Jewish Community News www.jfedps.org The Publication of the Jewish Federation of the Desert Iyar/Sivan 5780 - May 2020 The Challenges of Our New Reality By Bruce Landgarten, Jewish Federation Chief Executive Officer There are new questions and new or when summer activities open. So participating together. and timeless. Yes, we need to make realities we find ourselves grappling many unknowns. So much unfamiliar The North American Jewish hard choices now about how to with today. During these difficult times ground. So much to think about. community has evolved an endure the current challenges. And we are questioning what happens to Our responsibilities, however, extraordinary philanthropic we’ll need to adjust our operations perspective when we’re living through oblige us to do more. To broaden tradition, having created perhaps once we re-open in deference to the what feels like an endless alternative our frame of reference. To focus the most expansive Jewish communal economic realities we will confront. reality? After so many weeks of on the inevitable post-crisis period infrastructure in the history of the But our mission isn’t defined in weeks, shutdown, it becomes more and to come. As a Federation we have Diaspora. Much of this organizational months, or even years. Our mission is more difficult to get our arms around played a critical part in building and infrastructure is dependent, on an to strengthen Jewish community and how things will work, how they’ll look strengthening Jewish life. For decades ongoing basis, on continued fund- enrich Jewish life. It’s a mission we and feel when this crisis is over. How we provided a warm and welcoming raising and philanthropic support. inherited from those who preceded many will we have lost? How deep recreational setting for Jews and Jewish We need to be the most prolific us and for which we bear a sacred and will the economic fallout be? Will the families unwelcome elsewhere. We platform for Jewish engagement and profound responsibility. nature of community and the way it have served a critical, complementary demonstrate unique, invaluable, and We’ll find our way through the functions have changed? The answers role alongside synagogues and other ongoing importance to the continuing challenges of this crisis in the short seem far away. In the Jewish communal Jewish institutions. We have become a development of Jewish community term....and then we’ll resume our world, nearer at hand are decisions gateway to everything else the Jewish and Jewish life long after COVID-19 march forward, with renewed that need to be made about how to community has to offer; the one place recedes into memory. determination with a more vibrant, serve those most in need, about lay- in which every demographic in the Our responsibilities, as leaders, and more dedicated Jewish community. offs and furloughs, about whether community can be readily found as a Jewish community are immediate Our best days lie ahead. After 17-Month Stalemate, Netanyahu and Gantz Strike Unity Deal After three elections and months of election campaigns and coalition negotiations, Netanyahu and Gantz have signed a deal for the establishment of a new government. By Gil Hoffman, Jerusalem Post Israel will soon have a new coalition the Prime Minister’s Office sooner, implemented in July, when maps are government after an agreement was Gantz would already take over. set to be finalized. signed on April 20th between Likud Gantz expressed his relief that an In a controversial clause, both and Blue and White, putting an end election that would have been Netanyahu and Gantz will have the to a 17-month political stalemate held on August 4 if a deal was not right to an official residence fully that resulted in three elections. reached by May 7 had been averted. funded by the state. In another, the As part of the deal, Prime Minister “We prevented a fourth election,” so-called Norwegian law will be Benjamin Netanyahu, who has Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Gantz said. “We will protect our changed to allow ministers to quit (right) and Blue and White leader Benny served as caretaker prime minister Gantz (left) sign a unity government democracy and fight against the and new MKs to enter the Knesset, since December 2018, will remain agreement coronavirus.” including in Blue and White, prime minister for another 18 will serve as vice prime minister in US President Donald Trump’s peace skipping over MKs from the Yesh months and then will be replaced the meantime. Netanyahu will be plan, including its clauses enabling Atid and Telem parties that will in October 2021 by Blue and vice prime minister under Gantz Israel to apply sovereignty in Judea remain in the opposition. White leader Benny Gantz, who after that, but if Netanyahu leaves and Samaria, will be able to be The Privilege of Serving but also the opportunity to develop helping people in need and in crisis, their involvement in our community’s close personal friendships as we have Jewish Federation continues to ensure institutions and programs. Roberta worked together. that the programs and institutions As a community, we celebrate Nyman I want to thank our Board of that strengthen, enrich and celebrate and thank those of you who have Jewish Federation Directors and the chairs of our major Jewish life remain strong and able to made the mission of the Federation Board Chair events, and their committees, for their contribute where needed. important to you by your generous support and willingness to commit We anticipate increased demand donations. their time and energy to the Jewish for local services provided by our I hope that we will be able to spend The privilege of serving as your Federation and our community. partner agencies such as Jewish Family time with family and friends this Board Chair this past year has been a I want to thank our Federation Service, FIND, Temple Sinai Food summer. I look forward to us coming great gift to me. Working with Board staff for their outstanding support, Bank and our Tzedakah Fund. We back together this fall to take part in members and the donors to our especially during these difficult times. will continue to address the critical, our many programs and events. local Jewish Federation has allowed They were able to quickly adapt and often life-threatening issues facing Thank you again for the privilege me the satisfaction of not only seeing perform with exceptional expertise. too many of us. of serving as Chair of our Jewish the results of Federation allocations We are fortunate to have such a As I write this article, we offer our Federation. capable staff. thoughts and prayers to those in 2019-2020 This has been a challenging year for our community who are struggling. You really can change the world if JEWISH FEDERATION our Federation as well as for all non- Our Annual campaign transcends you care enough.” BOARD OF DIRECTORS profits. Even during these difficult specific affiliations. We care about Marian Wright Edelman“ times, when the biggest priority is people, regardless of the extent of Roberta Nyman, Board Chair Lori Fritz, Campaign Chair Arnie Gillman, Vice Campaign Chair Global Jewish Population Hits 14.7 Million - But Remains Phil Glass, Treasurer Stephanie Ross, Secretary Far Below Pre-Holocaust Peak Allan Lehmann, Past Co-Chair Arutz Sheva Staff Celia Norian, Past Co-Chair The worldwide Jewish population grown to over 16.6 million. living in the State of Israel. Bruce Landgarten, hit 14.7 million by the end of 2018, Of the 16.6 million Jews The second largest Jewish Chief Executive Officer according to a new report released worldwide on the eve of World War population in the world is in the US, Elliott Cohen Margie Kulp by the Israeli Central Bureau of II, 449,000, or roughly 3% of the with 5.7 million Jews, followed by Jackie Cohen Ron Langus Statistics. total population, lived in the British France, with about 450,000 Jews, Judith Cohen Bernard Reiter According to the report, which Mandate for Palestine, which would Canada with 392,000, the UK with Bobbi Holland Gary Schahet was released ahead of Holocaust later become the State of Israel. 292,000, Argentina with 180,000,

Table of Contents Remembrance Day, the total Jewish In 1948, on the eve of the Russia with 165,000, Germany Vol. 46 • No. 10 population worldwide remains well establishment of the State, the with 118,000, and Australia with below its pre-Holocaust peak. While number of Jews worldwide was 11.5 116,000. Community Calendar 8-10 the size of the Jewish population million, of whom 650,000 were in Of the 6.7 million Jews living in the Federation 1-3, 18 was similar in 1925, with about 14.8 Israel (6%). State of Israel as of the end of 2018, PJ Library 20 million Jews living around the world By the end of 2018, the worldwide 5.2 million were born in Israel, while at the time, by the eve of World Jewish population had risen to 14.7 1.5 million were foreign-born. Women's Philanthropy 6 War II in 1939, the population had million, with 6.7 million, or 45.6%, Food 23 Jewish Faimly Service 10 Schools/School Listing 16 Simchas & Classifieds 22 Temples Listing 4, 8 Tributes 15

