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March 2013 AdarI/Nissan 5773 Volume XXXVII: Number 6 FREE Anthropologist Jack Kugelmass to give Belin Lecture at U-M Family Passover to Go/Camp Kimberly Kunoff, special to the WJN Kick Off Program at the JCC n the preface to the Yivo Annual, Vol. correspondence was disseminated widely, of Polish Jewry Halye Aisner, special to the WJN 21—Going Home—Jack Kugelmass often re-published–even in English transla- (Indiana Uni- The Jewish Community Center of Greater I quotes Susan Sontag from On Photog- tion.” versity Press, Ann Arbor will host a Passover to Go/Camp raphy: “‘People robbed of their past seem “My talk examines a number of these vol- 1998). He was Kick Off program, Sunday, March 17, from to make the most fervent picture takers, at umes while focusing on the untranslated ma- the editor for 1–3 p.m., at the JCC. This is an interactive home and abroad.’ If Sontag is correct about terial,” he continues, “suggesting its unique two terms City program for all ages. The program will in- photography, then the same should be true quality as a genre that blends travelogue with & Society, the clude arts and crafts, games, and a concert for all the other ‘devices for experiencing,’ Holocaust testimony.” journal of the by Gemini for guests to enjoy. such as memoirs and travelogues.” (North- Jack Kugelmass is professor of anthropol- Society for Ur- For the Passover to Go portion of the western UP: 1993) ogy and the Sam Melton Professor and Di- ban, National, event, participants will have an opportunity Kugelmass, currently working on a book rector of the Center for Jewish Studies at the Transnational to dress like slaves in about 20th century Yiddish travelogues, will University of Florida. He received an M.A. and Global An- ancient Egypt, make Jack Kugelmass deliver this year’s David W. Belin Lecture in and Ph.D. from the New School for Social thropology. He bricks from clay and American Jewish Affairs, entitled “Sifting the Research. He previously taught at the Max has held fellowships from the Canada Coun- straw, and bake mat- Ruins: Americanized Jews in Search of the Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Stud- cil, the National Endowment for the Human- zah before moving Old Country, 1946–1947.” ies, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, ities, the Lady Davis Foundation, and three into the free world. “Toward the end of World War II, the and Arizona State University. Among other times from the Center for Advanced Judaic Guests will hear the American public had received a flood of in- books, he is the editor of Jews, Sports and the Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. story of Passover, formation about survivors and their experi- Rites of Citizenship (Illinois, 2006); Key Texts The Belin lecture will take place on March sing songs and make ences during the Shoah,” explains Kugelmass. in American Jewish Culture (Rutgers Uni- 12, at 7 p.m., at the Palmer Commons, Forum items such as the cup “Polish Jewish émigrés were particularly ea- versity Press, 2003); author of The Miracle Hall, on 100 Washtenaw Avenue. A public re- of Elijah, matzah cov- ger for information about their homes, and of Intervale Avenue: The Story of a Jewish ception will precede the lecture, beginning at ers and seder plates for several years, the American Yiddish press Congregation in the South Bronx (Columbia 6:30 p.m. n to take home and use sponsored return trips to Poland by promi- University Press, 1996); and co-author of at the Passover table. Participants can also nent social activists and journalists. Their From A Ruined Garden: The Memorial Books taste and collect recipes for Passover treats. For the Camp Kick Off portion, guests will have the opportunity to meet some of next year’s camp staff, as well as Camp Kesh- Women to gather for Celebration 2013–Women of Character et Director Peretz Hirshbein and new Camp Mimi Weisberg, special to the WJN Raanana Director Michael Sandweiss. Those elebration 2013—Women of Charac- was featured and Simone Yehuda, PhD. Gilah Kletenik who attend will have the opportunity to sign ter” is the theme of this year’s evening as one of the will also lead a breakout group. up for Early Bird Registration, which will C of Jewish learning for women on Sun- young leaders “We are very excited to bring the women provide campers with a $20 per week dis- day, March 10. reimagining of our community together around learning count for Camp Raanana or a $10 per week The annual women’s philanthropy event Jewish life in The and philanthropy,” said Federation President discount of Camp Keshet. All those that is co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation Jewish Week’s “36 Laurie Barnett. “Our guest speaker will register for camp at this event will also be of Greater Ann Arbor and more than 20 under 36,” and be inspiring, and so will the opportunity entered into a drawing for one of two IPods. community agencies and congregations. It is is an inaugural to come together in small groups around The entire community is invited to this the Federation’s largest women’s event each year. recipient of interesting, relevant topics.” celebration. The cost is $5 per person for The keynote speaker will be Gilah Kletenik, The Covenant “Women’s philanthropy in Ann Arbor is JCC members or $10 per person for non- MA, the congregational scholar at Congregation Foundation’s central to the mission of the Jewish Federation,” members. RSVP to Noreen De Young at Gilah Kletenik Kehilath Jeshurun on Manhattan’s Upper East Pomegranate Barnett said. “It is dedicated to the continuity, [email protected] or 971-0990. Side. She will speak about “Recap, Rework, Prize for emerging Jewish educators. connectivity and thriving future of our Ann Recommit: Jewish Women and Justice.” The event will also include a choice of two Arbor community, Israel and the Jewish people. Kletenik received her master’s degree breakout sessions with many distinguished This evening of learning will help us explore from the Graduate Program for Women in local educators on a variety of pertinent topics that will help us do just that.” Biblical and Talmudic Interpretation at Yeshiva topics about or of interest to Jewish women. The event will take place 5-9 p.m. at The University and is completing her master’s of These educators include: Nicole Adelman, Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel, 3200 Boardwalk art degree in Jewish Philosophy at the Bernard MPH; Jessica Alexander, MFA; Harlene Drive. The cost is $36 and will include a dairy Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies. She Appelman, MA; Rachel Bendit, JD, MEd; dinner (Kashrut under the supervision of the graduated summa cum laude from the Honors Karla Goldman, PhD; Jennifer Lewis, PhD; Vaad), catered by Simply Scrumptious. To Program at Stern College for Women, where Alissa Little, MA; Lisa Markman, MD; Ruth register, visit www.jewishannarbor.org or call she majored in political science. Kletenik Moscow-Cohen, MSW; Ruth Scodel, PhD, Cindy Adams at 677-0100. n ICommunity

2935 Birch Hollow Drive JCC Passover Boutique March 21–22 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 voice: 734/971-1800 Halye Aisner, special to the WJN fax: 734/971-1801 The Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor will host a Passover Boutique, e-mail: [email protected] Thursday, March 21, and Friday, March 22, at the JCC during regular business hours. Find www.washtenawjewishnews.org unique items for Passover celebrations, such as seder plates, matzah covers, haggodot and more. For details, contact Rebekah Gamble at [email protected] or call 971-0990. Editor and Publisher Susan Kravitz Ayer JCC hosts Member Appreciation Party March 2 Calendar Editor Noreen De Young, special to the WJN Claire Sandler The Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor will honor its members at a Member Advertising Manager Appreciation Party, Saturday, March 2, at 7:15 p.m., at the JCC. The evening will include a Gordon White havdallah service, music, desserts and dancing. Partygoers can also enjoy a magic show from JCC Executive Director Jeff Baden. Music will be provided by DJ and dance leader Ben Freed. Design and Layout The event is open and free to current JCC members. Dennis Platte The JCC is hosting this party to honor its members, and to show how much members’ Staff Writers support is valued and appreciated throughout the year. Those who are not currently members Mary Bilyeu, Sandor Slomovits, Rochel Urist are welcome to become a JCC member at the event. For more information, contact Noreen De Young, program director, by email [email protected] or call 971-0990. Contributing Writers Aura Ahuvia, Halye Aisner, Dasee Berkowitz, Rabbi Lisa Delson, Noreen DeYoung, Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, Karen Freedland, Karla Goldman, Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, Per- Ann Arbor Symphony Chamber Series at the JCC etz Hirshbein, Ron Kampeas, Cindy Klein, Halye Aisner, special to the WJN Kimberly Kunoff, Chavie Lieber, Cnaan Liphshiz, Diego Melamed, Jud Newborn, The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra will return with their Mindy Rimler, Ben Sales, Penny Schwartz, Chamber Series to perform their Double Reed Delight concert on Gil Shefler, David Shtulman, Elliot Sorkin, Wednesday, March 20, at 1 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center Jessica Webb, Mimi Weisberg of Greater Ann Arbor. This performance will feature Timothy Michling on oboe, Eric Varner on bassoon, and David Gilliland The Washtenaw Jewish News is a free and inde- at the piano. pendent newspaper. It is published monthly, with the exception of January and July. It is reg- Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or through istered as a Non-profit Michigan Corporation. the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. A dessert reception will take Opinions expressed in this publication do not place at 1 p.m. and the concert will begin at 1:30 p.m. For more necessarily reflect those of its editors or staff information, contact Karen Freedland at karenfreedland@jccfed. org or 971-0990. Member of Not Just A American Jewish Press Association Photobooth! New Programming at the ECC in 2013–2014 WEDDINGS Peretz Hirshbein, special to the WJN BAR/BAT This month the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor’s Early Childhood Center (ECC) is unveiling several new programs for the 2013–14 school year. First, the ECC is rolling MITZVAHS out a Young Fives program for children who will be five years old by December 1, 2013. This SCHOOLS program is specifically designed to meet the needs of preschool veterans who would have been eligible to move on to kindergarten next year, before the state changed the kindergarten- BIRTHDAYS entry date. The program will meet in the afternoons and a full-day option will still be available ©2013 by the Washtenaw Jewish News. CORPORATE for Young Fives participants. The second new program is the return of a dedicated half-day All rights reserved. No portion of the Washtenaw EVENTS preschool program. Gone for quite a few years, this program will meet the needs of those Jewish News may be r­eproduced without families who are interested in a half-day preschool experience. permission of the publisher. 248.545.6460 Beginning Monday, March 25, the ECC will accept enrollment applications for the 2013– Signed letters to the editor are we lcome; they should 14 school year from families currently enrolled in the program. Applications from member not exceed 400 words. Letters can be emailed to the families of JCC affiliate organizations (Temple Beth Emeth, Beth Israel Congregation, He- editor at [email protected]. Name will be brew Day School, Jewish Cultural Society, etc.) will be accepted beginning Monday, April 1, withheld at the discretion of the editor. Code: while enrollment for the general public will begin Monday, April 8. Circulation: 5,000 WJN Subscriptions: The ECC offers programs for children ages two months to five years. Infants thrive in the $12 bulk rate inside Washtenaw County ECC’s newly re-designed infant rooms, and children over the age of three participate in pre- $18 first-class su­bscription school programs designed to prepare children for kindergarten. The ECC’s Active Learning HighScope approach provides a responsive curriculum that allows teachers to challenge and The deadline for the April 2013 issue of the nurture children at all developmental levels. Language and literacy, math, science, social Washtenaw Jewish News is Friday, March 8. studies and physical development are combined with Jewish celebrations and values to cre- Publication date: Wednesday, March 27. ate an integrated curriculum. Extra copies of the Washtenaw Jewish News For more information about the JCC Early Childhood Center, contact Early Childhood are available at locations throughout Director Peretz Hirshbein at 971-0990 or [email protected]. Washtenaw County.

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2 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 ICommunity 23rd Annual David W. Belin Lecture in American Jewish Affairs SPICE* of Life Jack Kugelmass *Social, Physical, Intellectual, Cultural and Educational Programs for Adults University of Florida Jessica Webb, special to the WJN Sifting the RuinS: Tuesdays AmeRicAnized JewS in SeARch 11 a.m.: Energy Exercise with Maria Faqu- 11 a.m.: Current Events with Heather har. $4 per session. Dombey. A discussion of this week’s news. of the Noon: Dairy Lunch Buffet. $3 per person. Bring in items of interest for group discus- sion. old countRy, 1946-1947 1 p.m.: Mah-jongg, sewing and quilting. Noon: Homemade Dairy Lunch Buffet. $3 Thursdays per person. Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 7pm (6:30 Reception) 1 p.m.: Thursday Special Events and Pre- Forum Hall, Palmer Commons 10 a.m.: Energy Exercise with Maria Faqu- sentations (See below for details). har. $4 per session. University of Michigan

Toward the end of World War II, émigré Polish Jews were particularly Special Events and Presentations eager for information about their homes—information that could Thursday, March 7 only be provided by “boots on the ground.” The American Yiddish press sponsored return trips to Poland by prominent social activists and Noon: Homemade dairy lunch buffet. journalists, and their correspondence was prominently displayed and 12:30 p.m.: Birthday celebration for all with March Birthdays! Bring family and advertised, often re-published as books and sometimes published also friends for lunch and birthday cake. in English translation. “Sifting the Ruins” examines a number of these 1 p.m.: Rabbi Goldstein will present on Passover. volumes while focusing on the untranslated material. Thursday, March 14 Noon: Homemade dairy lunch buffet. FOR MORE INFORMATION, 12:30 p.m.: A registered nurse from Care Response will provide free blood pressure checks. CALL 734.763.9047 1 p.m.: Karan Balmar, the SPICE cook, will present on Healthy Nutrition. OR VISIT Thursday, March 21 WWW.LSA.UMICH.EDU/JUDAIC. Noon: Homemade dairy lunch buffet. LIKE U-M JUDAIC STUDIES ON 1 p.m.: George Taylor will present on The History of Cobblestone Farms. FACEBOOK FOR THE LATEST NEWS Thursday, March 28 AND EVENTS. Noon: Homemade dairy lunch buffet. 1 p.m.: Dr. Richard Proctor will speak with SPICE about Bacterial Resistance to Anti- biotics and Vaccines.

Theater workshop with Leonora Ivanitsky offered by JCC Karen Freedland, special to the WJN The Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor will host a workshop with Leonora Ivanitsky, assistant lecturer and guest artist at the University of Michigan, Residential College Drama Department, on Thursday, March 14, 6:30- 8:30 p.m., at the JCC. Ivanitsky is on a mission to bring the skills of the theater to everyday life. This workshop will give participants the tools used by professional actors. She has taught these techniques for many years and the results have been strikingly positive. Participants will learn to improve mental energy and understand acting. These disciplines are geared to enhance memory and analyzing skills. As a result of taking this workshop, Ivanitzky has witnessed people target objectives in life and achieve them. Leonora Ivanitsky This course will put together all the components from the dramatic arts and its heritage. The exercises are based on the work of Russian director and teacher Konstantine Stanislavsky and his followers. The class will focus on the Stanislavsky system and specific techniques that include experimenting with specific exercises from contemporary theater, and learning how to read, analyze and improvise with dramatic texts. This is an introductory course that will give students acting experience in a workshop setting. All levels are encouraged to enroll. Registration is required by March 11. The cost is $15 for JCC members and $25 for non-members. Snacks will be provided. RSVP to Karen Freedland at [email protected] or 971-0990.

ECC to host intergenerational Passover program Halye Aisner, special to the WJN The Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor’s Early Childhood Center will host an Intergenerational Passover Program, Thursday, March 21 at 10:30 a.m., at the JCC. ECC parents, grandparents, children, and members of the JCC’s SPICE Older Adults program will gather to celebrate Passover. This free, fun-filled event will include an entertaining presentation of the Passover story by the ECC children. A traditional seder meal will follow the event. RSVP by contacting Peretz Hirshbein at [email protected] or 971-0990.

Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 3 I Campus/OpEd

JCLP Communal Conversations 2013 Karla Goldman, special to WJN very week, Jewish Communal Leader- From the beginning of the twentieth in Emory’s Dental School History,” will be Institute fellow Jennifer Glaser. An interactive ship Program (JCLP) students gather century, many Jewish immigrants and their presented, followed by a panel discussion panel will follow, featuring representatives E to discuss current and historical issues children pursued education as a pathway to the including Dr. Brickman, and members of the from local and national Jewish communal of concern to the American Jewish community. American dream. While this University of Michigan organizations speaking about their work in Every year, JCLP Communal Conversations proved an effective avenue community who will speak to serving communities and individuals inside brings members of the broader Ann Arbor, toward economic and social parallel instances of historic and outside of the Jewish community. Panel Detroit, and university communities into a acceptance, it was and is anti-Semitism at Michigan members and audience members will join in broader conversation about the ways in which accompanied by numerous and implications for the a discussion of the ways in which class, race American Jewish individuals and organizations roadblocks. Anti-Semitism inclusion and exclusion of and privilege influence the missions of Jewish are responding to the challenges and concerns and maximum quotas for marginalized groups at the communal organizations today. of contemporary American life. Jews are an important part university today. “From Silence to Recognition: Confronting This year’s Communal Conversations are of the history of American The second conversation Discrimination in Emory’s Dental School focused on issues of inclusion and exclusion higher education. in this year’s series will take History” and panel discussion on the film’s in American Jewish history and contemporary Dr. Perry Brickman of place on the evening of historic and contemporary relevance to the American society. At one point, in the not so Atlanta exposed one facet of Thursday, April 4, with an University of Michigan, will take place 7–9 p.m., distant past, American Jews navigated a path this discriminatory history event that takes into account on March 28, at the Educational Conference toward upward mobility through a landscape when he sought to document how Jewish positions Center, University of Michigan School of the discrimination that he, of opportunity riddled with discriminatory in society have change Social Work, 1080 S. University Avenue. Light along with scores of other exclusions. As American Jews have found drastically in a relatively refreshments will be served. Jewish students, faced at the Dr. Perry Brickman greater acceptance and privilege in American Emory University School of short amount of time. “Serving Whom? An Exploration of How society, how should Jews define their Dentistry. From 1948 through 1961, 65 percent “Serving Whom? An Exploration of How Jewish Jewish Organizations Navigate Whiteness, responsibility to other societal groups facing of Jewish students at Emory Dental School Organizations Navigate Whiteness, Privilege Privilege and Service,” will take place 5:30– overt discrimination and lack of resources either flunked out or were forced to repeat entire and Service” will focus on the increasing need 8:30 p.m., on April 11, at the Rackham within today’s social landscape? years of classes. The film created by Brickman for the American Jewish community to address Auditorium, University of Michigan. (More The first JCLP 2013 Communal Conversation presented Emory with an irrefutable narrative its position as a group with resources and power details at http://servingwhom.blogspot. on the evening of March 28 will examine one of this past discrimination and brought forth a expansive enough to aid other minority and com/.) Dinner will be served. aspect of the history of Jewish exclusion within public formal apology from Emory President recent immigrant groups. These events are free and open to the American higher education and its implications James Wagner. The event will open with historical and public. Dietary laws will be observed. For more for American society with the presentation of The 30 minute film, “From Silence to cultural framing of Jewish experience in the information, contact Karla Goldman at 763- the film followed by a panel discussion. Recognition: Confronting Discrimination context of social service and activism by Frankel 6583 or [email protected] n OpEd: What Jewish experiences inspire you? By David Shtulman, Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor executive director hich Jewish experiences do you resources to the Jewish Federation of Greater Annual Campaign gift to the Jewish Federation once you are gone. However, you may experience most cherish? The taste of apples Ann Arbor, which is doing vitally important so it will continue indefinitely. tax advantages in your lifetime, and your estate W and honey at Rosh Hashana? Your work. Your legacy can be structured to fit your You do not have to be wealthy to have an and heirs may benefit from additional tax first trip to Israel? Dancing the hora at a family lifestyle, goals, family and financial needs. estate or to leave a legacy. No matter what your savings. There are many philanthropic vehicles bar-mitzvah? In one way or another, you’ve no Creating your own Jewish legacy ensures that income or estate value, your gift is important. available to leave a legacy gift. The Federation doubt enjoyed the warmth, closeness, traditions you will be remembered and that your work Ask yourself, will your beneficiaries miss 5% can help you identify the areas of support that and support of a vibrant Jewish community and your values will continue when you are or 10% of your estate? Could you leave that best suit your philanthropic goals while your throughout your life. Once you are gone, who no longer here. It also serves as an example to small percentage of your estate to the Jewish attorney or financial advisor can help you will keep these traditions alive and thriving for your loved ones that you believe it’s important community to help keep vital programs alive to choose the vehicle that best suits your financial future generations? to support the Jewish community. benefit future generations? The act of creating a situation. Typically, just a few sentences added Jewish tradition teaches that one of our key The legacy planning process can help start legacy empowers you to complete the work of to your will in the form of a codicil are enough responsibilities is to make the world a better important heartfelt conversations with your your heart and to enjoy the peace that it brings. to make a legacy gift. place for future generations. Chances are family and can build bonds with your partners By leaving a legacy to the Jewish Federation, you Please consider joining the many Jewish you already donate generously to the Jewish in the community. First, reflect on your will ensure that the traditions and institutions community members who have already Federation. But have you considered including priorities. What important work do you want that mean so much to you in your lifetime will created a legacy gift of their own. For more Federation in your will, so you can continue to to support? Perhaps you want to provide money exist for future generations. information, contact David Shtulman at the make a difference for generations to come? to help the elderly, alleviate poverty, or support The importance and impact of your legacy Jewish Federation, tel. 677-0100, or your own A legacy gift is your way to leave financial Jewish education. You may want to endow your gift will be most clearly felt by the community financial advisor. n

4 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 v"c Camp Gan Israel 2013

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Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 5 The JFS msterHerb MeeT our SHInInG STArS A Center Jewish Family Services A Division of Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County of Washtenaw County

Announcing the 2013 Claire and Isadore Bernstein Award recipients2245 S. State Street t Suite 200 t Ann Arbor, MI 48104

The Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor for its vision to create JFS and Casethe Management/Services ongoing Coordination: Psychosocial Rehabilitation OFFICE OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Outpatient Treatment: Mental Health Collaborative solutions for a promising future commitment to its growth. Employee Development Services Bank of Ann Arbor for their longstanding support of JFS and exemplary community leadership in helping over 140 non-profit organizations sustain their critical missions. Anya Abramzon for her key role in making the Ann Arbor Jewish Community’s dream for a comprehensive, professional, and accredited social service agency become a reality. Special Award for 15 years of Dedicated Service to Jewish Family Services Elina Zilberberg for her critical contributions to the agency’s long-term growth. Andre Yastchenko for building numerous successful programs within JFS over the years.

MArk Your CAlenDArS: April 21, 2013 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the University of Michigan Research Facility For additional information, contact Cindy Klein at [email protected] or 734-769-0209.

