community We dined with the Jewdinner at which we were entertained ish community. The U.S. ambassador by gorgeous voices of the synagogue spoke emotionally to us about the bechoir which left all in tears. ginning of a Jewish revival in Poland Vilnius and the Baltic countries. Her deputy In Vilnius, we followed our pattern of chief of the U.S. mission is my cousin, meetings with the government leaders, Howard Solomon. Only recently we ambassadors and the Jewish commulearned of each other. The ambassador nity. Ninety-five percent of the pre-war introduced us. We spent time together, 200,000 Jews were killed from 1941including at a community Shabbat din44, not in gas chambers but by bullets ner, sharing our common heritage from to the head with the bodies buried in Birzai and Valbanikus, Lithuania, the the killing fields largely in Ponary and birthplace of our common families and Kaunus, which we my Halpern grandparents. visited. The bodies On the last night, we went to the were all burned and symphony. The Israel ambassador was the bones pulverized also there. Despite the sad rememto leave no trace. No brance of the destruction of Jewish longer was Vilnius communities, we were encouraged that the center of Jewthe remaining Jews were rebuilding ish learning as it had their communities. been. Now there are Harold Halpern is a board member of about 4,000 Jews. the AJC West Coast Florida Chapter, Harold Halpern (at right) with the Japanese Ambassador and his wife and other AJC mission participants Still, there were headquartered in Sarasota.

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Hear the Ten Commandments and enjoy games and excitement for the whole family. Enjoy a mouth-watering dairy buffet featuring lasagna, pastas, cheesecakes, salad bar, quiches, ice cream and more. Admission is free to this event that begins at 6:00 p.m. at Chabad of Bradenton & Lakewood Ranch, 5712 Lorraine Road. To RSVP or for more information, contact Rabbi Mendy Bukiet at 941.752.3030 or rabbi@chabadofbradenton.com.

Temple Emanu-El Brotherhood and Sisterhood happily host the annual Beach Picnic and Havdalah. Under the shaded pavilion, Brotherhood members will man the grill for the cookout. We’ll also have delicious side dishes, homemade desserts, and plenty of watermelon and ice-cold beverages. Enjoy cornhole and lawn games and time on the playground and beach. We’ll conclude with a beautiful, musical Havdalah service as the sun sets over the ocean. All are welcome to this intergenerational celebration at 5:00 p.m. at Turtle Beach Pavilion on Siesta Key at end of Midnight Pass Road. For registration and pricing, contact Steven Leavitt at 941.587.8944 or leaveit2leavitt@gmail.com.

“Biblical Characters and Social Justice” Among the many laws of the Torah, or books of Moses, are laws that govern how to treat the landless poor and those who lack the necessities of life. Among these were laws regulating care for the poor, the day laborer and the foreign immigrant. Dr. Rachel Dulin will lead this special Shavuot presentation on the familial relationship and responsibility in the Bible as depicted in the Book of Ruth. This free class begins at 7:00 p.m. at Aviva: A Campus for Senior Life, 1951 N. Honore Ave., Sarasota. To secure your spot, call the Aviva University RSVP line at 941.757.8520.

FRIDAY, JUNE 2 “How Six Days in June Changed Everything” “How Six Days in June Changed Everything: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Six-Day War” is a three-part adult education series employing maps, timelines, chronologies, original speeches and documents, as well as guiding questions and resources, to look back at those fateful days in 1967, through this intervening half-century – and forward to see where we go from here. Classes meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Fridays, June 2 and June 9 at Temple Emanu-El (151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota), and June 16 on The Federation Campus (580 McIntosh Road, Sarasota), and are preceded by a freshlyprepared Israeli-style falafel lunch. The cost is $36 for the entire series. Advance registration is required at www.jfedsrq.org/events. For more information, call Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman at 941.371.2788. SPONSORED BY

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Just released from prison last year, Jonathan Pollard spent 30 years in the worst sentence ever imposed by the U.S. to any person for “friendly espionage (for Israel).” Jonathan’s story, as a passionate Zionist since childhood, will be told in family photographs and personal accounts of meetings between Jonathan’s parents and Lawrence and Dr. Beverly Newman, who will also present information on the book Miscarriage of Justice: The Jonathan Pollard Story, by their friend, prolific author Mark Shaw. This course begins at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 5 and Tuesday, June 6 at the Al Katz Center, 5710 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Cost: $12 per adult and $5 per student for both days. Healthy foods and discussion materials included. To RSVP, call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

PJ Library families are invited to celebrate the end of school and beginning of summer with free admission and a fun interactive program at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota. Meet at the Ann Goldstein Children’s Rainforest Garden from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. for program and activities, and then stay to tour the botanical gardens and exhibits at your leisure. RSVP online at www.jfedsrq.org/events. For more information, contact Andrea Eiffert at 941.552.6308 or aeiffert@jfedsrq.org.

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B I L E R A a L Y t ESHIVA o s a r sa PRESENTS JUNE 2017 COURSES JOSHUA: LIFE AND LEGACY MONDAYS 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM Starting June 5 (Eight Weeks) Joshua, son of Nun, is named as Moses’ successor. His main task is to conquer Canaan and settle the Israelites on the land that God promised to Abraham. The monumental task of “setting up shop” was a business like no other in Israelite history. Drawing on his innate leadership skills, and with God at his back, plus a few miracles, he leads a weary people from 40 years of wandering in the wilderness into the land flowing with milk and honey. What happened to the Canaanites? What was the justification for taking control of this geographic area? This class will draw upon text from the Tanach (Hebrew Scriptures) as well as popular commentary and midrash. The moral and ethical behavior of the conquest will also be addressed. Instructor: Marden Paru; fee $60.

JEWISH ANTHROPOLGY TUESDAYS 10:30 AM–11:45 AM Starting June 6 (Eight Weeks) Many of our students have inquired about the anthropology of the Jewish People. Who are they? Where did they come from? Where did they locate? Who were the Jews of yesteryear and who are they today? This class will study the unique phenomenon of Jewish existence, survival and contributions to humanity—in the past as well as in the near term. Drawing on print media materials that will be distributed in class, students will have an opportunity to analyze the unique character of the Jewish people in the many venues they have occupied. Belonging to a people is great for identification, but studying Jewish civilization will help one better understand just exactly where the Jews stand today. Instructor: Marden Paru; Fee $60.

LIFE AND ESCAPADES OF KING DAVID FRIDAYS 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM Starting June 9 (Eight weeks) David, Israel’s most important king, is hailed as a hero: a military genius, musician, long-reigning monarch and psalmist. But he also had many character flaws. And like Moses, also a shepherd, David displays exemplary qualities of leadership: he unites a divided kingdom and builds the “City of David” (Jerusalem) during his reign of forty years. In one of his escapades, he serves as Israel’s champion as a giant-slayer. Ever the ladies’ man, he marries two of King Saul’s daughters, succumbs to adultery by the beauty of Bathsheba, and is unable to find true happiness. David is particularly aggrieved by the death of his rebellious son Absalom and never is given the zechut (merit) of building the Lord’s House, the Holy Temple. According to our tradition, however, he is designated by Heaven as the progenitor of the Messiah, an honor shared through the grace of his grandmother, Ruth. Drawing on Midrash, Talmudic tales, and excerpts of Bible text, this character study of King David (1040-979 CE) will serve as the focus of our discussion. Instructor: Marden Paru; fee $60.

Inquire about multi-course discounts. Scholarships are also available. Classes are held on the Campus of The Jewish Federation, 580 McIntosh Rd. in Sarasota. To register or seek more information, please contact Marden Paru, Dean and Rosh Yeshiva at 941.379.5655 or marden.paru@gmail.com. Please make checks payable to the Sarasota Liberal Yeshiva and mail to Marden Paru, 5445 Pamela Wood Way #160, Sarasota, FL 34233. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS: The Sarasota Liberal Yeshiva admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs. The Sarasota Liberal Yeshiva is a 501(c)3 non-profit agency. It is funded, in part, by a grant from The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee.

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Temple Emanu-El “Lunch With the Rabbis” Are you looking for a great lunch date? Join Rabbi Brenner Glickman, Rabbi Michael Shefrin and friendly, interesting companions for lunch, socializing and discussion of current events and subjects of Jewish interest! All are invited to this popular, stimulating and enjoyable program. Attendees are asked to bring a brown-bag lunch and are also welcome to bring a newspaper article for discussion. Homemade desserts and terrific company are provided. The event begins at noon at Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road. For more information, call the temple office at 941.371.2788.

THURSDAY, JUNE 8 Temple Emanu-El Summer Science Spectacular Camp Give your little one a fun, nurturing, Jewish summer camp experience at Temple Emanu-El Early Learning Center, 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. Our accredited, Gold Seal-certified, highest-rated early-childhood center welcomes your child for an unforgettable Summer Science Spectacular featuring science-themed indoor and outdoor play, experiments and lots of hands-on learning. Campers will also enjoy “water days,” cooking, art projects, special guests, and lots of summer fun. Fridays bring Shabbat celebrations with the rabbis and a delicious pizza lunch. For the schedule and tuition information, call Elaine Sharrock, Temple Emanu-El Preschool Director, at 941.377.8074.

