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Agreement #40007180 What makes a committed volunteer? Keep our Jay State is an ordinary guy served before him. And many with an extraordinary amount of have served as long as him. Still, commitment to this community. the question of what have been community strong A long time member of the UJA the determining factors for his Campaign Cabinet, State didn’t tireless efforts on behalf of this 2012 UJA Campaign goal set at $1.2 million hesitate when asked to chair this community is worth asking. The year’s Annual Campaign. answer may help our village raise State’s trademark warmth, a community of children who enthusiasm and energy are will do future generations proud. certain to positively impact this Read the HJN interview with Jay year’s UJA Campaign. The ques- State on page 11. tion that arises is why? Many have Hamiltonians in Israel

Encouraged by UJA Campaign chair, Jay State, (centre), community members and representatives from UJA beneficiary agencies posed for a group photograph on the night of the JCC community barbeque in late August. Photo by Wendy Schneider

amilton Jewish Federation canvassers, a devoted staff and a caring President Larry Szpirglas is community.” delighted to announce that Members of this year’s Campaign Cabinet Former Hamiltonians now living in Israel. From l to r, Susan Fisch (nee Yaffe), Shayna Duker veteran UJA leader Jay State will include Federation president, Larry Szpir- (nee Eisenstein), Yvette Shumacher (nee Sternberg) and Beth Cohen (nee Eisenberg.) Hchair the UJA 2012 campaign. glas, past co-chairs Danna Horwood and Photo by Wendy Schneider “Jay has played a very prominent and Lisa Morris, Women’s Major Gift co-chairs successful leadership role with both the Sandy Fuss and Liz Tick, Medical Division Rumour has it that the aliyah rate of former Hamiltonians UJA Legal Division and with the Campaign co-chairs Joel Yellin and Rick Black, Lion of is higher, per capita, than any other North American city. Cabinet for several years. He is thoroughly Judah co-chairs Gayle Kepecs and Michele True or not, the HJN did manage to track down a number of familiar with both the UJA operation and the Finkelstein, Sharon Lax, Vice President of former Hamiltonians living in Israel this summer, seeking message. We couldn’t be in finer hands.” Finanacial Resource Development, past to gain insight into the reasons for their aliyah and catch a State thanked Szpirglas for his vote of “Lions” co-chairs Shirley Molot and Sasha glimpse of the day-to-day joys and challenges of living in the confidence and with characteristic humility, Weisz, Legal Division Chair Harvey Katz, past Jewish State. Over the next several issues you will discover acknowledged that the UJA Campaign is a Hamilton Jewish Federation presidents Larry team effort. Levin and David Somer, and David Loewith, who they are, why them came, why they stay and how their “The Campaign Cabinet is really the playing the role of special advisor. years in Hamilton contributed to their Zionism. Read more at heart and soul of the operation, and we owe The dollar goal for the UJA 2012 hamiltonjewishnews.com and in this issue beginning our achievements to them, the dedicated on page 14. See page 10, Keep our community strong

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5 HAMILTON JEWISH NEWS • SEPTEMBER 2011 6 HAMILTON JEWISH NEWS • FEBRUARY 2011 me wholeheartedlyastheleaderofthis Jewish Communitywhohavewelcomed grateful forthesupportofHamilton part ofmycareeratShalom.Iamsovery leadership teamsasIhavebegunthisnew of ourresidents,families,staff and residents. Iamgratefulforthesupport in myvisionforthisorganizationandour Board ofDirectorsforhavingconfidence search committeeoftheShalomVillage so manythings.IamgratefultotheCEO filled withgratitudefor years itiseasytobe towards thecoming life atShalomandlook last fewmonthsofmy When Ireflectuponthe own lifeisgratitude. front andcentreinmy attitudes thatItrytokeep Kippur. Oneofthe and YomHashanah of theholidaysRosh integral tothecelebration introspection thatisso time toengageinthe organization, itisaperfect as CEOofthisspecial As Ifinishmyfirstfewmonths reflection. some wordsofthanksand as takeafewminutestoshare this importantholiday, aswell with theJewishcommunityduring for ourteams.Iwanttoconnect a lotoflearning,bothformyselfand and ithasbeenabusyfewmonthswith The appointmentbeganthispastsummer of exemplaryandinnovativeleadership. replacing PatMordenafterhermanyyears the jobofleadingShalomVillage asCEO, of