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Page 2 SHALOM March 2015 New Director of Development to lead Federation fundraising Richard Nassau has joined the Jewish Nassau, who began work for the and cultural community and learning Federation of Reading as our new Jewish Federation of Reading in mid- more about their vision for the future.” Director of Development replacing the February, said he is looking forward to Federation President William Franklin recently retired Paul Landry. serving our community. expressed thanks to Landry for his work Nassau is an experienced “Federation’s services and support on behalf of the community. development professional who has always have been a vital part of the “We all benefitted from the hard worked for the Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks County area,” he said. work and expertise Paul brought to the Philadelphia and the Jewish Federation “This is an exciting opportunity to work Reading Jewsih Federation and wish him of Delaware. together and continue building upon the and his wife, Sue, a happy future with Most recently he was a fundraising passion and tradition that exists within much nachas.” consultant for Gaudenzia, a $60 million this community for all that Federation Richard Nassau and his wife, multi-state nonprofit and as the Jewish does. Elizabeth, have four children. Federation of Delaware’s Development “I’m looking forward to meeting with Please join us in welcoming them Director of their Jewish Fund for the Future. the many members of our religious, social to Reading. Locally supported Meir Panim fighting poverty in Israel The National Insurance Institute to Latet, more than 70 percent of people And it distributes: recently released its 2013 annual poverty receiving assistance live with nutritional • Prepaid food shopping cards report, which reveaed that more than shortages, with 10 percent saying they struggling families and Holocaust 1.65 million Israeli citizens, including have resorted to scavenging for food in survivors each month and before one out of three children, live below the trash cans. holidays. poverty line. Meir Panim, the largest charity • 200 chickens each week to According to the report, 432,600 conduit in Israel, helps fight the battle needy families through Meir Panim’s “A Israeli households live below the poverty against poverty in Israel with support Chicken for Shabbat” program. line, or a total of 1.6 million people. This from the Jewish Federation of Reading’s More than 300 children-at-risk number represents 21 percent of Israel’s Israel Now campaign. Each year Meir attend Meir Panim after-school youth population. The poverty rate among the later in the year. Panim: clubs, and its Israel Nutrition Center will elderly population is 22 percent. The An alternate report, released by the • Serves 387,600 hot, nourishing be the largest food production facility in country’s poor includes 756,900 children, non-profit organization Latet, paints meals through its network of free Israel, distributing up to 30,000 meals or 31 percent of minors in Israel. an even darker picture. Their study restaurants. daily. The percentage of children in poverty determined that 2.5 million Israelis live • Distributes 101,980 hot lunches Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dropped slightly as compared with 2012, below the poverty line — including to needy children throughout the country. praised the organization, saying, “Meir but the NII said the report does not fully 932,000 children. The report shows a • Delivers 166,800 Meals-On- Panim has a vision to eradicate poverty portray the effects of the government 14 percent increase in the number of Wheels to the homebound, disabled and through helping the needy with dignity, aiding cutback in child allowances put into place elderly receiving assistance. According elderly. their return to independence.” PJ Library: Reading is fun!

By Amanda J. Hornberger children is one of the most effective ways Program Director to expose them to enriched language and In my opinion, sitting under a blanket to encourage specific early literacy skills near the fireplace with my nose in a good needed to promote school readiness… book is a perfect way to spend a lazy [and] later reading success.” Sunday, particularly in the long days of Thanks to a generous donation from winter. My love of reading began at a George and Sue Viener, local children young age, and I hope to encourage a have the opportunity to receive an age- love of reading with children from birth appropriate, Jewish themed book for to age 8 in the Federation’s PJ Library FREE each month from PJ Library! program! PJ Library books introduce and According to the American Academy reinforce Jewish concepts and values of Pediatrics, “reading aloud with young and create opportunities for children to

1.800.FULTON.4 TAP. learn and ask questions about being March 22, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. We’ll be Jewish. reading stories about Passover and doing The Reading Jewish Federation some crafts to prepare for the holiday. also hosts PJ Library events that allow Look for more information on . children and parents to come together, upcoming PJ Library events in future TAP read stories and do activities related to Shalom articles, on the Federation’s the books the children are receiving at website and Facebook page, and via home. email. Current PJ Library parents are Are you interested in signing up encouraged to make sure their email your child for PJ Library? Please email address is accurate so they are receiving PL AY. Amanda at [email protected] for the latest in PJ Library information. sign up instructions. I can’t wait to start sharing my passion All children and parents are invited for reading with our youngest community to our next PJ Library event on Sunday, members this spring!

