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March 2016 Adar/Nisan 5776 Volume XV: Number 6 FREE Acclaimed journalist Samuel G. Freedman to speak at Belin Lecture Sports-themed Purim Yaffa Klugerman, special to the WJN celebration coming to JCC t’s an old joke: two Jews, three opinions. But “Additionally, you have people like Ron which won the National Jewish Book Award for Chana Sara Elias, special to the WJN in the current political climate, radically dif- Dermer, Ron Prosor, Sheldon Adelson, and Ne- Non-Fiction. The Jewish Community Center of Greater Iferent opinions—and the effect this polariza- tanyahu himself, individuals who provide the hu- Freedman was a staff reporter and an award- Ann Arbor and Chabad of Ann Arbor will join tion has on the American Jewish community—is man connective tissue between the right wing of winning education columnist for The New York forces again to co-host a community-wide Pu- no joke at all. American Jewry Times before he began writing his current col- rim celebration on Purim, Thursday, March That’s the intriguing topic that Samuel G. and the right umn, “On Religion.” His articles on American 24. Together they will transform the JCC into Freedman, a religion columnist for the The New wing of Israeli Jewish issues appeared regularly in the Jerusa- a sports stadium, complete with stadium-style York Times and a professor at Columbia Univer- Jewry. And that’s lem Post, and he has contributed to many other food and sporting event-themed fun. “Purim in sity’s Graduate School of Journalism, will tackle part of what has publications including The New Yorker, Rolling when he delivers the Frankel Center for Judaic hastened this alli- Stone, USA Today, Tablet, and the Forward. Studies’ 26th annual Belin Lecture in American ance of an Israeli His analysis of Jews as political football raises Jewish Affairs. His lecture, “Pigskin Isn’t Kosher: government with a question: Isn’t it good that the Jewish commu- American Jewry as Political Football,” will take one part of the nity is such a powerful political force? place on March 22, at 7 p.m., at Palmer Com- American politi- “The glass half full version is that it makes Jew- mons, Forum Hall, 100 Washtenaw Ave. The cal system.” ish voters and voices and concerns so important,” event begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m. and is Freedman Freedman agreed. “But the glass half empty view free and open to the public. Samuel G. Freedman is the author of is that it leads to a kind of a cynical pandering to “I want to give people some historical perspec- eight acclaimed get Jewish votes. As a result, the middle ground tive on what has turned the Jewish American vote books that have focused on varied topics such feels torn in a really profound way between be- into this perceived swing vote and made Jewish is- as black civil rights, 20th century politics, and ing supportive of Israel’s elected government and sues into wedge issues in a highly polarized politi- American Jewish identity. His newest is Dy- simultaneously having very liberal, traditionally cal climate,” Freedman explained. “What you see ing Words: The AIDS Reporting of Jeff Schmalz democratic decisions on virtually every domestic in the last two presidential elections… and abso- and How it Transformed The New York Times, issue. We see them being basically told, align with lutely during the six months or so leading into the which accompanies an audio documentary people who are against labor unions, align with congressional vote on the Iran deal, is a deepening that he co-produced. Some of his other books people who are against immigration reform, align the Stadium” festivities will begin at 5:15 p.m. of divides that were within the American Jewish include Breaking The Line: The Season in Black with people who are against marriage equality… with a Chabad-led Megillah reading, followed polity already. At the same time, there’s also a vast College Football That Transformed the Game and and do all that for one reason, which is that the at 6:30 p.m. by a stadium concession-themed difference of opinion between the majority of Is- Changed the Course of Civil Rights; Upon this Republican party will be the safeguard of Israel in dinner, and a not-to-be-missed surprise “half- raelis and the majority of American Jews. So there Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church, and Jew vs. a way that liberals and Democrats won’t be. That time show.” are really two splits happening simultaneously. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry, creates an excruciating situation.” n Both adults and children are encouraged to come in costume, as is the tradition on Purim to express the holiday themes of hidden iden- tity, and add to the festive nature of the holi- Jewish Family Services to honor Zingerman’s with Bernstein Award day. Ethan Krasnow, director of community Rosemary Frenza Chudnof, special to the WJN programs and wellness for the JCC, says, “With ewish Family Services of Washtenaw individual, the Bernstein Award will be given the theme being a sports stadium, it will really County is excited to announce that it to the entire Zingerman’s community, which add to the fun if kids want to dress up as their J will honor Zingerman’s Community includes its Deli, Bakehouse, Coffee Company, favorite sports teams or athletes. There will be of Businesses with its 2016 Claire and Isadore Creamery, Roadhouse, Zingtrain, and several costume prizes again this year, and some of Bernstein Award. “Zingerman’s has a deep com- other related businesses. them might have something to do with the mitment to improving the community, and This year’s Bernstein Event will be titled stadium theme.” The evening’s entertainment has supported numerous local organizations “Generous Leaders: Bringing Community to is being kept as a surprise, with the assurance for many years,” said Anya Abramzon, JFS’s the Head of the Table,” and will be held at Rack- that it will be more exciting than last year’s live executive director. Abramzon noted that there ham Auditorium on Sunday, April 17, from 3–5 fire dance duo. According to Chabad’s “Purim is a particular synergy between JFS and Zing- p.m. Entertainment will include Vincent Yorke Stadium” event coordinator Shternie Zwiebel, erman’s around the issue of food insecurity; and his jazz ensemble, as well as other musical “The excitement of the entertainment will have Zingerman’s founded Food Gatherers, a part- entertainment; catering by Amanda’s Kitchen; everyone begging for more!” ner of JFS’ specialty food pantry. “We feel that food demonstration stations by Zingerman’s; “Purim in the Stadium” will cost $36 per Zingerman’s is a perfect example of the values and the award presentation. Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig family or $12 per person with advance pur- that Claire and Isadore Bernstein represented,” The Bernstein Award was created in 2003 were Phil and Nancy Margolis. Tickets to the chase, or $30 per family and $10 per person at Abramzon added, saying that JFS has been to honor Claire and Isadore Bernstein, who event are $100, and all proceeds will go directly the door. For more information or to register, grateful for the companies’ support for many were leaders in the Ann Arbor Jewish com- toward supporting JFS’ most vulnerable clients contact Chabad at 995-3276 #5 or visit jew- years. Rather than being presented to any one munity for over 50 years. Last year’s recipients through its Specialty Food Pantry. n mich.com or jccannarbor.org. n ICommunity Page Avenue Books 2935 Birch Hollow Drive & Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 JCLP Limmud Social Justice Track (734) 971-1800 Alli Rosen, special to the WJN e-mail: [email protected] Kindle, schmindle . . . raduating students of the Univer- en who have been meeting every other week for www.washtenawjewishnews.org Real books are cool again !! sity of Michigan Jewish Commu- over 12 years. This conversation, moderated by & G nal Leadership Program (JCLP) Adrienne Dessel of The Program on Intergroup Editor and Publisher have been working to build a track of Social Relations at U-M (IGR), will explore how they Susan Kravitz Ayer Justice learning sessions as a part of Limmud have formed and sustained relationships across We're sourcing collections and Michigan, taking place March 13 at Univer- difference. Calendar Editor estates at this time. Email us. sity’s Michigan Union. A panel of Detroit mensches—Anna Claire Sandler & As emerging social workers and Jewish Kohn, Blair Nosan, Amit Weitzer, and Hayley Advertising Manager leaders, JCLP students see social justice as a Sakwa—will discuss Detroit’s social justice Gordon White powerful means of engagement in the Jew- landscape, both historically and today, and the [email protected] ish community and a core expression of their role of Jews in those movements. A conversa- Design and Layout Jewish identities. The planned sessions are in- tion with Rabbi-Organizer Alana Alpert and Dennis Platte tended to create a space at Limmud Michigan Alice Mishkin, moderated by AJ Aaron, will that highlights what’s happening right now explore the questions, “What’s the line between Staff Writers Mary Bilyeu, Sandor Slomovits, Rochel Urist with social justice and Jewish life in Southeast doing community service work that alleviates Michigan, bringing forward a diverse range of guilt versus engaging in social change work? Contributing Writers voices. “We are excited to be able to bring indi- What does it mean to practice allyship?” Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, Hadar Dohn, viduals together who have been doing incred- Finally, a panel on the lived experience of Chana Sara Elias, Rosemary Frenza Chudnof, ible work in a breadth of areas and to give them Jewish queer and transgender identity will Emily Fromm, Max Glick, Rabbi Aharon the opportunity to share their experiences and explore “What’s next for LGBTQ Jews?” with Goldstein, Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, Jacob Kamaras, Yaffa Klugerman, SooJi Min, Judy knowledge with the Limmud community. By Hugh Goodman, Gideon Levinson, Judy Lewis, Musket, Orit Arfa, Alli Rosen, Cindy Saper, involving people from various walks of life in and Aubree Sepler. 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U-M Knight-Wallace Fellows to speak at JCC Clara Silver, special to the WJN he Jewish Community Center of Ann sues into Iraq and Syria. Prior to relocating to Arbor will host a unique lecture series Cairo, she worked as an associate editor in The T featuring three University of Michi- New Yorker’s poetry department. gan Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows on The final lecture, on March 23, will feature Wednesday evenings throughout the month Doug Tribou, speaking about “Examining the of March. The Knight-Wallace Fellows, Complex Intersection of Sports, Media, and among the world’s finest professional jour- Advertising.” Tribou is a broadcast journalist nalists who have distinguished careers in re- who spent the past seven years as a reporter porting, writing, and producing news in all its and producer for NPR’s sports program various formats, will speak about their chosen “Only A Game” based at WBUR in Boston.

Doug Tribou Jenna Krajeski, Will Potter topic for their year-long fellowship projects. He has covered the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup JCC Board President Prue Rosenthal, and her Final, Rose Bowl, and the 2014 Common- husband Amnon, were instrumental in creat- wealth Games in Scotland. Tribou first joined ing the lecture series, designed to expand the WBUR as a news anchor and his stories have community’s knowledge of and experience appeared on “All Things Considered,” “Here with the field of journalism and the people and Now,” “Weekend Edition,” and “Market- who lead it, through their family friendship place.” Previously, he served as the program with Charles Eisendrath, the director of the and news director for WGAN and WZAN Knight-Wallace Fellowship Program. in Portland, Maine. Tribou recently earned “The Knight-Wallace Fellows program has a master’s degree in advertising from Boston brought together exceptional journalists from University and received a Metropolitan Col- the US and abroad to pursue academic stud- lege award for excellence in graduate studies. ies and research on the U of M campus. Ami His reporting focuses on sports history, tech- and I are very excited to have the opportunity nology, and the marketing of athletes, teams, to present such knowledgeable and interesting and leagues. Time to move? journalists to the community. We are hoping Lectures will begin at 7 p.m. and there is no many, many people will take the opportunity fee to attend. For more information, contact to come!” said Prue. The lecture format will Karen Freedland, director of Jewish Cultural provide guests the opportunity to hear, also Arts and Education, at 971-0990 or karen- Alex makes it easy for you to sell ask questions, and interact with these world- [email protected]. men who have class journalists. been meeting every other week for over 12 your home. On Wednesday, March 9, Will Potter will years. This conversation, moderated by Adri- speak about “How the War on Terror Impacts enne Dessel of The Program on Intergroup Get a real estate market analysis and a custom Whistleblowers and Journalists.” Potter has Relations at U-M (IGR), will explore how marketing plan tailored to fit your goals in today’s spent his career telling the stories of people they have formed and sustained relationships fighting for social change and attempts to across difference. high performing market. silence their dissent post 9/11. His reporting A panel of Detroit mensches—Anna and commentary have been featured in the Kohn, Blair Nosan, Amit Weitzer, and Hay- Client relationships are confidential with highly Washington Post, CNN, National Geographic, ley Sakwa—will discuss Detroit’s social jus- WIRED, and NPR. He has lectured at nearly tice landscape, both historically and today, customized sales strategies. To learn more, call 300 universities and forums, including Har- and the role of Jews in those movements. A (734) 417-3560 or email [email protected]. vard Law School and Yale University, and was conversation with Rabbi-Organizer Alana selected as a TED Senior Fellow. Alpert and Alice Mishkin, moderated by AJ The second lecture, on March 16, will Aaron, will explore the questions, “What’s the feature Jenna Krajeski, who will speak about line between doing community service work ALEX MILSHTEYN, CRS, GRI, ABR “The Impact of 9/11 on African American that alleviates guilt versus engaging in social Muslims.” Krajeski is a freelance writer whose change work? What does it mean to practice Associate Broker / Realtor work has appeared in The Nation, The New allyship?” Yorker, and Harper’s, among other publica- Finally, a panel on the lived experience (734) 417-3560 / [email protected] tions. From March 2010 through June 2011, of Jewish queer and transgender identity www.alexmi.com she edited the Culture section of the Eng- will explore “What’s next for LGBTQ Jews?” lish-language Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry with Hugh Goodman, Gideon Levinson, Judy Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel Al-Youm (later the Egypt Independent) and Lewis, and Aubree Sepler. contributed coverage of the 2011 Egyptian “We want people to feel empowered to en- 305 E. Eisenhower Pkwy, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 revolution to The New Yorker, Slate.com, and act Jewish social justice values in their daily Al-Masry Al-Youm. Later that year, she moved life”, said Jaime Bean. “Hopefully people will An exclusive affiliate of Coldwell Banker Previews International to Istanbul where she began reporting on Tur- leave their sessions knowing more about an key’s embattled Kurdish minority with grants organization ‘doing Jewish’ through social from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, justice activism, and know concrete ways in Ann Arbor’s Realtor of the Year eventually expanding her work on Kurdish is- which they, too, may join in.” n

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Membership now online at the JCC Clara Silver, special to the WJN new online membership system is including renew or purchase a membership.” past fall. Ethan Krasnow, director of Youth, membership card.” Unlike the old cardstock being rolled out, along with new This spring marks the second year that Family, Camp, and Fitness, believes that, membership cards, the new cards include the A membership cards, at the Jewish “This system is great JCC’s new logo along with a unique bar-code Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor, not only for people which, when scanned, shows that member’s making for easier access for members and to register for things information to the JCC welcome staff, and non-members alike to program registra- like fitness classes or creates a history of a member’s facility use. tion, camp registration, dues payments, camp, but also cre- The photo associated with each member al- and donations, through individual online ates lists of volun- lows the welcome staff to verify the mem- accounts. The new membership system has teers, generates class ber’s identity without the member having to been in place since last May, and programs rosters, and con- present an additional form of photo identi- and events have gradually been added to the nects the programs fication. online and in-house registration modules. on our website di- Executive Director David Stone, says Almost all JCC programs are now available rectly to the registra- that, “We anticipate the new membership for online registration via the JCC’s website, tion area.” card system to not only increase member jccannarbor.org, or via an individual’s on- “Get Carded at engagement and security, but streamline line account which can be accessed through the J,” was an event the identity verification process at the same a portal on the website. Non-members can held in January at time.” Non-members will not be issued bar- also create an account, and many commu- the JCC as a com- code cards but can continue to participate nity members already have them by virtue of bination member- in the programs and events offered by the being a past JCC participant. ship celebration and JCC, including online registration, as long as According to Membership Manager Deb- Esther Goldstein with her new membership card membership card they contact the JCC to set up access to an orah Ryan, “People simply have to call the J Camp Raanana registration will be housed roll out. Ryan noted that, “The pun was a individual account. For more information, and we can look them up to see if they are within the new system. The Early Childhood fun way for members to enjoy a breakfast bar contact Deborah Ryan at 971-0990 or debo- already in our system. We can assist them in Center has also been using this separate in the morning and a snack bar in the after- [email protected]. n setting up their online account the first time, module of the software, specifically designed noon while they had their pictures taken for then they can do everything through there, for childcare centers and camps, since this our system, and were issued their official new BIC volunteers event focuses on social and food justice in Detroit Judy Musket, special to the WJN unday January 24, for the 25th year pedaled in the convenience stores that pass be able to feed itself calorically and economi- healthier, friendlier environments and com- in a row, Beth Israel Congregation for grocery stores in their neighborhoods. cally. He clarified by saying that there is food munities and neighborhoods in the city S honored its members who volunteer Sussman explained that the Garden Re- at the synagogue’s overnight shelter. The vol- source Program, GRP, is part of Keep Grow- unteers were feted with a tasty, healthy break- ing Detroit. The program supports residents fast (No bagels. Things do change.) They of Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck then had the opportunity to see a moving in creating and benefitting from urban gar- and heartening film about a nontraditional dens of their own making. The project offers school that was once a strong bright spot in support with supplies, advice, and resources the midst of the disintegrating city. After the to turn vacant lots, the myriad of which con- film, Eitan Sussman, a locally grownmensch , stitutes a plague on Detroit, into either fam- spearheaded a discussion about the school, ily or community gardens. The overall goal food, and land issues in Detroit’s impover- is to promote urban agriculture as a mean- ished urban landscape. ingful and vigorous part of the solution in The bright spot featured in the film, recreating and rebuilding Detroit. Grown in Detroit, was the Catherine Fergu- The volunteers who attended the show- son Academy, a Detroit Public High School ing of Grown in Detroit had questions about for teenage mothers-to-be and their young the school, the garden projects, the future of children, age 0–3. The film showed that given Detroit and, since they are volunteers, how to support, acceptance and education, young help. Sussman explained to a saddened au- women, who might not otherwise have had a dience that the school—even though it was chance, can succeed. They can learn to envi- a huge success, creating possible futures for sion and actualize a better life for themselves hundreds of young impoverished mothers out of a situation that has not traditionally and their children--is now defunct. It was led to good outcomes. Both the young moth- one of the casualties of the now struggling- ers’ and their children’s futures were shown for-life Detroit Public School System. to be positively and profoundly impacted by As for the gardening of Detroit, Sussman their participation in the school’s programs. acknowledged that, even with the grow- Grown in Detroit refers both to people ing commitment of Detroiters to grow lo- Eitan Sussman and food. An integral part of the high school cal and eat local, the reality is a hard row to curriculum featured in the film was the stu- The film was primarily about the success of available in Detroit, but its not generally good hoe: much land is laced with contaminated dents’ participation in a project that created this all-nourishing educational model. The healthy food. Detroit is not a food desert, as soil and water. Successful, profitable farming a business from a garden. Under the mentor- issue of food sovereignty, having control over it has been called, but rather a food swamp. requires functioning infrastructure, such as ship of a dedicated, gifted science teacher, the ones’ food, was an integral theme that ran Many Detroiters tend to rely on easily avail- good water and transportation, which are teenagers participated in the very hard work through the film as well. able fast, highly processed food, more than not necessarily available in Detroit. And, not of transforming a weedy vacant lot into a Eitan Sussman, a self-proclaimed proud “slow” homemade, local food. Research has everyone thinks that urban farming is the thriving garden. They learned the science of product of Beth Israel, Camp Tavor, Detroit shown that diets based on fast food negative- way to make Detroit great again. Though gardening, and the economics of the Value and recent fatherhood, addressed issues and ly impact health and do not do much to help as Sussman listed the many ways that vol- Adding process as they created a vision and questions raised about the film from the 30 build an economically vibrant city. Instead of unteers would be appreciated in the Garden carried out a plan for bringing their goods or so volunteers in the Beth Israel social hall. relying on food that is trucked in an average Resource Program, there were many people to market. As mothers they learned about Sussman works for Keep Growing Detroit, a of 1500 miles to the city, giving companies in the room thinking about how they would healthy diet, for themselves and for their nonprofit organization dedicated to creating outside of Detroit much of the profit, a food be able to help out in the program. n children. As mothers and potential entrepre- a “food sovereign” Detroit. He explained that sovereign Detroit would be able to feed itself neurs they learned the necessity and means food sovereignty is local control over the lo- well. Sovereignty, in the model developed of substituting healthy food for the junk food cal food supply. A food sovereign city would by Keep Growing Detroit, would help create 4 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2016 Join us at the 2016 Claire and Isadore Bernstein Event

