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Indict Benjamin Netanyahu for bribery and breach of trust, Israel Police recommend

he Israel Police recommended that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on bribery and breach of trust charges in two alleged corruption cases. The recommendation, made public on Tuesday, Feb. 13, comes after yearlong investigations into the two alleged corruption cases. State prosecutors must now decide whether or not to file indictments. Netanyahu, in an address to the nation Feb. 13 maintained his innocence, saying the recommendations “cast a dark shadow” and “have no place in a democratic state.” “I will keep working for the good of the country, not for cigars from a friend and not for better media coverage,” he said in reference to the accusations.

During his tenure as prime minister, some 15 investigations have been opened against Netanyahu to “topple me from power,” he said. The prime minister said he is sure he will be re-elected in the next national elections, which are scheduled for November 2019. Netanyahu has maintained his innocence over the course of the investigations, saying on more than one occasion, “There will be nothing because there is nothing.” In December, Netanyahu told Likud party supporters at a convention that “there will be recommendations, so what? Here’s a fact you probably don’t know: Over 60 percent of police recommendations are thrown out and never result in indictments.” Netanyahu is at the center of two

probes. In one, known as Case 1000, he allegedly received expensive gifts from supporters in return for advancing their interests, including expensive cigars and champagne from the Israeli-born Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan. In the other, Case 2000, Netanyahu is alleged to have conspired with Arnon Mozes, the owner of the Israeli daily Yediot Acharonot, to advance legislation hobbling the free and pro-Netanyahu tabloid Israel Hayom bankrolled by American billionaire Sheldon Adelson. Milchan and Mozes also will be charged. Police reportedly said that Yair Lapid, head of the opposition Yesh Atid party, was a central witness in the Milchan case. (JTA)

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awrence Bacow, the former president of Tufts University and the son of a mother who survived Auschwitz, has been tapped as the president of Harvard University. The university made the announcement in a statement issued Sunday, Feb. 11, the Boston Globe reported. Bacow, a lawyer and economist, will replace Drew Gilpin Faust, who is retiring in June. Bacow had served on the search committee that hired Faust, the first woman president of Harvard, according to the Globe. He becomes the third Jewish president of the last four to hold the post at the Ivy League school. Bacow, 66, hung a mezuzah on the front of the president’s residence at Tufts, an eminent Boston university that he served from 2001 to 2011, and participated in events at the campus Hillel. Along with his mother surviving the concentration camp, his father, a native of Minsk, Belarus, was brought to the United

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Contents Netanyahu faces charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Upfront. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Briefs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Torah Thought. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Global surges in anti-Semitism. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Bill Nusbaum to receive VCIC Humanitarian Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Virginia Republicans call for ouster of official.7 Purim: Celebrating in the Netherlands. . . . . . . 8 Purim: Wine time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Purim: Cheese and guava Hamantashchen . . . 9 Purim in Tidewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 CRC’s Date with the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 JDC Jewish camp in Hungary. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

States as a child “to escape the pogroms of Eastern Europe,” he said in a video interview with Harvard, the Globe reported. “I would not be standing here today, literally, if this country had turned its back on my parents,” Bacow said during a news conference. An expert in environmental policy, Bacow is originally from Pontiac, Michigan. He received his undergraduate degree from MIT and has a law degree and doctorate from Harvard. Prior to leading Tufts, he was chancellor of MIT, where he also spent 24 years on the faculty. At Tufts he oversaw a fundraising campaign that raised $1.2 billion and is credited with strengthening the university’s ties to the surrounding community, according to the newspaper. At Harvard, he joins Neil Rudenstine and Lawrence Summers as Jewish presidents of the Ivy League school. Rudenstine served from 1991 to 2001 and Summers from 2001 to 2006. (JTA)

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Quotable Ohef Sholom Temple reaffirms commitment to social justice work. . . . . . . 14 Retirement Special section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Bern Wollschläger captivates community. . . . 27 YAD MomMe Time takes on Hiddur Mitzvah project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Society of Professionals gets sneak peak of Cavalier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Tribute to parents draws crowd at Beth Sholom Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 25th Virginia Festival of Jewish Film rated “Best Ever” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 What’s Happening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 National Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion month. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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briefs The Palestinian Authority is wiretapping people with the CIA’s help, leaked document charges A leaked document alleges that the Palestinian Authority has been wiretapping its residents with CIA backing. The document was shared on the messaging service WhatsApp by an anonymous employee of the Palestinian wiretapping agency last month, according to The Associated Press. It says the agency was set up jointly by three Palestinian security services and contains transcripts of recorded phone conversations. The wiretapping allegedly targeted thousands of Palestinians, from the heads of militant groups to judges, lawyers, and allies of P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas, according to AP. Now two of the people allegedly wiretapped are suing the Palestinian Authority: Tawfiq Tirawi, the Palestinian West Bank intelligence chief from 1994 to 2008, and Jawad Obeidat, head of the Palestinian bar association. “I made these phone calls and this is evidence that the leaked report is true,” said Obeidat, who has led anti-government protests, according to AP. “This is a blatant violation of human rights.” The wiretapping reportedly began in 2013 with help from the CIA. In exchange, the P.A. allegedly shared the intelligence with the U.S. spy agency. The report comes as Abbas feuds with President Donald Trump over Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The head of Palestinian security services called the report “nonsense,” according to AP. (JTA)

the Soviet Union in 1973. But she had followed her former student’s rise through the political ranks in Russia. According to Ynet, Putin and his teacher were reunited in 2005, when the Russian president visited Israel. She had asked the Russian Embassy whether she could attend a reception in Putin’s honor. She joined World War II veterans for their meeting with Putin in Jerusalem, but afterward he invited her to have tea with him in private. Shortly after the meeting, Berliner, who was a widow, began receiving gifts from the Russian president: a watch and Putin’s autographed 2000 biography. Shortly after that, an employee of the Russian government showed up at her doorstep and took her to see some apartments in the center of Tel Aviv, she told Ynet. “I told him all I needed was a flat that would be near the bus station, the market and to kuppat holim,” she told Ynet in an interview about three years ago, using the Hebrew term for a health maintenance organization. “It all happened fast from there on; a few months later the movers came to my [rented] apartment in Florentine [in southern Tel Aviv], packed everything up and moved me. “When I received the apartment, I cried,” Berliner told Ynet. “Putin is a very grateful and decent person.” According to Ynet, Berliner had not been in contact with Putin since receiving the apartment, but sent him birthday greetings every year through the Russian media. The Russian Embassy sent a representative to the funeral and covered the costs of her burial, Ynet reported. (JTA)

Vladimir Putin inherits his former teacher’s apartment in downtown Tel Aviv Russian President Vladimir Putin is now the proud owner of an apartment in downtown Tel Aviv. He inherited the 1½-bedroom apartment from his former high school German teacher, Mina Yuditskaya Berliner, who died in December at 96, Ynet reported. Berliner left the apartment to Putin via the Russian Embassy. Putin bought the apartment for her in 2005. Berliner immigrated to Israel from

Paul McCartney wins Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize Paul McCartney is one of nine laureates announced for Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize. McCartney is one of two recipients of the 2018 Wolf Prize in Music, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin announced Monday, Feb. 12. Each year the Wolf Foundation awards $100,000 prizes in five fields. More than 30 winners have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize. The announcement called McCartney

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“one of the greatest songwriters of all time. His versatility underlies an extraordinary wingspan, from the most physical rock to melodies of haunting and heartbreaking intimacy. His lyrics have an equally broad range, from the naive and the charming to the poignant and even desperate. He has touched the hearts of the entire world, both as a Beatle and in his subsequent bands, including Wings. McCartney shares the prize with conductor Adam Fischer, who the prize committee called an “eloquent defender of human rights,” particularly “his protest against the political developments in his native Hungary.” Seven other prizes also were announced in the fields of mathematics, chemistry, physics and agriculture. The prizes will be presented to the winners by Rivlin at a special ceremony to be held at the Knesset in Jerusalem, at the end of May. McCartney has appeared once in Israel, for a concert for over 50,000 fans in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park in 2008. (JTA)

Jewish Republicans want congressman to admit his State of the Union guest is a Holocaust denier The Republican Jewish Coalition called on Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to acknowledge that his guest at the State of the Union speech is a Holocaust denier. In a BuzzFeed News profile of Gaetz, the Republican congressman said that “Chuck Johnson is not a Holocaust denier and he’s not an anti-Semite. He’s a provoker, I should’ve vetted him better before inviting him to the State of the Union, I regret that I didn’t. That’s my fault. I take responsibility for it. But he is not a Holocaust denier.” Gaetz invited Johnson to attend the State of the Union after his father fell ill and he had an extra ticket. Johnson had visited Gaetz’s office the morning of the address and angled for the ticket. The congressman said he thought Johnson seemed “polite.” “This organization is deeply troubled by the comments from Charles C. Johnson, and it is incredibly important for the congressman to acknowledge he

is a Holocaust denier and has extensive writings that attest to that and that it was wrong to bring him to the State of the Union,” RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks told BuzzFeed in a statement. “We are deeply troubled by any inference that our organization believes otherwise.” Johnson denied the Holocaust in an “Ask Reddit” session from January 2017. Asked about the “Jewish Question” and the Holocaust, Johnson replied, “I do not and never have believed the 6 million figure. I think the Red Cross numbers of 250,000 dead in the camps from typhus are more realistic.” A Jewish friend of Gaetz, Joel Greenberg, told BuzzFeed that the congressman is a “champion of Israel and the Jewish people.” “We may have to retroactively throw him a bar mitzvah,” he added. (JTA)

Jewish snowboarder Arielle Gold earns Olympic bronze for US merican snowboarder Arielle Gold earned a bronze medal in the women’s halfpipe contest at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Gold, who is Jewish, finished third on Tuesday, Feb. 13 behind U.S. teammate Chloe Kim, 17, who took the gold, and silver medalist Jiayu Liu of China. Gold, 21, of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, reportedly had considered retiring after dislocating her right shoulder while training for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. She ultimately was not able to compete four years ago, though her older brother, Taylor, did. In South Korea, Gold performed the demanding 1080 trick involving three rotations. Half the competitors attempted the move. “I think that Steamboat is proud to have so many Olympians here, but to be able to bring home a medal to the town that has given me so much is amazing,” Gold told the Denver Post. “It’s not even the results. It’s just like the whole experience, the whole process has been so much more enjoyable for me.” Gold, a former World Champion in the halfpipe event, is studying veterinary medicine at the University of Colorado, Boulder. (JTA)