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Providing food, assistance with visit, among other sites, Yemin Orde, and Be sure to pick up the October From the President’s Desk Chairman expenses and many other aspects of getting Meir Panim, which we support through I want to take this those less fortunate back on their feet. your contributions. Yemin Orde is a youth Berks County Living time to wish all of you a Our ܁nance committee has been working village in the Carmel mountains near Haifa magazine featuring a special Celebrating Shabbat togethervery Happy makes and Sweet occasionovertime ensuring sweeter that our funds are well which caters to youth in need, providing supplement produced by the New Year. cared and accounted for. I also want to them with shelter, emotional support and Jewish Federation of Reading. By William D. Franklin people participated. All congregations andAs had we the enter good into fortune the to be assisted recognizetogether andTammy celebrate Mitgang Jewish and her life. entire an excellent education. Meir Panim is, for President and generations were well represented. Newby my Year, 4-year-old we reflect granddaughter Dahlia. Federation/JCCThe recent events staff inwho France, work the tirelessly growing the lack of a better description, similar to Special thanks to Campaign Friday, Feb. 6, Their ages ranged from infants to our on Thewhat evening, we have a delightful mix of fun, foranti-Semitism you. in Great Britain and other parts what we would call a soup kitchen but with Co-Chairs Howard & Victoria the Reading Jewish seniors.Our Lakin preschoolers led us accomplishedspirituality and this meaning, past was the result of Europe,As we enter the plightthe New of Ukrainian Year, I am Jews happy and to a different concept. Here those in need can community celebrated in songs, and our teens conducted the yearof the and commitment what challenges and lie hard ahead work for usof announcethe continued that threats we have against a Mission Israel reinforceto Israel get hot meals that are SERVED to them, not Hafetz for spearheading the Shabbat together. It service. I had the honor of presenting inRabbi the comingMichelson, year. Rabbi Your Schwartz, Federation Rabbi has thisthe monthimportance in conjunction of strong andwith vibrantthe Allentown Jewish cafeteria style as here in the States, so that project, which raised $19,200 for was a wonderfully our graduating seniors with mini-Shabbat providedLipsker andmany Amanda interesting Hornberger, programs andour Federation.communities With in theNorth numbers America. participating, We will they don’t feel like they are getting a handout. Federation! See Page 7 for a list successful community kits so that they will be able to continue speakersnew Program this past Director. year. We Yashar have attended Koach thisaccomplish should bethis a byvery continuing worthwhile to celebrateMission. In addition, Meir Panim serves thousands of advertisers and patrons. event. More than 170 celebrating Shabbat away from home toand those thank less you! fortunate, We will maintained continue our to statework TheyJewish will life be together. visiting many sites and meeting of hot meals to schoolchildren throughout certi܁ed Nursery School. We completed with some well-known names in Israel Israel and maintains a Goodwill-like facility Look for it at local retailers and a very successful Gratz College program politics and military. I feel certain that many to help furnish clothing and furniture to those for our teenagers and a wonderful senior if not all of them will return with a better in need. For both of these organizations and libraries and at the Berks Encore More about theprogram. Federation: Our Jewish Family Service has understanding of Israel and its position in Jews throughout the world who receive your Senior Expo Oct. 23 at BodyZone. again done a wonderful job helping those the world and the Middle East. They will support, I thank you. The internationalFrom the President’s picture Desk By Larry Rotenberg I remember a time when my are helping out. Federation, that do great work. These Chairman daughter Leah and I, travelled to D.C. BeingWherever disaster Alma strikes, the are just too many and too complex to list. Last month I to a rally for what then were called Federation is there to help. The recent But let me just end with one, and described the local the “Refuseniks”. These were Jews Bymurder Tammy of Jews K. Mitgang in Paris caused a nearly Eastthat istroubled the Joint her, Distribution and she Committee,knew that ground in Ethiopia — the Jewish Agency bears their name, and as the ܁rst female and national role of in the USSR who wanted to go to President100 percent increase in the number of lifeaffectionately for Israel known — though as “the it isJoint”. a ܁rst-­worldAn for Israel and the American Jewish Joint President of the Jewish Federation of the Federation. In Israel in order to escape the “Socialist FrenchAlma Jews Lakin to would make be Aliyah. And this, in economy8-year-old like orphan the was USA, wandering was dif܁cult the and Distribution Committee (JDC) — feared Reading, she and Dan Tannenbaum, this article we will Paradise” they supposedly lived in. theturn, ܁rstincreased to substantially pooh-­pooh the number complicated.fields of Ukraine, starved, cold, and for the Ethiopian Jewish community’s an executive director of the Federation, deal with the role And we marveled at Nathan Sharansky, anyof French notion vulnerable that she teens who needed constantlyWhen I ininterviewed danger of her annihilation. for a video In safety when rebel forces threatened brokered a partnership with her alma of the Federation, then the most famous refusenik, who washelp amazing,from Yemin special Orde. Organizations that1944, recognized after three her years and of her this, husband, he was to overrun Mengistu Haile-Mariam’s mater, Albright College, that would throughout the world, endured much suffering before being orsuch that as she Yemin inspired Orde, the which helps look Ed’splaced community in an orphanage service in Bucharest, and the Commmunist government. establish the Holocaust Library and wherever even a allowed to make Aliyah. extraordinaryafter displaced in others. at-risk youth, have establishmentRomania. There, of somethe Holocaust packages Library came, What followed was one of the most Resource Center on the campus. small community of Jews lives. But today the world is multipolar. We Petite,had marvelous big hearted rates and of success and andstamped Resource as from Center “the at Joint,” Albright with College, normal dramatic rescue operations in Israel’s Being Alma meant tireless service As everyone knows, the world has have no idea whether the next crisis will deliberate,rehabilitation time of spentdeprived Israeli youth. sheclothing did not and talk some about regular her efforts food. to raiseWhat history. Over 34 hours and four minutes, and no fanfare — certainly no pictures changed. And some of us may even be in Paris or in Malmo or in London. withYemin Alma Orde was treats never all Israelis — Jews, moneya source and of resettle joy and Soviet surprise. Jews inLater our 34 Israeli cargo and passenger planes if she was expected to be in them. look back with nostalgia to the days of And so we must always be prepared aboutChristians, her. Muslims and Druze — community.this same orphan Instead, was she sent spoke to Canadaof how worked around the clock, airlifting 14,310 Accolades were not her style; but she the Soviet Union, when the world was to come to the rescue of those in our throughoutShe cared much about of Israel. others — strangers, thrilledthrough she the waswork to of meet the Canadian with Natan Jewish and Ethiopian Jews to Israel from Addis was not without opinion — thoughtful essentially bipolar. We knew who the community who are in dire straits. In familyBut and all of friends. this takes And resources; she worked and that to AvitalCongress, Sharanksy and to a normalized — refuseniks life. who at Ababa. Alma would have beamed having and at times, determined. But, no matter good guys were; and who the bad ones war-torn Ukraine, the few remaining Jews improveis where you the can world see your — herephilanthropy at home, at in extraordinarySo, if you wonder personal why I risk am so and passionate sacri܁ce heard MK Sholomo Molla’s incredible life what she put her efforts behind, you could were. We knew where they lived, and live in near starvation conditions. The Israelwork. and There around are multiplethe world. organizations When you helpedabout theto spark work andof the later Federation; ignite a global it is story that he credits to the work of the be sure that she was right by your side, how to get them, and to influence them. Federation and its related organizations werewhich with are Alma, part of,it was or affiliated all about you, with it the movementbecause I was to free that Soviet boy. Jewry. Between Federation system that saved his life. working hand in hand with you and others was you who were front and center and 1990 and 1997, Federation’s Operation (see page 5) to do great things. A thank you to the community made to feel special. Exodus campaign nationally raised $1 Alma shared her excitement and pride Alma considered herself privileged Alma believed that we are responsible billion to rapidly rescue and resettle more that helped to raise nearly $1 million to have enjoyed so much of life. One of Rabbi Rachel Schwartz of Kesher so joyous! It meant the world to have forSholom each other Hebrew according School to thestudents principles for thanMichelson one million and Judy,Soviet including Jews in Israel Michelle, and locally toward the capital campaign that her favorite memories was crossing over Zion Synagogue wrote the following to everyone together to pray and share a ofsharing chesed prayers, (caring and and the Lakincompassion), Preschool NorthShannon, America. Holly, PS –the Alma RCOS marched Hebrew with would build the U.S. Holocaust Memorial into Jordan when the borders with Israel the community and its leaders to thank meal. Torahschool (Jewishstudents learning),for your beautiful tikkun songsolam othersSchool in teachers our community and the Lakinon the Preschool National Museum in Washington, America’s were reopened. “To think, she would everyone for their work and participation Thank you to the Federation team led (repairingand poster. the word) and tzedakah (social Mallteachers, in Washington the Chabad during team one of ofRabbi the national institution for the documentation, reminisce; “that we along with other in connection with Community Shabbat. by Bill and Amanda, including Brenda, justice).Thank And you her tolife Janine, was an embodimentDebbie and largestLipsker, marches Chana, in American and Zalman, history. Thatand study and interpretation of Holocaust Federation mission-goers, met with King Sari, Carol, Andi, Mark and Larry, for all ofScott, those who principles. initiated and led the outreach rallyBoscov’s would Catering. become a turning point in this history. She reଂected on the mixture of Hussein. Ed and I were so fortunate.” Dear Reading Jewish Family, of their efforts and insight coordinating effortsShe forbelieved teen leadership in the bold transforming collective movement. We are looking forward to celebrating raindrops and tears that fell the night of Her family was her heart. She Thank you for coming and celebrating the evening! ofthe Federation service! and knew that together manyShe more spoke Shabatot about asthe a community!unity of the its dedication as she, Ed and others from considered a better world, her Community Shabbat at Kesher Zion Thank you to the amazing teens from we A couldspecial thank mobilize you to ܁nancial the KZ Team: and social Jewish world that resultedWith blessings, in the our community donned their construction responsibility and life — a special reward. Synagogue. BBYO, Gratz, and RAFTY who led the resourcesGayle, Muyumi, that couldBen, Oleg,rescue Lisa, Jews, and Operation SolomonRabbi rescue Rachel mission Schwartz that hats and toured the vast and important I think those of us who knew Alma were Your presence made the evening service, the Reform Congregation Oheb strengthenBetsy, the RCOSthe Jewish team ledpeople by Rabbi and took place in May 1991. The state of structure. the truly the fortunate ones. literally, change the world. Israel, together with Jewish Federation At home in Berks County, the JCC’s Alma Lakin passed away Aug. 27 at Iran’s plans for the Jews, past andThe ongoing present turbulence in the Middle of North America’s major partners on the Lakin Early Education Center preschool the age of 82. Elie Wiesel, a Nobel Peace Laureate, to all the provinces, to ‘annihilate murder Jewish children in synagogues around repeat it. As one who has seen the recently placed an ad in The New and destroy the Jews, young and old, the world will shout down the name of enemies of the Jewish people make York Times urging support for Israeli children and women.’ FederationHaman when it is pronounced in themission Book good on threats to to exterminateIsrael us, how begins Oct. 21 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “Now Iran, modern Persia, has of Esther. They understand a simple can I remain silent? A joint mission composed of chaired by Michael and Susan Fromm and Berks County will be joining the group purpose and heightened appreciation upcoming speech to Congress the day produced a new enemy. The Ayatollah truth that at times eludes world leaders: “As Queen Esther said when community members from the Reading Victor and Dena Hammel. In addition to on the mission. and connection to Jewish identity. before Purim. Politics aside, the core of Khamenei has been as clear as his When someone in power threatens your addressing her King: ‘How can I behold area and the Lehigh Valley will leave for Mitgang, Jayne Kleinman, Cultural Center The Reading Jewish community has Mission participants will visit Reading’s his statement is a powerful message to predecessor in declaring his goal: ‘the destruction, you must loudly condemn the destruction of my people”? Israel Oct. 21. program director and Mark Goldstein, bene܁ted from teaming with the seasoned Israel Now projects — two important us as Jews and to the entire world: annihilation and destruction’ of Israel. He him. “In traditional Jewish families, we For the Reading community, it is the Executive Director of Jewish Federation of mission-goers from the Allentown area humanitarian efforts that both save “Many centuries ago a wicked man is bent on acquiring the weapons needed “Santayana wrote that those close the Sabbath with the lightening of ܁rst mission the Federation has ledin the Lehigh Valley will staff the mission. and Lehigh Valley Federation’s “well- and change lives — Yemin Orde Youth in Persia named Haman advised: ‘There to make good on the deadly promise. who cannot remember history are the Havdalah candle and a quote from more than 15 years. A goal of Federation Rabbi Brian Michelson from oiled” mission process. Village in the Carmel Mountains and Meir exists a nation scattered and dispersed “The disaster of ages past was condemned to repeat it. I believe that the Book of Esther retelling how danger President Tammy Mitgang and Federation Congregation Oheb Sholom and Rabbi “Mark Goldstein and his staff have Panim’s new nutrition center in Kiryat among the others… It is not in our interest averted, but the event is remembered those who deny history — specifically was replaced by light and happiness, and leadership, the Reading mission is co- Yosef Lipsker, Chabad-Lubavitch of created over the years a network of Gat, where the community will dedicate to tolerate them.’ And the order went out in the holiday of Purim. On March 5, the Holocaust — are determined to the blessing: ‘And so may it be for us.’” resources and processes that have the kitchen that was made possible bene܁ted our community — newbies, thanks to the Reading community’s if you will, when it comes to mission funding efforts. SHALOM planning. And, we are neighbors. The The dedication will be a big thank you BERKS CARDIOLOGISTS, LTD. A newspaper serving the Jewish community of Reading, Pennsylvania, mission project is just the start of future to our community and a proud moment. A newspaper serving the Jewish community of Reading, Pennsylvania, and published monthly, September through June, under the Jewish joint efforts,” Mitgang said. With two out of every ܁ve children in and Diagnostics Imaging Center and published monthly, September through June, under the Jewish Federation of Reading. Funded by the Reading United Jewish Campaign. There are many details that need Israel living below the poverty line, Federation of Reading. Funded by the Reading United Jewish Campaign. to be addressed when moving a group Meir Panim’s network of soup kitchens, General Offices: 1100 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 125 of more than 50 people across Israel. restaurants and feeding centers, ensure 2605 KEISER BLVD. General Offices: 1100 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 125 Wyomissing, PA 19610 Jewish Federation of North America’s warm, nutritious meals for thousands of Wyomissing, PA 19610 WYOMISSING, PA 19610 Phone: 610-921-0624 FAX: 610-929-0886 Missions Department and its staff in children and families every day. Phone: 610-921-0624 FAX: 610-929-0886 Web site: www.ReadingJewishCommunity.org Israel along with Kenes Tours will further At Yemin Orde, the group is anxious to Web site: www.ReadingJewishCommunity.org ensure that each and every day of the see ܁rsthand the progress that has been FOR AN APPOINTMENT, CALL Jewish Federation of Reading mission is maximized. made at the village since the wild܁res Chairman:Jewish Federation of ReadingAlvin Katz (610) 685-8500 Federation missions are travel devastated it in 2010. President:Chairman: TammyLarry Rotenberg K. Mitgang experiences unlike any other. Along The group is honored that Chaim Peri, CommunicationsPresident: Director: MarkWilliam Nemirow, D. Franklin Editor Gary M. Lattin, MD Hani H. Salha, MD with visits to historic and sacred sites, beloved educator and director of Yemin Proofreaders:Communications Director: EstherMark Nemirow, Strauss & Editor Federation staff Charles R. Minehart, MD Rajendra H. Solanki, DO museums and popular tourist destinations, Orde for 30 years, will personally be hosting Member:Proofreaders: AmericanFederation Jewish staff Press Association Meir Mazuz, MD Ronald J. Polinsky, Jr., MD Federation missions provide exclusive, the group during a tour and lunch. TheMember: opinions expressed in Shalom are Americanof the writers Jewish and not thePress Jewish Association Federation of Reading Guy N. Piegari, Jr., MD Michael B. Russo, MD insider access to residents, community Young people from the village will join Frank Politzer, MD Christopher B. Rogers, DO leaders, area experts, and political the group for the tour and share their The opinions expressedDeadline in Shalom for theare of November the writers and notissue the Jewish is Oct. Federation 5 of Reading Louis Borgatta, MD Troy W. Trayer, DO personalities and provide a sense of experiences. Mayank R. Modi, MD Nicholas A. Rossi, DO Andrew R. Waxler, MD Next deadline, March 5 Page 4 SHALOM March 2015 Understanding the import of Netanyahu’s Iran stance