Chug Ivri (Advanced Hebrew Circle) Cheryl Cohen is the new instructor for Temple Beth Sholom’s Chug Ivri, an informal study group of individuals who wish to improve their knowledge of Hebrew, both spoken and reading. It is conducted at an advanced intermediate level and consists of reading Hebrew literature and an Israeli newspaper (for experienced students of Hebrew) and Hebrew conversation. New participants are always welcome. Anyone who has the necessary Hebrew competence and wishes to expand his/her Hebrew knowledge is welcome to join the group. There is no cost. Classes meet on Thursdays, June 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Temple Beth Sholom, 1050 S. Tuttle Avenue, Sarasota. For more information, call the temple office at 941.955.8121.

“Jewish Vocabulary” From Biblical terms to modern lexicon, from Yiddish to English, Jewish vocabulary is an astounding array of words that every Jew should know. The meanings, connotations and origins of scores of Jewish words will enrich and enhance your depth of Jewish identity and understanding of our present through our past. Naturally, we shall include Jewish comedy and film clips of Jewish actors and actresses whose contributions to society remain engrained in both secular and religious worlds. Join us at 2:00 p.m. on Thursdays, June 8, 15, 22 and 29 at the Al Katz Center, 5710 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Cost: $7 per adult; $3 per student; healthy foods and discussion materials included. To RSVP, call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

“Foreign Policy – The Complexities of the Middle East” In this class, students will discuss current topics on how the Syrian problem could be solved and what will Israel’s attitude be toward options resolving problems in Syria. Discussion on the tensions in the Far East and Asia will be included in this lecture, which begins at 3:30 p.m. on Thursdays, June 8 and 29 at Aviva: A Campus for Senior Life, 1951 N. Honore Ave., Sarasota. The class is free. To secure your spot, call the Aviva University RSVP line at 941.757.8520.

Rosh Chodesh Society course: “Simple Truths” All women are invited to join Chabad of Sarasota’s final segment of the Rosh Chodesh Society course entitled “Simple Truths.” This month’s segment, entitled “Joy Revealed,” is about the extraordinary emphasis Judaism places on being joyful. Following the class, participants will enjoy preparing knishes. Refreshments will be served. For assistance with underwriting this course, appreciation is extended to Anne Stein. All women are welcome at 7:15 p.m. at Chabad of Sarasota, 7700 Beneva Road. Cost: free for Rebbetzin Circle, $10 for members, $12 for nonmembers. Anyone joining N’shei Chabad Women’s Rosh Chodesh Society class for the first time is our guest at no charge. For more information or to RSVP, call Sara Steinmetz at 941.925.0770 or email NCWSarasota@gmail.com.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

“Understanding Jewish Mourning”

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Some of the extraordinary elements of Jewish life that truly distinguish Judaism center around the laws of mourning, which include seven days of sitting (shiva) for the departed, covering the mirrors, saying special prayers for at least 30 days, guarding the departed one vigilantly until the time of burial, and many more practices to demonstrate the deepest honor possible for each Jew. The psychological impact of Jewish mourning practices is inestimable for emotional stability and mental health. Join us at 10:30 a.m. at the Al Katz Center, 5710 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Cost: $7 per adult; $3 per student; healthy foods and discussion materials included. To RSVP, call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

Join us for a screening of the French film Rue Mandar. The inheritance of an apartment on the Rue Mandar leads to a host of sibling rivalries, squabbles and nonstop kvetching. When their beloved Polish immigrant mother passes away, sisters Emma and Rosemonde, and their brother, Charles, are obliged to deal with the personal and physical aftereffects, which include the cozy, old-fashioned flat where she lived on the movie’s titular street. Prior to the movie, enjoy a dinner prepared by our very own Rabbi Sternfield. The event begins at 6:00 p.m. at Temple Beth El Bradenton, 5150 Peridia Blvd. East. The cost of $9 includes dinner and the movie. RSVP to the temple office at 941.755.4900 Tuesday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

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Mitzvah Knitting Group at Temple Emanu-El Are you a knitter or crocheter interested in using your talent to brighten the lives of others while making new friends? If so, please come to the Mitzvah Knitting Group sponsored by Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood. We gather monthly to craft and socialize, and our beautiful handiwork has been donated to local new parents as well as needy families in SarasotaManatee and in Israel. Bring your needles or crochet hook and a favorite pattern – we’ll supply the yarn and great company – at 10:00 a.m. to Temple Emanu-El, 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota. For more information, email Susan Bernstein at susanhope22@comcast.net.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 16 “Understanding Yizkor Memorial Services” On four different Holy Days, Yizkor services are held, namely Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, the last day of Passover, and the second day of Shavuos, returning our hearts to remembering our loved ones, whose lives are never lost so long as they are remembered. It is our sacred duty from generation to generation to say prayers for our departed, for it is in their footsteps that we walk and on their shoulders that we stand. Join us at 10:30 a.m. at the Al Katz Center, 5710 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Cost: $7 per adult; $3 per student; healthy foods and discussion materials included. To RSVP, call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

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Members and friends are invited to attend Chabad of Sarasota’s Annual Meeting at 9:00 a.m. at 7700 Beneva Road. The meeting will begin with breakfast, followed by a D’var Torah, an annual report and the election of officers. The event is free. All are encouraged to join. Advance reservations are necessary at 941.925.0770 or info@chabadofsarasota.com.

Father’s Day Fest Celebrate Father’s Day with a delicious kosher barbecue and special musical tribute by famed concert pianist and recording artist Eleonora Lvov, whose father, Boris Lvov, was one of the top concert pianists in Russia and in Israel, sharing their concerts together. Hear her personal story in her father’s honor, and honor your own father with an afternoon of tribute to them! Join us at 4:00 p.m. at the Al Katz Center, 5710 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Cost: $10 per adult; $3 per child. To RSVP, call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

TUESDAY, JUNE 20 Club Fed Ice Cream and Bingo Social Come celebrate Independence Day with your friends. Enjoy an ice cream social and bingo fun from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the Zell Room on The Federation Campus, 580 McIntosh Rd., Sarasota. No charge, but you must pre-register at www. jfedsrq.org/events. For more information, please contact Debbie Sanford at 941.706.0033 or dsanford@jfedsrq.org. SPONSORED BY

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The Sarasota Jewish Singles is an outreach program of Temple Beth Israel to give all Jewish singles in the area the opportunity to meet other men and women who are alone. The group meets once a month for dinner, laughter and a time to turn acquaintances into lifelong friends. Join us at 6:00 p.m. at Café Baci, 4001 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. To make a reservation or for more information, call or text Rosalyn Fleischer at 941.915.6631 or rozfleischer@gmail.com.

THURSDAY, JUNE 22 SHABBAT SERVICES Fridays, 6:30 pm Saturdays, 9:00 am Shabbat Shaboom (for our children)

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Morning Minyan Sunday-Friday 8:00-9:00 am Men’s Club Minyan Breakfast Wednesday 9:00 am

SUMMER CONTINUING EDUCATION Saturdays, approximately 12:45 pm ◦ Chug Ivri: Thursdays 10:30 am—12 pm OFFICE HOURS throughout the summer Mondays, CLOSED Tuesday-Friday, 9:00 am-3:30 pm ◦ Lunch & Learn: Thursdays 12-1:30 pm 8-week program JUDAICA SHOP HOURS See save the date to the side SUMMER HOURS ◦ A Cup of Joe and the Five June-July-August Books of Mo Wednesdays ONLY will resume Tuesdays in the Fall 10:00 am—2:00 pm Let us help with your Judaic needs! For special appointments, please ◦ Learn Hebrew for beginning and intermediate students will contact Hannah Puckhaber at 941-377-8668 resume Thursdays in the Fall

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The Idelson Library & Alcove are open anytime the TBS office is open. You can use the self check-out for books & DVDs. Please return your items to book drop cart in the lobby.

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If you would like to join our TBS family: Please contact our office for membership information—our membership year begins June 1st!

