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Meet the next Jewish astronaut
● Jessica Meir has been preparing to go into space space. She’s had to analyze her food intake and
since she was 5. She went to her first space camp undergo a range of medical tests.
after she finished middle school and she went to She documents it all on her Instagram page.
a training program at the Kennedy Space Center The youngest of five children, Meir spent her
after her sophomore year at Brown University. childhood in Caribou, Maine, though her parents
It took Meir three tries to be chosen for NASA’s grew up far from there. Her late father was born
highly selective astronaut training program, which in Iraq but immigrated with his family to prestate
she started in 2013 and from which she graduated Israel as a young child, later fighting in the coun-
two years later. Last month, NASA announced try’s War of Independence in 1948. He went on to
that Meir will be participating in her first mission. become a doctor and took a job in Sweden, where
She’s 41 now. he met Meir’s mother, a nurse who was raised in
It still feels surreal, Meir said, on the phone from a Christian Swedish family. The couple moved to
the Johnson Space Center in Houston. “When I’m Maine when Meir’s father was offered a job there.
sitting on that rocket about to launch, it’s really Though Meir’s mother did not convert, the fam-
going to be then that it finally sets in.” ily identified as Jewish and attended synagogue in
On September 25, Meir will co-pilot a Russian the nearby town of Presque Isle. Living in a mostly
Soyuz spacecraft launching from Kazakhstan with Christian town, Meir felt different at times but did
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka. They will be not experience anti-Semitism.
joined by Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, the first astro- outside the space station. She says being Jewish is an important part of
naut from the United Arab Emirates. “I’m very excited to participate in the science,” her identity.
Meir, the daughter of a mother from Sweden she said. “And also the other big thing personally, “Personally I’m not really a religious person,”
and an Iraqi-Israeli father, holds Swedish and my dream has always been to go for a spacewalk. she said, “but I think that my Jewish cultural back-
American citizenship. She will be the first Swed- There’s never a guarantee — things can always ground is obviously a big part of my culture and
ish woman, the fourth Jewish woman, and the 15th change with the mission when we get up there — especially traditions.”
Jew overall to be part of a space mission. but right now per the current plan I will be doing Astronauts are allowed to bring a number of
The mission will go to the International Space spacewalks as well.” personal items to the International Space Station.
Station, where Meir will perform a range of physi- Meir has spent the last year preparing for the Meir’s include an Israeli flag and a pair of socks
ological, medical, and chemistry experiments to mission. That includes learning Russian and taking with menorahs. (She is a big fan of novelty socks
study the ways in which being in space affects training trips to Russia. She has run on an anti- and will include several pair among her posses-
humans. Meir also hopes to do some exploring gravity treadmill used to prevent muscle loss in sions headed for the station.)

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“No one else in my Hungarian and Irish
family had any interest in books. There’s a
tragedy at the loss of my grandmother’s
history, but then a joy in this connection.”
— Joyce Carol Oates, speaking about her Jewish grandmother,
DOLLARS, SCENTS:
who hid her Jewish identity, in response to being awarded
the Jerusalem Prize for literature.
‘Dog’s Purpose’
spawns sequel
“A Dog’s Journey” is a in which he plays Ant- number of missions he rington Park, and
sequel to the hit 2017 Man. The film doesn’t has to fly until he is ro- MICHAEL OREN, 63,
film “A Dog’s Purpose.” need any more public- tated home keeps on the former Israeli am-
Both are based on a ity — it’s now the sec- being raised. There is a bassador to the United
series of novels that ond biggest grossing lot of other mishegoss States, is his uncle.
tell their story from the film of all time; at $2 going and the novel’s If you like the new
dog’s perspective. The billion and counting. description of that series, you might
novels and films center “Blood and Trea- mishegoss caught the want to see or re-see
on a dog named Bailey sure,” a new CBS wave of the anti-es- the 1970 film ver-
who changes the lives series, premieres on tablishment sentiment sion of “Catch-22,”
of his human families. Tuesday, May 21. The of the 1960s and made directed by the late
JOSH GAD, 38, returns first two episodes, the novel a favorite MIKE NICHOLS. It got
as the voice of Bailey. “The Curse of Cleopa- Josh Gad Paul Rudd of the hip. Will it play mixed reviews when
The film opens Friday, tra, Parts I and II,” will well today? We’ll see. it opened and didn’t
May 17. be shown together on Some advance reviews make much money —
“Trial by Fire” tells the 21st, from 9 to 11 are very good (Forbes, but has become a cult
the true story of Cam- p.m. Two good-look- favorite in the last 20
the Hollywood Re-
eron Todd Willingham, ing people, Matt Barr years. “Catch-22” is a
porter), while others
who was executed in and Sofia Pernas, tricky novel to film and
are decidedly mixed
Texas in 2004 for killing star as, respectively, you can be the judge
(Variety). All praise
his three young chil- a brilliant antiquities where Nichols did
Christopher Abbott,
dren with a deliberately expert and a cunning better, or worse, than
who plays Yossarian.
set fire. There were and art thief; they team Clooney and Heslov.
The series was
are serious allegations up to catch a ruthless Nichols’ version starred
co-produced by
that scientific and other terrorist who funds ALAN ARKIN, now 85,
George Clooney, who
evidence that the fire his attacks through as Yossarian, and ART
also directed two
was accidental was stolen treasure. Israeli Oded Fehr Andrew Garfield GARFUNKEL, now 77,
episodes and has as Nately.
suppressed, and there- actor ODED FEHR,
a co-starring role.
fore that an innocent 48, who is best known cated to Los Angles in on Hulu on May 17;
man was executed. for co-starring in a hit 2007, where she met all the episodes will
GRANT HESLOV, 55, Upcoming
an actor who has been ANDREW GAR-
Laura Dern co-stars. movie, “The Mummy,” her future husband, be released then. Of
Clooney’s producing FIELD, 35, and Jessica
The film was directed in 1999, has a co-star- SETH COOPERMAN, course, it is based on
by EDWARD ZWICK, partner for decades, Chastain will co-star
ring role as the terror- 45ish, at an acting the famous satirical
66 (“Glory,” “Defi- ist, Karim Farouk. co-produced the se- in an upcoming Fox
workshop. They got 1961 novel of the same
ance”). Opens May 17. Canadian-American married in a civil cer- name by JOSEPH ries, and also directed Searchlight film about
actress ANNA SILK, emony in 2009 and in HELLER (1923-1999). two episodes. Heslov the late TV evangelist
On TV and 45, appears in the re- a Jewish ceremony in The novel was inspired has a big supporting Tammy Faye Baker
streaming curring role of Roarke. 2011, after Silk convert- by Heller’s experience role as Doc Daneeka, and her husband, Jim
PAUL RUDD, 50, hosts Silk was born in New- ed to Judaism. They in WWII; he enlisted at the character who ex- Bakker. The Bakkers
the season finale of foundland, where her now have two young 19 and flew 60 combat plains what “Catch-22” rode high in the 1970s
“Saturday Night Live” mother is a prominent sons, SAMUEL and missions on a B-25 as means. The large cast and ‘80s, until finan-
on May 18 on NBC. I actress and theater di- LEVI AARON. “Blood” the plane’s bombar- includes British Jewish cial and sex scandals
suspect that Rudd’s rector, and she moved is Silk’s first big Ameri- dier. His novel (and actor RAFI GAVRON, brought down their
appearance marks the to Toronto in 1999, can TV role. the series) centers on 29, as Aarfy Aardvark empire. MICHAEL
end of the publicity where she worked “Catch-22,” an origi- Yossarian, a bombar- and JON RUDNITSKY, SHOWALTER, 48
push for his latest film, steadily in Canadian nal six-episode minise- dier. Yossarian’s big 29, as McWatt. Rud- (“The Big Sick”),
“Avengers: Endgame,” TV shows. She relo- ries begins streaming problem is that the nitsky is from Har- directs. -N.B.

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Remembering Watergate
Elizabeth Holtzman will discuss impeachment — and much more — for NCJW in Teaneck
JOANNE PALMER So how is the situation now similar to

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what it was in 1973, and how is it different?
n 1973, when Elizabeth Holtzman Ms. Holtzman, whose most recent book,
was 31 years old, she was elected which came out last year, is called “The
to the United States House of Case for Impeaching Trump,” sighed.
Representatives. “Let’s look at the articles of impeach-
She was the Democrat who upset ment against Richard Nixon,” she said.
Emanuel Celler in the primary that year; “The committee voted to impeach him,
Mr. Celler had held his Brooklyn-based for example, for offering presidential par-
seat for 50 years, such a long time that dons to the Watergate burglars to keep
it seemed as if it were almost part of his them from cooperating with the pros-
body. Ms. Holtzman, on the other hand, ecutors. It was part of the coverup. We
seemed at first to have no business being see something that looks almost iden-
there. A brilliant student, a Radcliffe tical now. In Watergate, one of the arti-
and then Harvard Law School graduate, cles charged President Nixon with trying
already a successful lawyer in a promi- to enlist the CIA in obstructing the FBI’s
nent firm, a local politician and a delegate investigation. That’s almost identical to
to the Democratic national convention, the claim that Donald Trump tried to
she became the youngest woman elected enlist the head of the CIA and the director
to Congress, a record she held until 2014. of national intelligence to shut down the
Ms. Holtzman’s career went from FBI’s investigation. And Nixon’s firing of
height to height, from strength to the special prosecutor was one of the arti-
strength; she’ll talk about some of its high- cles of impeachment. Here we have not
lights on Tuesday, May 21, at a meeting of Elizabeth Holtzman only the firing of Comey but the attempt
the Bergen County section of the National to fire Mueller for the purpose of inhibit-
Council of Jewish Women. (See box.) were in charge of declassifying “more “Having lived through Watergate, ing or stopping the investigation.” (She’s
Her life and her choices always have than eight million pages of secret Nazi it is very distressing, to say the least, talking about Mr. Trump’s removal of FBI
been influenced heavily by her Jewish war crimes files held by the U.S. govern- to see some of the same misconduct director James Comey and his attempts
identity, Ms. Holtzman said. The daugh- ment,” her bio says. She’s also immensely that is almost identical to that in which to fire special counsel Robert Mueller III,
ter of two immigrants — her mother, Felia proud of her work with Massachusetts Richard Nixon engaged is reoccurring,” attempts reported by Mr. Mueller himself
Ravitz Holtzman, came from a small town Senator Ted Kennedy on the Refugee Act she said drily. in his recently issued report.)
outside Kiev, she said, and her father, of 1980, which “was the foundational act To back up, when the Saturday night “It’s really shocking to see a repetition
Sidney Holtzman, was from a town near for refugees in the United States,” she massacre happened — that was the night of this behavior, and it’s awful for our
Pinsk — her resume is full not only of civic said. “My mom was a refugee, so that was of Saturday, October 20, 1973, when Mr. democracy,” she said. “The president
accomplishments — she was the first and very important to me. And I played a role Nixon, desperate to get rid of his special doesn’t seem to have learned from his-
so far only woman elected as New York in the admission of Soviet Jews into the prosecutor, Archibald Cox, who was tory. What we are talking about is the per-
City comptroller and she was Brooklyn’s United States, and in the paroling of Ira- looking into the odd, almost farcical version of our democracy.”
district attorney — but also, and relatedly, nian Jews into this country.” break-in at the Watergate Hotel, ordered What about impeachment? “We have to
to causes that spoke particularly to Jews. At this inflection point in our nation’s the U.S. attorney general, Elliot Richard- study what the framers meant,” Ms. Holtz-
“Some of the work that I’m proudest of history, however, as extraordinarily son, to fire Mr. Cox; instead, Mr. Rich- man said. “The impeachment power was
that I was able to do as a Jewish woman, groundbreaking as all of Ms. Holtzman’s ardson resigned. Nixon ordered the next given to Congress to protect the democ-
for the Jewish people and for the Ameri- work has been, it perhaps is fair to say lawyer in line, Deputy Attorney General racy from a president run amok. The
can people, includes uncovering Nazi and that right now the part of it that happened William Ruckelshaus, to fire Mr. Cox, and framers feared executive power.” As with
Japanese war criminals,” Ms. Holtzman when she was young — just 10 months into instead, Mr. Ruckelshaus also resigned. so many things, there’s a tension there, a
said. She later built on that congressional her congressional career, as she points The next man in line, Solicitor General balance that’s hard but necessary to main-
work as a member of the Nazi and Japa- out — was when she and her colleagues Robert Bork, did fire Mr. Cox, but by tain. “They knew that executive power is
nese Imperial War Criminal Records Inter- on the House Judiciary Committee found then the bodies were lying unignorably necessary to run a country, but they also
agency Working Group. In that position, themselves researching possible articles out in the open, and in a few days the knew that there could be excesses. They
to which she was appointed by President of impeachment for President Richard House Judiciary Committee, backed by had seen it. They had fought a revolution
Bill Clinton, she and the other members Nixon. What was that like? newly ignited public rage, began its work over it. They didn’t want to repeat it.”
on impeachment. Because nobody knew much about
Who: Elizabeth Holtzman “That was just 10 months after I took impeachment when the hearings
What: Will speak at the general meeting of the Bergen County section of the office,” Ms. Holzman said. And her pres- began, “We had to start from scratch,”
National Council of Jewish Women ence on the Judiciary Committee was a Ms. Holtzman said. “The last one had
When: On Tuesday, May 21, at 12:30 p.m. major accomplishment. Barbara Jordan, been about one hundred years before.
the nearly legendary Democrat from So I read. I read memos. I read some
Where: At Temple Emeth, 1666 Teaneck Road, Teaneck
Texas whose groundbreaking work for pretty big British tomes about impeach-
How much: Free for members; $10 for nonmembers civil rights made a world-changing dif- ment. Everybody was in the same boat.
What else: Refreshments ference, “and I were the first women to Nobody had known much about it.” As
For more information: Go to www.ncjwbcs.org or call (201) 385-4847. sit on the House Judiciary Committee,” it turns out, impeachment has a long
Ms. Holtzman said. and colorful history; she found herself
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reading about Warren Hastings, the first Briton to hold public had a chance to hear about Watergate firsthand, there even would be enough votes on the Judiciary
the wonderful title of Governor-General of Bengal. The to watch the story as it unfolded on television, “because Committee to support impeachment.
House of Commons tried but failed to impeach him for of the Senate hearings, led by Sam Ervin,” the folksy “We don’t have to know what the outcome of a trial
offenses committed in Calcutta, giving up the effort in Democrat from North Carolina who chaired the Select will be before it starts.” In fact, we can’t. “But you have
1795. (Some parts of this information were more rele- Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, known to get the evidence.”
vant than other parts of it.) less formally as the Senate Watergate Committee, “and To go back, way back, before Watergate, what was it
Impeachment is a powerful tool. “It was a huge respon- Howard Baker,” the committee’s ranking member, a like for Ms. Holtzman to be elected to Congress? Unex-
sibility, and nobody knew what the outcome would be Republican from Tennessee “who really was very con- pected and surprising, she said. “We were unable to raise
when we started. We just knew that the president was a servative.” Together, they allowed the hearings to be very much money for my campaign,” she said; her oppo-
danger to the country, and that we had to follow the Con- televised, and members of both parties took the chance nent, Mr. Celler, was thought to be unbeatable. “So my
stitution fairly and honorably. to gather information and assess its value seriously. And victory was a big shock to the political establishment. I
“The impeachment process has to be used carefully,” so could everyone else. wasn’t a familiar presence on TV. We had no TV commer-
she continued. “It has to be used fairly and appropri- “The American people could see the key witnesses cials. We didn’t even have any radio commercials.”
ately, and only when it is justified.” It worked with Rich- testify, and they could see exactly what their demeanor So when she was elected, not only was it a shock to
ard Nixon, she said, although he quit before he could be was,” Ms. Holtzman said. “It was an important educa- the rest of the world, it was, a bit, to her too. “I didn’t
impeached. “The evidence against Nixon was fairly over- tion for the American people,” and it gave people the know what it would be like.” So when the House Judi-
whelming, and the consensus was bipartisan. The coun- chance to make up their own minds, based on evidence ciary Committee hearings made her an ultra-public per-
try accepted it, history accepted it, and Nixon resigned, as well as emotion. son, “when I had a huge public recognition on a per-
forever disgraced.” “Now, with the Republicans controlling Congress until sonal basis, I didn’t expect it.”
What about now? There are many similarities, but this year, and controlling the Senate still, they basically Elizabeth Holtzman approached the idea of impeach-
surely there also are differences. Trump and Nixon are are not holding public hearings. The public has not had ment in 1973, as she has approached the other public
very different presidents. “Nixon was well informed a chance to see Don McGahn, who basically is the John issues she’s dealt with, from a strong sense of Jewish
about foreign affairs,” she said; he knew and cared about Dean equivalent” — like Mr. McGahn, Mr. Dean was White identity and values. “What I brought as a Jew is the con-
policy and programs. “Trump doesn’t seem to care about House counsel for the president — “testify in public. cern about preserving our democracy, because the rule
much beyond the wielding of power.” There hasn’t been a coherent narrative presented yet.” of law and our constitutional system is really important to
Another difference, at least for now, is the Ameri- But she thinks it’s possible, because providing the the survival of the Jewish people,” she said. “We see how
can people’s understanding of the situation, but that’s facts and allowing the public to learn them takes time fragile our situation is, no matter where we are, so having
because we’re at the beginning of it, she suggested. “We “When we started our impeachment process, there was a government that is lawful is very important to us as a
don’t have the whole story yet.” It’s not public. The no head count,” Ms. Holtzman said. “Nobody knew if people — and to me as a person.”

