Celebrating Hanukkah with Children of Gesher/ Shir Shalom Schools
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Published by December 2016 Buffalo Jewish Federation 2640 North Forest Road Getzville, NY 14068 716-204-2241 Editor’s Note On The Cover www.jfedbflo.com CEO/Executive Director .........................................................................................Rob Goldberg President ........................................................................................................... Howard Rosenhoch Editor, Marketing and Community Relations Director .................Ellen S. Goldstein Advisory Board Susan Adelman Elizabeth Kahn Eric Reich Jonathan Epstein Alyssa Rabach Kenneth Rogers Richard Hirsch Peter Simon The Buffalo Jewish Federation Is a proud member of the Jewish Federations of North America and the American Jewish Press Association Produced by Ellen Goldstein, Editor Photo by K.C. Kratt. This year, the Gesher School and Congregation Shir Shalom School joined Long before Hillary Clinton ever walked on a stage forces to provide education for children from their congregations in Senior Vice President/Creative Director ............................................................................Chastity O'Shei one place. Some of those students and teachers are seen here lighting to give a speech, there was Ruth Kahn Stovroff [email protected] Hanukkah candles at Congregation Shir Shalom. (z”l). Ruth, who passed away this October at the Vice President/Production ..........................................................................................................Jennifer Tudor age of 104, was the original “Wonder Woman.” She [email protected] Lead Designer ..................................................................................................................................Kimberly Miers was the first woman president of both the Buffalo [email protected] Jewish Federation and the Foundation for Jewish Senior Graphic Designers .............................................................................................................Josh Flanigan, Philanthropies; she was smart, well-educated, funny, Andrea Rowley, Jean-Pierre Thimot, Nicholas Vitello 3 Message from the President: gracious and gifted with a personality that enabled Traffic Coordinator.....................................................................................................Adam Van Schoonhoven Howard Rosenhoch Associate Publisher/Senior Vice President/Advertising ......................................Barbara E. Macks her to have other people want to listen to her, want [email protected] and follow her, and want to be associated in whatever 4 Remembering Ruth Kahn Stovroff Assistant Sales & Marketing Manager ..........................................................................Marianne Potratz project she was leading. She was a role model to every 5 TELLL Fund Musical Tribute [email protected] single Jewish and non-Jewish woman I know who Sales Director ....................................................................................................................Cynthia Oppenheimer, December 4 [email protected] was engaged in civic life in the second half of the 6-7 Hanukkah in Buffalo Senior Account Executives .......................................Robin Kurss, [email protected] twentieth century as well as the nearly two decades Bruce Halpern, [email protected] of the twenty first. You can read our small tribute 8 2016 Federation Annual Meeting Betty Tata, [email protected] Proofreaders ...............................................................................................Sharon C. Levite, Amy Goldstein to Ruth Kahn Stovroff’s life in this month’s issue on Moments page 4, and remember the elegance combined with 9 Weinberg Campus Update Members of community action that is Ruth’s legacy. And this month as we prepare for our joyous 10 NCJ Welcomes Newcomers Submissions: celebration of Hanukkah, let’s remember that the for Shabbat Submit editorial stories, photos, and calendar items by the 1st of the word “Hanukkah” means rededication. And so, as 11 Hanukkah Donuts by Robin Kurss preceding month of issue to [email protected]. those Jews living in ancient Israel rededicated their 12 From the Rabbi: To Advertise: lives to preserving Judaism and their Jewish ways of Rabbi Joshua Strosberg To advertise, call Cynthia Oppenheimer at 716-783-9119 x2240. life—though there was struggle and failure before Ad space & materials are due by the 10th of each month prior to their success—in our current American political 13 5 Things you can do to repair the publication. For a rate card and any additional information, please climate where it is so easy to become frustrated, world in December email Cynthia Oppenheimer [email protected] or Barbara Macks [email protected]. disenfranchised and angry, let us all rededicate Where in Jewish Bflo? 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The JJWNY does not assume responsibility for the kashrut of Happy Hanukkah any product or service advertised in this paper. Editorials, columns, advertisements, And we thank God agency reports and other outside articles do not necessarily represent the views of the newspaper or the Buffalo Jewish Federation, but rather express the view of for them! 28 December Calendar the writer. 29-37 Agency Events All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it “illegal to advertise “based on race, color, religion, Ellen Goldstein - Editor 38 Not The Last Word: Alyssa Rabach sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby 39-44 Buffalo Jewish 2016 Federation informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal Honor Roll of Donors opportunity basis. 2 www.jfedbflo.com | December 2016 PRESIDENT’S COLUMN Howard Rosenhoch Buffalo, we are moving forward. limited resources, done a great job Most recently, when my predecessor, welcoming and engaging young Jews President, Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo Immediate Past President David Desmon, on campus. Too many, however, remain highlights of this year was the convened our nominating committee, unconnected, in large part because visit in March by Alan Morinis, David, along with Rob and Steve Weiss, despite good strategies and dedicated head of The Mussar Institute, as our incoming President, urged us to implementers, we’ve not had the resources Scholar in Residence. Mussar invite several folks previously uninvolved necessary to power a staff of sufficient is a program of learning Jewish in Federation to sit on the Nominating size and muscle to make the necessary value traits by study and practice. Committee. They nominated a slate of inroads. Now, however, we can change all During Alan’s short time with us, candidates for elected governor which that. I am delighted to announce that four nearly 150 people were exposed includes several young, dynamic and sets of donors, Marilyn Shuman, Gordon to the beauty of Mussar learning. energetic women who will diversify our and Gretchen Gross, and Sol Messinger, Alan also kicked off our Lead with board and, more importantly, bring new along with the Foundation for Jewish Jewish Values program, during ideas to the forefront of our community. Philanthropies, have made substantial which 20 leaders representing Thanks to all of you for voting in these multi-year commitments to Hillel ten different agencies or capable folks. With them on board, our of Buffalo which, in partnership with synagogues studied and put into future is bright. Hillel International, will give Buffalo the practice midot – or traits - such We’ve got even longer range opportunity to develop campus programs