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October 2011 Tishrei/Cheshvan 5772 Volume XXXI Number 2 FREE What’s new in joint replacement? JLI course to “debunk the myths” Avram Kluger, special to the WJN Paul Shapiro, special to the WJN he Maimonides Society of the Jewish patients. His great satisfaction is having a pa- he Rohr Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor will tient say “You gave me my life back.” Learning In- T present a symposium entitled ‘Hips Goldstein noted that the modern era in im- T stitute (JLI) and Knees: What’s New in Joint Replacement?’ plants began in the 1980s. Current implant ma- will present “Fascinat- on October 16, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Kel- terials are able to outlast any possible need. In ing Facts: Exploring the logg Eye Center, 1000 Wall Street. the past 20 years, significant advances in ortho- Myths and Mysteries of The program will feature two Ann Arbor pedics have also occurred in the instruments Judaism”; the six-session experts. David Markel, MD, is an orthopedic used to insert the implants. course will commence on surgeon with an ac- Although orthopedics is a relatively small Tuesday, November 15. tive local practice specialty, it has a large impact on healthcare Rabbi Aharon Gold- in hip and knee re- spending. Patients are predominantly elderly. stein of the Ann Arbor JLI graduating class of Spring 2011 placement and is also As a result, members of this field are becoming Chabad House will con- active in education more involved in advocacy as legislators and duct the six-course sessions at 9:30-11 a.m., and prior experience or background in Jewish learn- and research. Steven lobbyists turn to orthopedists for their perspec- 7:30-9 p.m., at the Chabad House and the Jew- ing. All JLI courses are open to the public, and Goldstein, PhD, is tives on healthcare. Additionally, as battlefield ish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor. attendees need not be affiliated with a particular an internationally medicine is increasingly effective in saving lives, “As the People of the Book, we strongly synagogue, temple, or other house of worship. recognized bio-engi- the Department of Defense is recognizing the believe Jews should know the richness of their The course is $80. neer active in research importance and need for ways to reconstruct, Jewish heritage,” explains Rabbi Goldstein, the Interested students may call 995-3276, ex- David Markel, MD, and development of replace or regenerate injured joints and tissues local JLI instructor, “and that is what we hope to tension 2, or visit www.myJLI.com for registra- joint prostheses. in wounded veterans. accomplish in Ann Arbor with this entertaining tion and other course-related information. n Dr. Markel was The research focus is now on tissue regen- new educational offering.” drawn to surgery dur- eration, rather than on manmade replacement Spanning a wide range of intriguing sub- ing medical school. materials. The cartilage in one’s joints has very jects, “Fascinating Facts” will include sessions Course description Orthopedics appealed limited capacity for repair. Goldstein and others on Jewish myth and urban legend, biblical Does Judaism believe in guardian angels? to him, he said, be- are looking for ways to expand that capability. stories and events, Jewish foods, the Hebrew Why do Jews use matchmakers? Who cause it allowed him With an aging population, the need to repair language, life cycle events, and mysteries of the wrote the handwriting on the wall? A fun to “fix things. You aging joints is continually increasing. Accord- occult. The course will address issues such as the course in Jewish cultural literacy, full of have very positive ing to Goldstein, there will not be enough joint Jewish view on Satan and the evil eye, whether surprising facts, myths, and mysteries sur- outcomes.” Goldstein surgeons in the next 20 years to fill the demand angels have wings, and why pork is considered rounding Jewish tradition and practice. Steven Goldstein, PhD was drawn to this field for joint replacement. the quintessential non-kosher food. Lesson One: Jewish Myths, because it blended life The Maimonides Society of the Jewish Fed- “We’ve designed this course as a fun and Misconceptions, and Urban Legends sciences with engineering. The University of eration of Greater Ann Arbor was established to insightful overview of Jewish heritage to pro- Lesson Two: So You Think You Know Michigan has been a pioneer in the field of joint strengthen the bonds between healthcare pro- mote a Jewish cultural literacy within the com- Something About the Bible replacement for many years, starting with the fessionals and to serve the community through munity,” says Rabbi Zalman Abraham, of JLI’s Lesson Three: Foods and Feasts early leadership of professors Herbert Kaufer, educational, social and philanthropic activities. Brooklyn Headquarters, “We aim to enlighten Lesson Four: Abracadabra: Or— MD, and Larry Matthews, MD. The event is free and open to the public. Ad- even the most seasoned trivia buffs with a trea- It’s All Hebrew to Me Orthopedics has progressed to the point vance registration, by October 10, is requested. sure trove of ‘Who knew?’ Jewish factoids.” Lesson Five: Womb to Tomb. where we can reliably improve mobility and RSVP online at www.jewishannarbor.org or Like all JLI programs, “Fascinating Facts” Lesson Six: Blessings, Curses, eliminate pain. According to Dr. Markel, cur- contact Cindy Adams at 677-0100 or at cindy@ is designed to appeal to people at all levels of Omens, and Spirits rently implants are stable in 95 percent of jewishannarbor.org. n Jewish knowledge, including those without any Jewish Book Festival returns to Ann Arbor November 1–13 Halye Aisner, special to the WJN he Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann nity organizations, business and individuals. Many events for $10 in advance or $12 at the door. New Jewish Book Festival Arbor will hold its 24th Annual Jewish Book compelling and diverse authors are scheduled to to the Book Festival this year will be the “J-Café” details on page 4 T Festival, November 1–13. Bernie Banet, Lisa speak during noontime Lunch and Learn presenta- where gourmet coffees, teas and pastries will be Bernstein and Mimi Chapman are the Book Festival tions, evening events and both Sundays. All author available for purchase. For more information or to chairs. The event is supported by the Fred and Ned presentations are free and open to the community. become a sponsor, contact Karen Freedland at 971- Shure Endowment, as well as many local commu- Lunch may be purchased at the Lunch and Learn 0990 or [email protected]. ICommunity

2935 Birch Hollow Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 J Street supports drive for urgent action voice: 734/971-1800 fax: 734/971-1801 to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict e-mail: [email protected] Tamar Weaver, special to the WJN www.washtenawjewishnews.org n August, 19 pro-Israel, pro-peace activists The J Street activists support President from Ann Arbor and Metro Detroit delivered Obama’s vision, articulated in his May 19 address, I533 postcards signed by constituents to the to negotiate the establishment of a Palestinian Editor and Publisher offices of Senator Carl Levin and Senator Debbie state along the 1967 lines, with mutually agreed Susan Kravitz Ayer Stabenow and 117 postcards to office of the 15th upon land-swaps and robust security guarantees Calendar Editor District’s Representative John Dingell, calling for to protect Israel. These parameters have been the Claire Sandler Advertising Manager Gordon White Design and Layout Dennis Platte Staff Writer Sandor Slomovits Contributing Writers Halye Aisner, David Alpert, Jennifer Arapoff, Dasee Berkowitz, Daphna Berman, Kelli Dade Haines, Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, Mike Ehmann, Eileen Freed, Samantha Friedman, Dan Goldberg,

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P Ellen Gruber, Marjorie Ingall, Karen Jordan, Sybil Rep. John Dingell with, (from left to right) Ellie Davidson, Aaron Rosenthal, Kaplan, Avram Kluger, Leah Koenig, Hillel Kuttler, Rebecca Kanner, Susan Grubb, Bob Davidow, Ruth Shabazz, Ed Davidson and Alice Miller, SooJi Min, Alice Mishkin, Naomi Pfefferman, Merrill Poliner, Avery Robinson, Paul Tamar Weaver. (not in photo) were Toby Citrin and Gregory Fox. Shapiro, Dina Shtull, Elliot Sorkin, Tamar Weaver, Alex Weisler , Michael Wex, Natalie Wiesend, Brett urgent US action to achieve a two-state resolution policy of the last three U.S. administrations and Wilner, Martha Young to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. have been endorsed by former Israeli prime min- Representative Dingell met the nine J Street isters Ehud Barack and Ehud Olmert. The Washtenaw Jewish News is published Ann Arbor activists at his Dearborn office where A recent poll commissioned by J Street monthly, with the exception of January and they discussed a two-state solution to securing found that American Jews, by a margin of nearly July. It is registered as a Non-profit Michigan both Israel’s physical borders and its future as 5-to-1, back an active U.S. role in resolving the Corporation. Opinions expressed in this pub- lication do not necessarily reflect those of its a democracy and a Jewish homeland. The Ann Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Sixty-seven percent editors or staff Arbor activists, joined by 10 J Street Detroit sup- support such engagement even if it means the porters, also met with staffers from the Detroit United States publicly stating its disagreements Member of offices of Senator Levin and Senator Stabenow. with both the Israelis and the Arabs. American Jewish Press Association The Michigan meetings were a part of J Street Ann Arbor, is the local grassroots arm J Street’s first National Day of Action, which of J Street. J Street was founded to give political brought 1,075 activists out to deliver over voice to American Jews and other supporters of 40,000 postcards to 101 congressional offices Israel who, informed by their progressive and across the country. Jewish values, believe that a two-state solution “The contours of a viable two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is essential to are already well known. We are demonstrating Israel’s survival as the national home of the nationwide that that there is broad and deep Jewish people and as a vibrant democracy. J political support in this country for US diplo- Street’s mission is two-fold: first, to advocate matic leadership to help turn these contours for urgent American diplomatic leadership ©2010 by the Washtenaw Jewish News. All rights reserved. No portion of the Washtenaw into secure and recognized borders,” said Re- to achieve a two-state solution and a broader Jewish News may be ­reproduced without becca Kanner, J Street Ann Arbor chair. “We are regional, comprehensive peace and, second, to permission of the publisher. here to make it clear to our elected leadership ensure a broad debate on Israel and the Mid- Signed letters to the editor are welcome; they should that the most pro-Israel step they can take is to dle East in national politics and the American not exceed 400 words. Letters can be emailed to the support a two-state solution.” Jewish community. n editor at [email protected]. Name will be withheld at the discretion of the editor. Circulation: 5,000 Subscriptions: Hadassah to hold Game Night in November $12 bulk rate inside Washtenaw County Martha Young, special to the WJN $18 first-class su­bscription Ann Arbor Hadassah will host Game Night, The evening will also include desserts, snacks, and The deadline for the November issue of the Wednesday, November 16, 7 p.m. at the Jewish beverages, a raffle and prizes. Women who attend Washtenaw Jewish News, Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor. This will have the opportunity to become life members is Friday, October 7. Publication date: Wednesday, October 26 event is open to all women in the community for of Hadassah at the special centennial price of only Extra copies of the Washtenaw Jewish News a $5 entry fee, payable at the door. There will be $100. RSVP to Julie Ellis at 665-0439 or juliergel- are available at locations throughout games of Mah Jongg, bridge, Scrabble, Banana- [email protected]. For a ride, contact Martha Young Washtenaw County. grams, Rummikub and more. Lessons will be at 769-7523. available for those who want to learn Mah Jongg.

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2 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 ICommunity Hatcher Library to host talks related to photo exhibit of WWII partisans WJN staff writer ictures of Resistance: P The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schul- man” is now on exhibit at the Hatcher Library Gallery. The lives of partisans depended on their ability to remain unseen, undocument- ed and unidentifiable. But one fighter, Faye Schulman, had a cam- era. Schulman’s rare collection of images captures the camara- derie, horror and loss, bravery and triumph of the rag-tag, tough par- tisans—some Jewish, some not—who fought the Germans and their collaborators. The exhibit was produced by and Jews During the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation WWII: Beyond and was curated by Jill Vexler, Ph.D. The ex- Martyrology.” hibit runs until November 27, 2011. This program Zvi Gitelman, political science professor, is sponsored by Preston R. Tisch Professor of Judaic Studies, the University and head fellow at the Frankel Institute for of Michigan Li- Advanced Ju- brary and the daic Studies at Weiser Center the University for Europe and of Michigan, Eurasia Jill Vexler will make brief All events remarks at the will be held in the Harlan Hatcher Gradu- the choice is clear exhibit opening ate Library, Gallery in Room 100 (use Diag Wednesday entrance) 913 South University Avenue. All October 5 from events are free and open to the public. 4–5:30 p.m., This exhibit is made possible by Thomas followed by and Johanna Baruch, the Epstein/Roth Foun- Zvi Gitelman a talk by Lenore dation, the Purjes Foundation, the Charles Weitzman. Weitzman, currently a fellow at and Lynn Schus- the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic terman Family Studies, will discuss major themes from her Foundation, the book, Women in the Holocaust. Koret Foudna- Tuesday, October 11, 7–8:30 p.m., Jill tion, the Taube Vexler, Ph.D., will discuss the work she did Foundation for while curating the exhibit. Vexler is a cultural Jewish Life and anthropologist who specializes in curating culture, the Holo- museum exhibitions about world cultures. caust Council of Tuesday, October 25, 5:30–7 p.m., Brian UJA MetroWest, Porter-Szucs, associate professor of history at and Diane and Featuring Dr. Jon Hamer University of Michigan, will speak on “Poles Howard Wohl. n Brian Porter-Szucs For over 60 years, Bennett Optometry has been providing you Foundation offers planned giving seminar and your family with products and services that reflect our commitment to the community and your eye health. We are now David Shtulman, special to the WJN accepting NEW PATIENTS at both of our Ann Arbor locations. The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Ann Arbor will offer a free program on planned giving and estate planning at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor Bennett Optometry, The Eye Care Professionals. on Wednesday, October 5, from 7–9 p.m. Good Vision. Good Health. With economic and tax reforms on the table in Congress that threaten charitable deduc- tions and other changes to the tax code that can effect family financial planning, the Foun- dation is inviting community members to learn about how planned giving and the Jewish Comprehensive Eye Exams Contact Lenses Community Foundation can be used by families interested in fulfilling their charitable goals, Medical Diagnosis & Treatment Corrective Procedures THE EYE CARE PROFESSIONALS protecting their financial security and contributing to the future financial well-being of the Children's Vision Care Low Vision Services Jewish community and its institutions. The Area’s Most Exclusive Frame Selection Foundation Chair Joan Lowenstein will moderate a program featuring Christopher Belcher, vice-president and Wealth Management advisor at Fifth Third Bank, and Daniel O. Brandeis, executive director of the United Jewish Federation Foundation of Pittsburgh. 117 SOUTH MAIN STREET: 734.665.5306 To register for this event, contact Cindy Adams at 677-0100 or [email protected], or sign up online at www.jewishannarbor.org. 2000 GREEN ROAD, STE. 200: 734.930.2373 WWW.BENNETTOPTOMETRY.COM

Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 3 IJewish Book Festival Schedule of Events

Tuesday, November 1, noon one-sided—you can’t list the problems without ensure its future security. In A New Voice for new solutions to old puzzles. Jaimy Gordon, author of Lord of Misrule also tallying the hopes and promises. Drawing Israel, moderate Jeremy Ben-Ami explores Charles Butter is a retired psychologist Lunch and Learn Event. Lunch is $10 in on moving personal experiences and in-depth how the U.S.’s current policies toward Israel and neuroscientist who has written numer- advance or $12 at the door. Author presen- interviews with pi- are largely based on a handful of assump- ous articles on brain, vision and behavior. He tation is free. oneers in the field, tions that do not wrote Crossing Cultural Borders for art lovers, At the rock-bottom end of the sport of Dr. Agronin con- hold up against who would consider looking at art in a dif- kings sits the ruthless and often violent world jures a spellbinding the current reali- ferent way—by looking at the art of different of cheap horse racing, where trainers and look at what aging ties. cultures in terms of their similarities rather jockeys, grooms means today. Jeremy Ben- than through the customary lens of cultural- and hot-walkers, Marc Agronin, Ami is the ly-specific styles and subjects loan sharks and M.D., is a board- founder and 6:30 p.m.: Sponsor Reception honoring touts all struggle certified adult president of J Jewish Book Festival sponsors who donate to take an edge, or and geriatric psy- Street, and advo- $180 and more to the 2011 JCC Book Festi- prove their luck, chiatrist currently cacy group and val. Sponsors will enjoy wine, hors d’oeuvres, or just survive. Dr. Marc Agronin serving as the political action meet the author and attend a book signing Lord of Misrule Medical Director committee that 7:30 p.m.: Dr. Howard Markel will dis- (2010 National for Mental Health and Clinical Research at Jeremy Ben Ami is both pro-Israel cuss his new book, Anatomy of Addiction: Book Award Fi- Miami Jewish Health Systems. A Harvard and pro-peace. During his 25-year career in Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the nalist) follows University graduate, Dr. Agronin received government, politics, and communications, Miracle Drug Cocaine five characters his medical degree from Yale University. Ben-Ami has worked with both President From ac- Jaimy Gordon through a year His articles have appeared in The New York Bill Clinton and Howard Dean. He also claimed medi- and four races at Indian Mound Downs, Times and many other publications. He lives started the Israeli firm Ben-Or Communica- cal historian Dr. downriver from Wheeling, West Virginia. in Cooper City, Florida. tions while living in Israel in the late 1990s. Howard Markel, Jaimy Gordon’s third novel, Bogeywom- He lives in Washington, D.C. author of When an was on the Los Angeles Times list of Best Sunday, November 6, Germs Travel, Books for 2000. Her other writings include 9–11 a.m.: Local Authors Breakfast—Cele- Monday, November 7, 7:30 p.m. the astonishing She Drove Without Stopping, A Nights Work, brating Our Community’s Creativity! Mitchell Bard, author of The Arab Lobby account of the Circumspections from an Equestrian Statue, *Featuring…. —The Invisible Alliance That Undermines years-long co- and the fantasy classic novel Shamp of the Jane Alkon, author of The Remarkable America’s Interests in the Middle East caine use of Sig- City-Solo. She teaches at Western Michigan Mr. Boy This is the first book to challenge the idea mund Freud, a Valerie Scho Carey, author of Harriet that an all-powerful Israeli lobby controls U.S. University in Kalamazoo and in the Prague young, ambitious Dr. Howard Markel Summer Program for Writers. and William and the Terrible Creature Middle East policy neurologist, and Judith Laikin Elkin, author of Walking and demonstrate William Halsted, the equally young, path- Thursday, November 3, 7:30 p.m. Made My Path that a countervail- finding surgeon. Markel writes of the physical COMMUNITY READS- Purchase the Shelly Kovacs and David Schoem, au- ing Arab lobby ex- and emotional damage caused by the then- book in advance at the JCC, and have a sit- thors of College Knowledge for the ists and is actually heralded wonder drug, and how each man ul- down with the author at the event. Student Athlete more powerful. timately changed the world in spite of it—or Lee Kravitz, author of Unfinished Rabbi Robert Levy, author of The Jewish Documenting 70 because of it. One became the father of psy- Business—One Man’s Extraordinary Year Pedaler years of complicity choanalysis; the other, of modern surgery. of Trying to Do the Right Things Doug Moffat, author of In God’s Shadow at the highest lev- Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D. is the This is the inspirational book about re- Martin Stolzenberg, author of Through els of government George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor discovering the best parts of ourselves. After Brooklyn Eyes and corporate of the History of Medicine and director of *As of press time America, The losing his job, Lee Kravitz—a man who had Mitchell Bard the Center for the History of Medicine at the always worked too hard and too much— Noon: Rachel DeWoskin, author of Arab Lobby chal- University of Michigan. He also holds pro- took stock of his Big Girl Small lenges us to shake off long-standing, toxic fessorial appointments in psychiatry, public life and decided Judy Lohden is your above-average 16-year- alliances and cement ties with countries that health, history and pediatrics. Dr. Markel to spend an en- old, full of big dreams for a big future. With share our values and interests. is the author, co-author, or co-editor of ten tire year making a singing voice Mitchell Bard, Ph.D., is one of the lead- books. His newest book, An Anatomy of Ad- amends and re- that can shake an ing authorities on U.S.-Middle East policy. diction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and connecting with auditorium, she He is the executive director of the American- the Miracle Drug Cocaine was published to the people and should be the star Israeli Cooperative Enterprise and director great critical acclaim and was both a New parts of himself of Darcy Academy. of the Jewish Virtual Library, the world’s York Times Best Seller and a New York Times he had neglected. So why is she hid- most comprehensive online encyclopedia of Book Review “Editor’s Choice.” Kravitz travels ing out in a seedy Jewish history and culture. He has written or across the globe motel room? The edited more than 20 books. Wednesday, November 9 Lee Kravitz and along the fact that the na- Kristallnacht Commemoration Day way learns that tional media is Tuesday, November 8 4:30–8 p.m.: Workshop the things we let slip are exactly what have on her trail after Noon: Charles Butter, author of Cross- Geared toward educators and youth ing Cultural Borders: Universals in Art and the power to transform, enrich, enlarge, and Rachel DeWoskin a controversy that group leaders complete us. might bring down their Biological Roots Teaching with Defiance—Jewish Kravitz grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and the whole school could have something to do Lunch and Learn Event. Lunch is $10 in Resistance and the Bielski Partisans attended Yale and Columbia universities. An with it. And that scandal has something—but advance or $12 at the door. Author presen- A hands-on educator institute on teaching award-winning journalist, he most recently not everything—to do with the fact that Judy is tation is free. with the film, taught by the Jewish Partisans was editor-in-chief of Parade magazine. He is three feet nine inches tall. Crossing Cultural Borders: Universals I Educational Foundation. Free for educators. currently the board president of Youth Com- Rachel DeWoskin’s first book, the memoir Art and Their Biological Roots is a book writ- Vegetarian dinner included. munication, and lives in New York City and Foreign Babes in Beijing, is being developed ten for art lov- In conjunction with the photo exhibit Clinton Corners, New York, with his wife as an HBO series. Her debut novel Repeat Af- ers. It describes “Pictures of Resistance,” showing at the and three children. ter Me, won a Foreword Magazine Book of the how artists from University of Michigan Graduate Library. Year award. DeWoskin is currently working prehistoric to Each participant will receive: Defiance Friday, November 4, 4:30 p.m. on an article about Chinese twitter for Van- modern times DVD with Eexcerpts, Defiance/ Bielski Parti- Welcome the Sabbath with gourmet ity Fair, a screenplay about concubines, and have exploited sans Curriculum, DVD of ten short films on challah and wine at this pre-Shabbat event a new novel, Statutory. brain systems the Jewish partisans. Produced by the Jewish Dr. Marc Agronin, author of How We 7:30 p.m.: Jeremy Ben Ami, author of A that evolved for Partisan Educational Foundation. Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of New Voice for Israel-Fighting for the Sur- survival to create This workshop is made possible by Robin Growing Old vival of the Jewish Nation art that viewers and Alan Bell. Partner organizations include Dr. Marc Agronin writes luminously and As the likelihood of a two-state solution in around the world the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann admire today. unforgettably of life as he sees it as a physician. Israel and Palestine recedes, many Americans Charles Butter Arbor, Ann Arbor Public Schools, University His beat is a nursing home in Miami that some are growing frustrated with the hard-line un- This neuroesthet- of Michigan Judaic Studies Program and Uni- would dismiss as “God’s waiting room.” As questioning stance of traditional Israel ad- ic approach to art offers new insights into versity of Michigan School of Education. Agronin learned, the true scales of aging aren’t vocates, yet remain pro-Israel and want to several universal aspects of art and suggests

