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JENELLE GARNER Residents in Willow Meadows rescued their neighbors in boats early Sunday morning as Hurricane Harvey floodwaters devastated Southwest Houston. Jewish Houston severely impacted by Hurricane, flooding By MICHAEL C. DUKE | JHV

Jewish community institutions across FULL COVERAGE OF Greater Houston pledged to work together HURRICANE HARVEY: to aid those impacted by Hurricane Harvey, • Airboat pilot battled Harvey to save a record-smashing storm that has hammered the Texas Gulf Coast with a year’s worth of residents, Page 2 rainfall in less than a week’s time. • Community members evacuated to “The most immediate need is our families shelters, hotels, Page 2 and individuals who are hurting,” said Lee • JCC to open back up Aug. 31 for Wunsch, CEO of the Jewish Federation of aid distribution, Page 3 Greater Houston, during a conference call with local rabbis and community leaders on • Hebrew Order of David performs Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 29. door-to-door rescues, Page 3 The purpose of the call was to assess • Volunteers prep shul for storm, Page 3 needs, community-wide, and to strategize • Jewish camps offer accommodations recovery plans, participants noted. to hurricane evacuees “We have to find ways to collaborate to make resources available to the community,” • Residents plan to ‘rebuild’ and stay in said Wunsch, noting that combined ‘family’s home’ after re-flooding fundraising efforts would be coordinated • JHV Editorial: Hurricane recovery through the Jewish Federations of North hinges on community America. ROBIN ALTER Floodwaters forced the Alter family, waiting for rescue, out of their Meyerland-area home and atop “Every indication is that this storm is vehicles on higher ground going to eclipse [Hurricane] Katrina multi- rescue hundreds of neighbors in need. fold,” Wunsch said. “We must find a way to Houston. managed to overtake some homes that were Priority was given to the elderly and disabled. collaborate, otherwise we’re stepping on By noon on Aug. 27, JFS received infor- built up after previous floods. Jenelle Garner, who helps lead a each other’s toes. mation that community members on more Despite recent attempts to widen volunteer emergency response team in “It’s not about us. This is about our than 150 neighborhood blocks – including Brays Bayou and improve flood control in Willow Meadows, said her sons, Yari and families and institutions that are already in those consisting of multiple homes – had Southwest Houston, the Willow Meadows Akiva, and another student from Robert great need,” he said. been severely impacted by flooding. subdivision and neighborhoods in the M. Beren Academy, Noah Diner, performed Houston’s office of Jewish Family Service Most community members whose homes Meyerland area were engulfed by flood- multiple rescues on Saturday, Sunday and is handling case management for hundreds in Southwest Houston flooded in prior storms waters shortly after the bayou crested on Monday. Another volunteer, Michael Gross, of community members who lost homes and in recent years have now re-flooded. Homes Sunday morning, Aug. 27. also performed several rescues as homes in property during the storm. that have never flooded before, according to Local residents, including high school Willow Meadow took in several feet of water. “This is going to be years, not months [of residents, have now flooded for the first time. students, became first-responders as they recovery],” said Linda Burger, CEO of JFS In addition, Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters deployed boats and small watercraft to See Havoc on Page 4

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WWW.GALLERYFURNITURE.COM Page 2 Jewish Herald-Voice August 31, 2017 Harvey Wreaks Havoc Community members evacuated to shelters, hotels By MICHAEL C. DUKE | JHV evacuate from their Meyerland home on Sunday and were taken to a public shelter. Dozens of Jewish community Fleeing rising water in their home on members have been evacuated to a North Brasewood Boulevard, the Alters makeshift shelter at the George R. Brown sought refuge in their garage and climbed Convention Center in Downtown Houston atop vehicles in search of higher ground. after Hurricane Harvey brought unprece- They waited all afternoon to be picked up dented flooding and devastation to the city by a rescue boat. and its environs. The decision to call for help was Husband and wife Steve Wisch and difficult, the Alters noted. During the 2015 Fern Bryan slept in cots on the floor of Memorial Day Flood, Kevin’s parents, the GRB Sunday night, Aug. 27, after being Shirley and Jack Alter, of blessed memory, PHOTO COURTESY oF KEN BARROW forced to leave their Meyerland neigh- drowned in floodwaters along Brays An airboat was piloted to the front doors of flooded homes in Willow Meadows on Aug. 27 as borhood, due to flooding. Bayou after their rescue boat capsized. volunteers rescued residents and their pets. “This is a real challenge and it’s Kevin and Robin and their children horrible, but there are only two choices,” made it safely to 610 Loop. Many families Wisch told the JHV on Monday afternoon, from Willow Meadows and United Airboat pilot battled Aug. 28. “That’s to let it crush you, or Orthodox Synagogues were taken to the survive.” same location after being rescued from Harvey to save residents Wisch, 66, said he is choosing the latter. flooded homes. After waiting there for The couple woke on Sunday morning to about an hour, the Alters were loaded into By MICHAEL C. DUKE | JHV find floodwaters entering their Meyerland the back of a city dump truck. Another home, which is located on Wigton Drive Jewish family, the Wadlers, was on the An airboat pilot worked with neigh- near 610 Loop. Brays Bayou crested earlier same transport, Robin noted. borhood volunteers to rescue more than 100 that morning. As the truck slowly carved its way to residents in Willow Meadows as Hurricane “We began trying to salvage what we the GRB, passengers held onto each other. Harvey brought widespread flooding and could as the water reached up to our knees “Some people held up tarps over our devastation to the neighborhood near United or higher,” Wisch said. heads to protect everyone from the rain,” Orthodox Synagogues. During a brief lull in the rain, a neighbor Robin said. “There were a lot of people Ken Barrow showed up on his 18-foot- across the street signaled for the couple to with pets, dogs and cats, and away they long airboat Sunday, Aug. 27, at around noon flee to their home, which was on higher took us. after Holly Davies, who is helping to lead ground. Wisch convinced his wife to cross “The conversations along the drive an emergency response team in the neigh- in water deep enough to swim in, he noted. were interesting,” she said. “People borhood, reached out to Barrow’s brother, The neighbors offered them dinner and a were talking about having just gotten a Houston Police officer who has served the dry bed to rest. things back into place from the 2015 or Willow Meadows community. “They couldn’t have been kinder 2016 floods. So, many of us were repeat Soon after the category 4 hurricane neighbors – like a gift from G-d,” Wisch flooders, including us, of course. made landfall on Friday night, Aug. 25, local said. “In a way, that made me feel better, authorities, overwhelmed by the volume of With rain threatening more flooding, because we had a room in our house with emergency calls, urged citizens with small the couple then decided it was necessary things that we hadn’t unpacked yet. That watercraft to aid in rescue operations. to evacuate the neighborhood altogether. seemed to be a predicament others had, Barrow followed GPS coordinates to PHOTO COURTESY oF KEN BARROW At around 7:30 p.m., Wisch and Bryan too,” she said. Davies’ home, where she provided him with a Ken Barrow piloted an airboat that rescued were transported by rescue boat to the Robin added, “Those of us who’ve list of residents who were in desperate need more than 100 residents in Willow Meadows. Kroger parking lot on South Post Oak flooded have to take the perspective that of rescue after floodwaters tore through them. Road. From there, they boarded a large it’s just stuff.” their homes. “They said: ‘Let me help you. I have to go open-air truck, operated by the National Wisch, looking ahead, believes “We went block by block, just trying to to this person’s home – let’s check her house Guard, which eventually delivered the Hurricane Harvey will have a lasting help as many people as we could,” Barrow to see if we can pick her up,’ ” Barrow said. couple and more than 40 other evacuees to impact, geographically, on Houston’s told the JHV the next day. “The neighbors did a lot. All I did was operate the George R. Brown. Jewish community. He and his wife agreed “Everywhere we went, there were the boat. The truck ride, in particular, revealed that they might not be able to live in their residents in single-story houses, especially, “The key to the operation was to have that Hurricane Harvey has caused Meyerland house again. Other community that had dire need to get out,” he said. “Many Holly [Davies] and knowledgeable neighbors widespread devastation without discrimi- members face similar questions, they’ve elderly, many with pets.” that cared enough about each other to want nation, Wisch observed. admitted. Nevertheless, Wisch said he Able to carry up to a dozen passengers to risk going back into the floodwaters to “It doesn’t matter how much or how remains optimistic. at a time, Barrow’s airboat managed to ferry make sure their neighbors were OK,” he said. little money you have, forces of nature are “It’s going to be a challenge, and I think more than 100 people to safety. Most were “G-d was watching over us that day.” a great equalizer,” he said. challenges can be opportunities,” he said. taken to Willow Meadows Baptist Church, Rescues involving homeowners and their Wisch and Bryan registered at the “The challenge is not over. There’ve and others were dropped off at multi-story pets were particularly emotional, the airboat shelter and received their cots. They were been great losses – but I can accept those neighborhood houses. pilot noted. able to bring little else than the clothes losses,” he said. “The challenge before us The boat worked on the water as Coast One involved residents who refused to on their backs. Upon arrival, they recog- [as a community] is how we figure it out.” Guard helicopters flew overhead, performing abandon their cat, which was going crazy as nized many neighbors and other members He added, “I believe the whole theme single-person rescue operations. Rain in conditions in their one-story flooded home of Houston’s Jewish community who also of our people – the whole history of the the area continued to fall throughout the worsened. The family also had a dog that were evacuated to the GRB, they noted. Jewish people – is that we cohere during afternoon and early evening. was equally scared. After a difficult night’s sleep, Wisch crisis and all of our differences fall away. The airboat measures 15-feet-high, Morgan Davies volunteered to take said they were served coffee and oatmeal “I hope this is one of those times,” he so Barrow had to carefully avoid power care of the cat and secure it in a kennel for for breakfast. Thereafter, they focused said. lines and tree branches as he navigated the transport. In the process, he suffered bites energy on trying to secure a hotel room The Alters suffered worse flooding flooded streets. Holly Davies’ son, Morgan, and scratches to his arms and face. and to plot their next moves. in their home during Hurricane Harvey and other volunteers assisted Barrow in the “Finally, Morgan got the cat into the The JHV spoke with Wisch again on compared to Memorial Day in 2015. They boat rescues. kennel and that was all the family needed to Tuesday evening, Aug. 29. The couple lost both vehicles this round and even “Those guys jumped in the water and finally agree to go,” Barrow said. “But, I had to did manage to find and move to a hotel, photo albums that Robin stashed on raised guided the airboat right up to the houses in leave Morgan and Jerry [another volunteer], but a power outage shortly after 8 p.m. shelves likely are gone, she feared. order to get to the people who needed it,” because we had too many people in the boat displaced them once again. Currently, they “But, not having lost life, now, we got Barrow said. then. They had to stay in the flooded house are staying in a friend’s garage apartment off better,” she said. Barrow belongs to the Church of Jesus until I was able to come back and get them.” in West University Place. The Alters currently are staying in a Christ of Latter-day Saints and said he After Barrow made it back to pick them While there have been reported hotel near Discovery Green Park. Because learned to love volunteer work through LDS. up, they proceeded to the next block to complaints about food supplies at local they had a dog with them, they were turned He said he’s been involved in hurricane-relief rescue more neighbors, who had posted shelters, Wisch, who still was at the away from the George R. Brown. efforts since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but signs in windows that read: “Help Airboat!” GRB at the time, said he was grateful for After checking into the hotel, they took this was the first time he deployed his airboat “It happened that the father in that family their circumstances. Listening to those a shuttle to a nearby gas station, which for a rescue operation. is a doctor, who saw Morgan and gave him complaints made him think of what abruptly closed shortly after they arrived. “Conditions in Willow Meadows were antibiotics to treat the cat bites,” Barrow victims suffered during the Holocaust. The family had to leave empty handed. such that other boats couldn’t get in, because said. “All of that turned out perfect – to be “I’m sure [Holocaust victims] would At the hotel, they managed to wash their on one end, the waters were too shallow for able to save this family and Morgan was able have gladly traded places with us, here, clothes – their only clothes – that they other boats to get through, and on the other to get treatment from this skilled physician in given what they endured,” he said. were wearing when they were forced to end, waters were too deep,” Barrow said. the neighborhood.” Wisch added, “I feel like the study of leave home. “The airboat was perfect, because it could Barrow, a local attorney, was back Torah has prepared me well for crisis. It’s “It’s amazing how much time you can carry a lot of people, plus it has a 500-horse- home in First Colony on Monday evening, made me grateful for being alive. Life is save in the morning when you sleep in your power motor on the back that propels it. concerned about the Brazos River cresting most important. The highest priority is to clothes,” Robin told the JHV on Monday There’s nothing touching the bottom, so it sometime the next day. be together and to be alive. morning. can glide over the water without worrying “There’s water about 30 feet from our “Everything else can essentially be Like Wisch and Bryan, the Alters are about running over sunken debris. It goes house right now,” he said. “We’re watching replaced,” he said. choosing to survive. They’re also trying to over everything.” that carefully. Robin and Kevin Alter and two of keep a sense of humor as they cope with Barrow said neighbors helped him help “I have my boat ready,” he said. their teenage children also were forced to challenging circumstances.

