Experience the Magic of Hot Air Balloons at Olathe Festival by Barbara Bayer Thought Something Like This Should Be Editor Done Here in Kansas City

$1.00 The KANSAS CITY Volume 91, Number 27 www.kcjc.com July 1, 2011 jewish chronicle Experience the magic of hot air balloons at Olathe festival By Barbara Bayer thought something like this should be Editor done here in Kansas City. “Nothing of that caliber had ever Who doesn’t love watching a hot air been done here,” she said. balloon sail through the sky? The sky So she started investigating balloon will be filled with beautiful hot air bal- festivals, discovering that every state in loons of all colors, shapes and sizes the country has at least one. next weekend, July 8, 9 and 10, when “I found out they even have them the second annual Great Midwest Bal- in places like Iowa and Reno (Nevada) loon Fest launches at the Great Mall of where the weather isn’t necessarily the Great Plains in Olathe. better than what we’ve got,” Small said. Spearheaded by Robbie Small and It took less than a year for the Smalls her husband, Steve Small, who serve to get the first balloon fest off the as the festival’s executive directors, ground. It was held last year in south- GMBF’s organizing committee also in- ern Overland Park and almost 50,000 cludes several members of the Jewish people attended the inaugural event. community. Proceeds from the festival Last year’s event was big and fun, will benefit three local charities — Hos- but Small said they learned a lot from pice House of Olathe Medical Park and it. She said this year’s festival will be Noble Cause U.S.A. Foundation, Olathe even bigger and better. Mayor’s Christmas Tree Fund (which The most notable change is the site benefits SafeHome, Salvation Army, — the Great Mall of the Great Plains in Sunflower House, CASA, Olathe Spe- Olathe. cial Olympics, Catholic Charities and “It has terrific access. It’s right off others). Food donations will benefit I-35 and exit 215, which is 151st Street,” Harvesters. Small said. “We have been raising money from Parking will be easier this year as sponsors to cover all the expenses so well, with thousands of paved parking we’re hoping that by the time the gates places located at the mall as well as sat- open, whatever we take in we can give ellite sites where free shuttle service directly to the charities,” Small said. “It will be available. (See box for detailed all depends on the attendance, but we information Page 14). are hoping to donate thousands of dol- It begins at 3 p.m. Friday, July 8, and lars to charity.” continues through 11 p.m. when the Photo by ben Mccall The presenting sponsors are Block last band stops playing. An early morn- Among the attractions being offered at the Great Midwest Balloon Fest July 8, 9 and 10 at and Company, Deffenbaugh Industries, ing balloon launch will take place at the Great Mall of the Great Plains are hot air balloon rides and tethered balloon rides. Farmers Insurance Group, Ferrellgas, 6:30 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday Mercedes-Benz of Kansas City, US mornings. Early birds will be treated to Bank, Olathe Medical Center, Radio free Krispy Kreme donuts and Parisi Disney and Time Warner Cable. coffee. The field will re-open to the public Ballooning in Kansas City at noon on Saturday and Sunday. It will stay open until 11 p.m. Saturday night Small has attended the world’s and will close following the last launch largest hot air balloon festival, held Sunday at about 6:30 p.m. in Albuquerque, N.M., several times Weather permitting, Small said they while visiting her daughter who lives there. She enjoyed it tremendously and see great, page 14 page 2 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle July 1, 2011

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By Barbara Bayer ally understanding with any depth the Editor meaning of the approach to Judaism,” he said. Ten years ago Steve Burnstein’s son With three degrees in tow, he began died when he was just six months old of working at Congregation Beth Torah as a genetic disorder. The “crisis of faith” its religious school director. He stayed he suffered during that time led him on six years, and while he was there he a course of study that included, among earned the Reform Jewish Educator other things, liturgy (prayer). It also certification. led him to rabbinical school, where he When he left Beth Torah he worked was ordained by the Reconstruction- in corporate America for a few years ist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia developing seminars. June 12. “I learned a little bit about a lot of When he started studying, it was things, but I realized it wasn’t what I simply to study. The 46-year-old Kan- wanted to do with my life. But I wasn’t sas City native, the son of David and sure how I wanted to get back involved Rosalyn Burnstein, decided to become in the Jewish world,” Rabbi Burnstein a rabbi when a friend encouraged him said. to pursue ordination. So he took a leave of absence from He was drawn to the Reconstruc- his job, took a group of kids to Israel, tionist movement through its prayer and stayed on his own for two months. book. “While I was there in 1995, I got in- “I fell in love with their approach volved with Pinat Shorashim and Kib- to prayer and liturgy. When I met the butz Gezer. Then I went home, closed people at the college, I realized it was up shop and a little over a year later the type of community that would be a made aliyah in 1997,” he said. pleasure to learn with and study with,” He met his Varda, who is originally Rabbi Burnstein said. from the Philadelphia area and made He doesn’t expect any drastic chang- aliyah right after high school, on the es in his life now that he’s a rabbi. He baseball field at Gezer. will continue to serve as the director “She comes from a very connected of IsraelExperts’ Center for Israel and Zionist family. Her dad was a crew Diaspora Education. IsraelExperts is Rabbi Steve Burnstein member on the Exodus,” he said. an Israel education and travel organi- The Burnsteins live at Kibbutz zation that works with major organi- what was just supposed to be the sum- Rabbi Burnstein grew up in the Gezer and he has never regretted his zations around the world, including mer. While we were there the social Conservative movement as a member decision to move to Israel. Birthright Israel, in the field of Israel- worker we had worked with for Mi- of Congregation Beth Shalom. He was “My mother-in-law says you make Diaspora relations and Israel educa- cah’s adoption called us and said she very active in USY, serving as the local aliyah every day, which is very true. tion. had another baby for us if we were in- president as well as taking an active re- There’s this love-hate relationship. Rabbi Burnstein said his rabbinical terested. That process took a year,” he gional role in the youth organization. I love where I live. I love being in the degree will make a difference to some said. Daughter Gabi is now almost 9. He earned both undergraduate and center of the Jewish world. Living in he works with. Both children are of Ethiopian descent. graduate degrees at the Jewish Theo- America, when I would get upset with “In the North American Jewish When he decided to continue his logical Seminary. politics or anything else I would say community there is a certain amount studies they were interrupted once “One of the most important things ‘this is horrible.’ In Israel, you say ‘why of respect for the title, although that again, this time with his own health I learned at JTS was that philosophi- do I live here? How can I live in a place certainly wasn’t the goal of getting it. issues. He had a heart attack and qua- cally, ideologically and theologically, like this?’ But we’re all trying to make But in my work it’s certainly the real- druple bypass surgery. the Conservative movement is not for a difference and make it a better place.” ity,” he said. He continued to take classes “here me. I grew up in the movement not re- “The journey wasn’t about the title and there,” and then the opportunity at or the degree, it was about the learn- IsraelExperts presented itself. The announcement also reportedly said that ing.” Palestinians make it official: “It is my dream job. I get to share They’ll ask U.N. for statehood a reconciliation agreement between Fatah It took him nine and a half years to my passion for Israel with people and and Hamas would be completed and a unity finish his journey, which Rabbi Burn- I get to work in Israel-Diaspora rela- government formed. JERUSALEM (JTA) —The Palestinian leadership stein jokes is a record for the RRC. He tions and try to bring our communities The Palestinian leaders also asserted that a officially decided to go ahead with plans to decided to apply to rabbinic school at closer together and build bridges and declaration of statehood could bring about the ask the United Nations for recognition as an the same time he and his wife Varda somebody pays me to do it,” he said. resumption of peace negotiations with Israel. independent state. began the process of adopting their Finally, it got to the point that to fin- Israel’s military on Monday began a two-day The decision was made Sunday, June 26, during son Micah, who is now 10. With the tim- ish his degree he had to come to Phila- exercise to prepare for violence and other pos- a meeting in Ramallah called by Palestinian Au- ing of the adoption, he couldn’t begin delphia for that final semester. sible scenarios in the weeks leading up to the thority President Mahmoud Abbas. Following school at the start of the academic year. “Starting rabbinic school was my September General Assembly meeting and in the meeting, the PA announced that it would Instead the three Burnsteins spent the crazy idea. I really would not have fin- the wake of a vote on Palestinian statehood. spring semester in Philadelphia. ished it without Varda pushing me,” he bring its statehood request to the U.N. General “Then we went back to Israel for noted. “She’s an absolute saint.” Assembly in September, as planned. July 1, 2011 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle page 5 KC native to manage financial operations of $11 billion company By Barbara Bayer recognized in Ingram’s Magazine as one of the Best Editor Companies to Work for in Kansas City. Friedman explained that Deloitte, together with In today’s fast-paced business world, it’s unusual the other member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohm- for a person to spend his whole career working for atsu Limited, is the world’s largest professional ser- the same company. Frank Friedman has done that vices network serving client needs in audit, tax, con- and more, rising to the very top management levels sulting and financial advisory services across more of a well-known national accounting firm while keep- than 20 industries. ing his home base here Kansas City. “We have over 100 offices in the States and we con- Friedman has been named chief financial officer tinue to grow most years,” Friedman said. and managing partner of finance and administra- A 1979 graduate of the University of Kansas, tion of Deloitte LLP, a firm he has been with for 32 Friedman went to work at what was then Touche years. A lifelong resident and a member of Congre- Ross right out of college. gation Beth Shalom, Friedman is responsible for the “The key to my success at Touche and Deloitte financial operations of the $11 billion professional is that it gave me every opportunity I frankly ever services organization and managing the real estate, wanted or desired from an accounting firm,” Fried- field operations and procurement divisions compris- man said. ing approximately 3,500 people. He also will serve as a Over the years Friedman said he has worked in a member of the executive committee of Deloitte LLP. variety of challenging and different positions while He assumed his new position June 1 and credits climbing the ladder of success, starting out in the au- his success to hard work and a good education, as diting department. well as the longevity itself. “Then I moved to tax. I had some of the best clients “The attitude many people have today is that you that one could imagine in this city. I got very involved can’t stay with the same firm and be successful for with individuals and private companies,” he said. Frank Friedman your career. I think that’s not a true statement,” he His next move was to become a managing partner explained. of the Kansas City office and then added manage- In 2010, the Kansas City Business Journal ranked De- Deloitte has a strong history in Kansas and Mis- ment of the St. Louis office to his portfolio. loitte No. 2 on its list of the Top 25 Area Accounting souri as one of the most prestigious professional ser- “Then I went off and did some national things Firms and No. 3 on its list of the Top 25 Management vices organizations, serving the region’s top compa- see Friedman, page 7 nies since 1920 with more than 240 local employees. Consultant Firms. In May 2010, Deloitte also was

village shalom 62211JL22 4c x 5” page 6 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle July 1, 2011 national and international news Activists, Israeli Navy prepare for flotilla bound for Gaza

