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New Year Greetings, Shana Tova 5777 page 12 Federation’s 2017 campaign kicks off with ambitious goal of $2.77 million BY CHARLES BERNSEN members, donors whose previous annual gifts range from $1,000 to more than ailings to thousands $100,000. The team model developed by of past and poten- the Nashville Federation helped to inject tial donors went out fun and camaraderie into the campaign last month as the while increasing commitments and the 2017 annual cam- “Ten percent is the starting point,” to aid disadvantaged youth in Hadera- pace of fundraising. It was one of several paign of the Jewish he said. “I’d like to see us to do better Eiron, Nashville’s Partnership2Gether local innovations showcased two years MFederation of Nashville and Middle than that.” region in Israel. ago at the annual General Assembly of Tennessee kicked off The Federation has identified a num- “With the Jewish community in this the Jewish Federations of North America. with the goal of raising ber of needs the increase could address town expanding, all of these are important But this year the Federation board a record $2.77 million – boosting outreach to more Jewish new- needs,” Boehm said. “And the Federation felt it was important for its 25 officers to fund almost 80 insti- comers to Nashville, providing incentive is uniquely positioned to meet them.” and members to take a more active role tutions and programs grants for as many as 25 more area young- Aside from its ambitious goal, the in the fundraising effort, said Boehm and in Nashville, Israel and sters to attend overnight Jewish camp for 2017 campaign will be different in anoth- Naomi Sedek, the Federation’s assistant around the world. the first-time, sending more high school er way. In the previous four campaigns, executive director who oversees all fund- That represents a students on an immersion trip to Israel the Federation used a fundraising con- raising and development. So for the 2017 Frank Boehm 10 percent increase over through the Get Connected program, cept in which up to 80 volunteers were campaign, the face-to-face solicitation of the the 2016 total of $2.5 million, but providing as many as 1,000 more vouch- divided into eight to 10 teams who the more than 400 Bonim Society mem- Dr. Frank Boehm, who chairs the 2017 ers to seniors for the Shalom Taxi pro- engaged in a friendly competition as they bers will be done in large part by the campaign, has even bigger ambitions. gram, and implementing a new program solicited pledges from Bonim Society Continued on pages 3 Representing country and faith Global Day will focus on Jewish in the Maccabiah Games notions about creation and nature Local event adds flexible format and short “TextTalks” ewish Nashville will participate This year’s Global Day takes place on for the fifth time in the annual Sunday, Nov. 20 and its theme is Under Global Day of Jewish Learning the Same Sky: “The Earth is Full of Your next month with a revamped Creations.” The quote comes from Psalm format that will include a series of 104 and is often cited as a biblical expres- “TextTalks” – short presentations bility and to expand the scope of topics sion of awe at the beauty, goodness and Jby local scholars and educators on in an effort to increase Global Day par- sanctity of the natural world. Thus the some aspect of this year’s theme on ticipation and attendance,” said Mark curriculum for Global Day will explore Jewish attitudes about the natural world. S. Freedman, executive director of the issues related to the environment, ecolo- Also new this year, participants will Jewish Federation of Nashville and gy, cycles and seasons, nourishment and have the option of registering not only Middle Tennessee, which sponsors the nurturing. for the entire day but also for either the local event. The local Global Day sessions will be morning or afternoon sessions. Global Day of Jewish Learning is at West End Synagogue. Registration is at Maren Angus of Hendersonville will get a chance to play competitive “The changes are in response to an initiative of the Aleph Society in 10:15 a.m., and the event will end about softball for the first time since high feedback from attendees of past Global 2010 that aims to foster Jewish unity and 3:15 p.m. Those who want to pre-register school when she competes with Day events and from our Global Day knowledge by bringing together hundreds can do so online at www.jewishnashville. the U.S. women’s team in the 2017 Planning Committee to provide more of communities around the world to study org or by contacting Barbara Schwarcz, Maccabiah Games in Israel. See page 4. (Photo by Adam Brown, Gallatin News) options in terms of time schedule flexi- the same sacred texts on the same day. Continued on pages 3

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PresentedPPd bhby the JewishJihF Federationdi 1:20 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. aand Jewish Foundation of Special In-Service Session for Jewish Educators NNashville and Middle Tennessee with Rabbi Yaffa Epstein iin cooperation with: Akiva School, BB’nai B’rith Social Unit, B’nai B’rith MMaimonides Lodge #46, BBYO, 2:20 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. CChabad Jewish Student Center at VVanderbilt University, Congregation Also new this year: BBeit Tefilah Chabad, Congregation “MEET THE REBS” MMicah and the Micah Children’s AAcademy, Congregation Sherith Rabbis Round Table Discussion IIsrael, Get Connected, Gordon JJewish Community Center and the (More details and updated information about Global Day programs GJCCG Early Childhood Learning ) and activities will be availableThe online Jewish at www.jewishnashville.org Observer Center,C Hadassah Nashville and in the November issue of Chapter,C Jewish Family Service, NCJWN Nashville Chapter, NowGen Nashville,N PJ Library, The Temple- The Global Day of Jewish Learning in Nashville is generously underwritten Congregation Ohabai Sholom and by Libby and Moshe Werthan to support the participation of Rabbi Yaffa The Temple Preschool, Vanderbilt Epstein of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. Hillel, and West End Synagogue.

2 October 2016 The Observer In Federation briefing, former Ambassador Pickering says Iran is sticking to nuclear agreement By CHARLES BERNSEN agreement will eventually lead to positive movement from Iran on other issues ran is complying with the historic important to the United States – a reduc- agreement struck last year to pre- tion in Iranian support for terrorism vent it from developing a nuclear and Iranian cooperation in a compre- weapon, former U.S. Ambassador hensive Israeli-Palestinian peace accord. Thomas R. Pickering said during He noted that Iran and the U.S., if not a briefing last month for board officially cooperating, at least have a key Imembers and major donors of the Jewish political objective in common: the defeat Federation of Nashville and Middle. of Sunni Muslim extremists in Iraq, Syria And while he said the deal has so far and Afghanistan. not produced the diplomatic cooperation Pickering also said Israel seems to in other areas that its proponents had be adjusting to the reality of the Iranian hoped, neither has the lifting of econom- peace deal, noting that it has won at ic sanctions resulted in an increase in least grudging support from hundreds Iranian financing of terrorism or other of Israeli military and security experts “nefarious activity” as opponents of the and that even Prime Minister Benjamin agreement had feared. Netanyahu, its chief Israeli opponent, Pickering, who spent more than has been largely silent on the issue while five decades as a U.S. diplomat, includ- Former Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering (left) gives a private briefing to about 35 his government worked out a record members of the Jewish community last month at the Gordon Jewish Community Center. ing stints as ambassador to Israel and Sitting next to him are Mark S. Freedman, executive director of the Jewish Federation of 10-year, $38 billion military aid deal with Russia, was in Nashville Sept. 19 and Nashville and Middle Tennessee, and Katia Mead, outreach director for the Iran Project, the United States. 20 to take part in a town hall discussion a group supporting a bipartisan approach to the Iran nuclear issue. During a question and answer about the Iran deal sponsored by the the deal in which Iran agreed to end Iran has been growing, he said Iranian session, Pickering was asked about Tennessee World Affairs Council. While its nuclear arms program for at least 15 leader Ayatollah Khamenei appears to be Republican presidential candidate here he also spoke to the Rotary Club years in return for the lifting of economic willing to honor it – for now. Donald Trump’s pledge to revoke the of Nashville, taught a class at Belmont sanctions. (The board of the Nashville However, Pickering said his greatest existing deal with Iran if he is elect- University and gave a private briefing at Federation voted to oppose the agree- concern is that disillusionment will grow ed, re-impose economic sanctions and the Gordon Jewish Community Center ment.) within Iran as a result of unmet economic negotiate a newer, tougher deal. to about 35 people, including members During the briefing at the GJCC, expectations from the lifting of sanctions. Pickering said Trump would proba- of the Federation board, its Community Pickering said the unprecedented inter- That might, in turn, strengthen the hard- bly not be able to get support for a sanc- Relations Committee and the Joshua national inspections regime put in place line Iranian opponents of the nuclear tions regime under such circumstances, Society. to ensure that Iran complies with the deal and embolden them to abandon it. which would leave military action as the Pickering, who retired from the deal has detected no violations. And On the other hand, Pickering said only alternative to preventing Iran from State Department in 2001, supported while opposition to the agreement within his greatest hope is that the nuclear resuming its nuclear arms program. •

Global Day Continued from page 1 the Federation’s events coordinator, at (615) 354-1630 or barbara@jewishnashville.org. The morning session will begin with a presentation from 10:30-11:15 a.m. by Ownership, Rabbi Aaron Finkelstein youth. At the same time, Rabba Epstein Federation include Akiva School, the Rabba Yaffa Epstein, a visiting schol- • A Time for Rain, Mark Freedman will hold a learning session specifically for Gordon Jewish Community Center and ar from the Pardes Institute of Jewish A kosher lunch will be served from Jewish educators. the GJCC Early Childhood Learning Studies in Jerusalem, titled “Back to 12:30-1:15 p.m. in the West End social The day of learning will conclude Center, Jewish Family Service, NowGen the Beginning: Is Being Created in the hall, where Rabba Epstein will hold an with “Meet the Rebs,” a roundtable dis- Nashville, Get Connected, PJ Library, Image of G-D a Given or is it Earned?” informal learning session. The cost of the cussion featuring Rabba Epstein along Vanderbilt Hillel, Congregation Beit PJLibrary will have a separate program lunch is $5 for those who register for the with local Rabbis Mark Schiftan of The Tefilah Chabad, Congregation Micah for young children at the same time. whole day and $10 for those who register Temple, Laurie Rice of Congregation and the Micah Children’s Academy, Breakout sessions on special topics for the afternoon session only. There is Micah, Joshua Kullock of West End, Congregation Sherith Israel, The led by local educators will take place from no charge for those attending only the Aaron Finkelstein of Congregation Temple-Congregation Ohabai Sholom 11:20 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The schedule morning sessions. Sherith Israel and Yitzchok Tiechtel of and The Temple Preschool, West sessions and moderators are: Following lunch, there will be a series Beit Tefilah Chabad of Nashville. It will End Synagogue, B’nai B’rith Youth • Green Torah Wisdom, Vanderbilt of seven or eight “TextTalks” from 1:20 be moderated by Barbara Dab, president Organization (BBYO), Chabad Jewish University professor and Rabbi Phil p.m. to 2:15 p.m. in the East Chapel, each of the West End Synagogue board. Student Center at Vanderbilt University, Lieberman lasting five to seven minutes. Among the Rabba Epstein’s visit to Nashville Hadassah Nashville Chapter, National • Healing: A Natural Practice? scheduled topics are the importance of is made possible through the generosity Council of Jewish Women Nashville (Moderator to be determined) play for children, sustainable living, yoga of Libby and Moshe Werthan. Local Chapter, B’nai B’rith Social Unit and • Ruler, Steward, Servant: Humanity’s and meditation, the relationship between partners in Global Day events with the B’nai B’rith Maimonides Lodge #46. • Relationship with Nature, Rabbi humans and animals, the Harpeth River Shlomo Rothstein watershed, and Nashville’s Oasis Center, • Shmita: a Cycle of Rest, Release and which offers program to support at-risk From my family to yours – he is also chairing a series of town hall Campaign meetings this fall. may you have a peaceful and sweet New Year Continued from page 1 “That’s what people do in this com- board members themselves along with munity. They step up,” said Boehm, who the Federation’s professional staff. chairs the editorial board of The Jewish LORNA M. GRAFF “The participation of leadership sets Observer and has previously served as Broker, ABR, CRS, GRI an example, so we’re asking the board Federation president and chair of its Lifetime Member, Gold Award of Excellence members to step up and make the ask,” Community Relations Committee as well Office: 615.794.0833 Boehm said. as chair of the Jewish Foundation of Cell: 615.351.5343 Boehm, vice chair of the Department Nashville and Middle Tennessee. E-mail: [email protected] of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the In all, the Federation is expecting Web: Lornagraff.com Vanderbilt University Medical School, to receive annual campaign gifts from is stepping up himself to take on the more than 1,100 donors, including position of campaign chair despite a those made on Feb. 12 during the annu- busy schedule of volunteer work that al Tzedakah Tzunday phone-a-thon, includes serving on the Metro Nashville which typically accounts for more than Social Services Board and helping on the 20 percent of the total number of annu- endowment drive at The Temple, where al pledges. • The Observer October 2016 3 Adi’s here Planning a Big Night Out