Jewish Bereavement Group Caregiver Conversations NEW: GenChat Through a generous grant from the Jewish Community Impact fund, If you are an adult caregiver of a loved one, or managing Are you finding it hard to connect with your tech-savvy grandchildren? JFS is proud to announce the formation of a Jewish Bereavement Group. support for a family member from a distance, this monthly Is your family thousands of miles away? GenChat makes it possible to The first session will take place April 8, 2013 and will meet Monday support group is for you. Learn coping skills & strategies, skype, face-time, or iChat with your relatives that you don’t get to see evenings, April 8 through May 13, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. listen to each other’s stories, and receive peer support. very often. A JFS trained volunteer will come to your residence with an The group is limited to 8 to10 adults, ages 18 and over. An intake by a The group meets the third Thursday of each month (except iPad so you can “chat it up” with your loved ones. There is no charge for JFS social worker is required in advance. There is no cost to participate on holidays) at the JCC, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. the video visit. and all services are confidential. Jewish Family Services Older Adult Social worker, We need volunteers. Please contact Kate Thomas-Palmer at The group will be facilitated by Rabbi Sara Adler and Diane Fenske, facilitates. The next “conversation” is on [email protected] or 734-769-0209 to sign up for the training or if Barbara Mazie, LMSW. Thursday, March 21 6:30 p.m. at the JCC. you would like to “chat it up” with your family. For questions about the Jewish Bereavement Group or to schedule For additional information, contact Diane Fenske at The first volunteer training is Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at JFS from an intake, please contact Lisa Franklin at [email protected] [email protected] or 734-769-0209. 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The program kicks off May 1, 2013. or 734-769-0209. GenChat is funded by the Community Impact Grant Program of the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor.

HerbThe Case Management/Services Coordination: JFS mster OFFICE OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Psychosocial Rehabilitation A Center Outpatient Treatment: Mental Health Jewish Family Services A Division of Jewish Family Services Collaborative solutions for a promising future of Washtenaw County of Washtenaw County Employee Development Services

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JFS offers new Jewish Bereavement Group with grant from Community Impact Fund Cindy Klein, special to the WJN he Washtenaw County Jewish com- Shewach then approached Jewish Family experiencing grief and loss of a loved one, and group therapy to her patients. Mazie munity offers a rich array of edu- Services of Washtenaw County (JFS) about within a context that recognizes the specific has led therapy and education groups for T cational, cultural, recreational and collaborating in the effort. JFS staff saw this as needs related to Jewish customs, beliefs many years and highly values the healing religious events that enhance Jewish life. In a wonderful opportunity, as the organization and practices. Furthermore, this group will potential of group treatment. She specializes sorrowful times, the Jewish community sup- had always wanted to provide such a group, have the positive effect of bringing together in psychotherapy with patients who are ports mourners through local congregations but did not have the resources to do so. JFS Jews from the many diverse segments of experiencing difficult life transitions and that provide funeral and shiva services, as agreed to provide intake and clinical social the community to comfort and support losses, medical problems and chronic well as daily minyan services that enable Jews work services, if the grant was funded, and a one another, deepening and enhancing the pain, caregiving challenges, anxiety and to fulfill the mitzvah of reciting Kaddish. partnership was born. community as a whole. depressive disorders, and a wide range of However, sometimes, additional support is The Federation’s grant committee agreed The group will be facilitated by Rabbi Sara traumatic experiences. She works with all required, especially for those members of the that there was a need for bereavement Adler and Barbra Mazie, LMSW. Rabbi Adler ages from adolescents through older adults. Jewish community who have experienced a support in the Jewish community, and was ordained by The Jewish Theological For questions about the Jewish traumatic or unexpected loss, or who are un- the program was funded for one year. The Seminary of America in 1999 and received Bereavement Group, call JFS at 769-0209. For comfortable in a traditional religious setting. first session of the Jewish Bereavement her clinical pastoral education at Brigham those who prefer individual sessions, or who A local community member, Donna Group will take place Monday, April 8. The and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Prior to are unable to attend the Monday night group, Shewach, noticed the need for a Jewish- group will meet Monday evenings, April joining the staff of UMHS in 2008, Rabbi or who feel they are in need of emotional centered grief support group focused on 8 through May 13, from 7–8:30 pm. The Adler worked as one of the rabbis with the support for other issues, JFS can provide the needs of the entire Jewish community, group is limited to 8–10 participants for Metro West Jewish Health and Healing accredited counseling services which may be affiliated or not, and decided to do something maximum effectiveness. Adults, ages 18 and Center in West Orange, New Jersey, and has covered by private insurance, Medicare, or about it. Shewach was aware that the Greater over, are welcome. An intake by a JFS social enjoyed many opportunities to teach in adult on a sliding scale for the uninsured. Call JFS Ann Arbor Jewish Federation Community worker is required in advance, and may be Jewish education programs. It was while she at the number above to inquire about those Impact Grant round was open, and decided scheduled by calling 769-0209. You do not was with Metro West that Rabbi Adler began counseling services as well. to request funding for a Jewish grief support need a doctor’s referral to attend. There is her work with Jewish bereavement groups. Participation in providing the Jewish group, and organize the partners herself. no cost for the intake or to attend the group Barbra Mazie, LMSW, is a licensed Bereavement Group is another demonstration She recruited Rabbi Sara Adler, Jewish since it is fully funded by the Greater Ann social worker with a master’s degree of JFS’s long history of commitment to the Chaplain for the University of Michigan Arbor Jewish Federation. All services are from the University Of Michigan School fundamental belief that kol yisrael areivim Health Service, who had provided spiritual confidential. JFS’ counseling services are of Social Work. She has been practicing ze l’ze — we as a community are each support for Jewish bereavement groups accredited by CARF International. A second psychotherapy since 1992, first with responsible for one another. n when she worked in New Jersey, to lead the session will be offered in the fall. McLaren Regional Medical Center, and group in Ann Arbor with an experienced This group will satisfy a strong unmet since 1999, with Chelsea Community social worker to provide clinical support. need by providing support for those Hospital. Mazie provides individual, family

"Constellation JFS"—Celebrating 20 years of service to the community Cindy Klein, special to the WJN ewish Family Services of Washtenaw from 4–6 p.m. JFS will be honoring persons questions or to RSVP, County is marking 20 years of service and organizations from all parts of the com- call Cindy Klein at 769- J to the community on Sunday, April 21, munity that have helped it to grow from one 0209, or email cindyk@ with its “Constellation JFS” 20th Anniversary family’s effort to help refugees from the for- jfsannarbor.org. Celebration, to be held at the University Of mer Soviet Union to the full-service, profes- Over the years, JFS Michigan North Campus Research Center sional and accredited social service agency has relied heavily on that it is today. volunteers to provide Constellation JFS services for the agency Claire and Isadore and for clients. This Bernstein Leadership comes from its initial Award Honorees include start in Claire and The Greater Ann Arbor Isadore Bernstein’s Jewish Federation; the garage, the volunteers Bank of Ann Arbor, who did the initial needs which is also the event’s survey, and the people presenting sponsor; who met refugees at the JFS Board President Phyllis Herzig speaks to a crowd and Anya Abramzon, airport, taught them JFS’ visionary executive English and drove them to appointments JFS Stars of the Month.” Many current director, who has guided until they got their driver’s licenses. Even members have been involved with JFS since the agency’s growth over after the agency was officially formed and its infancy. Board members serve on multiple the 16 years she has been hired employees, it had a volunteer advisory committees and projects, they represent there. A special award committee and involved volunteers in all areas JFS in the community, they raise funds for was created for 15 years of governance, strategic planning, service- the agency, plan events, provide needed of dedicated service, and delivery and to provide clinical supervision to professional services, serve as advisors, will be presented to Elina the staff. Today, JFS uses volunteers to serve and always make sure that the staff feels Zilberberg, JFS’ associate as friendly visitors and to accompany older appreciated. Their vision, dedication energy, director, and Andre adults to medical appointments. Volunteers enthusiasm, and unconditional support have Yastchenko international teach ESL classes and help ESL students created the agency that JFS is today and transportation practice conversational and vocational The 2012–2013 JFS board of directors services director, for English. They assist employment clients in includes: Phyllis Herzig, Bob Miller, Beth their contributions to the using the computers to search for jobs and Wilensky, Donna Winkelman, Nanette agency. There will also prepare resumes. On Christmas Day JFS Gill, Steven Gerber, Herbert Aronow, Parry be a ceremony marking volunteers deliver “Meals on Wheels” so that Benson, Mark Berg, Marjorie Checkoway, the official launch of the regular volunteers can spend the holiday with Susan Fisher, Anna Frushour, Charles Garvin, Herb Amster Center. their families. Leslie Kamil, Helen Kaplan, Sonya Lewis, Look for your invitation The volunteers that put in the most hours, Naomi Woloshin and Israel Woronoff. n to Constellation JFS in however, are the members of the JFS board JFS Board member Mark Berg works on demolition at the JFS the coming week. For of directors. They are March’s “Constellation offices in 2006

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This month at Beth Israel Congregation Elliot Sorkin, special to the WJN Judaism and Human Rights, or Why is There a Red Cross Blood Drive at Beth Israel Beth Israel board of directors. Jacob Kander is Tomato on the Seder Plate?” Sunday, March 3, 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Beth Israel’s program director. Tot Shabbat meets at Beth Israel downstairs On Thursday, March 21, at 8 p.m., Beth Israel Congregation will host a presentation Beth Israel’s annual blood drive will be by Rabbi Jill Jacobs, the executive director of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. conducted in the Beth Israel Social Hall. in room 15. Following services child-size tables are set out for Tot Shabbat kids and their families Rabbi Jacobs will speak on the subject: “Judaism & Human Each donor answers a critical need that Rights, or Why is There a Tomato on the Seder Plate?” cannot be supplied in any other way. Freshly are always invited to stay to enjoy a Kiddush lunch with the rest of the congregation. T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights is an baked cookies and hot chocolate will be organization of rabbis from all streams of Judaism that acts served to all donors. Passover Morning Services on the Jewish imperative to respect and protect the human To sign up online, donors are asked to March 26, 27, April 2, and 3, 9:30 a.m.–noon. rights of all people. T’ruah advocates for human rights in visit www.givelife.org. Beth Israel’s sponsor Passover morning services are held in the North America, Israel and in the West Bank, with efforts code is bic13. The donor will then have to fill Beth Israel Sanctuary on the first two and last grounded in Torah and Jewish historical experience and out a registration page. If there are problems two days of Passover beginning at 9:30 a.m. and guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. in signing up online, donors may call Tamar concluding at noon, followed by a light Kiddush T’ruah continues the work of Rabbis for Human Rights— Weaver at 677-1736, who will be glad to help. of Passover sweets. Mincha and Maariv services North America, which was founded in 2002 and renamed Walk-ins are always welcome. vary on Passover. Check www.bethisrael-aa.org T’ruah in January of this year. Rabbi Jill Jacobs Lunch & Learn Series for the latest information. In North America, T’ruah is actively working to eliminate modern slavery in the agricultural system, standing with American Muslim Wednesday, March 6 and 13, Noon–1:15 p.m. Mini Minyan Garfunkel Schteingart Activities Center communities in the face of discrimination, and seeking to end torture and indefinite Saturday, March 9, 11:15 a.m. (2010 Washtenaw) detention. In Israel and the occupied territories, T’ruah has supported the creation of a Mini Minyan is Beth Israel’s Shabbat Rabbi Robert Dobrusin and Rabbi Kim fair asylum system for refugees in Israel, opposed the growth of settlements and partners morning service on the second Saturday each Blumenthal lead informal discussions on with Bedouin communities to protect their ancestral homes. month for all kids in kindergarten through current topics. Participants are invited to More than 1,800 North American Rabbis have supported the work of T’ruah. Rabbi 2nd grade. Mini Minyan was designed in bring a dairy lunch. Beverages and snacks Robert Dobrusin, who has served as rabbi at Beth Israel Congregation since 1988, is collaboration with many of the parents from will be provided. currently the national co-chair of the organization. Other local clergy co-sponsoring Beth Israel and serves as a bridge for kids Rabbi Jacobs’ talk include Rabbi Robert Levy; Rabbi Lisa Delson; Rabbi Kim Blumenthal; Shabbat Limmud between Tot Shabbat and Kehillat Shabbat. It Rabbi Sara Adler; Cantor Annie Rose; Aura Ahuvia, rabbinic student; and Julie Gales, Saturdays, March 9 and 13, 9 a.m. shares many of the favorite songs and stories rabbinic candidate. Rabbi Dobrusin presents Shabbat learning from Tot Shabbat while beginning to teach Rabbi Jill Jacobs is a Conservative rabbi and the author of Where Justice Dwells: opportunities before services, with lively prayers and incorporate activities similar to A Hands-On Guide to Doing Social Justice in Your Jewish Community and There Shall discussions on the Torah portion of the week Kehillat Shabbat. The Mini Minyan service is be No Needy: Pursuing Social Justice through Jewish Law and Tradition. She is also the (Parashat HaShavua). The learning session led by Program Director Jacob Kander with author of an influential teshuvah (legal position), passed by the Rabbinical Assembly’s takes place in the library, and coffee, tea, and special games and activities led by a team of Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, supporting the Jewish obligation to pay a cake are provided. parent volunteers. All parents are welcome to living way, create dignified workplaces, and hire union workers when possible. She join in this service along with their children. has also been named to Newsweek’s list of the 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America BIRS Dance-A-Thon Fundraiser Mini Minyan meets at Beth Israel on the second in 2009–2012. Jacobs was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in Wednesday, March 13, 4:15 p.m. Saturday of the month downstairs in room 16. 2003 and also earned an MA in Talmud at the same time. She earned an MS in Urban During regular religious school hours, Affairs from Hunter College, CUNY, in 2003, and a BA in Comparative Literature 2nd–7th Grade students will be dancing to raise Kehillat Shabbat from Columbia University in 1997. funds. Freed Family Entertainment will provide Saturday, March 9, 11 a.m. the music and instruction in traditional and Kehillat Shabbat is Beth Israel’s Shabbat modern Israeli dances. The entire community morning service for kids in 3rd–5th grade. The may support the students’ efforts by sponsoring program is designed for kids to have a great one student, or all the students. Donors may Shabbat experience, including a kid friendly Reconstructionist Shabbat offerings contribute $18, $36, $72, or any other amount. service along with games and other activities Aura Ahuvia, special to the WJN For forms to sponsor the students, contact each month to help teach about holidays the Education Department (769-2041), or the and Jewish values while building a stronger Learner’s Service, March 16 main office (665-9897). Funds raised are used community for the kids in a fun way. Gabe If prayer is supposed to be a powerful tool for internal transformation, then why do so to support the religious school. Pachter, a senior at the University of Michigan, many of us find it so boring so often? That is the topic of the Learner’s Service on March 9, facilitates a service that is filled with student offered by the Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation, from 10 a.m.–noon at the Jewish Friday Night Lights participation in the prayers, interactive Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor. In discovering that prayers are living tools which March 22, 6 p.m. Family Friendly Friday Night discussions, and always ends with a snack. helped our ancestors confront, change, or survive their times, we begin to look anew at the Service; 7 p.m. Dinner Kehillat Shabbat is a great time once a month prayers of our heart, those which might help us to confront, change or survive our times. This Pre-Passover Friday Night Lights for elementary school students to celebrate This is a quintessentially Reconstructionist thing to do. This class provides a powerful way to service and dinner features the popular pasta Shabbat, to schmooze, and to learn together. understand our own role within history, as well as our obligation to future generations. bar, and participants are promised that they Kehillat Shabbat meets at Beth Israel on the On April 6, the topic shifts to the Psalms, exploring what it is about these 150 poetic will get their fill of hametz before Passover second Saturday of the month downstairs in compositions that has been so inspiring to so many. The service will also cover the Psalms’ that begins on the following Monday night. room 12. history, role in prayer, and stylistic hallmarks. Students will have the opportunity to discuss, Interested families are asked to rsvp and reflect on, and experiment with a variety of means of working with these ancient poems. send in the payment in full ($7 for those A 25th Anniversary Gala: Celebrating The Learner’s Services are a 10-part series running all year long. The final Learner’s Service over 4 years of age) to the Beth Israel office Robert Robert Dobrusin will take place this June. For more information, contact Rabbinic Student Intern Aura Ahuvia, by Monday, March 18. Sunday, April 28, 7 p.m. [email protected], or call 975-9045. Tot Shabbat Invitations will soon be in the mail for a celebration marking Rabbi Robert Dobrusin’s Kabbalat Shabbat, March 22 Saturdays, March 9 and 23, 11:15 a.m. 25th year as rabbi at Beth Israel. The entire Have you sought a gentle, intimate way to welcome Shabbat into your soul with song? The Tot Shabbat is Beth Israel’s Shabbat morning community is invited to this dinner (catered by AARC offers a way to relax into Shabbos through guitar-led music, ranging from traditional program for toddlers and preschoolers along Amanda Fisher) and fundraiser event. Those congregational melodies to beloved Jewish summer camp songs on the fourth Friday of every with their families. Tot Shabbat features singing, interested in attending are asked to call the Beth month. On March 22, the AARC is welcoming all members of the community who have dancing, stories, and prayers to celebrate Israel office 665-9897 for an invitation. A tribute are curious to learn more, by inviting them to “Bring-A-Friend” Shabbat, a special service Shabbat. The experienced leaders of Tot Shabbat book for congratulations and best wishes offers showcasing the AARC’s music and style, led by Rabbinic Student Intern Aura Ahuvia. are Peretz Hirshbein on the second Saturday a variety of tribute ad sizes. In addition to white Services run from 6:15–7:30 p.m., and are followed by a vegetarian /dairy potluck dinner. and Jacob Kander on the fourth Saturday of the paper, this booklet will also feature gold and Extra food will be provided for guests and newcomers. Services are held at the JCC. For more month. Peretz Hirshbein is the assistant director silver metallic paper as options. n information, contact the AARC by website, www.aarecon.org, via e-mail, by writing to info@ of the Early Childhood Center at the Jewish aarecon.org, or by calling 445-1910. n Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor and the current vice-president for education on the

8 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 THE DORFMAN CHAPEL Serving with Dignity, Sanctity, and Compassion Directors: Alan Dorfman & Jonathan Dorfman Providing professional and personal Funeral arrangements to the Jewish Community Temple Beth Emeth March events Now serving Ann Arbor and the surrounding communities Rabbi Lisa Delson, special to the WJN 30440 W. 12 Mile Rd. • Farmington Hills 248-406-6000 • www.thedorfmanchapel.com Passover Celebrations at TBE TBE members. For more information and TBE will host its annual Second Night to register, contact Rabbi Lisa Delson at Passover Seder on Tuesday, March 26, at [email protected] or 665-4744. 6 p.m. Rabbis Levy and Delson will lead Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Levy the seder with song and discussion as is Fridays, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, noon–1 p.m. customary during Passover. Reservations will Rabbi Levy will be discussing Slavery open to the greater Ann Arbor community and Freedom in Judaism and the Hagaddah on March 17. The cost is $20 per adult and in preparation for Passover. All sessions are $10 per child. Simply Scrumptious Catering held in the Adult Lounge and are open to the will cater the event, with meat and vegetarian community. Lunch is not provided, bring options available. For more information, your own. contact the TBE office at 665-4744. Families with Young Children (FYC): Food for Thought: Jewish Food Book Shabbat Service times every Friday Wednesday, March 13, 6 p.m. Fridays, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 March’s book: The Baker’s Daughter by Tot (0–5 year olds) Shabbat Services led by Sarah McCoy Rabbi Levy and Cantor Annie Rose, 5:30 p.m. Rabbi Delson and Robin Little will host Dinner for Tot Shabbat, 6 p.m. a book club all about food on the second Sukkat Shalom (Shabbat service for Wednesday of every Elementary school students) with Rabbi month. Each month Delson and Cantor Rose, 6:30 p.m. the group will read Shira (Tot Song Session), 6:30 p.m. a new book related Popsicle Oneg, 7 p.m. to food and Judaism, Family Shabbat Service, 7:30 p.m. from Jewish authors Women’s Torah Study to ideas of kashrut and Jewish family Monthly, March 4, 7–8:30 p.m. food traditions, ethical For centuries, women were not eating, health and encouraged to study Torah. Times have wellness, and holiday changed and women are encouraged and celebrations. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. empowered to study Torah with the same but come at 5:30 p.m. and bring dinner for a vigor as men. Join in for a unique experience chance to schmooze. Contact Rabbi Delson to study and discuss what the Torah has at [email protected] for more to say through the voices of women. For information. questions, contact Cantor Annie Rose at cantorannieatgmail.com. Men’s Torah Study Spirituality Book Club Wednesdays, March 13 and 27, 7:30–9 p.m. Temple Beth Emeth’s Men’s Torah study MSU Symposium on Tuesday, March 5, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 7 meets twice a month for an evening of at noon learning. Refreshments served. For more Modern Hebrew and Israeli Literature March’s book: That’s Funny You Don’t information, contact Roger Stutesman, Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a n rgstutesmanatsbcglobal.net. April 9-10, 2013 On the campus of Michigan State University Passionate Buddhist by Sylvia Boorstein Join Cantor Annie Rose for the fourth TNT: Volunteering at Alpha House Celebrating the Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman season of the spirituality book club. All are Thursday, March 14, 5–8 p.m. Israeli Literature Collection and Archive at the MSU Libraries welcome to come to TNT is volunteering for a second time KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: every meeting or on this year at Alpha House. Volunteering occasion for specific includes planning a meal, preparing it onsite, Israeli novelist Literary scholar and translator books of interest. and serving it to the patrons living at Alpha MEIR SHALEV ROBERT ALTER Choose either the House. Come for the daytime or evening entire event or just for session. Widely ranging a specified amount topics highlight the of time. Following list of books by: Rabbi dinner there is an Ralph Mecklenburger, optional volunteer Sylvia Boorstein, Karen opportunity to help Armstrong, Harold Kushner, Rodger out with activity time Kamenetz, Abraham Joshua Heschel, for the children. RSVP by March 11 to Rabbi Leonard Felder, Brian Weiss, and Michael Lisa Delson, [email protected] Krasny. This book club is for firm believers, or 665-4744. Tuesday, April 9, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 7:30 p.m. non-believers, gentle skeptics, and interested MSU Main Library MSU Main Library seekers. For more information, contact TNT: Kosher for Passover Cocktail Party Cantor Rose, cantorannie@gmailcom. Saturday, March 30, 7–9 p.m. Join other 20s and 30s in Ann Arbor to FREE Full schedule, parking information and more: Basic Judaism with Rabbi Lisa Delson celebrate Passover in Kosher-for-Passover and open to the Mondays, March 4, 11, 18, 7–8:15 p.m. style. No chametz will make it to the table, lib.msu.edu/symposium.jsp Basic Judaism is a course for those hoping public! just some edible delights and beverages that Sponsored by the MSU Jewish Studies Program to learn more about Judaism. This class fit into the holiday of Passover. More details and by the MSU Libraries. Made possible by is for those born Jewish, studying toward coming soon. n conversion, or just want to learn more a special gift from Ritta Rosenberg. about the Jewish tradition. Each class will Robert Alter’s participation is made possible by the focus on a different aspect of Jewish living Association for Jewish Studies Distinguished Lectureship Program. and learning, from holidays to Jewish texts, All refreshments and meals served at the Symposium from celebrations to mourning. The course are prepared and served under kosher supervision. is free for TBE members and $30 for non-