By Marcy Oster JTA News & Features

JERUSALEM — Israel’s Navy is preparing to in- tercept the pro-Palestinian flotilla due to set sail for the Gaza Strip from Mediterranean ports later this week. Commandos from the Israeli Navy’s elite Shayetet 13 unit have spent weeks preparing to stop the flotilla from reaching Gaza, including practicing new ways to quickly board the ships’ upper decks and how to use water cannons and other non-lethal riot control methods. The Navy wants to avoid a repeat of the violence that occurred when Israeli commandos boarded a ship in last year’s flotilla to Gaza. Nine Turkish activists, including a dual Turkish-American citizen, were killed in clashes with the commandos aboard the Mavi Marmara in May 2010. This year’s flotilla activists, whose stated goal is to break Israel’s maritime blockade of the Hamas-run coastal strip, have attended workshops on the use of passive resistance tactics. The activists also have been trained to transmit information from the ships until the last minute and keep video chips hidden from boarding Israeli soldiers, according to a blog post by flotilla participant Medea Benjamin. Unnamed Israeli officials told Israeli media out- lets that some flotilla participants hope to kill Israeli soldiers and are planning to bring aboard bags of the chemical sulfur to pour it on soldiers as they attempt Moti Milrod/Flash90/Jta to board the ships. Israeli officials have identified at The Israeli Navy, seen here approaching one of the ships from last year’s Gaza-bound flotilla, clashed with Turkish activists least two participants in the flotilla as having ties to aboard another one of the flotilla’s ships on May 31, 2010. Hamas. However, a flotilla organizer, Israeli expatriate organizers are calling sabotage. Gaza.” Dror Feiler, told journalists that flotilla participants Several other ships, including the American- The head of Israel’s Government Press Office had have signed a declaration of nonviolence. Feiler said flagged Audacity of Hope, do not yet have clearance threatened to deny entry to the country for 10 years that dangerous chemicals would not be allowed on to leave their ports after thorough port authority in- to any journalist who participates in the flotilla, but board flotilla vessels. spections — some say more thorough than usual — the Israeli government quickly backed away from the “If Israel suspects anyone, it should provide us and in the case of the American ship, an accusation threat. with information so we can stop him,” he told Israel that it is not seaworthy. Netanyahu on Monday ordered Israeli authorities Army Radio Tuesday (June 28) morning. “Violent After two days of meetings, Israel’s Security Cabi- to formulate a special procedure for journalists who people are not permitted to take part in the flotilla.” net on Monday ordered the Israel Defense Forces are arrested on board the flotilla, saying that the pol- The flotilla is expected to be a smaller version of to prevent the flotilla from reaching Gaza, and also icy for journalists covering the flotilla should not be last year’s, with some 10 ships, including two cargo directed the Foreign Ministry to continue its diplo- the same as against infiltrators and those who enter ships, carrying about 500 activists reportedly set to matic efforts to stop the flotilla from setting sail. The Israel illegally. Several dozen journalists are regis- take part, instead of the at least 15 ships carrying decision echoes statements made in recent days by tered to sail with the flotilla. thousands of activists originally planned. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he Members of the Israeli media and international Earlier this month, the Turkish Islamic charity said that he would not allow flotilla ships to breach journalists will be embedded in Israeli Navy vessels IHH, which helped organize last year’s flotilla with the blockade. in contact with the flotilla “in order to create trans- the Free Gaza Movement, withdrew the participation Israel has said it will take any humanitarian aid parency and credible coverage of the events,” accord- of the Mavi Marmara in this year’s flotilla. The IHH, directly to Gaza if the flotilla ships are brought into ing to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. which is considered a terrorist organization by Israel an Israeli port. Israel also has secured an agreement Oren Helman, director of Israel’s Government and the European Union, said the ship did not gain from Egypt’s interim government to allow the flotil- Press Office, had threatened the ban and other sanc- necessary approval from Turkish port authorities for la ships to unload their aid in the El Arish port and tions in a letter Sunday to members of the foreign technical reasons. take it into Gaza, as the European aid group Miles of press. The flotilla ran into further problems this week. Smiles did last week, bringing 30 tons of aid into Gaza “I implore you to avoid taking part in this provoca- The departure date of flotilla ships from Greek after landing in the Egyptian port. tive and dangerous event, the purpose of which is to ports was pushed off from the originally scheduled Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday undermine Israel’s right to defend itself and to know- called the flotilla an “unnecessary provocation” and Tuesday launch due to a nationwide strike. Mean- see Flotilla, page 7 while, one ship’s propeller was cut off in what flotilla asserted that “there is no humanitarian crisis in July 1, 2011 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle page 7 Friedman promoted at Deloitte from page 5 to maintain and to improve the company’s financial discipline as well as around operations, technology, real es- to make sure it is financed for the next tate and finance,” Friedman said. decade. About four years ago he began con- “I think a big piece of my job is to centrating fully on the company’s fi- ensure the financial stewardship of the nances. firm, along with our incredible board “Eventually, and naturally, I think, of directors. But I think in large part I then assumed the CFO position,” he that’s what we’ve been doing for the said. last several years,” he said. The beauty of working for Deloitte Friedman thinks his new position or another other large firm, Friedman will be much more banking, treasury said, is that there are “always opportu- and investment related than he’s been nities to try something different.” involved with in the past. “Although I’ve been here since 1979, “I will be getting much more in- once I became a partner in 1988 I’ve volved in our real estate strategies, our probably changed jobs and responsibil- procurement strategies and most im- ities every three or four years,” he said. portantly our growth strategies for the “That’s what makes it fun and that’s firm,” he said. what makes it challenging.” Friedman has served on a variety He is proud of the company he has of civic endeavors including Health dedicated his adult life to. Midwest, Menorah Hospital, Overland “We pride ourselves on our clients. Park Hospital, Starlight Theater, Reach We pride ourselves on our growth. We Foundation, Minority Supplier Coun- pride ourselves on our people and we cil, and the Full Employment Council. also pride ourselves in having good, He and his wife, Sondra, have two chil- sound, fundamental financial disci- dren, Micah, a sophomore in college pline,” he said. and Lily, a junior at Pembroke. urban table Friedman said his job, in part, is Flotilla bound for Israel 62811JL2 from page 6 ingly violate Israeli 2c x 10” law,” he wrote. Meanwhile, the U.S. State Depart- ment said in a statement that Americans involved in the flotilla could face fines and jail upon their return. Flotilla participants “are taking irresponsible and provocative actions,” the statement said. At least 36 Ameri- cans are expected to be aboard the planned flotilla, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel- Lucian via cc ist Alice Walker. Supporters of the planned flotilla to Gaza participate in a pro- Walker said at Palestinian demonstration in Rome, Italy, on May 14, 2011. a news conference Monday that she is United Kingdom have issued travel ad- sailing with the flotilla because Afri- visories that specifically warn citizens can Americans were helped by outside against attempting to enter Gaza by communities when they were slaves sea. and when they were fighting for civil rights. The United States, Canada and the page 8 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle July 1, 2011 national and international news Delta Saudi flap leaves questions of openness to Jewish flyers