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DUKE | JHV easily, so I want to do anything I can becauseHebrew Order the ofanimal David returned has never to the experienced members were organizing“Another additional example was a poem by of world-class specialists. to help my community get through this highGoldstein’s water home where Monday it was morning, always rescue dry. and The relief efforts.Ellen Leventhal, which has an opening Anxiety levels were high in the latest challenge.” Aug. 28, to help removed flood-damaged On Monday morning, Wedelich accom- image I got was a single note in the middle line about blue shoes. 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WATER The text reads DAMAGE in guitar or piano and a vocalist. I think Hurricane Harvey brought heavy moved to Houston when they were flooding to Houston. displaced by the Tax Day Flood. The part:OR “Some FLOODING say it’s a blessing in disguise/ REQUIREthe music reflects the integrity of the “We’re feeling very anxious and family still lives in an apartment. but this lesson in disguise leaves me with texts.” stressed,” said Maya Wadler, a high “I know what it feels like to have your school senior from Robert M. Beren things destroyed, so I wanted to come PROMPT RELIEF Academy, who joined other volunteers to the shul today, to help save things, from Beren and Bnei Akiva at United because I don’t want that to happen to Orthodox Synagogues on Thursday anyone else,” Morgan told the JHV. Mold, water daMage afternoon, Aug. 24, moving synagogue Earlier on Thursday, synagogue CALL US FOR property to higher ground. leaders and Willow Meadow’s emergency The crew worked quickly, needing to response team issued alerts, urging orIMMEDIATE flooding require get as much work done as possible, prior people to be prepared for several days to RESPONSE to the start of Shabbat, they noted. Beren “shelter in place.” and other Jewish day schools canceled Meanwhile, the team is collecting ANDpro FREEM pt relief classes on Friday, as well as the following supplies, lining up rescue equipment and Monday, Aug. 28. All schools have been medical aid. IN HOME closed for the week after the storm. “Thankfully, this time, we can be Call us for iMMediate response UOS has suffered heavy flood damage prepared, instead of blindsided,” said ESTIMATE several times in recent years, including Jenelle Garner, one of the team leaders. and free in-hoMe estiMate during the 2015 Memorial Day Flood and “We’ve already started finding the people the 2016 Tax Day Flood. who are vulnerable. We want to get them “I’ve personally been through these out of their houses if we can, and get 713.936.1355713.936.1355 types of events – our house flooded supplies set up beforehand.” twice,” Wadler told the JHV as she UOS also has posted information www.CleanAirTx.comwww.CleanAirTx.com • [email protected] stacked chairs against the back wall of on its website, uosh.org, addressing [email protected] the sanctuary. “The shul floods very halakha and hurricane preparedness.

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RED & BLACK ... Following Up Read RED & BLACK each month on jhvonline.com PAGE 4 JEWISH HERALD-VOICE AUGUST 31, 2017 HARVEY WREAKS HAVOC Residents plan to ‘rebuild’ and stay in ‘family’s home’ after re-flooding By MICHAEL C. DUKE | JHV toxic water you could imagine,” Marna said. “I personally must have hauled out 50, 60 Volunteers have begun to stream into buckets of that water from the house today.” Willow Meadows as floodwaters from The homeowners said their first floor is Hurricane Harvey have started to recede, a total loss. exposing “total devastation” across the Lisa fought tears as she described seeing neighborhood in Southwest Houston. what was left of a built-in hutch they had Marna and Steven Meyer were among the that held their china, Passover dishes and more than two-dozen volunteers who drove their Shabbat candle sticks. Those items had in from Fondren Southwest on Tuesday, Aug. fallen, but because the water was so high 29, to assist residents Lisa and Kevin Klein, inside the house at the time, nothing had whose home on Cliffwood Drive near United broken. Orthodox Synagogues took in some 4 feet Nevertheless, Lisa said, “Nothing can be of water after Brays Bayou crested Sunday salvaged.” morning. The day after Hurricane Harvey hit the “You cannot believe the devastation,” Texas Gulf Coast on Friday, Aug. 25, until said Marna, after spending several hours now, the Kleins had been staying on the helping her friends. “If you thought homes second floor of their flooded home. They that flooded during Memorial Day were bad, built the raised extension after flooding that’s nothing compared to what we have during Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. now. It’s like a war zone,” she said. “When The family’s plan is to remain in the you’re inside, you’d never know there was an house and to rebuild the first floor. outside world.” “We’ve been in this house since 1986,” Like many in the area who flooded during Lisa said. “We love this house. We love our Hurricane Harvey, the Kleins also flooded neighborhood. It’s our home. Our kids grew during the 2015 Memorial Day Flood and a up here. It’s near our shul.” year later during the 2016 Tax Day Flood. She added, “When you get too much rain, Lisa Klein struggled to keep track of all it doesn’t matter where you live.” the names of volunteers who showed up As Marna worked downstairs, her at their home to help Tuesday. She said she husband, Steven, a master A/C technician, plans to send them all “Thank You” notes. inspected the electrical panel out in the As the JHV spoke with Lisa shortly garage, which had been submerged by the before 5 p.m., a crew of BBYO teens was busy flood. Due to summer temperatures, the removing furniture and ripping out flood- Kleins had been using the upstairs A/C since damaged carpet downstairs. Monday afternoon when power was restored

“The help means a lot,” said Lisa, noting to Willow Meadows. Steven, however, JHV: MICHAEL C. DUKE that this is the worst flood, by far, that she’s insisted that the system be shut down after Every drawer in the Klein’s kitchen was filled with contaminated floodwaters. experienced. “We usually don’t like to ask for he noticed that the panel was burning. help, but this time it’s so bad that we realized Flooded homes in Houston have burned home, the Kleins dashed downstairs at one area. we had to swallow our pride and accept help.” during past flooding events after electrical point to try to salvage what they could. They “I was saying, ‘Please G-d, don’t let them She added, “It’s still very hard, though, fires broke out, he noted. came back down on Monday to assess the flood, that would be too much,’ ” Lisa told the because I’ve never wanted to make people I Lisa said an electrician would be coming damage. Even their two cars are total losses. JHV. love come through all this muck.” to their home the following day, along with a Besides volunteer labor, the family has Thankfully, her parents’ home did not Floodwaters managed to knock the contractor and other volunteers. received food from friends. flood. Klein’s piano over on its side. Some cabinets “Even though we were prepared this “We don’t have to eat peanut butter again “You just have to look for the positives in in the kitchen remained too swollen to open, time because we always flood, even being tonight,” Lisa said. “Tomorrow looks like a situation like this,” Lisa said. “It’s traumatic while volunteers forced others to remove prepared wasn’t enough,” she said. “The another day of cleaning, then Clorox, and now, but there’s always something good that damaged property. water went above our kitchen counter and it we’ll get on with the rebuild.” comes out of it. “Every drawer we could get open, every didn’t matter that we put stuff on shelves far Even as their house was flooding, Lisa “G-d doesn’t send things your way that pot and pan, everything that could become a off the ground.” said she was more worried about her elderly you can’t deal with,” she said. “You’ve just got vessel in the house, was filled with the most As floodwaters began to rise inside their parents, who live in the Fondern Southwest to do your best.”

From Page 1 as hitting very close to home,” said Dinkin. Havoc Rabbi Kenny Weiss, executive director In nearby Meyerland, Adam Brackman Jewish camps offer accommodations of Houston Hillel, evacuated his family from was still out rescuing people by boat on day their home in Southwest Houston and have three of flooding. Rescue crews, deployed by By MICHAEL C. DUKE | JHV “We unfortunately cannot ensure been staying at a Hillel apartment. Chabad Lubavitch of Texas, also were out for space will be available for anyone who “Our house is a total loss,” Rabbi Weiss several days rescuing those in need, as well Camp Young Judaea Texas and URJ does not confirm their registration with said. as delivering food and aid. Greene Family Camp have opened their us in advance, so please do not come to Hillel students, he noted, are being taken “People who have never flooded before doors to families impacted by Hurricane camp without calling,” Silberlicht said. care of on their campuses. Hillel’s building are flooding now,” Garner told the JHV early Harvey. Greene Family Camp in Bruceville, near Rice University has not flooded. Sunday morning from Willow Meadows. “It’s “As record-breaking rain and Texas, has extended a similar offer With roads impassable, offices closed really bad here. flooding once again impacts many of our to members of its camp community, and rain still falling on Sunday morning, “This is going to be so widespread, worse homes, CYJ is pleased to be able to offer including campers, congregants, friends Burger said that JFS is working remotely to than we’ve ever seen,” she said. temporary camp accommodations to and supporters. return phone calls to those in need. As floodwaters began to recede from those members of our camp community “[GFC] can provide families with “We’re trying to help people manage Willow Meadows on Monday, Aug. 28, displaced by the storm,” said Frank housing, food, air-conditioning, internet anxiety and calm nerves while we get evacuated homes in the neighborhood were Silberlicht, CYJ’s executive director, in a and electricity for a limited time,” through this initial phase,” she said. hit by looters, residents told the JHV. message sent out on Monday night, Aug. according to a message sent by GFC Staff at most community institutions has The Hoffmans live in a multi-story house 28. leadership on Aug. 27. “There are a large, been working remotely. on Sarong Drive in Willow Meadows that CYJ, located in Wimberley, Texas, but limited, number of beds at camp and The first floors of Seven Acres Jewish became temporary refuge for dozens of is now offering housing and meals at we have private rooms, as well as dorm Senior Care Services and The Medallion evacuees from the neighborhood. no cost for the next week through Sept. rooms.” flooded. A/C also went out on day two of When the area lost electricity on Sunday, 7, possibly, depending on conditions. To book a space at GFC, evacuees the storm after a back-up generator flooded. the family still managed to serve hot kosher Families with pets are welcome. must call 254-859-5411 or complete an With elevators down, too, and only a skeleton meals, while also hosting an impromptu “While we will do our very best to online form at urjyouth.wufoo.com/ crew working at the time, Seven Acres staff piano concert as a much-needed distraction. accommodate as many people as possible, forms/r1losdaw0zoiym0. carried residents and patients up stairs and “When you’re part of a community, you space is limited,” Silberlicht said. GFC and CYJ both have sheltered moved everyone to higher ground. help one another,” said the Hoffman’s teenage To confirm a reservation, contact CYJ families in the past during hurricanes and “They did everything possible to make son, Adam. “Thank G-d we were in a position at 512-847-9564. flooding events. sure people are safe,” said Lori Actor, who’s to do so.” father was among the Seven Acres residents Residents trapped in flooded homes Hurricane Harvey’s initial wrath now are during the storm, thus far, according to with limited mobility who was carried in the Meyerland area waited hours to be in danger of flooding as rivers are set to clergy from those congregations. upstairs. rescued by boats and helicopters, piloted by crest and rising water in reservoirs must Synagogues that can reopen are Malcolm Slatko, CEO of Seven Acres, volunteers, local police, fire department, U.S. be let out, reported Rabbi Gideon Estes of welcoming people into their buildings for praised his staff for reacting “beautifully and Coast Guard and Army National Guard. Congregation Or Ami. respite, Wifi and counseling, clergy said. correctly” to the emergency. The city’s emergency system has been Physical damage caused by Hurricane The Evelyn Rubenstein JCC incurred “This is probably the worst catastrophic overwhelmed and authorities haven’t had Harvey to Jewish community institutions in “severe flooding” to its lower level and front situation I’ve ever seen,” said Slatko during enough shelters to take people to once Houston is greater than previous disasters, property, J staff reported. Despite damages, a previous conference call with community they’ve been rescued, according to reports. according to initial assessments. the J will serve as a donation and distri- leaders on Aug. 27. The largest makeshift shelter in Houston, United Orthodox Synagogues suffered bution site for flood supplies, beginning at “But, we’re OK,” he added. located at the George R. Brown Convention severe flood damage to its entire property, 9 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 31, according to Joel Seven Acres was able to start remedi- Center, had taken in some 9,000 evacuees by including elevated portions of the campus Dinkin, the J’s executive vice president. ation right away. Other community insti- Monday night, Aug. 28. Jewish Houstonians that previously escaped flood damage. Beth The J’s Teen Merfish Center took in some tutions, damaged by flooding, including were among those loaded into the back of Yeshurun synagogue, and Beth Yeshurun 9 inches of water. The Jewish Federation of the J, had to wait for floodwaters to recede open-air dump trucks and evacuated to Day School, also saw flooding throughout Greater Houston and Jewish Family Service to begin repairs. The Federation plans to public shelters. Some 56,000 calls were made their buildings. Beth Israel synagogue had reported only minor flood damage to their reopen on Wednesday, Aug. 30. to 9-1-1 during the first three days of flooding flooding in its basement and sanctuary. respective offices. “Memorial Day [Flood] really felt in Houston, according to authorities. Brith Shalom synagogue, Emanu El Many JCC, Federation and JFS staff have like the community’s problem,” said JFS’ Out on the city’s west side and neigh- synagogue, Meyerland Minyan and Or Ami flooded houses. Burger. “This time, it’s really about our boring Katy, Texas, residents who escaped synagogue in West Houston have fared well “For all of us, it’s very widespread, as well entire city.” PAGE 5 JEWISH HERALD-VOICE UP CLOSE AUGUST 31, 2017 New Israeli consul general understands US-Israel relationship

