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All of Islam won’t break us.” – Donald Trump supporter Gary Howell, a – Rena Ariel, mother of 13-year-old Hallel, Jewish Republican delegate from Michigan to the who was killed by a Palestinian man in her bed- Republican National Convention. Quoted by the Times of Israel in July. room in early June in Kiryat Arba, a small West Coming in It’s a Jungle Out Bank settlement beside Hebron. Ariel’s eulogy was * * * reported on by Algemeiner.com. September: There: A Safari “Tinged with anti-Semitism, the BDS move- Introducing * * * ment accuses Israel of human rights viola- Through Elder tions, basically for the sin of existing. The a new exhibit Care Services “They told me they were looking for the most ardent supporters look toward ending featuring the Pokemon.” Israel’s nature as a Jewish state through the art of Barbara Suddenly, you’re faced with having to make – Stanley Kaye, a British historian who saw economic pressure of boycotts, disinvestment Kohl Spiro and decisions. Where do you turn? What do you do children at a Jewish cemetery and asked them not and sanctions. (Hillary) Clinton has steadfast- ly opposed the BDS movement, even as the a presentation first? Is there enough money for caregivers? to step on the graves. Quoted in July by Jewish News of the United Kingdom. party’s left wing has rallied to the cause.” by the artist. What’s the difference between the different kinds – July editorial in the New York Daily News. Watch for details. of services? What on earth do all these letters * * * mean…CCRC, CBRF, RCAC… “When they attacked the synagogue on * * * Roquette street (in Paris), for us that had Yes, it’s true… there is so much to know, that it “I live my life by seizing the moment, and that been unheard of until then. We have a little is how I have taught my kids to live, as well.” feels like you are on safari and the vines keep girl who is 6 and she can start primary school The Chagall tapestry is on display at Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave., hitting you in the face as you fight your way here and well, a new life begins.” – Lana Atlasov of California, who sponta- 1414 N. Prospect Ave. • jhccmilwaukee.org neously married David Mednick in June after where it is typically part of every museum tour. through the jungle. – One of 200 Jewish French immigrants to Is- Like us on Facebook @jsliving meeting three years ago. They married under a By Amy Waldman rael this summer, which is considered a record the tapestry,” said Ellie Gettinger, was hired and Adelman was de- Attend one or all of our free seminars and huppah and broke a glass at the Piazza San Mar- Special to the Chronicle high. From a July 20 video by AFP news agency. co in Venice, Italy, according to the Times of Israel. education director. termined that a Chagall tapestry learn about the services and resources in the MILWAUKEE – Since its open- Chagall painted the small be installed in the Federation build- ing in 2006, approximately 70,000 gouache of the prophet Jeremiah ing’s atrium, according to archives community that can help * * * * * * people have visited the Jewish in the 1950s, but it wasn’t until the and “A History of Jewish Milwau- you take the next step. Museum Milwaukee, viewing ex- 1970s that the painting became kee” by John Gurda. hibits ranging from fashion design associated with Milwaukee’s Jew- Adelman had recently attended And the one after that. to baseball. But one of its most ish community. a state dinner at the White House striking treasures has been on ex- That was when Melvin Zaret, for Golda Meir, then Israel’s prime hibit for decades before the mu- then the Milwaukee Jewish Feder- minister. There, Adelman told her Programs will start Join our family in prayer in seum existed. ation director, realized his vision that were Milwaukee successful in On the south wall of the build- to create a single geographic hub its efforts to build a Jewish Feder- at 7 PM our newly remodeled sanctuary! ing’s atrium hangs a tapestry 14 for Milwaukee’s Jewish communi- ation building, he would ask Cha- feet wide and 9 feet long, the cre- ty. He, Albert (Ollie) Adelman, gall to create a tapestry for it in August 2 John Lawson, NHA – CCRC, CBRF, ation of artist Marc Chagall and Federation president, and philan- her honor. 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This is the second December and began an online year of increased achievement. $1.5 million crowdfunding campaign in July, is August 17 – Dixie Doodlers will play their lively Altogether the Federation distributes about $20 $2.5 million developing a method for bioengi- brand of Dixieland Jazz. million each year to charities, including donations to neering “cultured meat” from an- $1.5 million ...Been Pulling Our Wagon For... the annual campaign ($5.95 million in 2016) with the imal cells. Its tagline: “Real meat, SuperMeat has launched a crowd-funding campaign on AuguST 25 – Maxwell Street Klezmer Band remaining amount coming from its Jewish Commu- without harming animals.” Indiegogo.com, with a video spokeswoman who says (with some is traditional and inventive, soulful and funny– nity Foundation. 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The majority of annual campaign dollars (about our donors understand that together we can make an for two highly principled groups Among and vegan activ- Production is to work like this: • Tuck Pointing • Trim Cover the Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation. $2.5 million) goes to agencies that serve local needs impact that individual donors just can’t make on of Israeli eaters: Kashrut observ- ists, though, the debate over ex- Cells will be harmlessly taken from • Windows • Gutters followed by about $1.5 million going to serve needs in their own.” ers and vegans. actly what to make of SuperMeat, a chicken and put into a special Please drive past the Health Center Celebrating Our 62nd Year! Residential & Commercial Israel and in 70 countries around the world. About Local Agencies: Bader Hillel Academy, BBYO- SuperMeat’s co-founder and co- and cultured meat in general, is far machine that simulates the bird’s to the Apartments. Wisconsin Region, Jewish Beginnings, Hillel Mil- CEO, Koby Barak, himself a long- from resolved. biology, allowing them to self-as- 262 $1.5 million goes to the Milwaukee Jewish Federation 377-4430 and its programs and services, and about $400,000 waukee, Hillel Foundation – UW Madison, Interfaith time vegan and animal rights ac- SuperMeat is not the first cul- semble into meat. 10995 N. Market St., Mequon, WI 53092 262-478-1500 [email protected] SarahChudnow.org PROFESSIONAL RESULTS BY PROFESSIONALS LaubensteinInc.com is allocated to other needs. See chart. Conference of Greater Milwaukee, Harry & Rose tivist, said his company’s cultured tured meat company, but it is the Barak said the process could rev- The Chronicle is published by the Federation but Samson Family Jewish Community Center, Jewish meat will be both kosher and veg- first to focus on chicken. Others olutionize how the world eats, strik- Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter @jsliving it does not receive a separate allocation from the Family Services, Milwaukee Jewish Day School, Jewish an-friendly, and he has the sup- have already produced beef, and at ing a blow against environmental Federation as a whole. The paper is supported by ad- Home and Care Center, Yeshiva Elementary School. porters to prove it. least one is working on pork. degradation, animal suffering and YOU ARE INVITED! vertising and “Friends of the Chronicle” donations See Page 25 Allocations “I have spoken to about 10 rab- What SuperMeat thinks makes global health pandemics. l Schedule a “Just in Case” Tour “The Arab-Jewish of the Jewish Home Rehab Demographic Balance: No Demographic Time Bomb!” TIME TO REBOOT Get the answers you’ll need while you have the time and presence of mind to ask them. Questions like... A Talk by Yoram Ettinger • What is it like there? Is the staff friendly? 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B ikur cholim I nvitations “The Torah, which is part of us, is our guide to be a light upon the nations of the world.” Visiting the sick, with an assist from Sinai kids You – yes, you – can advise – Rabbi Dovid Brafman Katlynne Davis Seeing a good learning oppor- Special to the Chronicle tunity for her students, Golden- Jewish education efforts MILWAUKEE – While teach- holz encouraged them to get into Showing Symptoms of Hearing Loss? ing a Sunday school class for third, groups in order to seek out an Rob Golub How to participate • fourth and fifth graders last spring answer for their own question – [email protected] Do people seem to be mumbling? why did they learn this? at Congregation Sinai, one of Ag- The Education Task Force of Milwaukee Jewish Federation • Does the TV volume need to be higher? gie Goldenholz’s students stopped After huddling together for a MILWAUKEE – The new Edu- is interviewing people about Jewish education. Contact her with a blunt question. She had short bit of time, the students cation Task Force of the Milwau- • Are you asking others to repeat themselves? kee Jewish Federation is seeking to Jewish Education Community Planner Tziporah Altman-Shafer no idea that this question would turned back to Goldenholz. “Okay. Call Dr. Sarah Holschuh, Audiologist, for an evaluation lead to the start of a new, mean- We’ve made a decision,” Golden- interview absolutely anyone with at 414-963-2718 or [email protected] or ingful project. holz recalled their words, laugh- an interest in Jewish education, in fill out a survey at tinyurl.com/hfupp3 w. “Well wait a minute, Aggie. ing. “And they said, ‘We under- preparation for the Task Force’s Why did we learn this?” the stu- stand that we can’t go to visit the future advisory role for some Fed- dent asked. patients, but we know that parts eration allocations. how would you spend the money? the Jewish community, said Linda Goldenholz, who has spent 17 of us can go.’” Teachers, parents and others in Information from the inter- Bader of Shorewood, who is co- years teaching at Congregation Si- With that, the students told the community are welcome to call views will eventually be used in chair of the Task Force with Dan Aggie Goldenholz Students at Congregation Sinai couldn’t visit the sick so they sent cards. 11649 N Port Washington Rd nai in Fox Point, had been teach- Goldenholz about their decision or email Tziporah Altman-Shafer, making decisions on how annual Sinykin. Even people who are not ing the children about bikur cho- to make cards that could be deliv- Jewish education community plan- Federation campaign dollars are terribly engaged with Jewish edu- Mequon lim, the obligation to visit the sick, ered to sick patients in the hospi- had received over the years for the I realized that I had a bag of help.” she follows every time she brings ner and director for the Federa- allocated, after the Task Force goes cation are invited to participate, 262-241- 3144 when the student had stopped tal. “They did exactly that,” Gold- students to cut up in order to cre- Grabbing four cards, Golden- cards along to a visit. “She chose tion’s Coalition for Jewish Learn- through its own education boot so that the Task Force can find out her. The students, knowing that enholz said. “They meant it. And ate new cards, or the students would holz went to visit a patient who her card, and when she read it, ing. Altman-Shafer will set up a camp. The group, made up of 12 lay why, Bader said. hearingclinicofmequon.com their teacher was also a chaplain they meant it with their heart and craft their own using art supplies. had emotionally shut down and after three days of no emotional face-to-face meeting that should leaders, is to learn about the pro- “This is really about Jewish con- and rabbinic pastor at Aurora Si- their soul.” The response from patients has was not cooperating with any response, no response at all, a tear take about an hour. Each interview cess, like how Federation makes its tinuity and how we can make sure nai Medical Center, had originally From that point on, her students been incredibly powerful, accord- medical staff. Goldenholz listened came from her eye,” said Golden- includes the same set of questions outlays and what the latest best there’s a strong Jewish communi- offered to go with her to visit the worked on their cards during their ing to Goldenholz. It has also to the patient, and then decided holz. “And her comment was, ‘I about education, focusing on per- practices are in Jewish education. ty in the future,” said Stephanie sick, an offer that couldn’t come sessions each week. Goldenholz strengthened her own arsenal of to tell her own story about the didn’t know that anybody cared.’” sonal experiences and vision. Later, the Task Force will make Wagner, the Federation vice presi- “TREMENDOUS.” to fruition due to safety reasons. would bring in old cards that she support and help as she visits with children she had been teaching. Goldenholz also recalled visit- One question: Imagine you could recommendations to Federation dent of communications and strat- patients who are struggling. “She listened, which was incredi- ing with an elderly patient who, spend $200,000 to help cultivate on future education allocations. egy who is partnering with Alt- “JAMES SCHAMUS BRINGS THE HAUNTING About this story “I often feel like how much can ble because that was the issue – with no family to support her, the next generation of people com- The overall goal is to find out man-Shafer on the project. I do?” Goldenholz said about her she wasn’t listening,” Goldenholz was about to make a transition to mitted to the Jewish community; how we can engage more Jews with See Page 10 Education ESSENCE OF PHILIP ROTH’S NOVEL TO THE When an Aurora Sinai Medical Center rabbinic pastor visits the duties as Aurora Sinai Medical remembered. a nursing home. SCREEN WITH DELICACY AND RESTRAINT.” sick, she brings along a small but powerful token from her Center’s chaplain. “I can sit and Goldenholz then offered the “I brought her a card,” said Gold- Congregation Sinai Sunday school class. listen and offer support, but how patient the four cards and told her enholz. “And she said, ‘I have spent through the millennia; one wom- See Page 25 Bikur cholim much can I really do? And one day to pick one of them, a practice About Marc Chagall an symbolized women of the Bi- “EXTRAORDINARY. ble, Golda Meir and all women of A TIMELESS TALE OF LOST LOVE • Born in Russia in 1914. Fled to the United States during World valor, the other evoked Miriam AND INNOCENCE.” War II, then settled in France before his death in 1985. Helfaer, who died before the tap- • Commissions in 1960s included windows for the synagogue of estry was created. Blue, he said, the Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; a ceiling represented hope and the young “A STAR-MAKING PERFORMANCE BY for the Paris Opéra; a window for the building, country of Israel and the blue LOGAN LERMAN.” New York; murals for the Metropolitan Opera House, New bird symbolized hope and good York; and windows for the cathedral in Metz, France. JEWISH NATIONAL FUND fortune. The moon, he said, “in • An exhibition of Chagall’s work from 1967 to 1977 was held at another era of my life, permitted the Musée du Louvre, Paris, in 1977 and 1978. us to dream of a better future.” Wisconsin Annual The tapestry has been removed Source: Guggenheim.org three times since its installation. In 1994, it was sent to New York to Chagall From Page 3 to create the work. Over the be cleaned and restored. In 2003, Tribute Banquet course of the next several months, the Haggerty Museum of Art bor- ter to the Chagalls in February of Adelman corresponded with both rowed it in conjunction with its THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2016 • 5:30 PM 1972, after Adelman and his wife Madame Chagall and Madame exhibit of Chagall’s Bible Prints. Edie visited them in France, Adel- Cauquil-Prince. Both were paid Finally, in 2006, when the Helfaer THE WATERMARK AT SHULLY’S man reiterated some of what they separately, and the tapestry was building was undergoing the ren- 146 Green Bay Road • Thiensville, WI 53092 had discussed in person. unveiled in April 1973. At the ovations necessary to transform “…on the edge of the bank over- time, it was the first by Chagall WITH GUEST SPEAKER: the first floor into the Jewish -Mu looking beautiful Lake Michigan, in the United States and one of seum Milwaukee, it was placed Yossi Kahana we in Milwaukee will have this 10 in the world. Director, JNF Task Force on Disabilities in storage. magnificent Jewish Complex com- The Milwaukee Jewish Federa- Since then, the tapestry has be- prised of the Home for Aged Jews, tion paid Chagall $45,000 for his Jewish National Fund honors these community leaders for their devotion to Jewish causes and their come an integral part of the Mu- the Jewish Community Center, work on the tapestry, according to seum. Gettinger said about 14,000 dedication to improving the lives of people with disabilities and special needs. and the Jewish Federation Build- Federation records. Chagall gave students have toured the muse- ing,” Adelman wrote. “…how grat- the money to the Federation’s Is- um, learning the story of the tap- ifying it would be to have Mr. rael Fund, to be used in develop- estry and, after providing their Chagall, one of the great artists in ing educational programs for chil- own interpretations, its symbol- the world, add his genius to this dren in Israel, according to the ism. “They have come from Mala- worthy project. That is why Mr. records. wi, Northern Ireland, Israel, stu- Helfaer commissioned you for a Early discussions on the theme dents from choice, charter, public, tapestry.” included great women of the Bible private schools throughout Mil- At the end of the letter, Adel- and their hope for understanding, waukee and as far away as Eagle man indicated that an addendum and that God watched over and River.” Eileen & Dr. Glenn Aura Hirschman Jody & Dr. David Molly Zall, to the letter would follow shortly guided all people in establishing “It’s this amazing way to take a Graves Margolis Next Generation Leader that would include the atrium’s unity, peace and love. In a docu- breath before you dive into the dimension in feet and meters and ment attached to the finished complicated history of Jewish Mil- RSVP by August 15 at jnf.org/wisconsinbanquet or to 414.963.8733. a description of the color scheme. tapestry, Chagall interpreted the waukee,” Gettinger said. “You can He also stated that the tapestry symbols and their meaning. see the connections to Torah, the BASED ON THE NOVEL BY PHILIP ROTH would be installed in a position so WRITTEN FOR THE SCREEN AND DIRECTED BY JAMES SCHAMUS jnf.org • 800.JNF.0099 The prophet, he said, told the connections to history and connec- that sunlight didn’t harm it, that history of the Jewish people and tions to some of the notable peo- it would be the only work of art in the pages of the book he holds ple you’ll see in the museum, like the atrium and that no plantings contained prophecies of peace, Golda Meir, and the tapestry was would interfere with the work. wisdom and comprehension be- commissioned to honor her. It’s EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS The following month, Madame tween everyone on earth. The red central to the story we tell, and NOW PLAYING IN SELECT CITIES Chagall wrote Adelman to let him bird symbolized joy and hope, its it’s central to how we tell that CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATRES AND SHOWTIMES know that her husband had agreed color alluded to Jewish suffering story.” l

