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Chasidic singer Lipa Schmeltzer, speaking at a Queens College
Chanukah concert he headlined, as reported in Gothamist.com.
According to the article, he continued by saying: Theyre teaching
me nice stuff, but Im teaching them nice stuff too. That people with
these he flicked one of his side locks can also be normal, and
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l We just had to pass along this de-
lightful Purim greeting we received

from David and Sarina Goldstein,
featuring their two youngest daughters, Ayelet and Leora, as well as a
seasonal family friend dressed in his
finest Purim apparel. We join in hoping you had the finest and most joyous of Purims.
We would also like to gently

remind those in charge of our
regional weather that no matter how
charming we find Purim snowmen,
white stuff falling from the sky is
explicitly enumerated among the
Passover plagues. Thats one Exodus
reenactment we pray we wont be
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or a police station, or a Star
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happy to sell you a kit with
hundreds of bricks. But if you
want a miniature starship
Enterprise or a M26 Pershing tank, youll have to go
to third party suppliers like
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Now, theres Jbrick.com,
which offers Jewish-themed
kits. Their first offering, a
menorah-and-dreidel kit, has
sold out. Next up: tzedakah
boxes, a seder plate, and a
miniature IDF soldier.
Jbrick.com is a project
of Yitzie Kasowitz, a
Lubavitcher who is an expert
builder for Brickmania.
My dream is to build the
Beis Hamikdash in Lego minifig size,
about 1/35 scale, he told Collive.com.
It will take many thousands of Lego
bricks, hours and money. Perhaps Ill be

commissioned to do that soon enough.
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CONTENTS
NOSHES....................................................4
OPINION................................................ 22
COVER STORY 26
KEEPING KOSHER40
DEAR RABBI44
TORAH COMMENTARY 45
CROSSWORD PUZZLE46
ARTS & CULTURE 47
CALENDAR48
OBITUARIES 53
CLASSIFIEDS 54
REAL ESTATE 56
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Noshes
When did CNN start hosting my

family seders?
Jon Stewart, describing a CNN segment where J Streets Jeremy Ben-Ami
and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach loudly talked over each other.
NIMOY NOT ALONE:
On Star Treks
tribe members
No doubt you
heard that LEONARD NIMOY died
last week at 83. His
longer obits noted his
many Jewish ties,
including that he was
raised in an Orthodox
home, he re-embraced
religious Judaism about
25 years ago, he celebrated the feminine
aspect of God in a book
(Shekhina) that was
made up of photos he
took and of course
theres the Vulcan
split-finger salute. Nimoy
invented the salute
based on the kohanic/
rabbinic priestly blessing
hand-sign.
Divine intervention,
however, probably was
not the reason why so
many Jewish actors were
main cast members or
guest stars on the original Star Trek. My theory
is this: big-money movies
and TV shows hire classically WASPy good looking actors for lead parts.
That doesnt include
most Jewish actors, who
are usually relegated
to character parts. But
Star Treks creator, Gene
Roddenberry, didnt have
much of a budget, so
he hired good character
actors for leads and it
worked out. (Yes, WILLIAM SHATNER, 83, had
leading man looksbut
his career was not hot
when Star Trek began.)

Beside Shatner and
Nimoy, the six-person
main cast included tribe
member WALTER KOENIG, now 78, as Chekov.
Notable Jewish guest
stars included the late
MARK LENARD as Mr.
Spocks father; the late
ARLENE MARTEL as
TPring, Spocks fianc;
the late ROGER C. CARMEL as Harry Mudd in
two episodes; and JOAN
COLLINS, now 83. She
starred in an episode,
City on the Edge of
Forever, that is ranked
among the series best.
By the way, Collins,
whose father was Jewish, was recently made a
British dame (the equivalent of knighthood for a
woman) and will co-star
as the Queen of Englands mum in a new TV
series starting this summer. Joan played a Jewish queen once, in the
1960 film, Esther and
the King. Even though
Purim just ended, dont
get all Purim-y and rent
it its as bad as monthold hamantaschen.
The comedy
Unfinished
Business stars
Vince Vaughn as a small
business owner who
travels to Europe to close
an important business
deal. Of course, the trip
goes awry in every
Leonard Nimoy
William Shatner
Sergey Brin
Giving Jews
Walter Koenig
Joan Collins
possible way. DAVE

FRANCO, 29, co-stars as
a Vaughn associate.
Dave, the younger
brother of actor JAMES
FRANCO, recently said
Im proud to be Jewish.
He and ALLISON BRIE,
32 (Community), have
been dating for two
years. Like Dave, shes
the child of a Jewish
mother and non-Jewish
father, and she, too,
identifies as Jewish. I will
note that there is a rats
nest of websites that
delight in proclaiming
any two-celeb couple
together or broken up,
and Franco-Brie is just
the cheese they feast on.
Three months ago, they
were supposedly kaput

because Brie wasnt with
Franco on an Australian
trip. But in late January,
an actual just-taken
photo of Franco giving
Brie flowers appeared on
another site, and my
reasonable surmise is
that they still are okay.
SCARLETT
JOHANSSON, 30,
always is a class
act, whether it is articulately defending her
decision to remain a
celebrity endorser of the
Israeli company Soda
Stream, in the face of
boycott-Israel fanatics, or
defending John Travolta
from a claim that he was
touching her weirdly on
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Every year, the publication Chronicle of Philanthropy

issues a top ten list of the U.S.s biggest charitable donors.
Three of the ten are Jewish: The number preceding their
name is their ranking on the list-(9) SERGEY BRIN, 41,
Google co-founder, $383 million; (7) MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, 73, former NYC mayor and Bloomberg News
founder, $462 million; (4) JAN KOUM, 39, co-creator/
co-owner of Whats App, a mobile messaging service that
Facebook bought for 21.8 billion dollars last March. An
immigrant from the Ukraine, Koum grew up poor in Cali N.B.
fornia. He gave away $556 million.
the Oscars red carpet. A

still frame of one moment of them greeting
each other on the red
carpet was extracted
from the much longer
encounter to make it
seem like Travolta was
weird. The photo was
posted around the
Internet. Johansson told
the AP: There is nothing
strange, creepy or
inappropriate about
John Travolta That still
photo does not reflect
what preceded and
followed if you see the

moment live. Yet another
way we are misguided,
misinformed and
sensationalized by the
24-hour news cycle. I
havent seen John in
some years and it is
always a pleasure to be
greeted by him. (Travolta and Johansson
co-starred in the quite
good 2004 film, A Love
Song for Bobby Long.
You should rent that
one.)
N.B.
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SENIOR PROGRAMS AT THE JCC
Doing it again
Young couple repeats wedding ceremony for seniors at Kaplen JCC
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
he joy that Lauren Glubo felt

about her daughters impending
marriage was diminished only
by the realization that the frail
seniors in the social daycare program she
runs at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in
Tenafly would not be able to join her family
for the February 15 wedding on Long Island.
Ms. Glubo, a recreational therapist, has
headed the Kaplen Adult Reach Center
ARC nearly since its inception about 25
years ago, and says she still looks forward
to coming to work every day. Her goal is
making all the participants feel very special, like we are their best friends. I love
each and every one of them.
So she decided if they couldnt be at the
actual wedding, she would bring a reenacted wedding to them on February 18
A lot of them cant get out to weddings very often, and I thought it would
make their day special, even if they didnt
remember it the next day, she said.
Invitations went out not only to the roster of about 30 registered participants but
also to their families and to spouses of past
participants who since have died.
Despite the fact that many ARC members winter in the South, and despite the
fact that February 18 turned out to be a
snow day on which the usual van transportation to ARC did not run, the affair drew
81 attendees.
I was surprised that some of the people
actually took taxis to get here, Ms. Glubo
said. Others were driven by volunteers or
caregivers.
They didnt want to miss it, said Judith
Davidsohn Nahary, the JCCs director of
senior adult services. They felt included
and needed and wanted. Giving the ARC
participants a purpose is something we try
to do as an overall goal.
ARC members who have memory
impairment and also may be physically
infirm and suffer from depression participated as bridesmaids, singers, chuppah pole holders, or readers of blessings.
One participants granddaughter was the
flower girl.
The bride, Heather Glubo, a 32-year-old
clinical psychologist, was accompanied
by her parents, Les and Lauren Glubo, her
sister, Jessica Glubo, and her grandmother,
Shelley Wolfe. Both Heather and Jessica
Glubo have volunteered at ARC.
The groom, Jesse David, was accompanied by his parents, Len and Rochel David,
who live on the same block in Teaneck
The bride and her mother, Lauren Glubo, walk down the aisle.
An ARC participants granddaughter

is the flower girl.
The bride, Heather Glubo, and the groom, Jesse David, kiss under the chuppah.
as the Glubos and attend the same synagogue, Congregation Beth Sholom. The
congregations rabbi, Joel Pitkowsky, came
to the JCC to officiate at the reenactment.
At a luncheon served after the mock
nuptials, a hired musician provided the
backdrop for ARC members to dance with
each other and with the celebrants.
Ms. Nahary explains that ARCs program

is inspired by the Montessori educational
philosophy, which encourages the pursuit
of natural interests and activities within a
rich environment.
We try to get our seniors engaged in
everything the JCC has to offer, including the nursery school, camp, and music
school, she said. Over the years, Laurens come up with a lot of creative festivities for them to enjoy. We did a real mock
wedding many years ago, where two participants played the bride and groom.
About two-thirds of ARC members are
Jewish and almost all are from Bergen
County, Ms. Glubo said. She expressed
gratitude to her staff, in particular Marie
Gonzalez, Robbie Wedeen, and Sal Pintavalle, for making the program and the
reenacted wedding a success.
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SENIOR PROGRAMS AT THE JCC
How to support aging in place

Lavish Lunches
support Kaplen JCC
senior services
LOIS GOLDRICH
ts a story we hear more and more

these days.
Someones father, or grandmother, or friend, who once was
so active, is no longer able to participate
in the activities that previously sustained
them.
Whether they have slipped into dementia or simply cannot keep up physically,
their lives now must change.
Fortunately, said Susan Marenoff of
Tenafly, a sponsor of Lavish Lunches, the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades is tackling this
problem, providing a place for seniors to
go to get out of their homes and be social
with each other.
Ms. Marenoff, who has supported the
culinary fundraising event for several
Rabbi Zelick Block and friends on Grandfriends Day at the JCC.
years, said she finds the event which

benefits the JCCs Senior Adult Services
Department probably one of the most
fulfilling days of the entire year.
I have a soft spot for the elderly, she

said, and the JCC brings seniors into a
vibrant environment, furthering contacts
between the centers oldest and youngest
members and stimulating their minds.

To be part of it, to play a role, makes
such a difference for so many of us who
see what the JCC does every day. Were
so lucky in this community to have this
agency.
Lavish Lunches, scheduled for March 11,
begins with a light breakfast at the home of
JCC supporters Lindsay and Josh Epstein
and features a guest speaker. This year,
its culinary expert and author Franklin
Becker, a proponent of healthy eating.
After his presentation, participants may
choose among a variety of lunches, served
in local homes and venues, each with a
theme, speaker, or activity.
The day will include the screening of
a video that shows not only how the JCC
serves its senior population but how the
families of those seniors value the centers
work.
I think you guys are angels on earth,
says the on-screen daughter of one senior
who before a heart attack from which
she never fully recovered loved to
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HUC chancellor
remembers southern boyhood
Rabbi David Ellenson talks about growing up in the South, social justice,
the Pew study, and more at Teanecks Temple Emeth
JOANNE PALMER
abbi Dr. David Ellensons trip

through the Jewish world has
been long and strange, beginning in the Orthodox world
of Newport News, Virginia; winding
through the colonial (for real!) elegance,
symmetry, and beauty of the College of
William and Mary and the manufactured
chaos and real emotion at the Democratic National Convention of 1964, to the
presidency of the Reform movements
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute
of Religion.
Now, as HUCs chancellor, Rabbi
Ellenson is looking beyond it to the world
of opportunity not-quite-retirement
offers.
Rabbi Ellenson will talk about the
insights hes gained over the course
of this busy life as he comes to Temple
Emeth in Teaneck as the Rabbi Louis J.
Sigel scholar in residence from March 13
to March 15.
His views on race relations in the South
were shaped by his boyhood there. Rabbi
Ellenson, who was born in 1947, grew up
in a small but still four-shul town, where
davening options included Reform, Conservative, Orthodox-with-mixed-seating
(not called Conservadox then and there,
he said), and orthodox Orthodox, with a

mechitza. The Ellensons belonged to that
last shul.
My family was very traditional Jewishly, but also involved in politics on the
Virginia peninsula, Rabbi Ellenson said.
It therefore was logical that he began as
a page in the Virginia State Senate, and
then at the Democratic National Convention in 1964.
That Democratic convention, held in
Atlantic City, probably has faded a bit in
the memories of the vast majority of us,
who were not there. In the public memory, it is shaded by the nation-shaking
theatrics of the 1968 convention in Chicago. But Rabbi Ellenson, then a teenager, was in Atlantic City, and that convention has shaped his life.
When President Johnson Lyndon
Johnson, who had taken over the presidency from the assassinated John F. Kennedy the year before, was nominated to
run for his own full term there and
Adlai Stevenson the countrys United
Nations ambassador, a failed presidential candidate who introduced a film in
memory of Eleanor Roosevelt, who had
died recently spoke, there was lots of
music, Rabbi Ellenson said. There was
a lot of noise, and clearly to some degree
it was manufactured.
Who: Rabbi David Ellenson, chancellor of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of

Religion
What: Will be Temple Emeths Rabbi Louis J. Sigel scholar in residence
When: March 13 to March 15
Where: 1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck
How: Friday night, A Southern Jewish Boyhood: Reflections on Race Relations in
America, after services at 8; Saturday morning, The Obligations of the Israeli Government Toward its Arab Population at Torah study at 9; Just War and Self-Defense
in Jewish Tradition at 1 p.m.; Sunday morning, a discussion on the Pew study at 10.
For more information and reservations for Shabbat lunch and Sunday breakfast:
201-833-1322 or www.emeth.org
Columbia was Arthur HertzBut when Bobby Kennedy who was attorney
berg, the C onser vative
general then came up to
rabbi who headed Temple
introduce the film about his
Emanu-El, then in Englewood, for many years. He
brother, at a certain point
was my professor in Jewish
the fanfare stopped, but the
intellectual history, Rabbi
applause grew louder and
Ellenson said of Rabbi
louder. I still think of Senator Kennedy he wasnt
Hertzberg. He was irascible and brilliant. I dont
a senator yet then with
Rabbi David Ellenson
think I enjoyed anything
tears in his eyes.
more than sitting in his class
It was an extremely powerful moment, one of the most significant
and listening to him talk. His knowledge
moments of my life. Even when I talk
was prodigious, and his intellect matched
about it right now, I am going back to it.
his knowledge. I am smiling now, as I talk
It was almost surreal.
about him.
Perhaps not surpri singly, given
He did not suffer fools he was always
his background, Rabbi Ellenson had
certain of his position but the reality is
assumed that hed become a lawyer, but
that he put together Jewish thought in a
in college I took a course in contempobrilliant way.
rary Christian thought. I found it compelNot only did Rabbi Hertzberg teach
ling, and I wondered if Judaism had an
Rabbi Ellenson specifics about Jewish thought, he taught him a way of
equivalent. And those years were among
approaching his work. He said, and I
the most significant decades in American
never forgot, that if you cannot explain
history for social justice, and it had been
what your thesis is in a sentence, or at
driven by theology Reinhold Niebuhr,
most in a paragraph of three sentences,
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
then you dont really have a grip on your
I went to the University of Virginia
subject. On the other hand, once you
and did a masters degree in religious
have established your thesis, you can
studies, and then I went to Israel and
keep on writing page after page or speaking for hours...
lived there for two years, and I entered
I tried to emulate him in my own
HUC. He started his rabbinical studies
teaching style and career, he said.
at the schools Jerusalem campus. Next,
Rabbi Ellensons field of study is the
he moved to New York, where he was
evolution of Judaism in the modern
ordained. At the same time, he earned
period, he said. My specialty is Orthoa doctorate in the sociology of religions
dox rabbinic writings; I also write on libat Columbia University. I did a study of
eral prayer books and theology.
Rabbi Oswald Esriel Hildesheimer, who
On Fr iday and Saturday, Rabbi
started the equivalent of Yeshiva University in Germany, Rabbi Ellenson said.
Ellenson will talk about various minorities African Americans in this country,
That work was published as a book; the
Arabs in Israel. On Sunday, hell tackle
rabbis name was the title and the subtitle was Creation of a Modern Jewish
the Pew study.
Orthodoxy.
Temple Emeths Rabbi Stephen Sirbu is
One of Rabbi Ellensons teachers at
enthusiastic about Rabbi Ellenson, with
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Harman Grossman of Beth Sholom and Avi Mermelstein of Rinat Yisrael are
working on texts for the study session.
Bubbles, bridges,
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Two Teaneck shuls join for afternoon of study
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Congregation Beth Sholom,
both of Teaneck, are holding a joint study program on
March 14.
On the one hand, not so groundbreaking, right? The shuls are only a few thousand feet apart, said Avi Mermelstein, a
Rinat member who is on the committee
preparing for the day.
On the other hand, as is true for most
members of most, if not all, shuls in the
shul-rich town, people live in a bubble
a shul bubble, that is and they are
focused on their own events and their
own congregants, he added.
And it is also true that Rinat is Orthodox
and Beth Sholom is Conservative. That
makes the walls that separate them just a
bit thicker.
But there is almost always more than
one way of looking at anything. The texts
that participants will study are from the
Haggadah (yes, Pesach is approaching
rapidly), and they focus on the two ways
we are told to look at our enemies. Is it
about revenge (Pour out Your wrath
upon those who do not know You, we
implore God at the seder), or is it with
forgiveness (Do not abhor the Egyptian, the Haggadah also tells us, and God
forbade the angels from celebrating the
deaths of the Egyptians, who also are his

children, midrash adds).
The study session its to start at 4 p.m.,
at Rinat, and end early enough to allow
Beth Sholom members to make it back for
Mincha/Maariv at their shul is a kind of
unique special event that brings together
people from very different synagogues to
sit down and study Jewish texts, David
Jacobowitz said. Mr. Jacobowitz is a cochair of Rinats adult education program,
and he is one of the co-chairs of the study
day. Rinat is very focused on promoting Torah learning. Our rabbi has been
incredibly effective he is a wonderful
teacher and has always put as the highest priority everybody learning Torah, at
whatever level they can.
We believe that Torah is the foundation of everything we believe in as Jews.
If you take away Torah, the edifice collapses. And if we have a program that promoted learning of Torah and brought in
people of disparate backgrounds, it could
be a real winner.
We love to see more bridges built
among different parts of the community.
We recognize that this is a little bit out of
the box, but we believe that Torah is a
common denominator.
There are two main goals to the program, he said. One is to promote the
learning of Torah, and the second is to
create feelings of friendship and kinship
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the community.
Elaine Cohen of Beth Sholom, Mr. Jacobowitzs counterpart on the committee,
said although there are some places in
Teaneck that focus on nondenominational learning, it tends to be segmented.
She and Mr. Jacobowitz started talking
and realized they both thought it would
be a good opportunity to learn with and
from each other. So we came up with the
idea of doing it beit midrash style. We
thought that members of both congregations could come together on a Shabbat
afternoon; it was an optimal time because
people didnt have to decide between that
and taking their kids to soccer or whatever other commitments people have on
Sunday mornings.
There is a habit of looking within our
own community, and unfortunately these
divisions have become barriers and obstacles rather than bridges, she said. I dont
think its ideological. I think its habit.
Dr. Mermelstein, working with Beth
Sholoms Harman Grossman, was responsible for selecting the texts, and he will
speak at the beginning, explaining how
the day will work.
The issues that participants will consider
is what emotion we adopt when we consider our enemies, he said. Do we characterize it as revenge, forgiveness, compassion, love, hate? There are a couple of
takeaways. One of them is that revenge is
an emotion that sometimes can be troubling for our modern sensibilities, but on
the other hand it can be a moral emotion
that emerges from our recognition that a
profound wrong has been committed and
should not go unpunished. On the other
hand, we might decide to embrace love and
forgiveness. Many sources suggest doing
that, and others suggest that love for ones
enemy can be dangerous if ones enemy
takes advantage of it.
We can see that our tradition does
not speak with one voice about the emotions we are supposed to feel. Our tradition prescribes different emotions at
different times, from different sources,
in different historical contexts. Each has
arguments in its favor.
Mr. Grossman is direct about the challenge. Whats novel about this is that it
is a Conservative shul partnering with

an Orthodox one, he said. I think its a
shame that this is novel. Learning Jewish
texts is what Jews do. These texts belong
to everybody.
It is a great idea to do it jointly.
The subject matter is particularly relevant at this time of year, between Purim
and Pesach. And considering what the
Jewish stance toward our enemies ought
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Its been a real pleasure for me to
work with the folks at Rinat, he continued. Some of them are old friends of
mine, and some of them I hope are new
friends. There is quite a bit of crossover
between the shuls. There are, in fact,
couples who belong to both, Mr. Grossman said.
The study session will be organized
into chevrutas small groups. Participants who need not belong to either
Rinat or Beth Sholom are urged to register. The organizers will put together
groups that ideally will include people
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Bereaved Haworth mother starts support group to aid others
JOANNE PALMER
Sometimes bad things happen, and they
can ruin your life.
Say that your worst nightmare turns
real. Say, perhaps, that the worst possible
thing that most people can imagine happens to you. Say that one of your children
dies.
What do you do? Do you curl up in a
hole, or do you try to go on? Do you try
to bring something good out of something
terrible?
Elana Prezant of Haworth has decided
to take what she learned from her familys tragedy the death of her daughter,
Stephanie, in a rock-climbing accident
three years ago, at 22 and use that fartoo-dear knowledge to help other people.
Working with the Jewish Family Service
of Bergen and North Hudson, Ms. Prezant
has begun a monthly support group for
parents whose children have died. The
group is meant to fill a gap that she felt
acutely soon after Stephanie died.
After her accident, my son was really
looking for other kids in his situation that
he could connect with, she said. Jonathan
Prezant, then 20, was a college student: her
other child, Jacqueline, was 17 and in high
school. That led me to look for a support
I feel that I am
in a position to
make something
happen, and
to help that
next family.
group for him and for me. We would travel
into New York City to a group called Compassionate Friends, because there wasnt
anything for us close by.
We both needed it.
Compassionate Friends is an international peer-led support group for parents
and grandparents who have lost children,
she said; some chapters have groups for
siblings as well. It is structured so that
every month people tell their stories;
its led by a group leader who has been
through this tragedy and took on a leadership role, Ms. Prezant said. It helped
me for a little while, but in the end people
come and go as they need it. She needed
more continuity and structure.
Also, she pointed out, childrens
deaths have different causes; she cannot identify as much with a parent who
had to deal with the relentless march of
Elana, Jonathan, Jacqueline, and