The Big Night Out committee met for the first time recently at the home of Adi Ben Dor was the guest of honor at not just one but two welcome break- Cindee Gold to begin planning the annual fundraiser for the Gordon Jewish fasts when she arrived last month to begin her two-year stint as Nashville’s Community Center. The 2017 Big Night Out will be on Saturday, Jan. 21 at the new shlicha (Israel emissary). Here she is being introduced by Abbie Wolf, GJCC, and will feature an interactive show with stage hypnotist and television community relations director for the Jewish Federation of Nashville and personality Ricky Kalmon along with cocktails, a silent auction and dinner. Middle Tennesse, to staff and professionals who work on the campus of the Gold and Leeron Resnick are co-chairs of the event. Anyone interested in Gordon Jewish Community Center. At a subsequent breakfast she met staff taking part in the planning can contact Dara Freiberg at (615) 354-1639 or members of Jewish organizations and institutions throughout the city. [email protected]. Hendersonville woman will represent her country and faith in 2017 Maccabiah Games in Israel t was happenstance that Maren women’s team. part of this team,” she said. I grew up on just missing a trip to the state tournament Angus wound up on the U.S. Though she hadn’t played compet- the outskirts of the Jewish community for the third year in a row. She enrolled women’s softball team that will itively in years, the 25-year-old Angus in Middle Tennessee and was always the at Arizona State University, where she compete in the 2017 Maccabiah started training and, at the end of July, Jew growing up in school with the excep- hoped to play as a walk on. When that Games in Israel. drove to Chicago for a tryout. Last month tion of my younger brother. This is the didn’t work out, she transferred to Middle The Hendersonville native she learned that she will play first base opportunity of a lifetime and I can’t wait Tennessee State University and started Iwas in Los Angeles last June visiting for the U.S. team when it travels to to represent not just the United State but coaching the sport she loves at the high some friends who play on a coed fast- Israel next July for the 20th quadrennial Judaism as well.” school and travel ball levels and giving pitch team. A few of the men play for Maccabiah Games. She will be among Softball has been Angus’s life for private lessons in Hendersonville. the men’s national Maccabiah team, and more than 7,000 Jewish athletes from 75 years. Her career at Station Camp High “I do whatever I can to stay around when they found out she was Jewish, countries competing in 42 sports. School ended somewhat disappointingly softball,” she said. “I always felt like I they encouraged her to try out for the “I’m so honored and proud to be a in 2009 when rain washed out the district never got the chance to finish my career, tournament and her team finished third, and this will give me the chance.” The players themselves must shoul- c c c c der the cost of the three-week trip to STAFF Israel, about $8,000 each. And like many of the other players, Angus has Publisher Mark S. Freedman a fundraising page on the Maccabiah Editor Charles Bernsen USA website. Donations can be made Advertising Manager Carrie Mills at http://support.maccabiusa.com/goto/ Layout and Production Tim Gregory marenangus. • Editorial Board Frank Boehm (chair), Barbara Dab, Greg Goldberg, Scott Rosenberg, Liz Foster Editorial Submissions Policy and Deadlines Telephone 615/356-3242 Fax 615/352-0056 The Jewish Observer welcomes the sub- mission of information, news items, fea- E-mail [email protected] ture stories and photos about events relevant to the Jewish community of ‘The Jewish Observer’ (ISSN Greater Nashville. We prefer e-mailed 23315334) is published monthly for $25 per submissions, which should be sent as year by the Jewish Federation of Nashville Word documents to Editor Charles and Middle Tennessee, 801 Percy Warner Bernsen at [email protected]. Blvd., Nashville, TN 37205-4009. Photos must be high resolution (at least Periodicals postage paid at Nashville, TN. 300 dpi) and should be attached as POSTMASTER: Send address changes jpegs to the e-mail with the related to THE JEWISH OBSERVER, 801 Percy news item or story. For material that Warner Blvd., Nashville, TN 37205 cannot be e-mailed, submissions should be sent to Charles Bernsen, The Jewish This newspaper is made possible by funds Observer, 801 Percy Warner Blvd., Suite raised in the Jewish Federation Annual 102, Nashville TN 37205. Photos and Campaign. copy sent by regular mail will not be returned unless prior arrangement is The Jewish Observer is a member made. Publication is at the discretion of of the American Jewish Press Association The Observer, which reserves the right and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. to edit submissions.

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presentation by Father Series, the annual learning series of the Tuesday, Oct. 18, 6 p.m., The Temple who, as the ranking non-commissioned Patrick Desbois, a Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at • An Interfaith Sukkot dinner featur- officer at a German POW camp, risked Catholic priest who Vanderbilt, and a special Holocaust lec- ing Imam Mohamed Magid during his life to save the lives of as many as 200 has spent his life docu- ture series and exhibition at The Temple: which Nashville residents Bernard Jewish American soldiers at the camp. menting the Holocaust Werthan, Daoud Abudiab and Robert and promoting Jewish- Thursday, Oct. 6, 6 p.m., Vanderbilt Montgomery will receive the Goldziher Sunday, Oct. 30, 3 p.m., The Temple ACatholic relations, is among a series of Commons Center Prize honoring their work in promot- • “Music of the Holocaust,” a lecture-re- Holocaust lectures and • “Three Generations of Memory,” a ing interfaith activities among Jewish, cital by Ethno-musicologist Tamara events scheduled for discussion featuring Holocaust survi- Muslim and Christian neighbors. Reps Freeman, who will provide les- this month and next at vor Rachel Chojnacki; her daughter, sons of courage and morality as she Vanderbilt University Esther Remer, and grandson, Evan Thursday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m., The Temple performs Holocaust music on her 1935 and The Temple. Remer. • “Genocide and Jurisprudence,” Joseph Bausch viola, a relic of the Father Desbois, a lecture by Vanderbilt law profes- Holocaust. whose work was the Monday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m., Vanderbilt sor Michael Newton, an expert on subject of a segment last Sarratt Cinema accountability, transnational justice Tuesday, Nov. 1, 11 a.m., The Temple October on the televi- Father Patrick • “My Mother’s Courage,” a German- and the law regarding the conduct of • “Giving Face to the Victims: Profiles of sion newsmagazine 60 Desbois British film written by George Tabori hostilities. Disabled Victims of Nazi ‘Euthanasia,’” Minutes, is the founder and president of that tells the story of how his mother a presentation by Dr. Patricia Heberer- Yahad In-Unum, an international orga- avoided internment at a Nazi concen- Saturday, Oct. 22, 3 p.m., The Temple Rice, a historian at the United States nization whose name combines Hebrew tration camp through a lucky twist of • “Children and the Holocaust,” a dis- Holocaust Memorial Musuem, who has and Latin words and means “Together fate. cussion featuring Hedy Lustig and uses patient files from the Kaufbeuren in One.” Frances Cutler-Hahn, who both speak mental hospital, once a notorious Its primary goal is to identify, preserve Friday, Oct. 14 through Thursday, out about their experiences as child “euthanasia” facility near Augsburg, and document the sites of mass killings of Nov. 3, The Temple survivors of the Holocaust. to create a victim composite and offer Jews and Roma by Nazis and their sympa- • “Holocaust by Bullets,” an exhibition case studies that document the lives thizers following the invasion of the Soviet of the work of Father Desbois and Sunday, Oct. 23, 3 p.m., The Temple and deaths of disabled patients in Nazi Union in 1941. This so-called “Holocaust Yahad-In Unum in documenting the • “A Story of Survival and Liberation,” Germany. by Bullets” claimed an estimated 2 million massacres in Eastern Europe of about 2 a talk by Jimmy Gentry, a U.S. Army lives, though it is far less known that the million people during World War II. veteran who survived the Battle of the Nov. 4-6 and 10-12, Vanderbilt Neely more systematic killings that took place in Bulge and was one of the first soldiers to Auditorium, 7 p.m. Nazi death camps. Saturday, Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m., reach the Dachau concentration camp. • “A Shayna Maidel,” a play by Barbara Father Desbois’s lecture will be at 7 The Temple Lebow about two sisters, one a p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at Vanderbilt • Alan Goldberg, who produced the 60 Thursday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m., The Temple Holocaust survivor and the other raised University’s Langford Auditorium. The minutes segment on Father Desbois, • “Solving the Problem from Hell: as an American, who meet in 1946 after event is free and open to the public. will speak about his personal connec- Genocide Prevention in the 21st a separation of almost 20 years. The next day he will take part in tion to the subject as well as the pro- Century,” a lecture by Elizabeth Barry the annual Irvin and Elizabeth Limor duction of the segment. White, director of the U.S. Holocaust Tuesday, Nov. 15, 11 a.m., The Temple Holocaust Education Conference, at day- Memorial Museum’s Center for the • “From Day to Day: The Real Time Diary long series of presentations and work- Tuesday, Oct. 18, 11 a.m., The Temple Prevention of Genocide. of Odd Nansen,” a talk by Timothy shops for middle and high school teach- • “Standing Up Against Ant-Semitism Boyce, who wrote a book about Odd ers, which is being held this year at and Holocaust Denial,” a lecture by Saturday, Oct. 29, 5 p.m., and Nansen, a Norwegian architect living The Temple. For information about the Imam Mohamed Magid past presi- Tuesday, Nov. 8, 11 a.m., The Temple in Central Europe who helped save Jews conference, contact Danielle Kahane- dent of the Islamic Society of North • “Choosing to Act: The Story of a from Nazi persecution until he himself Kaminsky, executive director of the America and outspoken promoter of Righteous American Solider.” Rev. was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration Tennessee Holocaust Commission, at Holocaust education within Muslim Chris Edmonds will tell the story of his camp, where he kept a detailed diary (615) 343-2563 or danielle.kahane-ka- communities. father, U.S. Army Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, documenting the life there. • [email protected]. Father Desbois’s appearance in Nashville is one of more than a dozen events related to three separate Holocaust symposiums, lecture series and exhibitions in October and November: the annual Vanderbilt Holocaust Lecture Corrections and Clarifications The name of the monthly Learn and Lunch program sponsored by West End Synagogue and Congregation Sherith Israel was incorrect in the September issue. This month’s Learn and Lunch on Oct. 26 at West End will feature Rabbi Saul Strosberg. •

The plenary session at Nashville’s Global Day of Jewish Learning event on Nov. 20 at West End Synagogue will not be one of 24 webcast live on the Internet. A story last month incor- rectly said it would be. • Corrections Policy The Jewish Observer is committed to making corrections and clarifications promptly. To request a correction or clarification, call Editor Charles Bernsen at (615) 354-1653 or email him at [email protected]. The Observer October 2016 5 Have a sweet year. And share what Rosh Hashanah means to you. #RoshHashanahPublix

6 October 2016 The Observer Kosher Hot Chicken Festival May this New Year be filled with Health and Happiness, and Sweetness for you and your family. fires next month up at GJCC L' Shanah Tova! he Nashville Kosher Hot is famous. This year’s festival is being Jackie Roth Karr Chicken Festival returns underwritten by the Jewish Federation of www.JackieKarr.com | 615.330.9779 | [email protected] next month – and this Nashville and Middle Tennessee. time there will be a real The cooking contest will include ounds of the shofar competition to determine up to 15 amateur teams along with sev- S who makes the best kosher eral representing some of Nashville hot Tversion of the city’s iconic dish. chicken institutions, including last year’s H oney and apples The event will be from 11 a.m. favorite Bolton’s. They will compete for to 3 p.m. on Nov. 6 at the Gordon Jewish first, second and third place in two cat- A new beginning Community Center. Admission is free, egories – mild and hot chicken. There and samples of a variety of hot chicken will also be a People’s Choice Award. ots of smiles from some the city’s best hot chicken The Grand Champion will win a new L restaurants will be available for $1each. deep fryer worth $150. Teams will also The event will also include music and compete for the Best Team Name and Opening a door to the New Year kids’ activities throughout the day. the Best Booth. About 350 people attended last All necessary cooking utensils and Memories of past and happy moments to come! year’s inaugural festival, which was the ingredients, including fryers, will be pro- idea of a group of friends who wanted to vided in order to assure the food is kosher. celebrate both their Jewish and Nashville The entry fee is $150 per team. For more culinary traditions. It also provided an information about the rules or to register, opportunity for several of them who keep go to www.nashvillekosherhotchiken. kosher to finally try the breaded, fried com or contact Alex Liff at (615) 354- and very spicy dish for which Nashville 1623 or [email protected]. • Jewish newcomers can learn about Nashville at Federation reception on Oct. 30 he Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee will hold a reception for newcomers to the area from 4:30-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 at the home of Linda Sisselman. The meeting will allow those who are new to Nashville or have lived here for a few years but still feel new to meet other newcomers as well as the Federation’s Welcoming Ambassadors, who can answer Tquestions about the community. For more information, contact Barbara Schwarcz, the Federation’s newcomer liaison, at (615) 354-1630 or [email protected]. •

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The Observer October 2016 7 UT-Knoxville chancellor responds to letter regarding anti-Semitic online posts by students