Torah Thought

Purim: A timeless holiday

urim’s extraordinary fun making often masks and matches the extraordinary seriousness of the life and death issues behind the holiday—while allowing for the healthy release of pent-up tension and emotion. After all, a threat of genocide hanging over a vulnerable people with a plot to terminate Jewish existence in the vast Persian empire of antiquity was not to be taken lightly. The salvation found through an intermarried Jewish queen who happened to be, or was placed in a pivotal position to help her kin while in dire straits, adds an intriguing dimension to a drama whose historical veracity remains uncertain. Still, the challenges and lessons contained in the fascinating Scroll of Esther have remained applicable throughout the Jewish saga—which does not lack all that the human imagination can conjure up. The Rabbis have taught that in the messianic era yet to come, of all the Jewish holidays, only Purim will continue to be celebrated. Is it perhaps because we should never take Jewish survival for granted and need to always be on guard? Is that why God’s name is not mentioned, even once in the scroll—a notable exception to all the other books in the Bible? David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister, stated that when the lion and the lamb will dwell together, he still would like to be the lion…just in case. That is ample testimony to what our people have learned the tragic way. We are invited to ponder those unique features of a mesmerizing account in which Jews are called upon to act in God’s name. Of course, the absence of the divine name does not necessarily imply God’s silence or indifference to such matters of supreme importance. Curiously, the leaders of the Islamic

Republic of Iran (once Persia), seeking hegemony in the Middle East and the Muslim world, have not given up in spite of the “deal” of “wiping Israel off the map.” This time with the aid of nuclear power, well aware of Israel’s mortal vulnerability given its very limited and limiting geography, to conclude what Haman and Hitler began. Has not the Haman-like, and even the more dangerous leaders of Iran, read the Scroll of Esther and taken to heart the fate of those who seek to destroy the Jewish people? Denying the Holocaust they seek to deny Israel’s existence, and if necessary, to hasten its demise through a “real Holocaust.” Queen Esther was forced to hide her Jewish identity in order to get into the palace. Beautiful and heroic Esther had to be prodded by wise and courageous Uncle Mordechai—after all, she was only human and young—to risk her life by appearing uninvited before King Ahsheverus. However, she did perform, and well at that, forever earning an honored place in the pantheon of Jewish heroines and heroes. Esther’s people are not yet fully safe, but are finally capable of defending their lives in a way that was not previously possible. Remember, experienced Uncle Mordechai engaged in successful counter plots. Self-defense is a top Jewish and human mitzvah, particularly in the post-Holocaust era. The Jewish people have already paid a very high price, and thus “Never Again!” is more than a slogan. It is a sacred imperative beyond blotting out Haman’s name at the raucous Megillah reading. A sovereign Jewish state and an influential American Jewish community make a critical difference. May we act and pray so that the contemporary Iranian plot will meet the fate of oblivion of the early prototype of biblical Amalek’s descendants, while we are ever vigilant. Our ultimate goal, so elusive for so long, remains a peaceful world of shalom through the sacred task of Tikkun Olam’s healing, hope, and harmony for all of God’s children. Dr. Israel Zoberman is the founding rabbi of Congregation Beth Chaverim in Virginia Beach.

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Global surges of anti-Semitism

White supremacist propaganda spreading on US college campuses, ADL says

hite supremacist propaganda on American college campuses has seen a dramatic increase since the fall of 2016, according to the Anti-Defamation League. In a report published Thursday, Feb. 1, the ADL called the reported growth “alarming.” ADL’s Center on Extremism recorded 346 incidents in which white supremacists have used fliers, stickers, banners and posters to spread their message since Sept. 1, 2016, the report said. The incidents were recorded on 216 college campuses in 44 states and Washington, D.C. During the fall semester of 2017 (Sept. 1 through Dec. 31), a total of 147 incidents involved what ADL considers white supremacist propaganda on campuses—a 250 percent leap over the corresponding period in 2016, when

ADL recorded 41 such cases. “White supremacists are targeting college campuses like never before,” ADL National Director Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement. “They see campuses as a fertile recruiting ground, as evident by the unprecedented volume of propagandist activity designed to recruit young people to support their vile ideology.” Among the most active white nationalist groups identified is the Identity Evropa, which accounted for 158 of the 346 incidents recorded by ADL. Other prominent groups included the Patriot Front and Vanguard America. Campuses in Texas and California saw the most incidents recorded last fall at 61 and 43, respectively. Richard Spencer, a 39-year-old Boston native that has toured U.S. college campuses to promote white nationalist

ideals, emerged as one of the most frequently featured figures in campus white supremacist propaganda, ADL said. Spencer is scheduled to speak at Michigan State University in March and is attempting to hold an event at Kent State University on May 4, the 48th anniversary of the murder of four students by National Guardsmen. “While campuses must respect and protect free speech, administrators must also address the need to counter hate groups’ messages and show these bigoted beliefs belong in the darkest shadows, not in our bright halls of learning,” Greenblatt said. ADL recommended in its report educating faculty and students on the First Amendment and improving training for campus officials on responding to hate crimes. (JTA)

Anti-Semitic incidents in Britain hit record high for second consecutive year

he number of anti-Semitic attacks recorded in the United Kingdom rose slightly in 2017, marking a new record for the second straight year, but saw a significant gain in violent assaults. The 1,382 cases recorded in the annual report of the Community Security Trust, or CST, which is British Jewry’s largest watchdog on anti-Semitism, represented a 3 percent increase in 2017 over the previous year. In the report, CST showed a 34 percent increase in the number of violent anti-Semitic assaults, to 145 in 2017 from 108 the previous year. The most common single type of incident recorded in 2017 involved verbal abuse randomly directed at visibly Jewish people in public, accounting for a quarter of the annual tally, or 356 incidents. CST has recorded anti-Semitic incidents since 1984. In 2013, the charity recorded only 535 incidents. That figure more than doubled in 2014, when Israel launched a military campaign against Hamas in Gaza. The 2015 tally comprised

960 incidents, followed by an increase to 1,346 cases in 2016. In 420 cases recorded last year, witnesses gave descriptions of the alleged perpetrators. In those cases, 57 percent were described as Europeans and 25 percent as Arab or black. There have been some improvements in the reporting of anti-Semitic incidents, which may have contributed to the continued increase in incident numbers, CST said. The increase in reporting may have owed in part to how allegations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, which were widespread in 2016, continued into 2017. “Therefore, anti-Semitism has attracted public debate and been reported on extensively in the national media,” CST noted in its report. Much of the 2017 increase in incidents owed to their growing prevalence in Manchester, home to the kingdom’s second-largest Jewish community. In the Greater Manchester area, CST recorded 261 incidents in 2017 compared to 206 in 2016, an increase of 27 percent.

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Meanwhile, incidents in London dropped by 7 percent in 2017 to a total of 773. One incident included in the report occurred in July in Hertfordshire, north of London. A group of visibly Jewish boys were followed by a group of boys and girls who shouted repeatedly, “I’m Hitler. I’m gonna gas you.” In another, a group of young Jewish school children were physically and verbally attacked on a bus coming home from school in January 2017. They sat on the top deck of the bus when they were confronted by a group of teenagers, who persistently asked the victims if they were Jewish, if they attended a Jewish school and why they were not wearing “those silly hats,” according to the CST report. The attackers then hit, kicked and punched the Jewish school children who tried to get the attention of the bus driver, but were ignored and remained trapped on the bus as the violence continued. (JTA)

Germany reports similar number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2017 from previous year

he number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in Germany in 2017 remained about the same as the previous year. Published Monday, Feb. 12 in the Berlin daily newspaper Tagesspiegel, the report—based on police statistics delivered to Bundestag Vice President Petra Pau of the Left Party—indicated there were 1,453 incidents reported in 2017— about the same as in 2016, which had a total of 1,468. Right-wing-oriented perpetrators committed about 95 percent of the crimes, the report said. Most of the incidents were so-called “propaganda” crimes involving verbal or written incitement to hate. There were 32 violent crimes and 160 cases of property damage in 2017. Pau told Tagesspiegel that she suspected the real numbers were higher, since many incidents go unreported. The lawmaker has submitted official queries on anti-Semitic crimes nationwide for several years. Concern about anti-Semitism is high in Germany, with some Jewish community leaders and politicians warning that anti-Jewish and extreme anti-Zionist attitudes among more than a million new refugees from the Middle East and North Africa are a ticking time bomb. In January, the Bundestag voted to establish a commissioner to deal with anti-Semitism in the country, motivated in part by such concerns. Pau’s Left Party had abstained from the vote, saying the proposal overemphasized immigrants as a source of the problem. ( JTA)

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he Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities has selected William L. Nusbaum to be among those receiving its prestigious Humanitarian Award this year, at their 54th annual dinner. The Tidewater chapter of VCIC will recognize Nusbaum for his longstanding commitment to promoting respect and understanding among people of all racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. Nusbaum has held prominent positions with many civic and religious organizations in Tidewater, including past president, honorary director and trustee of Ohef Sholom Temple, past co-chair of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater Community Relations Council Legislative Committee, past vice chair of the Virginia Regional Board of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, past board member of The Norfolk Forum, past president and honorary life director of the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, past chair (2 terms) of the Harvard Schools Committee for Southeastern Virginia, past chair (2 terms)

of the Norfolk City Democratic Committee, past vice-chair of the Third Congressional District Democratic Committee and member of the Democratic Party of Virginia State William L. Nusbaum Central Committee. Other Tidewater Humanitarian Award recipients this year are Kim W. & Valerie K. Brown, Cathy M. Lewis, Lemuel E. Lewis, and Angela D. Reddix. Eggleston will be presented with the Distinguished Merit Citation. To attend the dinner or purchase a table for a business or organization, visit www. inclusiveva.org, or call 804-515-7950. To purchase a seat at the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater/Tidewater Jewish Foundation table, contact Tammy Mujica at tmujica@ujft.org or 757-965-6124.

Virginia Republicans call for ouster of party official who said only Christians should run WASHINGTON ( JTA) —Virginia Republicans have called for the ouster of a party official who said only Christians should run for party positions. “Having a preference for Christians over non-Christians as political leaders is not bigoted,” Fredy Burgos said last week in a Facebook post promoting his favored candidate, Tim Hannigan, for the chairmanship of the Fairfax County Republican Committee against a Jewish rival, Mike Ginsberg. “It is a preference and a duty we are allowed.” Hannigan and Ginsberg are running to chair the committee in Fairfax County, comprising suburbs of Washington, D.C. Burgos, an elected member of the county party committee, removed the post after it was attacked on the conservative

Virginia blog Bearing Drift. He subsequently posted about his “affection” for Jews. But top Republicans in the state called for his removal, noting his history of making controversial comments. During the presidential campaign, Burgos, a backer of Donald Trump, made anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant comments on social media. He removed them following requests by party officials. Among those calling for Burgos’ removal were the area congresswoman, Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va. and John Whitbeck, the state party chairman, as well as an array of Fairfax County GOP leaders. Hannigan removed Burgos as an adviser but stopped short of calling for his removal as a party official.

