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Volume 23, Number 2 Atlanta, Georgia JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2011 FREE AJFF ushers in 2011 with a bigger roster of films and venues What’s Inside By Bradford R. Pilcher Fans of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (AJFF) could be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed by the 2011 event. This cultural institution of Atlanta Jewry, which this year runs February 8-27, has expanded to six ven- Big Changes at ues and spreads across three full weeks, with a slate of films that now totals well over 60. The festival’s footprint now touches East Cobb, Sandy Federation Springs, and the northern metropolitan areas near John’s Creek, as well as As Steve Rackitt heads to Washington, downtown. Federation begins the search for some- So where to start? Opening night is a safe bet for both excitement and value. The one to fill his shoes. Fabulous Fox Theatre will play host to the festivities, meaning more seats Page 20 than ever. General admission is just $10, making it easily affordable for the entire family, and kids in Little League can get in free just by wearing their uniforms. (Red Carpet VIP tickets are available and include a pre-film Being Jewish party with celebrity chefs and a live auction.) An encounter with a customer is an And the reason for baseball uniforms? That would be the movie Jews important reminder of what it means to and Baseball: An American Love Story, which chronicles the Jewish love be Jewish. affair with America’s pastime. Sandy Koufax sat for an interview in the By R.M. Grossblatt film, which features other Jewish major leaguers, as well as celebrity Page 41 fans like Ron Howard. It’s a clever blend of feel-good heroics and time- less nostalgia that will appeal to all audiences, and it’s a perfect way to kick off the festival.

The Jews of See AJFF page 5 Columbus, Part I The Columbus Jewish community has Shafron becomes Davis long been lively and dynamic. JFGA joins national By Dr. Stuart Rockoff Page 9 Academy head of school campaign to fight efforts The Davis Academy has named Amy Shafron as its new head of school. to delegitimize Israel Youth in Action Shafron served as Davis’ associate head of school for the last two years during a successful, well-planned transition. She replaces Sidney The Atlanta Jewish community is proudly joining an The Temple Youth made the holidays Kirschner, a dedicated Davis leader and supporter, who leaves to pur- unprecedented campaign to fight back against growing efforts happier for residents of the Zaban sue other opportunities after having served as head of school for the last to delegitimize the State of Israel. Couples Center. four-and-a-half years. The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta (JFGA) is a lead Page 22 Shafron has been with The Davis sponsor of the Israel Action Network, an initiative of The Academy since 2004. Prior to becom- Jewish Federations of North ing associate head of school, she was America (JFNA) in cooperation A Landmark Year director of institutional advancement, with the Jewish Council for overseeing school fundraising activi- Public Affairs (JCPA). The Wish for Wendy, which is engaged in ties as well as communications, mar- Israel Action Network is a major the fight against cystic fibrosis, has keting, and community outreach. continental initiative to protect topped $1 million in funds raised. Before Davis, she was a tax and cor- Israel against a vicious cam- Page 10 porate law attorney and worked in a paign that seeks to isolate the variety of professional capacities for Jewish state in the international non-profit Jewish organizations and arena and utilizes BDS—boy- Kosherfest and More independent schools. cotts, divestment, and sanc- Amy Shafron Our intrepid Kosher Affairs columnist “We are pleased that our transi- tions—as its principal tool. not only visits Kosherfest, she gets to tion plan has been so effective,” said Davis Academy Board of Trustees Through the Israel Action President Tonia Sellers. “I am proud of our school’s foresight and Network, JFNA, the nation’s judge a competition. Robert Arogeti thoughtfulness in planning our Head of School transition in a way that leading Jewish philanthropic By Roberta Scher ensures continuity of leadership for our staff, families, and community. movement, and JCPA, the consensus voice of the organized Page 35 We are grateful for Sid Kirschner’s excellent leadership and dedication over the years, and we are extremely fortunate to have someone as tal- See JFGA page 6 ented as Amy Shafron that we now turn to with great confidence.” Page 2 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011

avenging reaction. Passion, on the other hand, Guidepost to your value system can have the suggestion of an attempt to cor- rect or modify a situation with the goal of mak- ing it better and is an indication of our value Technological advancements; develop- meaning of these words within the context in system. ment of new approaches; multi-venue avenues which they are used. Here is what I think is While the above was put forth many for the dissemination of thoughts and ideas – being said. centuries earlier when the societal evolution verbal, visual, and written; and the rapid addi- BY Marvin Koso, cup, is used to represent the mate- and economic conditions were substantially tion of words and expression into everyday rial world. Is the cup bejeweled or simple? The different from those that exist today, the con- usage have resulted in a more diffuse percep- Botnick frequency of use made of the cup is symbolic cepts remain valid. Communal activities and tion of basic, underlying principles. of an overly self-indulgent person or one who support were much more personal and not as To better understand the explosion of ical, fundamental precepts are swept into a is able to enjoy life with moderate usage. Is it institutionalized as we have today in this coun- publications and public pronouncements and lesser role. I find myself so engulfed with try- the liquid, per se, and its effect that is the goal, try where we address many of the services and their dissemination by individuals, groups, ing to understand the interrelationship or is it a social tool that is used as part of a needs through professional agencies. And this governments, and researchers, you only have amongst the world currencies, the balance of gathering? Is there a motivation behind the is good, for they are better organized, more to compare what is available today with what elegance of the cup to project an image of suc- th payments and international trade, and the focused, and can have a greater impact by existed in the 19 century. In the 1850s, the amount of debt that I tend to overlook the cess? pooling the efforts of many to the cause or Philological Society in England conceived of a moral imperative to help meet the human-need Keeso, coin or pocket, is an obvious ref- causes that they are backing. But giving project to compile a comprehensive dictionary, requirements of the truly destitute. Anger and erence to the use of money. What is a person’s money, while critically important, does not which evolved into what we now know as the passions are couched in the terms of personal relationship to money? Does the individual meet the total responsibility. We must give of Oxford English Dictionary. To accomplish this economic considerations, and the abuses of look on what he has accumulated as a cache ourselves and our time as volunteers, for it is feat, a cadre of approximately 800 volunteer human rights, justice, dignity, and fair play are for use in obtaining items for himself, or is only through this that we can truly appreciate readers was assigned particular books, copy- relegated to a role of lesser importance. We do there the realization that he should provide how fortunate we are and understand the jus- ing passages illustrating word usage onto quo- need to enjoy the benefits we earn but not some portion for the help of some less fortu- tice and fairness of sharing with people who tation slips. While the task extended over without the concern for others. nate? That is the just and righteous thing to do. are genuinely in need. many years, the number of books and the What is a standard, therefore, by which Gloria Steinem is reported to have once Most of us import to the word “judge” thoughts and ideas included in these publica- we can judge our value system? In the remarked, “If you look at my check stubs, the act of assessing actions of individuals or tions was so small by comparison to today, that Babylonian Talmud, Rabbi Ila’I says, “A per- you’ll see what I stand for.” society, but we do not always apply this to our these readers were able to cover the available son is known by three things: Koso [his cup], Ka’aso, a word that is translated as own behavior. Introspection is critical to who offerings. Keeso [his coin], and Ka’aso [his anger].” anger, can have a broader connotation if we and what we are, and we can all benefit from Today, so much is coming at us in such Certainly, more learned and scholarly people substitute the word passion in its place. Anger our ageless teachings and traditions by recall- rapid succession that it is difficult not to be so have studied this saying in depth, and I am carries with it an undertone of an emotional ing these three words, Koso, Kesso, and overwhelmed with all of this material that crit- sure that there are many interpretations of the reaction to a happening that may have an Ka’aso. JewishTHE Georgian

The Jewish Georgian is published bimonthly by Eisenbot, Ltd. It is written for Atlantans and Georgians by Atlantans and Georgians. Publisher Marvin Botnick Co-Publisher Sam Appel Editor Marvin Botnick Managing Editor Marsha C. LaBeaume Assignment Editor Carolyn Gold Consulting Editor Gene Asher Associate Editor Barbara Schreiber Copy Editor Ray Tapley Assistant Copy Editor Arnold Friedman Makeup Editor Terri Christian Production Coordinator Terri Christian Designer David Gaudio Medical Editor Morris E. Brown, M.D. Photographic Staff Allan Scher, Phil Slotin, Phil Shapiro, Jonathan Paz Graphic Art Consultant Karen Paz Columnist Gene Asher, Susan Asher Jonathan Barach, Janice Rothschild Blumberg, Marvin Botnick, Suzi Brozman, Shirley Friedman, Carolyn Gold, Jonathan Goldstein, R.M. Grossblatt, George Jordan, Marice Katz, Balfoura, Friend Levine, Marsha Liebowitz, Howard Margol, Bubba Meisa, Erin O’Shinsky, Reg Regenstein, Susan Robinson, Stuart Rockoff, Roberta Scher, Jerry Schwartz, Leon Socol, Bill Sonenshine, Rabbi Reuven Stein, Cecile Waronker, Evie Wolfe Special Assignments Lyons Joel Advertising Andrea J. Feinberg, Ruby Grossblatt, Francine Lowe Michael Pelot Bill Sonenshine

Editorial Advisory Board Members Sam Appel Rabbi Alvin Sugarman Sam Massell Jane Axelrod Albert Maslia William Rothschild Gil Bachman Michael H. Mescon Marilyn Shubin Asher Benator Paul Muldawer Doug Teper 8495 Dunwoody Place, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30350 (404) 236-8911 • FAX (404) 236-8913 [email protected] www.jewishgeorgian.com The Jewish Georgian ©2010 January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 3 What’s HAPPENING Jan and Jim Jacoby with Lib Mowry ATTORNEY GENERAL SAM OLENS. Congratulations to Georgia’s new AG, Sam Seymour Lavine received his Olens, the first Jewish constitutional officer Bronze Star to be elected statewide in Georgia’s history. BY Reg Seymour and his combat actions were (Georgia’s first and only Jewish governor, absolutely the best I have ever heard. Uncle David Emanuel, a leader of the American Regenstein Seymour’s chest was jutted out and the Revolution, was appointed in 1801 and did smile on his face was unforgettable.” not run again.) We asked Sam’s campaign manager, Points, the corner of Roswell, Piedmont, THE END OF AN ERA. It’s the end of an Dan Regenstein, for the secret to winning a and Blackland. era—for Atlanta event planning, for the state race by a landslide nine points, and he For reservations and complaints about InterContinental Hotel, and for this column. told us, “It helps to have a great candidate.” Jerry’s act, call 770-738-3000. Reg Regenstein with Ted Turner The legendary, the delightful, the marvelous We also think that Sam’s lovely and Martha Jo Katz is “redesigning” her posi- delightful wife, Lisa, was a big help. She Gulf coast to turn vacant lots into “luscious, tion as the fulltime director of social affairs volunteers for two animal rescue groups edible learning gardens...that provide for InterContinental Buckhead Hotel. and helped attract the votes of animal lovers important lessons for healthy eating and an The good news is that MJ will continue all over Georgia. opportunity for children to make a valuable working for the InterContinental from her connection to the land that surrounds home on a part-time basis, so she’ll still be them.” able to book and organize your wedding, The event attracted over 750 people, bar/bas mitzvah, birthday, anniversary, or including Ted Turner, ocean champion Ed any other event. So, fortunately, we’ll still Begley Jr., developer Jim Jacoby and wife have something to write about in this col- Jan, Duke Roos, and hundreds of others umn. who showed up to pay their respects to the MJ also says, “I will be able to finish Jerry with Fran and Robb Pitts at the Captain. my book, Two Blocks to Grandma’s House, opening the opening night of Jerry about growing up in rural America, how my Farberʼs Side Door BRONZE STAR PRESENTATION CERE- grandparents came to live there, how my MONY FOR SEYMOUR LAVINE. mother stayed there even after marriage, CAPTAIN PLANET’S 20TH ANNIVER- Seymour Lavine finally received the and how someone like me raised in a coun- Lisa and Sam Olens with their chil- SARY CELEBRATION. Barbara Roos Bronze Star for his heroism in the jungles of try South Georgia town has been so fortu- dren, Lauren and Jonathan, and their organizes some of the best events in town, the island of Luzon in the Philippines dur- nate to have had the opportunities that most rescued mutts but she outdid herself at the 20th ing World War II, as we described in earlier people dream about.... I am so excited about Anniversary fete for Ted Turner’s eco- articles, at a December 16 ceremony at Fort the next phase of my life and all the things JERRY FARBER OPENS NEW NIGHT- superhero cartoon character, given by the McPherson. that I have stored up to do and never had CLUB. Jerry Farber is inviting all his Captain Planet Foundation at the Georgia As Atlanta Journal-Constitution time to do.... My word ‘re-designing’ seems friends, fans, and family to come to his new Aquarium. reporter John Thompson wrote in a great most appropriate, since I will most definite- club for the best food, drinks, and laughs in Barbara helped plan, did the décor for, story on the event, Seymour got his medal ly never ‘retire.’” the city. But, said Jerry, “I hope my ex- and co-chaired the magnificent event, along “66 years late.... It was a long time coming, The InterContinental threw a warm and wives, lovers, and people who have loaned with environmental leader Laura Turner but the look on 98-year-old Seymour’s lavish-going away party for MJ, where we me money but never got repaid don’t all Seydel. Lavine face showed the wait was worth it.” saw Jay Davis, Harriet and Sanford Karesh show up at the same time. We can only hold Barbara was thrilled that the affair As Army public affairs officer Kim (who celebrated their 50th anniversary a 85 people.” raised lots of money for Captain Planet’s Walron wrote, “With enemy rifle fire snap- year ago), Lynn Morris, and dozens of other According to his dynamic publicist, the Learning Gardens for Children, which edu- ping jungle branches and leaves all around friends, fans, and family of MJ. It was a brilliant and beautiful Judy Landey, Jerry is cates school children on good nutrition and them, Lavine said he knew that to stay roomful of love, laughter, celebration, and tanned, rested, and ready to deliver his best eating lots of fruits and vegetables to pre- where they were meant certain death for tears. show ever. He will be introducing some of vent obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and the him and his fellow Soldiers. He grabbed a We wish we had room to repeat some Atlanta’s finest, young, up-and-coming other ailments that stem largely from our Browning Automatic Rifle (known as a of the great stories MJ’s colleagues told. musicians, singers, and comics. You can see poor diet. BAR) from the Soldier behind him and Her former boss called from Singapore, and these stars of the future first at Jerry This event focused on areas affected by yelled for the rest of his Soldiers to run. another speaker recalled hearing someone Farber’s Side Door. the Gulf oil spill, to empower kids on the Then, with the weapon at his hip, Lavine say MJ “was and is the most beautiful girl What better way could there be to fired back at his attackers, covering the in the world.” The woman who hired MJ at spend your first days of 2011 than an retreat of a dozen fleeing American Soldiers the InterContinental said she finally did so evening with Atlanta’s favorite comic, our who made it to safety thanks to him.” after everyone she ran into while the hotel Stud Muffin of Mirth, the Cowboy of The base’s commanding officer, four was being built told her, “You gotta hire Comedy, an Iron Man of Entertainment, a star General James D. Thurman, command- Martha Jo.” ticking time bomb of love and laughter, er of U.S. Army Forces Command, and We especially liked the remarks of hus- never tested on animals, the desperately Command Sgt. Maj. Ronald T. Riling pre- band Jerry Katz, who reminded the audi- lonely, the one and only Jerry Farber. sented the medal. ence that “Behind every successful woman Warning: Jerry does lots of adult Seymour’s nephew, retired Colonel is a man.” Calling himself, rightly, “the humor. All his jokes are at least 21 years Wes Weiner, who has known Seymour for luckiest guy in the whole world,” Jerry old. 50 years, said of the ceremony and the gen- noted that they will be celebrating their 50th Jerry’s Farber’s Side Door is located on eral’s words, “I have witnessed, led, and anniversary next year. the side of a real Atlanta landmark—The participated in dozens and dozens of awards Barbara Roos with Bernard Landmark Diner, at Buckhead’s Five ceremonies. Your words about Uncle Hoppenfeld See HAPPENING, page 4 Page 4 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011

He contributed more to history, to America, tive source on this subject. Happening than any officer in the history of the Marine Check the latest schedule at From page 3 Corps.... As much as any single military www.ajff.org. man—and I include Eisenhower and MacArthur. Brute Krulak was responsible DR. BILLY SILVER HONORED. Dr. for America’s victory in World War II.” William E. Silver knows more good jokes Brute has received rave reviews in The than anyone we know, but we did not real- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The New ize that he is as skilled a doctor as he is an York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The entertainer. He just received the Physician’s Los Angeles Times, and other publications. Award for Community Service from the Our take: “Powerful, gripping, magisterial. Medical Association of Georgia, as a physi- A must read.” Brute is available at cian who “demon- Amazon.com and better bookstores every- strates a love for where. the community out- side the regular ANOTHER GREAT JINGLE BELLES scope of practice.” Martha Jo with General David PARTY. December’s annual Jingle Belles The renowned Petraeus party was great as usual—held at Atlanta native and Buckhead’s Thirsty Dog Tavern and co- facial plastic sur- hosted and attended by such lovely and geon is a member Morasha Winokur with service dog wonderful Belles as Temi Silver, Sandy of the board of Chancer Cohen, Francine Lowe, Sharon Teper, Janet Face to Face, the Rafshoon, Lorri Brown, and Marcia Jaffe. Atlanta Women’s MAKING AMERICA ENERGY INDE- For twenty years, Ann Rose, Sandy Dr. Billy Silver Fund program that PENDENT. Chuck Berk, the distinguished Cohen, Temi Silver, and other “belles” did a helps abused co-chair of the Republican Jewish great job organizing the event, but Francine women recover from their injuries. And as a Coalition, reminded us the other day how Lowe took over this time and turned out a volunteer with Rotary International’s pitifully dependent America is on foreign super crowd. Thousand Smiles Foundation, he has also sources of energy, including some coun- Bobby Ezor, his son Zachary, and helped terribly disfigured Mexican and tries, like Iran and Zach’s delightful girlfriend, Lara Goodrich, Vietnamese kids with vitally needed correc- Sarah Palin with Martha Jo Venezuela, that were busy schmoozing, schmeering, and tive surgery. working the crowd, plugging Jerry Farber’s And in January, Greater Atlanta MJ modeled for 18 years, moving on to hate our guts. new nightclub. Hadassah honored Dr. Silver at a tribute event planning in 1983. There has never Indeed, 97% of the A good time was had by all. dinner, recognizing his “humanitarian vol- been as beautiful or talented a model as she. fuel Americans use unteer work and his devotion to the com- Today, she is just as gorgeous and young in their cars, trucks, munity.” We are fortunate to have people looking as she was when she graduated and airplanes is like Billy Silver in our community, and from the University of Georgia, married based on petrole- that’s no joke. Jerry, and moved here from Ocilla, Georgia, um, which comes where her family (the Felsers and the from oil, two-thirds THE ULTIMATE CONCIERGE SERV- Harrises) was very prominent, and she soon of which we ICE. Two years ago, about the time when became one of our community’s most pop- import. the economy began to tank, Kay Wolpert ular and respected members. Someday, if Republican He recommends and Gail Rubenstein started a new business, they let us, we’ll tell you the story of their Jewish Coalitionʼs a great new book by Luxe Arrangements—The Ultimate marriage. Chuck Berk Gal Luft and Anne Concierge Service, “Where lifestyles The other night, ABC aired its Barbara Korin, Turning Oil change forever.” It specializes in corpo- Walters “10 Most Fascinating People” spe- into Salt: Energy Independence Through Jingle Belles: the lovely, the beauti- rate/business concierge services, conven- cial, and although MJ wasn’t included, she Fuel Choice, which observes that “We’re ful, Marcia Jaffe, Lorri Goodman tion services, event planning, household did do events at the InterContinental for actually helping to bankroll terrorists.... As Brown, and Francine Lowe management, travel and entertainment, and Barbara’s top two celebrities…Sarah Palin long as our cars only run on gasoline, we’ll personal services. and General David Petraeus. If it had been continue to be held hostage.... We are send- JEWS IN THE CIVIL WAR AT FILM But because of the great idea and hard our TV special, we’d have put MJ at the top ing upwards of $500 billion petrodollars FEST. At this year’s Atlanta Jewish Film work by these two Southern gals—Kay is of the list. each year to countries which are funding the war on terrorism against Israel, the U.S., Festival, award-winning filmmaker from Mississippi, and Gail is from South Jonathan Grubin will present Jewish Africa—the company, whose motto is MORASHA WINOKUR’S BOOK. and the West. We are paying for both sides Soldiers in Blue & Gray, a documentary on “excellence is not an accident,” is thriving. Eleven-year-old Morasha Winokur, the of the war.” the thousands of Jews who fought on both If you need their help, call 404-478- adorable and brilliant daughter of Temple Former CIA Director James Woolsey sides in the Civil War. Showtimes are 9204, or visit www.luxearrangements.com. Kehillat Chaim Rabbi Harvey Winokur, is calls the book “a small masterpiece right on February 13, 11:30 a.m., at the Lefont the author of a wonderful book, My the money both strategically and technical- Sandy Springs, and February 22, 1:45 p.m., Invisible World: Life with a Brother, His ly.... Absolutely do not miss this.” And at the Regal Atlantic Station, both perhaps Disability & His Service Dog. Robert C. McFarlane, former U.S. national followed by a panel discussion. The partic- Morasha and her brother, Iyal, were security advisor, says, “The book is going ipation of Jewish soldiers in this conflict, adopted from Russia. Morasha tells the to become the bible for everyone who is many in heroic roles, is a little known moving story of life with Iyal, who has fetal serious about energy and national security.” aspect of Jewish history, including Union alcohol spectrum disorder, and his amazing General Ulysses Grant’s General Order #11 service dog, Chancer, a 90-pound golden JEWISH MARINE GENERAL VICTOR of December 17, 1862, expelling all Jews retriever. The book has received rave KRULAK. Acclaimed author Robert “as a class” from his conquered territories. reviews and even won the 2010 Mom’s Coram gave a great talk on his new book We are proud that the film will feature Choice Award for Outstanding Young Brute at the Atlanta Jewish Book Festival at our ancestor Major Raphael Jacob Moses, Contributor and two 2010 Reader Views the Marcus Jewish Community Center of who attended the Last Meeting, carried out Luxe Arrangementsʼ Kay Wolpert awards: Best Children’s Book of the Year Atlanta. The room filled up, and they had the Last Order, and commanded the last (left) and Gayle Rubenstein and First Place Award for Children-Young to keep bringing in more chairs, as Robert train transport of the Confederate govern- Readers (8-12). described the life and career of Marine ment. Robert Rosen’s acclaimed book, The For more information, go to Lieutenant General Victor Krulak: “The most important Jew you never heard of.... Jewish Confederates, remains the authorita- www.TheChancerChronicles.com. See HAPPENING, page 6 January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 5