2 • JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com Shaking Humanity Out of its Indifference the poverty line, including case of survivors, refugees, and their of today. management, emergency assistance, descendants via educational Although we cannot demand that Bruce companionship, social events, and presentations, teacher workshops, the world remember, we can stand, other specialized services. educational trunks, classroom book proud and strong, as a symbol of our Landgarten “Never Again!” Even before the loans and special event programming. survival, of our perseverance against Jewish Federation Holocaust came to an end, there By engaging audiences and building the odds and of living proof of the Chief Executive Officer was the desperate urging to keep it awareness, we utilize memories and irony that the Jews, not our enemies, from being forgotten. The Holocaust lessons from the past so people prevail. So it has been in the past. So is among the most researched, can learn, feel, think critically, and is it today. And so may it continue Last month although Jewish documented, and memorialized identify daily choices that counteract into the future. Federation of the Desert’s Holocaust crimes of the 20th century. Its the discrimination and oppression Remembrance Day was cancelled as remembrance is sustained by a an annual public gathering because tremendous amount of testimony, Jewish Federation’s Emergency of the Coronavirus concerns, we literature, and education. The last observed Holocaust Memorial Day living survivors of the Holocaust are Response Fund for Covid-19 Relief virtually. Throughout the world Jews now mostly in their 80s and 90s. In a took the opportunity to pause, to few years almost no one will be left view a Holocaust memorial program to speak from their own personal or simply to remember the events experience. which resulted in the murder of six What happened to them will million during World War II. not be forgotten. The historical We are committed to prevent this importance of an event in its own from ever happening again; that time and in the decades that follow anywhere evil, hatred, bigotry or offers no guarantee that it will be prejudice rears its head, we must remembered in the next century, let identify, condemn and denounce the alone for many centuries after. perpetrators. Yom HaShoah takes on After the war, Elie Wiesel said, “we a universal message. “Never again” reassured ourselves that it would means nowhere in the world can we be enough to relate a single night allow another Holocaust. in Treblinka. . . to shake humanity Israel is a reminder, to both Jews out of its indifference and keep the and the world, that Jews are no torturer from torturing ever again.” longer victims. In these times, Jews Accounts of what was done in will neither remain silent nor call Treblinka did not prevent mass upon others for salvation. Israel has murder in Bosnia, Rwanda, Syria, changed the equation which has been and other regions of the world. used throughout all of world history. Holocaust remembrance has not Jews are no longer weak and helpless. inoculated human beings against We shall no longer accept the title of treating other human beings with the world’s most victimized people. brutality. The Palm Springs and Desert Area is Our community is proud to have home to Holocaust survivors. We are the Palm Desert Civic Park Holocaust proud of the range of local services Memorial that serves as a permanent available to them. Jewish Federation, reminder of the Shoah. We also have Sunshine Circle and JFS provides the Tolerance Education Center, services to local Holocaust survivors, which brings the stories of the some who are isolated and live under Holocaust from the perspectives

JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 3 Temple Sinai Welcomes New Rabbi JEWISH Temple Sinai of Palm Desert is very Dor Dorim was the to catalyze a great outpouring of pleased to announce that Rabbi David Interim Rabbi at participation in all of the ways of COMMUNITY Novak has been named as its new Temple B’nai Israel in being Jewish, for those born Jewish NEWS rabbi effective July 1, 2020. Rabbi Clearwater, Florida. and those who love Jews. I invite A Publication of the people to stop in and say hello under Jewish Federation of the Desert Novak is presently the interim rabbi Rabbi Novak VOL. 46, No. 10 of Temple Dor Dorim of Weston, believes that Jewish my ‘Please bother the rabbi’ open EDITORIAL Florida, a suburban community life is central to how door policy.” Bruce Landgarten, bordering the Everglades near Fort he understands Rabbi David Novak Robert Glast, President of the Board Chief Executive Officer Lauderdale. In 2002, Rabbi Novak himself as a child, a of Trustees states, “Rabbi Novak Miriam H. Bent, Editor left his prosperous communications teenager, in college, and throughout checks all the boxes of what Temple Bailey Communications, Sinai is looking for to continue the practice to attend the Hebrew Union adulthood. It is where he continues Layout & Design positive momentum created by our College-Jewish Institute of Religion in to derive life’s blessings. Throughout staff and lay leaders in recent months. JCN STATEMENT Jerusalem and Los Angeles, from which many early life moves, Jewish communities kept him afloat. In His understanding of connecting The Jewish Community News seeks he was ordained in 2007. He served coming to Temple Sinai, Rabbi with our members and building our to provide news and feature material his first pulpit, Israel Congregation Novak states, “This is an extraordinary community is key.” of special interest to its readership, of Manchester, Vermont, for a opportunity to strengthen Jewish We look forward to welcoming and to create a heightened sense of Jewish decade, and before joining Temple life in the Coachella Valley. I hope Rabbi Novak to our community. identity through the dissemination of information about people, events and issues nd at home and abroad. The JCN seeks to serve Hadassah’s 32 Year for Summer Study is Going Virtual as a forum for the exchange of ideas and After over 100 evenings of study and decided that the summer program was are now underway to put together a opinions in the Jewish community. camaraderie in members’ homes over too valuable an asset to postpone despite compelling program and members will The JCN is published monthly, ten months a the past 31 years, Hadassah’s popular the restrictions of self-isolating imposed be emailed the schedule in early June. year by the Jewish Federation of the Desert, Summer Study Series will be going virtual to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Those without email can call chair Miriam 69-710 Highway 111, this year. In an online board meeting in The series will be held on the Monday Bent (760-323-0255) to ask for a schedule Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, April, the Sabra Hadassah leadership evenings in July, as in the past. Plans to be mailed. 760-324-4737, fax 760-324-3154.

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4 • JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com 7 Israeli Mask and Face Shield Solutions for Coronavirus Now that we’re all covering our faces to avoid COVID-19, Israeli innovators are stepping up invention of antiviral masks, shields and stickers. By Abigail Klein Leichman , ISRAEL 21C It seems like eons since ISRAEL21c “The demand today is endless,” first reported on two antiviral says Lustiger. “The entire Western facemasks under development in world is looking for masks now as a Israel — but it was only January 28. way for people to start going back Since then, facemasks of all kinds to work while being protected from have become part of everybody’s exposure to the virus.” wardrobe due to the alarming spread of the novel coronavirus Antiviral sticker for surgical The Maya antiviral sticker being tested at Massivit’s 3D-printed face shields are pandemic. Galilee Medical Center being produced by the thousands for masks And in that short time, additional healthcare workers in several countries. A new antiviral sticker that attaches Israeli entrepreneurs and researchers to regular surgical masks is being have introduced facemask and face tested at Galilee Medical Center in shield inventions we want to tell you Nahariya. The 3D-printed “Maya” about. sticker contains nanometric fibers Updating that first article coated with antiseptics. They trap highlighting washable masks from the viral particles and neutralize Sonovia and from Argaman, each them. uses its own proprietary technology The sticker was developed to embed microbe-killing metallic through a partnership between particles into textiles. ViriMASK is available for Sonovia’s Facemasks with outer and Prof. Eyal Zussman of the Nano- preorder in men’s and antimicrobial inner layers embedded with “We can produce now up to 3,000 women’s sizes. facemask antimicrobial copper oxide Engineering Lab at the Technion- masks per day,” Shay Hershcovici of top five impacting startups in the of the viruses that came in contact Israel Institute of Technology and Sonovia tells ISRAEL21c. COVID-19 pandemic. with our mask were destroyed Dr. Dan Greenstein’s COVID-19 “We hired 120 unemployed As for Argaman, founder and CEO in only 30 minutes,” said MedCu National Emergency Team of the factory workers to produce them Jeff Gabbay tells ISRAEL21c that one microbiologist Gadi Borochov. Defense Ministry’s Directorate of at Kiryat Motzkin and we are country has bought treated fabric Facemask manufacturers can Defense R&D, in collaboration with donating the masks with the help of from Argaman to make 1 million use MedCu’s copper-treated Dr. Samer Srouji, chief of oral surgery philanthropic supporters,” he says. Bio-Block layered masks and other polypropylene fabric, made in Israel at Galilee Medical Center. Healthcare facilities in Nahariya deals are in the works. and elsewhere, as a replacement for “This is an available and fast were among the first to receive a A slightly different approach is the inner and outer layers of their solution based on sophisticated consignment of hundreds. offered by MedCu Technologies, products. technology. We hope that the “This week we sent 400 masks which leverages the antimicrobial “It’s a plug-and-play technology pilot project will succeed, and to a teaching hospital in Germany properties of oxygenated copper that can be used to add antiviral that this unique innovation will be and donated 400 to be distributed to make advanced wound dressings. properties to any surgical or N95 introduced to many other hospitals through [Israeli nonprofit aid Now, MedCu has signed a mask,” says MedCu CEO and around the country,” said Srouji. organization] Latet. The Israelicontract with Chinese Ministry of cofounder Danny Lustiger. police forces are receiving an Health subsidiary Shanghai Medical When the masks are disposed ViriMASK unlimited supply. We have been Technology to manufacture and after wearing out – usually a few Preorders are now being accepted given personal licenses to keep distribute copper-embedded days – they pose no environmental for the ViriMASK Protective Oculo- our offices and factories open and facemasks. hazard because any viral particles Respirator, developed by Israeli running so that we are able to work The self-sterilizing, viral- on them are neutralized. physician and serial medical- safely on this ardent mission.” deactivating facemask technology MedCu is in discussions with other device inventor Dr. Noam Gavriely, Sonovia was one of two Israeli will also be marketed to other manufacturers around the globe ViriMASK is strapped around the companies (the other is CLEW) on countries. and will open a factory in Israel to head, covering the eyes with a see- Startus Insights’ list of the world’s “Studies show that 99.99 percent supply the local market. continued on page 16

JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 5 Jewish Federation Women's Philanthropy Women’s Philanthropy Stays in Touch Despite Social Distancing By Leslie Pepper, Women’s Philanthropy Coordinator Jewish Federations’ Women’s scheduled on a regular basis until Philanthropy engage Jewish women in we can gather in person again. An the fulfilling work of making the world added benefit: since many of our a better place. In every community local leadership have returned to around the country they build and their home communities, they are support Jewish life for today and for now able to stay connected through generations to come. They commit our use of social media. Our second to deepening engagement in Jewish Zoom get- together took place on life and helping strengthen Jewish Earth Day, April 22. We shared our identity, connections to Israel and Passover stories, Federation updates, care for all Jews in need. And this and connection between Earth Day commitment continues, despite the and our Jewish traditions of taking new reality of living with the covid-19 care of the environment. pandemic. While our Federation office is During these weeks of social closed, our work in the community distancing, our Women’s Philanthropy from our home offices continues. ladies have had the opportunity to Please don’t hesitate to reach out to come together remotely through us at 760-324-4737 or email Leslie. Zoom sessions, which we have Staying connected via ZOOM [email protected]. Israeli Arab Doctors and Nurses Help Orthodox Jewish Patients with Religious Practice in Midst of Coronavirus Crisis By Benjamin Kerstein, The Algemeiner Coexistence between Israeli The patient, he noted, ultimately is a connection between belief and Arabs and Jews in the face of the recovered and has been released the success of a treatment: you see global coronavirus pandemic found from the hospital. people who just give up, in contrast expression in two incidents that were In the second incident, Dr. Abed to people who were in a very critical widely shared throughout Israeli Zahalka, who works at the Mayanei condition and deal with the disease media platforms. Hayeshua hospital in Bnei Brak, in an amazing way and get better,” he In one case, two Arab nurses Israeli-Arab Doctor Abed Zahalka hands brought a Torah scroll into the added. helped an elderly man critically a Torah scroll to a coronavirus patient at coronavirus ward for patients to use “I feel at home here, and not just ill with coronavirus to lay tefillin Maayanei Hayeshua hospital in Bnei Brak. for daily prayer. at the hospital, but in general in Bnei (phylacteries), something the man said Ghazawi. “In the end we put the According to Israeli news website Brak,” he noted. “I’m like a member of was unable to do on his own because tefillin on, we worked it out.” The Marker, Zahalka has worked in the household for many families in his entire left side was paralyzed. “He was very happy,” he said of the the mostly ultra-Orthodox town – the town.” The incident was caught on video patient, “and he said, ‘Thank you with which has been particularly hard-hit “I even know the Jewish halacha and broadcast on Israel’s Channel 13. all my heart.’” by the virus – for years, and feels (traditional laws) very well,” he In an interview with journalist “I was happy inside, believe me,” deeply connected to the community. added. Amnon Levy, one of the nurses, Khalil Ghazawi added. “I felt like I strengthened the Nurse Michal Ben Dov said of Ghazawi, said he and his fellow nurse Asked whether he had received a connection even more, that I’m a Zahalka’s good deed, “It gives them were working in the coronavirus positive response to his good deed, part of this place, of the people, of meaning and strengthens them, and ward when the man asked them for he said that he “received a lot of the tradition,” he said of the event. it helps them recover. These people help laying tefillin. responses,” including from hospital “I’m a believer and I see here who are accustomed to pray every “We looked at each other – it was staff. “They were very happy,” he a lot of believers and a lot of the day, and in a very difficult reality here weird – we didn’t know what to do,” recounted. Bnei Brak rabbis. I also think there in isolation – it gives them strength.” 6 • JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 7 Temple Contact Information and List of Religious Services for When Isolation Requirements End • BETH SHALOM (Member, • CHABAD OF SUN CITY • OR HAMIDBAR SCHEDULE: Shabbat evening: United Synagogue of Conservative PALM DESERT Rabbi David Lazar rabbi@ 6:30 pm Pre-service Happy Hour, Judaism) Rabbi Yonason Denebeim. orhamidbar.org 7:30 pm Shabbat Services, followed Ken Hailpern, Spiritual Leader NORMAL SCHEDULE: Weekly NORMAL SCHEDULE: Kabbalat by Oneg on the first, second, third 79-733 Country Club Drive, Shabbat services in homes. For Shabbat services first, second and and, when applicable, fifth Friday Bermuda Dunes, CA 92203 information on location call fourth Fridays of the month at 6:30 evenings. Fourth Friday: Shabbat www.congregationbethshalom.net 760-848-8250. pm at the United Methodist Church services around the dinner table 760-200-3636 Most Fridays: Shabbat Dinner with of Palm Springs, 1555 E Alejo Rd. at 6:30 pm, followed by dairy NORMAL SCHEDULE: 9:30 am the Denebeims. Call to reserve Shabbat morning Study and Prayer potluck dinner. Saturday Shabbat morning services, 760-848-8250. every second and fourth Saturday Saturday morning: 9:00 am “Nosh followed by sit down Kiddush lunch at a private residence. and Drash” torah study followed • CONGREGATION HAR-EL Address provided on RSVP to by services at 10:00 am. Kiddush • CHABAD OF PALM SPRINGS & (Member, Union for Reform [email protected]. follows services, then “Jewish DESERT COMMUNITIES Judaism) Rabbi Richard Zionts; University” from 1:30-3 PM. No Rabbi Yonason Denebeim & Rabbi Cantor Joseph Gole. harelurjpd@ • SUN CITY JEWISH SERVICES charge. RSVP requested. Call Arik Denebeim gmail.com 760-779-1691. Rabbi Kenneth Emert; synagogue for current topic. 425 Avenida Ortega, Palm NORMAL SCHEDULE: Har-El is Cantor Alan Scott. Shabbat services live-streamed Springs, CA 92264 www. transforming to virtual services. NORMAL SCHEDULE: Services on Facebook ‘Temple Isaiah Palm chabadpalmsprings.com CONGREGATION SHALOM held at Sun City Del Webb, Palm Springs.’ 760-325-0774 BAYIT (Reform) Desert/Sunset View Clubhouse/ NORMAL SCHEDULE: Shabbat Rabbi Kenneth Milhander, Speakers Hall, First and third Friday • TEMPLE SINAI (Reform) services Friday/Saturday; daily 1320 W. Williams Ave., Banning, CA evenings at 7:15 pm. 73-251 Hovley Lane West, morning and evening minyan. 92220. Contact 951-392-5380. Palm Desert, CA 92260. www. NORMAL SCHEDULE: Shabbat • TEMPLE HAR SHALOM, templesinaipd.org 760-568-9699. • CHABAD OF PALM DESERT Service 3rd Friday/ Havdallah 1st Idyllwild NORMAL SCHEDULE: Friday Rabbi Mendy Friedman Saturday evening. Rabbi Malka Drucker evening services: 5:30 pm. Services in a private home. (951) 468-0004. www. Saturdays: 8:45 am Torah study; Call for information: 760-651-2424. • DESERT OUTREACH templeharshalomidyllwild.org 10 am Shabbat services. www.chabadpd.com SYNAGOGUE Email:templeharshalomofidyllwild@ 760-969-2153 / 760-969-2158 Rabbi Jules King; Cantor Lori gmail.com. • BIKUR CHOLIM Reisman Patterson. 760-449-0111. NORMAL SCHEDULE: Friday A project of Chabad of Palm • CHABAD OF RANCHO Mailing address: P.O. Box 982, night services third Friday of the Springs & Desert Communities MIRAGE Rancho Mirage, CA 92270. www. month and study with Rabbi the (Community Outreach) www.BikurCholimPS.com Rabbi Rabbi Shimon Posner Desert-Outreach-Synagogue.com. following Saturday morning at 9:30 Yankel Kreiman - 760-325-8076, 72295 Via Marta, Rancho Mirage, NORMAL SCHEDULE Services am. Services held at St. Hugh of and Rabbi Mendy Kreiman – CA 92270. www.chabadrm.com held at UC Riverside/Palm Desert Lincoln Episcopal Church, 25525 760-567-6726. 760-770-7785 Campus auditorium, 75080 Frank Taquitz Drive, Idyllwild, CA. NORMAL SCHEDULE: Shabbat Sinatra Drive (at Cook), Palm Desert services Friday: check website for the second Friday of each month • TEMPLE ISAIAH Email (preferred) Miriam Bent service times. Saturday 10 am; at 7:00 pm. Musical Shabbat Rabbi Steven Rosenberg; Cantorial at [email protected] or children’s program/service service, followed by wine/light nosh Soloist Gerry Noriega. call 760-323-0255 to have 11:15 am. Daily morning and oneg. Complimentary valet parking 332 West Alejo Road, Palm Springs, your events included in the evening minyan. M-F 7:00 am; in Lot B. CA 92262, 760-325-2281. www. community calendar. Sundays 8:00 am. templeisaiahps.com. NORMAL

