Washtenaw Jewish News Presort Standard In this issue… c/o Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor U.S. Postage PAID 2939 Birch Hollow Drive Ann Arbor, MI Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Permit No. 85 Artist, writer, Jews The Gershwin Holocaust and the Initiative survivor, Left at JCC Book Miriam Festival Brysk Page 12 Page 13 Page 14

November 2016 Cheshvan/Kislev 5776 Volume XL: Number 3 FREE Rabbi David Fohrman to explore the hidden structure New JLI course offers secrets to success of the Ten Commandments Rabbi Ephraim Mintz, special to the WJN Judith Segaloff, special to the WJN At every stage in life people may be asking the same questions. What do I want to do for the abbi David Fohrman, author of Jewish topics. He and his staff analyze the work has academic implications, Rabbi rest of my life? And how do I get there? Torah by identifying word similarities and Fohrman’s message is easy to understand, The Exodus You Almost Passed Young adults in their 20s are looking for , (Aleph Beta Press, 2016), thematic structures in different parts of regardless of the background or denomi- R Over a career that will make them feel fulfilled. a dynamic speaker and educator, will be the Torah to nation of the audience. Those in their 30's to f50's may be unsatis- speaking at the Michigan Hillel on Wednes- create new Rabbi Fohrman’s visit is being cosponsored fied with their current career or think they day, November 2, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture, by the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Ar- could do better. Those who are 60 or older “The Hidden Structure of the Ten Com- bor, Chabad House of Ann mandments,” reflects his unique insights Arbor, Jewish Resource Center, on the organization of legal principles and Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan, patterns in the biblical structure encapsu- Michael Levine, and former lated within the Ten Commandments. Ann Arbor resident, Dr. David “The Ten Commandments document is Segaloff in honor of the third often seen as the basis for Western Civiliza- anniversary of his father Walter tion – but few people see it as more than that; Segaloff's yahrzeit (zl’). as a personal document, with real meaning A light sandwich and and guidance for the individual. In this talk, Rabbi David Fohrman salad buffet will be provided we will try to perceive a hidden, threefold at 7 p.m. to those who RSVP structure in the document that lays bare interpretations of and all participants will be its profound personal implications,” states the oldest book ever given complimentary full ac- Rabbi Fohrman. “We will try to explore the written. Aside from cess to the Alephbeta.org web- radical implications of the Ten Command- the videos, Rabbi site for one month. For more Students at last year's JLI class ments for the building of lasting and satisfy- Fohrman is author information, or to register for are thinking about an encore career—some- ing human relationships.” of three books, in- the event, email dsegaloffpol@ thing meaningful to do after they cut back or Rabbi Fohrman is the creator and force cluding Esther, The Queen gmail.com. Rabbi Fohrman retire. At some point, people begin to realize behind the website “Aleph Beta,” www. You Thought You Knew and The Beast will also be speaking at the West Bloom- that there is more to life than a good career. alephbeta.org, which posts captivating That Crouches At The Door, an analysis of field JCC on Thursday, November 3, as Beginning Tuesday, November 22, at weekly animated videos on Torah read- Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel; and The Exo- part of the Detroit JCC Book Fair. n 9:30 a.m., and again at 7:30 p.m., Chabad ings, as well as on the holidays and other dus You Almost Passed Over. Although his House Rabbi Aharon Goldstein will offer a new six-session course from the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) called “How Success Flooding the world with knowledge Thinks: Jewish Secrets for Leading a Produc- tive Life.” Terri Ginsburg, special to the WJN ‘How Success Thinks’ is designed to he community is invited to “In- Health System who specializes in the as- help people get more of what they want in troduction to Medical and Men- sessment of gender dysphoria in children life, and less of what they don’t,” explained T tal Health Care for Transgender and adolescents. She is also the manager of Rabbi Zalman Abraham of JLI’s Brooklyn and Gender Expansive Youth,” presented Comprehensive Gender Services at UMHS. headquarters. “Throughout the course we by Daniel Shumer, M.D., M.P.H. and Sara She recently returned to her home state of explore ways to cultivate people’s signature Wiener, L.M.S.W. The talk and question Michigan after a decade in Western Mas- strengths, adopt a growth mind-set, access and answer period will be at Temple Beth sachusetts where she provided psychother- their inner creativity, deal with weaknesses, Emeth on Sunday, November 13, 3-4:30 apy to trans and gender expansive youth and overcome procrastination and other ob- p.m. Paricipants can learn about their ap- and their families and co-led a pediatric stacles that get in the way of their success.” proach to care with trans and gender ex- gender clinic. At the core of “How Success Thinks” are pansive youth. There will be ample time Daniel Shumer Sarah Wiener This program is co-sponsored by six key productivity concepts, from motiva- for questions and answers. Temple Beth Emeth, Beth Israel Congre- tion and goal setting to creativity and rela- Dr. Shumer is a pediatric endocrinolo- to start the Comprehensive Gender Pro- gation, Jewish Family Services of Greater tionship building, which explain why some gist and assistant professor at the Univer- gram at Mott Children’s Hospital in 2015. Ann Arbor, Jewish Community Center of people get so much done. Drawing on 3,000 sity of Michigan. Dr. Shumer grew up in Sara Wiener, LMSW, is a clinical so- Greater Ann Arbor, and the Ann Arbor Re- years of Jewish wisdom—as well as some of Michigan and was excited to return home cial worker at the University of Michigan constructionist Congregation. n the latest findings and fascinating case stud- continued on page 2 ICommunity

2935 Birch Hollow Drive JFS to hold Festival of Lights fundraiser Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Rosemary Frenza Chudnof, Development Director voice: 734/971-1800 e-mail: [email protected] ewish Family Services of Washtenaw p.m. on Sunday, December 11. From 3–4 www.washtenawjewishnews.org County will host its Festival of Lights, p.m., guests will enjoy catering from Aman- J a community-wide, multi-media ben- da’s Kitchen, and explore a professionally Editor and Publisher efit concert, on Sunday, December 11, to mounted Photovoice project that will be cre- Susan Kravitz Ayer support its refugee resettlement program. ated at JFS this fall.Co-facilitated by JFS’ Re- The event will be co-chaired by Robby Gris- settlement Director Shrina Eadah and social Calendar Editor Claire Sandler wold, Community Part- worker Abbie Lawrence- nerships coordinator and Jacobson, Ph.D., Photo- Advertising Manager Diversity and Inclusion voice is a photography Gordon White chair at Zingerman’s, and project that JFS’ refugee recent JFS board member clients will take on as a Design and Layout and resettlement volun- means to share and re- Dennis Platte teer Patty Benson. flect on their experience Staff Writers Over the past year, JFS with the wider commu- Mary Bilyeu, Sandor Slomovits, Rochel Page Avenue has teamed with several nity. The main portion of Urist, lisa Carolin local congregations in an the Festival of Lights will Books interfaith, grassroots ef- be a concert featuring Contributing Writers fort to welcome refugees musical numbers from a Barb Banet, Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, Karen Freedland, Rosemary Frenza Chudnof, Richard & to Washtenaw County. variety of local congre- L. Cravatts, Emily Fromm, Terri Ginsburg, Dubbed the Welcome gations and community Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, Barry Gross, Rachael Kindle, schmindle . . . Wagon initiative, JFS has joined Temple Beth groups that are involved in the resettlement Hoffenblum, Jack Jacobs, SooJi Minn, Rabbi Real books are cool again !! Emeth, Beth Israel Congregation, Westmin- effort. JFS is grateful to have Shawn McDon- Ephraim Mintz, Laura Pasek, Judith Segaloff, ster Presbyterian Church, The Church of ald, musical director at Westminster Presby- Clara Silver, Elliot Sorkin Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, First Con- terian Church, and Regina Hayut, cantor at & The Washtenaw Jewish News is published gregational Church, Blue Ocean Faith, St. Temple Beth Emeth, serving as musical di- monthly, with the exception of January and We're sourcing collections and Clare’s Episcopal Church, the Zen Buddhist rectors. McDonald and Hayut are organizing July. It is registered as a Non-profit Michi- Temple, the University of Michigan’s Refu- the concert, a major undertaking involving gan Corporation. Opinions expressed in this estates at this time. Email us. gee Assistance Program, Washtenaw Refugee many different community choirs and art- publication do not necessarily reflect those & Welcome and other congregations and com- ists, and will plan one group musical number of its editors or staff munity groups to take on numerous volun- for the end of the concert so that everyone in ©2016 by the Washtenaw Jewish News. teer responsibilities involved in resettling attendance may participate. All rights reserved. No portion of the Washtenaw [email protected] refugees in Washtenaw County. The idea for “We anticipate that this will be a power- Jewish News may be r­eproduced without permission of the publisher. a Festival of Lights fundraiser, which honors ful and memorable experience for attendees, the many faith traditions that celebrate holi- combining music and a video presentation Signed letters to the editor are welcome; they should days with lights in the winter, grew organi- that demonstrates the strength and resilience not exceed 400 words. Letters can be emailed to the editor at [email protected]. Name will be cally from this interfaith effort. of refugees,” said co-Chair Patty Benson. “It withheld at the discretion of the editor. “We are inspired and encouraged to see will be a unique way to share the refugee’s the community come together in this way journey with the entire community.” Circulation: 5,000 to welcome the stranger,” says JFS Executive Tickets to attend Festival of Lights are Subscriptions: Director Anya Abramzon.“The Festival of available for a $20 suggested donation, with a $18 bulk rate inside Washtenaw County Lights will be a celebration of that work, and sliding scale available. For more information Deadline for the December/January issue a meaningful acknowledgment of the many or to register online, visit www.jfsannarbor. of the Washtenaw Jewish News, aspects of the refugee experience.” org or call Erin Kelly at (734) 769-0209. n is Monday, November 7. The Festival of Lights will be held at Gen- Publication date: Wednesday, November 30 esis Ann Arbor, and will run from 3–5:30 Extra copies of the Washtenaw Jewish News are available at locations throughout Washtenaw County. New JLI course, continued from page 1 ies from neuroscience, psychology, and be- tal health professionals. Like all JLI programs, havioral economics—this eye-opening course this course is designed to appeal to people at explains that the most productive people on all levels of knowledge, including those with- earth don’t merely act differently; they view out any prior experience or background in the world, and their choices, in profoundly Jewish learning. All JLI courses are open to IIn this issue… different ways. the public, and attendees need not be affili- “Most people don’t have a clear picture of ated with a particular synagogue, temple, or what they want to achieve in their lifetime,” other house of worship. said Rabbi Goldstein. “In the course, partici- Interested students may call (734) 995- Advertisers ...... 23 pants will have a chance to explore their own 3276 or visit www.myJLI.com for registration definition of success, and then create a road and for other course-related information. [JLI Best Reads ...... 16 map to equip themselves with the tools they’ll courses are presented in Ann Arbor in con- need to make that goal a reality.” junction with Chabad House. Calendar ...... 19 “‘How Success Thinks’ is a unique offering JLI, the adult education branch of Chabad- that links success to sustainable outcomes for Lubavitch, offers programs in more than 800 Congregations ...... 6 all our stakeholders in the community,” said locations in the U.S. and in numerous foreign Andrew Kakabadse, professor of Governance countries, including Argentina, Australia, Kosher Cuisine ...... 18 and Leadership at Henley Business School Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, (Reading, U.K.) and author of The Success For- Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Georgia, On Another Note ...... 14 mula: How Smart Leaders Deliver Outstand- Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Israel, ing Value, commenting on the course. “This Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Pan- Rabbis' Corner...... 9 course provides an empowerment of the ama, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzer- mind, the heart and the sharing of experience land, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Youth ...... 10 across community: the very elements which Uruguay, and Venezuela. More than 400,000 make up a positive and flourishing society.” students have attended JLI classes since the or- Vitals ...... 23 “How Success Thinks” is accredited for ganization was founded in 1998. n continuing education for medical and men-

2 Washtenaw Jewish News A November 2016 Chamber Concerts: Music with Friends Emily Fromm, special to the WJN oin the Ann Arbor Symphony at the Jew- score in 1951. ish Community Center of Greater Ann Tickets are JArbor on Monday, November 21, at 1:30 $10 and are p.m. This hour-long concert features William available online Walton’s Façade. at a2so.com Special guests include: or at the door. · Arie Lipsky, conductor General seating · Jane Wilkinson, narrator at our chamber · Sarah Cleveland, principal cello concert series is · Christopher James, principal flute a comfortable · Elliott Ross, 2nd clarinet cabaret style. · Jeffrey Siegfried, saxophone Guests will en- · William Campbell, principal trumpet joy light refresh- · John Dorsey, principal percussion ments before Façade is a series of poems by eccentric genius and during the concert. Edith Sitwell. The poems are recited over an in- The A2SO is a premier regional orchestra strumental accompaniment by William Walton. offering live symphonic music to over 80,000 The “entertainment” was first performed in pub- patrons of all ages in venues ranging from the lic in 1923, and achieved both fame and notori- historic Michigan Theater and Hill Auditorium ety for its unconventional form. The witty text is as well as schools, daycares, libraries, farmers full of tongue-twisters and was originally recited markets, and various senior citizen centers in the by Sitwell through a megaphone. Noel Coward, five-county area. For tickets visit a2so.com, email Virginia Woolf, and Evelyn Waugh were in the [email protected] or call (734) 994-4801. Single audience at its 1923 premiere. Walton published tickets range from $15 to $67, subscriptions start supplementary versions of Façade for speaker at just $60; Student, Senior, and Group discounts and small ensemble using vignettes dropped be- are available. First time subscribers buy one sea- tween the premiere and the publication of the full son subscription and get one free. n

