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Sasley said the economy, 9% said healthcare and ‘PRO-ISRAEL’ 9% said climate change. say they are uncomfortable with Israeli Originally published in the Texas Jewish policies and are more willing to publicly MICHAEL Post in December, 2016. Permission to More telling, though, is that American criticize them. ISN’T ENOUGH reprint, given by the author. Jews overwhelmingly hold liberal positions URAM on a range of domestic policy issues, The effort to make Jewish identity all including voting rights, separation of about Israel tells diaspora Jews that Donald Trump started his hunt for Jewish votes church and state, abortion, gay rights, and their own rich histories and healthy FEB by using anti-Semitic canards to crack jokes about social tolerance. Trump and many of his communities are, at best, temporary 2-3 PM nominations for Cabinet hold opposite and, at worst, illegitimate. It tries wealthy Jews and calling for Israel to pay for the views on these issues. to orient Jewish priorities, including BRANDYWINE military aid Washington supplies it. advocacy and resources, toward Israel 26 HUNDRED LIBRARY It is also why a range of Jewish groups, and away from important community 1300 FOULK RD. With no apparent personal or emotional committed to moving the American embassy from the new grassroots movements needs. And it raises questions about 2017 WILMINGTON attachment to Israel, even rightwing to Jerusalem. Both of these policies would such as IfNotNow to the established where American Jewish loyalties lie. American Jews were worried. But he isolate Israel in the international system, which organizations like the Anti-Defamation When white supremacism and neo- soon embraced the rightwing version of is why even Benjamin Netanyahu does not League and the Jewish Council for Nazism seem to be resurgent in the FOR H.S. AGE YOUTH “pro-Israel.” This does not bode well for actively promote them. Public Affairs, and most members of wake of Trump’s victory, this puts Jews American Jews. We should be wary of the community have been critical of the in a vulnerable position. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND such an affiliation, because it conflates Being “pro-Israel” is enough for these Netanyahu governments’ efforts to shut the Jewish diaspora with Israel, relies on organizations. There are two problems with down domestic Israeli criticism and enforce Tying American Jewish priorities to Roald Hoffmann tells his this. The first is that they have defined the term an Israel policy set by a minority of Thursday, story, that of his town, of rightwing ideology to define pro-Israel, a tribal Jewish identity over Israeli society. too narrowly. In their view, it means supporting the complexity of Ukrainian and distracts from the trends in the United They do not see the Israeli government individuals who see American Jews Feb. 23, 2017 Jewish relations, and of States that should be worrisome for Jews the hardline policies of the Netanyahu as representing their own values. So as well as Muslims, Hispanics, and (REGISTER ONLINE BY FEBRUARY 17) government—on settlements, on the peace his return to where he was by focusing on foreign policy. when a Trump Administration adopts African-Americans as diluting the 7–9 p.m. born in 1937 in a happy process, and on the Iran deal; the RJC specifically that government’s priorities, it puts itself “real” American identity and who also Jewish family in Zolochiv, Trump’s victory was greeted with relief and mentioned the latter as a reason to support outside the Jewish consensus. think Palestinians don’t deserve the Siegel JCC Auditorium Ukraine. His story of survival even excitement by the Zionist Organization Trump. It does not allow for domestic or foreign same rights as Israeli Jews undermines (of few, only 200 out of Rabbi Uram is the Executive Remembering, Forgiving Remembering, of America and the Republican Jewish criticism of Israeli policy, even by those who The second problem with pro-Israel as the decades of American Jewish work on 4,000 in Zolochiv) in those Director & Campus Rabbi at terrible times focuses on the Coalition, while the centrist organizations publicly proclaim their belief in a Jewish and litmus test for a Trump Administration is social justice, equality, and rights. University of Pennsylvania Hillel goodness, amidst much evil, expressed cautious optimism. Even as he democratic state. American Jewish critics, in that it puts Israel at the center of diaspora and author of Next Generation of one Ukrainian family that It will haunt not just US Jewry’s conscience, has appointed to government individuals particular, are singled out for opprobrium—as Jewish identity. Yet for most Americans, Judaism: How College Students was an essential part of his with bigoted views of Muslims and Jews, “worse than kapos,” in Friedman’s words. Israel is only one part of their Jewish identity. but our very security in America. survival and the role of the and Hillel Can Help Reinvent Ukrainian Greek Catholic and made Steve Bannon, whose Breitbart In 2013, a major Pew study of American Jewish Organizations. Focusing on foreign policy dismisses Brent E. Sasley is Associate Professor of church in the war. After some fanned the flames of white supremacism, Jewry found that only 43% of Jews felt that the concerns American Jews have Political Science at UT Arlington. He teaches years of postwar wandering, chief strategist, rightwing American Jewish “Caring about Israel” was an essential part and writes on the politics of the Jewish Event is Free and Open the story leads to America groups ignored or downplayed the obvious raised regarding the incoming Trump of being Jewish—below “Remembering the diaspora, Israeli politics, and International to the Community, but and his subsequent struggle implications of such prejudice for Jews and Administration. This is because most Holocaust” (73%), “Leading an ethical/moral Relations. He tweets at @besasley. REGISTRATION IS REQUESTED. to establish memorials in focused instead on how “pro-Israel” these Jews identify as liberal: according to a Returning, Returning, Zolochiv and surroundings. September 2016 survey by the American individuals and Trump really are. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? 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OPED Those who threatened my JCC FINDING “ What will your Jewish legacy be? think that they can make us THE JEWISH afraid, that they can keep us “from gathering together. COMMUNITY They couldn’t be more wrong.

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My first job out of college was teaching religion in Over a quarter century, we have celebrated Shabbat in all kinds a Catholic school. Catholic schools don’t tend to be very of circumstances. We have celebrated Shabbat with my wife inclusive, but I did have a few black students and one Jewish and kids, all of whom worked for a time at Camp JCC. We have student. I remember Meredith, the Jewish student, because celebrated Shabbat with my nieces who, with the support of she changed my life; she told me I should get a job working at their Italian Catholic father, are being raised Jewish. We have “We have made a legacy commitment for our daughter. We see it as our the Jewish Community Center summer camp. I was looking celebrated Shabbat with kids who grew up to be camp staff for a summer job, but as a Catholic school boy, I knew almost and then sent their own kids to camp. We have also celebrated obligation to insure that this community, from which we derive so much, nothing about the JCC or summer camp. Catholic kids tend to Shabbat in the shadow of hate crimes and terrorist attacks. spend their summers at local swim clubs; summer camp isn’t On January 9th, my JCC was threatened. The children were continues to thrive.” ~ Gina and Josh Schoenberg part of our DNA. But Meredith assured me it would be fun. evacuated. The center was closed. When I arrived to sing, Now, 27 years later, I find myself a permanent member of the the place was silent. I went home, not knowing what else to Jewish Community. do. And then, on January 18th, my community was threatened again. It’s becoming a pattern. C A J L J F It started when Rabbi Jeff told me I had to lead the prayers for Shabbat. He was moving and designated me as his replacement. Terrorism is a tool of the weak, and it presumes a weakness in of Delaware’s Jewish Fund for the Future and is funded in I told him I didn’t know how to play guitar. He told me I would the victim. Those who threatened my JCC think that they can H G F. learn. I told him I wasn’t Jewish. He said, nobody would care. make us afraid, that they can keep us from gathering together. So my wife bought me a guitar for Christmas, and the first song I leaned was “Hineh Ma Tov.” Roughly translated it means, “How They couldn’t be more wrong. We were inspired by the legacy of good and pleasant it is for brothers and sisters to dwell together hat ourll parents yo and esh grandparents. legay e in unity.” It was Rabbi Jeff’s favorite song, and it became one of Trying to keep Jews from gathering is like trying to stop mine. No doubt, it’s fun to sing. It has many different melodies, rabbis from talking, relatives from noshing, and bubbies from ~ Norm and Paula Pernick matchmaking. You can’t stop us. It’s part of our DNA. And I CREATE A and the kids love it when I sing it like Elmo. But more importantly F C A J L, it expresses the essential truth about the Jewish Community: we say we, because I am part of the Jewish Community. I’m part of T M, C A J L P love being together. the family. And I will go wherever my people go. So the next Create A Jewish Legacy is a program of time someone calls in a threat, I’ll be ready. The guitar is in the C, 32 42-21 [email protected]. Jew sh Jewish Federation of Delaware’s Jewish Legacy It is the most inclusive community I have ever joined. car. I will go to the evacuation site and find the Center, and together we will sing, “Hineh ma tov uma na’im shevet achim haloelaaeogegay DELAWARE Fund for the Future and is funded in part For 25 summers I worked at Camp JCC doing everything gam yahad.” It will be pleasant to be together. It will be good. by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. from directing traffic to rallying the kids with song, but my favorite part of the week was always Shabbat. Shabbat means

JEWISH FUND FOR THE FUTURE community, tradition, and peace. It means breaking bread, and ShalomDelaware.org/Legacy thanking G-d for our blessings. It means finding our center. Joe Consiglio, a teacher at Concord High School, spent 25 summers as the Camp For more information about Create A Jewish Legacy, contact Rachel Jacobson, Create A Jewish Legacy Since my retirement from camp, I have continued to visit the Program Director at the Siegel JCC in Wilmington. Sometimes known as Silly JCC twice a month to sing for the kids. In the summers I try to Joe, Consiglio writes children’s books and music and preforms for children and Program Coordinator, at (302) 427-2100 or [email protected]. families throughout the area. come back every week for Shabbat. 8 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org February 2017 | JEWISH VOICE | 9 JCRCCORNER AMERICA’S ACTIONS AT THE U.N. JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA’S RESPONSE TO THE JCRCCORNER CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 Under either circumstance, the Obama Was that the intent of the Obama US ADMINISTRATION’S ABSTENTION OF UNSC RESOLUTION 2334 administration’s actions are at best administration when it refused to veto the I do not agree with Rabbani’s description By Jerry Silverman President & CEO, The Jewish Federations of North America AMERICA’S mystifying and at worst indefensible. Let resolution? Of course not, but the inevitable of the Obama administration, but this me make it clear that this opinion piece is conclusion is so great was the desire to points out that nothing good has or Jewish Federations across North America everyone here knows, as well peace will not intended to defend the Netanyahu condemn the settlements that no attention will come from the abstention vote on are deeply disappointed that the United come from hard choices and compromises ACTIONS government’s settlement policy, which is was paid to the resolution’s sweeping the resolution and Kerry’s attempts to States abstained from the vote on the one- that must be made at the negotiating subject to legitimate criticism. implications. explain the abstention. sided, anti-Israel resolution that was passed table.” And the Obama Administration AT THE U.N. by the UN Security Council in December. ignored the advice of 88 Members of the One of the many problems with U.N. If the Israelis are correct and the Obama For decades, the Middle East has been U.S. Senate who urged the President in Resolution 2334 is its breadth. It notes at administration was involved in crafting and one of the world’s “hotspots.” Peace is The Administration’s decision undermined September to reject such resolutions. MAKE PEACE one part it is “condemning all measures advocating the resolution, then the Obama best served when America is involved a core principle of American foreign policy aimed at altering the demographic administration has lied to the American public as a “broker” whose actions and words that has been embraced by Democratic President Obama has consistently composition, character and status of the about its involvement. If true, this is shocking. are trusted and transparent. Over the and Republican Administrations for supported Israel’s right to self-defense LESS LIKELY Palestine Territory occupied since 1967, last 18 months, two key components of decades: that the only route to a solution and affirmed that America has an “iron By John A. Elzufon including East Jerusalem . . . as being in However, if the Obama administration is our foreign policy, the execution of the to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is through clad commitment to make sure Israel is JCRC Chair “violation of international humanitarian being truthful and it had nothing to do with nuclear deal with Iran and the abstention direct negotiations between the parties. secure.” Several weeks ago the U.S. and law and relevant resolutions.” Decades-old this resolution, then this is even worse. on the vote for Resolution 2334, have Israel signed an unprecedented $38 billion neighborhoods with hundreds of thousands been at the expense of our allies. It also upended its own principled military aid package. In the wake of of Israeli residents in the city of Jerusalem U.N. Resolution 2334 represents a major America’s word and pledges have less stance against UN resolutions that or in settlement blocs that even President change in the United States’ foreign credibility than before, and this comes at a isolate Israel. Just two years ago when It is tragic that the Administration chose the United States’ Barack Obama conceded would remain policy toward one of its allies. A policy time when its guidance is most needed. the U.S. vetoed a similar resolution, UN to mar its legacy of support for the Jewish decision not to veto inside Israel in the peace treaty are now change of this magnitude required the Ambassador Samantha Power stated “We State and set back the prospects for “illegal.” Did the Obama administration give Obama administration to be “all over” the Sadly, peace is now more elusive than ever. voted against it because we know what Israeli-Palestinian peace. U.N. Resolution 2334, any thought to the resolution’s impact on resolution to ensure that the wording of the ostensibly passed these neighborhoods? resolution targeted its purpose, criticism of aggressive settlement activity condoned by to condemn Israeli Per the resolution, Jewish holy sites in the Netanyahu government, but nothing ONE MAN’S TRASH IS settlement activity, Jerusalem are now “Palestinian.” Jerusalem more. Clearly, this was not done. ANOTHER MAN’S TREASURE is a holy city to the Jewish people (as it is to Family The principles of Hanoch Piven’s collage technique a dispute has arisen prompts children and adults to experiment with Christians and Muslims). In Jerusalem, the The recent speech by Secretary of State common everyday objects and create their own between the Israeli Western Wall that supported the Temple as John Kerry was long on condemnation but Friendly works of art. it existed at the time of Jesus is considered offered no concrete proposals to solve government, which Please collect and bring materials with claims that the Obama by Jews to be their holiest site. For 2,000 the problems that exist. That brings up Workshop with artist you that we can all use at our workshop! years Jews were forbidden to pray at the the question of why this is being done Hanoch Piven FOR EXAMPLE: NATURAL MATERIALS: administration Western Wall. It did not matter what power now. Even the Palestinians are skeptical Broken dolls Different type of stones SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH Buttons Seas shells orchestrated ruled Jerusalem. Without regard to religion of the Obama administration’s actions. As Siegel JCC Auditorium Old computer mouse Leaves or nationality, the Jews were not permitted found recently on Al Jazeera’s news 2PM – 4PM Old computer parts Egg cartons this resolution in Small speakers Toilet paper to pray at the Western Wall. 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A return to the conditions before do nothing except systematically indulge hanoch denies this claim. 1967, as called for in Resolution 2334, has Israeli aggression and expansionism.” implicit in it that when the Jews pray at the Western Wall, they do so in violation of Originally published in the Delaware News MORE ON NEXT PAGE Journal on December 29, 2017. international law.