4 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 7:30 p.m.: She writes both fiction and social history, Film showing of and has published numerous book reviews. The Forgotten Ellen attended Bryn Mawr College and after Refugees further graduate studies at Columbia Uni- Tickets are $10 versity, she worked for a New York publish- The Forgotten ing house. She lives in New York City. Refugees explores the history, cul- Friday, November 11 ture, and forced Noon: Mira Bartók, author of exodus of Mid- The Memory Palace dle Eastern and Lunch and Learn Event. Lunch is $10 in North African Jewish communities in the advance or $12 at the door. Author presen- second half of the 20th century. Using ex- tation is free. tensive testimony of refugees from Egypt, “People have abandoned their loved ones Yemen, Libya, Iraq, and Morocco, the film for much less recounts the stories of joy and suffering that than you’ve been nearly one million individuals have carried through,” Mira with them for so long. The film weaves per- Bartók is told at sonal stories with dramatic archival footage her mother’s me- to tell the story of how and why the Jewish morial service. It population in the Middle East and North is a poignant ob- Africa declined from one million in 1945 to servation about several thousand today. the relationship between Mira, Thursday, November 19 her sister, and Noon: George Bornstein, author of The Mira Bartók their schizo- Colors of Zion- Blacks, Jews and Irish from phrenic mother. 1845–1945 The Memory Palace is a breathtaking liter- Lunch and Learn Event. Lunch is $10 in ary memoir about the complex meaning of advance or $12 at the door. Author presen- love, truth, and the capacity for forgiveness tation is free. among family, and explores the connections A major re-evaluation of relationships between mother and daughter that cannot among Blacks, be broken . Jews, and Irish in Mira Bartók is author of 28 books for chil- the years between dren. Her writing has appeared in several lit- the Irish Fam- erary journals and anthologies and has been ine and the end noted in The Best American Essays series. She of World War II, lives in Massachusetts where she runs Mira’s The Colors of Zion List, a blog that helps artists find funding and argues that the residencies all over the world. The Memory cooperative ef- Palace is Bartók’s first book for adults. forts and sympa- thies among these Sunday, November 13 George Bornstein three groups was 9–10:30 a.m.: Children’s Program— much greater than often acknowledged. For Curious George Comes to the Jewish Book the Black, Jewish, and Irish writers, poets, Festival musicians, and politicians at the center of this COST: $5 Enjoy a pancake breakfast with transatlantic study, a sense of shared wrongs special guest, Curious George inspired repeated outpourings of sympathy. Guest readers will read from the Amazing George Bornstein is a C. A. Patrides Pro- Adventures of Curious George. fessor of Literature Emeritus at the Univer- For more than 70 years, generations of sity of Michigan. Bornstein joined U-M as young children have been charmed by the associate professor in 1970, and is one of the literary adventures of Curious George. Curi- most distinguished scholars of Modernism in ous George is the protagonist of a series of his generation. He is the author of six critical popular children’s books by the same name, books on 19th and 20th century literature. written by Hans Augusto Rey and Margret 7:30 p.m.: Ellen Feldman, author of Rey. The books feature a curious monkey Next to Love named George, who is brought from his Next to Love follows the lives of three home in Africa by “The Man with The Yel- young women and their men during the years low Hat” to live with him in a big city. of World War II 11 a.m.–6:30 p.m.: Global Day of Jewish and its aftermath, Learning beginning with 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Ilana Blumberg, the men going off Being Human: Animals and People in Gen- to war and end- esis in the JCC’s Newman Lounge. ing a generation 12:30-1 p.m.: Kosher Lunch later, when their catered by Monica and Emil children are on Boch. Reservations required. the cusp of their $10 in advance; $12 at door for lunch; at own adulthood. the JCC. The novel follows 1–2:30 p.m.: Richard Primus It’s Not three childhood Your Money: Tzedakah and Taxation in the Ellen Feldman friends, whose JCC’s Newman Lounge. lives are unmoored when their men are called 3:30-5 p.m.: Michael Weiss, Judaism on to duty. Yet the changes that are thrust upon the Fringe: The Samaritans at the Michigan them move them in directions they never League, University of Michigan. dreamed possible . 5–6:30 p.m.: Seth Winberg and Aliza Ellen Feldman, a 2009 Guggenheim fel- Storchan, All in the Family: Lot and his low, is the author of Next to Love, Scottsboro, Daughters at the Michigan League, Uni- The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank, and Lucy. versity of Michigan. n

Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 5 133rd ums season 11/12

The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer Goran Bregovic & John Malkovich & His Wedding and Funeral Orchestra Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra Saturday \ October 15 \ 8 pm Sophie Klussmann and Hill Auditorium Claire Meghnagi sopranos “It was party time…a Balkan free-for-all, and the jam-packed Martin Haselböck conductor auditorium went wild.” (The Jerusalem Post) Saturday \ October 1 \ 8 pm Media Partner Michigan Radio 91.7 FM Hill Auditorium Water Stains on the Wall John Malkovich makes his UMS debut portraying a dead serial killer who returns to the stage to present his autobiography in a public Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan reading. As part of a theatrical opera of sorts, Malkovich, a 40-piece Lin Hwai-min artistic director chamber orchestra, and two sopranos tell the real-life story of Jack Friday & Saturday \ October 21 & 22 \ 8 pm Unterweger, a convicted murderer and acclaimed prison poet. Power Center

Sponsored by Jane and Edward Schulak. The virtuosity of the dancers from the Taiwanese company Cloud gate has caused critics to rave that they “possess Media Partners WGTE 91.3 FM, a control and articulation that verge on the superhuman.” Between the Lines, Metro Times, and Ann Arbor’s 107one. (Chicago Sun-Times) Sponsored by Center for Chinese Studies at the Yuja Wang piano University of Michigan. Sunday \ October 9 \ 4 pm Supported by Rani Kotha and Dr. Howard Hu. Hill Auditorium Media Partners Between the Lines and Metro Times. ProgrAM Schola Cantorum de Venezuela Scriabin 24 Preludes, op. 11 María Guinand conductor rachmaninoff Études-tableaux op. 39 No. 6 Thursday \ October 27 \ 7:30 pm rachmaninoff Études-tableaux op. 39 No. 4 St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church rachmaninoff Études-tableaux op. 39 No.5 Schola Cantorum de Venezuela is one of the most important rachmaninoff Elegie, op. 3 No. 1 choral societies from the growing choral movement in Debussy “La soirée dans grenade” Venezuela. Their Ann Arbor debut program, Water and Fiesta, from Estampes features songs by composers from Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Albéniz “Triana” from Iberia (Book II) Peru, Colombia, Uruguay, Cuba, Mexico, and the US. ravel “Alborada del gracioso” from Miroirs Media Partner WRCJ 90.9 FM. Beethoven Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, “Quasi una fantasia”, op. 27, No. 1 Samuel Beckett’s Endgame and Watt Scriabin Sonata No. 5, op. 53, “Poem of Ecstasy” Gate Theatre of Dublin Supported Donald Morelock. Michael Cogan director Media Partner WGTE 91.3 FM. Featuring Barry McGovern and Rosaleen Linehan Thursday \ October 27 \ 7:30 pm National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors Friday & Saturday \ October 28 & 29 \ 8 pm By Richard Bean Power Center Directed by Nicholas Hytner “Quite simply outstanding...I got an almost delirious joy from Sunday \ October 9 \ 7 pm hearing, and seeing, an hour-long distillation of Beckett’s novel, Michigan Theater Watt.” (Guardian) Individual performances are sponsored by the Herbert S. and State Symphony Capella of Russia Carol L. Amster Fund and the Charles H. Gershenson Valery Polyansky conductor Charitable Trust, Maurice Binkow, Trustee. Thursday \ October 13 \ 7:30 pm Funded in part by the Wallace Endowment Fund. St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Media Partners Between the Lines, Michigan Radio 91.7 FM, and Ann Arbor’s 107one. Program will include russian choral works of Bortniansky, Tchaikovsky, rachmaninoff, Taneyev, and Schnittke, as well as works National Theatre Live: The Kitchen of Manuel de Falla, Anton Bruckner, and russian folk songs. By Arnold Wesker Directed by Bijan Sheibani Sunday \ October 30 \ 4 pm Michigan Theater

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SPICE* of Life Hebrew Free Loan—a source of *Social, Physical, Intellectual, Cultural, and Educational Programs for Adults stability in Southeast Michigan Tuesdays Special events Kelli Dade Haines, special to the WJN 11 a.m.: Energy Exercise© with Maria Far- Thursday, October 6 hroughout Southeast Michigan, Many where they need to be and move forward. They quhar. $4 per session, or 3 sessions for $10 12:30 p.m.: Birthday celebration for all have become accustomed to the hard also know that when they come to us, they can Noon: Dairy Lunch Buffet. $3 per person with October birthdays. Bring your fam- T facts of the economic struggles their talk to people who offer a sympathetic ear and family, friends and neighbors have faced. Many an understanding voice. They know it because 1 p.m.: Games and Activities. Join in for ily and friends for lunch and birthday cake. people who never thought they would have fi- we have earned that reputation in the commu- a variety of games and activities including 1 p.m.: Rabbi Robert Levy, rabbi at Temple nancial issues are now nity, and they know mahjong, quilting for the patients of Mott Beth Emeth, will speak about his recent sab- batical trip. worried and hurting. they will be treated Hospital, art projects, and other card games. Retirement funds, col- with the respect and 1p.m.: Wii sports including bowling, tennis, Thursday, October 13 lege accounts and sav- dignity they deserve.” golf and baseball. No sports or computer JCC is closed in celebration of Sukkot ings are being used for “The reasons peo- experience necessary. Wednesday, October 19 other purposes, life ple approach Hebrew 1 p.m.: Afternoon Delights concert co- costs are increasing, Free Loan for help are Thursdays sponsored by the Ann Arbor Symphony and banks aren’t lend- so varied,” said HFL 10 a.m.: Energy Exercise© with Maria Far- Orchestra. Featuring Ann Arbor Orchestra ing. What can one say Executive Director quhar. $4 per session, or 3 sessions for $10 conductor and musical director Arie Lipsky when things are going Mary Keane, “Not ev- so poorly for so many? 11 a.m.: Current Events with Heather and musical colleagues. Door opens at 12:50 ery loan comes from One thing is that Hebrew Free Loan is here, and people in crisis. Families will come to us to help Dombey. A discussion of this week’s news. p.m. Refreshments served at 1 p.m. Concert has been for 116 years. send their children to summer camp and col- Bring items of interest for group discussion. begins at 1:30 p.m. Tickets $8 at the door or The Detroit area’s longest-serving local lege-bound students come asking for education Noon: Dairy Lunch Buffet. $3 per person from the Ann Arbor Symphony. service agency began in 1895, when Jewish loans. HFL also has an innovative small business 1 p.m.: Thursday Special Events and Pre- Thursday, October 20 merchants pooled whatever money they could program, hfl.bis, which nurtures and supports sentations (see next column for details) JCC is closed in celebration of contribute, and created a fund from which any local Jewish businesses, helping new ideas take 2:15 p.m.: Sidney Warschausky Literary Simchat Torah member of the community could borrow and flight, or existing companies expand or improve Group facilitated by group members. Call Thursday, October 27 repay without interest. Repaying into the pool their offerings.” Merrill Poliner, 971-0990, for more infor- 12:30 p.m.: A registered nurse from Care was a matter of honor, so the next person could Two local businesses HFL recently assisted, mation and the title of the current book. Response will take and record blood pres- benefit. Since those days, using that same model JACK Detroit magazine, and The Robot Garage, and heartfelt sense of community, Hebrew have generated a great deal of excitement and sures and address any questions. Free. Free Loan has provided interest-free loans to have been enthusiastically welcomed in the Fridays 1 p.m.: University of Michigan Nurs- Jews who have nowhere else to turn. Borrow- community. “We are pleased to look at new ways 1:30 p.m.: Yiddish Reading Group at the ing Students will visit SPICE to present on ers today include professionals who cannot find to keep families and young people in Michigan,” JCC. Call Ray Juni for additional informa- health issues relevant to older adults. tion at 761-2765. work, single parents trying to make stable lives said Keane, “and to help local business generate for their children, elderly women who have lost jobs, and improve our quality of life. I always their nest eggs, the uninsured, the underinsured, have been in awe of what we do. I have come to JFS ElderLink Program seeks volunteers and those dealing with home foreclosure, bank- believe that the reason we remain a viable and Alice Miller, special to the WJN ruptcy or divorce. respected agency is that we remain true to our “We are able to act as a safety net for, and a re- mission and values.” Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County’s community members,” said Deborah Renner, source to, the people in our neighborhoods who As an agency supporting communities ElderLink program connects Jewish residents the volunteer services and community outreach can’t quite make this month’s expenses, or can’t across Michigan, Hebrew Free Loan collabo- living in local care facilities who might other- director at JFS. “Volunteers often walk into these see how they can manage the commitments rates with Jewish Family Services of Washt- wise feel detached from the Jewish community. appointments to smiling faces awaiting them.” they have on a daily basis,” said HFL President enaw County, as well as Jewish Federation of For five years, the JFS ElderLink program Volunteers for the upcoming year are now Rob Schwartz. “People come to us because they Greater Ann Arbor, to connect with individu- has provided training, education and program- being recruited. A volunteer with ElderLink know that, with our help, they will not merely als and families who might benefit from an in- ming to make care facilities friendlier places for pays brief visits to each of the Jewish residents survive, they will be given a real opportunity to terest-free loan. To directly access the services their Jewish residents. A number of home care at local facilities and is required to visit an as- thrive. They come to us because unplanned per- Hebrew Free Loan can provide, or to donate agencies and residential facilities as well as Ar- signed Jewish resident at least once a month, sonal crises and events put them in a place they or ask questions about HFL loan programs, bor Hospice all currently participate in the El- with a Jewish-styled treat, a copy of the Jewish did not anticipate and did not prepare for, but go to www.hfldetroit.org, e-mail info@hflde- derLink program. newspaper and an interest in spending time they know that if they could only bridge the cur- troit.org, or call (248) 723-8184. n Volunteers working with ElderLink are the with the resident. rent period of their lives, they could get back to face of the program to residents that look for- If you are interested in volunteering with ward to the monthly one-on-one visits. “This is ElderLink Resettlement Program, call JFS at a rewarding way to connect with isolated Jewish 769-0209. Interfaith Council hosts CROP Hunger Walk JFS’ history of providing resettlement aid Aissa Laouan Wandarama, special to the WJN Alice Miller, special to the WJN unday, October 2, the Interfaith cent of the funds raised go to support worldwide Council for Peace & Justice will host relief and development efforts by Church World The Jewish value of “hachnasat orchim,” welcom- of Soviet Jews coming to Michigan. In the 1980s, the CROP Hunger Walk, a unique in- Service; sponsors may also choose other religious ing the visitor, is visible everyday at the Jewish Fam- the Ann Arbor community officially became affili- S terfaith event that unites or development agencies. ily Services of Washtenaw County as refugees from ated with HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) The other 25 percent directly all over the world walk in the agency’s doors. and continues to provide resettlement services to people of all walks of life to end hunger one step supports local groups con- As the only entity in Washtenaw County that is a wide variety of people from around the world. fronting hunger. The CROP Many refugees in the 1980s came from the war in at a time. Local congre- authorized to do refugee resettlement by the U.S. Hunger Walk will fund the State Department, JFS has helped thousands of the former Yugoslavia. Today, the majority of the gations, organizations, following local organiza- people become self-sufficient in their new life. refugees at JFS are resettling due to the war in Iraq. school and community tions this year: L.O.V.E. thy “We are honored to be the ‘welcome commit- Regardless of a refugee’s home country or re- groups, individuals, and Neighbor (FUMC), SOS tee,’ representing both the American community ligious affiliation, JFS uses the Jewish experience families are all welcome Community Crisis Center, as well as the Jewish community,” said Mira Suss- and history as a touchstone, keeping the agency to participate in walking Avalon Housing, Interfaith man, Resettlement Program Director for JFS. focused on the critical nature of this service. 1 mile or 5 miles to raise Hospitality Network, Peace No task is too big or too small in the resettle- “Jews have a history of being ‘the stranger,’ and funds for local and global hunger prevention Neighborhood Center, Aid in Milan, Catholic So- ment process, as JFS helps refugees with everything have a cultural experience of being outsiders and and relief. Registration will begin at 1 p.m. cial Services, Packard Health, Community Action from learning English and finding employment to newcomers wherever they have lived,” said Anya at Bethlehem United Church of Christ (423 Network, St. Andrew’s Breakfast Program, Hope setting up bank accounts and obtaining furniture. Abramzon, executive director of JFS. “We have an South 4th Avenue), with the walk starting “Part of JFS’ philosophy is to help newcom- acute understanding of not being welcomed in so- Clinic, Emmanuel House, Muslim Social Services, at 2 p.m. A post-walk meal will be served at Growing Hope, and Northfield Human Services. ers,” Sussman said. “This is where the agency ciety and are glad we can use those experiences to Bethlehem United Church of Christ for all started and it has been JFS’ commitment to the make our community a welcoming place.” For more information, contact Grace Helms walkers and volunteers. Kotre, CROP Walk Coordinator, Interfaith Council public for decades.” Anyone interested in volunteering with or do- Last year, CROP walkers in the Washtenaw/ The visitors seeking aid have changed since a nating to the Resettlement Program should con- for Peace and Justice, at [email protected] or 663-1870. Ann Arbor Walk raised over $58,000 and an ad- Walkers can also register now at www.icpj.net. n group of local volunteers helped the large influx tact Mira Sussman at [email protected]. ditional $1900 in local grants. Seventy-five per- Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 7 IHigh Holidays

Go eat with joy Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, special to the WJN he Shulchan Aruch, the code of law with more depth and fervor and spiritual ex- a full lavish meal? So how do we reconcile the lives. On Yom Kippur we are emphasizing of the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur citement than on any other day of the year. two opposing elements of Yom Kippur—the the spiritual over the physical by withhold- T Zalman of Liadi, states, “A heavenly On the other hand, we see a strong empha- most intense spiritual time of the year with ing our usual nourishment. This is a form of voice goes out after Yom Kippur and says to sis on the physical body. First and foremost, the simultaneous emphasis on an extremely training for the body to recognize the holi- everyone “Go eat with joy.” This is what one is what is the main aspect, the main mitzvah of physical deprivation? ness of Torah and Mitzvot. Then the physical supposed to do at the end of Yom Kippur.” Yom Kippur? It’s fasting. Fasting is an activ- The answer to this question is that the body becomes elevated spiritually. Once we When we look into the essence of Yom ity that is very focused on the physical. True, true meaning of holiness to a Jew is not be- train the body to have this appreciation of Kippur we find two apparently contradic- it’s not eating or drinking, but it makes us coming holy by separating oneself from the high, pure spirituality during the 25 hours tory principles. constantly and uncomfortably aware of our physicality of the world but rather by mak- of fasting on Yom Kippur we then turn it On the one hand Yom Kippur is called a physical nature. ing physical activities holy through Torah around and transfer the spirituality of the unique day of holiness that only occurs once Furthermore, if a person intends to pray Mitzvot. When a Jew lives in accordance with holy day into the physicality of a meal thus per year, the Torah says that Yom Kippur is with a great deal of meaning on Yom Kippur, Torah Mitzvot, all of the physical activities elevating the apparently mundane act of eat- “Shabbat Shabbaton”—the Sabbath of all it will require extra energy. This will make it of living such as eating and drinking etc., ing into an elevated spiritual activity. Sabbaths. Just as Shabbat is the holiest day more difficult to fast. So which is more im- become sanctified, uplifted and holy rather This should be a lesson for us through- of the week, Yom Kippur is the holiest day of portant, fasting or having the energy to pray than merely mundane and purely physical. out the year, not only on Yom Kippur, that the year—above all Sabbaths and holidays. with fervor? According to Jewish law, the For example, saying a bracha (blessing) we should elevate our physical activities When Yom Kippur occurs on Shabbat (as it primary obligation is for the fasting. So one before and after eating turns an otherwise into spiritual activities by aligning our ac- does this year) we fast even though on any should pace themselves in their physical ac- mundane physical act into a holy act. There tions with the will of Hashem through Torah other Shabbat we would defer a fast to an- tivities, such as praying, so that they will have are numerous daily examples of sanctifying Mitzvot. As the Alter Rebbe says, “Hashem other day. the energy to fast for the whole day. physical acts if one follows the Torah way of gives the physical to the Jew and the Jew takes We also see that the service in the temple How is it that the highly physical activity living. So this is how a Jew becomes holy – the physical and makes it spiritual.” and the prayer service we pray on this high- of not eating or drinking takes priority over by elevating the physical world rather than So this is the lesson we learn from Yom est holy day is also considered to be on the praying fervently on this day when we have rejecting it. Kippur. I want to wish everyone a mean- highest spiritual level of the year. On the day access to powerful spiritual energy? This is the lesson of Yom Kippur—to ingful fast and may we all be inscribed and of Yom Kippur the inner essence of the soul Also, why is it that at the end of the 25 connect the physical world with Godliness sealed in the book of life for a good year. n of every Jew is awakened and the Maimo- hours of fasting and praying, when we are at through fasting. Normally eating and drink- nides says that each one of us does teshuva the highest level of spirituality, are we com- ing is nourishment we need to give our bod- (repentance) on Yom Kippur. Everyone prays manded by law to joyfully break the fast with ies in order to have the energy to conduct our Taking seven steps to “Sukkot happiness” By Dasee Berkowitz NEW YORK (JTA)—But are you happy? Ecclesiastes offers us perspective and man- and reading a good book, I find this kind of from them that inspires you and turn it No, this isn’t your mother wanting another ages our expectations. To the question “Am I activity relaxing—but I’m not sure it leads to into a piece that can decorate your sukkah, update on your life. It’s not Dr. Phil’s provoc- rich enough?” Ecclesiastes answers, “A lover of deep happiness. A sense of joy surfaces when I or share it aloud at your next meal. ative question through your TV/computer money never has his fill of money, nor a lover reflect on ways that my life is in service to oth- • Invite a guest to your table. In the spirit of re- screen as you sit (safely) on your couch. And of wealth his fill of income, that too is futile. ers, whether it is by nursing my child, teaching pairing relationships—something we focus it isn’t someone reading you the Declaration As his substance increases, so do on greatly during Rosh Hashanah and Yom of Independence wondering if you have really those who consume it. This also Kippur—make time to share a meal togeth- pursued this inalienable right enough. is vanity.” er with a friend you haven’t seen in awhile It’s the holiday of Sukkot speaking. To the question “Am I smart/ or from whom you have grown distant. The rabbis nicknamed the harvest festival wise enough?” it comments, • Enjoy the harvest. Wave the lulav and etrog “Zman Simchateinu,” the “time of our hap- “Much study is a weariness of (especially fun to do with kids!), symbols piness.” How, exactly, does a holiday that in- the flesh.” And to the issue “Am of the fall harvest. Learn about what pro- vites us to eat all of our meals in a small hut I popular enough?” Ecclesiastes duce is harvested in your area and even al fresco—often in the chilly, windy days of responds, “A good name is better go to a farm stand or a farm. Speak to the late fall—have to do with being happy? than precious oil.” farmers and ask them about when they are “Sukkot happy” is a bit different from the The book of Ecclesiastes is the most “happy” in the work they do. kind of happy that our post-modern culture keenly aware that death will come • Read the book of Ecclesiastes. Pick one or espouses. A quick search on Amazon.com in the end for all mortals, so it two phrases that strike you and consider reveals scores of books that aim to help read- trumpets robust relationships, how they might relate to your own life. ers embody this elusive ideal. The Buddhist saying that “Enjoy happiness with • Learn about homelessness in your commu- variety extols striving for inner peace. Posi- a woman you love all the fleeting nity. While a sukkah is a makeshift dwell- tive psychologists understand attaining hap- days of life that have been granted Gray Ayer and Jason Scholz building a Sukkah ing place that will last seven days for us, piness as a key component to mental health. to you under the sun…. For that there are others in our community, with- And happiness in the self-help movement alone is what you can get out of life.” others, or volunteering my time and skills to out homes, who live outdoors in makeshift embraces happiness “plans” like “Seven Steps Ecclesiastes ends by offering an even great- an organization in the community. dwellings year round. to Being Happy.” er perspective. What’s most important is to For this Sukkot, consider what makes you • Help others. Think about a way that you The happiness that Sukkot encourages “Fear God, and keep his commandments: for happy. Try out this plan: Seven Steps to True can serve one person inside your intimate can be found when one peruses the pages of a this is the whole duty of man.” Happiness: Sukkot Style. circle and one person outside of it, includ- book buried deep within the Amazon website. While all pursuits under the sun might be • Build a sukkah. Even if you don’t have a ing a stranger. It is Ecclesiastes, which we read during Suk- short-lived, the one thing that is enduring, backyard or garden, ask about the roof of The holiday of Sukkot falls immediately kot. The festival falls this year on the evening according to Ecclesiastes, is that which exists your building. Or find someone who has after the long process of introspection we of October 12. above the sun. The book speaks about culti- one and have a meal there. Does the food engage in during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Ecclesiastes wouldn’t strike you as a get- vating a relationship with God, but more gen- taste any different to you outside? How Kippur. We move from the conceptual world happy-quick piece of literature. It is pessi- erally it is the cultivation of relationships that does eating in a temporary structure make of fasting and prayer to the practical one of mistic and cynical—just count the number of lie beyond the self, which endures and leads you appreciate the permanence of your harvested fruits and sukkah building. We have times the word “vanity” is used. Nor is it the to happiness. home? What other new perspectives do time to think about how to live a life of ser- most popular book in the Bible. In fact, the According to Ecclesiastes, being in service you gain? vice—to God, Torah, friends, family and our Talmud relates that the rabbis wanted to hide to God—and interpreted more broadly, being • Invite wisdom into your sukkah. In the spirit communities). the work in part because of how some state- of service to others—might be a key to what of “ushpizin,” inviting guests into your suk- If there is a “season set for everything, a ments contradict the Torah itself. leads us to joy. kah, invite the wisdom of friends and rela- time for every experience under heaven,” then It does, however, contain deep wisdom I think to myself, when am I really happy? tives (living or dead) who cannot join you let this season be one of genuine rejoicing. n about what gets in the way of true happiness. While I do love kicking back on the beach this Sukkot. Write down a saying or phrase