By Ron Kampeas members that fly to Saudi Arabia and are subject to JTA News & Features that country’s rules governing entry.” Religion News Service subsequently retracted WASHINGTON — The Saudi government wants much of its earlier story, noting that it is not Saudi you to know: It doesn’t ban visits by Jews. policy to deny entry to travelers with an Israeli stamp Whether the Saudis make travel difficult for Jews, in their passports. particularly when it comes to those who have Israel The U.S. State Department’s travel advisory for stamps on their passports or come carrying religious Saudi Arabia warns that reports of such denials per- items like tefillin, is another question entirely. sist. The issue of Saudi policy vis-a-vis Jews emerged “There have been reports by U.S. citizens that they last week after World Net Daily, a conservative web- were refused a Saudi visa because their passports site, reported that Delta Airlines was enforcing a reflected travel to Israel or indicated that they were Saudi ban on Jewish visitors by partnering with born in Israel,” it said. Saudi Arabian Airlines. The report sparked a round The State Department website also includes of angry demands directed at Delta and at the Saudi lengthy warnings to Americans of Arab origin that Embassy in Washington. they may be subject to intensive questioning by Israel “Rumors being circulated via the Internet regard- at its crossings and may even be turned away. It also ing passenger flight restrictions on Saudi Arabian notes that these policies derive from security consid- Airlines are completely false,” the Saudi Embassy erations, and from Israel’s complex customs and en- said in a two-sentence statement sent to JTA and oth- try agreements with the Palestinian Authority. er news agencies. “The Government of Saudi Arabia The Anti-Defamation League said that the Saudi does not deny visas to U.S. citizens based on their re- policies are especially burdensome for Jewish travel- ligion.” ers. Yet Jewish defense organizations say that in prac- “Saudi Arabia’s past practice of banning travelers tice, Saudi authorities make it very difficult for Jews Matthew wilkinson via Creative CoMMons with an ‘Israel’ stamp in their passport from gaining to visit the country. The U.S. State Department warns that travelers to Saudi entry into the country runs contrary to the spirit and The Delta flap began when a Jewish passenger, Arabia have reported that Israeli entry stamps such as this intent of Delta’s non-discrimination policy,” the ADL Washington attorney Jeffrey Lovitky, asked Delta one may result in a denial of entry. The Saudis deny having said. “While this practice affects all travelers who what the implications were for Jewish passengers such a policy. previously visited Israel, it has a disproportionate of Saudi Arabian Airlines joining the Sky Team Al- impact on Jewish passengers. liance on Jan. 10. The alliance, which includes Delta, Them Aboard.” “Moreover, Saudi Arabia also bars anyone from facilitates flights on multiple carriers. As other media, including Religion News Service, bringing into Saudi Arabia religious ritual objects, The arrangement is not unusual: Other alliances picked up the story, Delta tried to do damage control. including religious texts, from any faith other than mix U.S. and Saudi carriers. “We, like all international airlines, are required Islam, effectively banning religiously observant Jews But Delta’s response touched a nerve when the to comply with all applicable laws governing entry from entering the country.” airline appeared to shuck off any responsibility for into every country we serve,” Trebor Banstetter, a The ADL wants all airlines that partner with those Saudi Arabia’s allegedly discriminatory policies. Delta spokesman, wrote in a blog post. “You as pas- that fly to Saudi Arabia to make their practices clear. “While we fully understand and sympathize with sengers are responsible for obtaining the necessary In a statement the ADL said, “We expect Delta, your concerns, Delta has no control over the actions travel documents, such as visas and certification and any other American airline which flies to Riyadh of the United States or any foreign country,” Kathy of required vaccinations, and we’re responsible for or partners with an airline that flies there, to ensure Johnston, a customer care staffer, wrote to Lovitky in making sure that you have the proper documentation that its passengers — whatever their faith — not be an April 28 letter. “If the government of Saudi Arabia before you board.” discriminated against, and that no American airline engages in discriminatory practices in the issuance No one was mollified, and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) in any way enable, or facilitate this discrimination, of travel documents to U.S. citizens, this is a matter asked the Federal Aviation Authority to investigate. whatever the regulations of Saudi Arabia.” which must be addressed with a local embassy as ap- “I request your investigation into this matter to propriate or with the U.S. State Department.” determine whether Delta Airlines violated U.S. law Jewish organizations wondered whether that or regulation and to ensure no U.S. citizen is denied Jewish groups urge Obama to rein- meant Delta staffers were asking passengers with their right to fly solely on the basis of their religion,” state anti-discrimination provision he wrote in a letter last Friday. Jewish-sounding names if they had properly ob- WASHINGTON (JTA) — Seven Jewish organizations tained visas to visit the country. Within hours, Delta came out with its third state- signed on to a letter appealing to President Obama to “They’ve joined in this policy of discrimination,” ment, this time noting that its arrangement with the reinstate a hiring anti-discrimination provision based Kenneth Bandler, a spokesman for the American Saudi airline was commonplace. Jewish Committee, told JTA. “Delta’s only agreement with Saudi Arabian Air- on religion for organizations that receive government On the Huffington Post, Rabbi Jason Miller of De- lines is a standard industry interline agreement, contracts. troit excoriated the airline for attempting to pass the which allows passengers to book tickets on multiple President Lyndon Johnson signed an executive order in buck. carriers, similar to the standard interline agreements 1965, prohibiting discrimination in government contracts. “No, it’s not Delta’s fault that the Saudi govern- American Airlines, US Airways and Alaska Airlines In 2002, President George W. Bush amended the order ment is anti-Semitic, but it doesn’t have to go along have with Saudi Arabian Airlines,” it said. “All of the by signing an exemption for relgious organizations, with it,” he wrote. “It’s as if the Saudis are telling three global airline alliances — Star, which includes essentially allowing for religious discrimination in hiring Delta that when it comes to Jewish passengers, its United Airlines; Oneworld, which includes American for government-funded jobs. name should become an acronym: “Don’t Even Let Airlines, and SkyTeam, which includes Delta — have July 1, 2011 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle page 9 national and international news Five years on, Shalit’s imprisonment an open wound for Israel

By Linda Gradstein “We say to Israeli Prime Minister “Gilad Shalit is every Israeli par- A few Israeli military officials have ex- JTA News & Features Benjamin Netanyahu, you have no ent’s worst nightmare,” Israeli journal- pressed concern that Shalit’s capture mandate to sentence Gilad to death,” ist Stuart Schoffman told JTA. might sap motivation among young Is- JERUSALEM — Michal Naamani Noam Shalit, Gilad’s father, said dur- Some Israelis say that Shalit also raelis to sign up for combat units in the traveled to Jerusalem from her home ing a news conference Sunday morn- has become a symbol of Israelis’ frus- Israel Defense Forces. near Kfar Saba to hand out yellow rib- ing outside the prime minister’s official tration with Hamas, the terrorist group But Meir Elran, an expert on the Is- bons to passers-by and bumper stickers residence in Jerusalem, where the fam- that rules the Gaza Strip and is believed to motorists reading “Gilad is alive.” ily announced a new campaign to gar- to have authority over Shalit’s captors. see Shalit, page 22 Naamani, a high school teacher, felt ner more tangible public support for that she wanted to do something to help striking a deal to bring home Shalit. captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Shalit family members chained “I’m a mother. I have a younger themselves together outside the resi- brother doing reserve duty,” Naamani dence in Jerusalem on Saturday night, told JTA on June 24, the day before the as hundreds of supporters gathered in fifth anniversary of Shalit’s capture in support. Others protested outside Ne- a raid on the Gaza-Israel border that tanyahu’s home in Caesarea. left two other soldiers dead. “I’m here Meanwhile, dozens of Israeli celeb- because if it was my son, I would want rities and politicians marked 24 hours someone to support me as well.” beginning Saturday night at Herzliya Shalit’s family members have done Studios, Israel’s largest TV facility, practically everything they can think with each spending an hour in “soli- of to keep Gilad in the public eye. tary confinement” in solidarity with Last year they marked the anniver- the captured soldier. sary of his capture by marching from Five years on and without a clear their home in northern Israel to Jeru- sign that a prisoner-exchange deal salem, with thousands of Israelis join- with Hamas is in the offing or even that ing them for part of the way. This year their son is still alive, the Shalits have Gilad’s older brother, Yoel, disrupted become a symbol of what Israelis — Israel’s state ceremony on Israeli Inde- whose children are subject to manda- pendence Day. tory military service — fear most. town

Hamas rejects German mediator’s offer on Shalit center

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Early this week accepted the mediator’s proposal for Hamas rejected a German-mediated the release of Shalit, an Israeli soldier plaza offer to free Gilad Shalit that had who was captured in a cross-border been accepted by the Israeli govern- raid near Gaza in June 2006, The As- ment. sociated Press reported. Hamas political bureau deputy chief Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 61411bg59 Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzouk, in said Sunday that Israel had accepted an interview with the Al Hayat news- the deal and was awaiting Hamas’ paper, called the offer “unjust” and response. Netanyahu did not specify said the German mediator “endorsed the terms of the proposal. 2c x 7.5382” the unfair and unjust positions of the “This proposal was harsh; it was not Zionist government,” according to simple for the state of Israel,” Ne- reports. tanyahu said in a statement released Hamas will no longer negotiate with after the weekly Cabinet meeting. the German mediator, he added. “However, we agreed to accept it “There is no chance that the German in the belief that it was balanced mediator will return because he is not between our desire to secure Gilad’s carrying out his duties and is failing release and to prevent possible harm in his mission,” Marzouk said. “We all to the lives and security of the Israeli expected that he would present a fair people. As of now, we have yet to and not extreme position. But instead receive Hamas’s official answer to the of trying to reduce the demands of German mediator’s proposal. the Israeli government, he accepted The statement said that “The state its terms.” of Israel is ready to go far, more than A German government spokesman any other country, in order to secure confirmed Monday that Israel had Gilad’s release.” page 10 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle July 1, 2011 celebrations honors

Bar Mitzvah who are members of Congregation Beth Torah. He graduated from Blue Valley North High birth Student sweeps annual School. All music theory and music composition Dara and Jason Tyler of students are considered for the awards. Nomi- Overland Park announce the music division awards nations for the awards are made by and voted Beck- birth May 24 of a son, LAWRENCE, KS — For the first time, an un- on by division faculty. ett Ace Tyler . They are also dergraduate in the University of Kansas School the parents of Summer Tyler of Music has taken all three of the music the- and Alyssa Tyler. Grandpar- ory and music composition ents are Bonnie and Leonard division awards. Graduating with Friedman and Lori and Allen Jason Charney, a junior Hamm. Great-grandparents from Overland Park, re- are Seymour Keller, Vicki and ceived the Anthony B. Cius many honors Tom Creach and Rex and Joyce Award for most outstanding Charlton. composer at KU. This marks Rachel Salle, West Bloomfield, Mich., daugh- the first year the award has ter of Alan and Janet Salle and granddaughter been presented to an under- of Joan March and the late Walter March of Kansas City, Mo., and Jerry and LeeAnn Salle Isaac Berlau graduate since 2006. He also Jason of Longboat Key, Fla., graduated with honors received the Edward Mattila Charney Dale and Amy Berlau an- Award for most outstanding from Andover High School: summa cum laude, nounce the Bar Mitzvah of “Those who don’t them- electro-acoustical composer Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society, OAA their son, Isaac Berlau, at 10:30 at KU and was one of two students awarded the scholar-athlete, BBG Gold Star of Deborah, a.m. Saturday, July 9, at Con- selves do good cannot Eugene and Mary Mingle Scholarship. Michigan Region BBG, VP community ser- gregation Beth Torah. Isaac count on their father’s The Eugene and Mary Mingle Scholarship is vice, Ruach BBG chapter president, French is the grandson of Don and awarded to the most outstanding theory and/or club president, yearbook section editor, var- Becky Foster, Smithville, Mo., efforts and merits.” composition student who will return to KU for sity cross country captain and junior varsity and the late Alfred and Fannie — Midrash Rabbah his or her final year of undergraduate study. soccer. She will be attending the University of Berlau. Relatives and friends Jason, who studies with Professor Forrest Michigan. are invited to worship with the Pierce, is the son of Gil and Marcia Charney, family and to attend the Kid- dush luncheon following the service. Scouts earn their Eagles Four Jewish Scouts from run-off control, re-seeded Troop 387 sponsored by Roll- the entire front grass area ing Hills Presbyterian Church and re-mulched a walkway were awarded the highest rank at Sunflower Elementary in Scouting — Eagle Scout — school in Lenexa. at an Eagle Court of Honor Daniel built and repaired held at the church on Monday, dog training equipment May 23. The Scouts are Aaron for Paws for Freedom, a Kruger, son of Michael and non-profit group that helps Dao Kruger; Jordan Myer, son children with disabilities of Bob and Aliza Myer; and help other children with Andrew and Daniel Siegel, disabilities through its Stu- sons of Steve and Lisa Siegel. dent Trainer and Retriever Guest speakers were Michael Teams, which is run at Ho- Kruger, Les Rosenfeld and rizons High School in Shaw- Alan Edelman. nee Mission. Aaron’s project was to clean up and beautifying the grounds at Beth Shalom’s Wornall Campus. For Jordan’s project, he built a patio out of stone pav- ers for the benefit of Beth To- rah synagogue. Andrew constructed and planted a raised bed for water New Eagle Scouts from Troop 387 are Aaron Kruger (from left), Jordan Myer, Andrew Siegel and Daniel Siegel. July 1, 2011 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle page 11 Boards have joint meeting Kol Ami elects o cers, trustees Congregation Kol Ami held its an- David Diamond, treasurer nual meeting on June 12 and elected Robin Felman, secretary new offi cers and trustees for the coming year. The outgoing president is Trustees: Constance Bernstein, who will retain a Andrew Lasky position on the board. Derek Cunningham The new slate of offi cers is as fol- Louise Laster lows: Marsha deGarcia Nadine Gordon, president Rick Breinin Brian Greenwald, fi rst vice presi- Sam Matier dent Members serving a second year are Chuck Gorodetzky, second vice Norm King, Rick Breinin and Sam president Matier.