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10 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org February 2017 | JEWISH VOICE | 11 JCRCCORNER ISRAELI ARTIST, Times to the Swiss Die WeltWoche. FEDFOCUS Through the support of the Israel and i Overseas Committee and the Siegel FAMILY FRIENDLY HANOCH PIVEN, JCC, Piven, will be present to share his WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST ADL STEPS UP SECURITY TRAINING inspiration in a family-friendly workshop at HANOCH PIVEN the Siegel JCC on February 19th. Sunday, February 19 PRESENTS Siegel JCC Auditorium AS HATE INCIDENTS RISE Piven’s artwork has expanded from the 2 – 4 PM FAMILY-FRIENDLY pages of magazines into other media, Family Friendly for ages 3+ from children’s books to interactive Anti-Defamation League Seth J. Katzen, Chief Executive that all religious institutions can take to exhibitions, apps for the iPad, advertising For more information, contact: WORKSHOP TO campaigns and TV programs. Official Blog help keep their communities safe, and Dana Berman, Shlicha at Officer of the Jewish Federation highlighted the importance of building [email protected] Mindful that the number of reported post- of Delaware told us, “The relationships with law enforcement. Piven’s latest book, Let’s Make Faces was COMMUNITY published by Atheneum in 2013. election hate incidents rose in 2016, ADL is Delaware Jewish community After the Pulse nightclub attack, ADL’s redoubling its efforts to provide leaders of Mountain States Office partnered with the educators, art therapists and management religious and community institutions with appreciates its ongoing U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of In Israel, Piven has gained great visibility consultants as an efficient tool for the training they need to prepare for the relationship and partnership Colorado and the GLBT Community Center due to his long time collaboration with the communicating through play. possibility of hate-motivated violence and of Colorado to provide security training for daily Ha’aretz and through his TV shows targeted attacks. with the ADL who provide an LBGTQ organizations and individuals in the on the pre-K channel HOP TV and on the Piven has also taught and lectured in many invaluable resource. We have Metro-Denver area. ADL staff co-presented Education TV Channel. His method has been Art Schools around the world such as China implemented in many kindergartens in Israel Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing, Art In 2016, ADL’s regional staff held nearly 50 benefitted immensely from with Matthew Shepard Foundation staff trainings for 3,000 people representing on understanding and preventing hate Hanoch Piven as a means to teach creativity to children. Center of Design in Pasadena, Sheridan PHOTO BY STEVEN College in Toronto and Instituto Europeo di 500 institutions in 13 states – reaching their annual security training crimes. In New York City, ADL’s New York A. HELLER twice as many trainees as in 2015. Most of sessions as well as collaborative Regional Office presented at a standing Piven has lectured extensively about Design in Rome, SCAD in Savannah, Bezalel creativity in many venues across the world. and Shenkar in Israel and more. the trainings were offered in partnership room only security event, “Stepping Up our By JFD Staff with the local FBI field offices, police educational programming Game: Protecting Schools and Institutions Since 2003, Piven has been conducting departments, U.S. Attorney’s offices or opportunities. Knowing we in a More Dangerous World,” hosted by The colorful and witty illustrations of Israeli creative workshops. These workshops apply And last but not least, Piven is active in the illustrator Hanoch Piven have appeared the principles of Piven’s collage technique, field of Education, as Creative Director of Aulas other law enforcement agencies. have their unwavering support the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and attended by over 200 throughout the last 20 years on both sides prompting children and adults to experiment Creativas, an online community of educators The trainings are designed to help leaders and immediate availability participants representing synagogues, of the Atlantic, in most major American with common everyday objects and create in Spain, and as a lecturer and conductor of from local religious institutions, including in times of need and distress schools, Jewish Community Centers and magazines and newspapers such as Time, their own works of art. Apart from being an creativity and communication workshops with synagogues, mosques, Sikh temples and community institutions. ADL provided Newsweek, Rolling Stone and in many easy and fun way to experience creativity, students, teachers and parents. churches, as well as secular community ensures confidence in our a piece on creating a culture of security, European publications from The London the workshops have been embraced by Reference: pivenworld.com organizations, effectively prepare for community as well as peace emphasizing that the security planning a security emergency and respond to of mind. We Are Stronger process must involve every member of potential threat scenarios, including active an institution, and that everyone – from Exceeding Your Expectations is Our Mission! shooters, bomb threats and cyber-attacks. TOGETHER.” leaders to congregants – must become “Jeff listed the house in July and we had settlement on September 19... active members of their institution’s Jeff has gone above and beyond with this job.” – Tina S. In September, ADL’s Philadelphia Regional Each ADL office works with institutions security policies. “We really appreciate your guidance through the process of selling our home. Your task of communicating and Office, serving Eastern Pennsylvania, within its region to customize a program negotiating to make all parties satisfied is not easy. We recognize your professionalism.” – Dana & Vipa Southern New Jersey and Delaware, that best addresses their needs. Last year, Meanwhile, at ADL offices across the “Fantastic! Well done, Sir. Seems that I heard correctly... provided security training at the Jewish ADL’s Houston Office conducted a security country, the experts at our Center on you DO move houses fast!” – Joe M. Federation of Delaware, which is located at seminar for six Muslim schools which Extremism continue to track, monitor and Jeff Stape . Caryl Marcus-Stape Jeffrey Stape Pamela Meissler Pam Meissler . Mark Stape one of the Jewish Community Centers that included a meet-and-greet with police report on extremist threats, providing • Owner/Realtor • Realtor received a bomb threat earlier this week. officers and segment on cyber bullying. up-to-the-minute information about hate • Cell 302-275-5600 • Cell 302-723-2052 • [email protected] • [email protected] ADL New England conducted a communal The training included best practices for crimes, extremist groups and terrorism to Caryl Marcus-Stape Mark Stape responding to bomb threats, which the staff security presentation for representatives religious and community organizations — • Managing Partner • Realtor• 302-507-5611 from Sikh gurdwaras (temples) on steps • Cell 302-723-2028 • [email protected] implemented as trained. and to our partners in law enforcement. • [email protected] • Direct 302-529-2605 It’s Your Turn... Let Us Exceed Your Expectations Today!

12 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org February 2017 | JEWISH VOICE | 13 FEDFOCUS “The FBI is looking at this nationwide and safety of all at the community center. FEDFOCUS is trying to correlate it for a larger criminal By Alonzo Small investigation.” Maj. Pat Crowell, of New Castle County The News Journal Police Department of Public Safety, told emergency evacuation is paramount. Comers added that all the bomb threats locals that the community center is under BOMB THREATS AT JCC PROMPT Reprinted with permission nationwide proved to be nothing more than 24-hour surveillance and a uniform presence Caryl Marcus-Stape was encouraged by from The News Journal. a scare. has been increased at the facility. the large turnout on what was less than 24 hours’ notice. She said the meeting “was EMERGENCY MEETING Because of the sensitivity surrounding the “We can’t be reactive,” Crowell said. “We very professionally handled and addressed investigation, law enforcement officials have to be proactive.” all of the concerns in a very fair, open and The Siegel JCC received a threat that day, did not go into detail as to how they plan honest way without jeopardizing the safety too. Someone called the facility around to combat the threats, only reiterating to But one parent is concerned about the of any of our constituents.” 11:45 a.m. on Jan. 9 and said there was a concerned members that plans are in place repetitive nature of the evacuation, bomb inside the complex, Katzen said. The should the threat continue to exist. suggesting that bigger threats may lie when Beth Carter of Wilmington said she now person who took the call pressed for more children are outside of the facility. In both feels reassured after initial thoughts of information but was given none before the Christian M. Brown, a Delaware State Police instances, children were relocated to a removing her 7-year-old daughter from the caller disconnected, he said. trooper who works full-time with the joint nearby parking lot, which worried parents, community center’s after-school program. terrorism task force, urged the community fearing whoever is behind the threats will In each case, all four agencies in the to help with tips and remain vigilant. anticipate the move. “I feel a lot more comfortable,” Carter building — the JCC, the Jewish Federation said of the discussion. “I thought to go of Delaware, the K-5 Albert Einstein “We want people to be educated and vigilant,” “Who’s checking the parking lot when my son somewhere else if it continues to happen, Academy and Jewish Family Services of Brown said. “But not live in a state of paranoia. goes out [there]?” asked the woman, who [but] I’m going to stick it out.” Delaware — were informed and evacuated. If you see something, say something.” declined to give her name to The News Journal. New Castle County Police spokeswoman Gina Schoenberg was one of many who JCC Executive Director Ivy Harlev assured Tracey Duffy said both incidents will The story includes information from the continue to be investigated. asked law enforcement in attendance about members that the safety of their children Associated Press. PHOTO BY JFD STAFF protocols moving forward to ensure the inside the facility and in the case of an “It’s telephone terrorism.” In a brief statement Wednesday, the FBI and the Justice Department’s civil-rights Wednesday morning, a bomb threat was division said it is investigating the scares wo bomb threats in the span of nine T called in at 11:10. A campuswide security as a “possible civil rights violations in days at the Siegel Jewish Community Center check, complete with K-9 assistance, was connection with threats.” was enough to make board members and conducted and the building was cleared for Sending a big Super Sunday Thank You staff call an emergency town hall meeting to our leadership and re-entry at 12:45 p.m. The Anti-Defamation League also issued Thursday to discuss growing concerns. a statement citing “a series of bomb community volunteers New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer, threats to Jewish community centers A large crowd packed the JCC auditorium, who frequented the community center in at least 17 states.” The ADL says it’s one day after the most recent bomb threat when he was younger, assured members received reports of threats in New York, at the Jewish institution in Talleyville again that there is “110 percent visibility,” on the New Jersey, Ohio, Florida, Massachusetts, sent parents into a frenzy. State and local situation. Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Delaware, law enforcement officials, as well as the Connecticut, Alabama, California, Maine, FBI, were there to field questions and “An attack on this institution, not just Tennessee, South Carolina, Missouri, Texas discuss the bomb threats in Delaware and because it’s close to my heart personally, and Kansas. nationwide, assuring concerned members but an attack on any institution like the JCC that the attack on their community center is an attack on all of our community and will Ronald P. Comers, a 21-year veteran with 2017 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRS: was not an isolated event. be treated as such,” Meyers said. the FBI, said resources from the federal, WE ARE STRONGER Barbara Blumberg and Lisa Dadone-Weiner state and local agencies will continue to Thirty Jewish institutions across 17 states YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE The threat comes about one week after assist in the investigation of bomb threats. FOR THE 2017 JFD ANNUAL CAMPAIGN received bomb threats Wednesday, said a nationwide string of threats against AND OUR ENTIRE JEWISH COMMUNITY Seth J. Katzen, chief executive officer of Jewish community centers reported in five “From the FBI’s perspective, we’re taking a look Jewish Federation of Delaware. other states – South Carolina, Tennessee, at this nationally,” Comers said. “This is not an OF DELAWARE ShalomDelaware.org Maryland, New Jersey and Florida. institution here that is being singled out.” 14 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org February 2017 | JEWISH VOICE | 15 FEDIMPACT FED ONE HAPPY CAMPER IMPACT ONE HAPPY CAMPER PROGRAM BY THE NUMBERS

