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Egyptian valedictorian
gives powerful speech
at Tel Aviv graduation
A great commencement speaker
Tel Aviv cheers new subway,

bemoans its construction
In 2011, when Los Angeles shut
down a stretch of one of its busiest

highways for a weekend of repairs,
residents braced for a traffic jam of
biblical proportions. Similar sentiments preceded the start of construction of Tel Avivs long-awaited
light rail system earlier this month.
But rather than a few days of
inconvenience, city officials warned
that construction is likely to cause
extensive congestion in the center
of Israel, already the countrys
busiest corridor, for years to come.
Switch to public transportation,
Brig. Gen. Yoram Ohayon, deputy
commander of the Tel Aviv District
police, advised commuters at a
press conference. It will be easier
to get to Tel Aviv and to move
about inside it that way.
The Tel Aviv rail system would
be a welcome relief for the
approximately half a million cars
that flood the city daily from
surrounding suburbs, and ultimately
mitigate what has become a citywide
parking lot of honking cars and buses
navigating narrow one-way streets
or feeding into a handful of major
thoroughfares during rush hour.
But to make shakshuka, youve got to
break a few eggs. And to give Tel Aviv
a light rail system, you have to make a
few traffic jams and blow up a bridge
or two.
Traffic in the city during the first
weeks of construction hasnt been as
bad as some people feared.
But officials expect that to change
when several major junctions are closed
in the near future, and in particular
when the 39-year-old Maariv Bridge is
demolished to make room for the new
Carlebach underground light rail station
that will rise on its ruins.
However necessary the project may
be, dont expect Israelis to bear it
quietly.
Business owners have bemoaned
the disruption to parking, as well as
the inevitable dust, debris, and noise
that drive away customers not
to mention a fear of invading rats
driven aboveground by underground
construction.
Officials working on the rail systems
initial Red Line, comprising 10

underground stations, said the area
affected by increased traffic could
span a radius of more than 25 miles
reaching as far north as the city of
Netanya, to Ashdod to the south and to
Modiin to the east and exacerbate an
already overtaxed network of highways
and roads.
Last week, plans for the forthcoming
Green Line were announced. The
line will connect Tel Aviv to Herzliya
in the north and Holon in the south,
with stops at Tel Aviv University and
municipal business districts. (The plans
are subject to public comment, and are
pending approval.)
The Tel Aviv light rail project has
been a pipe dream of residents and
politicians in the coastal city for nearly
two decades. Signs around town
declaring the start of construction are
now comically out of date.
Jerusalems light rail system, which
opened over budget in the fall of 2011,
faced its own set of challenges and
controversy, along with hope that it
might unite a culturally divided city (a
hope that was diminished after riots
last summer).
BRIAN SCHAEFER / JTA WIRE SERVICE
like Stephen Colbert or the late David

Foster Wallace can elevate an otherwise mundane college graduation
ceremony.
International masters students at
Tel Aviv University were graced with
such a speaker at their graduation
last week. The class valedictorian,
Haisam Hassanein, was brought up in
rural Egypt a place not exactly renowned for its pro-Israel feelings. But
in a speech that is sure to be cited
for years to come, Hassanein praised
Israel as a haven of diversity and coexistence.
If you think you heard a million
reasons why not to come to Israel, I
heard a million and a half, Hassanein
said. Growing up in Egypt, the entire
country had opinions about Israel,
and none of them were positive. All
we knew was that we had fought
bloody wars, and that they were not
like us.
Hassanein said that his first exposure to Israel in Egypt was through
anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist music
and television that depicted Israelis as spies and thieves. He said
he expected to find Israelis unfriendly, but as soon as he arrived
in the country, his anxieties quickly
dissipated.
On my very first day here at the
university, I saw men in kippahs,
women in headscarves and hijabs.
I saw soldiers walking peacefully
among crowds of lively students. I
learned there were people of ev-
ery kind in the university, and the

university had a place for all of them
Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze,
Bedouins, and even international students, Hassanein said.
How fascinating is it to be in a city
where you can to go a beach in central Tel Aviv and see a Muslim woman,
a couple of gays kissing, and a chasid
sharing the same small space? Where
else can you find a Christian Arab
whose apartment is decorated with
posters of Mao and Lenin? Where
else can you see a Bedouin IDF soldier reading the Koran on the train
during Ramadan?
We must always question our assumptions. Being here in Israel has
taught me that life is full of paradoxes and complexities that nothing is
straightforward, and that things are
often not as they are made to seem.
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AMERICAN ULTRA:
The chemistry
continues
Back in 2008,
JESSE EISENBERG, now 31, and
Kristen Stewart had
definite on-screen
chemistry in the highly
praised Adventureland, a coming-of-age
film in which they
played recent high
school grads who
eventually get romantic.
(Ironically, her character
was Jewish and his was
not.) Stewart commented on that chemistry in
a recent Today show
interview about the
duos new film, American Ultra, a comedy/
drama that opens today.
They are both sort of
nerds in real life, the
actress said, but somehow together on screen
they mesh and make
one complete, pretty
cool person.
In Ultra, Eisenberg
plays Mike, a seemingly hapless small-town
stoner who lives with
his girlfriend (Stewart).
Mike doesnt remember that he was secretly
trained by the government to be a deadly
agent hes a sleeper
who doesnt know hes a
sleeper. The action takes
off when the government targets Mike for
extermination. In a flash
of an eye, his agent
training comes back to
him, and he fights to
survive with the help of
his girlfriend. The bad
CIA guy whos after
Mike is played by Topher

Grace, whose paternal
grandma was Jewish.
In a recent column, I
wrote about Diary of
a Teenage Girl, which
opened in some theaters on August 7:
There are great advance reviews for this
film about the sexual
coming-of-age of Minnie, a girl raised in a
loose, hippie-esque
1970s San Francisco
household. MARGARITA
LEVIEVA, 35, a talent
who needs a star role,
has a large supporting
role as a wild lesbian
friend of Minnies.
Well, the film opened
to incredibly good reviews, like this one in the
Chicago Tribune: Movies concerned with the
life, the mind, the body
and the dawning selfrespect of a 15-year-old
girl running every sort
of risk these are rare.
The Diary of a Teenage
Girl is one of them, and
its terrific.
The Oscar buzz
around Diary compels
me to note here that I
recently learned that the
films star, BEL POWLEY, 23, is Jewish. Born
and raised in England,
most of her work has
been on the stage and
on UK TV. Her non-Jewish father, Mark Powley,
is a British TV actor. Her
mother, who is Jewish,
is casting agent JANIS
JAFFA. Whats known
Jesse Eisenberg
Margarita Levieva
Bel Powley
Steven Spielberg
Michael Rapaport
J. J. Abrams
about Powleys Jewish

background is limited
to a tweet she sent out
in which she called herself Jewish. Powleys
performance in Diary
is being labeled, everywhere, a breakthrough
role.
One more Jewish tidbit the film is based
on a semi-autobiographical graphic novel
by Phoebe Gloeckner, who isnt Jewish.
Gloeckner has long
idolized famous underground comic book
writer ALINE KOMIN-
SKY, 67. Gloeckners

character Minnie is an
aspiring cartoonist, and
in the film, Minnie fantasizes conversations
with Kominsky, her idol.
(Kominskys voice is
provided by an actor).
A 10-episode TNT
series, Public
Morals, starts on
Tuesday, August 25, at
10 p.m. It was created by
the talented filmmaker
Edward Burns, is
produced by STEVEN
SPIELBERGs company,
and co-stars Burns and
MICHAEL RAPAPORT,
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45. The series is set in

the 1960s, and Burns
plays an Irish-American
New York City police
detective in the vice unit
who tries to steer clear
of the many illegal
temptations offered vice
officers. Staying clean
becomes harder when a
war breaks out between
two factions of Manhattans Irish American
mob. Meanwhile, his
partner, played by
Rapaport, is the vice
units muscle; he
certainly is not a clean
cop. Rapaport is a
familiar face to TV
watchers and moviegoers. He often plays
tough guys, like villain
Daryl Crowe in Justified.
Director/producer
J.J. ABRAMS, 49,
was one of JON
STEWARTs last guests.
He directed the highly
anticipated Star Wars:
Episode VIIThe Force
Awakens, set to open in
December. We all knew
that HARRISON FORD,
73, suffered an ankle
injury while making this
film. We hadnt known
that Abrams was injured,
too. Fords injury, Abrams
said, happened when the
door of a prop spaceship
accidentally slammed
down. Abrams told
Stewart that he raced to
help Ford and heard a
popping sound as he
tried to open the door.
Abrams doctor later
determined that Abrams
had broken his back.
Abrams told Stewart that
Ford recovered within a
month, while he was still
wearing a back brace
under his clothes. He
described the scene:
Harrison Ford, from
across the stage, sprints
at me faster than I will
ever runAnd hes like,
Hey J.J.! And Im like, Hi,
Harrison Ford. Ooh it
hurts to talk that way. I
felt like the most nebbishy Jewish director
ever.
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I should be there
Four young local IDF recruits talk about their decision to become lone soldiers
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
n August 17, 11 New Jersey residents joined 48 other future

Israeli soldiers from across
North America aboard a flight
from New York to Tel Aviv.
Instead of settling into a college dorm
or a first job after college, most will live in
kibbutz housing as they prepare for two
or three years in the Israel Defense Forces
through the Lone Soldiers program of
Friends of the IDF and Nefesh BNefesh .
Many of them will live in peer clusters as
members of the Israel Scouts-affiliated soldier support program Garin Tzabar.
Nobody was recruited or coerced, not
even the ones who hold Israeli citizenship,
as many of them do. Both the Lone Soldiers program and Garin Tzabar are there
for those recruits who voluntarily choose
to serve their ancestral homeland in the
army or through National Service.
Its been a progression of things
throughout my life that led
up to this, Avioz Hanan, 21,
of Teaneck, a recent graduate of the University of Maryland, said a few days before
the flight. I was born in
Haifa, I moved here at age 4,
and we went back every year
to visit family and friends.
I always had a connection
to Israel, and every time something happened there I really wanted to go.
Every time something happened there
generally refers to an incidence of conflict.
For Mr. Hanan, the straw that broke the
camels back was last summers war with
Hamas in Gaza. He tried to explain the pull
for him and others with similar sensibilities. Whenever theres a conflict it puts
everything in perspective for us, he said.
It brings up the connection we have to
Israel and strengthens it. When something
happens, I start questioning why Im here
and not there helping.
When Mr. Hanan told his parents that
he was thinking of joining Garin Tzabar
and serving in the army, they were kind
of expecting it, he said. Of course they
are worried and they would prefer I didnt
go, but they are proud of me. His father
is Israeli by birth; his mother is American.
Like the others on the flight, Mr. Hanan
does not know yet where the army will
place him. That depends on the outcome
of physical and psychological testing that
will be done over the next few months
while he is living on Kibbutz Yehiam in
the western Galilee. If I had a choice, Id
like to serve in the infantry, maybe one of
Cochava Silvera
DALIA GATOFFF
Michael Bruck
ILANA BRUCK
Israel is central to our survival and

I need to go there to do my part to
protect it.
Another reason, a more personal one, motivates him as well.
Ive had a lot of army-related
deaths in my family, he said. His
grandfather fell in the Six-Day War,
AVIOZ HANAN
and his cousin was killed in battle
in Lebanon in 1995. Last year, another of
the special-forces units, he said.
For now, he plans to return to the United
his cousins was standing near a train station in Tel Aviv wearing his army uniform,
States after his discharge. The hardest
talking to his girlfriend on the phone,
part of leaving is putting my life on hold
when a terrorist stabbed him fatally.
for a couple of years, Mr. Hanan said. My
I feel if I dont go and give my part,
friends are starting their careers and Im
they sacrificed their lives for no reason,
starting this journey and I dont know
Mr. Bruck said.
where it will lead me.
Dotan Rand, 18, of Fair Lawn also has a
Michael Bruck, 18, of Paramus, joined
personal inspiration for joining the army,
Garin Tzabar instead of applying to college. I started to realize maybe college
aside from having been raised in a super
was not for me right now, he said. There
Zionist household by parents originally
are things I want to do before; I want to
from Tel Aviv.
take a detour. As he spoke, he was packBoth my grandfathers were Holocaust
ing for his trip with his Israeli girlfriend
survivors, she said. Her maternal grandfather told her that his dream of getting
from Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., whom he met
to the Promised Land gave him hope to
through Garin Tzabar. The couple is part
make it through. He went to Palestine and
of a group staying on Kibbutz Beit Zera
worked in the swamps right after the war.
near Lake Kinneret.
All my life I heard about what my grandMr. Bruck, a recent graduate of Schechter Westchester High School, was born
parents went through. I went to Israel
to Israeli parents. Hebrew is his first lanevery summer and spent time with them
guage. Through yearly trips to Israel, he
and with my Israeli cousins, aunts, and
feels very much a part of Israeli culture.
uncles, and I wanted to be like them. I
Im also a pretty big Zionist, he said.
wanted to serve like them.
I am not religious at all, but my ancestral
A recent alumna of the Frisch School
connection is strong, and I always went
in Paramus, Ms. Rand will live on the
to Jewish schools and learned Jewish hisOrthodox Kibbutz Lavi as part of Garin
tory, both ancient and modern. I believe
Tzabars division for lone soldiers who are
Dotan Rand
Whenever theres a
conflict it puts everything
in perspective for us.
6 JEWISH STANDARD AUGUST 21, 2015
Avioz Hanan
Sabbath-observant and keep kosher. She

is the baby of her family, she said, and it
is hard to leave her parents and siblings,
but she thinks about two of her cousins
who were injured on IDF duty, one losing a limb and another losing an eye in
combat. I saw that, and said to myself, if
somebody could risk two years of their life
for their country, they should, she said.
Cochava Silvera, 18, of Bergenfield is
unlike the other young people on the
flight to Israel because she is not Israeli
and she is not going directly into the army.
Instead, Ms. Silvera, who graduated from
SAR High School in Riverdale, N.Y., signed
up for a pre-army Torah study program for
young women at Midreshet Lindenbaum
in Jerusalem.
Ill be learning with the girls Im going
Local
into the army with, and thats a big plus,
she said. Though many Orthodox young
women opt for National Service rather
than the IDF, she preferred to emulate
most Israeli 18-year-olds by serving in a
noncombat military role for two years.
Im petrified, Im scared of guns, but why
shouldnt it be me? she said. I want to
give back in that way.
Her family always has discussed the
idea of aliyah It wasnt an idea I just
came up with and surprised my parents,
she said but she traces her determination to move to Israel not to those family
talks but to the terrorist murders of five
members of the Fogel family in an Israeli
town in March 2011.
I was in eighth grade at the time and
we didnt talk about it in school, but I was
so upset about it that my teacher sent me
to talk to someone in the office, Ms. Silvera said.
There was a feeling inside me that I
cant describe; a feeling like Why am I
here in America? I should be there. Im listening to that feeling, and I will be there.
Lihi Moshe, 18, of Fair Lawn also made
aliyah that day.
Right, future Israeli soldiers after
landing at Ben Gurion Airport.
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Whos chopped liver now?

Granddaughter, grandmothers shared bat mitzvah creates new bonds
JOANNE PALMER
ecoming a bat or bar mitzvah is

about many things, but it is fair
to say that prominent among
them is Jewish continuity.
And so is love, and so is weaving love
and continuity together into a strong rope
strong enough for generations to hold
onto together.
Okay. So how does this work in real life?
Dianne Nashel of Tenafly never had a
bat mitzvah, and neither did her mother,
Ruth Steckman. But her three daughters
did, and next June her oldest grandchild,
her granddaughter Raina Nashel Lambert
of Ocean Township, who is now 11, will
become bat mitzvah.
So far, so ordinary.
But Raina wasnt content to leave it at
that. Raina was talking with my daughter, who said, You know, grandma always
said that all the boys in the family had bar
mitzvahs, and they all went to yeshiva,
and the girls were like chopped liver, Ms.
Nashel said.
In fact, Ms. Nashel is one of eight first
cousins. I grew up in Forest Hills, a very
Jewish section of Queens, she said. All
four of my boy cousins went to yeshiva at
least through eighth grade, and all of them
had a bar mitzvah, but the girls all four
of us had nothing. So I made sure that my
daughters all had bat mitzvahs, because I
thought it was the right thing to do.
Her daughters all celebrated becoming
bat mitzvah at Temple Sinai in Tenafly.
My husband, Howard, was an atheist
although when he went to shul it was
Orthodox but he was very much in
favor of it. He said, I might not believe in
God, but I am surely Jewish.
Now its Rainas turn to plan her bat
mitzvah, set for next June at Temple Beth
Miriam in Elburon. When her mother,
Marissa Nashel Lambert, mentioned
her own mothers situation, Raina knew
exactly what she wanted to do. She said,
Lets do it together, her grandmother
said. She said, Lets ask the rabbi.
The first thing I said to her was, I
dont want to take away from your special
Dianne Nashel is
surrounded by her five
grandsons and two
granddaughters. Raina
is at the right.
M. NASHEL PHOTOGRAPHY
Raina Lambert and Dianne Nashel show Agnes Young, who is active in the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades Senior Activity Center, how to use an iPad.
occasion, and she said, No. It will just

make it more wonderful.
The rabbi has to plan what he will do
at the service most likely Raina will
JCCTOP
chant the Torah portion in Hebrew and

Ms. Nashel will read it in English, but
thats not settled yet. There also is the
mitzvah project called Kishrei HaLev,
connections of the heart that is a necessary part of becoming bat mitzvah at

Beth Miriam.
That part was very important to us,
and we had to think of something that we
could do together, Ms. Nashel said.
Ms. Nashel is a hands-on philanthropist
in Bergen County; an abbreviated list of
her affiliations shows that she has been
president of Jewish Family Service of Bergen and North Hudson twice, and now
chairs the senior adult department of the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly.
I have devoted my time to local Jewish
charities, she said. I am very active, and
I like to see the fruit of my labor affecting
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Im Sun. Lets dance.

Teaneck triathlete tells the story of how she finished
the West Point race
Remember this is your race.
There are 10 waves of around 50
finished.
people who start the race in the lake. I
After 2 hours, 45 minutes,
was part of the third wave, the red swim
43 seconds, I placed 543rd out
caps. I walked in with my wet suit on,
of 548 people who finished the
tasted the fresh sweet water, and was
West Point Triathlon. I finished.
calm. This would be easier than the
Last August 26, I was wondering what
salty Belle Harbor ocean where I had
my next challenge should be. Just then,
been practicing for the last three weeks.
David Roher, who had been telling me
I started swimming. I looked back and
for years that I should complete a trisaw the next wave of caps swimming
athlon, posted on Facebook that he had
quickly up to me. My heart started racing, and I couldnt catch my breath. I
just completed the Louisville Ironman.
Sunni Herman beams after
turned onto my back to slow my breathI Facebook messaged him, Im ready.
the triathlon.
ing and started doing the backstroke. I
He asked me to call him and I did at
went off course because I wasnt watch11:45 p.m. David asked me my goal. I
ing where I was going.
said, to finish. I hired him as my coach on the spot.
I started by asking Beryl, the lifeguard at the Kaplen
As I swam, I said to myself over and over, This is my
JCC pool, how many lengths of the pool I have to cross in
race. Failure is not an option. By the last third of the 800
order to swim a mile. 64. Oy. I jumped in the pool, swam
meters, I was able to control my breathing and finish with
one lap, crossed into the second lane, and got out of the
the freestyle stroke.
pool gasping for breath. Over the next two months, David
I had lost so much time during the swim that when
taught me how to swim from scratch at the Glenpointe
I got my bike, the first bikers already were starting to
pool. After each lap, Id stop for about five minutes, trying
run. But I took my time, used the portable bathroom,
to catch my breath. And then I did another lap. For the
brushed my hair, and got on the bike for the 22K ride.
next 10 months, I would arrive at the JCC pool at 6 a.m.
The hills were a breeze. Literally. I was able to fly
twice a week, even in 4-degree weather, to swim, first
through them and enjoy the gorgeous West Point scenery. When I returned to transition where you prepare
two laps, then four, then eight, then 12, until I was consistently doing 64. I would look at the guys and women,
for the next segment I saw that my brand-new wet
sleek and fast in their bathing suits, and say I want to do
suit was missing and there was a ratty old one was in
that one day. I remember the day that I got out of the pool
its place. I said to the lieutenant colonel in charge of
and the lifeguard said to me, Hows life in the fast lane?
the race that I couldnt find my wet suit and I looked
I had been swimming in the lane designated as fast.
down. There, on the ground, was the person I had finished the bike with. She was unconscious; medics surI ran half a block. Thats it. My legs would cramp, my
rounded her and had given her oxygen. I said, Never
toes would twist. I loaded RunKeeper on my iPod. Packed
mind about the wet suit.
it with great dance music and ran. Half a mile. A mile.
And I started the 5K run. Despite the hills, it was my
And on. I bought the coolest sneakers at Road Runner
easiest run ever.
and the best running outfit and gloves. As long as it was
The great thing about finishing so late is that everyone
more than 25 degrees, I was running.
else passes you as they are leaving and they call to you,
Biking is my sport. Ive done the Five Boro Bike Tour
Great job. You can do it. They are encouraging you to
many times, the last time in the pouring rain. I could do
get to the end.
this but I cant stop. So I practiced stopping on hills,
When I heard the announcer say Sunni Herman. 42.
going up and down the Degraw hill in Leonia. Going
Teaneck, NJ. at the finish line, it was awesome.
around and around the hills in the Country Club section
As I walked back to transition, I saw a woman dancing
of Teaneck. And stopping in the middle of the hill.
on a hill. I said, Thats what I do after I run and bike
When I heard that Rochelle Shoretz, the founder of
dance on my front lawn. Can I join you? She said her
Sharsheret (who was a year ahead of me at Shulamith
name was Star. I said that was perfect. Im Sun. Lets
High School in Brooklyn) passed away in May, I was
dance.
devastated. She was larger than life and truly my idol.
We took a selfie and I emailed it to Star. I went back to
She had told me years ago that I should do a triathlon. I
my bike and sure enough, Star was the name on the red
decided immediately to go public with my race, to join
wet suit that had been left behind! She texted me the next
Team Sharsheret, and to dedicate the race to her memory, in honor of my grandmother (a 40-year breast cancer
day that her friend had taken my wet suit instead of hers
survivor) and in honor of my father, Dr. Abe Pollack, a
by mistake.
relentless hunter for the sneakiest of breast cancers.
For me, this triathlon was about beating the odds and
The Friday before the race I spoke with my brother
living. It was about inner and outer strength. Setting a
Michael in Israel, who came in second in a Mr. Israel
goal and working like anything to make it happen. It was
bodybuilding contest years ago. He said that it is about
about the Sharsheret, the Chain, that links us to hunt
the journey; that the yearlong commitment of training
down and obliterate cancer together and encourage passionate compassionate living.
to achieve the goal is just as important as completing the
I hope this story inspires you to set a goal and finish.
race itself.
Right before the race started, a woman saw my
Sunni Herman is the Executive Vice President of the Jewish
Sharsheret Tri-shirt, came up to me, and said, Ive been
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Meet three rabbis and a cantor as they join the community
LOIS GOLDRICH
emple Emanuel of
the Pascack Valley
in Woodcliff Lake
kicks off the new
year with a new rabbi and a
new cantor both, as it happens, passionately committed
to members spiritual growth.
I want to hear their questions, Rabbi David Klatzker
said. He wants congregants to
appreciate the spiritual dimensions of Jewish life, he added.
Rabbi Klatzker is the shuls
transitional or interim rabbi.
He is replacing Rabbi Benjamin Shull, who chose to move
to Tikvat Israel Congregation
in Rockville, Maryland. A
transitional rabbi does all the
things a regular rabbi does,
but has a special focus on helping the congregation deal with
Rabbi David Klatzker
change, Rabbi Klatzker said.
Some people get anxious when
their rabbi leaves, because theres a cerRabbi Klatzker already has started to
tain element of mourning.
interview members of the congregation.
The interim rabbi tries to deal with
I tell people that my job as transitional
that, trying to focus the congregation
rabbi is to teach Torah and go out for coffee, he said. The position suits him well.
on the many good things that are going
Im energized by changes, he said. I
on, that are truly life-giving, he continued. We build on those things. It is also
enjoy parachuting into a community and
working for a specific period of time.
He said that as far as he knows, he is
the only Conservative rabbi who has been
accredited as a transition specialist by
the Interim Ministry Network, a two-year
training program in leading congregations
through change.
The network, offered mainly for Christian clergy but increasingly popular among
Reform rabbis, was started some 30 years
ago, when churches started to engage
interim ministers and devised a special
training program to help them.
RABBI DAVID KLATZKER
They discovered it was very successful, he said. It works well for him too.
important for the interim rabbi to make
When his three grown children Micah,
small changes in how things are done, he
Judah, and Meira moved out of the
said, noting that he will try to work with
house, he and his wife, Randy Katz a
the shuls search committee as it looks for
recovering attorney and Jewish educator
a permanent rabbi. He hopes to help com were able to move around more freely,
mittee members pick the right candidate
he said.
for the position.
An experienced religious leader, Rabbi
His passion is for teaching, whether chilKlatzker worked in congregations in
dren, teenagers, or adults, Rabbi Klatzer
Natick, Mass. (where he served as associate rabbi to Rabbi Harold Kushner I
said. I share my own spiritual life with
learned a great deal from him, he said);
the congregation, he said. I talk about
Erdenheim, Penn.; Peabody, Mass.; Long
what Im experiencing and feeling pertaining to the Torah portion, holidays, or
Beach, Calif., and Commack, N.Y.
whatever is going on and invite them to
He loves teaching people of all ages,
dialogue with me. It works well better
Rabbi Klatzker said, and he noted that
than throwing out answers to questions
increasing numbers of youngsters will
that have never been asked.
soon be entering the synagogues early
I tell people
that my job as
transitional rabbi
is to teach Torah
and go out
for coffee.
Cantor Alan Sokoloff
childhood program. Because the Washington Township YJCC has closed, we are
picking up a lot of those young families,
he said. It will be challenging but a good
thing for the congregation. It will also work
out for the larger community.
A graduate of Pomona College in California, Rabbi Klatzker did graduate work
in Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and later earned a Ph.D.
from Temple University and was given an
honorary doctor of divinity degree from
the Jewish Theological Seminary. He also
has been the co-chairman of the Philadelphia Conservative Introduction to Judaism program and chaired the Interfaith
Outreach Committee of the Robert I. Lappin Foundation in Massachusetts, which
helps support interfaith families. He also
studied pastoral psychology at the Philadelphia Psychiatric Center and Jewish family education at the Whizin Institute in Los
Angeles.
Cantor Alan Sokoloff

