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Jewish Standard, December 18, 2015, With Supplements
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The shocking story of the modern latke
Now that Chanu-
grains, such as
kah is over, we can
buckwheat and rye,
reveal an uncomfortaccording to food
historian Gil Marks.
able truth about latkes
Those were among the
without the risk of
few crops available to
spoiling your holiday
them during the frosty
appetite.
early winter, when
The latke is one of
those Jewish foods that
Chanukah is celebrated.
feels steeped in tradition,
In the 1800s, even
after potatoes took
as if its been made the
same way since the days
root in Eastern Europe,
latkes were still not
of the Maccabees.
fried in olive oil (as they
But in a revelatory
are today, providing a
article, Atlantic senior
convenient link to the oileditor Yoni Appelbaum
rich story of Chanukah).
explains that the latke
Olive trees were
as we know it grated
potatoes fried in olive oil
uncommon
in the region,
!
s
Makes Great Latke
is a relatively new culinary
and people cooked with
invention. Here, in brief, is the
schmaltz, fat rendered from
chickens, geese, or beef.
Chanukah staples origin story.
In fact, schmaltz remained a
Latkes were originally an Italian
traditional latke ingredient well into
cheese dish: deep-fried ricotta cheese.
the 20th century. Appelbaum cites a
According to Appelbaum, they
stipulation from a 1927 issue of The
were inspired by The Book of Judith,
American Mercury magazine (which he
set hundreds of years before the
says includes the first mention of the
Maccabean Revolt. The book, from
word latke in English) that the potato
the Catholic Bible, tells the story of a
pancakes be fried in schmaltz.
daring widow who seduced and killed
The advent in 1911 of Crisco, the first
the Assyrian general Holofernes to save
shortening made entirely of vegetable
Israel from invaders.
oil, changed the way latkes (and many
In an obscure Hebrew version of the
other fried foods) were made. Kosher,
story, Judith distracted Holofernes in
Crisco was once marketed as the
part by feeding him pancakes salted
miracle for which the Hebrew race had
and mixed with cheese. Italian Jews
been waiting 4,000 years.
adopted the custom of deep-frying
When Crisco fell from favor, as
cheese pancakes on Chanukah to
Appelbaum writes, olive oil took its
honor the story, which they apparently
place at the Chanukah table and the
conflated with that of the Maccabees.
modern latke was born.
Appelbaum notes that potatoes were
So whats a latke? asks Appelbaum.
originally cultivated in South America
Simple: Its a shredded Andean
and werent introduced to Europe by
tuber, fried like a buckwheat pancake,
Spanish explorers until the second half
which was substituted for Italian
of the 16th century. Potatoes werent
cheeses, once eaten to honor a
widely grown and consumed in Eastern
mistaken reading of obscure variants of
Europe the Old World from which
an apocryphal text.
many Jews emigrated to the United
But its cool if you want to keep
States for a couple more centuries.
making the oil connection.
Until the early 19th century, Eastern
GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA WIRE SERVICE
European Jews made pancakes from
Maccabee
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GRAND OPENINGS:
Force is ready
to rumble in
blockbuster reboot
Star Wars: The
Force Awakens
is easily the most
anticipated release of the
year. Script details have
been guarded closely,
but we know that the
action takes place 30
years after the events in
the Return of the Jedi
and that theres an
ongoing conflict between the good guys
(formerly the Rebels,
now called the Resistance) and the bad guys
(Formerly the Empire,
now the First Order).
Veteran returning rebels
include HARRISON
FORD, 73, as Han Solo
and CARRIE FISHER, 59,
as General Leia Organa
(formerly Princess Leia).
Fisher, hands-down, has
been the most entertaining of the cast members
making media promotion
appearances. She was a
combination of a Borscht
Belt comedienne and
Monty Python character
in a December 4 interview on GMA that has
gone mega-viral and
really should be seen.
(Google Good Morning
America and Carrie
Fisher and youll find it.)
Fishers daughter and
only child, Billie Lourd,
23, has a role in the film
its unclear how big
it is but we do know
she doesnt play the
young Princess Leia in
a flashback. Fisher, the
daughter of the late
EDDIE FISHER and actress Debbie Reynolds,
came to identify as Jew-
Harrison Ford
Carrie Fisher
Lawrence Kasdan
J.J. Abrams
employee happened to
see a film that Abrams
made at a festival for
teen filmmakers. She
was impressed enough
to recommend him to
Spielberg. Talk about
mazel!)
Spielberg became
something of a mentor
to Abrams, and Abrams
is now most famous for
doing a good job rebooting The Star Trek
and Mission Impossible
film series. However, he
is not viewed as a firstrank writing or directing
talent by most critics. He
may vault into that rarefied air if Force really
blows away fans and critics. If the overall reception is just okay, I expect
Abrams will always be
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Passing the peace
Local interfaith group meets at shul to fight hatred
JOANNE PALMER
The clergy at Temple Beth Or last Sunday night represented 18 local congregations.
ANTONY MORALES
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possible outcome.
He was moved by much of what he saw
that evening, but two incidents stood out.
Two Muslim women came up to me after
the service, and one of them said that in the
last few weeks, since San Bernardino, shed
had trouble sleeping. She felt really afraid.
Being at this event, seeing all those
people standing with her, really brought
her a sense of safety. A sense of physical safety and comfort. She said that she
thought shed sleep better that night. That
was really powerful for me.
And then there was the ceremony itself.
As the clergy walked in, the congregation was invited to sing This Land is Your
Land. That, of course, is the haunting,
camp-evoking, quintessentially American Woody Guthrie song whose lyrics go
This land is your land/This land is my
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his congregants represented the Elzahra
Islamic Center in Midland Park, one of
the two mosques to send a delegation. His
mosque is a cross-section of Muslim Americans, he said; some are American-born
and others are immigrants. Their roots
are in India, Pakistan, and across the Arab
world; most now live in Midland Park and
the small towns that surround it.
The meeting was important, Imam
Charaf said. We are living in a difficult
time for all people of faith, and all Americans, so we thought it was a good time for
people of faith and their leaders to give
a strong message of peace and unity and
diversity, and of respect for each other.
We all stand together very strongly
against all types of violence, aggression,
discrimination, and hatred, and we felt
that we need to send a strong message,
and to show that we are standing together.
We have much in common. All religion
calls for peace and love, and we should not
accept any hate speech, or any discrimination against anybody.
We are all people of God, and we were
all created by the same God. So it was wonderful to read scripture together, to pray
together, to listen to each other, and to see
each other and break down some of the
walls that some of us have built between us.
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home visits.
This is the first year that the organization requested an English-speaking
National Service volunteer to help
raise funds and awareness abroad. Ms.
Schnaidman, who turns 20 in January,
found out about the position amid her
flurry of early-morning phone calls
from New Jersey to Israel last summer,
once she decided to return for another
year. That decision was made with the
full agreement of her parents, Rena
and Menachem Schnaidman.
It sounded very dynamic; not just
calling people and asking for money
all day, or stuffing envelopes, Ms.
Schnaidman said.
Living with six other National Service women in Petach Tikvah, she
commutes to the IDFWO office near
Bar-Ilan University every day. Im
dealing with real money and real situations, she said. Were building a
website and setting up a new fund in
America, so Ive been dealing with lawyers and speaking with donors. I go to
all the events and I answer phones
and help out with anything I can.
Were nine people in the office, and
its close-knit.
Ms. Schnaidman, who graduated
from the Moriah School in Englewood
and Maayanot Yeshiva High School for
Girls in Teaneck, is not fazed by her
all-Israeli environment, as her gapyear program at Migdal Oz integrated
the overseas students with Israelis. I
speak Hebrew all day in the office and
Malka Schnaidman in the IDFWO office IDF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS ORGANIZATION
at home, she said.
Last week she went along on a
retreat for 600 widows. I looked around and realized that
two other continents join us live to celebrate Chanukah
for every person sitting here, one person had to die. But
together, IDFWOs youth director, Shlomi Nahumson,
you see them laughing, clapping, talking about how cute
said. It just goes to show that the people of Israel are
their husbands were. They have something that connects
one, no matter where they reside in the world. The IDF
them and allows them to relax and have fun together.
orphans felt a warm embrace from abroad and a public
An IDFWO Chanukah party in the Negev last week
demonstration that they are not alone.
included a webcam hookup that allowed 150 IDF orphans
We hope to make this an annual tradition, and Id
to light candles and sing with Jewish teenagers from New
like to send out an open invitation to other schools and
York and Munich, including an a cappella group from SAR
youth groups worldwide to join us and empower those
High School in Riverdale.
left behind.
