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Campaign$273,000 memoryFor moreof World than War three II in decadespostwar thecomplicity 1990’s trialsin the of Final French Solution. citizens on *Includes transfers from FrenchFrance literature has been and preoccupied culture. with chargesThe oflecture crimes is against held in humanity memory for of Donor$273,000 Advised Funds For more than three decades complicity in the Final Solution. traumaticSponsored moments byand eventsTali andof Richard Don J. Yashek,Fox ain Holocaust honor survivor of their daughter, Sgt. Mika Fox, IDF Franceits recent has past. been Butpreoccupied have national with andThe longtime lecture Berks is held County in memory resident. of traumatic moments and events of Richard J. Yashek, a Holocaust survivor 2010 totals its recent past. But have national and longtime Berks County resident. as of Feb. 19 Jewish Community Campaign $110,708 Page 2 SHALOM April 2014 Federation News What Federation is all about Save the Date By Paul L. Landry because it has an existing network with On page 7 you which to work, and it was able to tap its Federation Annual Meeting can read a letter emergency fund and immediately begin from Jerry Silverman, distributing food, medicine, heating and June 8 at the JCC President of Jewish cooking fuel and lifesaving care for the Light brunch at 10:30 a.m. Federations of North elderly. followed by meeting and entertainment America (JFNA). In Where do the network and fund that letter, Jerry talks come from? They come from your by folk singer and Reading native Les”Doc” Rachlin about the work that the Federation and gifts and those of all the donors who its partners, the American Jewish Joint contribute to the annual Campaigns Rachlin plans to offer a folk singer’s take on popular Jewish-American Distribution Committee and the Jewish that are run by all of the Federations music from Gershwin and other standards to rock and roll favorites. Agency for Israel are doing in Ukraine across the country. When the Jewish Expect to hear a wide range of styles, keys and moods, to support Jewish families who are Federation of Reading makes its impacted by the violence there. I’d like “fair share” membership gift and all written by Jews to emphasize a point he makes — one then allocates another 10 percent of that is too often overlooked. the Campaign revenues to JFNA for Here are some songs you’re likely to hear: “….Federation and our partner overseas relief, those dollars join others “Hound Dog” agencies, the American Jewish Joint from Federations across the country “I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You” Distribution Committee (JDC) and the and part of them forms the emergency Jewish Agency for Israel, are there. And fund — which is only one of the many “Dr. Freud” thanks to core unrestricted funding, good things JFNA does with the money. “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” we’re ready. Please read Jerry’s letter. Think “TV Theme Songs” “In fact, we’ve been there, and ready, about it when your solicitation for the “Diamond Joe” for decades. Because Federation is 2014 Jewish Community Campaign “Hatikva” dedicated to supporting Jewish life comes. And then be as generous as and organizations in Ukraine, we were you can. Both here in Berks County “How Did I Ever Find You” able to step up when the need for help and across the world your gift to the “Making Whoopie/The Glory of Love” intensified.” Campaign does good things. As Jerry “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?” He emphasized the point that the writes — that’s what Jewish Federation “For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her” Federation was able to move so quickly is about! Students take part in summer programs with help from Federation Several local Jewish students are recipients of Student Camp and Education Awards, a Federation program that provides monetary awards to help support their participation in programs that nurture Jewish identity: Alexa Chronister, a 10th grader at Wilson High School, will attend NFTY- Bryce Weizer Chase Weizer Easton Weizer Molly Nemirow Eliana Alweis Mitzvah Corps in New Brunswick, N.J.,this Alexa Chronister , a 10th grader at Blue at Reiffton School, Exeter Township. She summer. Urban Mitzvah Corps will provide Bryce Weizer Once in Israel, Bryce will spend four Mountain High School, will attend the is a daughter of Mark and Geri Nemirow. Alexa with an authentic opportunity to weeks exploring the land together with NFTY L’Dor V’Dor program this summer. , a fourth-grade student explore her Jewish identity through the teens from across North America. Eliana Alweis Bryce will explore 1,000 years of our rich at Montessori Country Day School.She is lens of social justice and tikkun olam. She The following will attend Camp Jewish heritage by spending one week in a daughter of Richard and Julie Alweis. is a daughter of Brett and Cindy Chronister. Harlam in Kunkletown, Pa. the Czech Republic, Poland and Warsaw. Chase Weizer, an eighth-grade *** student, and Easton Weizer, a sixth- For more information on Student grade student at Blue Mountain Middle Camp and Education Awards, visit Perfectly Paired. School. Bryce, Chase and Easton Weizer www.ReadingJewish Community.org or are sons of Drs. Ilene & Jeffrey Weizer. contact Tammy Mitgang at the Federation Molly Nemirow, a fifth-grade student office-610-921-0624.