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A Jewish educator of the ages SooJi Min, special to the WJN eaching and studying Judaism go radical program,” recalls Ginsburg. “They did hand-in-hand. So it’s no surprise that rock operas—Joseph and Technicolor Dreamcoat T Terri Ginsburg—who radiates a love of and taught us to both think critically and enjoy Judaism and love of learning—is celebrating 20 Judaism. Many who worked in our school went years of service as Temple Beth Emeth’s director on to be top Jewish educators.” of education. Her love of learning and literacy also be- “Jewish education is the perfect field for gan at an early age. “It started when I was really FOX BY GREGORY PHOTO me,” says Ginsburg. “I have always wanted to young,” says Ginsburg. “My favorite thing to do teach and have always been very interested in was read a book.” She read all the classics—old reading and literacy. I also love being Jewish. copies of books that belonged to her mother I love studying—text study—love celebrating when she was a child. Titles included Tales of Hans Christian Andersen and A Secret Garden. “My friend Vicky and I would go to the public library every Friday and take out the maximum number of books—five books—and then half way through the week we would trade them with each other.” Both of these passions have translated into a vibrant religious school that is teeming with tal- ented teachers and a program that makes Jewish education accessible to everyone. Her method- ology, techniques and approaches are all highly TBE Confirmation Class, 2014 Terri Ginsburg and Nate Juliar, circa 2000 flexible and creative. Back when she was an assistant director of education at Beth Israel the needs of her teachers. “Among her other gious school has held two Saturday sessions, holidays and Shabbat—all the fun cultural stuff Congregation, Ginsburg brought on a few high strengths, Terri’s ability to work intimately with with students able to attend either session. as well as the intellectual challenges inherent in school seniors as teachers. “It wasn’t something each and every one of her teachers to achieve “Terri is amazing with trying to make everyone Torah/text study.” I did regularly,” recalls Aviva Panush, school success in their classrooms is a dedication that feel like we’re going to make this work for you,” Ginsburg’s love of Judaism began in her director of Shaarey Zedek Religious School in placed her influence in every aspect of her says Janice Lieberman, who served as a chair of childhood home in Elkins Park, a suburb of East Lansing. “With guidance she thought they school,” says TBE’s Rabbi Robert Levy. TBE’s Religious Education Committee for 10 Philadelphia. “I grew up in a home that ob- could be successful and [they] were.” Ginsburg also is adept at meeting the needs years. “She understands that people are busy. served holidays and Friday night dinners but Her belief in young teachers continues to of parents and students. Her approach to provid- She doesn’t make you feel guilty or feel that didn’t observe Shabbat beyond that.” She at- this day with many of TBE’s teachers currently ing Jewish education over the years has remained have to do it. Instead she is flexible, ‘We want tended religious school at a conservative enrolled at the University of Michigan. “I love constant—meeting the needs of busy families you here so go to the later class if you have an synagogue, Beth Shalom, two blocks from her working with college student teachers because who seek a meaningful way to bring Judaism into early soccer game.’” house. Her early years were fairly traditional. they bring this incredible enthusiasm about Ju- their lives. “Families are looking for a way to have Ultimately, what Ginsburg has created over Then she encountered teachers in her middle daism and being Jewish,” says Ginsburg. “They a connection to a Jewish community but to have the past 20 years is a religious school for the and high school program who were rabbinical are up on the latest in technology and Israeli a connection that is not going to displace all their ages. “People are still looking for ways to help students from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical music. They are where the action is and they other connections—to the soccer community, them raise children who have good moral val- College or Gratz Hebrew College. “These teach- bring that to the students. Students love them.” drama community, etc.,” says Ginsburg. ues and they are not necessarily going to get this ers were unbelievable and had a completely Not surprisingly, she is adept at meeting That’s why from its inception, TBE’s reli- from anywhere else.” n Music with Friends: chamber music at JCC on March 14 Hadassah to host Game Emily Fromm, special to the WJN Night in April he Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s International UFAM Competition, the Arles’s ence in Southeastern Michigan with concerts Maxine Solvay, special to the WJN Chamber Concert Series at the Jew- Chamber Music Competition and the special where both discerning and casual listeners Ann Arbor Hadassah will host its annual T ish Community Center of Greater Spedidam prize at the International Martine alike are call- Game Night, Tuesday, April 5, at 7 p.m., at Ann Arbor will continue on Monday, March Géliot Harp Competition. In 2002, she was ing what they the Jewish Community Center of Greater 14, at 1:30 p.m. Open to listeners of all ages, awarded the prestigious Karajan Scholarship hear “an Ann Ann Arbor. this hour-long concert will feature Primor and joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Arbor Sym- Enjoy a night out socializing with new Sluchin, harp soloist at the A2SO mainstage under conductor Sir Simon Rattle. phony sound” and old friends. The event is open to the concert Harp Magic on Saturday, March 12, Since 2003 when she joined the Opéra of confidence entire community. Play Mah Jongg, Bridge, and Arie Lipsky, A2SO conductor and music Royal de Wallonie as a solo harpist, Sluchin and clarity. As Scrabble, Rummikub, or bring along your director (flute and cello). has promoted the harp in Belgium, Germany one reviewer favorite game. New this year: two Mah Jongg General seating at the chamber concert se- and the Netherlands. She has also performed said, “under the areas–one reserved for playing with your ries is a comfortable cabaret style. This unique with the Belgian National Orchestra, the baton of Music own group and one for rotating play with concert setting includes dessert refreshments Brussels Philharmonic, La Monnaie, the Lux- Director Lipsky, new friends and Mah Jongg mavens. Select Primor Sluchin at each table with a coffee and tea area avail- embourg Philarmonic Orchestra, the Nuove the orchestra an area of play when registering prior to the able beginning at 1 pm and during the recital. Musiche Orchestra, the Orchestre National played with finesse and polish that experi- event. The concert commonly is a little over an hour. d’Ile de France and the Radio France Philar- ence brings to bear.” The evening will also include desserts, Free parking, with additional street parking, is monic Orchestra. Lipsky is also the music director of the snacks, beverages, a raffle, and a silent auc- available at Spruce Knob Apartments. A passionate teacher, Sluchin taught in Ashland Symphony Orchestra (Ohio), prin- tion. The $10 entry fee, payable at the door, Primor Sluchin, trained in the French France, then at the Académie de Waremme, cipal guest conductor of the Haifa Sympho- includes two free raffle tickets. All net pro- School of the harp by the greatest names of near Liège. Since 2010, she has been one of ny Orchestra, and director of chamber music ceeds from this event benefit Hadassah’s the instrument, perpetuates a tradition of ex- the driving forces of the Harpegio Association at the Chautauqua Institute. Lipsky served as greatest needs. cellence, virtuosity and poetry. Inspired, rig- which supports and promotes the young Bel- the principal cellist for the Buffalo Philhar- Registration is encouraged. For more in- orous, and ever-exploring new musical fields, gian harpists through master classes and the monic Orchestra for over 20 seasons. Lipsky, formation and to register, contact Maxine she offers the sound of a precise, assertive and biennial international competition of the Mu- his wife Rachel, and daughter Inbal now call Solvay ([email protected] or 668-1901). To sparkling harp. sée des Instruments de Musique de Bruxelles. Ann Arbor home, having moved from Buf- arrange a ride to the event, contact Martha Her talent and her work have been recog- This is Sluchin’s second appearance with falo, New York, last season. Young at 769-7523. nized with numerous awards in France and the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. Advanced purchase of tickets is encour- abroad. She was the unanimous 1st prize win- This season, Maestro Arie Lipsky is cel- aged. Single tickets are $10 in advance by ner during her studies at the Conservatoire ebrating his 16th anniversary with your Ann calling 994-4801, purchasing online at a2so. National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse Arbor Symphony Orchestra. Lipsky contin- com, or by emailing [email protected]. n de Paris. She was awarded the 1st prize at the ues to grow a tremendous and loyal audi- Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2016 7 ICongregations

Beth Israel Congregation March programming Elliot Sorkin, special to the WJN Spotlight on Dr. Laura Hirshbein Industry in America (Rutgers University Press, from Rabbi Dobrusin’s extensive audio, visual to bring along their sense of humor and a dairy 2015). She teaches history of medicine to and print collection of humor. lunch. Beverage and a dessert are provided. “A Social Justice Perspective on Smoking and medical students and residents and cares for The third session of Lunch and Laugh will take Mental Illness,” Sunday, March 6, 7:45 p.m. patients on the adult psychiatry inpatient unit Red Cross blood drive at Beth Israel place on Purim itself during the Purim Seudah Policy experts have estimated that about at the University of Michigan Health System Sunday, March 20, 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. (lunch) on Thursday, March 24. half of the cigarettes sold in the United States (where she is also the medical director). Beth Israel’s annual blood drive will be are being consumed by individuals with conducted in the Beth Israel Social Hall. Lunch and Learn Series mental illness (depression, schizophrenia, Erev Purim Freshly baked cookies and hot chocolate will Wednesdays, March 2, and 30, noon–1:15 bipolar disorder, Wednesday, March 23 be served. Each donor answers a critical need p.m., Garfunkel Schteingart Activities Center substance abuse). 6 p.m. Purim Dinner with 4th Grade Purim that cannot be supplied in any other way. (2010 Washtenaw Ave.) It is indisputable Shpiel (play) To sign up online, donors are asked to Rabbi Robert Dobrusin and Rabbi Kim that, from a health 7 p.m. Maariv Service and Megillah visit www.givelife.org. Beth Israel’s sponsor Blumenthal lead informal discussions on point of view, it Reading—Esther v Haman code is bic13. The donor will then have to fill current topics. Participants are invited to would be better The evening begins with a dairy dinner and out a registration page. If there are problems bring a dairy lunch. Beverages and snacks will for everyone to 4th grade students performing a Purim shpiel in signing up online, donors may call Amy be provided. quit smoking. But (play), followed by a full megillah reading Abrams-Blakemore at 649-1608 and leave in Dr. Hirshbein’s punctuated by acts performed by adults on a their full name, phone number, and range of Tot Shabbat research on superhero theme. times to be scheduled. She will be glad to help. Saturdays, March 12 and March 26, 11:15 a.m. the historical Adults and children alike are encouraged Walk-ins are also always welcome. Tot Shabbat is a Saturday morning relationship to wear costumes. Copies of the Book of program/service for parents and their Dr. Laura Hirshbein between smoking Esther with translations (including large Shabbat Limmud children 2–5 years old that includes songs, and mental illness, she found a lot more than print editions) as well as noisemakers can Saturday, March 5 and 26, 9 a.m. stories, and prayers. This program is run by just health concerns. Smoking privileges in be provided to anyone in attendance. Use of Adults are invited for Torah study Peretz Hirshbein on the second Saturday of psychiatric hospitals in past decades were used mac and cheese boxes as noisemakers that are over coffee and cake. The discussions, led the month, and by Jake Kander on the fourth by staff to connect to patients and to control donated to a food bank is also encouraged. by Rabbi Dobrusin, are informal, lively Saturday of the month. It includes songs, the their behaviors. Current methods to reduce During the celebration, Beth Israel’s Social and participatory. The study begins with mysterious “Shabbat Box,” a Torah procession smoking may have unintended consequences Action Committee will also collect matanot traditional texts and participants add their with stuffed Torah toys, and a kiddush for tots. on the mentally ill population. Dr. Hirshbein laevyonim, monetary gifts for the poor that own thoughts on the Torah, Haftarah portion There is no charge for this program. will talk about the social justice implications of are traditionally given on Purim. of the week, or other traditional texts. the smoking issue among the mentally ill in the The funds collected will be donated Coming up the first weekend in April past and the present. to Jewish Family Services’ Resettlement Lunch and Laugh Rosenberg Scholar-in Residence Noam Dr. Hirshbein is a clinical associate Program, which assists refugees and their Wednesday, March 9 and 16, and Thursday, Zion (from the Shalom Hartman Institute professor of psychiatry at the University of families with critical social services needed to March 24, noon–1:15 p.m. in Jerusalem) will lead several presentations Michigan. She completed her MD from the ease their transition into a new way of living. During the month of Adar, the happiest on Friday evening, April 1, and on Saturday, University of Michigan, where she also did The evening will conclude with month on the Jewish calendar, the normal April 2, (Centennial Shabbat). Though there her psychiatry residency training. She received hamentashen and other refreshments. Lunch and Learns take a break and the sessions is no charge for any of the presentations, her PhD in the history of medicine from Johns feature selections from Rabbi Dobrusin’s there is a cost for the Friday night dinner that Hopkins University. She has completed two Purim morning Megillah reading extensive collection of humor in video, audio precedes the lecture on Friday night. A full books, American Melancholy: Constructions of Thursday, March 24, 11 a.m. and print form. Included in the series will description of the weekend will be included Depression in the Twentieth Century (Rutgers This event will include a complete megillah be recording from “I Love Lucy,” the Marx in the April Washtenaw Jewish News and at University Press, 2009) and Smoking Privileges: reading, followed by a free Purim seudah Brothers, Allan Sherman, Bob and Ray, and www.bethisrael-aa.org. n Psychiatry, the Mentally Ill, and the Tobacco (meal)—“Lunch and Laugh,” with selections many other treasures. Participants are invited Beth Israel Mitzvah Day a big success Cindy Saper, special to the WJN amily Mitzvah Day is one of the Martin Luther King Day and emphasizing highlights of Beth Israel Congrega- the Jewish context of the projects culminated F tion’s programming year. On Janu- the experience. ary 17, over 40 families gathered at Beth The morning’s projects included: making Israel and throughout the community to and delivering 33 challahs and challah cov- engage in projects to help others. A closing ers to older adults; making and delivering a ceremony connecting the day’s work with treat basket to each Ann Arbor Fire Station;

