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What Does It Mean to From Your Executive Be a Jew? By Jerilyn Goodman Director UW-Hillel is a Jewish Federation of Madison Beneficiary Organization In chapter two of the Biblical book What does it mean to be a Jew? Ask growth in their lives and deep into Song of Songs, we read: ten Jews that question and you will, no intellectual ideas and conversations. Just doubt, receive eleven answers. Rabbi as they are immersed in their academic 11For now the winter is past, Hillel’s answer was succinct: “That life, they are also grappling with ideas The rains are over and gone. which is hateful to you, do not unto about who they are and who they want to 12The blossoms have appeared in the another: This is the whole Torah. The become.” To help navigate that transition land, rest is commentary—go study.” into adulthood, each semester for the The time of pruning has come; There are those who reveal their past three years, Steinberger has led the The song of the turtledove quintessential Jewishness through— Jewish Learning Fellowship (JLF), a ten- Is heard in our land. what else? Dark humor: “They tried to session program, first developed at NYU kill us. We survived. Let’s eat!” Hillel, which brings students together to While certainly more poetic than learn with and from each other, sharing most of us could write, and while our Then there are those still searching: conversation and ideas in a classroom turtledove song may, more likely, be and around a dinner table. robins banging into our windows seeking “I didn’t understand why my family Students come to JLF from a variety of the bird reflected therein, this verse does anything to help. Some of us want to stopped going to temple entirely in religious backgrounds and for different aptly describe the beauty and joy of the give up altogether, rather than feeling my early teenage years, but it made reasons. Sophomore Max Bibicoff grew real moment when spring truly arrives; our meager efforts are worth it all. me question what it really meant to be up in a largely Jewish community and a that moment when you look around and But fortunately for us, our tagline Jewish and if my family could really family that was not particularly observant almost forget the cold winter that has “The strength of a people, the power of be Jewish despite our lack of religious beyond the High Holidays. About his just ended. community” conveys the fact that each participation.” ~Max Bibicoff religious education, he said, “I never This past month we Jews in Madison day we do inch closer to improving developed much of a personal interest or and around the world were very busy the world. The collective power of “I absolutely despised going to connection to what I was learning. Years with Pesach, Yom HaShoah and Yom the contributions from our Tzedakah Sunday school and Hebrew school. later, when Hebrew school no longer HaAtzmaut. But there is more to come! Campaign along with Federations around I also always hated going to temple for had a presence in my life, I began to be Lag B’Omer, Tikkun Leil Shavuot, the country sustain the Joint Distribution services.” ~Leah Rosenblum curious about my Jewish identity, but I Midrasha Graduation and Gan HaYeled Committee (JDC) and JFNA’s programs no longer had the structure I needed to moving up celebrations are coming soon. to alleviate poverty, homelessness and “My love for text study is still as pursue the big questions that lingered in In June we will celebrate our community food insecurity locally and around the strong as it was when I was a young girl my mind. Growing up in a town with a with our Hava Nagilah Picnic and world. sitting in on the text studies my dad large Jewish population also meant that will rejoice with the opening of Camp Locally, our support of JSS helps them would lead.” ~Audrey Bachman I became accustomed to comparing my Shalom, Camp Shalom Katan and the assist their clients seeking assistance in level of Jewishness to the people around Goodman Water Park. finding housing, food and other services When it comes to defining one’s me. This meant that, particularly after These activities along with the kinder necessary to keep people safe and Jewish identity, UW Hillel encourages my bar mitzvah had passed and my weather make us feel rejuvenated. We secure. Scholarships for Camp Shalom “that continual and fearless sifting and Hebrew education had ended, I felt less are more hopeful, happy, as the longer, and Gan HaYeled help families obtain winnowing by which alone the truth Jewish than most of the other people I light filled days give us time to work top notch educational and recreational can be found.” Hillel Rabbi Andrea knew.” and to relax and enjoy the beauty of the services for their children. Our support Steinberger has spent her career helping Coming to the UW and having decided world around us. We are sometimes so of JDC helps provide food and heat to young people discover their own truths that his Jewish identity was important busy that we forget to take the time to Holocaust survivors and those Righteous about themselves and their Judaism. to him, Max wanted to be a part of a reflect on all that is good in our lives. Among the Nations who assisted people Says Steinberger, “In the college years, Jewish community but didn’t feel he In Madison, as the trees begin to bud, during the Shoah, still living in Europe students are at a time of tremendous (Continued on page 6) and the flowers push their shoots through and Israel. These are just a few of the the soil to blossom once again, I hope ways that truly demonstrate “the power we can all take a moment to reflect on of community. how fortunate we are to see and feel the We hope that by continuing to work beauty of the world around us. together to build our resources locally Sadly, not everyone is able to see or and those we send to other programs, we feel this beauty in our world. There are will create a world in which all people people who live in areas of the world will have their days filled with the joy that have been deforested due to years found in the beautiful blossoms of and years of famine, poor resource springtime. management and war. There are people Happy spring! who live among us whose days are too Rabbi Paula Jayne Winnig, filled with the struggle of searching Executive Director for resources for their daily food and shelter. We despair that we cannot do Please Join us for Craft Time! Shalom Wood Blocks

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According to her senior thesis also find the time to be a house fellow professor, Sunny Yudkoff, Carly Cohen at one of the largest dorms on campus doesn’t just read; she thinks along with and teach Hebrew school at Temple a text, she asks thoughtful questions, Beth El. Carly truly managed to excel and she chooses her words judiciously. at all her endeavors and to manage Carly’s senior project was focused on her crazy schedule gracefully and the Holocaust, a topic she has been professionally. passionate about studying for a long Carly has already landed a job here time. Together with Professor Yudkoff, in Madison, as the HR coordinator at Carly studied articles, poetry, books, Illumina. She plans to stay active in the newspapers, and movies and produced Madison Jewish community and hopes a thesis titled, “The Intensification of to volunteer with Jewish Social Services. Adolph Hitler’s Rhetoric during the When she looks back on her Jewish 1900s.” According to both Professor Studies experience, Carly views her Yudkoff and Carly, this work was truly Hebrew classes during freshman and a collaboration, and both student and sophomore years as highlights. A native professor learned a great deal from one of Milwaukee, Carly studied Hebrew all another. the way through school. Continuing with Carly was thrilled that she was able Hebrew felt very natural and turned out to pick a professor with whom she had to be a way to build a community when connected over her four years in the she first got to college. If she could leave program and to study with a strong, a message for future students, Carly influential female professor who was would tell them that they shouldn’t feel “the most brilliant person I had ever like it’s a waste of time to take a Hebrew talked to.” Their study partnership made language class or explore Jewish Studies. Carly feel that she wasn’t just another She would tell them not to be afraid of student, but a unique person making a the time crunch (to degree), because at difference in her own education. the end of the day it is most important As a double major in Jewish Studies to learn who you are and where you are and Management and Human Resources, going. it seems unimaginable that Carly would Like Us on Phone (608) 255 0046 Facebook! Web www.instymadison.com www.facebook.com/ 2 E. Mifflin Street Madison, WI 53703 jewishmadison. “Quality Care, Compassionate Communication” PROUD MEMBER OF THE MADISON JEWISH COMMUNITY

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Continued from page 1 disease, Is nursed her through four several here in Madison and will have Is Fine transplants. They had been married for one in Colorado this summer. forty-three years when she passed away. There are many more stories residing completely lost sight of the truck in front business was launched when he accepted Three years later he met Mary, a in Is’s memory. If you are lucky enough of them. There were no signs and they their offer to join the faculty in 1947. He widow. They married and enjoyed to meet him, sit down for a while and had no maps. It was terrifying. Ten hours planned to stay in Madison for only three nineteen years together. Is took up enjoy this remarkable man in our midst. later, after an incredibly nerve-wracking to five years so that he could fulfill his gardening and created an open walking Is is being celebrated not just for time, worrying they might run into the promise to Selma’s mother to bring her path on their Shorewood property living so long, but for living so well. Germans, they sighted their convoy, back home to the Northeast. When the that was so beautiful it was written up He has been a doer, a giver and a solid reuniting with their countrymen. time came to consider moving, he and and pictured in news articles. Is feels support to his friends and family. Is then reminisces about his first wife, Selma found that they enjoyed their life very lucky to have shared his life with Selma. She was a freshman when she in Madison too much to leave. two fabulous women, his children, picked out Is, a senior, in the cafeteria Is stood up for those in need in so grandchildren, colleagues and friends where he was selling ice cream. They many ways, including, being a faculty here in Madison. married when he returned from war. leader in his commitment to diversity Is is so pleased to be able to have so They had two children, both bright and and inclusion during the time of the civil many parties for his 100th birthday. He involved in interesting careers. rights movement. had a birthday celebration in Hawaii, His own career as a UW professor of When Selma became ill with kidney