3.75”W X 9”H 8 • Section I • August 2016 Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle JewishChronicle.org August 2016 • Section I • 9 SEND A GREETING TO C onnecting F irst Person FAMILY & FRIENDS! Former Milwaukee Opinion: Black lives matter needs white support By Leo Ferguson I usually find these marches and The Jewish New Year begins Sunday, October 2nd at sundown. Journal publisher at Jewish Telegraphic Agency rallies empowering, but on this “The bill would protect everyone in Choose a greeting, complete and mail the form below or contact NEW YORK – In recent weeks, night I was deflated and sad. As we watched in horror and dismay we marched through the rapidly New York by empowering citizens and Jane Dillon, 414.390.5765 or [email protected] Federation meeting as violent event after violent event gentrifying streets of New York creating a bond of trust with the police.” no later than Monday, August 8th. unfolded, each amplifying and re- City, I couldn’t stop watching the – Leo Ferguson of Jews for Racial & Economic Justice Katlynne Davis contextualizing the one before it. faces of those people, especially Special to the Chronicle How to go By Friday morning, July 8, five white people — presumably many #1 • $100 #4 • $36 Dallas police officers were dead, of them Jewish — who sat in out- The bill would protect everyone still not on the calendar for a vote MILWAUKEE – Although just What: three black men had been killed door cafes sipping wine or coast- in New York by empowering citi- in the City Council. We actually beginning a new future, former Milwaukee Jewish Federation AH T 2016 Annual Meeting by the police (including the Dallas ing by in the backseats of taxis. zens and creating a bond of trust have a council majority for both May the blessings of the N O president and publisher of the shooter), and countless families Some cheered or raised a glass, with the police. Our Jews of Col- bills, enough to pass the legislation. A V Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Betsy When: H A were broken and traumatized. others gawked mutely; some were or Caucus has been working with But it still hasn’t been brought up Brenner plans on looking to the Wednesday, Aug. 10 High Holy Days be with you always! S On Friday evening I was in the obviously annoyed at the minor the rest of JFREJ as part of a wide for a vote even though not a sin- past as she prepares to speak at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. disruption to their day. I joked coalition of grassroots organiza- gle other police reform bill has streets marching, chanting our Leo Ferguson Your Name(s) Here the Milwaukee Jewish Federa- Where: movement’s simplest, yet most elu- darkly to a Jew of color who was tions, Communities United for Po- passed in New York since the death tion’s annual meeting on Wednes- Congregation Sinai sive assertion, “Black Lives Mat- marching with me that all of our organized through Jews For Racial lice Reform, in a tireless effort to of Eric Garner two years ago. day, Aug. 10. 8223 N. Port Washington ter.” As a black person and a Jew, signs should just say, “If you’re & Economic Justice, or JFREJ, to pass this bill. And it was my job As I looked at the demoralized Brenner, who has only been re- Road, Fox Point I was asserting the value of my standing there, reading this, then process and hold space for each on Sunday to tell everyone, even faces in the room, I understood tired for about a month, had More info & RSVP: own being — attempting to claim you are part of the problem.” other after a week of pain. after the week that our country why the week left us all so drained Many of those in the room with See Page 10 Black lives Your Name(s) Here worked with the Journal Sentinel MilwaukeeJewish.org/ agency over my own body and the On Sunday, July 10 I joined a had been through, that the bill is for 12 years. Her career found her AM2016 or Ashleigh Lund, bodies of those who look like me group of Jewish people of color, me have been active in the fight navigating the paper through dif- (414) 390-5741 in the face of racism and violence. to pass the Right To Know Act , a ficult times, such as the Great piece of legislation before the City #5 • $28 Council here that would help ad- Recession that began in 2008, a “All of us have a responsibility to dress the very issues that have period filled with obstacles and brought our nation to this terrify- Happy New Year uncertainty for the future of news- steel ourselves and not tolerate discrimination or singling out of ing moment. It would create more papers throughout the country. trust and mutual respect between people for any reason.” Then in October of 2015, Gan- communities and the police by re- #2 • $70 nett Co. Inc., which owns USA While on the trip, Brenner was quiring officers to identify them- You’re Not Alone! Today and more than 100 local also able to visit the community selves with a business card when news organizations, announced that her grandfather had emigrat- they stop you on the street, thus Early intervention and connecting to Your Name(s) Here that it would be buying the Jour- ed from in 1903. Others on the allowing you to follow up if you professionals gives you stepping stones to May this be a mission recalled similar stories in- nal Sentinel. believe you were stopped or the best quality of life. “I wanted to make sure that the volving their own family mem- searched in a discriminatory or Sweet & Happy #6 • $18 new owners had the same com- bers, some of whom weren’t able illegal manner. Whether you are looking for mitment to the community and to escape the destruction and vi- It would also provide a remedy socialization, respite, community, olence of . Brenner New Year Have a to journalism that we had,” Bren- for unconstitutional searches by care, or just someone who knows what you sweet year! ner said of the change in owner- recounted some of these stories in White Jews, and all Americans, must actively participate in the campaigns requiring officers to inform peo- ship. “After working with the Gan- an article published in the Jour- for racial justice and police accountability, Leo Ferguson writes. ple when they have the right to are going through, we have a program to fit Your Name(s) Here nett people for about three nal Sentinel last October. Op-art by Lior Zaltzman. refuse a search. your situation. Your Name(s) Here Brenner hopes to not only speak months, I realized that they want ReCharge! is a brain and body fitness program what we want, so it felt like a re- about the power of the mission in #3 • $55 remembering and witnessing his- ally good time to make a change.” that will teach you to use your brain in novel tory, but also its significance in Though satisfied with the ways and be intentional about memory her own personal connection to Wishing you a year bright change, Brenner noted that she Chronicle launches new site THE WISCONSIN Judaism, a connection that wasn’t strategies. would miss the people she worked always as strong. with promise! with most of all. The Adult Day Center offers “I am one of I think many four- “I had the privilege of working day-a-year Jews, right?” Brenner an interactive program with incredibly talented people in A FREE PUBLICATION OF THE MILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION laughed. “I’m there for two days focusing on brain health A free publication of the every department every day,” she on , I’m there for and living well with myriad Your Name(s) Here Milwaukee Jewish Federation said. “They are the best of the best. THE WISCONSIN two days on , and support services for adults who need activities I’m just not coming to work there that’s essentially it.” every morning anymore.” After the trip, Brenner has put and socialization during the day. To place an ad call 414.390.5765 or mail this form to: The Wisconsin Jewish With the challenges of her ca- more emphasis on restoring ties Our R & R Club is a program for adults who reer behind her, Brenner turns her to her Jewish heritage. Chronicle/Jane Dillon; 1360 N Prospect Ave, MilwaukeeA free publication ofWI the Milwaukee53202 Jewish Federation are experiencing memory loss at a young age. attention to a different breed of “It’s really kind of rekindled in Greeting q #1 q #2 q #3 q #4 q #5 q #6 challenge for the annual Milwau- me a sense of Jewish identity, and And the SPARK program kee Jewish Federation meeting, a sense of responsibility, and a cu- and Memory Café are ideal q My check for $______is enclosed q MasterCard q Visa q Amer. Express one that involves identity and its riosity about what happened to connections to the past. the people in Europe,” she said. for caregivers and their Card #______Exp. date______Last September, Brenner attend- She also encourages those fac- loved ones with memory loss to come together ed a mission with other members ing a similar struggle to attend the with others in the community who share Name on card______3/4 digit code______of the Milwaukee Jewish Federa- annual meeting. “There is an in- the same circumstances and socialize, share tion. The group traveled to Kra- credibly vibrant Jewish communi- Print names exactly as you wish them to appear______kow, Poland to uncover the atroc- ty here. If you have ever thought resources, and relax in a safe, non-judgmental ities of the Holocaust that have about getting involved or you want environment. ______been lost and forgotten with time. to know more, this is essentially a For Brenner and others on the To learn more, call Dawn Adler, ______no-risk way of (learning) what’s trip, the absence of any Jewish in- happening in Jewish Milwaukee.” Director, at 414.277.8838. ______fluence in the area stood as a poi- The annual meeting will be held gnant yet painful reminder of the on Wednesday, August 10 at Con- Name______Phone______horrors of intolerance. gregation Sinai, 8223 N. Port Wash- “You think of average people ington Road in Fox Point, from Address______living their lives, families raising 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Those planning children, going to school, going to on attending should RSVP at 1400 N. Prospect Ave. 10995 N. Market St. City______State______Zip______work, who were targeted and ex- MilwaukeeJewish.org/AM2016 www.chaipoint.org www.sarahchudnow.org or call Ashleigh Lund at (414) 390- The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle has launched a new website, designed for quick loading and easy perusing on PREPAYMENT IS REQUIRED! terminated just because of who they were,” Brenner said, adding, 5741. l your desktop, laptop or tablet, or from your mobile phone. Visit for regular updates at JewishChronicle.org. 10 • Section I • August 2016 Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle JewishChronicle.org August 2016 • Section I • 11