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November Lunch and Learn at the J Update on picketing outside Rachael Hoffenblum, special to the WJN Beth Israel Congregation he Jewish Community Center of Glick, Associate Campaign Director for the Greater Ann Arbor’s Thursday Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor will By Barry Gross T Lunch and Learn program contin- present, “My Visit to Israel with 14 Teens,” osh Hashanah marks the begin- 300 families are on a waiting-list, hoping ues with several enriching presentations for discussing his experience leading Ann Ar- ning of the 14th year of picketing to join the community in the near future. November. Beginning on Thursday, Novem- bor’s youth exchange program with Nahalal, R outside Beth Israel Congregation. SPURN donors give on a weekly, month- Israel. Israeli teens travel to Ann Arbor dur- The picketing remains an offensive intru- ly, annual, or more irregular basis; some ing their Sukkot/fall school break and Ann sion into the congregants’ right to freedom donate based on the number of weekly pick- Arbor teens travel to Nahalal during their of religious expression. The synagogue is a eters. As of September 26, 2016, SPURN has spring school break. These trips involve lo- hopelessly inappropriate and ineffective lo- raised $213,153 for the target organizations. cal attractions and a lot of cross-cultural re- cation for this protest. Whatever the picket- The large amount raised for AFMDA and lationship building. Glick traveled with the ers hope to achieve (apart from some sort AFNSWAS is one reason that some congre- Ann Arbor teens last spring and is the local of notoriety) is out of reach with this mis- gants find the presence of the picketers less coordinator for the Nahalal exchange this guided approach. irritating than it used to be. The decreasing year as well. Quite the contrary, in fact. The one number of weekly picketers is a second rea- Get to know the Ypsilanti District Library tangible result of the picketers’ efforts has son. In the first 16 weeks of SPURN back on Thursday, November 17, 2016. Represen- been the response of congregants, other in 2004 the number of picketers averaged tatives join us to discuss the many features, Ann Arbor residents, and people from 12 or 13 per week. In the past 16 weeks of resources, and programs available to Ypsi- around the world to a grassroots organiza- 2016, that number is 4 or 5. SPURN mem- lanti residents through this vibrant public tion of Beth Israel members called SPURN bers have made it clear that they are going to library, as well as how residents of other com- (Synagogue Protest UNACCEPTABLE! continue to donate until the picketing ends. munities can purchase memberships and Respond Now!). SPURN, which began It is not too late to join the SPURN take advantage of this Washtenaw County on 7/31/04, has been raising money for campaign, which currently has over 550 ber 3, 2016, the Washtenaw ID project will hidden gem. They will share previews of the American Friends of Magen David Adom donors. As noted above, we offer two visit to ask thought provoking questions programs being offered this winter. (AFMDA) and American Friends of Neve choices for donations: about how individuals who do not have a There will be no Lunch and Learn of- Shalom/Wahat al-Salam (AFNSWAS). • For American Friends of Neve Sha- driver’s license function in society – how fered on Thursday, November 24, as that is These organizations were selected because lom/Wahat al-Salam go to this web do they vote, obtain a library card, open a the Thanksgiving holiday. Lunch and Learn they exemplify service to humanity, irre- page: http://www.oasisofpeace.org/. Be bank account, or verify your identify with returns in December with an exciting array spective of nationality, race, gender, reli- suyre to enter SPURN (or else my name) law enforcement? According to washtena- of presentations. British artist, Sophie Grillet, gion, or any other criterion. in the box labeled “purpose.” wid.com, approximately 42,000 residents of will present on Thursday, December 1. Eric AFMDA provides emergency medical • For AFMDA, send checks to: American Washtenaw County lack secure and reliable Acton, assistant professor of linguistics at services, while AFNSWAS (which means Friends of Magen David Adom, 23215 Com- identification. Staff representatives from the Eastern Michigan University, will visits on Oasis of Peace) is the only community in merce Park Rd #306, Beachwood, Ohio, project will discuss its mission to help these Thursday, December 8, to discuss the EMU Israel where Jews and Palestinians choose 44122. Write SPURN on the check or on an marginalized and forgotten members of our Center for Jewish Studies project, Jewish to live, work and raise their children in accompanying note or call AFMDA with community. Life and Language in Southeast Michigan, equality and mutual respect. The village credit card information and specify that your On Thursday, November 10, 2016, Max as well as conduct interviews for the proj- started with a handful of individuals in donation is for SPURN. The toll free number ect. On Thursday, December 22, Dr. Sally the 1970s and is now home to 60 families is: (877) 405-3913. To donate online, go to George Wright will discuss her experiences - half Jewish, half Palestinian. More than https://www.afmda.org/s-p-u-r-n/. n while vice-president of Beth Aaron Congre- gation in Billings, Montana, in 1993, when a series of white supremacist hate crimes swept through the community and led to the “Not The JCS book club and JCS memoir in Our Town” movement. All presentations begin at 1 p.m. and are writing classes are back offered free of charge and are open to the public. A light dairy lunch is available for pur- Barb Banet, special to the WJN chase at noon preceding each presentation wo popular groups will return to the story about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and an RSVP is requested to ensure enough Jewish Cultural Society this Fall: the by Sandy Tolan (February 26) and the classic lunch is prepared. To learn more about T Book Club and the Memoir Writing story of anti-Semitism, Gentlemen’s Agree- Thursday Lunch and Learn, contact Rachael Class. Everyone, whether a JCS member or ment by Laura Hobson (March 26). Hoffenblum, operations manager and adult not, is invited to join the discussion. The JCS Memoir Writing Class will begin program coordinator at (734) 971-0990 or The JCS Book Club will meet on again on November 6. Anyone who has ever Max Glick [email protected]. n November 20 with Legacy of a False Promise: thought of writing stories about his or her A Daughter’s Reckoning by Margaret Fuchs life (or the life of an ancestor) is invited to Singer. A local author, Peggy Singer, will be join this class to get ideas about how to get a special guest at this meeting, sharing her started. Jan Price will be leading the sessions. story and answering questions. The follow- Participants will learn how to write about ing quote is from the jacket of her book: various topics and will have a chance to “Margaret Fuchs was thirteen in June 1955 share their stories with others. Price taught when she learned that her parents had been this class last year to the JCS community and Communists while working for the U.S. gov- is currently teaching a similar class as part of ernment in the 1930s and ’40s. This book the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. The chronicles the years during which her par- JCS Memoir Writing Class will meet at the ents were exposed and her father was sub- Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann poenaed before the House Un-American Arbor on November 6 and December 4 this Activities Committee. Eventually he named year, and on February 5, March 5 and April names, and subsequently lost his job as a law 2 in 2017. professor at American University, and was Both the Book Club and the Memoir blacklisted from teaching ever again. Legacy Writing Class will meet from 10 a.m. un- of a False Promise also details the author’s til noon at the JCC. Both are free and are quest as an adult to learn whether or not her open to the public. For more information parents ever spied for the Soviet Union.” or to register, contact JCS at info@jewish- Other books selected for this year’s Book culturalsociety.org or visit www.jewish- Club in 2017 include Even in Darkness by culturalsociety.org. n another local author, Barbara Stark-Nemon Ypsilanti District Library (January 22), The Lemon Tree, a hopeful 4 Washtenaw Jewish News A November 2016 16th ANNUAL Main EVENT

A dramatic musical and visual tour of the colorful FEATURING history of Yiddish theatre – from its beginnings in the late 1800s through its Golden Age... and beyond Charles Troy

and The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band with Cantor Pavel Roytman

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 • 6:00-9:00 pm Towsley Auditorium • Washtenaw Community College • Morris Lawrence Building 4800 East Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor Main Event Co-Chairs: Elaine & Barry Margolis and Sara & Donny Wohl 6:00 pm • Wine and Hors d’oeuvres Reception 7:15 pm • Program Begins 8:45 pm • Light Dessert Reception Kosher under supervision Cost is $36 per adult • $18 for high school & college students You may register online at www.jewishannarbor.org/ME2016 or contact Cindy Adams at 734-677-0100. Please respond by November 9. A minimum gift of $100 per family to the Federation’s 2017 Annual Campaign is required to attend. You will have the opportunity to make your pledge at the event. The Federation’s 16th Annual Main Event is made possible by a grant from Ford Motor Company Fund

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November events at Temple Beth Emeth Soo Ji Minn, special to the WJN Families with Young Children (FYC): Tot Shalom Gever Gratitude/Blessings Jewish Meditation Sit men by wrestling with text. For more informa- Shabbat Service Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 5 p.m. Sunday, November 20, TBE Chapel, 6:30-7:15 p.m. tion, contact Bill Parkus at [email protected]. November 4, 11, and 25, 5:45 p.m., TBE Sanctuary Fridays, November 4, 11 and 25 at 4 p.m. Following up on Rabbi Whinston’s Rosh Woman’s Torah Study Tot (0–5 year olds) Shabbat Services with Rabbi Health, Healing and Self-Defense. Try out HaShana sermon, learn a Jewish metta/grati- this unique martial arts instruction including tude blessing practice. Open your heart. Build Mondays, November 14 and 28, 7 p.m. Whinston and Cantor Hayut, 5:45 p.m An in-depth study and lively discussion of Dinner for Tot Shabbat, 6:15 p.m. lessons in how to live a compassion. Breathe. Questions? Contact SooJi healthy lifestyle, be ener- Min at [email protected]. the week’s Torah portion led by Cantor Regina Shira Service, 6:45 p.m. Hayut. The group will explore various passages All of your favorite songs led by TBE’s tot getic, do well in school and learn anti-bullying self- Women of Temple Beth Emeth “The from the portion looking at several translations team, Cantor Hayut and Rabbi Whinston. and commentaries from a variety of scholars Join in for macaroni and cheese, fish sticks, defense. This is a twelve- Historical Novel” book club week semester for belt from Talmudic times to the modern day. No applesauce, and a salad bar immediately fol- Monday, November 21, TBE Library, 12:30 p.m. Hebrew knowledge is needed to participate in advancement. Drop-in is Read and discuss prime examples of the lowing the short service. Dinner is just $5 per the discussion. For more information, contact also available when sched- historical novel. A blend of facts and fiction, person. Buy a punch card ahead of time for a Cantor Regina Hayut at cantorhayut@temple- ules permit. Enrollment is open for students and the best historical novels take the reader into discounted price. Punch cards are available in bethemeth.org. the TBE office. their parents. Shalom Gever is taught by Rabbi another world replete with familiar themes: am- Peter Gluck, 5th degree Black Belt and martial bition, loyalty, political machinations, passion, The Shelter Association’s Rotating Shabbat Torah Study arts instructor for 19 years. Contact the Temple and death. Shelter at TBE Saturdays, November 5, 12, 19, and 26, TBE Beth Emeth office at 665-4744 or Rabbi Gluck, Chapel, 8:50 a.m. [email protected], for more registration in- Interfaith Thanksgiving Service November 21–28 Join Rabbi Whinston for text study and dis- formation. Wednesday, November 23, TBE Sanctuary, 7:30 p.m. More than 100 volunteers are needed. There cussion of the week’s Torah Portion. The annual Genesis Erev Thanksgiving Service will be a collection drive of socks, toiletries and Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit with St. Clare’s Episcopal in their shared sanctuary. gloves, socializing and providing food. To vol- Chapel Service Thursdays, November 3, 10, and 17, 1:30 p.m., This is a unique service and a fitting beginning to unteer, contact Deb Schild at debschild@gmail. Saturday, November 19 and 26, TBE Chapel, 10 a.m. TBE Chapel the national holiday of Thanksgiving. com. Join Rabbi Whinston and Cantor Hayut for a For practitioners of all levels. Intention and short Shabbat morning service in the TBE Chapel. instruction followed by 30-minute silent medi- Finding Elijah: Adult Ed Class Shabbat Baby Play Group tation. Facilitated by SooJi Min, Judy Freedman, Thursdays, November 10, 17, TBE Adult Lounge, Saturday, November 19, 10:45 a.m. Learner’s Pre-Service and Quyen Epstein-Ngo. SooJi Min is TBE’s 7:30 p.m. Noreen De Young, former director of the Friday, November 4, TBE, 7:30 p.m. executive director. She completed a 16-month Come and join TBE’s new rabbi, Josh Whin- Early Childhood Center at the Jewish Commu- Come join in for the first of four learner’s mindfulness teacher-training program spon- ston, in exploring the history of Elijah from his nity Center of Greater Ann Arbor, will be intro- pre-services sessions. Each session will explore sored by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and biblical roots through 19th century Chasidic ducing Jewish stories and songs at the beginning one aspect of TBE’s Friday night shabbat service. the Awakened Heart Project. Freedman has been story telling. The group will learn why Elijah’s of all sessions! Shabbat Baby Group will be a practicing meditation for over 20 years. She at- name is invoked at some of the most important great place for parents to meet and get to know Meet Rabbi Whinston: Euchre Night tended a three-year training in Jewish Medita- moments in Jewish life, at the Passover seder, a one another. Thursday, November 3, TBE Member Home, 6 p.m. tion sponsored by the Philips Foundation at bris, and weekly at the Havdalah service. Rishonim- Sky Zone Fun Time Grab a partner or come alone. Don’t know Chochmat ha Lev. Epstein-Ngo is a therapist how to play Euchre? Don’t worry, there will be who holds a joint doctoral degree in clinical Spirituality Book Club 2016–17 Sunday, November 20, Sky Zone, 42550 Executive a newbie table for you. Hosted by George and psychology and women’s studies. One of the Tuesday, November 15, 7:30 p.m. Drive, Canton, 11:30 a.m. Come to jump around with your friends. Sally Brieloff. To sign up, go to the TBE website. areas she specializes in is working with adoles- Thursday, November 17, 12:30 p.m. Cost: $20 contact RSVP to Anna Leemon at cents, adults, and couples on issues of faith and Led by Annie Rose, TBE’s cantor emerita. Join [email protected]. Meet Rabbi Whinston: Why We Wine: The spirituality. Contact SooJi Min with questions at in for the new season of TBE’s Spirituality Book History of Wine-ing in Jewish Culture (734) 665-4744. Club. This year the group will read three books Kadima - Sky Zone Fun Time Saturday, November 5, TBE member’s home, 8 p.m. over the course of nine months. Feel free to come Learn about new wines from Israel and the Jewish Yoga Fall 5777/ 2016 to the Tuesday night sessions or the Thursday af- Sunday, November 20, Sky Zone, 42550 Executive history of Jewish wine-making from Rabbi ternoon sessions. Registration is not required, but Drive, Canton, 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 at 6:15 p.m.| Come to jump around with your friends. Whinston. The charge is $18/person. To sign up, it is helpful to the planning to know how many TBE Family Room Cost $20 contact RSVP to Anna Leemon at tbey- go to the TBE website. Join yoga teacher people may come: [email protected] [email protected]. Shlomit Cohen on a The discussion for November will be a Meet Rabbi Whinston: Painting with spiritual journey con- continuation of The Sabbath, by Abraham AARTY Pie Sale: Zingerman’s Pies a Twist necting mind, body, Joshua Heschel. Order must be place by Tuesday, soul, and spirit. These Sunday, November 6, 3143 Oak Valley Dr, 2 p.m. Group Supported Spiritual Exploration November 14. The Follow step-by-step classes are a truly pies will be available instructions to create your meditative experience, Monday, November 14, TBE Chapel, 6:10 p.m. The group is led by Linda Greene and meets for pick-up in the own beautiful work of art by focusing on move- adult lounge on BOTH following the step-by-step ment through guided monthly as an intimate group dedicated to each other’s spiritual growth. The Tuesday, November 22 directions of the instructor. breathing. Please and Wednesday, No- Shlomit Cohen group offers the opportunity Find camaraderie in the fun Bring Your Own Mat! vember 23 from 4–7 and challenge of painting. For more information, contact Shlomit Cohen at to cultivate personal connec- tion with whatever one con- pm and for an hour after the Erev Thanksgiving The charge is $35. To sign [email protected] Service. Pies are $30 each. 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Friday, November 18, TBE, Congregational Din- Join Daniel Shumer, MD and MPH and Sara Guided by a gently structured and confidential ner, 5:45 p.m. Issues for Aging: Medicare Wiener, LMSW, for this talk co-spondored by process, participants can focus on prayerful in- Installation Shabbat Service, 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 1, TBE, 7 p.m. Jewish Family Services, Beth Israel, Jewish Com- trospection and respectful reflection to arrive at Join in for this special Installation Shabbat Sponsored by Jewish Family Services, this munity Center and Ann Arbor Reconstruction- deep individual insight. Dinner and Service as Rabbi Whinston’s formal ist Congregation. The talk will cover the medical event is an educational evening program that arrival at TBE is celebrated. and psychosocial approaches to treating gender Men’s Torah Study targets older adults and caregivers. The topic is Medicare and the new rules/regulations for S’udah Sh’lishit and Havdallah dysphoria in adolescents, and the treatment Monday, November 28, 7:30 p.m. philosophy and practices of the pediatric gender A men’s Torah discussion group will be led 2017. Contact Leah Zaas, LMSW, Older Adult Saturday, November 19, TBE Sanctuary, 6 p.m. clinic at the University of Michigan Health Sys- monthly by Rabbi Whinston on the 4th Mon- Services Program Coordinator at (734) 769- Join in for a light meal and Havdallah as the tem. This event is open to the community. day. This year the group is taking a closer look 0209, ext. 357, with questions. n congregation continues the celebration of Rabbi at the Talmud. Participants will find their way as Whinston’s installation.