It was incredibly emotional to see Jewish youth from
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Ms. Shoham-Solan addressed students on December 17 at Maayanot and at Torah Academy of Bergen
County, before a parlor meeting that evening at the
home of Susan and Mark Wiesen of Teaneck.
At the annual IDFWO bar/bat mitzvah celebration in
October, Ms. Shoham-Solan told the crowd how proud
she was as one who lost her own husband and raised
two young children alone, to see the IDF orphans
It sounded very
dynamic; not just
calling people and
asking for money all
day, or stuffing
envelopes.
grow stronger by the day and grow into upstanding
citizens of the state of Israel.
She and IDF Chief Rabbi Brig. Gen. Rafi Peretz gave
each bar mitzvah boy his first set of tefillin, while
bat mitzvah girls received ornate Shabbat candlesticks and a set of Jewish books. Boys and girls from
the Druze and Bedouin communities received gifts
and celebrated their coming of age together with the
Jewish IDF orphans. These 45 children will have the
opportunity to tour the United States next summer.
President Reuven Rivlin, Defense Minister Moshe
Yaalon, IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, and the
heads of the Israeli police and prison service all came
to the ceremony at the Jerusalem Theater. President
Rivlin told the celebrants that he considers each and
every one of you as my own grandchild.
You see people flooding in because everyone
wanted to be there for these kids, Ms. Schnaidman
said. You realize how much Israel wants to embrace
them. The kids were just glowing.
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onnection.
That word is mentioned over
and over by the Bergen County
women who recently returned
from a Jewish Womens Renaissance
Project trip to Israel, aka Birthright for
Mommies.
The subsidized eight-day Momentum tour, which is filled with touring,
classes, socializing, and introspection, is
designed to empower women to change
the world through Jewish values that
transform ourselves, our families, and
our communities.
Participants say the experience leads
to a strong connection with one another,
with Judaism, and with Israel.
Started in 2008 by author and educator Lori Palatnik along with seven other
Jewish women of different affiliations,
JWRP has led 6,500 women from 19 countries on Momentum tours since 2009. (A
newer Momentum tour for Jewish fathers
has had 400 participants so far.)
Momentum works with more than 100
partner organizations around the world,
including JInspire, a national grassroots
Jewish learning initiative that has chapters in New Jersey and New York.
The group of 20 from Bergen County
was part of a 400-woman Momentum
tour for Jewish mothers from the United
States, Canada, Russia, and Israel during
the week of October 18. The local contingent was led by JInspire educators Julie
Farkas of Bergenfield and Dena Levie,
Esther Friedman, and Andrea Portal of
Teaneck, and past participant Ellen Finkelstein of Teaneck.
Karen Sackstein of Fair Lawn signed
up as a birthday present to herself. She
turned 50 on the day of departure. Ive
Its no longer
about over
there but about
real mothers and
real children. It
makes you want
peace so much.
wanted to go to Israel for quite some
time, and it was just the right time, she
said; still, it was hard leaving her husband and 12-year-old son. Im a member of the sandwich generation, she
said. Ive been caring for other people
for a long time, and this was the first time
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We went as 20
women from
New Jersey
25 including our
leaders and
came back as
a family.
From left, Dena Levie, Karen Sackstein, Janet Freitag, and Shamira Malekar all
were part of the Momentum trip.
happening over there. I didnt understand why they were fighting over this
stupid piece of desert. Being there, talking to the Israelis on the trip, and to my
cousins who have a child in the army,
I realized that most of the people, Jewish and Arab, really do want peace and
really do get along. Its no longer about
over there but about real mothers and
real children. It makes you want peace
so much.
She and Janet Freitag of Ramsey stayed
in Israel a few extra days after Momentum ended. I went with Janet to Old Jaffa
one day, and there were crazy rains and
the shops were flooded, she said. A
Jewish shop owner told us that an Arab
construction worker helped her for three
hours to bail out.
Upon returning home, Ms. Sackstein
felt that the experience had pushed her
reset button. In Israel, everyone is grateful, literally dancing in the streets, she
said. Weve all read about the importance of practicing gratitude and mindfulness, but being in a place where they
live gratitude and mindfulness is very different than reading about it in a book.
People can see that Ive changed; Im
letting go of stuff that doesnt matter.
Rena Bernstein, 56, of Fair Lawn calls
Momentum a life-changing experience,
very different than I anticipated. If I went
back now and went to the same sites it
wouldnt be the same.
You can go and see Israel, you can
hear people talk about it, but you dont
necessarily feel it. Thats what this trip
was. I felt the why. I felt a connection
and a transformation. We went as 20
women from New Jersey 25 including
our leaders and came back as a family.
Ms. Bernstein said that both she and
her husband were raised knowing little about Judaism. I always wanted to
learn and understand but never found
the right opportunity, she said. I am
not religious but I feel very connected
to Judaism and I always wanted to go to
Israel for reasons I didnt understand.
Two years ago, her son, now 22, went
on Birthright with a group from college.
She told the rabbi leading her sons tour
that she wished she could go along, and
he told her about Birthright for Mommies in other words, JWRPs Momentum. She heard about it again from Debby
Rapps, the director of the Jewish Youth
Encounter Program that her 12-year-old
daughter attends on Sunday mornings in
Teaneck.
Ms. Bernstein finally had the chance to
look into the trip a few months ago, and
discovered that there was one planned
for October. As I was filling out the part
of the application where they ask you
to write about why you want to go, my
good friend Roz Wisotsky, also from Fair
Lawn, called and said, Listen, you need
to do this right now. I just got an email
that I was accepted on this trip to Israel, a
Mommy Birthright. She had never mentioned it to me and I had never mentioned
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Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood is partnering with Emunah of
America for an emergency solidarity mission to Israel led by Rabbi Shmuel Goldin.
The mission, in response to the continuing terror attacks in Israel, is building on
a record of many trips during difficult
times.
Participants will leave on the night of
Saturday, January 2, and may chose to
return either Friday morning, January 8,
or Sunday morning, January 10. The mission includes solidarity meetings with
soldiers and residents in critical areas;
visits with victims of terror and their families; hospital visits; high-level briefings
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RocklAND Jewish campaign
shores up a diverse mainstream
with pride and positivity
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On Rockland and Jewish, Monica Bergman, shown here with her husband and
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side and the various thriving and vigorously differentiated chasidic groups on the
other. (The position of the modern Orthodox community is a story for another day.)
Thats where Rockland and Jewish
comes in.
Rockland and Jewish (or RocklAND Jewish), at the most basic level, is a Facebook
page. Its a campaign, created and funded
by the Jewish Federation of Rockland
County and the Rockland County Board
of Rabbis, to bring the real face of Jewish
Rockland to public view.
It shows the world that Jewish Rockland
is not black and white but made up of glorious color. (To find the page, go to Facebook
and type in Rockland and Jewish.)
Rockland and Jewish is the result of a
very generous grant to the Board of Rabbis of Rockland County, Rabbi Paula Mack
Drill of the Orangetown Jewish Center, a
Conservative synagogue in Orangeburg,
said.
It shows people and has little short stories about their lives, Rabbi Drill said. It
says that we look like all kinds of people,
and that like everyone else we are part of
the fabric of the county.
Elissa Nyez, left, and Aviva Banayan and Sophie Goldberg, right, all are featured on the new Rockland and Jewish Facebook page.
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It also shows all the great reasons
to be Jewish in Rockland. People talk
about the kosher restaurants here,
and about hiking here, and about
Nyack being a really funky cool place.
There are some lively stories of Jewish
life. If people to the right of us would
open their eyes and look at it, they
would see something.
This is what mainstream Judaism
looks like, and here we are, living it,
in Rockland County.
The Facebook page Rockland and
Jewish has been up only for about
three months, but its been about two
and a half years in the making.
Rockland and Jewish is a dream
that really started percolating with
Craig Scheff, my co-rabbi at Orangetown, Rabbi Drill said. He is the
president of the Board of Rabbis, and
Rockland and Jewish is his brainchild.