By Yaron Sideman threats lurking at his people’s doorstep This would be not just a serious threat packed crowds — greater breathing Few things are more important to and to do so from every podium and at to the Israeli people, but to the citizens of room to fulfill its deadly ambitions is a Israel than its special relationship with the every opportunity he is given. the United States as well as to the rest very bad agreement. United States. It is one based on shared The concern Israel has with the of the free world. The list goes on, but the picture is values regarding freedom, democracy agreement that the international Any agreement that would provide a clear. and human dignity. community reportedly is on the brink regime that repeatedly calls for Israel’s The objective of talks with Iran should These shared values bind us together of forging with Iran is that it would annihilation a pathway to a nuclear be securing a good deal, one that will as individuals and societies and, by their not dismantle Iran’s nuclear weapons weapon is a bad agreement. Any completely dismantle Iran’s nuclear very nature, transcend administrations, capability but would, rather, leave it as a agreement that would provide a globally capabilities and ensure that it lives up to Congresses, prime ministers and nuclear threshold state. designated state sponsor of terrorism — its current international obligations. coalition governments. What that means, simply, is that both and the No. 1 contributor to regional and The objective should not be to meet an It is a relationship that manifests the nuclear material and the means international instability — the capability artificial deadline to achieve a settlement. itself in a tremendous amount of mutual for uranium enrichment, which are to behave in an even more brazen That is the message Israel’s prime respect and in broad, bipartisan support necessary for the production of an fashion is a bad agreement. minister has been conveying day in and toward the Jewish state. atomic bomb, would remain in Teh­ Any agreement that gives a regime — day out, and it is that same message that Israel’s relationship with the American ran’s possession, allowing it to sweep one that behaves with contempt toward he intends to voice in his appearance people is one we do not take for granted. inspections aside at any moment and its own citizenry and whose twisted before a joint session of Congress. As in all true relationships, openness and break out toward weaponi­zation, in the norms include the stoning of women Yaron Sideman is the consul general a frank exchange of concerns are the same way North Korea did in 2006. and the public hangings of gays before of Israel to the mid-Atlantic region. mark of a deep and abiding friendship. Page 4 SHALOM December 2014 Therefore, despite all the noise and speculation surrounding the circumstances of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming appearance before Congress, we must not lose sight of the substantive issue that he intends to address: preventing the most dangerous regime in the world from obtaining the most dangerous weapons in the world. It is the duty of any responsible leader to speak out openly and frankly about UK study finds record number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2014