6 Washtenaw Jewish News A November 2016 This month at Beth Israel Congregation Elliot Sorkin, special to the WJN The Ethical Life: Jewish Values in an The Next Generation Looks at the read the chapters by Schwartz, Brous , Savage School. The Shabbat is welcomed at 6 p.m. Age of Choice Future of the Jewish Community and Shrage. However there is no requirement with a Kabbalat Shabbat Service, which is to have read the book to join in the discussion. followed (approximately at 6:45 p.m.) with a November 1–December 20, January 10– Sunday, November 6, 7:45 p.m. This is the second of three events taking place dairy dinner. The cost for each dinner is $8 for February 7, Tuesdays, 6–7:30 p.m. An eclectic panel of young adults will to mark Beth Israel’s 100th anniversary as it adults and children over 4 years old. Children From political and financial scandals to articulate their views regarding the future of the looks to the future. under 4 years old eat for free. The deadline rapid progress in biomedical science and American Jewish community and what they see for reservations is Wednesday, November 16. technology, the complex issues of modern as the role of institutions such as our synagogue. Friday Night Lights and Gan and Alef There will be ample time for what we expect Consecration Thanksgiving Shabbat will be a lively discussion. All are welcome, and Friday, November 18, 6 p.m. Saturday, November 26 reservations are not required. This is one of This is a family friendly service and dinner Thanksgiving is the theme of this Shabbat three events taking place to mark Beth Israel’s program which includes Consecration for all service that is led, as always, by congregants 100th anniversary as it looks to the future. Gan and Alef students who are enrolled at who lead the service and read Torah and Shabbat Limmud Beth Israel Religious School or Hebrew Day Hafarah. n Saturdays, November 9 and 26, 9–10 a.m. All are invited for Torah study over coffee and cake. The discussions, led by Rabbi Dobrusin, are informal, lively Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration: Rabbi Dobrusin Rabbi Blumenthal and participatory. The study begins with A celebration of gratitude and joy society are, at their core, issues of ethical and traditional texts and participants add their moral concern. Jewish ethics can inform the own thoughts on the Torah, Haftarah portion Sunday, November 20, 7–8 p.m. information, call Rev. George Lambrides discussions and decisions about the critical of the week, or other traditional texts. Chinmaya Mission, 4760 Packard Road at (734) 424-1535 or Susan King at (734) questions of the day. Judaism has a long The Interfaith Round Table of Washtenaw 678-5616. Beth Israel Congregation is one history of wrestling with moral questions, Tot Shabbat County will hold its twenty-first Annual of the many congregations which sponsor responding to them in a way that considers all Saturdays, November 12 and November 26, Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration with this event. (Preceded at 5 p.m. by a Tastes sides of an issue. 11:15 a.m. readings, music, meditations and other of Faith fundraising dinner that showcases Rabbi Dobrusin and Rabbi Blumenthal Tot Shabbat is a Saturday morning unique presentations from a wide variety food from a variety of faith traditions will facilitate the course that will invite program/service for parents and their children of faith traditions. Light refreshments that are representative foods served to nuanced communal conversations grappling 2–5 years old that includes songs, stories, and will follow the celebration. Donations celebrate holidays and holy days. Dinner with today’s most pressing ethical dilemmas. prayers. It includes songs, the mysterious will be accepted for non-perishable is is $25 per person with sponsorship It includes videos featuring Jewish Theological “Shabbat Box” a Torah procession with stuffed food or turkey money to help those in opportunities at $50, $75 or $100.) Seminary faculty, other expert scholars, and Torah toys, and a Kiddush for tots. There is no need in our community. 2017 Interfaith There is no charge for the Thanksgiving practitioners in the field; and classical and charge for this program. Calendars will also be available. For more celebration or reception desserts. contemporary texts. The cost is $100 per Beth Israel Reads “Jewish person, dinner included. Megatrends: Charting the Course of Lunch & Learn Series American Jewish Future” Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16, 30, Noon– Saturday, November 19, after services at 1:15 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Garfunkel-Schteingart Activities Center (2010 An informal discussion of the book Washtenaw) Jewish Megatrends; Charting the Course of Rabbi Robert Dobrusin and Rabbi Kim the American Jewish Future, edited by Rabbi Blumenthal lead informal discussions on Sidney Schwartz current topics. Participants are invited to (Jewish Lights bring a dairy lunch. Beverages and snacks will Publishing, 2013). The be provided. discussion is intended to help prepare for the Homecoming Shabbat upcoming presentation Saturday, November 5, 9:30 a.m. on December 4 of On this Shabbat new members are Rabbi Sharon Brous welcomed into the congregation and all are who has contributed invited to share in a homecoming kiddush of a chapter to the book. Chinamaya Chior hot dogs and veggie dogs with all the fixings. It is recommended to

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A different perspective on the binding of Isaac Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, special to the WJN he process of Midrash, of rabbinic faith or a polemic against human sacrifice, Torah but provides us something very seri- years of growing apart. And, it works to an interpretation of the Torah, is criti- God’s instruction as a commandment to sac- ous to think about. extent as during this journey, father and son T cal to our understanding of sacred rifice his son is clear. Whether, as some claim, do talk to each other and according to the text. Midrash seeks, in many cases to divert he knew all along God would not allow him text prepare for the sacrifice together. our attention from the “p’shat,” the intended to go through with it or whether he really in- What if God had no intention Do I believe this is the intended meaning meaning of a text tended to sacrifice Isaac, the story seems clear. of the story? No. and to open our- But, one of the midrashim found in to have Abraham sacrifice But, as with the Midrash that I presented selves up to other Bereshit Rabbah, an early collection of above, I can’t rationalize why God would ask ideas even if they commentaries, completely turns the story Isaac but only wanted him to Abraham to sacrifice his son even without stray from the around. The commentary says that God the intention of having Abraham see the sac- “facts” of the story. chastised Abraham as he placed Isaac on the spend time together with his son? rifice through. I would prefer to find, using We can see altar and picked up the knife. God says to midrash, another interpretation. this clearly in the Abraham: “I never told you to kill him, I only I recently taught a class on midrash, and So, as did the midrash, I imagine that God story of the ake- told you to bring him up to the mountain.” encouraged by this midrash, I offered the had something else in mind: that Abraham dah, the binding That may seem like a bizarre commentary class an idea which had been on my mind should not take being a father so lightly and Rabbi Robert Dobrusin of Isaac, which but it is based on the text. The word for “sac- for years. make sure that he shared a meaningful expe- will be read as part of Parashat Vayera on rifice,” olah, comes from the word meaning What if God had no intention to have rience with Isaac. It is because Abraham only November 19. This story is perhaps the “to go up.” So, this commentary explains that Abraham sacrifice Isaac but only wanted did things in life through the perspective of most challenging story in the entire Torah what Abraham heard as a call to sacrifice, him to spend time together with his son? We his relationship with God, the entire experi- as God “tests” Abraham by commanding God only meant to “go up to the mountain” never read of Abraham sharing any experi- ence had to be framed as a “test” of faith. him to bring his son, Isaac, to Mt. Moriah with Isaac. ences with the son who would continue his Of course, this is midrash. But, it is mi- and to offer him as a sacrifice. Clearly, the author of this midrash was legacy and the covenant with God. So God drash with a very powerful lesson for all of Abraham dutifully begins the journey troubled by the idea that God would com- tells Abraham, in the only language he really us who are parents. with Isaac up to the mountain, ties him on mand a human sacrifice, even if it were only understands, the language of a command- Have we taken the time to “go up a moun- the altar and prepares to sacrifice him when a “test.” So, the midrash seeks to place the ment of faith, to take a trip up the mountain. tain” with our children and to share an expe- God stops him telling Abraham that in fact blame on Abraham for misunderstanding While the comparison may seem irrever- rience together? No matter how old we—or now it is clear that he fears God. God’s command perhaps in his zeal to do ent, this idea presents the story is as if God they—are, it is our greatest responsibility. n As upsetting as the story may be, it does something dramatic to prove his faith. Again, has commanded Abraham to take Isaac on seem clear that either as a test of Abraham’s this is clearly not the intent of the text in the a “father-son” camping trip to connect after Flooding the world with knowledge Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, special to the WJN he reading of the Torah on the of Nature and the physical world. These two Moshiach comes, the physical flesh of our was so that we would choose to use it to en- Shabbat of November 5, will be types of new knowledge will be revealed at bodies, and indeed all of physicality in this hance our study of Torah and to serve Him. T about Noah and the flood. If you the same time. world, will feel, recognize and see that our By recognizing that all of these scientific just read the story itself, it sounds quite de- If we study history at this time, we ac- entire existence is dependent on God—not advancements were revealed to us so that structive, as everything outside of the ark tually see that this happened in the sixth only as an understanding that we recognize we could better serve God, helps prepare us was killed and we millennium, six-hundredth year. There in an intellectual way, but we will actually for the coming of Moshiach. Because when had to start over was a tremendous advancement, discov- see God with our physical bodies. The en- Moshiach comes, and we see eye to eye with again. However, the ery and revelation of chochma (wisdom) God, we will be able to see that the physical- Zohar, the semi- in this world. One type was the revelation ity of this world was created to serve Him. nal book of Jewish of Chasidus, the inner parts of the Torah. This is the reason that today we have Mysticism written This was realized with the beginning of the This is all to train us to look all of these great advancements in science. over 2000 years ago, Chasidic movement close to 300 years ago. at the world and recognize Even the rate of change of new revealed in- gives a different Also, the second type was in the wisdom of formation is increasing with time. This is spin to the story. understanding nature and science. There that it is a creation of God. because we are getting closer to the coming There is not just the has been a very rapid, even revolutionary, of Moshiach. So this is all to train us to look “negative” aspect of acquisition of scientific knowledge during Therefore, this is the way we at the world and recognize that it is a cre- Rabbi Aharon Goldstein the Flood, but also a this relatively recent history. This is a fulfill- ation of God. Therefore, this is the way we “positive” interpretation. ment of what was predicted for this time in can recognize the oneness can recognize the oneness of God. As we read in the Torah in Chapter 7, the Zohar. Very recently, the scientific approach Verse 11, “ In the 600th year in the life of Noah What remains to be understood is that of God. to the world has changed. Previously, we there was a split in all of the wells beneath the the Zohar says these revelations of the thought that every force was independent earth that opened up and also the windows two aforementioned wisdom types; Torah, tire world will see that it is a vessel for the and had no connection to another force. of the Heavens opened up.” The Zohar com- and science, will “correct” the world (Tik- revelation of God. Also, every element was distinct and inde- ments that this is a prediction from the To- kun Olam) to prepare for the seventh mil- Therefore, in order to prepare the world pendent of other elements. In recent years rah that there will be another flood, also with lennium and the coming of the Messiah that this revelation of the greatness of God there has been a shift in scientific perspec- the number 6 like Noah’s age of 600, that in (Moshiach). It is relatively easy to under- will not be only an intellectual one, but also tive to the contrary. Scientists are now dis- the 600th year of the sixth millennium to stand how the deeper revelation and un- to prepare us to actually physically see it, this covering the commonality of everything creation. This was 150 to 200 years ago. The derstanding of Torah is helpful regarding flooding of the world with knowledge and and are shifting their paradigm to believe Zohar predicts that the Heavens will open the coming of the Messiah. As the prophet wisdom of the physical aspects of the world that the entire universe arises from one up again and there will be a flood of wisdom predicted, when Moshiach comes, the world was meant to show us that the physical world common source. What is that source? - God. coming down to Earth from Heaven. Concur- will be filled with the knowledge of God like was created to serve God. God created the Again, this change in thinking is to prepare rently, from the Earth, the wellsprings from of the ocean is filled with water. But the ques- world and all that is in it for His glory. us for the revelations of the Messianic Era wisdom will also open up. tion remains as to how the explosion of The only potential problem is that we when we will be able to physically see the The Zohar is predicting two types of scientific and technological knowledge pre- were granted freewill. This wisdom that has unity and oneness in all creation as opposed revelations in the sixth-hundredth year of pares us for the Messianic era. The answer been revealed in the world can also be used to our current perspective of a divided and the sixth millennium. One type will be that is as follows. for improper purposes. The reason God splintered entity. the gates of wisdom from above will be re- One of the great things that will be ac- gave us freewill was because He wanted When Moshiach comes we will be able vealed. This refers to levels of Torah wisdom complished when Moshiach comes will be to be able to reward us with kindness and to see the universe in its revealed form, that that have not been revealed before. The sec- the revelation of God. The physical body of mercy when we made a conscious choice to everything is from God. May we all have this ond type of revelation, from the wellsprings an individual will be able to see the word of follow His ways. In essence, the reason God revelation of the oneness of God speedily in beneath the Earth, refers to new knowledge God. Chasidus explains further that when created all of these scientific breakthroughs our days with the coming of Moshiach! n