Shavuot Service Schedule Tuesday, May 30th Shavuot Service: 7:00-9:00 pm Early Evening Tikkun (study) 9:00-11:00 pm All Night Tikkun (study) 11:30 pm –5:30 am at Rabbi Werbow’s Home Wednesday, May 31st Shavuot Service 9:00 am—12:00 pm Thursday, June 1st Shavuot Service 9:00 am—12:00 pm Shavuot Office Hours—CLOSED Wednesday, May 31st

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JFCS Holocaust Survivors’ Havurah All survivors are invited to attend these monthly gatherings of friendship, camaraderie and support. Enjoy a light nosh and a lively discussion. The group meets from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. at Aviva, 1955 N. Honore Ave., Sarasota. This month’s topic: Who is defined as a survivor by Germany and the Claims Conference. This is a multi-agency event sponsored by JFCS of the Suncoast, Inc., Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services, The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee and The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. To RSVP or for more information, contact Jan Alston at 941.366.2224 x172 or jalston@JFCS-Cares.org. SPONSORED BY

“Oy Vey! An Introduction to Yiddish Literature” Join Baila Miller for an exciting journey through the development of the Yiddish language and culture. In this lecture, Baila will discuss the authors who adopted the Yiddish language to create avant-garde literature and the unique stories that influenced our modern Jewish culture. This free lecture begins at 3:30 p.m. at Aviva: A Campus for Senior Life, 1951 N. Honore Ave., Sarasota. To secure your spot, call the Aviva University RSVP line at 941.757.8520.

“Wisdom: A Review of the Book of Ecclesiastes” The Book of Ecclesiastes presents a unique voice in biblical literature. As a book within the classical Biblical wisdom writings, Ecclesiastes explores important questions about life, and gives advice for practical living, especially in community with others. Dr. Rachel Dulin will lead a discussion with a focus on wisdom literature in the Bible, and the importance of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the development of Jewish faith. This free class begins at 7:00 p.m. at Aviva: A Campus for Senior Life, 1951 N. Honore Ave., Sarasota. To secure your spot, call the Aviva University RSVP line at 941.757.8520.

FRIDAY, JUNE 23 “Understanding Rosh Chodesh, the New Month” The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar based upon the phases of the moon. Every month, special prayers are recited to welcome in the new month, called Rosh Chodesh, according to the Hebrew calendar, which adds one month during leap years every third, sixth, eighth, eleventh, fourteenth, seventeenth and nineteenth year in order for the lunar year to catch up with the solar year. Thus, every nineteen years, there are seven leap years in the Jewish calendar. Join us at 10:30 a.m. at the Al Katz Center, 5710 Cortez Road West, Bradenton. Cost: $7 per adult; $3 per student; healthy foods and discussion materials included. To RSVP, call Beverly Newman at 941.313.9239.

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Recent biography of Herzl brings us closer to the man and his times Book review by Philip K. Jason, Special to The Jewish News Herzl’s Vision: Theodor Herzl and the Foundation of the Jewish State, by Shlomo Avineri. Trans. Haim Watzman. BlueBridge. 304 pages. Trade paperback $16.95.

his gets the “must” award; that is, it’s a “must for every Jewish library.” Private or public. Personal or university. First published in Israel in 2008, it was translated into English for publication in Great Britain in 2013. BlueBridge brought out a hardcover edition three years ago. Now the paperback is here. There are many other Theodor Herzl biographies, many of them quite fine, but this one has a special value because it comes closer than any of the others to reflecting Herzl’s own perspective. This is because it leans much more heavily on Herzl’s Phil Jason diaries as well as the works he published during his lifetime. We have here Herzl the polemicist, Herzl the novelist, and Herzl the playwright – all looming large in combination with many other aspects of an unusually complex Jewish man. Like much successful biography – and fiction – this study begins with a gripping point of attack. It is the fall of 1898. Herzl and other Zionist leaders have come to interact with Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who is touring the Holy Land. The chapter backgrounds the preparations for this trip, the expectations Herzl had, and the unfolding of the group’s ten days – mostly in Jerusalem. Herzl had to fight through a fever, but he was already speculating on how to restore dignity to the ancient, decaying city. Herzl had his audience with the German emperor, but his efforts at diplomacy that would lead to a Jewish state did not bear fruit. Yet seeds to that end were planted in the public arena. What led up to Herzl making this trip? How had he prepared for it and

arranged it? We must step back in time to understand how this journalist and playwright became a voice and a force for an independent Jewish nation. Then we can move forward, pick up his trail in the aftermath of his visit to Jerusalem, and follow him step by step until his untimely death in 1904. Professor Shlomo Avineri imbeds Herzl fully in his time and place. The author recreates the upheavals of later 19th century Europe, the ebbs and flows of Jewish hopes of ascendance followed by despair – which is to say the widening and narrowing of Jewish opportunities to live lives untrammeled by anti-Semitism. He narrows the lens to focus on Herzl’s growing interest in the Jewish question and his growing understanding and rigorous search for the answer while his life and career moved through Budapest, Vienna and Paris. We see the importance of Herzl’s journalistic eye and curiosity in the fashioning of means to an end. How he realized the necessity of the Jewish question becoming an international question at the highest levels of political power. He sought opportunities to lecture, to organize the unsteady threads of Zionist activity and commitment, to seek the attention and the ears of government functionaries who might Shlomo Avineri in time get him an audience with a major office holder who might just get Herzl an audience with someone at the top of the ladder. With Avineri, we wind through Herzl’s newspaper pieces, his trial balloon proposal titled The Jewish State, the building of the energy and connections that lead to the First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, after which the succeeding annual congresses became benchmarks of progress – or of something less than progress. The author’s strategic use of materials from his subject’s diaries allows readers to feel something like Herzl’s

emotional, ideational and locomotive pulse. He was a traveling man. It’s not clear how or how well he rested. He mostly faced defeat. How did he keep picking himself up? How did he become a man of the world (or at least the world he had to win over), respected as the leader of a nation not yet born? Professor Avineri examines Herzl’s several plays, drawing out how they operate to explore conditions and relationships relevant to his overarching concerns. He examines the compromised success of Altneuland, Herzl’s quasi-utopian novel that develops a middle road between collective and individual autonomy. Avineri stands behind Herzl as the almost-prophet tries out the alternative homeland flavors – from El-Arish through Uganda (in the view of many, Herzl’s greatest miscalculation). We feel the exhaustion and pain in Herzl’s need to heal the fractures that often crippled the Zionist movement. Everywhere, the author blends Herzl the thinker with Herzl the doer – the activist: the man in motion. He does this with a sure hand and an attractive style that keeps readers engaged with the study’s scholarly underpinning. At his death, Herzl could have been considered a failure. In the following decades, he would be revered, more and more, as the great prophet and leader who, like Moses himself, was not able to enter the Promised Land.

About the author Shlomo Avineri, Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a graduate of the Hebrew University and the London School of Economics, and served as Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the first government of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He held visiting appointments at Yale, Cornell, University of California, Cardozo School of Law, Australian National University, Oxford and Northwestern University; and has been a Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, both in Washington, D.C., the Institute for World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow, and Collegium Budapest. He is Recurring Visiting Professor at the Central European University in Budapest. In 1996 he received the Israel Prize, the country’s highest civilian decoration. Among his books: The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx, Hegel’s Theory of the Modern State, Israel and the Palestinians, Karl Marx on Colonialism and Modernization, The Making of Modern Zionism, Moses Hess: Prophet of Communism and Zionism and Communitarianism and Individualism. Philip K. Jason is Professor Emeritus of English from the United States Naval Academy. He reviews regularly for Florida Weekly, Jewish Book World, Southern Literary Review, and other publications. Please visit Phil’s website at www.philjason.wordpress.com.

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The sacrifice of Lidice By Paul R. Bartrop, PhD

hose of you who read my column in these pages regularly know that I always prefer to focus on a Jewish theme relating to the Holocaust. This month’s article, by contrast, is not about Jews – even though there were enough events with regard to the Jewish experience about which I could have written, such as that 75 years ago this month gas vans were used in Riga for the first time, or that on Dr. Paul Bartrop June 1, 1942, the Jews of France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Slovakia and Romania were ordered to wear yellow stars. This month, however, I want to mark an atrocity that took place in Czechoslovakia – not against Jews, but against innocent Czech men, women and children of the village of Lidice. Reinhard Heydrich was an SS leader who commanded the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, or Reich Main Security Office, with responsibility for carrying out Hitler’s extermination of the Jews. He established the Einsatzgruppen killing squads, charged with executing Jews and others, first in German-controlled Poland and later in the Soviet Union. Heydrich also convened and chaired the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, when leading Nazi bureaucrats discussed the best ways to carry out the extermination of European Jewry. In late 1941, in addition to his other duties, Heydrich was appointed the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia – the name given by the Nazis to the Czech-speaking regions of the former Czechoslovakia. On May 27, 1942, a planned assassination operation (codenamed Anthropoid) took place against Heydrich. It was carried out by Czech operatives trained and parachuted by the British Special Operations Executive to a location just outside of Prague. Although approved by the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London, local resistance leaders in Prague pleaded for it not to go ahead, terrified of the reprisals that might follow. They were to be proven correct, with gruesome consequences. When the Czech commandos ambushed Heydrich on May 27, he was seriously wounded by a grenade thrown into his open car. Bomb fragments from the explosion embedded shrapnel and fibers from the upholstery in Heydrich’s back and side; the wounds became infected, and he died of his injuries on June 4, 1942. In Berlin, a furious Adolf Hitler immediately called for a reprisal killing of 10,000 Czechs. Although he was talked out of this by SS Chief Heinrich Himmler, nevertheless, over 13,000 were arrested, with many sent to concentration camps where they died subsequently. Far worse, however, was to come. The town of Lidice was selected as the target of a wholesale symbolic reprisal against the Czech people. Located about ten miles from Prague, the town was, ironically, chosen owing to a case of mistaken identity: one of the