youknow, lastMayIwasentrustedwith Rosh Hashanahand Yom Kippur. As many Hamilton JewishCommunityinhonourof I wanttosendmygreetingsthe Hello everyone! A message of gratitudefromJeanette Time tocelebratethe10 For moreinformationcall Greg at(905)[email protected]. commemorative pendant and aT-shirt. In honourofthe10thanniversaryHannnukah Hustleallparticipantsthisyearwillreceivea special smiling facesastheycrossthefinishlineleavenodoubt aboutthevalueofthisveryspecialevent. active livingisoneyouwillnotseeanywhereelse. The with seniorsstrivingtoimprovetheirlivesthrough serious long-distancerunnerssharingaracecourse Club FitnessCentreatShalomVillage. The sightof volunteers torun,walk,androllinsupportof The joined forceswithShalomVillage residents,staff and It wastenyearsagothatseasonedrunnersfirst ext. [email protected]. take careoftherest. All ittakesisacalltoKathleenat(905)529-1613 can sendoneortwosinglecardsusyourwholelistandlet family whileyouhelpShalomVillage residents livebetterlives. You We canhelpyousendRoshHashanahgreetingstoyourfriendsand send ShalomVillage cards Rosh Hashanah—theperfecttimeto Shalom Village, whereyou’dlike tobe... CEO,ShalomVillage ~Jeanette O’Leary and celebrations.” in thefaceoflife’s challenges sustaining andfulfillingforce importance ofgratitudeasa me manylessonsaboutthe all theseyearshastaught “Working atShalomVillage shalomvillage.ca Shalom Village infirmity isindeedinspiring,andthey through tragedy, significantfrailtyand many residentswhoseabilitytobegrateful challenges andcelebrations. There are and fulfillingforceinthefaceoflife’s importance ofgratitudeasasustaining has taughtmemanylessonsaboutthe Working atShalomVillage alltheseyears important andcherishedorganization. Jeanette Shana Tova! mine does. your lifehasasmuchtobegratefulfor this New Mywishforeveryone Year isthat know theyareinmyheart. not allowtherecitationof100blessings, myriad ofotherways. space does Although make possibilitiespossible,andina continually remindmetolivewith th gratitude. Iamgratefulfortheir anniversaryoftheHannukahHustle! example. Land. BeingtheCEOand In arecentparsha,the commandment tosay100 before theyenterthePromised brachot, orblessings,aday is toldtotheJewishpeople working atShalomVillage makes itveryeasytothink

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In this interactive workshop, Kay Kay Andrews isconsidered oneoftheUK’s leading Annual Teacher’s Symposium on the Holocaust Transforming Holocaust Education in Our Schools Sir Allan MacNab Secondary School Thursday, Nov. 10, 4:30 – 6p.m. a resounding testament to the power of moral courage. photographs andpoeticre-creations shotinWarsaw –are stories – evoked through rare archival footage, family and manywere re-united withtheirJewishfamilies.Their children rescued by Sendler’s network survived the war, saved thelivesofthousandsJewishchildren. Allofthe some barely outoftheirteens,whooutfoxedtheNazisand ine Irena Sendlerandherwartimeconspiracyofwomen, A stirringandheartfeltdocumentaryfilmaboutPolishhero- Their Mothers: The Story of Irena Sendler (Film) Kristallnacht Commemoration ~ In the Nameof Adas Israel Synagogue Wednesday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m. Holocaust and genocide. ity. Smithwritesandlectures widelyonresponses tothe responses toothergenocidesandcrimesagainsthuman- Holocaust videotestimoniesandtheirimpactonshaping the scholarly, educationalandinterventionistpotentialof tor of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, will speak on of thisacquisition,Dr. StephenSmith,theExecutiveDirec- HistoryandEducation.Totute forVisual markthelaunch History Archive (VHA)oftheUSCShoahFoundationInsti- to acquire accesstotheentire collectionoftheVisual McMaster UniversitywillbethefirstCanadianInstitution collection of USC Shoah Videotaped Testimony Launch Program ofCanada’s first entire McMaster University Library Thursday, Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m. Paratus Investors Limited, The Erwin Jacobs Foundation. Sholom, HamiltonChristianFellowship,Effort Trust Company, Adas IsraelCongregation, BethJacobSynagogue,Temple Anshe Catholic DistrictSchoolBoard, Hamilton Centre forCivicInclusion, Ontario, HamiltonWentworth DistrictSchoolBoard, Hamilton Polish-Jewish HeritageFoundationofCanada/Toronto Chapter Services, ConsulateGeneraloftheRepublicPolandinToronto, the HolocaustandResistance,CityofHamilton,HamiltonPolice University Library, Museumof MadeleineandMonteLevyVirtual Hamilton Spectator, TheOntarioTrillium Foundation,McMaster tee isgratefulforthesupportofourcommunitypartners:The The