• Mission is to build a strong Jewish future through OFFERS INCENTIVES, SHIFTING transformative Jewish summers By Katie Tanzer Glazier Jewish overnight • 40 + new campers from DE utilized the OHC THE COURSE OF JEWISH LIVES One Happy Camper Grant Recipient camp is worth it. incentive • 7 out of 10 young Jewish leaders in their 20s and 30s attended Jewish summer camp as children Yes, many camps are expensive. Yes, some parents don’t want to separate from their • As adults, campers are 37% more likely to light children for three to eight weeks during the candles regularly for Shabbat summer. And yes, the moment before that • As adults, campers are 55% more likely to feel very one last hug can be emotional. I’ve now emotionally attached to Israel been on both sides of the experience, and • 20,000 kids attended Jewish camp for the first time I’m here to shout from the rooftops that in 2015 Jewish overnight camp is worth the price in • OHC is creating Jewish summers for kids; 6 out of 10 gold. would have stayed home or attended a non-Jewish summer experience I am fortunate that as a child I had many • For the summer of 2016, Jewish overnight camps positive Jewish experiences here in experienced an aggregate 2% growth in camper Wilmington (BBYO, Gratz, and of course enrollment, reaching 80,622 campers (ejp.com) the JCC), but Jewish overnight camp is where my Jewish identity took hold and formed the base for the committed Jewish adult I am today. For instance, it was at overnight camp that I first read from the Torah. Sydney, my 9-year-old daughter, came home from her first summer at Camp towards the tuition of a child’s first summer and rikkud (dancing). I liked my activities.” Ramah in the Poconos knowing more at Jewish overnight camp. It’s so easy When I asked if there was anything special prayers (learned entirely by osmosis), and to apply for the grant: visit the Jewish about going to a Jewish overnight camp, reported that t’filah at Hebrew School now Federation of Delaware’s website to apply Sydney said, “Most of the time I am around feels more comfortable. online (it’s in the “outreach” section). a lot of kids who aren’t Jewish, so I can’t Nearly every Jewish overnight camp is on talk about Hebrew with them and at Ramah FED Our experiences are not unique; to the list, and any Jewish child living in our I’m around a lot of kids like me and that completely paraphrase the Foundation area attending a secular school is eligible. doesn’t usually happen.” IMPACT for Jewish Camp, their long-term study For us, the One Happy Camper grant was a (released in 2011) said that children who huge help towards providing Sydney with My husband Mike and I chose to provide attend Jewish overnight camp grow into her first Jewish overnight camp experience our daughter with a Jewish overnight camp more engaged, more Jewishly active, more this past summer. experience because we want her to form Jewish-community-focused adults. a lifelong bond with Judaism – to value Sydney is already signed up to return to the traditions, culture and community that Jewish overnight camp is worth it. Ramah this summer. I asked Sydney what we ourselves cherish. One Happy Camper she liked best about being at overnight helped us make that happen. We’re very So, how can this worthwhile experience camp. She said, “I really liked shira (singing) grateful. be more affordable? Enter, One Happy PHOTO COURTESY OF K. GLAZIER Camper. The Jewish Federation of Delaware, through their One Happy For more information about Jewish overnight camps and the One Happy Camper program, Camper grant program, will provide $1,000 please contact [email protected].

16 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org February 2017 | JEWISH VOICE | 17 JEWISHSCENE AABGU-NEMSER TRIBUTE JEWISHSCENE PHOTO CREDIT: BRADFORD GLAZIER The Mid-Atlantic Region of American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU), mounted its annual community Tribute Brunch in November at the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center. The 2016 theme was “Footprints in the Negev,” an acknowledgement that leaders of AABGU in our community have made an impact on the development of the University and the Negev region.

EINSTEIN ACADEMY PHOTOS BY JEREMY WINAKER

Top: Einstein Students Lead the ECC at Kabalat Shabbat

Bottom: Einstein Students Sing and Starting in Center Front and going left: Robin Saran Kauffman; Starting in Center Front and going left: Cynthia Kane; Ruth Dance for Kutz Home residents in Connie Sugarman, JFD President; Hedy Mintz; Bill Wagner; Ellen Ann Ger; Errol Ger; Carol Rothschild, Tribute Event co-chair; celebration of Chanukah Wagner; Reiko Kayne; Toni Young, National President, AABGU; Bonnie Chirlin; Barbara Levitt; Carol Levin; Don Parsons; Barry Kayne, Delaware Chapter Chair; Jack Blumenfeld; and Ethel Parsons; and Jerry Heisler, Sr. Karen Jacobs. MATT MEYER INAUGURATION PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY RABBI MICHAEL BEALS

Congregation Beth Shalom Congregant, Matt Meyer, was sworn in as the 2nd Jewish A TRADITION OF LOVE HILLEL @ AIPAC New Castle County Executive in the 344 year PHOTOS BY JOE GOLDBERG PHOTO COURTESY OF UD HILLEL history of the county. Dana Berman and Matt Meyer

Matt Meyer, Center Right, poses with (from left to right) Cantor Mark Stanton, Rabbi Yair Robinson, Rabbi Michael Beals, Rabbi Michael Kramer, and Rabbi Steven Saks RETIREMENT RECEPTION PHOTOS 1, 3, AND 6 BY IZ’NEIL COLLINS PHOTOS 2, 4, AND 5 BY DON THUREAU

JFS bids farewell to long serving CEO Dory Zatuchni in December. 1 2 3 4 Ayelet Meridy, Monica Weitz, 1. Retiring JFS CEO Dory Zatuchni with Past JFS President Lindsay Merkel, and Amelia Ruth Balick 2. Dory Zatuchni with Moe and Ronna Hochman Abemayor representing UD Hillel at 3. Lisa Dadone-Weiner with JFS President Regina Kerr AIPAC’s Saban Leadership Seminar Alonzo 4. Phyllis and Buddy Aerenson 5. Joy Davis and Cindi in Washington, D.C. Viviano 6. JFS’s incoming CEO Basha Silverman

5 JFS volunteers served Christmas 6 dinner at the Emmanuel Dining Room.

18 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org February 2017 | JEWISH VOICE | 19 JEWISHSCENE ArtSpace AGENCYUPDATE PHOTO CREDIT: DAN BRODY

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Winnie the Pooh comes to life in the snow for Einstein 5th Graders PHOTO BY ELLY ALEXANDER #LET THERE

BE LIGHT By Rabbi Jeremy Winaker PHOTO CREDIT: DONNA HARLEV THE VALUE OF EDUCATION Head of School, Albert Einstein Academy The single greatest driver in bolstering Jewish identity and

1 2 participation in community is immersive education. Study after study reports the impact of Jewish summer camp and Jewish day school. We know the value of these educational 1 2 environments. We also know they come at a cost. 1. Proudly displaying a dreidel for everyone to enjoy Over the last few years, Albert Einstein Academy has worked Up until now, Albert Einstein Academy has addressed this two- 2. Kids had a great time diligently to increase the value of our general studies program. fold worthiness with its costs through the prism of our Jewish crafting and displaying MITZVAH LAPS Through test scores and other measures, we can demonstrate values. We offered “generous financial aid” to make available 3 dreidels and menorahs the high value of our academic program. We consistently improve our excellent education to those who wanted it. In Judaism, for #Let There Be Light PHOTO CREDIT: DONNA HARLEV student achievement and are highly competitive with other education matters, affordability matters, and accessibility 3. Kids enjoyed making 1. The swimmers had a great time for a worthy cause independent schools nationally, especially in math where our matters. The story is told of the famous rabbi, Hillel, and how crafts and eating Latkes 2. The Sharks receive some coaching before the Mitzvah Laps and Sufganiyot at #Let begin to keep them focused on their goal graduates place ahead into fast math or skip grades and also in There Be Light language arts where our program prepares students to write at MORE ON NEXT PAGE 3. The Sharks Swim Team swam 6770 laps and donated $5267 to 3 the Ronald McDonald House of Delaware a middle school level. This great academic program is part of the educational value we offer as a private school. Private school also Albert Einstein Academy is a Beneficiary Agency comes with the cost of tuition. of Jewish Federation of Delaware.

