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What’s Inside... the ewish jourNal j of WNY Published by The Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo May 2015 2640 North Forest Road Getzville, NY 14068 Photo by K.C. Kratt. As a reminder of 716-204-2241 Yellow, white and violet colored the holiday of Shavuout which falls in late www.jfedbflo.com flowers are popping up in my backyard, the May this year, Temple Beth Zion’s Senior buds are ready to burst on the trees outside Rabbi Gary Pokras raises the Torah in the the JCC Benderson building, birds are Sisterhood Chapel of the synagogue, located on Delaware Avenue in Buffalo. The v’ahavta singing new songs and I hope this means it is prayer is projected on the holy scroll. This Interim Executive Director...... Lewis Stolzenberg really spring! We have all struggled through President...... Howard Rosenhoch projection system was generously donated to Editor, Marketing and Community Relations Director...Ellen S. Goldstein this difficult winter, and the sights, sounds TBZ by Dr. Harold and Arlyne Levy. Advisory Board and scents of spring are a joy to experience. Susan Adelman Elizabeth Kahn Kenneth Rogers Passover is over, but please look at the Jonathan Epstein Rabbi Gary Pokras Peter Simon many photos of community seders in this Richard Hirsch Eric Reich Michael Weisman issue of the JJWNY. The glowing cover

Editor’s Note Editor’s photo of Rabbi Gary Pokras holding the On The Cover Torah, taken by local photographer K.C. The Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo Is a proud member of the Jewish Federations of North America Kratt, reminds us that Shavuot is on the and the American Jewish Press Association way—the time legend tells us we were all 3 Message from the Produced by together at Sinai. The community is once President: Howard Rosenhoch again sponsoring an all-night study Tikkun 4 Women of Distinction 2015 for Shavuot at Temple Beth Tzedek the 5 Campaigners Mission to Senior Vice President/Creative Director...... Chastity O'Shei evening of May 23 where we have a chance [email protected] Israel to come together again to learn, study and Vice President/Production...... Jennifer Tudor pray. 6-7 The Future of Aging in [email protected] Lead Designer...... Kimberly Miers Other notable events in May include Jewish Buffalo- Part 4 [email protected] the Federation’s second tribute to women by David Dunkelman Senior Graphic Designers...... Josh Flanigan, volunteers called “Women of Distinction” Andrea Rowley, Jean-Pierre Thimot, Nicholas Vitello 8 30th Annual Buffalo Traffic Coordinator...... Adam Van Schoonhoven on May 21. This event honors women International Jewish Film Associate Publisher/Senior Vice President/Advertising...... Barbara E. Macks all across the Jewish spectrum, and is an Festival [email protected] exciting program of which to be a part. Assistant Sales & Marketing Manager...... Marianne Potratz 9 Wall of Hate on Campus [email protected] The TELLL Fund is offering a women’s 10 A Woman’s Work of Heart Senior Account Executive...... Cynthia Oppenheimer, entertainment and learning evening on May & Soul Julie Ann Nagel, Robin Kurss 31, which promises to be a spectacular event, [email protected], 11 Essen ‘n Fressen: [email protected] as well. And the annually awaited Buffalo [email protected] International Jewish Film Festival begins Robin Kurss Proofreaders ...... Rhonda Wise, Sharon C. Levite May 15 with amazing Israeli, American, 12 Rabbi’s Column: Amy Goldstein Polish and other nations’ award-winning Rabbi Gary Pokras Members of films. The first part of the BIJFF will take 13 5 Things you can do to place at May 15-21 at the Amherst Dipson repair the world in May Submissions: Theatre and the second portion will take Submit editorial stories, photos, and calendar items by the 1st of 14 Nickel City Jews the preceding month of issue to [email protected]. place at the JCC’s Maxine & Robert Seller 15 Remember your Mother To Advertise: Theatre May 31-June 7. with a gift this month! To advertise, call Cynthia Oppenheimer at 716-783-9119 x2240. Don’t miss any of the fabulous community Ad space & materials are due by the 10th of each month prior to events this month. I hope to see you at 16 My AIPAC Experience publication. For a rate card and any additional information, please some of these fun by Elinor Weiss email Cynthia Oppenheimer coppenheimer@jewishjournalwny. com or Barbara Macks [email protected]. programs--when 17 Dr. Saul Greenfield To Subscribe: I’m not cleaning up receives national To subscribe, visit www.jfedbflo.com and click on “JJWNY the garden! Have a recognition subscription”. Free for Western New York area residents and marvelous May! 18-19 Agencies & donors to the UJF Campaign. Non-resident subscription is $36 for 12 issues, payable to The Jewish Journal of WNY. Synagogues The Jewish Journal of WNY (JJWNY) reserves the right to cancel any 20-25 Synagogue advertisement at any time. The Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo and Buffalo

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Departments Irv Freedman on an equal opportunity basis. 2 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 Heumann, Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo; Jane Jacobson, Congregation Havurah; President’s Column Malka Kalfa, Ohr Temimim School; Cindy Komm, Bureau of Jewish Education; Risé Kulick, Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo; Jessica Lemons, Hillel of Buffalo; Howard Rosenhoch Lenore Levy, Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies; Jennie Pohl, Congregation Shir At Passover Seder in our home this year, Shalom; Adrienne Rothstein-Grace, Jewish Family Service of Buffalo and Erie County; Valerie and I set a cup of water, right next Rita Sabharwal, Chabad House of Buffalo; Sheryl Schechter, Kadimah School of Buffalo; to Elijah’s cup, in honor of Miriam the Cheryl Stein, Kehillat Ohr Tzion; Bernice Stern, Jewish Discovery Center; Marilyn Toth, prophetess. We set a cup of wine for Elijah Holocaust Resource Center; Helen Weinstein, Congregation B’nai Shalom; and Sharon each year in the hope that this prophet, Winer, Temple Beth Zion. Kol HaKavod to each of you. who represents the coming of the Messiah, As President of the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo, I couldn’t be more proud of will grace our Passover celebration and our nominee, Amy Heumann. Amy has served for the past seven years as Co-Chair of the foretell success in perfecting the world. Jewish Federation’s Literacy Program—the Buffalo Jewish Coalition for Literacy (BJCL). Miriam’s cup is a relatively new tradition, Literacy is the key to education, which in turn is the key to economic advancement and based on the Midrash that teaches of the quality of life. In Buffalo, literacy is a major problem. Recent studies estimate that miraculous well that accompanied the upwards of 30% of Buffalo adults read at or below a fifth grade level. The Federation’s Hebrews throughout their journey in the Literacy Program seeks to attack that problem at its core, in the Buffalo Public elementary desert, given by God because of the merit schools. Under Amy’s energetic and inspirational leadership along with Chair Carin of Miriam. Miriam’s optimism and faith Greenfield and Founder Dr. Jane Fischman, donations are obtained to purchase or collect were a spiritual oasis, giving the Hebrews the confidence to overcome the hardships of thousands of books a year, so that each student at two Buffalo Public Schools receive the Exodus. Thus Miriam’s Cup is a symbol of all that sustains us through our own two new books a year. Additionally, BJCL volunteers go to those schools once a week to journeys, while Elijah’s Cup is a symbol of a future Messianic time. Miriam’s cup is a way read to the students. Federation’s BJCL Program is one example of how our community of drawing attention to the importance of Miriam and the other women of the Exodus brings to life the Jewish value of Tikkun Olam, repairing the world. We applaud Amy’s story, women who have sometimes been overlooked but about whom our tradition says, contributions to the community through her leadership in growing the Literacy Program “If it wasn’t for the righteousness of women of that generation we would not have been and bringing the benefits of literacy to so many youngsters who would otherwise not have redeemed from Egypt.” (For more about Miriam’s Cup, go to http://www.miriamscup. that world opening skill. com/ or http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Passover/The_ The stories of each of our other twenty honorees, and the contributions each has made Seder/Seder_Plate_and_Table/Miriams_Cup.shtml) to our Western New York community, are no less impactful than Amy’s. Space here does Just as we honor Miriam and all the women who preserved, protected and advanced not permit me to highlight each of them. That’s all the more reason why, if you have not our people on their journey out of Egypt and slavery to Israel and freedom, so this month already signed up for the May 21 luncheon, you should do so now by registering at the we honor the women of our own Buffalo community for the work they do day in and day Federation’s website, www. jfedbflo.com (scroll down to the bottom of the homepage to out enriching our Jewish lives. Thus, on Thursday, May 21, at a luncheon at Temple Beth find the link), or by calling Federation’s office at 204-2241. Tzedek sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo, we will honor twenty-one As an added bonus, if you attend the luncheon you will have the opportunity to hear Women of Distinction for their leadership, dedication and commitment to our Jewish Barbara Shaiman, our keynote speaker. Barbara is the daughter of Holocaust survivors community. whose family history has motivated her to help others to live their legacies by giving back Federation asked our agencies and synagogues to nominate a woman in their to their communities. organization who has made a distinct difference in the lives of Western New Yorkers and in Thanks and kudos to Women of Distinction Committee Chair, Susan Katz, and her the quality of our community. The women on that list represent an all-star cast of the best dedicated Committee members, Judy Babat, Denise Balsom, Dina Benderson, Susan and brightest of Buffalo, and we are proud to honor each of them for their contributions. Braun, Beth Joseph, Julie Kweller, Susan McLanahan and Viola Sterman, for creating this The honorees, and the organizations which nominated them, include: Frima Ackerhalt, wonderful event to honor of the Miriams of our community and inspire us all. Hadassah; Susan Beiter, Congregation Beth Abraham; Naomi Cowen, Young Israel; I look forward to seeing all of you at TBT on May 21 as we honor our Women of Charlotte Gendler, Weinberg Campus; Janet Gunner, Temple Beth Tzedek; Amy Distinction.