Continued from page 3 how do we deal with darker emotions? Through JLF, Leah Rosenblum has To Be a Jew Essentially, our goal in JLF is to say to strengthened her cultural ties to Judaism, belonged. “I came ready to learn and school and Hebrew school, says the only each student: you have a place in the has enjoyed sharing Shabbat dinner explore Judaism, but eventually came satisfaction she found in her religious Jewish people. Bring your doubt, your with new Jewish friends, and has found to believe, again, that I wasn’t Jewish upbringing was her time at a Jewish questions, your messy life—Judaism a place of belonging within the Jewish enough to be active in any religious summer camp. Besides her unhappiness has a text for it, and there is a place for community on campus. Jewish community on campus.” with Jewish schooling, Leah said, you, your full identity, within the Jewish Audrey Bachman’s already strong Junior Audrey Bachman’s Jewish “I always hated going to temple for community.” relationship with Judaism is reinforced upbringing was quite different. Her services. The older I got, the more I The highlight of JLF each semester is each week as JLF nurtures her soul and father was a Reform rabbi and Audrey resisted involving myself in religion, a Shabbat dinner at the home of Rabbi stimulates her study of ancient texts. attended a Conservative Jewish summer and I would not let my parents take and Hillel Executive Director, Greg For Max Bachman, hearing how camp, so she was deeply immersed in me to temple with them. I would stay Steinberger, no mean feat when cooking others have grappled with their Judaism from more than one perspective. home when they went to High Holiday with fifty or so young adults. Reports relationship to Judaism has taught him a Audrey adored being the one kid in her services.” the rabbi, “They like the home cooking. great deal about himself. He explained, group of childhood friends who kept Entering the UW, Leah felt her They like the feeling of closeness that “Not long after I became involved at kosher and took pride in explaining religion had no influence on her life, they have with one another away from Hillel, I learned that it’s okay to have the rules whenever someone asked but came to see that her ties to summer campus. I like that we can both teach a dynamic relationship with Judaism. why she didn’t order pepperoni on camp did create a cultural connection to them texts and feed them the text of a Today I can say that I have a far better her pizza or cheese on her burger. At Judaism. “The more that I met people, Shabbat dinner around a table. After understanding and awareness of how home, talmudic discourse was the norm. the more I realized that I was easily the dinner, I know that students start my relationship to Judaism is fluid and “My family had a very Jewish way of drawn to other Jews, and I also saw that thinking about how they can replicate constantly evolving as I go through talking and grappling with ideas. We some people saw me differently because that experience with their own friends changes in my life. In fact, that dynamic were constantly agreeing, disagreeing, I was Jewish,” she said. now or when they graduate from college. relationship is a central part of what it dissecting different prayers and religious This school year, Max, Audrey and And I am most proud of role modeling means to be Jewish for so many people.” texts in order to ask as many questions as Leah joined other students in JLF and its that experience for them.” The students are not the only ones who possible,” she said. offshoot JLF 2.0 in tackling some of life’s In bringing JLF to UW Hillel, Rabbi have taken lessons from JLF studies. For Audrey, being at the UW was big questions and what it means to be a Steinberger had clear goals. “We Said Rabbi Steinberger, “I have learned liberating. “No one knew who I was Jew. The JLF curriculum follows a path wanted to give every Jewish student the that Jewish students are looking for simply because they knew my father. that starts with recognizing that there is opportunity to learn Judaism on his or ways to understand if and why Judaism Many folks didn’t even know I was a Jewish story in which each individual her own terms and as part of a loving and is relevant to their lives. The college Jewish until I brought it up, but that was is a part. Explains Rabbi Steinberger, supportive community on our campus. years are meant as a time for students because most of the people I encountered “We look at the Passover Haggadah and Some students have had rich Jewish lives to find their professional path, but it can had never met Jews before,” she said. see our own story in it. Then we move as children, but don’t know how to grow also be a time to find their identities. It Audrey was uninterested in joining a to asking questions: Why do we learn? into Jewish life as young adults on their is really important that students see and Jewish sorority or participating in Hillel, What makes up a community? What own, perhaps, for the first time. Other experience Jewish community in these both of which would have brought her does it mean to be a good friend? How students are coming to campus without years, so that, alongside their maturing into contact with other Jewish students. can we disagree productively? How does many Jewish experiences. JLF can be as human beings, they can allow their Freshman Leah Rosenblum, who intimacy play a role in one’s life? What the beginning of a Jewish community own Jewish lives to mature and grow attended a Jewish preschool, Sunday is the role of sadness in one’s life and for them as they grow into adulthood,” with them, as well.” Steinberger said. Standing Under the Mountain – Then & Now Madison Jewish Community Tikkun Leil Shavuot and interludes of music and poetry. Sponsored and presented by Jewish Saturday, May 19, 7:00 pm After the break, there will be a series Federation of Madison, Beth Israel Beth Israel Center of sessions, some concurrently held Center, Temple Beth El, Congregation to give options between text study and Shaarei Shamayim, and UW Hillel. The Madison Jewish community Is mystical “Divine Revelation” the other kinds of experiences that will help All are welcome to stay up late and gathers together on the eve of Shavuot source of our values, or for some of us us get out of our heads and explore our celebrate the Jewish love of learning. for traditional study and to develop do we find meaning and inspiration in all hearts and bodies. Come learn with For more information, contact Deborah our shared sense of community. It is too human places—or some combination various talented scholars and teachers Hoffman at Beth Israel Center, (608) customary to stay awake all night to study of these? Where are our mountains, from from around the community. Watch 256-7763, hoffman@bethisraelcenter. Torah in Tikkun Leil Shavuot. Legend which our own values flow? Who are your email and Facebook page for more org. has it that Israelites slept in late on the our contemporary prophets? What is details. morning of the revelation on Mount the nature of Revelation, and how we Sinai, and needed to be roused from recognize and access it. their beds. Thus, Jewish communities Think of covenant and truth, around the world, observe a Tikkun Leil mystery and meaning, God’s unfolding Shavuot, or “night of repair” to make up presence in our lives, along with human for the mistake of our ancestors. We stay development and realization. We up late so that every part of us, both the will reflect on how Jews throughout physical and the spiritual, is prepared history have understood the notion of for the receiving of God’s covenant the Revelation, and how we experience it next morning, during the Shavuot Torah today. reading. Our night of community-wide Our theme this year is “Revelation”, learning begins on Saturday, May 19 at which recalls the tradition that The 7:00 pm, with a panel of Rabbis Sami Revelation of Torah and the Ten Barth from Beth Israel Center, Jonathan Commandments took place on Shavuot. Biatch from Temple Beth El, and Laurie A Midrash suggests that God suspended Zimmerman from Congregation Shaarei Mount Sinai over the Children of Shamayim. Enjoy a special Ma’ariv Israel—raising question about the extent service to mark the end of Shabbat to which our acceptance of the Torah and the start of Shavuot, followed by may have been under duress! delicious dairy desserts, schmoozing, May 2018 Madison Jewish News/7 Planning for a Jewish Burial in Madison: For Your Sake, Your Family’s Sake, and the Sake of our Jewish Community By James Stein Past-President, Jewish Federation of Madison and Board of Directors, JBAM FREE GRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES! No one likes to talk about death, but it no more plots are available in the Jewish when you place an ad in Madison Jewish News! is important to think about and to make section of Forest Hill Cemetery’s Jewish plans, ahead of its inevitable time. I can section. Contact Tiz Goff at [email protected] attest to that as a physician, but also as In the next month or two, we plan someone who had to bury his spouse, to launch a large, community-based unexpectedly. The trauma of a sudden marketing campaign with a new website, 19th Annual death is unspeakable and having to make Facebook page, and promotional emotional and expensive decisions while materials to ensure that Madison’s grieving makes those decisions even Jewish community has a Jewish cemetery Greenfield Summer Institute harder. for the next 50 years. We need to pre-sell I recently joined the Board of Directors several hundred more plots and perform Jews and Entertainment for the Jewish Burial Association of major aesthetic updates by 2020, Madison (JBAM) which oversees Beit otherwise we risk losing this treasured Olamim, the Jewish section of the piece of our Jewish community. July 8–12, 2018 Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery on Just as you plan for your finances, Mineral Point Road and Westfield Road. your charitable gifts, and your medical University of Wisconsin-Madison Beit Olamim has two distinct areas desires, planning for your burial is a Tuition: $195 for the full Institute for burial within the cemetery: Sha’ar gift to your children and loved ones. It (single-day pricing also available) haRachamin, a section in which plots are also makes financial sense since you can available for burial in accordance with lock in today’s prices and not burden halachah and traditional Jewish burial your children with an added expense. If The Greenfield Summer Institute showcases the award- practices; and Sha’ar Shalom, a section you are interested in pre-purchasing a winning teaching and research of Jewish Studies scholars from in which plots are available for burial in burial plot—which I highly encourage UW–Madison and around the country. accordance with less traditional Jewish as a friend and a physician, please call or burial practices, such as the inclusion email Judith Blank with any questions at Participants enjoy lectures, film screenings, meals, and other of families with non-Jewish members, [email protected], (608)527- opportunities to learn and socialize. and the burial of cremains. This past 2161. year, JBAM has been actively engaged Please don’t put off this important in acquiring more graves, planning decision; for your sake, your family’s As performers, writers, and business people, Jews have landscaping and beautification for the sake, and the sake of our Jewish played crucial roles in American entertainment. Few would cemetery, and working with Madison’s community. disagree with this observation, but how to explain it is no simple congregations to address future matter. How have Jews shaped American film, television, music, community needs. As you may know, and theater? Have they brought to bear distinct styles, perspectives, sensibilities, and concerns? Is there anything particularly Jewish in American popular culture? A fantastic Hadassah’s Walking lineup of speakers will explore these and other questions in a variety of forums that will take us from Russia to the United Adventures States to Israel. Madison Hadassah is bringing community together and encouraging physical fitness through walking and healthy cooking adventures. More information and online registration at jewishstudies.wisc.edu/greenfield Backstage at Overture Center - Walking Adventure with Lucyna Shenker and Alan Questions? Contact the Center for Jewish Studies at Sunday, May 13, 12:30 pm-2:00 pm (608) 890-3572 Meet at Information window across from box office windows Get an inside look at Madison’s most stunning architectural achievements. Plus go behind the scenes of some of the nation’s most impressive theaters. Afterwards, enjoy a nosh with the other participants at a nearby cafe. RSVP Space is limited. Free. Everyone welcome. Handicap accessible. To RSVP contact Madison Hadassah. Call (608) 770-6521 or email [email protected]. Facebook http://www.facebook.com/HadassahMadison/ Donate Your Gently Coming this Summer A Late Summer Wine and Chocolate Evening Social Used Clothing to Mid-Summer Lunch (including discussion of your thoughts about “Why Hadassah?”) Collectors Corner for More Walking and Cooking Adventures Don’t miss Madison Hadassah News about Upcoming Events, development at Hadassah Hospital, and Hadassah’s social justice actions. Send us your current Refugees email address OR tell us if you don’t use email. We’ll send you occasional cards The next time you clean out your will need appropriate clothing and rain instead. See contact information above. closets, please consider donating your gear, such as raincoats, umbrellas, gently used items to Collectors Corner, boots, and sweaters for everyone from Hadassah’s Resale Store. Madison Ha- infants to adults.” dasah is working with Madison’s Jew- ish Social Services to provide refugees Please bring clothing, household with clothing and other supplies. All items, toys, and children’s books donations (not consignments) are free during store hours. for refugees. Monday to Friday: 10:00 am-4:30 pm Saturday: 11:00 am-2:00 pm “I wish that everyone could see how important seasonally appropri- Collectors Corner Resale Shop ate clothing is to all refugees, such as Madison Hadassah those arriving from arid regions such 6633 University Ave. as Afghanistan.” says Shelly Stillman. Middleton, WI 53562 Behind the scenes tour at More Cooking Classes coming “As we enter spring and summer, they (608) 831-2474 Overture Hall soon. 8/Madison Jewish News May 2018 Congregation News Temple Beth El • Congregation Shaarei Shamayim • Beth Israel Center Congregation Shaarei Shamayim Shaarei Shamayim, Madison’s basic letters and vowels. They will meet Jewish Questions Located at the First Unitarian Inclusive Jewish Community, welcomes at RISE, 2120 Fordem Ave for the first Wednesday, May 9, 4:30 pm Society, 900 University Bay Drive new and prospective members, as well class and at the Goodman Community Please call the office for location. On May 12 we welcome Max Heinz as visitors, to participate in our services, Center, 149 Waubesa St. for subsequent Curious about Judaism? Join Rabbi as a Bar Mitzvah. All are welcome to stay discussions, classes, and celebrations. classes. The class is $18 for members, Laurie for a monthly gathering where for Kiddush lunch following the service For more information or to learn about $36 for non-members. Registration is we discuss different aspects of Judaism. at 11:45 am. On May 18 we welcome events, please visit our website at www. required. Late registrants are welcome. This group is for people who want Cantorial Soloist, Michele Rozansky, shamayim.org, email us at office@ Please email [email protected] for to deepen their knowledge of Jewish to lead a Kabbalat Shabbat service. A shamayim.org, or call us (608) 257- more information. practice, who have questions regarding vegetarian potluck dinner follows. On 2944. Jewish identity, who are considering May 26 we will have a lay-led service. Lag B’Omer Picnic with becoming Jewish, or who are looking Torah study is at 9:30 am, the service is Spring Beginner’s Hebrew Kehillah - Millennials for an opportunity to ask questions in a at 10:30 am, and Kiddush is at 12:30 pm. Course Group relaxed environment. We structure each Sundays, April 29, May 6, 13, 20, Wednesday, May 2, 6:30 pm session around participant questions and Shabbat Potluck Dinners June 3, 10:00 am-11:00 am Join us for a campfire at Picnic interests. If you would like to learn more Fridays, May 4 This crash course, taught by Parthy Point. We’ll meet at fire circle #3 for a or receive updates, and to RSVP, please Please call the office for the location. Schachter, will teach participants the cookout. Please contact the office for contact the office. Join us for a potluck dinner at 6:00 Hebrew alphabet and how to slowly more information. pm followed by casual conversation and form syllables and read. It is designed Shabbat Services time spent together as a community. for people who do not know any Hebrew Exploring Judaism: Open Saturdays, May 12, 26, 9:30 am Please bring a vegetarian dish to share. or who learned it once but have forgotten Discussion About All Your Friday, May 18, 6:00 pm Temple Beth El Temple Beth El is a place where Shabbat Service warmth, connections, spiritual life, and Friday, May 11, 7:30 pm dynamic programs all come together. We are proud to be the voice of Reform Temple Beth El Israel Film Judaism in Madison, and we build upon Kesher Film Festival a rich legacy of social responsibility Wednesday, May 16, 7:00 pm Series Presents: and tikkun olam. We welcome you to One Week and a Day: After a week become a part of our story. To learn of sitting shivah for their 25-year-old more about our events and programs or son, a middle-aged couple tries to pick One Week and a Day to RSVP, visit tbemadison.org or call up the threads of their previous life. One (608) 238-3123. We hope you will join Week and a Day provides a nuanced us for these upcoming events: perspective on loss that is humorous, touching, and, above all, life affirming. Wednesday, May 16, 2018 Shabbat Starts Here - Is Temple Beth El, 2702 Arbor Drive Fine’s 100th Birthday Singles Creating Celebration Community Coffee Klatch Madison, WI 53711 Friday, May 4 Friday, May 18, 9:00 am Common Ground, 2644 Branch 5:45 pm: pre-neg Shabbat and service Arbor Drive doors open at 6:45 pm: potluck dinner and birthday St., Middleton celebration - please bring a side dish 7:00 pm. Movie begins at 7:15 pm to share. RSVP for the dinner/potluck Shabbat Service with (Temple will provide chicken and Confirmation salmon) at bit.ly/IsFineDinner. Friday, May 18, 7:00 pm 7:45 pm: program: A Conversation with Film and snacks are free. Is Fine, Our Centenarian Singles Creating A discussion will follow the film. Community Dinner Support Group for Those Whose Lives Have Been Wednesday, May 23 After a week of sitting Shiva for their 25-year- 6:30 pm-8:00 pm old son, a middle-aged couple tries to pick up the Touched by Mental Illness Quivey’s Grove, 6261 Nesbitt Rd., Sunday, May 6, 12:00 pm Fitchburg threads of their previous life. “One Week and a Come and enjoy dinner at Quivey’s Day provides a nuanced perspective on loss that is Kesher Café Grove with other singles in our humourous, touching, and above all, life Wednesday, May 9 community. Please bring cash to pay 11:30 am-1:30 pm your own way. affirming.” (DVD jacket) Come to hear two sisters talk about their experiences growing up in a Chicago Bus Trip: Jewish “One Week and a Day is an incredibly tactful Conservative Jewish home in Israel. Festival and Holocaust tragicomedy from debut writer/director Asaph Their multifaceted, interreligious Museum environment encouraged Ariella Graetz- Sunday, June 10, 8:00 am-9:00 pm Polonsky about two parents figuring out what to do Bartuv to become a Reform rabbi Early registration required. Take a next after their son dies. In the long list of movies married to an Orthodox man of Iraqi road trip to Chicago with TBE! Board about death, this is one of the most original in descent. Avigail Graetz is a self-defined the bus for an exciting day at the Greater Buddhist and mindfulness teacher. Join Chicago Jewish Festival and the Illinois recent memory.” ~ Roger Ebert, April 28, 2017 us as they approach their topic with Holocaust Museum and Education humor and emotion. Center. We’ll have a private museum Writer Director Asaph Polonsky tour at 1:30 pm (including an interactive Shabbat Dinner Get 3D hologram experience) followed by Produced, 2017 Together the opportunity to explore the museum’s Run Time, 98 minutes Friday, May 11, 5:30 pm-7:30 pm special exhibits. For more information, Rating, Kesher Israel Committee rates this film as Sa-Bai Thong, 6802 Odana Rd. prices, and registration, please go to tbemadison.org/event/chicago-bus-trip. PG13 html. May 2018 Madison Jewish News/9 Congregation News Beth Israel Center Come see what our lively, traditional, A Rare Evening of Yiddish Tikkun Leil Shavuot Join Rabbi Sami Barth for Talmud egalitarian community is all about. Beth Cabaret Saturday, May 19, 7:30 pm study on most Wednesday mornings. No Israel Center programs and services Sunday, May 6, 7:00 pm Stay up late and learn. The theme of experience or Hebrew/Aramaic language are open to all; visitors are especially skills required. Beth Israel Center presents a rare this year’s Tikkun is Revelation. Begin welcome. Please introduce yourself. the evening learning with Rabbis Sami Some events require registration; most cultural endeavor, a concert of Yiddish Shabbat Services Cabaret, presented by the New Budapest Barth, Jonathan Biatch from Temple are open to all. Please call (608) 256- Beth El and Laurie Zimmerman from Every Friday at 5:45 pm 7763 or email office@bethisraelcenter. Orpheum Society. In May 2016, this Every Saturday at 9:30 am Chicago-based group performed in Congregation Shaarei Shamayim. Enjoy org with any questions. We love to talk a special Ma’ariv service to mark the end Looking for warm, inspiring, and about upcoming events, education for Madison as part of a university-sponsored week-long series of performance of Shabbat and the beginning of Shavuot, egalitarian traditional Shabbat services? children and adults, membership and followed by dairy delights and more We welcome Shabbat every Friday more. Rabbi Barth schedules schmooze events called Out of the Shadows: Discovering the Jewish Archive. The learning with scholars from around the around 5:00 pm as people begin to gather time every few weeks in coffee shops. Madison Jewish community. Sponsored and toast the week that was. Lively, Visit our website, www.bethisraelcenter. group is an ensemble-in-residence in the Humanities Division of the University and presented by Beth Israel Center, song-filled services begin at 5:45 pm. org, or our Facebook page for more Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, Our Shabbat morning worship begins information. of Chicago. We are thrilled to welcome them back to Madison for this exciting Temple Beth El, Jewish Federation of with Birchot HaShachar and continues Here are some upcoming calendar Madison, and UW Hillel. through P’sukei d’zimra, Shacharit, highlights: program at Beth Israel Center. Purchase tickets online (find the link at www. We also offer a variety of weekly (or Torah service and Musaf. We join almost weekly) programs to which all together for a communal kiddush Lag B’Omer BBQ bethisraelcenter.org/cabaret) or call the office. are welcome. Check the calendar on the lunch after services every week. Each Thursday, May 3, 5:45 pm BIC website (www.bethisraelcenter.org) week during the school year we offer The Beth Israel Center tradition Kibbud Limudim or contact the office to confirm dates. age-appropriate tefilla (prayer) for all children, babies through age 12, at 10:30 continues! We’ll be grilling beef and Saturday, May 12 veggie burgers and hot dogs in the Subversive Prayer am. Younger children should bring their parking lot after Talmud Torah and On the last day of Talmud Torah Sundays, 9:00 am grown-ups along. Visitors are always for the school year, we will celebrate welcome! evening minyan on Thursday, May 3. Rabbi Sami Barth leads an ongoing All are welcome. Thanks to the Board the educational milestones marked by students completing 2nd, 5th and series of journeys into the arena of prayer, of Directors for sponsoring our 10th poetry, music and worship, looking at Shabbat Morning Annual Lag B’Omer picnic. 7th grades. We will also honor the Meditation participants in our adult education challenges, paradoxes, and occasionally a pathway forward. Each session stands 1st & 3rd Saturdays, May 5 & 19 PJ Library Yom Rishon programs. It all happens during Shabbat 9:15 am-10:00 am morning services and a special kiddush alone. Meetings take place on Sundays Preschool Playdate immediately following. following morning minyan. A light Come to Beth Israel Center on the Sunday, May 6 breakfast is served. Come when you can. 1st and 3rd Shabbat of each month for 10:00 am-11:15 pm Meditation Mini-Retreat All are welcome. meditation, chanting, and discussion. Calling all families with preschoolers! Saturday, May 12 You may enter or leave quietly at any time. These sessions serve as preparation Come to Yom Rishon and enjoy 1:30 pm-4:30 pm Conversational Yiddish interactive family learning on a different Mondays, 7:00 pm for Birchot HaShachar (which begin at Come to Beth Israel Center for an Jewish theme each time. Yom Rishon 9:30 am in the main sanctuary), Shacharit afternoon of meditation, chanting, text Join Yiddish enthusiast and talented is a theme-based program that meets (which typically starts around 9:50 am study and discussion. The theme of teacher Sylvia Grunes at Yiddish class about once a month for art, movement, in the main sanctuary), or Torah Service our spring retreat will be “Awareness, on Monday nights, 7:00 pm –8:30 pm. music, stories, and projects. There (which typically begins around 10:10 God and Connection”. We will explore Sylvia builds a love for the Yiddish is further learning on the subject for am). Questions? Email merchavlev@ how awareness leads naturally to our language and culture through her long- parents and other adults who accompany gmail.com. experience of the Divine, and from that running classes. Come learn from the children. It’s family education at To receive schedule updates and experience emerges our deep connection a master - all levels welcome and its finest. Meet other families with other information, subscribe to our with each other and all beings. The encouraged to attend. preschool-age children. Bring friends! e-newsletter or “Like” us on Facebook. program is free and accessible to all, from This program is free to BIC members. For the e-news, subscribe on our website beginners to experienced practitioners. Talmud Class Others pay $5/child or $10/family. or email [email protected] Wednesday mornings, 9:15 am and ask to be added.

