The Jewish Federation of Madison Begins Its 75Th Anniversary Tzedakah Campaign

September 2015 Elul, 5775 - Tishrei, 5776

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Jewish Federation Upcoming Events ...... 5 Jewish Social Services...... 12-13 Jewish Education ...... 22-23 Simchas & Condolences ...... 6 Rosh Hashanah Greetings ...... 15-21 Lechayim Lights ...... 25-27 Congregation News ...... 8-9 High Holy Days Schedule ...... 17 Israel & The World ...... 28-29 The Jewish Federation of Madison Begins its 75th Anniversary Tzedakah Campaign

While we continue to acknowledge Birthright Israel together to truly awaken Supporting. Strengthening. Changing Please give to the 75th Anniversary and celebrate the amazing people and and explore their Jewish identity. Your do- Jewish lives for the better in countless Tzedakah campaign. events that have helped to shape the last nation helps to fund Gan HaYeled Pre- ways. www.JewishFederation.org 75 years of the Madison Jewish commu- school as well as provide trauma nity, we launch into our campaign season. counseling to Israeli school age children With a goal of raising $1,018,000 we are who suffer from post-traumatic stress. counting on your help to make it a year to Your donation allows you to stand shoul- remember! der to shoulder with Jews around the One of the beautiful aspects of donat- world in solidarity, offering support in ing to the Federation is that your one gift places that are once again facing bigotry The 75th goes towards helping so many vital and hostility. causes. How often do you wish that you For 75 years, the Jewish Federation of Anniversary can be in more than one place at a time? Madison has been raising money to en- Through the Federation, at any hour of the hance the lives of Jews in Madison and all Tzedakah Campaign day, you can be virtually anywhere on the around the world. It is something we globe; making a vital difference in Jewish come together to do every year. It is the lives here in Madison, in Israel and in power of the collective – the ability to has over 70 countries around the world. make a world of difference when we Your donation helps to restore hope to stand together. Now as we prepare to Ofﬁcially Begun! families in crisis in Madison and in the usher in the New Year, we are asking for Ukraine. Your donation helps to send re- your help. Wait!!!!!!!! ligious and completely secular Jewish Wherever there is a Jewish commu- college students from the University of nity, the Federation is at work. And with How can we start the Wisconsin and other great schools on your donation, so are you. Rebuilding. Tzedakah Campaign without a Kickoff party??? Save the Date: Instead of a Kickoff party, Jewish Federation of Madison this year we are having our 75th Anniversary Annual Meeting Diamond Gala! November 15, 2015, 4 PM So dust off those dancing shoes Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman and be sure to register online at Jewish Community Campus www.JewishMadison.org! See the back page ad for more information. Create a Jewish Legacy The Madison Jewish Federation is currently on a campaign to enroll 75 or more PAID members of the community to indicate their intent to leave at least part of their Madison, Wis. Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE Permit No. 1341 estate to the Jewish Federation. A non-binding statement of intent is now available – you can find a link to it on the home page of the Jewish Federation of Madison at www.JewishMadison.org or please use the form on page 31 of this edition of the Madison Jewish News. Making the Federation part of your legacy is a vital way to help ensure the continued health of Jewish institutions and culture in Madison. Larry Tabak, who recently completed his Declaration of Intent to Create Your Jewish Legacy form, explained his rationale. “Doing something now, rather than making a mental note to do it sometime in the future, is like checking off a task on a long to-do list. I simply converted the beneficiary of one of my IRAs to the Jewish Federation of Madison. This reflects the realities of my family – my children are now out of college and growing more independent and it’s sensible to shift the beneficiary of a portion of my estate.” Filling out and submitting the form is not in any way legally binding. But it indicates your intent to include the Jewish Federation of Madison in your legacy. Thanks for helping us reach the goal of 75 participants! 6434 Enterprise Lane Madison, Wisconsin 53719 Change Service Requested JEWISH FEDERATION OF MADISON JEWISH FEDERATION JewishMadison.org The central information source for the entire Madison Jewish community

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Join us for this traveling playgroup for children babies to 2 year old and their caregivers! Great opportunity to connect for both the little ones and their grown-ups! For location, contact Tiz Goff, (773) 620-4404 or email outreach@ jewishmadison.org Schmooze & Tunes Fridays, September 11th thru December 4th 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Max Weinstein Jewish Community Building 6434 Enterprise Lane, Madison

Weekly music classes for very young children, between the ages of 3 months – 3 years, and their caregivers. Each week, following the music portion of class, we have schmoozing time and a delicious, homemade challah snack. This is a great way to meet other families and introduce your children to Jewish friendships that may last a lifetime! Register online at www.JewishMadison.org. For more information, contact Rachel at [email protected] or call (608) 278-1808.

Jewish Federation of Madison 75th Diamond Gala Saturday, October 17th Midrasha New Parent Info Session 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 9th Madison Marriott West Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street, Madison Join us for this wonderful event as This informative session for new Midrasha parents is the week before Midrasha we celebrate 75 years with dinner and classes begin. For further information, contact Ellen Weismer at (608) 278-1808 dancing! See more details on the back or email [email protected] page. To register for this event, go to www.JewishMadison.org or call (608) 278-1808.

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Jewish Dialogue Sessions on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Wednesday, September 9th 7:00-9:00 p.m. Capitol Lakes, 333 W. Main Street, Madison

Join us for a unique dialogue moderated by Harry Webne-Behrman, a professional mediator, using materials from the Jewish Dialogue Group. Jewish Federation of Would you like to have a constructive, respectful conversation with other Jewish Madison Annual Meeting people whose views about Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are different Sunday, November 15th, at 4 p.m. from your own? Are you interested in talking about your experiences, feelings, con- Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman victions, and questions in an environment that promotes mutual understanding? Jewish Community Campus To register and reserve a spot, please contact Sara at [email protected]. This program is funded by an Innovation Grant from the Jewish Federation of Join us as we highlight the successes Madison and co-sponsored by Beth Israel Center, Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, of the past year. Other business includes Jewish Federation of Madison, Temple Beth El and UW Hillel. the election of the Board of Directors and Future Sessions ~ all are at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm and open to all Officers. October 28 – Jewish Federation of Madison, 6434 Enterprise Lane November 11 – Jewish Federation of Madison, 6434 Enterprise Lane December 14 – Temple Beth El, 2702 Arbor Drive

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BY MICHAEL BLUMENFELD services to people with disabilities and testing for childless adults applying for ment before they can take effect. the elderly. As a result of these changes, BadgerCare Plus. Human Trafficking Funding: The it is very likely that national, for-profit in- Drug Testing for Public Benefits: In Department of Children and Families Governor Walker signed the 2015-17 surance companies will begin operating addition to requiring childless adults ap- will receive $2 million to provide serv- state budget into law on July 12, one day these two programs. The new version of plying for BadgerCare coverage to pass ices to child victims of sex trafficking. before announcing his presidential run. Family Care will be available statewide a drug test, the budget bill also requires Transportation Assistance for Eld- He issued over 100 vetoes to the two- by January 1, 2017—this means that in- drug testing for FoodShare (food erly and People with Disabilities: Pro- year spending plan. dividuals with disabilities and older stamps), W-2 for non-custodial parents, vides a 1% funding increase for county As the Legislature begins to re-con- adults living in Dane County will no Transform Milwaukee Jobs Program, and assistance in the provision of specialized vene for the fall legislative session, topics longer receive services from the county unemployment insurance. These changes transportation services for the elderly and to watch include: a potential ban on the and instead transition to the statewide need approval from the federal govern- people with disabilities. sale and use of fetal body parts, which if Family Care program. enacted, UW-Madison believes could BadgerCare Plus coverage for halt biomedical research currently con- childless adults: The Department of Save the Date: Third Annual ducted on campus; a new legislative ini- Health Services will submit a request to tiative to address dementia; and the federal government to implement additional public assistance reforms. several changes to BadgerCare Plus eli- Sister Rose Thering, OP Items signed into law as part of the gibility for childless adults, including: a state budget that we identified as priori- 48 month enrollment cap, monthly pre- Jewish/Catholic Program ties for the Jewish community include: miums and a requirement to undergo a Long-term Care Redesign: Between yearly health assessment. Individuals en- Thursday, October 8, 5:30 PM pose was in part to heal the historic now and April 1, 2016, the state’s Depart- gaging in “high-risk” behaviors will be Edgewood College, Washburn breach between the Catholic Church ment of Health Services will develop a charged a higher premium. DHS will also Heritage Room, Regina Hall, Monroe and Judaism. plan to re-vamp Family Care and IRIS, request permission from the federal gov- Street Campus Hannah Rosenthal is currently Pres- two Medicaid programs that provide ernment to require drug screening and ident and CEO of the Milwaukee Jew- Hannah Rosenthal and David Boss- ish Federation. She worked in the State man will lead this special evening of re- Department from 2009-2012 as the membrance, conversation and learning: Special Envoy and head of the Office to “Performing the Jewish Nostra Aetate – In Our Time: Cele- Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. brating 50 Years, Building Bridges In David Bossman is professor of Archive”: The Unsilencing Our Time. Jewish-Christian Studies and Executive Sister Rose Thering, OP was a Director of the Sister Rose Thering woman ahead of her time for our time. Fund for Education in Jewish-Christian of Jewish Musicians She devoted her professional life of Studies at Seton Hall University. Boss- teaching and learning to enhancing the man knew and worked with Sister Rose BY MELISSA MILLER into their classical works. relationship between Roman Catholics at Seton Hall. The May festival will focus strongly and Jews. Her doctoral study was in- What if a suitcase tucked away at the on young people’s music-making, in strumental in the seminal declaration of Presented by Edgewood College and back of your closet held the key to a lost order to bring to life the grant’s central Nostra Aetate issued by the council UW Hillel, with support from the musical world? How can a once-vibrant theme of Care for the Future: Thinking known as Vatican II in 1965 whose pur- Jewish Federation of Madison. tradition of Jewish music-making, si- Forward Through the Past. This theme is lenced in the twentieth century by dis- particularly dear to the heart of Dobbs’ placement and war, inspire audiences of work, as she focuses on children’s musi- today? The research of Teryl Dobbs, cal experiences. A highlight of the con- Chair of Music Education and Jewish cert will be a piano sonata by a Studies affiliate at UW-Madison, aims to 12-year-old Polish-Jewish girl named revive this forgotten artistic past. Along Josima Feldschuh. The daughter of a with an international research team, composer from Warsaw, Josima perished Dobbs has received a $2.5 million grant in the Holocaust. But now, more than a from the United Kingdom’s Arts and Hu- half-century later, her work has been un- manities Research Council to perform re- earthed by musicologists at the U.S. Simchas & Condolences discovered musical, dramatic and literary Holocaust Memorial Museum. Thanks to works by Jewish artists for modern audi- these efforts, Feldschuh’s musical voice Mazel Tov on the birth of: ences. will be heard not only in Madison, but Eden June Frank, daughter of Justin and Jamie Frank, granddaughter of Lottie The grant, entitled “Performing the also at the other festival sites of Leeds, and Joel Frank Jewish Archive,” will fund five interna- England and Terezin, the Czech Repub- Judah Winston Schwartz, son of Jeffrey and Devra Schwartz, grandson of tional performance festivals. Two of lic. Additionally, the May festival will Darlene and Stuart Schwartz these festivals will take place in Madison, comprise a collage concert that features Rory Benjamin Sherman, son of Adam and Sarah Sherman, grandson of Bettine the only U.S. site chosen for the project, local musical groups such as the Wiscon- and Dan Lipman on August 30, 2015 and May 2-5, 2016. sin Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Eleanor Rose Talerico, daughter of Alice and Lew Talerico, granddaughter of Works performed will include chamber Madison Youth Choir. As Dobbs ex- Nancy and Richard Peidelstein music by the musical group Bach Danc- plains, participating in this concert will Isaac Rakower Barak, Ariel Barak and Rachel Rakower, grandson of Phillip ing & Dynamite, as well as klezmer tunes encourage these young people to “con- Barack and Sara Glassman Barak and cabaret theater. The August chamber sider their own place” in musical history. Madeline Rose, daughter of Daniel Sklansky and Christine Zimmerman, grand- music concert will feature works by sev- Ultimately, the investigators on the daughter of Carol Ottenstein and Ron Sklansky eral Jewish composers whose destinies project expect these performances to spur Theo Asher Williams, son of Josh and Kristen Williams, grandson of Deena and were determined by the Holocaust. Two on the discovery of more treasures. Peter Williams of the composers, Erwin Schulhoff and Dobbs says that she hopes audience Joshua Eliaz Harris, son of Jodi and Rob Harris, grandson of Lawrence and Dick Kattenburg, perished in prison members will be moved to search for Beatrice Harris camps during the war. Their lively and trunks of music and other artistic works joyful musical compositions, however, in their own attics and continue to bring Mazel tov on the engagement of: contrast starkly with their tragic fates. As forgotten Jewish art to light. Elissa Brown, daughter of Rozan and Brian Anderson, to Nate Stewart Stephanie Jutt, Professor of Flute at UW- The performances mentioned above Diana Frank, daughter of Holly and Fred Frank, to Adam Poftelnek Madison and one of the musicians to play are free and open to the public. For more at the August concert, notes, these men information, including a concert sched- Mazel Tov on the marriage of: were “early crossover artists” who wove ule, see: www.music.wisc.edu/perform- Jeremy Kane, son of Jonathan Kane and Janet Mertz to, Allison Young the dynamic themes of American jazz ing-the-jewish-archive. Benjamin Frenz, son of Janet and Bryon Frenz to, Becky Rosenblatt