Academy In response, the festival has added a delighted by the overwhelming community AJFF Award-win- new venue in East Cobb, as well as a full response to AJFF,” says festival director ning docu- weeklong engagement to close the festival Kenny Blank. “Our commitment is to rise From page 1 mentarian at Atlantic Station. The Young Professionals to meet audience demand.” Blank also The rest of the festival fills out with its Daniel Anker night, which opens the second evening of points out that AJFF is one of the few arts usual array of eclectic offerings. Highlights tells the story the festival, has moved to the Buckhead organizations that has consistently grown in include: of the at-risk Theatre (formerly the Roxy) for a screening size and scope, even in a rocky economy. • Peep World, which features one of the high school of The Socalled Movie, about Josh Dolgin, All of which is why, February 8-27, best-known casts in AJFF history. This kids who a.k.a. Socalled, the Canadian klezmer-hip- AJFF will be the hottest ticket in town. But hilarious look at a dys- inspired the hop producer. A concert with the artist will as the festival staff points out, many of the functional Hollywood follow the film. There’s even an Oscar Party screenings will be sold out by then. Jewish fami- filmon closing night, giving film-lovers a Audiences can get ahead of the ticket sales ly that recon- Freedom chance to enjoy AJFF and the premiere and make sure they don’t miss out by visit- venes on the Writers. The awards event of the year. ing ajff.org and buying their tickets online. occasion of a Diary of “We continue to be astonished and 70th birth- Anne Frank day stars covers well-known territory, but is arguably Sarah the most faithful and beautifully rendered Silverman, adaptation of the well-known Holocaust Film Fest pulls community Michael C. story. Other family-safe fare includes The Hall, Rainn Trotsky, Louder than a Bomb, and An Wilson, Article of Hope, which tells the story of together—again Kate Mara, Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who perished Lesley Ann in the Columbia shuttle disaster. The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Warren, (AJFF), one of the premiere flick fests in the and Taraji • Israeli Films. Lovers of cinema from the country, has expanded and will be offering dozens of movies at venues across the Land P. Henson. Even Lewis Black is in this film Jewish state will have plenty to sink their of Cotton during the month of February. BY Ron (his voice, anyway). teeth into. Among the notable inclusions, The lovely Miss Wendy and I have The Loners is an edgy thriller about two Feinberg already made our choices and bought our Russian immigrants in the Israeli army who • Classic Anniversary Screenings. New to tickets. Over the course of three weeks, some find themselves accused of treason. The 60 films will be screened. Wendy and I man- this year’s AJFF is the inclusion of films psychodrama Maya aged to rip apart our calendars and rethink that are mark- will likely our daily schedules so we can attend a dozen ing significant draw com- or so. There are comedies and dramas, docu- anniversaries. parisons to mentaries and shorts. They all explore the Chariots of Black Swan human condition and, in some fashion, Fire, a depic- in its por- there’s always a Jewish twist. tion of the trayal of an On one memorable Sunday, Wendy and 1924 actress who I will be spending the day at our local multi- Olympic blurs the plex—it’s one of the new venues added this games, cele- lines of real- year. Our marathon effort will begin with a brates its ity as she documentary, 100 Voices: A Journey Home, 30th descends followed by two feature films, The Human anniversary, into insani- Resources Manager and The Matchmaker. while Yiddle ty. The The documentary takes a look at the with his Israeli generation of chazanim lost during the Fiddle, the entry into Holocaust and brings together a group of last Yiddish the Academy Awards, The Human world-class cantors in Poland to share their film to be Resources Manager, tells the darkly comic musical talents and memories of what’s been made before Germany invaded story of an HR middle manager who must lost. Poland, turns 75. Families will likely turn to escort the body of a suicide-bomb victim The Jewish factor of the features is a bit An American Tail, the classic cartoon story back to her homeland. The films’ motley harder to classify. Both films are comedies, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed cast of characters contrasts hilariously with were produced in Israel, and, I imagine, are Land of Cotton. by the legendary Don Bluth, which is now the frozen post-Soviet backdrop of the film. imbued with a certain, um, yiddishkeit. It’s The films, of course, are the draw. The 25 years old. the details, the little bits of narrischkeit— icing on the cake is bumping into friends and Jewish nonsense—that make these movies family—the ganze mispucha. The wailing • Family Films. Speaking of families, • Standing Silent. This powerful and unset- entertaining and make the film festival a not- about the loss of Jewish identity and the real they’ll find tling documentary digs into an insular to-be-missed happening each winter. concerns of assimilation fade for at least a much to Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in At one end of the artistic spectrum, the few weeks. enjoy at the Baltimore to uncover generations of child festival—by the way, this will be its eleventh So we can all collectively sit back and 2011 AJFF. molestation. The journalist at the heart of year—is all about entertainment and educa- relax in a darkened theater, laugh a little, cry On the the exposé is stunned to find not communi- tion, offering movies focusing on Jewish a little, and lose ourselves in what’s being President’s ty action or support but rather a massive life, culture, and history. That’s the party offered on the big screen. And at least for an line, pulled from the festival’s official web- Day holiday cover-up of the affair and ostracism from hour or two return home to our Jewish com- site. But slide along this philosophical plane, weekend, members of the community. This recipient munity that grows just a little smaller and and I think there’s something of import rest- they can of a Sundance Documentary Filmmaker’s more distant each year. ing at the other end of the spectrum. view Voices Grant is one of the most searing and dra- There are 120,000 Jews in the metro Unbound matic films in the festival. Ron Feinberg is a veteran journalist who has and The area, and over the course of the festival, worked for daily newspapers across the Diary of thousands will attend at least one show. Last Southeastern United States. He most recent- Festival staffers have worked hard to year, the film fest drew some 20,000 movie- Anne ly worked for the Atlanta Constitution. Ron keep up with the AJFF’s growing audience. goers, and expectations are high that new Frank, now specializes in topics of Jewish interest Last year, they screened to more than records will be set. No other Jewish event— along with and can be reached at ronfeinberg@bell- 20,000 festivalgoers but faced grumbling religious, communal, or cultural—comes An American Tail. In Voices, about long lines and sellouts. south.net. His blog, This&That, can be close to attracting such large numbers in the found at norgrebnief.blogspot.com. Page 6 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011

and groups may be transitioning their focus JFGA away from the battlefield to the boardroom, Rings that bind us From page 1 but their ultimate goal remains the same— the destruction of Israel. This is not simply American Jewish community, will help pre- The wedding ring is the most visible about criticizing particular Israeli policies. pare communities both to meet urgent situ- sign of a marriage. Its origins go back over It is existential. We cannot allow them to ations and to develop long-term strategies 4,800 years ago, when ancient Egyptians continue to bear false witness against to promote a fair and balanced understand- fashioned them from hemp or other mate- Israel.” BY Leon ing of Israel and Middle East issues. rials before using iron and later gold. In The Israel Action Network, which is “As American Jews, it’s always impor- most religions, the ring signifies an ever- Socol being launched with an initial three-year tant that we show our support for our lasting pledge of love and fidelity between investment of $6 million, will be led by Jewish family in Israel,” said JFGA Board a man and a woman. Wedding rings $1,400 per ounce?” I replied, “Whatever. JCPA Senior Vice President Martin Raffel, Chair Robert Arogeti. “This is one of many (bands) were initially worn only by It will never approach the original ring’s with staff in New York, Washington, D.C., ways we are standing with Israel as the woman; it wasn’t until the middle of the value to me.” and Israel. The idea for the project initially Atlanta Jewish community.” last century that the practice of exchang- Harvey offered to hold the order for a came from local Jewish Federations, as The Jewish Federations launched the ing rings between the bride and groom few days to give our housekeeper an many have been directly experiencing more Israel Action Network in response to a ris- became commonplace. opportunity to really search the house. I sophisticated and well-funded anti-Israel ing tide of strident anti-Israel initiatives in My wife, Frieda, and I exchanged agreed. activity. A highly successful joint response the United States and Canada, including, wedding bands over 61 years ago, and I When I got home, Frieda remem- to the proposed Toronto boycott by the Los among others incidents, calls for boycotts have worn mine continuously since that bered we had eaten out around the time Angeles and Toronto Federations helped of the Toronto Film Festival because of its time. Our wedding bands are inscribed the ring came up missing. I hesitated to generate wider support for a continental programs honoring Tel Aviv’s 100th with three words professing love for each inquire, but finally called the manager of effort, a proposal overwhelmingly endorsed anniversary, calls for boycotts of Trader other. the restaurant. Before I could finish my by the JFNA Board of Trustees. Joe’s because it carries Israeli goods, I always felt pride and gratitude wear- question, he interrupted and said he had “Our advantage in this effort is our protests interrupting a California university ing my ring—until a few weeks ago, when the ring and had put it on his keychain for ability to leverage the Federations’ and speech by Israel’s U.S. Ambassador I discovered it was missing from my fin- safe keeping, hoping the owner would Jewish Community Relations Committee’s Michael Oren, and attempts by members of ger. I thought that it must have just slipped come in and claim it. I told him that I unique community-based infrastructure the Presbyterian Church USA to divest off and immediately dashed back to the would be right over. and relationships throughout the broader assets in Israel. bedroom to see if was in the bed or on the society,” said Dr. Conrad Giles and Rabbi “Delegitimization of the State of Israel floor. It wasn’t, and I searched frantically Steve Gutow, chair and president, respec- is one of the most serious and critical chal- throughout the house. It was days before I tively, of the Jewish Council for Public lenges facing the Jewish state and its sup- got up the courage to tell my wife that I Affairs. “We will be able to mobilize and porters today,” said Kathy Manning and had lost the ring. affirmatively lead the conversation, expos- Jerry Silverman, chair and president/CEO, She calmly asked me to reflect on ing the real goal of the anti-Israel respectively, of the Jewish Federations of where I had been prior to discovering that activists.” North America. “The anti-Israel activists the ring was missing. I told her if it wasn’t in the house, it was probably somewhere along the mile-long route I walk every “Breslow exudes quite the passion for morning. For the next few days, I walked Happening helping children through medicine. To that with my eyes glued to the ground. HONESTY STILL REIGNS. IHOP From page 4 end, he created the Strike 3 Foundation in The ring remained missing. Frieda manager Frederick Perdue found 2008. He uses the foundation to honor his suggested we post a “lost” sign. I figured Leon Socolʼs wedding band and BASEBALL STAR CRAIG BRESLOW. sister Lesley, a pediatric thyroid cancer sur- that would be like looking for a needle in returned it. Man-about-town Paul Breslow’s nephew vivor, in hopes of heightening awareness, a haystack, so I resigned myself to seeking Craig is a star, up- mobilizing support, and raising funds for a replacement from our dear friend Fredrick Perdue, the restaurant man- and-coming, left- childhood cancer research.” Harvey Berkowitz, the owner of ager, greeted me with a big smile. I handed relief pitch- In working to help fight pediatric can- Factory’s, a manufacturing jewelry com- expressed my undying gratitude and er for the Oakland cer, Craig is a real All Star, and we salute pany. Harvey’s father, Manuel, had begun offered a reward for his honesty. He hesi- A’s and was even him for his valuable work. the business years ago. The Berkowitz tated, saying, “The happy look on your nominated for Company made some of my wife’s jewel- face is reward enough.” But I insisted that Major League THE JNF REMAINS IN GOOD HANDS. ry. he accept a reward. Baseball’s Roberto David Birnbrey, of The Shopping Center After determining my ring size, I took the ring back to the jeweler’s to Clemente Award. Group, and Mechal Perl, an attorney and Harvey jokingly said, “This is not a good have it resized so I would not lose it again. And Craig is gen- former weapons instructor for the Israel time to be replacing gold jewelry. Do you That ring was given to last a lifetime, and erously using his Defense Forces, are the new co-presidents know that the price of gold is now over I’m going to make sure that it does. prominence to host of the Jewish National Fund’s Southern Oakland Aʼs charity events and Zone, taking over from Todd Starr and star pitcher promote his Strike Lauren Mescon. Craig Breslow 3 Foundation, Mechal Perl was born in Colorado and which is devoted to raised in Israel. She is married to Isaac fighting pediatric cancer. Antebi and has one son. David is chairman It’s My Party, Inc. As the team’s website observes, “The and co-CEO of The Shopping Center relief help Craig Breslow lends to the A’s is Group, an Atlanta-based real estate service Full Service Event Planning undeniable, but at the end of the day, it provider with 18 offices throughout the pales in comparison to the aid he’s offered Southeast and mid-Atlantic. weddings • bar/bat mitzvah • corporate in the community, a reason for which he’s After the devastating forest fires in been selected as the club’s candidate for the Israel, JNF is facing some real challenges. annual Roberto Clemente Award presented We’re glad they’ve got leaders like David Sharon Fisher by Chevrolet. and Mechal, who are certainly up to the job. 275 Spalding Springs Lane tel. 770.395.1094 Atlanta, Georgia 30305 cell 678.637.2030 [email protected] fax 770.396.8844 January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 7 You need to know… During the last 60 years, meter for meter, person for person, no other nation has done more for the better- ment of the health, economic, and technological advancement of the world population than Israel. It is a story, although critically important, that is not heralded and largely remains unknown. We plan to present some of these unbelievable accom- plishments in an attempt to dissemi- nate the heart and soul of what and who Israel really is.