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Reaching everyone at our seders Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, special to the WJN he central section of the Pesach here at the seder table, and it issues to us these was the claim by a commentator that vernacular, the language of the people; and seder is called Maggid, the telling of a challenge as well. The words Ha Lachma the words were said in Aramaic so that the this personal, sincere invitation had to be T the story. In a traditional Haggadah, Anya remind us offered in a language people understood. most of the Maggid section is comprised of that we are still And that is the essence of the seder. The a series of midrashim: textual commentaries slaves and express Ha Lachma… offers that seder has to be crafted so as to attract the on phrases from the section of the book of the hope that “next attention of the people who are gathered Deuteronomy which describes the descent year we will be stark reminder that as long at the table. By offering an invitation in the to Egypt and the Exodus. free.” It offers that language of the people, the rabbis emphasized But Maggid contains other memorable stark reminder as one person in the world is that the seder has to reach everyone. sections as well: the recounting of the 10 that as long as one Presuming, therefore, that English is the plagues; the singing of Dayenu; and, at person in the world enslaved, we are all not free. vernacular for most of the people at your is enslaved, we are seder, make sure to say the Ha Lachma in the very beginning of the section, a brief Rabbi Robert Dobrusin paragraph which invites those in need to join all not free. The invitation extended to the needy to join us English. Make it clear to everyone at your us at the seder and introduces us to the matza. matza is seen as both a symbol of slavery for the seder would not be understood by table that they are all welcome to participate The reading of that brief paragraph has and of freedom; and this section reminds evil spirits. Since he reasoned evil spirits and welcome to add their voices to the the potential to be one of the most dramatic us once again that we ourselves are caught only understood Hebrew, it was a way of beautiful sounds of the Pesach evening. That moments of the seder. The leader lifts up in the middle between the freedom from making sure only good and positive energy will make for a more complete and more one piece of matza and says the words, Ha Egypt and the fact that we are still not in the gathered at the seder. meaningful seder. Lachma Anya - This is the bread of affliction. Promised Land of redemption. However, as the famous commentator The invitation to the needy to join in the I refer to this moment as dramatic for However, one aspect of Ha Lachma Anya Abarbanel noted, this is a foolish seder reminds us of our responsibility at this many reasons. First, it is dramatic because is particularly interesting to me. Those interpretation. First of all, he says it assumes time of year to insure that all can celebrate it reminds us of the power of symbolism words may sound vaguely understandable there are “evil spirits” who would really want Pesach. It is appropriate to make a and memory. What has begun as a normal to Hebrew speakers, but something is not to disrupt our seders. Secondly, it assumes contribution to a “ma’ot hittim” fund—a festival meal, with the kiddush and the right. They just don’t sound right. And these evil spirits don’t understand Aramaic; special fund for Pesach food for the needy. washing of the hands, has suddenly gone they shouldn’t. They shouldn’t sound right and thirdly, that they would wait for an This year, we at Beth Israel are encouraging in a different direction with the eating of because they are not Hebrew words. They invitation before coming into our homes. people to donate to Mazon (mazon.org) or the greens in salt water (karpas) and the are, in fact, Aramaic. He concludes with the obvious and to Leket, the national food bank in Israel breaking and hiding of the middle matzah. Many of the commentators went into perfect explanation as to why Ha Lachma is (leket.org.il/English). n But that moment in which the matza is long discussions about why Ha Lachma is in Aramaic. He says it is because at the time lifted calls us to remember why we are really said in Aramaic. One of the most creative of the invitation was written, Aramaic was the From sin to sublime Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, special to the WJN n March 2, we will be reading terrible negative memory of the sin of the and had elevated our language from all the Torah but also the higher, infinite levels the Torah portion called Ki Tisa. golden calf associated with the breaking of other languages. When Hashem uttered of the Torah. This increased capacity of O There we read the story of the the first set of tablets?” Another question the Ten Commandments, and revealed the receptivity caused by the self-nullification Jewish people worshipping the golden calf that arises here is from their sin allowed together with the at Mt. Sinai. The Torah says that when Mo- “Why did Hashem second set of tablets double the knowledge ses came down the mountain and saw what give the Jewish of the Torah in comparison to the first set was going on there, he threw the tablets out people the Oral A Jew’s approach to Torah of tablets. of his hands and broke them there at the interpretation only needs to simultaneously This is the answer to the original question base of the mountain. This act of breaking with the second set we posed regarding the order for Moses to the tablets - Moses did on his own volition. of tablets after they incorporate the sense of place the broken pieces of the first tablets That is to say, Hashem did not instruct Mo- had committed into the Holy Ark, the broken tables will ses to break the tablets. Nevertheless, our the terrible sin of elation and completeness remind us to have humility toward Hashem rabbis tell us, Hashem agreed with Moses’ worshipping the and the Torah. actions. As a matter of fact, at the end of golden calf?” Rabbi Aharon Goldstein with the sense of humility The lesson is that a Jew’s approach to Deuteronomy we find that Hashem says to After sinning, Torah needs to simultaneously incorporate Moshe Rabbeineu, “The tablets that you the spiritual level of the Jewish people was and self-nullification. the sense of elation and completeness with broke.” Rashi says He used the word “ash- diminished from where it had been when the sense of humility and self-nullification. er”—that he broke. Asher also means to Moses first went up Mt. Sinai. It would seem Shechinah, the Jewish Nation trembled These are the two feelings that every Jew is confirm. This is interpreted as Hashem con- more appropriate for Hashem to have given with Awe and was in a state of sublime, supposed to have in their heart. On the one firming and praising Moses for his action of Moses the Oral interpretation with the first ecstatic nullification—but not a state hand, we should feel great and complete breaking the tablets. After the breaking of set of tablets when the Jewish people were at of total nullification. This was a state of and elated and elevated that, as a Jew, we the first set of tablets, Hashem gave Moses a higher spiritual level. Chassidus gives us nullification resulting from their becoming are privileged to have this special gift of another set of tablets. These new tablets had the explanations in the following manner. awestruck, elated, and elevated to a much the Torah. However, at the same time, we a certain quality that the first tablets didn’t Since the Torah is so lofty and infinite—we higher spiritual level. have to be nullified for the same reason. have—Hashem added double information are speaking of the infinite knowledge of So, at the first giving of the tablets the This nullification took place after the sin to them compared to the first set. In the sec- Hashem—there is no way, under normal Jewish people had a limited ability to receive. of the golden calf when the Jewish people ond set of tablets Hashem added the laws circumstances, a limited, finite person can Therefore they did not receive the infinite regretted their actions, felt broken-hearted of the Torah and the Midrashic interpreta- ever fully grasp the infinite wisdom of the level of the Torah that included the Oral about it and repented. This allowed them tion—neither of which was included in the Torah. The only way a person can receive interpretation because they were not yet a to be a proper vessel for receiving both the first set of tablets. Then Hashem gave Moses the higher levels of Torah knowledge is to proper vessel to receive such a great revelation. limited and the infinite levels of wisdom of the entire Oral interpretation of the Torah. nullify themselves—their ego—until they It was only after they experienced the the Torah. These tablets were placed into the Holy Ark can no longer feel themselves as an entity sin of the golden calf and witnessed Moses May we all come to have the proper that was to be in the tabernacle. The Talmud separate from Hashem. As we say in the breaking the first set of tablets in front of balance of these elements in our hearts that tells us that in addition to these second tab- Amidah prayers, “Let my soul be as dust their eyes, that they experienced a deep we may merit to have Hashem send the lets that were placed in the Ark, Moses also to all.” Only when one’s self is nullified can nullification—feeling broken hearted and Messiah speedily in our days. n placed the broken pieces from the first set the heart be sufficiently open to receive the ashamed for their sin—so much so that they of tablets. highest levels of Torah wisdom. came down to the level of experiencing “their So a question comes up, “Why was After the revelation of Hashem at Mt. souls being as dust to all.” This nullification Moses told by Hashem to place the broken Sinai, the Jewish people were at a very high created in them the proper receptivity. It tablets in the Ark along with the complete level of spiritual awareness. At that point made them into proper “ vessels “ for the ones, especially when there was such a Hashem had chosen us from all nations revelation of not only the limited levels of 10 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 IReligion

Synagogues across the country swimming in old prayer books By Chavie Lieber NEW YORK (JTA)—After years of watching The problem isn’t going away. The Reform to Jewish Prisoner Services International the congregation. Burg hesitates to bury the synagogue members die or move away, the movement is working on a new High Holy in Seattle. Congregation Netivot Shalom in books because he feels it would be wasteful. Sephardic Jewish Center of Canarsie made the Days prayer book, or machzor, that it expects Berkeley, Calif., sent their old prayer books to “On the one hand, we don’t want to destroy difficult decision to downsize. to release in 2015. Hillel chapters throughout the state two years God’s name or have it fade by the books just The 50-year-old Brooklyn synagogue had ago when it bought new sitting there,” Burg said. “But on the other been a thriving center for the area’s Sephardim. machzors. hand, there’s a concept of ba’al tashchit, of not But after accepting that it could no longer pull But finding a new wanting to just waste things. And it’s difficult to together enough money to cover expenses, home for all the leftover just get rid of things that could still have use.” let alone muster the 10 men necessary for books, some of them Daniel Freedlander, the vice president daily prayer, the synagogue disposed of most decades old, can be of the Union for Reform Judaism, says his of its belongings and began holding Shabbat difficult. movement is confronting the problem of services in a nearby Ashkenazi congregation. “Our machzorim book disposal for at least the third time: But what was the center to do with its we’re looking to get rid first in 1975, when Gates of Prayer replaced prayer books? It owned several hundred of now are usable, but the old Union Prayer Book; in 1990, when a volumes in the Spanish-Portuguese liturgical they are from the 1940s new gender-neutral version was released; and style—some tattered, some like new and some version,” said Rabbi again with Mishkan T’Filah. belonging to older members that may have Philip Scheim of Beth “No weeks pass by without us being had significant worth. David B’nai Israel Beth contacted by people looking to get rid of their “We donated some to a local shul, but Am in Toronto, which old Jewish books,” Freelander said. “A good we had to get rid of a lot of them and bury is planning to upgrade majority of them get donated, but we’ve come them,” Rabbi Myron Rakowitz told JTA. “It to the new Lev Shalem to terms that many will get buried, and the was difficult because we didn’t just want to machzor this year. “The ceremony can actually be educational for kids. throw them out or claim them unusable. We English translation Those books can’t just sit in your attic forever.” want other people to use them, to give them is incredibly hard for At Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, the purpose when we no longer can.” According to Jewish tradition, prayer people to get through.” congregation gathers each year before Passover What to do with the old books—it’s a books are holy and cannot just be thrown out. For most synagogues, if the books don’t to collectively dispose of unused books. A growing problem for synagogues across the Traditionally, they must be placed in a geniza, eventually find a home, to the ground they communal prayer is recited, as is the Mourner’s United States. a repository for holy books awaiting burial. It’s go. Some buy pricey lots in a Jewish cemetery; Kaddish, and there’s a moment of reflection. In the last six years, the three major the only religiously acceptable way to dispose others bury them near their synagogue. “We gather together at the synagogue American Jewish denominations have of them. Sometimes a gravedigger is hired to do the where members bring tattered prayer books released new prayer books. More than 1,500 “This problem is just rampant because now work. and other sacred books that can no longer be synagogues have purchased the books, in is the greatest time for creativity in writing new “It’s really a shame if we have to end up used,” Rabbi Debra Robbins said in an email. some cases making older versions obsolete. prayers and liturgy, and it’s going to get worse when burying our books. They’d be of good use, but “We developed a creative liturgical ceremony More than 700 congregations have bought the new machzor comes out,” said Rabbi Elaine we just can’t find anyone to take them in,” said for families and members of all ages to copies of the Reform movement’s new Mishkan Zecher of Boston, who is leading a committee Marjie Cogan of Congregation Beth Shalom in participate in together, and we have a special T’Filah, and hundreds more are expected working on the new Reform movement prayer Seattle, which has been trying unsuccessfully grave site labeled sifre kodesh,” or holy books. to buy. The Conservative movement’s new book. “But our solution to bury them shouldn’t for years to unload 700 old machzors. “It’s a Zecher noted that Jews have been burying High Holy Days prayer book, the Lev Shalem be looked at negatively. This is an intentional huge problem for us because we don’t have the books for centuries to make room for new Mahzor, has sold nearly 260,000 copies to disposal, not a mindless disposal.” means to store them.” ones, and the practice will continue to grow some 500 congregations since its 2010 release. Some synagogues have sought alternatives That’s not true of Beth Am, a Conservative as the religion continues to evolve. And over 200,000 copies of the Koren siddur to the burial option. Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Baltimore. The synagogue’s rabbi, “It might seem wasteful,” Zecher said, “but released in 2009 have been purchased by more in San Diego takes its old books and those of Daniel Burg, says there is space to temporarily like everything we do, it’s with intention.” n than 300 Orthodox synagogues. several nearby congregations, and mails them store 1,200 books that are no longer used by Nine months after Israeli court ruling, non-Orthodox rabbis still fighting for equal pay By Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA)—In a precedent-setting and other non-Orthodox rabbis in rural to work a certain number of hours, and there part-time salaries. Reform and Conservative decision, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled last May communities could be recognized as “rabbis is no minimum size requirement for their advocates say the change is coming too that a Reform rabbi, Miri Gold, should be paid of non-Orthodox communities” and receive congregations to qualify for salaries. slowly; last week’s court petition is an attempt a state salary, just like her Orthodox colleagues. wages equal to those granted by the state to Aside from the obvious inequalities, to push things along. The Reform and Conservative movements Orthodox rabbis. the new rules put Gold in something of a “It’s hard to move these things without the hailed the decision as a step closer to Several caveats, however, set special Catch-22 in 2012: Unable to raise a full-time courts,” said Orly Erez-Likhovski, the lawyer full equality for non-Orthodox religious conditions for non-Orthodox clergy. salary on her own last year, she worked only who submitted the petition. Aside from denominations. The decision applied only to Israel’s half-time. As a result, she won’t be paid at all Gold, the other rabbi named in the petition But Gold, who works as a rabbi at Kibbutz regional councils—large districts of rural for her work in 2012. is Benjie Gruber, a Conservative rabbi from Gezer in central Israel, still has yet to see her communities—but not Israeli cities. The “Part of the reason our rabbis are part-time is Kibbutz Yahel in southern Israel. first government paycheck. rabbis would be paid by the Ministry of that there isn’t enough funding,” Gold told JTA. Gold says she sees one potential glimmer The government says Gold has not fulfilled Culture and Sport rather than the Religious “The idea is to have more of an even playing of hope: the makeup of the new Knesset. the criteria set by the state for non-Orthodox Affairs Ministry, which pays Orthodox field. The more we can be available to people, the The Yesh Atid party, which controls rabbis. Gold and her allies say the criteria are rabbis. The non-Orthodox rabbis would richer Jewish life will be in this country.” 19 seats, includes advocates for religious onerous and unfairly set different conditions not have religious legal authority over such A spokeswoman for the Ministry of pluralism such as the liberal Jewish scholar for Orthodox and non-Orthodox rabbis. matters as marriage, divorce and conversion. Culture and Sport, Or Doron, said non- Ruth Calderon. In her inaugural Knesset In a bid to challenge the rules, Gold, Two months ago, the Ministry of Culture Orthodox rabbis are paid according to “set speech, Calderon called for equal state another non-Orthodox Israeli rabbi, and the and Sport released its new criteria for non- criteria” and that the ministry uses the same support for secular and pluralistic institutions Conservative and Reform movements filed a Orthodox rabbis to collect state salaries. To pay scale as those for Orthodox rabbis. Just on par with Orthodox ones. Gold hopes that new court petition last week. be eligible, the rabbis must work full-time two non-Orthodox rabbis currently meet the means a wider push for the rights of non- “I can’t tell you how aggravating it is,” and be present at their congregation for at criteria for state wages: Rabbis Yoav Ende of Orthodox rabbis. Anat Hoffman, executive director of the least 40 Sabbaths per year. Only rabbis of Kibbutz Hannaton and Shai Zarchi of Nigun “Meaningful change can happen in the Reform movement’s Israel Religious Action congregations with at least 250 members Halev, a congregation in the town of Nahalal, Knesset,” Gold said. “It would be healthier if Center, told JTA. “We thought this was a can receive full-time pay; those leading near Haifa. some of these decisions were coming out of victory, and then it started to be a rigmarole. congregations of 50-250 members may Doron said that in light of complaints the government and we wouldn’t have to run It’s a real insult.” receive half a salary even though they’d be submitted by the Reform and Conservative to the court.” n Last year’s Supreme Court ruling required to work full-time. movements, the ministry is considering determined that Reform, Conservative By contrast, Orthodox rabbis do not need changing its criteria for 2013 to allow for Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 11 I Passover

In experiencing real freedom, the importance of boundaries By Dasee Berkowitz NEW YORK (JTA)—We have a love-hate who increases the telling of the story of the relationship with boundaries. Exodus from Egypt is praiseworthy”), the We hate being confined or told what to prescribed ritual matters. do. Many adults don’t like having a boss, It’s counterintuitive. If we are celebrating and many schoolchildren get annoyed when freedom, why can’t we be free to choose how the answer is “no.” Boundaries limit our we want to celebrate a holiday of freedom? individuality, intrude upon what we want A Jewish Woodstock? An intellectual salon to do and sometimes feel like an arbitrary contrasting the haggadah with other literary obstacle to getting what we want. works of freedom? Freedom drum circles For children, limits of time (bedtime), with a “L’chayim” to Elijah at the end? sources of enjoyment (how much ice cream Freedom from slavery is one kind of for dessert) or behavior (being scolded for freedom that we celebrate on Passover, but Make your next mailer, shooting a toy bow and arrow around the that is only half of the story. We were liberated brochure, invitation or living room) can seem like arbitrary rules from Egypt not to wander as free spirits in any design project a that stymie their ability to fully enjoy the the wilderness but for a purpose—to serve activity at hand in favor of some far-off goal God. The words are interesting here—we that only their parent understands. As a escape from “avodah kasha” (“difficult grown-up, when I see a sign that says “Keep labor”), which the Egyptians forced upon us, off the grass,” I want nothing more than to to “avodat Hashem” (“worship of God”) and frolic in my bucolic surroundings. a system of life that God reveals to Moses and But we also love boundaries because we the children of Israel at Mount Sinai 50 days know that without them, life would be chaotic. later. The fulfillment of Jewish freedom is a by Dennis Platte As a parent, we know setting firm life of commitment, direction and purpose. boundaries helps us raise our children and We can understand what a purpose- driven freedom means from the Pirkei Avot (the Teachings of our Fathers) interpretation We love boundaries because of the verse from Exodus, “the word of God was harut [engraved] on the stone tablets we know that without them, [that Moses brought down from Mount 734.483.9619 Sinai.]” (Exodus 32:16) In Pirkei Avot 6:2, [email protected] life would be chaotic. Rabbi Joshua ben Levi writes, “Don’t read carved [harut] but rather freedom [heirut], run our households. As a global citizen, for there is no free person other than one we know that boundaries help us create who is occupied with Torah.” civilized societies. And as Jews we know that Here there is a word play between boundaries help define who we are and what “engraved,” which connotes rigidity, and our purpose is. “free.” If we neglect a relationship with the No holiday helps us understand this more Divine, which is established here through than Passover. the study of Torah, and more broadly with The form of the holiday is all about our Jewish tradition and the ethical system boundaries. The flow of the seder—not to mention the very word itself, which means order—requires us to take each step at a Creativity is not only time, in a certain sequence. The rabbis teach that one does not fulfill one’s obligation of allowed on seder night but the seder until we have completed speaking about the pascal offering (pesach), matzah encouraged… the prescribed and the bitter herbs (maror). The themes of Passover also require a ritual matters. degree of prescriptive recitation. On seder night we travel from slavery to freedom, that has been passed down to us through the from being idol worshipers to worshiping generations, then we lack freedom. God, and in the words of the haggadah, from One of the lessons of Passover is that degradation (“genut”) to praise (“shevach”). only within boundaries and structure can We understand these central themes of we experience true freedom. When we the holiday by the rituals on seder night. create appropriate physical boundaries We have particular symbols on the seder for our children, they are able to play and plate. We ask four questions, hinting to us express themselves freely. When we embrace that our ability to ask questions itself is an the boundaries of Jewish commitment act that reflects our status as free people. We through holiday and Shabbat celebration drink four cups of wine, which relate to four and learning, we open up for ourselves the languages of redemption from the Torah contours of a meaningful life. We fill our itself, when God says, “I will take you out lives with the grand narratives (of pursuing from under the burdens of Egypt”; “I will justice and working to free slaves) and lofty save you from their bondage”; “I will redeem ideals (like the importance of Shabbat and you”; and “I will take you to me as a people.” turning off our ego-driven selves for a day to Recited in this sequence, we are become attuned to our souls.) encouraged to reflect how liberation from And when we see that our duty as global Egypt is a process from physical subjugation citizens requires us to put others’ needs before to forging a new relationship with God. our own desires, we create caring societies. Our story of liberation is a carefully This Passover, celebrate the commitments scripted narrative. And while creativity is not you have made—to your family, your Jewish only allowed on seder night but encouraged community and the world, and feel truly free. n (in fact the haggadah itself exhorts, “anyone 12 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 In new children’s books, it’s rhyme time about matzah and the seder By Penny Schwartz BOSTON (JTA)—Years ago, Nancy Steiner “So shout it out! Hurray for matzah! It’s set out to make her family seder a bit more Passover and we’ll eat lotsa.” Jewish Cultural Society A Di erent Way To Do Jewish entertaining for her own young kids. She wrote Gutierrez’s cartoon-like illustrations will a poem that became very popular among family delight kids with lots of smiling faces and a and friends. madcap hunt for the afikomen. Passover 2nd Night Seder On This Night: The Steps of The front cover boasts a the Seder in Rhyme, Steiner’s towering stack of matzah Celebrate first published children’s March 26 Freedom Intercultural 2013 Families $15 per 6:00pm individual

$40 per Community book, is an updated version of that poem with crackers with jam and a friendly dog eager to large format, brightly colored illustrations by share in the festivities. The book will appeal family* Welcome Wendy Edelson that will appeal to religiously especially to those aged 1-4. observant families. This year’s winner of the Sydney Taylor Along with Lotsa Matzah, it’s one of two Award for young readers, recently announced *No one is Vegetarian new Passover books for the youngest children by the Association of Jewish Libraries, is The turned away due Dinner to enliven the beloved holiday. Elijah Door: A Passover Tale (Holiday House). to an inability to pay. On This Night features lively rhymes that The Old World-style story was written by Linda RSVP Online! follow the 14 steps of the seder, with each section Leopold Strauss and illustrated with richly identified by its Hebrew name. detailed colored woodcuts by Alexi Natchev. 2935 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 734-975-9872 In a phone interview with JTA from her home The endearing, lighthearted tale is set in [email protected] www.jewishculturalsociety.org in Los Angeles, Steiner says she hopes the rhymes Poland (and sometimes Russia). The grown-ups not only entertain but also reveal the heart of the in the Galinsky and Lippa families start a foolish holiday and the meaning behind the seder. argument over hens and geese that divides their Part of the verse reads: “Telling the story town. With Passover approaching, the children each year like it’s new helps us to feel that it’s of the two families plot a reunion, inspired by what WE went through.” the hope that comes with Elijah’s presence Edelson’s lively illustrations of the seder night during the holiday. depict a contemporary religiously observant “Who can resist a folktale about star-crossed family with a modern aesthetic. Young girls and lovers with a Jewish twist and a happy ending?” boys, whose heads are covered with kippot, are commented Aimee Lurie, chair of the Sydney shown participating fully in the seder’s activities. Taylor Awards Committee. A fuzzy yellow duckling tags along for the festival. The book stands out for its “lovely woodcut Lotsa Matzah (Karn Ben), a board book illustrations, creative problem solving and by Tilda Balsley and illustrated by Akemi positive Jewish message of loving your neighbor,” Gutierrez, sets the beat with lighthearted rhymes writes Lurie, librarian at the Agnon Jewish Day about matzah and Moses, and the hunt for the School in Cleveland. “It all adds up to a story afikomen. One double-page spread offers some children will want to hear more than once.” n tempting ways to enjoy eating matzah—with “syrup on fried matzah brei. Matzah pizza, cheese piled high.”