The ﬁ rst ever combined board meeting of Congregations B’nai Jehudah and Beth Torah Beth Shalom’s daily minyan to change took place recently with noted Jewish scholar Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman. Rabbi Arthur Nemitoff of B’nai Jehudah is on the far left with his board; Rabbi Mark Levin of Beth Torah In conjunction with Beth Shalom’s Shabbat and weekend services will is on the far right with his board. complete move to its Lamar building, all take place at Beth Shalom, 14200 La- changes are planned for the locations mar Avenue: New Reform center/synagogue services, included a baby naming and bat mitz- of the daily minyanim. The following 6 p.m. Friday dedicated in Minsk vah. Purchased in 2010, the building is located schedule will be effective July 3. As 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the heart of the capital city’s former Jewish (JTA) — The Reform community in the Be- always, everyone in the entire commu- 6 p.m. Saturday ghetto on what used to be called Jew Street. larussian capital of Minsk has a new home. nity is welcome to attend. 8:30 a.m. Sunday It includes a synagogue, youth activity center, The Sandy Breslauer Beit Simcha Center for Sunday–Thursday — 6 p.m. at Ap- space for Jewish clubs and cultural activities, Progressive Judaism was dedicated June 10. pleman Synagogue/Village Shalom and a community center for Sheket, a Reform The opening ceremony, held during Shabbat Monday–Friday — 7 a.m. at Apple- congregation for the hearing-impaired. man Synagogue/Village Shalom

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Next Shows: October 28, 29 & 30, 2011 11104 Blue Ridge Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64134 Glass Repair on Site 816-761-1063 page 12 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle July 1, 2011 Noted historians to present two community programs This July, two community programs chwitz: Evi- ty Campus confidant and the chair of his advisory will feature talks by renowned Holo- dence from T h e committee on refugees from 1938 to caust historians. the Irving second 1945. The diaries offer unique insights The first program, “Auschwitz in Trial,” and program, into the early history of the Nazi re- the Courtroom,” sponsored by the Mid- has recently “James Mc- gime and the Roosevelt administra- west Center for Holocaust Education completed a Donald and tion’s reaction to Nazi persecution of and scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, fully anno- the Refu- German Jewry. July 19, in the Social Hall of the Jew- tated edition gee Crisis: Hochberg has a Ph.D. in European ish Community Campus, will feature of one of the 1933-1946,” history from New York University. He Robert Jan van Pelt, a leading expert very few co-spon- has taught at Sarah Lawrence College on Auschwitz, who was part of author concentra- sored by and was a historian at the United States Deborah Lipstadt’s winning defense tion camp MCHE and Holocaust Memorial Museum, helping team in the civil suit brought against diaries to the Harry to create its permanent exhibition. He her in 2000 by British Holocaust denier come out of S Truman currently teaches Holocaust history, David Irving. Robert Jan van Pelt the Holo- Severin Hochberg Library is modern European history, and the ori- A professor at the School of Archi- caust — Da- scheduled gins of anti-Semitism at George Wash- tecture of the University of Waterloo vid Koker’s “At the Edge of the Abyss: for 7 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at the ington University, and is the primary in Ontario, Canada, van Pelt holds de- Concentration Camp Diary, 1943-1944” Truman Library in Independence, Mo. editor of a projected three-volume grees from the University of Leiden in — scheduled for publication later this It will feature Severin Hochberg, co- work based on James G. McDonald’s art history and, classical archaeology, year. editor of “Refugees and Rescue: The diaries and papers. architectural history and the history of Because seating is limited, compli- Diaries and Papers of James G. Mc- The program is free of charge, but ideas. He is also the author of numer- mentary advance tickets are required. Donald.” Hochberg, a specialist in ref- reservations are strongly suggested as ous highly acclaimed books, including Call (913) 327-8196, e-mail rsvp@ ugee issues during the Holocaust, will seating is limited. Call (816) 268-8200 to the award-winning “Auschwitz: 1270 mchekc.org or stop by the MCHE of- discuss the private diaries of James reserve seats. A book signing and re- to the Present” and “The Case for Aus- fice, Suite 106 on the Jewish Communi- G. McDonald, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ception will follow the program. Kemper Museum offers lecture Book available for download Rabbi Doctor Bernhard Rosenberg, on Abstract Expressionism associate professor at Yeshiva Univer- sity, has made available for download “The Battle of the Bergs and the his latest book titled “The Holocaust as Struggle for the Meaning of Abstract Seen through Film with Bibliography.” Expressionism” will be held at 2 p.m. This extensive collection comprises Sunday, July 17, in the Meeting Room a list of films dealing with the theme at Kemper Museum. The lecture is free. of the Holocaust, including film titles, No two critics have been more close- summary of content and basic details. ly associated with the Abstract Expres- Along with a bibliography, there are sionist movement in America than also suggested discussion questions Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosen- on the theme of the Holocaust for each berg. Their pitched battles over formal film. purity versus existential meaning were The questions are appropriate for played out in art magazines, galleries Yom HaShoah, Tisha b’Av and Jewish and museums nationwide. Their ri- history classes or synagogue/commu- valry was so intense that satirist Tom nity/school programs as this resource Wolfe dubbed them the “Bergs.” is intended to provide useful informa- Norman Kleeblatt, chief curator of tion to assist professional staff and the Jewish Museum in New York, offers committees in providing programming an opportunity to reconsider Abstract or classes across a broad variety of ed- Expressionism’s evolution through the ucational and religious environments. contradictory explanations of these The book is available for download Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg two major critics and tastemakers and at www.holocausthaggadah.com. works by Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky and Hans Hofmann, Lee Krasner and Grace Har- Philadelphia Exponent named of Professional Journalists bestowed the state tigan and, not least, Helen Franken- Norman Kleeblatt best weekly paper in Pa. award on the Exponent for the second year in thaler and Jules Olitski. a row. The Philadelphia Press Association cited This lecture is being presented in (JTA) — Philadelphia’s Jewish Exponent has Seating is first come, first served. the paper for the best overall weekly cover- conjunction with the Museum’s cur- been named the best overall weekly news- This program is co-sponsored by the age in its region. The awards were among 20 rent exhibition “Revelation: Major paper in the state of Pennsylvania and in the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art received by the Exponent from state and local Paintings by Jules Olitski,” on view Philadelphia region by professional organiza- and the Kansas City Jewish Museum journalism competitions for work published now through Aug. 28. tions. The Keystone Pro chapter of the Society of Contemporary Art in memory of in 2010. Norman B. Kahn (1918–2011). July 1, 2011 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle page 13 Brownback issues proclamation honoring founders of Unity Coalition for Israel Kansas Governor Sam Brownback bassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a bill honored the late Vrem Levens and passed by Congress that became law in his wife, Esther Levens, founder and 1995, and president of the Unity Coalition for Is- 2) Encouraging U.N. members to rael (UCI) at a special commemorative vote against a Palestinian effort to uni- event held at the Elephant Club in Kan- laterally establish a state in contradic- sas City on June 22. tion to the OSLO accords that require The proclamation states that Vrem direct negotiations between Israel and Levens devoted his life to Kansas poli- the Palestinians. tics and strong public policy support The following issues, she says, must for the nation of Israel. He was a mem- be addressed by the Palestinians: ber of the Sonnebom Institute, which Recognize Israel’s existence as a helped prepare for an independent Is- Jewish State raeli state and worked tirelessly to give Recognize Jerusalem as the undi- a not-yet independent Israel the means vided capitol of Israel to defend itself from foreign attack. Renounce terrorism by changing Vrem’s efforts had a lasting effect the PLO and Hamas charters that vow on Esther, who, after his death, estab- to annihilate Israel lished Voices United for Israel, now Reform their educational system known as the Unity Coalition for Is- that promotes hatred and terrorism rael, to bring Christians and Jews who Unity Coalition for Israel founder Esther Levens receives a proclamation from Governor Rehabilitate Palestinian refugees share a common bond of freedom and Sam Brownback. by eliminating UNRWA and charging justice together to work for the safety said. “I mean this on a national and sador Yitzhak Rabin and Senator Bob UNHCR with resettlement and security of the beleaguered state global basis, here is a humble woman Dole. Among UCI’s many pro-Israel Recognize equal rights for Muslims, of Israel. who I’ve seen in numerous meetings in activities were two major Washington, Christians, Jews and women living un- Brownback praised Esther for her Washington, D.C., and she’s been the D.C., events that honored Prime Min- der their rule public efforts on the U.S.-Israel rela- organizing person.” ister Benjamin Netanyahu during his UCI provides information on cur- tionship. Brownback called Vrem “a local first term of office. rent events in the Middle East through “I don’t know of a person in America guy,” “one of ours, … moving on a na- Esther’s efforts through UCI are its website (www.israelunitycoalition. that’s done more for that relationship tional and international basis.” currently concentrated on two critical org) and newsletter (Today’s News — particularly in bringing Christians Vrem was instrumental in sponsor- areas: Summaries). into a pro-Israel community — than ing Israel Bond events and chaired a 1) Enforcing the Jerusalem Em- Esther Levens has done,” the governor citywide event featuring then Ambas- bassy Act to move the American Em- Heritage Center to visit historic sites in Leavenworth An exciting historical day is planned exhibit about circus freak shows. The of $5, is $15 per person. At least one by the Jewish Heritage Center for most adventurous of the group will passenger from your group must be Sunday, July 24. Four air-conditioned have the opportunity to relive their 65 years young. For reservations, call eight-passenger vans will leave from childhood and take a ride on the car- Sandy Terwilliger at the Heritage Cen- the entrance of the Shirley White ousel. ter office, (913) 327-8046. Theater at 10:30 a.m. and travel to the On the way home the caravan will newly-restored Mount Zion Cemetery take a quick tour of Fort Leavenworth Netanyahu invites in Leavenworth, Kan. Mount Zion was and visit the Buffalo Soldier Monu- questions on YouTube founded in 1858 and is the oldest Jew- ment. The Buffalo Soldier Monument, (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- ish cemetery in this area. The group the brainchild of General Colin Pow- yahu issued a call for people around the world will be met by a guide, who will provide ell, is a recent addition to Fort Leaven- to send him video questions through YouTube. a tour of the cemetery and answer any worth’s historic landmarks. Dedicated According to a release from the Prime Minister’s questions related to it. in 1992, the monument honors the Af- Office, Netanyahu is “particularly interested” The caravan will then travel to the rican-American soldiers who served in in speaking with people from the Arab world, historic Topeka and Santa Fe Depot the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments. and from those in countries undergoing the Diner for lunch. The depot, built in The caravan is expected to arrive so-called “Arab Spring.” Netanyahu is happy 1887, served Santa Fe passengers as back at the Shirley White Theater be- to discuss peace talks, democracy in the Arab well as passengers from Kansas City, fore 5 p.m. The following drivers have world “and even the Gaza flotilla,” the state- Leavenworth and farther west. It has volunteered to drive the vans: Steve ment said. He will post his responses to the been restored and was placed on the and Marsha Schorr, Charles and Ellen video clips on his YouTube channel within the National Register of Historic Places in Gordon, Michael and Laurel Rogovein, next few weeks. The office said Netanyahu has 1986. and Sandra Berman. There are just 24 received “dozens” of questions from Arab web The caravan’s next stop will be the spaces available and reservations will users, and “most respondents expressed sup- C.W. Parker Carousel Museum. The Buffalo Soldier Monument be accepted until the vans are filled. port for peace with Israel and are interested in museum tells the history of the carou- fortune designing and building carni- The cost of the trip, not including understanding its positions regarding the ‘Arab sel and of C.W. Parker, who made his val entertainment. It also features an lunch and the museum entrance fee Spring’ and the future of negotiations with the Palestinians.” page 14 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle July 1, 2011 Great Midwest Balloon fest begins July 8