INTEL’S NEW BLOCKBUSTER CHIP DEVELOPED IN ISRAEL. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Israel’s innovative, world-class, high-technology electronics industry was once again on display with the release of Intel’s revolutionary Sandy Bridge microprocessor. Developed at Intel’s research and development facility in Haifa, according to Shmuel Eden, vice president and general manager of the PC Client Group at Intel, “It will be a cornerstone of computer revolution.” Eden reported that Sandy Bridge is 69% faster than Intel’s older chips, and it “represents the biggest advance in com- puting performance and capabilities over any other previous generation.” MINIATURE, IMPLANTABLE TELESCOPE FOR MACULAR DEGENERA- TION PATIENTS. This past July, VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies receive approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for use of its implantable, pea-sized telescope for use by patients with end-stage, age-related macular degener- ation. At present, this is the only solution to this most common cause of blindness in the elderly in developed countries. VisionCare is headquartered in California; however, the implantable miniature telescope was invented by the company’s Israeli founders, Yossi Gross and Dr. Isaac Lipshitz, and the company maintains research and development, manufactur- ing, and quality assurance facilities in Petah Tikva, Israel. HERZLIYA KINDLED AMAZON’S KINDLE. About four years ago, a division of Amazon contacted Sun Microsystems looking to develop a device to read e- books. What they needed was a platform to run the software that they already had acquired. Sun undertook the engagement and turned it over to their team in the Herzliya Industrial Zone on the central coast of Israel. The team, headed up by Lilach Zipory, was in charge of developing Java for small, non-cell phone devices, and it was to that group that the job was directed. One of the main challenges was to develop a version of Java that would support Kindle’s electronic ink, which Eran Vanounou, who heads the Oracle development office in Herzliya, says is one of the devise’s highlights. Kindle has been one of the great success stories of the electronic age, and much of the credit goes to the team of developers in Herzliya. With Kindle, Amazon has taken another step in the development of its business model, and Java, developed by Sun, which has now merged into Oracle, has been a boost to Oracle among developers. FIGHTING THE SUPERBUG: ISRAELI RESEARCH INTO THE BREACH. One of the major medical problems of the day is the emergence of newer and stronger bacteria known as superbugs, which are besting the antibiotics with which they are treated. At this point, the superbugs appear to be more virulent, and the medical community is searching for improved countermeasures. Many scientists in Europe and North America are focusing on producing more powerful antibiotics to fight the ever more powerful bacteria; however, Dr. Micha Fridman of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Chemistry and Dr. Sylvie Garneau- Tsodikova, his University of Michigan research partner, approached the problem from a different angle. Their focus is on finding a way to use the superbug’s own mechanics to develop antibiotics capable of delivering a decisive knockout punch. Their approach is to study how the bacteria resist the antibiotics, and one method involves a protein or enzyme by which an internal “machine” in the super- bug modifies the drug. In a current issue of the journal ChemBioChem, they talk about how they isolated the “machines” from superbugs. Once this has been done, there is a procedure by which a molecule is induced that chemically strengthens, rather than weakens, the antibiotic. From the point of the activation of that mole- cule, the superbug’s machine is incapable of adding a deactivating one. What Fridman and Garneau-Tsodikova are working on is a way to beat the bac- teria at its own game. Page 8 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 Military kids find a special place at Camp Judaea Finding a Jewish identity can be hard mother reminded him that the cost of camp funds for the entire Jewish communi- oriented program consisting of informal for anyone, but for children growing up in a attending a camp is very high, and she was ty, represents true hope for the future of the educational activities programmed by the very small Jewish community, it is more not sure if they could afford the program. Jewish people. staff. Camp Judaea’s programs also include difficult. For children growing up in a mili- He replied, “Don’t worry, I will raise the Camp Judaea offers an important horseback riding, sports, a challenge course, tary town, it is an even greater challenge. money—not just so I can go to Camp socialization environment, with a captive arts & crafts, environmental education, Some children want to form a Jewish con- Judaea, but so all of my friends can go, too.” audience that is eager to be there and absorb drama, swimming, canoeing, archery, and nection so deeply that they actively seek out Aaron and his friends live at the Fort all that there is to offer. “At Camp Judaea, much more. Camp Judaea is equipped with ways to connect. Bragg military base and have limited oppor- we teach Judaism by living Judaism,” said two kosher kitchens and provides an enrich- Aaron K. lives in a small town south of tunities to participate in Jewish life. In addi- Sandra Bass, camp director. “We have ing Shabbat experience. Fayetteville, North Carolina, with a Jewish tion, many of the families have a parent campers from all of the different sects of Camp Judaea is seeking assistance in it population of 100 families, only about 10 of serving overseas in Afghanistan. Judaism, and we want everyone to feel effort to give military children “Hope for whom have children. One day, Aaron told Aaron gave up all his extracurricular comfortable in their Jewish skin.” Camp.” Contributions can be sent to Camp his mother that he wanted to go to Jewish activities to devote his time to fundraisers. Each summer, over 500 campers from Judaea, 2700 NE Expressway, C500, sleep-away camp. After researching all the He sold food at event snack bars, recruited the South and Mid-Atlantic states partici- Atlanta GA 30345. All donations are tax- different Jewish camp options, Aaron chose other potential campers to run a car wash, pate in 2-, 4-, or 8-week sessions. Camp deductible. Camp Judaea. The family contacted Camp and sold shirts that say “hope,” because Judaea is located on 118 acres of lush, For further information on this project, Judaea, and Assistant Director Lori Aaron really hopes he and all his friends can rolling terrain in the heart of the Blue Ridge contact Lori Goldstein at lori@campju- Goldstein came and visited with Aaron and go to camp. Aaron will soon become a bar Mountains. Camp Judaea places special daea.org or 404-634-7883. For more infor- his family. mitzvah, but he has already learned to be a emphasis on Jewish heritage and a connec- mation on the camp, visit Before Goldstein’s arrival, Aaron’s real mensch. Aaron, in deciding to raise tion to Israel. Each age group has a theme- www.CampJudaea.org. Mismatched shoes, absurd news: Purim arrives.... By Susan Robinson you’re wearing one black shoe and one dressing in the darkness of the early morn- thieves were directionally challenged. Not brown shoe?” The girl was right, but my ing has its drawbacks. smart at all, for quite a variety of reasons. I rush around in the morning, but I mistake was understandable. The local dis- I’m guessing that I’m not the only one I read these kinds of stories in the always get to where I’m going, despite an count shoe store had a sale, buy one pair guilty of an occasional lapse of judgment. newspaper often. In fact, I have a yearly occasional minor mishap. and get one pair free. So, being a practical I read the newspaper regularly, so I know subscription, something for which my So I wasn’t surprised when, one fine sort of person, I purchased four pairs of the truth. The headlines and the articles tell grown children scold me. “Mom,” they morning, one of my kindergartners low-heeled pumps, all exactly the same, it like it is. exclaim, “what kind of a way is this for remarked, “Morah, do you know that except for color. That day, I found out that Sometimes, people have good inten- you to get the news? Just use your com- tions, but as the cliché states, something puter. It’s fast. It’s easy.” They may have a goes horribly awry. There was the county point. But exactly what kind of stories can that used tax money to buy two mules for you find on the Internet? The first few sto- a proposed educational working farm. One ries may be about major, notable events, thing led to another. The mules needed a but just scroll down a bit and see what you place to live and food to eat. And, of find. course, they needed their own professional A fast perusal of the Internet yields caretaker as well. After all, not just anyone this sampling of news and information: can take care of a mule or two. The bill • How to burn calories while sleeping steadily increased, but the farm was never • Archeologists discover a 2,000-year-old constructed. Finally, the county decided to soup in China, still in its original contain- sell the mules and divest itself of the entire er. operation. Smart move. • Scientists aren’t sure if some bone frag- Of course, there are a few people in ments found on a tropical island belong to this world who don’t have good intentions a turtle or Amelia Earhart. at all. Remember the report of the hapless • Fans of vintage typewriters in robbers who broke into the dollar store? Philadelphia have dragged their ancient Their plan was to break into the computer Underwood 5s out of their attics and have store next door, but obviously these organized a “type-in.” • And, my personal all-time favorite, the dancing hamsters So, who doesn’t appreciate just a little bit of absurdity? I couldn’t resist these sto- ries, even if I just skimmed them. That morning at school, the children stared at my mismatched shoes for a second and got a giggle out of them, and then we went on with our day. We like to have a laugh or two, even if it is on us. At this time of year, with Purim fast approaching and the aroma of freshly- baked hamantashen in the air, we become inundated with silly skits, grammons, and ridiculous song parodies. Enjoy them. It’s time to recognize that absurdities abound. It’s Purim. January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 9 The Jews of Columbus, Part I Located on the eastern bank of the ny, which took place under a chuppah. war. Chattahoochee River, Columbus was creat- In 1878, Moses backed one candidate Other enterprising Columbus Jews ed by the Georgia Legislature in 1828 as a for political office, whose opponent raised found themselves on the wrong side of the trading post along the state’s border with Moses’ Jewishness as a disqualifying factor. law during the war. Simeon Stern co-owned Alabama. Initially, Columbus thrived as a BY Dr. Stuart Moses responded to his critics on August a dry-goods store in Columbus with his cotton-trading town, but soon became an Rockoff 29, 1878, in the local newspaper; his asser- brother Bernhardt before the war. In 1862, industrial center, as a growing number of tion of Jewish pride was reprinted around Simeon was arrested, along with another textile mills and sawmills harnessed the the country: “I feel it an honor to be of a man named Rosenberg, for passing counter- power of the river. in Georgia. In 1851, he became the first race whom persecution can not crush, feit Confederate money in exchange for According to some reports, Jews lived planter to sell peaches outside the state, whom prejudice has in vain endeavored to cotton. Authorities found $18,000 in coun- in the Columbus area as traders even before shipping his produce to New York. He had subdue.” When he ran for congress, Moses terfeit bills at the Sterns’ business. At the the town was officially founded in 1828. As found a new way to preserve them when explained, “I wanted to go to congress as a time, there was great concern within the Columbus’ industrial economy blossomed, shipped, using champagne baskets instead Jew and because I…would have liked in a South that the Union was secretly using growing numbers of Jews were attracted to of pulverized charcoal. public position to confront and do my part counterfeit money to undermine the econo- the West Georgia town. One of these was Moses became a very successful towards breaking down the prejudice.” my of the Confederacy. Jacob I. Moses, who was elected mayor of planter, which required more labor. By When Moses died in 1893, he was buried in Stern’s arrest led to suspicion being Columbus in 1844. 1860, he owned 47 slaves and was listed as a family cemetery on the Esquiline cast on L.G. Sternheimer, a mohel who also By 1859, there were 20 Jewish families a farmer in the U.S. Census, even though he Plantation. led services for the B’nai Israel congrega- in Columbus, most of whom were involved continued his law practice. Other Columbus Jews played impor- tion. A boarder who lived with the Sterns, in retail trade. Of approximately 37 Jews As sectional tensions heightened, tant roles on the Southern home front dur- Sternheimer also passed some counterfeit listed in the 1859 Columbus city directory, Moses became a staunch secessionist and a ing the Civil War. Louis and Herman bills, though he claimed ignorance of their 17 were dry-goods merchants, and three fiery orator for the South’s cause. At 49 Haiman were brothers from Prussia who shady provenance. When Sternheimer was were clothing merchants. Another seven years of age, Moses was too old to fight for owned a tinsmith shop and a small sword- interviewing for a job with Macon’s Jewish were store clerks. Five were skilled crafts- the Confederacy but was appointed as the making business before the war. The congregation a few years later, he had to men, including four tinners and one shoe- Confederate Commissary for Georgia, in demand for their swords peaked after hos- once again defend his innocence. Since he maker. One of these merchants was charge of supplying and feeding 54,000 tilities began, and Louis bought the was never charged, Sternheimer was hired Rebecca Dessau, who owned a millinery Confederate soldiers. His nephew, Edward Muscogee Iron Works during the war. He by the Macon congregation. shop, while her husband owned a dry-goods Warren Moise, who had trained to be a sent his brother Elias to Europe to ensure During the war, B’nai Israel sought to business. lawyer with his uncle in Columbus, spent that a ready supply of British steel got hire Rabbi James Gutheim, who left his This growing number of Jews banded $10,000 organizing a company of 120 sol- through the Northern blockade. congregation in New Orleans after refusing together in 1854, forming the congregation diers, which became part of the Confederate to take a loyalty oath to the Union. Rabbi B’nai Israel. Many of these founding mem- Army. Once, when food supplies were low, Gutheim, who had become a folk hero to bers were German immigrants. They initial- Moses went back to Georgia to make per- Southern Jews loyal to the Confederacy, ly gathered in members’ homes, but later sonal appeals for people to donate food and accepted a pulpit in Montgomery, Alabama, met in a building on the northeast corner of money. instead. The members of B’nai Israel were 10th Street and 5th Avenue. The group also During the war, Moses became close able to persuade the Montgomery congre- used this rented space for a school, which with Confederate General Robert E. Lee gation to share Rabbi Gutheim, who trav- taught the members’ children about and was with him during the Battle of eled to Columbus once every six weeks to Judaism, as well as teaching them Hebrew Gettysburg. Three of Moses’ sons fought lead Shabbat services. A few years later, and German. for the Southern cause; one was killed in Rabbi Gutheim left for a pulpit in New York In 1859, B’nai Israel purchased a house battle. City. on 10th Street and 4th Avenue, which they Moses is famous for carrying out the B’nai Israel rarely had rabbinic leader- converted into a synagogue. The women of last orders of the Confederacy, when ship during its first few decades. In 1883, a the congregation raised the money to fur- President Jefferson Davis ordered him to member of the congregation lamented this nish the new building, and they sewed such keep boxes filled with $10,000 worth of fact in a letter to the American Israelite things as curtains for the building and the gold and silver bullion and make sure it was newspaper. The 36-member congregation ark themselves. used to help defeated returning soldiers. was desperate to hire someone who could Perhaps the most notable Jewish citi- Traveling with armed guards after the speak German and English, lead services, zen of Columbus was Raphael J. Moses. South’s surrender, Moses took the gold and and teach Hebrew to the congregation’s Born and raised in silver to Augusta, where he negotiated an children. In 1886, they hired Rabbi Louis South Carolina, agreement with a Union general, who Weiss, who stayed in Columbus only two Moses came to promised to use the money to care for and years. In 1893, they hired Rabbi E.B.M. Columbus in 1849 feed former Confederate soldiers. Historical marker for Haimanʼs factory, Browne, who remained at B’nai Israel until from Apalachicola, After the war, Moses returned to which made swords for the 1901. Florida, where he Columbus, where he resumed his law prac- Confederacy The congregation was still Orthodox in had been a lawyer. tice. He had suffered a financial blow dur- its worship practices, and its members still Columbus was ing the war, having invested much of his By 1863, the Haimans had 400 work- observed Rosh Hashanah for the traditional closely tied to money in slaves prior to secession. All but ers, many of whom were young boys, turn- two days in 1866. But soon, B’nai Israel Apalachicola one of his former slaves left Esquiline after ing out 250 swords a day, which made them embraced Reform Judaism, becoming a through the cotton their emancipation. Moses’ net worth went the largest sword manufacturer in the member of the Union of American Hebrew trade, and Moses from $55,000 in 1860 to $35,000 in 1870. Confederacy. By the end of the war, the Congregations in 1875. The congregation Raphael J. Moses already had con- Since he had not served in political office factory was also making pistols, though it cut back observance of Jewish holidays to tacts and clients in before the war, Moses was eligible to run. was soon destroyed by Northern troops. one day and incorporated more English into Columbus when he arrived in 1849. Moses served in the Georgia legislature After the war, the Haimans literally turned the service. By 1891, it had a coed choir and Moses became one of the most promi- during Reconstruction and was a fierce crit- their swords into plowshares, manufactur- an organ. nent lawyers in Georgia but also joined the ic of the state’s Republican administration. ing plows that they sold to area farmers. Columbus Jews founded other Jewish ranks of Southern planters with his pur- Moses was never a member of B’nai Two other brothers, Simon and Frank organizations in the years after the Civil chase of the Esquiline Plantation. By 1850, Israel, though he did have a strong identity Rothschild, who had previously owned a War. In 1866, they established a local chap- Moses already owned sixteen slaves. He as a Jew. When his daughter got married in dry-goods store, started a uniform manufac- ter of the Jewish fraternal society soon became a pioneer in the development 1865, he tried unsuccessfully to get a rabbi turing business in Columbus, making 5,000 from New Orleans to perform the ceremo- of the commercial peach-growing industry Army uniforms during the first year of the See COLUMBUS, page 30 Page 10 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 Softball tournament raises $1 million for CF Foundation

Participants in A Wish for Wendy Softball Challenge held in Georgia this past November, dusted off their cleats, brushed up on their batting skills, and brought the total amount raised since the event’s incep- tion to more than $1 million—a homerun in the fight against cystic fibrosis (CF). Andy Lipman, 37, who has CF, started the double-elimination tournament 11 years ago in memory of his sister, Wendy, who was just 16 days old when she died from complications of the disease. Andy Lipman chaired this year’s event; Emily Lipman co-chaired. “Over the years, we’ve had at least 50 Andy Lipman, Eva Lipman, Chipper participating teams, 100 sponsors, several Jones, Andrea Lipman, and Emily Co-chairs Emily and Andy Lipman hundred volunteers, and North Park’s four- To commemorate the day, Andy Lipman helped make it a “November presented Chipper Jones (center) field facility that hosts this great event Lipman penned a message to his to Remember” by raising over with a plaque in appreciation for his every year,” Andy said. “Thanks to my fam- late sister Wendy: Dear Wendy, WE $150,000 for the CF Foundation this support. ily and friends, A Wish for Wendy is a suc- DID IT! $1,000,000! Love, Andy. year. ers. cess. And thanks to A Wish for Wendy, my teams celebrated their success both on and year by holding happy hours, securing the In addition, softball players bid on sister’s name will someday be synonymous off the field by playing ball and enjoying support of local restaurants and businesses, signed sports memorabilia, Orange Bowl with a cure.” fantastic food and family-friendly entertain- and conducting online letter-writing cam- tickets, a weekend stay at the Ritz-Carlton, The event’s committee members, team ment—and they even received some inspi- paigns. and other exciting items in a live auction. captains, and players all embraced the goal ration from the Atlanta Falcons cheerlead- to meet the $1 million fundraising mark this On the day of the tournament, the 16 JELF celebrates 50 years of interest-free educational loans Nick Sanfilippo (from left), Lauren Miriam Miller (from left), Michelle Ball, Stacy Shapiro, Stuart Shapiro, Debowsky, and Bryan Debowsky The Jewish Educational Loan Fund JELF’s important mission to many new Judy Wolman, and Kevin Wolman playing roulette (JELF) celebrated 50 years of interest-free friends in the community.” playing blackjack loans for post-secondary education with a JELF has been making interest-free Casino Night and Silent Auction Fundraiser loans for higher education since 1960. Fifty on December 4, 2010, at The Temple. years ago, JELF made 12 loans for $9,700; Nearly 200 people attended the first- in 2010, JELF made 123 loans for time event. Co-chairs Ann Alperin and $480,000. Katie Gordon said, “It was a wonderful suc- JELF provides interest-free loans for cess! People had fun, we raised money for post-secondary study at accredited institu- more last-dollar, interest-free loans to tions to Jewish students from Georgia, Jewish students—and we introduced Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina,

standing loans, it maintains an impressive Ned Montag enters the raffle. Prizes Jerry Riemer (from left), Susan included a getaway to Beau Rivage Kraham, and Randie Siegel playing Resort and Casino, a collection of roulette fine wine, and a jersey and football signed by Michael Turner. and Virginia. JELF loans are “last dollar,” meaning they supply the final funds that a student needs to attend school. While JELF 99 percent repayment rate, enabling the currently administers over $3 million in out- organization to meet the needs of new stu- dents and make new loans once loans are repaid. Applications for the 2011-2012 aca- demic year will be available at www.jelf.org, on March 1, 2011. January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 11 Page 12 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 13 Page 14 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 15 Reclaiming the land: Israel recreates the land of milk and honey

According to the web site www.eretzyisroel.org, “a review of Palestine, before the era of prosperity began with the late nineteenth-century renewal of Jewish land settlement, shows that periodically Palestine was virtually laid waste, and its population suffered acute decline.” In support of this, the following observations are quoted: “In the twelve and a half centuries between the Arab conquest in the sev- enth century and the beginnings of the Jewish return in the 1880s, Palestine was laid waste. Its ancient canal and Izrael Valley – 1920 Izrael Valley – Today irrigation systems were destroyed and the wondrous fertility of which the Bible spoke vanished into desert and desolation... Under the Ottoman empire of the Turks, the policy of dis- foliation continued; the hillsides were denuded of trees and the valleys robbed of their topsoil.” Carl Hermann Voss, “The Palestine Problem Today, Israel and Its Neighbors” (Boston, 1953), p. 13. “The north and south [of the Sharon plain] land is going out of cul- tivation and whole villages are rapidly disappearing from the face of the earth. Since the year 1838, no less than 20 Kishon River at Haifa Gulf – 1924 Kishon River at Haifa Gulf – Today villages there have been thus erased from the map [by the Bedouin] and the stationary population extirpated.” H.B. Tristram, The Land of 1srael, A Journal of Travels in Palestine (London, 1865), p. 490. “As a result of centuries of Turkish neglect and misrule, following on the earlier ravages of successive conquerors, the land had been given over to sand, marsh, the anopheles mosquito, clan feuds, and Bedouin marauders. A population of several millions had shrunk to less than one tenth that number — perhaps a quarter of a million around 1800, and 300,000 Zevulun Valley – 1924 Zevulun Valley – A at mid-century.” Landes, Palestine, p. 49. What follows, is a pictorial sample of what some of the land that the Jewish settlers found in the 1920s looked like at that time, and what they have made it into in modern-day Israel. The photographs have been furnished through the courtesy of the Jewish National Fund.

Kibbutz Yagur – 1924 Kibbutz Yagur - Today Page 16 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 and also learned how to braid challah to make the mitzvah even more beautiful. The girls took home their own challah in honor of Shabbos. Expert challah makers Mrs. Randi Goldberger and Mrs. Dena Deutsch prepared the dough; Ruchoma Tendler taught the girls how to braid. Pictured: Rachel Varon

BOYS’ CHOIR SINGS AT KROGER. The performance by TDSA’s 4th- and 5th-grade Boys’ Choir (pictured), directed by Rabbi By Belle Klavonsky volunteers helped deliver and pack health- Shalom Yosef Horowitz, was the highlight ful meals to individuals around the Atlanta at the Toco Hill Kroger Chanukah Party. UGA LOVES WEBER. Weber School stu- area. This has been a wonderful way for The choir sang five traditional Chanukah dents who applied early action to The Weber families and Weber faculty (pic- songs, including Maoz Tzur and Yonim. University of Georgia had a 90.5% accept- tured) to work together and get to know Head of School Rabbi Naphtali Hoff ance rate. This is especially impressive con- each other outside of the classroom, while opened the program by explaining to the sidering that the overall admit rate for all exercising Tikkun Olam as a family. audience the connection between the mira- early-action applications is 62%. Early- cle of Chanukah and the Jewish people over action admissions decisions at The 2,000 years later. Fourth-grader Aharon BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS. Davis University of Georgia are based solely on Weiden lit the menorah and recited the Academy 2nd-grader Jake Friedman holds academic criteria. brachas, clearly and with poise. a box containing Thanksgiving meal fixings that he and his classmates took to a few CHANUKAH AT THE WHITE HOUSE. families in need at neighboring Dunwoody Weber School college counselor Sharon Springs Charter Elementary School. Jake Karpel was one of 500 Jewish visitors wel- was carrying out a pledge he made when he comed by President Obama, Vice President was running for “mayor” of his 2nd-grade Biden, and First Lady Michelle Obama to class to make a Thanksgiving dinner for celebrate the second night of Chanukah. others. According to Karpel, the menorah used for the ceremony was discovered by a cleanup crew at Congregation Beth Israel, a syna- HELPING YEMIN ORDE. The news that gogue in New Orleans devastated by Katrina. the recent forest fires in Israel have devas- tated The Yemin Orde Village, displacing TODAY, TOMORROW, ALWAYS. Weber the 500 at-risk or disadvantaged immigrant School parents Lillie and Michael Axelrod children who call the village home, affected have established The Weber School’s first The Weber School community in a person- permanent named fund—The Edward al way. Because the Yemin Orde choir per- Silver Memorial Tribute Fund—in honor formed (pictured) for The Weber School and in memory of Lillie Axelrod’s late this past November, students quickly began CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND CPR. father, Edward Silver (z”l), who passed a fundraising campaign to help the village. TDSA 8th-grade science classes are learn- away December 2, 2010. While tribute gifts To kick-start their efforts, the students col- ing about the circulatory system. Students to the school have long been a favored lected change during lunch the week before are studying blood typing and why it is means of expressing condolences, The winter break. This semester, the student important to know individuals’ blood types. IN CHARACTER. It took research and pol- Edward Silver Memorial Tribute Fund is council has committed to donating proceeds They also became CPR certified by taking a ishing speaking skills for Davis 3rd-graders being funded with a major gift to establish from every single one of its events to the course through Children’s Health Care of to prepare for their Wax Museum event, in and ensure its identity and permanency. The village. Atlanta. Students will also be trained in the which each student chose a famous fund will be used to strengthen the school’s use of Automated External Defibrillators Georgian to portray. After learning all about educational programs, including its aca- (AEDs), of which there are several sta- their subjects, students had to write and demic, arts, and athletic initiatives. tioned in strategic locations at school. memorize a short speech they would recite Pictured: Sam Kalnitz when visitors would push a “button” to learn more about the person. Pictured: Dara Grocer (Trisha Yearwood), Jordyn Rosenberg (Dakota Fanning), Julia Sparks (Julia Roberts), and Adam Weintraub (Usher) chose to imitate Georgians in the entertainment business.

KINDERGARTEN’S CHANUKAH PRESENTATION. It was standing room only for Kitah K’s special presentation of “Chanukah Comes Alive,” at Torah Day School of Atlanta. Parents, friends, and rel- CHALLAH BAKING. TDSA 6th-grade TIKKUN OLAM. Over the past three atives were delighted as the students por- girls learned the verse in parshat Shelach months, The Weber School has had the trayed their favorite Chanukah personalities describing the mitzvah of setting aside opportunity to volunteer once a month at in a lively song-and-dance performance. dough when baking challah. They are Open Hand Atlanta. Open Hand helps peo- Pictured: Bas-Sheva Alterman (left) and studying the laws of how this mitzvah is ple prevent or better manage chronic dis- Tzipora Estreicher lead their classmates in done today and its application to today’s ease through a combination of home-deliv- Chanukah songs. practices. Learning is best achieved experi- IT’S A MUMMY WRAP. Davis 6th-grade ered meals and nutrition education. Weber entially, so the girls performed the mitzvah social studies students got a hands-on les- January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 17 son about the customs of the ancient (party attendees); and Gabrielle Kasten of their city (pictured), and create a ten- Egyptians during a visit by Emory (Rock Lobster) minute presentation. GHA is the first University Carlos Museum Outreach Jewish day school to ever enter this compe- Director Julia Prittie. Pictured: Allison tition. Shindell allows herself to be the wrapped as an Egyptian mummy.

loons were launched for flight, excited mid- dle school students were able to then watch as their creations were seen flying high over the school’s upper building. ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET. The Epstein School’s Intown Campus, located at the Ahavath Achim Synagogue, recently held its Annual VIP Day, during which each student can invite someone who is especial- TECHNOLOGY MAKES LEARNING ly significant and meaningful in his or her FUN. Davis Academy’s Mechina students life. VIP Day allows the children to share may be the youngest in the school, but they with their grandparents or other VIPs their are involved in every aspect of academic classrooms and programs. There was a kab- and school life. Pictured: Daniel Katz, balat shabbat with VIPs, students, teachers, Jacen Levin, Jake Martin, Ryan Neufeld, and Rabbi Rosenthal. The highlight of the and Ari Levy sharpen their math and read- program was the VIPs visit to the class- ing skills and have some fun in the process. room. Pictured: Harrison Leusink, Zachary Bricks, Elliot Furie, Naomi Furie, and OUR TREES. GHA 1st-graders made SONGS OF PEACE. Bailee Yoels, Jamie Emily Rosenfeld sing “The Teddy Bear unique Tu B’Shvat trees this year. The Finger and Maia Barton (pictured) sing a Song” at Kabbalat Shabbat assignment was to make a tree that grows Song for Peace in Hebrew to a sold-out something that does not ordinarily grow on crowd at Epstein’s Tenth Annual Middle WELCOME. Greenfield Hebrew Academy trees. The students put family pictures on School Shiriyah. Michal Spiegelman, musi- works with ORT, a program that brings stu- their trees (pictured), their favorite kosher cal director, led the Hebrew song and dance dents from Israel, to actively engage with snacks and other memorabilia and keep- production along with Meliss Bachar, cho- GHA for a month. The students live with sakes. reographer and Israeli folk instructor. There GHA families and are familiarized with not were performances by the “Fun-tastic” only the culture and dynamics of the school Performers Academy and the Israeli Dance but of Jewish American family life and the Academy. As has become tradition, numer- city of Atlanta. GHA welcomes Tobi ous Epstein alumni/ae in attendance rushed Shachar, Omer Bar-Ziv, Inbar Schmueli and DECIBELLES MAKE DEBUT. The Davis to the stage to join their former classmates teacher Ziona Midlash. Academy music program keeps getting big- in singing Shir Israeli for the grand finale. ger and better. This year marked the debut of The Davis Decibelles, the school’s glee group. The 16-girl group does both school and community performances. Pictured: (from left) Yael Greene, Molleah Holder, Carolyn Friedman, Julie Covall, Jessica Bachner, Madeleine Fleischmann, Samantha Tuchman, and Lyndsi Fisher at The Davis Academy Winter Performance