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Weeks Only 9 until Camp Shalom and Noar-Bogrim! A Letter of Gratitude Dear Camp Shalom, I am writing to express my most sincere gratitude to Jewish Federation of Madison and all who make Camp Shalom available to my grandsons and other children of families in need. Camp Shalom offers the boys three weeks in a beautiful and peaceful environment surrounded by caring, joyful and inspiring staff. There, the boys play without the responsibilities of younger siblings, and away from the tensions of a crowded household and financial difficulties. At Camp Shalom, the boys are carefree children. For this gift to them, I truly thank you! A Camp Shalom 2018 scholarship recipient Support Camp Shalom’s 65th Summer, Become a Corporate Sponsor Help us celebrate Camp Shalom’s 65th summer and continue our success as involved with a wonderful cause tell them about the Camp Shalom Corporate Madison’s most loved camp by supporting the Corporate Sponsorship Scholarship Sponsorship Program. Thank you for helping us to make 2018, our 65th summer, program. As a Corporate Sponsor, your business can change a child’s life, and in unforgettable! return, Camp Shalom will help advertise and promote your business! Director’s Circle $10,000+ (~14 Campers’ Tuition) In 2017 we were able to award $109,000 to 182 campers for full and partial Shalom Circle $5000-$9999 (~7-13 Campers’ Tuition) scholarships. Each summer, the need for scholarships increases and this summer our Friendship Circle $2600-$4999 (~4-7 Campers’ Tuition) goal is to raise $110,000 for the Camp Shalom Scholarship fund. Your contribution Camper’s Circle: $795-$2599 (~1-3 Campers’ Tuition) will enable us to ensure that no camper misses out on the Camp Shalom experience because of financial need. Your contribution supports campers from all socio- Each level of Camp Shalom’s Corporate Sponsorship Program includes many economic backgrounds, races, religions, and abilities. benefits and recognition opportunities. For additional information please contact Ellen Please help us spread the word, and if you know of businesses that are looking to get Weismer, [email protected]. Camp Shalom Scholarships Annual Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities As a Camp Shalom Scholarships Annual Corporate Sponsor, you will receive the with a circulation of 950 households following benefits and recognition: • Logo/Company Name on banner at Goodman Aquatic Center (for those Director’s Circle: $10,000 + (14+ Campers’ Tuition) sponsorships received before 5/4/18) • Logo on the Camp Shalom web page of the JewishMadison.org website • 20 individual guest passes or a complimentary adult or youth pass for the 5,000 Goodman Aquatic Center • Half Page advertisement in the Madison Jewish News (MJN) during the 2018 square-foot pool for the 2018 summer season month of your choice. The MJN is the monthly newspaper of the Madison Jewish • Formal Recognition at all three Camp Shalom Late-Night sessions attended by Community and has a circulation of ~2500 households 254 campers and their families • Logo/Company Name on all Camp Shalom direct mail/email • Recognition in the MJN for sponsorship • Logo/Company Name on weekly “Sunny Times” newsletter to parents and families with a circulation of 950 households Friendship Circle: $2600-$4999 (4-7 Campers’ Tuition) • Logo/Company Name on banner at Goodman Aquatic Center (for those • Logo on the Camp Shalom web page of the JewishMadison.org website sponsorships received before 5/4/18) • 1/8 Page advertisement in the Madison Jewish News (MJN) during the 2018 • A complimentary family pass for the 5,500 square-foot Goodman Aquatic Center month of your choice. The MJN is the monthly newspaper of the Madison Jewish pool for the 2018 summer season Community and has a circulation of ~2500 households • Formal Recognition at all three Camp Shalom Late-Night sessions attended by 254 • Logo/Company Name on all Camp Shalom direct mail/email campers and their families • Logo/Company Name on weekly “Sunny Times” newsletter to parents and • Use of the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Jewish Community Campus and/or families with a circulation of 950 households Goodman House (not including the Goodman Aquatic Center) for corporate • Logo/Company Name on banner at Goodman Aquatic Center (for those gathering (one time use during 2018) sponsorships received before 5/4/18) • Recognition in the MJN for sponsorship • 10 individual guest passes to Goodman Campus Pool for the summer of 2018 • Recognition in the MJN for sponsorship Shalom Circle: $5000-$9999 (7-14 Campers’ Tuition) • Logo on the Camp Shalom webpage of the JewishMadison.org website Camper’s Circle: $795-$2599 (1-3 Campers’ Tuition) JewishMadison.org • Quarter Page advertisement in the Madison Jewish News (MJN) during the 2018 • Recognition on the website on the Camp Shalom webpage month of your choice. The MJN is the monthly newspaper of the Madison Jewish • Logo/Company Name on all Camp Shalom direct mail/email Community and has a circulation of ~2500 households • Logo/Company Name on weekly “Sunny Times” newsletter to parents and • Logo/Company Name on all Camp Shalom direct mail/email families with a circulation of 950 households • Logo/Company Name on weekly “Sunny Times” newsletter to parents and families • Recognition in the MJN for sponsorship May 2018 Madison Jewish News/11 Spring Break Camp 2018 By Ellen Weismer Camp Shalom Director