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For Jews in the Netherlands, Catholic Carnival feels like ‘hardcore Purim’ Cnaan Liphshiz

TILBURG, Netherlands ( JTA)— Although he lives in a city with only a few dozen Jews, the Israel-born photographer Idan Hemo and his family enjoy each spring what he calls “hardcore Purim” street festivities. “Everyone dresses up, including and especially the adults, in elaborate costumes and there’s just constant drinking and an incredible party atmosphere on the street,” Hemo says of the annual street party that takes place around the time of Purim in his city of Breda and other places in Holland’s south. Actually, the costume parties that are held in parts of Europe in early spring are organized independently of the Jewish holiday of frivolity, dress-up, and excessive alcohol consumption with which they often coincide. They are instead part of Carnaval, or Carnival, a Catholic tradition with pagan roots that grew out of the need to consume winter larders. (The name is derived from the Latin word for meat.) It features a temporary suspension of the prohibition on consuming meat during Lent, a monthlong period of repentance, and a license for tipsy and ribald behavior. The similarities between Purim and Carnival have long been apparent, and are probably the result of a universal desire to celebrate winter’s end and of centuries of cultural borrowing. But for Israelis in the southern Netherlands, where Catholicism is dominant, it’s a chance to continue the beloved tradition of Adloyada, or Purim parade. The name is a mashup of an Aramaic injunction in the Talmud that Jews should drink enough on Purim so that they should “no longer know” the difference between the holiday’s hero and its villain. Of course, there is drinking, and there is drinking. The amount of alcohol consumed by Purim revelers is negligible

compared to Carnival, according to Kristina Tali Salman, an Israeli mother of one from Breda, where Carnival is a weeklong affair. Even for a seasoned Adloyada participant from Tel Aviv— the city where the Purim procession began in 1912—Breda’s Carnival was for her a “culture shock,” she says. “The amounts of alcohol the Dutch consume is insane, simply insane,” she says. “You see men lugging around crates of beer as they stumble around town in a drunken stupor that they begin in morning and continue, often without interruption, for 24 hours or longer.” On the street, some neighborhoods set up Carnival groups that prepare matching costumes for a local procession, like Brazil’s famous Carnaval celebrations. In addition to the grassroots processions, there are also citywide ones organized by the municipality. These events are “similar to the Adolyada,” Israel’s Purim procession, “but also much more individualistic,” Salman says. “The Adolyada will have more structure because it’s made up of schools or groups where everyone is wearing a matching outfit.” During Tel Aviv’s annual Adloyada, tens of thousands of spectators line the streets for a procession of floats and costumed children and adults. Purim is celebrated this year on Feb. 28. But Carnival is more lively and chaotic, with adults joining in with imaginative and ambitious get-ups. Despite the similarities with Purim, it’s no replacement for Purim, agrees Hemo, Salman, and Riki Nudler-Rahamim, an Israel-born mother of four from the southern city of Maastricht. “No, it’s not instead of Purim,” says Nudler-Rahamim, a professional party organizer who has four children and moved to the Netherlands 13 years ago. “It’s a lovely Purim addition, not a substitute.”

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Salman, 39, says she and her 5-yearold son have different costumes for Purim and Carnival. “We don’t mix meat and dairy,” she jokes, referencing one of the kosher laws. Today’s Carnival has little to do with anything Jewish, although in the past Jews occupied a central and often demeaning role in two of the Catholic world’s main Carnival celebrations: the masked processions in Venice and the Carnival in Rome. In Rome, the Catholic Church under Pope Paul II in 1466 revived a custom in which Jews were forced to race naked through the streets. “Before they were made to run, the Jews were richly fed, so as to make the race more difficult for them and at the same time more amusing for spectators,” one witness to that event wrote, according to David Kertzer’s 2001 book The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican’s Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism. The Jews ran “amid Rome’s taunting shrieks and peals of laughter, while the Holy Father stood upon a richly ornamented balcony and laughed heartily,” the account read. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, rabbis of the ghetto in Rome were forced to march through the city streets wearing foolish guise, jeered upon, and pelted by the crowd. Replying to an 1836 petition by the Jewish community to put an end to the custom, Pope Gregory XVI replied, according to Kertzer’s book: “It is not opportune to make any innovation.” The custom was abolished in the 19th century, but Jews were still made to pay for Carnival through a special tax. In the larger Venice Carnival, participants wore “Jew” masks, complete with hooked noses and grotesque expressions, according to James Johnson, author of the

2011 book Venice Incognito: Masks in the Serene Republic. That custom may be the reason Jews wear costumes today during Purim, according to Ethan Dor-Shav, director of education at the Israel Innovation Fund, who has researched the Venice mask carnival. Wearing masks and costumes on Purim dates back no earlier than the Middle Ages, Dor-Shav wrote in a Feb. 3 column for Ynet. “The Jews of Venice were inspired by the mask Carnival and incorporated it into their coinciding holiday. Sy n agog ue-goers dressed up as characters from the Book of Esther.” David Cassuto, a renow ned Florence-born Israeli architect and expert on Italian Jewry, says he is familiar with the theory that dressing up on Purim began in Venice. “But it is only one of many,” he says. A different explanation suggests that Sephardic Jews wishing to assimilate began organizing costume galas in Italy with non-Jewish guests when the city’s rabbis forbade such interaction. “But the masks prevented you from being identified, meaning galas could be held with impunity,” Cassuto says. To Dor-Shav, the Purim costumes represent a strong emotional need on the part of the Jews. The story of Purim is the salvation of the Jewish people in Persia from the hands of an anti-Semitic and genocidal aide, Haman, to the king, Ahaseurus. Dor-Shav wrote that masks could be “put on by Venice’s Jews as a kind of payback for the humiliation of Carnival, presenting in a subversive manner the non-Jews’ defeat and demise.”

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urim is a time to go nuts. The idea is to be a little crazy, so that we might see evil as an illusion: a Purimspiel, not reality. They tried to kill us; we won; let’s eat…and drink! It has been said that on Purim, Jews should get so drunk that we can’t tell Haman from Mordechai. I am not advocating excess drinking, but some good wine to help celebrate our mazel is certainly in the Purim spirit. To that end, I have sampled a couple of Israeli wines from the Psagot Winery in the Jerusalem mountains, where they are aged in ancient caves. Two red blends, one more wallet-friendly, the second more of a special bottle, are offered for the Purim supper table. First uncorked was Psagot Sinai 2016. Considered a budget wine in the $18 to $19 range, it is a blend of Steve Budman. Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz grapes. This particular bottle is mevushal, which means the wine is boiled to the point that it is no longer fit for idol worshippers to use as an offering. Swirl that thought around in your big glass for a moment. To be fair, modern kosher wine making uses the practice of flash-heating to 180º F, then quickly cooling, which is more akin to pasteurization than actual boiling. But still, it can’t be good for the wine, right? Let’s taste. The Sinai has a very floral aroma, and the first sip is quite dry, with an almost mineral aspect to it. Another sip, and there’s a hint of fruit and a good hit of spice. Think pomegranate rather than berries, an eye-opening zing, but not a lot of depth or complexity. Yet there is plenty of flavor, and it is pleasing. We enjoyed it with a two-year aged Gouda and crackers. Next, we popped the Psagot Peak 2014. At $45 to $50, it is not an everyday bottle, and not mevushal—which means that it remains kosher only if it is handled and served exclusively by observant Jews. The Peak is composed of Syrah, Petite Sirah, and Mourvèdre—the latter being a black grape usually from the Rhône and Provence regions and from Spain. You may have tasted it in the popular GSM (Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre) blends. Anticipating a more intense wine, we served the Peak with a robust and spicy puttanesca. An unusually dark red juice flowed slowly. And yes, it is very rich and thick on the tongue. Liquid leather and licorice filled my mouth. There is a strong earthy character to this blend, thanks to the

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(The Nosher via JTA)—Guava, or guayaba in Spanish, is native to tropical areas such as Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Because of its proximity and availability, the fruit is a part of many Latino cuisines. Guavas have a strong tropical fragrance and floral taste notes similar to papaya and grape. They can be prepared a variety of ways (think smoothies, cocktails, glazed over grilled meats, and even fish), but is especially wonderful mixed with cheese, such as queso fresco, because it provides the sweet and salty element that is so irresistible. If you cannot find queso fresco in your area, you can also use a mild feta (try soaking it in water to remove some of the saltiness). Another option is ricotta cheese supplemented with a nice pinch of salt. Guavas can be found fresh from early spring through the winter, but in this recipe, I used a guava paste, which can be found yearround and is much easier to work with, as the many seeds have been removed. You can find guava paste in the international section of most large supermarkets (I found mine at ShopRite), and there is even kosher-certified guava paste. Please note: In this particular recipe, you want to make sure to use paste and not jelly, as jelly can ooze out too much. Sandy Leibowitz is a trained chef, recipe developer and food blogger. Find more of her recipes at www.thekoshertomato.com and follow her on instagram @thekoshertomato.) The Nosher food blog offers a dazzling array of new and classic Jewish recipes and food news, from Europe to Yemen, from challah to shakshuka and beyond. Check it out at www.TheNosher.com.

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urim, is a joyous holiday celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar. This year, on February 28. It commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from Haman’s plot to destroy all the Jews, as recorded in the Megillah (book of Esther). Check out these Purim events happening around Tidewater: Bina High School The Annual Purim Carnival at the JCC Sunday, Feb. 25, 1–4 pm Lots of fun booths, hot dogs, Hamentashen, popcorn, prizes and more surprises. Simon Family JCC, Virginia Beach No RSVP needed B’nai Israel Hear the Megilla Wednesday, Feb. 28, 6:35 pm Come in costume, hear the Megilla in its traditional tune, make noise when you hear Haman’s name and enjoy light refreshments afterward. Congregation B’nai Israel, Norfolk B’nai Israel Purim Celebration Thursday, March 1, 4:45–7:10 pm Celebration will feature dessert, lively dancing, an extra-large bounce-house, Professional Balloon Creations, and more. Free admission, small fees for some activities. Congregation B’nai Israel, Norfolk Chabad Purim at the Circus Thursday, March 1, 5–8 pm Wyndham Garden Norfolk 700 Monticello Ave., Norfolk Bring the whole family to “Purim at the Circus” featuring “The Twins from France,” Ryan the Balloon Guy, face painting, dinner and Megillah reading. $18 per person until Feb. 22; $25 at the door 757-616-0770 or rabbilevi@chabadoftidewater.com RSVP www.chabadoftidewater.com/circus Chabad at the Ocean Front Hamantash Bake off Monday, Feb. 19, 8 pm Chabad at the Ocean Front 210B 54TH ST. Virginia Beach Ladies! Bring on the Purim spirit early and join for a fabulous evening making and shaping Hamentashen. RSVP chabadvb@gmail.com or 718-207-7185

Chabad at the Ocean Front Purim Cocktail Party Wednesday, Feb. 28, 8:30 pm Chabad at the Ocean Front 210B 54TH ST. Virginia Beach Cocktail party and Megillah reading RSVP chabadvb@gmail.com or 757-362-2710 YAD Pouring through Purim Saturday, Feb. 24, 8 pm–12 am Norfolk’s Waterside District 300 Waterside Drive, Norfolk Progressive Party and Scavenger Hunt. No Costumes necessary. $25 per person until Feb 21. Two tickets for $40; tickets include a drink at each of our four stops and appetizers. Tickets available www.JewishVA.org Ohef Sholom Temple Purim through the decades Wednesday, Feb. 28, 5 pm doors open, 6 pm dinner, 6:30 pm shpiel A time traveling Purimshpiel, food, drinks and tons of family fun! $5 per person, $10 per family For more information and RSVP www. ohefsholom.org or email reservations@ohefsholom.org Ohef Sholom Temple the Purim Carnival Sunday, Feb. 25, 11:30 am–1:30 pm Fun, games, great prizes and more. Five tickets for $1 in advance, four tickets for $1 at the door For more information and RSVP www. ohefsholom.org or email reservations@ohefsholom.org Visit the Purim table in the Simon Family JCC Cardo, with fun facts, and treats for the entire family The Talmud says that “when the month of Adar arrives, we increase in joy.” Hope you have a joyous and fortuitous Adar! Chag Sameach to you and your families!