Cantor Alan Sokoloff, the synagogues new
chazzan, who took up his position on July
1, will join Rabbi Klatzker on the bimah
in Woodcliff Lake. He is replacing Cantor Mark Biddelman, who retired after 48
years at the shul.
Actually, I was in Israel then, on his
official start date, Cantor Sokoloff said;
he arrived at the synagogue on July 15. I
trained twins from New York City for their
bnai mitzvah and they took me with them
to Jerusalem to officiate.
Cantor of the Westchester Jewish Center in Mamaroneck for some 14 years,
the chazzan also taught

at the Solomon Schechter High School in Hartsdale, N.Y., where he led
Friday morning tefilah
and taught Torah trope to
fourth-graders. That culminated in a siyyum Bereishit, he said. The entire
fourth grade read Torah.
He continues to volunteer
at the school.
I love what I do, and
I love being a cantor, he
said, noting that his duties
in Woodcliff Lake will
include leading services
on Shabbat and festivals,
preparing bnai mitzvah,
teaching seventh-graders in the shuls religious
school, and participating in its adult education
program.
In July, the cantor
added another line to his
rsum, receiving rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Spiritual
Leadership Institute, the Manhattan-based
program run by Rabbi Steven Blane, who
used to live in Bergenfield.
But here Ill be the cantor, Cantor
Sokoloff said. I have been a cantor for 25
years, a fact that I am very proud of. I am
the cantor at Temple Emanuel and hope
to be in that role for many years to come.
His goal is to inspire his students, he
added, using the music of the prayer
book and the Torah to reach and make a
connection with them, whether they are
12 years old or adult.
He also hopes to have the opportunity
to sing with members of the congregation,
and he plans to share the bimah with Cantor Emeritus Mark Biddelman on the High
Holy Days. Congregants will hear established, loved melodies and learn both new
and traditional melodies, he said.
His strength, he added, is his ability to
establish strong bonds with young people
and adults alike, providing a spiritual and
social connection to the synagogue and to
our Jewish community. He prides himself
on continuing these relationships long
after the bar mitzvah.
Recently, Cantor Sokoloff said, he took a
former student to breakfast, as the young
man was about to leave for the Israeli
army. He also maintains email connections
to college students. Teaching is key, using
the language of our people and the music
of our people to reach them and establish
connections, he said.
He is pleased to have the opportunity to meet and work with a new community sharing with them his skills,
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commitments, and talents. Among those
talents is cooking. I love to cook and
bake, he said. In religious school, I utilize the kitchen as an important part of my
teaching. Students have the opportunity to
create Jewish delicacies.
The cantor and his wife, Erica the
director of Jewish life at Carmel Academy
in Greenwich, Conn. are the parents of
Arielle and Ranan. His daughter is a group
coordinator for the JDC in New York City;
his son is an apprentice farmer and manager of the greenhouse at Stone Barns in
Tarrytown, N.Y.
Cantor Sokoloff, who grew up in Sharon,
Mass., and was a protg of Cantor Harold
Lew at Temple Israel of Sharon, continued
his cantorial studies with Master Cantor
David Bagley in Toronto and was a member of the Cantors Assembly class of 1990.
a key to keeping our congregation moving forward. She also is looking forward
to opportunities for teaching and public
speaking.
My number one goal for this year may
be different than for future years, she
said, indicating that at least initially she is
not looking to make many changes.
I learned from many of my mentors
that creating change initially can be very
jarring. There are already so many things
going on with a transition. Relationship
building is a priority.
Rabbi Schlosberg, who recently moved
to Fair Lawn with her husband, Micah, and
their young daughter, said she has sent an
email to the synagogues members, telling
them not to expect any changes right away.
Thats not my goal, she said, although
thats not to say that things wont be different. By nature Im a different person than the
rabbi she is replacing.
There are some projects, however, that she
would like to work on
sooner rather than
later. Id like to reinstitute our chesed efforts,
to support those in
great need, whether
CANTOR ALAN SOKOLOFF
after loss, illness, or
the birth of a child. Id
In addition to his position at the Westcheslike to support families during their variter Jewish Center, he also served in Albany,
ous life-cycle events, to systematize more
N.Y., and Des Moines, Iowa. He is an active
the things were doing here that could benefit from a more organized process.
member of the Cantors Assembly and a
Although inreach is her primary goal,
founding member of Kol Hazzanim: The
she also looks forward to strengthening
Westchester Board of Cantors.
the synagogues social action program,
Rabbi Jennifer Schlosberg
which serves the wider community.
Rabbi Jennifer Schlosberg is now the reliUltimately, she said, she aims to build
gious leader of the Glen Rock Jewish Cenrelationships with community members
ter, replacing Rabbi Neil Tow.
of all ages, and to incorporate the richness
Formerly the assistant rabbi at Temple
of the Jewish tradition into their lives in
Beth Sholom in Roslyn Heights, N.Y. a
ways that speak to them most deeply and
Long Island synagogue
personally.
of some 700 families
Im proud that this
Rabbi Schlosberg said
community is open to
that while the size difhearing new ideas and takference bet ween the
ing risks by trying something else, she said. If it
two synagogues is quite
doesnt work, well tweak
marked, many of the
it. Theres a willingness to
challenges of running
try new things. I know it
them are similar.
sounds like a clich, but
Her priority, she said,
this is really an open and
will be a heavy focus
welcoming community.
on personal relationship building. I believe
A recent dessert reception
in making personal consponsored by the shuls sisnections with people.
Rabbi Jennifer Schlosberg
terhood drew more than
Like her colleagues, she
80 women.
is spending time meeting with members
It was very intergenerational, she
for one-on-one coffee dates. Getting to
continued. There were young moms
know members can be very helpful and
who are nursery school parents interacting with and learning from seniors
rewarding. Her goal is to increase and
in their 80s. I havent really seen that
systematize support mechanisms, first
interaction before, and I appreciate that
within the synagogue community, and
feeling.
later through outreach to the wider community, she said.
A graduate of the Jewish Theological
Rabbi Schlosberg said that she has
Seminary of America, where she received
experience working with young families,
a Neubauer fellowship, a Schusterman
Teaching is key, using the

language of our people
and the music of our
people to reach them and
establish connections.
rabbinical fellowship, and a Legacy Herispace initiative, to make this space our
tage rabbinic fellowship, Rabbi Schlosown.
berg interned at Congregation Ansche
A planned erev Rosh Hashanah dinner,
Chesed in Manhattan and the Dix Hills
which as far as he knows never has been
Jewish Center in Dix Hills, N.Y., while
tried before, is another new venture. The
pursuing her rabbinical studies. She was
dinner is designed to fill a need, providing a place for those without deep conalso a Legacy Heritage rabbinic fellow at
nections to the Jewish community, or who
Congregation Ahavath Israel in Kingston,
didnt grow up Jewish, or whose families
N.Y. As a chaplain at Bellevue Hospital
are not local. It will take place at the Ridgeand Jewish Home Lifecare, she received
wood shul at 5:30 p.m., one hour before
extensive training in pastoral care.
services. It is his hope that in addition to
Before she began rabbinical school,
members who want to
Rabbi Schlosberg
attend, folks will join us
worked for Hillel as a
who were never part of the
Jewish outreach professional at Miami Univercongregation.
sity in Ohio and at UCRabbi Lieberman said he
Santa Barbara and then
is not only a new rabbi in
at Hillels Schusterman
the community but literally a new rabbi. He graduInternational C enter
ated from the Reconstrucin Washington, D.C. In
tionist Rabbinical College
addition to her advocacy for the LGBT comin June this year and took
munity, she is a special
up his pulpit in July.
needs advocate and has
Hi s goals, he said,
conducted prayer serare mixed, combining
vices for people who are
Rabbi Jacob Lieberman
inreach/outreach and
blind, deaf, or hearing
spiritual vitalization.
impaired.
Im not saying revitalization, he said.
Rabbi Schlosberg holds an M.A. in JewThe congregation is spiritually vital. I
ish education from JTS and recently was
want to encourage that and see that blossom. To further this effort he is meeting
selected as the first recipient of the outstanding alumni award from the Greenwith members at homes and coffee shops
berg Center for Judaic Studies at her
and restaurants.
undergraduate school, the University of
I have experience in community organizing, he said, noting that he previously
Hartford.
worked in the labor movement. His plan
Rabbi Jacob Lieberman
is to meet with potential new members
Changes are afoot in Ridgewood as well.
and work to form partnerships with other
Last month, the Jewish Standard reported
groups. His aim is to foster a community
that the towns Temple Israel and Jewish
where members support one another
Community Center had entered into a
through community, spiritual seeking,
strategic partnership with Reconstrucand through Jewish practice and cultural
tionist Congregation Beth Israel, which
expressions of Jewishness.
sold its synagogue and parsonage building
In addition to creating a sacred space
in Maywood to share space, resources, and
committee, we are talking about having
governance, among other things, with the
an art space within our prayer space,
Ridgewood synagogue.
he said, suggesting that the congregation might host gallery openings to disRCBIs new religious leader, Rabbi Jacob
play members artworks or perhaps offer
Lieberman, is now also the assistant rabbi
musical events. His strength, he said, is
at Temple Israel.
that he is creative, an out-of-the-box
The partnership is working very well,
thinker.
Rabbi Lieberman said. Weve had some
He also is looking into the idea of offercross-pollination. Some members of Temple Israel have joined us, while some folks
ing cooking classes with the rabbi. I
from Beth Israel have gotten involved in
expect that food will be an important initiative, he said, citing the significance of
Temple Israel activities.
environmental activism and food justice
Both groups are energizing the other,
as well as the importance of kashrut.
he said, pointing out, however, that were
Rabbi Lieberman said he is also
continuing to retain the Reconstructionist
extremely interested in social justice, and
bent and trajectory.
there is much he would like to do in that
Rabbi Lieberman said his congregation,
area. He noted, however, that I want to
which had some drop-off with the geographic shift before he arrived, already
move on in coordination with Temple
has gotten its first new member. The
Israel, which already has an active social
pain for longtime members, he said, is
action committee.
not so much about having to drive to a new
His position in Ridgewood is half-time
location as it is about losing a building
he also works at the Reconstructionist
that represented the communitys center
Rabbinical College as the director of board
for so long.
relations. I split my time between Philadelphia and Ridgewood, half a week in
But were starting to heal, he added,
each location, he said.
noting that he has instituted a sacred
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My brief life as a terrorist

An Indian Jew from Teaneck reflects on perception and reality
Meylekh Viswanath
Terrorist?
Me?
Yes!
In fact, just recently, I experienced how it feels to be
suspected as a terrorist. Not once, not twice, but three
times. Once by Arab authorities, once by Indians (my own
countrymen) and once by African security.
The first time was at the Dubai airport. I live in Teaneck,
but just then I was traveling to Nairobi via Dubai on Emirates Airlines. My New York-Dubai flight was delayed, I
could not make my Dubai-Nairobi flight, and so I had to
stay overnight in Dubai. And since it was the airlines fault,
they put me up in Dubai at their expense.
But in order to get to my hotel, I had to get out into
the city. That meant that I had to go through Immigration. Whether warranted or not, I was always afraid to
visit Dubai for fear of being persecuted as a Jew. Being a
religious Jew, I would be found out as soon as somebody
looked through my baggage and found my siddur and talis
and tefillin; at least, thats how I reasoned. And so, in spite
of the fact that I had family living in Dubai, I never once
thought to visit them. But now, unexpectedly, I was thrust
into Dubai.
I boldly went through immigration and customs. Not
that I had a choice; if I didnt want to sleep in the airport,
I had to do it. And this being post 9/11, you could expect
to be scrutinized everywhere. And so it was with me. And
just as I had imagined, I was stopped as I walked through
the last control point. I was with two African men whom
I had met on the plane. They also were going to Nairobi.
They walked through; but I was stopped. And my heart
stopped. This was a modern international airport in the
21st century. It was unlikely that anything untoward could
happen to me. And still a slight fear gripped me.
The security agent at the scanning machine stopped me
and asked me to open my bag. Apparently hed seen something that concerned him. He pulled out my tefillin bag!
Just the stuff of my nightmares.
A pair of tefillin has no metal parts, so I presume it
was the bags weird shape and size that raised his suspicions. What is this? he asked. They are things I use for
prayer, I told him. I am a Jew, I added helpfully. And in
case it still wasnt clear, ana yahudi, I clarified in Arabic.
Whether the classical Arabic stumped him, or whether
he was less than impressed by either my Arabic or my
Jewishness, I dont know, but he ignored my answers. He
called somebody, and we waited. He had not clamped me
in irons, so I was free to move around, though I couldnt
and didnt want to move too far away from my possessions. Finally somebody came and took my tefillin bag
away for further inspection. Fortunately, he came back
soon and pronounced it and me acceptable. My bag
was handed over to me and I walked on into the intense
dry heat of Dubai. I decided not to tempt fate by wearing
my tsitsis outside my shirt while in Dubai, though I did
wear my cap.
The next day, I went back to the airport and boarded my
flight for Nairobi. Thus ended my Middle Eastern interlude
and my first experience as a suspected terrorist.
A few days later, I was in Nairobi. I had just got back
from a visit to an interesting self-described Jewish community about 110 miles away. If you know Nairobi, you would
know that its a city with endemic traffic jams, mostly
Furuha School in the Huruma slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
P.V. Viswanath
created by drivers who

insist on taking any available road space. This often
creates an interlocking grid
of vehicles, an unbreakable log jam. If youre
traveling near rush hour,
theres a good chance that
it will take you as many as
a couple of hours to go a
couple of miles. So while
I wanted very much to get
Melekh Viswanath
to my apartment, I knew it
was not a good idea to take
a cab, because it was around 5:30 p.m. just about the
worst time to tempt traffic fate. Thats why I was waiting
for my trusty boda-boda Swahili for a motorcycle taxi.
If you have a dependable boda-boda, you can reach
home relatively quickly and in one piece, even during
rush-hour. On the other hand, if your boda-boda driver
cavalier in his negotation of Nairobi traffic, you may not get
home safely. Fortunately, I had a couple of boda-boda drivers on call. They were careful, provided their passengers
with helmets and body-gear, and insisted that they wear it.
So there I was, waiting for my boda-boda on a Nairobi
street. I had just disembarked after a four-hour trip in a
crowded matatu a shared taxi-van. Knowing that my
driver was about 10 minutes away, I looked around for
something to to while I waited, and I noticed a Hindu temple in the vicinity on Kirinyaga Road. Now, Nairobi is relatively safe (it sort of reminds me of squeegee-prone preGiuliani New York), but rather than wait on a street corner
where I was the only foreigner, I choose to move closer
to the temple, where there was a guard. After a couple of
minutes waiting outside, I swung my backpack behind me
and walked into the temple, which belonged to the Shree
Swaminarayan sect from Gujarat.
The prayer area was not right by the door and so I asked
one of the people I saw walking into the temple where I
should go. I was speaking in Hindi, which I figured would
be understood, even though the members of this sect
mainly speak two other Indian languages, Gujarat and

Kutchi. I was directed up a staircase and I ascended. All
of a sudden, the African guard who had been on watch
outside came rushing up to me and asked me, in English,
what I wanted. I acted as if I didnt know what he was saying and replied to him in Hindi. He turned to one of the
people nearby for instruction; he was told it was okay, so
he left me alone. I continued up the staircase.
At the top of the stairs, I saw a lot of people in a foyer.
Beyond it there was a larger hall; people were waiting on
line to worship before the deity.
I went into the hall and looked around for a couple of
minutes. Not seeing anything particularly interesting,
I turned around to go downstairs. Imagine my surprise
when I saw every single eye in the foyer area trained in my
direction. I thought perhaps they were looking at something beyond me and I turned around to see that the people behind me were also looking in my direction. I realized
they were all looking at me.
It was not unreasonable that a dusty, bearded and (relatively) young man carrying a backpack might seem suspicious to them, but still I was taken aback. I continued on
down, the cynosure of all eyes, and exited the building to
wait, once more, for my boda-boda.
There were several Indians who had come out of the
temple, waiting outside. I tried to engage them in conversation in Hindi, but no one would respond to me. After
a couple of minutes, one of them took the initiative and
did start to talk to me. He asked me if I was from India. I
said yes, and asked him he had not answered me before.
Sheepishly, he replied that they werent sure about who I
was and felt uncomfortable.
We continued making small talk and soon my bodaboda came. I was on my way, indistinguishable from the
hundreds of other explosive-toting terrorists who dotted
the Nairobi landscape.
A couple of days later, I visited the offices of the Furaha
Foundation, an NGO in Huruma, a slum on the outskirts
of the city, about 9 miles from where I was staying. I called
my trusted boda-boda and was there within 40 minutes.
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Ill vote against deal

N.J.s senior senator says Congress could forge better agreement with Iran
LARRY YUDELSON
On Tuesday, Senator Bob Menendez
became the second Democratic U.S. senator to come out against the Iran nuclear
deal.
Speaking at Seton Hall University, the
New Jersey senator said, While I have
many specific concerns about this agreement, my overarching concern is that it
requires no dismantling of Irans nuclear
infrastructure and only mothballs that
infrastructure for 10 years. This deal
grants Iran permanent sanctions relief in
exchange for only temporary temporary
limitations on its nuclear program not
a rolling-back, not dismantlement, but
temporary limitations.
Mr. Menendez promised to vote against
the agreement, and to vote to override the
presidents promised veto.
With blanket Republican opposition to
the accord, there are now 56 votes in the
Senate to override, short of the 66 needed.
Twenty-three Democratic senators have
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announced their support for their accord

two of them, Jack Reed and Sheldon
Whitehouse, both of Rhode Island, on
Tuesday. The administration will need 34
votes to sustain a veto.
That leaves 21 unannounced.
One of the most prominent of those is
New Jerseys other senator, Cory Booker.
Earlier this month, speaking in a conference call with Jewish communal activists,
Mr. Booker described the decision as one
of the most challenging moments in my
senatorial career, according to a participant in the call.
On Tuesday, Mr. Bookers decision was
the subject of a full page advertisement
in the New York Times, paid for by Rabbi
Shmuley Boteach, Mr. Bookers longtime mentor in things Jewish, along with
Norpac and the Zionist Organization of
America.
Senator Booker, at this grave moment
we implore you to act with courage and
vote to kill the catastrophic deal with
Iran. Before Iranian nukes kill millions of
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Americans, the ad concluded.