Condolences to the families of: Ralph Musin, father of Ira Marc Musin Archie Loeb, father of Jan Loeb (Marc Shovers), grandfather of Sam and Ben Shovers Robert Littky, husband of Loretta, father of Wendi (Craig) Joseph, grandfather of Hannah, Talia, Benji and Ezra Mary E. Flax, mother of Marshall (Lisa) Flax, grandmother of Rebecca and Elliot Flax Susan Halloway, daughter of Harry and Bell Halloway, sister of H. Stephen (Helen) Halloway and aunt of Josh Halloway September 2015 Madison Jewish News/7 Hadassah Presents Every Heart Counts: Fitness-Fun-Friends On Sunday, November 1, 2015, join a Here in Madison, we are sponsoring wonderful group of women to exercise “Every Heart Counts” on Sunday, and learn about fitness and keeping your November 1, where women will gather heart healthy! for a fun and educational event. Much of Lee Eckhardt will be our luncheon heart disease is preventable and we speaker. She is co-director of UW would like to enable women to better un- An Evening With Visiting Health’s Cardiac Arrest Prevention Pro- derstand heart disease and walk away gram which is designed to understand the with tools to build a healthier lifestyle. Author Zeldis McDonough reasons for a heart event in a patient and The event will offer coffee/bagels, to determine the best course of action to speakers, exercise, a healthy lunch and reduce risk in all family members. Dr. the guaranteed to be interesting lunch Thursday, October 22 Eckhardt is a clinical cardiac electrophys- speaker, Dr. Lee Eckhardt. Registration iologist who is board certified in Internal will open on Wednesday, September 16. Everyone is invited to meet Medicine, cardiovascular diseases, and Go to Madison Hadassah website: Yona Zeldis McDonough, clinical cardiac electrophysiology. In ad- http://www.hadassah.org/Madison author and fiction editor dition to her professional expertise, she Wisconsin, or go to our Facebook page: for Lilith magazine, and is dedicated to health and fitness! www.facebook.com/HadassahMadison. discuss three of her most If you attend the November 1st pro- recent books. Read more gram, you will: about it and other • Enjoy the camaraderie of great Hadassah events at: women of all ages, interests, and styles. www.hadassah/madison • Understand how symptoms of heart or call 608-770-6521. attacks are different for women and men. • Get your exercise for the day! • Learn about nutrition for athletic performance. • See that a heart healthy lunch can be “Quality Care, Compassionate Communication” terrific. • Have loads of fun! PROUD MEMBER OF THE MADISON JEWISH COMMUNITY

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Heart Health Program™. Lee Eckhardt Looking for a Meaningful Dr. Neal Katz PODIATRIST • FOOT SPECIALIST SERVING ALL AGES AND FOOT DISORDERS High Holiday Experience? Provider for Medicare, Medicaid, Dean and Physicians Plus HMOs, Independent Insurance Carriers and Preferred Provider Networks. NEW PRIMARY OFFICE: Celebrate Rosh Hashanah 664 W. Washington Avenue, Madison and Yom Kippur with ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: East Madison and Stoughton Congregation Shaarei Shamayim. 608-241-0848 • www.feetbegood.com We are located in the historic Frank Lloyd Wright auditorium of the The Jewish Federation of Madison expresses its appreciation First Unitarian Society. to these individuals who recently made a tribute donation to honor someone or celebrate a special occasion Offer warm and welcoming services that combine traditional prayers and Mazel Tov on the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. R. Sack contemporary music.

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Mazel Tov on the 55th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rooted in traditional practices and contemporary Turner customs, we believe that Judaism should be both Ken and Dee Stein intellectually compelling and spiritually fulfilling. We Mazel tov on the 20th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. R. welcome interfaith couples, the GLBT community, and Edelman Jews by choice. We are a Jewish Reconstructionist and Ken and Dee Stein Renewal congregation.

Mazel tov on the grandson of Dan and Bettine Lipman Ken and Dee Stein program, adult classes, and holiday celebrations: In memory of Archie Loeb, Jan Loeb’s father Diane Seder and Bruce Rosen www.shamayim.org or 608.257.2944.

8/Madison Jewish News September 2015 Congregation News Temple Beth El • Congregation Shaarei Shamayim • Beth Israel Center

