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SEE ISRAEL THROUGH ARTISTS EYES page 12
A RABBI TOO FAR page 16
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CONTENTS
Candlelighting: Friday, March 7, 5:35 p.m.
Shabbat ends: Saturday, March 8, 6:35 p.m.
Jordanian-born
Yitzhak Rabin
enlists in IDF
Yitzhak Rabin was the talk of the
news in Israel last week as he tried to
fulfill his dream.
Of course, the Rabin in question
was not the former Israeli Prime Min-
ister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassi-
nated in 1995, one year after signing
a peace treaty with Jordan. Instead,
the Yitzhak Rabin in the headlines
was an 18-year-old Jordanian-born
teenager who dreamed of gaining
Israeli citizenship and the chance to
enlist in the IDF.
Yitzhak Rabin Namsy (his full
name) was named by his Muslim
parents in the prime ministers honor.
In reaction to the unlikely name they
chose for their son, they were ha-
rassed and eventually forced to flee
to Israel. They settled in Eilat in 1988.
The young Yitzhak Rabin was
adopted informally by the prime
ministers widow, Leah Rabin, and
granted temporary resident status.
After she died in 2000, the Jordani-
an-born teen applied for full Israeli
citizenship. He dreamed of joining
his friends in the Israeli army.
The late prime minister was noted
for his two terms as leader of Israels
government, signing the Oslo Ac-
cords with the PLO in 1993, and
reaching a peace treaty with Jordan
in 1994. He also was celebrated for
his role as IDF chief of staff during
the Six Day War.
I want to become an officer [in
the army], and continue in the path
of Yitzhak Rabin, may his memory
be blessed, he told a reporter in
November. I want to give back to
the state in a way that would make
Yitzhak [Rabin] proud of me. I
dont understand what the problem
is here.
In the end, a lengthy court battle
proved successful.
Hebrew newspaper Maariv report-
ed that Interior Minister Gideon Saar
personally traveled to Eilat to pres-
ent the 18-year-old with his Israeli
identification card.
VIVA SARAH PRESS/ISRAEL21C.ORG
Medical advice in Maimonides hand
When life hands you ill-
ness, make lemonade.
That may be a prescrip-
tion straight from Mai-
monides, if a Ben Gurion
University scholar is correct
in attributing to the famed
doctor and rabbinic sage
a recipe found in the Cairo
Genizah.
(Discovered by Solomon
Schechter in the 19th cen-
tury, the Genizah collected
centuries of discarded docu-
ments, books, letters, and
even prescriptions written
by the Cairo community
dating back over a thousand
years.)
Amir Ashur cautions that
some aspects of the medi-
eval recipes handwriting
arent normally characteris-
tic of Maimonidean hand-
writing.
But writing on the web-
site of the Taylor-Schechter
Genizah Research Unit
of Cambridge University,
where he is a research fellow, Dr.
Ashur says a careful comparison of
the handwriting of this recipe to Mai-
monides known autographs clarifies,
in my opinion, that this manuscript is
written in his hand.
Translated from the Judaeo-Arabic
(Arabic written with Hebrew charac-
ters), the recipe reads as below.
LARRY YUDELSON
Museum celebrates Purim
with Stone Age stone faces
It turns out that masks pre-
date Purim.
By about 7,000 years.
The Israeli Museum is putting
on a new exhibit featuring a
dozen limestone masks dating
back 9,000 years.
They are believed to origi-
nate in what is now the Judean
desert.
It is important to say that
these are not living people,
these are spirits, Dr. Debby
Hershman, curator of prehistor-
ic cultures at the Israel Museum,
told the Times of Israel.
Archeologists believe that
Israel is the site of some of the
earliest settled human cultures,
which, like these masks, pre-
date the invention of writing by
some 3,500 years.
LARRY YUDELSON
One ounce of sticky sugar melted in hot water.
He should squeeze juice from two lemons onto it and drink
it lukewarm in order to vomit. One hour after vomiting,
he should sip two ounces of a lemon and squill-like oxymel drink,
heated to lukewarm on a low flame, mixed
with melissa-type and green mint leaves.
And he should be careful not to eat unripe dates,
Christs Thorn jujube, green almonds, carob, green broad beans,
carrots and any food that contains vinegar
or taro. And for dessert he should eat only raisins,
pistachios, figs and nuts.
The Lord will ward off from you all sickness. May the well-being of his
Excellency increase forever
and ever! Selah!
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If this is how the Christie administration treats a Republican
rabbi, what hope is there for someone like me?
Rabbi Steven Sirbu of Teanecks Temple Emeth, posting on Facebook following reports
that two one-time Christie confidants joked about causing traffic problems in front of
Rabbi Mendy Carlebachs home (For more, see page 16.)
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Jewish. Jimmy Fallons
current rivals on ABC
(Jimmy Kimmel) and
CBS (David Letterman)
arent Jewish. Looking
back: JOAN RIVERS, now
80, was a hit as a fill-in
host for Johnny Carson,
but failed dismally when
she got her own Fox
talk show in 1986. Rivers
was buried in the ratings
by Carson, as was the
late JOEY BISHOP, who
hosted an ABC show op-
posite Carson from 1967
to 1969.
Now comes Seth Mey-
ers, 40, who started host-
ing NBCs Late Night
with Seth Meyers on
February 24. If his show
is a hit, which seems
likely, hell be the most
Jew-ISH hit talk show
host to date. Meyers only
Jewish grandparent was
his paternal grandfather,
and he doesnt identify as
Jewish.
However, his wife since
last September, ALEXI
ASHE, 30, is Jewish, and
the two wed before a
rabbi. Meyers recently
told Esquire that he trav-
eled to Israel two years
ago with Alexi and they
met with Israeli President
SHIMON PERES, now
90, in his office. He told
Esquire that he read up
on Peres on Wikipedia
before meeting him. As
for the meeting itself, he
said: So we go to his of-
fice, we talk to him, have
a lovely time. And he
goes, Is there anything in
my office that I can show
you? I was like, Id love
to see your Nobel Peace
Prize. So we walk behind
his desk and on his com-
puter screen is my Wiki-
pedia page. N.B.
Gabriel Macht
JEWS ON THE TUBE:
Suits is a fine fit
for USA network
Stephen Macht
Gene Simmons Fran Drescher
Suits, a big hit for
the USA network,
returned for the last
six episodes of its third
season last night at 9
p.m. (There will be many
encore showings). Suits
stars GABRIEL MACHT,
42, as a legendary Man-
hattan lawyer. Gabriels
father, actor STEPHEN
MACHT, 71, a religious
Jew, will be a guest star
on a still undisclosed
this-season episode.
Also guest-starring is
Oscar-winner MARLEE
MATLIN, 48, who will ap-
pear as a national talent
show judge on a Glee
episode airing on Fox on
Tuesday. Matlin, by the
way, also has a recurring
role as a teacher of the
deaf on the ABC Family
series Switched at Birth.
This series is the biggest
critical and ratings hit
that station has ever had,
and its worth a look.
The new Lifetime se-
ries Celebrity Home
Raiders, which began
last night at 10 p.m., is not
intellectual at all. Oy vey;
it sounds like the un-
likely off-spring of Pawn
Stars and Cribs. The
premise: two auctioneers
go to a (older) celebs
house, paw through all his
stuff, especially memora-
bilia, and pick out items
to be auctioned for char-
ity. The first of 8 episodes
features GENE SIMMONS,
64, of Kiss. The March 13
episode features FRAN
DRESCHER, 56.
I always loved the
Peabody and Sher-
man TV cartoons fea-
turing the super-smart
dog, Mr. Peabody, and
his adopted human boy,
Sherman. These charac-
ters were created by TED
KEY (1912-2008), who
also created the Hazel
comic strip character and
the live action 1960s TV
show featuring Hazel, a
comedic maid.
The animated film, Mr.
Peabody and Sherman,
opens today. As in the
TV show, the pair time-
travel and meet famous
people. One of the fa-
mous people they meet
in the film is SIGMUND
FREUD (voiced by MEL
BROOKS, 87).
300: Rise of an Em-
pire, an action adventure
blockbuster that is both
a prequel and sequel to
the hit 2007 film, 300,
about ancient Greeks
fighting ancient Persians,
opens the same day. The
female lead in Rise,
Artemisia, is played by
French actress EVA
GREEN, 33.
Jewish top comedi-
ans have abounded
for generations. Nonethe-
less, successful Jewish
regular hosts of a late
night broadcast TV, va-
riety-type talk show are
virtually non-existent. We
could speculate about
the reasons, but those
are the facts. None of the
permanent hosts of the
Tonight Show are/were
Rock band National
plays a hip note on SNL
LENA DUNHAM, 26, of Girls fame, will be the host
of the Saturday Night Live episode premiering tomorrow
night at 11:30 p.m. If you look at Dunhams social/profes-
sional circle, you will see that it is hip, New York, more-
or-less-intellectual, and heavily Jewish. So, its appropri-
ate that SNLs musical guest act on tomorrow night is the
National. This critically acclaimed rock band, made up
of Cincinnati natives long relocated to Brooklyn, is hip,
smart, and 2/5 Jewish. That is the twin brothers AARON
and BRYCE DESSNER, 37. Bryce composes in many
genres, including a classical piece for the famous Kronos
Quartet called Aheym, which means homeward in Yid-
dish and is a tribute to his immigrant grandparents).
N.B.
Bryce and Aaron Dessner
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Orthodox groups bands together to lobby Trenton for help paying for school
LOIS GOLDRICH
The OU Advocacy Center formerly
known as the Orthodox Unions Institute
for Public Affairs has added mini-mis-
sions to its outreach efforts. Among the
first group to take advantage of this oppor-
tunity were local advocates from Bergen
County, who traveled to Trenton on Feb-
ruary 20.
Participants included 12 delegates from
Teaneck, Bergenfield, and Fair Lawn, said
Josh Pruzansky, OU Advocacy-NJs regional
director.
Such missions are vital, Mr. Pruzansky
said, because legislators know that any-
one who comes all the way down there
must really be committed to the issues
theyre advocating for. And they know
that these people are representing others,
so its like a mission of 500. It resonates
with them.
With thousands of bills proposed each
session, 90 percent dont go anywhere,
he said. When people advocate for a par-
ticular bill, it stands a better chance of
getting closer to a committee.
For their part, delegates get to see
democracy in action, Mr. Pruzansky con-
tinued, noting that people tend to focus on
Washington, D.C., and forget about state
and local government, where many of
the issues that concern them most are
decided.
Seeing state government in action is
an eye-opener, he said. Theyre very
impressed meeting with legislators whose
names they only see on the ballot. They
feel good. They advocate and are being lis-
tened to.
While other states including New
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Flor-
ida, as well as Washington, D.C have OU
advocacy programs, Mr. Pruzansky, who
has been involved in Jewish communal
work for more than 20 years, said that
New Jersey was the first state to adopt the
program; the states office opened in 2011.
National advocacy efforts, now spear-
headed by Nathan Diament, the OU Advo-
cacy Center executive director have
been waged for decades, said Roz Singer,
OUs national communications director,
but within the past two to three years,
weve been expanding exponentially with
state offices.
One of the New Jersey offices prime
concerns is tuition affordability, Mr. Pru-
zansky said.
The largest expense of [Orthodox]
families in New Jersey after mortgages
and health care insurance is day school
education, he said, pointing out that he is
targeting special education as well, work-
ing to ensure that school districts have the
ability to assign students to special edu-
cation schools that may be religious. The
cost for those families is astronomical. We
want to help them find a way to alleviate
that burden.
The advocacy program has absolutely
seen results at the state level, he said. In
2013, the New Jersey region successfully
secured $1.4 million in technology aid and
$200,000 for health care in Jewish day
schools.
According to a statement from OU,
New Jersey Jewish day schools receive
less than $100 from the government per
child in basic services such as technology
and nursing. As part of its 2014 legislative
agenda, OU Advocacy-NJ seeks to increase
that amount and help pass a special educa-
tion bill that will permit district funding for
programs and services for special needs
students in religious schools.
The thrust of advocacy work [is the
premise that] every child should be treated
the same way, regardless of which school
they go to, Mr. Pruzansky said. The idea
that private school students should receive
the same funding for health, security, and
safety is beginning to resonate.
Day school affordability drives most of
our work, he said, but other issues such
as religious liberty, communal safety and
security, energy efficiency, and the secu-
rity of Israel also are high on the groups
agenda.
Mr. Pruzansky said the OU has been
active in helping to create nonprofit secu-
rity grant programs that provide money
for target hardening, allowing nonprof-
its to use the grants to ensure the safety
and security of their buildings. Efforts are
made each year to ensure that the pro-
gram remains funded.
Ms. Singer said that since Superstorm
Sandy, were working on getting FEMA
funding for houses of worship. The center
is also promoting an energy bill, similar to
security grants, that would provide grants
to nonprofits to make their buildings more
energy efficient.
Were working with allies in Congress,
Mr. Pruzansky said, stressing that his
group works on both sides of the aisle.
Were nonpartisan. Weve got partners
and allies on both sides. In addition, his
work in Trenton is often done in conjunc-
tion with the New Jersey State Associa-
tion of Jewish Federations, the New Jersey
Catholic Conference, and with any group
where people have similar issues.
So far, the New Jersey office has
launched two mini-missions. During its
February 20 visit to Trenton, the Bergen
County delegation met with Assembly
members Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-37),
who is a co-sponsor of the special educa-
tion bill, Tim Eustace (D-38), Gordon John-
son (D-37), Holly Schepisi (R-39), Patrick
Diegnan (D-38), Upendra Chivukula (D-17),
Nancy Pinkin (D-18), Gilbert Wilson (D-5),
and Senate President Stephen Sweeney.
According to Arielle Frankston-Morris,
OU Advocacy NJs associate director of
community engagement, most partici-
pants in the Bergen County mission were
members of OU Advocacys retiree net-
work, which is co-sponsored by Staje, a
Jewish organization dedicated to fostering
a culture of meaningful and purposeful liv-
ing among retirees and empty-nesters.
She said that working together, the two
groups offer both educational opportuni-
ties for seniors as well as volunteer oppor-
tunities suited to individual members tal-
ents and expertise.
We want to make sure that retirement-
age American Jews have the opportunity
for more personal growth and communal
giving in those years, Ms. Frankston-Mor-
ris said, noting that she recently ran an
advocacy event for this group in Teaneck.
She added that to further OUs advocacy
initiative, she works with schools and syn-
agogues throughout the state to drum up
support for what were working on, getting
support for Jewish issues.
Were in touch with all the day schools,
she said, noting that this includes Schech-
ter schools as well as Orthodox institu-
tions. Synagogues interested in day school
education, though, tend to be Orthodox,
she said. We meet with the leadership
and talk about recruiting individuals in
the community who might be interested
in taking part in the programs. She also
relies on social media as well as word of
mouth.
The response has been really good,
she said. Once community education
The Bergen County delegates from the Orthodox Unions advocacy mission to Trenton included, from left in the back row:
Sam Heller of Fair Lawn; Dr. Paul Ferbank of Ridgefield Park; Josh Pruzansky, OU Advocacy-NJs regional director; Rabbi
Mordechai Glick of Bergenfield; and Bernard Mintz of Fair Lawn. In the front row, from left, are OUs advocacy fellow, So-
phie Felder; Sophia Gordon of Passaic; and Marta Feldenbaum and Deborah Shapiro, both of Fort Lee.
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State legislators tour Israel
Federation-organized trip
highlights commonalities
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
We have a lot more in common than
I thought we would, is how N.J. State
Sen. Nellie Pou of Paterson (D-Dist. 35)
summed up her impression of the similari-
ties between New Jersey and Israel, on the
final day of her first trip to the Jewish state.
Ms. Pou was one of 12 state legislators in
Israel from February 27 through March 3.
They were on a tour organized by the New
Jersey State Association of Jewish Federa-
tions. Most of the participants are not Jew-
ish; for most of them it was a first trip to
Israel.
As a Christian and as a person who
has only been able to understand Israel
by reading and hearing about it through
the media, it was a wonderful opportunity
to actually be here. It was the best deci-
sion ever, Ms. Pou said. So many people
have misconceptions about Israel and
dont know how amazing it is. Ive learned
many things by engaging in it and speaking
to people here.
As for commonalities, she cited the size
and population of Israel and New Jersey,
and even the coincidence that the Knesset
and the N.J. state legislature each have 120
members.
Senate President Stephen Sweeney
(D-Dist. 3) said that New Jerseys large Jew-
ish population is a primary reason he and
many of his fellow travelers took part in
the trip, in an effort to better understand
this constituencys concerns.
Getting to Israel is something Ive tried
to do for the last four years, but couldnt
find the time, he said, referring to Israel
as Americas greatest ally in the Mideast.
Mr. Sweeney brought along his 24-year-
old son, and said that the two of them
were most moved by the groups jour-
ney to Masada, the Judean desert hilltop
where a band of Jewish rebels fought off
the Roman Legion for three years and
ultimately committed suicide rather than
become captives.
Masada was on my sons bucket list,
Mr. Sweeney said. To see that fortress on
top of the mountain was just amazing.
He said he was impressed to see how
Israeli people welcome visitors of all reli-
gions, a point that was underscored by the
groups meeting with Forsan Hussein, the
Arab-Israeli chief executive officer of the
Jerusalem International YMCA. The build-
ing itself, designed by the same architect
as the Empire State Building, bears three
From left, Sandra Cunningham, Pamela Lampitt, Theresa Ruiz, an IDF lieuten-
ant colonel, Loretta Weinberg, Nellie Pou, Holly Schepisi, and Amy Handlin
stood together during the trip. All except the IDF representative are either
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Punkin chunkin
Teaneck deputy mayor tells kids how to catapault melons
LARRY YUDELSON
Normally, when a school invites a deputy
mayor to speak, you can expect a discus-
sion of politics and civics.
But when Adam Gussen, Teanecks
deputy mayor, went to Yeshiva Ben Porat
Yosef in Paramus last Thursday, the topic
was physics, engineering, and warfare.
Mr. Gussen is a world record holder in
catapulting a 10-pound pumpkin using a
torsion catapult.
And Ben Porat Yosef was conducting a
Discovery Learning Day, in which normal
classes gave way to a day-long exploration
of a single topic in this case, constructing
and testing catapults.
Its not the catapult itself thats impor-
tant, the schools principal, Stanley Fis-
chman, said. Its the application of sci-
entiic principles to its construction. The
students need to know how to design an
object and determine if its the best design
possible. When they determine its not the
best, they take time redesigning, confer-
encing, making drawings. They develop
a strong appreciation for the principles of
engineering.
Even the schools Jewish studies fac-
ulty took part in the day, helping students
construct their catapults but doing so in
Hebrew, because they only use Hebrew
when they work with children, Mr. Fis-
chman said.
Mr. Gussens career as a catapultist
began with his brother Marc, who heads
the Closter Nature Center. Marc read a
Scientiic American article about the tre-
buchet a gravity-powered catapult that
dominated warfare from the 12th century
until the West discovered gunpowder
and decided to build a small model.
The Gussen brothers took the model
with them when they decided to visit the
World Championship Punkin Chunkin
an annual celebration of catapults, air
cannons, and other means of propelling
pumpkins through the air that is held each
October in Delaware.
They were introduced to a contestant,
who said, as Adam Gussen recalled, Id
love to sit and chat but my two buddies
didnt show up. If I give you these three
backstage passes, will you jump over and
help me with the machine?
The brothers didnt hesitate.
Imagine youre at a NASCAR race and
someone pulled you from the stands and
handed you a wrench and asked you to
change the tires, is how the deputy mayor
described the experience.
Since their irst competition in 2002, the
Gussen team has won seven times and are
current record holders. Their machine,
the Chucky III, propelled a 10-pound
pumpkin (one a little bit bigger than a
volleyball, smaller than a basketball) a
full 3636.39 feet. That is more than two-
thirds of a mile.
While the Ben Porat students made
their catapults of paper towel tubes and
cardboard boxes and rubber bands and
other household items, Chucky III con-
sists of 1200 pounds of structural steel and
hydraulics. Its about 11 feet wide and 25
feet long, and it stands 22 feet tall. It takes
four people eight hours to assemble.
Like a rubber-band-propelled airplane,
Chucky III gets its enery from torsion
a twisted cord. We use about 650 feet
of high tech polyester rope an inch and a
quarter in diameter, Mr. Gussen said. It
weighs about 400 pounds. We twist it with
two ive-inch hydraulic rams that generate
about 400,000 foot-pounds of torque.
Its awesome. The pumpkin is going
about 600 miles an hour, he added.
One of the lessons of his teams success:
The folks that do the best are the ones
that work the hardest. Nobody on our
team has taken an engineering course.
One team we compete against has seven
Ph.Ds. Real academic chops.
To begin with, Mr. Gussen and his col-
leagues saw a catapult they liked and said
Were going to build one like that, only
bigger, he reported. Year by year they
modiied it, until they asked themselves,
Now that we understand this game, if we
started from scratch, what would it look
like?
And thus was born their world-record
setting machine.
Weve revolutionized medieval war-
fare, Mr. Gussen said with a laugh. Weve
built weapons of moderate destruction.
The machine stayed in storage, how-
ever, when Mr. Gussen went to Ben Porat
Yosef last week. Instead, he brought in
models demonstrating the principle of
how it worked.
For the schools part, the students were
presented with a model castle as a tar-
get, and their math and science special-
ists both women dressed as medieval
princesses, with high pointed hats topped
with fluttering scarves. While educational
practice generally is to use marshmallows
as ammunition in student catapults, Ben
Porat leaders didnt like the idea of wast-
ing food, something frowned upon by Jew-
ish tradition. (In fact, even the discussion
of chucking pumpkins made them a bit
uncomfortable.) Instead, they found small
foam cubes for students to lob at the castle.
Mr. Gussen has no plans to bring
together his military interests and his polit-
ical role, though he averred that with his
catapult, I could certainly hit Hackensack
from across the river.
New Jerseys laws that govern weap-
onry are somewhat vague, he said. I
believe a catapult should be legal. But if it
were used in the commission of a crime,
I believe I could be charged with illegally
building artillery.
As long we dont use it in the commis-
sion of a crime, I think were good.
This machine shoots pumpkins.
Teaneck
Deputy Mayor
Adam Gussen
tells Ben
Porat Yosef
students the
story behind
his record-
breaking
catapult.
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Teanecks a cappella charity competition to benefit Camp Koby
I
f the Beatles appearance 50 years
ago on the Ed Sullivan Show led
to millions of record sales, perhaps
a bunch of Jewish boys singing a
cappella at Torah Academy of Bergen
County could lead to thousands of dollars
for a worthy cause.
Yeshiva University junior Gaby Novick
knows this is possible. The March 12
Vata Banim Shiru a cappella competi-
tion, to benefit the Koby Mandell Founda-
tion, is the fourth annual event of its kind
that he has executed.
We have already raised thousands of
dollars for the foundation and created
a really great program, he said, add-
ing that he chose to move the competi-
tion from Long Islands Five Towns to
Teaneck this year when he heard about
TABCs newly expanded building.
Hosted by Avi Schwartz of West Orange,
the competition will showcase singing
teams from boys high schools, including
JEC in Elizabeth, MTA at Yeshiva Univer-
sity, and Rambam Mesivta in Lawrence,
N.Y., Mr. Novicks alma mater. The panel
of judges includes members of successful
Jewish a cappella groups Six13, the Mac-
cabeats, and A.K.A. Pella.
In 2008, Mr. Novick was one of about
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participating in a five-week summer
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Israels bridge to Hamas
Negotiator who led secret talks that freed Shalit to speak in Franklin Lakes
JOSH LIPOWSKY
F
or five years, Hamas held Sgt.
Gilad Shalit in captivity in the
Gaza Strip, and the global Jewish
community prayed and lobbied
for his freedom.
In 2011, back-channel negotiations
between Israel and Hamas secured Sgt.
Shalits release in exchange for the release
of more than 1,000 Palestinians held in
Israeli prisons.
At the center of those talks was Dr. Ger-
shon Baskin, co-founder and chair of the
Israel-Palestine: Creative Regional Initia-
tives and a columnist for the Jerusalem
Post, who for several years has held quiet
talks with contacts in the Gaza Strip while
reporting back to the Israeli government.
Dr. Baskin will speak Sunday at Barnert
Temple in Franklin Lakes about his role
in the negotiations and their aftermath.
The talk is co-sponsored by Barnert Tem-
ple and the American Jewish Committees
New Jersey chapter.
Dr. Baskins visit is part of a U.S. tour
promoting hi s book The Negotia-
tor: Freeing Gilad Shalit from Hamas,
released in October. Dr. Baskin spoke
with the Jewish Standard about the Sha-
lit negotiations and Hamass role in Gaza
today.
A few months before Sgt. Shalits cap-
ture, while Dr. Baskin was at a U.N. con-
ference on Palestine in Cairo, Moham-
med Megdad, who is an economics
professor from Gaza and a member of
Hamas, approached Dr. Baskin. Dr. Meg-
dad wanted to meet an Israeli, something
he had never done. The two began talk-
ing about their respective governments
positions, but when they each sought to
expand the dialogue, Hamas vetoed it.
After Sgt. Shalits capture in June 2006,
the professor again reached out to Dr.
Baskin to try to avoid civilian casualties in
Gaza from Israeli reprisals. Through Dr.
Megdad, Dr. Baskin met Ghazi Hamad,
who was then the spokesperson for Prime
Minister Ismail Haniyeh, and they began
passing messages back and forth between
Hamas and the Israeli government.
From six months after the abduction
until Gilad came home I was involved in
trying to do something, mainly trying to
get the parties to listen to me, that a secret
backdoor channel was the best way of
moving forward, Dr. Baskin said.