Aug. 23, 2016 Editor’s note: This letter from Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek of the University of Tennessee, department has been alerted to the issues Knoxville was written in response to one sent to him in August expressing concern about in order to explore any potential threats Dear Ms. Wolf, anti-Semitic and anti-Israel postings on social media by current and former UT students. or security concerns. Most importantly, That letter from leaders of the Jewish communities in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and the dean has been in communication Thank you for your letter about the Chattanooga was composed by Abbie Wolf, director of community relations for the Jewish with student leaders and advisors of the recently reported statements by our stu- Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, who has a related column on page 9. aforementioned student organizations dents. I share your concern about those and the Muslim Student Association, reports. report in the Algemeiner, leaders of Since the initial allegations, our who met together during the first week I find the statements abhorrent. our campus ministries, including advi- dean of students has continued her dia- of classes to discuss the reports and any Hate and bigotry toward anyone, espe- sors to Hillel and Students for Justice in logue with ministry leaders; staff from underlying issues. cially toward specific ethnic, religious, Palestine, contacted our dean of students. the Office of Student Conduct have Following last week’s meeting, the or marginalized groups of individuals, Her concerns were for our students’ safety reviewed the reported posts for potential dean reported to me that despite the is not consistent with the values of the and to fully understand the extent of the violations of our student code of conduct; respectable differences between each University of Tennessee – values which issue. She sought those leaders’ perspec- staff in the Office of the Dean of Students organization, the consensus is that are defined by our campus’ principles of tives on the nature of the allegations, have combed through past reported inci- the three groups are in solidarity with civility and community. based upon their working understanding dents of bias in search of any related each other and disagree with the asser- Immediately following the Aug. 4 of the climate on our campus. historical issues, and our campus police tions alleged in the articles regarding an inhospitable campus climate. This is not intended to minimize this important issue or to deny that some of our students expressed hateful ideas. However, I am confident in the judgement of our Student Life staff, leaders of our campus ministries, and our Jewish and Muslim students in understanding our campus climate. During that same meeting, students were advised on what they should do if they feel unsafe, threatened, O 6KDQDK7RYDK harassed, or targeted. We are addressing the issue according to our standard processes for respond- ing to incidents of bias. Leaders of Hillel, SJP, and MSA are committed to contin- WestEndSynagogueHighHolidayServices ued dialogue on the subject and have a % % follow-up meeting scheduled with the OurDoorsareOpentoAll dean of students in a couple of weeks. As the fall semester continues, we will seek Join us for Services led by Rabbi Joshua Kullock. opportunities to educate members of our campus on this and other diversity and No tickets or reservations required. inclusion issues. Finally, I was pleased to see that Our ushers will welcome you and help you ﬁnd a seat your letter referenced the right to free if you are unfamiliar with our synagogue. speech. As the leader of the state of Tennessee’s flagship public institution, I am proud that UT is one of just 22 Here are the highlights for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: public colleges and universities in the United States with a green light rat- Erev Rosh Hashanah, Kol Nidre, ing from the Foundation for Individual Sunday, October 2, 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 11, 5:30 p.m. Rights in Education. My colleagues and I encourage discourse that aligns with Rabbi’s Sermon 6:40 p.m. Kol Nidre 5:57 p.m. our community values, while upholding Services end at approximately 7:00 p.m. Rabbi’s Sermon 8:00 p.m. our students’ constitutional rights to free First Day of Rosh Hashanah, Services end at approximately 8:30 p.m. expression – even when their speech Monday, October 3, 9:00 a.m. Yom Kippur Day, runs counter to those values. Wednesday, October 12, 9:30 a.m. We strive to create an environment Blessing of Babies born in the last year 10:15 a.m. in which civility is embraced, to encourage Rabbi’s Sermon 11:00 a.m. Rabbi’s sermon 12:00 p.m. mutual respect and tolerance for all mem- Family Services follow the Rabbi’s Sermon Youth services follow Rabbi’s sermon bers of our community, and to promote Services end at approximately 1:00 p.m. Study session with Ben Doochin 3:30 p.m. opportunities for broader understanding of Family Friendly Tashlich, Cantor’s talk 5:15 p.m. our differences and our similarities. Yizkor 5:45 p.m Thank you again for reaching out to Monday, October 3, 4:45 p.m. Neilah with open Ark for personal prayers 6:15 p.m. me about this matter. Join us for the three-block walk from WES to the Havdallah Ramah Style and creek at 4:45 p.m. Shofar blowing will follow back sounding of the Shofar 6:52 p.m. Sincerely, at the synagogue. A community Break Fast, Chancellor Jimmy G. 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8 October 2016 The Observer Community Relations Communiqué An encouraging response to hate speech By ABBIE WOLF of free speech when they are hateful and information, understand the situation, your voice is important whether or not bigoted. In a society that values civil and then work to ensure the security of you agree with me. ast month’s issue of The discourse, the freedom to speak does not Jewish students on campus. Speed is a Shana Tova to all of you. May it be Observer reprinted a letter I protect from condemnation those whose quality not often seen in multi-layered a sweet New Year filled with good health drafted on behalf of the execu- speech is hateful. administrations, especially in an organi- and much joy. • tive directors and board pres- I also appreciate how quickly zation as massive as UTK. I appreciated idents of all four Tennessee Chancellor Cheek took action. The the respect he showed to our communi- Abbie Wolf is director of communi- Jewish Federations. The fourth paragraph of his letter enumer- ty through his actions. As always, I wel- ty relations for the Jewish Federation of Lletter was sent to the Chancellor of ates all the steps he took to gather come your opinions and input because Nashville and Middle Tennessee. the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) in response to a series of articles that had appeared in The Algemeiner, an online ĜƋƚ±ĬŸŅü newsletter. Our letter expressed anger and consternation about a Abbie Wolf series of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel tweets by UTK student leaders of the aåĵŅųƼ groups Students for Justice in Palestine ¼ and the Muslim Students Association. These tweets were crude, insult- ing statements that played on stereo- types of Jews – like “Jew test: throw a pen(ny) and if they pick it up they’re a Jew” accompanied by a number of åÏƒƣŹåƐåŹĞåžƐƒƐ±ĻÚåŹÆĞĮƒ emojis laughing so hard they’re cry- ĚåƐƗŁƒĚƐĻĻƣ±ĮƐBŇĮŇÏ±ƣžƒƐX ing. Another tweet pulled the curtain back on the student’s opinions about Israel when they wrote, “Here is your daily reminder that Israel is a piece of (expletive).” It didn’t take long to decide that the letter would be signed by the Jewish Federations in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville. All of our communities send students to UTK each year, and we feel a collective responsibility for their safety and protection. We all feel the anger and the hurt over these tweets, and many of us are horrified this is happening in 2016. You can read the response from Chancellor Cheek in full on page 8 of this issue. Though some might disagree with me, I thought it was quite positive. When hate rears its anti-Is- rael, anti-Semitic head at a university, administrations often retreat behind the wall of academic freedom. And yes, academic freedom is indeed important. Universities must always create and nurture an atmosphere that allows everyone to be heard without fear of losing their positions or worse. n 4.0 license. s Attributio ve Common , used under Creati own/Skipology ” © 2014 Paul Br –Fading Memories, Having said that, one of the things “Skool Daze that most struck me about the chancellor’s letter is that he didn’t simply invoke eĘ±ƼĹ±a±ĜÚåĬŞųåŸåĹƋåÚ academic freedom and then end the aŅƴĜĹčüųŅĵFĹÚĜýåųåĹÏå ĜĹŞ±ųƋĹåųŸĘĜŞƵĜƋĘ discussion. He went further than that. Ęųåå:åĹåų±ƋĜŅĹŸŅü±aåĵŅųƼ ƋŅeÏƋĜŅĹƵĜƋĘ8±ƋĘåų Ęå±Ƌųå He deplored the dark language found in XŅŸƋĘå±ƋųĜÏ±ĬŅųĩŸŅü ƵĜƋĘ±ÏĘåĬĘŅģĹ±ÏĩĜØ)ŸƋĘåų {±ƋųĜÏĩ%åŸÆŅĜŸ cŅƴåĵÆåųĉôƅ±ĹÚŎǈôŎƖ ƋĘåBŅĬŅÏ±ƚŸƋƵĜƋĘ{ųŅüţ åĵåųØ±ĹÚ)ƴ±Ĺåĵåų kÏƋŅÆåųƖĂÎƀŞţĵţ these tweets. 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The chancellor has shown us that while freedom of speech is indeed a right to be respected, nevertheless he and others have the right to decry words spoken under the banner The Observer October 2016 9 High Holy Days 5777 – Congregational Schedules West End Synagogue Wednesday Oct. 12: Yom Kippur Tuesday, Oct. 4: Second Day of Rosh Hashanah 3810 West End Ave. 9 a.m.: Family service and Tot Yom Tov 8 a.m.: Preliminary services Conservative 10:30 a.m.: Morning service 9:30 a.m.: Torah reading 12:45 p.m.: Congregants hour 10:20 a.m.: Rabbi’s addrress/Shofar Sunday, Oct. 2: Erev Rosh Hashanah 2 p.m.: Afternoon service 10:40 a.m.: Musaf 6 p.m.: Erev Rosh Hashanah service 3:15 p.m.: Study hour 6:15 p.m.: Mincha 6:40 p.m.: Rabbi’s sermon 4:15 p.m.: Yizkor and concluding service 7:04 p.m.: Maariv/Havdallah Service will end about 7 p.m. Following concluding services there will be a Wednesday, Oct.: Fast of Gedalia Monday, Oct. 3: First day of Rosh Hashanah break fast. The cost is $15 for adults and $5 5:26 a.m.: Fast begins 9 a.m.: Morning service for children. Your check is your reservation 6:30 a.m.: Shacharit 10:15 a.m.: Blessing of babies born in last year (received by Oct. 3) and should be mailed to 6:05 p.m.: Mincha 11 a.m.: Rabbi’s sermon (family service follows The Temple at 5015 Harding Road, Nashville TN 6:51 p.m.: Fast ends the sermon) 37205. For the young adult break fast, please 4:45 p.m.: Family friendly Tashlich service (Join RSVP to [email protected]. Tuesday, Oct. 11: Erev Yom Kippur us for the three-block walk to the creek from 6:30 a.m.: Shacharit the synagogue at 4:45. Shofar blowing will Congregation Micah 2 p.m.: Mincha follow back at the synagogue.) 2001 Old Hickory Blvd. 6 p.m.: Late Mincha Reform 5:59 p.m.: Candle lighting Tuesday, Oct. 4: Second day of Rosh Hashanah 6 p.m.: Kol Nidre 9 a.m.: Morning service Sunday, Oct. 2: Erev Rosh Hashanah 10:30 a.m.: Rabbi’s sermon (children’s service 7:30 p.m.:Erev Rosh Hashanah service Wednesday, Oct. 12: Yom Kippur follow the sermon) 8:30 a.m.: Shacharit Service will end about 12:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3: Rosh Hashanah 10:45 a.m.: Torah reading 10 a.m.: Morning service 11:30 a.m.: Rabbi’s address Sunday, Oct. 9 3 p.m.:Youth service (grades 4-7) in the Eden 11:50 a.m: Yizkor 10 a.m.: Memorial service at West End Cemetery Room and parent mixer in the Sinai Room 12 p.m.: Musaf led by Rabbi Joshua Kullock 3:15 p.m.: Young Family Service (birth to 3rd 4 p.m.: Reading of the Names grade) in the main sanctuary 4:45 p.m.: Mincha Tuesday, Oct. 11: Erev Yom Kippur 4 p.m.: Tashlich (casting out our sins) 5:45 p.m.: Neilah 5:30 p.m.: Kol Nidre service (Kol Nidre at 5:57 4:15 p.m.: Birthday party of the World! 6:53 p.m.: Shofar p.m.) 8 p.m.: Rabbi’s sermon Tuesday, Oct. 4: Second day of Rosh Hashanah Following service, there will be a break fast Service will end about 8:30 p.m. 4 p.m.: Stand up paddleboard/kayak Tashlich at hosted by the CSI Sisterhood, Jay and Linda Percy Priest Reservoir with Rabbi Laurie. (The Amsel, and Zvi and Diane Manas. All are Wednesday, Oct. 12: Yom Kippur event is free. See the Micah website event page welcome to attend. 9:30 a.m.: Services begin for RSVP information and more details.) 12 p.m.: Rabbi’s sermon (youth services follow Congregation Beit Tefilah sermon) Friday, Oct. 7: Shabbat Shuvah 95 Bellevue Road 3:30 p.m.: Study session with Ben Doochin 10 a.m.: Cemetery Service Chabad 5:15 p.m.: Cantor’s talk 6 p.m.: Shabbat service followed by Town Hall 5:45 p.m.: Yizkor Meeting Sunday, Oct. 2: Erev Rosh Hashanah 6:15 p.m.: Neilah with open Ark for personal 6:30 p.m.: Candle lighting and service prayers Tuesday, Oct. 11: Erev Yom Kippur 7:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve dinner 6:52: Havdallah Ramah style and sounding of the 7:30 p.m.: Kol Nidrei Service shofar Chabad welcomes everyone to its 18th annual Wednesday, Oct. 12: Yom Kippur New Year’s Eve dinner, a festive four-course meal A community break fast sponsored by the 10 a.m.: Morning Service, main sanctuary complete with round challah, apples and honey West End Sisterhood and Men’s Club will follow 1 p.m.: Young Family Service (birth to 4th grade), and traditional holiday dishes like gefilte fish, the concluding service. There is no charge, main sanctuary chicken soup, tzimmes, roasted chicken, brisket but please make your reservation by emailing 1 p.m.: Chai Society program, Eden Room and honey cake. [email protected]. 1 p.m.: Memorial garden tour (meet outside the library) Monday, Oct. 3: First day of Rosh Hashanah The Temple 2 p.m., Healing service, main sanctuary 9 a.m.: Morning service (Congregation Ohabai Sholom) 2 p.m.: Study session (advocating for Israel) 10:45-11:30 a.m.: Children’s service 5015 Harding Road 3:30 p.m.: Afternoon service, main sanctuary 11:45 a.m.: Sounding of the shofar Reform 5 p.m.: Yizkor (memorial service) and Neilah 12:30 p.m.: Mussaf (Join us for a break fast following the concluding 5:45 p.m.: Tashlich at Percy Warner Park Sunday, Oct. 2: Erev Rosh Hashanah services.) 7:36: Earliest candle lighting 7:30 p.m.: Erev Rosh Hashanah service Congregation Sherith Israel Tuesday, Oct. 4: Second day of Rosh Hashanah Monday, Oct. 3: Rosh Hashanah 3600 West End Ave. 9 a.m.: Morning service 9 a.m.: Family Service and Tot Yom Tov Modern Orthodox 10:45-11:30 a.m.: Children’s service 10:30 a.m.: Morning service 11:45 a.m.: Sounding of the shofar 12:45 p.m.: President’s Rosh Hashanah reception Sunday, Oct. 2: Erev Rosh Hashanah 12:30 p.m.: Mussaf 1 p.m.: Tashlich at the Creek 6:11 p.m.: Candle lighting 7:34: Holiday ends 6:15 p.m.: Evening services Friday, Oct. 7: Shabbat Shuvah Tuesday, Oct. 11: Erev Yom Kippur 6 p.m.: Shabbat Shuvah service Monday, Oct. 3: First day of Rosh Hashanah 6 p.m.: Candle lighting and Kol Nidrei service 8 a.m.: Preliminary services Sunday, Oct. 9 9:30 a.m.: Torah reading Wednesday, Oct. 12: Yom Kippur 2 p.m.: Memorial Service at The Temple 10:15 a.m.: Rabbi’s address/Shofar 9:30 a.m.: Morning service Cemetery 10:40 a.m.: Musaf 10:45-11:30 a.m.: Children’s service 12:45 p.m.: Annual Rosh Hashanah lunch 11:45 a.m.: Yizkor (memorial) service Tuesday, Oct. 11: Erev Yom Kippur (reservations required) 12:15 p.m.: Mussaf 7:30 p.m.: Kol Nidre service 2:30 p.m.: Tashlich at Richland Creek 3:30 p.m.: The Inner Circle 6:15 p.m.: Mincha/Maariv 4:45 p.m.: Mincha service The Temple is conducting a Yom Kippur Food 7:06 p.m.: Earliest candle lighting 5:45 p.m.: Ne’ilah and closing service Drive. Bring non-perishable food items in a 6:43 p.m.: Havdalah service and break fast ...... bag or box on Yom Kippur or write a check to Congregation Sherith Israel’s annual Rosh Second Harvest Food Bank and mail or bring it Hashanah lunch will take place following Musaf. To RSVP for the New Year’s Eve dinner or for to The Temple. Reservations are required, and the cost is $27 for more information about services call (615) 646- adults, $13 for children ages 5 to 12, and $75 for 5750, email [email protected] or visit families. RSVP with Janet in the office at (615) www.chabadnashville.com. 292-6110.