By AARON HOWARD | JHV as a reporter. But, I never he believes Netanyahu understands why whole spectrum, you should understand lived here.” American Jews were upset over the step this government and this PM is the most The first thing one Katz believes most Israelis backwards on the issue of pluralistic prayer proactive leader on this issue.” notices on meeting Gilad don’t understand a great deal at the Kotel. Katz was educated at Yeshivah Tichonit, Katz is he wears a knitted about the American Jewish “As a diplomat and a religious Jew, I’m a yeshiva that combines Torah study with kippah. In Israel, this would community. telling you Netanyahu was the first prime love of the people, the land and the State of identify Katz as Dati Leumi “The majority of Israelis minister in the history of Israel who really Israel. He then attended a Hesder yeshiva, (a Religious Zionist). It also don’t know American Jewry. tried to bring a solution for the benefit of all which combines advanced religious study identifies him as the first They read about them denominations in the Jewish world. Prior with military service in a religious Zionist Israeli consul general to the through newspapers. Many to him, no one would touch this issue. They framework. Katz served in the paratroopers, Southwest United States don’t personally know a understood the Haredim would make a fuss, went to Bar-Ilan University, where he who is shomer Shabbos. single American Jew, unless and who knows what would happen to the obtained bachelor’s degrees in political Katz arrived in Houston they have family living here. government. science, communications and history, and a this month to lead the If you don’t meet people and “He knows the community in the U.S. He masters in political science and communica- consulate, which covers don’t read about them, you wanted to bring a solution. His government tions. He also served two years in the Secret Gilad Katz the six-state region of don’t know them. agreed on a solution. Then, Shas and United Service. Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, “Here’s a typical Israeli mindset: We Torah Judaism decided for reasons, which He, with his wife, Merav, and their five Arkansas and Kansas. Houston is his live in Israel, the Jewish state. We vote for you and I don’t understand – because it children had been in Houston less than two first diplomatic posting. He’s a political the government and that government repre- has to do with their own communities – to weeks when a white nationalist “Unite The appointee, not a career diplomat. Israeli sents the Jewish people. Because we vote, revoke their agreement, despite originally Right” march in Charlottesville, N.C., broke Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who we have a say. None of the other Jews have a agreeing on it. The prime minister under- out in violence. holds the foreign minister portfolio, can say. They can say whatever they want. But to stood he had to take one step backward. It’s “I was surprised how Charlottesville make political appointments to fill diplo- decide, we get to do that. We Israelis stand not that he said everything is gone. He said became such a shocking incident for the matic posts, Katz told the JHV. on the frontier. We endanger ourselves. that, in these specific circumstances, polit- Jewish community. No Jew was killed or In 2009, a few months after Netanyahu Therefore, only we have the prerogative ically he couldn’t go ahead without forcing injured,” said Katz. was elected, the prime minister phoned to decide how the government acts on the new elections. “But, when you think about it, in 2017, Katz. In his job as a political journalist for the Jewish world. “He appointed Moshe Nissim [to find a it’s unthinkable there are neo-Nazi groups Makor Rishon newspaper, Katz had gotten “That’s how they see things,” said Katz. new way forward on a conversion bill and that believe in humiliating and injuring not to know the prime minister. Netanyahu “I’ll say what I think about that. If I were the pluralistic prayer platform at the Western only Jews, but whoever isn’t like them. It’s asked Katz to be part of his team, writing to say these things in Israel, people would Wall.] The situation isn’t perfect. I really do not simply because of the Holocaust. That his Hebrew speeches. say I’m naive. But, I really believe it. I think understand U.S. Jews see themselves as part sort of thinking, that a person sees himself “You can’t say no to a prime minister,” the relationship between Israelis and the of the Jewish people, with the right to daven as racially superior to another person, goes said Katz. whole Jewish community should deepen, at the Kotel. against the basic human way of life. So, Katz spent more than seven years not because it’s in the interest of each party, “I understand Reform and Conservative “There was slavery in this country and in the office of the prime minister, rising but I think sometimes one plus one makes Jews want recognition. Recognition is racial segregation. But, that’s over. Then, all to adviser to the prime minister. That three. But, now it’s less, because there really important. It should come by an agreement, of a sudden, the KKK and the alt-right see meant he was a part of Netanyahu’s inner isn’t that fundamental, deep faith between and that’s what he’s working on. themselves as the balei bayit [heads of the circle, a proximity rarely afforded to career the two communities. The last few months “I understand there’s a feeling we are house] to decide who is superior and who diplomats. saw some tense moments between the two going backwards. But, even if there is not isn’t. As a newly minted member of the communities because of the Kotel and the formal recognition, you must see the cup is “I think the Jewish community stood up Israeli diplomatic corps, Katz is somewhat conversion issues.” half full: There is a plaza near the Western as a righteous voice and demonstrated the unfamiliar with the nuances and the [The Western Wall Heritage Foundation Wall for mixed prayer. We have to get an understanding between good and bad. The structure of the diplomatic world. controls access to the Kotel. Under its super- agreement. I believe an agreement will Jewish community came out fighting for “The advantage is, I don’t come from vision, all prayer conforms to Orthodox come. I understand the anger people have, moral issues, how things should be. I was a diplomatic mindset,” Katz said. “Before regulation, including the separation of men especially after there was an agreement. impressed that the community decided we coming here, I met many of the ambassadors and women by a high mechitza. Mixed- It did take a step back. But, if you see the can’t be silent on this issue.” and consuls general. They are excellent gender prayer is allowed at Robinson’s people. Every one of them is a Zionist and a Arch, an area separate from the main professional. plaza at the southern end of the Wall. In “But, if I were a career diplomat, I’d be 2012, Netanyahu asked Jewish Agency looking to advance my career. 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Impeachment, Spirituality and through Torah: To teach to impeach the president or explained Wilson, may be selfishness are mutually us kindness and to instill any public official is delin- for such harmful conduct as exclusive. The essence in us a commitment to be eated in Article I, Section negligence or inattention, for of Jewish spirituality is present with other people 3 of the U.S. Constitution. presidential appointments, gratitude to G-d, who in moments of vulnera- Our Founding Fathers, and for attempting to shift gives us the power to bility and suffering. That concerned with the possi- criminality to others.” gain wealth or success. is how the rabbis of the bility of tyranny in a future In the first stage of Unfortunately, gratitude Talmud understand the leader, gave the House of the impeach-ment process, tends to dissipate in the mandate of walking in Representatives the power the House investigates and face of affluence and G-d’s ways. To become to impeach. decides whether to impeach. abundance, particu- kinder is to become more Impeachment can If a majority of the House larly when gratitude is godlike. That’s the hope. cause the removal of a votes to approve of any replaced by a sense of When I worship a G-d, Barbara Radnofsky public official, not just for of the charges under the entitlement. Rabbi Shai Held who loves the widow and misdeeds, but for “the harm they can cause,” Articles of Impeachment, then that official Entitlement is spiritual poison in the orphan, I strive to do the same,” said explained Barbara Radnofsky. is considered “impeached.” that it undermines the very possibility of Rabbi Held. “The key element of impeachment is “Most people think that when gratitude, Rabbi Shai Held told the JHV. In his book, Rabbi Held quotes Rabbi not the seriousness of the conduct or you’re impeached, you are kicked out “In order to be grateful, you have to Eliyahu Dessler, who wrote that to be the act. Impeachment focuses on the of office. But, that’s not true,” explained acknowledge you did not create your created in the image of G-d is to have the seriousness of the harm caused to society. Radnofsky. “The House impeaches, which success – economic or otherwise – capacity to be compassionate and give And, if you understand that purpose, which means they send charges to the Senate, totally by yourself,” said Rabbi Held. generously. Rabbi Dessler was a 20th the founding fathers embraced, then you who then holds a trial. The senators are the “Entitlement is all about saying, ‘I century Mussar teacher who dwelled on can understand the grounds for, and the jurors.” deserve what I have.’ In reality, simply by questions about Judaism and character. history of, impeachment.” Thus, the Senate has the final say, dint of being human, you are dependent What kind of human being does Judaism Radnofsky is the author of “A Citizen’s according to the Constitution. They can and vulnerable.” want us to be? Guide To Impeachment” (Melville House). dismiss charges, and have done so one Rabbi Held is president, dean In Rabbi Held’s weekly portion on The book, which comes out in paperback in time. The Senate has the sole power to try and chair in Jewish Thought at Korah, he discusses leadership. And September, takes a non-partisan approach. an impeachment case. Mechon Hadar, where he directs the again, he references Rabbi Dessler, who It details a precise understanding of the The Supreme Court has ruled in a case Center for Jewish Leadership and said every human being faces a funda- rules and history of impeachment. The book involving the impeachment of a federal Ideas. He taught theology and Halakha mental choice: Whether to be a giver or a does not advocate the impeachment of any judge, that the judiciary doesn’t have the at the Jewish Theological Seminary, taker. Rabbi Held writes that any leader particular politician. power to second guess the decision of the and has been named multiple times who is, at bottom, a taker is a fraudulent Radnofsky was a partner in the Houston Senate. Moreover, the president cannot to Newsweek’s list of the 50 most influ- leader. law firm of Vinson & Elkins, and retired pardon an impeached official. ential rabbis in America. “One of the reasons spiritual life is after 27 years as a trial lawyer and head of In reading the charges of many of the Mechon Hadar is an educational oriented around gratitude is gratitude the firm’s alternative dispute- resolution U.S. impeachment cases, violation of a duty institution that empowers Jews to create elicits the urge to give back, the desire to section. She was the first woman in appears to subject executive branch officers and sustain vibrant, practicing, egali- serve. To be a leader is not to seek your Texas history to run as the Democratic to impeachment. That violation of duty need tarian communities of Torah learning, own aggrandizement, but, by the desire candidate for the U.S. Sen. in 2006 (she lost not be a crime. This seems to be saying that prayer and service. Founded in 2006 by to serve G-d and other people, to enable to incumbent Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison), the president is not above the law. Rabbis Held, Elie Kaunfer and Ethan others to flourish. and the first, also, to run as the Democratic “The president is not only not above the Tucker, as an institution for intense “On the surface, the question Korah candidate for Texas Attorney General in law, he must fulfill all of his duties. Breach Torah study and as an advisory for asks is fairly reasonable: ‘The whole 2010. (She lost to incumbent Greg Abbott.) of duty is impeachable,” said Radnofsky. congregations and minyanim looking community is holy. … Why, then, do The first impeachment conviction was “The president must run the executive to reinvigorate their prayer services, you set yourselves above the L-rd’s that of Judge John Pickering in 1804. A branch. He has sole responsibility for the Mechon Hadar has grown to include assembly?’ man who served as state and federal judge, overall conduct of his branch of government. an array of offerings that reflect the “The rabbis scramble to find out Pickering was reduced to senility and This involves more than taking care that splendor (hadar in Hebrew) of Judaism. what did Korah do that was so heinous? incompetence, although he continued to the laws be faithfully executed. He must Rabbi Held spoke with the JHV by I argue the first word in the Hebrew is serve on the federal bench. faithfully execute the Office of President. telephone from New York about the publi- quite telling: v’e’kach (he took). I wonder “His motives were not at issue, yet he This is his constitutional duty under the cation of his two-volume set, “The Heart whether the text is suggesting the first was convicted,” Radnofsky told the JHV. Oath Article II, Section 1, Clause 8 of the Of Torah: Essays on the Weekly Torah thing we should know about Korah is he “That shows that the people who wrote Constitution. Portion” (Jewish Publication Society). is fundamentally a taker (as he seems to the impeachment clause thought about it, “This involves appointments of properly Compared to other parashat ha’shavua be). Korah can be in a position of power not as criminal prosecution, but removal qualified people. And, if he fails to do so, commentaries, “The Heart Of Torah” but cannot be an authentic leader.” from office. Most people want to talk the president must perform those duties refers not only to Talmud and Midrash, Writing a book that contains two about impeachment as a punishment for properly, himself. So, the Founding Fathers but draws on critical explanation of the essays on each weekly Torah portion crime or for violating the Constitution. But said if the president can’t appoint or run the text from our time. takes both deep learning and inspiration. the act, itself, isn’t the focus. Congress has show, itself, he’s impeachable, particularly if A recurring theme in the book’s There are some parshiot that give every never charged any officer for impeachment, it causes harm to our society.” commentaries is G-d’s love and mercy. commentator difficulty. under treason or bribery, under the There have been 19 formal impeach- Quoting Midrash, Rabbi Held notes that “Some of the hardest portions for Constitution, because it is harder to prove.” ments in U.S. history. They include judges, so vast is G-d’s love and mercy that not me to write about were in Leviticus,” Radnofsky goes back to 1768 and a secretary of war, and two presidents: even biblical texts can fully comprehend said Rabbi Held. “I sometimes find the Josiah Quincy Jr.’s article in the Boston Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. The or contain it. detailed legislation overwhelming, and Gazette on British impeachment law, Clinton case went to the Senate, where he “So, if I’m fully conscious, I’m aware frankly confusing. Writing the book which defines the crime as “high treason in was acquitted, despite serious claims of my very breath is a gift,” the rabbi opened these portions for me in ways I subverting the fundamental laws and intro- perjury and obstruction (intentional acts). said. “Entitlement closes me off from hadn’t considered before. ducing arbitrary power.” She also refer- “In the case of Bill Clinton, one any possibility of acknowledging that. “I find the mandate to wipe out ences Richard Woodeson’s Lectures on could say there were serious acts. What When you become entitled, the word ‘I’ Amalek particularly troubling. To wipe the Laws of England, which provided the it wasn’t was ‘serious harm.’ When the becomes the only word in your vocab- out Amalek is one thing. But, to insist his precedent that informed the adoption Senate is considering whether to acquit or ulary. Everything becomes about ‘me’ grandchildren’s grandchildren are also of the impeachment clause in the U.S. convict on impeachment, the question is all the time. And, that becomes poison, our enemies is troubling. It comforted Constitution. whether the misconduct meets the ‘harm’ because spirituality is about acknowl- me to know countless Jewish inter- The Founding Fathers were concerned criteria. One learns this by reading all edging other people and G-d.” preters before me were troubled by this with dangers facing the new nation, the impeachment cases. They all look to How fundamental are acts of chesed portion. especially the possibility of tyranny in ‘what harm has been caused.’ The senators to what characterizes Torah? According “I ended up with a Hasidic interpre- their future leaders. After all, they endured took perjury seriously. But, as Supreme to Midrash Tanhuma, “The beginning of tation: A major piece of remembering rule under the British monarchy, which Court Chief Justice John Renquist made the Torah is lovingkindness, the middle Amalek is to become aware of the Americans defined as inherently corrupt, clear in his book, ‘Grand Inquest,’ the most of the Torah is lovingkindness and the potential of the Amalek in me. That is Radnofsky said. important criteria for impeachment is: Has end of the Torah is lovingkindness.” both unsettling and really powerful. “Impeachment was a check on the there been harm to society?” The ultimate purpose of learning “I think its important to acknowledge abuse of power. There was a fear that Radnofsky’s purpose in writing “A Torah is not to know about G-d; it is to there’s evil in the world, but evil should the president might become a monarch. Citizen’s Guide To Impeachment” was know G-d, writes Rabbi Held in “The not be understood as an heritable trait.” In the U.S., impeachment was written that, as a lawyer, she didn’t know what the Heart Of Torah.” Such a person will * * * into the Constitution to control the chief grounds for impeachment were. Although “cleave to G-d’s ways; that is, to live a life For more Information about the executive. But, it allowed other officers to the publication of her book appears inten- of lovingkindness.” book, visit shaiheld.com. be impeached. tional, it’s not. Radnofsky began research “I’m trying to play out what the For information about Machon “The constitutional framers specifi- for the book more than a year ago. rabbis of the Talmud make clear, that Hadar, visit hadar.org. cally defined these dangers: presidential “You’ll notice the book is straight up,” incapacity or negligence; presidential Radnofsky said. “No president is mentioned. tyranny; presidential corruption; betrayal I wanted an evergreen book. Netanyahu, Trump to meet in NY on Sept. 17 of trust by the president to a foreign power; “Outside the book, however, I’m happy JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel’s Prime United Nations General Assembly, and, an overbroad interpretation of treason. to express my personal opinion. You can go Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Israel Hayom reported Sunday. “The founding fathers not only left to my Twitter feed @TXBarbaraAnn. President Donald Trump will meet Netanyahu reportedly will visit us with the impeachment clause in the on Sept. 17 in New Jersey, an Israeli Argentina and Mexico, the first visit to Constitution, but also a record of their inten- * * * newspaper is reporting. the countries by a sitting Israeli prime tions, their thinking behind the clause. For Barbara Radnofsky will give a talk and It will be the third face-to-face minister, prior to attending the General example, James Wilson of Pennsylvania sign her book on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. at Brazos meeting between the leaders this year. Assembly. provided us with an important record of Book Store, 2421 Bissonnet St. Houston The meeting will take place while Following his meeting with Trump, the Founding Fathers’ intent, regarding Mayor Sylvester Turner will introduce Netanyahu is in New York for the Netanyahu will return to Israel in time the use and purposes of impeachment in Radnofsky at this event. opening of the 72nd session of the for the Rosh Hashanah holiday. PAGE 7 JEWISH HERALD-VOICE UP CLOSE AUGUST 31, 2017