Islamist terrorists call to attack Israelis in Rio RIO DE JANEIRO – Islamist terrorists have issued directives to “lone N ation “We were once oppressed and homeless. wolves” to carry out attacks against the Israeli delegation and others at We must not forget how we needed help the Rio Olympics this summer, according to a news website. The Foreign Desk reported that a list of directives published on social and none were there to help us.” media advises jihadis to target American, British, French and Israeli ath- Baldwin introduces bill for – Cantor Deborah Martin letes, saying “One small knife attack against Americans/Israelis in these places will have bigger media effect than any other attacks anywhere else insha Allah,” meaning “If Allah wills.” Holocaust survivor assets Roof Roof The Rio Olympics begin on Aug. 5. Between 500,000 and 1 million Flat Roofs Roof Roof Roof tourists are expected in Brazil’s second largest city, including some WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen- is my sincere hope that this legis- 10,000 Israelis coming to see their country’s largest-ever Olympics del- ators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and lation, by shining a spotlight and Can Be l egation compete for medals. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. Rep- solidifying this issue as an Ameri- FLAT Roof Roof resentatives Joe Crowley (D-NY) can foreign policy priority, will Troublesome! Roof and Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced spur action in countries that are After Many Decades Roof Roof Education From Page 7 the Justice for Uncompensated falling short of their obligations, We know…however our practice, the Task Force is to pro- Survivors Today (JUST) Act on ultimately resulting in a measure Commercial roofers can help! Both long & short term. 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Call our experts! from anyone who may be inter- making choices, which is more ested, to include the community This bipartisan bill is to improve have waited far too long.” similar to how funding decisions efforts to assist Holocaust survi- “I am pleased to be the lead in the process. “Get in touch have been made outside the edu- 262-377-3997 with me,” she urged. “As a part of vors and the families of Holocaust Republican sponsor of this import- www.dehlingvoigt.com cational area, Wagner said. victims by requiring the State De- ant bipartisan legislation which, this process we want to hear from Asked why she’s drawn to the Reflections on the impact of Cardinal Stritch University. as many people as possible their partment to report on the prog- if passed, will play a critical role Task Force, Bader noted her three ress of certain European countries in ensuring that Holocaust-era PERFORMANCE Tuesday, September 13, 2016 • 5:30 to 8:45 p.m. vision of Jewish education.” children, ranging in age from 13 BY CRAFTSMEN The $200,000 to spend on any on the return of, or restitution for, property restitution is finally re- to 18. “They have been touched wrongfully confiscated or trans- alized,” Rubio added. “Seventy program is a potential dream, but ROOFING COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL … GENERAL REPAIRS Join us for a celebration as we open the windows on the in many ways by both the infor- ferred Holocaust-era assets. years after this dark chapter in Wagner and Altman-Shafer are SHEET METAL … MASONRY REPAIRS … GUTTERS mal and formal Jewish education Decades after the Holocaust U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin human history, the restitution of University’s impactful mission and vision. Support local scholarship quick to point out that any chang- in Milwaukee,” she said. “Every- es in allocations will be incremen- and the fall of Communism, most Jewish communal, private and and see the value of an education from Cardinal Stritch University. thing from Jewish pre-schools to pensating Holocaust-related con- tal and gradual. formerly Jewish-owned, real prop- heirless property in Central and camps to tzedakah projects that fiscations made during the Holo- “We are funding exceptional in- erties confiscated by the Nazis and Eastern Europe, illegally confis- have gone on at Milwaukee syna- caust-era between 1933-45, To learn more, visit: www.stritch.edu/Windows stitutions right now,” Wagner said. their collaborators have not been cated by the Nazis and their col- gogues to dinners. It’s according to the release. Many “We will be continuing to fund returned, nor has compensation laborators during World War II, changed their lives. It’s had a nations that endorsed this decla- great education.” been provided to the rightful own- remains a largely unresolved issue boomerang effect on the whole ration, including several NATO Rather than relying on past l ers or their heirs, according to a and a source of lasting pain for Bader family.” Baldwin Senate office news release. nations, have not fully addressed many and The JUST Act will build on the the restitution of Jewish commu- their heirs.” international Terezin Declaration nal, private and heirless property, The JUST Act has received Black lives From Page 9 all Americans, actively participate on Holocaust Era Assets and Re- according to the release. strong support from organizations and depressed. For decades people in the campaigns for racial justice lated Issues of 2009, which affirms “We urgently need an improved across the country including World of color have protested against and police accountability being that the protection of property public accounting of other coun- Jewish Restitution Organization, discriminatory and violent polic- waged all across the country by rights is an essential component tries’ efforts to address Holocaust- American Jewish Committee, ing. And while there have been local organizations, especially those of a democratic society based on era property restitution issues,” Anti-Defamation League, , some meaningful victories over led by people of color. We can win, the rule of law and recognizes the Baldwin said. “Tragically, we are Jewish Federations of North Smart Philanthropy the years, we have yet to win the but only by creating movements importance of restituting or com- losing survivors every day, and it America, B’nai B’rith Interna- true accountability that we need too powerful to be ignored. In this tional, HIAS refugee assistance Make A Bigger Impact to secure our full civil rights and struggle there is no neutral ground organization, Milwaukee Jewish dignity. Ever since the death of — if the Jewish community isn’t Federation and the Jewish Home with Your Giving. Garner in my city — in some ways part of the solution, then it is part and Care Center Foundation in Milwaukee, according to the re- Establishing a Donor Advised Fund with Limited seating. Contact us now! ever since the beating of Rodney of the problem. l King in Los Angeles 25 years ago — Like those people watching us lease. the Jewish Community Foundation is quick and we’ve had the proof right in front march past them, most Americans easy. And, you can support your favorite causes Mission to Vilnius and Berlin of us, on our screens. We thought don’t see this as their problem to and receive tax advantages all at the same time. this new phenomenon — ubiqui- solve. As Jews, we know what it C hronicling History tous cameras providing new evi- means to fight for our survival With $2,500*, you can open a fund for your October 27 - November 4, 2016 dence of an enduring injustice — while those around us do noth- charitable giving and get these benefits: would shock the nation into ing. And as a Jew of color, I am action, but it hasn’t. We have or- tired of feeling abandoned by my • Eligible for immediate tax deduction, then ganized and marched and rallied, friends and my larger Jewish com- Jewish Jubilee ’84 thinking it would move the na- munity when they sit on the side- recommend gifts on your own timetable tion to value our lives and reform lines rather than fighting for my • Give to Jewish and non-Jewish charitable its policing. But it hasn’t. safety and full humanity. drew thousands organizations Though these weeks have been All across America, local com- • Maximize your charitable impact with sound munity groups are working to pass painful, I am still filled with hope bills and make policy reforms such for change and certainty that we investment options as the Right To Know Act. Each will win. All I have to do is look at • Receive personalized customer service effort tries to address some small the community I am lucky enough • Secure online access to your fund 24/7 piece of the problem of racism to work with — the powerful, brilliant Jews of all races who are and police violence — to chip off * Open a fund with $5,000, and we will match your some tiny piece of the iceberg and struggling for racial justice every first grant to a Jewish organization up to $500. make some progress. Our move- day. They remind me of the most ment is growing, but not fast potent parts of our tradition: those Now that’s smart philanthropy. enough. Unless the Jewish com- that call us to strive for justice even munity and everyone who is now in the face of seemingly insur- Get started today! Contact Caren Goldberg, watching from the sidelines gets mountable odds. We won’t give Executive Director of the Jewish Community involved, we will be sharing these up — we will pass bills like the Join the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s mission to Vilnius and Berlin, a trip tragic videos for years to come. Right to Know Act. With Jews at Foundation, at 414-390-5737 or that will include unique opportunities to remember the Holocaust including the Now is the moment to say “never my side, I will be out in streets [email protected]. again — not one more.” Now is the fighting for justice. Will you be MilwaukeeJewish.org/JCF dedication of two mass graves with Father and witnesses of l the killings, and a visit with the last remaining Partisan in the forest where she moment for white Jews to join us there with me? in the streets, to call your legisla- Leo Ferguson is the community hid during the war. tors, to donate your time and mon- and communications organizer for ey. To invest in a future where we Jews for Racial & Economic Jus- never have to enter Shabbat with tice. The nation has seen addition- the echoes of gunshots in our ears. al shootings since Ferguson wrote Do you see anyone you know in this picture? They’d probably now be in their late 30s or so. Learn more at MilwaukeeJewish.org/Mission or The only way we can ensure a this piece, including the deaths of Thousands attended the Jewish Jubilee in 1984, inside and around the Jewish Community Center at contact Patti Levy, [email protected] future in which black lives matter three law enforcement officers in 1400 N. Prospect Ave. There was music, a dunk tank and schmoozing, according to Chronicle coverage at the The Jewish Community Foundation is the endowment or (414) 390-5733 and the police are trusted and re- Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sun- time. Children marched with what was billed as “The World’s Largest Marching Kazoo Band,” which does development program of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. spected by all is if white Jews, and day, July 17. appear to be what’s taking place in this photo from the Chronicle. Go, kazoo band! 12 • Section I • August 2016 Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle JewishChronicle.org August 2016 • Section I • 13