Facts about three-day balloon fest

The three-day event takes place July 8, 9 and 10 at the Great Mall of the Great Plains in Olathe. Free parking is available at the mall. Parking and free shuttle service is also available at Olathe Medical Center, the Olathe School Dis- trict Activities Center, Olathe South High School and Indian Trail Junior High. Admission to the Balloon Fest is $10 per person. Advance ticket sales are $8 per person. Kids 12 and under get in free. Advance tickets can be obtained online at www. midwestballoonfest.org, and at Kansas area HyVee locations through July 5. Tickets are also available at the gates. On Sunday, July 10, bring five or more non-perishable items to the Harvesters Collection Balloons of all shapes and sizes will fly in Olathe during the three-day Great Midwest Balloon Fest planned for July 8, 9 and 10 at the Area (near the GMBF entrance) Great Mall of the Great Plains. and receive one-half off a single-day pass. from page 1 Wings Skydiving Team from Fort Ben- cakes, bakery items and even healthy A $2 discount at the gate will ning, Ga. choices — will also be available on the also be available by showing estimate crowds will be as large as Two stages — one for children and festival grounds. Area pediatrician Dr. “Go Olathe,” the free Olathe 75,000 for this second annual festival. another for adults — will feature live Nan will conduct physicals on kids’ Chamber app, found at the “We hope the weather will be great performances from Radio Disney, the stuffed animals and dolls. Jewelry, toys iPhone App Store, the Android because typical July weather in Kan- Stone Lion Puppets, Rockin’ Rob and and official T-shirts and hats will be Market or for Blackberry at sas City is hot and dry,” Small said. area bands including Lonnie McFad- sold as well. www.goolathe.mobi. Special shaped balloons including a den & Guests and the Platinum Ex- “We tried to make it as family friend- Most attractions are free with giant pink flying pig, Humpty Dumpty, press horn band. ly as possible,” Small said. “Without admission. Extra charges will a giant rocket ship and a giant black There will also be a rock climbing ever seeing a balloon you will get an apply to food and merchandise and white panda are among those that wall, face painting, balloon art and unbelievable amount of entertain- vendors. will be featured at the festival. In addi- vendors selling food and wares. An ment. We wanted to make sure that no Visit the website, www.mid- tion to the balloon launches, there will entire area will be devoted to the mili- matter what, people will have a terrific westballoonfest.org for a com- be activities that appeal to both chil- tary with attractions including a Black experience with so much to do.” plete schedule of events. dren and adults. Hawk helicopter, a Humvee, a Bradley “But the balloons provide the magic “We’ve got things going up in the air Junior Tank and a performance by the and that’s why we are hosting a hot air and we’ve got things coming down in Mounted Horse Cavalry from Fort Ri- balloon festival!” the field,” said Small of the balloons, ley, Kan. paragliders, giant kites and Silver Food — barbecue, Greek, funnel

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About 70 while 27 too many people who come away from agencies or connect it to Jewish values. percent said percent said their Jewish education with the sense Poverty, the environment, educa- they have their volun- that ‘doing Jewish’ is about doing par- tion and illiteracy are the areas that volunteered teer work ticular rituals in particular places, and draw most young Jewish volunteers, in some ca- was related if these are not attractive to them, they with Israel-related work at the bottom pacity during to Jewish may not see a Jewish connection to of the list. the past year; values. their volunteer work.” These are among the findings of a 31 percent Rosen- Ruth Messinger, president of the new study on Jewish young adult vol- said they berg opined American Jewish World Service, which unteerism commissioned by Repair volunteer that many runs projects in the Third World in the World, a national organization that every few young Jews which participants also learn about the promotes service as a defining element months; and do not volun- Jewish values underlying their work, AmericAn Jewish world service of Jewish life and learning. 29 percent Participants in a 2011 Yeshiva University Alternative Break teer through said Jews are interested in Jewish “This is an idealistic, civically en- volunteer at program in Nicaragua, run through the American Jewish Jewish orga- service learning, but the community gaged population, and there are a lot least once a World Service, learn to connect volunteer service to their nizations be- needs to provide more opportunities. of things to be done to deepen their month, with Jewish values. cause they Jewish organizations, she noted, don’t involvement and connect it to Jewish 10 percent don’t always ask for volunteers often enough. values and the Jewish community,” engaging in know about The study provided material that said Jon Rosenberg, CEO of Repair the volunteer work weekly or more often. the opportunities, and also because of Jewish organizations could use to de- World. More than one-fifth have taken part in the misperception that Jewish groups velop more volunteer opportunities The study, which surveyed some an intensive service project of one to 12 serve narrowly parochial interests. that correspond to the actual interests 2,000 Jews aged 18 to 35, could pro- weeks, such as an alternative college Fern Chertok of the Cohen Center, of younger Jews. vide guidance to Jewish organizations break project. the lead researcher on the study, said While just 1 percent of survey re- seeking ways to involve young Jews Those who defined themselves as getting more young Jews to see the con- spondents reported doing Israel-relat- in Jewish volunteer service, and for Orthodox had the highest volunteer nection between their volunteer work ed volunteer work, 9 percent said they those that run service projects out- rate (86 percent), with 77 percent of Re- and Jewish values is important, partic- would like to perform such work. And side the Jewish community but wish form, 66 percent of Conservative and ularly for those who are not religiously while 13 percent already volunteer to strengthen awareness of the work’s 63 percent of those identifying as “Just observant. in the field of education and literacy, Jewish elements. Jewish” reporting some level of volun- “It allows them to see the work as a mainly tutoring or mentoring, 37 per- Respondents to the study, titled “Vol- teer activity. Jewish act,” she said. cent said they would be interested in unteering + Values: A Repair the World About 22 percent said they had vol- The study showed a high correla- such service. Report on Jewish Young Adults,” were unteered through a Jewish organization between one’s level of Jewish “If you can interest more young drawn from a list of more than 300,000 tion, with 56 percent of the Orthodox education and future volunteer work, Jews who want to volunteer with qual- applicants to the Birthright Israel pro- respondents saying they did so. as well as how clearly one views his or ity programs in the Jewish commu- gram and a national online research The study showed that young Jew- her service as being in line with Jewish nity,” Messinger told JTA, “they’ll get panel. Forty-five percent of those con- ish volunteers are motivated by uni- values. a deeper sense of their Jewish identity tacted responded. versalist values; “making a difference “The more service learning is in- and will feel further invested in their The study, conducted by Brandeis in people’s lives” was cited as the most corporated into Jewish education, the Jewish community.” University’s Cohen Center for Mod- important motivating factor. ern Jewish Studies and Gerstein/Agne About 78 percent of respondents Strategic Communications, found a said it did not matter whether the orga-