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partisans responsible for the attack hadEdit connections to another village namedfor t Lidice, and the Nazis chose the oneish p closest to Prague in order to exact theirwith also revenge attack. On June 10, 1942, the Nazis entered Lidice. The next day, 110 men and 82 boys of the village were summarily shot, together with 71 women. The remaining 198 women and 98 children were sent to concentration camps, most notably Ravensbrück, where many died. Children deemed to be of “Aryan stock” were sent to Germany, where they were forcibly integrated into German society through “reeducation” in Nazi orphanages and foster homes. The village itself was then systematically destroyed, with all references to the town expunged from German maps and any Czech records still existing from before the war. The name of Lidice was removed as though it had never existed. Several days later, a radio transmitter was found in the nearby village of Lezaky, leading to some five hundred SS troops and police surrounding the village on June 24. Again, all the adult inhabitants (33 men and women) were shot, and the village destroyed. Thirteen children were spared. Of these, two sisters were removed to Germany; both survived, and returned to their families after the war. The remaining eleven children were sent to the extermination camp at Chelmno, where they, together with a girl from Lidice, were gassed. Only 16 of the children of Lidice not sent away are known to have survived the war, along with 143 of the women. In October 1942, however, relatives and friends of those killed at Lidice were hunted down by Nazi special police. Given their connection to Lidice, they, too, were murdered, this time at Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. The martyrdom of Lidice became a byword for Nazi savagery (even during the most savage war in history), its fate known around the world within a relatively short period. In 1949, the village was rebuilt, together with a memorial to the victims of the massacre. Unlike Lidice, however, Lezaky was not rebuilt, and only memorials remain today. It is, perhaps, worth pausing for a moment when we think of the horrors of the Holocaust, and remember that small towns and villages throughout Nazi Europe suffered their own versions of Nazi brutality. At Lidice and Lezaky, 75 years ago this month; at Kalavryta in Greece, in 1943; in Oradour in France, in 1944; and in many, many other locations, the statements Nazism made about itself became manifest in the blood and flesh of countless innocents. As I have had cause to say in several of my previous columns in this paper – and with pain in my soul – Lest We Forget. Dr. Paul Bartrop is Professor of History and the Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. He can be reached at pbartrop@fgcu. edu.

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Stars of David

By Nate Bloom, Contributing Columnist

hadEditor’s note: Persons in BOLD CAPS are deemed by Nate Bloom to be Jewish medfor the purpose of the column. Persons identified as Jewish have at least one Jewoneish parent and were not raised in a faith other than Judaism – and don’t identify theirwith a faith other than Judaism as an adult. Converts to Judaism, of course, are also identified as Jewish. en-At the Movies: Things go badly for five girlfriends at a menSomething for Everyone rowdy bachelorette party when one of sum-Here’s one from May that may still be them accidentally kills a male stripper. men.in a theater near you, and has a Florida The friends are played by SCARLETT chil-connection: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The JOHANSSON, 32, ZOE KRAVITZ, mps,Long Haul is the fourth installment in 28, ILANA GLAZER, 30 (co-star herethe Diary series. It takes place a year of Broad City), Jillian Bell and Kate e ofafter the events in the third film, but McKinnon. many,the principal cast has been replaced. Kravitz, whose maternal grandma atedNewcomer JASON IAN DRUCKER, and paternal grandpa were Jewish, de“re-11, stars as Greg Heffley, replacing fines herself as a “secular Jew.” Her andZACHARY GORDON, now 19. other two grandparents were African-

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JEWISH INTEREST

ADL finds that anti-Semitic incidents in Florida spike in 2017 after surging last year Editor’s note: We in Sarasota-Manatee have witnessed this surge in anti-Semitism. Jewish institutions and housing developments in our community have been targets of anti-Semitic acts over the last year. ccording to the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents released April 24, there has been a massive increase in incidents targeting American Jews. The annual ADL Audit encompasses criminal and non-criminal incidents reported to the ADL Florida office, law enforcement, media or other sources. These include incidents of vandalism, assault and harassment targeting Jewish individuals and institutions. Florida Jewish institutions received 17 bomb threats this year. As the arrests that have been made in these bomb threats reveal, many anti-Semitic incidents were not carried out by organized extremists. “There is no doubt that anti-Semitism is still deeply embedded in our society. The increase in its manifestations is sobering, and should alarm us all,” said Yael Hershfield, ADL Florida Interim Regional Director. “This year’s audit is a painful reminder that antiSemitism still poses a threat. Our work assisting victims of anti-Semitism and proactively working to create a society free of bigotry is needed now more than ever.” Florida Regional Chair Scott Notowitz added, “ADL is the leader in the fight against anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, in combatting extremism emanating from the all factions of society. Hate is learned and can be unlearned. ADL’s educational programs are designed to transform attitudes and have had a significant impact. Throughout the State of Florida, ADL will stand up and speak out against anti-Semitism no matter the source.” Florida continues to be in the top four states reporting incidents of antiSemitism, with California, New York and New Jersey reporting higher incidents. In Florida, there were 137 verified incidents of anti-Semitism in 2016, a 50% increase of incidents over the previous year’s 91. Florida’s increase

mirrors the national increase in antiSemitic incidents, which rose from 941 to 1,266. The largest increase in antiSemitic incidents in Florida was in the category of anti-Semitic harassment. There were 61 incidents of harassment in Florida in 2015, nearly doubling to 119 in 2016. There was a drop in 2016 of vandalism incidents in Florida, 15 in 2016 compared to 27 in 2015. The number of anti-Semitic assaults in 2016 remained unchanged from the previous year. The counties with the highest number of reported incidents in 2016 were Palm Beach with 42, and Miami-Dade and Broward, each with 26. In total, incidents were reported in 26 of Florida’s 67 counties. In the first quarter of 2017, ADL has already seen 41 incidents in Florida, including seven incidents of vandalism and 34 incidents of harassment. Nationally, ADL’s 2016 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents recorded a total of 1,266 incidents in the United States, an increase of approximately 74 percent from the 941 incidents recorded in 2015. The surge has continued during the first three months of 2017, with preliminary reports of another 541 incidents, putting this year on pace for more than 2,000 incidents. In 2016, the 1,266 anti-Semitic incidents included: 720 harassment and threat incidents, an increase of 41% over 2015 510 vandalism incidents, an increase of 35% 36 physical assault incidents, a decrease of 35% In the first quarter of 2017, preliminary reports of the 541 anti-Semitic incidents include: 380 harassment incidents, including 161 bomb threats, an increase of 127% over the same quarter in 2016 155 vandalism incidents, including three cemetery desecrations, an increase of 36% Six physical assault incidents, a decrease of 40% Selected Florida incidents Assaults: St. Petersburg: In November a man was

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June 2017

Music lovers’ paradise: 25th Annual North American Jewish Choral Festival

unalBy Arlene Stolnitz great t’s the time of year when I eagerly y in await word from NAJCF with deand tails about the choral festival that takes place every summer in the mounHa-tains of upstate New York. This year’s er inevent will take place from July 16-20 anti-at the Hudson Valley Resort in KerADL honkson. pers I have gone o an for many years, never to be dis016, appointed at the p to realm of Jewish of a musical knowlpicedge presented it of each year by prond a fessional musiArlene Stolnitz cians. 017, What is NAJCF, you ask? It’s the ationNorth American Jewish Choral Fesrwa-tival, held each summer since 1990, miticbringing together singers and choirs s thefrom this country and abroad in a week bina-of classes, concerts and workshops led acistby a talented teaching staff of composd forers, conductors and music professiont se-als. nd a The atmosphere is one not only of ) 88learning but also of fun and camaraderie. With a “camp-like” feeling, daily 17, acommunity sings, as well as late-night eigh-gatherings of community sing-a-longs, ndal-round out the intensive daily music utedworkshops and classes offered. r inSo what is unique about singers f thewho participate in Jewish choral activity? the Several years ago, back in May aples2010, Zamir, which is the umbrella shot-music organization headed by Matthew Lazar of New York City, conducted a 016, ed at

survey asking that very question. The answers were quite interesting and are worth looking at again years later. The goals of the survey included the following: Why do singers participate in Jewish choral activity? What is the Jewish identity of the singers and where are they from? What kind of choral activities take place in synagogues and communities? What are the names and where are existing Jewish choral groups located? The results of nearly 2,000 respondents were quite interesting. It turns out that 39% of the singers live in the Northeast with only 10% coming from the South and Texas. The remaining singers come from Central, Midwest, Western and mid-Atlantic states. For all age groups there were more women than men participating. They are a highly-educated group with 89% having at least a BA and many more having extensive additional educational backgrounds. As a group, Jewish choral singers are in the mainstream of American Jewish activity. They tend to be community-focused, affiliated and connected, spiritual, service oriented, synagogue-based and educated professionally. The most interesting aspect is to look at the reasons why singers like to participate in Jewish choral groups. The answers, varied as they are, give us great insight into the power of music and especially the impact it has on Jewish singers. Here are some of the answers given:

K’zohar Ha-Ivrit Kavod – More than honor

017, rned into all atBy Dr. Rachel Zohar Dulin even weeks after Passover, the line. Jewish world celebrates the o the biblical agricultural holiday of rces. t allShavuot, the Feast of Ingathering (Ex. DL-34:22). Following rabbinic teachings, asedShavuot lost much of its agricultural f thebase and its celebration focuses on Matan Torah, the me a receiving of the l. Torah (B’rakhot 58). The Torah, mitic being the literince ary centerpiece of minal our heritage and rasstradition, is gloridisfied and revered reats in Jewish culture. ation Dr. Rachel Dulin Every time we ment atedread the Torah we are reminded to give Auditkavod to the Torah. The question arisonees: what does kavod mean in Hebrew? The Hebrew word kavod is derived robfrom the verb ka-ved, meaning “be ends y re-weighty,” “heavy,” “grievous,” “nuADLmerous,” “onerous,” “burdensome” pro-and “important.” It is not surprising readthat the noun kavod is heavy with s ofmeaning. Kavod, in Hebrew, means “respect” and “honor.” Kavod means gue,“glory,” “splendor,” “majesty” and ding“reverence.” And kavod also means tism“distinction,” “importance,” “wealth” thatand “ambition.” In the Bible, kavod is cited 199 bigvisittimes in various contexts. In the spiritual realm, God is identified as kavod (Ex. 24:16: Iz. 5:4). For the Psalmist, God is Me-lekh Ha-kavod, “the King of Glory” (24:7) whom the heavens declare His ke’vod El (14:2). For the Wisdom Writers, kavod was equated with the graceful behavior of women (Prov. 11:6) and the merit given to the wise (Prov. 3:5), yet denied to the dullard (Prov. 26:1). Moreover, kavod indicates dignity and self-worth (Ps 16:9;57:9), as well as material worth and great wealth (Gen.

31:1; Es.1:4; Ecc. 6:2). Kavod remained a weighty concept in Jewish tradition as rabbinic literature follows in the biblical tradition and formed many idioms and phrases where kavod is at the center. We will mention but a few. First, we should mention the axiom Eize-hu mekhu-bad? Ha-me-kha-bed et hab-riyot, literally “Who is respected? The one who respects others” (Avot 4:1). In the same vein, we are told ye-he k’vod cha-verkha cha-viv a-le-kha keshel-kha, literally “may the honor of your fellow be as dear to you as your own” (Avot 2:10). Moreover, the rabbis taught, one must learn la-ha-lok ka-vod, “to show appreciation” to others (B’rakhot 19). For ha-ro-def a-har kavod, namely “whoever pursues after kavod,” the kavod bo-re-a-h mi-menu “honor escapes him” (Eiruvin 13). In short, kavod must be earned, not demanded. In modern Hebrew, too, kavod is at the center of many expressions. For example, the appreciative comment kol ha-kavod, “all the respect,” is said to acknowledge someone’s ideas or actions, and kavod atz-mi, meaning “selfrespect,” is used often. Also, we should note that in writing a letter, Likh-vod… “to the honor of…” is a way to begin a letter, and be-kha-vod, “with respect,” is a polite way to end one. Since this is the time of school graduation, I will end our brief survey of kavod saying kol ha-kavod to all those who graduate this year. May your life be filled with kavod atzmi and may you learn la-ha-lok ka-vod to others. Have a great summer! Dr. Rachel Zohar Dulin is a professor of biblical literature at Spertus College in Chicago, and an adjunct professor of Hebrew and Bible at New College in Sarasota.

• It helps me learn about the rich and varied Jewish musical tradition. • It helps me increase my Jewish knowledge. • It helps me find personal meaning in the Jewish text being sung. • It helps me understand how the words and music relate to each other. • It enables me to understand Israel in new ways. • It enables me to help transmit Jewish music from generation to generation. • It makes me feel closer to the memory of the Jewish people. • It provides me with a community of Jews who share my love of music. • It helps me connect emotionally with my Judaism. • It gives me a spiritual experience in a Jewish context. Most importantly, analysis of the survey data showed one statement that stood out from all others, reported by all singers but especially by those under the age of 45: “It enables me to integrate my Jewish life with my musical life.” These reasons give credibility to the joy that Jewish choral singers experience. But many years have passed. Is it time now for a new survey? It would be interesting to observe any changes that may have occurred in the years since the last survey. Meantime, I hope those who attend the Choral Festival this year have a wonderful time and return with lots of new music and ideas for their groups. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to NAJCF@ ZamirChoralFoundation.org, or write to

me at arlenestolnitz@gmail.com. Arlene Stolnitz, founder of the Sarasota Jewish Chorale, is a member of the Jewish Congregation of Venice. A retired educator from Rochester, New York, she has sung in choral groups for over 25 years and also sings in Venice’s Chorale (formerly Exsultate!). Her interest in choral music has led to this series of articles on Jewish folk music in the Diaspora.

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10 ways Israel’s water expertise is helping the world To celebrate World Water Day on March 22, ISRAEL21c takes a look at 10 water innovation projects bringing clean water to communities across the world. By Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21c, www.israel21c.org, March 20, 2017

sing ingenuity to overcome its serious water challenges, Israel has become the go-to expert for a world facing an impending water crisis. This year’s WATEC expo and conference, to be held in September in Tel Aviv, is expected to attract 10,000 stakeholders from 90 countries seeking Israeli solutions for water issues. Israel exports $2.2 billion annually in water technology and expertise. In addition, these commodities are shared on a humanitarian basis through training courses, consultations and projects. Keren Kayemeth L’Israel-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) often hosts delegations from around the world – most recently, from California, Argentina and the European Policy Center – to see how Israel’s system of treatment facilities and 230 reservoirs has achieved the world’s highest ratio of wastewater reuse. About 92% of Israeli wastewater gets treated and 75% is used for agricultural irrigation. Israel plans to recycle 95% of its wastewater for irrigation by the end of 2025. “During the 1980s, recycling wastewater was a revolutionary concept and many people were skeptical. Today, nearly half of the irrigation in Israel comes from recycled wastewater,” says KKL-JNF Development Project Director Yossi Schreiber. Large Israeli water-tech companies such as Mekorot, Arad Technolo-

gies, Tahal Group, Plasson Industries and Ham-let – plus many smaller Israeli firms – are planning and building agricultural and municipal water infrastructure in countries including Angola, Ghana, Serbia, China, Spain and the United States. On World Water Day, which is celebrated on March 22, ISRAEL21c salutes the Israeli governmental and non-governmental organizations that share advanced homegrown water technologies for irrigation, purification, filtering, desalination, conservation, monitoring and recycling. Here are 10 recent examples: 1. The nonprofit group Innovation: Africa won a UN award for transforming lives in seven African countries using Israeli technologies such as Netafim irrigation systems enabling farmers to grow more crops with less water; and solar energy systems that pump water from aquifers, saving villagers (mostly women and children) countless hours previously spent finding and fetching water. 2. IsraAID launched its WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) project about four years ago to tailor-make solutions for communities from Fiji to Haiti to Myanmar. In the rain-dependent South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, a March 2014 cyclone contaminated reservoirs and destroyed water harvesting systems. Among other steps, IsraAID strategized the engineering of a low-tech

gravity system, built and maintained by locals, to bring water from mountain springs down into two villages encompassing more than 600 people and one school. IsraAID is working with the World Bank to construct three more gravity systems. In Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp and Uganda’s Gulu township, which struggle with waterborne disease and water contamination, IsraAID trains unemployed or underemployed people to be water technicians. Graduates work with local NGOs or water companies, or start their own businesses, to contribute their new expertise in anything from drilling wells and building latrines to teaching hygiene. 3. A massive landslide in September 2015 damaged a major irrigation canal partially built by Israeli NGO Tevel b’Tzedek in an impoverished Nepali village. Tevel staff repaired the damage with funding from the Rochlin Foundation and Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief, and worked with the local water council to strengthen the canal walls, reestablishing and assuring water supply to 224 households (about 1,300 people) and subsistence farmers. Also in Nepal, Tevel is fighting the effects of flash floods – which deplete water available for drinking and irrigation — by building irrigation pools and setting up zero water waste systems enabling villagers to conserve water through Israeli methods, including drip

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BRIEFS EL AL IS TAKING OFF FROM MIAMI