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Prices good March 23 – April 14, 2014. for Passover recipes visit GiantFoodStores.com/recipes Page 4 SHALOM April 2014 Community goes old school for Purim celebration This year’s community Purim Rabbi Brian Michelson read to celebration enabled guests to travel children in a program promoting PJ back in time to the days of the Library, the JCC program that brings shtetls, the Jewish villages of the Jewish -themed books into local homes Old Country immortalized in “Fiddler with young children. on the Roof.” Rabbi Minna Bromberg showed and The event at the Chabad Center explained her unique megillah. began with a Purim carnival featuring Rabbi Yosef Lipsker hosted the event, a new twist: a petting zoo in addition to and he and members of his family got the games and other activities children into the spirit of the shtetl theme with enjoy so much. memorable costumes. BBYO volunteers Jojo Ure, Bryce The event also featured a dinner amid Weizer, Chase Weizer, Rachel Freed a festive atmosphere, and of course, an and Cecily Hewins helped make sure the opportunity to hear the story of Purim out carnival activities ran smoothly.. of the megillah. October 2012 SHALOM Page 3 SHALOM LookingApril 2014 forward to a great New Year DON’T MISS OUTPage 5 By Alvin Katz in need. Providing food, assistance with visit, among other sites, Yemin Orde, and Be sure to pick up the October ChairmanNew beginningsexpenses and many other aspects of getting Meir Panim, which we support through I want to take this those less fortunate back on their feet. your contributions. 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President’s The DeskLakin Early that she will not be renewing her under the auspices of the old Jewish so tirelessly for the community. My Education Center (Pre-School) next fall contract in April. Tammy has led this Community Center, the Federation thanks to all of you. Being Alma From the President’s Desk By Tammy K. 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Instead, she spoke of how worked around the clock, airlifting 14,310 Accoladesthe establishment were not of herthe Statestyle; of but Israel she whoseShe cared members about are others — strangers, thrilled she was to meet with Natan and Ethiopian Jews to Israel from Addis wasand for not all military without personnel opinion who were — thoughtful familyresponsible and friends. for theAnd she worked to Avital Sharanksy — refuseniks who at Ababa. Alma would have beamed having andkilled at times, while determined. in active duty But, in no Israel’s matter improvemurder of the thousands world — here at home, in extraordinary personal risk and sacri܁ce heard MK Sholomo Molla’s incredible life whatarmed she forces. put her Todayefforts behind,young men you couldand women from around the world serve Israelof innocent and around people. the world. When you helped to spark Giladand laterShalit ignite a global story that he creditsNoam Shalitto the work of the be sure that she was right by your side, wereFor with those Alma, of us itwho was are all parents, about theyou, very it movement to free Soviet Jewry. Between Federation system that saved his life. workingin the IDF.hand On in handthis day with we you remember and others wasthought you of who having were one front of ourand children center andheld 19902009, and his 1997, family Federation’s pitched a tent Operation outside (seeIn her page words, 5) “No other country in history tothose do great who things. gave their lives. madeunder tothose feel circumstances special. is unbearable. 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Jordan Unquestionably, when the borders yes,” with he Israel said. TorahCross but(Jewish clinging learning), to the hope tikkunthat someday olam othersthe right, in religiousour community and secular, on the young National and MuseumDalia Cohen’s in Washington, daughter Kinneret America’s was wereHe reopened. also said “To the think, reaction she ofwould the (repairingyou will be the reunited word) must and betzedakah all consuming; (social Mallold. Prayersin Washington were read during in synagogues one of the for nationalmurdered institution in 1989 by for terrorist the documentation, Abed al-Hadi reminisce;Palestinians “that to thewe dealalong highlights with other a justice).paralyzing. And her life was an embodiment largesthis safe marches release. in One American colleague history. of mineThat studyGanaim and when interpretation he took control of Holocaustof a public Federationfundamental mission-goers, difference met between with King the of thoseBut, principles. there are the letters — three rallyin Israel would commented become a thatturning he point(Gilad) in wasthis history.bus and She drove reଂected it off a cliff. on “On the the mixture one of Hussein.two peoples. Ed and “We I were celebrated so fortunate.” life. They letters,She onebelieved audiotape in the and bold finally collective a DVD movement.trending heavily on Twitter — a social raindropshand, I am and happy tears thatthat Giladfell the is night coming of celebratedHer family death,” was Orenher heart. said. “TheyShe of— Federationtraded in return and forknew the thatrelease together of 20 networkShe spokethat he hadabout no ideathe evenunity existed.of the itsback dedication to his mother,” as she, says Ed andDalia. others “I am from also consideredcelebrated the releasea better of people world, who haveher wefemale could prisoners. mobilize You read ܁nancial the letters and social JewishSome described world that him asresulted Israel’s son.in the oura mother community and I donnedknow what their it’s construction like. I know responsibilitykilled dozens of and men, life women, — a and special children. reward. resourcesover and over that again. could You rescue listen toJews, your OperationOn Oct. Solomon 18, 2011, rescue Gilad mission Shalit that was hatshow andmuch toured I would the want vast toand get important my child IAnd think it’s those a huge of ethicalus who difference.” knew Alma were strengthenchild’s voice the every Jewish day recitingpeople alongand tookreleased place and in a Maywave 1991. of celebration The state swept of structure.back. Everybody is happy around me but I the Israeltruly the is fortunate not simple. ones. She is as literally,with them change the words the world. now committed to Israel,the country; together the with world. Jewish But hisFederation freedom cannotAt home rejoice. in AbedBerks al-Hadi County, Ganaim the JCC’s was complicatedAlma Lakin today passed as theaway day Aug. she 27 was at memory.The ongoing You watch turbulence the DVD in the endlessly Middle ofcame North with America’s what somemajor partners considered on the an Lakinset free Early today. Education I feel like Center I am betraying preschool my thefounded. age of Her 82. people defend her. Israel as if a new episode in their life; your life. unimaginable price in a controversial daughter. I feel like she is screaming, her in return brings them home. You dream of them. You pray for them. prisoner exchange. blood, her ashes are crying out to us and On Sunday, May 4, the eve of Yom You hold your breath — life has become The list was long and painful as 1,027 I cannot do anything to prevent it.” Hazikaron — Israel’s Memorial Day for Federationthat gulp of air — trapped, imprisoned. missionterrorists and to murderers Israel were released begins Michael Oren, Oct. Israel’s ambassador 21 to soldiers who lost their lives in battle or For Gilad Shalit, the IDF soldier to their homes in Gaza and the West the United States during that time, said otherwise defending Israel, Noam Shalit, A joint mission composed of chaired by Michael and Susan Fromm and Berks County will be joining the group purpose and heightened appreciation captured by Hamas on June 25, 2006, Bank. They were heralded as heroes, the reason the Israeli government took father of Gilad, will join our community community members from the Reading Victor and Dena Hammel. In addition to on the mission. and connection to Jewish identity. and his family, the hypothetical was their dripping with Israel’s blood ­— smiling as the risk of releasing so many dangerous to speak at Alvernia University. You area and the Lehigh Valley will leave for Mitgang, Jayne Kleinman, Cultural Center The Reading Jewish community has Mission participants will visit Reading’s reality. their acts of terror were retold. In an email prisoners was due to the unwritten can find more details on his speaking Israel Oct. 21. program director and Mark Goldstein, bene܁ted from teaming with the seasoned Israel Now projects — two important The story of Israeli Staff Sgt. Gilad exchange, a colleague in Israel shared social contract between the state and engagement on page 1. For the Reading community, it is the Executive Director of Jewish Federation of mission-goers from the Allentown area humanitarian efforts that both save Shalit is uniquely Israeli, but yet, it is not. her vivid memories of the 2001 suicide the people that Israel will do everything Amid the story of tears of happiness ܁rst mission the Federation has ledin the Lehigh Valley will staff the mission. and Lehigh Valley Federation’s “well- and change lives — Yemin Orde Youth For many of us in the U.S. and countries bomb that detonated at the Sbarro in its power to recover captured citizens. and pride; pain and fear; there is relief more than 15 years. A goal of Federation Rabbi Brian Michelson from oiled” mission process. Village in the Carmel Mountains and Meir around the world, he became our son, pizzeria in Jerusalem, murdering 15 “At the end of the day, yes, there’s a and hope. There is always hope. He will President Tammy Mitgang and Federation Congregation Oheb Sholom and Rabbi “Mark Goldstein and his staff have Panim’s new nutrition center in Kiryat too. On Day 1,000 of his captivity in March people and brutally injuring 130 others. heavy price to pay here, but as a result share their story. Please join us. leadership, the Reading mission is co- Yosef Lipsker, Chabad-Lubavitch of created over the years a network of Gat, where the community will dedicate resources and processes that have the kitchen that was made possible bene܁ted our community — newbies, thanks to the Reading community’s if you will, when it comes to mission funding efforts. SHALOM planning.It’s And, Simcha we are neighbors. Supplement The The dedication will be atime big thank you A newspaper serving the Jewish community of Reading, Pennsylvania, mission project is just the start of future to our community and a proud moment. andA newspaper published serving monthly, the September Jewish community through June, of Reading, under the Pennsylvania, Jewish joint efforts,” Mitgang said. With two out of every ܁ve children in Federationand published of Reading. monthly, Funded September by the through Reading June, United under Jewish the Jewish Campaign. IfThere you arehad many or are details having that need a bar/bat Israel livingmitzvah below or the graduation poverty line, Federation of Reading. Funded by the Reading United Jewish Campaign. to be(high addressed school when or moving higher) a group in your Meir family Panim’s thisnetwork Jewish of soup year, kitchens, General Offices: 1100 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 125 of moreshare than 50 the people good across news Israel. with restaurants the community. and feeding Pleasecenters, ensure General Offices: Wyomissing,1100 Berkshire PA Blvd.,19610 Suite 125 Jewishsubmit Federation a few of North sentences America’s about warm, the nutritious person meals and for thousands their of Phone: 610-921-0624Wyomissing, PA FAX: 19610 610-929-0886 Missions Department and its staff in children and families every day. WebPhone: site: www.ReadingJewishCommunity.org610-921-0624 FAX: 610-929-0886 Israel along withaccomplishment, Kenes Tours will further alongAt Yemin with Orde, a photo. the group is anxious to Web site: www.ReadingJewishCommunity.org ensure that each and every day of the see ܁rsthand the progress that has been Jewish Federation of Reading mission is maximized. made at the village since the wild܁res Chairman:Jewish Federation of ReadingAlvin Katz Text and photos can be sent to [email protected] or to Federation missions are travel devastated it in 2010. President:Chairman: TammyAlvin Katz K. Mitgang experiences unlike any other.the Federation Along The office. group is honored that Chaim Peri, CommunicationsPresident: Director: MarkTammy Nemirow, K. Mitgang Editor with visits to historic and sacred sites, beloved educator and director of Yemin Proofreaders:Communications Director: EstherMark Nemirow, Strauss & Editor Federation staff museums and popular touristDEADLINE destinations, ISOrde APRIL for 30 years, 30. will personally be hosting Member:Proofreaders: AmericanFederation Jewish staff Press Association Federation missions provide exclusive, the group during a tour and lunch. TheMember: opinions expressed in Shalom are Americanof the writers Jewish and not thePress Jewish Association Federation of Reading insiderWE access CANNOT to residents, GUARANTEE community Young PUBLICATION people from the village OF will join Deadline for the November issue is Oct. 5 leaders, area experts, and political the group for the tour and share their The opinions expressed in Shalom are of the writers and not the Jewish Federation of Reading personalitiesITEMS and provide SUBMITTED a sense of experiences.AFTER DEADLINE Deadline for the May issue is April 5 Page 6 SHALOM April 2014 Israeli photo exhibit opening celebrated at GoggleWorks Members of the community gathered The celebration included a reception Bromberg, who facilitated a discussion They had been invited to the area by in the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts sponsored by the Jewish Federation of after the film. Berks County’s poet laureates, Craig March 9 to celebrate the opening of “Your Reading and a screening of “Life in Stills,” An odd coincidence took place Czury and Heather Thomas. Diti Fortunate Eyes” featuring the work of a documentary about Weissenstein, who during preparations for the exhibit found her way to the Weissenstein Israeli photographer Rudi Weissenstein. captured memorable images of Israel’s opening. Israeli poets Diti Ronen exhibit, where she came across a The exhibit continues through April earliest days. and Anat Zecharia visited the photo of herself at Gordon Swimming 13. Special thanks to Rabbi Minna GoggleWorks to present a program. Pool in 1957.