Mikvah Education Programs deepen connections Sunday and Monday, Thursday – Happy Hour in the sukkah Beth Israel Center September 20 & 21 Friday – Shabbat-Sukkot potluck din- 7:00pm ner following Friday evening services September at Beth Israel Center will and are followed by a kosher-dairy Rabbi Ben-Gideon will lead two Saturday – Shabbat morning services be very busy! We’ll celebrate the New potluck dinner. Paper goods and soft nearly identical mikvah education pro- at 9:30 (indoors), followed by Kiddush in Year and other fall holidays, finish regis- drinks provided. Please bring vegetarian grams – for women on Sunday and men the sukkah. After lunch, enjoy the Shab- tering students for the Melton Adult Jew- food to share. on Monday. Come learn about mikvah bat Afternoon Sukkah Stroll. We’ll walk ish Learning Program, kick off the traditions, explore kavanot (short inten- and nosh and schmooze from sukkah to Talmud Torah school year and joyously Tashlich Nosh tional texts), have the opportunity to im- sukkah into the evening, ending with welcome three young women to the Monday, September 14 merse in our beautiful new mikvah and Havdalah in the Westmorland neighbor- Torah as b’not mitzvah! 4:00pm socialize a bit. hood. Times and locations will be posted Vilas Beach on the Beth Israel Center website. Sunday – Hoshana Rabbah services All Beth Israel Center programs and Looking for a casual setting to meet Yom Rishon begin at 8:15am, and the annual East Side services are open to anyone who would people from our congregation or recon- Sunday, September 27 Sukkah Hop, hosted by members of both like to see what our traditional, egalitar- nect with old friends? Come to Vilas 10:00-11:15am Beth Israel Center and Congregation ian community is all about. Some events Beach on Rosh Hashanah afternoon for a Come experience family education for Shaarei Shamayim, will commence later do require registration. And tickets are nosh and to schmooze a bit before cere- preschoolers at its finest! Each session in- in the day. required for Rosh Hashanah and Yom moniously casting your sins into Lake cludes art, movement, music, stories and Kippur services. Prospective members Wingra. The Tashlich service will end in snacks as well as age-appropriate learn- and students may request complimentary time to walk to Beth Israel Center for ing on a Jewish theme for preschoolers Erev Simchat Torah High Holiday tickets by contacting Mincha (at 5:45pm). and their grownups. Yom Rishon meets Celebration Elissa Pollack, Executive Director at about once a month during the school Monday, October 5 [email protected] or (608) 256- Torah & Mindfulness year. Put all of our 5776 sessions on your Enjoy a casual dinner at Beth Israel 7763. Mini-Retreat calendar: October 18, November 22, De- Center and then celebrate Simchat Torah Saturday, September 19 cember 13, January 31, February 21, with joyous Hakafot (dances). RSVPs In addition to Rosh Hashanah and 2:00-5:00pm March 13, April 10, May 1. will be required for dinner. Contact Beth Yom Kippur services (times are listed on Israel Center or subscribe to our e- This Shabbat afternoon mindfulness page 17), here’s some of what’s going on newsletter for more information. retreat will draw from This is Real and Sukkot Celebrations at BIC in September and early October: You are Completely Unprepared: The Sukkot begins on Sunday evening, Except where noted, programs are Days of Awe as a Journey of Transforma- Sept. 27, and there will be something held at Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street. Sunday through Friday, please Kabbalat Shabbat Potluck tion by Rabbi Alan Lew. It will include happening in the BIC sukkah nearly enter from the parking lot (off Randall). Picnic opportunities for practice, as well as every day! On High Holidays, Shabbat morning and Friday, September 11 Rabbi Joshua Ben-Gideon’s teaching Monday – services at 9:30am (in- other times when we gather in the main 5:45pm about mindfulness, Yom Kippur liturgy doors), followed by Kiddush in the sanctuary or social hall, you may enter Hoyt Park, 3902 Regent Street and the theology of The High Holidays. sukkah from Mound Street or the parking lot. Welcome Shabbat in the great out- The retreat is co-sponsored by Congrega- Tuesday – services at 9:30am (in- Visit our website, www.bethisraelcen- doors. Services begin at 5:45pm in the tion Shaarei Shamayim. doors), followed by Kiddush in the Hoyt Park shelter closest to Regent Street sukkah ter.org, or call us at (608) 256-7763 for Wednesday – Kesharim dinner for service schedules and other programming Jewish adults looking to make and information. Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning is Coming to Madison! Beginning this Fall, the renowned The local faculty will be Rabbis Congregation Florence Melton School of Adult Jew- Joshua and Rebecca Ben-Gideon. ish Learning will be offered at Beth Is- Classes will meet most Sunday morn- rael Center. This pluralistic Jewish ings from October 11, 2015 through Shaarei Shamayim learning program goes far beyond one- May 22, 2016. Thanks to an Innova- shot lectures or short-term seminars, tion Grant from Jewish Federation of Shaarei Shamayim, Madison’s Jewish Our services last several hours; we en- challenging adult Jewish learners to Madison, Madison students will pay Reconstructionist and Renewal congre- courage everyone to take breaks and sit engage in Jewish learning in a serious only $265 for the first year, plus the gation, welcomes new and prospective outside on the lawn or chat with a friend and comprehensive way. Each lesson cost of the reader. Regular tuition is members, as well as visitors, to partici- in the lobby. Many people come and go is designed to inspire and enlighten $500 per year. To register, go to pate in our services, discussions, classes throughout these days. students, irrespective of their prior ex- www.events.com/meltonmadison. and celebrations. For more information We have youth programming for all perience or background. Space is limited. or to learn about events, please visit our ages over Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kip- website at www.shamayim.org, email us pur: a tot service for children 0-5 years of at [email protected] or call 608-257- age, a children’s service for kindergarten New Year 2944. through 5th graders, and discussions for Taste the Fruits of the with us ... Then 6th-8th graders and 9th-12th graders. sample what we have to offer the rest of the year! Celebrate the High Holy Days Bring your kids and celebrate with our with Shaarei Shamayim community. For a full listing of our pro- Not sure where to spend the High gramming, please consult our website. Temple Beth El is offering High Holy Day During the afternoon of Yom Kippur, entry cards regardless of membership for Holy Days? Shaarei Shamayim invites our Yizkor service provides the space for $75 per adult per holiday. Children included you to join us for our services, potlucks, individuals to remember loved ones who at no extra cost. Full-time college students discussions, kids’ programming and other and military personnel may request their events. Since its founding, we have have passed away. Later in the day some complimentary entry cards. never required visitors to purchase tick- gather for meditation. Just before Neilah, ets. We want you to feel welcome, our closing service, we have a creative Our congregation wishes you a whether you are a relative of a member, Avodah program. This is an opportunity sweet and happy New Year! a long-time friend of the congregation or for participants to share poetry, songs or a guest checking us out for the first time. any other offerings for the community. We organize two community potlucks Temple Beth El is affiliated with Our services combine traditional the Union for Reform Judaism prayers with contemporary poetry, read- over the High Holidays – one on Erev and is located at ings, and songs. We are participatory and Rosh Hashanah and one for break fast at 2702 Arbor Drive, encourage our members and friends to the end of Yom Kippur. Madison, WI Don’t forget to make reservations for 53711 lead elements of the service, sing along, share English readings, chant Torah and our potlucks and child care. For more in- Haftarah and blow shofar. We meet in the formation, please visit our website at historic Frank Lloyd Wright auditorium www.shamayim.org or contact the office Learn more at www.templebethelmadison.org or call us at 608.238.3123 of the First Unitarian Society. at [email protected] or 257-2944. September 2015 Madison Jewish News/9 Congregation News

Pizza, Havdalah and Mini a joint Madison area youth group event. Temple Beth El Golf RSVP to matty@templebethelmadison. Saturday, September 19 org by Tuesday, September 8. Our events listed below are open to High Holy Day Fair and 6pm Pizza Dinner | 6:30pm Havdalah the community. Check out our Temple Welcome for Nicole Jahr, and Mini Golf (Practice range option Party in the Sukkah with MaTTY! Beth El website at www.templebethel- too) Saturday, September 26 at 6:30pm madison.org for more information on Director of Life Long At a private home in Middleton Learning Vitense Golfland our worship times and special events. 5501 West Schroeder Road Join MaTTY, Temple Beth El’s high All events take place at Temple Beth El, Sunday, September 6 school youth group, as we kick off the 9:15am — Informal Meet and Greet Welcome Back from summer! Join us! 2702 Arbor Drive, Madison, unless oth- All ages welcome. Register on our web- new school year! We will build and erwise noted. with Nicole decorate a sukkah, enjoy a delicious veg- 9:30am — High Holy Day Fair: site or with Aleeza at engage@tbemadi- We encourage members of the Jewish son.org. etarian potluck dinner, and roast marsh- Community to join Temple Beth El, and Choose Your Path! Explorations for all mallows in the campfire. The event is we welcome prospective members to levels and ages of learners. open to all 9th-12th graders! This is a participate in programs and activities. • “Walking the Path” Activities for Tots and TUnes great first event for new members be- 2015 Sundays ~ Sept. 27, Oct. 18, Please contact David Hoffert, Executive Families cause we will all be kicking off the new Nov. 22 & Dec. 6 Director, at 608-238-3123 or execu- • Adult Expeditions Along the Path- year together. 2016 Sundays ~ Feb. 7, Feb. 28, [email protected] for membership way of the High Holy Days: Arriving at RSVP online or to matty@temple- Mar.13 & Apr. 3 information. Repentance and Forgiveness bethelmadison.org by Tuesday, Septem- 9:30am-10:30am in the Adult Lounge • Add Your Scroll to the Ark “Days are ber 22. Fun for all children, newborns to 5 Summer Office Hours: 8:30am-4pm like scrolls…write on them only what year olds!!! M-TH, 8:30am-2pm Friday. you want remembered.” To enter into the There will be singing, crafts, challah Madison’s Jews’ Next Dor Regular Office Hours resume after High Holy Day mindset, add your prayers and aspirations for the future on and juice. Come hang out with leaders (20- & 30-Somethings) Labor Day: 9am-5pm M-TH, 9am-3pm Madison’s Jews’ Next Dor (“dor” your personal and private scroll, and Lynn R., Sarah P. and Kenny L. as they Friday. means “generation” in Hebrew) is for the place it in the Goodman Sanctuary ark. teach the tots about Shabbat and Jewish Our office will be closed: Monday, Jewish 20- & 30-somethings in and 10:35am — Welcome Ceremony for holidays through songs and crafts! September 7, Monday, September 14, around Madison. We’re open to all young Nicole Jahr, Director of Lifelong Learn- Wednesday, September 23, Monday, Sep- adults and organized through Temple ing Pizza & Sukkah Decorating tember 28, Monday, October 5. Beth El (http://www.templebethelmadi- 10:50am — Eat & Greet with Nicole Sunday, September 27 at 11:30am son.org) Jahr Add your personal touch! Beautify First Day of Hebrew School: Sisterhood Gift Shop open from our sukkah! Wednesday, September 9, 2015 9:15am — 11:30am Co-sponsored by Men’s Club. $5/per- Apples & Honey Cook-off First Day of Religious School & No charge, but please RSVP by Au- son, $15 max per family. Register online Shabbat Café Panim: Sunday, September 20, gust 28, 2015 online or to Aleeza Hoffert, or to Aleeza at [email protected] Friday, September 11 at 6:30pm 2015 Director of Community Engagement at Private home near Monroe Street [email protected] or 608-238- Sukkot Service Show off your culinary talents. Enter Join us for High Holy Days 3123. Visit our website for more info. Sunday, September 27 at 6pm Madison's Jews’ Next Dor’s Apple and Check out our High Holy Day season Honey Cook-off. Everyone present will of events including apple picking, fam- Pre-Rosh Hashanah Picnic be judges and enjoy our apple and honey ily yoga, young adult apples and honey Shalom Sukkot Preschool themed-dinner. cook-off, break the fast, as well as Rosh Lunch & Apple Picking Program Be sure to carefully read the rules at Hashanah and Yom Kippur Services at Sunday, September 13 at 11am Tuesday, September 29 www.templebethelmadison.org/our-com- http://www.templebethelmadison.org/hi Eplegaarden, 2227 Fitchburg Rd., 9:30am-10:30am munity/young-adults/ in advance, to en- gh-holy-days-2015-5776/. High Holy Fitchburg Singing, crafts, story time & snack! sure your dish qualifies for judging. No Day entry cards are available for Come and pick apples for your Rosh Come smell an etrog, shake the lulav, and competition would be complete without $75/holiday per adult. Full-time college Hashanah table with us. Please bring so much more. prizes, but you must enter to win. students and military personnel may re- lunch for your family. Meet at the picnic Come with your preschooler and join Of course, you can come welcome in quest their complimentary entry cards. tables at 11:00am and we will go pick ap- us for a fun-filled holiday-themed hour. Shabbat with us and wish your fellow For more information or to purchase ples together, take a hayride and then all Jews’ Next Dor friends a sweet new year, tickets please contact David Hoffert, meet back to enjoy our lunches and con- Meal for Porchlight without entering a dish. Please bring bev- Executive Director at executive@tbe- versation. Each family is responsible for Men’s Shelter erages (doesn’t have to be apple and purchasing the fruit they pick. Please let madison.org or 608-238-3123. Contact Wednesday, September 30 honey-themed). Aleeza know you’re coming at David about membership if interested. Lend a helping hand as we prepare RSVP to Aleeza Hoffert at engage@ 608.238.3123 or [email protected] and serve a meal for the Porchlight Men’s tbemadison.org for the address. Shabbat Dinner Shelter. See our website for more info. Get-Together Temple Beth El Kesher Madison’s Jews’ Next Dor Friday, September 4 at 7:15pm Israel Film Series Grades 9-12 Meet & Greet Dinner Nile Restaurant, 6119 Odana Rd. Temple Beth El Kesher Israel commit- For questions about MaTTY, our High Thursday, September 17 at 7pm Enjoy an informal, relaxing dinner tee started a 5 film series in August. All School Youth Group, please contact Check our website for location. with others who are also unwinding films are on the 3rd Wednesday of the Naomi, at matty@templebethelmadi- Hungry and ready to mingle? All 20- from the week. Come with friends or month. Doors Open at 7:00pm, with son.org. and 30-somethings of the Jewish commu- come to meet new people, we will get movies beginning at 7:15pm. Israeli nity are invited to meet, greet; and eat our to know each other as we share a meal snacks provided. See full description of Annual Rosh Hashanah Gift Bag way through a tasty family-style dinner to welcome Shabbat. Please RSVP to the September film in nearby article. Donation for the Madison-area together. Dinner will be $20 or less per Aleeza Hoffert at program@temple- Wednesday, September 16, “Lady in senior citizens: person; please bring cash with you (small bethelmadison.org. Before dinner, Number 6” Sunday, September 13th from 11am- bills are appreciated). RSVP to Aleeza everyone is invited to join us at Temple Wednesday, October 21, “Munich” 2pm at a home in Madison. This event is Hoffert at [email protected]. Beth El, 2702 Arbor Drive, for pre-ser- Wednesday, November 18, “Ruth” vice Oneg Shabbat nosh at 5:30pm, Wednesday, December 16, “Noodle” Shabbat Services at 6pm. Temple Beth El’s Kesher The Selichot Experience Saturday, September 5 Israel Committee Presents: 7:15pm Begin Your High Holiday Experience The Lady in Number 6 with Us Date: Wednesday, September 16 who survived Theresienstadt. Alice 7:15pm — Film and High Holy Day Like Us on Location: Temple Beth El lounge says she survived the concentration Learning with Rabbi Biatch “Eternal Doors open: 7:00pm camp due to her love of music and her Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” MPAA Facebook! Show starts: 7:15pm positive outlook on life. Alice lived for Rating R Friends of Jewish Federation of Discussion follows the movie. forty years in Israel before migrating 9:15pm — Ice Cream Social with a Madison can get timely program- Free snacks and schmooze time in- to London in 1986. The “Lady in Build-a-Sundae Bar ming updates, tell us what you cluded. Number 6” refers to her North London 10pm — Selichot Services designed “like,” and spread the word about Run time: 38 minutes apartment where she continued to live to help you prepare for the coming High the work we do with your generous Rating: Highest Rated: Open to All until her death on February 23, 2014. Holy Days. We will be changing the support. See photos from recent events, add yours to our albums, Dana Stevens, Slate movie critic, Torah covers to white ones during this encourage friends to join you in The Lady in Number 6 is a short, stated, “This documentary has been service. supporting Jewish Federation of Oscar winning documentary (86th referred to as ‘38 minutes of pure Visit our website for more info. RSVP Madison, and more. Find us at Academy Awards) which tells the joy’… Please forget all about the for the evening appreciated but not re- www.facebook.com/ story of 109-year-old Alice Herz-Som- Oscars and just see it.” quired to Aleeza at engage@tbemadi- jewishmadison. mer, a Prague-born concert pianist son.org. 10/Madison Jewish News September 2015 Exciting New Staff and Programs at UW Hillel

