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JJMM: Phone 330.746.3250 Fax 330.746.7926 Email Journal@Jewishyoungstown.Org Mail: 505 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown, OH 44504-1314 Non-Profit Org. The Jewish Journal U.S. Postage Monthly Magazine PAID Youngstown, OH MM Permit #607 JJ Youngstown Area Jewish Federation May 2019 ON THE COVER: “Do Not Stand Silent: Remembering Kristallnacht” see page 24 for information about 2019 Yom Hashoah events INSIDE: Federation Annual Meeting Set for May 30 see page 7 Rehabilitation Successful for Heritage Manor Resident see page 20 Youngstown Area Jewish Federation Volume 16, Number 5 • May 2019 • Nisan/Iyar 5779 Commentary Musings with Mary Lou A Special Birthday Week By Mary Lou Finesilver Well, I sat down in-law called to give me her greetings. Well, what a nice gift, but they didn’t hand and pink. The buffet looked delicious with two hours ago to write Now that I have said all this, I am still them to me. They hid them all over the house. lox and cream cheese, kugel, and the works something but can’t trying to decide what else I can tell you that I can remember everyone following me from from Kravitz Deli. Then we were drinking seem to get started. I you might really be interested in. There are so room to room, including my bedroom. And the ceremonial wine, and I turned around, don’t want to toot my many things running around in my head, and and there was my daughter-in-law and son. own horn, but today is I can’t seem to land on one thing. I guess it is Well, how nice, I said to myself. We started to my birthday. I opened up the day because most of what I am thinking underyes, they the hid bed. the I coinsthink underI have thea picture bed. So of there that my email when I came has to do with ME. I don’t think that is a good somewhere,I am on my knees, but I’m crawling, not sharing finding that the gem. coins to look at the cake lettered with my name on home after work, and I had over 50 Facebook premise for a column. This has been a very memorable birthday. thesit down, top. Lower and Elyse on the Silverman cake, I think called it said me April over My daughter just asked me if I birthdays. Talk about people being dense, I rid of other stuff so I can start reading and remembered any other birthday. One I that I did not plan. I was totally overwhelmed. still didn’t get it. We ate, then Elyse and Holly answering.notifications. Then So Ithe have doorbell been busyrang, gettingand it remember for sure was my fortieth. The ISo told many you good it’s allthings about happened ME! Temple this week was whole family went out to dinner. Let’s see, that celebrating April birthdays. They do that now I am starting get a little teary; I am a bouquet of red/orange roses. At work, one of was 45 years ago. Good grief, when you say once a month, and there was a lunch for all. weeper.Small called They me presented up to theme withmicrophone. a Guardian So mywas friends Edward’s left meFlowers a cake withas a surprise, a magnificent and of it like that, where did the time go? Anyway, I planned to go, and then, a few days before, course we had to cut it up and share. Another we came home from the dinner and walked friend came to visit and brought balloons into the dining room, and about 50 people that is nice of them, right? We attended the waspin fromstunned Women’s and thrilled. League I stilland ama certificate not sure and a piece of cake from Jimmy’s. The yelled surprise. My youngest, who had no servicemy daughters and we said were they given would an Aliyah join me.as part So, whyfrom they Sisterhood. singled meThen out, Rabbi but I amalso grateful spoke; to I idea of the plan, started crying because she of the April celebration. That was indeed was scared beyond belief. As their gift, my an honor with a special blessing from the an active member for so many years. This has visitLipkins during came his to recuperation.the office to say They hello, brought which Rabbi. Then, after the service, we went into beenhave beenmy birthday able to week!be with our Sisterhood as meeveryone a hydrangea loved plant.because Then it wasmy sweetAndy’s sister- first silver dollars. You got that right, 40 times two. lunch. I saw there was a cake, very pretty parents, Sam and Esther Bonow, collected 80 9 Takeaways from Israel’s Historic Election By Marcy Oster gained seats in the new Knesset, or muezzins to encourage the public to right-wing lawmakers broke away parliament. The United Torah Judaism vote. from the Jewish Home party formerly One reason was likely disgust with was contentious, historic, crazy - and won eight seats, a gain of two and one, the parties that ran in the 2019 