Lauralynn White, Gallery Director at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. Attendees enjoy the reception. Eileen Knoblauch-Wagner and Fred Wagner admire Weissenstein’s photo titled Valley Train 1940.

Israeli poet Diti Ronen discovers a photo of herself taken in 1957 while at the Michael Schiff and Roxie Goldblatt enjoy a glass of cucumber water at Rabbi Minna Bromberg leads a discussion of “Life in Stills,” a GoggleWorks to make a presentation. the opening. documentary about Rudi Weissenstein. What’s new at Gratz JCHS By Rabbi Barry Dov Lerner English - e.g. Ethics of the Sages C. Interested in online learning with Passover observance. Gratz JCHS, Reading Branch h. Jewish Law through Responsa JOLT? n Passover materials are We are already planning for next Literature Current JOLT courses include: available from Rabbi Dov. His year’s possible class subjects. We i. History of Jewish Thought and a. Confronting the Holocaust free Passover download materials want input from registered or potential Philosophy b. Judaism and the Environment including Haggadah-Seder services students and parents. j. Comparative Judaism - Modern c. Music of Israel of various lengths including Please email [email protected] Jewish Movements d. Jewish Civics Initiative transliteration as well as traditional with answers to the following: k. Jewish Worship - Prayers, e. Engage, Enhance & Educate Hebrew text and a new, reader- Theology, Laws and Customs - through friendly translation of the Seder A. In what subjects do you or your history D. What other courses are of interest service. Also available are the World child have a special interest: l. The Haggadah in Depth for online learning? Largest Seder Songbook, 5773 KP a. History m.OTHER: ______a. Hebrew Recipes, Seder Supplementary b. Jewish Current Events b. Jewish Art History Readings and Siddur Audio (audio c. Rhythm of Jewish Seasons and B. In what subjects would you be interested c. Jewish Calendar files for each of the Haggadah Celebrations for college credit (11th and 12th grades). d. Jewish Life Cycle sections with traditional chants). d. Torah and the portion of the week a. Survey of the Bible e. OTHER: ______nLast scheduled day of classes is e. Jewish Life Cycle b. Contemporary WorldReligions Sunday, May 18, and we will have a f. Israel - Archaeology, Shrines, (Comparative Religions) Gratz Notes special end-of the year celebration!! Places and Events of Significance Today c. History of Antisemitism n Calendar update: School will Students, bring your cameras and g. Rabbinic Texts - Hebrew and d. OTHER: ______be closed April 13 and 20 due to the appetites!

A happy Purim at Gratz. At left, snack time is always a popular, but hamentashen make it an extra special night for the students..Above, students watch for a snowstorm that doesn’t arrive, a wekcome rarity during a winter of Sunday night storms that wreaked havoc on the school schedule. April 2014 SHALOM Page 7 Lectures focus on pogroms Federation aids Ukrainian Jews By Jerry Silverman and sustained life-saving care at home for President, Jewish Federations of North America the elderly. The Jewish Agency has tapped It started in November with peaceful its Emergency Assistance Fund, started in protests against strengthening political 2012, to bolster security at Ukraine’s many ties between Ukraine and Russia. It Jewish institutions, including synagogues, snowballed into violent confrontations yeshivas and community centers. between police and protestors, dozens of “Central Kiev looks like a war zone — casualties, and scenes of destruction that you see the actual fighting,” a local JDC have gripped the world. And it’s not over. worker told one newspaper. “Many are Although the estimated 300,000 living in an area where there is violence and Jewish residents in Kiev and throughout cannot leave home…I have seen people Ukraine are not outright targets of here supplying food to elderly clients in violence, it has touched them like areas with snipers and Molotov cocktails. everyone else. A Ukrainian synagogue It is real avodat kodesh (holy work).” has been firebombed, and others in the As we’ve worked together with our Jewish community are at risk. colleagues at JDC and the Jewish But Federation and our partner Agency, as well as World ORT, during agencies, the American Jewish Joint the last few weeks, we’ve been vividly Distribution Committee (JDC) and the reminded that our core unrestricted Jewish Agency for Israel, are there. And gifts to our overseas partners matter. thanks to core unrestricted funding, we’re They matter in times of crisis, when our ready. immediate support literally means the In fact, we’ve been there, and ready, difference between life and death, and for decades. Because Federation is they matter during times of stability, to Dr. Tim dedicated to supporting Jewish life ensure this historic Jewish community Blessing and organizations in Ukraine, we were not only survives but continues to thrive. opens his able to step up when the need for help This is what our core unrestricted four-part intensified. In the midst of the violence, Federation dollars invest in every day, in lecture series, JDC’s emergency response network Ukraine and around the globe. This is what “The Russian ensured continued home deliveries of your participation in our core funding is about. Pogroms,” at food, medicine, heating and cooking fuel, This is what Jewish Federation is about. the JCC. This program and lunch is made State House blasts boycott possible by a grant from the The state House of Representatives state-related universities, and all of the Rubin Family unanimously passed a resolution commonwealth’s independent colleges Educational condemning an academic boycott against and universities to reject anti-Semitism Fund to Israel and its academic institutions. and not participate in the ASA academic the Jewish Universities are special places for boycott against Israel. Federation of open debate and a free exchange of “In a unified voice, the House Reading. differing ideas, but the American Studies of Representatives has declared Association (ASA) believes differently, academic bigotry and hatred won’t be House Majority Leader, Rep. Mike tolerated in Pennsylvania,” Turzai said. Turzai (R-Allegheny County) said as “Universities should be building bridges he announced the united opposition of of understanding, not gagging differing the full House of Representatives to the ideas. Academia should be engaging ASA’s boycott. minds, not estranging them. House Resolution 627, sponsored “Together, the House stood against by Republican and Democratic leaders intolerance and confirmed that bigotry of the Legislature, condemns the ASA’s does not belong in Pennsylvania actions as anti-Semitic and an intolerable universities and colleges.” form of bigotry. The legislation calls on Each college and university in the the Department of Education, the State state will be informed of the resolution’s System of Higher Education, each of the passage. Church’s Mideast study guide criticized