Challahs for older adults Making rabbit and cat toys for the Humane Society baking treats and making breakfast bags for creating Purim kits for the Jewish commu- families at Ronald McDonald House; visit- nity in Nigeria; Skyping with a Jewish leader ing with a rescue dog and making cat toys from Uganda and developing a Purim “How and rabbit toys for animals at the Humane To” video to be sent to Jewish communities Society; working in the food pantry at Jew- in Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe; filling 50 ish Family Services and touring the facility; mishloach manot bags that Jewish Troops will making and delivering lasagnes, tuna cas- deliver to Jewish American soldiers around seroles, cookies, markers, bookmarks and the world; sorting markers for Mott Chil- notecards for Alpha House; packing and dren’s Hospital; assembling new furniture delivering 130 tuna and egg salad sandwich for Beth Israel’s babysitting room; delivering lunches to the Delonis Center; partnering old electronics to Best Buy for recycling; and, with the Kulanu organization to learn about baking cookies for the American Red Cross Jewish communities around the world and Blood Drive volunteers. n Families with their baskets for Ann Arbor fire fighters

8 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2016 March classes and events at Temple Beth Emeth Nellie Stansbury, special to the WJN Families with young children (FYC): mivyoga.com. If you would like to pur- support group or a counseling session, but chase a package, RSVP to aostfield@tem- rather an opportunity to grapple with this Tot shabbat service plebethemeth.org. important part of life within a community March 4, 11, 18, 25, 5:45 p.m., TBE Sanctuary of others, and of course, to share a nosh. 5:45 p.m., Tot (0–5 year olds) Shabbat Weekly Lunch and Learn This will be co-facilitated by Brian Ashin, Services with Cantor Hayut March 11, 18 and 25, 12:30-1:30 p.m. and Rabbi Levy. 6:15 p.m. Dinner for Tot Shabbat, 6:45 p.m. TBE Adult Lounge Shira Service March 15, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Sisterhood to Men’s Torah study reinvented All of your favorite songs led by TBE’s Come to Lunch, Ayse’s Turkish Café (1703 March 14 and 28, 7-8:30 p.m. tot team, Cantor Hayut and Rabbi Levy. Plymouth Rd) A men’s Torah discussion group will be Join for macaroni and cheese, fish sticks, Each week, Rabbi Levy brings his choice led by a lay leader on the second Monday applesauce, and a salad bar immediately of text. They will come from both inside and by Rabbi Levy on the fourth Monday. following the short service. Dinner is just and outside the Jewish tradition and from Find your way as men by wrestling with $5 per person and this year participants can the Torah exploring a social justice agen- text. For more information, contact Bill buy a punch card ahead of time for a dis- da in our communities. Feel free to come Parkus, at [email protected]. counted price. Punch cards are available in whenever possible and bring a lunch. Lunch the TBE office. will be available for purchase at the March Women’s Torah study 15 session at Ayse’s. March 28, 7-8:30 p.m. Sukkat Shalom | The Peaceful Led by Cantor Regina Hayut, the group Shelter of Shabbat The Spirituality Book Club will explore various passages from the por- Elementary Shabbat Services with March 1, 7:30 p.m. | March 3, Noon tion looking at several translations and Rabbi Levy March’s Book: A Bride for One Night: commentaries from a variety of scholars March 4, 11, 18, 25, 5:45 p.m., TBE Chapel Talmud Tales, by Dr. Ruth Calderon. from Talmudic times to the modern day. What to do after Tot Shabbat no longer Cantor Emerita No Hebrew knowledge necessary. For ques- meets your needs and, more importantly, Annie Rose returns tions, contact Cantor Hayut at cantorha- the needs of your children? Not to worry, to TBE to facilitate [email protected]. TBE is expanding service offerings for chil- the spirituality book dren in grades K-3. Join for Sukkat Shalom, club, generously Beyond Pentateuch: The Rest of the the Peaceful Shelter of Shabbat. sponsored by the Hebrew Bible Year of Torah Fund. March 1, 7:30-9 p.m. Jewish mindfulness meditation sit It will meet monthly Join for guided discussions of the He- March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 1:15-2 p.m., from October-May. brew Bible we know less well. Together we TBE Chapel Each month will fea- will read from our ancient prophets, our For practitioners of all levels. Intention ture a different book historical narrative, from Joshua to the and instruction followed by 30-minute with two session Babylonian exile, the poetry of Psalms, Job silent meditation. Facilitated by SooJi times. The book club and more…. In each seminar we will dis- Min, Judy Freedman, and Quyen Epstein- will meet Thursdays at lunchtime (noon-1 cuss texts chosen by a specialist in history, Ngo. Min is TBE’s executive director. p.m.) and Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m., in textual analysis, ancient Near Eastern civi- She recently completed a 16-month the adult lounge at TBE. lization, or maybe even archeology. Enjoy mindfulness teacher-training program informal exchanges; learn from scholars sponsored by the Institute for Jewish Shalom Gever/Peaceful Warrior and each other; chat over refreshments af- Spirituality and the Awakened Heart Martial Arts ter class. Project. Freedman has been meditating for March 7, 14, 21, and 28, 4:15–7 p.m., Registration is not required, but it will over 20 years. She attended a three-year Social Hall allow discussion leaders to email you the fo- training in Jewish Meditation sponsored March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, 4:15–7 p.m., cus texts. To register, contact Leonore Ger- by the Philips Foundation at Chochmat Room 7&8 stein at [email protected] or 930-1673. ha Lev. She has previously taught at TBE March 4, 11, 18, and 25, 3:30–5:45 p.m., and is excited to return. Epstein-Ngo is Room 7&8 Monthly memoir writing workshops a therapist who holds a joint doctoral Try out this unique martial arts in- March 2, 7-8:30 p.m., TBE degree in clinical psychology and women’s struction including lessons in how to live Join Temple Beth Emeth’s Librarian, studies. One of the areas she specializes in a healthy lifestyle, be energetic, do well in Clare Kinberg, is working with adolescents, adults, and school and learn anti-bullying self-defense. to learn how to couples on issues of faith and spirituality. 12-week semesters for belt advancement. write a memoir. Contact Min with questions at 665-4744. Drop-in when schedules permit. Enroll- Kinberg, an ex- ment is open for students and their par- perienced library Nachamu training session ents. Shalom Gever is taught by Rabbi Peter March 7, 7-9 p.m., TBE Chapel editor and pro- Gluck, 5th Degree Black Belt and martial One of the greatest mitzvot in Jewish fessional Jew- arts instructor for 18 years. Contact the practice is comforting the mourner. In these ish librarian, Temple Beth Emeth office at 665-4744 or two-hour class sessions, learn with Cantor has shepherded Rabbi Gluck, at [email protected], for Hayut the various skills needed to lead a Clair Kinberg numerous Jew- more registration information. shiva minyan. This class will address the ish writers from good idea to published work over the years. specific aspects of the service. Assignments [E]met: An Honest Conversation will be made in advance of each session so Participants will read and discuss contem- that this working practice group can hone about Death porary memoirs written by Jews around the March 17, 7:00-8:30 p.m., TBE their skills in front of others before leading world, learn the nuts and bolts of memoir a formal service. All participants will receive Emet means truth and met is death. writing, and receive support for your writ- take home materials for future reference. Come join for an ongoing monthly discus- ing process and endeavors. It is not too late Contact cantorhayut@templebethemeth. sion group about death. The purpose is to to join the group if you are working on org for more information. increase the awareness of death with a view (or thinking about working on) your own to helping people make the most of their memoir. These workshops are free, but reg- Adult Yoga classes with Shlomit! (finite) lives. [E]met is a group directed ister with Clare in advance by emailing her March 3, 10, 17, and 31, 12-1:15 p.m., discussion of death with no specific agenda at [email protected]. n TBE Social Hall other than to share stories, ideas and expe- To learn more about the instructor, riences. While a decidedly Jewish context Shlomit Cohen, check out her website at will be offered, the discussion is not lim- ited by any one belief. [E]met is not a grief

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The heroes of Purim Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, special to the WJN ollowing the reading of the Megil- There is really nothing too surprising gada, the angel Michael runs out ahead of the But, maybe we can twist the story around lah on Purim night, many com- here. These are the heroes and villains of the king and starts tearing up plants and throw- a bit. Maybe we can say that it wasn’t Elijah F munities sing a traditional song story. But what is surprising is how Shoshan- ing them at him that makes the king even who was appearing as Harbonnah; rather it of praise and cel- nat Yaakov ends. It ends with a reference of more angry. Then when the king turns to was Harbonnah who was appearing as Eli- ebration. This brief the blessing of a minor character in the story go back to the palace, Michael precedes him jah. Maybe we can read the story as a way of hymn, Shoshannat by the name of Harbonnah: V’gam Harbo- and pushes Haman down onto the bed that emphasizing that each of us, in our own way, Ya’akov, was written nah Zachur Latov and also Harbonnah, may Esther is lying on. This, of course, makes the can in fact be an Elijah, be one who makes a many centuries ago he be remembered for good. king furious and in fact it is this action that difference in the world. and is an appropri- Who is this character Harbonnah and seals Haman’s fate. Think about the Purim story. It was the ate conclusion to why does he merit being mentioned along But, it is here that a very famous charac- bravery of Esther and Mordecai that saved the reading of the with the major characters? ter enters the fable. Elijah the prophet is on our people. While we can certainly believe, story of Esther. According to the book of Esther, Harbon- the scene and he takes on the appearance as I do, that God inspires us and encourages The title means nah was one of King Ahauseraus’ eunuchs. of Harbonnah and suggests to the king that us, the acts of human beings are essential to the “lily” or “rose” But, he had a distinction. Harbonnah was the he hang Haman on the gallows. That is why our survival and essential for the betterment Rabbi Robert Dobrusin of Jacob and refers one who suggested to the king to hang Ha- Harbonnah deserves praise in the hymn. of the world. to the Jews of Shushan celebrating the vic- man on the gallows that he had prepared for It isn’t really Harbonnah who we’re prais- We can sit and wait for Elijah to come tory over Haman. The shoshanna is often Mordechai, thus putting an end to the threat. ing; it is Elijah. And that is proven by the and stand up for our people or to improve used in the tradition to refer to the people So, he does play a part in the story but it fact that Harbonnah’s name is followed by the world in any number of ways. Or, we of Israel but here it has an extra mean- still on the surface doesn’t seem to merit him the traditional words which always follow can take the initiative to act, each in our ing because of the similarity of the word a specific mention in this song of praise. Elijah’s name: “zachur latov” may he be re- own way, to help our people and our world Shoshanna to Shushan. It is a great pun; the Here is where you need to know a bit of membered for good. towards redemption. title refers to the Jews of Shushan and says aggada, traditional rabbinic story telling. This fanciful story does present an impor- We may not actually “be” Elijah. But, we that they celebrated when they saw Morde- The reference to Harbonnah relates to an tant point from the rabbis’ perspective. Elijah is can do Elijah-like things in the world. cai in royal garments. aggada that claims that the Harbonnah who always seen as the protector of our people and The celebration of Purim takes many dif- The ending of the hymn is fascinating. We told the king to hang Haman was not actu- his presence makes the point that the Jews of ferent forms. One is the tradition of dressing read: Arur Haman…Cursed be Haman who ally Harbonnah at all. Shushan were not left on their own without a up in costumes that make us look like dif- sought to destroy us and Baruch Mordechai, The story goes like this. When Esther protector. God’s name isn’t mentioned in the ferent people. This Purim, and in the days blessed be Mordechai. Then, Arura Zeresh… accused Haman of planning to destroy the Megillah but by telling this story, the ancient and years to follow, we should look for our Cursed be Zeresh, Haman’s wife, and B’rucha Jews, the Megillah says that the king ran out rabbis were claiming that divine assistance, in opportunities to act in ways which resemble Esther, Blessed be Esther. in anger to his garden. According to the ag- the form of Elijah, was present in Shushan. Elijah, taking small steps to a better world. n Lessons from Purim Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, special to the WJN his year Purim begins on the evening dispersion among many nations during exile logical reason for a decree to wipe them out. within the realm of Nature, her fasting could of Wednesday, March 23, and ends is a kindness from God so that we will never However, when they happily participated in have hurt her chances to win favor with the T the evening of Thursday, March 24. again be in such a dangerous position. If one the feast of the Persian king and cultivated king (think of her approaching the king The time that the miracle of Purim took government is bad to the Jews there is always improper, assimilative relationships with after a three day fast of no food or water). place was one of the best times that the a different government that will allow the the Persians and forgot their unique status Nevertheless, Mordechai and Esther knew Jewish people ever had during exile. They Jews to be spared. as Jews, their spiritual status sank to a level that the decree that came against them was were able to rise The Talmud gives us an answer to our that allowed and even caused the decree to not a result of the rules of Nature—as they to be influential original question regarding the paradoxical be issued. were in the best political position ever - the members of the situation the Jewish people were in vis-à-vis In the same way that the decree was salvation from the evil decree would have empire. Mordechai, their acceptance by and representation in the caused and issued for spiritual reasons— to likewise come from the spiritual realm. the head of the Persian world versus their severe existential outside of the channels of logic and Nature— The Natural realm can be used as a channel Sanhedrin (Jewish danger. According to logic and reason, the it was rescinded in the same manner. Queen of communication for spiritual effects from Supreme Court), Jews should have been at the apogee of Esther instructed her Uncle Mordechai to God to be effected in the Natural world. was a high ranking their security as opposed to the nadir. The tell the Jewish people that the remedy for the But what will bring the salvation from the member of the explanation for this resides outside the issuance of the evil decree will be brought evil decree? The correction of the cause of government. realm of logic. The Talmud explains that about by spiritual means—not by logical and that decree will bring its salvation. So, in Esther, the Queen the Jewish people deserved this decree reasonable channels. They would need to this case, Esther and Mordechai wanted Rabbi Aharon Goldstein of Persia, was his because they took pleasure in and enjoyed the Jewish people to gather together to fast niece—and also Jewish. Never in Jewish the Feast of Achashveirosh. At the beginning and do Teshuvah (repentance). When they history, during exile, did we have such high of the Megillah (the story of Purim), King did it, the decree was reversed—in that the representation in government. So one might Achashveirosh celebrated a special milestone punishment was transferred from the Jewish think, with Jewish influence in such high in his leadership and invited everyone, people to Haman and his sons. places the Jewish people would have felt very including the Jewish people, to attend. Not From this we learn an everlasting life- secure from discrimination in the Persian only did the Jews attend, they felt honored lesson. There are those who think that Empire at that time. However, the exact and took pleasure in being included and felt diplomacy and political connections will opposite was the case. Precisely at that time a pleased to be considered assimilated into guarantee our existence as a people. But terrible decree was imposed upon them—the Persian society. This was their sin. This is they must realize that the channels of Nature most terrible decree ever put upon the Jewish what allowed the evil decree to be imposed are only an external means that are utilized people—to wipe out ALL the Jewish people upon them. They didn’t understand that the to facilitate the flow of blessings from God in the world in one day. This magnitude of security and well being of the Jewish people in the spiritual world to us in the physical existential threat had never occurred before does not depend on the forces and logic of world. However, the most important part of and (Thank God) has never subsequently the Natural world. Rather, the fate and well this redemption and salvation process is the occurred. During this time, God allowed being of the Jewish people depends on our Jewish people doing their part to follow God’s all the Jews in the world to be under the acknowledgement of and relationship to blueprint for life—the Torah and its precepts. sovereignty of a single government—the God by studying Torah and performing fast and earnestly repent of their improper If a decree is seen coming, the Jewish people Persian Empire—and subject to the decrees Mitzvot. According to the rules of Nature, behaviors and attitudes. As it is written in the have to examine their situation and make of the King. The only other time in Jewish the Jewish people had everything going Megillah of Esther, “ Gather all the Jewish the necessary corrections to remedy the exile history when all the Jews were under a for them in the Persian Empire. They had people together and they should fast for me problem. That will bring down the necessary single ruler was in Egypt. The decree there people in high places, acceptance in society, three days and three nights.” This was not salvation via the channels of the natural was “only” to kill the male babies—not the material success, etc. This should have been only a request for the Jewish people—she world in which we live. n entire nation. Our sages comment that our enough to protect the Jews. There was no also fasted for the same time. Even though, Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2016 11 I Youth/Teens

JudaEco Museum at HDS Hadar Dohn, special to WJN hat do Daniel in the lion’s den, biblical text, the verses explained in their own rainbows, and recyclable materi- words, and a description of the materials that W als have in common? At Hebrew were used. The museum was displayed at the Day School of Ann Arbor they were all part of school’s annual Academic Fair. a JudaEco museum exhibit. Students combined The JudaEco museum integrated Judaic reused materials and Jewish themes from na- studies and Hebrew with art and teamwork. It ture to create midrashim or Torah interpreta- provided an opportunity for students to work tions, through sculpture. in collaboration in a creative and open envi- ronment. At HDS projects such as this, where students’ interests guide the learning, are inte- grated into the day-to-day learning. For more information about HDS, or to schedule a personal tour, contact Ali Reingold, director of admissions and marketing, at ad- [email protected] or call 971-4633. n