Stephanie Prezant in London.
an unstoppable disease as she can with

another parent whose child was stolen by
sudden accident, as hers was. There are
some emotions that we all go through, and
some that are very personal, she said she
had learned from a grief counselor. There
is a whole other layer of feelings when
there is also the question of blame in her
case, for example, the climbing instructors
whose negligence contributed to Stephanies death.
The Manhattan Compassionate Friends
chapter had more turnover than she
wanted, she said, so she found a group in
White Plains, N.Y., that was more appropriate for her. I felt a continuity and
connection with them, she said. Still,
it was a 45-minute drive, and out of her
community.
I have been feeling the void in our community, Ms. Prezant said. And I have
become more sensitive to tragedies around
me. These are these constant ongoing tragedies, kids dying, and we are left with families with this hole in their lives.
I felt that we needed a local support
group in our community. Now that I am
almost three years out from our tragedy, I feel that I am in a position to make
something happen, and to help that next
family.
Although she could have opened a chapter of Compassionate Friends, she decided
not to, Ms. Prezant said. There is a strict
format, and I almost felt like people were
stuck in their grief, not moving forward. So
if you walked in feeling that you were in a
Stephanie loved being outdoors.
better place, you didnt walk out uplifted,

or at least I didnt. I wanted our group to
be more positive and hopeful.
The group she has formed, called Holding Hands, meets on the second Wednesday of every month at JFSs office in
Teaneck. Like Compassionate Friends, it
is a peer-led support group, not a therapy
group, Ms. Prezant said. I have personally reached out to parents who have lost
children.
It has met once so far; its next meeting
is scheduled for next Wednesday, March
11, at 7:15 p.m..
I had hoped that there would be more
people than just my husband and me at our

first meeting, Ms. Prezant said. She neednt
have feared. There were nine of us.
One woman was much further out than
the rest of us her child died 15 years
ago, and she was there more as a source
of strength and support than as a participant and a mom who lost her son eight
months ago, and a dad who lost his son six
months ago.
There was a structure to the evening,
she continued. We went around the room
and introduced ourselves there were
three couples and three singles, six stories
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The Hot Club of Cowtowns Jewish roots
JOANNE PALMER
here is some music that comes

from a violin music that is sad or
yearning or fierce or mournful or
forgiving or pleading or frantic
that bypasses the brain and goes right to the
heart and soul.
Sometimes that music can cross cultural
divisions, defy expectations, and mock
stereotypes.
That might be why Elana James, a nice Jewish girl from the suburbs of Kansas City, is one
of the founders of Hot Club of Cowtown, a
trio that will bring western swing, jazz, gypsy,
and eastern European music to Mexicali Live
in Teaneck on March 14 at 8 p.m., as it has
brought it to clubs and theaters around the
world for nearly 20 years now.
Ive played violin since I was 4, Ms.
James said. Ive always felt that it is a very
Jewish thing.
I went to the Hebrew Academy in Kansas City perhaps this is pedantic, but she
is talking about the Hyman Brand Hebrew
Academy in Overland Park, Kansas from
kindergarten until sixth grade. Music is an
incredibly central part of Jewish life, and I
always felt that being a violin player in that
environment was a precious identity.
Gypsy music, eastern European fiddle
music happens to be my favorite kind of
music, and it seems to me that being a professional fiddle player is the 21st-century version
of an ancient Jewish trade.
There is a big Jewish community in the
Kansas City area, Ms. James said, and much of
it is multigenerational. My sister moved back
there, and her kids go to the Hebrew Academy. Its a two-state region; Kansas Citys cultural institutions are on the Missouri side, but
many Jews live in the suburbs in Kansas. That
includes Prairie Village, where Ms. James
grew up, as well as Overland Park, where she
went to school.
She came by her musicianship naturally.
My mom, Susan Kammer, is a violinist, she
said. When I was a little person, I heard her
playing around the house, and Id see her get
all dressed up in black velvet and put on her
Chanel Number Five to play in the Kansas
City Symphony and then with her own trio.
My dad is more like a ham he plays a little
piano, but the strict musical stuff comes from
my mothers part of the family.
Ms. James grew up playing classical music.
She loved it, but she always wanted to play
music in a more social way. She longed to
move away from Kansas, to follow her music
wherever it took her.
She always was a good student, so where
it took her was to Morningside Heights in
Manhattan. In 1988, she began her freshman year at Barnard College. I knew I
wanted to play music, and New York was
the zenith, she said.
Whit Smith, Elana James, and Jake Ervin are the Hot Club of Cowtown.
Elana, center, and her sister and

friends mimicked her mothers jazz
quartet.
And when I got to Barnard, everybody I
met right away were Jews from Ardsley or
Montclair, Joanna and Rochelle and Yocheved. I hadnt been around so many Jews at
once since sixth grade and those are some
of my closest friends today.
I played the whole time I was in college,
she continued. I majored in religion, with
an emphasis on eastern religion. And then I
let my freak flag fly. I stopped trying to judge
myself for being attracted to musics that were
outside western classical music. I decided
that I would play for the joy of it.

Of course, it takes money to play just for
the joy of it, so Ms. James became an intern
at the publisher Harper; next, she took a job
at a Buddhist magazine, Tricycle. But music
was like a wound that just bled through, she
said. It was all the way under her skin; if she
denied it any logical expression, it would
announce itself nonetheless. It would not just
dry up and die. It would not leave her.
Soon she met Whit Smith, another third of
the trio now called Hot Club of Cowtown, and
she gave in to the need to make music. They
moved to Austin in 1994, and in 1997 they created the group.
What kind of music? Fiddle music is just
in me, she said. I havent ever been to Hungary or Romania, or even to Israel, but there
is a way in which this music is totally in me.
When you play things like, say, Dark Eyes,
and gypsy tunes, things that are cross-pollinated between eastern European and Jewish
and gypsy music
Its funny about Dark Eyes, she added.
Sometimes, in Texas, an old-timer will come
out from the countryside, to a show, and out
of all the music we play, hell say, You know
what song I really love? Dark Eyes.
A lot of the people in Texas are from old
German families who immigrated there in
the early 1900s, she said. It is always sweet
and surprising to me how deeply people are
affected by the style of music. There is a deep,
mysterious, aching humanity in those kinds

of songs. And when the violin plays it, then it
is an unknowable mystery.
The violin is a mysterious entity that
makes people remember things that theyve
never actually experienced.
About 10 years ago, when the group was
on an extended hiatus, Ms. James took the
name she uses today. Until then, she had
been Elana Fremerman. I changed my name
because it was a lot easier, she said. Its not
really difficult, I know, but so many people
couldnt say Fremerman. But my middle
name is Jamie So, goodbye Elana Fremerman, and hello Elana James.
In some ways, it seems, Kansas City is
a transitional place. You can go anywhere
from there. It sits at the center of the
country; it has been a gateway to the west
throughout American history. Just as she
felt pulled east, to the music and action of
New York, Ms. James also always felt pulled
to the west, to the dude ranches shed visited as a child, to the campfires and horses
and trails that seem as foreign as yurts
and water buffalo to most of us here. I
started working as a horse wrangler in a
dude ranch in Colorado, Ms. James said.
At first, she would ricochet from New York
to the west every six months or so, as she
would yearn for the place she wasnt in
and come to despise where she was. More
recently, she has learned how to integrate
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Elana James spends much time in Montana.

the two, and now she frequently leaves Austin to work
on a ranch in Montana, leading groups of vacationers
on multiday trails and singing at the campfire after the
sun sets.
I had an epiphany when I realized that I could go ride
horses and get paid for it, she said. That realization
changed my life. It led me to western music.
That itinerant, searching aspect of my life is
extremely Jewish.
The fiddle belongs as much by a campfire in the middle of the forest as it does on a stage or in a coffeehouse,
she said. A lot of cowboy songs came over with the cowboys from Ireland and England and wherever else they
came from, from their own traditions.
No matter whether you were pushing cattle or catching wild horses or whatever else you were doing, until
recently at the end of the day people would entertain
themselves by playing music for themselves and one
another. Some of the songs that have come out of that tradition are incredibly beautiful. They often are mournful
songs, about death and loss, about leaving home, she said.
Ms. James, whose music includes the sort of traditional
American themes and has worked in the kinds of traditional American settings that most of us know only second-hand, also has had the experience of working with
two great American treasures. About a decade ago, the
Hot Club of Cowtown toured with Bob Dylan, and also
with Willie Nelson.
Willie Nelson has not only been an inspiration, a
genius musician and songwriter, but he also has been so
wonderful to us personally, she said. He would come
out with us every night and sing the encore with us.
I have never heard a roar like the roar from the crowd
every night. It was deafening. That was such a giving, generous, sweet thing to do. He was in his early 70s then. That
he did that for us told us everything that I ever need to
know about Willie Nelson.
Elana James new album, Black Beauty, was released
last month. Its folkier than what the Hot Club of Cowtown does, she said. It is full of my guilty pleasures.
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Just a bit louder
LOIS GOLDRICH
Somehow, it seems a bit incongruous
to see the words Yiddish and rock in the
same sentence.
Its even more startling to hear the
phrase Yiddish rock. Still, says Jeffrey
Shandler a professor of Jewish studies
at Rutgers and a scholar of contemporary
Yiddish culture that genre of music not
only exists but is thriving.
Theres a tendency to think of the history of the language as ending, or starting
to die out, with the Holocaust, Dr. Shandler
said. Thats not the case. What changed
was who uses the language, and how.
To demonstrate its use in the musical arena, Rutgers department of Jewish
studies has joined with the Allen and Joan
Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life
at Rutgers to bring the rock band Yiddish
Princess to campus on March 10 to perform a free concert.
The concert is being offered in conjunction with Dr. Shandlers undergraduate course on the culture of Yiddish,
which surveys Yiddish language and culture from the Middle Ages in Europe to
the present.
The idea of a hard rock Yiddish band
may seem surprising to some people, who
think of Yiddish as being tied to the past,
but many young musicians are busy creating 21st-century Yiddish culture, Dr. Shandler said.
For me, Yiddish Princess exemplifies
contemporary Yiddish hipster culture,
which draws on the riches of Yiddish going
back generations and energizes it with the
most up-to-date sounds and sensibilities,
he said. Anyone who wants to understand
what is happening with Yiddish today
should not miss this chance to hear contemporary Yiddish rock.
The Bildner Center, established in 1996
on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus, is
co-sponsoring the event. The center acts
as the link between the work that scholars do as teachers and researchers and the
public sphere, Dr. Shandler said. It sponsors a variety of public programs, such
as lectures and literary readings, and an
What: Rock band Yiddish Princess
Where: Will perform at the Victoria J.
Mastrobuono Theater, 85 George St.,
New Brunswick
When: On March 10 at 7:30 p.m.
How: Free and open to the public. Advance registration is requested. Email
csjlrsvp@rci.rutgers.edu or call 848932-2033. For more information, go to
BildnerCenter.rutgers.edu.
Find more information about Yiddish
Princess at www.yiddishprincess.com.
The Yiddish Princess rock band will perform at Rutgers March 10.
annual Jewish film festival.
Yiddish Princess mixes power pop
and hard rock with traditional Yiddish
music, reflecting the powerful mix of cultures found in Brooklyn and other hipster outposts around the world today,
Dr. Shandler said. The concert, which is
open to the public, will be followed by
a talk-back with members of the band,
which he will moderate, beginning by
asking them about their music and their
personal journeys as musicians.
The six-member group has been
around for several years, Dr. Shandler
said, noting that the lead vocalist, Sarah
Mina Gordon, is the daughter of the
late Adrienne Cooper, a great singer
and teacher who played an important
role in teaching both traditional Yiddish
folk song and theater and art songs and
encouraged her students to make this
music their own.
Her daughter, he said, has done exactly
that, although its not the kind of music
her mother would make. Her mother was
a trained opera singer and had her own
approach to singing. Sarah rocks out.
In fact, he said, She is following a
larger lesson that her mother taught.
Learn this music and figure out how
youre going to find your own voice in
it what you want to express and how.
Also in the group is klezmer clarinetist
Michael Winograd, now playing keyboard.
One reason were organizing the concert is to expand peoples sense of the
possible for what can be done and is being
done with Yiddish today, Dr. Shandler
said. He noted that it is not unusual for
people to think of it as a vestigial language,
or at least to be surprised by the notion
of a Yiddish rock band. It goes against
expectations.
He pointed out that although Yiddish
Princess is based in Brooklyn, the home
of many young millennials who are musicians, the musical genre is not limited to
that trendy borough.
The kind of music theyre making is
part of an international phenomenon,
he said. There are other musicians in
North and South America, Europe, as well
as in Israel, who are looking at Yiddish
as a resource for making contemporary
music. Theyre looking at traditional Yiddish music, or poetry that has never been
set to music, that speaks to them. Theyre
looking to situate it in the kind of music
idioms they are familiar with.
This practice is more widespread in
Europe, he said. Ethnopop has been
around for decades, where popular
music idioms are fused with folk music
practices. It had a big influence on
klezmer musicians in the late 1980s. It
inspired their thinking about how to revitalize traditional Yiddish music.
Now, he said, the next generation of
Yiddish Princess
exemplifies
contemporary
Yiddish hipster
culture, which
draws on the
riches of Yiddish
going back
generations.
DR. JEFFREY SHANDLER
musicians is asking, Whats the music we

like to make? How does that speak to the
music we know hard rock?
For most people, he said, the music of
Yiddish Princess will be a surprise. Its
not what you expect, he said. It shakes
up your sense of the possible. Students
grandparents, for example, might not
have realized that Yiddish could rock and
could be loud.
Dr. Shandler said that it will be interesting to see his students reactions. They
come with different cultural and musical
literacy, he said. Im looking forward to
hearing what they make of the concert.
Local
Beyond Conference
offers Jersey City a taste of Israel
Israeli consulate and Mana Contemporary are cosponsors
LARRY YUDELSON
imrod Elmish is going back to

Jersey City.
Twenty years ago, he lived
there while he worked as a
foreman for Moishes Moving, one of the
myriad of Israelis who financed their
post-Army world trips in the New York
City moving business.
Today Mr. Elmish is a symbol of Israeli
innovation. He is CEO of Cardboard Technologies, which uses recycled cardboard,
plastic, and tires to create sturdy and
cheap bicycles.
On Tuesday, he will be speaking at
Mana Contemporary, a million-squarefoot arts hub in Jersey City. And as it
happens not that Mr. Elmish knew this
when he accepted the invitation Mana
Contemporary is a brother company to
Moishes Moving, named for its founder
and owner, Moishe Mana.
Mr. Elmish is a featured speaker at the
Beyond Conference, a free event that
promises to inspire and engage with
speakers at the cutting edge of their
fields while creating a unique opportunity to spark and expand the conversation about Israel. The conference is a
collaboration between the Mana Contemporary and the Israeli consulate in New
York.
Beyond follows the popular model of
the TED conferences speakers offering
inspirational talks of business successes,
presented to a popular audience. This is
a popular, not a professional, conference.
Speakers include leaders and innovators in business, technology, the arts, and
cooking, among them Barry Salzberg,
the CEO of Deloitte, the international
accounting firm; Miki Haimovich, who
launched Israels Meatless Monday movement; and Robyn Shapiro from Manhattans Lowline project. Lunchtime will feature an Israeli culinary showcase.
The Manas roots are in the moving
business, a field Moishe Mana entered
with only a borrowed van. His one-manwith-one-van operation grew, thanks to
the cheap but reliable labor supplied by
What: Beyond Conference
When: Tuesday, March 10,
9:30 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Where: Mana Contemporary,
888 Newark Avenue, Jersey City
Who: Speakers from the worlds of
business, technology, and the arts
Admission: Free
Information: beyondatmana.com
The Mana Contemporary is in a former

tobacco factory in Jersey City.
Nimrod Elmish, here showing off his cardboard bicycle, will speak at the
Beyond Conference.
other young Israelis. Undeterred by the

threats and bullets of incumbent moving firms with Mafia ties, he continued to
grow the business, until it today boasts
not only a fleet of red Moishes trucks
but storage facilities as well. Expanding
into art storage proved the seed for the
much more ambitious Mana Contemporary, which not only offers art storage
and ancillary services for collectors, but
studios for artists, exhibition galleries, a
Middle Eastern Center for Arts (with an
audacious acronymn), and more.
There is another aspect to the Mana
Contemporary, one significant for the
future of Jersey City: Its planned role as

a hub for gentrification. Mr. Mana has
bought up other properties near the former tobacco factory which houses Mana
Contemporary. Not only have artists
priced out of Manhattan rented studios
closer to the Contemporary, they have
relocated their homes there as well.
Cardboard Technologies is an example
of a company that has the synergies of
geography at its core. It is largely a partnership between Mr. Elmish and inventor Izhar Gafni. (Mr. Gafni already had
invented a machine to peel pomegranates.) The two grew up together at Bror
Hayil, a kibbutz in southern Israel. The

companys facilities are further north. It
soon will open a factory near Caesarea.
The factory will not itself assemble
bicycles (or wheelchairs a product for
which the company has found demand
in Japan). Instead, said Mr. Elmish, it will
produce assembly lines that it will pack
up in cargo containers and ship around
the world.
Talking about Israeli cooking, music,
and c ardboard rec ycling projec ts
reflects a long-time strategy of Ido Aharoni, Israels consul general in New
York. He has long focused on the need
to rebrand Israel, and move the conversation beyond the conflict. The consulate expects hundreds of people to
attend. (Transportation is available from
Manhattan.)
Not all of the talks will focus on Israel.
Robyn Shapiro is the director of community for the Lowline, an effort to build
an underground park in an abandoned
trolley station beneath Delancey Street
in Manhattan. A fiber optics system will
bring light from above ground to grow
trees and grass beneath street level. The
project has been endorsed by elected
officials, and representatives are negotiating with the Metropolitan Transit
Authority, which owns the site.
The Mana Contemporary sees the
Beyond conference as an extension of its
own mission.
Its not just painting a painting or
dancing a dance. Were interested in creativity, said Eugene Lemay, the Manas
director.
upcoming at
Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades
Come see the Maccabeats live in concert.