World Jewish Congress Attacks against British Jews have reached a record high fuelled by an explosion of violence in the Middle East. SERVE WARM MEALS. Hate crimes of anti-Semitism doubled to 1,168 in a single year for DELIVER MEDICINES. the first time last year, the latest study published by the Community Security FEED THE HUNGRY. Trust (CST) says. The main factor GIVE HUGS TO SENIORS fueling the rise of anti-Jewish attacks GIVE HOPE TO THOUSANDS. was the Israeli military action in Gaza, A WORLD AWAY. according to the CST, which monitors anti-Semitism and provides security for the Jewish community. SECURE THE FUTURE. The figure was the highest annual total ever recorded in the UK. The incidents ranged from violent attacks in the street to vile graffiti and criminal damage against synagogues and BEFORE homes. BEFORE In one of the most serious attacks a victim was verbally abused and then hit with a glass and a baseball bat in YOUR London. In Manchester, a man was knocked off his bike and kicked while YOU on the ground by a group of youths who called him a Jew. A Jewish girl had deodorant sprayed ALARM in her face by a 12-year-old fellow pupil who said to her “gas the Jews” at a FINISH school in Edinburgh. And in London, two men ran into a kosher restaurant where GOES OFF. they intimidated diners before making a Nazi salute and shouting: “Heil, Adolf Hitler.” It only takes a few minutes to help seniors stay connected to community and continue living in their own homes, The CST has recorded anti-Semitic Meanwhile,BREAKFAST.It only takes you’ll a few nurture minutes Jewish to change learning, lives in fund our communityfood banks, and offer around job thetraining world. Food— just banksa few forof the needy,solutions care Fed- incidents in the UK since 1984, and the erationfor seniors, supports Israel with experiences heart, innovation for the young and — decades these are of just knowing some of what the solutions works. It’sFederation time: Donate. supports Volunteer. with heart, Get previous highest annual total came in involved.innovationYour and link decades to getting of knowing started: what JewishFederations.org works. Seize the moment: Donate. Volunteer. Get involved. Your link to getting started: JewishFederations.org 2009 when 931 anti-Semitic incidents were recorded. www.readingjewishcommunity.org THETHE STRENGTH STRENGTH OFOF A APEOPLE. PEOPLE . JeJewishwishFederations.org Federation of Reading David Delew, CST chief executive, THE POWER OF COMMUNITY. THE POWER OF COMMUNITY. PO jfederations Box 14925, @jf ederationsReading PA 19612 said: “The Jewish community should 610-921-0624 not be defined by anti-Semitism but last year’s large increase in recorded Please detach and return with payment to Jewish Federation, PO Box 14925, Reading PA 19612 incidents shows just how easily anti- Semitic attitudes can erupt into race hate I want to help Federation make wishes come true this year. Here’s my tax-deductible gift to support Jewish Federation of Reading’s abuse, threats and attacks. Thankfully 2014 Annual Campaign and make a world of difference both near my own home and beyond: most of the incidents were not violent, Name______Address______but they were still shocking and upsetting $______amount enclosed Checks payable to Jewish Federation of Reading for those who suffered them, and for the Credit Card: ___Discover ___Mastercard ___Visa Card #______Exp. date______Security Code_____ wider Jewish community.” Name on Card:______Signature______March 2015 SHALOM Page 5 Congregational News The miracle of life By Rabbi Yosef Lipsker Beginning with the death of Queen but there were no supernatural miracles. Even though we don’t feel the Chabad Center of Berks County Vashti, and King Ahasuerus choosing No oil lasted for eight days, nor were any G-dliness or the miracle in it all, it is there. Did you know that Esther as his new wife. Followed by firstborns smitten. The very name of the Megillah, the Megillah, which is Mordechai overhearing and foiling a And that is precisely what makes the ‘Megillat Esther,’ makes this point. The read every year on the plot to murder the king, and Haman’s story of Purim so special. name ‘Esther’ translates as ‘hidden’. The holiday of Purim, is the rise to power. Through Haman’s scheme Take a look at the world around you. true miracle of Purim, as well as that of only book in the entire to annihilate the Jews, and the king’s Everything seems so ‘normal’. The sun our daily lives, remains hidden. But we written Torah in which discovery that Esther was Jewish and rises every morning in the east, and know that G-d, although His name is G-d’s name does not that Haman’s plan would have included sets in the west at dusk. Trees and not mentioned in Megillah, was in fact appear even once? her. plants grow when they are properly behind all that had transpired, just as He Wondering why? All the events leading up to Purim tended to, and will wither and die when is behind all that happens in the world. Reading through the story of Purim, seem to fit right into an almost natural neglected. Fire rages and grows when And just as the Jews of that time we discover another most interesting course, and not once do we read about in contact with anything flammable, but believed and trusted in G-d that He will fact. Throughout the entire story we find a great miracle, such as the sea splitting will be extinguished when in contact save them from Haman’s wicked decree, that very little of it was miraculous. In or manna falling from heaven. All we with water. so must we, truly have faith in G-d that fact, most of it seems to be extremely have is one coincidental occurrence after All this, and much more, is what He is the one who ultimately controls coincidental. It seems like the work of another. we’ve come to know as nature. And like our destiny. a great novelist, with all loose ends True, the fact that Haman’s scheme everything else in the world, nature, So this year, when you hear the eventually coming together. backfired onto himself was very fortuitous, too, was created by G-d. Nature is Megillah being read on Wednesday G-d’s most incredible miracle. We are evening, March 4, and Thursday, March living a constant miracle. By waking up 5, take the time to think about the miracle Sisterhoods celebrate every morning, we experience this most of Purim, and how much it really relates miraculous event – life. to us. Please join us at the RCOS Supper Club Saturday, April 18 Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom Cocktails at 6 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m. RSVP by April 3