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New haggadahs: Edgar Bronfman’s and an interactive version for kids By Penny Schwartz BOSTON (JTA)—Francine Hermelin Levite said, adding that her husband, also a graphic perfect sense.” questions and disrupts the status quo. But all and Edgar Bronfman have been using unique designer, helped with the images. Bronfman, too, has fond memories of his the characters of the Exodus, including God, versions of the Passover Haggadah for years. Over the years, her do-it-yourself, hands-on childhood seders as joyful gatherings of family, are represented as metaphor and not historical Now both have decided to publish their versions haggadah has become popular through word of but says they were uninteresting, uninformative facts, he writes. of the Exodus story. mouth. Last year she decided to self publish and rote. Over his lifetime, dissatisfied with Welcoming Elijah the prophet earlier in Hermelin Levite, 43, the mother of and was amazed the available haggadahs, he has cut and the seder underscores the Jewish value of three school-aged children, is the author with the number pasted passages from various welcoming in strangers, Bronfman says. of My Haggadah: Made it Myself, (http:// of orders from versions to New words to the popular song “Dayenu” madeitmyselfbooks.com), an interactive far-flung locales create more express gratitude for establishing a homeland version for children of the ritual-laden book such as Budapest engaging in Israel. Bronfman ends the seder with a that is now available on Amazon. and Hong Kong. seders in his call for spiritual peace in Jerusalem among Bronfman, 84, the business giant and This year, own home. A Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Arabs, Jewish philanthropist, offers The Bronfman with a grant few years ago and all warring peoples. Haggadah (Rizzoli) illustrated by his wife, from Reboot, he decided to Notably, Bronfman expands the narrative the artist Jan Aronson. a nonprofit create his own of the traditional haggadah to include the Hermelin Levite’s journey to publishing that supports haggadah.“I giving of the Ten Commandments at Mount a Haggadah began about eight or nine years innovative projects wanted to get Sinai. While the foundation of Jewish law is ago when she joined some unaffiliated young to engage young, all the words the theme of Shavuot, he acknowledges that Jewish families living in lower Manhattan who unaffiliated Jews, right,” he said. most Jews are unaware of the holiday that were banding to create a Passover celebration. Hermelin Levite is traveling across the country The popularity follows Passover. Growing up in Detroit, Hermelin Levite says introducing the haggadah to new audiences. The of Passover offers a unique opportunity, he “Freedom doesn’t mean anything without she enjoyed lively and inspirational seders led spiral-bound haggadah will appeal to kids with tells JTA. the responsibility of law,” Bronfman tells by her father, who followed the traditional all levels of knowledge of Jewish observance. “We have a chance to teach young people JTA. “To be free is a privilege we too often haggadah embellished by music he composed To illustrate the passage of the four what Judaism is about,” Bronfman said. take for granted.” and other innovations. But she knew it was not children—the wise, wicked, simple and silent— Children’s author Eric Kimmel, the author Arsonson, who has fond memories of a universal experience. the haggadah offers four blank faces in which of Wonders and Miracles, a Passover companion Passover seders growing up in New Orleans, Hermelin Levite, a one-time journalist, kids are asked to draw the personalities of filled with art that in 2004 won a National spent nearly a year working on the illustrations educational software developer and graphic guests at their seder. Blessings are written in Jewish Book award, applauds that spirit. for the Bronfman Haggadah, determined to designer, volunteered to compile the haggadah. Hebrew with English transliteration. “If the traditional version doesn’t work for avoid cliched images. To keep the images She said it had to resonate with kids and families In retelling the Exodus story, children are you, come up with something else,” he advocates, fresh—and to entertain youngsters—she of multiple backgrounds. presented with an empty suitcase and asked to with a nod to the tradition but also with a dose changes up the artistic styles from one page She also was motivated by the needs of her think about what they would take if they had of disrespect, he adds with a laugh. “What’s to another—some are realistic, others abstract young son, who has severe food allergies to to leave in a hurry. Hermelin Levite hopes the important is to follow the biblical injunction to or geometric—and also varies the mood and nuts, chicken and wheat. provocative questions spark conversation. tell your children the story of Passover.” colors. A biblical map of the Exodus depicts the “He was allergic to the food of Passover,” she She credits her Jewish education and a The Bronfman Haggadah (www.rizzoliusa. possible routes traveled by the Israelites. recalls thinking and vowed to create a seder in family that fostered a love of Jewish experience com/book.php?isbn=9780847839681) is For the Ten Plagues, Aronson draws a large which he could participate. with the inspiration for creating the haggadah. written entirely in English—Bronfman quips singing insect that will capture the attention Hermelin Levite recognized that children “I used to think I was an accidental it’s to appeal to most American Jews, who do of children. Miriam’s tambourine is vibrantly communicate in various ways. children’s book author,” Hermelin Levite wrote not know Hebrew. The reading takes about colored with long flowing ribbons that “The book is designed to invite artistic to JTA in an email. “But given my upbringing, an hour-and-a-half. Unlike the traditional complement the joy described in the narrative expression ranging from simple stickers to professional path and journey raising my kids, haggadah, Bronfman includes Moses, who as the Israelites escape bondage. n more complex collage and discussion,” she [writing the haggadah] seems to make the he holds as a role model of a leader who asks On kibbutz, secular seders stray from tradition By Ben Sales (JTA)—The families surround long tables other is more important.” Shlomo Deshen, author of “Secular Israelis Kibbutz Mishmar Haemek, in northern covered by white tablecloths. Festive decorations Its Haggadah features illustrations of on Pesach Night,” says kibbutzim long have led Israel, stages a smaller harvest ceremony. line the walls, and the kitchen is free of chametz, landscapes and Jewish history drawn by a the way in making Passover a modern Israeli “Our holiday is based on our being an the leavened foods forbidden on Passover. kibbutz member from the 1940s and includes holiday of “Zionism, socialism, humanism.” agricultural town and the spring being an Seder plates sit in front of hungry participants. biblical verses not found in the traditional “The holiday inspired creative ceremonies awakening,” said Raya Shlomi, who runs the But instead of someone reading the text—from the book of Exodus as well as whose greatest expression was through the kibbutz’s seder. “We also have the story of the Haggadah or reciting the kiddush over wine, from “Song of Songs,” which traditionally is new Haggadahs of the kibbutz movement,” Exodus from Egypt, but unlike a traditional the crowd sings a modern Israeli kids’ song read on Passover. Deshen wrote. seder, where God performs all the miracles, about Passover: “Great joy! Great joy! Spring At Kibbutz Ein Shemer, near the Today, even many religious Israelis have Moses plays the central part.” has arrived, Pesach is here!” Mediterranean coast, the seder is marked by incorporated nontraditional elements such As the kibbutz movement has changed So begins the holiday at Ramat Yochanan, children’s plays, Israeli folk sing-alongs and as children’s plays and modern songs into in recent decades, becoming less communal, an 80-year-old secular kibbutz near Haifa. musical performances. Hundreds of kibbutz their own seders. But the kibbutzim take the seders at Ramat Yochanan have shrunk. Many secular Israelis attend traditional members and their guests attend. The kibbutz things further. Decades ago, more than 1,000 people used to seders on Passover; as with American Jews, the Haggadah, which it has used for decades, has At Ramat Yochanan, one of the community’s turn out for the holiday celebration; today the seder is one of Israel’s most widely performed four sections: spring, from freedom to slavery, Passover highlights is a gathering on the holiday’s number is down to 400, according to Feinstein. religious rituals. Several of Israel’s oldest peace and the land of Israel. The division is a first day in a wheat field for a reenactment of a Most kibbutz members now choose to celebrate kibbutzim depart from tradition, however, nod to the sets of four (cups of wine, sons, etc.) ceremony described in the Talmud: the wheat at home with their families, she says. and conduct secular seders according to their that pepper the original Haggadah. harvest celebration. “People need to feel like the seder is theirs own sensibilities rather than the dictates of the “We see it as the founding holiday of our “Is the sun coming?” asks a man standing on and that they’re not sacrificing themselves,” she traditional Haggadah. nation, which we celebrate according to our a stage. “Is it time for the harvest?” said. “The collective used to be in the center. At many secular kibbutzim, the emphasis is rules,” said Anna Sasson, who has been running “Yes!” the members answer. The kibbutz’s Now the individual is in the center, and he on the themes that motivated their founders to the Ein Shemer seder for 15 years. “We give it boys then rush into the field to grab sheaves of needs to decide what’s appropriate for him.” settle the land nearly a century ago: freedom, its own character from our secular world, and wheat and throw them into baskets held by the Feinstein isn’t ready to give up on the nature and the Jews’ return to the land of Israel. we have a lot of love for tradition, homeland, community’s girls. The girls swing the baskets communal meal. Ramat Yochanan’s seder does not “tell agriculture, spring and freedom.” up and down and side to side while a leader “What I see in the kibbutz seder is ‘brothers midrashim, how many plagues happened at As at other kibbutzim, Ein Shemer pays reads passages from the Bible about the wheat sitting together,’ ” she said, quoting a famous the sea, this and that,” said Miri Feinstein, who homage to the seder’s religious roots in its harvest and settling the land. A choir and band biblical verse. “Even when we were poor, we organizes the meal. “Our conversation about Haggadah by quoting heavily from the Bible, then perform on stage while kibbutz members always invested in Passover. People want to leaving Egypt and guarding the freedom of the using verses describing springtime or the Exodus. sing and dance to Israeli folk songs. safeguard the community.” n Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 15 Benard L. Maas Foundation Family Concert

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Transforming whiskey production in distillation’s birthplace By Sean Savage/JNS.org odeled on the extraordinary success Eastern alchemists and began producing whiskey to be a kosher wine, while Israeli-produced beers using as many Israeli ingredients as possible, of the craft beer movement—which when they returned. (In fact, this reporter’s own such as Goldstar and Maccabee have become and even taking advantage of Israel’s unique Mhas revolutionized the beer industry Irish ancestors may have also played a role in this popular everyday drinks. Israel has also seen the topography and climate. in the United States by emphasizing small-scale legend. It is told that in 1276, that an Irish landlord craft beer phenomenon come to its shores with Fried said that producing whiskey in warmer specialty production —the micro-distilling revo- named Sir Robert Savage—who also reportedly the opening of numerous brew pubs throughout climates such as Israel’s might bring advantages. lution has similarly reshaped the landscape of traveled to the Middle East on Crusade decades the country. “The Indian-produced whiskey Amrut, which American whiskey production with its emphasis earlier—would serve his soldiers whiskey before As a result, Israel seems primed for the latest has won numerous awards for its single malts, on local authenticity and character. going into battle, a sort of early liquid courage). alcohol trend, micro-distilling. That’s where produces its whiskey quicker while maintaining A British-born Israeli and his sabra partner Aside from the legend, it is known that the Milk and Honey Distillery comes into play, high quality because the warmer climate helps to are teaming up to bring this phenomenon to the process of distillation, like beer and wine seeking to grow the legacy of the “water of life” speed the ageing process,” he said. Additionally, Israel by becoming Israel’s first-ever artisanal production before it, originated in the Middle and connect with its Middle East roots. Despite Fried said he might consider ageing some of whiskey producer, the Milk and Honey Distillery. East and then spread to Europe. This is seen in the that history, Milk and Honey’s Fried said that to his barrels down by the Dead Sea—the lowest “We intend to make a whiskey that can stand be taken seriously, whiskey producers must look place in the world. While Israel is famous for its ti t

on its own two feet,” Simon Fried, one of the o outside the Middle East and learn from the best frustrating bureaucracy, Fried said it shouldn’t be founders of Milk and Honey,” told JNS.org. “Not rr in the world in places like Ireland, Scotland and too difficult to get a distillery running soon.

only to make a whiskey from Israel for the first el Ce the United States. “There isn’t much red tape in Israel when it

time, but a good whiskey that will be respected cha “I have experience in the Scottish whisky comes to producing whiskey,” he said. “Israel a

around the world.” : R doesn’t have much of a history in alcohol and it

At first glance, it may seem out of place to ed as a result doesn’t have a legacy of laws left over produce whiskey in the Middle East. But many r from prohibition, like in America, that stunted o C t

may not realize that the science behind whiskey o the growth of American craft beer and whiskey h production—distillation—originated in the P until recently.” region thousands of years ago as alchemy, a sort But Fried’s biggest challenge may be Israelis of mythical pseudoscience that attempted to The Bushmills Whiskey Distillery themselves. While beer and wine are very in Bushmills, Ireland

produce gold from other elements. . popular in the Jewish state, vodka is very popular

Evidence points to numerous ancient language and equipment we use am within the country’s large Russian community, l

Middle Eastern civilizations—such as the to produce alcohol today. The as and Arabs consume moonshine-like Arak, there H

Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks and even word alcohol comes from the hn isn’t much of an appreciation for whiskey in Israel.

Jewish alchemists—experimenting with Arabic al-kuḥl, a powder used : Jo “There will be a lot of educating to do,” Fried it

distillation. Even the Bible alludes to King David as eyeliner, and the alembic, ed said. With some strong investors already in as being an expert alchemist as well as several the predecessor to the pot still r place, however, Fried said he fully expects to o C t

prophets, including Elijah, Isaiah and Ezekiel. used in whiskey and brandy o begin whiskey production by the end of 2013 h Another famous Jewish alchemist was a woman production. This history can P or early 2014. known as “Mary the Jewess” who lived in the first also be traced back by using Whisky barrels at the White and MacKay distillery in “We eventually plan on having a fully century CE in Alexandria and experimented with the word whiskey itself, which Invergordon, Scotland functioning distillery with a visitor’s center to boiling and distilling, according to the Jewish comes from the Gaelic uisge beatha or Latin industry and have been in touch with Scottish educate and allow people to experience the Virtual Library. aqua vitae, or “water of life,” as it was known in whisky and Irish whiskey consultants to help to whiskey culture,” he said. n It is based on this rich Middle Eastern tradition antiquity. produce a proper whiskey,” Fried told JNS.org. A special note to whiskey connoisseurs: The that whiskey was born. According to legend, Irish Today, in a region bereft of alcohol production, But despite tapping into Scottish and Irish author, keeping in line with his Irish heritage, monks and soldiers traveling to the Holy Land as Israel has seen a boom in its alcohol industry. know-how, Fried is determined to incorporate as chooses to spell whiskey with an “e” rather part of the Crusades (some say even earlier) first Israeli wines have become world-renowned for much from Israel as he can, such as using Israeli than “whisky.” learned of the process of distillation from Middle their quality and taste, redefining what it means and Jewish themes for branding and marketing, In SodaStream boycott push, Palestinians may be the victims By Ben Sales MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank (JTA)—For Maale Adumim site told JTA. one day there will be peace?” by international law, BDS hopes to use nonviolent proponents of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Rasim has worked at the plant SodaStream’s case, some pressure to get Israel to stop the occupation,” movement, SodaStream would appear to be a for four months and asked that say, is one example of how said Kristin Szremski, a spokeswoman for the straightforward target. his last name not be published. boycotting an Israeli company Interfaith Boycott Committee, a pro-BDS group. The Israeli company, which sells a popular “Everything is OK. I always doing business in the West “The boycott of SodaStream felt like it was a great kitchen gadget that turns tap water into carbonated work with Jews. Everyone works Bank can end up hurting opportunity to raise awareness about settlements drinks, has a large factory in a West Bank together, so of course we’re the very goals that boycott and thwart SodaStream’s effort to get into the settlement. When SodaStream announced that it friends.” proponents say they are trying American market.” would run an ad during the Super Bowl, the pro- For SodaStream CEO Daniel to achieve: Palestinian rights Szremski dismissed the argument that Palestinian boycott campaign against the company Birnbaum, treating Arabs and and Israel-Palestinian peace. hurting SodaStream could hurt the livelihood of reached a fever pitch. Jews equally is a doctrine, not a “The SodaStream situation Palestinians, calling it “a way to obfuscate” the issue. But for hundreds of Palestinians, SodaStream convenience. is extremely complicated “The point is not just to make SodaStream go isn’t a target; it’s their employer. “We practice equality and full cooperation because it’s a clear case of where the owners are out of business,” Szremski told JTA. “Were there On a recent afternoon, women wearing both on the job and off it,” Birnbaum told the Arab making real efforts to engage the Palestinian no settlements to begin with, Palestinians could hijabs hurried to their shifts at the plant located in publication Al Monitor in a recent interview. workers with fair wages and in management be working their own lands. The fact that a worker Ma’ale Adumin, a suburban settlement about 15 When he was invited to the Israeli president’s positions,” said Kenneth Bob, president of the goes to work every day does not indicate that it is minutes west of Jerusalem. Some 500 West Bank residence recently to receive an award, Birnbaum liberal Zionist group Ameinu, which supports a good thing.” Palestinians work at the site, in addition to 400 brought with him a few Palestinian employees and the establishment of a Palestinian state in the Another Palestinian worker at SodaStream’s Arabs from eastern Jerusalem and a mix of 200 insisted on undergoing the same rigorous security West Bank but still opposes boycotts of settlement West Bank site, who gave his name as Mmdoh, Israeli Jews and foreign workers, including refugees checks to which they were subjected, Birnbaum products. “At the same time, it does on some level said politics don’t enter the workplace. from Africa. told Al Monitor. When it came time for Birnbaum’s strengthen the occupation because it’s a factory “We don’t get into that,” said Mmdoh, 34. “I feel The Maale Adumim factory has an on-site speech, he broke with protocol and publicly over the Green Line,” the boundary between Israel normal. I don’t have conversations about it.” mosque and a synagogue, and Jewish and Arab upbraided his host, President Shimon Peres, for and the West Bank. For its part, SodaStream sees growth on the employees share the same dining hall. SodaStream the unequal treatment that his Palestinian workers Advocates of BDS say supporting SodaStream horizon. Its Super Bowl ad cost about $3.7 million, has two other facilities in Israel, in Ashkelon and had received, including strip searches down to amounts to supporting Israel’s occupation of the according to Ad Age, and won notice not just for the Galilee town of Mount Tabor. The Galilee their underwear. “We are committed to continue West Bank and that boycotting the company is its exploding bottles of brand-name sodas, but factory employs several hundred Israeli Arabs. serving as a bridge and to sowing hope,” Birnbaum an effective way to support Palestinian national because a version of the ad highlighting digs at “Everyone works together: Palestinians, Russians, said in his speech. “Who knows as well as you, Mr. aspirations.“In the absence of global and Pepsi and Coca-Cola was rejected by CBS, which Jews,” a Palestinian employee named Rasim at the Peres, how important it is to remain optimistic that international political pressure for Israel to abide broadcast the game n. Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 17 I Youth

JCC’s ECC staff planning an exciting summer at Camp Keshet Peretz Hirshbein, special to the WJN t may be the middle of winter, but the pre- gardening in a small group with Thursdays, Camp Keshet travels to the tot pool school staff of the Jewish Community Cen- their teacher. They also have at nearby Buhr Park for an hour of swimming. I ter of Greater Ann Arbor’s Early Childhood a chance to make their own Wednesdays feature field trips, walks to the local Center (ECC) has already started planning for choices during work time, the library, or exploring a nearby nature reserve. a great summer. Summer at the ECC means it’s centerpiece of the morning, when Last summer Camp Keshet went on field trips time for Camp Keshet, the ECC’s dynamic sum- they can choose to work with any to Michigan Stadium, a nature preserve, the mer program for preschoolers. This summer the of the materials available in the Farmer’s Market, and Oz’s Music. Every summer Camp Keshet staff is planning even more excit- learning environment. Frequent also includes an Independence Day celebration, ing nature experiences, great field trips, more sights include children painting, and visits from special guests, such as rabbits fun at the pool, and an even more enriching time building with lumber, exploring from the Great Lakes Rabbit Sanctuary. This in the camp’s unique outdoor learning environ- nature with magnifying glasses, summer Camp Keshet will have the opportunity ment that stimulates children’s learning in all and experimenting with pulleys to take some very special field trips to the developmental areas. And with the cooperation and buckets. On Tuesdays and beautiful site of Camp Raanana! of nature, the Camp Keshet gardens should pro- Ever since the staff at the ECC took Camp duce even more veggies for campers to sample Keshet out of the building and into an outdoor right off the vine. learning environment, the teachers noticed that So why do children need outdoor learning? Work Time 2012 the children had far richer experiences outdoors, According to Mary Rivkin, author of The Great using the same materials that they might have Outdoors, children today know less about and materials that are familiar. Taking used inside. The book area, set under a large nature, the flora and fauna of their immediate the House area outside transforms it hickory tree had the same kinds of books and environments than prior generations, since their into the camping area, as children comfortable places to sit as existed inside. But knowledge comes from sources like books and have access to a camping tent, fire teachers reading with children outside noticed television, rather than direct experience. Direct ring, and other camping equipment. that, “Sitting on a blanket and reading a book experiences with nature teach children to treasure By bringing familiar materials was a science activity. Hickory nuts, leaves, and the environment and provide the emotional outside, and by adding materials twigs were on the ground. Squirrels were in attachment to our world that will inspire them to that can only be used outside, the treetop gnawing on the nuts and dropping engage in tikkun olam, repairing the world. children experience the familiar in a pieces of the hulls down on the ground. Insects The centerpiece of the camp program is the completely different way. were crawling on the bark of the trunk!” outdoor classroom environment. Utilizing large On a typical morning at camp, Research on children and outdoor learning tents for art, block, and manipulative areas, the campers have the chance to do indicates that spending time outdoors reduces activities like painting, building, or Field trip to Farmers Market camp provides the children with interest areas continued on next page

