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By BEN SALES of Tampa Bay, Inc. PRESORTED JTA news service STANDARD NEW YORK – After a mass shoot- ing in a heavily Jewish area shocked the nation, Rabbi Yakov Saacks felt Hanukkah! like his Long Island congregation was at risk. So the rabbi installed 17 cameras on the synagogue’s exterior that can zoom in to read numbers on license plates, as well as indoor cameras at JustJustComplied aa fromnosh...nosh... JTA news service each entrance. He began covering the windows with Kevlar, at around $800 FBI: Hate crimes against Jews each, making them shatterproof in spiked 37 percent in 2017 case vandals hit them with rocks. And Hate crimes against Jews in America rose by more he hired armed security guards to pro- than a third last year and accounted for 58 percent of all religion-based hate crimes, according to data released tect the Hebrew school and Shabbat Tuesday by the FBI. services. Overall, hate crimes increased by 17 percent in 2017, When the sanctuary is especially from 6,121 in 2016 to 7,175 hate crimes reported last crowded – on the High Holidays, for year. The data showed that more than 4,000 crimes in example – as many as three guards 2017 were against people, including threats, intimida- will patrol the building carrying guns tion, assault and murder, while some 3,000 were crimes and communicating by radio. against property, such as vandalism, robbery, and arson. That was after the school shooting Some of the increase may be because more police in Parkland, nearly nine months ago. departments are reporting their hate crimes data to the Following the attack last month on a FBI than ever before, 6 percent above the previous year. The number of hate crimes based on religion is the synagogue in Pittsburgh, Saacks said second highest ever, behind only 2001 in the wake of he feels vindicated in beefing up se- the 9/11 attacks. The report noted a 23 percent increase curity. And he’s not done. In addition in religion-based hate crimes in 2017 to 1,564, repre- to protecting the rest of his windows, senting about 20 percent of all hate crimes. he is planning to install a metal de- There were a total of 938 hate crimes committed tector at the building entrance as well against Jews in 2017, up from 684 in 2016. as a double-door vestibule called a “mantrap.” Palestinian shunned for selling land to “What can we do? What can we Jews to be buried in Jewish cemetery do?” said Saacks, whose Chabad syn- Aryeh Stern, the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Jerusalem, agogue, the Chai Center, occupies an ruled as a rabbinical judge that a Palestinian man, acre and a half in the upscale suburb Alah Kirsh, may be buried at a Jewish cemetery as an of Dix Hills. “This doesn’t make me exception because he was a “righteous gentile,” Ynet re- happy. It doesn’t warm your heart. We ported. still try and maintain its openness, but Kirsh and five others were killed in a traffic accident on Nov. 4. His family sought to bury his body at their what happened in Pittsburgh can hap- Muslim cemetery in eastern Jerusalem, but the imams pen anywhere.” turned them away because he had been accused of sell- The added measures have changed ing real estate in that part of the capital to Jews several Saacks’ budget, of course. He esti- years ago. mates that all of the physical pro- Ekrima Said Sabri, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, cit- tections will cost $150,000 in total. ed a 1935 fatwa, or religious Muslim edict, issued by his That does not include some of the predecessor, Amin al-Husseini. An anti-Semitic leader window and camera costs, which he of Arab Israelis and ally of Nazi Germany, al-Husseini paid for partly out of a $50,000 grant wrote that “anyone who sells a home or land to Jews will from New York state. And the armed not receive a Muslim burial.” Stern ruled that he may be buried at a section of guards, contracted from a private se- the Jewish cemetery at Har Hamenuchot reserved for curity company at $40 an hour each, people without religion. “Since the Muslims will not bury cost about $360 per week. him, we must correct the distortion of justice that results It’s a cost more synagogues are Hanukkah Happenings, Page 5 in unjust humiliation of a man whose only sin was being SECURE continued on PAGE 8 prepared to sell land to Jews,” Stern wrote. Is Gaza situation ‘the problem from hell?’ By ISRARL KASNETT Like everything in Israel, a million differences of JNS.org opinion churn over what Israel should be doing in Avigdor Lieberman announced that he was step- Gaza. Wipe out the entire Hamas leadership? Bomb ping down as Israeli defense minister Nov. 14 in pro- the Strip indiscriminately? Open all the crossings and test of what he called the government’s “capitulation lift restrictions on all materials and goods? Everyone to terror.” His decision came after the security cabinet has an idea, especially when Hamas attacks Israel and decided to pursue a ceasefire with Hamas in the wake Israel’s response appears muted. of the terror group’s rocket barrage on southern Israel, Jonathan Schanzer, senior vice president of re- firing more than 400 mortars and rockets at its civilian search at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, population. said to JNS “everything that typically works doesn’t Lieberman has long been a loud and vocal advocate necessarily work in the Gaza Strip. It’s kind of a tin- of hitting Hamas hard militarily, and he accused Is- derbox. One match can set everything ablaze. raeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of buying “There are always two competing forces when we Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90 short-term quiet at the expense of severe “long-term look at these flare-ups,” he continued. A home in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon was destroyed by a rocket fired damage to national security.” GAZA continued on PAGE 12 from Gaza on Nov. 13. Southern California fire races through the heart of a Jewish community JTA news service in the Los Angeles area. Jewish Community & Synagogue, Hess Kramer and its smaller sister “Even though we didn’t know LOS ANGELES – The Wool- Three historic Jewish sleepaway lost homes and nearly all their be- camp, Gindling Hilltop. By late the extent of the damage, we knew sey Fire, which engulfed a mas- camps and a Jewish retreat center, longings. Saturday, Nov. 10, with the Malibu we had been affected – and we sive swath of Southern California, all nestled in the Malibu hills, were Here are some stories about hills near the campgrounds aflame, knew the community was in need and as of press time had killed at consumed. A Jewish community what was lost and what remains: more than 200 current and former of some healing,” said Ari Kaplan, least three people, burned nearly day school lost three of its build- ‘Where I forged my path’ campers, together with their fami- assistant director of the camps, 100,000 acres and ravaged hun- ings, and several synagogues have Tens of thousands of Jewish lies, gathered for an impromptu both affiliated with the Reform dreds of structures – including damage. Many families, including youth, spanning three generations, Havdalah service to mark the end Wilshire Boulevard Temple. several touchstones of Jewish life that of the new rabbi at Malibu have spent summers at Camp of the Sabbath. FIRE continued on PAGE 16 PAGE 2 A JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018 Reform movement’s rabbinical group appoints its first female leader

By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN at the Union for Reform Judaism Rabbi JTA news service Press as its editor in chief. Hara NEW YORK – The Reform She said being the first woman in Person movement’s rabbinical wing has the position “feels really exciting.” appointed Rabbi Hara Person as its “On the one hand, it’s hugely and career trajectories. first female chief executive. historic, and also it’s time,” Person For the past year, Person has been The Central Conference of told JTA in a phone interview. “It’s leading the organization’s task American Rabbis, which repre- sort of shocking that it hasn’t hap- force on the experience of women sents 21,000 Reform rabbis around pened before, and I hope that it will in the rabbinate, which looks at is- the world, made the announcement be a positive modeling, not only for sues such as sexual harassment, pay on Thursday, Nov. 15. Person suc- our female colleagues, but also for equity and career advancement. ceeds Rabbi Steven Fox, who is re- our male colleagues to see a differ- She says she will continue to focus tiring in June after 13 years as CEO. ent kind of leader.” on challenges faced by female With more than 1 million mem- Rabbi Julie Schonfeld became clergy in her new role. bers, the Reform movement is the the first woman to serve as chief Person also wants to provide sup- largest Jewish denomination in executive of a major rabbinical port for the approximately 25-35 North America. organization when she was tapped percent of Reform rabbis who do Person, 54, has been working to lead the Conservative move- not work as congregational cler- at the New York-based rabbinical ment’s Rabbinical Assembly in gy. She remembers being discour- body for a decade, first as head of 2009. Schonfeld announced earlier aged from taking an organizational its publishing arm and since last this year that she would be stepping job after being ordained in 1998 year as its chief strategy officer. She down in June 2019. from the Hebrew Union College- also serves as the High Holidays Person says one area she wants to Jewish Institute of Religion. rabbi at Congregation B’nai Olam focus on in her new role is embrac- “There used to be a standard in Fire Island Pines, NY, and as the ing the rabbinate’s diversity, both in career path,” Person said, “which adjunct rabbi at Brooklyn Heights terms of gender – women make up is that you were an assistant rabbi, Synagogue. Previously she worked one-third of CCAR membership – then you were an associate rabbi, then you were a senior rabbi. That was the ideal career path. Maybe along the way you became a solo rabbi of a small congregation, but that was kind of the model.” Things look different today, she says. “There’s a huge array of different kinds of ways that rabbis are really serving the Jewish community. It’s just so much broader than ever before,” Person said. Person also will be encouraging conversations and fostering rela- tionships among rabbis throughout the country. “Often rabbis are isolated,” she said. “They are in communities where there aren’t a lot of rabbis, there isn’t a support structure of people who really understand what it is to be a rabbi, so how do we enable rabbis to be there for each other, to be each other’s rabbis?” She hopes that building closer ties among rabbis can also serve as a model for how they can encourage conversations in their communi- Music ties, including in situations where people may have opposing political or other views. Dancing Person sees two sets of chal- lenges facing the Reform move- Open Bar ment today. “The outside challenges I think Dust off your Hoverboards, tune up the are pretty clear in terms of grow- Dinner ing anti-Semitism and white su- premacy,” she said. “And we have DeLorean and set the Flux Capacitor! challenges from inside, which are Silent Auction about how we help people to con- nect in meaningful ways, how do Loads of Fun we make Judaism relevant.” The rabbi says she is prepared – albeit a bit intimidated – to take on $50 per person her new role. “There are big shoes to fill and there’s quite a proud history here that I’ll be stepping into,” she said. 3919 Moran Road, Tampa • www.KolAmi.org • (813) 962-6338 “So it feels a little bit scary, but also really, really exciting, and I feel really ready.”