Dr. Baskin relayed messages to Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert until Benjamin
Netanyahu ascended to the premiership
in 2009. At first, Mr. Netanyahu showed
no interest in continuing the relationship,
but in April 2011, the backdoor negotia-
tions resumed. That led to the deal that
saw Israel release 1,027 Palestinian prison-
ers in exchange for Sgt. Shalit.
Dr. Baskins backdoor channel remains
open today, but there is little to negoti-
ate other than maintaining the ceasefire
and issues of daily life. Dr. Baskin never
receives an official Israeli response to his
messages, but he has not been told yet to
stop.
So I continue to do it, he said. The
motivation is to save lives on both sides of
the border. I dont want anyone to be killed.
If we can keep the calm longer then thats
important for me. Its also important we
not have an escalation in the South while
Secretary Kerry is trying to negotiate a deal
with Abu Mazen the nom de guerre of PA
President Mahmoud Abbas.
Hamass popularity surged in Gaza
after the Shalit deal, but today it is at an
all-time low thanks to economics and the
fall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt,
according to Dr. Baskin.
With the Palestinian Authority in con-
trol of the west bank and Hamas in con-
trol of Gaza, however, many observers
wonder if PA President Mahmoud Abbas
has the authority to implement a peace
deal with Israel. If Mr. Abbas can negoti-
ate a deal, Dr. Baskin believes a Palestin-
ian public referendum will decide its fate.
If a deal can garner at least 60 percent of
the Palestinian publics support, Hamas
will be unable to block it, he said.
At that point the ball will be thrown
into the court of Gaza, for the people in
Gaza to decide if they want to continue
living under the regime of Hamas or if
they want to be part of the peace deal, he
said. If Hamas rejects the deal then the
people in Gaza will overthrow the Hamas
government.
The majority of the Palestinian people
want to see Hamas and the PA reconcile,
he said, but because both sides demand
terms unacceptable to the other, Dr.
Baskin sees only a small chance for rec-
onciliation unless the peace talks collapse
entirely.
If everything falls apart, then the Pal-
estinians come to the conclusion that
theres no chance of reaching a negoti-
ated agreement with Israel under the cur-
rent circumstances, he said. Then the
chances for reconciliation increase, with-
out each side agreeing to the platform of
the other. They enter into new elections,
where it would be winner-take-all, and
wed have to see if the winner is capable
of taking it all. Im sure Fatah would win
and not sure Hamas would so willingly
give up its power.
Since Hamas grabbed power in Gaza,
observers have questioned whether the
responsibility of government might cause
it to moderate its position. Despite its
rocket barrages during the early years of
its rule, in recent years for the most part
Hamas has enforced the ceasefire with
Israel. Hamas remains committed to its
violent ideology, but it has taken what Dr.
Baskin called a pragmatic attitude, in
contradiction to its ideology, in order to
function as a government.
More than 1.5 million people in Gaza
still need electricity, health care, water,
and communications infrastructure. All
of these are paid for by the Palestinian
Authority in Ramallah and facilitated by
Israel, he noted, which means that Hamas
has to deal with Israel. A prime example
is that Gazas currency is still the Israeli
shekel, so Hamas has to deal with the
Bank of Israel.
The main change is not in their ide-
ology but in their understanding of the
need for pragmatism in dealing with
Israel, Dr. Baskin said. Reality is much
stronger than anything else.
Despite this pragmatism, Dr. Baskin
does not foresee any moderation in
Hamass ideology. Hamas may be trying
to prevent rocket attacks against Israel,
but it has never renounced armed strug-
gle or accepted Israels existence. And
that dedication to armed struggle causes
a problem for a future state of Palestine,
which would have to maintain a policy of
one authority with one gun, rather than
allowing armed groups to operate outside
of the government.
It cant have people holding weapons
and using violence as a means of waging
struggle, and thats a challenge for the
Palestinian leadership when and if they
do gain real sovereignty, Dr. Baskin said.
Hamas today rules Gaza by the power
of the gun. The Palestinian Authority in
Ramallah has no ability to challenge that
military force.
While he is in the United States, Dr.
Baskin also is meeting with investors on
behalf of Gigawatt Global, a Dutch energy
company he is working with on solar
energy projects for the Palestinian territo-
ries and Egypt. The PA is almost entirely
dependent on Israel for energy, and as
they work toward political independence,
the Palestinians must consider energy
independence as well, he said.
Any place on the ground where we
can help build the Palestinian economy
and create greater Palestinian indepen-
dence, and in some way include coopera-
tion with Israel, its a positive move, Dr.
Baskin said.
Gershon Baskins story of the negoti-
ated release of Gilad Shalit is indicative
of the unresolved complex issues that
plague the process of peace in the Mid-
dle East, said John Rosen, director of
AJCs New Jersey area. His story, like so
many others, provides hope that no rela-
tionship is beyond the power of transfor-
mation if we work together in nuanced
discussion.
Who: Gershon Baskin
When: 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 9
Where: Barnert Temple,
747 Route 208 South, Franklin Lakes
Cost: Free
For more information:
call (973) 379-7844 or email
newjersey@ajc.org
Gershon Baskin brokered a back-channel deal to free Gilad Shalit.
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Looking at Israeli art from the inside
Artist Tobi Kahn, Tenafly JCC offer summer art tour of Israel
JOANNE PALMER
T
obi Kahn doesnt actually look like
a force of nature.
He looks like a handsome, mild-
mannered guy; you know, hes in
his early 60s but hes genuinely boyish. Hes
sweet, and it shows.
And then you meet him, and the force
takes over.
Mr. Kahn is an artist a painter and sculp-
tor whose work is found in museums and
galleries around the world.
For about 30 years, he has taught stu-
dents at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in
Tenafly how to look at art through an artists
eye not how to look at it through his eyes,
but through the eyes of the artist who lives
inside each of his students. He has taken his
students a core group of whom have stayed
with him during the decades on gallery
tours in Manhattan, and exposed them to a
range of artists and styles of art.
Mr. Kahn is also a deeply committed Jew.
He he grew up in the Breuer community
in Manhattans Washington Heights and is
an active member of Manhattans Lincoln
Square Synagogue and a frequent visitor to
other shuls.
He is also smart, chatty, personable; a good
listener, a very good talker, and an even bet-
ter connection-maker.
Now, he is planning to take a group of stu-
dents to Israel, and to introduce them to local
artists there. He wants them to see the coun-
try through an artists eyes.
Ive been going to Israel at least once or
twice a year for the last 10 years, Mr. Kahn
said. I think it will be really exciting to take
a small group 10 to 20 people to look at
art, and to do it the way we do it in New York.
Well go to museums, go to galleries, go
to art studios, and meet some collectors,
he continued. I dont want to call it the art
scene its the arts community. We will take
an insiders look at it.
Rather than focus on any theme, his trip
will be a whirl of diversity. There are two big
arts communities in Israel, one in Jerusalem
and one in Tel Aviv. Ill show them younger
artists ceramicists, photographers, paint-
ers, sculptors. Well go to their studios.
Will people be inter-
ested in going to Israel just
to look at art? People go
to the Vienna Biennale and
Art Basel two large, well-
hyped European art exhibi-
tions and this is much
more intimate, Mr. Kahn
said. Its like being in a
salon. I designed it so that
the whole thing will be inti-
mate and no one will be
bored.
And Israel really holds its own as a real
art center, he continued. It is so diverse.
And per capita, it is as good as New York or
London.
Because the art he will show his students
will showcase that, I dont expect everyone
to like everything, but I expect everyone to
learn something, and to find something that
touches them, he said.
Of all the artists whose work he plans to
show to his students, he highlights three
Moroccan painter and sculptor Ofer
Lalouche; another Moroccan, ceramicist
Sara Shuracki, and Larry Abramson, who is
one of my best friends in the world and who
I think is a genius, he said.
What they will get from me is one-on-one
conversation, Mr. Kahn said. It will be like
going behind the scenes in a play.
I was one of the original ladies who have
been with Tobi for 30 years, Janet Dardik of
Tenafly said. We knew him back from before
he was married, before he had children. (Mr.
Kahn is married to the writer
Nessa Rapoport, and they
have two sons and a daugh-
ter.) We love him.
Tobi is extremely knowl-
edgeable, she continued.
He is not a historian there
are other people who take
groups around and give you
art history. His forte is expos-
ing us to everything thats
going on in the art world.
He knows artists, he
knows dealers, and we get the inside scoop,
so the idea of going to Israel with him and see-
ing art there sounds absolutely amazing.
She has expanded her visual horizons
through the class, she said. When I started
with Tobi, the only art I really knew was the
Impressionists whom I still love but there
is so much more.
We learn about color and form and what
it takes to make art, but thats not all we
learn. When we started, we thought about
art as just a picture on the wall, but there is
so much more to it.
Over the years, we have learned how to
look at things with a more focused eye. That
is something that makes you grow.
Andrea Hershan of Cresskill has been one
of Mr. Kahns students for 28 years. It is an
unbelievable way for me to be exposed to
art, she said. And Tobi is one of the most
beautiful souls to walk the earth.
Spending time with him is glorious.
He has a way of teaching about art that is
Sky & Water was part of Aligned: Paintings by Tobi Kahn, on display at the University of Maryland in 2011.
This work was shown in Mr. Kahns solo show at Manhattans Museum of Biblical Art.
Tobi Kahn
non-threatening. He tells you stories about
the artists as he teaches you about the art. He
makes the art come alive for you.
And he is charismatic. When the group
goes into the city to visit galleries, Every
time we walk down the street, no matter
what part of New York were in, he meets
somebody, some artist, he knows, she
said. He embraces the artist, and he says
to us, Oh my God, you dont know who
youre meeting! He has such an intense
love for artists.
If I went into some of these galleries by
myself, the woman at the front desk would
give me a look that would say, Oh, you
really think you have enough money for this
$30 million piece of art? But we can go in
with him, and he makes it real.
Esther Mazor, the director of adult ser-
vices at the JCC, is enthusiastic both about
Mr. Kahns JCC class and his Israel trip. The
class is one of the centers most popular,
and the trip is a once-in-a-lifetime oppor-
tunity, she said. If people go on their own,
they cant get into some of these galleries.
But he has an unbelievable connection to it,
and he can bring it to life.
The Israel trip is expensive, Ms. Mazor
said, but the JCC makes no money from it;
instead, it is priced so that the center will
break even. There are departments at the
JCC that raise money, and some that make
money. Some deliver social services, and
those departments depend on the funds
raised elsewhere in the building. Her
department does neither, she said. We
offer wonderful quality programming, and
we pay the costs that we incur.
This trip is not to raise money, she
said. It is getting what you pay for. It is
top quality. It is an unbelievable oppor-
tunity to go to Israel with Tobi Kahn and
learn about art.
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Teaneck shul
offers discussion of
Women of the Wall
JOANNE PALMER
I
t is not an understatement to say that
the saga of Women of the Wall is a
metaphor for much of the struggle
between tradition and change in
Israel.
Founded 25 years ago by a group of
Israeli and non-Israeli women whose reli-
gious affiliations ran from Orthodox to
Reform, it has been a flashpoint for the
fight for pluralism in Israel, as one side
would define it, or the obligation to hold
onto God-given mandates on the other.
As its members and supporters fought
for the right to hold services in the wom-
ens section, raising their voices in prayer,
and later to wear tallitot and read from
sifrei Torah, and as their opponents grew
increasingly violent in response, it came
to define questions of synagogue versus
state and showcase both the strengths
and the flaws of Israels extraordinary par-
liamentary system. It also highlighted rifts
between American and Israeli Jews.
In the last year, change has come
quickly, and more than ever events there
are muddled. The Reform and Masorti/
Conservative women who make up much
of Women of the Wall agreed over the
summer to move from the womens sec-
tion of the Kotel itself to a new area carved
out of Robinsons Arch to its south. That
plan was spearheaded by Natan Sharan-
sky, chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel,
who has been working, at Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahus request, to find a
solution to the festering problem. Ortho-
dox Women of the Wall supporters, as
well as some of the groups founders, are
unhappy with that compromise. They do
not want egalitarian prayer.
Now, in the last week, control over
Robinsons Arch, originally promised to
the Reform and Masorti movements, has
been given instead to a settler group called
Ir David. In response to a strongly worded
letter by the two movements leaders, the
plans godfather, cabinet secretary Avichai
Mandelblit, seems to have retracted it, but
much remains murky.
So deep breath now that is the situ-
ation that the adult education and sister-
hood committees at Congregation Beth
Sholom in Teaneck confronted as it spon-
sored a Shacharit service, breakfast, a
short film, and panel discussion about it
on Sunday.
Rosh chodesh the beginning of a
month is connected to lunar cycles,
and always has been seen as a womans
holiday. Most Women of the Wall services
are held on rosh chodesh. Thus, there
was some poetic justice to holding the
Teaneck forum on Rosh Chodesh Adar II
the month when queens Vashti and Esther
exert their power for change.
Beth Sholom is fully egalitarian, so ser-
vices generally are led by whatever mix of
men and women present themselves at
any time; but this service was led entirely
by women, Elaine Cohen said. (Dr. Cohen
is chair of the education committee.) The
underlying theme was pluralism. To fur-
ther that theme, the two panelists repre-
sented two movements Rabbi Jacqueline
Koch Ellenson of Manhattan is the director
of the Reform movements Womens Rab-
binic Network, and Miriam Suchoff of New
City is a lay leader very active in her shul,
the Conservative Orangetown Jewish Cen-
ter in Orangeburg, New York, and in the
Masorti movement. Sandee Brawarsky of
Teaneck, a Beth Sholom stalwart who also
is the New York Jewish Weeks culture edi-
tor, moderated.
The situation is so complicated now,
Rabbi Ellenson said. It has grown and
changed so much since the arrests started
happening in 2009. (She was talking
about the many times that women dav-
ening with Women of the Wall have been
arrested for wearing tallitot or praying out
loud.) There is so much news; we had to
help people catch up with it.
The overall questions still are who has
the power to control what goes on at the
Wall, and how we can help to create an
Israel that reflects the Jewish pluralistic
world.
One of these questions is about the
relationship between religion and state
in Israel, and the other is how the view of
Judaism as a pluralistic culture, we have
for the most part adopted here, can be
accommodated and acknowledged and
accepted in Israel.
Addressing the issue of pluralism in
Women of the Wall itself, Rabbi Ellenson
said that the groups makeup had changed
considerably since it was founded. One
of the issues is how we are going to main-
tain a prayer space for all women in the
Women of the Wall blow the shofar at the back of the Western Wall plaza during its monthly Rosh Chodesh service on
August 7, 2013. MIRIAM ALSTER
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prayer shawl at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on April 11, 2013.
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pluralistic section, she said. My understanding is
that there will be a portable mechitzah. I even have
heard from liberal Orthodox men who said that they
would like that.
She was dismayed by the latest hiccup in the pro-
cess of developing the Robinsons Arch area, but still
she is optimistic. I really feel that the potential to
develop a multidenominational oversight committee
would be a remarkable and profoundly meaningful
thing, she said. Women of the Wall is taking an enor-
mous risk. The core understanding always was that
the only way that the third section could work would
be if all the stakeholders participate.
I dont know how it will play out. My activism about
Women of the Wall always has been about maintaining
a womans right for access to this holy place, to be able
to worship as I choose, and that I not be constricted by
other peoples rulings or interpretations of law. I know
that there are interpretations of halacha that allow it.
It is hard to walk away from the womens section,
but it is a necessary development of Women of the
Wall as a social justice group.
The only way that it can work, she said, is the cre-
ation of a new image of the Wall. It would have to be
a bigger picture literally. It would have to be a new
definition, that includes not only what we always
have known as the Wall but also this new section. It
would allow for new ways to practice, and also even
for secular people to be able to go there without being
compromised.
It gives a bigger picture of what it means to be Jew-
ish. It is both real and metaphoric.
Miriam Suchoff first went to daven with Women of
the Wall with a group of Masorti women in 2002. It
seems now like such a long time ago, she said. It was
a very small group. We stood at the back of the wom-
ens section and davened. At that time, chairs were
still being thrown, and in response the police asked
us to be quiet.
I went to the 25th celebration in October, and the
difference was amazing. In 2002, no one wore a tal-
lit. The prayer leader wore a shawl that looked like
a poncho. Maybe there were tzitzit on it I couldnt
tell. The whole look was very quiet. Now, in 2013, 750
women took over the section, in tallit, tefillin, and
full voice.
Ms. Suchoff, like Rabbi Ellenson, is passionate about
pluralism. We have to be aware of how endangered it
is, she said. We have to have a Jerusalem where we
can be comfortable walking.
She recalled being struck by a change in the pedes-
trian traffic patterns at the Wall. About two or three
years ago, they built a barrier near where you go into
the Kotel so that men dont have to go anywhere near
the women.
Its about power, and its also about fear. People are
so fearful about what they dont know.
Four other local synagogues are co-sponsoring an
evening with Women of the Walls public relations
director, Shira Pruce. It will be an opportunity to learn
more about both the background and the latest devel-
opments in the ongoing story.
Two of those shuls Temple Emanu-El of Closter
and the Orangetown Jewish Center in Orangeburg
are Conservative, and the other two Temple Beth
El of Northern Valley in Closter and Temple Emeth in
Teaneck are Reform.
The discussion will be at Temple Emanu-El, 180
Piermont Road in Closter, on Thursday, March 20,
at 7:30 p.m. It is free and all community members
are invited. For more information, email events@
templeemanu-el.com.
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Rabbi mocked by Bridgegate duo
Chabad chaplain says he cant figure out why
DEBRA RUBIN
A South Brunswick rabbi says he has no
idea why two former confidants of Gov.
Chris Christie joked last August about
causing traffic problems in front of his
home two weeks before the events lead-
ing to the political scandal being called
Bridgegate.
I am absolutely clueless, said Rabbi
Mendy Carlebach, about why he was sin-
gled out. I am a rabbi, and I go about my
work as a rabbi.
In an exclusive March 3 interview with
NJJN on March 3 with Carlebach and his
father, Rabbi Yosef Carlebach, the younger
rabbi told the New Jersey Jewish News that
he remained astonished at being entan-
gled in the growing scandal and drawn
into global media attention.
The threat against Rabbi Carlebach,
apparently a joke, was contained in docu-
ments supplied to investigators by David
Wildstein, a Christie appointee to a key
position at the Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey. They contained messages
from last August in which he and Bridget
Anne Kelly, then a deputy chief of staff
for Mr. Christie, mulled over or at least
joked about causing traffic problems for
Mendy Carlebach.
Mr. Wildstein indicated that Rabbi Car-
lebach pissed me off, but gave no indica-
tion why the rabbi might deserve the same
kind of political retaliation a manufac-
tured traffic jam allegedly aimed against
the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee.
Mendy Carlebach is a Port Authority
chaplain and director of the Chabad of
North and South Brunswick. His father
heads Rutgers Chabad and its affiliated
outreach centers, mostly in Middlesex
County and parts of Monmouth County.
The Carlebachs always have had close
relations with governing officials, and
both have been appointed to the New
Jersey-Israel Commission. Both Mr. Chris-
tie and his Democratic predecessor, Jon
Corzine, have been honored at Rutgers
Chabad dinners.
Although Mendy Carlebach calls Mr.
Christie a close friend, he said he had
not spoken to the governor since he got
dragged into the scandal. Mr. Christie, he
emphasized, had never requested any
favors from him.
Sitting in his fathers office, surrounded
by framed photos of the late Lubavitcher
rebbe and by other photos showing one
or both rabbis with many Democratic and
Republican leaders, Rabbi Carlebach said
he couldnt recall any interactions with Mr.
Wildstein. He said he always got along with
Ms. Kelly.
Ive always been treated with such dig-
nity at the Port Authority, I look forward
to continuing with them, said Rabbi Car-
lebach, who serves three airports and has
been called on to help distressed passen-
gers of all religions. Im honored and very
proud to be a Port Authority chaplain.
He also is a chaplain at the federal Met-
ropolitan Correctional Center in Manhat-
tan, and proudly showed off a plaque pre-
sented to him by the federal Department
of Justice last month for his seven years of
service.
The Carlebachs were among four New
Jersey rabbis Mr. Christie invited two
years ago to watch the 10-year 9/11 com-
memoration ceremonies at Ground Zero
from the still unfinished One World Trade
skyscraper.
The governor spent a couple of hours
mingling with us, along with his wife and
children, Rabbi Carlebach said at the time.
This years Rutgers Chabad dinner on
December 3 honored Bill Baroni, the Port
Authoritys former deputy executive direc-
tor, who since then also has been caught
up in the Bridgegate scandal. It was Mr.
Baroni who explained that the closure of
three traffic lanes leading to the George
Washington Bridge in September had been
intended as a traffic study, when subse-
quent emails between Ms. Kelly and Mr.
Wildstein suggested they were intended
as political retaliation against Fort Lees
Mayor Mark Sokolich.
In a series of unredacted texts released
February 27, Ms. Kelly and Mr. Wildstein
discussed causing a similar traffic mess in
front of Mendy Carlebachs South Bruns-
wick home.
The messages showed a photo of Rabbi
Carlebach with House Speaker John
Boehner, prompting Ms. Kelly to write: I
think this qualifies as some sort of stalking.
Mr. Wildstein: He is Jewish Cid Wilson.
Ms. Kelly: You are really so funny. He
is. No Doubt.
Cid Wilson is a Bergen County Democrat
with a reported penchant for posting pic-
tures of himself with celebrities.
Mr. Wildstein continues that Rabbi Car-
lebach has officially pissed me off, with-
out saying why.
Ms. Kelly responds: We cannot cause
traffic problems in front of his house, can
we?
Mr. Wildstein writes: Flights to Tel Aviv
mysteriously delayed.
Ms. Kelly answers: Perfect.
The threat apparently never was carried
out.
After the texts were released, Rabbi Car-
lebach said that press from throughout the
country and Israel got in touch with him.
South Brunswicks police chief, Ray-
mond J. Hayducka, went to Rabbi Carle-
bachs house to tell the throng of press to
get off my rabbis property.
They even got my cell phone number
and my wifes cell phone, Rabbi Carle-
bach said. I dont know how.
His father said that another of his sons,
Rabbi Meir Carlebach, got a call from a
reporter while on layover at an airport in
Iceland on his way back from Israel. So did
his nephew in San Diego, whose two-year-
old son also is named Mendy Carlebach.
The clamor had died down by the week-
end, Yosef Carlebach said.
Both rabbis agreed that there was an
upside to the upheaval: Both saw large
increases in attendance at Shabbat ser-
vices at their shuls.
Yosef Carlebach, rabbi at Congrega-
tion Sons of Israel in Wayside, said that
so many people said that they were com-
ing to shul in a show of support he had to
order extra food for kiddush.
We saw people we usually only see on
holidays and they stayed much longer
than usual, Mendy Carlebach said.
This story reprinted by permission from the
New Jersey Jewish News.
Rabbi Mendy Carlebach said he is absolutely clueless about why he was
singled out as the butt of a joke in texts between a senior aide to Gov. Chris
Christie and an official of the Port Authority , both of whom have been impli-
cated and resigned in the Bridgegate scandal. DEBRA RUBIN
Yosef and Mendy Carlebach were among four New Jersey rabbis Gov. Chris
Christie invited to watch the 10-year 9/11 commemoration ceremonies at Ground
Zero from the still unfinished One World Trade skyscraper in 2011. Mr. Christie,
center, is flanked, from left, by Rabbi Mendy Carlebach, Port Authority com-
missioner Jeffrey Moerdler, Rabbi Yosef Carlebach, and Port Authority chaplain
Rabbi Joel Eisdorfer.
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Winemakers road to Judaism,
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JOANNE PALMER
When Vered Ben Saadon, a 37-year-old
Israeli winemaker who is in the United
States on a marketing tour, was born, the
future that stretched out in front of little
Rosa Van Kovordan of Hausen, Holland, did
not seem as if it would include immigration,
religious conversion, changes of name and
language, or, for that matter, winemaking.
But little Rosa was born into a back-
ground so complicated that no one should
have been surprised by the twists in her
own life.
Her father was born Jewish, but her
mother was not. Her paternal grand-
mother, Lisha de Paris, was a teenager at
the start of World War II. Her story was
the same as Anne Franks, Ms. Ben Saa-
don said. The same age, the same coun-
try. Of course, Ms. de Paris story ended
better. And it is because of that, that we
are here, her granddaughter said.
When I was 12, she gave me the diary
that she wrote for her bat mitzvah. I was
very proud to get it. And when my oldest
daughter she is the mother of five chil-
dren became 12, I gave it to her for her
bat mitzvah, and then we both gave it to
Yad VaShem. She also received her moth-
ers yellow star badge and a sign that said
No Entry for Jews.
Her mother, along with her family,
was hidden by a family headed by a man
named Jan Giliam, who later was recog-
nized by Yad VaShem.
When the war ended, Ms. de Paris mar-
ried another Jewish survivor, and they had
two sons. One of them was Ms. Ben Saa-
dons father. Her husband died, she remar-
ried, had another child; that husband also
died, and she got married again, this time
to a non-Jew, a Dutch widower named Raul
Meyer. Mr. Meyer had a child, a daughter
his first wife had not been Jewish and so
of course his child was not either. The four
children spent part of their childhoods
together, and one of the boys fell in love
with the girl.
Vered and Erez Ben Saadon and their five children.
Who: Vered and Erez Ben Saadon of
Tura Estate Winery
What: Present a wine tasting and then
talk about their lives
When: Sunday, March 9; tasting at
7:30, talk at 8:30
Where: Congregation Ahavath Torah,
240 Broad Street, Englewood
Why: Taste wine, hear stories, support
Israel, take a stand against BDS
How much: Free
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Ahavath Torah dinner, March 22
Congregation Ahavath Torah in Engle-
wood will honor Careena and Drew
Parker as guests of honor and Abby and
Scott Herschmann as young leadership
awardees, and present Rabbi Shimon
Murciano with the Harbatzat Torah award
at the shuls annual dinner, set for Satur-
day, March 22. Comedian Elon Gold, the
special guest host, will be the master of
ceremonies.