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Perverting college coursework to conform to anti-Israel ideology By Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D. n April of 2012, the California Asso- false narrative about Zionism, Israel, and of the Jewish state, had to answer for the sistance.” The course listing, and its instruc- ciation of Scholars, a division of the Na- the Palestinian Arabs, erasing any Jewish occupation “by settlers,” in Bazian’s view, tor, may never have gained any notice from I tional Association of Scholars, prepared connection to Judea, Samaria, Gaza, and “who are the most racist and fascist people the outside world, save for the two very a report for the University of California Re- what became Israel; characterizing Israelis on the face of the earth.” controversial final lines included in the de- gents titled, “A Crisis of Competence: The as mere settlers, colonizers from European When he is not busy calling for an inti- scription for a course in poetry. The highly- Corrupting Effect of Political Activism in the states who created a Jewish state with no fada in America or bemoaning the omnipo- politicized, biased description read: University of California.” In that report, the viable connection to the land and whose tence of wealthy Jews in academia, Bazian The brutal Israeli military occupation association outlined in a thoughtful way how has not hesitated to seek inspiration of Palestine, [ongoing] since 1948, has sys- the politicization of teaching by the professo- from the Koranic texts, such as the tematically displaced, killed, and maimed riate degraded academic integrity, conflicted use of a particularly noxious seg- millions of Palestinian people. And yet, with the core principles of academia, and was ment which he delivered at a 1996 from under the brutal weight of the occu- antithetical to the promotion of scholarship American Muslim Conference with pation, Palestinians have produced their and the pursuit of meaningful learning. the theme of creating an Islamic own culture and poetry of resistance. This In fact, the report suggested, “Political ac- State of Palestine. In his book Amer- class will examine the history of the [re- tivism is the antithesis of academic teaching ican Jihad: The Terrorists Living sistance] and the way that it is narrated and research. Its habits of thought and be- Among Us, Steven Emerson quoted by Palestinians in order to produce an havior are un-academic, even anti-academic.” Bazian as reciting to the crowd, “‘In understanding of the Intifada . . . This Why is that? Because, the report said, “… the Hadith, the Day of Judgment class takes as its starting point the right political activism values politically desirable will never happen until you fight the of Palestinians to fight for their own self- results more than the process by which con- Jews… and the stones will say, ‘Oh determination. Conservative thinkers are clusions are reached. In education, those pri- Muslim, there is a Jew hiding behind encouraged to seek other sections. orities must be reversed.” me. Come and kill him!’” This description, written ostensibly for a Imposing a one-sided, pre-determined Nor is this the first time a trou- poetry course, read like the Hamas charter, line of thought in coursework has the exact bling course has been offered in the complete with its total indictment of Israel opposite effect that most universities strive UC system. In 2015, a one-credit and the Jewish state’s fundamental right to to achieve; namely, preventing the truth from course, entitled “Palestine & Israel: exist, and included, more disturbingly, a emerging as a result of considering competing Settler-Colonialism and Apart- pre-determined point of view that most stu- views and coming to conclusions about the heid,” was taught at UC Riverside by dents, even a conservative one, would have truth by analyzing many views on a topic. “… an undergraduate, Tina Matar, who a difficult time questioning or contradicting The fixed quality of a political belief system unsurprisingly was a leader at the in class. Shingavi’s warning that “conserva- will stifle intellectual curiosity and freedom Riverside’s chapter of Students for tive thinkers should seek other sections” was of thought when it dominates a classroom,” imperial dreams subjugated an indigenous Justice in Palestine (SJP) and instrumen- equally perverse, not only because it violates the report noted. “In any worthwhile college Palestinian people and populated their tal in promoting an anti-Israel divestment the very premise of education—to seek out education, a student’s mind must have the lands through land theft, displacement, and resolution. The syllabus for the Riverside some kind of truth through a scholarly in- freedom to think afresh and to follow wher- ethnic cleansing; denying Jews the right of course was remarkably consistent with the quiry into various points of view about a ever facts or arguments lead. But this freedom self-affirmation, and framing Zionism as Berkley version, accusing Israel of occupy- topic—but also because by excluding any of movement is constrained when the end malignant and immoral, while simultane- ing Palestinian land to which they had no alternate points of view, the professor is not process of thought has already been fixed in ously sanctifying that same right on the part reasonable claim, colonizing it, establishing teaching, he is indoctrinating. And what advance by a political agenda.” of the Palestinians in their disingenuous a system of apartheid, and, after ethnically business does an English professor have Apparently, the recommendations in this campaign to achieved statehood. cleansing the indigenous peoples of the land, teaching political propaganda masquerading report have been forgotten at least at one UC The problem with narratives, of course, oppressing and subjugating them under a as a study of poetry? school—Berkeley—where this fall a student- is that they are artificial, contrived, ahistori- brutal, militaristic rule. Problematic courses have been offered taught, one-credit course, “Palestine: A Settler cal, and spurious, favored by social justice For the Riverside course, the faculty ad- on campuses outside the UC system, as Colonial Analysis,” drew collective howls of advocates and a nod to the postmodern- visor was none other than English professor well. At Vassar College, for example, Josh- indignation from Jewish organizations and ist thinking of Michel Foucault. Foucault’s (and SJP faculty advisor) David Lloyd, who ua Schreier, associate professor of history others who saw the course as being a prime concept of “discourses” suggested that is also a vociferous promoter of the BDS and director of the School’s Jewish Stud- example of politicized instruction that not knowledge was based on a series on “con- campaign and founder of the Academic ies program, teaches a course called “His- only seemed to violate the spirit and let- structs,” that this essential artificiality of and Cultural Boycott of Israel. “By endors- tory 214: The Roots of the Palestine-Israel ter of the Regent’s policy on course content, ideas, history, culture—all of it was sub- ing the boycott,” he wrote, “we withhold Conflict.” The Fall 2008 description for the “constitut[ing] misuse of the University as an ject to question and no one narrative was our consent from collaboration with aca- course makes obvious, in case there was any institution,” but also, more troublingly, had intrinsically superior to or more valid than demic institutions that are part and parcel doubt, exactly where professor Schreier falls as its primary teaching purpose an assault on another. So it may serve the ideology and of Israel’s ongoing occupation, furnishing regarding Israel. The syllabus outlined that Zionism itself, and a blueprint for the possi- political purposes of this course to trumpet its technical infrastructure and expanding the central focus of study would include: bility of dismantling Israel through “decolo- Israel’s perceived defects—apartheid, im- onto stolen lands.” Israeli academics’ si- “Why does Palestine, an area of the Ot- nization.” perialism, militarism, and settler colonial- lence, for Lloyd, is consent—and complic- toman Empire where the vast majority of Tellingly, Israel as a sovereign, democratic ism, among them—but filling a syllabus ity. “We continue to wait for Israel’s own people were Arabic-speaking Muslims only state is not even mentioned in the course syl- with readings from a long, well-known list institutions to condemn forthrightly both 70 years ago, currently host a ‘Jewish’ state labus; instead, the factitious country of Pal- of Israel-haters and pro-Palestinian, anti- the occupation and the denial of academic whose leadership claims to represent, first estine is the focus of the course, an area now Semitic activists does not an academically- freedom to Palestinians.” and foremost, only one of the ethnic/na- overrun by colonial “settlers” who might rea- sound course offering make. “The initiative was in the first place tional communities living there?” sonably be extirpated by utilizing the ideo- Nor is it surprising that the faculty spon- impelled by Israel’s latest brutal assault More to the point, in order to eliminate logical tactics outlined in the coursework. The sor of the incendiary course is Hatem Ba- on Gaza and by our determination,” Lloyd any ambiguity about the course’s intentions, revealing syllabus notes that the course will zian. Bazian is a lecturer in the departments told an Israeli newspaper. “The response the course description admitted that “Stu- “… examine key historical developments that of Near Eastern and Asian American and has been remarkable,” Lloyd told Haaretz, dents should keep in mind that this course have taken place in Palestine, from the 1880s Asian Diaspora Studies at Berkeley, a native “given the extraordinary hold that lobbying is NOT designed to present ‘an objective’ to the present, through the lens of settler colo- Palestinian, and one of the “101 most dan- organizations like AIPAC exert over U.S. account of a ‘two-sided’ conflict.” And the nialism … [and] will explore the connection gerous academics in America,” according to politics and over the U.S. media, and in par- assigned readings for the course are equally between Zionism and settler colonialism … in commentator David Horowitz in his book ticular given the campaign of intimidation revealing, based on the fact that each of the Palestine. Lastly, drawing upon literature on by the same name. In November, 2,000, that has been leveled at academics who dare seven recommended texts were written by decolonization, we will explore the possibili- when Benjamin Netanyahu, who at the time to criticize Israel’s policies.” anti-Israel, anti-Zionist activists with a pro- ties of a decolonized Palestine, one in which had been out of office for two years from his In May of 2002, Snehal Shingavi, 26, a nounced and well-known bias against Zionism justice is realized for all its peoples and equal- first term as Israel’s prime minister, was pre- fifth-year graduate student in English and and the Jewish state. Jeff Halper, for instance, ity is not only espoused, but practiced.” vented from delivering a speech at Berkeley, founder of Students for Justice in Palestine author of An Israeli in Palestine and founder With the familiar tropes that animate it was Bazian who was able to insert his fa- (SJP) at Berkeley, posted his course descrip- of the Israeli Committee Against House De- various discussions about the Israeli/Pal- vorite narrative into the evening’s activities, tion for a fall offering called English R1A, molitions, has declared that “A Jewish state estinian conflict, the course constructs a namely, how Netanyahu, as a representative “The Politics and Poetics of Palestinian Re- continued on page 22

Washtenaw Jewish News A November 2016 11 I Profile

Artist, writer, Holocaust survivor, Miriam Brysk Lisa Carolin, staff wruter iriam Miasnik Brysk is 81 years they moved from Belarus to Poland through old. She is youthful enough to central Europe to escape the invading M still remember and recount her Soviets. Soldiers in the Jewish Brigade from story of living through the Holocaust, dur- Palestine brought the family to Italy where ing which time she was old enough to bear they stayed for two years. EVERYONE IS witness to the horror. “I’d had no schooling, and I was sick all When she speaks of those experiences, the time because I didn’t have immunities, so her suffering is palpable. 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This is my job to do Miriam and Henry have five grandchildren. with my life.” “Women were not welcome in science,” Brysk says that she, “cried her way said Brysk, who went on to get a Masters through that trip in 2002 because the gaping degree in Microbiology at the University of wounds from my past reopened.” Michigan and a Ph.D. at Columbia University She was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1935, in Biological and Biomedical Sciences. a division of and her family escaped to the city of Lida “The proudest thing I did was getting M.O.S.A. Michigan Otolaryngology in Belarus after the German occupation of women faculty tenured and promoted (at the Hearing Centers Surgery Associates Poland in 1939. The Germans invaded the University of Texas)” said Brysk. “I achieved Soviet Union in June 1941 and Brysk and what I wanted in getting things opened up her family became “ghetto inmates”. 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How did a 7-year-old every year. comprehend what was going on? “On Yom Kippur, I light six yahrzeit “At that time, dying was part of living,” candles for the 6 million Jews. I can’t think said Brysk. “There was no explanation, of it as 6 million. It’s one plus one plus one Hear when you need us. just hunger, fear, and deprivation of every plus one...” kind. A child grows up early in that kind of Brysk has written three books about the environment.” Holocaust. Her favorite is the most recent, In November 1942, Brysk and her parents “Etched in My Memory,” reflections written as were rescued by Jews in the Russian partisans poetic prose. She has also created numerous and taken to the nearby Lipiczany forest. pieces of artwork using photographs of Jews Brysk was transformed into a boy to who perished, including her own relatives. protect her from rape. Her hair was shaved, “My art combines the starkness of she wore boy’s clothing, and on her eighth photography with the graphic power of the birthday, she was given her own pistol. computer to create an art form that combines “That December we had nothing to eat but narrative realism with expressionism,” she snow for two weeks,” said Brysk. “We had to said. be on the move. My mother got typhus, and I Brysk is a frequent speaker on the feared I would be abandoned if she died.” Holocaust and has had 35 art exhibits. LORI SHAPIRO PETRA BOONSTRA LISA SAULLES But her mother lived, and early in 1943, This month (November) will be her first the partisans established a hospital in the permanent exhibit at a non-Holocaust forest where her father was chief of staff. museum—the Southern Nevada Museum of Ann Arbor/Ypsi | Brighton | Canton | Chelsea | Saline The family was liberated in June 1944, and Fine Art in Las Vegas. n

12 Washtenaw Jewish News A November 2016 IOp-Ed

Jews and the left reconsidered By Jack Jacobs n September 12, 2016, The New York Jews constituted some 35% of the membership the USSR. And most of the Jews sympathetic The State of Israel had a string of Labor- Times published an op-ed piece by of the Communist Party of Poland in 1930, for to the non-Jewish leftist parties of Central and dominated governments in its founding O Dr. Dave Rich, an associate research example. In addition to participating in general Eastern Europe, or to the Jewish socialist move- decades. It has, however, elected right-wing gov- fellow of the Pears Institute for the Study of leftist movements, Jews organized a number of ments in those lands, suffered the same fate as ernments with nationalistic platforms in more Anti-Semitism. Dr. Rich’s op-ed describes no- explicitly Jewish socialist parties before the Sec- did the rest of the Jewish population during the recent elections. table changes in the voting behavior of British ond World War. Second World War. The bulk of the European Jews in France, home to the world’s third Jewry in recent decades, Why were so many Jews sympathetic to Jewish leftists who remained in Nazi-occupied largest Jewish community, were, even in the re- and quotes from an anal- left-wing causes at an earlier point in history? Europe during the War died or were murdered cent past, sympathetic to Socialist Party candi- ysis written by the British Explanations revolving around the purported during the course of that conflict. dates. However, a large proportion of the Jews of historian Dr. Geoffrey racial characteristics of Jews, the impact of Jew- The arc of Jewish ties to the left in the France, it would appear, voted for Sarkozy (pres- Alderman. “Anglo-Jewish ish religious ideas, and the marginality of the United States was ultimately parallel to that in idential candidate of the soft right Union for a political attitudes and Jewish population, have been expounded by Europe—though the reasons for the decline of Popular Movement) both in 2007 and in 2012. loyalties, which were prominent scholars. However, there is reason to these ties were, I hasten to add—markedly dif- Current Jewish political opinion in the three substantially Liberal for question both of the first two of these explana- ferent. In 1979 Prof. Arthur Liebman wrote, in largest Jewish communities (US, Israel, and much of the 19th century tions. The notion that Jews are a race has long Jews and the Left, that the economic and geo- France), which, collectively, constitute the over- Jack Jacobs and substantially Labour since been discredited by reputable social scien- graphic mobility of American Jewry had led to whelming bulk of world Jewry, corroborate the in the mid-20th” Dr. Alderman has noted “are tists. The idea that Judaism per se is intrinsically a “socioeconomic metamorphosis” that “could idea that the one-time ties between Jews and the now substantially Conservative”. progressive is not tenable. Jewish religious beliefs not but be damaging to the Jews’ commitment left can best be explained by political, economic, The tendency mentioned by Drs. Rich and can and have led some to deeply conservative to socialism.” and sociological conditions which came into ex- Alderman is part and parcel of a broader trend. political positions. The trends described by Liebman have con- istence in the nineteenth century, and which went Jewish political opinion has shifted away from But explanations for the one-time link be- tinued, and help to explain the continuing decline out of existence in the twentieth, rather than by the left not only in Great Britain, but also in ma- tween Jews and the left revolving around mar- in ties between American Jews and the left. In the reference to Jewish religious ideas, or Jewish ra- jor Jewish communities around the world. ginality have a great deal of merit. Jews were twenty-first century, leftist anti-Zionism and oth- cial characteristics. The relationship of Jews to the Jews played highly visible roles, over an ex- regularly marginal to the societies in which they er factors have also contributed to further reduc- left was a historically important phenomenon, tended period of time, in the leadership of so- lived when the left came into being and in the tions of support for leftist causes within American not only in Great Britain, but also in other Jewish cialist, communist, and anarchist organizations. era during which it developed. The rejection of Jewry. To be sure: American Jewry is more liberal communities around the world. This relation- Rosa Luxemburg and Ferdinand Lassalle, Leon Jews by mainstream society contributed to their than many other American ethnic groups. Amer- ship, however, was of limited duration. n Trotsky and Pavel Axelrod, Alexander Berkman sense that a dramatic change was both desirable ican Jewry is, however, not currently identified Jack Jacobs is Louis and Helen Padnos Visiting and Emma Goldman were all Jewish. In the and necessary. with the American political left, but rather with Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of first half of the twentieth century, significant However, the Jewish socialist parties that had mainstream American political institutions and Michigan and professor of political science at numbers of Jews were also evident in the rank- been active in the Russian Empire did not long ideas. More American Jews are supportive of Hill- John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City and-file of specific left-wing political parties. survive the Bolshevik consolidation of power in ary Clinton than of Bernie Sanders. University of New York. 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Washtenaw Jewish News A November 2016 13 I On Another Note