20 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org February 2017 | JEWISH VOICE | 21 AGENCYUPDATE SUMMERCAMPGUIDE ARE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE COSTS OUT MARCH 31, 2017 THE VALUE OF EDUCATION OF REACH? CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21 he could not afford admission charged JOSEPH & MARION GREENBAUM The Joseph & Marion Greenbaum Scholarship provides by a guard (scholars believe the guard SCHOLARSHIPS support for deserving students who wish to pursue an imposed the fee by himself) to the House undergraduate degree at an accredited college or of Learning so he climbed onto the roof to university in the U.S. or Israel. AVAILABLE listen through a vent to the lessons below. When the teachers noticed the room was This scholarship is renewable for up to 4 years – and can range up to $2,000 or more each year. darker than usual, they found Hillel under a pile of snow. By going outside, the teachers Historically, over 40% of applicants receive scholarships. discovered a student who would go on GUIDELINES andTHANK the APPLICATION YOU for to the our Super Sunday Co-Chairs: to become perhaps the most influential GREENBAUM SCHOLARSHIP rabbi. As we go outdoors educationally & OTHER SCHOLARSHIPPam and OPPORTUNITIESBrian Appelbaum are available at: ShalomDelaware.org/Scholarships this year, Albert Einstein Academy is also Linda and Michael Sigman stepping out with a new tuition structure to and all of our community volunteers! make clear our commitment to making our Download YOUMADEan application A DIFFERENCE education available to those who want it. or email your request to [email protected]. In advance of the 2017-2018 school year, Scholarships are overseen by the Jewish Fund for the Future Einstein is introducing tiered tuition. Based on Grants Committee. a landmark study of day school affordability Application deadlines vary. JEWISH FUND FOR THE FUTURE programs like iCaps, tuition incentive grants, and flexible tuition, and conversations with day school leaders across the country, the Board of Trustees chose tiered tuition as a reflection of what we already do and a way Sending a big to be transparent about it. Instead of families asking “How much aid will I need (assuming Super Sunday I qualify)?” families can now see upfront the answer to “What is tuition for me based on Thank You my income?” to our Sponsors Albert Einstein Academy may not have the Y Y next Hillel on our roof in the snow, but we Schoenberg Memorial Chapel are breaking out of models and mindsets Dedicated to serving our community that have held us back and kept others with Compassion, Competence and Dignity from coming to us. To find out more about our tiered tuition structure please check 519 Philadelphia Pike . Wilmington, DE . 302-762-0334 519 Philadelphia Pike . Wilmington, DE . 302-762-0334 our website www.einsteinday.org or call to speak with our Admissions Director Julia PHOTO CREDIT: DONNA HARLEV Forester. The value of an Einstein education is not in question; now, how much it costs what's A WORKING PROFESSIONAL’S ADVICE a family is clearer up front. Tiered tuition inside ON JEWISH SUMMER CAMP 2 removes barriers to an education that summer RESIDENTIAL CAMP CONQUERS YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE WE ARE STRONGER FOR THE 2017 JFD ANNUAL CAMPAIGN matters, it indicates affordability, and IDENTITY QUEST 3 AND OUR ENTIRE JEWISH COMMUNITY it makes accessible a path to a kind of ANNUAL MY YEARS AT CAMP 5 learning that makes a difference. GUIDE CAMP DIRECTORY 2017 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRS: camp • DAY CAMPS 6 OF DELAWARE ShalomDelaware.org Barbara Blumberg and Lisa Dadone-Weiner That is an education of value and values. • OVERNIGHT CAMPS 7

22 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 SUMMER CAMP GUIDE | 1 SUMMERCAMPGUIDE A WORKING PROFESSIONAL’S ADVICE SUMMERCAMPGUIDE CONTINUED FROM CAMP GUIDE PAGE 2 RESIDENTIAL STAY IN TOUCH It’s important to maintain contact within A WORKING your new network. Interrupt your friends CAMP CONQUERS while they’re playing, and ask if they’re free to grab coffee to talk about your initial friendship offer. Remember to write a thank IDENTITY QUEST By Daniel Metz PROFESSIONAL’S you note, to let them know that their time is appreciated. Then check in from time to time, and congratulate them on any positive ADVICE ON JEWISH news you’ve heard. “That was a cool bead- We, as a Jewish community, have a ed bracelet you made today, Benjamin.” disconnect: a weak spot in our cultural BONUS: ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS chain which lasts from our B’nai Mitzvot SUMMER CAMP Meeting and interacting with romantic By Leo Margul interests can start at camp. It’s important to the time when we start thinking Community singing in a circle at the Passport NYC Jewish camp in New York Humor Columnist, JNS.org to approach these situations with a plan as City. Jewish summer camp is all about the networking, writes JNS.org humor well. Luckily, what works to get someone’s about having children of our own. columnist Leo Margul. PHOTO CREDIT: ANDREW SHERMAN/92Y PASSPORT NYC. interest as an adult can work just as well for your camp romance. Camp was an amazing experience, and I remember it That disconnect, that cliff, is community: we spend all of that time in Hebrew School, fondly. Looking back, there are a lot of things I would have —There is nothing more appealing than B’nai Mitzvot lessons, but for most children that takes place in a vacuum. Unless we being mysterious. While everyone is playing live in dense, enclosed communities, or in Israel, a majority of our interactions will be done differently had I had the same skills I now use in my sports, where are you? Sitting in the woods with non-Jews, and certainly not in ways which were definitively culturally or religiously alone. “He’s so cool, he must live by his own Jewish. From my bar mitzvah through high school, I spent 11 months of the year rarely professional life. Jewish summer camp, just like any camp, was rules,” the ladies will say, as they swoon. interacting with other Jews outside of my family and BBYO, which was, outside of all about the connections, the friendships and romances that Also, make sure to answer every question events, just a teen hangout. My clear interactions with Jewish life during my teenage with “maybe” and then a wink, so no one years were limited to twice-a-year synagogue, and camp. would last for years to come. How do I make new connections will ever know what you’re thinking and they’ll be drawn to you. That last part actu- For eight years, I attended Camp Interlaken JCC, a Jewish resident camp in northern as an adult? ally works in real life. Wisconsin. We were served kosher meals, participated in prayer services, used Hebrew words in everyday speech, and tried to infuse Jewish themes in many of our daily SIMPLE: NETWORKING. network. Go up to another a kid and just mention something going —Tweens love feeling like adults. Show activities. Fridays were a day of cleaning the campus and cleaning ourselves, and So listen children, apply my networking knowledge to your time at on around you like “heard it’s supposed to rain tomorrow.” Adults them you’re mature by talking about Saturdays were a day of rest and relaxation. Many of our programs were focused on camp, and you’ll leave with some lifelong friends and some solid call that “small talk,” and that’s how we do most of our communi- grown-up matters, like the finer points of a fun and games, but during each session we also had programs about what it means to references for your resume. cating. Next, give an opinion that no one could disagree with, like fixed rate mortgage. be Jewish, our cultural history, and the role of important Jewish values in everyday life. “they have food here, and I like food.” You’re in. Many kids my age came home excited to experiment with new skills they learned, but KEEPING YOU IN MIND —Women love a man that stands out, so also with a new and expanded sense of their own Jewish identities. How do you cement any newfound connections you make? Like BE CLEAR when Shabbat dinner rolls around and you any adult, you hand out your business card. You should pre-print Just like in business, when seeking advice or a referral, it’s impor- have to dress formally, how do you go up Jewish resident camps are a place where young Jewish teens can put theory into practice, these before you go to camp. Make sure they highlight your skills tant to communicate your intentions clearly. So after your initial a notch? Like they used to do in the 1800s, where they can spend a whole month with other teens who went to Hebrew school, who in a brief and appealing way, something like “Leo Margul—Good at introduction, say, “I would like us to be friends and play together, the sexiest century, add a cape, top hat, had B’nai Mitzvot, and struggle for Jewish and social identity. It’s a place where you can archery, O.K. at Frisbee, below average but passionate at soccer.” what is your schedule like during swim time?” End your interaction and monocle. You’ll definitely get a lot of try being Kosher for a month, or saying prayers in the morning, and everyone gets it. It’s a Then your contact info: “Cabin 4—left at the door, top bunk, large at a natural break in the conversation, and then shake hands while questions. place to explore the personal meaning of your own Jewish experience. framed photo of parents.” They won’t forget you now. maintaining eye contact. If they say you’re “being weird,” that means you’ve made a lasting impression. Approaching every situation like a profes- MORE ON NEXT PAGE CONVERSATION STARTERS sional is a skill that only comes after years of MORE ON NEXT PAGE practice, and applying it to your childhood Daniel Metz is a writer, as well as the Youth and Teen Coordinator at the Siegel JCC, and a 9-year You show up at camp, you’re in a new environment, you know will at least make you friends, and at worst veteran of resident camps in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. He loves a good story and a good no one. What would an adult do in this situation? You guessed it: leave you with 497 business cards. discussion, so if you have one, he welcomes the opportunity to listen.