HGO baritone initiates Bernstein Centennial with narrative, performance

By AARON HOWARD | JHV he won the respect of many symphony “After [JFK’s] assassination, orchestras when he picked up his baton. Leonard Bernstein at 100, a two-year “As a conductor, he was best known for global celebration that will feature more [Bernstein] gave a concert in the concert he did in Berlin in 1989, after than 1,000 events on six continents, which he said, ‘This will be our the fall of the Berlin Wall,” said Krohn. “He officially begins on Aug. 25. Composer, was conducting ‘Ode To Joy’ (the fourth conductor, educator: Bernstein was one of reply to violence: to make music movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony). classical music’s leading figures in the 20th more intensely, more beauti- He was standing on the conductor’s podium, century. and he starts weeping, so overwhelmed he Houston is getting a jump on the fully, more devotedly than was with the historic moment and what he Bernstein celebration when David Krohn was doing.” performs and narrates “Bernstein: A Life Of ever before.’ It’s a message Bernstein also was a brilliant pianist. Music” on Sept. 10 at the Evelyn Rubenstein we can use in our time.” While he was conductor of the New York JCC. A second show has been added at 6:15 Philharmonic, he enjoyed conducting other p.m., after the 4 p.m., concert sold out on – David Krohn pianists. Bernstein once went out in front of Aug. 23. David Krohn the audience, prior to a Glenn Gould perfor- Baritone Krohn returns to the Kaplan Serge Koussevitzky, but he was looking for Bernstein a household name. mance, and told them he didn’t agree with Theatre Stage for a retrospective of a distinct American voice. He was a strong “People might say HGO is an opera Gould’s unorthodox interpretation of the Bernstein’s life, featuring classical selec- advocate for American composers, particu- company. Why is the HGO doing ‘West Side Brahms’s B-minor Concerto. tions, art song and musicals. Krohn is larly Aaron Copland. Story’? I would answer Bernstein, as a “I cannot say I am in total agreement hazzan in residence at Congregation Brith “When Bernstein rose to prominence composer, wrote an orchestral score meant with Mr. Gould’s conception,” Bernstein told Shalom and director of Development, during the World War II era, there was a for a full symphony orchestra, not for 15 the audience, “and this raises the interesting Houston Grand Opera. lot of complex sentiment about Bernstein musicians in a theater pit,” said Krohn. question: What am I doing conducting it? I’m The concert will be one of many among Europeans,” said Krohn. “Some of “ ‘West Side Story’ was meant to be sung. conducting it because Mr. Gould is so valid Bernstein events in Houston that will it stemmed from a reluctance to embrace Bernstein didn’t care what it was called. It and serious an artist I must take seriously include Houston Grand Opera’s spring U.S. classical music. Plus, there was a was complex music. The quintet that ends anything he conceives in good faith, and his production of “West Side Story.” HGO will feeling there was something wrong in the Act One is very advanced musically. conception is interesting enough, so that I be the first major American opera company way Bernstein used the new medium of “Originally, ‘West Side Story’ was feel you should hear it, too.” to produce “West Side Story,” with full television to popularize classical music. supposed to be set in the Lower East Side. Said Krohn: “If there’s one thing we can Jerome Robbins choreography. He gave lecture concerts, conducted the The conflict was between a Jewish gang and get across about Bernstein through this Bernstein appreciated education and New York Philharmonic Young People’s a Catholic gang during Pesach and Easter. concert is he had an incredible thirst for intellect. He saw the world as a humanist Concerts, and even appeared on the ‘Ed Maria was originally a Holocaust survivor. knowledge, growth, passion and beauty. He and an educated person in the broadest Sullivan Show.’ He conducted with an open “One of his last compositions was was a tremendous supporter of [President] sense, Krohn told the JHV. collar, plus he was young and good looking. ‘Arias and Barcarolles,’ a fascinating piece John Kennedy and Jackie. After the assas- “Wherever Bernstein traveled, he Because he was a popularizer who took for one piano and four hands. One of the sination, he gave a concert in which he studied the languages and the poetry of away the pretense of classical music, this final numbers is a solo for the baritone. said, ‘This will be our reply to violence: to the country he was visiting, and what the put off some Europeans. Bernstein was The setting is a Yiddish poem ‘Oyf Mayn make music more intensely, more beauti- modern composers were doing,” Krohn elite, because he was the greatest, but he Khas’neh,’ which is about a red-headed fully, more devotedly than ever before.’ It’s a said. “The edition of ‘The Leonard Bernstein wasn’t pretentious.” fiddle player. message we can use in our time.” Letters’ showed a hilarious, witty, polyglot As a composer, Bernstein wrote “In the Sept. 10 concert, I’m performing writer capable of turning a phrase. He symphonies (“Jeremiah” and “Kaddish”), a couple of selections from Bernstein’s * * * would write Steven Sondheim in couplets stage musicals (“On the Town” and ‘Mass.’ It is rarely performed. It’s a full Latin For a Bernstein overview, especially and even codes through musical notes.” “Candide”), ballet scores (“Fancy Free” mass and during the ‘Sanctus,’ the singer for beginners, the two-CD “Bernstein’s As a composer, Bernstein was rooted in and “Dybbuk”) and film scores (“On the breaks out into a ‘kadosh, kadosh, kadosh’.” America” (Deutsche Grammophon) is highly classical European traditions. He studied Waterfront”). As a conductor, Bernstein was initially recommended. His version of Barber’s musical theory with Nadia Boulanger and But, it was “West Side Story” that made met with suspicion and skepticism. But, “Adagio For Strings” is transcendent. High Holidays Catering To view our complete menu, visit our store or go to www.RiceEpicurean.com

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Editorial Iran vs. Turkey, the Mideast’s perpetual rivalry

By DANIEL PIPES relative freedom of expression, compared Hurricane recovery with Erdoğan’s obsessive desire to control, News that Iran’s and Turkey’s govern- including what basketball players in ments reached an accord on Idlib, a Syrian the United States say or what travelers hinges on community town now the focus of American interests, transiting through Istanbul airport think. Here’s what we know, thus far, about Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey’s contri- brings relations between two of the largest Their most major difference concerns bution to Greater Houston’s Jewish community. and most influential states in the Middle the attitudes of their subjects. Whereas Nearly three-quarters of the city’s Jewish population live in areas that have East momentarily out of the shadows. Khamene’i enjoys the support of only been devastated by flooding, after Brays Bayou crested on Sunday morning, Aug. Their rivalry, going back a half- about 15 percent of the populace, Erdoğan 27, a day-and-a-half after the category 4 hurricane made landfall some 200 miles millennium, included 11 wars, and now can count on some 45 percent, affording southwest of Houston. remains, in the words of the Washington Erdoğan a legitimacy and confidence that Homes in Willow Meadows and the Meyerland area took in as much as 10 feet Institute’s Soner Cagaptay, the region’s Khamene’i can only dream of. In part, this of water in some cases, according to reports. Elderly members of our community “oldest power game.” What does the recent results from longevity under Islamist rule; – 12,000 of whom live in neighborhoods impacted by flooding, based on Jewish accord signify and how will their compe- in part from difference in per capita income, Federation data – were given priority during emergency rescue operations that have tition influence the region’s future? which is only U.S. $4,700 and stagnant in gone on for days. Iranian and Turkish parallels are Iran; $10,700 and rising in Turkey. Many evacuees owe their lives to neighbors and volunteers – Jews and those who noteworthy. Both countries have popula- Regime collapse in Iran is within sight aren’t Jewish, alike – who became first-responders when authorities were unable to tions of 80 million. (Egypt, the region’s third and will diminish Islamism, encouraging access parts of Southwest Houston and/or could not keep up with the volume of largest country, has 96 million.) Both boast Muslims to move toward a more modern incoming emergency calls. Some volunteers worked alone; others, like those from ancient civilizations, long imperial histories, and moderate form of their religion. The Hebrew Order of David and Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, were tensions with Russia and a successful Turkish government’s greater popularity deployed over a network; while others, like those from Chabad-Lubavitch of Texas, avoidance of European colonialism. In and more advanced version of Islamism operated as teams. modern times, each came under the rule gives it greater staying power. That makes Volunteers were able to save lives because they were well-rehearsed, thanks to of a ruthless modernizer after World War it the more worrisome long-term opponent. prior flood experience, and being well-prepared heading into Hurricane Harvey’s I, followed more recently by an even more Thus, the Middle East is likely to witness a wrath. Women, in particular, are to thank for this outcome. Holly Davies, Jenelle repressive Islamist rule. grand switch, with Iran on course to moder- Garner and Amy Goldstein deserve praise, as do all the families who have taken in The current leaders, Iran’s Ali Khamene’i ation and Turkey becoming the region’s evacuees. and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, enjoy supreme danger. Jewish families are among the 17,000 Houstonians who have found themselves near-absolute power, and both feverishly Bilateral relations flourished during the in public shelters after being forced to evacuate homes. Exactly how many Jewish try to hide this reality under a large and first years of Erdoğan’s rule (2002-’10), when families is unclear, but, according to evacuees themselves, it’s likely dozens, if not noisy apparatus of elections, parliaments, they shared an Islamist worldview and a more. cabinets, laws and NGOs. Both aspire to suspicion of U.S. intentions in Iraq. But, Jewish communal professionals have been working around the clock since the lead the entire Muslim community, perhaps relations then soured, primarily because storm hit, despite the fact that their own homes and offices, in many cases, have been someday, claiming to be caliph. In an era both regimes seek foreign influence and, wrecked. Even though the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC suffered severe flood damage to of muted anti-Zionism from Arab states, as neighbors, they inevitably clash. The portions of its building, leadership at the J insisted that the campus, once again, be Tehran and Ankara now lead the charge, civil war in Syria, where Tehran backs used as a central drop-off and pick-up site for flood-relief supplies. That operation with the Islamic Republic of Iran loudly Shi’ite-oriented jihadis, and Ankara backs will commence Thursday, Aug. 31, at 9 a.m. Lines are expected to be long. denying the Holocaust and the Republic of Sunni jihadis, is their biggest, but not only, Across the bayou, Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services has managed to stay Turkey comparing Israelis to Nazis. problem. Other matters also aggravate open, despite battling outages and taking in water on its first floor. Seven Acres staff In several ways, Iranians lead Turks, relations, such as their supporting opposing managed to lift residents out of wheelchairs and carry them up flights of stairs as but the latter are catching up. Ayatollah sides in Yemen, Turkish installation of a everyone on the ground floor was moved to higher, drier ground. Khomeini came to power in 1979 and NATO radar, tracking Iranian activities, and The Medallion’s first floor also was flooded and residents were moved upstairs. Erdoğan in 2002. Iran has long enjoyed Iranian support for al-Qaida against Turkey. The only thing worse than flooding is fire. Homes and businesses that flooded massive oil and gas reserves, but Turkey Tensions have reached the point that must – MUST – be inspected by a proper electrician before systems are switched recently built an impressive economic base. Ali Vaez, of the International Crisis Group, back on. Homes that were damaged by previous floods in Houston, soon after were Tehran deploys forces abroad, dominating finds Tehran and Ankara “on a collision consumed by house fires, when compromised compressors kicked back on. four Arab capitals, while Ankara still fights course.” Left unchecked, he expects the With more homes and more community institutions damaged than ever before, domestic opponents, especially Gülenists present dynamics to point “toward greater our community faces the following challenges in the immediate aftermath of this and Kurds. Both governments despise the bloodshed, growing instability and greater storm: West, but Iran’s is openly hostile, while risks of direct ... military confrontation.” We need to locate and make contact with every community member who Turkey’s formally remains in NATO, More poetically, Cagaptay observes that evacuated. For those still sleeping on cots in public shelters, we must find them and ostensibly seeks European Union the Middle East has room for “one shah or hotel rooms or, preferably, guest accommodations with family, friends or community membership. sultan, but not a shah and a sultan.” members. Those impacted by the storm must contact Jewish Family Service, which Khamene’i’s thugs capture American In this context, the Idlib accord looks is heading case management and providing emergency financial assistance through sailors on the high seas. while Erdoğan’s flimsy and transient. Tehran and Ankara partner agencies and providing mental health care. Those who suffered losses also take residents hostage. Conspiracy theories, will probably soon turn against each other must begin the process of filing insurance claims and government assistance claims. long an Iranian art form, have made huge and, with renewed vigor, continue their Transportation – or lack there of – is a massive problem, as thousands of vehicles strides over the past two decades in Turkey, perpetual rivalry. were totaled by floodwaters. Local kosher food supplies, and access to kosher kitchens, which may now boast the region’s most Daniel Pipes (DanielPipes.org, are additional hurdles to clear. Eventually, our children will be going back to schools, fantastical speculations. Both became @DanielPipes) is president of the Middle when campuses are able to reopen. Students need meals, clothes, school supplies, enthusiastic allies of Venezuela’s dictator, East Forum. transportation, mental health care and, in many cases, no doubt, tuition assistance. Nicolás Maduro. As head of a longer-estab- © 2017 by Daniel Pipes. All rights Recovery from this disaster will take months, years and, perhaps, decades. lished dictatorship, Khamene’i can allow reserved. Thankfully, we have a Jewish Federation that is coordinating fundraising efforts to ensure that we will, indeed, recover. As homeowners struggle to do so, many of our synagogues also need repairs, or even entire rebuilds. Houston’s Jewish community is well-known throughout the country for being What are you grateful for one, united community, committed to working together across institutional lines. Community leaders already have pledged to uphold this tradition in the aftermath of Harvey. Community members, themselves, are doing the same. in the Aftermath of the Flood? More than any other local event in our community’s history, Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey has underscored the importance of belonging to a community. Send your expressions to [email protected]