Jewish Book Festival program to focus on George and Ira Gershwin San Slomovits, staff writer n Monday, November 21, at And Ira often falls not only in George’s WJN: And certainly they were dealing with and someone else, maybe Kay Swift, could 7:30 p.m., the Ann Arbor Jewish shadow, but I think people don’t realize some of those issues of race… play the accompaniment. It’s also the pia- Book Festival will sponsor a lec- just how much the power of his lyrics no that Ira and George sat at side-by-side, O Prof. Clague: Exactly. You look at the range ture recital on the music of George and Ira comes out of this keen observations of a writing songs on that bench. They were of influences on George and Ira, George’s Gershwin in the Britten Recital Hall of the very changing world, the 1920s multi-cul- very much hand in glove and together on music maybe in particular, everything University of Michigan’s School of Music, tural New York. We’ve become, in a sense, those things. The whole Gershwin fam- from Yiddish Theater, to Tin Pan Alley Theatre and Dance. I talked recently with the nation has become the world that the ily occupied one building. Mom and Dad Mark Clague, associate professor of musi- had the bottom floor, Ira and Lee (his cology and director of Entrepreneurship wife, Leonore Strunsky) had the third and Career Services at the UMSMTD, who floor, and George had the fourth floor is one of the people working on the new by himself. And so when they wanted to Gershwin Initiative at the U-M and who compose, Ira would just come upstairs will MC the evening. The Initiative, as de- and they would work together. scribed on the school’s website, “... is a long- This particular instrument, not only does term partnership with the Gershwin family George get a pretty good one—if you’re to undertake a two-part initiative that will going to send it over to the Gershwin bring the music of George and Ira Gersh- residence you’re going to pick one of the win to students, scholars, performers and nicer ones—but it’s also a geometry that audiences across campus and worldwide. was shortly thereafter discontinued. It was The Gershwin Initiative includes 1) a new only made, I think, for about a decade, be- scholarly edition of George and Ira’s cre- cause the geometry was so successful that ative work, plus 2) educational opportuni- the lower priced model was actually start- ties for U-M students to perform and learn ing to compete with the mid-priced ones. about the Gershwins’ art.” And so they ended up discontinuing this version of the lower priced model because Prof. Clague: We’ll be telling people why the the salesmen were having trouble selling piano is at Michigan, about the broader the Bs because the As were so good. So Gershwin initiative, we’ll have student they made short As but this is an extra four performers, along with some faculty, but inches longer than the typical A piano. For primarily students, so it’s really to show that reason the bass register, even though the benefit of this research on the next it’s a small piano, is particularly strong generation. There’ll be piano and vocal, George and Ira Gershwin but also very clear. You can really hear the string quartet, saxophone quartet, solo and Broadway, and jazz, music in the 1920s imagined. What was science fiction lower notes of the piano, which is usually piano, and solo jazz piano. churches of South Carolina. I think for for them, the automobile, the telephone, what you lose when you go with a smaller me the profound aesthetic insight of the WJN: You’ve had a very wide range of re- all these things that were either new or instrument. Gershwins is that they just really didn’t search interests in your career. How does just a couple decades old, are now in some It’s not something we can put on Hill Au- care where influences came from. For the study of the Gershwin brothers’ music cases obsolete or have totally changed the ditorium’s stage and play it against a full them the collision of things that other fit in? way we think about them. We’ve become symphony on the “Concerto in F”; it’s not people thought didn’t belong together, this world of invention and popular cul- that loud. It’s a recital instrument, and so they just saw as a natural sort of chemi- Prof. Clague: In its most direct way it’s ture and blurring of national boundar- we have it at the School of Music, at the cal reaction of their social world. One of just good fortune. I happened to be at ies. We’ve become a global world in the Britten Recital Hall. It’s a permanent part the things I love about bringing the Ger- Michigan when Todd Gershwin (great- way that I think Manhattan was in Ira’s of the school’s collection and it’s an in- shwins music to the Uuniversity, and to nephew of George and Ira Gershwin) eyesight. It’s easy to forget how remark- strument that our students can request the current generation of students, is that called and offered us the opportunity to able and observant he was, because their to use for their own recitals. There are a attitude about there are no boundaries to edit the complete works of George and music fits so comfortably into our world handful of other George pianos around, creativity. The only thing that really lim- Ira Gershwin, which is a kind of miracu- today. It just seems like it’s about love and but this is the only one that’s actually an its our possibilities is our own imagina- lous, divine intervention that you would about life, instead of about what’s really a active performance instrument, and cer- tion of what we can and should do. I feel have the honor of working on the cul- very dynamic, changing, confusing world tainly the only one that’s accessible to stu- like the Gershwins are sort of prophets of tural legacy of probably two of the most that they’re making sense out of at the dents. I’m particularly proud of that. American culture, because they saw be- influential artists in history. For me, it same time. yond those fences that we use to divide WJN: If someone handed me a guitar and does fall into my work in a couple of My work is largely on American music us and really saw possibility where other said, “Woody Guthrie wrote ways. One is that my very first jobs as a generally, and what I’ve been most inter- This Land Is people saw impropriety. on this,” it would feel pretty professional musicologist were editorial. ested in is how music is not just some- Your Land My first job was as editorial assistant at special to me…. (Laughter) thing that entertains us, or that distracts WJN: Have you had a chance to play the Ger- the Center for Black Music Research in us, but is actually something that’s a kind shwin piano? Prof. Clague: Exactly. Yes, there’s definitely a Chicago, working on the International of tool for living. It’s a way in which we ghost in the machine. We think he wrote Dictionary of Black Composers. I was Prof. Clague: Yes I have. I am not a pianist govern friendships and court our ro- part of Porgy and Bess on this instrument, working primarily with words at that per se, but I can sit down and goof around mantic partners and make sense of our part of the I Got Rhythm variations on point, but also trying to find the miss- a little bit. world and bring our communities to- this instrument. ing sources and the unknown story of a gether. So in that sense, I feel like that WJN: I’m sure more than that… For me it’s an enormous honor to be able group of African American composers (my work with) the Gershwins, although to work on this material, and something who had been largely forgotten by his- it’s the newest part of my research area, Prof. Clague: I have a beautiful picture of I never imagined that I’d have the oppor- tory. Of course, George and Ira haven’t it fits into a long trajectory, it goes back me playing the piano. It looks like I must tunity to do. I feel that we’re bringing re- been forgotten, but I think that one of to the study of African American music, be a master, but in fact I’m just playing search and performance together in a way the challenges with them is their carica- because that music was always already a few chord progressions. It’s a really that not only benefits our students, but I tures almost exceed their… seen as political. If you were writing an nice instrument. It’s a Steinway, a Long think will change the way Gershwin is A; they’re divided into models from the WJN: Everybody thinks they know them. opera as a black man or woman in the heard and understood around the world. United States, you were making a state- most economy model, the As, up to the And so for that reason I take this work Prof. Clague: Everybody thinks they know ment about who has the right to make most luxurious model. This was an in- with huge seriousness. n them, and they’re so popular as to actu- that expression. And so I feel the same strument that was in George’s apartment ally cast a shadow over their own lives. So way with the Gershwins music, that it’s in Manhattan on Riverside Drive. So it’s a George, for example, we’re finding, is a something that helps us to imagine what relatively small instrument. You wouldn’t much more experimental, modern com- it meant to be a person in the world, put a nine foot grand into a Manhattan poser than the kind of pop melodist that and in America, and in New York, in the apartment, especially because George at least some classical musicians would 1920s and 1930s, and that legacy still had to have two of them side by side so see him as, in a kind of dismissive way. speaks to us today. that he could play his part of the concerto

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Washtenaw Jewish News A November 2016 15 I Best Reads

Fear and trembling among Israel’s feminists Rochel Urist, staff writer lana Maryles Sztokman’s book, The pedophilia in the whole concept of Haredi under pressure from Haredi community leaders (MK) Tzipi Livni’s face was erased from public War on Women in Israel: a story of reli- men rioting about little girls. in B’nei Brak and Jerusalem, buckled. Soon after, posters. An Israeli newspaper replaced images E gious radicalism and the women fighting Sztokman introduces a phrase now heard in these segregated mehadrin buses stopped play- of two female officials with two male ministers. for freedom, is well documented, well written, Haredi communities: “modest is hottest.” She ing “inappropriate radio programs” over their By 2011, advertising and bus companies quietly and well worth reading. But it’s depressing. Still, points out that the greatest irony of this move- loudspeakers. Then Haredim began demanding but officially stopped putting images of women people should be aware of the changing climate modesty in display ads. “Inappropri- and girls on posters anywhere in Jerusalem. for women in Israel. ate” ads, which sometimes consisted Rachel Azaria, an orthodox feminist mem- Sztokman is part of an increasing number of nothing more offensive than a ber of the Jerusalem municipal council, is an of women, many of them orthodox, who object woman’s photo, were ripped, spray- outspoken opponent of such revisions. In her to the religious demands imposed on them by painted, trashed. These events began 2013 election campaign, she purposely used men whose egos inform their patriarchal inter- forging a powerful alliance between her own face in posters under the heading pretations of Jewish law. Of this, her third book, secular feminists, human rights ac- “Women’s faces will be seen again in Jerusalem.” Publishers Weekly wrote, tivists, and religious feminists. In New York, Rabbi Jason Miller said that the With outrage and bewilderment, [Sztok- Even certain brave Haredi wom- erasure of women, specifically, altering Hillary man] chronicles how Israeli business leaders, en began to air their grievances. The Clinton’s image, “violates a central tenet of the lawmakers, politicians, and police have caved first legal victory for women came in Jewish legal principle of g’neivat da’at (deceit; to the demands of an ultra-Orthodox minority January, 2011, when the High Court or, literally: stealing knowledge). to remove women’s faces, voices, and even their of Israel ruled against the creation Two other striking examples must be men- physical presence from public venues, creating of additional segregated lines. Male tioned. 1. The image of Rona Ramon, widow of ‘female-free zones’ in the name of modesty. She bullying of women on buses would Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, was erased from exposes the ‘entrenched culture of sexism’ in the no longer be tolerated. Yet in Decem- the poster announcing an event in Rehovot. Israeli army and legislature, and explores how ber, 2011 Egged was fined $1,070 for And 2. faces of female Holocaust victims in the Orthodox rabbinical courts cause dispro- forcing a woman (orthodox) to sit in an iconic Warsaw Ghetto uprising photo also portionate harm to women in their governance the back of a bus while traveling to disappeared. The editor explained: “We show of ‘personal status’ issues (marriage, divorce, readers only what they need and want to see.” and conversion), among other concerns.” Sztokman writes: Born and bred in Brooklyn, NY, Sztokman The erasure of women’s faces from Holo- made Aliyah over two decades ago. She holds caust artifacts marks a new low in the world an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in education and so- Elana Maryles Sztokman of religious misogyny. It is quite a sad moment ciology from Hebrew University. The married ment is that “it’s telling girls to be modest and when the irrational obsession with removing mother of four, she is a prolific writer. She blogs hot.” She quotes Ms. Magazine on the problem all traces of the female body from the public at A Jewish Feminist and is a frequent columnist of Modest is Hottest: “When you control a girl’s sphere overtakes all other considerations— at The Forward Sisterhood, The Jerusalem Post, body, you tell her that her body is not her own; including honoring Holocaust victims. Ha’aretz, Lilith Magazine, The Jewish Week and she now exists through the male gaze.” These events were followed by the establish- other publications. She has also written for The Modesty patrols have cropped up in many ment of separate hours for men and women Atlantic and Slate. One of her Israeli colleagues, Haredi neighborhoods “to ensure that women HMO clinics, post offices, banks, libraries, Dr. Ariella Zeller, who is known to many in Ann are dressed according to ultra-Orthodox codes hospitals, trains and light-rail, cemeteries and Arbor where Zeller earned her Ph.D. in English of appearance—long-necked, long-sleeved funerals, university fitness centers, private at the University of Michigan before making shirts, long skirts, tights, closed shoes, and head businesses (candy shops, banquet halls, super- aliyah. Zeller, also the mother of four, helped coverings for married women. The Sikrikim markets, amusement parks). Separate waiting write several chapters of this book. (Sicarii), a Haredi group of men from an ex- rooms and/or entrances were also instituted. The War on Women is divided into three treme anti-Zionist sect, charged with protecting Family events for Magen David Adom and parts: women’s modesty, have turned violent. Sicarii public conferences—including the annual con- 1. No Women Allowed: Erasing Women from have thrown bags of excrement, smashed store ference on fertility and women’s health—saw the Streets of Israel; windows, and glued storefront locks to pro- Bnei Brak. Tanya Rosenblit made international separate hours for males and females, meaning 2. Private Property: The Battle to Control test the sale of items they found objectionable. headlines as “The Israeli Rosa Parks” for refusing that Haredi families could no longer share out- Women’s Personal Lives; Threats of murder and arson accompanied the to move to the back of the bus even after being ings to an amusement park. Women could not 3. Voices of Change. horrific treatment of one store-owner, who was harassed. Finally, the police began protecting the speak at their loved ones’ funerals and, in fact, The issues Sztokman addresses are gender dragged outside, beaten and left with a broken women. Sztokman points out that when similar sometimes they could hardly hear the proceed- segregation on public buses, erasing women’s nose and other injuries. Attacking women has segregation began in New York, going to Kiryas ings. In certain Haredi communities, even city public presence, problems in the IDF (where become acceptable in these circles. In 2012, a 27 Joel and other ultra-orthodox Jewish communi- streets are now segregated, and women can be women often outrank men), family matters— year old was attacked in her car near her home. ties, Mayor Michael Bloomberg put a quick stop (and are) harassed if they walk on the wrong fertility; divorce and agunot (literally: “chained The “modesty thugs,” as Sztokman calls them, to it. side of the street! women”—i.e, women stuck in dead-end mar- smashed the woman’s car windows, punctured One of the more shocking examples of the The disturbing numbers of agunot further riages because their husbands refuse to grant her tires, spilled bleach inside the car, called her erasure of women from public view is the story testify to the dominant, patriarchal trend. “Al- them a gett—a Jewish divorce), the conver- names, yelled at her to leave, and watched as one of Professor Chani Ma’ayan, a pediatrician and though this problem occurs around the world, sion problem (Israeli rabbis refusing to recog- protester threw a rock at her head. He hit his tar- medical researcher. Honored by the Health writes Sztokman, “it is most distressing in Is- nize conversions done outside Israel), bastards get. She ran. No one helped her. Ministry for her 40 years’ work on children’s rael.” Why? Because in Israel, marriage and di- (mamzerim), blacklists, and incidents involving Given the egalitarian roots of Israeli society, respiratory disorders, she found herself seated vorce is controlled by the state rabbinical courts. harassment and abuse of females deemed im- where men and women serve equally in the in the back of the room, unseen and unheard. “Those courts are run by ultra-Orthodox rab- modestly dressed. military and in most walks of life, it is shocking Because she’s a woman, she wasn’t allowed to bis—at the expense of Israeli taxpayers.” Among those incidents is the story of the to see how women have, literally, been relegated appear on stage to accept the award. Nor was Women’s rights’ organizations cite an esti- modestly dressed, eight year old Na’ama Mar- to the back of the bus. Ultra-orthodox commu- her female co-recipient. A man accepted the mated 10,000 agunot living in Israel today. The golese who, on her way to her first day of sec- nities prevailed upon transport companies to awards in their place. former deputy religious affairs minister refuted ond grade, was accosted by a mob of men who segregate their buses. Women sit in back, men The famous photo of Obama and his closest that number and claimed that only a few dozen threw eggs, tomatoes, and names at her. Terri- in front. Where municipalities vetoed such ar- aides seated around a table in the White House cases exist. The 2014 Israeli film, Gett: The Trial fied, she turned and ran back home. It emerged rangements, Mehadrin (extra kosher) bus lines Situation Room during the raid on Osama bin of Viviane Amsalem, offered a chilling portrait that the Haredi (ultra-orthodox) harassers were established. Women who wouldn’t move Laden was Photoshopped to eliminate the fe- of the tribulations of an aguna. The title charac- were incensed by the presence of her orthodox would be verbally and sometimes physically males. Sztokman writes: “Something strange ter spends years attempting to get the rabbinic school in their ultra-orthodox neighborhood. abused. One woman, visiting from Canada, happened to former Secretary of State Hillary court to force her husband to divorce her. Even- Sztokman writes: was “slapped, kicked, punched and pushed by a Clinton on May 2, 2011; her face was erased tually she succeeds, but only after her husband The Haredi insistence that these little group of men who demanded that she sit in the [from the photo].” In the posters that went up exacts a promise from her. She may or may not girls were “immodest” began raising ques- back of the bus with other women.” Others were on Israeli streets, neither Hillary Clinton nor keep that promise. But the extortion is contrary tions about their fascination with the per- called names, kicked in the shins and pelted. Audrey Thomason, a female counter-terrorism to every moral principle, Jewish or otherwise. ceived sexuality of little girls. Israelis began Over 150 public buses in 28 Israeli cities be- analyst, appeared in the picture. History was, ef- wondering whether there is an element of came segregated. Even the Egged bus company, fectively, rewritten. Likewise, Knesset Member continued on next page 16 Washtenaw Jewish News A November 2016 continud from previous page The ritual required to complete a Jewish di- Hillel vorce involves the husband physically placing BOOK LAUNCH! at Michigan the divorce (gett) document in his wife’s hands Hillel 1926/27–1945 Struggles of Jewish Identity in front of witnesses. If he refuses to do so, the in a Pivotal Era woman is stuck. She cannot remarry and move at icHigan on. The husband, on the other hand, can take M advantage of a number of rabbinic loopholes 1926/27–1945 that allow him to remarry and even sire chil- Struggles of Jewish Identity dren—without officially terminating the ear- in a Pivotal Era lier marital contract. Some men use this male By Andrei S. Markovits and Kenneth Garner privilege to extort money from their wives. Some men demand that the wife relinquish all Sunday, December 11th parental rights. The women are often counseled from 12:30-2pm “This pioneering history of Hillel at the University to give in; they can renegotiate the question of (Lunch included) of Michigan...deals with topics of extraordinary parental rights later. But sometimes, years go importance with subtlety and sophistication.” by before any kind of renegotiation—and rec- Michigan Hillel Terrence J. McDonald, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor onciliation with the children—happens. Some 1429 Hill Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Professor of History and Director Bentley Historial Library men, jailed for their refusal to comply with rab- binic ruling, prefer to remain in jail, where they can continue to control their wives from behind bars. One man told his wife: “You’ll be a widow Andrei S. Markovits of the University of Michigan will introduce his new book Hillel at Michigan, 1926/27 1945: Struggles of Jewish Identity in a before you’ll ever become a divorcée.” True to Pivotal Era during a lecture with brief readings. This work celebrates his word, he died in jail. He had stolen every Michigan Hillel’s 90th anniversary almost to the day (as it was founded chance of her starting a new life, a new family. on December 12, 1926) and represents the first published installment on In Sztokman’s words: “Gett recalcitrance is the Jewish students’ experiences at the University of Michigan. Dr. Markovits is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and the Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative last stand of an abusive spouse bent on having Politics and German Studies at the University of Michigan. ultimate control of his wife.” The group known as Women of the Wall (WOW) occupies a significant portion of this book. Sztokman has long been a member of the group. These women, many of them ortho- On Sale at Local Bookstores dox, simply want to be in charge of their own and Through Amazon spiritual practice. They lead their own service, Cosponsored by: Michigan Hillel and Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judiac Studies carry a Torah, wear tallitot (prayer shawls) and, for a long time, prayed at the kotel (the Western Wall). Nothing they did violated halacha (Jew- ish law). When asked to move to another area ANN ARBOR DISTRICT LIBRARY not far from the kotel, they complied. Still, the Haredi community was outraged. They took the group to court. One woman, arrested for EVENT HIGHLIGHTS wearing a tallit, was a fifth year medical student, an IDF officer, a law-abiding citizen, a volun- PROFESSOR JEFFREY ROSEN teer for the Civil Guard. She’d never even had DISCUSSES HIS BOOK a parking ticket. But a criminal file was opened LOUIS D. BRANDEIS: AMERICAN PROPHET against her, and she was banned from visiting MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 • 7:00–8:30 PM the kotel for two weeks. RACKHAM AMPHITHEATER Through years of legal appeals and hearings, 915 E. WASHINGTON ST. Sunday, November 20 at 2 p.m. WOW has won then lost, won and lost again. The Join us as Professor Jeffrey Rosen discusses his powerful Jonathan Putnam secular Supreme Court male justices supported book, which examines the confirmation battle of Louis D. Signs his Civil War novel, the position of religious men. “What is most as- Brandeis in 1916 was the most contentious in Supreme These Honored Dead tounding,” Sztokman says, “is that not a single Court history. This event, part of the Jewish Book & Arts Complete details at: www.auntagathas.com one of these rabbinic opinions actually spoke to LOUIS D. BRANDEIS Festival 2016, will include a book signing and books will AMERICAN PROPHET 213 South Fourth Avenue be for sale. This event is cosponsored by the U-M Frankel the law or even to Halacha.” They were based on Jeffrey Rosen Ann Arbor, MI 48104 societal notions about the status of women in Jewish Lives Center for Judaic Studies, Ann Arbor District Library, 734.769.1114 Israel. Some admitted that the women’s actions the Jewish Federation Cardozo Society and the Jewish were in line with Jewish law. One rabbi opined Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor. that there was an “utter lack of a legal basis for [the rabbis’] claims and their conspicuous hos- PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR tility toward women’s religious empowerment.” DAVID OSHINSKY DISCUSSES HIS NEW BOOK Finally, in 2013, Judge Sharon Lary-Bavly ruled in BELLEVUE: THREE CENTURIES OF favor of WOW. She said that arresting the women of the wall “is likened to blaming a rape victim for MEDICINE AND MAYHEM AT AMERICA’S the clothing that she wears.” The appellate court MOST STORIED HOSPITAL upheld her ruling. It took 25 years. But the battle SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 • 2:00–3:30 PM continues. Throughout the years, no males, no DOWNTOWN LIBRARY perpetrators of violence, were ever arrested. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Oshinsky, Ph.D., This book is disturbing. It is rife with ex- will visit AADL to discuss his new book, Bellevue: Three amples of the injustices that have been vis- Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most ited upon women. The battle to redress such Storied Hospital, a riveting history of New York’s iconic inequity is worldwide, though it’s the plight public hospital that charts the turbulent rise of American of women in Israel that remains Sztokman’s medicine. This event includes a book signing and books will focus. Many advocacy groups have sprung up be on sale, courtesy of Nicola’s Books. Cosponsored by the in Israel and beyond. They are listed, with all U-M Center for the History of Medicine. particulars, in the book’s concluding chapter. While the book is not an easy read, it deserves a place in this Best Reads column. n FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT AADL.ORG