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Standard Class Postage Permit: TAMPA PI #3763 NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018 JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA A PAGE 3 No one happy after Shabbat diverts Patrons sought for 16th Annual President’s Dinner The Tampa Jewish Federation’s 16th An- This is annually the Federation’s larg- El Al flight bound for Israel to Athens nual President’s Dinner is coming soon and est event, bringing together community the Federation is seeking more patrons for leaders and donors throughout the area. By MARCY OSTER weekend.” the event. Proceeds from the dinner significantly JTA news service Passenger Roni Meital told a different Patron tickets are $300 per person and benefit the Annual Campaign, which ulti- JERUSALEM – An El Al plane bound for story in a post on Facebook. each name will be listed in the program that mately supports a lifeline of services lo- Israel that was delayed from taking off in “After 24 hours to reach Israel, I am bro- evening. cally, in Israel, and throughout the world. New York was diverted to Athens on Friday, ken, broken mainly because of the lack of The 16th Annual President’s Dinner will To purchase tickets, visit jewishtampa. Nov. 16, to allow Sabbath-observant pas- respect of people who are observant, who take place on the evening of Jan. 27 at the com/APD or contact Loni Lindsay at loni. sengers to disembark. observe tradition and Shabbat, who took Bryan Glazer Family JCC and will fea- [email protected] or (813) 769- That’s what we know for sure. What hap- this issue a step too far,” Meital wrote. ture keynote speaker Alan M. Dershowitz. 2802. pened on the plane? That’s another story. Meital thanked the flight crew for its pa- The flight, which had been scheduled to tience and tolerance despite the aggressive- TJFS Community Food Bank stocks up for the holidays leave John F. Kennedy Airport at 6:30 p.m. ness of some of the passengers. She wrote Thursday, took off more than five hours that “after six hours of flying, I suddenly Tampa Jewish Family Services (TJFS) more than 500 pounds of canned goods. late. Bad weather had delayed the arrival of heard screaming and saw a flight atten- has been busy stocking its Community Food The food bank was also the recipient the crew by at least a couple of hours, and dant crying after she was hit, pushed, amid Bank in order to help families who other- of more than 250 pounds of food donated then prevented the departure of hundreds of threats they would break open the door to wise might go hungry. through the Halloween Food Drive, started planes. The plane required de-icing more the cockpit.” On Oct. 26, TJFS and Big Brothers Big by Jeffrey Berger and Susan Kessler. Sisters of Tampa Bay held the fifth annual Heading into Thanksgiving, TJFS will than once as it waited in line to leave. She also wrote: “I found myself standing Fall Family & Friends Field Day, attended provide ingredients for Thanksgiving din- By 11:30 p.m., dozens of passengers on and [physically] protecting flight attendants by more than 100 kids and adults at the Bry- ners for 150 families. the plane demanded to be allowed to disem- who were crying and who just wanted to an Glazer Family JCC. Admission was free, The food bank is always in need of non- bark in New York, fearing they would still catch their breath after the [violent] behav- but TJFS requested a donation of a non-per- perishable food items, which can be dropped be airborne after Shabbat began. The pas- ior toward them.” ishable item for the food bank and received at either the Glazer JCC or Cohn campus. sengers were told to take their seats so the Meital called on others to share her post. plane could return to the gate and they could Yehuda Shlezinger, religious affairs re- disembark, but instead the plane took off. porter for the Yisrael Hayom newspaper, Here is where the stories diverge. was on the flight and said reports of the be- Some passengers on social media posts havior of the religious passengers were ex- accused the religious Jewish passengers of aggerated. being physically and verbally abusive dur- “I must confess, when I opened the news ing the flight when they realized that they sites Saturday night and saw the crazy head- would not land in Israel in time for Shabbat. lines about ‘bad’ haredim who ‘pushed flight (Religious law forbids motorized travel dur- attendants and threatened to break into the ing the 25 hours of the Sabbath.) cockpit,’ I was livid,” he wrote. “Thousands Others said the El Al flight attendants of likes, hundreds of shares, tons of venom withheld information and then service to the on social media, and the news was com- religious passengers during the flight, and pletely fake. I double-checked the boarding did not tell them until several hours later pass in my pocket to make sure we were that the plane would land in Athens. talking about the same flight.” Ben Chafetz, director of Client Services Chafetz went on to describe the beauty for 121eCommerce.com, said he was among of the Shabbat spent in the hotel literally those who were asked to leave the plane, across the street from the airport with meals even if it meant losing his ticket. provided by the local Chabad. “Four hours into the flight the Captain an- “Hasidim sat and schmoozed with Zion- nounced that because of the ‘haredim’ the ists, Modox [Modern Orthodox] sat with plane would stop in Athens,” Chafetz wrote, black hats … I only use these labels so you using the word for fervently religious Jews. can visualize the seating, but there were no “At which point, all the people who want labels at this seuda [meal]; we sat in true to get off for Shabbos can get off the plane achdus [unity],” he wrote. first, and then (and here is the kicker), all El Al issued a statement saying that the the people who want to continue to Israel extreme weather in New York caused nu- will also have to get off the plane and go on merous cancellations and delays for hun- a different plane from IsraAir to go to Israel. dreds of flights, including its own that de- “What a shame … I wish El Al had an- parted for Israel on Thursday evening. nounced the truth. We were stopping in Ath- “Despite the cancellation of many flights, ens because El Al made a series of bad calls, we succeeded in releasing Flight 002 from and once they landed they could not depart New York for our passengers, including an on Shabbos which is why they needed a non intermediate stop in Athens,” the airline El Al plane to continue to Israel on Shab- said. “El Al arranged onward flights to Israel bos.” The national carrier is not allowed to that day for all passengers. Passengers who fly on Shabbat. preferred to remain in Athens for Shabbat The decision to land in Athens angered were cared for by company representatives, both Orthodox and non-Orthodox passen- and El Al will return them to Israel after gers, for different reasons. Shabbat is over. “To be very clear, no one was angry at the “We apologize for any discomfort caused stewardesses; everyone understood that they to our customers, but as said we preferred did not make the decisions,” Chafetz wrote. to have the flight leave New York the same “We were requesting to speak to the pilot or day.” someone who can speak for the pilot. Again, Arutz Sheva, meanwhile, reported that the there was [sic] no attempts to break into the chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel, Yitzhak Yo- cockpit, there were no physical altercations. sef, gave permission for another delayed El Yes, there were some raised voices, but most Al flight from New York to land on Friday of the time (I have the videos to prove it), it afternoon after the start of Shabbat. Yosef was secular Israeli passengers who came to invoked an exception that says Shabbat may yell at the passengers who were concerned be violated in order to save a life; a passen- about Shabbos that we were ruining their ger on the flight was said to be seriously ill. Jewish students tell school board in Connecticut that they don’t feel safe (JTA) – Students at a high school in Con- homes of Jewish families in the area have necticut say they have been subject to anti- been vandalized and egged. Semitic hate and do not feel safe. Students also said they did not feel safe Some 50 students at Amity High in Wood- wearing Jewish symbols or shirts bearing bridge, many of them Jewish, attended the the names of Jewish organizations. Board of Education meeting and cried as Following the meeting, the interim su- they spoke about the abuse they have suf- perintendent of schools, James Connelly, fered at the hands of fellow students in- released a letter to the school community volved in a school sport. in which he pledged that the district “will While the students said that anti-Semitism not tolerate this type of harassment and has grown at Amity High in recent years, will investigate and take disciplinary action they charged that school officials have done against students who demonstrate unaccept- little to deal with it, the New Haven Register able behavior. We will also cooperate and reported. coordinate with the local police department The examples presented by the students in some of these investigations.” included statements such as “These Jews The letter said the district would partner deserve to die” and “we are the Nazis,” as with religious leaders and groups like the well as swastikas found drawn and carved Anti-Defamation League to address the is- on surfaces throughout the school. Also, the sue. PAGE 4 A JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018 Marc Chagall exhibit at Polk museum through Jan. 6 A unique show of Marc Chagall’s work is on display now through Jan. 6 at the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College. Several firsts are noted in “Chagall: Stories into Dreams.” In addition to being the mu- seum’s first Chagall exhibition, it is the only one of its kind in Florida, and the only one in the country that pairs Chagall’s Fables of La Fontaine etchings with his famed Story of Exodus lithographs. This exhibition features 42 works of art, including the complete color lithographic Story of Exodus suite (1966), which entails 24 works, and 15 etchings from the Fables of La Fontaine series (1952). Available at “Chagall: Stories into Dreams” explores the ways in which Chagall transformed fa- Patrons view Marc Chagall paintings at Polk Museum of Art on the miliar parables in human history into fan- campus of Florida Southern College in Lakeland. tastically new visions, said Dr. Alex Rich, ments like Cubism and more obscure movements curator and director of galleries and exhibitions. like Orphism, a manner marked by its light-filled Support Our Advertisers! “Chagall’s Exodus suite presents an exciting vi- explorations of color, and combined them with his They help make the Jewish Press possible. sual dialogue with his Fables of La Fontaine illus- own nostalgia to create uniquely modern work that trations,” Rich said. “Visitors will see how Chagall reflects narrative, allegory and fantasy. uses these series to illustrate universal concepts About the Polk Museum of Art 727.725.1808 of morality and immorality, right and wrong, and The Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern Col- good and bad.” lege, locatred at 800 E. 