The Presbyterian Church (USA) fled their ancestral lands and that the recently started selling a congregational “Presbyterian authors have barely a resource that fabricates a narrative about word -— and no word of sympathy -— for Middle Eastern Jews — and they have these Jews, sent packing with a single taken notice. suitcase.” The document,”Zionism Unsettled,” Many Presbyterian leaders have claims that “Jewish life is alive and well pushed back against “Zionism Unsettled” in the Islamic Republic of Iran.” It goes as well. In a letter to the church, the Rev. further to state that Middle Eastern Jews Chris Leighton, a Presbyterian minister had a history of “harmonious integration and executive director of the Institute for and acculturation” throughout the Middle Christian and Jewish Studies in Baltimore, East. An Iranian Jew wrote an op-ed in said the study guide “betrays the church, the Times of Israel that the statement on the truth, and the spirit of reconciliation to Iran’s Jews is a “point blank lie!” One Iraqi which we are called. The Rev. Katharine Jew took notice and penned an open Henderson, president of New York’s letter telling the church the statement on Auburn Theological Seminary, said it Jews living harmoniously is misleading “expresses demonization, distortion, and wrong, and he shared his experience and imbalance.” And Jewish Council of depravation and discrimination. And for Public Affairs President Rabbi Steve another wrote an op-ed in the Huffington Gutow called it “worthy of a hate group” Post about the 1 million Jews who for its distortions and anti-Zionism. JFNA reacts to Obama budget proposal The Jewish Federations of North of Trustees. America applauded the inclusion of a While JFNA recognized the Holocaust Survivor Challenge Fund in the importance of this monetary commitment Obama administration’s proposed budget to Holocaust survivors, reservations for the upcoming fiscal year. remained with other provisions, namely We are grateful to see that President the tax code’s charitable contribution Obama included $5 million in support deduction. JFNA officials urged the for Holocaust survivor services in his administration to protect the value of budget proposal,” said Michael Siegal, the deduction rather than attempting to Chair of the Jewish Federations’ Board limit it. Page 8 SHALOM April 2014 Community News Sandy Solmon to receive honor Page  Shalom March 2010 Sandy Solmon, founder and CEO of Reading-based Sweet Street Desserts, will receive the 2014 Cornell Hospitality Community News Innovator Award for her industry-leading achievements in bringing creative, cutting- edge desserts to the restaurant and Obituaries hospitality industry. She will receive the award at a June ceremony in New York. Lucy Suzanne Knoblauch L. (Sulman) Moyer. He is also survived The award recognizes Solmon’s Zeidman, 96, Wyomissing. by his daughters, Aileen D., widow success in bringing cutting edge Surviving are a son, Bruce F., of Neal H. Endy, of Pennside, and E. desserts to the wholesale market husband of Geraldine L. Zeidman, of Roxanne, wife of Les Walker, of Batavia through passionate research, innovative Shillington; a brother, Harry Knoblauch, Ohio; sons, Stan B. , husband of Kristine development, and dedication to sourcing husband of Edith Knoblauch, of Reading; K. Moyer, of Sinking Spring and Jay authentic ingredients from across the a sister, Ruth Balis of Wyomissing; and H., husband of Margaret R. Moyer, of globe. She founded Sweet Street in 1979, several nieces and nephews. Muhlenberg Township. Other survivors and the company has grown to serve --- are grandchildren: Brett A. Endy, Chad restaurants in 60 countries and is the Irene S. Zeidman, 62, Wyomissing. M. Endy and Elizabeth K. Moyer; and largest manufacturer of frozen gourmet She is survived by her brother Bruce great-grandchildren, Carson N., Logan desserts in North America. Sweet StreetImages is the leading from innovator F., husband of Geraldine L. Zeidman C., Ardyn N. and Ava L. Endy In 1979 Solmon started baking in the dessert industry. Solmon owns of Shillington. --- classic American cookies in a Reading and operatesYemin the company Orde and heads --- Shirley Robinson of B’nai B’rith garage, testing recipes and ingredients. researchArea and resident development and recent along college with Robert Berger, 54, Reading. Apartments. Survived by her Friendship BBYO event simply amazing Ultimately, she found the perfect balance a teamgraduate of passionate Jessica Flamholz researchers sent andus He was the former spouse of Lea Circle friends. that separates good cookies from great recipe these developers pictures from who her now recent bake visit for Berger, Reading. He is survived by --- By Jojo Ure World”, encouraging girls around the world cookies. From this small production, restaurantsto Yemin on every Orde, continent.an Israeli village two daughters, Molly R. Berger, State Louis Malamud, 95, formerly In February I was lucky enough to join to speak up if they are being or have been her dessert portfolio expanded and “Dessertsfor children open and doors, youth hearts, supported and College, and Bethany S. Berger, of Temple. He is survived by a son, more than 2,000 Jewish teens from more abused. Yet Linor is just one of the many Sweet Street Desserts was born. Today conversations.”by — our Sandy Federation. Solmon Reading; and one brother, Dr. Barry M. Mitchel, husband of Laura Malamud, than 20 countries in Dallas for BBYO’s powerful speakers who spoke to us. For Berger, husband of Kathleen A. Vieweg, of Las Vegas; grandchildren Barry annual International Convention (IC) as the rest of that day, we went to a stadium Boston, Mass. husband of Johna Malamud, Deborah we celebrated 90 years of AZA and 70 where all 2,000 of us were taught how to --- Babbit-Malamud and Sheri Malamud; years of BBG. do CPR, learn the importance of heart All Around the Town______David Moyer, 85, Reading. and great-grandchildren: Jessy Babbit, IC has reached new heights over the health, and we even got to film a public By CongratulationsJoan G. Friedman to Al Diamond on forBadal winning, who 4 hasmedals received in the the PIAA honor Class of He is survived by his wife, Marjorie Carly Malmud and Ian Malamud. past few years, and I am proud to say service announcement for the American the Congratulations birth of his sixth to great-grandchild, Korey Blanck swimmingbeing chosen championship as the Child held Advocate at Bucknell of AZABBG2014 was BBYO’s biggest and Heart Association. 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PMS 118 PMS 119 PMS 3435 April 2014 SHALOM Page 9 Fighting back against boycott, divestment and sanctions By Jerry Silverman and Steve Gutow A tipping point for the Jewish conflict and BDS. such validators. Leaders of the boycott, divestment community’s response to BDS came in Experience and research demonstrate It is not enough to only expose the and sanctions movement say they are 2009 when anti-Israel groups called for a that what works best with these audiences true goals of the boycotters and their protesting Israel’s policies in the West boycott of the Toronto International Film — mostly made up of political and allies. Israel’s supporters must go on Bank. They are doing far more than that. Festival because one of its themes was religious progressives — is not an the offensive and drain the swamps BDS advocates routinely oppose Tel Aviv’s 100th anniversary. The Toronto all-good-vs.-all-bad characterization of ignorance that allow the poisonous a two-state solution and seek to and Los Angeles Jewish Federations of Israelis and Palestinians. Instead, ideas of the Jewish state’s opponents delegitimize the sovereign, Jewish State joined forces and, with the involvement a more nuanced narrative is likely to incubate. Thus, we are taking the of Israel. In some cases, BDS becomes of major figures in the entertainment to defeat the one-sided and hostile initiative to inoculate vulnerable politically the latest form of anti-Semitism. industry, fashioned an effective response. stance of those seeking to delegitimize progressive sectors, presenting a more The BDS movement aims to isolate With calls for BDS escalating in Israel. This means honestly conveying factual perspective on Israel and taking and punish Israel, using the same mainline Protestant churches, on college the situation’s complexity, expressing prominent leaders to the region to see techniques applied to apartheid South campuses and elsewhere, local Jewish empathy for suffering on both sides the real situation firsthand. Africa. Not hesitating to misrepresent communities need a strategic approach (without implying moral equivalency) The Israel Action Network, of course, facts and ignore context, these Israel with national support and coordination. and offering a constructive pathway to does not work alone in this arena. bashers take advantage of ignorance In 2010, the Jewish Federations of North helping the parties move toward peace Numerous organizations stand up for and naïveté within civil society circles, America allocated significant resources so and reconciliation based on two states Israel. Through the IAN, JFNA and JCPA mostly in Western Europe, to advance the Israel Action Network could serve this for two peoples. are working together to convene around a their anti-Israel agenda. purpose. The Jewish Council for Public Whether we are dealing with a boycott common strategic planning table not only BDS advocates view the situation Affairs — with its 16 national member of Israeli academic institutions or an our affiliates but also a range of other North in the West Bank through a one-way organizations, including all four of the attempt to remove Israeli products from American, Israeli and European groups in lens. They cite, for example, the security religious movements, and 125 Jewish a Brooklyn food co-op, the most effective order to confront this global danger. checkpoints that make life difficult for community relations councils, which work opponents of these initiatives are the There is no imminent threat to the Palestinians but conveniently overlook with non-Jewish partners on a range of people who travel in those circles. critical and broad North American support the reasons for those checkpoints. international and domestic concerns — While we in the organized Jewish for Israel. But this is not something to be They ignore the fact that hurting Israel’s was the JFNA’s obvious partner. community should not remain silent in taken for granted in light of the organized economy would also hurt Palestinians One principle that guides this work the face of Israel’s delegitimization, we campaign we face. While we should not who earn their livelihoods from Israeli- is that we should understand our should strongly support and accentuate be panicked, we cannot be complacent. owned businesses. BDS backers don’t audiences. And when we speak with the efforts of these third-party validators We pledge to continue to work hard to bother to protest the many countries others, we should do so with a respect who share our values and viewpoints. prevent any erosion of that support. that have horrific human rights records, for the sensitivities of that constituency. The 247 (and counting) universities and Rabbi Steve Gutow is president and instead singling out the world’s only We should always be clear that we stand colleges that have denounced academic CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. Jewish state, often based on false or as partners, sharing the goal of a future boycotts generally — and academic Jerry Silverman is president and CEO of the misrepresented information. with peace and security — not one of boycotts of Israel specifically — are just Jewish Federations of North America.