8 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 ICongregations

Thoughts on the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001 Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, special to the WJN t doesn’t seem like it could possibly have tradition that a body should not be left alone been 10 years; but as we gathered this before burial. Yes, there might have been other Eileh Ezkarah: “These we remember”… seeking to save those who were Ipast month to observe the tenth anni- things that would have been more “helpful” Eileh Ezkerah: We remember the inno- trapped, heal those who were versary of the terrorist attacks of Septem- from a pragmatic standpoint at that moment, cent men, women and children wounded, give comfort to those ber 2001, the passage of time was on all of but the simple kindness of that act has stayed who were killed in acts of horren- in distress. our minds. But, more importantly, we held in my mind as an example of the reality that dous violence. We will remember them by in our minds the horrible memories of that we all can respond to tragic situations in so We will remember them by em- pledging to learn from their cour- tragic day and hopefully, as well, the lessons many different ways and that each of these re- bracing the teachings of our tradi- age and emulate it in our daily we learned from the terrible attacks. sponses can be so deeply meaningful. tion which call on us to choose life lives and in those circumstances Surely we learned lessons about the im- Later during the fall of 2001, I wrote an and value life at all times. in which we can come to the aid portance of being vigilant and about the article for the Washtenaw Jewish News en- Eileh Ezkerah: We remember those who of others. seriousness of the threat that terrorism pres- titled, “Where was God on September 11?.” died at the hands of evil doers who Eileh Ezkerah: We remember those who ents to our nation and our world. But we I wrote about a caring God who cries at the chose death instead of life, chose died in efforts taken by our nation also learned other lessons as well. We learned death of innocent people and mourns for violence instead of compassion, to end the scourge of terrorism. lessons about courage, shown by the acts of the lost potential of holiness in this world. I chose hatred instead of tolerance. We will remember them by those who sought to save lives in the midst wrote about a God who teaches us to not give We will remember them by honoring our nation’s commit- of chaos. We learned lessons about bravery up hope but to continue to have faith and act honoring those throughout our ment to justice for all and respect- as we honor our men and women who have for a better world. And I wrote about a God community and throughout the ing and honoring those who have acted so bravely in attempts to prevent fu- whose presence is reflected in the face of all world who act with compassion made and will make sacrifices for ture acts of terror. of those who work to improve this world and and tolerance. the protection of our nation. And we have learned about the value our who dedicate themselves to fighting evil and Eileh Ezkerah: We remember those who Eileh Ezkerah: We remember all of those Jewish tradition provides for us in respond- restoring good to this world. left behind husbands and wives, whose lives have been touched by ing to such acts of inhumanity. Of all the sto- I still believe in that God and believe partners and friends, parents and the pain of these horrible attacks. ries I read about the attacks, one story that deeply that we will, one day, in partnership children, brothers and sisters. May we honor their memory moved me most deeply—and continues to with God, perfect this world. We will remember them by by dedicating ourselves to build- move me 10 years later—is the story of Jewish On the night of September 11, I shared always treasuring and protecting ing a better world for all. students in New York who, on the day of the this prayer with our congregation in mem- the relationships we have built in May the memory of those who died in attacks and for days afterwards, got as close ory of the victims of 9/11. I wrote it in the this world. 9/11 and all of those who have to Ground Zero as they could in order to say style of Eileh Ezkarah, the memorial prayer Eileh Ezkerah: We remember those who given their lives to improve this psalms for those whose bodies were buried said for the martyrs of our tradition each died in selfless acts of courage, world be for a blessing. beneath the rubble in response to the Jewish Yom Kippur. n

October activities at Beth Israel Congregation Elliot Sorkin, special to the WJN Lunch & Learn Series highlight the issues being discussed. Rabbi teacher for this class, and students will also and prayers. This program will be run this Wednesday, October 5 and Robert Dobrusin and Rabbi Kim Blumenthal get to know youth librarian Stacey Tessler month by Jessica Kander and also includes the October 26, Noon–1:15 p.m. will facilitate the text study and there will be and other school staff. There is a fee of $150 mysterious “Shabbat Box,” Torah processions On selected Wednesdays Rabbi Dobrusin ample opportunity for discussion of the texts for the entire year. For a registration form, with stuffed Torah toys, and a kiddush for tots. will lead informal discussions on various top- and the video presentations. contact Cindy 769-2041, school@bethisrael- Preschool-sized tables are set up for the regular ics. Participants are asked to bring a dairy lunch The cost for the 12-session program is aa.org for more information. kiddush so that families may easily attend with and Beth Israel will provide drinks and dessert. $75 for Beth Israel members, $100 for non- their children following Tot Shabbat. There is The group meets at the Garfunkel Schteingart members. All are welcome and subsidies Friday Night Lights and Gan/Alef no charge for this monthly program. Activities Center, 2010 Washtenaw Avenue. are available. Contact Rabbi Dobrusin at Torah Consecration [email protected] or 665 9897 for October 21, 6 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Free tickets for Yom Kippur Engaging Israelî series more information. Service; 7 p.m. dinner Individuals and families who have moved Tuesdays, starting October 18, 8 p.m. This is a family friendly Kabbalat Shabbat to Washtenaw County since last Yom Kippur Beth Israel Congregation invites commu- Israeli Awakening: a discussion /update service, including a Consecration of kindergar- may request free Yom Kippur tickets as Beth nity members to join together for a unique Sunday, October 16, 7:45 p.m. ten and first grade Beth Israel Religious School Israel’s way of welcoming them into the lo- opportunity for study and discussion offered This event centers on the social justice as well as Hebrew Day School students. The cal Jewish community. Graduate students and in conjunction with the Shalom Hartman demonstrations that have brought hun- cost for dinner is $7 per person, with no charge First and Second Year Residents with I.D.s and Institute of Jerusalem. dreds of thousands of Israelis into the streets for children ages 3 and under. Registration and documentation may also request free individ- The goal of the project, according to the throughout the country since mid-July, de- payment is due by Monday, October 17. This ual tickets. Request forms must be submitted Hartman Institute, is to “respond to growing manding equality, affordable housing and month’s dinner features the popular pasta bar. before the holidays, as no tickets can be pro- feelings of disenchantment and disinterest an end to rising costs. Israelis and Americans vided immediately prior to any service. toward Israel… by creating a new narrative who were in Israel this summer, observing or Congregation sukkah construction People who are age 35 or younger may regarding the significance of Israel for Jewish participating in the demonstrations, will be Tuesday, October 11, 6–9 p.m. become members at a special rate of $300 life. This narrative will serve as a foundation giving eye witness accounts. Sukkot is an es- Volunteers are needed to set up the con- for the whole family for their first year of for a new covenant between Israel and world pecially appropriate time to discuss the right gregation Sukkah, believed by the congrega- membership (plus USCJ dues assessment of Jewry, elevating the existing discourse from to affordable housing tion to be the largest temporary sukkah in $34.75). Graduate students and first and sec- one with a crisis-based focus to one rooted Michigan. This event, similar to a “barn rais- ond year medical students may also become in Jewish values and ideas.” Gan Katan (Little Kindergarten) ing” includes a light dinner, and is under the members in a voluntary dues opportunity. The program will feature video presenta- Sunday October 16, first session, direction of Alan Lampear, who designed the tions by the director of the Hartman Institute, 10–11:45 a.m. sukkah. Participants are asked to bring their Regular Yom Kippur tickets Rabbi Donniel Hartman, and discussions with This is a new once-a-month preschool electric tools. Men, women, and older teens Tickets for Yom Kippur are provided free world renowned scholars on Jewish thought, program for 3 and 4 year old children and are welcome. The Congregation Sukkah will of charge to all members of Beth Israel. Non- political theory and international law. They a parent. Gan Katan (“little kindergarten”) be deconstructed on Sunday, October 23. Lox members may purchase tickets . Those inter- will discuss the meaning and significance of will be an experiential program: each day and bagels will be served to all volunteers. ested in further information are asked to call Zionism today and reflect on the importance will feature stories, games, songs, and activi- the synagogue office at 665-9897. ties, all designed to introduce the children Tot Shabbat for Jews throughout the world to be actively Sukkot and Shmini Atzeret services involved with the Jewish state and concerned to the Jewish community, its holidays, tradi- Saturday, October 22, 11:15 a.m. tions, and culture. Peretz Hirshbein, Assis- Tot Shabbat is a Saturday morning pro- Morning Sukkot services will be held on for its future. These video presentations will Thursday, October 13 and Friday, October 14, be used in conjunction with hevruta (small tant Early Childhood Director of the Early gram/service for parents and their children Childhood Center of the JCC, will be the 2–5 years old which includes songs, stories, group) study of traditional Jewish texts that Continued on page 10

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October Activities at BIC, continued from page 9

from 9:30 a.m. to noon. As part of the con- For the seventh year in a row, on Friday, ized by a lot of communal singing, including gregation’s celebration of Sukkot, there will October 21, after the Simchat Torah Shacha- many of the parts traditionally done by the The Ann Arbor be a kiddush luncheon in the sukkah on the rit and Hallel services which start at 8:30 shaliach tzibbur, the service leader. CD’s are first day of Sukkot, and a kiddush in the suk- a.m., there will be a free Pancake Breakfast still available at no charge to those people Reconstructionists’ kah on the second day. The lulav and etrog in the Social Hall from 9:30–10:30 a.m. for who wish to familiarize themselves with the will be used in the ancient ceremony of the congregants and visitors, followed by the music (members and non members). Fully annual retreat lulav and etrog processions, as well as during Hakafot, the Torah processionals, and the transliterated prayer books are also available Mike Ehmann, special to the WJN the Hallel Service on both those days. rest of the service. to borrow, purchase or use at the singing ses- The Ann Arbor Reconstructionist On the following Thursday morning, sion and service. Contact the Beth Israel of- Havurah’s Annual Retreat will take place October 20, there will be a Shmini Atzeret Shira Hadasha singing session fice for further information. Friday, October 21, to Sunday, October morning service at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 2, 8–9 p.m. 23, at the Emrich Retreat Center in the Those interested in learning and/or re- General community is always Brighton Recreaton Area. The retreat Simchat Torah and the International viewing the melodies used in the new Shira welcome to events will feature music and dancing with Shul of Pancakes Hadasha Friday night service (next scheduled All of Beth Israel’s events, educational of- Twas Brillig and the Mazeltovs (Dan On Thursday, October 20, at 6 p.m., for Friday, November 11 at 6 p.m.) are invited ferings, and recreational programs are open Peisach, Drake Meadow and the band) there will be a Congregation Erev Simchat to this informal singing session. The service to the general community. If you would like and an array of activities. Email Mike Torah Dinner with new members invited features the very lively and soulful melodies further information, call 665-9897 or visit Ehmann at [email protected] at no charge. This is followed at 7 p.m. by a of the Shira Hadasha congregation in Jeru- www.bethisrael-aa.org, or Beth Israel’s face- for more information. Simchat Torah Maariv Service with family- salem, most of which were written by Rabbi book page. friendly Torah processionals and snacks. Shlomo Carlebach. The service is character- October events at Temple Beth Emeth Brett Willner, special to the WJN Families with Young Children (FYC): own. RSVP to Brett Willner, bwillner@tem- performing his duties, a Chevreman, who is The social hall will be transformed into plebethemeth.org or 665-4744. a member of the Sacred Funeral Society, is a story-telling bazaar with food provided by Shabbat Service times milking the family for all they’re worth. If the Brotherhood; Rabbi Levy with TBE’s To- Fridays in October with the exception Jewish Hikers of Michigan the shivah reveals anything, it’s that Moishe’s rah scrolls; video clips of TBE members tell- of October 7, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 9, 1–3 p.m. family and friends loved him with all his ing their Torah stories; quilting and material 5:30 p.m. Tot (0–5 years old) Shabbat Ser- Temple Beth Emeth sponsors a hiking flaws and mystery, and most of all his spirit. arts professionals; and much more. vices led by Rabbi Levy and Cantor group for the Jewish Community. The hike Join other movie enthusiasts for this after- Schedule of Events: Annie Rose will leave from Bandemer Park. The hikes last noon movie and discussion. Snacks are pro- 5 p.m. in the Social Hall. Tot Story time 6 p.m. Dinner for Tot Shabbat and Sukkat between 1½–2 hours and are not physically vided and everyone is welcome. and songs with Allison Downey.. Shalom demanding. Participants should not bring 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary. The entire 6:30 p.m. Shira (Song Session) their pets to the walk. For more information TNT BBQ in the Sukkah congregation and community is invited to 6:30 p.m. Sukkat Shalom (6-10 years old) or to be added to Jewish Hikers of Michigan’s Saturday, October 15 , 6–8 p.m. hear Allison Downey tell stories. Shabbat Services lead by Rabbi Delson email list, please contact Eli Avny, 883-9522 Twenties and Thirties at TBE will host an and Cantor Annie Rose or [email protected]. evening in the sukkah. This year there will Men’s Torah Study 7 p.m. Popsicle Oneg be hot dogs, burgers, chips, soda and more at Wednesday, October 26, 7:30–9 p.m. Sukkot picnic and sukkah decorating the Sukkot BBQ. Vegetarian and kosher meat Temple Beth Emeth’s Men’s Torah study Women’s Torah Study Wednesday, October 12, 6–8 p.m. options upon request. The BBQ will be $8, meets twice a month for an evening of learn- Mondays, October 3 and 17, 7–8:30 p.m. TBE welcomes families with young chil- BYOB. RSVP to Brett Willner, bwillner@tem- ing. Refreshments served. For more informa- Cantor Annie Rose leads a Women’s dren from the community to help decorate plebethemeth.org or 665-4744. tion, contact Roger Stutesman, rgstutesman@ Torah Study at Temple Beth Emeth. The the TBE Sukkah. There will be decorat- sbcglobal.net. Women of Reform Judaism Women’s Com- ing activities for children, pizza and salad Simchat Torah service mentary has become a major source of in- bar dinner, lulav and etrog service after the Wednesday, October 19, 5 p.m. Kol Nidre services sight for those studying Torah in depth or decorating of the Sukkah, song singing, and TBE welcomes families with young chil- Friday, October 7 simply reading the weekly parsha, portion. more. Pizza Dinner and Salad Bar is $5 for dren from the community. Rabbi Levy, Rabbi Kol Nidre Erev Yom Kippur Service with This month, the Women’s Torah group will adults and $2 for children. RSVP and prepay Delson, and Cantor Rose will lead TBE’s re- Kol Halev: EMU. 8 p.m. For information study Nitzavim-Vayelech. at http://secure.templebethemeth.org. joicing in finishing reading the Torah with a and ticket purchase, contact the TBE Office grand celebration. The entire Torah scroll- at 665-4744. Spirituality Book Club Rabbi’s Lunch and Learn will be unrolled, the end of Deuteronomy Thursday, October 6, Noon-1 p.m. Fridays, October 14, 21 and 28, and the beginning of Geneses will be read, Yom Kippur Services and Tuesday, October 11, 7:30-9 p.m. Noon–1 p.m. there will be dancing around with the Torah Saturday, October 8 This month’s book club, led by Can- Each week, Rabbi Levy will teach an infor- to the sounds of klezmer. 9–10:15 a.m. Yom Kippur Family Service: tor Rose, will examine The God Update by mal session on food in the Torah. The topics at EMU Rabbi Jamie Korngold. Korngold, a Reform will range from the announcement of Isaac’s Simchat Torah study 11–12:30 p.m. Yom Kippur Traditional rabbi who as “Adventure Rabbi” leads out- birth with food, to Jacob and Esau and the red Wednesday, October 19, 6:15 p.m. Service: at EMU door hikes and retreats designed to recre- stew, to the story of the giant grapes in the Following the Simchat Torah celebra- 2:30–3:30 p.m. Yom Kippur Afternoon To- ate the spiritual connection between nature land of Israel. Feel free to bring your lunch. tions, Rabbi Levy will lead a discussion on rah Study Service: at TBE and Judaism takes her 2008 book, God in the Come every week or when you are available. “The Roll of Torah in Our Lives.” Dinner 3:45–4:15 p.m. Yom Kippur Afternoon Wilderness, a step further. She presents brief will be provided. Service: at TBE. Written and led by updates of the concept of God as advanced Movie Wednesday: My Mexican Shiva Cantor Rose with Kol Halev. by Maimonides, Spinoza, Buber, Heschel, (Morirse Está En Hebreo) Year of Torah Kick-Off Event: “Torah, 4:15–5:30 p.m.Generations After Yom and Kushner before offering her own under- Wednesday, October 19, 1–3 p.m. Storytelling and Community” Kippur Service. Eileh Ezk’ra with Kol standing of God. TBE’s free monthly movie is My Mexican Sunday, October 23, 5–8 p.m. Halev: at TBE Shiva (Morirse Está En Hebreo). The movie TBE’s Year of Torah is beginning with an 5:30–8:30 p.m. Yom Kippur Yizkor Service TNT: Break-the Fast followed by Neilah with Kol Halev: Saturday, October 8, 8-10 p.m. is about how the death of a man results in activity-filled evening. Torah is composed of at TBE TNT is inviting Twenties and Thirties the celebration of his life. With the passing stories of the Jewish people from creation to of Moishe, his family and friends gather in the Promised Land. Everyone’s life is filled to the 2nd Annual Yom Kippur Break-the- For information on all services, contact the Mexico City to sit shivah. Family dysfunc- with stories. Join in for this fun event and ex- Fast at Pizza House (618 Church St.). Stop TBE Office at 665-4744 by Pizza House any time after 8 p.m. and tion between Moishe’s children, his friends plore your stories and the stories of the Jewish order some pizza, pasta, wings, salad or any who are all attending for their own motives, people. Allison Downey, from NPR’s MOTH other way you want to break your day-long his longtime mistress wanting to be part of story hour will tell stories and teach partici- fast. Cost of food and beverages is on your the shivah, and to make matters worse, while pants how to tell one’s own stories.

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Jewish Communal Leadership Program Alice Mishkin, special to the WJN he second year of the Jewish Commu- the wealth of opportunities for both internships nal Leadership Program (JCLP) at the and board fellowships, and excited to engage TUniversity Of Michigan School of Social with the Ann Arbor and Detroit Jewish com- Work is off to an active start. Incoming and re- munities as they work to identify and meet the turning students kicked off this year’s orientation needs of the ever-shifting twenty-first century on Sunday, August 28, with a day-long introduc- Jewish community. tion to each other and to JCLP requirements, This year’s class members come from Cali- goals, and visions. The 13 students came back fornia, New York and across Michigan, and bring together early the next morning in order to host the program’s sec- ond annual welcome breakfast, where they had an opportunity to meet with university faculty and more than 30 members of Ann Arbor’s Jewish com- munity. The students led group conversa- Nurit Weizman, Phyllis Herzig, and Tilly Shames in conversation tions that began with personal histories and moved on to engage major a wealth of experience working both inside and issues facing the American Jewish community. out of the Jewish community, from AmeriCorps Following the breakfast, students spent to American Jewish World Service. They have the morning learning about the many pro- experience running interfaith dialogues, engag- grams run by the Jewish Community Center ing deeply in Jewish texts, working with teens to of Greater Ann Arbor, Jewish Family Services explore a more pluralistic Jewish community, of Washtenaw County and the Jewish Federa- volunteering with trauma victims in Israel, and tion of Greater Ann Arbor. After participating writing for Jewish publications such as Lilith in the broader School of Social Work’s day of and Habitus. The incoming students are eager service and orientation, the JCLPers came back to bring their academic and professional experi- together for a fully packed trip to Metropoli- ences to this new stage of learning and commu- tan Detroit. They had the opportunity to learn nity involvement on the University of Michigan about the close-knit Metro Detroit Jewish com- campus and throughout Southeast Michigan. munity, meeting with the incoming head of The JCLP students are looking forward to Jewish Family Services of Metropolitan Detroit, continuing to play an active role in connecting the receiving a tour of the Jewish Community Cen- local Jewish community and the university. The ter of Metropolitan Detroit and Frankel Jewish School of Social Work sukkah will be making its Academy, lunching with the directors of Jewish reappearance shortly before Sukkot, and the stu- Senior Life, and meeting with numerous com- dents are preparing to share apples, honey, and munal organizations at the Detroit Federation new year reflections with members of the broader building. Students left the week energized by university and Ann Arbor communities. n Community input welcomed for new U-M Hillel cookbook, Shmoozebook Avery Robinson, special to the WJN he Jewish people would not exist to- dition of food and shmoozing, I have hosted fun day if it were not for food. I say this and engaging events that work to build this Jewish Tnot just because of the American deli community. culture, the hamentashen and latke debates, There is a long tradition of community cook- or beyond-medicinal properties of chicken books: synagogues, JCC, Hadassah, and more to soup, but because of our biblical heritage. We raise a few shekels and enhance community. So it are who we are because Abraham welcomed seemed only natural for Michigan Hillel to develop the angels into his tent for a meal, because a cookbook to stimulate our palates and people- Jacob served a lentil stew to Isaac, because hood. I have solicited recipes from students, alum- the Torah has specific prescriptions for holy ni, faculty/staff, community members, and friends barbeque, and so much more. of U-M Hillel. I was fortunate to go grow up in a home where For those who have never cooked before, to Shabbat meant incredible challot, heymishe farfel, those who have never cooked Jewish food, and and 7-layer cake; Passover was brownies for break- those who want to supplement their staples, this fast, plotz-inducing brisket, charoset-making with book is meant to be approachable for people of all my brothers, and chrayn that made you weep from skills and experience. the burdens of slavery and tzuris of our people; If you are interested in submitting a recipe, have and Shavuot was cheesecake. In large thanks to a question, or are otherwise interested in this proj- my family’s culinary magic, I embraced Judaism. ect, email [email protected]. We encour- Many of my friends and their families have similar age you to submit your own recipes for this unique stories, which have strengthened their affinity to and delicious fundraiser. If you happen to have Klal Yisrael. some recipes with nostalgia a la mode, this book As a student leader at University of Michigan could be a great place for others to create similar Hillel, I have encouraged students to maintain a memories and traditions. Jewish identity and have invited others to experi- All proceeds from this cookbook project will ence Judaism through very traditional (though support programming at U-M Hillel, which en- unconventional) approaches. Through this tra- hances Jewish life in Ann Arbor and abroad. n