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and gifts for children. Snacks will A A A be provided and the event is free On Saturday, Dec, 8 at 6 p.m. Hanukkah Happenings to all attendees. Attendees are en- Congregation Beth Shalom in Bran- Information received as of press time: couraged to bring their hanukkiah don will host a Hanukkah celebra- Hanukkah Concert” for adults, fea- on the New Orleans Saints. There SOUTH TAMPA turing music by “South of Kennedy” to light with Rabbi Mann. Attend- tion with a concert by the choir and will be an exclusive pre-game gi- ees are encouraged to bring canned a potluck dinner. The event will Bais David Chabad, 2001 W. Band members include Barbara ant menorah lighting at 11 a.m., Swann Ave., Tampa, will celebrate Breslin, Carlo Franzblau, Howell goods to donate to the Congrega- conclude with dessert and coffee. featuring Buccaneers Co-Chairman A A A the First Night of Hanukkah on Mamiser, Meg Moskovitz, Jeffrey tion Beth Shalom food bank. Bryan Glazer. A tailgate will follow, A A A Take part in a Lego Menorah Sunday, Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. with the Berger, and guest artist Steve Turk. at Quad C in the southeast corner of lighting of a large menorah. The Begin the evening at 6 p.m. with Listen to live music by the Freyle- Lighting at Park Square in Fishhawk the stadium, complete with latkes, kh Klezmer band on Thursday, Dec. Ranch on Sunday Dec. 9 at 5 p.m. event will include latkes, Hanukkah wine, beer and small bites (includ- doughnuts and dessert. Folks can songs and stories. ing a latke bar.) Celebrate Havdalah 6 at 5:45 p.m. at the Sun City Cen- The event includes the construction jam along with Hanukkah tunes ter Chamber of Commerce, 1651 and kindling of a giant Lego meno- A A A and light the Hanukkah candles, as they enjoy a top-shelf bar. Dis- Chabad of Tampa Bay will host then enjoy the music. End the eve- Sun City Center Plaza, at a Hanuk- rah. There will be hot laltkes, gelt counted game tickets are offered kah Klezmer Festival put on by and Hanukkah music. This is a free its annual Hanukkah in the City on ning with dessert and coffee. This in both the club and upper levels Sunday, Dec. 2 from 5-7:30 p.m. is a party for grown-ups – that is, Chabad of Brandon. The free event event. For more information, call and include a Buccaneers souve- will include the band performance (813) 571-8100 or visit jewishbran- at City Hall Plaza, 315 E. Kennedy adults over 21 years old. There is nir. Fans can catch a replay of the Blvd. in downtown Tampa. The fes- no charge, but reservations are re- and a 6-foot tall menorah. Kosher don.com. This is a Chabad of bran- menorah lighting during the game New York deli style sandwiches and don event. tivities include the lighting of a giant quired. RSVP to (813) 876-2377 or on the stadium’s video screens. For menorah by city officials and a gelt email [email protected]. other food available for purchase. more details and to purchase tickets To RSVP, call (813) 571-8100 or WESLEY CHAPEL drop by the Tampa Fire Department. A A A visit www.Buccaneers.com/JHN, Entertainment will include the Ac- Congregation Rodeph Sholom, visit jewishbrandon.com/rsvp. Young Israel of Tampa will hold email [email protected]/jhn A A A th romaniacts and the Hebrew Acad- 2713 Bayshore Blvd., Tampa, will its 13 annual Hanukkah on Ice on or contact Rabbi Mendy Dubrows- Congregation Beth Shalom in Sunday, Dec. 2 at Florida Hospi- emy choir. There will be popcorn, hold its family Hanukkah Bash, with ki at RMD@ChabadChaiCenter. a latke demonstration by Publix, dancing to music by the Sounds of Brandon will hold a special Hanuk- tal Center Ice, 3173 Cypress Ridge com. The event is sponsored by the kah Shabbat service on Friday, Dec. Blvd., Wesley Chapel. There will cotton candy and doughnuts. There Yesterday, latke sandwiches, bris- Chabad Centers of Tampa Bay. will also be face painting, a balloon ket, popcorn, doughnut making, 7 at 7 p.m. as the congregation wel- be a ceremony to light a grand ice comes Shabbat at the synagogue, menorah, then ice skating to Jewish artist, spray paint artist, caricaturist, pinatas, line dancing and a visit BRANDON / crafts for children, a gyroscope and from Bubble Man and Minions. The 706 Bryan Road, Brandon. Rabbi music around the flaming menorah. SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH Mann and the religious school stu- There will be a kosher food stand, art vendors. There is no charge for event is Sunday, Dec. 9 from noon Make a spinning dreidel-bot or this event and no need to RSVP. to 3 p.m. The cost is $5 for those 10 dents will lead the service. All wor- latkes and arts and crafts. help build a jumbo s’more meno- shipers are invited to bring their ha- A A A and older and free for those young- rah at the Maccabee Makerspace Celebrate Hanukkah on the Bay er. RSVP to www.rsholom.org. nukkiah and seven candles to light. CITRUS COUNTY at the Chabad Jewish Discovery An oneg of latkes and sufganiyot Congregation Beth Sholom of on Monday, Dec 3 from 6-8 p.m. in Center, 1578 Bloomingdale Ave, Plant Park, 201 W. Kennedy Blvd., NORTH TAMPA (jelly donuts) will be offered. Citrus County will be celebrating Valrico, on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 11 A A A Tampa. There will be a giant meno- Satisfy your sweet tooth and latke Hanukkah with their Annual Com- a.m. This event is aimed at offering Sign up to become a stop along munity Candlelighting event at the rah, fire performer, latkes, dough- craving on Sunday, Dec. 2 from family fun as a pre-Hanukkah event. nuts, dreidels, crafts and more. 9:30 a.m. to noon at Congregation a Parade of Lights that is conducted Old Courthouse in Inverness on The makerspace will be filled with by Chabad of Brandon. Monday, Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. Cantor There will also be a boat ride on the Beth Am, 2030 W. Fletcher Ave., tools, recyclables and building ma- Hillsborough River at 6:15 p.m. The Tampa when the Men’s Club Latke About half a dozen cars with Alisa Forman will be leading attend- terials and it is a teamwork-building lighted menorahs on top will drive ees in song. Latkes, doughnuts and cost for the boat ride is $5. For more Bash and Itty Bitty Hanukkah event workshop. The cost is $10 per child. information and to RSVP Rabbi Levi and the Sisterhood’s Hanukkah Gift around Brandon and make stops coffee will be served. RSVP at jewishbrandon.com/rsvp. at the homes of those who sign up Rivkin of Bais Menachem Chabad, and Bake Sale are held at the same A A A as a stop destination. At the stops, POLK COUNTY call (813) 504-4432 or go to bmch- time. For more information, call On Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. [email protected]. Victoria Cain at (813) 968-8511 or parade members will light your The community is invited to join Rabbi Bryan Mann of Congregation menorah if you wish and sing Ha- Temple Emanuel at 600 Lake Hol- A A A email [email protected]. Beth Shalom in Brandon will pro- Congregation Schaarai Zedek, A A A nukkah songs. Those signing up get lingsworth Drive, Lakeland, on Sat- vide a Hanukkah book reading and a laser Haunkkah light to shine on urday, Dec. 8 from 5-7 p.m. for the 3303 W. Swann Ave., Tampa, holds Light up the fourth night of Ha- special presentation at the Barnes its Hanukkah Party & Music Show nukkah at Congregation Mekor their homes and a yard sign to show temple’s annual Hanukkah party. and Noble, 122 Brandon Town Cen- they are a designated stop. The fee As the sun sets on Lake Holling- for families with young children on Shalom’s sixth annual Hanukkah ter Drive, Brandon. The event will Monday, Dec. 3 at 5:30 p.m. featur- Party on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at to become a stop on the route is sworth, a short Havdalah service include a book fair and the congre- $18. They are also asked to make a will take place outside, followed ing “Mr. Tommy.” This program is 6:30 p.m. There will be a commu- gation will receive a portion of any geared for children 5 and younger, nal lighting ceremony so bring your pledge to do a good deed. Others by the lighting of the big menorah in-store and online sales. who do not want to sign up as a stop outside the synagogue. A meal will but siblings of all ages, along with own hanukkiah to the synagogue at A A A parents and grandparents, are wel- 14005A N. Dale Mabry Hwy. The are welcome to just make pledges be served which will include lots of Congregation Beth Shalom in to do good deeds and spread Ha- latkes. Fun activities are planned. come. Those attending will light the event features a latke bar, sweets, Brandon will be offering a Hanuk- second night’s candles. The group a dreidel spin-off and sing-a-long. nukkah joy. This event takes place Everyone is invited to bring their kah celebration at Park Square in on Saturday, Dec. 8 and begins at own menorahs and candles to light. will sing Hanukkah blessings, eat There will be a story time and crafts the FishHawk Community, 16132 latkes, play dreidel, learn songs, for children under 8. The congre- 7 p.m. To register and for more in- The cost is $10 per adult and $5 per Churchview Drive, Lithia on Sun- formation, go to paradeoflight.com. child, with a family maximum of and make Hanukkah crafts. There is gation’s youth group for those in day, Dec. 2, the first night of Hanuk- no charge for this event. RSVP to the grades 5-10 is having a white el- The parade will end at Chabad of $30. Make reservations by Dec. 4 at kah at 6:30 p.m.. There will be can- Brandon, 1578 Bloomingdale Ave, www.templeemanuellakeland.com Temple Office at (813) 876-2377 or ephant gift exchange at 7:30 p.m. dle lighting, games, story-telling, [email protected]. Bring a wrapped gift with an $8 val- Valrico. or call (863) 682-8616. A A A ue. Contact Jodi Freeman with any The Lightning Jewish Heritage questions at office@mekorshalom. Night will be Thursday, Dec. 6. org or (813) 963-1818. when the team battles the Boston A A A Bruins at Amalie Arena, 401 Chan- Congregation Kol Ami, 3919 Mo- nelside Drive. There will be a pre- ran Road, Tampa, invites the com- game menorah lighting with profes- munity to its free annual congrega- sional sports players, owners, and tional Hanukkah Party on Saturday, others at Ford Thunder Alley at 6:30 Dec. 8 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The p.m. Tickets in the upper level are event begins outside as a giant Ha- $35 and also include a kosher meal, nukkiah is lit. Then folks will head a souvenir and exclusive access indoors to spin the dreidel and eat to a Jewish Heritage Night party latkes. There wil also be games, deck. For tickets, visit www.Jewish- music and dancing. For more infor- Lightning.com and use promo code: mation, contact: Mitchell Weiss, ex- Chanukah18 or contact Sam Reiner ecutive director, at (813) 962-6338 at (813) 301-6814 or sreiner@ or at [email protected]. amaliearena.com. Jewish Heritage Night is a joint project of Chabad A A A Centers of Tampa Bay and the Tam- The Israelis of Tampa Bay group pa JCCs & Federation. will hold a Hanukkah Party, pre- A A A sented by Shutts & Bowen, on Sun- Enjoy dreidel games, songs and day, Dec. 9 at 5 p.m. at the Cheval stories and a Hanukkah dinner on Golf and Athletic Club, 4312 Che- Friday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at Bais Da- val Blvd., Lutz. There will be live vid Chabad, 2001 W. Swann Ave. entertainment, kids activities, can- RSVP to Rebbitzen Devorah Rivkin dle lighting and more. The cost to at (813)-770-3855. attend is $5 per person or $15 per A A A family plus a potluck dish. RSVP to Come to Congregation Schaarai Mazi Goldenberg by Nov. 30 via Zedek for the Sixth Night of Hanuk- text at (813) 505-1214. kah on Friday, Dec. 7 for a Hanuk- A A A kah Family Shabbat. The evening Learn, light and party on Sunday, begins with a latke dinner at 6:30 Dec. 9 at 5:30 p.m. when Congre- p.m., followed by a family service at gation Or Ahavah has a Hanukkah 7:30 p.m. The dinner is complimen- gathering with a veggie/fish/dairy tary. Bring your own menorah for a pot luck dinner with latkes provid- community candle lighting ceremo- ed. Bring your own hanukkiah and ny. The family service will feature candles if you like. Children are an original Hanukkah play written welcome and those attending are and performed by the ninth grade asked to bring a donation for hur- confirmation class. There will be ricane victims. Email orahavahtam- sufganiyot (doughnuts) at an oneg [email protected] to RSVP and for in- Shabbat following the service. RSVP formation on the location. to the temple office at (813) 876- A A A 2377 or email [email protected]. Join the krewe for a Tampa Bay A A A Buccaneers Jewish Heritage Day On the Seventh Night of Hanuk- Hanukkah celebration on Sunday, kah, Saturday, Dec. 8, Congrega- Dec. 9 at 1 p.m. at Raymond James tion Schaarai Zedek will hold a Stadium, 4201 N. Dale Mabry “Peach – Love – Latkes: A Rocking Hwy., Tampa, when the Bucs take PAGE 6 A JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018 Consider Congregations Rabbinically Shabbat responsibilities Candle Speaking Cong. Rodeph Sholom to community Disney Shabbat: Join in a Lighting So in terms of Biblical tradition regarding collec- Disney themed Shabbat service By RABBI GARSON HERZFELD tive responsibility in relationship to personal/indi- for all ages on Friday, Nov. 30 at Times Temple Beth Shalom, Winter Haven 6 p.m. There will be Disney tunes vidual ethics, personal indiscretions are less impor- Nov. 23 • 5:18 pm I am writing this piece just a week after the hor- tant than their impact on the larger community. for the Shabbat prayers. Disney rible tragedy at Etz Chaim-Tree of Life Synagogue Recently, during a condominium association costumes for kids are welcome. Nov. 30 • 5:17 pm in Pittsburgh. It has been a somber week for me as meeting, I suggested that our annual Christmas party The event will include a pizza and the 11 funerals took place and I tried to internalize be rebranded as a “holiday” party, something that I pasta party in the social hall follow- Dec. 7 • 5:17 pm the current state of affairs in our country. Political have been requesting via our condominium manager ing services. This event is open to Dec. 14 • 5:19 pm rallies, debates and advertisements have