April 2008 Adar II/Nisan 5768 Volume XXXII: Number 7 FREE Sustainability and Religion panel inspired by Dalai Lama visit Tim Grimes, special to the WJN abbi Robert Levy will be one of four Educational Center in Pittsfield Township. faculty member of the Michigan Community Rabbi Levy received a B.A. in Bibli- local religious/community leaders in Their interfaith dialog provides an op- Scholars Program. cal Studies from Boston University where R a panel discussion at the Downtown portunity to learn about what religions are Crowfoot’s teaching focuses on the emerg- he was Magna Cum Laude. He received Library on Saturday afternoon, April 12. The doing and can do to address the threats of in- ing global crisis of unsustainability—envi- his masters of Hebrew Letters in 1977 and discussion, entitled “Sustainability and Reli- creasing environmental degradation, social ronmentally, socially, and economically and rabbinical ordination from Hebrew Union gion: Natural Partners or Uneasy Acquain- violence, and growing economic inequities examples of the variety of changes being College-Jewish Institute of Religion. At that tances,” is being held in conjunction with the and other negative impacts of the industrial made in different localities to attempt to re- time, he was the Temple Emanuel City of Earth Day/Sustainability lecture at Crisler growth system. duce this crisis. His approach to this topic is New York Scholar. In 2004, he received his Arena by the Dalai Lama on April 19-20. By interdisciplinary, incorporating in- Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from He- focusing on the connections between sus- Moderator James Crowfoot formation from physical, natural brew Union College. tainability and religion, the four panelists/ James Crowfoot is professor emeri- and the social sciences along with Rabbi Levy serves as chaplain at the Ann community leaders will bring their extensive tus of Natural Resources and Urban and information from religions and Arbor Veterans Administration Medical experiences and knowledge of Judaism, Bud- Regional Planning and Dean Emeritus spirituality. Center and is on the Human Subjects Sub- dhism, Roman Catholicism, and Protestant- of the School of Natural Resources and committee. During his sabbatical in 1995, ism to examine the threats and opportunities Environment at U-M. In the past, he Rabbi Robert D. Levy he served as the non-sectarian chaplain as- of unsustainability and sustainability. was director of the Pew Scholars Pro- Rabbi Robert D. Levy has signed to HIV positive patients. Rabbi Levy The distinguished panel will be moderated gram in Conservation and the Environ- been Temple Beth Emeth’s has conducted research on the effects of by Professor James Crowfoot of the Univer- ment for the Pew Charitable Trusts and Rabbi since 1984. spiritual counseling on cancer patients. He sity of Michigan School of Natural Resources President of Antioch College. Growing up, he was currently works closely with Ann Arbor’s and Environment. Professor Crowfoot brings Currently Crowfoot teach- actively involved in Domestic Violence Project Safe House. He his own experiences of teaching about these es part time for the U-M’s the Reform youth also regularly leads trips to Israel. In addi- topics and practical involvements in change undergraduate program movement; tion to his rabbinical duties, Rabbi Levy en- making to seek greater sustainability. in the Environment in the then he went joys athletics, cooking, traveling and riding In addition to Rabbi Levy, panel mem- College of Literature, to Israel for his bike. bers include Dr. Rolf Bouma, pastor of the Science and the Arts a year and Center for Faith and Scholarship/Campus and the School worked on Dr. Rolf Bouma Chapel (Christian Reformed) in Ann Ar- of Natural a kibbutz Rolf Bouma is the director of the Center bor; Sr. Paula Cathcart, Immaculate Heart Resources between for Faith and Scholarship, a Christian study of Mary/IHM and former member of the and Envi- high school center located in Ann Arbor at the Univer- IHM Leadership Council in Monroe; and ronment. and starting Gelek Rimpoche of the Jewel Heart Tibetan He is also a college. continues on page 2 Passover program features Julie Silver JCC Jewish Film Festival returns to Halye Aisner, special to the WJN he Jewish Com- and lyrical guitar player Michigan Theater May 11 munity Center will and one of the Jewish com- Halye Aisner, special to the WJN Sunday, May 11 through Thursday, May 15. host a Spring