Following the Oheb Sholom-Kesher Zion Sisterhood Tu B’Shevat seder, participants enjoy each others company, the fruits of the holiday, and dirt cake. Save The Date! LOCAL CONGREGATIONS AND SERVICE TIMES CHABAD CENTER OF BERKS COUNTY (610) 921-0881 Saturday mornings: 9:30 a.m.; Friday evenings: 6:30 p.m. KESHER ZION SYNAGOGUE (610) 374-1763 Weekly services Saturdays: 9:30 a.m.; Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. Friday Evening Service – Please call for service information Babysitting available upon request with one week’s notice REFORM CONGREGATION OHEB SHOLOM (610) 375-6034 Friday, March 6: 6 p.m. Friday, March 13: 7:45 p.m. Friday, March 20: Musical Shabbat, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 21: Tot Shabbat, 10 a.m. Sunday, March 27: Grades 1-2 Shabbat: 6 p.m. CONGREGATION SHOMREI HABRITH Musical Shabbat & Oneg Lunch & Learn Friday, March 20, 2015 with Rabbi Rachel Schwartz 7:00pm All classes at noon at Kesher Zion Synagogue Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom Getting ready for Passover 555 Warwick Drive, Wyomissing March 10 — Selections from Masseket Pesachim — A view of the Seder then and now March 17 — Creating meaningful moments during Please join us as we celebrate Shabbat with our Seder Rabbi Brian Michelson and student Cantor March 24 — Eating what on Passover? Jordan Shaner as they lead a special service Minhag (custom) vs. Halakah (law) featuring the musical talents of our All are welcome to join. congregants. Please rsvp at [email protected] or call 610-374-1763 Members and Non-­‐members are welcome

Page 6 SHALOM March 2015 Community Shabbat all about warmth By Amanda J. Hornberger Truly the glow of warmth that evening Program Director started with our youngest community Warmth. When I reflect on our members. The warm collegiality and Community Shabbat held at Kesher Zion leadership from Rabbi Schwartz, Rabbi Syangogue on Feb. 6, I think of warmth. Michelson and Rabbi Lipsker created Not because of the outside temperature, a night full of community worship and that barely got above freezing, but togetherness that was enjoyable for all. the warmth in the synagogue as the A big thank you to all of the youth who community gathered for prayer, song, participated in the service and brought food and conversation. such joy to the hearts of everyone. I also I saw it reflected in the friendly smiles want to say a special thank you to the of everyone greeting one another and staff at Kesher Zion and my colleagues in the hospitality of the Kesher Zion at the Federation for all their help and staff and Boscov’s Catering cooks and support in the planning and execution of servers. this event. As you can imagine, events And who was not warmed by the like this don’t just happen, and all the sight of the young people leading the little pieces came together thanks to all service? From the bright singing of the of their help. Thank you also to Boscov’s preschoolers, to the V’Shamru led by Catering for your flexibility with our the Hebrew school students, and the growing numbers, the delicious food and This sign was lovingly made by children in Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom’s Lakin Preschool for the amazing teens who read, sang and attentive service during the meal. Community Shabbat held in February at Kesher Zion Synagogue. prayed with such ease and confidence, Sitting in the service I was struck by all in front of a crowd of 170 friends, the reading from Mishkan T’fila: “Let there peace and friendship be our shelter from and warmth experienced on that night family, and community members! be love and understanding among us. Let life’s storms.” May the love, friendship stay with our community always.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR Looking to make reservations for Passover dinner? KESHER ZION’S Care to celebrate Shabbat with friends and family? 2015 PASSOVER CELEBRATION Join Friday, April 3: Fast of the First Born Siyyum service at 8:00 a.m. in the KZ Chapel KESHER ZION SYNAGOGUE followed by light breakfast on Please RSVP to KZ office before March 20, 2015 Friday, April 10, 2015 for

Saturday, April 4: KZ Passover Festival Services at 9:30 a.m. Shabbat Services at 6:00 p.m. Passover Second Seder at KZ 7:30 p.m. Reservations to KZ by March 23, 2015 and/or Shabbat Dinner at 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 5: Passover Festival Services at KZ 9:30 a.m. Cost: $18.00 / Adult

$10.00 / Child 6 to 13 Friday, April 10: Passover Festival Services at KZ 9:30 a.m. (Children 5 and under Free) Shabbat Evening Services at KZ 6:00 p.m. Vegetarian entrée available upon request with reservation only (Same price) KZ Shabbat Passover Dinner at 7:00 p.m. Reservations to KZ office before RSVP by March 20, 2015 March 20, 2015 If you are in need of transportation to the Shabbat Dinner or Service, please contact the KZ Office (610) 374-1763. Saturday, April 11: Shabbat Passover Services at KZ 9:30 a.m. including Yizkor RESERVATION FORM: SHABBAT PASSOVER DINNER COME EXPERIENCE THE EXODUS! I/We willKESHER be attending ZION Friday, April SYNAGOGUE 10, 2015 for Passover INVITES Dinner at Kesher YOU Zion TO Synagogue, A Reform Congregation 1245 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading, PA 19602. We are returning this reservation form with our Oheb Sholom invites you checkSE CmadeON payableD N toIG KesherHT ZionCO Synagogue.MMUNIDeadlineTY P forA Sreservations:SOVER March SE 20,DE 2015R to First Night Community Saturday,$18.00 Aprilx each adult4, 2015 _____ - Seder $______at 7:30 p.m. Journey guided by Rabbi Rachel Schwartz Seder $10.00 x each child _____ $______(Children 5 and under Free)

Friday, April 03, 2015, 6:00 PM Request for vegetarian entrée ______

Total $______Food provided by: Name:______Phone:______Boscov’s Ala Carte Catering Adults:$29.00

Children (6 -13 yrs): $19.00 Children under 5: Free Hoping to see all of you as we gather together as a community to share our Seder Meal Menu: Matzo Ball Soup, Gefelte Fish, Horseradish, Matzah, Harosset, Hard Boiled Eggs, Wine, Juice, Seder Plate, Turkey with Matza Stuffing on the side, Baked Salmon w/ Mango Salsa, Catered by Boscov’s Ala Carte Caterers Roasted Red Potatoes, Green Beans Almandine, Passover Desserts, Decaf, Coffee, Tea Cost: Adults—$29.00/Children (6-13) - $19.00/Children 5 & under free If financial assistance is necessary, please contact Sari Incledon at Jewish Family Service 610-921-2766. Menu: Matzah Ball soup, gefilte fish, turkey, potato kugel, vegetables, wine, matzah, and dessert. NO RESERVATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY, MAR. 27 Vegetarian entrée available upon request with reservation only (Same pricing as above) NO WALK-IN SEATING WILL BE AVAILABLE Reservations and payment (Check payable to Kesher Zion Synagogue) I/We will be attending the Friday, April 03, 2015 Seder Meal at Must be sent to the Kesher Zion Office by March 23, 2015. RCOS, 555 Warwick Drive, Wyomissing, PA 19610 If you are in need of transportation to the Seder, please contact the KZ Office (610) 374-1763. We are returning our reservation form and check made payable to RCOS. If financial assistance is necessary, please contact Sari Incledon at Jewish Family Service (610) 921-2766. Deadline for Reservations to the RCOS Office is Friday March 27, 2015. I/We will be attending the Saturday, April 4th Passover Seder Meal at Kesher Zion Synagogue, 1245 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading, PA 19602. We are returning our reservation form and check