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Their success is due to all of the at Village Shalom. 2 p.m. and affecting study of the unlikely relationship be- Sivan 29, 8:30 p.m. volunteers who take the time for this worthwhile tween an aging, crotchety white Southern lady and project. Many make this a family mitzvah project; Open Beit Medrash a proud, soft-spoken black man. All shows will be Yiddish Circle others pair up with a friend. Participants find this a There will be an open Beit Medrash at Congre- performed at 7 p.m. at the Metropolitan Ensemble Join Ray Davidson each Friday for some Yiddish warm and rewarding experience for themselves and gation BIAV in conjunction with Torah Learning Theatre, 3614 Main, Kansas City, Mo. This is your conversation and lunch (provided; donations ac- their families. Most families or individuals volunteer Center. Come learn with a study partner (chavruta) last chance to see “Driving Miss Daisy” before the cepted). Held in the Bride’s Room at Congregation just one or two times a year. It’s up to you. Call or bring a Torah text (Sefer) to learn on your own in cast heads to Bedford, England, to perform. For Beth Torah. Noon. Lauren Aaronson, (913) 831-2691, or e-mail laar- a Beit Midrash atmosphere. 9 p.m. tickets, go to www.metkc.org and click on Buy Tick- [email protected] if you are interested or for more ets Now. For more information, call (816) 569-3226 Inter-Generational Shabbat Service information. or e-mail [email protected]. This month, in lieu of Tot Shabbat, B’nai Jehudah Wednesday | July 6 invites the community to come together as one to Folk dancing sing, pray, dance and welcome Shabbat. For more Bible study Thursday | July 7 Ken Lassman and Heather Frost will teach Israeli, information, call the synagogue office. 6 p.m. Taught by B’nai Jehudah clergy, this popular Yemenite and Eastern European dances at the Law- weekly “drop-in” study session is a chance to get Depression/Bipolar Support Group rence Jewish Community Center. People of all ages ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ to know the clergy on a more personal basis while Are you coping with depression, bipolar or other and abilities are welcome. 7 p.m. Central Standard Theatre, in partnership with the enhancing your knowledge of Judaism and Torah. mood disorders? Everyone needs support to allow Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre presents “Driving 10 a.m. us to share experiences, personal feelings, informa- Miss Daisy” through July 6 (excluding July 4), fea- Monday | July 4 tion and strategies for living successfully with mood turing Marilyn Lynch and Harvey Williams. This is a ‘The Eichmann Trial’ — Dr. Deborah Lipstadt disorders. Consider attending the weekly meetings warm-hearted, humorous and affecting study of the Minyan service Emory University his- of the Johnson County chapter of DBSA, or Depres- unlikely relationship between an aging, crotchety There will be a minyan service at Congregation torian Deborah Lipstadt sion Bipolar Support Group. Join the group at Con- white Southern lady and a proud, soft-spoken black B’nai Jehudah at 9:30 a.m. However, offices will examines the May 1960 gregation Beth Torah. For more information, call man. All shows will be performed at 7 p.m. at the be closed for the July 4 holiday. capture of SS Lt. Col. Adolf (913) 327-7716 or e-mail [email protected]. Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, 3614 Main, Kansas Eichmann by Israeli agents 7-9 p.m. City, Mo. This is your last chance to see “Driving Tuesday | July 5 in Argentina and his sub- Miss Daisy” before the cast heads to Bedford, Eng- sequent trial that captured Emotional Freedom Technique land, to perform. For tickets, go to www.metkc.org the world’s attention. Takes EFT is a relatively new technique that can elimi- and click on Buy Tickets Now. For more information, place at KC Plaza Library, nate long-standing emotional problems in min- call (816) 569-3226 or e-mail [email protected]. 4801 Main St. Admission is utes. It is effective for improving performance in free. RSVP by calling (816) Deborah all sports activities, music, academics, art, writing, Sunday | July 3 701-3407. For more infor- Lipstadt acting, public speaking, sales, business and more. mation, visit mchekc.org. An introduction to EFT will be presented by Justin 6:30 p.m. and Sharon Orth and Carol Henderson. Kehilath Is- SAVEHome Sunday Night Dinners rael Synagogue member Joe Pfefer will also give an Since 1993, members of Beth Torah have ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ introduction on the benefits he has received from brought dinner to SAVEHome (a residence for per- Central Standard Theatre, in partnership with EFT. This free class takes place at the synagogue. sons with AIDS who otherwise would be homeless) the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre will present 7:30-9 p.m. directory of congregations

Yiddish Circle Thursday | July 14 Join Ray Davidson each Friday for some Yiddish conversation and lunch (provided; donations ac- Music with Mar classes cepted). Held in the Bride’s Room at Congregation Music with Mar is an interactive class for early Beth Torah. Noon. walkers through pre-kindergartners and the adults who love them. The drop-in classes are held each Musical Shabbat Thursday at Congregation Beth Torah. Cost is $7 Noah Aronson, who joined Congregation B’nai per family per class. Contact teacher and Beth To- Jehudah for Camp Shabbat 1, will return to share rah member Hedy Goldman for more information at the bimah during Shabbat services this evening. For [email protected]. 10 a.m. those who enjoyed Camp Shabbat 1, you will build upon the musical Shabbat begun with Shabbat Saturday | July 16 Camp. For those who were not able to be at Camp Shabbat 1, a treat is in store as the congregation’s ‘Once on This Island’ voices will join Aronson’s in welcoming Shabbat. Non-stop singing and dancing conveys the les- Bisseleh nosh at 5:30 p.m.; services at 6 p.m. sons of love and hatred as the musical “Once on This Island” takes the stage at White Theatre at the Sunday | July 10 Jewish Community Campus. The musical is a highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of “The Little Mermaid.” Ticket buyers who donate a jump rope or sports ball (basketball, kick ball, etc.) will receive $3 off their ticket purchase. Donations must be brought at the time of purchase. Tickets are $16 for JCC members, $22 for non-members and $11 for students (college and under with valid school ID). Discount pricing also available for groups of 10 or more. Tickets may be purchased at the box office at the theater or online. For more information, call the box office at (913) 327-8054. Performances are July 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 23 at 7:30 p.m.; July 17 and 24 at 2 p.m. ‘Bowling with Barb’ The 4th Annual “Bowling with Barb,” an after- noon of bowling and a silent auction to raise funds to support research of mitochondrial disease, will JCC softball scores be held at Ward Parkway Lanes, 1523 W. 89th St., JCC Thursday Night Softball Kansas City, Mo. All donations are tax deductible. A League standings through June 23: minimum donation of $25 is requested from bowl- Team Garry, 7-1 ers. Non-bowlers are invited to bid at the silent auc- Team Wajcman, 5-3 tion and join the fun. Checks should be made pay- Team Berlin, 5-3 able to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. Severin Hochberg, co-editor of “Refugees and Rescue: The Diaries and Papers of James G. In the memo write: “Bowling with Barb.” Send them Team Boresow, 4-4 McDonald,” will be the speaker at a program co-sponsored by the Midwest Center for Ho- Team Yagan, 4-4 to Barb Mendelsohn in care of Congregation Beth locaust Education and the Harry S. Truman Library at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at the Truman Torah, 6100 W. 127th St., Overland Park, KS 66209. Team Schreiber, 3-5 Library in Independence, Mo. Hochberg will discuss McDonald’s diaries, which offer unique Team Maslan, 3-5 For more information, or to make a reservation, con- insights into the early history of the Nazi regime and the Roosevelt administration. The tact Mendelsohn at (913) 469-1144 or barbkc@ Team Reneau, 1-7 program is free of charge, but reservations are strongly suggested as seating is limited. everestkc.net. The silent auction will be 1:30-3:30 Call (816) 268-8200 to reserve seats. A book signing and reception will follow the program. p.m.; bowling is from 2-4 p.m. JCC Sunday Morning Softball ence for themselves and their families. Most fami- of atrial fibrillation, along League standings through June 26: SAVEHome Sunday Night Dinners lies or individuals volunteer just one or two times with available treatment Midwest Pulmonary Consultants, Since 1993, members of Beth Torah have brought a year. It’s up to you. Call Lauren Aaronson, (913) options. This “Be Well!” 3-1* dinner to SAVEHome (a residence for persons with 831-2691, or e-mail [email protected] if you are program from the Univer- Boresow Chemical Company, 2-2 AIDS who otherwise would be homeless) every Sun- interested or for more information. sity of Kansas Hospital, Maslan Engineering, 1-3 day night, and in most cases eat dinner with the resi- “Is Your Heart Missing *Champions of first half season dents. The project consists of cooking or picking up a Tuesday | July 12 a Beat?” will be in the For more information about the hearty, healthy dinner for six to eight residents. Their Atrium Conference Room JCC’s Thursday Night Softball League success is due to all of the volunteers who take the or Sunday Morning Softball League, ‘Is Your Heart Missing a Beat?’ of the University of Kan- time for this worthwhile project. Many make this a contact Bob Hennecke, sports and rec- Join heart rhythm physician Loren Berenbom, sas Hospital’s Westwood family mitzvah project; others pair up with a friend. Loren reation program coordinator, (913) 327- M.D., as he discusses the symptoms and causes Campus, 2330 Shawnee Participants find this a warm and rewarding experi- Berenbom, M.D. 8005 or [email protected]. page 18 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle July 1, 2011