Buy your tickets now before they are gone!
Purchase tickets at jccotp.org/maccabeats
or call Judi at 201.408.1450. Limited tickets
available at door.
Sun, Mar 15, 2 pm, $18/$20
Preferred seating: $30/$36
More Songs That She Loved

the 3rd annual tribute concert in
memory of stephanie prezant
This special musical dedication features

performances by our communitys most
beloved musicians and vocalists including
Jeffrey Prezant, Jonathan Prezant, Musical
Director, Victor Lesser of Manhattan City Music,
and special guests, Susan Collins Caploe, Diane
Honig, Ronen Mikay, and Udy Kashkash. Funds
raised will support the Stephanie I. Prezant
Maccabi Fund at the JCC. Purchase tickets
online at www.jccotp.org or at the door.
Sat, Mar 14, Doors open 8:15 pm,
Concert 8:45 pm, $36 adults/$18 students
Lavish Lunches
Join us for our not-to-be-missed
Lavish
Lu nch es
ma rc h 11, 2 015
Chaya R. Gorsetman:
Educating In The Divine Image
gender issues and the orthodox Jewish

day schools
How do gender issues influence the education of

Jewish children attending day schools? Find out
when Gorsetman, Clinical Associate Professor at
Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University,
discusses her book, which examines singlesex verses coed schooling, dress codes, sex
education and other topics that shape identities.
Co-sponsored with the James H. Grossmann
Memorial Jewish Book Month.
Wed, Mar 18, 7:30 pm, Free
Kaplen
one booK, one community:

The Golem and The Jinni
New York Citys Lower

East Side: A Revolving
Door for Immigrants
with thorin tritter
To shed light on the setting of the years

book selection, Professor Thorin Tritter will
provide an insightful overview of immigrant
life on the Lower East Side and its place in
American Jewish history. Tritter received his
Ph.D. from Columbia University and taught
at Princeton University.
Wed, Mar 18, 10 am, $8/$10
annual culinary adventure to

support Jcc senior adult programs.
Meet our guest speaker, Franklin Becker,

executive chef, author, and restauranteur,
while enjoying a light breakfast at the home
Lindsay and Josh Epstein. Then lunch at a
home of your choice and enjoy a unique
themed luncheon experience.
For more info or to make a donation, please
contact Sharon Potolsky at 201.408.1405 or
email spotolsky@jccotp.org.
Wed, Mar 11, starting at $180 per person
JCC U Film School Series
Become a movie maven as Dr. Eric Goldman

teaches JCC Us signature film appreciation
course. Watch foreign films (in English) and
engage in academic analysis and appraisal of
the movie. For more info, contact Judy Lattif
at jlattif@jccotp.org or 201.408.1457
Thursdays: Apr 9, 23, & May 7, 21, 10 am,
4 Thursdays $60/$75, 1 Thursday $18/$22
to register or for more info, visit
jccotp.org or call 201.569.7900.
JCC on the Palisades taub campus | 411 e clinton ave, tenafly, nJ 07670 | 201.569.7900 | jccotp.org
Local
Project S.A.R.A.H. breakfast
Rabbi Menachem Genack

certification of more than
of Englewood, chief execu900,000 products and ingretive officer of the Orthodox
dients in 10,540 facilities in
Unions Kosher Division, will
more than 90 countries.
be honored at the annual
As founder and general
gala of the Yeshiva University
editor of OU Press, he has
affiliate Rabbi Isaac Elchanan
published many volumes on
Theological Seminary on SunJewish topics, including his
day, March 8, at the Grand
own Letters to President
Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
Clinton: Biblical Lessons on
Rabbi Menachem
He will receive the Harav
Faith and Leadership, in
Genack
Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik
which Clinton referred to
zl Aluf Torah award in recRabbi Genack in the foreognition for his global influence on Torah
word as his rabbi. His Washington D.C.
Judaism.
connections include former U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, who is his weekly
Rabbi Genack, who received his rabbinic ordination from RIETS, is also an
chavruta (Torah study partner). In 2008,
alumnus of Yeshiva University High School
The Forward listed Rabbi Genack as one
and Yeshiva College. He was a student of
of the Forward 50, the 50 most influential Jews in the U.S. He served as rabbi of
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, who deeply
Congregation Shomrei Emunah in Engleinfluenced his outlook on Torah. As CEO
wood for nearly 30 years.
of OU Kosher, he oversees the kosher
Project S.A.R.A.H.s (Stop AbuRabbi Knapp invited Project

sive Relationships At Home)
S.A.R.A.H. into his school
ninth annual breakfast will be
to train faculty, students,
on Sunday, March 15, at 9:30
and parents on child safety
a.m., at Congregation Keter
through the Aleinu Safety Kid
Torah in Teaneck. This year
program.
marks 18 years of serving vicAliza Schachter, Rachel
tims and survivors of domesWertentheil, and Rivka Zaudtic violence and sexual abuse
erer, former breakfast chairs,
in New Jersey.
will get Volunteer Recognition
Jill Starishevsky
The keynote speaker is Jill
awards. They have also helped
Starishevsky, an assistant disexpand the services the orgatrict attorney in New York, where she has
nization offers the community by hosting
prosecuted sex offenders, and author of
fireside chats in homes throughout Bergen County before the summer camping
My Body Belongs To Me.
season. Project S.A.R.A.H.s trained staff
Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, senior rabbi at
met with small groups of parents to offer
Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, will receive the Rabbinical Supguidance on how to discuss personal safety
port award for his dedication to the orgawith their children at camp.
nizations community based-work. Rabbi
The shul is at 600 Roemer Ave. For
Jonathan Knapp, Yavneh Academys
information, visit www.projectsarah.org,
head of school and Yavneh Academy
email e.stein@projectsarah.org, or call
are the Aleinu Hero award-recipients.
(973) 777-7638.
Ben Porat Yosef dinner this week

Ben Porat Yosef in Paramus will hold its
13th annual dinner on Tuesday, March 10,
at 7 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El of Closter.
Jennifer and Shmuel Bieler, Tzivia Bieler,
and Joan and Dr. Warren Enker will be recognized for their multigenerational commitment to BPY. Other honorees are Erica
and Arnaud Bensoussan, Kara and Oren
Epstein, and Samantha Katz and Lawrence
Koutcher. Teacher recognition awards will
be presented to Yocheved Rappaport and
Robin Yucht.
Jennifer and Shmuel Bieler of Teaneck
have three children and are active members of Congregation Shaare Tefillah. Ms.
Bieler spends a week each summer as part
of the medical staff at Chai Lifelines Camp
Simcha. At BPY, she volunteers in her
daughters early childhood classrooms,
for Discovery Learning Days, and at PTO
events. She also co-chaired BPYs annual
Reading Rocks book fair at Barnes and
Noble. Joan and Dr. Warren Enker of
Teaneck, Ms. Bielers grandparents, have
10 grandchildren. Ms. Enker is involved in
BPYs grandparents association and volunteers in the schools fourth-grade writing program. She and her husband are
members of Congregation Rinat Yisrael.
Tzivia Bieler, Mr. Bielers mother, moved
to Teaneck with her late husband, Bruno,
in 1974. She was a part of the Parents
Association of Yavneh Academy, including

serving as president.
Erica and Arnaud Bensoussan of Englewood have four children and are members
of Congregation Ahavath Torahs Benaroya
Sephardic Center. They are supporters of
BPY, helping to recruit new families, and
volunteering to assist at events. Kara and
Oren Epstein of Englewood have four children and are members of Kehilat Kesher
of Englewood/Tenafly. Ms. Epstein volunteers at Camp Dream Street at the Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades. Samantha Katz and
Dr. Lawrence Koutcher have four children
and are members of Congregation Rinat
Yisrael. Ms. Katz has been an active member of BPYs parent body, served on the
PTO and chesed committees, and was a
PTO co-chair.
Yocheved Rappaport of Fair Lawn has
been an early childhood teacher at BPY
since 2001, its founding year, in Leonia.
She is active at Congregation Shomrei
Torah and has chaired its chesed committee since 1999. Robin Yucht joined BPY in
2008 and lives in Teaneck, where she is a
member of Congregation Beth Aaron.
The buffet dinner and dessert will be
glatt kosher-under Beit Yosef certification.
For information, call the school at (201)
845-5007.
Caregiver support groups at the JCC

The Alzheimers Association offers caregiver support groups at the Kaplen JCC
on the Palisades in Tenafly on the second
Monday of the month at 7 p.m., and the
fourth Tuesday of the month at 10:30 a.m.
The groups offer emotional and educational support for caregivers. For information, call Judi Davidsohn Nahary at (201)
408-1450 or email her at jnahary@jccopt.
org.
COURTESY PROJECT SARAH
Rabbi Genack receives award from RIETS
SSDS to honor community leaders

The Solomon Schechter Day School
of Bergen County will honor outstanding champions of Jewish education at its 41st annual Community Celebration on Thursday, May
7, at the Hilton Pearl River, beginning at 6 p.m. Proceeds will support Schechters cutting-edge curriculum and tuition assistance for
students in need.
Rabbi Mayer and Renah Rabinowitz, left, with
Honorees Renah and Rabbi
COURTESY SSDS
Heather and Adi Rabinowitz.
Mayer Rabinowitz, and their son
and daughter-in-law, Adi and
establishing Congregation Beth Sholoms
Heather Rabinowitz, embody Schechters mission of educating children to be
first chesed committee.
independent thinkers and compassionAdi and Heather Rabinowitz have taken
ate adults who will contribute to the Jewactive roles in many aspects of Schechter
ish and greater global communities. The
life. Mr. Rabinowitz has been vice president and treasurer of the SSDS board of
entire family, including daughters and
trustees and Ms. Rabinowitz has been on
sons-in-law Dalya and Jonathan and Ayelet
the board of the AHAVA parents assoand Jeff, exemplify Jewish values, giving of
ciation. She also is a parent ambassador
themselves to their communities, and to
for Schechters Bruhim Team, and conKlal Yisrael.
tinues to chair many community events.
The Rabinowitz family will receive the
Heather and Adi Rabinowitz live in Closter
Shirley and Harris zl Shapiro Community
and have three children, Maya, Coby, and
award.
Liana all students at SSDS. The couple
Renah and Rabbi Mayer Rabinowitz
serves on the boards of Camp Ramah in
spearhead many Jewish learning and holiday programs in their synagogue, Congrethe Berkshires and Ramah Nyack Day
gation Beth Sholom, and volunteer their
Camp, as committee chairs for Temple
time for organizations locally and in Israel.
Emanu-El in Closter, and at the Kaplen JCC
Rabbi Rabinowitz received his rabbinic
on the Palisades.
ordination and Ph.D. from the Jewish
Tickets for the evening are $180 per
Theological Seminary, where he served
person; alumni and under 30 discounts
as dean of the graduate school, associate
are available. They are available online
professor of Talmud and rabbinics, and
at www.ssdsbergen.org. For information,
seminary librarian for more than 45 years.
email Amy Glazer, SSDSs director of institutional advancement, at aglazer@ssdsMs. Rabinowitz spent more than a
bergen.org, or call her at (201) 262-9898,
decade as northern New Jersey coordinator of the Florence Melton Adult Miniext. 277.
School, and she was instrumental in
Local
Tragedy
FROM PAGE 12
and I started it and then it came back to

me. I opened the conversation, and everyone talked and shared and opened up.
People didnt know each other just
two people sort of did because their children had had the same disease, many
years apart and I was the common
denominator, Ms. Prezant continued.
Everyone opened up and shared and
trusted their feelings with each other. Its
personal. Its confidential. It was an inspiring evening. Everyone clearly needed this.
One important kind of identity that had
been missing at the other groups to which
she had gone but was purposely present
in this one was Jewishness, Ms. Prezant
said. That common thread meant that
some things could be said and understood without having to be explained.
For example, somebody talked about
her parents being Holocaust survivors,
and everyone knew what that meant. In
that room, you knew.
The doors opened at 7 and the group
began formally at 7:15. It was to have ended
after an hour and a half, but I gave them
another 10 minutes because they wanted
to keep going. It kept going informally
even after it ended.
Stephanie Prezant
Ms. Prezant wants each evening to end

on a positive note, so she has found quotes
to give people as they head out. The first
meetings thought came from an Eskimo
legend explaining the lights of the night
sky Perhaps they are not stars, but
rather openings in heaven where the love
of our lost ones pours through and shines

down upon us to let us know they are
happy.
My next goal is to put together a support group for siblings in their teens and
20s, Ms. Prezant said; after all, her sons
need for such a group was why she started
going to Compassionate Friends in the first
place.
Stephanies death has given her a mission and a direction, she said. Stephanie
motivates me to do things in her memory,
and sometimes just to do something good
or right that I am able to do. That way, in
my own private way, I honor her, too.
This is my way of keeping her present.
Susan Greenbaum is JFSs executive
director, and she has been a strong supporter of Holding Hands. Bereavement
for the loss of a child is an unspeakable
concept for an unspeakable sort of loss,
she said. At JFS, we are privileged to
offer the space for parents to support one
another and to seek comfort and healing
together in a Jewish setting. We are truly
honored to work with Elana Prezant to
create Helping Hands.
Holding Hands is not the Prezant familys only way of holding onto Stephanie.
On Sunday, March 14, the family will offer
the third annual tribute concert in her
New Jersey yachad PreseNts
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memory at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly; her father, Jeffrey, and
her brother will play, joined by other community musicians. (For information about
that performance, call Robyn Rosenfeld
at the JCC at 201-408-1429 or email her at
rrosenfeld@jccotp.org.)
And Holding Hands logo is yet another
way of honoring Stephanie Iris Prezant.
An iris stands tall, protected in the two
clasped hands it shows.
Stephanie absolutely motivates me,
her mother said. Its therapeutic for me,
and its inspiring for other people to see
someone doing something in the light of
the tragedy. And in the darkness of the
tragedy.
Who: Holding Hands
What: Support group for parents who
have lost children
When: 2nd Wednesday of each month;
next one is March 11. Doors open at 7,
meeting begins 7:15
Where: Jewish Family Service of Bergen and North Hudson, 1485 Teaneck
Road, Teaneck
For more information: Call 201-8379090 or email holdinghands@jfsbergen.org.
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Refreshments will be served
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Seminar addresses planning for two generations;

setting up special needs trusts; assuring families do not
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Presenter
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Financial Consultant, AXA Advisors
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015 7:30-9 pm

Editorial
What really matters
ts finally over.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyuhu gave his
speech to Congress. (It
was his third such speech; he
now ties the record for foreign
leaders giving a speech to Congress with Winston Churchill.)
Mr. Netanyahu obviously is
a good speaker, charismatic
and charming, of course thoroughly at home in English.
(Although it must be said that he
is no Churchill. Of course, since
Churchill died there has been no
Churchill. Its the sharp, irreverent, disarming wit thats missing. Alliteration and snark dont
necessarly count. But I digress.)
My digression is almost the
point, though. As I write these
words, the dust has not yet
begun to settle; it is still flying around with wild abandon,
landing on faces and gritting up
computers. By the time you read
it, the speech will have faded
TRUTH REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES
into the past a bit, and with any

luck the passions it dredged up
will go with it.
Iran poses a huge threat to
Israel. An existential one. Like
many of the countries in the
Middle East, both in the Arab
world and beyond it, it seems to
be run by crazy people, driven
by hatred, illogic, and fear.
Bibi Netanyahu is a bone-deep
politician. He appears to be a
complicated man, driven by a
complex mixture of real belief
(as, primarily, in the truth of
Irans desire to annihilate Israel)
and blatant political expedience.
He has been prime minister for a
very long time, rising to the top in
a political environment that in its
insanely grassroots-level democracy seems to encourage pandering to lunatics with swing votes
rather than trying to make sane,
stable alliances.
His timing could not have been
worse, both because it brought
him here too close to the Israeli

election and because he rappelled himself into a standoff
between the Republicans and
Democrats, where he does not
belong. He seems to have accomplished the neat trick of making
the political situation both in
Israel and here worse.
We hope that by Friday, when
you read this, some of the acrimony over the speech, the
breach with President Obama,
the dilemma into which Netanyahu plunged so many of the
politicians who are his natural
allies but could not and did
not want to side with him
against their own president, will
have died down.
Our most fervent hope is that
somehow once this circus is
over we once again will be able
to concentrate on what matters
keeping Iran from manufacturing nuclear bombs that will be
JP
able to destroy Israel.
A word about Rabbi Boteach
abbi Shmuley Boteach of Englewood,

who is a biweekly
contributor to these
pages and in fact has a column
today right next to this one, was
in the headlines at the beginning
of the week. On Shabbat, his This
World: Values Network put a fullpage ad in the New York Times
that showed Susan Rice standing
next to presumably human skulls.
Susan Rice has a blind spot:
Genocide, the headline blared.
It went on to accuse Ms. Rice,
our national security advisor,
of a number of evils, including
disagreeing with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
Benghazi (although it did not
use the word, dog-whistle style,
Jewish
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assuming that the readers who

are passionate about the issue
would recognize it, while those
who would see it as a provocation would miss it).
Rabbi Boteach did something
remarkable with that ad. He
attracted nearly unanimous disapproval; groups ranging from
J Street to the Orthodox Union,
including (but not limited to)
the American Jewish Committee, AIPAC, the Jewish Council
for Public Affairs, the Conservative movements Rabbinical
Assembly, and the Union for
Reform Judaism came out with
statements condemning it just
hours after Shabbat ended. So
did Prime Minister Netanyahus
office. (See story, page 37.)
Editor
Joanne Palmer
Associate Editor
Larry Yudelson
Guide/Gallery Editor
Beth Janoff Chananie
About Our Children Editor
Heidi Mae Bratt
jstandard.com
We are sad to say that in this

case we agree with Rabbi Boteachs critics. We feel that the
advertisement added to the
circus atmosphere but contributed nothing useful to the
debate, that the personal attack
against Ms. Rice was wrong,
and that the ads ad hominen
moral ugliness made it easier
for anyone not engaged in the
issue to dismiss the substance
of Mr. Netanyahus concern
about Iran.
We are sure that this was a
momentary lapse on Rabbi
Boteachs part, and we hope
that the necessary debate over
the terrifyingly real issue of
defanging Iran can resume.
JP

Correspondents
Warren Boroson
Lois Goldrich
Abigail K. Leichman
Miriam Rinn
Dr. Miryam Z. Wahrman
Advertising Director
Natalie D. Jay
Business Manager
Robert Chananie
Classified Director
Janice Rosen
Elie Wiesel,
Bibi Netanyahu,
and me
lie Wiesel and I took out ads in Americas major newspapers supporting Prime Minister Netanyahus right
to speak to the American congress about the Iranian
nuclear threat.
The ads were beautiful and biblical, retelling the story of Esther
and the choice she was given between alienating her king by
speaking up for her people or remaining silent. She chose to save
her people from annihilation.
This week, I traveled with Professor Wiesel and his wife Marion
and my wife Debbie to the prime ministers speech as guests of
Speaker John Boehner. The speech was magnificent and did much
to vindicate those who put their reputations on the line to support it.
The day before Prime Minister Netanyahus masterful oration to Congress,
our organization, This World: The Values Network, held one of its most moving events yet, The Meaning of Never
Again: Guarding Against a Nuclear
Iran. Elie Wiesel joined me, along with
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, to discuss
Rabbi
the genocidal threats from Iran and the
Shmuley
rise of global anti-Semitism.
Boteach
While the event sought to lend support to his campaign for a tougher
stance against the Iranian nuclear
program, particularly in light of its genocidal threats against
the Jewish State, it was Elie Wiesel at his most eloquent. We had
scheduled the event to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the
murder of Anne Frank, who died in the first week of March, 1945,
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protect us. Back then, he lamented, America did far
too little to protect the Jews of Europe, a failure that
Senator Cruz claimed underscored the importance
of acting against Iran today. More importantly, Elie
Wiesel pointed out that today we have an army dedicated to the protection of the Jewish people. Indeed,
he spoke of the sense of wonder that overcame him
the first time he saw an Israeli uniform. Yet he also
lamented the key similarity between now and then
the presence of anti-Semitism. It is the eternal companion of the Jewish people, yet, the professor offered,
it can be ameliorated through education.
Wiesel spoke of how he truly believed that after the
unspeakable crime of the Holocaust anti-Semitism
would die down, perhaps be purged from the earth
forever. Surely now the nations of the world, having
seen where their hatred can lead, would forego revulsion for the Jews. But no such thing happened. Wiesel
said he was horrified to see it all return so viciously.
Elie Wiesel also stated his absolute support for the
prime ministers speech. He said that we must rely as
much on the threats of our enemies as we do on the
promises of our friends. We dare not mitigate the danger posed by Iran. Especially when their threats are
repeated, we have to take them seriously, he said. I
need proof that Iran has changed its policy. If the evil
begins its work, dont give it another chance.
Senator Cruz, too, took an extremely hard line on
Iran. The prime ministers speech had become mired
in politics, yet politics are not what matters now,
he asserted. What matters now is the single greatest national security threat to the world today and
that is preventing a nuclear Iran. He also claimed that
Iran could not be trusted in negotiations, saying that
those who are negotiating with Iran fundamentally
dont understand who they are dealing with.
History may well record it as a mistake and a catastrophe on the order of magnitude of Munich, said
Cruz, referring to the 1938 failed peace deal signed
with Hitler that allowed him to annex parts of Czechoslovakia. When our negotiators return with a promise
of peace in our time, we should believe this no more
now than we should have believed it then.
The most moving part of the event came at the end.
Elie Wiesel told the spellbound audience: Everything
I have endured could have lead me to choose despair...
I could have said goodbye world, youve rejected me.
Youve killed off my father and mother, and everyone
Ive loved. I could have moved to the desert. I could
have chosen to forget and just to enjoy my life, after
all, I deserved it. And yet, I rejected that. I chose to
remember and to teach. He said that he rejected
that path because he could not live a life of loneliness.
Only God is alone. He needed to embrace others, and
help them when he could.
Right after the prime ministers speech, Prof. Wiesel and I went to a reception with Netanyahu, who
thanked him warmly for attending. He had been the
only person the prime minister welcomed personally
in his talk. As we left the reception, and Debbie and I
escorted the Wiesels to their car, it was freezing cold.
I saw Wiesel huddled in his overcoat as the wind blew
around him. Before me I saw the great hero of the
Jewish people, prepared to meet any threat his people faced, prepared to always speak out. Prepared to
speak truth to power. Adamant that Never Again must
mean exactly that, Never Again
And as he left, I told him, using the name Ive used
for him for 25 years, Reb Eliezer. You are our prince
and our great light to the nations. God bless you with
long life and the best of health. I cannot imagine a
world without you.
In 2002, Leonard Nimoy gives the Vulcan salute.
MICHEL BOUTEFEU/GETTY IMAGES
Live long
and prosper
gesture when he introduced the Vulcan salute. The

greeting that he added to the salute, live long and
prosper, echoes the sentiment of the benediction, as
well as the simple greeting shalom (further echoed
in the ritual response, peace and long life). There is
certainly cause for pride in this small Jewish contribution to global popular culture, but does this mean that
he death of Leonard Nimoy on Friday, FebruStar Trek incorporates Jewish undertones, as Haaretz
ary 27, at 83, marked the passing of an Amerwriter Nathan Abrams insisted in an article published
ican icon indeed, a star of global renown,
the day after Nimoys death? Certainly, Jewish fans can
and a Jewish hero as well.
take pleasure in the fact that Nimoy and co-star William Shatner are Jewish. So were several of the series
Nimoys accomplishments were many. He was an
writers, and we can assume that they all brought some
author, poet, musician, photographer, philanthropist,
elements of a Jewish sensibility to the program.
educator, and director, and of course an actor who
But lets be clear that Star Trek was creplayed many roles on stage and screen.
ated by Gene Roddenberry, who was not
But he is best known for his role as Mr.
Jewish, and who included characters from
Spock on Star Trek, the television series
a variety of different backgrounds Scotthat first aired in 1966. It is a role he
tish, Irish, French, Italian, Russian, Japareprised in the various sequels, spinoffs,
nese, and African but never one who
and remakes that appeared after the original series went off the air in 1969.
was identifiably Jewish. Indeed, the only
Nimoy was a Boston native, fluent in
characters with any real Jewish identity
Yiddish, whose parents were Orthodox
in the Star Trek universe appeared in a
Jews who escaped from the Soviet Union.
few of the many original novels published
Dr. Lance
As he related in various interviews, his
under license from Paramount Pictures.
Strate
background informed his portrayal of the
No doubt this is not because of any bias
sole alien being on the Starship Enteror prejudice on Roddenberrys part, but
prise. Spock hailed from the planet Vulrather because he associated Jewishness
can but was also half-human, making him an alien on
with religion, rather than nationality. His vision of the
Vulcan as well. His status reflects that of immigrants
future was one in which science and progress reigned
and their children, first-generation Americans who,
supreme, and any seemingly supernatural phenomena would inevitably be revealed to be a product of a
like Nimoy, grow up in a household, community, and
highly advanced science, or biological evolution.
culture that still has one foot in the old world.
The conspicuous absence of any Jewish characAs a child attending Orthodox services, Nimoy
ters from Roddenberrys melting-pot future can lead
observed the Cohenim delivering the priestly benediction, and as an adult he appropriated their hand
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Driving lessons
Learning to let go, even in this world
heck your mirrors.

