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November 2020 | Heshvan- Kislev 5781 The Award Winning » HAPPY THANKSGIVING BUFFALO, ISRAEL & THE JEWISH WORLD | WWW.BUFFALOJEWISHFEDERATION.ORG NOVEMBER 2020 | HESHVAN- KISLEV 5781 Gathering and Belonging in 2020 (5) INSIDE: LOOK: DON’T MISS: GET OUT A PERFECT KADIMAH SCHOLARS THE VOTE WEDDING AT PARK (8-9) (10) (14) WHAT’S INSIDE... Published by November 2020 Buffalo Jewish Federation 2640 North Forest Road Getzville, NY 14068 716-204-2241 Editor’s Note On The Cover www.buffalojewishfederation.org CEO/Executive Director .........................................................................................Rob Goldberg President ....................................................................................................Leslie Shuman Kramer Editor ......................................................................................................................Ellen S. Goldstein Gathering and Belonging in 2020 The Buffalo Jewish Federation Is a proud member of the Jewish Federations of North America and the American Jewish Press Association Produced by Ellen Goldstein, Editor Teens participating in CJEL’s Jewish Teen Initiative came Gathering and belonging in 2020. That’s what the front together in the fall around a cozy fire during a retreat at Camp cover of this month’s issue of The Jewish Journal captures Centerland. Photo by Mike Steklof. through an image of teens coming together for a retreat, and what many of the stories on the inside of the paper convey. It’s November 2020. The COVID-19 crisis has been Publisher/Chief Revenue Officer .......................................................................................Barbara E. Macks part of our lives since March. We’ve weathered the fear and 3 Letter from the President [email protected] by Leslie Shuman Kramer chaos, Passover and schools closing in the spring; made the Creative Director .......................................................................................................................................J.P. Thimot [email protected] best of our beautiful WNY summer, creatively celebrated 4 Federation Annual Meeting set for December 3 Lead Designer ..................................................................................................................................Kimberly Miers and shared the High Holy Days together, and now we look 5 On the Cover: Jewish Teen Initiative [email protected] towards Thanksgiving and the coming winter. And it seems 6 Campaign for Jewish Buffalo Impact Report Senior Graphic Designers ...............Josh Flanigan, Nicholas Vitello, Adam Van Schoonhoven clear that gathering and belonging—to each other, to our 7 Community Religious School to Launch in 2021 Sales Director .....................................................................................................................Cynthia Oppenheimer, community, to the Jewish People, to Buffalo, to our country- [email protected] is what matters most. 8-9 JCRC: Get Out The Vote! & Candidates’ Forum Senior Account Executives .............................................................................Terri Downey, Keren Green, And that is why you will find a piece about the 10 CJEL: Our Perfect Wedding by Angela Goldberg Mary Beth Holly, Robin Lenhard , Rachel Wasserman Proofreaders ................................................................................................Sharon C. Levite, Amy Goldstein CJEL’s Jewish Teen Initiative on page 5 so joyous. Jewish 11 CJEL: Jewish Changemakers by Sarah Droza teens getting together to share friendship and their love 12 CJEL: Hanukkah in a Box of Judaism in these days fraught with roadblocks and 13 Thank you Mike Silverman! loneliness. On pages 8 and 9, you’ll find that the JCRC has not let a little thing like a worldwide pandemic slow down 14 The Newest Park Pioneers by Mandy & Everett its focus on a more civil and caring community in WNY Weiss Members of through various Get Out The Vote (GOTV) projects. This 15 Rabbi’s Column by Rabbi Adam Rosenbaum month, you’ll meet Mike Rawl, the new Executive Director 16 5 Things You Can Do to Repair the World in of the JCC who talks about his family, his passions, work and November vision for the Jewish people (page 17). You’re invited to a Where in Jewish Buffalo Submissions: virtual Kristallnacht commemoration through the Holocaust 17 Meet new JCC CEO Mike Rawl Submit editorial stories, photos, and calendar items by the 1st of the Resource Center November 9 (page 20), and you can learn preceding month of issue to [email protected]. 