El Al recently announced that Miami, ative Florida, will be its newest gateway ivercity, the sixth in North America. The achnonstop service will launch in Novemnsive ber 2017 on Boeing 777 aircraft and include three weekly roundtrip flights Afwith excellent departure times. Tickets esarfor travel on this route were scheduled ogies to become available for sale beginaterning mid-May, subject to government ions approval. For more information, visit MFA www.elal.com. ficaiclesISRAEL’S POPULATION inea HITS 8.7 MILLION ON EVE . FA’sOF 69TH INDEPENDENCE nter-DAY ationIsrael’s population is 8.68 million – ughtmore than 10 times what it was when helpthe state was founded in 1948, the atestCentral Bureau of Statistics announced urcesApril 27. Some 74.7% (6.484 million) are forJewish, 20.8% (1.808 million) are Arab Swa-– both Muslim and Christian – while or ofthe remaining 4.5% (388,000) are nonre-Arab Christians, members of other relientergions or people of no religion. There are also 183,000 foreign naevelwa-tionals living in Israel. In the past year, nd’s174,000 babies were born in Israel and enti-30,000 people immigrated to the counon intry. As of 2015 there were an estimated e of 14.41 million Jews in the world, 43% arth-of whom lived in Israel. (Ofer Aderet, ughtHa’aretz)

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State of Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel said April 3 he will purchase $61 million in Israel bonds to hit back at the anti-Israel boycott movement and because the bonds are a good investment. Following acquisitions in previous years, the purchase will leave the state with more Israel Bonds than any other governmental body in the U.S. (Stuart Winer, Times of Israel)

ISRAEL PRESENTS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WITH PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PALESTINIANS

At a meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee on May 3, IDF Col. Hatib Mansour, head of the Civil Department of the office for Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), presented the various projects that Israel is promoting in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. The Israeli delegation presented proposals on how the international community can assist in several of these important projects that will significantly improve the quality of life for Palestinians, as well as provide a boost to economic growth. COGAT projects involve such fields as electricity, water and sewage infrastructure, and Palestinian employment and improvement of the crossings. COGAT’s objective is to promote the civilian interests of Palestinians in order to improve their quality of life, and thereby bring about stability and prosperity for the general public. (COGAT)

LOCKHEED VP: “THERE’S A PART OF ISRAEL IN EVERY F-35”

U.S. Air Force Gen. (ret.) Gary North, vice president for customer requirements at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, said Thursday, May 4, in Tel Aviv,

“There’s a part of Israel in every F-35 that’s ever been built.” He said Lockheed has already contracted more than $1 billion worth of structures, subsystems, and components with Israeli industry. North cited the aircraft’s helmetmounted display system, outer wing sets, and aerostructures as examples of Israeli content. (Barbara Opall-Rome, Defense News)

GOOD DEEDS DAY IN ISRAEL

More than a million Israelis marked Good Deeds Day on March 28. Launched in 2006 by businesswoman and philanthropist Shari Arison, nearly all municipalities in the country, and hundreds of schools, businesses, organizations and the IDF now offer their services as part of the project. The activities included volunteers painting houses and daycare facilities for the elderly; cleaning up beaches and parks; renovating daycare facilities for children at risk; planting and tending community gardens; packing and delivering food packages for the needy; and recycling projects. Among my favorites are volunteers who cut hair to be donated to make wigs for

cancer sufferers. The Israeli state education system considers fostering a spirit of volunteering an essential part of the curriculum. Students from 10th grade on have to volunteer 60 hours a year in projects including helping in hospitals, clinics and old-age homes; serving with the ambulance, police or fire services; repairing old computers for those unable to afford new ones; and helping children with illnesses and disabilities. (Liat Collins, Jerusalem Post)

ISRAELI ECONOMY OUTPERFORMED OECD NATIONS IN 2016

The Israeli economy grew by 4% in 2016, double the U.S. growth rate and 2.3 times higher than the average growth among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development members, the Bank of Israel said March 29. Israel had a record $12.4 billion surplus in its current account balance of payments; unemployment dropped to 4.8%; and public debt dropped to an all-time low of 62.8% of GDP. (Zeev Klein, Israel Hayom) continued on page 24

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ISRAELI ECONOMY RANKED 3RD MOST STABLE IN 2016

With near-nonexistent inflation and low unemployment, Israel is no. 3 on a list of the world’s most stable and promising economies in 2016 published by Bloomberg, following Hong Kong and South Korea. (Zeev Klein, Israel Hayom)

A poll conducted on March 20-21 by leading Israeli pollster Mina Tzemach for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs found a decrease in support among Israeli Jews for withdrawal from the West Bank and the establishment of a Palestinian state. Willingness to agree to a with-

drawal from the West Bank as part of a peace agreement declined from 60% in 2005 to 36% in 2017. Support for the Clinton Parameters proposed by President Bill Clinton in December 2000 declined from 59% in 2005 to 29% in 2017. 79% say it is important to retain a unified Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty. 83% oppose transferring the Temple Mount to the Palestinians. 88% say that Israel cannot withdraw from territories that border on Ben-Gurion Airport. 81% say that Israel cannot withdraw from territories bordering the Tel AvivJerusalem Highway (Route 443). 76% want Israel to have full security control of the West Bank. 81% say it is important that Israel retain sovereignty over the Jordan Valley. 71% say an agreement should be conditioned on Palestinian recognition of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

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All 100 U.S. senators signed a letter on April 27 asking UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to address entrenched bias against Israel at the world body. “We urge you to ensure that Israel is treated neither better nor worse than any other UN member in good standing,” the letter said. “Continued targeting of Israel by the UN Human Rights Council and other UN entities is unacceptable.” “Since it is rare for all 100 senators to agree on an issue, this letter sends a powerful bipartisan message to the UN that its anti-Israel bias must end,” said Marshall Wittmann, spokesman for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. (Anne Gearan, Washington Post)

COMING SOON: CYCLIST GOGGLES WITH FIGHTER PILOT TECHNOLOGY

Israel’s Elbit Systems is gearing up to sell augmented reality smart glasses for bicycle riders, equipped with technology developed for fighter-pilot helmets. Made by Everysight, an Elbit spinoff, the glasses have a map-projection overlay that helps riders navigate new terrain, gives real-time performance metrics and allows cyclists to receive notifications, calls and text messages. The glasses are expected to hit the market by the end of the year. (Gwen Ackerman, Bloomberg)

NETANYAHU LAUDS U.S.ISRAEL COOPERATION ON MISSILE DEFENSE

At a ceremony on April 2, marking the operational integration of the David’s Sling air defense system, with the participation of Vice Admiral James Syring, Director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Prime Minister Netanyahu said: “Admiral, today marks an important milestone in our joint development of cutting-edge missile defense technologies. We face, both of us, increasingly sophisticated threats, but we have repeatedly demonstrated that together we can meet these challenges a lot better than any one of us could do so alone.” “But despite the importance that I attribute to our defensive capabilities, I reiterate: Whoever seeks to hit us – will be hit. Whoever threatens our existence – places himself in existential danger. This approach has ancient sources. Not far from here is the Ela Valley where David defeated Goliath with his sling. King David defended the People of Israel against its enemies continued on page 25

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ISRAEL TO CUT $2 MILLION FROM UN FUNDING DUE TO “OBSESSIVE BIAS AGAINST ISRAEL”

In response to the anti-Israel resolutions passed recently in the UN Human Rights Council, Israel will cut $2 million from money it has allocated to the UN and give it instead to programs in developing nations that support it in international organizations, the Foreign Ministry announced. This is in addition to the $6 million that Jerusalem slashed in January in the aftermath of the passage of antisettlement Resolution 2334 in the UN Security Council. The ministry said that this decision is part of an Israeli campaign to change the “obsessive bias against Israel at the UN and in its agencies.” (Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post)

ISRAEL APPOINTS FEMALE MUSLIM ARAB DIPLOMAT

The Israel Foreign Ministry on April 5 appointed Rasha Atamny, 31, as first secretary at the Israeli Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, making her Israel’s first female Muslim Arab diplomat. Israel’s first female Arab diplomat, Christian-Arab Rania Jubran, the daughter of Supreme Court Justice Salim Jubran, worked for the ministry from 2006 to 2009. Israel also has several male Muslim and Christian Arab diplomats. (Dov Lieber, Times of Israel)

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EL AL WINS WORLD INNOVATION COMPETITION FOR NEW BLANKET

El Al Airlines won first place in the World Innovation Competition at the Hamburg International Airport Fair for its “wearable blanket.” The blanket has holes for the head and arms, allowing passengers to slip into it without it falling off as they sleep. (Amit Cotler, Ynet News)

SURVEY: MOST ISRAELI ARABS WOULDN’T LIVE WITH JEWS BUT WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO STUDY WITH THEM