Last week, the board of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey came out
against the deal, and urged the community
to call Mr. Booker and other political figures and implore them to oppose the deal.
This Iran deal threatens the mission
of our Federation, which is to ensure the
continuity of the Jewish people, support
a secure State of Israel, care for Jews in
need here and abroad, and mobilize the
community on issues of concern, said the
statement by the board.
In making this decision we understand,
respect, and appreciate that members of
northern New Jerseys Jewish community
hold a wide array of views on this agreement. In light of Irans abhorrent conduct
on the international stage, it is impossible
for the Jewish Federation of Northern New
Jersey to stand silent on any agreement
that will allow Iran to continue its destabilizing actions, it continued.
In his Seton Hall address, Mr. Menendez said that contrary to claims by the
administration and other deal supporters,

there is a pathway to a better deal.
He proposed that Congress disapprove
of the agreement, but authorize the continuation of negotiations.
Im even willing to consider authorizing a sweetener a one-time release of
a predetermined amount of funds as a
good-faith down payment on the negotiations, he said.
The further negotiations should include
the following:
Permanent international arrangement with Iran for access to suspect sites.
Banning centrifuge R&D for the duration of the agreement to ensure that Iran
wont have the capacity to quickly break
out.
Closing the Fordow enrichment
facility.
The full resolution of the possible
military dimensions of Irans program.
Extending the agreement to at least 20
years.
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Whitaker named
to YU athletics post
Shelley Whitaker is the new associate director of athletics
at Yeshiva University. She comes to YU from St. Josephs
High School in Lakewood, Calif., where she was co-athletics
director since 2014. Before that, she was assistant director
of athletics at Whittier College. As its head softball coach,
she led the team to five straight 20-plus win seasons and
helped the athletics department raise more than $40,000
for upgrades to its softball facility.
Local principal attends Harvard

seminar for day school leaders
Shelley Whitaker

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Students learn to combat

campus anti-Semitism
CAMERA the Commitan anti-Semitic comment
tee for Accuracy in Middle
about Jewish power. She
East Reporting in Ameradded that Rutgers has an
ica held its annual stuactive chapter of the Student leadership and advodents for Justice in Palescacy training conference
tine. The group can get
in Boston last week. The
loud and aggressive on
conference is dedicated to
campus, especially during its Israel Apartheid
helping students combat
Week, which Shamilov
anti-Semitism and antidescribes as Hate Week.
Israel agitators on college
Deborah Shamilov
The four-day confercampuses.
Deborah Shamilov, a Rutence emphasizes hands-on
gers University student, was
learning techniques roleamong the attendees. Last year, the antiplaying, debate practice, public speaking
Israel atmosphere at Rutgers shocked
exercises, letter to the editor workshops, even training in Israeli martial
her. One friend of mine was subjected
arts. Students also attend lectures and
to ugly anti-Semitic remarks, she said.
study academic papers on the Middle
Another friend had the professor of
East conflict.
her Middle Eastern studies class make
JFS of North Jersey

honoring past presidents
Jewish Family Service of North Jersey
will honor its past presidents at a Chai
To Life dinner October 18 at the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/CBI, and it will publish a 2016 calendar date book honoring
the past presidents. A Wish List auction will offer attendees the opportunity
to bid for the chance to sponsor client
services, including bereavement or therapy sessions, a Caf Europa program, or
a week of Kosher Meals on Wheels. Allyn
and Richard Michaelson, Linda Dombrowsky, and Ronald Rosensweig are
the dinner co-chairs; Susan Nagler and
Bonnie Berk Schwartz are the calendar
date book co-chairs.
Since its founding in 1994, JFSNJ has
had 26 presidents: David Roth, Linda

Davis, A. Michael Rubin, Lynn Cooper,
Marcia Bograd, Janet Finke, Sharyn
Levine, Ruth Friedland, Elaine Schlossberg, Ellen Bernstein, Carol Newman,
Larry Lipman, David Goodman, Paula
Shaiman, Sue Ann Levin, Charles Bromberg, Oscar Berman, Pauline Bograd,
Sandor A. Levinsohn, Lewis A. Wolff,
Jerome Koransky, Charlotte Wichman,
Samuel Wolff, Marge Bornstein, Stanley
Reiman, and Leon S. Rosenblum.
The deadline to submit ads for the
date book is September 1. For information, call (973) 595-0111 or go to www.
jfsnorthjersey.org.
Piano sale in Tenafly

The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in
Tenafly will hold its 11th annual sale of
upright, grand, and electronic pianos,
all at greatly reduced prices, over Labor
Day weekend, September 4, 6, and 7.
The sale is on Friday and Sunday, from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., by appointment only.
On Monday, it is open to the public from

10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The sale will be in the JCCs Taub Auditorium, 411 East Clinton Ave., Tenafly.
For information, call (201) 265-1212 or
(800) 742-6655.
educational consultants,
Robert Smolen, principal
and school practitioners.
of the Academies at Gerrard Berman Day School
The program focuses on
in Oakland, participated
the challenges facing experienced school leaders and
in Leadership: An Evolving Vision, a seminar for
seeks to re-inspire them to
emerging leaders at the
lead instructional improvements at their schools. RigHarvard Graduate School
orous study is combined
of Educations Principals Center. The weekwith writing, reflection,
long institute is part of a
and peer interaction, allowRobert Smolen
ing participants to identify
larger yearlong program
priorities and share ideas
that helps day school
and solutions.
leaders to improve their schools, with
It was a wonderful experience for
a special focus on their Jewish mission
me, Mr. Smolen said. At Harvard, I
and vision. It is sponsored and facilitated by the New York-based Avi Chai
attended lively, thought-provoking
Foundation.
sessions exploring the components
The foundation sponsored Mr. Smoof what makes a good school. We
len and 10 other eligible day school
learned how to enhance the quality of
principals from around the country.
the school experience for everyone,
Participants attended lectures and disstudents, teachers and administrators
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Norpac event in Teaneck

On Sunday, August 30 at 7:30 p.m., Shira and Yisroel Hochberg
and Esther and Mort Fridman will host Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL)
at a Teaneck Norpac event. Deutch represents Floridas 21 district in South Florida.
For information email Avi@NORPAC.net or call (201)
788-5133.
Rep. Ted Deutch

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High Holy Days in Fair Lawn

Cantor Aharon Nof will be the guest cantor for this years High
Holy Day services at Temple Beth Sholom of Fair Lawn. The
cantor, a native of Tel Aviv and a veteran of the Israeli military,
studied with Cantors Lebi Glantz and Yitzchak Eshel. He has
been a High Holy Day cantor for 35 years for congregations in
Israel and the United States and is a member of Yuval, a professional cantorial ensemble.
Temple Beth Sholom is offering a one-time only special family/individual one-year introductory membership rate of $360,
including High Holy Day tickets. The deadline for the special
rate is September 1. For information, call (201) 797-9321. Temple
Beth Sholom is at 40-25 Fair Lawn Ave. in Fair Lawn.
Cantor Aharon Nof
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For information, email Kim Schwartzman of the Jewish Federation of Northern
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Bat Mitzvah
FROM PAGE 8
One thing that really got me going was

one woman, a shut-in, who was Russian,
and hadnt seen her brother for 20 years.
Now, they talk to each other every day.
Thats how their Kishrei HaLev project
was conceived.
The two are teaching frail elderly participants at JCC senior programs how to use
iPads and other tablets to keep in touch
with their families. Their elderly students
are getting excited about it, Ms. Nashel
said. I told them, You might not have one
now, but iPads and little computers are not
as expensive as they used to be. You can sort
of say Guys, for Chanukah, for my birthday,
I want this so that I can keep in touch with
my children and grandchildren.
Well teach them to text, because
young people dont really do email anymore. They text. Its easier on an iPad
or a tablet, and you can make the fonts
big.
Ms. Nashel and Raina have started
their work. They think shes adorable,
Ms. Nashel said, and that immediate connection makes it easier for the seniors to
Terrorist
FROM PAGE 14
The visit was part of my research on

microfinance and livelihood programs; I
was going to interview some people who
had taken microloans through the Kiva
Foundation.
The Furaha Foundation, a local organization that works to provide primary
and secondary education in the Huruma
slums, partners with Kiva to find worthwhile borrowers. After I had conducted my
interviews, I went to meet David Oginga,
the head of the Furaha Foundation. I had
a very interesting conversation with him,
as he told me how they were hoping to use
education to improve the lot of the local
slum-dwellers. David is from Huruma. It
was impressive to see what the foundation
had done on its own, though not without
some foreign financial support.
After chatting with David for an hour
or so, I took my leave. Wait, David said.
Let me ask one of our people to go with
you. You dont have to, I said. Just tell
me where I can get a matatu, so I can get
home. (Huruma was too far away from
the city to ask my boda-boda driver to
come get me.) No, he said, its not safe.
That worried me; I hadnt thought that
the neighborhood was unsafe. I had visited
several Nairobi slums, both on this trip
and earlier; even though they are slums
are poor and very shabby, I had never felt
in danger. Had I been deluding myself and
taking unreasonable risks?
Then came the clarification. The danger was not from the people who lived
there. David was worried because as a
relax. Shes cute. Eleven-year-olds are

still adorable.
There is another benefit that Ms. Nashel
and Raina derive from working together
on a joint bat mitzvah project, and that
has to do with the bond that is developing between them. I had three kids in five
years, and it was hard to give each one this
kind of individual attention, Ms. Nashel
said. Here I am, sharing something special with Raina.
Because Raina is the oldest of seven
grandchildren, Ms. Nashel now faces
the happy challenge of figuring out what
projects to do with the others it wont
include a shared bat mitzvah, but it will
include a tzedakah project. The next
one down is very handy, so I bet we can
go into houses and get something fixed,
she said. The idea is to find something
for each ones strengths.
Beth Miriams rabbi, Cy Stanway, has
never done a granddaughter-grandmother
bat mitzvah before, but he thinks its a
great idea. He is also enthusiastic about
their project.
Its so appropriate that Raina wants to
teach older people how to use an iPad,
he said. Technology is part of our childrens world and its also part of our
seniors world. Seniors have told me time
and again how important it is for them to
be able to communicate with email and
Skype. Initially many of them are frightened of the technology. For Raina to be
doing this with her grandmother shows
that it can be done, and that there really
is nothing to be afraid of.
Theyre not just teaching them how
to use an iPad which almost everyone
has; they are ubiquitous but they also
are opening up a world to these older
people, a world that many of them dont
even know exists.
They can encourage people to get
over their fears. That probably will be the
most challenging part of the whole experience. I know people who have literally
broken into a sweat just turning on their
iPads. They were afraid that something
would blow up, or that they would break
something. But once they learn how to
do it, then all of a sudden they are the
cool grandparents, and using the technology they can create communities that
never were there before.
bearded Indian, I looked too Muslim. I

was in danger of being stopped by the
Nairobi police. Since the Westgate Mall
massacre in 2013, when 70 people were
killed and more than 175 injured, Kenyan
security has become very wary of potential terrorist activity.
Since that attack, there had been other
terrorist incidents mostly recently this
April, when Al-Shabab gunmen killed 147
people in a college town called Garissa.
There are many Indians in Nairobi Indians have lived in Kenya for more than a
century so being an Indian in Kenya is
not likely to raise a red flag. But Huruma
is near another Nairobi slum, Eastleigh,
that has many Somalis, who are usually
Muslims. (There are so many Somalis in
Eastleigh, in fact, that it has been nicknamed Little Mogadishu.) The combination of my bearded Muslim looks and the
fact that Huruma is on the way to Eastleigh worried David. In fact, just a few days
before, another Kiva worker of Indian origin visiting Furaha had been picked up
by the police on his way back to Nairobi,
detained, and interrogated.
The upshot was that I allowed the
Furaha worker to accompany me. In an
hour and a half, I was back in my apartment. I was safe, and I had not been intercepted by the police.
None of these episodes had negative
outcomes. Still, these three incidents in
the space of a week caused me to engage
in a bit of introspection.
I have not been immune to being mistrusted and eyed with suspicion in the
West. Still, it was quite another thing to
be suspected of being a terrorist my own

backyard. Recently, I have noticed that
people in pitiable circumstances often
look very similar to their more fortunate
brethren. Thats true of high-caste Hindus
and low-caste dalits, Boston Brahmins and
Appalachian white trash, and upper-class
Montgomery County blacks and Harlem
gangbangers. Its often just the outer trappings that differentiate the one from the
other.
I am pretty sure also that the well-to-do
are not very different from the down-andout in their aspirations and their hopes
for a good life for themselves and their
children. Notwithstanding all the terrorist activity of which Israelis have been
on the receiving end (and more recently
also Arabs in Israel), I firmly believe that
ordinary Palestinians and other Arabs
want peace. Of course, they also have
other hopes and desires, some of which
are clearly contrary to the hopes of many
Israelis. Still, its worthwhile reflecting
upon the possibility that if circumstances
were different, we might very well be in
their shoes. This is what my recent terrorist identifications brought home to me.
And though I would not want to relive
these experiences, they delivered a message to me which I do appreciate.
Meylekh (P.V.) Viswanath teaches finance
at Pace University, where hes now involved
in action research involving livelihood
strategies for bottom-of-the-pyramid
communities in India and East Africa. He
also strongly believes that Gods face can be
seen in all His creation.
Raina Lambert and Dianne Nashel

share a great deal, including a bat
mitzvah.
M. NASHEL PHOTOGRAPHY
As for Raina and Ms. Nashel, according

to Rabbi Stanway: They are very much
changing lives for the better.
Deal
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Agreements with the other parties

to the negotiations about what penalties would be imposed for small violations of the agreement short of full reimposition of sanctions.
At the same time, Mr. Menendez
said, The President should unequivocally affirm and Congress should formally endorse a Declaration of U.S.
Policy that we will use all means necessary to prevent Iran from producing enough enriched uranium for a
nuclear bomb, as well as building or
buying one, both during and after
any agreement. We should authorize
now the means for Israel to address
the Iranian threat on their own in the
event that Iran accelerates its program and to counter Iranian perceptions that our own threat to use force
is not credible. And we should make it
absolutely clear that we want a deal,
but we want the right deal and that
a deal that does nothing more than
delay the inevitable isnt a deal we
will make.
We must send a message to Iran
that neither their regional behavior
nor nuclear ambitions are permissible.
If we push back regionally, they will be
less likely to test the limits of our tolerance towards any violation of a nuclear
agreement, he said.
Editorial
Two summers
he differences between
last summer and this summer are stark.
There are some similarities, of course. We sweltered
then and we swelter now; Its not
the heat, its the humidity might
be clich, but thats because its so
entirely true. It is the humidity! And
the days get shorter and we know
that the summers freedom and light
and heat and cotton are ending;
soon winters clarity and sharp early
shadows and layers of wool will take
over.
And of course the High Holy Days
loom; repentance and renewal for
some, logistics and seat assignments
and overeating for others; second
chances for all.
But last summer was a summer
of real physical fear in Israel and a
sympathetic fear here. Bombs were
being intercepted from Gaza, terrorists were being plucked from tunnels that astonishingly came out in
kibbutzim, young brave handsome
IDF soldiers were dying. The summer began with the horrifying murders of the three Jewish teenagers
and then of the Arab teen; it was
ennobled by the grace and goodness
of their mothers, but on the whole it
was a terrible time, a time of withering, of curling inward.
This summer the threat is larger
but far less concrete. The Iran deal
is hanging over all of us. If we get it
wrong, disaster might follow but
it is not clear how to get it right, and
there might be disaster even if we
get it right, or nothing might happen
even if we get it wrong. The destruction a bomb could wreak is intensely
physical, but the discussion, necessarily, is entirely and distancingly
and elusively abstract.
Meanwhile, this is the run-up to
an election year in the United States,
and that means that any logic that in
some ideal world possibly could be
applied to the problem is banished
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as 17 Republicans vie, with varying
degrees of desperation, blandness,
or overt lunacy, for their partys
nomination.
But this week, Senator Robert
Menendez, New Jerseys senior senator, a Democrat, who is facing his
own legal problems, decided his
position, and some sanity seems to
have snuck in with him.
He came out against the deal as
New Yorks Senator Charles Schumer
has done, as New Yorks Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand did not do, and as
New Jerseys Senator Cory Booker
may or may not do when he finally
gets around to deciding but he has
taken the process a step forward.
Whether or not the supporters
of the agreement admit it, this deal
is based on hope, he said. Hope
is part of human nature, but unfortunately it is not a national security
strategy.
Not only did he think the issue
through thoroughly and describe it
in detail and not only did he say
that he not only will vote against it,
but also vote to override President
Obamas veto should it come to that
he also suggests what he calls a
pathway to a better deal.
Senator Menendez has been an
independent thinker as well as a
party loyalist he voted against the
war in Iraq, he pointed out. He also
has been a great friend of Israel it
was under his watch that Israel was
able to get the Iron Dome, that hightech mechanism that protected the
country during last years Gaza War.
He is also the son of Cuban immigrants, with the kind of first-generation story that is both moving and
inspirational, a story with which we
as Jews can identify.
We find Senator Mendendezs message convincing, and we are grateful
to him, both as Jews and perhaps
more saliently as Americans.
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Cory Booker would never

vote for Iran over Israel
y now most people know that

Cory Booker and I met at Oxford
University in England in 1992 and
quickly became soul friends.
Cory has many times retold the story of
how, on our very first encounter on Simchat Torah, Judaisms most joyous holiday,
we ended up dancing on a table together at
2 a.m. with hundreds of others. The next
morning we began studying Torah together,
several times a week, and enriched one
another with the experiences
of our respective ethnicities
and the challenging history
of our respective peoples. As
a Rhodes scholar, Cory ate at
our home many weeknights,
and with my wife, Debbie,
he cooked kosher soul food
that attracted other Rhodes
scholars, leading to hours
Rabbi
of conversation. On Friday
Shmuley
nights he would lecture to
Boteach
our students from the Torah
we had studied together.
By 1993 I asked Cory to become the president of our Oxford University LChaim
Society, which at that time was the second
largest student organization in Oxfords history; it had more than 5,000 members. The
request was seen by many in the UKs Jewish establishment and especially by my
Chabad bosses as insanity. A Christian
president of a Jewish student organization?
But I knew that Cory embodied the universal
Jewish values that we were promoting better than many of our Jewish students. Cory
accepted, and together we hosted world
leaders like Mikhail Gorbachev and financiers like Edmond Safra. His presidency led
to significant tension with my superiors, and
when I refused to annul the membership of
thousands of non-Jewish student members
Cory was a symbol of those students I
was eventually forced to resign my position.

After he graduated Cory told me that he
was moving into our home over the summer so the two of us an African-American
Rhodes scholar and a rabbi to Jewish students of Oxford University could write a
book together about the uniqueness of our
friendship. It was an incredible summer,
and Cory became part of our family.
Later, Barbra Streisand invited us to discuss producing a movie about our friendship. It was a time of serious
tension between the AfricanAmerican and Jewish communities just a few years after
the murderous Crown Heights
riots and America was looking for a story of black-Jewish
healing. But Streisands writer
had one problem with our
friendship. Cory and I simply were too close. We were
brothers, and there was zero
tension in our relationship.
The story needed drama. The
writer even suggested that we embellish the
story by having Cory date a Jewish girl and
me objecting to it.
Obviously we werent going to allow any
invention in our friendship, which continued to blossom and grow over the next 20
years. Hardly a week would go by without
the two of us studying the Torah portion of
the week together. We had countless Friday
night Shabbat dinners at my home, sharing them with Corys Newark staff. When I
became Michael Jacksons rabbi, I brought
him to Newark to help Cory launch a reading program for parents and kids. Cory and I
spoke at countless synagogues together, and
through these evenings and because of the
time I brought him to speak at the AIPAC
summit in Chicago he won over significant Jewish donors to his cause, eventually
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becoming one of the largest recipients of support from
pro-Israel donors in the United States. I arranged for
Cory to travel to Israel, a country he has now visited
three times.
But the tension that Barbra Streisands people
could not find finally did materialize, over President
Obamas Iran nuclear deal.
Cory is now a United States senator. I am one of his
constituents. He loves Israel and is a darling of the Jewish community. But he is also a rising Democratic star
and is spoken of as a possible national leader. How
could he possibly oppose President Obamas signature foreign policy achievement, the nuclear deal with
Iran?
The strain has led to many tough conversations
between us.
I consider Irans government a blasphemy against
the peace-loving tenets of Islam. It is a regime that will
slaughter its own people in cold blood over political protests. A regime that shot Neda Agha-Sultan through the
heart in what Time magazine calls probably the most
widely witnessed death in human history. A regime
guilty of the abomination of hanging gay men from
cranes in public squares, surely one of the great acts of
savagery in the world today. And a regime singularly and
publicly committed to the nuclear holocaust of six million Jews, and one million Arabs, in Israel.
Wherever I speak around the United States today,
Jewish audiences ask me, Whats happening with
your friend Cory? Why hasnt he, like Senator Schumer,
come out against the deal? Hes one of our communitys closest friends. Weve always been there for him.
Many are not as charitable. You duped us, Shmuley.
You vouched for Cory. You persuaded us to get behind
him and support him, promising hed be the best
friend Israel ever had in elected office.
I explain to them they have to understand the kind
of pressure Cory is under. The administration surely
knows that if the sole African-American Democratic
senator, who is a great lover of Israel and the Jewish
people, comes out against the deal, its game over.
What will Jewish senators like Brian Schatz of Hawaii
and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut do then? What
excuse would other supporters of Israel, like New
Yorks Kirsten Gillibrand, have if Cory came out against
the deal? So they are subjecting my friend to a level of
pressure that those of us outside of elected office can
scarcely comprehend.
Rather than judging Cory, the Jewish community
should empathize with the difficult choice ahead of
him.
And still, I know that Cory will do the right thing. A
senator who vowed as mayor of Newark that he would
not perform any weddings until there was marriage
equality in America never would legitimize a regime
that murders people merely for their sexual orientation. A senator who is prominent in demanding prison
reform in America will not legitimize a regime that
locks up countless political prisoners and is holding
four American hostages, including Washington Post
Tehran Bureau Chief Jason Rezaian. A senator who
taught me so much about the infinite worth of each of
Gods children never would vote for a deal that would
give Iran $100 billion to kill American soldiers and
other innocents around the world. And a senator who
has enjoyed one of the warmest relationships with the
Jewish community of any elected official in American
history never would betray the Jewish community and
vote for a deal that will leave the murderous mullahs
nuclear program intact so that they can, in just a few
years, carry out that their diabolical plan of murdering
another six million Jews.
Leaders lead
Why we should follow Jewish
organizations lead on the Iran deal
leadership in the secular world and it is leadership in the

s part of the current debate over the JewJewish world. And through the years, Jewish organizaish support or opposition to the Iran deal,
tions have gained knowledge and insight into the issues
another chasm has been exposed.
affecting the Jewish people. They also have institutional
This chasm is about Jewish leadership
knowledge about what works and what does not.
and the answer to the questions of Who speaks for
So who are the Jewish leaders? They are just people,
the American Jews? and Who is a Jewish leader? The
like you and me. But they are like you and me only if
polls have been divided over American Jewish support
you take the time to give of yourself in some way to
for the Iran deal. Some polls show that a slight majoradvance the cause of your people. This cause could be
ity support it and others show that a slight majority
the Jewish people in general, through federations or
oppose it.
similar social organizations; through synagogues, day
What is not in dispute, however, is that the vast
schools, or JCCs. They could work for some particular group of Jewish people, as the late Rochelle Shoretz
majority of Jewish organizations, from AIPAC to the AJC
of Teaneck did for Jewish women with breast cancer
to most Jewish federations, oppose the deal, although
when she created Sharsheret. This is a big
the opposition ranges from tepid to
tent, and there are no invitations needed
strong. Moreover, the polls show that the
to enter. But in order to join, you have to
more someone knows about the Iran deal
walk through the door.
the more likely he or she is to oppose it.
If you want to be considered a Jewish
So this brings us to the questions of who
leader, then you are welcome to take up the
American Jews are. Who does speak for
mantle of leadership. But if you do, you will
American Jews?
have to do some heavy lifting for our people,
These questions are politically charged
and you will have to get your hands dirty.
and lead to the accusation that the major
If you dont want to, thats fine too. Just
Jewish organizations do not speak for
Daniel
remember that you have made that decithe American Jewish community (who
Shlufman
sion and with that decision, you have
many are claiming approve this deal by a
allowed others to fill the void.
decent margin). The answers to the questions are relatively simple. But by their simplicity, the
The others the lay leaders are able to speak for
answers lead to further introspection and reflection.
the Jewish people because of their involvement and
Jewish leaders are those members of the Jewish comtheir access to information. So when those who have
munity who care enough about the viability of the
chosen to be Jewish leaders and have taken on the yoke
Jewish people to devote significant amounts of time
of leadership to ensure the viability of Jewish life in the
and effort to this purpose. Viability includes meeting
United States, Israel, and abroad a yoke that most
such basic needs as food, clothing, health, shelter, and
American Jews have rejected, as is made clear by their
safety through Jewish Family Service organizations,
silence those who have not made that choice should
JCCS, and a myriad of other institutions; religious life
think long and hard before questioning the decisions of
through synagogues; and support for the State of Israel.
their leaders or the nature of their leadership. Consequently, when a majority of these organizations, whose
It includes organizations from the most conservative to
members are overwhelmingly liberal and politically
the most liberal, like J Street.
Democratic (though more conservative than younger
Both paid staff and volunteers at all these organizations devote significant amounts of time to attend to
Jews by the nature of their age and experience), overwhelmingly oppose the Iran deal, it is time to listen.
the needs of the Jewish people. By the nature of their
It is also time to note that when 70 percent of those
involvement, the lay leaders voluntarily have taken
under the age of 30 did not support last summers Gaza
on leadership roles as they think about and then actually do the work for the Jewish people. Their deciwar, we cannot yet allow those who do not have the
sions arent always perfect they arent even always
maturity or the understanding of the facts of this deal
right. But they always are made with a deep degree of
to dictate the position of the Jewish people.
thought, research, and concern.
As the old saying goes, Leadership Leads. And
Decisions also come about through strong consenAmerican Jewish organizations are showing strong leadsus building. Thats because in any Jewish organization,
ership and taking political (and likely financial) risks by
no matter how clear its mission statement might be, if
opposing the deal. I welcome all of you to become leaders. But until you are ready to do so, I strongly suggest
there are two Jews there will always be three opinions.
that you follow those who already are leaders, and who
These lay leaders are in touch with the local, state and
oppose the Iran deal, by doing the same.
national leaders as well as with those Jewish people
who have access to the top leadership in our country,
Daniel Shlufman of Tenafly is a member of the board of
Israel, and abroad.
the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey and one
That is what leaders do. They lead. They dont wait
of its Berrie Fellows. He is an attorney and a mortgage
to be told what has to be done. They just look into it,
broker.
get involved, and start to make a difference. That is
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Walking on a journey for justice