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18 0647_United-Mortgage Ad-19.625x6.375.indd 1 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 2/5/13 11:03 AM Campers at Camp Gan Israel focus on healthy eating Camp Keshet, from previous page Mendy Rimler, special to the WJN conflict as well. ECC teacher Michelle Paris hough schools often get the blame for to say camp will be less fun, just fun in a more fitness program. So when kids choose two noted that, “Even though children often worked poor nutrition and lack of physical ac- wholesome way. activities every day from the iCamp program, close together, we saw much less conflict T tivity, summer camps aren’t always a To wit: Zumba dancing is a new feature they’ll have the option to pick Zumba and between children in the eight weeks we spent healthy solution. Summer camps can present a this year. As a part of the “funshops,” a range plenty of other super-fun yet active activities, in the outdoor classroom.” Spending time conundrum when it comes to nutrition: While in addition to the activities they picked from outdoors reduces stress levels, allowing people the typical day is packed with a broad array of in iCamp last year. Zumba dancing features of all ages to respond to potential conflict far calorie-killing physical activities, most camps fast moving music that will keep kids moving more calmly. Lowered stress also increases take a unhealthy approach to food, usually serv- for forty-five minutes, while the choreography people’s ability to concentrate and be aware of ing whatever kids like. ensures that they’ll stay highly entertained the what is going on around them A recent study published in the American entire time. Learning experiences taking place Journal of Public Health found that while school Another new iCamp activity is healthy eating, outside have a richness missing from the nutrition may not always be ideal, the structured where kids can learn the difference between same experiences indoors, as the changing nature of the school year, which includes sugar and fat laden snacks and healthy foods, natural world adds layers of learning. The scheduled meals, snacks and recess may benefit and even create their own nutritious snacks. That American Jewish community realized long children more than the food they eat in the will translate into a full-scale—and organized— ago how important outdoor experiences summertime. What’s more, parents who pack invasion of the kitchen at camp, where kids are for children, playing a major role in the lunches in the summer tend to stick to packaged will create edible stick figures out of vegetables, development of Fresh Air Fund camps across products that hold up in the hot weather. monitor the cookie recipe ingredients to ensure the country. According to nature education Enter Shternie Zwiebel, director at Camp the wholesomeness of the cookies they’ll bake advocate Richard Louv, author of Last Child Gan Israel in Ann Arbor, where healthy and cook original gourmet snacks. in the Woods, outdoor education is so valuable eating is taking center stage this year. “We’re “During lunch, we’re going to talk about because it focuses on, “the elements that have incorporating healthy eating and the benefits of portion control, and our snacks provided in always united humankind: driving rain, hard good nutrition into every part of our curriculum camp will be of the healthier variety,” says wind, warm sun, forests deep and dark—and at camp,” she says. At the beginning of the day, Zwiebel. Her efforts to make nutrition a the awe and amazement that our earth inspires, counselors will weave the theme of healthy major theme throughout camp will ensure especially during our formative years.” n eating at assembly time, and they will discus that the advantage of physical activity in the with children at mealtimes the nutritional Campers Eviyatar, Yoel and Ofir summertime won’t go to waste. “Having fun For questions about Camp Keshet, contact was never this healthy,” she beams. n Peretz Hirshbein, JCC Early Childhood Direc- benefits of the particular foods they are eating. This new push also means less food prizes. of activities that children can choose from, they tor, at 971-0990 or [email protected], or visit the For more information about Camp Gan Israel, visit “We’re focusing on incentives that don’t include will have the opportunity to join this easy-to- JCC’s website at www.jccannarbor.org. www.mycampganisrael.com or call 995-3276#5 candies and treats,” explains Zwiebel. That’s not follow, exhilarating calorie-burning dancing

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What (not) to expect from Obama’s visit to Israel By Ben Cohen/JNS.org ometimes you have to give politi- outraged sections of the American Jewish has increased the instability on Israel’s northern unilateral recognition, and of portraying Israel’s cians a little credit. If you heard community, is actually the least of these.) frontier, which exploded into war as recently as attempts to secure the integrity of Jerusalem as a S through the grapevine that two of To begin with, there is Iran. The Iranian 2006, after Hezbollah, a client of both Syria and devious scheme to deny them a contiguous state, your friends had been discussing you, with Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has, as Iran, rained missiles on Israeli towns and cities does not comport well with American policy, one calling you a “liar” and the other one re- expected, rejected the Obama Administration’s in the region. Nor are any of the post-Assad however big the disagreements between Obama plying, “I have to deal with him even more proposal for direct talks on and Netanyahu have been. In Ramallah, Obama e. often than you,” chances are you would cut the mullahs nuclear program s will face a Palestinian leadership whose current ties. And that’s exactly what former French ­—an offer which, depending modus operandi is to diplomatically isolate, President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. President on your point of view, was e Hou rather than engage with, Israel. Moreover, it is a hit W

Barack Obama said, respectively, about the either a smart way of outing : leadership that remains divided between Fatah Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu it

the Iranians true intentions, ed in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza. Nor in an unguarded moment at the G20 Summit or a weak gesture reminiscent r should we forget that the backing of Hamas by o C t

in France two years ago. of the “reset” policy with o two key American allies in the region, Turkey h Yet, in the aftermath of this exchange, it is Vladimir Putin’s Russia. P and Qatar, threatens to bury the PA’s talks with the imperatives of statecraft, and not personal Additionally, there is a change Obama into migraine-inducing complexity. antipathies, that have won the day. This spring— of leadership to consider: Some readers will already be aware that I’ve the White House has not released the precise Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the ranked the above topics in order of priority. The date—the recently re-elected Obama will visit Iranian President, is on his way Palestinian question is not, as Chuck Hagel, Israel to be hosted by the recently re-elected out, with a June election that Obama’s nominee for defense secretary, believes, Netanyahu. Doubtless, every journalist present may well see his hated rival, Ali the key to stability in the Middle East. Right now, will be watching both leaders for uneasy body Larijani, replace him. Larijani, a Palestinian state alongside Israel—the much- language or facial ticks, as if the entire U.S-Israeli however, is no reformer. A vaunted and increasingly tired-looking “two relationship can be interpreted through the fact former nuclear negotiator, (L toR) Sara Netanyahu, Michelle Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Barack Obama state solution”—will satisfy no one. Arab and that Bibi and Barack don’t like each other. he is also, like Ahmadinejad, Muslim radicals will denounce any hint of a deal While it’s true that warm personal a Holocaust denier who regularly rants about scenarios particularly comforting, given the rising as treachery, leaving PA President Mahmoud relationships have enhanced the foreign policies his desire to destroy Israel. Unless Obama can presence of Islamists in the Syrian resistance. Abbas, who hasn’t exactly established his of certain Presidents—think of Ronald Reagan conclusively persuade Netanyahu that the In addition to Syria, Egypt and potentially credentials as an honest negotiator, with little and Margaret Thatcher, or George W. Bush sanctions imposed on Iran are working, their the rest of North Africa will be on the agenda as room for maneuvering. and Tony Blair—they are not a prerequisite for conversation on this topic is likely to reach the a result of the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood The wisest way of approaching Obama’s visit, success. The key issue with Obama’s visit to Israel question of pre-emptive military action much in this part of the world. The Israelis can’t then, is to do so without expectations. If Obama is not whether the President and Netanyahu can more quickly than either would desire. be pleased with the continuing provision of repeats his pledge made during the election learn to like each other, but whether they can Then there is the situation in the Arab world. more than $1 billion in American aid to Egypt campaign to stand by Israel in the event of an agree on common goals. Obama, in the past, Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad’s slaughter annually, given the anti-Semitic and anti-Israel attack, that outcome will be satisfying enough. has spoken of the importance of putting more of his own population continues unabated, is noises President Muhamed Morsi and his Presidential visits abroad are, in any case, carefully “daylight” between himself and the Israelis. the most pressing concern. America’s lack of cronies have been making. At the same time, the stage-managed events. The strength of the U.S.- Perhaps the White House and Jerusalem might leadership over the Syrian crisis, which contrasts Americans can point out that Morsi’s control Israel relationship will be tested not while Obama jointly decide that it’s time to close the gap, now markedly with France’s intervention against over the Egyptian army is far from complete, is in the country, but once he is gone. n that Obama and Netanyahu will remain in Islamist terrorists in the west African state of Mali, and that therefore a strong Egyptian military is a Ben Cohen is the Shillman Analyst for JNS.org. power until the middle of the present decade. has piled doubt upon the endless predictions that useful counterweight to the Islamists. His writings on Jewish affairs and Middle Eastern Perhaps. There remain important strategic Assad’s regime is in its final days. Assad’s ire has Finally, there is the Palestinian issue. As well politics have been published in Commentary, the differences between the two countries which turned again upon Israel, following an air strike as visiting Israel, Obama will visit the Palestinian New York Post, Ha’aretz, Jewish Ideas Daily and one visit alone is unlikely to resolve (Obama’s in early February against what was reported to be Authority, which promises to be a far bigger many other publications decision to thus far avoid a trip to Israel, which a military research center near Damascus. All this headache. The Palestinian strategy of pursuing

Despite progress, work remains for next Pope on Israel-Vatican ties By Sean Savage/JNS.org

he sudden resignation announce- 90 following the 1948 War of Independence. The hand as a young man. As Pope, he repeatedly

ment of Pope Benedict XVI left the ash Church favored an international solution to the condemned anti-Semitism, commemorated the world stunned. For Israel, the end of /Fl Jerusalem issue. Holocaust and established diplomatic relations

T hat Benedict’s tenure as Pope concludes nearly o Approval of the reforms known as Vatican with Israel in 1993, according to the Jewish h two decades of remarkable progress of re- S II in 1965, however, brought profound changes Virtual Library. ti lations between the Vatican and Israel. But a

: N to the relationship between Catholics and Jews. John Paul II’s efforts culminated with a trip Benedict’s resignation also raises uncertainty it Most important was the declaration of Nostra to Israel in 2000, where he publicly apologized ed over the future, regarding the next Pope’s r

C Aetate, which changed the Church’s position on for centuries of Catholic persecution of Jews O policies and issues over the Church’s rela- T deicide, no longer blaming Jews for the death and placed a note in the Western Wall asking for O

tionship with Zionism and support for the PH of Jesus. But despite the theological shift, the God’s forgiveness. Palestinians. Vatican still did not change its position on Israel. Nevertheless, important theological and Despite centuries of mutual mistrust and “A strong concern at that time for Vatican diplomatic issues between Israel-Vatican severe anti-Semitism, early Zionist leaders officials was the safety of Middle Eastern remained, including issues such as Palestinian understood the political importance of the Christians and their holy sites in the region statehood. Catholic Church in the Middle East. In 1904, Pope Benedict XVI prays at the Western Wall in amid the Arab-Israeli Wars,” Dr. Ruth Langer, “The establishment of Israel-Vatican Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism, met Jerusalem’s Old City on May 12, 2009 professor of Jewish studies at Boston College and relations in 1993 was heavily tied to the Oslo with Pope Pius X and sought his support for After the establishment of Israel in 1948, the associate director of the Center for Christian- Accords and the expectation of a resolution to their endeavor. Herzl, however, did not receive Vatican’s position on Israel changed very little. Jewish Learning, told JNS.org. the Israeli-Palestinian issue,” Langer told JNS. the support he was looking for. The concept of Zionism was little understood This concern led to relations with Israel org. “We cannot prevent the Jews from going to within the Church and was contrary to being completely left out of the discussion Benedict XVI largely continued his Jerusalem, but we could never sanction it. The traditional Catholic doctrine, which held that during Vatican II. predecessor’s outreach to both the Jewish Jews have not recognized our Lord; therefore we the Jews were destined to wander the Earth Still, the relationship began to improve on community and the state of Israel. He also cannot recognize the Jewish people. If you come for their involvement in the death of Jesus. both the Jewish-Christian and Israel-Vatican became the first pontiff to declare a sweeping to Palestine and settle your people there, we will Diplomatically, the main concerns of the Church fronts under the leadership of Pope John Paul II. exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of have churches and priests ready to baptize all of related to sovereignty over Catholic holy sites in Born Karol Wojtyla in Wadowice, Poland Jesus Christ. In his book Jesus of Nazareth-Part you,” Pope Pius X told Herzl, according to the Israel, including the status of Jerusalem, which in 1920, John Paul II was profoundly shaped by Jewish Virtual Library. had been divided between Israel and Jordan his experience of witnessing the Holocaust first- continued on page 22 20 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 Your feet are in good hands

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Canadian-born Orthodox Jew Nick Muzin helps boost GOP Sen. Tim Scott to prominence By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA)—On a Saturday Scott instead had his eye on the state’s even some of his friends. In 2000 he rallied for the Thurmond, son of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond night following Shabbat, Nick Muzin ar- lieutenant governorship, which is what first drew Gore-Lieberman ticket, but in 2004 he told the (R-S.C.), and the primary race before trouncing rayed on his dining room table what would the men together in 2009. The lieutenant governor Yale Daily News that encounters with liberals at his Democratic challenger in the general election. turn out to be the winning strategy to elect oversees the state’s Office of Aging, and Muzin, Yale had driven him rightward. Muzin became Scott’s chief of staff and moved the first black Republican to Congress from a lawyer with an medical degree from Yeshiva “I find that the student body here is ultra- back to Washington, family in tow. He now has South Carolina in more than a century. The University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, liberal and extremely intolerant,” Muzin, then three children. He has sold the Ford truck. next night at the same table in his Charles- was interested in health policy. So Muzin sought vice president of Yale’s conservative Federalist Since December, Muzin has been leading ton, S.C., home, Muzin hosted his weekly out Scott, and the two bonded over policy—and Society, told the campus paper. the Republicans’ outreach to groups that rejected Talmud class. curiosity about each other’s beliefs. Muzin joined George W. Bush’s 2004 the party in the last election, noting “Hispanic Associates say the duality typifies Muzin, reelection campaign as a counsel for the voters, young and libertarian voters, women, the 37-year-old Orthodox Jewish dynamo now Republican National Committee and served Asians, African-Americans.” Republicans are leading the effort by House Republicans to expand as a medical adviser for the 2008 presidential debating whether the party’s messaging or more the party’s appeal following Mitt Romney’s loss to campaign of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). fundamental policy changes are needed on such President Obama last November. In 2006, while working in Washington matters as entitlement spending, immigration The ascension of Tim Scott from the South as an attorney defending physicians and and gay marriage. Muzin is focused more on the Carolina statehouse to the U.S. House of pharmaceutical companies, Muzin began seeing message. Representatives—and last December to the U.S. the scion of a prominent Charleston family, “Our job in the Republican Conference is Senate—is relatively well known. First elected to Andrea Zucker. Within months, after a surprise to tell people to stop talking about rape,” Muzin the House in 2010 as a leader of the Tea Party, proposal in Jerusalem during a trip to Israel, the quips, referring to candidates in last November’s Scott won reelection last November before being “He’d be studying Bible all the time in his two were married. “People thought we were crazy,” election who advocated against abortion even tapped just a few weeks later by Governor Nikki office and we would talk regularly about what I Zucker told Charleston Weddings magazine. in cases of rape and incest. “We have to figure Haley to fill the seat vacated by retiring Sen. Jim was learning in Daf Yomi every day,” Muzin said Zucker’s father, Jerry, was a Forbes 400 out who our best communicators are and get DeMint. Scott’s quick ascendance, the rarity of his of Scott. Daf Yomi is the page-a-day Talmud billionaire who owned, among other properties, them on TV instead of people we don’t want to being a black Republican and his Tea Party stature study program. “He had a real appreciation for the Canadian retail giant Hudson’s Bay Company. represent us.” has earned him national attention. Jewish people and for religious people.” The Muzins moved to Charleston to help out If anyone can pull this off, it’s Muzin, says Less well known is the role of Muzin, the The appreciation became evident early in the with the family business. “My wife bought me Noah Silverman, the congressional affairs Montreal-born doctor, lawyer and Jewish scholar campaign when Scott told Muzin he wanted to a tourist’s guide to the South,” Muzin said. “She director of the Republican Jewish Coalition. who has been instrumental in paving Scott’s way. release a statement on the May 2010 clash between said, ‘See this as an extended adventure.’ I kind “He’s someone who has a natural ability Muzin, who is a naturalized American, managed Israeli commandos and a Gaza-bound flotilla that of embraced it: I bought a truck, a King Ranch to think in terms of questions that might be Scott’s 2010 campaign and from 2009 until left nine Turkish nationals dead. “I want to go on F-150” – a Ford. “I got into boating, I started on the minds of non-traditional Republican December was his chief of staff. Though Muzin record saying that Israel was within its rights in training to compete in triathlons.” constituencies,” Silverman said. now is director of strategy and coalitions for the international and maritime law to intercept the The truck surprised friends. “I didn’t need it Political rivals credit Muzin with a smooth, House Republican Conference, he also heads flotilla since Hamas, a terrorist organization in for any reason whatsoever,” Muzin said, laughing. soft pitch. “We don’t agree on policy at all, but he’s Scott’s fundraising political action committee. control of Gaza, has sworn to annihilate the Jewish He practiced medicine a day a week at a free clinic a mensch,” says Tom Kahn, the top Democratic The close alliance—and friendship— people and regularly transfers weapons into Gaza,” and started hosting weekly Talmud classes. staffer on the House Budget Committee. “He is between a black Tea Party Republican from the said Scott, at the time a House candidate in a state In 2010, with Obama’s health-care reform able to hold strong views and to disagree strongly, South and an Orthodox Jewish doctor-lawyer where the Jewish vote barely registers. about to pass, Muzin again turned to medical but to do it in a very agreeable way.” from Canada is a rarity in politics, and upends The notion of an African-American policy. He sensed that Scott, the success-story Rabbi Levi Shemtov, the director of American perceptions about how blacks and Jews interact, Republican from the South making Israel a focus, son of a single mother, would be an effective Friends of Lubavitch who has known Muzin Muzin and Scott say. as Scott has throughout his congressional career, spokesman against Obamacare. since his Washington days, says his biography is Scott, 47, is the first to credit Muzin for has even become a target of writers at “Saturday “He came over to my house on motzei Shabbos an example for community outreach. “It’s pretty his success. Without Muzin’s entreaties that Night Live.” In a skit over the weekend that didn’t and I laid out a memo and I said, ‘If you decide to obvious that Nick could have done practically Saturday night in January 2010, Scott may not make the final cut for the show, cast member run, these are the issues,’ ” Muzin recalled of that anything he wanted in terms of his education have run for the Charleston-area House seat Kenan Thompson plays Scott grilling defense Saturday night. Scott was won over and Muzin opportunity and background,” Shemtov said. that opened with the retirement of Rep. Henry secretary nominee Chuck Hagel on his fealty to was soon running his campaign. Scott quickly Stuart Feldman, a family friend who was part Brown. “Initially, I was fairly reluctant; I did not Israel. “As an African-American Republican from won the endorsement of DeMint and Rep. Eric of the Charleston Talmud class and became a have my sights set on Washington,” Scott told South Carolina, love of Israel is in my blood,” Cantor, (R-Va.), who was set then to become Muzin confidant, says that’s the key to Muzin’s JTA in an interview. “He was crucial in helping Thompson said to audience titters. House majority leader. Scott won the fundraising leadership. “He never makes anyone feel slighted,” me to get to that conclusion.” In Muzin’s case, his political trajectory baffles battle with his most serious challenger, Paul Feldman said. n

Pope Benedict, continued from page 20 II, Benedict forcefully explained both biblically also included an official seat for the Pope in the author of The New Shoah, told JNS.org. Twal generated controversy during last and theologically why there is no basis in Scripture room where Jesus’s Last Supper is believed to have While she was more optimistic than Meotti year’s Christmas celebrations when he declared, for blaming Jews for Jesus’s crucifixion and death, been held, resolving a large point of contention about Israel-Vatican relations, Langer explained “Christmas is also a celebration of … the birth of the the Associated Press reported. between Israel and the Vatican. to JNS.org why the Vatican is concerned with state of Palestine,” Israel National News reported. Benedict XVI’s tenure also included a “I think we will look back on Pope Benedict Palestinian issues. Twal’s remarks came amid the November 2012 celebrated 2009 trip to Israel where, like John Paul XVI’s pontificate as very significant in consolidating “There is a strong tendency within Christian UN General Assembly resolution upgrading the II, he visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum the amazing achievements in Catholic-Jewish theology to be concerned with the underdog and Palestinians’ status. and the Western Wall. relations,” Rabbi David Rosen, the director of the with people who are suffering. Currently, there The next Pope will be faced with a decision “During his period (as Pope) there were American Jewish Committee’s Department of is a perception within the Church that Israel is on whether or not to continue the theological the best relations ever between the church Interreligious Affairs, told Vatican Radio. a mighty country and that the Palestinians are and diplomatic progress his two predecessors and the chief rabbinate, and we hope that this Yet, despite all the progress between Israel and suffering,” she said. made with Israel and the Middle East. Work trend will continue,” Ashekenazi Chief Rabbi the Vatican, some remain skeptical of the Vatican’s “There are also a number of Palestinians who remains on developing a deeper understanding of Israel Yona Metzger conveyed through his Israel policies, especially in light of its support for are Catholic as well,” Dr. Langer added. of Zionism in the Catholic Church. While spokesman after Benedict XVI’s resignation Palestinian statehood at the UN last November. As of 2009, there were an estimated 44,000 the Church has come a long way from its first announcement, Reuters reported. “The Vatican policy under the last two Israeli-Arabs who are Catholic and 17,000 encounter with Zionism in 1904, including “I think he deserves a lot of credit for advancing Popes, John Paul II and Benedict XVI, has been Palestinian Catholics remaining in the West the repudiation of its teaching on deicide, inter-religious links the world over between very simple: theological dialogue with the Jews Bank, according to Reuters. While those numbers reconciling Zionism within Church doctrine Judaism, Christianity and Islam,” Metzger said. and political sovereignty for the Palestinian are relatively small, a large number of Palestinian remains an outstanding issue for the next Pope. More recently, Israel and the Vatican finalized Arabs. Both popes visited Auschwitz and the Catholics have been disproportionately “There still is not an easy way for Catholics to a historic agreement that formalized relations synagogues, they both left a paper in the Wailing represented within the Palestinian national understand the reason why the Jewish people are between the two nations. It included agreements Wall, all important events, but they have also movement and have played a significant role in connected to the land of Israel [Zionism]. This is on the status of the Catholic Church in Israel, been pioneers in the Palestinian project, which is shaping the Church’s attitude towards Israel. One a topic of dialogue right now between Jewish and sovereignty over Catholic sites, taxation and essentially a Trojan horse to dismantle the Jewish of their most important spokesmen is the Latin Catholic leaders, but it is still preliminary,” Langer expropriation. Most significantly, the agreement State,” Giulio Meotti, a Italian journalist and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal. told JNS.org. n 22 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 The Ford Honors Program recognizes the longtime The DTE Energy Foundation Educator and generous support of UMS’s education and School of the Year Awards are and community engagement programs by made possible by