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The group from the JIB visits the Canadian National Institute for the Blind’s Community Hub in Ottawa. From left, Dianne Bekritsky of Teaneck, a member of
JIB’s executive board; Les Breiner of the Canadian Friends of JIB; Shabtai Deutch, JIB’s director-general; Duane Morgan, CNIB’s executive director; JIB’s prin-
cipal, Menucha Trop; JIB’s deputy director, Rachel Skrobish; Diane Bergeron, vice president of the CNIB Foundation; and Cathy Radnor of CNIB. Ms. Bergeron
is holding the leash of her guide dog, Lucy.

Seeing a challenge, not a disability


Representatives of the Jerusalem Institute for the Blind,
in Teaneck for Shabbat, teach and learn in North America
Abigail Klein Leichman So says Leo Brandstatter of Fair Lawn, vocational, rehabilitative, and health Congregation Bnai Yeshurun. (See box.)
the executive director of the American and social welfare resources for blind “Hopefully, people who attend will
“Blindness doesn’t have to be scary. arm of the 117-year-old Jerusalem Insti- and visually impaired children and teen- get an awareness of this wonderful
With support and with courage, blind tute for the Blind. agers throughout Israel. organization,” Ms. Bekritsky said. “JIB
people can be completely integrated Formerly called the Jewish Institute Now its reach is going to expand to is well known in Israel but not as much
and independent in our society. Peo- for the Blind, the organization, head- include more programs for adults. in the United States. Right now, the JIB
ple have a lot to offer even if they are quartered in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Moshe To that end, last Sunday the JIB’s lead- has loads of programs for the blind
vision impaired.” neighborhood, offers educational, ership team landed in North America to and visually impaired, some of whom
begin a professional fact-finding tour of also are disabled in other ways. The
leading institutions for the blind. leaders are coming to see what else
What: The leadership of the Jerusalem Institute for the Blind will discuss their The trip leader, JIB executive board is out there that they can tap into, so
innovative work at a Shabbat Third Meal open to the community. member Dianne Bekritsky of Teaneck, that they can further help the blind to
When: May 18, 8:10 p.m. is the sighted daughter of two blind be more self-sufficient and productive
parents. “My parents always taught me in society.”
Where: Social hall of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, 641 W. Englewood Ave.,
this is not a disability,” she said. “This is The JIB’s American group was estab-
Teaneck
a challenge.” lished in the late 1980s to help contribute
How much: Free. There will be no solicitation of funds. Ms. Bekritsky and her husband, Stan, toward the JIB’s operating budget. The
If you want to give: Donations can be sent to Jerusalem Institute for Blind, 1 will host the delegation in their home institute gets limited government fund-
University Plaza, Suite 506, Hackensack, NJ 07601 for Shabbat. The community is invited ing, Mr. Brandstatter said. The fact-find-
More information: (212) 532-4155; ny@jewishblind.org to hear the JIB leaders speak about its ing tour presented an opportunity to
innovative work on Saturday evening at raise awareness for the organization;

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awareness-raising has been one of his main tasks


since he became executive director in 2012.
Mr. Brandstatter, who plans to stay in Teaneck
on Shabbat, along with other local board mem-
bers, expressed his hope that the public forum will
inform the Jewish community about the JIB.
“As the first center of its kind in the Jewish world,
the Jerusalem Institute for the Blind is a home,
school, social outlet, sports center, respite provider,
confidence builder, and networking enabler for

Please join us at
blind and visually challenged individuals through-
out Israel,” he said. “While the JIB has a great deal
of knowledge and expertise to share with its North
American counterparts, there is also much that we
can learn from them as part of our ongoing effort
to further enhance the programs and services that
we can offer.”
The Ruth Ulevitch Lang
Yachad Art Program
The delegation from Israel consists of JIB Direc-
tor Shabtai (“Shabbi”) Deutsch, Deputy Director
Rachel Skrobish, and Principal Menucha Trop.
“Shabbi took over the reins of the JIB last fall
from our wonderful director-general, Chaim
Reshelbach, who was there about 40 years,” Mr.
Brandstatter said. “Until now, the focus has been
NEW
CLASSES
Where everyone belongs and
everyone can create a masterpiece.
overwhelmingly on children. Shabbi and his team
want to expand the focus to adults, especially the ADDED
growing population of blind seniors, wounded sol-
diers, terror victims and other vision-impaired and
blind citizens around Israel.” We welcome middle school and
The visitors will go to the Canadian National Insti- high school students. Get involved!
tute for the Blind in Ottawa; the Perkins School for
the Blind in Watertown, Mass.; the Carroll Center
for the Blind in Newton, Mass.; VISIONS Center on 2 classes every Wednesday 5-6 PM & 6-7 PM
Blindness residential rehabilitation and training 1 class every Thursday 4:45-5:45 PM
center in New Hempstead, N.Y., and its center for
blind teens and adults in Manhattan; and Computer
Sciences for the Blind in Brooklyn, which provides New Jersey Yachad Regional Center
technolo�y solutions for Jewish clients for every-
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thing from learning Hebrew Braille to workplace
and school integration.
Mr. Brandstatter said the JIB will learn about FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT ELINOR SOLOMON
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The needs of people with visual impairment are
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in children today is usually from birth, and often
comes with additional handicaps as well.”
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Yachad is a program of the Orthodox Union


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add to what is offered.
“The world is a big place, but the issues facing
people who are blind or partially sighted bring
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Four of the employees of Lillian’s Café, which just opened in the lobby of the JCC Rockland in West Nyack. The young men are on the autism spectrum.

At Lillian’s Café
Rockland Jewish Family Service reopens snack spot
in the JCC lobby using staffers on the autism spectrum
JOANNE PALMER “The premise is to be able to employ can we do this?’ So as soon as the last
adults with autism, so we are running it vendor left, we said, ‘Let’s see what we
When is a café not only a café? as a program, but it is also an indepen- can do.’
When it is also a social services pro- dent business.” “So we sat down and figured out who
gram that provides young adults on It’s not a new idea, she said; similar are the key figures we need to make it
the autism spectrum with jobs, and the but not identical ventures have been a success.”
practical education that comes along opened in other places. It’s also an Given that they wanted to run a café,
with getting and holding a job. outgrowth of a summer program. “For the first person they needed was some-
When is a social services program not some time, Maria and I have been toying one “with a background in food and
only a social services program? with the idea,” Ms. Koenig said. (That’s catering,” Ms. Koenig said. They’d been
When it is also a café! Maria Dowling, RJFS’s CEO.) “We run very impressed with Angela Rivera,
Lillian’s Café is in the lobby of the JCC a summer camp for teens with autism, who was in charge of food preparation,
Rockland in West Nyack, in a space that for people from 14 to 21, and over the menus, and purchasing at the summer
has tended to defeat entrepreneurs; last five years we have run a café on program, “so we approached her, and
it provides grab-and-go breakfasts, the camp’s campus, so we have been she said yes right away.”
lunches, and snacks to the staffers, working with the idea of teens on the “And then we said that we also needed
gym-goers, parents, and other people spectrum learning work skills.” Camp two other typical” — as in neurotypical
who hurry or saunter through the lobby Lillian Adler Kipanga is on the campus of Ramapo — “employees,” Ms. Koenig continued.
between 7 in the morning and 2:30 in College in Mahwah, on the other side of “One to work in the back, handling food,
the afternoon; soon it will be open until somewhere stocking shelves or bagging the Rockland/Bergen line, and so is the and one to work in the front, who can
4. (It opened on May 1, although it will groceries. (Not that there is anything at all summer café that some of its campers help with the register, with the customer
have a more formal launch on May 30, wrong with doing those important jobs, staff. “The café is so successful during service piece.”
once the initial challenges have been but sometimes people on the autism spec- the summer that we’ve wondered about Then “we had to think about adults
worked through.) trum, like anyone else anywhere else, how we can expand it,” Ms. Koenig said. on the spectrum who can benefit from
And it provides an opportunity for peo- want to challenge themselves to do more.) The agency’s offices are at the JCC, this opportunity for more meaningful
ple who have autism to work, to grow, to The café is doing two things at once, so she and Ms. Dowling have watched employment.
learn, to meet new people, and to estab- Michele Koenig, the director of clinical a procession of vendors trying and fail- “So we handpicked four young adults.
lish relationships. It’s not make-work, programs at Rockland Jewish Family Ser- ing to run a café, Ms. Koenig said. “We They’re all post high school, from 19 to
and they’re not stuck away in the back vice, who is heading the project, said. looked at it, and we said, ‘Hmmm. How 26 years old, three men and one woman,
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and we’ve slowly been training them.” Three of with other agencies to try to provide other internships and it’s printed on each menu, so it’s hard to miss. “But
the four already have part-time jobs — their jobs and work study. “We will be doing a lot of collabora- if you just walk up for a sandwich, you wouldn’t know,”
at Lillian’s Café are part-time as well — “working tion,” Ms. Koenig said. Ms. Koenig said. “It is operating very much as a café.”
at ShopRite and Stop & Shop, mostly bagging and The JCC lobby is a great place for the café both because The Lillian in Lillian’s Café is Lillian Adler, who lived
stocking shelves. They’re maybe getting two shifts a lots of people go by it very often, and therefore it’s a in Rockland County before moving to Englewood at the
week. That’s not enough. Our goal is not to employ tempting place to stop for a quick snack, but also because end of her life. She died in 2018; on May 19, many of
them full-time, but to give them maybe three, four, of its proximity to the RJFS offices. “Our staff is always the organizations that create Jewish life in Rockland
or even five shifts a week. And it’s more meaningful available,” Ms. Koenig said. “From an emotional stand- County, including Rockland Jewish Family Service, will
employment.” point, it is useful to have us here, should an issue arise.” join to remember her at a tribute brunch.
For example, Ms. Koenig said, “One of our The soft launch has gone well so far, she added. “She was so warm and caring and giving and support-
employees had started his career working at “There has been a wonderful reception to it, from staff- ive that we thought that her name was the ideal name
McDonald’s. He’d worked there for a year or ers and gym-goers and adults who are coming here to to give to the café,” Ms. Koenig said.
so, and then came back and said, ‘I’m ready for play cards. The space was empty for five months, so The café has its own website, lillianscafe.org; now the
more.’ So we found him a job at ShopRite. He’s they were waiting for us.” site has the café’s menus and a bit of its story, but it will
bagging groceries, for two shifts a week. He’s Because the café is at the heart of the community, grow and develop, like the café it chronicles, as time
been there for about two years, and he told me most people who buy food there know the backstory, goes by and the café and its staff also grow.
again, ‘I think I’m ready for more.’ And I thought,
‘Interesting.’
“So when we started thinking about the café, I
thought that this was a perfect opportunity for him.
“He had some anxieties about starting some-
thing new, but he picked up on how to run the
register super quickly; he’s doing a great job, and
he tells me that he is very happy. This is a more