Drew Parker has been involved in many
organizations; he has been on the execu-
tive committees of Bar Ilan University and
the Moriah School, national vice president
of NORPAC, and president of the Ortho-
dox Unions West Coast region. At Aha-
vath Torah, he has been a board member,
officer, and president. He is a founder/
director of Cross River Bank and presi-
dent of Kingsbrook Investments. Careena
Parker has been on committees for shul
projects, community events, and sister-
hood programs, and she co-chaired the
shuls annual dinner and the adult educa-
tion committees. She is the new project
director for the Englewood mikvah and
sits on the boards of the Moriah School,
the Womens Division of
Shaare Zedek Medical
Center, the Englewood
mikvah, and the develop-
ment boards for SAR and
Nishmat. The Parkers
have four children Amanda, Matthew,
Katie, and Jenna.
Scott Herschmann, a managing part-
ner of a hedge fund, Pentsao Fund, and
his wife, Abby, have served on the shuls
board, finance, religious services, and
bikur cholim committees. Scott Her-
schmann is a member of the board of Nor-
pac and of AIPACs Congressional Club.
Abby Herschmann is the chapter president
of Emunah and was instrumental in estab-
lishing the Names Not Numbers program
at Moriah. The Herschmanns have four
daughters Emily, Julia, Sara, and Rae.
Rabbi Shimon Murciano has been a
member of the Englewood community
for more than 40 years. For decades he
worked at the Frisch School in Paramus.
Rabbi Murciano delivers a daf yomi shiur
at Ahavat Torah, and he taught a weekly
shiur on Mishna Berura every Shabbat
from 1973 until 2013. He and his wife,
Ruth, zl, have three children, Zehava
Kraitenberg, Chaya Novoseller, and Aliza
Vogel.
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YCT dinner honors Rabbi Avi Weiss
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in Riverdale, N.Y., will honor Rabbi Avi and Toby Weiss
and their family on Sunday, March 23, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan.
The evening begins with an exhibit and cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m., followed by
the dinner and program at 6:30. For information, call (212) 666-0036, go to www.
yctorah.org, or email info@yctorah.org.
The Weiss family
Etzion Foundation to honor locals
The Etzion Foundation (Yeshivat Har
Etzion and Migdal Oz) will hold its
annual dinner on April 2 at the Grand
Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Themed
Generation to Generation, honorees
this year include Rella Feldman and
her daughter Mindy Hecht of Teaneck,
who will receive the Gemilut Chasa-
dim award; Dassie and David Schreiber
of Woodmere, N.Y., who will receive
the Dor lDor award; and Rabbi Mor-
dechai and Debby Friedman of Alon
Shvut ,who will receive the Keter Torah
award. Ephraim Mirvis, the chief rabbi
of Great Britain, will give the keynote
address.
For information, call (212) 732-4874 or
go to www.thegushdinner.org.
Rella Feldman and her daughter,
Mindy Hecht
David and Dassie Schreiber Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
Rabbi Mordechai and Debby
Friedman
Beth Aaron dinner fetes four
Congregation Beth Aaron in Teaneck held
its 38th annual Journal Dinner on Sunday,
February 23, at Congregation Keter Torah in
Teaneck with 275 people in attendance.
Roz and Ira Friedman, the guests of honor,
were honored for 23 years of service to the
shul. Ira Friedman is chair of the shuls finan-
cial arrangements committee, negotiator of
the rabbis contracts, and was the head of
the constitution committee. Roz Friedman
was a member of the library and rabbinic
search committees and chaired the youth
committee.
Barbara and Kal Feinberg, who received
the Shelly Leffel Service award, will be mak-
ing aliyah this summer to join their children.
They have been involved with the shul since
1974. Kal Feinberg has served on committees
including the building and dinner. He also has
served as a Baal Tokeah for 36 of the last 37
years, blowing shofar for the main minyan
on Rosh HaShanah. Kal Feinberg presented a
shofar to the shul from his private collection
as a keepsake. Barbara Feinberg was involved
in many shul activities, including sisterhood,
where she served as president for two years.
Rabbi Larry Rothwachs made presenta-
tions to both couples on behalf of the shul.
For information on Congregation Beth
Aaron, one of the oldest Orthodox congrega-
tions in Teaneck, call (201) 836-6210 or go to
www.bethaaron.org.
Honorees
Roz and Ira
Friedman, left,
with Rabbi Larry
Rothwachs and
Larry Shafier,
Beth Aaron
president.
Shelly Leffel
Service
awardees
Barbara and
Kal Feinberg,
left, with
Larry Shafier
and Rabbi
Rothwachs.
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YARON KARL
Nefesh BNefesh aliyah fair
in Times Square March 9
Nefesh BNefesh is holding a
week of aliyah fairs in seven
sites across North America
in conjunction with Israels
Ministry of Aliyah and Immi-
grant Absorption, the Jewish
Agency for Israel, Keren Kay-
emeth LeIsrael, and JNF-USA.
The fairs will be in New York,
Toronto, Montreal, Florida,
Baltimore, Chicago, and Los
Angeles through March 10.
They will include aliyah-related semi-
nars and workshops as well as personal
consultations with staff from the Jewish
Agency for Israel, Tzofim Garin Tzabar,
and Nefesh BNefesh, including repre-
sentatives from the Go North and Go
South programs. Representatives from
Israeli municipalities, high schools and
universities, MATI business develop-
ment for entrepreneurs, real estate
developers and agents, financial con-
sultants, insurance agents and ship-
pers, also will be there.
At the Manhattan fair, set for noon this
Sunday at Crowne Plaza Times Square,
1605 Broadway, Israels Minister of
Immigrant Absorption, Sofa
Landver, will be the keynote
speaker.
Workshops and semi-
nars will look at careers in
Israel, financial planning,
taxes and budgeting, the
Israeli healthcare system,
introduction to the aliyah
process, aliyah rights and
benefits, and the Go North
and Go South programs. In
addition, representatives of the Jewish
Agency for Israel will speak about the
process for verifying aliyah eligibility
and the various programs that assist
immigrants in their transition to Israeli
life.
So far, Nefesh BNefesh has helped
more than 38,000 new immigrants.
More than 50,000 North American
and British Jews have attended Nefesh
BNefesh pre-aliyah informational semi-
nars throughout the United States, Can-
ada, and the UK, including specially tai-
lored programs, events, and individual
counseling sessions. Find information
at www.nbn.org.il/mega.
Sofa Landver
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Bring your children in their favorite Purim costumes where they can
enjoy train rides; inatables; crafts, games and prizes; character visits;
a dark room/tunnel experience, a clairvoyant, cotton candy and more.
Suggested entrance donation, $1 per person or non-perishable food
item for the Center for Food Action. For more info, call 201.408.1484.
Sun, Mar 16, 1-4 pm, 12 pm for families with children with special needs,
$25 card for 30 ride & game tickets
Rebecca Teplow in Concert
Composer/Singer Rebecca Teplow will
perform popular selections from her CDs
Kavehz (Hope) and Tlot (Prayers). A
classically-trained violinist, Teplow studied
under Itzhak Perlman and composer Robert
Starer. Her music has received rave reviews
from The Forward and Jewish Weeks
George Robinson described her voice as
lovely with a cabaret singers air. David
Morgan will accompany her on piano.
Sun, Mar 9, 8 pm, $15/$20
Gloomy Sunday
A FILM/DISCUSSION SERIES
WITH HAROLD CHAPLER
An award-winning Hungarian-German
lm set in a Jewish restaurant in Budapest
during the Nazi occupation. The cleverly
scripted plot involves the owner, the piano
player, and the young hostess who falls in
love with a customer. Their intrigue builds
to a daring and satisfying moment of
truth, a coup de theatre.
Mon, Mar 10, 7:30 pm, $3/$5
FAMILIES
Support Groups
WITH JUDY BRAUNER, LCSW THERAPIST
NEW! WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS: YOU ARE NOT ALONE
This bereavement group for those recently widowed provides an
opportunity to share your feelings with others that understand.
6 Sessions: 5 Mondays, Mar 10Apr 7 & Wed, Apr 23, 6:15-7:45 pm,
$100/$125
UNCOUPLING: COPING WITH DIVORCE AND SEPARATION
The group will help you process your feelings about the end of an
important relationship and the experience of being on your own.
6 Sessions: 5 Mondays, Mar 10Apr 7 & Wed, Apr 23, 8-9:30 pm,
$100/$125
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2014 Poetry Slam Contest
ABE OSTER HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE AWARD
FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, GRADES 912
Create an original videotaped poem or narrative
monologue that communicates the relevance of
the Holocaust in the 21st Century. $1000 cash prize
for rst place; $500 second place.
For more info, contest rules and applications visit
us at www.jccotp.org/holocaust-education.
Deadline: Fri, Mar 14
PROFESSIONAL CHILDREN'S THEATER SERIES
Pirate Adventures
and Other Tales
PRESENTED BY CHILD'S PLAY CHICAGO
TOURING THEATER
A rollicking series of stories with songs, mime,
music and great sound efects. The performers
encourage audience participation and invite
children on-stage for special moments in the
stories. Tickets can be purchased at the JCC
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TRUTH REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES
Criticizing
charedim what
about our kids?
H
undreds of thousands of charedim marched
against military conscription last Sunday.
The issue is tearing Israel apart.
More secular Israelis argue that the chare-
dim are parasites. They dont work. They live off govern-
ment subsidies. Worse, they dont fight for the country,
expecting some others guys kid to risk his or her life
and possibly die so the charedim can sit idly and study,
contributing nothing meaningful to the country.
The charedi response is that their Torah study defines
the essential character of the Jewish state. After all, with-
out the Torah and Judaism, what distinguishes Israel
from Belgium? The contribution of the young man with
side curls sitting in front of a Talmud is no less valu-
able than his olive-green clad counterpart holding an
M16. The latter focuses on Israels physical survival, the
former on its spiritual continuity. And just as you cant
have a body without a soul,
you cant have an army that
doesnt have a spiritual rea-
son to fight.
More extreme charedim
take the view that Israel is an
unkosher secular state, hos-
tile to Judaism. They will not
fight for it, die for it, or con-
tribute anything to it. (That
doesnt seem to stop them
from living off the fat of the
land.)
Finally, there are those in
the middle who take a more
pragmatic view. Israels army is big enough. It doesnt
need the charedim. Besides, they will make poor sol-
diers. Why bother?
Not being a general, I cannot comment authoritatively
on this view. But as a father who has a daughter who just
completed her military service in Israel as a lone soldier,
I ask a different question: what is best for the charedim
themselves?
It is no secret that the charedi community is sink-
ing deeper and deeper into poverty. Many charedim
live lives bereft of the dignity of self-sufficiency. This is
not because they have no secular training. I believe it
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has just published The
Fed-Up Man of Faith: Challenging G-d in the Face
of Tragedy and Suffering. Follow him on Twitter @
RabbiShmuley.-
Rabbi
Shmuley
Boteach
JS-22*
Spring forward to fight hunger
A
s the coldest winter in
decades refuses to relin-
quish its icy grip on our
streets and souls, its not
only our spirits that have been frozen.
Among the errands we have been
postponing in hopes of warmer days
have been our communal donations
to local food banks. The Center for
Food Action reports that its shelves
are barer than usual because the
usual donors understandably have
been hunkering down at home by
the radiator.
Its understandable. But the needs
of our hungry neighbors demand
that once again we don our galoshes
and parkas to do whats necessary.
It is particularly timely, therefore,
that this Sunday the Jewish Federa-
tion of Northern New Jersey is hold-
ing its Good Deeds Day and col-
lecting food for the Center for Food
Action on Sunday.
Good Deeds Day is an interna-
tional project of Israeli business-
woman and philanthropist Shari
Arison. Basically, its the federations
Mitzvah Day writ international. Ms.
Arison is able to lend her high profile
she is number 319 on the Forbes
list of billionaires to the project;
on Wednesday she rang the NAS-
DAQ closing bell to highlight the pro-
grams belief that Every person can
do something good for the benefit of
others, be it large or small.
Thats a message thats familiar to
our Jewish community.
In recent weeks, local synagogues
have been collecting food that fed-
eration volunteers will sort and pack
on Sunday afternoon. If you havent
given, its not too late to bring a
donation to the federation offices
50 Eisenhower Drive in Paramus
around 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
Yes, it may be cold and gray, and it
might even snow.
But remember: When it comes to
good deeds to mitzvot the heart
you warm may be your own. - L.Y.
Page turner for peace?
T
he Harold Grinspoon Foundation, the organiza-
tion behind the popular PJ Library, has been dis-
tributing free books to Arab Israeli kindergarten
and pre-K children for a month now.
And why not?
Called Maktabat al-Fanoos, which is Arabic for Lantern
Library, the program, funded in partnership with Israels
Ministry of Education and the Price Family Charitable
Fund, will give some 45,000 books to Arab Israeli chil-
dren each month. PJ Library now distributes more than
130,000 free books to Jewish children in the United States,
Canada, Mexico, and Australia. Four years ago, the Grin-
spoon Foundation also started Sifriyat Pijama, Hebrew-
language books distributed to Israels Jewish children.
PJ Library has distributed books with Jewish themes
free to Jewish children for nine years. While Arab Israeli
children wont be receiving books with Jewish themes,
there are universal and shared themes that are appropri-
ate for young readers, be they Jewish or Arab. We concur
with Grinspoons director of Israel operations, Galina Vro-
men, when she said that distributing these books to Arab
children is in the interest of the State of Israel. We know
that there are Arab publishers who might choose not to
distribute these books. We can only hope that such mes-
sages as honoring parents, tolerance for all people, per-
sonal safety for children, and many others offer common
ground for all children, be they Jew or Arab.
The Grinspoon Foundation should be lauded. If a pos-
sible future peace between two peoples can come from
childrens books, lets turn the page and begin reading
together. PJ
Packing food at the Jewish Fed-
eration during last years Good
Deeds Day.
Op-Ed
is because the absence of volunteerism suffocates their
sense of entrepreneurship.
Many Chabad youth in Israel lack secular knowledge
but still serve in the military. Even more go on two-year
emissaryships throughout the world, spreading the
light of Judaism, working with disabled children, staff-
ing Jewish community centers, and teaching in nurser-
ies and schools.
For two years, from 19 to 21, I served a Chabad emis-
saryship in Sydney, Australia. Those were the two most
important years of growth in my life. Far away from
home, I learned independence, studied with scores of
teenagers, put on large communal events, and made
friends for life. Being forced to engage a community as
an adolescent made me take risks and overcome the fear
of rejection.
Last Sundays New York Times ran a front-page pro-
file on the benefits that accrue to Mormon missionar-
ies who are posted throughout the world. The article
focused on how the church has just opened its missions
to young women between the ages of 19 and 21, like the
men, and was immediately inundated with more than
35,000 applications. On these missions, young Mor-
mons learn languages, transcend parochialism, and
become industrious and entrepreneurial in trying to
make their mission successful.
Chabad does not missionize non-Jews, and the ethics
of such efforts on the part of the Mormons is beyond the
scope of this column. What is the focus is how years of
national service, be they in the military or community,
are essential to character formation and independence.
The charedim are missing out.
While the charedi love of Judaism and devotion to tra-
dition is admirable, Judaism is not authentic when it is
focused mostly on the self.
While the Israeli military arguably is the most impor-
tant incubator of Israeli entrepreneurship, as the book
Startup Nation says compellingly, many charedi lead-
ers fear an erosion of religious observance in the mili-
tary. But what is their excuse for not sending out their
youth for two years of national service that assists Israel
and the Jewish people?
Our nation is under threat not just from Irans nukes
and Palestinian terror. Assimilation is gnawing away at
the very heart of the Jewish people. The dismal Pew
Research study that showed American intermarriage and
assimilation reaching 6 out of 10 Jews was devastating.
Charedim are, in theory, the best educated Jews. Surely
they can go out, teach, and help reverse that trend.
Charedim capable of military service should serve
where needed. Once the quotas are filled, the rest
should commit to two years of national service. This
need not disrupt their Torah study. In my two years
in Sydney we were required to study from early morn-
ing till the afternoon. We devoted the rest of our day to
study with others, communal programming, visiting the
elderly, and teaching at schools. My son Mendy, who put
in his two years in Frankfurt, Germany, had a similar
schedule.
But let us American Jews who criticize the charedim at
the very least confess our own hypocrisy. As we watch
this debate from across the Atlantic, what programs of
national service are our own children engaged in? Are
American Jewish parents more concerned about their
own kids volunteerism and character-building in the
gap year after high school, or just in acing the SATs and
getting into a good university? We cant look down at
charedim for not serving while all we focus on is getting
little Johnnie into Harvard.
The time has come for a year of national service for
every American high school graduate with the Jewish
community leading the way.
JS-23*
TRUTH REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES
Criticizing
charedim what
about our kids?
H
undreds of thousands of charedim marched
against military conscription last Sunday.
The issue is tearing Israel apart.
More secular Israelis argue that the chare-
dim are parasites. They dont work. They live off govern-
ment subsidies. Worse, they dont fight for the country,
expecting some others guys kid to risk his or her life
and possibly die so the charedim can sit idly and study,
contributing nothing meaningful to the country.
The charedi response is that their Torah study defines
the essential character of the Jewish state. After all, with-
out the Torah and Judaism, what distinguishes Israel
from Belgium? The contribution of the young man with
side curls sitting in front of a Talmud is no less valu-
able than his olive-green clad counterpart holding an
M16. The latter focuses on Israels physical survival, the
former on its spiritual continuity. And just as you cant
have a body without a soul,
you cant have an army that
doesnt have a spiritual rea-
son to fight.
More extreme charedim
take the view that Israel is an
unkosher secular state, hos-
tile to Judaism. They will not
fight for it, die for it, or con-
tribute anything to it. (That
doesnt seem to stop them
from living off the fat of the
land.)
Finally, there are those in
the middle who take a more
pragmatic view. Israels army is big enough. It doesnt
need the charedim. Besides, they will make poor sol-
diers. Why bother?
Not being a general, I cannot comment authoritatively
on this view. But as a father who has a daughter who just
completed her military service in Israel as a lone soldier,
I ask a different question: what is best for the charedim
themselves?
It is no secret that the charedi community is sink-
ing deeper and deeper into poverty. Many charedim
live lives bereft of the dignity of self-sufficiency. This is
not because they have no secular training. I believe it
Ask the right questions
So, really, why be Jewish?
W
ith the arrival and maturation
of my generation, the Millenials,
the question Who is a Jew? is
rather pass.
Forget the halachic dimensions to this end-
lessly debatable topic. Forget all the moral-
izing arguments over the issue. Forget the
demographically induced paranoia, the post-
Holocaust hand-wringing, the Israeli legal
maneuvering (not to mention the pandering
that comes with it), and the denominational
infighting. And for heavens sake! forget
the Pew study.
The fact is that Who is a Jew? is the wrong question.
To maintain our relevance to regain it, really the ques-
tion we must ask today is Why be Jewish?
The problem with the who-is-a-Jew question is the
binary premise from which it springs: that there is an us
and a them. (Worse, perhaps is the accompanying hope
that we will one day delineate a set of criteria that define
who is an us and who is a them.) The premise itself is
as boring and potentially harmful as the question it gives
rise to. It has infiltrated our national debate in a variety
of guises: Who is affiliated and who is unaffiliated? Who
is an insider and who is an outsider? Who is a member
and who is a non-member? Who is inmarried and who is
intermarried?
And, of utmost importance in the case of Millenials:
Are your parents both Jewish? For 48 percent of us, the
answer is no.
In each version of the question, the implication is clear:
One is good and one is bad. When we make these ques-
tions central, whatever our intention in asking them, the
question that many people will hear is this: Are you a good
Jew or a bad Jew? And labeling people bad Jews prob-
ably is not the best way to draw them into deeper engage-
ment with Jewish life.
At the very least, the Millenials I know are bored with
all this who-is-a-Jew business. And at the worst, the idea
that this question will be useful as we confront the chal-
lenges now before us is a complete misunderstanding of
the nature of the changes we see today. These changes
profoundly affect every element of our communitys
demographics, suggesting many new questions: geogra-
phy (where are the Jews?) and migration (how did those
Jews get there and why?); values (what does each individ-
ual Jew believe?) and priorities (what does each Jew value
and how much?); age (what do todays Jews need at each
stage of life?); affiliation (how does the changing nature of
membership in contemporary America affect our percep-
tion of the organized Jewish community?); and reproduc-
tion (who do the Jews choose as their partners? and how
do they raise their children?).
Allow me to use myself as an example:
48 percent of Jews born after 1980 are children of inter-
marriage: Though their wedding ceremony was Jewish,
only one of my parents was. (Remember when I told you
to forget the Pew study? Yeah, I lied. Still, lets just try to
stay on this side of the line between informed interest in
the Pew study and unhealthy obsession with it, shall we?)
20 percent or more of children of intermarriage who
consider themselves Jewish are patrilineal: Like me, their
father was Jewish when they were born, while their
mother was not.
61 percent of intermarried families are raising their
children with a Jewish identity: I was cir-
cumcised as an infant, and later taken to
Tot Shabbat at a nearby synagogue. I went
to camp. I became bar mitzvah.
59 percent of adult children of intermar-
riage under the age of 30 identify as Jews:
Hi there.
Jews by choice are not a novelty for
us: My mother became a Jew when I
was 7 years old. One of my high school
best friends had converted when he was
younger. I once went out with a Conserva-
tive rabbinical student who converted in
college.
Jews of color are not a novelty for us: The Garcias are
one of the most visibly active families in my childhood
synagogue. Ive had a number of Jewish peers who were
adopted from East Asia. Im too young to remember what
Israel looked like before the waves of immigration from
Ethiopia.
We have been both insiders and outsiders: I was deeply
involved in our synagogue, my high school youth group,
and Jewish life in general. Yet when I first came into close
contact with other strains of Judaism, I suddenly found
myself on the outside.
We receive mixed messages: Our synagogue was
Reform, so my status as a patrilineal Jew wasnt an issue.
But my tastes evolved, putting me for a time in a Conserva-
tive synagogue, where I underwent a conversion. (Not for
me, but for the synagogue; Ive always considered myself
an unqualified Jew.)
We are just not interested in denominations and fee-
for-service membership: I go to services regularly some-
times at informal, independent groups, sometimes at any
one of a number of synagogues (none of which I am a
member of ).
In short, our identities are complex, too complex to be
explained with binaries. Change has arrived in the North
American Jewish community. Bigger changes are on the
way. If we plan to hold the interest of the entire Jewish
community energetic Millenials, boomers bored with
retirement, the LGBT community, intermarried families,
Jews of color, families with young children well have to
do a lot more. We are no longer in a battle to maintain our
relevance, but to regain it. The question should no longer
be Who is a Jew? The question now is Why be Jewish?
The first steps toward this are inclusion, diversity, and
welcoming. Not just inclusion, but active inclusion; not
just diversity, but embracing diversity; not just welcom-
ing, but encountering everyone in the Jewish community
as individuals with unique stories, needs, interests, and
longings.
As people who already are comfortable and fortunate
enough to be involved in Jewish life, we are called to learn
about, embrace, and direct into deeper engagement
these myriad individuals who make up the entire Jewish
community.
This is just a taste of the issues we will explore in this
column. And I am your flawed guide: a Millenial, for better
or for worse; a patrilineal Jew; the son of a convert; a child
of intermarriage, and well, you get the idea.
David A.M. Wilensky is a program associate at Big Tent
Judaism/Jewish Outreach Institute. He lives in South Orange,
and he is single, straight, and utterly shameless.
David A. M.
Wilensky
Op-Ed
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Some thoughts about
Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath Weekend
The organization called
Faiths United to Prevent
Gun Violence has called the
weekend of March 13-16 Gun
Violence Prevention Sabbath.
Faiths United is supported
by a wide spectrum of Ameri-
can religious bodies, includ-
ing the Conservative, Reform
and Reconstructionist move-
ments in Judaism, as well as
the Jewish Council for Pub-
lic Affairs. That broad base of
support led me to consider signing on to
the Gun Prevention Sabbath, and thinking
about how a community in northern New
Jersey might, could, and should respond
to this call for public action.
Houses of worship of many faiths will
come together on that
weekend to discuss and
pray about gun violence
prevention. That common
effort itself is enough rea-
son to raise our voice, to
become a part of a great call
and a communion across
faith boundaries. That is an
extraordinary opportunity.
But the issues around
gun control raise important
questions of substance that
must be considered. The United States is
unique in its long-standing constitutional
protection of the right to carry arms. This
basic foundational principle of liberty is
challenged today by the very real threat
that increased availability of firearms
brings to our society. It is an acute threat,
something we understand personally.
My brother is a high school English
teacher in Denver, Colorado. Some of his
students went out to the movies one night
and found themselves subjected to rapid
gunfire in a dark auditorium.
The Ridgewood clergy association, a
wonderful group of caring faith leaders
that I have the privilege of chairing, drove
to Newtown, Connecticut, last year to
have lunch with their clergy association
and listen to their stories of the aftermath
of tragedy, and how they continue to help
their community slowly put the pieces
back together.
All of us shop at the Garden State Plaza,
where last November our local police
spent an evening hunting down a shooter.
I know that as with other life-and-death
issues, it is easy to say that this one does
not affect us until it does. We know how
we do not want to discuss a disease that
we dont have, how we prefer to ignore
anti-Semitic incidents, and how we turn
our backs to those in need. Gun preven-
tion is an opportunity to engage with an
issue that is current and can save lives.