GEOGRAPHY BEE. At The Davis Academy Middle School Geography Bee, 8th-grader Ethan Mann was the winner, and FUTURE CITY. At GHA, Suzanne 6th-grader Nathan Buffington the runner Greenfield’s 7th-grade class is participating up. This was the school’s competition for a ALICE ALICE ALICE. This year’s 6th- in the Future City Competition, a national national contest, sponsored by National and 7th-grade musical, Alice In competition that provides engineering edu- CIRCLE THAT UNITES. GHA 1st-graders Geographic. Ethan will next take a written Wonderland, performed by Epstein stu- cation, encourages creativity, allows for celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King test that could qualify him for the state dents, was produced and directed by Hazel application of basic science skills and spe- and honor his strength and desire to unite competition in April. Hunt with Dona Wise, musical director. cific scientific concepts, and provides the people of our country by learning the “I Students and volunteers provided props and opportunities to improve organization, pac- have a dream” speech and displaying his UP UP AND AWAY. Epstein Middle School designed sets and costumes. Set design vol- ing and presentation skills. Students design photo (pictured) with a circle that unites all students in John Palmer’s (pictured) unteers were Pamela Cohen, Jeff Feinsmith, a virtual city, write a city narrative, invent a people from all different ethnicities and “Science of Flight Odyssey” have been suc- Sharon Feldstein, Vicki Fox, Amy Kaplan, healthcare product, produce a scale model religions. cessfully building and flying hot-air bal- Robyn Rousso-Levitas, Lynn Kaplin, and loons, in their pursuit of learning about the Steve Alperin. Costumes were created by science of flight. The hot-air balloon is the Natasha Liberman. Props were provided by oldest successful human-carrying flight Lori Peljovich, Michelle Leven, and technology. Students designed the “enve- Mireille Naturman. Pictured: Jamie Finger lope” of the hot air balloons and construct- (medium-sized Alice); Josh Binderman ed them of colored paper sheets glued (Mad Hatter); Melanie Gelernter, Jennifer together. They heated the air inside using a Freedman, and Amanda Berger (Cheshire hot-air popcorn machine. When the bal- Cats); Zahava Feldstein, Hila Bendavid Page 18 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 The Blumberg Report: Jewish Americana Three recent events remind me that we Rogoff, recalls the many aspects of Jewish background and family. Most of us knew Jews have come into our own in America, life among the Tar Heels. Interactive dis- about Cone Mills and associated the name that we are regaining some of our numbers plays take visitors into a country store, as with philanthropy, collecting art (the Cone previously lost to assimilation, and that our BY well as a synagogue where they hear music sisters of Baltimore and Paris, friends of future looks bright. Janice Rothschild and a sermon; depict Jewish participation Gertrude Stein), developing denim from The November reopening of the Blumberg in political action; and much more. A high- which Levi Strauss made a fortune manu- National Museum of American Jewish light of the exhibit is a digital Shabbat fam- facturing work pants, and towels. We knew History, in its spectacular new home on ily dinner that includes the viewer at a that the family was originally Jewish, but were there, as indeed we were. Although Philadelphia’s Independence Mall, side-by- table, while the scene appears in motion on dropped out generations ago. numerically an insignificant minority, Jews side with the Liberty Bell and the National the screen above. Participants can open a It came as a surprise to learn that this filled crucial needs in enabling the found- Constitution Center, testifies that our peo- nearby digital cookbook to read recipes and genial, Southernized, heimish, middle-aged ing fathers to achieve the victory they pur- ple and heritage are recognized as a major hear the voice of the cook. scion of the Cone dynasty, born and raised sued from buildings only a few feet away. component in American history. The eye- When this exhibit leaves Raleigh in a Christian, was president of his syna- While Hayim Salomon’s role in helping catching state-of-the-art facility, designed March, it will go to other North Carolina gogue, served on the board of the Carolina finance the Continental and French troops by James Stewart Polshek, dominates one cities. Ongoing evidence that our neighbor- Center for Jewish Studies, and helped is well known, there were lesser known of the nation’s most visited sites, its ing state values its Jewish heritage may be establish the American Hebrew Academy, a Jewish heroes as well, two of them from 100,000 square feet on three floors replac- seen in the North Carolina Museum of Art, boarding school that attracts students from Savannah. Like Salomon, Philip Minis pro- ing an obscure 15,000-sqaure-foot space where a permanent gallery of Judaic art other countries as well as from nearby. He vided for colonial troops out of his own within Philadelphia’s historic Mikveh houses a magnificent collection of Torah also volunteers as the academy’s golf pocket. He and Mordecai Sheftall were Israel Synagogue, on a nearby side street. scrolls and ornaments, menorahs, and other coach. This boyhood acolyte in the notable heroes in America’s War of Jonathan D. Sarna of Brandeis ritual objects worthy of a major museum Episcopal church (“I carried the cross Independence. The British captured University, the museum’s chief historian, anywhere. Initially the gift of Abram down the aisle,” he told us) became inter- Sheftall and his son when they took envisions exhibits that emphasize the Kanof, a New York physician and historian ested in Judaism while a student at Savannah and held them on a prison ship in theme of freedom. While not omitting the who came South in retirement, it grew Harvard, and later, although married to a the harbor, feeding them mostly pork as a negative aspects of history, such as the under his pro bono curatorial direction until Christian, converted to Judaism and cele- special punishment. A Christian neighbor lynching of Leo Frank, social discrimina- his death in 1999 and continues to attract brated his bar mitzvah. He attends syna- in Savannah, knowing that as observant tion, and anti-Semitic quotas, it will avoid like-minded donors as well as appreciative gogue regularly and with the cooperation Jews they wouldn’t eat the rations, sent transmitting the image of Jews as victims viewers. The gallery is located in a “you of his wife, who did not convert, and them sugar and Jamaican rum to stave off and outsiders, focusing instead on exam- can’t miss it” area, accessed first by a for- observes the holidays and Shabbat. starvation. ples of how, in America, Jews made use of midable space full of Rodin sculpture, Meeting this thoroughly charming Closer to home, a recent trip to North the opportunities denied them elsewhere, which leads into a lovely display of French Jewish “good old boy” was a highlight of Carolina alerted me to state-sponsored thus validating the aspirations of the found- Impressionist painting. This alone is worth our weekend. It was also another indication salutes to Jewish history there. When the ing fathers. a trip to Raleigh. for optimism about Judaism’s ability to sur- Southern Jewish Historical Society met in “If the Liberty Bell and the Adding to our pleasure in viewing vive freedom. Chapel Hill, hosted by the Carolina Center Constitution Center reflect upon America’s these and other fascinating features of our Yet another harbinger of a glorious for Jewish Studies at the University of ideals,” says Sarna, the new museum conference tour was meeting our volunteer future is the teaching of Jewish studies in North Carolina, attendees visited the North “should portray the realization of those guide, Ben Cone, Jr., of Greensboro. In day schools as well as in colleges. This Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, ideals; how, in the case of the Jews, they addition to his insightful and entertaining story will have to await the next issue, where “Down Home: Jewish Life in North worked out in practice.” narrative about what we were seeing, he however. It deserves its very own place in Carolina,” curated by UNC’s Leonard The new museum signifies that we gave us a fascinating glimpse into his own the sun. Buckhead’s visitors and residents have something to text about The Buckhead Coalition has initiated a to have instant access to comprehensive Georgia’s Hospitality Highway. The mobile information campaign for the information about Buckhead, anytime, any- Transportation page offers mobile maps and Buckhead Community, making it one of the where, at their convenience. Everyone directions, information on MARTA train first communities in the nation to employ today has a mobile phone, and with the and bus routes, rental car locations, limou- text messaging coupled with mobile web recent explosion in the use of text messag- sine services with click-to-call phone num- marketing technology. ing and mobile web, adopting a mobile bers, and links to the Buckhead Uptown “We wanted our visitors and residents strategy was a logical solution,” said former Connection (buc) and Buckhead Area Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell, the president Transportation Management Association of The Buckhead Coalition. (BATMA) websites. Other pages offer Here’s how it works: Users simply text addresses, click-to-call phone numbers, and BUCKHEADINFO to 99699. Within sec- website links for hotels, restaurants, art gal- onds, a text message is sent that contains a leries, historical sites, and more. link to the Buckhead TextSiteSM “Our goal is to give visitors more rea- (https://mobilezen.com/BuckheadInfo). sons to stay and enjoy Buckhead and pro- Clicking on the link gives users access to vide residents convenient access to all the everything they need to know about wonderful things Buckhead has to offer,” Buckhead. said Mayor Massell. “The instant gratifica- The new TextSite works just like any tion and information that mobile marketing website and is viewable on any mobile provide are an important part of that phone or desktop computer with Internet process. Moreover, Buckhead continues to access. Those requesting information via Sam Massell be on the leading edge of technology, inno- text message do not pay any additional text- vation, and service in the Southeast and in message fees outside of their normal phone recreation, and history. For example, click the nation.” plan. on the link to Tourism and find comprehen- To learn more about the Coalition, text The texting party receives detailed, sive information about annual events, sight- BUCKHEADCOALITION to 99699, or visit useful information about Buckhead’s seeing and hotels, and information about https://mobilezen.com/BuckheadCoalition. tourism, shopping, dining, transportation, January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 19 Superheroes return to The Breman

“Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950” returns to The Breman after seven years on the road. The superheroes have landed in cities as varied as their alter egos and their spandexed bodies, soaring to West

Movie theater Batmobile, a chunk of talking kryptonite shouting threats at Superman, a creative corner in which kids can cartoon and “get Batmobile their own golem,” superhero costumes for dress-up, and a scavenger hunt/puzzle Bloomfield, Miami, Cleveland, and Los booklet. Angeles. After Atlanta, they will depart for For adult viewers, artwork from old Scottsdale. comic books will elicit nostalgia for a time Today, it’s the avatar (for those of a when it was easy to distinguish heroes from certain generation, that’s a computer user’s villains. Viewers can see the evolution of alter ego used in games) meting out punish- their comic book idols via early sketches by ments to evildoers. This genre stems from a Stan Lee, Jerry Robinson, Joe Simon, Jack mythology as ancient as storytelling itself. Superhero costumes for dress-up Kirby, and others. A “movie theater” will When circumstances were the darkest for including Superman, Batman, Captain play serials from the 1940s and ‘50s. Jews, it was the golem (the super man, cre- Marvel, and the Green Hornet—were According to Jane Leavey, the execu- ated from clay, of the 16th century) that young Jewish cartoonists who were follow- tive director of The Breman, “Each super- came to the rescue. So it is no surprise that ing the Jewish principle of tikkun olam. hero had an alter ego who was an ordinary in the years before World War II, many of Hitler actually denounced Superman as a person. It’s the underlying message in our the American creators of superheroes— Jew and banned comic books as “degenera- Holocaust Gallery—one person can make a tive art.” difference.” “Zap! Pow! Bam!” includes a number For a complete schedule of programs Laughter makes an ordinary day special of interactive features for kids, including a that will accompany this exhibition, visit vintage red phone booth soliciting thebreman.org. A sense of humor can get you through a lot of bad situations—especially if you know Superman to come to the rescue, a how to laugh at yourself. It can even defuse what could have become a very big argument. Or replace a frown with a smile. BY Marice I gave some thought to this subject after a recent incident at the beauty salon. I had Katz brought with me a homemade turkey sandwich and some chips to eat while I was under the A kind of silly story to make my point, but dryer. But my hairdresser was running a little nobody was smiling or talking or laughing late, and it was near lunchtime, so I decided to before this happened. So instead of a dull envi- eat my sandwich right away. I took a bite, and, ronment, for a couple of hours, everybody to my chagrin, there was no turkey. There were seemed to be in a good mood. two pieces of bread, mayonnaise, mustard, and If you are in a tight spot, laugh your way sliced sweet pickles—but no turkey. I out of it. I have done it, and it works. announced this, and everyone in the shop (not And how many times have you heard that a big shop) started laughing. However, the fun- laughter is the best medicine? niest part was when I told them how good it I hope you will have lots of laughter in was without the turkey. 2011. Page 20 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 Rakitt to head D.C. Federation More Federation news CREATE A JEWISH LEGACY process that led Mrs. Mintz to more class- Jewish Federation of Greater EXPANDS. JFGA is expanding its Create a es, a trip to Israel, and the decision to con- Atlanta (JFGA) President/CEO Steve Jewish Legacy (CJL) initiative. CJL helps vert. Now she stays involved with Rakitt is slated to become presi- Jewish organizations throughout the com- Pathways by helping others and by contin- dent/CEO of the Jewish Federation of munity secure bequests (gifts through a uing to learn about Jewish traditions as she Greater Washington in the spring of will) and planned gifts to benefit the future raises her 5- and 8-year-old sons. 2011. of Jewish Atlanta. Mr. Sloan drives across town to help Federation Board Chair Robert The second year of Create a Jewish his 90-year-old mother at The Jewish Arogeti said, “Steve has served our Legacy provides an additional cohort of 15 Tower and to take her to doctors’ appoint- community with vigor and conviction partner organizations, including syna- ments. But he rests easier knowing she has for the past 10 years. However, we are gogues, day schools, camps, and communi- help with daily tasks, thanks to the excited for the opportunity to bring ty benefit organizations, with the tools and Caregiver CARE Program. “It’s been a big new leadership to the organization.” motivation to approach loyal donors and help to my mother and it relieves a great The Atlanta Jewish community discuss making gifts in the form of deal of stress for me. The program is a real continues to grow in number, and its bequests for endowment. Partner organiza- blessing and a treasure to our community young population is accepting of new tions receive training, consulting, coach- by helping people with simple tasks that ideas and change, Arogeti said. “We ing, and marketing materials to empower they have difficulty doing.” look forward to the organization’s their efforts for a successful bequest initia- The Pathways program is an interfaith continued success and growth, so we tive through a two-year series of seminars family network coordinated by the Marcus can maintain and increase our support that began its second year for Cohort I and Jewish Community Center of Atlanta of our agencies and partners in the launched with an orientation session for (MJCCA) that supports interfaith families years to come,” said Arogeti. Cohort II. along their journey. The Caregiver CARE According to Planned Giving & program provides assistance and support to Upon learning of Rakitt’s plans, Steve Rakitt Federation formed a search commit- Endowment Chair Steve Merlin, “CJL family members taking care of an aging tee, chaired by Jack Halpern, and their transition in any way I can,” said partners Federation with other community parent, a family member with mental ill- work is underway. An interim CEO Rakitt. “I look forward to the chal- institutions and synagogues to raise aware- ness, a child with developmental disabili- will be hired to work in tandem with lenges of my new role and hope to ness of the need for legacy gifts and to ties, or a critically ill spouse. Rakitt during the transition process. have as much success building rela- learn together how to secure them for the “I have truly loved my time in tionships and helping the community benefit of the entire Jewish Community. COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT Atlanta and want to help during this in D.C. as I have here.” Federation is not raising money for our ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. JFGA won the partners; through CJL it is facilitating the Community Endowment Achievement training they need to maximize their oppor- Award given by Jewish Federations of tunities to create legacy gifts of their own.” North America (JFNA) at its recent annual So far, the community efforts have General Assembly in New Orleans. secured participation from almost 100 fam- JFNA’s Endowment Achievement ilies, totaling over 150 commitments, since Award recognizes outstanding perform- some families are including multiple ance by local communities in yearly organizations in their plans. endowment development. Atlanta is this The Cohort II 2010-2012 partner year’s awardee in the Large Federation cat- organizations for CJL are: Camp Judaea, egory. This group represents the 20 largest Congregation B’nai Torah, Congregation Federations in the system, including New Etz Chaim, Congregation Kol Emeth, York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. Hillels of Georgia, Katherine & Jacob Memphis and Kansas City were also hon- Greenfield Hebrew Academy, Temima-The ored with the Community Endowment Richard & Jean Katz High School for Achievement Award for their respective Girls, Temple Emanu-El, The Alfred & Federation sizes. Adele Davis Academy, The Amit Program, Joel Demby, who heads JFNA’s The Doris & Alex Weber Jewish Planned Giving & Endowment efforts, Community High School, The Epstein said, “Significant contributions were added School, URJ Camp Coleman, Yeshiva to the endowment fund this year. This fact Atlanta High School, and Yeshiva Ohr recognizes extraordinary achievement by Yisrael of Atlanta. the local endowment department and lead- ership of Federation. JFNA is pleased to be COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN BENEFITS able to congratulate the community on its ATLANTA FAMILIES. Leslie Mintz cred- accomplishments and to be associated with its the Mothers Circle program of such highly performing programs.” Pathways with starting her on the path to The award is based on the amount con- converting. Stan Sloan rests easier know- tributed by living donors during the past ing his mother gets help through the year and the increase in endowment fund Caregiver CARE program. Both thank the investments, two key measures of the suc- Community Campaign of the Jewish cess of endowment programs at any Federation of Greater Atlanta for making a Federation. difference in their lives. Phyllis Silverstein, vice president of Mrs. Mintz took classes about Judaism Planned Giving & Endowment at JFGA, when she and her husband were dating, but said, “Over the past year, we have received she first connected with the Jewish com- contributions totaling $19 million and have munity through the Mothers Circle pro- identified more than 200 legacy gifts worth gram of Pathways. “I found other non- $80 million for our community’s future. Jewish moms raising Jewish kids, and I We are very proud of the work we do and made friends and felt comfortable. That hope that donors will continue to treat really kicked it off for me.” Jewish Atlanta’s future as a priority.” The Mothers Circle program started a January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 21 Albert Maslia can be in two places at once

“I am Albert Maslia.” “I am Albert Maslia.” “My dad repaired shoes.” “My dad repaired shoes.” “I met my wife on a blind date.” BY Gene “I met my wife on a blind date.” Asher Will the real Albert Maslia stand up? And the impostor Maslia shut up? Actually, there are two Albert Maslias: upscale greeting card company, and opened one Albert David Maslia, on Conway 14 stores throughout greater Atlanta. Valley Road, and one Albert Morris Maslia, Albert D. and his wife, Lucy, have four of The Jewish Tower. children, Diane, Elise, Stephanie, and They are both super achievers and both Darryl. super human beings. If he had his life to live over again, Although he was not in the Marine what would he change? Corps, Albert D. was civilian chairman of “I would have my cousin give out his the biggest Marine Corps Reserve Toys For telephone number to all his friends, so I Tots campaign Atlanta has ever known. would not be spending time telling them Thanks to Albert’s leadership, the they have the wrong Maslia.” Maslia-directed Toys For Tots Campaign Where Albert D. is driven to achieve, collected more than 200,000 new toys. No Albert M. is somewhat laid back. They both child in metropolitan Atlanta had to go worked their way through school, deliver- without a new toy on Christmas Eve. ing the old Atlanta Journal and Atlanta The Maslias are first cousins and are Constitution; selling candy, chewing gum, native Atlantans. Albert D. Maslia, the toy and football souvenirs; and trying most any machine, graduated from the old Hoke other legitimate way they could to earn Smith High School and was awarded a money. scholarship to Emory University, where he With Albert M., summertime was fam- earned a degree in marketing. He could ily time. Albert and his wife, Isabelle, have taught the course. would take the children, Morris, Sheryl, He literally started from the ground up. Aliza, and Alona, to Daytona Beach, where He took a job at the old Rich’s, selling they rented a house for the summer. men’s shoes in the basement. Over a bril- If he had his life to live over again, he liant 26-year career, he worked his way up would raise his family in Israel. to senior vice-president and head of the Albert M. graduated from Georgia Store for Homes, and he held a seat on the Tech with a degree in textile engineering. Board of Directors. He was an officer in the ROTC program To know how respected he was at and spent three years on active duty in the Rich’s, all you had to do was walk across U.S. Army, mostly at Ft. Benning, where he the hall with him. Every few minutes, some was a chemical warfare training officer. junior executive or salesman would say, Albert M. and his family spent four “Good morning, Mr. Maslia,” or “How are years in Israel, “where we all learned to you, Mr. Maslia,” or “Nice day, Mr. appreciate the land and to respect and honor Maslia.” the Israel Defense Forces.” He was twice president of his syna- Albert M. enjoyed taking the kids on gogue, Or VeShalom; at the same time, he motorcycle rides. was twice president of the Buckhead Albert M. is not the only Maslia at The Businessmen’s Association. Jewish Tower. His brother, Henry, is one of When Rich’s was bought out, Albert D. the mainstays of the lobby’s conversation resigned and went into business for him- group. self. He founded Social Expressions, an