(made out to Kesher Zion Synagogue). Deadline for reservations: Monday, March 23, 2015 No. of Adults ______x $29.00 each = ______$29.00 each adult x ______$ ______No. of Children (6-13) ______x $19.00 each = ______$19.00 each child x ______$ ______(Children 5 & under are free) Request for vegetarian entrée x______No. of Children (0-5) ______x $0.00 (need high chair?) ____ yes Total $ ______TOTAL Attending = ______TOTAL $ = ______NAME ______PHONE #______

March 2015 SHALOM Page 7 Philadelphia Jewish history museum offering internships The National Museum of American said Ivy Barsky, the Philadelphia undergraduate and graduate students field trips, and career workshops. Jewish History has received a $16,000 museum’s CEO. “We are delighted, interested in gaining experience in In 2014 the museum provided internships grant from The Weinberg Family with the Weinberg Family’s generous various areas of museum and nonprofit to 42 students during the year (including 16 Internship Fund of The Philadelphia support, to be able to provide stipends administration through unpaid internships summer interns) who gained new skills and Foundation to support full-time internships to outstanding applicants who are (some of which are subsidized by stipends knowledge through hands-on experience. for four students this summer. The interested in exploring museum careers through their schools) and course credit. It hosted interns from 23 colleges and grant will provide stipends for qualified but cannot afford to accept an unpaid Internships are available in departments universities in the greater Philadelphia undergraduate students enrolled full internship. As someone who needed to and programs including Community region and around the country, representing time at a four-year college or university earn money as a student and was able Relations, Curatorial, Development, a variety of majors and disciplines, including and full-time students matriculated in to secure paid internships in museums, Education, Marketing & Communications, history, international affairs, economics, graduate programs, who receive need- I know firsthand how genuinely career Facilities Rentals & Events, and the pre-law, education, communications, and based financial aid. shaping these opportunities are.” museum’s store. Summer interns also museum studies. “Our internship program is a vital part The museum’s internship program, participate in a weekly seminar that To learn more about the internship of our work as an educational institution,” begun in 2010, has traditionally served includes presentations by museum staff, program, visit www.nmajh.org/Internship/.

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thursday, march 5, 2015 · 5:30 pm Chabad lubavitCh of berks County 2320 hamPden blvd, reading

Sunday, March 1, 2015

12:00 to 2:00 PM

Being Held at Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom

555 Warwick Drive, Reading

Hamantashen Carnival Games

Hot Dogs Prizes

Admission to Carnival is FREE. Purchase 25¢ tickets for food & games.

Page 8 SHALOM March 2015 Youth News International BBYO event well worth celebrating

Jessi McIntosh and all her newest sisters of Liberty Region BBG Stronger together at BBYO IT

By Brandon Missan fun. Coming home from this weekend IT, or in training, is a BBYO I looked back on it and realized it convention that was held this winter was the best time I’d ever had. Just in Wilkes-Barre. one convention alone will teach a This event is specifically for new teenager so much about others and members and preparing them to join themselves, while learning social the organization. This was my second and leadership skills that will last a time attending this event because my life time. position on our BBYO board is moreh, My goal this year as Berks Chai or recruitment. Moreh is to share BBYO with as many The weekend was full of Reading Jewish teens as possible. I Berks Chai BBYO members, from left, Marissa Missan, Brandon Missan, Bryce Weizer and JoJo Ure. programming and icebreakers to hope you will come out and give it a make everyone comfortable and have try, we are STRONGER TOGETHER. By Michael Kogon say today’s teens don’t want to be part Courtesy of Atlanta Jewish Times of organized clubs and groups, but You wouldn’t think that I, a father of when I saw these teens nodding and Pediatric and Adult Patients an 11-year old and 8-year old, would smiling as I answered their questions, have much in common with a couple I knew that BBYO was, and is, Treating Ear, Nose, Throat Problems of 17-year-old girls. A couple of years shattering that concept. These Jewish Thyroid Nodules, Neck Masses & Sinusitis ago, I wouldn’t have thought so either, teens want a place to go, a place to but the second I mentioned to my kids’ convene and be their Jewish selves Physicians: babysitters that I was in BBYO in high together. BBYO is that place — one James P. Restrepo, M.D., F.A.C.S. school, that all changed. where they can be part of something Charles K. Lutz, M.D., F.A.C.S. Their faces lit up, and that was bigger than themselves. followed by a barrage of excited Today the teens engaging in Jeffrey S. Driben, M.D., F.A.C.S. questions about my days as an Aleph, BBYO programming in 30 countries Nurse Practitioner: which I was more than happy to around the world feel a unique sense Rosemarie Montgomery answer because those were the most of connection. All over the news are MS, CRNP, FNP-C formative years of my life. stories about Jewish people under Audiologists: “Did you lead chapter or regional assault, and teens get unvarnished programs?” “Are you still friends with headlines through social media. It Kathleen D. Vivaldi, AuD, FAAA guys from your chapter?” “Did you can be scary, but if there were ever a Melanie A. Appler, AuD, FAAA celebrate Shabbat together?” time that the Jewish people need to Matthew R. Bonsall, AuD Yes, yes and yes — but it was feel connected around the world, this even more than that. I not only led is the time – and this is what BBYO is Hearing and Balance Disorders chapter and regional programs, but doing for our kids: helping them feel State of the Art Hearing Aid Fittings the leadership skills I learned in comfortable being Jewish. In House Hearing Aid Repairs BBYO are what gave me the tools and This connection became tangible confidence to start my own company at BBYO International Convention (IC) at age 27. I not only made best 2015 ­a five-day convention in Atlanta 985 Berkshire Blvd., Wyomissing friends, but I made Jewish friends focusing on leadership, service and 610-374-5599 • www.ent-hns.net in Atlanta, an area where — when Jewish learning. In just 36 hours, I was a teenager — there weren’t more than 2,300 Jewish teens, like many Jewish kids around. I also my kids’ babysitters, signed up for IC made some amazing friends in other 2015 — again shattering the concept Wyomissing Optometric Center, Inc. places around the world like Belgium, of teens shying away from organized Adult and Pediatric Eye Care and all of these people are some of Jewish life. I thought back to when my best friends to this day. I not only I attended IC in 1988, when there celebrated Shabbat with my new were maybe 600 teens, and was Glenn S. Corbin, O.D. • Kerry J. Burrell, O.D. • Heidi L. Sensenig, O.D., M.S. friends, but I found a place where it blown away. This tells me that BBYO Karen L. Heaney, O.D. • Michael D. Burkhart, O.D. • Amanda S. Legge, O.D. was comfortable to be Jewish and do is doing something right: they’re “Jewish things.” making Jewish life, leadership and Medical Eye Disease Management Refractive and Vision Care Services We’ve all heard the statistics that community-building fun. Glaucoma · Macular Degeneration · Diabetic Retinopathy · Allergy Want to learn more about Jewish youth groups? Cataracts · Inflammation · Infection · Dry Eye · Eyelid Disease For BBYO, Refractive Surgery Co-management · Orthokeratology · Contact Lenses contact Janine Ure via the Jewish Federation, Optical Services · Vision Therapy/Orthoptics · Low Vision Rehabilitation · Routine Eye Care 610-921-0624. Wyomissing Douglassville Myerstown 610.374.3134 610.385.4333 717.866.1400 For National Federation of Temple Youth, 24/7 Medical Eye Emergencies contact Scott Stein via Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom, Wyomissing - 610.374.3134 www.Wyo-Opto.com 610-375-6034 Douglassville - 610.385.4333 March 2015 SHALOM Page 9 ‘Violins of Hope’: 11th annual Yashek Memorial Lecture