BY JENNIFER JENNINGS raeli newspaper and website and in the Jewish Geography is a 10-week seminar www.adamahmadison.com. In addition, Society for the Protection of Nature in Is- for undergraduate students who are intel- students are excited to find Adamah’s A new school year has begun, and rael's operation room (SPNI). Shirly is lectually curious and interested in learn- grab and go items available at Gordon UW Hillel is excited to announce several married to Daniel, the Madison commu- ing more about their heritage. The Commons, a UW-Madison dining room. additions to our staff and new initiatives. nity Shaliach, and enjoys dancing, listen- fellowship will grapple with questions of UW Hillel is gearing up for another year ing to music and learning about new Jewish identity, values, and responsibil- Join us for the High Holidays! filled with holiday celebrations, student- places and cultures. ity. UW Hillel welcomes community led events and exciting programming. members to join us for Rosh Hashanah New Initiatives Updates from Adamah Neighborhood and Yom Kippur. We will be offering Re- Welcome our new staff UW Hillel is pleased to announce Table form, Conservative and Orthodox Serv- UW Hillel welcomes three new staff three grant-funded initiatives this fall that Adamah Neighborhood Table re- ices; registration and tickets are required members this fall: Amy Kasmir, Assistant will enhance programmatic offerings. For opened on August 17 to much fanfare. for community members who plan to at- Director of Programming, Adam Po- information regarding any of the follow- With a new chef, Jason Kierce, at the tend services. The cost of tickets for each lacek, IACT Coordinator-Birthright Is- ing opportunities, please contact Rabbi helm and new staff in the kitchen and in holiday is $180; if you plan on attending rael and Shirly Gill-Raiz, Israel Fellow. Andrea Steinberger at asteinberger@ the café, UW Hillel is very excited about both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Amy Kasmir moved to Madison from uwhillel.org. the new year. Jason previously worked at services, tickets are $250. Individual Washington DC where she worked at The The Madison Jewish Artists’ Labora- Graze, Liliana’s, Blue Marlin, Johnny meals are $18 for adults, $10 for youth George Washington University as well as tory, supported by the Covenant Founda- Delmonico's and Cento before signing on ages 6-18, and $5 for children ages 1-5. the Institute of International Education. tion, is now accepting applications. This with Blue Plate Catering. Adamah Please register for services and meals on A native of the Philadelphia suburbs, year will mark the third year of the Jew- Neighborhood Table has launched a meal our website www.uwhillel.org. Amy holds an Honors B.A. in Media ish Artists’ Laboratory. The Madison plan program especially for Statesider Best wishes to the entire Madison Studies from Penn State University’s Jewish Artists' Lab program will select a residents in addition to regular cus- community for a healthy, successful year College of Communications and The cohort of artists. The Laboratory will tomers. For more information, visit ahead. Schreyer Honors College. In addition, meet twice monthly at UW Hillel. These she received her M.A. in Higher Educa- meetings — facilitated by UW Hillel fac- tion Administration from The George ulty and outside experts — will include Washington University’s Graduate opportunities for Jewish text study, dis- School of Education and Human Devel- cussions of topics and themes relating to opment. In her free time, Amy enjoys Jewish art, and occasions for critical reading, traveling, engaging in anything evaluation of participants' work. An ex- pop culture and spending quality time hibit of participants' work will be with her husband, Jeff, and dog, Charlie. mounted in late spring 2016. Applica- Originally from Orlando, Florida, tions are now open. Adam Polacek was a proud brother of Thanks to the generosity of a private Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity at the Uni- donor and the Shalom Hartman Institute, versity of Florida. Adam majored in So- UW Hillel will offer the IEngage Fellow- ciology with a concentration in Business. ship. IEngage is a year-long program in- After college, Adam lived in Israel where tended to promote thought leadership he worked as a MASA English teaching about Israel. The program is intended for fellow in Netanya. He is excited to be in student leaders who are ready to engage Madison taking on his new role as IACT in a values-based discussion about Israel, Coordinator, recruiting for Birthright Is- Jewish aspirations for a nation-state, and rael. Adam loves to play basketball and challenges within and outside of the Jew- is a huge Orlando Magic fan. ish people to the reality of a Jewish Shirly Gill-Raiz (Israel Fellow) was homeland. Students will participate in a born and raised in Jerusalem. She has a total of six seminars throughout the B.A. in International Relations and His- school year and spend a week in Israel tory of the Jewish Nation from Hebrew studying at the Shalom Hartman Institute. University. Now she is in the middle of Jewish Geography: The Jewish Learn- getting her M.A. in Conflict Resolution. ing Fellowship is generously supported New Hillel staff Adam Polocek, Amy Kasmir, Shirly Gill-Raiz, plus community She worked as a foreign writer for an Is- by the Daniel M. Soref Charitable Trust. Shliach Daniel Gill.

JAM (Jewish Adults of Madison) is a monthly adult group who meets to socialize, learn, travel and attend entertainment events together now that the focus is back on them! Save the Date! Challahgams are coming back! Everyone is welcome! Please mark Friday, October 9th as the day you can send a Challah om UW Hillel’s Challah For Hunger to a family member, iend, coworker, or anyone else in the Jewish communit! More details to follow. Please contact Tiz Goﬀ out[email protected]

or 773-620-4404 With a fun open house in a member’s home and a social dinner under our belts, we are ready to plan more events! for more Please join us! For more information, please contact Laura Felz, [email protected] or Tiz Goff, outreach@ inforation. jewishmadison.org or call 773-620-4404. September 2015 Madison Jewish News/11

Need Teshuvah? There’s an App for That MJCDS Sponsors Virtual Goat to Help You Prepare for Yom Kippur

Did you ever feel like taking your One particularly witty poster wrote: Sarah Lefton. “This program is a fun way regrets, sins or painful memories from “Sure, I’ll add a few goats to the herd: to engage people in learning about a col- this past year and tossing them off a cliff? impatience, judgment, vanity...whoa, in- orful and highly meaningful Biblical text If so, come on over to Madison’s ded- gratitude--quit chewing on my pant leg!” that has lessons for us today about the im- icated eScapegoat page http://mjcds. The eScapegoat is a lighthearted yet portance of personal and communal escgoat.com/. meaningful way to talk about Yom Kip- atonement.” MJCDS educators challenge and nur- Let the program guide you on a brief pur. It was created in 2013 by G-dcast, a “All of our work makes Jewish learn- ture each student, fostering curiosity, walk through the desert, then offload San Francisco-based new media studio ing easy and effortless for people from all independent thinking, leadership skills your sins to a virtual goat. Everyone's with the goal of giving every Jewish child backgrounds,” Lefton explained. “But, and a lifelong love of learning. Contact anonymous atonements will show up on and adult the chance to learn the basics most importantly, eScapegoat is fun and [email protected] or our community’s page. with zero barriers to entry. G-dcast has lets you connect with others around your www.mjcds.com for more information. This will be the second year that produced over 200 animated shorts and regrets, no matter how tame or edgy they Madison Jewish Community Day School mobile apps that make Jewish stories are.” has sponsored a special goat for Madi- come alive for preschoolers, teens and Madison Jewish Community Day FREE GRAPHIC son’s Jewish community. adults. School’s webpage will also include a link DESIGN SERVICES “Part of our educational approach is to Tens of thousands of users have en- to the goat, at www.mjcds.com. when you place an ad in promote multiple ways of connecting gaged with the history of Yom Kippur MJCDS is a K-5 Jewish elementary Madison Jewish News! with Jewish tradition and history,” says and placed their sins on the eScapegoat school. Our outstanding curriculum of Head of School Rabbi Rebecca Ben- in past years. The quirky, educational app both general and Jewish studies is taught Contact Tiz Goff at Gideon. “Our virtual goat will give is a hit in the press, with major coverage by experienced, highly-qualified educa- [email protected] everyone in Madison a way to prepare for by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, CNN, tors in a caring Jewish environment. the holidays that is truly unique.” and Jewish newspapers from coast to “Last year was the first time we tried coast and internationally. it. It was an oddly cathartic experience to Now, the app is back for the third year, post a shortcoming,” says Ben-GIdeon. and has spawned community pages like “Just the act of articulating and typing the Madison’s, opportunities to examine this words into the computer was a new mode ritual and its modern iteration in smaller of preparing for Yom Kippur for me.” communities looking for deeper learning Last year submissions to Madison’s with a community connection. page came from both adults and children. “Despite high synagogue attendance They included: “Losing faith,” “I’m sorry on Yom Kippur, literacy of the scapegoat for being judgmental,” and “Sometimes story in Leviticus 16 is very low,” said I’m mean to my brother.” G-dcast founder and executive director