8 • JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com Current Contact Information & Shabbat Schedule

• BETH SHALOM • DESERT OUTREACH Spiritual leader: Ken Hailpern. SYNAGOGUE Can be reached by email: Rabbi Jules King can be reached at [email protected] or 760-449-0111 or rabbi@desert- 760-200-3636. No staff person outreach-synagogue.com. on site. Beth Shalom is offering Virtual services offered until UCR/ virtual Shabbat services via Zoom Palm Desert auditorium reopens. in cooperation with Congregation Services held second and fourth held on Zoom at 10:00 am. There Historical Jewish Responses to Am HaYam in Ventura. Access Fridays. Call DOS office (760-449- is a staff person available Tuesday- Plague” with Boz Werdiger. information can be obtained 0111) to have your name and email Friday to handle phone and email Weekly meetings: Mondays at 7:30 pm: Studies in by emailing bethshalom18@ added to Zoom list. inquiries. All information is available Jewish Ethics with Boz Werdiger gmail.com or website on the Temple website www. templeisaiahps.com as well as the Tuesdays at 11:00 am: Women’s congregationbethshalom.net. • OR HAMIDBAR Coffee and Conversation with weekly Shabbat-O-Gram. Rabbi David Lazar can be reached Chaya Denebeim. • CHABAD OF PALM SPRINGS & at [email protected]. Through • TEMPLE SINAI Thursdays at3:30 pm: The Mystical DESERT COMMUNITIES the website orhamidbar.org Temple Sinai has just hired Rabbi Parsha with Boz Werdiger. Rabbi Arik Denebeim can be virtual Kabbalat Shabbat services, David Novak, who will begin July 1st. Thursdays at 7:00 pm: As the Rabbi with Rabbi Yonason Denebeim reached at 760-325-0774. Virtual Saturday morning services and At this time Temple Sinai has virtual pre-Shabbat service Friday Havdallah services are available. Erev Shabbat and Shabbat morning • CHABAD OF RANCHO afternoons at 5:30 pm. Via Zoom: + Torah Talk via Zoom, accessible MIRAGE Meeting ID: 815 5934 5884 • SUN CITY JEWISH SERVICES to its members. If interested in Virtual activities available on Zoom Rabbi Kenneth Emert can be participating virtually, please call and Facebook live. Email info@ • CHABAD OF RANCHO reached at 760-620-5004 or the Temple office weekdays to be chabadrm.com to be added to MIRAGE [email protected]. added to the distribution list. mailing list or for specific virtual Rabbi Shimon Posner can be Zoom Shabbat evening services are programs online. For womens’ reached at 760-770-7785. “Taste available the first and third Fridays classes contact Chaya Posner via of Shul” available Fridays on Zoom of each month at 7:15 pm. Programs Offered text 760-272-1923. Ckids and and Facebook live. 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S class on “The Meditations of our • CHABAD OF PALM SPRINGS & Prayers” with Sussie Denebeim. Friday evening services and High • TEMPLE ISAIAH DESERT COMMUNITIES Holy Day Services with Rabbi Rabbi Steven Rosenberg can For virtual classes and programming • DESERT OUTREACH Zionts and Cantor Joseph Gole are be reached at 956-566-9328 or inquiries contact Boz Werdiger, SYNAGOGUE only online. Shabbat services will [email protected]. 760-550-5793 or bozwerdiger@ Rabbi Jules King; Cantor Lori be at Fridays at 5:00 pm. Weekly Friday night Shabbat Services are gmail.com. Zoom meeting ID: 815 Reisman Patterson. 760-449-0111. Torah study with Rabbi Zionts conducted by Rabbi Rosenberg at 5934 5884. Mailing address: P.O. Box 982, Saturdays at 11:00 am. Ad on page 7:30 pm via Facebook Live. Virtual Tuesday, May 26 – 7:30 pm: Rancho Mirage, CA 92270. www. 7 has the High Holy Day schedule. Saturday morning Torah study is “Looking Back, Going Forward: Desert-Outreach-Synagogue.com. JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 9 Check the websites or call the synagogues for additional information or schedule changes. • CONGREGATION HAR-EL Wednesday, June 10 at 3:30 pm: Held from 3:30-4:30 pm. Rabbi Malka Drucker’s forth and For Zoom call 760-779-1691 or Rabbi Dr. Hillel Cohn: “The Ethics Wednesday, May 27: final class on “The Meaning of the email [email protected]. of Forgiveness.” “Unorthodox”; Wednesday, June Prayers in our Shabbat Siddur” Lectures: Wednesday, July 8 at 3:30 pm: 24: “Sarajevo”; and Wednesday, July is offered via Zoom on Saturday, Wednesday May 13 at 3:30 pm: Steve Moyer: Topic TBA. 22: “Shtisel.” May 16. For Zoom link email Dr. Steven Windmueller: Galan Summer Movie Fest: Monday-Fridays: “Ask the Rabbi” templeharshalomofidyllwild@gmail. “COVID-19 and the American Films reviewed by Rabbi Zionts; Q&A. Questions asked before 8:00 com on May 15th. Jewish Economic Crisis.” moderated by Judy Wallis: am; answered by 5:00 pm. • TEMPLE ISAIAH • DESERT OUTREACH Jewish University adult education SYNAGOGUE series, taught by Rabbi Steven Virtual Coffee Hour with the Rabbi Rosenberg, is held on Zoom at 1:30 offered Monday mornings. Call pm Saturday afternoons. Virtual DOS office (760-449-0111) to have Coffee with the Rabbi, a weekly your name and email added to opportunity for conversation Zoom list. and community, meets on Zoom Wednesdays at 1:00 pm. • OR HAMIDBAR Through the website orhamidbar. • TEMPLE SINAI org virtual Torah study and other Religious School and B’nai Mitzvah classes are offered. classes are being conducted via Zoom. Adult Education programs • TEMPLE HAR SHALOM, will resume after the arrival of Idyllwild Rabbi Novack in July. Aviva Snow Elected New JFS President Jewish Family Michael Saywitz. Sandy Seplow was Service of the heartedly thanked for his two years of Desert, ( JFS), held leadership and dedication to JFS and its 2020 Annual Aviva Snow was warmly welcomed as Meeting via Zoom she ascends to the Board presidency. on Monday, April Through its conversion to 20, 2020. Outgoing telecare services, JFS continues to president Sandy be a prominent provider of social Seplow swore in Aviva Snow services to those in need throughout three new our Valley, including homelessness Executive prevention, counseling for all, senior Committee socialization, case management and Members: supporting our cherished Holocaust President survivors. A v i v a As she begins her presidency, Aviva Snow, Vice Snow looks forward to an exciting, President productive year. Her belief: “There Ed Cohen and Assistant Treasurer is no limit to what a man or woman Nona S. Solowitz; and four new can achieve as long as they don’t care Board Members: Audrey Bernstein, who gets the credit for it.” Michelle Carafiol, Loren Friend and 10 • JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com CURATED LINKS AND OPPORTUNITIES: As part of our effort to help our Jewish community stay connected Jewishly and to each other during these times of self-isolation, below you will find curated links and opportunities to keep you entertained and engaged. Enjoy! JEWISH LIVESTREAM: • Seated exercises for seniors: Elsewhere in the paper is the list of the many virtual programs being offered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BcPHWGQO44 by the religious institutions of our community. In addition, in these times, • Senior Zumba: more and more performers and organizations are presenting programs and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYdJHpQL8-k concerts live online. • Plus, just for fun, Richard Simmons and the silver foxes: • Yiddish performances on Wednesday nights, in the comfort of your https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V9AJiokRm4 home, with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbeine: https://nytf.org/ • A series of online workouts for seniors – easy to do in the comfort of • Amazing online activities every day from the Jewish Agency: your home: https://youtu.be/Ev6yE55kYGw https://www.jewishagency.org/coronavirus-activities-and-things-to-do/ Also, in line with staying balanced…ever try meditation? • Check out the latest on the Jewish livestream from the Central • Institute for Jewish Spirituality – daily meditation: Synagogue – they have a full schedule of activities and presentations: https://www.jewishspirituality.org/ https://www.centralsynagogue.org/worship/live_streaming Fitness fun for kids and parents too: ONLINE JEWISH LEARNING: • Workout fun with kids and families: • Join the amazing educators from Pardes in Jerusalem for a full array of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5if4cjO5nxo online classes, podcasts and programs: • A “Frozen” Yoga session for kids: https://elmad.pardes.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlg052EKMtk • Machon Hadar has become one of the leading Jewish educational • Cardio for kids: programs in NY; wherever you are, you can access their classes and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xCAEbKDNi4 programs online: www.hadar.org • More workouts for kids: • Yeshiva University, the flagship modern Orthodox institution, has most of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8jI4RnHHf0 its classes and shiurim available for you to join in remotely: www.yutorah.org • Chabad specializes in making Judaism and Jewish practice accessible: EATING WELL: www.chabad.org While you have some spare time in the home, you can try your hands at • Reform Judaism offers many ways to make Judaism a part of your life: becoming the best Jewish chef you know. Here are some great sites for https://reformjudaism.org/learning/judaism-classes recipes and festive Jewish dishes! • Want to know something about Jewish life or practice? You can find it • A great window on Israeli cuisine: here: www.myjewishlearning.com https://www.fromthegrapevine.com/israeli-kitchen • The most extensive collection of Jewish texts online: • What makes food Jewish: www.sefaria.org https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jewish-food-101/ • And if that tempted your appetite: A JEWISH TAKE ON THE NEWS: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/ • Times of Israel – www.timesofisrael.com • Jewish food goes mainstream: • Forward – www.forward.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/topics/jewish-cooking • The Jewish Week – www.thejewishweek.com • One of the best kosher chefs out there: • JTA – www.jta.org https://jamiegeller.com/ • The Jewish Journal – www.jewishjournal.com • For amazing baking: https://jwfoodandwine.com/article/2017/09/06/meet-shannon- STAYING FIT: sarna-modern-jewish-baker A healthy life is about balance. And since you are indulging by eating well, • Another great site with Jewish recipes: you should also take some time to stay fit. As the weather is nice, it is great https://www.epicurious.com/cuisine/jewish to go for a walk. But, if you are stuck indoors, we wanted to provide some great fitness classes online for kids and older adults: VIRTUAL TOUR OF ISRAEL: Older adults can balance and boogie: • Check out this National Geographic special on the Templar ruins under the city • Balance exercises for seniors: of Acre, on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Also available on Disney+. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiXTIBVo1PI https://thetemplarknight.com/2019/10/27/national-geographic- templars/ JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 11 • Did you know there is the Israel National Trail, stretching from the Golan • More Six13 Passover: to the Negev? Wouldn’t that be fun to hike? Well, now you can get a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qSXrnkSeKs&list=PL3EFC2E7 taste of this trail from the comfort of your home! Check out these videos EB6D5061B&index=8&t=0s that are the next best thing to hiking the trail yourself: • The Fountainheads, Light Up The Night: https://www.israeltrail.net/videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzh-TKzXN2k&list=PL3EFC2E7 • There is so much variety in Israeli society and daily life. You can get an EB6D5061B&index=9&t=0s insider’s view through IsraelStory, one of the BEST podcasts about life in Israel. You can access this through the podcast app on your smartphone TOP BINGE-WORTHY VIDEOS AND LINKS FOR KIDS: or directly through their website. It’s worth it: https://israelstory.org/ • BimBam: https://www.bimbam.com/kids-family/ • The Israel Museum in Jerusalem is offering an array of virtual tours of its • Asking Jewish Kids Big Jewish Questions: current and past exhibits. This is an AMAZING museum, and if you have https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzCAkj4AR-s not had the chance to visit…now’s your chance to check it out: • Chabad Jewish Kids World: www.jewishkids.org https://www.imj.org.il/en/ • A bit late – A LEGO Purim story: • Learn the history of all the top sites in Israel. Check out the Virtual Israel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcQ7Ygt6PZ0 Experience as part of the Jewish Virtual Library: • Shalom Sesame – Shabbat: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/about-vie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucEIPOxR-bs • An interactive virtual tour of the City of David, to the south of the Old • Shaboom: We are family!: City of Jerusalem: https://www.cityofdavid.org.il/en/virtual-tours/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUU4jZshmgc interactive-jerusalem-virtual-tour • RUGRATS PASSOVER (season 3, episode 23) – available for purchase, or • Explore Jerusalem virtually, with the Tower of David Museum: you can watch free with a HULU subscription: https://www.tod.org.il/en/tod-is-temporarily-closed/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soyRh0Ap__k And two video tours you can check out: • RUGRATS CHANUKAH (season 4, episode 1) – available for purchase, • Israel: The Royal Tour – a virtual tour of Israel with Prime Minister or you can watch free on with a HULU subscription: Netanyahu, for $$ on Amazon Prime and AppleTV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83XVNuVtKDE • Rick Steves’: The Holy Land– the consummate tour guide visits Israel, for • Kids version of the Passover story: $$ on Amazon Prime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xiBvZQuKZY • Dayenu by the Maccabeats: TOP JEWISH A CAPPELLA ONLINE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZgDNPGZ9Sg • Y-Studs, Evolution of Jewish Music: • Passover with BimBam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbeArPQqsc8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUv0BTdUNPo • Maccabeats, Chanukah 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emIvBfzTsQk FOR THOSE WHO MAY PREFER BINGE-ING • Y-Studs, Hashem Melech: WITH BOOKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhYnF3PjmAM • Top Jewish Fiction: • Six13, Bohemian Chanukah: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/jewish-fiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P30ckBf1wk