S hoah “The beauty of our tradition is that it lives and breathes.” Bearing witness Leaving Auschwitz – Rabbi Rachel Kaplan Marks Jordan Pachefsky ing “Night” by (z’’l). Carly Cohen You might be wondering why I Special to the Chronicle Although the atrocities com- Jordan and Special to the Chronicle put happy as one of the emotions Seventy-eight years after the mitted by the Nazis and collabo- Carly in Poland I cannot unsee what I have seen. that I had experienced. I was part of beginning of the Holocaust, I rators occurred nearly seventy-five I have been studying the Holo- 7,500 people who toured Aus- returned to Poland and Lithuania years ago, the waves of the Holo- Carly Cohen and Jordan caust since I was a child at the Mil- chwitz-Birkenau that day. Over 1.7 as the descendant of immigrants caust still ripple throughout Eu- Pachefsky both write about waukee Jewish Day School. It has al- million people visit every year and forced into exile. A group of Uni- rope. Before 1939, thriving Jewish ways been a large part of my life, and that makes me happy. I’m happy versity of Wisconsin students trav- communities existed in every city their trip to Poland in these I have made sure to dedicate part of that our world is not forgetting the eled alongside Dr. Karl Loewenstein we visited. From Zamosc to War- pages today. Their study- my time to remembering the horrors horrors that happened and that so and Dr. Shay Pilnik – professor of saw and Kovno to Krakow, it was abroad trip for 14 students that happened and educating others many people travel there to see the history at UW Oshkosh and direc- difficult to imagine life in prewar from three Wisconsin to prevent it from ever happening places where such atrocities oc- tor of the Holocaust Education Eastern Europe especially in cit- campuses – Milwaukee, again. curred ensuring that this never Resource Center, respectively – to ies where synagogues stand as happens again. Madison and Oshkosh – was I was given an incredible oppor- learn about the Holocaust and gain monuments. Shay led our group tunity to travel to Poland and Lithu- As I sat on the bus pulling out of a better understanding of the life to the center of Lublin with a pre- subsidized by an anonymous ania as part of a study abroad pro- Auschwitz-Birkenau, all I could think that remains. war Jewish community of 42,000 Jordan Pachefsky donor through the Jewish gram in May for two weeks. Our Carly Cohen about was that I could say that I left Nothing could adequately pre- that was decimated. I then under- Community Foundation of group of 14 students represented the camp… alive. Roughly 1.1 million pare me for this experience. Not stood his comment, “This is the Majdanek, The IX Fort, Ponary periences permanently etched in Milwaukee Jewish three schools: UW-Madison, UW-Oshkosh, and UW- people walked past the same gates I did; they never real genocide.” and Belzec. No longer are they my memory. On our last day in walked out. the in-depth Holocaust course Federation. The course was Milwaukee. taught by Laurie Herman, nor Never again. I bear witness to names in a book, or photographs Warsaw, we heard from the Forum The study abroad course was titled, “20th Century I did not think that the experience of seeing a speaking with survivors, nor read- the places of genocide at Auschwitz, on a page, but now are living ex- for Dialogue about their mission designed and led by Shay Eastern Europe and the Holocaust.” From the begin- concentration camp could get any worse, but I was Pilnik, executive director of ning, I knew this was the ideal trip for me since it very wrong. A few days later we went to Majdanek. I the Nathan and Esther Pelz would provide me the op- had heard of this concen- Holocaust Education portunity to see the things tration camp before, but I Resource Center of the that I have been learning did not know too much about it. Majdanek was Milwaukee Jewish about my entire life. Dur- ing the two weeks I spent much more emotionally Federation, and Karl in Poland and Lithuania, draining and far more chal- BREAKING NEWS! Loewenstein, associate there are two specific days lenging than Auschwitz. professor of history at that had an emotional im- This was not because Aus- University of Wisconsin- pact on me. chwitz was less horrifying, The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle has a new website. but the entire camp of Ma- Oshkosh. The first emotionally The Hardest Decision You’ll Ever Make draining experience I had jdanek had been preserved on this trip was the day I even moreso than Aus- Can Also Be The Easiest. to educate teenagers throughout spent at Auschwitz-Birke- chwitz. Also, there were so When the issue is memory care, all you want nau concentration camp. many other people at Aus- Poland about the Jewish commu- is a home for Dad where he’ll be treated JewishChronicle.org nities that existed within their We began our tour at Aus- chwitz when we toured; it hometown. No survivors remain, chwitz 1, and I had no idea was positive to see that the with dignity and respect. but this organization ensures their what to expect or how I memory was living on. At stories prevail. was going to feel. When Majdanek, there was no All Dad wants is to feel like he’s at home. “The road to Auschwitz was we arrived, the bus pulled one touring or visiting built by hate, but paved with in- into a parking lot and I saw there: it was my group, just difference.” This quote by Ian Ker- snack/souvenir shops and the 16 of us. For the few shaw took on an entirely different what looked to be a huge hours that we spent there, meaning as I walked down this tourist site. We walked in we only saw four other very road as a free Jewish man at and around all the build- people visiting the memo- the Auschwitz-Birkenau. Years of ings located behind the rial site. Jewish education and Holocaust famous gate that reads One aspect of Majdanek studies couldn’t prepare me for “Arbeit Macht Frei” (work that stood out to me was what it actually felt like to walk sets you free). The tour was that there was a town over- the path where the millions were guided in such a way that looking the camp. People’s led and would never return. It was made it feel like a museum. balconies looked out to the difficult to imagine the horror of Each building seemed to gas chambers and the bar- the victims and the strength of be preserved with its orig- racks in which thousands survivors. While wearing a kippah inal brick, and there was a Guard towers along the barbed-wire double-fence of people were impris- At Sarah Chudnow Community, we offer both; and wrapped in an Israeli flag, I different “exhibit” in each on the Majdanek camp perimeter, shot in 2008. oned. It is mind-boggling warm, caring staff in an intimate, home-like understand the value and impor- building that housed a By Alians PL/Wikimedia. to me how people can tance of religious freedom as well topic relating to the Holo- wake up, make coffee, environment. Large rooms that can be decorated as having the privilege of living caust. We saw where the prison inmates were held and sit on their balconies and welcome in the morn- with furniture and memories from home so the the life denied to six million. before execution, where the belongings of the pris- ing by staring death in the face. I never thought I familiar is all around. Our staff are trained in As a minority on the trip but oners such as pots, pans, tallitot, suitcases, hair, toi- would experience a place that could prove to be Alzheimer’s and dementia care by the Alzheimer’s the majority of those persecuted, letries, shoes, clothes and finally the gas chamber and more emotional than Auschwitz. I thought I had expe- it gave me an interesting perspec- crematorium building. This was by far the most in- rienced the worst of the worst while at Aus- Association of SE Wisconsin, so your loved ones tive to see the Holocaust through tense part of the tour, an experience that I would chwitz-Birkenau, but when I went to Majdanek, I are not just taken care of; they are understood. my eyes as well as the lens of my rather not go into too much detail as it would be too proved myself wrong. non-Jewish counterparts. For them, painful and difficult to explain. I was nervous at the thought of entering into both Our community of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s it was seeing humanity at its worst. After we drove to Birkenau, the second part of of the camps. It felt like I owed it to my beloved and related dementia residents are in a secure, but For me, it went a step further be- Auschwitz, I immediately noticed the train tracks that friend and a Holocaust survivor whom I had spent a not secluded, environment with beautiful views. cause I could have been one of the I had seen so many times throughout my research great deal of time talking with, Alfred Kahn (z’’l), to six million. Walking out of Aus- and education of Auschwitz. We walked to the un- see and learn as much as I could and to bear witness Call now to find out more about what we offer 5-columns across the 21.5’’ spread: chwitz and walking into a syna- loading platform where an original railcar was sit- by being present at these terrible places where mil- gogue for Shabbat services in ting. We saw the unchanged barracks that had dirt lions perished. I will forever be grateful that I had right in your own neighborhood, in Mequon. .375’’ 1.8’’; 2.425’’ 1.8’’; 4.475’’ 1.8’’; 6.525’’ x 1.8’’; 8.575’’ x 1.8’’ Krakow, is a testament to the im- floors, wooden bunks, cold air and a horrid smell. I the opportunity to go on this trip. I learned so much 262-478-1500. 11.125’’ 1.8’’; 13.175’’ x 1.8’’; 15.225’’ 1.8’’; 17.275’’ 1.8’’; 19.325’’ 1.8’’ portance of my heritage, the felt like I was walking through death. about Poland, Lithuania, my family’s history, and the strengths my people, and in the The sheer size of both Auschwitz I and Birkenau countless stories of those who survived, and those words of Elie Wiesel, “We must were larger than I could have ever imagined. It felt as whose lives were taken during the Holocaust. I left Please drive past the 2-column width: 3.85’’ 3-column width: 5.9’’ 4-column width: 7.95’’ 5-column width: 10’’ bear witness.” l if both camps went on forever, with no end in sight. Auschwitz with a broken heart – but I left. I have a Health Center to the Apartments. Jordan Pachefsky, 20, is enter- At points, it felt like every step I took was a desecra- renewed sense of purpose, and an immense appreci- l ing his junior year at University tion to those that had walked to their deaths on the ation for every moment of my life. 10995 N. Market St., Mequon, WI 53092 262-478-1500 Thank you to the Richard and Nina Edelman Family Fund for Arts and Education of Wisconsin – Madison. He is ma- same ground. I experienced a roller coaster of emo- Carly Cohen, 20, of Glendale, is entering her junior [email protected] SarahChudnow.org joring in applied economics with a tions that day, ranging from being happy, confused, for the generous grant that lead to the development of the new site. year at University of Wisconsin – Madison, where Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter @jsliving minor in Jewish studies. surprised, upset and angry. she is majoring in management and human resources 14 • Section I • August 2016 Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle JewishChronicle.org August 2016 • Section I • 15

“… opportunities to act with integrity C oming Events C over Story and compassion, to move beyond our everyday fears and do what is right, are all around us.” To submit an event for consideration send a press release to Chronicle @MilwaukeeJewish.org by the 15th of 1 – Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman the month for the issue arriving in homes on or about the st of the following month. Include date, time, lo- cation, a description, contact information and whether the event is free or what is charged. ‘The best thing I have in my life’ Tuesday, Aug. 2 Milwaukee, 6800 N. Green Bay Federation Speaker: Jewish vote Ave. in Glendale. Trudy.Farber@ annual meeting Rob Golub Torah AcademyMil.org. 414-352- [email protected] 6789. A Jewish journey Something New is Cooking at OCONOMOWOC – They left Africa for Wednesday, Aug. 10 the first time, to connect with other Jews Visitors from the Sarah Chudnow Community! here in Wisconsin, and the experience has Madison speaker: Abayudaya, a tiny Jewish Rabbi Feingold been warm and affirming. Samson Nderitu, 23, and his fellow African community in Uganda, “Why Less is Sometimes More: madrichim (counselor) Isaac Wamani, 22, Jewish Life in Smaller Communi- are spending their summer at OSRUI, the have been spending time ties.” Rabbi Dena Feingold will Reform Jewish overnight camp in Ocono- with campers and other speak about the upside of Jewish mowoc. They’re serving as cultural ambas- life and Jewish identity when sadors from the Abayudaya, a tiny Jewish counselors in Oconomowoc. framed in a smaller Jewish com- community in Uganda, a landlocked coun- munity setting. She will also ad- try in east Africa. dress the challenges and changes Abayudaya means “People of Judah.” The my life.” she hasA FREE seen PUBLICATION over the OF THE 30-plus MILWAUKEE years JEWISH FEDERATION Abayudaya people live inside a nation of Spending the summer at the Olin-Sang- Rabbi A.D. Motzen will speak she has served as a rabbi in Keno- Celebrate Jewish Generations Christians and Muslims. They’re not a lost Ruby Union Institute, one of several sum- on “The Jewish Vote: Does My sha and in a congregation which at the Milwaukee Jewish Federa- tribe – they’re converts and descendants of mer camps operated by the Union for Re- Vote Count?” Motzen is the na- has never topped 130 families. tion’s annual meeting. The eve- converts, having gotten their start with one form Judaism in North America, the men Wait and see what’s bubbling on our stovetop! tional director of state relations Deadline for registration is Tues- ning begins at 6:30 p.m. with a man who tried out Christianity, then switched have been playing ga-ga, going biking with Check out our banner ad on the Chronicle’s web for Agudath Israel of America. day, Aug. 2. Sponsored by Jewish dessert and wine reception (di- to Judaism and became a religious leader. campers, talking about the Abayudaya and Motzen oversees the organization’s SocialJewish Services.chronicle.org Part of the Levy etary laws observed). The annual Nderitu and Wamani bring up issues that doing arts and crafts with kids. page at www.jewishchronicle.org for updates… government affairs activities in summer series of speakers, spon- meeting begins at 7:15 p.m. and will a Jew from anywhere in the world might This was their first trip out of Africa, ar- each state. Agudath Israel of Ameri- sored by Madison businessman include a presentation by Eliza- also talk about, from whether one should ranged by the Union for in ca is a national grassroots advoca- Jeffrey C. Levy. 12:30 p.m. Call 608- beth Brenner, former publisher marry within the faith to anti-Semitism to partnership with the Jewish Agency for Is- cy and social service organization 278-1808Jewish or visitchronicle.org JssMadison.org of the Milwaukee Journal Senti- keeping kosher. Nderitu and Wamani both rael. Dan Lange, associate director of camp- representing Orthodox Jews, in- for more information. Meal is $15. nel. The evening is co-chaired by keep kosher. Wamani tells a story of a friend ing for URJ, said there are six Reform camps cluding 250,000 children in non- To submit Events … Sue Strait and Danya Strait. 6:30- who quit a job because they wanted him to with Ugandans this summer. “For us it’s public schools. Admission to the 8:30 p.m. Free. Congregation Si- work on Shabbat. another opportunity for our campers, for 10995 N. Market St., Mequon, WI 53092 262-478-1500 lecture is $36 per person or $50 and more, visit: nai, 8223 N. Port Washington Rd. “Jews killed Jesus,” kids would shout at the chance to see that Judaism is every- Samson Nderitu, 23, at right, is spending the summer at OSRUI, [email protected] SarahChudnow.org per couple, reservations required. Jewishchronicle.org Learn more and RSVP at Milwau Wamani. He was in high school and kids at where. We want to expose them,” he said. the Reform Jewish overnight camp in Oconomowoc. Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter @jsliving 7:30 p.m. at Torah Academy of See Page 16 Coming events school in Uganda singled him out for bully- “This is a chance to show our campers that ing. “There were three Jews in the school Judaism is a global endeavor. We have a lot In April, the Jewish Agency for Israel said Enjoying camp and I was the only boy – putting on a kip- to learn from them and they have things to in a letter to Israel’s Conservative move- Nderitu and Wamani haven’t come to Jewishchronicle.org pah,” he said. learn from us.” ment that the Abayudaya Jews are a “recog- Wisconsin to get away from Uganda. Rath- But Nderitu said that’s how high school Recognition in Israel nized” community. In the letter to Rabbi er, they seek to connect with Jewish life is and for the most part, it’s OK to be Jew- Andrew Sacks, director of the Rabbinical here and, at least for them, it has worked ish in their region of Africa, despite perse- Abayudaya Jews have faced difficulties Assembly of the Conservative movement out wonderfully. They say they feel very cution during the Idi Amin regime in 1970s obtaining visas from Israel’s Ministry of in Israel, the Jewish Agency said it has rec- comfortable at camp, with Nderitu noting More than just our packages Uganda. “We live in harmony with the Mus- Interior for study programs in the Jewish ognized the community as Jewish since he has yet to meet even one person he lims and the Christians,” Nderitu said. “They state, according to Haaretz. Yet since the 2009 and also recognizes the authority of doesn’t like. don’t have a problem with being Jewish.” early 20th century, members of the Abayu- its rabbi, Gershom Sizomu. “I love kids. I love connecting with kids,” Despite the challenges of being a tiny daya community, which now numbers ap- Such recognition means the Abayudaya said Nderitu, who really struggled with the Our all-natural minority in their country, they say they love proximately 1,500 to 2,000, have been ob- Jews are allowed to immigrate to Israel un- end of the first month when some children are transparent. being Jewish. “Being Jewish is the best thing serving Judaism, and in 2002 the majority der the Law of Return, according to the went home. “I couldn’t believe they are go- salads and side dishes I have in my life,” said Nderitu. “It defines formally converted. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. ing,” he said. are made-from-scratch Wamani plans to attend Kampala Inter- national University, to study mass commu- using local or nication and journalism. Nderitu is in school at Uganda Christian University. He’s think- organic ingredients. ing of either information technology (IT) or rabbinical school. l There are no fillers, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency contrib- uted to this story. preservatives, artificial colors or artificial flavorings. We know because we made them, right here in Milwaukee.