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In a Uruguayan beach town, Jews are finding security and sandy beaches By Diego Melamed PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (JTA)—Known life as quiet as here,” said Monica Barrios Hernandez, approximately 17,000 Jews. in Punta del Diablo and Jose Ignacio,” said Rabbi across South America as a beach oasis for the elite, coordinator of the tourism department. “There is a As the summer season began in early January, Elieser Shemtov, referring to two beach towns and more recently as the site of Donald Trump’s lot of peace, security. And the Orthodox Jews can so did the cultural offerings targeting Jewish further up the coast. “Tourism in Uruguay is first residential development on the continent, dress in their customs both on the beach and to the visitors. Despite the allure of a beautiful, sunny day, expanding eastward and so is Chabad.” Punta del Este has long seduced visitors with its temple, and nobody ever bothers them here.” more than 650 chose to attend a discussion at the With Argentina’s financial crisis of the late beaches and luxury accommodations. The Jewish presence in Punta del Este has Conrad Hotel about challenges facing Israel. And a 1990s, many middle-class Jews left for Europe and But in recent years, the town also has emerged grown dramatically in recent years, but it can be book launch for Sergio Bergman, the first rabbi to the United States. Some, however, came here, for as a premier Jewish destination during the South traced to Argentinian businessman Mauricio be elected to public office in Argentina, attracted more economic and physical security. American summer months, from January to Litman, who created the Cantegrill Country Club 900 participants interested in his writings about One was Yael Cohen, who emigrated with March. Hundreds attend Shabbat services at the here in 1950, followed a year later by the launch kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism. her husband after they were kidnapped and city’s Beit Meir Temple. Punta del Este has a Jewish of the Punta del Este International Film Festival, The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra assaulted by thieves. She sold her pharmacy in film festival, a sumptuous mansion offering low- which raised the city’s profile abroad. In 1959, performed on Jan. 18, and Israeli universities Buenos Aires and bought another in Punta del cost accommodations to Israeli backpackers and Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir hosted a and philanthropies routinely organize events Este, where she now resides. Sabbath elevators in luxury high-rises. Uruguay’s meeting in Punta del Este for Israeli ambassadors here. In February, the 10th annual Jewish Film “We saw crimes on TV, and when it happened first kosher pizza restaurant opened here in throughout Latin America. Festival will open with support from Jewish to us we decided to look for a more quiet life,” January. And alongside promotional banners In the 1960s, Jewish developers and architects groups from Argentina, Brazil and Chile, as well Cohen told JTA. “Here we are calm and happy.” flown daily by airplanes above the beach is one began to build here. Weiss-Sztryk-Weiss, a Jewish as the Uruguayan government. Last year, architect Daniel Weiss became the first sponsored by the local Chabad rabbi displaying construction firm, started in the 1970s. The Atijas “Jews always looked for liberty and here we president of Cantergril, the country club started by the time for lighting Sabbath candles. family, also Jewish, split from Weiss and started its have this,” said Wilson Tobal, 78, who owns Litman, when he was elected to a two-year term. In “We love coming and meeting old and new own firm. Both companies had a huge influence high-end furniture stores here and in Buenos late January, in the latest sign of the Jewish imprint Jewish friends, and we also love the beaches,” said on the city’s development. In the 1980s and ‘90s, Aires. “More than that, high-class Jews from here, Argentinian Samuel Liberman announced Roberta Iavelberg of Sao Paulo, an employee of the middle-class Argentinians began vacationing here. Brazil and Argentina have more security here, so he was building a $600 million hotel and shopping Jewish Confederation of Brazil, or CONIB, the “The city is a profitable investment and many they can relax, enjoy time with their kids on the center—a sum six times as much as the complex community’s main umbrella group. people from the Jewish community throughout streets without fear and celebrate their Judaism being planned by Trump. Situated on Uruguay’s southern coast about the region who have great abilities to analyze at local temples. The Jewish institutional presence has grown, two hours east of the capital Montevideo, the city different investment scenarios have opted for “In both Argentina and Brazil there are too, as it has elsewhere in Latin America in recent has long drawn visitors for its pleasant weather and this city,” said Nestor Sztryk, the director of guards at the temples. Here we celebrate Shabbat years. The Comunidad Israelita de Punta del sandy white beaches. But for Latin American Jews, Weiss-Sztryk-Weiss, which is developing eight ceremonies with open gates and nothing has Este, or CIPEMU, was created in 2005 and now many of whom live with constant concerns about residential buildings in the city. “It is also a place ever happened.” counts 800 members. A new school, Nefesh, personal security, the city’s tranquility and safety that offers quality of life, quietness and freedom The first Chabad emissary arrived in Punta was launched last year. And a yeshiva is being are key parts of the city’s appeal. with which those in Argentina or Brazil who live del Este in 1985. The Chasidic outreach group planned with support from Jewish families from According to the Global Peace Index 2012, with insecurity can enjoy here, without fear for converted a mansion into a hostel, Yaacob Argentina and Brazil. which measures a country’s relative peacefulness, their children and belongings.” House, where Israeli backpackers and local Jews “I’m very moved right now,” said Johanna Uruguay ranks higher than Brazil and Argentina, Punta del Este, which has a year-round can find accommodations for just $20 per night Cohen, an Argentinian who was walking to home to the region’s largest Jewish community. population of just over 9,000, has four synagogues. in a neighborhood where houses typically cost Friday night services recently with her two With only one road into Punta del Este, it’s Estimates of the Jewish influx during the summer around $2 million. daughters, “walking on this costal street going to somewhat easier to control crime. range from 25,000 to 50,000 in a country “We also offer Shabbat services and meals for the temple with all these people who share history “Not in all cities of the region can [Jews] have a with a population of 3.3 million, including young people who spend their summer in villages and values.” n Documents show Venezuela spying on Jewish community By Gil Shefler NEW YORK (JTA)—Espacio Anna Frank says cache that focus on Venezuelan Jews, Israel and twice, in 2004 and 2007, and Chavez has accused The leaks come at a potentially pivotal time for its goal is to promote tolerance by teaching the life the Middle East. Many more documents will Israel of financing the “counter-revolution” in Venezuela. Chavez has not been seen in public in story of the teenage diarist murdered by the Nazis. be released soon. “This material is absolutely Venezuela. In 2009, a Caracas synagogue was months since undergoing an operation related to But is there something sinister lurking behind the genuine,” Solano told JTA. ransacked by an angry mob -- including several an unspecified form of cancer. The government Venezuelan organization’s benevolent facade? Venezuelan officials at the country’s embassy police officers—following Operation Cast Lead, vows that the self-proclaimed revolutionary SEBIN, the Venezuelan intelligence service, in Washington would not comment on the the 2009 Israeli military campaign in Gaza. leader will recover and be sworn in for his fourth seems to believe so. According to a dossier documents, forwarding an inquiry to Caracas, Chavez condemned the synagogue attack and successive presidential term. But rumors abound attributed to SEBIN, the Caracas-based group which has not responded. But if the documents several suspects were arrested. that he is terminally ill. is actually part of an Israeli cloak-and-dagger are indeed authentic, it would confirm what Combined with a failing economy and a surge For many members of the Jewish community, operation aimed at undermining the leftist Venezuelan Jews have long suspected: That their in violent crime, the hostility from the Chavez the possible departure of Chavez from Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez. own government considers them to be a fifth government has led to a Jewish exodus to the politics would be a cause for renewed hope. Last “We conclude that [Espacio Anna Frank] column and is spying on them. United States, Israel and other Latin American month Ronald Lauder, the president of the World operates as a strategic arm of the Israeli “As part of the security apparatus of the regime, countries. Fewer than half the 1999 Jewish Jewish Congress, met in Caracas with Nicolas intelligence in the country ... operating in the field many Venezuelans are under surveillance,” population of 22,000 remains. Maduro, the vice president and temporary fill-in of subversive socio-political influence through said Sammy Eppel, a Jewish columnist at Rabbi Pynchas Brener is among those who for Chavez. The meeting, which included several representatives of far-right Zionist groups and the Venezuelan daily El Nacional, a leading relocated. A vocal critic of Chavez, Brener Latin American Jewish leaders, seemed to hint at economic elites,” said the 34-page report. opposition newspaper. “The Jewish community is identified in the SEBIN documents as the a possible rapprochement. The document, which includes surveillance is obviously perceived as some sort of threat that Mossad’s chief spymaster in Venezuela. One “[Maduro] is not Chavez,” Gamus said. “He photographs of the group’s offices and personal warrants those actions.” chart places him at the head of an intricate web of does not have his charisma or character, and he is details of its board members, goes on to suggest Paulina Gamus, one of the directors of informants and cover-up operations that report not influenced by the anti-Semitic ideologies like that Espacio Anna Frank poses a security threat Espacio Anna Frank and a former member of directly to the Israeli intelligence service and the those that Chavez had.” and should be kept under surveillance through the Venezuelan parliament, said the allegations American and Canadian embassies in Caracas. But one should be careful not to write off hidden cameras and listening devices. against her and her organization were spurious. “I’m not a Mossad agent—you can write Chavez. Like his hero, Cuban leader Fidel The report is part of a massive cache “They accuse [Espacio Anna Frank] of that—and I never was one,” Brener told JTA. Castro, who has survived countless assassination of material obtained by Analises24, an belonging to the Mossad and the Israeli secret “Maybe I’ll be one in the future.” attempts and suspected ailments, Chavez has Argentinian media outlet opposed to Chavez, services only because we are an institution that Born in Poland, Brener was raised in Peru and regularly proven rumors of his demise to be that includes intelligence reports, clandestinely promotes respect of different religions and led a congregation in Caracas for 44 years before greatly exaggerated. recorded photos and videos and even personal cultures and have a Jewish component, although retiring to Florida in 2011. He said he was labeled On Monday, Venezuelan Defense Minister information on Chavez’s family. Nicolas we are all Venezuelans,” she wrote in an email. a spymaster because he was among Venezuela’s Diego Molero reported that Chavez was having Solano, Analises24’s editor, told JTA that the Venezuelan Jews told JTA they were not more visible Jews. “Venezuela is the most tolerant his “best moment yet” since he underwent website received the material from “a former surprised that SEBIN, the Bolivarian Intelligence society that I know,” Brener said. “There’s almost surgery. n high-ranking SEBIN source.” On Jan. 22, the Service, has been spying on them. zero anti-Semitism. But the government has been website published 50 documents from the State security raided Jewish institutions cultivating it.” Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 25 IOn Another Note

Virtuoso Amit Peled to perform with A2SO Sandor Slomovits, staff writer ellist virtuoso Amit Peled will make his WJN: I’m sure you’ve played the Elgar many Peled: Only a few months. I just started this fall. last movement is basically shutting off the Ann Arbor debut with the Ann Arbor times before. Do you remember the first time? light of that great empire, by Elgar. WJN: Wonderful. Can you say a few words Symphony Orchestra on Friday, March That’s what one has to deal with. It’s very C Peled: The first time was with the Haifa Sym- about the Elgar Concerto? 15, playing Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E Minor. difficult to play, not being in England. I re- phony. That was when I was really young, it Peled was born in Israel but now makes his home member once playing it for Pinchas Zucker- was a big prize that I won, and the prize was in the United States. He has appeared in many of man in a master class, and the first thing he to play the Elgar with the Haifa Symphony. the world’s most prestigious concert halls, such asked me was if I’d ever been in England, in It was really amazing for me. It was a dream as Wigmore Hall in London, Alice Tully Hall and the countryside, and seen the vast lands and come true to play that piece. Carnegie Hall in New York City, Salle Gaveau in greens, and sensed all that history. At that time Paris, National Auditorium in Barcelona, Konzer- WJN: How old were you? I hadn’t ever been to England, but since then thaus Berlin and Tel Aviv’s Mann Auditorium, I’ve been many times and I can really say that and maintains a very full world-wide touring Peled: I think I was 19. Since then, I’ve played it affects the performance. One cannot really schedule. He also teaches at the famed Peabody it many times—in Asia, in South America, know that without being there. So that was a Institute of John Hopkins University. (When he in Europe, in Israel—and every time it’s dif- great comment by Zuckerman. was hired there, he was the youngest professor at ferent, the orchestra, the conductor, It’s fun WJN: On a much lighter note, I’ve read of your a top music school.) I spoke with Peled recently for me, having played it so many times, to interest in basketball. Are you aware that the by phone while he was in a car (don’t worry, he change the interpretation according to the University of Michigan basketball team is was not driving while we spoke) on his way to the conductor and the orchestra that I’m com- highly ranked this year? next concert of a mid-western recital tour that municating with. Of course there is that legendary recording took him from North Dakota, to Wisconsin, Iowa Peled: Yes, I know. and Colorado. After his Ann Arbor concert, he’ll of Jacqueline du Pré always in the background. be heading to Arizona and California, and at the (Jacqueline du Pré was the famous British cel- WJN: Will you get a chance to see a game while end of March, he will play a recital at the Kennedy list whose recording of the Elgar Concerto is you’re in town? considered by many to be the definitive one.) Center in Washington D.C. Peled: No. Not this time. Funny that you men- One has to, of course, not try to imitate, but to A2SO’s music director, Arie Lipsky says, tion it, I started doing some outreach concerts get the…I don’t know…the sense of the feel- “Amit is a fantastic cellist who has a distinct, involving basketball with my trio. We’ve met ing that she brought to the music, to take that beautiful dark sound, which will be a perfect with some basketball teams in Pennsylvania and to try not to imitate her too much. match for the Elgar concerto.” Amit Peled and in North Carolina, and tried to show WJN: How did you meet Arie Lipsky? WJN: She set a pretty high bar. them what communication is in chamber Peled: The concerto was written just after the music, and then we tried to translate that into Peled: Yes. (Laughter.) Peled: Arie is Israeli as well, but we never met in First World War. There’s a lot of sorrow in communication in a basketball game. At the it. I think Elgar was shocked by the devasta- Israel. The first time we met was in Ashland, WJN: I’ve read that you are playing Pablo Casals’ end of the presentations we had a little game. tion, the amount of carnage, and what had Ohio. He has an orchestra there and he was cello now. They of course killed us, but it was a lot of fun. kind enough to invite me to play the Dvorak just happened to the world, what mankind I’m 6’ 5” and my music colleagues think I Concerto with him. It was great. The Dvorak Peled: Yes. I’m coming to Ann Arbor with that could do to itself. It was a time in England am big, but around these basketball players is the greatest cello concerto we have, and Arie very special cello, the cello of Pablo Casal, when there were no men left. The women I’m a midget. being himself a great cellist, it was really one of which I have the honor to use these days. That had to go to work in the factories, and this the highlights for me to play the Dvorak with puts even more pressure on my performance. great empire was collapsing. I think it was WJN: One final question. Can you dunk? him, because he knew every bar, every shift, Not only the comparison to Jacqueline du Pré, a big shock for him. There’s a sense of sor- (Laughter) but also having that great cello and the sound row and sadness and also, I think, in the last every hard part, every emotional part, so he Peled: I could, but not anymore. (More laugh- that everybody knew from Casals—it’s an movement, a sense of saying goodbye to the really followed me better than anybody else. ter) I can still shoot well, but I can’t jump so enormous responsibility—but it’s fun. great British Empire, glorifying it, and also I really look forward to the Elgar because that much—unfortunately. n realizing that it’s over. The last page of the will be the same. WJN: How long have you been playing that cello?

ISports Inspired by past Jewish stars, champion skater Max Aaron eyes Sochi Olympics By Chavie Lieber NEW YORK (JTA)—With consecutive you’re literally using every inch of your quadruple jumps at the U.S. Figure Skating body,” he said. “I’m a little nervous to see Championships, Max Aaron launched who I’m facing, but we all put our pants and himself not only to a gold medal and a skates on the same way, and I’m focusing on national championship. The 20-year-old training the hardest I can. And when I get Arizonan also joined the ranks of Jewish nervous, I’ll just pray.” athletes who have made it big Aaron’s training—and perhaps his For Aaron, that was even more exciting praying—certainly paid off in Omaha. than executing the perfect salchows last Bringing some attitude to the ice, he emptied month in Omaha, Neb., which moved him his vault of tricks to songs from “West Side from fourth to first in the standings. Story,” snapping his fingers and making faces “I grew up looking to all those Jewish to the music. His twirls had the audience athletes for inspiration,” Aaron told JTA. “I and judges roaring, and his final score of 225 always thought the list needed to be longer. points was enough to send three-time U.S. We needed to have a stronger representation champion Jeremy Abbott to third place. of Jewish athletes, and I’m so happy that I’m Aaron, who was raised in a traditionally part of them now.” Conservative Jewish home in Scottsdale, Next month, Aaron will represent the Max Aaron spends numerous hours a day on the ice. As United States at the World Figure Skating will be able to send three skaters to the 2014 intimidating, Aaron is confident he’ll be a boy his main passion was hockey; Aaron Championships in Canada. If he and Games in Sochi, Russia. prepared. After all, he’s been preparing for laced up his figure skates on the weekends. nationals’ runner-up Ross Miner combine While the thought of facing some of the competition since he was 3. He would go on to join multiple hockey to finish at least among the top 13, the U.S. the world’s top figure skaters might seem “This is a really difficult sport because continued on page 33