A few days ago, my
son turned 17.
Tomorrow, he takes
his road test. And then he will take the car
keys and drive away from me. Today, were
practicing driving home from school. Hes
behind the wheel, and Im riding shotgun
beside him.
This is where its tricky, I say. You
have to merge here. Theres always heavy
traffic at this spot, I dont know why. In
another couple hundred feet, you have to
merge again, or youll end up in Paterson.
I know, Mom.
Im sure hes going too fast, but when I
glance at the speedometer, hes within the
speed limit. I cling for dear life to the armrest, tell him to slow down on icy roads.
Before he turns right on red, I remind him
once again to come to a full stop.
I know, Mom. He keeps his eyes on the
road, but I recognize that tone of voice.
The boy beside me is nearly a man, thin
and muscular, with a long, lean face. In
my heart, this boy remains a toddler, with
soft, round cheeks, a blissful grin, and
bouncy black curls that I cant bear to cut.
This is the boy who loved dinosaurs, the
boy who loved Teletubbies and Pokmon,
the boy who loved puzzle books and Playdoh, the boy who lived on his little red
fire engine ride-on for a year, navigating
it expertly through the rooms of our Park
Slope apartment.
I did what mommies do. Read him stories. Kissed the boo boos. Interviewed
babysitters. Signed him up for school.
Registered him for soccer and ice skating
and basketball and baseball, for day camps

and sports camps and sleepaway camps.
Rooted for his teams. Took him to dentists and doctors and emergency rooms.
Attended curriculum nights and parentteacher conferences. Helped with homework until the math outstripped my abilities. Agonized over art projects and book
report projects and science fair projects.
Made many lunches. Washed many met-
But the world

has changed
since 1998,
warping in ways
I could never
have imagined.
ric tons of laundry. Made sure there was
cereal on the shelf, milk in the fridge, dinner on the table, snacks for his friends.
Laughed a lot. Cried a lot. Fretted beyond
measure.
Cursed my inadequacies.
Prayed I wasnt doing him any harm.
Wondered if I was doing anything right
at all.
He was born into a world where America was ascendant. Bill Clinton was president, the economy was booming. We
werent at war, anywhere. Paris had a
thriving Jewish community. Acts of terrorism occurred, but only in faraway places.
Starbucks happened. Barnes

ponders whether a qualified Jewish candidate should
and Noble happened. The
be admitted, because shes,
Internet happened. Laptops
you know, Jewish. Pro-Palhappened. We began carrying phones around in our
estinian protesters storm a
bags. Martha Stewart told us
New York City Council meeting about a Holocaust comwhat we wanted our homes
memoration day. Facebook,
to look like and what we
YouTube and Twitter spread
wanted to cook. The New
Helen
hate, lies, grisly photos and
York Times didnt make you
Maryles
propaganda. The American
angry, it made you think.
Shankman
President openly dislikes the
Kosher meat was affordable.
Israeli Prime Minister. FunCollege was affordable. If
damentalist Islamic extremyou worked hard, you could
ists are reshaping the Middle East. Pockets
probably even get into Columbia.
of the worlds population question Israels
And of course, there was no such thing
right to exist. Since 1998, my faith that
as anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism was something you learned about in school, a ghost
we are creating a better world has been
from the dim and distant past, finally put
shaken.
to rest after the atrocities of World War 2.
But today, my son confidently navigates Route 4. He tells me hes planning
In 1998, people were too educated, too
to drive for Tomchei Shabbat tomorrow
connected, too open-minded, to fall for
evening, delivering food packages to the
those dumb old lies.
Jewish needy. Theres a throb in my heart.
But the world has changed since 1998,
So nice that you volunteered to do that,
warping in ways I could never have imagined. Anti-Semitism came roaring back.
I manage to say, but inside my head, Im
Well-meaning, misinformed, and clueless
shouting, No! You can drive when youre
liberals obsess on boycotting and divest30!
ing from Israel. In England, an MP feels
When we reach home, he executes a deft
comfortable declaring an Israel-Free
K-turn and pulls up in front of the house.
Zone. Mainstream news agencies supTomorrow, he will drive away from me. I
port the Palestinian narrative and portray
will remind him to check his mirrors. He
Israel as the villain, regardless of whether
drives into a polarized and perilous world.
their information is right or wrong. Jewish students are harassed on the camHelen Maryles Shankmans short fiction has
puses of American universities. Pariss
appeared in many publications, including
Jews are leaving for America and Israel.
The Kenyon Review and JewishFiction.
A Jewish couple is attacked on the Upper
net. Her debut novel, The Color of Light, is
East Side. The UCLA student government
available on Amazon. She lives in Teaneck.
Where Bibi erred
rime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had every right to accept

an invitation to address the U.S.
Congress on the dangers of a
nuclear Iran. United States policy, which
seeks to achieve a compromise with Iran,
is shortsighted and foolhardy. It also is
extremely dangerous for the states in the
region, and for the entire world.
Terrorism has a more horrific face today
than ever before. The Islamic State has
shown that it lacks a conscience of any kind,
and has no moral red line it will not cross.
Late last year, the German author Juergen Todenhoefer was granted rare access
to ISIS fighters in Syria and Iraq. He filmed
some of his interviews, some of which
aired on CNN in December.
What scared Todenhoefer the most, he
said, was ISIS fighters determination to
die as long as they take many lives with
them. In one interview, he asked an ISIS

fighter what would happen if the 150 million Shia refuse to convert to Sunni
Islam, as ISIS demands. 150 million, 200
million or 500 million, it does not matter
to us. We will kill them all, the fighter said.
Another talked about planting a dirty
bomb in the heart of London in order to
kill millions of people.
ISIS has proven over and again including most recently by the mass beheadings
of 21 Coptic Christians from Egypt that
these are not just words. These people are
quite serious.
Given this, the idea that any state that
overtly supports these terrorists, or otherwise gives them encouragement, should
be allowed access to weapons of mass
destruction or the tools to make them borders on the insane.
For Israel, this is potentially the greatest
existential threat it has faced

Ambassador to the United
since the rebirth of the JewStates Michael Oren all agree
ish state. It is totally approon something, which they
priate for the head of governdid regarding the timing of
ment to come before a joint
this speech, there surely is a
session of Congress to make
serious problem.
the case for a more rational
Netanyahu had to present
approach on the part of the
Israels case to the world, and
United States and the West to
there are few places better
Rabbi
a nuclear Iran.
suited for that purpose than
Shammai
That is the only message
standing before a joint sesEngelmayer
sion of Congress.
that counts. Unfortunately,
He just should have preit was obscured by the timing of the speech. With Israeli elections
sented that case when the world would be
only days away, the prime ministers
more inclined to listenafter next weeks
appearance before Congress was seen by
elections, and regardless of whether he won.
both left and right in Israel and outside
Shammai Engelmayer, who writes a
it as nothing but a cynical political move
biweekly column, Keeping the Faith, for
meant to bolster his chances at the polls.
the Jewish Standard, is the rabbi of Temple
One Israeli commentator noted that when
Israel of Cliffside Park.
J Street, Foxs Chris Wallace, and former
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Mr. Spock
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viewers to search for them in disguised, symbolic

form, to look for what Sigmund Freud referred to
as the return of the repressed. And the obvious
form for a crypto-Judaic character to take would
be that of an alien being. Indeed, while Shatner
had the kind of looks that allowed him to pass as a
WASP from Iowa, Nimoys features gave him what
was considered at the time to be a relatively interchangeable ethnic appearance, so that earlier in
his career he played Spanish, Mexican, and Native
American characters. And certainly there are Jewish elements incorporated into Nimoys man from
Vulcan, and into other aspects of Star Trek. Consider in the episode called Patterns of Force, in
which an alien planet patterns itself after Earths
Nazi Germany, and is trying to wipe out their
neighboring planet, called Zeon (an obvious reference to Zion).
But I want to suggest that Abrams and others are
wrong about Spock being implicitly Jewish. It perhaps is revealing that Abrams mistakenly refers to
the character as Dr. Spock, a mistake not uncommon among those not very familiar with the series.
Nimoys character usually is referred to as Mr.
Spock, in keeping with naval tradition about first
We may therefore
identify with Spocks
struggles, and
admire his superior
physical and mental
abilities, but it is his
human side that
is the most Jewish
part of him.
officers, and occasionally by his rank, which was at
various times commander, captain, and ambassador. Dr. Spock was, of course, Benjamin Spock, the
famous pediatrician whose bestselling book, Baby
and Child Care, served as a bible to the parents in
the postwar era. Like Roddenbery, Dr. Spock was
not Jewish. The name Spock is Dutch, originally
spelled Spaak.
Spocks home planet, Vulcan is named for the
Roman god of fires and forges, and Vulcans are
revealed to be related to another alien race, the warlike Romulans, named for the founder of Rome. Vulcan philosophy, which venerates logic above all else,
represents a view that is very much in keeping with
Athens rather than Jerusalem. Vulcans revere Surak
as the founder of their philosophy. Surak has little in
common with Moses but quite a bit with Socrates,
with some Gandhi thrown in for good measure. So
while Spocks home planet is depicted as having the
kind of hot, dessert-like climate that we associate
with the Middle East, the stronger connection is to
the European side of the Mediterranean.
Abrams associates Vulcan intellectualism with the
people of the book, but the aliens do not seek a balance between faith and reason, in the fashion of
Letters
As a JewishAmerican, I can feel

pride and affection
toward Leonard
Nimoy, as a
landsman, as the
producer and star of
the TV movie about a
Holocaust survivor,
Never Forget.
Maimonides, but rather enforce a strict discipline,
suppressing all emotion, in a way that is very much
in keeping with another branch of ancient Greek
philosophy, Zenos Stoicism. Moreover, suppression
of emotions often is linked to dehumanization, as
a means of forcing individuals to adapt to mechanization and industrialism, yielding a technological
being well suited to being a cog in a machine, rather
than a mensch, a real, well rounded human being.
We may therefore identify with Spocks struggles,
and admire his superior physical and mental abilities, but it is his human side that is the most Jewish
part of him.
Following a long tradition in western culture,
Roddenberry used orientalism to convey a sense
of the alien, and this includes Jewish as well as
Arabic, Persian, and Chinese elements. With his
raised eyebrows, Spock bears a certain similarity
to Ming the Merciless, the alien villain from the
old Flash Gordon serials. But it was not until long
after Roddenberrys death in 1991 that a Jewish
film director, J. J. Abrams, who was recruited to
reboot the series, invokes the destruction of the
Temple and subsequent diaspora by having the
planet Vulcan destroyed by Romulans. In that
2009 film, called simply Star Trek, time travel
is used to generate an alternate timeline, and
Leonard Nimoy makes a cameo appearance as
the original, now-elderly Spock, while Zachary
Quinto takes on the main role as the new Spock.
(Quinto is of Italian ancestry, and Italians and Jews
often have been cast interchangeably in film and
television.) Nimoys final film appearance was in
the 2013 sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness, also
directed by Abrams.
As a science fiction fan, I can appreciate Star Trek
in all of its iterations, and I can enjoy it as a form
of American entertainment and popular culture
without exaggerating its Jewish undertones. And
as a Jewish-American, I can feel pride and affection
toward Leonard Nimoy, as a landsman, as the producer and star of the TV movie about a Holocaust
survivor, Never Forget, as the author of the photography book Shekhina, with its erotic Kabbalistic theme, and as the originator of the Vulcan salute
and the saying Live long and prosper.
Dr. Lance Strate of Palisades Park is a professor
of communication and media studies at Fordham
University in the Bronx and president of his
synagogue, Congregation Adas Emuno in Leonia. He
is the author of Amazing Ourselves to Death: Neil
Postmans Brave New World Revisited.
I am now in Israel, participating in the ITF program in the city of Beit

Shean. As I read the article Masa-ing English in Israel (December
5, 2014), you can imagine how disappointing it was to notice that
Beit Shean was left out of the list of cities that the program serves.
I have been living and teaching here for the past six months, and I
have had nothing but positive experiences in this extremely warm
and welcoming small city.
Melissa Chartoff
Ridgefield
Seder foods means, not ends
Shammai Engelmayer draws a caricature of a seder that revolves

around measuring out (grossly inflated) minimum quantities of matzah, marror, and wine (Taking the measure of the Pesach seder,
February 22).
The over-the-top punctiliousness he describes which is clearly
a straw-man is halachically flawed and has no basis in tradition.
Anyone who has read the Haggadah knows that the symbolic foods
of the seder are not ends in themselves, but are meant to evoke
the Exodus experience. Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik taught that
to properly fulfill the obligation of eating matzah and marror, one
must be mindful of the seders narrative of freedom; merely ingesting the food is insufficient.
Had it also provided a positive model of seder observance, Rabbi
Engelmayers message would have been much more effective.
David Zinberg
Teaneck
Remembering Kirshenbaum at Moriah
Rabbi Applbaums legacy at the Moriah School and its current success your recent article details is notable (A school grows in Englewood, February 22). However, Moriahs success and sustainability
also is attributed to the dedicated efforts of other administrators
who contributed to its growth and reputation for academic excellence and Torah scholarship since Rabbi Applbaums retirement
more than 20 years ago. I had the honor and privilege to work with
an administrative team led by Dr. Gerald Kirshenbaum whose dedication to the children and families at the Moriah School added to
its reputation as an exemplar of a successful and formidable school.
Allison Egert, Ed.D.
Director, Parker-Goldberg -Fried Learning Center
Tenafly
Danger from Iran
I fully acknowledge my naivety when it comes to understanding the

political, economic, historical and military complexities involved in
the sensitive negotiations regarding the Republic of Irans nuclear
ambitions.
However, I am convinced that Iran is the full heir of the Nazi Fascist plague. The mullahs of Iran are ideological (religious) fanatics
whose obsessive goal is the destruction of Israel and the subjugation
of the western world. I hope we learned from our experience with
the Nazis that it is folly to attempt to make a deal with the devil.
This merely serves to strengthen him. Our error in the early 20th
century led to the loss of sixty million innocent souls.
PM Netanyahu is aware of the futility of this deal. I hope that he
understands that (ultimately) the only solution to the problem of
Iranian aggression is regime change.
I believe that when the Jewish State perceives nuclear weapons
are (imminently) to fall into the hands of her implacable enemy, she
must strike preemptively (as she did in the six day war of 1967). She
must attack (with or without support) the center of regime power,
the sites of ICBMS, and the nuclear sites (wherever they may be
found).
This is a tall order. However, in my view, this is common sense
when she is faced with an absolute existential threat. The Iranian
Republic has declared a genocidal war against Israel. The Jewish
State must defend herself. This is her moral imperative.
The result is in Gods hand.
Dr. Jerrold Terdiman
Westwood
Cover Story
A very Jewish,
deeply American life
The Jewish Standard talks to the ZOAs longtime head, Morton Klein
JOANNE PALMER
orton Klein is the Zionist

Organization of America.
True or false?
Of course, in some senses
it is not at all a true statement, nor a fair
one. The organization is growing, it is
establishing regional branches, and here
in northern New Jersey its regional director, Laura Fein, is working actively and visibly to establish the ZOA in what is likely to
be fertile ground for it.
But Mr. Klein, who will speak in Englewood on Sunday night, has been the face,
the will, and the driving force behind the
ZOA for so long that to learn more about
the organization, it is necessary to learn
more about him.
Mr. Kleins story is in some senses a
quintessentially American one, about
immigrating to this country, overcoming
adversity, following dreams, juggling outsider- and insider-ness, fighting, winning,
losing, winning, and continuing to fight.
Well, a reader might be thinking by now,
this is quite a melodramatic opening. Yes,
it is. And heres why:
Mr. Klein was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany. His mother, Sarah
Griner, was from Poland, and his father,
Rabbi Herman Klein, came from Czechoslovakia. His father survived Auschwitz
and his mother somehow made her way
back from Siberia to the camp, and they
met there. When Morton was 4, the family immigrated to Philadelphia at the invitation of a cousin who had made it there
before the war; his only sibling, Samuel,
who is now the distinguished Dr. Klein, the
Danforth Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, was
born two years later.
Morton Klein is a dapper man. He
dresses carefully and well; he is courtly,
courteous, and properly rather than
oppressively well mannered. He is warm
and engaging as he speaks.
He also has Tourettes syndrome; he
makes a kind of involuntary guttural
wheezing noise between phrases. It is
startling. He has been living with it all his
life, he explains, and clearly he is not at
all fazed by it, even as it unnerves new
acquaintances. His father had it too, he
explains, and gave it as a gift to his son. It
was an unwanted present, he adds, with
equanimity. After a short time, a visitor
almost ceases to notice it.
But it is impossible not to think about
the amount of courage it had to have
taken to embark on a career as a public
Morton and
Samuel Klein
figure, speaking to large groups and in

small, intense settings. All politics aside,
it is impossible not to be both moved and
impressed by a sense of mission and calling that profound.
So back to biography.
Mr. Kleins father was a chasidic rabbi
who found work in small, poor synagogues
in Philadelphia. When he was in America, he stopped being a chasid, Mr. Klein
said. He dressed normally, and he cut his
beard. He was a soyfer a scribe and
Until I was 16,

virtually all my
friends were
black. I was
I am very
comfortable
around black
people.
there always were two Torahs at home,
one on the sofa, and the other on the dining room table. When wed eat, hed take
it off the table and put it on the couch, too.
When I would come home from school,
though, it would be rolled out, and hed
be working on it. He also repaired tefillin.
We were always poor. He barely made
a living.
His mother did not have a formal job
she always did volunteer work for their
shul but she also sold Judaica. She
would go to New York, buy things wholesale, and sell them from home for extra
money.
When he was a child, we never had a
car, never went out to dinner, never went
to camp. We couldnt afford new clothes,
but there was a welfare agency that would
give free clothes to poor people. I remember being so excited about going there.
Thats how we lived.
Although his parents both had been
through hell, neither lost faith. My father

died in 1976 at 66, Mr. Klein said. He
never recovered from the nightmare of
the Holocaust. He lost eight brothers and
sisters everyone in his family except for
the cousin in Philadelphia. He was always
sad. He would say Why did I survive?
But he always kept Torah. He never lost
his faith in God.
Sarah Klein is almost 93 and lives in St.
Louis now. She lost half her family, Mr.
Klein said. To this day, I dont know all
her story. In Siberia, she was in and out
of prison for selling on the black market
to support her family. After the war, she
heard that it was good to get to a DP camp
to get from there to America, so she did.
She is a religious woman, he continued. She had no material things, but she
never complained. She was thrilled that
she married a scholar, who kept Torah.
That was the biggest thing that she could
have done, and she did it.
The family lived in a poor black neighborhood. Until I was 16, virtually all my
friends were black, Mr. Klein said. I was
I am very comfortable around black
people. He was athletic, too. In my
neighborhood, I was an average athlete,
and I thought I was okay, but no better
than that. And then, when I was 16, we
moved to a white, Jewish neighborhood
and I realized that I was a superstar.
His main sport was baseball he had
been an all-star third baseman in Little
League in Philadelphia; he couldnt play in
high school because hed have had to play
on Shabbat. I was a power hitter, and I
batted third, he said. I was very good in
football and basketball.
That move was to northwest Philadelphia; Rabbi Klein had gotten a little better job in a slightly more successful shul,
his son said.
Secular education had not been the
familys major concern. They never promoted education, Mr. Klein said. They
just wanted us to study Torah and live a
Jewish life. My mother would always tell
us, Dont get a job that is stressful. Its
important to make a living but dont
worry about making a lot of money.
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Telling the story, he laughed. My brother and I both went
into stressful fields, he said.
His education had been partly in yeshivot, partly out of
them, depending on how much his parents could afford.
They gave my father a scholarship they asked for $3 a
week and that included lunch but he couldnt, Mr. Klein
said. It was an oddly diverse experience the public schools
were nearly all black, and the yeshivot were in a world insulated from that public school experience.
He went to Central High School in Philadelphia, the citys
academic school for boys. (As an aside, he said that he was
at school with Jeremiah Wright, the incendiary and controversial black pastor whose racist, anti-white rhetoric
engulfed President Barack Obama, his one-time parishioner,
in a political mess during his first election campaign. He
was one of the richest kids in the school, and his mother
With Martin Gross, left, president of the