election Right party, which they called a party somewhatJERUSALEM predictable. (JTA) – Israel’s election respectively.and Sephardic Their Orthodox combined Shas 16 voteseach for not being able to find a way to basedheaded on by a “fullBennett and equalto form partnership” The New could put them in the driver’s seat when continue together as the more powerful between Orthodox and secular Israelis. become the longest-serving prime it comes to legislation dealing with The party was designed to give secular ministerWhile inBenjamin Israel’s historyNetanyahu with willthe a host of issues they care about, such as well with the parties’ inability to right-wingers a comfortable place to help of his strengthened right-wing as the enlistment of yeshiva students, preventJoint List. pieces Some of legislation were disappointed such as the put their vote and increase the size of parliamentary bloc, the results also nation-state law, which codified Israel the right-wing bloc. brought some surprises. the push for egalitarian prayer at the as a Jewish state. Election Day reports 6. It was a letdown for stoners, too. Here are the big takeaways. Westernpublic transportation Wall. on Shabbat, and also showed that some 1,200 cameras In the few months leading up to 1. Two winners? 3. Arab parties are getting weaker. were placed in Arab polling stations by the election, Moshe Feiglin was hailed No Israeli party had ever garnered In the last election, the Arab parties Likud, which claimed it was protecting as among the more important players more than 1 million votes in an election, united and called themselves the Joint against voter fraud. Arab leaders said in any upcoming Knesset coalition. but two did this year: Netanyahu’s List. They won 13 seats in that election. the tactic intimidated members of the He seemed to be attracting a large Likud and former Israeli military This time, however, squabbles split Arab community and kept them from following of young people with his the list into separate parties. Two the polls. libertarian policies - including support Arab party coalitions made it into the 4. It wasn’t a great day for women. prominentchief of staff politicians Benny Gantz’sYair Lapid centrist and new Knesset: The Hadash-Taal list The new Knesset will have about the his Zehut party also failed to pass the MosheBlue and Yaalon. White, Eachwhich partyincluded won other 35 same number of women as the last. That electoralfor full legalization threshold. of marijuana. But seats, but Netanyahu’s right-wing List barely squeaked past the electoral puts Israel roughly 76th internationally 7. Voter turnout overall was a little coalition was better positioned to form thresholdreceived six of seats3.25 andpercent the Raam-Baladof the total in terms of women’s representation in low. vote to garner four seats, for a total of government, down from 66th in 2015. The final total was 67.9 percent, was impressive, and his bloc could 10 seats representing Arab-Israelis. 5. It was a worse day for two right- becomea government. a formidable Still, oppositionGantz’s showing in the wing stars. 2015 election, even though Election years to come. historically low - nearly half the Daydown is afrom national the holiday71.8 percent and all inpublic the 2. Orthodox parties keep getting traditionalBut Arab rate. voter That turnoutwas despite was stronger. calls by Arab politicians and religious notEducation make it into Minister the next Naftali government. Bennett Elections continued on page 22 Two haredi Orthodox parties have leaders, with the latter taking to andThe Justice two Ministerprominent Ayelet and Shakedoutspoken did 2 The Jewish Journal Monthly Magazine May 2019 Candle Lighting Times Beachwood Man Volunteers for Israeli Defense Forces May 3 8:03 p.m. His Mother is Youngstown Native May 10 8:11 p.m. By Elise Skolnick some difficulties because of it. Without May 17 8:18 p.m. family nearby, he has more work to do on May 24 8:24 p.m. breaks than the other soldiers. May 31 8:30 p.m. Hartstone had a path set: graduate high “It has challenges to my basic living school,Growing attend up Yeshivain Beachwood, in Israel, Ohio, then Avigo standards, like laundry and cooking, that are taken for granted by the other soldiers,” though, those plans changed. Rather than he said. attendto a university. college, HartstoneSomewhere chose along to theenlist way, in And, while he’s mostly fluent in Hebrew the Israeli Defense Forces. now, he wasn’t at first. What’s in This Month’s Jewish Journal? “I felt a need to do my part to protect “When I first drafted it was a bit rough,” the Jewish people and those that have he noted.
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