Pass- munity’s most popular folk he Jewish Community Center of T Festival highlights include the opening over program and concert singer and songwriters. Washtenaw County, in association night film, Making Trouble: Three Genera- featuring nationally known Few performers engage au- with the Jewish Community Center of T tions of Funny Jewish Women a documen- singer Julie Silver on Sun- diences as quickly or with Metropolitan Detroit and the Michigan The- tary which explores six legendary American day, April 13, beginning as much warmth and soul. ater, will bring the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Jewish women comics including Gilda Rad- at 4 p.m. The evening will Her audiences predictably Festival to Ann Arbor for its seventh year. The ner. In honor of Mother’s Day, A Celebration include the concert, Pass- respond not only to her festival will showcase 14 films over five days over crafts and activities, pure and expressive voice, at the Michigan Theater on East Liberty from continues on page 6 PJ Library story telling and but also to her brilliant gui- dinner. The Matzah Factory tar work and her extraordi- will also be on hand at this nary professionalism. Silver’s event. The cost is $8 per per- style is diverse: introspective son or $30 per family. This Julie Silver and engaging, uplifting and program is sponsored by charming. Her music touches the Benard L. Maas Foundation, the Jewish people with its beauty and simplicity. n Community Center of Washtenaw County For more information or to RSVP, contact the and the PJ Library Program of the Jewish JCC at 971-0990. Federation.Julie Silver is an accomplished
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2935 Birch Hollow Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 sity of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. from Boston University in the field of Systematic voice: 734/971-1800 Theology. In addition to thesis work on biotechnology and a theology of nature, he also has fax: 734/971-1801 been extensively involved in science and religion dialogue. e-mail: [email protected] In 2003, Dr. Bouma was appointed as lecturer in environmental ethics as part of the www.washtenawjewishnews.org U-M’s Program in the Environment. He also teaches theology at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. Each January, he joins the staff of the Au Sable Institute to teach environmental Editor and Publisher ethics at the ASI Great Lakes campus. This past year he was co-president of the Association Susan Kravitz Ayer of Religious Counselors at the U-M and also serves on the steering committee of the Life Sciences and Society program. Assistant Editor Emily Eisbruch Sister Paula Cathcart Calendar Editor Sister Paula Cathcart is a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Claire Sandler Mary of Monroe, Michigan. She has directed her energy to the mission of the community— by working with others to eradicate the causes of injustice and oppression and by helping Advertising Manager create structures that will promote justice and peace and bring unity among all peoples. Gordon White Sister Cathcart has years of experience in both elementary and secondary education as Design and Layout teacher, principal and counselor. She served as education/job training coordinator at Free- Dennis Platte dom House, a not-for-profit organization that provides comprehensive services to asylum seekers. Staff Writers In addition, Sister Cathcart served in elected leadership for the IHM Congregation. In Emily Eisbruch, Sandor Slomovits, Judy this capacity she initiated and oversaw an integrated long-range master plan and process for Cohen, David Erik Nelson the 278 acre motherhouse campus. This resulted in the communal decision of an “Integrat- Contributing Writers ing Idea” that saw the entire campus as a center for the transformation of consciousness Aura Ahuvia, Halye Aisner, Jacob Berkman, and identified sustainability as the overarching construct for decisions regarding their long Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, Devon Fitzig, Rabbi range plan. Implementation began with the sustainable renovation of the 375,000 square Aharon Goldstein, Tim Grimes, Ben Harris, foot Motherhouse. Erika Hauff, Pereta Hirshbein, Deborah Huerta, Lisa Keefauver, Carol Lessure, Nancy Margolis, Gelek Rimpoche Daniel S. Mariaschin, Stacie Roseman, Elliot Born in 1939 in Lhasa, Tibet, Gelek Rimpoche has played a crucial role in the survival Sorkin, Rachel Schreiber, Dina