The Jewish Journal Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Monthly Magazine PAID Youngstown, OH Permit #607 MMYoungstown Area Jewish Federation JJ February 2017 Photo/Tony Mancino Andi Baroff, a member of the Thomases Family Endowment distribution committee, and Deborah Grinstein, endowment director, present Maraline Kubik, director of Sister Je- rome’s Mission, with $7,500 to benefit Sister Jerome’s Mission College program. The grant will enable the program to admit another student for spring semester. See story on p. 21. The JCC’s Schwartz Judaica Library is now the Schwartz Holocaust, Media and Library Resource Center, under the direction of Federation Holocaust Educator Jesse McClain. The Center will be open M, W, and F from noon until 2 p.m., with more hours possible thanks to volunteer help. See story on page 24. Youngstown Area Jewish Federation Volume 14, No. 2 t February 2017 t Shevat - Adar 5777 THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE. THE POWER OF COMMUNITY. Commentary Jerusalem institutions could close if U.N. resolution is implemented By Rafael Medoff/JNS.org raeli author Yossi Klein Halevi told JNS. on the Mount of Olives,” Washington, those sections of Jerusalem would cut org. “So the recent U.N. resolution has D.C.-based attorney Alyza Lewin told across Jewish denominational lines, af- WASHINGTON—The human con- criminalized me and my family as oc- JNS.org. “Does the U.N. propose to ban fecting Orthodox and non-Orthodox sequences of implementing the recent cupiers.” Jews from using the oldest and largest institutions alike. United Nations resolution about Israel “I’m not illegal, and I’m not a ‘set- Jewish cemetery in the world? The no- The Masorti movement — the Israeli would be devastating, say American tler,’” said historian Maurice Roumani, a tion that Israel is violating international branch of Conservative Judaism—spon- representatives of Israeli schools, syna- professor emeritus at Ben-Gurion Uni- law by burying its dead on this sacred sors a school and synagogue in French gogues and other institutions in parts of versity of the Negev who resides in Ar- spot is unthinkable.” Hill, a school in Gilo, and synagogues in Jerusalem that Israel captured in 1967. mon HaNetziv (East Talpiot), a neigh- Could members of the British fam- the Ramot neighborhood and the Jerusa- U.N. Security Council Resolution borhood in eastern Jerusalem with a ily find themselves accused of fostering lem satellite community of Ma’ale Adu- 2334, adopted Dec. 23 with the U.S. ab- population of 14,000. “These artificial the “illegal occupation” of eastern Jeru- mim. “The U.N. resolution is indiscrimi- staining, asserted that all “Israeli settle- definitions by the U.N. do not reflect salem? Princess Alice of Battenberg, a nate and historically obtuse,” said Rabbi ment activities” in “the occupied Pales- reality.” great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, David Wolpe of Sinai Temple in Los An- tinian territory, including East Jerusa- Teenage ‘settlers’ with disabilities is buried in a small Christian cemetery geles, who is one of the most prominent lem” are “a flagrant violation of inter- at the foot of the Mount of Olives. A The institutions that could be ad- Conservative rabbis in the U.S. national law.” It stated that Israel must number of British royals have visited versely affected if the U.N. resolution Wolpe told JNS.org, “Many of the “immediately and completely cease” her gravesite over the years, including leads to international boycotts or other areas the U.N. purports to ‘return’ are such activities and also take action to Prince Charles during his trip to Israel actions include the Ilan Residential historically and by rights Jewish terri- “reverse negative trends on the ground.” last October. Home for Handicapped Young Adults tory recognized de facto by the parties There also are Arab residents in a A number of major Jerusalem neigh- and the Beit Or Home for Young Autistic themselves. For the Masorti movement number of across-the-line Jerusalem borhoods are situated in what the U.N. Adults, both of which are located in the in Israel, enacting such a resolution neighborhoods, including Givat Ha- calls “East Jerusalem,” which is the area Gilo neighborhood; forests and hous- would have terrible consequences reli- Matos, Gilo and Neve Yaakov. “Some of that Jordan occupied following the 1948 ing projects sponsored in and around giously, economically and to the spirit my neighbors [in French Hill] are Arab Arab-Israeli war. Nineteen years later, Jerusalem by the Jewish National Fund of religious pluralism in Israel.” Israelis,” Halevi noted. “Are they occu- those sections of the city were reunited (JNF); and portions of the Hebrew Uni- The Women of the Wall group, which piers too, or is it only the Jewish Israe- with the rest of Jerusalem as a result of versity campus. Even the ancient Jewish demonstrates for egalitarian prayer lis? Now that I am officially outside of the 1967 Six-Day War. cemetery on the Mount of Olives might rights at the Western Wall, is operating the law according to the U.N., I imagine One of those neighborhoods