Hebrew Language Program for High School Students Hannah shows her rainbow project At Keshet Ann Arbor, students can EARN HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT The third and fourth graders brainstormed studying Hebrew as a foreign language. ideas of natural items mentioned in the Bible, Information Session Monday, March 14 at 7PM such as the Tree of Knowledge, the rainbow, the burning bush, and the great fish that swallowed Beth Israel Congregations Educational Annex, 2010 Washtenaw Ave Jonah. Working with partners, they found and Small group classes are taught by University Lecturers and focus on reading, read the biblical verses of their choosing, and writing, speaking, and listening skills with emphasis on communication discussed the best way to depict the concepts. As and everyday use of Modern Hebrew. HDS works towards a Green School Certifica- Levels for every need! tion, using found objects was a natural choice for this assignment. The students collected re- Questions? Avram at 734-680-6882 or [email protected] cyclable and other reusable materials to con- struct their projects using these objects. Students displayed their artwork with in- Ilan and Levi share their Daniel in the formation sheets that included the original lion's den project Two funding sources available for teens ENTERTAINMENT + EDUCATION = ENLIGHTENMENT travelling to Israel TUE., MAR. 22 • 7:00 PM Max Glick, special to the WJN he Jewish Federation of Greater Ann provided for summer, semester and year ERIN BROCKOVICH Arbor has announced the availability programs including gap year programs SPECIAL POST-FILM DISCUSSION led by Dr. DAVID ROSNER, of two sources of funding for teens (between high school and college). The professor at the Columbia University Mailman School of T travelling to Israel: The Susan L. Lichter amount of the subsidy varies, based on the Public Health, about issues of industrial pollution and toxicity. Memorial Endowed Israel Scholarship and number of applicants. The maximum any one Presented in partnership with U-M CENTER FOR THE Jewish Federation’s subsidies for teen travel individual will receive is $1,000. Individuals HISTORY OF MEDICINE and the U-M MEDICAL HUMANITIES to Israel. may receive this subsidy only one time. PATH OF EXCELLENCE. SERIES SUPPORT: ARBOR RESEARCH Applications for Israel subsidies must be COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH. Susan L. Lichter Memorial Endowed received by April 15. Applications received Israel Scholarship after the deadline will be reviewed on a case- THE BENARD L. MAAS FOUNDATION The Susan L. Lichter Memorial Endowed by-case basis if funds are still available. Israel Scholarship Fund provides two $2,500 scholarships annually for Ann Arbor area high Eligible programs school students to participate in peer group Eligible programs for both the Susan NOTJUSTFORKIDS L. Lichter Memorial Endowed Israel FAMILY-FRIENDLY PROFESSIONAL THEATER 2015-2016 Israel experiences such as semester, summer or gap year programs. Paul and Carolyn Scholarship and the Israel subsidies must be INTRODUCE YOUR CHILD TO LIVE MUSICAL PRESENTED BY at least four weeks in length and be organized THEATER THROUGH THE BOOKS THEY LOVE! Lichter established the fund in memory of their daughter who had a deep connection to by an approved provider such as those under SUN., APRIL. 10 • 1:30 PM Israel. The scholarship application includes the auspices of Jewish youth movements, the submission of an essay, and a scholarship denominational movements of Judaism, Alexander, Who’s Not Not Not committee will determine the scholarship award MASA gap year programs, Israeli university Not Not Not Going to Move winners. Applications for the Susan L. Lichter teen summer programs, or high school study TICKETS programs. Scholarships and subsidies are START AT Memorial Endowed Israel Scholarship must be SPONSORED BY JUST TICKETS AT TICKETMASTER.COM, NICOLA’S BOOKS IN ANN received in the Federation office by April 15. not awarded for family or individual travel $10 ARBOR OR CHARGE BY PHONE 800-745-3000 and will be paid directly to the programs in Federation subsidies for teen travel which the selected students participate. NN to Israet Local high school students interested NICOLA’S BOOKS The Jewish Federation believes in the in applying for the scholarship and/or the value of Israel experiences for teenagers subsidy should visit www.jewishannarbor. ANN ARBOR’S DOWNTOWN CENTER in developing Jewish identity and offers org/israel/israel-trip-scholarships or contact FOR FINE FILM & PERFORMING ARTS Max Glick at [email protected] or subsidies for teens participating in approved, n 603 E. LIBERTY • 734-668-TIME • MICHTHEATER.ORG organized peer trips to Israel. Subsidies are 677-0100.

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The Brewish State: Israel taps into A date with Israel’s start-up shadchan By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS.org growing craft beer bazaar n 2003, Jeremy Lustman began working at Lustman gave this reporter the lay of the land. By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS.org the Washington, DC metro area’s DLA Pip- He says he started out in Israel with a list t’s widely known that Israel has pen- Dancing Camel brews about 20 beers a I er law firm. Young and motivated, he could of 25 or 30 “random people”—and a lot of etrated the wine market, with some of year, the Talmud-inspired Old Papa beer, have never predicted the market crash that ar- motivation. He knocked on doors; attended I its sophisticated Israeli blends surpass- brewed with silan (honey made from dates), rived in 2007. By 2009, Lustman had seen many professional networking conferences; and ing historically excellent wines from areas which sweetens the bitter IPA. The Carobbean of his colleagues laid off. While he was still gain- tried to meet with local lawyers, investors, such as the Napa Valley or Bordeaux. But Stout is brewed with carob. Around the time fully employed, he too had a lot more time on and venture capitalists. what about beer? of Sukkot the Trog Wit beer is developed from his hands. “I caught a couple of breaks that first year,” For decades, Israel has offered solely the etrogim (the traditional citron fruits). Rather than sit around and wait for his Lustman tells JNS.org. Maccabi and Nesher brands. Not anymore. “I did not set up a brewery in Israel to name to come across the chopping block, Lust- Since then, business has snowballed. In just “There is a huge push of people making brew another English ale or American IPA or man decided to pitch his way to success. the first half of 2015, DLA Piper’s Israel Coun- “I researched the prospect of trying to cre- try Group, led by Lustman, helped facilitate

German lager. The mission of the brewery was to make a connection ate an Israeli practice,” says Lustman, describ- seven M&A (merger and acquisition) transac- between Israel and the beer. I came ing his game plan at the time. “Israel seemed tions that collectively exceeded $1.5 billion, bro- here like a kid in a candy shop with to be a market that was growing dramatically, kered several real estate acquisitions (public and all the fruits and herbs and spices it was about the time it was admitted into the nonpublic deals), and helped enable three fund to play with,” says Cohen. “No one OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-oper- investments for Israeli institutions that total ap- ation and Development), and a lot of Anglos proximately $255 million. Among those were CREDIT: MAAYAN JAFFE. MAAYAN CREDIT: has experimented with them for at

least 1,700 years. It is very much a CREDIT: PROVIDED PHOTO. Comverse’s acquisition passion to go after these flavors and of Acision; Amdoc’s ac- make them beers.” quisition of Comverse’s Cohen says that less than 15 business support sys- years ago, there was no knowledge tems unit; Nova Mea- about boutique beer in Israel. Over suring’s acquisition of the last decade, as more micro- ReVera Incorporated; breweries have opened up—and Japan’s Kurita Water In- have been successful despite a crip- dustries’ acquisition of pling NIS 4.19 (more than $1) per ICL’s APW; and China’s liter tax on beer—it has become Fosun International’s easier for Dancing Camel to ex- acquisition of Israel’s plain itself. And he says the com- Phoenix Holdings Ltd. petition is healthy, save for all the What’s Lustman’s beer bellies. secret sauce? Proactiv- Earlier this year, Israeli beer ity, he says. made international headlines “Many lawyers when Jerusalem’s Herzl Beer was Start-up shadchan Jeremy Lustman gives a presentation might wait for the client Beer Bazaar in Jerusalem’s Shuk Mahane Yehuda selected to collaborate with a Ger- to call with a project.…I man brewery to create an interna- were doing business there. As a law firm, we look at the practice more proactively. My client beer at home. The country is approaching tional beer blend that will celebrate Jewish were growing internationally.” might not need something in Japan right now, over 30 craft breweries in the last year or two, contributions to beer, especially in Germany, A tough U.S. market, a stronger Israel, and but I say, ‘Let me introduce you to see if we can making nearly 200 beers,” says Avi Moskowitz, as part of a 2016 exhibition commemorating no existing organized or proactive law prac- make a shidduch,” Lustman explains, noting owner and founder of Beer Bazaar, Israel’s lat- the 500th anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot, tice revolving around investment in the Jew- how he has successfully leveraged old and new est brewery and bar, which is located in Jeru- Germany’s and perhaps the world’s first beer ish state—all elements were aligned. Lustman global relationships to show clients how invest- salem’s Shuk Mahane Yehuda. purity law. moved his family to Israel. ed he is in their success. An immigrant entrepreneur and start-up Herzl is the only beer that is actually craft- Since then, Lustman has been doing “The value I bring is not simply in the closed aficionado, Moskowitz says making craft beer ed in the holy city. what Maryland/Israel Development Center box realm of being a lawyer, but leveraging rela- is like working in a laboratory—something What else is making bubbles in the Is- (MIDC) Executive Director Barry Bogage tionships by making introductions and finding Israelis are accustomed to. But brewing beer raeli craft beer scene? Jem’s Beer Factory, also calls “making matches”—or in Hebrew, be- different ways of adding value,” he says. is also quick; one can brew a keg in a couple started by an American immigrant, Jeremy ing a shadchan (matchmaker). Mark Lesnick of the Israel-based Fortis- of days. That’s ideal for the stereotypically im- Welfeld, has become a Petah Tikvah favorite. Bogage explains that indeed, the deal flow simo Capital Fund says he cautioned Lustman patient Israeli. At 8.8 percent alcohol by volume, it’s a red of a merger, acquisition, or investment starts against trying to penetrate the Israeli market- “You can tinker with it and come up with Belgian-style triple ale that’s rich, sweet, and with matchmaking, a time-honored Jewish place, arguing that it was already saturated with so many flavors. There is no limit to what you fruity, with a mild bitterness. tradition. Just like soulmates, two companies longtime experts in the field. But he recalls that can do with beer,” Moskowitz tells JNS.org. The Negev Brewery, tucked away in the find one another—whether it’s through pro- Lustman insisted he could focus on other areas Indeed, Israeli beer makers are tapping development town of Kiryat Gat, is now the fessional networking by the company execu- and do it better. Soon after, Lesnick leveraged into this market. official beer maker for the posh and breath- tives, brokering through investment bankers, Lustman and DLA Piper to help Fortissimo in- The first microbrewery in the area was ac- takingly beautiful Beresheet Hotel in Mitzpe or matchmaking by organizations such as the vest in an Israeli company with a large Ameri- tually opened by a Palestinian in 1995 in the Ramon. It makes a beer named for the color- MIDC (which promotes bilateral trade and in- can subsidiary that had contracts with the U.S. village of Tayibe. But a low marketing budget ful sand getaway. The brewery has become vestment between Israel and Maryland to help Department of Defense. and restrictions on alcohol in Islamic culture best known for its light and fruity passion- create jobs in both economies). Or, the match “They were able to get the deal done effi- prevented the beer of the Taybeh Brewing fruit ale, with its rich tropical aroma and taste. just happens serendipitously. ciently,” says Lesnick. “Jeremy remains involved Company (taybeh meaning “delicious”) from All of these beers and more can be tasted at “Then, just like dating, even if on paper it throughout the process. He first locates the ex- successfully penetrating the marketplace until Moskowitz’s Beer Bazaar, which was opened looks like a perfect match, the two [companies] pert in the field in the relevant local office.…He around 2000. only a few months ago. On a recent Thursday need to click. That’s the big intangible,” says makes sure the local lawyer is serving us in the In 2006, New York native David Cohen night when this reporter stopped by, there is Bogage. If the chemistry is good, other people best and most efficient manner. Having some- opened Israel’s first microbrewery, Dancing nowhere to sit or even stand. Nestled in the need to be brought in to structure the deal and one in Israel as a point person…is very helpful Camel. Cohen says he started brewing beer in covered section of the shuk and sandwiched make it happen, including financial consul- in ensuring a smooth process.” the 1980s in his home. He kept up the pas- between a dried fruit stand and vegetable tants, a legal team, accountants, and sometimes Lesnick continues, “Now that we are spoiled, sion through his aliyah in 2003, and today market just off Jaffa Street, Beer Bazaar is regulatory consultants (like in the case of medi- I cannot imagine what it would be like without owns one of the most successful breweries in about as trendy as you get—for the young and cal devices or pharmaceutical drugs). Then, his (Lustman’s) presence.” Tel Av iv. young-at-heart alike. akin to a Jewish groom breaking the glass, the The other part of Lustman’s success has little “From the beginning, the focus was to Moskowitz says the shuk beer scene deal is inked. Mazel tov! to do with Lustman, and more to do with Is- whenever possible use local ingredients, spices started a few years ago when Jerusalem May- So how does Jeremy Lustman make these rael’s growing high-tech marketplace. and fruits that would give the beers an Israeli or Nir Barkat began bringing local talent, matches? Over a series of three start-and-stop “2015 was the strongest year yet for Is- accent, that they could be identified as Israeli phone calls, usually interrupted by call waiting raeli high-tech fundraising and mergers beer,” Cohen tells JNS.org. comtinued on page 18 or paused so he could step out of a meeting, comtinued on page 18 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2016 13 The 15TH ANNUAL Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival Sunday, April 10 – Thursday, April 14, 2016 presented by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor at the Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty, Ann Arbor

PURCHASING FILM TICKETS: Tickets are $10 each and are not film specific. Student tickets are $5 each THURSDAY, APRIL 14 ANN ARBOR 2 with a valid student I.D. A “six pack” of tickets at the discounted rate of $50 is available by advance purchase A FF 2:00PM • The Kind Words only. Seating is on a first-come first-served basis and there is no reserved seating. All screenings and events will JEWISH Film Festival take place at the Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty, unless otherwise noted (see Sunday, April 10). (2015, Drama, French and Hebrew with Subtitles, 118 minutes) In the wake of their mother’s death, SUNDAY, APRIL 10* 8:00 PM • The Last Mentsch WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 three Israeli siblings journey across France to discover their mother’s (2014, Drama, German with Subtitles, biggest secret. 4:00PM • Dough* 89 minutes) 2:00PM • Lecture-Performance: (2015, Drama/Comedy, Hebrew with Marcus has so effectively hidden his The Influences of Gaga English Subtitles, 94 minutes) Jewish roots that he must return to Presented by Bosmat Nossan, visiting Frankel Center Artist, 5:00PM • Atomic Falafel An old Jewish baker is struggling to keep the Hungarian village in which he joined by Jessica Fogel, Chair of the University of Michigan his business afloat until his young Muslim grew up to find proof he is Jewish in Department of Dance with University of Michigan Dance (2015, Drama/Comedy, English, Farsi, Hebrew with Subtitles, 93 minutes) apprentice accidentally drops cannabis in order to fulfill his wish to be buried Department dancers. the dough and sends sales sky high. in a Jewish cemetery. Two spunky teens from Israel and Iran Followed by the Film spill their countries most valuable secrets on Facebook while trying to 5:45PM – SPONSOR DINNER* Let’s Dance! TUESDAY, APRIL 12 (2012, Documentary, Hebrew prevent a nuclear crisis. Food provided by Amanda’s Catering with Subtitles, 52 minutes) 2:00PM • Shores of Light: (SPONSORS ONLY) OPENING NIGHT From hora circles of the kib- Salento 1945-1947 butz to the influences of Martha Graham to the avant-garde, CLOSING NIGHT 7:00PM • Dough (2nd Screening)* (2015, Documentary, Hebrew with this extraordinary documentary tells the story of Israel’s 8:00PM • Baba Joon innovative dance history, and how it has become a vital form Subtitles, 56 minutes) (2015, Drama, Hebrew with Subtitles, of expression in Israel today. * ALL APRIL 10 events will be held at Rackham Follow three Israeli women, born in 91 minutes) Amphitheater (4th floor), 915 E Washington St, Ann Arbor the poor, but embracing southern Italy Sponsored by the University of Michigan Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, the Israel Yitzhak runs the farm his father built community of Santa-Maria-Di-Leuca to Holocaust survivors Institute Schusterman Visiting Artist Program, University of Michigan Center for after emigrating from Iran to Israel. MONDAY, APRIL 11 who landed there on their way to Israel after the war. World Performance Studies, and University of Michigan Department of Dance His mission is to inspire Moti to carry on the family business, but he soon learns 2:00PM • Every Face 5:00PM • Raise the Roof 5:00PM • Mr. Kaplan that Moti is just as stubborn as he is, leading to inevitable conflict. Has a Name (2015, Documentary, English, 85 minutes) (2014, Comedy, Spanish with Subtitles, (2015, Documentary, English, Various with Follow the decade long journey of 98 minutes) Subtitles, 73 minutes) artists Rick and Laura Brown as they At 76, Jacob Kaplan begins to question Please consider becoming a sponsor and supporting Discovering themselves anew in archi- reconstruct a replica of the stunning, his self-worth until he learns of a the Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival so that we can val footage, Holocaust survivors share mural-covered Gwozdiec Synagogue, German who runs a beach café. Con- continue sharing the global Jewish experience with profound recollections of being ferried with 300 artisans and students using vinced he is an escaped Nazi, Kaplan the entire Ann Arbor community year after year. to freedom in this thought-provoking only period hand tools and tech- teams up with a slacker ex-cop to kidnap SPONSOR LEVELS: commentary on the global refugee crisis. niques against the backdrop of the him and send him to Israel for trial. Studio Founder (10 passes) $10,000 Passes entitle the 1000 year history of Jews in Poland. Studio Executive (8 passes) $5000 bearers entrance to 5:00 PM • Probation Time (6 passes) 8:00PM • Beneath the Executive Producer $2500 all films and the spon- (2015, Documentary, Hebrew with 8:00PM • Wounded Land Producer (4 passes) $1000 Subtitles, 90 minutes) (2015, Drama, Hebrew with English Helmet Director (3 passes) $500 sor dinner. To make a The director documents her own fam- Subtitles, 80 minutes) (2014, Documentary, Hebrew with Screenwriter (2 passes) $360 gift online, go to ily’s challenges including her break- Subtitles, 80 minutes) A brutal terror attack leads to an Cast Member (1 pass) $180 film.jccannarbor.org. up with her girlfriend, raising their intense chain of events for the police Young Israeli men and women are Movie Fans (0 passes) under $180 child, and her Jerusalem religious officers responsible for securing the coming of age defending not only their family’s struggles with their adopted For more information, contact Karen Freedland, Director attacker at the hospital, the medical homes, but also the values of peace, and youngest child from Ethiopia on a of Jewish Cultural Arts and Education, at (734) 971-0990 staff, the victims, and their families. equality, opportunity, democracy, or [email protected]. path of alcoholism, theft, and prison. religious tolerance and women’s rights.