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Bar Mitzvahs Thank You! (what a year it’s been)

TAYLOR MAYS BAZARSKY staff: Vicki, Jeanne, Matt and Michael. You have encouraged and supported me every Taylor Mays Bazarsky was called to the Torah as Deborah week, and given me constructive criticism. a Bar Mitzvah on Friday, Aug. 18, and Saturday, Aug. brown A big thank you to the rest of the staff for 19, at Congregation Beth Yeshurun. Taylor is the son Teen CommuniTy catching my typos, making my column look of Heidi and Bobby Bazarsky, and brother of Reagan, good, and doing all of the behind-the-scenes Will and Brett. His proud grandparents are Pam and work that goes into a weekly newspaper. Walter Bazarsky of Houston and Gloria and Gerald I have been honored to write this Teen Thank you, also, to everyone who gave Silber, of blessed memory. Column for the past year. This week is my me information about events, people and Taylor, a graduate of the Beth Yeshurun Day last. By the time you read this, I will, G-d organizations. I especially enjoyed the inter- School, is a seventh-grade honors student at Trafton willing, have arrived in Israel. views with inspirational teens. Academy. He enjoys playing all sports and spending The experience of writing for the Jewish I also want to thank my parents for time with family and friends. For his mitzvah project, Herald-Voice has been amazing – from start always believing in me. From giving sugges- Taylor volunteered as a buddy in the West University to finish. It began more than a year ago, tions about topics, or how to phrase a tricky Challenger Baseball League giving children with when Michael Duke, associate editor of the sentence, to reminding me of my deadline – special needs the opportunity to play the game he JHV, asked if I was interested. He knew me you both have been so helpful. Thank you to loves. He also fostered puppies for the SPCA until they through the Jewish Federation’s Teen Israel Julia, my sister, for giving me the time and found their forever homes. Ambassador program, where he learned space I needed once a week to write in a Taylor proudly will donate a portion of his monetary gifts to the Kathy G. I loved to write. As a lifelong reader of the quiet environment. I know that wasn’t easy, Bazarsky Children’s Library Fund at M.D. Anderson, the SPCA and the Hirshberg JHV, I was shocked and flattered. I never especially when we shared a room after Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, in memory of his grandfather. imagined I could be the one writing this the flood. And, thanks to my No. 1 fans, my Taylor was honored to share his Bar Mitzvah weekend with his lifelong friends, column, with my name in the newspaper. grandparents. Mattox Friedman and Miles Silver. He was grateful to share this simcha with many I had no idea how much I would gain Most importantly, I want to thank all of relatives and friends. from the experience. Writing a column my readers. If it weren’t for you, my writing every week wasn’t easy, especially during a wouldn’t have any purpose. Thank you busy 12th grade year. But, I am lucky to live for all your feedback about my column, in a community where there are so many for emailing me your thoughts and for MATTOX STONE FRIEDMAN amazing topics to write about. I have been coming up to me wherever you saw me – in able to meet Houston Jewish teens who do synagogue, at the store, or anywhere else – Mattox Stone Friedman was called to the Torah incredible things, including helping those to tell me how much you enjoyed my writing. as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, at in need in Houston and around the world, You made a simple columnist feel like a Congregation Beth Yeshurun. Mattox is the son of starting their own nonprofits, playing music, celebrity. Anissa and Reid Friedman and brother of Bergen and benefiting the environment, raising rare Because of this experience with the Luke. His proud grandparents are Salvador and Molly animals, strengthening their Jewish connec- Jewish Herald-Voice, I have decided to Jimenez of Missouri City and the late Dr. Monte and tions, and so much more. I’ve been exposed to continue writing, at least as a hobby, next Marlene Friedman of Houston. new people, experiences, dilemmas, hobbies, year while I’m in Israel. I will have a private Mattox is a graduate of Beth Yeshurun Day School, beliefs and passions. I have enjoyed every Facebook group where I’ll write updates and is a seventh-grade student at The Emery/Weiner step of the writing process, from coming up and post pictures. If you are interested School. He is currently on the football team, and looks with each week’s topic to seeing my writing in reading more from me, let me know at forward to playing basketball, as well. published in the paper. [email protected]. For his mitzvah project, Mattox volunteered with I am grateful to everyone who made my Thank you again, and L’shana the Challenger Division of West University Little year as a columnist unique and unforgettable. Haba’ah BiYerushalayim (Next year in League. This is a baseball program for boys and girls First, I want to thank the JHV’s editorial Jerusalem)! with mental and physical challenges. During the game, Mattox helped his special buddy to bat, run the bases, throw and catch the ball. He also held a book and toy drive, donating new and gently used books and toys to the children at Texas Children’s Hospital. In honor of his late Houston Hillel ‘Welcome Back BBQ’ Aunt Kimberly Friedman Glover, Mattox is donating a portion of his monetary gifts to M.D. Anderson and, also to the SPCA of Houston. draws spectrum of attendees Mattox was excited and honored to share his Bar Mitzvah weekend with his lifelong friends, Taylor Bazarsky and Miles Silver, as well as all of his family and friends.

MILES JEREMY SILVER

Miles Jeremy Silver was called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Friday, Aug. 18, and Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, at Congregation Beth Yeshurun. Miles is the son of Lisa and Brian Silver and brother of Brayden. His proud grandparents are Irene Pearlman and the late Bennett Pearlman of Houston and Elaine and Jay Silver of Sugar Land. Miles is a graduate of Beth Yeshurun Day School and is a seventh-grade honors student at The Emery/ Weiner School. He is currently on the football team, and looking forward to his second season on the lacrosse team. For his mitzvah project, Miles volunteered as a buddy with the Challenger Division of West University Little League, giving children with special needs the opportunity to play baseball. He also collected toys to donate to The Birthday Project. This organization brings joy to homeless children by allowing them to enjoy their special day with games, party favors, cake and presents to open. In honor of his late grandfather, Bennett Pearlman, Miles proudly Alan Cohn, Jeremy Penner, Bob Livitz, Salomon Lahana and David Livitz. will donate a portion of his monetary gifts to the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Hospital. Houston Hillel’s Welcome Back BBQ David Livitz, Sharon Mellon, Jeremy Miles is excited and honored to share his Bar Mitzvah weekend with his lifelong drew students, young professionals and Penner, Daniel Pickelner, Jason Plotkin, friends, Taylor Bazarsky and Mattox Friedman. He is also very grateful to be sharing members of Houston’s Jewish community Marlene Rubin, Rozanne Rubin, Tamara this simcha with many family and friends. for an afternoon of friends, fun and food, Siegel, Bobby Wizig and Rob Zurawin. on Sunday, Aug. 20. Rabbi Weiss said, “Alan Cohn and Rabbi Kenny Weiss, Hillel’s executive Salomon Lahana deserve much of the director, said, “It’s a great tribute to our credit for the BBQ. Salomon coordinated staff and lay leaders that Houston Hillel our volunteers, and Alan brought his attracts such a diverse range of students to culinary expertise. Together, they made our Welcome Back BBQ, and throughout sure we had all the accessories – cole the year. We had young professionals who slaw, chips and condiments. Of course, regularly attend programs sponsored by we couldn’t have done anything without Jewston, Houston Hillel’s community for Gary’s grills. Because of Alan, Salomon Jewish twentysomethings.” and Gary and the volunteers who handled Liza Abrams, director of all the food, Liza Abrams, Emily Moses, Undergraduate Engagement, said, “It’s our director of Jewston, and I were able great to see so many students take time to to concentrate on meeting new students come to Houston Hillel for the BBQ before and greeting those who returned from their first day of classes. It was exciting summer break.” to talk with so many freshmen who have Students were treated to free Houston moved to Houston. I met with our student Hillel T-shirts. Rice students’ T-shirts are leaders before the BBQ started, and blue and have “Rice” in Hebrew on the they’re anxious to involve our freshmen.” front, and University of Houston students Hanging around Gary Swartz’ grills, received red T-shirts with “Go Coogs!” in helping with morning preparation and Hebrew. serving in the afternoon were Margie For information about Houston Hillel Cohen, Alan Cohn, Rabbi Gideon Estes, and a free Birthright Israel trip, call the Emily Jackson, Jennis Kauffman, Hillel Student Center, 713-526-4918 or visit Salomon Lahana, Jeff Levine, Bob Livitz, houstonhillel.org. PAGE 10 JEWISH HERALD-VOICE AUGUST 31, 2017 2017 EMERY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Emery football looks to reload following championship runs By MATT SAMUELS | JHV “We definitely have big When you graduate one of the highest footsteps to follow in. decorated athletic classes in school history, you are bound to have your work cut out for It will be tough, you the following season. but we have the After winning a TAPPS six-man football coaches and the championship and district title in 2015 and 2016, Emery High School enters this season facilities to be with only two seniors and three players with successful. It is just varsity experience. up to the players With opening night set for Sept. 2 against Orange Community Christian on Helfman to get us there.” Field, ninth-year coach Adrian Adams is – Josh Strauss looking forward to the challenge. “There is definitely a different battling for playing time. atmosphere on the field, but it’s fun to get At running back, Emery will hand the back and start reteaching fundamentals,” ball to sophomore Austin Smith and junior JHV FILE PHOTO Adams said. “I don’t want to say we are Mitchell Robbins, who transferred from The Emery High School football team won the TAPPS Division I state championship in 2015 and their first district championship in 2016. Now, a new group of players will hope to carry on legacy. rebuilding. I like to say we are just reloading Bellaire earlier this month. and keeping the train moving.” The team’s only other senior – Ben How far the train travels will depend Tuchshnieder – will be the center, while on how quickly a young nucleus of under- sophomore Sam Rosen will see time at DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME classmen can develop. H-back. Sophomore Fletcher Bruce will do Sept. 2 Orange Community Christian Emery/Weiner School Helfman Field 7 p.m. Emery graduated 11 seniors who the kicking. finished 9-2 last year and left the school with “We are going to run the same offense Sept. 9 Chester Chester High School 6 p.m. a state championship, district title and three as last year, just tweaking it a little bit,” Sept. 14 Allen Academy Allen Academy 7 p.m. straight playoff appearances. This year’s Adams said. “We still want to go fast, but we roster features 19 kids, including seven will need to slow it down at times with the Sept. 23 Apple Springs Apple Springs High School 6 p.m. freshmen and only two seniors. younger guys.” Sept. 28 High Island High Island 7 p.m. The key could be under center, where Defensively, Savarese will lead a Josh Strauss goes from junior varsity defensive line that will also feature freshmen Oct. 7 Fort Bend Chargers Emery/Weiner School Helfman Field 7 p.m. center to varsity quarterback. The 6-foot-1, Josh Blum and Jack Greenberg. Robbins will Oct. 14 Waco Vanguard College Prep Waco Vanguard 3 p.m. 170-pound junior will get the first oppor- play middle linebacker, while Williams and tunity to replace all-state star David Kleban, Rosen will see time at outside linebacker/ Oct. 28 Providence Classical* Emery/Weiner School Helfman Field 7 p.m. who threw for more than 6,000 yards and 120 cornerback. Kasser and Rubenstein could Nov. 4 Faith West Academy* Emery/Weiner School Helfman Field 7 p.m. touchdowns the last three years. see time at safety. “We definitely have big footsteps to “Defensively, it might be bumpy at first,” Nov. 11 Giddings State* Emery/Weiner School Helfman Field 3 p.m. follow in,” Strauss said. “It will be tough, but said Adams, who will be joined by defensive TBA TAPPS Playoffs TBA TBA we have the coaches and the facilities to be coordinator Edwin Howard for the ninth successful. It is just up to the players to get year. “We are trying to teach them what to *TAPPS Division I, District 5 Game • All dates, times and locations subject to change us there.” look for on defense. They are working hard One player that has been there before is and getting better every day.” Dave Campbell Division I six-man preseason While the season will come down to three Defensive Player of the Year Ciro Savarese. district home games against Providence The 6-foot-3 defensive end and tight end (10/28), Faith West (11/4) and Giddings gives the Jaguars a strong presence on both State (11/11), a four-game road stretch in Houston’s oldest JewisH ow ned sides of the ball. September will give the Jaguars the oppor- “The game slows down once you’ve tunity to see what they are made of. Hea dstone & MonuMent CoMpa n y played for a while, and I think I can give the “This group is going to have its struggles, younger kids good advice on different plays but if we get better every week, everything BenCHes, Bronze plaques, Cry pt FaCes & restor ation and in-game scenarios,” said Savarese. will take care of itself,” Adams said. “I expect “I need to step up as one of the captains to compete for a district championship and and be more vocal to make sure everyone hope to get beyond the second round of the gets on track and gets up to speed with both playoffs. the offense and defense.” “They just need to find confidence in Emery’s only other player with varsity themselves, come together as a team and experience is receiver and cornerback Ethan find their own identity. It should be fun.” Williams. The junior started a few games on While the faces are mostly new, the defense for the Jaguars down the stretch last Emery program has gained the respect of year. others as they enter the season ranked No. 2 “I’ve been through it last year, so I think in the coaches preseason poll. that really helps,” Williams sad. “There is a “The expectation level with the kids may xClusi v ely ewisH eMori als big difference between JV and varsity in both be lower, but the expectations in the program e J M quality of play and the effort you put in. If you are still high,” Adams said. “People may say, visit our 30,000 sq. Ft. M a nuFaCturing FaCility put in the effort, it will pay off. Hopefully, I ‘You can’t do what the last two years’ teams Ask for sA ndy gA itz can help teach that to the younger guys.” did,’ but you work hard, you go all-in and you Williams will be joined by junior Sam see what happens. 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JHV FILE PHOTO The Emery High School football team won the TAPPS Division I state championship in 2015 and their first district championship in 2016. Now, a new group of players will hope to carry on legacy.