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Lower School Camp [email protected] RESIDENTIAL CAMP My Years at Camp Preschool - 5th grade By Max Rosenthal, Age 11 Weekly themes, active games, and art; CONQUERS IDENTITY QUEST ice skating, swimming, and bowling; CONTINUED FROM CAMP GUIDE PAGE 3 optional specialty camps including soc- cer, tennis, art, STEM Design, reading, and adventure camps. Look to our youth leadership, all across Have you ever been involved with the spectrum, and you’ll see that many of something your whole entire life? Middle School Camp them have cherished memories of Jewish Well, I have... [email protected] resident camp experiences and close ties 5th - 9th grade to the friendships they made there. For Choose Base Camp or Theme Camps: art, many, they found their Jewish identities in Max Rosenthal, center, with camp friends , circa 2013 PHOTO BY DONNA HARLEV adventure, sports, drones, cooking, 3D those camp communities, and used that printing and more. as the cornerstone of an active Jewish life. Among those number of rabbinic students, activists, and career Jewish community employees. It’s these children who become When I was six months old, it was my first day of of friends. I made a lot of friends at camp—both leaders in youth groups, in Hillel, and in my long journey at the Siegel Jewish Community Jewish and non-Jewish. Some I already knew from their Jewish communities. Center. I started at the Early Childhood Center and pre-school, and a lot of those friends I know to this Quaker matters. Come see why. never looked back. Summers spent at Camp JCC day. The cool part is that I get to see them a lot at Your bar mitzvah tells you that you are a would become my routine and something I would both the JCC and other places too. I see them at Visit us at wilmingtonfriends.org or call 302-576-2998. Jewish adult, and pushes you out the door look forward to all year long. Now being 11 years old, school, Hebrew school, basketball, baseball and our into a very unJewish world. Jewish resident I have had a lot of experiences at the JCC. It’s like a families also get to hang out. My friends are one of camps let you explore what kind of Jewish second home. I think it is spectacular that my life has the many great things I’ve gotten from my summer adult you want to become. Do you prefer been intertwined with the JCC. camp experience. prayer or discussion? Will you keep kosher? Summer Camp Shabbat? What is it like to keep shomer I started summer camp in the youngest group called I also like to learn about other people and places. shabbas? It’s easier to try it for the first time K’TonTon. I can remember the days packed with So another thing I enjoy about Camp JCC is Israeli if your friends know what it means. arts and crafts, games and songs, and I always got culture. It is so much fun trying Israeli food and excited when it was time to go to the outdoor pool. learning Israeli dances. I think it is also neat when Jewish resident camps are where young Swimming was fun, but it was also a chance to see Israeli people come and teach us about Israel and Jews go to turn theory into praxis, praxis what the “big” kid campers were doing. They had the what it is like there. These opportunities to learn into identity, and identity into a healthy entire outdoor campus to explore. I couldn’t wait until about Israel have made me realize that I definitely Jewish adulthood. it was my turn to play Four Square, GaGa and climb want to visit and experience it myself. the ropes. I expect to continue being involved with summer In Kindergarten, I was finally old enough to be in camp. Every year I am so excited to go back. I can’t Olim and experience outside camp and all that it wait for next year and having a chance at making new offered. To this day, I remember my first day of camp. friends, learning new things about the Israeli culture ADVERTISE I was crying because I was so nervous, but then and things in general. I am excited for the 2017 camp I saw my friends and all of the fun we were going year. And someday, when I am older, I hope to still IN THE JEWISH VOICE to have. By the end of the first day, I couldn’t wait be involved at Camp JCC so other kids can have the for the next day of camp. In the first year I learned awesome camp experience that I have had. music • art • dance • drama FOR MORE ABOUT ADVERTISING a lot—not just about camp but also about myself. I learned my strengths and my weaknesses. OPPORTUNITIES, CONTACT: Max Rosenthal, age 11, is a 6th Grader at First State Montessori Academy in REGISTER TODAY! www.darlingtonarts.org • (610) 358-3632 Wilmington. 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Airy for boys and Camp Louise for girls have provided expand your child’s or your own musical horizons. Each summer, The Tatnall School opens its beautiful fun-filled overnight Jewish camping experiences for DARLINGTON’S SUMMER Whether you live in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, 110-acre campus to the community offering programs over 90 summers. We encourage campers to find ARTS CAMP* New Jersey or beyond, we have a program just for designed to provide an enriching and memorable their inner awesome by offering endless opportunities darlingtonarts.org you! summer while providing a break from the rigors of to discover new talents. Our dynamic programming 610-358-3632 includes everything from archery to zip-lining, including SAGINAW DAY CAMP the school year. EMAIL: Extraordinary facilities, coupled with an experienced skateboarding, sports, culinary arts, robotics, crafts, saginawdaycamp.com [email protected] staff, provide all the fun and variety kids want. drama, dance, swimming, and more! Campers span 888-477-CAMP (2267) grades 2-12, with a special Rookie camp available. Darlington’s Summer Arts Camps inspire artists Whether it’s swimming in one of the four outdoor EMAIL: pools, learning a new sport, going on a great field ages 3-14 to think creatively about the world around [email protected] CAMP GALIL them and express themselves through the visual and trip, designing a video game, or joining the Tatnall Torpedoes swim team, a Tatnall Summer is sure to be campgalil.org performing arts. Music, Art, Dance, and Drama every Conveniently located in Oxford, PA and drawing from the best summer ever! 610-847-2213 week! Full Day, Half Day, and Arts Intensive weeks 80 years of experience, Saginaw Day Camp (SDC) pro- EMAIL: available. Visit us online for a full brochure. vides a wide variety of exciting activities for children WILMINGTON FRIENDS [email protected] DAY CAMPS ages 4-15. In addition, we provide a comprehensive SCHOOL DAY CAMP* DELAWARE COLLEGE OF ART AND athletics program, instructional and recreational “The Spirit of Kibbutz Close to Home,” Camp Galil is wilmingtonfriends.org CAMP JCC* DESIGN swimming daily, adventure course, ATVs, arts and a Jewish overnight camp for boys and girls ages 8-16. siegeljcc.org Pre-College Art Studio crafts, Go-Karts and much more. Visit an open house Lower School 302-576-2998 Leadership development, tikkun olam, Shabbat expe- Program or contact us for a private tour to see why SDC is the Middle School 302-576-2995 rience, kosher plus sports, out-of-camp trips, ropes 302-478-5660 PHOTO CREDIT: DONNA HARLEV EMAIL: dcad.edu/yap region’s premiere day camp! EMAIL: course, and more! Camp Galil offers 2, 3, 4 or 7 week [email protected] 302-622-8867 x110 [email protected] and sessions plus 4-day “Taste of Galil” program for those EMAIL: SANFORD CAMPS [email protected] currently in 2nd grade. Camp JCC is the Siegel JCC’s Day Camp for children sanfordcamps.com [email protected] The Wilmington Friends School Day Camp is a summer ages 2-14 years old. It offers traditional camps, sports 302-475-8013 program dedicated to providing children ages 2-14 CAMP JRF camps, specialty camps, teen sports and specialty The Pre-College Art Studio Program is a one-week EMAIL: CAMP RAMAH with a nurturing, challenging, and fun summer experi- campjrf.org camps, and a Leaders-in- Training Program for 8th - program designed to help pre-pare rising junior and IN THE POCONOS [email protected] ence. We believe that children’s summer experiences 877-CAMP JRF 9th graders. Camp JCC has a large outdoor swimming senior high school students for college admission in ramahpoconos.org are an important part of their growth and develop- Email: pool, expansive field space, a low and high ropes the fields of art and design. Students create portfolio- Sanford Day Camp is dedicated to offering a safe and ment. Here, children participate in a wide variety of [email protected] 215-885-8556/570-798-2504 course, sand volleyball courts, indoor and outdoor building work through figure drawing classes, con- fun-filled summer experience for children from the programs, including athletic activities, arts & crafts, EMAIL: facilities, a state-of-the-art early childhood wing, centrated electives and open studio time. All students age of 4 to 14 years old. The ultimate goal of the camp One of the “Top 10 Jewish Camps,” Camp JRF offers computers, competitive and non-competitive games, [email protected] Sharks swim team, J-Cade facility and so much more. spend half their day in figure drawing class and half is to develop each camper to his or her fullest poten- innovative, creative and engaging programs for 3rd swimming, bowling, and ice-skating. their day in a concentrated elective, chosen by the tial by offering a caring and structured environment -12th grade campers. Strong connections to Judaism, Camp Ramah brings 3rd -11th grade children together to Camp JCC is a community made up of caring and en- student. Electives include painting, animation, graphic supervised by an all teacher counseling staff. With our Specialty camps for 2015 include STEM Design Reconstructionism, and human values in a beautiful, expand their own creativity, learn from dynamic instruc- thusiastic individuals who work together to encour- design, illustration, interior design and photography. flexible schedule, beautiful campus (air conditioned Challengers, Local Adventure Camp, Lego, Scratch, fun and safe environment. Programs include visual tors and specialists, explore being Jewish in today’s age children to be the best versions of themselves Participants have the option to live on campus, and classrooms and on site pool), multiple extended care Lacrosse, Tennis and Volleyball, and, NEW this year, arts, music, drama, sports, aquatics, nature, challenge world and experience the beauty of nature. Young – in a fab and hip environment, of course. A summer field trips as well as evening activities will take place locations (throughout the county) and academic op- Mod and App Design Camps course and community leadership. Staff members people at Ramah develop a great sense of self, lasting at Camp JCC will be one your child never forgets. during the week. portunities (with Sanford School) we offer parents an bring maturity, experience, Jewish knowledge and relationships and new skills. Camp Ramah offers 1-, 3-, easy option for summer child care. great care. Camp JRF offers 2-, 3-, 4-week sessions. 4- and 7-week options. There is a 1-week special needs program and a 5-day * Please see additional advertisements in this issue of the Jewish VOICE. family camp. Kosher. MORE ON NEXT PAGE

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EMAIL: as CEO in December, succeeding JFS’s boasts a variety of excellent facilities [email protected] BASHA SILVERMAN Camp Tall Timbers offers programs that and topnotch programming. Scholar- PINEMERE CAMP* long-time CEO Dory Zatuchni when Nestled in the foothills of the magnifi- help foster a camper’s personal de- ships are available to families to help pinemere.com cent Pocono Mountains in rural Penn- New CEO of JFS she retired at the end of the year. velopment via participation in a broad pay for this truly unique experience. 215-487-2267/570-629-0266 sylvania, URJ Camp Harlam provides the range of activities. At Camp Tall Tim- EMAIL: finest in recreational and educational bers YOU choose your own schedule! [email protected] NEW JERSEY Y CAMPS activities for Reform Jewish youth. Choose from sports, arts, equestrian, A native Delawarean, Basha has deep personal and professional njycamps.com Established in 1958, Camp Harlam has outdoor & aquatics activities. There are Quality Jewish overnight camp for connections in the First State and a passion for Jewish social 973-575-3333, ext. 112 developed a strong tradition of success 1-, 2- and 3-week sessions available for boys and girls ages 6-14. Private lake, services. Prior to joining JFS, she was responsible for driving EMAIL: and excellence based on a highly skilled boys and girls in grades 1st -10th, from adventure course, swimming pool, ath- program development and visions for growth at the nearby Jewish [email protected] staff dedicated to the spiritual, physical, June 24 - August 18. Accredited by the letics, arts, and more. Individualized and Family and Children’s Services of Philadelphia. diverse program combined with tradi- social and psychological well-being of ACA, located in nearby WV, a beautiful, Quality overnight Jewish camping tions built over 70 years. Pinemere Camp each child. two-hour drive from DC. experiences. Nah-Jee-Wah (1st - 6th You’ve worked in the human services field for 15 years – what put you on this path? My parents ran a small business selling baby furniture in Wilmington - Closic’s Furniture. I grew up in that store selling furniture on weekends all through high school and college. With each potential sale, I got caught up talking to the couple about their family and their baby. Their social interactions, the family dynamics were far more compelling to me than which style of crib First$1000 time camper would work best for them. Looking back, it’s clear to me that it was always the people that I cared about – more than the furniture or grants the profit margins. available! While I was in college, I also started volunteering at an agency that provided social services. I soon realized that the business savvy Basha Silverman PHOTO CREDIT: MEREDITH STUART that I gained working in the store could be valuable in reaching Sign Up Now! my goal to help people. After that, I was committed to the social is inspired by the Jewish principles of welcoming the stranger, service world, going on to earn my Masters degree in Social Work. repairing the world, honoring truth and integrity. The way we Join the Pinemere Family I have never looked back, and feel so grateful that I have found a operate as consummate professionals ethically guided by our career path that allows me to follow my passion. values makes me proud to be in a leadership position at any JFS. And start having your So to come back to my home state of Delaware, to utilize those What excited you about JFS when you accepted this position? Jewish principles and values, and to make a real, positive impact on Everything I’ve done professionally in Delaware and in Philly the lives of others, well, that’s just a win, win, win to me! I am truly best summer, every summer! prepared me for this position. I feel almost like its tailor-made for honored and privileged to serve in this position. my background, my passions, and my career experience. MORE ON NEXT PAGE www.pinemere.com I wouldn’t have come back to Delaware to run just any nonprofit. I fell in love with the JFS mission in Philly – how the organization Jewish Family Services of Delaware is a Beneficiary Agency of Jewish Federation of Delaware.