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Rabbi Yehuda Sokoloff of the Kollel gave an end of the year Kashrut class on his back Social justice committee members of The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah, met recently porch with 50 participants. He finished his year-long series in conjunction with the Vaad at the home of Lois and Marshall Bernstein to review programming from the past year and of Kashruth with a huge barbecue and a question and answer session. ‘I learned so much plan for next year’s activities. Some of the major activities of the social justice committee about the practical applications of keeping kosher in the home, and will incorporate as were: monthly mitzvah meals with the Johnson County Food Ministry and Micah Ministries; much as possible from the lessons,’ said Scot Poslosky. ‘The Kollel rabbis are all very engag- Saturday Night Live: The Hunger Banquet; scholar in residence program with Rabbi Sharon ing and knowledgeable teachers; we are very fortunate to have such high caliber scholars Brous of IKAR; food drives for Harvesters; and most recently collecting needed supplies for in our community.’ the victims of the Joplin tornado. Road trip Send us your snapshots The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle mation for everyone shown. has instituted a feature called Snap- Send those e-mails to our main ad- shots, in which we will gather all the dress: chronicle@metromediapub- best photos submitted to the paper lishers.com, and we’ll reply when each week on a single page. We want we receive them. Here’s a hint: The to offer a forum here for your photos fewer lineups and the more candid that depict the life of the Jewish shots you send, the better. community. Thanks in advance for doing your Besides, we can’t be everywhere, part to make The Chronicle a better and this is the essence of what jour- newspaper. nalists call “reader-generated content.” Think of it as another form of social networking, if you like. Yours truly, Digital technology makes it easy, so, please, e-mail us photos of your David Small, publisher youth-group activity, family cel- Barbara Bayer, editor ebration or holiday observance, for example, and we’ll publish the best ones each week. All we ask is that the photos be JCC Heritage Center seniors traveled on June 23 to historic Arrow Rock, Mo., for lunch at high quality, sharply focused and the Tavern founded in 1834 and to see the Broadway musical ‘Damn Yankees’ at the Lyceum that you include identifying infor- Theater. Pictured here are Lou Lesky (from left), Bradley Appelbaum, Betty Lesky, Sherrill Friedman, Sheldon Wishna, Elinor Friedman, Elizabeth Appelbaum and Shirley Sandler. July 1, 2011 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle page 19 ACT NOW! OFFER ENDS JULY 31st! Everything you can ﬁ t in a box

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(Numbers 19) know exactly what job I wanted, but I knew al world has evolved a great deal Some maintain that “hok” is a law that although not un- that Jewish professional work was going to in the past 20 years. In the Hillel derstood today, one day in the future will be understood. be a better fit for me than political science The most mainstream approach to the meaning of “hok” (my undergraduate major) or any other field especially, a significant focus is that it is a law that does not and will not ever have a option that I knew about at the time. I was is on helping professionals achieve reason besides the fact that it is a decree from God. For this pretty good at it and I saw it as my avenue for a solid work-life balance so they reason alone, it must be kept. In the words of the Talmud making a positive impact on the world. On “It is an enactment from Me, and you are not permitted to top of that, I could make a decent living and can be healthy people, as well as criticize it.” (Yoma 67b) support a family. strong, successful professionals.” The idea that a law must be observed even if it has no With all of the idealism that goes along rationale, runs contrary to the modern, critical approach to with being 22 years old, I enrolled in the to be a high-burnout profession. If it is, the law — that everything must have a reasonable explanation. Hornstein Program of Jewish Communal Jewish community’s future will be pretty However, this mainstream approach to hok is at the very Service at Brandeis University and packed up bleak. Not only will we not be able to keep core of the Jewish legal process. my Ford Tempo and moved my life to Boston. our professionals, but we will not be able to That process is based on a belief in Torah mi-Sinai, the Bursting with excitement and enthusiasm attract our best and brightest young people to law given by God at Sinai to which the Jewish people com- for the beginning of this great adventure, I work for the Jewish community. mitted themselves. Torah mi-Sinai is a form of heterono- swung by the graduate school office before And, if we expect our Jewish profession- mous law, a structure of law that operates independent of going to my new apartment. als to be role models, we need to enable them any individual or group. In my mailbox, along with some orienta- to have the time and resources to be good Torah mi-Sinai reflects a system of ethics that comes from tion materials, was Hornstein’s quarterly Jewish parents and spouses. The days of the God. Halakha (from the root halakh, “to go,” is not random; alumni newsletter. Eager to dive into my Jewish professional being a servant to the it rather guides us, and is the mechanism through which newly chosen career path, I grabbed a cup of community needed to end. individuals and society can reach an ideal ethical plateau. In coffee and sat down on a couch in the lounge Fortunately, the Jewish professional world the words of King Solomon: “Its ways are ways of pleasant- to dive into the newsletter to see how the has evolved a great deal in the past 20 years. ness, and all its paths are peace.” (Proverbs 3:17) One of the prestigious alumni of my program were im- In the Hillel field especially, a significant challenges of halakha is to understand how this law contrib- pacting the Jewish community and securing focus is on helping professionals achieve a utes to the repairing of the world (tikkun olam). the Jewish future. solid work-life balance so they can be healthy This system of God ethics differs from ethical humanism. The emotions of the next moments are as people as well as strong, successful profes- Ethical humanism is solely based on what human beings palpable as if they happened yesterday as op- sionals. But the professionals can only do consider to be proper conduct. Yet, this can be a dangerous posed to 18 years ago. The entire newsletter so much. It takes a commitment from the approach to deciding law. Human thinking can be relative. was devoted to why so many Jewish profes- institution, the board and the constituents to What is unethical to one person is ethical to another. Freud sionals were leaving the field. For many, it attract top professionals and create a great is purported to have said, “When it comes to self-deception, was burnout from long hours, not enough work environment for them stemming from human beings are geniuses.” compensation and a general feeling of being the belief that it will be better for the institu- If however, the law at its foundation comes from God, it under-appreciated. I felt like I had just been tion and the Jewish community as a whole. becomes inviolate. No human being can declare it null and kicked in the gut. Of all the accomplishments we have had void. Heteronomous law assures that one does not succumb What??!?! I had just made one of the biggest at KU Hillel, the one I am as proud of as any to one’s subjective notions or tastes when the law does not decisions of my life so far to embark on this other is being awarded Hillel’s “Great Place suit her or him. Therefore the law ought to be kept even exciting career path and move away from to Work Award” recognizing us as the top when its ethical underpinnings are not understood. all of my family and friends for this? A field Hillel in the country to work for. I just knew And this in no small measure is why the idea of “hok” is that was going to chew me up and spit me out there had to be a better way than what was so central. It reminds us of the limits of the human mind. eventually? A job that was going to give me represented in the alumni newsletter I read As Rabbi Elie Munk points out: “An essential component of more stress and struggle than satisfaction? on that fateful first day in Boston. And there wisdom is the knowledge that man’s failure to understand What had I gotten myself into? is. truth does not make it untrue.” From that moment, I committed myself to the notion that there had to be a different Rabbi Avi Weiss is senior rabbi at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale — the Bayit in River- way for Jewish organizations to do business. dale, N.Y., and founder and president of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School. Jewish professional work should not have July 1, 2011 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle page 21 commentary Jews played a role in the American Revolution