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Mayor, rabbi address Charlottesville aftermath Shabbat Shuvah honoree makes Jewish choices ‘out of knowledge’ By MICHAEL C. DUKE | JHV ridiculous!” said Moses, referring to the ritual of Ron Moses, M.D., is on laying tefillin. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and a lifelong journey, seeking After researching Rabbi Joshua Fixler of Congregation reconciliation between why tefillin are what Emanu El were among the civic and ancient Jewish ritual they are, Moses said he faith leaders who gathered in Downtown Houston to address the Aug. 12 events in practice and the desire learned that the answer Charlottesville, N.C. to uphold and invigorate is: There is no answer. those traditions, today. “Even though there Congregation Brith is no answer, I still put Shalom will honor Moses on tefillin,” he said. “My on Shabbat Shuvah, grandfather did it. His Saturday morning, grandfather did it. And, Sept. 23, where he will his grandfather did it. expound upon his critical “And, I love it,” Moses approach to Judaism and Ron Moses, M.D. said. “It’s tradition.” explain how that approach has led him Moses said he inherited his love for Seven Acres, Medallion residents recognized for to greater involvement in Brith Shalom Jewish tradition from his grandfather contributions on National Senior Citizens Day and Houston’s Jewish community. – an Orthodox rabbi, who received Just as Shabbat Shuvah serves as smicha (ordination) from Rav Kook, a bridge between Rosh Hashanah and the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Yom Kippur, Moses said his intellectual British Mandatory Palestine. pursuits have helped him bridge the gap Torah reading is another tradition between facts and faith. that Moses values. In 2009, he played “There’s a certain mythology that an instrumental role in commis- helps the Jews in our understanding sioning a new sefer Torah for Brith of our peoplehood, but, we may find Shalom to replace one that the congre- out later that the facts and the actual gation buried, due to disrepair. The science will disprove that these Torah Project included Torah learning, things ever happened,” said Moses, an where members of Brith Shalom had ENT-otolaryngologist. the opportunity to read Torah and “However, this doesn’t matter, identify values that the congregation because they still have value,” he said. champions. Moses, who served as board More recently, Moses proposed a president of Congregation Brith Shalom technological solution to students at from 2007 to 2009, said he engages Rice University, aimed at helping future with different aspects of Judaism as a generations learn how to read from a skeptic. He finds value in the process of sefer Torah. investigation, as much where these lines “One of the concerns I have is that of inquiry take him. reading Torah is becoming a lost skill “I like to not assume anything and that most people, today, don’t know I enjoy trying to dig in deep to the how to do,” Moses said. Standing: Gaelin Toennis, Malcolm Slatko, Lisa Wright, Barry Goldstein, Rose Hurwitz and Ellen historical underpinnings of our rituals Moses’ solution is a digital device he Cohen. Seated: residents Judy Bogos and Bob Altshuler, president of the Residents Club. to try to make sense of them,” he said. calls TORP – Torah Optic Recognition “I can decide to agree with them or not, & Projection system. Potentially and then I have a choice of whether I shaped like a yad (Torah pointer), the want to continue with those rituals or device would recognize the specific not continue with those rituals. line of text the user is reading from the “Either way, I’m making choices out Torah and would project a light source of knowledge,” Moses said. onto the text, providing all the appro- Conservative Judaism, priate vowels, punctuation and cantil- in general, and Congre-gation Brith lation marks, as a reading aid. Shalom, in particular, have provided “We can use technology to help Moses with a nurturing environment. preserve a ritual that otherwise may “Conservative Judaism has always not last beyond the next two or three celebrated the intellectual pursuit and generations,” Moses said. analysis of our faith tradition,” Moses Moses has expressed his love for said. “This means taking the historical Jewish ritual in the context of food at, basis into account, incorporating skills, and beyond, Brith Shalom. such as Hebrew prayer and reading During his tenure on Brith Torah and, at the same time, trying Shalom’s board, he insisted that there to understand why we do such things be a Shabbat luncheon each week through modern eyes. after services, as a way to help build “Sometimes, that process will community. In the midst of Hurricane preserve a ritual or practice and, Ike, where fresh kosher food supplies sometimes, that will obligate a became scarce, due to power outages, Malcolm Slatko, Barry Goldstein and Ellen Cohen. Conservative Jew to change that ritual Moses organized and sponsored the or practice,” he said. delivery, from New York, of thousands To honor senior citizens on National Cohen addressed the gathering: Moses cited Conserva- of kosher meals for Shabbat. Senior Citizens Day, representatives from “It is an honor and a privilege to have tive Judaism’s stance on egalitari- In order to do so, he reached out to United Healthcare Insurance Co. visited Seven Acres as part of my district,” said anism and the role of women within the rabbis across Houston and to leaders at Seven Acres Jewish Senior Services on Cohen. “I have had the pleasure of repre- movement, as well as its more recent the local Jewish Federation. The meals, Monday, Aug. 21, to celebrate, and invited senting Seven Acres in the state legis- decisions to accept homosexuality as a themselves, were distributed from Houston City Council member and Mayor lature, when I served there, and on the normal part of the human condition. Brith Shalom. Pro Tem Ellen Cohen to join in recog- Houston City Council, and let me tell you Moses’ intellectual pur- “We looked at the question of how nizing all seniors in Houston. In 1988, this is a spectacular place, and you are suit and analysis of Judaism led him to will Jews in our community maintain President Ronald Reagan declared Aug. spectacular people. It is a pleasure for Brith Shalom, shortly after his arrival the ritual of having a nice Friday night 21 as National Senior Citizens Day, to me to be here today to recognize National in Houston in 1999. Besides being a past dinner,” Moses said. “One answer was support, honor and show appreciation to Senior Citizens Day. Thank you all for all president of the congregation, Moses we could just have pasta and it’ll be fine. seniors and recognize their achievements. you’ve done to make this world a special has served on Brith Shalom’s board of “But, there’s something really nice “For all they have achieved throughout place. It is because of you and all the trustees and on several committees. about the ritual of having a nicer dinner life and for all they continue to accomplish, things you’ve contributed that we are a He also regularly participates in Brith on Friday nights, where family and we owe older citizens our thanks and a democracy today.” Shalom’s morning minyan. friends can be together and enjoy time heartfelt salute,” Reagan had proclaimed. Cohen presented a proclamation from “At morning minyan, I look around together,” he said. “I want to welcome you on behalf of the city of Houston to Seven Acres in recog- and think: My G-d, why is everyone – “It was important to me to honor this United Healthcare. You all are the reason nition of National Senior Citizens Day. It including myself – wearing these big tradition – to make something good out we are here to celebrate this special day,” read, in part: “Whereas Houston recog- black boxes on our foreheads? That’s of a terrible situation,” Moses said. said Gaelin Toennis, United Healthcare’s nizes the benefits of wisdom, strength, Nursing Facility Outreach representative. courage and knowledge of its senior Her colleague, Lisa Wright intro- citizens and their many contributions duced Cohen. “Ellen Cohen has lived and that have helped aid our city in meeting Emanu Elders luncheon sets worked in the city of Houston for the past the challenges of its future. Whereas 40 years,” Wright said. “She served for Houston’s senior citizens contribute to 10 years as the executive director of the the growth development and progress Pace for musical entertainment American Jewish Committee, and for 18 of our city. Their accomplishments and Emanu Elders, Houston Jewish for the performance. years as the CEO of the Houston Area experiences are priceless and, as elders, community’s longest-running senior adult To RSVP for the luncheon and/or to be Women’s Center. She served two terms they offer a wealth of knowledge and program, will host musician Tracy Pace added to the Emanu Elders’ mailing list, in the Texas Legislature as represen- experience to our society. … Therefore, I, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 11:30 a.m., at its contact the Sisterhood office, 713-529-5771, tative for Houston’s District 134, and has Ellen Cohen, mayor pro tem of the city of monthly luncheon. ext. 233, or [email protected]. served three terms as District C Houston Houston, representing Sylvester Turner, Held on the first Tuesday of each Emanu Elders is funded in part by City Council representative. Last year she mayor of the city of Houston, hereby month, the program begins with the Dick Fox Emanu Elders Lectureship was named mayor pro tem for the city of proclaim Aug. 21, 2017, as National Senior lunch in the Oshman Multi-Purpose Fund and the Edis Lewis Parkans Emanu Houston.” Citizens Day in Houston Texas.” Room and moves to the Proler Chapel Elders fund. PAGE 14 JEWISH HERALD-VOICE AUGUST 31, 2017 COMMUNITY Hadassah meeting gets scoop NCJW partners to help children on investigative reporting with needed school supplies Joel Eisenbaum, of eight Emmy awards KPRC-TV Channel 2, and two AP Reporter will present an inside of the Year awards. His look at investigative degrees include a reporting at Avital Bachelor of Arts from Hadassah’s meeting Colgate University and a on Wednesday, Sept. Master of Arts from the 13, at 12:30 p.m. at the University of Southern Evelyn Rubenstein California. Jewish Community He is married to Amy Center. Davis, also an inves- Eisenbaum has tigative reporter for worked for KPRC for KPRC-TV Channel 2. 12-plus years and Light lunch will be has been an on-air Joel Eisenbaum served. RSVP to Tillie reporter for 19 years. He has received Koch, 713-777-6728, or email tpkoch@ the Edward R. Murrow Award, sbcglobal.net.

Carla Kaufman and Queen Faith Ohuabunwa JHV journalists discuss sensitive stories Education Matters is a weeklong included program chair Carla Kaufman, program that distributes school supplies joined by Jennifer Claridge and her at Anne Frank Hadassah luncheon to West Houston children in grades 10-year-old daughter, Addison; Judy Vicki Samuels, president and CEO of the Jewish Herald-Voice, and Michael Duke, kindergarten-12, attending Houston Davis, Kathy Silverberg and Marilyn the Herald’s associate editor, will discuss “The Challenges Jewish Journalists Face, and Alief Independent school districts. Sonnenberg. Including Handling Sensitive Stories,” at an Anne Frank Hadassah event. It will take The program has served more than 450 Kaufman met Queen Faith place on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 10:30 a.m., at the Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum, children this year. Ohuabunwa, winner of NCJW’s 2017 901 Yorkchester. National Council of Jewish Women, Lee K. Feine Scholarship, awarded to a There will be a catered lunch. Greater Houston Section is one of several junior, senior, or graduate student who is Contact Betty Babendure, 713-417-5185 or [email protected], for organizations in the West Houston Area pursuing a degree and a career devoted information before Thursday, Sept. 7. Ministries. According to WHAM CEO to public service. Ohuabunwa, a senior Mark Brown, NCJW makes a tremendous at Texas Women’s University’s School of difference in the lives of children and Nursing, was thrilled to have the oppor- families the ministry serves. tunity to work with Education Matters. “NCJW provided 20 percent of our “It was awesome working Rosh Hashanah Dinner without the Rush overall budget for this event,” said with Mrs. Carla, and seeing how Brown. “We couldn’t serve this many impactful NCJW has been to our children without the National Council of community,” Ohuabunwa said. & Break The Fast without Breaking a Nail Jewish Women’s support.” For more information, visit NCJW volunteers for the event ncjwhouston.org. Deadline For Rosh Hashanah Orders Is September 6th Deadline For Yom Kippur Orders Is September 15th Steak and a date with guest שׂנה טובה speaker highlight Shabbaton