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SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION FROM : Q&A CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 DELAWARE GRATZ HEBREW HIGH SCHOOL What is in store for JFS moving forward? Right now, I am still in the process of getting to know the JFS team, The mission of Delaware Gratz has always been and will continue to be the understanding how far we’ve come, and education of Jewish teens. Although we are no longer offering traditional learning about opportunities that are yet classes, we are continuing to offer Jewish teens the opportunity to continue to be taken advantage of. This organization their Jewish education. is remarkable, and that is a testament to what Dory built here, and the JFS team. I Delaware Gratz high school will now feel a deep responsibility to understand be offering grants and scholarships the enormous efforts that it took to get us this far before I map out our next steps. My to Delaware teens (12-19) to attend Research has shown that the best broadest goal is to sustain that success and educational opportunities. way to not only give teens a Jewish build upon it. education but also encourage them to - become active and engaged Jewish These opportunities can include: What has surprised you about JFS? By Matt Moran adults is through experiential learning. • Trips to Israel Youth and Camp These studies have shown that experi I knew about JFS’s refugee resettlement Coordinator, Camp JCC ences in Jewish camps, youth groups, - • Semesters abroad in Israel program coming in, but I wasn’t quite FUN IS OUR MIDDLE NAME spending a semester in a school in • Attending Jewish summer camps prepared for the groundswell of support Israel and trips to Israel have a much • Attending special programs in Israel that exists for it. We are mobilizing a greater impact on these teens than ac grassroots network of faith communities tually attending traditional classrooms. or in the United States Having worked at summer camps since I was 14, I have discovered and volunteers to assist with this vital ... as well as many other educational work. Our first refugee family is scheduled that there are certain things a child will only learn while having opportunities. to arrive this month. It is humbling and exhilarating to lead the effort that is pulling FUN. Never is this more present than at Camp JCC. The Delaware Gratz Board is committed to continuing to enrich the lives of people together to make sure that when our Jewish teens by supporting their continued Jewish education. this family gets here, they feel welcome, and when they step through the door of When you ask teachers what their biggest challenges are in the associated with the time that a child spends at Camp is not only their apartment, they step into a home. classroom, you will likely hear how difficult it is to keep students made possible by the focus on fun, it is dependent upon it. When engaged. A teacher can present slides, lecture, and hand out one of our campers participates in an icebreaker, he is not only If your teen is interested in applying for a scholarship, Would you like to say anything else to the com- mountains of homework, but it appears as if the chances of learning the names of the new boys in his group, but also how download Gratz application at ShalomDelaware.org/scholarship munity here? children truly retaining information is up to a coin flip. However, if to take turns, how to introduce himself to new people, and how Questions may be directed to [email protected] or you ask about the lessons that stood out as the most successful, It’s important to me that the community to form a group identity. A camper will not only be told how she the Federation office at 302/427-2100. you will inevitably find a key component: FUN! understand the role of JFS. I want them should play soccer; she will actually go out and kick the ball to her to know that our services are not limited friends and get a chance to score a goal! Campers don’t need to Adding an element of fun has been a staple of effective education to the vulnerable. JFS is here to serve all sit in front of a textbook to learn the difference between types for decades. Need your students to learn their times tables? Bust PHILIP BERGER MUSIC members of the community—Jewish or of trees; with the woods in our backyard, they can go out and d Pike out the flash cards, and make it a competition! Students leaving discover the differences for themselves. We provide the safe and Timeless music for extraordinary events or Liq not – during vulnerable times in their life – nc u a mess behind every day? Crank up the speakers, and give a o o whether it’s a divorce, or a loss, a financial enriching environment for them to be engaged through fun, with C rs prize to the cleanest table at the end of the song. These are the the freedom to play and learn at the same time. . challenge, or mental health issues. I want social or business moments that stick with a child. When they are so engrossed with functions 4013 ConCord Pike the community to know how to call on us, the entertainment aspect, they don’t even realize that they are As the individuals who have this delightful responsibility as arbiters . fund-raisers when to call on us, and that we have the Wilmington, de 19803 completing an educational task: learning in disguise! of Fun, we have to look at how we shape our summer camp . celebrations best talent in the field. Corner of JFS does this work – we are inspired and Concord Pike & Silverside Rd. At Camp JCC, when we discuss how our Summer Camp can inform MORE ON NEXT PAGE committed to strengthening others – and enrich our participants, we have to admit that we cheat. philipbergermusic.com because that’s an integral part of who we Blatantly. The growth and development that research shows is The Siegel JCC is a Beneficiary Agency of Jewish Federation of Delaware. 302.427.2251 302-478-8539 are as Jewish people. wilmington, de Fine Wines & Beer 24 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org February 2017 | JEWISH VOICE | 25 AGENCYUPDATE AGENCYUPDATE 2. Building up our program for older 5. Strengthening the roles of the FUN IS IN OUR MIDDLE NAME campers (4th-7th graders) to give them principles of Judaism and our community’s CONTINUED FROM PAGE 25 more choice in activities and time for self- relationship with Israel in our Camp directed play experience programs for the future to best suit the 3. Bolstering our Leaders-in-Training LODGE LANE needs of the incoming campers by gearing One of the blessings of having been a part Program to build future leaders and it towards their collective interests. Our of the Siegel JCC from my childhood is that adding Counselor-in-Training sessions focus has been to see what our campers I have seen how Camp has grown over the to provide our oldest campers with the ASSISTED can get out of our program and how we can years. What makes Camp JCC so special guidance and instruction needed to work make sure it is just as fun as ever. Here’s is the tradition of creating and adapting what we’ve been up to: at Camp Residents, Back Row, programs that are fun. With that focus, we LIVING, Lynn, Jim, and Agnes; 4. Growing our camp offerings to include are confident that our program will be the Front Row, Muriel, 1. Expanding Camp JCC from 8 weeks to more technology, science, cooking, place for the children of our community to Verna, and Jane PHOTO BY MELISSA CASPERSON 10 and giving a bridge week to make a art, and Wizards & Warriors Live-Action grow and have fun. Because our campers BEST IN seamless transition back to the classroom Roleplaying camps deserve it. By Melissa Casperson Sales and Marketing Director We offer a COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUP for families DELAWARE at Lodge Lane Assisted Living to gain better knowledge and understanding of the disease process (primarily Alzheimer’s and other related dementias). Often our support group will host guest speakers on certain topics and is FREE to the public to attend. Our group meets i A REFLECTION IN the third Wednesday of every month at 4 PM. THE CANDLELIGHT Recently Lodge Lane Assisted Living & Memory Care received the The Virtual Dementia Tour® is an individual experience through Reader’s Choice Award from the News Journal for Best Assisted simulated dementia, created for families, organizations and By Chaplain Mollie Epstein Living Community in Delaware. Every year the News Journal companies seeking to better understand the physical and mental Director of Administration and Religious Life nominates businesses who have made an impact in Delaware and challenges of those living with dementia. After experiencing asks its readers to vote for the best among the nominees. This year this sensory training, families gained a greater understanding ‘…….shehecheyanu v’kiy’manu v’higianyu They embody our Jewish history. They had Lodge Lane had the privilege to be recognized, and received the of the realities of what living with dementia is like. This unique, lazman hazeh’ …. ‘who has granted us life the experiences; they have the stories and honor of being title “Best Assisted Living Community” in Delaware. interactive program has been shown to improve communication and sustained us and permitted us to reach are always eager to share. and care in facilities around the country. Learning to create a this time.’ Thank you to all who have voted. positive environment for those with dementia can only come from We welcome our local rabbis to visit The attempting to walk in their shoes. Lodge Lane looks forward to This blessing, recited at the beginning of Home anytime, and especially to light Over the last year, Lodge Lane has hosted many educational events hosting this experience again in the spring. the holidays and at special times in our candles with us on Hanukkah. This year, and continues to be a resource for the community especially those lives, carries a unique poignancy when during Rabbi Vogel’s evening with us, he suffering with Alzheimer’s and other related dementias. recited by a resident in a skilled nursing mentioned that this was his 30th year home. Such it is at the Kutz Home. As lighting Hanukkah candles at the Kutz Every year, Lodge Lane, along with the Kutz Home supports Delaware’s Jewish skilled nursing and Home. Several days later, he provided the Alzheimer’s Association by walking in their Walk to End rehabilitation facility, the Kutz Home takes us with a photo from his first year. Since Alzheimer’s. A huge Thank You to all who helped make this year’s pride in providing our residents with the that time, many things have changed, but walk a great success. Together, Team Lodge Lane/Kutz Home Yiddishkeit typically found in a Jewish one thing that has remained constant is raised $2,468 through donations and fundraising efforts. We were home. By maintaining a kosher diet, the Kutz Home’s commitment to Jewish happy to host the “Doggie Tent” for this year’s walk. Our four- holding religious services on Shabbat and tradition and to our mission of “caring legged walkers were provided complimentary doggy bandanas, a all holidays, we enable our residents to stay for our elders with the reverence they water station and homemade gluten-free dog treats compliments connected with the Judaism they cherished deserve.” …….shehecheyanu v’kiy’manu of Lodge Lane residents. Thank you to all who came out to join the in their earlier years. It is truly a thrill to v’higianyu lazman hazeh. Alzheimer’s Association and Team Lodge Lane/Kutz Home in the celebrate the festivals with our elders. fight to end Alzheimer’s.

Kutz Home and Lodge Lane Staff PHOTO BY MELISSA CASPERSON 1986 and 2016; Then and Now! The Kutz Home is a Beneficiary Agency of Jewish Federation of Delaware. Recently Lodge Lane partnered with Lynn Paxson, a Certified Senior Advisor and the owner of Oasis Senior Advisors Delaware, TOP: 1986 PHOTO COURTESY OF RABBI VOGEL to bring the Virtual Dementia Tour® experience to Wilmington. BOTTOM: 2016 PHOTO BY ESTHER STIESKA

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tuition plans. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE SENIOR MELDS HILLEL RECEIVES CAMPUS PARTNERSHIP AWARD FROM PASSION FOR PHILANTHROPY WITH JUDAISM By UD Hillel Staff By Nicole Wasilus HILLEL INTERNATIONAL Assistant Director, UD Hillel Every college senior is doing this. As they Only until recently did Wershaw’s passion approach their last semester of college, they for philanthropy meld with her Jewish reflect upon their college career and their identity. As Hillel’s development intern, she At its annual Global Assembly in Orlando in December, Hillel building through service to those in need. future ahead. University of Delaware senior gained a greater understanding of what International presented the University of Delaware (UD) Hillel Brooke Wershaw eagerly awaits her future in Hillel provides for students beyond holiday with the People’s Choice Campus Partnership Award. Hillel Serving Better Together participant Leah Blachman ‘18 said that the nonprofit field. services and meals. International, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, she “...loved the opportunity to meet students from all religions” recognized campus Hillels that best exemplify the organization’s throughout the month-long program. She added, “Sometimes I Seeing her sister survive childhood cancer, Brooke delivered soup to students who mission – to enrich the lives of Jewish students so they may forget that there are students of different religions on campus Brooke saw firsthand the impact nonprofits were feeling sick for UD Hillel’s Matzah Ball enrich the Jewish people and the world. UD Hillel was honored who share a lot of the same values as my own Jewish values. It and healthcare organizations have on Soup Hotline service and considered this for extending that mission by positively impacting the entire was comforting to see that we had more in common than we those they serve. Wershaw discovered her experience to be one of the most rewarding student body through interfaith cooperation and cross-campus thought.” passion for fundraising and nonprofit work parts of her internship. partnerships. through UDance, UD’s largest student- UD Hillel was also recognized for its partnership with the run philanthropy that raises funds and “Being able to serve as a helping hand “We are excited to be recognized by Hillel International and the Admissions department. Since bringing kosher dining to the awareness for childhood cancer. when parents aren’t there to help their sick entire Hillel movement as an indispensable campus partner,” University of Delaware in fall 2015, UD Hillel’s efforts have shifted child, helped me learn how vital Hillel is to Brooke Wershaw PHOTO BY RACHEL GORDON said UD Hillel Executive Director Donna Schwartz. “By working to working hand-in-hand with the Admissions department to a Jewish college student and their family,” in collaboration with the University we build bridges that help attract prospective students to the University. said Wershaw. connect Jewish students to amazing opportunities that benefit Reflections them personally and professionally and strengthen their Jewish “The Hillel staff are not just trying to “sell” families on the As part of her internship Brooke also identities.” experience,” said Doug Zander, UD Director of Admissions. “They . on Science & grew UD Hillel’s Giving Tuesday campaign, are providing testimony to the deep and caring relationships they Jewish Tradition which raised more than $16,000 to support UD Hillel has been a catalyst for diversity and tolerance, specifically have with our students, helping them grow as scholars, as people, Shabbat dinners this year. She inspired through its Serving Better Together program, which won UD’s and as engaged citizens of the world.” Sunday, February 26 | 7 PM other students to join her in making phone “Bright Initiative” award in 2015. The program brings together Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth calls by sharing with them how Shabbat at students from across religious and nonreligious backgrounds Free & open to the public UD Hillel is so special. Wershaw even filmed during the University’s Winter Session to engage in relationship- UD Hillel is a beneficiary agency of Jewish Federation of Delaware a fun video where she stopped students Roald Hoffmann, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981, is equally walking around campus to ask them to comfortable working across disciplines strike a match, a great opportunity to then in a land between science, poetry and philosophy. tell them about the Light Up Hillel for Giving Learn.Learn. Think. Think. Lead. Lead. Tuesday Shabbat campaign. In this lecture, Hoffmann This is the kickoff event of a explores how science and project at AKSE that seeks to OurOurOur Recipe Recipe for for Success: for Success: Success: engage science with Judaism religion look at pieces of Her senior year internship with Hillel not Outstanding Academic Program the world. The religious to illuminate the theme of ● • Outstanding Academic Academic Program Program Natural and Man-made. only helped her gain practical job skills but ● Integrated, Dual-Language Curriculum setting is that of Jewish • Integrated, Dual-Language Curriculum tradition. The science is Part of Hoffmann’s lecture also reaffirmed her passion for nonprofit ● DedicatedIntegrated, and Experienced Dual-Language Teachers Curriculum roald mainly the central one, will introduce the theme, with work and for Judaism. 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28 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org February 2017 | JEWISH VOICE | 29 SYNAGOGUENEWS Home is Where the Heart Is... NOBEL LAUREATE ENGAGES SCIENCE AND JEWISH TRADITION IN THE PURSUIT OF HUMAN UNDERSTANDING By Mark Wagman VP of Community Affairs, Home Is Where The Heart Is... Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth “That science and religion only contend, or Since 1965 Roald Hoffmann has been at Roald Hoffmann PHOTO CREDIT MICHAEL GRACE-MARTIN that they occupy separate compartments Cornell University, where he is now the in our minds, one unrelated to the other— Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane these are both such impoverishing views. Letters Emeritus. A self-described “applied Scientific knowledge, aesthetics, and faith theoretical chemist,” he has received cohabit. They speak to one another in the virtually all the honors of his profession, i human soul—yes, sometimes their dialogue including the Nobel Prize in chemistry in REFLECTIONS ON SCIENCE is uneasy. But it is their intertwined voices 1981. Yet he is equally comfortable working AND JEWISH TRADITION which shape true human understanding.” across disciplines in a “land between Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffmann Home Is Where The Heart Is… science, poetry and philosophy.” Hoffmann February 26 In their book, Old Wine, New Flasks: is notable also for reaching out to the 7 PM Reflections on Science and Jewish Tradition, general public. He has published several Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth KutzHome.org LodgeLane.org Roald Hoffmann and Shira Leibowitz poetry collections and plays. His book 4412 Washington Blvd., Home Is Where The Heart Is… Schmidt further represent “true human Chemistry Imagined explores the creative Wilmington understanding” as a jigsaw puzzle, with the and humanistic aspects of chemistry. He (302) 764-7000 (302) 757-8100 pieces widely dispersed, and they proceed presented The World of Chemistry series Questions: 302-475-8351 [email protected] 704 River Road 1221 Lodge Lane to assemble jigsaw pieces—some from on PBS and runs a monthly cabaret, Wilmington, DE 19809 Wilmington, DE 19809 science and some from religion. Entertaining Science, in Greenwich Village. Subsequent project events on April 2, April 23 and May 7 Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth is honored to Born in 1937 in Zloczow, Poland (now at 7 PM at AKSE A continuum of care host a lecture by Hoffmann in which he Ukraine), Hoffmann writes that he “came All events are free and open Assisted Living | Memory Care | Rehabilitation | Skilled Nursing explores this metaphor. to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe.” Most of his family, including his to the public. “The religious setting is that of Jewish father, were killed by the Nazis and their tradition. The science is mainly the central helpers. He survived along with his mother one, chemistry. Some stories will be told, and a handful of relatives and, in 1949, came the people, the words mean much to digressive the way real life is, of how to the United States. me.” In writing Old Wine, New Flasks he A Continuum of Care science, religion and art look at pieces collaborated with Leibowitz Schmidt, an of the world. One such story will feature Hoffmann describes himself as unreligious, Orthodox engineer who has published ● ● ● an ancient pigment, Tyrian purple, which but having great respect for religion widely, exploring the interface of science also played a ritual role in Jewish religious in general, and for his Jewish religious and religion. KutzHome.org | (302)764-7000 LodgeLane.org | (302)757-8100 practice. And in an American contribution heritage specifically. “When I read the 704 River Road, Wilmington, DE● 19809 1221● Lodge Lane, Wilmington,● DE 19809 to world culture, blue jeans.” words of the morning service, I am with MORE ON NEXT PAGE