bombarded for almost three years. I donated a Hanukkah meno- the community. The cost is $10 for the media for the midterm elections, which are sev- rah for this annual gathering. adults and $5 for kids under 12, Dec. 21 • 5:22 pm eral days away… What was the response from the board of trust- with a maximum family cost of $25. Jumping forward several ees? One of the board members was upset that I was RSVP at rsholom.org. weeks, this edition of the taking away her Christmas. I explained that at least Past presidents Shabbat: the ancient Jewish legal system Jewish Press is being pub- 60 percent of our residents are not Christian. We Past congregational presidents and on Thursdays, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 lished just before we cel- have Jews, Hindus and Moslems, as well as families their families will be honored dur- at 9:30 a.m. Drop-ins are always ebrate Thanksgiving and soon that will celebrate Kwanzaa. Another board member ing the Shabbat service on Satur- welcome. For more information, thereafter Hanukkah. So, I responded that his Hindu friends have attended the day, Dec. 1 at 9:30 a.m., followed contact Admin@BethAmTampa. anticipate being more up- party and have never complained. Another asked by a kiddush luncheon. People org. beat and want to share some if this meant “no Christmas tree.” I was stunned can recognize a past president Men’s Club night out: Take thoughts about Derech Eretz. by the push-back. I stated that this party should be for their dedication to the congre- in an evening of food, drink and Restoring Derech Eretz, inclusive, not exclusive. Why should we label all the gation with a tribute ad. For ad camaraderie in Carrollwood with humane treatment of one non-Christians in our community as the “other” – as information, go to www.rsholom. the Men’s Club on Thursday, Nov. another (civility) in our country must be a priority. outsiders? Ultimately, the board decided to change 29 from 7-9 p.m. For more infor- Judaism has much to say about Derech Eretz, focus- the name of our annual party in keeping with what org/past-presidents-shabbat--lun- ing on the public and private spheres. It addresses has become the norm in most American organiza- cheon.html. RSVP online at www. mation contact Allan Feldman at both societal ethics and private ethics. tions, conforming to the larger community. rsholom.org or call the office at [email protected] Tanach/Hebrew Scriptures presents the public What gives me hope is a continuing education 813-837-1911 by Nov. 25. Book Club: The Sisterhood square, so-to-speak, and how it affects personal eth- class that a retired professor (a member of my syna- Movie Night with the can- book club will meet on Thursday, ics. Rabbinic Judaism switches the emphasis to the gogue) is teaching for the Osher program at USF. It tor: Celebrate the end of the sec- Nov. 29 at 4:30 p.m. in the Ameri- personal domain over public space. Modern Zionism is “Altruism vs Evil” in which he highlights self- ond season of the Latin American prise office at 13920 N. Dale Mabry has attempted to deal with both in balance – personal less, heroic individuals that risked their lives to save Jewish Movie Series with Cantor Hwy., Tampa. The book this month ethics and communal responsibility. Jews during the Holocaust. It emphasizes the good Andres Kornworcel at the syna- is A Fall of Marigolds by Susan In this D’var Torah, I will focus on the Biblical in human beings and the fact that one or two people gogue with a showing of The Last Meissner. Call or email Rosemary approach. Leviticus 24:10-23 states that when a can make a lasting impact on the larger community. Suit on Monday, Dec. 17 ay 6 p.m. Wise at (813) 690-4184 or email stranger enters your community, you must treat him They chose to do what they considered “right” by The movie was voted best movie [email protected] if you the same way as others. This is a moral obligation to trying to preserve life, ultimately enabling future of the 2018 Tampa Bay Jewish plan to attend. that person. Abraham, in Genesis 18, offers hospital- generations. Film Festival and won 10 Audience Making Prayer Real: Join in ity to the three strangers that approach his tent. They The idea of Derech Eretz is more than mere sur- Awards in Jewish Film Festivals. a monthly exploration of spiritual- turn out to be angels of God who predict the birth of vival. It is common decency toward each other and The cost is $10 for dinner and mov- ity and personal prayer on Saturday, his son (Isaac). positively impacting the greater community or society. ie, featuring an Argentina-Uruguay Dec. 8 at 8 a.m. No experience Deuteronomy 24:21 tells us that in the privacy Hopefully Derech Eretz will again take hold in our typical dish: Chorizo (Kosher Sau- needed. For more information of one’s own home, a stranger may eat whatever country. In my opinion, this is not just a top down sage). Make reservations online at contact Victoria Cain at (813) 968- he wants, but in the market place, one may not sell phenomenon – from influential individuals and lead- www.rsholom.org. Everybody is 8511 or Admin@BethAmTampa. non-kosher meat to an Israelite. Non-kosher items ers – but a bottom up process as well. Each of us has welcome. org. may only be sold to a “foreigner,” meaning a non- the potential to become more thoughtful and humane Adult education: Rabbi Tot Shabbat: Children up Israelite. in our treatment with one another, whether that be to age 5 and their families are One must protect the integrity of the public through acts of Tikkun Olam or merely listening, Josh Hearshen will teach Torah square. If a private dispute spills over to the com- even when we do not agree with what is being said. study on Thursdays at 11 a.m. and welcome for Shabbat with music, munity, where damage norms are in place, those Warm wishes are extended to you and your dear Talmud study on Thursdays at prayer and a story on the third norms must be maintained. Punishment is meted out ones for a festive Thanksgiving and a Chag Hanukkah noon. At 7 p.m. on Thursdays he Friday of the month at 6:30 p.m., for what has been done that violates the norms of the Same’ach! May each of us be instilled with a renewed teaches a class titled “Embracing followed by an oneg. public space over the personal sphere. For example, sense of Derech Eretz during this holiday season. Judaism.” in the incident where Miriam is stricken with leprosy Cong. Kol Ami after talking about Moses marrying the Cushite Rabbinically Speaking is published as a public Cong. Beth Am Pizza and PJ Shabbat: (Ethiopian) woman, the emphasis is centered around service by the Jewish Press in cooperation with the Talmud study: Join a group All young families are welcome to compromising Moses’ leadership, rather than the act Tampa Rabbinical Association which assigns the delving into Tractate Sanhedrin come on Friday, Dec. 7 from 6-7 itself of “bad mouthing” her brother Moses. column on a rotating basis. and learning the ins and outs of • CONTINUED on NEXT PAGE Religious Directory HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 33624 • Rabbi Yossie Dubrowski, executive director • Telephone: (813) Monthly gathering – see website for more information • Telephone: 813- Reform 963-2317 • Website: www.chabadoftampabay.com 968-7850; email: [email protected]. • Website: www.Orahavah.org • BETH ISRAEL/ JEWISH CONGREGATION OF SUN CITY CENTER — 1115 E. CHABAD of BRANDON / JEWISH DISCOVERY CENTER — 1578 Bloomingdale Affiliated with Aleph. Del Webb Blvd., Sun City Center • Mailing Address: P. O. Box 5203, Sun Ave., Valrico, 33596 • Rabbi Mendel Rubashkin • Services: Saturday, CITRUS COUNTY City Center, 33571 • Rabbi Carla Freedman • Shabbat Services: Friday 10 a.m. • Call for location, Telephone: (813) 571-8100 • Website: Conservative 7:30 p.m., 2nd & 4th Saturday 10 a.m., Torah Study: noon • Telephone: chabadbrandon.org. Congregation BETH SHOLOM — 102 Civic Circle, Beverly Hills • Mailing (813) 634-2590 • Web address: www.jcscc.org. • Affiliated with Union CHABAD CHAI of SOUTH TAMPA — 2511 W. Swann Ave. #201, Tampa, address: Beverly Hills Jewish Center, P. O. Box 640024, Beverly Hills, for Reform Judaism FL 33606 • Rabbi Mendy Dubrowski • Services: 1st and 3rd Saturday FL 34464-0024 • Shabbat services: Friday, 6 p.m., Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Congregation BETH AM — 2030 W. Fletcher Ave, Tampa 33612 • Rabbi of month, 10 a.m. • Telephone: (813) 922-1723 • Website: www. Telephone (352) 746-6258 • Website: www.bethsholomcitrus.org Jason Rosenberg • Shabbat Services: 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays, 7:30 p.m.; ChabadSouthTampa.com nd th 2 and 4 Fridays, 6:30 p.m., potluck dinner to follow; Saturdays, 9 a.m. • BAIS MENACHEM CHABAD PASCO COUNTY rd — 1319 North B. St., Tampa, 33606 • Rabbi Torah study 3 Saturday, 10 a.m. • Telephone (813) 968-8511 • Website: Levi Rivkin • Shabbat dinner, 8 p.m. • Shacharit service: Mon. & Thurs., Orthodox www.bethamtampa.org. • Livestreaming services • Affiliated with Union 8:15 a.m., Weinberg Village. Mincha service: Mon.—Thurs., 7 p.m., • CHABAD JEWISH CENTRE at WIREGRASS — 2124 Ashley Oaks for Reform Judaism Telephone: (813) 375-9799, (813) 504-4432 • Website: www. bmchabad. Circle, Wesley Chapel, 33544 • Rabbi Mendy Yarmush • Services: Congregation BETH SHALOM — 706 Bryan Road, Brandon, 33511 • Rabbi com Saturday, 10:30 a.m. • Telephone: (813) 642-3244 • Website: www. Bryan Mann • Shabbat Service: Friday 7 p.m., • Telephone: (813) 681- Congregation BAIS TEFILLAH — 14908 Pennington Road, Tampa, 33624 ChabadatWiregrass.com. 6547 • Website: http://bethshalom-brandon.org. • Affiliated with Union • Rabbi Yossie Dubrowski • Shabbat Services: Friday, 8 p.m. , Saturday for Reform Judaism Unaffiliated 10 a.m. • Sunday Shachrit, 9 a.m. • Telephone: (813) 963-2317 • Website: Congregation BETH CHAVARIM – Shabbat services: third Friday at a mem- Congregation SCHAARAI ZEDEK — 3303 W. Swann Ave., Tampa 33609 www. chabadoftampaybay.com ber’s home. Telephone: (813) 957-1269 • Email familyfriendlytemple@ • Rabbi Joel Simon, Rabbi Nathan Farb • Cantor Deborrah Cannizzaro YOUNG ISRAEL of TAMPA - 13207 N. 52nd St., Tampa, 33617 • Rabbi Uriel yahoo.com • Services: Friday, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Torah study, 9 a.m. • Telephone: Rivkin • Services: Monday - Friday 7 a.m., Friday, 7 p.m., Saturday, 10 (813) 876-2377 • Website: www.zedek.org. • Livestreaming services • a.m. • Sunday, 9:00 a.m. • Evening services every night at sunset • (813) NORTH PINELLAS COUNTY Affiliated with Union for Reform Judaism 832-3018 • Website: www. youngisraeloftampa.org Reform MERkOS CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF CENTRAL FLORIDA — 613 S. Melville Ave. Temple AHAVAT SHALOM — 1575 Curlew Rd., Palm Harbor, 34683 • Conservative Tampa, 33606 • Director: Rabbi Lazer Rivkin • Telepone: (813) 966-8770 Rabbi Gary Klein • Cantorial soloist, Allison Rosoff • Services: First Congregation KOL AMI — 3919 Moran Road, Tampa 33618 • Rabbi • Website: www.ChabadOfCentralFlorida.com Friday: 6:00 p.m., All other Fridays: 7:30 p.m., call for Saturday service Howard Siegel • Services: Friday 6:30 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, time • Telephone: (727) 785-8811 • Website: www. ahavatshalom.org. • 9:15 a.m.; Monday-Thursday, 7:30 p.m. • Torah study every Saturday, Campus Affiliated with Union for Reform Judaism 8:30 - 9:25 a.m. • Telephone: (813) 962-6338 • website: www. kolami. CHABAD HOUSE JEWISH STUDENT CENTER at USF — 13287 Arbor Point org. • Livestreaming services • Affiliated with United Synagogue of Circle unit 102, Tampa, 33617, Mailing address: USF Marshall CTR. Box Conservative Judaism. POLk COUNTY 310, Tampa, 33620. • Rabbi Levi Rivkin • Shabbat Services and meal: Reform Congregation MEKOR SHALOM — 14005A N. Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa, Friday 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. • Housing Available • Telephone: (813) Temple BETH SHALOM — 1029 Bradbury Road, • P.O.B. 313 Winter 33618 • Hazzan Jodi Sered-Lever, Spiritual Leader • Services: Friday 6:30 504-4432 • Website: www.chabadhouseusf.org • Email: bmchabad@ Haven, 33882-0313 • Rabbi Garson Herzfeld • Shabbat evening services: p.m., Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Telephone: (813) 963-1818 • Website: www. gmail.com (usually 2nd and 4th Shabbat of the month at 7:30 p.m.) Torah study- mekorshalom.org. • Unaffiliated CHABAD JEWISH STUDENT CENTER at UT – 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Box P., Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. • Telephone: (863) 292-0722. • Website: www. Congregation RODEPH SHOLOM — 2713 Bayshore Blvd., Tampa 33629 Tampa 33606 • Rabbi Levi Rivkin • Telephone: (813) 504-4432 • Website: templebethshalompolk.org. • Affiliated with Union for Reform Judaism www.chabadut.org • Rabbi Josh Hearshen • Cantor Andres Kornworcel • Services: Friday. Conservative 6 p.m.; Saturday service, 9:30 a.m.; Mon. – Fri. 7:15 a.m., Sunday, 9:15 HILLELS OF THE FLORIDA SUNCOAST — 13101 Sycamore Drive, Tampa, Temple EMANUEL a.m. • Telephone: (813) 837-1911 • Website: www.rsholom.org. • Affiliated — 600 Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Lakeland, 33803 • 33620 • Rabbi Ed Rosenthal • Shabbat Services: (during academic Rabbi David Goldstein • Shabbat Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. year) Friday 6:30 p.m. • Telephone: (813) 899-2788 • Website: www. a.m. Telephone: (863) 682-8616. • Website: TempleEmanuelLakeland. Orthodox suncoasthillels.org. com. • Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. BAIS (TEMPLE) DAVID CHABAD — 2001 W. Swann Ave., Tampa 33606 USF CHABAD on CAMPUS — 4506 Sweetwater Lake Drive, Tampa, 33620 • Rabbi Lazer Rivkin • Shabbat Services and meal: Friday 7:30 p.m., • Rabbi Pinny Backman • Website: www.USFChabad.com • Telephone: Orthodox Saturday 9:45 a.m., 7:30 p.m. • Telephone: (813) 966-8770 • Website: (813) 978-8723 CHABAD JEWISH CENTER — 2270 Griffin Road, Lakeland, 33810 • Rabbi www.chabadofcentralflorida.com. • Email: [email protected] Jewish Renewal Moshe Lazaros • Shabbat Services: Saturday 10 a.m. • Telephone: (863) 937-5565 • Website: www.chabadlakeland.org. CHABAD LUBAVITCH of TAMPA BAY — 14908 Peninngton Road, Tampa Congregation OR AHAVAH — Rabbi Debrah Shenefelt, spiritual leader • NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018 JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA A PAGE 7