The Camp Shalom office staff joked the seder plate, created matzah houses with each other: “See you at Spring and sang “Pharoah, Pharoah,” a Camp Break Camp,” as they drove off in the Shalom classic that tells the Passover snow in December 2017. Little did they story. know that their joke would become The campers had fun being creative a reality. After the success of Winter and made a variety of art projects. Break Camp 2017 it was hard to stay Shlomit, our community shlicha, led away, and Spring Break Camp became a “paint-nite” style activity and the inevitable. Madison, Middleton and campers decorated mezuzah covers Verona all had the same spring break, as that were delivered to a synagogue did UW Madison and many other local in Guatemala in April by a Jewish colleges. It was the recipe for success Community member travelling there on and a success it was! a medical mission. Some campers also The first ever Camp Shalom Spring helped to decorate the Goodman Campus Break camp welcomed 44 campers over picnic tables to brighten the campus. three days of programming. The weather Of course, the days were also filled cooperated and Spring Break Camp with Camp Shalom traditions from daily programming was filled with the perfect Camp Shalom Players skits, chugim combination of outside activities and activities, games of Ga-Ga and each day indoor fun. ended with a Friendship Circle. Gaga With Passover right around the corner, For more information about Camp the campers enjoyed learning about the Shalom programs or to donate to the traditions and foods associated with Camp Shalom Scholarship Fund please the holiday. The campers completed a visit www.JewishMadison.org scavenger hunt to find the items from