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CRC’s annual Date With the State 2018 exceeds expectations look forward to Hampton Roads’ annual Community Relations Council delegation, and this year was especially meaningful. ow often are you asked by a state With a newly elected governor kicking legislator for help with pushing his off his agenda, and partisan politics at an tax credit effort or guidance as to the apex, this year’s visit with local senators current status of anti-Israel divestiture and delegates was particularly charged. efforts? Probably not very often. But in We left the Sandler Family Campus bright my case, at last month’s statewide Jewish and early on Tuesday, Jan. 30 via bus and Advocacy Day in Richmond, I engaged made our way to Richmond. We divided with Delegate Glen Davis and other team into small groups and engaged in lively members about issues such as these that discussions with various Tidewater repreare important to the Jewish community sentatives in the House of Delegates and and a great conversation ensued. I always Senate. The hottest issue we discussed was Medicaid expansion. Both Republican and Democratic representatives made their cases as to why Virginia should embrace or deny the program. Their candor and passion about this issue was palpable. It struck me that no Ken Reid, Senator Black, Jeff Brooke, Naty Horev, and Brad Weissman. matter where you Bradley Lerner

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fall politically, it was great to see firsthand Virginians’ commitment to democracy and debate. Another issue we addressed Jason Trompeter, Delegate Jason Miyares, Wendy Weissman, involved the use of Wendy Auerbach, and Megan Zuckerman. tax credits to bolster enrollment in local Jewish Day schools. We also discussed the need for increased funding for the Virginia Israel Advisory Board, which was well received by many delegates and senators. After our meetings, all of the communities met in a nearby church to hear remarks Bill Nusbaum, Jasmine Amitay, Delegate Jay Jones, and Ashley Zittrain. from the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Governor. Notably, Alyssa For more information about the CRC Muhlendorf from our delegation gave and upcoming initiatives, contact Wendy a rousing and eloquent introduction to Weissman, assistant CRC director, at Governor Ralph Northam. WWeissman@ujft.org or 965-6107. What did I take away from this whirlwind day of policy talk? I felt instantly close with my fellow lobbying team as we worked together to figure out how to best communicate our messages. Even though we were together just one day, it is always an honor to meet new people who are committed to improving the lives of others. I also loved learning about the process of how bills become law in the Commonwealth. In addition, I felt pride in being Jewish, as 175 people from across Virginia took the day off of work to unite to speak their minds about making Virginia a more tolerant, healthy, and prosperous place—not just for Jews, but for everyone. I already look forward to next year. Pam and Jason Trompeter.

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CRC, HUBB, and VCIC present Marshall, conclusion of Building Bridges Week Jonathan Zur. “The film’s message is timely and relevant today for all of us committed to the important work of bridging divides and advancing justice.” The film festival continued throughout the month of January and featured documentaries and full feature dramas created by award winning Jewish writers and filmmakers, shown at multiple locales around Tidewater, and included special guest speakers to accompany some films. (See article on page 31.) Film still from Marshall.

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he 25th Annual Virginia Festival of Jewish Film, presented by Alma & Howard Laderberg* and Patricia & Avraham Ashkenazi, began with a free, pre-festival event at TCC Roper Performing Arts Center featuring the movie, Marshall. Presented in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and in partnership with Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Hands United Building Bridges (HUBB), an interfaith dialogue group focused on race and faith in Tidewater, the American biographical legal drama film was viewed by nearly 600 people. Based on an early trial in the career of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Marshall follows the young lawyer to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur charged with sexual assault and attempted murder of his white socialite employer. Muzzled by a segregationist court, Marshall partners with a courageous young Jewish lawyer, Samuel Friedman. Together they mount the defense in an environment of racism and anti-Semitism. The high profile case and the partnership with Friedman served as a template for Marshall’s creation of the NAACP legal defense fund. A panel discussion with Pastor David McBride of New Life Church, Rabbi

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Ohef Sholom Temple reaffirms commitment to social justice work

Susan Feit

ewish thought and Jewish life has been guided by a pledge to social justice (Tikkun Olam). But what does a commitment to social justice mean in today’s context? In light of tremendous challenges and the increased polarization facing the nation and world, Ohef Sholom Temple decided that now is the time to explore that very question. As a first step in deepening this commitment, Ohef Sholom joined 140 other congregations in signing the Reform Jewish movement’s initiative to create Brit Olam congregations nationwide. By signing this pact, Ohef Sholom publicly reaffirms a commitment to meaningful social justice work, grounded in sacred and enduring Jewish values. This is new ground for Ohef Sholom, and accordingly, congregants come with

different perspectives about how the social justice agenda should advance. Some ask why Ohef Sholom would enter into potentially controversial waters. The answer is that the congregation is willing to stand on the side of justice, even if the path is complicated—that it cannot afford to stand silently on the side. Common ground will allow Ohef Sholom to use a communal voice to speak out in the face of injustice and stand up for its neighbors when they are threatened. To start on the path to find that common ground, the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities led a workshop for congregants in December, offering tools for engaging in productive dialogue when people have different points of views. Ohef Sholom operated full steam ahead during Justice January. Congregation members participated in Norfolk’s MLK

march and ceremony, hosted the homeless through its annual participation in N.E.S.T. (Norfolk Emergency Shelter Team) and its monthly Soup Kitchen; and helped at Chesterfield Academy’s Math Night. Also this month, to further its work as a Brit Olam congregation, a workshop is planned to examine what it means for the congregation to delve deeper into the world of social justice. Building off of Ohef Sholom’s long-term commitment to performing tikkun olam, the workshop will help form a congregational voice that can take stands in times of injustice. Ohef Sholom realizes that the reward for sharpening a social justice focus will be rich and worth the bumps that might be encountered along its path. The congregation has decided that it is important to live up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s advice in knowing that, “Our lives begin

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day and seven percent don’t drink any glasses of water at all. (Presumably, they get their fluids from other beverages that have water in them.) Baby boomers grew up drinking a lot of soda and KoolAid. Later, they graduated to coffee and alcoholic beverages. Many have adapted to today’s bottled-water culture, but for some, those old habits may die hard and water isn’t always the first choice when thirst beckons. • Recommend strength training. The most effective way to increase metabolism and to help reverse the aging process is to stimulate muscles by lifting challenging weights to increase lean muscle mass, Brenkus says. “More strength will make daily life easier,” he says. “It will result in better balance and stronger people are less likely to fall. It also can strengthen the heart, and makes people look and feel younger.” • Prioritize socialization. This isn’t directly related to exercise, but studies show that people who are active socially are healthier and live longer lives. Socializing helps reduce the stress that can contribute to a number of health problems. If socializing is combined with exercise (playing tennis, taking regular walks with a friend), then that’s all the better. “Helping parents (or yourself!) adopt a healthier lifestyle is about encouraging a change in habits for eating, cooking, shopping, and fitness,” Brenkus says. “And even more importantly, it’s about helping to change thinking habits. Maybe sometime in the past a diet or fitness regimen was tried and failed. That doesn’t mean it can’t be attempted again— and this time with a cheerleader.

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Retirement This 99-year-old is the oldest former member of Congress Ben Sales

MUTTONTOWN, N.Y. ( JTA)—Lester Wolff served eight terms in the House of Representatives, which is slightly above average for lawmakers. But he has a distinction few of his colleagues share: He was targeted for death five times. Once, Wolff says, a Burmese militia of 5,000 spread out across that country to shoot down his helicopter in order to stop his efforts to curb the Burma narcotics trade. A Thai assassin, foiled by intelligence, had the same goal. Two Palestinian terror groups, upset at his support for Israel, tried to kill him, he says – one by hijacking a plane he was supposed to be on. And the father of a soldier who died in Vietnam sent a death threat to Wolff, angry about his opposition to the war. The threats earned him a nickname from one local newspaper columnist: “The 007 of Congress.” “I carried a weapon, which was meaningless,” Wolff says durning an interview in his Long Island home. “Then I had a bodyguard assigned to me. This bodyguard said to me, ‘I want you to know, if someone is trying to kill you, I can’t stop them. But you can be happy in knowing that I got the man who killed you.’ That’s hardly compensation.” But Wolff survived all of them, and plenty else, too. Now, at age 99, he’s the oldest living former congressman. And he isn’t slowing down. More than three decades after he left the chamber, Wolff is writing three books at once, runs a website and collects Asian art. And he tweets. “I live, basically, for the future,” he says. “I am working on projects that are five years out in front. You have to have some sense of God being with you. That protected me.” Wolff was 44 years old and a successful businessman and television host when President John F. Kennedy convinced him to run for Congress against a

conservative Republican on Long Island. Wolff won the election in 1964, following Kennedy’s assassination, which swept a wave of Democrats into office. He served until 1981, at one time chairing the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control and the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs. Along the way, he worked and sparred with the names that define the politics of the 1960s. The walls in his office are crowded with photos: Wolff shaking JFK’s hand, pinning a campaign button on Robert Kennedy, having an intimate conversation with President Lyndon Johnson in the Oval Office, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. A campaign sign from Kennedy’s election is leaning in one corner, still attached to a stick.

“I ended up in the Congress, because of my relationship with Israel.”

