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Look: Inside: Don’t n! Miss: Summer Fu Town Square Kadimah -15 Food Pantry Annual Dinner Goodbye? Pages 10 Open Pix Hello! Page 13 Pages 34-35 Pages 18-19 The Award Winning A publication of the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo THE EWISH JOURNAL J OF WNY Buffalo, Israel & the Jewish World July 2015 | Tammuz- Av 5775 Presenting the BJE’s Class of 2015! Pages 6-9 Join Congregation Shir Shalom in supporting the Food Bank of WNY Saturday July 25 1100-2 Walk O Hunger Family-Friendly Walk & Festival Island Park, Williamsville www.foodbankwny.org for information about sponsorship, donations and registration call Gary Bluestein at (716) 633-3200 sponsored by Andreozzi Bluestein, LLP • Solving Tax Problems What’s Inside... THE EWISH JOURNAL J OF WNY Published by The Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo July 2015 2640 North Forest Road Getzville, NY 14068 716-204-2241 You may note that the A photo of the Bureau of Jewish www.jfedbflo.com cover of this July issue bears a similarity to Education’s High School for Jewish Studies last July’s (2014) issue. Both feature photos graduating class taken last year. From left- of the graduating class of the current year’s standing- Jack Ladow, Grace Florian, Aaron High School of Jewish Studies (HSJS). Blum, Miranda Weiss, Lauren Wallenfels, Interim Executive Director ........................................... Lewis Stolzenberg Redundant? Derivitative? Ran out of ideas? Elissa Baum, Robyn Lippa and Sam President ...................................................................Howard Rosenhoch Editor, Marketing and Community Relations Director ..Ellen S. Goldstein Nope! Not at all. Both last year and this, Appleton. Seated: Adam Moyer, Elanna Advisory Board the Seniors of the HSJS have been so Sadler, Anna Swiatowy, Ben Wald, and Susan Adelman Elizabeth Kahn Kenneth Rogers impressive and have articulated what being Joseph Kramer. Photo courtesy of Jill Jonathan Epstein Rabbi Gary Pokras Peter Simon Jewish means to them or how their HSJS Komm and the Bureau of Jewish Education. Richard Hirsch Eric Reich Michael Weisman has impacted their lives. These remarks and Photo Art: Kim Miers. Editor’s Note Editor’s statements are profound. They give us a On The Cover good glimpse into the minds and hearts of The Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo Is a proud member of the Jewish Federations of North America these students our community has raised 3 ����������� Message from the and the American Jewish Press Association and produced, and let us see into our Jewish President Produced by future with these young people as upcoming Howard Rosenhoch leaders. Please take the time to read pages 6 4 ����������� Save the Date- through 9 this month and share the vitality September 21- For the Senior Vice President/Creative Director ............................................Chastity O'Shei and hope with which they imbue the future. [email protected] UJF Kick-Off Dinner! In addition, we have a Summer Fun Vice President/Production ...................................................................Jennifer Tudor section with ideas of things to do in Western 5 ����������� Women of Distinction [email protected] Lead Designer ....................................................................................Kimberly Miers New York and ways to share the summer with 6-9 ������� Presenting… The HSJS [email protected] friends. And there are a great many photos of Class of 2015 Senior Graphic Designers .................................................................. Josh Flanigan, the profusion of events that have been taking 10 ��������� Summer Fun: Garden Andrea Rowley, Jean-Pierre Thimot, Nicholas Vitello Traffic Coordinator ............................................................. Adam Van Schoonhoven place in the Nickel City—from Nickel City Walks Associate Publisher/Senior Vice President/Advertising ................ Barbara E. Macks Jews’ events, to the heroines of the Jewish 11 ��������� Summer Fun: Come Sail [email protected] Federation’s Women of Distinction lunch, Assistant Sales & Marketing Manager ............................................Marianne Potratz with Me! [email protected] to A Woman’s Journey of Heart & Soul, by David Essrow Senior Account Executive ...................................................... Cynthia Oppenheimer, Kadimah’s annual dinner, Pride Parade, and Julie Ann Nagel, Robin Kurss 12 ��������� Summer Fun: 5 Things Larkinville. [email protected], you can do to repair the [email protected] I hope you have [email protected] the opportunity to world in July Proofreaders ..........................................................Rhonda Wise, Sharon C. Levite savor the summer in Where in Jewish Bflo? Amy Goldstein our WNY paradise. 