Local rabbi writes about walking toward Selma, remembering and hoping
he month of Elul
Benning that left me off at
is a time for introan exit on the interstate and
spection and reflecthere I was able to find a cab
tion, in preparation
to LaGrange College and the
for the task of chesbon hanegymnasium where I would
fesh, a true accounting of our
spend the night sleeping on a
actions and inactions, before
Red Cross cot.
God, on the High Holy Days.
That evening, I received the
This year I began my perTorah scroll from the rabbis
Rabbi Neal I.
sonal preparation for the Days
who had shared in carrying it
Borovitz
of Awe a week early, as I carried
18 miles that day, and awaited
a Torah scroll on the streets of
the arrival of my colleague
Georgia, in the NAACP Jourand my successor at Avodat
ney for Justice an 860-mile 45-day march
Shalom Rabbi Paul Jacobson. More than
from Selma, Alabama, to Washington, D.C.
125 rabbis from across the country will join
On this the 50th anniversary of the Voting
in the march over the course of its 45 days.
Rights Act, the NAACP in partnership with
After dinner each night there is a teach-in,
many other groups, including the Union for
reminiscent of the civil rights marches of
Reform Judaism, seeks to both acknowledge
the 1960s. After we rabbis read a short section of the weekly Torah portion and related
how far down the road to equality and justice
it to our march, we had the opportunity
America has come, in the last half century,
to learn from one of the giants of the civil
and to recognize that we have a long way yet
rights movement, attorney Millard Farmer,
to go, to achieve the goal of the Pledge of Allegiance liberty and justice for all.
and from the NAACPs new CEO, the Rev.
The challenge of my Journey began on
Cornell Brooks.
Monday, August 10, when, after landing
Millard Farmer is a white man, a Georgia
at the Atlanta airport, I had to find a bus
native, who spent many nights during the
to LaGrange, Georgia, a very small rural
1950s and 60s in jail, and many days seeking cover from physical and verbal assaults
community. I found a van heading to Fort
directed toward him for what his neighbors

considered the sinful crime of demanding
equal rights for people of color. Farmer not
only defended hundreds of African Americans and challenged scores of judges to
apply the law equally, but he also inspired
and trained generations of lawyers to follow his lead. Mr. Farmer, who is well into
his 80s, called upon those assembled in
LaGrange to bring this simple message back
to our communities:
America must continue to march forward on a journey for justice. We have come
a long way in the last 50 years since Selma,
but we still have a long way yet to go on our
Journey to create a just society for all.
Cornell Brooks was the evenings last
speaker. He told the story of Joshua and
Caleb; his message was that Joshua and
Caleb were the first people in history who
said to the naysayers in their own community We Shall Overcome! This new journey,
he said, is his way of challenging himself
and all of America to pick up the mantle of
Joshua and Caleb, of Martin Luther King and
Abraham Joshua Heschel. With our voices
and our feet we should pray these words:
We Shall Overcome!
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Rabbi Neal Borovitz holds a Torah and

a fellow marcher holds a flag as they
walk on the Journey for Justice last
week.
Proclaiming liberty
The road from Selma passes through the Arab village of Durma
his is a jubilee
They played an important
year.
role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
It was 50 years
Selma became a focal
ago that Rabbi
point after voter registraHeschel walked arm and
tion activists were beaten
arm with Martin Luther
severely and a church bombKing. This year marks the
ing killed four schoolgirls
50th anniversary of the
in September 1963. In the
Selma marches.
Dr. Mark
weeks and months that folAnd ye shall hallow the
Gold
lowed, African Americans
fiftieth year, and proclaim
attempting to register to
liberty throughout the land
vote at the local courthouse
and unto all the inhabitants
were beaten and arrested.
thereof: it shall be a jubilee
Alabama issued an injuncyear. (Leviticus 25:10)
tion prohibiting more than
That quote is engraved
two people from gatheron our Libert y Bell. In
ing to discuss civil rights or
1965, the Voting Rights Act
voter registration. Protests
strengthened our democracy, though much work yet
increased, leading to largeremains in engraving the
scale arrests and police
Hiam
concept into the hearts and
assaults. In February 1965, a
Simon
souls of our society.
young deacon was shot and
It may be hard for people
killed during a protest in
who did not live in America
nearby Marion.
then to understand the vicious racism and
These events led to the decision to
hatred of that time. A part of a broad strugmarch in protest from Selma to Alagle that occurred in many places over a
bamas capital, Montgomery. A 50-mile
number of years, the Selma marches were
march that was intended as a non-violent protest lasted only six blocks. As the
a turning point in the battle for civil rights.
marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus

Bridge, they were viciously assaulted by
police using billy clubs and tear gas. Many
were injured, some beaten unconscious.
The images from what became known as
Bloody Sunday deeply disturbed the
nation. A second march began two days
later, but when marchers reached the
bridge was turned back peacefully. That
evening, however, several white ministers who had come in support of the protests were severely beaten; one, Reverend James Reeb, died.
Twelve days later, and under court
and federal protection, protesters began
the third march. Some 3,200 marchers set out from Selma, led by Martin
Luther King Jr., marching arm and arm
with Ralph Abernathy, Ralph Bunch, and
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. When
they finally reached Montgomery four
days later, they were 25,000 strong. Dozens of other rabbis participated, including Rabbi Israel Dresner, a dedicated
activist still living in our northern New
Jersey neighborhood today.
Jews had always been deeply involved as
allies of the civil rights movement. Henry
Moskowitz had helped in the founding
of the NAACP in 1909. As the civil rights
movement grew in the 1960s, so too did

Jewish involvement. Rabbi Joachim Prinz
of Temple Bnai Abraham in Newark spoke
at the great 1963 civil rights demonstration in Washington, where Martin Luther
King declared I have a dream. Hundreds
of Jewish activists joined in the Freedom
Ride movement. Nearly a year before the
Selma marches, two young Jews, Andrew
Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were
murdered along with a young black civil
rights worker, James Chaney. Their deaths
shocked the country and were a factor in
the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
What motivated this disproportionate
participation by Jews in the civil rights
movement, at no small hazard, was a
sense of obligation to fight the injustice of racial discrimination. For many,
their action was a conscious and living
embodiment of values they held as Jews.
For Rabbis Heschel and Prinz, the participation was particularly poignant; they
had been victims of Nazi racial laws and
had barely escaped Europe before the
Holocaust. It was unconscionable that
the land of the free and the home of the
brave, which had found room for Jews
as full and equal citizens, continued to
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Wheres the dignity?
I was sad and disappointed to read your

account of the closing of the Bergen County
YJCC (What happened? August 14). I am
a 14-year veteran employee of the YJCC and
proud to have been a part of the Jewish community. Unfortunately, your account of the
demise of the Y was inaccurate and misleading. There was no severance pay and there
will be no health coverage. Is that how you
treat treasured employees in a dignified
way? Is the president, Mr. Tucker, proud to
have commanded a ship that he ultimately
sank? Will he be accommodating the seniors
and special needs people that relied on the
services provided? What about the dedicated
membership and staff that he so willingly
abandoned? A future for the Y? Hardly. Mr.
Tucker should only share in the suffering and
sorrow that he left in his wake.
The actions taken were not only abominable and disgraceful, but everlasting.
Yvonne Olenek
Were all at fault
Thank you for providing some context about

the closing of the Washington Township YJCC
(What happened? August 14).
Like so many others in our community, I
was stunned and heartbroken when I heard
the news. The CEO of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey, Jason Shames,
summed it up well with his four main reasons for this an outdated building, a less
than ideal location, passive leadership, and a
monumental lack of communication with the
past and present members of the Y and the
larger Pascack area Jewish community.
When the board realized that the major
donors who in the past have provided the
necessary funds for another year were no
longer willing to give they decided to immediately cease all operations, to preserve whatever capital was remaining. One can make
various arguments for and against this action.
Certainly the manner in which this was executed should have been handled much better. Either way, even if this act was ultimately
the right decision, how can this same board,
which was unresponsive for so many years,
now take on the new task of reinventing the Y
again? There must be new leadership at the Y.
But we just cant blame others. All ex members (including myself ) share responsibility
for this loss. We all had a sense the place was
failing by our own increasing lack of connection to it but refused to inquire further. The
next incarnation of the Y board must be more
inclusive and less insulated.
There was a wonderful talmudic expression in Hebrew and English in the former
lobby of the Washington Township YJCC As
My Fathers Planted for Me, So Do I For My
Children. This saying beautifully reflected
the optimism and caring of its founders.
As you outlined in your article, during its
30-year history there were many programs
at the Y that were very special to individuals,
families, and the larger community. We will
all miss them.
In order for the next incarnation of the Y to
succeed, the next leaders must aggressively
communicate their message and mission to

the larger community. Many more lay volunteers (especially young people) must be
recruited. All of us must take more responsibility to preserve the Y and make it flourish. One of my favorite sayings from the 60s
was If youre not part of the solution you are
part of the problem.
We all need to remember that the next
time around.
Craig Padover, Woodcliff Lake
Time runs out for S.A.I.L.
Contrary to your August 5 breaking news

piece about the YJCC (YJCC to close immediately) , no arrangements were made or
discussed to relocate the S.A.I.L. program.
Your omission of their story in your August
14 cover story, which could have provided a
powerful advocacy to finding a new home
for this wonderful program, feeds on the
complacency of the community, suggesting
that all is well with the YJCC membership
because new venues have been found for
their programs.
The board of the YJCC did not have the
courtesy to provide any specific communications to the S.A.I.L. families, whose lives
now face a serious disruption. The families
only received news by word of mouth/email
between the families. These families are now
trying to organize to advocate and find a
home for the program.
The greatest task at hand is to find a new
home for our S.A.I.L. program and move
participants and staff to a state approved
provider with space. S.A.I.L. was scheduled
to resume on September 16.
There are 15 participants in the program.
They are a diverse, very cohesive group, ranging in age from 21 to 40. Many are extremely
high functioning cognitively and many have
very serious physical handicaps. There is
no similar adult rehabilitative program that
matches S.A.I.L. in our community.
The summer program ends on August 27.
The group is effectively homeless after that
date. No organization has stepped forward
to assist this special program and special
participants.
Everyone likes to read feel-good articles
in the Standard. Our community likes to be
charitable with feel-good organizations and
events. It is time to make the entire community aware of this dire situation to help mobilize the necessary action to provide a home
for S.A.I.L.
Nancy and Larry Bravman, Fair Lawn
[EDITORS NOTE: S.A.I.L. stands for Selfdetermination, Advocacy, Independence,
Living. It is a day program for adults with
developmental disabilities.]
Bittersweet marriage
It was very bittersweet for me to read A

Community Marriage about Temple Beth
El of North Bergen and Temple Israel of Cliffside Park uniting (August 7). Your article was
beautifully written, showing the sadness in
closing the temple after 93 years, the people
who worked hard to keep Temple Beth El

alive, the reason for the merger, and the
beautiful ceremony of closure.
I grew up in West New York and my parents joined Temple Beth El in 1940. I attended
Sunday school there and was confirmed
there in 1950. I was married there in 1961.
What was missing in your article and made
me sad was that there was no mention of
Rabbi Sidney Nissenbaum and Cantor Irving
Obstbaum, who served the synagogue for 40
years. With this omission, the history of this
wonderful institution was lost. They were
so much a part of my childhood, and more
importantly they were the heart and soul of
Temple Beth El. Their inspired leadership
made Temple Beth El a wonderful Jewish
home for more than 500 members.
I will add that the rabbis retirement did
not end his association with his congregants.
My mother died in Florida in 1990, and Rabbi
Nissenbaum happened to be vacationing in
Florida at that time. It took just one phone
call, and he was there immediately for my
family and me.
With a fond farewell to Temple Beth El and
best wishes to Congregation Beth Israel.
Peggy Weil Kabakow, Demarest
The deals a good one
Dr. Leonard Cole explains his Doubts about

the Iranian nuclear deal ( July 24) and Ben
Cohen has questions about the deal ( July
31). But I have not seen any article about what
would happen if the deal fell through, so I
would like to present some.
According to the agreement, Iran is prevented from developing a nuclear weapon
for 15 years. Inspectors will ensure that this
agreement is kept. Of course Iran could
attempt to evade inspection, but if found out
consequences would be dire. If the deal fell
through, Iran could develop nuclear weapons in 9 months to a year. Surely the longer
time is better than the shorter one.
The agreement would end the sanctions
and Iran would have money to support terrorist organizations aimed at Israel. But if
the deal fell through, that would also end
the sanctions. This deal was worked out with
many countries involved, including China
and Russia. Many of them depend on Iranian
oil and other goods. They agreed with the
sanctions because they believed that a deal
would be worked out, as it has. These countries would then resume commerce with Iran
anyway if the deal fell through. In addition
the U.S. position in the world would take a
serious blow, as other countries could no longer count on the U.S. for leadership.
Another argument is that the result of
the negotiations are not the best we could
hope for, and not exactly what was originally
intended. Alternatively some hope that if the
deal falls through Congress would demand a
tougher one. These were negotiations. It is
a bit of a fantasy to believe that Iran would
give in on everything and totally dismantle
its nuclear capabilities. And can any one seriously believe that Iran and the other countries would resume negotiations? We did,
however, get most of what we
wanted and it is seen by many that we got a

pretty good deal. If the deal fell through there
is serious possibility that war would ensue.
Bombing alone has never solved anything
remember Vietnam? If it was easy to wipe
out Irans nuclear capability Israel probably
would have done it already.
Stuart Kaplan, Teaneck
Wishing opponents shalom
Thank you for publishing Dr. Leonard Coles

article on the Iranian nuclear deal ( July 24).
After laying out some of the reasonable arguments of both sides in this controversy, this
past president of the JFNNJ conveyed an
entirely different tone from that presented
by the JFNNJ at its rally in Temple Emanuel
in Closter on July 22. In contrast to that onesided presentation, Dr. Cole writes, For
many in the American Jewish community,
the choices are vexing. And, in contrast to
the Federations urgent plea to have everyone immediately call their representatives
to Stop Iran, Dr. Cole advised that These
issues will continue to be debated in the coming weeks in various forums. As they should.
Since Dr. Cole is a learned and wise man,
it is my pleasure to differ with him on his
views of the three false assumptions of the
Obama administration that he cited. First, he
wrote that there is massive support for his
[PM Netanyahus] position across the Israeli
political spectrum. He then cited Labor
Party leader Isaac Herzogs alarm at the consequences this deal might bring. But Mr. Herzog has announced that Israel should regard
the P5+1 deal as a done deal, accept that fact,
and take steps to put itself in the best possible position under the current conditions.
He plans to lobby Congress and the administration this month to take further steps to
increase Israels security.
Dr. Cole then cited Secretary John Kerrys
assertion that Israel doesnt know what its
own best interests are. This was indeed an
unfortunate formulation for deriding PM
Netanyahus position. But, Netanyahu is not
Israel. Many of Netanyahus military and
intelligence advisers have warned him not
to take unilateral military action against Iran.
And many echo former general, PM, and
Netanyahus Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, in
saying that this is a deal Israel can live with,
and advocating that Israel take steps such as
those proposed by Isaac Herzog.
Dr. Cole then reported that a recent poll
of Israelis shows that nearly half the respondents favor such action [military strike
against Irans nuclear facilities] if it is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear
weapons. But what do more than half of
Israelis say? The pollsters asked a conditional
question, including the assumption that there
is no alternative. But, perhaps there is. Maybe
its Obamas deal, or something very much
like it.
Recently, I (along with over 100 others)
attended a demonstration in front of Senator
Charles Schumers Manhattan office on Third
Avenue. The great majority of those attending were outraged that Senator Schumer had
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announced that he would oppose the deal.
But there were many people there who were
thanking him for protecting Israels very existence. Police barricades were erected along
the entire length of the block. Many people,
from both camps, stood with their signs and
shouted slogans on the curb side of the barricades. Even more, from both camps, joined
the one moving picket line on the other side
of the barricades. The demonstration lasted
an hour.
It was a wonderfully Jewish event. The sun
was shining, but it was not too hot. The police
kept very nice order among the mostly senior
citizens. Even better was that both camps
were interspersed, standing along the barricades and within the picket line. Most people
shouted at each other, some attempted to dialogue with their opponents. But there were
no fistfights, and the police had no need to
keep the two Jewish camps apart.
The only other person there who I recognized, other than the friend I came with, was
Rabbi Avi Weiss. One of my greatest living
heroes. But he was in the wrong camp! As
I passed him the first time, I informed him
that my mother-in-law had been his neighbor at Montefiore Hospital many years ago.
He had spoken to her with great respect, and
she was honored to get to know him. He said
he remembered her. On my second pass in
front of him, I informed him that when he
and his followers jumped the fence at Bitburg to protest President Reagans being at a
Nazi cemetery, I was with a less bold group
of children of survivors who protested in our
hometown, the Bergen-Belsen DP Camp. On
my third pass, I suggested that we all devote
the month of Elul to further study of the Iran
Nuclear Deal, and our sins in attacking each

other. He smiled and nodded. We all want
whats best for Israel, for our families and
friends who live there, and for the United
States. When the organizers announced
that the demonstration would end, I again
passed Rabbi Weiss. He stretched out his
arms to give me a hug, and we wished each
other shalom.
Stephen Tencer, New Milford
Liberty
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suffer from segregationist repression.

This month saw the beginning of a new
initiative, the Journey for Justice from
Selma to Washington DC, commemorating the Selma marches and dedicated to
protecting voting rights, equal opportunity, and reform of discriminatory police
procedures and the miscarriage of criminal justice. Local rabbis will be among
the almost 200 rabbis carrying Torah
scrolls from Selma to Washington. The
walk will end on September 15.
Jews always have taken pride in walking the path of moral commitment. Our
Jewish values and love of justice drive
us to civil rights work, and we should
indeed be proud of these values. These
efforts also are of great practical selfinterest to American Jews. Jews, like
every small minority, benefit from building a country that is dedicated to equal
rights for all its citizens. Our experience
in the United States has been profoundly
shaped by the commitment of our country to those principles. At the same time,
when minorities struggle for equal rights
There is so much to be discussed concerning the proposed agreement on keeping

Iran from nuclear weapons that it is hard to
address everything, but I will concentrate on
two objections raised by Alan Dershowitz
(Dershowitz on the deal, August 14).
Dershowitzs first objection is that the deal
only postponesIran from developing a
nuclear weaponfor 10 or 12 or 15 years.
Actually, the agreement permanently obliges
Iran to never develop a nuclear weapon, and
to maintain transparency on this obligation in
perpetuity. But its true that important provisions will expire after 10, 12, and 15 years.
What I want to argue is that even if its
only 10 years, 10 years is a long time especially since the agreement empowers those
in Iran who want to reach out to and join
the modern democratic world. The deal will
strengthen their hand in Irans politics. And it
could be that in 10 years they could even have
the upper hand. This is one explanation for
Irans hard-liners opposing the agreement as
much as our own hard-liners are.
Or, in 10 years, something else may have
come up to change Irans focus on a nuclear
weapon. Who knows? By that time the

worlds nuclear powers and potential nuclear
powers may have decided to give up their
nukes and spend their treasure on something
rational like a competition to see which
country can come up with a cure for cancer.
(Okay, more realistically, on who has the best
soccer team.)
Dershowitzs second objection is that
the agreement allow[s] 24 days between
demand and inspection. But this involves
sites that are not yet known. According to the
agreement, all known sites will be crawling
with inspectors 24/7. Concerning newly suspected sites, inspectors can be there within
2 hours.
The 24 days comes into play if the Iranians appeal to stall the new site inspections.
Actually they can delay for two weeks. Then
the Joint Commission (on which the U.S. and
its allies have a majority) has seven days to
reject the appeal. But the Joint Commission
can reject the appeal immediately. Then the
Iranians have 3 days to comply or the deal is
off. (Oh! The U.S. itself can declare the deal
off, obliging, according to the agreement, all
parties to re-impose sanctions.)
So the Iranians could stall for 18 days, not
24. And all this time, the intelligence services
of the U.S. and other powers would be surveying the site through satellite and covert
means to see if any cover-up activity is going
on. And, inspection technology is said to be
able to detect such activity even after the
cover-up attempt no matter how long it has
gone on.
Meanwhile, even before all this, according
to the agreement, Iran has destroyed all of its
weapons grade uranium, taken two thirds of
its centrifuges off line, terminated its enrichment activities, and made its enrichment
apparatus inoperable. And, since its supply chain will be under surveillance even
the provisioning of suspected sites will be
discoverable.
In the Jewish Standard article, Dershowitz
makes a closing point, objecting to Obamas
criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
for try[ing] to help his own country, having
lobbied American politicians to reject the
agreement.
I agree that Prime Minister Netanyahu
should be helping Israel. I just think that his
anti-Iran deal lobbying and his pro-settlement policies are not helping.
Arthur J. Lerman, Teaneck
the entire country benefits.