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ing new, much higher-level skills.”
The tasks are divided up among the four
employees on the spectrum. “We have one who
pretty much works in the back, handling the food;
lives
month
one who works primarily in the front, dealing
with the cash register and customer service; and
two who can float,” Ms. Koenig said.
The café, which is kosher and dairy, can serve
saved
about 30 people at a time. It’s “grab-and-go style, in April, 2019
rather than short order,” Ms. Koenig said. “We
have mostly pre-packaged foods that we make
fresh every day; salads, sandwiches, soups. And
then we have your standards — bagels, tuna
and egg salad, grilled cheese — and coffee and World’s Largest Jewish
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Social media to the rescue


Retired Israeli ambassador Ido Aharoni will speak in Teaneck
Larry Yudelson difficult for them to ignore the reality
when they form their opinion about
Israel has broken its tourism record for the region and the Israeli-Palestinian
seven years running, and Ido Aharoni conflict.”
credits that to social media. The fundraising breakfast was
Mr. Aharoni is a retired Israeli foreign organized by Elie Katz, who sits on
service officer who also spent six years as Teaneck’s town council, and his
Israel’s consul general in New York. wife, Esther.
He will speak in Teaneck on Sunday, at “I got involved with Magen David
a fundraising breakfast for Israel’s Magen Adom when I was in Israel for the
David Adom emergency services. Ido Aharoni year after high school,” Mr. Katz said.
Mr. Aharoni believes because social “I volunteered for them once a week.”
media replaces newspaper photographs of violence He already had worked for the Teaneck Volunteer
and ambulances with Instagram pictures of beaches Ambulance Corp, and he returned to that volun-
and restaurants, “Israel is being viewed just like any teer job after he came back from Israel. “I did over
other normal tourist destination. The huge psycholog- 2,500 ambulance calls,” he said.
ical barrier around the issue of safety that we had to Mr. Katz’s EMT work and his love for Israel
deal with for so many years is significantly diminished came together in his support for Magen David
now because of social media. The news feed today is Adom a few years ago, when he took on a fund-
very personal. It’s designed by the users themselves. If raising drive in Bergen County to buy an ambu-
it’s not in your feed, it doesn’t exist. lance in memory of his father-in-law, Rabbi Joseph
“And most people don’t have the geopolitics of the Feinstein. “It was always his dream to go to Israel,”
Middle East in their newsfeed.” he said. “He was very big on giving blood. We felt
Instead, he continued, “there are hundreds of mil- that it was a fitting memorial to him to donate an
lions of images posted online by Israelis, by people ambulance in his name.”
who visit Israel, by Israel’s friends. They’re authentic, In addition to Mr. Aharoni, other speakers
they’re unmediated, they present Israel for what it is. at the breakfast include Guy Caspi, who leads
I always said, if you give Israel a chance, Israel will sell Magen David Adom’s terrorism-response train-
itself. Israel is selling itself now.” ing; Teaneck Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin;
In the foreign service, Mr. Aharoni advocated that and Sarri Singer, who founded an organization,
Israeli public diplomacy focus on what he called Strength to Strength, to support terror victims.
“brand Israel,” relegating debates over policy to the “She was a victim of a terrorist bombing in Israel
United Nations and similar diplomatic arenas, but and Magen David Adom saved her life,” Mr. Katz
“making efforts to communicate Israel in the broader said.
sense, widening the scope through which Israel is being The breakfast has brought criticism from
perceived. Teaneck’s loudest Israel critic, musician and
“It’s an idea that caught on because of technology. pro-Palestinian activist Richard A. Siegel, who
Smartphones and social media allow people to commu- has filed for a permit to protest the breakfast. In
nicate Israel independently. They expose all the things the past, Mr. Siegel has protested a sister cities
that Israel is all about. Some are very positive, some are arrangement between Teaneck and an Israeli town
challenges and threats.” and has reported to the police that his pro-Pales-
Chief among the threats that Mr. Aharoni will discuss tinian bumper sticker was vandalized.
in Teaneck are Iran and the Palestinians. Mr. Siegel leads an organization, Deir Yassin
Mr. Aharoni said that American Jews have two roles Remembered, which has been labeled a hate
to play in his approach to promoting Israel. group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for Esther and Elie Katz of Teaneck stand alongside an
“The first is simply to encourage people to go to posting articles denying and downplaying the ambulance funded by American Friends of Magen
Israel and to go to Israel themselves,” he said. “The Holocaust on its website. David Adom for use in Israel.
numbers are growing but we need more. “An event supporting the racist war-monger-
“Second, Jewish communities need to help Israel by ing apartheid Jewish state is not relevant to Teaneck,” Adom are made up of all different races, religions,
inviting influencers who are not necessarily Jewish to Mr. Siegel wrote in an email to city council members. and colors, and the people they take care of are all
see Israel for themselves. People from all walks of life “As much as the Modern Orthodox Jewish Zionists of different religions and colors. They also go all over the
— scientists, artists, culture icons, athletes, you name it Teaneck might like to make Teaneck into a Jewish-Zi- world, whenever there’s a crisis, because they have a
— there are tens of thousands of influencers in the world onist town, it is not.” lot of experience with mass casualties.”
today and the way to influence the conversation is to Mr. Katz said he’s not calling for counterprotest-
influence them. Unfortunately, we’re not doing enough. ers. “We’re not looking for a spectacle,” he said. “We
The Israeli government has very limited resources. We want people to learn about the great work Magen What: Breakfast for Israel 2019, supporting Magen
can use all the help we can get. David Adom does in Israel, not to give the other side David Adom
“It will also help us fight the anti-Israel sentiment on an opportunity to get pictures of angry protesters. The Where: Congregation Beth Sholom, 354 Maitland
campus if you invite young academics, young Ph.D. can- best way to win the fight is to fill the room and come Ave., Teaneck.
didates, especially in the social sciences and humanities, out for the event.” When: Sunday, May 19, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
to come to Israel and allow them to form their own inde- Mr. Siegel’s protest “is very strange,’ Mr. Katz
How much: $36
pendent relationship with Israel. It will be much more added. “The volunteers who work in Magen David

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MRS. RIVKA ALTER MRS. RACHEL BESSER DR. RIVKAH BLAU MRS. DANIELLE BLOOM
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Elizabeth, NJ

Lois Goldrich, right, with her friend Bea Gopoian of Teaneck as they cruise MS. RAIZI CHECHIK MRS. CHANNAH COHEN MRS. ESTHER DR. CHANNA GELB
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to Eastern Europe sensibilities


Lois Goldrich Perhaps I was just feeling a bit pee-
vish because a fellow traveler told me
I’m willing to concede that when I that she was taking the optional trip to
arrived in Germany, my internal sen- nearby Thereisenstadt (Te-re-zine, in MS. ELLIE LEVI MRS. RACHELI MRS. NORMA MINTZ DR. RONA NOVICK
Young Israel of Holliswood LUFTGLASS Beth Jacob Congregation Young Israel of Hollywood
sors were already on high alert after vis- local parlance), because her husband Holliswood, NY Cong. Beth Aaron Oakland, CA Hollywood, FL
iting Prague — which is a delightful city. had always been “fascinated by that.” Teaneck, NJ

But it had already hit me that Jews By what exactly, I wondered.


process information differently than No. I don’t think anyone was being
other people. anti-Semitic, or mean-spirited, or even
Call it being thin-skinned, or over- thoughtless. They were just processing
sensitive, or simply taking things too the data differently.
personally. Call it what you will. The Interestingly, several fellow tour
fact remains that we listen for what members, also Jewish, as it happens, MRS. AVIVA ORLIAN PROF. SHOSHANA DR. RIVKA SCHWARTZ DR. MARIAN
Cong. Beth Hamedrosh SCHECHTER Young Israel of West STOLTZ-LOIKE
remains unspoken. turned out to have had the same reac- Wynnewood, PA Westwood Kehilla Hempstead & Cong. Eitz Cong. Ohr Torah
An example: On the day after Yom tion to an earlier incident. Los Angeles, CA Chayim of Dogwood Park Edison, NJ
Bikur Cholim Machzikay West Hempstead, NY
HaShoah, when the Czech tour guide When we crossed from Czechoslova- Hadath Seattle, WA
proudly touted her city’s enlightened kia into Germany on the autobahn, our
attitude toward the Jewish community enthusiastic tour guide said, “Hooray,
— we had been expelled from there we’re in Germany.” The words jarred.
only twice, for four years each time, Scarcely 60 seconds later, she noted
rather than for centuries, as had hap- our proximity to a former concentra-
pened in England — oh, and we were tion camp — Flossenburg, I think — and MISS DEBBIE STONE MRS. RACHELI TAUBES MRS. BLIMA
brought back because the king’s coffers then went on to extol the virtues of Cong. Ohav Sholom Cong. Sons of Israel ZELINGER MAGED
Merrick, NY Cherry Hill, NJ Young Israel of West Hartford
were growing low — I had to fight back Bavarian beer. Cong. Beth Sholom West Hartford, CT
the snarky impulse to say wow and I never really intended to visit Ger- Providence, RI
offer my congratulations. many, afraid of precisely the kind of
Of course, she did seem to recognize paranoia I seem to be experiencing,
the gravity of the fact that 80,000 of but my river cruise to Budapest begins FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OU.ORG/WOMEN/SHAVUOT
the city’s 110,000 Jews were wiped out here, in Regensburg. In the city center,
during the Holocaust. See TRAVELING page 48
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Lehrhaus Live!
Rinat in Teaneck to host series of talks by young scholars this Shabbat
Larry Yudelson

The English word “magazine” derives from the Arabic


cognate to the Hebrew machsan, meaning storehouse.
From Arabic the word migrated to Italian and French
before moving to English in time for America’s rebel col-
onists to store their weapons in brick magazines. Around
the same time, book publishers who were bundling a
variety of shorter writings into one volume appropri-
ated it. At some point, magazine publishers realized that
timely topics were better published as soft-cover soft-
page objects than as more expensive hard-cover ones.
So for a long time that’s what magazine meant. But more
recently, in a return to an earlier meaning, it’s drifted
back to cover an assemblage of online articles.
Which brings us to the Lehrhaus, an online magazine
that describes itself as “a forum to generate thoughtful
and dynamic discourse exploring the depth and diver-
sity of Jewish ideas.” It counts as predecessors both the
first American Jewish publication, the Occident, which
Isaac Leeser started in 1843, and the journal Tradition,
which Rabbi Norman Lamm and others in the Yeshiva
University milieu began in 1958.
The Lehrhaus publishes at least two articles a week.
Some deal with Jewish public policy, with a particular
focus on day school education; others deal with more
abstract halachic, historical, or textual matters. Some
even concern poetry. All the editors define themselves
as belonging to the Orthodox world.
And if the New Yorker has the New Yorker Festival,
bringing its authors to the New York City streets, the The website of Lehrhaus, an online magazine of “thoughtful and dynamic discourse exploring the depth
Lehrhaus now has its “Lehrhaus Live,” a series of talks and diversity of Jewish ideas.”
in Teaneck’s Congregation Rinat Yisrael
this Shabbat afternoon. (Last year the Leh- in the Orthodox community, such as or may not have to do with an earthquake — he didn’t
rhaus ran a similar program, its first, at a the Orthodox Union’s ban on women follow through. He died soon after that attempt, and
synagogue in Washington Heights.) serving as clergy. “We’re a platform the Roman empire became very Christian.”
In a way, it’s a return to the original, real- for these conversations,” he said. “We In his talk, Rabbi Zuckier will explore some of that
life origins of the Lehrhaus name, which hold them in a way that assumes every- history, and how it is reflected in rabbinic texts.
goes back to Berlin in 1920, Lehrhaus edi- one’s best intentions, that respects “This is an unappreciated point in Jewish history,”
tor Rabbi Shlomo Zuckier explained. Phi- other people in the conversation, he said. “It could have gone very differently. We think
losopher Franz Rosenzweig founded his that tries to build and learn from each the Temple was destroyed and that was it. It seems like
Lehrhaus “as an adult education center. other rather than tearing down.” Some there was a live option to return to it in the year 363.
It translates into beit midrash,” the study of the writers in the Lehrhaus opposed That would have been a completely different trajectory
house, “while updating it and making it the OU’s decision, but the publication’s for Judaism.
relevant and asking broader questions for symposium was praised by the OU’s “It raises a lot of issues that are actually very contem-
people in Germany in the early 20th cen- Rabbi Shlomo Zuckier executive director, Rabbi Allen Fagin, porary. It relates to the issue of how you view an empire
tury,” Rabbi Zuckier said. for its “respect and due regard for the that has control over the Jewish community. What if the
Rabbi Zuckier, who grew up in Teaneck, will be complexity of the issues.” British Mandate had said, ‘We want to give you back the
among the speakers at Rinat. Rabbi Zuckier, 31, said a typical Lehrhaus article is land of Israel and rebuild the Temple?’”
“We see our goal as somewhat similar,” he said. “We read by “a couple thousand people. It can get as high
have a lot of content similar to a beit midrash, but we’re as ten thousand readers on a piece. We’re fairly active
What: Lehrhaus Live
not an online yeshiva. It’s a little more academic than a on social media. Our goal was and is to be on the young
classical beit midrash.” side. Our core editors are under 40. An important piece Where: Congregation Rinat Yisrael, 389 West En-
Rabbi Zuckier, who lives in Stamford, is finishing up a of what we’re trying to do is to bring in younger voices.” glewood Ave., Teaneck
doctorate in ancient Judaism at Yale, looking at how the At Rinat, he will speak about the Roman emperor When: Shabbat, May 18, from 5 p.m. until Ma’ariv,
early rabbis understood Temple sacrifices in the centu- Julian’s attempt to rebuild the Jewish Temple in Jeru- at around 8:57.
ries after the Temple’s destruction. salem. Julian was a nephew of Emperor Constantine, Who: Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky will speak on “Lim-
The Lehrhaus, he said, aims to combat “the problem Rome’s first Christian emperor. Julian reigned from 361 inal Spaces in Halakha: The Curious Case of the
of online culture, the lack of a shared basis for people to through 363 CE, and earned the epithet Julian the Apos- Androgynous and Masekhet Bikkurim.” Rabbi
discuss things. It comes from American politics, where tate for rejecting Christianity in favor of the “the more Shlomo Zuckier will speak on “Emperor Julian’s
you see it in spades, and you see it too in social media.” classical Greco-Roman pagan culture and religion,” Attempt to Rebuild the Temple in 363 CE: The
He said the Lehrhaus “tries to stay out of national Rabbi Zuckier said. “He sought to reestablish sacri- Bayit Shlishi That Wasn’t.” Miriam Gedwiser will
speak on “The Three Oaths: Between Halakhah
politics, that divides more than unites people.” But it fices in many places. He had a goal of rebuilding the
and Aggadah.”
has been able to discuss ideas that are controversial Temple in Jerusalem. For some reasons — which may
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Orangeburg shul to celebrate Areyvut will laud 2 at breakfast