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Volunteers Volunteer for illness, but really the good that is done ties for older youth and youth groups to should keep records and save receipts Jewish Social Services. Volunteer through a simple visit is immeasurable. volunteer and contribute to the commu- for these expenses. Check with your tax application at nity, develop new skills and have fun. advisor about these deductions. www.jssmadison.org/ A la Carte Volunteering Contact Louise Goldstein at 608-608- becoming-volunteer Choose “single servings” of volunteer 278-1808, ext. 227 for a brochure or to or call 608-442-4083 for information opportunities if that’s what best fits your discuss doing a mitzvah project with life. Jewish Social Services. Our mission: Our dedication to serv- Driver Connection volunteers pro- Thank you ice will improve the quality of life and vide rides to appointments and commu- Double your Volunteering Mitzvah maintain the dignity of our clients in a nity events. 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OddJobbers do these and your volunteer work! know your name, but we home, assisted living facility or living in similar tasks for seniors and people with thank you for your kindness his or her own home. Volunteers uni- disabilities. To be an OddJobber, you Deducting Expenses Incurred while formly say that this is a very rewarding don't need to be able to do everything; Volunteering and thoughtfulness. activity that brings meaning and a you just have to like being helpful. Some expenses incurred during vol- wealth of feeling to their lives. Commit- ment is about an hour a week for a min- Youth Volunteering, Youth Group imum of six months. Projects and B’nai Mitzvah Projects Bikur Holim means visiting those Come talk with us about doing a Bar Lechayim Volunteers who are sick. 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Training is and inter-personal skills are a must; volunteer management and provided in preventing cross-contamination, group programming experience recommended. emergency procedures, customer service and This is a full-time position that reports to the Executive Director. “It’s a lot of fun and very other topics. Position requires travel in personal vehicle; valid driver’s license rewarding ... each hug, smile The first Lechayim this fall is on September is dear to me. required. The position is available in December, 2015. For a more 21, 2015. Contact us now to get in at the begin- complete job description, go to www.jssmadison.org org or contact ~Harsha Keister, Volunteer ning! You can read more Lechayim volunteers’ at Goodman Lechayim comments at www.jssmadison.org/volunteer/ the office at 608-278-1808. Lunchtime Plus volunteer-projects.

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Rosh Hashanah A Good and Sweet Year, A Time To A Year of True Peace Reﬂect and Renew BY RABBI YONA MATUSOF demands to take account of and the gathering of all one’s thoughts, words and Chabad Lubavitch deeds, in order to orientate them toward, We are ushering in the year 5776, a and place them in, one’s inner “Beth year of Hakhel — the special Mitzvah Hamikdosh”, with wholehearted submis- which was observed once in seven years, sion to the King’s command — the Will in the post-Shemittah [Sabbatical] year. of GD. It required the gathering (“Hakhel”) of This year, we must undertake a special the people, men, women, and children, in “stock-taking” in the spirit of Hakhel, the Beth Hamikdosh [Holy Temple], for with a firm resolve to: the purpose of strengthening and stimu- Change those thoughts, words, and lating them in their adherence to Torah deeds in the daily life which require a and Mitzvos. change; Like all matters of Torah, the precept Repair and improve those which re- of Hakhel, too, is reflected in various as- quire more perfection; pects of the daily life. One such aspect And instill more enthusiasm and vital- will be the subject of this message — in ity, to the extent of realizing the full rev- connection with the present days of intro- elation of GDliness in the personal life, spection leading to resolutions which are in the environment, and in the world at the prerequisites for the new and better large. year in all respects. Although at first glance it may appear The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. that an action in the past is no longer Schneerson OB”M, shared the following under human control: the past is gone, insight: “The significance of Hakhel, in and no person can retrieve it and alter it a spiritual sense, is that it indicates and (Continued on page 18) May This Year Be One of Health, Titchadeish – Greeting Happiness and Contentment BY RABBI JONATHAN BIATCH of stars, before a flower, a leaf in the sun- Temple Beth El light, or a grain of sand, and be com- for a Year of Renewal pletely in awe of these creations. BY RABBI JOSHUA BEN-GIDEON saying Amen by saying to them To worship is to work with dedication From my family of Joshua, Samantha, and skill. It is also to pause from work Beth Israel Center Titchadeish, may you be renewed. This beautiful expression tells our friends and and Rabbi Bonnie Margulis, and from the and listen to a strain of music. And it is Are we grateful enough? Do we ex- family that we hope they are renewed family of Temple Beth El, we send greet- to be cognizant of the human ability to press thanks enough for the ways in through their new acquisitions. ings and love for the New Year to come participate in the acts of life. which we are blessed? Despite living in This tradition began at least in the to the readers of the Madison Jewish To worship is to seek communion a world of relative physical hardship, the middle ages around the occasion of ac- News! May this year be one of health, when one is lonely. We are thirsty for rabbis who created our ritual traditions quiring a new garment, and its use has happiness, and contentment! companionship, and we cry out for the were inspired to create many opportuni- spread such that it is now a common way At this time of year, the most preva- rain of friendship. ties for us to express our gratitude. to respond to someone who tells you lent form of Jewish expression is prayer. To worship is to ignite fire in our heart Most of these opportunities are com- about a significant purchase. This does But just what is worship? and soul. We move through deeds of prised of blessings that we are meant to not apply to buying more floss when we There is the venerated fable of the boy kindness toward acts of love. say when we enjoy the fruits of our run out, it is meant for significant pur- who knew no Hebrew word, prayer, or To worship is to accept the mystery world—Hamotzi—or participate in the chases that we intend to have an impact concept. Yet he used his flute in the sanc- within us reaching out to the mystery be- ritual life of our people—Kiddush. If we upon our lives. tuary, to the joy of the Rabbi and the con- yond. It is living with a silence that wear an article of clothing for the first This Rosh Hashanah, our Beth Israel sternation of the assembled, to offer his yearns to speak. It is to open the window time, we can say the blessing Center family will say Titchadeish to one prayer. of the moment to the sky of the Eternal. Sh'hechiyanu. And if I am standing next another as we celebrate these holidays in So how might we offer our prayer at May our lives be full, and may we in- to you when you say any of these bless- our new building for the first time. We this New Year holiday, and in the year to deed have a year of fullness and peace! ings, I will respond Amen, I agree! will be expressing to ourselves and to one come? What will be our expression of There is, however, another option. another our hope that the hard work we worship? Rabbi Jonathan Biatch is the rabbi at When we see a friend enjoying a new have seen realized before our eyes has its To worship is to stand under a heaven Temple Beth El. garment of clothing, we can go beyond (Continued on page 18) Removing the Stumbling Community, Ritual, Blocks in the New Year Justice and Torah BY RABBI ANDREA STEINBERGER of introspection is to take a closer look at Hillel at the University of Wisconsin the Torah readings for these days. On BY RABBI LAURIE ZIMMERMAN our own. Over the years we have been Yom Kippur we read from the Book of inspired to see our Torah not only as an Congregation Shaarei Shamayim Torah called Leviticus. The purpose of ancient text but also as a living text, a It is my honor to bring greetings from these readings is to teach us that each of sacred object that can move us to care the Steinberger family and all of the staff us has the opportunity to be holy. Each of This past June Shaarei Shamayim for others and work for justice. at the Hillel at the University of Wiscon- us has the capacity to bring holiness into celebrated its 25th anniversary and wel- Our community’s connection to sin, Madison to the Madison Jewish com- our lives and into the lives of those around comed a new Torah into the congrega- Torah is varied – we respect its history, munity as we approach a New Year. us. Every act, great or small, can bring us tion. Watching our members complete chant its words on Shabbat, debate the We are beginning to notice that the closer to holiness. the last letters of the scroll was an in- interpretations of its teachings, gravitate long summer days are getting shorter, and In the afternoon of Yom Kippur, and credibly moving experience. The writ- to its aesthetics, and commit to living darkness is coming earlier each night. For the climax of the day, Reform Jews read ing of this Torah, unique in that it is by its principles. Over the years I have Jews, the shortened length of each day re- the Torah verse “You shall not insult the only one of a dozen written by a soferet continually witnessed the deep connec- minds us that the High Holy Days are ap- deaf nor place a stumbling block before – a female scribe, meant a great deal to tion that our members have developed proaching. These days are our opportunity the blind” (Leviticus 19:14). In Hebrew, our community. Our desire to commis- for Torah – and how being in commu- to view the world with a sense of awe and the sin of placing a stumbling block be- sion this Torah is rooted in our belief nity fosters that love of Torah. the desire to change. The days of awe mo- fore a blind person is referred to as lifnei that liberal Jewish communities can and No wonder this was such an impor- tivate us to take a closer look – at our- iver lo sitten michshol (before the blind should learn from knowledgeable teach- tant undertaking for our community. selves as individuals; and at the world, do not place a stumbling block), or suc- ers, take ownership of traditional Jew- Too often in Jewish life only a select with its marvels and its limitations. cinctly as lifnei iver. ish rituals and practices, and make them (Continued on page 18) One way to get ourselves to this point (Continued on page 19) September 2015 Madison Jewish News/17