By Amanda J. Hornberger human spirit and the power of music. Program Director Thanks to the generous support of Music and the Holocaust. Some Rosalye Yashek and her daughters in may think that is an oxymoron, but memory of their husband and father, I assure you it is not. Many of you Richard, the Richard J. Yashek Memorial may remember how musicians and Lecture is in its 11th year of bringing children in the Theresienstadt ghetto distinguished scholars from across the created and were forced to perform the country to Albright to discuss Holocaust- “Brundibár” opera. That work’s history related topics. was the subject of much discussion This is the first year that the Yashek leading up to its performance of Memorial Lecture has covered music “Brundibár” here in Reading in 2012. and the Holocaust, and having read That is just one example of the Grymes’ book which is filled with complicated relationship between fascinating stories of violins played by music and the suffering and death of Jewish musicians during the Holocaust, so many during the Holocaust. I know this year’s audience is in for a On Tuesday, March 31, musicologist real treat! James A. Grymes from the University The Richard J. Yashek Memorial of North Carolina at Charlotte will be Lecture is free and open to the public at Albright College to examine music and begins at 7:30 p.m. on March 31 in and the Holocaust in a lecture titled Albright’s Wachovia Theatre. The theater Gardening with Vicky “Violins of Hope.” Based on his book, is conveniently located in the Center for “Violins of Hope: Instruments of Hope the Arts on the Albright campus. What’s in YOUR garden? and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest For directions or additional Hour,” the 2014 winner of the National information please call the Lakin By Vicky Sokoloff your garden. For me, it was gaura. After Jewish Book Awards in the Holocaust Holocaust Library & Resource Center When you bring home a new plant the three tries I knew it was time to accept category, Dr. Grymes’ presentation will at 610-921-7214 or email hrc@albright. details are fresh in your mind. Sure, you that some plants just can’t survive in my be a testament to the strength of the edu. know what it is, where you got it, when. rural garden. But two years later who remembers? Photographs are another key aspect Not me, that’s for sure. That’s why it’s to knowing what’s in your garden. important to keep information about what Pictures will show details about a plant, Lost art you plant. You’ll want it for both financial its location in the garden and its growth and horticultural reasons. over time. I have more thanb 30 varieties By Anne Seltzer communicate solely by e-mail and Depending on the size of your of daylily in my garden. It’s impossible Last week I text? They (and I am guilty also) often garden and your computer skills first to tell them apart except when they are mentioned to Barb that would rather text than to pick up the decide if you are going to keep your blooming, which is not the time to divide I was putting e-mails phone to call someone. My argument information in a notebook or on your them. So knowing which is which in the back into my “inbox” is that I’m not bothering someone and computer. If your plant comes with a off-season is important. The same is from my “deleted” I can send it at 5:30 in the morning tag, never leave it on the plant. It will true of many other plants that are hard box, because I had when I’m up and they aren’t, and they fade and crumble and become useless. distinguish when they are not in bloom. somehow moved can answer me at 11:00 at night when Keep the tag inside. You will want to You also want to know where your bulbs them all to “deleted”. they are up, and I’m not. Kind of a note when you bought the plant, where, are planted so you don’t disturb them Her comment was how weak argument, I know. the cost, size, name (both common and when planting annuals. quickly and easily things disappear. Often I have to think how to spell botanical), color, and information about Even if you are dealing with an Thinking about that, I realized she is a word because I have either used its the conditions the plant requires. Also established garden, gather as much right. In this age of technology things short version texting, or it has been note the size the plant is expected to information as your can. I like having a appear and disappear easily. Some are corrected by spell check. Previously reach, if it’s a fast or slow grower, it’s page for each plant. Each season I go retrievable, others not. I won spelling bees in my youth and useful life expectancy, and where in through the notebook and jot down how Because of my years on the school prided myself on my ability to spell your garden you have planted it. the plant performed, if it was divided or board, I pay more attention to things as an adult. If this is happening to Those of you with better drawing skills trimmed, and anything else that could educational than I might at this point someone who was taught how to spell than I have might want to make a diagram be helpful in the future. We suffered a in my life. A hot topic for me is cursive and write my name, how will it affect showing the location of the plants in your lot of damage to the landscape from the writing. You may have noticed that children currently in our schools? garden. Since you have taken the tag off freak Halloween storm a few years ago there is a trend in education to possibly Will they be able to spell without a the plant you can make one to keep on or and only a small part was covered by not teach cursive writing anymore. computer? We were forced to take out under the plant. If you choose a hang tag, insurance. The information I had kept Some schools already don’t teach it. the dictionary to learn how to spell a be sure you have left plenty of room for made it a lot easier to document the The idea of not teaching cursive word we were unsure of, questioning plant growth so the tag will not cut into the losses for tax purposes. is appalling to me. I admit to having “how can I find it if I don’t know how bark. The best material for making plant It’s still a good idea to have this some of the worst penmanship on the to spell it?”. But we did, and we tags is something you can emboss rather information even if someone else cares planet, but at least I was taught how. remembered how to spell that word. than write on so you won’t have to worry for your garden. So ask the gardener or If, in the future, students do not learn Not learning cursive may seem a about fading. You can find information nursery to provide you with information how to write cursive, will they be taught trivial thing, but to me it is indicative on how to make plant tags from soda and then fill in the details. how to read it? If not, how will they be of a future that is even more reliant cans at this website: www.thriftyfun.com/ Digital photography means you can able to read such historical documents on computers and other technical tf39410479.tip.html keep your pictures either on the computer as the Constitution of the United means to think for us and help in Why do you want all this information? or printed on the plant’s page or both. States, the Bill of Rights, or any other writing, and perhaps yet another way It will help you see a pattern if plants from You’ll want pictures that show the unique document penned before typewriters? that education is stifling our children’s some sources do better than others. It characteristics of each plant. Often that When you are required to print and creativity. This is a depressing thought will provide documentation about the means taking photos at several different sign your name, what will they put on to me (who can fortunately still think), investment you have in your garden in times during the year to capture bloom the sign line? These are just a couple and when I am depressed I turn to case of a casualty loss or when it comes color and fall leaf color. You will get the of the direct effects that would occur, chocolate. These are for me. time to sell your home. You will know best color reproduction when there is light but more importantly, it will be another what to look for if you want to replace shade. Full sun will wash out colors. Over lost art. Another thing that the age of Caramel Brownies a plant or add another just like the one the years you can also document growth. technology has caused to cease. 1 c. (2 sticks) butter 1 T. vanilla you have. 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610.898.7700 March 2015 SHALOM Page 11 Gratz JCHS News Gratz accepting new students for second semester By Rabbi Barry Dov Lerner the West Bank and to the Hashemite Branch Director, Gratz JCHS Kingdom of Jordan. Dr. Romirowsky Gratz Jewish Community High School holds a BA from the Hebrew University has opened its second semester for of Jerusalem, masters degrees from 5775/2014-2015. Villanova University and West Chester Jewish students from the Greater University and a doctorate from Kings Reading community are urged to College London. consider signing up for the second Asaf has written extensively (www. semester, and Rabbi Dov is ready to romirowsky.com/articles/) for the speak with you and answer all questions. Philadelphia Inquirer, The Jerusalem Successful and engaging courses will Post, The American Interest, The continue, including the College Credit National Interest, YNet News, The New Course in “Comparative Religion and Republic and Washington Examiner. the Foundations of Western Civilization,” We look forward to their report to “Authority and Rebellion From the us about this exciting conference in Biblical and Rabbinic Periods,” and Washington accompanied by thousands “Media and the Message of Jewish of delegates and many of our American Values.” political leadership of all parties. We are responding to student request Changes at Gratz for a course in Current Events with a There has been an announcement special focus on Israel and the Middle from Gratz College regarding the future of East, taught by Rabbi Dani Zucker of their plans for the JCHS, and already the We celebrate every year with our graduates, and we will be celebrating with more this year. In addition there Pottstown, who has been personally leadership of Reading Federation/ JCC, will be another recipient named in memory of one our students and friends, Adiv Lift z”l. involved in the tensions in Middle synagogues and youth programs are at Eastern politics. work preparing to respond constructively Our AIPAC delegates to support Jewish education and social Our students Brett Driben and programming for our youth for the future. Marissa Missan have been accepted As often is said, one door may to attend the AIPAC (The American close but another door will open. We Israel Public Affairs Committee) Policy are confident that given the history of Conference March 1 to 3. JCHS Reading Reading’s support for Jewish education has consistently been successful in and the Gratz JCHS Branch will continue encouraging our teens to participate, to sustain us all. and we have been fortunate to have so Calendar online many of our students selected for so Calendar for the remainder of the few openings in the Teen delegation. Gratz year will be found at http://www. They will be accompanied and mentored gratz.edu/page/-/uploads/hs-pages/ by Dr. Asaf Romirowsky, who is a for-parents/JCHSCalendar2014-15.pdf former IDF (Israel Defense Forces) and you can always contact Rabbi Dov Rabbi Dov prepares students for movie clips from “Operation Thunderbolt” and “Yom Entebbe” International Relations liaison officer in [email protected]. for Israel Independence Day