He was talking about the quandary
of negative press here, about Jewish
people finding ourselves somehow in
the middle, between not wanting negative press for any Jewish people and
also not wanting to be identified with
the behavior of people in this county
who are not us. So we came up with
This is what
mainstream
Judaism looks
like, and here
we are, living
it, in Rockland
County.
the idea of showing that this is the way
we live, and this is also Jewish.
This was right around the time
that the Rockland Board of Rabbis became involved with Rockland
Clergy for Social Justice. Here at my
synagogue, many congregants were
asking the rabbis what we were doing
about the negative press.
For both non-Jews in the county
and Jews outside the county, it started
being very negative, Rabbi Drill continued. Say Im part of a young Jewish family in Riverdale or the Upper
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thrive in the county. He has four children; one of his sons is about to graduate
from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, the open
Orthodox seminary in Riverdale, and his
son-in-law was ordained there.
The campaign is to show that
although the news stories about Rockland are correct, and those issues are in
the community, and it would be silly to
claim that they arent they arent part
of most peoples daily life.
He is saddened by the chasm that
seems to increase between different
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Rabbi Paula Mack Drill of the Orangetown Jewish Center is a strong Rockland and Jewish supporter.
Rockland
groups of Jews, he said. It wasnt always
like that. About 20, 25 years ago, we all
came together, he said. There was an
anti-Israel defacement of Temple Beth
El in Spring Valley, a Reform congregation that recently merged with Temple
Beth Torah to form the Reform Temple
of Rockland but was flourishing then.
The attack wasnt as much anti-Semitic
as it was anti-Zionist and anti-Israel, and
it clearly came from someone within the
charedi world.
Ramapos town supervisor, Herb Reisman, held an unprecedented meeting,
and called everyone in Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, chasidic. Everyone. He
said, You guys have to talk. This is unacceptable. And a lot of contact came from
that. It petered out eventually, but a lot of
relationships continued.
We have our own identity, Rabbi Pernick said. There is a thriving Jewish community, and it is fascinating. Not everyone
is exactly the same.
The problem is that people feel that
they are not being seen or heard or understood, because someone else is always
getting the attention. Frankly, when somebody dresses different or looks different,
thats who gets the attention. So if you
look on TV you see only chasidic Jews, as
opposed to people who looked like me or
like you, because we look just like everyone else.
We are not newsworthy. We are just living our lives.
Beth Singer of Beth Singer Design created the Facebook page. The campaigns
objectives are to improve and restore the
self-esteem of the Jewish community in
Rockland, and to increase the publics
understanding of the diverse Jewish population there, and to differentiate them
from ultra-Orthodox Jews, Ms. Singer
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of receiving a reward, but be like servants
who serve their master without expecting a
reward. In other words, one should believe
the truth for the sake of the truth. Says the
rabbi, Only a disturbed fool whose mind is
deranged by folly and by fantasy will refuse
to recognize this truth.
This authoritative rabbi adds that the words
of the Sages of Blessed Memory are interpreted differently by three groups of people,
only adding to the distortions and worse.
The first group, he says, is the largest one.
They accept the teachings of the sages in
their simple literal sense, and do not think
that these teachings contain any hidden
meaning at all, the rabbi says. As a result,
They believe that all sorts of impossible
things must be.
These people, he insists, do not understand science, among other reasons, and
never have sought out proper teachers. To
them, the literal meaning of the words of
the sages is the only possible meaning, even
though some of these teachings, when taken
literally, seem so fantastic and irrational.
The inadequate knowledge of the people
in this group, and especially the preachers
and teachers among them, leads them to
error time and again. One can only regret
their folly, the rabbi says. Their very effort
to honor and to exalt the sages in accordance
with their own meager understanding actually humiliates them. As God lives, this group
destroys the glory of the Torah and extinguishes its light, for they make the Torah of
God say the opposite of what it intended.
The second group also is a large one. The
people in this group also insist on taking the
words of the sages literally, and then point
out how absurd the teachings of the sages
were. Ultimately, they declare the sages to be
fools and simpletons, hold them up to contempt, and slander what does not deserve
to be slandered. In so doing, they diminish
Judaism in the eyes of people who have no
choice but to agree with them. After all, do
not their rabbis also insist that the words of
the sages must be taken literally?
The members of this group are so pretentiously stupid that they can never attain genuine wisdom, says the rabbi. He adds: They
are more stupid than the first group; many of
them are simply fools.
The third group are so few in number
that it is hardly appropriate to call them a
group, the rabbi says. Members of this
group understand that the sages knew as
clearly as we do the difference between the
impossibility of the impossible, and the existence of that which must exist. They know
the sages did not speak nonsense, and it is
clear to them that the words of the sages contain both an obvious and a hidden meaning.
We live in terrible times and Judaism has
much to offer, but few will listen as long as its
message is obscured by fairy tale accretions
coming from people who should know better.
You can read more of what this outspoken
rabbi has to say on the subject. His name is
Moses Maimonides, and his opinions can be
found in the introduction to his Commentary
to Mishnah Sanhedrin 10.
Musings on Jewish
identity at Christmastime
dam Sandler performed an update of his Chanuwe have our Levines, Shapiros, and Cohens, but then there
kah Song last month at the New York Comedy
are also names like Gyllenhaal, Johansson, and LaBeouf, all
Festival, with a second performance in San Diego
named in Sandlers recent update.
available on YouTube. The new rendition is the
That Jewish identity is often not immediately apparent goes
fourth version of the song he debuted in 1994 on Saturday
hand-in-hand with the fact that for most of the time, JewishNight Live, a song that is as much about Jewish identity as it is
Americans are privileged to feel and function as if we are part of
about the holiday.
mainstream American society. Even when we take off for Jewish
Sandlers Chanukah Song is not without its critics, however.
holidays, fast on Yom Kippur, and avoid chametz on Passover,
In an editorial published in the New Jersey Jewish News last
we may be diverging from the mainstream, but we do so by taking an alternate path, a detour, rather than running counter to
month, the newspapers editor-in-chief, Andrew Silow-Carroll
its current. It is only at Christmastime that we find ourselves
of Teaneck, expresses much ambivalence about Sandlers listing of Jewish celebrities. He worries that while it reflects a sense
at odds with the vast majority of Americans and can feel like
that it is cool to be Jewish, that coolness is a shallow expression
strangers in our native land.
of ethnic pride, lacking the depth of religious commitment.
And lets be honest, generic phrases like holiday season
In my view, Silow-Carroll sells Sandler short.
and seasons greetings are essentially euphemisms for
But first let me note that I agree with the general argument
Christmas. The attempt to acknowledge that there is more
that Jewish identity ought to be based on something more than
than one holiday at this time of year essentially translates to
ethnic pride. If Jewish identity it is reduced to ethnicity alone, it
Christmas and others, or more accurately Christmases and
eventually will be lost within the great American
others, by which I mean not only the Orthodox
melting pot. Think of how many Americans today
Churchs Christmas that falls during the first
claim to have a Native American great grandparweek of January, but more importantly the disent. But the key to understanding The Chanukah
tinction between the religious observance of the
Song is not in the list of Jewish celebrities, even
Christian holy day and what has become, for
though that constitutes the main part of the song.
many, a secularized American holiday.
Steve Allen once observed that the comedian
It is pointless to deny the power of secularized
is usually a person with a grievance, and Sandler
Christmas, whose elements include Christmas
explained the grievance behind The Chanukah
trees, magic snowmen and reindeer, elves, and
Song when he first introduced it on Decemof course Santa Claus as a figure akin to the tooth
ber 3, 1994. When I was a kid, this time of year
Dr. Lance
fairy. And Sandler doesnt mention the fact that
Strate
always made me feel a little left out, because in
in an effort to avoid feeling left out, some Jews
school there were so many Christmas songs, and
actually do celebrate some form of secularized
all us Jewish kids had was the song, Dreidel,
Christmas.