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Beth Israel Center Continued from page 16 Chabad Continued from page 16 intended effect, aiding in the renewal of holy experiences. — this is really not so. On the contrary, complished with a greater measure of our community. When we say Titchadeish to one an- in the fullest assurance that GD watches success” We know that a building is not a com- other in the coming weeks, we will ex- over each and every one, and aids every Rabbi Mendel and Henya, Rabbi munity. We have been working very hard press our gratitude to one another and our good intention and deed, everyone can Avremel and Mushka, Faygie and I, throughout the years of the planning and mutual hopes for continued communal embark upon his or her preparedness for extend our blessings to each and every building process to remember that even renewal in our new spaces and in our new the New Year with complete confidence. one of you to be inscribed and sealed for if we had no building, we would be mem- year. It is my honor and privilege on be- And even if certain matters in the bygone a good and sweet year, a year of true bers of a wonderfully caring and thought- half of the entire Beth Israel Center fam- year give cause for profound regret, there peace, prosperity and love. ful community that is dedicated to the ily to wish the entire Jewish community is, at the same time, the overriding joy in Shana Tova U’metukah. modern living of Jewish tradition. At the of Madison a year of renewal and bless- the realization that the Almighty has same time, over these past months, I have ing. given the ability to convert even willful Rabbi Yona Matusof is the rabbi of witnessed the effect walking into our new transgressions into accomplishments. It Chabad Lubavitch of Madison. sanctuary has had on members of our Titchadeish! is also self evident that when something community. Their eyes go wide with is done with joy and confidence, it is ac- amazement and with understanding of all Rabbi Ben-Gideon is the rabbi at Beth the possibilities this new room holds for Israel Center. Shaarei Shamayim Continued from page 16 few decide who will write the commu- tice, and Torah is all about. As Rosh Experience. Integrity. Results. nity’s Torah. In our congregation the de- Hashanah and Yom Kippur approach, cision was a lively, communal process our challenge is to fully embrace these which allowed us to clarify our values core values and practices. May Torah Wishing the community a happy and make decisions that reflected those inspire us to think carefully, critically, and healthy new year! values. We also felt that anyone should and wisely. May Torah inspire us to de- have the opportunity to complete the velop a sense of mystery and to see Torah, so we raffled off the honors of beauty in the midst of a world plagued Steve Schwartz filling in the last letters of the Torah. by war, poverty, and hatred. May Torah ABR, CPS, SRES With a limit of five tickets per person, inspire us to challenge the world that is • Top Producing Madison and Dane County Agent completing the Torah was democratic and to fight for the world as it ought to • Accredited Senior Real Estate Specialist and egalitarian. be. • 20 Years Experience Throughout the weekend we devel- On behalf of Congregation Shaarei • Exclusive Buyer Agency/ oped a real connection with our soferet, Shamayim, I wish the Madison Jewish Exclusive Seller Agency Yonah Lavery-Yisraeli, and her family. community a shanah tovah, a new year • Residential Resale, Homes, While our Jewish practices and perspec- filled with health and happiness. All are Condos, New Construction, tives are different, we share some fun- welcome to share these holidays with Waterfront Property damental values – the importance of our community and to join us for meals, • UW Madison Alum intellectual integrity, respect for the cre- services, and programs at this special ative process, and a willingness to break time of year. Restaino & Associates Realtors boundaries when they are inconsistent 2945 Monroe Street, Madison • 608-695-4068 with our beliefs and lived experience. Rabbi Zimmerman is the rabbi at [email protected] • www.SteveSchwartzrealestate.com This is what community, ritual, jus- Congregation Shaarei Shamayim. Celebrating 10 years of nourishing the soul We thank you for your support and wish you all a happy new year!

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Hillel Continued from page 16 We might ask ourselves: Why does the ago, feel so relevant today. It feels more Torah prohibit us from placing a stum- and more that society is becoming divided bling block? And why in particular does – between those that have and those that the Torah mention the blind person? Was have not; between those who feel enraged Wishing this a common action? Did people regu- and unprotected and those like me, and larly try to make a blind person stumble? possibly you, who may feel like sitting Because there are so many other laws that home and doing nothing, who may feel a protect people who have physical disabil- sense of passivity and detachment from ities, most of the ancient rabbis thought others in society. the Jewish that we likely do not need to take this We might take these words from Ne- Torah verse literally, but rather it must hama Leibowitz today and ruminate teach us something metaphorically. about them. We might ask ourselves, Most rabbinic sages would say that “What am I doing by not doing anything? lifnei iver warns us not to give bad advice What kind of stumbling block do I place community to another person. We might hear about a before another person when I do nothing financial investor who has been caught to help those who feel weak, who feel as knowingly giving bad advice to his though there is no one to protest the clients, or a person who watches an illegal wrongs done to them?” act in his organization but does nothing to This year as our holy days of awe ar- a Happy stop it. These practices are prohibited in rive, may we strive to remove the stum- lifnei iver – not placing a stumbling block bling block that separates us – from our before the blind. loved ones and from our neighbors. May And then came Nehama Leibowitz we overcome the urge to succumb to pas- (1905-1997), a renowned Israeli Bible sivity, to inactivity, to doing nothing when and Healthy scholar who made the Torah text come we could do something. Striving to be alive for so many of her students and con- holy in our lives means engaging our- tinues to do so even after her death. She selves -- in our marriage, in our family, says about this verse: and in our community; it means removing “But the Torah teaches us that even by the stumbling blocks of passivity, and New Year sitting at home doing nothing, by com- agreeing to become active players in our plete passivity and divorcement from so- own lives. ciety, one cannot shake off responsibility May we each find ourselves capable of for what is transpiring in the world at these holy acts in the coming year. May large, for the iniquity, violence and evil we rejoice in our own health and in there. By not protesting, not marking the shalom for all people in 5776. L’shana …danger spots, you have become respon- tova tikateivu. May we be inscribed for a sible for any harm arising therefrom, and good year. have violated the prohibition: ‘Thou shalt not put a stumbling block before the Rabbi Steinberger is the rabbi at the blind…’” Hillel at the University of Wisconsin, These words, written so many years Madison

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1075 Water Street, Prairie du Sac 643-8565 • www.milwaukeevalve.com 22/Madison Jewish News September 2015 Jewish Education Kyra Rubin Named Liesl Blockstein Family Scholarship Award Recipient Editor’s Note: Liesl and Bill Block- have also been able to help provide kehi- though I’m only 18 years old, I have trav- stein, of blessed memory, were vital and lah kedosha for my campers as well. eled across the country and around the contributing members of the Madison My Jewish education and summer world. Now I am off to the University of community for all of their lives here. Liesl camp participation have helped me to de- North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an un- worked very hard to establish a senior velop a strong understanding of Judaism dergraduate freshman and I’m extremely program with Jewish Social Services, and my values, which I use to guide my excited to continue my involvement in including the Monday Lechayim lunch actions and choices every day. Judaism through studying Hebrew, at- time program. She also devoted many Family and community have always tending Hillel, and hopefully studying hours of work to B’nai B’rith and Jewish been very important elements in my life, abroad in Israel, just to name a few. I Women International. and both MaTTY and NFTY, Reform hope never to stop grappling with contro- The Blockstein Family Scholarship Jewish youth groups, provided this im- versial and complex issues through the Award is sponsored through Jewish mediately upon joining. When I was old Jewish lens that my community has pro- Women International (JWI). JWI origi- enough to attend my first event, I was vided, I hope always to take action nally began as a B’nai B’rith organiza- greeted with hugs and an enormous against injustice as my Jewish values tion in 1897. Over the decades, JWI has amount of love as soon as I walked have taught me and I hope to use the grown and evolved, as have Jewish through the doors of my first Kallah. Ini- many Jewish experiences I have been women, into a strong, independent and tially, I was overwhelmed by the energy provided to make a meaningful impact on influential force making significant con- and compassion, but the love exuded by my new community here in Chapel Hill tributions to the lives of millions at home, each member was real. NFTY allowed and beyond. in Israel and the world. JWI continues its me to put my Jewish values into action, Kyra Rubin pursuit of Tikkun Olam, repairing the to speak and act out against injustice and world, through its many programs on inequality. Through the many leadership Domestic Abuse in the Jewish Commu- and social action opportunities that nity and Interfaith Communities, as well NFTY provided, I was able to do every- as its 60 year relationship with the Chil- thing from pack bags of food for the local dren's Home outside of Jerusalem, Israel. Ronald McDonald House, to take part in The spirit of JWI was embodied in the a national gun violence prevention cam- kind of woman that Liesl Blockstein was. paign as the NFTY Northern Social Ac- The recipient of the award must share tion Vice President. Additionally, as a this same spirit. The scholarship to honor member of NFTY, I was able to travel her name and her work is given to a de- from coast to coast as I attended the Na- serving Jewish woman who has distin- tional Convention for NFTY in Los An- guished herself in high school and in the geles, California, and Atlanta, Georgia, community. May the memory of Liesl growing my Jewish community even fur- Blockstein serve as a blessing. ther. My NFTY region was composed of teenagers from Minnesota, Wisconsin, My Jewish identity as a female 18 Illinois, and (in theory) North and South year old really began within the walls of Dakota. I’m delighted to say that I con- Temple Beth El; Tot Shabbat, Sunday tinue to keep in touch with friends I made School and Hebrew School were critical from all Kallot as well as from both con- experiences in giving me a foundation of ventions -- I even toured colleges around Judaism: the Hebrew language, services, the country with the friends I made from the reading of the Torah, chants and different regions! I loved the religious, songs, the Jewish holidays and the prac- social-action based and community based tice of Judaic traditions. After my Bat components that went into each NFTY Mitzvah, Midrasha gave me the opportu- Kallah, and NFTY helped me grow as a Calling All Kids! nity to discuss freely with my peers and Jewish person as well as a leader in my teachers anything and everything related community. It also broadened my world Come Dance with Yonim! to Judaism and its role in my life as a teen and enriched my social, emotional and in a rapidly changing world. I was en- spiritual life. Registration for the Yonim Israeli Dance Troupe is now online at www. couraged to think critically and speak up As a NFTY member, I was not only jewishmadison.org/yonim. about complex topics such as spirituality, fortunate enough to expand my Jewish The Yonim Israeli Dance Troupe is an incredible opportunity for all kids ages my Jewish identity and international con- family from one coast to the other, but kindergarten through 12th grade. The Yonim curriculum focuses on helping ALL flicts of the past and present. Some of the during the summer of 2013, I was also dancers develop technique and gain performance experience, and provides expo- most thought-provoking and engaging given the incredible opportunity to attend sure to different kinds of music and rhythm. Yonim also provides an opportunity discussions I’ve ever had were in the NFTY-EIE High School in Israel to learn Hebrew terms and Israeli culture at the same time as developing authentic, Midrasha classes, because I was given Summer Session. I took Hebrew and long-lasting friendships. For more information go to www.jewishmadison.org/ the space to explore my ancient Jewish Jewish history classes while having the yonim heritage as well as its implications in a historic sites I was reading about in my modern world and my role in it. very backyard. I traveled from the Golan Outside of the school year, I’ve spent Heights in the North to Eilat in the South, a significant part of each summer, from participated in archaeological digs, hiked kindergarten through this past summer, Masada, left a prayer in the Western Wall, going to Jewish camps. Camp Shalom crawled through old war bunkers, and gave me a very strong sense of belonging floated in the Dead Sea. As a 16 year old, in the Jewish community at a young age I was able to witness the places that I was and made Judaism really fun. It also pre- studying in my classes! Some of our trips pared me for overnight camp at Camp In- included traveling to Kibbutz Yahel and terlaken JCC in Eagle River, WI, where, Lotan in the Arava Desert, Tel Aviv, the for the past 7 summers, I’ve explored my Galilee, the Old City of Jerusalem, Yad faith and forged friendships with other Vashem, Masada and Tsfat. Jewish kids from around America, Israel Through my membership and partici- and beyond – all while having a blast in pation in my Jewish Ccommunity, I have the north woods of Wisconsin. Through developed a deep sense of belonging, a being a camper, an Ozo and a first year strong identity and a direction for my fu- counselor, I’ve not only been able to ex- ture, to bring about social justice. Ju- plore my own Judaism and Jewish com- daism has given me a multitude of munity at Camp Interlaken JCC, but I experiences and opportunities, and September 2015 Madison Jewish News/23 Jewish Education Summer Fun at Gan HaYeled Preschool and Camp Shalom Katan!