APPETIZERS DAIRY On Friday, Sept. 8, an extraordinary Homemade Gefi lte Fish Potato Pirogen Stuffed Cabbage Homemade Cheese Blintzes The Shul in Bellaire is crowd of people from Potted Meatballs Blintz Souffl e hosting its semi-annual across the spectrum, Sweet & Sour Meatballs Apple sauce Community Shabbaton at transcending denomina- Our Famous Chopped Liver Sour Cream Chicken Fricassee w/ Meatballs Strawberry or Wild Blueberry Sauce Genesis Steakhouse, 5427 tions. All enjoy a scrump- Stuffed Kishka PICKLES Bissonnet St. An evening tious and elegant Shabbat SOUPS All Pickles Chicken Soup w/ Noodles Greek Olives with gourmet cuisine and dinner, entertainment and Matzo Balls BREADS guest speaker makes for Jewish inspiration, charged Kreplach Challah a memorable Shabbat with the unique Shabbat Mushroom Barley Rye Split Pea Pumpernickel experience. The evening energy. Vegetable Bagels (Assorted fl avors) begins at 6:30 p.m., with “Only days before Rosh ENTREES CREAM CHEESE Brisket of Beef Plain guest speaker Rabbi Dov Hashanah, we thought Hungarian Goulash Scallion Greenberg, of Palo Alto, Rabbi Greenberg would Boiled Beef Flanken Veggie Calif., serving Stanford be the perfect fit for guest Braised Short Rib Lox Cream Cheese Roasted Chicken HAND SLICED SMOKED FISH University. speaker, helping us enter Apricot Glazed Chicken Nova Lox Rabbi Greenberg is Rabbi Dov Greenberg the New Year with the Stuffed Chicken Breast Belly Lox (Salty) w/ Spinach Mushroom Onion Stuff. Sable executive director of the Rohr Jewish right frame of mind. We are very excited 20 Lb. Whole Turkey Sturgeon Student Center at Stanford. He is a to be hosting a young and gifted orator, a Sliced Turkey Breast off the frame Baked kippered salmon sought-after communicator of Jewish scholar and a mentor to many.” Famous Honey Glazed Corned Beef Whitefi sh Apricot Soy Glazed Wild Salmon HERRING & SMOKED FISH SALADS thought and spirituality, who has lectured Rabbi Greenberg’s topic is “How w/ Bessarabian Risotto Herring w/ Wine throughout the U.S., Israel, Europe and Five Powerful Words Can Put You on the KUGELS & SIDE DISHES Matjes Herring Sweet Noodle Kugel Herring w/Cream Sauce Canada. His essays about contemporary Path to Happiness: Joy and optimism are Potato Kugel Chopped Herring w/Apples issues are published in newspapers and integral to overcoming life’s challenges.” Spinach Kugel souffl e Whitefi sh Salad on the Internet. Evening services will commence Jeanne’s Carrot Souffl e Baked Salmon Salad Mini Potato Pancakes DESSERTS Rabbi Greenberg is a Hasidic teacher at 6:30 p.m., followed by a full-course, Large Potato Pancakes Rugglach with a knack for condensing deep mystical Shabbat dinner at 7 p.m. Vegetable Pancakes Chocolate Macaroons 4oz. Tzimmis (mixed fruit,carrot & sweet pot.) Chocolate Bobka concepts into compact, relevant sound Children’s program and babysitting Roast Rosemary Garlic Potatoes Honey Cake bites. He’s no stranger to what Judaism will take place during the lecture. Redskin Mashed Potatoes Sponge Cake means to a new, thinking generation. The fee includes Shabbat dinner, and String Beans Almandine Marble Cake Kasha Varnishkas Max’s Fresh Strawberry Short Cake Rabbi Yossi Zaklikofsky said, table sponsorships are available. Egg Barley w/ Mushrooms 8in. Cheesecake “The feedback from previous Shabbat Advance reservations are required at Homemade Red Horseradish 8in.K&Z Cheese & Ch. Mousse Torte Brown Gravy Rosh Hashanah Honey Apple Pie community dinners has been truly JewishBellaire.com/Shabbaton. For more SALADS Black & white Cookie phenomenal. The dinners attract information, call 713-839-8887. Tuna Salad Apple Strudel Chicken Salad 7 Layer Cake Egg Salad Wolfi es Victory Layer Cake Emanu El seeks vendors for Platter Perfect Catering for Break Fast - Come by or call in for our menu today this year’s Holiday Shuk In observance of the Jewish Holidays we will be closed: Rosh Hashanah: Yom Kippur: Congregation Emanu El will hold its Opening night will feature a snow Wednesday, September 20th – close at 2 pm Friday, September 29th – close at 2 pm second-annual Holiday Shuk Wednesday, cone truck, musical performances and Thursday, September 21st – close All Day Saturday, September 30th – close All Day Oct. 25, 4-7 p.m., and Thursday, Oct. 26, 9 other activities. There will be door prizes nd st Friday, September 22 – Re-Open 7 am Sunday, October 1 – Re-Open at 8 am a.m. to 2 p.m. The congregation is seeking both days. On Thursday, Emanu El will Deadline to place orders for Deadline to place orders for Rosh Hashanah is September 13th Yom Kippur is September 22nd vendors for the event. host its annual community/personal- Emanu El will transform into a shredding day from 9 a.m. to noon. This is marketplace perfect for individuals to for personal items only, as businesses are find holiday gifts for family, friends not allowed to shred, due to the nonprofit and co-workers. More than 45 vendors status of the synagogue. have committed , providing a myriad of Interested vendors may contact items, including baked goods and beauty Jill Patir, [email protected] or products, to clothing, children’s books 713-529-5771, ext. 262. 2327 Post Oak Blvd. I Phone: (713) 871-8883 Fax: (713) 871-8884 I www.kennyandziggys.com and toys, jewelry and Chanukah gifts. A portion of the proceeds from sales Admission is free and the event is open to of for-profit vendors goes to Congregation the community. Emanu El. PAGE 15 JEWISH HERALD-VOICE COMMUNITY AUGUST 31, 2017 The J picks murder, riot plots to share Shabbat Shindig at with Houston’s reading community Congregation Beth Israel Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston asks book clubs around the city to join its “Take Your Pick: Reading as a Community” event by reading one or both new books this fall. They then can hear the authors speak at the Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Oct. 28 through Nov. 12. This year’s “Take Your Pick” authors, Julia Dahl, “Conviction,” and Brian Platzer, “Bed-Stuy is Burning,” will discuss their books at the festival on Monday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. Congregation Beth Israel’s young families join together to celebrate Shabbat. “We’re excited about the two books we’ve chosen. As the new school year approaches will be able to grow up, not only involved The authors take different and families are returning to Houston in our community, but also knowing how perspectives on the racial Lori Farris and Stefani Twyford from vacation, Congregation Beth Israel special it is to celebrate Shabbat with tension between Jews and hosted its first Shabbat Shindig of the new parents and grandparents. That is an African Americans in Brooklyn over the volatile and rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn programming year. The event was held on incredible blessing.” past 30 years,” said Stefani Twyford, neighborhood, is the setting for Saturday, Aug. 19, led by Associate Rabbi Beth Israel’s next community-wide, co-chair of “Take Your Pick,” along with “Bed-Stuy Is Burning,” and where author Adrienne Scott and the new Assistant family program, Family Shabbat, will Lori Farris. “We believe these books Platzer resides. This debut novel centers Rabbi Chase Foster. take place on Sept. 8 at 6 p.m., in the will generate a lot of intelligent and on one catastrophic day, when riots The program began at 10 a.m., with BIFTY Lounge. The theme will be apples timely discussion, and look forward to ignite after a cop shoots a boy in a nearby morning blessings, bagels and lox. It and honey, in celebration of the High the authors sharing their views with park. Platzer offers a window into how included stories, music and playground Holy Days, and will include a short, child- readers. We are hoping book clubs all the riots affect the lives of one family: time. Hosted by the Miriam Browning friendly service, dinner and activities over the Houston area will take these Aaron, a former rabbi turned Wall Street Jewish Learning Center, Shabbat Shindig for the entire family. This event is appro- books as part of their fall selections and banker; his journalist girlfriend, Amelia; provides an opportunity for families with priate for families with children in fifth come to our Nov. 6 event.” and their newborn baby. young children to meet, mingle and engage grade and younger. Dahl’s “Conviction” is “a murder To let the J know if one’s book club more deeply with their congregation. For information about Congregation mystery for our tumultuous times.” wants to read along, contact takeyour “Shabbat Shindig was the perfect start Beth Israel’s programming, membership New York Magazine journalist Rebekah [email protected] for VIP book club of the year for me,” said Rabbi Foster. “I or upcoming events, contact David Scott, Roberts receives a letter from a self- benefits. Participating book clubs get love the smiles on parents’ faces when 713-771-6221, or email dscott@beth-israel. proclaimed innocent convict, who was discussion questions and are invited they sing with their kids. These children org. arrested 22 years prior for the brutal to a pre-event meet and greet with the murder of a black family in Crown authors. Heights, Brooklyn. As Roberts inves- Both books will be for sale at tigates the forgotten case, she comes the J after Sept. 5 and come with across the path of a killer with secrets free admission to the Nov. 6 event. spanning two decades. Visit erjcchouston.org for information Bedford-Stuyvesant, a notoriously about other programs and services. We’re in your neighborhood! You don’t have to go far to find the The J’s Explorers club is experts in skilled nursing services an after-school adventure

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HRW is an incredible oppor- with summer providing more varieties cilantro on crispy roti bread tunity to explore Houston’s diverse and lower prices. Mangos are sweet and Short Rib Flatbread: slow-roasted culinary landscape, while benefitting tasty, plus they are super-healthy with beef short ribs, jalapeño and pickled the Houston Food Bank. anti-inflammatory benefits. Chronic onions The west coast of Italy has gorgeous inflammation is the cause of many Eat Slow Salad: kale, quinoa, views, salty air and the freshest seafood diseases, and it does not present issues walnuts, berries, carrots and blackberry, imaginable. Ferrara imports fresh fish, until damage is done. Mangos contain plus Greek yogurt dressing. wines and cheese from his hometown, antioxidants that protect against cellular Bowls are available as a wrap for no Salerno, and from other neighboring damage and the effects of aging. additional charge. Salads can be paired villages along the coast, for a true taste Chef/owner Giancarlo Ferrara In studies by Texas A&M University, with bourbon chicken or Faroe Islands of Amalfi foods. His white-table cloth figs sprinkled with aged balsamic lean and obese individuals were given salmon. The new lunch menu is available restaurant pays homage to his home on vinegar. 400 grams of mango for six weeks. As a Monday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Amalfi coast. The second course was the main result, lean individuals decreased blood Bosscat is at 4310 Westheimer Rd., Growing up the youngest of seven dish. I ordered fillet of Mediterranean pressure, while obese subjects improved 281-501-1187. 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Hatch Chile Festival through Tuesday, with him in each of his culinary experi- red wine. Another dishC I sampledalendar was Add mangos to your meals; it’s the Aug. 22. Central Market will show off the ences and becoming the cornerstone for Caramelized Duck Leg with homemade perfect addition to any salad, dessert, amazing flavor and versatility of Hatch his menus. spaghetti. Duck doesn’t get better than picnic or by themselves. chiles with an array of new products The menu at Amalfi emphasizes this. This course had five choices, and recipes. There will be something CHECKfresh meat, ALL seafood, EVENTS, citrus and olive IN oil, ADVANCE,including pan-seared FOR Scottish CHANGES salmon. DUE TO HURRICANE HARVEY'S DESTRUCTION Bosscat Kitchen new lunch menu to satisfy every Hatch-lover from chile- in addition to fresh pastas, family-made Then came dessert with three choices. focuses on local sourcing marinated meats and seafood to pepper- cheeses and an extensive wine list. 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There SEPT. is a 14private dining T P a departure from Bosscat’s dinner combined roasting experience, shoppers Petalswith Designarugula Studio, salad. 1 N. Sampson There St. were two “Theroom Rise that of Globalseats 16.Anti-Semitism,” with Ira So confident was he of the social ills, that and brunch menus, with an array of are guaranteed to get the best roasted seafood dishes and, after much delib- FormanAmalfi, 7 p.m., is at at Congregation 6100 Westheimer Beth Israel Rd.,, The first pieces of wisdom we learned he devoted a major work to the subject of THURSDAY, SEPT. 7 5600 N. Braeswood Blvd. Free and open to the were from nursery rhymes. Sometimes, lashon hara: “Chafetz Chaim,” (“Desirous salads, bowls and wraps highlighting peppers outside of Hatch. Americaneration, Technion I chose Society the imported hosts a light Braciola dinner, community.713-532-2201, RSVP toor [email protected]. visit amalfihouston. featuring(beef), aserved talk by with Dr. Yoav fresh Medan black, inventor, mission Co-sponsoredcom. by ADL, Beth Israel, AJC Houston they had value, but often, they distorted a of Life,”) after the verse in Psalms: “Who serial entrepreneur and visiting scientist and and Jewish Federation of Greater Houston. perspective on life. is the person who desires life? Let him lecturer in the Technion Faculties of Electrical For example: “Sticks and stones may guard his tongue against speaking evil.” and Biomedical Engineering. Learn about the FRIDAY, SEPT. 15 break my bones, but words can never Words have become more powerful ecosystem of innovation at the Technion and how NCJW Greater Houston Section will hold its the university is poised to change the world. The annual Women of Influence luncheon, 11:30 a.m., harm me.” The implicit message is that and potentially destructive, through the event will take place at 7 p.m. at Maggiano’s at Houston Racquet Club, 10709 Memorial Dr. we can ignore insults to our emotions power of electronic communication. Recipes Little Italy, 2019 Post Oak Blvd. There is a Honoring District Attorney Kim Ogg and Dori and feelings, but to be concerned about Negative words can harm individuals couvert. RSVP to Janet Raabe at [email protected] Kornfeld Goldman. Register at ncjwhouston.org/ or 561-395-3366. event/women-of-influence.Thai Fruit Salad physical injury. instantly, without the possibility of No one wishes to bear the trauma of recourse or recall. The Greater Houston Jewish Genealogical SATURDAY, SEPT. 16 Apple and Walnut Salad Society and Stefani Twyford will be showing how bodily injury. 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I saw human beings usually benefit from every 1 red apple, diced vinegar SUNDAY, SEPT. 10 The Oy Vey! 5k Family Fun Run, benefiting 1 green apple or pear, thinly sliced 1 Tbsp. fi nely chopped shallot CANCELLED:1 Tbsp. chopped Lisa Lillien fresh, aka cilantro Hungry Girl or, the J Meals on Wheels, runs from 7:30 a.m.-11 the effects that abuse had, but I noticed other sin imaginable, but gain nothing by will beparsley at Beth Yeshurun, 4525 Beechnut St., 10:30 a.m. and a 1K for kids will be from 7-7:30 am. that those who suffered emotional harming others verbally. Because of this, ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese 1 tsp. Dijon mustard a.m.-12:30 p.m. (check-in at 9:45). 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This is the first week of Elul, the last dressing over salad; toss to coat. social for new members, current and prospective PJ Library’s Big Birthday Bash, 3-5 p.m., at the That emotions can be wounded, month of the Jewish year. So, it behooves Dole.com membersDole.com and interfaith families, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 JCC Merfish Teen Center, 9000 S. Rice Ave. To reputations ruined and relationships us to examine our faults. It is the season p.m. To register for this event or for information, RSVP, visit houstonjewish.org/PJLibrary10. For damaged through “mere words,” is illus- of teshuvah, repentance, which precedes call Cindy Crump, 281-495-5950; email admin@ information, contact Barbara Loeser at 713-729-7000, temple-sinai.org. ext. 321, or [email protected]. trated in biblical narratives, Talmudic and heralds the High Holy Days. We must tales and Hasidic stories. give thought to how we have offended In this week’s Torah portion, Parshat others with words and deeds. 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There was only one dessert, and it Two First Place winners ($20,000 tomatoes, vegetables and spices, served Quattro’s dining room is gorgeous. was a stunner – Tableside Tiramisu. each): The Texas Pecan Cake Shop – cold Though, if you want a really special That wasn’t the end; Chef gave us Lorraine’s Original Mini Texas Pecan Atlantic Salmon – Topped with sauce treat, make a reservation for the Chef’s samples of two great after-dinner Cakes by Bridget + Will McCoy – of the day and served with the vegetable kitchen. This large, lovely table will drinks: House Recipe Limoncello and Bertram; and WarPig BBQ Sauce by of the day seat 16 guests comfortably and faces Coffee Liquor. Loved them both. Dennis Butterworth – Houston Johnny’s Mixed Grill – Grilled lamb the kitchen. 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Salsa Verde by Cariño Cortez & Michael caper lemon sauce, served with Penne Starters began with a knockout Diners enjoy complimentary Cortez – San Antonio Pomodoro Tuna Crudo, an Italian-style poke dish parking for dinner and Sunday Piatto Ristorante Galleria is with raw tuna so fresh you could practi- brunch. Quattro is at 1300 Lamar St., Mia’s Monday Meals at 4925 W. Alabama St., 713-871- cally smell the ocean. It had citrus 713-276-4700, or visit quattrorestauran We know how busy Monday can be. 9722, or visit piattoristorante. segments, Tuscan olives, caper berries thouston.com. That’s why Mia’s Table created Mia’s com. The Jewish Food Society wants to Recipes preserve your grandma’s recipes TENAFLY, N.J. (JTA) – Ayala Hodak the society’s founder, Naama Shefi, told usually cooks the way her mother taught JTA. “These are skills that would just Fluffy Potato Kneidlach her: adding a pinch of spice here or disappear if no one could capture them relying on her eyes – never a measuring in a methodic way.” cup! – to judge how much liquid to add. The project, which launched 1 egg ¼ cup Manischewitz Matzo Meal But, on a recent Tuesday, she was officially in March and receives financial 1 cup cold water 2 Tbsp. oil or melted fat being much more meticulous. support from several Jewish founda- 1 pkg. Manischewitz Potato At her spacious home in this tions, has added over a dozen recipes to Pancake Mix suburban town less than 15 miles from its online archive, and more are on the Beat egg with fork; blend in water. Add remaining ingredients, stir; allow to New York City, Hodak, 52, who grew up way. Along with the recipes are photo- thicken 10 minutes. Form into walnut-size balls. Drop into large pot of rapidly in an Iranian family in Israel, measured graphs and stories of the cook’s family boiling salted water. Cover tightly, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Drain the amount of salt and pepper she added history, as well as how he or she learned and serve in soup, stew or as a side dish with meats and poultry. Serves 15-18. to a stew. She also paused to demon- to make the dish. strate how thickly to cut a piece of beef. Each week, Shefi, 36, who lives on Manischewitz.com Her reason for the precision: New York’s Lower East Side, interviews Hodak’s recipe was being recorded by a a chef and takes down his or her story. new nonprofit, the Jewish Food Society, If distance permits, Shefi or an Israel- which aims to be an archive of Jewish based employee will meet with the cook recipes from around the world. in person; if not, they communicate long Oriental Eggplant Casserole Its kibbutz-born founder, who once distance. All ingredients are measured, promoted Israeli culture as an employee and dishes are then re-created in a test of the Israeli Consulate in New York, kitchen and adjusted accordingly. was inspired by the diversity of food “I feel that recipes really carry our 3 Tbsp. peanut oil or melted 1 tsp. salt, if desired traditions in Israel and her desire to cultural DNA because they tell stories butter ¼ tsp. pepper preserve them in the Diaspora. not just about a particular time in 1 large onion, sliced thin 2 large tomatoes, peeled and cut “I realized there is an urgency in history, but also about how people used 1 medium eggplant (1½ pounds) into cubes capturing these stories because the to live, how people used to celebrate, ¼ cup diced green pepper 1 pound cottage cheese older generation is about to leave the how people used to mourn, how people 1 can Manischewitz Tomato and 1½ cups Manischewitz Matzo world, and many of these recipes are used to get together,” Shefi said. “It’s not Mushroom Sauce Farfel labor- and time-consuming in a way just about the flavor and the food, it’s Sautee onion in fat until tender. Pare eggplant and cut into ½-inch cubes. that we should really protect them,” really about the experience.” Combine onion, eggplant, green pepper, tomato and mushroom sauce, salt (if desired) and pepper. Cover and cook 15 minutes or until eggplant is tender. Stir in tomatoes. In a greased 2-quart baking dish, alternate layers of vegetables, cheese and matzah farfel, beginning and ending with the vegetables. Bake, uncovered, in a moderate oven (350 °F) for 20 minutes. Serves six.