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Federation recruiting teens for Ann Arbor/Nahalal Student Exchange Eileen Freed, special to the WJN he Jewish Federation’s Ann Arbor/ an excellent opportunity to learn more about integral part of the Michigan/Central Gali- Nahalal Community-to-Community the program—all 9th graders and their par- lee Partnership2Gether program led by the T committee (C2C) is recruiting ninth ents are invited to attend. Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. graders for the Ann Arbor/Nahalal Student Cooperative programs are developed with Exchange 2012. The Ann Arbor/Nahalal Strengthening Jewish identity in communities in Michigan and those of Naz- Student Exchange Program is a two-part ex- Nahalal and Ann Arbor change in which 9th grade students from Ann “We very excited to host another group Arbor spend their February vacation in Naha- of Ann Arbor teens. I see how our children’s lal. The following October, during the Sukkot Jewish identity is strengthened by connect- break, their counterparts from Nahalal will ing with the Jewish world outside Israel and come to Ann Arbor. your children’s Jewish identity is strengthened by developing relationships with Israelis. We Student Exchange experience await our third delegation of guests with Since 2010, 23 Ann Arbor teens have par- open arms,” said Dorit Mekler, Nahalal-based ticipated in the Student Exchange. They have exchange coordinator. traveled to Nahalal, attended school, visited Federation Executive Director David Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and established friend- Shtulman sees the Student Exchange as an ships for a lifetime. The trip had a significant im- important opportunity for Israeli and Amer- pact on the teens’ connection to Israel and their ican Jewish teens to learn from one another. Israeli peers as evidenced by their comments Michal Manor (Nahalal) and Hannah “Jewish teens in Israel and in the United Sacha Moravy-Penchansky and about the trip. “I loved how much we bonded Schapiro (Ann Arbor) have fun with a States experience what it means to be Jewish Lianna Bernstein experience Nahalal with everyone in Nahalal. It really felt like our young patient at Emek Hospital in very different ways,” says Shtulman. “This High School program gives the teens from Ann Arbor an Continued connections opportunity to understand what it means to areth Illit, Migdal Ha’Emek and the Regional On the strength of the 2010 Student Ex- be a teenager growing up in a Jewish state Council of Emek Yizrael (Jezreel Valley). De- change, this summer, five Ann Arbor teens with military service looming just after high veloping a closer relationship with Moshav returned to Nahalal to help their friends run a school graduation. The Israeli teens experi- Nahalal, a village in the Jezreel Valley, has day camp at Nahalal. The two-week program ence what it means to be Jewish living in a allowed members of both communities to was initiated and developed by the teens in Christian country where one’s Jewish-ness is learn from and interact more closely with Nahalal with guidance from their chaperones. experienced as a voluntary choice to partici- one another. For information or to register, Kayla Mandel, Lilly Scheerer, Hannah Scha- pate in Jewish communal activities or not. visit www.jewishannarbor.org or contact piro, Gabe Solomon, and Alex Sugerman, Together, they will have the opportunity to Eva Solomon at [email protected], along with their chaperone Shoshana Mandel, understand the unique challenges to Jewish (677-0100) or Eileen Freed at eileenfreed@ spent mornings providing fun programming identity that each path holds.” jewishannarbor.org. n for Nahalal children and afternoons exploring The Ann Arbor/Nahalal Partnership is an the country around Moshav Nahalal. Week- ends included camping on the beach and the Golan and Shabbat at Nigun Ha’Lev. In addi- tion, the group had the opportunity to partic- News from Partnership2Gether ipate with their peers in community service; Eileen Freed, special to the WJN they planned and implemented a morning of fun activities for hospitalized children at What’s in a name Emek Hosptial. A visit to Emek Hospital will The program formerly known as Partnership now be a regular feature of teen visits to the 2000 has a new name: Partnership2Gether (Partner- region. The enthusiasm for this experience is ship). This Jewish Agency program is a global plat- testament to the strong bonds formed during form connecting some 550 communities around the Ann Arbor and Nahalal teens prepare the Student Exchange. world in 45 partnerships. Locally, the Ann Arbor for day camp in Nahalal partnership with Moshav Nahalal is known as Com- home in Israel” (Marley Beaver); “I really loved Recruitment open for 2012 Student munity-to-Community (C2C). Learn more about my first experience of Israel, and I would do it Exchange delegation Partnership globally at www.p2g.jewishagency.org, again tomorrow if I could” (Katia Kassof); “I Part One of the 2012 exchange will take or visit www.jewishannarbor.org to learn how you never knew that I would feel so attached to Israel place during the Ann Arbor Public School’s can become involved. and to the Israeli kids…. I really hope to go back 2012 February break, leaving Thursday, Feb- soon!” (Sari Greifer); “This trip greatly affected ruary 16 and returning Sunday, February 26. New chair to lead Community-to-Community Committee my knowledge of my own Jewish heritage and of Participants will be hosted by families in Na- The Jewish Federation is pleased to announce that Lisa Molnar has agreed to serve as how Jews throughout the world live in compari- halal, and the program will include experienc- chair of the C2C committee. Molnar is immediate past treasurer of the Federation board of son to Jews in Ann Arbor” (Alex Sugerman). ing the Nahalal Regional High School, touring directors, a current Federation board member, and past president of the Jewish Commu- This October, the local teens will host their Nahalal and the surrounding region, plenty of nity Center of Greater Ann Arbor. She follows founding co-chairs Eva Solomon and Cheryl counterparts for ten days during which the interaction with local teens, and visits to Jeru- Sugerman who shepherded the project from a kernel of an idea to a vibrant partnership Nahalal teens will experience school, the Uni- salem and Tel Aviv. Students and their families between Ann Arbor and Nahalal. Molnar, whose son has been a beneficiary of Nahalal’s versity of Michigan campus, and Jewish life in will be asked to serve as hosts for the Naha- hospitality, is eager to expand the reach of the partnership in Ann Arbor. In addition to Ann Arbor. Participants on both sides of the lal delegation in early October 2012 (specific Molnar, the local Partnership leadership team includes Nahalal co-chairs Arik Mekler and ocean developed such a close bond that they dates to be determined). The Nahalal students Yair Hammer and Federation board member Carey Sherman who serves as Ann Arbor’s are using Facebook to count the days together will have a similar program of touring, school representative on the Michigan/Central Galilee Partnership steering committee. until they see one another. Lisa Molnar, chair attendance and teen interaction. The Student Federation awarded grant for C2C Student Exchange of the C2C committee, has first-hand expe- Exchange is funded by the Federation’s Part- The Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor was awarded a $10,000 grant from the rience with Nahalal hospitality, as her son, nership2Gether Community-to-Community Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation’s Fisher Family Next Generation Connecting Jordan has been “adopted” by Nahalal fami- allocation; participants will be asked to cover Jewish Youth: Detroit/Israel Initiative. The funds received will be used to offset costs of lies since his arrival in Israel to serve in the only the cost of their flight, trip insurance transportation and programming for C2C Student Exchange visits and to provide assis- Israel Defense Forces. “I have seen the way the and pocket money during the trip. Thanks tance to those families who would like to participate but are unable to do so for financial Nahalalis go out of their way to welcome visi- to a generous grant from the Max M. and reasons. The Next Generation granting committee funded projects like the Student Ex- tors. They have made Jordan’s transition as Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, some funds are change, that create meaningful and lasting connections between Jewish youth in Michi- smooth as it could possibly be. I’m so pleased available to assist families who would like to par- gan with their peers in Israel, foster a connection to Israel through building friendships, that our community’s young people have this ticipate but for whom the full cost is prohibitive. and strengthen participants’ Jewish identities. unique opportunity to live with their peers An information meeting will be held Sun- and to experience Nahalal’s hospitality.” day, November 20, 4 p.m. at the JCC. This is

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Engaging youth at Temple Beth Emeth Soo Ji Min, special to the WJN one are the days when temple for macaroni and cheese and fishsticks, then within the religious school,” explains Ginsburg. classes are over, however, he returns to TBE to youth engagement post bar or bat will shoot the breeze for an hour before joining “It’s a different way of connecting with Judaism be a Madrich again, this time working inside G mitzvah meant only belonging to a the regular 7:30 p.m. service. The next morning, in this stage of their lives.” the classroom. The rest of the week, he’s in and youth group—at least at Temple Beth Emeth.“ he’s back at by 8 a.m., to work in the religious Then on Sunday, Jake is back at temple at out. He has been involved in temple life since Youth groups are still important,” says Brett school office, teach kids, and manage the wiki 5 p.m. He accompanies the Middle School Shir the age of three. “I started in preschool 3 and Willner, TBE’s Ann Arbor Reform Temple (interactive website). He’s a madrich or aide for Chadash band on the piano for about an hour. am now in a 12th grade seminar,” says Levine. Youth (AARTY) Advisor, “but at TBE, there Next, he has “I did Rishonim, Kadima, and now AARTY.” is so much more that you can do to be active set up his own Rishonim is a youth program for 3rd to 5th in temple life.” That’s why TBE is so fortunate course on Jewish graders. Kadima is a middle school program to have a wide range of programs that cater to literature with for 6th to 8th graders. TBE’s youth and music youth—from AARTY to Madrichim to High TBE’s clergy programs are open to all teens in the Ann Ar- School Shir Chadash. Youth can participate in for high school bor community. one program or all. credit. Before In addition to offering a wide range of ac- Take 16-year-old Jacob Levine, for example. heading home tivities, TBE arranges its youth programming Jake has been a member of AARTY’s board of at 8:30 p.m., he so that it is convenient for youth and their par- directors for the past two years and also serves rehearses with ents. “Youth group board meetings are held as the religious and cultural vice president for the High School before religious school starts,” says Ginsburg. the Michigan Region of the North American Shir Chadash “Shir Chadash takes place either before or after Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY). AARTY (HSSH). TBE’s religious school.” So youth—like Jake—don’t has a solid reputation of building strong leaders. HSSH typi- have to choose one program over another. “AARTY is more than just a name,” says Will- cally has 30 to Indeed, “being involved in one activity often ner. “We have events planned from now until 35 ensemble leads to greater involvement in the future,” adds the end of December and we average about TBE youth at Cedar Point members, half Ginsburg. And Jake is probably one of TBE’s one event a month.” Upcoming events include are singers and most involved youth. “I just love being Jewish,” youth-led High Holy Day services, “Trick or TBE’s religious school. Developed by Terri Gins- half are instrumentalists. The group rehearses says Jake. “TBE is somewhere I feel at home, Can” on Halloween eve (where youth group burg, TBE’s director of religious education, and every Sunday night and performs at services, where there is community. It is so supportive, members collect soda cans from Ann Arbor coordinated by Viki Shayna, assistant principal, gives concerts, and also tours every year to other where people of a common purpose can come neighborhoods and donate the deposit refunds Madrichim is a program for high school students temples, JCCs, and Jewish senior citizen homes. together.” to a charity), and a Shul-in. “High schoolers are that provides youth with opportunities to take re- “It’s the only opportunity our high schoolers Jake isn’t the only one who benefits from busy—from doing homework to building their sponsibility, learn job skills, and serve as examples have to experience Jewish music as performers,” youth involvement in temple life. “Youth social lives to participating in extra-curricular of Jewish engagement to younger students. “It says TBE’s Cantor Annie Rose. “You don’t get to leadership and musical service has a profound activities. But such a large number of high also provides needed help and great energy in the play Hatikvah or Ose Shalom with other high effect that benefits the entire congregation,” schoolers want to hang out with temple friends school and classrooms,” says Ginsburg. TBE cur- school instrumental groups. For the singers, it’s says Cantor Rose. “Having teens lead prayers and be involved in our activities. It says a lot rently has 51 youth in 10th to 12th grade work- also an amazing opportunity to use the Hebrew is very different than when led by adults. It about the synagogue, from the quality of the ing in classrooms, the library, and office. Sixteen language in song and to explore contemporary adds another insight into the prayers. Hear- clergy to the religious school.” 9th graders are in the Madrichim-in-Training Israeli pop music as performers.” ing gorgeous young people recite the Shema On a typical Friday night, Jake arrives at TBE program. “Being in the Madrichim program al- On Monday, Jake goes to Community High is elevating to all.” n at 5 p.m. and helps lead Tot Shabbat. He stays lows students to engage in a leadership program School, where he is in his final year. As soon as Eretz Peru: Cusco is a popular spot for young Israelis By Paula Sadok, Tablet Magazine alk down the cobblestone al- It’s easy to see why so many young Israelis are hostel, with a large hamsa, the hand-shaped am- vice. Partnering with a close friend and fellow ley and you’ll see it lined with drawn to Cusco. Located in Southeastern Peru, ulet, affixed on a sign above the door. Like many Israeli expat, Ohad opened a sushi restaurant. W restaurants serving falafel and in the Andean valley, it’s a visually stunning restaurants on Procuridades, Sueño Azul — Gilad says he has no plans to return to his schnitzel, and Internet cafes advertising city, “the undis- which serves Israeli homeland. “I love Israel, but it’s more comfort- their businesses with Hebrew signs and Is- puted archaeolog- food, translates its able here,” he says. He cites his ability to earn raeli flags. Shoppers speak Hebrew, and Is- ical capital of the name into Hebrew a better living and how quickly he was able to raeli pop music emanates from storefronts. Americas,” Lonely on its door, and af- establish himself in business. Like his brother, A shopkeeper waves and calls out “Shalom!” Planet says. High- fixes hamsas and Gilad also has married a Peruvian woman — to a passer-by. adrenaline activi- Israeli flags to its he jokes that he and his wife communicate in Remarkably, you’re in Cusco, Peru, the an- ties such as rafting, walls — is owned “Hebrew-Spanglish” — and the couple has two cient capital of the Inca Empire and the gateway rock climbing and by native Peruvians small children. to Machu Picchu. Each year, some 40,000 young hiking are all near- and mostly staffed Ben Brodny, 28, a Haifa native and Gilad’s Israelis embark upon a grand adventure they call by. Vestiges of the by them. business partner, moved to Lima in 2005. He “tiyul hagadol,” the big trip, after finishing mili- Incas’ greatness But that is says he originally came to Peru because he tary service. About 30 percent hit South America’s remain in the still- changing. In recent wanted to be his own boss. “It’s impossible to n Ayer sa n Su Credi oto h

Gringo Trail, according to The Jerusalem Post, preserved Temple P years, a small num- be independent in Israel,” he says. and picturesque Cusco, a city with a population of Koricancha and Cusco, Peru ber of Israelis have In 2008 he met the Duchovny brothers, of approximately 350,000, is an obligatory stop. perfectly carved stone walls. After the Span- relocated to Cusco. They organize Purim parties and he talked about how much he missed These travelers have added new terms to the local ish conquest in 1533, conquistadores built a and Chanukah celebrations. Among the expats bourekas, the popular Israeli pastry. A year lexicon in South America, including “un grande colonial city on the ruins of Inca sites, erect- are several entrepreneurs who have taken advan- later, Brodny opened Brodny’s Bourekas, balagan,” a Spanish-Hebrew phrase that roughly ing a magnificent Plaza de Armas flanked by tage of the influx of traveling Israelis and Cusco’s a small cafe three blocks off of the Procuri- translates as a big, confusing mess. an enormous cathedral to the east and an even favorable business climate, opening shops on or dades, a huge mural of the coast of Tel Aviv Rabbi Ofer Kripor, who co-directs Cusco’s more beautiful Baroque church to the south. near Procuridades. painted on its wall above the kitchen. Chabad center with his wife, Yael, says he regu- The heavily Israeli Procuridades Street — what The Duchovny brothers are among them. Unlike Gilad, Brodny says he’s fairly confi- larly draws the largest crowds in South America, some call “Israeli town” — is located on the In 2006, Ohad and Gilad, twin brothers from dent he will return to Israel. hosting approximately 300 Israelis for Shabbat northwest side of the plaza. Rehovot, returned to Cusco, which they both “It is not possible to live all your life here,” he dinner every week during the summer high sea- Native Peruvians are more than happy to ca- had visited earlier on their post-army trips af- says. “If you think you’re going to have children,” son. The Chabad house is located in an old co- ter to the Israelis. Swiss Raft, a Peruvian-owned ter Ohad fell in love with a Peruvian woman he says shaking his head, “what about school?” lonial mansion on Calle Granada near the city company that runs trips down the Apurímac traveling in Israel, whom he has since married. But he’s not going anywhere soon. He speaks center. Shabbat meals take place in the open-air River, advertises in Hebrew signs on Procuri- The brothers, now 31, opened the Bagel Cafe perfect Spanish, and he knows Peruvian slang inner courtyard. Kripor says that the Cusco dades and employs Hebrew-speaking guides. on Procuridades that same year, and Gilad later and folk songs. Chabad also holds one of the biggest seders in In the southern part of the city, the Beit Asimha initiated several ventures of his own, including a “I’m more Peruvian than a lot of Peruvians the world, catering to 1,200 travelers. (“House of Happiness” in Hebrew) is a popular restaurant, a nightclub and a food-delivery ser- here,” he says. n Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 13 I Youth

Children thrive at Camp Gan Israel David Alpert, special to the WJN s camps go, ten year-old Gabrielle knowledge God’s providing hand by reciting “The camp captures the vitality of Ju- could impact their friends and bring positive Shapo’s camping schedule looks like blessings beforehand. dasim,” says Shapo, a lawyer. “There is so change in their lives. A any other typical camp, where sports, In camp, explains Zweibel, there are “so much diversity at their school, but camp Then, the counselors placed these lessons activities, and daily trips make for an exciting, many different ways to instill an appreciation solidifies their Jewish identity.” Her three into a Jewish context. For example, when fun-filled program. of Judaism and strengthen the kid’s identity.” children—who all attend Camp Gan Israel— campers learned about environmental dam- But Gabrielle sees things a bit differently: skip school days dur- age and ways to protect the planet, their coun- “The Jewish classes and the Jewish things that ing the year because of selors explained the Torah’s injunction that we did made camp so much more meaning- Jewish holidays. prohibits wasting resources. ful,” she says. “But they under- Even in sports, Zweibel works hard to pump Gabrielle is one of approximately 100 stand why they are up the education factor. This year, sports were children—aged 5–13—who enjoyed a unique different because of run by I9 Sports, a national franchise whose summer camping experience at Camp Gan Is- what they’ve learned coaches place special emphasis on sportsman- rael, where Judaism is fun. in camp,” she says. ship and principle-driven play. When director and founder of the camp Malka Colin is a veteran counselor. Over Shternie Zweibel hung out her shingle in her past three summers spent at Camp Gan 1998, she was determined to create an experi- Israel, she has forged close friendships with ence that would engage Jewish children and many of her campers—bonds that don’t erode strengthen Jewish identity in camp setting. over time. “I’m a firm believer in the power of camp,” “Whether via mail, email or phone, I’ve says Zweibel. At Clonlara School, campers always kept in touch with my campers,” says meet every morning for tefillot, sports and Colin, 20. “I have only fond memories of this Jewish study sessions. Every week, campers camp; that’s why I keep coming back.” enjoy a wide variety of daily trips, including Indeed, Camp Gan Israel’s commitment to bowling, ice-skating, swimming and even “If these campers learn that Judaism is fun, Staff mem- giving campers the best of both worlds by in- blueberry picking. On Monday, Wednesday then somewhere down the line it will have an bers chose stilling a love for Judaism in an appealing, fun- and Friday, campers convene for iCamp, a impact in their lives.” “Wii can filled program is paying off. Six year-old son special program where children get to try She’s proving her convictions. According change the Josh Shapo enjoyed a Jewish immersion ex- something new every time, like art, science, to Jackie Shapo, Gabrielle’s mom, parents and world” as perience, and today, he has brought increased music or even yoga. campers alike have discerned a winning com- this year’s Jewish awareness into his home as well, notes And while at play, children are encour- bination at Camp Gan Israel. For her children, theme. Over Jackie Shapo. aged to incorporate Jewish values like love who attend King Elementary, this camp is the course of the seven-week long camp, “I love the sports, but I also love learning more for another person; before eating, they ac- “critical part of their Jewish identity.” Campers took time to learn about how they about Judaism in Camp Gan Israel,” he beams. n Hebrew Day School adopts “Common Core” academic standards Dina Shtull, special to the WJN ebrew Day School of Ann Arbor has as well as teachers, educational experts, parents, sharing. “They needed to be reassured that three main goals for this academic and school administrators who were informed this process is supportive, not evaluative,” says Hyear: adopting new Common Core by other top performing countries, internation- Head of School Dina Shtull. “We are all trying State Standards (CCSS), expanding student use ally benchmarked standards, and the highest to help children, and we are helping each other of “Twenty-first century skills,” and further de- standards across the country. The standards re- help those children,” Shtull adds. During orien- veloping the collaborative culture in the school. flect real world requirements, the reality of the tation week, teachers practiced habits of com- The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) classroom, the global economy, and the society municating, beginning with the skill of pausing were recently adopted by the Michigan State in which children are being raised. Content was (for reflection) and paraphrasing (evidence of Board of Education. They are a set of rigorous, written for math and language arts; reading listening), and moving on to the skills of in- college and career-ready curriculum standards recommendations for science and social studies quiring and probing for further clarification. were also incorporated. The use of media is an “Ultimately, the process of adopting the new important tool embedded in the standards. The Common Core Standards is for us, together, Common Core provide the academic content; to reflect on individual student learning and it is up to the school to determine how to teach The Common Core Standards will also be the standards. integrated into the school’s curriculum called “Developing twenty-first century skills is “specials” — that is, music and fine arts, physical a particular focus of the Common Core Stan- education, and library. For example, instruction dards,” explains Carol Gannon, technology on reading music notation integrates a lesson teacher. “When we prepared for the new school on dividing whole numbers; reading music re- year, we discussed two aspects of these skills– quires students to understand the relationship learning and innovation skills (e.g., critical between different lengths of notes and how thinking, communication), and life and career these notes divide and complete a measure. In skills (e.g., responsibility, flexibility). Our les- addition, the math standards expect students to sons will incorporate these necessary skills.” “look for and make use of structure.” Students adopted by 44 states across the nation, Washing- Teachers also discussed how the language study the structure of music, that is, the rep- ton D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. “The HDS arts standards interrelate with the school’s etition and changes in a melody. “Students use documented academic standards are mostly grade-level Hebrew goals. “The Common Core these structures to better understand the music, in line with these nation-wide common stan- Standards were not developed specifically for and for ease in learning the material,” says Deb- dards,” says Jennifer Rosenberg, a former HDS foreign language instruction,” says Hebrew/ bie Gombert who teaches recorder to the 4th teacher and professional development consul- Judaics teacher, Aron Kaufman. “Yet there are grade and directs the school’s Klez Kids Band. on how classroom instruction impacts on that tant who will be joining the HDS faculty this connections to be explored that will further A foundational piece for the successful learning,” says Jennifer Rosenberg. year to support teachers in the exploration of integrate and reinforce the Hebrew and Judaic adoption of the Common Core State Standards For more information about the Hebrew the standards. “Nevertheless,” Rosenberg shares, Studies curricular goals we are already teaching,” at HDS will be the school’s collaborative cul- Day School, contact 971-4633. Day tours for “we aim to examine alignment, determine any Kaufman continues. “The goals are theoretical, ture. Teachers will support their colleagues by parents are scheduled for Tuesday, November gaps, as well as opportunities to go beyond these but also practical and reasonable,” says new He- together analyzing each other’s student work 15 and Thursday, January 12. Open houses for standards.” brew/Judaics teacher Aaron Magid. “They pro- and observing each other deliver live lessons. parents and children to explore kindergarten The Common Core initiative involved gov- vide a focus for a new teacher, both on a daily The teachers have been practicing the skills are scheduled for Sunday, December 4, and ernors and state commissioners of education, basis and for the whole academic year.” necessary to feel comfortable opening up and Sunday, January 22. n

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Early Childhood Center and Hebrew Day School teachers create a “Garden of Eden” Natalie Wiesend, special to the WJN t’s possible to create a “Garden of Eden” and reduces biodiversity of the habitat. Dem- and inspired by the hard work and dedication Not only did the staffs from the two schools with a little collaboration and a lot of hard mon also described various educational oppor- of all. What a privilege to be a part of this tal- create a workable area, they also created work- Iwork. On August 25, the Jewish Commu- tunities for the students including learning to ented group of professionals,” ing relationships with each other that will reso- nity Center of Greater Ann Arbor’s Early Child- At the end of the nate throughout the school year. Kaufmann hood Center (ECC) and Hebrew Day School morning, the space had said, “With great conviction, spirit, and energy, (HDS) faculties donned work gloves and broke been transformed from we learned that by working together, we could out the rakes, saws, wheelbarrows and shovels an overgrown nature area move a mountain, which we actually did—a in a joint project that benefited both educa- to a tranquil, beautiful, mountain of mulch! It was so nice to meet, get tional programs and the entire JCC. The goal of functional space. “It was to know and bond with so many of the ECC the project was to transform the wooded area amazing to see the over- teachers. I look forward to more collaborative on the JCC property into a “user-friendly” space grown paths transform ventures with the ECC staff, as this is only the that could be shared and utilized by the teachers into an accessible space, beginning.” Some ECC/HDS classrooms have for environmental education, prayer and reflec- labeled and ready for the already teamed up to collaborate with weekly tion. Both the ECC and HDS are located in the kids,” Tonya Backstrom, meetings focused on “reading buddies” and JCC building. ECC Frog Room teacher joint Judaic education. “What a wonderful proj- The planning committee for the day con- observed. Many of the ect! It was great to work with a team, get to know sisted of Aron Kaufmann, HDS 1st and 2nd teachers commented that our ECC colleagues, and learn some gardening/ grade Judaic and Hebrew teacher; Michelle the experience was a tre- ecology skills. What immediate gratification Paris, ECC Giraffe Room preschool teacher; for us all,” said Caroline and Natalie Wiesend, ECC Kangaroo Room Nathans, HDS Resource preschool teacher. The ECC and HDS admin- teacher. istration, Noreen DeYoung, ECC director; The planning com- Peretz Hirshbein, ECC assistant director; and identify plants, observing wildlife, planting na- mittee hopes for more Dina Shtull, HDS head of school supported the tive plants, caretaking and nurturing the woods, ECC/HDS partnerships planning committee. At the beginning of the pulling weeds and just learning to be outdoors to bloom in the future as project development, the planning commit- and a part of nature. In addition to environ- a result of this successful tee aspired to structure an activity that would mental education, the planning committee ex- joint venture. Kaufmann be well-organized, practical for both staffs, and trapolated that the space could become a nature continued, “I have already meaningful to all participants. The project that sanctuary that could be used for nature walks, taken both my first and came to fulfill all of those goals ended up being prayer, reflection and journal writing. second grade classes into the beautification of the JCC nature area. The tasks included assembling and installing our new nature sanctuary “It was an honor and a privilege to plan bird houses, adding mulch to existing paths, re- and the excited responses this collaborative venture with ECC teachers moving buckthorn, posting plant identification of the children are incred- Natalie Wiesend and Michelle Paris,” said Aron signs, trimming plants that grow in the walking ibly gratifying. My grade Kaufman. “We worked well together as a team, path, creating an arbor entranceway and dig- students are thrilled about covering all logistical angles of necessary to ging up and replanting desirable native plants the possibility of studying organize, motivate, and inspire our respective that needed to be removed from their present the Torah text about the staffs into becoming a merry band of landscape location. Each small group picked the task they mendous learning experience for themselves, Garden of Eden in “Gan Eden” and I am look- artists.” Due to the landscaping component of were most interested in accomplishing. When it and that they could not wait to share it with ing forward to taking both classes into the space the project, Matt Demmon of “Little House was time to begin, the teachers began working their students. One teacher wrote, “We devel- for tefilot (prayer) and nature observation.” Landscapes” was hired to provide his exper- with tremendous focus, enthusiasm and gump- oped a plan to collaborate and my kids will try Dina Shtull concluded, “Teacher collabora- tise, consultation, planning and supervision of tion. Ellie Grudzien, HDS first grade teacher, to inventory the animals.” tion is one of our main themes for this year and the implementation of the project. Prior to the observed, “Working on a small team was fun! Nancy Witter and Leah Jackson, ECC Lamb during our orientation before the start of the workday, Demmon surveyed the wooded area Being part of the greater team was awesome!” Room teachers, were eager to share a joint expe- year—we modeled what we wanted to achieve. and created a list of tasks, action steps, and sup- The groups persisted through the hazards of rience with their incoming two year-olds. Witter In just a few hours, the HDS and ECC teachers plies needed to complete each task. heat, mosquitoes, poison ivy and hard labor said,“I was inspired to share a walk in the woods built a garden together. We transformed space. The work day started with an icebreaker with great attitudes and determination. “Pleas- with the Lamb children and Gansters [kinder- We transformed our team. We transformed in- for the 45 teachers to get familiar with each ant Lakes Hardwoods” supplied the materials garteners] in HDS.” Jackson commented, “I am dividuals. We demonstrated how major results other, loosen up, and then split into nine pre- for the birdhouses and Peter Smith provided inspired to bring my tree/plant identification can be achieved when each person takes some organized small groups. Demmon spoke about assistance assembling. Jamie Crandall, an ECC books to share with the Lamb children.” responsibility. Together we created a Garden of the ecological reasons why the tasks would be Zebra Room teacher, was thrilled to work with The sentiments even translated to the teach- Eden that our students will now maintain and beneficial to the environment. One of the most Smith and her birdhouse-making group. She ers’ personal lives. Queyana Battle, ECC Frog use.” DeYoung added, “Working together with important tasks was removing an invasive plant said, “I learned how to create a home for birds room teacher remarked, “I am inspired to ex- HDS has not only created a beautiful space, but species, buckthorn, from the space. In Michi- to live in for years.” Debbie Carbone, HDS Kin- pose my daughter to nature now that I’ve had also brought our schools closer together.” n gan, buckthorn competes with the native plants dergarten teacher, commented, “I was humbled this experience.”