4 stores and 2 markets Your locally owned co-op in greater Milwaukee to serve you. – Visit www.outpost.coop Isaac Wamani and Samson Nderitu are it’s clear, we’re different. for locations and store hours. Jewish emissaries from Africa. Photos by Rob Golub. Isaac Wamani, 22, plays ga-ga while visiting OSRUI from Africa. 16 • Section I • August 2016 Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle JewishChronicle.org August 2016 • Section I • 17

Coming events of a “Sinai Summer Series.” Con- Wednesday, Sept. 7 JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., SENIOR LIVING EVENTS From Page 14 gregation Sinai, 8223 N. Port Wash- Nickoll Award Whitefish Bay. Free. 7 p.m. For Sarah Chudnow ington Road, Fox Point. 414-352- more information contact Mona Luncheon MEQUON – SCC’s Senior Liv- UPCOMING EXHIBIT keeJewish.org/AM2016 or call 2970. Cohen at MCohen@JCCMilwau ing seminar series, “ PROGRAMS Ashleigh Lund at (414) 390-5741. The Milwaukee Jewish Federa- kee.org or 414-967-8249. It’s a Jungle Sunday, Aug. 21 tion’s Benjamin E. Nickoll Young Out There; a Safari Through n Friday, Aug. 12 Mah Jongg and Memory: Menorahfest 2016 Leadership Award Luncheon will Through September Elder Care Services,” contin- Game Playing and its Effects Mah Jongg and celebrate recipient Joe Devorkin. Holocaust garden ues on Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 7 p.m. Furniture Restoration on Brain Health memory panel Everyone is welcome to attend The MJF has presented the award in Oshkosh The annual Summer Con- Wood Refinishing • Upholstery • Antique Restoration • Caning Menorahfest 2016. Games, prizes, since 1962. It is given to a young cert Series continues on Wednes- 262.387.0435 Free Estimates Friday, August 12 ∙ 11:30 am “Mah Jongg and Memory: Game raffles and food galore are a long- Congregation B’nai Israel’s Ho- day, Aug. 17, at 7 p.m., with a per- Lunch & learn session man who demonstrates exempla- 1505 7th Avenue • Grafton Playing and its Effects on Brain standing tradition at the Temple locaust Memorial Garden wel- formance from Dixie Doodlers. 9-4 Mon.-Fri. Evenings & Sat. by Appointment Health.” Bring your lunch. A pan- ry leadership within the Jewish Members $5 ∙ Public $8 Menorah Annual Picnic. 11 a.m. - community. It was established to comes visitors for free tours. The On Thursday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m., el explores the physiological and 2 p.m. rain or shine. Admission is garden is open through Septem- enjoy the sounds of the Maxwell n social benefits of games, while honor Ben Nickoll, a leader of the The Art of the Tile: Mah Jongg free and the picnic fare will be MJF and Jewish community in ber. To schedule, call the syna- Street Klezmer Band. The Jewelry & Creativity Workshop learning new strategies to improve sold throughout the day. Look for gogue, 920-235-4270. Call Barbara month closes out with a perfor- brain health. 11:30 a.m. Jewish the 1940s and 1950s. $40. Dietary Thursday, August 18 6 - 8 pm Temple Menorah on Facebook laws observed. Noon-1:30 p.m. Kuhn with any questions at 920- mance from flautist Rick Aaron, ∙ Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Pros- and at TempleMenorah.com. For 426-2920. singer Victoria Benson Hora, Commercial Roofs Members $12 Public $18 pect Ave. 414-390-5730. Jewish Pfister Hotel, 424 E. Wisconsin Ave. ∙ further information, contact Tem- Learn more or register at Milwau ONGOING HEALTH & and drummer Mitch Shiner We know commercial roofing and we can help you! n MuseumMilwaukee.org. ple Menorah at 414-355-1120. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, at 7 p.m. Closing Celebration with keeJewish.org/Nickoll or call Ash- SUPPORT In addition to the seminar se- Organization of Chinese Saturday, Aug. 13 leigh Lund at (414) 390-5741. Closing on Thursday, Aug. 25 Caregiver support group ries and Summer Concert Series, What We Do Americans – Wisconsin (OCA-WI) Five congregations Sunday, Sept. 11 there are other programs in Au- August 28, 2016 Jewish National Are you providing care and Sunday, August 28 1:30 - 3:30 pm mark Tisha B’Av gust including: Roof mainentance ∙ Fund banquet Mound Zion support for a loved one with de- A cultural exchange of Five congregations are plan- Community leader Valerie & repairs An Exhibition Honoring the Memories, The Jewish National Fund An- Cemetery meeting mentia? Do you want to connect ideas, food & fun! ning their annual joint Tisha B’Av Spinner-Banks presents “Why nual Tribute Banquet honoring with others who know what you’re All Roof membranes Legacy, and Charms of the Game Includes presentation on the past service on Saturday, Aug. 13. The Mound Zion Cemetery We Are Different,” on Wednesday, Eileen and Dr. Glenn Graves, Aura going through? Social workers and present of Chinese Mah Jongg Congregations Emanu-El B’ne Association will hold a special Aug. 10, at 3 p.m. Spinner-Banks 20 year warranties Hirschman, Jody and Dr. David with Chai Point understand and Jeshurun, Emanu-El of Waukesha, meeting on Sunday Sept. 11, 2016 will discuss her experiences in Free for JMM & OCA-WI Members Margolis and Molly Zall, next are here to help in this caregiver ∙ Shalom, Shir Hadash and Sinai at 11 a.m. at the Harry and Rose working to end discrimination. Celebrating Our 62nd Year! Project Mah Jongg was curated and is circulated by the Public free with admission generation leader. “JNF: Creating support group. Explore dementia, Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York. ∙ will participate at Shir Hadash, Samson Family Jewish Commu- She is currently advisor for cul- an Inclusive Society” to feature discuss challenging behaviors and 262 2717 E. Hampshire Ave., Milwau- nity Center, 6255 N. Santa Moni- tural diversity at Mount Mary 377-4430 Exhibit Co-Chairs: speaker Yossi Kahana, director, ca Blvd. in Whitefish Bay, to rati- offer practical tips and strategies. SPONSORS: Anonymous Fund of the Jewish kee. (the corner of Hampshire and College and director of the Be- PROFESSIONAL RESULTS BY PROFESSIONALS LaubensteinInc.com ∙ JNF Task Force on Disabilities. Facilitated by social workers Dana Community Foundation Albert & Ann Deshur Donor Esther Ancel and Julie Lookatch Hackett, housed in Plymouth fy modifications to its current yond Racism Project. ∙ The Watermark at Shully’s, 146 Rubin–Winkelman and Carolyn FLAT ROOF COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL • REPAIRS • SHEET METAL Advised Fund Suzy B. Ettinger Sue Selig Church). It will begin with a Ti- by-laws. The annual plot owners’ To close out the month, song- ∙ ∙ For more information & registration Green Bay Road, Thiensville. RSVP Schuman. Light refreshments will sha B’Av evening service at 7:30 meeting will immediately follow stress Julie Thompson brings Community Sponsor: Organization of visit JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org, by Aug. 15 to JNF.org/Wisconsin be served. Free and open to the p.m. At 8 p.m. there will be chant- the special meeting. All plot own- her silky and soulful sounds and Chinese Americans - Wisconsin (OCA-WI) call (414) 390-5730 or e-mail Banquet or 414-963-8733. Cock- ers/heirs are encouraged to at- public. Held Tuesday, August 16; [email protected] ing of selected verses of Eicha, toe-tapping jazz standards to tails 5:30 p.m. Dinner: 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 1-2 p.m. the book of Lamentations, in He- tend. Contact Stan Teplin at 262- SCC on Sunday, Aug. 28, at 3 p.m. 242-3845 for information. Chai Point, 1414 N. Prospect Ave. Find more activities and musi- brew, Yiddish and English, and Young Leadership’s Call 414-289-9600 to RSVP. Free Parking Available there will be songs from the com- Sunday, Sept. 18 cal events on the Sarah Chudnow Casino Night Community Activity Calendar at 1360 N. Prospect Ave. bined choirs of the five congrega- Speaker: Grief and Loss JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org tions and the Milwaukee Jewish Support Group SarahChudnow.org or by calling Community Chorale. Between Arab-Jewish balance 262.478.1500. Questions? Email The Grief and Loss Support each of the five chapters of Aic- [email protected] Group is specifically for people ha, the group will engage in “Jew- who have lost a spouse. Wednesday Chai Point ish Responses / Solutions to De- mornings at 9:30 a.m. Co-spon- spair,” by focusing on Images of MILWAUKEE – The “Listen & sored with Jewish Family Services God through the 10 Haftarot of “The Arab-Jewish Demograph- Learn” concert series in partner- and held at Congregation Shalom, Despair / Consolation; examining ic Balance: No Demographic Time ship with the Wisconsin Con- Does your asphalt need help? Go Ahead. Do It. Travel, See The World. 7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Fox Fasting; discussing Optimism / Bomb!” A Talk by Yoram Etting- servatory of Music continues Point. RSVP to Abby at either Asphalt Driveway • Parking Lots Hope; and reflecting on Teshuvah. er. The proposal that Israel should on Wed., Aug. 3, and Wed., Aug. 10, Winter In Warm Climates. Visit Italy. Take A Cruise. The Young Leadership Divi- [email protected] or at New Construction • Replacement • Resurface & Patching There will be the opportunity to sion of Milwaukee Jewish Federa- concede Jewish geography to se- at 3 p.m., with Drumming with 414- 352-9288. Seal Coating & Striping • Tennis & Basketball Courts While you’re away, we’ll water your plants, dust your bookshelves, explore these ideas and find rele- tion presents annual event Sum- cure Jewish demography ignores Julio Pabon. vance of Tisha B’Av in our lives. mer Set, featuring Casino Night. the demographic trends, in Isra- On Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 6:45 Call 414- 358-1613 for a free estimate. shovel the walks, take in the mail. Because when you live in our Parkinson’s Spouses p.m., enjoy “ Play black jack, craps, roulette el, the Islamic world in general, Support Group Broadway and independent living community, that’s just part of what we do. Thursday, Aug. 18 and poker. A DJ will be spinning and west of the Jordan River in Standards: A Summer Eve- ” with vocalist Mah Jongg tile art tunes for an evening that will in- particular. Yoram Ettinger, ambas- This group is open to the com- ning of Music munity and welcomes everyone Helen Morrison and Milwau- Call today and arrange for a tour. We’ll show you where your books “The Art of the Tile: Mah Jongg clude great door prizes, appetiz- saor (retired), served as minister looking for support in dealing with kee native pianist Bill Hindin. and plants will live while you’re out exploring. And when you’re ready Jewelry & Creativity Workshop.” ers and open bar (dietary laws for Congressional Affairs at Isra- the challenges confronting care- Performers Yuri (violinist) Artist and community Shlichah observed). Summer chic attire. el’s Embassy in Washington D.C., to come back and regroup, your elegant apartment will be waiting. givers. The group is free and will and Daniel (pianist) Beliavsky Amit Yaniv-Zehavi will guide you 7-10 p.m. $50 cover is inclusive of Israel’s consul general in Houston be held in room 3J15 at the JCC. return to Chai Point for a summer through techniques for using Mah an $18 gift to the 2017 Annual and director of Israel’s Govern- Contact Mona Cohen, 414-967- concert on Monday, Aug. 15, at 262.478.1500 Jongg tiles to create jewelry, wine Campaign. Hot Water Where- ment Press Office. A consultant 8249 or MCohen@JCCMilwau 3 p.m. glass charms, key chains and more! house, 818 S. Water St. Learn more to Israel’s Cabinet (Knesset), he Connie is waiting for your call. kee.org. Held 10:30 a.m. to noon, On Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 3 p.m., Create, make and take items to at MilwaukeeJewish.org/Casino briefs U.S. legislators on Israel’s Then you can start packing. contribution to vital U.S. interests. meeting the second Monday of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel enjoy personally or to give as gifts. Night. columnist Alan Borsuk goes “Be- Author and publisher of “The Et- the month. 6-8 p.m. Jewish Museum Milwau- Tuesday, Sept. 6 hind the Headlines.” kee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave. 414- tinger Report.” Sponsored by the North Shore Al-Anon Country comes to Chai Point 390-5730. JewishMuseumMilwau Anti-Judaism: Committee for Truth and Justice. North Shore Al-Anon holds on Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 6:45 kee.org. Past and present Joseph and Rebecca Peltz Center p.m., with a performance from for Jewish Life, 2233 W. Mequon weekly meetings on Mondays, classic country western band A Saturday, Aug. 20 “Anti-Judaism: Past and Present” Road. 3 p.m. 6:30 p.m. at Congregation Shalom, Classic ‘60s rock is a lecture by David Nirenberg. 7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Fox Western Edge. Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Monday, Sept. 19 Point, in the small chapel. Use the The Marc Davis Jazz Trio, presents an afternoon of jazz stan- at Sinai Romans; Christians and Muslims of Author Ron Balson east or back entrance. dards on Friday, Aug. 19, at 1:30 every period; even the secularists Al-Anon family groups are a Author Ron Balson to visit the p.m. Davis has been a mainstay of of modernity have used Judaism fellowship of relatives and friends JCC. With his critically acclaimed the Milwaukee jazz scene for over in constructing their visions of of substance abusers who share debut, “Once We Were Brothers,” 25 years. the world, and often in negative author Ronald H. Balson provid- their experience, strength and ways. What does this history of hope to solve their common prob- Classical guitarist Hector ed a tale of love, survival and ulti- Torres performs on Tuesday, Aug. Anti-Judaism have to do with mately the triumph of the human lems. In Al-Anon you are not alone. Contributions are voluntary. For 23, at 3 p.m. how we think about Judaism to- spirit. Now, Balson’s new offer- On Thursday, Aug. 25, at 4 p.m., day? Alumni Memorial Union ing, “Karolina’s Twins,” returns to more information contact Abby at [email protected] or Ger- Chai Point features the Maxwell Room #163, Marquette Universi- the popular themes and setting . ald Melnick at MelnickGerald@ Street Klezmer Band ty, 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave. 7 p.m. that made Once We Were Broth- All programs and performanc- Lovin’ Kind to perform classic gmail.com. 10995 N. Market St., Mequon, WI 53092 262-478-1500 For more information contact ers a national bestseller. Sponsored es are free unless otherwise noted. ‘60s rock at Congregation Sinai. [email protected] SarahChudnow.org Brittany Hager McNeely at 414- by Boswell Books and the Harry Free parking is also available un- Open to all and family friendly. 7 963-2714 or BrittanyH@Milwau Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter @jsliving & Rose Samson Family Jewish der the building at 1414 N. Pros- p.m., with havdallah at dusk. Part keeJewish.org. Community Center. Held at the pect Avenue. 18 • Section I • August 2016 Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle JewishChronicle.org August 2016 • Section I • 19 C ommentary C ommentary