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executives nationally. In 1995, she Jewish Federation presents founded Champions of Caring, a non- profit organization that has empowered “Women of Distinction” over 10,000 youth in Philadelphia and South Africa to become leaders in service HONORS 21 JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS AT MAY 21 EVENT and active, engaged citizens. Barbara is the daughter of Holocaust survivors. Her Women’s Philanthropy of the leadership, commitment, and dedication mother was incarcerated in Auschwitz Jewish Federation of Greater to her organization. We see this as an and is the sole survivor of a family of Buffalo announces its second opportunity for the community at large sixty-five people, and her father worked “Women of Distinction” Luncheon, to honor a small portion of the wonderful for Oskar Schindler, on whose story which will take place Thursday, women volunteers,” she said. Steven Spielberg’s film, Schindler’s List, May 21 and will highlight 21 of Chairing this function is Susan Katz, was based. Buffalo’s Jewish Community assisted by Judy Babat, Denise Balsom, Thus, Barbara created Embrace Your women leaders. The event Dina Benderson, Susan Braun, Beth Legacy to share her message and encourage will take place at Temple Beth Joseph, Julie Kweller, Susan McLanahan adults of all ages and backgrounds to Tzedek beginning at 11:30am. and Past Women’s Philanthropy Chair embrace and live their legacies. Buffalo actress Linda Stein will Viola Sterman as her committee. The The event is open to everyone in the be Mistress of Ceremonies, and event is being sponsored by the Women’s community. Tickets for the event are national leader Barbara Shaiman Philanthropy cabinet of the United Barbara Shaiman $36 per person and may be purchased will be the Keynote Speaker. Jewish Fund Campaign, and the chairs at www.jfedbflo.com or by calling “This new event is an opportunity for are members of the cabinet. businesswoman and a social entrepreneur, 204-2241 before May 15. For more the community to celebrate the special The Honorees are shown on the facing using her skills to create social change. information, Contact Randi Morkisz at women here in Buffalo,” Women’s page and were chosen by their sponsoring She began her career as a teacher, 204-2245 or [email protected]. Philanthropy Chair Ellen Weiss said. organizations to receive this community developing curriculum for at-risk youth, Special Thanks to the Foundation for “We asked every beneficiary agency honor. and later directed Eisenbud & Associates, Jewish Philanthropies for its support of and all of the synagogues in Buffalo to Keynote Speaker Barbara Greenspan an executive search firm that specialized this event. nominate someone who has exemplified Shaiman has been an educator, in recruiting physicians and healthcare

A Note from UJF Campaign Vice Chair Leslie Shuman Kramer BONNIE CLEMENT 716.553.8384 CHECK OUT THE CAMPAIGNERS’ MISSION TO ISRAEL THIS SUMMER! [email protected] Are you interested in growing the United Jewish Fund Campaign, helping our Jewish community, and traveling to Israel this summer to do so? Then, the upcoming JFNA Campaigners’ Mission to Israel July 6-12, 2015 might be for you! This national mission was designed to enhance the campaign experience for volunteers in mid sized communities like Broker for HUNT Real ours, so it is a fabulous opportunity for Estate ERA,* which includes anyone who is involved in campaign or 1,100 sales associates and wants to become more involved. Leslie Shuman Kramer 38 offices nationwide from I am excited to report that our Buffalo Buffalo to Albany and the Federation Executive Committee, in a providing participants from across the # State of Arizona tremendous show of support for this country extraordinary experiences to help trip, unanimously voted to match JFNA’s gain a better understanding of the work $750 subsidy, bringing the total per both JFNA and our local communities person subsidy to $1500; the land-only do. Together we will bring back HUNT Real Estate ERA cost is $1,190 per person ($800 single compelling stories and tools for successful congratulates Bonnie on supplement). solicitations in our Federation, because her remarkable, Go to http://www.jewishfederations. we will be experiencing the real impact 1 org/campaigners_2015.html to read of our dollars in addition to seeing parts more about the mission, the itinerary and of Israel not generally visited by tourists. BEST YEAR ever Rae Ringel, the missions’s Solicitation If you have any questions, please for 2014!!! Trainer. It promises to be an exciting, contact Campaign Director Randi Beth Joseph, Bari Spokane, Bonnie Clement, Sheryl Martin educational, fun and worthwhile trip, Morkisz at 204-2245. * All of HUNT Real Estate ERA Gross Closed Commission and #1 total Units Buffalo / Niagara Region 2013. May 2015 | www.jfedbflo.com 5 Community The Future of Aging in Jewish Buffalo - Part 4

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Everything is changing dramatically in the world of aging and in our Jewish community. This is the fourth in a series of articles explaining what Weinberg Campus is doing to address the future. The previous three articles human resources. Because there will be profoundly frail older people in the discussed aging in general and aging scant resources coming. community for a longer time, more safely in the Jewish community, government Ultimately, our challenge is to enable and with a better quality of life. response to aging issues, and managed neighborhoods and communities to The Town Square for Aging is more care. David Dunkelman retain and address profound frailty in than 24 nonprofit agencies and partners This article describes an innovative their midst. There is no alternative. This from four colleges and universities approach to helping older people who sufficient services or reliable access to is the future of aging in America. co-located in a 38,000-square-foot live in the community. We call it The services that exist. Our challenge for the So, in a first step to meet the needs of renovated building on the Weinberg Town Square for Aging. next quarter century will be to address our older neighbors, the community has Campus. It is the case that many older this need—by expanding and improving come together to create the Town Square This unique “one-stop shopping” people are living their profoundly services and assuring easy access to for Aging, a first-ever collaborative format will change the way services are frail years in their own homes without them—without additional financial and enterprise designed to maintain made available to profoundly frail people

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6 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 Community living in the community. We believe The Town Square for Aging is a model that can be replicated throughout the region. This Town Square for Aging will provide in one place a comprehensive range of services, from medical, pharmacy, nutrition and dental services, to counseling and advising on a range of issues, to a full beauty shop. The Town Square for Aging also will be a new community-based venue for training the next generation of gerontological and geriatric professionals to work in the new age of community-living frailty. The Town Square for Aging brings health, mental health and social organizations, the business community, the Town of Amherst, the Amherst Center for Senior Services and community-living frail elders and their families into a collaboration which will promote and extend self-sufficiency, enhance community health, engage and strengthen the existing neighborhoods that are the region’s traditional strengths, and build network strength by combining historically isolated and fragmented parties and resources. Organizations with outlets in the Town Square include: Mobile Pharmacy Solutions, a large, full-service pharmacy; Dr. Bob’s Dental suite; Buffalo Hearing and Speech; a full beauty, hair and nails salon operated by Yvette LeClerc; Weinberg Adult Daycare; a licensed mental health clinic operated by Jewish Family Services; La Belle Epicure Café, a full caterer serving the Town Square for Aging food court; a first- ever senior-oriented food pantry developed by Temple Beth Zion and Catholic Charities in coordination and collaboration with the Amherst Center for Senior Services Meals on Wheels Program and the Erie County food stamp program; one-on-one volunteers, including Compeer, Hearts and Hands (providing transportation, programmatic orchestration and volunteers); the Amherst Center for Senior Services; Weinberg Physical and Occupational Therapy; the UB School of Social Work; the UB School of Nursing and the UB Institute for Person-Centered Care; the Daemen College School of Social Work. Independent Health is currently developing a full medical suite and is securing a geriatric medical practice to be operated at the Town Square for Aging. The Town Square for Aging will open in mid 2015. May 2015 | www.jfedbflo.com 7 Community 30th Annual Buffalo International Films include: RUN BOY RUN Jewish Film Festival Germany, France / 2014 24 DAYS France/ 2014 May 15-21 AMHERST DIPSON THEATRE, 3500 MAIN STREET THE OUTRAGEOUS SOPHIE TUCKER USA/ 2014 May 31 – June 7 JCC THEATRE IN GETZVILLE, NY SOFT VENGEANCE: ALBIE SACHS AND THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA South Africa, USA/2014 JOACHIM PRINZ: I SHALL NOT BE SILENT USA/ 2014 ABOVE AND BEYOND USA,UK/ 2014 THE LADY IN NUMBER 6 Canada,USA,UK/ 2014 The 30th annual Buffalo The Dove Flyer BENEATH THE HELMET International Jewish Film Festival Israel/ 2014 – the third longest running festival HANNA’S JOURNEY of its kind in North America – Germany/ 2013 will present 18 award winning GOD’S SLAVE and critically acclaimed films Argentina, Venezuela/ 2013 from around the world including FOR A WOMAN Argentina, Canada, France, France/ 2013 Germany, Israel, Poland, South American Jerusalem THE DOVE FLYER (FAREWELL Africa, USA and Venuzuela. BAGHDAD) A 30th anniversary celebration Above and Beyond Israel/ 2013 fundraiser will take place at MusicalFare’s ADVANCED STYLE Cabaret, Thursday, May 21, 6 -9:30 p.m. USA/ 2014 featuring a cocktail party, live music with BROKEN BRANCHES jazz singer Barbara Levy Daniels, and the Israel/ 2014 film Walk on Water. THE RETURN A closing Festival Gala takes place Poland/ 2014 Sunday, June 7, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Permanent Chair of Polish featuring a kosher buffet dinner and the Culture at Canisius College and by Richard closing night film – Above and Beyond. Sousa Lepie Films will be shown May 15-21 at the 50 CHILDREN: THE RESCUE Amherst Dipson Theatre, 3500 Main MISSION OF MR. AND MRS. KRAUS Street and May 31 – June 7 at JCC’s USA/ 2014 Maxine and Robert Theatre, 2640 North SOSUA: MAKE A BETTER WORLD Forest Road in Getzville, NY. Trailers, USA/ 2012 schedules and ticket purchasing at www. AMERICAN JERUSALEM: JEWS AND bijff.com or either JCC location or by The Lady in Number 6 THE MAKING OF SAN FRANCISCO calling 716-204-2084. Broken Branches USA/ 2013

