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What's Inside JewishTHE Georgian Volume 29, Number 1 Atlanta, Georgia November-December 2016 FREE WHAT’S INSIDE A Lifetime Together Thirteen women, who have known each other since childhood, recently came together to celebrate their 75th birthdays. Page 5 A Hanukkah Like No Other Hanukkah 1975 was a time to defend and treasure Zionism. By Janice Rothschild Blumberg Page 18 Justice, Finally Attorney Christoph Rückel is using German law to send Nazi war criminals to prison. Page 15 Helping Families Grow Having earned nonprofit status, Jewish Fertility Foundation is now poised to help families struggling with infertility. Page 17 Fighting Hunger through Food Rescue Second Helpings Atlanta works with restaurants, grocers, and other donors to collect and donate leftover food. Page 16 Stitchers Unite The International Convention of the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework is coming to Atlanta, May 21-23. Page 21 Page 2 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN November-December 2016 On The Cover Bigotry will never want a pretense THE stereotype of Jews by non-Jews, regardless of Anti-Semitism.” In the 2014 report, Jewish Georgian of the geographic location, personal contact, the results of its public opinion survey Volume 29, Number 1 Atlanta, Georgia November-December 2016 FREE or even the presence of Jews in the locale. were presented. Data was collected from WHAT’S INSIDE And hand-in-hand with this bias goes direct more than 100 countries, the population A Lifetime Together BY Thirteen women, who have known each Marvin other since childhood, recently came together to celebrate their 75th birthdays. and indirect punitive actions, both bodily of which countries totaled 4,161,578,905, Page 5 A Hanukkah Botnick and financially. and, based on the survey sampling, 26%, Like No Other Hanukkah 1975 was a time to defend and treasure Zionism. or 1,090,000,000 of these people harbored By Janice Rothschild Blumberg Out of necessity, Jews have learned Page 18 Justice, Finally Attorney Christoph Rückel is using German law to send Nazi war criminals to prison. Page 15 Helping Families Grow I, like I am sure is true of many of “The number of violent anti-Semitic attacks Having earned nonprofit status, Jewish Fertility Foundation is now poised to help families struggling with infertility. you, have tried to understand one of life’s Page around the world surged nearly 40% last year, Fighting Hunger through Food Rescue perplexing and contentious perceptions by Second Helpings Atlanta works with restaurants, grocers, and other donors to collect and donate leftover food. which many categorize others, whom they Page 17 according to a report released Wednesday by Stitchers Unite do not even know. The International Convention of the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework is coming to Atlanta, May researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel.” 21-23. Humans are a tribal species that stake Page 21 out territorial space and are suspicious and defensive of what they perceive to be outside incursions into their territory, to accommodate their existence to this anti-Semitic attitudes. The criterion used sphere of control, and influence. As a result, prejudice, sometimes even in the face of to indicate individuals “considered to Cover illustration, a stigmatized mental mote is built to protect great peril. While the overt, derisive, and harbored anti-Semitic attitudes” was that against these outsiders. Hanukiah by David outward bigoted actions ebb and flow the respondent felt that at least six of the While the bias plays out differently with times and conditions, the underlying following 11 statements are “probably Schendowich. in diverse areas and populations, the perception continues. true”: underlying provocation is universal. It is an Present world actions would indicate 1. Jews are more loyal to Israel than to attempt to elevate one group over another that the chauvinistic racists are becoming [this country/the countries they live in]; by restricting and demeaning “outsiders,” Happy Hanukkah more active and outspoken in their 2. Jews have too much power in who are seen as different, threatening, and castigation. In an article by Kim Hielmgaard international financial markets; are, therefore, undesirable. in the April 16, 2015, issue of USA TODAY, 3. Jews have too much control over In most cases, the unfavorable she reported that, “The number of violent global affairs; viewpoint varies from one area to another anti-Semitic attacks around the world 4. Jews think they are better than other and is influenced by the makeup of the THE surged nearly 40% last year, according to people; people (i.e., religion, skin color, language, a report released Wednesday by researchers 5. Jews have too much control over the clothing, etc.) in a particular locale. As the Jewish Georgian at Tel Aviv University in Israel.” global media; T demographics and economic competition The Jewish Georgian is published bimonthly by Eisenbolt, Ltd. It is The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) 6. Jews are responsible for most of the written for Atlantans and Georgians by Atlantans and Georgians. shifts, so do the interpersonal relationship conducts a public-opinion research survey world’s wars; of the differing segments of the population to gauge the level of anti-Semitism around Publisher Marvin Botnick and the perception of others. Co-Publisher Sam Appel the world. From the data it collects, it But what has and continues to puzzle Editor Marvin Botnick publishes its “ADL GLOBAL 100: An Index See BIGOTRY, page 5 Managing Editor Marsha C. LaBeaume me is the universal, centuries-old negative Assignment Editor Carolyn Gold Associate Editor Barbara Schreiber Copy Editor Ricky Dimon Makeup Editor Terri Christian Production Coordinator Terri Christian Designer David Gaudio Photographic Staff Allan Scher, Jonathan Paz Graphic Art Consultant Karen Paz Columnist Jonathan Barach, Janice Rothschild Blumberg, Marvin Botnick, Eva Friedlander, David Geffen, Carolyn Gold, Jonathan Goldstein, R.M. Grossblatt, Marice Katz, Balfoura Friend Levine, Marsha Liebowitz, Bubba Meisa, Erin O’Shinsky, Reg Regenstein, Stuart Rockoff, Roberta Scher, Jerry Schwartz, Leon Socol, Rabbi Reuven Stein, Ruben Stanley, Cecile Waronker Advertising Ruby Grossblatt Michael Pelot Editorial Advisory Board Members Sam Appel Rabbi Alvin Sugarman Sam Massell Jane Axelrod William Rothschild Gil Bachman Michael H. Mescon Marilyn Shubin Paul Muldawer Doug Teper 8495 Dunwoody Place, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30350 (404) 236-8911 • FAX (404) 236-8913 [email protected] www.jewishgeorgian.com The Jewish Georgian ©2016 November-December 2016 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 3 He wants to set it in an adoption agency, ColdwellColdwell Banker Banker Metro Atlanta telling stories of not only the staff but also #1#1 TEAMTEAMMetro Atlanta the people who come in search of their past, or in search of their future. The hopefully prime time show would be called “Atlanta What’s Adoption Agency.” Mike met his daughter’s mother when he was a wild and crazy (as many of us who knew Mike can attest to) 21-year-old senior at The University of Georgia, and she was a freshman. “We fell in love,” says Mike, HAPPENING “but her parents were against our marrying real estate, and gold, observing that owning because I was a rogue and I was Jewish.” THE SONENSHINE TEAM “real assets” are how Jews have survived After they broke up, he got a letter from her, THE SONENSHINE TEAM Atlanta’sAtlanta’s Favorite Favorite Real Real Estate Estate Team! 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