I am neither unconcerned nor unpa-
triotically uncaring about our nations
constitutional heritage. The tension here
between the right to bear arms and to live
in a secure society is analogous to so many
other cases where a current concern con-
flicts with a matter of constitutional man-
date. How many times has the rabbinate
been confronted with cases where an
ethical imperative seems to conflict with
a principle of the Torah? In this case, as
in others, the sacred process is engaged
through careful consideration of the con-
flicting values and the need to find a way
to preserve the underlying intent of the
constitutional mandate while responding
to the new concern.
With gun control, acknowledging data
such as the fact that a gun in the home
is 22 times more likely to be used to kill
or injure in a domestic homicide, suicide,
Israeli Apartheid Week is a Soviet creation
#Rethink2014 is one of
the more creative Twit-
ter hashtags Ive recently
encountered.
Launched by students
opposing the hatefest oth-
erwise known as Israeli
Apartheid Week (IAW),
the hashtag is designed for
incorporation into tweets
that expl ai n why thi s
ghastly annual event is a
series of calumnies and lies from beginning
to end.
Some examples:
I oppose Israel Apartheid Week because I
know what apartheid actually means.
I oppose Israel Apartheid Week because
Im sitting next to an Arab-Israeli Muslim
IDF soldier on the bus in Jerusalem.
I oppose Israel Apartheid Week because
it promotes anti-Semitism on campus.
There are literally thousands of tweets in
similar fashion, in yet another demonstra-
tion of the pushback against the IAW bigots
that has, thankfully, gathered pace this year.
My own contribution to the hashtag, I
have to confess, might have been a little
obscure. I oppose Israeli Apartheid Week
because the analogy is a smear invented by
the anti-Semitic USSR, I said. But there is,
in my view, an important truth here that I
want to elaborate on.
After the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945,
the Soviet Union became the main source of
state-sponsored anti-Semitism in the world.
The Communist leader Joseph
Stalin, who set up ideas of patri-
otism in contradistinction to
the internationalism of his
opponents in the party, started
depicting Jews as a disloyal fifth
column whose true allegiance
was to Zionism, rather than the
socialist motherland. (Sound
familiar?)
Amidst all the dark talk of
rootless cosmopolitans a
euphemism for Jews many historians
now agree that Stalin began making plans
for a mass deportation of Jewish citizens to
Siberia. This potential second Holocaust,
in the shadow of the first one, was averted
only by Stalins death at the height of the
so-called Doctors Plot, in which mainly
Jewish doctors were put on trial on fabri-
cated charges of attempting to poison Soviet
leaders.
Stalins successors stopped short of out-
right genocide against the Jews, but the
anti-Semitic discrimination came thick and
fast. In both the USSR and its satellite states,
such as Poland, the communists launched
anti-Semitic purges under the cover of anti-
Zionism. There was a robust propaganda
element to these actions, since the com-
munists were keen to square their loathing
of Jews with the imperatives, as they saw
them, of Marxist theory. And so, from the
early 1960s onwards, the Soviet Communist
Party began pumping out books and pam-
phlets dedicated to showing that Judaism
and Zionism were doctrines that glorified
Jewish racism towards non-Jews.
The ugliest example of this genre was
published in 1963. Note that date, because
its four years before Israel took control
of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and eastern
Jerusalem following the Six-Day War. It
was called Judaism Without Embellish-
ment. The author was a man named Tro-
fim Kichko. If the book brought anything to
mind, it was the Nazi tabloid rag Der Stur-
mer, whose viciously anti-Semitic cartoons
were echoed in Kichkos book. Around the
caricatures of hook-nosed Jews counting
their fortunes in synagogues, Kichko came
up with such gems as Jehovah delivered
all the wealth of the non-Jews to the use of
the Jews and Speculation in matzah, pigs,
thievery, deception, debauchery these
are the real characteristics of many syna-
gogue leaders.
Kichko combined this classic anti-Sem-
itism with anti-Zionism. He defined Zion-
ists as the ideological parasites of Jewish
capitalists and flayed the Zionist move-
ment in much the same manner as todays
intellectually fashionable anti-Zionists as
a particularly brutal form of colonialism.
This last theme resurfaced in many of the
Soviet publications that followed Kichkos
book. In 1975, the Soviets began pushing
another libelous tract by Valeri Skurlatov,
called Zionism and Apartheid. In that
work, Skurlatov screeched, Racial biologi-
cal doctrines, according to which people
are divided into chosen people and goyim,
have been turned into official ideology
and state policy in Israel and South Africa,
where the inferior are forcibly separated
from the superior. That is what apartheid
is.
Such propaganda went hand in hand
with Soviet efforts to demonize Zionism as
a form of racism, culminating in the noto-
rious U.N. Resolution 3379 rescinded in
1991 equating Zionism with racism. And
because foreign policy often is domestic
policy, the campaign against Zionism was
an integral component of the repression of
the Jewish communities inside the Soviet
Union.
Its a sorry history, and it should be
pointed out every time the slanders of
Israeli Apartheid Week are aired. IAW likes
to think of its activities as promoting human
rights. In fact, its advocates are the ideo-
logical inheritors of a modern libel that
Zionism and apartheid are the same that
was deliberately manufactured to oppress
Soviet Jews, at the behest of a state that
murdered millions of people in its gulags.
This is the company that Israeli Apartheid
Week keeps, and it is time as a Marxist
might say to toss the event onto the dust
heap of history.
Ben Cohen, JNS.orgs Shillman analyst,
writes about Jewish affairs and Middle
Eastern politics. His work has appeared in
Commentary, the New York Post, Haaretz,
Jewish Ideas Daily, and many other
publications.
Ben Cohen
Rabbi David
J. Fine, Ph.D.
Dr. David J. Fine is rabbi of Temple
Israel and Jewish Community Center in
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I have two comments about Eshel sponsoring retreat
for Orthodox parents of gays (February 28).
First, while it is true that many congregants devi-
ate from halachic norms on Shabbat and kashrut,
rabbis and the institutions dont endorse these devia-
tions. What Eshel is asking for is an endorsement for
same-sex relationships. Orthodox Judaism cannot do
that and remain faithful to halacha. What the RCA has
said is that gays and lesbians should be treated with
respect and welcomed the way other Jews who devi-
ate from halachic norms on kashrut and Shabbat are.
Gays and lesbians may not want to hear this, but the
only way a gay or lesbian can conform with halacha is
to be celibate.
Secondly, the issue of gays and lesbians within
Orthodoxy brings up a larger issue; how to include
people who do not conform to halacha within an
Orthodox synagogue or community. Too little inclu-
sion risks limiting our impact on the Jewish commu-
nity and the possibility of bringing parts of our faith to
other Jews. Too much inclusion will water down our
faith and turn Orthodoxy into Conservative Judaism.
If I knew the right balance, I could run the Orthodox
Union.
Alan M. Levin
Fair Lawn
Hands-on approach to tefillin
In response to the sharp comments in a letter called
Tefillingate? (February 28):
Two weeks ago Temple Emanu-El of Closter sixth
graders were pictured in these pages, proudly wearing
hand-decorated tefillin. These colorful tefillin, which
are not kosher, were introduced lshem hinuch for
the sake of education. This annual hands-on project
culminates an engaging curriculum of the history and
mitzvah of tefillin. We introduce this project to stu-
dents before their bnai mitzvah celebration, with the
hope of making real tefillin more accessible, familiar,
and meaningful.
Wearing tefillin is a mitzvah we encourage from
men and women in our community.
Training wheels assist many in learning how to ride
a bicycle; we believe the same idea is true with the
sacred mitzvah of tefillin.
Rabbi Alex Freedman
Assistant Rabbi, Temple Emanu-El
Closter
Colon cancer awareness
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month.
While most Jews are aware of the genetically inher-
ited diseases that affect our community, such as Tay-
Sachs, few are aware of the increased risk posed by
colon cancer to Ashkenasi Jews. While the average
American has a 6 percent risk of developing colon can-
cer, this statistic is just a starting point for Jews.
A genetic mutation on the colon cancer gene is
found in over 6 percent of all Ashkenasi Jews in Amer-
ica. This mutation is present in 28 percent of those
Jews with a family history of colorectal cancer. Given
the increased incidence of inflammatory bowel dis-
ease in the Jewish population Crohns disease and
ulcerative colitis, which also predisposes to a higher
colon cancer rate it can be asserted confidently that
the average Ashkenasi Jew in America is at a higher
than average risk for colorectal cancer.
This would qualify Jewish patients for a more
appropriate screening strategy for colorectal cancer, one
reserved for people at a higher-than-normal risk. This would
include a screening colonoscopy at least by age 50. If any
relatives have had colon cancer or colon polyps, then the
first colonoscopy should be done by at least age 40. Jews
should view this as nothing more than routine screening,
like prostate exams, PAP smears, and mammographies.
If you are due for a colonoscopy, now is the time. If some-
one you love is due, it is time to start reminding them!
Scott David Lippe, M.D.
Paramus
(The writer is a board certified gastroenterologist.)
Correction
Due to a mortifying proofreading error, a col-
umn in last weeks issue inadvertently referred to
the wrong Jewish ritual object. Rabbi Menachem
Genacks essay should have been titled Tzitz, te-
fillin, and the halachic process and talked about
the tzitz, a golden headplate worn only by the
Temples High Priest, rather than tzitzit, the ritual
fringes worn by priest and commoner alike.
Cover Story
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JOANNE PALMER
I
ts fairly easy to say I hope you feel
better to a sick friend.
Its much harder to put your kid-
ney where your mouth is, but Cantor
Eric Wasser of the Fair Lawn Jewish Center
did.
On February 19, he donated a kidney to
his friend, Harvey Jaffee of Garfield.
Mr. Jaffee was in what his doctors were
starting to call end-stage kidney failure,
he reported. He now has a functioning
kidney and will be able to resume his life,
and Cantor Wasser will be able to return
to his. Both, they say, feel enriched and
ennobled (if temporarily weakened) by
the experience.
Mr. Jaffees kidneys had been failing for
some time, and he had trekked from doc-
tor to doctor as he tried to get on the regis-
try for a transplant. The screening process
is extraordinarily thorough. Its one of
the most daunting things in the world, he
said. They send you to doctor after doc-
tor, to check every orifice you have and
some that you dont. Sometimes I was see-
ing four or five doctors a week.
I started trying to get on the registry in
May, and I didnt get on it until October,
he said.
He also knew that once youre on the
list, you can wait for years; many people
die waiting. He also knew that it would
be far better for him to have a transplant
before he would have to go on dialysis, a
procedure that extends patients lives but
wreaks havoc on them nonetheless. Once
youre on dialysis, a transplant, while not
impossible, is harder. He also knew that
before long, if nothing changed, he would
not be able to avoid dialysis.
My kidney function was dropping rap-
idly, he said. I was concerned that I
wouldnt get a kidney in time.
Mr. Jaffee is an active volunteer in many
organizations and he teaches Hebrew
school. When I got on the list, the first
thing I did was send an email to every
organization whose board of directors
Im on which is many and to every
synagogue Ive worked in, he said. Im
a professional volunteer I have been for
most of my life. Those groups included
the Pine Brook Jewish Center in Montville,
Barnert Temple in Franklin Lakes, where
he has taught, Jewish Family Services of
North Jersey, the Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jerseys Florence Melton
School of Adult Jewish Learning and its
Synagogue Life Initiative, on whose boards
he sits, along with many of its subcom-
mittees, and his own shul, the Fair Lawn
Jewish Center he is a past president of
the shul. He also emailed his family, his
friends, and his clergy.
He asked all of them to consider donat-
ing a kidney.
People responded to him.
My rabbi Ronald Roth put it in
our weekly bulletin, and copied my let-
ter to him, Mr. Jaffee said. Hes a real
mensch. When you are on the board, you
get caught up in the naurishkeit the
nonsense and you can forget how good
people are. How good things can be.
His doctors at the Living Donor Insti-
tute at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in
Livingston tested potential donors one at
a time, Mr. Jaffee said. They send you a
tube, and you have to find a phlebotomist.
They pay for it; they send you the mailing
labels, but the only way that I knew that
people werent a match was when they
called and told me I was just rejected.
Mr. Jaffee has a clear penchant for find-
ing the good in the bad. I heard that so
many times, he said. It was humbling to
know how many people were interested
in helping me.
He happened to be one of the few guests
at a small wedding when Eric Cantor
Wasser turned to me and said, What
exactly does this entail? What do I have
to do? I said it was just a small blood test,
and Rachel, his wife, said, Do you think
I should do it too? I love egalitarianism.
And I love them both so much.
So Eric called me two weeks later and
said he hadnt received the test tube yet.
There was a queue. So I said, If youre
really serious, call them up and say you
want to be next.
Well, apparently he did. We already
knew that our blood types would be a
match, but we didnt think very much past
that. And then Eric texted me to tell me
that he had an appointment at Saint Barn-
abas the next day for tissue typing.
So I said, Eric, listen, I didnt even
realize that this was part of the process. Is
it a big deal? and Eric said, I offered to do
this, and I am doing it.
And then Eric called me up one day
and said, So you really want my f***ing
kidney?
It turned out that the two mens tissue
typing was unusually closely matched.
One doctor said your match couldnt have
been closer if you were brothers, he said.
Then they took blood from him and
from me and commingled them, had
them live together for a week to see what
happened. And then he got clearance and
then I got clearance, and then he said, If
you want my f***ing kidney, its yours,
Harve.
And I said, Get serious. And he said, I
am serious.
Mr. Jaffee and Cantor Wasser had lunch
together on the day before the surgeries.
Emotions ran high; there was some crying.
The two had been friends since before the
cantor first got to Fair Lawn nine years
ago in fact, Mr. Jaffee had been on the
search committee, and had decided that
he wanted to hire Cantor Wasser after
the first interview, when Cantor Was-
ser still was in Chicago. I didnt want a
cantor who would perform, Mr. Jaffee
said. I wanted a cantor who could teach
us to sing. So the emotional connection
between the two was longstanding and
ran deep.
Eric said we will have fun together, Mr.
Jaffee said. We will lay tefillin together.
We will be in rooms close to each other, so
we will have fun.
At lunch, I said, I cant thank you
enough for what you are doing. You know
you will have to go through hell, Mr.
Jaffee remembered. And he said, I dont
care. What I am doing for you is nothing
compared to what you are doing for me.
Mr. Jaffee, Cantor Wasser said, was
allowing him the chance to give, to under-
stand what giving could mean, and to
know that he was capable of giving such
a gift.
Mr. Jaffee knows about giving. For years,
Local cantor is living donor for beloved congregant
Take my kidney.
Please
Harvey Jaffee Cantor Eric Wasser
Cover Story
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A case of conflicting
commandments
Saving a life is paramount in
Judaism, but at what price?
SHAMMAI ENGELMAYER
Whoever saves a single life, it is as if he
has saved an entire world.
So the Talmud tells us, and so Chazan
Eric Wasser did two weeks ago Wednes-
day, when he gave up one of his kidneys
so that a congregant in his shul could
live. (See the accompanying article.)
A healthy person can donate a kidney;
a part of the liver, lung, or intestine, or
bone marrow. According to the Organ
Procurement and Transplantation Net-
work, which maintains a running count
on its website, as of the moment I write
these words, 99,357 people in the United
States are awaiting a kidney to save their
lives; 15,715 people are waiting for a liver;
another 1,621 are in need of a lung. Eigh-
teen people die each day because no
transplant is available in time.
There are approximately 20,000 peo-
ple who need donated bone marrow; the
average is 3,000 deaths a year because
no matching marrow was found in time.
Blood is the easiest to donate, yet
it almost always is in short supply in
emergency situations. The American
Red Cross says that it takes 80,000 units
per day to meet the nations needs; last
week, it announced that it was short
50,000 units of blood. Last September, a
nationwide blood shortage caused post-
ponement of elective surgeries in Phila-
delphia, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, which
were the heaviest hit areas.
Clearly, the need is there, and in the
case of blood, there is virtually no hala-
chic barrier to donating. Under Jewish
law, however, is it permissible to donate
a healthy organ? And what about being
an organ donor after death what does
halachah have to say about that?
(A digression is in order. Consider the
rest of this article to be a taste of what
is available in the JFNNJ-sponsored Flor-
ence Melton School of Adult Jewish
Learning, a program near and dear to
the heart of Harvey Jaffee, the recipient
of Cantor Wassers kidney; he has done
much in the last few years to keep the
Hebrew University-created program
going. Much of the material cited here
is the subject of two lessons its Ethics of
Jewish Living curriculum, one of the pro-
grams four core courses.)
Because saving a life is a prime direc-
tive in Judaism the Torah demands that
we not stand idly by when another
persons life is in danger (see Leviticus
19:16) whether it is permissible to
donate live organs would seem to be a
simple question to answer.
It is anything but.
There is a clear-cut conflict in Jewish
values here: While Judaism maintains
that we must do what we can to save
a life, it also maintains that all human
beings are equally valued, and thus
are equally entitled to protection and
preservation.
If all human life is precious, we must
go out of our way to save a life. Yet if all
humans are equal, we must draw the
line when our own lives are put at risk.
This is a valid concern in organ dona-
tions. After all, general anesthesia can
pose a risk and complications can arise
during surgery. Seventy years ago, 640
people out of every 1 million who were
administered general anesthesia died
because of it. Today, the number is
closer to seven out of every one million,
although the risk is a bit higher for peo-
ple over age 65. In December, a study of a
popular anesthetic, etomidate, revealed
patients given that drug had 2.5 times
the odds of dying [within 30 days] than
those given propofol, another popular
anesthetic.
Anasthesia is only the entry point
in the risks associated with surgery.
Organ donation
is a worthy
mitzvah [that]
will protect
the donor as
a thousand
shields.
RABBI OVADIA YOSEF
he raised money and used it to buy toys
and sweets for Israeli children in Shaarei
Tzedek hospital; he delivered them him-
self, using his own money. It was a proj-
ect he created and implemented on his
own, and with no publicity. The beauty
of Shaarei Tzedek is that its totally non-
sectarian, he said.
He has made friendships with patients
there that have lasted for years; he has
seen children saved by medical science
and others maimed by terrorism and blind
hatred. I dont understand the hate, he
said. I dont understand why hate is so
powerful, so powerful that it can get in the
way of love. In some small way, I had to do
what I could.
For many years, he gave anonymously,
but now, he has chosen to talk about his
own giving as he worked to convince his
friend and donor, Cantor Wasser, to step
forward. I all of a sudden realize that you
shouldnt always give anonymously, he
said. Names have power.
We decided to put it out in the
community.
We realized that we could teach what
community is about. People shouldnt be
leaving synagogues they should be join-
ing in droves. The outpouring of love has
been amazing.
Cantor Wasser filled in some of the story
of Mr. Jaffees charitable work as he talked
about his decision to donate his kidney.
For many years, he ran something
called the Harvey Jaffee Mitzvah Tour, he
said. He collected from here and distrib-
uted to various tzedakot in Israel. He was
able to help some very worthy charities in
the Holy Land, and he did it all on his own.
It was a very magnanimous gesture. He
is a very giving person; a person who loves
Judaism, and loves sharing his passion with
others. We have shared Shabbat meals and
kibbutzing, talking about synagogue and
community. We have a close relationship,
and he is a wonderful human being.
When doctors told him they were sur-
prised that the match was as strong as it
was, it felt amazing, and somewhat sur-
prising. Who knew that it would be some-
thing that we could move forward with?
When I first said to Harvey that he
could have my kidney, it was perhaps half
seriously and half in jest. I didnt know
that I possibly could be a donor for him.
After the first few weeks of testing, when
they called me back and said there was a
strong potential match, I was surprised. It
sort of made the process more real. More
concrete.
But I didnt have any moment of ambiv-
alence about being able to do this for my
friend who is a unique individual in our
community.
My wife and kids were extremely sup-
portive, and helped me through the pro-
cess of the surgery, and now the recovery.
Its something that cant be done by an
individual. It takes a group effort.
Rabbi Roth and the entire community
all have been extremely supportive, he
added.
Although at first he was hesitant about
going public with the donation he hates
the idea that anyone could possibly think
that he had done it for the glory, as if
abdominal surgery could be considered
glorious ultimately I decided that this
was an educative opportunity for us, he
said.
We could have done it under the radar
in theory, but these kinds of things tend
to get out. And anyway, I thought it was
important.
As educators, as clergy, we try to teach
people through our lives, through our
actions, what the right thing to do is. This
is a learning opportunity.
Its a way of practicing what we preach,
of giving to others.
It is an extraordinary act of chesed,
Rabbi Roth said. I didnt think any of us
were expecting this.
First of all, people should realize that
organ donations are very much consid-
ered a mitzvah in Jewish tradition.
Many people dont understand it, but
we all should be signing our donor cards.
It is a shame that in the United States,
unlike in many other countries, its not the
default option. Eighteen people die every
day because they are waiting for an organ
transplant.
The mitzvah of helping someone to live
overrides the general Jewish value of not
disturbing a body after death. And to be a
live donor goes beyond that.
No one is going to say that you are
required to do it. You are bringing some
pain and some danger onto yourself, even
though it is true that these operations are
much less dangerous today. Being willing
to do it is a tremendous act of chesed.
It is awe-inspiring.
It seems miraculous that Cantor Wasser
and Mr. Jaffee, who, after all, were unre-
lated, were such a good match, but accord-
ing to nurse-practitioner Marie Morgievich,
the director of the Living Donor Institute,
65 percent of living-donor kidney trans-
plants are direct, as this one was. The other
35 percent are alternative living donor
transplants.
In most cases, the donation is from a
As educators, as
clergy, we try to
teach people
through our
lives, through
our actions,
what the right
thing to do is.
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family member or a friend, she said. Sometimes we
have people come forward to donate to anyone in need.
Just as the process the would-be recipient goes
through is taxingly complete, so is the donors. We
do extensive medical and psychosocial evaluations; we
dont only look at them physically but also we make
sure that theyre making the right decision for the right
reason, she said. Each donor also works with highly
trained nurses whose time is dedicated to them, and to
donor advocates, who sit with the donors to make sure
they are fully educated. If the advocate thinks that the
potential donor has not fully internalized the potential
risks as well as the rewards, the staff begins the educa-
tion process once again. The advocates job is to make
sure that the donor is clear-eyed about the choice.
If donors turn out to be incompatible with the patients
for whom they have begun the process, the hospital can
work with them on what is called pair donation. They
can be entered into a swap program in exchange for
receiving a kidney for their recipient, Ms. Morgievich
said. We can do this at Saint Barnabas or in a national
database.
It is now possible to do kidney transplants even if the
donor and the recipient are not fully compatible. We
can cross the blood group barrier, and in some cases we
can do tissue-type incompatible transplants, she said.
If family members are willing to donate organs, they
are tested first, because they are more likely to be more
compatible, but it is not at all unusual for friends to be
compatible enough with each other for the transplant
to work, she said. Thats because of the advances that
have been made in understanding the immune system.
New medications and a more sophisticated understand-
ing of how the immune system works permit a wider
range of donors.
In the last 15 years, we have seen great advances in
transplant medications, she said. Donor surgery is
done laparoscopicly its called laparoscopic nephrol-
ogy. The hospital stay typically is one or two days. We
have trouble keeping them in that second day, although
I encourage them to stay. They can go back to work in
two weeks, although we encourage them to stay home
for three, and they can drive after a week.
Donors number one complaint is fatigue, not pain.
We have made great advances in pain medication.
Donors are carefully screened. They usually range
from their mid 20s to about 70. Some of the main risks
that would rule someone out is being diabetic, having
uncontrolled high blood pressure, or obesity.
Most of the donors she sees make their choice based
on seeing their loved one suffering seeing the devas-
tation of dialysis. They are mourning for the life that the
recipient had, and maybe for the life of the family.
They also receive a tremendous emotional benefit
from helping another human being.
Cantor Wasser agrees with that. I am blessed with
good health, and this was a very real opportunity to
help someone else out.
Mr. Jaffee will be able to continue with his life, which
always has involved giving at least as much as he is given.
And together, both men hope that someone else will
see and seize the opportunity to give this extraordinary
gift of life, to pay it forward.
FIVE YEARS LATER
Rabbi looks back
at kidney donation
LARRY YUDELSON
Rabbi Ephraim Simon regrets that he has but one kid-
ney to give to save a life.
Five years ago, Rabbi Simon, who heads Teanecks
Chabad community, donated one of his kidneys to a
stranger in Brooklyn.
The match was arranged by Chaya Lipshutz, who
donated a kidney in 2005 and now runs kidneymitz-
vah.com, a website that promotes kidney donation.
The laparoscopic surgery barely left a scar, Rabbi
Simon said, and the recovery was easy: A week later,
I was dancing at my sister-in-laws wedding. A month
and a half later, I walked two and a half miles to Hack-
ensack Medical Center to blow the shofar on Rosh
Hashanah, he said.
Rabbi Simon was moved to donate his kidney by a
request Ms. Lipshutz had placed on the TeaneckShuls
mailing list for a 12-year-old girl who needed one des-
perately. As the father at the time of 11- and 13-year-
old girls (he has nine children in all), Rabbi Simon
couldnt delete that email and go on with my life
while there was a 12-year-old girl who was suffering.
As it happened, the girl found another donor. But
once Rabbi Simon was in Ms. Lipshutzs files, he was
asked to undergo tissue matching testing for other
donors. The third time, he matched. Then came
a series of medical tests to ensure he was healthy
enough to donate and then the operation, which
gave one of his kidneys a new home.
Since then, he has told his story, and inspired oth-
ers to donate, which leaves him feeling very hum-
bled, very blessed.
Anyone who is thinking of doing it should feel free
to contact me at any time, he said.