educational director’s retirement Areyvut, which celebrates
kindness, charity, and social
Sandy Borowsky will be honored during Shabbat services action, is hosting its annual
on May 18, that begin at 9 a.m., at the Orangetown Jewish breakfast on Sunday, May 19,
Center. Ms. Borowsky, will be retiring as the shul’s educational at Teaneck’s Congregation
director after 17 years of service. In addition, teachers, seventh B’nai Yeshurun. It begins at
graders moving up into Na’aseh, the OJC youth group, and 9:30 a.m. and a brief program
fifth- and sixth-grade Torah readers who have been trained follows at 10:30.
by Amichai Margolis, OJC’s music director, will be recognized. Sara Blau, a high school
The shul is at 8 Independence Ave., Orangeburg, N.Y. For senior and the founder of
more information, call (845) 359-5920, or go to theojc.org. Game Changers New York, a Alan Levine Sara Blau
Sandy Borowsky nonprofit that donates new
and used sports equipment to those Levine: “Alan is the first to step for-
in need, will receive the Young Lead- ward when there is a need, whether it
ership award. Alan Levine, former was large scale — or a single moment.
Areyvut board chair and active vol- Alan doesn’t only have his hand up to
unteer, is the Community Service provide help, he inspires and moti-
awardee. vates others to take part and make a
According to Erica Cohen, the direc- difference. He is a terrific partner who
tor of the Center for Youth Philan- gets stuff done.”
thropy and Leadership, “Sara is an Since September 1, Areyvut has
exemplary volunteer and leader. She partnered with more than 100 agen-
is thoughtful and committed, excep- cies, including many local institutions
tionally responsible and mature — an and organizations.
innovative and strategic thinker, with The shul is at 641 West Englewood
Shari and Nathan J. Dr. B. Aviva Racheli Bloom an incredible work ethic and dedi- Ave. For more information or to
Lindenbaum Preminger Poleyeff cated leadership.” make a donation or reservation, go
Beth Kitzinger of the SOMA Refugee to bit.ly/May1919, call (201) 244-6702,
Sharsheret benefit names honorees Resettlement Committee says of Alan or email info@areyvut.org.

Sharsheret, a national not-for-profit Shari and Nathan J. Lindenbaum


organization dedicated to addressing are the guests of honor, Dr. B. Aviva
the needs of women and families fac- Preminger will receive the Lisa Altman
ing breast and ovarian cancer, hosts its Volunteer Tribute award, and Racheli
annual benefit on Sunday, May 19, at 10 Bloom Poleyeff, the Next Gen award. Norpac hosts event
a.m. The event is at the Marriott at Glen-
pointe in Teaneck and Holy Name Medi-
There will also be a silent auction. For
information, go to Sharsheret.org/bene-
with Montana senator
cal Center is the lead sponsor. fit or call (866) 474-2774. Dana and Adam Sasouness will host a Norpac meeting
to support Israel on Sunday, May 19, at 4 p.m., in Engle-
wood, with Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.). Meeting
chairs include Esther and Ben Chouake, Moran and Jack
Halpern, and the Katz family. For more information,
email Avi@NORPAC.net or call (201) 788-5133.

Senator Steve
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Maj. Gen. Michael Edelstein, in uniform,


shakes David Sidorsky’s hand as he presents
a citation; from left, Harry Bieber, Paul Kaye,
Si Spiegelman, and Ralph Lowenstein look
on. Donna Kantey Parker and Rafi Marom,
members of AVILC’s board and co-chairs of
the Mickey Marcus Memorial at West Point,

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IDF salutes American volunteers in 1948 War of Independence


The 53rd annual Mickey Marcus honors Marcus, a West Point grad- of Independence. Edelstein, Israel Defense Forces
Memorial, held on Sunday, May 5, uate who was the first modern gen- An official citation, signed by attache to the United States, to
at the West Point Military Academy, eral in Israel, and other American the former IDF chief of the general the five Machal veterans who were
marked the anniversary of the State veterans who recently died, along staff, Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, was present, representing the American
of Israel and the IDF. The ceremony with those who died in Israel’s War presented by Maj. Gen. Michael Veterans of Israel Legacy Corp.

BCHSJS announces award recipients


The Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies,
Bergen County’s only weekly Hebrew high school,
will hold its annual gala dinner and largest fund-
raiser on Wednesday, June 5, at Congregation Beth
Sholom in Teaneck.
Susan Tuchman, the director of the Zionist
Organization of America’s Center for Law and Jus-
tice, will receive the L’Dor V’Dor award, which
recognizes people who further Jewish continuity

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by supporting programs for Jewish teens. Drs.
Lia Tsveniashvili and David Pichkadze are parent
awardees. Dr. Daniel Rynhold, a longtime BCHSJS Dr. Daniel Rynhold Susan Tuchman
teacher, will be honored as educator of the year, Jessica and Amanda Leichter of Woodcliff Lake with
and the Jewish Link of New Jersey is the Walter their parents and awards at last year’s gala.
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Ramsfelder Exemplary Service awardee.


The Forward named Susan Tuchman of Tenafly Valley Chabad honors teens
as one of the “50 most influential members of
the Jewish community” based on her legal work Valley Chabad’s Teen Leadership Initiative, co-directed by
on behalf of Jewish students. Under her leader- Rabbi Yosef and Estie Orenstein, will hold its annual teen
ship, the ZOA filed a groundbreaking civil rights gala on Sunday, May 19, at 6 p.m., at the Woodcliff Lake
complaint of anti-Semitism at the University of Hilton. The sold-out event recognizes more than 150 teen
California at Irvine, and led a battle that included Drs. Lia Tsveniashvili and David Pichkadze volunteers in Valley Chabad’s five Teen Leadership Initiative
rallying other national Jewish organizations and programs throughout the Pascack Valley and Saddle River
finding bipartisan support from Congress. The They are members of the JCC of Fort Lee – Congrega- communities
outcome was that Jewish students now are pro- tion Gesher Shalom. The five programs are Friendship Circle, Linking Hearts,
tected from anti-Semitic harassment and intimi- Daniel Rynhold of Teaneck has taught at BCHSJS CTeen, CTeen Academy, and Eternal Flame. For more infor-
dation under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Ms. for 11 years. He also is a professor of Jewish philoso- mation, go to Valleychabad.org/gala or call (201) 476-0157.
Tuchman has spoken to BCHSJS students and par- phy at Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate
ents about anti-Semitism on college campuses. School of Jewish Studies. He has taught in Europe,
She is a member of the Jewish Federation for the United States, and Israel, and written three
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Yom HaShoah in the community

The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Holocaust Commemoration honored five survivors by narrating their stories while they lit memorial candles
during Yom HaShoah services at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/CBI. Isaak Meester, at the left in most of the photos, stood with them. From left, top row:
Norbert Ripp of Teaneck and his granddaughter Nina Gartenhaus, Rose Lieberman of Fair Lawn and her son Israel Lieberman, and Lev Sverdlov of Fair Lawn.
Center row, Ralf Gerber of River Edge and Reva Erlich of Fair Lawn and her granddaughter Alexandra Rainho. The sixth honoree, now shown here, is Renee
Gioldman of Paramus. Gideon Taylor, center row, right, the chair of operations for the World Jewish Restitution Organization, addressed the gathering. The
Middle School Choir of the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County, bottom row, left, led the audience in song. Neil Garfinkle of the Fair Lawn
Jewish Center/CBI, Howard Lieberman of Temple Emeth and Eric Weis of Shomrei Torah-Wayne, bottom row, right, cradle their congregations’ Torah scrolls,
all rescued from Czechoslovakia. Behind them, second and third generations of the survivors sing the Partisan Hymn.

From left, Bergen County High


School of Jewish Studies students
Ethan Holden, Rebecca Peisach,
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Ian Gilenson, Dina Shlufman,
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light candles at the school’s Yom 2019
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took a class called “Holocaust
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Garfinkle, the program’s guest
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speaker, serves as liaison for the


Holocaust and Jewish Resistance
Teachers Program and leads
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Elaine Abrams Helen Kaplan


Roberta Abrams Jewish Federation celebrates 25 years Margaret Kaplen
Dana Post Adler of the international women’s program, Miriam Kassel
Elaine Adler Ellen G. Kaufman
Lucille J. Amster
Dina Bassen
Lion of Judah Endowment Donna Kissler
Ruth Kornheiser
Barbara Bender Joan Krieger
Ella Berman Madelene Kupperman
Rosalie Berman Throughout the month of May, we pay Lee Langbaum
Angelica Berrie Rina Lerner
tribute to these 92 special women from
Gail Billig Zelda Levere
Gale S. Bindelglass northern New Jersey who have ensured Sue Ann Levin
Anita Blatt Tina Lieberman
their Jewish legacy by endowing their
Myrna Block Lisa Mactas
Vivian Bregman Lion level gift to Jewish Federation of Rita Merendino
Nancy G. Brown Northern New Jersey. Ruth Merns
Nancy I. Brown Linda Mirelson
Belle Bukiet Barbara Moss
Geri Cantor Barbara Norden
Rebecca Citron Judy Opper
Ruth Cole Susan Penn
Marion Cutler Jo-Ann Hassan Perlman
Deborah Goodman Davis Jayne Petak
Mariam Davis Cheryl Phillip
Suzette Diamond Adele Rebell
Dana Egert Martha Richman
Bambi Epstein Stephanie Goldman Rosen
Eleanor Epstein Sylvia Safer
Jeanne Liss Epstein Barbara Seiden
Nancy Epstein Pearl Seiden
Robin Epstein Paula Shaiman
Rella Feldman Thank you for sustaining vibrant Susan Sher
Merle Fish Sylvia Shirvan
Jewish life for future generations.
Sharyn J. Gallatin Carol Silberstein
Eva Lynn Gans Karen Sue Singer
Rani Garfinkle Barbara Smolin
Judy Taub Gold Michele Sweetwood
Rosalind Green Marilyn Taub
Dr. Adrienne Greenblatt Yvette Tekel
Elizabeth Halverstam Lilo Goldenberg Thurnauer
Arline Herman Louise Tuchman
Yona Donner Hermann Beate Voremberg
Marjorie Immerman Jayne Petak Donna Kissler
Endowment Foundation, Chair Paula Shaiman
Helen Wajdengart
Joyce Joseph LOJE Co-chairs Donna Weintraub
Miriam Josephs For more information, please contact Jacqueline Weiss
June Kozak Kane Robin Rochlin at 201-820-3970 | robinr@jfnnj.org Gail White
Len Fisher at 201-820-3971 | lenf@jfnnj.org
Arlene Zweifler
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Aya Leitz of Jersey City beams as she crosses


the finish line; she won the women’s 10K race.

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The Kaplan JCC on the Palisades welcomed visitors


from the soggy outdoors to celebrate Israel. ALONA COHEN

Celebrating
in the rain
The JCC’s Rubin Run
and Yom Ha’atzmaut
festivities kept going,
as more than 1,100
people embraced Israel A mother and daughter supported the Israeli Scouts.  NOURIT Eilam

R
Joanne Palmer none of the organizers.
And then it rained and poured — back to those
emember “It rained and poured for aforementioned forty daysies, and also nightsies.
forty daysies daysies — drove those What to do?
animals crazy crazy, Children of The race went off as planned, with perhaps
the Lord”? fewer runners but still the same amount of
(It’s the ark song, the animals are money raised, and perhaps even extra enthu-
“elephants and kangaroosies,” and for those of siasm in response to the weather. (How often
you who now have it chirping endlessly, mind- can you run with the ducks?) As planned, each
lessly, in your head, we’re sorry!) mother who ran got a red rose as she finished.
It’s rained almost that much here for the past As they crossed the finish line, the runners could
interminable weeks, but last Shabbat was dif- see their reflections in the puddles in the road.
ferent. It was bright. The sun shone, the flow- “As an Israeli, I am not used to this weather,”
ers glowed, the trees showed off, the little white Arielle Elad said. She’s the manager of commu-
clouds were placid. It was so full of promise. nity leadership and engagement for the New Jer-
Then on Sunday, nah. Back to the nasty drip sey chapter of the Israeli American Council. “I
of cold mud. couldn’t believe what a miserable day it was.”
This is relevant here because Sunday was a But — perhaps again as an Israeli — “it was
big day for the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in okay because we plan ahead. Plan A was to have
Children got
Tenafly. It was the USA Track & Field-approved it outside, and Plan B was to move indoors, so
their faces
Rubin Run, where about a thousand or so seri- we switched.”
painted and also
ous runners race on courses of various distances, She and other staffers at the JCC and the IAC,
created their
early in the morning, to raise money for the JCC’s which is an independent organization housed
own art.
special services, as they have been doing for at the JCC, “brought the outdoors indoors,”
Nourit Eilam
nearly four decades. And then it was the JCC’s she said.
Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration, where Israeli and They covered half of the auditorium floor with
American families can go to celebrate the State turf, moved in the tables, covered with blue-and-
of Israel, meet each other, eat, schmooze, and white tablecloths, and put vases of the little yel-
have fun. low wildflowers that carpet Israel at this time of
Oh, and it’s also Mother’s Day, a fact lost on year on them. They added sunflowers and beach
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The race begins, and a little boy encourages his mother as she runs.

umbrellas. “It was a very fun area to hang out it,” Arielle the Israeli Scouts, lots of Israeli childhood games” —
said. “It made it feel like the outdoors and gave a little she’s not quite sure what many of them are in English,
bit of the vibe of Israel.” but they include hopscotch and jump rope, as well as
Many of the organizations that sponsor the IAC and another rope-jumping game similar to the one we used
the celebration showed up. Many of them are aimed at to call Chinese jump rope. There was a scavenger hunt
the American Jewish community in general, while oth- around the building.
ers are more specifically for or at least about Israelis. Because the theme was Women of Valor — Eshet
There were about 1,100 people at the celebration, Chayil, in another nod to Mother’s Day — many of the
Arielle said. Exhibits and displays and games and activ- stations on the scavenger hunt were about women.
ities were scattered around the JCC. “We had a Hebrew One was about Golda Meir, and another one was about
program called Bereisheet, the nitzaim from Fair Lawn, Jewish and Israeli women in the film and television