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Mazel Tov to Congregation Shaarei Shamayim’s Graduating Seniors! Elisheva Maggie Sam Eli Graduated a Simon Marty Josh year of shlichut 14/Madison Jewish News May 2018 Jewish Education Gan HaYeled’s Youngest Seedlings By Marla Becker Director, Gan HaYeled Our Gan HaYeled is truly growing for experiencing, processing, learning and growing! Since the beginning of this and growing. school year and throughout the winter, Henry (age 3) explains why having our 18-month-old program has been his younger brother at the school is so steadily adding new “seedlings”. With special; “He is old enough to come to the arrival of spring, we’re proud to school, so my mom and dad send him have a thriving group of these amazing everyday. I want to spend time with him “sprouts”. at late care. I love to hug (my brother) It is an adorable sight, watching the Bode. I love him very much.” youngest children encounter the new Ethan (age 4) has a sister at in the school-day from the moment they enter 18-month-old room as well; “I like to our doors. Journeying down the Gan play with her.” hallway, they find their own name tag Gan HaYeled is the preschool of which they take to the all-school “Would the Jewish Federation of Madison that You Rather” picture board, where they welcomes children of all backgrounds. proudly place their names anywhere We build community and create they can reach! connections that form lifetime The synergy of the children, teachers friendships and networks of support. We and families is clearly evident as we all offer flexible schedule options, including work together to create an environment wrap-around care and experienced, rich with warmth, enthusiasm, guidance loving, compassionate teachers. and love. Playing, painting, singing, For more information about our dancing, eating; buggy rides, story 18-month-old program or Gan HaYeled time, changed diapers, and even just preschool, please contact Marla Becker walking together are all opportunities at mbecker@jewishmadison. Look how we add our handprints to create a spring mural!

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Can we be any cuter! May 2018 Madison Jewish News/15 Building a Bridge with a Seder By Sally Jones

On Sunday, March 25, Rabbi Sami BIC visitors with a very engaging Barth and members of Beth Israel Center combination of enthusiasm, gratitude (BIC) joined with Reverend Everett and good humor (even though by the time Mitchell and members of his Christ we arrived they had already—this being The Solid Rock Church (CTSRC) for a Sunday—spent many hours in church). an abbreviated seder at the church, one Rabbi Barth led the seder, beginning designed to introduce its mostly African with an assurance that the Passover seder American members to the Jewish invites energetic participation rather than reliving of our freedom story—a story dignified order, so that questions and side strongly linked to their own traditions discussions can go on at any time. And of struggle, survival and yearning for they did! BIC members sat dispersed freedom. among the church members and we This model seder grew out of found ourselves explaining, elaborating, both a personal link between the two answering questions, offering our own congregations and of a renewed urgency stories, laughing and enjoying with to cultivate relationships between our curious and receptive neighbors. the Jewish and African American Haroset, I believe, scored a hit with just communities. about everyone from the church. Gefilte Leanne Puglielli is both a longtime, fish, not so much. The high point of the active member of CTSRC and a friend evening (to my mind, at least) came with of longtime, active BIC member Judy the singing of “Go Down, Moses,” with Breaking bread (Matzah) together Pierotti. Having heard Rev. Mitchell the lead taken by a member of CTSRC, repeatedly stress the story of the Mary Henderson, and the choruses sung Hebrews’ bondage in Egypt, and having by all of us. attended a seder hosted by Judy, Leanne The energy, the keen sense, not only encouraged Rev. Mitchell to enrich his of discovery (on both sides), but also church’s identification with the Jewish of friendship in the room, took many past by showing its members the Jewish of us by surprise. Such feelings more tradition of recalling that past. Once than repaid the considerable efforts Leanne and Rev. Mitchell requested involved—for us in making dinner for BIC’s help, Judy and Rabbi Barth quickly fifty people, or for CTSRC members in agreed; much planning, recruiting and staying on for yet more hours after an cooking followed to produce the March already long day at church. After such 25 event. an exhilarating beginning, we can’t help CTSRC members greeted their but hope for more events to come.