Washington Institute for Near Eastern
Policy, and former Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger.
was an academic principal of Girls High School, Centrals

equivalent. We didnt even see color, and yet he became a
hater, Mr. Klein said.)
I did well in school, Mr. Klein said. I was a serious student. I loved math, and I was good at it. And if youre good
at math, you can do it fast. If youre good at history and English, you have to read 10 books just to do well
He went to Temple University on a scholarship, majoring
in math and economics, and lived at home until his senior
year. After college, Mr. Klein became a high school math
teacher. He got a job at George Washington High School,
where his brother was a senior. We both lived at home, and
it was embarrassing. The kids would see us both get out of
our mothers car, and shed hand me my lunch bag.
After two years, Mr. Klein applied to graduate schools for
a masters in statistics. He accepted an offer from Temple
On a trip to the Jewish community in Ethiopia.
that came with a full scholarship plus a $300 monthly

stipend. I didnt even have to teach and it wasnt taxable, he said. Two years later, he took his new degree
and moved to Washington, D.C., where he got a government job as a senior health policy analyst in the
agency that was then the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. I was in the top policy-making
arm of the federal government during the Nixon, Ford,
and Carter administrations, he said.
During that period, he got married; his wife, Rita
Klein, who recently retired from a nearly 40-year
career as a reading teacher, finishing as the chair of
the department.
Although we think of Morton Klein solely in terms
of Israel now, his first passion was for nutrition. It is,
in fact, a family passion his brothers full title is Danforth Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science,
and he is also the director of the medical schools Center for Human Nutrition.
Mr. Kleins government stint ended when he met
Linus Pauling, the scientist and peace activist who
won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1954 and the
Nobel Peace Prize ten years later, in an extraordinary
feat shared by no one else.
I met him in Philadelphia at a lecture, and he saw
that we had similar interests, Mr. Klein said. I had a
I was in the top

policy-making
arm of the federal
government during
the Nixon, Ford,
and Carter
administrations.
serious interest in nutrition and disease. I dont know
how it happened but I read a lot about it then, and
then nobody thought about nutrition and nutrients.
And I had a background in biostatistics, so Pauling
asked me to help him with his research.
Mr. Klein did not move to California, although he
traveled there often, he added.
Pauling was a great intellect, Mr. Klein continued.
He knew everything about chemistry, pharmacology, medicine, nutrition, molecular biology, physical
chemistry. He just knew everything, and it was at his
fingertips. By 27, he was a full professor at CalTech.
And he was a very close friend. I loved working
with him.
There was one subject that the two men could not
discuss, though. Israel.
Pauling was extremely hostile to Israel, Mr. Klein
said. He was not hostile to Jews. He was not antiSemitic. But he was very anti-Israel.
I have a letter from him, where he was just pouring his heart out to me. He wrote Mort, I cant believe
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that someone as analytical as you are can
believe in God, and can support Israel,
which is a militaristic state.
The letter talked about how religions
are the cause of most wars.
When I got it, I was going to tear it up. I
said that this is a disgusting letter, and that
I would rip it up, and my wife said No, no,
dont do that. He is a world-renowned scientist. So he kept it; its in a box somewhere, along with the rest of the voluminous, non-incendiary correspondence the
two maintained. We decided not to discuss Israel ever, Mr. Klein said. We kept
our relationship on a professional level, on
the importance of nutrition on disease.
My own last professional article was in
the medical journal Epidemiology. Its on
the value of Vitamin C in preventing heart
disease. It was published in 1992, and Mr.
Klein, one of only three authors, is listed
as its technical consultant. It was a groundbreaking study.
Meanwhile, back at home, my wife
started saying that the world and the

media are attacking Israel all the time, and
all youre doing is making a living. You are
not helping your people, with all the talents that God gave you.
So, in order not to lose my wifes
respect, I started reading about the
Arab war against Israel. I hadnt known
anything.
I said, I dont know how to be an activist. I dont know anything. So I armed
myself with facts by reading a lot.
A friend of mine told me he was gong to
Israel and got a Baedeckers travel guide.
The American Jewish Congress had recommended it and it had dozens and dozens
of lies about Israel. And my daughter came
home from school with her new history
textbook. She was in 11th grade, and it was
D. C. Heaths The Enduring Vision. Every
paragraph about Israel had one or more
lies against Israel.
I wrote two articles about Baedeckers
in the Jerusalem Post, and Baedeckers got
in touch with me, and told me that they

were very upset about the articles. They
invited me to Germany to meet with them,
all expenses paid. I had never been back.
I went there on Lufthansa, first class, met
with the board, and they hired me to
rewrite the travel book.
I rewrote it.
About my daughters textbook I went
to the school board and I complained. I
wrote a series of articles about it, and the
publisher, Heath, got in touch with me and
asked me to rewrite it. So I rewrote it, and
they put out a new one within six months.
Ironically, he added, the chairwoman of
the school board, who was Jewish, called
him to complain that his activism might
trigger anti-Semitism. That was my first
lesson in Jewish fear, Mr. Klein said.
He also helped Senator Arlen Specter of
Pennsylvania, a Jewish Republican in his
nail-bitingly close 1992 race against Lynn
Yeakel, a liberal Democrat whose platform
many Jews found more appealing than
Specters. Ms. Yeakel was a vice chairman

of the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church,
whose pastors sermons, Mr. Klein said,
were viciously anti-Semitic. Mr. Specter ended up winning the election, and
Mr. Klein was both lionized and vilified all
around town.
As a result of the publicity he garnered
with these campaigns, people from the
ZOA came and asked me to be on the local
board, and then to run for president, Mr.
Klein said. The presidency, at least as he
saw it, was a full-time job, not an honorary
position, but it was unpaid. He had given
up his well-paying career because the
ZOA had no money, and if I hadnt committed myself to saving the organization by
raising money, it would have died.
So my wife said, Look, Im a teacher. I
make a living. With her full support, I did
it, and she never complained.
That was 1993. Six years passed.
Then I was about to quit because we
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donors at ZOA said that if I could get the bylaws the
rules that defined the presidency as a volunteer rather
than a professional job changed, Ill pay the salary,
Mr. Klein said.
I got the bylaws passed and he increased his gift.
When he first took the presidency, Mr. Klein said,
he knew that he would have to fundraise, so I started
writing. We are the only significant group that opposed
Oslo Oslo is the shorthand for the 1993 accords
that included the iconic handshake between Israels
President Yitzhak Rabin and the Palestinian Liberation Organizations Yasser Arafat, with President Bill
Clinton gazing on benignly, and whose promises are
yet to be fulfilled.
The accords were very popular in the Jewish world,
because they offered hope. Because the media needed
someone to represent the other side, they would
quote me, because no one else would criticize Arafat and Oslo. So I was able to raise enough money to
survive.
Since then, I have had many billionaire donors,
and we are in good shape. I now have two full-time
lobbyists and a law and justice center. I created a campus program with seven full-time professionals, and
an Israel trip. It goes to Judea and Samaria no other
trip goes there. And we are slowly expanding, chapter
by chapter. We now have eight full-time chapters with
full-time professionals.
He is not sure when his active involvement in ZOA
will end. Retirement does not beckon. He still feels
needed.
I miss math, he said. I loved math. It was my
greatest academic love. I love solving math problems,
because you get a real answer. In this business, there
are no answers. Math was much more satisfying.
He does not see much hope ahead.
Pauling would always say, Mort, tell me what the
data require us to believe, not your hopes and dreams
for it. The data tell us what is true, and that is what I
believe.
Arafat wasnt serious about peace. Thats what the
data showed and the evidence required me to say. People would call me a dangerous right-winger, but I was
just being serious about facts.
Things now just keep getting worse. The world has
never been more hostile to Israel. The most conclusive proof was when Israel went to war to defend itself
against Hamas, and the whole world defended Hamas. I
realized, oh my God, hatred of Jews is back. It must have
always been there, under the radar, but now they use
this excuse to show their enormous enmity toward Jews.
I am not a Republican, Mr. Klein said; nor is he a
Democrat. I vote for who I think is best for Israel. If
Israel werent in trouble, I would vote on other issues,
but when you have a child who is sick, you focus on
that child, because that child is in trouble.
Israel is in trouble. It needs help, Morton Klein
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probably shouldnt
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fact that more dissidents
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have been executed under
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than under his predecesClash.
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the dictators of the world,
Ive made these and
spits vocalist Joe Strummer
similar points many times
in the songs opening verse. In fact its
before, and frankly, Im getting bored
giving orders, an they cant afford to
of repeating them. And Ive figured out
miss a word!
why. Its because Im boredSO bored
Oh, how times have changed since
with the Obama administration.
Im So Bored was released in 1977!
Nothing exemplifies this better than
The images of steely-jawed, stonethe row between Obama and Israeli
hearted CIA officers conjured up by the
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
song seem hopelessly dated. In todays
over the latters March 3 appearance
Barack Obama era, we reach out, we
before the U.S. Congress. Listening to
dialogue, we reset, and we remind the
the tone of some members of the Obama
world that our own history is chock-full
administration, youd think that the
of misdemeanors that should give us
Israel Defense Forces was now occupypause before we start lecturing the rest
ing large swathes of New Mexico. Netanof the world.
yahus visit has injected a degree of parFor many of our current influencers
tisanship, which is not only unfortunate,
magazines like Vox, think tanks like the
I think its destructive of the fabric of the
Center for American Progress, NGOs like
relationship, National Security Adviser
Human Rights Watchthis state of affairs
Susan Rice told Charlie Rose in the latis quite delightful. In Obama, America
est rhetorical flourish directed toward
has a president who believes that humilIsraels elected leader.
ity should be the first rule of American
Yes, its a complicated situation. Amerforeign policy. The true test of moral forican Jewish leaders, who regard respect
titude, you see, lies not in what America
for protocol as a virtue next to godliness,
does to other countries, including those
are fretting that Netanyahus defiance
that routinely abuse and persecute their
toward Obama will complicate their relaown populations, but in what it doesnt
tions with the White House. The visit has
do.
become an unwelcome factor in Israels
Hence the Obama administrations
own election, with Zionist parties who
caving in to Russian dictator Vladishould be united in the face of the Iramir Putin. Hence its disregard for the
nian threat squabbling over the right
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But then again, so what? The problem
isnt really Netanyahu, but the Obama
administrations conviction that Israel is
now the main obstacle in the way of its
strategy to remake the Middle East as the
primary domain of the Iranian regime.
I am not someone who will use the
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the Obama administration, but I agree
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Hazonys recent observation, in an article for the Tower magazine, that we are
living in a political climate that presumes
it is the Jewish state that is the core
problem in the world, the key obstacle
to betterment.
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Jewish state is a replica of South Africas
old apartheid regime, or that Israel has
carried out a series of genocides in Lebanon and Gaza over the last decade. And
yet it is one that presently holds sway
among large sections of Washingtons
foreign policy elite.
For that reason, the pro-Israel community must now grasp that the crisis
in bilateral relations between the United
States and Israel cannot be addressed by
reference to those two countries alone.
We need to point out that when Netanyahu comes to Washington, he is doing
so not just on behalf of the Israeli people, but also the Saudis, the Jordanians,
the Egyptians, and other Arab states
terrified of an Iranian nuclear weapon.

We need to call out Obamas hypocrisy
in meeting with the Emir of Qatar just
days after he correctly reminded the
American public that slavery is one of
the less salubrious parts of our heritage.
Yet Qatar is a state that practices slavery today. In recent years, thousands of
migrant workers have died while building soccer stadiums for the 2022 World
Cup, and thousands more have been
taken prisoner by the kafala labor system, which allows employers to seize the
passports of those whom they then force
to work 12 or 13 hour days in Qatars searing, unforgiving heat.
Above all, we need to commit ourselves not to merely disputing this proposed nuclear deal with Iranor holding
polite, if mildly tense, poached salmon
lunches with officials like Susan Rice. We
as a pro-Israel community must declare
that our aim is to wreck the deal, by
demanding unfettered International
Atomic Energy Agency access to all of
Irans nuclear facilities and by reaffirming that any attempts to weaponize the
Iranian nuclear program will be met
with a military response if necessary.
After telling us that he was so bored
with the USA, Joe Strummer plaintively
asked, But what can I do? We have
no reason to feel so powerless. Let us
declare with one voice that we are so
bored with the Obama administration.
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Anti-Israel sentiment can be anti-Semitism
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said
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anti-Semitism.
In the 1970s, the French elite developed a new kind of anti-Semitism,
focused primarily on Israel and Zionism, Valls told the Wall Street Journal.
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conspiracies.
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young people living in the poor neighborhoods, Valls said.
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at the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee conference on Monday

night.
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threaten Israel or its neighbors,
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Commentary magazine called it flood
libel. HonestReporting.com described it
as dam busted. And Camera headlined
it Dam Lies.
Agence France Presses report last
week falsely alleging that Israel intentionally opened a large dam in the South
in order to unleash floods upon Gazas
already beleaguered residents has
released a torrent of puns. But it also
opened the floodgates for Israel bashing (as if they werent already opened),
with many other publications, blogs,
and other sites repeating the claim as
fact. One of those, Al Jazeera, officially
retracted its story, noting, In southern
Israel, there are no dams of the type
which can be opened.
Gaza does indeed suffer frequent
flooding this time of year, and this isnt
the first time the dam rumor has, ahem,
surfaced. The Palestinian Maan News
Agency made the claim in 2012, as did
Middle East Monitor in 2013.
BuzzFeed, one of the first non-Israeli
and non-Jewish outlets to report the
claim as false, quoted a Palestinian official speaking on condition of anonymity as saying the rumor could be traced
back more than a decade.
It is easy to say it is dams, easier than
A man tries to pull his car out of the

flood in central Israels Or Yehuda
after heavy rain on November 16,
2014.
FLASH90
saying that the problem is infrastructure

not having infrastructure, having bad
infrastructure, having what little infrastructure Gaza has destroyed each time
there is war that is the truth, said the
official, who spoke with Buzzfeed by
phone from Gaza. He asked to remain
anonymous, because his statements did
not coincide with those made by Hamas,
which controls the Gaza Strip. If we
could rebuild Gaza, we could build a system that dealt with these horrible floods.
But Gaza is in ruins, there is nowhere for
the water to go, and each year it will be
the same unless someone helps us.
No word on whether the flooding has
damaged any remaining Hamas tunnels
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On Monday, Forbes released its 29th

annual list of every billionaire on the
planet, and it features a record 1,826
people, or 181 more than last year.
As in previous years, Jews are disproportionately represented on the roster
of the worlds wealthiest, with 10 Jews
among the top 50. (The list, topped by
Bill Gates, ranks from richest to slightly
less rich.)
Larry Ellison, 70, the founder of the
tech giant Oracle Corporation, is the
wealthiest Jew in the world and the fifth
wealthiest person alive. His net worth is
$54.2 billion.
With a net worth of $35.5 billion,
former New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg is the second wealthiest Jew
on the list and 14th wealthiest person
overall. Mark Zuckerberg, still one of
the worlds youngest billionaires at 30,
climbed five spots on the list to number
16 overall. His net worth has grown to
$33.4 billion.
Other Jews in the top 50 include
casino magnate Sheldon Adelson ($31.4
billion), Google co-founders Sergey Brin
and Larry Page ($29.2 and $29.7 billion),

investors George Soros ($24.2 billion),
Carl Icahn ($23.5 billion) and Len Blavatnik ($20.2 billion), and Dell Computer
founder Michael Dell ($19.2 billion).
There are several Jews among the
newcomers on the list as well, including Russ Weiner, the founder and CEO
of Rockstar energy drinks, Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of the Chicago Bulls and
the Chicago White Sox sports franchises,
and Ken Grossman, a co-founder of the
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Weiner is the
son of prominent conservative radio talk
show host Michael Savage (born Michael
Weiner). Seth Klarman, an investor in
the Times of Israel, is also on the list,
with a net worth of $1.5 billion.
While men far outnumber women
on the list, a few Jewish women are on
it, including Shari Arison ($4.4 billion),
Karen Pritzker ($4.3 billion), Lynn Schusterman ($3.7 billion) and Doris Fisher
($3.2 billion). With a net worth of $1 billion, Sheryl Sandberg, of Facebook and
Lean In fame, just makes the cutoff for
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a

joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday.

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Report on
the speech
Netanyahu slams
bad deal with Iran
RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahus speech, in the end, was about reminding
Americans that the enemy of your enemy may still be
your enemy.
He may have lost some friends in the process.
Netanyahu spoke before the U.S. Congress on
Tuesday, after a six-week buildup that spurred questions about the propriety of an Israeli prime minister
using Congress as a platform for his views two weeks
before elections in his country, and resulted in a rupture, for now, between the Obama and Netanyahu
governments.
To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons
would be to win the battle and lose the war, Netanyahu said during his 45-minute address, referring to
the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the terrorist group
targeted by a U.S.-led coalition. That is exactly what
would happen if the deal currently being negotiated is
accepted by Iran.
Netanyahu spoke at the invitation of the House
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who did not consult
the White House, congressional Democrats or the
American Israel Public Affairs Committee. This was a
breach of protocol. No Obama administration officials
attended the speech, and Vice President Joe Biden,
who conventionally co-chairs such events with the
House speaker, was out of the country.
I know that my speech has been the subject of
much controversy, the Israeli leader said early in his
address. I deeply regret that some perceive my being
here as political. That was never my intention.
Netanyahu praised Obama for his support of Israel,
eliciting a rare standing ovation for the president from
both sides of the aisle. (Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate who is a patron both to Netanyahu and the Republican Party and was present, did
not clap.)
It was clear, however, that there were those on the
Democratic side who remained unhappy with the
speech. At least 60 lawmakers, including one Republican, chose not to go, and applause often was perfunctory on the Democratic side.
When Netanyahu strode up the center aisle of the
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U.S. House of Representatives chamber,

it was mostly Republicans who rushed
to shake his hand. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the chairwoman
of the Democratic National Committee
and one of the most prominent Jews and
outspoken Israel supporters in the party,
studiously hung back. So did Rep. Nancy
Pelosi (D-Calif.), the minority leader in
the House.
As one who values the U.S.-Israel
relationship, and loves Israel, I was near
tears throughout the Prime Ministers
speech, Pelosi said. Saddened by the
insult to the intelligence of the United
States as part of the P5+1 nations, and
saddened by the condescension toward
our knowledge of the threat posed by
Iran and our broader commitment to
preventing nuclear proliferation.
The P5+1 is the acronym for the six
major powers negotiating with Iran: The
United States, Russia, China, Germany
France and Great Britain.
Netanyahu received many standing
ovations. However, at the point in which
he came out most forcefully against the
deal being negotiated, most Democrats
remained seated, with some clapping
politely, while many Republicans stood,
whooped, and hollered.
This is a bad deal, its a very bad deal
and were better off without it, Netanyahu said.
Republicans said Netanyahus speech
was a necessary tonic for talks that
they say have been conducted without
transparency.
Prime Minister Netanyahu made
clear how dangerous the direction of
these negotiations really is, Rep. Doug
Lamborn (R-Colo.) said in a statement.
With two deadline extensions behind
us, with the administrations acquiescence to enrichment, and with a potential sunset clause of no more than 10-15
years in the agreement, we now know
once and for all, this is a bad deal.
Earlier in the week, there were reports
that the Obama administration was worried that Netanyahu would reveal secrets
that its negotiators had shared with the
Israelis. Netanyahu in his speech said
that the two main areas of the emerging
agreement that concerned him were easily found in a Google search.
He said that the two likely outcomes
allowing Iran a limited uranium enrichment capacity and letting the deal lapse
after a period of at least 10 years would
leave Iran a nuclear threshold state.
Netanyahu instead counseled a deal
that would require Iran to moderate its
behavior, ending its regional troublemaking, its backing for terrorism, and
its threats against Israel.
Obama administration officials have
said that demanding the dismantling of
Irans enrichment capacity would collapse the talks, in part because it is seen
as unrealistic by some of the major powers now squeezing Iran with sanctions.
Additionally, the administration has said
that any deal must have a period of duration, and it has resisted attaching nonnuclear issues to the talks, including
Irans behavior in the region.
On Monday night, speaking to the
American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Susan Rice, the U.S. national security adviser, confirmed reports that any
deal would lapse after a set period. Rice
said the term would be at least 10 years.
I know that some question a deal
of any duration, she said, preempting whatever surprise Netanyahu may
have reserved for his speech. But it has
always been clear that the pursuit of an
agreement of indefinite duration would
result in no agreement at all.
A nuclear deal with Iran must include
access to its nuclear facilities even after
the expiration of restrictions to provide
the international community the assurance that it was not pursuing nuclear
weapons, Rice said.
While Netanyahu spoke, thousands of
activists attending the AIPAC Policy Conference here this week visited Capitol
Hill to lobby lawmakers offices on two
bills that would subject the talks with
Iran to greater congressional involvement. Obama has said he will veto both
measures should they pass.
This years AIPAC conference the
pro-Israel lobbys largest ever drew
16,000 activists representing all 435
congressional districts. Speakers over
the three days included congressional
leaders from both parties and Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the
United Nations, along with Netanyahu
and Rice.
There were sessions on everything
from U.S.-Israeli cybersecurity cooperation to the Palestinians efforts on the
international stage to Israels burgeoning craft brewery industry.
The primary focus of the conference
and the lobbying efforts, however, was
on Iran. And although much of the programming was indeed Iran-focused, the
controversy surrounding Netanyahus
congressional speech, and the blow it
may have dealt to bipartisan support
for Israel, surfaced repeatedly at the
event.
After Netanyahu spoke, an Obama
administration official told CNN that
Netanyahu offered nothing new.
Literally, not one new idea, not one
single concrete alternative; all rhetoric, no action, the network quoted the
anonymous senior administration official as saying.
Obama himself has said that the fallout
from the speech will not cause permanent damage. On Monday, the president
told Reuters that he would meet Netanyahu again soon after Israels March 17
elections if Netanyahu is reelected.