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The Exception: a thriller that explores relationships between women Rachel Urist, staff writer started the book, The Exception, by Jungersen breaks new and one-upmanship. The office becomes a Christian Jungersen, for my own reading ground in the crime microcosm of society, and these otherwise I pleasure. It won the Danish version of novel genre. He ups measured adults, caught off guard, become the Booker Prize, and it was recommended the ante by attributing wary, defensive, and manipulative. They by a Dutch friend. I expected it to be a thriller several of these discover that they are capable of more than with no connection to any Jewish experience. treatises to two of the they imagined. I quickly discovered that this novel is a fine protagonists. Some Knowing that Copenhagen is the seat candidate for WJN’s “Best Reads.” Junger- of the transcripts are of the International Tribunal in the Hague son spins a fine tale of four high-minded exposés of actions of makes the story’s locale especially poignant. and well-educated women, officemates in a the Holocaust. When the women begin invading one space they call their “winter garden.” It is a The novel’s another’s personal space, when they hack small, crowded office in the Center for Infor- four protagonists into one another’s computers, or break into a mation on Genocide, in Copenhagen. The are the two colleague’s home, the stakes rise dramatically. Center is fictitious, but it is modeled on the researchers, the Jungersen devises cliffhangers with deft very real Danish Center for Research on the Center’s librarian sleight-of-hand. Schoolyard bullying rises Holocaust and Genocide. The Center’s mis- and administrative to new heights. His characters engage in Christian Jungersen sion is to prevent future atrocities, and these assistant. Two of the behavior that is nasty, cliquish, petty, and women are deeply committed to the cause. four women, Iben another of the women, eventually including deceptive. They jockey for position, dabbling The story is built around a series of email (the intellectual) and all four. He captures the essence of each of in subtle and not so subtle power plays and threats sent to one, then another of the Malene (chic but these four women — her strengths, her fears, one-upmanship. They are territorial. They Center’s employees. A notorious Serbian needy), have been her weaknesses. He has us empathize with are proprietary in their friendships. war criminal, Mirko Zigic, has recently been friends for years. A each, in spite of our suspicions. The symbolism of the office nickname, spotted in Denmark. He was the subject of third, Anna-Liese, is No violence occurs until late in the the “winter garden” is multidimensional, one of the Center’s profiles — written and made to feel like a pariah. The fourth, Camilla, novel, and at that time, the event is deemed with many plausible interpretations. I offer produced by one of the office researches. She is self-conscious and secretive, a proverbial an accident. While we are busy trying to none here. The Center’s official transcripts is now terrified that he is after her — and outsider. Despite the women’s differences, all sleuth out the culprit, Jungersen sets human — incisive in their record of incidents of possibly after the entire Center staff. are deeply committed to their common cause: behavior under a microscope. He examines torture and genocide, some ongoing — are The fictional Center, like its real-life battling the ignorance, prejudice, conflicts and our aptitude and motivations for a whole impressive. They are reminiscent of the dry prototype, is known for its research into hatred that breed genocide. Their resolve makes gamut of unsavory tendencies, from pettiness and clinical style of Primo Levi. Jungersen’s government-sanctioned atrocities, and it the office situation particularly arresting; they to cattiness to vindictiveness to cruelty. These psychological acuity penetrates the myriad houses a growing library of investigative are powerless to defend themselves against their women’s investigations into the psychology ways in which these women, willy-nilly, material. Jungersen weaves treatises right own darker instincts. of killers should make them more aware poison their own atmosphere. With this through his story, and creates a parallel Once we start wondering whether Zigic than most to the human susceptibility to novel, Jungersen has taken Holocaust studies universe of horror: surreal but historically is the real culprit, each of the winter garden’s evil. But when they are threatened, they in a new direction. The result is laudable. n accurate. By introducing these gripping, women becomes suspect. Jungersen writes regress. Assaulted by a mixture of fear and however gruesome tales of war crimes, each chapter from the point of view of one or jealousy, the women descend into backbiting Lessons today from Sophie Scholl’s anti-Nazi resistance By Jud Newborn NEW YORK (JTA)—Though Sophie Scholl to mislead the Gestapo into thinking theirs condemned to death. Just four days after Despite all this, the story of the White and the students of the White Rose resistance was a broad-based movement and not just a their arrest, the three were beheaded by Rose resistance remains barely known by the were executed by the Nazis 70 years ago this handful of students. guillotine. Hans was 24, Sophie 21. general public outside Germany. month, the example they set of courage in “Since the beginning of the war,” they But their message lived on. Their last But heroism like theirs is being replicated the face of authoritarian repression is as declared in their second leaflet in June leaflet, smuggled out to the West, was dropped in countries around the world. There is relevant today as it was seven decades ago. 1942, “300,000 Jews have by the tons over Germany. Malala Yousafazai, the now-13-year-old Their crime: Daring to rouse the been murdered in the most Nobel laureate Thomas Pakistani children’s rights activist who was consciousness of their countrymen in the bestial manner. This is a Mann broadcast back to shot in the head by the Taliban last October face of Nazi Germany’s destruction of all civil crime unparalleled in human Germany from American and now says she’s ready to fight on. There rights and its mass murder of European Jews. history—a crime against the exile, praising the “splendid are the gays who struggle for equal rights in In 1933, when Sophie was 12 and her brother, dignity of Man. But why do we young people” who “at the countries where they are despised and even Hans, was 15, the Scholl siblings rejected tell you these things when you time when Germany and put to death. There are Chinese dissidents their Lutheran upbringing and their parents’ already know them? Everyone Europe were still enveloped like Liu Xiaobo, who was awarded the Christian humanism and instead embraced wants to be exonerated, but you in the dark of night, knew Nobel Peace Prize in October 2010 but is Hitler’s philosophy of racial superiority, cannot be, because everyone is and publicly declared” the languishing in a Chinese prison. becoming leaders in the Hitler Youth. guilty, guilty, guilty.” ugly truth about Nazism in Given the oppression, violence and But when Hans was arrested and convicted In their fourth leaflet, they an attempt to bring about threats such men and women face—and the in 1938 for a same-sex relationship he had wrote: “We will not be silent. the “dawning” of a “new costs they often are forced to pay – we who had three years earlier, when he was 16, the We are your bad conscience. faith in freedom and honor.” live in democracies owe it to them not to Scholls’ admiration for Hitler quickly ended. The White Rose will not leave Today, the White Rose stay silent. Gradually they became activists against the you in peace!” students are icons in “Somebody had to make a start,” Sophie Nazi cause. By 1942, the siblings were engaging On February 18, 1943, Germany. In a nationwide Scholl told Freisler, looking the judge in daring forms of nonviolent resistance. Sophie and Hans climbed a high gallery at TV competition to choose the Top 10 most straight in the eye on that fateful day in In May 1942, they dubbed themselves the University of Munich’s vast atrium. From important Germans of all time, German February 1943. the White Rose and joined with a handful there they scattered hundreds of their sixth voters chose Sophie and Hans Scholl Seventy years on, we are still that of friends at the University of Munich to leaflet down upon the heads of astonished for fourth place—beating out Goethe, somebody. n produce what became a staccato burst of six students below in what was called the only Gutenberg, Bach, Bismarck, Willy Brandt Jud Newborn is co-author of Sophie Scholl impassioned anti-Nazi leaflets. Reproducing public protest by Germans against Nazism and Albert Einstein. and the White Rose, just published in thousands in their secret headquarters over ever to be staged. A German film, Sophie Scholl: The Final Hebrew by Penn Publications. He also served a nine-month period—ages before the push- Spotted almost immediately, they were Days, was nominated for an Academy Award as founding historian at New York’s Museum button efficiency of the Internet—they made arrested by the Gestapo and subjected in 2006, the same time that Sophie Scholl and of Jewish Heritage. His website is judnewborn. dangerous train trips to distribute the leaflets to grueling interrogation. Sophie, Hans the White Rose was published. Its Hebrew posterous.com. throughout Germany. They mailed them and their comrade Christoph Probst were edition just appeared in Israel in time for to 16 cities—Stuttgart, Vienna, Frankfurt, tried in a show trial in Munich by Hitler’s the 70th anniversary of their extraordinary Berlin and Hamburg among them—in a bid “hanging judge,” Roland Freisler. They were protest and executions. 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Tradition! Try something new and healthy Mary Bilyeu, staff writer udaism is a religion that is infused with And this, then, leads to the tradition of smoked salmon that has been mixed with oil. Season with salt and roast in middle of tradition. complaints about stomach issues, as the matzah minced shallot and fresh parsley. pre-heated 500° oven about 15 minutes, or J Some of these traditions are halakhic: lands with a thud and seemingly sets up camp • Offer radishes in a bowl of ice water as an until soft inside and slightly crisp outside. the building of a sukkah, for example. Others for the duration of the holiday. appetizer, with a variety of exotic salts for Serve with poultry. are a matter of individual practice, are family- In order to help counter some of the effects of dipping (i.e.: pink Himalayan salt, truffle- related, or are merely evidence of the whims of all this matzah, let’s start a new tradition: eating infused salt, smoked sea salt, etc.). Or roast human nature. more beautiful, nutritious, colorful fruits and them, coated with a bit of olive oil and Braised Leeks Each Purim, there seems to be an annual vegetables, both at our seders and throughout sprinkled with a unique type of salt, for the Related to both garlic and onions, leeks have debate about hamantaschen. Do you prefer the holiday. And I’ve got the perfect cookbook last 25-30 minutes while roasting a chicken. a sweeter, subtler flavor than their lily-family your holiday treats made to help you with this • Provide a small bowl of sour cream mixed with cousins. When with a cookie dough or a mission: Melissa’s vanilla or almond extract and another small cooked, they yeast dough? How many Great Book of Produce: bowl of brown sugar, and dip strawberries or have a luxurious, of you maintain that the Everything You Need to other fruits into one and then into the other. silky texture. poppy seed filling is the Know About Fresh Fruits • Top thin slices of pear with caramelized Place sliced most time-honored, given and Vegetables, by Cathy onions and top the dish with blue cheese. leeks or whole Queen Esther’s subsistence Thomas. Especially since Passover arrives at the baby leeks in a upon nuts and seeds as she Melissa’s World beginning of spring, it’s the perfect time to large skillet, and cover with vegetable broth. considered her options in Variety Produce “is enjoy a wealth of produce and to serve seasonal Simmer, partially covered, until very tender; King Ashasuerus’ court? the country’s leading varieties that are being welcomed back after the drain. Spoon Lemony Vinaigrette on top, But then, the prune filling distributor of specialty dreariness of winter. and garnish with olives and chopped fresh is the only true love for fruits and vegetables.” In addition to being a remembrance of parsley. many of you, isn’t it, with It was founded in 1984 slavery and a celebration of freedom, Passover Lemony Vinaigrette: Whisk together 4 its Old World flavor? by Joe and Sharon is about tradition, about family, about food. tablespoons fresh lemon juice, ½ teaspoon And are the newfangled Hernandez and named Make your seders, and subsequent meals kosher salt, and 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil. varieties, like chocolate, really an appropriate in honor of their throughout the holiday, extra special with some updating of a classic? (I certainly hope so, daughter. The company’s cookbook offers a of the delicious dishes offered in Melissa’s Great since my mishloach manot contained Nutella, wealth of botanical and nutritional information, Book of Produce. Don’t let the matzah hold you, Rhubarb Sauce toasted coconut, and strawberries ‘n’ cream storage and preparation instructions, helpful hints, and your stomach, captive! n Spoon over hamantaschen!) and recipes. Rather than being encyclopedic, the sponge cake or Every year, the debate—thus, the tradition— gorgeous photos and user-friendly text lure you ice cream for continues. into reading about items you may have never heard Roasted Grapes dessert. Or use At Passover, there are also traditions, many of or have been leery of, and offer suggestions of When it comes to grapes, every element has on savory hors of which are beautiful. Special plates are brought new ways to prepare familiar produce. culinary potential. From the seeds used to d’oeuvres: top out just for the holiday; the charoset recipe that The exotic fruit varieties Buddha’s Hand make oil to the matzah crackers has been served for generations is lovingly citron, dragon fruit, rambutan, and yuzu twisted vines used with thinly sliced duck or lamb, and add a prepared; and even new additions to the seder are featured, in addition to vegetables such as fuel to flavor dollop of sauce. table—such as Miriam’s Cup, oranges as a as cardoni, Armenian cucumber, malanga, grilled foods, 1 cup water symbol of inclusion and acceptance for gays and salsify, and yu choy sum. And then, not to be from the leaves 1 cup sugar lesbians, and now tomatoes as a remembrance neglected, there are also the universal favorites: used for wrapping 4 cups rhubarb, cut into ½” pieces of modern slavery—are incorporated. bananas, carrots, oranges, berries, etc. savory filling to 1 cup raspberries, optional But there is another, more secular, tradition Melissa’s Great Book of Produce provides the alluring fermented juices we call wine. In a medium saucepan, combine water as well: that of kvetching about matzah and the a number of suggestions that can help you to It’s impossible to imagine life without grapes. and sugar; bring to boil on high heat. Add eight days’ worth of gastrointestinal difficulties either substitute for chametz or make a dish so ½ pound grapes, red and/or black rhubarb; reduce heat to medium. Simmer, seedless it brings with it. delicious that you’ll never miss the forbidden stirring frequently, for 4–6 minutes. Cool. If 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil Matzah is dense. Matzah is heavy. Matzah items: desired, stir in raspberries. coarse salt is usually made of refined carbohydrates, and • Slice star fruit and use it as the base for an hors Makes 4 cups. therefore doesn’t offer the fiber that many d’oeuvre; the fruit’s skin is edible. Cut grapes into small clusters. Place on leavened breads do. • Serve slices of cucumber topped with chopped rimmed baking sheet and drizzle with olive For California mountain man, road to God runs through kosher wine By Chavie Lieber SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (JTA)—Producing ride, with a newly paved road meandering “There was no YouTube to figure these things wine atop a tranquil mountain in a remote up and around a labyrinth of thick foliage. out,” he said. It took Cantz many seasons to area of northern California is quite a way to The journey ends at a quaint sign greeting figure out the right way to plant and get his wine make a living. For Benyamin Cantz, whose visitors in Hebrew. Beyond, sprawling green to taste just right—not to mention backbreaking one-man operation in the hills of Santa Cruz pastures give to way to breathtaking views of labor and help from nearby vintners.. produces kosher wine from organic grapes, the Pacific Ocean. Cantz doubles as vineyard manager it’s also a calling. Cantz, 65, arrived at this mountaintop 42 and winemaker, tending to his vines on “This is my livelihood but I don’t quite years ago for a summer job doing handywork four acres of a 60-acre parcel of land that run it like a full-fledged business,” Cantz told and never left. He had studied calligraphy once was managed by Mary Holmes, an art JTA in an interview on his vineyard, Four in college, never intending to become a history professor at the nearby University of Gates Winery. “It could definitely be run winemaker. But after becoming religiously California, Santa Cruz. Cantz moved to the more efficiently, but I don’t see the process observant with the help of a Chabad rabbi mountaintop to help Holmes tend the parcel like that. I just love making wine and the holy he met in town, Cantz says he came to grapes, then crushed and bottled for our and eventually took over her 50-year lease. concept behind it, and I just want to share it understand the spiritual transformation Friday night tables, it just reminded me of He shares the land, which has a horse stable with others.” grapes undergo on their way from the vine to the whole enterprise of living. And I liked and is filled with 150-year-old redwood trees, Four Gates is one of the smallest kosher the Shabbat table, and he felt a strong desire the idea of a physical voyage that manifests with Holmes’ son, who lives in Berkeley but wineries in the country, producing only 400 to become involved in the process. to find something physical to elevate God drops by occasionally. Cantz never married. cases a year. It’s also one of the only ones in the “In a non-irrigated vineyard, the water through. It’s hard to keep this image in my Maintaining a vineyard is strenuous world that grows its own grapes organically. literally comes down from the heaven as rain, head every day, but it’s what keeps me going work, especially for someone working The vineyard is located deep in the folds and that rain goes through a whole spiritual and its why I do the entire process myself.” alone who doesn’t use pesticides and must of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Just getting up journey just to give us our wine,” Cantz says. In 1991, Cantz planted four acres of tend his vines on a slope where tractor use Cantz’s driveway is like an amusement park “From the sky, down to the earth, into the vineyards, despite having no formal training. continued on page 33 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 29 ICalendar

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Cantor Rose leads class members dancing and spending time with friends and March 11. $15/JCC members; $25/non-mem- through the trop (cantillation) for the weekly Torah bers. Snack and beverage provided. RSVP to family. Non-members may become members at Wednesday 6 portion, discussing the implications of the trop on the event. For information, contact Noreen De Karen Freedland at [email protected] or the text. For more information, email Cantor Rose at phone 971-0990. 6:30–8:30 p.m. Young at [email protected] or phone Learner’s Service: AARC. Monthly session led by [email protected]. Noon–1 p.m. Talmud Study Group–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. 971-0990. 7:15 p.m. rabbinic intern Aura Ahuvia with interactive dis- Keshet Ann Arbor Hebrew: BIC. 6 p.m. cussions on Jewish historical, geographical and Sharpen your wits and knowledge of the Jewish Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. Basic Judaism: TBE. For information or to register, political traditions. In this session, participants will legal system by following the intriguing discussions contact Rabbi Lisa Delson at ldelson@templebet- continue to construct an interactive timeline repre- in the Talmud. The Talmud is a composite of prac- hemeth.org. 7–8:30 p.m. Sunday 3 senting the individuals and groups that contributed tical law, logical argumentation and moral teach- to the siddur. Visit aarecon.org or phone 445-1910 ings. Study of the original Talmud tractate. 8 p.m. Adult Education: JCS. Schmoozing and learn- for more information. At the JCC. 10 a.m.–noon. Tuesday 12 Every Thursday. ing, hosted by Jewish Cultural Society Board of Lunch and Laugh: BIC. Noon Directors. Adam and Molly Paberzs will lead a Hebrew 103: TBE. 6:30–7:30p.m. Living with Integrity–Navigating Everyday Ethical Friday 15 follow-up discussion about the Understanding Dilemmas: Chabad. Are you obliged to keep all Race Project. For more information, visit www. commitments? What are the responsibilities of the jewishculturalsociety.org. 10 a.m.–Noon. Rabbi Levy’s Lunch and Learn: TBE. Informal Dis- Thursday 7 sandwich generation? Are the ungracious unde- cussion. Bring lunch. Noon–1 p.m. Beth Israel Cafe: BIC Women’s League. 9:30 a.m. serving of our charity? How far should we go to give Shabbat Services for Young Families: TBE. Tot Shab- SPICE: JCC Seniors. Energy Exercise with Maria Far- Blood Drive: BIC. 9:30 a.m. the benefit of the doubt? Join in on a discussion on bat for ages 5 and under at 5:30 p.m. Tot and Sukkat quhar, $4 per session, 10 a.m. Current Events with Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the personal ethics and the Jewish view on laws that test Shalom dinner at 6 p.m. Shira and Sukkat Shalom Heather Dombey. Bring news items of interest for basic text of Chassidism and discover the beauty the limits of our integrity. 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. for ages 5 through 10 at 6:30 p.m. Popsicle Oneg group discussion. 11 a.m. Dairy Lunch Buffet, $3. of Judaism. 10:30 a.m. Every Sunday. Yiddish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): All follows. Shabbat Service with Kol Halev at 7:30 p.m. Noon. Special events and presentations at 1 p.m. ages and levels welcome including UM and non- Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. Spirituality Book Club: TBE. Lunchtime book club UM participants. 1:30 p.m. at Beanster’s Café, Monday 4 session focusing on That’s Funny, You Don’t Look ground floor of UM Michigan League. For infor- Like a Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and Pas- mation, call 936-2367. Saturday 16 English as a Second Language Daily Classes: JFS. sionate Buddhist, by Sylvia Boorstein. For infor- Ongoing class from 9 a.m.–noon on Mondays– SPICE: JCC Seniors. Energy Exercise with Maria Far- mation, contact Cantor Annie Rose at cantoran- quhar, $4 per session.11 a.m.; Dairy Lunch Buffet, Torah Study with Rabbi: TBE. 8:50–9:30 a.m. Fridays and 1–3 p.m. on Mondays–Thursdays at [email protected]. Noon–1 p.m. Jewish Family Services, 2245 South State Street. $3, Noon. Mahjong, sewing and quilting. 1 p.m. Services: AARC. Interactive community service held Presentation: JCC Seniors. Birthday celebration For more information, contact JFS at 769-0209 or Weekly Musical Meditations: TBE. Led by Cantor at the JCC featuring singing, modern English read- for all with March birthdays. Bring family and email [email protected]. Ongoing. Annie Rose and John Goodell, St. Clare’s Music ings alongside traditional prayers and thought-pro- friends for lunch and birthday cake at 12:30 p.m. Director. 3–4 p.m. voking Torah discussion led by rabbinic intern Aura Trop Class: TBE. Cantor Rose leads class members Rabbi Goldstein will present on Passover at 1 p.m. Ahuvia. For information, contact aura613@gmail. through the trop (cantillation) for the weekly Hebrew 104: TBE. 6:15 – 7:15 p.m. Talmud Study Group–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. com or visit www.aarecon.org. 10 a.m.–noon. Torah portion, discussing the implications of the Hebrew 101: TBE. 7:15 – 8:15 p.m. Sharpen your wits and knowledge of the Jewish trop on the text. For more information, email Learners’ service: AARC. Discussion-based format legal system by following the intriguing discussions David W. Belin Lecture in Jewish American Affairs: Cantor Rose at cantorannie@templebethemeth. with changing topics, focusing on historical, in the Talmud. The Talmud is a composite of prac- Frankel Center. Twenty-third annual lecture. Jack org. Noon–1 p.m. geographical, and political traditions of different tical law, logical argumentation and moral teach- Kugelmass of the University of Florida will pres- parts of traditional service each month. At the Keshet Ann Arbor Hebrew: BIC. 6 p.m. ings. Study of the original Talmud tractate. 8 p.m. ent, “Sifting the Ruins.” Forum Hall, U-M Palmer JCC, 10 a.m.–noon. Commons, 100 Washtenaw Avenue. Reception at Women’s Torah Study with Cantor Rose: TBE. For Every Thursday. Shabbat services: See listing at the end of the calendar. information, contact Cantor Annie Rose at can- 6:30 p.m., followed by lecture at 7 p.m. [email protected]. 7–8 p.m. Friday 8 Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. Basic Judaism: TBE. For information or to register, Reading the Torah may be easy, but understanding Sunday 17 contact Rabbi Lisa Delson at ldelson@templebet- it is no simple matter. Study the text in the origi- Rabbi Levy’s Lunch and Learn: TBE. Informal Dis- hemeth.org. 7–8:30 p.m. nal, with the classical Rashi commentary. 8 p.m. Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the cussion. Attendees are welcome to bring lunch. Every Tuesday. basic text of Chassidism and discover the beauty Noon–1 p.m. Topics in Jewish Law: Ann Arbor Orthodox Min- of Judaism. 10:30 a.m. Every Sunday. Tuesday 5 Shabbat Services for Young Families: TBE. Tot Shab- yan. Led by Rabbi Rod Glogower at the Lewis/ Family Passover to Go Program: JCC. Interactive bat for ages 5 and under at 5:30 p.m. Tot and Suk- Bernstein home, 1304 Cambridge. This semester’s program for all ages. Participants will have the op- Living with Integrity–Navigating Everyday Ethi- kat Shalom dinner at 6 p.m. Shalom Dinner at 6:30 exploration will focus on the relationship between portunity to dress up and make bricks from clay cal Dilemmas: Chabad. Are you obliged to keep p.m. Shabbat Family Service with High School Shir science and halakah, the commandments of the and straw, learn the Passover story, sing songs and all commitments? What are the responsibilities Chadash Friday Night Live at 7:30 p.m. Torah, in light of rational inquiry and investiga- make items to take home and use at the Passover of the sandwich generation? Are the ungracious Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. tion, termed by middle ages rabbis as the relation- table. New JCC executive director Jeff Baden will undeserving of our charity? How far should we ship between revelation and reason. 8–9:15 p.m. perform a magic show and DJ and dance leader 30 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 Ben Freed will entertain guests. $25/member Torah portion, discussing the implications of the undeserving of our charity? How far should we Topics in Jewish Law: AAOM. Led by Rabbi Rod households; $10/individual members. $30/non- trop on the text. For more information, email go to give the benefit of the doubt? Join in on a Glogower at the Lewis/Bernstein home, 1304 member households; $15/non-members. RSVP Cantor Rose at cantorannie@templebethemeth. discussion on personal ethics and the Jewish view Cambridge. This semester’s exploration will fo- to Noreen De Young at noreendeyoung@jccfed. org. Noon–1 p.m. on laws that test the limits of our integrity. 9:30 cus on the relationship between science and hal- org or phone 971-0990. 1–3 p.m. Keshet Ann Arbor Hebrew: BIC. 6 p.m. a.m. and 7:30 p.m. akah, the commandments of the Torah, in light Passover Sale: TBE Sisterhood. 3–7:30 p.m. Women’s Torah Study with Cantor Rose: TBE. For Yiddish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): All of rational inquiry and investigation, termed by Songs of Israel Concert: TBE. 4 p.m. information, contact Cantor Annie Rose at can- ages and levels welcome including UM and non- middle ages rabbis as the relationship between [email protected]. 7–8 p.m. UM participants. 1:30 p.m. at Beanster’s Café, revelation and reason. 8–9:15 p.m. Monday 18 Basic Judaism: TBE. For information or to register, ground floor of UM Michigan League. For infor- Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. contact Rabbi Lisa Delson at ldelson@templebet- mation, call 936-2367. Reading the Torah may be easy, but understanding SPICE: JCC Seniors. Energy Exercise with Maria Far- it is no simple matter. Study the text in the origi- English as a Second Language Daily Classes: JFS. hemeth.org. 7–8:30 p.m. quhar, $4 per session.11 a.m.; Dairy Lunch Buffet, nal, with the classical Rashi commentary. 8 p.m. Ongoing class from 9 a.m.–noon on Mondays– $3, Noon. Mahjong, sewing and quilting. 1 p.m. Every Tuesday. Fridays and 1–3 p.m. on Mondays–Thursdays at Tuesday 19 Jewish Family Services, 2245 South State Street. Weekly Musical Meditations: TBE. Led by Cantor Annie Rose and John Goodell, St. Clare’s Music For more information, contact JFS at 769-0209 or Living with Integrity–Navigating Everyday Ethi- Wednesday 20 Director. 6:15–7:15 p.m. email [email protected]. Ongoing. cal Dilemmas: Chabad. Are you obliged to keep Trop Class: TBE. Cantor Rose leads class members all commitments? What are the responsibilities Hebrew 104: TBE. 6:15–7:15 p.m. Double Reed Delight Concert: JCC. Featuring Ann Ar- through the trop (cantillation) for the weekly of the sandwich generation? Are the ungracious Hebrew 101: TBE. 7:15–8:15 p.m. bor Symphony Orchestra (AASO) members Timo-