Dreidel, Dreidel, he said them. And while Sandler goes on to
While I dont believe that Santa Claus ever can be fully separated from his origins as the Christian Saint Nicholas, or that
say that he wrote a brand new Chanukah song for you Jewish
Christmas ever can be the kind of pluralistic national holiday
kids to sing, in actuality the song actually has very little to do
that Thanksgiving is, my point is not to criticize attempts to
with the holiday.
create a kosher Christmas. Rather, what I want to emphasize
Sandler does begin with a reference to religious tradition, as
is that if it is possible for us to celebrate some form of secuthe first line of the song tells us to put on your yarmulke, and
larized Christmas, then the decision not to celebrate Christgoes on to identity the holiday as the festival of lights. But for
mas becomes a conscious choice that we have to make, an act
the most part, the connection to Chanukah is tangential, a list
of resistance to the dominant culture, an affirmation of our
of famous people who are more or less Jewish, motivated by the
group identity as a people, and most importantly, an affirmamostly unstated implication that they also celebrate Chanukah
tion of our faith.
instead of Christmas. In other words, the song is not about Chanukah itself, but rather about not celebrating Christmas, about
The decision not to celebrate Christmas is much more than
feeling like the only kid in town without a Christmas tree.
a matter of ethnic pride. It must be based on religion, and this
About feeling left out.
is the underlying assumption of Sandlers Chanukah Song,
Certainly, the songs appeal to ethnic pride is an effort to comand the point that Silow-Carroll misses. We are defined by
pensate for that sense of alienation, and there is something
what we are not, as well as by what we are. Admittedly, it is
very Jewish about taking note when a prominent person is
not enough to define ourselves against others. We also have
a member of the tribe. Indeed, doing so constitutes a link to
to define ourselves positively, by our beliefs and practices.
our tribal roots, an expression of a group-centered communal
But we should understand the hidden ground of faith behind
sensibility, one that stands in marked contrast to the extreme
Sandlers humor.
individualism of American society. Moreover, it can serve not
We should also understand the grievance behind the song,
only as an expression of shared pride, but also of collective
stemming from a sense of isolation that may be felt only or much
shame. For example, in the new version of the song Sandler
more acutely at this time of year. Sandlers song counters isolation through the creation of a sense of connection, achieved by
expresses his disapproval of former Subway spokesperson and
naming others who are just like you and me. What he gives us
convicted sex offender Jared Fogle, and his disappointment that
is an imaginary community of people who are known to us, but
Fogle is Jewish.
who do not know us in return. In doing so, he points the way to
To understand the peculiarity of American-Jewish life over
the real solution, which is to seek out a real sense of community,
the past century or more, it is helpful to consider how the
something we can only find through our Jewish congregations,
equivalent of The Chanukah Song would work for other
synagogues, and community centers.
groups. A song pointing out the identity of African-Americans
or Asian-Americans, for example, would seem pointless; it
Dr. Lance Strate of Palisades Park is a professor of
simply would state what is obvious to all. The same would
communications and media studies at Fordham University in the
be true, to a large extent, for a song about Italian-Americans
Bronx and the president of his synagogue, Congregation Adas
naming Pacino, DeNiro, Stallone, DiCaprio, etc.; or for Hispanics naming Lopez, Garcia, Longoria, Montalban, etc. And yes,
Emuno in Leonia.
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George Lucas and Star Wars A Jewish defense of action
nticipating this
George Lucas.
weeks release of
When I saw George Lucas
Star Wars: The
appear in the list of downForce Awakens,
loaded episodes, I wasnt
one of my favorite podcasts
any more enthusiastic than
recently broadcast an interI would normally be. I dont
view with George Lucas.
think much about film, direcThe podcast is called What
tors, producers, or the enterIt Takes, and its a project
tainment business. GenerRabbi Jacob
of the Academy of Achieveally, I dont even go out of
M. Lieberman
ment, a nonprofit organizamy way to catch a film at
tion out of Washington, D.C.
the box office. (This isnt a
that has been introducing
policy, of course, but rather
young scholars, scientists, and social entrethe happenstance of my life as a rabbi and
preneurs to the pre-eminent figures of our
the father of two young kids.) As a child, I
time since 1961. Through the academys
loved Star Wars and Indiana Jones, but
programs, aspiring young people have the
American Graffiti was before my time. I
opportunity to meet personally with what
dont keep up with film-related news. My
it calls real-life heroes. Now, with its podfirst inkling this fall that a new Star Wars
cast, which started in August, the acadmovie was coming out was the merchanemy is expanding its reach to folks like
dizing that began to drip off the shelves at
me, who arent so young anymore. About
the stores where I run errands.
every two weeks, I take in an intimate, perI quickly bought matching Darth Vader
sonal interview with folks like Jonas Salk,
outfits for Halloween and a pair or two
Benazir Bhutto, James Michener, Oprah
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n October 2013, the Jewish Standard and other local media outlets reported that a member of
the Englewood Jewish community, Akiva Roth, had lost his teaching
job at Yeshiva University.
The universitys decision was based
on the revelation that in 1997 Akiva had
admitted in court that incidents in which
he had been involved in 1994 had constituted a non-contact sexual offense. As
a result of these media reports, uncertainty about exactly what had happened
19 years ago, and concern about what it
meant, Akiva was asked to refrain from
attending area synagogues pending further investigation and discussion.
Now, two years later, we would like to
update the community on Akivas past
and current status.
When the facts of Akivas case came
to light in our community in 2013, the
Englewood rabbis and concerned community leaders enlisted Tikunim Counseling Services, a Jewish organization
devoted to the evaluation and treatment of offenders and victims in this
field. This action was taken to help the
help Akiva reintegrate into the community, and to address concerns from
community members about him. The
group was called SORTA (Supporters Of
Return, Teshuva and Accountability).
This group first met with Akiva on a
weekly and later on a monthly basis and
reports that he has acknowledged and
accepted responsibility for his actions,
expressed remorse, and done teshuvah (repentance), as dictated by Jewish
tradition.
Akiva has dedicated himself diligently
to maintaining an exemplary lifestyle.
He has been welcomed back to Ahavath
Torah, Shomrei Emunah, East Hill Synagogue, and Minyan Tiferet. He regularly
attends services and reads Torah and
has resumed participation in community religious groups and events. He also
serves the community as an inspector
for the Tenafly and Englewood eruvs.
Nevertheless, there still are some institution that have not reintegrated Akiva
completely.
Akiva has tried to refocus his life after
his initial separation from the community two years ago. He has faced many
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he massacre in San Berwe were told that preventing the deninardino by an Islamist huszens of a dubious no fly list from buyband-and-wife terror team
ing guns was the chief priority for our
forces us once again to recognational security.
nize that the United States has to choose
The problem for Obama is that while
between isolationism and internationalmany Americans share the presidents
ism in its foreign policy.
distaste for foreign engagements, they
Put another way, its a choice between
dont draw the same conclusions that he
disengaging from the worlds most
does. Once you start on the path of isofebrile regions, in the hope that doing so
lationism, and when you repeatedly tell
will put us out of harms way and rein
your citizens that America cant be the
in our imperial instincts,
worlds policeman, you
or actively engaging on our
encourage the sense that
own terms, in the expectathe outside world and the
tion that we can counter
people who live in it cant
rogue regimes and terrorbe trusted.
ist groups effectively.
Is it any wonder that
This is where we get
a p re s i d e n t wh o h a s
to a disturbing similarity
regarded the trampling of
between President Barack
the human rights of MusObama and GOP presilims and non-Muslims
Ben Cohen
dential candidate Donald
in the Middle East with
Trump. The reason? Both
studied indifference has,
of them approach foras a result, failed to pereign policy from the vantage point of
suade many Americans that they should
isolationism.
respect Islam as a faith?
Take Obama first. In a rare Oval Office
It is this disconnect that Donald
address to the nation made in the wake
Trump has exploited.
of the San Bernardino shooting, the presAs the quintessential fake tough guy,
ident manifestly failed to say anything
Trumps rhetoric about confronting
we hadnt heard before and never
Islamic radicalism should be taken with
mind that he stood before the camera
a fistful of salt. Like Obama, he ignores
with a 64-point disapproval rating on his
the wider problem of Iranian power,
handling of terrorism. After giving us a
while his frankly embarrassing crush
perfunctory lecture about Islamic State
on Putin suggests that Trump too would
being the only threat in the Middle East
cede strategic ground to the Russians.