10 October 2016 The Observer Sukkot 5777 Congregational– Schedules Congregation Beit Tefilah Tuesday, Oct. 25: Simchat Torah The Temple (Congregation Ohabai 95 Bellevue Road 9:30 a.m.: Morning service Sholom) Chabad 10:30 a.m.: Conclude reading of the entire Torah 5015 Harding Road 6:38 p.m.: Holiday ends Sunday, Oct. 16: Erev Sukkot Reform 5:52 p.m.: Candle lighting To RSVP or more information, call (615) 646- Wednesday, Oct. 19 6:30 p.m.: Sukkot service 5750, email [email protected] or 4:15 p.m.: Hebrew School Dinner in the Sukkot 7 p.m.: Sukkot Dinner Under the Stars visit www.chabadnashville.com Thursday, Oct. 20 Monday, Oct. 17: First day of Sukkot West End Synagogue 7 p.m.: Next Dor under the Sukkah, a gathering 9:30 a.m. Morning service 3810 West End Ave. for young adults and couples. For more 10:30 a.m.: Lulav shake Conservative information, concat Rabbi Michael Shulman at 11:45 a.m.: The priestly blessings (615) 352-7620. 6:47 p.m.: Earliest candle lighting Sunday, Oct. 16: Erev Sukkot 9:30 a.m.-noon: Special Beit Miriam program Monday, Oct. 24: Shemini Atzeret Tuesday, Oct. 18: Second day of Sukkot “Build a Shelter of Peace” 11 a.m.: Yizkor service 9:30 a.m.: Morning service 10:30 a.m.: Lulav shake Monday, Oct. 17 Friday, Oct. 28 11:45 a.m.: The priestly blessings 9:30 a.m.: Service for first day of Sukkot 6 p.m.: Simchat Torah service followed by a festive oneg Friday, Oct. 21: Shabbat Sukkot Tuesday, Oct. 18 5:46 p.mm.: Candle lighting 9:30 a.m.: Service for second day of Sukkot Congregation Micah 6 p.m.: Kabbalat Shabbat 2001 Old Hickory Blvd. 7 p.m.: “Soups in the Sukkah” Shabbat dinner Monday, Oct. 24 Reform 9:30 a.m.: Service for Shemini Atzeret (includes Saturday, Oct. 22 Yizkor) Friday, Oct. 21: Sukkot/Simchat Torah 9:30 a.m.: Morning service 5:30 p.m.: Simchat Torah dinner catered by Celebration and Sleepover 10:30 a.m.: Torah reading Bobbie Limor 4 p.m.: “Campsite” opens Noon.: Lunch in the sukkah (The cost is $10 for adults and $8 for children. 6 p.m.: Shabbat service and Torah dancing 6:41: Shabbat ends Please RSVP to [email protected]) 7 p.m. Non-diary potluck dinner (main course 6:15 p.m.: Service for families with young children provided) Sunday, Oct. 23: Erev f Shmini Atzeret 6:45 p.m.: Service with Torah procession 7:30 p.m.: Sukkah decorating, crafts and a movie 5:43 p.m.: Candle lighting under the stars 6:30 p.m.: Hasidic Hakafot Tuesday, Oct. 25 9:30 a.m.: Simchat Torah service Dinner is $5 per person. Please bring a non- Monday, Oct. 24 – Shmini Atzeret dairy side dish to share. Please RSVP online 9:30 a.m.: Morning service For the complete service schedule, visit our by Tuesday, Oct. 11. Bring your own tent 11:15 a.m.: Yizkor (memorial) service website at www.westendsyn.org and sleeping bags if you are staying for the 11:45 a.m.: The priestly blessings sleepover. 6:39 p.m.: Earliest candle lighting 7 p.m.: Simchat Torah community dinner and Hakafot

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Wishing the entire Nashville Jewish Rabbi Mark and Rabbi Saul, Rabbi Aaron, Our best wishes for a community a wonderful new year, & Cantor Lieberman filled with blessing, inspiration, joy Harriet Schiftan, and our New Year filled with extend warmest wishes for and growth. May we be inscribed for children Ari, Sarah Rose, a sweet and healthy year ahead. the New Year 5777, in both blessings and joy. and Jacob Schiftan Shana Tova and the spiritual and material Rabbi Joshua, Jessica, Iara, 5777Ketiva V’Chatima Tova, wish each and every one of senses, to our entire Abi & Meital Kullock Julie Sugar and Rabbi Aaron you a happy, healthy, and community, to the State of Finkelstein peaceful New Year. Israel and to all mankind.

Wishing you a year The Rice Family wishes KEEP Wishing our Nashville of health, blessings the entire Nashville CALM Jewish community a Jewish Community a and have a happy, sweet and and peace. SHANA TOVA Shanah Tovah u’Metukah! Shanah Tovah! May it U’METUKAH peaceful 5777. be a sweet and good L’shana tova u’metuka! Rabbi Shana & James Mackler Rabbi Yitzchok and Esther Tiechtel year for all! Cantor Tracy Fishbein Hannah & Sylvie and family and Glenn Turtel

May the New Year bring peace, Le-Shanah שנה טובה ומתוקה! prosperity and a world filled with laughter and love. Tovah Tikkatevu May you be inscribed for a sweet and good year! Barbara & Ted Your friends at Mayden Congregation Beit Tefilah and Chabad of Nashville

Wishing you a year of joy Have a HAPPY NEW and love and all the blessing Le-Shanah Tovah Healthy, Happy and success that they bring. Tikkatevu YEAR! Shanah Tovah! New Year! Jamie, Alison and Chuck, Rabbi Shop and Nechama from the Herzogs, Andrea, Kevin and Brayden, MERYL AND KEITH Rothstein Drew, Risa, Leslie and Howard Kirshner Rohr Chabad House Vivian and Tess KRAFT at Vanderbilt

L’Shana Shana Tovah- Tova Shanah Tova 5777! Tikkatevu Leon Tonelson Jackie and Gene and Howard Tepper Reva Heller

Just when we thought we knew the answers, there are more questions! Surprise, surprise: there are new ways of doing and thinking about water, ROSH HASHANAH family, medicine, body parts, purchasing, and death. Then there is our list entitled, “I’ll Get Around-To-It.” How about a list of what we GREETINGS treasure: memories, friends, family, what and who did that which made you feel your special self? Can we make up a few commitments to the future and do something new? May Your New Year Be Peaceful. Jill and Dan Eisenstein Dr. Fred & Martha Goldner

12 October 2016 The Observer Big things often have small beginnings! May the High Holidays be a beginning of a grand, fulfilling Shana Tova and amazing year! Umetukah Adi Ben Dor Community Shlicha Bobbie & Alex Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee Limor and Family

B’nai B’rith Social Unit wishes you and your family a year of peace, health and happiness.

West End Synagogue Have a Happy Wishes You A Very Happy and New Year Healthy New Year! ?Skkagd`S_WTW Marcia & Lee Stewart id[ffW`[`fZW 4aa]aX>[XW

3810 West End Avenue Nashville, TN 37205 615-269-4592 Have a Happy www.westendsyn.org and L’Shana Tova to all of our dear friends in Nashville… Healthy

We are so proud to call this wonderful Jewish community New Year! our home.

May the year of 5777 be a good and healthy one for all of you. Gwen and Frank Gordon and Family Mark S. Freedman and Leslie J. Klein

The Observer October 2016 13 From our Family Have a Happy Continued wishes for a Healthy and to Yours, Prosperous New Year for all! and Healthy L’Shana Tova New Year Leslie M. Sax Carla, Mark & Ben Rosenthal The Ducklo Family

¹5Ia/L_PWUISM[XMIKMQV\PM PMI^MV[OZIV\XMIKM\W][IVL\WITT W]ZXMWXTM#IVLTM\][[Ia)UMVº -Oseh Shalom The Community Relations Committee (CRC) wishes you a Shanah Tovah Tikkatevu.

Ron Galbraith Leslie Kirby Abbie Wolf CRC Chair CRC Vice Chair Director of Community Relations

We wish the Nashville Community a Very Happy and Healthy New Year. May we all keep working together for a continued strong and vibrant Jewish community life in Nashville.

The Amsels The Hanais The Kogans

14 October 2016 The Observer On behalf of the Officers, the Board of Directors and the Staff of the Jewish Federation we wish you, your family and friends a happy, healthy and sweet New Year.

Lisa Perlen, President Mark S. Freedman, Executive Director

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The Observer October 2016 17 18 October 2016 The Observer Temple seeks to “Secure Tomorrow Today” with $7 million endowment campaign he Temple’s Board of with Leon May serving as honorary chair. The Temple is seeking the broadest nity, and empty nesters.” Trustees announced last All three families have been members of participation in the historic campaign, and Said Rabbi Schiftan, “As The month a $7 million fund- The Temple for generations, serving in in the coming months the entire congre- Temple celebrates its 165th anniversary, raising campaign, Securing various leadership roles from past president gation will be invited to participate. all of us – congregants and clergy – are Tomorrow Today, to to board member to committee member. “I am hopeful every congregant, as committed to celebrating past achieve- strengthen the congrega- “The timing of the Temple endow- well as others living in Nashville, will ments, preparing for future challenges, Ttion’s endowment and secure its future. ment campaign is right,” said Lisa Small. consider supporting this historic effort to and securing the vibrancy, vitality and Temple President Martin Sir said the “The congregation is pleased to have strengthen and preserve both The Temple vision of our Temple, both now and for campaign will provide funding to address great clergy, interesting programming and the wider Jewish community for gen- the next generation.”” • priorities that support The Temple’s mis- and a strong working relationship with erations to come,” said Rabbi Schiftan. sion of engaging in worship, education, all our sister congregations and with the Likewise, Rabbi Shana Mackler For more information on the Securing community, and social justice. community in general. It is today that described the campaign as “an opportu- Tomorrow Today campaign, contact Hayley “I am honored and grateful to be we must develop our long-term finan- nity to fully engage our entire congre- Levy, campaign manager, at hlevy@ccsfund- serving as president during this exciting cial stability in order to ensure both the gation: young professionals, newcomers raising.com, or Erin Zagnoev, Temple direc- time in The Temple’s history,” Sir said. immediate and distant future well being to Nashville and natives, interfaith and tor of membership and development, at erin@ “The Temple is like a home to me and of our congregation. And it will take a intercultural families, the LGBT commu- templenashville.org or (615) 352-7620. my family, and just like you work to commitment from each member to make secure your home for your children and this goal a reality.” the future, that’s what I envision for The Both the Smalls and Riven said Temple with this campaign.” that they became involved because of For the Sir said the funds raised during the the campaign’s compelling case and The campaign will focus on five priorities: Temple’s importance to their families investing in spiritual leaders, meeting cur- and in their lives. months rent and future program needs, advancing “It is important to focus on and religious school and life-long learning, increase our endowment funds,” said sustaining The Temple Cemetery, and Riven. “We’re going to exceed every when you upgrading of The Temple’s security, facil- expectation because of the generosity of ities, communication and technology. this congregation.” Securing Tomorrow Today is the first Senior Rabbi Mark Schiftan said struggle comprehensive endowment effort in the Securing Tomorrow Today has received KOSHER FOOD BOX PROGRAM history of The Temple (Congregation “inspiring support” since getting under- to make Ohabai Sholom), and, according to con- way at the beginning of the year. -confidential gregation officials, the largest ever under- As of last month, it had received $5.6 - supplemental food for qualified taken in the Nashville Jewish community. million in commitments and planned ends meet In the last 20 years, The Temple has gifts, marking significant progress toward recipients conducted two fundraising campaigns: one the $7 million goal. The commitments Jewish Family Service - OU kosher food items capital and the other to retire debt. include support from The Temple’s board -monthly distribution Securing Tomorrow Today is led by of trustees and past presidents and 18 gifts is here for you. -convenient, fast pick-up Steve Riven and Lisa and Stephen Small, of $100,000 or more. If you are interested in receiving a food box, contact Toni Jacobsen at 354-1672 or [email protected] )UDQNOLQ/DQD3DUJK Jewish Family Service 801 Percy Warner Blvd • Nashville, TN 37205 F F 615-356-4234 ISDUJK#PHFRP ODQDSDUJK#JPDLOFRP