PUBLISHED BY: Milwaukee How Elie Wiesel inspired the Don’t underestimate small town Jewish communities Jewish Federation, Inc. By Rabbi Shaina Bacharach 1360 N. Prospect Ave. free Soviet Jewry movement Special to the Chronicle “Conventional wisdom is wrong.” Milwaukee, WI 53202-3094 Conventional wisdom says that – Rabbi Shaina Bacharach of Green Bay Office: (414) 390-5888 Jews are best served by living in Fax: (414) 390-5766 large cities with large Jewish com- JewishChronicle.org munities. By that logic, pulpit rab- distance away. However, that gap bers are involved in every part of Daniel Bader, Chair bis have greater opportunities – is helped by my exceptionally Green Bay life as well as being high- both inside and outside the pulpit close relations with many in the ly committed to our synagogue. Editor – to live a rich Jewish life where Christian clergy. And I’ve learned The best part of our synagogue Rob Golub we find large Jewish populations. that the Abrahamic religions have – and many small congregations 414-390-5770 Conventional wisdom is wrong. more in common than not. My – is the strength of Jewish enthusi- [email protected] Ask those of us in small congre- interfaith relationships here are asm, commitment and pride. And gations why we choose this path. another blessing. Advertising while our youth may leave for larg- We love it. Admittedly, we have Jews have a long history in er cities, they carry with them Jane Dillon, challenges: small volunteer pool, Green Bay, starting in the late that Green Bay Jewish ethos. Small Account Representative financial issues, difficulty getting 18th century with fur trader and communities like ours are the hid- 414-390-5765 minyanim. And there’s the chal- businessman Jacob Frank and his den but radiant gems in the Jew- [email protected] lenge of bringing our youth up with nephew, John Lawe. It took an- ish world. l Production Jewish values in areas with not so other 100 years for a Jewish com- Rabbi Shaina Bacharach is the many Jews. Only, larger synagogues Rabbi Shaina Bacharach has been leading Cnesses Israel in Jennifer Rueth, munity to form in the 19th cen- spiritual leader for Congregation often have the same issues. Green Bay for 13 years. Photo by Corey Wilson. Graphic Designer tury. Cnesses Israel synagogue has Cnesses Israel in Green Bay. But hear just some of the bless- played a central role in the life 414-390-5768 ings of being a small congregation [email protected] of the Jewish community and in rabbi, at least in Green Bay at Green Bay itself. Subscription/Circulation Cnesses Israel. You get to know A Green Bay rabbi cannot ig- Tela Bissett, everyone. The community oper- nore the Green Bay Packers and Subscription/ ates as an extended family. True, the unique nature that lends our Circulation Coordinator sometimes families squabble. But town. We are by far the smallest 414-390-5720 overall, families operate with love market in the NFL. And Jewish [email protected] and caring. In Green Bay, this es- history here even entwines itself Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, left, and Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky at the General Assembly of the Jewish pecially manifests when people with Packer history. In the early Published monthly by the need a helping hand. For exam- Federations of North America in Baltimore discussing the Soviet Jewry movement and marking the 25th anniversary of its pinnacle event, days, Nate Abrams, a Jew and good Milwaukee Jewish Federation, Inc., ple, someone gets sick, perhaps The March on Washington, Nov. 12, 2012. Photo by David Karp. friend of Curly Lambeau, helped 1360 N. Prospect Ave., in the hospital. Within a day or found the team and later kept it Milwaukee, WI 53202, and an By Glenn Richter two, your freezer is full. If you need from going bankrupt. Our late don’t talk of you, dream of you, sing of you, additional annual Guide to Jewish Jewish Telegraphic Agency help getting to a doctor, you’ll member, Lou Weinstein, operat- Wisconsin published in the fall. pray for you. You give us so much hope have more rides offered than you ed the game clock for the NFL. On my bookshelves there are two rows of throughout the world. We owe you a thou- can possibly accept. Even if you’re After his death, his son Tom took Freelance submissions automatically volumes on the Soviet Jewry movement. “Wiesel was a featured sand times more than you owe us.” on vacation and flying out of town, over those duties. We have mem- become the property of The Chronicle Squeezed in among the tomes is a small, Soviet Jews responded in kind. Former even if you’re taking an early morn- bers on the Packer board. The for- and will be returned only well-worn paperback with pages no longer speaker at large rallies Prisoner of Zion Alexander Paritsky recalled, ing flight. Rides will be offered. mer GM, NFL Hall of Famer Ron if a self-addressed, stamped attached to the spine, "The Jews of Silence," “In the hardest and most critical period of You don’t have to ask. We’re family. Wolf, is part of our congregation. envelope is included. by Elie Wiesel. This slim volume is, however, my struggle for freedom in a Siberian labor We’re a Conservative synagogue And best of all, a lot of our mem- a bridge. It crossed Wiesel and his readers and utilized his The Chronicle reserves the right to camp, I always remembered the great Elie whose members come from all bers have those hard to get season over from his prior works, hearing the screams edit all written material (news articles, Wiesel.” streams of Judaism. We find com- tickets. Our gift shop even sells of those silenced in the Holocaust, to an elo- growing moral letters, columns, etc.) sent to us. Former refusenik Dan Roginsky: “For we mon ground – as we should! Packer kippot. The Packers defi- quent challenge in 1966 to listen to the cry of who were fighting for exodus from the Soviet Bar/bat mitzvah education is nitely lend a fun and exciting aura News and advertising deadline is the our silenced but living oppressed brethren in Cnesses Israel is Green Bay is a hidden gem of the Jewish world, according to Rabbi Shaina Bacharach. authority to press Union, Elie Wiesel was an example of a Jew the rabbi’s province. I spend at to Green Bay. Basically, our mem- first Friday of the month, one month the USSR. who never gave up in his struggle for tikkun least a year in one-on-one prep Photo by Corey Wilson. prior to publication. While today one of every seven Israelis or for the liberation olam (repairing the world) and for the future with each student in advance of The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle does their descendants is from the former Soviet of the Jewish People.” their bar/bat mitzvah ceremony. not endorse the goods or services Union, when hundreds of thousands of FSU of Russian Jews.” Dina Beilina, a leading Moscow refusenik: It offers additional opportunities advertised in its pages and makes no Jews live in the United States and the West, “Elie was [a] soldier. All his life he fought, in to bond with, get to know, both representation as to the kashrut of when with the click of a computer button I’d the beginning, alone. But he believed in his students and parents. food products and services in such just arranged a frequent-flyer point flight to mission and became a symbol of Jewish re- At Cnesses Israel, the Rabbi di- advertising. The publisher shall not be Israel via Moscow on Aeroflot Russian Air- Arthur Morse’s “While Six Million Died” ex- sistance to Nazism and a symbol of our vic- rects the entire religious school. liable for damages if, for any reason lines, it is difficult to remember how ignorant posed the relative silence of our parents’ tory over evil.” Frequently, I have my own class. whatsoever, he fails to publish an American Jews were – or willed themselves generation during the Shoah. We vowed that Former refusenik Sasha Smukler, echoing Even then, I always spend time advertisement or for any error in an to be – about the quarter of world Jewry this generation would not be guilty of the the words of his friend Yuli Kosharovsky: visiting the other classes, answer- advertisement. Acceptance of locked in the Soviet Union when “The Jews same sin. “He inspired us to become Jews again.” ing questions, chatting with par- advertisers and of advertising copy is of Silence” was published. Elie Wiesel was our moral compass. In be- “Elie was a major source of inspiration for ents. I get to know all the students; subject to publisher’s approval. The For my contemporaries in high schools tween our numerous demonstrations at the the refuseniks,” summarized Enid Wurtman, they all get to know me. WJC is not responsible if ads violate and universities in the 1960s, Wiesel’s cri de Soviet U.N. Mission, SSSJ produced a stark an American Soviet Jewry movement leader On the other end of the life cy- applicable laws and the advertiser will cœur was the first of three shocks that would white-on-black lapel button challenging the who was inspired by the refuseniks to make cle, I don’t bury strangers. I’ve indemnify, hold harmless and defend galvanize our nascent public student Soviet Jewish community: “Are We ‘The Jews Of aliyah to Israel to continue her work from been in Green Bay for 13 years. At the WJC from all claims made by Jewry movement into a tidal wave of action. Silence’?” Jerusalem. “He taught them about the Sho- this point, I know our members governmental agencies and consumers Wiesel ended “The Jews of Silence” thus: It took years, but eventually the Jewish es- ah, strengthened their Jewish identity, made so well that their deaths do hurt. for any reason based on ads carried “What torments me most is not the Jews of tablishment put its considerable muscle be- them assertive Jews fighting against all odds But nowhere do I feel as helpful in the WJC. silence I met in Russia, but the silence of the hind the Free Soviet Jewry movement. Wie- to be free, fighting for their right to emigrate and blessed as when I’m helping Copyright © 2016. All rights reserved. Jews I live among today.” Not yet the icon he sel was a featured speaker at large rallies and to Israel.” our loved ones and their families Reproduction or use without written later became, Wiesel reinforced his written, utilized his growing moral authority to press Absolutely nothing can bring back the 6 find solace. consent of editorial or graphic content searing recollection of his visit with Jews in for the liberation of Russian Jews. million. Yet when 3 million of our brothers At one time, continuing Jewish in any manner is prohibited. the USSR in talks to our Student Struggle In 1986, 21 years after his first visit, he re- and sisters in the Soviet Union were threat- education was out of reach of for Soviet Jewry members. We connected turned to the USSR. Despite Mikhail Gor- ened with spiritual annihilation, postwar Jew- both rabbis and laypeople in small immediately to Wiesel: Jacob Birnbaum, the bachev’s lockdown on immigration to Israel ry finally stepped forward, their march be- towns. You had to travel, which SSSJ’s founder, a refugee from Nazi Germa- that year, Wiesel witnessed the miraculous gun, as Natan Sharansky often recalls, by wasn’t always easy. Today, thanks ny, and students, some of us children of Ho- rebirth of Jewish self-identification among “students and housewives,” inspired by Elie to computers and distance learn- locaust survivors or veterans of the Ameri- refuseniks and thousands of ordinary young Wiesel. ing, we can participate in a wide can civil rights movement. Jews who flocked to Moscow’s Arkipova Street Yehi zichro mevorach – may his memory variety of educational opportuni- A year after “The Jews of Silence” was Synagogue on . Gal Becker- be for us a blessing. l ties. Both teachers and students published, the Six-Day War propelled us into man recounted in “When They Come For Glenn Richter is the former national coor- are an iPad click away. a deep-rooted connection with Israel and our Us We’ll Be Gone” that Wiesel told the con- dinator of the Student Struggle for Soviet I enjoy visiting Wisconsin col- own Jewish identities. And a year after that, gregation inside, “Not a day passes when I Jewry. leagues when I can, but I live a fair Rabbi Shaina Bacharach of Green Bay leads a Conservative synagogue whose members come from all streams of Judaism. Photo by Corey Wilson. 20 • Section I • August 2016 Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle JewishChronicle.org August 2016 • Section I • 21