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ANITA FLORENCE LEWIS JAMES WOLFE Anita Florence Lewis died peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, following a brief illness. She was born James Wolfe, 92, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, at Autumn Feb. 3, 1929, in Chicago, Ill. Anita was preceded in Leaves of Meyerland. death by her husband, Meyer, her parents, Julia and He leaves his daughters, Sharon Wolfe of Riverdale, N.Y., Jack Rosenthal, of Beaumont, Texas, and her brother, and Rivkah Rothschild of New York, N.Y.; six grandchildren Sheldon Rosenthal, of Lake Charles, La. – Aharon Leib Rothschild, Schneur Zalman Rothschild, A beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Anita is Rachel Weiskopf, Bracha Tenenbaum, Chaya Mushka survived by two daughters and their spouses: Felice Dubov and Menachem Mendel Rothschild – and one great- and Ed Klein and Rhonda and Randy Hardaway. grandchild, Nora Hope Weiskopf. Her grandchildren are Marlee and Janelle Klein and Born and raised in Springfield, Mass., the son of Rachel Lauren Hardaway. She is also survived by numerous and Harry Wolfe, James, known as “Jimmy,” resided in nieces and nephews. Houston since 1945. In his early years, he would go on Anita attended Lamar University in Beaumont, the road with his father, buying and selling merchandise Texas, and then moved to Houston, where she began to make ends meet. When he wanted to drop out of high working as an executive secretary for Gerald D. Hines school to better support the family, his mom protested and Inc. Anita was well-known for her speedy shorthand and excellent organizational he stayed in to graduate. He even played drums in the high school band. skills. Jimmy served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. After the war, Anita met the love of her life, Meyer, on a blind date in 1952. They were married he moved his extended family to Houston. After attending the University of Houston for nearly 65 years, until Meyer’s death in February 2017. The two of them formed a two years, he went into the scrap iron and metal business with a family member. loving partnership that prevailed during happy times and some very difficult times He was a devoted son who took excellent care of his parents. His interests included: surrounding Anita’s health concerns over the years. Meyer never left her side. He playing the drums, listening to music and fishing. He was a long-standing member of the cared for her at their home until she came to Seven Acres. Then, when Meyer moved JCC of Houston where he loved to swim. to Seven Acres, he visited her every day to help and comfort her. For 25 years, he owned a modest beach home in Galveston, where he spent weekends Anita and Meyer loved to travel abroad, especially taking cruises. They took a feeding the seagulls, swimming and boating. “big trip,” as they would call it, every year. During those trips, they collected many His daughters wish to express heartfelt gratitude to the staff of Autumn Leaves of beautiful treasures and memorabilia to decorate their home and share with their Meyerland, where their father spent the last eight months of his life. daughters. Anita was known for being a meticulous homemaker and a master of Donations in memory of James Wolfe may be made to Chabad Outreach of Houston making “to do” lists for all of us. and Meyerland Minyan. – Houston Jewish Funerals Anita loved to cook and bake. All of us remember her fantastic kugels, chicken soup, dill pickles and delicious desserts. Anita was a devoted wife, mother and loving grandmother. She will be missed greatly. Graveside services were held on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, at Emanu El Memorial Jewish groups condemn Park. Rabbi Oren Hayon officiated. A memorial service followed at Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services. The family would like to extend special thanks to the team of compassionate Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio caregivers at Seven Acres, who made her years there as comfortable as possible, and (JTA) – Jewish groups condemned tent city jails for suspected illegal became like a second family to her and Felice and Rhonda. We want to particularly President Donald Trump’s pardon of former immigrants to concentration camps, recognize Alberta Francis, Angela Hardison and Angela Lodero for their tireless Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio. according to the Anti-Defamation League. devotion to our mother. Arpaio, 85, was sheriff of Maricopa “President Trump’s pardon of Joe In lieu of flowers, donations honoring Anita’s memory can be made to Seven County in Arizona for 24 years, losing a Arpaio defies explanation and flies in the Acres Jewish Senior Care Services or a charity of one’s choice. reelection bid in November 2016. He was face of American values. We stand today – Houston Jewish Funerals found guilty in a Justice Department inves- with the Latino community, who have been tigation for racially profiling Latinos and the primary targets of Arpaio’s bigotry and convicted on July 31 of criminal contempt feel the president’s decision to pardon him for disobeying a federal judge’s order on particularly acutely,” Jonathan Greenblatt, detaining individuals suspected of being in ADL CEO, said in a statement. the U.S. illegally. At the time of the pardon “This pardon leads us to question where he had not yet been sentenced, but had President Trump stands on the rule of law. faced up to six months in jail. Arpaio willfully defied a court order for “President Trump’s pardon of Sheriff racially profiling Latinos and now is getting Arpaio is shameful,” said American Jewish away with it – a very dangerous precedent. Committee CEO David Harris in a statement. The pardon will foster divisions in our “It undermines our judicial system and, country at a time when we need healing. ignoring the rule of law, endorses the No doubt anti-immigrant extremists will egregious maltreatment and racial profiling celebrate this decision, but it is a sad day for of individuals in our country. Public humili- Americans who care about justice, equality ation of detainees was an Arpaio specialty.” and strengthening our social fabric,” he Arpaio proudly compared his open-air said.

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That’s You might ask, “What’s wrong with that, the game schedule dictates where he will what they have in common. if you’re comfortable with it?” What’s wrong be on any given weekend from September At this moment, I’d have you ask with it is to live an emotionally healthy life, through December. They forget, however, yourself, “How am I emotionally the same you need to see you for who you are on the that when they dated, she “happily” accom- as my spouse or partner?” Let me try to inside. Then own, accept and forgive what Years ago, I heard the expression, “The panied him to countless games. help by saying, look inside, because on the you discover, so that you can live with and fish you catch is determined by the bait you Similarly, the woman who meets her outside, you’re likely to be 180 degrees the love you, despite your shortcomings. Hiding use and where you cast your line.” That made future husband at a wild game dinner opposite. Please take some time to think from yourself disallows you to live trans- sense to me. You might use shrimp to catch shouldn’t be surprised he isn’t available about this question and when you feel you parently or to be vulnerable. Even worse, a redfish or trout, but if you are going after a during hunting season; or, the man that honestly, introspectively know the answer, if, when you choose a spouse, he or she is sailfish or a shark, you might want to choose meets his spouse at the opera ball can’t ask yourself one additional question, “Do I truly exactly the same as you. You’re bound a different kind of bait. Similarly, if you’re criticize his wife later for insisting they want to be married to someone like myself?” to spend the rest of your married life uncon- fishing in a lake, the fish you catch there will purchase season tickets. So, where you It’s a powerful question, one which will sciously punishing your spouse for the be radically different from the one you catch choose to go fishing will determine the kind enable you to more clearly see not only things you see in them that you can’t accept in the ocean. That’s equally understandable. of fish you catch. yourself, but also the person you hope will in you. It follows, then, that loving yourself You might say, “What does this have to Now, let’s talk about bait. One of my become your future spouse. If your answer will contribute to your wherewithal to love do with choosing a spouse?” My answer is, cardinal rules about the person you’ll is “no,” then look to change you. Become your partner. Sadly, all too often, you do “Everything, because the fish I’m talking eventually wind up with is that you always the type of person you want your spouse the opposite. You search out someone who about and the place I’m referring to has to get who you are. Believe it or not, healthy to be. Let me go on record, however, as makes you feel better about you, giving do with where you find the man or woman people marry healthy people, dysfunctional saying “people can’t change their stripes. little thought to what will happen on those you eventually choose to be your partner, people marry dysfunctional people, strong Tigers don’t become pussycats. Nor does occasions when they have little to give to and the bait is you.” people marry strong people, weak people a pussycat become a tiger.” “What you can you or themselves. It shouldn’t, then, be surprising if the marry weak people and insecure people do, however, is change the way you act I hope you will give serious thought to individual you originally met at a bar, marry insecure people. This is almost a and interact with others; i.e., you can learn this article. Even more, I suggest you share and later choose to be your spouse, has a cardinal rule of thumb. where you’re coming from and, as a result, it with your sons, daughters or anyone drinking problem. Similarly, if you go to You might ask, “How do you account for to behave in accordance with what you want who may be actively looking for a spouse. a church, synagogue or mosque to meet the fact you frequently find a very strong to be, instead of how you emotionally feel. Hopefully, they and/or you will come to see someone, it’s likely that the individual you woman married to a spineless male? Or the The key is for you to be able to look in the merit of the statement the fish you catch meet there will have a decided interest in opposite, a controlling male who permits his the mirror, to see you for the person you are depends on the bait you use and the place religion. wife no choices regarding what takes place inside and then learn to love that person. The you cast your line. So, where you “fish” for a partner will in their family.” problem is too many of you truly can’t face To learn more about Dr. Reitman, read generally determine what type of individual My answer is simply anyone who needs who you are, or own the actions you demon- more of his articles, or to obtain copies you’ll wind up with and whether or not you so badly to control or demean another strate. Because of that, you choose to hide for family or friends, visit his website, can legitimately complain about their later individual is a person who has little sense from your truths, to obscure any insights dredreitman.com.

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