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Chabad @ The Temple

Visiting Cantor Kagan will lead High Miriam and Bob Mamlin will celebrate 70 Holiday services at Chabad, perform years of marriage on Oct. 14 at The Temple concert of Yiddish music at the GJCC In 1945 Bob Mamlin was Congregation Beit Tefilah is welcoming Cantor Yossele Kagan to lead the High an infantry solider serving in Holiday services this month. Europe with Patton’s Third Cantor Kagan also will perform a “Yiddishe Mame High Holiday Concert” at 12:30 Army when he got an emer- p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 during the T.G.I.T. lunch for seniors at the Gordon Jewish gency furlough to visit his ail- Community Center. The concert, underwritten by the Jewish Federation of Nashville ing mother in New York City. and Middle Tennesse, will include a repertoire of Yiddish melodies such as “A Yiddishe After she died, he was shipped Mame,” “Tumbalalaika” and “Oifen Pripetchik.” to what was then called Camp Cantor Kagan, the 10th child in a family with a long lineage of cantors, has dav- Campbell on the Kentucky- ened and performed for audiences all over the world, including cantorial renditions as Tennessee border. far as Melbourne Australia and the Congo in Central Africa. While he was there, Miriam During the services at Beit Tefilah, Cantor Kagan will blend Hasidic melodies and Belle Weise, a Nashville native various famous Jews tunes into High Holiday liturgy. Also, during the services, Rabbi whose family had settled here Yitzchok Tiechtel will share stories about and insights into the prayers. in 1859, volunteered with some No membership or tickets are required, and services are held in Hebrew and girlfriends to go up to Camp English in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. A special children’s service is held on Campbell one evening and the each morning of the High Holidays. For a complete listing of the High Holiday help “serve spaghetti dinner to services at Beit Tefilah, go to www. chabadnashville.com. the boys.” Miriam and Bob Mamlin hold a photo taken at their “She was pretty. I noticed wedding on Oct. 15, 1946. To celebrate their 70th her right away,” Bob remembers. wedding anniversary, the couple will host the oneg Chabad plans two special meals to “He was flirting with me,” following Shabbat services on Oct. 14 at The Temple. celebrate Sukkot’s agricultural significance Miriam recalls. As Bob and some of his buddies followed Miriam and her friends out of the Sukkot is a festival celebrating the fall harvest, and Chabad of Nashville will mess hall, one of the soldiers “pinched my bottom,” she says. She turned around and observe the holiday’s agricultural meaning with two special events. demanded to know who the perpetrator was, but no one confessed. Sukkah Under the Stars, a festive holiday dinner, is scheduled for 7 p.m. on “That’s when I said, “Hey, beautiful, would like to play ping pong?”’ Bob says. Sunday, Oct. 16. In the spirit of the harvest festival, the dinner at Chabad’s “Sukkah Intrigued by the tall, handsome soldier, she said yes. Plaza” will include locally grown produce. Eight dates later – and following a trip to New York with her parents to meet At 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21, Chabad is sponsoring “Soups in the Sukkah,” his family – Bob and Miriam were engaged. They were married in Oct. 15, 1946 in which will feature a hearty Shabbat dinner that includes five types of soups – traditional Nashville, where they have lived ever since, raising two daughters and now enjoying chicken matzah ball soup, mushroom barley, roasted tomato, pumpkin kale, and hot retirement. and sour soup. This month, the couple will mark their 70th wedding anniversary. The entire The events are free, although those who plan to attend are asked to RSVP at community is invited to help them celebrate on Friday, Oct. 14 at The Temple when www.chabadnashville.com/sukkot. the Mamlins will host the oneg following the 6 p.m. service. “On the holiday of Sukkot, the Sages declared it a mitzvah to eat 14 meals in the “I’d say it’s worked out pretty well,” Bob says of their life together. sukkah,” said Chabad Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel. “In keeping with the holiday’s agricul- By the way, he admitted long ago to being the pincher. tural meaning, gratefulness is expressed to God after the harvest through the eating of autumn fruits and vegetables. “A wonderful way to connect to nature is to cook with what is in season local- Hike and Havdalah set for Oct. 8 at Percy ly. In Tennessee we are blessed with a bountiful fall harvest. Hearty homemade soups Warner Park accompanied by an assortment of breads are a wonderful way for your family and guests to warm up during the chilly fall evenings in the sukkah.” The Temple’s Worship and Music Committee is presenting a special hike and Havdalah on Saturday, Oct. 8 in Percy Warner Park. Those who wish to participate shoud meet 3:45 p.m. at the top of the steps at the Chabad will celebrate Simchat Torah with end of Belle Mead Boulevard. The 2.5-mile hike on the white trail will begin at 4 p.m. deli dinner, simcha bar and dancing The Havdalah service will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the stone gate entrance to the park. Those who aren’t hiking are welcomed to take part in the Havdalah service at Chabad will conclude the holiday season with a Simchat Torah celebration at 6:30 5:30 p.m. at the stone gate entrance to the park. p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24 that will include a festive holiday deli dinner, a simcha bar for l’chaims of joy, dancing with the Torah and flags for the kids. Everyone is invited. Go to chabadnashville.com/simchattorah for more information. The Temple Book Club will discuss Gentleman in Moscow

The Temple Book Club will discuss Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles at SHANA TOVA UMETUKAH 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 9. For more information, contact Joan Breyer (breyerje@ me.com) or Laurie Handshu ([email protected]) or check our website: www. Bobbie Limor Catering schoenml.org/bookclub. Bobbie Limor has unique and varied menus to help you plan W.E.L.L. planning a “Knitzvah your special occasion. Her client-friendly service will help assure the success of your simcha. In addition, in the Sukkah” on Oct. 16 Bobbie can help with flowers and linens. The Temple’s W.E.L.L. group (Women Engaged Living Learning) invites all knit- ters and crocheters to join them under the Sukkah at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16 to knit Trust your event to Bobbie from a Simple Kiddush, Bar/Bat Mitzvah scarves for homeless women who come to Room at the Inn. All that’s needed is one Luncheon, Wedding or Elegant Multi-course Banquet. pair of # 9 knitting needles and six to eight ounces of worsted yarn. Those who are new to knitting are welcomed and will be provided with with needles and yarn to get started. 356-4045

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@ Micah

Building Boys into Better Men

Montgomery Bell Academy is a school where boys are taught the value of leadership and character; are equipped with the fundamental tools to succeed in the classroom and beyond; develop an appreciation for the eort required to achieve excellence; and form friendships that last a lifetime. Facts & Figures: Parents and students gathered in the main sanctuary as Congregation Micah began the • ree Debate National Championships new religious school year on Sunday, Sept. 11 with a service and welcome from Rabbis • 18 National Merit Seminalists and 16 AP in the past two years Laurie and Flip Rice and Director of Education Julie Greenberg. National Scholars in 2015 • Nationally-recognized Art, Music, and • More than100 boys per year participate eater programs in school-funded international • 7 to 1 student-teacher ratio Paddle your sins away at Tashlich exchanges and programs on 6 continents • 22% of students receive more than on Percy Priest Lake • 25 Advanced Placement Courses oered $2 million in need-based nancial aid • 15 varsity sports competing at the • 100% of graduates are college-bound Congregation Micah is partnering with Nashville Paddle Company to offer a unique highest level, including recent Football Tashlich service on paddleboards and kayaks on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at Percy Priest Lake. and Soccer State Champions Those who want to participate in the “flotilla” led by Rabbis Flip and Laurie Rice should gather at 4 p.m. at the Hamilton Creek Recreation Area, 2901 Bell Road. (Enter Admission Preview Day • Sunday, October 30 @ 2 p.m. “Nashville Paddle Co.” in the Apple or Google Maps app.) 4001 Harding Road • Nashville, Tennessee 37205 The event is free, but the number of kayaks and paddleboards available is limited, 615-298-5514 • www.montgomerybell.edu so they must be reserved in advance by visiting the “event” link at www.congregation- mich.org. No reservation is necessary for those who want to bring their own boats and boards or for those who want to take part from the shore. A Woman’s Circle: Seeking wisdom and strength in community together +DUSHWK+DOO Sandy Goldstein will host A Woman’s Circle on Friday, Oct. 21, at her home in the Warner Parks area of Nashville. The casual afternoon of lunch, learning, and conversation will be led by Rabbi Laurie Rice. The lunch will be from noon-12:45 p.m. and will be followed by learning and conversation from 12:45-2 p.m. Admission The event is free and open to all women. Please RSVP to Sandy Goldstein at [email protected] by Oct. 17 to ensure a spot at the table. Preview Day Sunday, November 6 2:00 p.m.

Morning bus service @ Sherith Israel offered from Rutherford, Southern Davidson, and Williamson Shabbat in the Sukkah set for Oct. 21 counties.

Congregation Sherith Israel will be holding a Shabbat dinner in the Sukkah on For girls and young Friday Oct. 21 in lieu of the weekly Abraham and Sarah’s Tent dinner. women in grades 5-12 Everyone is welcome regardless of ability to pay, although a donation of $14 per Financial Aid Available person is suggested. 3801 Hobbs Road To RSVP, please call the Janet in the office at (615) 292-6110. Nashville, TN 37215 615-297-9543 Women’s tefilah group welcomes participants for Nov. 19 service

A member-led Women’s Tefilah services will take place at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday Nov. 19 in the small chapel. Those who wish to participate can contact Pam Kelner ([email protected]), Naomi Sedek ([email protected]) or Julie Sugar ([email protected]). No ;I<8D9@> experience is necessary, and there are many participants who are happy to help anyone who wishes to learn how to perform any part of the service, from reading the Torah to saying one of the prayers to giving the d’var Torah. >F=8I www.harpethhall.org