8 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 Community On Campus Direction of Anti-Israel Propaganda On Campus, Written on The Wall By Eric Mandel, Hillel Religious day was full blown anti-Semitism. A Intern and UB for Israel member sympathizer of SJP refused to take a pro- Israel flyer and explained that he didn’t “Come learn about ethnic cleansing,” want to become a Jew. I guess Jew by the president of Students for Justice in association is a serious fear held by some Palestine (SJP) shouted in front of their of the more bigoted members of UB. Apartheid Wall on Friday, the first day of Across the campus pro Israel supporters the Palestinian misfortunes. Especially of security for Jewish students who were Passover. Stationed right in front of the were disgusted, angered and wary of before the start of a holiday about Jewish forced to walk past such hateful material. busiest part of the UB campus, the Wall the future in response to the event. “It liberation from Egypt, it was a cheap shot Many whispered thank you to us as and its accompanied members shouted was definitely jarring to see people on and very terrible misrepresentation of the they walked by. It was also promising anti-Israel comments that not only campus--people that are supposed to conflict.” to see the non-Jewish community show were flat out false accusations, but also be my peers--attacking my home and The one silver lining to this event was its support by engaging in conversation created concern about Jewish security attacking my people. I worry about the how fast the pro-Israel community was with us and explaining their support. on campus. Anti-Semitic comments dangerous precedent that has been set for able to mobilize to spread the truth. The However, Friday’s events show an were said to Israel supporters and the anti-Israel violence on the UB campus” wall was up at 11:09am. By 11:45am escalating trend of anti-Israel support police were called to remove those who said Jessica Lemons, President of the Israel supporters, organized and lead and rhetoric on our campus. Now more questioned the validity of the Wall. Jewish Student Union. by the UB for Israel club, were outside than ever, the Jewish community on “Israel contained and contaminated Robert Rondinaro, a non-Jewish passing out flyers with facts showing how campus and regionally needs to come Gaza water. Israel broke the cease- member of UB for Israel said “it was a very equal Israeli society truly is. together as one to combat this threat. fire over 500 times. Israeli buses are poorly done demonstration which sought Many students. like me, skipped classes God forbid someone has to ask, “Where segregated. Israel demolishes water wells to use misinformation and propaganda to to stand outside all day to counteract the were the Jews when my homeland was and prevents Palestinians from getting convince people that it’s Israel’s fault for damaging material. We were a beacon attacked?” the recommended amount of water. Connection between South African hunger strikes and Palestinian hunger finest mouth-watering n.y. bagels since 1976 • homemade shmears • deli sandwiches • soups • salads strikes” were some of the more ludicrous propaganda plastered on the Wall. They Remember how also had a large section of the Wall devoted to ribbons representing each bagels used to taste? Hosting Brunch? child who died during the conflict. That’s what you’ll taste In order to gain sympathy, SJP tried to today at Bagel Jay’s, Let Us Do the Work! connect the Palestinian issue with those consistently delicious Pickup & the Ferguson, MO, community recently Dropoff service available faced about racism. Their mission was to deli favorites misinform the public and raise sympathy in every bite. Marshall’s Plaza Dash’s Plaza 2130 Delaware ave, Buffalo 100 a Plaza Dr, Williamsville for a movement that demonizes Israel as www.bageljays.com 716.874.1800 716.639.1000 well as puts a double standard on Israel. Not only were bystanders given finest dark roasted coffees •fresh-baked bagels • signature tuna fish • and more! misinformation, but also some of the anti-Israel demonstrators admitted to not knowing the facts, but still supported the cause. SJP claims to hold human rights near and dear to their hearts, however they actively tried to remove pro-Israel students’ right to freedom of speech. Some students who were pro-Israel tried to engage in conversation with the Wall demonstrators. In response, police were called to try and remove the pro-Israel faction from the area. The cops came and assessed the situation and respected ALL students’ right to peacefully voice their own opinions. The most atrocious comment of the May 2015 | www.jfedbflo.com 9 Community Educating today’s students Developing tomorrow’s leaders A Woman’s Work of Since 1959 Heart & Soul WNY’s Community Jewish Day School AN EVENING OF ENTERTAINMENT SHOWCASING THE TALENTS OF WNY’S JEWISH WOMEN The TELLL Fund, Torah prize drawings and social mingling will Experience for Life-Long Learning, follow. This program is also funded a fund of the Foundation for Jewish in part by a grant from the Jewish Philanthropies, is coordinating an Federation’s Jewish Program Venture inspiring evening for women-only, Fund. with Jewish entertainment and song. Please join us on Sunday evening, Most of WNY’s Jewish agencies, May 31st at 7:00 p.m. in the Center for synagogues and congregations will Tomorrow at The State University of New participate in some way. Women York at Buffalo. Additional information from all Jewish backgrounds and for tickets and tax-deductible donations observance will come together in can be found at www.TELLLFund.org. this evening of entertainment - by planning, performing, volunteering, The TELLL Fund is in memory of sponsoring and attending the event. Joan Ellis Shatkin and Samuel Shatkin, The program, “A Woman’s Work of DDS, MD, ob”m. The Fund provides Advanced Studies for K-8 Heart and Soul,” will be followed by a honorarium for Torah lectures, sponsorship Dual Curriculum (General and Judaic) rousing community sing-a-long where of local Jewish workshops and talks, as song sheets will be provided, containing well as Jewish educational and cultural 716.836.6903 many familiar Jewish and Israeli “oldie programs, equipment and materials for NOW ENROLLING! enroll.kadimah.org but goodies”. Kosher refreshments, raffle dissemination.

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us. That makes Shavuot as much about A Celebration of Freedom? freedom as Pesach, and then some. Rabbi Gary Pokras It could merely be a literary device for If we stop with the Passover story, getting us in the right frame of mind we remain like the generation of slaves. We are now well into Spring for experiencing the tale of the Exodus. Rather, we should look forward to, or (and I hope that by the time you are Or it could refer to the surety (in the even anticipate achieving psychological reading this that is actually feels real world) that while free Jews celebrate and spiritual freedom; not just physical like Spring!) Passover, our great Pesach in many places, there are still those freedom. Perhaps this is why our tradition celebration of freedom, is well of our brothers and sisters who are not teaches that we should count the days behind us and we look forward to free. It could refer to the millions and between Passover and Shavuot. We are a warm and sunny summer. Yet, millions of human beings around the commanded to count the Omer, the we shouldn’t leave our Pesach world that suffer under oppression. Or forty-nine days in-between. Forty nine celebration completely in the it could refer to ways in which we have is a special number: seven times seven. past. Even for those who struggle enslaved ourselves: to money, or power, Seven represents fullness, as in a full with their Jewish connections, or work, or school, or drugs, or alcohol, week. Forty nine is the fullness of time Pesach grabs our attention and or anything else, which seduces us into Rabbi Gary Pokras multiplied by the fullness of time – stimulates our imagination. Can it giving it control over our lives. that we may grow towards the fullness be the universal appeal of denying I would like to suggest another way of Why? Because we did not recognize of transformation from slavery to true Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein ourselves bread and other understanding our text. The story of the or understand that with freedom freedom. leavened foods? I certainly hope Exodus does not end, or even climax with comes responsibility. It is not until the I hope that we will all take advantage of not! Rather, I think that we derive the parting of the Sea of Reeds. In our Revelation at Mount Sinai, when we this time to consider the oppression and meaning from making freedom day, once we have celebrated our seder received the Ten Commandments and slavery that still exists in the world not one of our highest ideals, and and retold the story of our Exodus from the Torah, that our forebearers took their only for us, but for our neighbors. May celebrating it in the most Jewish Egypt, many if not most American Jews first steps toward true freedom. Only we also consider how our tradition, how way possible – with food! tend to close our books – as if the story then did we come to the vague awareness Torah guides us to be part of the solution. Yet there is one line in the haggadah were finished! While our ancestors may that we have responsibilities to ourselves This year we were slaves, but Shavuot is which we always read, but rarely act have been “free” physically from Egyptian and to God. Shavuot is our celebration just around the corner, and after Sinai the upon: “This year we are still slaves, bondage, make no mistake: we were still of the Revelation at Sinai, or to put real journey towards freedom begins. next year may we all be free.” We can a nation of slaves. We still thought and us more directly in the mix, it is the understand this message in many ways. acted like slaves. celebration of God’s gift of Torah to L’Shalom.

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Bubby’s Kitchen. Mixing three cups of wisdom for every two cups of matzo meal, Shira Ginsburg weaves together a story of love and loss, survival and family in this special benefit for the Holocaust Resource Center of 2 Buffalo Sunday, May 17 at 7:00pm at the Lancaster Opera House. Tickets are $50/ general admission and $100/ VIP. Go to www.hrcbuffalo.org/ events/bubbys-kitchen-fundraiser/ or call 634-9535.

30th Anniversary Gala for the Buffalo International Jewish Film Festival. Enjoy an open bar, hors d’oeuvres and entertainment by singer Barbara Levy Daniels Thursday, May 21 from 6:00-9:30 pm at 3 MusicalFare Cabaret, 4380 Main Street with the film “Walk on Water.” $100 tickets available at both JCC buildings and at www.bijff.com

For Women Only! Enjoy an evening of entertainment showcasing the talents of WNY’s Jewish Women Sunday, May 31 at 7:00 pm at UB’s Center for Tomorrow, including wonderful raffles, gift bags, kosher 4 refreshments and a community sing-along. Early Bird tickets $18 at www. TELLLFund.org. After May 6, and at the door $25. Call 917-584-0440 or go to the web site for more information.