It was an act of great bravery to march
into danger to defend civil rights and
communal tolerance where we Jews are
a minority. It takes another kind of bravery to create that society for ourselves in
a place where Jews are the majority. Last
month, Israel was rocked by two violent
acts. The first was a knife attack, where
six observers were stabbed at a Gay Pride
parade in Jerusalem. The stabbing, in the
shadow of Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, took the life of 16-year-old Shira
Banki. She was there to celebrate the
bravery of her friend, who had just found
the strength to come out. The attacker,
a charedi Jew, had been released only
three weeks earlier, after serving 10 years
in prison for a similar hate attack. The
second was a firebombing of a home in
the Arab village of Durma, East of Ramallah. Eighteen-month-old Ali Dawabsheh
was burned to death and his father,
Saed, died of his burns a week later. The
infants mother and 5-year-old brother
remain critically wounded.
These attacks occur in the context
of rising official pronouncements and
actions that serve to build a sense of
tribalism that further divides Israeli society. West Bank settlers for whom intercommunal coexistence and democracy
are anathema are aggravating intercommunal tension even further.
In contrast to the governments behavior, a growing number of nonprofit
groups have long been working tirelessly to stem this rising tide of intolerance. They have embraced the role of
supporting intercommunal communication, cooperation, and coexistence.
Some examples include Givat Haviva,
a kibbutz educational center, which
for many years has promoted educational programs to bring Jews and
Arabs together. Bina, a secular yeshiva,
combines text study with boots-on-theground service in the most challenged
communities across Israel. Hand in Hand
operates five intercommunal schools
that teach Israeli Jews, Arabs and Christians in both Hebrew and Arabic. Dror
Israel is a pioneer Zionist movement
of educators that work in all sectors of
society to strengthen faith in man and
action in society and to actualize the values of equality, social alliance, and social
responsibility in everyday reality.
Zionism is the national liberation

movement of the Jewish people. But Jewish nationalism does not need to mean
Jewish chauvinism. Israel is a multiethnic and multireligious country. Let us
strengthen the hands of those who come
to build it with the consciousness of
democracy, civil rights, intercommunal
tolerance, and a desire for peace with its
Palestinian neighbors, so that we too can
proclaim liberty throughout the land and
to all the inhabitants thereof.
Dershowitz challenged
Really, rabbi?
Rabbi Zahavys statement I have no idea

where my [Orthodox] colleagues got the
notion that wearing a bikini at the beach is
a bad thing (Dear Rabbi, August 7) leaves
me with two very opposing reactions. My first
reaction is disappointment. Is the rabbi being
honest? I am not ordained and not learned
enough to cite all the sources on this matter,
but I do know that there is plenty of literature on this subject. The young lady asked for
Orthodox rabbinic sources, and I dont think
an honest answer was given.
My second reaction is amusement. How
clever for the rabbi to get his message of modesty across by painting himself as an old man
gazing at young ladies on the boardwalk as he
mumbles blessings and incantations regarding their beauty. A picture is indeed worth a
thousand words!
Yechiel Rotblat, Teaneck
Mark Gold of Teaneck holds a Ph.D.

in economics from NYU. He serves on
the executive board of Partners for
Progressive Israel, a member organization
of the American Zionist Movement and an
affiliate of the World Union of Meretz.
Haim Simon of Englewood is the
chief operating officer of Ameinu, the
leading progressive Zionist membership
organization in the United States. He
lived in Israel for many years, where he
was the dean of students for what is now
the Alexander Muss High School, and
he served in the IDF as a sergeant in the
artillery.
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Everyday miracles
Local supporters describe OneFamilys
holistic approach to aiding terror victims in Israel
Joanne Palmer
error attacks start with harsh

sounds and blinding lights and
screams and sirens and blood
and rubble and flames.
Eventually the sounds echo into silence
and the lights shine elsewhere and the
screams and the sirens stop and the blood
is washed away and the rubble is swept
away and the flames are extinguished.
And then the survivors and their families are left to deal with the rubble of their
lives, and the dead victims families are left
to deal with the black hole in the center
of theirs.
Unfortunately, there are many victims of terror in Israel, and the circles of
people affected by the nightmare of any

one victim spread concentrically and are
far-reaching.
There are no quick fixes when it comes
to helping these people. It is easy to turn
away, and it is hard to keep looking, to
reach out with help.
But OneFamily does.
Chedva Breau of Englewood, who is
both a OneFamily board member and
after passionate involvement with the
group a consultant to it, said that OneFamily started in response to the terrorist attack on a Sbarro pizza place in Jerusalem 14 years ago. On August 9, 2001, a
suicide bomber killed 15 people, including
seven children and a pregnant woman; 130
people were left wounded, some of them
grievously.
Michal Belzberg was about to celebrate
becoming bat mitzvah the day after the
explosion. She is the daughter of philanthropists Chantal and Marc Belzberg, who
had just made aliyah to Jerusalem from
Riverdale. It was supposed to be a huge,
grand bat mitzvah, Ms. Breau said. But
their daughter realized that she couldnt.
She just couldnt.
So she picked up the phone, and called
every single guest, told them it was canceled, and asked them to send her the
money they would have given as a gift, and
she would donate it all to the victims.
They raised $100,000 from the guests,
she said.
The Belzbergs still didnt feel that they
had done enough. They went from hospital room to hospital room and from
shiva house to shiva house. They realized
what a great need there was for help; how
affected and how shattered these families
are.
Once the victims of the Sbarro bombing had been helped, the Belzbergs might
have moved on. But two weeks after that
first project, another bus was blown up,
Marc Belzberg said, on the phone from
Jerusalem. We looked at each other, and
we said, We took care of these guys two
weeks ago, and its not fair that it should
just be a bat mitzvah project.
We should be taking care of it for
everyone. It should be an ongoing family
project.
Kids affected by terror find comfort and the

chance to have fun at OneFamilys summer camps.
Thats what happened and it took

could not go back into the kitchen.
over our lives.
They associated the kitchen, that center of nourishing and nurturing, of
OneFamilys mandate is to care for
smell and taste and memory, with their
all the victims and the families of victims of terrorist attacks, beginning
dead children. So a bereavement therapist thought about putting together
with attacks from the beginning of the
a cookbook. It was launched at the
second intifada.
home of Israels president, Reuven
Now, 14 years later, we have 2,800
Rivlin. There was a big ceremony, and
families we take care of, Ms. Breau
the mothers spoke about their sons
said. When families no longer need
favorite recipes, Ms. Breau said. The
OneFamilys services directly, they still
cookbook is in Hebrew, but OneFamily
stay connected to it, and they give support and hope to newer clients. It is an
hopes to translate it into English.
unfortunately ever-expanding mesh of
Thats the help that goes to families
connections.
of victims. Then there are the people
Chantal and Marc Belzberg are surrounded by their children and grandchildren.
Families dont really graduate, Ms.
who have survived attacks.

All photos courtesy onefamily
Breau said. The main goal is to help
OneFamily gives them individualized physical therapy, based on their
them rehabilitate and reintegrate into
therapy is a real thing; its based on the
specific needs. It also offers financial
make an evaluation. By now, it is based
society. Once they do, they feel really
idea that dolphins are so charismatic, so
aid. Often a parent has to stop working to
not only on training and instinct but also
indebted, and they feel so connected to
extraordinary, so magical, that being close
take care of the victim, so we supplement
on 14 years of experience, she added.
the families that they come back, and they
to them in the water can break through
their income. The victims need treatment
The first thing they do is evaluate
give back. A lot of the children who were
even a toughened childs exterior and
we supplement government subsidies
finances, Ms. Breau said. Often people
given services have grown up and become
give comfort and even the possibility of
and usually end up paying about half, Ms.
need help right away. And then they start
big brothers or sisters, and then become
change.)
Breau said.
a comprehensive plan for the family. Often
counselors in camp for free.
Every few months they do fun camps
We basically offer every kind of therwhen families lose a child, the biggest risk
OneFamily does not discriminate
apy to every person in the family. The
before the holidays the holidays are a
is that the parents will get divorced, so
against any Israelis, Ms. Breau said. There
most helpful thing is when they have each
very painful time. We have four or five
we come up with a plan specifically for
is no litmus test. It cares for Jews across the
other. They often cant relate to society
camps that offer weeklong sessions.
the bereaved couple a retreat, weekly
spectrum, and for Israeli Druse and Arab
any more, so it is very powerful to hear
We take bereaved mothers all of
marriage counseling, introducing them to
victims of terror as well. Grief and pain
people who have been through what they
them who want to come, and who are
other parents in similar situations.
overwhelm those distinctions. They are
are going through, and that now they are
ready to do it on a trip to Europe. We go
Then we analyze each child in the famall suffering, and everything else becomes
ily. Children suffer very much when they
doing better.
to Jewish communities, and the commuirrelevant politics, nationality, everything, she said. They do a comprehennities embrace them. The mothers get to
lose parents. If they have lost a brother in
Although OneFamily is an undertaking
sive evaluation of the family. They send
talk about their kids, and they can see that
the IDF, we send them a big brother or big
that consumes all the Belzbergs, Chantal
a coordinator and a social worker both
theyre not alone.
sister, a mentor, who will take them out,
is particularly involved. She does it full
are full-time OneFamily employees who
Some of the mothers recently compiled
help them with homework. We set them
time as a volunteer, day and night, her
go to the familys house and analyze the
a cookbook. It was about 80 mothers who
up with proper therapy art therapy, trahusband said. She knows every person
ditional therapy, support groups, swimfamily unit financially, emotionally, what
lost sons who were soldiers, Ms. Breau
we help.
ming therapy, dolphin therapy. (Dolphin
the dynamics and the risk are and they
said. They all had a block, where they
We just got back from vacation, and
Among all OneFamilys subgroups, this one, all young people who have been orphaned by terror attacks, is perhaps the most cohesive.
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now she is taking a group of 30 bereaved mothers to
Europe. She took another group of mothers a few months
ago. Then she will land at Lod and then she will leave
again with a group of 70 orphans. She is taking them I
think to Romania somewhere not expensive, with staff,
where they can get away. She will be gone for two weeks
on that trip.
OneFamily puts together groups of people who have
suffered similar losses and therefore have similar vocabulary, nightmares, and worldviews. Each group has its own
dedicated staff member the bigger ones have two. They
get together all the time; the group is like one big family,
Mr. Belzberg said.
The group to which the Belzbergs devote the most
attention is the orphans. We took it upon ourselves to

know them very well, Mr. Belzberg said. We take them
on a Shabbat retreat twice a year.
There were 15 families who suffered the violent deaths
of both parents, he said. The children today range in age
from 5 to 28; they were all under 18 when it happened.
They are all strong, and they have become one big family.
The camp programs also help children, he continued.
Each bunk has just eight campers, and that gives the counselors a chance to come to know each charge very well.
If you look at our biggest impact, its not in the financial grants, although we give away a lot of money, Mr.
Belzberg said. The main contribution the organization
has made well, its ironic.
Bereaved mothers at the launch of OneFamlys cookbook, A Taste of Life. The party was held at the Jerusalem home of Israels President Reuven Rivlin.
We made up our name, OneFamily, meaning that the

Jews around the world are part of the same family as the
Jews who were hurt. World Jewry is their family.
As it turns out, though, in addition to that, the groups
have become a family to each other.
Its particularly true because when someone in your
family is wounded, everything you knew is gone. Your old
friends are gone. Either they tell you to get over it, or they
wonder why you are laughing. So their new support group
becomes your new family.
OneFamily means creating a new family, so people can
meet each other and heal each other. Doing it as a group
is much more effective than sitting down alone on a psychiatrists couch for three years.
Mr. Belzberg knows so many stories; their undercurrents of pain and loss tug at the listener even as they highlight resiliency and hope.
He talks about the Schijveschuurder family, who were at
Sbarros when it was attacked. The family had made aliyah
from Holland; both parents and three of the eight children
were killed. As is not uncommon when both parents are
dead, the court had to decide who would take custody
of the children. The three oldest, all boys, were able to
decide for themselves, and they chose to stay in Israel.
The two daughters, too young to have much say, were sent
to an aunt and uncle in Switzerland.
The aunt and uncle who were much stricter than the
parents and were charedi, although the birth parents were
not said that their nephews would not be allowed to visit
their sisters. It would be too disruptive, they said. I flew
to Switzerland and met with their psychiatrists, and both
of them said to me Get them out of there, Mr. Belzberg
said. The new placement was not working. The girls were
miserable.
We went home and waited, until they brought the girls
to Israel for a bat mitzvah. The parents wouldnt let the
girls see their brothers until the last hour before they were
to go to back to Switzerland.
And then the boys basically kidnapped the girls.
We got Yaakov Neeman, then the minister of justice,
to step in, Mr. Belzberg continued. The two knew each
other. We got him to take the girls to court, and the judge
ruled that they had to go back to Switzerland for two
months, so their adoptive parents could save face, not be
embarrassed, and then they could come back.
They did come back, he added. They were saved from
a place where they were very unhappy. Now they are
great. One of them is married. Theyre both doing well.
Thats what happens when you are involved in a difficult situation. We can get things done that are hard to
do otherwise.
Mr. Belzberg has other stories of young people whose
lives were devastated, who needed help, strength, and
understanding. Many of them have recovered. There was
the young man who sought escape in drugs. (His mother
needed to know that he could be bailed out if he were
caught at the airport. He could be.) There was the young
man whose mother was blown up on a bus; a beloved
only child from a poor family, he started wearing his dead
mothers clothes and jewelry. (He started coming to our
programs, first to camp, then to the division for young
adults. Hes married now, he has kids, hes happy. Hes
said, I owe you guys my life.)
He also talks about the ones who havent recovered.
Another boy gets drunk at a nightclub, beats up three
Arabs badly, ends up in jail. I went down to the courtroom, he was behind the glass, and I told the judge what
happened. I told him, Hes not normal anymore. Ill take
care of him. He did, but the young man is not 100 percent, and he never will be, Mr. Belzberg said. There are
cases like that.
Ms. Breau now works for OneFamily as a consultant
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because she felt the tug of the work it
does so keenly. Last summer, during the
Gaza war, she went on a mission to Israel
led by Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, who leads
Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood. Her story is not dissimilar to OneFamilys founding narrative.
We went to a lot of funerals and shiva

houses, she said. I spoke to some of the
mothers, and got their emails and phone
numbers. The mothers said that the
worst thing is that in three or four or five
months, or maybe in a year, their sons
would be forgotten. I said that I would
do my best not to forget, to be in touch with

them.
So every Friday, just before Shabbat, I
would email, or sometimes talk to maybe
two or three of them, and I became close to
a few of the families.
It was through the sons of one of those
families, who always answered the phone,
that I heard about OneFamily. It literally was
a lifesaver, he said, so I looked them up.
I got involved, I called the founder,
Marc Belzberg, and that was it, she said.

Ive been to Israel three times since, I have
spent time with victims, and I have seen the
retreats, and the daily activities.
She told the story of Eyal Neufeld, a
19-year-old off-duty soldier who was on a bus
near Tzfat when a terrorist chose to blow it
up. He was one of the few survivors, Ms.
Breau said. He woke up in intensive care.
He was blind and deaf, and he had such
severe injuries in his arms that they wanted
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Over six years, 150 children in OneFamilys youth division created
Longing for a Hug, remembering the people now missing from
their lives. 35 israeli artists were commissioned to create art based
on the book. Here are photos from the exhibits opening.
to amputate them.
He was in a medically induced coma
for three months, because every time he
would come out of it he would have severe
panic attacks. He couldnt see. He couldnt
hear. He had flashbacks, believing that he
was still in the bus. His heart rate would go
up dangerously.
After three months his mother somehow was able to connect with him,
through touch and smell, and he woke
up and he got used to it. He wasnt afraid
anymore.
In the first week they told his parents
that he wasnt going to make it, but then
they moved him from the most critical to a
less critical to an even less critical unit. He
had many, many operations. They communicated through touch, and they told
him that he would never walk again.
He started from scratch. They kept telling him that he couldnt walk but he kept
insisting that he could. He had no sense of
balance.
OneFamily paid for a cutting-edge procedure to put cochlear implants in his ear
but it was much more complicated. It
worked. Then he was able to hear. And
then he got physical therapy and he was
able to walk.
Now he was so inspired. He decided
that now he can hear, and he can talk, he
would do whatever he could to regain his
eyesight, but he could not.
But then he started to go to school.
OneFamily has held his hand throughout the whole thing, supported him in
every way. He decided he wanted to buy
an apartment, so he told OneFamily that
he wanted a down payment, and they
gave him one. Then he needed help moving from his mothers house he needed
someone to take care of him so OneFamily hired a caretaker.
He ended up marrying her, and they
just had a baby, and he is finishing up his
degree at school.
When he speaks, the whole room
cries.
OneFamily offers Americans many ways
to help. We do a program called Adopt-aFamily, where we match up an American
family with a wounded IDF soldier who
wants an education but cant afford it,
Ms. Breau said. The soldier writes about
his experiences and what he wants and
why he needs financial help. They stay in
touch, and eventually they meet in Israel.
Its just $6,000, she added.
Another program pairs bar or bat mitzvah children in Israel and North America.
The American child raises $1,800 for the
Israeli childs bar or bat mitzvah. A lot of
time they want a small party, or a dress or
a suit. And then they meet.
OneFamily is an exceptional organization, Rabbi Goldin said. The Jewish community is extremely good at acute care,
but when it comes to chronic care we have
our challenges.
Thats understandable. We are there in
the moment, and then things fade. What is
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exceptional is that OneFamily works hard
not to allow those needs to fade from our
consciousness. They find ways to provide
support on a continual basis.
Rabbi Goldin has known the Belzbergs
since he and Marc were at college together,
although they never were close friends.
The family is very comfortable and philanthropic, he said. They dont have to do
this, but this is something they have dedicated their lives to.
Its become natural to them. Somehow
they maintain the energy, and the excitement, and the enthusiasm. You dont ever
get any sense of any flagging.
These are exceptional people, who are
blessed with good fortune and feel that
they want to give.
As Ms. Breau says, OneFamily does
small miracles every day. Every day.
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Where does Bernie stand?

What does Bernie Sanders, the Jewish candidate for president, say about Israel?
to build these very sophisticated tunnels into Israel for military purposes.
WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders
Hecklers interrupted, some shouting epithets.
best friend is a Zionist who teaches
Excuse me, shut up, you dont
Jewish philosophy, he had a formative
have the microphone, Sanders said.
experience on a kibbutz, and Saturday Night Live dubbed him the old
You asked the question, Im answering it. This is called democracy. I am
Jew.
answering a question and I do not
Still, Sanders cant get away from
want to be disturbed.
the inevitable But where is he on
His critical but supportive posture
Israel? question, especially now
on Israel has been consistent and has
that the Democratic presidential contender, an Independent senator from
included using assistance as leverage.
Vermont who caucuses with DemoAs mayor of Burlington, Vermont,
crats, has pulled ahead of Hillary Rodin 1988, Sanders was asked if he
ham Clinton in New Hampshire, the
backed then-candidate for president
first primary state.
Jesse Jacksons support for the Palestinians during the first intifada.
Do you view yourself as a Zionist?
Sanders excoriated what he depicted
the left-leaning online magazine Vox
as Israeli brutality as well as Arab
asked Sanders in a July 28 interview.
extremism.
Its a funny question for Sanders,
What is going on in the Middle
who if there were an out and proud
Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding in Clear Lake on
East right now is obviously a tragmetric for Jews in politics would score
August 14.
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edy, theres no question about it. The
high.
sight of Israeli soldiers breaking the
Sanders, 73, is best friends with
arms and legs of Arabs is reprehensible.
Richard Sugarman, a professor of Jewish
with Israel, Sanders said. Im an Ameriliving, which is certainly not the case right
can. I dont know where that question
The idea of Israel closing down towns and
philosophy at the University of Vermont
now. My long-term hope is that instead of
came from. I am an American citizen,
sealing them off is unacceptable, he said
who champions Zionism to his left-leanpouring so much military aid into Israel,
ing students. His other best friend and
and I have visited Israel on a couple of
at a news conference, according to video
into Egypt, we can provide more economic aid to help improve the standard of
former chief of staff is Huck Gutman, a
occasions. No, Im an American citizen,
unearthed by Alternet writer Zaid Jilani.
living of the people in that area.
University of Vermont professor of literaperiod.
You have had a crisis there for 30 years,
ture who is a passionate aficionado of the
you have had people at war for 30 years,
poetry of Yehuda Amichai.
you have a situation with some Arab countries where there are still some Arab leadWhen the comedian Sarah Silverman
ership calling for the destruction of the
introduced Sanders at an August 10 rally
State of Israel and the murder of Israeli
in Los Angeles, she shunted her caustic
citizens.
Jewish shtick aside for a moment.
Sanders said the United States should
His moral compass and sense of values
exercise the prerogative it has as an ecoinspires me, she said. He always seems
nomic power.
to be on the right side of history.
We are pouring billions of dollars in
Silverman ticked off a list of Sanders
arms into Arab countries. We have the
qualifications that align him with positions
clout to demand they and Israel, who
that polls show American Jews overwhelmingly favor: for same-sex marriage, for civil
He will defend Israel to a hostile crowd,
were also heavily financing, to begin to sit
So where does Bernie Sanders stand on
rights, against the Iraq war. She might have
but will also fault Israel and will shout
down and work out a sensible solution to
Israel? Heres a review.
added favoring universally available health
down hecklers.
the problem which would guarantee the
He backs Israel, but he believes in
care.
At a town hall in Cabot, Vermont, durexistence of the State of Israel and which
spending less on defense assistance to
ing last summers Gaza war, a constituent
He is a man of the people, Silverman
would also protect Palestinian rights, he
Israel and more on economic assistance in
commended Sanders for not signing onto
said. He has to be his name is Bernie.
said.
the Middle East.
a Senate resolution that solely blamed
Fresh out of the University of Chicago
He doesnt think the Iran nuclear deal is
Is Sanders a Zionist? Heres what he told
Hamas for the conflict, but wondered if he
and already deeply involved in left-wing
perfect, but he backs it.
Voxs Ezra Klein:
Its so easy to be critical of an agreewould go further.
activism, Sanders spent several months
A Zionist? What does that mean? Want
ment which is not perfect, he told CBS
Has Israel overreacted? Have they
in the mid-1960s on a kibbutz. The Brookto define what the word is? Do I think
lyn-born and accented Sanders has been
News on August 7. But the United States
bombed U.N. facilities? The answer is yes,
Israel has the right to exist? Yeah, I do. Do
shaped by the murder of his fathers
has to negotiate with, you know, other
and that is terribly, terribly wrong, SandI believe that the United States should be
ers said.
extended family in the Holocaust.
countries. We have to negotiate with
playing an even-handed role in terms of its
On the other hand and there is
As everyone in this room knows, I am a
Iran. And the alternative of not reaching
dealings with the Palestinian community
another hand you have a situation where
Jew, an old Jew, actor Fred Armisen said
an agreement, you know what it is? Its
in Israel? Absolutely I do.
Hamas is sending missiles into Israel a
while playing Sanders in a 2013 Saturday
war. Do we really want another war, a
Again, I think that you have volatile
fact and you know where some of those
Night Live sketch.
war with Iran? An asymmetrical warfare
regions in the world, the Middle East is
missiles are coming from. Theyre coming
Sanders well-known pique surfaced
that will take place all over this world,
one of them, and the United States has
from populated areas; thats a fact. Hamas
in June when Diane Rehm, the NPR talk
threatening American troops? So I think
got to work with other countries around
is using money that came into Gaza for
show host, declaratively told him he had
we go as far as we possibly can in trying
the world to fight for Israels security and
construction purposes and God knows
dual U.S.-Israel citizenship, citing an antito give peace a chance, if you like. Trying
existence at the same time as we fight for a
they need roads and all the things that
Semitic meme circulating on the Internet.
to see if this agreement will work. And I
Palestinian state where the people in that
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Well, no, I do not have dual citizenship
will support it.
country can enjoy a decent standard of
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The United States has got to work

with other countries around the
world to fight for Israels security
and existence at the same time as
we fight for a Palestinian state.
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In the mid-1920s, members of the