HamiltonJewishFederation’s HolocaustEducationCommit- YA Holocaust Education Committee presents the 6th annual Holocaust Education Week 905.522.3300 W estdale Nov. 3 - 10, 2011 The Hamilton Jewish Federation Larry Szpirglas Nancy Somer Sales Representative Sales Representative D Jon Katz Broker/Manager Wishing ourclients&thecommunity A Healthy& Happy genocides and crimes against humanity. against andcrimes genocides The attend. publicisinvited to other to responses impact on shaping and their video testimonies of Holocaust potential scholarly, the willdiscuss andinterventionist educational Shoah Foundation Institute California ofSouthern University ofthe Executive Director Dr. Smith, Stephen speaker guest Week occasion Education page).Onthat onthis Holocaust during program (see Foundation’s mission. of the continuation archive and the of the preservation of the for a guarantee in return California participants. trials andwarcrimes Eugenics policies of survivors survivors, RomaandSinti andaidproviders, rescuers prisoners, political witnesses, and liberation liberators survivors, homosexual Jehovah’s Witness survivors, survivors, includedJewish Interviewees includingCanada. and56countries, languages Holocaust. ofthe witnesses andother ofsurvivors ies testimon videotape was to mandate whose organization as a non-profit Steven Spielberg collection.” invaluable this andpowerful to willhave access country the throughout andothers tors educa- scholars, students, butalso atMcMaster, andstudents faculty notonlythe ment, - Under arrange this matters. onHolocaust-related institution research Canada’s foremost ChairMadeleineLevy. 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7 HAMILTON JEWISH NEWS • SEPTEMBER 2011 8 HAMILTON JEWISH NEWS • SEPTEMBER 2011 JCC helped make this event so special. Thank you to all the volunteers who bouncing castles and a dunk tank. enjoyed the carnival atmosphere with alike.members Kadimah campers newcomers and veteran community organizations enthusiasticly greeting were representatives from community JCC community barbeque. force on August 24 to enjoy the annual came Communityout in members full Barbeque JCC Community L JCC 5thAnnualJewishFilmFestivalJCC T iving itupattheJCC! hursday, Dec.8atTempleAnsheSholom Musical BingoFor Adults Saturday, Dec.3atAdasIsrael Tuesday, Dec.6atBethJacob TV T rivia NightforYouth Saturday, Nov.12 Sunday, Nov.20 O n hand HO LD TH E D A ! TES Dec. 27-30 2-6 andJan. Morris Black Public Speaking Contest JCC W JCC Chanukah Party Sunday, Dec,18 Sunday, Dec.4 inter Camp provided. Please register at the JCC froprovided. PleaseregisterattheJCC ntdesk. 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Middle class struggles The Sar-El experience Bob Hemberger Hamiltonians Shari Pilo sees her own struggles reflected Why I volunteer for the Israel Defense Forces fine catering in country-wide protests this summer by GORD GARSHOWITZ, Special to the Hamilton Jewish News Corporate & Special Events

hari Wright Pilo was among Most retirees choose to spend their summers in opportunity to interact both with volunteers from the hundreds of thousands of serenity – on the golf course, by the water, or in their around the world and with Israelis. Most bear with kosher catering in Israel Israelis who took to the streets backyard. For two or three weeks every summer, I me as I practise my Hebrew, and I get to meet soldiers Bar & Bat Mitzvahs • Weddings • Anniversaries continued this summer in protest of the abandon all of that, wear some khaki, work under and officers, learn about Israeli life and work with 905-643-1244 905-664-1933 highS cost of living and other social and the hot Israeli sun, and spend a generation of young adults economic inequities facing Israeli soci- my nights sleeping on a cot who are currently serving ety. The daughter of the late Norma and in a barracks volunteering on their country. David Wright, Pilo lives with her husband an Israeli Defence Forces base Sar-El, the organization Profile and daughter in Modi’in, a town located ISRAEL 2011-2013 through Sar-El. that facilitates the placement midway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. WINTER 2011/12 mindy sarel (hoffman) herzylia pituach Of course, there are count- of volunteers on IDF main- FAMILY TOURS Modi’in is a beautiful, modern city with Dec.21, 2011 - Jan. 5, 2012 less ways to contribute to tenance bases, has contact Dec. 25, 2011 - Jan. 9, 2012 a highly educated population, many of compare MARCH BREAK 2012 whom are immigrants from North Amer- Israel, but for 10 