The newly opened Town Center Food Pantry at the Weinberg Campus continues to take food and personal hygene items. A project of Temple Beth Zion and Catholic Charities, you can drop off canned goods 5 to Temple Beth Zion for the new Town Square Food Pantry or go to www. tbz.org and look for“social action” under Community. Or call Rabbi Adam Scheldt at 836-6565. Where in JBFLO ?

Where is this found in Western New York? The First 5 people to correctly identify the location will win a $10 lunch to the JCC’s Tel Aviv Café’. E-mail your answers to [email protected] May 2015 | www.jfedbflo.com 13 Community Harley Spiller KEEP THE CHANGE Buffalo native Harley J. Spiller is in town this month to launch his new book, Keep the Change: A Collector’s Author Harley J. Tales of Lucky Pennies, Counterfeit Spiller C-Notes, and Other Curious Currency. as well as a wealth of anecdotes and quirky Spiller, the son of the late Mortimer and historical details about US currency. He Harriett Spiller, was born and raised says, “I see my collection as a cache that in Eggertsville, went to Eggert Road cannot be counted in standard ways. It’s School and Nichols School, worked not about money; it’s about what can be as an intern at the Albright-Knox Art learned from money.” Come out to meet Gallery and the Burchfield-Penney Art Spiller at the following times and places: Center, and was a customer of Harold B. Rice Numismatics. His book, Keep the Friday May 1 Change, also includes a story on Richard 12-1 pm Buffalo and Erie County Public Buckley, a Buffalo accountant who did Library, 1 Lafayette Sq work for Spiller’s parents’ business, The 5-6:30pm Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Mortimer Spiller Co., Inc. Main St Harley J. Spiller began collecting Saturday May 2 money at age five when, home sick from 10am-12noon Harold B. Rice Coins and school, his father tossed him a sack of Stamps, 993 Kenmore Ave pennies and a Whitman coin folder. 6-9pm Hi Temp79 Perry St. In the five decades since, Spiller has Sunday May 3 amassed one of America’s most extensive 2-3:30pm, Burchfield Penney Art collections of unusual financial artifacts Center, 1300 Elmwood Ave.

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By Elinor Weiss expectations. With 16,000 folks you still want to clearly see what was going on. I had always wanted to go And we did. No matter where you sat to an AIPAC Conference. But I you got a bird’s eye view. The technology never wanted to go by myself. was phenomenal. We were surrounded The conference takes place in with a pattern of three or four different Washington, DC. Thousands of screens that looked as if we were in a people attend. This year over sleek, futuristic movie theatre. You never 16,000 strong. The largest ever. knew who would come out from behind What is AIPAC? It is a bipartisan the curtain. Or be in front of it. organization that lobbies Congress for a We were treated to a symphony by safe, secure Israel. And now, more than the Israel Defense Forces. Al Grace, from ever, the world needs a safe secure Israel. the Congressional Black Caucus, told I have read letters to the editor and AIPAC delegates how seeing young Israeli been to campus events that portrayed children run for safety connected him to Israel inaccurately. Misrepresented its the dangers of growing up in the ghetto. history. Distorted facts. Took events out We were awed by the ingenuity of Elinor Weiss at Congressman Chris Collins’ office in Washington. of context. I thought it would be a Israeli inventors and how simple devices wonderful, healing experience to be with were making huge impacts around the sized device that tells you the nutritional warfare. The questions and answer periods people who understood Israel. So when world. A family from upstate New York data of any food you would like to following the sessions allowed time to I heard that others from WNY were with no connection to Israel or Israelis purchase. We watched how the amazing express our differences and similarities. attending the conference I decided it was was using the Israeli Army’s hands free Zeekit allows you to virtually try on We lobbied our congressmen on the now or never. I made plans to go. And “human backpack” (Injured Personnel clothing using a photo of yourself while last day to make sure that the nuclear was I happy that I did! Carrier) for their son who has cerebral shopping on line. arms agreement with Iran was a good The conference far exceeded my palsy. We were introduced to a pocket We learned how the Boston bombing deal. By that time we knew what to ask emergency team had trained extensively for. We got the details. We knew that in Israel to see how the Jewish State Israel’s survival and America’s security prepared for terrorist attacks and how to needed a deal that keeps nuclear arms move on from tragedy. We heard from out of reach for Iran. Our lobbying the Green Prince, Mosab Hassan Yousef, encouraged our Congressional WNY the son of a founder of Hamas on how delegates to sign on to a letter to the and why he became an informer for the President outlining concerns that many Shin Bet, the Israeli secret service. We in Congress have about the deal. were treated to discussions moderated Looking back on the packed days, by award winning American journalist, the most important part for me was the Frank Sesno on Iran and the nuclear arms positive energy generated for Israel. To agreement. be surrounded by folks applauding and The breakout sessions were wonderful. cheering the Prime Minister of Israel There were dozens and dozens of while he spoke was an amazing feeling. workshops that could be chosen from, For three days people who loved Israel ranging from what was happening on came together to show their support. Am college campuses to the dangers of cyber Yisrael Chai.

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Cantor Irwin Gelman, Ahmet Celenli and Rev. Dr. Jonathan Lawrence led the interfaith roundtable at CBA in March. Rachel Sacks and Katie Guzzetta

Eric Mandel, Rachel Sacks, Katie Guzzetta Cantor Irwin Gelman led a guided tour of the historic Congregation Beth Abraham for Muslim and CBA’s Jewish movie group dining together at India Christian guests Gate following the synagogue’s March 22 movie showing.

Ben Balderman, Laura Hemlock, Sam Moldo

Jessica Lemons, Emily Hill, Logan Woodard, Emily Goodman

These photos were taken during the Hillel night Oneg at Congregation Beth Abraham following the service, at which Ben Balderman delivered a stirring D’var Torah.

20 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 Synagogues Streaming Live Gesher Students at Shir Shalom receive Prize By Peter Simon for Ingenuity, If you can’t attend services at Congregation Shir Shalom, you can view Compassion and hear them right from home. Live video streaming of Friday night Erev By Rachel Anderson, TBT Social Shabbat services are regularly available Action Chair on the Williamsville temple’s website shirshalombuffalo.org. The camcorder is After several postponements due to also used for Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, our severe weather this past winter, we weddings, and other events held in finally had a break with a sunny day the synagogue. in March when Temple Beth Tzedek’s A Hungarian couple was recently Gesher students excitedly received their married at Shir Shalom, and relatives who first place prize of a proclamation from couldn’t attend tuned in from overseas. The Town of Amherst for a competition More frequently, the system is used by held in Thanksgiving 2014. In the congregants who stay home because of competition, students constructed a age, illness or bad weather, or who spend chanukia and dreidel from canned and the winter in warmer climates, said Daniel packaged food, which was later donated Kester, a congregant who was largely to the Food Bank of Western New York. responsible for setting up the system. Councilman Mark Manna, Amherst food items for which two points each important to have food drives. Yasher Kester, a member of Shir Shalom’s Town Board Member, proudly presented were awarded. Points were also awarded Koach to the students and their teachers Communications Committee, said an a beautiful framed proclamation and on the creativity of the construction and to Pam Cohen who did so much to average Erev Shabbat Service attracts spoke highly of the efforts the children as well as on the article written by organize this and make it such a success. perhaps 5 to 10 hits, but that 50 hits put into their project. He spoke of the the students explaining why it is so were registered during the Purim Spiel needs of the community and commended on March 4th, which used an original the children on their efforts to repair script written by Shir Shalom Rabbi Alex our broken world. He said he looked Lazarus-Klein. The system, in place since forward to seeing more organizations last year, was suggested by the rabbi after participate in this worthwhile contest he saw one used at a temple in New Jersey. next Thanksgiving. Services are archived on Shir Shalom’s This past year we had four local website and can be viewed later, Kester religious organizations compete to make said. The system, which is mounted on the best construction for the food items the wall of the synagogue, is not designed that were donated by congregants. Each to produce individual videos. team had a list of preferred “healthy” Gesher and Shir Shalom

Gesher and Shir Shalom students in grade 6 and 7 gathered for a program on ethics, ethical choices and Jewish mentchlechkeit. Collaboration between Shir Shalom Religious School principal Hope Bongiorno and Gesher’s Director of Education Einav Symons enhances both the academics and social interactions of students and staff.

Gesher students prepared cards for Jews with disabilities. Gesher students are blessed with the opportunity to celebrate Sukkot, Chanukah and Passover with Outstretched Arm at Temple Beth Tzedek. May 2015 | www.jfedbflo.com 21 Synagogues Peggy Stone Temple Beth Zion PALS to be Honored by Temple Beth Zion Sisterhood

Half a century of Sisterhood action in four states will be and conducted World Union workshops acknowledged when Peggy as well as leadership training sessions at Stone receives Temple Beth Zion WRJ Biennial Convention. At present, Sisterhood’s Woman of the Year Peggy is the Sisterhood’s World Union Award. It will be presented Friday, Chair as well being a member of a May 8 at the annual Sisterhood number of committees and clubs at Sabbath Service at 7:00 pm in Temple Beth Zion. Temple Beth Zion, 805 Delaware Please join us at 7 p.m. on May 8 Avenue. when Peggy will receive the prestigious Peggy has been involved in TBZ’s Nancy J. Borins Woman of the Year Sisterhood, Women of Reform Judaism Award. “The Odd Couple” now @ JRT

Tom Loughlin (Oscar), Doug Weyand (Vinnie), Don Gervasi (Murray), Ray Boucher (Speed) and Mike Randall (Roy) at the poker table in The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, at the Jewish Repertory Theatre, April 23 - May 17. Jewish Repertory Theatre presents: March Through the Arts The Odd Couple, by Neil Simon Famous artists and their works inspired Directed by Saul Elkin students in the PALS Preschool classes at April 23 – May 17 TBZ during their “March Through the Starring Ray Boucher, Don Gervasi, Tom Loughlin, Lisa Ludwig, Tim Newell, Arts.” The concentric circles of Wassily Mike Randall, Michele Marie Roberts, & Doug Weyand Kandinsky, Jackson Pollack’s splatter painting, Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” and JCC Box Office: 716-688-4114 ext. 391 Joan Miro’s self portrait were some of the Showclix Box Office: 888-718-4253, www.jewishrepertorytheatre.com amazing artists and pieces studied and Group Discounts Available! replicated by the students.