Learning about the Seder Plate

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Sharing the story of the Exodus 16/Madison Jewish News May 2018 Jewish Social Services JSS is a Beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Madison www.jssmadison.org Jewish Social Services Presents the Levy Summer Series... Register Today ! With generous support from Jeffrey C. Levy, Jewish Social Services is moving Literary Duels at Islamic and Christian Courts (Edinburgh University Press, 2017). into its sixth year of Levy Summer Series programming. Jeff is co-owner of Phillips Currently, he is writing a book about the role of Classical Arabic in military regimes Distributing in Madison. He is a member of Temple Beth El and Beth Israel Center. from the twentieth century to the present day. He serves on several community foundation boards including United Way, Meriter- Unity Point, and Olbrich Botanical Gardens. Jeff and his family have been committed Wednesday, August 8 supporters of Jewish Social Services for many years. “Jewish Diaspora in China: European Jewish refugees in Shanghai during World War II” - Professor Weijia Li Tuesday, June 12 Director of Global Higher Education Master’s Degree Program, Assistant Professor “Finding Our Grit and Grace: Widsom for Growing Older” - of German, Faculty Affiliate: Center for East Asian Studies and Center for German Rabbi Dayle Friedman and European Studies Rabbi Dayle Friedman’s work is inspired by her belief and experiences in growing From 1938 to 1941, more than 17,000 German and Austrian Jewish refugees, older as an opportunity in growing in depth and wisdom. She writes: “My sense is that along with over 2,000 Polish Jews, fled from the Nazi terror to Shanghai, China. The the whole journey beyond midlife is a mysterious blend of light and dark, wholeness refugees’ hope to use Shanghai as a temporary home until securing transfer to North and fragility. We have a chance beyond midlife to become the person we were truly America or elsewhere was soon wrecked by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and meant to be. We can draw on everything we have experienced so far to contribute to the breakout of the Pacific War. As a result, they ended up spending a decade in China. the people around us and the wider world, and to find strength and resilience amid the Professor Li will describe his research of the Jewish refugees in Shanghai, and their challenges.” adaptation to a life in exile. Rabbi Dayle Friedman, MSW, MA, BCC, is a spiritual leader, social innovator, Weijia Li’s research and teaching interests include Chinese-German cultural scholar, and author of Jewish Visions for Aging: A Professional Guide to Fostering encounters reflected in German literature, press, and art history. In 2010, he published Wholeness, and editor of Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional a book on German Jewish writer Anna Seghers’s encounter with China in her life and and Contemporary Sources. She founded and directed Hiddur: The Center for Aging works. He is now working on a new book project on German and Yiddish writings on and Judaism of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Rabbi Friedman offers China by European Jewish refugees in Shanghai during WWII. training, consulting and spiritual guidance through Growing Older, her Philadelphia- Wednesday, August 22 based national practice. “Only Victims: The Hollywood Blacklist” - Ellie Gettinger Tuesday, June 26 Education Director at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee “Bronislaw Huberman and the Heroic Origins of the Israel Ellie Gettinger will preview Jewish Museum Milwaukee’s new original exhibit Philharmonic” - Professor Frank Tuerkheimer Blacklist: Hollywood’s Red Scare, which opens to the public in October 2018. The talk Professor of Law Emeritus - University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison will explore the historical events that led to the Hollywood Blacklist and its impact Professor Tuerkheimer will describe a story of courage and perseverance. When on film, television, and theater. Gettinger will offer insights into the development of Hitler came to power he was quick to apply his anti-Semitic policies to music, getting the exhibit, connections to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin Center Jewish musicians removed from German orchestras. The process was so abrupt that for Film and Theater Research, and contemporary parallels. As described by Dalton conductor Wilhelm Steinberg had his baton taken from him by Nazis who entered Trumbo, “The blacklist was a time of evil...no one on either side who survived it came the opera house where he was rehearsing. It is a remarkable story of personalities and through untouched by evil...[Looking] back on this time...it will do no good to search politics, and the key role of violinist Bronislaw Huberman, who formed this orchestra. for villains or heroes or saints or devils because there were none; there were only Through the last several decades Professor Tuerkheimer has taught courses, written victims.” and researched many aspects of the law. Frank Tuerkheimer also worked on the Watergate prosecution staff where he was in charge of the investigation into illegal Registration form on page 17 dairy industry contributions and was chief trial counsel in the case against former Secretary of the Treasury John Connally. He has served as U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, where, among other things, he initiated a model Clean Jewish Social Services Water Act enforcement program. Tuesday, July 17 Brings Shabbat “Jews on Broadway and in Hollywood: Part II” - Cantor Sharon Brown-Levy to Our Seniors Love a great Broadway show or musical film? Learn about the backgrounds and Our monthly Shabbat gatherings includes candle lighting, challah, achievements of the Jewish talents who have dominated the stage and screen: actors, singers, dancers, directors, producers, and composers. Featured actors include but singing, and discussion. are not limited to: Barbra Streisand, Yul Brynner; featured composers and lyricists include Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Lionel Bart, Bock and Harnick, Attic Angel Place in the Garden Room, 2:30 pm Schonberg and Boublil, and the Gershwins. This is a multimedia presentation - Cantor 8301 Old Sauk Road Sharon is honored to be accompanied by pianist Ted Reinke and violinist Philip Tietze. A program of Jewish Social Services and Attic Angel Place. Music Before coming to Temple Beth El in Madison, Sharon served as Cantor at Congregation B’nai Israel of the Somerset Hills, in Basking Ridge, NJ. She had also by Les Goldsmith and with the assistance from Angel Volunteers served at Temple Emanu-El of West Essex, in Livingston, NJ and Temple Beth-El, in May 11 Saint Petersburg, FL for over 20 years. Cantor Brown-Levy is a member of both the American Conference of Cantors (Reform) and the Cantors Assembly (Conservative). Capitol Lakes in the Grand Hall, 3:00 pm 333 West Main Street Tuesday, July 31 A program of Jewish Social Services and Capitol Lakes Retirement “Medieval Arab Jewry beyond the Cairo Geniza” - Professor Community Samuel England On May 18 services will be led by Rabbi Andrea Steinberger Associate Professor of Arabic at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Faculty affiliate of the Middle East Studies Program, the Religious Studies Program, and the with assistance from UW students through the Hillel Foundation. Medieval Studies Program. May 18, June 1 We have a vivid picture of Jewish life in medieval Islamic empires, thanks to the Geniza collection of documents outside of Cairo. But, very few of those documents Oakwood West in Oak’s Community Room, 3:30 pm speak to Jews’ roles in the elite courts, where policy and “high culture” were crafted. Not only did Jewish notables address the courts, they also actively participated in the 6225 Mineral Point Road Arabic literary and scientific work through which medieval scholars learned about A program of Jewish Social Services and Oakwood Village the world. Professor England will explore how Jewish imperial subjects became University Woods. Led by Rabbi Renee Bauer with embedded in Arabic literature during the thirteenth century. assistance from JSS volunteers. Music by Paul Grossberg Living in Egypt on and off since childhood, Professor England gained an appreciation May 4 for Arab cultures and the history of Abrahamic religions throughout the Middle East. His published research covers classical Arabic poetry and prose, crusades literature, ATTENTION REHAB PATIENTS: If you are going to be in one of Arab nationalist film and drama of the past century, and romance-language treatments these locations during your rehabilitation, you are welcome to attend. of Islam. He is the author of Medieval Empires and the Culture of Competition: May 2018 Madison Jewish News/17 Jewish Social Services Levy Summer Series Registration Lechayim Lunch: Ingredients (Registration also available online at www.jssmadison.org) for a Good Life Please check the day(s) you will be attending, and meal preference. All events are $18 per person. On the provided lines, please list the names of your guests and Tuesday, May 1, 2:00 pm their meal preference. Scholarships are available: contact Paul Borowsky at (608) 442-4083 or Pinney Library, 204 Cottage Grove Rd. [email protected] From her book, Lechayim Lunch: Ingredients Schedule: for a Good Life, author and counselor 10:45 am-11:00 am check in Pamela Phillips Olson will offer entertaining 11:00 am-12:30 pm presentation and inspiring life stories. They are based 12:30 pm-1:30 pm lunch on forty-eight interviews with strong and Luncheons and presentations all take place at Nakoma Golf Club in Madison incredible people whom Pamela met over Tuesday, June 12: Rabbi Dayle Friedman four years as a volunteer server at a Dane County lunch site. Pesto Crusted Sea Bass or Roasted Vegetable Napoleon Among them, are a woman from Mexico who became Jackie Kennedy-Onassis’s Spanish professor and a man who NAME FISH VEG successfully sued the government to release the Nixon Tapes pertaining to the 1.______□ □ Watergate scandal. Many others are about the “ordinary” people who have had 2.______□ □ extraordinary lives. *Deadline for registration is Tuesday, June 5 Please join us for the presentation and discussion. Tuesday, June 26: Professor Frank Tuerkheimer Mahi Mahi or Sun-dried Tomato and Asparagus Quiche Navigating the Wilderness of NAME FISH VEG 1.______□ □ Family Caregiving: Spiritual 2.______□ □ *Deadline for registration is Tuesday, June 19 Tools for the Journey Tuesday, July 17: Cantor Sharon Brown-Levy Are you caring for a loved one as they age or navigate serious or chronic Tuna Nicoise Salad or Garden Bucatini Pasta illness? Do you think about how you will manage to care for family as you and they age? No matter where you are in the life cycle, it is likely that have a personal NAME FISH VEG connection to the topic of family caregiving. JSS invites you to a special evening 1.______□ □ of exploring issues of being a caregiver with Rabbi Dayle Friedman, national 2.______□ □ thought-leader and practitioner on spirituality and aging. *Deadline for registration is Tuesday, July 10 Caregiving might be hands-on or long-distance, for a spouse, a parent, or a friend. When we care for a loved one, we often feel that we can never do enough, Tuesday, July 31: Professor Samuel England and we usually have multiple other responsibilities we are juggling. It is easy to Whitefish or Goat Cheese and Spinach Strudel become exhausted or depleted. In our conversation, Rabbi Friedman will examine spiritual practices that can help us as we can balance competing obligations, care NAME FISH VEG for our loved ones, AND sustain our spirits along the way. This talk is for the 1.______□ □ Jewish community and our friends of different faiths or no faith at all. 2.______□ □ *Deadline for registration is Tuesday, July 24 Save the date: June 11, 7:30 pm-9:00 pm

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Join us for great food, friends, fun, and interesting programs Календарь Лехаим ЛанчТайм Плюс на May 2018 at Lechayim Lunchtime Plus at Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street. Contact Jewish Social Services at (608) 442-4081 or email Изменения, обновления и новую информацию о программах [email protected] no later than 2:00pm the preceding Еврейской Социальной Службы вы можете найти на нашем веб- Wednesday. A vegetarian or strictly kosher option is available сайте www.jssmadison.org.

with a reservation. If you are over age 60, a minimum donation of Все желающие присоединяются к нам для вкусной еды, встречи $4.00 is suggested, but please only pay what is comfortable for you. с друзьями и интересных программ. Лехаим ЛанчТайм Плюс The cost of the meal is $9.73 for those under age 60. проводится в Центре Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street. If you cannot attend the meal, please join us for the free Заказать место вы можете в Еврейской Социальной Службе по program at 1:00 pm. телефону (608) 442-4081 или по адресу [email protected] MANY THANKS TO UW HILLEL ADAMAH до 14:00 часов среды предшествующей очередной встрече. Вегетарианское или строго кошерное меню готовится по CATERING FOR PROVIDING OUR предварительному заказу. Стоимость ланча составляет $9.73; DELICIOUS KOSHER MEALS! минимальное пожертвование для людей старше 60 лет $4.00, если возможно.