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Sherman quits Iran confab over vulgar ad

Jewish groups slam Boteach ad on Susan Rice
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WASHINGTON An array of Jewish groups condemned an ad by a foundation associated with Rabbi
Shmuley Boteach that accused National Security
Adviser Susan Rice of turning a blind eye to genocide.
Susan Rice has a blind spot: Genocide, said the
advertisement, which appeared in Saturdays New
York Times, touting a talk on Iran in Washington
hosted by Boteach, the Englewood-based author and
pro-Israel advocate.
As soon as Shabbat ended, Jewish groups rushed to
condemn the ad by This World: The Values Network.
The American Jewish Committee called it revolting, the Anti-Defamation League called it spurious and perverse, the Jewish Federations of North
America called it outrageous and Josh Block, the
president of the Israel Project, said it was entirely
inappropriate.
Marshall Wittmann, the spokesman for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which will
host Rice on Monday at its annual conference, said,
Ad hominem attacks should have no place in our
discourse.
On Sunday, the Conference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations issued a statement
blasting the ad.
Other condemnations came from the Orthodox
Union, J Street, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs,
the National Council of Jewish Women and the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative movement. In
a combined statement, the leaders of the Union for
Reform Judaism and Reforms Religious Action Center
called the ad grotesque, abhorrent and a sinister
slur.
The ad notes Rices recent complaints about Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus address to Congress on Tuesday, which was organized without consulting the White House. As he planned, Netanyahu
spoke against the nuclear talks between Iran and the
major powers, which President Barack Obama backs.
Rice said last week that the way the speech was organized was destructive to the U.S.-Israel relationship.
The ad also notes a controversy from the 1990s,
when Rice was on President Bill Clintons National
Security Council staff and reportedly advised against
describing the mass killings in Rwanda as genocide.
Ms. Rice may be blind to the issue of genocide, but
should treat our ally with at least as much diplomatic
courtesy as she does the committed enemy of both our
nations, it said.
In an interview, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, who directs
the Rabbinical Assembly, said Rice deserved an apology from Boteach. The ad is completely inconsistent with the record of friendship and loyalty this
public official has shown Israel and the Jewish people, she said.
Rice grew close to pro-Israel and Jewish groups during her stint as U.S. envoy to the United Nations, in
Obamas first term, through her efforts to head off
attacks on Israel and protect vulnerable populations
in Sudan.
It is not up to Shmuley Boteach to make it appear
this is the way the Jewish community treats our
friends, Schonfeld said.
Boteach in an interview said he stood behind the ad.
The stakes could not be higher, and our ad rightly

points out that Susan Rice has gone beyond any mandate
in condemning the prime minister for simply speaking
out, he said. Condemnation should be directed not at
those who seek to give Israel a voice but to those who seek
to deny it.
AIPAC, like many of the groups that have condemned

the ad, is skeptical of the Iran nuclear talks.
Nathan Diament, the Washington director of the
Orthodox Union, a group that has been pronouncedly
skeptical of the talks, on Twitter described the ad as an
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inappropriate ad hominem
attack that doesnt advance discourse on key issue of Iran.
Rabbi Steve Gutow, who heads
the JCPA, the public policy
umbrella for the community, said
the ad was a blow against bipartisan support for Israel. Its a sad
moment for the Jewish community to have this ad appear, he
said in an interview.
On Monday, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) withdrew from a
forum for skeptics of President
Barack Obamas Iran nuclear
strategy, saying the ad was
vulgar.
I cannot appear at a forum
which was advertised using an
unwarranted incendiary personal attack, Sherman said in a
statement titled Congressman
Sherman Condemns Vulgar New
York Times Ad and released
just an hour or so before the
event, held at a Senate office
building on Capitol Hill.

Nothing has done as much
to unify the Jewish community,
and nothing has done so much
to bring the Jewish community
in agreement with the Obama
administration, as this ad, Sherman said.
Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust
memoirist, and Sen. Ted Cruz
(R-Texas), a likely presidential
candidate, did not cancel.
Sherman has been one of the
sharpest Democratic critics of
the Obama administrations role
in the nuclear talks between Iran
and the major powers. I have
the utmost respect and admiration for Professor Wiesel, and his
advocacy in remembering the
Holocaust and supporting the
State of Israel have been instrumental, Sherman said. Senator
Cruz and I both share concerns
about a nuclear Iran. I am saddened that this advertisement
has preempted what could have
been a productive conversation.
Dr. Elie Wiesel, left, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, and Senator Ted Cruz at Rabbi Boteachs panel
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Heres a nice recipe from the
book. Dont wait for Passover to enjoy them. They make
a wonderful year-round first course or main course. Leftovers are great for lunch too. A hint of ginger, fennel, and
coriander adds a subtle, exotic touch. (Horseradish is not
recommended.) These quenelles can be served chilled or
at room temperature. For best results, prepare these pinkhued salmon dumplings a day in advance and let them soak,
refrigerated, in their broth. They can be plated in minutes.
Pair with a refreshing, chilled white wine such as Sauvignon
Blanc, Roussane, Chenin Blanc, or Chardonnay. Fruity Riesling or Gewrztraminer would be good too. the Morgans
Gefilte quenelles with braised

leeks and lemon zest
Excerpted from The Covenant Kitchen by Jeff and
Jodie Morgan (c) 2015 by Jeff Morgan and Jodie
Morgan. Excerpted by permission of Schocken, a
division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
2 pounds salmon fillets, skinned, cut into 1-to 2-inch
cubes
4 cloves garlic, chopped
2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
1/4 cup chopped onion, plus 1 onion, sliced
2 eggs
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 carrots cut into 1/4-inch-thick rounds
1 fennel bulb, trimmed and sliced into 1/4-inch-thick
crescents
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds
1 bottle (750 ml) or 3 cups dry white wine
6 cups water
1 bay leaf
6 to 12 leeks (white part only), well washed
(allow 1 leek per individual portion.)
2 tablespoons finely chopped lemon zest
freshly ground pepper
Place the fish, half the chopped garlic, the ginger,

chopped onion, eggs, lemon juice, and 1 teaspoon of
the salt in a food processor. In pulse mode, finely chop
(but do not puree). Transfer the fish mixture to a large
nonreactive bowl. Stir with a wooden spoon or rubber
spatula until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
Cover and refrigerate at least two hours or overnight.
(If the fish is not cold enough, it will not hold its shape
when you mold it into balls. You can speed up the

cooling process by putting the fish in the freezer. But
be careful not to let it freeze.)
While the fish is chilling, in a large pot, heat the
olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the sliced
onion and remaining chopped garlic and saut,
stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent,
about three minutes. Add the carrots and stir to coat
with the oil. Add the fennel and stir until it is coated
as well. Continue to saut, stirring
occasionally, until the fennel is soft
and fragrant, about 10 minutes. Stir
in the thyme, coriander, and the
remaining one teaspoon salt. Add
the wine, water, and bay leaf. Bring
the liquid to a boil over high heat,
reduce the heat to medium, and
simmer, uncovered, for 45 minutes.
Remove the pot from the heat
and let the broth cool slightly, about
15 minutes. Strain the broth through
a fine-mesh sieve and reserve the
vegetables from the broth in a
covered container and refrigerate.
Divide the strained broth between two
large pots or deep-sided skillets.
Roll the chilled fish mixture into 10 to 12 balls and
arrange them on a flat surface covered with wax paper.
(If necessary, wet your hands occasionally with cold
water to prevent sticking.) Bring the broth in the pots
to a boil over high heat. Use a large spoon to gently lay
the quenelles into the broth, dividing them between
the two pots so that they have room to cook without
touching each other. Reduce the heat to medium and
if the quenelles are not completely submerged, spoon
a little broth over the tops. Cover and braise (which
means simply to cook in any liquidin this case the
vegetable broth) for 15 minutes.
Turn off the heat, uncover the pots, and let the
quenelles cool slightly in the broth for 10 to 15 minutes.
Transfer the fish and the broth together to a large
covered container and refrigerate overnight or up to
two days.
A few hours prior to serving the fish, prepare the
leeks. Fill a large deep-sided skillet or pan with about
1/2 inch water and bring to a boil. Lay the leeks in the
pan, cover, and cook until they are tender, about 10
minutes. Remove the leeks from the liquid and let
cool for 10 or 15 minutes. Cover and reserve in the
refrigerator until ready to use.
To serve, halve each leek lengthwise. On individual
plates, lay two leek halves in an A or teepee shape,
touching at the top but leaving a wide space at the
bottom. Set one quenelle in between the leeks for a
first course; two quenelles for a main course. Place
a spoonful or two of the reserved broth vegetables
around the sides of the fish. Garnish the quenelles with
additional juice from the fish broth, the lemon zest,
and pepper to taste.
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Dear Rabbi
Dear Rabbi,
My fiance and I are both Jewish, but not at
all religious. We are planning to get married this coming summer. We planned the
wedding for a Saturday afternoon at a
nice catering venue. And we want to have
a Jewish wedding with a chuppah and with
a rabbi to officiate at the wedding. Much to
our surprise, we found out now that rabbis
will not conduct the ceremony because Jewish weddings cannot take place on Shabbat. We dont understand this. We dont
want to change the time and date. What
should we do?
Engaged in Englewood
Dear Engaged,
I understand your consternation. For secular Jews and their non-Jewish friends,
Saturday is a convenient and perhaps an
ideal day for a wedding. But you found
out that Jewish custom and law does not
permit a Sabbath wedding. This holds true
for nearly all the varieties of Jewish observance, from Orthodox through Reform.
Im going to guess that the history of the
ritual is not of much concern for you.
You might have imagined that a wedding is a religious ritual and the Sabbath
is a religious day, so why should there be a
problem? Indeed! But that is not the case.
You may argue that weddings are symbolic moments in a rite of passage for a
new bride and groom. You may even suggest that some of the symbolism in the
marriage ritual is beautifully suited to be
carried out on the Sabbath. The bride and
groom are imagined to be like Adam and
Eve in the Garden of Eden. And no matter
where the wedding takes place, we imagine the sounds of a wedding celebration
and its song are taking place in the streets
of Jerusalem and are like foretastes of the
joy of the messianic age of the redemption
of the world. And the chuppah canopy
has been likened to a cosmic symbol of
the heavens.
So why not have a wedding on Shabbat?
Primarily this is because Jewish law and
custom treat a wedding as a contractual
transaction between husband and wife.
The ketubbah is a marriage contract that
has to be executed and signed and given
over by the husband to the wife, all actions
that cannot be allowed on Shabbat.
So I am sorry, but I have no ready solution to your problem. I assume you dont
want to change the time of your party. Of
course, you could hold a smaller Jewish
ceremony in a rabbis study during the
previous week and then have your larger
public wedding feast on Saturday. But Ill
bet you dont want even to hear about any
such workaround.
Since I suppose that your event will be
or imprison our thoughts or

in New Jersey, you may be
actions.
able to find a liberal unaffiliated rabbi who will conduct
You clearly do not share
a Jewish wedding on Shabthat view of the benefit of
bat. But I cannot advise you
limiting the roles of religions
to do that.
in society. And you are horrified at the antagonism that
Perhaps you can step back
a Broadway play directs at
and consider that your wedding is a single event, not an
Mormonism, which to you is
Rabbi Tzvee
ongoing lifestyle choice. As
an obvious metaphor for all
Zahavy
such, I do encourage you
religions.
to honor the age-old JewSurely, if you suppose that
ish customs, to be flexible,
religion is a means to prescribe an ethical and moral life, to lend
and to reconsider the day of the week you
meaning to our existence and a way to
selected for your wedding.
worship a divine entity who created our
Dear Rabbi,
universe, then you ought to be insulted by
I went to see a critically acclaimed musical
that comedic musical take down of religion
comedy on Broadway called The Book of
and of God.
Mormon. I did not know before going that
Now, on the other hand, you would be
the play was so sacrilegious! It was way over
equally correct to be horrified that violence can be committed in the name of
the border of blasphemy toward Mormonism in particular, and toward all religions
God and religion. Reading the news about
in general. The show mocks the teachings of
such violence in recent morning papers,
the Mormon church and ridicules its eccleeven the simplest unreflective person will
siastical history and scriptures. It derides
conclude there are more facets to religion
the churchs founders, Joseph Smith and
than just positive preaching and teaching
Brigham Young. It makes fun of Jesus and
of a wholly moral life.
the Mormon angel named Moroni.
Your reaction to The Book of Mormon
Using language that is vulgar, crude,
makes me stop to think about how we
and offensive, the play rips into all religious
were all aghast at the Islamic religious
mythology and ritual and portrays them as
terrorists who killed secular cartoonists. The terrorists targeted their victims,
absurd inventions derived by foolish leaders
whom they accused of heresy, saying they
out of desperation, and presented to desperate consumers. To do all of this and get
insulted their religion. And we were further horrified during these recent events
away with it, the play uses the cheerful entertainment style of the Broadway musical to
by the wanton Islamic terrorist killings of
relentlessly deride God, and all teachers and
Jews and by other acts of barbarity against
preachers of religion.
non-Muslims.
Please explain to me how such a play
And its troubling that all religions at
can be tolerated at all in our society, let
one time or another sustain terrorism
alone lauded as a smash hit, running for
and preach and practice that violence
years on Broadway and delighting sold-out
be directed to the enemy, who often is
audiences.
labeled by religious leaders as a heretic
Aghast in Alpine
or infidel. Its disturbing that all religions
in some way are guilty of inciting heresy
Dear Aghast,
hunters and of fostering barbaric acts of
At their core, our American ideals promote
violence against those whom they deem
the freedom of expression, without any
heretics.
boundaries. In its social essences AmeriIt seems so wrong to me that evil is comcan society is secular, mainly a-religious,
mitted in the name of God against people
but in some ways anti-religious. Some say
whose only sin is to hold unapproved
that our powerful value, promising the
freedom of religion, is in effect a means of
The Dear Rabbi column offers
affording us the freedom from religion.
timely advice based on timeless
Many social critics extol all of our freeTalmudic wisdom. It aspires to be
doms as great strengths in the fibers of our
equally respectful and meaningful
culture. They see religions as restrictive of
to all varieties and denominations
creativity and divisive to our communal
of Judaism. You can find it here
lives. They say that American life is strong,
on the first Friday of the month.
vibrant, and healthy precisely because
Please mail your questions to
religion is tangential to our guiding valthe Jewish Standard or email
ues. The best and the brightest minds
DearRabbi@jewishmediagroup.
in the world come to our shores exactly
com.
because we do not allow religion to stifle
opinions about this or that. Yet in the

world at large, nearly all religions have
held or now hold the idea that heresy is a
crime that must be countered by violence.
Its further disconcerting that theres
enough evidence to conclude that war
and violence are not accidental byproducts of religion. They appear to be essential activities that derive from the core of
a faith community. And yes, perpetrators
of religious violence justify their aims and
means in the name of a great and mighty
and jealous God.
Evolutionary social biologists have
explanations for this. They say that religions aspects of preaching violence
against heresy is a social strength or a
form of fitness that evolved over time into
an innate trait of the group dynamic. It
promotes solidarity in conflict and battle
and hence it bolsters the survival of the
group.
A vibrant secular democracy, like ours
in the United States, however, will foster
patriotism and social solidarity without
seeking out religious reasons to wreak violence on dissenters.
The play you saw, the Broadway musical
The Book of Mormon, is a perfect example of how a free and open society will tolerate dissent and criticism of religion at no
cost to its essential societal strength.
Its urgent that you think this over and
even try to embrace the notion that criticism of religions is healthy. And finally,
you do realize that the play you saw presented many of the positive aspects of
Mormonism in particular and of religion
in general?
And so, to conclude I offer you this simple unexpected suggestion. Go back and
see the play again. And this time seek out
and enjoy the constructive elements in
the production. Have yourself a gleeful
evening and a bunch of hearty laughs. Its
an uproariously rude and satirical show
about the positive and negative functions
and dynamics of religions on many levels.
And if you do go back, then afterward
you can be confident that you can go home
and continue to practice your piety and
believe as you wish. Thats how we live
in our great, free and democratic land, in
America.
Tzvee Zahavy earned his Ph.D. from Brown
University and rabbinic ordination from
Yeshiva University. He is the author many
books, including these Kindle Edition books
available at Amazon.com: The Book of
Jewish Prayers in English, Rashi: The
Greatest Exegete, Gods Favorite Prayers
and Dear Rabbi which includes his past
columns from the Jewish Standard and
other essays.
Dvar Torah
Ki Tisa: No deposit, no return
he name of this weeks Torah portion, Ki Tisa,

translates to when you lift up. The question
is, how can this parsha lift us up if the majority of the parsha speaks about the most tragic
sin that the Jews committed in history, the making of the
golden calf? Secondly, how is it possible that only 40 days
after God married us and gave us the Torah, we betrayed
God and worship a golden calf? This is equivalent to a new
bride committing adultery.
To understand this, I
would like to share a story.
There was once a couple who
was married for 25 years.
They were having marital
issues so they decided to seek
help with a marriage counselor. The marriage counselor asked the wife what the
Rabbi
issue was and she answered,
Mordechai
my husband never told me
Shain
he loved me. The counselor
Lubavitch on the
then turns to the husband
Palisades, Tenafly,
and asked him why. The
Orthodox
husband tells the marriage
counselor that when he married his wife, he told her that
he loved her under the chuppah and if anything should
change he would let her know.
What we can learn from this is that in order for a marriage to last, both parties must invest in it constantly.
In the Torah, up to this point, God did all the investing
but the Jews did not invest anything.
The lesson we learn is anything worthwhile requires effort.

A blessing requires some object upon which to take hold, like
rain that falls upon a plowed and sown field, or like the early and
late rains that fall upon the produce of the field or vineyard. But
if a field is left fallow, neither plowed nor sown, the early and
late rains will not be of any benefit.
This is why everything in Judaism needs effort, from
education to parenting, from friendship to spiritual growth and

more.
When you invest, it becomes yours and becomes permanent.
May God bless us that we should have the ability to invest and
make an effort. Through our effort, we can transform this world
from darkness to light and pure holiness with the revelation of
Moshiach, now.
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Through our effort, we

can transform this
world from darkness to
light and pure holiness
with the revelation of
Moshiach, now.
The Divine presence settled on earth when the Torah
was given because God said, no longer shall heaven and
earth be separate but instead God would take the first
step, as the Torah says, The Lord descended upon Mount
Sinai. Because this was only by Gods initiative, the mountain was sanctified beyond human capacity: Whoever
touches the mountain shall surely perish. But after the
Shechinah had departed they were permitted to ascend
the mountain, i.e., the mountain remained as it originally
was, an unholy place.
In contrast, the Divine presence that settled in the
Tabernacle came about because of Gods command to
Make for Me a sanctuary, namely, through the efforts
of the Jewish people. Because the Divine presence was
drawn down through the efforts of man, holiness became
entrenched in the physical structure of the Tabernacle.
We now understand why the Torah prefaces Take for
Me a donation, for this idea, that the Divine presence settled in the Mishkan specifically through the efforts of the
Jewish people, is expressed in the concept of donation.
God instructed us to take from our money and our possessions to donate to God and give to God - to invest in the
marriage. With this, it now becomes an everlasting edifice.
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Across
1 Actor Leonard, the subject of this puzzle,
who died February 27, 2015
6 Seltzer
10 JAP type
14 Debbie Friedmans Let Us ___
15 Animals the priests would use in the
Temple
16 Look (over), like a rabbi with a medieval
text
17 Prepares ones knees to bow during the
Aleinu
18 ___ Fair (1989 George Segal movie
about a war-games retreat)
19 What an IDF soldier may be at?
20 Do it to yourself to prepare for the Birkat
Hamazon
21 1977-1982 TV series about mysterious
phenomena
23 Non-kosher cocktail variety?
25 Comes close to beating Maccabi Haifa
26 ___-Devil (1989 comedy with Roseanne
Barr)
27 Transports in Rahms city
28 Territory that would refuse its refuseniks
(abbr.)
31 With 55-Across, catchphrase of 69-Across
36 Chanukah commemorates the fight when
one of Zeus was erected in the Temple
38 He got miffed that he wasnt notified
about Netanyahus speech to Congress
39 Yiddish interjections of note
41 Hearts ___ (early 1990s Ed Asner sitcom)
42 Circumcising grammatically?
44 1966-1969 TV series about space exploration
46 Chazers home
47 Tiny drops of water about which theres a
Passover prayer
49 Shalom from Josephus
50 Kind of truck whose number of wheels
equals chai
51 Matzahs cannot have them
55 See 31-Across
59 Reagan Interior Secretary who said
a black, a woman, two Jews and a
cripple
61 Feel ready for a Shabbos nap
62 Filled with righteous indignation
63 Italian city whose Jewish ghetto was built
in 1660
64 Cuban prisoner Gross finally freed in
Decemer 2014
65 In March 2015 it was worth 4.5 shekels
66 Under the ___ of an Orthodox rabbi (one
way to convert)
67 Its owed to a moneylender
68 Competitor for Jann Wenners Rolling
Stone
69 Vulcan character from 44-Across
Down
1 Acts like a gonif
2 God is One and The dead will rise, e.g.
3 October or Tishre
4 Seder has it and means it
5 In Ladino, its Si
6 Milk Best Actor Oscar winner
7 Magical birds that helped a famous Daniel
Radclife character
8 Leave out, as the o when spelling the word
G-d
9 Uses a slingshot against Goliath, e.g.
10 Groucho Marx headwear
11 2014 Russell Crowe Bible movie
12 ... maybe more, maybe less... who knows
exactly?
13 Its fleishig
21 Net abbreviation for a maven
22 Stop on the way to Eilat
24 National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
hockey player Bob Nystrom, e.g.
28 Instruction in Joan Nathans Quiches,
Kugels and Couscous
29 What Bob Dylan or Joel Coen mean by
You betcha!
30 Smell like pickles in brine
31 Mandelbrot are formed into these before
theyre baked and cut
32 How Steve Wynn expresses skepticism?
33 Opinions ___ (common statement
about Jewish law)
34 Bird that isnt kosher because it resembles the forbiden ostrich
35 Makin Whoopee lyricist Kahn
37 In the back of the ship Altalena
40 Became Rabbi Emeritus, e.g.
43 Israels recent nationality bill does this
to Arabic from its staus as an official
national language
45 Give testimony to a beit din
48 Start to use more sekhel
50 Got rid of some shekels
52 One way to prepare the home for
Shabbat
53 Dance music heard in World War II ghettos
54 Philosophy that influenced Philo of
Alexandria
55 Not the whole megillah
56 Exodus river
57 The clothing of Josephs brothers, perhaps
58 Actress Gilpin who replaced Lisa Kudrow
in the role of Roz Doyle on Frasier
60 Burning the chametz, e.g.
63 Kind of mask worn by Israelis during the
Gulf War
The solution to last weeks puzzle

is on page 55.
Arts & Culture

Kosher Soul plays on stereotypes
amusing some, angering others
ANTHONY WEISS
LOS ANGELES In the first episode of
Kosher Soul, ONeal McKnight, a Southern-raised African-American man about to
marry a white Jewish woman from Seattle,
has an epiphany about his upcoming marriage its like a black-and-white cookie.
Its all about the whole cookie, he
explains to his fiance, Miriam Sternoff.
Thats about as far as the insight goes,
which is to say it isnt much of an insight.
But as a metaphor for Kosher Soul, a
reality show that premiered February 25
on Lifetime, the black-and-white cookie
actually fits pretty well. Its junk food
sweet, pleasant, easy to understand. It
isnt nutritious, but as an occasional guilty
pleasure, its kinda fun.
Which is not to say it hasnt ruffled
some feathers. The Alliance of Black Jews,
a group that describes itself as people of
African descent who embrace Halachic
Judaism, sent a letter to Lifetime expressing disappointment in its offensive stereotypes, and on Bechol Lashons Jewish& blog (hosted by JTAs partner site
MyJewishLearning), the Alliances founding president, Robin Washington, wrote:
To a person, those in my circle of African
American Jews whove heard of the show
have questioned its portrayal of the match
as a freak show oddity. Several black Jews
tweeted in protest Wednesday night using
the hashtag #ourkoshersoul. Among them:
jewish and black is not a clash of cultures. it is me. #ourkoshersoul
rivka (@rivka13) February 26, 2015
Kosher Soul examines what it
Miriam Sternoff, her mother, Nancy Sternoff, and ONeal McKnight in an episode
of the Lifetime show Kosher Soul.
RICHARD KNAPP/LIFETIME
describes as a culture clash between Miriam and ONeal in, ahem, black and white,
without too many intervening shades of
gray. It doesnt just embrace stereotypes;
ONeal McKnight and Miriam Sternoff shop together on their reality show.