Washtenaw Jewish News A November 2016 17 I Kosher Cuisine

A revolution in Jewish food: The Gefilte Manifesto Mary Bilyeu, staff writer erriam-Webster defines a mani- fashioned technique that Yoskowitz’s Polish nificantly with temperature, so it is critical to festo as “a written statement that grandmother might have used as a child or an ex- Ashkenazi kimchi taste the kimchi each day after 2 days. When the Mdescribes the policies, goals, and ample of a Millennial specialty item—is infused Jeffrey asks, “How can there be kimchi, a Ko- kimchi reaches the desired taste, cover the jar opinions of a person or group.” with the minced onion, sesame seeds, and poppy rean fermented staple, in an Ashkenazi cook- and refrigerate. Kimchi will remain delicious in Or, in this case, a duo. seeds of a beloved toasted everything bagel. book?” And the answer is simple: Because your refrigerator for up to 6 months. Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz Alpern are the co- A vegetarian gratin uses both potatoes and “kimchi is to Korean cuisine what sauerkraut Yield: 2 quarts owners and joint creative spirits behind The sauerkraut - “humble, quotidian ingredients,” is to eastern European cuisine.” But this version Gefilteria in New York City, which opened in writes Alpern. But, true to its Old World char- has been given “a Yiddish accent by including Source: Adapted from Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz 2012. The food purveyors and caterers have acter, this dish takes those simple, inexpensive green cabbage, turnips, and hot Hungarian Alpern, The Gefilte Manifesto been an integral part of a revolution in Jew- items and transforms them into a new comfort paprika.” ish—specifically Ashkenazi—food. food classic. 1 pound green cabbage, outer leaves re- Their new cookbook, The Gefilte Manifesto: Israeli-owned SodaStream has encouraged moved, cored and thinly shredded Autumn kale salad New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods, was just many to create their own sparkling beverages at 1 pound napa cabbage, outer leaves re- Liz writes: “While kale was not, by any ac- published in September. home. Why not take a deli classic—Dr. Brown’s moved, cored and coarsely chopped counts, as widely eaten by Ashkenazi Jews as it “With this book, we’re inviting you to enter Cel-Ray—and make it yourself? As Yoskowitz 1 pound turnips or daikon radishes, halved is now by residents of Brooklyn, the leafy green our world … where Ashkenazi foods and the says, it’s a perfect accompaniment to a pastrami and cut into ¼-inch-thick half-moons fits easily into the pages of this book for both kitchens in which they’re lovingly made are sur- sandwich. And with The Gefilte Manifesto, you 1 pound carrots, cut into ¼-inch-thick its lineage and its overall heartiness. Kale is a prisingly modern and relevant,” writes Alpern. can cure your own meat, bake your own rye rounds close cousin to many of the star vegetables in She and Yoskowitz, who take turns telling bread, and mix up your own mustard. 2 scallions, sliced this book, such as cabbage, turnips, brussels stories and describing recipes in the book, had And, of course, 8 cups filtered water sprouts, and cauliflower.” ½ cup kosher salt typical suburban, middle class, assimilated Jew- the gefilte fish ½ head garlic For the paste: 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus 1 ish upbringings. that inspired the 1 medium red onion, quartered teaspoon for roasting garlic “Our families served standard Jewish fare: shop’s name and 4 garlic cloves 1 small delicata or butternut squash, un- brisket, gefilte fish, kugel, and other specialties the book’s title gets 2 chile peppers, fresh or dried, mild to hot peeled and thinly sliced, seeds removed for Passover, as well as challah, chicken, and po- modernized while based on your preference 1 teaspoon kosher salt tatoes every Friday night for Shabbat dinner,” still retaining its 1 tablespoon hot Hungarian paprika Pinch of freshly ground black pepper he writes. “The rest of the time it was the usual: familiar character. (optional) 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar spaghetti and meatballs, tuna noodle casserole, In one version, this 3 tablespoons grated peeled fresh ginger 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice and grilled cheese sandwiches - about as Ameri- is done with herbs; (optional) 1 teaspoon honey can as you can get. But inspired by our families’ in another, with an Place the prepared vegetables in a large bowl. Pinch of cayenne pepper or hot paprika holidays, we both developed a deep affection essential and com- In a separate container, combine the filtered (optional) for the flavors of the Jewish table, as well as an plementary ingredient: smoked whitefish. 1 large head lacinato kale, thickest ribs water and salt and stir until the salt has dis- appreciation of the stories behind these foods.” The manifesto calls for combining Old removed solved. Pour the saltwater bring over the veg- Although neither is a culinary school gradu- World traditions with global flavors. And it ½ cup golden raisins etables, weigh down the vegetables with a plate ate or technically a chef, they “had both trained praises food made with love and care: that of ½ cup hazelnuts or almonds, toasted and to ensure that they stay below the brine, and let on farms and worked in professional kitchens, a bubbe cooking from scratch (out of necessity chopped sit at room temperature for 1-½ hours. bakeries, pickle kitchens, test kitchens, and food and also because no one else makes her dishes Shaved Parmesan cheese (optional) trucks,” says Yoskowitz. They “regularly host- properly) and also that of a so-called hipster en- Drain the vegetables, reserving 1 cup of the Preheat the oven to 400°. brine, and return them to the bowl. ed joint Shabbat dinners for friends,” writes gaged in handcrafting. Trim about ½ inch off the head of the garlic, ex- Alpern - an easy thing to do since they lived Yoskowitz and Alpern write that their goal is to To make the paste: In a food processor, com- posing the cloves. Drizzle 1 teaspoon of the ol- directly across the street from each other for present “an old approach to a new way of eating. bine all the paste ingredients and process for ive oil on the garlic skins and rub it in. Wrap the shared cooking and borrowing of equipment. Or is it a new approach to an old way of eating?” about 15 seconds, or until the ingredients garlic in aluminum foil and place on a baking The meals were overflowing with chicken soup, An analogy from the book, featuring that break down and combine to form a rough sheet in the oven. Roast for 30 to 40 minutes, or cholent, challah, and an abundance of home- Jewish classic, the pickle, explains it all: paste. (If you do not have a food processor, you until the individual cloves are completely soft. made, handmade Jewish classics to which the “Think of a cucumber, which, when pre- can do this using a mortar and pestle.) Remove from the oven and set aside. hosts had added their own pinch of creativity. served, doesn’t remain a simple cucumber for Using a wooden spoon or your hands (we At the same time as you roast the garlic, The long-time friends expanded upon this long. As it ferments, it changes, transforms, prefer our hands - but keep in mind that the roast the squash. Place the squash pieces in hospitality, and their deep love of Jewish cui- intensifies, and deepens in flavor. So it is with mixture is spicy), coat the vegetables with the a small bowl and coat with 2 tablespoons of sine, by becoming business partners to ward off this food. Its preservation is never static, but the paste. Once well coated, pack the vegetables the oil, ½ teaspoon of the salt, and the black what felt like a real threat: “a world without the spiritual core remains the same.” very tightly into two quart-size jars or a small pepper. Spread out the squash on a large smells of chicken soup and apple strudel in a The Gefilteria Manifesto book tour comes to ceramic crock so that the brine rises to cover baking sheet and roast for about 20 minutes, Yiddish kitchen,” writes Yoskowitz. Michigan Hillel, 1429 Hill St., on November 13. them. If there is not enough liquid in the jar flipping halfway through, until the pieces are Given the loss of numerous delis—includ- For more information, call (734) 769-0500. to keep the vegetables submerged, pour in browned and cooked through. Set aside to ing the upcoming demise next month of New enough of the reserved brine to cover them. cool at room temperature. York City’s famed Carnegie Deli—this fear was Create a seal: If fermenting in a crock, use a In a small bowl, stir together the remaining 4 not unfounded. But the friends’ new venture Celery soda syrup plate or a wooden board to force the vegeta- tablespoons oil, vinegar, lemon juice, honey, wasn’t just about saving and salvaging the food “While I’m often content with plain seltzer,” bles beneath the brine. Top with a clean glass remaining ½ teaspoon salt, and the cayenne of their childhoods and that of past genera- writes Jeffrey, “I find the infusion of familiar growler or jar filled with water to ensure that (if using). Squeeze out the roasted garlic into tions. It was about making those dishes, and the Ashkenazi flavors mixed into bubbly water to the weight applies pressure on the vegetables, the dressing. Stir well, breaking up the garlic. stories and memories associated with them, an be extremely refreshing.” keeping them submerged. If fermenting in Set aside. integral part of contemporary cooking. ½ cup water a jar, you may be able to pack the vegetables Wash and dry the kale thoroughly and slice it The Gefilteria, and its manifesto, bring Ash- 1 cup sugar tightly enough that they will remain below the 1½ tablespoons celery seeds into thin strips. Place it in a large bowl and add kenazi food into the 21st century. brine naturally; if not, use a smaller jar filled the dressing a bit at a time, using your hands to Brussels sprouts, which are having a mo- In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil. with water to apply weight and pressure. Cover massage the kale leaves gently until the volume ment in the food fad spotlight, combine per- Stir in the sugar until it dissolves. Remove from the crock with a towel to keep out dust and is reduced and they look softened and shiny. fectly with kasha varnishkes. The vegetable fits the heat. Add the celery seeds, stir, cover, and let bugs, or place an unscrewed lid loosely on the (You may have leftover dressing.) Add the rai- in so seamlessly with the classic dish that one steep for 2 hours. top of the jar. sins, nuts, and squash pieces and toss. wonders why this combination hadn’t been Strain the syrup through a fine-mesh strainer. If using a jar, you must “burp” it once a day to Serve the salad at room temperature. Top with thought of before now. Pour into a jar and store in the fridge. release the carbon dioxide that builds up in the shaved Parmesan, if desired. Korean food is another hot trend, and To serve, mix 1½ tablespoons of the syrup with jar during the fermentation process: simply The Gefilteria finds a way to integrate it with 6 to 8 ounces of chilled seltzer, or to taste. Serve unscrew the lid for a moment and then tighten Yield: Serves 4 to 6 bubbe’s classics. First, make the fermented veg- over ice. it again. etables with familiar cabbage; then take that to Source: Adapted from Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz Yield: 1 cup syrup the next level by stuffing cabbage leaves with the Let the kimchi ferment on your kitchen coun- Alpern, The Gefilte Manifesto ter, out of direct sunlight, for 3 to 7 days, or Ashkenazi-Asian mishmash. Source: Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz Alpern, The Ge- longer to taste. Fermentation times vary sig- Home-churned butter—whether an old- filte Manifesto