For sponsorship opportunities and to purchase tickets please contact the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor: film.jccannarbor.org or (734) 971-0990.

14 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2016 The 15TH ANNUAL Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival Sunday, April 10 – Thursday, April 14, 2016 presented by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor at the Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty, Ann Arbor

PURCHASING FILM TICKETS: Tickets are $10 each and are not film specific. Student tickets are $5 each THURSDAY, APRIL 14 ANN ARBOR 2 with a valid student I.D. A “six pack” of tickets at the discounted rate of $50 is available by advance purchase A FF 2:00PM • The Kind Words only. Seating is on a first-come first-served basis and there is no reserved seating. All screenings and events will JEWISH Film Festival take place at the Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty, unless otherwise noted (see Sunday, April 10). (2015, Drama, French and Hebrew with Subtitles, 118 minutes) In the wake of their mother’s death, SUNDAY, APRIL 10* 8:00 PM • The Last Mentsch WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 three Israeli siblings journey across France to discover their mother’s (2014, Drama, German with Subtitles, biggest secret. 4:00PM • Dough* 89 minutes) 2:00PM • Lecture-Performance: (2015, Drama/Comedy, Hebrew with Marcus has so effectively hidden his The Influences of Gaga English Subtitles, 94 minutes) Jewish roots that he must return to Presented by Bosmat Nossan, visiting Frankel Center Artist, 5:00PM • Atomic Falafel An old Jewish baker is struggling to keep the Hungarian village in which he joined by Jessica Fogel, Chair of the University of Michigan his business afloat until his young Muslim grew up to find proof he is Jewish in Department of Dance with University of Michigan Dance (2015, Drama/Comedy, English, Farsi, Hebrew with Subtitles, 93 minutes) apprentice accidentally drops cannabis in order to fulfill his wish to be buried Department dancers. the dough and sends sales sky high. in a Jewish cemetery. Two spunky teens from Israel and Iran Followed by the Film spill their countries most valuable secrets on Facebook while trying to 5:45PM – SPONSOR DINNER* Let’s Dance! TUESDAY, APRIL 12 (2012, Documentary, Hebrew prevent a nuclear crisis. Food provided by Amanda’s Catering with Subtitles, 52 minutes) 2:00PM • Shores of Light: (SPONSORS ONLY) OPENING NIGHT From hora circles of the kib- Salento 1945-1947 butz to the influences of Martha Graham to the avant-garde, CLOSING NIGHT 7:00PM • Dough (2nd Screening)* (2015, Documentary, Hebrew with this extraordinary documentary tells the story of Israel’s 8:00PM • Baba Joon innovative dance history, and how it has become a vital form Subtitles, 56 minutes) (2015, Drama, Hebrew with Subtitles, of expression in Israel today. * ALL APRIL 10 events will be held at Rackham Follow three Israeli women, born in 91 minutes) Amphitheater (4th floor), 915 E Washington St, Ann Arbor the poor, but embracing southern Italy Sponsored by the University of Michigan Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, the Israel Yitzhak runs the farm his father built community of Santa-Maria-Di-Leuca to Holocaust survivors Institute Schusterman Visiting Artist Program, University of Michigan Center for after emigrating from Iran to Israel. MONDAY, APRIL 11 who landed there on their way to Israel after the war. World Performance Studies, and University of Michigan Department of Dance His mission is to inspire Moti to carry on the family business, but he soon learns 2:00PM • Every Face 5:00PM • Raise the Roof 5:00PM • Mr. Kaplan that Moti is just as stubborn as he is, leading to inevitable conflict. Has a Name (2015, Documentary, English, 85 minutes) (2014, Comedy, Spanish with Subtitles, (2015, Documentary, English, Various with Follow the decade long journey of 98 minutes) Subtitles, 73 minutes) artists Rick and Laura Brown as they At 76, Jacob Kaplan begins to question Please consider becoming a sponsor and supporting Discovering themselves anew in archi- reconstruct a replica of the stunning, his self-worth until he learns of a the Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival so that we can val footage, Holocaust survivors share mural-covered Gwozdiec Synagogue, German who runs a beach café. Con- continue sharing the global Jewish experience with profound recollections of being ferried with 300 artisans and students using vinced he is an escaped Nazi, Kaplan the entire Ann Arbor community year after year. to freedom in this thought-provoking only period hand tools and tech- teams up with a slacker ex-cop to kidnap SPONSOR LEVELS: commentary on the global refugee crisis. niques against the backdrop of the him and send him to Israel for trial. Studio Founder (10 passes) $10,000 Passes entitle the 1000 year history of Jews in Poland. Studio Executive (8 passes) $5000 bearers entrance to 5:00 PM • Probation Time (6 passes) 8:00PM • Beneath the Executive Producer $2500 all films and the spon- (2015, Documentary, Hebrew with 8:00PM • Wounded Land Producer (4 passes) $1000 Subtitles, 90 minutes) (2015, Drama, Hebrew with English Helmet Director (3 passes) $500 sor dinner. To make a The director documents her own fam- Subtitles, 80 minutes) (2014, Documentary, Hebrew with Screenwriter (2 passes) $360 gift online, go to ily’s challenges including her break- Subtitles, 80 minutes) A brutal terror attack leads to an Cast Member (1 pass) $180 film.jccannarbor.org. up with her girlfriend, raising their intense chain of events for the police Young Israeli men and women are Movie Fans (0 passes) under $180 child, and her Jerusalem religious officers responsible for securing the coming of age defending not only their family’s struggles with their adopted For more information, contact Karen Freedland, Director attacker at the hospital, the medical homes, but also the values of peace, and youngest child from Ethiopia on a of Jewish Cultural Arts and Education, at (734) 971-0990 staff, the victims, and their families. equality, opportunity, democracy, or [email protected]. path of alcoholism, theft, and prison. religious tolerance and women’s rights.

For sponsorship opportunities and to purchase tickets please contact the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor: film.jccannarbor.org or (734) 971-0990.

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Israeli, Arab, Christian, and gay: Jonathan Elkhoury’s story hits U.S. campuses By Shalle’ McDonald/JNS.org onathan Nizar Elkhoury wants Israel’s government and society both ing to understand [my family] more be- there are currently 650 Christians taking minority populations in Israel to helped Elkhoury’s refugee family fully in- cause of the situation of the Christians all part in Israeli national service programs. J speak up about what life is really tegrate and become citizens, he said. Yet he over the Middle East,” Elkhoury said. Speaking publicly in support of Arab like in the Jewish state. He wants the world recalled that they did face some discrimi- For Lebanese Christian families like Israelis becoming more integrated into to know that Israel is a safe haven for per- nation from the Israeli Arab and Christian Elkhoury’s, in the face of losing their free- Israeli society is something Elkhoury is secuted Middle East minorities. For Elk- populations—the very communities the dom and ultimately being controlled by a unafraid of, despite the danger that often houry, this isn’t just loose talk. He is gay, accompanies such advocacy. CREDIT: COURTESY CAMERA. Christian, and a Lebanese refugee. “Although we have a lot of threats on Elkhoury was nine years old when his our lives [from other Arabs who oppose family fled war-torn Lebanon for Israel. national service], we really miss a lot of His father was a soldier in the South Leba- people that need to stop being afraid and non Army (SLA), which was established talk more about the life in Israel as it is, in 1982 and was supported by Israel in its and not try to put their heads in the sand fight against the Palestine Liberation Or- and just cover their eyes,” Elkhoury said. ganization and Hezbollah. In 2000, Israel Many Arab Christians in Israel are withdrew its troops from Lebanon and the afraid to speak out in favor of the Israeli SLA collapsed, leaving the militia with the government “because they live in a lot of unsavory options of finding asylum, sur- areas where if they do speak… they will rendering, or being captured by the Hez- be persecuted, they will be hunted or they bollah terror group and subsequently put will be expelled from their community,” on trial for treason. Elkhoury explained. He wants those Arab After Elkhoury’s father sought asy- Christians to understand that they are lum in Israel in 2000, the rest of the fam- part of Israeli society. ily followed him in 2001 as persecution “As citizens we need to do our best in of Christians and SLA members became order to make our country better for us more widespread in Lebanon. and for others, so we need to take part in “The situation in Lebanon was re- it and not be separated. If we have some ally difficult…Hezbollah started entering problems that we need to solve with the homes of Christians and of those who were Jonathan Elkhoury, a Lebanese refugee living in Israel, speaks at State University government, we’re going to do it as civil- [from the] South Lebanon Army. [They of New York, Binghamton, on February 8, 2016 ians, as activists that consider ourselves as were] just taking stuff, beating the women, Israelis and not some outsiders…we need the kids...it was really scary for us,” Elk- family thought they would belong to. terrorist organization (Hezbollah), leav- to collaborate together,” said Elkhoury. houry said in an interview in the midst of “I entered the Jewish schools because ing for Israel was the only choice. As a gay man, Elkhoury said he doesn’t his U.S. speaking tour, which covered nine the Arab schools wouldn’t accept us be- “The Lebanese government didn’t help “know what the situation would have college campuses from Feb. 1-11. cause they considered us as traitors. They us [and] didn’t protect us—we had to do been” if he remained in Lebanon. Accord- The speaking tour, dubbed “The Story thought that we fought against our [Leba- something to fight for our lives and for ing a 2013 survey by the Pew Research of An Arab Refugee in Israel,” was spon- nese] brothers and we collaborated with our rights in our land,” said Elkhoury. Center, 80 percent of Lebanese citizens be- sored by the Committee for Accuracy in Israel [during the South Lebanon con- As an Arab refugee, Israeli Christian, lieve the country shouldn’t accept homo- Middle East Reporting in America (CAM- flict]…although we only protected our and a member of the LGBT community, sexuality. While Israeli public opinion is ERA) in order to educate college students homes, protected our families, and the Elkhoury continues to fight for his rights. divided on the subject of gay rights, Israel about Israel’s diverse society and civil South Lebanon Army was fighting only During his two years of Israeli national has laws protecting against anti-gay dis- rights record. against terror organizations and not the service, he became very vocal in trying crimination in schools, the military, and “At a time when Israel is falsely de- government itself,” Elkhoury told JNS.org. to encourage Arab Israelis to serve even the workplace, and Tel Aviv is known as nounced on college campuses as an apart- But the Israeli Christian community’s though Israel’s government doesn’t re- one of the world’s most gay-friendly cities. heid state, Elkhoury’s life and message are acceptance of his family did increase over quire them to do so. He said, “At the end, Ultimately, Elkhoury considers it a a powerful antidote to the distorted pic- time, according to Elkhoury, particularly [national service] will only help them and privilege to live in Israel. He was initially ture students are given,” said Gilad Skol- as the persecution of Christians drastical- the community they live in.” unsure how his mixture of identities would nick, director of campus programming for ly rose across the board in the Middle East. Elkhoury is now a spokesman for the work out in the Jewish state, but now he CAMERA. Currently, that persecution has reached a Christian Empowerment Council, headed sees that he can be himself: Israeli, Arab, “What I’m hoping is that [the students] fever pitch in Iraq and Syria amid the con- by Father Gabriel Naddaf, an Israeli Greek Christian, gay, and proud of his family’s will see from a personal perspective, from quests of the Islamic State terror group. Orthodox priest who is well-known for heritage in the South Lebanon Army. n a minority who is living in Israel…more “Today, the situation is different be- successfully recruiting Arab Christians to of how life is really like in Israel,” Elk- cause [of] what’s happening now in the join the Israel Defense Forces and other houry said. Middle East. [Arab Christians] are start- forms of national service. Elkhoury said

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Home of Freud and… pita? Israelis make culinary mark in Vienna By Orit Arfa/JNS.org everal Viennese Jews have made a last- his travels to Tel Aviv. “Street food in general is the eatery is named. Born in Tel Aviv and mar- (the acronym of her sons’ first names) opened ing impact on the world. Sigmund developing very fast in Vienna, so places where ried to an Austrian, Guy is not only a chef but seven years ago in the 100-year-old Nasch- S Freud’s investigations changed the you do not necessarily have to sit down but can also a psychotherapist, for he sees both food and markt, the closest Vienna gets to a shuk. Packed face of modern psychology. Composer Ar- have a fast health snack really fits this develop- therapy as “human relation” fields. at any given hour, the trendy, two-story local nold Schoenberg’s innovations in atonal music ment.” The eatery merges Israeli informality and institution serves Israeli comfort foods with a changed the face of music. These days, even He calls Miznon’s chicken spachtel “genius.” European refinement through freshly baked, gourmet twist. more Jews—in particular, Israeli Jews—are Spachtel stands for spatula—since the ground seep-free pitas (so the local businessmen don’t “It starts with the service,” said Neni’s Nuriel changing the face of Vienna’s culinary scene chicken is hammered flat, with spices, onions, ruffle their cufflinks) stuffed with creative twists Molho, the eldest son, who’s in charge of press with innovations in…the art of the pita. and eggs, into a kind of a pancake. on latkes, fish and chips, and chili con carne, and marketing for the restaurant. “We love Is- Freudians may find a psychoanalytic mo- A new kid on the block, literally a few blocks among other dishes. The contents of each pita raeli service. Israelis are super friendly, they tive for the local appeal of the Israeli eateries are as colorful as Klimt know the kitchen, they know what they’re sell- popping up in the Austrian capital. Walk into paintings. ing. It was classic in Austria to be older, wear a Miznon in the First District, about 20 minutes The Hungry Guy was uniform and be more robotic.” from Freud’s former home (today the Sigmund built in what used to be Not long after Neni opened, the govern- Freud Museum), and the boisterous place a Jewish-owned garment ment of Israel approached them to create a Vi- seems to answer to an unconscious desire of business, located around the ennese homage to Tel Aviv, part of an effort to stiff Austrians for looseness, informality, and corner from the city’s main celebrate Tel Aviv’s 100-year anniversary across sensuality—qualities that have been the mark synagogue, The Stadttem- Europe. Tel Aviv Beach, a Viennese interpreta- of the cuisine of Israeli celebrity chef Eyal Shani, ple, and a few blocks away tion of the Tel Aviv promenade, replete with the Miznon’s creator. Miznon is a far cry from tra- from the Vienna Jewish Keter-brand plastic chairs, has been a huge hit, ditional cafés serving wiener schnitzel and Museum, although none of transforming a neglected and sketchy stretch of apple strudel on old porcelain plates by waiters VIA FACEBOOK. GUY THE HUNGRY CREDIT: these establishments cater the Danube canal into a crowded hotspot. Tel in suits. specifically to Members of Aviv Beach is now an institution, more evidence “Gidi!” and “Georg!” and “Michael!” are the Tribe. Decimated by the of the deep, unconscious love that some Aus- some of the names that fly over the counter Holocaust, Vienna’s Jewish trians (at least the average citizen) may harbor from the friendly pita masters. No porcelain community is now esti- for Israel, in spite—or to spite—Vienna’s dark here. Food and menus are served on brown The crowd at The Hungry Guy in Vienna mated at 9,500, with most Jewish history. paper bags; menus on brown plastic wraps. down from Miznon and up the street from a residing in Vienna. The Orthodox community The Molhos are happy to bring out the love. It’s this culinary cacophony—this atonality of shwarma place called Sababa (but don’t be is based across the Danube canal where a few “Every time there is a political thing or gourmet kebabs, steaks, and chicken stuffed in fooled by what is commonly perceived as He- traditional, and less imaginative, kosher baker- something happens in Israel, and they ask us a pita—that have made the Viennese branch of brew slang—Sababa is Arab-owned), is The ies and eateries operate near the Taborstrasse. for political statements, we don’t offer politi- the Israeli joint a darling of the Austrian media Hungry Guy. The eatery officially opened The first MOT clan, however, to really make cal statements at all,” Nuriel said. “It’s about the since it opened in October 2015. on Jan. 28, hoping to build the niche of trans- a Tel Aviv mark on the Vienna scene is the Mol- vibe, the beauty of Tel Aviv. We want to share “Miznon, the concept, is exactly what we formative uses of pita. ho family, headed by the matriarch, Haya, who our home, in a positive light. We send a lot of need here,” said Georg Demmer, founder of Co- “Our idea is to cook quality food and to sell built a Tel Aviv-style bistro with her four sons people to Tel Aviv and they come back saying Space, a local co-working space and café, and a it in a pita, so it’s a mix between east and West,” when her husband retired as a world-traveling we never thought it was so modern, so cool.” n Miznon regular who first tasted its food during said co-owner and founder Eyal Guy, for whom mime who had based himself in Vienna. Neni Israel taps into craft beer bazaar, continued from page 13 Israel’s start-up shadchan, continued from page 13