May Lechayim Calendar Если вы не можете присутствовать на обеде, пожалуйста, Monday, May 7 присоединяйтесь к нам для бесплатной программы в 13:00 часoв. 11:30 am-12:00 pm Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson 11:30 am-12:30 pm Complimentary Blood pressure check with ЛЕХАИМ БЛАГОДАРИТ UW ГИЛЕЛЬ ADAMAH КАТЕРИНГ ЗА nurse, Lori Edelstein ВКУСНЫЕ И КОШЕРНЫЕ БЛЮДА! 12:00 pm-1:00 pm African peanut stew, rice, mixed greens w/ Понедельник, 7 мая Balsamic dressing, fruit, dessert (Vegetarian 11:30 - 12:00: Йога на стуле с Бетси Хеймсон option: tofu peanut stew) 11:30 - 12:30: Бесплатная проверка артериального давления 1:00 pm-2:00 pm Four Seasons Theatre: “The Best of медсестрой, Лорой Эдельштейн Broadway: Stephen Sondheim.” 12:00 - 13:00: Африканское арахисовое рагу, рис, зеленый салат с бальзамическим соусом, фрукты, Monday, May 14 десерт. (Вегетарианский вариант: рагу с арахисом и тофу) 11:30 am-12:00 pm Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson 13:00 -14:00: Театр “Четыре Времени Года”: Лучший Бродвей: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm Buttermilk pancakes, potato kugel, scrambled “Стивен Сондхайм” eggs, fruit, pastry 1:00 pm-2:00 pm Slavic Folk and Popular Songs by vocalist Понедельник, 14 мая 11:30 - 12:00: Йога на стуле с Бетси Хеймсон and musician, Anna Gubenkova. 12:00 - 13:00 Блины на кефире, картофельный кугель, омлет, Accompanied by Victor Gorodinsky, founder фрукты, печенье and conductor of UW-Madison Russia Folk Сезон Лехаима заканчивается. Увидимся в сентябре 2018 года! Orchestra. Посетите веб-сайт: jssmadison.org для получения информации о Lechayim ends for the season. We will see you in September 2018! презентациях Летних Серий Леви и обедов (дважды в месяц: июнь, июль и август в гольф-клубе Накома) Check out our website, jssmadison.org, for information on Levy Summer Series presentations and luncheons (Twice each month: Понедельник, 27 августа June, July, and August at Nakoma Golf Club) Все приглашаются на ежегодный барбекю на кампусе Гудмен в Вероне. Свяжитесь с Полом Боровским для получения информации и регистрации:(608) 442-4083, [email protected] Monday, August 27 All are welcome at the annual BBQ on Goodman Campus in Verona. Contact Paul for information and registration: Если вы хотите получить дополнительную информацию об обеде, программах, транспорте или проверить какие-либо отмены, If you would like further information about the meal, programs, свяжитесь с Полом Боровским по телефону (608) 442-4083, transportation, or to check on any cancellations, contact Paul [email protected]. Borowsky at (608) 442-4083, [email protected]. May 2018 Madison Jewish News/19 Fun at Lechayim 20/Madison Jewish News May 2018 The Hat Trick: What I Learned from Wearing My Kippah for a Year By Brian Johnson I’ve always felt that describing myself situations occur when the customer is a On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, my line at the Home Depot have heard as “Jewish” was like rounding off the Christian-Zionist-Fundamentalist: I decided to wear my kippah full time. of a yarmulke but have never heard of a corners of my declaration and making it CUSTOMER: I love the Jews. It says in It was the day after America elected kippah. It makes the transition into my equivocal. The fact that this customer has the Bible that we need to have Jews in Donald Trump and I decided I needed to declaration that I am a Jew a little bit something about “dirty Jews” floating Israel before the return of Christ. 10,000 make a religious and political statement smoother. around in his consciousness didn’t Jews will need to perish and go to hell to my fellow citizens, to make them more surprise me. It was nice that he wanted but the remainder have a chance to be sensitive to a minority. This is what I’ve And the whole point of me wearing to give me advice but really wasn’t any saved. learned in the year and few months since the kippah is that I want people to know I of his business. then. am a Jew, that there are Jews in Madison Another reaction I get is from the What I want to say: The first thing you should know about and here’s one right in front of them. Christian Zionists: ME: It’s nice that you’ve included Jews me is that I am a Brooklyn Jew-by- I don’t want Jews to be some sort of CUSTOMER: Oh, I love Israel. It’s so in your Apocalyptic-Pagent but, if it’s all choice. I may be a Jew-by-choice, but the same to you, I’d rather not have your everything I learned about being a Jew support if it’s contingent on me being was from the Reform, Conservative, and cannon-fodder for the Four Horsemen Orthodox members of the vast family I and Great Whore of Babylon. married into in Brooklyn. I was schooled by Jewish family members who had What I really say: attended yeshiva instead of high school ME: Thanks. and rabbis who never knew whether I should count as part of the minyan. My During the Christmas season, I wish uncle-in-law attended yeshiva with Meir everyone a Merry Christmas because, … Kahane (an American-Israeli ordained everyone’s a Christian so why not, and, Orthodox rabbi, writer, and ultra- besides, it’s a nice thing to do. This has nationalist politician who served one caused only one incident when I was term in the Israeli Knesset), so one might working in the Christmas tree lot at the say, I am a Jew with an attitude. store: The next thing you should know ME: Merry Christmas! about me is the world I live in. Yes, I CUSTOMER: Aren’t you supposed to attend Torah study and services at our wish us Happy Holidays? wonderful synagogue, but I spend most ME: I figured you were Christians of my time as a cashier at the east-side because you’re buying a Christmas tree. Home Depot. Management didn’t care CUSTOMER: Well, Sherlock, I figure whether I wore a kippah or not. Better you’re Christian because you’re selling still, when I asked my management for me a Christmas tree. Shabbat off from work, they agreed ME: Actually, I am the Jew selling you in a heartbeat. So, I have to say that the Christmas Tree. management has been very considerate about how I practice my religion. But the I thought that wearing my kippah customers I meet, well, that’s a mixed would help change things around me bag. and, in some cases, it does. What I didn’t And finally, you should know the type count on was how it would change things of kippah I wear. I wear a type of kippah inside me. that originated from the Bukharan Whether I wear the kippah or not, I culture. It’s much bigger than a skullcap. am always aware I am a Jew, but I don’t It has sides to it. But most important to all the time take responsibility for being me, it stays on my head. It doesn’t slip a Jew. Wearing a kippah has made me around or blow off in the wind. And I more conscious of how I behave as a Jew. think it looks cool too. Bukhara was a Sometimes, when I don’t wear a kippah, Brian Johnson state of the Soviet Union in Central Asia. I behave like a Jew in drag, someone For some reason, the Soviets protected abstraction. I might be the first and only great what they’ve done. who is in disguise as someone other than the Bukharan Jews and when the Soviet Jew they’ve ever met or ever will meet. a Jew. Wearing the kippah makes me Union came to an end, all the Jews But then there are other customers This makes me pause and sometimes the feel more responsible for actually acting scampered off to Israel and Forest Hills, with other reactions: customer will rush in with a follow-up like a Jew. I cuss less. I am more aware Queens. ME: It’s called a yarmulke and I wear it question such as, recently: of lashon hara. I try to make a good first But onward to my customers and their because I am a Jew. CUSTOMER: Don’t you think it’s impression. And I act with generosity. I reactions to my kippah. CUSTOMER: Don’t call yourself a Jew. wonderful that Trump has recognized try to be more forgiving so that others Here’s the most typical interaction: Say that you’re Jewish. Calling yourself Jerusalem as the capital and is moving may act with more forgiveness toward CUSTOMER: Nice hat! a Jew makes it sound dirty. our embassy there? me. I try to be the Jew that Torah tells ME: It’s called a yarmulke and I wear it ME: Catholics don’t say they’re ME: Well, I sincerely hope it doesn’t me to try to be. because I am a Jew. Catholic-ish and Methodists don’t say cause any trouble for either side. So, overall, the year’s been pretty CUSTOMER: That’s nice. their Methodist-ish. I am a Jew. CUSTOMER: Don’t you support Israel? great underneath my kippah. I am going CUSTOMER: I am just saying it sounds ME: Well, I think mistakes to continue wearing it and see how And that’s pretty much as far as it dirty and derogatory. have been made on both sides. things work out. And I cannot promise goes. By the way, I say I am wearing a ME: Thank you for letting me know that. CUSTOMER: Oh. that I’ll be a better Jew as a result, but I yarmulke because there’s a much better I appreciate it and will pass it on. can promise I will try. chance the Christians that come through But the really uncomfortable Humanistic Judaism in Madison By Stu Dolnik and Danielle Ellen helping others. Judaism has survived care about the world and each other. Our Many Jews find religious services and mean what I say.” In short, they want to by adapting to new circumstances, goal is to satisfy our thirst for a Jewish celebrations to be less than satisfying. retain their Jewish connections, but in a experiences, and philosophies. In that presence in our lives, while preserving Their Jewish observances are quite way that’s honest and adds meaning to respect, it can be considered quite our culture and traditions in a way that separate from the rest of their lives, their lives. “traditional” to consider the alternative feels authentic to us. We’re exploring making it difficult to derive meaning If you count yourself in this group, known as Humanistic Judaism. what it means to be Humanistic Jews from them. Their beliefs and values are you might want to learn a little about The Society for Humanistic Judaism together. largely secular, and regardless of whether Humanistic Judaism. Humanistic (SHJ) was founded in 1963 by Rabbi On May 18, we will enjoy a potluck or not there is a god, these Jews would Judaism offers cultural and secular Jews Sherwin Wine. Today, there are SHJ Shabbat dinner and discuss new ways like to focus on humankind’s place a nontheistic alternative in contemporary communities all over the world, ranging to observe this holiday in a culturally in the world, and to do so in a Jewish Jewish life. Humanistic Jews seek from local chavurot to dedicated Jewish, yet secular, light. If you would context. They may wish to retain a place experiences that preserve the culture synagogues. In Madison, we have like to learn more, please reach out to our for prayer but feel that their words are and beauty of Judaism while changing recently formed a small chavurah that local SHJ contact, Stu Dolnick at (414) important and therefore want them to the emphasis from the supernatural to is warm and welcoming, comprised of 331-6325 or humanisticjewsmadison@ be authentic—to “say what I mean and personal growth, responsibility, and interesting and dynamic individuals who gmail.com. May 2018 Madison Jewish News/21