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Joe Devorkin others’ suffering The 2016 Benjamin E. Nickoll Young Tuesday, September 6 • 7 pm Rabbi Steven Adams to work for a better world, so that Leadership Award recipient is Joe Devor- Special to the Chronicle others should never have to suffer kin. The award is given to a man under 40 As we enter the month of Au- as we did. Our memories should Alumni Memorial Union Room 163 for his commitment to service and leader- help us empathize with others and ship in the Jewish community. gust we are in the midst of the three weeks that lead up to one of motivate us to engage in tikkun Marquette University the saddest days in Jewish History olam – repair of our imperfect 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave. – Tisha B’Av. On the ninth day of world. the Hebrew month of Av we Last month the world lost a B ’nai mitzvah mourn the destruction of both great teacher, philosopher, author For more information contact Brittany Hager McNeely and activist who understood that at 414-963-2714 or [email protected] Biblical Temples in Jerusalem (587 Cara Goldstein B.C.E. and 70 C.E.) along with message so well. Elie Wiesel ex- HolocaustCenterMilwaukee.org Cara Goldstein becomes a bat mitzvah other tragedies throughout the perienced firsthand the horrors of on Sept. 3, 2016 at Congregation Beth Is- centuries, including our expulsion the Holocaust. After surviving he rael Ner Tamid. The Goldstein family, of from Spain in 1492. The solemni- reflected silently for a while on his life. Once he broke his silence he Fox Point, are parents Stephanie and ty of the weeks that precede this Co-sponsors: Catholic Financial Life day of fasting signify how import- spoke with a voice that touched so Mark, with sisters Ellie, 19, and Abby, 16. many of us. Not only did Wiesel Department of Theology at Marquette University The maternal grandparents are Nancy ant it is for us as Jews to remember tragedies and suffering in our past. Rabbi Steven Adams introduces a touch us as Jews, his message be- Down Hillel Milwaukee and David Melnick of River Hills. Pater- came one for all of humanity. In so Across Jewish Community Relations Council nal grandmother Shulamit Elkayam and We are a people who are known lecture in June, 2016 on kashrut 1 Israel spends a lot of time in 1 Uzi ammo unit for being persistent in memory. many ways, Wiesel became the of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation paternal grandfather Herman Goldstein dietary laws for staff of the Jewish it? 2 Genre of Joe Trohman’s In the words of Yiddish author Home & Care Center, 1414 N. voice of conscience for a world “Fall Out Boy” Marquette University Jewish Student Union are both of Madison. Paternal great-grand- 6 Emanuel of Chicago Isaac Bashevis Singer, “We Jews Prospect Ave. The Center holds struggling to make sense of what 3 Marina ___ Rey, Bronx home of mother Phyllis Millman lives in Weston, Florida. 10 Apples many Jews don’t use have many afflictions, but amnesia Jewish learning sessions for staff, is truly right and what is wrong. on Rosh Hashana? many a Jewish wedding Cara attends Maple Dale School. is not one of them.” While it is some of whom are not Jewish or I was privileged to meet Elie 14 Alter, as talmudic text 4 ___-European (Yiddish’s important to remember both the have a limited Jewish education. Wiesel twice. The first was when 15 Layer that gave David’s eyes language family good and the bad, more import- Photo by Rob Golub. he was a guest speaker at Hebrew their beautiful color 5 Jewish addition, sometimes ant is what we do with those mem- Union College in Cincinnati. In 16 Fall (down for a Shabbat nap) 6 Feel like Anthony Wiener after Wedding ories. There are people who re- slave, what it felt like to lose our addition to his speech to a larger 17 Simplified political ticket for a his scandal(s) member their own suffering with land and way of life, how hard it audience, many of us were privi- Labor leader and a Kach 7 Footwear brand or Tel Aviv hotel Mazius-Dolgin a sense of anger and seek revenge; is to be uprooted and lose so much leged to attend a midrash class leader? 8 Greek false god with wings Carole Mazius and Daniel Dol- that has never been the Jewish of what we cherish, we have always that he taught. About a decade 20 Tulsa based school without a 9 Holy Land market response. Instead, when we re- chosen a much higher road. Our later I had the privilege of intro- Hillel or Chabad 10 Alternative speed letters in gin will be married on Aug. 21, 2016, 21 Prophet after Joel with plans to live in Chicago. member what is was like to be a memories are meant to inspire us ducing Mr. Wiesel at a dinner that Israel 22 Oil can letters (but not for Rabbi Marc Berkson and Cantor preceded his speech at Kent State 11 State where Chalav Yisroel gets Hanukkah) shipped in David Barash are to officiate at Con- University. Following the speech Elie Wiesel in Paris after being awarded 23 Some make it from citrons 12 1997 Bruckheimer movie with gregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, he came to a reception we spon- the French literature Medicis prize for sored for students at Kent and 26 ___air Nicolas Cage with festivities at The Wisconsin his novel “Le Mendiant de Jerusalem,” 28 Kosher venison hard to come 13 Brand for Eilat Club. other nearby universities. Wiesel Nov. 26, 1968. AFP/Getty Images/JTA. by 18 Shabbat prayer The bride, a 2009 graduate of In- stayed a lot longer than we expect- What will your 29 Sacrificial animal 19 Request diana University, is employed by ed, not leaving until he had spo- ken with every student who want- 30 Simplified sefer by a Chief 23 Temple assignments for the CREATE A North Shore Pediatric Therapy. Mi- Rabbi of Israel and “Shulchan priests Jewish legacy be? ed to meet him. He told us that Aruch” scribe? chael Mazius and Deborah Herz- 24 “But...”, b’ivrit his greatest pleasures were the 34 “Roseanne” star Mazius, her parents, are of White- 25 One too many for Solomon Create a Jewish Legacy is founded on the principle fish Bay. time he spent with young people, 35 One way to “send” a paper to 27 Spielberg title character that all of us, regardless of age, wealth or affiliation The groom graduated from Ohio State University in 2008 and works teaching them. Indeed Elie Wiesel Israel Legacy has been one of the best teachers 36 Possible weight of Goliath 31 “The world is ___ without you, can make an enduring financial impact. for Safecor Health. The groom’s parents Jan and Brad Dolgin are of dear” (Bob Dylan) Sylvania, Ohio. of Jewish values to this generation. 37 Some go without it Elie Wiesel’s life and survival was night 32 “The ___ Incident”, classic novel Maid of honor Amy Mazius of Milwaukee is to be joined by brides- and film We sponsor this program in partnership with the a miracle and he never took that 39 David Silver’s org. maids Gina Doligin, Mia Gruenberg, Jess Krouner, Dana Reisman, Zoe 33 Bow following area synagogues, agencies and day schools: for granted. He dedicated that life 41 Seed a kibbutz field again Seder, Emily Werbel and Liz Wizniter. Best man Josh Dolgin of Chicago 38 When one gets shekels is to be joined by groomsmen Jason Miller, Alex Prior, Matt Merideth, to an effort of trying to make sure 45 Level Kinsler played in before Anshe Sfard Kehillat Torah others will not suffer as he and the Majors 40 Fleischer and Melber Zach Alpern, Zach Rothschild and Danny Feldman. 42 Make like Yael to Sisera Bader Hillel Academy The wedding trip destination is Bali. other Holocaust victims and sur- 47 Central Israel moshav vivors had. He spoke out against 49 Volcano across the 43 Number of times Elijah split the BBYO Wisconsin Region See Page 23 D’varh Torah Mediterranean from Israel Jordan 44 “Don’t ___ me up!” Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid 50 Simplified comedy bill for one silly and one angry legend? 46 Suggests (like many biblical O bituaries verses, on a deeper level) Congregation Sinai 55 File extension on a Dell 48 Said “Mah Nishtana”, e.g. Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun 56 Rosters Ryan Braun and Ike George Harold Lipshultz Davis try to avoid: Abbr. 50 Many get it when arriving in Israel Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center George Harold Lipshultz of Menomonee Falls, a veteran of World 57 Hit the slopes at Hermon 51 What some might do after a Jewish Beginnings Lubavitch Preschool War II, died July 1, 2016. He was 93. 58 Uninvited sukkah guest tense Bnei Yehuda soccer game Born in Crivitz on March 20, 1923, he attended high school in Crivitz 59 Article in hip-hop titles 52 68-Down did this to young Jewish Family Services 60 Bots in Bay’s “Transformers” Samuel and became a commercial glazier. Active in Masons Harmony Lodge, he 53 General item in a Rothschild will Jewish Museum Milwaukee was affiliated with three congregations – Congregation Beth Israel Ner 62 Bots in Bay’s “Transformers” 54 Possible format of pics on The Tamid, Congregation Sinai and Ansai Leibowitz. He is survived by be- 64 Simplified marquee for “Fish in Milwaukee Jewish Day School the Dark” and “Glengarry Jerusalem Post website loved wife Diana Siegel Lipshultz. • Caregivers, Companions, CNA’s • Meal Preparation & Clean Up Milwaukee Jewish Federation Glen Ross” scribes? 61 Office of interest for Bernie Other survivors include Niece Boonie Wexler; nephew Bill Lipshultz; • Bathing & Grooming Assistance • Housekeeping & Laundry 70 Guinness in “Kafka” Sanders Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center and stepdaughters Cheryl Siegel-Gajewski (Mark Gajewski), Sharon 63 Life story of Moses, e.g. • Medication Assistance • Transportation & Errands 71 Encyclopaedia Judaica list Peltz Center for Jewish Life Siegel (Steve Picus) and Risé Routenberg (Larry Routenberg). ender 65 Some kosher colas His death followed a brief illness. The burial was held July 6, 2016 at • 24 Hour Live In Care • Hourly Care, Short Term Care 72 Like Kerri Strug 66 Like one who might be prayed Create a Jewish Legacy is Yeshiva Elementary School Greenwood Cemetery with Rabbi David Cohen of Congregation Sinai 73 Exams some might take before for a program of the Jewish TRAINED, SCREENED, BONDED & INSURED REGISTERED NURSE SUPERVISED Bar Ilan 67 Russian space station (meaning Community Foundation of the and Blaine Goodman funeral home. For more information about Create a Jewish Legacy, Memorial contributions may be sent to Congregation Beth Israel Ner 74 Make like Esau, regarding his “Shalom”) Milwaukee Jewish Federation and birthright 68 See 52-Down is funded in part by the Harold Tamid, 6880 N. Green Bay Ave., Glendale, WI 53209. contact the Jewish Community Foundation: (414) 390-5725 75 European city with the largest 69 Randy Grossman and Rob Grinspoon Foundation and by or [email protected]. Enid Bootzin, RMT, NHA, Community Service Representative Jewish population Gronkowski: Abrr. four generous local funders. David Harold Miller MilwaukeeJewish.org/Legacy Jody Kaufman Loewenstein, Program Chair n Jane Chernof, Program Coordinator David Harold Miller, a loving father and World War II naval officer, 414 352 9040 www.HeartsToHomeLlc.com Answers to puzzle on page 25. See Page 22 Obituaries 22 • Section I • August 2016 Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle JewishChronicle.org August 2016 • Section I • 23