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18 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 I Arts & Culture

Golems are big in children’s literature By Marjorie Ingall NEW YORK (Tablet Magazine)—We’ve al- remember any- golem story. Davie, the protagonist, wrestles on them like ants. But among all the over- ways loved golems. The notion of a soulless thing about being with notions of good and evil, the desire to the-top fairies, marids, gnomes, changelings, husk suddenly given life is deliciously reso- alive. create and the power to destroy, and the way witches, selkies, hippogriffs and djinn, there’s nant. First there was Adam, formed from For middle- attraction and repulsion can be mixed. There a female golem made of soap. I loved her. dust and given breath by God. Then there grade readers, are themes about the end of innocence, the “Her face was a deep olive-y green castile, her were a thousand variants, from the monster there is 2009’s expulsion from hair a rich and oily Marseille, streaked with in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the manic Clay Man: The paradise, forgive- lime peels. Her cleaning implements that Mickey Mouse an- Golem of Prague ness and redemp- body was patch- imated but failed to control in The Sorcerer’s by Irene N. Watts, tion, and the work: here straw- Apprentice to the computer in 2001: A Space illustrated by responsibilities berry soap with Odyssey. The idea of a powerful creature be- Kathryn E. Shoe- of the artist. The bits of red fruit ing given consciousness, then behaving in maker. This one Northern Eng- showing through, unpredictable ways, is thrilling. draws a pretty ex- lish dialect can be there saffron and It’s also troubling. The legend of the plicit Holocaust challenging, but sandalwood, or- Golem of Prague involves the 16th-century parallel (the Jews this is a powerful, ange and brown. Maharal, also known as Judah Loew, a pow- have to wear yel- very creepy and … Her eyes were erful rabbi who created a golem (the word low circles on their clothing), and the soft haunting book. two piercing, derives from the Hebrew for unshaped form) pencil illustrations have a gentle, mourn- On the other faceted slivers of to defend the ghetto from pogroms. In the ful quality. Other end of the liter- soapstone. On tale’s many versions — a 19th-century Ger- excellent middle- ary spectrum is her brow some- man novel, short books by Elie Wiesel and grade versions are Swoon, a 2010 novel by Nina Malkin. This one had written Francine Prose, golem-themed episodes of Barbara Rogasky’s is your classic girl-meets-boy-who-inhab- TRUTH in the The X-Files and The Simpsons—the golem 1996 The Golem, its-a-golem-that-girl-has-created story. It is kind of handwriting teachers always have: often winds up attacking its maker, becom- with ominous, sexy, sexy cheese. The book’s heroine is Dice clear and curling and lovely.” ing more vicious than intended or devastated deep-toned illus- (short for Candice) and the hot, nasty golem This golem, too, longs for her absent mak- by its own clay heart. trations by the late is Sin (no, really — short for Sinclair). Do er. Despite her grief, she lives to serve. She Given the folkloric, timeless nature of four-time Calde- not confuse Dice or Sin with the other Gos- cleanses the book’s heroine of the dust of her the tale, it’s no wonder it has inspired so cott winner Trina sip Girl-esque characters, Pen, Marsh, Gel, journey, breaking off her own fingers with a Schart Hyman Crane, Doll, Con, Duck and Boz, though snap to throw into different baths — baths (it’s out of print everybody does tons of drugs and has tons that give courage, renew wishes, foster luck. but still readily of sex. Turns out, as things so often do, that This rare female golem wants to nurture, available online), Sin has been seeking a body to inhabit so he not destroy. Unlike most golems, she can and I.B. Singer’s can return to the Connecticut town where he speak (when she does, soap bubbles escape The Golem, in was murdered a couple hundred years earlier her lips). She’s powerless but not voiceless: which the pathetic golem falls in love, fea- and take revenge on the descendants of his Many young girls, pouring out their hearts turing soft watercolors by another Caldecott torturers. Sin is horrid to Dice, but she loves in diaries and to friends, can understand rock star, the brilliant Uri Shulevitz. him anyway because he’s a hot golem. Mal- that duality. She’s all yearning; again, girls But it’s in the young-adult category that kin keeps us- can understand that feeling all too well. She’s I think the golem story achieves the most ing the word also the only completely kind female figure nuance. Teens “golem” (along in a fairyland full of men and boys and mean love horror: Con- with “dust-boy” girls. And like the tree in The Giving Tree, she many children’s books. This year’s entry, The ventional wisdom and “dirt dev- disappears as she helps and helps and helps. Golem’s Latkes by Eric Kimmel, illustrated by has it that mon- il”), but Swoon A golem is a sturdy creature on which to Aaron Jasinski, is a cartoony, not-very-scary sters represent differs from the hang a young-adult story. It works as a re- version of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in which the untamed id of classic golem pository for every a lazy maid delegates the potato pancake- adolescence, the tale in that Sin theme that speaks making to a golem, leading to a giant in- inability to control exists inde- to teenagers: Who terfaith party to which the emperor brings one’s own urges. pendently of a am I in the world? applesauce. It’ll be out in a couple of months Vampires, a staple body; Dice has What powers do and would, of course, make a delightful holi- in young-adult lit, only provided I have? Who can day gift. are all about long- a receptacle for I trust? How do I However, I’m drawn to the darker versions ing and some- his angry soul. create a separate of the tale. David Wisniewski’s Golem, which times sublimated In that way it’s really more of a dybbuk story. existence from my won the Caldecott Medal for the best illus- sexuality; werewolves are pure animalistic A sexy, cheesy dybbuk story. parents’? How do trated children’s book of 1997, is really, really brutality; fallen angels reflect fears about the I loved the heartbreaking golem in Storm I control my anger scary. (Any consequences of not being perfect; zombies Thief by Chris Wooding (2006), and I think and manage my book that ex- represent brainless conformity. teenage fans of post-apocalyptic and dysto- baser instincts? plains blood The golem fits in perfectly. Clay, the pian fantasy will, too. After being caught in a In many stories libel is not for 2007 novel by the acclaimed British writer “probability storm,” a kind of violent ripple the golem is an overgrown child, an identity the young- David Almond, is perhaps the most literary of atmosphere that unpredictably changes teenagers fight against and relate to simul- e s t k i d s . ) of young-adult golem books. In Clay, an al- things in its wake, the golem has been sepa- taneously. In When Toys Come Alive, Lois The layered, tar boy in a faded coal-mining town meets rated from his maker. He has only flashes of Rostow Kuznets, a professor emeritus of paper-cut il- a mysterious memory of being made, and he desperately children’s literature at San Diego State, dis- lustrations newcomer who wants to know who he is and what his pur- cusses how toys can represent our concerns are amazing, may have the pose is. The golem is prone to flashes of rage, about technology. Kids today have even more and the story power to create but he also wants to love and help. (He’s a understanding of the dangers of technology emphasizes life from earth. cross between Frankenstein’s monster and than their predecessors — they grew up see- the golem’s Almond’s per- Wolverine.) Unlike Swoon, which is a story of ing the way gossip and bullying can spread nascent humanity. The creature cannot con- spective is selfishness, Storm Thief is all about sacrifice. through social media in the blink of a non- trol its anger, but also loves sunrises and Catholic, but The golem is a secondary character, but he’s soapstone eye. Stuffed animals, unlike Face- flowers. After an explosion of rage, it begs the his biblical and the one who stuck with me. Maybe because book and Twitter, wait patiently for loving man it thinks of as its father: “Please! Please moral themes I’m a parent; we understand sacrifice. humans to come back. let me live! I did all that you asked of me! are very familiar The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland Perhaps the golem, made of earth and Life is so … precious … to me!” Rabbi Judah to Jews, and the in a Ship of Her Own Making (2011), by Cath- clay, represents a longing for a simpler, less returns him to clay anyway, with the (com- book is clearly erynne M. Valente, is pretty florid; I wanted networked, more easily turned-off past. n forting?) observation that the golem won’t based on the to yank out half the adjectives and stomp

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A new soul comes of age: An interview with Yael Naim By Daphna Berman, Moment Magazine ael Naim burst onto the interna- song got on the radio in Los Angeles, and much out of place for a lot of reasons: its in the creative process. And then there tional music scene when her 2007 the guy from the Apple agency heard it the weather, I didn’t have friends and the are artists like Nina Simone, whom I love, Y single, “New Soul,” was handpicked and decided to call the radio station to mentality here is very different from the because she is very deep and she is some- by Apple for the MacBook Air’s debut com- find out what artist it was. The rest is his- Israeli mentality. Then after four years, where between classical and jazz, which is mercial. The song, fresh off her first album, tory (laughs). I think the minute I found myself musi- my background. I love Herbie Hancock thrust the then-obscure 29-year-old artist cally, I found home. I found people who and folk music, and classical Indian and Moment: How did the song affect your career? into the limelight. When “New Soul” peaked were close to my heart and I felt at home. Bollywood music. at No. 7 on the Billboard charts, Naim be- Naim: It changed everything. Starting from I travel a lot to Israel, and now I feel like I Moment: Your music has been compared to came the first Israeli soloist to have a Top 10 the day it was released — even before the have two homes. that of Regina Spektor and Norah Jones. music hit in the United States. U.S. commercial — we started to be on Moment: What does being Jewish mean to you? Do you agree? Four years later, the star of the Paris- the top of different charts. After a week it based musician continues to rise. Named was No. 1 in many countries. It was amaz- Naim: I’m Jewish and I am proud of what I Naim: There is a generation of musicians Best Female Artist at this year’s Victoires am. But I’m not a religious who are kind of close to each other. No- de la Musique ­— France’s equivalent of the person, even though I am rah Jones is really soft and jazzy, which is Grammys — her eclectic style, stunning vo- spiritual. But it’s not related not really my taste, but has some similar cals and lyrics of love and turmoil continue to any particular book. I points. Regina Spektor plays the piano, has to capture worldwide attention. Moment’s see so many cultures that brown hair and wears similar clothes. We Daphna Berman caught up with the singer- believe they have the only have feminine voices and a similar sensi- songwriter while she was on break from her truth. I don’t feel this way. I tivity and so maybe we’re seen as similar. world tour to promote her new album, “She take my Jewish background Really, there are many differences. Was a Boy.” as more of a cultural thing Moment: Your songs, even those in Hebrew, and I love it. Moment: What is the story behind New Soul? are very popular in France. How do you Moment: Has Jewish music explain people listening to songs that they Naim: It is about a period in my life when I influenced you? don’t understand? was very desperate and sad. I discovered that I was making the wrong choices, mak- Naim: You can’t escape who Naim: France is a country that has opened ing a lot of mistakes. I was very pretentious you are, and I am Jewish and its doors to artists from all over the world. when I was younger and so at one point, Israeli and French. Every- The African music scene here is very de- Yael Naim my conclusion was that I needed to be thing that I am gets into my veloped, as is the Arabic music scene. less pretentious. If before, I used to think ing for us because we recorded everything music. For example, I love klezmer music Also, take opera — people don’t always that I was an old soul, that I came to earth in my small apartment in Paris with no and I love the songs that are sung in the understand the opera they are listening many times, that I knew everything about budget, no record company, nothing. We synagogue. So yes, I’m sure it somehow to. They just connect with the music, and life. During the period in which I wrote worked for 2 1/2 years and there were a lot gets into my music, but it’s not conscious. for those who really want to know, they this song, I came to the conclusion that I of ballads in Hebrew on the album that can check to see what it’s about. It’s not Moment: How about Israeli music? am completely new; I am a new soul, and were totally not commercial. It was a huge necessary to speak the language. I came to this world to learn about how present for us to have this tiny project be Naim: Only after I left Israel did I start to lis- Moment: What is “She Was a Boy” about? to give and also about how to receive and such a huge success. ten to Israeli music for the first time. Sud- how to function. The conclusion of the Moment: Where do you say you are from? denly I was missing home desperately and Naim: My first album was about separa- song is that after this life is over, I will feel started to listen to music that connected tion and discovering that things have not like I still don’t really get it. It’s not a happy Naim: I’m French and Israeli. I was born in me. I listened to Israeli radio and started happened as I wished. The second one ending because there are still things I don’t Paris, but my parents moved to Israel, to collaborate with Israeli artists. Also, my is a happy period in my life. Something understand. But that’s OK; it’s part of life where I grew up. My parents are Tuni- Israeli boyfriend was leaving me at the opened up. There is more energy in the and it doesn’t have to be heavy. Just accept sian. But I don’t know Tunisia and I don’t time and so I started writing in Hebrew. music and more curiosity to discover the that you need to learn new things and that speak the language. I just eat couscous Much of my first album was in Hebrew. world. I started to learn about myself and things don’t have to be perfect. sometimes. I feel most comfortable in realized that there are light sides, but also Hebrew for reading, and in Hebrew and Moment: Which musicians have influenced you? Moment: How did Apple discover “New Soul”? dark sides and to accept this complex- French for speaking. Naim: Joni Mitchell was very important. ity inside myself and others. Musically, Naim: When the album was released in the first album had more folk influence, Moment: What was it like to move to Paris? And the Beatles, because of the way they France, it was a really big success really go in many styles and don’t have any lim- whereas the second has pop and New Or- quickly. And then for some reason the Naim: In the beginning, in 2000, I felt very leans influence. n Jessica Chastain and John Madden on The Debt By Naomi Pfefferman, Jewish Journal LOS ANGELES — As Jessica Chastain was pre- has that opportunity, how must she live to be Brenner by the so-called Holocaust fatigue membrance in his 1989 television miniseries paring for her role in the Mossad thriller The worthy of that gift?” that has affected moviegoers. After the War. Debt, her voluminous research led her to the The debt owed the 6 million haunts the “I was very aware of not wanting to hitch Like that earlier project, The Debt “is not story of a survivor who witnessed the destruc- film, which follows Chastain and her fellow a ride on those horrendous events in order a film about the Holocaust,” he said. “But tion of her entire family in the Holocaust. agents, David (Sam Worthington of “Avatar”) to make a revenge thriller,” Madden said. But clearly, every single thing in it is governed by “It was a woman’s memory of something and Stephan (Marton Csokas) as they stalk when he first viewed an early English-lan- the notion of how people try to come to terms she had seen as a young girl,” said Chastain, a the Nazi Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen) in guage adaptation of HaHov, “the material shot with that event and what that kind of extreme 30-year-old Juilliard graduate who has turned decrepit East Berlin. The action cuts back and off the page at me.” “While it worked like a behavior says about us as human beings.” heads for her performances in The Tree of Life forth from those events to Tel Aviv in 1997, thriller,” he said, “it also had an emotional and As Madden reworked the script, a moral and The Help. when the agents — in these scenes played by moral complexity and could raise issues about dialectic emerged between the male leads: Chastain used the memory as the backstory Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkenson and Ciaran justice, which seemed especially relevant at a There is the more cavalier and ambitious for her Debt character, Rachel, a Mossad agent Hinds — are forced to confront a secret they time when we were seeking to kidnap and as- Stephan, who does not have the same painful sent in 1966 to kidnap and bring to trial in Israel have long harbored about Vogel. sassinate people like Osama bin Laden.” history as his comrades, and there is David, a notorious Nazi, dubbed the “surgeon of Birke- Based on the 2007 Israeli film HaHov, The Madden, 62, was born in 1949 in “the shad- who like Rachel is the sole survivor of his fam- nau,” who was living in hiding in East Berlin. Debt is the latest drama to delve into the emo- ow of the war” and admits to having had as a ily and is obsessed with bringing Vogel to trial. “Because the memory was so devastating, tional aftermath of the Holocaust, joining such boy a “grim fascination” with the Jewish experi- “His motivation is standing for what Israel is, and because it is real, it helped me understand recent films as Gilles Paquet-Brenner’s Sarah’s ence. He was well aware that the Jewish students and wanting to shape that nation and ideol- a character who essentially is willing to martyr Key in its exploration of survivor’s guilt. segregated into one entire house at his English ogy into something that is a worthy recom- herself for her country,” Chastain said. “Rachel Debt director John Madden, who is British school were victims of casual anti-Semitism. pense to the 6 million,” Madden explained. wonders why, if her family was killed, does she and earned an Oscar nomination for Shake- Madden, who is married to a Jewish wom- Speaking of his character, Worthington said, get the opportunity to live? And because she speare in Love, was as daunted as Paquet- an, previously tackled issues of war and re- continued on page 30 20 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 IOn Another Note

Hannah Winkler— singer, song writer, rising star San Slomovits, staff writer annah Winkler is a young Ann Ar- in him. My mother plays piano this Jewish pop rock music in my fresh- bor musician with a lovely, agile and she has a beautiful voice. man year in high school. I first started H voice, a hard to categorize acoustic So I was always surrounded by learning some of those tunes. That’s why guitar sound, and some mature-beyond-her- music, but my parents are both I picked up guitar. And it’s funny, now I years songwriting chops. Her new self-titled lawyers. write almost all of my music with guitar. six song EP beautifully showcases those at- I know my chords, but I don’t know what WJN: You mentioned growing up tributes and also some very polished, assured I’m playing a lot of the time…. on a farm. production and recording studio skills. It is WJN: A lot of us guitar players are like that. available for free or for donations at http:// Winkler: We have a farm in (Laughter) hannahwinkler.bandcamp.com/ Keedysville, Maryland, about I talked with her recently about how she got to an hour from where we lived. Winkler: Really? where she is and where she hopes to be heading I went there a lot growing up. WJN: Yes. We just do what feels good…. I was always in love with ani- WJN: Was there music in your house when mals; I grew up in Bethesda, you were growing up? Winkler: And sounds good. I have the ear my parents work in D.C. I’ve and I have the knowledge of theory on Winkler: A lot of music in the house. We always been into country mu- piano, just have not related it to guitar for were always listening to music in the sic. Not pop country music, some reason. It just has not translated. So house and on car trips. We listened to a but folkie, bluegrassy country. I write most of my tunes that way and I lot of everything, a lot of Beach Boys, a lot I hear that in my music, despite have found that it’s freeing, because I don’t of Rolling Stones, a lot of Beatles, a lot of the fact that I have lived in cit- Hannah Winkler know what I’m doing. On piano, maybe things with vocal harmonies. ies and suburbs my whole life. I know a little too much what I’m doing I came to Ann Arbor, to the University of tle bit of everything; composition, theory, and I don’t have that freedom. I can’t play WJN: And Joni Mitchell. I think I can hear Michigan, five years ago. I studied anthro- musicology, took private lessons on pia- jazz piano, which I’ve always wanted to some of her in your music. pology and music. no. I grew up playing classical piano. do. I just grew up learning pieces. Winkler: Yes, Joni. We didn’t really listen WJN: Double major? WJN: Yet your recording sounds mostly gui- WJN: You graduated a year ago. What have to Joni as a family. I got into her on my tar driven, rather than piano driven. you been up to? own. But my dad is incredibly knowl- Winkler: Yes. edgeable about music. He doesn’t really WJN: Did you study voice at the Music Winkler: You’re totally right. I picked up gui- Winkler: This past year I did my music, and play music, he played clarinet growing up School? tar in high school, mainly because I was in to support that I worked in restaurants. and he plays a bit of guitar, but he’s just a Jewish youth group that I was very into, I also sing with little kids at Tot Shabbat Winkler: I actually wasn’t in the Music incredibly knowledgeable. My brother is and guitar playing and singing was a big at Temple Beth Emeth on Friday nights. School. I studied music through the LSA. musical, though no instrument ever really community activity, and you can’t lug a It’s a general degree, where you take a lit- stuck with him, but I know that he has it piano around with you. I got really into continued on page 30