Temple Beth Zion Annual Sign up for PALS @ TBZ! Religious School Mother’s Day Flower Sale Sunday, May 10• 9 a.m. to noon Registration is now open for the fantastic fun and learning at Temple Beth Broder Center Parking Lot, 700 Sweet Home Road Zion’s Play And Learn School. Summer PALS include weeks beginning July 20, July 27, August 3 and August 10. 3 to 5 year-olds attend on Monday/ Cash-and-Carry or use the pre-order form found at www.tbz.org/education/ Wednesday/Friday from 9 AM to 1 PM. 2 year-olds attend on Tuesday/ Call Kara at 836-6565 or email [email protected] for more information Thursday from 9 to 11:30 AM.

Call Melissa Milch-Klein at 836-6565, Ext. 139 or email [email protected] for more information. Registration is also available for the 2015-2016 school year.

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May 2015 | www.jfedbflo.com 23 Synagogues KOT Activities Temple Beth Sisterhood of Temple Beth • Kehillat Ohr Tzion recently celebrated Zion 2015 Zion’s Sylvia Morris Theater their bar mitzvah year as a congregation. There were plenty of delicious appetizers, Confirmands Bus Trips Presents wonderful music and heartwarming speeches. The membership looks and forward to many more inspiring years of davening, learning and socializing Graduates together. Shavuot is a very special time “Newsies” at KOT when different members share On Wednesday, May 13, the following their knowledge and love of Jewish texts Temple Beth Zion students will become in Toronto during a Night of Learning. Graduates of the Bureau of Jewish Thursday, July 9 Education’s Hebrew High School: Elissa • Several members of KOT continue Baum, Grace Florian, Adam Moyer, Open to the community! to be actively involved in the success Alanna Sadler, Benjamin Wald and of the Town Square Food Pantry by Miranda Weiss. volunteering at the pantry on a regular Confirmation students will lead the They delivered the papers, until they made the headlines… Direct from Broadway basis. service on Sunday, May 24 at 7 PM comes “Newsies”, the smash-hit, crowd-pleasing new musical from Disney! Based on in the Temple’s main sanctuary at 805 true events, “Newsies” tells the captivating story of a band of underdogs who become • KOT is very proud that one of its Delaware Avenue. Members of the 2015 unlikely heroes when they stand up to the most powerful men in New York. It’s a founding members, Cheryl Stein, will be Confirmation class include: Zachary rousing tale about fighting for what’s right… and staying true to who you are. honored at the Women of Distinction Bloom, Alexandra Kane, Sophia Kaplan, The cost per person is $150, which includes round-trip bus transportation, play and dinner on May 21. Eva Muir, Ethan Mylchreest, Stephanie dinner at Joe Badali’s Ristorante. The deadline for reservations is May 10. Pokras and Samantha Wojcik. Mazel Tov The bus leaves the TBZ Broder Center, 700 Sweet Home Road, at 10:30 to the 2015 Confirmands and Hebrew AM. Participants must bring either a passport or an enhanced license to cross the High Graduates, and their families. border. Seating is limited. For more information, call Marilyn at 832-4757.

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24 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 Synagogues Study All It Takes a Night @ TBT Village to Everyone is invited to participate in Raise a Cantor the TIKKUN All night study session to bring in Shavuot. It takes place at March 29 brought an incredibly Temple Beth Tzedek in the evening until beautiful concert by seven cantors to morning. Times and rabbis teaching Temple Beth Zion’s downtown sanctuary. various topics will be announced Temple Beth Zion’s Cantor Penny Myers shortly. Call 716-838-3232 for more brought together for the first time seven information. cantors who she believed helped her to get to where she is today as part of TBZ’s clergy. Participating in the evening of Jewish music and Broadway tunes were Cantor Myers, Cantor David Goldstein, formerly of TBZ and now in Chicago, Cantor Barbara Ostfeld- the first woman to be invested as a cantor, Cantor Audrey Kaufman of Toronto, Cantor Mark Horowitz, who taught Cantor Myers when she was a child, Hazzan Irwin Gelman of Congregation Beth Abraham, Hazzan Beny Maissner of Toronto and From left: Hazzan Maissner, Cantor Ostfeld, Hazzan Cantor Myers’ mentor and teacher, and Gelman, Cantor Kaufman, Cantor Myers, Cantor Goldstein, Nancy Townsend and Cantor Horowitz. accompanist Nancy Townsend. You’ll find more photos of this event in this month’s Jews in the News.

Temple Beth Zion Summer Celebration

Summer is just around the corner, so mark your calendar for the Temple Beth Zion Summer Celebration. Monday, August 10 Transit Valley Country Club Deny Adelman and David Goldberg, Co-Chairs

Set aside all or part of the day and plan to lunch, wine tour or golf, or just come for a delicious dinner and lively auctions. All proceeds from this event benefit all educational programming at TBZ.

For more information, call Julie Feldman at 836-6565.

Don’t miss the premier social event of the summer!

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Zoo will be the guest speaker. Before shown Sunday May 17 at 6:00 pm Hadassah Springtime coming to the Buffalo Zoo, she was a at the Amherst Dipson Theatre and Curator of Research at the Franklin Park Saturday, June 6 at 5:30 pm at the JCC Activities Zoo in Boston, an educator in the Bronx Benderson Maxine and Robert Seller Zoo system, led teacher safaris to Africa Theatre. Advanced Style examines the uffalo Hadassah held a very the Jewish Repertory Theatre for and served as National Public Radio’s lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose interesting and colorful program Hadassah Days on April 26, May 10 resident animal expert. The program, eclectic personal style and vital spirit have Bon April 15 with Judi Stern as the and 17 to see the production of The Odd which costs $36 begins at 11:30 and guided their approach to aging. There is guest speaker. The program was part of Couple. For more information contact is open to the community. For further also a Buffalo connection in the film. the ongoing Professors and Fressors series. [email protected]. information call Nancy Greenberg at Ilona, one of those exceptional women, is Judi Stern, an award winning quilter Buffalo Hadassah is extremely excited 689-1733. Buffalo Hadassah’s co-president, Marlene and past president of Buffalo Hadassah about a special luncheon program Through the Susan Shapiro Education Katzel’s aunt. This film paints intimate spoke about the history of quilting and scheduled for May 27 at the Buffalo Fund, Hadassah is sponsoring a and colorful portraits of independent displayed many of her beautiful quilts. Marriott. Dr. Donna Fernandes, wonderful film, entitled Advanced Style women aged 62 to 95 who are challenging Sophia Veffer has coordinated with President and CEO of the Buffalo at the Jewish Film Festival. It will be conventional ideas about aging. 28 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 Calendar

May 3 May 17 Yad B’Yad Fashion Show fundraiser. PJ Library Down on the Farm Park Country Club, 4949 Sheridan Kelkenberg Farm. 3:00-6:00 pm. Drive. 11:30 am. Call Miriam at 716-204-2247 or Call Matt for tickets 716-204-5380. [email protected]