Students arriving early or ready to start on time have been receiving raffle tickets weekly. Rabbi Dov brings most often Jewish books for the winners, which are announced at a drawing at the end of the evening. However, sometimes there are other “prizes” and gifts for the sheer pleasure our teachers have over the years in teaching your children.

Teachers spend time before classes, during snack and break and after class with students and frequently with parents who drop by. Page 12 SHALOM March 2015 Israeli tech firms score big in contest sponsored by Verizon Times of Israel $250,000 prize in the Verizon Powerful the device, with voice commands used away phones for kids whose families In a worldwide contest by U.S. Answers contest. VoiceItt won in the to open up applications, make calls, can’t afford to buy them), with the big telecom giant Verizon to search out top contest’s Healthcare category for its etc. For apps that usually require touch donors ($700 and up) getting a phone technologies that can help people live TalkItt app, which interprets unclear for interaction, the system uses head themselves as well. Those phones are better lives, Israeli startups swept three communication by disabled individuals gestures, with users moving their head set to ship in March, said Ben-Dov, with out of the 12 prizes awarded – including with heavy speech impediments into in various directions (up and down or the devices going on sale to the general one of the top prizes, a $1 million payout. actual words. Israeli app HopOn, which left and right for navigation, a slight nod public shortly after. Oded Ben-Dov, the inventor of the lets bus passengers pay their fares forward for selection, etc.). “We have funding from several angels winning Sesame Enable smartphone, using their cellphones, won in the “Our slogan is ‘touch is overrated,’ who are very interested in the device, plans to use the money his invention was Transportation category. and with our device, touch is not even and we have been in touch with COs awarded for a full rollout of the device, The three Israeli startups made it to necessary,” Ben-Dov said. “For those and top executives of many of the largest which lets individuals who cannot use the finals after being chosen from a total who don’t have use of their limbs, this tech companies in the world, who have their limbs due to the effects of conditions of 1,870 submissions from 78 countries. is so far the only solution that lets them expressed support, both verbal and such as ALS, paralysis, Parkinson’s The Powerful Voices contest, according use a standard smartphone, with all that material,” Ben-Dov said. disease, multiple sclerosis and spinal to Verizon, “aims to give companies, means today.” Not only was an Israeli product the cord injuries to make phone calls, surf the entrepreneurs and individuals an Sesame Enable can provide touch big winner in this year’s contest — but Web and send text messages, all with a opportunity to generate innovative ideas and gesture services\ for a lot less money last year, too, an Israeli app snagged $1 slight movement of their head. that address some of the world’s biggest that other solutions. million in the Powerful Voices contest. “It’s a very proud and happy day for the challenges,” the company said, and in the “For the phone, technology, training, TinyTap, an Israeli startup that has disabled, and for us at Sesame Enable,” Education category, the Sesame Enable and stand for the device (it will need developed an easy to use platform said Ben-Dov upon hearing that he had device is the best way to do that. to be mounted on a pole opposite the allowing parents and teachers to won. “Now we have the resources to The Sesame device is a specially user’s head), we expect to charge about design games for kids, won the prize continue our work, enabling the severely rigged Nexus 5 smartphone that includes $1,000,” said Ben-Dov. in the 2014 edition of the contest. The disabled to interact with the online world the Sesame software system — a Sesame Enable raised about $40,000 platform allows users to develop games in a way that was impossible until now.” variation of the Nexus device’s Android in a recent crowdfunding campaign and activities in dozens of languages Two other Israeli apps received a operating system — that takes control of (with all the money dedicated to giving (Hebrew included). Ethiopian orphan fulfills dream of becoming IDF officer Courtesy of Ynetnews his father passed away too. Without Center of Computing and Information Keeper and Operation Protective Edge Among hundreds of excited cadets at any parents, Abiy wandered among the Systems as part of a special track for and later decided to fulfill his dream of a recent officer training course graduation houses of various distant family members Ethiopian immigrants, and served as completing an officer’s course. ceremony stood one soldier who felt that until 2007. At the time, Abiy was living a branch manager. Agiy completed his “It’s important for me to make an impact his presence there was a victory against with his cousin and his family, who basic training with exceptional scores. and give back from my experience of how all odds. Worku Abiy, 23, a lone soldier decided they were moving to Israel and “For me, (IDF) service is an honor. to cope and succeed and show that if you and orphan from Ethiopia who arrived in took Abiy with them. After all that I went through, I know that want it — everything is possible,” says Abiy. Israel at the age of 15, never imagined When they arrived in Israel, Abiy (Israel) was there for me and I want to Abiy’s journey to Israel was featured he would one day wear an IDF uniform. and his relatives were transferred to an give back all that I can,” says Abiy. in an American documentary titled “Take “If someone would have told me a absorption center in Afula in northern Abiy took part in Operation Brother’s Us Home. decade ago, when I was a lonely orphan Israel. Two years later, when Abiy’s in Ethiopia, that I would stand here one relatives left the absorption center, day with this uniform and these ranks, I Abiy began to study at the Yemin Orde would not believe it,” says Abiy. boarding school near Zikhron Ya’akov. Abiy underwent a long journey to get In August 2013, Abiy decided he to where he is today. When he was 3 would volunteer to join the IDF after he years-old, his mother died and he lived was not drafted due to medical issues. with his father until the age of 14 — when He was assigned to serve in the

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