LARRY YUDELSON
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to work, she said. Thats because of the advances that
have been made in understanding the immune system.
New medications and a more sophisticated understand-
ing of how the immune system works permit a wider
range of donors.
In the last 15 years, we have seen great advances in
transplant medications, she said. Donor surgery is
done laparoscopicly its called laparoscopic nephrol-
ogy. The hospital stay typically is one or two days. We
have trouble keeping them in that second day, although
I encourage them to stay. They can go back to work in
two weeks, although we encourage them to stay home
for three, and they can drive after a week.
Donors number one complaint is fatigue, not pain.
We have made great advances in pain medication.
Donors are carefully screened. They usually range
from their mid 20s to about 70. Some of the main risks
that would rule someone out is being diabetic, having
uncontrolled high blood pressure, or obesity.
Most of the donors she sees make their choice based
on seeing their loved one suffering seeing the devas-
tation of dialysis. They are mourning for the life that the
recipient had, and maybe for the life of the family.
They also receive a tremendous emotional benefit
from helping another human being.
Cantor Wasser agrees with that. I am blessed with
good health, and this was a very real opportunity to
help someone else out.
Mr. Jaffee will be able to continue with his life, which
always has involved giving at least as much as he is given.
And together, both men hope that someone else will
see and seize the opportunity to give this extraordinary
gift of life, to pay it forward.
Transplant halacha
BPY students explore the evolution of kidney donations
Would you donate blood?
What about a kidney or bone marrow?
Is live donation even permitted according to Jewish
law?
And what does a kidney look like, anyway?
Junior high students at Yeshivat Ben Porat Yosef in
Paramus devoted all of February 19 to exploring these
questions, as part of the schools Discovery Learning
Day program, geared to making science, math, and tech-
nology lessons fun and hands-on.
Because new science teacher Aaron Kogut has a mas-
ters degree in bioethics, he was asked to plan a Dis-
covery Learning Day for sixth- to eighth-graders. He
chose live organ donation as a non-frightening way to
approach the subject.
This is something they can relate to a little bit more,
and grasp in a tangible sense especially blood dona-
tion, Mr. Kogut said. We started the day talking about
the general science and medicine to understand the role
of blood, bone marrow, and kidneys in the body.
The 40 children then heard presentations from kid-
ney donor Rabbi Ephraim Simon and from kidney recip-
ient Dana Tunick.
Rabbi Simon, co-director of Friends of Lubavitch of
Bergen County, donated a kidney to a 51-year-old father
of 10 in 2009. He told the children about the procedure,
and why he opted to do it despite any risks or discom-
fort. I spend my whole life as a rabbi trying to inspire
people, and trying to teach people, but the people who
I feel I want to inspire the most and teach the most are
my own children, he said.
To better understand the halachic ( Jewish legal)
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As Mr. Kogut pointed out, live organ donation exem-
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in science and technology. The main consideration
involves weighing risks against the requirement to save
another life.
We showed them that as science and medicine
developed over the last 40 years, and [transplant]
surgeries became commonplace, halacha changed its
approach from prohibiting live organ donation to com-
pletely permitting it, he said. They got to see how
halacha evolved over time.
The school arranged to host a Gift of Life bone-mar-
row donor registration drive that day. Though the chil-
dren were too young to register, they watched as 18 staff
members and parents did cheek swabs to submit sam-
ples, and they practiced swabbing the insides of their
own cheeks as well.
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synthetic blood, and with Mr. Kogut they dissected a
sheep kidney. These hands-on labs were a hit with the
students.
It was cool to look at parts of the kidney and how
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To reinforce what his pupils had learned, Mr. Kogut
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Perhaps a more serious concern is what
is known as Health Care Associated
Infections (HAI); one in every 20 patients
contracts an HAI while in a hospital;
too many die. The HAI-related death in
our area two weeks ago of Rabbi Yossie
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The talmudic sage Rabbi Akiva, in
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have a right to risk our lives to save the
life of someone else. Your life takes pre-
cedence, he said. (See the interesting
discussion in Babylonian Tractate Bava
Metzia 62a.)
As noted, however, he was respond-
ing to an extreme hypothetical, one that
requires absolute certain knowledge of
the outcome. Absolute certainty is hard
to come by, however. Is any risk forbid-
den, or is it a question of degree of risk?
For this, we turn to a discussion in BT
Sanhedrin 73a. There it is stated that
the Torah demands that if one sees
his companion drowning in the sea or
being dragged by an animal, or being
attacked by bandits, he is obligated to
come to his rescue, either by himself,
or by hiring others to do so, if the situa-
tion allows for it.
Maimonides, the Rambam, codified
this in his Mishneh Torah, the Laws of
the Murderer and of Saving Lives, 1:14:
Anyone who is able to rescue and none-
theless does not, violates the prohibition
of Do not stand idly....
In his commentary to Sanhedrin 73a,
the 13th century French scholar Men-
achem Meiri went further: Not only
is he himself required, if he can do so
without endangering himself..., but even
through the assistance of others whom
he must hire....
In other words, we are dealing with
degree of risk. If there is a 50-50 chance
of survival or less, the risk is considered
a vadai sakanah, a certain danger, and
Jewish law forbids taking that risk. Once
the risk falls below 50 percent, however
(safek sakanah), a strong minority of
opinion allows the risk to be taken.
The late Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, in
Yechaveh Daat 3:84, applied this to kid-
ney transplants.
Because God- feari ng medi cal
experts state that the removal of a
kidney is minimal, and that roughly 99
percent of kidney donors recuperate
fully..., he ruled in 1980, according to
the halachah it is permissible, and even a
mitzvah.... And this worthy mitzvah will
protect the donor as a thousand shields.
Rabbi Solomon Freehof, arguably
Reform Judaisms foremost legal author-
ity, was not so positive in his response
(see Freehof, S., Kidney Transplants,
in New Reform Responsa, 1980), how-
ever, because the operation on the
potential donor to remove the kidney
involves danger and may not go well,
and the operation itself may not be
quite successful. Thus, while not ban-
ning the procedure outright, he ruled
that Jewish ethics does not require us
to enter into potential personal danger
... when the benefit of the one to be res-
cued is itself not absolutely clear.
Reforms Central Conference of
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responsum about a live liver donation.
It acknowledged that Jewish tradition
sees the preservation of human life as a
mitzvah of the highest order. However,
if the attempt to rescue another per-
son would pose a mortal danger (vadai
sakanah) to our own lives, we are forbid-
den to attempt the rescue ... [because]
your own life takes precedence.
The CCAR responsum referred to
live liver donation surgery as a safek
sakanah. If so..., an individual is not
obligated and may well be forbidden
to donate part of his or her liver for
transplantation.
That decision, it added, is a valid
Jewish choice, and we must not criticize
a person for making it.
On the other hand, The procedures
risks, though not insignificant, are man-
ageable, the CCAR responsum said.
Thus, there is a need to balance the
predominant viewpoint, which grants
us the necessary right to safeguard our
own lives from danger, with the minority
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viewpoint, which reaches beyond this bare
minimum standard of conduct toward a
higher aspiration for our lives.
On balance, it ruled, One is therefore
permitted to serve as a live liver donor.
That ruling ran counter to an opin-
ion offered in 2002 by Rabbi Moshe D.
Tendler, who while certainly on the right
halachically, nevertheless is more open
to transplants and even favors stem cell
research. (He also is a Ph.D in biology and
a recognized medical ethicist).
The Judaeo-Biblical tradition forbids
self-sacrifice even to save the life of a loved
one, he wrote in On the Beat, the New
York Organ Donor Networks newsletter.
Live donation of kidneys has proven to
be a low-risk procedure for the donor. The
same cannot be said for adult/adult liver
lobe transplant. Until the surgical tech-
nique improves, the risk to the donor who
must donate a major portion of the liver
is too great to encourage this procedure.
Adult/child transplants, however, requir-
ing only a small lobe of the liver (which has
the ability to regenerate in a short time)
can be approved.
Because the shortage of organs is so
acute, in the same article Rabbi Tendler
took a far more lenient, albeit cautious,
view on the issue of paying donors for
their organs. He admitted that this was a
slippery slope, but one he felt was worth
the risk.
As he noted, he was not alone in think-
ing this way. Leading medical journals
(New England Journal of Medicine in the
USA and Lancet in England) have pub-
lished thoughtful articles suggesting that
remuneration will not lead to the com-
modification (treating as a commodity) of
body parts, or exploitation of the indigent,
if the organs are donated to the national
organ bank and not directed to a specified
individual, he wrote. The Jewish tradi-
tion reluctantly concurs with this analysis
because of the overarching consideration
of saving a life.
Clearly, when it comes to live donors,
most decisors argue that Jewish law
encourages organ donations when the
odds favor a full recovery for the donor.
There is no risk to a donor who is already
dead, however. It would seem, therefore,
that organ donation after death is less
problematic from the standpoint of Jew-
ish law.
Yet, the opposite is true, for a number
of reasons.
Foremost among these are the belief
that we humans are created in the image of
God, and the issue of how we define death.
If we are created in Gods image (assum-
ing God has an image, which normative
Jewish tradition insists God does not), then
desecrating the human body in any way
for any reason desecrates that image.
On the other hand, if God commanded
that we must not stand idly by, to not
desecrate the human body to help others
also violates Gods law.
In an August 1995 article in Moment
Magazine, Adena K. Berkowitz provided
a heart-wrenching example of this conun-
drum. The case involved an Israeli girl
who flew with her family to the U.S. for a
liver transplant. On the plane, the young
girl, while on life support, was declared
brain dead. The team assembled to try to
save her life now turned to her family and
asked if they would donate her remaining
healthy organs. They said no. The Israeli
family explained, We feel for the other
families and we want to help, but we have
asked our rabbi and he has said that it is
not permitted under Jewish law.
If their rabbi did say such a thing, it was
because he considered that leaving the
body intact, meaning not desecrating
Gods image, was of greater importance
than the mitzvah not to stand idly by when
someones life needs saving.
Desecrating Gods image, in fact, is a
non-issue in such cases, according to all
but the most rigid authorities. Even the
Talmud seems to acknowledge this. In a
discussion in BT Chullin 11b, we are told
parenthetically that when an individuals
life is at stake, desecration of the deceased
is permitted.
True, some authorities deny this not
because Gods image is being desecrated,
but because the body of the deceased will
not be whole at the time of the resurrec-
tion of the dead. No less a medical eth-
ics authority than the late Rabbi Eliezer
Waldenberg, for many years the super-
vising rabbi of Shaare Tzedek Hospital in
Jerusalem and one of the foremost Ortho-
dox authorities on halachah and medicine,
forbade a cornea transplant because the
donor will be blind in his eyes at the time
of resurrection. It is not clear, however,
where Rabbi Waldenberg actually stood
on transplant issues. In one instance, at
least, he approved of a kidney transplant,
despite his views on resurrection.
Most people believe that Rabbi Walden-
bergs view, in fact, is the normative Jew-
ish belief, but it is not. For example,
Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, chief rabbi of Beit
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El in Israel and head of Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim,
called such assertions nonsense. The donor will
not be missing anything, he wrote in 2004. On the
contrary, an organ with which this great mitzvah is
done will reappear twice as healthy at the time of
resurrection.
The Agudath Israel of America, for one, does not
permit organ donations after death, except in very
narrow circumstances. Most rabbinic organizations,
however, both here and in Israel, take the opposite
view. The Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Amer-
ica, the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly, and the
Reform CCAR all encourage their laities to become
organ donors, within set guidelines. Other rabbinic
groups permit organ donations, but only to save the
life of another Jew, or in some cases only an observant
Jew by their definition of observance. Rabbi Tendler,
among many others, considers such positions to be a
chilul hashem, a desecration of Gods name.
It should be noted, in passing, that virtually all
authorities allow the acceptance of a transplanted
organ, even if they oppose donating that organ, as in
the case of the young Israeli girl just cited.
The more serious halachic hurdle to post-death
donation is in defining death; more accurately, defin-
ing when death actually occurs. Jewish law maintains
that if actual death (as opposed to some arbitrary med-
ical definition of death) has not occurred, to harvest
an organ is to commit murder (or, at the least, to has-
ten death).
Time of death is critical in organ donation. Kid-
neys and the pancreas remain viable for a while even
after death, but livers, hearts, and lungs must be har-
vested before the body has shut down.
Traditionally, death has been defined since talmu-
dic times as when breathing ceases. This is based on
Genesis 7:22, which states, All in whose nostrils was
the merest breath of life. In the 17th century, Rabbi
Yehudah Aryeh of Modena explained the Talmuds
definition as meaning that the brain has stopped func-
tioning. [A]ll opinions agree that the fundamental
source of life is in the brain, he wrote. Therefore, if
one examines the nose first [the Talmuds test], which
is the organ of servitude of the brain, and there is
no spontaneous respiration, none of them [the rab-
binic opinions] doubts that life has departed from the
brain.
It is this opinion that was seized on as the game-
changer in organ transplantation. If brain function,
not respiration, is the key to actual death, then liv-
ers, hearts, and lungs may be harvested to save a life.
The case of 20-year-old Alisa Flatow, the New Jersey
native who was the victim of a suicide bomber in April
1995, is the paradigm here. After she was declared to
be brain dead, her father, Steven Flatow, consulted
with Rabbi Tendler and with his own rabbi, Alvin
Marcus. With their approval, he agreed to allow his
daughters heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas, and
corneas to be transplanted into six people who were
on the transplant waiting list. Although two of the six
subsequently died, the lives of four people were saved.
Alisa Flatow will not only get credit in heaven
above for the four people alive, walking around with
her organs, but the many hundreds who will be saved
because other people will be inspired to follow her
example, Rabbi Tendler was quoted as saying.
Accepting brain death as the definition of actual
definition would seem to be supported by a comment
in Mishnah Ohalot 1:6a. According to that talmudic
source, a decapitated person is dead regardless of
whether blood continues to flow, or the body contin-
ues to twitch. Rabbi Tendler argues that a brain-dead
person is like a physiologically decapitated one.
Another noted and widely respected decisor, Rabbi J.
David Bleich, disagrees. In Time of Death in Jewish Law, he
wrote, only irreversible cessation of respiratory and car-
diac activity accompanied by total absence of movement
is death according to Jewish law.
Rabbi Bleich (who does support low-risk transplants in
cases of live donors) agrees that decapitation ends life; a
passing reference in his rather lengthy heavily-footnoted
discussion indicates this. He simply does not agree that
decapitation is the same thing as brain death, because
it is impossible to say with certainty that a persons brain
is indeed dead. He quotes Dr. Henry K. Beecher, who
headed a Harvard Medical School study on brain death pub-
lished in 1968 and subsequently wrote, Only a very bold
man, I think, would attempt to define death.
In the end, in the case of post-death organ donations, it
boils down to which authority a person is willing to heed,
or to personal choice. Rabbi Bleichs position notwithstand-
ing, ever more authorities today are willing to accept brain
death as actual death. Saving a life, or several lives, as in the
case of Alisa Flatow, takes precedence, in their view.
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donation. He split the class into two, and each team
researched their side of the argument. Math specialist
Stephanie Goldberg helped them compile and inter-
pret relevant statistics.
This activity helped them absorb the information
and pushed them to go beyond an academic stand-
point to think about what it all meant to them, said
Mr. Kogut, who donned a white powdered wig to act
as the judge in the ensuing mock trial staged at the end
of the day. Not surprisingly, Judge Kogut ruled in favor
of the pro team.
Idan Glickman, a sixth-grader from Teaneck, was on
the con side. It was hard to find an argument against
live organ donation, he admitted. We found informa-
tion on the chances of something bad happening, and
tried to put that more convincingly, like a recent case
of a man dying after receiving a kidney.
Fair Lawn seventh-grader Yaelle Louk was on the
pro side. One point we made is that it helps other
people, and even if there could be a chance of an infec-
tion, saving someones life is a great reason for some-
one to donate a kidney, she said. I would encour-
age people to do this because its important to restore
someones life.
BPY usually has two Discovery Learning Days per
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on the five senses was geared specifically to the ele-
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Its a wonderful testament to the school that we
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This activity helped them absorb the information
and pushed them to go beyond an academic stand-
point to think about what it all meant to them, said
Mr. Kogut, who donned a white powdered wig to act
as the judge in the ensuing mock trial staged at the end
of the day. Not surprisingly, Judge Kogut ruled in favor
of the pro team.
Idan Glickman, a sixth-grader from Teaneck, was on
the con side. It was hard to find an argument against
live organ donation, he admitted. We found informa-
tion on the chances of something bad happening, and
tried to put that more convincingly, like a recent case
of a man dying after receiving a kidney.
Fair Lawn seventh-grader Yaelle Louk was on the
pro side. One point we made is that it helps other
people, and even if there could be a chance of an infec-
tion, saving someones life is a great reason for some-
one to donate a kidney, she said. I would encour-
age people to do this because its important to restore
someones life.
BPY usually has two Discovery Learning Days per
year for the entire school, but this year the fall topic
on the five senses was geared specifically to the ele-
mentary grades, while this one was for the junior-
high grades. The following week, the whole yeshiva
enjoyed a learning day about catapults. (See story,
page 8.)
Its a wonderful testament to the school that we
can give opportunities to students to think out of the
box and explore in such a complete way outside the
classroom, Mr. Kogut said.
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URIEL HEILMAN
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f it wasnt clear before, it should be
abundantly clear now: The Ortho-
dox establishment will not sanction
so-called partnership minyans, and
its willing to go to the mat to fight them.
In recent weeks, a flurry of articles by
leading Orthodox rabbis and scholars have
taken aim at the growing phenomenon of
partnership minyans, which feature tra-
ditional Orthodox liturgy and mechitzah
dividers separating the genders but allow
women to read from the Torah and lead
certain parts of the service.
Last week came news of a penalty for
a rabbinical school student who had
attended one such minyan: The New York
Jewish Week reported that Yeshiva Uni-
versitys Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theologi-
cal Seminary, known as RIETS, had threat-
ened to withhold rabbinic ordination from
a young man who had hosted a partner-
ship minyan in his home.
The threat came in the form of a Janu-
ary 13 letter to the student signed by Rabbi
Menachem Penner, RIETS acting dean,
who said that women leading services or
getting called to the Torah for an aliyah are
practices deemed prohibited by all recog-
nized poskim, or religious authorities.
A rabbi ordained by RIETS would be
expected to not participate in such activi-
ties nor create a public impression that he
supports such activities in normative prac-
tice, said the letter, a copy of which was
posted online by the Jewish Channel.
After news of the threat leaked, YU
announced that it had secured a commit-
ment from the student who had success-
fully completed his course of study but
had not yet formally been granted his cer-
tificate of ordination to uphold the insti-
tutions principles. The student, identified
as Shalom, is now cleared to participate in
RIETS ordination on March 23.
The battle over partnership minyans
is just the latest scuffle in the war over
womens roles in the Orthodox commu-
nity. It comes on the heels of a controversy
sparked in January when SAR, the mod-
ern Orthodox high school in Riverdale,
New York, announced that it was allow-
ing young women to wear tefillin, and its
part of a continuum of debate on womens
roles in Orthodoxy that goes back decades.
Some changes that proved deeply con-
tentious at the time of their inception are
now normative in modern Orthodox cir-
cles, such as womens Talmud study and
womens-only prayer services. Others are
still highly controversial, such as ordaining
women clergy.
Whenever theres change in the Ortho-
dox community, it comes with a lot of
birthing pains. By nature it has to, said
Bat Sheva Marcus, one of the coordina-
tors of Minyan Shachar, a partnership
minyan that meets at a Reform synagogue
in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. I
was very involved in the womens tefillah
[prayer] movement 25 years ago, and the
reactions were exactly the same ironi-
cally, because womens tefillah now is the
acceptable option.
For Orthodox Jews who support the
expansion of womens roles, the innova-
tions of partnership minyans are a way
to bring some of the egalitarianism they
experience in other areas of their lives into
Jewish practice without breaking the lim-
its of Jewish law, or halacha. Rabbi Daniel
Sperber, a professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan
University and the most prominent Ortho-
dox authority on Jewish law who backs
these minyans, says that the halachic
principle of human dignity provides an
opening to allow women to take public
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ritual roles in the synagogue.
To their opponents, these changes are
dangerous deviations from halacha, made
more insidious by the fact that they are
happening inside the Orthodox commu-
nity, done by Jews who claim to be acting
according to Jewish law.
Rabbi Hershel Schachter, a yeshiva head
at RIETS, has been the leading voice in
the recent chorus of condemnation. In a
recent article, Rabbi Schachter argued that
having women lead services or read from
the Torah constitutes a religious breach
that corrupts the spirit and violates Jewish
laws regarding womens modesty, public
dignity, and the requirement of deferring
to Torah sages.
It is forbidden for us to adopt new cus-
toms such that they will make a mockery
of earlier generations, Rabbi Schachter
wrote in Hebrew.
Partnership minyans have existed on
the fringe of the Orthodox community for
more than a decade, starting with Shira
Hadasha, which was established in Jeru-
salem in 2002. Over the last decade they
have spread rapidly in the United States,
including Kol Sasson in Skokie, Ill.; Min-
yan Tehillah in Cambridge, Mass.; Dark-
hei Noam in Manhattan, and Rosh Pina
in Washington. More than two dozen are
listed on the website of the Jewish Ortho-
dox Feminist Alliance, though they dont
all meet every Shabbat.
None of the minyans are full-time con-
gregations with daily services, and they
operate without congregational rabbis and
meet in rented space, usually in Conser-
vative or Reform institutions. Though they
draw mostly from the Orthodox commu-
nity, they also have attracted Jews raised
in the Conservative movement who are
looking for more observant communi-
ties. The minyans generally avoid calling
themselves Orthodox but say they oper-
ate within the letter of Jewish law even
if their services upend centuries of Ortho-
dox tradition.
This is not coming out of the Conserva-
tive movement; this is coming from people
who regard themselves as Orthodox, said
Marc Shapiro, a Judaic studies professor
at the University of Scranton. These are
Orthodox minyanim, structured precisely
to appeal to the Orthodox because they
claim to be halachic. And its a movement
from the bottom up.
In partnership minyans, women may
open the holy ark, lead the Kabbalat Shab-
bat hymns on Friday night and the early
morning Psukei Dzimra prayers, read
from the Torah, and get called to the
Torah. But they may not lead the Shacharit
or Musaf services, because that would vio-
late Jewish legal precepts requiring prayer
leaders to be obligated themselves in the
recitation of those prayers. (Only men are
obligated to recite the Shacharit and Musaf
prayers at their appointed times, accord-
ing to Orthodox law.)
Because partnership minyans have
mechitzahs, managing the egalitarianism
can require some delicate choreography.
The table where the Torah is read must
be located in a neutral area, accessible by
both men and women. Depending on who
takes the Torah out of the ark, it may be
passed from one side of the room to the
other on its way to the table. Some min-
yans have two lecterns for prayer leaders,
one on each side of the mechitzah.
While partnership minyans have made
A woman leads a partnership minyan
at the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alli-
ance conference in December.
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inroads among Orthodox Jews, theyre still kept at arms
length by Orthodox institutions. A recent article pub-
lished in Tradition, the journal of the Rabbinical Council
of America, the mainstream Orthodox rabbis association,
concludes, like Rabbi Schachter, that partnership minyans
violate Jewish law.
In a statement issued to JTA, the leaders of the Ortho-
dox Union said they reached the same conclusion.
The consensus of the rabbis to whom the Orthodox
Union turns to for halachic guidance is unequivocal, that
partnership minyanim are improper, said the statement,
signed by rabbis Steven Weil and Tzvi Hersh Weinreb. It
is our goal to assert this position in a way that strives to
maintain the unity of the Jewish people.
The only Orthodox institution in the country that seems
open to the minyans is Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, the lib-
eral Orthodox rabbinical seminary in Riverdale. The
founder of that school, Rabbi Avi Weiss, long has stirred
controversy for his positions on womens issues: He
ordained the first Orthodox clergywoman several years
ago and has established a yeshiva for ordaining women as
clergy. His synagogue, the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale,
has allowed partnership minyans to meet in the building.
Choveveis president, Rabbi Asher Lopatin, says part-
nership minyans are within the bounds of Jewish law.
Theres a lot of disagreement about it, but its well
within Orthodoxy, Rabbi Lopatin said. Its just not nor-
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Netanyahu: BDS movement
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The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement
against Israel will fail, Prime Minister Benjamin Netan-
yahu said Tuesday at the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee conference in Washington, D.C.
Beyond our traditional trading partners, countries
throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America, these coun-
tries are flocking to Israel wanting Israeli technology,
Netanyahu said.
The BDS boycott movement is not going to stop
that, any more than the Arab movement could stop
Israel from becoming a global technological power,
he said. They are going to fail. Israels best eco-
nomic days are ahead of it, mark my words, Netan-
yahu added.
On the Iran nuclear program, Netanyahu said the
soothing words of Iranian leaders dont square
with Irans aggressive actions, such as building a
heavy water reactor, which has no purpose in a peace-
ful nuclear program, or building intercontinental bal-
listic missiles, whose only purpose is to carry nuclear
warheads.
Iran must be prevented not just from having a
nuclear weapon, but also from having the capacity to
make one, said Netanyahu.
Peace with the Palestinians, meanwhile, would open
up the possibility of establishing formal ties between
Israel and many Arab countries, and the combination
of Israeli innovation and gulf entrepreneurship can
catapult the entire region forward, Netanyahu said.
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Israel of boycotts
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Without mentioning Secretary of State John Kerry by
name, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) apparently
took a shot at comments on boycotts of Israel that
Kerry made last month in Germany.