(a complete falsehood), and after assurTrumps extensive business intering us that a political solution to the Syrests in the slave labor economies of the
ian civil war is still possible as long as
Arab Gulf countries only bolsters this
we work with Vladimir Putins Russia,
sense. As for Israel, his understandObama turned to the subject that really
ing of what binds America to the Jewanimates him: gun control.
ish state is superficial enough to make
Taken as a whole, the speech was an
any informed American Jew worry that
artless attempt to turn a debate about
a Trump administration would do litinternational policy into one about
tle to repair the damage of the Obama
domestic issues. There was no explanayears.
tion for the current predicament of the
To further understand the company
Middle East. Indeed, Iran, which has
that Trump keeps on these vital quesfueled the rise of Islamic State through
tions, look across the Atlantic Ocean.
its backing of the Bashar al-Assad
In France, the far-right National Front
regime, wasnt even mentioned. Instead,
party of Marine Le Pen has surged in
Opinion
recent local elections. In Poland and
Hungary, right-wing nationalists are in
government. Like Trump, they talk about
Muslims in crude and bigoted terms, but
they dont exactly love Jews or Israel
either. This isnt Obamas cuddly, progressive isolationism. Its a surly version
of the same phenomenon, and its adherents believe that they have an inherent
right to determine who does and doesnt
belong within their borders.
Thats why we are having a nonsensical
debate about Islam and Islamists instead
of a sensible one. Thanks to Obama, the
notion of deploying special forces to
secure a safe haven in Syria has evaporated, because he has turned opposition to the intervention of ground troops
into a dogma. And thanks to Trump,
Americans are being persuaded that discriminating against their fellow citizens
on the grounds of religious belief, in flagrant violation of the Constitution, is a
better option than using a limited number of ground troops to help turn the tide
in the Middle East against the terrorists
and their backers.
Thus do we compromise our values
at home, by not effectively intervening
abroad. The question is whether a year
from now we will have a new incumbent
heading into the White House who has
a much sharper understanding of what
needs to be done.
At minimum, this requires an explicit
acknowledgement of what it is that we
are fighting, and why we are fighting it.
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LARRY YUDELSON
t was two nights after Chanukah in 1958,
and William Shatner was in the land of
Israel.
He was in Bethlehem, along with
Ralph Bellamy, in a holiday vignette
called Light One Candle. They played
Roman tax collectors; their scene was part of
The Christmas Tree, a Hallmark Hall of Fame
special.
Also appearing that night: Jessica Tandy, Carol
Channing, Margaret Hamilton, Ellen Burstyn,
and 10-year-old Bernadette Peters.
Not that NBC sent its actors to Bethlehem.
Shatner was really on a television stage, during what later was known as the Golden Age
of television. Filming was black and white, and
often as not, live from New York City. Mr. Shatner then was 27 years old and living in Queens. It
had been several years since he had left Canada
to find fame and fortune on Broadway. At this
point, his phone had begun to ring but he still
didnt have any money in the bank.
Shatner didnt know it yet, but he was halfway
through the first act of his career, eight years
away from the role that would launch his second act and bring him worldwide fame: Captain
James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. This led
the way to his third and ongoing act: Playing himself. The Internet Movie Data Base records 227
television and film appearances in scripted roles
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Playing alongside Christine White in the 1963 Twilight Zone episode Nightmare at 20,000 feet, Shatner becomes convinced that a monster only he sees
is damaging the plane theyre in.
The religious background of Mr. Shatner and Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy
is old news. As Adam Sandler sang some
20 years ago, You can spin a dreidel with
Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock both Jewish.
I yearn, though, to go where no Jewish
journalist or Star Trek fan has gone
before, so I ask about his bar mitzvah, hoping to spur new memories.
What does he remember of the
occasion?
I remember getting taught by a severe
Jewish teacher who wasnt afraid to rap me
on the knuckles if I didnt pronounce the
word right. I remember my uncle davening beside me, rocking back and forth with
a tallis over his head, muttering very suspicious words underneath there, he said.
As Captain Kirk, Shatner draws near the warmth of a campfire with Leonard Nimoy (Dr. Spock), and
DeForest Kelly (Dr. McCoy) on earth between adventures in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
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the Jewish kids and the Catholic kids,
there was a lot of anti-Semitism. When I
had to go to Hebrew school Id walk on
the opposite side of the street, pretending I didnt even realize the synagogue
was there until I got in front of it. Then
Id look both ways and run for the door. I
actually planned my stratey for getting
there safely. Not that I minded a fight, I
wasnt a big kid but I never backed down
from anybody. We had fights almost every
day. My nickname was Toughie, as in
Hey, watch out everybody, here comes
Toughie Shatner!
It is a toughness that served him well
when, in an effort to heed his fathers
command Dont be a hanger-on
he performed as many of his own stunts
as possible. It took his actors creed to
show up on time and know his lines
to the next level. And it also made him
a great performer on reality shows, like
the time he was filmed hunting a bear
with a bow and arrow.
The desire for new experiences made
him a logical performer in a TV series
coming out on NBC next year, which he
is eager to describe to me: Better Late
than Never.
It involves Terry Bradshaw, George
Foreman, Henry Winkler and me going
to Asia for a month and being involved
in a variety of experiences. You see each
of these variously faceted personalities
reacting to the things were experiencing, Mr. Shatner said, his shifting from
a conversational tone to the voice-over
he honed on shows such as Rescue 911.
Theres sumo wrestling, eating crickets, going to temples, dancing, music,
he said. Its quite amusing, yet it could
be quite interesting to see these four
people in circumstances youve never
seen before.
Hes as busy as ever.
Im having the best time, he said,
and then seizes the moment to segue
into promoting Shatners World. Im
never having a better time than when
Im on this stage with this one-man
show.
Someone in Australia asked me to do
it. I had thought about it over the years.
Its the benchmark of performing, a
couple hours of attempting to keep the
audience without extraneous things like
music and dazzling lights and smoke and
mirrors, just by the art of story telling.
So I though if I fail miserably in Australia, and if I beg them not to let them
out, maybe no one will know.
It turned out to be rather good. I
toured all of Australia with a more primitive version of what Im doing now.
Then Canada asked me to tour. I opened
on Broadway and then did a variety of
American cities over the past few years.
It turned out to be quite an experience
for me.
Im doing this 13 times in late January
and early February.
It has been inordinately successful for
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hen our matriarch Rachel gave birth to Joseph she exclaimed, God has taken away my
disgrace. Rashi suggests that this was accomplished by providing her with a child to blame for
her faults. Why she said this and if this reflects anything
about the role of children is a long and complicated
discussion. But I was thinking about it when I taught a
class recently.
Lori cant come because she has a middle school
tour. Cathys daughter is home from school sick.
Sara has to go to a PTA meeting. Miriam is taking her
kids to the dentist. The list goes on and on. The class
was planned over a month ago with everyone available.
But now attendance has diminished.
This is mostly good. It reflects a recognition that
our children should be our priority. This was also acknowledged by our sages in exempting women from
time-dependent commandments. We cant be expected
to pray by a certain time of day with a minyan because
who knows what our childrens needs will be and when
they will occur. They certainly arent always expressed
in a timely fashion, exactly when and where wed prefer.
On the other hand, women arent exempt from
praying altogether. Its not carte blanche to ignore our
other obligations. It struck me that women have taken
this dictum, this freedom too far. You cant pin everything on the kids. Yes, if our children are stick, we need
to stay home. But if you already committed to a class,
couldnt you have scheduled the dentist appointments
or school tours for another morning? Perhaps Sara
could have requested that the PTA meet on a morning
where she doesnt have a prior commitment.
Im willing to accept that attending my class may not
be everyones priority but keeping commitments should
be and having children should not be a convenient excuse to absolve us of that responsibility. As stated, if they
need us, then of course they come first. But do they really need us now? To the exclusion of all else? At the expense of other responsibilities and commitments?
And what are we teaching our children if they watch
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GENERATION G
Globetrotting Grandparents
Hunt for the Perfect Souvenirs
E D S I L B E R FA R B
o presents. No shopping. No
souvenirs, my wife Sharon
vowed as we prepared for
our month-long trip abroad to celebrate
our 50th anniversary.
I tried returning her to reality. Youre willing to disappoint five
grandchildren?
We cant spend time shopping, and
we cant add bulk and weight to our carry-on luggage.