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for kids of different ages; the one Bergen County community.
from Bereisheet, which referred to “And it’s growing every year,
the rocket that crashed-landed on fortunately or unfortunately,”
the moon (the moon part was very she said. “Lots of Israeli families
much on purpose but the crash relocate here for work.”
landing part, not so much) was to She knows that pattern first-
build a model of the spaceship using hand. Until she was 7 years old
popsicle sticks and glue. she lived in Queens, and then
There was Israeli music and food, her parents made aliyah. Now,
including gigantic Israeli breakfasts, she and her family live in Tena-
and faux grass to eat on, should you fly; they moved to New Jersey
feel so inclined; if your favorite eat- when her husband got a job
ing position was more upright, well, offer that he couldn’t refuse. “I
there were tables and benches for consider myself Israeli because
that. There was face-painting and that is where I grew up,” she
balloon-shaping, and little balls of said. “Absolutely 100 percent I
chocolate for the little kids to play plan to go back. This summer,
with before they ate. I will have lived here for seven
“It was really cool,” Arielle said. The IAC team stands together; from left, Noa Raab, Nitzan Levy, Hila Levy, Iris Heyman, years, and that is way too long.
Although Arielle’s office is at the and Arielle Elad. NOURIT Eilam I want my kids” — they’re now
JCC — where she was on staff, at the 11 and 14 — “to get the chance to
Israeli Center three years ago — now she works for the home is in Tenafly. “Tenafly has the largest Israeli com- grow up as Israelis.”
IAC. “We have a very good collaboration with the JCC,” munity in New Jersey,” Arielle said. “We’re the hub of For now, they’re doing what they can to make sure
she said. “We have mutual goals, and they are great sup- the community.” their kids are exposed to Israeli culture, and they’re
porters of ours. There is a home for us — a real home There are Israelis in most of the Northern Valley not alone in that. “As Israelis, we feel more comfort-
— at the JCC.” towns — they’re also in Cresskill, Closter, and Demarest. able around other Israelis,” she said. “I think that Israe-
The IAC is a national organization that has 22 offices “There also, of course, are Israelis in Englewood and lis usually feel that it is very important that their kids
in as many states. It’s not accidental that its New Jersey Teaneck,” Arielle said. Altogether, she estimated, there stay connected to Israeli culture and heritage, and they

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Cantor Ellen Tilem

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The Bereisheet Hebrew program station offered activities for kids based

on 25 Years of Inspiration
on the women who were part of the Beresheet space shuttle program.
(Yes, the spelling is different. It’s a hard word to transcribe to English.)

it welcomes contributions from smaller community, and it draws thousands


ones as well, she said. “Our main donor of people. Cantor Tilem has inspired
is Sheldon Adelson,” the casino owner “Yom Ha’atzmaut and Purim are
billionaire, who, with his wife, Dr. Mir- the two days when we are the center our congregation and the community
iam Adelson, is a major philanthro-
pist both in the United States and in
point of the Jewish community. We
get several thousand people on each
with her amazing voice,
Israel, and who also is a very promi-
nent donor and huge influence on the
of those days; we are the destination
for celebration.”
enriching our lives
Republican Party. It’s not only fun, though; it’s also through her dedicated spiritual
Mr. Adelson keeps politics out of deeply symbolic, he said.
the IAC, Arielle said. “I can tell you as “We view Yom Ha’atzmaut as the leadership for a quarter of a century.
someone who has worked for the IAC culmination of a three-day arc. It was
for three years that I have never ever very intentionally placed on the Jewish
once felt any political anything. No
one was ever pushed to do or not do
calendar in proximity to Yom HaShoah
and Yom Hazikaron so we can experi-
SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2019
anything. We stay out of politics com- ence the sorrow of remembrance of the
pletely. We are not about politics at all. losses of the Holocaust and the memo-
We are about connecting and build- rial to the victims of hostilities, or war
ing community.” and terror, throughout the world, and
The IAC has big annual conventions, then to wrap that experience with the
she said. “I was at every conference celebration of independence.
except for one — there have been five — “We try not to lose sight of the idea
and I can tell you that we are not about that while this is a celebratory event,
politics. We don’t care about politics. it also wraps those other experiences.
Adelson always says that we are not It says that regardless of the sorrow we
about right or left, but about building have experienced, we remain strong
a strong community. and open to the future.”
“In our conference, we always have Mr. Shenker thought back to the way
members of the Knesset from the right the day started, with the downpour
and from the left. We always have that accompanied the Rubin Run and
Democrats and Republicans, senators kept going throughout the day.
and congressmen. At our last confer- “The run could have been a downer,
ence, in Hollywood, Florida, we had with all the rain, but the people who
Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and came out for it were so invigorated by
Mike Pence. the experience, by coming out to sup-
“We are not political,” Arielle said. port the idea of running for our special
“We give everybody a place and needs department, for supporting the
a voice.” work we do for children and adults
Jordan Shenker, the JCC’s CEO, with special needs, that it really was a drinks • dinner • dancing • silent auction
thought that the day gives a power- feel-good moment.
ful message. “And the connection to Mother’s
It’s a celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Day was really cool,” he added. “A
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cnaan lIpHsHIZ ammunition and police savagery in the
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this capital city’s main square five tent city full of music, self-sacrifice,
years ago, Eduard Dolinsky felt hope- and vindication when the fight finally
ful and proud. ended with the overthrow of President
A member of Kiev’s large Jewish Viktor Yanukovych that year.
population and a longtime activist for But precisely at the height of the
its communal causes, Dolinsky had Maidan euphoria, Dolinsky spotted a
Fight BDS hoped that the bloody street fights of portending sign.
the Maidan Revolution several years “From day one, they were celebrat-
by celebrating Israel ago would free his country of its ram- ing Stepan Bandera, and it surprised
pant corruption and dependency on me,” Dolinsky, who runs a group called
at CAMERA’s Gala Russia — two of the main issues that the Ukrainian Jewish Committee,
sparked the unrest. recalled last week, not far from Maidan.
Despite sorrow for the lives lost and Bandera was one of many Ukraini-
damage sustained in the fight between ans who collaborated with Nazi Ger-
protesters and police, Dolinsky, 49, mans, including SS volunteers and
was proud of the unity and dignity on mass murderers of Jews and Poles.
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sky, feel uncomfortable in their native country after
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“I feel deeply comfortable with it,” said Tzvi Arieli,
a 39-year-old Jewish translator and father of two from
Kiev, who fought during the revolution against police.
“It has become a problem not only for Ukrainian Jews
but for the society this issue polarizes.”
Arieli saw his income halved following the revolu-
tion, which triggered a territorial conflict between
Russia and Ukraine, a country with more landmass
than California and a population of 45 million.
Amid fighting in secessionist provinces held by
Russian-backed rebels, the Ukrainian currency,
the hryvnia, has lost two-thirds of its value against
the dollar.
Still, Arieli said, Ukraine is better off than it was
before the revolution “because it put the country
on a path, not an easy path, toward true indepen-
dence and lower corruption.”
On the revolution’s fifth anniversary, though,
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Jews and liberals hope for change in a society that is more are Jewish. from Kiev who works for an international airline,
sharply divided than ever by language, ethnicity, religion, “It shows that Ukraine is on the right path,” said Yaakov said she feared that Zelensky’s vagueness veils a
ideology, and socioeconomic gaps. Dov Bleich, a chief rabbi of Ukraine. willingness to put Ukraine back in Russia’s sphere
The fact that Zelensky’s Jewish origins, about which he Meylakh Shoychet, the Ukraine director for the Union of influence. That, she said, “would be a return on
has spoken openly during the campaign, played no major of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, is less everything that was achieved at Maidan.”
role in the elections was held up as evidence of Ukraine’s certain of that. “Zelensky hasn’t said anything concrete Before Maidan, Liebiedieva said, she did not trust
immunity to anti-Semitism during the Kyiv Jewish Forum on how he gets this country’s economy moving forward,” the court and “would try to avoid police” for fear
last week. A two-day event devoted to discussing various Shoychet said, echoing an oft-heard criticism of the pres- of being shaken down by them for money. “Now I
aspects of Ukrainian Jewry, the conference was a rare ident-elect’s vague campaign. “He’s inexperienced, and I feel confident about the judiciary, that it won’t take
show of unity by a fractious community deeply divided think that there’s a good chance he will fail.” money, and I think of the police as working to pro-
on many issues, including how to respond to the glorifi- If that happens, Shoychet said, the failure could tect me,” she said.
cation of Nazis. unleash anti-Semitism because Zelensky is Jewish. Liebiedieva said she feels safe as a Jew in Kiev and
“How many of us would have thought that Ukraine But to Elan Carr, the U.S. special envoy to monitor and that the issue of glorifying Nazis “is about the past,
would become the least anti-Semitic country in Europe?” combat anti-Semitism, the “absence of anti-Semitic rhet- in the past, not a part of everyday life that affects
asked Boris Lozhkin, president of the Jewish Confedera- oric during the campaign is a miracle, a stunning fact that me in any way.”
tion of Ukraine, the group that hosted the event. shows how far Ukraine has come,” he said during the con- There is no consensus, though, on whether
Prime Minister Vlodymyr Groysman is Jewish, too, ference. Carr added that he would serve as “champion of Ukraine actually has made any great strides in the
making Ukraine the only country in the world except Ukraine,” partly for that reason. fight against anti-Semitism.
Israel where both the president and the prime minister Lena Liebiedieva, a 42-year-old Jewish mother of one Last year, Israel’s government singled out Ukraine
as a regional trouble spot in its annual report for
2017 on anti-Semitism. “A striking exception in the
trend of decrease in anti-Semitic incidents in East-
ern Europe was Ukraine,” the report said, adding
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One leader of Ukrainian Jewry, Josef Zissels of
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ish and suggested the Congress members’ letter
was the result of Russian lobbying. Zissels’ com-
ments drew ire from counterparts across the Rus-
sian-speaking world.
Some see a link between the glorification of Nazis
and Ukraine’s anti-Semitism problem.
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ing that some people assume it’s OK to target them
now,” Dolinsky said.
A 2019 survey of 900 Ukrainian Jews — the larg-

A R R I VA L S
est in 15 years — shows that they are divided on
the anti-Semitism issue. In Kiev, 21 percent said
it has decreased, 17 percent said it has risen, and
36 percent said it has not changed. But in smaller
cities, 31 percent of the respondents to the survey
done by the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress said that
anti-Semitism has increased, and 12 percent said
the opposite.
The bleak reading of reality by Dolinsky and oth-
ers is in stark contrast to the hopeful analyses of
other observers, including Yale historian Timothy
Snyder.
“Ukraine looks much, much better today than
before Maidan,” he said in January. “In the inter-
vening five years, good things have happened, just
not enough of them,” with problems in the rule of
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Teachers
KEEPING THE FAITH

A short film, a bunker mentality,


are magic and a huge conundrum
T I
his week, I joined a small group of adults in
a visit to a presentation that the Sinai stu- t ran for just 11 minutes, and it successfully got from her. She can have it, she is told, but only after being
dents at Ma’ayanot High School for Girls in laughs in all the right places, but intentionally accepted by the group.
Teaneck offered. humorous though it was, the short film “Bunker Eve is told she is the seventh psychologist to be inter-
Each one of the girls in the school — each with a Burger” presented a nightmare no-win scenario of viewed. The other six were rejected and “disposed of,”
significant, and significantly different, developmen- a kind favored by the Sages of Blessed Memory as a device meaning they were killed, presumably in what the group
tal challenge — read a description of something she’d to explore often thorny issues — including this one. would consider some humane fashion. Unless Eve can
done, working with others, to improve the school’s The brilliant, tightly scripted “Bunker Burger” had its convince the others she has a value to them beyond her
environment or to help other people. world premiere at the recent Tribeca Film Festival and gar- abilities as a psychologist, she, too, will be disposed of.
It is extraordinarily moving to watch these young nered a spate of extraordinary reviews. It is the product The stakes for her are almost insurmountable. Any-
women, and to watch their teachers watching them. of Adam Yorke, a young Canadian Jewish filmmaker who one who votes to keep her risks being the one to be
If there were world enough, and time — and of wrote, produced, and directed the film, which he hopes to eliminated.
course money — then every child would have an turn into either feature-length or a television series — as do The issue posed by the film is clear: This is a world
education like the Sinai students get. Not the con- I and as do virtually all who reviewed it. (If, at some point, in ruins, and the survival both of individuals and the
tent, of course, but the specificity. PBS or some other outlet airs the film, I urge human race itself are at stake. With limited
Each one of these girls — like their peers in other you to watch it. I also urge rabbis to build resources available and with no likelihood
Sinai schools, housed in other larger schools — gets discussions based on it.) of replenishing them from the outside,
an education tailored to her own needs, challenges, Something terrible has happened in does any one person or group have the
weaknesses, and strengths. But it’s more than that. and to the world in the film; a mush- right to decide who will live and who will
All of the teachers and administrators watch room cloud at the end suggests what that die? Is not the first responsibility of each
each of their girls carefully and shrewdly and with something was. The film, however, does of us to extend a helping hand to others
enormous patience. Like the best teachers in any not dwell on the outside world — no col- in desperate straits? For us as Jews, are we
setting, they are tolerant and open-minded, but lapsed buildings, no burning cities, no not bound by laws we read just last Shab-
they are not pushovers. They do not stand for bad zombie-like humans walking the streets. bat in Leviticus Chapter 19, not to “stand
behavior, or for laziness, although they do under- The people we do meet appear perfectly Shammai idly by the blood of [our] fellow” (verse 16),
stand and make room for individual quirks and normal, and none of them ever mention Engelmayer to “love [our] fellow as [ourselves]” (verse
fears. It’s a firm but unmistakable love, and the the catastrophe. 18), to not wrong a stranger and, in fact, to
girls clearly are comfortable knowing that they can These men and women — there are 12 love him or her as we would love ourselves
stretch and that they can fail and that they won’t in all — live in a lavish underground bunker. Several are (verses 33 and 34)?
be allowed to fall. medical professionals of some sort. (This issue is dealt with in the Ethics of Jewish Living
Neurotypical children can get by more easily with- The leader of the group, Rico, is played by Enrico Col- curriculum of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jew-
out such close supervision, but they too could ben- antoni (he starred in the Canadian series “Flashpoint,” ish Learning, from which much of what follows is based.)
efit from it. which aired for several years over CBS). Either Rico on A mishnah in the Babylonian Talmud tractate Bava
I have no idea how teachers can come up with the his own or the group as a whole decided that the bunker M’tzia 33a has relevance here. A man and his father both
patience they need at Sinai, but then I can’t under- could host only 12 adults, if everyone is to survive there lost something of great value. If the man first helps his
stand how any teacher can up with any patience for an indeterminate amount of time. father, he is fulfilling two mitzvot — honoring parents and
any of the time. (It’s one of the many reasons why At some point, these people decided that they lacked returning lost objects — but he may be doing irreparable
I’m not a teacher.) But I can recognize the gift of a psychologist. Enter Eve, played by Sara Mitich, who is harm to himself because of the serious nature of his own
patience and attention and dedication when I see it. better known as the synthetic-human hybrid Lt. Com- loss. Does the man, nevertheless, search for his father’s
Teachers Appreciation Week was from May 5 to mander Airiam on the CBS All Access series “Star Trek: lost object before searching for his own? Says the mish-
May 11, so it’s just ended; perhaps unsurprisingly, Discovery”. Eve is ushered into the bunker by a very nah, “his [own] lost item takes precedence.”
it runs right into Mother’s Day. But just as mothers chatty but rather impersonal Rico, who brings her to be The gemara that follows informs us that this rule
and fathers are to be valued and appreciated and interviewed by the group. Before the interview begins, derives from Deuteronomy 15:4, which tells us: “Only so
loved every day, not just on that Sunday in May he sets a luscious-looking cheeseburger in front of her, that there shall be no needy among you,” which means,
and then in June, teachers should be valued every which Eve rushes to devour, so desperate is she for some- among other things, that each person must take great
day. When they’re good, what they do is magic. thing to eat. The burger, however, is swiftly pulled away care not to become needy him or herself. Therefore, we
At Ma’ayanot this week, with the Sinai girls, I got
to see some of that magic in action. —JP Shammai Engelmayer is rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel of the Palisades, now in Fort Lee.