Those with even the best of intentions who warn
Israel that it will face increased boycotts if it does not
reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians have
it all wrong, Schumer said at the American Israel Pub-
lic Affairs Committee conference in Washington, D.C.
Those quote unquote friends [of Israel] should be
condemning the boycotts in any possible way, weaken-
ing them, Schumer said.
In February at the Munich Security Conference,
Kerry said in connection with the outcome of Israeli-
Palestinian conflict negotiations, There are talks of
boycotts [of Israel] and other kinds of things. Are we
all going to be better with all of that?
President Barack Obama, asked if he agreed with
Kerrys assessment on boycotts and if the current talks
present the last chance for peace, said in comments
published Sunday by Bloomberg View that Kerry has
been simply stating what observers inside of Israel and
outside of Israel recognize, which is that with each
successive year, the window is closing for a peace deal
that both the Israelis can accept and the Palestinians
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idea of having the competition as a way of raising
money for our camp, said Roy Angstreich, the foun-
dations executive director. Serving as a counselor
at our Israeli camp has a tremendous impact on the
teens who work with our kids, and we were honored
that Gaby felt the importance of helping us provide
the camp experience for even more kids. The com-
petition not only raises funds for our camp but also
raises awareness of the work that we do on behalf of
the victims of terror.
Mr. Novick launched the irst VBS competition
in 2010 with fellow Rambam Mesivta senior Jacob
Bernstein, an a cappella singer. The idea was put-
ting together chesed acts of kindness fun, and
music, he said.
He based the competition on a similar annual choral
event for yeshiva high school girls that began a couple
of years before at the Hebrew Academy of Five Towns
and Rockaway. Every year, a different charity receives
the proceeds of ticket sales.
The name of the competition is taken from a litur-
gical poem read in many congregations on Shavuot,
Vatah banim shiru lamelech btiferet mfoar, And
now, my sons, sing to the King with magniicent glory.
Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. VBS performance cost $10.
All the costs of the production are covered by spon-
sors, so 100 percent of the proceeds can go to the
foundation.
Rabbi Mandell said he and his wife are grateful to Mr.
Novick for helping to offset the foundations annual
$1.7 million budget, of which Camp Koby accounts for
about $700,000.
The fact that people are still thinking and car-
ing about those who lost family members to terror
is meaningful to us personally, and to the kids and
families who have suffered here in Israel, he said.
It warms my heart that events like this continue to
remind people of Kobys life and his sacriice. Gabys
continued involvement is very inspiring to me.
Mr. Novick said the camp taught him that the trauma
of losing a close family member to terrorism lasts long
after the headlines fade.
Down the road, children are still dealing with issues,
and bereaved parents still need support, he said. I saw
that the camp is such a great experience for these chil-
dren to open up and meet other kids who have been
through similar experiences, and Sherri does tremen-
dous work with mothers. It seems there isnt as much
tragedy going on in Israel these days, but that doesnt
mean these families dont need help, so I want to raise
awareness for the cause and help raise money.
Sing
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takes place once somebody is convinced that the local gov-
ernment and state legislature have the power [to respond]
to our needs its so easy.
There are so many active people willing to give of them-
selves. In this regard, she said, Bergen County is amazing.
Ms. Frankston-Morris said there are different ways to be
involved in advocacy, beyond going to Trenton to lobby.
She cited holding communal leadership meetings with leg-
islators in their districts, attending educational sessions
to learn how to engage in advocacy, and helping coordi-
nate opportunities in schools and synagogues to engage
the legislature.
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the positions of legislators, especially during election sea-
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inscriptions on its facade: The Lord our God the
Lord is One in Hebrew, I am the Way in Aramaic,
and There is no God but God in Arabic.
Its not the Israelis that are the roadblocks [to
peace] here; its the other countries that havent
accepted Israel as Israel has accepted them, Mr.
Sweeney said.
The itinerary included visits to New Jersey-Israeli
sister cities such Nahariya, as well as many sites of
religious, historic, and geopolitical significance. The
lawmakers visited an absorption center for Ethio-
pian Jews, Yatir Winery, Jewish and Bedouin Negev
cities, the Technion, and Western Galilee Hospital.
They dined in a variety of ethnic restaurants and
spoke with a range of Israelis, from lone soldiers
and industrialists to community activists and gov-
ernment officials.
State senator Loretta Weinberg of Teaneck (D-Dist.
37), the Senate majority leader, told Speaker of the
Knesset Yuli Edelstein that hed feel very much at
home in New Jersey.
She noted many changes and advances in the
country since her first visit in 1995. Learning the
ins and outs of the Knesset was a highlight for me,
she said.
Ms. Weinberg told Michal Yudin, founder of WePower,
an organization that grooms female political leaders in
Israel, about the Center for American Women and Poli-
tics based at Rutgers University. I hope we can do a pro-
gram with her next year, she said.
The senator also managed to squeeze in a visit
with Esther Benovitz, a dear friend from Teaneck,
who made aliyah about 10 years ago.
This trip was a chance to travel in Israel with
some of my fellow legislators and to be able to help
translate a little about our religion and our coun-
try, she added. At the Yad Vashem memorial to
Holocaust victims, she participated in a kaddish
ceremony. She stood next to Sen. Sandra Cunning-
ham (D-Dist. 31) from Jersey City, who happens to
be African-American, and there were a few tender
moments between us as we contemplated aspects of
our shared history.
Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R-Dist. 39), who
is Catholic, brought along her husband, who is Jew-
ish. To see the roots of both of our faiths has been
incredible, she said.
She said that she listened carefully to speakers
with differing viewpoints on the Israeli-Palestinian
issue and Iran, and how to bring lasting peace to a
region when there is so much instability in surround-
ing countries.
She also noted: As one of only two Republicans
on this trip, it afforded me the opportunity to get
to know some of my Democratic colleagues, and its
been very interesting to get their perspectives.
Sen. Donald Norcross (D-Dist. 5) said he most
enjoyed the people of Israel. They were remarkably
kind and always willing to share insights, he said.
Mark S. Levenson of West Orange, a partner at the
law firm Sills Cummis & Gross PC, the president of
the New Jersey State Association of Federations, and
the chair of the mission, said, The New Jersey State
Association of Federations, the umbrella organiza-
tion for the 11 federations in the state, was pleased
to organize this legislative mission to Israel so as to
educate and inform our legislators on the beauty
of Israel, the special relationship between America
and Israel, and the strength of the Israeli people, the
Israeli government, and the Israel Defense Forces.
Legislators
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or unintentional shooting than to be used in self-
defense gives us the perspective to understand that we
have the responsibility to adjudicate the divergence
between norm and intent, because our society is ours
to govern. When the Talmud teaches that someone
who takes one life destroys a world and someone who
saves one life saves a world, the meaning is that the
world is given to us. It is for us to destroy it or to save
it. To promote gun control is not to banish all weap-
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ciple. Laws, and the meaning of the Constitution itself,
evolve to reflect changes in the society that those laws
and constitutions exist to protect, just as our under-
standing of the Torah can evolve from generation to
generation.
My analoy to Torah questions might seem forced,
because someone might say that my duty to care for
the legal heritage of the society should not compare
to my duty as a rabbi to defend the word of the Torah.
But the analoy is intended and is apt. Unlike in the
case of Torah questions, where the rabbis and syna-
gogues voices are primary, here in a political question
it is easy to say that the rabbi and synagogue have no
role. Politics have no place on the bimah, we often
hear.
But I disagree. When I say something that upsets
no one, then I know that I have said nothing. I dont
expect everyone to agree with me. My role is to teach
my Torah, my sense of what is right. That is all I
can do. Whenever I hear that the synagogue has no
place to weigh in on a political issue, I know that
it is a matter of great public concern, and we have a
responsibility to raise our voices. There is a difference
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and candidates, which generally is illegal for chari-
table organizations, and supporting issues and mat-
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charities genuinely engaged in the betterment of soci-
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rabbis and pastors are at times hesitant to speak on
issues that are politically divisive, but the alternative
is irrelevancy, an alternative that any cursory reading
of the recent Pew report on American Judaism easily
will illuminate.
And so, my synagogue and I are engaging the issue
of gun prevention, and on the Shabbat morning of
March 15 we will be learning about the problem, ind-
ing out what we can work towards to better our soci-
ety, joining with other houses of worship across the
country and across denominational and faith lines,
and praying that we be blessed with peace under
Gods protective wing.
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Those were Ms. Ben Saadons parents.
Relatives of her mother had supported the Ger-
mans during the war.
Despite family objections mainly from the non-
Jewish side the couple married. They both were
physical therapists, and they were curious about the
world around them. Together, they studied world
religions. After they learned about Buddha, they
asked the teacher why they didnt also study Juda-
ism, Ms. Ben Saadon said. He said that he didnt
know too much, and that it was too complicated.
But both of her parents were fascinated by Juda-
ism. Propelled by their interest, and with their curi-
osity piqued by the relatives who already lived in
Israel, already the parents of two small girls, they
made aliyah. There, after just a few years after try-
ing hard, enduring rebuffs, and pushing forward
Ms. Ben Saadons mother, her sister, and she were
converted by the chief rabbi, Shlomo Goren. Then
her parents, who had lived separately once her
mother was converted because they had not been
married in a Jewish ceremony, remarried. We have
a nice picture of us at our parents wedding, she
said. Who has a picture like that?
Her grandmother was one of three sisters, Ms. Ben
Saadon said. One lived in Holland, and one in Israel;
my grandmother made aliyah from Holland to Israel
maybe 10 years ago. The family held a reunion a few
months ago, and we were like 150 people, lots of
babies, lots of children.
Ms. Ben Saadon met her husband, Erez, whose
family came to Israel from Morocco and Iran, when
she was 15 and he was 18. At first my parents did
not know, she said. And then they found out. The
couple married at the end of her senior year of high
school. Six months later, in love not only with each
other but also with the romance of the land, they
bought a vineyard.
They didnt know anything about agriculture, but
they knew they wanted land. They wanted roots in
the Holy Land.
It was hard work, and it took them a long time to
establish the business. For years we had very little
to eat, Ms. Ben Saadon said. We were a young cou-
ple. For a while, to earn money, I cleaned houses.
I was cleaning houses even when I was pregnant.
Their 40 dunams of land is in the Shomron, or
Samaria in the West Bank, over the green line. The
family grew high-quality grapes, and at first they
simply sold them to winemakers. But soon the polit-
ical situation made it difficult for them to sell their
grapes. Just as the clich says that if life gives you
lemons, you should make lemonade, the Ben Saa-
dons decided to take their grapes and make wine.
That is how the Tura Winery was begun.
The couple went to a winemaking school in
northern Israel, and they started slow. At first, ten
years ago, they made only 1,200 bottles a year; now
they are up to 26,000, and sell 40 percent of it in
North America. They produce red, white, and des-
sert wines; they have won medals in Eshkol Haza-
hav, the Israeli competition, and in Terra Vino, an
international one.
Its hard, she said. We had terrorist explosions
in the vineyards three times. Once they set a fire, and
when we went to take care of it, a bomb exploded.
We dont choose this situation, but we deal with
it, because we love the land of Israel, and we see
with our own eyes how the land gives us back love.
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In honor of Jewish American Heritage
Month and in time for Passover, Manisch-
ewitz is releasing limited run packaging on
the matzah boxes inside five-pound pack-
ages. The boxes feature fun and factual
information about notable Jewish American
personalities.
Jewish American figures include Ann
Landers, Estee Lauder, Sandy Koufax,
Irving Berlin, and the inventors of the Bar-
bie doll, Superman, and Reddi-wip.
Matzah boxes also feature Passover in
America: Historical Perspectives, a full-
color compilation of 18 documents, let-
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$18 contribution, is designed to augment
Passover seders, with proceeds benefitting
JAHM, a month-long celebration in May. The
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New varieties for
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RiceSelect has introduced three new
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selections offer healthy additions includ-
ing chia, jalapeos, and mushrooms,
and provide an inspiring alternative to a
typical side dish.
Royal Blend with Chia combines Tex-
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and chia seed. It is full of omegas, pro-
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daily intake for calcium, necessary for
bone and oral health. The rice is low in
fat, cholesterol, and sodium.
Another selection is the Arborio Blend
with Mushrooms, containing vitamin
D, potassium, and riboflavin, which
contribute to the bodys resistance to
allergies.
The Arborio Blend with Jalapeo kicks
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guests loved it and the mushrooms are an
added bonus. One note I would add is to
serve the rice promptly after cooking. I left
it in the covered pot to keep it hot, which
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Cake & Co., a custom cake boutique celebrat-
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At the recent Royal Wine Kosher Food and Wine
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six-tiered cake, created by Cake & Co. founder Krys-
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it usually is welcomed. It is
not considered rude. It helps
insure that the public ritual is
impeccable.
Of course, by the way, this
possibility of getting corrected
can make a prayer leader ner-
vous. If he is a sensitive person,
it can cause him mild embar-
rassment if he makes a mistake
and is called out on it from
the gallery. But it shouldnt
be a cause for great concern
because these things happen. In short, in shul
its not rude to correct a reciter.
But you should now rightly argue that the
Shabbat table is in a home, not in a shul. An
interjected correction in that context must
be deemed a rude interruption. And I do
side with you in this case. I would not inter-
rupt a host to make a minor correction to the
pronunciation of a word. I probably would
politely clear my throat, but only if the host
made a gross error for example, if he recited
the entirely wrong kiddush, saying a festival
kiddush on a Shabbat. So yes, from your per-
spective you were right to be upset with a dis-
ruption at the table over a small matter.
But from the perspective of the gentleman
with the black hat, several things justified
his behavior. He chooses to appear scrupu-
lously Orthodox by his attire. And that means
to me that he aspires to make a perfect kid-
dush, with not even a hint of mispronuncia-
tion. Now you can say to me that he was not
making the kiddush. The host was. But he
would say to you that the host served as his
representative, and that he had every right to
expect from him a perfect kiddush.
From what you describe the host did not
take offense to being corrected. As a good
host, he accepted the agreed-upon scenario
that he pronounce the kiddush to satisfy the
standards of his guests. In short, the host and
his hat-wearing guest tacitly agreed that this
was an occasion of religious ritual that had to
be done in just such a way.
On the other hand, you did not see things
that way. As a gracious hostess yourself,
when you are at your own table, your bala-
busta values require scrupulous protection of
the conduct at the table that it be governed
by generally accepted rules of etiquette that
are prevalent in your social circle. You put
those social rules as primary, and you set the
religious rules as secondary.
Where there is a gray area, and a religious
ritual is performed at a festive table, the pri-
orities of etiquette values do differ. And so
you need to be careful. You might find your-
self in a similar situation again.
What then might you do to avoid becom-
ing upset and having something like this ruin
your Shabbat? To avoid this in the future,
before Shabbat, if you are invited out, you
can discreetly ask your host who else is com-
ing to dinner. If the offensive person that you
mention in your question is on the guest list,
then you can fortify yourself in advance and
go to the dinner, or you can make a polite
excuse and not attend what may be to you a
potentially awful event.
I hope that you find helpful this talmudic
analysis and advice for the day-to-day reality
of our world, where one persons piety may
be another persons poison.
Dear Rabbi,
My child attends a Jewish elementary school.
He recently came home excited to tell me about
a new supplementary sports program that will
be held outside of school hours on Sundays. He
reported that it will be led by a young Torah
teacher at the school, Rabbi K. The rabbi will
coach the kids in various sports and take them
to games, he said.
I immediately did not like this idea. Some-
thing seemed off to me. But I am too busy to look
into this and my son insists that he go. All the
kids are going, he claims. What should I do?
Hesitant
Hackensack
Dear Hesitant,
If the blink reflex of your intuition tells
you to say no to your son, then do that. As
Malcom Gladwell showed in his 2007 book,
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without
Thinking, your instant insight is often inci-
sive and correct. No need for you to investi-
gate or ruminate over this.
Its probable that there is nothing
untoward in the proposed arrangement.
School administrators are more alert than
ever to preventing improper relationships
between teachers and students. But we
still hear of unfortunate breaches wherein
a teacher becomes too close with students,
leading to direct access to them and to acts
of abuse.
You always have to be careful about the
safety of your children, without lapsing
into hyper-vigilance. In this case, follow
your gut feeling. Say no to the extra sports
program. Your child will be disappointed
at first. But that will pass, especially if you
spend more time with him and you take
him to some games.
Rabbi Dr. Tzvee Zahavy was ordained at
Yeshiva University and earned his Ph.D. in
religious studies at Brown University.
Dear Rabbi
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Dear Rabbi,
My husband and I were thrilled to be invited
for Shabbos dinner at the home of a lovely,
warm couple. This couple, always gracious
hosts, had also invited four other couples. As we
gathered around the table, the host, a gentle-
man who learns daily asked the men if anyone
wanted to make kiddush. All agreed that they
would be yotze the mitzvah with the hosts
kiddush and not recite their own. Wine was
poured, and all stood waiting for the host to
begin. Just a few words into the bracha, a man
at the table interrupted the host, correcting his
pronunciation. Graciously, the host accepted
the correction and finished the blessing.
The person who made the correction is
known around town to be very learned. He
wears a black hat, which he keeps on until after
motzi. But I was really mortified to be sitting
at the table where a host, or anyone, is embar-
rassed publicly. I said nothing at the table, but I
do wonder if I should have said something and
if it is halachically correct to correct/embar-
rass someone, even if it means a well-mean-
ing bracha might be said with an incorrect
pronunciation.
How far should we go, or should we go at all,
to embarrass or correct someone, even if we see
it as upholding Torah? This disregard for a per-
sons feelings under the guise of Torah values
really disturbed me.
Troubled
Teaneck
Dear Troubled,
You provide me with rich
detail, and you seek advice
about sensitive issues of eti-
quette. You describe an occa-
sion at a home meal where you
assume correctly that common
table etiquette should prevail.
Indeed, it is rude to correct or
embarrass the host at his own
home. And if that was all that
happened, you were right to
have been upset.
The case you summarize, however, is not
so simple. It involves a Jewish religious ritual,
namely the recitation of kiddush to sanctify
the Sabbath table by the host on behalf of all
the others assembled.
To understand this better, let us con-
sider how things work inside the rituals of
an Orthodox synagogue. As you no doubt
know, in every shul a leader recites prayers
on behalf of the congregation, and a Torah
reader chants the Torah as an agent of all
those assembled. The congregants want their
communal prayers and chanting to be flaw-
less. That way, there will be no doubt that
they have fulfilled their obligations through
the proxy chanting of the leader. On occasion
a leader may make an error, and one or more
congregants may detect it and call out their
correction. Thats an abrupt interjection from
the assembly into the service. But in context,
Rabbi Tzvee
Zahavy
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Vayikra: The core curriculum
E
ducation is a major
topic of conver-
sation in our per-
sonal, communal,
and national conversations
these days. Political, cultural,
and spiritual leaders discuss
the best ways to educate our
youngsters and use our lim-
ited resources. Controver-
sies around charter schools,
common curriculum, no
child left behind, standard-
ized curricula and national
standards, pre-K funding, the
place of values in the public
schools, and many other important issues
dominate the pages of thought journals.
Numerous sources in the rabbinic tradi-
tion indicate that in Talmudic times chil-
dren entering school were first educated
in the intricate laws of the book of Vayi-
kra, the laws that begin to be presented in
our parasha this week. This, at first blush,
appears to be a strange curricular choice.
Why not begin the educational journey
of the young Jewish child with Bereishit
and the creation narrative or the stories of
Abraham or the national narrative of the
Exodus?
Three reasons may be suggested that
possibly played a role in the curricular
choices of the ancient rabbis.
1. The detailed laws of the korbanot (the
sacrificial system) and the laws of ritual
purity, while technical and intricate, are
concrete and tangible. They
are well defined, involv-
ing specific actions, routine
activities, and clearly speci-
fied models of behavior and
activity.
In contrast to the abstract
and difficult questions and
issues that lie at the heart of
the Biblical story of creation
and the garden of Eden,
which touch on deep ques-
tions of the origin of the
universe, the nature of God,
good and evil, free will and
choice, and other sophisti-
cated matters, the laws of the sacrificial
system and its corollaries such as the
laws of kashrut, which appear later in the
book of Vayikra, are concrete, defined,
detailed requirements, and mitzvot. Chil-
dren can point to the animals, talk about
numbers, and engage with the realia
around them.
For most young minds the first encoun-
ter with Judaism must be concrete, well
defined, and involve clear parameters
and experiences. Philosophical explora-
tions and even historical narrative are
best suited for the next stage in the devel-
opment of the child as she grows and
matures. In those early years of school,
the most impactful lessons are those that
are hands-on and connect them to the
living pulsating world of concrete experi-
ence of Jewish life like Kiddush, Shabbat
candles, megillah reading, giving char-
ity, and the whole range of Jewish behav-
iors that shape the contours of a rich and
engaged Jewish life.
2. In many ancient cultures the entire
system of the Temple, of religious devo-
tion and worship, was an elitist one.
Priests alone were given access to the spe-
cial, restricted knowledge of religious ser-
vice, while the average person was kept in
the dark. It was presented as some myste-
rious, esoteric knowledge only available to
the initiates.
In sharp contrast, the book of Vayikra
declares that God commanded Moses to
present the laws to all of the children of
Israel. This bespeaks an almost democratic
access to knowledge about the laws of the
Temple and sacrifices. All Jews are given
entry into understanding all parts of the
Torah and there are no hidden mysteries
that only some elite members can access.
The Torah records that the Torah is an
inheritance morasha to all of Israel
and each and every Jew can learn and
imbibe its details and content.
In this spirit, the rabbis may have specif-
ically wanted to drive home this message
from an early age. Every Jewish child from
early youth is educated in the details of the
law of the Temple service. There is no area
of Torah that is off limits to any Jew, and
that message is brought home from the
very first day of schooling.
3. Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler, one of the lead-
ing teachers of Mussar of the mid-twentieth
century, noted in a celebrated essay that
the word for love in Hebrew, ahava, is
connected to the Aramaic word hav,
which means to give. Expanding on that
theme, he notes that deep love is often
associated with a desire to give to the other
rather than looking to take or expressing
demands upon the other. This is true in
marriage and in our most intimate and
joyful relationships. Love often grows
and expands with the investment of time
and effort that one expends in giving and
investing in the other.
Rabbi Norman Lamm, former presi-
dent and chancellor of Yeshiva Univer-
sity, notes that in Judaism, More than
believing in God we are commanded to
love Him the question is how shall we
express it and enhance it: And the answer
is when one offers a korban la-Hashem
you must learn to give to God. When
we give of our time by getting up early to
pray in a minyan, when we give of our sub-
stance to the causes of the Almighty, such
as a synagogue or school or charity, when
we give of our attention and concern to
Him and his people, then the process of
giving enhances the love we bear for Him
within. And it is this message of a commit-
ment to give of oneself and ones abilities,
time, resources, and feelings that we want
even our youngest to begin to imbibe and
absorb as they begin their journey to learn
and experience the presence of the Divine
and their relationship to God, the Torah,
and the Jewish people.
Rabbi
Nathaniel
Helfgot
Congregation
Netivot Shalom,
Teaneck, Orthodox
TABC math/science expo yields winners
Torah Academy of Bergen Countys
annual Rabbi Hershel Solnica Memo-
rial Math-Science Expo was on February
25. It included 10 PowerPoint presenta-
tions on topics in mathematics, phys-
ics, chemistry, and biology. Rabbi Yosef
Adler, TABCs rosh yeshiva, and Dr. Joel
Berman, its science chair and expo coor-
dinator, were among the speakers, and
biology teacher Deniera Goldenberg was
the expos co-coordinator.
Jacob Rosenbergs first place presenta-
tion was on preventing damage to satel-
lites by solar ejections. Simcha Wagner
and Matan Leff took second place for
their presentation of gene transfer, and
Aviad Sussman and Tamir Felsen won
third place for their work on electron-
electron repulsion and how it relates to
the Pauli exclusion principle.
David Berger presented his work on
iron oxidation and the Koslowe broth-
ers, Yehudah and Hillel, shared the
mathematics behind the game Spot It.
Yair Knoller and Jonah Ganchow related
Boyles Law and Hookes Law to human
lung dynamics. Ben Shelling and Ben
Book developed a method of hydrolysis
via proton seeding, and A. J. Book dem-
onstrated how the 40 malkos of the
Torah is in agreement with NASA cal-
culations. Jeremy Rosenblatt solved the
pycrete puzzle, while Alexander Haber-
man and Aaron Respler solved a long-
standing problem involving the dread of
firefighters flashover.
The judges included Arielle Sheinbein,
sciences chair at Rosenbaum Yeshiva of
North Jersey; lawyer Avi Goldenberg; and
Dr. Robert Ferlauto, a former director of
strategy and best practices for Colgate-
Palmolive Co.
New vice
president
at Yeshiva
University
B e g i n n i n g
J ul y 1 , Dr.
Selma Botman
wi l l become
Yeshiva Uni-
versitys vice
president for
a c a d e m i c
affairs; she will
also become
its provost. Dr.
Botman joins
YU from the City University of New
York, where she was executive vice
chancellor for academic affairs and
university provost and most recently
professor of Middle Eastern history at
the Graduate Center.