• Maccabeats, Sound of Silence: TOP JEWISH PODCASTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTjw96-Z700 You can find these on through your podcast app or spotify, or often by • Six13, Lion King Passover: checking out the show’s web site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qervY5HSzqM The Joy of Text • Yerushalayim Shel Zahav ( Jerusalem of Gold): • takes on sexuality with from an Orthodox perspective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j2cAeNHE3c If you’ve ever had questions about Judaism and sex, “The Joy of Text” has • Maccabeats, Despacito: answers — or at least some thoughts on the subject. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB-RNaSz7KQ • Can We Talk? is a podcast from the Jewish Women’s Archive, giving • Y-Studs, Thriller for Passover: Jewish women the spotlight they deserve and exploring topics like the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzrrk2ToFr0 way women’s voices sound (with NPR’s iconic voiced Susan Stamberg), the • Niggun (tune) with Eli Beer: Jewish love for mah-jongg, the Women of the Wall group and Jewish hair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRG7XqqG0aA • Ronna & Beverly - join this comedy duo who call themselves “America’s • Eyal Golan cover of Jungle: favorite Jewish mothers.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtHvJB1QN04 • Israel Story - This is the “This American Life” of Israel, taking in-depth • The Fountainheads, Purim Mask: stories of, about and for Israel. PS – this is Keith’s favorite podcast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9HbULd67sE&list=PL3EFC2E • The Kibitz - It really was only a matter of time before there was a Jewish 7EB6D5061B&index=3&t=0s podcast named for the Yiddish pastime of kibitz-ing.

12 • JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com • Unorthodox – but different than the show above. This podcast comes • Raid on Entebbe – the classic story, whose anniversary is coming up in a from Tablet Magazine and each episode features one Jew and one non- couple of months, free on Amazon Prime Jew to talk about interesting topics of the week. Israeli Cinema: • Seincast – is like the “Seinfeld” of podcasting, started by diehard fans • Zero Motivation – You may think, another movie about the Israel army? who weren’t ready to let the show go. Listen as they analyze each episode but this movie, winner of the best narrative at the Tribeca Film Festival, of the show about nothing. shows a unique side of the IDF. A series of events describe the painfully boring everyday life of young female soldiers serving at the Human GREAT VIDEOS TO WATCH: Resources Department in a remote desert base, counting down the • Tips on Quarantine from Natan Sharansky – a Jewish hero who was minutes until they can return to civilian life. This Israeli box-office hit shows imprisoned for years by the Soviets: a hilarious, intelligent, edgy and realistic side of the Israeli army, bound to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdyHlYpRvko&feature=youtu.be make you laugh. • Netta Barzilai’s Corona Song – a cover of Ray Charles’ “I Don’t Need No Available for $$ on Amazon Prime Doctor”…Netta was Israel’s entry into last year’s Eurovision Song Contest • A Borrowed Identity, also called Dancing Arabs – This 2014 movie and won the whole thing! was adapted from a book called Dancing Arab, describing the struggle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P0qtizBYxw of an Arab-Israeli boy who is sent to a prestigious boarding school in • Koolulam – Al Kol Eleh – an inspiring sing-along video to watch, with Jerusalem, where he struggles to adapt to the culture and tries to figure Shlomi Shabat (a favorite of mine!): his own identity out. The movie is an emotionally sweeping story about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxzR9Z-kG6Q questions of identity every teenager experiences, enhanced by the complexity of the Israel-Arab conflict. GOOD READS: • Saying Kaddish remotely: Available for $$ on Amazon Prime. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/can-kaddish-be-said-in-a-virtual-minyan/ • Past Life – This 2017 movie is set in Israel in 1977 and follows tw0 Israeli • Great articles and analysis of Jewish history, culture, politics and sisters as they begin a quest to unveil the dark past of their father’s life more: https://mosaicmagazine.com/ during World War II, after discovering that he has been hiding a secret • A quarterly publication reviewing books and covering the gamut of from them. The movie discusses the Holocaust from a new point of view, Jewish thought: https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/ examining the deeds of survivors and the effect the trauma had on Jewish families and culture. WHAT TO BINGE WATCH NEXT: Available for free on AmazonPrime. • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime – In 1958 New York, • Bethlehem – There is never a shortage of heart-wrenching movies Midge Maisel’s life is on track– husband, kids, and elegant Yom Kippur about the Middle Eastern conflict, yet this one, which describes a dinners in their Upper West Side apartment. But when her life takes a dangerous relationship between a trusting Shin Bet officer and a confused surprise turn, she has to quickly decide what else she’s good at – and Palestinian teenager, won the population over for its relative impartiality going from housewife to stand-up comic is a wild choice to everyone but and outlook on the frustrating situation. Having won six Ophir Awards, the her. drama was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film • Catch UNORTHODOX, a new series which has been catching on like at the 86th Academy Awards after winning, but it eventually didn’t make wildfire; free on Netflix the cut. Top Israeli Television Series…here in America. Check out these three! Available for $$ on Amazon Prime and AppleTV. • Stisel – a look at the Charedi world in Jerusalem, on NETFLIX (free with • A Matter of Size – This 2009 comedy tells the tale of a group of subscription) overweight people from the Israeli city of Ramla who are trying to • Fauda – realistic drama focused on an undercover team of Israeli accept themselves as they are by trying to join the world of sumo, where operatives trying to prevent terror attacks – on NETFLIX (free with fat people are admired, rather than mocked and urged to lose weight. subscription) Anyone can relate to this entertaining story, delivered by wonderfully • Srugim – a compelling and real-world window into the modern funny actors. The movie was screened in many film festivals around the orthodox community in Israel – available for free on Amazon Prime world, in addition to winning three Ophir Awards.

GREAT JEW-Y MOVIES TO WATCH: Available for $$ on Vimeo US Films: • Big Bad Wolves – The official selection of 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, • Above and Beyond – how airmen from around the world helped Big Bad Wolves is an Israeli horror thriller and black comedy declared by launch Israel’s Air Force, for free on Roku and Tubi, $$ on Amazon Prime Quentin Tarantino to be the best film of 2013. The plotline takes place and AppleTV after a little girl is abducted and murdered and is centred around three • Cast a Giant Shadow – the late Kirk Douglas plays “Mickey” Marcus men, her father, who is out for revenge, a police officer, who has neglected helping launch the nation of Israel, for $$ on Amazon Prime and Apple TV the boundaries of law and the main suspect, a religious studies teacher.

JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 13 Available for $$ on Amazon Prime and AppleTV network set up in your home. If you don’t already have that and have • Working Woman – Orna’s (Ben-Shlush) life is as busy as it is tough. cable…you can ask your cable company how to do this. Bottom line – you Her husband, Ofer (Cohen) has opened a restaurant that is not doing want high speed access to the internet. very well financially. She works in real estate but is finding her job hard to - When you have this set up, you can make video calls with friends and maintain as the mother of three children. Her talents soon begin to grow family. It’s easy! Your 3 best options are: Facebook, Skype, and Zoom. as she works with a manger Benny (Noy) who may be interested in her for - On facebook, you need to set up an account – which can be a lot of more than just her skills. The difficulties of women trying to break into the fun. And then you can make “facetime” calls with other friends and family workforce are explored in this Israeli drama. on facebook. Another option, which many groups are using to broadcast concerts and Available for $$ on Amazon Prime and AppleTV. classes, is Zoom. Usually, there is a link in the invitation which you can just • The Cakemaker – Thomas, a young German baker, is having an affair click on to gain access. But here is a tutorial to better help you set this up: with Oren, an Israeli married man who has frequent business visits in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ik5o6WptX0 Berlin. When Oren dies in a car crash in Israel, Thomas travels to Jerusalem seeking for answers regarding his death. Under a fabricated identity, Public Service Announcement #1 Thomas infiltrates the life of Anat, his lover’s newly widowed wife, who It is very easy to become anxious and get stressed with all that is going on. owns a small Café in downtown Jerusalem. Below are some points to consider. Available for free on Netflix. - Stick to a schedule. If your calendar of events has been cancelled, • Foxtrot – An Israeli family›s life is turned upside down when they’re make sure to create new opportunities each day – including getting up at told their soldier son has died. What follows is the account of their son’s a set time and getting dressed, scheduling specific times to take advantage fate, which appears to be quite different... a gorgeously shot, highly of some of the opportunities below, making appointments with friends intelligent movie about fate, told in three chapters. and family by phone or facetime to talk. - Focus on things that make you happy. This could be wearing clothes Available for $$ on Amazon Prime and AppleTV. or jewelry that have positive associations, getting to those projects you’ve • Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem – A woman, after being in a bland been putting off for a while (reading that book you bought, or doing a marriage for twenty years, appeals to her husband for a required divorce puzzle you set aside), or catching up with some good programs or series document in front of a court but the demand seems far more daunting that caught your eye. than what she had imagined it to be. Available for $$ on Amazon Prime and AppleTV. - STOP WATCHING THE NEWS. Seriously. If you wish to stay informed, • Out in the Dark – A beautiful drama based on a love story of two boys set aside one or two times to watch or listen to the news in a specific time from opposite sides of a conflict; One being from Israel and the other slot. But don’t watch or listen to the news all day, whether CNN, CNBC, or from Palestine. FOX. You are not going to miss anything, and you can catch up later. This, more than most other things, can lower your stress level. Available for $$ on VUDU and AppleTV. Also, keep in mind that should you or others be dealing with chronic • The Farewell Party (search the name: Mita Tova)– In a retirement anxiety or other issues, there are resources to help. Contact JFS (760-325- home when an old terminally ill patient decides not to succumb to a death 4088) to set up a virtual or remote consultation or counseling session. by disease his friends make a machine for Euthanasia but soon the rumors about the machine start circling putting them all in jeopardy. Public Service Announcement #2 Be aware that there are several scams that have emerged in response to Available for free on Amazon Prime. COVID-19, including people going door-to-door saying they represent • The Kindergarten Teacher – After discovering an exceptional the CDC. talent of poetry in a five year old kid, a kindergarten teacher takes the The Federal Trade Commission has warned of scammers trying to take responsibility to protect his talent at any cost, against any objection or advantage of the crisis through email and donation scams. implication from anyone. The Secret Service has warned of “phishing,” a widely-used scam where an Available for free on VUDU email appears to be from a reputable company, with the goal of getting Technology Primer: Not sure how to access all this stuff? Here is a quick victims to hand over sensitive information like usernames and passwords. listing of what you need to know and what you can/should get set up. 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16 • JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com ‘Adopt A Doc’: Israelis Looking Out for Overworked Healthcare Professionals In less than three weeks, more than 10,000 have signed up to grassroots group providing doctors and nurses with protective gear, medical supplies and even homecooked meals By Aron Heller, Times of Israel While hunkering down at home pairs volunteers with nearby doctors, do was contribute her cooking skills. and keeping three young children nurses and other overworked Three times a week, she’s been entertained in coronavirus isolation, medical personnel. Nearly 1,000 delivering vegan meals to the home Adi Karmon Scope had a thought: now have a designated volunteer of Maayan Bacher, an emergency How much harder was it for those who cares for their personal needs, room doctor who’s been too on the front lines of the pandemic? including finding them parking spots overwhelmed to prepare healthy So Karmon Scope, a 44-year- in crowded urban centers when meals for her two children. old startup entrepreneur, took to they return home from late shifts. “We’re all at home these days with Facebook to ask Israelis to assist both Some 3,000 other volunteers offer nothing to do and this is a way to Volunteer Einat Kedem, left, speaks with the health care professionals who are emergency room doctor Maayan Bacher after support in other ways. feel like we are part of something,” saving lives while braving exposure delivering her a home-cooked meal, in the The grassroots organization now she said. in long hours at hospitals, and the Israeli city of Raanana, April 6, 2020 has a coordinator at every hospital in Bacher was initially hesitant to seek families they have left behind. spread, including the country, has secured donations assistance, saying that as a doctor In less than three weeks, more a near-closure from private catering companies she was used to providing aid, not than 10,000 have signed up to on especially and its lobbying effort with local receiving it. But her children have “Adopt A Doc.” Besides providing vulnerable municipalities has produced various fallen in love with Kedem’s pasta needed protective gear and neighborhoods. gestures toward the doctors. dishes and an intimate relationship other medical supplies, an army of With the Israeli “We’ve seen all the medical teams has since evolved in which the volunteers has carried out grocery workforce largely in Italy and in China and we kind family now feels free to reach out to shopping, delivered home cooked home bound of wanted to make sure that our Kedem and express their profound meals, babysat for children and due to stringent medical teams are taken care of, all appreciation. even walked the pets of health care regulations, and their personal lives are taken care “It’s heartwarming that people care providers. the economy Adi Karmon Scope of so they can really focus only on about us,” she said upon receiving a In Israel, more than 10,000 people slowed to a being professional and at their best delivery. “It’s a good feeling to be have contracted the coronavirus near standstill, Karmon Scope has in the hospitals,” said Karmon