Cliffside Park Jewish community
formed Congregation Sons of Israel.
In early 1958, the renamed Temple
Israel Community Center moved one
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we were joined by Temple Beth El of
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Our name has changed, but our style
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warm, friendly, and caring. Even on the
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What does being Jewish mean today?
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If these questions or others like them
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Our inviting atmosphere inspires
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Our social action calendar is filled
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Daily services at Temple Emanu-El
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Our Shabbat observances are centered around singing, reflection, wrestling with big and important ideas, and
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Congregation Bnai Israel is an innovative Conservative egalitarian

synagogue at 53 Palisade Ave. in Emerson. Its members hail from throughout the Pascack Valley area and
neighboring towns in Bergen County.
Rabbi Debra Orenstein is a seventhgeneration rabbi who embodies the
combination of intellect, warmth,
spirituality, and charm. Cantor Lenny
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Together, they are changing the synagogue experience and creating a new
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uplift, inspire, and entertain congregants of all
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the hebrew school offers one- and two-day
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the new member promotion offers half-off first
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Congregation Kol HaNeshama
Congregation Kol haneshamah (Voice of the
soul) is the only Conservative synagogue serving the englewood/tenafly community. we are
a havurah-style egalitarian shul under the leadership of rabbi Fred elias. shabbat and holiday
services are highly participatory and musical, as
lay leaders along with the rabbi lead prayers,
leyn (chant from the torah), and offer divrai
torah (teachings). discussion during services is
encouraged. Kol haneshamah is deeply committed to tikkun olam (healing the world). Members and their children participate in a number
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hebrew school for grades K-7 is available
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high holiday tickets are free, but reservations
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episcopal Church, 113 engle street, englewood.
services begin at 9:45 a.m. Childrens services at
10:30 a.m. Visit our website at: www.KhnJ.org.
Fair Lawn
Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel
the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Congregation
Bnai israel invites you to join our welcoming,
egalitarian, Conservative congregation for the
high holidays and year-round. spiritually uplifting and socially dynamic, the FLJC creates community and connection with a wide range of
prayer, educational, and social offerings for all
ages.
all are welcome at our shabbat and daily services as well as our holiday celebrations. egalitarian and traditional services are held every shabbat morning. experience junior congregation, a
nationally recognized morning minyan for teens, tot

shabbat, and family services.
Our religious school, the howard and Joshua herman
educational Center, meets two days a week. teachers
utilize current technology to engage and educate our
students. For registration information, call principal
Judy Gutin at (201) 796-7884 or email her at principal@fljc.com.

For more information, call our synagogue administrator Claudia Judelman at (201) 796-5040, email info@
fljc.com, or claudia@fljc.com, or go to www.fljc.com.
Join us to worship and grow together.
Attention synagogue
leaders: The Jewish
Standard invited all local
synagogues to advertise in
this section. It will run again
next week, and we welcome
your synagogues inclusion.
Call (201) 837-8818.
Temple Emanuel of North Jersey

What Will You Do Better This Year?
Join Us for the Holidays!
(201) 560-0200
www.tenjfl.org
www.facebook.com/tenjfl
Our synagogue is located at 558 High Mountain Road

in Franklin Lakes, overlooking the beautiful Franklin Lakes
Nature Preserve.Our community is boundless!
The Holidays are just the beginning
Temple Avodat Shalom (TAS) is a vibrant Reform Jewish congregation located in River
Edge. The synagogue maintains genuine, warm and friendly connections with its membership
more than 1000 individuals of different ages and backgrounds. TAS offers programs for young
families, seniors, adult couples, brotherhood, sisterhood, youth group, and community service
opportunities for all ages. We help our members, including more than 150 students who are
registered for our religious school in grades PreK through 12, to culti vate an appreciation of our
timeless Jewish heritage and celebrate the joys of Jewish life.
Come join our temple family for the holidays. Our dynamic Rabbi, Paul Jacobson, in conjunction
with our dedicated leadership, delight in welcoming you to our cong regation. Services on 2nd
day Rosh Hashanah (Tuesday, September 15) and Yom Kippur afternoon (Wednesday,
September 23, including Yizkor) are free and open to the public.
Find out what makes Temple Avodat Shalom (TAS) truly fanTAStic.
For school regis tration
information, call Rabbi Paula Feldstein, Education Director at (201) 489-2463, x204. For more
information, please call Stella Teger, our Executive Director at (201) 489-2463 ext. 203 or E-mail
director@avodatshalom.net. Visit us on our website: http://www.avodatshalom.net
Temple Beth Sholom
Temple Beth Sholom of Fair Lawn invites the community to feel the energy, enthusiasm, and inspiration
of its warm and friendly congregation. The synagogue offers a variety of adult education programs,
family programming, and activities sponsored by our
sisterhood, mens club, 60+ social club, social action
committee, and teen youth group. Temple Beth Sholom sponsors daily morning and evening minyans, junior congregation, and a Shabbat Torah study group.
Temple Beth Sholom is a traditional Conservative
congregation, affiliated with United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism, that has served the religious,
educational, cultural, and social needs of more than
250 households in the Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, Paramus,

and Ridgewood areas for more than five decades.
The Northern New Jersey Jewish Academy is a consortium school with programs from pre K to seventh
grade. For information on the religious school, contact the religious school director, Rabbi Estelle Mills
(emills@synagogue.org) or contact Rabbi Zeilicovich
through the temple office.
The Helen Troum Nursery School and Kindergarten
provides a developmentally appropriate program for
children from 2 to 5, after-school enrichment, early
care, a Mommy and Me program, and a summer camp.
The school serves families with children from other
congregations as well as unaffiliated families from
Fair Lawn and surrounding communities. For informa-
Experience the Difference!
The Traditional Synagogue of Rockland County and Northern New Jersey

JOIN NOW AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR
NEW TWO (2) YEAR MEMBERSHIP PLANS
Family
Single Parent
Single Adult
Dues Per Year
$500
$350
$250
Building Fund
Holiday Seats
Hebrew School
$500
$350
$250
Total
Newlyweds Membership Special First Year Free
For more information call us - visit us: 18 Montebello Rd Montebello, NY Tel: 845-369-0300 Fax: 845-369-0305
Find us at: www.congshaareyisrael.org
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Enriching your life

through prayer, celebration,
education and social action
High Holidays begin Sept. 13th

Be inspired by our
meaningful services!
Free Rosh Hashanah service for families with
young children September 14th at 10 a.m.
Babysitting and programs for children & teens
Religious School - 2 Days a Week

Free 1 month trial for new students
Children K-2 may attend religious school
with no synagogue membership required
201-796-5040 10-10 Norma Ave. Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
www.FLJC.com www.Facebook.com/FairLawnJewishCenter
Fort Lee
The Jewish Community
Center of Fort Lee/
Congregation Gesher Shalom
The Jewish Community Center of Fort Lee/
Congregation Gesher Shalom is a warm, familyfriendly, Conservative synagogue which respects traditional values and incorporates both
traditional and innovative High Holiday Services.
We are completely egalitarian and inclusive in
all aspects of synagogue life. Our many programs
serve a multi-generational congregation and include many opportunities for worship of God, as
BETH HAVERIM SHIR SHALOM

Wishes your family
Congregation Shaarey Israel
Custom crafted Hebrew School curriculum for children 5 13 years of age.

Unique Cooking with the Torah classes offered to our Hebrew School
students, and children in our community.
After Shabbat kiddush classes led by our clergy.
Daily morning and evening services.
Adult education classes by our clergy and members.
Weekly Israeli dancing classes taught by Karin Sachs.
Active mens club and sisterhood.
Shabbat and holiday community dinners.
Diversified holiday and cultural programing throughout the year. Plus a
community Passover Seder.
tion on the nursery school and kindergarten, call

Debora Lesnoy (201) 797-2865 or email DLesnoyTBS@yahoo.com.
Temple Beth Sholom is offering a one-time-only
introductory rate for new members of $360. Call
the temple office for more details, (201) 797-9321.
The synagogue is at 40-25 Fair Lawn Ave., corner
of Saddle River Road.
A Sweet & Healthy

New Year
From Our House of Friends
To Yours
L Shanah Tovah
A Welcoming Reform Congregation

280 Ramapo Valley Rd.
Mahwah, NJ 201- 512-1983
Family service at 2:30 p.m.

and Yizkor at 5:30 p.m.
OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
For both holidays
Spiritual Worship Experience
Exceptional Religious School
Innovative Family School Programming
Please inquire about our Temple Membership
and Introductory Young Family Membership
Rabbi Joel Mosbacher

Cantor David Perper
www.bethhaverimshirshalom.org
well as adult and family-based education. we ensure a positive Jewish
experience and home in which every
member matters.
Members enjoy festive shabbat dinners, inspiring lectures, family-friendly
holiday celebrations, social activities,
and more.
we are also the only Conservative
synagogue in the area to hold a minyan twice each day.
Our thriving hebrew school has an
innovative curriculum, utilizing technology and emphasizing love of our
Jewish heritage, torah, and israel.
we offer many learning/registration
options. Call our direct line (201-9471654) for more information.
Visit our website at www.geshershalom.org to find out all about us and
see a list of current events and service
times, or feel free to call the office
(201) 947-1735 and schedule an appointment to get acquainted with our
vibrant synagogue community.
The New Synagogue

of Fort Lee
Congregation Kehilat Baruch
the story of the new synagogue of
Fort Lee and Kehilat Baruch is intertwined with the story of its rabbi,
spiritual leader, and cantor, Meir M.

Berger. inspired by his great grandfathers shul in Mea shearim, the new
synagogue of Fort Lee is the brainchild of a tenacious rabbi and a committed congregation.
From the small space at the senior
Citizens Center of Fort Lee to a tent
on Palisades avenue, on to a modest
house on Center avenue and finally,
as the congregation grew in strength
and numbers, to a brand new, lovely
sanctuary at the corner of Center avenue and whitman street in Fort Lee.
Our beit tefillah is grounded in traditional Conservative values, celebrating shabbat, holidays, and Jewish life
cycle events. Kehilat Baruch aims to
fulfill the educational, cultural, social,
and charitable needs of the Jewish
community of Fort Lee and its environs. Our hebrew school aims to instill
Jewish literacy through torah, hebrew,
life cycle highlights (shabbat, bat/bar
mitzvah), Jewish values, and history,
and to develop a spirit of Yiddishkeit.
a vibrant sisterhood offers a yearly
program of cultural and social activities to benefit the growing diversity of
its membership.
1585 Center ave. (201) 947-1555.
EXPLORE YOUR SPIRIT

EXPAND YOUR MIND
WITH YOUR
CONNECT COMMUNITY
discover
CALL TO LEARN MORE! (201) 848-1800
747 ROUTE 208 SOUTH, FRANKLIN LAKES
WWW.BARNERTTEMPLE.ORG
Franklin Lakes
Glen Rock
Temple Emanuel
of North Jersey
Barnert Temple
Temple Emanuel of North Jersey

welcomes participants of all backgrounds and ages. We value individual spiritual growth, Jewish learning,
the Zionist dream, and acting in the
world to make it a better place. Our
prayer services are traditional, egalitarian, and Conservative, and men
and women participate equally. We
encourage interfaith families to join
us and become a part of our community. Our close-knit membership
includes people and families from
Bergen and Passaic counties, New
York, and beyond.
Our synagogue is at 558 High Mountain Road in Franklin Lakes, overlooking the beautiful Franklin Lakes Nature
Preserve. tenjfl.org. 558 High Mountain
Rd. (201) 560-0200.
What do you seek?

Do you try to live with the value that
you are part of something larger than
yourself? Do you strive for ethical and
spiritual growth?
At Barnert, we try to grow as a sacred community. Were committed to
offering Jewish experiences that are
relevant, accessible and meaningful.
We welcome, appreciate and value
people of all ages and backgrounds.
These are our core values; perhaps
they match yours:
Mutual respect for one another,
derech eretz
Questioning and seeking insight,
rodef chochmah
A partnership of members, leaders,
professionals and clergy, brit shleimut
Love of the Jewish people and the
State of Israel, klal Yisrael
Repair of our world, tikun olam
Wed love to meet you.
Please join us on Shabbat and/or the
High Holidays.
Explore our spectacular preschool
and innovative religious school. Call
Vicky Farhi at (201) 848-1800. Discover more at www.barnerttemple.org.
747 Route 208 South, Franklin Lakes
Glen Rock Jewish Center

The Glen Rock Jewish Center is a
welcoming, vibrant, egalitarian congregation with a strong commitment
to purposeful Jewish living. We also
know how to have fun. Our social
hall comes alive with weekly events
and activities that are sure to appeal.
There is always something happening at GRJC. Our synagogue deftly
blends and balances the rich teachings of our Jewish heritage with the
very best lessons of modern culture.
We are proud of our participatory
services, our commitment to social
action, and our dedication to Jewish education for people of all ages.
Our adult education, nursery school,
and Hebrew school offer something
for everyone. The great Rabbi Hillel taught: Become a part of your
community (Pirke Avot 2:5). It is our
hope that you will become part of our
community, and that we may all grow
together. Make your family part of our
family!!
We would be happy to answer any
questions you have about our programs and services. Come meet our
new Rabbi, Jennifer Schlosberg. Our
synagogue is at 682 Harristown Road
in Glen Rock. For information email office@grjc.org or call (201) 652-6624.
Greenwich Village,
New York City
Sim Shalom Jazz High
Holiday Services in
Greenwich Village
Celebrate the High Holidays with Sim
Shalom as it brings its innovative jazz
services to the iconic Bitter End. The
Jazz High Holiday services will fuse the
raw emotion of jazz with traditional
Jewish music and prayer for a one-ofa-kind morning of spiritual renewal.
Featuring recording musician and rabbi Steven Blanes cantorial vocals and
a jazz quartet. For those unable to attend live, services will be streamed free
with global participation via chat. To
join services online, to purchase tickets
for the live High Holiday services at
the Bitter End, or for more information
visit www.simshalom.com or call 201338-0165. Services are 10:30 on Rosh
Hashanah, Monday, September 14, and
10:30 a.m. on Yom Kippur, Wednesday,
September 23.
Sim Shalom is an interactive online
Jewish Universalist synagogue which
is liberal in thought and traditional in
Congregation Shaare Zedek of

West New York, NJ announces
free admiSSioN
for roSh haShaNa
and Yom Kippur
ServiCeS
as our special gift to the

Bergen and hudson County
Jewish Community in honor of
our 100 year anniversary
High Holiday services in our Contemporary Sanctuary feature

Renowned Rabbi Jay Levy & professional vocal & instrumental
accompaniment, all at affordable pricing! If you are looking for a
special place to worship for the High Holidays, youll find yourself at
home and at ease at our acclaimed inspiring services.
We also offer traditional services for members and non-members.
Call today for more information! (201) 947-1735

or visit our website www.geshershalom.org/holidays
We are a warm, family-friendly, Conservative Egalitarian synagogue which respects
traditional values and offers both traditional and contemporary services.
We have an outstanding, innovative Hebrew School,
Bar/Bat Mitzvah training & ceremonies, social
activities, holiday celebrations, adult & family
education, twice-daily services, and much more!
All are welcome

to join us at no charge.
No tickets necessary.
Rabbi Gringras will be
conducting traditional services.
Rosh Hashana Yom Kippur

Sunday Sept 13
Rosh Hashana Eve 7:00 pm
Tuesday Sept 22
Yom Kippur Eve 6:50 pm
Monday Sept 14 9:00 am

Evening services 7:00 pm
Wednesday Sept 23
Morning services 9:30 am
Yizkor Memorial
Service 11:30 am
Tuesday Sept 15 9:00 am

Evening services 7:00 pm
for a tour of our historic synagogue or for information,

please call the shul at 201-867-6859.
CoNgregatioN Shaare ZedeK

5308 palisade ave. West New York, NJ 07093
www.shaarezedekwny.org
liturgy. Created in 2009 by Rabbi Steven Blane on
Manhattans Upper West Side, Sim Shalom offers
a means of connecting the unconnected. Rabbi
Blane leads accessible and short Kabbalat Shabbat services every Friday night using a virtual
interface and additionally Sim Shalom provides
online education programs, jazz concerts, conversion, and life-cycle ceremonies along with weeknight services at 7:00 p.m.
Rabbi Blane is also the founder and director of
the Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute, www.jsli.
net, an online professional rabbinical program.
Sim Shalom nurtures a Jewish connection
through its mission of innovative services, creative education and dynamic outreach to the
global community. For more information visit
www.simshalom.com or call 201-338-0165.
Hoboken
The United Synagogue of Hoboken
The United Synagogue of Hoboken is Hobokens vibrant, inclusive and participatory Jewish community, serving Hudson County. We
have revived a historic synagogue building and
century-old Jewish community, and we strive to
nurture and renew the spark of Judaism in each
individual.
Rabbi Robert Scheinberg has led the community with sensitivity and wisdom since 1997 (see
http://rabbischeinberg.blogspot.com). Educational programs for all ages, led by Early Childhood
Director Rachelle Grossman and Learning Center
Director Grace Gurman-Chan, help our children to
embark on the adventure of Jewish life and experiential Jewish learning. Our partnerships with organizations like Moishe House Hoboken and Jewish Young Adults of Hoboken help Jewish young
adults in our area to forge connections with the
Jewish community. For over a decade we have
hosted the Introduction to Judaism program of
the Rabbinical Assembly of New Jersey, drawing
adults from around the state to explore Judaism in a comfortable and validating atmosphere.
Services on weekdays, Shabbat, and holidays are
musical, participatory, and thought-provoking.
Concerts, films, guest speakers, and volunteer
projects help us to engage with Judaism through
our minds, our hearts, and our hands. Find out
more about our congregation, and about Jewish
life in Hoboken, at www.hobokensynagogue.org
or www.facebook.com/HobokenSynagogue.
Rachelle Grossman, Director

201-653-8666
ushpreschool@gmail.com
See hobokensynagogue.org for our activities,

classes and services for adults and children of all ages
115 Park Ave., Hoboken, NJ 201-659-4000
Rabbi Robert Scheinberg office@hobokensynagogue.org
Grace Gurman-Chan, Director

201-659-4000
lc@hobokensynagogue.org
Mahwah
Beth Haverim Shir Shalom
Beth Haverim Shir Shalom, at 280 Ramapo
Valley Road, is a warm and welcoming Reform
congregation serving Rockland and Bergen
counties. Its more than 435 families are led by
enthusiastic lay leaders in cooperation with
Rabbi Joel Mosbacher and Cantor David Perper.
In addition to inviting and spiritual services, it
offers an outstanding one-day-a-week religious
school, including a unique family school, juniorsenior youth groups, vibrant lifelong learning,
junior and adult choirs, and brotherhood, sisterhood, and social action groups. Friday evening
Shabbat services are held at 6 p.m. on the first
Friday of the month and 7:30 p.m the remaining Fridays. We offer a family service on the first
Friday of each month. For more information
please call (201) 512-1983 or go to www.bethhaverimshirshalom.org
David-Seth Kirshner, Rabbi

Alex Freedman, Assistant Rabbi
Israel Singer, Cantor
Miriam Gitelman, Executive Director
Deborah Tuchman, President
180 Piermont Rd, Closter, NJ 07624
Montebello, N.Y.
TEMPLE BETH EL
OF NORTHERN VALLEY
221 Schraalenburgh RoadSomething

Closter
New Jersey
for Everyone All Year Round !
LShanah Tovah!
We believe
that every Jewish family has
tbenv.org 201.768.5112
office@tbenv.org
something to offer the community, and the
Yes, the High Holy Days are rapidly approaching.

As you look forward to this time of reflection and
renewal, we encourage you to be a part of our
Family of families.
LShanah Tovah!
Temple has something to offer all those making

Jewish choices for themselves and their families .
Lets Begin 5773 Together
A time to reflect on the year gone by, a time to look

with our new Rabbi, David S. Widzer
aretosure
in your participation,
forward to all thatWe
is yet
be. you will find joy and fulfillment
Special Childrens
Programming
whether it be to pray, to learn or to schmooze.
Be part of our warm and welcoming congregation,
Services for Families with Young Children
as we raise our voices in prayer,
Special Community Tickets Available This Year
221 Schraalenburgh Road AllCloster
New Jersey
and let our spirits soar.
Are Welcome!
www.tbenv.org 201-768-5112 office@tbenv.org
Why Wait Until The High Holy Days

To Get To Know Us?
8/24 Shabbat Prayers on the Palisades
9/7 Tot Shabbat/Family BBQ/Family Service
8/31 Shabbat Services with Oneg
9/14 Shabbat Service with Welcome Oneg
Bring Judaism To Your Family

Year Round
Vibrant and Warm Nursey School
Exciting and Engaging 2-day Religious School
Meaningful Bnai Mitzvah Program
Youth Group and Teen Leadership Programs
And so much more
Rosh Hashanah and

Yom Kippur 2015/5776
Reimagine The High Holy Days
Renew Your Ability to Be Renewed.
Elevate the High
Holy Days with
unique music,
creative prayer, the
beauty of nature,
family, and friends.
Tickets:
$500/family
$180/individuals
$136 for single
service
Additional Gate of
Prayer dues for
2015/2016:
$300 (includes all
monthly Shabbat
programs)
Newcomers to
Shaar enjoy
a 50% discount
on all tickets.
Music. Spirit. Passion. Intellect. Depth.