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ALL CONVERSATIONS ARE WITHOUT OBLIGATION AND CONFIDENTIAL! COMPLETELY Page 10 SHALOM April 2014 Congregational News Jeri Kozloff to receive volunteerism award at RCOS dinner The members and leadership of publicity and entertainment for the event sort of quiet but essential work that led Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom will and helps with food preparation. a panel of congregants to select her as join others in the community to celebrate Her work has helped to enhance the award winner from a stellar list of the tireless volunteer work of RCOS the musical offerings at RCOS. The nominees submitted by members. member Jeri Kozloff. She has been food festival provides funding for the “Jeri is a dedicated, selfless, named the recipient of the third annual synagogue’s student cantor program, in hardworking volunteer,” congregation Ruth & Irvin Balis Volunteer Appreciation which a cantorial student attending school President Scott Davis said. “She is Award. in New York makes regular visits to the mission driven, and you can count on her Kozloff will be honored at the Oheb congregation throughout the year. Jeri to complete a task or project.” Sholom Supper Club event May 10 in and her husband, David, commissioned a Kozloff said volunteering for the the RCOS Social Hall. Cocktails will be new version of “Ma Tovu” to commemorate congregation brings her joy and personal served at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at the congregation’s move to its current fulfillment. She noted that each activity 7. All members of the Jewish and non- building in Wyomissing. She sings it represents an annual ritual in her life, Jewish community are invited to attend. each year during the High Holidays as whether it be singing “Ma Tovu” each Please contact the synagogue office for a dedicated member of the RCOS choir fall, preparing for the Food Festival or information. and says it brings tears to her eyes each taking part in the memorial service at the A member of the congregation since time she hears it anew. cemetery as Yom Kippur approaches. 1967, Kozloff plays a key role in some Jeri Kozloff led efforts to landscape Kozloff expressed gratitude to her of the synagogue’s biggest events. the RCOS property, and in recent years fellow congregants for the honor but She spearheaded the effort to turn the she has served as chairwoman of the stressed that none of her work was RCOS Food and Cultural Festival into congregation’s Cemetery Committee. accomplished on her own. In each case an annual event. Each year she is the It’s a huge task making sure the beautiful she is part of a team of volunteers who driving force behind the program book, property in Shillington is maintained share in the effort. a crucial component in the festival’s properly and that congregants’ needs “No one person accomplishes with other people and enlisting other financial success. She also coordinates are met at a most difficult time. It’s the anything,” she said. “It’s only by working people’s talents that we get things done.

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CHABAD CENTER OF BERKS COUNTY (610) 921-0881 Free Passover Haggadot Available Saturday mornings: 9:30 a.m.; Friday evenings: 6:30 p.m. Do you need more haggadot for your seder this year? Jewish Family CONGREGATION SHOMREI HABRITH Service has dozens that were donated to us. We’d love to put them to use. We have Maxwell House coffee and other editions. Call J.F.S. at 610-921-0624 to reserve some for your family’s seder.

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Friday, April 18: Shabbat Evening Services at KZ 6:00 p.m. Shabbat Passover Dinner at 7:00 p.m. Reservations to KZ office before April 4, 2014

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610-816-0300 No Hametz after 10:51 a.m. Monday, April 14th Hametz permitted after 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22nd April 2014 SHALOM Page 11 Next year in Jerusalem By Rabbi Minna Bromberg when most of the people around you are turned white. They were efficient and yearning is precisely our job at the end Kesher Zion Synagogue doing the same thing. The stores are knowledgeable and really only rarely of the seder. After we have recounted At the end of every filled with every kosher-for-Passover food ruined your favorite pan in the process. the miracles we witnessed and told Passover seder, with you can imagine (and many you never But my strongest memory of the the story as if we ourselves went from full bellies and full imagined). The city is simply abuzz. seder itself is this: at the end of the slavery to freedom, our “Next year spirits we say, “Next My strongest memory of preparations seder, sitting there in our apartment in Jerusalem,” rings out as a way of year in Jerusalem!” for my last Passover in Jerusalem, in in Jerusalem, we sang, “Next year in saying, “From this place of gratitude Every year it 2009, is the guys who set up shop on Jerusalem!” And it hit me right in the for all that we have witnessed as sounds like a dream, the sidewalk next to the supermarket kishkes: all my life, I’d been singing this individuals and as a people, we have the same way we in my neighborhood. They had a whole without really knowing what it meant! the righteous audacity to ask for even dream that all people kashering operation going: People They say that there are two Jerusalems: more.” So this year, when we sing of may be free, the same would bring them pots, pans, knives, a Jerusalem above — the golden city being in Jerusalem next year, let’s way we dream for a world at peace. and all kinds of other things from of our dreams, the embodiment of remember that we are yearning not “Next year in Jerusalem?” Really? their kitchens. These guys would then Jerusalem’s true meaning — “City of only for a physical destination. We are Certainly, last year, when I said, “Next determine whether each item could be Peace;” and a Jerusalem below, the expressing our belief that there is room year in Jerusalem,” I never dreamed made kosher for Passover, and if so, by one in which we can buy delicious for even bigger dreams, that our God is that this year it could be true. But as what method. They had tub-sized vats Pesach baked goods but still live lives a God of infinite possibility, and that we hard as it is to believe, God willing, next of boiling water for things that could filled with the struggles that everyone don’t need to pretend that everything year at this time, Alan and I will in fact be kashered by immersion in boiling faces everywhere. But to sit in the is perfect. By saying, “Next year in be in Jerusalem. water. And they had blowtorches, yes, Jerusalem down here and to sing of Jerusalem!” (even in Jerusalem!) we Passover in Jerusalem: All the right there on the sidewalk, blowtorches next year in the Jerusalem requires a bear witness to this beautiful imperfect shopping and cleaning and kashering to kasher metal items that could be certain audacious yearning. world and we dream of putting our own and cooking takes on a whole new feeling kashered by heating them up until they And I believe that that audacious hands to perfecting it. The power of four By Rabbi Brian Michelson the child who reads or chants the four represent four different and distinct to ensure that message makes it through. Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom questions. Finally, we tell the story of the personalities and that we must answer If we are so caught up in our own ideas As we sit down with four children: the wise, the wicked, the each child appropriately to their needs and our own ways of expressing and family and friends this simple, and the one unable to ask. and abilities. We give all the facts to the interpreting things, then we risk not Passover, we will be The telling of the story of the four wise child. We scold the wicked child. We being able to transmit these lessons to surrounded by many children has always fascinated me, answer the simple child in appropriately the next generation. It is not meant to be familiar sounds, tastes, because it seems to be a somewhat odd simple language, and we must begin the about us, but about our obligation to the smells, and rituals. We addition to our seder. It is kind of like the conversation with the child who does not generations to come. know that the number Had Gadya of the first half of the seder. know enough to ask. We are expected to As we celebrate this year, may four appears many It does not move the Passover story or provide each child what they need. we remember the lesson of the four times throughout our ritual ahead in any way like the tasting of What intrigues me is that not only do children who remind us that we are seder. We enjoy the the foods or the retelling of the Exodus we have to provide each child with the to enjoy the celebration, but that this four cups of wine (or maybe you are story. It reminds us of the importance of information in a way that is appropriate celebration comes with a commitment. like me and don’t enjoy the overly sweet the commandment to “tell our children to their needs, but we, too, have to be A commitment to communicate the Kosher for Passover wine that my father on that day,” but its details have always aware of how we do so. As a teacher, wonders of this season openly, honestly, loves to serve) for the four promises of intrigued me. one of the most important lessons is the and appropriately to the generations to redemption in the Torah. We kvell over Tradition teaches that the children need to be aware of who we are teaching come. Freeing ourselves at Passover By Rabbi Yosef Lipsker have leap years, adding a month to the to live our lives. For some, waking up is status quo. We are enslaved to our Chabad Center of Berks County calendar, to make up for the days we have a burden, a great effort, a load on their habits, and it seems we cannot move This winter has lost. Indeed, this year is a leap year and shoulders that they have to face another forward. With my internal spring, a new been particularly we added an extra month of Adar. day and the challenges it may bring. For me can begin to blossom. I can change difficult. My bicycle was Since the lunar cycle (on which the them, the rote and routine of yet another the steps of my dance, and pursue stored in the garage, Jewish calendar is based) is shorter than day gets to them and causes them to feel endless possibilities for true growth. The collecting dust as the the solar cycle (on which the regular trapped in the flow of time, chained to our future is bright. snow piled up outside calendar is based), we lose about 11 days past and unable to change our future. We Which brings us to Passover. This my door. Every few each year. If we kept it as such, our Jewish feel imprisoned by our circumstances. spring holiday celebrates our internal days I would bundle holidays would fluctuate from season to Compare these thoughts to the sense of freedom. Real, personal freedom. up to head outside for season, and we would be celebrating conditions of winter. Winter is a frozen Passover isn’t only about the freedom a little bonding time with my shovel. This Chanukah at the beach and making snow season. Nothing blooms, nothing from our Egyptian masters. It’s about winter I learned how to ice skate. On my cones for Shavuot. Yet, the Torah tells us blossoms. Some creatures even enter into liberation from our internal Egypt, which driveway. Needless to say, I can hardly to “guard the month of spring and make hibernation. Winter is the sound of silence. still holds us hostage. On Passover, wait to get back on my bike and ride then the Passover offering.” Enter spring. Shaking off its weariness, we thank G‑d for the ability to find true into the sunshine and blue skies that the So Passover is destined to be a spring awakening from its stupor, the world inner freedom; the freedom to reach our renaissance of spring will bring. holiday. But how do we live with the regains its pulse and begins to show potential. The Torah specifically commands us message of spring in our lives? vitality. Passover teaches me not to wait for to make sure Passover falls in the spring Every morning when we wake up, It is the mindset of winter that causes spring. Every morning needs to be my each year. It is for this reason that we we have a choice about how we want us to get stuck in a rut, stuck in our personal Exodus from my weaker self.