years, this offices in many countries apples to apples March 7 - 19 has been my special, hands- around the world. Volun- ica. But, unlike most of her neighbours, the PASSOVER 2012 Pilos can’t afford to buy a home. They rent on way of giving back to a teers generally go for two Apr. 4 - 19 Inc. 5 star Hotels their apartment, and have been forced to country that has given us so or three week placements, FALL/WINTERSUMMER 2012 much. though there are also a couple Eilat and Petra options July 1 - July 15 comply with arbitrary rent increases on an Call us for recent references Shari and Baruch Pilo with their daughter Ma’ayan. July 8 - July 22 almost annual basis. Two years ago their I have now worked on of special one-week groups. Bar/Bat Mitzvah July 15 - July 29 landlady raised their rent by 26 percent eight different bases, and Groups begin every three or Ceremony included All-inclusive deluxe hotels Aug. 5 - Aug. 19 and recently informed Pilo that it was “We saw all have done tasks that range four weeks throughout the Aug. 19 - Sept. 2 Gord Garshowitz working on an IDF parachute base. • More days of sightseeing going up a further 10 percent this year. from painting a warehouse, year. Everything is organized, • More meals WINTER 2012/13 around us young, • A true family itinerary “Maybe if we had bought an apartment packing medical supplies from airport pickup to assign- Dec.20, 2012 - Jan. 3, 2013 “It’s my personal way Dec. 23, 2012 - Jan. 6, 2013 when we first got married 14 years ago we into medics’ field vests, fixing ment of duties and all meals Community Mission old, leftists, www.israelfamilytours.com could have managed,” said Pilo, “but we treads on armoured personnel of saying thank you and accommodations. The April 23 - May 6, 2012 or call Kathy, ext. 345 Unique itinerary! had infertility issues and any money we rightists, religious, carriers, to working on a para- typical work week is Sunday to Israel ...” Call Kathy, ext. 345 PRIVATE CUSTOM could have put into a down payment we chute base. 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Our base supplied tools and to try the Sar-El experience and almost everyone has DIRECT FLIGHT from 849 + tax when there were many neighbourhood stab- class Israelis are facing the same situation. Applies to specific dates parts for cars, trucks, tanks and armoured personnel gone back to the program at least once. I look forward Family: Married to Yacov Sarel, an Israeli attor- bings and buses being blown up in Jerusalem. Pilo points to the experience of her Don’t book with anyone else before talking to us first! Israel. ” carriers for other bases in the Southern Command. We to participating in this program every year. It is my ney of Moroccan heritage; Her eldest daugh- This was probably the most traumatic experi- husband’s parents as an example of how 905-886-5610 ter, Elinor, 35, is a financial journalist whose ence I had in Israel, knowing that your children worked in a warehouse sorting tools sold to Israel by personal way of saying thank you to Israel. different things were a generation ago. shari wright pilo American Forces, who were pulling out of Iraq and For further information, contact Gord Garshowitz 800-294-1663 husband works for a high tech company. They could be on that bus. There were times when I “Baruch’s mother moved here from Afghanistan. at [email protected] or visit www.sarel- [email protected] have two children. Her son Asa, 33, a lawyer would sit and cry about it because it was such a Turkey when she was four years old and by profession, is in the jewelry export busi- frustrating situation. Dealing with fears for your What I like about the Sar-El experience is the canada.org. the family lived in tents for three years. His The tent cities and mass rallies of the 7117 Bathurst St., Just N. of Steeles, Thornhill, ON L4J 2J6 ness. Her daughter Aviv, 26, is currently living children’s safety on a daily basis was difficult. father moved to Israel on his own when he summer of 2011 have been seen, for the in Washington, D.C. where she is assistant to Having said all of that I wouldn’t have had it any was 16 from Morocco. But they were able most part, as an exciting sign of the end of the Israeli ambassador. different. Our children are very lucky that they to buy a very small apartment in a good an era of Israeli apathy. live in an atmosphere that questions things. Fill up your Blue Box to replenish our homeland area and later moved into a bigger apart- “Sometimes I think of Israelis – includ- Seeds of her aliyah They are aware of