hood Hanukkah Bazaar with gifts Taught by Rebbitzen Devorah held on Wednesdays, 6:15 - 7 p.m. Congregations and decorations for the holiday Rivkin, the class will cover the • CONTINUED from PREVIOUS PAGE from Nov. 25 - Dec. 3. Contact the matriarchs and other heroic Jewish temple office at (813) 876-2377 for women past and present. Cong. Beth Shalom p.m. to celebrate Shabbat filled back to the high school. Folks can the times the bazaar is open. Brandon with guitar playing, singing, danc- join in at any point of the ride or Cong. Bais Menacham Bible and bagels: A monthly ing, friendship and food. There just do lunch if they want. For more Bais David Chabad bible and bagels session will be will be a pizza dinner followed by details, contact the temple and Jewish mysticism: The Chabad held from 10 a.m. to noon on the a child-friendly musical service RSVP at www.zedek.org/RSVP. class meets Mondays at 7:30 p.m. at Torah class: Join a weekly third Saturday of each month. The led by Rabbi Howard Siegel Those with questions should con- Bais David Chabad’s Alon Yedvab Torah class on Wednesdays at 7:30 class will study the weekly Torah and David Berger. The evening tact Rabbi Birnholz. Jewish Center. The class will cover p.m. at the University of Tampa. portion and engage in the words of will conclude with an ice cream Shabbat on Bayshore: Chassidic and Kabbalistic teach- The class explores contemporary Torah over a nosh and coffee. All dessert. PJs not required, but ev- Take care of your body and your ings about past and current events issues through a Torah perspec- are welcome. eryone including parents should soul on Shabbat morning, Dec. 15. in this world and the world to come. tive. For more information, con- dress comfortably. Cost is $5 per Meet on Bayshore Boulevard at The class will be taught by Rabbi tact Rabbi Levi Rivkin at (813) person, with a $25 family maxi- Bay to Bay Boulevard at 7:30 p.m. Lazer Rivkin, regional director of 504-4432 or email bmchabad@ Cong. Beth Israel mum. Children 3 and younger One of the clergy will lead brief Chabad of Central Florida. gmail.com. Sun City Center are free. Everyone is welcome. morning prayers or share a word of Turkey dinner: Take in a Practical kabbalah: Enrich Annual meeting: The con- This program is recommended Torah. Then walk, run, bike, or do turkey dinner on Saturday, Nov. the soul and mind with a touch of gregation will hold its annual meet- for families with children ages any exercise that you wish. This is 24 at 7:30 p.m. and watch a video kabbalah. Learn practical spiritual- ing on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 12:30 p.m., 15 months through second grade. for all ages – singles, couples and about the life of the Alter Rebbe, ity for everyday life. Classes are followed by a Hanukkah party. RSVP to [email protected] families. the founder of the Chabad Move- by Wednesday, Dec. 5. Café CSZ: Have a bagel and ment on the anniversary of his Study with the rabbi: Each a cup of coffee at Café CSZ on release from prison in Russia. A Wednesday from 11 a.m. to noon, Sundays from 9-11 a.m. when the Yud-tes Kislev Fabringen (joyous Anton Legal Group Rabbi Siegel leads a study session religious school is meeting. Join the gathering) will follow at Bais Since 1985 on a different topic of Torah using conversation and meet friends, fel- David Chabad/Alon Yedvab Jew- articles written by contemporary low parents, and other congregants. ish Center. rabbis and Bible scholars. Among Sisterhood Book Club: RSVP to Rebbitzen Devorah Rivkin at (813) 770-3855. A $10 the weekly topics of Torah discus- This group will meet under the Marital/Family Law • Civil Litigation sion will be: justice, women, ecol- leadership of Barbara Hicks on donation is requested. ogy, Israel, relations with Gentiles Monday, Dec. 10 at noon to discuss Class for women: A bi- Stock Broker Disputes at home and abroad, war and peace. An American Marriage by Tayari weekly class on “Jewish Women 813-443-5249 S. David Anton, Esq. On Thursdays from 10:30-11:30 Jones. RSVP to the temple. Throughout History” will begin a.m., Rabbi Siegel leads Talmud Hanukkah bazaar: The Sister- on Monday, Dec. 10 at 1:15 p.m. www.AntonLegalGroup.com • 2503 West Swann Ave., Suite 112, Tampa study. Jewish law confronts every- thing from capital punishment to how to make rain. This is open to everyone from beginners through experts. Texts are provided. L’Chaim: A Sharing Life’s Lessons session is held on Tues- days from 11 a.m. to noon. There is a different topic, readings and different leader for each weekly session. This is a friendly group sharing our life’s lessons Talmud study: Go swim- ming in the sea of Talmud with Rabbi Siegel on Thursdays from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Jewish law confronts everything from capital punishment to how to make rain. This is open to everyone from beginners through experts. Texts are provided. Knitting time: The Sister- hood Needle Workers hold weekly knitting sessions on Tuesdays from 1:30 - 3 p.m. in the board- room. The knitters make fabric quilt wall hangings and knitting and crocheting squares to make quilts that are donated to charity. For more information, call the Kol Ami office. Cong. Schaarai Zedek Mah jongg dinner event: The Sisterhood will hold a mah jongg dinner event on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 6:30 p.m. Bring your mah jongg group, your set, and your card, and you’re ready to play. Single players will be matched together. Newbies are encouraged to come to learn from patient, experienced teachers. There will be extra mah jongg sets and cards. The cost is $10 per person. RSVP to the temple office or email [email protected]. ROMEO Club: Take in a Dutch-treat lunch at Shula’s American Steak House, 4860 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, with the ROMEO (Retired Old Men Eating Out) lunch bunch on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 11:45 a.m. RSVP at www.zedek.org/RSVP or call the temple office. For more informa- tion, contact Rabbi emeritus Richard Birnholz at the temple or email [email protected]. Bike ride: Meet at Alonso High School on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 11 a.m. and join others in a bicycle ride on the Upper Tampa Bay Trail to Ballyhoo Grill, 7604 Ehrlich Road, for lunch, and then PAGE 8 A JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018

about this. We always knew there schools. fellow for the Rutgers University Romemu, a Jewish Renewal con- SECURE was anti-Semitism, but we never Since 2004, Jewish institutions Miller Center for Community Pro- gregation in Manhattan, has gone • CONTINUED from FRONT PAGE knew someone would come into a have received resources and guid- tection and Resilience. “Our insti- all in on security in the weeks since considering after a gunman entered shul in an upscale suburban com- ance from the Secure Commu- tutions should not be surrounded by the Pittsburgh shooting. In addition the Tree of Life Congregation in munity and shoot people in their nity Network, an organization co- copper tin wire and bars.” to increasing the number and hours Pittsburgh Oct. 27 and killed 11 backs.” founded by the Jewish Federations Still, some synagogues are opt- of its armed guards, it has tripled its worshippers. Since that shooting, For more than a decade, the of North America that oversees the ing for private security on-site. A security budget and plans to apply the risk of a violent attack has felt federal government has provided community’s security needs and consortium of 30 Chabad congre- for the state and federal security all too real for synagogues. funding to help synagogues bolster liaises with law enforcement. Paul gations on Long Island hopes to grants. Thomas Ruskin, who runs the their security. The Nonprofit Secu- Goldenberg, the network’s former raise $1 million to provide armed To maintain a friendly exterior, CMP Group, a private security rity Grant Program and a related chief, said that a close relationship guards once a week for a period of however, the congregation makes company, already provides secu- program run by the Department of with local law enforcement can three years at an estimated cost of sure its security guards dress in rity for a handful of Jewish institu- Homeland Security have provided help synagogues be prepared when $50 an hour. business-casual attire, don’t con- tions in the New York City area. a total of more than $269 million to attacks happen. Union Temple, a Reform syna- spicuously show their weapons and Since the Pittsburgh shooting, he secure houses of worship and other He cautioned against turning gogue in Brooklyn, decided to greet regulars as an usher would. says, dozens more have inquired institutions. houses of worship into fortresses, increase its security after it was “They are not menacing. They are about his services. The money has gone largely noting that many synagogues in vandalized with anti-Semitic graf- very friendly people,” Cahn said. “Part of this has to do with the to Jewish institutions, according Europe have an intense security fiti this month. It has hired a second “They welcome everybody with a religious organizations’ budgets,” to the Orthodox Union Advo- presence along with tight restric- security guard and is requiring hearty ‘Shabbat shalom’ and know said Ruskin, a former New York cacy Center, which lobbies for the tions on who can enter and exit. visitors to sign in and show ID. It everybody’s names. They are part police officer who is Jewish. grants. “Security has come with a tre- is also making its windows shat- of our family.” “They’ve never put money aside Some states including Florida mendous cost to the Jewish com- terproof. Even without armed guards, or had a fund for just this purpose. have also included funding for munity, not only here but abroad,” “We want to be warm and wel- Ruskin said, there are basic steps a ... We never really had to worry beefing up security at Jewish said Goldenberg, now a senior coming, we don’t want to live in a synagogue should take to secure it- police state, but that’s the line you self, from locking the doors to hav- have to find,” said Union Temple ing an evacuation plan. If a shooter President Beatrice Hanks. “The encounters a locked door – let alone parents have been most concerned an armed guard – he may decide to about this. … They’d rather be go somewhere else, Ruskin said. slowed down at the drop-off than And building staff should know not have security.” some basic pieces of information – Other synagogues have opted for like the building’s address. volunteer security guards recruited Still, some activists say that from their own congregants. 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If someone there who’s going to be their options are a guard or nothing, watching out for them,” he said. definitely go with the guard, but “You need to have someone there you have to give that guard a chance who’s on the ground. We want to to be successful. That means pair- put up a sign in every Chabad house ing them with someone from your that this is not a soft target. There institution.” are armed guards here.”