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Beyond religious and secular, some Palestinian uses football for peace By Dan Goldberg Israeli schools are forging a third way SYDNEY, Australia (JTA)—Sulaiman Khatib is an ter already had an Israeli-Palestinian soccer team, By Linda Gradstein ordinary Palestinian with an extraordinary past. so she adapted the idea for Australian football and JERUSALEM (JTA)—At first glance, Reut looks all due respect, we’re not secular or religious, Born in the West Bank near Jerusalem, he grew first brought a joint team to Australia in 2008. like a typical religious Israeli high school. we’re Jews.’ That, to me, is exactly what I up as a “freedom fighter,” as he describes it, fighting “I think because of the power of the story and The first day starts with Shacharit, the want the school to do.” against the Israeli occupation by throwing stones the impossibility of the story it actually gave me morning service. The boys, all wearing kip- In some schools like Reut, secular and re- and preparing Molotov cocktails. more motivation to make it happen,” Oziel said. pot, sit separately from the girls. Only boys ligious students spend the entire day togeth- But in 1986, when he was just 14, he and The media coverage here of the team’s visit – lead the service. There’s plenty of singing er. In others, such as the Keshet elementary a friend stabbed some Israeli soldiers. Khatib amid a campaign to boycott Israel by targeting and clapping. The service lasts more than school just down the street, secular students was arrested and sent to prison for 10 years. Max Brenner chocolate shops, which are Israeli- an hour. and religious students separate for prayer He spent most of his time behind bars learn- owned, across Australia – has been “unprece- But on closer inspection, a few things are and Jewish studies. ing Hebrew and English, reading about Nelson dented,” said Oziel. She singled out Al-Jazeera’s different. Unlike religious schools, most of “During those hours, the secular children Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi and studying coverage, which has been intense. the girls here are wearing jeans and many have Jewish studies but not from an Ortho- the histories of other conflicts—all of which, Off the field, the team’s arrival in Australia’s have piercings in vari- dox point of view,” he said, led him to a startling conclusion. capital last week prompted the Parliamentary ous parts of their bod- Keshet’s principal, “I believe there is no military solution to the Friends of Israel and the Parliamentary Friends of ies. Many of the boys Nothing is simple in Israel, Tova Avichai-Kremer, conflict,” Khatib, 39, said of the Israeli-Palestin- Palestine groups to join forces for the first time. In are not wearing tefil- told JTA. “We want ian conflict in an interview this week with JTA Sydney, they met the premier of New South Wales, lin, although many and education is no exception. the non-Orthodox from Melbourne. “I believe nonviolence is the climbed the Sydney Harbor Bridge, and joined are wearing earrings. kids to take owner- best way for our struggle, for our freedom and 85,000 people on a fun run to Bondi Beach. Some even have both. ship over their Juda- for peace on both sides.” Arguably, the most inspiring event was an Reut, a Jerusalem middle school and ism, make it significant and make it a place Now, as co-founder and director of the Al- iftar celebration to break the Ramadan fast with high school, defies the usual Israeli dichot- where they’re challenging themselves over Quds Association for Democracy and Dialogue, the Lebanese Muslim Association in Sydney, omy of “secular” or “religious.” The school Jewish values, tradition and lifestyle.” Khatib is in Australia with Tami Hay, director of participants said. calls itself a pluralistic community, and it All of these programs are expensive. Par- the Sport Department of Israel’s Peres Center for “It was really unique,” Hay said. “Usually we is part of a third stream of education that ents usually pay higher tuition than at state Peace. They are leading a team of 24 Israelis and don’t have any contact with the Muslim commu- tries to bridge the gaps between secular and religious or secular schools. Palestinians in a unique bridge-building exercise: nity when we travel. Jews and Muslims together — religious Israelis. While public schools are more heavily to compete in an international competition of you break barriers, you can really feel it.” “Spirituality doesn’t have to be religious,” subsidized by the government, many Israeli Australian-rules football, a hybrid of American Oziel agrees. “Nothing has bridged the two said principal Avital Levy-Katz, 42. “We teach high schools are semi-private, meaning par- football, Gaelic football and rugby. communities like this,” she said. “The Peace Team the children that they are part of a communi- ents pay $3,000 to $5,000 per student per “The main message is not just about sport is like a beacon for other communities in conflict.” ty—in their family, their school, in Israel and year, mostly for extras like class trips, music or winning the game,” Khatib says. “It’s about After being defeated in the early rounds of the in the Jewish nation. Being part of a commu- lessons in schools and extra teaching hours. winning life.” tournament, the Peace Team registered its first nity entails rights and responsibilities.” Scholarships are available for children whose Participating in a tournament alongside 18 victory against China. But their defeat by France Nothing is simple in Israel, and education parents cannot afford the tuition. teams – including ones from the United States, on Wednesday meant they had lost any chance of is no exception. Schools such as Reut and Keshet cost up Canada, South Africa, Britain and New Zealand – winning the International Cup trophy. Many of the 1.97 million students who to $1,000 extra per student, and donors make was the easy part for the Israelis and Palestinians; It’s not the toughest reality that they’ve had to started school this week will attend either up the rest of the additional cost. preparing was much harder. face. One week into their trip, news broke of the “state” schools or “state religious” schools. The Israeli education situation is further First, there are no Australian football ovals in Is- terrorist attacks near Eilat, which left eight Israelis In addition there are hundreds of haredi complicated by the fact that many of these rael or the West Bank, so the group – known as the dead. “The younger Israeli players who just got dis- Orthodox schools, which are funded by the schools still have not been officially recog- Peace Team—trained on soccer fields in Jaffa and missed from the army took it more emotionally, Ministry of Education but do not have to nized by the Ministry of Education, despite Jerusalem. Most of the players had never heard of and were scared how this would affect the team,” follow the state curriculum. Arab students, a 2008 law mandating recognition. The un- the game before, let alone played it. The rulebook said Hay, who grew up witnessing the bus bomb- about 20 percent of Israel’s population, have recognized schools receive only 75 percent of had to be translated into Arabic and Hebrew, as ings in Tel Aviv in the mid-1990s. “The older ones their own schools and curriculum. the budget of a recognized school. did the instructions of the coach, Australian-rules said to remember that what you’re doing here is The complexity does not end there. Some “There is a public system of education, football legend Robert “Dipper” DiPierdomenico, proof that we are doing it better.” 120,000 students study in a third stream of and we think everyone should be part of it,” a giant, mustachioed man. Khatib who also co-founded an Israeli- education that defines itself as “pluralistic” Raz Kiel, a spokesman for the Ministry of One of the players, Kamal Abu Althom, told Palestinian peace group called Combatants for or “integrated.” Religious and secular stu- Education, told JTA. “We don’t think there JTA that sometimes it took him three hours to get Peace in 2005, said, “We prayed together and dents study together, and Jewish texts are should be private schools at all.” from Hebron to the training sessions. The soldiers stood in silence for one minute for the victims emphasized. Each of the 320 schools finds it The movement for pluralistic schools “take a long time at the checkpoints, checking our on both sides. The team hugged.” own way to do this. comes amid the changing of demographics ID, checking our bags,” he said. “It was very moving,” Oziel said. “There’s “Israeli society is becoming more and in Israeli society. Twenty years ago, non-re- This, said Hay, emphasizes one of the points of amazing unity but it’s also very confronting. We more polarized,” said Rabbi Michael Mel- ligious state schools enrolled two-thirds of the program. “The Palestinians realize this is the are against violence on both sides.” chior, the initiator of the push for pluralis- Jewish students in Israel. Now only half of only chance to meet Israelis who are not soldiers, Regardless of their failures on the field or tic schools and a former Knesset member. Jewish students are enrolled in this stream. and for the Israelis, they’re not meeting Palestin- their feats off it, the Peace Team’s two-week “The secular schools have disconnected The percentage of haredi Orthodox stu- ians only at checkpoints,” Hay said. “We created trip to Australia has been an unbridled suc- themselves from any kind of Judaism, and dents is growing fast because of the commu- a safe place where they are able to meet without cess, Oziel said. It’s what happens next that the religious schools have become more and nity’s much higher birthrate than that of the stereotypes.” concerns her. more closed.” general population. In Jerusalem, for exam- Just days before the Peace Team’s departure for “I’m more worried about the backlash when Melchior, who served as the chairman of ple, more than half of all Jewish first-graders Australia, an Internet campaign almost nixed the the boys get back home,” she said. “There’s still the Knesset’s Education Committee, says that this year are in haredi schools. trip. “We got some threats against Al-Quds saying resentment. Some of our boys are under threat the Ministry of Education’s division of schools Orthodox parents are sometimes hesitant they were collaborators,” Hay explained. for being involved in normalization projects into “state” schools (i.e., non-religious) and to send their children to pluralistic schools, Added Althom, “Many people I know are op- with Israel. It’s very sad.” “state religious schools” is outdated. believing that the children will stop being posed to my participation in activities with the Is- Hay is equally concerned. “We’ll see what’s Many students today come from “mixed observant if they are exposed to the secular raeli side. They do not believe that it can improve happening after September” – when the United marriages” in which one parent is secular world. Secular parents worry about religious the situation or lead to peace. I try to portray the Nations is due to vote on the matter of Palestin- and one religious. Others come from reli- coercion. The students themselves don’t positive things as much as possible.” ian statehood, Hay said. “It’s a vexed situation. This gious homes but have left religion; others are seem to worry. Nimrod Vromen, an Israeli player, told one project survived the intifada, the Gaza war, really moving toward greater observance. Melchior “We used to hang out here all night some- media agency: “For me it’s easy. For the Palestin- difficult times. No matter what will happen on a says his goal is to bridge the growing gaps in times,” said Gonen Ilan, 19, who graduated ians, they actually have their lives threatened play- political level, we’ll be able to do what we do, but Israeli society, which he sees as “an existential from Reut last year and now is volunteering ing in this team.” we need to be strong.” threat to Israel.” with the incoming seventh-graders. “We just Tanya Oziel, executive director of the Australian As for Khatib, he said his life experience offers “Once I brought a donor into Reut and liked being here.” n branch of the Peres Center for Peace, knew there him a unique perspective. he asked the kids to say whether they were would be massive hurdles when she conceived of “I’ve been in an Israeli jail for 10 years. I do secular or religious,” Melchior recalls. “And the idea of a joint team in 2007. A Sephardic Jew things I believe in and I’m ready to risk my life,” he one girl got up and said to the donor, ‘With with Iraqi origins, Oziel knew that the Peres Cen- said. “So I’m not really worried about me.” n

Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 23 I Health I World Jewry

Progress in in-vitro detection spurs Is Jewish life in Hungary and Poland new push for genetic disease testing sustainable? By Hillel Kuttler By Ruth Ellen Gruber WASHINGTON (JTA)—Susan and Brad Still- tium. She is the mother of two adult children with BUDAPEST, Hungary (JTA)—It’s not easy to sociologist Andras Kovacs, an expert on Hun- man grew concerned following their son Benja- mucolipidosis type IV, one of the known Jewish decipher the complicated trajectory of Jewish garian Jewish issues who was one of the co- min’s birth in September 1998. He was fussy and genetic diseases. life in post-communist Europe. authors of the report, told JTA. “We wanted to congested, had difficulty breastfeeding and didn’t “When you’re young and getting married, you “There are claims and counterclaims about provoke debate.” take to the bottle. don’t want to know about it because it’s scary,” she contemporary European Jewish life,” Jonathan In Poland, research bore witness to the re- The parents brought him to the pediatrician said. “But you should want to know about it.” Boyd, the executive director of London’s Insti- birth of a community that remains tiny but has and then to a hospital pediatric care unit near their Experts also emphasize the need for each tute for Jewish Policy Research, said. “At one end a disproportionate impact both at home and home in Rockville, Md., a suburb of Washington. carrier to be screened prior to each pregnancy of the spectrum there are reports of a remark- abroad, in part due to the importance of Polish Benjamin soon was diagnosed with Riley-Day to account for additions to the screening panel able renaissance of activity; at the other there is Jewish history and heritage to world Jewry. syndrome, now called familial dysautonomia, a ge- in the interim. a strong narrative of decline.” Because of this, the report said, and “because netic disease of the autonomic nervous system that Several organizations are expanding their out- Boyd’s institute recently published a pair of of the remarkably positive reaction of the Polish disproportionately strikes Ashkenazi Jews. reach to rabbis and Jewish communal leaders to reports written by local researchers in Hungary state and most of civil society to Jewish interests When the Stillmans got married in 1995, they enlist their help in persuading prospective parents and Poland that offer and concerns,” Jewish were tested for Tay-Sachs disease, the only genetic to get tested. Even doctors don’t push sufficiently a more nuanced view. programs in Poland disease prevalent among Ashkenazim for which for testing, representatives of these groups say. The reports looked at Culture is a main identity “have a very high screening was available, and neither parent was The Victor Centers’ survey in April of 100 the development of multiplier effect,” with found to be a carrier or to have the disease. Atlanta-area obstetricians, gynecologists, primary Jewish life in these two factor for young Jews. a direct impact “both “Ignorance was bliss,” Susan Stillman said. “We care physicians and pediatricians found that only countries since the col- on the world commu- had no idea we were carriers for FD.” 51 percent routinely recommend preconception lapse of communism and examined the chal- nity of Jews of Polish origin, and on Jewish and Today, tests are available for 19 chronic con- screening, and just 34 percent recommend updat- lenges their Jewish communities face going non-Jewish Poles alike.” ditions that are known as Jewish genetic diseases, ed screenings between pregnancies. Not a single forward. Therefore, it said, preservation and study of including familial dysautonomia. Testing capabili- respondent reported recommending screening for The reports, Boyd said, “illustrate that both Jewish heritage—from cemeteries, synagogues ties have risen dramatically: Just one year ago, indi- more than six of the 19 known diseases. perspectives are correct: While Jewish life has and Holocaust sites such as death camps, to ar- viduals could be tested for 16 conditions; in 2009, The findings were “stark” and “very worri- undoubtedly been reinvigorated since the col- chival, museum and library collections—“are the number was 11. Among those conditions, in some,” said the Victor Centers’ national project lapse of communism, considerable investment of great importance.” addition to FD and Tay-Sachs, are cystic fibrosis, director, Debby Hirshman. is required to ensure the long-term sustainabil- Moreover, it said, while Orthodox Jewry Gaucher disease, Canavan disease and Niemann- The agency’s Atlanta Jewish Gene Screen ity of Jewish life in both places.” remained the primary established religious Pick disease. program has secured the agreement of area Hungary, with an estimated 100,000 Jews, stream, only a minority of the community Organizations dealing with Jewish genetic dis- rabbis to distribute fact sheets to the 17,000 has the largest Jewish population in post- identified with Orthodoxy. eases are intensifying their efforts to educate Ash- congregants expected to attend High Holiday communist Europe outside the former Soviet The report urged greater investment in pro- kenazim of childbearing age about the need to be services next month. Union. In Poland, the European Jewish heart- grams supporting Jewish cultural initiatives screened for all 19 conditions with a single blood The Jewish Genetic Disease Consortium, land that was home to more than 3 million Jews and non-Orthodox alternative forms of Jewish test, and to update tests that have already been with the support of the New York Board of before the Holocaust, the Jewish population to- engagement. conducted. The experts view this as a serious com- Rabbis, last September inaugurated a clergy day is estimated at only 8,000-15,000. “There is a future for the Jewish commu- munal health issue, with one in five Ashkenazim awareness program. The reports were prepared on the basis of nity in Poland, but the community will remain estimated to be a carrier of at least one of the 11 Several rabbis have taken the effort to spear- personal interviews with a range of Jewish com- small,” Konstanty Gebert, a leading Jewish in- diseases that could be tested for in 2009. head educational efforts into their own hands. munity activists in each country, followed up by tellectual and writer who co-authored the re- A study by New York University’s Mount Sinai Rabbi Peter Kasdan, a Reform rabbi from New focus-group discussions. Their results highlight port, told JTA. “While the Orthodox part will School of Medicine in Manhattan found that sig- Jersey who has moved to Florida in retirement, similarities in the post-communist Jewish re- remain a core of it, it represents only a minor- nificant numbers of New York-area Ashkenazim has made it a requirement that couples undergo vival process but also illustrate the differences ity,” he said. —one in every 3.3 — are carriers of at least one of testing before he performs their weddings. Rabbi between various Jewish communities. “Culture is a main identity factor for young the 16 diseases tested for last year. Larry Sernovitz of Philadelphia’s Old York Road They also demonstrate the increasing im- Jews,” he went on. “The most important things A carrier rate of one in 100 for an individual Temple-Beth Am, whose son was born with fa- portance of alternative forms of engagement in are happening on the interface between the disease would be “of concern,” said Dr. Adele Sch- milial dysautonomia, successfully lobbied the nurturing identity among younger Jews. These Jewish community and society at large.” neider, director of clinical genetics at Philadelphia’s Union for Reform Judaism to host a session include Jewish community centers, Jewish Jonathan Ornstein, the director of the Jew- Victor Centers for Jewish Genetic Diseases. on Jewish genetic diseases at its upcoming con- studies programs, grassroots educational proj- ish Community Center in Krakow, said the re- As with any genetic disease, when both par- vention in Washington. Rabbi Joseph Eckstein, ects such as Limmud, and even initiatives such port gave a good overall picture of Jewish life in ents are carriers, each of their children will have a who lives in New York, lost four children to Tay- as Jewish cafes and culture festivals. Poland today and many of its complexities. 25-percent likelihood of being affected; the more Sachs disease, and in the 1980s he founded Dor The research in Hungary showed a commu- “It accurately portrays Polish Jews as being diseases for which each parent is a carrier, the great- Yeshorim, a Brooklyn-based organization that nity reinvigorated over the last 20 years but facing optimistic and not overly concerned with anti- er the odds of the children being affected. promotes screening in Orthodox communities. the challenge of low engagement in communal Semitism, which stands in marked contrast to “If you and your spouse find out that you’re In August, the Victor Centers rolled out an iP- life, with only 10 percent of the Jewish population the rest of Europe,” he told JTA. carriers, you may not want to take that one- in- hone and iPad application it has developed with affiliated with a Jewish organization. But he added, “I would have liked to see four chance,” said Karen Litwack, director of the information on Jewish genetic diseases. Young people especially appear alienated more focus on the somewhat unnatural struc- Chicago Center for Jewish Genetic Disorders. “It’s The outreach efforts mean a lot to Stillman. from established Jewish communal structures, ture of the community, where official religious a terrible ordeal for parents to go through. From Last week, she spoke about her situation during such as the umbrella Federation of Hungarian life is Orthodox but few of the members are. a Jewish community standpoint, there’s a general a panel discussion at the 31st IAJGS International Jewish Communitie—or Mazsihisz, to use its Polish Jewry coming to terms with that situa- consensus that education and outreach will, hope- Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Washington. Hungarian acronym. tion, and having its institutions more accurately fully, prevent this kind of thing from happening.” Stillman described her son as a sweet, loving child. The JPR Hungary report calls for an urgent represent the people is to me the greatest chal- Experts in Jewish genetic diseases are seeking Benjamin, who is entering the eighth grade, plays overhaul of Mazsihisz and the entire institu- lenge we face moving forward.” to promote awareness of the potential problems, piano and plans to celebrate his bar mitzvah in tional system of organized Hungarian Jewry The reports were the first two of a series of JPR because screening before a pregnancy can offer September. But he’ll always have to eat through a to ensure that decisions on issues affecting the investigations into contemporary Jewish life in options for preventing or dramatically reducing feeding tube and to receive daily medication. whole community are made in a democratic Eastern and Central Europe funded by the Roth- the chance of a child being born with a disease. Stillman isn’t sure if Benjamin can live inde- and transparent fashion. schild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe. Future re- The four main alternative options are utilizing a pendently, marry or have children. It also calls for greater religious plural- ports will deal with Ukraine and Germany. sperm donor; utilizing an egg donor; pre-implan- “I don’t know how long my child will live. I ism and more cooperation and coordination “This research highlights the importance tation genetic diagnosis (in-vitro fertilization of can’t look too far down the road—only half the among the plethora of often competing local of avoiding generalities about Jewish life in the mother’s egg, analysis of the embryo, and im- kids live to age 30,” she said of those diagnosed Jewish groups and initiatives. This, it said, could Central and Eastern Europe,” Sally Berkovic, plantation only if the embryo is healthy); and even with familial dysautonomia. Her presentation at help foster the emergence and training of a new the chief executive of the Rothschild Founda- aborting a fetus affected by both parents’ disease- the genealogy conference, Stillman said, had one generation of leaders “who recognize that suc- tion Europe, said in a statement. “Despite some carrying genes. goal: raising awareness. cess in any part of the community should be shared experiences, each Jewish community, “Screening is protecting future generations,” “It can happen to you,” she said. “I am a regular regarded as success for the whole community.” with its distinctive characteristics, has respond- said Randy Yudenfriend-Glaser, who chairs the person. It happened to me.” n “One of our purposes was to present con- ed differently to the challenges precipitated by New York-based Jewish Genetic Disease Consor- flicting views on every issue we considered,” the fall of communism.” n

24 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 In Sicily, Jews reach out to Inquisition-era forgotten Jews By Alex Weisler SIRACUSA, Italy (JTA)—On her deathbed, Sicily now has its first rabbi in 500 years, and be to bring back as many of these people as But when Carlo began exploring the religion in Salvatore Zurzolo’s grandmother confided a Siracusa’s tiny one-room synagogue—occupy- possible,” he said. his mid-teens, it upset his family. long-held secret: Their family was Jewish. ing the bottom floor of an apartment building Participants said they didn’t find their way “My family is a total Sicilian family—it’s Zurzolo, of Calabria in southern Italy, had in the city’s outskirts and drawing from a re- to Judaism by poring over family trees. The nar- Catholic,” he said. “For them it’s not a good de- been flirting with Judaism for years, ever since volving door of about 40 interested locals—is rative varied by individual, but the gist was the cision. I’m not decided on whether I’ll complete choosing to stay with Parisian Jews during a one of only two or three Jewish communities in same: There was a gut feeling, an inescapable, my path to Judaism.” Catholic youth trip to the city when he was 18. Italy south of Naples. always-known truth—with or without the evi- Amid all the existential questions and After his grandmother’s confession, Zur- Perhaps most important, Italian Jewry dence to back it up. sweeping rhetoric at the gathering were practi- zolo contacted the central Italian Jewish seems open to welcoming newly converted Jews Elisabetta Barbera made the trip from Rome cal concerns. This was the central concern for community in Rome and asked to begin the from Siracusa. Rabbi Gadi Piperno, project to attend the conference. She said she suspects Rabbi Stefano di Mauro, a Sicilian native who conversion process. manager for southern outreach for the Union that her family has Jewish links and that defini- converted to Judaism when he was about 30 “For 20 years I was told it was not possible,” of Italian Jewish Communities’ department of tive proof is not the point. and was later told of his family’s Jewish roots. Zurzolo said. education and culture, came to Siracusa for the “Being 60, it’s my right to die like a Jew. Now that Siracusa has a synagogue again, he But he didn’t give up, keeping kosher, wear- recent outreach seminar. That’s it,” she said. “It’s my feeling, my link, is focused on making the city a welcoming place ing a yarmulke and a Star of David necklace, “We used to say that Naples was the fron- my faith.” for the community of anusim. and visiting Israel 10 times in two decades, ac- tier” of Italian Jewry, he said. “But now, at the Event attendees said the seminar made them “The next step is to create a permanent beit cording to his account. end of Italy, we have a community—so this is feel less alone. din” [religious court] for the South and give the Finally, last December, Zurzolo formally the new frontier.” Maria La Cara traveled from the Sicilian opportunity to the ones who want to come back converted to Judaism with a dip in the ancient At the two-day conference, participants capital of Palermo, nearly a three-hour drive. to Judaism to be helped faster,” he said. “I’m not mikvah of Siracusa, Sicily’s fourth-largest city told personal stories of discovering their heri- Raised Catholic, she began attending Pente- so young anymore to get so excited, but it seems and one of Italy’s southernmost municipalities. tage, pored over Torah passages—including the costal services at 18 and found herself getting like God wants this to happen. So many things Last week, Zurzolo returned to the site of Book of Ruth, which is focused on the conver- consistently hung up on the word “Israel” when are coming together.” the ritual bath, which sits below an upmarket sion of Naomi’s daughter-in-law—and heard she came across it in prayers. Next up is a Shabbaton weekend retreat hotel, for a first-of-its-kind conference aimed at from Michael Freund, founder and chairman La Cara says one of her family’s surnames, in Calabria, at the southern tip of Italy’s boot. “Ebrei di Ritorno,” the Italian term for “Returning of the Shavei Israel Foundation, which seeks to Scimonetto, is a common converso name in the Then in December, the Union of Italian Jew- Jews”—descendants of Jews forcibly converted facilitate connections between descendants of southern Italian region of Reggio Calabria, but ish Communities plans to hold a large event in during the Inquisition era who are now exploring Jews, Israel and the Jewish people. she has no definitive proof of Jewish ancestry. Naples focusing on ethics and politics that also the possibility of coming back to the religion. Freund, whose group has worked with de- “I think I’d feel better if I found out I was will serve as a chance to update the Italian Jew- The gathering, which brought together a pas- scendants of Jews in India, South America, Jewish,” she said. “If my past is more clear, then ish community on the progress of the outreach sel of prominent Italian rabbis and more than a Poland and the Iberian Peninsula, said the Sira- so is my present.” initiative in the South. dozen mostly Sicilian descendants of Jews, was cusa event was his first foray into the so-called La Cara said she has received support from Beatrice Macca, a young pharmaceutical an important step for Siracusa: It marked the anusim communities of Italy—descendents of her family, but that’s not a universal experience student who discovered her Jewish roots about first time that the Union of Italian Jewish Com- forcibly converted Jews. in heavily Catholic Sicily. a year ago and has since taken to keeping ko- munities, or UCEI, the umbrella group for the Sicily had a Jewish population of at least Carlo—a biochemistry student from Catania, sher and attending synagogue, said the support Italian Jewish establishment, offered formal 50,000 at the time of the Inquisition, and Fre- about 40 minutes north of Siracusa—didn’t want of the Italian Jewish establishment is incredibly recognition and support. Among the attendees und believes that welcoming back descendants to provide his last name because of his family’s important. were Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum, chief rabbi of of Jews is the best way to avenge the violence discomfort with his growing Jewish identity. “For Rabbi Piperno to come from Rome, it Turin; Rabbi Shalom Bahbout, chief rabbi of and intimidation of that era. When he was 8 or 9, Carlo dreamt that his shows that we’re getting stronger,” she said. “Before Naples; and Rabbi Roberto Della Rocca, head of “The sweetest revenge for what the Inqui- mother and grandmother told him he was Jew- we were alone. Now I have the hope of changing the UCEI’s culture and education department. sition did to these people’s ancestors would ish; he has Jewish roots on both parents’ sides. the culture that’s predominant in Sicily.” n In Slovakia, being strategic about preserving Jewish heritage By Ruth Ellen Gruber BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (JTA)—In 1989, on The vice president of the Bratislava Jewish tourism, culture and education so that Jews, tential of a Jewish community that now num- the eve of the fall of communism, the Ameri- community, Borsky is also Slovakia’s leading their history and their fate are not forgotten. bers only a few dozen people. can poet Jerome Rothenberg published a Jewish scholar and expert on Slovak Jewish I have followed the development of the We saw synagogues used as art galleries, powerful series of poems called “Khurbn” heritage. At 37 he is the leading Slovak Jewish route ever since Borsky first conceived it five and one now used as an art school. There that dealt with the impact of the Holocaust activist of his generation, engaged in everything years ago, and I believe it is an important stra- were little Jewish exhibits, and ruined syna- on Eastern Europe. from religious, cultural and educational initia- tegic endeavor that could provide a model for gogues still undergoing repair. In one of these, In one section, he recorded conversations he tives to his own personal commitment to rais- other countries. Only 3,000 Jews live in Slova- the partially ruined synagogue in Liptovsky had had in Poland with local people who had ing his daughters in a Jewish home. kia today, but there are synagogue buildings or Mikulas, Goldstein and his wife stopped to little recollection of the flourishing pre-war “I’ll do anything to support his efforts, he Jewish cemeteries in literally hundreds of towns chant prayers so that the sounds of Jewish Jewish presence. has made such a difference to Jewish life here,” and even major cities. The Slovak Jewish com- liturgy could once again be heard. “Were there once Jews here?” the poem goes. said Andrew Goldstein, a British Reform rabbi munity does not have the resources to save or One of our most meaningful encounters “Yes, they told us, yes they were sure there were, who has played a hands-on role in nurturing even to care for all these places. was with a high school teacher in the small though there was no one here who could re- Jewish revival in the Czech Republic and Slova- So Borsky convinced communal leaders to town of Spisske Nova Ves who for nearly a member. What was a Jew like? they asked. kia for more than two decades. sanction a strategy that concentrates on just decade has made care of the Jewish cemetery “No one is certain still if they exist.” Now chairman of the European Union for a few. This resulted in his Slovak Jewish Heri- and continuing research into the history of I often think of this poem when I travel to Progressive Judaism, Goldstein comes to Bratis- tage Route, which includes 24 flagship sites in the destroyed Jewish community an integral far-flung places in Eastern and Central Europe, lava once a month to hold classes and lead a non- all eight regions of the country: mainly syna- part of her class curriculum. and it was certainly on my mind on a trip to Orthodox Shabbat service as an alternative to the gogues, but also Jewish cemeteries, Holocaust I had visited most of these places in the past. Slovakia this August. one conducted by the city’s only resident rabbi, memorials and museums. They are marked But going from one to the next in the space of That’s because yes, there are still Jews here, and Baruch Myers, who is affiliated with Chabad. with plaques bearing a distinctive logo. five days hammered home a range of challenges the post-Communist revival has reinvigorated Goldstein and I met in Bratislava nearly Each was chosen for its historic or archi- that face both Jewish heritage and Jewish life. Jewish communities in the region. But also, de- six years ago when he officiated at Borsky’s tectural significance but also for its sustain- “The saddest thing for me was not to see the spite this, numbers are still so small that even in wedding. This time, Goldstein and his wife ability. This does not mean, of course, that empty synagogues, but to learn that the Ortho- many places where Jews once made up large parts and I, along with half a dozen Israeli jour- other sites should be forgotten. But to be dox synagogue in Zilina is still intact but not used of the population, Jewish history and heritage nalists, were on a five-day tour that Borsky included on the route, there must be a part- for services,” Goldstein told me after the trip. “On have been, or run the risk of being, forgotten. led to Jewish communities and heritage sites nership in place with a local body to ensure Rosh Hashanah the tiny community just meets in “Look,” my friend Maros Borsky reminded around the country. long-term care and maintenance. a nearby hall and reminisces—there is seemingly me in Bratislava. “Kids who were born after The aim was to introduce the Slovak Jewish Our tour took in more than a dozen of the nobody to lead even a short service.” 1989 don’t even remember communism.” Heritage Route, an educational and touristic sites: from the active synagogue in Bratislava to Rothenberg’s poem was rarely out of my Borsky is trying to do something about itinerary Borsky devised as a means of inte- Presov in the far east, where the magnificence of thoughts. this—which is why I was in Slovakia. grating Jewish heritage and memory into local the surviving synagogue utterly dwarfs the po- “Were there once Jews here?” n