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are told, “your [property] takes precedence [over the prop-


erty] of all other people.” Unplug, look up, stay centered

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In other words, we cannot help others if we allow ourselves
to become destitute by doing so. Not only will we not be able here’s lots of talk among educators today own use of it, making me more aware of how I feel after
to help others in the future, we may have to rely on others to about the role that social media is play- I scroll through my Twitter or Facebook feeds. Often
help us. It follows that if we risk our lives to save others when ing in our students’ lives, but whether it’s not good. Even if people aren’t hate-filled, they’re
doing so likely will result in everyone dying (the situation in you’re a parent, child, educator, stu- often very negative and they can suck you into the cha-
the bunker), halacha puts our lives first. dent, or just any human being on this planet with otic whirlwind of their emotions, so you all start feed-
The film’s underlying premise echoes a discussion in BT a reasonable WiFi connection, you’re probably a ing off of each other and escalating negativity, instead
Bava M’tzia 62a, which begins with its own no-win life-and- victim of social media, too. of calming it down. Just as the Joker predicted.
death scenario: Two people apparently are lost in a barren By victim, I mean that you’re probably abusing I don’t know exactly how our children perceive
area. One of them has a jug of water; the other does not. social media in some form, but you also might be an the platforms. They don’t remember a time when
Because they assume they are much too far away from civ- actual victim of the internet, someone who’s expe- they didn’t have them, so it may be less pernicious
ilization, they conclude that if they were to share the water, rienced bullying or meanness there, or, as in the to them. I don’t know. What I do spend a lot of time
both of them would die, because there is not enough water case of a friend I spoke to recently who owns her doing with them is gently encouraging them to
to sustain them both. According to an otherwise unknown own business, shady behavior from a competitor remove themselves from the web, particularly from
sage named Ben Petura, it is “preferable that both of them who tried to harm your enterprise. video games, which they perceive as social encoun-
drink and die.” This, we are told, was the accepted view “until I’ve attended meetings with educators where ters because they “play the games together.” Never-
Rabbi Akiva came and taught [that Leviticus 25:36 says,] ‘let we’ve tried to come up with solutions for our chil- theless, as some of you may may be able to attest,
him live by your side,’ [which in such a case means] your life dren’s tech addiction, but doing so has made me talking to a child while they’re on their device is like
takes precedence over his life.” more cognizant of the ways we all need to modify our trying to make contact with someone who is stuck
For Ben Petura, the verse cited by Akiva means that both behavior. As a society we’re only beginning to grap- down a deep well.
men must share the same fate. It must always be “we first,” ple with the results of our tech-cen- And what’s scary about trying to
not “me first,” regardless of the consequences. For Akiva, the tered lives, so I thought I’d weigh in communicate with that person is that
problem the two men face is the one facing the 12 people in with my thoughts as I try to decrease they often react negatively when you
the bunker: whether to use a limited resource to help another my own social media use and encour- do manage to pierce the tech bubble
if it could mean that neither would be saved. According to age my students to do the same. into which they’ve been sucked. I’ve
Akiva and to the earlier citation in Bava M’tzia 33a, therefore, The dark recesses of the web work had experiences where I’ve asked a
the one who brought the jug of water is the only one allowed well when they prey on our fears and student to get off their device and
to drink from it. anxieties. They take our bogeymen they have been totally unresponsive.
That leaves only one matter to be dealt with: In the bun- and enlarge them, making them into When I’ve reached out to touch the
ker situation, is it also permissible to “dispose of ” those monsters we feel we have to slay in device, the student reacted angrily, as
who have limited or no worth to the group, or should real life. Consider an extreme and Tikvah if they’d been assaulted. The encoun-
such people be forced to go back outside the bunker, horrific example, the terrorist who Wiener ters reminded me of trying to get
where they might be able to muster enough others to attacked the Tree of Life synagogue between an addict and their drug
storm the bunker down the road? in Pittsburgh. Goaded by and given and again made me mindful of my
Regarding deciding who is worthier to live, the Talmud a platform on the internet, he succumbed to his own behaviors, of the times when my own children
in BT P’sachim 25b tells us of a man who was commanded fears of a “migrant caravan,” railing against HIAS, made fun of me because I was too engrossed in my
by a tyrant to kill another person, or be killed instead. He an organization that aids refugees and Jews, whom phone, texting, or tweeting or engaging in whatever
asked the Babylonian sage Rava whether it was permissible he hates and 11 of whom he then managed to kill. nonsensical and unimportant goings-on the inter-
for him to do so. Said Rava, “Do you think your blood is While most of us, of course, don’t succumb to net was convincing me were crucial.
redder [than his, meaning that your life has more value]? hatred in such grotesque ways, the terrorists who So what’s the solution?
Perhaps that man’s blood is redder.” That applies even if the are inspired by the web’s pathologies do make me Becoming more aware of my own behaviors has
man doing the killing is a sage and the one to be killed is an wonder about the effect the internet has on even caused me to re-engage with the world in healthier
ignorant pauper. That would seem to settle the question, those of us who are more well-balanced. I’ve been ways. Instead of feeding online hate, I put down my
but it does not. thinking particularly about Christopher Nolan’s phone and joined Salaam Shalom Sisterhood, an
True, we are commanded not to commit murder, and “dis- Batman movie, “The Dark Knight.” The movie interfaith group where Muslim and Jewish women
posing” here is murder. On the other hand, there is the mat- seems prophetic, as it imagines Gotham under the meet and share our experiences, connecting over
ter of the rodef, the pursuer who seeks to kill another. It may spell of fear-inducing drugs, causing its inhabitants our commonalities as women, Americans, and peo-
be argued that if the bunker can only sustain 12 people, any to wander in a solipsistic haze where everyone’s ple of faith. Instead of scrolling endlessly through
other person is a “pursuer.” While it is permissible to kill a worst nightmares engulf them. pictures of other people’s vacations and lives, I
rodef, that is only if there is no other way to stop him or her, I sometimes feel like social media has that effect close my Facebook app and go on hikes or walks,
such as by maiming the rodef in some way. (See Maimonides, on all of us. We’re all turning on each other, point- spend extra time exercising, or pick up one of the
Mishneh Torah, The Laws of the Murderer and the Preserva- ing accusatory fingers at our enemies, real and per- many books I have stacked on my night table. And
tion of Life 1:7.) This would suggest that expelling the extra ceived, and ratcheting up the threats that they rep- why tweet when you can phone an old friend or
person is the only proper course, especially “because one life resent. I don’t mean to say that some people aren’t have coffee with someone you haven’t seen in a
may not be taken to save another” (see BT Sanhedrin 72b). to be feared and stopped, but the Joker under- while? In short, I’m returning to that state I was in
To be considered a rodef, however, requires an intent to stands well that the best way to control people is to before the smartphone entered my life, and having
kill someone. The intent of the extra person here is not to kill turn their fears and anxieties against them. experiences IRL — in real life — instead of shadow
anyone, but to save him or herself, even though that almost The accumulation of hate-filled incidents on and ones on the web.
certainly will result in the death of others. That person, there- fueled by social media has made me reconsider my Now the trick is getting our kids to do the same.
fore, would be committing a sin, and it is permissible to kill a At the Idea School, we don’t have a standard tech
rodef in order to prevent him or her from committing a sin (in Tikvah Wiener of Teaneck is head of school of the policy. Students don’t take out their phones during
this case, causing the death of others; see BT Sanhedrin 73a). Idea School, a new coed Jewish high school at the class unless they have to for an assignment, but
What is your opinion? Should the bunker be available to Kaplan JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly. Learn more they often feel tempted by video games that are
all comers, or limited to a few so that they might survive? at www.theideaschool.org. SEE CENTERED PAGE 48
Should the group be allowed to kill those whose survival
could threaten everyone’s survival — or is Rava’s statement The opinions expressed here are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the newspaper’s editors, publishers, or other staffers.
regarding whose blood is redder the operative one? Please We welcome letters to the editor. Send them to jstandardletters@gmail.com.
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Listening to each others’ stories

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M Garret is a former leading unbeknownst to them, most of them had playground bullying, some- stands behind the shield —
white supremacist who once lived in the same small municipality all of thing that we only recently Anthony Cureton. Mr. Cure-
was a rising star in KKK-affili- their lives — and yet they never had met have taken with necessary ton is a former president of
ated organizations. each other. These students might all be seriousness, pushed him to the Bergen NAACP, and he
Dwania Kyles is a member of the famed shopping at the same ShopRite in Palisades extremism. He talked about stood side by side with me
Memphis 13, who led the integration of the Court, eating the same ice cream at Ben what some people brush and others just a year or so
Memphis public school system and whose & Jerry’s, and passing by the same iconic off as harmless banter, and ago as we aimed to root out
family had a close relationship with Dr. monument in the center of their town, how those children who anti-Semitism in the town-
Martin Luther King Jr. but their life experiences never much gave might come from more ship of Mahwah.
Me, I’m just the Orthodox Jewish kid them any reason to cross paths. difficult childhood circum- Michael Who better to add to the
who was born and raised in Brooklyn and All the students had two things in com- stances, those who might Cohen practical symbolism of the
moved to the suburbs. mon — they could all talk about how hate be slightly more vulnera- moment?
On a morning a few weeks back, the is recognizably around them, and neither ble, as he was during his While I am hopeful that
three of us were driving up the West Side group truly had a meaningful feel for the adolescence, might interpret such behav- the words they heard will prove valuable
Highway together, heading up to the Ber- other’s narrative. iors and even act upon them. to the participating students, part of me
gen County sheriff ’s office for an event It was for this very reason that the Dwania Kyles was thrust into the lime- believes that the demonstration of unity
aimed at breaking down the barriers that co-sponsoring organizations realized the light before she even turned 6 years old, in and of itself, the collection of the dif-
exist in far too many of our communities imperative of showing all of the teenagers when she asked to be brave, to challenge ferent people, each with a different story,
— and we were going to do it for the next how we prioritized our own cooperation, generations of hate-based segregation who each try to combat hate individually,
generation to see. if we are to instill such behavior in our practices. We can only imagine the polar- showed itself to be even more powerful
On very short notice, we brought children. It was for this reason that the izing upbringing she experienced, on one together. That it matters when you take the
together high school juniors and seniors Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Bergen hand heading out each morning into the time to understand each other’s stories,
from the Frisch School in Paramus and County Chapters of the National Urban abyss of the hatred of the peers who artic- pains, hardships, and historical challenges.
their counterparts from the Englewood League and the NAACP all organized this ulated their desire to rid themselves of her Even as Ms. Kyles, Mr. Garret, and I
public school system. We gathered project together. We all are standing arm because of the color of her skin, but still headed up the highway we realized how
these students together because largely in arm together. coming home often to see the great Dr. much we have yet to learn about each
In order to combat hate, you first King and his colleagues from the South- other and the places we each come from.
Michael D. Cohen of Englewood is the must understand its origins. That was ern Christian Leadership Conference, who I look forward to continuing the many lay-
eastern regional director of the Simon part of Mr. Garret’s presentation; he can were inspiring the nation toward tolerance, ers of partnership we saw at this import-
Wiesenthal Center. He represents his city’s talk about it from firsthand experience sitting at her very own dining room table. ant event. Even more so, I look forward
Second Ward on Englewood’s City Council, in a manner that few others can. He Why did all this unfold at the sher- to such activities being continued by the
and he belongs to Congregation Ahavath opened up and let his defenses down and iff’s office? Not at all because of the title students who will be responsible for car-
Torah there. talked about the effect that childhood “sheriff,” but because of the man who rying this burden into the future.

Rashida Tlaib Holocaust comments?