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$5.00 (10 & over) Register today at www.rsholom.org 2713 Bayshore Blvd. Tampa, Florida 33629 | 813-837-1911 NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018 JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA A PAGE 9 A first, U.S. votes ‘No’ rather than abstain on UN resolution about Israel’s control of Golan (JTA) – For the first time, the United States voted The United States has voted previously against against an annual UN resolution calling for Israel to U.N. resolutions singling out Israel over its control withdraw from the Golan Heights, signifying a dra- of the Golan. matic shift in U.S. policy toward the territory. In 2016, under then-President Barack Obama, the Despite the move by the U.S., the resolution passed United States voted “No” with Canada, Israel and with 151 in favor, two against – Israel and the US – three Pacific nations that called for peace talks be- and 14 abstentions. tween Syria and Israel and Lebanon and Israel to be Nikki Haley, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the restarted immediately, and for an Israeli withdrawal United Nations, announced her country’s decision from the Golan Heights. The resolution passed by a Thursday, Nov. 15, ahead of the General Assembly vote. large majority. “In previous years, the United States has abstained from voting on this resolution,” she wrote about the annual passing of a draft resolution titled “The Oc- cupied Syrian Golan.” However, “given the resolu- tion’s anti-Israel bias, as well as the militarization of the Syrian Golan border, and a worsening humanitar- ian crisis, this year the United States has decided to vote no. “If this resolution ever made sense, it surely does not today. The resolution is plainly biased against Israel. Further, the atrocities the Syrian regime continues to commit prove its lack of fitness to govern anyone.” In a tweet, Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon thanked the U.S. for standing with Israel, adding, “Today, we said in a clear voice: the time has come for the world to recognize we will not retreat.” Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981 after cap- turing them from Syria in the 1967 war. Syrian troops had used the volcanic plateau frequently as an elevat- ed position to fire on Israeli troops and settlements. In 2011, Syrian President Bashar Assad saw the eruption of a civil war, stoked by sectarian hatred between his country’s Sunni majority and his ruling Alawite minority – a group with Shiite affiliations – and its Druze allies. He had lost control of most of Syria’s territory until regaining much of it thanks to Russian military intervention and Iranian support. Nearly half a million people have died in the war, and millions have been injured and displaced. “The destructive influence of the Iranian regime inside Syria presents major threats to international security,” Haley said. “ISIS and other terrorist groups remain in Syria. And this resolution does nothing to bring any parties closer to a peace agreement.” PAGE 10 A JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018 The Hanukkah connection: Sharing the light with far-away family By DEBORAH FINEBLUM living in another town, with or over the miles.” events designed just for young JNS.org without kids of their own. Leaving When her daughter was a col- adults at Temple Emanu-El, a Re- For generations, lighting the today’s parents (and grandparents, lege student, Diamant would send form congregation in Atlanta. Hanukkah candles together has too) called upon to apply ingenu- a box of “Hanukkah stuff as coun- “It might be tough to be away been the stuff lifelong memories ity, creativity, flexibility and some terweight to the Christmas deco- from home because they haven’t are made of. But today’s far-flung basic technical know-how to rations.” The “stuff”—menorah, quite mastered the latke recipe, families are increasingly chal- successfully span the miles with gelt, candles (flame-free ones for they’re putting together a make- lenged to share the sight of the Hanukkah spirit. those in dorms) can include mod- shift menorah, or they simply candles aglow, the sound of the In fact, says The Red Tent au- est (think: socks) gifts for each of miss the sounds of parents telling blessings and traditional songs thor Anita Diamant, who’s also the eight nights, she says, includ- them to ‘Be careful! Watch the the fall, I take each one out sepa- sung by old and young alike, the generated a library of guidebooks ing notice that a donation was flame! Don’t let the wax drip!’ rately and let them choose what feel of a perfect dreidel spin, and on modern Jewish life, including made in their name to a nonprofit says Miller. “But being away from they want for Hanukkah,” she says. the smell and taste of latkes fresh How to Raise a Jewish Child: A organization that’s meaningful to home also means that they’ve “It’s an opportunity to have some from the pan. Practical Handbook for Family them. started to pave their own path; it’s time alone with each one, focus on Long-distance offspring may be Life, “my family enjoys Hanukkah Indeed, many find that Hanuk- a chance to share traditions from what that child enjoys most and buy away at college or working and kitsch so much we keep it going kah invites us to shelve our refined home and begin new traditions all them something special they pick sensibilities for eight days. There’s their own.” out themselves.” no such thing as bad taste when it And when they pose for a group “Boiled & Baked comes to Hanukkah – the tackier, candle-lighting photo to post on Taking advantage of today’s tech the better, according to some. Facebook or Instagram, “there’s a For Boston-area grandmother the traditional way And here is where technol- glimpse of peoplehood—of feeling Ruth Nemzoff, technology shrinks at the same location ogy can be a parent’s best friend. connected to the Jewish commu- the miles between her and her long- Diamant recommends sending nity and loving the chance to share distance grandkids. “You’ve got to for over 30 years!” long-distance kids a “light-hearted, that pride with the digital world.” get with the program,” she says. light-themed” text or email on each Whereas young adults are cel- So Nemzoff, author of Don’t Tues. – Fri. 6:00 am – Noon night complete with a holiday story ebrating beloved traditions from Roll Your Eyes: Making In-Laws Sat. & Sun. 6:00 am – 1:00 pm and a link to a Hanukkah song, childhood, young children are Into Family, and known as “Mama “plus a video of you lighting your busy forming their memories, and Ruth” to her 11 grandchildren ages 11 varieties of Bagels • 14 varieties of Cream Cheeses hanukkiah at home.” grandparents want to be part of that 8 months to 18 years, has developed a full program of Hanukkah con- Smoked Salmon • Home-Made Rugelach happy process. Begin new traditions all their own Even when she can’t be with nections with those on the West Coffee Fresh Roasted & Brewed on premises daily For young adults working and them on the holiday, Ann Wanetik, Coast and in Washington, D.C. living far from their families, Ha- who lives in the Detroit area, takes “No matter what, when you 1871 Gulf To Bay Blvd. (Clearwater) live at a distance you have to be ~ Next to Clearwater High School ~ nukkah can be a lonely time. advantage of her visits to her eight That’s why Rabbi Rachael Klein grandchildren, all of whom live in resourceful in creating Hanukkah Miller makes it a point to host Israel. “Whenever I’m in Israel in with your grandchildren, but with JP (727) 446-7631 interfaith ones, it’s even more important,” says Nemzoff, who serves as a board member at Inter- faithFamily. “I’m not big on materialism, and the goal is not to compete with the gifts under the tree, but I do want to share this special tradition with them,” she adds. The Internet makes much of this possible, she maintains. Through it she uses it to send her younger grandkids Shalom Sesame DVDs and the older ones Hanukkah songs, including Maccabeats Ha- nukkah tunes. She’ll send small gifts, and in this Skype-able world arrange to light the candles, open gifts and even make latkes “to- gether” “Sometimes, I also email them a picture of the gift they’ll get the next time we visit.” With interfaith families, it’s important to be both sensitive and honest, says Nemzoff. “You need to talk to the parents first so they won’t feel you are converting the kids or competing, but [it’s important to] share your family’s traditions, your early memories of Hanukkah and your heritage since it also belongs to them.” Sometimes, even with the best of distance-spanners, it’s hard to beat the appeal of a sloppy sufganyiot- flavored kiss. “We usually just get on a plane,” says Baltimore bubbe Belle Libber with a sigh. Be it to the grandkids in Milwaukee, Atlanta or Israel, Libber and her husband Jonathan have racked up the frequent-flyer miles. “There’s nothing like being right there with them,” she says. When that isn’t possible, love itself can travel at the speed of light – namely, the light of the Hanuk- kah menorah, says Rabbi Yisroel Gordon, principal of Machon Los Angeles, a high school for girls. “One reason Hanukkah makes a lot of people really homesick is the power of the menorah light itself, the only remnant we still have of the priests’ service in the holy temple,” he says. “Hanukkah reminds us of the importance of family since it was one courageous Jewish family, Matisyahu and his five sons, who created this miracle and saved the Jewish people.” “If I were a mystic,” he adds, “I’d say that, gazing at the lights, you can feel that wherever they are, your child is gazing at the same lights along with you.” NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018 JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA A PAGE 11 PAGE 12 A JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018 MAY THE WARMTH & GLOW GAZA OF EACH CANDLE • CONTINUED from FRONT PAGE “There is Israel’s desire to main- MAKE YOUR HEART & HOME HAPPY tain calm, thinking of the well- being of its own people, and then there is the military interest in preventing this buildup. There is a constant push and pull within the IDF, intelligence services and the Prime Minister’ Office,” Schanzer said. “So when an unforeseen event takes place, or when Hamas fires rockets at Israel, the military es- tablishment needs to look around

the table and decide if there is Photo by IDF/Twitter enough that the IDF is looking An Israeli bus traveling near the border with Gaza is engulfed in flames after to require a response. Are there being hit with Palestinian mortar fire, Nov. 12. enough targets threatening Israel long-term to require a response? don’t want to give Iran any gifts.” Writing in the popular Israeli This has been the precipitating He also warned that the gov- free news daily Israel Hayom, factor. Iron Dome gives the mili- ernment should not follow public Efraim Inbar, president of JISS, tary and government the freedom opinion. “Governments must as- said: “We cannot trust Hamas to to make these decisions. That’s sess the situation coldly and not keep the calm. Only when Hamas why most of the time, they can sit take into account what the mob is afraid of IDF retaliation, which back and make these decisions in – the people – think. If the gov- has yet to come, will calm prevail. a rather calm way,” he said. ernment follows the public, it will Israelis tend to overlook the fact CARLYN NEUMAN At the recent Jerusalem Insti- make bad decisions. … The gov- that in the Middle East, it is fear, 813.508.2715 tute for Strategic Studies (JISS) ernment must make the decisions above everything else, that gov- conference held last month at the for the people.” erns how people act. www.360RealtyTampa.com Begin Center in Jerusalem, former “Unfortunately, from time to 324 N. CARLYNDale Mabry Highway,Tampa, NEUMAN FL 33609 Equal Housing Opportunity national security adviser Yaakov A tactical, not a strategical threat time, we must give our enemies Amidror told the audience that per- Some experts, however, do ap- a violent reminder, lest they con- haps prophetically, “a war in Gaza pear to side more with the pub- tinue terrorizing us. The very fact will only benefit [Palestinian Au- lic than with Netanyahu and his that Hamas continues its actions thority leader] Abu Mazen [Mah- government regarding the recent unabated shows a lack of deter- moud Abbas] and Iran. And we events in Gaza. rence, without which no truce is worth the paper it is signed on. Expecting Hamas to honor agree- ments with the Jewish state it wants to annihilate is inexcusably For Jewish singles and couples, ages 20s, 30s & 40s naive. Extortion that leads to an ‘agreement’ is a prelude to more extortion. “The assumption that boosting the quality of life for Gazans will reduce Hamas violence and hatred is fundamentally flawed. There is no place on this planet where there is a direct correlation between quality of life and terrorism. This holds true in the Palestinian case as well.” According to Schanzer, “Hamas is a tactical threat, not a strategic one. 