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26 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 I Kosher Cuisine Don’t want it? Don’t need it? Don’t keep it! Going around the world to break the fast By Sybil Kaplan JERUSALEM (JTA)—Breaking the fast has its cardamom-almond cookie called hagadi badah, own set of traditions. Ashkenazim usually break Marks writes in The World of Jewish Desserts. Italian cold pasta in Let Encore Sell It For You: the fast with something sweet rather than salty, Afterward they have a big meal that includes Electronics • Musical Instruments egg-lemon sauce Designer Items • Antiques & Collectibles like herring, because they believe fish restores teebeet, a stuffed whole chicken with rice that 5-6 servings Automotive Parts • Sporting Goods salt lost by the body while fasting. Herring also has been left to cook over a low flame all Yom Sauce Camera & Audio/Visual Equipment was the cheapest fish in Eastern Europe, where Kippur day. 2 large eggs the custom originated. Pan dulce, a sweet yeast bread in loaf form or 2 large egg yolks 1958 South Industrial (in the Colonial Lanes Plaza) Egg and cheese dishes—dairy products in rolls, is served by some Sephardim before and 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice general—are popular among the Ashkenazim after the fast, Marks notes in his book. Marks 2 tablespoons flour or 734.761.6187 for the first foods after Yom Kippur. also writes that the Jews of India for the meal 1 tablespoon cornstarch EncoreOnlineResale.com Some Eastern European Jews break the following Yom Kippur have a semolina-filled 1 teaspoon fast with a German sweet roll called shnekem, turnover called singara or kushli, and sutlach, a salt or from the German word for snails, because of its Middle Eastern rice flour pudding. 2 teaspoons coiled shape. The yeast dough containing milk Some Yemenites break the fast with ginger kosher salt and sour cream is rolled out, brushed with cake or watermelon, then they drink coffee and 2 teaspoons melted butter and sprinkled with a cinnamon eat cookies. Afterward they have more of the broth sugar (op- sugar, raisin and nut filling then rolled up, cut from before the fast or another Yemenite soup. tional) into slices and baked. Edda Servi Machlin, author of the cookbook 2 cups boiling vegetable soup or water Gil Marks writes in The World of Jewish Classic Italian Jewish Cooking, among others, re- Pasta Desserts that Central European Jews ate cheese counts that her Italian family drinks vermouth 1 pound tagliolini/taglierini or thin egg kuchen, a coffee cake, for the meal following and then eats a special, oval-shaped bread to noodles such as linguine Yom Kippur. German Jews also ate erstesternen, break the fast. They then enjoy a meal with soup 1 teaspoon salt a cinnamon star cookie, so called because stars and pasta, chicken, fish, stewed fennel, cold noo- 1/3 cup olive oil were the sign of the end of the fast day. dles with sauce, sweet cakes and fruit. Zimbabwe Jews break the fast with juice, Marks writes that Italians typically break the 2 tablespoons fresh parsley (optional)Beat traditional rolls with oil called rusks, oil biscuits fast with il bolio, an Italian sweet yeast bread. eggs, egg yolks and lemon juice in a saucepan. and cheese. Sweets include almond and honey Nicholas Stavroulakis, who wrote The Cook- Whisk a little of the egg mixture in a bowl with turnovers and sponge cake. Later they dine on book of the Jews of Greece, relates that Greek Jews the flour or cornstarch to make a paste. Stir it a meal of cold chicken, fried fish, chicken soup prepare interesting drinks to break the fast. One back into the egg mixture. and other sweets. is made with grenadine; another with almonds; Add salt and sugar if using. Gradually beat in The Jews of South Africa, whose origins another with lemons; and one has melon seeds, hot soup or water. Cook over medium heat, Mon. Closed • Tue., Wed. & Thur. - Lunch 11:30-2:30; Dinner 5-10 were in Europe, have babke, a sweet milk bread water, sugar and almond extract or rosewater. Fri.- Lunch 11:30-2:30; Dinner 5-11 • Sat. - Lunch 11:30-3; Dinner 3-11 stirring continually with a wooden spoon until Special Sunday Brunch - 11:00- 3 with almonds and raisins originating in Poland. Rachel Dalvin, who has researched about smooth and thick, about 8 minutes. Remove They also drink soda water, milk or lemon tea. the Jews of Ioannina, Greece, shares the fact from heat and continue to stir for 1 minute. Later they have a meal starting with pickled that these Jews broke the fast with avgolemono, Pour into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and Make your next mailer, herring and lemon fish. chicken-lemon soup, and a variety of stuffed let cool. brochure, invitation or Typical among South African Jews whose vegetables that were common in Turkish cook- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add salt any design project a ancestors came from the island of Rhodes is ery and acquired because Turkey occupied that then noodles and stir. Return and bring to a breaking the fast with melon pip milk, bread part of Greece for centuries. boil and cook 7 to 10 minutes. Drain. Place in with olive oil, sponge cake, honey and almond Some Moroccan Jews break the fast with a bowl and toss with olive oil. Let cool at least turnovers, and rusks. fijuelas, a deep-fried pastry soaked in sweet 30 minutes. Others break the fast with cold chicken, syrup. They may also drink arak, an anise-fla- Mix noodles with sauce and garnish chicken soup and sesame biscuits, followed by vored liqueur. Later they have coffee with milk, with parsley. almond sponge cake with syrup or marzipan. cake and cookies. Still later they have harera, (Marzipan is a sweet mixture of almond paste, a special thick soup with chicken and ground sugar and egg whites often tinted with food col- vegetables. My favorite by Dennis Platte oring and molded into forms such as fruits and Here are some special recipes to break the 734.483.9619 [email protected] animals.) Layered phyllo pastry with almonds fast from Olive Trees and Honey by Marks, no-herring taste appetizer and honey also may be served. a cookbook of traditional Jewish vegetarian 4-6 servings Among Sephardim and Middle Eastern dishes from Jews around the world that can be Though I do not like herring, once I tasted Jews, a light snack is followed by a heavier meal. prepared ahead. this dish more than 20 years ago I was won For example, some Syrian, Iraqi and Egyptian over and make it ofte—and not just for Sybil Kaplan is a journalist, food writer and Jews break the fast with cardamom coffee cake. breaking the fast. cookbook author who lives in Jerusalem. Some Iraqis drink milk, then have the cake or a Persian yogurt and cucumber soup 6-8 servings 2 to 5 garlic cloves 6 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon 1 teaspoon table salt or plus 2 teaspoons kosher salt 3 tablespoons fresh dill 4 cups plain yogurt 2 chopped hard-boiled eggs or 1 cup milk or 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1/2 cup buttermilk and 1/2 cup water 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil (optional) 2 cups herring in wine 4 cups peeled, seeded, diced or grated 1/2 cup sour cream cucumbers 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup chopped scallions 1 1 2 tablespoons dill /4 to /2 cup chopped fresh dill, cilan- 2 teaspoons sugar tro or mint or Chopped scallions Mash garlic and salt into a paste in a bowl. In a large bowl, blend yogurt, milk and oil. Stir in Wash and pat dry herring. Place in a blender. garlic, cucumbers, and scallions. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Add sour cream, mayonnaise, dill, sugar and scallions. Blend a second or so just until her- Five minutes before serving, stir in herbs. Pour into serving bowls and garnish with eggs or ring is pureed slightly. Spoon into a serving walnuts. Serve with crusty bread or pita. dish. Serve with crackers or pita chips.

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in the original, together with the classical com- day. Contact Shoshana Jackson at shoshana- $10/3 sessions; $3 Homemade Dairy Buffet October 2011 mentaries. 8:30 p.m. Every Tuesday. [email protected] or phone 971-0990 for Lunch, noon; Games and activities including information. $38/day for 8 a.m.–4 p.m.. ($34/ mahjong, quilting for the patients of Mott Saturday 1 Wednesday 5 additional siblings). PM care from 4–6 p.m. Hospital, art projects and card games, 1 p.m. is $10/day. (No PM Care charge for KK/KC Wii sports including bowling, tennis, golf Mystical Insights to the Torah–for Women: Cha- Lunch and Learn: BIC. Bring a dairy lunch. students enrolled that day of the week.) and baseball. No experience necessary. 1 p.m. bad. Learn more about the mystical dimen- Snacks and beverages will be provided. Noon. Every Tuesday. sions of the Torah. 1 hour before sundown. Exhibit Opening: U-M Hatcher Library. Open- Kol Nidre: BIC. Services at 6:50 p.m. Every Saturday. ing of photo exhibit “Pictures of Resistance: Yom Kippur: Chabad. Evening services at 7 p.m. Yidish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group). All ages and levels welcome including UM and Laws of Shabbat–Jewish Ethics: Chabad. Study The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Kol Nidre: TBE. Erev Yom Kippur with Kol Halev. non-UM participants. 1:30 p.m. at Beanster’s group code of law for Shabbat, and study Faye Schulman.” Program includes remarks For information and ticket purchase, phone Café, ground floor of UM Michigan League. of Jewish Ethics, 1/2 hour before sundown. by U-M political science professor Zvi Gite- 665-4744. 8 p.m. at EMU. For information, call 936-2367. Every Saturday. lamn on “Soviet Jews in Combat: Resistance or Patriotism?” Lenore Weitzman, fellow at the Sukkah Setup: BIC. 6 p.m. Shabbat services: See listing at the end of Saturday 8 Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies the calendar. Sukkot Event: Chabad. Annual event for com- at the U-M, will discuss major themes from Yom Kippur: BIC. Morning services at 8 a.m. Chil- munity to come together to assemble the Lu- her book Women in the Holocaust. Room 100 dren’s Programs at 10:30 a.m. Study Session at lav and other species for use during Sukkot Sunday 2 Gallery in Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, 4:15 p.m. Mincha service at 5:10 p.m. Neilah services. 6:30 p.m. service at 7 p.m. Break the Fast at 7:55 p.m. Reading Hebrew through the Prayer Book–for 913 South University Avenue (use Diag en- Photographer as Witness: Proof Enough?: U-M Women: Chabad. An in-depth study into the trance). Public parking available in struc- Yom Kippur: TBE. Family Service at EMU from Hatcher Library. Cultural anthropologist Jill prayer book, an overview of the weekly Torah ture at 650 South Forest, just south of South 9–10:15 a.m. Traditional Service at EMU from Vexler, Ph.D., will discuss the work she did while reading, with Jewish philosophy. 9:30 a.m. University. 4–5:30 p.m. 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Afternoon Torah Study curating the exhibit “Pictures of Resistance: Every Sunday. Service at TBE from 2:30–3:30 p.m. Afternoon The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Introduction to Judaism: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Thursday 6 Service written and led by Cantor Rose with Faye Schulman. Room 100 Gallery in Harlan Kol Halev at TBE from 3:45–4:15 p.m. Genera- Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into Hatcher Graduate Library, 913 South Univer- Prayer, Weekly Torah Reading and Jewish Philos- tions After Service–Eileh Ezk’ra with Kol Halev the basic text of Chassidism and open your sity Avenue (use Diag entrance). Public parking ophy–for Women: Chabad. 9 a.m. at the JCC. at TBE from 4:15–5:30 p.m. Yizkor Service fol- eyes to the beauty of Judaism. 10:30 a.m. available in structure at 650 South Forest, just SPICE of LIFE: JCC Seniors. Energy Exercise lowed by Neilah with Kol Halev at TBE from Every Sunday. south of South University. 7–8:30 p.m. with Maria Farquhar, 10 a.m., $4 or 3/$10; 5:30–8:30 p.m. For information, contact TBE Film Discussion Group: JCC-Cultural Arts and Kever Atot: BIC. Annual memorial service at Current Events with Heather Dombey, a Jew- Office at 665-4744. Arborcrest. 12:30 p.m. Education. Russ Collins, executive director of ish perspective on this week’s news, 11 a.m.; $3 Yom Kippur: Chabad. Morning services at 9:45 a.m. Jewish Concepts–for Women: Chabad. Learning Homemade Dairy Buffet Lunch, Noon; Special the Michigan Theater, and Bernie Banet, JCC Yizkor memorial services at 12:30 p.m. After- film maven, lead lively and thought-provoking the deeper meanings to the Jewish way of life. events and guest presentations, 1 p.m.; Literary noon evening services at 5:15 p.m. 8 p.m. Every Sunday. Group with Sidney Warschausky at 2:15 p.m. discussions about a variety of films. Year-long Break the Fast: TBE TNT. Second annual Twen- Call Merrill Poliner at 971-0990 for name of membership in JCC Film Discussion Group ties and Thirties Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast at current book. fee is $70 (pro-rated fee is $62.50) for JCC Monday 3 Pizza House, 618 Church Street. RSVP to Brett members and $85 (pro-rated $76.50) for non- Spirituality Book Club: TBE. This month’s club, English as a Second Language Daily Classes: JFS. Willner at [email protected] or members. The fee does not include price of led by Cantor Annie Rose, will examine The Ongoing class from 9 a.m.–noon on Mondays– phone 665-4744. 8–10 p.m. movie tickets. 7–8:30 p.m. Monthly. God Update by Rabbi Jamie Korngold. A Re- Fridays and 1–3 p.m. on Mondays–Thursdays form rabbi, who as an “Adventure Rabbi” leads Spirituality Book Club: TBE. See October 6. at Jewish Family Services, 2245 South State outdoor hikes and retreats designed to recreate Sunday 9 Weekly Torah Portion—for Women: Chabad. Street. For more information, contact JFS at the spiritual connection between nature and Reading Hebrew through the Prayer Book–for Reading the Bible may be easy, but under- 769-0209 or email [email protected]. Judaism, Korngold takes her 2008 book, God Women: Chabad. An in-depth study into the standing it is no simple matter. Study the text Ongoing. in the Wilderness, a step further. Noon–1 p.m. prayer book, an overview of the weekly Torah in the original, together with the classical com- Photography Exhibit: JCC. Exhibit based on See also October 11. reading, with Jewish philosophy. 9:30 a.m. at mentaries. 8:30 p.m. Every Tuesday. Joan Kadri Zald’s recently published book, Birthdays and Presentation: JCC-Seniors. Cel- Chabad House. Every Sunday. Portraits of Creative Aging: Living Longer and ebration for all with October birthdays. Fam- Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into Wednesday 12 Better. The centerpiece of the book is a col- ily and friends invited for lunch and birthday the basic text of Chassidism and open your lection of thirty-seven stories, with black and Sukkot Picnic and Sukkah Decorating: TBE. TBE cake at 12:30 p.m. At 1 p.m., following cel- eyes to the beauty of Judaism. 10:30 a.m. at white photographic portraits of men and welcomes families with young children from the ebration, Rabbi Robert Levy of Temple Beth Chabad House. Every Sunday. women in their retirement years who are en- community to help decorate the sukkah. Deco- Emeth, will speak about his recent sabbatical gaged in creative and productive endeavors. Planning Session: BIC Men’s Club. 9:30 a.m. rating activities for children, pizza and salad bar, trip at 1 p.m. Through October 15. Hike: TBE Jewish Hikers of Michigan. 1½–2 hour lulav and etrog service, songs, and more. $5/ Bowling: EMU Hillel. Monthly event at Bel-Mark Women’s Torah Study: TBE. Led by Cantor Annie hikes for all members of the community. No adults for dinner; $2/children. RSVP and prepay Lanes, 3530 Jackson Road. $5 for two games, Rose. Using the “Women of Reform Judaism pets please. Today’s hike will leave from Ban- at http://secure.templebethemeth.org. 6–8 p.m. shoe rental and pizza. 7 p.m. Women’s Commentary,” this month’s reading demer Park. For information or to be added to Sukkot: Chabad. Evening services at 6:45 p.m. and study will focus on Nitzavim-Vayelech. Israeli Dancing: JCC. Easier dances and oldies the email list, contact Eli Avny at 883-9522 or Sukkot: BIC. Maariv service at 7:30 p.m. 7–8:30 p.m. the first hour followed by newer dances, line email [email protected]. 1–3 p.m. dances and requests. $5/admission. For in- Jewish Concepts–for Women: Chabad. Learning Thursday 13 Tuesday 4 formation, phone 971-0990. 7:30– 10:30 p.m. the deeper meanings to the Jewish way of life. Also October 27. 8 p.m. Every Sunday. JCC Closed for Sukkot. “Shabbat, An Oasis in Time:” Jewish Learning Talmud Study Group–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. Sukkot: BIC. Morning service at 9:30 a.m. Min- Institute. Explore the mystical, psychologi- Sharpen your wits and knowledge of the Jew- Monday 10 cha and Maariv service at 6:45 p.m. cal, social, and cultural dimensions of Shabbat ish legal system by following the intriguing Sukkot: Chabad. Morning services at 9:45 a.m. English as a Second Language Daily Classes: JFS. to unlock a model for finding serenity and a discussions in the Talmud. The Talmud is a Afternoon Evening services at 6:45 p.m. Ongoing class from 9 a.m.–noon on Mondays– transcendent frame of mind. 9:30–11 a.m. at composite of practical law, logical argumenta- Fridays and 1–3 p.m. on Mondays–Thursdays at Chabad House and 7:30–9 p.m. at the JCC. tion and moral teachings. Study of the origi- Jewish Family Services, 2245 South State Street. Friday 14 Every Tuesday. nal Talmud tractate Taanit chapter 2. 8 p.m. For more information, contact JFS at 769-0209 SPICE of LIFE: JCC Seniors. Energy Exercise Every Thursday. Rabbi’s Lunch and Learn: TBE. Rabbi Levy’s in- with Maria Farquhar, 11 a.m., $4/session or or email [email protected]. Ongoing. formal session on food in the Torah. Topics will $10/3 sessions; $3 Homemade Dairy Buffet Friday 7 Building the Sukkah: EMU Hillel. Help build, range from the announcement of Isaac’s birth Lunch, noon; Games and activities including decorate and enjoy the sukkah at EMU Hillel with food, to Jacob and Esau and the red stew, mahjong, quilting for the patients of Mott Weekly Yiddish Reading Group: JCC Seniors. House, 965 Washtenaw. Pizza dairy meal will to the story of the giant grapes in the land of Hospital, art projects and card games. 1 p.m. Meets at the JCC. 1:30 p.m. Call Ray Juni at be provided. 6 p.m. Israel. Feel free to bring lunch. Noon–1 p.m. Wii sports including bowling, tennis, golf 761-2765 for information. Sukkot: Chabad. Morning services at 9:45 a.m. and baseball. No experience necessary. 1 p.m. School’s Out/JCC’s In: JCC Youth. On days when Tuesday 11 Afternoon Evening services at 6:45 p.m. Every Tuesday. Hebrew Day School and/or Ann Arbor Public “Shabbat, An Oasis in Time:” Jewish Learning Shabbat Services for Young Families: TBE. Tot Schools are closed but the JCC is open, the JCC Yidish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group). All Institute. Explore the mystical, psychologi- Shabbat for ages 5 and under at 5:30 p.m. Tot Youth Department offers full day programs fea- ages and levels welcome including UM and cal, social, and cultural dimensions of Shabbat and Sukkat Shalom dinner at 6:00 p.m. Suk- turing field trips or special activities. Programs non-UM participants. 1:30 p.m. at Beanster’s to unlock a model for finding serenity and a kat Shalom for ages 5 through 10 at 6:30 p.m. are for JCC members ONLY in grades K-5. Café, ground floor of UM Michigan League. transcendent frame of mind. 9:30–11 a.m. at Shira (song session) at 6:30 p.m. Popsicle Oneg Middle school students are also welcome to For information, call 936-2367. Chabad House and 7:30–9 p.m. at the JCC. at 7 p.m. participate as helpers for a reduced fee. Students Weekly Torah Portion—for Women: Chabad. Every Tuesday. Weekly Yiddish Reading Group: JCC Seniors. should bring a nut free, meat free lunch and Reading the Bible may be easy, but under- Meets at the JCC. 1:30 p.m. Call Ray Juni at appropriate clothing for playing outside each SPICE of LIFE: JCC Seniors. Energy Exercise standing it is no simple matter. Study the text with Maria Farquhar, 11 a.m., $4/session or 761-2765 for information.