It’s probably not what you think

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epublican lawmakers like Our headline on Monday read whole period — and sup- your vision for a one-state
Representative Lee Zeldin “Rashida Tlaib says her Palestinian ported by the neighboring solution that meets both
were criticized, deservedly, ancestors made a ‘safe haven’ for Jews Arab states — did all they Palestinian and Israeli-Jew-
for distorting Representa- after Holocaust.” We quoted the remarks could to prevent Jews trying ish national aspirations?
tive Rashida Tlaib’s comments about she gave to the podcast Skullduggery, to escape Nazi hands from Tlaib: Absolutely. Let
the Holocaust by suggesting she said in which Tlaib asserted that she gets a reaching the (relatively me tell you — I mean, for
that she gets a “calming feeling” when “calming feeling” when she considers safe) shores of Palestine.” me, I think two weeks ago
she thinks about the genocide. that the Palestinians “created a ‘safe That is an important we celebrated, or took
If you read or listen to the Michigan haven’ for Jews during the Holocaust.” assertion of the histori- a moment I think in our
Democrat’s comments, it is crystal That was the take amplified around cal record, and one made Andrew country to remember, the
clear that she said no such thing. The the Jewish world and the Israeli press, repeatedly in the press Silow-Carroll Holocaust. And there’s a
Republican pile-on, joined by Presi- in which historians of the era pointedly and on Twitter in the wake kind of a calming feeling,
dent Donald Trump, is a further wea- refuted her purported version of history. of Tlaib’s remarks. But it I always tell folks, when
ponization of anti-anti-Semitism, this They noted that far from welcoming assumes that she was crediting Palestin- I think of the Holocaust and the trag-
time based on a comment that the tar- Jewish refugees during the Nazi era, the ians with welcoming refugees and “cre- edy of the Holocaust in the fact that it
get never made. Palestinian leadership actively worked ating” a safe haven for Jews, when the was my ancestors — Palestinians — who
But it’s not just Republicans who against their immigration to British-con- transcript of her remarks suggests she lost their land and some lost their lives,
appeared to distort Tlaib’s now noto- trolled Palestine and collaborated with was saying something else. their livelihood, their human dignity,
rious remarks. It was the ostensibly the Nazis in their war against the Allies. Here are the relevant quotes, which I their existence in many ways had been
nonpartisan Jewish commentariat and “Rashida Tlaib is either completely transcribed from the video. wiped out, and some people’s pass-
media as well, in which I will include ignorant of the history or is a deliberate Interviewer: Congresswoman, you’ve ports — I mean, just all of it was in the
our own site, the Jewish Telegraphic liar,” Benny Morris, the Israeli historian, created something of a stir by coming name of trying to create a safe haven
Agency, and take full responsibility. told Haaretz. Palestinians “did nothing to out in favor of a one-state solution, Israel for Jews, post-the Holocaust, post-the
alleviate the suffering of the Jews at Nazi and Palestine, and I think you may be tragedy and the horrific persecution
Andrew Silow-Carroll of Teaneck is the hands. Rather, the opposite: The Arabs of the only Democrat who’s publicly sup- of Jews across the world at that time.
editor in chief of JTA Wire Service. [British Mandatory] Palestine, during the ported a one-state solution. So what is SEE TLAIB PAGE 48
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Englewood Health launches nurse residency


One-year program aids transition from college to clinical practice

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nglewood Health has launched a new As part of the program, each nurse has an individual With the Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program the
nurse residency program, a training ini- development plan and concludes the residency with an curriculum can be customized for each nurse resident
tiative designed to ensure that nurses evidence-based practice project to be used in a clinical group, enabling the team to be responsive to the needs
with a year or less of experience transi- setting. This project helps them apply concepts learned of the individual. The nurse residents are given time
tion into practice with skill and confidence. throughout the program and teaches the resident that away from their patient care responsibilities to focus on
Englewood Health’s acute care hospital is the they, personally, can contribute to the delivery of safe, their professional development.
first healthcare organization in Bergen County high-quality patient care. Englewood Health’s Center for Clinical Practice mon-
and the second in New Jersey to implement the Like many community hospitals nationwide, Engle- itors the progress of both the group and the individual
Vizient/American Association of Colleges of Nurs- wood traditionally provided newly graduated nurses nurses with a survey component provided through the
ing (AACN) Nurse Residency Program. Engle- with a mentor as they began their clinical careers. program. By measuring at quarterly intervals, the team is
wood’s initial group of nurse residents began their During the mentorship, medical/surgical care was able to assess the new nurses’ skill development, comfort
one-year training program in April. Additional emphasized at the expense of specialty units or ambu- levels, and confidence, and work to improve any gaps.
groups of up to 10 newly hired nurses will enter latory care. Over time, experience revealed that new “At Englewood Health, we are committed to invest-
the program every three months. nurses were so focused on learning the day-to-day tasks ing in nursing across all levels, and especially for new
“At Englewood Health, we are dedicated to of the job that they did not fully benefit from the one- graduates so that they can transition successfully and
high-quality patient care, nursing excellence and on-one mentoring experience. provide the best care,” said Kaminsky.
innovations in nursing practice,” said Kathleen
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Hormones: The key to healthy aging and losing weight


Warren Slaten, M.D. I get excited when my patients lose weight is that they disease and clogged arteries while the insulin resis-

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become much healthier. That extra fat is associated with tance could lead to diabetes. The decreased bone
uring menopause, women gain an average of many conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, and density leads to osteoporosis.
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weight gain that occurs with menopause. your healthy approach to life. fat, estradiol improves the lipid profile. Estradiol
There are several reasons to get excited about weight The two most concerning aspects of menopause are that reduces total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol. This
loss. The reason that motivates many of my patients is visceral fat is increased, and bone density is decreased. The is the ‘bad’ cholesterol that increases the risks of
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Eating healthy this summer and beyond
and Provera, a synthetic version of progesterone. Bioidenti- alFreD GiGante, Dc • Start the day with 16 ounces or more of
cal progesterone and synthetic Provera have opposite effects. water, at least 30 minutes prior to eating.
Progesterone protects against breast cancer and heart disease With bathing-suit season around the cor- • Try not to eat past 6 p.m.
while those who take Provera have increased risk for breast ner, we are all considering how to get our • Less food is really better.
cancer and heart disease. Progesterone is a mood enhancer bodies back in shape to look good in our As you can see, my number one rule
and great for sleep while the side effects of Provera include bathing suits. about food is that the further you
irritability, depression and insomnia. Bioidentical estradiol Although eating to look good move away from a food’s natural
significantly reduces the risk of disease while Premarin can is important, it is also import- state — especially toward today’s
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Kosher Crossword The Frazzled Housewife
“GOING GREEN”
BY YONI GLATT, KOSHERCROSSWORDS@GMAIL.COM
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MEDIUM

Mother’s Day
M
other’s Day has become Day gift made by Son #3 (I only know
a touchy subject — and this because there is a picture of him
with good reason. There in the middle of the flower). Each petal
are women who want to of the flower is a coupon for me to use.
be mothers and have not been able to “Help you with laundry.” “Take you to a
achieve that goal because Devil’s game.” Of course I
of circumstance or health never cashed in on any of
restrictions. There are these coupons. I am hop-
those who have lost their ing to start using them in
mothers, who don’t speak September, so he misses
to their mothers, who his flight to Israel…
don’t know who their Any seasoned mother
mothers are. There are knows that the more
mothers who have lost M o t h e r ’s D ay s t h a t
children. The day can Banji have passed, the less of
be extremely painful for Ganchrow a chance you have to
some people. To those of spend Mother’s Day with
you in any of those cir- all of your children. Kids
cumstances, I am very sorry, and I hope grow up, move out, possibly get mar-
that the day went by quickly for you. ried, possibly live in a different coun-
This column is for the rest of you. The try — the possibilities are endless. The
new mothers who are so sleep deprived really really blessed mothers have all
they don’t even realize it is Mother’s of their kids nearby, and they all con-
Day. The women who just found out verge on her every year to acknowl-
they are going to be mothers. The edge her awesomeness.
women who have children who make That is the goal. That is the dream. So
Across Down them presents in school. The women this year, when Son #3 asked me what
1. Talking Lake? 1. Shred who have children who can buy them I wanted for Mother’s Day, I jumped at
6. Feed for hogs 2. Not 100% presents and do. The women who have the chance to say, “I just want all of us to
10. Dunk 3. Hornets, on the scoreboard children who can buy them presents be together.” “No, really mom,” he said.
14. Colleague of Rashida (Tlaib) 4. Disputed Asian land and don’t. The women who have very “What do you really want?” I replied, “I
15. A Mrs. Charlie Chaplin 5. Interested
high hopes for Mother’s Day and are dis- really want us all to be together.”
16. Sound of music 6. Declaration from one who
17. Schnozz operatives won’t be outdone appointed year after year… and for the Fortunately, I got what I wanted for
20. Kotb of note 7. Part of L.A.P.D. folks who say that “every day is Moth- Mother’s Day. We all went out to din-
21. Contact lens solutions 8. Burden er’s Day.” Every day is Mother’s Day — ner. This wasn’t an easy feat, because
22. Treif in a can 9. Way to get high in Eilat? that’s a good one. we had to take Mincha and Maariv
25. Navy’s C.I.A. 10. Gertrude of rose fame My first Mother’s Day involved Hus- times into account. Along with after-
27. #1 draft pick Deandre Ayton, 11. Cuckoo
band #1 bringing 50 bags of frozen noon Torah learning and evening
for one 12. Designer Klein
28. Morning minyan item 13. Something to clean up breast milk to my parents’ freezer and Torah learning (commonly referred
31. Yomi preceder 18. Judaism no-no surprising me with an overnight trip to to as “night seder”). Traffic from New
34. Red vision 19. Gulper’s sound Atlantic City. The real surprise was that Jersey to Washington Heights, traffic
35. Name that can partner with Gail 22. Julia in the “Bourne” movies unbeknownst to either of us, we already from the Heights to the Upper West
36. World leaders often have large 23. Colony to be avoided were pregnant with Son #2 … but that Side, traffic back…you know, things
ones 24. Dreyfus, e.g.
was to be discovered on Father’s Day. that everyone has to work into their
37. Ireland’s palindromic coronation 26. 12 months from today
stone, ___ Fail 29. “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Husband #1 tried really hard that first dinner considerations.
38. What the green do with the items character’s nickname year, and I did appreciate it. My favor- But we did it. And I enjoyed and
in 17, 28, 48, and 60 Across 30. Channel across the pond ite Mother’s Day gifts have been the appreciated every second. Because who
42. ___-a-Lago 31. Lessen ones that the boys have made in school. knows what next year will bring (forget
43. He raised Samuel 32. Sampras rival Allow me to share a poem with you — next year, who knows what tomorrow
44. Mets div. 33. Woodlands
and I will not reveal who the author is will bring) and you have to cherish
45. Noisy flight crew? 39. Adds to one’s coffers
47. Biblical talk: Abbr. 40. 2016 W.S. losers to the Cubs
(mainly because I have no idea because every single moment. It doesn’t hurt
48. What a new Jewish groom will 41. It may be beaten there is no name on it). “Mom is the that I got great cards that they filled out
often do 46. Seder guest best. Often in a good mood. The skinni- in the car on the way to the restaurant,
51. Word after “Borei”, often 48. Judaism’s most ancient ritual est woman on earth. Has a good sense because it is the thought that counts.
52. M.D.’s right hands 49. One who is aware of humor. Everyone says you’re funny. Hope you all had a wonderful day.
53. “Put a sock ___!” 50. Poses
Really young.” For those of you paying
54. Neil Diamond hit 51. Computer menu option
58. “Sure” 54. Like an unshut door
attention, the first letter of each sen- Banji Ganchrow of Teaneck also got an
60. This publication, e.g. 55. Funny image, nowadays tence spells out “mother.” amazing cookbook that Son #3 picked
65. To ___ (everybody) 56. Actor McGregor Every year I am astounded at how out for her at the Judaica House in
66. Kitchen or bachelor add-on 57. Part of a pot on the table intuitive my boys were about me. Here Teaneck. She looks forward to making
67. Two prime ministers 59. Strong animals I thought I was always in a good mood him many recipes in 20 minutes or less of
68. Tenant’s payment 61. TLV letters
… apparently not. I also have a Mother’s prep time.
69. Lightly blacken 62. Bulldog cousin
70. Piece of gemara 63. First name in ice cream
64. Cape Town’s country: Abbr.
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rich with important sub- reads “like the stranger, like the citizen resentatives c an figure We need comprehensive
jects that are also diffi- will be.” The first “like” seems unnec- out what is going on.” He immigration reform that val-
cult and fraught. Who is essary, even confusing. It is clearer to promised that he would ues the stranger and the citi-
fit to serve as a religious leader, and assert “the stranger will be like the citi- “send back” all Syrian refu- zen. We need to root out rac-
how will that service affect their pri- zen” than “like the stranger will be like gees seeking asylum in the ism and other forms of bias
vate lives? What behavior protects the citizen.” United States, if elected. and discrimination. We need
and magnifies God’s name, and what The word “like” is indicated in Since becoming President, to act zealously for inclusion
behavior sullies or even desecrates it? Hebrew with the single letter kaf. The he has instituted policies and equal justice in all our
How shall we celebrate and sanctify “extra” kaf/”like” is interpreted by to at least exacerbate and Rabbi Debra spheres of influence.
time, including and especially Sab- most commentators to emphasize the arguably create a crisis on Orenstein Now, more than ever, we
baths and holidays? When people defy equality between strangers and citi- the Southern border. He Congregation B’nai also need a philosophical

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This last question takes up much of indicates that the women among con- gions with demeaning and We need to take it into our
the last chapter in the Torah reading, verts and the women among born demonizing language. He has made it hearts and souls. Each of us is called to
in the form of laws and, more unusu- Jews should be included and legally harder for legitimate asylum seekers become more inclusive and more just.