13 ��������� Summer Fun: Picnic Members of Maybe I’ll see you Food for July on one of the many by Robin Kurss Submissions: Garden Walks this Submit editorial stories, photos, and calendar items by the 1st of Photo Credit: Linda Gellman Town Square Food the preceding month of issue to [email protected]. month. Pantry Officially Opens To Advertise: 14-15 ��� Nickel City Jews & The To advertise, call Cynthia Oppenheimer at 716-783-9119 x2240. Ad space & materials are due by the 10th of each month prior to Schmooze publication. For a rate card and any additional information, please 16 ��������� Clergy Column: Cantor email Cynthia Oppenheimer coppenheimer@jewishjournalwny. Ellen Goldstein - Editor Sharon Eve Colbert com or Barbara Macks [email protected]. To Subscribe: 17 ��������� Mara Koven-Gelman to To subscribe, visit www.jfedbflo.com and click on “JJWNY lead HRC subscription”. Free for Western New York area residents and 18-19 ��� From The Shlichim- donors to the UJF Campaign. Non-resident subscription is $36 for 12 issues, payable to The Jewish Journal of WNY. “Not Yet Le’hitraot!” The Jewish Journal of WNY (JJWNY) reserves the right to cancel any 20-21 ��� Agencies & Synagogues advertisement at any time. The Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo and Buffalo Spree Publishing, Inc. are not liable for the content or errors appearing in the 22-26 ��� Synagogue Happenings advertisements beyond the cost of the space occupied. The JJWNY does not assume responsibility for the kashrut of any product or service advertised in this 27 ��������� July Calendar paper. Editorials, columns, advertisements, agency reports and other outside articles do not necessarily represent the views of the newspaper or the Jewish 28-39 ��� Agency Events Federation of Greater Buffalo, but rather express the view of the writer. 29 ��������� Farmer’s Markets All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it “illegal to advertise “based on race, color, religion, 40-43 ��� Jews in the News sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly 44 ��������� Not The Last Word – accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available Departments Irv Freedman on an equal opportunity basis. 2 www.jfedbflo.com | July 2015 President’s Column rise, which JFNA partner Jewish Agency for Israel is there to support. Howard Rosenhoch Closer to home and more recently, the devastating floods in Houston in May had a particularly drastic impact in Jewish neighborhoods of that city. JFNA has been I had the opportunity, providing immediate relief and support to Jewish agencies and synagogues affected by along with outgoing UJF that natural disaster. Campaign Chair Steve The generation of Jews who survived the Holocaust is in the evening of their lives. Weiss, to represent the There are 130,000 Holocaust survivors living in the United States, over 25% of whom Jewish Federation of Greater live near or below the poverty level. JFNA has committed to marshalling and delivering Buffalo at the meetings of the resources to ensure that these individuals are provided the means to live their the Board of Trustees and remaining days in comfort and dignity. Delegate Assembly of the As you can see, crises that affect Jews can occur anywhere, anytime. JFNA is Jewish Federations of North constantly evaluating the effectiveness of its overseas and Israel responses, as well as the America (JFNA) held in New way in which it interacts with and marshals the assets of its constituent organizations York City on May 31 and and communities to provide the necessary resources. Among the questions we discussed June 1. Our Buffalo Jewish at the Delegate meeting was how best to use the vehicle of emergency campaigns so Federation is one of 151 that it is most effective when most needed, and how to ensure a stream of steady local Federations which, resources, and prioritize those resources, among the seemingly constant crises affecting along with 300 Network Jews worldwide. This is a discussion that I am sure will be ongoing. I invite you to share Communities, comprise JFNA, which serves as the central address for your thoughts with me on these issues that so greatly impact our people. and maximizes the impact of North American Jewry. Strengthening Local Communities Through Leadership Development. They say a When we convene with our counterparts from around North America, we exchange chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Similarly, JFNA is only as strong as its local ideas for