18 FJP at 109 what became of at least one of the Torahs from Europe To Advertise: that was confiscated during the Nazi terror that was the 19 Poetry at the JCC To advertise, call Cynthia Oppenheimer at 716-783-9119 x2240. Holocaust (page 24). 20 Kristallnacht Commemoration is November 9 Ad space & materials are due by the 10th of each month prior to We begin looking forward towards Federation’s Annual publication. For a rate card and any additional information, please 21 Special Advertising Supplement: Dining Guide Meeting and Awards Ceremony December 3 by introducing email Cynthia Oppenheimer [email protected] you this month to Brenda Feldstein and Alon Kupferman, Food by Almaza Restaurant, Robin Kurss or Barbara Macks [email protected]. the event co-chairs and Emerging Leader award winners 23 Special Advertising Supplement: Thanksgiving To Subscribe: on page 4. And we close this issue by saying farewell 24 TBZ’s Holocaust Torah To subscribe to the Jewish Journal, please email info@ buffalojewishfederation.org. Free for Western New York area to a Woman of Valor, a Jewish heroine, Justice Ruth 26-27 Organizations & Synagogue Listings Bader Ginsburg, through pieces by native Buffalonian and residents and donors to the Campaign. 28-29 Special Advertising Supplement: Small Business NYC-based author Nancy Davidoff Kelton, and Genesis The Jewish Journal of WNY (JJWNY) reserves the right to cancel any advertisement at Foundation Chair Stan Polovitz on pages 30-31. 30-31 In Memoriam: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg any time. The Buffalo Jewish Federation and Buffalo Spree Publishing, Inc. are not liable for the content or errors appearing in the advertisements beyond the cost of Wishing you a 32 Not The Last Word by Vickie Rubin the space occupied. The JJWNY does not assume responsibility for the kashrut of any product or service advertised in this paper. Editorials, columns, advertisements, warm and satisfying agency reports and other outside articles do not necessarily represent the views Thanksgiving holiday. of the newspaper or the Buffalo Jewish Federation, but rather express the view of And don’t forget to the writer. VOTE! All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Ellen Goldstein - Editor Act of 1968, which makes it “illegal to advertise “based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. 2 www.buffalojewishfederation.org | November 2020 LETTER FROM THE FEDERATION PRESIDENT COMMUNITY What’s Jewish Engagement All About? Five years ago I attended my first or CrossFit, join a community group of runners not at the Hyatt hotel, but was viewed, GA (General Assembly) of the Jewish or cyclists, do yoga at a neighborhood studio, now by over 1000 people, both on the day Federations of North America (JFNA) or buy a Peloton bike to keep in the apartment. of the event and later by watching it on along with a lively group of professionals Our job as Jewish communal leaders, we YouTube. We highlighted both NCJ and and volunteers representing the Buffalo agreed, is to find a way to make the Jewish the Momentum trip, PJLibrary (another Jewish Federation (BJF). At one of the community relevant to their lives. Not to fit engagement opportunity for those with breakout sessions, entitled “Talking About them into the format of life that works for us. young families) and many other programs My Generation,” the featured panel of three And that has been the philosophy put into we offer to the community. There was even 20-something Jewish entrepreneurs talked practice at the Buffalo Jewish Federation for a magician who performed a card trick that about the place Judaism and the Jewish the last five years. Meet community members seems to work every time! community held in their lives. One was where they are, connect to them where they are But the true magic of this campaign year the President of the University of Michigan physically, emotionally, spiritually. We can’t just for me was when I learned that AFTER Hillel, one started a bike club for young invite them to attend and partake in our world, the kickoff event was viewed, a group of Jewish professionals in Boston, and the last lower the cost of admission, and hope they NCJ participants gathered to discuss their was a computer whiz/tech entrepreneur show up. They simply won’t. Research shows philanthropy. On their own, this group in NYC. They talked about how the Jewish Leslie Kramer that they are motivated by passion, interest, decided they wanted to learn about giving community should bend toward their needs and a personal connection to the cause or back with their dollars, not just their
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