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verses of our Torah portion name con- One Law. Period. American and Biblical law demand. He rage of the week or the tweet of the hour
sequences for monetary crimes and Many law systems privilege certain routinely applies different standards that we forget the wisdom of the centu-
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death of animals, crimes against per- by flawed execution, but by design. supremacists have embraced him for the justice (mishpat) for stranger (ger) and cit-
sons, and blasphemy against God. In the ancient Code of Hammurabi, favoritism he shows. izen (ezrach) alike.” Nor can we forget the
It is in this context that Leviticus for example, the status of the victim There are political and social reme- source of all just law and rightful author-
24:22 instructs: “You shall have one and of the perpetrator affected the dies: legislation, court rulings, oversight, ity: “for I am Adonai your God.”
law/standard of justice (mishpat) for consequences of an assault. A noble-
stranger (ger) and citizen (ezrach) man who put out the eye of another
alike, for I am Adonai your God.” nobleman would have his own eye put
This statement is shocking in its
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Women’s song
Friday  circle in Teaneck:
2 p.m. Popcorn and
ice cream. 558 High
conference delegate
this year, is the guest
MAY 17 The Jewish Center Mountain Road. speaker. Refreshments.
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Shabbat in Jersey z’mirot song circle for tenjfl.org. (201) 873-2476 or
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Celebrating Shabbat:
475 N. Farview Ave., by origami artist and at the University of Illinois, he dietitians, nutritionists,
10 a.m–12:30 p.m. If congregant Yaacov
Rabbi Leiah Moser it rains, it will be held Metzger, 5 p.m. All went on to a career in the NBA therapists,
psychologists, and
leads an informal at the JCCP/CBT, E. materials supplied. before making aliyah. He is the family counselors, at
discussion about the
weekly Torah portion
304 Midland Ave. Those younger distinguished speaker at the Teaneck Marriott
JCCParamus.org than 8 require adult
at Reconstructionist supervision. Also on Temple Beth Rishon in at Glenpointe, 8
a.m.-1:15 p.m. Five
Congregation Beth Lag B’Omer May 27 at 10 a.m. 950 Wyckoff, on Sunday, May 19, at CE credits available.
Israel of Ridgewood’s in Emerson:
“Dessert & Discussion,” Congregation B’nai
Queen Anne Road. 10 a.m. Reservations, 585 100 Frank W. Burr
(201) 836-6210 or
in lieu of a service, at Israel hosts a spring bethaaron.org/event/ Russell Ave. (201) 891-4466 or Boulevard, Teaneck.
Register, (800)
a private home, 7 p.m. barbecue with TulipOrigami. bethrishon.org. RENFREW or
Location information, vegetarian options, an
rcbi@syngaogue.org. inflatable slide, games
• RenfrewCenter.com.
and prizes, 10:30 a.m.– Monday  Tal Brody also will present the
Saturday  noon., after the Hebrew
school’s moving up
MAY 20 film “We Are on the Map — We
MAY 18 ceremony. 53 Palisade College student panel
Are Staying on the Map, Not
Ave. (201) 265-2272 or in Woodcliff Lake: Only in Sports, but in
Shabbat in Emerson: bisrael.com. Temple Emanuel of Everything” and tell his story
Sportswriter Neil the Pascack Valley’s
Amdur of the New Picnic in Wayne: college students, from
for the Israel American Center
York Times will speak Congregation Shomrei schools including at the Kaplen JCC on the
at Congregation B’nai Torah’s “spring fling”
Israel during services has outdoor games,
Lehigh, University of Palisades in Tenafly, on
Michigan, Tufts, and
led by Rabbi Debra live music, a bounce Tulane, talk about
Wednesday, May 22, at 6:30
Orenstein, 10 a.m. house, and lunch, their experiences p.m. .411 East Clinton Ave., Book talk in Fort
Mr. Amdur also co- 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Lee: The sisterhood
authored books with 30 Hinchman Ave.
adapting to college Tenafly. jccotp.org or (201) of the JCC of Fort
life, roommates,
Arthur Ashe, Chris (973) 696-2500 or academics, study
569-7900. Lee’s Book Club
Evert, and Olympic shomreitorahwcc.org. abroad, and Jewish meets to discuss Nomi
champion Vincent life on campus, at the Eve’s “Henna House,”
Matthews. 53 Palisade Film in Franklin Lakes: Jewish Center/ 1 p.m. Refreshments.
Temple Emanuel of shul, 7 p.m. Coffee and AIPAC delegate
Ave. (201) 265-2272 or dessert. 87 Overlook CBI, 7:30 p.m. Geri 1449 Anderson Ave.
bisrael.com. North Jersey screens in Fair Lawn: The Lipschitz, Hadassah
Drive. Reservations, (201) 947-1735.
“Almonds and Raisins,” Fair Lawn chapter Northern New Jersey
a documentary about Membership@tepv.org of Hadassah meets
or (201) 391-0801. region vice president
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Calendar

Ethical matters:
Senior Source and
Salon,” led by Rabbi
Leiah Moser of
Healing Prayer,
Traditional and New JFNNJ to bolster hunger relief
Defining Moment
Foundation convenes
Reconstructionist
Congregation Beth
Rituals, Bikur Cholim
(Visiting the Sick),” with poker, dinner, and auction
a panel, “Why Do
Israel in Ridgewood, for the “Hearing Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey’s Federation Full House is set for the
offers an insider’s look Women’s Voices: Alpine Country Club on Thursday, May 23, at 6:30 p.m. It offers a Vegas-style
Ethics Matter? Or Do at Reconstructionist Body & Spirit” series
They?” featuring Dr. Judaism — what it at Temple Emanuel Texas Hold ’Em poker tournament, blackjack, dinner fare, Scotch and stogies,
Joseph Chuman of is about, why it was of the Pascack and silent and live auctions. All net Proceeds will fund JFNNJ’s hunger relief
Columbia University, founded, and how Valley in Woodcliff efforts. For more information, call Andi Lewittes at (201) 820-3930 or go to
local activist Charlotte it has evolved — at Lake. 87 Overlook
Bennett Schoen, jfnnj.org/fullhouse.
Railyard Tavern, 14- Drive. Reservations,
educator Cheryl Maller, 26 Plaza Road, Fair (201) 391-0801 or tepv.
lawyer Eddie Raynord Lawn, 7-8:30 p.m. Free org.
Hadden, and Brad
Ruder, the founder and
appetizers; cash bar
available. Reservations,
Tee off with Tenafly shul
president Brad-Core, at
1:30 p.m., at the Shops
rcbi@synagogue.
org; information,
In New York Temple Sinai of Bergen County holds available to non-golfers.
at Riverside, Second synagogue.org. its golf outing on Thursday, May 30, For reservations, email info@tem-
Floor, in Hackensack.
(201) 342-0962 or Saturday  at the Alpine Country Club in Demar- plesinaibc.org. Synagogue member-
seniorsourcenj.org. Thursday  MAY 18 est. Howard Cohen, Eric Kleiner, and
Erik Maschler are the golf outing’s
ship is not required and foursomes
can be arranged. Proceeds will pro-
MAY 23
ASL-Shabbat Across co-chairs and Heidi Reichert is the vide a significant discount to families
Lag B’Omer in Wayne: America in NYC: Town event director. who want to be part of the Temple
The Chabad Center & Village Synagogue The day-into - evening outing Sinai community. “Finances should
in Manhattan holds
of Passaic County includes nine holes, cocktails, and not be a barrier to synagogue mem-
has a community- an ASL-interpreted
Shabbat service, dinner. Golfers will go straight from bership or to the education of the next
wide celebration with
a barbecue, games, 10 a.m. 334 East 14th the course to the barbecue dinner of generation,” Sinai’s rabbi, Jordan Mill-
and bonfire, 5:30 p.m. St. (212) 677-0368V, grilled meats, fish, and veggies. A sep- stein, said.
194 Ratzer Road. www.tandv.org, arate cocktails and dinner package is
(973) 694-6274 or or email Bram at
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“With All My Heart,” MAY 22
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prayer and spirituality, Dinner in Montvale: from 6 to 7 p.m. For more information, call the programs’ director, Jessica Malas,
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7 p.m. 100 Overlook Rabbi Loren Monosov
for dinner at Davey’s
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celebrate Israel
independence Ben Mitnick of Mahwah, of HaZamir
Bergen County, is among singers from
the Pittsburgh premiere of two new
works — Cantor Gerald Cohen’s “Pitchu
Midrash Manicures has produced 20 chapters of HaZamir: The Interna- Li” and HaZamir alumnus Samuel Ros-
packs of Israel nail decals to “trans- tional Jewish Teen Choir who will sing ner’s setting of an excerpt from David
port you to the Promised Hand.” Each at a May 19 concert in solidarity with Ben-Gurion’s historic speech, “Banegev
pack includes 46 decals for adults the city of Pittsburgh at Temple Sinai Yibachen.” The concert will showcase
and children; designs include the words ahava and chai spelled out in Hebrew there. Matthew Lazar, the choir’s Jewish musical styles from across the
and Israeli flags. The decals also are great for year-round wear, so you can sup- founder, is among the conductors. globe and throughout history.
port Israel at your fingertips. Find them at the Judaica House on Cedar Lane in The concert includes the music of A live stream of the 3 p.m. concert
Teaneck and at MidrashManicures.com. Nurit Hirsh, who composed “Ba Sha- can be heard at templesinaipgh.org.
nah HaBa’ah” and “Oseh Shalom,” and
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Local/Opinion

Centered (presumably, Jews created the haven) in a way that


from page 33 “took their human dignity” (that is, the Palestin-
so easily accessible to them. While we obviously ians’ dignity).
ban gaming during class, our general approach Far from claiming that her ancestors worked to
in the school is to engage students in discussions bring Jews to Palestine, or welcomed them when
about any topic that’s relevant to them, tech addic- they arrived, she is saying that even if the Jews did
tion being one. Before Passover, when we discussed come and take their land and rights away, at least it
how we might be slaves today, one student astutely was for the alleviation of another people’s suffering.
noted that we’re all slaves to our devices. In acknowledging that suffering and noting her
More recently, when we had an advisory session own people’s, her remarks are closer in spirit to the
about technology and its role in our lives, the stu- anti-Zionist refrain that the Jews escaped the win-
dents shared that they felt that sometimes adults dow of a burning house only to land on someone
make gross overgeneralizations about teenagers and else’s head.
how addicted they are to their tech. Nevertheless, There is a lot to disagree with in Tlaib’s remarks.
many of them don’t have the knowledge of what tech The Holocaust is hardly the sole justification of the
is doing to their brains and how the tech industry is existence of Israel. She denies the Jews the right to
deliberately manipulating them into being unable to autonomy in a state of their own. She rejects the
take a break from games such as Fortnite. idea of two states for two peoples and instead holds
That’s why, in addition to having discussions out for the impossible idea that Israel will surren-
about technology, we’re having our students der its sovereignty in hopes of creating some sort
engage in the kinds of activities that have as healing of United States of Isratine. It’s that kind of wishful,
an effect on them as the ones I’ve chosen for my almost messianic thinking that has prevented Pal-
free time: each morning, before we pray Shacharit, estinian leaders from accepting anything less.
the morning prayer, we have a discussion around But it’s a tremendous and dangerous distrac-
a table about an important topic in the world, put- tion to attribute to Rashida Tlaib words and
ting aside our phones and honing our speaking and ideas she didn’t say.
Lois and her friends went to the Altneuschul in listening skills. When the weather is good, we pray In defending Tlaib, Linda Sarsour, the Pales-
Prague, which still is functioning as a synagogue. Mincha, the afternoon service, outside and then let tinian-American activist, tweeted: “It’s not about
the students “have recess” so they can hang out, get what we say, it’s who we are. It’s based on oriental-
Taveling some fresh air, and simply talk to each other with- ist tropes that deem Muslims and Arabs inherently
from page 13 out the intrusion of a screen. Come to think of it, the anti-Semitic. It’s racist. It’s bigoted. It’s finally being
yet another guide told us how Jews were protected by spiritual rhythm of the Jewish day offers us oppor- exposed.”
neighbors in the Middle Ages — until they weren’t. A small tunities to unplug from our screens and take time to In invoking Islamophobia, Sarsour exactly mir-
memorial marks the site of a demolished synagogue. appreciate God and enjoy nature and each other in rors critics who are too quick to hear anti-Semi-
We’ll be sailing tonight for Austria, where I have no healthy, unfettered ways. tism in everything she and fellow high-profile Mus-
doubt I’ll overreact to some well-meaning docent who Any new technology requires adjustments lim women, including Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar,
loves her country. I have no idea how to prevent these gut and adaptations, but we shouldn’t turn tech into say. Each indeed has uttered remarks that invoked
reactions, though I’m not allowing them to overshadow a bogeyman, nor should we let it turn us against anti-Semitic tropes. There’s fair criticism and crit-
what otherwise is a lovely trip. Still, it would be nice to be each other. Let’s stay centered, and not get sucked icism made in bad faith. Sarsour seems to suggest
able to trust our host countries unreservedly, rather than into the whirlwinds of our time. As I said to two that Muslim Americans like her should take no
conjuring up images of a less welcoming past. students when I caught them playing Fortnite in a responsibility for the things they say that Jews and
school lounge when they should have been in class, others take as offensive.
“Don’t let the game master you. You master the And she ignores the single biggest factor driving
game.” They looked at me, sighed, but then got up these charges of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia:
to return . . . to life. political expediency. Tlaib and Omar are a gift
to the Republican Party, just as they are a head-
ache for the Democrats. By broadcasting their
misguided statements and inventing others, the
Tlaib right uses both freshman lawmakers to portray
from page 34 Democrats in ways sure to rile their own base and
And I love the fact that it was my ancestors energize their Jewish voters and givers: as radical,
that provided that, right?, in many ways. But anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, and frankly, un-Ameri-
they did it in a way that took their human dignity can. It doesn’t hurt that they are Muslim, a handy
away, right, and it was forced on them. “other” for political factions that like to invoke
Tlaib does not assert that Palestinians welcomed America’s “Judeo-Christian” tradition.
Jews or worked in any way to create the “safe Democrats often join in attacking these celeb-
haven.” Instead, she says, using the passive voice, rity newcomers in order to separate themselves
that Palestinians were displaced “in the name of from the increasingly diverse insurgency on their
trying to create a safe haven for Jews.” In fact, “it left — and sometimes they distort comments on
was forced on them” — that is, the Palestinians. And the other side to score political points.
despite the cost to her people in property and dig- Tlaib and Omar seem only too happy to pro-
nity, she goes on, she “love[s] the fact that” some- vide fodder for these firefights, in which every-
thing good came of it — a safe haven for Jews who one is shooting blanks.
were suffering “horrific persecution” around the But in this instance Tlaib didn’t say what they
world. say she said. Although she is no Zionist, she
She does say that it was her “ancestors that acknowledged Jewish suffering and offered up a
Plaque in Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, commemo- provided that,” but “provided” is different than slice of understanding as to why Jews needed a
rating Sigmund Steiner, who opened an antique store “created.” And Tlaib qualifies “provided” with homeland. It’s hardly a path to reconciliation, but
in 1847. The monument is for the sixteen family mem- “in many ways” — hardly an assertion of open it isn’t anti-Semitism either.
bers who were killed in a concentration camp. arms — and immediately says that “they did it”  Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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