28 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 Friday evening services: See listing at the end of Yidish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): All the calendar. ages and levels welcome including UM and Sunday 23 Thursday 27 non-UM participants. 1:30 p.m. at Beanster’s Reading Hebrew through the Prayer Book–for Prayer, Weekly Torah Reading and Jewish Philos- Saturday 15 Café, ground floor of UM Michigan League. Women: Chabad. An in-depth study into the ophy–for Women: Chabad. 9 a.m. at the JCC. For information, call 936-2367. prayer book, plus an overview of the weekly Shabbat Limmud: BIC. With Rabbi Dobrusin. 9 a.m. SPICE of LIFE: JCC Seniors. Energy Exercise Shabbat Harvest Potluck Dinner: JCC-Early Torah reading, with Jewish philosophy. 9:30 with Maria Farquhar, 10 a.m., $4 or 3/$10; 7th Grade Program: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Childhood Center. For information, contact a.m. Every Sunday. Current Events with Heather Dombey, a Jew- BBQ in the Sukkah: TBE TNT. The Twenties and Noreen DeYoung at noreendeyoung@jccfed. Introduction to Judaism: BIC. With Rabbit Do- ish perspective on this week’s news, 11 a.m.; $3 Thirties (TNT) group will host an evening in org or phone 971-0990. 6–7:30 p.m. brusin. 9:30 a.m. Homemade Dairy Buffet Lunch, noon; Special the Sukkah. Enjoy hot dogs, burgers, chips, “Engaging Israel” Series: BIC. 8 p.m. Sukkah Deconstruction: BIC. With lox and ba- events and guest presentations, 1 p.m.; Literary soda and more. Vegetarian and Kosher options Weekly Torah Portion—for Women: Chabad. gels. 9:30 a.m. Group with Sidney Warschausky at 2:15 p.m. upon request. $8. BYOB. For more information Reading the Bible may be easy, but under- Call Merrill Poliner at 971-0990 for name of or to RSVP, contact Brett Willner at bwillner@ Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into standing it is no simple matter. Study the text current book. templebethemeth.org or phone 665-4744. the basic text of Chassidism and open your in the original, together with the classical com- eyes to the beauty of Judaism. 10:30 a.m. Presentation: JCC Seniors. A nurse from Care Mystical Insights to the Torah–for Women: Cha- mentaries. 8:30 p.m. Every Tuesday. Every Sunday. Response will monitor blood pressures at 12:30 bad. Learn more about the mystical dimen- Wednesday 19 Year of Torah Kick-Off: TBE. Activity filled eve- p.m., followed at 1 p.m. by a visit from Universi- sions of the Torah. 1 hour before sundown. ty of Michigan Nursing students who will pres- Every Saturday. Simchat Torah Service: TBE. Families are invited ning of “Torah, Storytelling and Community.” Allison Downey, from NPRs MOTH story ent on health issues relevant to older adults. Laws of Shabbat–Jewish Ethics: Chabad. Study to join Rabbi Levy, Rabi Delson and Cantor hour, will tell stories and teach how to tell Talmud Study Group–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. group code of law for Shabbat, and study Rose as they lead TBE’s rejoicing in finishing our own stories at 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary. At Sharpen your wits and knowledge of the Jewish of Jewish Ethics, 1/2 hour before sundown. reading the Torah with a grand celebration. 5 p.m. in the social hall, Allison Downey will legal system by following the intriguing discus- Every Saturday. Torah reading and dancing around the Torah to sounds of klezmer. 5 p.m. lead a tot story time and songs. Food will be sions in the Talmud. The Talmud is a composite Shabbat services: See listing at the end of of practical law, logical argumentation and moral Shemini Atzeret: Chabad. Afternoon Evening ser- provided by TBE Brotherhood plus Rabbi the calendar. teachings. Study of the original Talmud tractate vices at 6:30 p.m. Special Dancing with the Torah Levy will have the Torah scrolls, video clips Taanit chapter 2. 8 p.m. Every Thursday. event for Shemini Atzeret, not Simchat Torah. will play of TBE members telling their Torah Sunday 16 stories, quilting and arts professionals will be Hashanah Rabbah: Chabad. Morning services at on hand, and more. 5–8 p.m. Reading Hebrew through the Prayer Book–for 7:30 a.m. at Hillel. Everyone will receive own Friday 28 Women: Chabad. An in-depth study into the set of willows. Jewish Concepts–for Women: Chabad. Learn the Rabbi’s Lunch and Learn: TBE. Rabbi Levy’s in- deeper meanings of the Jewish way of life. 8 p.m. prayer book, an overview of the weekly Torah Shemini Atzeret: BIC. Maariv service at 7:30 p.m. formal session on food in the Torah. Topics will reading, with Jewish philosophy. 9:30 a.m. Every Sunday. range from the announcement of Isaac’s birth Every Sunday. Thursday 20 with food, to Jacob and Esau and the red stew, Introduction to Judaism: BIC. 9:30 a.m. JCC Closed for Simchat Torah. Monday 24 to the story of the giant grapes in the land of Shemini Atzeret: BIC. Morning services and Yiz- Preschool Program: BIC BIRS. Gan Katan Pre- English as a Second Language Daily Classes: JFS. Israel. Feel free to bring lunch. Noon–1 p.m. kor at 9:30 a.m. school Program. 10 a.m. Ongoing class from 9 a.m.–noon on Mondays– Weekly Yiddish Reading Group: JCC Seniors. Bar/Bat Mitzvah Family Series: BIC. 10:30 a.m. Shemini Atzeret: Chabad. Morning services and Fridays and 1–3 p.m. on Mondays–Thursdays at Meets at the JCC. Call Ray Juni at 761-2765 memorial services at 9:45 a.m. Afternoon eve- for information. 1:30 p.m. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the Jewish Family Services, 2245 South State Street. ning services at 6:30 p.m. basic text of Chassidism and open your eyes to For more information, contact JFS at 769-0209 Shabbat Services for Young Families: TBE. Tot Shab- the beauty of Judaism. 10:30 a.m. Every Sunday. Simchat Torah: BIC. Erev Simchat Torah Congre- or email [email protected]. bat for ages 5 and under at 5:30 p.m. Tot and Suk- gational Dinner at 6 p.m. Maariv and Hakafot kat Shalom dinner at 6:00 p.m. Sukkat Shalom for Special Topic Session: BIC. Session on Tent City at 7 p.m. ages 5 through 10 at 6:30 p.m. Shira (song session) Affordable Housing Protests in Israel. 7:45 p.m. Tuesday 25 Simchat Torah: Chabad. All night dancing. 8 p.m. at 6:30 p.m. Popsicle Oneg at 7 p.m. Jewish Concepts–for Women: Chabad. Learn the “Shabbat, An Oasis in Time:” Jewish Learning Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. deeper meanings of the Jewish way of life. 8 p.m. Friday 21 Institute. Explore the mystical, psychologi- Every Sunday. Simchat Torah: Chabad. Morning services at 9:45 cal, social, and cultural dimensions of Shabbat a.m.with Torah dancing, followed by annual to unlock a model for finding serenity and a Saturday 29 Monday 17 deli Simchat Torah lunch. Afternoon evening transcendent frame of mind. 9:30–11 a.m. at Shabbat Limmud: BIC. With Rabbi Dobrusin. 9 a.m. services at 6:30 p.m. Chabad House and 7:30–9 p.m. at the JCC. English as a Second Language Daily Classes: JFS. Rosh Chodesh: BIC Sisterhood. 4 p.m. Rabbi’s Lunch and Learn: TBE. Rabbi Levy’s in- Every Tuesday. Ongoing class from 9 a.m.–noon on Mondays– Mystical Insights to the Torah–for Women: Cha- formal session on food in the Torah. Topics will SPICE of LIFE: JCC Seniors. Energy Exercise with Ma- Fridays and 1–3 p.m. on Mondays–Thursdays at bad. Learn more about the mystical dimen- range from the announcement of Isaac’s birth ria Farquhar, 11 a.m., $4/session or $10/3 sessions; $3 Jewish Family Services, 2245 South State Street. sions of the Torah. 1 hour before sundown. with food, to Jacob and Esau and the red stew, Homemade Dairy Buffet Lunch, noon; Games and For more information, contact JFS at 769-0209 Every Saturday. to the story of the giant grapes in the land of activities including mahjong, quilting for the patients or email [email protected]. Ongoing. Israel. Feel free to bring lunch. Noon–1 p.m. of Mott Hospital, art projects and card games. 1 p.m. Laws of Shabbat–Jewish Ethics: Chabad. Study Dinner in the Sukkah: EMU Hillel. Join Hillel group code of law for Shabbat, and study of Jewish Weekly Yiddish Reading Group: JCC Seniors. Wii sports including bowling, tennis, golf and base- students and staff in the sukkah for a delicious Ethics, 1/2 hour before sundown. Every Saturday. Meets at the JCC. 1:30 p.m. Call Ray Juni at ball. No experience necessary. 1 p.m. Every Tuesday. harvest meal. Following the meal, enjoy the 761-2765 for information. Yidish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): All annual Hookah in the Sukkah event, lasting ages and levels welcome including UM and Sunday 30 until 10 p.m. At Hillel House, 965 Washtenaw. Shabbat Services for Young Families: TBE. Tot Shab- non-UM participants. 1:30 p.m. at Beanster’s Reading Hebrew through the Prayer Book–for 6 p.m. bat for ages 5 and under at 5:30 p.m. Tot and Suk- kat Shalom dinner at 6:00 p.m. Sukkat Shalom for Café, ground floor of UM Michigan League. Women: Chabad. An in-depth study into the Women’s Torah Study: TBE. Led by Cantor Annie ages 5 through 10 at 6:30 p.m. Shira (song session) For information, call 936-2367. prayer book, plus an overview of the weekly To- Rose. Using the “Women of Reform Judaism Wom- at 6:30 p.m. Popsicle Oneg at 7 p.m. Poles and Jews During World WWII: Beyond rah reading, with Jewish philosophy. 9:30 a.m. en’s Commentary,” this month’s reading and study Martyrology: UM Library and Weiser Cen- Every Sunday. will focus on Nitzavim-Vayelech. 7–8:30 p.m. Friday Night Lights: BIC. With Gan/Alef Torah Consecration. Kabbalat Shabbat Service at 6 ter for Europe and Eurasia. Lecture presented Introduction to Judaism: BIC. With Rabbi Tuesday 18 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m. by U-M Associate Professor of History Brian Dobrusin. 9:30 a.m. Friday evening services: See listing at the end of Porter-Szucs. Room 100 Gallery in Harlan Autumn Clean-up: BIC Men’s Club. 9:30 a.m. “Shabbat, An Oasis in Time:” Jewish Learning Insti- the calendar. Hatcher Graduate Library, 913 South Univer- Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into tute. Explore the mystical, psychological, social, sity Avenue (use Diag entrance). Public park- the basic text of Chassidism and open your and cultural dimensions of Shabbat to unlock Saturday 22 ing available in structure at 650 South Forest, eyes to the beauty of Judaism. 10:30 a.m. a model for finding serenity and a transcendent just south of South University. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Every Sunday. frame of mind. 9:30–11 a.m. at Chabad House 6th Grade Shabbat: BIC. Morning Program at “Engaging Israel” Series: BIC. 8 p.m. Sharsheret Meeting: BIC Women’s League. 2 and 7:30–9 p.m. at the JCC. Every Tuesday. 9:30 a.m. Weekly Torah Portion—for Women: Chabad. p.m. Sisterhood committee meetings at 3 p.m. SPICE of LIFE: JCC Seniors. Energy Exercise Tot Shabbat: BIC. For preschoolers and their Reading the Bible may be easy, but under- Jewish Concepts–for Women: Chabad. Learn the with Maria Farquhar, 11 a.m., $4/session or families. 11:15 a.m. standing it is no simple matter. Study the text deeper meanings of the Jewish way of life. 8 p.m. $10/3 sessions; $3 Homemade Dairy Buffet Mystical Insights to the Torah–for Women: Cha- in the original, together with the classical com- Every Sunday. Lunch, noon; Games and activities including bad. Learn more about the mystical dimen- mentaries. 8:30 p.m. Every Tuesday. mahjong, quilting for the patients of Mott sions of the Torah. 1 hour before sundown. Hospital, art projects and card games. 1 p.m. Every Saturday. Wednesday 26 Monday 31 Wii sports including bowling, tennis, golf Laws of Shabbat–Jewish Ethics: Chabad. Study English as a Second Language Daily Classes: JFS. Lunch and Learn: BIC. Bring a dairy lunch. and baseball. No experience necessary. 1 p.m. group code of law for Shabbat, and study of Ongoing class from 9 a.m.–noon on Mondays– Snacks and beverages will be provided. Noon. Every Tuesday. Jewish Ethics, 1/2 hour before sundown. Every Fridays and 1–3 p.m. on Mondays–Thursdays Movie Wednesday: TBE. Join other movie enthu- Saturday. Men’s Torah Study: TBE. Bi-monthly group in- at Jewish Family Services, 2245 South State cludes learning and lively discussion. Led by siasts for afternoon movie and discussion of Shabbat services: See listing at the end of Street. For more information, contact JFS at Roger Stutesman. For information, contact My Mexican Shiva (Morirse Esta En Hebreo). the calendar. 769-0209 or email [email protected]. 1–3 p.m. [email protected]. 7:30–9 p.m. Ongoing. Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 29 Weekly Friday night Shabbat services Shabbat Services: Pardes Hannah. Gener- Hannah Winkler, continued from page 21 ally meets the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each Shabbat Service: AAOM. Services held at UM Hillel. month. Call 663-4039 for more information. Call 994-9258 in advance to confirm time. 10 a.m. Led by Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg. That’s been really enjoyable this year, WJN: When you chose anthropology and music, Shabbat Service: BIC. 6 p.m. Shabbat Services: TBE. Torah Study with Rabbi meeting those kids and developing rela- was it with a specific career track in mind? Shabbat Service: TBE. Tot Shabbat at 5:30 p.m., Levy at 8:50 a.m. Morning Minyan with Rabbi tionships with them and their families. followed by tot dinner. Sukkat Shalom service Delson and lay leaders at 9:30 a.m. Sanctuary Winkler: No. No. (Laughter) Well, definitely at 6:30 p.m. for “tot grads,” preceded by din- Service at 10 a.m. most weeks. Call the office WJN: Tell us about this recording. not anthropology. I chose anthropology because I was very interested in many sub- ner. Shira at 6:30 p.m. Oneg for Tot and Sukkat at 665-4744 or consult website at www.tem- Winkler: This was the project I was working jects, such as history, Middle Eastern stud- Shalom families at 7 p.m. Traditional Service at plebethemeth.org for service details. on this year. That’s really why I stayed in 7:30 p.m. Once a month Middle School Service ies, women’s studies, and I thought, “I can’t Home Hospitality for Shabbat and Holiday Ann Arbor. My friend Brian Trahan pro- at 7:30 p.m. For information, call 665-4744. choose. I’m going to hopefully roll it all into Meals: AAOM. Call 662-5805 in advance. duced the recording. Shabbat Service: Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Home Hospitality and Meals: Chabad. Every Shab- one in anthropology.” So that was just be- Havurah. 6:15 p.m. at the JCC the last Friday bat and Holiday. Call 995-3276 in advance. WJN: He and you did well. The recording has cause I was interested in a lot of different each month. Musical Shabbat service followed a great sound. things. But, I’ve always considered a career by vegetarian potluck. Pizza nosh for the kids Phone numbers and addresses of in music. Going into college I did not know Winkler: Brian and Jack Stratton (son of at 6:00 p.m. Childcare provided during the organizations frequently listed in what specifically I wanted to do with mu- service. All are welcome to attend. For infor- Cleveland Klezmer musician, Bert Strat- sic, so I didn’t go into the music school. I mation, call 975-6527, email mamacohen@ the calendar: ton, who I’ve profiled in these pages before) thought about choral education, I thought comcast.net, or visit www.aarecon.org. Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan (AAOM) and I were in an a cappella group together. about going into a vocal jazz program, and Shabbat Service: Chabad. Begins at candle-light- 1429 Hill Street 994-5822 These PAT majors at U-M, the Performing I wasn’t sure I wanted to do that either. I ing time. Home hospitality available for Shab- Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Havurah (AARH) Arts Technology kids, which both Brian thought about conducting of various kinds, bat meals and Jewish holidays. Call 995-3276 P.O. Box 7451, Ann Arbor 913-9705 and Jack were, are just incredibly talented, I thought about musicology, because I’m in advance. and they learned how to use that studio on Beth Israel Congregation (BIC) just interested in people and music, so I did North Campus, which is a beautiful facility. 2000 Washtenaw Ave. 665-9897 this general degree, since I was in LSA. Nei- Weekly Shabbat services I was just so lucky to work with them, and Chabad House ther of those degrees felt pre-professional to Shabbat Services: AAOM. Morning service, 9:30 Michael Kauffman, who now lives in New me. They were just things that I loved. a.m. Evening service, 35 minutes before sun- 715 Hill Street 995-3276 York, who was a PAT student as well. I had set. Call 662-5805 for information. Mincha/ EMU Hillel worked earlier in college with these guys WJN: So where do you see yourself heading Ma’ariv with Seudah Shlisheet and Dvar Torah 965 Washtenaw Ave., Ypsilanti 482-0456 when they had to do projects for the PAT from here? every week. Torah topics and a bite to eat. Dis- Jewish Community Center (JCC) department. They were always looking for Winkler: I want to pursue my music, and see cussions led by Rabbi Rod Glogower and other 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 971-0990 people to record. So I recorded three songs local scholars. Home hospitality available for where it goes. I want to perform more, re- Jewish Cultural Society (JCS) with various friends of mine in that pro- Shabbat meals. UM Hillel. cord more, hopefully a full-length album 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 975-9872 gram, just as demos for their projects, but Shabbat Services: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Morning child- sometime in the future. And I am actually this compilation of six songs was my first care from 10 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Jewish Family Services (JFS) thinking of moving back to the east coast official project. 2245 South State Street 769-0209 sometime soon and trying to establish a Shabbat Services: AA Reconstructionist Havurah. Brian is an incredible musician, also a Learners’ Service held first or second Saturday Jewish Federation performing career there. trained classical pianist, and he really has each month at the JCC from 10 a.m.–noon. Dis- 2939 Birch Hollow Drive 677-0100 cussion-based format with changing topics, fo- Pardes Hannah an ear for these lush arrangements. I love WJN: To New York? what he did with the strings. The strings cusing on historical, geographical, and political 2010 Washtenaw Ave. 761-5324 Winkler: Yes. So that’s what I see right now. I on “Away from You” I just think are so traditions of different parts of traditional service Temple Beth Emeth (TBE) think I’ve come to love music very much special. I got to recreate that in the CD each month. For info, email [email protected] or 2309 Packard Road 665-4744 through Judaism. The first choir I was call 913-9705 or visit www.aarecon.org. release show, in April at Elmo’s T-Shirt UM Hillel ever in was at temple, the first song that I Shop, in the venue he has below the shop. Shabbat Services: Chabad. Morning services at 1429 Hill Street 769-0500 ever composed was a setting of Or Zarua (I worked for him this year also, at one 9:45 a.m. Afternoon services 45 minutes be- at a Jewish camp, and like I said, the gui- fore sundown. point I had four part-time jobs.) I played tar playing came out of that youth group guitar and sang, Brian was on keys, we culture. Hopefully I can supplement my had an electric guitarist, my bassist and music with work that is fulfilling to me, drummer, and we had a string quartet; we Shabbat Candlelighting more fulfilling than restaurant work, per- had a trumpet player for one of the tunes. haps music at a temple, something along It was so cool. October 7 (Erev Yom Kippur) 6:49 p.m. those lines. n October 14 (Sukkot) 6:38 p.m. October 21 (Simchat Torah) 6:27 p.m. October 28 (Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan) 6:17 p.m. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS EVEN IF YOU ALREADY RECEIVE THE WashtenaW JeWish neWs, WE NEED YOU TO MAIL BACK THIS FORM. The Debt, continued from page 20 Please cut out and complete this form. Mail it to 2935 Birch Hollow Dr., Ann Arbor, 48108, or drop off at the JCC. “David is like a ticking time bomb. He feels his ing, it’s terrifying, because he is a man who rep- debt to his people, and his family, and hopes to resents the destruction of her people — he is like lay all those demons to rest. So when the plan goes the boogeyman,” said Chastain, who read about YES! I want to continue awry, his demons explode.” Nazi medical experiments and studied the Israeli to receive the As research, Madden read about Peter Malkin, martial art Krav Maga to prepare for the role. the agent who captured war criminal Adolf Eich- For the claustrophobic sequences in which the Washtenaw Jewish News mann on a street in Buenos Aires in 1960. agents are holed up with Vogel, who sits tethered and & the Guide to Jewish Life “Eichmann was like a hunted animal,” said is force-fed gruel that frequently covers his body, the delivered to my home Madden, who brought that quality to his fictional actors spent five weeks on a decaying apartment set absolutely free war criminal. “My conversations with Jesper were inspired by the paintings of Francis Bacon. about how do we portray a person who is capable “We really did feel like rats in a cage,” said of these monstrosities? What arrangements has Chastain, who conferred with Mirren to “match” Address: ______he made with himself, how does he continue to the older and younger Rachels. “Perhaps more justify his actions, in a way that allows him to not than any other character I have played, Rachel Name: (printed clearly) ______just live but to be involved in a branch of medicine broke my heart,” Chastain added. *Signature: ______that is enabling rather than withholding life?” It was Chastain who brought Rachel’s heart- Some of the most harrowing scenes are those breaking backstory to Mirren, who agreed to use (*Required by Post office) in which Chastain spreads her legs in the stirrups it in her own performance. Date: ______in Vogel’s fertility clinic, pretending to be a patient “I don’t want to be too specific about it be- Please return to: while surreptitiously snapping photographs with cause I believe an actor must have secrets,” a camera hidden inside her necklace. Chastain said. “And also because it is someone’s WJN, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48108 by October 1 “Her position is not only physically humiliat- real story, which I don’t want to betray.” n 30 Washtenaw Jewish News A October 2011 I Vitals

Mazel tov Holden Mass on his bar mitzvah, October 1. Benjamin Greenberg on his bar mitzvah, October 1. Samuel Greenberg on his bar mitzvah, October 1. Joel Bohnen on his bar mitzvah, October 15. Sonya Newman on her bat mitzvah, October 22. Sarah Kestenbaum on her bat mitzvah, October 22. Michael Cohen on his bar mitzvah, October 28. Jacob Lieberman on his bar mitzvah, October 29. Dani Smotrich-Barr on her bat mitzvah, October 29. Ben and Durga Singer on the birth of their daughter, Reina Lakshmi Singer, June 17. Jerry and Elise Herman, on the birth of their grandson, Asher Jacob Goldfein, July 18. Linda and Bruce Sokolove on the birth of their granddaughter, Charley Jo (CJ) Sokolove, August 3. Judy and Warren Williams on the birth of their granddaughter, Olivia Rose Herranz, August 6. Gary and Harriet Charson on the birth of their grandson, Martin Benjamin Tunk, August 13. Diane and Kevan Wilson on the birth of their grandson, Rigby Jackson Ruffer, August 26. Jason and Rachel Robinson on the birth of their daughter, Abigail Bea, also granddaughter of Joseph and Carol Brown. Matt and Theda Joffe on the birth of their daughter, Catherine Mollie. Mollie and Yossi Holoshitz on the birth of their granddaughter, Shira. Martha and Eric Young on the marriage of their daughter, Rebecca Anne, to Benjamin Jacob Krakauer, August 28. Lynn and Jeff Dils on the marriage of their son, Sooner Brooks-Heath, to Jenny Lawton, October 2. Enoch and Elizabeth Brater on the marriage of their daughter, Jessica Brater, to Christopher Silsby. Alan and Terri Mellow on the marriage of their daughter, Amy Mellow, to Jeffrey Anker. Jonathan Brater, son of Enoch and Elizabeth Brater, on his graduation from the University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, and his role as an editor of the Michigan Law Review.

Condolences Suzanne Mahler on the death of her father, Clair W. Streng, August 5. Jack Billi on the death of his father, Rudy Billi, August 10. Judi Davidson on the death of her mother, Frances Boigon, August 11. Lorie Friedman on the death of her mother, Karyl Kaplan, August 13. Tori Noe on the death of her father, Joel C. Garrett, August 30.

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