The Jewish People Policy Institute recently released its second annual Pluralism Index. The survey finds that more than 90% of Jewish Israelis and almost 80% of Arab Israelis feel “comfortable” or “very comfortable” to be “who they are” in Israel. Asked “Should Jews and Arabs live in mixed neighborhoods in Israel?,” 73% of Arabs and 68% of Jews said they should not. More than 90% of Christian Arabs in Israel do not think it is wise for their respective groups to live together. At the same time, 76% of Arabs agreed with the statement, “I would like that in my children’s school Jewish and non-Jewish students learn together.” (Jewish People Policy Institute)

WHY ARABS ARE NOT PROTESTING INDIAN PRESIDENT’S ISRAEL VISIT

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Israel this year, it will be remarkable in that no Arab state has voiced any displeasure. This is nothing short of astonishing to anyone who grew up in the India of the 1970s and ’80s, when it was routine for New Delhi to join the Arab chorus of condemnation for Israel at every turn. One reason is an acceptance that

the two countries have much in common, including their enemies, in the shape of Islamist terrorism. Another is a profound sense of Palestine fatigue in Arab capitals. Yet another reason is that many Arab governments would themselves like an accommodation with the Jewish state. Arab leaders have determined that Shia-ruled Iran represents an existential threat to their Sunni-dominated regimes, and recognize that, in this, they have a common cause with Israel. (Bobby Ghosh, Hindustan Times - India)

THE BEST AMBASSADORS OF ISRAEL YOU’LL EVER FIND

Israel’s Arava International Center for Agriculture Training (AICAT), established in 1994, hosts 1,200 students each year and has produced more than 16,000 alumni who are determined to adapt the skills they have learned in their communities back home in Africa and Asia. Not only do they study new cultivation techniques and agricultural technologies, but they also learn a wealth of management, marketing and business skills. The students are paired to work and live with individual Israeli farmers. Hanni Arnon, the executive director and founder of AICAT, said, “They learn here in the Arava that...with faith, a pioneering spirit and ingenuity, you can make the desert bloom.” (Anat Levy, Jerusalem Post)

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At the height of the War of Attrition in the late 1960s, Israel needed a way to take photographs deep within Egypt. Using airplanes proved problematic because of Russian anti-aircraft missile batteries deployed in Egypt after the 1967 Six-Day War. The technology division of IDF Military Intelligence developed a high-resolution miniature camera that could be used to take covert photos deep within enemy territory. Completed in 1969, this was actually the first prototype of an aerial photography drone. The R&D unit, one of the most secretive in the IDF, has been awarded 33 Israel Security Prizes over the years for its unique solutions. The unit’s innovations are not patented. Exposing them would immediately result in the development of counter-technology to block them. Some of the innovations have taken years to complete, and many have cost fortunes, but the breakthroughs they enable – in terms of intelligence, operations and technology – have paid off immensely. Every system must be 100% dependable. One member of the unit compared the innovations to a “match that has to be guaranteed to light up on the first try in the field under stressful conditions. You can’t light it ahead of time because it will burn out by the time you need it. So our job is not only to develop it, but to know without a doubt that when the fighters take it to the field, it will light successfully.” (Yoav Limor, Israel Hayom)

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The Rebbe and Elie Wiesel

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only to remember the Holocaust, but to actively work against Hitler’s “final solution.” In 1992, Wiesel spoke at a congressional dinner held in Washington, D.C., on the occasion of the Rebbe’s 90th birthday. “I hope I will always remember what I felt when I was first introduced into his study, some 30 years ago, and what we said to one another,” recalled Wiesel. “Time in his presence Rabbi Sholom Schmerling begins running at a different pace. You Chabad of Venice & North Port feel inspired, you feel self-examined, his month will mark the 23rd anyou are made to wonder about the niversary of the passing of the quest for meaning which ought to be Rebbe, the spiritual leader of yours. In his presence nothing is superChabad. It is because of his teachings ficial, nor is it artificial. In his presence and vision that we moved to Venice to you come closer in touch with your inopen the Chabad Center for our comner center of gravity.” munity here. To date, there are over “Thanks to the Rebbe,” Wiesel 2,500 Chabad Centers around the continued, “a Jew becomes a better globe and close to 300 Centers on colJew, thus a better human being, thus lege campuses. making his fellow huThe Rebbe taught man beings more human, us to believe in humore hospitable, open to manity. He taught us a greater sense of generto believe in the power osity.” of goodness, hope, and Rabbi Lord Jonathan the ultimate triumph of Sacks has wisely stated, light over dark. “Many became leaders Elie Wiesel, whose because they brought Elie Wiesel and the Rebbe first yahrzeit will be this month, came their people to believe in them... The to see the Rebbe after the Holocaust. Rebbe was a great leader because he The victim of unfathomable suffering believed so much in his people.” and atrocities, he expressed his refusal On a personal note, the Rebbe to bring children into this dark and bitserves as the inspiration for me to find ter world. But the Rebbe taught him to the courage within myself to be that believe. He taught him to continue, to leader that he believes me to be. have children, and that doing so would The Rebbe’s inspiration has be the best revenge against those who reached far across the globe, inspiring had tried to obliterate the Jewish peopeople everywhere to do their part to ple. make this world a better place today. In a 1965 letter to Wiesel, the RebPlease join me in adding an extra mitzbe asserted that only a true believer vah this month in honor of the Rebbe’s could sincerely confront G-d with the legacy. question: Will the judge of all the earth You can learn more about the Rebbe not do justice? The challenge for huand his teachings at www.TheRebbe. manity, the Rebbe concluded, is not org.

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Bravo, Ambassador Haley! By David Harris, AJC CEO, March 22, 2017

nited Nations member states have had an Israel obsession for a very long time. It’s taken many forms and done countless damage, mostly to the good name of the world body. What this obsession hasn’t done is advance the prospects for peace by even one inch. If anything, it’s only made that quest more elusive because of the one-sidedness of the approach. Successive U.S. administrations have tackled the problem, some with more success than others. Enter Nikki Haley as America’s new UN ambassador. During the Bush 41 era, the infamous “Zionism is racism” resolution, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1975, was repealed, one of the rare instances in UN history when such a reversal occurred. In the Clinton years, Israel’s 50year inability to vie for a UN Security Council seat was ended, when it finally became a member of one of the five regional blocs – the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) – that determine candidacies, after which the Jewish state announced it would run for a seat for the 2019-20 cycle. In the Obama administration, Israel was able to join the WEOG group in Geneva as well, in addition to becoming a member of JUSCANZ, another important consultative body. Moreover, for the first time in UN history, an Israeli, Ambassador Danny Danon, was elected to serve as chair of one of the six UN General Assembly Main Committees – the Legal

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Committee – overseeing an important slice of the multinational body’s work. Each of these steps was critically important, and none came easily. But more remains to be done if the UN is to fulfill its own charter’s commitment to the “principle of sovereign equality” of all member states, large and small. Israel is the only country in the world – in the world! – with a separate, and permanent, agenda item, #7, at the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council. No other member state, including serial human-rights violators such as North Korea, Syria and Iran, gets its own agenda item. Only the sole liberal democracy in the Middle East is treated in this blatantly biased manner because that’s the way it works – the bad guys circle the wagons to protect one another, and, at the same time, gang up on Israel, creating an automatic majority against it. Moreover, Israel is the only country that’s the daily target of three UN bodies established, funded and staffed solely for the purpose of advancing the Palestinian cause and bashing Israel – the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People; and the Division for Palestinian Rights in the UN’s Department of Political Affairs. To top it off, Israel is targeted annually by some 20 UN General Assembly resolutions and countless measures in other UN bodies, from the World

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Health Organization to the Human Rights Council. Indeed, astonishingly, Israel is on the receiving end of more such efforts each year than the other 192 UN member states combined. No one can seriously argue that this is remotely warranted, but it’s a reality because in every UN body, except the Security Council where the United Sates has the power of veto, it’s all about majority voting. When close to two-thirds of the world’s nations belong to the NonAligned Movement, and when they elected Iran as their chair, followed now by Venezuela, that just about says it all. With the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation as two of the pillars of the group, antiIsrael decisions are a foregone conclusion. But the fight is not over. In fact, it may have barely begun. To Ambassador Haley’s credit, it didn’t take long to make clear where she, and the administration she represents, stand on the remaining roadblocks to Israel’s full and equal participation in the world body. In February, she said: “It is the UN’s anti-Israel bias that is long overdue for change... The United States will not hesitate to speak out against these biases in defense of our friend and ally Israel.” Earlier this month, she slammed a report of the UN’s Beirut-based Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia that maliciously accused Israel of being “guilty of the crime of apartheid.” She called it “anti-Israel propaganda,” and urged that the UN disassociate itself from it, which, to his credit, UN Secretary-General Guterres did. And when the UN Human Rights Council met in Geneva earlier this week to take up issues under notorious agenda item #7, Ambassador Haley declared, echoing past U.S. policy but hinting at a possibly more aggressive stance: “The United States will not participate in discussions under Agenda Item 7 at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, other than to vote against the outrageous, one-sided, anti-Israel resolutions.” Ambassador Haley, you have quickly established yourself as a courageous and unbending voice of principle in a setting where the word is more often observed in the breach than as a matter of course by some member states. May your efforts lead to the changes still needed if the UN is to become the world body that President Franklin D. Roosevelt envisioned when he first lent his support to the noble idea. Bravo, Ambassador Haley!