Dr. Selma Botman
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9. Like ___ (Song of Songs simile)
10. Site of Ezekiels prophecies
11. State of Sen. Ron Wyden
12. Army that liberated Auschwitz
15. Jerusalems Kibbutz ___ Rachel
21. Second word traditional Jews say when
they wake up
22. Hairstylist Vidal
26. The sin of relations with ___ relative is
called arayot in Hebrew
27. Dybbuk (a spirit that ___ left this world)
29. Let a refusenik go, e.g.
30. 586 BCE and 70 CE
31. U.S. Cabinet department concerned
with Tay-Sachs
32. One of 60 in the title of Lesley Stahls
TV show
33. Salo Barons The Russian Jew Under
___ and Soviets
34. Reserve ___ in a Jewish cemetery
35. Woman driven by Hoke Colburn in a
1987 play
39. Go YU Maccabees!
40. Suffix for knaidl and maidl
41. Arthur who was the first Yente in
Broadways Fiddler on the Roof
43. Marc of distinction
46. In the Biblical ___
47. Disease that killed NYU scholar Tony
Judt
48. National Theatre of Israel
52. Oscars roommate in Neil Simons The
Odd Couple
53. Get someone into trouble, such as Leo
Frank
54. 11-time Olympic medalist Keleti
56. Bolshevik leader Trotsky
57. Clair de ___ (one of Victor Borges
favorite pieces)
58. The only kind of pepperoni on a
kosher pizza (abbr.)
59. I ___ You Now: #1 Eddie Fisher hit
60. Org. for Yiddishists, Tanach experts,
Holocaust historians, and others
61. Cant Help Lovin ___ Man (Porgy
and Bess tune)
The solution to last weeks puzzle
is on page 59.
The Megillah of Itzik Manger
MIRIAM RINN
W
hen Adar begins, joy
increases.
And Adar II means a
double helping of the joy
encountered in the National Yiddish The-
atre Folksbienes critically acclaimed
musical production of The Megile of Itzik
Manger, which has returned to Baruch
Performing Arts Center for a two-week
limited engagement through March 16.
Several of the inspired design team,
including production designer Jenny
Romaine and lighting designer Natalie
Robin, have returned, and Moti Didner,
the Folksbienes associate artistic director,
is directing once more. That is great news.
The Folksbiene has added some star
power to the cast with Tony nominee
Stephen Mo Hanan and Drama Desk
nominee Avi Hoffman. Mr. Hoffmans hit
one-man shows, Too Jewish? & Too
Jewish Two! landed such praise that he
was named Performer of the Year by NY
Press Magazine. Mr. Hoffman also had a
featured role in the amazing Yiddish-lan-
guage production of Waiting for Godot
last year. Stephen Mo Hanan has been on
Broadway and Off-Broadway for years,
in the Broadway productions of The
Pirates of Penzance, Cats, and Peter
Pan, and a one-man Off-Broadway show,
Jolson and Company. This is not his first
Yiddish production either; he was a treat
in the Folksbienes presentation of Die
Yam Gazlonim, the charming Yiddish
version of Pirates.
They will be accompanied by new
cast members MAC Award winner Adam
Shapiro, Alan Schmuckler, and Teaneck
native Rachel Arielle Yucht. Filling out the
returning cast members are Stacey Harris,
Andrew Keltz, Rebecca Keren, and Han-
nah D. Scott.
With Megile, the Folksbiene has rei-
magined the classic Purimspiel as a small-
town circus musical, filled with acrobatics,
masks, puppets large and small, sideshow
sets, whirling dance numbers, double
entendres, proletarian politics, and a vari-
ety of other elements, which keep the ear
and eye delighted throughout.
A renowned Yiddish writer and poet in
Warsaw between the wars, Itzik Manger
fled Poland in 1938 and after a few stops
landed in London, where he lived for more
than a decade. In the mid-50s he moved
to Israel, and stayed there until his death
in 1969. Despite the language wars in
Israel, which Yiddish lost decisively, Mr.
Manger achieved considerable success
there, and his Songs of the Megillah was
a hit in Tel Aviv in 1965. Two years later,
it transferred to New York and played on
Broadway as The Megile of Itzik Manger,
starring the Burstein family, stars of the
Yiddish theater.
Mr. Mangers contribution to Jewish lit-
erature was to crack open the shell of com-
mentary that had mummified traditional
biblical stories for more than a millennium
and present them in a contemporary style
and context. In his megillah, Queen Esther
has a boyfriend who is a downtrodden
member of the working class, and Shushan
has been removed to Eastern Europe.
Haman is a typical Polish anti-Semite, and
Vashti a feminist heroine. Her hanging
feels genuinely tragic, even though it leads
to Esthers triumph.
During this revival run, a special Purim
celebration is set for the evening of March
15, sponsored by 67 Wine & Spirits and
Boston Beer Company. This special perfor-
mance will include a reading of the Megil-
lah of Esther 30 minutes before the 9 p.m.
curtain. The reading will be presented in
Yiddish, with English translations. The
performance following will conclude with
a reception and costume contest judged
by luxury fashion designers Caitlin Kelly,
owner of Caitlin Kelly Designer Swimwear,
and Hila Geller, design director at Robert
Graham Designs.
The Megile of Itzik Manger i s
presented in Yiddish and with some Eng-
lish, complemented with English and Rus-
sian supertitles.
Performances will run Sunday at 2 p.m.
& 6 p.m.; Wednesday at 2 p.m. & 7:30
p.m.; Thursday at noon & 7:30 p.m., Satur-
day, March 8, at 8:30 p.m.; and Saturday,
March 15, at 9 p.m.
For tickets, call (866) 811-4111 or go to
nationalyiddishtheatre.org.
Andrew Keltz and Stacey Harris
Stephen Mo Hanan
and ensemble
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Friday
MARCH 7
Shabbat in Franklin
Lakes: The Chabad
Center of NW Bergen
County holds its monthly
character tot Shabbat,
with songs, cartoon
character guests, food
crafts, and dinner, for
children up to age 6,
4 p.m. 375 Pulis Ave.
(201) 848-0449 or www.
chabadplace.org.
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Rabbi Avishai David,
rosh hayeshiva at
Yeshivat Torat Shraga
in Jerusalem, is
scholar in residence
at Congregation Rinat
Yisrael. He will speak
after Kabbalat Shabbat
services, deliver the
drasha at the 9 a.m.
minyan, and will discuss
Halachic Parameters for
the Recitation of Hallel
after Shabbat Mincha
at 5:20 p.m. 389 West
Englewood Ave. (201)
837-2795.
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Rabbi Hayyim Angel
is scholar-in-residence
at Shaarei Orah, the
Sephardic Congregation
of Teaneck. At 6 p.m.
he will discuss Rav
Haim David HaLevis
Messages of Purim.
On Shabbat morning
at 10:30, the topic will
be the Sephardic
Community Model: Its
Good for the Jews, and
after Mincha at about
5:45 p.m., he will tackle,
Comparing Sephardic
and Ashkenazic Liturgy.
Rabbi Angel is the
national scholar of the
Institute for Jewish
Ideas and Ideals. He
also teaches advanced
Bible courses at Yeshiva
University. 1425 Essex
Road. (201) 833-0800.
Shabbat Across
America in Fair Lawn:
Temple Beth Sholom
joins in the annual
Shabbat Across America,
organized by the
National Jewish Outreach
Program, where nearly
700 synagogues host
a traditional Shabbat
service and meal. Mincha
at 5:15 p.m., followed by
services led by Rabbi
Alberto Zeilicovich and
Cantor Steven Barr, with
children participating, at
5:45, followed by dinner
catered by Kosher Nosh.
Singing and childrens
activities. 40-25 Fair
Lawn Ave. (201) 797-
9321.
Shabbat Across
America in Glen Rock:
The Glen Rock Jewish
Center hosts SAA,
beginning with candle
lighting/intro to Shabbat
service, 5:30 p.m.; kosher
buffet Chinese dinner at
6, and services at 8. 682
Harristown Road. (201)
652-6624.
Shabbat Across
America in Paramus:
The JCCP/Congregation
Beth Tikvah participates
in SAA. It begins with
candle lighting at
5:30 p.m., followed by
services and dinner. East
304 Midland Ave. (201)
262-7691.
Shabbat in Fort Lee:
Congregation Gesher
Shalom/JCC of Fort
Lee offers a Shabbat
service set partially to
Beatles music, preceded
by dinner, 6 p.m. 1449
Anderson Ave. (201) 947-
1735.
Shabbat in Woodcliff
Lake: Temple Emanuel
of the Pascack Valley
holds a service for young
families, 6:45 p.m. 87
Overlook Drive. (201)
391-0801.
Shabbat Across
America in Emerson:
Congregation Bnai Israel
participates in SAA with
dinner, rituals, songs,
prayers around the table,
and Shabbat games for
children, led by Rabbi
Debra Orenstein and
Cantor Lenny Mandel,
6:30 p.m. 53 Palisade
Ave. (201) 265-2272 or
office@bisrael.com.
Shabbat in Wyckoff:
Temple Beth Rishon
holds its monthly family
service, 6 p.m., followed
by dinner at 7. 585
Russell Ave. (201) 891-
4466 or www.bethrishon.
org.
Shabbat in Franklin
Lakes: Rabbis Elyse
Frishman and Rachel
Steiner of Barnert Temple
lead a family friendly
service, 7 p.m., followed
by a potluck supper.
747 Route 208 South.
(201) 848-1800. www.
barnerttemple.org.
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth offers
family services, 7:30 p.m.
1666 Windsor Road.
(201) 833-1322 or www.
emeth.org.
Shabbat in Woodcliff
Lake: Temple Emanuel
of the Pascack Valley
offers Shabbat Tikvah,
a service of inspiration
and renewal, 8 p.m. 87
Overlook Drive. (201)
391-0801 or www.tepv.
org.
Saturday
MARCH 8
Shabbat in Wyckoff:
Temple Beth Rishon
offers a Torah discussion
group in English with
Rabbi Marley Weiner,
9 a.m. 585 Russell Ave.
(201) 891-4466 or
bethrishon.org.
Shabbat in River Edge:
Temple Avodat Shalom
begins a three-session
Lunch n Learn series,
Im a Reform Jew
Does That Still Mean
Something in the 21st
Century? Sessions, at
noon, include a light
lunch. Also April 12 and
May 17. 385 Howland
Ave. (201) 489-2463 ext.
202, or administrator@
avodatshalom.net.
Comedy in River
Edge: Temple Avodat
Shalom Brotherhood
hosts Comedy Night
Part V with stand-up
comedians Mike Fine,
Brad Trackman, and
Dan Wilson, 8 p.m.
Coffee and cake. 385
Howland Ave. (201) 489-
2463, or brotherhood@
avodatshalom.net.
Community concert
in Englewood: Edon
Pinchot, a kippah-
wearing Jewish day
school student/singer/
pianist who was a semi-
finalist of Americas
Got Talent, performs
for Congregation
Ahavath Torah, Kehillat
Kesher, and the East
Hill Synagogue, at a
community-wide Adar
event at CAT, 8:30 p.m.
Snacks and drinks. 240
Broad Ave. Chavie, (201)
568-1315 or edonmusic.
com.
Sunday
MARCH 9
Atlantic City trip:
Hadassahs Fair Lawn
chapter takes a trip to
Tropicana Casino Hotel.
A bus leaves the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/
at 9:15 a.m. Breakfast
served on bus at 9. $30;
includes $25 slot play
money. Bring ID and
Tropicana Rewards card.
10-10 Norma Ave. Varda,
(201) 791-0327.
Environmentalism in
Franklin Lakes: Mike
Wilson, an environmental
horticulturalist, talks
about how to use
native plants in a home
landscape at Barnert
Temple, 9 a.m. 747
Route 208 South. (201)
848-1800 or www.
barnerttemple.org.
Play group in River
Edge: Shalom Baby of
Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jersey
offers playtime, music,
storytime, snacks, and
crafts, with a Purim
theme, for new moms/
dads/caregivers with
babies and toddlers,
to connect with each
other and the Jewish
community, at Temple
Avodat Shalom, 9:30 a.m.
Administered by JFNNJs
Synagogue Leadership
Initiative, funded by
the Henry and Marilyn
Taub Foundation. 385
Howland Ave. (201)
489-2463, (201) 820-
3917, or www.jfnnj.org/
shalombaby.
Purim in Closter: Temple
Emanu-El holds its Taam
Purim character brunch,
9:30 a.m. $36 per family.
180 Piermont Road. (201)
750-9997 or ween@
templeemanu-el.com.
Prophecy and social
action: Dr. Suzannah
Heschel, professor
of Jewish studies at
Dartmouth College,
discusses Prophecy and
Social Action in Judaism
for the Food for Thought
Distinguished Speaker
series at Temple Beth
Rishon in Wyckoff,
9:45 a.m. Breakfast
buffet. 585 Russell Ave.
(201) 891-4466 or www.
bethrishon.org.
Book discussion in
Paramus: Carolyn
Kaufman facilitates
a discussion on By
Fire, By Water, Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jerseys selection
for its One Book, One
Community program, at
the JCCP/Congregation
Beth Tikvah, 9:45 a.m.
Sephardic-style brunch
served. Suggested
donation. East 304
Midland Ave. (201) 262-
7691.
Purim party in Wayne:
The Jewish Federation
of Northern New Jersey,
Wayne YMCA, and
Temple Beth Tikvah host
a Purim party, including
a costume parade,
carnival preschool
games, inflatables, sand
art/face painting, and
hamantashen, at the
YMCA, 10 a.m. Bring a
nonperishable canned
food donation for the
WIN Food Pantry for
JFNNJs Good Deeds
Day. The Metro YMCAs of
the Oranges is a partner
of the YM-YWHA of
North Jersey. 1 Pike Drive.
(973) 595-0100.
Singer/songwriter/actor Enrico Macias will
be honored with the American Sephardi
Foundations Pomegranate Lifetime
Achievement award at the 17th annual
New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festivals opening gala
benefit reception on Thursday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m.
The festival runs from March 13 to March 20. The ASF
reception is at the Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St.
Call (212) 294-8350 or go to www.sephardicfilmfest.org.
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Purim carnival in Fair
Lawn: Shomrei Torah
holds a pre-Purim
carnival with games, a
magician and clown,
obstacle course, balloon
animals, face painting,
spin art, and three moon
bounces, 10:30 a.m.
Lunch includes pizza,
pasta, bagels, and ice
cream. Event in memory
of Josh Bender. 19-09
Morlot Ave. (201) 791-
7910 or Carol, cmimon@
aol.com.
Purim in Fair Lawn: The
Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai
Israel hosts its annual
Purim 5K Fun Run/1 mile
walk, beginning in the
shul parking lot, 11 a.m.
Proceeds benefit Camp
Ramahs Tikvah program
for special needs
children. 10-10 Norma
Ave. (201) 796-5040.
Cupcake wars in
Oakland: Contestants,
8-9-years-old,
get Creative and
Connected, at the
Academies at Gerrard
Berman Day School,
1-3 p.m. Featuring
judges from Cupcakes
by Carousel and
Carlos Bakery. $5 per
person/$15 team of 4. 45
Spruce St. (201) 337-1111
or www.ssnj.org.
Good Deeds Day: The
Northern New Jersey
holds a food drive for
local food pantries.
Schools, synagogues,
families, and friends
are welcome to
participate by collecting
nonperishable/unexpired
food items and bringing
them to the federation
building in Paramus
starting March 5; or by
volunteering to sort
and bag the donations
on Good Deeds Day,
24 p.m. 50 Eisenhower
Drive. Alice Blass,
aliceb@jfnnj.org, (201)
820-3948, or www.jfnnj.
org/gooddeedsday.
Childrens theater in
Tenafly: A professional
childrens theater
company from Chicago
presents Pirate
Adventures and Other
Tales for the Kaplen
Professional Childrens
Theater series, 2 p.m.
Group rates; birthday
parties arranged. 411 East
Clinton Ave. (201) 408-
1493 or www.jccotp.org.
Jewish music: Anshe
Emeth Memorial Temple
of New Brunswick hosts
One Great Afternoon
of Jewish Music with
the Kol Dodi Chorale of
MetroWest and Makhelat
Hamercaz Jewish Choir
of Central N.J., 4 p.m.,
at Temple Emanu-El,
756 East Broad Street,
Westfield. (908) 232-
6770.
Book program in
Teaneck: As part of
Jewish Federation
of Northern New
Jerseys One Book
One Community
program, Dr. Benjamin
Gampel discusses On
the Road to Expulsion:
The Transformation
of Sephardic Jewry
at Congregation Beth
Sholom, 7 p.m. Dr.
Gampel is the Dina and
Eli Field Family chair
in Jewish History at
the Jewish Theological
Seminary. 354 Maitland
Ave. (201) 833-2620 or
office@cbsteaneck.org.
Monday
MARCH 10
Mommy and Me in
Wayne: The Chabad
Center of Passaic County
begins a six-week
mommy and me program
using the Babyccino
curriculum, for babies up
to 30 months old, 10 a.m.
$8 per class. 194 Ratzer
Road. (973) 694-6274 or
Chanig@optonline.net.
Feature film: The
Treasure Hunting in Film
series at the Kaplen
in Tenafly continues a
series, Top Films You
May Have Missed (Or
Want To See Again),
with Gloomy Sunday,
7:30 p.m. Harold Chapler
introduces the film and
leads the discussion
afterwards. 411 East
1493 or www.jccotp.org/
filmseries.
Tuesday
MARCH 11
Womens history
in Tenafly: Dumont
historian Dick Burnon
gives a video/lecture,
Women Who Mattered,
in honor of Womens
History Month, at a
meeting of the Retired
Executives and Active
Professionals at the
Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades, 11 a.m. 411 East
7900, ext. 235 or www.
jccotp.org.
Willy Loman: The
Englewood & Cliffs
chapter of ORT America
meets for a discussion
with Ben Nelson,
professor emeritus of
English and comparative
literature, on Willy
Loman, the Protagonist
of Death Of A Salesman,
at Congregation Gesher
Shalom/JCC of Fort Lee,
12:30 p.m. Refreshments.
1449 Anderson Ave.
Naomi, (201) 947-1735.
Whitney Houston: Tri
Boro Hadassah meets
at the JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah to hear Dumont
historian Dick Burnon
discuss The Life & Times
of Music Legend Whitney
Houston, 1:30 p.m.
Refreshments. East 304
Midland Ave. (201) 385-
7289.
Holocaust survivor
group in Fair Lawn:
Cafe Europa, a social
program the Jewish
Family Service of North
Jersey sponsors for
Holocaust survivors,
partially funded by the
Conference on Material
Claims Against Germany,
Northern New Jersey,
and private donations,
meets at the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel,
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Members
of the Gerrard Berman
Day School Choir will
perform. Light lunch.
10-10 Norma Ave.
Transportation available.
(973) 595-0111 or www.
jfsnorthjersey.org.
Adult bnai mitzvah
class in Wyckoff:
Temple Beth Rishon
of Northwest Bergen
County holds an
orientation session for
an adult bar/bat mitzvah
class, 6 p.m. 585 Russell
Ave. Cantor Ilan Mamber,
(201) 891-4466 or
cantor@bethrison.org.
Book discussion in
Washington Township:
The Bergen County YJCC
Book Discussion Club
talks about Calling Me
Home by Julie Kibler,
7:30 p.m. 605 Pascack
Road. Jill Brown, (201)
666-6610, ext. 5812 or
jbrown@yjcc.org.
Wednesday
MARCH 12
Book discussion in
Fort Lee: Sisterhood of
Congregation Gesher
Shalom/JCC of Fort Lee
meets for a discussion
of Helene Weckers
novel, The Golem and
the Jinni, led by Kathy
Grazian and Naomi
Altschul, 8:15 p.m.
Refreshments. 1449
Anderson Ave. (201) 947-
1735.
Purim seminar in
Tenafly: Rabbi Reuven
Kimelman, Judaic
scholar-in-residence at
the Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades, leads a Purim
discussion, 8:15 p.m. (201)
408-1426 or www.jccotp.
org.
Thursday
MARCH 13
Play group in
Washington Township:
Shalom Baby of
Northern New Jersey
offers playtime, music,
storytime, snacks, and
crafts for new moms/
dads and caregivers with
babies and toddlers,
with a Purim theme,
to connect with each
other and the Jewish
community, at Temple
Beth Or, 9:30 a.m.
Administered by JFNNJs
Synagogue Leadership
Initiative, funded by
the Henry and Marilyn
Taub Foundation. 56
Ridgewood Road. (201)
664-7422, (201) 820-
3917, or www.jfnnj.org/
shalombaby.
Book discussion in
Emerson: As part of
Northern New Jerseys
One Book, One
Community program,
the sisterhood of
sponsors One People,
One Book, a discussion
led by Rabbi Debra
Orenstein about this
years book selection, By
Fire, By Water, 7:30 p.m.
Sephardic music and
desserts. 53 Palisade Ave.
(201-265-2272, www.
bisrael.com, or www.jfnnj.
org/onebook.
Film in Washington
Township: Temple
Beth Or screens The
Heritage (Ha-Yerusha),
winner of three Israeli
Academy Awards,
7:30 p.m. Refreshments.
56 Ridgewood Road.
(201) 664-7422 or www.
templebethornj.org.
Intimate relations: Rabbi
Ronald Roth of the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/
continues a four-part
lecture/discussion series
on Jewish values and
intimate relations, 8 p.m.,
with Is Living Together
Immoral? Does anyone
care anymore? Series
continues through April
3. 10-10 Norma Ave. (201)
796-5040 or www.fljc.
com.
Friday
MARCH 14
Shabbat in Washington
Township: Temple
Beth Or offers Shabbat
Hallelu, a musical family
service including singing,
clapping, and birthday
blessings for children,
7:30 p.m. 56 Ridgewood
Road. (201) 664-7422 or
www.templebethornj.org.
In New York
Friday
MARCH 7
Shabbat Across
America in Montebello:
Congregation Shaarey
Israel participates in SAA,
beginning with services,
6 p.m., and a kosher
catered dinner at 7. 18
Montebello Road. (845)
369-0300 or Maralewin1@
optonline.net.
Shabbat Across
America in NYC:
Congregation Habonim
participates in SAA.
English translations
provided. Services,
6:30 p.m.; dinner, 7:15;
concert featuring the
acclaimed Jewish
Peoples Philharmonic
Chorus with conductor
Binyumen Schaechter at
8. 44 W. 66 St. (212) 787-
5347 or arifkin@habonim.
net.
Sunday
MARCH 9
Military bridge
in Montebello:
Congregation Shaarey
Israels mens club and
sisterhood sponsor a
night of military bridge,
7 p.m. 18 Montebello
Road. (845) 369-0300.
Singles
Sunday
MARCH 9
Senior singles meet in
West Nyack: Singles 65+
meet for a social event/
bagels & lox brunch, at
the JCC Rockland, 11 a.m.
450 West Nyack Road.
$8. Gene Arkin, (845)
356-5525.
Group for widows/widowers
The Glen Rock Jewish Center offers Movin On, a
monthly lunch meeting for widows and widowers,
meeting varied days at 12:30 p.m. There is an informa-
tional or entertaining program each month. For infor-
mation, call (201) 652-6624 or email office@grjc.org or
arbgr@aol.com for upcoming dates.
Teen leads
benefit spin class
Danielle Mandelblatt, a student/athlete at Northern
Valley Demarest High School, will host a spin class
to benefit FUNDaFIELD on Sunday, March 9, at the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly from noon
to 1 p.m.
A $20 minimum donation is requested. Pro-
ceeds will be donated to FUNDaFIELD, a nonprofit
student-run organization dedicated to enriching
the lives of less fortunate children through sports.
The group builds soccer fields, provides soc-
cer equipment, and hosts soccer tournaments in
post-trauma and post-conflict regions around the
world. For information, call (201) 750-5104, email
daniellemandelblatt@gmail.com, or go to www.
strikingly.com/spintofundafield.
Family Purim concert in NYC
The Jewish indie band, the Macaroons, perform dur-
ing a family Purim celebration on Sunday, March 9, at
the Museum of Jewish HeritageA Living Memorial to
the Holocaust, at 2 p.m. There will also be crafts and
tours of museum exhibits. The museum is at 36 Battery
Place. Call (646) 437-4202 or visit www.mjhnyc.org.
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Morning of learning in Manhattan
The Fifth Avenue Synagogue offers a yom iyun day of learn-
ing on Sunday, March 9, at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue. It
is an opportunity to study and learn with distinguished rab-
bis and scholars from Israel, Miami, Toronto, and Baltimore.
The day begins with daf yomi at 7:30 a.m., Shacharit at
8:30, and breakfast and welcoming remarks at 9:15. Learning
sessions will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Early Mincha is at 1:15.
Admission is free and includes breakfast. Families, singles,
and children are welcome. A program for 3- to 11-year-olds,
including lunch, is available from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For information, call (212) 838-2122, email melanie@5as.org
or the days chair/president, Jacob D. Gold, at Jacob@jacobd-
gold.com. The synagogue is at 5 East 62 St., www.5as.org.
Teen leads
benefit spin class
Danielle Mandelblatt, a student/athlete at Northern
Valley Demarest High School, will host a spin class
to benefit FUNDaFIELD on Sunday, March 9, at the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly from noon
to 1 p.m.
A $20 minimum donation is requested. Pro-
ceeds will be donated to FUNDaFIELD, a nonprofit
student-run organization dedicated to enriching
the lives of less fortunate children through sports.
The group builds soccer fields, provides soc-
cer equipment, and hosts soccer tournaments in
post-trauma and post-conflict regions around the
world. For information, call (201) 750-5104, email
daniellemandelblatt@gmail.com, or go to www.
strikingly.com/spintofundafield.
Seminar offers financial guide to aliyah
On Motzei Shabbat, tomorrow at 8:30 p.m., Baruch Labinsky,
author of A Financial Guide to Aliyah and Life in Israel, will
speak at Congregation Beth Aaron in Teaneck. The free session
offers practical tips and information for anyone thinking of liv-
ing in Israel and to people who would like to help or offer finan-
cial advice to their families there. Mr. Labinsky also will discuss
investment opportunities in Israel.
Licensed by the Israel Securities Authority as an investment
portfolio manager, Mr. Labinsky, who made aliyah in 1993 and
lives in Beit Shemesh, specializes in working with new immi-
grants. The shul is at 950 Queen Anne Road. For information,
call (201) 836-6210.