Our first stop was Stuttgart, Germany, where our son was deployed with the
Marines. We arrived during the riotous
holiday Octoberfest. The beer halls
shook with hundreds of celebrants singing the traditional lieder while waving
overflowing steins. Most were dressed
in dirnl and lederhosen. Sharon thought
how adorable her grandchildren would
look in that costume, but she kept to her
pledge and resisted buying.
I tried tempting her. How about a
couple of fancy beer steins for their fathers? But she was resolute.
Stuttgart is not just beer steins and
lederhosen. Its most highly prized product is the cuckoo clock, handcrafted
in the nearby Black Forest of Bavaria.
These are works of art the basic timepiece that cuckoos on the hour or the
elaborate display clocks where not only
do the birds appear hourly, but other
animated figures chop wood and dance.
They range in price from a few hundred
to a thousand dollars.
Sharons friend wanted one and
asked her to research the possibilities.
We examined a bewildering array, and
were intrigued by the detailed woodwork. Were we dangerously close to
buying our very own? Sharon reassured
me that remarkable as they are, cuckoo
clocks are not her thing.
Her resolve almost broke the next
day when we visited Tubingen, a university town with medieval architecture,
intriguing alleys and irresistible shops,
including one that was selling sterling
silver flatware in our pattern 50 per cent
off. It was an agonizing half hour, but fortunately the necessary teaspoons and
salad forks were not available.
From Germany we went to Israel
where we have many relatives and
friends, one of whom gave us their
apartment in the 16th floor of a tower on
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them tools for life. We try hard to provide our children
with the best in life, why stop when it comes to their
spiritual path? It behooves each parent to consider the
price their child is paying for their cynical spirit. Our
legacy includes a connection to God that anchors our
children to values and beliefs, enhancing their lives
with purpose, stability and meaningful traditions, making them more likely to avoid risky behavior.
Parents who explore the wonder of life and delve
into this new spiritual world along with their children
discover the magic of the soul. Within each of us lies a
spark. Perhaps in some it is merely an ember, but still,
the spark remains waiting to be ignited. And sometimes
it takes a child to kindle the soul of his parent. How can
we deny our child this gift of life?
As we concluded our conversation, we spoke together about the mission we share, to bring spirituality home. Dr. Miller added. Tell parents this is not one
more thing to do. Its about sitting still. Showing up. Doing less and being present more.
The journey awaits us.
Slovie Jungreis-Wolff is a parenting educator and author of
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SPECIAL NEEDS
Socially Immature
Current research shows that ADHD children are often socially immature. Their
interactions with others often appear
unfriendly, awkward, remote, abrasive,
domineering or insensitive. They tend
not to be able to read social cues and to
be rebuffed by peers for inappropriate
behavior.
Social rejection provokes negative
behavior that triggers more rejection,
which in turn, reinforces the childs social isolation.
ADD children may become demoralized, believing they are little more than
a nuisance, notes an article in Eye
on Education. Feelings of low-self
esteem begin to emerge. These
children tend to compare
themselves unfavorably with
their siblings and peers.
They may believe that
their families are disappointed in them, and begin to feel unloved and
unappreciated.
Although medication has been used for
years to improve control over behavior and
to stimulate and increase attention, medication does not erase
the negative feelings
and low self-esteem. It
does not reverse ingrained
habits and behavior in ADHD
children that tend to alienate
their peers.
Many experts believe that helping ADHD children to rebuild self-esteem
and to master social skills should accompany the use of medication. Only
when ADHD kids can truly believe that
they are important and worthwhile, and
can exercise control over their lives, will
they be able to succeed.
Current research shows that up to
half of children with ADHD will continue
to have difficulties with inattention, distractibility, and impulsivity for the rest
of their lives. The best way to insure
long-term success and compliance with
treatment is to get ADHD children personally involved in the process early.
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with ADHD, medication is an important
step on the road to success.
ADD Coaching
Many people have found ADHD coaching a highly effective and more affordable alternative to counseling. An ADHD
coach works with a child often on her
own turf, to analyze what specifically is
contributing to her social difficulties,
and to generate behavioral strategies to
improve social interactions.
ADHD coaching also helps children
to understand that the source of many of
their challenges is ADHD, not personal
shortcomings. Safely examine areas of
failure for clues as to how to implement
change. Heighten self-awareness and
self-observation skills, and use those
skills to improve decision-making and
performance.
Change perspective when stuck
(i.e. learning new ways to work with
procrastination, staying on task, or being more productive). Become aware
of their own learning and processing
styles so they can enhance their ability to comprehend information and
situations.
Rifka Schonfeld, founder and director of
S.O.S (Strategies for Optimum Success), has
served the Jewish community for nearly 30
years as an educator and education consultant. She is a reading specialist who does
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The legacy of the beloved Mister Rogers lives on with the hit television series,
Daniel Tigers Neighborhood, from The Fred Rogers Company and airing daily on
PBS KIDS. Now, Daniel and all of his friends are hopping aboard Trolley to entertain live audiences with Daniel Tigers Neighborhood Live! on Sunday, Jan. 24 at
bergenPAC. Donning his iconic red sweater, Daniel and his friends explore the
vibrant world of their Neighborhood of Make-Believe, sharing stories of friendship, helping others, and celebrating new experiences. This live theatrical production is filled with singing, dancing, laughter and grr-ific surprises. Sunday, Jan.
24, 2016. 1 and 4:30 p.m. bergenPAC, 30 North Van Brunt St., Englewood.
201-227-1030, www.bergenpac.org.
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To Our Readers: To Our Readers: This calendar is a day-by-day schedule of events. Although all information is as timely as we can make it, its a
good idea to call to verify details before you go.
Friday, December 18
Saturday, December 19
Friendship Circle Saturday Night Live: Children
enjoy a pizza dinner with their friends and keep
busy with mind-boggling science experiments.
For ages 7 and older. The Friendship Circle of
Passaic County, 194 Ratzer Road, Wayne. 973694-6274, fcpassaiccounty@yahoo.com
Sunday, December 20
Meet Elsa and Olaf: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the
Academies at Gerrard Berman Day School, 45
Spruce St., Oakland. Take pictures with Elsa and
Olaf. Do snowy science experiments. Make your
own Olaf in a bottle. Enjoy an edible snowman.
For more information, 201-337-1111
Kids in Action Skate it Away: The children will
be writing and sending letters to Israeli soldiers.
After that, they will head out for ice-skating.
Drop off at the Chabad Center, 194 Ratzer Road,
Wayne. Pickup at the Ice Vault, 10 Nevins Road,
Wayne. 12:45 to 2:15 p.m.
Friday, December 25
Oran Etkin Timbalooloo in Concert: Two special
family concerts at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. at The
Jewish Museum. Etkin will be presenting a new
production, Sing Sing Sing - Benny Goodman
in the Kingdom of Swing, incorporating music
from Etkins new CD for adults, Whats New?
Reimagining Benny Goodman, and playing it in a
child-friendly way. The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth
Ave., at 92 St., Manhattan. 212-423-3337, www.
thejewishmuseum.org
Museum of Jewish Heritage: Spend the day
at the museum, as all exhibitions will be open
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be tours of the
exhibitions and a matinee performance of The
Golden Bride/Di Goldene Kale (separate admission required). The Museum of Jewish Heritage
A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. 36 Battery
Place, Manhattan.
Mish Mash with Ventriloquist Jonathan
Geffner: Kaplen JCC on the Palisades Presents
Mish Mash with famous Ventriloquist Jonathan
Geffner 11 a.m. to noon, who will wow with his
wacky, whimsical wooden sidekicks who mesmerize audiences. JCC on the Palisades, 411 E.
Clinton Ave., Tenafly. 201-408-1467, alofaro@
jccotp.org.
Tuesday, December 29
Autism Friendly Theater: A sensory-friendly
production at the Paper Mill Playhouse at 1:30
p.m. with a meet your seat on Monday, Dec.
28 from 4 to 6 p.m. For more information,
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Temple Emeth Family Service: Family Shabbat
services at Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road,
Teaneck. Held at 7:30 p.m. 201-833-1322, www.
emeth.org.
Saturday, January 9
Sunday, January 10
Friday, January 15
Temple Emeth Shabbat Music Service: For a
musical Shabbat at Temple Emeth beginning
at 8 p.m. Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Road,
Teaneck. 201-833-1322. www.emeth.org.