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All levels and ages Bar Mitzvah Service: TBE. 10–11:30 a.m. The Ethical Life: Jewish Values in an Age of Shabbat Limmud: BIC. 9 a.m. welcome for conversation in mame-loshn, Preschool 3: TBE. 10:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Choice: BIC. 6 p.m. which translates to “mother tongue.” For Homecoming Shabbat: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Tot Shabbat: BIC. 11:15 a.m. Jewish Yoga: TBE. 6:15–7:30 p.m. information, email [email protected] or Kiddush: TBE. 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Issues for Aging–What’s New for Medicare 2017: Bat Mitzvah Service: TBE. 10–11:30 a.m. phone (734) 936-2367. 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. th th 4 Grade Havdallah Service: TBE. 4:30–6 p.m. JFS and TBE. Held at Temple Beth Emeth. 7 Grade Food Gatherer’s Trip: TBE. Offsite. Presentation: Frankel Center. Ayala Fader of 7–8:30 p.m. 10 a.m.–Noon. Fordham University presents “Religious Doubt Text Study: Food Justice: TBE. Location TBD. Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Kindergarten Family Program–Torah Studies: and the Internet Among Ultra-Orthodox Jews 7–9 p.m. Chabad. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. TBE. 10:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. in New York.” 202 South Thayer Street, Room Shabbat services: See listing at the end of Religious School: TBE. 10:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. 2022. For information, visit lsa.umich.edu/ the calendar. Wednesday 2 Judaic/news-events/all-events.html. 4 p.m. Kiddush: BIC. 11:35 a.m.–2 p.m. Sunday 13 Why We Wine: TBE. The History of Wine-ing in Adult Hebrew 104: TBE. 5–6 p.m. Lunch and Learn: BIC. Noon. Jewish Culture. Offsite. 8–10 p.m. Shalom Gever (Jewish Karate): TBE. 5–6:30 p.m. New Member Brunch: TBE. Offsite. 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Mahj: TBE. Offsite. 1–3 p.m. Shabbat services: See listing at the end of Beginner Adult Hebrew: TBE. 6–7 p.m. Local Authors Brunch: JCC. During the Jewish Adult Hebrew 103: TBE. 5:30–6:30 p.m. the calendar. Jewish Yoga: TBE. 6:15–7:30 p.m. Book and Arts Festival, authors from the area will Genesis Lifecycle Conversation: TBE. 7–8:30 p.m. Brotherhood Board Meeting: TBE. 7:15–8:45 p.m. introduce their work. Light bagel brunch provided. Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. Sunday 6 Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad. $5/members; $10/guests. For information, contact Board Meeting: TBE. 7:30–9:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. [email protected] or phone (734) Gan Katan: BIC. 9:30 a.m. 971-0990. 10 a.m.–Noon. Thursday 3 Memoir Writing Class: JCS. Monthly sessions, Wednesday 9 Padnos Lecture Series: Frankel Center. “Jews led by Jan Price, for those who have thought and the Left Reconsidered,” presented by Washtenaw ID Project: JCC. How often do you of writing stories about their own life or the Lunch and Learn: BIC. Noon. Jack Jacobs, Louis and Helen Padnos Visiting life of an ancestor. Participants will learn think about your driver’s license? How would Hebrew School: TBE. 4:15–6 p.m. Professor in Judaic Studies, City University of about how to write about various topics and you vote, get a library card, or prove you are Adult Hebrew 103: TBE. 5:30–6:30 p.m. New York. Offsite at Temple Emanuel, 1715 you without valid ID? Staff from Washtenaw will have the chance to share their stories with Fulton Street East in Grand Rapids. 10 a.m.– Keshet: TBE. 6–8:30 p.m. ID Project will discuss the Washtenaw County others. Held at the JCC. 10 a.m.–Noon. Noon. For information, visit lsa.umich.edu/ ID Card and their mission to get identification Social Action Committee: BIC. 10:30 a.m. Jewish Book and Arts Festival: JCC. Author Bella Judaic/news-events/all-events.html. Meyer presents My Grandfather, Marc Chagall. cards into the hands of residents. For Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into For information, contact karenfreedland@ information, contact Rachael at 971-0990 or the basic text of Chassidim and discover the the basic text of Chassidim and discover the jccannarbor.org or phone (734) 971-0990. email [email protected]. beauty and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. beauty and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. 7–9 p.m. Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. 1:30– R & R Book of Mormon Event: TBE. Offsite. Medical and Mental Healthcare for Transgender Executive Committee Meeting: TBE. 7–8 p.m. 2:15 p.m. 12:30–6 p.m. and Gender Expansive Youth: TBE. 3–4:30 p.m. Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. Inaugural Lecture: Frankel Center. Rachel Neis Painting With a Twist: TBE. Offsite. 2–4 p.m. Family Concert: JCC. As part of the Jewish Book of the University of Michigan will present “The Shir Chadash: TBE. 5–6 p.m. and Arts Festival, the JCC presents Rick Reight Reproduction of Species: Humans, Animals, Thursday 10 Religious School: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. Family Concert with PJ Library. $15/member and Hybrids in Ancient Rabbinic Thought,” family; $25/guest family. 3:30–4:30 p.m. for the Jean and Samuel Frankel Professorship Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. My Visit to Israel with 14 Teens: JCC. Max Glick, Photo Exhibit and Reception: JCC. Larry Hauptman in Rabbinic Literature Inaugural Lecture. UM The Next Generation Looks at the Future of the Jewish Federation’s Associate Director, will talk exhibit and reception. For information, contact Rackham Graduate School Amphitheater, Jewish Community: BIC. 7:45 p.m. about his experiences on the most recent trip Karen at 971-0990 or email karenfreedland@ 915 East Washington Street. Information at to Israel as part of a Student Exchange between jccannarbor.org. 4–6 p.m. lsa.umich.edu/Judaic/news-events/all-events. Monday 7 Ann Arbor students and Israeli students html. 4:10 p.m. from sister city Nahalal. For information, Shir Chadash: TBE. 5–6 p.m. Euchre Night: TBE. Offsite. 8–10 p.m. Hebrew School: TBE. 4:15–6 p.m. contact Rachael at (734) 971-0990 or email Religious School: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. [email protected]. 1–2 p.m. Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. Sharpen Nachamu–Shiva Minyan Leader Training: TBE. Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. your wits and knowledge of the Jewish legal 7–8:30 p.m. Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. 1:30– system by following intriguing discussions in Jewish Book and Arts Festival and Frankel 2:15 p.m. Monday 14 the Talmud. The Talmud is a composite of Speaker Series: JCC and Frankel Center. Jewish Book and Arts Festival: JCC. Bella Meyer, practical law, logical argumentation and moral Jeffrey Rosen, of The George Washington architectural florist, will lead a hands-on floral Hebrew School: TBE. 4:15–6 p.m. teachings. Study from the original Talmud University Law School and author of Louis workshop. $10/members; $15/guests. For Group Supported Spiritual Exploration: TBE. tractate. 8 p.m. Brandeis: American Prophet, explores the information, contact karenfreedland@jccannarbor. 6:10–7:40 p.m. impact and continued relevance of the first org or phone (734) 971-0990. 7–9 p.m. Women’s Torah Study: TBE. 7–8:30 p.m.

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Secrets to Success: Chabad. 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. See November 1. Let Encore Sell It For You: Yidish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): Electronics • Musical Instruments Beanster’s Café in UM Michigan League, Designer Items • Antiques & Collectibles 911 North University. All levels and ages Frankel events Automotive Parts • Sporting Goods welcome for conversation in mame-loshn, Camera & Audio/Visual Equipment which translates to “mother tongue.” For November 2016 1958 South Industrial information, email [email protected] or (in the Colonial Lanes Plaza) phone (734) 936-2367. 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. The Reproduction of Species: Humans, Presentation: Frankel Center. “Disability and the 734.761.6187 Destruction of Jerusalem: Gender, Sex, and Flesh EncoreOnlineResale.com Animals, and Hybrids in Ancient in Rabbinic Narrative,” presented by Julia Watts Rabbinic Thought Belser of Georgetown University. 202 South November 3, 4:10-5:30 PM Thayer, Room 2022. For information, visit lsa. Rachel Neis, Jean and Samuel Frankel umich.edu/Judaic/news-events/all-events.html. Professorship in Rabbinic Literature Adult Hebrew 104: TBE. 5–6 p.m. Rackham Amphitheatre Shalom Gever (Jewish Karate): TBE. 5–6:30 p.m. British Library 915 E. Washington St The Ethical Life: Jewish Values in an Age of Choice: BIC. 6 p.m. Jewish Yoga: TBE. 6:15–7:30 p.m. Frankel Speaker Series: “Louis D. Spirituality Book Club: TBE. 7:30–8:30 p.m. Brandeis: American Prophet” Religious Education Committee Meeting: TBE. November 7, 7:00 PM 7:30–8:30 p.m. Jeffrey Rosen, The George Washington Women of TBE Board Meeting: TBE. 7:30– University Law School 9:30 p.m. Rackham Amphitheatre Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: 915 E. Washington St Chabad. 8 p.m. Tuesdays.

Religious Doubt and the Internet Wednesday 16 among Ultra-Orthodox Jews in KidZone Vacation Day: JCC. Vacation Days New York provide fun and adventure for children K-5 November 8, 4:00 PM when Ann arbor Public Schools and Hebrew Ayala Fader, Fordham University Day School have scheduled closures. Children will have access to computers, games and a 2022 Thayer reading area, have arts and crafts time, play 202 S. Thayer sports, and watch a kid-friendly movie. Pre Tony Allen-Mills and post-care available. For more information or to register, view www.jccannarbor.org or Disability and the Destruction of contact Tamara at (734) 971-0990 or by email at [email protected]. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Jerusalem: Gender, Sex, and Flesh in Lunch and Learn: BIC. Noon. Rabbinic Narrative Shifting from Aging to Saging: TBE. 1–2:30 p.m. November 15, 4:00 PM Mahj: TBE. Offsite. 1–3 p.m. Julia Watts Belser, Georgetown University Hebrew School: TBE. 4:15–6 p.m. 2022 Thayer Midrash in Hebrew: BIC. 1:30 pm. 202 S. Thayer Adult Hebrew 103: TBE. 5:30–6:30 p.m. Keshet: TBE. 6–8:30 p.m. How the Soviet Jew Was Made Pulpit Committee Meeting: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. November 29, 4:00 PM Theology Book Club: BIC. 8 p.m. Sasha Senderovich, University of Thursday 17 Colorado Boulder 2022 Thayer Spiritualty Book Club: TBE. 12:30—1:30 p.m. 202 S. Thayer Sept. 29 - Dec. 17 2016 Get to Know the Ypsilanti Public Library: Angus and Abigail meet at a funeral and JCC. Ypsilanti residents have many options Julia Alekseyeva are surprised to wake up together after to interact with their library, whether it’s at a a wine-fueled one night stand. While Abigail may finally be ready to take a branch downtown, a branch in a residential chance on love after her husband left area, the bookmobile, or a little free library. her years before for a younger model, Learn about the different resources offered, as All events are free and open to the public. If you have a Angus, it turns out, has a few issues of well as the programs scheduled for winter. For disability that requires a reasonable accommodation, please his own to work through first. When information, contact rachaelhoffenblum@ neighbor Ollie (a former baseball player jccannarbor.org. 1–2 p.m. call at least two weeks prior to the event. with secrets of his own) shows up on LSA.UMICH.EDU/JUDAIC • a walker, confusion and chaos ensue. Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Sit: TBE. 1:30– Can these three find a way to connect 2:15 p.m. [email protected] • 734.763.9047 with their individual pasts in order to Brotherhood Guys Night Out: TBE. Zamaan construct a brighter future? Join us for Café. 6–7:30 p.m. LSA.UMICH.EDU/JUDAIC ● JUDAICSTUDIE [email protected] ● 734.763.9047 this hilariously touching world premiere comedy. Membership Committee Meeting: TBE. 7:30– Contains adult language. 8:30 p.m. Finding Elijah: TBE Adult Education. 7:30–9 p.m 734.433.7673 or Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. 8 p.m. See PurpleRoseTheatre.org first Thursday of the month.