RICHARD KNAPP/LIFETIME
it gleefully chases after them at top speed.

Thus, all the big issues come up food,
circumcision, the disapproving Jewish
mother-in-law, dental grills, black people
being afraid of the water, and more.
It helps that the couple at the center
of the show are fairly outrageous people.
(They live in Los Angeles, which is a good
start.) ONeal, who is converting to Judaism in order to please Miriam, is a standup comic who seems to live somewhere
on the boundary between nonstop performer and man-child he makes faces at
the camera, is afraid to go in the ocean,
and frequently sports a black baseball cap
saying Kosher.
Miriam, a celebrity stylist, is the more
grounded of the two, playing the straight
man to ONeals absurd behavior, alternately reining him in and going along
for his absurd schemes such as when
he wants her to get a gold grill for her
teeth with a tolerance that sometimes
approaches Buddha-like levels.
The show is, in some ways, as stagey
as a sitcom. In the first episode, Miriam
attempts to satisfy ONeals craving for soul

food by buying and frying him a catfish,
despite the fact that it is, as her mother
puts it, Treif. Total treif. Its not a success
ONeal ends up spitting the results back
onto his plate. Still, he decides to sample
Jewish cuisine by going to Los Angeles
Canters Deli and ordering chopped liver,
which he doesnt like either. Meanwhile,
Miriam is trying to make up their wedding
reception seating chart, and theyre fighting over the proper mix of black and white
guests at each table, until ONeal finally
has his black-and-white cookie insight and
well, you get the point.
Still, at its best, the show works. While
the setups feel scripted, the relationship
is obviously genuine and affectionate. Miriam enjoys ONeals antics, and he appreciates her stability, not to mention that shes
a good audience. And the show is also at
its strongest when its exploring blackJewish relations in its own absurd fashion.
ONeal is one of the shows producers, and
he knows how to work his material, such
as when he asks a rabbi, Why are Jews
so good with money? or when he tells
Miriam, You know whats hard work? My
grandmothers water breaking when shes
picking cotton.
Plus, the show features an appearance
by Russell Simmons, a longtime friend of
ONeals. Thats obviously a must for any
show on black-Jewish relations since Simmons, who is black, is a longtime leader
of the Foundation for Inter-Ethnic Understanding and, in 2007, co-starred with
rapper Jay-Z in a public service announcement denouncing anti-Semitism.
Kosher Soul runs into trouble, on
the other hand, when the culture clashes
arent so pointed and the tensions are
more generic shes trying to have a baby,
he wants to buy a Porsche, and the like.
So, the buildup to the wedding provides
plenty of material but unfortunately,
the wedding takes place in Episode 3, and
Episode 4 is notably slower. ONeal has a
bris coming up for his conversion, which
should be entertaining, but unless they
either have that baby or can mine some
more nuggets about black-Jewish culture,
the latter part of the season may be slow
going.
Still, its all in good fun, and the show
is worth a watch if only for ONeals hats
perhaps the best one is a Star of David
flanked by hashtags and Miriams deadpan eye rolls.
Just dont overdo it. After all, its a
JTA WIRE SERVICE
cookie, not a meal.
Calendar
ancient Egyptians with
Sheryl Intrator Urman,
11:15 a.m. 411 E. Clinton
Ave. (201) 569-7900.
Friday MARCH 6
Childrens program
in West Nyack: The
Israel disaster
preparedness: Dr.
Rockland Jewish
Academy offers Sifriyat
Pijama BAmerica
Hebrew story time,
with activities and a
snack, 1:30 p.m. Sifriyat
Pijama continues on
April 12. 450 West
Nyack Road. Judy
Klein, (845) 627-0010,
ext. 104, www.
rocklandjewishacademy.
org, or kleinj@
rocklandjewishacademy.
org.
Michael Frogel discusses

Working with Disaster:
The Israeli Experience,
at a lunch and learn at
Young Israel of Fort
Lee, noon. Frogel is an
associate professor of
pediatrics at the Albert
Einstein College of
Medicine, a former chair
of pediatrics at Nassau
University Medical
Center, a former chief
of general pediatrics/
sports medicine and
director of the emergency
department at Cohen
Childrens Hospital in New
Hyde Park. 1610 Parker
Ave. (201) 592-1518.
Tuesday
MARCH 10
Play group in New
Milford: Shalom
Shabbat in Mahwah:
As part of the One
Book One Community
project, sponsored by
the Jewish Federation
of Northern New
Jersey, Beth Haverim
Shir Shalom offers a
Middle Eastern Shabbat
celebration with dinner,
in conjunction with this
years book selection,
The Golem and the
Jinni by Helene Wecker,
7 p.m. Also singing with
the cantor and folktales
of jinnis and golems.
280 Ramapo Valley Road.
(201) 512-1983 or www.
bethhaverimshirshalom.
org.
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth offers
services for families with
young children, 7:30 p.m.
1666 Windsor Road.
(201) 833-1322 or www.
emeth.org.
Saturday
MARCH 7
Shabbat and opera in
Teaneck: After services,
Temple Emeth screens
Mozarts Don Giovanni,
starring Bryn Terfel and
Renee Fleming, noon,
followed by a lunch, and
discussion on the opera
with Mark Shapiro, music
director/conductor of
Cecilia Chorus of N.Y.
and artistic director of
Cantori N.Y. 1666 Windsor
Road. (201) 833-1322 or
www.emeth.org.
Cabaret in Englewood:
Congregation Kol
HaNeshamah hosts as
singer/actor Andrew
Keltz and songwriter/
pianist/actor Alan
The Zamir Choral Foundation, founded and directed by

Matthew Lazar, presents a gala benefit concert by HaZamir,
the international Jewish high school choir, at Avery Fisher Hall
at Lincoln Center on Sunday, March 22, at 4 p.m. Dr. Ruth K.
Westheimer will receive the Kinor David award. (212) 870-3335, (212) 7216500, or www.zamirchoralfoundation.org. Sponsorship/ad journal entries,
wizadjournal.com/hazamirgalaconcert22.
MAR.
22
Schmuckler perform
favorite American
standards ranging from
jazz to inspirational
folk music, 7:30 p.m.
Preceded by wine tasting
and hors doeuvres. At
St. Pauls, 113 Engle St.
(201) 816-1611 or email
RSVP@KHNJ.org.
Purim celebration for

LGBTQ teens/friends:
Shaar Communities and
Temple Sinai of Bergen
County in Tenafly host
the Unmasquerade Ball,
a Purim party for LGBTQ
teens and their friends,
7:45-11 p.m. $20 donation
to charity. 1 Engle St.
Adult supervision.
Shaarcommunities2@
gmail.com.
Medical Center in
Teaneck and the Israeli
American Council are
among the sponsors.
(201) 820-3907 or www.
jfnnj.org/filmfestival.
Sunday
MARCH 8
Casino trip: Hadassahs
Fair Lawn chapter
goes to the Sands
Casino in Pennsylvania.
A bus leaves the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel
at 8:45 a.m.; breakfast
served onboard. $30;
includes $25 slot play
money plus $5 food
voucher. Bring ID. 1010 Norma Ave. Varda,
(201) 791-0327.
Toddler program
in Tenafly: As part
Israel film festival:

Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jersey
begins its Israel film
festival with Hill Start
at the Tenafly Cinema
4, 9 p.m. Holy Name
of the shuls Holiday

Happenings program,
Temple Sinai of Bergen
County offers Purimthemed music, stories,
crafts, and snacks for
pre-k students and their
parents, 9:30 a.m. 1 Engle
St. (201) 568-3035.
Childrens program:
The Jewish Community
Center of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah begins its fourweek Taste of Hebrew

School, for 4- to
7-year-olds, 9:30 a.m.,
with songs, stories,
usable craft projects,
customs about Passover.
East 304 Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7733 or
edudirector@jccparamus.
org.
Purim in Fair Lawn: The

Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
hosts its annual Purim
5K Fun Run/1 mile walk,
beginning in the shul
parking lot, 9:30 a.m.
Run in costume. DJ
entertainment and
clowns. Prizes. 1010 Norma Ave.
(201) 796-5040.
Jews of Uganda:
Dental hygienist Dvora
Biderman-Gross and
Rabbi Joe Prouser
discuss Abayudaya
The Jews of
Uganda at the JCC of
Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah,
9:45 a.m. 304 East
Midland Ave. Donations
of toothbrushes, floss,
and toothpaste for the
Abayudaya community
welcome. E. 304 Midland
Ave. (201) 262-7691.
Purim in Wayne: The

YMCA holds a Purim
party, sponsored by the
Northern New Jersey
with arts and crafts,
games, dancing, costume
parade, and snacks,
including hamentaschen.
10 a.m.-noon. The
Metro YMCAs of the
Oranges is a partner of
the YM-YWHA of North
Jersey. 1 Pike Drive.
(973) 595-0100.
Purim in Glen Rock:

The Glen Rock Jewish
Center offers a carnival,
11 a.m.-1 p.m., with games,
prizes, and balloons.
682 Harristown Road.
(201) 652-6624.
Purim in Wayne:
Shomrei Torah has
an original spiel,
Esthers Very
Special Purim Party,
1 p.m. 30 Hinchman
Ave. (973) 696-2500 or
shomreitorahwcc.org.
Monday
MARCH 9
Egyptian art: The
Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades in Tenafly
offers a discussion
on the art of the
Baby of the Jewish

Federation of Northern
New Jersey offers a
morning of stories,
songs, crafts, and snacks
for moms and dads
of newborns through
3-year-olds, to connect
with each other and
the Jewish community,
at Solomon Schechter
Day School of Bergen
County, 9:30 a.m. 275
McKinley Ave. Jessica,
(201) 820-3917, or www.
jfnnj.org/shalombaby.
Marty Schneit
Holocaust survivor
group in Fair Lawn:
Cafe Europa, a social
program the Jewish
Family Service of North
Jersey sponsors for
Holocaust survivors,
funded in part by the
Conference on Material
Claims Against Germany,
the Jewish Federation
of Northern New Jersey,
and private donations,
meets at the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai
Israel, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Marty
Schneit, a licensed New
York City tour guide, will
discuss the history of
the Borscht Belt. Light
lunch. 10-10 Norma Ave.
Transportation available.
(973) 595-0111 or www.
jfsnorthjersey.org.
Calendar
Dr. Ben Nelson

Fundamentalism
discussed in Fort Lee:
The Englewood & Cliffs
chapter of ORT America
hosts a discussion,
Gods Brigades:
Fundamentalism & the
Rational Mind, with Ben
Nelson at Congregation
Gesher Shalom/JCC of
Fort Lee, 12:30 p.m. He
is professor emeritus of
English and comparative
literature at Fairleigh
Dickinson University.
Refreshments. 1449
Anderson Ave. Naomi,
(201) 568-9274.
Israel film festival:

Northern New Jersey
continues its Israel
Film Festival with
Super Women at the
Wayne YMCA, 7 p.m.
Discussion with Boris
Fishman, author of
A Replacement Life.
Holy Name Medical
Center in Teaneck and
the Israeli American
Council are among the
sponsors. 1 Pike Drive.
(201) 820-3907 or www.
Wednesday
MARCH 11
Alzheimers program
in Wayne: The Wayne
YMCA offers a family
education workshop, Is
It Normal Aging or Is It
Alzheimers Disease?
1 p.m. Sponsored by the
Alzheimers Association.
Refreshments. The
Metro YMCAs of the
Oranges is a partner of
the YM-YWHA of North
Jersey. 1 Pike Drive.
(973) 586-4300 or alz.
org/nj.
Hadassah meets:
The Pascack Valley/
Northern Valley
Chapter of Hadassah
meets at the YJCC in
Washington Township,
2:30 p.m. Linda Lohsen,
director of the Center
for Healthy Living at
Holy Name Medical
Center in Teaneck,
discusses Chocolate:
Divine Food, Fattening
Junk, or Nutritious
Treat? Refreshments.
605 Pascack Road.
(201) 265-0161.
Hospice program
in Teaneck: Henry
Fersko-Weiss, an endof-life doula, leads a
presentation on his role,
offering compassion,
support, and a caring
touch and respite for a
dying person and his/her
caregivers, at Holy Name
Medical Centers hospice
program, 6:30 p.m.,
in Marian Conference
Room #2. The hospitals
hospice program also
seeks compassionate
volunteers for a training
program with FerskoWeiss that will begin on
March 27. 718 Teaneck
Road. Jamie Anderson,
(551) 404-8446.
Womens yoga in
Teaneck: The Chabad
Womens Circle presents
Jewish Yoga Dance
with Shelly Dembe, at
Chabad of Teaneck, 8 p.m.
Bring a towel or mat
and leggings. Smoothies
served. 513 Kenwood
Place. (201) 907-0686 or
rivkygoldin@gmail.com.
Thursday
MARCH 12
Israel film festival: Jewish

New Jersey continues
its Israel Film Festival by
screening Cupcakes at
the Kolo Klub in Hoboken,
7:30 p.m. Discussion with
Boris Fishman, author
of A Replacement Life.
Holy Name Medical
Center in Teaneck and
the Israeli American
Council are among the
sponsors. 1422 Grand St.
(201) 820-3907 or www.
MARCH 13
Shabbat Across
America in Paramus:
The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah joins in the annual
Shabbat Across America,
organized by the
National Jewish Outreach
Program. Candlelighting
at 5:15 p.m., followed
by services and dinner.
304 East Midland
Ave. Reservations,
(201) 262-7691 or www.
jccparamus.org.
Shabbat Across
America in Clifton:
Members of the Clifton
Jewish Center and
neighboring communities
celebrate together,
beginning with services,
6:30 p.m., and dinner
at 7:30. 18 Delaware
St. Reservations,
(973) 772-3131.
Shabbat Across
America in Fair Lawn:
The Fair Lawn Jewish
Center/Congregation
Bnai Israel offers
services and a catered
dinner beginning at
6:30 p.m. 10-10 Norma
Ave. Reservations,
(201) 796-5040.
Shabbat Across
America in Fair Lawn:
Temple Beth Sholom
welcomes the community
to its program, beginning
with Mincha, 6:30 p.m.,
followed by services
led by Rabbi Alberto
Zeilicovich and Cantor
Steven Barr, with children
participating, then dinner
by Kosher Nosh and
singing. 40-25 Fair Lawn
Ave. (201) 797-9321.
Shabbat Across
America in Emerson:
Eric Goldman
Jewish supernatural: As
part of the One Book
One Community project,
sponsored by the Jewish
New Jersey, Congregation
Beth Sholom in Teaneck
offers a discussion,
Golems, Dybbuks, but
not Ginnis: A Look at the
Jewish Supernatural in
Cinema, with the Jewish
Standards film critic,
Eric Goldman. The book
is The Golem and the
Jinni by Helene Wecker.
8:15 p.m. Refreshments.
354 Maitland Ave.
(201) 833-2620 or www.
cbsteaneck.org.
Film in Fair Lawn: The
Friday

offers dinner, rituals,
songs, and prayers
around the table, led by
Rabbi Debra Orenstein
and Cantor Lenny
Mandel, beginning
at 6:30 p.m. Shabbat
games for children. Oneg
follows. 53 Palisade
Ave. Reservations,
(201) 265-2272 or www.
bisrael.com.
Shabbat in Closter:
Temple Beth El offers
services led by Rabbi
David S. Widzer and
Cantor Rica Timman with
guest violinist Sheryl
Staples, 7:30 p.m. 221
Schraalenburgh Road.
(201) 768-5112.
Shabbat in Tenafly: The

Temple Sinai Rock Band
performs during services,
7:30 p.m. 1 Engle St.
(201) 568-3035.
Shabbat in Wayne:
Temple Beth Tikvah
celebrates the Latin
American Jewish
community with Shabbat
La Vida Loca, led by
Cantor Charles Romalis,
the Temple Beth Tikvah
choir, and guest cantors
Mark Biddelman of
Temple Emanuel of
the Pascack Valley in
Woodcliff Lake and
Ilan Mamber of Temple
Beth Rishon in Wyckoff,
and accompanied by a
five-piece band, 8 p.m.
Latin-themed Oneg.
950 Preakness Ave.
(973) 595-6565 or www.
templebethtikvahnj.org.
Saturday
Israel committee and the

sisterhood of the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai
Israel screen Above
and Beyond, 4 p.m.
10-10 Norma Ave. Light
refreshments will be
available. A discussion
will follow. Call 201-7965040.
Film in Wayne: The

Chabad Center screens
Jerusalem Us new film,
Beneath the Helmet,
the story of five new
recruits in the Israeli
armed forces who put
their lives on the line to
protect their families and
homeland. Program at
the center opens with
an Israeli buffet dinner,
4:30 p.m.; the film is
at 5. Separate kids
program. 194 Ratzer
Road. (973) 694-6274 or
Jewishwayne.com.
MARCH 14
In New York
Memorial concert:
Sunday
Stephanie Prezant is
honored at a concert in
her memory, Songs She
Loved, at the Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades.
Doors open at 8:15 p.m.;
concert at 8:45. Funds
raised support the JCCs
Stephanie I. Prezant
Maccabi Scholarship
Fund. (201) 408-1429 or
www.jccotp.org.
Sunday
MARCH 15
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 or to
various community sites;
or by volunteering to sort
and bag the donations
on Good Deeds
Day, 1-2:30 p.m. 50
Eisenhower Drive. Beth,
(201) 820-3947 or www.
jfnnj.org/gooddeedsday.
Film in Glen Rock: The

Sturgeon Queens,
the story of the famed
Lower East Side smoked
fish emporium Russ
& Daughters and the
Jewish family that has
run it for 100 years, is
screened at the Glen
Rock Jewish Center,
3:30 p.m. Director Julie
Cohen will lead a postscreening discussion.
Refreshments and soft
drinks. 682 Harristown
Road. (201) 652-6624.
Sunday
MARCH 8
Senior singles meet in
West Nyack: Singles
65+ meet for a social
get together with
music by DJ Jeff, and
videos of Broadway
and Hollywood, at the
JCC Rockland, 11 a.m.
450 West Nyack Road.
Refreshments. $5. Gene
Arkin, (845) 356-5525.
Sunday
MARCH 15
Singles meet in
Caldwell: New Jersey
Jewish Singles 45+ meet
for lunch and to mingle
at Congregation Agudath
Israel, 12:45 p.m. $10. 20
Academy Road. Sue,
(973) 226-3600, ext. 145,
or singles@agudath.org.
MARCH 15
Passover fun: Streits
Matzo will host the
award-winning childrens
entertainer Mama Doni
and the Mama Doni Band
for the fourth annual
Passover Palooza, 1 p.m.,
at Streits Matzo Factory,
150 Rivington St. www.
mamadoni.com.
Anti-Semitism in
Hungary/Greece:
Tad Stahnke of Human
Rights First discusses
Anti-Semitism and
Political Extremism in
Hungary and Greece
at the Museum of
Jewish HeritageA
Living Memorial
to the Holocaust,
2 p.m. 36 Battery Place.
(646) 437-4202 or www.
mjhnyc.org.
Jay Leno
Jay Leno at
bergenPAC
The Bergen Performing
Arts Center, at 30 North
Van Brunt St. in Englewood, presents late-night
comedic legend Jay Leno
on Thursday, April 9, at 8
p.m. For information, call
(201) 227-1030 or go to
www.bergenpac.org.
Casino trip
planned
Singles
Friday
MARCH 6
Singles Shabbaton in
Teaneck: Sharon Ganz &
Friends host a Shabbaton
weekend for Orthodox
Jewish singles, 25-39,
at Congregation Bnai
Yeshurun. There will be
three Shabbat meals, an
oneg Shabbat, singles
mixers, discussions, and
a Saturday night party.
Shadchanim invited.
Sharon, (718) 575-3962
or (646) 529-8748.
Congregation Shaarey
Israel in Montebello, N.Y.,
offers a trip to the Sands
Casino in Bethlehem, Pa.,
for those 21 and older, on
Sunday, May 3. The bus
will leave the shul at 9:30
a.m. The trip costs $40 and
includes a $30 slot voucher
and $5 food voucher and
coupons for discount outlet shopping. Bathrooms
on bus. Reservations are
requested by March 15.
The shul is at 18 Montebello Road. For information, call (845) 369-0300
or (845) 362-3585.
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Family game day Sunday
Leora Verbit, a game maven, leads Game Day at the
Teaneck General Store, this Sunday, March 8, from 4 to
6 p.m. New Jersey Yachad is an event co-sponsor. Game
tables are set up by age and type.
A sampling of family friendly games that will be taught
include Anomia, Suspend, Spot It, Distraction, Rush Hour,
Perpetual Commotion, Settlers of Cattan, Ticket to Ride,
Quiddler, and Katamino.
The games help to challenge ones mind, fine tune
motor skills, use strategic projections, and build memory.
All games will be discounted 10 percent during Game Day.
TGS is at 502a Cedar Lane, in Teaneck.
Call (201) 530-5046, visit www.teaneckgeneralstore.
com, or email
info@teaneckgeneralstore.com.
JTS conference on
spirituality and the arts
The Art of Healing, a daylong conference on spirituality
and the arts presented by the Center for Pastoral Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary and the JTS Arts
Advisory Board, will focus on the ways creative exploration and expression can be used to help both yourself and
others. The program is set for Sunday, March 8, from 9:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at JTS, 3080 Broadway, at the northwest
corner of 122nd Street, in Manhattan.
Interactive workshop leaders include Arline Duker of
Teaneck, LCSW; Janlori Goldman, JD, MFA, poet, writing
mentor, and adjunct professor at Columbia University;
Amichai Lau-Lavie, founding director of Storahtelling,
Inc., and spiritual leader of Lab/Shul; Dr. Tara Sherman,
teacher at Dance for PD; the Reverend Paul Steinke, CPE
supervisor at Bellevue Hospital Center; and Yelena Zatulovsky, hospice and palliative care advanced certified music
therapist, and clinical training program coordinator/creative arts therapist at MJHS Hospice & Palliative Care.
Registration is $45 and includes a dairy lunch. Register
at www.jtsa.edu/healing. For information, email infocpe@
jtsa.edu or go to www.jtsa.edu.
Support benefit concerts this week
The MTA choir takes home the trophy at the 2013