Fireﬁghters at Camp Shalom Katan! Hephzi, Eve, Lolly, Playing is hard work! Yonatan on the carousel at the zoo. Sydney and Cora.

Solly, Eve and their summer butterﬂy friends.

Camp Rally with special visitor, Ruby!

Walking back from our ﬁeld trip to the Playing with a parachute at the zoo! ﬁre station.

Yonatan, Solly and Talya welcoming Avner back to camp! Busy day of reading Put Me in the Zoo, related face painting and enjoying popsicles!

Summer is here and so are popsicles!

Midrasha begins on Wednesday, September 16th. Midrasha meets on Wednesdays at Beth Israel Center in the fall and at Temple Beth El in the spring. Sunday Hebrew classes meet at Beth Israel Center all year. For more information or to register go to www.jewishmadison.org/midrasha

Sophie, Orly, Talya, Yonatan, Jaime and Talya on the carousel at the zoo. Naomi ﬁlling the slide! 24/Madison Jewish News September 2015

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MANY THANKS TO BLUE PLATE CATERING FOR PROVIDING OUR KOSHER-STYLE MEALS!

Monday, September 7, Labor Day, Lechayim does not meet

Monday, September 14, Rosh Hashanah, Lechayim does not meet

Monday, September 21, Meet in the Temple Beth El Community Court 11:00-12:00 Free blood pressure screening by Lori Edelstein, RN 11:30-12:00 Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson 12:00-1:00 Farmer’s Quiche, Garden Salad, Fruit Cup, White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Gourmet Cookie 1:00-2:00 The Retro Swing Band

Monday, September 28, Sukkot, Lechayim does not meet

October dates: October 12, 19 and 26

Making Lechayim Reservations • When you check in at Lechayim, sign up for the following week. • Call Louise Goldstein at 608-278-1808 or 608-442-4083 (direct) or email [email protected] before noon on the preceding business day. • Reservations cannot be taken after noon on Fridays or over the weekend. Mark Your Calendar for • If you didn’t make a reservation in time but would like to come, call Louise before 10:00 a.m. on Monday to see if there have been the Lechayim Fall Kick-Off cancellations. • We regret that we are unable to guarantee a meal for last minute Be sure to be there on Monday, Community Court! And once reservations or walk-ins. September 21, when Lechayim again, our friends from the Retro Lunchtime Plus begins another Swing Band will be on hand to in- Transportation to Lechayim year of great meals and great con- augurate another year. Don’t for- versations. Greet old friends and get to make your reservation by Transit Solutions provides door-to-door service for $1 round trip, enjoy discovering wonderful new noon on September 18 and let us payable to the driver. Contact Louise Goldstein at 608-278-1808, 608- friends! Because the Social Hall know if you need transportation 442-4083 (direct) or [email protected] by 2:00 p.m. the Friday at Temple Beth El will be set up with Transit Solutions. The sug- before Lechayim to make a reservation. Wheelchair accessible vehicles with chairs for Yom Kippur, we’ll gested cost of the meal for those are available upon request. Please contact us if you need to cancel a be meeting in the beautiful new over age 60 is $6.00. ride.

For changes, updates or new information about any Jewish Social Services program, check our website at www.jssmadison.org 26/Madison Jewish News September 2015 Lechayim Lights About our Programs Every now and then the lunar calendar by which Jewish holidays are set gives us a number of Mondays in a row when JSS is closed for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. 5776 turns out to be one of those years and the first Monday in September is Labor Day, another day when JSS is closed, and we can’t blame the Jewish calendar for that. Therefore, our first Lechayim of the season will be on Monday, Sep- tember 21, the only Monday in the month that is not a holiday. Because the Temple Beth El Social Hall will be full of chairs set up for Yom Kip- pur, we will be meeting in the Com- munity Court, which will be a bit of a treat! The Retro Swing Band will bring their classy sounds of the Big please every taste. Enjoy the classy sounds of the Retro Swing Band on Monday, September 21. Band era and swing music in gen- These guys are good; you don’t eral, with lots of old standards to want to miss them! Photo ID Required for Rosh Hashanah Teas November 3 Election Wednesday, September 16, 1:30-2:30 at Capitol This includes information from ballots that have already been re- Lakes Retirement Community, 333 West Main Street, the Greater WI Agency on Aging turned by absentee voters. Check in the Grand Hall. Bob Factor will blow the shofar and Resources, Inc., Elder Law and with the City of Madison clerk, Yid Vicious Klezmer Ensemble will entertain. Advocacy Center. (608) 266-4601 or www.cityof Thursday, September 17, 1:30-2:30 at Oakwood Photo ID’s are now required madison.com/clerk for informa- Village University Woods, 6225 Mineral Point Road, for elections, starting with the tion. Check the Government in the “Oaks” Community Room. Karen Shevet Dinah November 3, 2015, general elec- Accountability Board website will blow the shofar. tion. The Government Accounta- http://gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/ Residents at these locations, their friends and families bility Board (GAB) has additional photo-id for updates on the absen- are invited to welcome Rosh Hashanah 5776 with cof- information at http://gab.wi.gov/ tee voting process and other voter fee, tea, honey cake and the blowing of the shofar. For elections-voting/photo-id. The photo ID information. information, contact Louise Goldstein at 608-278-1808, Wisconsin Department of Trans- Jewish Social Services will have 608-442-4083 (direct) or [email protected]. portation implemented a policy to information at Lechayim regard- help people obtain a free state ID ing what is an acceptable photo ID, card so that they may vote. Go to applications for a Wisconsin Iden- http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/ tification Card from the Depart- driver/drivers/apply/idcard.htm to ment of Transportation and learn how you can get one. petitions in situations when docu- Absentee ballots must be ac- mentation is unavailable. Contact companied by a photo ID. These JSS at 608-278-1808 if you need can be submitted retroactively for help obtaining a voter photo ID. Important Phone Numbers ✁ AARP ...... 866-448-3611 Access to Independence ...... 608-242-8484 ADRC...... 608-240-7400 Alzheimers’ & Dementia Alliance ...... 608-232-3400 Area Agency on Aging ...... 608-261-9930 Dane County Veteran’s Service...... 608-266-4158 Domestic Abuse Intervention Service...... 608-251-4445 Elder Abuse & Neglect Hotline...... 608-261-9933 Independent Living ...... 608-274-7900 Jewish Social Services ...... 608-278-1808 Madison Senior Center...... 608-266-6581 MSCR...... 608-204-3000 Metro Paratransit Reservations ...... 608-266-4466 PLATO ...... 608-262-5823 RSVP Driver Escort ...... 608-238-7787 Safe Communities ...... 608-441-3060 SAIL...... 608-230-4321 Social Security Administration...... 866-770-2262 Transit Solutions...... 608-294-8747 West Madison Senior Coalition...... 608-238-7368 West Madison Senior Center...... 608-238-0196 September 2015 Madison Jewish News/27 Lechayim Lights Spotlight: Allyn Bress Jewish Social Services Brings

BY PAMELA PHILLIPS OLSON marines. He met Presidents Hoover Shabbat to Our Seniors and George H.W. Bush, and at- Our monthly Shabbat gatherings include wine donated by “I want to be a naval officer,” tended a gathering in Caracas with Frank Liquor, candles and challah, singing and discussion. Allyn told David, his older brother, JFK. As a young officer during the a successful Harvard-educated Korean War, he was chosen to es- Attic Angel Place at 2:30 in the Garden Room lawyer. Growing up in Norfolk, cort Generalissimo Chang Kai- 8301 Old Sauk Road Allyn developed a lasting love for Shek through his submarine. A program of Jewish Social Services and Attic Angel Place. the sea and ships. Determination and loyalty stand Music by Les Goldsmith and with the assistance of Angel “I was seven when my mother out in Allyn’s character. In 1951, Volunteers. died. My father his father died September 4, December 4 and older broth- during summer Capitol Lakes at 3:00 in the Grand Hall ers and sister cruise while 333 West Main Street closed ranks Allyn was at the A program of Jewish Social Services and Capitol Lakes protectively Naval Acad- Retirement Community. Led by Rabbi Andrea Steinberger around me, emy. The fam- with assistance from UW students through the UW-Hillel showering me ily decided not Foundation. with love and to tell him. But encouraging me an acquaintance September 11, October 9 to excel. When I sent a condo- Oakwood West at 4:00 in the Oaks Community Room was twelve, I lence note. 6225 Mineral Point Road joined the Boy When he re- A program of Jewish Social Services and Oakwood Village Scouts and at- ceived it on University Woods. With the assistance of JSS volunteers and tained the rank board ship, music by Paul Grossberg. of Eagle Scout Allyn was grief September 18, October 2 in just nineteen stricken. months, a state “I think my ATTENTION REHAB PATIENTS: If you are going to be in one record. In 1943, father may have of these locations during your rehabilitation, you are welcome I became a Bar died,” Allyn to attend. Allyn Bress Mitzvah in Tem- told the chap- ple Beth El in (Photo by Pamela Philips Olson) lain. After the Norfolk.” Red Cross confirmed it, he re- Wanting Allyn to get a quality ed- quested emergency leave, but it ucation, his father enrolled him in was denied. He then typed a formal Pharmacy Students Provide Phillips Academy in Andover, request and sent it up the chain of Massachusetts, a prestigious board- command, risking retaliation. The Monthly Health Assessments ing school, where he achieved aca- admiral supported his ‘gutsy’ re- The next Wisconsin available to meet demic excellence and mastered quest, granting the leave. Society of Pharmacy with you individually French. Allyn encountered anti- On a blind date, in New York, Students Health Assess- to discuss your im- Jewish sentiments but rose above Allyn found deep and lasting love ment, Operation Immu- munization-related prejudice by confronting it, blunt- with Françoise, a beautiful, bright nization, will be held at questions and con- ing it and making lasting friends. French woman. They traveled the Lechayim in October, from cerns. Please note: immuniza- He followed his brother Henry’s world, raised their son, Michael, 11:00-12:00. The student phar- tions will not be given. The next career path to Annapolis and began bilingually and moved to Madison macists are supervised by regis- Health Assessment, on arthritis, a distinguished military service ca- in 2012 to be close to Michael, tered pharmacists and will be will be held in November. reer, including certification as a daughter-in-law Mollie and two Naval Interpreter of French. The grandchildren, Margaux and Ian; Navy selected him for study at tragically, Francoise passed away Webb Institute, where he earned a soon after their move. from Master’s degree in Naval Architec- Now alone, Allyn writes his ture and Marine Engineering. Allyn memoirs, travels to visit friends and Jewish Social subsequently worked with Admiral family and volunteers for many di- Hyman Rickover to design, de- verse community activities, re- Services! velop and construct nuclear sub- cently joining the Beth El choir. JSS volunteers visit seniors who are new to Madison, bringing a gift bag with information, treats and a few surprises. Contact Louise Goldstein at 608-442-4083 or [email protected] Transitions to request a visit. Our thanks to Maurie’s Fine Chocolates and Bagels Forever for supporting this program. Happy September Birthday