what’s going on around ment. Today they own a very beautiful ing myself – as being apathetic because of Her parents were very supportive of Israel, them. They read the newspapers. We have a large apartment in Netanya.” particularly her father, who was very active in thirst for knowledge here and I don’t think it is the stress factor of living here ... But all of The fact that her husband’s parents, with- fundraising for Israel, Zionist summer camps as prevalent in North America. a sudden this apathy has disappeared and out the benefit of a higher education, were in the States; the Six Day War. “Prior to the Six that to me is amazing,” said Pilo. still able to buy an apartment while she and Day War people were not enthusiastic about Challenges of living in Israel And, she inststs, despite everything, her husband, who both have university pulling up their roots and coming to Israel. I I can understand and sympathize with this new “There’s no place like home and no better was 17 then, and at that time there was no way social revolution that is taking place right now. degrees and good jobs, are forced to rent place to live in the world.” As if to illustrate Fill my parents would let me go on my own. But And I am proud that this generation has woken seems both absurd and wildly unjust. her point, she described the scene the they did let me go when I was 19 and I am very up and wants to see change come, to lighten One of the factors working against night she and her friend hopped on a train KEEP UP THE thankful for their understanding and courage.” their financial burdens. My daughter and her young couples looking to buy their first from Modi’in for one of the first of many husband are both well educated, have good apartment, said Pilo, is that Israeli mort- mass rallies in Tel Aviv this summer. em’ Aliyah Story jobs and earn a nice living. But they still find gages require approximately 40 percent “We saw all around us young, old, The first time I came to Israel was on one of it diffucult to make ends meet at the end of of the total cost of the home as a down leftists, rightists, religious, not religious, those Europe and Israel trips when I was 17 the month. payment, an amount only those with afflu- years old. I came back the following summer Arabs. Beside us there was a young couple ent parents or North American salaries can TRADITION! up to do credits at Hebrew University and spent pushing a stroller. On the other side there Greatest hope afford. SUNDAY time on kibbutz with my family afterwards. I was an elderly couple. In front of us there Peace. Peace means much more than the If the issue of exorbitant housing costs Feel free to drop off your Blue Box ahead of & applied to Hebrew University the following year were kids from a youth group. Behind us word implies. It means that everyone will have struck a resonant chord with Israelis and was accepted. I think one of the contrib- there were the rock and rollers from Tel OCTOBER to settle in and compromise. Yes, we have to across the religious and cultural spectrum, time at any of the synagogues, the JCC or call uting factors that made life so easy for me Aviv. At kitty corner there was a family deal with Hamas and the extremists but there Bring at the beginning was that I had two families. I another issue was the high cost of child the office at 905-527-5516 is extreme thinking on both sides. I’m all for with teenagers and three feet in front of us 3OTH had wonderful extended family in Israel, plus care. While public school education in ideology and beliefs and I think you have to there was a young religious couple with a Yacov’s family who welcomed me with open Israel is free, the school day ends before stick to your guns but I also believe you have little boy with two prosthetic legs. And I arms. They made me feel so at home which 2 p.m., forcing working parents to shell em’ to have room for understanding and comprom- said if he is here everybody should be here. allowed me to feel part of Israel very quickly. out money for after-school programs. Pilo ise. I am an optimist and believe that open- spends $500 a month to keep her daughter I think it was one of the most exciting, On raising children in Israel minded leaders on all sides will come forth 10am - 3pm @ the Jewish Community Centre occupied from 1:45 until 4:30 p.m. Day fulfilling evenings that I ever had in Israel “Raising our children in Israel was probably the eventually and make courageous decisions HAMILTON JEWISH NEWS • SEPTEMBER 2011 HAMILTON JEWISH NEWS • SEPTEMBER 2011 care for children under three is even more and I’ve been here for 30 years.” in! best thing I did in my life because they were – maybe not in my generation, but I pray it will expensive. 16 given good values, not just from the family, but be in my children’s. 17 Israel Local News