“Bubby’s Kitchen”- a fundraiser for the May 6-7 Holocaust Resource Center. Lancaster Opera House. 7:00 pm Lag B’Omer celebrated Call 716-634-9535 or www.hrcbuffalo. May 6 May 21 Lag B’Omer Family Fun Day. Buffalo International Jewish Film Jewish Discovery Center. 6:00pm. 716-639-7600 Festival Gala. MusicalFare Theatre. 6-9:00pm. www.bijff.com NCJ Lag B’Omer Bonfire Party. 7:30- 10:00 pm Call Lital at 716-704-5420 or Lital@ May 23 jfedbflo.com Shavuot begins at sundown May 8 May 24-25 Temple Beth Zion Sisterhood Service Shavuot celebrated and Woman of the Year Ceremony. 805 Delaware Ave. 7:00pm. May 29-31 May 13 Temple Beth Tzedek Scholar in Residence Weekend. High School of Jewish Studies graduation and BJE Annual Meeting. TBT. Call 716-838-3232 TBZ Broder Center. 6:30 pm. RSVP to 204-5380. May 31 TELLL Fund Event for Women. May 15-21 UB’s Center for Tomorrow. Buffalo International Jewish Film 7:00 pm. www.telllfund.org Festival –films shown at the Amherst Dipson Theatre. www.bijff.com May-June 7 Buffalo International Jewish Film May 17 Festival –films shown at the JCC TBT Art Auction Maxine and Robert Seller Theatre. TBT. 6:30-8:30 pm. Call 716-838-3232. www.bijff.com May 2015 | www.jfedbflo.com 29 Agencies Project aided by donors through the Portal of American Jewish Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies in “The J Street cooperation with the University Archives History have demonstrated the real benefits of Challenge” a community-university cooperative relationship. www.jewsinamerica.org Moreover, the www.jewsinamerica. to Premiere in org portal allows for collections to be added as they are completed, so it is an Buffalo June 9 ever expanding resource that will grow over time. With multiple search features, at JCC researchers will be able to find similar collections in disparate repositories, and By Elinor Weiss in this way, local collections are shown as part of a web of interconnected materials he Buffalo premier showing of the that encourages fertile exploration and documentary, The J Street Challenge, examination by scholars. By entering Ttakes place at the Benderson Jewish Buffalo or Niagara Falls in the search box, Community Center on Tuesday, June 9 at a host of collections links will appear, 7 PM. The program will offer a unique and while many are our own, there are a opportunity to discuss and ask questions number of digital and other collections about J Street, arguably one of the most in New York City that also hold Buffalo controversial Jewish organizations in our materials. time. One of the critical aims of the Ilya Feoktistov, the producer, Jewish Buffalo Archives Project is to co-director and co-writer of the make known our unique local Jewish film, will be on hand for the Q & Screen shot of Jews in America Portal collections to the widest possible A. The discussion/question period audience with the broadest number of will be moderated by film narrator, By Dr. Chana Kotzin at the BJE/ Senator John Heinz History Center, the access points. From the digital repository Dan Lenard. Feoktistov is the Director Jewish Buffalo Archives Project University of Denver, Western Reserve of photographs at New York Heritage of Research for Americans for Peace Historical Society, and the Myer & website http://nyheritage.org/collections/ and Tolerance, a Boston based non- he month of May is Jewish American Rosaline Feinstein Center for American jewish-buffalo-image-collection, to our profit group that educates the public Heritage Month and it is timely that Jewish History at Temple University. recently published community book, about the organizations and individuals Tthe Jewish Buffalo Archives Project Scrolling through the “contributors” Jewish Community of Greater Buffalo that threaten civil society in America, with the University Archives has joined tab, it is fascinating to see the range published by Arcadia Publishing to and especially the Jewish community. a very exciting new collaborative venture of research and collections that exist, our online links collections just a click Feoktistov cofounded APT in 2008 with – expanding access to American Jewish and what each member organization away within the BJE website (www. veteran activists Charles Jacobs and Avi Archival Collections. The Center for is making available through the portal bjebbuffalo.org) and our project details Goldwasser. Jewish History (CJH) and the American for researchers of every type. For the on a University Archives, University at Feoktistov is an expert on radical Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) have oldest, largest and well-established Jewish Buffalo hosted website (http://library. Islam in New England and other areas teamed together as part of the initiative, repositories, there are numerous on-line buffalo.edu/archives/jbap/), we have of the country. He is currently writing a to launch a portal for Jewish American guides and digital collections as might surpassed our goals. With the inclusion book about Islamist movements in New History at: “http://www.jewsinamerica. be expected given their greater resources of Jewish Buffalo Archives Collections England. The book offers a complete org” www.jewsinamerica.org. and many years of collecting. Most of on www.jewsinamerica.org, Buffalo and profile of a regional section in the global Last year they approached repositories the small and mid size organizations, Niagara Falls collections are reaching not Islamic Supremacist network. It is based with Jewish historical materials to include also established decades ago, have only a just regional or statewide researchers, but on thousands of privileged documents data about their collections through their brief description of what is available and national and internatioanl scholars and subpoenaed during litigation as well portal. Creating a “one stop shop” website information for whom to contact for use. anyone who is drawn to the study of as documents provided by moderate for researchers, students and interested In the case of the Jewish Buffalo American Jewish life in all its complexities Muslims. Feoktistov has produced other members of the public, this website Archives Project materials, however, and diversities. documentaries and online investigative allows web users to link to archival and each collection that has been completed Our thanks to Amy Vilz at the videos with more than one million digital collections in American Jewish includes a unique web link to its own University Archives, and Data cumulative views. History across the United States. Our online guide (known as a finding aid), Implementation Specialists, Kevin In addition, Feoktistov’s work has own unique project, Jewish Buffalo with a summary history as well as a Schlottmann and Christine McEvilly, as been published in the Washington Times, Archives Project, is one of the first 13 detailed box and folder listing. These well as Rachel Miller, Project Manager, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The American organizations to join this initiative that guides have been created by the Jewish at the Center for Jewish History (CJH) Thinker, and the Front Page Magazine. ranges from small historical societies to Buffalo Archives Project and expanded by and Co-Project Director, Laura Leone, He is a graduate of Dartmouth College major universities and specialized Jewish the University Archives to enable online at the CJH and Co-Project Director, and an admitted law student at Boston repositories. Alongside Jewish Buffalo access and “searchability.” By joining Susan Malbin, Co-Project Director at University. Archives collections and the CJH and together to organize and house collections, the American Jewish Historical Society Since its founding in 2008, J Street has AJHS sponsors, you can see materials the community funded Bureau of Jewish for launching our collections onto this attracted both supporter and opposition held by the Bancroft Library, the Education/Jewish Buffalo Archives center stage. 30 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 Agencies within the Jewish community and on college campuses. It inspires many idealistic Jews who yearn to end the Yad B’Yad May News Middle East conflict. Critics claim that J Street’s proposed solutions would By Matthew L. Schwartz, Director endanger Israel, and that its activism actually undermines support for the n Sunday, May 3, 2015 Yad B’Yad will celebrate our 3rd Annual Fashion Show Jewish State. (from 11:30am – 2pm) at the Park Country Club (4949 Sheridan Drive in The J Street Challenge is an exposé. OWilliamsville)! For those who have purchased their tickets already: we look The film examines J Street’s redefinition forward to seeing you there! For those who haven’t yet purchased their tickets and are of what it means to be pro-Israel. It still interested in attending, please contact Matt at (716) 204-5380 to inquire about debates the statements of J Street’s remaining availability – space is limited! leaders through comments and analyses from scholars and writers across a wide Yad B’Yad has had a Coffee on Elmwood. The group is new political spectrum. It examines some and we’re looking forward to seeing of the questionable financial support busy April! what direction it will choose to take! received by J Street. Those interested in joining us for future As Jeremy Ben Ami, founder of J On Sunday, April 12, 2015 we joined programming/activities are welcome to Street, has stated: “In keeping with with the Young Jewish Professionals do so, and can call (716) 204-5380 our tradition, we should work through group and Temple Beth Tzedek to learn for more information. We also have a our differences with respect, vibrant how to cook classic Jewish dishes from Facebook Group that folks are welcome discussion, and open dialogue.” a real live Bubbe (Grandma)! This was to join: http://www.facebook.com/ Last year’s Yad B’Yad fashion show was Fab! The J Street Challenge attempts to do the first in a four part series where we’re groups/BuffaloAspies/ just that. The Buffalo premier showing learning how to make traditional Jewish Yad B’Yad is a program of the Bureau programming, to volunteer, please visit of the film takes place on Tuesday, June cuisine. We had a great time and we were of Jewish Education that provides our website at www.yadbyad.org, find 9 at 7:00 PM at the Benderson JCC, in delighted to take some kugel home with outreach, advocacy and program support us on Facebook at http://www.facebook. the Maxine and Robert Seller Theatre. us! to assist people with disabilities in com/yadbyadbuffalo, or contact Matt The program is free and open to the On April 18th we held our first ever achieving full participation in Jewish life at (716) 204-5380 or matt@bjebuffalo. community. Adult Asperger’s Meetup Group at SPoT in Western New York. To join us in our org. We look forward to having you!

May 2015 | www.jfedbflo.com 31 32 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 Agencies Kol Rina Choir “I Just Discovered My Mother’s By Rachel Anderson Mother Was Jewish!” he Kol Rina Jewish Community Choir was founded in February T2011, the result of an appeal by Sandy Saada and Karla Wiseman. From our inception we have been led by our notable Director Sebnem Mekinulov, a graduate of Juilliard, professional opera singer, voice teacher and Choir Director. Sebnem also runs Cadenza, an opera workshop for young singers. We feel privileged to work under her professional tutelage and have come a long way since our beginning. Bryna Kahn Ram, our new pianist, is a graduate from Hartt College of Music. Born and raised in Brooklyn she moved to Connecticut, New York City then Florida before arriving in chilly Buffalo. Our harsh winter this year hasn’t chased her off to warmer climes! Our debut was a Chanukah Concert in December 2011, when we sang in the Maxine and Robert Seller Theatre at the JCC during their book festival. Since then we have performed in several concerts in the community for events such as: Yom HaShoah at Temple Beth Tzedek, Yom Ha’atsmaut at Weinberg, and a Memorial Concert at Shir Shalom in memory of Susan Wehle who died in the 3407 plane crash. Most recently we performed at Beth Tzedek honoring Ruth Merlin and in December “The Memories of Winters Past” concert at Temple Beth Zion. Much of our music is in English, but we do have some songs that we sing in Hebrew, Yiddish, Spanish and French. We are always looking for new talent to join with us. Currently we are about 20 members but would certainly benefit from increasing our numbers. If you are interested in singing check us out. Our only requirements are that you have an ear for music and can carry a tune. Each member of the choir is expected to have a limited membership to the JCC of $99.00. This entitles participation in any of the programming that the JCC offers; it does not however, include any gym privileges. This limited membership goes towards the Director’s salary. Our choir rehearses every other Thursday from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at the JCC on North Forest in Getzville. If you need more information please contact Suzette Stringer: [email protected]. Tel: 716-688-7671. May 2015 | www.jfedbflo.com 33

Agencies Jewish Federation Apartments A lot has been happening at the Jewish Federation Apartments. Many activities have been taking place, some of which have been in collaboration with Kadimah School students.

Model Passover Seder at the apartments, Einav Symons, Kadimah School Principal, explains conducted by Kadimah School students part of the Seder to JFA tenants.

Wii Bowling is a big hit at the apartments, where recently a league was formed. Here it is Pat Hyzy’s turn to bowl as others watch and later cheer!