Scope. appreciated because, after all, we and 92 have died. The government enjoyed the robust engagement of Einat Kedem, a 51-year-old digital came into this job basically just to has imposed severe restrictions on tech-savvy Israelis with time on their project manager from Raanana in help people.” movement to try to quell the rapid hands. They’ve built a website that central Israel, said the least she could Israel’s Lake Kinneret to Be Full for First Time in Almost Three Decades By Benjamin Kerstein , The Algemeiner After an unusually wet winter, to the fluctuation, the country has level is expected to stabilize for the Israel’s northern lake Kinneret (Sea mostly switched over to other water first time since February 1992 at the of Galilee) is set to be full for the sources and desalination. Now, top of the red line, which means a first time in decades. however, Israel’s Water Authority is full Kinneret.” After a weekend of heavy rains, once again permitting the use of the In order to prevent flooding, the the Kinneret rose by six centimeters, lake as a water source. authorities will likely use the Degania bringing the water level to 209 Dr. Amir Givati, director of flood Dam to release excess water into the meters, only 21 centimeters from surplus of water, but the last two modeling at the company ClimaCell, Jordan River should the Kinneret the “red line” that marks its full years have brought higher than told N12, “In just two years, the continue to rise. Built in 1931, the capacity. average rainfall following several Kinneret has risen by more than 5.5 dam has only been opened twice in Two-thirds of Israeli territory is years of drought. meters. The Kinneret will continue Israel’s history – in 1969 and 1992, desert, and the country usually The Kinneret once served as Israel’s to rise in the coming days and the last time the Kinneret was full. contends with a lack rather than a main source of fresh water, but due already by the beginning of May the JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 17 THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO DONATED Rabbi Yankel and Rochel Kreiman ews Sharon Meyerhoffmmunity Nwww.jfedps.org Jewish Co Tevet/Shevat 5779J - Januaryewish 2019 Community News Jewish Community www.jfedps.org The Publication of the Jewish Federation of the Desert HarrisThe andPublication Rosa of the Jewish Weinstein Federation of the Desert The Publication of the Jewish Federation of the Desert Cheshvan/Kislev 5780 - DecemberPartnering 2019 with ADL: A World of Difference News www.jfedps.org Cheshvan/Kislev 5779 - November 2018 Sigrid Zaslove Swastika Incident in Palm Springs Must Be a Call to Action Against Hate By Bruce Landgarten, Jewish Federation CEO 3 On a Saturday and spray painted on a sidewalk at of Mr. Weinstein’s building. utilized in recent years is their anti- bullying training. Jewish Federation morning in late Florida State University, a tree in New Let me be clear: GraffitiThe and Anti-Defamation League understanding. Workshops and October, Palm City, N.Y., a Jewish couple’s mailboxIt inWas a Very vandalism will not be tolerated,"fights anti-Semitismand and all forms allocations and the proceeds from Assembly programs are provided Springs police Phoenix, and on it goes. the Jewish communityof rejects bigotry, the defends democratic the Tamarisk Men’s Golf Tournament for students in Becoming-an-Ally, responded to The swastika is the all-purpose hatred these symbolsideals, represent. and protects civil rights for funds ADL’s ‘A World of Difference Cyber-Ally, Peer Leadership and Peer Good Year! Institute’ which we bring into our reports of a swastika hate symbol, the mother of all hate While this may be an isolatedall.” Our incident, desert Jewish community Training, designed to give a voice to drawn outside the brands. 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18 • JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com Major Anti-Semitic Incidents Rise 18 Percent in 2019, According to New Report More than 50 synagogues and some 30 community centers or Jewish schools across the globe were targeted for anti-Semitic attacks in 2019. Jewish News Syndicate The number of major anti-Semitic conspiring to undermine the world’s report. It also noted that others incidents worldwide rose by 18 economic stability, have already including people of Asian descent percent in 2019 over the previous created a vaccine, or developed the are also being targeted by some year, according to a newly released virus to attack Iranians and Muslims. groups. report from Tel Aviv University, The report added that “besides In its conclusion, the report’s the Kantor Center for the Study of these accusations, the calls to authors sum up their findings with European Jewry and the European attack Jews have acquired a new questions: “Will 2020 continue Participants at the “No Hate. No Fear.” rally Jewish Congress. in New York City January 2020 dimension. The FBI warned against the trend observed in 2019 of According to the report, 456 acts calls coming from neo-Nazis and violence and abusive language of “major violent cases” of anti- 2018 in France.” white supremacists to spread the against Jews, or that of growing Semitism were reported worldwide, Additionally, more than 50 contagion among Jews, by using awareness and finding solutions? as compared to 387 in 2018. Seven synagogues and some 30 community quite ugly personal interactions. Will the coronavirus crisis result Jews were killed in the attacks. centers or Jewish schools across the Moreover, cyber-attacks on Jewish in more accusations of the lowest Those cases included: globe were targeted for anti-Semitic institutions and groups trying to kind against the Jewish people and • The shooting rampage at the attacks in 2019. congregate online are a novel trend its state, or will the understanding Chabad of Poway in Southern The report also pointed out that resulting from the increasing use of prevail that the fate of all mankind California on April 27, the last anti-Semitic expressions “continue different digital social platforms.” is intertwined, and that there is no day of Passover, in which one to infiltrate from the fringes of However, the report did aim to way out of it but in cooperation and 60-year-old congregant, Lori Kaye, society into the mainstream,” and put the impact of the coronavirus mutual support?” was murdered and three others, that there is a “growing disparity” and the hate associated with it in including senior Rabbi Yisroel between what is happening on the “proportion.” Goldstein, were injured; ground and governmental efforts to “Blaming Jews for ‘why things • The Yom Kippur shooting attack stop anti-Semitism. go wrong,’ as stated in the on a synagogue in Halle, Germany, The report singled out what it IHRA [International Holocaust on October 9; called “troubling trends.” Remembrance Alliance] 2016 • The December 10 shooting at a In Germany, the report noted, Working Definition of anti-Semitism, kosher grocery in Jersey City, N.J., police recorded some 1,839 anti- is a common practice as old as in which four people, including two Semitic incidents in 2019, an anti-Semitism, therefore, these Chassidic Jews, a store employee average of five per day. While in the manifestations do not represent and a police officer, were killed; and, United States, “a new phenomenon a new development,” stated the • The machete attack on Hanukkah is emerging, one of increased at the home of rabbi in Monsey, violent anti-Semitic manifestations, N.Y., which injured multiple guests with shooting sprees and numerous and led to the recent death of Yosef casualties, inspired by right-wing Neumann from injuries sustained in ideologies as well as by certain the attack. groups within the Black Hebrew The increase in attacks is a “sharp Israelites and the Nation of Islam.” rise, especially in view of the Though the report focused considerable decline in such cases primarily on incidents in 2019, it during the years 2015-2017,” the did lay out concerns about anti- report stated. “At least 169 persons Semitic incidents related to the (37 percent of major violent cases) coronavirus outbreak, as it is already were physically attacked, mostly in seeing this play out among extreme- public spaces … a relatively new right activists, Islamists and the far- phenomenon, already noted in left. Canards online and elsewhere include the accusation that Jews are

JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com • 19 Senators Push for Boost in Medical, Technological US-Israel Cooperation Jewish News Syndicate “This virus knows no borders, and our bill underscores the importance of international collaboration in the face of a truly global pandemic,” says Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.). Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced on April 16 that they will seek to appropriate $12 million in upcoming Sen. Chris Coons Sen. Ted Cruz legislation to enhance partnerships (D-Del) (R-Texas) between companies in the United cooperate on exactly those issues.” States and Israel to develop innovative The Conference of Presidents medical projects aimed at detecting, of Major Jewish Organizations treating and curing coronavirus. applauded the development. Bottom “The United States and Israel of Form are world leaders in the medical “The U.S. and Israel are among the technology industry, and it is in the most medically advanced countries interest of all Americans, Israelis in the world,” said the umbrella and the rest of the world that we organization in a statement on April work together to fight COVID-19,” 17. “As the medical sectors of both said Coons. “This virus knows no nations race to develop methods to borders, and our bill underscores combat this pandemic, Americans and the importance of international Israelis stand to benefit immensely collaboration in the face of a truly by increased cooperation and global pandemic.” collaboration.” “I’ve long said that China poses Congress is expected to pass a the most significant, long-termfourth piece of legislation to provide geopolitical threat to the United assistance in responding to the States. Our dependence on China pandemic. In March, Congress passed for life-saving medications and an unprecedented spending bill to treatments is deeply problematic,” provide $2.1 trillion in assistance to said Cruz. “Israel is not only our friend Americans and businesses affected by and ally, but also a global leader the outbreak. in medicine with which we already DESERT HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL The Desert Holocaust Memorial is located in the Palm Desert Civic Center Park at San Pablo Avenue & Fred Waring Drive. Residents and visitors are encouraged to visit this moving memorial, a place of remembrance and monument of hope.

20 • JCN • May 2020 • Iyar/Sivan 5780 • www.jfedps.com Senate Confirms Chassidic Jew for First-ever Senior Position in US Administration Jewish News Syndicate The U.S. Senate on April 21 and securities, “He advised on many of China’s persecution in Eastern Europe. Their confirmed by voice vote the first development and landmark project financings in a life experiences were chilling,” he Chassidic Jew for a senior position technical assistance. number of sectors and on China’s said. “My maternal grandfather, the in a U.S. administration. The Senate Previously, Silk was largest investment in Colombia, guiding light of my life, grew up in confirmed Mitchell Silk as assistant “a projects partner which was in the energy sector, as abject poverty, witnessed Cossacks secretary of the Treasury for in the banking well as on major wind, solar, gas, brutally murder his family members International Markets. He had held department and coal and nuclear-power project and struggled to cope with the head of the U.S. acquisitions and financings in the extermination of his family in the the position in an acting role since U.S. Assistant July. China group in the Secretary of the U.S., Asia, Latin America, Caribbean Holocaust.” In this position, Silk is responsible New York office Treasury for and Africa.” “For my family, this country of the global law International In his opening statement during his represented freedom, security for leading the U.S. Treasury Markets Mitchell Department’s role on the practice of Allen & Silk. nomination hearing in November, and immense opportunity,” he Committee on Foreign Investment Overy LLP, where Silk spoke of “my amazing wife continued. “They worked hard as in the United States. He will also he concentrated on project finance Yocheved Rivka,” who “serves our tradesmen and laborers.” direct the department’s portfolio and direct investment matters in the community as a physician’s assistant Senate Banking Committee on international financial services energy and infrastructure sectors,” in a family practice in Brooklyn chairman Sen. Mike Crapo regulation, trade, banking according to his LinkedIn profile. [N.Y.] while looking after our eight (R-Idaho) called Silk “a key voice children and doting on our three on trade negotiations, energy and grandchildren.” infrastructure finance, export credit “My grandparents immigrated and financial services.” to this country from hardship and Hillel Attends 2020 AIPAC Conference

Hillel students from UC Riverside and the University of Redlands pictured at the AIPAC Policy Conference March 1-3, 2020, in Washington, D.C.. Their attendance was underwritten by the generosity of Women’s Tamarisk Federation Day and Jewish Federation of the Desert funding. Pictured (l-r): Jacob Rothschild. Stephen Giverts, Eli Smeke, Eran Vaisben (UCR/UR Hillel Director), Hannah Sobel, Jasmine Zadeh and Rachel Kahan.

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