Baruch Labinsky
Sephardic Jewish film festival
A pair of documentaries from Spain,
three films about the Holocaust in
Greece, and a hilarious French caper
will highlight the 17th annual New York
Sephardic Jewish Film Festival, set for
March 13 to 20.
Produced by the American Sephardi
Federation, the New York Sephardic Jew-
ish Film Festival is the only annual fes-
tival of its kind in the world. This year,
it features 18 productions from France,
Israel, Greece, Austria, and Spain. A full
schedule and ticket information is at
sephardicfilmfest.org.
Womens League hosts
annual spring program
The Womens League for Conservative
Judaisms Garden State region will focus
on finding inner peace at its annual
regional spring program, set for Sunday,
March 30, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,
at Congregation Ahavat Olam in Howell.
Dr. Alison Block, the keynote speaker,
will discuss Anxiety: Whats Normal,
Whats Not, and What to Do About It.
Workshops include Age Wisely, which
offers practical and affordable options
for taking care of you and your elderly
loved ones; Eat to a Better Health,
about foods that promote physical and
mental health, support a strong immune
system, and prevent disease; De-stress
with Yoga, a routine to help relax and
renew; and Knitting, a Great Tool for
Your Health, a way to induce relax-
ation and lower heart rate. Instruction is
geared for new knitters, but all knitters
and crocheters are welcome. For infor-
mation call (201) 341-3065 or email Carla.
buchalter@gmail.com.
Violinist in Tenafly
Rebecca Teplow, a singer, composer, and classically trained vio-
linist, performs popular selections from her CDs Kavehz (hope)
and Tfilot (prayers) on Sunday, March 9 at 8 p.m., at the Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly. Ms. Teplow studied under Itzhak
Perlman and composer Robert Starer. David Morgan will accom-
pany her on piano. Call (201) 408-1418 or go to www.jccotp.org/
special-events-3. Rebecca Teplow
Marshall Tucker Band at bergenPAC
Tickets are on sale at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood for a performance
by the Marshall Tucker Band on Thursday, March 20, at 8 p.m. Call the box office at (201)
227-1030, or go to www.ticketmaster.com or www.bergenpac.org.
COURTESY BERGEN PAC
Family Purim concert in NYC
The Jewish indie band, the Macaroons, perform dur-
ing a family Purim celebration on Sunday, March 9, at
the Museum of Jewish HeritageA Living Memorial to
the Holocaust, at 2 p.m. There will also be crafts and
tours of museum exhibits. The museum is at 36 Battery
Place. Call (646) 437-4202 or visit www.mjhnyc.org.
Alda and Pogrebin
at JTS this week
Alan Alda interviews Letty Cottin Pogrebin about her new
book, How to Be a Friend to a Friend Whos Sick, on
Wednesday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. The event is at the Jew-
ish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway at 122 nd St., in
New York City.
Ms. Pogrebin, a journalist and activist, is a founder of
Ms. Magazine. Mr. Alda, an actor, director, and writer,
starred in the television series, MASH.
Tickets are $15. For information, call 212) 678-8000 or
visit www.jtsa.edu/friendship.
Letty Cottin Pogrebin Alan Alda
Rabbi Eli Mansour
is among the pre-
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n 1 On February 5, El Al celebrated
the opening of its lounge at Newark
Liberty International Airport. Bris
Avrohoms executive director
Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky, and
Daniel Saadon, vice president of
El Als North and Central America
branches, attached a mezuzah to
the lounge entrance. From left,
Bris Avrohoms associate direc-
tor, Shterney Kanelsky; its youth
and Torah education director,
Rabbi Avremy Kanelsky; El Als
station manager, Adamo Mez-
zina; Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky,
Daniel Saadon, an El Al traveler,
and Eitan Lavie, chief executive
officer of Luxury Lounges, Ltd.
n 2 Teaneck chef Stu Reichman
led a hands-on sushi-making
demo for Hillel of Northern New
Jersey at Bergen Community Col-
lege. Participants also created
and ate sushi. Rabbi Ely Allen is
the director of Hillel of Northern
New Jersey. COURTESY HILLEL
n 3 Second graders at the Acad-
emies at the Gerrard Berman Day
School in Oakland donned out-
landish headgear for Crazy Hat
Day on February 26. School par-
ticipation was to raise awareness
and funds for the American Heart
Association. PHOTO BY ELISA BERGER
n 4 Rebecca Parish, 11, of Tenafly,
cut her hair to donate to Locks of
Love. The nonprofit organization
provides hairpieces to financially
disadvantaged children and teen-
agers in the United States and
Canada who suffer from long-term
medical hair loss. Rebecca at-
tends Hebrew school at Temple
Sinai of Bergen County in Tenafly.
n 5 George Hantgan, who lives
at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh,
talked about the ways cultures
around the world care for the dis-
abled at the home on Jewish Dis-
ability Advocacy Day, February 6. A
discussion followed the program.
n 6 On February 25, Blanca Ortega,
a custodian at Temple Beth Or in
Washington Township, became an
American citizen. In celebration,
she was given an American flag
pillow and a personal letter from
Vice President Joe Biden during
a ceremony in TBOs sanctuary
during religious school Tefillah.
From left are Lifelong Learnings
director Irene Bolton; youth direc-
tor Shawn Fogel; temple admin-
istrator Beth Felixson; executive
assistant Lynne Graizel; Blanca
Ortega; Cantor Regina Lambert-
Hayut, and Rabbi Ruth A. Zlotnick.
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After bruising Iran sanctions battle,
AIPAC conference is all about comity
RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON Youve got your rousing
church choir, your multidenominational
trio of rabbis quoting Torah, your mon-
tages of Israelis and Palestinians com-
ing together and, above all, your pleas
to please, please, please be nice to one
another.
Democrat, Republican, liberal, conser-
vative, Jew, Christian, black, white, His-
panic the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee wants you all to feel welcome
under its big, pro-Israel tent.
That was the resounding theme of this
weeks annual AIPAC Policy Conference in
Washington.
Expansive outreach, of course, is noth-
ing new for AIPAC. But in the wake of
battles over Iran sanctions legislation that
pitted the pro-Israel lobbying powerhouse
against the White House, many congres-
sional Democrats and liberals more gener-
ally, AIPACs traditional emphasis on Israel
as a bipartisan issue has taken on added
urgency.
We must affirm bipartisanship in our
own ranks if we want support for Israel to
be championed by Democrats and Repub-
licans alike, Michael Kassen, AIPACs
chairman, said at the conferences open-
ing on Sunday. AIPACs political diversity
is critical to our continued success.
In recent weeks, AIPAC has been bruised
by deep differences between Republicans
and most Democrats over how best to deal
with Iran while nuclear talks are under-
way. Republicans back new sanctions as a
means of strengthening the United States
hand in the talks, and many congressio-
nal Democrats, heeding the White House,
oppose them, saying they could scuttle not
only talks with Iran but the international
coalition that brought the Islamic Republic
to the negotiating table.
AIPAC had been working to bring a new
Iran sanctions bill to a Senate vote until
backing down last month, after it became
clear that it lacked enough Democratic
support to overcome a promised presi-
dential veto. In the aftermath, Republicans
were angry with AIPAC for backing away
from its push for a vote, while congressio-
nal Democrats resented AIPACs pressure
on them to break with President Obama
on the issue.
The result has been an unusual vacuum
for the lobby: The thousands of activists
who headed to Capitol Hill Tuesday were
not advocating for any new legislation.
Instead they were seeking signatories for
letters from lawmakers in both chambers
asking Mr. Obama to make sure that Iran
complies with the nuclear inspection and
verification regimes mandated by the U.N.
Security Council.
Additionally, they will advocate for a bill
that would enhance security assistance to
Israel, something they had already champi-
oned a year ago. That bill has been delayed
in part because of difficulties with a pro-
vision that would allow Israeli citizens to
enter the United States without visas.
The activists will also seek additional
sponsors for the Iran sanctions bill,
although they will not press for a quick
vote.
At the policy conference, AIPAC offi-
cials did not shy from tough talk when it
came to Iran. Howard Kohr, AIPACs CEO,
focused his speech Sunday morning on
countering the Obama administration
arguments. He took aim particularly at Mr.
Obamas claim that new sanctions could
upend the negotiations. Pressure brought
Iran to the table, and only increasing pres-
sure could bring about a deal, he said.
The Obama administration officials who
addressed the conference anticipated the
AIPAC pushback on Iran.
Now, in the next two days or so, you
may hear some say that the very narrow
relief in the interim agreement has unrav-
eled the sanctions regime or eased the
chokehold on Irans economy, Treasury
Secretary Jack Lew told the conference.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Notwithstanding the lingering tensions,
calls for comity were prevalent at the
conference.
It may make you sleep better at night
to criticize President Obama in meetings
with lawmakers, Steve Askeroff, an AIPAC
lobbyist, said at a lobbying training ses-
sion, but he emphasized that AIPAC has to
work with the executive branch. It can be
very tricky, but you have to navigate these
waters in a bipartisan way, he said.
The images of diverse AIPAC supporters
(I am [fill in the blank], I am AIPAC) pro-
jected in the cavernous Washington Con-
vention Center were interspersed with
appeals to be polite to speakers. Dont
boo, be friendly! advised Casper the
Friendly Ghost in one of the slides.
In a closed meeting, AIPAC officials
asked members of the groups executive
committee an advisory body made up
of representatives from other American
Jewish groups to break up any argu-
ments they witnessed throughout the
conference.
An emphasis of the conference was the
breadth of AIPACs outreach, particularly
among African Americans and Hispan-
ics. Chris Harris, a pastor from Chicagos
South Side, described how he had applied
in his neighborhood lessons learned from
trauma specialists in Israeli communi-
ties on Gazas border. He closed Sunday
nights plenary by eliciting Amens from
the AIPAC activists as his churchs gospel
choir sang, We walk with you.
AIPAC also has worked to counter criti-
cisms from the left that it is too closely
aligned with the GOP. A month ago, AIPAC
advertised for a director of progressive
outreach; the job is not yet filled. Until the
mid-1980s, such a job description might
have seemed redundant AIPAC until then
was strongly identified with Democrats.
That traditional base is aging, however,
and many liberal activists are express-
ing greater sympathy for the Palestin-
ians. Within the Jewish community and in
Washington, J Street has challenged AIPAC
from the left. AIPACs leadership recently
has sought avenues to younger progres-
sives, and nods to the political left were
visible throughout the conference.
At a session on Americas Role in a
Changing World, Brian Katulis, a senior
fellow at the liberal Center for Ameri-
can Progress, vigorously and politely
sparred with Michael Doran, an official in
the administration of President George W.
Bush who now is at the Brookings Insti-
tution. But Mr. Katulis first flattered the
room, and in progressive terms, praising
AIPAC for seeding American engagement
overseas at a time, he said, when con-
servatives were disengaging from foreign
involvement.
What AIPAC does to reach out to our
citizenry to talk about our engagement
with our key ally Israel is vital, he said.
A breakout session on Civilian Coexis-
tence in Israel featured an entire panel
identified with the Israeli left, which orga-
nizers acknowledged was unusual for
AIPAC.
The room of about 100 people was
warm and welcoming. Ali Waked, an Arab
Israeli who heads Merchavim, a dialogue
group, drew applause when he said, I
want to be a first-class citizen of the state
of Israel, while keeping my Arab and Pal-
estinian identity.
He discussed discrimination against
Arabs in Israel. When 20-25 percent of
citizens are uncomfortable, it should be
a warning, he said. No one contradicted
him; instead, there were vigorous nods.
A video during one of the conference
breaks touted a project of the Peres Center
for Peace that brings together Israeli and
Palestinian girls in soccer tournaments. It
wasnt an extraordinary clip, but the mon-
tage of a Palestinian teenager doing her
homework, hanging out with friends and
her parents, and playing soccer presented
a picture of Palestinian life that has been
rare at AIPAC conferences.
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of
the Union for Reform Judaism, joined
his counterparts in the Conservative and
Orthodox movements on stage during the
Monday plenary to cite Torah readings
calling for support for Israel.
It was Rabbi Jacobs first onstage appear-
ance at AIPAC since he assumed the URJs
presidency three years ago; his appoint-
ment to lead the Reform movement drew
some criticism from the right at the time,
in part because he had been a member of
J Streets rabbinic cabinet.
Jacobs, together with Rabbi Steven Wer-
nick, the executive vice president of the
United Synagogue of Conservative Juda-
ism, and Rabbi Steven Weil, the Orthodox
Unions executive vice president, delivered
a message of unity, albeit one imbued with
rabbinic nuance.
We stand together to acknowledge that
Jewish life is not about singing in unison
but rather singing in harmony, Rabbi Wer-
nick said.
JTA WIRE SERVICE
U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), at left, and
Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) deliver remarks during the American Israel
Public Affairs Committees Policy Conference in Washington.
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Blanche Berger
Blanche R. Berger, ne Sonenblum, 93, of Miami, for-
merly of Tenafly, died March 1.
Born in Vienna, she was a member of First Horoden-
ker Sick and Benevolent Society of Manhattan.
Predeceased by her husband, Dr. Paul, she is sur-
vived by her children, Roni Gershon, (Dr. Roger),
of Tenafly, Janice Landau, ( Jeff ), of Miami, and
Bobby (Linda) of Connecticut; a brother, Sidney
Sonenblum of California; and four grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial Chapels,
Fort Lee.
Louis Elkin
Louis A. Elkin, of Clifton, formerly of Paterson and
Elmwood Park, died March 3.
Predeceased by his wife, Evelyn, he is survived by
his daughters, Debbie Sarno, Adrianne Smith, Elena
Schatz, and Sheree Covella; seven grandchildren, and
a great-grandchild.
Before retiring, he was a paint foreman and mem-
ber of Bergen County Local #1007 in Hackensack. He
was a founding member of the Elmwood Park Jewish
Center.
Donations can be sent to the United Jewish Appeal
Campaign Fund. Arrangements were by Louis Subur-
ban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Evelyn Kaufman
Evelyn Kaufman, ne Nelson, 103, of Pompton
Plains, formerly of Paterson and Elmwood Park, died
February 28.
She was the oldest living graduate of Eastside High
School in Paterson.
Predeceased by her husband, Charles, she is sur-
vived by her children, Marlyn Brill, Gail Levine, and
Alice Rosenzweig (Dr. Abraham); five grandchildren,
and 12 great-grandchildren.
Donations can be made to Sage Eldercare, Summit,
N.J., or a favorite charity. Arrangements were by Louis
Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Ilene Reiss
Ilene Reiss, 69, of Franklin Lakes, died February 23.
She owned a travel agency.
Predeceased by her husband, Gary, she is survived
by her children, Amy Meillarec (Michael), Bryan
(Theresa), and Marc, and three grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Robert Schoems Menorah
Chapel, Paramus.
Elisabeth Hirsch
Elisabeth S. Hirsch, Ph.D., ne Schiff, 95, of Hack-
ensack, formerly of White Plains, N.Y., and London,
died February 24.
Born in Hungary, she immigrated to the U.S. via
England after World War II. She earned degrees at the
New School for Social Research and New York Univer-
sity. She taught pre-school and was a professor at City
College of New York, retiring at 70, continuing as pro-
fessor emeritus until 80. She was the author of The
Block Book.
Predeceased by her husband, Julius, she is survived by
daughters, Susan and Naomi, and a sister, Martha Talmi
in Israel.
Contributions can be sent to the Clear View School,
Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Arrangements were by Gutterman
and Musicant Jewish Funeral Directors, Hackensack.
Shirley Rosenberg
Shirley Rosenberg, 87, of Virginia, formerly of Teaneck,
died February 23.
Predeceased by her husband, Martin, and a son,
Michael, she is survived by a daughter, Miriam Rollin
(Michael); and a grandchild.
Before retiring, she was a Hebrew school teacher at
Temple Sinai of Bergen County in Tenafly and Temple Beth
El of Closter.
Donations can be made to the Center for Food Action in
Englewood.
Arrangements were by Gutterman and Musicant Jewish
Funeral Directors, Hackensack.
Jean Rosenhaus
Jean Rosenhaus, of Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of Fair
Lawn, died February 24. Arrangements were by Louis Sub-
urban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Stanley Schwartz
Col. Stanley C. Schwartz of Lutherville, Md., and Delray
Beach Fla., died February 23.
He was a colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II
stationed in England, Okinawa, and the United States, serv-
ing in the Battle of Normandy, in Northern France, and
Germany. After retiring from the military, he was a textile
manager/sales executive for Levis Jeans in Maryland.
Predeceased by his wife, Hilda, in 1995, he is survived by
his long-time companion, Lucille Globus Steiner, and fam-
ily members Susan and Moshe Castiel, and Alexandria and
Simon Castiel; and Robin and Michael Steiner, Jake, Casey,
and Julia Steiner.
Contributions can be sent to a local chapter of the United
Jewish Appeal or a charity of choice.
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Funeral Directors, Hackensack.
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Savvy Chic celebrating
its new location
Savvy Chic Consignment Boutique will hold a relocation
celebration from 7 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, March 20,
at 30 Cottage Place, Ridgewood. There will be compli-
mentary food and beverages, a spring fashion show, and
vendor giveaways.
Ten percent of the proceeds will benefit Zoes Place,
a home for teenage mothers and their babies sponsored
by Childrens Aid & Family Services.
Reservations are required by March 10 to platinum-
consulting@verizon.net.
Teaneck to hold
Affordable Care Act
seminar
The Teaneck Township Council and the Coalition of
100 Black Women is sponsoring an information and
enrollment session regarding the Affordable Care
Act on Wednesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. at Teaneck
High School.
On-site enrollment will be available, provided that
participants bring the following information:
1. Social Security Number (or document numbers
for legal immigrants)
2. Employer and income information for your-
self and every member of your family who needs
coverage (e.g., pay stubs, W-2 forms, wage and tax
statements)
3. Policy numbers for any current health insur-
ance plans covering yourself and any member of
your household
4. List of medical conditions/diseases and medi-
cations taken by yourself and any member of your
household
Sheila Thorne of the National Partnership for
Action to End Health Disparities, Region II, will be
presenting and answering any questions.
Pre-Pesach wig sale
Wigs by Lillian Lee will be holding a special pre-Pesach
wig sale.
Ms. Lee is an award winning designer who has perfected
styling wigs to make them look the most natural on each cli-
ent. She selects the best quality wigs from various suppliers
taking into considering hair texture, color, and construction
of the wig. Wig specialist Aliza Fischman will help customers
find the perfect wig, band fall, hat fall, or kippah/integration
fall in the perfect color and price range, and then Ms. Lee
will design a style to complement a face and lifestyle.
The Lillian Lee Salon team of licensed stylists is trained
to style and maintain wigs to keep them looking their best.
See the Wigs by Lillian Lee ad for full details about the wig
sale. Customers who clip the coupon can get an additional
$50 off the cost of their new wig.
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Picture perfect 3 BR/2 BTH home.
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Spacious 3 BR/2.5 BTH townhouse. $659K
ENGLEWOOD
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ENGLEWOOD
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2-story building. 37,740 sq. ft. $2,500,000
PARAMUS
Lovely Ranch. Wonderful property.
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Beautiful Side Hall Colonial. Prime area.
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Spacious ex 1 BR. Chelsea gem.
GREENWICH VILLAGE
Quintessential pre-war full-service co-op.
GREENPOINT
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UPPER EAST SIDE
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Stylish building. Heart of Brooklyn.
UNION SQUARE
1 BR/1.5 BTH duplex w/loft. $699,000
SUNNYSIDE
Large L-shaped studio. Great location.
CHELSEA
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Broker/Owner
Miron Properties NY
Ruth Miron-Schleider
Broker/Owner
Miron Properties NJ
NJ: T: 201.266.8555 M: 201.906.6024
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Remarkable Service. Exceptional Results.
Bergen Philharmonic
schedules concerts
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra con-
cert series continues with performances
on March 29 and May 17 at 8:30 p.m.
The March 29 concert features the
gifted cellist Julian Langford performing
the Elgar Cello Concerto. Mr. Langford,
a student at Julliard, has won numerous
competitions including NPRs From the
Top.
The May 17 performance will feature
flutist Dr. Carol Shansky. Dr. Shansky will
perform the Reinecke Flute Concerto.
Dr. Shansky is director of the music pro-
gram at Iona College.
The performances will be held at Benja-
min Franklin Middle School, 1315 Taft Road,
Teaneck. Ticket pricing is: $25 adults, $20
seniors, $10 students. Group rates are avail-
able. For tickets and information, call (201)
837-1980, visit our website at www.bergen-
philharmonic.org. or email: bergenphil.
orchestra@gmail.com.
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
comprises musicians from almost every
town in Bergen County. There are various
positions open in the orchestra. If inter-
ested in joining, email the orchestra at the
above email address.
Holy Name offers
host of programs in March
Holy Name Medical Center has released
its March calendar of programs, includ-
ing health seminars, support groups,
health fairs and wellness classes. To view
the full list, visit holyname.org/events.
Most events are free, unless otherwise
noted. To register, call 1-877-HOLY-NAME
(1-877-465-9626).
Medication Safety: what you dont
know can hurt you!
Although medications are prescribed to
help us, medications used or disposed of
improperly are as harmful as any other
poison. As part of National Poison Pre-
vention Week, this program will address
safety concerns with prescription drugs,
and over-the-counter drugs, understand-
ing labels, and proper storage and dis-
posal of medications.
Thursday, March 20, 1-2 p.m.
Speaker: Nancy Palamara, Pharm.D,
HNMC Director of Pharmacy Services
Colorectal health
During March, Colorectal Cancer Aware-
ness Month, Holy Name Medical Center
will join with other hospitals, cancer
groups and communities nationwide to
provide education on the prevention,
treatment and cure of colorectal can-
cer. At this session, we will discuss the
fact and fiction of popular claims for
prevention.
Monday, March 10, 7-8 p.m.
Speaker: Ronald White, MD, Holy Name
colon and rectal surgeon
Bariatric surgery seminar
Obesity is not a failure of willpower; its a
disease that can place you at risk for a num-
ber of serious illnesses and medical con-
ditions. The best place to start when con-
templating bariatric surgery is one of our
free patient seminars, held several times a
month at Holy Name Medical Center. For
dates and information, call 1-877-HOLY-
NAME (1-877-465-9626) Prompt #5.
Diabetes support forum
This meeting is for people with dia-
betes and their families to share com-
mon concerns, learn from each others
experience and skills, and discuss top-
ics chosen by the group.
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Time: 1-2 p.m.
CPR classes: adult, child and infant
Call 201-227-6254 for dates, times and
location.
Free support groups
Bereavement support
Call 201-833-3000, ext. 7580, for more
information.
Breast cancer support group
Meets twice monthly in Marian Hall,
Room #6.
First & third Wednesday, 5:307 p.m.
Call 1-877-465-9626 for more
information.
Cancer support group
Meets twice monthly in Marian Hall,
Room #6.
Second & fourth Wednesday, 45:30
p.m.
Call 1-877-465-9626 for more
information.
Caregiver support group
Meets monthly in DayAway, 725 Teaneck
Rd., Teaneck
First Wednesday, 12 p.m.
Call 201-833-3757 for more information.
Perinatal loss dupport
Call 201-833-3058 for more information.
Prostate cancer support
Meets monthly in Marian Hall, Room #6.
Second Monday, 6-7:30 p.m.
Call 1-877-HOLY-NAME (1-877-465-
9626) Prompt #5 for more information.
Pinkie Nails has new owners
and Sunday hours
Pinkie Nails in New Milford, now under
new ownership, will have its grand open-
ing today, March 7.
The full-service nail salon is a multi-
year first-place nail salon winner in the
annual Jewish Standards Readers Choice
magazine poll.
Grand opening attendees will be given
a free membership card ($5 value), and
there will be gift coupons worth $5 and
$10.
The shop is running a prom special for
$50 ($76 value), which includes a tip set
and pedicure. Other specials include $20
for a regular manicure and pedicure on
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.
There is also a bonus with a gift card
purchase.
For more specials, see the ad on page 28.
Lina, the new owner, looks forward to
meeting her customers. The newly reno-
vated store is located at 680A River Road
in New Milford, with free parking in the
back. It is next to the Burger King. Store
hours are 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday
through Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m., on Sundays. For information, call
(201) 265-7300.
Dont want braces?
Invisalign may be the answer
Are crooked teeth creating a problem for
you? Would you like to improve your smile?
Did you know that having straight teeth can
actually improve the health of your gums
and your dental hygiene and increase your
chances of keeping your teeth for life?
Maybe its time to start thinking about
braces.
Braces? But of course you would rather
not walk around with a mouth full of
metal. Now you may not have to.
Invisalign is exactly what it sounds like:
invisible braces designed to align your
teeth to improve both your dental health
and your smile.
On March 19, Teaneck Dentist is spon-
soring Invisalign Day to give you the
opportunity to find out if Invisalign is
right for you. If you are a candidate for
Invisalign, you can receive $500 off the
cost of your full Invisalign treatment,
as well as free teeth whitening (a $350
value) and attractive financing options.
Space is limited, so call Teaneck Dentist
now for your free consultation appoint-
ment on March 19. Teaneck Dentist is
located at 100 State Street. Call (201)
837-3000. For more information about
Teaneck Dentist visit www.teaneckden-
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TENAFLY
Picture perfect 3 BR/2 BTH home.
TENAFLY
Old world charm. Timeless elegance.
TENAFLY
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TENAFLY
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Spacious 3 BR/2.5 BTH townhouse. $659K
ENGLEWOOD
Quaint Colonial. Expansion possibilities. $758K
ENGLEWOOD
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ENGLEWOOD
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TEANECK
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TEANECK
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