Alice Loew Jerry Stotsky Allyn Bress Karen Sielaff Need an “Oddjobber”? Beatrice Epstein Lyudmila Konovalova Florence Lederman Mary Jane Gavin Do you need an “oddjobber” to do a few small but necessary Hilde Adler Merilyn Kupferberg chores for you? Jewish Social Services volunteers can be sent to Harsha Keister Sam Jacobs take care of some of those little but important things around your house or apartment. To request Mazel Tov an OddJobber, contact Louise To Dawn Berney, on her appointment as Goldstein at 608-278-1808, Jewish Social Services Executive Director. 608-442-4083 (direct) or To David Lipman, on the birth of his nephew Rory Benjamin email [email protected]. Sherman, son of Sarah and Adam Sherman. If it’s something we can help Best wishes for your wellness you with, we’ll have a volunteer Nena Dyhr OddJobber contact you. 28/Madison Jewish News September 2015

and Israel the World My Year Abroad at an Orphanage in the Ukraine

BY MENUCHA BAILA MATUSOF only five. As I kiss her goodnight I reflect Every morning I woke the girls up and of a good friend. Camp Yeka was born! how, if I was ever sad or afraid, I would dropped them off at school hugging each Together with a few friends we spear- I recently returned from a year of vol- crawl into my mother’s bed for comfort. one. When teacher-parent conferences headed a fundraising mission. We sat unteering in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, at I stroke her head and sing to her each came, I went in their parents’ stead. I at- down and did the math, and realized we the Pancion orphanage that is organized night, as she cries into her pillow for her tended all the school performances, and needed $63,000 to make it happen. by Chabad. It is hard to believe how dif- mother, unsure of why she can’t live at helped them with their school work. As I Thank G-d people answered our call and ferent a reality exists just a plane ride home with her. I want to wrap her in my walked them home after school, they we managed to raise $57,000. I am still away. I knew very little about orphan- arms and make things okay for her, but fought for my attention to share their ups working on raising the remaining bal- ages, let alone Jewish ones. There are how can I? and downs of the day. There is nothing ance. dozens of such orphanages all over The orphanage is also home to girls they loved more than hearing that I spent Camp Yeka offered an oasis of secu- Ukraine run by the local Chabad emis- who have fled war-torn Donetsk. We all day either cooking or shopping or rity and hope. The Lubavitcher Rebbe saries. As the weeks passed, I got used to open the doors for many refugees as they planning activities for them. Our birthday said “no Jewish child should be forgotten living in Ukraine. My role was to be a big struggle to reestablish themselves in a celebrations consisted of big cakes, gifts or given up on.” We wanted these girls to sister, a mentor and a fill-in mom. I also new place. and lots of hugs and kisses. The best gift know we loved them. We were dedicated hoped to share with them Jewish pride When Chanukah arrives we celebrate they could receive was confirming that to this cause because we believed that and love of Torah. I communicated with joy and warmth. We stand around their birth was purposeful, that they are two weeks of Jewish camp could make a mostly in Hebrew and lots of hand ges- the menorah, arms around each other, treasured in this world. They matter. That difference to last a lifetime. The hardest tures, but picked up the language slowly. singing and staring into the lights. I see very fact that they were born is a cause part was saying goodbye. The girls were Gradually, I got to hear each girl’s story. their souls reflected in the flickering for celebration! heartbroken and so were we. They Slowly, one by one, they opened up a bat- flames. Pure, holy souls, given such a dif- Living in the orphanage this past year pleaded with us to return. “Please don’t tered heart and let someone new in again, ficult task in a confusing world. Will their has given me a deep appreciation for the forget about us,” they said. I hugged and someone they knew would eventually brightness be revealed? life I have. All my family and friends are cried with them, and I promised them that leave…… One of the highlights of my year was so much dearer to me. My personal strug- I would never forget them. I will carry I see two sisters, Sonya and Maria, helping to organize and prepare for the gles seem so insignificant. them in my heart forever. I send them a join the Pancion family. Two malnour- wedding of one of our girls. Racheli As summer approached, it became message each Friday to wish them a ished, beaten and lonely girls slowly put came to the orphanage in 7th grade, be- clear to me that we needed to organize a Shabbat shalom and to let them know I on a few pounds. They tell me of the vi- cause her mother was unwell, and her program for these girls. They would ben- am thinking about them. I hope to be able olence, the fright and of the starving grandmother could no longer care for her. efit so much from a real Jewish summer to raise the funds again, and return next nights lying in bed, too cold to move. She never knew her father. After she camp experience. I truly believe in the summer for another Jewish camp experi- Alone. They are in the orphanage be- graduated high-school, Rabbi and Mrs. adage ‘when there is a will there is a ence with my girls. cause their drug-addicted parents cannot Glick, the local Chabad emissaries who way.’ Within two weeks we had over 110 If you would like more information, take care of them. have been running the orphanage for over girls signed up from over 10 cities all please contact me at menuchabailam@ Who can resist Rishe’s laughter and 15 years, facilitated her year in Israel. over Ukraine. Most came from broken gmail.com. You may follow our progress good humor, her ever-present smile light- When she returned, she got engaged to a families, shelters and orphanages and had on facebook at Camp Yeka Girls and at ing up her face? Rishe is excellent com- boy whom she had met in high school, never experienced the feeling of accept- yeka.rallybound.com/ menuchabaila. pany; she cracks jokes, invents stories and they have dedicated themselves to a ance, the warmth of a hug and the smile and is a possessive hugger. Rishe is 14 Torah lifestyle. The girls were thrilled, years old and brain damaged with Fetal and talked about it as sisters would, get- Alcohol Syndrome. She came when she ting new outfits and preparing dances. It was only four years old. was one of the most touching weddings I Nadia is our youngest member. She is have ever attended.

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BY JAMIE FRANKEL were held back by three rows of barriers with great conviction for what they be- and a few policemen and women. An lieve in, would take away from others’ Editor’s note: Jamie Frankel is a sen- older religious woman blows a whistle to prayers and time at Israel’s most holy ior at Madison West High School and the drown out the noise of the 300 women place. I applaud the bravery and the de- recipient of a Jewish Federation of praying and singing. Sporting colorful tal- termination of the WOW (and male sup- Madison teen stipend for travel to Israel. litot and kepas, with some wearing the porters) to exercise their rights and She went to Israel this summer for 28 tefillin as well, they gave me a siddur and peacefully change a situation they believe days as a participant in the BBYO pro- asked me to join in song. About halfway to be sexist and unjust. I believe that for gram: International Leadership Seminar through a prayer, a few men began to get the sake of Israel and Jewish people in Israel (ILSI). violent. The agitators hurled full water across the world, the Jewish people must bottles at us and hit a girl in the head. Fol- stand united rather than fight amongst As a feminist, I was somewhat appre- lowing that, they flung a burning hot cup themselves. Jews must learn to hold hensive about going to Israel, a place of coffee. Shortly after, we learned the strong to their own beliefs and yet be tol- where religious men and women live woman who was supposed to smuggle in erant of other interpretations and views. with a strict dress code and women are the Torah was arrested that day and the The Wailing Wall is a battleground for unequal to men in certain respects. When Torah was confiscated. Obviously we Jews struggling to answer the question, I arrived in Israel, I was blessed with the weren’t able to have a Torah portion. should the orthodox Jewish tradition be ability to join a group called Women of This situation is a reminder of how tra- upheld, even if it treats women as second the Wall (WOW) and fight for gender dition is still central to some while others class, because it is tradition? The Women equality at the Kotel (Western Wall). This have adopted more modern and progres- of the Wall have answered no, and I return experience revealed the perplexing situ- sive views. Overall, it seems sad to me from Israel posing the same question to ation for religious men and women in that the orthodox men, although fighting you. Jamie Frankel Israel. Currently, there are two places to pray at the Wailing Wall; there is an egalitarian section and there is a divided men and women’s section. There you see orthodox men with tallitot, tefillin, and of course kepas or hats. However, it is atypical to see women wearing these items unless you visit the wall on Rosh Hodesh, when the WOW come to daven. This group peacefully protests, through prayer and singing in the women’s section, to create change with regard to prayer at the Kotel. Today, WOW has gained the legal recognition of women’s rights to pray out loud, with tallitot, tefillin and Torah at the Kotel. There is one catch; Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Administrator of the Western Wall, enforces regulations that ban women from accessing the Torah scrolls at the Kotel and bringing in Sefer Torahs as well. The majority of people that support Rabbi Rabinowitz and oppose WOW are ultra-orthodox men, however even a few women take the same stance. A ruckus engulfed us at the wall; about 100 men hollered and whistled. They Women praying at the Western Wall Couple Who Survived Holocaust Make Aliyah in their 90s Holocaust survivors, Feiga and Felix us. I didn’t quite believe it, but when I saw both from the U.S. and other countries,” pleted, some of which will be inhabited by Bandos, an elderly Jewish couple from they were serious about it and had already Efrat’s Mayor Oded Revivi said. “In the new immigrants. It is a great privilege for Wisconsin, have recently proven it is submitted the relevant forms and applica- coming months the construction of about us to take part in the absorption of the Jew- never too late to make aliyah. The couple, tions, I was very excited,” said Marilyn 1,000 new housing units will be com- ish Diaspora.” both in their 90s, arrived in Israel in Broder, the couple’s daughter, who has August and headed to their new home in been living in Efrat for over 25 years. the Judean community of Efrat. Throughout the years the couple had The couple met and married at the visited Israel often to see their daughter, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in who made aliyah in the mid-1980s, and Germany. After escaping the Nazis they their grandchildren. immigrated to Sweden, and several years “We are thrilled to have made aliyah – later they relocated to Wisconsin, where in the time we have left we want to be they lived until now. close to our family,” the couple said. “A few months ago they told me they “In recent years the local council has wanted to move to Israel and live next to absorbed hundreds of immigrant families,

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