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Jewish Ownership: John Erb Shaped like the body of a violin, it is only Historical 16 inches tall. Its base cradles eight detach- Museum’s Q What products and services are able oil cups intended to function as candles Nieuwenhuys offered? on Hanukkah, when Jews light candles to menorah costs A Auto and truck tires, alignments and commemorate a 167 BCE revolt against the more than service, tune-ups, air conditioning, many of the Greeks. They are set against the menorah’s city’s houses. brakes and more. Penske truck rentals smooth, reflective surface, whose edges boast one-way and local. Castrol premium elaborate rococo reliefs. lube express and repairs. Wash and But for all its charms, the Nieuwenhuys detail booth. menorah – its creator was the non-Jewish silversmith Harmanus Nieuwenhuys – doesn’t Q What inspires your work and what sets you apart from everyone else? stand out from the other menorahs on display A We like people and we like helping people. You will never be left stranded to get next to it at the museum. Far from the oldest to a business meeting or doctor appointment, or just want to go home. We want one there, the menorah certainly doesn’t look to take the stress and provide comfort to our customers. like it’s worth its estimated price of $450,000. The Nieuwenhuys menorah can hide in Q Why do customers select your business? plain sight because its worth owes “more to its A Reliability and caring. We’re open 7 days a week. Trust that we will give you a story than to its physical characteristics,” said comprehensive estimate, with priorities simply explained. Irene Faber, the museum’s collections curator. Photos courtesy of the the Amsterdam Jewish Historical Museum Made in 1751 for an unidentified Jewish The Rintel Menorah, which was sold for $563,000, Q How did the business get started? patron, the Nieuwenhuys menorah’s story is Holland’s priciest object of its kind. A My dad had a shop in Plainview, NY and relocated to the Tampa Bay area. encapsulates the checkered history of Dutch Jewry. And it is tied to the country’s royal fam- because it kept out competition, but it meant Q Tell us an interesting tidbit about your business: ily, as well as a Jewish war hero who gave his that Christian smiths needed to become experts at making Jewish religious artifacts like this I and many of my employees volunteer and support the Northdale, Carrollwood life for his country and his name to one of its A menorah,” Faber said. and other community celebrations and outings, especially for seniors. I host most cherished tourist attractions. Works like the menorah on display at the an annual nature overnight outing called Mango Run for Owls’ Seniors. From The price tag of the Nieuwenhuys meno- museum illustrate how some Jewish customers barbecue brisket to corn beef for St. Patrick’s Day, we provide food and make rah, which does not have an official name, is roughly known because a very similar menorah clearly were art lovers with sophisticated tastes. sure it is cooked to perfection so the seniors have a monthly luncheon with their Whereas the Maduro menorah was symmet- entertainment and fun at Northdale Recreational Center. I have been a silver made by the same silversmith fetched an un- precedented $441,000 at a 2016 auction. A rical with Baroque highlights, the Nieuwen- sponsor of the Shriners Circus for many years and through Tampa Bay Business huys is asymmetrical with rococo characteris- Builders, I support The Childrens Home. My charitable endeavors have also collector who remained anonymous clinched it at the end of an unexpected bidding war tics that were “pretty avant-garde for its time,” helped raise money for schools in Haiti and recently the Humane Society, which that made international news. It was initially Faber said. The smooth surfaces are «another is where the picture accompanying this column was taken. expected to fetch no more than $15,000. bold choice, showing finesse,” she added. Another reason for the more vigorous bid- Whoever owned the menorah no longer Q Do you have a personal or professional motto? ding: The menorah came from the collection possessed it by 1907, when Queen Wilhelmina A “It’s nice to be nice to people.” John has a big heart and the community trusts of the Maduros, a well-known Portuguese bought it for an unknown price at an auction to John to keep their vehicles safe. Jewish family that produced one of Holland’s give it as a gift to her mother, Princess Emma. most celebrated war heroes. The Nazis mur- This purchase may appear inconsequential to Q What’s your biggest success in life? dered George Maduro at the Dachau concen- a contemporary observer, but its significance A My long-time friend Dav wrote in his obituary, “John was my best friend.” The tration camp after they caught him smuggling becomes evident when examined against the service center has been named “Best of Northdale” five times. downed British pilots back home. In 1952, his backdrop of institutionalized anti-Semitism parents built in his memory one of Holland’s among other European royal houses and gov- Q What’s the nicest thing a customer has said to you about your must-see tourist attractions: the Madurodam, ernments. business/service? a miniature city. The German Emperor Wilhelm II, a contem- A ”I trust you,” and “Thanks for making sure I got home.” “I imagine the connection to the Maduro porary of Wilhelmina, was a passionate anti- family drove up the price,” said Nathan Semite who famously said in 1925 that “Jews To reach John Erb’s Service Center, Bouscher, the director of the Corinphila Auc- and mosquitoes are a nuisance that humankind call 813.908.3333 or go to www.JohnErbs.com tions house south of Amsterdam, which has must get rid of some way or another,” adding handled items connected with famous Dutch “I believe the best way is Gas.” Jews. Belgium’s King Leopold III was more Besides the menorah on display at the politically correct, stating magnanimously Jewish Historical Museum, the Netherlands in 1942 that he has “no personal animosity” has another very expensive one in the Rintel toward Jews, but declaring them nonetheless Menorah: A 4-footer that the Jewish Histori- “a danger” to his country. He raised no cal Museum bought last year for a whopping objections when the Germans and their $563,000. Far more ostentatious than the collaborators began deporting Belgian Jews modest-looking Nieuwenhuys menorah, the to their deaths. Rintel, from 1753, is made of pure silver and But in the Netherlands, where thousands weighs several kilograms. It is currently on of Jews found haven after fleeing the Spanish loan to the Kroller-Muller Museum 50 miles and Portuguese Inquisition of the 16th century, east of Amsterdam. royals not only refrained from such statements The Jewish Historical Museum has no but were genuinely “interested in other faiths, intention of selling the Nieuwenhuys, Faber including the Jewish one,” Faber said. said, although it could attract even more spec- Wilhelmina’s gifting of a menorah to her tacular bids owing to its provenance: It was mother “isn’t strange for her,” Faber said. “I bought by the late queen of the Netherlands, imagine she found it fun, something to talk Wilhelmina, as a gift for her mother and given about with her mother, to see together how to the museum by her grandson, King Willem- it works.” After all, “Jews have always been Alexander. under the protection of the Royal House.” “We don’t know who commissioned the Except, that is, during the years 1940-45, work, but from the reputation of the artist and when Queen Wilhelmina and the Royal House the amount of labor it took, it was probably a fled to the United Kingdom. Wilhelmina men- wealthy Jewish family, perhaps of Sephardic tioned the suffering of her Jewish subjects only descent,” Faber told JTA. three times in her radio speeches to the Dutch At the center of the object is a round network people during five years of exile. of arabesque-like decorations “that probably Whereas before the war “Jews always sought contains the owner’s initials in a monogram,” the Royal House,” during and after “it appeared Faber said, “but we haven’t been able to deci- Wilhelmina didn’t think too much about the pher it. It’s a riddle.” Jews,” Faber said. This was “a stain” on rela- The monogram was one of several tech- tions between Dutch Jews and the Royal House, niques that Nieuwenhuys and other Christian which underwent a “rupture.” silversmiths in the Netherlands had developed But this was gradually healed in the postwar for their rich Jewish clients. years. Before the 19th century, no Jews were al- The fact that King Willem-Alexander, Wil- lowed to smith silver in the Netherlands helmina’s great-grandson, in 2012 gave the because they were excluded from the Dutch Nieuwenhuys menorah on an open-ended loan silversmiths guilds, which were abolished in to the Jewish museum on its 90th anniversary the 1800s. “symbolizes the healing of the rupture,” Faber “This exclusion was beneficial [to the guild] said. NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018 JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA A PAGE 15

Chess lessons: Learn how to play will present a brief history of the show and Organizations chess on Mondays from 1:30-3 p.m. at the a sampling of the music they play and how Bat Mitzvah Cohn campus. it evolved over the years. This is a behind Canasta: Meet in the senior lounge at the scenes look at what they do at the studio. Hadassah the Cohn campus every Friday from 3-4:30 The cost is $10 and free for students. Ashley Joelle Hanukkah party: Members of the p.m. for friendly games of canasta. To RSVP, call Zev at (917) 439-5888 or Weinberger Tampa Ameet Hadassah chapter, as well as Movie matinee: Enjoy a classic email [email protected]. Ashley Joelle Weinberger, daughter of movie and popcorn on the first non-holiday prospective members, spouses and friends, Paul and Lisa Wein- Wednesday of the month from 1:30-3:30 are invited to the chapter’s annual Hanukkah Job-Links berger of Lutz, will p.m. on the Cohn campus. There is no Monday Morning Links: Free ses- party at the home of a member on Tuesday, be called to the To- charge to attend. The Dec. 5 film is Singing sions of Monday Morning Links are offered Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. Bring a dairy or parve dish. rah as a Bat Mitzvah Bring your own menorah to light together. in the Rain. at the Jack Roth Center for Career Devel- on Saturday, Dec. 1 Plugged-In workshop: To RSVP, let planners know what dish you This is an opment at TampaBay-Job-Links, 4100 W. at Congregation Kol are bringing and for the location of the party, intergenerational tech meetup where active Kennedy Blvd., Suite 206, Tampa, from Ami in Tampa. call Jane Strom at (813) 334-6812. adults can bring tech devices and platforms 9:30 - 11 a.m. The Nov. 26 topic is “Acing A seventh-grade they want to know more about and learn Your Telephone, Skype and Online Inter- high honor roll stu- Genealogical Society from tech-savvy professionals. The next views.” The Dec. 3 topic is “Ten Common dent at Martinez Lunch and learn social: The Jew- session at the Cohn campus is on Friday, Avoidable Mistakes Job Seekers Make.” Middle School, Ashley is a member of the ish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay will Dec. 7 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. You must The Dec. 10 topic is “Ways to Stay Relevant National Junior Honor Society. A violinist meet on Sunday, Dec. 9 at noon for a pot register to attend. in an Ever-Changing Job Market.” in the school orchestra, she also dances at luck luncheon, followed by a brief business World of Books Club: This new Job-search aids: Upcoming suc- the Karl and DiMarco Dance Studio. Ashley meeting at 1:30 p.m. to elect new officers. club meets at both JCCs and is for any- cess workshops to aid with job-search volunteers for Kids for the Cure benefiting The program will feature success stories and one who enjoys reading and sharing their skills are: “Develop a Resume that Gets Re- the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation lessons learned by members in researching impressions with other book lovers. There sults,” on Thursday, Nov. 29 from 9:30 a.m. and the ALS Foundation, participating in a their families. There is no charge to members is no charge. At the Glazer JCC the group to 12:30 p.m. and “Getting Organized and fashion show for the organization each year. for the luncheon. Non-members and guests will meet Tuesday, Dec. 18 from 5-6:30 Staying on Track During Your Job Search” Paul and Lisa Weinberger will host a will be charged $5 for the luncheon. Reser- p.m. to discuss a book that they will on Thursday, Dec. 6 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. celebration on Saturday, Dec. 1. vations must be made by Dec. 1 to ensure choose at their November meeting. The workshops are free for Job-Links program Special guests will include grandparents, there will be ample food for those attending. next meeting date for the Cohn campus participants; $15 for guests. Reservations Patricia Weinberger, Lloyd and Patti Mor- Make your reservation by calling Sally Is- has not yet been set. required. genstern, all of Tampa, along with fam- rael at (727) 343-1652. Mah jongg: Folks can play at both To RSVP, contact Job-Links, (813) 344- ily and friends from California, New York, The society meets at Gulf Coast Jew- JCCs. At the Glazer JCC, drop-in sessions 0200, email [email protected]. New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia, Mary- ish Family & Community Services, 14041 are offered on Mondays, Tuesdays and Open house: There will be a Job Links land Georgia, Colorado, North Carolina, Icot Blvd., Clearwater. This is the society’s Thursdays from 1-3 p.m. This is free for all holiday Open House on Monday, Dec, 10 Montana and Florida. annual opportunity to schmooze, and ex- members. All levels of players are welcome. from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. change genealogical tips. There will also be lessons at the Glazer JCC Photoshoot: There will be a profes- For more information or directions to the on Sundays through Dec. 9 from 9:30-11:30 sional photoshoot for job seekers with Al- Bar/Bat Mitzvah policy a.m. The cost is $65 for members and $70 lie Serrano on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 9:30 meeting, call Bruce Hadburg at (727) 796- B’nai Mitzvah are published in the Jewish 7981. for non-members. a.m. Press as a public service. Forms should be At the Cohn campus, there are free open available at all synagogue offices. Forms may Young Adults play sessions every Tuesday and Thursday Support groups also may be filled out or downloaded online. Adulthood 101: A get together on from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Alzheimer’s caregiver group: Me- Go to jewishpresstampa.com and look under Submit button. Photos may be mailed or e- Wednesday, Nov. 28 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at News talk: This discussion group, norah Manor offers a support group meeting mailed to [email protected] as a JPG or the Bryan Glazer Family JCC. Participants meeting at both JCCs, is led by Pat Renfroe in the Samson Nursing Center at Menorah TIF. There is a $5 charge to cover the cost of are asked to share a special “adult” talent or and explores “hot button” issues of the day. Manor, 255 59th St. N., St. Petersburg, on reproducing the photo. The completed form skill like folding shirts or using Excel. Beer Sessions at the Glazer JCC are Tuesdays the first Thursday of the month from 3:30-5 should be submitted about a month in ad- from 7-8:30 p.m; at the Cohn campus, the p.m. vance. The announcement is usually printed and pizza will be provided. The event is free one to two weeks before the celebration. for members and $5 for guests. second and fourth Friday from 10:30 a.m. For more information, call Gwen Kalden- Mail information to the Jewish Press, PO Box Art of mixology: Learn how to make to noon. berg at (727) 302-3750. 6970, Clearwater, FL 33758. your own cocktails with a professional mix- Parkinson’s fitness classes: ologist on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. These classes are offered at both JCCs and at Anise Global Gastrobar, 777 N. Ashley include exercise, education, support and so- Drive. Drinks and snacks will be provided. cial events. For more information, call (813) The cost is $20 for members; $25 for guests. 291-2253. Young Israel of Tampa Bake your own pizza: Bavarro’s piz- Men’s Club: This group will meet on zamakers will share the secrets of making Tuesdays, Nov. 27 and Dec. 11 from 5-6:30 the perfect pizza from scratch on Sunday, p.m. at the Glazer JCC for card games, ping- presents 14th Annual Dec. 