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Letter to the Editor I don’t think any of the initiatives in the article “Serving the older adult population in Sarasota Manatee” by Bruce Udell (The Jewish News, May 2017) really address the issue of improving health care for seniors. I would advocate that the Sarasota-Manatee community needs to pursue the following steps: 1. Establish Geriatric Evaluation Centers, which are found in many cities throughout the country. In these centers, a team of professionals interview and evaluate aging patients and develop comprehensive medical and psychiatric treatment programs, not just for memory disorders or orthopedic problems. 2. Recruit board-certified geriatricians to work with seniors. I have not found any since I have been in Sarasota, and given the aging population that is unbelievable. 3. Institute counseling sessions at the beginning of the Medicare and Prescription Drug enrollment period so seniors don’t get tricked into Medicare Advantage programs, which do not provide adequate hospital and nursing home coverage. – Sally Coler, Sarasota

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Middle East massacres: We can do better By Rabbi Howard A. Simon

nsensitive, heartless, hateful, heigroup of people who will continue their are fighting to hold onto a government nous – pick a word, any word, heinous acts until the world stops them, that has no feeling for the citizens of and it will describe what has takdestroys their land, and makes them their country. They have one goal – to en place in the Middle East for years pay for the sadness they have created. remain in power. Bombs are dropped, a sensitive world feels about his deeds. and has been escalated in the past few If this were not bad enough, the lies are spoken, and unsuspecting peoISIS pays no heed to the outcry over months. actions of Bashar alple suffocate, foam at the mouth and its acts. Words will not stop this horror. Palm Sunday services beAssad’s air force are faint before they die. Action is needed. Determination to end gan what is known as Holy even worse. Planes A horrified world looks at these this way of life must take precedence Week for Christian faiths. It bombed the city of heartless acts and asks, “What has hapin the free world. Enough of death. is a special time that precedes Khan Sheik with sarin pened to human kindness, to human reEnough of hatred. Enough of bombs Easter and has the deepest of gas that killed nearly spect?” The answer is when you have and gas. We can do better. meaning for all of Christen100 people and sickleaders such as those who control ISIS We must do better, before it is too dom. In Tanta, Egypt, and ened nearly 600 others. and the country of Syria there is no late for us and our world. in Alexandria, Egypt, CopDoctors treating the ill kindness, there is no respect. There is Rabbi Howard A. Simon is the foundtic Christians went to their described the symponly the desire to prevail, at all costs. It ing chair of The Robert and Esther house of worship to pray and toms as those suffered should not be, but it is. Rabbi Howard A. Simon Heller Israel Advocacy Initiative. For to experience the full meanby the victims of the What you and I, as well as the rest more information about the Heller IAI, ing of Palm Sunday. What they re2013 sarin attacks in the town of Eastof the world, need to understand is contact Jessi Sheslow at 941.343.2109 ceived was unconscionable death and ern Ghouta that killed 1,429 people. that until these purveyors of death are or jsheslow@jfedsrq.org. severe injury. Forty-seven worshippers President Assad and his followers stopped, death will continue. Bashar were killed. One hundred nine men, place no value on human lives. They al-Assad couldn’t care less about how women and children were wounded. The Christian community in Egypt numbers about nine million. Most of these are Coptic Christians and they have been signaled out by ISIS as the religious group they want to destroy. The leader of ISIS wishes to do away with all Christians, but most of all, the Affordability Christians of the Middle East. BeginExclusivity $62.50 per week We limit our sponsors to a maximum ning in January 2001, when a church connects your business to a powerful of 4 per eBlast, and reserve sponsorships in Alexandria was bombed, killing 21 demographic for less than to only one business in a profession. people, and continuing through April 1¢ per recipient. of this year, there have been eight major attacks against Christians, in Reach Recognition general, and Coptics, in particular. eBlast newsletters are sent out via email Your BANNER AD People of all ages wishing to praconce a week to over 8,000 subscribers. will be prominently displayed tice their faith in the most positive They highlight upcoming events with a link that drives customers manner possible had their desires reand timely topics. DIRECTLY to your website. warded by death and destruction. ISIS is the most horrendous, self-serving, insensitive, killing group in the world. They have no respect for people of other beliefs. They maintain it is their Due to the exclusivity of this offer, sponsorships go fast. Call today to see if the sponsorship category for your business is available. way or death, and they do not care how Robin Leonardi, Account Executive | 941.552.6307 | rleonardi@jfedsrq.org many people die or how they meet their deaths. It is a despicable, hateful

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Diversity critical to future success from the “general” population have come down, as have the barriers that divided various Jewish institutions. There used to be five accrediting entities for Jewish day schools; they have merged to create one: a diverse, multifaceted resource called Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools. Community Day School’s recent successful accreditation was led by a school advocate from Prizmah, who noted that our commitment to bring together Jews ranging from highly observant to unaffiliated, and provide a welcoming space for non-Jews to learn about Judaism, should serve as a model and way forward for Jewish day schools. Beyond the cultural benefits, there are leadership and financial/trade implications as well. In order to prepare students to be leaders and global citizens who have the tools to succeed in our increasingly interconnected global economy, they must learn to be comfortable in an environment where teammates and peers look different and talk differently, and be sensitive to and appreciative of cultural differences. An article in The Balance notes that diversity is profitable: “Each year, DiversityInc selects the 50 most diverse

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undBy Dan Ceaser sther ewish day schools are traditionally For not at the top of people’s lists when IAI, they are considering where to find 2109 hotbeds of diversity and pluralism. But you may be surprised to learn that today, at Jewish day schools throughout the country, diversity isn’t just an idea floated to assure the families of nonJewish students that their children will be welcome – it’s considered an essential component of a high-quality educational program. The traditional barriers that used to separate Jewish educational entities

companies. The 43 that were public corporations were 24% more profitable than the S&P 500. They made up just 7% of the Fortune 500 but generated 22% of its total revenue.” The article goes on to say that diversity matters most in the areas of marketing, operations and innovation, and that individuals who work on successful diverse teams earn more money. Israel is certainly a model of this: the success of the Israeli economy is predicated on operating comfortably in a diverse environment, with partners around the globe. An article in Forbes notes, “... Israel is an immigrant and multicultural nation, allowing for diversity and different viewpoints... This allows for creativity and innovation, by encouraging the free flow of ideas and collaboration among individuals with very different perspectives.” This is just one of the many reasons Community Day School works to foster numerous connections between our students and peers and institutions in Israel. We recently hosted 15 students from our Sister City of Tel Mond – preceded by months of interaction through Google Classroom – and the experience was incredible. We are

working to forge a partnership with Israel’s Hand in Hand Schools, which brings together thousands of Jews and Arabs in six schools and communities throughout Israel. In May, our seventh and eighth graders concluded the World ORT Kadima Mada Global Collaborative Problem-Solving program, where our students worked asynchronously with students from Israel to solve a real-world sustainability problem. As Jews, we don’t live siloed as a minority; we know we need to exist and be comfortable and happy working with very different “others,” just as it’s essential that others are comfortable, informed and compassionate partners working with us. I firmly believe that the way forward for the Jewish day school movement is to prepare kids for the global world by embracing diversity and honoring differences – without losing our cherished identity in the process, of course. If a commitment to diversity is good enough for Israel and good enough for Silicon Valley, then it’s good enough for Sarasota’s Jewish community day school, too. Dan Ceaser is Head of School at Hershorin Schiff Community Day School.

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rom March 28 through April 6, thanks to a grant from The Jewish Federation of SarasotaManatee, the Hershorin Schiff Community Day School hosted 15 Israeli students from Sarasota’s Sister City of Tel Mond. During their visit, the Israelis learned about life in Sarasota and forged friendships with their American counterparts that have continued beyond their stay here. Throughout this school year, students worked with Community Sha-

liach (Israeli emissary) Oded Israely to connect with their peers in Israel. Through facilitated Google Classroom chats, the students in both communities learned about, and from, each other as they conversed and shared photos and videos. Some of the activities the students enjoyed included the ropes course at the TreeUmph Adventure Course, a beach day at Siesta Beach, volunteering at the Salvation Army, activities with teens from several synagogues and

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Jewish Federation youth programs, exploring the Embracing Our Differences exhibit, guided activities with Florida Studio Theatre and the Players Theatre of Sarasota, a visit to Mote Marine, and more. The youths enjoyed unique activities with their host families as well. “What a fantastic experience this was for the local Jewish community,” said Community Day School head of school Dan Ceaser. “Our students created bonds of friendship with the young Israelis while deepening their appreciation for the history and culture