High Wii bowling scores are shown by Islyn Robinson and Domenica Trifilo

Jewish Federation Apartments tenants (left to right): Steve Kent, John Bennett, Barbara Manhardt and Carolyn Bernhart attend a performance of A Taoist Tai Chi demonstration allowed JFA tenants Phantom of the Opera at Shea’s together with to try some moves Kadimah students

A Very Special Shabbat

By Nancy Schiller challah precede dinner, served by smiling community volunteers who seek to If you are lucky enough to receive a satisfy each guest’s dining preferences. Weinberg Campus resident’s invitation Weinberg staff persons efficiently and to join him or her for the festive monthly cheerfully make sure the special needs of Shabbat dinner, say ‘’Yes—I’d love to residents are met. come.’’ You will then be treated to a traditional Kosher Friday night meal. From the bowl of chicken matzah ball Seated in small groups of six to eight soup, to the coffee and pastry dessert, persons, all participate in welcoming individuals socialize with their hosts and Shabbat. A rabbi or lay leader delivers a make new acquaintances. The large crowd brief review of the weekly Torah reading has ample opportunities to greet old and the familiar Shabbat ritual begins. friends and chat with familiar Weinberg The blessing over the candles, Kiddush residents. Recitation of the final blessings with Kosher wine, and the ‘motzi’ over completes a truly wonderful evening. May 2015 | www.jfedbflo.com 35 Agencies JFS: Children with Mental Health Challenges Need Support from the Adults who love them hare with someone that you work daily to manage diabetes Sor hypertension and the response will most likely be one of concern, compassion – even commendation. Confide that you work daily to manage diagnosis of depression or anxiety and you are more likely to be regarded as impotent – perhaps even held responsible for your own condition. The truth is that, in any given year, one in four American adults experiences some form of mental health challenge. And across the population one in 17 adults lives with a serious mental health condition such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression, according to the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI). If adults are still struggling to come to terms both with the stigma of acknowledging a mental illness, and daunting difficulty of accessing mental health care, children and adolescents face an even greater challenge. “Parents may choose to overlook the warning signs their children exhibit for many reasons, high-risk behaviors and substance abuse. In 2013, President Obama designated including the stigma that sometimes “It is important for the parents of May as National Mental Health Awareness follows individuals with mental illness, older children and adolescents to discuss Month to bring to the forefront the such as labels of ‘crazy’ or ‘threatening’,” important issues relevant to their needs many issues concerning mental health. says Stephen Gilmartin, LCSW, a and development into well-adjusted National Children’s Mental Health psychiatric therapist at Jewish Family adults in balance with respecting their Awareness Week is May 4 -10, and May Service of Buffalo & Erie County. growing independence and need for 8 is National Children’s Mental Health Children and adolescents experience privacy,” advises Gilmartin, who also Awareness Day. “It is a day to focus on a multitude of stressors that often go works through JFS with the “Say Yes children and youth living with mental unreported to parents and other loved Buffalo” partnership. illness, and to come together to advocate ones. Coping with these day-to-day “Say Yes Buffalo” mobilizes community for a full array of effective services and stressors may be more difficult if mental supports to help vulnerable youth break supports for children affected by mental health issues are involved, he advises. “It through academic, financial, social, illness,” according to www.namiorg. is important for families to overcome medical and psychological barriers that The NAMI website also provides the stereotypes, educate themselves, and inhibit their ability to graduate from information on ways to recognize accept that mental illness does not have high school and pursue a college degree. National Mental Health Awareness to define the individual who is struggling Jewish Family Service currently provides Month individually and as a community. with it.” child and family counseling at Lydia T. Jewish Family Service of Buffalo Common mental health diagnoses Wright School of Excellence for children & Erie County provides confidential, for children include anxiety disorders, in kindergarten through eighth grade. compassionate mental and behavioral depressive disorders and attention- School-based mental health services health diagnosis, treatment and deficit-hyperactivity disorders. Warning provide emotional and social support, counseling for families, adults and signs that indicate young children may and behavior modification counseling seniors – and for children and adolescents benefit from a psychiatric assessment to children who might otherwise, for through its Children’s Mental Health include, but are not limited to, various reasons, be unable to participate Program. difficulties focusing, behavior changes in outpatient treatment. “If mental Parents or guardians concerned with and acting out aggressively. Red flags health needs are not addressed, children the mental or behavioral health of their PAUL J. MICHAELS for older children and adolescents may may become more susceptible to social child can call JFS at 716-883-1914 for an include sudden withdrawal from family and academic problems, school refusal, appointment or email [email protected]. and friends, changes in mood, physical substance abuse, criminality and suicide,” “It is never too late to help those who complaints, self-harming, engaging in Gilmartin says. need you the most,” Gilmartin says. 36 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 Agencies “I really loved touring at the Darwin Kadimah Partners with Martin House,” said Benjamin Sanders, HBLA Assists With College now an 8th grader at Kadimah, whose Darwin Martin House for younger brother, Michael, was also part and Graduate School of this year’s group. Junior Docents It also prompted the Martin House to Expenses begin looking at other opportunities for collaboration, not only with Kadimah School, but with other local private schools as well. And it led to the more elaborate program this year. Darwin Martin officials approached Kadimah about not only partnering again, but expanding the program. One regular docent, Michael Wohl, introduced this Young students showcase knowledge of year’s class to the history of America architecture, history and culture as they and Buffalo at the time that the Darwin take guests on tour of historic home Martin House was being constructed. experience two years ago. “My favorite Another docent, Penny Silverman, part of giving this tour was the fact that taught the students about the art of tudents at Kadimah School of Buffalo widely considered one of Wright’s finest my friends and family were able to come making stained-glass windows, and the are already known for exploring achievements of the Prairie house period along with me to see the beauty of this students created their own designs that Sthe traditions of our ancestors and is a National Historic Landmark. magnificent house,” said graduate Molly were showcased at the Darwin Martin and the teachings of the Torah. They’re Kadimah’s unique partnership with Brownstein. House’s Greatbatch pavilion. Silverman accomplished in delving into great works the Martin House began in the spring “It showed me how to have confidence also explored the “I-beam” construction of literature, the principles of Pythagoras of 2012, when Kadimah’s fifth-, sixth- speaking in front of a large audience,” said of the house with the students, who will and the science of the human body. and seventh-graders at that time received Hannah Slabodkin, older sister of two of tie the lesson to their science classwork by Now, they’re also exploring the cultural a tour of the Martin House complex this year’s junior docent participants, building balsa wood bridges to study the history and architectural heritage of their sponsored by a Kadimah parent and Maya and Jonah Slabodkin. forces at work. hometown, through a unique partnership Martin House donor. with Buffalo’s Darwin Martin House “The students demonstrated an Complex that taught students to be extremely keen interest in the house,” junior docents, capable of guiding a Martinick said. “They began asking tour through the Frank Lloyd Wright- many questions regarding all topics designed home. related to the Martin House. This was On March 22, Kadimah’s fifth- and quite remarkable considering this was sixth-graders took their families and the students’ first trip to the house. Their friends through the Darwin Martin interest did not fade once the tour was House, explaining the architectural details over.” of its construction and the reasoning Education volunteers from the Martin behind Frank Lloyd Wright’s design, House were thrilled by the students’ while deftly answering questions both enthusiasm, and created a special program from their guests and from the regular for their newest architectural historians. docents who accompanied them. Under the guidance of Martinick, the “Our students were the driving Kadimah students were trained by force behind this project,” said Anna docents to give a one-time tour to their Martinick, Kadimah’s science teacher family members and friends, allowing and school coordinator for the Darwin them to share their knowledge about the Martin collaboration. “Without their Martin House, work on public speaking enthusiasm and zest for learning, none of skills, and develop a new appreciation of this would have been possible.” their hometown. Located on Jewett Parkway, the “The results were apparent by the Darwin Martin House is one of two pride the students took when reciting Wright-designed structures in Western their parts, and the smiles on the faces of New York, and the only one in the city of their guests,” Martinick said. “Much was Buffalo. It was built in 1905 for Darwin accomplished by this collaboration. The Martin, the wealthy former president Kadimah students began to appreciate of the Larkin Soap Co. – namesake their cultural heritage, their parents of today’s Larkinville district east of saw just how much their children were downtown Buffalo. capable of and the Martin House found The residential complex, consisting the next generation of stakeholders.” of five interconnected buildings, is Former students raved about the May 2015 | www.jfedbflo.com 37 Agencies together to come up with solutions of how to best work with the snow. It took Snow Mishkan over a month to complete the project, because we couldn’t spend too much By Ita Khanin, Grade 8 time outside in the frigid weather. Ohr Temimim School The end result was really impressive! We had in our school’s backyard a model his past month, my friends and I of the tabernacle large enough for an at the Ohr Temimim school, along entire class to step inside its courtyard. Twith our teacher Mrs. Lorber, have We proudly hosted a tour for our fellow been hard at work. After we finished Ohr Temimim students, explaining the learning the portion in the Torah about different parts we had built and what the Mishkan, the tabernacle that the Jews it may have looked like in the real built in the desert, our teacher decided courtyard and tabernacle. The snow may to put our learning to good measure, have melted, but this project brought the literally. We, the girls in grades seven and portion of the Torah aglow in our hearts. eight, went outside to tackle the snow It was an incredible experience! that G-d had so generously dumped on the large field behind the school. First, we dug out a large area of snow to create the courtyard in which the Tabernacle was housed. We built everything to scale; two inches for every amah (about 24 inches). Then, we began to form the tabernacle structure and the vessels housed in and around it, constantly measuring and re-measuring because the snow kept coming down again over the weekend. We worked Preschool visiting L-R Rivkah Munitz, Racheli Taub, Mussia Kleyman, Ita Khanin, Simcha Maldonado and Chaya Greenberg

Preschool tour

Hard at work Digging the courtyard 38 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 Agencies JDC’s Passover Music Class with Miss Rivky The Jewish Discovery Center provided an exciting and fun- filled Passover experience for mothers and children in Rivky Greenberg’s special Pre- Passover music class. It was a large group of participants, many long-time ones and many new moms, too. Miss Rivky acted out the Passover story through music, The group of moms at the end of class, proudly displaying the Laryn, Dylan and Bryce were all action and song and engaged the oldest Adrian Weisman and his mother, Heather, had a handmade Shmurah Matzah they received. smiles at the end of music class and the youngest participants alike! From great time at the Passover music class, as did his sister, Aviva and grandmother, Marlene. Baby Moses to Pharaoh to the frogs, the seder table, all kinds of Matzah, the Matzah ball juggle, a lovely Dayenu dance, a fun movement version of the “Am Yisrael Chai” song and delicious child-friendly snacks, the children had a memorable afternoon at Music with Rivky. For more information about the upcoming Spring 2015 session, please log on to www. musicwithrivky.com or contact Rivky at The children worked hard building “cities” in Egypt, Miss Rivky, dressed up as King Pharaoh, acts out the Miss Rivky loved welcoming little Grey and his rivky@musicwithrivky or (716) 906-8890 which Pharaoh later destroyed. story of Passover, from slavery through freedom. mom, Jennifer to music class.