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KESHER ZION SYNAGOGUE INVITES YOU TO A Reform Congregation FIRST NIGHT COMMUNITY PASSOVER SEDER Oheb Sholom invites you Monday, April 14, 2014 to a Second Night Services 7:00 p.m. Seder at 7:30 p.m. Community Seder Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 6:00 PM

Food provided by: Boscov’s Ala Carte Catering Adults:$29.00

Children (6 -13 yrs): $19.00 Children under 5: Free Conducted by Rabbi Minna Bromberg Hoping to see all of you as we gather together as a community to share our Seder Meal Catered by Boscov’s Ala Carte Caterers Served at Table: Matzo Ball Soup, Matzah, Harosset, Hard Boiled Eggs, Wine/Juice, Seder Plate Cost: Adults—$29.00/Children (6-13) - $19.00/Children 5 & under free Buffet: Turkey with Matza Stuffing on the side, Baked Salmon, Roasted Red Potatoes, Green Menu: Matzah Ball soup, gefilte fish, turkey, potato kugel, vegetables, Beans Almandine, Passover Desserts, Decaf/Coffee/Tea wine, matzah, and dessert. If financial assistance is necessary, please contact Sari Incledon at Jewish Family Service 610-921-2766. Vegetarian entrée available upon request with reservation only (Same pricing as above) NO RESERVATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER TUESDAY, APRIL 8 Reservations and payment (Check payable to Kesher Zion Synagogue) NO WALK-IN SEATING WILL BE AVAILABLE Must be sent to the Kesher Zion Office by April 4, 2014. I/we will be attending the Tuesday, April 15, 2014 Seder Meal at

If you are in need of transportation to the Seder, please contact the KZ Office (610) 374-1763. RCOS, 555 Warwick Drive, Wyomissing, PA 19610 If financial assistance is necessary, please contact Sari Incledon at Jewish Family Service (610) 921-2766. We are returning our reservation form and check made payable to RCOS.

Deadline for Reservations to the RCOS Office is Tuesday, April 8, 2014 I/We will be attending the Monday, April 14th Passover Seder Meal at Kesher Zion Synagogue, 1245 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading, PA 19602. We are returning our reservation form and check No. of Adults ______x $29.00 each = ______(made out to Kesher Zion Synagogue). Deadline for reservations: Friday, April 4, 2014 No. of Children (6-13) ______x $19.00 each = ______$29.00 each adult x ______$ ______No. of Children (0-5) ______x $0.00 (need high chair?) ____ yes $19.00 each child x ______$ ______(Children 5 & under are free) Request for vegetarian entrée x______TOTAL Attending = ______TOTAL $ = ______

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Jewish Family Service and The Manor at Market Square Non Profit Org. invite you to a Passover Seder U.S. Postage led by Sari Incledon and Carole Robinson. Chabad of Berks PAID 2320 Hampden Blvd Reading, PA Permit No.50 Reading, PA 19604 Catered by Boscov’Ala Carte. Reservations required.

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spiced with unique and traditional customs. Monday, April 14, 7:30pm Pick up Dates: Sisterhood Hall Additional Wines will be available- Watch for emails listing new products. Explore the Kabalistic insight of the Second Seder Night: number four: Four cups of wine, four sons, Tuesday April 8th, 6-7:30pm _____ Tuesday, April 15, 8:00 pm four questions and four types of freedom. Wednesday April 9th, 4-6pm _____ For special requests please contact Discover the Seder's relevance to today’s Leave in Synagogue office _____ Solange Israel-Mintz at 610-372-4553 modern Jew. Please RSVP by April 10th Or [email protected] For more info and reservations: Suggested donation: Payment Enclosed: $______Adult $36, Child $18 917-767-0130 Please make checks payable to: [email protected] Kesher Zion Sisterhood Judaica Shop www.l-chaim.org/seder

000 April 2014 SHALOM Page 13 No means no

By Anne Seltzer dress provocatively. We need to teach I was with a group our young men at an early age that “no of women recently means no”. celebrating a good Recently a friend of mine shared with friend’s birthday when me that her daughter was the victim of the topic of assault stalking on a major college campus. The and rape came up. A authorities with whom she has spoken recent study says that thus far have not felt it was worth pursuing. one in five women is So she is taking it up the ladder until she raped in her lifetime. A gets some resolution and satisfaction from couple people thought the powers that be. Along with teaching this number was high, our sons that “no means no”, we need to but once we started discussing what make sure that our daughters have a voice constitutes sexual assault, we realized when they are assaulted and can trust the that this is probably true. authorities will take them seriously and let A Reading Eagle op-ed piece by state them be the victim that they are, not the Sen. Judy Schwank talked about college guilty party. campus sexual assaults. She indicated I recently made this pie for the kindest that “only 12 percent of girls report being and most respectful man I know, my raped to the police”. She went on to say husband, Alan. that “victims fear the backlash of officers, Chocolate Cream Pie college officials, and peers”. As Sen. Crust Schwank wrote, “…dress, location, time 1 ½ c. graham cracker crumbs of day, or impaired judgment do not add 7 T. butter, melted 3 T. sugar up to a yes.” Stir together graham cracker crumbs When I was younger, my skirts were and sugar. Mix in melted butter. Pat into very short, my tops skimpy, my bikini 9” pie pan and bake at 375° for 10 minutes tiny. But that did not mean anyone had or until crisp and set. the right to violate me because I dressed Filling that way. If I had too many drinks in a ½ c. granulated sugar bar on Saturday night, it did not give the 2 large egg yolks guy buying them the right to think he was 3 T. unsweetened cocoa powder Wyomissing Optometric Center, Inc. Adult and Pediatric Eye Care also buying favors from me. No means 2 ½ c. milk 2 T. cornstarch no. Perhaps my judgment wasn’t always 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped the best in those days, but it did not give ½ tsp. salt 2 T. unsalted butter anyone the right to take advantage of ½ tsp. cinnamon 1 ½ tsp. vanilla Glenn S. Corbin, O.D. • Kerry J. Burrell, O.D. • Heidi L. Sensenig, O.D., M.S. me. We taught our sons that “no means Whisk together sugar, cocoa powder, Karen L. Heaney, O.D. • Michael D. Burkhart, O.D. • Amanda S. Legge, O.D. no”, even if it is a half-hearted no. It didn’t cornstarch, salt and cinnamon in a matter whether the girl was drunk or sober. medium saucepan. Whisk in eggs yolks Medical Eye Disease Management Refractive and Vision Care Services We hope that all three of them respected and milk and heat over medium-low heat women enough to back off. whisking constantly for 5 minutes, or until it Glaucoma · Macular Degeneration · Diabetic Retinopathy · Allergy Sen. Schwank wrote about continuing starts to bubble and has thickened. Stir in Cataracts · Inflammation · Infection · Dry Eye · Eyelid Disease education on college campuses, but I think chopped chocolate, butter and vanilla and it needs to start before then. Even though stir until chocolate melts. Strain through Refractive Surgery Co-management · Orthokeratology · Contact Lenses we might wish to believe differently, there a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, then pour Optical Services · Vision Therapy/Orthoptics · Low Vision Rehabilitation · Routine Eye Care are lots of booze-filled high school parties into the crust. Let cool then refrigerate occurring on weekends, and the girls still until set. Enjoy! Wyomissing Douglassville Myerstown 610.374.3134 610.385.4333 717.866.1400 24/7 Medical Eye Emergencies Wyomissing - 610.374.3134 www.Wyo-Opto.com Douglassville - 610.385.4333