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bavar- pong, billiards and occasional outings. They ro’s, 514 N. Franklin St. Tampa. The cost is also take in occasional Rays games, char- $25 for members; $30 for guests. tered fishing trips, tours of the Florida Ho- #Gather offers a mix of social and inter- locaust Museum, community volunteering active activities for those in their 20s, 30s and brunch get-togethers. and 40s of all faiths and backgrounds. For Weather talk: Bay News 9 meteorolo- more information or to RSVP for #Gather gist Josh Linker will give a presentation events, visit: www.bryanglazerfamilyjcc. at the Glazer JCC on Wednesday, Dec. 12 com/gather or www.jcccohncampus.com/ from 1-2 p.m., delving into the ins and outs programs/young-adults or contact Lisa of weather prediction in Florida. This is a Robbins at [email protected] free event. or (813) 769-4723. Lifelong learning: The USF Os- her Lifelong Learning Institute will offer a Active Adults class, “Russia’s Regained Global Weight,” All programs listed are either at the Mau- on Thursday, Nov. 29 from 1-3 p.m. at reen & Douglas Cohn Jewish Community the Glazer JCC. Participants must register Campus, 13009 Community Campus Drive, through the USF OLLI program. or at the Bryan Glazer Family JCC, 522 N. For more information call (813) 974-8036 Howard Ave. To RSVP or for more infor- or contact Pnina Levermore at the JCCs. mation on programs at either center, con- tact Pnina Levermore at (813) 291-2253 JWV or [email protected]. All Volunteers needed: The Jewish War and registrations should be completed before Veterans Post 373 is seeking veterans and events begin. non-veterans, male and female, who would Bay News 9 tour: Folks from both the like to help permanent live-in disabled vet- Glazer JCC and Cohn campus are invited erans at the Tampa VA Hospital. to a free tour of the Bay News 9 studios on For details regarding the Post and the Sunday Dec. 2 Tuesday, Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tour latest post activities, visit www.jwvtampa. 6:00 - 9:00 pm the entire station, including live broadcasts org. Contact Commander Larry Jasper of the news and weather, then take in lunch at (813) 404-5616 or email lmjasper@aol. at Taziki’s Mediterranean Café. Transpor- com. Admission of $5.00 tation is available, but reservations are re- includes skate rental. quired. While the tour is free, lunch is on Norman Jewish Library Latkes & your own. About the Sunday Simcha: Cel- The other four questions: Rabbi ebrate the monthly Festive Meal on the New a Special Raffle Jason Rosenberg of Congregation Beth Moon on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. at the Florida Hospital Am will lead lunch and learn classes to ex- Norman Jewish Library, 13207 N. 52nd St., Center Ice RSVP to 813-832-3018 Temple Terrace. There will be food and plain the background and significance of 3173 Cypress Ridge Blvd. www.youngisraeloftampa.org Jewish holidays and traditions. The class drink and a presentation by Jordyn and is Wednesday, Dec. 12 at noon at the Cohn Steve (Shlomo) Schwersky, co-hosts of the Wesley Chapel Sponsored by campus. Sunday Simcha weekly radio show. They 813-803-7372 PAGE 16 A JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018

members would have to endure destruc- launched a GoFundMe campaign and is together the evening’s more contemporary FIRE tion and displacement. Sadness for what selling “IRDS Strong” T-shirts to help offset theme with that of the age-old story of the • CONTINUED from FRONT PAGE had been lost, including memorabilia from any out-of-pocket costs associated with get- Jewish Exodus. At the service, held at the temple’s West Hronsky’s 18 years at the school. And grati- ting the campus up and running. These epic seders would take place, year Los Angeles campus and watched via live tude for the firefighters who kept after year, at the home of Em- stream by some 13,000 people, “it was the flames from engulfing the whole ily and Sheldon Lodmer. The mostly singing, people holding each other – campus. Even the class pets – rab- couple put down roots in the we passed around a box of tissues,” Kaplan bits, birds and turtles – survived the seaside city of Malibu, more said. “People wanted to share what camp ordeal. than four decades ago, when meant to them.” Nate Akiva, a board member, said property there was still rela- In the days since, the extent of the dam- Ilan Ramon – a school formerly tively affordable. It’s where age has become clear: It’s catastrophic. known as Heschel West, and since they raised their children, The fire burned roughly 90 percent of the renamed after the late Israeli astro- Abby and Zack, and wel- campgrounds, destroying all but two cabins naut – is “like a kibbutz,” small and comed grandchildren. It’s there, Kaplan said. Rebuilding is likely to tight-knit, a place where everyone where family and friends and be a years-long process, but the camp is al- feels like they have a stake in one friends of friends gathered ready scouting temporary locations for next another’s well-being. When some for holidays. summer. school families were forced to evac- Last weekend, the house So, too, is the Shalom Institute, a popu- uate, others took them in. burned to the ground. lar Jewish retreat center and home to the Akiva said he was confident that “I keep finding myself 67-year-old JCA Shalom summer camp. the school would rebuild what was thinking about the little The grounds were all but razed in the fire. lost. His daughter, a first-grader at things,” Zack Lodmer, 38, “We’re moving fast, and hope to make the school, has needed more reas- Photo courtesy of Yuri Hronsky who works at the Los An- some announcement [about a venue] before surance. “She was very nervous A view of the Ilan Ramon Day School in Agoura, CA, after the fire. geles Jewish federation and Thanksgiving,” said Rabbi Bill Kaplan, the that her art projects were gone, that founded Om Shalom, which institute’s executive director. “It’s heart- her school supplies were gone, that they Aware of what’s important offers Jewish yoga programming. “Parking breaking, but we’re camp people – that’s didn’t have a place to go,” he said. The Lodmer family seders are like no oth- in the driveway, the way the grass felt on my what we do.” Where they will go now is not yet clear, er. For one, there is always a theme – Star feet, the way the sunlight hit the mirrors, the In the meantime, the institute has set up though Ilan Ramon has fielded multiple Wars one Passover, Harry Potter another. way the books were positioned on the shelf shop in office space provided by the Jew- offers from synagogues and other schools Jeopardy! The Wizard of Oz. Name That – the general hum of energetic family life.” ish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. The offering space while its campus is being Tune. The dinner guests wear costumes, When the roads reopen, the family plans federation has been hosting daily calls with cleaned and rebuilt. To that end, the school read from bespoke Haggadahs that weave • CONTINUED on NEXT PAGE affected Jewish organizations and arranging support services from trauma counseling to legal assistance. Michelle Rosenbloom-Quirsfeld, who at- tended Hess Kramer in the 1980s and later became a counselor there, said the destruc- tion of the Malibu campgrounds is devastat- Happy Hanukkah ing. It’s a major loss, she said, noting Hess Kramer was where she first learned to sing from these and pray as a Jew, “to respect Shabbat,” and to do traditional Israeli folk dances. “It’s not a loss of life, but it’s a loss of part Businesses of my identity,” said Rosenbloom-Quirs- feld, now 46 and a schoolteacher in North- ern California. “It’s where I forged my path & Professionals as a Jewish person.”

Like a kibbutz Yuri Hronsky was watching the local news on Nov. 9 when cameras panned to fires burning at the Ilan Ramon Day School in Agoura Hills. “It’s as powerless as you can feel,” Hronsky, who has led the Jewish community day school since 2010, said of seeing the campus in flames. Hronsky and the school’s board members surveyed the damage on Nov. 13. Three buildings at Ilan Ramon – housing admin- istrative offices, a computer lab and bath- rooms – were destroyed. The classrooms remain intact, but most of their contents will have to be purged due to smoke. Isn’t it time your business “There was immense sadness,” he said, “and immense gratitude.” had a website that actually Sadness for the school community, whose helps you close more business?

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• CONTINUED from PREVIOUS PAGE to travel together to what’s left of their home. “I think that’s when it will really hit us, but it will also be a power- ful bonding moment,” said Abby Lodmer, 42, a comedian in Seat- tle. “We’ve seen pictures. But we haven’t seen the mangled remains of our childhood, the mangled re- mains of the lives my parents built there from nothing.” The Lodmers are among at least 13 families at the Malibu Jew- ish Center & Synagogue whose homes were destroyed. Rabbi Mi- chael Schwartz has been tending to his congregants there – even as his Photo by David Shukiar/Facebook own house went up in flames. On Rabbi Barry Diamond can be seen rescuing Torah scrolls from Temple Adat his way out of the burning town, Elohim in Thousand Oaks, CA., Nov. 9 in this grainy photo. Schwartz, who has led the syna- gogue since February, packed the congregation’s five Torahs into his Toyota Camry. The fire came with- in 20 feet of the synagogue, but the building was not consumed. “One member said to me, ‘Now th TAMPA we really get what Sukkot is JEWISH FEDERATION about’– to experience the reality that everything is fragile and tran- sient, that we have to be grateful and count our blessings,” recalled Schwartz, referencing the harvest holiday when Jews build tempo- rary outdoor shelters. “Everyone 16 is so aware of what’s important.” Rabbi Schwartz wasn’t the only rabbi to save Torah scrolls from his synagogue. At 3 in the morning Friday, Dinner with Dershowitz Nov. 9, a neighbor roused Rabbi Barry Diamond from sleep to let him know that their South- ern California neighborhood had been given a voluntary evacua- tion order. About 20 minutes later the rabbi arrived at Temple Adat Elohim, the Reform synagogue in Thousand Oaks where he works, to see fire surrounding the area by Alan M. Dershowitz the building. “There’s a hill right across the street from our temple – it was Academic - Attorney - Author fully engulfed – and there was a raining down of sparks onto our property,” he told JTA. But that didn’t deter Diamond, 56, from dashing into the syna- gogue to save his congregation’s holiest objects. Setting off an alarm, he entered the sanctuary and grabbed two of the congre- gation’s Torah scrolls: One had Sunday evening, January 27, 2019 survived the Holocaust, the other was dedicated only six months earlier. 522 North Howard Avenue He then ran in a second time and, with the help of the syna- Tampa, Florida gogue president, Sandy Green- stein, brought out the remaining two scrolls as well as the Book of RESERVE ONLINE NOW: www.JewishTampa.com/APD Esther scroll traditionally read on Purim. “I would say I was a cross be- PRESIDENT’S CABINET ($10,000) tween nervous and determined to get these out,” Diamond said. “Sometimes you just have to put your head down and do the work and worry about your feelings later.” PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($5,000) As he loaded the Torahs into Bush Ross, P.A. | Ferman Motor Car Company | Kuhn Automotive Group his car, Diamond looked back and saw that plants behind the sanctu- Reeves Import Motorcars | Sharp Business Systems ary were ablaze. A photo taken of | Diamond shows a wall of red-tint- Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP TRANE ed smoke behind a nearby stand of PRESIDENT’S FRIENDS ($2,500) trees. Diamond and his wife, as well Air Animal Pet Movers | Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP | EXOS as most of his congregants, have had to evacuate their homes. As far Gregory, Sharer & Stuart, CPAs | Hyundai of New Port Richey as he knows no one has been hurt, Karen & Jonathan Levy | Stacy & Michael Leeds | Michele & Mark Miller but the synagogue has sustained damage. Susie & Mitchell Rice | Tampa General Hospital The fires hit the community at Sponsors as of 11/5/18 an especially trying time: Only a day earlier, congregants learned Event Chairs: Deborah Rosenthal and Cherie Silberman that a deadly shooting at a nearby For sponsorship opportunities contact Michelle Gallagher, Director of Philanthropic Engagement bar left 12 people dead. Diamond [email protected] or 813.739.1687 said two congregants were at the bar at the time of the shooting and know people who were killed. JTA writers Gabrielle Birkner and Josefin Dolsten compiled this report. PAGE 18 A JEWISH PRESS of TAMPA NOVEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 1, 2018

Jason W. Levy at the Holocaust Holocaust survivors Museum participate in Houston’s candle lighting Kristallnacht ceremony. exhibit. (L-R) Ruth Lebowitz, lighting candles; Ellen Bernstein, Walter Loebenberg, Local man speaks at Houston Kristallnacht exhibit opening museum founder; On Thursday, Nov. 8, Tampa Bay area Berlin, Germany. and Betty resident Jason W. Levy was the keynote The youngest child of Holocaust refugees Grebenschikoff speaker at the Holocaust Museum Houston’s and the grandson of a former prisoner of the opening of its new exhibit to commemorate Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Levy the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht. Levy’s currently teaches social studies at Stein- Holocaust museum commemorates Kristallnacht family is one of several to be featured in the brenner High School in Tampa. The photo exhibit called “In the Country of Numbers, shows Levy pointing to Barrack 19, where The Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Where the Men Have No Names.” Holocaust his grandfather was held prisoner in the days Petersburg remembered Kristallnacht, Nov. Museum Houston is the only U.S. venue to following the November pogrom known as 9, 1938. That night in Germany, thousands display this exhibit, which is also opening in Kristallnacht. upon thousands of Jews were subject to terror and violence by the Nazis. More than 1,000 Jewish synagogues and 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed and approxi- mately 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and taken to concentration camps. Hitler Happy expanded his reign of terror on Jews this night. The broken glass left in the street from destroyed Jewish property tagged the atrocity – Kristallnacht. Hanukkah! The museum’s director, Elizabeth Gelman, warned that ignored anti-Semitism would lead to other racial and ethnic violence. She suggested that Jews were like the canary in Florida Orchestra cellist Doniyor Zuparov a coal mine. They served as a warning for terrible things to pass. She introduced cellist with a prayer for peace. He was followed Doniyor Zuparov, whose music set the sober by Holocaust survivors who performed the tone for the gathering. lighting of the candles. Attendees recited Rabbi David Novak, the new interim Rabbi the mourner’s Kaddish. The ceremony was at Temple B’nai Israel in Clearwater, opened closed with the cellist’s dulcet strains.

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