30 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org February 2017 | JEWISH VOICE | 31 SYNAGOGUENEWS SYNAGOGUENEWS NOBEL LAUREATE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31 Hoffmann’s lecture is the kickoff event of a project at AKSE that seeks to engage science with Jewish tradition to illuminate HEALING SERVICES: the theme of Natural and Man-made. The theme itself was inspired by some By Ellen L. Weingart of his writing, and part of his lecture will A RENEWAL OF SPIRIT CBS Member introduce the theme. In three subsequent i events, the perspectives of science and UNDER THE WINGS Judaism will be developed and brought to OF THE SH’KHINAH: bear on intriguing questions such as “Are A JEWISH HEALING SERVICE humans a part of nature, or apart from Jewish healing services do not beseech written by Craig Taubman, during the nature?”, “How and why do we distinguish God for a cure. Curing is about physical congregation’s quarterly Friday night February 11 between the natural and the man-made?” symptoms and, as the saying goes, is for Shabbat Koleinu service, accompanied by Shabbat morning services and “Is natural ‘better’?” doctors. Healing is developing strength, musicians from the Delaware School of Congregation Beth Shalom courage, a sense of meaning and a feeling Music. A task force of scientists, engineers, a of belonging to both an ancient culture and doctor, a psychologist, a lawyer and a rabbi an embracing community. “It is soul-stirring,” said Rabbi Beals. “All Sheberach, introduced to the Reform are actively planning the project. We are really good healing services share really Movement at its 1993 biennial meeting, excited by how much understanding can Jewish healing, says Rabbi Michael Beals, good music at their core. Music unleashes has become the fastest adopted liturgical be gained by approaching these important spiritual leader of Congregation Beth the soul.” melody in the Reform and Conservative questions from a dual perspective. We Shalom, Jewish healing has its roots in the Movements; some synagogues in the agree with Hoffmann and Leibowitz Torah with Moses’ prayer for God to heal While individuals, of course, may pray for Modern Orthodox movement include Schmidt that, though “we do not wish to his sister, Miriam, sick with metzorah, a skin healing for themselves or others, public it as well. Friedman composed it for a minimize the differences between science disease (Parshat B’ha’alotecha in the Book prayers, in the form of a mi sheberach, are a Simchat Chochma (celebration of wisdom) and religion…we believe that science and of Numbers). Moses prayed, “El na, refahla part of many synagogue services. Because ceremony honoring a woman friend on Jewish religious tradition share this: the na” (“Please God, heal her, please”). a mi sheberach isn’t an officially mandated her 60th birthday; the friend was having a conviction that this world is very much real prayer, there is considerable flexibility and tangible, that the world and the actions The phrase is the root of CBS’s Cantor about whom is blessed and how. The late of human beings matter, and that there is Elisa Abrams’ healing prayer, with music singer-songwriter Debbie Friedman’s Mi MORE ON NEXT PAGE order to be found. This commonality is a lot to build on.”

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32 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org February 2017 | JEWISH VOICE | 33 “Getting Animated” By: Yoni Glatt, [email protected] Difficulty Level: Easy SYNAGOGUENEWS courage and the feeling of belonging to Beals. “The chapel was always crowded but JERUSALEM POST CROSSWORD PUZZLE both an ancient tradition and a caring local [Friedman’s] music and voice, coupled with community. Confronted with illness, death, the liturgy was so healing that one could HEALING SERVICES divorce and other losses, people need tolerate the New York City subway-at-rush CONTINUED FROM PAGE 33 tools to help them confront what they face hour-feeling of the room.” GETTING ANIMATED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 and begin to heal. Ritual has the power to By: Yoni Glatt difficult time in her life. The accessibility and provide hope, love, wisdom from others He also attended Friedman’s Jewish Healing [email protected] 14 15 16 meaningfulness of Friedman’s melody and and connection with a community. Conference, called Refayenu (Hebrew for Difficulty Level: Easy 17 18 19 interpretation of liturgy led synagogues that and we will be healed). The conference SOLUTION: page 40 had removed the traditional Mi Sherberach Rabbi Beals attended his first Jewish goal was to help prepare Jewish leaders to 20 21 22 prayer from their services to add it back. healing service in the winter of 1994 when conduct their own Jewish healing services. he was a rabbinical student at the Jewish Rabbi Beals took the skills he learned to 23 24 25 26 Contemporary communal Jewish healing Theological Seminary in New York. He his first pulpit in Los Angeles and moved ACROSS services began in the 1980s. The services are 1. Bava ___ (Talmud Tractate) and his wife, Elissa Green-Beals, became with them to Delaware 13 years ago, where 27 28 29 30 31 varied, but most include prayer, chanting, 6. City that doesn’t allow Jews entry regular attendees of the monthly services he shared his healing service with Dory 11. “___ the love of G-d!” guided visualizations, music, teaching based conducted by Friedman in the small chapel Zatuchni, former CEO of Jewish Family 14. Biblical brother often paired with Gad 32 33 34 35 36 37 on Jewish sources, meditation and physical at Anshei Chesed. Services of Delaware. He began holding a 15. Norman Lear’s “___ the Family” contact such as hugs and holding hands. 16. Oliver Stone’s “___ Given Sunday” monthly healing service in the JFS Healing 17. Cartoon family that breaks all the Commandments? 38 39 40 41 42 Healing draws on Jewish resources and the “To live full time in New York City, one Center room. Well-attended at first, 19. 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response and seeing that she had to buy groceries FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2017 without apparent help from family or friends. Light candles at 5:07 PM SHABBAT Shabbat, February 4, 2017 Unfortunately, in many cases we have adopted Shabbat ends at 6:08 PM Are our traditional mourning this American approach: a stiff upper lip and little customs relevant today? CANDLE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2017 to commemorate the loss. Do we think we are Light candles at 5:15 PM Q: stronger than our forebears? Smarter than our Shabbat, February 11, 2017 forebears? Do we really want to isolate ourselves LIGHTING Shabbat ends at 6:15 PM RABBI YAIR ROBINSON and bear the grief alone? Congregation Beth Emeth FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2017 TIMES Light candles at 5:23 PM A: Our traditional mourning practices might even Shabbat, February 18, 2017 “My Father Was a Wandering Aramean.” people,” this community in particular has often wait years to be relocated to a new be more relevant today than ever before. So Shabbat ends at 6:23 PM Every generation of Jews has read these worked hard to resettle refugees either locally home. They come exhausted, afraid, having much of what we experience in life is without words in association with Passover, going or in Israel. seen the worst that humanity can do to each the benefit of family members who all too often FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017 back to Biblical times. They are the beginning other. Don’t we feel the obligation to wel- live in communities far from ours. That’s why it’s Light candles at 5:31 PM of our ‘history,’ but they are also how we see We, among all the people of the earth, un- come these families, these children, care for important to connect to people either through Shabbat, February 25, 2017 Shabbat ends at 6:30 PM ourselves. As Jews to this day, part of our derstand what it means to escape bloodshed them, make sure they integrate into American affiliation in a synagogue or through active identity is that of having been refugees—of only to come to a new strange place untrust- society, help them become whole again? The involvement in community agencies. It’s not just having come from somewhere else, to a place ed and afraid. answer must be an unconditional yes. I know because this is a way to express our Jewish values, of safety, in order to speak of truth and shine my congregation is saying yes and answering it’s also about creating community so that in times a light on justice. From Abraham to Moses, For two years we have been watching horrific the call of our tradition, of our sacred text. For of need friends can be there for you. exile from Israel to the miraculous return, imagery of refugees streaming out of Syria, we were strangers and wanderers once too. from Europe to North America, this idea is fleeing a brutal civil war, only to either die deeply rooted into our identity. Speak to Jews horribly in transit, or find themselves isolated RABBI PETER GRUMBACHER about their family histories and you hear of in European countries suspected of terror- Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Beth Emeth parents, grandparents and great-grandpar- ism or being some kind of fifth column, sent ents, who had to leave—sometimes under to undermine the fabric of the country. And Years ago, a minister said to me, “I only wish duress, under terrible conditions—in order in our own country we have heard a myriad we had the mourning customs you have.” The to arrive someplace else, a place they and of different stories, from the children flee- minister told me how many times he had to deal with issues of grief. His flock more often Ask us about our lower school their children might call home, or at least safe. ing gang violence in South America to young Genius Time, Makerspace and Certainly, that is my own family’s story, from women escaping genital mutilation in Africa, than not ignored the emotions tied to dying my great-great grandparents coming to this to activists fleeing Burma, to LGBT individuals and death. I couldn’t agree with him more 1:1 Laptops beginning in 5th grade. country, and my own mother and her family from around the globe escaping oppression. inasmuch as the rituals alone are therapeutic, fleeing Egypt under King Farouk to come to Certainly immigration is a complicated issue, allowing the mourner to ease back into active Europe and eventually Israel. and a political football to boot, and there is a life after the death of a loved one. When one time and a place to have those policy conver- rushes the process there is a good chance the These experiences continue to teach us the sations. But as Jews, can there be any doubt emotional impact lingers. same lessons: that because of our own expe- that we feel an obligation to care for human riences of suffering as a people when fleeing beings—created in God’s image—who are I vividly recall seeing on the news one night oppression and hatred, we now must make fleeing violence and oppression? a camera crew coming up to a woman who sure that no one suffers the way we and our was schlepping groceries. She had just won ancestors did. Because of our experience, we For that reason, it’s telling that HIAS, for- a lottery jackpot. “What do you plan to do have paid very close attention to the plight of merly an organization devoted to helping with your winnings?” she was asked. She the refugee and the refusnik, and as Ameri- specifically Jewish immigrants, is working so responded, “Well, tomorrow is my husband’s can Jews, we have a proud history helping hard in partnership with Jewish communi- funeral and I’ll think about that afterwards.” those who needed to escape darkness to ties (including our own) to resettle Syrian reach light. Whether it was our own people refugees (among many others) here in the I have no idea if that conversation continued; leaving the former Soviet Union or Ethiopia, United States and in Delaware in particular. I was so taken aback with her matter-of-fact Meet us on Mondays! or victims of war like the Vietnamese “boat These refugees are vetted rigorously and MORE ON NEXT PAGE Visit wilmingtonfriends.org or call 302.576.2930 to customize your tour. Preschool through 12th grade.