such as musicians and artists, to the market “We encourage visitors to dry different and acquisitions,” says the MIDC’s Bogage. sometimes “scares away foreign travelers or, at for evening performances. He harnessed an things. People go away with the six and every “Israel is uniquely situated with all the nec- a minimum, delays travel.” inherent authenticity and spiritual energy week make it through a few more bottles of essary components to make a sustainable Lustman isn’t deterred. He says Israel is be- that Jerusalem residents were craving. Israeli beer and become more familiar,” says high-tech economy, what people are calling coming a global leader in commerce. His work “In so many ways, the shuk defines the Moskowitz. “We ask, ‘What have you been an entrepreneurial ecosystem.” is not only paving inroads for U.S.-Israel col- pulse of this country. Here you can see the drinking?’ Chances are there is a great or According to Bogage, that ecosystem in- laboration, but business deals in Japan, Austra- full spectrum of Is- even better Israeli cludes top-tier universities, which generate lia, the United Kingdom, and India. raeli society: Jews, beer for whatever knowledgeable graduates with a knack for in- Israeli start-ups can globalize if they are Arabs, haredim, and you are used to.” novative thinking; a flourishing venture capital careful to stay on the radar for deal flow by secular people. They Moskowitz community; strong governmental support and making sure the right players are aware of are not necessarily doesn’t purport investment; a culture of entrepreneurialism; who they are, explains Lustman. For Ameri- socializing, but they that the growing and a worldwide reputation for quality. can companies interested in discovering Israeli

are all interacting JAFFE MAAYAN CREDIT: beer and bar scene “When you talk to anyone and say, ‘Israeli technologies, Bogage recommends attending and I feel the en- will bring Israeli- high-tech,’ it is taken for granted that it is first- Israel’s major trade shows, such as the Biomed ergy, the pulse,” says Palestinian peace, rate,” Bogage says. and Cybertech conferences, and reading Israeli Moskowitz, who sells or even necessar- Lustman says that lately, Israeli tech com- business news from outlets such as Globes, The more than 100 Israeli ily reduced ten- panies are seeing investment not just from the Marker (in Hebrew), No Camels and Israel21c. beers, including two sions between the standard private entities, but from corporate Lustman says the Israeli market is primed of the company’s Israeli left and funds. These are corporations that invest in for American talent right now, and that aspir- own crafts. right, religious early-stage technologies they think might be ing immigrants to Israel (olim) like him can A NIS 25 (about and non-religious. worth partnering with or acquiring later on. successfully make a living in the Jewish state. $6) tap wheel gives The tap wheel, giving customers a shot But he does think “They get in on the ground level, invest some Given conditions including a record number of consumers a shot of each of 10 beers, at the Beer Bazaar it has the potential money, and help shape the company, and then Western olim coming to live in the Holy Land, each of 10 beers on tap (counting Buster’s Dry to bring a little more harmony. prime it for potential acquisition,” says Lustman. increased job opportunities for English speak- Cider, which has become all the rage in Israel “There is a real community component,” This does not mean that deals go through ers in global firms with offices in Israel, and and is served from the tap, though cider is es- Moskowitz says. “When I am able to sit there without challenges. Bogage says cultural dif- technology enabling employees to keep their sentially a weak wine because it goes through and experience the people congregating ferences between Israelis and Americans often American jobs while working remotely from the same fermentation process). An 11th option around the beer, I see everyone from reli- plague potential agreements. abroad, Lustman says it is “totally, absolutely is nitro coffee, which Beer Bazaar brought to Is- gious people dancing to secular girls jump- “Everyone is Western and dresses the same the right time to be in Israel.” rael, though that doesn’t come with the wheel. ing up on boxes—they are socializing.” and speaks English, so the assumption is that “Israeli companies have a challenge attract- The Bazelet wheat beer is refreshing, slightly He adds, “Beer bonds people, brings peo- we’re alike. But we’re not,” he says, noting the ing talent from abroad,” he says. “Aliyah has tangy with light fruity notes. Alexander Black is ple together, washes away their differences. simple generalization that Americans want increased over the years, and as a result Israeli an award-winning stout, full of flavor. Sure, you could come in and sit down to have everything planned out far in advance and companies have become stronger…. Being able Beer Bazaar’s Six Mix allows visitors to a beer on your own—but you won’t be alone Israelis wait until the last minute. Other chal- to enhance the pool of stronger executives— mix and match a six pack of their choice for very long. It’s just beautiful.” n lenges are distance and the violence of the that would enhance the companies here (Israel) NIS 79 (about $20). Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which Bogage says and the deals over there.” n

18 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2016 I On Another Note Turn Spring Clean into Spring Green! Ann Arbor Symphony welcomes back harpist Primor Sluchin San Slomovits, staff writer hen the Ann Arbor Sympho- becomes a percussion instrument; and so or special effects; there are many glissandi, ny welcomes harpist Primor the harpist doesn’t only play regularly, but including a unique type in which the Let Encore Sell It For You: Sluchin as guest soloist in their creates all kinds of fun percussive sounds, fingernail is used, there are also harmonics Electronics • Musical Instruments W Designer Items • Antiques & Collectibles March concert, they will be hosting a small which also makes it very, very demanding. and a whistling effect produced by an open Sterling Silver • Sporting Goods family reunion. Arie Lipsky, A2SO’s mu- hand on the bass wires. Sluchin: I learned this concerto when I was Camera & Audio/Visual Equipment sic director, is Sluchin’s uncle. But, there is The piece is very rhythmically driven. a student at the Paris Conservatory but definitely no favoritism or nepotism going In the last movement, Ginastera evokes never had the chance to play it with an 1958 South Industrial on here. “Sluchin,” says Lipsky, “is a won- the Argentinean malambo dance, which (in the Colonial Lanes Plaza) derful harpist, one of the best that I know, is a dance contest for horseback and I don’t say that because she’s my niece.” 734.761.6187 riders. This dance involves a lot EncoreOnlineResale.com Certainly not. Sluchin has the credentials of stamping heels. But there are to back up Lipsky’s evaluation. After com- also very lyrical moments, as in pleting her schooling, Sluchin was awarded the beautiful second movement. the prestigious Karajan scholarship and This concerto is a 25 minutes joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra long marathon and requires a lot as their second harpist. (More about that of focus, strength and rhythm, later.) Since then she has played in Bel- so it’s definitely an exciting un- gium’s Opéra Royal de Wallonie, in her na- dertaking and I very much look tive France with Orchestre National d’Ile de forward to this challenge. France, has performed widely in chamber music ensembles throughout Europe and Maestro Lipsky: The Saturday has been teaching at the prestigious Acadé- night program with the A2SO mie de Waremme in Belgium. is very varied. It has some This will be Sluchin’s second appearance wonderful selections from the with the A2SO. On her last visit she teamed Baroque period, from Handel’s up with her uncle to play the Mozart flute “Overture” and “Ballo” from and harp concerto with Maestro Lipsky con- Ariodante, then we have Brahms’ ducting and playing the flute. “Symphony Number Two, “one Recently I talked with Maestro Lipsky and of the greatest symphonies of emailed with Sluchin about the upcoming all time, and certainly of the concert. Maestro Lipsky said, “She was here a Romantic era. And with the few years ago. She’s still young and beautiful Ginastera concerto from the but now she’s also the mother of twin sons.” 20th century, we’ll be celebrating The he went on to remind me of a conversa- three hundred years of music in one concert. tion he and I had a few years ago about Sluchin. Primor Sluchin and Maestro Arie Lipsky I quoted that conversation in an earlier issue Primor will be involved in three of WJN. But it’s worth repeating here. “When orchestra. It’s Arie who proposed it to me activities here. The big one will be, of she won a position with the Berlin Philhar- when we spoke about the repertoire. He course, the Saturday night concert with monic as second harpist, my sister (Sluchin’s conducted this piece and is very fond of our Ann Arbor Symphony. Two days later mother) was reluctant to share the news with it. I can understand his choice since after on Monday, March 14, we’ll give a joint my parents for obvious reasons. Both my par- all, this concerto is the ‘king’ of the harp recital at the Jewish Community Center [of ents are Holocaust survivors. When finally she concertos! It has an incredible variety of Greater Ann Arbor]. I will be playing flute found the courage to share the news with my colors and rhythms. I also believe that and cello and she of course the harp and father, news that under normal circumstances the piece truly shatters the stereotype of we’ll do a whole recital of wonderful pieces. the harpist, being the angelic type and should have brought him lots of naches, my Sluchin: The program is called “Voyage En- the perception that we only have to play dad responded, “My granddaughter will play chantant,” which is in French a play of gracefully and delicately :). in Hitler’s favorite orchestra?” He thought words between “enchanted” and “while Ginastera often drew inspiration from about it for a while and then said, “This is the singing.” We wanted to show the most the folk music of his home country, which best revenge I could imagine.” expressive sides of our instruments. So he so loved. It can be said that he wrote we chose well-known pieces attractive for Maestro Lipsky: This will be the first time a harp concerto because the harp was a their closeness to the human voice such Primor will be playing this concerto. close relative of the guitar, which is the as the “Minstrel’s Song” by Glazunov, This is the concerto for this instrument. national instrument of Argentina. In fact, and the Hungarian “Pastorale Fantasy” It was written, I believe, in 1965 for the throughout this concerto and in many of by Doppler. n then premier harpist of all time, Nicanor his other works, he has a signature motive Zabaleta and it was performed by the that he inserts: it’s an ascending figure that The A2SO’s March concert will be on Satur- Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene imitates the six open strings of a classical day, March 12, at the Michigan Theater. The Ormandy. What makes it unique, since guitar, E A D G B E. Sluchin/Lipsky recital will be on Monday, it was composed by a South American There are 34 percussion instruments March 14, at the JCC. Sluchin will also give a composer from Argentina, it’s obviously used in this concerto; it’s very busy Master Class for harpists at the University of very Latin in character. It’s a little different back there. There is a passage in the first Michigan’s School of Music while she’s visiting from the image we have of the harp being movement when I’m asked to hit the Ann Arbor. an angelic kind of an instrument. Here soundboard of the harp as if it were a the harp, in addition to being angelic and percussion instrument. Throughout the esoteric, joins the percussion section and work, I get to use many extended techniques

Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2016 19 I Best Reads

Svetlana Alexievich: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster Rochel Urist, staff writer vetlana Alexievich won the 2015 No- of masculine charm. Manly men were going bel Prize for Literature. She writes in off to do this important thing. There were guys S a genre that she honed as a journalist with pregnant wives, others had little babies, a and perfected as a chronicler of contemporary third had burns. They all cursed to themselves catastrophes. She transcribes and transforms and came anyway. the testimonies of victims and their families We came home. I took off all the clothes into moving, even lyrical commemoratives. that I’d worn there and threw them down the In the words of the Nobel committee, she is trash chute. I gave my cap to my little son. He exceptional “for her polyphonic writings, a really wanted it. And he wore it all the time. monument to suffering and courage in our Two years later they gave him a diagnosis: a time.” Her topics include the Second World tumor in his brain … You can write the rest War, the Afghan War, the fall of the Soviet of this yourself. I don’t want to talk anymore. Union, and the Chernobyl disaster. And: Alexievich We got to the place. Got our equipment. has won many “Just an accident,” the captain tells us. “Hap- prizes, including pened a long time ago. Three months. It’s not the 2005 Nation- dangerous anymore.” “It’s fine,” says the ser- al Book Critics geant. “Just wash your hands before you eat.” Circle Award, the I got home, I’d go dancing. I’d meet a girl 2013 Peace Prize I like and say, “Let’s get to know one another.” of the German “What for? You’re a Chernobylite now. I’d Book Trade, and be scared to have your kids.” the 2013 French Prix Médicis Es- sai. But it was the Nobel Prize that put her on the world’s radar. Voices from Chernobyl is her 1997 compilation of testimonies from people who either lived near the Chernobyl nuclear reactor or who were among the hundreds of thousands sent in, unprotected, to clean up the 1986 disaster, or who cared for them and grieved when they died. It is a collection of interwoven tales that Svetlana Alexievich are horrific but important for those of us who survive. Alexievich combines journalism with lit- The chronicle she creates through witness erature in astonishing ways, and she is the first accounts refutes the many lies promulgated by journalist to be recognized by the Nobel Prize the Soviet government at a time when efforts Committee. Her first book, War’s Unwom- to tell the truth were deemed subversive, an- anly Face (1985), is based on previously untold tagonistic to the state, and punishable as enemy stories of some of the 800,000 Soviet women propaganda. Dosimeters measured radiation in who fought against Nazi Germany—as nurses, people, food, clothing, pets, cattle, grass, and just cooks, snipers, soldiers, commanders, pilots, about everything else, but the numbers were of- bombers, mine removers, engineers, telegra- ten fudged. Other than evacuating people, little phists and more. These women were often or nothing was done. Sometimes evacuees end- mocked or ridiculed when they volunteered. ed up in places where natives shunned them as (Sometimes, they pushed their way into ser- radioactive contaminants. These victims were vice.) At the end of the war, having earned the seen as “shining” or “glowing.” respect of their male counterparts, the women There were mothers who gave birth to dead generally concealed their military exploits in or- babies, babies who died soon after delivery, and der to appear more marriageable. babies born deformed. Wives tended husbands In 1989, she published her second book, whose bodies disintegrated before their eyes. Zinky Boys. The title is a reference to the For those who remained in or anywhere near sealed, zinc coffins in which the bodies of So- the nuclear plant, it was nigh impossible to buy viet soldiers killed in Afghanistan were shipped food. Meat and food grown on area farms were home—this while the state still denied the exis- deemed off-limits, and there was no money to tence of the conflict. She listened to harrowing buy safe food. Desperation prevailed. testimony from thousands of interviewees for The book’s many narratives—ranging from these tomes. She treated their words as sacred a brief paragraph to several pages—represent relics and made their stories immortal. Her people from all walks of life. In weaving their tales achievement is noble, and it is glorious to know together as she does, Alexievich has created a stun- that the Nobel Committee has placed her in its ning tapestry of life in the post-Chernobyl era, in pantheon of laureates. her native Belarus. Some who bear witness testify Still, caution is advised. The testimonies can to love that knows no bounds. Others tell of fear, be almost unbearable. Writing in the October resentment, outrage, loyalty, and acceptance. We 26, 2015 issue of The New Yorker, Masha Ges- see bodies and spirits tested in surreal ways. Some sen described Alexievitch’s writing as “oral his- testimonies are excruciating. Others are under- tory stripped down to segments so raw that it can stated. The following fragments offer a glimpse stretch both credulity and the reader’s tolerance for into the abyss we now know as Chernobyl. pain.” Know, though, that the opus is redemptive. I didn’t have to go. I volunteered. I was after The reader comes away marveling at the courage a medal? I wanted benefits? Bullshit! I didn’t of those who bore witness and perseverance of the need anything for myself. But it exerted a sort woman who brought us their stories. n 20 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2016 I Kosher Cuisine