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and Israel the World Israel National Trail – Maktesh Ramon On May 23 I (Tal) will be lucky for me. As I said, the ten-day trip is busy enough to be travelling to Israel. Not and full of places to see and things to do, only will I be back home in the land of and one of the places I’m most excited to hummus and Bamba, but I will also have visit is Mitzpe Ramon, which is not only the incredible opportunity to show Israel an amazing place to visit, but is also a to some amazing UW students who will part of The Israel National Trail. join me for a once-in-a-lifetime ten-day Mitzpe Ramon (which translates adventure: Birthright. I’m sure you have to Ramon Lookout) is a town in the all heard of Birthright and know at least Negev desert in southern Israel. It was one person who has travelled to Israel originally founded in 1951 as a camp with Birthright, but I can’t say enough for the workers building Highway 40, about how important this program is, and which is the second longest highway in how thankful I am to be able to take part Israel, running from the center of Israel in this trip to Israel. For me, Birthright to the Arabah, in the south. It is located is not just about giving students the right on the edge of Maktesh Ramon opportunity to see and explore Israel, but (the Ramon Crater), which is the world’s also an opportunity for me to show them largest natural crater (is 23 miles long, my home. Do you know that feeling 3 miles wide and 1476ft deep, and the when you have guests coming over for view from it makes it one of Israel’s dinner and you are excited to give them biggest tourist attractions. a tour around your house? This is exactly If you are visiting Mitzpe Ramon you how I feel when traveling with students should definitely visit the crater, but to Israel. I want to make sure I show make sure you don’t miss the town’s them around, take them to the best sites; visitor center, where you can learn about the best places to hike, travel, eat; and different small desert animals, such as feel what it is like to be an Israeli, and snakes, lizards, rodents etc. You can live in a Jewish country. learn about the area and how the crater Although I might not have time to was created, and learn the story of the see my family and friends during the first Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, who Birthright trip (the schedule is very busy died in the Space Shuttle Columbia and I can’t leave the group), I will have a disaster in 2003. chance to explore Israel from a tourist’s Tourism is a big part of Mitzpe point of view which means that even Ramon, and it offers many interesting if I visit a place that I have previously and fun activities such as jeep tours, visited, it would be a different experience Abseiling, hiking, night-sky watching and many more. It also has one of the are moderate to strong winds all year world’s biggest alpaca farms, where you long, caused by its location above the can see alpacas and lamas. crater, which make Mitzpe Ramon feel The weather in Mitzpe Ramon cuts much colder than it really is, so even if between hot desert climate and cold you are visiting during the summer, it’s desert climate, characterized by hot, recommended you bring a sweatshirt dry summers and cold winters. There with you to keep you warm at night. GOODMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMPUS CLEAN-UP DAY GRAB YOUR SHOVEL, AND Go to the Source: Websites about Israel YOUR GARDENING GLOVES For questions on how to support Israel and information about what is happening, please contact our Israeli Shlichim: Shlomit, Jewish Federation of Madison we need your help! Shliach at [email protected] and Tal, UW Hillel Israel Fellow at [email protected] For more details about this event, www.JewishMadison.org To learn more about what is happening in Israel you can view these websites: http://www.JewishMadison.org http://www.timesofisrael.com http://www.ynetnews.com http://www.haaretz.com http://www.jpost.com http://www.iba.org.il/world May 2018 Madison Jewish News/23 Israel and the World Connecting with Israel

About Shavuot in Israel Coming up soon is one of my adapted and changed. It is a night full of (Shlomit’s) favorite holidays: Shavuot. simultaneous lectures and workshops in It might not be celebrated here as much various fields, from Judaism to poetry, as Passover or Hanukah, but in Israel it arts and history. All the school alumni is a big deal, on a few different levels: come back every year for one night Jewish, Zionistic/national, and personal. and join the learning. This is definitely The first is the Jewish level. Shavuot something I will miss this year. The other (literally translates to “weeks”) is one of tradition happens within the family. the three pilgrimage festivals, along with Since my parents chose to marry on Passover and Sukkot: the three holidays Shavuot 33 years ago, Shavuot is always that involved making a pilgrimage to a family celebration. For a family that the Temple in Jerusalem, according to doesn’t eat much meat, this is the perfect the Torah. They are all connected to holiday for food: amazing cheeses (you, the story of the formation of the Jewish Wisconsin people, can relate), endless people: on Passover the Israelites left salads and vegetable dishes, pastries Egypt, on Shavuot they received the and of course cheesecake. But the star Torah and Sukkot commemorates the of every Shavuot meal is my mother’s forty years they wandered in the desert savory pepper-cheese pie. She was Blumenfeld and Representative Danny main celebration we were again excited before reaching the land of Israel. Other willing to share her recipe here (with a Reimer and an evening celebration for as former President of Federation, Marc than the religious importance of all those few American adaptions). Yom HaAtzmaut. Shovers, read a proclamation by Mayor holidays, they all hold special agricultural And finally, while we look forward During the day the group received Soglin. This has been a wonderful ending aspects. In Israel, Passover marks the to the upcoming month of May and the proclamation by Governor Walker to this month, full of so many ranging beginning of spring and the ripening of Shavuot, we wanted to take a moment in honor of Israel’s 70th Independence emotions in such a short time—from the barely. Shavuot marks the time of to look back at April. Last month was Day, and a few days later, as part of the Yom HaShoah to Yom HaAtzmaut. the wheat harvest and the ripening of so full of meaningful Israeli events, the fruit. Sukkot is the end of the fruit and we want to thank everyone who harvest, before the rain. This brings took part in the celebrations. The main us to the second meaning of Shavuot attraction was of course the community in Israel, as a holiday that connects Yom HaAtzmaut celebration. It was Zionism and the Israeli land: since it has particularly moving for us, as Israelis, this important agricultural aspect, that is to experience this significant day here connected to the agriculture in Israel, it with such a large group of American is a very important holiday celebrated in Jews and Israelis living in Madison. the kibbutzim and moshavim—Zionist, It was wonderful to feel this sense of cooperative agricultural communities. community and connection to Israel. It became a tradition in kibbutzim and Both this event and the Yom HaZikaron moshavim to have a special ceremony, memorial service were put together showcasing the first fruits (and it later with the help and work of community became a tradition to showcase the members, students, Federation and newborn babies in a parade on that Hillel staff and we thank all those who day). This is a celebration of spring. It is were involved. Another big day we customary to wear white, dance, eat the had last month was when we hosted a yield of the land (dairy, fresh produce). young leadership delegation from Sovev By that time in Israel it is already warm Kinneret, out P2G partnership region. and nice outside in most places. This delegation visits Milwaukee every The third aspect is the personal one. year and we were happy to have them For me, Shavuot is a special holiday. here in Madison for one full day of It is spring, it is beautiful, but it is also activities: a panel with Jewish student two important traditions. One is “Tikkun leaders and young Jewish professionals, Leil Shavuot”, originally refering to a tour of the capitol with Michael Delegation on the Capitol Steps the custom of all night Torah study. This happens in many places in Israel. In my high school, this custom was Shavuot Recipe: Mom’s Best Savory Cheese Pie

Cut the butter into small cubes and add to the flour. In a The crust: food processor, using a few short pulses, combine the 2 cups all-purpose flour flour and butter. Add the salt and egg yolk and mix for ten 4.4 oz cold butter seconds. Then add the milk, a bit at a time, mixing shortly 1 egg yolk on high speed. The desired dough is flaky, not sticky and 1/4 tsp salt not over processed. Press the “crumbs” into a ball, wrap in 1/4 cup cold milk plastic wrap and let rest in the fridge for about half an hour.

The filling: Roast the peppers (whole) in the oven on high heat. Flip 17.5 oz cottage cheese them as they are browning. When they start to look a bit 2 oz blue cheese burnt, place them in a pot and cover it for about twenty 6.5 oz Cheddar cheese minutes. Once they rested in the heat and steams, you can 7 oz Feta cheese easily remove the skin since it separates from the flesh. In 2 eggs the meantime, while the peppers are in the pot, make the cheese filling: grate all the cheeses in a food processor, add 2-3 colorful bell peppers the cottage cheese and continue to mix, and finally add the egg. When the peppers are ready, peel their skin, remove their seeds and cut them into long strips. Pour the cheese mix into the half-baked pie crust and arrange the strips of pepper on top of the pie in the shape of a flower (or any way you choose.) Bake in 325 °F until filling sets. Do not let it turn brown. Once it sets, turn off the heat and let it sit in the oven for another half בתיאבון! !an hour. This pie is also good when frozen and reheated. Happy Shavuot 24/Madison Jewish News May 2018

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