Tot Shabbat in Franklin Lakes: Tot Shabbat
and Pizza Dinner at Barnert Temple at 5 p.m.
Our youngest ones (pre-readers) are invited
to welcome in Shabbat with us at this familyfriendly service. Barnert Temple is located at 747
Route 208 South, Franklin Lakes, NJ. 201-8481027 or schooloffice@barnerttemple.org. www.
barnerttemple.org.
Tot Shabbat Service: Temple Israel and
Jewish Community Center holds Tot Shabbat at
11 a.m. No need to leave the children 4 and
younger home when you want to go to synagogue. Services are egalitarian Conservative and
Reconstructionist. 475 Grove St., Ridgewood. 201444-9320.
Sunday, January 31
Mitzvah Mall: One day. A world of difference. 16th
annual mitzvah mall. Raising money and awareness for grassroots organizations close to home
and around the world. 9 a.m. to noon. Barnert
Temple, 747 Route 208 South, Franklin Lakes.
www.barnerttemple.org/mizvahmall.
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BENJAMIN SCHACK
Benjamin Schack, son of
Susan Esserman-Schack and
Barton Schack of Allendale
and brother of Zachary
Bronstein, 25; Joshua
Bronstein, 23; and Sophia
Schack, 9, celebrated becoming a bar mitzvah on on
November 14 at at Barnert
Temple in Franklin Lakes.
Birth
YAAKOV LEV EFRATI
Yaakov Lev Efrati was born on September 27, 2015 at
Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem to Mandy and Etan Efrati. He
weighed 7.6 pounds and was welcomed by his brother Yitchak
Shalom, who was 11 months old at the time of his birth. Their
grandparents are Linda and Bennett Storfer of Bergenfield
and Rachel and Sasson Efrati of Jerusalem.
Bnai mitzvah
ALEXIS MOGENSEN
Alexis Rose Mogensen,
daughter of Alyssa and Chuck
Mogensen of Tenafly and
granddaughter of Judith and
Marc Pozner of Englewood
celebrated becoming a bat
mitzvah on December 12
at Temple Sinai of Bergen
County in Tenafly.
ALAN ROSENBERG
OZ ASHKENAZI
Oz Ashkenazi, son of Hagit
and Yaron Ashkenazi and
brother of Omer, Reut, and
Amit, celebrated becoming
bar mitzvah on on November
21 at Temple Beth Sholom in
Fair Lawn.
MAX BERKOWITZ
ALEX BERKOWITZ
Max and Alex Berkowitz,
twin sons of Jodi and Philip
Berkowitz of Fair Lawn,
celebrated becoming bnai
mitzvah on October 31 at
the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel.
REBECCA GROSS
Rebecca Gross, daughter of
Sharon and David Gross of
Harrington Park, celebrated
becoming a bat mitzvah
on December 5 at Temple
Beth El of Northern Valley in
Closter.
KIRA LINCOLN
Kira Lincoln, daughter of
Michelle Levine and Paul
Lincoln of Ridgewood, celebrated becoming a bat
mitzvah on December 5
at Temple Israel & Jewish
Community Center in
Ridgewood.
GREGORY ROVINSKY
Gregory Rovinsky, son of
Yelena and Steven Rovinsky
of River Edge and brother of
Joshua and Leah, celebrated
becoming a bar mitzvah on
November 21 at Temple
Avodat Shalom in River
Edge. He is the grandson of
Raisa and Leonid Rovinsky
of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Roza
and Vladimir Kodryanu of
Cleveland, Ohio,
JACOB SAPIN
Jacob Sapin, son of Marc
Sapin and Joy Melnick Sapin
of River Edge, and brother of
Ari and Chelsea, Jared, and
Eliana, celebrated becoming
a bar mitzvah on November
28 at Congregation Beth
Sholom in Teaneck.
BROOKE SENDIK
Brooke Sendik, daughter of Jill and Paul Sendik
of Waldwick and sister
of Brandon, celebrated
becoming a batmitzvah on
November 21 at Temple
Emanuel in Woodcliff Lake.
TOBY SHAPIRO
Toby Jean Shapiro, daughter of
Debbie and Jeremy Shapiro of
Hillsdale, celebrated becoming
a bat mitzvah on November 21
at Congregation Bnai Israel in
Emerson.
MYLES SUCHOFF
Myles Suchoff, son of Sandy
and Jeff Suchoff of Fair Lawn,
celebrated becoming a bar
mitzvah on November 21 at
the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel.
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Gil Zyndorf, son of Lisa and
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Oren of Israel, celebrated
becoming a bar mitzvah
on November 14 at the
Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel. As a
mitzvah project, he collected
bikes to donate to Pedals for
Progress. The bikes are sent
to impoverished countries and
give people access to go to
work.
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colors, theme motifs and elegant handwriting or print on the cards are all great
options. (Just no computer-printed labels,
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elegance in that method.)
As an alternative to the tented card,
flat cards are also used perhaps stood
up in sand-, grass-, or floral-filled trays
for a pretty presentation. These flat cards
may be attached to take-home favors like
ornate keys or charms. And flat cards are
also being affixed via ribbon to mini bottles of bourbon, tequila, chocolate liqueur
or other take-home tastes that work double-duty as place cards and favors.
And another trend in wedding place
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pen on shiny green leaves or on polished
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is a thrill for guests, since they can take
the card home and put it on display,
perhaps next to a framed photo of themselves taken at the wedding. That adds
more appreciation for your chosen design
than a simple printed card theyre likely to
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Speaking of keepsakes, a framed display of guests names and table numbers
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Perhaps a dating or engaged couple who
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Hanging florals
Adorn the paths tree line with flowers and
garlands that hint at your weddings floral
motif. Joyce Maffeo, florist at BloomNation, says, You can either display flowers
on their own, such as by stringing florals
on ribbon or fishing wire, or display flowers inside antique bottles or other glass
vessels. The advantage of the in-vessel
flower display is that flowers stay hydrated
with a bit of water in the bottle, allowing
them to hold up well in late-summer/earlyfall sunshine.
Some open-air flowers that Maffeo
recommends for their staying power
include orchids, eucalyptuses and strung
daisies.
For in-vessel flowers, consider protea,
orchids, hypericum, and ornamental kale
for a pop of purple color, says Maffeo.
Wreaths hanging from trees also add to
the beautiful approach. One flower to be
wary of, since it easily wilts in the sun, is
hydrangea. Maffeo suggests instead using
bunches of carnations, which hold up
better in the sun.
This knowledge of flowers strength in
sunshine important since your floral
team will likely set up your approach
decor several hours before your wedding
is one example of why you should have
professionals create your floral pieces.
Rows of candles create a magical effect for your guests approach to your wedding.
string lights per tree or many. In addition to string lights, lanterns hung from
S-hooks on the trees create that trendy
look of rustic elegance. And you can take
those lanterns home after the wedding to
use them in your own backyard.
Non-hanging lanterns
Tall lanterns clustered along a path or set
on stairs leading to the wedding sites are
a new top trend for weddings this year
and next. Lanterns may be metallic, such
as copper or bronze, or rustic-themed in
white or black. Upscale home decor stores
sell lanterns as part of the outdoor entertaining trend. These larger lanterns can be
used at home after your big day.
Candles
Position a large number of traditional or
LED candles in glass vessels at the entrance
to your ceremony or reception spot. This
is a stunning look for exterior doors, and
if you have a portico that guests will pass
through to get to an inner ceremony or
Tiki torches
The use of Tiki torches creates not only
a path to the reception but also softens
the lighting for a romantic mood, says
Allison Sells, catering manager for Caneel
Bay Resort in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Since
Tiki torches create one single light source
per torch, pair them with overhead string
lights or ground-set lanterns to multiply
your lighting effect.
Uplighting
Setting lights at the base of trees and
directing the light upward gives those trees
a magical and impressive glow. Sells says
that uplighting palm trees creates a wow
factor especially complementing a tropical
wedding location.
Signs
Chalkboard signs with personalized
Music
Piped-in music along your path adds a welcoming soundtrack to the approach.
If your venue has an interesting history,
beautiful scenery, or perhaps a stunning
sunset that will light up the sky with colors
during your weddings arrival time, you
might not need any additional decor or
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Weddings tend to be dressy events, but
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If the invitation says black tie, wear a
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Gift guide
Giving a wedding gift is customary but do
you give a gift off the couples registry or
write a check? If so, how much to give?