“They were just people,” he says of the political leaders he knew. “People get a different view of these individuals in bolded positions … but the fact is they’re just people, and if you get to them in terms of their interests, they open up and become someone you’re talking to in ordinary conversation.” One of Wolff’s fiercest fights was against Johnson, a fellow Democrat. In 1967, ahead of what would become the Six-Day War, Wolff sought to add an amendment to a military spending bill that would provide Israel with Phantom

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Major General Joseph R. Vazquez looks on as House Speaker John Boehner presents the Congressional Gold Medal to former Congressman Lester L. Wolff. December 10, 2014.

jets. Support for Israel was not nearly as widespread in Congress as it is now, and the president opposed the measure. But Wolff managed to push it through by working with a Republican congressman from an adjacent district. He later met with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat as part of the effort to reach a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. “I am not overly religious, but I wonder why I ended up in the Congress, and that’s one of the things that came to me— because of my relationship with Israel,” he says. “That stands out in my memory as one of the occasions because it was kind of a political fight to get it done.” Wolff laments how rare that kind of bipartisanship is now. He recalls that as a committee chairman, he appointed Republicans as heads of subcommittees. But today, he says, the opposing parties infrequently find common ground. And while his era saw its share of polarizing politicians, Wolf reserves special opprobrium for President Donald Trump, whom he calls “un-American” and regularly tweets about at @RepWolff. He says that unlike the antiwar movement of the 1960s and 1970s, the marches happening now do not seem to be gaining traction. “I think they’re great, but there must be something that goes beyond that,” he says of the anti-Trump protests. You can’t just be against Trump, you have to be for something. There is a lack of focus upon the part of those people who oppose Trump.”

Wolff’s memory remains sharp, and his house is like a museum of memorabilia that goes far beyond political swag. His open foyer is ringed with statues of Buddha and other Asian art that he has collected on numerous trips to the region. A corner of his basement displays an exhibit of stone fragments from the Egyptian pyramids, the Parthenon in Athens, the Arch of Titus in Rome and Jerusalem. On the opposite wall is a blown-up photo of him with former Chinese Premier Deng Xiaoping, whom he worked with to formalize relations between the United States and China. But Wolff isn’t living in the past. He credits his longevity to God, genes, and a serving of lox on a bagel (sans cream cheese) every morning. He has two children, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. And his work goes on. There’s the Twitter account, as well as a website, AskCongress.org, that lists contact information for every parliamentarian worldwide. In 2014, he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. And then there are this three books: One is on the secret to long life. The second is on his role in U.S.-China relations. And the third is on all those death threats. But he isn’t worried for his life anymore. “Look, I’m 99,” he says. “They tried to shorten that period. I don’t think they’re after me anymore.”

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(Kveller via JTA)—I have three children. Three healthy, wonderful, grown-up children. I have a wonderful husband. And I have a father, a brother and sister-in-law, and other friends and relatives whom I love. Sounds good, no? It is good. It’s very good. Yet I often say that I live between a rock and a hard place. Here’s why. My husband and I live in New Jersey, where we settled when we married 28 years ago and raised our children. We raised them with a love of family, a love of God and Torah, a love of humankind and a love of Israel. All three have embraced those loves and express them in their own individual ways. Our oldest daughter, who is 25, lives a few hours away and teaches at a Jewish day school. She is known as a tough and loving teacher, a loyal friend, and an integral part of her community. We see her every few months. She is far away, but not too far. Our second daughter lives in Jerusalem. At 19, she moved to Israel and joined the Israel Defense Forces. Other caring adults—relatives, friends, and members of a support network for foreigners serving in the Israeli army— parented her in our absence. Now 22, she has finished her army service and is in college, spending Shabbat with friends, working in a bookstore and living her dream. Our third child, a son, lives in Israel as well. At 19, he also made aliyah recently and will

enter the IDF in the spring. He, too, has caring adults in his life, some of those same relatives and friends, and his yeshiva community who have their eyes on him. When I was their age, I was sure that I would spend the bulk of my life in Israel. But I didn’t. I found life, love, and employment here in the U.S.—and then I stayed. In fact, the topic of living in Israel barely came up again, as my husband, an only child, was not free to leave his parents. But now, everything is different. My in-laws have passed away. My nest is empty. My father is still relatively healthy. And my kids span the ocean. My kids call every Friday. During these weekly conversations, I ask them for a snippet, something I can have at the ready when people ask me, “How are the kids doing?” Something along the lines of, “She’s loving her job” or “He went on a hike in the Judaean hills.” Something easy, so I don’t have to scramble, so I don’t have to sort through the feelings of worry, pride, and longing every time someone wants an update. Lately, however, no one asks for snippets. They just ask, “So when are you going?” They mean to Israel—and they don’t mean a visit. They mean, “When are you moving to Israel?” Everyone asks: Israelis, Americans, my colleagues at work, people I barely know. I know I need a snippet for this, too. But I find the question deeply t roubl i ng — he nc e the rock and the hard place. I have always wanted to live in Israel—and at the

Retirement same time, I’ve always wanted to live right here in the U.S. I want to be near ALL my kids. And, in the future, please God, I’ll want to be near all my grandchildren. I want to be near my father and his wife, to be close when they will inevitably need me. I want to be near my family, the ones here and in Israel, and near the friends who have become like family, in both countries. My husband and I just returned from a long trip to Israel, where we spent quality time with both kids, dear cousins, and old friends. We also spent a few days looking around at communities to see where we’d feel at home. Even though that part was my idea—and I’m glad we did it— was very nervous about this aspect of the trip because it made me confront the question of moving yet again. And there is no good answer. I have a good job in the U.S., with a salary and health insurance. My husband has a good job, too. We are comfortable. We might be able to get jobs in Israel;

we might not. As we get a little older every year, those transitions become more difficult. But recently, I’ve been thinking about Tzur Yisrael, which means “Rock of Israel”—or God. Rocks are a recurring theme in the Bible: In the book of Genesis, Jacob puts his head down on a stone and has a prophetic dream of the protective angels ascending and descending a ladder between heaven and earth. The Ten Commandments were created of stone. Rocks can be hard and uncomfortable, but like God, they are steady, reliable, and persistent. Gems are made of stone. And as the book of Psalms reminds us, “The stone that was spurned by the builders turned out to be the cornerstone.” What I’ve realized is when I say I’m between a rock and a hard place, what I really mean is that I’m squeezed between two good things. So, for now, I will continue to live between my precious rock and my steady hard place.

I have always wanted to live in Israel—and at the same time, I’ve always wanted to live right here in the U.S. I want to be near ALL my kids.

Both my rock and my hard place are very good, even when they leave me a little bumped and bruised. And I need be comfortable, living here in the middle, and I need to have confidence that the balance will sort itself out. I need to be able to answer, “We’ll see,” and believe it. And if I can create a space for myself between the rock and the hard place, the answers might have room to become clear. Susan Hornstein is an Orthodox Jewish Zionist feminist living in Highland Park, New Jersey. She holds a doctorate in cognitive psychology and works as an information architect and website designer. She is the director of the Central Jersey Chapter of HaZamir, the International Jewish teen choir, and sings and gives divrei Torah around New Jersey.) Kveller is a thriving community of women and parents who convene online to share, celebrate and commiserate their experiences of raising kids through a Jewish lens. Visit Kveller.com.

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In addition to the recession, several other factors contributed to their retirement woes. Most businesses no longer offer pensions, so retirees must rely more on their savings. People also need to rely more on Social Security, but Social Security replaces usually only 40 percent of a person’s pre-retirement earnings. In addition, according to Social Security, they have shared on their website that they may end up paying 75 cents on the dollar in 2033. All of this raises the question: Is it even possible to retire in today’s economy? The answer is “yes,” Bender says, but even those who planned well and saved plenty need to be careful as they near, and enter retirement. With many clients in their 80s and some in their 90s—we all have to plan to live a lot longer. A few tips to help retirees and pre-retirees protect and grow their money include: • Know when to take Social Security.

If you don’t choose the most advantageous time to start drawing Social Security, you could leave a lot of money on the table. Several factors can come into play here depending on your personal situation, so it’s best to seek professional advice. Employees at your local Social Security office generally aren’t equipped to give you that kind of advice. • Live by the “Rule of 100.” This is critically important. In the investing world, the “Rule of 100” says that the percentage of a person’s portfolio that should be in stocks should be equal to 100 minus their age. So, for example, someone who is 60 should have 40 percent of their portfolio in stocks and the other 60 percent should be in bonds or other lower-risk investments. “If you aren’t living by the ‘Rule of 100,’ you should be, especially if you are 50 or older,” Bender says. • Plan for long-term care. A person who turns 65 today has nearly a 70 percent

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owner and a member of the Confederate Cabinet. “Jews come in all sizes and shapes, and some are very good and some are not so good,” she said, noting that both Benjamin and Brandeis faced anti-Semitism on the job. Speaking of how her Jewishness informed her judicial philosophy, Ginsburg said she believed that the American troops’ encounter with the Nazis persecution of the Jews during World War II helped end segregation.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, September 15, 2010.

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and she soon faced her first challenge. The Supreme Court bar inscribed its certificates “in the year of our Lord,” and Orthodox Jews who were admitted found themselves unable to display them. They appealed to her to make their case. The bar association tried to win her over with an appeal to custom and her Jewish predecessors on the court. She quoted someone as telling her, “It was good enough for Brandeis, it was good enough for [Benjamin] Cardozo, it was good enough for [Felix] Frankfurter, it was even good enough for [Arthur] Goldberg.” “And I said it was not good enough for Ginsburg,” she said. As a result, now Supreme Court bar members have an array of choices of how to inscribe the year on their certificates. Ginsburg was playful and appeared to enjoy herself. Asked Eisner’s traditional last question for interviews, her favorite type of bagel, Ginsburg bowed her head and placed a hand to it, affecting deep concentration. “New York poppy seed,” she said— mirroring the choices of Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Rollover Your IRA for Good

By taking a distribution from your IRA this year, you will likely pay more in taxes and may even reach a higher tax bracket. Rolling over part of your IRA’s “required minimum distribution” or “RMD” to The Tidewater Jewish Foundation can help reduce your tax bill while supporting the Jewish community.

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An IRA Charitable Rollover gift can benefit both you and our community! Contact your IRA administrator to get started with your gift. While you will not receive an income tax deduction, you will not pay taxes on any distributions made to us. The Tidewater Jewish Foundation can help you use your charitable rollover to benefit one or more agencies in our community. For a confidential conversation and more information contact Scott Kaplan, President and CEO at 757.965.6109 or skaplan@ujft.org.

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ore than 160 members of the community, including religious school students from Ohef Sholom Temple, Congregation Beth El, Temple Israel, and KBH attended a powerful and timely presentation by Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger on Sunday morning, Jan 28 at Ohef Sholom. Author of A German Life: Against All Odds. Change is Possible (2007), Wollschlaeger was a featured speaker at the Holocaust Commission’s summer educators’ conference, and was so popular that the commission wanted to give more people, including students, the opportunity to hear him. Wollschlaeger, the son of a decorated WWII Nazi tank commander, told the story of his struggle and conflict with family, faith, and religion after discovering his father’s past and his role in the murderous legacy of the Holocaust. As a teen, Wollschlaeger turned against his unrepentant father and all that he stood

for and began to learn about Judaism. He eventually converted to Judaism and moved to Israel where he served in the Israel Defense Forces. Later, he married and moved to the United States, where he now lives with his family. The students were very moved by Wollschlaeger’s presentation, as evidenced by their keen interest, positive reactions, and relevant questions. Chris Kraus, director of Family Learning at Ohef Sholom, says, “The children showed that our future as a community is bright.” Wollschlaeger also presented his program in the afternoon at the Simon Family JCC for the community and BBYO teens. The Holocaust Commission offers high quality programming and education to the community to promote its mission: Teaching Tolerance, Justice, and Moral Courage. Wollschlaeger’s willingness to share his story covers all three of these values, and the community was fortunate to have him speak again.