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Britton Recital Hall. For information, contact a.m. Evening service, 35 minutes before sunset. Friday 18 [email protected] or phone Sunday 27 Call 662-5805 for information. Mincha/Ma’ariv (734) 971-0990. 4–6 p.m. with Seudah Shlisheet and Dvar Torah every Congregational Dinner: TBE. 5:45 p.m. Women of TBE Reading Group: “The Historical Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into week. Torah topics and a bite to eat. Discussions Friday Night Lights: BIC. Gan and Alef Novel:” TBE. 12:30–2 p.m. the basic text of Chassidim and discover the led by Rabbi Rod Glogower and other local beauty and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. Consecration. 6 p.m. Keshet: TBE. 6–8:30 p.m. scholars. Home hospitality available for Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. Shabbat meals. UM Hillel. Shabbat Services: TBE. Installation of Rabbi Social Action Committee Meeting: TBE. 7–9 p.m. Whinston. 7–8:30 p.m. Shabbat Services: BIC. 9:30 a.m. Morning Friday evening services: See listing at end of calendar. Tuesday 22 Monday 28 childcare from 10 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Shabbat Services: AA Reconstructionist Hebrew School: TBE. 4:15–6 p.m. Saturday 19 Secrets to Success: Chabad. 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Congregation. Morning services held See November 1. Keshet: TBE. 6–8:30 p.m. the second Saturday of each month at the JCC from 10 a.m.–noon integrating Religious School: TBE. 8:30–10:15 a.m. Yidish Tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): Women’s Torah Study: TBE. 7–8:30 p.m. traditional liturgy with music, chanting and Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Beanster’s Café in UM Michigan League, Men’s Torah Study: TBE. 7:30–9 p.m. contemporary readings including Torah Sixth Grade Shabbat Morning with the Rabbis: 911 North University. All levels and ages service and discussion. A morning of songs BIC. 9:30 a.m. welcome for conversation in mame-loshn, Tuesday 29 and text study takes place the first Saturday of which translates to “mother tongue.” For Chapel Service: TBE. 10–11 a.m. each month. For info, email [email protected] information, email [email protected] or Secrets to Success: Chabad. Young adults who Baby Shabbat: TBE. 10:45 a.m.–Noon or call 913-9705 or visit www.aarecon.org. phone (734) 936-2367. 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. are in the twenties are looking for a career Religious School: TBE. 10:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Shabbat Services: Chabad. Friday night services Midrash in Hwbrew: BIC. 1:30 pm. that will make them feel fulfilled. Those Beth Israel Reads: BIC. Discussion of Jewish at Shabbat candle lighting time. Saturday Adult Hebrew 104: TBE. 5–6 p.m. who are thirties to fifties may be unsatisfied Megatrends: Charting the Course of the with their current career or think they could morning services at 9:45 a.m. Afternoon Shalom Gever (Jewish Karate): TBE. 5–6:30 p.m. American Jewish Future. 12:15 p.m. do better. Those who are sixty or older are services 45 minutes before sundown. Call Seudah Shlishit and Havdallah Program: TBE. Beginner Adult Hebrew: TBE. 6–7 p.m. thinking about an encore career–something 995-3276 for Home Hospitality and Meals for 6–10 p.m. The Ethical Life: Jewish Values in an Age of meaningful to do after they cut back or Shabbat and Jewish Holidays. Shabbat services: See listing at end of calendar. Choice: BIC. 6 p.m. retire. At some point, people begin to realize Shabbat Services: Pardes Hannah. Generally Jewish Yoga: TBE. 6:15–7:30 p.m. that there is more to life than a good career. meets the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month. Call 663-4039 for more information. Sunday 20 Joint Kol Halev and St. Clare’s Choir Rehearsal: 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. 10 a.m. Led by Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg. TBE. 7–8:30 p.m. Yidish tish (Yiddish Conversational Group): Shabbat Services: TBE. Torah Study with Rabbi Book Club: JCS. Discussion of Legacy of a False Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Beanster’s Café in UM Michigan League, Whinston at 8:50 a.m. Morning Minyan with Promise: A Daughter’s Reckoning, by Margaret Chabad. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. 911 North University. All levels and ages Fuchs Singer. Local author, Peggy Singer, will welcome for conversation in mame-loshn, Rabbi Whinston and lay leaders at 9:30 a.m. join the group for a discussion of her family’s Wednesday 23 which translates to “mother tongue.” For Sanctuary Service at 10 a.m. most weeks. Call experiences when her parents were exposed information, email [email protected] or the office at 665-4744 or consult website at phone (734) 936-2367. 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. www.templebethemeth.org for service details. as Communists and her father had to appear Pie Sale Pick-up: TBE AARTY. 4–6 p.m. before the House Un-American Activities Presentation: Frankel Center. “How the Home Hospitality for Shabbat and Holiday Adult Hebrew 103: TBE. 5:30–6:30 p.m. Committee. Info at jewishculturalsociety.org. Soviet Jew Was Made,” presented by Sasha Meals: AAOM. Call 662-5805 in advance. Held at the JCC. 10–noon. Genesis Board Meeting: TBE. 7–9 p.m. Senderovich of the University of Colorado- Home Hospitality and Meals: Chabad. Every Curious George Does Science! JCC. As part of the Erev Thanksgiving Interfaith Service: TBE. Boulder. 202 South Thayer, Room 2022. For Shabbat and Holiday. Call 995-3276 in advance. Jewish Book and Arts Festival, the JCC presents 7:30–9:30 p.m. information, visit lsa.umich.edu/Judaic/news- a science workshop led by Stacey Martin for Thursday 24 events/all-events.html. Frequently listed phone numbers ages 3–5 years from 10–11 a.m. and for ages Midrash in Hwbrew: BIC. 1:30 pm. and addresses of organizations 6–8 years from 11 a.m.–Noon. $5 per child. Adult Hebrew 104: TBE. 5–6 p.m. Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan (AAOM) For information, contact karenfreedland@ Talmud–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. 8 p.m. s. Shalom Gever (Jewish Karate): TBE. 5–6:30 p.m. 1429 Hill Street 994-5822 jccannarbor.org or phone (734) 971-0990. The Ethical Life: Jewish Values in an Age of Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into Friday 25 Choice: BIC. 6 p.m. (AARC) the basic text of Chassidim and discover the 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 913-9705 beauty and depth of Judaism. 10:30–11:30 a.m. Shalom Gever (Jewish Karate): TBE. 4–5 p.m. Beginner Adult Hebrew: TBE. 6–7 p.m. Beth Israel Congregation (BIC) Sunday Brunch: The Future of TBE: TBE. Offsite. Family Shabbat Services: TBE. Tot Shabbat from Jewish Yoga: TBE. 6:15–7 :30 p.m. 2000 Washtenaw Ave. 665-9897 11 a.m.–1 p.m. 5:45–6:15 p.m. Tot Shabbat Dinner from 6:15– Tea and Torah on Tuesday—for Women: Chabad House Skyzone Fun Time: TBE Rishonim. Offsite. 6:45 p.m. Shira from 6:45–7:15 p.m. Shabbat Chabad. 8 p.m. Tuesdays. 715 Hill Street 995-3276 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Service from 7:30–9 p.m. Jewish Community Center (JCC) Skyzone Fun Time: TBE Kadima. Offsite. 2:30– Shabbat Service: Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Wednesday 30 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 971-0990 4 p.m. Congregation. 6:15 p.m. Musical Shabbat service followed by vegetarian potluck. Pizza Lunch and Learn: BIC. Noon. Jewish Cultural Society (JCS) Interfaith Thanksgiving: BIC. Annual celebration nosh for the kids at 6 p.m. Childcare provided Hebrew School: TBE. 4:15–6 p.m. 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 975-9872 with Tastes of Faith at Avantika-Chinmaya during the service. All are welcome to attend. Mission. 5 p.m. Adult Hebrew 103: TBE. 5:30–6:30 p.m. Jewish Family Services (JFS) For information, call (734) 975-6527, email 2245 South State Street 769-0209 Shir Chadash: TBE. 5–6 p.m. [email protected], or visit www.aarecon. Jewish Federation Religious School: TBE. 6–7:30 p.m. org. At the JCC. Weekly Friday night Shabbat services 2939 Birch Hollow Drive 677-0100 Kol Halev Rehearsal: TBE. 6:15–7:45 p.m. Shabbat Service: AAOM. Services held at UM Pardes Hannah Graditude/Blessings Jewish Meditation Sit: TBE. Saturday 26 Hillel. Call 994-9258 in advance to confirm time. 2010 Washtenaw Ave. 761-5324 6:30–7:15 p.m. Torah Study: TBE. 8:50–9:50 a.m. Shabbat Service: BIC. 6 p.m. Temple Beth Emeth (TBE) 2309 Packard Road 665-4744 Monday 21 Shabbat Limmud: BIC. 9 a.m. Shabbat Service: TBE. Tot Shabbat at 6 p.m., Chapel Service: TBE. 10–11 a.m. followed by tot dinner. Traditional Service at UM Hillel 1429 Hill Street 769-0500 Chamber Music Concert: JCC. Afternoon of Tot Shabbat: BIC. 11:15 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Once a month Middle School Service at 7:30 p.m. For information, call 665-4744. music starring the Ann Arbor Symphony Fourth Friday Shabbat Services and Potluck: Orchestra. $10 per person. For information, AARC. Kabbalat services led by Rabbi Alana Shabbat Service: 4th Friday: Ann Arbor contact [email protected] or Alpert. Services followed by vegetarian Reconstructionist Congregation. 6:15 p.m. Shabbat Candlelighting phone (734) 971-0990. Tickets available at potluck dinner. Tot Shabbat at 5:45 p.m. Pizza Shabbat Service: Chabad. Begins at candle- wwwa2so.org. 1–2:30 p.m. nosh for children and childcare provided lighting time. Home hospitality available for November 7 6:03 PM Gershwin on Gershwin’s: JCC. As part of the during services from 6:15–8 p.m. Reservations Shabbat meals and Jewish holidays. Call 995- November 14 4:56 PM Jewish Book and Arts Festival, the JCC requested for pizza and childcare. For 3276 in advance. presents a performance conducted by Dr. information, phone (734) 445-1910 or email November 21 4:49 PM Weekly Shabbat services Marc Clague on the piano Gershwin actually [email protected] At the JCC. 6:30–9 p.m. November 28 4:45 PM played. Held at the UM School of Music, Shabbat services: See listing at the end of the calendar. Shabbat Services: AAOM. Morning service, 9:30

Washtenaw Jewish News A November 2016 21 I Profile Temple Beth Emeth Presents: LEARNER’S Cannabis lab focuses on wellness Lisa Carolin, staff writer ttorney Ben Rosman and planetary to get even better thanks to Governor Snyder PRE-SERVICE scientist and geochemist Lev Spivak- signing House Bill 4209 into law September 21. A Birndorf, PhD. bring complementa- The bill creates the Medical Marijuana Facilities ry skills to their jobs as the owners of PSI Labs, Licensing Act to license and regulate the a cannabis testing laboratory they founded growth, processing, and transport of medical that is “devoted to research, advocacy and qual- marijuana. Rosman and Spivak-Birndorf say Friday Friday ity control testing within Michigan’s retail can- that means there will be mandatory testing in nabis industry.” NOV. 4 DEC. 2 the near future.

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Join us for One or More Session | 7-7:30 pm. Ben Rosman and Lev Spivak-Birndorf Each session explores a major aspect of TBE’s They started PSI Labs a year-and-a-half ago What does PSI Labs test for? Friday night service. and specifically chose the Ann Arbor area as “We use chromatography to separate its location. compounds from one another,” explained “We decided Ann Arbor would be the Spivak-Birndorf. “We look for contaminants, TBE | 2309 Packard Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | (734) 665-4744 perfect spot because Washtenaw County residual solvents, and will soon test for www.templebethemeth.org has been a welcoming place for those who pesticides. Hopefully it will lead to cleaner use cannabis,” said Rosman. “Ann Arbor medicine being out their for everyone.” dispensaries are wellness focused.” Both men are Jewish. They were both raised “Local dispensaries embrace the use of in the Detroit suburbs as Conservative Jews testing,” said Spivak-Birndorf. “We can test for and attended each other’s Bar Mitzvahs. Now Celebrate With Us! anyone with a card.” they both identify themselves as humanistic Bar/Bat Mitzvahs He’s referring to a Michigan Medical Jews, also known as secular Jews. Weddings and Receptions Marijuana Program Card. Spivak-Birndorf added, “The Israelis have Life’s Other Milestones “Medical marijuana is legal if you have been known as the best cannabinoid chemists (Kosher Caterers Welcome!) a card from a physician certifying you,” for the last 50 years. They tend to be open- explained Rosman. minded and see the worthwhile properties. Enriching Ann Arbor Since 1951! Join Us! Both he and Spivak-Birndorf use marijuana Medical marijuana is thriving in Israel.” Casual to Fine Dining for medical reasons and have been helped by Both men believe that it’s only a matter of Programs and Classes it—Rosman for epilepsy and Spivak-Birndorf time until marijuana is more widely accepted. Guest Speakers for Crohn’s Disease. They say that business “Give it 20 years, and there will be a change Community Service at PSI Labs has been great, and they expect it in the world view,” said Rosman. n Duplicate and Social Bridge Event Hosting Privileges Much More! Perverting college coursework, continued from page 11

1830 Washtenaw Avenue has proven politically, and in the end, mor- unarmed. The ones who are armed, the ones Ann Arbor, MI 48104 ally, untenable.” “The ‘two-state’ solution en- who are soldiers, the ones who are in occupa- 734-662-3279 visioned by all Israeli governments since 1967 tion, that’s different. That’s resistance.’” www.annarborcityclub.org . . . is simply unacceptable,” he said, and “a just In the concluding recommendations in resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” its report to the UC Regents, The California would require “an international campaign for Scholars Association suggested that the State’s a single state.” “I think it is impossible to have universities should “Proclaim that the campus a Jewish state.” ought to be a rigorous marketplace of ideas, Celebrating 38 Years in Ann Arbor ! Another course reading is The Iron Cage, a and that this essential idea is betrayed when polemic written by Rashid Khalidi, occupant the campus becomes a sanctuary for a nar- of the Edward Said chair at Columbia Uni- row ideological segment of the spectrum of versity and virulently anti-Israel, obsessively political and social ideas.” That courses, re- anti-Western, and apologetic for every defect search, and scholarship now exist—not only and social pathology in the Arab world, and in California but throughout academia—to particularly those of his beloved Palestinians promote the one-sided views of this “narrow in the West Bank and Gaza. Khalidi has stated ideological segment” is a troubling defect in repeatedly the false belief that the Palestinians what universities stand for, and our institu- have a legal right to murder their oppressors tions should insure that, in all instances, stu- in what is euphemistically referred to as ‘resis- dents are not taught what to think, but how tance.’ “In a June 7, 2002 speech he delivered to think. n before the American-Arab Anti-Discrimina- Richard L. Cravatts, PhD, immediate past-Pres- tion Committee,” a 2005 editorial in The New ident of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is York Sun editorial pointed out, Khalidi had the author of the forthcoming book, Dispatches pronounced that Israel’s ‘Killing civilians is a From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. war crime. It’s a violation of international law. They are not soldiers. They’re civilians, they’re

22 Washtenaw Jewish News A November 2016 I Vitals ✻ We Have the Perfect Space Mazel tov For All of Your Simchas! Ella Solomon on her bat mitzvah, November 5. Ethan White on his bar mitzvah, November 12. Jessica Schwalb on her bat mitzvah, November 12. Pat and Errol Soskolne on the marriage of their daughter, Gayle Soskolne, to Carl Nosek, June 11. Celebrate Dina Shtull and Steven Leber on the marriage of their son, Tani Shtull-Leber, to Stephanie with Chalifour, September 18. Jeremy Seaver and Alex Wood on the birth of their daughter, Eleanor Rose Wood, on Thursday, September 22. Davey and Jillian Rosen on the birth of their son, Jonah. Monica Starkman on the listing of her book, The End of Miracles, as a 2016 finalist for literary fiction, by International Book Awards. Condolences Virginia Murphy on the death of her sister Maureen Depot, September 24. Naomi Zikmund-Fisher on the death of her great-uncle, Joseph Oshiver, October 3. Noreen De Young on the death of her mother, Estelle Horowitz, grandmother of Josh De Young and Jessica Kander, October 4. GREYLINE CORNMAN FARMS Smadar Karni on the death of her husband, Doron Lamm, October 5. Ann Arbor’s Downtown Venue The Destination for Rustic Avram Kluger on the death of his father, Jacob Kluger, October 11. for Private Events Elegant Events Leslie Bash on the death of her husband, Norman Bash, October 12. Impress your guests with views of downtown From intimate gatherings to summer soirees, Ann Arbor in this chic, sophisticated venue. our lovingly restored Farmhouse and Red The design of the Greyline highlights aspects Barn, along with our Tent Pavilion offer coun- of the historic Ann Arbor bus depot that was tryside charm just minutes from downtown Advertisers saved during construction with a modern Ann Arbor. Designed to accomodate groups I flair. Our newest space accommodates up ranging from 10 to 350, you can enjoy au- to 200 people. From a small gathering to a thentic farm-to-table dining, cocktails in the large Mitzvah celebration, your guests will garden, s’mores by the fire, farm games on the Afternoon Delight...... 22 Jewish Federation...... 5 be amazed! lawn, dancing in the barn and much more. Alex Milshteyn, realtor...... 3 Michigan Hillel...... 17 www.zingermansgreyline.com www.cornmanfarms.com Amadeus Café/Patisserie...... 2 Michigan Theater...... 15 Ann Arbor City Club...... 22 Modern Mechanical...... 7 Catering Available From: Zingerman’s Catering & Events • Zingerman’s Roadhouse On the Road Ann Arbor District Library...... 17 MOSA Audiology...... 12

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