Theres no fixed answer here.
People do not know how much to give,
says Plodkowski, who advises guests to
give what they want to and can afford.
Still, you dont have to give a gift of equal
value to the price of the dinner, especially
since many weddings are big budget.
Typically, the closer guests are to the
bride and groom the more theyll give. For
example, the grooms sister would give a
larger gift than his co-worker would.
Time matters
Guests often mistakenly assume weddings
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As a result, we see guests that purposefully arrive late, says Camille McLamb,
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and helping assemble and deliver flower
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Additional wedding tasks completed
include picking up and delivering lastminute items like ice, batteries, and coffee;
sorting, scanning, and uploading photos
for a wedding slideshow; and setting up
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dont want to hire professional wedding
coordinators. Some brides and grooms
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and Craigslist posts; others take bids from
anyone who responds to the ads.
On TaskRabbit, Taskers set their own
Buyer beware?
Some wedding experts caution brides and
grooms that hiring a stranger to assist with
wedding details might not be a good idea.
The reason? Typically, the helper is inexperienced with weddings and might not be
accountable.
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Plus-Size Perceptions
The notion of plus-size bridal fashion carries many misconceptions. In some cases,
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in the wedding world, because its typically underrepresented or not seen at all.
Often, plus-size brides end up buying
Fashionable Choices
Designing full-figured fashions involves
more than simply adding extra fabric.
Because every bride has a different size
and body shape, gowns need specialized
fits, including built-in support for large
busts, for example.
More fashion lines and bridal lines are
starting to embrace women of all sizes.
Harris and Walker praise designers like Roz
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Shabbat in Washington
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56 Ridgewood Road.
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(201) 947-1735 or go to
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Childrens program:
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Congregation Beth
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Sunday Specials series
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at a mens club breakfast
at Temple Beth Sholom,
10 a.m. 40-25 Fair Lawn
Ave. (201) 797-9321.
Monday
DECEMBER 21
Calendar
Connecting body and
soul in Fair Lawn:
Anshei Lubavitch offers a
discussion, The Sense of
Smell Seeing Beyond
the Surface, 7:30 p.m.
10-10 Plaza Road. www.
flchabad.com or Rabbi
Avrohom Bergstein,
(201) 362-2712.
Tuesday
DECEMBER 22
Funny ladies of the
stage: Dumont historian
Dick Burnon gives a
lecture, Women Who
Mattered: Funny Ladies
of the Stage and Screen,
at a meeting of REAP
(Retired Executives and
Active Professionals)
at the Kaplen JCC on
the Palisades in Tenafly,
10:30 a.m. 411 East Clinton
Ave. (201) 569-7900, ext.
235 or www.jccotp.org.
Thursday
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Seniors meet for dinner:
The Renaissance Club
of Waynes Temple Beth
Tikvah, a social club for
seniors, meets for dinner
at ChengDu 23 in Wayne,
5:30 p.m. Dues for the first
year are free to members
Friday
DECEMBER 25
Shabbat in Ridgewood:
Temple Israel and Jewish
Community Center holds
a Reconstructionist-style
worship service, 6:30 p.m.,
followed by a community
Chinese dinner. 475
Grove St. Reservations,
(201) 444-9320.
Sunday
DECEMBER 27
Blood drive in Teaneck:
Congregation Beth Aaron
holds a blood drive in
conjunction with the
American Red Cross,
8:30 a.m.1:30 p.m. All
presenting donors will
receive a long-sleeved Red
Cross shirt. Appointments
preferred. Call 1 (800)
RED-CROSS or sign up
at redcrossblood.org and
enter sponsor code: Beth
Aaron. 950 Queen Anne
Road. (201) 836-6210.
Monday
DECEMBER 28
Blood drive in Teaneck:
Holy Name Medical
Center holds a blood drive
with New Jersey Blood
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New York Blood Center,
1-7 p.m. 718 Teaneck Road.
(800) 933-2566 or www.
nybloodcenter.org.
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Israel, 12:45 p.m. $10. 20
Academy Road. Sue,
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or singles@agudath.org.
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December 25, the
Museum of Jewish
Heritage A Living Memorial to
the Holocaust in
Lower Manhattan
will be open from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
offering exhibitions, tours, and
a matine performance of the
National Yiddish
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of The Golden
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Kale. Visitors can
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are also two special exhibitions,
Designing Home: Jews and Midcentury Modernism, and Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945. Adult
and family-friendly tours of the core
exhibition will be offered at 11 a.m.
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museum admission.
The matine show will be performed
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required.
The museum is at 36 Battery Place.
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in the offices of organizations whose work displaces Arab citizens, just as in the Knesset, we do not participate in the Ministry of Defense, the Foreign Ministry, and the Ministry of Aliyah
and Immigrant Absorption, Odeh said in his statement.
A spokeswoman for Odeh said the displacement of Arab
citizens cited by Odeh referred to the Jewish Agencys affiliation with a separate entity, the Jewish National Fund, which
Arab-Israeli groups long have challenged over policies they
say have favored Jews over Arabs in leasing land. Arab-Israeli
groups allege the policy blocks the growth of Arab towns.
The spokeswoman also said that Odeh sees aliyah, the
immigration of Jews to Israel, as expanding the Jewish majority in Israel at the expense of its Arab population. Together
with the Ministry of Absorption, the Jewish Agency is responsible for settling newcomers in Israel.
Another issue for Odeh, the spokeswoman said, is that
money is funneled to West Bank settlements from another
Jewish Agency affiliate, the World Zionist Organization.
Jewish organizational representatives who were stuck
upstairs while Presidents Conference staff spoke with Odeh
in the lobby said that they were taken aback. Not speaking
for the record, the officials said they disagreed with Odeh on
some issues, but looked forward to discussing areas where
they could cooperate.
Jacobs, who was unable to make the Presidents Conference
meeting, was ready to put his unhappiness with Odeh on the
record.
I am profoundly disappointed by MK Ayman Odehs decision to walk away from that important opportunity for him,
for the cause of equality in Israel, and for the Conference
of Presidents, the Reform movement leader said after the
incident.
Odeh offered to meet elsewhere, but in its statement the
Presidents Conference said the request was outrageous. The
lawmaker accused the group of stirring the pot, and was especially upset by the Presidents Conference mentioning Odehs
contretemps with the Arab mayor of Nazareth earlier this year
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Stutzel said. And being surrounded by so many different faiths, so many people it was just a wonderful sign
of solidarity. It was a way of examining what it means to
live out our faith in northern New Jersey. What does it
mean to speak out on issues of justice and peace?
We are not a homogenous community, but we all call
this place home.
One thing that struck me is something that Imam
Charaf said, that the point of creation is to get to know
each other. I believe that we were living that out last
night. So I was privileged and proud to be able to speak
from the Christian tradition of the long history of loving
your neighbor, of fighting injustice, of doing what we
can so that our neighbors can live and thrive and we can
all be the people God wants us to be.
Like the Rev. Suriano, the Rev Stutzel was struck by
what he called the passing of the peace.
People were encouraged to meet other people, to
talk to them, and to share Gods peace with people they
didnt know, he said. What was amazing was meeting people from Temple Beth Or, or from the Midland
Park mosque, shaking their hands, getting to know their
names. Everyone had energy. They all wanted to do
more, to meet more, to see each other more, to speak
out more. And that struck me. We were giving a voice to
something that already exists in the world.
There is a hunger for justice, and for loving your
neighbor, and it was being spoken out loud and felt at
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for all of us; Jewish Sacred Scriptures; a belief in a binding tradition; and the values of life, family, compassionate righteousness, justice, inalienable freedom, universal love and ultimate world peace.
Besides Rabbis Korn and Riskin, the statements drafters included Rabbi Irving Greenberg and Rabbi David
Rosen of the American Jewish Committee. It has now
garnered 50 signatures. So far, the names seem to align
with the liberal Orthodox International Rabbinical Fellowship, rather than the Rabbinical Council of America.
We are not saying that we agree with all of Catholic
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we do not want to minimize the very serious differences
that we have.
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Rabbi Korn said that while much of the document is a
history of the last fifty years of the Jewish-Catholic relationship, and in that sense theres nothing thats really
new, its an important statement because not many Jews
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