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thy Michling on oboe, Eric Varner on bassoon and “Judaism and Human Rights:” BIC. Presented by Tot Shabbat: BIC. 11:15 a.m. Passover Morning Services: Chabad. 9:45 a.m. David Gilliland at the piano. Tickets are $10 and can Rabbi Jill Jacobs. 8 p.m. Shabbat services: See listing at the end of the calendar. Yiddish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): All be purchased at the door or through the AASO. Des- Talmud Study Group–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. ages and levels welcome including UM and non- sert reception at 1 p.m., followed by concert at 1:30 Sharpen your wits and knowledge of the Jewish legal UM participants. 1:30 p.m. at Beanster’s Café, p.m. For information, contact Karen Freedland at system by following the intriguing discussions in the Sunday 24 ground floor of UM Michigan League. For infor- [email protected] or phone 971-0990. Talmud. The Talmud is a composite of practical law, mation, call 936-2367. Hebrew 103: TBE. 6:30–7:30p.m. logical argumentation and moral teachings. Study of Preschool Session: JCS. Join Session #7 to learn about Passover. 10 a.m.–noon. SPICE: JCC Seniors. Energy Exercise with Maria Far- the original Talmud tractate. 8 p.m. Every Thursday. quhar, $4 per session.11 a.m.; Dairy Lunch Buffet, Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into the $3, Noon. Mahjong, sewing and quilting. 1 p.m. Thursday 21 basic text of Chassidism and discover the beauty Friday 22 of Judaism. 10:30 a.m. Every Sunday. Weekly Musical Meditations: TBE. Cantor Annie Passover Boutique: JCC. Unique items for Passover Rose and John Goodell, St. Clare’s Music Direc- celebrations, such as seder plates, matzoh covers, Passover Boutique: JCC. See March 21. tor. 3–4 p.m. hagaddot and more. For information, contct Re- Rabbi Levy’s Lunch and Learn: TBE. Informal Dis- Monday 25 Second Night Seder: TBE. Let by Rabbi Levy and bekah Gamble at [email protected] or cussion. Attendees are welcome to bring lunch. Rabbi Delson. Open to general community. phone 971-0990. 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Also March 22. Noon–1 p.m. Shaharit and Siyyum Bechorot: BIC. 7 a.m. Feast on favorite Passover foods including salad, SPICE: JCC Seniors. Energy Exercise with Maria Far- Shabbat Services for Young Families: TBE. Tot English as a Second Language Daily Classes: JFS. chicken, Marbella, quinoa stuffed peppers, po- quhar, $4 per session, 10 a.m. Current Events with Shabbat for ages 5 and under at 5:30 p.m. Tot and Ongoing class from 9 a.m.–noon on Mondays– tatoes and Passover cookies. Catering by Simply Heather Dombey. Bring news items of interest for Sukkat Shalom dinner at 6 p.m. Shira and Suk- Fridays and 1–3 p.m. on Mondays–Thursdays at Scrumptious. $20/adult; $15/child. No charge for group discussion. 11 a.m. Dairy Lunch Buffet, $3. kat Shalom for ages 5 through 10 at 6:30 p.m. Jewish Family Services, 2245 South State Street. children under 3 sharing dinner with adult. For Noon. Special events and presentations at 1 p.m. Popsicle Oneg follows. Birthday and Anniversary For more information, contact JFS at 769-0209 or information or to reserve, visit www.templebet- Intergenerational Passover Program: JCC Early Shabbat Service at 7:30 p.m. email [email protected]. Ongoing. hemeth.org. 6–9 p.m. Childhood Center. JCC Early Childhood Cen- Friday Night Lights: BIC. Service at 6 p.m. Dinner Trop Class: TBE. Cantor Rose leads class members Second Night Seder: JCS. A secular seder, written by ter parents. Grandparents, children and mem- at 7 p.m. through the trop (cantillation) for the weekly Torah JCS members, will focus on the human struggle portion, discussing the implications of the trop on for freedom throughout time. Members will pro- bers of the JCC’s SPICE Older Adults program Fourth Friday Shabbat Service: AARC. Musical Kab- will gather to celebrate Passover. This fun-filled the text. For more information, email Cantor Rose at vide a vegetarian potluck dinner. Suggested do- balat Shabbat services held at the JCC and open to [email protected]. Noon–1 p.m. nation for non-JCS members is $15 per person event includes an entertaining presentation of all. Led by rabbinic intern Aura Ahuvia. Services fol- the Passover story by the ECC children. A tradi- Passover Services and Seder: Chabad. Services fol- and $40 for a family of four, although no one will lowed by vegetarian potluck dinner. Pizza nosh for be turned away if unable to pay. Held at the JCC. tional Seder meal will follow. RSVP to the JCC by children before services from 6 p.m. Childcare pro- lowed by traditional Seder with inspiring mysti- contacting Peretz Hirshbein at peretzhirshbein@ cal insights into the Hagaddah plus a full course RSVP and pre-pay through website at www.jew- vided during services from 6:15–7:30 p.m. Reserva- ishculturalsociety.org. 6–9 p.m. jccfed.org or phone 971-0990. 10:30 a.m. tions for children preferred, especially for pizza and meal, including fish, meat, soup, side dishes, Presentation: JCC Seniors. Homemade dairy lunch childcare. Contact Jennifer Cohen at www.aarecon. Shmurah matzoh, wine grape juice and desserts. Second Night Seder: AARC. Includes potluck meal at noon, followed at 1 p.m. with a presentation by org/contact-us or phone 445-1910. 6–10 p.m. Reservation required at www.jewmich.com. $36/ preceded by an interactive Passover service. Held community members; $18/UM students. Ser- at the JCC. Bring a dairy-free, nut free Passover George Taylor on “The History of Cobblestone Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. Farms.” 1 p.m. vices at 7:30 p.m. Seder at 8 p.m. appropriate dish to share. Reservations preferred. Art Exhibit Reception: Frankel Center. Reception Phone 445-1910 or email Jennifer Cohen via Saturday 23 www.aarecon.org/contact-us. 6–10 p.m. for exhibits of work of artists Lynne Avadenka Tuesday 26 and Eric Bermann. 202 South Thayer Street, Passover Services and Seder: Chabad. Services fol- Torah Study with Rabbi: TBE. 8:50 a.m. Lobby. 6–7:30 p.m. Passover Services: BIC. Pesach Shaharit. 9:30 a.m. lowed by traditional Seder witH inspiring mysti- Sixth Grade Morning Program: BIC. 9:30 a.m. cal insights into the Hagaddah plus a full course

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32 Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 meal, including fish, meat, soup, side dishes, set. Call 662-5805 for information. Mincha/ Max Aaron, continued from page 26 Shmurah matzoh, wine grape juice and des- Ma’ariv with Seudah Shlisheet and Dvar Torah serts. Reservation required at www.jewmich. every week. Torah topics and a bite to eat. Dis- com. $36/community members; $18/UM stu- cussions led by Rabbi Rod Glogower and other leagues, competing in the USA Hockey I saw how well Max skated,” Madeline said. dents. Services at 7:30 p.m. Seder at 8 p.m. local scholars. Home hospitality available for nationals in 2006 and 2007. “I’m hoping we get to perform one day Shabbat meals. UM Hillel. But after suffering a back injury four together, but it’ll take a lot of dedication.” Wednesday 27 Shabbat Services: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Morning child- years ago that nearly ended his career, Aaron Aaron’s mother, Mindy, said her children care from 10 a.m.–12:15 p.m. realized he couldn’t juggle two sports, and he had always wanted to be professional ice Passover Services: BIC. Pesach Shaharit. 9:30 a.m. Shabbat Services: AARC. Learners’ Service held decided to focus on figure skating. He went skaters. As kids, they tried every activity to see from placing 13th at the nationals in 2007 what they liked. Max, she said, was a natural. Passover Services: BIC. Pesach Mincha. 7:30 p.m. March 16 at the JCC from 10 a.m.–noon. Dis- cussion-based format with changing topics, to eighth place in the Midwestern sectionals “They’ve put in a lot of hours for this, and Men’s Torah Study: TBE. Twice monthly evening focusing on historical, geographical, and po- in 2008, to earning high marks in 2011 and while it’s not something that I recommend of learning. Refreshments served. For informa- litical traditions of different parts of traditional 2012, and this year taking the national title. for everyone, my husband and I always try to tion, contact Roger Stutesman at rogerstutes- service each month. Regular morning service [email protected]. 7:30 p.m. Aaron is smaller and younger than encourage them to live up to their potential,” generally held on the second or third Saturday most of his competitors but still follows the she said. “Watching the kids from the podium each month at the JCC from 10 a.m.–noon. grueling regimen of figure skaters, sometimes is always a proud moment for me, but we’ve Thursday 28 Traditionally-based, with music plus a lengthy Torah discussion. For info, email info@aarecon. spending eight hours a day on the ice and had some disappointments in the past from sticking to a strict, protein-heavy diet. The scouts. Max is not a very tall boy, and scouts SPICE: JCC Seniors. Energy Exercise with Ma- org or call 913-9705 or visit www.aarecon.org. ria Farquhar, $4 per session, 10 a.m. Current Shabbat Services: Chabad. Friday night services at 5-foot-7 Aaron says he was inspired by Aly don’t usually go for the small ones.” Events with Heather Dombey. Bring news items Shabbat candle lighting time. Saturday morn- Raisman, the Jewish gymnast who won a Mindy says her children struggled with of interest for group discussion. 11 a.m. Dairy ing services at 9:45 a.m. Afternoon services 45 gold medal at last year’s Summer Olympics a packed schedule, attending public school Lunch Buffet, $3. Noon. Special events and pre- minutes before sundown. in London and led the U.S. to the team title. full time and ice skating in the morning and sentations at 1 p.m. Shabbat Services: Pardes Hannah. Gener- Aaron admits that the hard work can be afternoons, but they were never allowed to Symposium: Frankel Center. “New Directions ally meets the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each disheartening some days. “There are definitely ditch Hebrew school, which they attended in Jewish Literary and Cultural Studies. UM month. Call 663-4039 for more information. 10 times where I wish my schedule was more of three times a week. Michigan League, Hussey Room. 10 a.m. Also a.m. Led by Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg. an ordinary kid’s,” Aaron said. “I miss my “You need to be grounded, and we try to March 29. Shabbat Services: TBE. Torah Study with Rabbi family in Arizona, and some days, when I’m understand the value in Jewish traditions Presentation: JCC Seniors. Dr. Richard Proctor Levy at 8:50 a.m. Morning Minyan with Rabbi really exhausted and achy, I wish I was like and hobbies,” she said. “Ice skating was will speak about “Bacterial Resistance to Anti- Delson and lay leaders at 9:30 a.m. Sanctuary everyone else my age, going to college and important, but they always take off for the biotics and Vaccines.” 1 p.m. Service at 10 a.m. most weeks. Call the office at hanging out with friends. But I know my body Jewish holidays.” Talmud Study Group–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. 665-4744 or consult website at www.templebet- can only handle this for so many years, and I Aaron is enrolled at Pikes Peak hemeth.org for service details. Sharpen your wits and knowledge of the Jewish have to give it my all right now.” Community College in Colorado Springs, legal system by following the intriguing discus- Home Hospitality for Shabbat and Holiday Aaron’s gift for skating seems to run in where he takes night classes after training for sions in the Talmud. The Talmud is a compos- Meals: AAOM. Call 662-5805 in advance. the family. His 18-year-old sister, Madeline, the world championships. He says he wants ite of practical law, logical argumentation and Home Hospitality and Meals: Chabad. Every is also a professional figure skater and a 2013 to become a sports agent once he retires as a moral teachings. Study of the original Talmud Shabbat and Holiday. Call 995-3276 in advance. tractate. 8 p.m. Every Thursday. U.S. junior bronze medalist. His older sister, figure skater, but hopes he can win as many Molly, also used to skate competitively. titles as possible before the time comes. He Friday 29 Phone numbers and addresses of A few years ago, the Aaron family also has plans for what he’d like to do with organizations frequently listed bought a second home in Colorado, so Max his free time after the competition. and Madeline could train together at the “I’ve wanted to visit Israel for a while Symposium: Frankel Center. “New Directions in the calendar: in Jewish Literary and Cultural Studies. UM Broadmoor Skating Club, although the two now,” he said. “I’ve never been to the land, Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan (AAOM) don’t perform together since Madeline is a even though I feel deeply connected to it. Michigan League, Hussey Room. 10 a.m. See 1429 Hill Street 994-5822 March 28. pairs skater and Max skates solo. I’m also hoping one day my sister and I can Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation (AARC) n Rabbi Levy’s Lunch and Learn: TBE. Informal “I wanted to become a figure skater after perform there together.” P.O. Box 7451, Ann Arbor 913-9705 Discussion. Attendees are welcome to bring lunch. Noon–1 p.m. Beth Israel Congregation (BIC) 2000 Washtenaw Ave. 665-9897 Cants’ Four Gates wine, continued from page 29 Saturday 30 Chabad House 715 Hill Street 995-3276 is impossible. In the spring and summer, make wine,” he says. “But making good wine Torah Study with Rabbi: TBE. 8:50 a.m. EMU Hillel Cantz spends his days planting, sowing, means that you need to have all your ducks 965 Washtenaw Ave., Ypsilanti 482-0456 pruning and watering. In the fall and winter, in a row. And the secret to the best wines is Shabbat Limmud: BIC. 9 a.m. he lives in isolation in a slightly dilapidated the perfect amount of fermentation.” Chapel Service: TBE. 10 a.m. Jewish Community Center (JCC) 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 971-0990 yet charming shack made of plywood and Cantz will release new lines of pinot Jewish Cultural Society (JCS) cinderblock that he built himself. There he noir, petit verdot, syrah, zinfandel, cabernet Weekly Friday night Shabbat services 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 975-9872 crushes, presses, ferments, barrels, bottles, sauvignon and merlot in the next few weeks, Shabbat Service: AAOM. Services held at UM Hil- Jewish Family Services (JFS) corks and labels his wine. While Cantz’s crop ahead of Passover. He also saves a few bottles lel. Call 994-9258 in advance to confirm time. 2245 South State Street 769-0209 is certified by the California Certified Organic of his bestsellers to re-release the following Farmers, his wine doesn’t qualify as organic year. This season, he’s offering cabernet Shabbat Service: BIC. 6 p.m. Jewish Federation because Cantz uses sulfur dioxide to prevent and cabernet franc from earlier vintages. Shabbat Service: TBE. Tot Shabbat at 5:30 p.m., 2939 Birch Hollow Drive 677-0100 followed by tot dinner. Sukkat Shalom service further aging—a practice European wineries His wines generally range from $20 to $50 Pardes Hannah consider organic but Americans do not. per bottle; his most expensive bottle, the at 6:30 p.m. for “tot grads,” preceded by din- 2010 Washtenaw Ave. 761-5324 ner. Shira at 6:30 p.m. Oneg for Tot and Sukkat These days Cantz is growing merlot, cabernet franc, sells for $60. Temple Beth Emeth (TBE) Shalom families at 7 p.m. Traditional Service at chardonnay, pinot noir and cabernet grapes. Because mountain-grown grapes tend 2309 Packard Road 665-4744 7:30 p.m. Once a month Middle School Service In a good year, he produces 5 to 8 tons, to be sharper in flavor than valley-grown at 7:30 p.m. For information, call 665-4744. UM Hillel from which he extracts about 1,000 gallons ones, Four Gates wine has a bit of a kick to it. 1429 Hill Street 769-0500 Shabbat Service: Ann Arbor Reconstructionist of wine. The product is sold exclusively But consumers don’t seem to mind. Cantz’s Congregation. 6:15 p.m. at the JCC the fourth through his website, fourgateswine.com. wines have sold out every season, even Friday each month. Musical Shabbat service Cantz handwrites invoices and treks down though Cantz doesn’t do any advertising. He followed by vegetarian potluck. Pizza nosh for the mountain to the post office himself to relies entirely on word of mouth. the kids at 6 p.m. Childcare provided during ship bottles. Every now and then, Cantz says, he will the service. All are welcome to attend. For in- Shabbat Candlelighting Like every agricultural business, there are get an email from a client begging to take formation, call 975-6527, email mamacohen@ good seasons and bad, and the past few were over the winery when he retires. But Cantz comcast.net, or visit www.aarecon.org. March 1 6:02 p.m. horrendous. Last summer, an excruciating has a lease on the land until he’s 92, and he Shabbat Service: Chabad. Begins at candle-light- ing time. Home hospitality available for Shab- March 8 6:11 p.m. heat wave struck California, killing half his doesn’t plan to stop any time soon. bat meals and Jewish holidays. Call 995-3276 crop. The season before, late summer rains “I feel so lucky that God has blessed in advance. March 15 7:19 p.m. caused a fungus which rotted his grapes. But me with the opportunity to do something March 22 7:27 p.m. Santa Cruz has been showered with abundant that I love,” Cantz says. “Wine has a whole Weekly Shabbat services rains this winter, and Cantz is optimistic that scientific aesthetic to it, and includes so March 29 7:35 p.m. this next crop will produce his best wine yet. many elements of life I get to watch. It’s Shabbat Services: AAOM. Morning service, 9:30 “Honestly, it’s really not that hard to vigorous, but it’s all worth it.” n a.m. Evening service, 35 minutes before sun- Washtenaw Jewish News A March 2013 33 Chelsea Flower Shop, LLC 203 E. 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TICKETS & PASSES The Center for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery NOW AVAILABLE welcomes Medical Aesthetician MYKEN SWAITHES

AAFILMFEST.ORG Devoted to our patients, Dedicated to results.

I am thrilled to join the Aesthetic team at the “ Center for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, where I will be working collaboratively with skilled cosmetic surgeons to achieve optimal results. I look NEARLY 200 forward to building trusted relationships with patients to INDEPENDENT AND EXPERIMENTAL create healthy, beautiful skin. FILMS INCLUDING: Myken brings 10 years of experience” to confidently treat skin conditions Ken Burns in attendance w/ The Central Park Five including acne, pigmentation and Retrospective of animator Suzan Pitt aging skin. Her extensive formal medical Aesthetic training and 50 years of Polish animation progressive approach makes her a perfect addition to the growing Retrospective of experimental filmmaker Pat O’Neill CPRS team. LGBTQ Out Night Please call our office to schedule New Documentaries an appointment with Myken for any of the following services: Family-Friendly Program • Chemical Peels and Dermaplaning • DermaSound Ultrasonic Facials • Laser Hair Reduction 734-712-2323 • Photo facials and Pixel Resurfacing www.facebook.com/CPRSA2 • Microdermabrasion www.cprs-aa.com • Skin Care Consultations

Paul Izenberg, MD David Hing, MD Richard Beil, MD CENTER FOR PLASTIC & Daniel Sherick, MD RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY Ian Lytle, MD Welcome Myken Swaithes

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Mazel tov Dane Dingman on his bar mitzvah, March 2. Nathan Elyakin on his bar mitzvah, March 9. Jillian Stairs and Katherine Saalberg, on their b’not mitzvah, March 9. Sarah Rose Cohen, on her bat mitzvah, March 16. Terah Blakemore on her bat mitzvah, March 16. Elijah Maze on his bar mitzvah, March 23. Rosina Estes and Zoe Milliman, on their b’not mitzvah, March 23. Arlene Dietz on the birth of her granddaughter. Jackie Moore on the birth of her granddaughter, Ellie Anne, January 31. Natalie and Roger Palay on the birth of their grandson, Ari John, January 29.

Condolences with Robert Kahn on the death of his wife, Beatrice, on November 16. special Janet Weiss on the death of her mother, Carol Weiss, January 8. post-show Lori Taylor on the death of her mother, Marion Walsh, January 15. discussion! James Shayman on the death of his mother, Chernie Shayman, January 7. Barbara Stark-Nemon on the death of her father, Walter Stark, January 17. Happy Feigelson on the death of her sister, Judy Goldfein, February 2. Sheldon Markel on the dearh of his mother, Sylvia Markel and his sister, Audrey Elkiss, January 8.

wed. Mar. 13 • 7 PM Advertisers This special screening will be followed by a 30-minute presentation I from UM biopsychology lecturer and animal behaviorist Amadeus Cafe/Patisserie...... 2 Jewish Studies Program, MSU...... 9 dr. camille ward about human-canine communication. Ann Arbor Film Festival...... 34 Joe Cornell Entertainment...... 13 advance TickeTs aT TickeTweb.com. charge by phone: 866-468-3401. Ann Arbor State Bank...... 24 Mast Shoes...... 21 Ann Arbor’s downtown center Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra...... 16 Mercy's Restaurant...... 12 for fine film & performing Arts 603 e. liberty • 734-668-time • michtheater.org Susan Ayer Photography...... 34 Michal Porath, realtor...... 21 Bank of Ann Arbor...... 4 Michigan Theater...... 35 Bennett Optometry...... 35 Midwest Traveler's Health...... 21 Camp Gan Israel...... 5 Modern Mechanical...... 4 Center for Plastic and MOSA Audiology...... 24 Reconstructive Surgery...... 34 Pam Sjo, realtor...... 2 Chelsea Flower Shop...... 34 People's Food Co-op...... 13 Cole Taylor Mortgage...... 32 Plum Market...... 14 Dennis Platte Graphic Design...... 12 Quality Kosher Catering...... 31 Dorfman Funeral Home...... 9 R.D. Kleinschmidt...... 4 Frankel Center...... 3 Shutter Booth...... 2 Gold Bond Cleaners 9 Temple Beth Emeth...... 3 Cantor Samuel Greenbaum; mohel...... 9 Tobi Hollander Photography...... 21 Hiller's Market...... 28 United Bank & Trust...... 18, 19 Jewish Community Center...... 36 University Musical Society...... 23 Jewish Cultural Society...... 13 Village Apothecary...... 2 Jewish Family Services...... 6 Vitosha Guest Haus...... 16 Jewish Federation...... 24 Zingerman's...... 12

Jewish Film Festival returns to Ann Arbor May 5–9 Karen Freedland, special to the WJN The 12th annual Jewish Film Festival will return to the Michigan Theater, May 5–9, 2013. The Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor, in association with the Jewish Community Center of Metro Detroit, will showcase 15 films over five days at this community event. The festival will showcase films from Israel, Canada, Australia, United States and Europe. The opening night sponsor reception will take place Sunday, May 5 at 6 p.m., followed by the film, Hava Nagila, a wonderfully uplifting film that traces the popularity and history of the beloved tune. To become a sponsor of the Jewish Film Festival or for more information, contact Karen Freedland at [email protected] or 971-0990.

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NO Camp Raanana Fee Increase from 2012!

Why choose Camp Raanana? Why choose Camp Keshet? • New Camp Raanana Director with 20+ years • Located on the grounds of the JCC, making programming experience full use of the large playground, gardens and • Beautiful, natural setting at Cedar Lake in Chelsea wooded nature area-the perfect canvas for an (bus transportation provided from the JCC) outdoor day camp. • Eight 1-week sessions, plus two weeks of Summer • Camp Keshet’s counselors are the highly Fun Days (June 17-21 and August 19-23) experienced and qualified preschool teachers • Red cross trained certified swim lessons of the JCC ECC. • Exciting activities including: archery, arts & crafts, • Exclusive use of the Tot Pool at Buhr Park boating, climbing wall, dance, drama, nature for swimming twice a week! programming, orienteering, pioneer skill building, • Special activities every week , including sports and games, storytelling and more! exciting field trips and interesting guests! The way camp should be! The premier Jewish Day Camps in Ann Arbor

Questions? For Camp Raanana, contact Michael Sandweiss at [email protected]. For Camp Keshet, contact Peretz Hirshbein at [email protected].

(734) 971-0990 www.jccannarbor.org

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