By Rabbi Arthur pendence erupted some 200 years later horse to Major Andrew Williamson’s President George Washington later Nemitoff there were more than 2,000 Sephardic doorstep 28 miles away. He then took remembered the role Jews played in The Temple, Jews living in America. Two of the part in the battles that followed, the Revolution in a August 1790 letter Congregation B’nai most famous Jews who played a role in fighting bravely until he was shot and to the Touro Synagogue of Newport, Jehudah the revolution were Francis Salvador scalped by Indians at 29 years of age. R.I, writing: and Haym Solomon. The son of a rabbi, Hayim Solomon “May the children of the stock of Francis Salvador was the first was a Polish Jew who coordinated the Abraham who dwell in the land con- American Jew to die in the revolution, majority of the war aid that revolu- tinue to merit and enjoy the goodwill fighting for his country on the South tionaries received from France and of the other inhabitants. While every- It’s almost Indepen- Carolina frontier. A representative to Holland. He also supported members one shall sit safely under his own vine dence Day. And in surfing the Web, Congress who was one of the earli- of the Continental Congress, includ- and fig-tree and there shall be none to I came across this small snippet by est champions for Independence, his ing James Madison and James Wilson. make him afraid.” Ariela Pelaia that talks about a Jewish involvement on the battlefront began There are a number of unsubstanti- As we celebrate the Fourth of July, connection to this uniquely-American when the British started encouraging ated legends about Solomon, including not only should we remember the celebration. Indians to attack frontier families as the claim that he designed The Great Jewish connection, but let us pause “Many Jews came to the New World a diversionary tactic. The first attack Seal of the United States and that he and give thanks to all those — past and following their expulsion from Spain took place on July 1, 1776, and Salva- placed the Star of David above the present — who risk(ed) their lives so in 1492. By the time the War of Inde- dor sounded the alarm by racing his eagles head. we might live in freedom. letter to the editor ‘Deceitful’ implies lying than being called a liar by a widely re- Regardless, what can be consid- that clearly stated conclusion. To call spected rabbi? Opinions, observations, ered to be blind political allegiance is it shilling for the Republicans or label- In a recent letter to the Chronicle, and conclusions are not lies. Perhaps evident in the continued acceptance ing it as deceitful would be inaccurate. Rabbi Mark H. Levin, used the word the rabbi responded in haste or anger of Barack Obama as a fair arbiter of “deceitful” to describe those who have or was simply mistaken by his choice the long conflict between Muslims Leonard M. Moss, M.D. voiced concern about the sincerity of words. Perhaps he was just lacking and Jews over the mere existence of Scottsdale, Ariz. of President Obama’s promises of in clarity that day. Words can be used the State of Israel. That is my opinion continued support for Israel’s security. and taken in unintended ways. based on observations that resulted in Obama recently asked a gathering of Jewish Democratic Party donors to side with him in the coming months if he encounters friction with the Israeli government. He repeated his commitment to Israeli security, stating that he knew what was best for the Jewish state. If that doesn’t send chills down your spines and cause you to check to see if the luggage is intact, nothing will. I would be the last to besmirch the integrity of the esteemed rabbi by suggesting any participation by him in what may prove to be the second most deceitful chapter in the history of the Jewish People. I hope that Obama does not use similar tactics against Israel as he has used in Libya. A United Nations vote to establish new borders, and then threatening to use UN or NATO forces to implement may well be his back-up strategy if Israel does not accept the UN plan. We may never even know if such coercive tactics are employed. I would never accuse someone of de- ceit in a public forum without having seen undisputed proof. Being deceitful implies lying. What could be worse page 22 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle July 1, 2011 Shalit imprisonment open wound obituaries from page 9 Marna Lee Saper BLindMan partner/owner of a specialty boutique named The Added Touch for many raeli army at the Institute for Marna Lee Saper Blindman, age 90, years. She was also a member of the National Security Studies in passed away Sunday, June 12, at St. Jonesboro Country Club and the Ar- Tel Aviv, says motivation re- Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, kansas State University Red Wolves mains high. Ark. Club, well-known as an ardent and vo- “Thousands and thou- Marna cal supporter of ASU athletics. In addi- sands of people were killed was born tion, she was a member of the Founda- in battle in the last 63 years,” Oct. 18, 1920, tion of Arts in Jonesboro. he said. “People who go to to the late Marna is survived by her husband, combat units know that this Judge Alex- Abe Blindman; a daughter, Debbie is a dangerous business and ander D. and Blindman Lazarov, and husband Ron you take a risk of not coming Besse Myers of Memphis, Tenn.; two sons, Scott back.” Saper and Blindman and wife Sheila of Jones- Shalit was 19 when he was Photo by MiriaM alster/Flash90/Jta was raised boro, and David Blindman and wife Ida taken captive. Assuming he Noam Shalit, father of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, in Kansas of Memphis; and three grandchildren, is alive, he is now 24. Despite sits beneath a banner depicting his son and Ron Arad, City. As Adam Lazarov, Amy Lazarov and Jake repeated requests, including the missing-but-assumed-dead Israeli airman, in a pro- a young Blindman. one this week, the Red Cross test tent near the prime minister’s residence in Jerusa- woman, she Memorial services were held Tues- has never been allowed to lem, June 2, 2011. followed day, June 14, with burial in Temple Is- visit Shalit. Schoffman says this has fueled pub- her father’s rael Cemetery in Jonesboro. He is believed to be held somewhere lic displeasure with Netanyahu. footsteps in serving her country by The family requests that memorials in Gaza, probably in an underground “It has exacerbated dissatisfaction enlisting in 1942 in the Women’s Army be sent to Rabbi Micah Greenstein’s bunker. His face has become ubiquitous with the current government, regard- Corps during World War II and served Discretionary Fund at Temple Israel, in Israel — seen on posters, balloons, T- less of one’s political affiliation,” he until 1945. She married Abe F. Blind- 1376 E. Massey Road, Memphis, TN shirts and bumper stickers. The Israeli said. “Most Israelis say, ‘make this hap- man of Minneapolis, Minn., in 1950, 38120; or to Temple Israel in Jonesboro, public has not received any sign of life pen already, this is outrageous.’ ” and they moved to Jonesboro in 1956. c/o Weinstock, 208 Wilkins, Jonesboro, of Shalit since September 2009, when a Israel has agreed to swap deals with Marna was a member of Temple AR 72401. video was released showing him look- terrorist groups twice in recent mem- Israel in Jonesboro and a former prin- ing wan but unharmed. Hamas has re- see Obituaries, page 23 ory. cipal of the Sabbath School. She was a jected an appeal by the Red Cross for a In 2004, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon new video. agreed to a prisoner exchange for Israe- For several years, Israel has been li businessman Elhanan Tannenbaum, peter Falk, 84, Benjamin Herman, 84, negotiating with Hamas indirectly a reservist in the Israeli army who was over Shalit. Hamas’ demands have not TV’s ‘Columbo’ Baltimore author lured to Lebanon for a prospective drug Actor Peter Falk, a four-time Emmy winner as Benjamin Herman, a writer who in newspaper changed: the release of 1,000 Palestin- deal and then taken hostage by Hezbol- the rumpled TV detective on “Columbo” who articles and books wove tales of life in his part ian prisoners from Israeli jails, among lah. Israel released 435 Lebanese pris- also won acclaim as an actor in indie films by of Baltimore, died June 6 at 84. While he was them dozens of men convicted of mur- oners in exchange for Tannenbaum John Cassavetes and others, died at his home a high school English teacher, Herman sold his dering Israelis. and the bodies of three Israeli soldiers in Beverly Hills, Calif., on June 23 at 84. first article to a Sunday magazine supplement Netanyahu announced this week Hezbollah had in its possession. Falk’s portrayal of Columbo, a police detec- in Baltimore in 1950 and continued writing that because Hamas would not allow In 2008, Prime Minister Ehud Ol- tive whose first name was never definitively for decades about the residents and former Shalit a Red Cross visit, Israel would be mert agreed to release five prisoners, confirmed, was lauded by film critics both residents of the northeastern U.S. city. Herman stiffening conditions for Palestinians including a notorious Lebanese man during the series’ heyday in the 1970s (it ran said in 1996 that he never forgot the “thrill of in Israeli jails convicted of terrorism, serving four life sentences for murder, periodically in the form of made-for-TV movies that first $15 check” for his magazine piece. among other things eliminating their in exchange for the bodies of two Is- until 2003) and in the wake of his death. ability to obtain an academic degree raeli soldiers. The soldiers, Ehud Gold- “He invested the shabby, preoccupied detec- while in prison. edith Wyden, 91, Shoah wasser and Eldad Regev, were taken tive with so much credibility that the show A survey released this week found survivor and senator’s captive days after Shalit’s capture in a became one of the most successful detective that 63 percent of Israelis support a Hezbollah attack thought to have killed series in the United States,” one critic wrote. mother deal to free Shalit. There has been a them and which sparked the 34-day war Edith Wyden, the mother of U.S. Sen. Ron flurry of diplomatic activity in recent between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006. Wyden (D-Ore.), who fled to Iraq from weeks and even rumors that the deal alberta Goldberg, 64, Last week, Shalit’s parents, Noam Germany with her family at the beginning of was on the verge of being signed. Some and Aviva, spent the morning at a me- Georgia activist World War II, died June 19 at 91. Edith Wyden Israeli analysts say that Hamas needs morial ceremony for one of the soldiers Alberta Goldberg, a well-known leader and was an industrial economist, researcher the PR boost that a large-scale prisoner who was killed the day that Shalit was personage in the Augusta, Ga., Jewish com- and reference librarian. She worked at the release would [rovide, especially if Pal- captured. Then they came to Jerusalem munity, died June 14 at 64. She had been Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, estinian elections take place in the next to spend Shabbat in the protest tent op- program director for the Augusta Jewish Com- Calif., and was a World War II veteran of the year. posite the prime minister’s residence, a munity Center for 10 years. The sisterhood of Women’s Army Corps. Support for Hamas in Gaza has fixture now for several years. Augusta’s Adas Yeshurun Synagogue gave dropped; recent polls show Hamas “We’re different from other coun- her its Woman of the Year award in 1997, and trailing far behind the more moderate tries that would never let 1,000 prison- Hadassah awarded her a National Leadership Fatah. ers go for just one soldier,” said Naa- Award in 1998. Yet unless Hamas significantly soft- mani, the teacher. “He went to protect ens its demands, the chances of a deal this country, and we owe it to him and appear slim. his family to bring him back.” July 1, 2011 The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle page 23 obituaries from page 22 Bram’s Funeral Home in Hamilton, Thursday evenings. Multer (Steve) and Bitsy Sader (Neil); Mo., at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 7. Dylon was the son of Dr. David son, Jeff Napshin; brother, Richard NORMA KRATCHMAN-BRADLEY A reception to celebrate Norma’s Madgy and Dr. Cynthia Aks; brother Kaufman; and six grandchildren, Matt, life will be held that evening at Jack of Danielle and Devin Madgy; nephew Nikki and Brittany Multer and Sammi, Norma Kratchman-Bradley, 73, Stack Catering in Martin City, 13645 of Dr. Howard and Nancy Aks of Over- Danny and Lani Sader. passed away on Sunday, June 26. Holmes, Kansas City, Mo. The evening land Park, Robert and Tambi Aks of Joan was preceded in death by her She was will begin at 6:30 p.m. If you would like Overland Park, Elyse Friedman-Caiel- sister, Barbara Jacobs, and the love of a beloved to attend, please contact her daughter, lo and Steven Caiello of Los Angeles her life, husband Marshall Napshin. wife, moth- Jan Schuster, (805) 320-8655 or e-mail and Barbara and Sheldon Cohn of West She was devoted to her family as er, grand- [email protected]. Bloomfield, Mich.; cousin of Anthony, they were of utmost importance in her mother Victoria, Dana, Lauren, Jonathan, Jer- life and they will greatly miss her. and friend. DYLON JASON MADGY emy, Daniel and Rachel; and grandson Online condolences may be shared Norma was of the late Dr. Daniel and Doris Aks, at www.louismemorialchapel.com. born in Kan- Dylon Jason Madgy, 18, of Franklin, Mission Hills, Kan., and the late Max Arr: The Louis Memorial Chapel, sas City on Mich., died Sunday, June 26. and Phyllis Madgy. (816) 361-5211. Dec. 18, 1937. T h e It is suggested that those who wish She re- funeral to further honor the memory of Dylon tired from was held Jason Madgy may do so by making a 20 years of Wednesday, contribution to Detroit Country Day working Unveilings June 29, at School, Dylon Jason Madgy Education with chil- In memory of RichaRd BRat- Ira Kaufman and Athletic Fund; 22305 W. 13 Mile dren at the Jewish Community Center. man at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 3, at Chapel in Road, Beverly Hills, MI 48025, http:// She moved to Ventura, Calif., in 2000 to Sheffield Cemetery. Detroit. www.dcds.edu. be near her children in retirement. Religious Norma is survived by her husband, In memory of iRving mill- services JOAN HELENE Edward Bradley; her children, Cathy stein at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 10, were to be Levine, Jan Levine Schuster and Heide KAufMAN NApSHiN at Mount Carmel Cemetery. held for Dy- Levine; and grandchildren, Jade Cope- In memory of nathan lon Wednes- Joan Helene Kaufman Napshin of land and Corey Schultz. saltzman at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, day and Prairie Village, passed away Saturday, Funeral services will be held at July 10, at Mount Carmel Cemetery. June 25. Grave- In memory of BeRnaRd te- side ser- nenBaum at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, The KCHomes4U Team vices were July 10, at KI Blue Ridge Cemetery Tuesday, June 28, at Mount Moriah Cemetery. Kansas City The family suggests MonumenKC t contribu- Company remax tions to the American MONUMENTThe Monument Specialist Diabetes As- 816-333-0075 mcgraw sociation or 62211JL54 a charity of the donor’s choice. 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