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8495 Dunwoody Place • Bulding 9 • Suite 100 • Atlanta, Georgia 30350 www.presstine.com Page 22 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 Child & Adolescent Services—Tools for Families division; Ken Frontman, a psy- JF&CS NEWS chologist and the parent of two children who have experienced bullying and have bullied themselves; Jeff Dess, prevention specialist for Cobb County Schools; and BULLYING A GROWING PROBLEM. • Six out of 10 American teens witness bul- Marina Belotserkovskaya, a student at The For parents, it is one of the greatest night- lying at least once a day. Weber School who experienced bullying at mares: someone harming their child, physi- • For children in grades 6-10, nearly one in her previous school. cally or emotionally. Imagine the nightmare six—or 3.2 million—are victims of bully- This session is intended for parents, the child endures. ing each year, and 3.7 million are bullies. educators, and youth ages 10 and up. It is Kayla, 13 years old, was teased repeat- Kayla’s parents decided to tell the free of charge and open to the community. edly for her appearance. Her peers and even school about what was happening, but kept RSVP to [email protected] or 770- adults ignored or dismissed the open her name anonymous in the hope that more 677-9434. harassment. She became withdrawn at adults at the school would watch out for her home and started to talk about how her fam- well being. When Kayla moved on to high ily would be better off without her. But she school, the bullying ended, but the memo- NEW DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT. didn’t want to be identified to school ries of the shame and fear still remain. If JF&CS welcomes Miriam Friedman as authorities for fear of further retaliation. you’re a parent, do you want that to happen director of development. She joined the What Kayla was facing was bullying— to your child? staff November 15, after four years with the pure and simple. It has reached epidemic Jewish Family & Career Services Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, proportions in our community. If you want (JF&CS), in collaboration with the Atlanta where she was Planned Giving and Miriam Friedman to understand how prevalent it has become, Rabbinical Association and the Anti- Endowment manager. In her role there, she just turn on the news or listen to your chil- Defamation League, will present an impor- oversaw the Create a Jewish Legacy pro- University during her junior year of college dren at the dinner table. tant community program about bullying, gram, a community wide initiative to pro- spurred her passion for work in the Jewish Bullying does not look the same as it January 23, 3:00-5:00 p.m., at mote legacy giving for permanent endow- community at home. Her resume includes did when we adults were growing up. With Congregation B’nai Torah, 700 Mt. Vernon ments. The Alfred & Adele Davis Academy, where the technology of cell phones and comput- Highway. A native of Alpharetta, Friedman was she taught Judaics, and Hillel at the ers, children are able to target one another The afternoon will begin with a panel active in the National Federation of Temple University of Southern California (USC), immediately, impulsively, anonymously, discussion, moderated by ADL Southeast Youth (NFTY) where she learned leader- before earning a master of public adminis- and virally. Regional Director Bill Nigut, followed by ship skills early. She attended Indiana tration degree from USC and a master of Here are a few quick facts from break-out sessions designed for youth, par- University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with arts in Jewish communal service from groundspark.org: ents, and educators to speak honestly about a double major in Jewish studies and politi- Hebrew Union College. She and her hus- • Nearly one-third of youth are bullied at the prevalence and impact of bullying and cal science. band, Seth, live in Dunwoody least once a month; 66 percent of youth are how to take action against it. Panelists are Studying at Jerusalem’s Hebrew teased. Dan Arnold, senior clinician in JF&CS’ The Temple teens make holiday season a little brighter

The Temple has always been known money and asked Temple families to for its commitment to social action, and donate all the household items. Over now it is making sure this gets passed $1,000 was raised, and over 150 items down to the next generation. The Temple’s were collected, all of which benefited the high school youth group, the Midtown 22 couples of the Zaban Couples Center. Atlanta Federation of Temple Youth “Doing good things isn’t always a part (MAFTY), worked hard to ensure a spe- of a teen’s everyday life, which is why cial holiday season for the residents of the projects like these are so important. It Zaban Couples Center. All of the residents gives the next generation a chance to give were homeless just a few short months back, and we get to help a remarkable ago, and now they are working toward a group of people at the same time,” said new life through the program at the center. Maslia. With the help of MAFTY, these residents Throughout the evening, residents had had a brighter holiday and brighter future. the opportunity to celebrate Shabbat with On December 17, 2010, MAFTY pro- the teens. Additionally, a few couples vided the residents with their nightly hot shared their journeys with the teens. This meal, served restaurant style, as well as an interaction between the residents and teens MAFTY teens pose with opportunity to begin planning for a new is something neither group will forget and members of the Zaban life with the opportunity to select items gave added poignancy to the season of Couples Center staff from the MAFTY Mall. Residents chose sharing. from boxed sets of dishes, housewares, The Zaban Couples Center was found- small appliances, and more—all things ed in 1984. Its mission is to assist couples that can be taken to their new homes at the transitioning from homelessness to reset- end of their stay at the center. tlement and independence by providing In order to make this program a suc- shelter, basic necessities, and counseling cess, the teens, led by MAFTY President services. The center is committed to pro- Knox Maslia, held a silent auction to raise viding a supportive and encouraging envi- Teens at The Temple ronment for residents as they work to helped residents of the become contributing members of our com- Zaban Couples Center munity. The shelter is currently run by with their gifts and the Executive Director Patricia Smith, as well wrapping as hundreds of volunteers from all over the community. January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 23 Page 24 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 25 JewishTHE Georgian GHA wins $100,000 in national competition The art and Greenfield Hebrew Academy (GHA) has won $100,000 in Bing.com’s “Our School Needs” Competition. The school’s heart of Enoch Bing journey began on September 27, 2010, with it rap video entry, “Raise the Roof,” and ended victoriously after the last Goodfriend vote was counted on November 7. View the winning video at By R.M. Grossblatt http://roof.ghacade- my.org. “Smoking is an art,” said Enoch GHA held a Goodfriend, sitting at a table at the school-wide celebra- Marcus Jewish Community Center in tion on November 12. Atlanta (MJCCA). “It needs the perfect Bing officials came combination of temperature and time.” from California to per- As an example, he sonally congratulate cited brisket, the school. which takes 11 hours smoked at a GHA students perform their award-winning “Raise the Roof” low temper- Barbara rap song on the GHA stage Blanchard, ature. Microsoft Bing GHA won not only as a ents, but also because of the support and result of the efforts of its students, faculty, and par- See GHA WINS, page 27 Jewish students enjoy festive all-nighter Enoch Goodfriend Jewish Student Union (JSU) of Atlanta including Andretti’s extreme ropes course, ing about Jewish clubs like the one at Johns and NCSY made history in November by rock climbing wall, bowling alley, and Creek and Centennial High School, I’m Goodfriend runs a kosher meat and hosting Atlanta’s largest overnight Jewish unlimited access arcade. An NCSY alum- talking to Rabbi Neiditch about starting a separate dairy restaurant at the MJCCA teen event. Held at Andretti’s nus joined the party to DJ simcha dancing Jewish club at my school.” and supplies meals for the preschool at Entertainment, the first ever “All-Nighter” and music in the sky lounge, which lasted Toward the end of the night, the teens the J and residents of the Weinstein drew over 250 Atlanta teens from 23 local early into the morning. presented Rabbi Neiditch with a giant Center across the parking lot. He also high schools. For many of the teens, this was their thank-you card. uses his culinary skills at the Selig To start off the event, teens gathered first Jewish program outside of school. The Jewish Student Union of Atlanta Center, where he caters kosher events for a moving havdalah ceremony, officially All-Nighter was a chance for teens to make inspires Jewish teens to learn about their for the Jewish Federation of Greater ending Shabbat with words of inspiration Jewish friends and bond with staff, while heritage and get involved at school and Atlanta. His newest grill is in the new from Regional Director Rabbi Chaim having a great time on a Saturday night. around the community. JSU runs clubs in Marcus Hillel Center at Emory Neiditch. Then, everyone hit the track for a Juile Kaden, one of the few Jewish stu- 13 different high schools in the greater University. JSU club presidents’ race on the go-karts. dents at West Forsyth High School, said, “I Teens stayed wide awake with activities met a lot of new people tonight. After hear- See ALL-NIGHTER, page 27

Enoch Goodfriend (center) with his staff

See GOODFRIEND, page 27 Over 250 Atlanta teens from 23 local high schools join Rabbi Chaim Neiditch at JSU and NCSYʼs “All-Nighter” Page 26 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 27

that their certification is more than a piece Wednesday at noon with Rabbi Adam Starr, Goodfriend of paper—it’s a bond of trust. “You have to from Young Israel of Toco Hills. She said have the right heart,” he said. He still need- that Goodfriend’s food is “fresh, deli- From page 25 ed a kitchen. cious...and affordable.” Along with his interest in smoking, Surprisingly, the kitchens came to him. Although he hopes to create a label for Goodfriend’s respect for quality food and First, Federation called, which, he said, “put affordable smoked creations, Goodfriend hosting others, which he learned from his me on the map.” They asked if he’d be said that smoked food isn’t enough to build parents, led him to the restaurant business. interested in taking over the meat and dairy a business. In addition to the restaurants and The son of the late Cantor Isaac and Betty kitchens at the Selig Center. “I got to feed catering jobs, he supplies kosher contract Goodfriend, of Congregation Ahavath all these people,” said Goodfriend, adding food to hospitals and other institutions. He Achim and later Congregation Ariel, Enoch that one of the best compliments was when had to learn from a hospital chef how to didn’t have smoked or spicy foods growing someone asked incredulously, “Is this make good tasting pureed food, such as up. kosher?” Next, the MJCCA called, asking if STEAK NIGHT. (clockwise from apricot chicken, for patients who needed He was raised in a traditional European he’d be interested in taking over their grill. lower left) Betty Minsk, Kalmen Held, that consistency. But he said that he’s happy home in Cleveland, where his mother His restaurants are known as Lois Held, Simon Londe, Marsha when people aren’t ill and can eat regular stayed at home and loved to cook. She Goodfriend’s Grill and his catering as Londe, and Malcolm Minsk food. One of the five mashgichim (kosher would sit Enoch at the table and feed him Goodfriend Catering. The names are in supervisors) he employs and respects said, something special. Then she’d ask, “What honor of his father, who told his son that he “Be happy that you can provide kosher food do you taste?” She expected a truthful would be proud to lend his name—but only for these people.” answer. In turn, she wouldn’t say something to a kosher endeavor. Goodfriend is happy about that. In fact, tasted good unless it did. This made him he’s happy to provide kosher food, smoked conscious of the quality of food. or not, for everyone who hires him as a Along with his two siblings, caterer or contract food provider or eats at Goodfriend attended Telshe Hebrew his restaurants. “He gets a lot of joy from Academy in Cleveland. “I don’t know how seeing people eat kosher food,” said they did it,” he said, referring to the cost of Melamed. tuition. “If my father made $15,000 a year, At the same time, Goodfriend knows it was a lot, and we still sat down to a full that he’s not the only kosher caterer in meal with soup, salad, meat, and dessert.” Atlanta. “Other people do a good job also,” His mother, who, along with Cantor STEAK NIGHT. Joey and Kay Fink he said. His parents would be proud. Goodfriend, survived the Holocaust, For more information, e-mail wouldn’t allow the children to say they At the same Emory location, Jacalyn [email protected]. were starving. “You don’t know what starv- Goodfriendʼs — making kosher cool Sosin attends a Lunch and Learn each ing is,” she’d say. Neither would she stand in line for food, saying she stood in enough On December 15, at the Marcus Hillel food lines. But others stood in line for her. Center, Goodfriend’s Grill offered Steak JSU hosts out-of-school events in con- When the Goodfriends arrived in Atlanta in Night, with black tablecloths, candles, and All-nighter junction with a number of local organiza- 1966, everyone wanted an invitation to taste waiters in black and white. About 125 tions. Citywide events draw 100-250 teens Betty Goodfriend’s cooking. guests had reservations. Michla Melamed, From page 25 to weekend retreats, community service In the late ‘90s, Enoch Goodfriend dis- manager of the Emory grill, said, “It was a Atlanta area, with meetings during lunch projects, and holiday celebrations, such as covered the joys of smoking on a grill on big day for the company.” Indian food is hour, before or after school. Programs are the annual Festival of Lights Ball and his deck in his backyard, where he and his planned for the next dinner, in February. led by Rabbi Chaim Neiditch to introduce Purim Masquerade Bash. Over 1,100 teens wife, Kim, entertained guests. Vida teens to Jewish holidays and traditions from the greater Atlanta area participated in Goldgar, of The Southern Israelite/Jewish through hands-on learning experiences JSU programs in 2009-2010. Times, heard about this and wrote an article such as shofar blowing, Hebrew name For more information on Jewish about Goodfriend using the smoker. bracelets, challah braiding, making Seder Student Union of Atlanta, contact Rabbi Goodfriend soon got a call from Nico plates, and many other Jewish activities. Chaim Neiditch at 404-376-8800 or Petrucci, who was in charge of food service Clubs are open to everyone and are a great [email protected], or visit www.jsuatlanta.com. for The Home Depot’s corporate office in opportunity for teens to make Jewish Vinings. Home Depot employed thousands friends, get inspired, and do something of people there and had a full service court, Jewish. including pizza, deli, and Chinese food. Petrucci asked Goodfriend if he’d like to open a barbecue place. Enoch’s Rotisserie been educated under one roof—which is & Smokehouse provided smoked food at Michla Melamed, manager of GHA wins leaking and crying out to be replaced. The Home Depot’s service court for two Goodfriendʼs Grill at the Marcus Through Rabbi Buckman’s vision years. “I got better at the art,” said Hillel Center at Emory From page 25 and under the direction of music educator Goodfriend, who realized that many Jewish votes it received from Atlanta public people hadn’t tasted smoked food. That’s Ori Saltzberg, students wrote and produced schools, private schools, churches, syna- a video that spoke from the heart and con- when he decided, “I can do this kosher.” gogues, and other metro area individuals Goodfriend shared his idea with Chana veyed the school’s needs to the public. and institutions. They worked on a beat, wrote lyrics, and Shapiro, then program director at “Over 700 schools entered the con- Congregation Beth Jacob. She and Sybil practiced their moves. test, and we couldn’t have won without the One of the values GHA teaches it stu- Goldstein, Beth Jacob administrator, hired support of the entire community,” said him to cater barbecue events that were a big dents is the act of giving to and performing Head of School Rabbi Lee Buckman. GHA good deeds for others. In the spirit of the hit. Next, he needed a kitchen. received more than 25,000 votes. Marlene Bercovitch, owner of Elegant mitzvah, the students will donate to another Fifteen schools made it to the finals school that participated the contest and, Essen, let Goodfriend use hers, which was during the last week of voting. Even with certified by the Atlanta Kashruth while not winning, is still in great need of the twenty-five hour voting hiatus for assistance. Commission at Yeshiva Atlanta. STEAK NIGHT. (clockwise from Shabbat, GHA still managed to move into “The project brought our school clos- Unfortunately, the AKC couldn’t certify lower left) Ed Koffsky, Lynn Koffsky, first place. er together as a family and enhanced our Goodfriend, since he wasn’t using his own Mira Bergen, Gloria Glusman, Fred Greenfield Hebrew Academy, the relationships with the Atlanta community facility. Someone else might have given up Glusman (not in view), Shelly Shaw, first Atlanta Jewish day school, was found- and Jewish community at large,” said Rabbi on trying to cater kosher, but Goodfriend Monica Katz, Marsha Spector, and ed fifty-six years ago. For twenty-three of Buckman. didn’t. He said that the AKC is “fair” and Jan Spector those years, toddlers and teens alike have Page 28 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011

auspices of the MJCCA’s Blonder Family Department for Developmental Disabilities. MJCCA NEWS Each year, together with local professional actors from the community, Jerry’s Habima Theatre performers (ages 18+) present a full-scale adaptation of a musical theatrical POWERS IS NEW ASSISTANT EXECU- production. TIVE DIRECTOR. The MJCCA has named This year, Jerry’s Habima Theatre is Jared Powers, a co-chaired by Lowell Fine, Staci Brill, and six-year Robert and Leslie Rothberg. MJCCA veter- Jerry’s Habima Theatre has expanded an and the cur- in the number of people involved in its pro- rent director of ductions. The audience has grown from the MJCCA Day family and friends of the actors to include Camps, as its the broader community. Professionally new assistant directed by MJCCA Assistant Director of executive direc- Arts & Culture Dina Shadwell, the produc- tor. Powers tions also feature local theater artists. adds recreation, Participants achieve new levels of self-con- fitness, after- fidence, motivation, and socialization from school activi- the intensive three-month process of Jared Powers (photo ties, registra- rehearsals and performances. This unique courtesy of the tion, customer program provides a wonderful opportunity MJCCA) for developing new skills through a mean- service, mem- Pre-Holocaust family pictures bership, and programming for individuals ingful theater experience. Performances are March 31, April 6, included in the exhibit at the Fine with developmental disabilities to his areas Family Art Gallery of responsibility, while continuing to over- and April 7, at 7:30 p.m.; April 2 and 9, at 8:30 p.m., and April 3 and 10, at 3:00 p.m. founder and executive director of Eyes see MJCCA Day Camps. gettable king of cool, Arthur “The Fonz” From the Ashes Educational Foundation, an Howard Hyman, interim MJCCA General admission tickets are $32; $15 Fonzarelli. From March 31-April 10, for children 12 and under. MJCCA Member organization that teaches and researches CEO/executive director, said, “Jared has Jerry’s Habima Theatre will present “Happy topics related to the Holocaust. She is a fre- been an integral part of our recent growth tickets are $22; $10 for children 12 and Days, a New Musical” (90-Minute under. Senior discounts are available. quent speaker at conferences in the U.S., and success at the MJCCA. In this new Version). Israel, and abroad. Her Holocaust film, position, I am confident that he will contin- Running in conjunction with Jerry’s Featured in American Theatre Habima Theatre productions is the Just based on the Auschwitz photos, has aired on ue to play a key role in fulfilling our mis- Magazine and 2007 recipient of the Spirit of PBS and has been screened in the former sion to enhance and engage our community Start Artist Market, on the MJCCA’s Suzi Bass Award for its long-term and con- Mainstreet. The Market features profession- Soviet Union, Australia, Poland, England, with meaningful events and services.” sistent contribution to professionalism in and the U.S., as well as Israel, where it pre- In 2009, Powers was tapped to partici- al artisans’ crafts, including jewelry, house- Atlanta theater, Jerry’s Habima Theatre is a wares, and apparel. Proceeds from the sales miered in Jerusalem in 1988. pate in JCC Association’s Middle program of the Marcus Jewish Community In 1986, during a visit to Auschwitz, Management Training Program (MMTP), a support Jerry’s Habima Theatre. Center of Atlanta (MJCCA). It is Georgia’s For additional information or to pur- Weiss came across a forgotten cache of year-long program featuring classes and only theatrical company featuring actors 2,000 personal photographs locked in an seminars designed to teach advanced man- chase tickets, call the MJCCA’s Box Office with developmental disabilities, directed at 678-812-4002. archive. For some reason, the photos were agement skills to department heads, pro- and produced by professionals. All produc- not destroyed by the Nazis and are believed gram directors, and assistant executive tions are held at the MJCCA’s Morris & Rae LAST ALBUM AT FINE FAMILY ART to be the only pre-Holocaust pictures directors. Since coming to the MJCCA, Frank Theatre, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, brought to the concentration camp. They Powers has been instrumental in the devel- GALLERY. “The Last Album: Cherished Dunwoody. Photographs from the Past” is on display at reveal the pre-1943 lives of an entire trans- opment and implementation of a compre- Based on the hit Paramount Pictures port of Jews marked for extermination and hensive customer service program based on the MJCCA’s Fine Family Art Gallery television series, “Happy Days” brings back through March 13. include images of weddings, school picnics, the Disney Model of Customer Service, as one of America’s best-loved families, the bar mitzvahs, sweethearts, and babies. For well as the Inclusionary Camp program, Bursting with life, this exhibition fea- Cunninghams. Arnold’s, the famed drive-in tures seventy-two images from Eastern about 20 years, Weiss has been reconstruct- now in its fourth successful year. In addi- malt shop and number one hangout, is in ing lives from the pictures and has made tion, under his supervision, MJCCA Day Europe, culled from an extraordinary col- danger of demolition. So the gang teams up lection of photographs brought as keep- many touching discoveries. At one of her Camps have experienced explosive growth to save it with a dance contest and a TV- presentations, an audience member told her at both the Dunwoody and East Cobb loca- sakes by Jewish deportees to Auschwitz- worthy wrestling match. Even Pinky Birkenau. These photographs are part of a he had danced at a wedding depicted in one tions. Tuscadero, Fonzie’s childhood sweetheart, of the photos. Jared Powers moved to Atlanta in 1978 larger compilation of images and stories returns to help. found in Ann Weiss’ critically acclaimed “Each time a discovery is made, I feel from his hometown, Toronto. From child- With music from Oscar-winner Paul as if, in a sense, a life has been reclaimed,” hood, he has been an active member of the book, The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes Williams and book by the TV series creator of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The photographs Weiss says. “The Nazis wanted their vic- Jewish community. He had a leadership role Garry Marshall, the family-friendly “Happy tims to be dehumanized—dead and dehu- in the BBYO chapter and worked in various and accompanying stories pose far-reaching Days” returns audiences to 1959 questions about how personal memory manized. They took away their names, staff positions at the MJCCA summer day Milwaukee. replacing them with numbers. They camp, Camp Isidore Alterman, and its resi- becomes collective, and how images repre- Lois Blonder, benefactor of Jerry’s sent loss without recuperating it. destroyed their personal photos so that we dent camp, Camp Barney Medintz. Powers Habima Theatre in loving memory of her could not see their faces. Not only did the has a bachelor of arts degree in business Ann Weiss is a director/producer, pho- husband, Jerry Blonder, says, “I am thrilled tojournalist, researcher, filmmaker, public Nazis destroy their lives, but they even tried administration from the University of to say that this is the 18th season of Jerry’s to destroy the memory of their lives. With Florida, a masters of business administra- speaker, and teacher in settings that range Habima Theatre, and the audience reactions from international conferences to local these photos, they can be remembered as tion from Georgia State University, and a are still the same—moved, awed, touched. people, not bodies, and in this sense, they teaching certificate from Mercer University. classrooms. She has written, researched, It gives me such pleasure to see these produced, and directed documentaries on live.” Powers returned to the MJCCA in January extraordinary shows sell out night after Gallery hours are Saturday-Sunday, 2005, after four years of teaching math. He the Holocaust and on psychiatry, has done night, shows that improve the quality of life educational consulting for UNESCO in the 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; and Monday- and his wife of 10 years, Jennifer, live in for so many year after year—from the ded- Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Dunwoody and have two young sons, Jake Middle East, has taught seminars to Israeli icated actors to the inspired audiences tak- and Palestinian educators on “Teaching For more information, contact Kim and Eli. ing in the enormous charm of these per- Goodfriend, MJCCA’s Arts & Culture HAPPY DAYS FOR JERRY’S HABIMA Tolerance in the Classroom,” and is current- formances.” ly involved in intense Holocaust research director, at 678-812-4071 or kim.good- THEATRE. Happy days are here again with Jerry’s Habima Theatre is under the [email protected]. Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph, and the unfor- and continued interviews. Ms. Weiss is January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 29

tweens program director for 15 months. “This is a most important and The Merrin Teen Professional Fellows beautiful monument, despite the horror it Program was started in 1999, with the sup- depicts,” said Gorgens. “It is so important port of Seth Merrin and Anne Heyman in that monuments like this one...be visited not partnership with JCC Association. Since only by survivors and the generation that then, the program has enhanced the profile lived at the time of the Nazi horror, but for of 81 professionals in their respective future generations, too. Only with this organizations and throughout the JCC knowledge can such crimes be prevented in Movement, enriched and deepened their the future.” Jewish identities, and built a stronger pro- The Besser Holocaust Memorial fessional network of teen service providers Garden was inspired by the generosity of across North America. longtime Atlanta resident and Holocaust survivor Abe Besser, in memory of his fam- HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE. On BBYO ROYALTY. Atlanta Council BBYO ily and the six million Jews who were mur- January 27, the MJCCA observed held its annual Winter Dance on December dered in the Holocaust. Since his days as a International Holocaust 5, at Congregation B’nai Torah, in Sandy prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, Abe Besser, The Honorable Lutz H. Remembrance Day, commemorating Springs. More than 250 teens danced to Besser had dreamed of creating a monu- Gorgens, Sylvia Wygoda, and Tom the six million Jews who died during music provided by VIBE® Entertainment, ment that would document one of the great- Hans Wysmuller stand near the the Holocaust. The featured speaker posed for digital keepsake photographs in est tragedies of our time. Besser and his entrance to the Besser Holocaust was photojournalist and Holocaust the photo booth, and voted on the Atlanta wife, Marlene Gelernter Besser, have spon- Memorial Garden. (Photo courtesy of scholar Ann Weiss, whose work is Council King and Queen. Zev Beeber, a sored this special memorial in an effort to the MJCCA) featured in the exhibition “The Last senior at The Weber School, and Melissa “never forget” the Holocaust, a defining Album: Cherished Photographs from Sopher, a senior at Walton High School, memory in Jewish history. the Past,” at the Fine Family Art were crowned the 2010 Atlanta Council Gallery. Pictured: Ann Weiss work- King and Queen. ing at Auschwitz

ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR TAPPED FOR ACCLAIMED PROGRAM. Laura Fendrick, BBYO associate program director for the MJCCA, has been selected as one of 16 professionals to participate in the JCC Association’s acclaimed Merrin Teen Professional Fellows Program. Fendrick is the fifth teen professional from the MJCCA to be chosen for this prestigious honor. The program features five seminars held over 16 months; the first gathering takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in February. Participants focus on develop- ing their leadership skills, learning how to serve teens more effectively, planning their career paths in the JCC Movement, and deepening their sense of Jewish identity. One of the seminars is held in Israel. Melissa Sopher and Zev Beeber

CONSUL GENERAL OF GERMANY TOURS HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL GARDEN. In early November, The Honorable Lutz H. Gorgens, Consul General of Germany, toured the Besser Holocaust Memorial Garden on the MJCCA campus with Sylvia Wygoda, exec- utive director of the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust; Tom Hans Wysmuller, board member of the Anne Frank Center USA; and the memorial’s benefactors, Marlene and Abe Besser.

Laura Fendrick (photo courtesy of the MJCCA) Fendrick is a native Atlantan who grad- uated from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business with a degree in mar- keting in 2007. After a two-year stint work- ing in marketing in New York City, she moved back to Atlanta to work at the MJCCA, where she has served as the BBYO associate program director and Page 30 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011

Enquirer had a great time at the banquet, remaining debt on the synagogue. The con- Columbus commenting, “At a Jewish banquet they gregation installed a memorial window in certainly know how to ‘set up’ the wine. honor of the baron and his wife and began From page 9 Did you ever attend a Jewish celebration to read their names during the Yizkor serv- that you did not have the best time you ever ice on Yom Kippur, a practice they continue B’naiB’rith. had?” to this day. In 1870, Columbus Jews founded a The Jews who celebrated the dedica- The Ladies Aid Society of B’nai Israel Jewish social organization called Columbus tion of B’nai Israel’s new temple were quite had other creative methods of raising Concordia. Later known as the Harmony different from the ones who had formed the money for the congregation. In 1886, as Club, the organization was created to alle- congregation 33 years earlier. Of the twen- B’nai Israel was working to raise the funds viate the “monotonous evenings and ty Jewish families who had organized B’nai for a new synagogue, the society held a Sundays in this city,” according to its min- Israel, virtually none remained in Columbus week-long Jewish Fair, at which they sold utes. The group soon rented a room and in the years after the Civil War. food and various merchandise. Held in an purchased twelve decks of playing cards, These early Jewish settlers had been empty store the week before Christmas, the two sets of dominoes, one checkerboard, replaced by a new wave of German Jewish fair offered “a nice line of Christmas goods, and five boxes of cigars. A purely social immigrants, such as Emmanuel Kern, who quilts, curtains, lace goods and many other organization, the Harmony Club remained came to Columbus from Bavaria in 1867. articles,” including cigars and donated active for over a century. Temple Bʼnai Israel dedicated this Kern was soon followed by his brother-in- goods. Fair goers could also have a session In 1874, Jewish women in Columbus temple in 1887. law Solomon Loeb, as the two became part- with a fortuneteller, played by a society founded the Daughters of Israel to provide ners in a dry-goods store. Later, they member. charity and assistance to those in need. an ornament to a city thrice the size of opened a wholesale grocery business. After The local newspaper covered the fair in Rebecca Dessau led the organization for fif- Columbus.” The dedication drew a large Kern died, it became known as the Sol Loeb detail and urged readers to support it, writ- teen years. The group later changed its crowd, with many non-Jews and Christian Wholesale Grocery Company, which ing that Columbus Jews are “ever ready to name to the Jewish Ladies Aid Society. ministers in the audience. Rabbi S. Hecht, remains in business today, run by Sol’s extend a helping hand to others. In 1885, the Daughters of Israel passed from Montgomery, gave the keynote descendants. Now…once in a lifetime, they ask the pub- a resolution calling on B’nai Israel to build address during the three-hour dedication In the late 19th century, Columbus lic to help them build a new synagogue, and a proper synagogue for the congregation, service. Jews continued to be concentrated in retail we hope the citizens will respond liberally.” which had outgrown the house they had Later that night, the congregation held trade. According to the local newspaper, in The 1886 Jewish Fair was very successful, been using as a meeting place. Finally, in a banquet, at which Columbus’ mayor, C.B. 1891, more than fifty Jewish-owned stores and the Ladies Aid Society was able to November of 1886, they broke ground on a Grimes, was an honored guest. B’nai closed on Yom Kippur. In 1907, the news- make a substantial donation to B’nai new synagogue, after moving the house to Israel’s president, Leopold Lowenherz, paper reported that it “looked odd to see so Israel’s building fund. the lot next door. thanked the non-Jews of Columbus for many stores closed on Monday” and that Over the years, the Ladies Aid Society When the Byzantine-style synagogue helping in the effort to build the synagogue, the number of closed businesses on the would hold fairs as the need arose. In 1903, was dedicated in September of 1887, the calling it a “monument” to their “liberal Jewish holiday reflected “how prominently the fair helped raise money to refurbish the local newspaper called it “one of the most sentiment, culture, generosity, and good the Jews are identified with the city’s busi- temple’s vestry rooms. The temple suffered beautiful buildings in the city. It would be feeling.” The editor of the Columbus Daily ness life.” a fire in 1907, which destroyed much of its interior. In 1908, the Ladies Aid Society held an elaborate bazaar that sold furniture, dry goods, jewelry, cut glass, and candy, in addition to running a restaurant and Japanese tea garden in the store. Columbus’ mayor formally opened the bazaar that year. The restaurant was open from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. each day and specialized in oys- ters, “which are served in as many varieties as a gentleman has quarter dollars.” The Ladies Aid Society Bazaar looked a lot like the department stores that were owned by its members’ husbands, though most of their merchandise was donated, and their enterprise was open for only a week. These temporary stores were a lot of work for the women, but they could be Historical marker for Columbusʼ first quite successful. In 1908, the Ladies Aid Jewish congregation Society raised over $1,500 from the bazaar. Other bazaars were held in 1910 and 1916. Despite this growth in Columbus’ Jewish population, B’nai Israel soon found Next issue: Columbus, Georgia, Part II: itself in financial trouble, along with much The arrival of new immigrants from of the rest of the country in the 1890s. They Eastern Europe and the creation of a new were having a hard time paying the mort- congregation. gage on their new synagogue. In response, the Jewish Ladies Aid Society wrote to the Readers are invited to learn more about widow of the great French Jewish philan- the history of Jewish communities in thropist Baron DeHirsch to ask for financial Georgia by visiting The Encyclopedia of help. The Baroness DeHirsch responded to Southern Jewish Communities found at this plea, sending almost $2,000 to the con- www.isjl.org. The Goldring/Woldenberg gregation, which was enough to pay off the Institute of Southern Jewish Life considers the encyclopedia to be a work in progress and encourages the public to contact Dr. Stuart Rockoff at [email protected] with additional information related to the histo- ry of Jews in Georgia or other communities of the South. January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 31 The contents of my wallet By Rabbi Albert Troy often, depending on the make of the car, These are the things that we carry to us. status symbols. with us, and they constitute a sort of sum- There are important lessons that the I recently purchased a new wallet. My Many people carry membership cards mary of interests in life—sustenance rep- wallet and its contents can teach us. While old one had served me well for six years. from organizations with which they are resented by money, possessions, and a dri- wealth and possessions are important in And since a new year was about to begin, affiliated. These are indications of our ver’s license; association by membership sustaining life, they are far from being I thought that now was the appropriate desire to communicate with other human cards; confidence and faith by credit life’s most precious values. Do you know time to own a new wallet. beings. They are proof of our need to asso- cards; the need for love by snapshots; and what I think should receive priority? I lost no time in transferring the con- ciate with others. our ideals and unuttered hopes by clip- Associations. Your associations with the tents of the old and worn wallet into the Many people carry credit cards in pings. Here we have a good summary of members of your family, with loyal and new one. It was amazing what a variety their wallets. These enable us to obtain all our interests in life—in our wallets. devoted friends, with causes that enrich and abundance of items I had accumulated almost anything we desire. All of these Which of these items do you regard as and ennoble. These are the values that we in my old wallet over the years. The trans- indicate our reliance upon what we hope being the most important? The question should cherish and prize above all others. fer from one wallet to the other gave me will happen tomorrow. Buying and living can best be answered by remembering that Sometimes, we take members of our the opportunity to examine carefully all on credit are merely forms of our faith and when one’s wallet is lost or stolen, the family for granted. Do you know when we the items that I had in my wallet and to confidence that we will be alive on the overwhelming majority would like to get begin to appreciate them? When we have ponder the things that we regard as being morrow and that we will be able to meet back not the money, but rather those things lost them, when they are no longer among important. our obligations. that another person cannot use, those the living. During the year that is before What does the wallet of the average But my wallet, as I am sure is true of things which cannot be replaced—the us, let us not withhold our love, our devo- person contain? Of course, it contains yours, also contains items of a much more symbols of association, the pictures of tion, our deep concern for others. money, which may not be the only, or most personal nature. Is there anyone who does those we love. These are the most precious important, element in life—and yet, who not carry in his wallet snapshots of those will deny that it is essential, and that it is he loves? And there are some people who vital if life is to be sustained? include among the objects in their wallets In most wallets, there is an owner’s clippings from newspapers or magazines, certificate that testifies to the fact that the a bit of prose or poetry, a paragraph or a bearer owns a car. With this, there is few lines that indicate what our ideals another document, a driver’s license, are—a sentiment we cherish, a bit of liter- authorizing the holder to drive the car. ature that has been saved because we feel These items are symbols of prosperity, that it says more adequately or beautifully tangible evidence of our possessions, and what we would like to say. Page 32 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 DECKING THE HALLS FOR largest and fastest-growing network of CHANUKAH. During the holiday season, Jewish day camps in the world, offers a the Georgia Governor’s Mansion is decked camp for Kiddies (ages 2-4) and regular out. This year, the Temple Emanu-El Gan Izzy (ages 5-11). The camp offers a full Sisterhood organized the Chanukah display, program of sports, games, crafts, dramatics, MISH MASH which occupied a ballroom alcove. The and other activities. For further information, theme for this year’s display was “A Great call 404-931-6449, or e-mail National Human Relations Award. The trib- Miracle Happened There: Stories, [email protected]. By Erin O’Shinskey ute to Russell, who was accompanied by his Celebration, and Tradition.” It included wife, Sylvia Anderson Russell, drew 300 of three separate story areas: a traditional table FREE KINDERGARTEN. In response to REMEMBERING THE POOR. Giving Atlanta’s commercial, community service, setting for the holidays, showcasing actual the growing need to provide easy, afford- gifts to the poor (Matanot La’evyonim) is and civic leaders to a formal dinner at the homes through digital photography; a chil- able access to Jewish education, Chabad of one of the four mitzvot associated with Westin Buckhead. The first African- dren’s area; and a pictorial depicting the Cobb is offering one year of free tuition for Purim, which begins sundown, March 19. American member of the Atlanta Chamber battle of the Maccabees against the Greek- Hebrew School Kindergarten. The program This mitzvah is customarily carried out by of Commerce, Russell has served on the Syrian Antiochus, the destruction of the is available starting with the 2011-2012 organizations that can identify those in need boards of Georgia Power Company, Temple, and the miracle of lights that fol- school year. Chabad of Cobb does not and provide assistance in a dignified man- Wachovia Bank, Citizens Trust Bank, and lowed. require any synagogue membership for ner. Yad L’Yad Charity Fund is appealing to the Georgia Ports Authority. enrollment; the school’s inclusive policy the greater Atlanta Jewish community to means every Jewish child is welcome, fulfill this mitzvah by making generous tax- regardless of affiliation, religious obser- deductible donations to the fund. Donations vance, or prior knowledge. Chabad Hebrew can be mailed to Yad L’Yad Charity Fund, School hours are Sundays, 9:30 a.m.-12:00 Inc., 2897 North Druid Hills Road, #205, noon. For more information, visit Atlanta GA 30329 or made via www.chabadofcobb.com, or contact the www.yadlyad.com. For additional informa- office at [email protected] or 770- tion, call Mrs. Cindy Steele, 678-466-7640. 565-4412.

MARCUSES HONORED. At the 9th THE GIFT OF READING. The Georgia Annual Georgia Life Sciences Summit, Department of Human Services and the October 28, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy Georgia Bio Chair Dr. Stephen Hill honored (FFCL) have teamed up to give one of the Bernie and Billi Marcus for their commit- Zachary Goodleman, Caleb Addalia, most life-changing gifts there is to give— ment to bioscience research and medical Bill Schwartz, presenting benefactor Emily Addalia, Justin Siegel, and the gift of reading. Through this partner- innovation in Georgia. Mr. Marcus, co- representing the Schwartz Family Lindsay Kraun get creative at the ship, every child enrolled in the state’s founder of The Home Depot and board Foundation, an unidentified guest, Governorʼs Mansion Childcare and Parent Services Program, as chairman of The Marcus Foundation, deliv- 2010 National Human Relations well as children in foster care, receive an ered a keynote address and announced a Award honoree Herman J. Russell, ACCOLADES POUR IN. In honor of age-appropriate book in the mail every major research effort in Georgia. CEOs and and his wife, Sylvia Anderson Greenfield Hebrew Academy winning month from birth until the child’s fifth senior executives of pharmaceutical, Russell Bing.com’s “Our School Needs” competi- birthday. Sponsor a child for $36.00 per biotechnology, and medical device compa- tion and instituting the “Pay it Forward” year at www.ferstfoundation.org. To start an nies; university officials and scientists; hos- AMBASSADOR OREN VISITS project to donate to other schools that did FFCL chapter, visit pital administrators and physicians; ATLANTA. On November 29, the 63rd not win, the school received a proclamation www.ferstfoundation.org/GettingStartedin investors; economic developers; and public anniversary of the UN Partition Plan creat- from Mayor Eva Galambos and the City of YourCommunity.htm. policy experts from throughout the U.S. ing an independent Israel state, Israel’s Sandy Springs at a recent City Council attended the summit. Ambassador to the United States Dr. meeting. GHA was awarded $100,000 for HADASSAH VISITS THE ATLANTA Michael Oren visited Atlanta. Ambassador its “Raise the Roof” rap video, which WHITE HOUSE. Members and prospective Oren participated in a wreath-laying at the explained how the school needed a new members of the Mount Scopus Group of tomb of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., lec- roof. GHA, its winning project, and its Greater Atlanta Hadassah enjoyed Tea with tured at Emory University, addressed a joint efforts on behalf of captured IDF soldier the President at the Atlanta White House, on session of the Atlanta Metro Chamber and Gilad Schalit were also the subject of a the American-Israeli Chamber of cover story in The Jerusalem Post. Commerce boards, and dined with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Georgia Lieutenant INTOWN JEWISH PRESCHOOL REGIS- Governor Casey Cagle. He ended the day TRATION. Intown Jewish Preschool is now by addressing a packed house at Ahavath registering students for the 2011-2012 Achim Synagogue as part of the Eizenstat school year. This progressive, welcoming Lecture Series. school focuses on developing the whole child. Children acquire academic skills while having ample time for crafts, play- Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and time, and the school’s organic garden. The Georgia Bio Chairman Dr. Stephen school is housed in two converted homes Hill of Abbott Products Inc. present connected by a courtyard in Midtown, close Bernie Marcus with an award honor- to the arts and other resources like Piedmont Park, the Virginia Highland ing Bernie and Billi Marcus for Fred Milani (from left), Yvonne neighborhood, and much more. The school advancing medical innovation in Milani, and Jody Franco of the Mt. serves children 18 months-5 years and Georgia. (Photo: Michael A. Schwarz Scopus group presenting a certifi- offers full- and half-day options. For more Photography) cate of appreciation information, contact school director Dena Schusterman at 404-931-6273 or November 21. The Milani family gracious- HERMAN RUSSELL HONORED. The [email protected]. ly opened their distinctive home for tours American Jewish Committee honored busi- and high tea with the president of Mt. ness leader and philanthropist Herman J. Ambassador Oren speaks to stu- CAMP GAN IZZY. Under the auspices of Scopus Hadassah. Proceeds from the event Russell, sons Jerome and Michael, their dents and faculty at Emory Chabad Intown, Camp Gan Israel, fondly will be used to further the lifesaving work at wives Stephanie and Lovette, and daughter University after his lecture. (Photo: known as Gan Izzy, has opened registration Donata Russell Major with the 2010 Wilford Harwood) for its 9th year. Camp Gan Izzy, part of the See MISHMASH, page 38 January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 33 Kosher Korner

Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt, 3011 North Druid Hills Road, Atlanta, is now under AKC supervision. Check the letter to see which items are approved. The sorbets are BY Rabbi Reuven kosher DE—they have no dairy ingredients Stein but are manufactured on dairy equipment. All of the frozen yogurts are approved. All of the liquid toppings are approved. Some Cheescake Company products are often of the dry toppings are not approved. The sold at Sam’s Club. fresh berries are not checked for insects and There are two new approved sodas: are, therefore, not approved. Since the top- Seagram’s Raspberry Ginger Ale and Solar pings are self-serve, when using a kosher Fusion by Sunkist. topping, one should make sure it does not Children’s Liquid Tylenol and Motrin have any cross-contamination with a non- produced in the United States used to be kosher topping. acceptable. Due to a recent recall, the only OU For You has opened a meat com- Tylenol and Motrin available are from missary for meat catering orders, 6275 Canada and contain glycerine from non- Spalding Drive, Suite E1, Norcross. The kosher beef and pork. Some acceptable meat commissary also has a small adjacent alternatives include: chewable tablets, party room. Call 678-361-6761 for more which typically do not contain glycerine information. (although they may contain other ingredi- Goodfriend’s Grill at The Marcus ents that are kosher-sensitive); Triaminic Hillel Center at Emory University, 735 Fever Reducer Pain Reliever Syrup with an Gatewood Road, Atlanta, is now featuring OU; or any other liquid medicine that does both meat and dairy, Monday-Thursday, not contain glycerine, including Tylenol 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.; Friday, 11:00 a.m.- Extra Strength Rapid Blast Liquid for 2:00 p.m., is dairy only. This location is Adults, Cherry Flavor. hosting fine-dining nights once a month. Starbucks-brewed coffees generally Call 404-963-2548 Ext. 113 for details and have no additives and can be purchased reservations. from any Starbucks without certification. Moshe’s Mediterranean, a full-service Starbucks now sells a pre-packaged instant restaurant, will open soon at 2486-A Mt. coffee, called VIA. Some of these products Vernon Road, Dunwoody. More informa- are flavored and require supervision. At tion will follow. this time, they are not certified and are not recommended. KOSHER UPDATES & ALERTS Lundberg Family Farms Cinnamon Toast Organic Rice Cakes contain dairy Bagel World’s dairy and parve bak- ingredients, but the dairy designation has eries are no longer under AKC certification. been inadvertently omitted. Products purchased after November 12 are Several consumers reported finding a not acceptable. non-kosher krill (a crustacean similar in All products bearing the kosher sym- appearance to a small shrimp) in some cans bol of WK are now under OU supervision of Brunswick Sardines in Oil by Bumble and are acceptable. Bee Foods. Sam’s Club, 2901 Clairmont Road NE, Atlanta, has started carrying kosher cheese, SAVE THE DATE. Mark your calendars meat, and chicken. for Kosher Day 2011—tentatively set for Costco Brookhaven is carrying a full Sunday, May 29, when the Braves play the line of kosher cheese, meat, and take-out Cincinnati Reds. If anyone is interested in foods. helping plan and staff this exciting event, Trader Joe’s carries a line of meat that call the AKC office at 404-634-4063. has a non-recommended kosher seal. Using it may necessitate the re-kashering of cook- COUGH DROPS. The Star-K approves the ing equipment. Check with your rabbi. use of the following cough drops: Always check for a reliable kosher Fisherman’s Friend (Manchester Beis symbol on any item found in a store’s Din)—Original (Extra-Strong, Sugar-Free, kosher section. In AKC-approved facilities, Tooth Friendly), Sugar-Free (Black all kosher products have been approved. Currant, Citrus, Mini Citrus Fruit, Mini Now and Later candies are not kosher. Eucalyptus, Mini Mint, Strong Mint), and There used to be a Now and Later product Lozenges (Aniseed, Apple/Cinnamon, that was kosher when bearing an OU. This Cherry, Wild Cherry, Refreshing Lemon, product was discontinued in 2005. Salmiak, Mandarin/Grapefruit/Ginger, Atlanta Cheescake Super Strong Mint, Sugar-Free Mint) Company/Panarama was under reliable Luden’s (OU-D-dairy equipment)—Throat supervision, but that supervision was dis- Drops continued about three months ago. The Sucrets—Original, Complete (Vapor AKC no longer recommends using prod- Cherry), and Herbal (Green Tea, Berry ucts from this company, even if there is an Pomegranate) a K or a KVH on the box. Atlanta See Kosher Korner, page 38 Page 34 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 35 • Mimic Crème Healthy-Top: Parve whip- ping cream • Garden Lites Zucchini Marinara: This Kosher Affairs healthful, easy-to-heat product is available at Publix. It is particularly delicious over pasta. KOSHERFEST 2010 AND A TOAST TO SOME NEW SPIRITS. Yes, dear readers, I admit it—I ate my BY Roberta Notable at Kosherfest were: Bravo Sol way through Kosherfest 2010! This year’s Sangria and Pompillo Mojito pre-mixed, show, featuring 300 vendors, was held at Scher ready-to-drink products in a box (add mint Meadowlands Exposition Center in Gussʼ Pickles to the mojito and fruit to the sangria, and Secaucus, New Jersey. It was a sellout and • Shiloh sauces: Béarnaise, Harissa, and they taste homemade); Heering coffee was said to the best-attended show ever. • Jack’s Gourmet Kosher: Sausage, chorizo, more—attractive bottles, terrific flavors pastrami liqueur and classic Heering cherry kosher; The popularity of the show, even in this • Kind Fruit and Nut Bars: All-natural, Glenmorangie single malt scotch whiskey; challenging economy, was anticipated. • Mountain Bread: This Australian product gluten- and wheat-free. New flavors are was named overall best in show. According to Menachem Lubinsky, founder apple, cinnamon, and pecan; peanut butter See Kosher Korner, page 36 and president of Lubicom Consulting and and strawberry; and dark chocolate cherry co-producer of Kosherfest, “The number of cashew. This healthy and delicious snack is products with kosher certification has available locally at Whole Foods. reached 125,000 in an industry valued at • Lily Bloom’s Kitchen: Decadent gourmet, nearly $13 billion in sales. With 13% annu- gluten-free chocolate-coated macaroons. al growth amidst the continuing recession, The white chocolate-raspberry flavor was the industry has reason to be optimistic.” voted best new dessert. The company is At first taste, I present several of my currently working on its kosher for favorites. If some of these sound good to Passover varieties and will announce them you, do encourage our local food stores and shortly. supermarkets to consider stocking them. • Stubb’s Banderilla Skewers: Gherkins, Alternatively, most can be ordered online. green olives, pearl onions, and pepper slices—a pickled paradise on a skewer. • Matzel Toff: A triple combo of toffee, Seriously, this is a “dilly” of a party appe- chocolate, and matzoh. My favorite was tizer. dark chocolate with sea salt. (Martha • Guss’ Pickles: A classic from a three-gen- Stewart agrees.) And best of all, this treat is eration, family-run New York company. kosher for Passover. • Schmerling: This company’s rich, deep, • Imani Chocolatiers: Parve chocolate-and- dark chocolate with hazelnuts is irresistible, sprinkle-dipped pretzels. So crunchy, so parve, and kosher for Passover. chocolaty, and so beautiful! Page 36 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011

locally caught Long Island striped bass, Kosher Affairs rubbed with a tandoori spice mix, grilled, and placed over a lentil salad. The fish was From page 35 topped with a spicy pineapple salsa and and Moses Vodka, a beautifully bottled, plated with a tarragon vinaigrette dressed Finnish ultra premium, kosher for Passover, micro green salad. Sound delicious? It was! sugarcane vodka. At Kosherfest, I had the pleasure of HERE COMES THE JUDGE. On a person- meeting award-winning author and New al note, my KosherEye.com partner, Lois York Times columnist Joan Nathan. She was Held, and I were honored to be invited to at the show to introduce her new book, judge the Kosherfest 3rd Annual Chef’s Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search Culinary Competition. This year, the com- for Jewish Cooking in France (Alfred A. petition was for best cold appetizer. On the Knopf). Occasionally, a cookbook offers panel with us were Dickinson College pro- both historical perspectives and exciting fessor and Jewish food expert Dr. Ted recipes. Yes, I use the term “exciting,” Merwin and James Beard award-winning because I consider each cookbook I read an author Gil Marks, who just introduced his adventure in culinary techniques, foods, and newest publication, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food. And the winner was…Chef Avram Wiseman, of The Center for Kosher Culinary Arts, who presented a fillet of

Kosherfest judging January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 37 recipes. This new cookbook is exceptional. dessert! Steak Night II was held on January at Whole Foods, is a shredded, dairy-free, open. The largest Costco warehouse in It gives the reader insights into the 2,000- 12, and there will be an Indian buffet dinner vegan product that melts, stretches, and Atlanta, it is well-stocked with kosher year culinary history of Jews in France, on February 2. For information or reserva- tastes like the real thing. The product is meats, chicken, turkey, pre-cooked meals, along with many delicious and authentic tions, call 404-963-2548 ext. 113, or e-mail currently available in mozzarella- and and side dishes. Best of all, management is French-Jewish recipes. [email protected]. cheddar-style shreds. Daiya is OU parve. very receptive to requests from the kosher For more information, visit community. Be sure and leave a comment —————- KOSHER GOURMET now sends a regular www.daiyafoods.com. card with your thoughts. e-letter highlighting specials, store happen- A SUPER KOSHER MARKET ings, and new products. If you would like AND SPEAKING OF WHOLE FOODS, What’s cooking? Email IN BALTIMORE to receive it, contact [email protected], the company has a new signature kosher [email protected] This column is or call the store at 404-636-1114. product, organic boxed kosher chicken meant to provide the reader with current If you fly to Baltimore, bring an extra broth manufactured just for them by trends and developments in the kosher suitcase, or if you drive, leave some space VEGAN “CHEESE.” If you thought you Pacific Foods. In my opinion, it is excel- marketplace. Since standards of kashruth in your car. Head right over to Pikesville’s could never enjoy kosher veal or chicken lent. certification vary, check with the AKC or Seven Mile Market, which is now the Parmigiana, I have good news. Daiya your local kashruth authority to confirm largest kosher supermarket in the country. “cheese,” a new product available locally THE BROOKHAVEN COSTCO is now reliability. The store has recently relocated around the corner to a 55,000-square-foot space for- merly occupied by a Safeway, and it is gor- Parisian Pletzl (A Big Bialy) Rich’s Coconut Layer Cake geous. The selection is vast, and prices are Adapted from Quiches, Kugels, and Adapted from The Southern Foodways very fair. Truly, a “Disneyworld” for the Recipes Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking Alliance Community Cookbook edited by kosher shopper. Visiting this store will be in France by Joan Nathan Sara Roahen and John T. Edge an eye-opener as to what is possible in Faux Chicken Parmigiana makes 12 Serves about 12 kosher. Serves 4 Joan writes: “Pletzl, short for When Angie Mosier was growing up 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, Bialystoker tsibele pletzl, refers to a circu- in Atlanta, a trip downtown meant a visit pounded thin lar Eastern European flat onion bread that to the Rich’s bakeshop and a purchase of 1 cup all-purpose flour, seasoned with salt came from the city of Bialystok, Poland. its famous coconut cake. She loved how a and pepper The bread is known in America in its counterwoman pulled the cake from the 3 large eggs, beaten with 2 tablespoons smaller version as the bialy.” glass case, placed it in a box with the water Rich’s logo, and tied it with twine to make 1 cup plain panko bread crumbs (panko is 1 scant tablespoon active dry yeast it easy to carry. Angie adapted the original a fine crumb) 4 tablespoons sugar recipe for the home cook. 8 ounces olive oil 4 to 5 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups marinara sauce (or more, if you 2 large eggs Basic Yellow Cake: prefer—I use Barilla) 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 pound Daiya parve mozzarella-style 2 teaspoons salt 1 tablespoon baking powder shreds 3 cups diced onions 1 teaspoon salt Seven Mile Market 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves 1/4 cup poppy seeds 1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, at 2 cloves garlic, chopped room temperature ————— 1 onion, chopped Pour 1 cup lukewarm water into a 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar 1/2 cup pitted olives (Kalamata preferred) large bowl. Stir in the yeast and the sugar 2 large eggs LOCAL AND KOSHER until dissolved. Add 4 cups of flour, the 3/4 cup whole milk Preheat oven to 400 degrees. eggs, 1/4 cup of the oil, and salt. Mix well 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract A SOUTHERN READ. Sometimes my Gently heat 1/2 cup oil in a large fry- and knead for about 10 minutes or until Southern side (Atlantan since age 13) wins, ing pan. Add garlic and onion; sauté for smooth, adding more flour if necessary. Or Easy Buttercream Icing: and I succumb to the lure of cookbooks about 4-5 minutes, until soft and translu- use a food processor or a standing mixer 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at with authentic Southern recipes, some of cent. Add the olives and basil; continue to with a dough hook. room temperature which I can’t translate to kosher. So be it. I sauté for about 3 minutes. Remove veg- Transfer the dough to a greased bowl 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract love the new Southern Foodways Alliance etables from frying pan. and let rise, covered, for 1 hour. Preheat 1 pound confectioner’s sugar Community Cookbook, published by the Pour marinara sauce into a small the oven to 375 degrees and grease 2 1 to 3 tablespoons whole milk, half-and- University of Georgia Press. It is packed saucepan and add vegetables. Bring to a cookie sheets. Divide the dough into 12 half, or cream with 170 recipes and vignettes sourced gentle simmer, stirring often, and set balls, and roll or flatten them out into from spiral-bound community cookbooks. aside. rounds about 6 inches in diameter. Put the Coconut Filling: It is genuine, down home, and Southern, Season chicken on both sides with rounds on the cookie sheets, and make 2 (14-ounce) bags of sweetened, shredded y’all. Most of the recipes, but not all, are salt and pepper. Dredge each breast in thumbprints in the centers. coconut, divided easily made kosher friendly. For more flour; shake off excess, dip in the egg; then Brush the dough with cold water, and 1 cup heavy cream information, visit ugapress.org. dredge both sides in the bread crumbs. sprinkle about 1/4 cup of onion in each 1 cup easy buttercream icing (above) Pour remaining 1/2 cup oil into the indentation. Brush the onions with the RESTAURANT NIGHT AT GOOD- same frying pan, and gently heat. Add remaining vegetable oil, and sprinkle the Cake layers: FRIEND’S GRILL. I applaud Enoch chicken breasts, and sauté until golden poppy seeds on top. Let sit for 15 minutes, Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Goodfriend, of Goodfriend’s Grill, for initi- brown, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer uncovered. Grease and flour 2 eight- or nine-inch cake ating a much-needed dining experience for to a baking dish. Top each breast with Bake for 20 minutes. Then, if you pans; set aside. Atlanta’s Jewish community...a stylish warm marinara sauce and mozzarella- like, slip the pletzlach under the broiler for Whisk together the flour, baking pow- kosher venue. At its new Emory location in style shreds. Bake in preheated oven until a minute to brown the onions. der, and salt in a bowl; set aside. Cream the Marcus Hillel Center, Goodfriend’s has the chicken is cooked through and the Serve lukewarm as is or as part of a the butter and sugar in a large bowl with started a once-a-month “restaurant” “cheese” is melted, about 5 to 7 minutes. pletzl sandwich. Some suggested fillings electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in evening. Because I was out of town, I Remove from the oven and garnish are corned beef, pastrami, and roasted the eggs, one at a time, beating well after missed the premiere, but the buzz I heard with additional fresh basil (optional). peppers. Personally, I love my bialys with each addition. Add the flour mixture in 3 about Steak Night was all positive. How Serve hot, over vermicelli or spaghet- cream cheese and lox! equal additions, alternating with half of does this sample menu sound to you? ti. the milk, beating only until the batter is Portabella mushroom appetizer, Caesar ————— smooth after each addition. Scrape down salad, 16-ounce cowboy steak with —————- the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatu- whipped potatoes, vegetables, artisan breads, and molten chocolate lava cake for See Recipes, page 39 Page 38 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011

than 500 teens. Students decorated MishMash wooden dreidels (pictured), made edible BUSINESS BITS From page 32 menorahs, and organized dreidel tourna- ments. Teens also learned the story of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. For more Chanukah, the blessings, and the order By Erin O’Shinskey have been injured, need to lose weight, or suf- information about the Mt. Scopus Group of lighting the menorah, and they partici- fer from arthritis or neurologic deficits. GVR is and upcoming events, contact Edie Barr at pated in discussions about the signifi- Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta has only one of a few clinics nationwide to use a 404-325-0340 or cance of miracles. For many teens, this named Atlanta Eliot M. Arnovitz interim chief SwimEx pool for veterinary hydrotherapy; [email protected]. was their sole celebration of Chanukah executive officer to lead the organization dur- GVR will also have an underwater treadmill, this year. ing the search for a gym, kennels, acupuncture, chiropractic, and PHONE POWER. In just four days last fall, permanent CEO, massage services. For information, contact The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta overlapping with Evelyn Orenbuch, DVM at GVR, 678-803- raised over $770,000 during the first phone outgoing CEO 2626 or [email protected]. fundraising campaign of the 2011 Steve Rakitt, who Community Campaign. Funds from more will be leaving in GRIFFIN JOINS ATLANTA FIXTURE. than 1,500 individuals were solicited by late January. Deborah Schwartz Griffin is the new director 300 volunteers from 25+ community organ- Arnovitz has of national accounts for restaurant supplier and izations. As each “Phoning” session began, worked on behalf commercial kitchen design group Atlanta Federation President/CEO Steve Rakitt of the Federation Fixture & Sales Company. Griffin will assist in thanked volunteers for taking the time to for over 35 years as growing Atlanta Fixture’s involvement in the make calls. This year, for the first time, the a volunteer. He is a hospitality industry, locally, regionally, and Phonings had a social media component— Eliot M. Arnovitz partner in M & P nationally. Griffin is the former director of volunteers posted status updates alerting FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS BALL. The Fifth Shopping Centers business develop- their friends to the progress of the sessions Annual National Council of Synagogue and has held offices and served on the boards ment with the and how various gift amounts make a dif- Youth and Jewish Student Union Festival of The American Jewish Committee, The Georgia ference in people’s lives. of Lights Ball saw area teens pack the Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Jewish Restaurant NCSY Community Teen Center to cele- Educational Loan Fund and the Marcus Jewish Association brate the fifth night of Chanukah. This Community Center of Atlanta, where he was (GRA). Atlanta “black and white” party included an named a Life Trustee, The American Jewish Fixture, in busi- organic sushi bar, hors dʼoeuvres, Joint Distribution Committee, State of Israel ness since 1927, chocolate fountains, sparkling cider in Bonds, and United Jewish Communities will employ champagne glasses, and live music. (which is now the Jewish Federations of North Griffin’s expertise Rabbi Chaim Neiditch, regional director, America) along with the Anti-Defamation to strengthen and lit the menorah and inspired teens by League. further develop speaking about the essence of Deborah Schwartz relationships with Chanukah. Pictured: Daniel Karseboom PAIN-FREE PETS. Georgia Veterinary Griffin local businesses and friends enjoy karaoke Rehabilitation, Fitness, and Pain Management and industry (GVR), will open its 4,600-square-foot facility, organizations. Griffin has served on numerous Federation President/CEO Steve at 1230 Johnson Ferry Road, East Marietta, in community boards and received awards in Rakitt (back row, second from left), February. GVR offers rehabilitation services to recognition of her outstanding business net- and Chair of the Board Robert dogs and cats that have had surgery for condi- working involvement. Arogeti (back row, far right) have tions such as cruciate repairs and hip surgery, some fun with Hillel students from Georgia Tech, Emory, and University of Georgia. Additive, Rooster Booster Energy, Rooster Kosher Korner Booster Lite, Vanilla Additive CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE PRE- Smoothies: Black Cherry (non-dairy), From page 33 SCHOOL SOUL. On November 14, Rabbi Horchata (dairy), Juicy Orange (non-dairy), Hirshy Minkowitcz and Rabbi Dov Ber NEW BOARD. Gesher LʼTorah has elect- Vicks Cough Drops—Menthol and Cherry Melon Berry (non-dairy), Strawberry Thaler of Chabad of North Fulton compet- ed its 2011 board of trustees. Pictured: Hall’s Cough Suppressant Drops—Regular Creme (dairy), Wally’s Burpleberry (non- ed in the first ever Rabbi Chicken Soup (front, from left) 1st Vice President Steve (Mentholyptus, Cherry, Ice Blue dairy) Making Competition. As part of a Sutton, Rabbi Michael Bernstein, and Peppermint, Strawberry, Tropical Fruit), Hot cappuccino (dairy): Caramel Chanukah Bazaar fundraiser, with proceeds President Don Pozin; (middle, from left) Sugar-Free (Black Cherry, Mountain Macchiato, Chai Latte, Chocolate Cherry benefiting the Torah Tots preschool, the Shari Sargon, Beth Greenwald, Miriam Menthol), and Defense (Assorted Citrus, Sundae, Fat-Free French Vanilla, French rabbis dished out their Jewish penicillin in Watsky, Shari Rose, Betsy S. Kramer, Strawberry, Watermelon, Lemon); (not Vanilla, Hot Chocolate (Supreme Cocoa), the hopes of being the chosen one. For a and Elana Miller; (back, from left) kosher—Lemon-Max, Spearmint, Hall’s Mighty Mocha, Peaches ‘N Cream, Toffee small fee, patrons sampled both soups and Stephen Klee, Adam Vexler, David Plus, Honey) Latte, Vanilla Cupcake voted on the winner. Chase, Stan Abes, David Hummel, and Frozen cappuccino (dairy): Frozen Steven Schaffer. Not Pictured: Jill Cohen, KOSHER DRINKS AT QT. The drinks list- Cappuccino, Frozen Caramel Latte, Frozen Ralph Grosswald, and Robin Walters ed below may be bought at any QuikTrip Steamed Milk Drink store across the country. The AKC does not The following hot cappuccinos are not formally certify any QT location, but based kosher: Almond Amaretto, Rocky Road, on our understanding of how these facilities Smores, Vanilla Cream. work, we feel a consumer can reasonably At one time, QT’s donuts came from purchase these products. (These drinks are the Krispy Kreme Commissary, which is in addition to the products listed on our supervised by the AKC. Currently, QT car- acceptable beverage list, such as Coke and ries its own brand of donuts, which are not Pepsi.) Check with the AKC office to con- kosher. firm that these products continue to be cer- CELEBRATING CHANUKAH AT PUBLIC tified in future years. Rabbi Reuven Stein is director of supervi- SCHOOLS. This past holiday season, Freezonis (non-dairy): Blue Raspberry, sion for the Atlanta Kashruth Commission, Jewish Student Union clubs across Cola, Orange Creme, Rooster Booster, a non-profit organization dedicated to pro- greater Atlanta were busy with Chanukah At Chabad of Cobbʼs Chanukah Strawberry Banana, Wally Puckerberry, moting kashruth through education, activities and celebrations. The halls of Wonderland, Devora Leah Pearson Watermelon, White Cherry research, and supervision. 13 high schools were filled with the (right, dressed as Judah Maccabee) hugs Fountain drinks (non-dairy): Cherry aroma of sizzling latkes made by more Isabelle Smith January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 39