The Observer October 2016 21 Nine things you may not know about Rosh Hashanah osh Hashanah, the Jewish of 19-year cycles, during which there are New Year, starts at sun- seven leap years. Instead of adding a day, down on Sunday, Oct. 2. the Jewish calendar adds a full month — It’s known for apples a second Adar. dipped in honey, record 7: American Jews used to exchange synagogue attendance and telegrams each year for Rosh Hashanah Ras the kickoff to the Days of Awe, which – A LOT of telegrams. In 1927, the culminate with Yom Kippur, the Day of Western Union Telegraph Company Atonement. We’re guessing that even reported that Jewish people sent tele- the most experienced holiday observer, grams of congratulations and well-wish- however, won’t know all of these facts ing much more frequently than mem- If you get up close to one of the rams about the holiday: Most people know about apples, honey horns traditionally blown during the High bers of any other group. In particular, 1: On the second night of Rosh and even pomegranates. But did you Holidays, you just might find that it has they exchanged thousands of messages Hashanah, it’s traditional to eat a “new know that leeks (and dates, string beans, a funny smell. There are actually several for Rosh Hashanah. “So great has the fruit” or fruit you haven’t eaten for beets, pumpkins and even fish heads) are products on the market to help mitigate volume of this traffic become that the also traditional Rosh Hashanah fare? a long time. This tasty custom is often the odor of a kosher shofar. Western Union has instituted a special observed by eating a pomegranate, a fruit Malkeinu, the prayer that means “Our overindulged at holiday meals, but a service similar to those for Thanksgiving, rich in symbolism (and nutrients). This Father, Our King,” inspired Mogwai, day set aside to commemorate the assas- Christmas and Easter,” the Jewish custom developed as a technical solu- a Scottish post-rock-trio to write a sination of Gedaliah, the Babylonian- Telegraphic Agency wrote at the time. tion to a legal difficulty surrounding the 20-minute epic song “My Father, My appointed official charged with admin- “This special service, started in 1925, recitation of the shehecheyanu blessing King.” The song, which borrows the istering the Jewish population remaining showed a 30 percent increase in 1926.” on the second day of the holiday. Use it prayer’s traditional melody, is alternately in Judea following the destruction of the 8: Rosh Hashanah was not always as an excuse to scout out the exotic fruit soft and beautiful and loud and raging. Temple in 586 B.C.E. Unlike the one the Jewish New Year. In the Torah, the section of your grocery store’s produce More famously, Leonard Cohen’s “Who on Yom Kippur, which comes just a few new year was clearly set in the spring, at department. By Fire” draws on the Unetanah Tokef, days later, this fast lasts only from sunrise the beginning of the month of Nisan. 2: Apples and honey (and pome- which many consider the most important to sundown. However, sometime before the codifi- granates) aren’t the only symbolic foods prayer in the High Holiday liturgy. 6: Rosh Hashanah feels “late” cation of the Mishnah, Rosh Hashanah traditionally enjoyed on Rosh Hashanah. 4: Tens of thousands of Hasidic this year because it is. The latest date became the primary new year. The rea- Other foods that, according to tradition, Jews make a pilgrimage to Ukraine for that Rosh Hashanah can fall on the sons are unclear, although some scholars symbolize prosperity and health in the an annual Rosh Hashanah gathering Gregorian calendar is October 5 (as hap- theorize that it was because neighboring new year include dates, string beans, known as a “kibbutz.” Dating to the pened in 1967 and will happen again in peoples in the ancient Near East cele- beets, pumpkins, leeks — and fish heads. early 19th century, this lively takes place 2043). This year’s holiday isn’t quite that brated the new year at this time. Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews often hold in Uman, the town where Nachman of late, but it’s close because we are in a 9: The shofar, the ram’s horn tra- Rosh Hashanah seders in which a bless- Breslov, founder of the Breslover sect Jewish leap year — which is more com- ditionally blown on Rosh Hashanah, ing is said for each food, and they are and great-grandson of the Baal Shem plicated than the Gregorian leap year of is – well – stinky. You have to get close eaten in a set order. If you want to try Tov, was buried. Breslov believed Rosh adding a day to February every four years. to one to notice, but a common complaint this but are a vegetarian or just grossed Hashanah was the most important holi- To coordinate the traditional lunar year is that these horns smell bad. According out by fish heads, consider using gummy day, hence the timing of the pilgrimage. with the solar year and ensure that the to online vendor The Shofar Man, all fish or fish-shaped crackers instead. 5: It’s a tradition to fast on the season in which a holiday falls remains kosher shofars have a bit of a scent because 3: The Rosh Hashanah liturgy has day after Rosh Hashanah. The fast of consistent, Judaism worked out a system they come from a dead animal. To mitigate inspired at least two rock songs. Avinu Gedaliah is not a cleanse for those who the odor, he suggests applying a sealant to the inside of the shofar. Believe it or not, several competing products are marketed exclusively for the purpose of removing or neutralizing shofar smells. We can’t vouch for any of them, but perhaps if they don’t work for your shofar, you could use them for your shoes, bathroom or car. •

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22 October 2016 The Observer High Holiday Recipe — A Rosh Hashanah surprise for mom: Her own special Sephardic rice

By VICKY COHEN and frequently, adding water 1 tablespoon RUTH FOX at a time if necessary, to prevent from burning. e grew up in 7) Transfer onions to a plate and in the Barcelona, Spain. same skillet, heat 1 teaspoon of olive Not exactly your oil. Add dried fruit and pistachios or typical Jewish pumpkin seeds and cook over medi- upbringing, and um low for 2-3 minutes, stirring fre- while we loved quently. Wthe beautiful city, it could be difficult 8) Once the rice is ready, fluff it with and isolating during the Jewish holidays. a fork, add onions, dried fruit, pista- Nevertheless, we managed to form a chios and lemon or orange zest and tight-knit group each year with our aunt, toss well. uncle and cousins who enjoyed the fes- 9) Right before serving sprinkle pome- tive Syrian-Lebanese cuisine our talented granate seeds on the rice. mother prepared for us. The main meal itself was amazing, Yields 4-6 servings but it was the symbolic foods we ate before the main meal that were our (This recipe is courtesy of The Nosher blog favorites. Our mom would make zucchini on www.myjewishlearning.com) and spinach frittatas, cold leek soup and Sephardic jeweled Rosh Hashanah rice we would enjoy sweet dates, apples with sugar, pomegranates with rose water and the head of a fish or lamb, a tradition for Sephardi families. Syrian Lebanese cooking we grew up eating didn’t usually include sweet flavors in savory dishes during the year. But for Rosh Hashanah our mom would make an exception with her delicious sweet carrot and raisin rice. It was always a big hit and we brought the recipe with us when we moved to the U.S. This year our parents will join us for the holidays and so we decided to change things up a little and make our mom a surprise rice dish. The first night of Rosh Hashanah we will make her traditional carrot and raisin rice. And the second night, we will serve this new sweet fra- grant rice that includes some of our mom’s favorite spices and dried fruit. We think she will be proud of keeping the old traditions, and making some new ones as well.

Ingredients 1 ½ tsp salt 1 tsp sweet paprika ½ tsp turmeric ¼ tsp cumin 1/8 tsp black pepper 4 tbsps extra virgin olive oil divided, plus 1 tsp 2 medium size onions, diced small 10 dried apricots, quartered 6 dried figs, quartered ¼ cup dried cherries ¼ cups pistachios or pumpkin seeds 1 cup long grain rice (Jasmine or Basmati) 1 cup water 1 ½ tsp fresh lemon or orange zest 1 cup pomegranate seeds

Directions 1) Combine salt, sweet paprika, turmeric, cumin and black pepper in a small bowl. Set aside. 2) Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a deep, nonstick skillet with a lid. Add rice and spices and stir well. 3) Cook over medium heat for about 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly and making sure the rice gets well coated with the oil and the spices. 4) Add 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat to low. Cook for 20 minutes, remove from heat and let it sit for 15 minutes covered. 5) In the meantime, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a nonstick skillet. 6) Add onions and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes stirring The Observer October 2016 23 From matzah balls to football, two Jewish brothers write about their journey to the NFL

By VICTOR WISHNA

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (JTA) – At 6-foot-6 and 340 pounds, veteran NFL offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz isn’t just a force of nature, but a product of good ol’ Jewish nurture. “My size comes from a childhood that included an excess of matzah ball soup, latkes, and tons of white rice,” the 30-year-old jokes. “But of course my brother’s similar physique suggests that genetics had plenty to do with it.” That would be his (only relatively) little brother, Mitch, 27, the Kansas City Chiefs’ newest starting right tackle, who stands 6-foot-5 and weighs in at 320 pounds. Geoff and Mitch Schwartz (from left) are the first pair of Jewish As it happens, Geoff and Mitch brothers to play in the NFL since 1923. Photo courtesy of Olivia Goodkin and Schwartz aren’t the first pair of Jewish Lee Schwartz. The brothers, as teenagers, in the synagogue. Photo by John Solano. brothers to play in the National Football NFL Football, Food, Family, and Faith as possible in the book,” Geoff Schwartz they’ve had to make in pursuit of their League — they’re just the first to do so landed in stores and online Sept. 6. said. “I mean, my whole family — we’re careers. “I’m very clear that when I have since 1923. Co-written by the brothers, with novelist proud to be Jewish and to be raised in the to, I choose football over the [high] hol- “Once we heard the stat, we realized and humorist Seth Kaufman, it’s a light- tradition and going to temple.” idays,” Geoff said. “Some people have a just how rare this really is,” said Mitch, hearted memoir about all the topics in Growing up in West Los Angeles and hard time with that concept. I don’t.” standing at the edge of the Chief’s indoor the subtitle and how often they intersect. attending Adat Shalom, a Conservative The brothers understand the special practice field after morning drills. “So we Sports fans will find plenty of insider info congregation , the brothers were always appeal they have to Jewish fans — after both thought it was important to share on the NFL and major-college football involved in sports. But neither started all, they’re Jewish fans themselves. The our story — for Jewish kids, and in gen- (Geoff and Mitch played for Pac-12 con- playing football until high school, in part book traces their own family’s fasci- eral, about how we both wound up where tenders Oregon and Cal, respectively). because their parents didn’t want prac- nation with Jews in sports, from Hank we are.” But from the opening pages — a scene tices and games to interfere too much Greenberg and Sandy Koufax to Mark Indeed, the story of how two nice of the brothers frying up latkes on the with Hebrew school. Spitz and Dolph Schayes. Jewish boys grew up to be a couple first night of Chanukah, following their In the book, the brothers quote their Mitch delves into the lesser-known of “hogs” (an endearing and decidedly bubbe’s recipe — their Jewishness is front mother, attorney Olivia Goodkin, on her history of brothers Ralph and Arnold non-kosher nickname for offensive line- and center. eventual acceptance of her sons’ football Horween, the Harvard All-Americans men) could fill a book. “The people who know us know fate, given that each stood well over six and stars of the Chicago Cardinals Now it does. that’s a big part of our identity, but I feet tall at his bar mitzvah. backfield in whose NFL footsteps the Eat My Schwartz: Our Story of think it was important to share as much “‘I started out worrying that they Schwartzes eventually followed. He were going to get hurt — but then I learned that the Horweens actual- realized it was the other players I should ly played under an assumed name — be worrying about,” she said. “‘They McMahon — which raises questions as were like trucks hitting small cars. And I to whether they were guarding against started to kind of feel like maybe this was anti-Semitism in football, or perhaps their destiny.’” feared disapproval from other Jews for As for their father, Lee Schwartz, a playing football. business consultant: “I just kvell,” he told Part of the motivation for the writ- Los Angeles’s Jewish Journal in 2012 on ing the book, according to Geoff, is for the eve of that year’s NFL Draft when the brothers to, well, start writing their Mitch was drafted early in the second own next chapters. “You don’t know how round. “It’s a surreal experience to see my long you’re going to play — certainly not kids on the field, on TV.” forever,” he said shortly before the latest Mitch credits his bigger brother for cut. “And there’s a lot we want to do paving his way on the field, in the kitch- after football.” en and in life. Geoff was a seventh-round Their ultimate ambition is to finally pick in 2008, and he’s a study of resil- team up — as co-hosts of their own cook- ience: He’s endured multiple injuries ing show. The brothers already prepped and various ups and downs, from getting a “sizzle reel” of themselves interviewing relegated to a practice squad, to getting a Beverly Hills chef and then whip- cut, to getting signed to a big contract, ping up some saffron seafood risotto at to getting released again just before this home. The book details early talks with season started. TV execs — it’s unclear whether the Meanwhile, Mitch started every Food Network or the NFL Network were game over four seasons in Cleveland. more interested — but “we’re definitely This spring, free agency landed him still working on it,” Geoff confirmed. a five-year, $33-million deal with the Two Jewish brothers in the Chiefs, making him one of the high- NFL makes for a great story. But two est-paid right tackles in the league. Jewish brothers in the NFL with their In their book, the brothers also own cooking show? That’s never hap- grapple with some of the compromises pened before. •

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The Observer October 2016 25 High Holiday Recipe — A Cuban Rosh Hashanah tradition: Mini almond and grape crostatas

By JENNIFER STEMPEL

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grape farmers were certainly enjoying a sweet start to the new year. While most Cubans eat their 12 grapes as they are, I’ve always enjoyed the challenge of incorporating the grapes into a Rosh Hashanah dish. My mini almond and grape crostatas are the per- As you and your loved ones gather together, fect solution to this puzzle, as these may the high holidays prepare your hearts single-serving pastries feature 12 whole XJUIQFBDFBOEVOEFSTUBOEJOH grapes. Gluten-free, and completely pareve, .BZZPVSIPNFCFñMMFEXJUICMFTTJOHTGSPNBCPWF they are the perfect addition to any Rosh .BZUIFOFXZFBSCFBTTXFFUGPSZPVBTBQQMFTEJQQFEJOIPOFZ Hashanah table. SJDIXJUIXJTEPN KPZ QSPTQFSJUZ BOEMPWF Ingredients 7 ounces almond paste L’shana tova, 1 egg, beaten Laurie Cardoza-Moore & The PJTN Team 48 seedless grapes (any color) 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 tsp corn starch ½ tsp ground cinnamon 4 tsp sliced almonds, divided 1 tbsp Turbinado sugar 1 tbsp powdered sugar (optional)

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Yields four crostatas

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28 October 2016 The Observer This Hebrew accent coach helped Natalie Portman sound like an Israeli for her new film