is be affected. in an area that the U.N. has designated that anything can happen.” French Hill, a major urban area located “My grandparents, great-grandpar- as “occupied territory,” the Old City sec- in the northeastern part of the city. “I ents, and great-great-grandparents, go- Denominational lines tion of Jerusalem. Hypothetically, even live in French Hill,” award-winning Is- ing back seven generations, are buried Possible international action against (Continued on page 11) For Jewish groups in Women’s March, many causes to fight for By Ben Sales sustained political activism. tive advocacy arm, which hosted a day isn’t a problem because so many people (JTA) — One Jewish group that “There’s so many things to fight for of programming around the march. came to the protest. joined the Women’s March on Washing- and there are so many things to fight “We’re building on growing competency “All the people mobilized for the ton has seen its online donations double against right now,” said Lori Weinstein, we have. What we’re trying to do is build Women’s March, they’re not all going since the election of Donald Trump as CEO of Jewish Women’s International, these movements of justice that will live to be focused on one issue,” she said. president. Another has twice as many part of a coalition of Jewish groups that on after these peak moments.” “They’re not all going to be working on guests as usual attending its annual con- took part in the protest. “The Women’s With the march acting as a clear- health care, they’re not all going to be ference. A third has seen its social me- March was a place for everyone to gath- inghouse for liberal activists of many working on immigration. But if there’s dia engagement skyrocket. er. It was a place for everyone to be lifted stripes, covering everything from re- a big chunk of people that are going to And after bringing thousands of Jews up and catapulted forward.” productive rights to environmentalist be working on health care, on immi- to the streets on Saturday, they’re all ask- Groups like Weinstein’s have spent activism, its momentum could spread gration, that’s going to be huge.” ing the same question: What now? decades advocating for causes like thin over a variety of campaigns. Jew- Some organizations, while pursuing A range of liberal Jewish groups took health care or immigrant rights. They ish organizations, hoping to capitalize several disparate goals, are concentrat- part in the Women’s March, which drew see the march not as a starting point on the rally’s energy, mentioned fight- ing their energies on the local scene more than 3 million people to streets but as a validation of the goals they have ing the repeal of the Affordable Care rather than the national government. across the country to protest Trump’s long pursued. For them, the question Act, protecting voter rights, advocating Jews United for Justice, a social justice policies and advocate for women’s rights isn’t what to do. It’s how to get people to for immigrants, opposing gun violence, advocacy group in Washington, D.C., and civil rights. And like the organizers keep supporting what they are already pushing for paid family leave and other will be centered on ensuring funding of the march, Jewish groups who shared doing. progressive causes. in the district’s budget for paid family its agenda face the challenge of making “This isn’t new,” said Rabbi Jonah But Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive di- leave, as well as building a network of sure the demonstration wasn’t a one-off Pesner, director of the Religious Action rector of T’ruah, a rabbis’ human rights venting of frustration, but a catalyst for Center, the Reform movement’s legisla- group, said working on a range of issues (Continued on p. 22) 2 The Jewish Journal Monthly Magazine February 2017 What’s in this month’s Jewish Journal? Commentary ...................................................................... 2 Culture ..........................................................................5, 20 Education ........................................................................... 4 El Emeth.............................................................................. 6 Federation award applications .................................... 10 Kosher Cooking ............................................................... 16 International Judaism .................................................... 15 Jewish Community Center ................................12-13, 15 Library and Holocaust Resource Center ..................... 24 Candle-Lighting Times Memorials .................................................................. 22-23 Ohev Tzedek ...................................................................... 7 February 3 5:24 p.m. Rodef Sholom ............................................................ 18-19 February 10 5:33 p.m. Shlichim .............................................................................. 9 February 17 5:42 p.m. Sports .................................................................................. 8 Tu B’Shevat – Feb. 10-Feb. 11 February 24 5:50 p.m. March 3 5:58 p.m.