zen.” Today, a husband and wife team, U.S. citizen at that time, I would have to You’ve come a long way, miss.... Rabbis Michele and Barry Coffsky, lead our come up in the ranks from buck private. I services at the Renaissance; both are fully declined that offer and went to work as a Some weeks ago, there was a story on ordained. There are many other female rab- clerk-typist (another predominantly female local TV, about two sisters embarking on bis and cantors in the greater Atlanta area career then) in the civilian world, first at the interesting careers—one was joining the alone. American Red Cross and later at Southern police force, the other would be a firefight- Until about the mid-1950s, most girls Bell. er. In today’s work force, the story is not BY Balfoura Friend took up nursing, social work, or teaching. I I’m glad that the girls of today have so unusual, but in days of yore, it was a man’s Levine really wanted to be a nurse and would have many choices. They can pursue a variety of world they were entering. been a darned good one, too, steady of hand careers, marry and raise families, do nei- I peeked into my 1950 Pandora, the years later that the school saw its first and purpose. However—another rarity ther, or do both. They are now tougher in University of Georgia yearbook, and the woman on campus, an absolute rarity. A today—I heeded my mother’s advice and body and spirit, are better educated, carry law school graduating class featured 40 retired physician told me that there were did not take up nursing, because I would guns when necessary, face danger daily, and young men and only two women. The 1983 almost no women at the Medical College of “see naked men in the bed.” End of story! keep us in good health, safe and sound, as law school graduating class, my daughter Georgia, in Augusta, when he went there. Who listens to their parents now? Oh, they well as spiritually joyous. Sandy’s generation, featured 130 men and Today, these institutions and most others might hear us, but they end up doing what- In contrast, I think of those poor girls in 74 women. My granddaughter Erica’s class have majority female enrollment in their ever they please. third-world countries, who are veiled, con- of 2010, Walter F. George School of Law, professional schools. After graduating the University of trolled, and habitually abused by the men in Mercer University, had 75 men and 65 Then, too, who would have thought Georgia in 1950 (ABJ, Henry Grady School their lives. They are not permitted educa- women. that women could lead churches or be rab- of Journalism), I aspired to join the U.S. tion, nor do they have a choice in anything I spoke with a friend of mine, a bis and cantors? Back then, the rabbi’s wife Army, thinking that with a college degree, I during their lifetimes. I am so grateful for Georgia Tech grad, who said there were no had just one option—she was the “rebbet- could be an officer. But since I was not a my lot in life, thank goodness. women there in the late 1940s; it was some Short but enjoyable; stories spun with a compassionate touch By Zev Eisman the pieces varies; however, each contains a in the Holocaust, Ordover has created a col- first-person story of relationships, some lection of stories that tell the tail with sim- The Wayward Son and Other Tales formed around interpersonal circumstances ple, wonderful descriptions. By Benjamin Ordover and others more directly influenced by soci- This is a book that relates the stories in The Ordover Company Ltd., 2010 etal conditions. The physical setting of each a direct, concisely descriptive style that is 185 Pages, $8.84 of the stories differs, both in time and loca- quick, easy, and enjoyable to read. It can be tion, including countries. In spite of the covered in one sitting or it can be read in Having flirted with the idea of being a variety, Ordover’s ability to describe the small bites; either way, it is a relaxing way writer at the start of his working journey, circumstance and physical setting of each to enjoy following well-formed plots. Ordover put the thought on the back burner story transports the reader to the place and and focused his attention and efforts on the time. world of business. But the ember still The book contains eight tales, the sub- glowed. ject matter and context of each being total- After retiring from a successful career, ly independent. From the innocence of a the latent ember ignited, returning Ordover high school setting, to a wayward sibling on to his dream of writing. His first two efforts skid row, to the family stress from an out- were full-length mysteries, but in The of–work father, to the conflict and pressures Wayward Son and Other Tales, his latest resulting from the dying New England tex- offering, he has changed the format to a tile industry, to a Faustian tale, to the story series of short stories. of entrepreneurship as a defense, to the The subject matter and time setting of intrigues of politics, to a tragedy played out

electric mixer until smooth. Gradually cream icing. Recipes beat in the sugar, letting each addition blend into the butter before adding more. To assemble: From page 37 Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a Place one of the cooled cake layers on la. Beat in vanilla. rubber spatula. The mixture should look a a serving plate or cake stand. Tuck pieces Scrape the batter into prepared cake little dry at this point. Add the milk one of wax paper or plastic wrap under the pans. Bake until the center of the cake tablespoon at a time, beating on high edges to catch the excess coconut. Spread springs back when pressed lightly with speed until you get the right texture. The the coconut filling over the top of the first your finger, about 25 minutes. Cool for 10 icing should be smooth, but not so creamy layer. Stack the second layer on top. minutes, then remove from pans and cool that it won’t hold onto the cake. Spread the remaining buttercream icing on wire racks to cool completely. over the top and sides of the cake. Cover Meanwhile, make the icing and then Coconut Filling: the icing with the coconut from the the filling. In a bowl, stir 1 bag of coconut and remaining bag, gently pressing to adhere. the cream together. Let sit and soak for 10 Remove the wax paper and enjoy a nostal- Buttercream Icing: minutes. Then stir in 1 cup of the butter- gic taste. Beat the butter and vanilla with an Page 40 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 A SOUL-SEARCHING JOURNEY. Third Annual Benefit Auction, March 3, at Toward a Meaningful Life, a course pre- the Wimbish House (Atlanta Women’s Thought You’d Like to Know pared by Simon Jacobson, author of the Club). The featured entertainer is nine- book of the same name, offers strategies for year-old piano prodigy Ethan Bortnick, By Jonathan Barach getting off the treadmill of daily life, look- who has made numerous network and cable WHEREVER YOU GO. Author Joan ing beyond crises, and discovering life’s television appearances, including “The Greenfield Hebrew Academy and The Leegant will discuss her latest book, true meaning. Whether dealing with family Tonight Show,” “Oprah,” and Nickelodeon, Weber School are hosting a screening of the Wherever You Go, a novel that addresses relationships or job satisfaction, partici- and is one of the world’s youngest philan- acclaimed educational documentary, Race Jewish religious and political extremism in pants can use these sessions to see life as thropists. The event includes a buffet dinner to Nowhere, on February 5, at Greenfield Israel, January 20, 7:30 p.m., at mysterious, challenging, and satisfying. and silent and live-auction items. Hebrew Academy, 5200 Northland Drive, Congregation Beth Shalom, 5303 Winters This 6-week series, which begins February Admission is $100 per person and includes Atlanta. The screening will begin at 8:00 Chapel Road. This event is free and open to 9, 7:30-9:00 p.m., is a project of the Cobb a ticket in the Chabad Intown stability raf- p.m. followed by a panel discussion moni- the public. For more information, call 770- Jewish Academy. The fee is $89 per person, fle. For more information, call 404-931- tored by Sara and Marshall Duke. Race to 399-7622. $160 per couple. Register at 6449, or e-mail [email protected]. Nowhere is a call to action for families, www.myjli.com. For more information, e- educators, and policy makers to challenge HAVINAGALA. Havinagala benefits PAL, mail [email protected], or call AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL SHOW. current assumptions on how to best prepare Jewish Family & Career Services’ Big 770-565-4412. Ricky Frank, of East Cobb, and Paul the youth of America to become healthy, Brother/Big Sister program. This year’s Pearman, of Augusta, have been selected to bright, contributing, and leading citizens. event is January 29, 8:00 p.m.-midnight, at MACCABEATS RAFFLE. The February exhibit at the American Craft Council Show Tickets are free, but reservations are the Defoor Centre, 1710 Defoor Avenue, 26 concert featuring the Maccabeats, the in Atlanta, the Southeast’s largest juried required. Tickets are available at NW. For ticket information and other Yeshiva University a cappella group, is sold fine craft show, at Cobb Galleria Centre, www.greenfieldhebrewacademy.eventbrite. details, visit Havinagala.org. out, but the Congregation Ariel Sisterhood March 10-13. The show offers guests the com. For more information on the film go is conducting a raffle for a chance to win chance to meet and to purchase work from to www.racetonowhere.com. SIMCHA EXPO. Planning a wedding, bar two reserved seats to the concert. Raffle nearly 250 of the nation’s most esteemed or bat mitzvah, graduation, baby-naming, tickets are $36 for two seats (a $72 value). artists, many of whom have their work on BE A PAL. Join those 50+ at the Lunch & anniversary, or other celebration? Check The drawing will be held February 17. For display in museums and in some of the Learn Programs of PALS on Mondays, out the 7th annual Simcha Expo, February raffle tickets, call the Ariel Synagogue finest galleries in the nation. Hours are through March 7, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., at 6, 12:00 noon-3:00 p.m., at Congregation office at 770-390-9071 or Diane Barron at Friday, 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Saturday, Dunwoody United Methodist Church. Beth Shalom. The Expo will feature dozens 770-458-6618. 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., and Sunday, 10:00 Select from the following offerings: The of vendors, including photographers, enter- a.m.-5:00 p.m. For details, visit www.craft- Fitness Club, The Faith Club, History of tainers, hotels, restaurants, caterers, station- JEWISH ARTS WEEK. Sponsored by The council.org/atlanta. American Medicine, Great Decisions 2011, ers, decorators, party planners, and more to American Guild of Judaic Art, Jewish Arts Beginning Spanish, Conveying a Spiritual suit a full range of budgets. In addition to Week, February 26-March 4, is a calendar PURIM FUN. All are welcome to attend the Legacy, Airplanes, Financial Planning, The enjoying demonstrations and performances, of events celebrating and encouraging the 20th Annual Atlanta Purim Festival and Concord Coalition, Reimagining guests will have the chance to talk at length rich diversity and quality of Judaic Art. Parade, Sunday, March 13, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 Broadway, Bridge, and Mahjongg. For a with planning experts. Admission is free. Under its banner, a variety of arts events are p.m. The gala festival, hosted by brochure, call PALS at 770-698-0801. Join For details, call 770-399-5300, or e-mail scheduled throughout North America, Congregation Beth Jacob, 1855 LaVista the fun and enjoy great catered lunches, [email protected]. including exhibitions and programs in Road, features bungee jumping, rock available with reservations. museums, galleries, libraries, synagogues, climbing, inflatables, an artists’ arcade, community centers, and schools. For children’s activities, food, and much more. details, visit www.jewishart.org. The parade kick-off is 11:00 a.m., begin- ning at the Toco Hill Pike’s Nursery. For BOB ALPER, RABBI AND COMIC. On more information, call 404-633-0551, or Sunday, February 27, “the world’s only visit bethjacobatlanta.org. practicing clergyman doing stand-up come- dy…intentionally” returns to Atlanta for ISRAEL ON MY MIND. The Jewish three programs open to the entire communi- National Fund’s Israel on My Mind ty. Bob Alper’s contemporary, “unortho- Mission is May 6-14. 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By R.M. Grossblatt before Hanukkah to sleep. Then, a neatly dressed, maybe in her late 20s, sat at a desk, careful- was our busiest. I dark haired woman leaned over the ly taking down the words of the blessings The Hanukkah season at Judaica remember standing at counter and said the words I’ll never that she would recite for the first time. This Corner, where I work part-time, is over. The the cash register, ringing up forget: “Can you tell me how to light is what Hanukkah is all about, I thought— memories of the holiday are put away, along one customer after another, who squeezed Hanukkah candles? I just found out I’m not the gifts, games of dreidel, cards, and with the merchandise. But one memory con- together in line as others tried to shop Jewish.” decorations. They’re important because they tinues to live on. That’s the one that hap- around them. Hanukkah music played “What did you say?” I asked. She whis- add to the joy. But the most important thing pened years ago, when a young woman, throughout the store, but I wasn’t pered her request again. For a moment, is lighting the candles, celebrating the mira- menorah and candles in her hands, leaned relaxed. After I packed someone’s I couldn’t move. A woman just found cle of the holiday. This woman’s eagerness over the counter and whispered, “Can you purchase, I lost her card. It had out that she was Jewish and wanted rekindled my Hanukkah spirit and reminded tell me how to light Hanukkah candles? I mysteriously to celebrate me that it was such a privilege to be Jewish. just found out I’m Jewish.” disappeared. Hanukkah? On a whim, I asked her if she’d like to In 1995, the month before Hanukkah, The woman was I got someone to join my family for Shabbos lunch. To my Jewish and gentile customers came into the scowling at me, and relieve me at the reg- surprise, she accepted and spent her first store with long lists. The place was packed I didn’t blame her. ister, pulled a prayer- Shabbos at my house, sharing an incredible with representatives from the Jewish How could I lose a book off the shelf, and story how her mother, on her deathbed, Community Center of Atlanta, The Jewish credit card? Finally, I encouraged her to come revealed that she was Jewish and therefore Home, synagogues, and many other institu- looked down and to the back, where she her children were Jewish. I didn’t see my tions, as well as individuals shopping for found it on the could write down the new friend too often after that, but once their offices and homes. My boss, her father floor. That might blessings from the when I bumped into her, she told me that she (now deceased), who had owned a shop in have been when siddur. I showed was taking classes in Judaism. Iran before he immigrated, another sales per- the owner her how she Now, well over a decade later, as most son, and I were constantly dodging each pushed me to would first say of the candles, dreidels, and Hanukkah dec- other in the tiny space, a fourth of the size it the back to take a break and eat the blessings, then light the shamash orations are packed away, I keep the memo- is today, trying to find all the items that pizza, which her husband brought for and from that the other candles, one ry alive of the woman who found out she everyone needed. There was an air of excite- us. I ate quickly and came back out to added each night for eight nights. She was Jewish and asked how to light ment around us, but it was too hectic for me help. followed every word I said. Hanukkah candles. And I wait for other Jews to appreciate. Every night, I collapsed on my As the day wore on, I was feeling less Out on the floor, customers continued to to come into the store, searching for their bed. and less excited about Hanukkah. I just shop for the holiday as they had done every roots and longing to celebrate being Jewish. As usual in a Jewish bookshop, the day wanted to go home, light the candles, and go year, while in the back room, a woman, Remembering Bob Lipshutz

It was Christmas Eve, 1974. I had stopped by the Atlanta law office of Robert J. (Bob) Lipshutz to wish him a happy hol- iday season. I was not prepared for what followed. BY Gene “Sit down,” Bob said. “I have some- Asher thing to tell you. Jimmy Carter is going to run for president.” “President of what?” I asked. Lipshutz became candidate Carter’s “President of the United States,” Bob campaign treasurer and went on to the replied rather of matter of factly. “And, of White House to become President Carter’s course, he is going to win.” counsel and one of his most trusted advi- What is happening, I thought incredu- sors. lously. Has Bob Lipshutz, one-time cadet “I needed someone whose reputation colonel and commanding officer of the was flawless,” then-President Carter said. University of Georgia ROTC and past pres- “And Bob Lipshutz had a pure record.” ident of The Temple, the Atlanta B’nai Before he returned home, Lipshutz B’rith Lodge, and countless other commu- spearheaded the signing of a peace treaty nity and charitable organizations gone between Israel and Egypt. absolutely mad? Lipshutz died November 6. Page 42 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011 Schwartz on Sports DANIEL RICE, A JEWISH GEORGIAN HERO. My wife, Nancy, and her cousin, Sistie, grew up together in Atlanta in the ‘40s, ‘50s, and early ‘60s. They were best friends and graduated from Grady High School. Their BY Jerry fathers, Joe and Lou Feldman, as well as their Schwartz mothers, Syma and Rosalie, were established Jewish Atlantans and epitomized the Jewish and Southern culture of friendship and hospi- Blackhawk pilot and battle captain. He com- tality. Joe ran the camera department at pleted the Captain Career Course and was a A job well done: General David Welcome home: Rhonda, Daniel, Citizens Jewelry and Lou worked for Terminal company commander at Fort Campbell, Petraeus and Major Daniel Rice and Evan Rice Kentucky, where he used his high school foot- Transport. Syma and Rosalie worked for years vide rescue and assistance to the people of ball and wrestling experience to play rugby. He ing in this capacity? It was risky business. at the Jewish Federation and also were close Pakistan. He was horrified by the complete was on his way to becoming an All-Army Daniel had to take his religion off his dog tags friends. Sistie married Jack Kinsler and had devastation he witnessed but moved by the rugby player. Throughout his military career, during this time. three children, Lane, Laura, and Britt. She later gratitude of the people he and his task force Daniel used his experience in sports to moti- He returned from his most recent tour of married Joe Rice, and they had a son, Daniel. were saving. He said it didn’t matter what reli- vate and lead others. duty, in Afghanistan, in late November 2010. My son, Michael, and Daniel Rice were gion you were or where your alliances went, it As with many other Americans, Daniel’s He is with the Aviation Task Force that provid- close friends, as Nancy and Sistie had been in was all about saving human lives. life was changed by 9-11. Daniel was stationed ed air support for the 101st Airborne. He said childhood and continued to be as adults. Both Daniel returned to Hunter Air Force base, at Fort Campbell with the 101st Airborne that aviation is the key to combat in the moun- were DeKalb County wrestling champions, in Savannah, and wife and son Rhonda and Division, and they were the first to respond. tains of Afghanistan, “the roof-top of the Michael at Henderson High and Daniel at Evan in November of 2010. His next assign- Everything was on lockdown 24-7, and every- world.” The Task Force also provided security Tucker High. Michael played varsity soccer, ment will be three years as a professor of mili- one was on alert. It was a time of military for visiting VIPs, among them President and Daniel was an excellent football player. tary science at West Virginia University. He readiness and a call to action. Obama, Senator McCain, Senator Lieberman, They both attended and graduated from the will be able to impart some of the knowledge In addition to his time in Bosnia, Daniel and Prince Charles. University of Georgia, where they started a he acquired in the process of obtaining a mas- has served two tours of duty in Iraq, one in Daniel was involved in coordinating the club wrestling program, were fraternity broth- ter’s degree in adult and community learning Japan, and two in Afghanistan. rescue of over 4,000 soldiers and civilians ers at AEPi, worked together as handymen, and from Kansas State University in 2006, as well His first tour in Iraq came two weeks after wounded during combat in Afghanistan. It was became rabid UGA football fans. as graduating from the Command and General he married Rhonda in December 2002. She’s not the first or last time that he would be Daniel graduated in 1995 with a degree in Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. still waiting for that honeymoon. He had an involved in rescue efforts. After Hurricane criminal justice and was commissioned as a While working on his master’s degree, interesting job: coordinating the rehiring of Mitch in 1998, he coordinated military relief second lieutenant in the Army Aviation. He Daniel wrote a paper relating to his strong Iraqi soldiers who had been our enemies and efforts in Central America. was assigned to Ft. Rucker, Alabama; within a identification with Judaism, and he shared it retraining them as soldiers who would be our It was during this time in Afghanistan that year, he was a Blackhawk helicopter pilot. with me. Daniel recognized early in his life, allies. Daniel had the most memorable experience of Daniel’s rise in the military, since being through the influence of his parents, the impor- During his second tour in Iraq, he was part his military career. During the floods in commissioned in 1995, has been amazing. He’s tance Judaism places on education. He recog- of a transition team that advised Iraqi border Pakistan, Daniel was made officer in charge of had assignments at Fort Bragg with the 82nd nized the Jewish culture’s emphasis on excel- patrols. Can you imagine a Jewish officer serv- coordinating the humanitarian efforts to pro- Airborne and two tours of duty in Bosnia as a lence. Although Daniel’s father is not Jewish, he She asks her clients to be prepared with supported Daniel receiving a Jewish upbring- Got clutter? Hire an organizer file folders, stickers, and banker boxes for ing. As part of this upbringing, Daniel learned temporary fixes. Papers are sorted, everything that there are things worth fighting for. He has The sign advertising the solution to clut- always rooted for the underdog and felt a con- ter is on Linda Lincoln Diamond’s van: is touched, and files are built and eventually labeled. This enables people to find things nection toward Jews and other persecuted peo- Captured Clutter…Organizing Therapy LLC. ple. He is emphatic that the importance of Linda is the “therapist” to clients inun- when they want them. “Some items are too BY Carolyn personal to discard when you hold them your- democracy and personal liberty and the distinc- dated with mail, papers, and statements; over- tive connection to his Jewish culture are the whelmed by Gold self, but when someone else holds them, you decide to throw them away,” says Linda. driving forces in his continued defense of the books, pictures, freedoms we enjoy in the United States. and magazines; “Letting go of stressful overload is rejuvenat- ing.” Daniel also emphasized the importance of and paralyzed by sports in his life. The work ethic he gained by closets full of This “clutter therapist” is familiar with how long documents, taxes, and statements training for football and wrestling has carried clothes. In other over to everything he is committed to. Again, words, life hap- have to be retained. In some cases, she has to get family permission to go in and organize. he gives his parents, Sistie and Joe, credit for pens, and the using religion and sports to instill a moral foun- result is accumu- Linda’s previous career experience was working for 20 years in the non-profit field, dation that has taught him the value of hard lated “stuff.” work and education. Linda joined the organizing events. She then took 10 years off to raise her young children (and organize car- After the next three years, Daniel will con- National sider his options. He could be promoted to lieu- Linda Lincoln pools). Now she is ready to work in this new Association of tenant colonel and have a battalion command Diamond Professional area of helping people get organized in their This sign says it all homes. or retire to civilian life, where his safety won’t Organizers in the be in jeopardy and he can come home each for the neighbors.” Two of the houses she has Her rules are easy. “If you need it every fall of 2008, after taking industry seminars evening to a loving wife and son. He’ll certain- visited were almost as bad as the ones fea- day, it has to be at hand’s reach. If you may and webinars. She says some of her clients ly have an impressive resume to present to any tured on the popular TV show “Buried Alive.” need it each week, it has to be at arm’s reach. have had traumatic family experiences and future employer. Linda works with clients for a minimum If you need it, but not often, put it further need help recovering. Or they are transition- One thing for certain—I know that Daniel of three hours, in order to see progress, and away.” And, she adds, “Every six months, you ing to a new lifestyle, e.g., from career Rice is a true Jewish Georgian Hero, and I’m charges by the hour. She is available 9:00 need to purge.” woman to mother of an infant. proud to know him. a.m.-2:00 p.m. and works weekends at no For all that, you may need help. Call “All of us are guilty of holding on to I hope you’ve enjoyed reading about extra charge. She will write up an action plan, Linda Diamond at 678-294-7813, or visit things,” says Linda. “Sometimes, it becomes Daniel Rice. Until next time, drive for the if that is desired. www.capturedclutter.com. a health and safety problem in the home and bucket and score. January-February 2011 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 43 Page 44 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN January-February 2011

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