Berks Arts Council announces launch of Hidden River Film Initiative

Berks Arts Council recently announced that the Greater Reading Film Festival has changed its name to Hidden River Film Initiative. The name change is accompanied by programming changes that include an increased focus on independent film, local filmmakers, and education.

Deaf Jam

Wednesday, April 23 @ 7 p.m. R/C Reading Movies 11 & IMAX 30 N 2nd Street Reading, PA 19601 $8 adults / $5 students

In Deaf Jam, Aneta Brodski seizes the day. She is a Deaf teen introduced to American Sign Language (ASL) Poetry, who then boldly enters the spoken word slam scene. In a wondrous twist, Aneta, an Israeli immigrant living in the Queens section of New York City, eventually meets Tahani, a hearing Palestinian slam poet. The two young women embark on a hearing/deaf collaboration, a performance duet that is a metaphor for the complex realities they share. Deaf Jam aims to revitalize this unique and endangered art form. Taking us inside a fascinating and vibrant world where self - expression and cultural identity are fiercely pursued, Deaf Jam may change the way we think about the non - hearing world forever. It provides a vehicle for empowering Deaf youth, and expands the social images of the Deaf community. To learn more about the Hidden River Film Initiative or Berks Arts Council – www.BerksArts.org

IF WE DON’T TEACH OUR CHILDREN WHO THEY ARE . . .

OTHERS WILL.

As they grow up, young Jews will face challenges to their Page 14 SHALOM beliefs and identity. We believe the best Aprilway to protect2014 our children against ignorance and hate is to educate them. From the pride of a preschooler learning his first Hebrew words to the confidence of a college student prepared to grapple with Alvernia University & Jewish Federation of Reading invite you to join usanti-Israel to sentimentreflect on campus, and we’reremember strengthening Jewish identity and inspiring a life-long connection to Jewish values. But we need your help. Community Yom Hashoah Remembrance

www.readingjewishcommunity.org Film: “Besa: The Promise“ THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE. Jewish Federation of Reading THE POWER OF COMMUNITY. PO Box 14925, Reading PA 19612 610-921-0624 Guest speaker - Majlinda Myrto, Director of The Eye Contact Foundation Please detach and return with payment to Jewish Federation, PO Box 14925, Reading PA 19612 I want to help Federation make wishes come true this year. Here’s my tax-deductible gift to support Jewish Federation of Reading’s Followed by a memorial candle lighting service led by survivors and family members of survivors2014 Annual Campaign and make a world of difference both near my own home and beyond:

Name______Address______$______amount enclosed Checks payable to Jewish Federation of Reading Sunday, April 27 at 4 p.m. Credit Card: ___Discover ___Mastercard ___Visa Card #______Exp. date______Security Code_____ Bernardine Hall Lecture Hall Name on Card:______Signature______Alvernia University, Reading Campus Free and open to the public

4 p.m.- “Besa: The Promise.” During World War II, Albanian Muslims provided shelter for thousands of Jewish refugees from Germany, Austria and Bulgaria. Invoking the ancient moral code of besa (a vow to care for anyone facing danger), many people, including Muslims, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians in Albania sheltered, hid, and protected Jews from the occupying German troops.

“Besa: The Promise” is a documentary that addresses the broad history of the rescues by following two characters affected by the experience: Rexhep Hoxha, a Muslim-Albanian storekeeper, and Norman H. Gershman, a Jewish-American photographer. Toward the end of World War II, Hoxha’s family had provided shelter to a Bulgarian Jewish family who left three Hebrew books behind when they fled to Palestine. But, the journey does not end there. It is only the beginning.

Majlinda Myrto, guest speaker following film: Myrto is an Albanian-American Muslim and a daughter-in-law of rescuer Shyqyri Myrto. She will speak about the role that besa, an Albanian honor code, played in sheltering and saving thousands of Jews in Albania during the Holocaust. She will share how her husband’s family sheltered and saved Josef Jakoel and his sister Keti from October 1943, shortly after Albania was occupied by the Germans, until its liberation in November 1944. Ms. Myrto is a renowned leader of the Albanian-American community. She was born in Albania and has lived in the United States since 1993. She holds Master’s degrees in public affairs (receiving the distinction award for Recognition and Awareness of Human Rights, and political science. Myrto is director of the “Eye Contact Foundation,” an organization that promotes religious, political, cultural and economic understanding and tolerance among people worldwide through the use of portrait photography. Part of her work is dedicated to establishing school curricula for teaching tolerance through besa as manifested in the saving of Jews by Muslim families. ______Related Exhibition: Albanian Muslim Rescuers During the Holocaust Portraits and testimonies of Albanian Muslim rescuers and their descendants by American photographer Norman H. Gershman

April 6 – May 1 Dr. Frank A. Franco Library Learning Center at Alvernia University, 400 St. Bernardine St., Reading

Open to the public at no charge. Event hours: Sunday, noon to 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

An exhibition toured by Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion Museum, New York

When post-World War II Europe found itself devastated by the loss of its Jewish population, Albania was the only country to have a larger Jewish population than prior to the Holocaust. More than 2,000 Jews from Albania, Greece, Austria, and Italy were hidden in the homes of Albanian Muslim families during the war.

Between 2003 and 2008, Norman Gershman, an American photographer, traveled through Albania and neighboring Kosovo, gathering the stories of those who sheltered Jews. During interviews, when asked why they had rescued Jews, their resounding response was besa, which means “to keep the promise” and implies a responsibility to others in times of need.

The stories of Albanian rescuers are relatively unknown due to the political isolation of the country under communism. Albanian rescuers were not acknowledged until 1987, when Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum, recognized them a “Righteous Among the Nations,” a designation given to non-Jews who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. An effort by historians and Albanian archivists to research and document the Albanian experience during the Holocaust continues today.