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it’s a wrap YAD MomME Time takes on Hiddur Mitzvah Project

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s part of the Gary Rosenthal Hiddur Mitzvah Project, members of UJFT’s Young Adult Division’s MomMe made mosaic Shabbat candlesticks on Wednesday, Jan. 24 during a Tikkun Olam event at the Simon Family JCC.

Gary Rosenthal is best known for his unique line of Judaica sculptures that he has created for more than 30 years. Rosenthal combines artwork with function with his welded metal pieces to unite the blessings of a mitzvah with his distinctive art. Rosenthal developed the

Amy Metzger, Stephanie Steerman, and Amy Weinstein.

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Hiddur Mitzvah (to beautify a mitzvah) project to give people the opportunity to participate in Tikkun Olam. The YAD MomMe participants created candlesticks for themselves, as well as for families devastated by the wild fires in California. In addition to the Mitzvah project, MomMe Time also brought new faces to the Cardo at the Sandler Family Campus.

Rebecca Levitt and Cantor Wendi Fried.

Over bagels and coffee, the moms mingled and designed. The event was made possible with a grant from the Helen G Gifford Foundation.

it’s a wrap UJFT’s Society of Professionals gets first look at Cavalier Hotel Dusty Heist-Levine

he grand reopening of Virginia Beach’s historic Cavalier Hotel will take place in March, but United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Society of Professionals (SOP) received a special “sneak peak” on February 1. Axel Suray, executive vice president of Gold Key PHR, guided 10 members of the SOP steering committee on a full tour of the hotel. During the tour, Greg Zittrain, SOP co-chair, recounted his memories of visiting the Cavalier as a child and his impressions of the transformed hotel, “When I was a kid, the Cavalier always had a mystique. Once I even met Muhammed Ali there. So, it was disappointing when it closed. But, today was an incredible experience. What they have done here is revive the grandeur of the Cavalier.” During the tour, Bruce Thompson, local real estate magnate and Cavalier Hotel owner, greeted the group and learned about the Society of Professionals.

“It was a treat to have Bruce greet us, and exciting to see such an iconic landmark in Virginia Beach beautifully revitalized with modern grandeur,” says Stacey Neuman, SOP co-chair. “Bruce was excited to know that a group from the Jewish Stacey Neuman, Rachel Shames, Neil Waranch, Shawn Lemke, Ashley Zittrain, Federation was touring and that we David Gilbert (back), Axel Suray, Greg Zittrain, and Scott Levin. are looking to partner with the hotel in the near future.” summer, turn the air conditioning on full blast, and stoke Every space in the hotel lived up to expectations. a roaring fire in the Grand Fireplace. According to Suray, From the arrival experience, to the new Becca restaurant’s legend has it that the lost section of 18 minutes of tape ocean views, to a spa that will be the envy of town, and from the Nixon Watergate recordings may have found its to the in-house distillery which produces vodka, bourbon resting place in the Hunt Room’s Grand Fireplace. and whiskey—the Cavalier was an amazing experience for all. But, most importantly, beyond the luxury, the UJFT’s Society of Professionals is a broad and diverse compreservation of the Cavalier’s history remains throughout munity of Jewish professionals. It meets throughout the year the hotel. A highlight of the tour was the historic Hunt to network, learn, and give back to the community. Contact Room where Suray noted how President Richard Nixon, Dusty Heist-Levine for more information at dhlevine@ujft.org a frequent hotel guest, loved to visit the room in the or 757-965-6136.

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it’s a wrap De Mommas and De Poppas’ tribute to parents draws big crowd to Beth Sholom Village

cast of community members sang, danced, and joked about mothers, fathers, and kids during the A’Bisl Theater’s tribute to the Fifth Commandment during a spirited variety show at Beth Sholom Village on Sunday, Feb. 4. More than 200 people packed into the Pincus Paul Community Room for the hour-long performance. Directed by Madi Rossettini, the production included songs from Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy, and other shows, as well as Yiddish standards.

Lou Rossettini, David Spiegel, Christie Vtipil, Connie Kevorkian, Madi Rossettini, and Howard Horwitz handled production and music for De Mommas and De Poppas.

Rich Yanku, Andrew Fink, Larry Tiger, Elihu Flax, David Cardon, David Proser and Charlie Silverman were the Tevyes for If I Were a Rich Man and Tradition. More than 200 people filled the Pincus Paul Room at Beth Sholom Village for the debut of The A’Bisl Theater.

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Why show Animal House at a Jewish film festival William Laderberg, co-chair of the 25th annual Virginia Festival of Jewish Film screening committee

ow! It is truly remarkable that the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film presented by Alma and Howard Laderberg* and Patricia and Avraham Ashkenazi has been around for a quarter of a century. That’s a long time to bring culture and entertainment to Tidewater by showing the cream of the crop in Jewish and Israeli-themed movies. I have the dream volunteer job each year of watching more than 70 feature films, plus many short films, to select a wide variety of interesting, enjoyable, entertaining, and even thought-provoking movies that will be the focus of our Film Festival. My co-chair Mark Robbins and I have a dream team of dedicated and energetic screening committee members to assist us in our task. We do our best to bring a broad range of films from all around the world. Our 25th annual Virginia Festival of Jewish Film included 10 outstanding feature films, plus three shorts. We also had several special events at this year’s Film Festival, including the brand new, soon-to-be released Israeli thriller, Shelter; Mal Vincent’s Pick, Cabaret; producer/ screenwriter Sheldon Cohn introducing his movie, The Pickle Recipe; a tribute to local actor Stephen Furst before watching

Susan and Paul Hirschbiel at Animal House.

his movie, Animal House; and our first ever live jazz concert following the film, Body and Soul. All of the wonderful films and specialty events, along with excellent attendance helped make our 25th Film Festival successful, satisfying, and memorable. We even added some new and exciting venues this year to better represent all of South Hampton Roads. I believe that this 25th Virginia Festival of Jewish Film was the BEST EVER! Plus, the weather was on our side for once. A few favorite memories from this year’s festival: • Gloria Siegel’s fondest memory was Normie Sher ad-libbing their prepared Opening Night introduction remarks because he forgot his glasses. • Rabbi Michael Panitz and Judit Roth were particularly moved by the powerful black and white Hungarian movie, 1945. • Barry and Lois Einhorn, along with Jennifer and Larry Brown, thought that the tribute to Stephen Furst was memorable. The three guests and the video added to the crazy mood of Stephen’s Animal House. • Jeff Rosen thought that Read the Obits, Then Eat Breakfast, was the perfect movie to show at Beth Sholom Home. • Peter Schulman’s favorite memory was the screening of the extraordinarily moving Fanny’s Journey. Please share your favorite memory of our 25th Virginia Festival of Jewish Film

by emailing it to me at wm.laderberg@ gmail.com. I promise that your comments will remain private. I am certainly looking forward to

searching out the movies for the 26th Virginia Festival of Jewish Film—after a two-month vacation. *of blessed memory

Steve and Caren Leon, Miles Leon, and Anne Fleder at Shelter.

Avraham and Patricia Ashkenazi at Shelter.

Founding members of the Virginia Festival of Jewish Film Barry and Lois Einhorn, and Stephanie Calliott at Body and Soul.

Film Festival Screening Committee Chair William Laderberg and Harry Graber at Body and Soul.

Shelly Simon and Eric and Alice Werner at Body and Soul.

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what’s happening Israel Today

Gil Troy – The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 pm

Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library, 4100 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach Free and open to the community

leading political historian and one of today’s most prominent activists in the fight against the de-legitimization of Israel, Gil Troy visits Tidewater as the Israel Today series continues. Israel Today is presented by United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Community Relations Council, Simon Family JCC, and community partners. Troy, a distinguished Scholar of North American History at McGill University and Research Fellow in the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Engaging Israel Program, will discuss his latest book, The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland—Then, Now, Tomorrow. The book is slated for release this spring. The Community Relations Council recently spoke with Troy. Community Relations Council: What is the renewed Zionist vision? Troy: In the beginning there was the Zionist Idea—the Jews are a people, with collective rights to their homeland, and need a state—as both refuge and opportunity. Today, we have the Zionist Ideas,

debating how to perfect that Jewish state, but also understanding that Zionism isn’t only about helping other Jews and building a Jewish state—it’s about joining an exciting debate about who we are, individually and collectively, and who we can be. I call this Identity Zionism—and, with respect to JFK, don’t only ask “what you can do for your country” but really do ask “what can our country—Israel—do for us?” CRC: How does Israel continue to flourish as a democratic Jewish state? Troy: The old joke “2 Jews 3 opinions” now needs to be updated: one Israel, 20 different political parties. The robustness of debate is only one sign of democratic vitality—the basic rights all Israelis enjoy and take for granted is another. We should be wary of false nostalgia: Israel in the 1950s was a modern miracle in the making—but it was a tough place: Ben-Gurion’s socialism was often heavy-handed, Israeli Arabs were under a military regime—Israel today, for all is faults, is far more open, tolerant, respectful, pluralistic, and free!

CRC: What is your vision of a future Israel? Troy: Like all Western countries, Israel is both blessed and cursed by prosperity. How do we continue to live in a country of “we” in a world that’s all about me—how do we continue to be a Values Nation in an age of cynicism and selfishness? At the same time, as the only Jewish state, Israel also faces an extra set of challenges: how do we respect one another’s freedom to be different while maintaining a public Jewish culture that’s somewhat coherent? How do we balance tradition and modernity? I am not a Zionist because I have all the right answers—I am a Zionist because I am excited about asking all these tough questions, and inviting us all as a people in Israel and beyond to debate these questions, experiment with different answers, and use Israel, the greatest Jewish adventure of the 21st century—as a great Jewish peoplehood building project—and a model to the rest of the world about how to live well, how to live wisely, how to live justly, how to live ethically.

Gil Troy.

The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Simon Family JCC, along with community partners, present Israel Today @ 70. For more information or to RSVP (required) for this free and open to the community event, visit JewishVA.org/GilTroy.