BY BEN SALES (“dam”), the color red (“adom”) and silence (“d’mamah”). NEW YORK (JTA) — While “We wanted her Hebrew to not be making the film “A Tale of Love and at a high level,” Riskin said. “We want- Darkness,” Natalie Portman had to put ed everyone to have something a little her palm in front of her mouth, repeat strange in their language.” Hebrew words and feel how the air hit This isn’t the first time Riskin her skin. has helped an actor perfect an Israeli If Portman felt her breath, it meant accent, but she said the job isn’t in high she was saying the words in an Israeli demand. Hebrew isn’t a widely spo- accent — or something close to it. Along ken language outside Israel, and some Natalie Portman stars as Amos Oz’s with directing, writing and starring in mother, Fania, in her adaptation of “A other actors who portray Israelis don’t the 2015 Hebrew-language film, which Tale of Love and Darkness.” (Photo by Ran seem to care whether they get it right. hit U.S. screens last month, Portman Mendelson/Courtesy of Focus Riskin was particularly irked by Adam had to learn how to speak like an Israeli “The problem with Natalie is that Sandler’s turn in “You Don’t Mess With housewife in the 1940s. there were Israeli Russian, Polish, Arabic the Zohan,” a 2008 comedy in which he Portman was born in Jerusalem but accents that were legitimate accents, Israeli actress Neta Riskin, was Portman’s plays a Mossad agent. grew up in the United States, so her flu- [but] there was only one accent that accent coach “A Tale of Love and “That drove me crazy,” she said. ent Hebrew came with a heavy American wouldn’t work and it was American,” Darkness,” an adaptation of Amoz Oz’s “That was a Yiddish accent, not an inflection. In the movie, an adapta- Riskin said. “We decided to leave some- 2002 biographical novel. “If Natalie had Israeli accent. They speak that way in stayed in Israel another year, she would tion of Amos Oz’s 2002 autobiographical thing that sounded foreign, but you don’t have sounded like a Sabra.” (From Facebook) Brooklyn or in a shtetl, but not in Israel.” novel of the same name, Portman plays know where it comes from.” Native speakers of a language, Oz’s mother, Fania, a Russian immigrant Most observers, said Riskin, assume phony conductor. said Riskin, have a quality called living in Jerusalem during the time sur- the hardest part of an Israeli accent is When a word in the script was “Sprachgefuhl” in German, which means rounding Israel’s independence in 1948. pronouncing guttural consonants like the difficult for Portman to pronounce cor- a natural feel for the language’s idioms. To study the accent, Portman hired “het” and “resh,” which aren’t so much rectly, she and Riskin would try to find It’s impossible to get anyone there in Neta Riskin, 39, an Israeli actor known pronounced as gargled. But Portman had an easier synonym. The changes fit with a matter of months, Riskin said, but for her role in “Shtisel,” an Israeli show no problem with that; she got hung up Portman’s character, who was meant to Portman came close. Riskin said she was about a haredi Orthodox family. For on the vowels. speak a relatively basic Hebrew. Her hus- “in awe” that Portman not only acted three months during filming, Riskin and While American English has an band, a librarian and author, used more but directed a full film in her second Portman practiced daily, covering vow- array of vowel sounds, the Israeli complex words. language. els, consonants, syllable emphasis and vowel range is limited. So when Language itself is a theme of the “She needed superpowers to do this sentence flow. Americans pronounce a Hebrew word movie. Portman’s character tells sto- all together,” Riskin said. “Even if we Riskin said she read the film’s script that features the same vowel twice, ries throughout the film, which also cleaned up all of the American char- 200 times. like “keshet,” which means rainbow, focuses on how words are related. The acteristics, there would still be a shade “I can’t tell you how hard it is to act they tend to change the second “e” narrator, Fania’s son Amos, notes the of foreignness. If Natalie had stayed not in your language,” said Riskin, who into a short “i,” so the word almost similarity between the Hebrew words for in Israel another year, she would have spoke to JTA while on an acting stint becomes “keshit.” earth (“adamah”), man (“adam”), blood sounded like a sabra.” • in Germany, where she was performing “You need to know how to connect in both German and English. “It’s like the words in a way that it sounds natural, walking with crutches. They’re not your so you don’t sound like a robot,” Riskin legs. They’re artificial. To do a full movie said. “In Israel it sounds much simpler to in that is amazing.” have one vowel, but for Americans it’s a What made the project more diffi- lot harder to get used to.” cult was that pre-state Israelis spoke dif- Israeli vowels are pronounced near ferently 70 years ago than their descen- the front of the mouth, Riskin said, dants do today. Back then, Riskin said, while American sounds come from fur- the population had a “mixed multitude” ther back. By putting her palm in front of accents, from local Middle Eastern of her lips, Portman could tell how her pronunciations to different shades of breath was flowing and where the sounds European. The contemporary Israeli were coming from. accent, Riskin said, emerged as a com- Riskin also made sure Portman was posite of all those. emphasizing the right syllables and parts To be true to her character, who of a sentence. While English intonation originally is from present-day Ukraine, tends to stay level, Hebrew words and Portman would have had to adopt a sentences have the emphasis on the last Russian accent. But Riskin thought that syllable and word. 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Apples & Honey Press; ages 3-7 This year, not one but two new A confident young girl enlists the Rosh Hashanah books are penned by Eric help of her numerous feathered friends to A. Kimmel, the master storyteller whose bake challah for the neighborhood Rosh popular award-winning children’s classics Hashanah dinner. With an illustrated include Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins recipe in hand, Rosie gently leads a par- and Simon and the Bear. His latest entries, rot, toucan and hornbill as they measure Little Red Rosie and Gabriel’s Horn, are flour, add eggs, knead the dough and among the new crop of lively and engag- braid it into loaves. In one of Gutierrez’s ing Jewish children’s books for the High illustrations — sure to tickle young ones Holidays that reflect the wide range of — poppy seeds fly through the air and today’s American Jewish families. land all over the kitchen table and floor. Typically, most of the ink is devoted “Who will help me clean the kitch- to Rosh Hashanah, which begins on the en?” Rosie asks. evening of Oct. 2. But there are fresh They all pitch in, and Rosie saves reads about many of the forthcoming the day when she prevents the horn- holidays — one book, Maya Prays for bill from toppling a teetering tower of Book covers from new Rosh Hashanah titles from Kar-Ben and Apples & Honey Press Rain, is a charming story about the lit- dirty dishes. When the lovely loaves are tle-known holiday Shemini Atzeret that baked, Rosie and her friends recite the where the rainy season is needed for Sky-High Sukkah comes at the end of Sukkot. blessing over the challah, and the neigh- crops and trees. “Amen,” she pronounces By Rachel Ornstein Packer; illustrated Want to make the new year extra bors who gather around the festive table at the end of the prayer. by Deborah Zemke sweet for a little one in your life? Check all enjoy the bread. The back page includes an expla- Apples & Honey Press; ages 3-8 out the six books below. nation of the lesser-known holiday that Poor Leah and Maya Prays for Rain comes at the end of the Sukkot celebration. Ari. The two friends Rosh Hashanah is Coming! By Susan Tarcov; illustrated by Ana dream of having a suk- By Tracy Newman; illustrated by Ochoa Gabriel’s Horn kah of their own — but Viviana Garolfoli (Kar-Ben; ages 4-9) By Eric A. Kimmel; illustrated by Maria living in the city poses Kar-Ben; ages 1-4 It’s a warm fall day, and a spunky Surducan too many obstacles, Families can usher in the Jewish young girl greets her neighbors in her Kar-Ben; ages 4-9 their parents tell them. New Year with this colorful and lively multicultural town. It seems like every- On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, a The kids reveal their toddler board book, the fifth in the one is taking advantage of the sunny, young African-American soldier knocks sad predicament to Al, the neighborhood Kar-Ben board book series on Jewish dry weather by partaking in all kinds of on the door of the apartment where a grocer, and explain that during the sev- holidays by Tracy Newman and Vivian outdoor activities. But when Maya learns young boy, Gabriel, lives with his par- en-day holiday, Jewish families build a hut Garofoli (including Shabbat is Coming! that the evening’s synagogue service for ents, who are struggling to hang on to that they decorate with fruits like the ones and Passover is Coming!). Young kids the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret their small antiques shop. The solider Al sells. But will Leah and Ari’s dreams braid a round challah, blow the shofar, includes a prayer for rain, she warns her explains he is going overseas and has no be answered when Ari’s picture of a “Sky- set out apples and honey, and enjoy a neighbors to cancel their plans. Much to one to care for his special horn that once High Sukkah” wins a Hebrew school juicy pomegranate as they get ready to Maya’s relief, however, she learns from belonged to his grandpa, a musician, drawing contest for a free sukkah? celebrate the new year. her rabbi that the prayer is for Israel, and brings good luck. Gabriel convinces This is an endearing story that con- his reluctant mom they can care for the cludes happily as Leah and Ari dis- horn. The name on the soldier’s uni- cover that building community is just form says Tishbi — the birthplace of the as rewarding as building a beautiful suk- The Observer’s Annual prophet Elijah, who is said to appear kah. Zemke’s lively illustrations capture mysteriously on Earth, often disguised as the bustling urban neighborhood and a beggar who leaves behind him blessings brings to life the harvest holiday with of good fortune or health. bright reds, greens, purples and oranges. The theme of tzedakah — the Jewish obligation for charitable giving — shines How It’s Made: Torah Scroll Travel & through Kimmel’s heartwarming tale as By Allison Ofanansky; photographs Gabriel’s family selflessly shares its sud- by Eliyahu Alpern den good fortune through acts of kind- Apples & Honey Press; ages 3-8 ness and generosity. Page after page, kids What’s a Torah will wonder along with Gabriel if their scroll and how is it Leisure newfound luck is related to the soldier made? This fascinating and his tarnished, mysterious horn. photo essay is perfect ISSUE In a phone conversation from his for Simchat Torah, the home in Portland, OR, Kimmel told holiday that marks the end of the cycle is Coming November 2016! JTA that this book is a modern version of weekly Torah readings and the begin- of an old folktale based on a biblical ning of the new cycle, giving kids and We will be highlighting Midrash. (A well-known version, “The grown-ups a behind-the-scenes look at travel products and services. Seven Years,” was penned by I.L. Peretz.) what is involved in this ancient Jewish Kimmel first retold the tale in his tradition. The author and photographer We know that you will want award-winning 1991 children’s book to be included in this issue. break down the many people, steps and Advertisers who contract a Days of Awe, and with Gabriel’s Horn, he materials involved, from hand-stretched 1/8 page ad or larger can revisits and contemporizes the story. parchment, special inks, and feather and contact us for inclusion in Kimmel said he continues to return reed pens to the meticulous rules for the articles pertaining to your to folk traditions because he sees them as calligraphy. 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The fourth man 7. “Schindler’s ___” 31. Call ___ night (end the Seder) 8. Rabbi Daniel who heads the 32. Olmert told a few American Alliance of Jews and 34. Chimney schmutz Christians 36. Campaign that spreads a lot of 9. Scholar and author Etzioni lashon hara 10. First Israeli in space 40. Baruch follower 11. Rav Isaac known as The Ari 41. First Israeli actor to win a Golden 12. Pig’s schnozz Globe 13. Request from a new encounter (like 43. Notable Accords site on Zuckerberg’s Facebook) 44. Where remaining Jews in Yemen 18. One observing Shabbat 35. Actress Marisa who starred in Sidney 53. Make the cholent lean can be found 22. Garfunkel and Carney Lumet’s last film 54. Actor Hirsch of “Into the Wild” 46. Moore in Rob Reiner’s “A Few 24. Honored the elderly 37. Biblical twin who married Judith 55. Prepare to have bread Good Men” 26. “___ who shall live when G-d doeth 38. High points in Rodgers & 56. Genesis 47. 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Friedman and Benjamin on board ven as she was preparing last In explaining the growth of the PJ Library 5>?@?>-1855:@41" since 2007, comes to the program been a Judaic studies and Hebrew tutor month to step down from her Library during her tenure, Hanai said, “The with extensive experience that includes as well as a piano instructor. Her position position as PJ Library coordi- collaborative spirit has been the key to programming *-:7C4;9534@4-B181->:107-..-8-4C5@4!-0;::- for the Nashville chapter was added to the program in response nator, Sarah Hanai was still ensuring that all families feel welcome at all of Hadassah as well as for young children to the recent demographic survey of the working hard to promote the events regardless of location. Our communi- and families,,,.:15-9-: at West End Synagogue. She Middle Tennessee Jewish population that program that provides free ty is used as an example of what collabora- also is-B50A1@@-45@?A:3.D&5- a former teacher at Akiva School. recommended greater outreach to families EJewish books and music to families with tion can look like throughout the PJ Library In addition, Abbey Benjamin will join living outside Davidson County, Sax said. young children. world and we should all be so proud of that.” the PJ!-71?8571B15:01: Library staff as connector, a new “Sara did a wonderful job bringing “Before I hand over the reins, I still Hanai will be succeeded as coor- position with responsibility for outreach our community together,” Sax said. “We have a few things left to do,” she said in dinator by Nili Friedman, said Leslie to families!-718571%5/4->0>1D2A??5:&@-:0D!1 in Williamson County, Sax look forward to see the program and an email to several dozen PJ Library sup- Sax, executive director of the GJCC. said. Benjamin has worked in synagogue outreach that Nili and Abbey are already porters that encouraged them to promote Friedman, who has been involved with PJ marketing, &@1?@?@4-@9534@?4;>@1:;:1?@591-@ taught elementary school and planning.”*( • the program and offered them books from her own library. '412;A>@49-: PJ Library is a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation aimed at promoting Jewish literacy by providing Jewish- themed books and music free to families with children ages 6 months to 8 years in Business Card Directory more than 200 communities. YOUR GUIDE TO FINE BUSINESSES Hanai became coordinator three years ago of the local PJ Library program, AND SERVICES AROUND MUSIC CITY. which operates and is funded through a collaboration of Jewish agencies and PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS, 615.356.3242 EXT. 299 institutions that includes the Gordon THEY’RE THE BEST! Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, Akiva School, the Micah Children’s Academy, The Temple Preschool and West End Synagogue. During Hanai’s tenure, the Nashville program has expanded its special events programming and become one of about 40 in North America to take part in PJ Our Way, a new initiative that provides books and an interactive website for children ages 9-11. The program now distributes about 375 books a month to Nashville-area children. The Observer October 2016 31 Life in Israel A tiny land with a diverse population By LIBBY WERTHAN Then the Sephardim poured in, men went directly to the wine and Dmitri had a beautiful wife whom wearing their colorful robes, head dresses liquor aisle; the women went directly we met when they invited us to dinner at iversity is a word I have and layers of jewelry. They were accept- to the cosmetic section. They wanted their caravan (trailer) outside Haifa. She heard tossed around a ed but frowned upon for their lack of to know which products would protect made a wonderful mashed potato and great deal since I have education and strange appearance. They them from the sun. mushroom pie – the mushrooms came been back in this country. became the work force. Before the mass Russian immigra- from Russia. During one lesson Dmitri In my youth, America was While all these varied groups were tion, the population generally enjoyed told me his wife worked as a dental assis- called the great melting Jews, they differed in their lifestyles wine in moderation, not hard liquor. tant. Then some weeks later, he told me Dpot. Everyone went into and religious observance. They seldom On a bar at a wedding or bar mitzvah, she was no longer a dental assistant. I the mixing bowl and socialized or intermarried. While that you might see a colorful array of sweet asked why, and the language barrier again popped out American. changed over the years, each group liquors, though I never saw anyone popped up. He didn’t have the words Today, individuality and retains its distinctiveness. drink it. At predominately British or to explain that the dentist was making ethnicity are treasured. There are other groups, non-Jews, American events, single malt scotch, improper advances, though eventually Diversity proponents see living in the country – Vietnamese who most often purchased at a duty-free we figured it out. a population of diverse came as refugees from that war, Asians, airport shop, was a favorite. Liquor sales We also worked on his Russian individuals – different Libby mainly from the Philippines, who came in Israel were low. Once the Russians accent, which was quite heavy. So if you colors, heritages, reli- Werthan as caregivers and remained. There is a arrived, that quickly changed. Bars run into a tall Russian-Israeli scientist gions, classes – all co-ex- large contingent of media people and became part of the nightlife. who speaks English with a Southern isting, hopefully, in peace. diplomats from all over the world. And, The Russians brought with them drawl, that’s probably Dmitri. Having recently returned here after of course, the Muslim and Christian many positive social changes. They Many of the Russians had a more living in a tiny country with perhaps the Arabs. And now there is an inpouring of brought an energy and know-how unlike serious problem that a heavy accent – most diverse population in the world, I Jews from Great Britain and France. that of most previous waves of olim. They their spouses were not Jewish. At the feel it is appropriate to offer you a glimpse. Diversity, diversity everywhere. filled out the orchestras with musicians. time they came, it was felt that bringing Since the 1800s, many groups of Even among Jews, there is much reli- They won medals in sports. They were them to Israel quickly once the Iron Jews have come to Israel, the majority of gious diversity – from ultra-Orthodox college educated and skilled. They influ- Curtain fell was more important than them as penniless refugees – Ashkenazi to secular, with a hundred gradations in enced the political climate and integrat- dealing with this issue. The problems Jews from Eastern Europe, Sephardic between. All on this tiny sliver of land. ed into society more easily than previous presented by some restrictive Israeli laws Jews from the Mediterranean countries, But the people I know most about immigrant groups. – like whom you could marry and where the Middle East and Africa. are those who came when we did in Many, particularly the scientists, you could be buried – were swept under Most of the Ashkenazi Jews were the early 1990s – the Russians and the wanted to be proficient in English. So the rug only to rear their ugly head later. young people eager to throw off the ste- Ethiopians. when a volunteer program arose to help These issues are still being addressed. reotypical black-clothed image of their My first brush with the Russians them learn, I offered my services and The Russians made an important forebears, including their religious obser- was in language class, known as ulpan. was paired with a scientist in his late 20s impact on the country. How do I know? vance. No longer peddlers, money lend- We were all eager to learn Hebrew, but named Dmitri. We would meet once a Because today all the road signs are in ers or rabbis, they became farmers and it became obvious that their intensity week at my house to work on his English Hebrew, Arabic, English – and Russian. lived in kibbutzim (communes) side by and study habits were greater than reading skills and vocabulary. He was a Next month: the Ethiopians. • side with their Arab neighbors. ours. They were speaking and we were quick learner but occasionally we would Later West European Jews arrived, stumbling. The first week in ulpan our get hung up on concepts and meanings. Libby Werthan and her husband, Moshe, settling in towns and bringing with them class went on a field trip to a super- I remember trying to explain the word lived in Israel for 25 years before returning in an intellectual life style and European market. These newly arrived Russians “macho” to him. I wound up swaggering 2014 to their native Nashville. “Life in Israel” manners. They were the professors, the immediately split into two groups, men around the room with my hands in my is a regular column about what it was like doctors, the lawyers. in one and women in the other. The pocket (not the best example). living in the Jewish homeland.