UJA’s dedicated canvassers will be calling you over the next several weeks in support of United Jewish Appeal’s Campaign 2012. cycling for shechafim Children discover roots of Jewish Hamilton by wendy schneider, the Hamilton Jewish News There is one thing we all hold in common: by lyn center, Special to the Hamilton Jewish News “Epic!”, was the the word Daniel Some months ago, the Hamil- and art history. We asked Richter their family members did. Two our community and our connection to Rose used to describe the experi- ton Jewish News carried an arti- to describe the program: other workshops led by Hana ence of cycling 2,000 kilometres Israel and the Jewish People. Please cle about a proposed exhibit on Pinthus (art therapist) and the from Hamilton to Halifax that he, Jewish labour and community in Who and what is involved? Print Studio (featuring artists answer the call and make a difference his father Geoff and Israeli visitor, the early part of the 20th century. We will be working with Becky Katz and Matt McInnes) Ori Menachem, undertook as a in the lives of so many. As one method of collecting students at Beth Jacob Hebrew will teach participants how to fundraiser for a specialized school School, preteens at the Hamilton historical materials, two of the interpret the stories they collect in Northern Israel for children with Jewish Middle School, teenagers organizers, Kathryn Petersen and in creative ways. special needs. Averaging about 110 from the community and residents I developed a program for children kilometres a day under mostly ideal at Shalom Village. Parents and in Hamilton Jewish schools and What types of artwork will conditions, the trip took four weeks, grandparents will be an invalu- residents of Shalom Village, called be produced? said Geoff Rose. “We saw beauti- able source of information by Working Family Stories and Treas- Hana Pinthus has an amazing ful scenery and met some very nice reaching back in their memories workshop where participants people in whose homes we stayed ures, based on an initiative of the to remember all the things their Goldman and fellow create blueprints of their lives ose, Rabbi Yosef Canadian Museum of Civilization. during Shabbat,” said Rose, who was Rose, Daniel R family members did to earn a enachem, Geoff Rabbi Goldman in Fredericton. using images and information Ori M Geoff Rose To help develop and deliver living and build the Hamilton thrilled for the opportunity to spend Greenberg at the home of Photo courtesy from the past. During the Print Hamiltonian Sean the program, an enthusiastic and Artist Hana Pinthus and Camp Kadimah campers pose in front of a giant family tree they Jewish community. Studio workshops participants creative young woman, Melinda sculpted based on information they collected about their ancestors’ labour and immigration four uninterrupted All participants will begin with learn how to create prints from history. Photo courtesy of the JCC Richter, has come on board as weeks with his son. Most memorable was the night they an introductory workshop where carvings or digital technology. At a larger exhibit as part of the James How you can help. spent at the home of Rabbi Yosef Goldman in Fredericton, New Project Coordinator. Richter has an they will learn about genealogy, each of our participating locations We are seeking donations from M.A. from the University of Toronto North Art Crawl which will feature Brunswick where they were joined by fellow Hamiltonian, Sean family trees and interviewing. we will be mounting mini-exhibits the community for the workshops work from all of the participating Greenberg, who serves in the Canadian Reserves and was stationed in Ethnic, Immigration, and Plur- Participants will go on to collect featuring all of the work that the and exhibits. For further informa- nearby in Gagetown. “We all crammed into one bedroom at the alism Studies, as well as training information from their families, students and seniors have done. locations as well as a video docu- tion, email workingfamilystor- Rabbi’s house and spent Shabbat together. It was so much fun, “ said and experience in curatorship focusing on the kind of work Later in the year we plan to mount mentary of the process. 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