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hree young cantors, all rising stars in the Jewish music scene, are brought together in Amsterdam’s revered 17th century Portuguese Synagogue for a concert of Jewish sacred and secular music arranged for orchestra and choir. The concert will be broadcast on WHRO TV as a Pledge program. The New York Cantors are Brooklyn-born Yaakov (Yanky) Lemmer, cantor of the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City; Azi Schwartz, a native of Israel and cantor at New York’s Park Avenue Synagogue; and Netanel Hershtik, cantor at The Hampton Synagogue, Westhampton Beach, N. Y., also Israeli-born. Some of the most beautiful songs in Jewish musical history are prayers sung by cantors during Shabbat services. For this concert, these ancient songs are given new arrangements by the accomplished Dutch composer-arranger Bob Zimmerman. The program also includes favorite

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secular songs evoking memories of Jewish tradition and rich musical culture, as well as music with a nod to Broadway. Maestro Jules van Hessen and his 33-piece orchestra and eightvoice male choir support the cantors, recorded under 1,000 glowing candles in one of the most architecturally important synagogues in the world. The New York Cantors concert reprises an earlier project for PBS, Cantors, Yaakov (Yanky) Lemmer, Azi Schwartz and Netanel Hershtik. Credit: Courtesy of Daniel Hart Media A Faith in Song, a groundbreaking special also recorded in Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue that became a popular offering for of the cantors in that earlier concert was Naftali Hershtik, Jewish holidays for years following its premiere in 2003. One father of one of The New York Cantors, Netanel Hershtik.

what’s happening Art for Understanding

Leon Family Gallery

Erin Zimmerman Scenes from Israel

Celebrating Israeli culture and bringing communities together through art and dance

March 9–16

February

writer, producer, and director for CBN Documentaries, Erin Zimmerman earned an M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Regent University, then spent four years at CBN News, where she served as a segment producer and line producer for The 700 Club newscast. She has also worked as a line producer and writer for The 700 Club program and a producer, historical consultant, and scriptwriter for CBN’s animated program Superbook. Erin Zimmerman For the past seven years, Zimmerman has written, produced, and directed CBN documentaries about history and biblical archaeology in Israel, Jordan, Turkey, and Europe. Zimmerman is a two-time Emmy nominee for Outstanding Special Class Writing, for the documentary Made in Israel in 2014 and for the docudrama The Hope: The Rebirth of Israel in 2016. Her latest film is In Our Hands: The Battle for Jerusalem, released in theaters in May 2017. She currently lives in Jerusalem and is working on CBN’s new documentary To Life, which highlights Israeli humanitarian work around the world. Zimmerman explores the architecture in Israel and the daily lives of the country’s citizens in this moving photography exhibit. Proceeds from the sales of Zimmerman’s work will go to the cultural arts department of the Simon Family JCC.

Jerusalem March, Sukkot.

Jewish Family Service and Edmarc 14th annual Grieving Children Art Show March

isplaying the creative drawings and words of local grieving children and teens, Grieving Child demonstrates how loss affects all those touched by it and offers children and teens the opportunity to see they are not alone. This show provides an opportunity for children and teens to share their feelings with others and to see that they are not alone. The art show is open to any school-aged youth in Tidewater who has experienced the death of a loved one. For more information on this project or services offered by JFS, contact Debbie Mayer, LCSW at 757-459-4640 or DMayer@jfshamptonroads.org. For more information about the Leon Family Gallery and the exhibits shown, contact Melissa Eichelbaum, Simon Family JCC program associate, at MEichelbaum@ujft.org.

ore than 70 artists and guests from Israel, including former First Lady Miri Shafir Navon, will travel to Virginia as part of Art For Understanding next month. This collaboration and cultural exchange connects students from Minds In Motion, Richmond Ballet’s celebrated outreach program reaching nearly 2,000 students Minds In Motion Israel: Students performing as part of the Minds In throughout Virginia and Israel, Motion Israel residency. and Matter of Color, a group of artists from Israel. dancing and painting with Minds In Motion The brainchild of Thomas Smith of Binns students. The public is invited to attend of Williamsburg, Art For Understanding two special events with the artists. The resulted after an introductioin to Minds In first is a ticketed dinner event, An Evening Motion through the Virginia Israel Advisory of Empathy & Understanding on March 14 Board. “I was inspired by all that Richmond at Kingsmill Resort. On March 15, the Ballet does in both Virginia and Israel,” cultural exchange will culminate at the says Smith. “I have strong ties to Israel, and Art For Understanding Exhibit, a celeupon seeing how Minds In Motion uses the bration of Israeli art and culture at Binns power of dance to break through barriers, of Williamsburg. The entire collection of connecting the Jewish and Arab communipaintings, as well as clothing and jewelry by ties, I wanted to help bring awareness to Israeli designers, will be on view, 3–9 pm. this incredible program.” This event will include an appearance by Matter of Color, led by instructor and renowned Yemenite jeweler Ben Zion David curator Bruria Hassner of Tel Aviv, has and upscale clothing from noted Israeli been painting together for more than fashion house Maskit. Proceeds from the two decades. The group is comprised of art auction and related events will support approximately 120 women and a few men the Minds In Motion programs. who paint weekly and explore a variety of “Art For Understanding provides an themes through the creation and expresopportunity for our communities to meet sion of their art. As part of the Art For each other personally, share and explore Understanding exchange, Matter of Color our similarities, and celebrate our rich culartists have created an exhibition of more tural and personal differences,” says Brett than 100 paintings tied to the theme Bonda, managing director for Richmond of empathy and understanding. Through Ballet. “The Richmond Ballet mission is to March 9, the artwork may be viewed by uplift and awaken the human spirit, and I visiting many locations Virgina. Locations cannot think of a better way to do so than include, among others, the Carole and by bringing together communities through Marcus Weinstein Jewish Community art and movement.” Center in Richmond, the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus in Virginia Beach, Art For Understanding is sponsored by Binns of Williamsburg, Richmond Ballet, Binns of Williamsburg and the Virginia Israel and the SunTrust Center in downtown Advisory Board. To learn more about Art Richmond. All paintings are available for For Understanding and Minds In Motion, bid online at richmondballet.com/a4u. or to bid on a painting, visit richmondballet. In Virginia, the artists will travel throughcom/a4u. out the state, meeting with groups and

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Nefesh Mountain— Spirituality through Jewish Bluegrass Let the skies rejoice and sing a new song Let the earth dance with glee Let the oceans give a mighty roar So their praise will echo through the tree — Psalm 96:11, from A Mighty Roar, track 3 in Beneath the Open Sky CD Chris Kraus

hat do you get when you mix the Tanakh’s 96th Psalm with banjo, fiddle, bass, mandolin and the clear mountain vocals of one of the hottest husband and wife duos in contemporary Jewish American music? The answer is Nefesh Mountain bluegrass band bringing their national “Beneath the Open Sky” tour to Tidewater. On March 2, Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg release Beneath The Open Sky, their second full-length album after their critically-acclaimed self-titled debut, Nefesh Mountain. The recording was a hands-on undertaking for the couple, writing or arranging all 11 songs, and co-producing the entire project from start to finish. They recorded it with the instrumental backing of Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Tony Trischka and David Grier, aided by Nefesh Mountain’s touring band members, Alan Grubner on fiddle and Tim Kiah on bass. A dazzling picker in his own right, Lindberg provides lead guitar and banjo throughout, while Zasloff soars with some of the most melodic, incisive and soul-stirring vocals heard since Mary Travers first took the spotlight. Using original material, along with four tracks drawing from the folk and old time traditions, Lindberg and Zasloff create a beautiful arc in Beneath The Open Sky. Their message is clear from the album’s opening track and rousing call for universal equality Bound For The Promised Land, to the closing of their haunting rendition of Irving Berlin’s Russian Lullaby. Throughout these songs, you can hear the foundational similarities between bluegrass and Jewish traditions, notably the lure of home, the love of nature and the comforts of a like-minded community. Jerusalem Ridge, Rocky Top, Flint Hill and Nefesh Mountain are clearly parts of the same eternal chain.

Ohef Sholom Temple, the Simon Family Jewish Community Center’s cultural arts and Jewish Life and Learning departments, as well as PJ Library, are presenting a weekend of Nefesh Mountain events. Community Shabbaton* Friday, March 9–Sunday, March 11 Ohef Sholom Temple 530 Raleigh Ave., Norfolk Friday, March 9 Shabbat for Everyone 5:45 pm Family Friendly Bluegrass Kabbalat Shabbat 6:30 pm Community dinner and teen social, $10, < age 13 no charge, RSVP required 7:15 pm Encore Children’s Concert with Mama Doni Saturday, March 10 10:30–11:30 am Shabbat Morning musical worship with Nefesh Mountain, Cantor Jen 11:30 am–1:30 pm Spirituality through Bluegrass workshop and free Mediterranean lunch, RSVP required 7 pm Concert at O’Connor brewing, Ghent Sunday, March 11 11 am Wiggles & Giggles with Mama Doni, for infants, toddlers, and parents 12:45 pm Teacher Training—Music and spiritual education, $25 RSVP required RSVP by March 7 to select events at reservations@ohefsholom.org. *Made possible in part by a grant from the Tidewater Jewish Foundation, and co-sponsored by Ohef Sholom Temple and United Jewish Federation of Tidewater.

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February 24, Saturday Young Adult Division’s Purim Pub Crawl. YAD will be Pouring through Purim at the Norfolk Waterside District 8pm–12am. For more information and tickets, visit www.jewishva. org/YADPURIM.

March 9, Friday—March 11, Sunday What do you get when you mix the 96th Psalm with banjo, fiddle, bass, mandolin and the clear mountain vocals of one of the hottest husband and wife duos in contemporary Jewish American music? You get Nefesh Mountain bluegrass band bringing their national “Beneath the Open Sky” tour to Tidewater. The weekend will be filled with events from Shabbat services at Ohef Sholom Temple, to concerts, workshops, and more – all in partnership with the Simon Family JCC and open to the entire community. For more information or to RSVP contact Ohef Sholom Temple at 757-625-4295 or email reservations@ohefsholom. org. See page 34

March 9, Friday Tidewater Chavurah’s Second Friday Shabbat Service. At the home of Hal and Elaine in the Great Neck Meadows area of Virginia Beach. 7 pm. Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill will lead the service. An Oneg will follow. For event information and location address, email carita@verizon. net or dlqt@cox.net or call 499-3660 or 468-2675. Check out www.tidewaterchavurah. org or Tidewater Chavurah Face book page for upcoming events.

March 13, Tuesday Visions for the Jewish Homeland—Then, Now, Tomorrow. CRC and the Simon Family JCC and community partners present Israel Today featuring historian, political commentator, and author Gil Troy, at the Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library, 4100 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach. 7:30 pm. Free. For more information or to RSVP, visit JewishVA.org/ IsraelToday, or contact Melissa Eichelbaum at 757-321-2304 or MEichelbaum@ujft.org.

March 25, Sunday Jewish Museum and Cultural Center celebrates 10th anniversary at Uno’s Pizzeria, 5900 East Virginia Beach Blvd, Norfolk. 4–7 pm. Tickets are $25 in advance and $36 at the door. For more information, call 757-391-9266.