Obituaries From Page 20 died June 2, 2016. He was 95. Sanford Jay Mitz, former school O bituary Miller, of Milwaukee, graduated from University of Wisconsin in 1943 with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering. He was a found- president, dies at 66 ing member of Congregation Shalom and co-founder and president of College Research Corp. in Germantown. He enjoyed fishing, photogra- Chronicle staff He served as treasurer of Con- Milwaukee, walking, biking and A conscience for the world, Quotable on Elie Wiesel phy and family. MILWAUKEE – Sanford Jay gregation Shir Hadash and was a trying new restaurants. Remembered as a loving, active father and grandfather, Miller is sur- Mitz, a former president of Mil- founding member. The burial May 29, 2016 was at Elie Wiesel – the widely admired thinker, writer, vived by wife Annette Miller, son Stephen Miller of Plymouth, Massa- waukee Jewish Day School with a A graduate of Nicolet High Second Home Cemetery with Rab- Eli Wiesel dead at 87 influencer and Holocaust survivor who earned a chusetts and daughter Margaret Miller of San Diego, California. passion for go-kart racing, died School and University of Wiscon- bi Tiferet Berenbaum. The funeral Nobel Peace Prize – died on Shabbat morning, July 2. Burial was June 5, 2016 at Second Home Cemetery with Rabbi Ron May 27, 2016. He was 66. sin–Milwaukee, his profession home was Goodman-Bensman. He was 87. Shapiro. The funeral home was Goodman-Bensman. Mitz was a parent to three was accounting. He had a 27-year Survivors are Adan, Evan and He made it his life’s work to bear witness to the MJDS graduates and a longtime partnership with Steve Rosanksy, Noah Mitz, three sons who live in Holocaust and became the world’s leading spokes- Charles F. Winter member of the school’s finance and he loved his work, but his in- St. Louis, Atlanta and Los Ange- man on it, serving as a conscience for the world. He told the story of the Nazi concentration camps Charles F. Winter, a longtime dentist who enjoyed tennis, travel and committee. He was behind the terests went behind that. He had les, respectively. creation of the school’s first com- a passion for go-kart racing and Memorial contributions may be in his first book, “Night.” photography, died June 8, 2016. He was 93. The Wiesel family was deported from Hungary Winter, of Mequon and Marco Island, Florida, was born May 11, 1923. puter lab, said school spokeswom- race cars in general. In recent years made to Milwaukee Jewish Day an Cristy Milrud. he enjoyed living in downtown School. l to the Auschwitz extermination camp in Poland. He is survived by Bernalee Winter. Having graduated from high school Wiesel’s mother and younger sister died there. In in 1941 and college in 1951, he used his DDS from New York University 1945, Wiesel and his father were sent on to Buch- to serve as a dentist. He was self-employed and was with Hampton enwald, where his father died of starvation and Dental Associates. Abner Mikva, Wisconsin native dysentery. Seventeen-year-old Elie was still alive He enjoyed golf, chess, ping pong and other interests. He’d served as when American soldiers freed the camp. a brotherhood president, with membership in Congregation Sinai of He died peacefully after a long illness, surround- Fox Point and the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island. who mentored Obama, dies at 90 ed by family and close friends. Burial was June 9 at Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, with Rab- Jewish Telegraphic Agency bi David Cohen. he did it — Ab represented the best of public service * * * CHICAGO – Abner Mikva, a Milwaukee-born fed- himself and he believed in empowering the next gen- Memorial contributions may be sent to the Tisch MS Research Cen- “My husband was a fighter. He fought for the ter of New York, 521 W. 57th St., 4th floor, New York, NY 10019. eral judge, congressman and mentor to President eration of young people to shape our country.” Obama, died on Monday, July 4. He was 90. Mikva was born in 1926 in Milwaukee to Jewish memory of the six million Jews who perished in Mikva died in Chicago, according to the Chicago immigrants from present-day Ukraine. He attended the Holocaust, and he fought for Israel.” Tribune. Among those he mentored were President the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, according – Marion Wiesel Second Home Cemetery Obama, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Supreme to . * * * of Court Justice Elana Kagan and Rep. Jan Schakowski He served five terms in the House of Representa- Elie Wiesel, the author of over 50 books, in the study of his New York City home, Oct. 14, 1986. Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid (D-Illinois). tives until 1979, when President Jimmy Carter ap- Photo by Allan Tannenbaum/Getty Images. “My father raised his voice to presidents and In 2014, Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of pointed him as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals prime ministers when he felt issues on the world A Beautiful Setting with Dedicated Perpetual Care Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, to Mikva. for the District of Columbia. In 1994, President Bill WASHINGTON — Elie Wiesel, the direct comparisons with the Holocaust. the best-seller list. He would also take stage demanded action. But those who knew him and Traditional Values. “When I was graduating law school, Ab encouraged Clinton made him White House counsel. Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate “I am always advocating the utmost Winfrey to Auschwitz that same year. in private life had the pleasure of experiencing a me to pursue public service,” Obama said in a state- He is survived by three daughters and seven grand- who became a leading icon of Holo- care and prudence when one uses that Writing for The New York Times Available to the Jewish Community l gentle and devout man who was always interested ment, according to the Tribune. “He saw something children. caust remembrance and a global sym- word,” he told JTA in 1980. Book Review in 2008, Rachel Dona- in others, and whose quiet voice moved them to 414-352-4370 in me that I didn’t yet see in myself, but I know why The Chronicle contributed to this story. bol of conscience, died Saturday, July 2 President , who met dio said “Night” had become “a case better themselves. I will hear that voice for the at 87. His death was the result of nat- frequently with Wiesel and took his study in how a book helped created a rest of my life, and hope and pray that I will con- A ural causes, the World Jewish Congress counsel, said he had been a “living me- genre, how a writer became an icon tinue to earn the unconditional love and trust he said in a statement. morial.” and how the Holocaust was absorbed always showed me.” Seth Conrad Rich, formerly of A philosopher, professor and author “Along with his beloved wife Marion into the American experience.” of such seminal works of Holocaust and the foundation that bears his name, “There is no way to talk about the – Elisha Wiesel literature as “Night” and “Dawn,” Wie- he raised his voice, not just against an- last half century of Holocaust con- * * * , shot near home sel perhaps more than any other figure ti-Semitism, but against hatred, big- sciousness without giving Wiesel a “(‘Night’) is one of the most important books in Jewish Telegraphic Agency came to embody the legacy of the Ho- otry and intolerance in all its forms,” front and center role,” said Michael Seth Rich, the voter expansion data direc- locaust and the worldwide communi- Obama said in a statement. “He im- Berenbaum, a professor at the Ameri- U.S. history, not just for its role introducing Amer- WASHINGTON – A young Jewish staffer tor for the DNC, worked on databases to ty of survivors. plored each of us, as nations and as can Jewish University in Los Angeles icans to the concentration camps, but, in many for the Democratic NationalCommittee help voters identify polling stations, the Wash- “I have tried to keep memory alive,” human beings, to do the same, to see and former director of the U.S. Holo- ways, also introducing them to Jews.” who had worked for Camp Ramah in Wis- ington Post reported. Colleagues told JTA Wiesel said at the Nobel Peace Prize ourselves in each other and to make caust Memorial Museum’s research – Ari Bloomekatz, managing editor of Tik- consin was shot dead near his home in that he was also engaged in Jewish outreach. ceremony in 1986. “I have tried to real that pledge of ‘never again.’” institute. “What he did, extraordinari- kun magazine Washington, D.C. “Our hearts are broken with the loss of fight those who would forget. Because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ly, was to use the Nobel Prize as a tool Seth Conrad Rich, 27, was shot early Sun- one of our DNC family members over the if we forget, we are guilty, we are ac- Netanyahu said Wiesel was “bitterly to call attention to things, and as a * * * weekend,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schul- day, July 10, in the Bloomingdale neighbor- complices.” mourned” by the State of Israel and the vehicle to scream louder, shout more, “For us, forgetting was never an option. Remem- hood, near the Capitol, about a block from tz, (D-Florida), the DNC chairwoman, said Often he would say the “opposite Jewish people. agitate more.” bering is a noble and necessary act.” his home. in a statement. “Seth Rich was a dedicated, of love is not hate, it is indifference.” “Elie, the wordsmith, expressed Born in the town of Sighet, Transyl- – Elie Wiesel Police in announcing the killing did not Seth Conrad Rich. selfless public servant who worked tirelessly The quest to challenge indifference through his extraordinary personality vania, then and now a part of Roma- ascribe a motive, but his father, Joel, told the Photo from to protect the most sacred right we share as was a driving force in Wiesel’s writing, and fascinating books the triumph of nia, in 1928, Wiesel was deported to * * * Washington Post that the police believe his Facebook/JTA. Americans – the right to vote.” advocacy and public presence. Though the human spirit over cruelty and evil,” Auschwitz in 1944 with his family when son may have been the victim of a botched Rich, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, was he considered himself primarily a writ- he said in a statement. he was 15. His mother and one of his “There may be times when we are powerless to robbery. the boating education director and staff pro- er, by the end of the 1970s he had set- Wiesel won a myriad of awards for sisters would disappear forever when prevent injustice, but there must never be a time “He wanted to make a difference,” Joel Rich told gramming director at in tled into the role of moral compass, a his work, including the Presidential the family was forced aboard the cat- when we fail to protest.” l the newspaper. 2011, according to his LinkedIn profile. touchstone for presidents and a voice Medal of Freedom, the Congressional tle cars, murdered immediately. His – Elie Wiesel that challenged easy complacency Gold Medal and the National Jewish father, who traveled with him to the about history. Book Award. “Night” is now standard camps, died of dysentery and starva- * * * Wiesel spent the majority of his reading in high schools across Ameri- tion in Buchenwald before liberation. “The opposite of love is not hate, but indiffer- public life speaking of the atrocities ca. In 2006, it was chosen as a book Two sisters would survive the war. ence.” he had witnessed and asking the public club selection by Oprah Winfrey and, In “Night,” Wiesel describes pinch- – Elie Wiesel to consider other acts of cruelty around nearly half a century after it was first ing his face to see if he is dreaming the world, though he drew the line at published, spent more than a year atop when he sees the murders of infants. l

D’varh Torah From Page 21 injustices with clarity. He shared the Jewish lessons of surviv- voice as conscience. Nevertheless he left a wealth of wis- “I was privileged to meet al with the world, giving us all hope for a better future. He dom through his writings, a true legacy of what it means to saw right and wrong with a clarity that is lacking in our world remember the past and learn from its lessons. Elie Wiesel twice. The first today, and he understood that the greatest crime of all is si- As we approach Tisha B’Av, may we never forget our own lence. suffering, nor forget that others still are suffering today. May was when he was a guest Wiesel did not automatically support the underdog and we be blessed to find the words necessary to be a voice in our condemn those in power. Instead he viewed all in terms of world for good and blessing, inspired by Elie Wiesel’s life and speaker at Hebrew Union their actions. He reminded us that all need to live up to high teachings. May we find the strength to keep Wiesel’s legacy College in Cincinnati.” ideals. One could not hide behind authority nor use being a alive, a legacy that is synonymous with our basic values as victim as an excuse. It is that clarity that allowed him to Jews – belief in a better future and commitment to making it – Rabbi Steven Adams of Milwaukee’s never waiver in his support for Israel, never follow the crowd happen. l Jewish Home & Care Center in its support for one side over the other. He simply ad- Rabbi Steven Adams is the director of pastoral care for the dressed reality in a way that seems so lacking today. 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From Page 6 ty of George Washington Univer- lationships with hundreds of peo- the past 20, 30 years with older sity’s Program of Jewish Studies. ple of all ages and his curiosity adults with adults my age. I hav- “I have met scores of alumni about their lives and families was en’t had any children in my life at and community members from all Companion – Evenings unparalleled.” all. A child did this for me?’” over the world who knew Max Mature nursing student available evenings to Goldenholz would return to her and whose life was deeply touched Steinberger said Ticktin’s work “helped frame our dialogue with provide caregivers a break along with friendship students with the stories of these by his leadership,” Madison Hillel responses that inspired them to Executive Director Greg Stein- Jewish students today on faith, and companionship to their loved ones. continue working. These stories berger said. ”From the student community and Israel,” referring Experienced, very reliable, own transportation. have also moved others into cre- I AM READY. whose father died an untimely to Ticktin as a giant in the history References gladly provided. Esther, 414-875-5434 death and Max was there to help of Jewish life at the University of ating cards of their own, an un- foreseen yet beautiful effect of the I am a former English teacher, a classical guitarist, a poet, a resident of Tbilisi, Georgia in the (the student) grieve, to there was Wisconsin and Hillel nationally. former Soviet Union, and a beneficiary of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the student whose family had fi- “Without his leadership, our project, according to Goldenholz. community would not be what it “We have a saying in Hebrew – which is supported by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. I experienced a bitter divorce from nancial devastation and lost ev- Allocations From Page 4 an abusive husband. It ruined me financially, and my life took a downward turn. I have several erything; Max made sure that the is today,” Steinberger said. one act of kindness grows into the next act of kindness. One grows serious illnesses, and I am nearly blind from cataracts. I can no longer leave my home. Through student had a job and dignity. Or Rabbi Ticktin was a founder of Israel and Overseas: Includes American Jewish Joint Distribution Breira, a group that urged Israel to the other,” she said. “I’d love to see the JDC Hesed program, I receive help with bathing, laundry and housekeeping. I receive a hot for the hundreds of students who Committee, Birthright Israel, Jewish Agency for Israel, Passport to Israel, l came to college seeking to meet seek peace with the Palestine Lib- this bloom and blossom.” meal every day and groceries each week. My JDC case worker is usually the only visitor I have. World ORT. other Jewish students, or study eration Organization two decades Milwaukee Jewish Federation: Includes Coalition for Jewish With the class having ended, She keeps me connected to the world. – Irina Davidovskaya Torah and Talmud or fight the before the Oslo accords. He served Learning, Jewish Community Foundation, Jewish Museum Milwaukee, those interested in contributing important fights for a better and on the faculty of the George Wash- Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center, Wis- cards or learning more may con- just society. Max provided leader- ington University’s program of Ju- consin Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Community Relations Council and sev- tact Aggie Goldenholz at Aurora MilwaukeeJewish.org ship and comfort to so many.” daic studies for more than 30 years. en community properties managed by the Federation. Sinai Medical Center via email, Steve Morrison of Madison was He died of a cerebral hemor- Other: Includes national Jewish organizations and financing for [email protected] executive director/CEO of the rhage. l community properties. l or phone, (414) 219-6084. 26 • Section I • August 2016 Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle JewishChronicle.org August 2016 • Section I • 27 C hai Lights

Ilan Eckhardt of Glendale immigrates to Israel on a Nefesh B’Nefesh chartered flight from New York in July. Eckhardt will Schlepping computers Campers and staff take a break with service dogs at OSRUI overnight summer camp in Oconomowoc in July. be attending the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary as tzedakah Photo by Rob Golub. Music to study music production. Submitted photo. Nachum Kastel, 13, Nosson Yarmush, 13 and Sruli Kastel, 11, all students at Yeshiva Elementary School, 5115 W. Keefe Ave., Milwaukee, brought old computers from the lower level at the school to take them to Goodwill in July. “We’re schlepping computers,” Sruli explained. Photos by Rob Golub.

Mark Shapiro, president and chief executive officer of the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish These tenth graders from Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid in Glendale participated in Community Center, speaks to parents on Wednesday, July 20, after they’ve sent their children their Bikkurim ceremony as part of their Jewish educational journey during Shavuot. In the onto buses headed for session 2 at the Steve & Shari Sadek Family Camp Interlaken JCC in back row left to right are Rabbi Jacob Herber, Sophie Shapiro, Josh Glazer, Emma Rachum Eagle River, Wisconsin. The buses were leaving the Nicolet High School parking lot in Glendale. and Hazzan Jeremy Stein. In the front row, left to right, are Rachel Blumenthal, Photo by Rob Golub. Abby Goldstein and Education Director Jennifer Saber. Photo by Kipp Friedman.

Rabbi Hannah Greenstein, vice president of outreach, Israel and overseas for KOACH celebrated their 15th anniversary, deeming it a huge success thanks to hostess Milwaukee Jewish Federation, chats with Rosalie Gellman and Janet Meiste Claire Komisar. Pictured: Diane Sobel, Claire Komisar and Maureen Luddy. Submitted photo. at a major donor “thank you” event in June, 2016.

A Jewish Family Services Luncheon of Champions took place June 16 at The Pfister Hotel, 424 E. Wisconsin Ave., Teen Mifgash 2016 arrived in Milwaukee on July 7. Teen Mifgash is a Partnership2Gether program where teens ages 16-17 Milwaukee. Honorees were Associated Bank and from the Sovev Kinneret region in Israel and Milwaukee create real connections. Teens learn first-hand about each others’ Sylvan Leabman, recently retired president and CEO of JFS. lives, Jewish identity and the differences and similarities between the communities. Mifgash is a partnership between the Robert L. Habush presented the award to Leabman. Israel Center of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation and the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center. Michael Weiss, president of General Capital, presented Pictured are Nissan Zakai (staff), Celia Gabay (staff), Lotem Buganim, Yarden Lerner, May Ben Shabat, Tal Yehezkel, Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study held a June 11 graduation and concert with composer and singer Baruch Levine. Photo by Michael Rice. the award to Associated Bank. Photo by Kipp Friedman. Yarden Malka Rozenberg, Jessica Murphy, Guy Brandes, Naama Gild, Shyzaf Shoshany and Hadas Surasky. 28 • Section I • August 2016 Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle

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