36 | JEWISH VOICE | February 2017 ShalomDelaware.org ShalomDelaware.org February 2017 | JEWISH VOICE | 37 LIFECYCLES ROBERT FRITS KAN committed and kind father and husband, a LIFECYCLES AGE 86, of Wilmington, DE, died on Decem- loving, optimistic, and steady influence in OBITUARIES ber 16, 2016 after a long illness. His devoted his family. He loved the outdoors and being OBITUARIES MAY GOD CONSOLE Ha’makom yenahem etkhem betokh wife of 58 years, Francisca, was by his side. private scout leader to his three daughters YOU AMONG THE she’ar avelei tziyonvi’Yerushalayim. Born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, he who survive him: Jeanette R. Benway of passed away in January 2015. Al resided in OTHER MOURNERS Y immigrated to Queens, New York, with his Mount Kisco, NY; Susan Kan (Lynne Paju) of Forwood Manor Senior Living over the last OF ZION AND JERUSALEM parents and sister, after escaping wartime Northampton, MA; and Eleanor K. Alexan- two years and loved the community and be- Europe in 1940. der (Frederick) of Wilmington, DE. He is ing a fixture in it. He received a BA in Economics from Hof- also survived by his sister, Betsy Klein; and Al’s priorities in life were his family and his RENEE GAIL COVIN 1933 - 2017 husband, Jerome Covin; daughters, Cyn- Wilmington and throughout Delaware. She stra University, then worked for 30 years for five grandchildren: Rachel, Peter, and Eliza- friends. He adored and revered his children, AGE 83, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017. thia Covin Alderton (Del) and Marla Covin was a past-President of the Jewish Histori- the US government, including service at the beth Benway and Sarah and Zev Alexander. grandchildren and great grandchildren, who Born in Chicago, IL on March 7, 1933, Re- Cooper (Ross); grandchildren, Jonathan cal Society of Delaware and was honored Department of Commerce as an interna- Donations in Robert’s memory can be were a constant presence in his and Jo’s lives, nee was the daughter of the late Matthew Bringuier (Katie), Stefan Bringuier (Misha), for her service by Temple Beth Shalom and tional trade specialist, the Atomic Energy made to HIAS Refugee Resettlement or Ap- and who returned that love many fold. Al was and Ann Seskind. At the age of 19, Renee Sabrina Bringuier, Jordan Cooper, and Ethan by the Jewish Historical Society. Helen was Commission, the National Science Founda- palachian Mountain Club. limitless in his dedication to his many friends, married her high school sweetheart, Jerome Cooper; great-grandchildren, Camden, Nata- also a Life Member of Hadassah and served tion, and the American Embassy in Tokyo, always there to provide emotional and, when Covin. Together, Renee and Jerome moved lie, and Vanessa. as President of the Milton and Hattie Kutz Japan. After retiring from the government, ALFRED M. (AL) KESSLER 1923 – 2016 needed, financial support, and play a large from Chicago to Los Angeles where their In lieu of flowers, the family suggests Home Auxiliary. he worked for 20 years in private practice as AGE: 93 • Wilmington part in their lives. His perpetual friendly, good three children were born and raised. Renee contributions to Congregation Beth Shalom. a Certified Financial Planner. Alfred (Al) M. Kessler, of Wilmington, DE, natured and always upbeat personality was focused on raising their family while Jerome SAMUEL “MURPH” GOLDBERG Robert was a lifelong Boy Scout, and passed away peacefully on December 24, infectious. In his presence, his smile and way completed medical school. When Renee HELEN FEINGOLD GOLDBERG 1922 - 2017 AGE 95, passed away peacefully at home, received the Silver Beaver Award. He served 2016. with people made you feel as though you was 40, she went back to school, earned a AGE: 94 • Wilmington Wednesday, December 14, 2016. A World on several Scout committees and belonged Al was born on February 6, 1923 in Atlan- were the most important person in the world. Master’s Degree and fulfilled her lifelong Helen Goldberg passed away peacefully War II vet, he was a loving husband to his to related organizations, from local board tic City, NJ, the son of Irving and Beatrice He was also a Renaissance man with many dream of becoming a Marriage and Family on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at Forwood late wife Jean, and is survived by his loving councils to the National Eagle Scout As- Kessler. Al graduated Atlantic City High varied interests that included being a trained Therapist. Throughout Renee’s life, her fam- Manor. children, Ralph (Anne) of Stone Moun- sociation. He was also an accomplished School in 1940 and became a pre-med stu- concert pianist, jazz and big band music, ily was always her top priority - from raising Helen was born on April 15, 1922 to Na- tain, GA; David of Washington, DC; Allen philatelist, and combined his interest in dent at Susquehanna University where he appreciation of the arts, a love of sports, her children, to caring for her grandchildren. than and Fanny Feingold. She was preceded of Bethesda, MD; Janice of Wilmington; stamp collecting with his devotion to the played football. Although he had a college reading, history, politics, government, and and enjoying her great-grandchildren - her in death by her beloved husband of 68 and Bill (Rochelle) of Baltimore. He is also Boy Scouts. He assembled an acclaimed col- exemption from the Armed Services, at 18, his beloved stamp and coin collection. Al was family was her everything. Jerome and Re- years, Albert Zev Goldberg, and is survived survived by grandchildren Zvi (Rifky), Dovid lection of Scouts on Stamps. he shelved his medical career to enlist in the a dedicated member of Congregation Beth nee first became grandparents while living by sons Steven (Jane) and Harry (Ruth), by (Golda), Yitzy (Malki), Shoshana (Baruch), He was active in community affairs US Army Air Force for active duty in World Shalom for over 60 years. in Los Angeles and after retiring and living grandchildren Wendy, Andy (Holly), Sarah and Akiva. He was blessed with 11 great- wherever he lived—in Chevy Chase MD, War II. Al is survived by his children: Alan Kessler in Colorado for ten years, they settled in (Ilana) and Jennifer, and by great-grandchil- grandchildren: Chaya, Hadassah, Sori, Elkton, MD, and then Wilmington, DE, serv- After three years of active duty, at a (Gail) of Wynnewood, PA and Steve Kes- Pennsylvania when they were blessed with dren Eliana and Naomi. Nechamah, Dovid, Shraga, Tzvi, Michal, ing on town councils and community college return celebration party in Atlantic City, he sler (Barb) of Wilmington; grandchildren: more grandchildren. Helen was a life member of Temple Beth Shaindy, Moshe, and Yossi. boards, as well as working with professional met and married the love of his life Jose- Anastasia (Stacy) (Gianluigi), Mark, Brian, Renee genuinely enjoyed life, she was as Shalom, where she was confirmed in 1937, He was a simple, kind and sweet man associations. phine (Jo) Taub in 1947. After a brief time and Dan; and great grandchildren: Valentina comfortable hiking, skiing, or SCUBA diving married in 1943, and became a Bat Mitzvah who loved bowling and Westerns. He had a But first and foremost, Robert was a in Washington, DC, they made their life in and Gianluca. as she was wearing designer clothing, putting in 1999. 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1. BUILD FORTS OUT OF FALLEN BRANCHES. Have dinner in them after CAMP AT THE HOMESTEAD sunset. BUY A HAMMOCK. Lounge all summer long, and look up in the sky By Jaidy Schweers, Editor 2. and make cloud animals, or swing them high. Not too high.

3. MAKE RAIN SHADOWS. Run outside the moment it begins to lightly As the months begin to creep closer to summer’s edge, shower and lay down on the pavement with your faces catching the rain. parents are assigned the arduous task of Camp Duty: Get up five minutes later and observe the outlines your bodies left behind Finding a camp. Paying for camp. Preparing for camp. on the dry spot of the ground. # 4. MAKE A LUNCH AND TIE IT INTO A BANDANA OR OLD T-SHIRT... The role is relatively clear, and most of us can/have/ and then onto a stick, like a hobo, and take a walk through Brandywine 9 will relate to the concept. I come from a small town Creek State Park. A perfect time for a nature hunt too. in Colorado where options for camp were fairly limited; Jewish day camps, unheard of. So, the camp 5. SEARCH FOR BUGS. And frogs. And then catch them, and then let # frenzy that exists on the East coast has always been them go. (You might have to fake like you’re not afraid). very unique to me. The choices and costs can be overwhelming. Whatever your decision, this summer 6. USE A MAGNIFYING GLASS ON ALL THINGS. Sand. Grass. M & Ms. I invite you to try this: bestow some camp moments 6 at home, with the kids, in your own backyard. 7. HAVE A GARDEN PARTY with homemade newspaper hats, and cookies. (I haven’t done this yet, but it’s always been in my head). I have been sending my kids to a Jewish day camp every summer since they were three, and they love 8. Put the cars in the driveway and HAVE A FAMILY CAR WASH – even if it. And just last summer two of them took advantage your cars aren’t dirty. (Don’t worry about getting wet). of the One Happy Camper incentive offered through Jewish Federation of Delaware, and went to overnight 9. SIDEWALK CHALK. You know this one. Super fun. Try the glow in the PHOTO CREDIT: PINTEREST.COM camp, which was an equally rewarding adventure. dark kind. Through their experiences, I have observed there is A Jewish upbringing stems from the family, and no replacement for a camp experience, and certainly 10. Get large paintbrushes and a bucket of water and ‘PAINT’ LARGE the accompanied creativity can be as colorful no replacement for a Jewish camp experience. In MURALS on the deck, patio, or on the side of your house. Watch them fade and vibrant as the days of summer. Yes, do your addition to the value my children find at camp, they in the sunlight. And then do more. Camp Duty; find the best camp, shop for the best also find that creating pint-sized compartments of pair of water shoes, discover sticky labels online, memories by doing things together as a family, to 11. PUT ON SNEAKERS AND WALK IN A CREEK. Search for rocks in the and enjoy bearing witness to the adventures be an indispensible part of their summers. These water shaped like hearts. your children have during the camp experience. activities take up a sliver of the day, but will quickly But more importantly, create camp at home; fill up those memory receptacles with overwhelming 12. EAT APPLES. PLANT THE APPLE SEEDS. (It doesn’t matter if they laze together deep into a bed of plush, emerald amounts of goodness. don’t amount to anything). grass, and slowly begin to roll all the way down a hill, picking up your speed, until you’re left dizzy The following is a list of what I do with my family when 13. MAKE A VEHICLE OUT OF A CARDBOARD BOX, A BOOSTER SEAT, with youth. Your children will never forget the spring and summer roll around. I don’t take credit DUCT TAPE AND A SKATEBOARD. Put a bike helmet on and take turns moments your hands gently brushed together, or for everything. Some ideas came from creative and riding the ‘car’ down the street. Steer it into the grass to brake. (Ages 5 that you all giggled the whole way down that hill. whimsical friends, other ideas reflect the products and up). of impressionable, curious eight year olds (see #13). I Share your summers, and create those visions and was a little nervous about that one. 14. MAKE SOMETHING UP. dreams with your kids that will last a lifetime. PHOTO CREDIT: ISOTCKPHOTO.COM

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