“There was no government conspiracy, no underground railroad, no organized resistance of any kind – only individual Albanians, acting alone, to save the lives of people whose lives were in immediate danger. My portraits of these people, and their stories, are meant to reflect their humanity, their dignity, their religious and moral convictions, and their quiet courage.” —Norman H. Gershman PageApril  2014 SHALOMShalom PageMay 2010 15 JewishJewish Family Family ServiceService CarJoin donation the Friendship helps sustain Circle JFS programs family By Carole Robinson ourselves with President’s Day trivia JFS (and get a tax donation at the same Simon and VeeVee Scott. We could not run Pesadich desserts. Thanks to Jeff Bornstein By WeSari Incledon, all need M. Ed. and celebrated Purim with a Purim spiel Thank you to Dave time) call me at 610-921-0624 or go to the food bank without them. and Corinne Wernick for their assistance in fulfilling interactions and hamantaschen. 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Name______Address______$______amount enclosed Checks payable to Jewish Federation of Reading Credit Card: ___Discover ___Mastercard ___Visa Card #______Exp. date______Security Code_____ Name on Card:______Signature______April 2014 SHALOM Page 17 May 2010 Shalom Page 10 Federation Honorial - Memorial Card Information HonorialsHonorials and and Memorials Memorials ContributionsContributions may may be be made made to to the the following following Funds: Funds: Please mail your payment with complete information to the Jewish FederationUJA-Federation Jewish Campaign Community Campaign $10 $10 Federation, PO Box 14925, Reading, PA 19612-4925 or bring to the Jewish Jewish Family Service $10 Jewish Family Service $10 Cultural Center, 1100 Berkshire Blvd, Suite 125, Wyomissing. You may set up Leo Camp Lecture Fund $10 a “savings account” for the purpose of sending cards. Please contact the JFSLeo FoodCamp Bank Lecture Fund $10 $25 Jewish Federation at 610-921-0624 for further information. JFS TaxiFood Transportation Bank Program $25 $20 Contributions as of March 14 HolocaustJFS Taxi Transportation Library & Resource Program Center $20 $18 Contributions as of April 16 Holocaust Library & Resource Center $18 JFS Taxi Transportation Program Doris Levin Fund $10 In memory of: Doris Levin Fund $10 UJA-Federation Campaign Yvonne Oppenheimer Sylva Naden – Helene and Henry Singer In honor of: Ken Lakin’s special birthday – Ellen and Don Abramson Sarah Simon’s engagement – Vic and Dena Hammel Michael Clymin (Ellen Abramson’s father) – Susan and Richard D’Angelo George Viener’s special birthday – Ellen and Don Abramson Alma and Ed Lakin’s new home – Vic and Dena Hammel, Mildred & Ivan Frank Mehringer – Edith Mendelsohn Jewish Family Service Esther Bratt’s birthday – Ellen and Don Abramson Gordon In honor of: Birth of Fran Bendheim and Frank Wolf’s granddaughter – Rob and Yvonne Sam Goodman’s engagement – Alma and Ed Lakin Esther Bratt’s birthday – Louise Zeidman Oppenheimer AlyseBirth ofCorbin’s Jesse marriageand Jessica – Carol Leisawitz’s and Bernie daughter Gerber, Rose Alma Catherine and Ed Lakin – Andy and Doris Levin Fund Sue Viener’s Birthday – Yvonne & Rob Oppenheimer In memory of: Corinne Wernick Get well/speedy recovery: Birth of Selma Cutler’s great-grandson Jacob - Debbie Goodman and John Dr. Walter Gershenfeld – Stephanie and Dennis Arbige, Carole and Mike Adam D’Angelo’s engagement – Andy and Corinne Wernick Meir Mazuz – Frances Gould Moyer Robinson Birth of Carol and Gordon Perlmutter’s new grandson – Debbie Goodman and Shoshana Tannenbaum – Carole and Mike Robinson Get well/speedy recovery: In memory of: John Moyer Sylvia Sulman – Edith Mendelsohn Richard “Dick” Henry – Zena and Harvey Hafetz, Sid and Esther Bratt, June Paula Cherner – Edith Mendelsohn HolocaustWinston, Dena Library and Vic Hammeland Resource Center GetLisa well: Carlin – Edith Mendelsohn In memoryClara Seymour of: – Jayne Harary Harold Leifer – Rob and Yvonne Oppenheimer Shoshana Tannenbaum – Ken and Mary Holt, George and Sue Viener, Sue Schlanger, Gordon and Carol Perlmutter, Leah Kanter-Salis, Rosemary and John Evelyn Thompson Nursery School Fund Deegan,Evelyn ThompsonNaum and Lyudmila Nursery Ger, School Louis and Fund Katherine Danzico, Florence and In memory of: In honor of: In memoryRichard “Dick”of: Henry – Berna Sherman Marvin Segal, Vic and Dena Hammel, Emma Holder, Susan Gallagher, Mildred & Shoshana Tannenbaum – Beth and Bob Caster IvanBirth Gordon, of Doris Carrie and & ElliottStephen Leisawitz’s Latman, Judy,granddaughter Bob & Susan Rose Pollack, Catherine Anna – & Jay Moisey and Schneider,Evelyn Lipschutz Norman & Rita Wilikofsky, Audrey Williams, Alan and Esther Strauss, FederationJewish Family Jewish Service Community Campaign Jay and Evelyn Lipschutz, Carol and Bernie Gerber, Barbara and Seth Rosenzweig, In honor of: JohnFriendship Castrege Circle and family, Michael Geraci, Maxine & Dick Henry, Piekara Family, BirthIrv and of LoisCarol Cohen and Gordon receiving Perlmutter’s the Thun newAward grandson – Barbara – Sue and and Bernie George Fromm Viener, LauraIn memory Higgins of: BetsyBirth and of Al Doris Katz & Elliott Leisawitz’s granddaughter Rose Catherine – Rob and Herb Litvin (Laurie Silverstein’s father) – Gaye and Glenn Corbin Bat Mitzvah of Fran Mendelsohn’s granddaughter – Rosalye Yashek Friendship Circle In memory of: Get well: Shoshana Tannenbaum – Jill and Gladys Skaist Harold Leifer – Glenn and Gaye Corbin Holocaust education spreading in Berks County

Continued from Page 5 also that the students are genuinely On a wider note, there have justice and Holocaust remembrance today. silence is not the reason why survivors interested in hearing their stories. I know been many recent developments in I am heartened to hear that three additional are invited in. Instead, that factor is my students were genuinely interested in Holocaust education in Berks County schools in Berks County will be offering present because of the immense respect hearing Hilde’s story and many still talk and the surrounding areas. Within these courses for their students. students have for these individuals and about it now, several weeks later. the past month I have met with two Though the fourth quarter of the individuals who are in the process school year has begun, there are still of developing a Holocaust course to many additional opportunities that  be offered at their local high school. remain. I just spoke to an undergraduate  One gentleman was from Lancaster ethics class at Penn State Berks County. The other, Gerry Evans, is a regarding the ethical/moral implications teacher at Hamburg High School. I of the Holocaust. I found the students  have been in contact with two other to be receptive and inquisitive and local teachers, Pete Ruckelshaus at have been asked to deliver a similar  Twin Valley and Jim Konecke at Wilson program in the classes that the same  High School. Pete has resurrected a professor also teaches at Reading Area course on Holocaust Literature at Twin Community College.  Valley, and its first offering is during As mentioned above, Kim Yashek, the current fourth quarter. He is very daughter of the late local Holocaust Israelis reinventing the wheelexcited about offeringThe this rabbi course getsto survivor framed! Richard Yashek, is speaking at  his students and has even lined up Twin Valley, Hamburg and Fleetwood. Israel21c.org the wheels rather than the chair. to shift symmetricallyseveral from guest the speakers including Rabbi Right now Albright College is hosting When a broken pelvis put The “Acrobat” wheel is center, thereby absorbingBrian Michelson, the Kim Yashek and Hilde an exhibit titled, “Stories Among Us: Israeli farmer and inventor now rolling off SoftWheel’s shock and cushioningGernsheimer. the rider, Washington State Connections to the Gilad Woolf into a wheelchair Israeli assembly line. It as well as the vehicle,Jim from Konecke the is teaching at Wilson Holocaust, Lessons in Genocide.” The for a few weeks, the bumpy features a selective suspension force of the impact.Central Then, Junior the High but will be moving up exhibit includes the stories of five Holocaust ride wreaked havoc on his mechanism that kicks in when hub automaticallyto shiftsWilson back High School at the beginning survivors and one liberator and has back, and he determined to it detects an impact above a to its central locationof next until school the year. He will be offering a received good reviews. It is definitely improve wheelchair design with pre-set, changeable threshold. next bump. course on Nazi Germany. His students worth a visit! It will be at Albright’s Gingrich a suspension system to absorb The high-tech product can “Why didn’t will anybody be studying do this period of German Library through May 10. shock. be retrofitted to virtually any this before?” Barelhistory in asks. depth, including a study of the *** After his initial idea – a wheelchair. “Because it’s notrise as easyof anti-Semitism, as it the initial period of Jennifer Goss teaches social studies hydraulic air cushion in the seat, Next year SoftWheel expects looks. We have six,the Holocaustand soon and the Final Solution. The in the Fleetwood School District and like those in tractors —­ proved to introduce a second wheel, seven, patentslatter protecting part of the course will look at post-war specializes in Holocaust education. unsuccessful, he made the “Fluent,” the first suspension this technology. 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