New fillings for Purim treats Mary Bilyeu, staff wrtier urim is a bit mixed-up, muddled- Marzipan and amaretto filling Pecan pie filling Chocolate filling up, and shook-up. It’s a very serious 8 ounces marzipan 6 tablespoons margarine 3 tablespoons unsalted butter or mar- P holiday, commemorating an at- 3 tablespoons soft butter or margarine 3/4 cup powdered sugar garine tempted extermination of the Jews of Persia. 1 egg yolk 4-1/2 tablespoons corn syrup 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, finely At the same time, it’s the happiest day on the 1 to 2 tablespoons Pinch of salt chopped calendar - a celebration of salvation that’s Amaretto 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar filled with fun and silliness, with costumes Put marzipan, but- 1-1/2 teaspoons bourbon 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and with treats. ter, egg yolk and Am- 1 cup finely chopped pecans 1/8 teaspoon salt Esther ate a minimalist diet of nuts and aretto in a medium Place the margarine a small saucepan and 1 large egg seeds in an effort to keep kosher in the king’s bowl and knead to a melt over medium-high heat. Once the mar- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour court, which contrasts starkly with the sugar dough. garine is melted, stir in the powdered sugar, Place the butter in a medium microwave-safe rush from all the holiday’s mishloach manot Yield: About 3 dozen corn syrup, and bowl. Microwave on high until melted, about hamantaschen. salt. Bring to a one minute. Add the chopped chocolate and rolling boil and stir until the mixture is completely melted Source: Adapted from Haaretz. remove from the and smooth (zap again in the microwave for heat. Stir in the 20 seconds if necessary). Stir in the sugar, vanilla, bourbon vanilla and salt. Honey-nut filling and pecans and The mixture 1-1/2 cups raw nuts, coarsely chopped chill until firm. will look grainy (pecans, pistachios, and/or walnuts) -- that’s okay. 1/2 cup honey Yield: About Add the egg 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 2-1/2 dozen hamantaschen. and stir until 1/2 cup water Source: Adapted from couldntbeparve.com. 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or mar- incorporated. garine Stir in the flour and beat with a spoon until the mixture is Bring nuts, honey, salt, and water to a boil Raspberry-basil jam filling smooth, about 30 seconds. in a medium saucepan. Reduce heat and 4 cups fresh or frozen raspberries simmer, stirring often, until honey is thick- 1 cup granulated sugar Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. ened slightly and a spatula holds a trail when Juice of 2 lemons Yield: Enough for 2-1/2 dozen haman- dragged across bottom of pan, about 5 min- 2 tablespoons thinly-ribboned basil taschen. utes. Let cool, stirring occasionally. leaves, lightly packed (measure after chopping the leaves) Source: Adapted from Jenn Segal, onceupo- Filling can be made nachef.com. goodies (the ones you receive, and the ones 4 days ahead; cover Place fruit, sugar, lemon juice, and basil into a you nibble on as you bake and pack). and chill. small saucepan over medium heat. Stir occa- You have the mitzvah to eat, drink, and be Yield: Enough for sionally until mixture begins to bubble, then Chocolate-poppy seed filling merry—“feasting and gladness”—coupled 2 dozen haman- turn the heat 1 cup poppy seeds down slightly 1 cup milk (dairy or almond) Svetlana Alexievich with an even more important mandate to taschen. care for the poor. And then, of course, the to medium low 1/2 cup sugar Source: Adapted powerful king and his vizier are countered by and continue 1/3 cup finely chopped dried apricots from Dawn Perry, Bon Appétit. 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice a courageous young Jewish woman bravely to simmer un- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice taking a stand on behalf of her people. til reduced and 1 tablespoon unsalted butter or marga- The story of Esther contains a lot of dra- jammy, about Fluffernutter filling 20 to 25 min- rine ma: disguises, a harem, plotting and schem- 1 cup peanut butter 1 ounce bittersweet baking chocolate or ing, a dastardly villain, a grand banquet, utes. While your jam is cooking, stir fre- 1 cup marshmallow quently and press down on your fruit to semi-sweet chocolate, roughly chopped intrigue, deception, betrayal, battles, and fluff smoosh it and help it cook down. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract ultimate victory for the Jews. And yet, at its Combine the peanut Once the jam has thickened, press the jam Use a spice or coffee grinder to grind the heart it’s really just a simple story of right tri- butter and marshmal- through a fine mesh strainer using the back poppy seeds, working in batches if necessary, umphing over wrong. low fluff until smooth, of a spoon to strain out the seeds. Set aside until powdery, 15 to 20 seconds. So let’s play up those contrasting char- using the whisk of an to cool to room temperature, then chill in the In a small saucepan set over medium heat, acteristics of Purim with some new-fangled electric mixer. hamantaschen fillings. We’ll take the holi- fridge for at least 1 hour prior to using. combine the milk, sugar, ground poppy Yield: Enough for 3 dozen hamantaschen. day’s tastiest treat and make it a contempo- Yield: About 1 cup of jam. seeds, and apricots. Bring to a simmer, then rary cookie. Source: Adapted from Miriam Pascal, over- turn the heat to Source: Adapted from aperiodictableblog.com. Now, this is not to say that those who love timecook.com low and cook, stir- their prune or poppy seed hamantaschen ring frequently, can’t still indulge in their favorite flavors. But until almost all the Date orange filling liquid is absorbed why not try something new and novel, differ- Manischewitz filling 1-1/4 cups packed pitted dates (about 10 and the mixture ent and delicious, too? 1 cup Manischewitz ounces) thickens, 7 to 10 Purim isn’t a time for timidity, so dare to 8 ounces cream cheese (dairy or 1 teaspoon packed finely grated fresh venture beyond what’s familiar. Each year, we soy), at room temperature orange zest minutes. come up with new costume ideas and new 3 cups powdered sugar 1/3 cup fresh orange juice Add the orange themes for our shpiels, right? So, why not To make filling, pour Manischewitz 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon juice, lemon juice, and butter and cook play with your food and liven up the haman- in a small saucepan and simmer 1/4 teaspoon almond extract until absorbed, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the taschen, while you’re changing up everything over medium high heat until it re- 1 to 2 tablespoons water, if necessary chocolate and vanilla and cook, stirring con- else? duces down to about 1/8 In a food processor blend together all filling tinuously until the chocolate melts and the Whether the three-cornered cookies rep- cup, about 10 minutes. Let ingredients, except water, until an almost mixture is very thick, 2 to 3 minutes more. resent Haman’s ears or his hat, or even sym- cool, syrup will thicken as smooth, jam-like consistency. If date mixture Remove from the heat and let cool slightly bolize the three patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, it cools. is very dry blend in water, 1 tablespoon at a before filling hamantaschen. and Jacob, they’re an essential tradition at In a medium bowl, mix to- time. If desired, make up to 2 days ahead and store, Purim. gether cream cheese, powdered sugar and 1 table- Filling may be made covered, in the refrigerator. But who says tradition always has to be spoon Manischewitz syrup with a hand mixer 2 days ahead and Yield: Enough for 3 dozen hamantaschen. so… well, traditional? or spoon until combined. The filling should be chilled, covered. thick. If it is dry, add a little more syrup. Source: Adapted from Leah Koenig, Modern Try some new flavorful fillings in your Yield: 11/2 cups. hamantaschen this year. Mix up, muddle up, Yield: About 2 dozen hamantaschen. Jewish Cooking: Recipes & Customs for and shake up those holiday treats. n Source: Gourmet. Today’s Kitchen Source: Adapted from whatjewwannaeat.com.

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which members offer thoughts about the theme, cultural economies. 12:15 p.m. Yidish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): March 2016 eat a meal and schmooze. At the JCC. 6:30 p.m. Spirituality Book Club: TBE. Noon–1 p.m. Beanster’s Café in UM Michigan League. 1:30 Friday evening services: See listing at tend of calendar. Yoga with Shlomit: TBE. Noon–1:15 p.m. p.m. Tuesdays. Tuesday 1 Cooking with Chef Meg: JCC. Chef Meg Webb Shalom Gever: TBE. 4:15–5:45 p.m. Saturday 5 Graham of Meg Makes Cakes walks through steps to Hebrew 104: TBE. 5–6 p.m. The Jewish Course of Why: Chabad. This Jewish make delicious challah. RSVP at 971-0990. 1–2 p.m. Hebrew 103: TBE. 6–7 p.m. Learning Institute (JLI) course spans a diverse Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. 1:15–2 p.m. Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. range of topics, from fun, light, and off-the- 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Shabbat Limmud: BIC. 9 a.m. Sounds of the Soul: BIC. 7 p.m. beaten-track questions, to more complex and Hebrew in Ivrit: TBE. 9:30–10:30 a.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. Sharpen your controversial issues. The course will also offer wits and knowledge of the Jewish legal system by Kindergarten Family Program: Our Torah Services: Wednesday 16 insight into mysterious Jewish practices, strange following the intriguing discussions in the Talmud. TBE: 10:45– 12:30 p.m. biblical narratives, and enigmas of Jewish identity. The Talmud is a composite of practical law, logical KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. KidZone Vacation 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Shabbat services: See listing at tend of calendar argumentation and moral teachings. Study from Days provide fun and adventure for children in Yidish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): . the original Talmud tractate. 8 p.m. Thursdays. Beanster’s Café in UM Michigan League. K-5 when Ann Arbor Schools and Hebrew Day 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Sunday 6 School have scheduled closures. Children hang out in the new KidZone Lounge, complete with Shalom Gever: TBE. 4:15–5:45 p.m. Friday 11 Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the computers, games, and a reading area; have Hebrew 104: TBE. 5–6 p.m. basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty Apples and Honey Ideas Meeting: JCC. For arts and crafts time; play sports; and watch a Hebrew 103: TBE. 6–7 p.m. and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. organizations to discuss ideas for this year’s kid-friendly movie. For information including Group Spirituality Exploration: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. Bar/Bat Mitzvah 6th Grade Family Series. 10:30 a.m. event. No RSVP needed. Sandwiches provided. pricing or to register, visit www.jccannarbor.org, contact [email protected] or phone Beyond Pentateuch: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. Social Action Committee Meeting: TBE. 10:30 a.m. For information, contact ethankrasnow@ 971-0990. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Kids Care Fair: JFS. At the Ann Arbor City Club. jccannarbor.org. Noon. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. For information, visit www.jfsannarbor.org/kids- Lunch and Learn: TBE. 12:30–1:30 p.m. Lecture: JCC. Jewish Cultural Arts and Education care-fair. 2–5 p.m. Series. For information, contact Karen at 971- Shalom Gever: TBE. 3:30–5:45 p.m. 0990 or email [email protected]. Shir Chadash: TBE. 5–6 p.m. Wednesday 2 Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat from Lunch and Laugh: BIC. Noon. Kol Halev: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. 5:45–6:15 p.m. Sukkat Shalom from 5:45–6:15 Mahj: TBE. 1–3 p.m. Lunch and Learn: BIC. Noon. A Social Justice Perspective on Smoking and Mental p.m. Tot Shabbat 5:45–6:15 p.m. Shira from Illness: BIC. BIC Spotlight Series presents Laura 6:45–7:15 p.m. Shabbat Service | Pulpit Switch Mahj: TBE. Off-site. 1–3 p.m. Hirshbein. 7:45 p.m. from 7:30–9 p.m. Library Memoir Writing: TBE. 7–8:30 p.m. Thursday 17 Friday evening services: See listing at tend of calendar. Monday 7 Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. 1:15–2 p.m. Thursday 3 Saturday 12 Issues for Aging: Immigration: JFS and JCC. For Shalom Gever: TBE. 4:15–7 p.m. information, contact JFS at 769-0209. 2–4 p.m. Business@Breakfast: Michigan Israel Business Nachamu Training Session: TBE. 7–9 p.m. Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. “Once More, with Feeling: Sacrificial Worship Bridge. Informal opportunity to network between Ancient Rabbinic Literature and Reception: Michigan Israel Business Bridge. Hebrew in Ivrit: TBE. 9:30–10:30 a.m. and hear from Technion–Israel Institute of Contemporary Israeli Nationalist-Religious Welcoming the 2016 Israel Hi-Tech Automotive Technology students. For information and to Shabbat Service: AARC. Participative service Discourse:” Frankel Institute. Presented by Delegation. Featuring Israeli hi-tech automotive register, visit bit.ly/MIBB-MarchMadness16. integrating traditional liturgy with music, Mira Balberg, Northwestern University UM suppliers and speaker TBA. Evening program in 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 100. Bloomfield Hills. chanting and contemporary English readings. Angell Hall, Classics Library, 505 South State Troy. For information and to register, visit bit.ly/ 8:30–10 a.m. Includes Torah service and discussion. 10 a.m.– Street. For more information, see lsa.umich. MIBB-MarchMadness16 “Swerving from the Sacred: Disenchanted Jews in the 12:15 p.m. edu/judaic/news-events/all-events.html. In the Vernon Manuscript:” Frankel Institute. Presented Tot Shabbat: BIC. 11:15 a.m. Hebrew Bible, animal and vegetable sacrifices by Miriamne Krummel, University of Dayton. Tuesday 8 Shabbat services: See listing at the end of the calendar. are presented as the quintessential channel of 202 South Thayer Street, Room 2022. For more religious worship, as was the case throughout the information, visit http://lsa.umich.edu/judaic/ The Jewish Course of Why: Chabad. 9:30 a.m., 7:30 Sunday 13 ancient world. The destruction of the Jerusalem news-events/all-events.html. “Swerving from the p.m. Tuesdays. See March 1. temple at the end of the first century C.E. led to Sacred,” queries the survival of three of the four the effective demise of this practice, and to the Yidish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): surviving Marian lyrics in the fifteenth-century Gan Katan: BIC. 9:30 a.m. emergence of a common perception according Beanster’s Café in UM Michigan League. 1:30 Vernon Manuscript (Eng. poet a. 1): “Child Slain Planning Session: BIC Men’s Club. 9:30 a.m. to which sacrifices were superseded by religious p.m. Tuesdays. by Jews,” “Jewish Boy,” and “Merchant’s Surety.” Pulpit Switch: TBE. 10:30–noon. practices that are taken to be more “modern” These three narratives are useful in two otherwise Shalom Gever: TBE. 4:15–5:45 p.m. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the and refined, such as prayer and study. Professor unrelated, if not downright antagonistic, cultural Hebrew 104: TBE. 5–6 p.m. basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty Balberg’s paper seeks to challenge and refine the economies. 12:15 p.m. Hebrew 103: TBE. 6–7 p.m. and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. “supersession” hypothesis. 4 p.m. Yoga with Shlomit: TBE. Noon–1:15 p.m. Group Spirituality Exploration: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. Shir Chadash: TBE. 5–6 p.m. [E]Met: An Honest Conversation about Death: Phone, Mail and Email Scams: JCC. Zana Macki of TBE. 7–8:30 p.m. Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Kol Halev: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. the Michigan Consumer Protection Office shares 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. 8 p.m. See first ways to protect yourself and your loved ones from Time Change: BIC. Sunday Minyan time moves Thursday of month. a variety of scams that target older adults. For to 7:30 p.m. information, contact Rachael at 971-0990 or email Wednesday 9 Middle School Shir Chadash Café: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. [email protected]. 1–2 p.m. Friday 18 Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. 1:15–2 p.m. Lunch and Laugh: BIC. Noon. Monday 14 Lunch and Learn: TBE. 12:30–1:30 p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. Sharpen your Lecture: JCC. Jewish Cultural Arts and Education Series. For information, contact Karen at 971- Shalom Gever: TBE. 3:30–5:45 p.m. wits and knowledge of the Jewish legal system by Business@Breakfast: Michigan Israel Business 0990 or email [email protected]. following the intriguing discussions in the Talmud. Bridge. Introduction of NGT, a Jewish and Arab Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat from The Talmud is a composite of practical law, logical technological incubator in Nazareth and the 5:45–6:15 p.m. Sukkat Shalom from 5:45–6:15 argumentation and moral teachings. Study from Thursday 10 Israeli company, Guide, in Montreal. Featuring p.m. Tot Shabbat Dinner from 6:15–6:45 p.m. the original Talmud tractate. 8 p.m. Thursdays. Ariel Shrem and Dr. Arie Ben Yosef. Morning Shira from 6:45–7:15 p.m. Shabbat Service | program in Ann Arbor. For information and to Social Action Shabbat / Birthday / Anniversary “Swerving from the Sacred: Disenchanted Celebration from 7:30–9 p.m. Jews in the Vernon Manuscript:” Frankel register, visit bit.ly/MIBB-MarchMadness16 Friday 4 Friday evening services: See listing at tend of calendar. Institute. Presented by Miriamne Krummel, Concert: JCC. Small ensemble performance by Shalom Gever: TBE. 3:30–5:45 p.m. University of Dayton. 202 South Thayer members of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. $10/per person. Tickets and information at www. Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat from Street, Room 2022. For more information, Saturday 19 a2so.org. 1–2:30 p.m. 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat Dinner from 6:15– visit http://lsa.umich.edu/judaic/news- 6:45 p.m. Shira from 6:45–7:15 p.m. Honoring events/all-events.html. “Swerving from the Shalom Gever: TBE. 4:15–7 p.m. Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Sacred,” queries the survival of three of the Terri Ginsburg Pre-service festivities from Men’s Torah Study: TBE. 7–8:30 p.m. Shabbat Morning with the Rabbis: BIC. 9:30 a.m. four surviving Marian lyrics in the fifteenth- 6:30–7:15 p.m. Shabbat Service honoring Terri Hebrew in Ivrit: TBE. 9:30–10:30 a.m. Ginsburg from 7:30–9 p.m. century Vernon Manuscript (Eng. poet a. 1): “Child Slain by Jews,” “Jewish Boy,” and Tuesday 15 B’nai Mitzvah: TBE. 10–11:30 a.m. First Friday Shabbat: JCS. Once monthly observance “Merchant’s Surety.” These three narratives Shabbat services: See listing at the end of the calendar. of Shabbat with songs, candle lighting, wine and perform a usefulness in two otherwise The Jewish Course of Why: Chabad. 9:30 a.m., 7:30 challah, followed by a short thematic program in unrelated, if not downright antagonistic, p.m. Tuesdays. See March 1.