Warmth. Humor. Nature. Connection.
First Day Rosh Hashanah
September 14, 2015, 9:30am
275 McKinley Avenue, New Milford, NJ

Traditional, inclusive and participatory service.
Second Day Rosh Hashanah

September 15, 2015, 10:00am
Alpine Boat Basin Pavilion, Alpine, NJ

Unique celebration of the New Year: music, singing, meditation,
reflection, text study and discussion, Shofar blowing, Tashlich by the
Hudson River, and community kiddush. Limited seating. RSVP
required.
Yom Kippur, September 22-23, 2015
275 McKinley Avenue, New Milford, NJ

Kol Nidre, Sept 22, 6:15pm; YK morning Sept 23, 9:30am
Mincha and unique, festive Neilah service, 6:00pm
Send your check along with a list of names of those attending to PO
Box 1625, Fort Lee, NJ 07024.
www.thejewishstandard.com
Congregation
Shaarey Israel
The Traditional Synagogue
of Rockland County &
Northern New Jersey
Congregation Shaarey Israel is a
spiritually uplifting, pro-Israel, Traditional synagogue, dedicated to
enhancing your Jewish religious
experience. CSI is a warm, welcoming family where lifelong friendships
are made and cherished. CSI is a
place where you will find support
and participation in all your lifecycle
events.
Our beautiful building is conveniently located off Exit 14B on the
NYS Thruway and is adorned with
authentic Jerusalem stone and exquisite art.
At CSI, we love children. Our religious school, for children 5-13, has
a custom-designed curriculum of
Torah, Hebrew language, and Jewish
history that connect our children to
their heritage. Children also participate in our Friday night services and
are taught Jewish cooking. Rabbi
Reuven Stengel personally trains every Bar/Bat Mitzvah student. Cantor
Menachem Bazian teaches traditional melodies and leads the Hebrew
School during special services.
We have daily morning and evening minyanim. Shabbat and holiday
services begin at 8:45 a.m. and are
followed by a sumptuous kiddush
luncheon.
Programming is our middle name.
We offer an active Sisterhood and
Mens Club and a large variety of educational, social, and innovative programs for all. The shul participates in
AIPAC conventions and marches in
the Celebrate Israel Parade.
Come join us for a Shabbat or any
of our activities. We would love to
meet you and have you experience
the difference! Let us show you how
we can enhance your life in ways you
never dreamed of.
New Milford
Shaar Communities
Shaar Communities is a groundbreaking network of small, inclusive,
and fee-for-service Jewish communities. As people gravitate to Jewish life from different perspectives,
priorities, and interests, Shaar offers multiple gates (Shaar means
gate) through which people can
enter and establish Jewish connections. Each revolves around a different mode of engagement prayer,
study, travel, youth adventures,
lifecycle, or social action. Our communities offer an innovative, affordable and pluralistic model of Jewish
identity-building and affiliation.
Shaar is in the singular to convey
the sacredness and authenticity of
each gate.
Meaningful Jewish learning, con-
scious spiritual development, social

responsibility, and creative programming distinguish each gate. Of note:
The Gate of Prayer offers monthly
Shabbat celebrations with live music
and refreshments. The Gate of Tomorrow offers unique, experiential
programs for Jewish youth, including a new initiative for LGBTQ teens.
The Gate of Discovery offers exciting trips to explore different cultures
through a Jewish lens. Destinations
have included Israel, Argentina, Montreal, Cuba, Panama, Berlin, Krakow,
and Sicily, as well as a Jewish journey
into the civil rights story in Atlanta,
Selma, and Birmingham and a Mother/Daughter Spa Shabbat. A unique
journey to Israels many and varied
cultures and communities is planned
for November 2015 with the theme,
Seventy Faces: The Israeli Human
Mosaic. Elishas Gate of Wholeness
and Healing invites people confronting illness, transition, or loss into
Jewish life through creative ritual
and spiritual fellowship.
We welcome people of all backgrounds, and especially seek to create inviting entrances into Jewish life
for those historically on the margins
including singles, Jews by choice,
interfaith families, Jews of color, and
LGBTQ Jews.
www.shaarcommunities.org
Rabbi Adina Lewittes, Founder
rabbi@shaarcommunities.org
201-220-6743
Old Tappan
Chabad of Old Tappan
The Chabad of Old Tappan family
welcomes you for the High Holidays.
To join Chabad of Old Tappan is
to enjoy an inspiring synthesis of
delights for body and soul. Beyond
an emphasis on prayers and rituals,
Chabad OT provides a familial atmosphere where you will feel an intuitive sense of community altruism, at
once joyfully celebrating one anothers simchas and providing heartfelt
support during times of adversity.
Chabad OT is spearheaded by Rabbi Mendy and Devora Lewis, a warm,
caring and energetic couple who are
loved and admired by all who meet
them. With a welcoming spirit and
judgment-free approach, we allow
for Jewish traditions and the teachings of Torah to be experienced in
a modern and relevant context, an
experience harmoniously shared by
Jews of any and all background.
Chabad OT serves as the nerve
center for spiritual, educational, and
social development, offering a wide
range of programming tailored to
differing age groups. Our current
programs include courses from the
Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, a
flourishing Sunday Hebrew school,
teen educational and humanitarian programs, Shabbat and holiday
services, dinners, and luncheons, a
family fun day, a community menorah lighting and festival, and many
services and programs for seniors.
We welcome you to join our family, to spend a Shabbat with us and
to enhance our community by adding your own unique imprint. To learn
more about Chabad OT call 201-7674008 or visit us on the web at www.
chabadOT.org.
Paramus
The Jewish Community
Center of Paramus/
Congregation Beth Tikvah
The Jewish Community Center of
Paramus/Congregation Beth Tikvah
is a full-service, traditional, Conservative congregation. We offer both
a weekly egalitarian service and a
traditional service each Shabbat
morning, daily minyanim in both
morning and evening, comprehensive adult education, a Young Couples Club, Sisterhood, Mens Club,
Hebrew School, and USY Youth programs. Were proud of our extensive
involvement in local community affairs and within the greater worldwide Jewish community.
Above all, the JCCP/CBT is about
being a cornerstone of the vibrant

Jewish community in Bergen County.
The JCCP/CBT is a place where we
encourage each other to grow as
Jews, to worship, to celebrate our
joyous occasions, and to find support
from each other in times of need. We
enjoy many festive holiday celebrations, learning opportunities, and
numerous social activities for all ages
and personal interests.
We pride ourselves in being a dynamic source of traditional Conservative Jewish worship. Come by and
meet Rabbi Arthur Weiner who will
welcome the opportunity to talk with
you. We encourage participation,
personal growth, and cultural enrichment. We have a wonderful and engaging Religious School, as well as a
full court basketball gym and a large
and inviting social hall.
Please come for a visit, and see why
Community is our middle name.
For more information, contact us at
(201) 262-7691 or visit www.jccparamus.org. Were located at 304 East
Midland Ave. in Paramus, between
Spring Valley Road and Forest Avenue.
Our Special Gift tO YOu!

Join
The Glen Rock Jewish Center
Family Membership
$360* for One Year
for a Taste of the High Holidays

at the 8th Annual
Monday,
September 14
4:00 pm
GRJC
682 Harristown Rd.
Glen Rock, NJ
FREE and OPEN to the Entire Community!

RSVP to 201-652-6624 or office@grjc.org
Additional Free Community Activities:
Tashlich -- September 14 at 6:00 pm

(preceded by short afternoon prayers at 5:45)
(Duck Pond off Prospect Street)
Yizkor -- September 23 approximately 1:00 pm
Neilah -- September 23 approximately 6:00 pm
High Holiday Tickets Included

New Members Only
Deadline September 1, 2015
Daily Morning and Evening Minyans

Social, Cultural and Social Action Programs
Sisterhood and Mens Club
Adult Ed and Torah Study Group
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Ridgewood
Reconstructionist
RCBI (www.rcbi-online.org), the only
Reconstructionist congregation in
Bergen County, offers a contemporary look at tradition through our
spirited, flexible, and participatory
services, and our appreciation of
inquiry and authentic Jewish expression.
We are open and inclusive, welcoming Jews from all walks of life and truly
embracing diversity. Our intimate congregation is LGBT-friendly, welcomes
interfaith and multi-racial families, and
encourages Jews by choice and those
considering conversion to Judaism to
attend our services and programs.
RCBI is located within Temple Israel
and Jewish Community Center in
Ridgewood (Conservative); the congregations hold separate religious services and enjoy programs and activities together. RCBIs spiritual leader is
Rabbi Jacob Lieberman, a 2015 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical
College who shares his love of Judaism
and his passion for justice. We hold
weekly Friday night services, twicemonthly Saturday morning services,
and holiday services/programs. Our
students attend NNNJA, a religious

school consortium held at TIJCC, with
classes from pre-K through 7.
RCBI is located at 475 Grove Street,
Ridgewood, NJ 07450. For information about services or membership,
call (201) 444-9320, x 216 or email
info@rcbi-online.org. More information about the Reconstructionist
movement, its precepts, and style of
community governance is available at
www.jewishrecon.org.
River Edge
Temple Avodat Shalom
Temple Avodat Shalom (TAS) is a
vibrant Reform Jewish congregation
located in River Edge. The synagogue
maintains genuine, warm, and friendly
connections with its membership
more than 1000 individuals of different ages and backgrounds. TAS
offers programs for young families,
seniors, adult couples, brotherhood,
sisterhood, youth group, and community service opportunities for all
ages. We help our members, including more than 150 students who are
registered for our religious school in
grades Pre-K through 12, to cultivate
an appreciation of our timeless Jewish heritage and celebrate the joys of
Jewish life.
Come join our temple family for the

holidays. Our dynamic rabbi, Paul Jacobson, in conjunction with our dedicated leadership, delight in welcoming
you to our congregation. Services on
second day Rosh Hashanah (Tuesday, September 15) and Yom Kippur
afternoon (Wednesday, September 23,
including Yizkor) are free and open to
the public.
For school registration information,
call Rabbi Paula Feldstein, education
director at (201) 489-2463, x204. For
more information, please call Stella
Teger, our executive director at (201)
489-2463 ext. 203 or E-mail director@
avodatshalom.net. Visit us on our website: http://www.avodatshalom.net
West New York

Congregation Shaare Zedek
Congregation Shaare Zedek was
founded in 1912 when a group of immigrants arrived from Russia looking
for a place to call home. Soon they
discovered West New York, New Jersey, a community promoting freedom
of religion. Over the next decade, donations, a hefty mortgage, and hard
work by membership helped build a
synagogue the likes of which resemble some of the grand synagogues in
Europe. Marble imported from Italy,
glorious stained glass windows, balconies, social halls, and classrooms.

By the mid 1900s membership grew
to 1000 families. Congregation
Shaare Zedek was more than a synagogue, it was a community center
hosting weddings, social events, and
basketball tournaments for surrounding communities
Membership has dwindled but we
continue the traditions of our predecessors and have services every Shabbos and holiday. Rabbi Gringras, who
joins a long and prestigious list of our
former rabbis, will be conducting traditional services for the High Holidays.
Please join us. There is no fee and
no tickets necessary. It is our way of
celebrating our 100 year anniversary.
To schedule a tour, please call the shul
at (201) 867-6859. Looking forward
to hosting all families for the holidays.
Shaarezedekwny.org. We are located
at 5308 Palisade Avenue, West New
York.
Woodcliff Lake
Temple Emanuel
of the Pascack Valley
Temple Emanuel is constantly changing and moving forward. We have
something for everyone. We are a
Jewish Community Center of Paramus/

Congregation Beth Tikvah
Come see what makes us different!
Come for the dinner.
Stay for the service.
Meet your new Jewish community.
Please join the members of Reconstructionist
Congregation Beth Israel for a lively, catered erev
Rosh Hashana dinner on Sunday, September 13th.
Get to know us and our new rabbi, and find out
more about what makes RCBI so special.
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Conservative egalitarian congregation We believe in respecting the wisdom of our sages and the Torah, and
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and childrens Shabbat services. Our
members participate in Sisterhood
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Community of Caring assists those in
our congregation in their time of need.
We foster love of Israel with special
programs and trips to Israel.
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students all participate in Kids Who
Care, where each child gives back to
the community by selecting a project
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In an effort to improve and optimize the
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in training sessions provided by Holy Name
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Learning. The three-hour course helped
strengthen communication skills and troubleshoot obstacles that may arise when
patients are admitted for rehabilitation.
These training sessions help bridge the gap
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We welcome the direct approach of
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Participants in the sessions included
professionals in social services, nursing,
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discussions on end-of-life care to identify
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This experience offered our staff members the unique opportunity to learn
invaluable patient care strategies that will
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patients we share with Holy Name Medical
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Through this partnership and training, we are seeing fewer re-hospitalizations
and shorter length of stays with optimal
outcomes at the CareOne facilities, said
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Holy Name Medical Centers Accountable
Care Organization (ACO). Better communication means better care and using
post-acute services coordinated through
Holy Name proves to be critical for patient
management.
This collaboration between Holy

Name and CareOne is part of the Medical
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from prevention to diagnosis, treatment,
and management of illnesses. The joined
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fewer complications and hospital readmissions while reducing spending. The
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which promotes ACOs, then passes
on cost savings to the ACO participants.
Working together with Holy Name
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improve the quality of care we provide to
our patients and their families, said Mirlana Morris, regional director of social
work and quality assurance at CareOne.
At the end of each training scenario
with CareOne, Karine Shnorhokian,
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debriefed team members and helped
them review and discuss the enactment.
The Institute serves as an opportunity for organizations to learn from one
another, build their communication
skills, and become more confident in the
work they do, Shnorhokian said. Each
patient has a unique situation that can
be very challenging. It is our job to work
through this and offer them the best
solution we can.
Undergoing simulation training is one
way to enhance the continuum of care for
patients. The Institute, which was awarded
a $5 million grant from the Russell Berrie
Foundation to expand its operation, staff,
and equipment, has seen its demand grow
not only from departments within Holy
Name but from outside providers such as
CareOne. To date, more than 2,300 healthcare professionals, first responders, and
nursing and medical students from the tristate area have utilized simulation training
at the Institute.
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Dr. Leffel graduated from the University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic and received his undergraduate degree from William Paterson University
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Dr. Leffel was involved in sports at Yavneh Academy and Kushner Yeshiva High School. He is married to Larisa and they belong to the Chabad House
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READERS
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FIRST PLACE
Dvar Torah
Shoftim Jewish leadership
lthough the name of each

Torah portion is taken from
the opening words of that portion, the name of the Torah
portion is neither meaningless nor the
product of mere happenstance. The
Lubavitcher Rebbe, echoing earlier sages,
found great significance in the name of
each Torah portion, and showed how the
name encapsulates the theme of the entire
portion.
With this in mind, the name of
this weeks Torah portion, Shoftim
(Judges) is puzzling. After all, this weeks
Torah portion discusses not just the role of
the judge, but also the role of many other
types of leaders as well, including the
judge, police officer, kohain, levite, chief
judge, chief kohain, king, prophet, elder,
kohain of warfare, military officer, and
army commander.
How then does the title, Shoftim,
encapsulate the theme of the entire Torah
portion? And why is it that of all of the various leadership roles, it is the role of the
judge that is highlighted?
Indeed, the king, prophet, and chief
kohain are seemingly more important than
the judge. Should the portion be named
after one of them? Alternatively, perhaps
the name of the Torah portion could have

been Leaders. So, again, why Shoftim?
What is it about the role of the judge that is
all encompassing?
In the Book of I Kings (3:9), King Solomon, the wisest of all men, asks God,
Who is able to judge this [ Jewish] people
of yours? The Sifri, a Biblical commentary, explains that King Solomon was questioning why God is so exacting with Jewish
judges. King Solomon wondered why God
grants the judges of the world immunity
from a wrong decision, but does not afford
that same immunity to Jewish judges.
In Jewish thought, a gentile judge who
mistakenly rules incorrectly suffers no
Heavenly consequence or retribution.
For example, a judge who acted in good
faith is not held accountable for a decision
that wrongly caused an innocent person
a financial loss, imprisonment or even
execution.
By stark contrast, God holds accountable a Jewish judge for wrongly judging,
regardless of the judges good faith and
even where the judges error caused only
a financial loss! Not only that, but a Jewish
judge who errs even on only a monetary
claim may forfeit his life at the hands of
Heaven. The Sifri derives this draconian
standard of Heavenly judicial review from
But there is also a lesBiblical verses in Proverbs

son for all the rest of us. We
(22:22-23) that King Solomon himself, with Divine
are all judges of sorts. In a
inspiration, penned: Do not
sense, we all have the power
oppress the poor in the gates
to confer life or condemn.
[of judgment]. For God will
With Solomonic judgment,
take up their grievance; He
we must strike the proper
will steal the life of those who
balance between discipline
would steal from the poor.
and encouragement. Act too
Rabbi Levi
The reason why Jewish
harshly to a child, loved one,
Neubort
judges are held so highly
or student, and you rob them
Anshei Lubavitch,
accountable is because they
of the life and vitality that God
Fair Lawn,
represent God Almighty
and Torah has to offer. How
Orthodox
Himself! A Jewish court sitmany Jews have lost their faith
ting in judgment is called
because their Hebrew teacher
by the name of God, Elokim (Exodus:
was mean to them?! How many Jews have
22:8). When a Jewish judge errs in judgcast away their Jewish identity because
ment, someone who discerns the injustheir parents disciplined instead of teachtice may assume that the injustice was
ing the true beauty of each and every mitzvah? Yes, sometimes we need to rebuke and
caused by the Torah itself, or perhaps
punish; more often we need to support and
even God himself, Heaven forfend. This
encourage.
is especially so for the wrongly-losing litigant. Put succinctly, an erroneous judgNow we can understand why all Jewish
ment can cause a crisis of faith.
leadership positions fall under the rubric
While this is most true for judges, it is
of Shoftim Judges. All leaders must lead
certainly true as well for all Jewish leadjudiciously, and the stakes are high for all
ers. Rabbis, principals, teachers, even
leaders. Let us all proceed with caution.
day camp counselors represent God. If
And may we experience the Talmudic
you are one, proceed with trepidation
promise (Sanhedrin: 7a): All who judge
because your flaws may be perceived as
in truth will cause Gods presence to dwell
Gods flaws.
among the Jewish people.
movement. They wanted me to write a letter, or make a video, stating my positions

on Zionism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to pacify the BDS people. I support
peace and compassion for all people.
My music speaks for itself, and I do not
insert politics into my music. The festival kept insisting that I clarify my personal
views; which felt like clear pressure to
agree with the BDS political agenda. Honestly it was appalling and offensive, that
as the one publicly Jewish-American artist
scheduled for the festival they were trying
to coerce me into political statements.
U.S. Strategic Command. Israel is joining a

comprehensive American initiative bringing together countries that see themselves
as responsible for maintaining safe satellite
operations.
Israels first satellite, Ofek 1, was
launched in 1988, making the Jewish state
the seventh country able to build and
launch satellites. There are now 12 such
countries, including Israel, the U.S., the
U.K., Russia, China, France, Italy, India,
South Korea, Japan, Ukraine, and Iran.
Unlike all the other countries, Israel
must launch its satellites in a westward
direction against the direction Earth
spins to avoid launching over Arab countries.
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Nixing of Matisyahus
Spain show is clear
case of anti-Semitism,
ADL says
The Anti-Defamation League called the
Rototom Sunsplash Reggae Festivals
cancellation of an August 22 show by the
American Jewish reggae star Matisyahu
a clear case of anti-Semitic discrimination. Matisyahus performance in Spain
was nixed after he refused to accede to
the festivals demand to endorse a Palestinian state.
Was a Jewish musician singled out,
based on his religion, to undergo a political litmus test? ADL National Director Jonathan A. Greenblatt said Monday. Was he
then denied the opportunity to perform
for reasons completely unrelated to his
musical talents? This appears to be a clear
case of anti-Semitic discrimination which
is illegal in Spain and we expect Spain to
uphold its non-discrimination laws.
Matisyahu said on Facebook, The festival organizers contacted me because
they were getting pressure from the BDS
(Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions)
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U.S. and Israel

to cooperate on
preventing satellite
collisions in space
Israel and the U.S. on Monday announced
an agreement to cooperate on tracking
and preventing collisions between satellites in orbit in outer space.
The agreement was signed between
the Israeli Space Administration which
operates under the Defense Ministry and
Israel denies reports of

truce talks with Hamas
Israel on Monday denied reports that
it was involved in indirect talks with the
Hamas terrorist group about a long-term
truce.
Israel would like to officially clarify that
it is not holding any meetings with Hamas,
neither directly, nor via other countries,
nor via intermediaries, a Prime Ministers