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Federation’s Interfaith Seder

Interfaith Seder Chair Susan Bring Tobe Rev. Laura Norris-Buisch from Riverside Rev. Dr. Tom Yorty of Westminister Rev. William Hennessy of North Rev. Kinzer Pointer of Agape Fellowship welcomed the more than 300 guests Presbyterian Church Presbyterian Church Presbyterian Church, Williamsville Baptist Church

Federation’s Interfaith Seder

Father Francis X. Mazur of the Catholic Diocese Dr. Surgit Singh of the Niagara Sikh Dr.Nasir Khan of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jewish Federation President Howard Dr. Irwin Gelman, Cantor Sharon Eve Colbert and Rev. of WNY Association Community, Buffalo Chapter Rosenhoch Dr. G. Stanford Bratton of the Network of Religious Communities Federation’s Interfaith Seder Congregation Beth Abraham’s Seder

Stephen Yonaty, Paul Pearson and Adrienne UJF Campaign Director Randi Morkisz, Heidi Helfman, Adam DePriest helps clear the table Edelman and Schapiro families at one of 5 seder tables Rothstein-Grace Dr. Ellen Rich and her two daughters.

Congregation Beth Abraham’s Seder

Getelle Rein and Judy Jacobson Members of the Korotkin family Musicians Marty Kerker, Aaron Schapiro and Damon The Kerkers and guest Beiter accompany lots of singing 40 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 for more than just Christmas. Sponsored by Jews In The News

JCC Early Childhood Kadimah Happenings for Passover & Spring

Kadimah students worked with seniors at Weinberg with pottery creations. This program is funded by the Jewish Federation Venture Ganon Kadimah students Funds and by The Better Together grant from the Heritage Foundation. made their own Hagadot Kadimah Happenings for Passover & Spring

Ozzy Abramovich enjoys a piece of matzo during Pesach! Model Seder with Mrs. Cowen! More Model Seders with Mrs. Cowen Basket weaving for Passover with Mrs. Beth Steinberg

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Barbara Levy Daniels Sings

Judith and Arthur Judelsohn at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center concert Barbara Levy Daniels singing tunes from her new CD Marcia Valente and Sharon Chapman at the event

Barbara Levy Daniels Sings AJC West Coast Florida Region

Enjoying the Jazz at Burchfield Errol Daniels taking photographs Ilene Fleischmann, Anne Virag, Lori Benderson and Marilyn Shuman, National AJC Anne Virag, regional AJC President- of the photographer Marilyn Shuman at an AJC Human Relations Dinner Executive Director David Harris and West Coast, addressing the group in Florida where Ms. Virag was re-elected AJC Ilene Fleischmann regional president-West Coast. Hadassah Luncheon at ECC

Hadassah Luncheon at Erie Community College The Rogers’ and friends at the Hadassah program Judy Stern’s group at the luncheon Hadassah friends enjoying the day Hadassah Luncheon at ECC A Trio of Rabbis

Vanessa Myers, Ellen Cappell and friend. Sophia Veffer with the chefs and managers Rabbi Drorah Setel of Temple Beth El- Niagara Falls, Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D,- President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and in Buffalo for a talk at the JCC and Rabbi Alex Lazarus –Klein of Congregation Shir Shalom. 42 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 for more than just Christmas. Sponsored by Jews In The News

Cantors’ Concert @ TBZ

Susan Bring Tobe, Lana Benatovich, Ken Rogers, Mara Gelman, Brooke Rosenblatt Joseph, Cantor Barbara Ostfeld, Cantor Penny Myers and Carol Oleshansky, Jim Myers, Cantor Audrey Kaufman, Barry Ganz and Cantor Irwin Gelman Todd Joseph and Jeremy Joseph Cantor Mark Horowitz Beth Marcus, Cantor Penny Myers, Robert Marcus

Cantors’ Concert @ TBZ Magevet Concerts in Buffalo

Rachel Goldstein, miriam treger honig, Julie Weinberg, Henry Garten, Cantor David Goldstein, Dr. Grant Golden, Members of Yale University’s Jewish a cappella group “Magevet” Buffalo’s Josh Fitt, Magavet member, Michael Weinberg, Hailey Weinberg, Lauri Goldstein Deborah Goldman, Amy Troy in Buffalo for several concerts. and his Kadimah teachers Naomi Cowen (l) and Anna Martinick (r) Magevet Concerts in Buffalo

Concert attendees at Sherry Chase and Ben Fitt’s home Attending the Yale Jewish a capella group were also the Jewish Josh Fitt with his parents Magevet sings for Kadimah and CHC students in Buffalo included Sarah Schultz, Julie Weinberg, Brocha-Leah Journal of WNY’s Cynthia Oppenheimer, Michaela Ben Abraham, Sherry Chase and Ben Fitt Kadimah and CHC students in Buffalo Greenberg and Darcy Wallen miriam treger honig and, Karen Wiseman. following the concert Havurah Seder Pesach at Chabad House

Pharoah Bernie Schenkler plays the accordion for University of Buffalo Students enjoying Dinner at Chabad House during Passover week. the Congregation Havurah Seder at the Brookfield Country Club May 2015 | www.jfedbflo.com 43 Not TheLastWord MY ZAYDA AND ME As told by Irv Freedman to Lori Mulhisen

osing my dad at a very early age, my Zayda (grandfather) became my role model and mentor. He liked being my role model and called me his shayner L(pretty) boy. Mr. Natan Burstein was the ba’al k’ri’ah (one who reads the Torah) for over fifty years at the Pratt Street Synagogue. His son, Hyman, donated a much-needed water fountain in his honor to the shul. And secretly, Mr. Burstein had a set of keys to the shul just in case the shammes (caretaker) slept in late.

sight was something everyone had to see. With no reins in her hand, the horse would follow her back into the yard as she hollered at him all the way and warn him if he ever did that again, he might become glue. My Zayda’s best friends were Hymie Greschen, who, according to my grandfather, was the finest butcher in the world and a soup bone from him was a real delicacy, and Mr. Mensch, the shoichet (chicken killer) and the moyle Irv Freedman’s mother, Eva, grandfather, Natan, and grandmother, Anna. (a person who performs circumcisions), who also had a beautiful store on William along with a boarder named Schmyelka. him everywhere he went and we ended Irv Freedman Street where you could get a tallis or a Being the entrepreneur that Mr. up at the Broadway Market where many The family business was the stabling mezuzah in 24 hours or less. Mr. Mensch Burstein was, he was always looking people recognized him and gave him of four horses and wagons for peddlers in also was the biggest supplier of yarmulkes to improve his corporate bottom line. kuvet (respect). He ended up speaking the backyard. For reasons which I could in New York State. As a little boy, I stood next to him as with Harry Benatovich who was the never understand, all Jewish horses were Our family “estate” consisted of what he looked out the kitchen window and leader of a family and quite engaged named Jerry. Asking Zayda why, he said we called a penthouse attic apartment declared, “That’s it right there.” And as in produce. Mr. Benatovich would do that he didn’t know but he would ask the and a lower cottage nestled in front of I looked out the window, I didn’t even anything for anyone and he singled out rabbi. Once in a while, one of the horses the horse stables. At this property, I have a clue as to what he was talking a real farmer with the biggest truck I would escape from the barn for greener believe we broke the code as far as too about. Again, pointing outside, I realized had ever seen. I realized that a deal was pastures and end up in Mrs. Patricola’s many residents in one dwelling. Residing he meant the concrete bunker where, by coming down with a company called back yard grazing on the most beautiful in the upper attic penthouse were my law, the peddlers had to dispose of the Manure For Sure which had bylaws of no plants and bushes known to man. To mom, my two brothers, and me. A short horse manure from the stables. Natan, cash—because no one had any. A system retrieve the horse into the yard, there was drop down on shaky ladder from the realizing that he had to pay to have of bartering was established. For every only one person that had the smarts to penthouse was the main dining room of someone take the manure away, turned bushel of manure, we received one bushel do so. It was my Bubbe (grandmother), the cottage which housed Zayda, Bubbe, to me and said, “We’re going to sell it.” of high quality produce of whatever Anna. She would go into the garden and their children, Hyman, Sam, Max, Even though I was a young kid, I said to item was in season. Our distribution and start hollering at that horse. This Jack, and Lena, where we ate together myself, I’ve got to see this! So I followed consisted of me, my brothers Rube and Maury, and our little red wagons who with Zayda (who always wore a straw hat, shirt, and tie), undersold most grocery stores’ suppliers of produce in the neighborhood. Only in America!

Irv Freedman is a life-long resident of Buffalo, New York, and has five grandchildren; a son, Andrew, who is a research physician at the National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health in Maryland; and a daughter, Michelle, who is a neuropsychologist in private practice in New York City. Lori Mulhisen is Irv’s niece. 44 www.jfedbflo.com | May 2015 Looking Marketplace for a To advertise call an Account Executive today! ? 972-2250 Are you looking for companionship

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