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Men’s Torah Study: TBE. 7–8:30 p.m. Shabbat Service: Chabad. Begins at candle-lighting Sunday 20 Friday 25 Women’s Torah Study: TBE. 7–8:30 p.m. time. Home hospitality available for Shabbat meals and Jewish holidays. Call 995-3276 in advance. Red Cross Blood Drive: BIC. 9:30 a.m. KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. See March 16. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the Lunch and Learn: TBE. 12:30–1:30 p.m. Tuesday 29 Weekly Shabbat services basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty “Social Power and Religious Communication in the and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. The Jewish Course of Why: Chabad. 9:30 a.m., Shabbat Services: AAOM. Morning service, 9:30 Roman Empire: Orthopraxy and Orthodoxy:” a.m. Evening service, 35 minutes before sunset. Purim Party” JCS. Games, crafts, music, a 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. See March 1. Frankel Institute. Presented by James Rives, Call 662-5805 for information. Mincha/Ma’ariv Purim Shpiel and costume parade. Pizza and Yidish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. with Seudah Shlisheet and Dvar Torah every hamentashen will be available for purchase. Beanster’s Café in UM Michigan League. 1:30 p.m. UM Angell Hall, Classics Library, 505 South week. Torah topics and a bite to eat. Discussions Costumes encouraged. At the JCC. 10:30 a.m. State Street. For information, see lsa.umich.edu/ Shalom Gever: TBE. 4:15–5:45 p.m. led by Rabbi Rod Glogower and other local Brunch Concert: JCC. Featuring violinist Maria judaic/news-events/all-events.html. Professor Hebrew 104: TBE. 5–6 p.m. scholars. Home hospitality available for Shabbat Bessmeltseva and pianist Michelle Cooker. For Rives will sketch out a model for mapping Hebrew 103: TBE. 6–7 p.m. meals. UM Hillel. information, contact Karen at 971-0990 or email religious change in the Roman Empire, a model [email protected]. 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. built around the contrast between orthopraxy Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Shabbat Services: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Morning childcare and orthodoxy. 3 p.m. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. from 10 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Shalom Gever: TBE. 3:30–5:45 p.m. Shabbat Services: AA Reconstructionist Monday 21 Congregation. Morning services held the second Pre-Fourth Friday Services: AARC. Bring young Wednesday 30 Saturday of each month at the JCC from 10 a.m.– Shalom Gever: TBE. 4:15–7 p.m. children for singing and fun with Rabbi Alana noon integrating traditional liturgy with music, Alpert or another service leader. Pizza served. Lunch and Learn: BIC. Noon. chanting and contemporary readings including Childcare provided during services that follow, Staff Appreciation Dinner: BIC. 6 p.m. Torah service and discussion. A morning of songs with advance notice. At the JCC. 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tuesday 22 Issues for Aging: Men’s Health: JFS. At the JCC. and text study takes place the first Saturday of Fourth Friday Shabbat Service and Potluck Dinner: RSVP to [email protected] or phone each month. For info, email [email protected] or The Jewish Course of Why: Chabad. 9:30 a.m., AARC. Musical Kabbalat Shabbat Services led by 769-0209. 7–8:30 p.m. call 913-9705 or visit www.aarecon.org. 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. See March 1. Rabbi Michael Strassfeld. Will include a Megillah Shabbat Services: Chabad. Friday night services at th 26 Belin Lecture: “Pigskin Isn’t Kosher: American reading. Followed by vegetarian potluck dinner, Shabbat candle lighting time. Saturday morning Jewry as a Political Football:” Frankel Institute. this month with a dinner theater purimshpiel. Thursday 31 services at 9:45 a.m. Afternoon services 45 Presented by Samuel Freedman, Columbia Open to all community members. Pizza nosh for minutes before sundown. Call 995-3276 for University. UM Palmer Commons, Forum Hall, children and childcare provided during services KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. See March 16. Home Hospitality and Meals for Shabbat and 100 Washtenaw Avenue. For more information, from 6:15–8 p.m. Reservations requested for Yoga with Shlomit: TBE. Noon–1:15 p.m. Jewish Holidays. see lsa.umich.edu/judaic/news-events/all- pizza and childcare. For information, phone “The Voices of Moses: The Idea of Revelation in Shabbat Services: Pardes Hannah. Generally meets events.html. This lecture, and the essay that will 445-1910 or email [email protected]. At the JCC. Early Hasidim:” Frankel Institute. Presented by the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month. Call arise from it, will look at the religious, cultural, 6:30–10 p.m. Frankel Fellow Ariel Evan Mayse, University of 663-4039 for more information. 10 a.m. Led by demographic, and generational forces that Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat from California–Davis. 202 South Thayer Street, Room Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg. underlay the currently fractious and embittered 5:45–6:15 p.m. Sukkat Shalom from 5:45–6:15 p.m. 2022. For information, see lsa.umich.edu/judaic/ Shabbat Services: TBE. Torah Study with Rabbi Levy state of American Jewry and its Israeli brethren. Tot Shabbat Dinner from 6:15–6:45 p.m. Shira news-events/all-events.html. This lecture will Reception at 6:30 p.m. Lecture at 7 p.m. from 6:45–7:15 p.m. Shabbat Service from 7–9 p.m. at 8:50 a.m. Morning Minyan with Rabbi Delson explore the ways in which a circle of key Hasidic and lay leaders at 9:30 a.m. Sanctuary Service at Yidish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): Friday evening services: See listing atend of calendar mystics dramatically reinterpreted the theophany 10 a.m. most weeks. Call the office at 665-4744 or Beanster’s Café in UM Michigan League. 1:30 p.m. . on Mt. Sinai. Special attention will be devoted to consult website at www.templebethemeth.org for Shalom Gever: TBE. 4:15–5:45 p.m. their teachings on what may be understood as the service details. Saturday 26 content of Revelation, if not the entire Torah, and Hebrew 104: TBE. 5–6 p.m. Home Hospitality for Shabbat and Holiday Meals: how these figures described devotional practices Hebrew 103: TBE. 6–7 p.m. AAOM. Call 662-5805 in advance. Jewish Parenting Workshop: TBE. 8:30–9:30 a.m. such as study and prayer as a means of reliving and Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. continuing the process of Revelation. 12:15 p.m. Home Hospitality and Meals: Chabad. Every 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Shabbat and Holiday. Call 995-3276 in advance. Brotherhood Blood Drive: TBE. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Learn About LifeLink: JCC. Bob Sloggins of Huron Shabbat Limmud: BIC. 9 a.m. Valley Ambulance will talk about the benefits of Frequently listed phone numbers of Wednesday 23 Hebrew in Ivrit: TBE. 9:30–10:30 a.m. LifeLink, a remote emergency alert system. For more information, visit https://www.hva.org/ Chapel Service: TBE. 10–11 a.m. organizations in the calendar: Programs/OldLLfiles/LifeLinkMainPage.htm. Network@Noon: Michigan Israel Business Bridge. Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan (AAOM) Jewish Parenting Workshop: TBE. 10:45–11:45 a.m. For information about the talk, contact Rachel Michigan Israel Business Bridge and University 1429 Hill Street 994-5822 of Haifa Lunch Meet-Up in Detroit. For Tot Shabbat: BIC. 11:15 a.m. at 971-0990 or rachaelhoffenblum@jccannarbor. Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation information and to register, visit bit.ly/MIBB- Shabbat services: See listing at the end of the calendar. org. 1–2 p.m. (AARC) MarchMadness16. 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. 1:15–2 p.m. 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 913-9705 Lecture: JCC. Jewish Cultural Arts and Education Religious Freedom and Marriage Equality–Seeking Sunday 27 Beth Israel Congregation (BIC) Series. For information, contact Karen at 971- Common Ground: Crazy Wisdom Salon. With 2000 Washtenaw Ave. 665-9897 0990 or email [email protected]. Reverend George Lambrides, co-director of Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the Interfaith Round Table of Washtenaw County; Chabad House Purim Megillah Reading and Carnival: TBE. 5–7 p.m. basic text of Chassidim and discover the beauty and Reverend Joe Summers, Episcopal Church of the 715 Hill Street 995-3276 Kitah Dalet Purim Shpiel: BIC. Followed by dinner. depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. Incarnation; and Nancy Ogilvie, Our Climate Jewish Community Center (JCC) 6 p.m. Shir Chadash: TBE. 5–6 p.m. Change Legacy. Moderated by Lucinda Kurtz, M.A., 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 971-0990 Maariv and Megillah Reading: Esther v Hamen: Kol Halev: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. Brennan Healing Science Practitioner. Exploration Jewish Cultural Society (JCS) BIC. 7 p.m. of the intersection of marriage equality and faith 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 975-9872 Monday 28 and the impact the Supreme Court ruling is having Jewish Family Services (JFS) Thursday 24 on faith communities. Crazy Wisdom, 114 South 2245 South State Street 769-0209 Main Street. For information, phone 665-2757 or Jewish Federation “Secular Among the Nations” Symposium: Frankel email [email protected]. 7 p.m. Megillah Reading and Lunch and Laugh Purim Institute. UM Rackham Assembly Hall, 915 East 2939 Birch Hollow Drive 677-0100 Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. 8 p.m. See first Seudah: BIC. 11 a.m. Washington Street. For information, see lsa.umich. Pardes Hannah Thursday of the month. Yoga with Shlomit: TBE. Noon–1:15 p.m. edu/judaic/news-events/all-events.html. Part of 2010 Washtenaw Ave. 761-5324 Meet and Greet the Pharmacists: JCC. Meet the new the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies Temple Beth Emeth (TBE) pharmacists at Walgreens, followed by a question theme year on “Sacralization and Secularization,” Weekly Friday night Shabbat services 2309 Packard Road 665-4744 and answer session where health questions will this symposium brings scholars from around Shabbat Service: AAOM. Services held at UM Hillel. UM Hillel be answered. For information, contact Rachael the United States and Israel to the University of Call 994-9258 in advance to confirm time. 1429 Hill Street 769-0500 at 971-0990 or email rachaelhoffenblum@ Michigan to explore the interplay between the Shabbat Service: BIC. 6 p.m. secular and the sacred within the Jewish tradition jccannarbor.org. 1–2 p.m. Shabbat Service: TBE. Tot Shabbat at 6 p.m., and among different faith groups. The symposium Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. 1:15–2 p.m. followed by tot dinner. Traditional Service at 7:30 will include three panels structured around different Purim in the Stadium: Chabad and JCC. Multimedia p.m. Once a month Middle School Service at 7:30 Shabbat Candlelighting temporal frames: scriptural and pre-modern Megillah reading at 5 p.m. Dinner buffet, music, p.m. For information, call 665-4744. approaches; early modern and Enlightenment March 3 6:07 p.m. dancing, crafts and other activities beginning attitudes; and contemporary European politics and Shabbat Service: AARC. 6:15 p.m. at the JCC the at 5:30 p.m. $30/family or $10/person at the March 10 6:15 p.m. society, and will conclude with a keynote address fourth Friday each month. Musical Shabbat door. Purchase tickets online at www.jewmich. by Professor Shmuel Feiner of Bar Ilan University, service followed by vegetarian potluck. Pizza nosh March 17 7:23 p.m. com or phone 971-0990 or 995-3276 ext. 5. For author of The Origins of Jewish Secularization in for the kids at 6 p.m. Childcare provided during information, or to RSVP, phone 995-3276 ext. 5. Eighteenth-Century Europe and Moses Mendelssohn: the service. All are welcome. For information, call March 24 7:31 p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. 8 p.m. See first Sage of Modernity. 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. 975-6527, email [email protected], or March 31 7:39 p.m. visit www.aarecon.org. Thursday of the month. Shalom Gever: TBE. 4:15–7 p.m. Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2016 25 I In the News Like Popeye JNS: in the news Israel and Russia to sign free trade Albert Einstein’s gravitational waves agreement observed for the first time Russia and Israel are planning to sign a free Scientists revealed last month that for the loves spinach. trade agreement that will allow for the establish- first time, they have been able to directly detect ment of joint ventures in the high-tech and ag- the existence of gravitational waves, which were riculture sectors, the Russian news agency TASS identified by renowned Jewish scientist Albert reported last month. Einstein’s theory of relativity a century ago. Both Israeli Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel The discovery was announced by David Re- and Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister Ser- itze, executive director of the U.S.-based Laser gey Levin confirmed that the agreement is ex- Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observato- pected to be finalized. ry (LIGO), during “We’ve discussed the prospects of forming a press conference a free trade zone, which the government plans in Washington, to put on paper within the shortest period of DC. Reitze said time,” Levin said. that the gravita- Israel officials told Ma’ariv that Ariel visited tional waves were Russia with Member of Knesset Yoel Razvozov detected on Sep- (Yesh Atid), who together with Israeli Ambas- tember 14, 2015, by sador to Russia Zvi Heifetz met with Kremlin TURNER ORREN JACK CREDIT: both of the twin officials—among them Russia’s deputy prime LIGO detectors in minister, Arkady Dvorkovich—to discuss the Livingston, Louisi- agreement. ana, and Hanford, Representatives from both sides also dis- Albert Einstein Washington. cussed pension payments by the Russian gov- Einstein’s theory stipulated that gravitational ernment to Israeli citizens who had immigrated waves are produced from the merger of two to the Jewish state from the former Soviet Union. black holes, a collision that has previously never been observed. “Gravitational waves, sort of at a funda- Breakthrough cancer study has mental level, are very similar” to a pond, ex- Israeli roots plained Reitze. A cancer study showing results hailed this “In this case, the rock, is some big massive week as potentially revolutionary for the treat- object, some accelerating object, and the surface ment of leukemia is based on research under- of the pond is the space. It’s basically a space. We love to help. taken by Weizmann Institute Professor Zelig So when a big object moves and accelerates, you How can we help you? boaa.com 734.662.1600 Eshhar. have two objects, orbiting around one another, Member FDIC An article in the journal Science Translation- it’s creating these ripples that travel outward, al Medicine outlines how researchers from the and that’s what a gravitational wave is. It’s like University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer ripples on a pond, but the ripples in this case are Center and the Perelman School of Medicine in space themselves,” he said. found that 27 out of 29 advanced leukemia pa- According to estimates by LIGO scientists, tients either went into remission, or saw their ill- the pair of observed black holes were about 29 Ad Number: PP-BOAA-18348B Trim: 4.812" x 6.375" ness go away completely after their T-cells were Perich Job No: 18348 Bleed: NA and 36 times bigger than the mass of the sun, Colors: 4/C Live: NA modified genetically, a success rate of nearly respectively, and their collision took place 1.3 Format: 1/4 PG 94 percent. In the study carried out at the Fred billion years ago. Version: 1.20.16 Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, “It’s a tremendously important discovery. 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26 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2016 I Vitals

Mazel tov Sophie Shepps on her bat mitzvah, March 5. Gracie Greenberg on her bat mitzvah, March 5. Max Perry on his bar mitzvah, March 12. Samantha Rothstein on her bat mitzvah, March 12. Talia Zakalik on her bat mitzvah, March 19. Miles Gutman on his bar mitzvah, March 19. Jersey Weiss on his bar mitzvah, March 19. Richard and Allison Weinberg on the birth of their son, Michael Henry, and their daughter, Rachel Grace.

Condolences Lisa Newman on the death of her father, S. Daniel Levit, January 10. Ellen Offen on the death of her father, Jack Lipman, January 13. Laura Nisenson on the death of her father, Lee Nisenson, January 30. Victor Joffe on the death of his mother, Miriam S. Joffe Samson, January 30. Corry Berkooz on the death of her father, Paul William Buckwalter, February 16.

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