APRIL 15, SUNDAY United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Virginia Arts Festival present Israel Story, the award winning radio show and podcast. Kicking off a brand new live multimedia event celebrating Israel’s 70’s anniversary, Israel Story will be at The Gallery at Waterside, Norfolk. 7:30 pm. Tickets $35. For more information contact Melissa Eichelbaum at 757-321-2304 or MEichelbaum@ujft.org. Send submissions for calendar to news@ujft.org. Be sure to note “calendar” in the subject. Include date, event name, sponsor, address, time, cost and phone.

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Candidate should have an extensive content writing portfolio, with a well-versed knowledge of current consumer content marketing trends, and be an excellent communicator. This position requires a high level of creativity, extensive proofreading/copy editing experience; exemplary writing skills; ability to write in brand’s voice and tone; acute attention to detail and project management skills. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. For detail job descriptions, visit www.jewishva.org.

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Camp JCC seeks counselors who love working with and having an impact on children. Must have loads of energy and be interested in an amazing summer job! Camp JCC Counselors are the single most consistent presence in the experience of each camper, and so have the greatest potential impact on each camper’s summer. This responsibility requires careful attention to the physical and emotional safety of each and every individual camper within the program, and to the overall development and formation of Camp JCC. A complete background check is required and each hired counselor must participate in an extensive orientation program.

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Eligible Applicants Must: • Be Jewish students graduating high school this Spring, entering a degree-granting institution for the first time as a full-time, degree seeking student • Be current residents of Hampton Roads • Applicant must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 • Demonstrate academic ability, concern for school, Jewish & general communities • Show substantiated financial need (as determined by FAFSA) The Stein Family College Scholarship is dedicated in loving memory of Arlene Shea Stein.

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obituaries Natalie G. Levinson Norfolk—Natalie Goodman Levinson, 88, died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 in Norfolk. She was the eldest of two children born to Bessie Briskman Goodman and Samuel Goodman. Her parents and brother, Leroy Goodman, preceded her in death. Natalie was a lifelong resident of Norfolk, attending Taylor, Blair, and Maury High School. She graduated Summa cum laude from Carnegie Mellon University, where she mastered French, Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, and Russian before marrying the love of her life, the late Seymour (Buddy) Levinson. She devoted herself to her family, friends, and “fourth child,” Ohef Sholom Temple, where she was one of the first women Temple presidents. She also served as president of the Sisterhood and gave countless hours to the synagogue’s governance, committees, and events. Natalie is survived by her son, Dr. Jules Levinson and his wife, Jessie of Boulder, Colo.; her daughter, Gail Ames and her husband, Robert of Newton, Mass.; her son, Robert and his wife, Pam of Norfolk; her granddaughters, Sherri and Lydia Ames and Hillary Levinson and many beloved nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held at Ohef Sholom Temple. Donations may be made to the Levinson Torah Fund at Ohef Sholom Temple, Doctors Without Borders, or the Salvation Army. H. D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk chapel. Online condolences may be offered to the family through www.hdoliver.com. Debra Ann Linden

Norfolk—Debra Ann Linden of Richmond, passed away after a brief illness on February 12, 2018. She was born in Norfolk, Va. Debra was preceded in death by her father, Gene M. Linden. She is survived by her mother, Sylvia Linden; sister and brother-in-law, Roberta and Richard Wiener; nieces and nephews, Jennifer and Steve Green, Jason and Sara Wiener, Janna Wiener and Jose Murillo; great nieces and great nephew, Hannah and Madeline Green, Natalie and Noah Wiener, and Ava Murillo. A graveside ceremony was held at B’nai Shalom Cemetery at Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to National Alliance on Mental Illness, www.nami.org or Temple Beth-El of Richmond. Paul M. Lipkin Norfolk—Paul M. Lipkin died at home on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018 at the age of 90. The son of Sam and Anna Lipkin, he was born in Norfolk, Va., became an Eagle Scout and graduated from Maury High School in 1945. He served two years in the Army in occupied Germany and then attended VPI and graduated from UVa at the top of his class with a degree in law (1952). While at UVa he was Notes Editor of the Virginia Law Review, elected to the Ravens Society and Order of the Coif and was president of Hillel. He was a partner in the Goldblatt, Lipkin, Cohen, Anderson and Legum firm for many years. Paul was a founding and lifelong member of Temple Israel. Paul was active in his community his

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entire life. He was actively involved in the “One Man One Vote” fair legislative apportionment movement and ran for City Council in 1965 on the Progressive Party slate. He served as president of the Arnold Gamsey Lodge of B’nai Brith, the Norfolk JCC and Jewish Community Council (now United Jewish Federation of Tidewater). He won the Young Man of the Year Award of the Jewish Community Council in 1960 and with his wife, Ellie, the Arnold Gamsey Lodge Distinguished Service Award in 1970. Paul was an active and early supporter of civil rights and was regional chairman of the Anti-Defamation League. He was deeply involved with the Hope House Foundation for its entire existence, serving on the board and as president for many years. He served as an Election Judge and family mediator well into his 80s. Beyond these, Paul gave much of his time and expertise pro bono to many organizations and individuals. Paul was known for his love of Sandbridge and for working the New York Times crossword puzzle in ink until the age of 87. Paul is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Eleanor Leon Lipkin, and their children Laura (Bill), Matt (Donna), Rhonda (Michele) along with eight grandchildren Tova (Joe), Jenna, Edwin, Barrett (Morgan), Devin (Lauren), Sarah, India, and Randy and one great-grandchild, Eliot. The family would like to thank the Freda Gordon Hospice. Rabbi Michael Panitz officiated at the funeral service, which took place at H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk chapel. Interment followed at Forest Lawn. The family suggests donations in memory of Paul to the Hope House Foundation, Temple Israel or Beth Sholom Home. Online condolences may be sent to the family at hdoliver.com. Rosaline Newberg Norfolk—Rosalin Newberg, 95, died peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. She was born in 1922 to Jenny and Jacob Wahrman, and later attended Blair and Maury High Schools. She was married 38 years to Sylvan Newberg who preceded her in death. Left to cherish her memory are her

children Judy Beck (Thomas), Celia Steingold (Stuart), Larry Newberg (Mitra) and Steve Newberg (Jackie), seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and other relatives and friends. Rosalin worked alongside her husband in various businesses. She also volunteered many years at both B’nai Israel and Beth Sholom Home. A spectacular seamstress, Rosalin worked magic with any fabric, yarn, or beads throughout her long life. A graveside service was held at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Altmeyer Funeral Home-Southside Chapel is assisting with arrangements. Online condolences may be expressed by visiting www.altmeyerfh. com. Memorial gifts honoring Rosalin may be made to Temple Israel.

obituaries Jordan N. Rosenblum Virginia Beach—Jordan Norman Rosenblum, 83, died peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 6 in Florida surrounded by family. Although he was born in New York City, his family moved to Virginia when he was a few months old. He was the son of the late Samuel and Ruth Rosenblum of blessed memory and was predeceased by his loving brothers, Dr. Fred Rosenblum and Dr. Jerome Rosenblum. Jordan is survived by his loving wife Eilene Halpern Rosenblum of 53 years and his beloved children, Dr. Scott Howard Rosenblum and his wife Ellen Peck Rosenblum, and Ruthmarie Rosenblum Behlman and her husband Adam Behlman of Miami, Fla. He adored his six grandchildren, Andrew James, Julia Paige and Jack Parker Rosenblum, and Cole Isaac, Logan Alexander and Mackenzie Peyton Behlman, each unique in their own way. He loved his nieces and nephews as well as his two sisters-in-law, Zena Herod and Barbara Rosenblum. Throughout his life he had a love for the arts, particularly classical music and opera, which he began to listen to at an early age. He developed a passion for photography during his years in the Service. In the U.S. Army, he was stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii and while assigned to the 27th Infantry Wolfhounds Public Information Office he became the official photographer to Schofield Barracks. He was an ardent golfer from the time he was a teenager, a skier which he loved doing with his children and a very competent single-handed sailor. Jordan was always competing against his own personal best. Jordan joined his family business, Virginia Carolina Fur, Hide and Wool Company when he returned to Tidewater after the Army. He also opened B&R Realty operating primarily in the Norfolk Ghent section during the area’s revitalization period. Retiring at 50, he felt himself blessed to be able to travel and do the things he enjoyed. A life-long member of Beth El Temple, services were officiated by Rabbi Jeffrey Arnowitz, Rabbi Arthur Ruberg, Cantor Wendi Fried and Cantor Jacob Tessler, a good friend. Services were held at

Altmeyer Funeral Home on Greenwich Road, Virginia Beach. Burial followed at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Donations are appreciated at Beth El Temple or Hebrew Academy of Tidewater. Altmeyer Funeral Home. Condolences may be shared with the family at www. altmeyerfh.com. Shane Matthew Sandler Norfolk—Shane Matthew Sandler, 45, passed away February 3, 2018. He was born on August 11, 1972 to Ronald Sandler and Aesun Kim in Norfolk. Left to cherish Shane’s memory are his parents Ronald Sandler, Aesun Kim, and step-father, Kwang Kim; daughter, Samantha Sandler; siblings, Sean Kim and Sonia Kim; and his longtime friend John J. Clinton. A graveside service was held at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk with Rabbi Michael Panitz officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Temple Israel. Online condolences can be directed to the family by visiting www.altmeyerfh.com.

Marty Allen, wild-haired comedian known for catchphrase ‘Hello dere’ (JTA)— Marty Allen, the veteran comedian who was part of the popular Allen and Rossi duo and was known for his catchphrase “Hello dere,” has died. Allen died Monday, Feb. 12 in Las Vegas from complications of pneumonia at the age of 95. He is survived by his wife and performing partner of the last 30 years, Karon Kate Blackwell, who was with him when he died, his spokeswoman told The Associated Press. His comedy career took off in the late 1950s and ’60s when he performed with Steve Rossi. The tandem appeared 44 times on The Ed Sullivan Show, including on the show with the second appearance by the Beatles on Feb. 16, 1964. They also appeared on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson and The Merv Griffin Show. After parting in 1968, Martin and Rossi reunited for shows into the 1990s.

Allen made hundreds of television appearances, including in a dramatic role on the series The Big Valley. He also was a regular on The Hollywood Squares and made guest appearances on numerous game shows. Allen “relied on his physical appearance to help the comedy,” wrote Lawrence J. Epstein in his book The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America. “Allen’s wild mane of hair, his squinting eyes, and his sad voice nasally delivering his

trademark introduction ‘Hello dere’ all were part of his act.” He and his wife performed comedy routines in Las Vegas and in other venues throughout the country until at least 2016. Allen was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa. He served in Italy in the Army Air Corps during World War II, earning a Soldier’s Medal for bravery. He was predeceased by his first wife, Lorraine “Frenchy” Allen.

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