Office statement said.
Arab media had reported that a delegation of Hamas officials, led by Ismail Haniyeh, would travel to Cairo soon for talks
with Egypts intelligence chief about a
long-term truce with Israel.
Hamas officials told Arab media that significant progress had been made in recent
talks in Qatar between Hamas leader
Khaled Mashaal and former Middle East
Quartet envoy Tony Blair about the possibility of a long-term truce. Reports also
cited a Turkish official as saying progress had been made toward such a deal
between Israel and Hamas.
The London-based Al-Hayat newspaper
reported that Israel had agreed to lift the
blockade on Gaza and establish a naval
passageway between Gaza and Cyprus in
exchange for Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire of seven to 10 years.
Meanwhile, though Londons Asharq
Al-Awsat newspaper reported that progress has been made in reconciliation talks
between Israel and Turkey, the Israeli
Prime Ministers Office said, As for relations with Turkey, agreement is still far
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5 Dinosaur ___ to Israel (2012 childrens
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Countryman film in le buff
13 World ___ (1970s and 1980s magazine
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45 Star Paul of the 2015 superhero movie
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52 Babi ___ (Yevtushenko poem)
53 All rabbis, until 1935
54 New Yorks Prime Rib might do it to
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Garfunkel song
58 The Trial author
62 Bismarcks answer, part 2
66 Jerusalems Sephardi Chief Rabbi
Shlomo
67 Study for the Bagrut, perhaps
68 Over a dreidel?
69 Numbers for Amy Alcott
70 Bar Kochba, famously
71 Theyre fleishig even though they dont
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8 Conductor Gil
9 For followers of Rabbi Abraham Twerski,
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11 Freuds ego
12 Noshed
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32 Philip Roths The Conversion of the
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Rosenwald
Screen biography of retail giant
looks at extraordinary record of giving
ERIC A. GOLDMAN
viva Kempner is a rare filmmaker, committed to making

documentary films about Jewish subjects. Her earliest work
was as producer of the 1986 Partisans of
Vilna, directed by Josh Waletzky. It was
a powerful study of underground Jewish
resistance in the Vilna Ghetto and of the
partisans in the woods who fought against
the Nazis. Eight years later, she produced
and directed The Life and Times of Hank
Greenberg, an uplifting film about the
baseball great who came close to breaking
Babe Ruths home run record. Her next
feature was Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg,
which looked at the career of Gertrude
Berg, originator of the popular radio and
television program The Goldbergs. Now
she brings us Rosenwald, the story of
Sears and Roebuck president Julius Rosenwald, a man whose philanthropy had a
profound effect on the lives of underprivileged African-American youth. It is a powerful film and one worth seeing.
Julius Rosenwalds story, at least at its
beginning, is the story of an entire generation of Jews who came to this country. His
father went to Baltimore from Germany
to find a better life for his family. Like so
many others of that generation, at first he
made his living as a peddler. But the elder
Rosenwald married into a family that had
an expanding dry goods business, and
he and his new wife, Augusta, settled
in Springfield, Illinois, where Julius was
born. Young Julius worked for his family
and then was sent off to an apprenticeship
at an uncles manufacturing plant in New
York; that forced him to quit school, but
the young Julius was quick to get a different kind of education in the competitive
world of the shamata business.
Eventually, Julius set out on his own
with his brother, later joined by a cousin,
and a variety of fascinating circumstances
brought him into business with his
brother-in-law Aaron Nusbaum. Businessman Richard Sears was looking for a new
business partner for his mail order business, Sears, Roebuck, and he approached
Aaron to ask if he would be that partner.
Julius Rosenwald and Aaron Nusbaum
said yes, and the business soared, making
them very wealthy men. Julius Rosenwald
became chairman and president of Sears,
Roebuck.
What I found particularly interesting
was how the changes affecting American
life affected Rosenwalds life, and how
family and friends, including Henry Goldman and Paul Sachs (of the Goldman Sachs
family), played into his eventual success as
a businessman. But family and business
do not always go well together, and they
didnt here. Partners Sears and Rosenwald
eventually forced Aaron Nusbaum out, and
Nusbaum never forgave his sister and her
husband. The families never spoke again.
The film provides a fair historical background and shows how Rosenwald always
separated business from everything else
he did. Though I wanted to know more
about who Rosenwald the man really
was, filmmaker Kempner had a different
agenda. She was less interested in relaying
the personal story of Julius Rosenwald and
more fascinated by the story of Julius Rosenwald the philanthropist.
Indeed, there is much to tell about
how Julius Rosenwald changed so many
peoples lives. Why an extraordinarily
wealthy Jewish businessman would devote
so much of his wealth to improving the
lives of poor and undereducated African
Americans in the South is interesting. The
president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, where Rosenwald headquartered the massive company, tries to
put a tikkun olam spin on it, and points
to the influence of Emil Hirsch, the rabbi
of Sinai Temple, where Rosenwald worshipped. Others note Rosenwalds interest
in the writings of Booker T. Washington
or the story of railroad executive William
Henry Baldwin, Jr., who had a particular
interest in the welfare of black Americans.
Whatever the case, the filmmaker spends
the second part of the film bringing in an
extensive and impressive cast of characters to tell this part of the story.
Though we find out little about Rosenwalds commitment to Jewish life, we
do learn a great deal about the amazing
work he did in building schools for black
children in the South. With the Supreme
Courts 1896 ruling on the constitutionality
of separate but equal in public facilities,
African American children often were relegated to a second-rate education in poor
facilities, taught by inadequately trained
teachers. Rosenwald tried to rectify that
situation by helping to fund what came
to be known as Rosenwald schools and by
providing extensive support to Tuskegee
Institute and other black colleges. By 1932,
Rosenwald had helped fund construction
of 5,000 schoolhouses in 15 states across
the South. By the 1960s, more than one
in three black children in the South were
educated in one of those schools.
Friends Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington walked together on the

campus of the Tuskegee Institute in 1915.
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Not only Rosenwalds accomplishments

are impressive, so is the list of people the
filmmaker interviewed. Civil rights activist
Julian Bond, who died this week, is joined
by others in telling how his father was able
to get a good education because he went
to a Rosenwald school. Poet Maya Angelou
talks movingly about the conditions of life
for young African Americans in the South.
Rosenwalds grandchildren and other relatives, joined by a host of historians, talk
about the impact he made. Each person
provides a loving portrait, which Kempner
crafts into a film about how one man was
able to make such a difference. At some
points you do get the feeling that you are
watching a promotional film made for the
Rosenwald family, but still this is a film that
must be seen, particularly in the African
American community.
Aviva Kempner had a great deal to cover

and does a fine job detailing the accomplishments of an extraordinary man, whose
tzedakah made such a huge difference. But
the story of Rosenwald as a Jew, beyond his
philanthropy, and exactly what went on
behind the closed doors of the Rosenwald
mansion as the children were growing up is
missing. That story clearly was not the one
the filmmaker chose to tell.
The message of Aviva Kempners Rosenwald is the story of one persons desire
to share his bounty. It is an important lesson. Rosenwald is playing in New York
City and in Maplewood and Montclair.
Eric Goldman writes and lectures on
Jewish cinema. He teaches at Yeshiva
University and is president of Ergo Media,
a distributor of Jewish film.
Calendar
Shabbat in Franklin
Lakes: Barnert Temple
offers Sunset Shabbat,
7 p.m. 747 Route 208
South. (201) 848-1800.
Tuesday
New York
SEPTEMBER 1
Thursday
Ice cream for children:
AUGUST 27
PJ Library in northern
New Jersey, a program
of the Harold Grinspoon
Foundation, continues
a series of events in
partnership with local
synagogues for kids 6
months to 6 1/2 years
old. This one is with
Congregation Bnai
Israel, Emerson, and will
meet at Dairy Queen,
13 Kinderkamack Road,
Emerson, 3:30-5 p.m.
Crafts and stories and a
discount on an ice cream
purchase. (201) 221-5782,
www.pjlibrary.org.
Singles
Teanecks Cedar Market celebrates its second birthday on
Sunday, August 23, from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. There will be an
Uncle Moishy concert and a performance by the Chicago Boyz
Acrobat Team, rides, a petting zoo, live music, clowns, magic
shows, balloon sculptures, jugglers, giveaways, popcorn, cotton candy,
prizes, and raffles. The event is by Gershy Moskowitz Productions. 646
Cedar Lane. (201) 855-8500, email info@thecedarmarket.com, or
www.thecedarmarket.com.
AUG.
23
Friday
(201) 592-1712 or www.

adasemuno.org.
AUGUST 21
Shabbat in Franklin
Lakes: Barnert Temple
offers an outdoor
Shabbat experience,
7 p.m. 747 Route 208
South. (201) 848-1800.
Sunday
AUGUST 23
Atlantic City trip:
Hadassahs Fair Lawn
chapter takes a trip to
the Resorts Casino Hotel.
A bus leaves the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/CBI
at 8:30 a.m.; breakfast is
served onboard at 8:15.
$30; includes $20 slot
play money. Bring ID.
10-10 Norma Ave. Varda,
(201) 791-0327.
Monday
AUGUST 24
Film in Paramus:
The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah screens
Fail Safe, starring
Henry Fonda, 3 p.m.
Deli supper. $12.50;
reservations required for
food. East 304 Midland
Ave. (201) 262-7691 or
www.jccparamus.org.
Examining the Jewish

calendar: Dr. Dan
Nemzer discusses the
Jewish calendar at
a lunch and learn at
Young Israel of Fort
Lee, noon. He is a YIFL
congregant and gabbai
and teaches at Rutgers
University. 1610 Parker
Ave. (201) 592-1518 or
yiftlee.org.
Wednesday
AUGUST 26
Religious school open

house: Congregation
Adas Emuno in Leonia
holds its Summer
Sunday Meet and Greet,
10-11:30 a.m. School
begins on September
20. Meet religious and
lay leaders, families, and
congregants; nosh on
bagels, waffles, and ice
cream. 254 Broad Ave.
35 years and a rabbi at

Congregation Ahavat
Yisroel there, discusses
The Many Nuances
of Married Life at the
Teaneck General Store,
7 p.m. 502a Cedar Lane.
(201) 530-5046.
Blood drive in Teaneck:

Rabbi Dr. Mordechai
Glick
Discussing married life:
Rabbi Dr. Mordechai
Glick, a clinical
psychologist in private
practice in Montreal for
Sara Schatz of Teaneck,

a student at Bruriah
in Elizabeth, chairs an
American Red Cross
blood drive at Young
Israel of Teaneck,
3-8 p.m. Donors will
receive a $5 Dunkin
Donuts gift card and
a $2.50 coupon for
Israel, 11 a.m. $10. 20

Academy Road. Sue,
(973) 226-3600, ext. 145,
or singles@agudath.org.
Sunday
AUGUST 23
Singles meet in
Caldwell: New Jersey
Jewish Singles 45+ meet
for lunch and to mingle
at Congregation Agudath
Miri Ben-Ari
Concert: Israeli Grammy
Award-winning violinist
Miri Ben-Ari presents
Project B at the Highline
Ballroom in Manhattan,
8 p.m. A recent recipient
of the Ellis Island Medal
of Honor, she has
collaborated with other
Grammy award-winning
artists such as Kanye
West, Jay Z, Wyclef Jean,
Alicia Keys, Wynton
Marsalis, Britney Spears,
Maroon 5, Akon, Patti
Labelle, Brandy, Donna
Summer, Janet Jackson,
and John Legend. 431 W
16th St. (212) 414-5994.
Turkey Hill gelato. 868

Perry Lane. Sign up
online at redcrossblood.
org and enter sponsor
code Leaders Save Lives
Teaneck or call (800)
RED-CROSS.
Thursday
AUGUST 27
Blood drive in Teaneck:
Holy Name Medical
Center holds a blood
drive with New Jersey
Blood Services, a
division of New York
Blood Center, 1-7 p.m.
718 Teaneck Road.
(800) 933-2566 or www.
nybloodcenter.org.
Friday
AUGUST 28
Culture for tots
in Cliffside Park:
Congregation Beth
Israel of the Palisades
offers A Taste of Jewish
Culture for Children,
aimed at 2- to 4-yearolds, 10-11:30 a.m. 207
Edgewater Road. Rabbi
Shammai Engelmayer,
(201) 945-7310 or
Rabbi@ticc.org.
Baruch November
Elie Lichtschein
Jewish writers
discuss their work
The Teaneck General Store hosts writers David Silverman, Elie Lichtschein, Baruch November, and
Yehoshua November on Sunday, August 23, at 7:30
p.m. Silverman is a poet, financier, and community
activist from Skokie, Ill. Lichtschein, who earned
a masters degree in creative writing from the New
School, wrote a mystical-fantasy novel. Baruch November, who teaches writing and literature at Touro College, has had his poems and short fiction published.
Yehoshua November is the author of Gods Optimism, a L.A. Times Poetry Book of the Year finalist.
The store is at 502a Cedar Lane in Teaneck. For
information, call (201) 530-5046.
Opinion
Will Iran follow the Soviet example?
he nuclear deal with

priority when it comes to
Iran inevitably has
the Iranian regimes foreign
been accompanied
policy?
by a large amount
Even if the answer to that
of crystal-ball gazing among its
question is yes, that doesnt
defenders and opponents as to
necessarily mean that Iran
how the legitimization of Tehnaturally will orient toward
rans nuclear capacity will affect
more openness and democits behavior. Will the Iranian
racy. Fifty years of resisBen Cohen
regime emerge from the deal as
tance to communist represa responsible international actor
sion in Budapest in 1956,
an outcome on which President
in Prague in 1968, across
Barack Obama is betting? Or will it seek to
Poland in 1981, in Beijing in 1989 proved
rub salt into the wounds of its gullible Westconclusively that authoritarian regimes will
ern interlocutors by fanning existing regional
spread fear and bloodshed to retain power,
conflicts and launching new ones?
even when they ultimately end up the losers.
Predicting politics is a notoriously difGiven the brutal crushing of Irans student-led
ficult business. Only the very brave or the
democracy movement in 2009, in the face
extremely foolish approach it with any conof American and Western indifference, we
fidence. With history serving as a rough
should not be surprised if ordinary Iranians
guide, it is tempting to err on the side of
are reticent about participating in a rematch.
caution by not forecasting earth-shattering
Even so, it still can be argued that there
future developments. At the same time,
are voices within the Iranian regime who
caution closes off our willingness to imagbelieve it would be wise to launch a reform
ine radical, unexpected potential outcomes
process from above, in order to head off the
which is what happened with the Soviet
eventuality of a 2009-style uprising. But
Union, whose example has been much
these voices, foremost among them Presiinvoked in recent weeks.
dent Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister
In 1980, when President Ronald ReaJavad Zarif, have earned the title of modgan entered the White House a few months
erates without even dipping a toe into the
after the invasion of Afghanistan triggered
waters of political reform.
renewed fears of wider Soviet aggression, few
Additionally, lifting sanctions will immethought to suggest that the USSR would cease
diately benefit the most bellicose compoto exist early on in the next decade, because
nents of the regime, like the Revolutionary
the prospect seemed so outlandish. At most,
Guards Corps, which controls 20 percent of
it was granted that the period of detente that
the companies trading on the Tehran stock
began at the end of the 1960s had exposed
exchange, and the office of the Supreme
Soviet society to a modest, if unprecedented,
Leader, which runs a private portfolio
awareness of the advantages of Western
named for Ayatollah Khomeini valued at
democracy. Soviet young people crave blue
$95 billion. In their eyes, the coming windjeans and rock music, while their elders try to
fall is a reward for the Islamic Revolution,
ape the latest Western fashions, noted one
not reform. Finally, the Soviet experience
contributor to the Foreign Affairs journal in
could turn out to be more of a hindrance
1980. None of this promises a new Russian
than a help, insofar as it provides a saluRevolution, but it does guarantee the growing
tary lesson to authoritarian regimes about
significance of both consumerism and cynithe lethal dangers of conceding too much
cism in Soviet life.
power to those over whom you rule.
Will the same fusion of consumerism and
That should lead us to look more closely
cynicism hallmarks of Western life lead
into the circumstances that led to the Soviet
Iran to become a more open society? Put
Unions demise. There is something of a myth
another way, will the lifting of international
floating around that the detente policy of
sanctions mean that economic considerPresident Richard Nixon led organically to the
ations, rather than ideological ones, are given
opening of Soviet society and the subsequent
Justice
FROM PAGE 20
On August 11 I walked 14.5 of the 18 miles of

the days route. We woke up at 5, had breakfast at 6, and took a 30-minute bus ride to our
starting point. It ended near the Atlanta airport, where we took a bus to The Temple in
downtown Atlanta. The participants, ranging
from teenagers to a couple of people older
than my 67 years, came from across America.
During a morning break on the bus, I
noticed one of my new African-American
friends, with whom I had been walking and

jovially talking a few minutes earlier, had
tears in his eyes. He had just heard from his
daughter that two of her friends had been
shot in Kansas the previous night. One was
dead and the other was in serious condition.
Listening to that story, I knew why I had to
keep walking in the 95 degree heat. The injustice of our gun laws had struck again! We have
a long way yet to go on the journey to justice
and freedom.
Forty-nine years ago, a freshman at
Vanderbilt, I went on my first civil rights
President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet Unions Mikhail Gorbachev at the White
House in 1987.
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dismantling of Soviet power. A closer reading

of the history shows us that there were, basically, two phases involved. Under presidents
Nixon, Ford, and Carter, detente enabled the
Soviets to stabilize their military strength,
by working under the assumption that the
Soviet Union was a superpower entitled to
expect military parity with the United States
and NATO. After the Afghan invasion of 1979
and the repression of Solidarity, Polands
independent labor union, in 1981, Reagan
reversed this policy with a profound boost
to Americas nuclear superiority. It was from
this position of strength that he successfully negotiated with the Soviet Unions final
leader, Mikhail Gorbachev.
It may be, then, that the nuclear agreement reached in Vienna last month is
merely the first of two or more phases in
the evolution of post-deal Western policy
toward Iran. And if the Soviet Union is any
guide, then the secret to its direction lies
in what Tehran does. The Soviet invasion
of Afghanistan buried many of the assumptions that underlay the detente policy. A
similar action by Iran might, then, lead
to a comprehensive rethinking of its own
case.
The problem is that in some ways the
Iranians are ahead of the Soviets. We have
launched a policy of detente after their
invasions, through proxy militias and Irans

Qods Force, of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and
Yemen. We have no mechanism to restrain
their support of proxy allies like Hezbollah.
(Secretary of State John Kerry has pointed
to a U.N. resolution that prohibits Iran from
supplying Hezbollah militarily, but given
that theres another resolution still on the
books ordering the disarming of Hezbollah,
its not of much use.) We have no control
over how it spends its sanctions relief windfall. Any attempt on our part to tighten the
screws on Iran will be countered by armies
of lobbyists representing the European and
American business interests itching to get
back into the Iranian market.
From this vantage point, it seems fanciful to believe that Iran will be a dramatically
different state 15 years from now, when the
sunset clause sets in. Sure, we cannot
discount human beings ability to produce
wildly unexpected results. But we shouldnt
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bet on those things either.
march. Back then, police often blocked the

demonstrators path, and they arrested us
if we left the sidewalk to walk in the street.
Now, the police escort us, holding back traffic in order to give us space to pray with our
feet. What has not changed is the love and
kindness of my fellow marchers. Carrying a
Torah scroll on this Journey for Justice was
a great honor. It was not only a catalyst for
engaging in meaningful spiritual and cultural
sharing with some truly dedicated Christian
clergy and lay people, but it reminded me, as
I approach the upcoming Days of Awe, that
we American Jews are truly blessed.

And our blessings come with
responsibilities.
May 5776 be a year when we walk together
with our fellow Americans and our fellow
Jews everywhere, carrying the teachings of
Torah with us, and praying with our hearts,
our voices, our hands, and our feet for peace
in our hearts and our homes, on our streets,
and throughout the world.
Ben Cohen, senior editor of TheTower.org &

The Tower Magazine, writes a weekly column
for JNS.org on Jewish affairs and Middle
Eastern politics. His work has been published
in Commentary, the New York Post, Haaretz,
the Wall Street Journal, and many other
publications.
Neal I. Borovitz is rabbi emeritus of Temple

Avodat Shalom in River Edge.
Obituaries
Irwin Lazar
Irwin Lazar, 86, of New York City,

Sarasota, Fla., and Long Beach
Island, formerly of Fair Lawn, died
on August 18.
A Hofstra University graduate, he
was a Korean Conflict Marine Corps
veteran.
Predeceased by his wife of 63
years, Shirley, on August 5, he is
survived by children, David, Susan
Ahearn (Matthew), and Dr. Paul
(Pei); six grandchildren, and one
great-grandchild. Arrangements
were by Louis Suburban Chapel,
Fair Lawn.
Henry Magid
Henry Magid, 88, of Oradell, died

August 13.
He was an Army Air Force World
War II veteran serving in Europe,
and a CPA in New York City. He was
a member of Temple Avodat Shalom
in River Edge and the Oradell Lions
Club, where he was both a president
and treasurer, and a life member of
the NYSSCPA Society.
He is survived by his wife of 64

years, Charlotte, ne Luftig; a daughter, Marcia Magid (Paul DAri) of
Virginia; a grandson; and nieces and
nephews.
Donations can be sent to Temple
Avodat Shalom, or HUMC Heart
and Vascular Hospital, Hackensack.
Arrangements were by Louis Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Robert Ross
Robert Ross, 95, of Rockleigh, formerly of Fort Lee, died August 14 at

the Jewish Home at Rockleigh.
Born in Austria, he was a Holocaust survivor and served in the
British Army in World War II. Before
retiring, he was a machinist and a
member of Breziner Sick and Benevolent Society in New York City.
His wife, Anne Nalbandian, predeceased him. Arrangements were by
Eden Memorial Chapels, Fort Lee.
Joan Strauss
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Olam and its sisterhood in Howell.
Predeceased by her husband,
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Steven and Michael ( Jessica), and
four grandchildren.
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Barbara Train
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Lee, died August 15 at Villa Marie
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children, Lynda of Fort Lee, Ronald
(Michelle) of Edgewater, and Joanne
Maider (Richard) of Fort Lee; and
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Israeli state-of-the-art modular cover system decreases evaporation of reservoirs
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The hypnotic video footage of millions of
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has so far deployed decrease evaporation of reservoirs, save precious water and
reduce growth of algae to preserve a healthy
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Our product is very different from other
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Like the LA shade balls, the Israeli floating
spheres block sunlight. But thanks to their
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evaporation by up to 94 percent.
And that figure is not just a random guess.
NeoTops balls have undergone extensive testing by Mekorot, Israels national
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Zeev Birger, founder and CTO of the company, won the Israeli Prime Ministers Award
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We are just starting to market in Israel,
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In the US market, were aiming mainly for
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In Los Angeles, theyre using 100 balls
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How bobbing balls

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Up to 50 percent of water in reservoirs is
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These arent ordinary plastic balls. They do much more than shade the water.

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balls now in the headlines and do not

need to be filled with water ahead of
time. In fact, the use of the reservoirs
water is a crucial part of the Israeli solution to better water quality.
The Top-Up ball has special rims and
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balls are tipped into a reservoir and fill
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submerged and the other half is in the air.
The key here is a continual evaporation-condensation process: Water from
the bottom half of the ball evaporates
into the top half of the sphere and condenses, dripping water back to the bottom half.
There is no standing water in these
spheres, as new water is constantly
entering. This process creates thermal
distillation, which kills parasites and
enhances water quality.
Meanwhile, the spheres also lower
water temperatures by up to ten degrees
Farenheit. Heres how it works: Air in the
top half of the sphere is released from
the upper holes and creates a difference
in pressure between the two halves,
allowing for a flow of cooler air from
the side openings. The cooling effect
reduces the temperature of the water in
the ball and the water in the reservoir.
Levy says the water in the submerged
part of the NeoTop sphere also acts as
counterweight against wind.
The Ramat Hasharon companys technology is also being used as a solution for
the aquaculture industry for fish farming, aquariums and microalgae cultivation. The bobbing balls protect fish from
birds.
In addition to drought problems,

open-water reservoirs and ponds near
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to airplanes. Aviation authorities everywhere require these water sources to be
covered to help eliminate bird strikes
and ensure flight safety.
Bird strikes cause some $400 million
in annual damages to aircraft in the U.S.
and nearly $1.2 billion to commercial aircraft globally.
The Israeli system has been approved
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Israeli water-tech
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Israeli industrialists, government experts
and academics can already be found in
California collaborating on advanced
water technologies.
Israeli companies are assisting Californians with new groundwater flow systems, seawater desalination plants and
better farming methods in an attempt
to lessen the effects of the states severe
drought.
The upcoming WATEC conference
in Tel Aviv will host a major session
on Israeli cooperation with California,
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year.
NeoTop Water Systems is one of 60
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