short of his 98th birthday. A retired rail- love of his life and partner of 20 years, (James) and Robert Neaderthal (Julie); way attorney and a graduate of St. John’s Kathleen Haas Schklar; brother, Paul grandchildren, Laurie Aronoff (Dan), lifecycles University School of Law in New York, Burnett; nieces, Dianne B. White and Andy Straus (Patti), Leah Neaderthal, he was awarded the Bronze Star for his Denise B. Davis, Jill and Matt Williams, and Ariel Voorhees (Sam); great-grand- Sympathy service as a U.S. Army captain in the Douglas Kasselberg, Nancy Briggs and children, Dillon Aronoff, Anna Straus, Pacific Theater during World War II. Lynda Briggs; and grandchildren, Caroline Lexi Straus and Edie Voorhees; sib- … to the family and friends of Richard He was the devoted husband to Bettye Hayes Williams, Carter Edward Williams, lings, Reta Guttman and Fred Goldner J. Levine, 57, of Brentwood, who died S. Mazor for 58 years until her death in Damean Lee Burnett, Bri Burnett, and Eli (Martha), and many nieces and nephews. peacefully on Aug. 23 surrounded by his 2005. He is survived by his son, Barry Daniel. An admirer of cars, old and new, Norma attended Ransom School, family. Rich was a devoted husband of 27 Mazor of Nashville (Nina Melechen), Charles had a career managing parking Peabody Demonstration School, and years to his loving wife, Pattie, and a cher- and his daughter, Sally Mazor Page garages throughout Tennessee. Later he the University of Illinois. She worked at ished loving father to three wonderful chil- (Rick) of Atlanta. Over the past 11 years became a small business owner and metic- Goldner Jewelers, later Goldner Associates, dren, Meredith, Taylor, and Mallorie, whom in Nashville, Joel enjoyed the friend- ulously restored furniture and car interiors which was started by her father and hus- he proudly watched grow into vibrant young ship and support of many in this city, for friends and clients across the South. band. She was a member of National adults. He leaves behind his caring parents, including his friends made in senior pro- Charles loved dancing and frequently Council of Jewish Women, Jewish Morton and Susan of Princeton Junction, grams at the Gordon Jewish Community traveled to dance competitions and taught Federation, Magazine Circle, The Temple NJ, and dear brother, Gary (Sarah) of Castro Center and at The St. Paul Senior Living ballroom dance classed for 35 years. While Ohabai Sholom and past president of The Valley, CA. Rich was a dedicated employ- Community – and of Estelle Sach and living in Atlanta, Charles took great pride Temple Sisterhood. She enjoyed traveling, ee of TIAA and will be missed by many her family in particular. in working with the Special Olympics. bridge, and mahjongg. She loved needle- who made his time there memorable. A The funeral service was on Aug. 31 A celebration of his life was held work and knitting, and made Afghans for proud graduate of the Vanderbilt University with Rabbi Flip Rice of Congregation at Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral many family members. Her needlepointed class of ‘81 with a degree in geology, Rich Micah presiding; interment was in The Home on Sept. 17. Contributions may be Torah cover adorns a Torah scroll in The cherished his time on the soccer team and Temple Cemetery. Donations may made to Alive Hospice. Temple sanctuary. Her greatest joy was the remained close with many of his ATO be made to Jewish Family Services of love for her family. fraternity brothers. He was an avid reader Nashville, Second Harvest Food Bank, or … to the family and friends of The family thanks Jimmie Anderson, who also enjoyed live music and time spent the Wounded Warriors Project. Norma Louise Goldner Neaderthal, 95, Teresa Alexander and all the caregivers with his family. Memorial donations may be who died on Sept. 12 surrounded by her for their love and attention during the made to the V (Jim Valvano) Foundation … to the family and friends of family. She was born Oct. 27, 1920 in last two years of her life. The funeral was for Cancer Research. Charles Henry Burnett, 69, who died Nashville and lived here all her life. She on Sept. 15 at The Temple with burial on Sept. 5. He was preceded in death by was preceded in death by her parents, in The Temple Cemetery. Contributions … to the family and friends of his parents, Mary Swindell Burnett and Ida and Fred Goldner, and her husband can be sent to The Temple, Jewish Family Joel Mazor, who died Aug. 28 at Alive David Mack Burnett and longtime friend, of 48 years, M. William Neaderthal. She Service, Alive Hospice or the charity of Hospice in Nashville just a few weeks Larry Spurlock. Charles is survived by the is survived by her children, Elise Straus the donor’s choice.

32 October 2016 The Observer • What is a natural death? The medi- calization of dying Hadassah will • Seeing beyond the end of life as hold progressive failure around the town • Care for caregivers “Sukkah Hop” • Suicide prevention for professionals dinner on Oct. 20 Kholos writing based on the biblical Purim story. He also • Palliative care has directed a number of other Jewish- • Mindful presence The local chapter of Hadassah will musical based on themed productions, including “Golda’s • Essential oils as complimentary ther- hold its annual progressive holiday din- Suberman memoir, Balcony” and the stage version of “Old apy for end-of-life care ner from 7-9 p.m. on Oct. 20. Jews Telling Jokes,” both of which have This year’s “Sukkah Hop” will begin The Jew Store toured nationally. and end at the home of Pam Kelner, Oct. 6 lecture at 6453 Bresslyn Ave. While traveling from Nashville playwright Jay Kholos Alive Hospice Vanderbilt will one sukkah to another for a four-course is planning to produce a musical based meal, participants will learn about what on The Jew Store, a memoir by Stella annual symposium examine Jewish Hadassah does locally and elsewhere. Suberman about her family’s experiences influence in British There is a $15 fee to cover running a small dry goods store in rural on end-of-life care costs. Those who plan to attend West Tennessee in the early 20th century. will feature TriStar’s photographic arts are asked to RSVP by Oct. 14 to Kholos, who obtained the musical [email protected]. theater rights from Suberman, said he Dr. Anderson and journalism has written a draft of the script along Michael Berkowitz, professor of mod- with the music and lyrics for 15 original Dr. Reggie Anderson, chief of staff ern Jewish history at University College songs. He will also produce and direct the at TriStar Ashland City Medical Center To access the Community London, will give a lecture this month at show, which will have a cast of 15 to 18, and author of Appointments with Heaven: Vanderbilt University on the influence Calendar, go to including several Nashville performers. The True Story of a Country Doctor’s of Jews in the photojournalism and pho- Additional cast members will be picked Healing Encounters with the Hereafter, will www.jewishnashville.org tography as an art form in Britain. from auditions being held in New York be the keynote speaker next month at The lecture – “But is it Art? Jews, in April of 2017. Alive Hospice’s annual symposium on and click on “Calendar.” Photography, and Photojournalism in The premiere will be in South Florida end-of-life care. Britain, 1860-2016” – will be 4 p.m. next September, Kholos said, followed by The 2016 Faith and Spirituality on Oct. 6 in 123 Buttrick Hall and is a three-week run in Philadelphia. From Symposium on End-of-Life Care will be free and open to the public. It is part of there, he hopes to take the show off from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 3 at First Crossword solution the Vanderbilt Jewish Studies Program’s Broadway in New York. Baptist Church Nashville, 108 7th Ave. 2016-2017 lecture series and is co-spon- Though set in the fictional town S. It is open to anyone with an interest in sored by the Departments of History and of Concordia, The Jew Store is based on spiritual care and the end of life: worship Art History. the story of Suberman’s family, Russian- community leaders, chaplains, lay lead- A native or Rochester, NY, Berkowitz Jewish immigrants who in the 1920s ers, health care professionals, educators is editor of the journal Jewish Historical moved from New York to the West and students, representatives of local Studies: Transactions of the Jewish Historical Tennessee town of Union City, where nonprofits and their volunteers. Society of England (UCL Press). His most they were the only Jews and operated a The cost is $20 per person (free for recent book is Jews and Photography in small dry goods business known as “The students). Breakfast and lunch are includ- Britain (University of Texas Press, 2015). Jew Store.” ed. Register online by calling (615) 346- 8418 or online at AliveHospice.org/faith. Kholos has written and produced Aside from Anderson’s keynote Support Our Advertisers! several original Jewish-themed plays, address, the symposium will include 10 Let them know you saw including “A Stoop on Orchard Street,” breakout sessions: which tells the story of early 20th centu- their ad in the Observer! ry Jewish immigrants to New York and • Marrying medicine and faith has been performed more than 1,000 • Embracing moments of happiness times since premiering in 2002, and and fulfillment in end-of-life care • Historical overview of death and dying I lik e to come here, F “The Book of Esther,” a musical comedy ranz. As I ha ve for nearl y twenty y ears no w.

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