Vata Banim Shiru boys choir competition.
COURTESY VBS
Vata Banim Shiru is hosting its fifth annual fund-raising boys a cappella competition benefitting the Koby
Mandell Foundation. This years competition, set for
March 11, will be at 7:30 p.m., at Rambam Mesivta in
Lawrence, N.Y. A cappella groups from the Frisch
School in Paramus and the Torah Academy of Bergen County in Teaneck are among the five competing teams. Eli Rozenberg will host; judges include
Craig Resmovits, George Rubin, and Yosaif Krohn.
All are welcome. The school is at 15 Frost Lane.
For information, email vatabanimshiru@gmail.com.
Jeff, Jonathan, Elana, and Jacqueline Prezant at

last years More Songs that She Loved.
COURTESY PREZANT FAMILY
The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades presents More Songs

that She Loved, the third annual tribute concert in
memory of Stephanie Prezant, who died three years
ago, in a rock-climbing accident, when she was 22.
Doors open 8:15 p.m., on Saturday, March 14, for the
8:45 concert, which features community musicians
and vocalists, under the direction of Victor Lesser of
Manhattan City Music. Funds raised will support the
Stephanie I. Prezant Maccabi Fund at the JCC, which
provides scholarships for Jewish teen athletes. Tickets
are available online at www.jccotp.org. For information call Robyn Rosenfeld at (201) 408-1429 or email
her at rrosenfeld@jccotp.org.
Israeli elections
The power of comedy
In anticipation of March 17,

when Israelis will elect the
20th Knesset, the Kaplen JCC
on the Palisades in Tenafly
presents a public affairs
forum, Eye on Israeli Elections: A Pre-Election Forum,
on Wednesday, March 11, at
7:45 p.m.
Shahar Azani, executive
Shahar Azani
director of the northeastern
region of Stand With Us, will
moderate the panel of journalists, which includes Benny Avni, who is Newsweeks diplomatic correspondent and a columnist for
the New York Post; Ron Jacobsohn, managing director
of the Jewish Broadcasting Service; and Yitzhak Benhorin, who is YNETs Washington bureau chief.
The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jerseys
Jewish Community Relations Council, StandWithUs,
the Berit and Martin Bernstein Open Forum Endowment Fund, and the Edwin Soforenko Foundation
sponsor the event. The JCC is at 411 E. Clinton Ave. For
information, call (201) 408-1456.
The Bergen County section of

the National Council of Jewish
Women offers entertainment
by Austin Tichenor, who is a
playwright, actor, director,
and the co-managing partner
of the Reduced Shakespeare
Company. The meeting, with
light refreshments, is set for
Tuesday, March 17, at 12:30
Austin Tichenor
p.m., at Temple Emeth, 1666
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Austin Tichenor has performed around the world, off-Broadway, and at many
venues including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center,
and the American Repertory Theatre. He has written
stage adaptations of many shows and has appeared
on many television shows. He is the co-author of the
reference book Reduced Shakespeare: The Complete
Guide for the Attention-Impaired (abridged) and produces and hosts the weekly Reduced Shakespeare
Company Podcast. For more information, go to www.
ncjwbcs.org.
Carole Paris displays one of her collage works.
Collage art at YJCC
Trip to museum
The Joy of Collage, a seven-week workshop taught by

Paulette Cochet at the Bergen County YJCC in Washington
Township, will be on Thursdays, at 10 a.m., from March
12 through April 23. The YJCC is at 605 Pascack Road. For
information, call Linda Ripps at (201) 666-6610, ext. 5782,
or email lripps@yjcc.org.
The education committee of the Paramus-Bat Sheva

chapter of Hadassah sponsors a tour of the North Jersey Jewish Historical Museum, at the former Barnert
Hospital in Paterson, on Monday, March 16. Carpools
will leave from the JCC of Paramus/Congregation Beth
Tikvah at 10:30 a.m. For information, call (201) 5999781 or (201) 265-4375.
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Do good deeds on March 15
and every day
The Jewish Federation of Northern New
Jersey holds Good Deeds Day, an international day of caring and sharing originating through Ruach Tova, on Sunday,
March 15. It begins with a communitywide fund-raising telethon from 9 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m., followed by a food drive to
benefit local pantries.
Schools, synagogues, families, and
friends are welcome to participate by
collecting non-perishable or unexpired

food items and bringing them to the federation building in Paramus or to various community sites, or by volunteering
to sort and bag the donations on Good
Deeds Day, 1-2:30 p.m.
The federation is at 50 Eisenhower
Drive in Paramus. For information, call
Beth at (201) 820-3947. For donation
sites, go to www.jfnnj.org/gooddeedsday.
NYC aliyah mega event next week

Nefesh BNefesh is holding aliyah fairs
across North America hoping to attract
thousands of potential immigrants to
Israel and helping them make informed
choices. NBN fairs will be in New York,
Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and
Florida between March 8 and 15. On
hand will be information and support from the Jewish Agency for Israel,
Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, JNF-USA, and
Israels Ministry of Aliyah & Immigrant
Absorption.
The New York City Aliyah Mega event
is on Sunday, March 15, at 12:30 p.m., at
Crowne Plaza Times Square, 1605 Broadway, in New York City. Aliyah experts
will offer seminars and personalized
guidance to create a future in Israel,
including getting a job and financial tips,
to finding a community and a home.
There will also be a vendor marketplace.
Israeli professionals from a variety of
aliyah related fields, including shippers,
accountants, financial planners, insurance, healthcare, real estate, and universities will be there.
For information about Nefesh
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Nemtsov murder reminder of Russian Jews vulnerability

CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
uring the past two

years, Dima Zicer has
skipped several political rallies opposing
the chauvinistic policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.,
A Jewish scholar of education
from St. Petersburg, Zicer, 55,
has limited hope for change in
a country that is ranked 148th
in the Press Freedom Index and
where several of Putins critics
have either died under mysterious circumstances or been jailed
for what they and many Western
observers say are trumped-up
corruption charges.
On Sunday, however, Zicer
marched through St. Petersburg
with 10,000 other people, many
of them Jewish, in protest of the
murder in central Moscow of
Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy
prime minister. Nemtsov, an
opposition leader, was gunned
down on Saturday, just hours
after he urged fellow citizens
to attend a rally against Russias involvement in the war in
Ukraine.
No arrests have been made
in the killing, which took place
on the first anniversary of Russias invasion into Crimea. Russia
since has annexed the Crimean
Peninsula.
This murder and the incitement that preceded it is so shocking that I could no longer remain
an observer, Zicer said.
Whether or not the Kremlin
ordered the killing, as some have
accused, Zicer holds the Russian
president responsible because
of the the wild incitement he
allowed on media in recent
months against Nemtsov and
other opposition figures.
Kremlin spokesmen have
denied any involvement in the
slaying.
To many Russian Jews, the
murder of Nemtsov a physicist
turned liberal politician, born to
a Jewish mother but baptized in
the Orthodox Church is a troubling reminder of their vulnerability as members of a relatively
affluent minority with a history
of being scapegoated, strong ties
to the West, and a deep attachment to cosmopolitan values and
human rights.
The murder hit Russias sizable
Jewish intelligentsia particularly
hard because nearly all the leaders of the liberal opposition are
either fully Jewish or have Jewish background, said Michael

Edelstein, a lecturer at Moscow
State University and a writer for
the Jewish monthly magazine
Lchaim. His murder is the low
point in a process that started
about two years ago, which has
left the Jewish intelligentsia and
its milieu feeling more uneasy
than ever before in post-communist Russia.
To be sure, Nemtsovs murder
shocked countless Russians and
others the world over, prompting
vigils and marches in his memory. The main march in Moscow
drew 60,000 people, but smaller
events were held across the federation for Nemtsov, who at one
time was second in command to
Putins predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, but ultimately was eclipsed
by Putin before becoming one of
his harshest critics.
In an interview conducted
with Newsweek hours before his
death, Nemtsov said that because
of Putins policy, Russias economy is collapsing.
Russias support for separatists
in Ukraine was wading into a
costly, fratricidal war in Ukraine
and into pointless confrontation
with the West, Nemtsov told the
magazine.
We all feel the effects of this
insane policy, Nemtsov said,
adding that Putins use of media
reminded him of the Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels.
Putin responded to such criticisms by referring to opponents
of Russias actions in Ukraine
and especially the annexation of
the Crimean Peninsula as a fifth
column. And though Putin did
not name Nemtsov, the president
was widely thought to be referring to him, the liberal camps
most senior politician. Russian
media considered to have close
Kremlin ties published Nemtsovs
name on lists of suspected traitors that started circulating
shortly after those included on
the lists expressed their opposition to Russias annexation of
Crimea in March 2014.
In a 2010 televised interview,
Putin said that Nemtsov and
other opposition figures stole billions from Russians and would
sell off the whole of Russia if
given the chance.
Nemtsov was on every list of
traitors published on the Internet and aired on state TV, the
Russian-Jewish journalist Leonid
Above, some of the tens of

thousands in Moscow on
March 1, protesting the murder of Boris Nemtsov.
ALEXANDER AKSAKOV/GETTY IMAGES
Left, Boris Nemtsov was shot
dead on February 28, hours
after urging his fellow Russians to attend a rally against
their countrys involvement in
the war in Ukraine. WIKIMEDIA
COMMONS
Bershidsky wrote on Bloomberg

View after the murder.
Bershidsky added, It did not
help that he was Jewish. There
was a strong undercurrent of
anti-Semitism in the smear
campaign.
However, some Russians doubt
that Putin would go to the trouble of ordering the assassination of a high-profile figure who
ultimately may be more trouble
dead than alive. Nemtsov, after
all, had failed to gain widespread
popularity outside the urban
elite and thus never constituted
any real political threat to Putin.
Edelstein noted that there
may have been anti-Semitic
incitement online and in far-right
circles, but Nemtsov wasnt
perceived as a Jew and wasnt
attacked as such.
The evidence in Nemtsovs
killing, Edelstein believes,
points to ultranationalists, perhaps militiamen who fought
in Ukraine, perhaps only their

sympathizers.
Nemstov himself was open
about being born to a Jewish
mother and said he rarely felt any
discrimination.
People tend to judge whether
you are a thief or honest, competent or not, he said during an
interview in 2001 when he was
asked about his Jewishness.
Raised by a single mother,
Dina Eydman, a physician, in the
Black Sea resort town of Sochi
and later in her native Nizhni
Novgorod, 250 miles east of Moscow, Nemtsov received his doctorate in theoretical physics at
26.
I never made it a secret that
my mother is Jewish because
I love my mother. Im much
indebted to my mother, he was
quoted as saying in a 1999 report
about anti-Semitism in Russia.
She has also drawn me into politics, though now she is not happy
about this.
In a telegram he sent
Nemtsovs 87-year-old mother,
Putin wrote, Everything will be
done so that the organizers and
executors of this vile and cynical
murder are punished.
For Tanya Lvova, a Jewish
mother from St. Petersburg and
coordinator of the citys Limmud
conference on Jewish learning,
said Nemtsovs murder does
not make life more uncomfortable here because it is already as
uncomfortable as can be.
But Lvova said the killing does
present her with a new concern.
More than being afraid of
living in a country where someone can be killed on the street
for criticizing the government,
she said, I am afraid of living in
a country where this is considered a normal occurrence that
doesnt even create a very strong
response.

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Obituaries
Cynthia Blumenthal
Cynthia Ruth Blumenthal, ne Wolf,

86, formerly of Glen Rock, died
February 24.
Born in Brooklyn, she taught
for 30 years at Midland School in
Rochelle Park.
Predeceased by her husband of 59
years, Lawrence, she is survived by her
children, David (Carol Luhrs), Richard
(Nancy), and Martha; her siblings, Paul
Wolf (Harriet) and Joan Plotsky; and six
grandchildren.
Donations can be sent to the
Alzheimers Association.
Arrangements were by Robert
Schoems Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
Dora Erlich
Dora Erlich, 89, of Glen Rock, died

February 27.
A Holocaust survivor, she lived in
Israel before coming to the U.S. in
1959. She and her husband owned
the Prospect Bakery in Glen Rock and
bakeries in Ridgewood and Fair Lawn.
She was a member of Temple Beth
Sholom in Fair Lawn.
Predeceased by her husband of
66 years, Israel (Izzy), and a son,
Benjamin (Benny), she is survived
by a son, George (Karen) of Fair
Lawn; six grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Donations can be sent to Susan G.
Komen for the Cure or Daughters of
Miriam Center for the Aged, Clifton.
Arrangements were by Louis Suburban
Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Naomi Garofalo
Naomi M. Garofalo, ne Langer, 74, of

Fair Lawn, formerly of Hawthorne and
Elmwood Park, died February 23.
Before retiring, she was a
telemarketer for Technometrica.

She is survived by a daughter,
Rhonda Jacoby (Mark) of Parsippany;
a sister, Michelle Marolda; and two
grandchildren.
Donations can be sent to the
American Cancer Society or
the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation. Arrangements were by
Louis Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Frank Griggs
Frank Griggs, 92, of Clifton, formerly

of Paterson and Fair Lawn, died
February 2.
A graduate of Rutgers University in
Newark, he was an Army World War
II veteran. Before retiring, he was a
history teacher at Eastside High School
in Paterson.
Predeceased by a son, Irwin, he
is survived by his wife, Sarah, ne
Rubin; sons, Dr. Allen (Terri) and
William; seven grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Louis
Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Harold Lerman
Harold Lerman, 88, of Paramus,

died March 2.
He is survived by his wife of 64
years, Mildred, (ne Fried); two sons,
Larry (Ina), and Steven (Wendy);
siblings, Molly Konikoff (Benny), and
Sidney (Lillian); grandchildren Penina
and Moshe Haim Blate, Michael and
Tova Lerman, Kevin and Hillary
Lerman, and Alysa Lerman; and greatgrandchildren, Meir, Yaakov, Hadassa,
Ora, and Shalhevet.
Donations can be made to JCC
of Paramus/Congregation Beth
Tikvah, the Bergen County YJCC in
Washington Township, or a favorite
charity. Arrangements were by Robert

Schoems Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
Benavsha Melichova
Benavsha Melichova, 86, of Fair Lawn,

died March 1.
Alys Paris
Alys Kessler Paris, 89, of Fair Lawn,

died February 27.
She managed her husbands
photography business, worked on
political campaigns, served on the
towns planning commission, raised
money for Fair Lawns library, and
volunteered at Valley Hospital.
Predeceased by her husband,
Herman, she is survived by her
children, Richard (Amira Wallach),
Lissa (Bob Shapiro), and Alan (Barbara
Fina); five grandchildren; and two
greatgrandchildren.
Donations can be sent to Doctors
Without Borders, New York City, or
the Democratic National Committee,
Washington, D.C. Arrangements were
by Louis Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Adrian Salzberg
Adrian Salzberg, 94, of Fair Lawn,

formerly of Paterson, died
February 28.
An Army World War II veteran,
he earned a law degree at Rutgers,
Newark. He owned Adrian Jewelers in
Wyckoff until retiring.
He is survived by his children,
Patrice Lee, Stephen, and David;
five grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; six stepchildren; and
his wife, Jeanne Salzberg.
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Singapore fund to invest in Israeli start-ups

A fund backed by the government of Singapore and holding $200 million is planning to invest directly in Israeli
technology start-up companies, at a time when Israeli
companies have become increasingly drawn to the Asian
market.
Alex Lin, the head of Infocomm Investments, which is
part of Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore,
said that his company is negotiating with several Israeli
companies. The funds investments in various Israeli
companies will range from $1 million to $5 million.

Although Infocomm has never directly invested in an
Israeli company before, it has been involved with the venture capital fund Vertex, which itself was an investor in the
Israeli navigation app Waze. In 2013, Waze was acquired
by Google for $1 billion.
Our interest is to build up financial technology in Asia
and capitalize on the financial boom in Singapore and
JNS.ORG
Shanghai, Lin told Reuters.
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The Adult Day Care program, for those with Alzheimers

and dementia, runs four times a week and provides transportation, breakfast, lunch, exercise, clubs, drama, and art
therapy, geared toward this population, she said.
Were Montessori-inspired. Everything we do is to help
all our participants reach their highest level of engagement. In addition, the center is a main source of nutrition
for the participants.
After ascertaining members previous interests, we
incorporate that into our program to keep them as engaged
as possible, Ms. Nahary said, adding that of all the therapies employed there, youth therapy bringing children
to visit the seniors is the most effective. It puts smiles
on their faces and brings back memories. It reminds them
of happy times. They respond well.
The Senior Activities Center, geared toward people 75
and older, meets five days a week and serves those who
still are part of our community but because of age have
a more difficult time participating in things, Ms. Nahary
said. Without the program, they would be homebound.
The REAP program, for retired executives and professionals, brings in its own speakers, arranges its own entertainment, and operates somewhat independently of the
JCC, she added. They want that independence and we
support them. They make their own decisions.
The senior adult department also offers a caregiver initiative, Ms. Nahary said, running monthly support groups
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dance. The JCC, she said, has a variety of programs that

keep my mother focused, active, and smiling. Every day
she dances, even if its just for a few minutes.
I have peace of mind knowing that my mother is in a
warm, welcoming, safe place.
Centers such as this, that can organize and provide for
people in need, are essential. Its like a village. You have to
take care of the people in your village.
Another grateful family member whose 105-year-old
father sailed to the U.S. in 1912 from Italy at the same time
the Titanic sailed from Ireland said that when his mother
died 14 years ago and his father, who is now 98 and still
rides his bicycle, agreed to move in with him, he saw that
his once-active father was becoming increasingly lethargic.
After exploring a variety of local programs, he ultimately
chose the Kaplen Adult Reach Center at the JCC. Now, he
said, his father is thriving, enjoying music, dancing, singing, exercising, playing games, socializing with his peers,
and interacting with all the children who attend the JCC
Nursery and Day Care Program. The youngsters visit the
seniors to celebrate holidays or share such activities as
planting gardens.
Judith Davidsohn Nahary, director of the JCCs Senior
Adult Services Department, said her programs are targeted
to a variety of groups.
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the basics of elder care through the medical, financial, and
legal aspects of the issue. For example, she said, attendees
are told which medical issues are red flags for further
action.
The major benefit of these programs, said Ms. Nahary, is
that seniors are aging in place.
She pointed out that there are a large number of seniors
in Bergen County, and that while it is often difficult for
working children to care for parents who are homebound,
it is also incredibly expensive to have fulltime care. It
takes a toll on caregivers.
She said she believes in the truth of use it or lose it, and
so she encourages seniors to stay as active and engaged
as possible to keep their faculties and memory intact.
In addition, she said, her programs offer exercise and
entertainment.
By the time members leave, she said, Theyve had a
full day.
We work with everyone, she added. Weve never
turned anyone away. To the best of our ability, we make
our services available to anyone who needs it.
Ms. Nahary said one of the Lavish Lunches is held at
the JCC for senior center members. Volunteers serve the
seniors and sit with them to talk.
The seniors love when people come to visit and spend
time with them, she said. Its remarkable to see. Some of
them get all dolled up.
Still, according to Ms. Marenoff, who not only volunteers
at the JCC but also is the president of the Intrepid Sea, Air
& Space Museum in Manhattan, the first woman to hold
that position, volunteers get as much as they give. It hits
home, having this moment where you can really brighten
a persons day in so short a time, she said. Its rewarding to be part of and right in our front yard. Why not be a
part of it?
Ms. Marenoff said that in her professional capacity she
works to open programming to all demographics, and
she appreciates programs that are structured similarly.
Its programming that we strive to make accessible to all,
she said, applying the description both to her own job and
to the work of the JCC.
Right in our own community, we have a facility that
helps seniors thrive, she said. To be able to support varied generations is so important, so wonderful. The smallest
thing we do impacts them greatly. It makes them feel good
and, selfishly, it makes me feel good too.
For more information about Lavish Lunches, call Sharon Potolsky at (201) 408-1405 or email her at spotolsky@
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battling serious illnesses by providing access to resources
and support that promotes peace and tranquility for the
mind, body, and soul.
The event will take place Monday, April 13, at 7 p.m. At
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and hors doeuvres will be provided. The event will also
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Proceeds from this inaugural benefit will support the
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Links Residential, now in its second year of business, is

expanding operations beyond Bergen County. It plans to
open a Hudson County office in Hoboken mid-March.
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been incredibly popular. We look forward to expanding our operations to the surrounding areas to meet the
increased demand.
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and technology.
Were with our clients every step of the way and strive
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To learn more, visit www.LinksNJ.com or call (201)
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Donors can donate at the Paramus donor center,
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Monday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. or on Tuesday, 7 a.m.
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the bathrooms usually are
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bathroom, especially during the morning rush hour. All of that traffic will take
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Bringing a bathroom back to life
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rods and toilet tank levers that can be
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The result is a bathroom that feels like
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For a few hundred dollars and a halfdays work, you can really change the
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Jazzing up a bathroom can be something as simple as a new ensemble, with
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They allow you to easily change the
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