Shtull, Tom Tyend, Sharon Udasin and transmission of traditional Tibetan Buddhism. Recognizing the unique opportunity for the interface of spiritual and material concerns in today’s world, Rimpoche has also opened Mailing Committee a dialogue with science, psychology, medicine, metaphysics, politics, and the arts. Ruth Ankiewicz, Beverly Bixler, Ruth Breslaw, Ethel Ellis, Steve Fishman, Esther Goldman, Fran Mentored by some of Tibet’s greatest Buddhist masters, Rimpoche is among the last Goldman, Betty Hammond, Evelyn Horwitz, generation of Tibetan Lamas fully trained in ‘Old Tibet’, pre-1959. An example of kindness, Doris Jamron, Marilyn Krimm, Doris Miller, generosity, good humor, and inspirational insight, Rimpoche is particularly distinguished Bob and Sophie Mordis, Esther Perlman, for his familiarity with contemporary culture, and his special effectiveness as a teacher of Irwin Pollack, Lotte Rosenbaum, Esther Western practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism. Rubin, Sol Saginaw, Sarah Shoem, Nell Stern Rimpoche established his first Western teaching center in the Netherlands in 1985. In Special thanks 1988, Jewel Heart was founded as a non-profit organization in Ann Arbor, with chapters To all the businesses who support the WJN and study groups throughout the U.S., in Malaysia/Singapore and the Netherlands. Affiliat- with their advertisements ed with Nyare Khamsten of Drepung, Jewel Heart carries on the living tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, with a particular emphasis on the lineage of Je Tsong Khapa. The Washtenaw Jewish News is a free and in- dependent newspaper. It is published monthly, Rimpoche is an internationally recognized spiritual teacher and bestselling author of with the exception of January and July. It is reg- Good Life, Good Death and The Tara Box: Rituals for Healing and Protection from the Female istered as a Non-profit Michigan Corporation. Buddha, as well as over 30 teaching transcripts. Opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of its editors or staff. Sustainable development The United Nations Brundtland Commission, led by the former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Bruntland, defined sustainability or sustainable development as development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability Member of of future generations to meet their own needs.” Awareness is now growing that American Jewish Press Association unsustainability—environmentally, socially, and economically—is a threat to the future of human civilization. Religions and spirituality, along with science and other sources of knowledge and wisdom, can aid understanding what is happening in our communities and world and why certain changes are necessary to achieve sustainability. The conversations presented by these panel members will illustrate how we can help our communities and organizations change.n The panel discussion will occur on Saturday, April 12, from 3–4:30 p.m. in the Downtown Li- brary Multi-Purpose Room. The Downtown Library is located at 343 S. Fifth Avenue. For more information, call the Library at 327-4560. ©2008 by the Washtenaw Jewish News. All rights reserved. No portion of the Washtenaw Jewish News may be reproduced without My move permission of the publisher. Signed letters to the editor are welcome; they should will help not exceed 400 words. Letters can be emailed to the editor at [email protected]. Name will be withheld at Your move the discretion of the editor. 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------l’dor v’ dor l’dor Sharon has been Not only heading the Life Life and was president of the Michigan Jew ish Conference. He is also the founder, chief executive officer and president of ReCellular largest the world’s Inc., collector and reseller of phones. cellular heavily committed to active participation in Jewish communal life since high school where she was involved with the JCC and the B’nai organization Girls B’rith in Detroit. delegation Maccabi local Broadway Bound Broadway In In honor of Sharon and Charles Newman, Chuck Chuck and Sharon have four children and will be shown Thursday, April Thursday, shown be will Bound Broadway at 971-0990. at 971-0990. the founding Beth members ofEmeth. Temple Israel Michigan the co-founded Chuck Recently develop economic promote to Bridge Business Four(generation generation) to true. has come generations of Newmans have graced the halls of the JCC: in the early motheryears, Chuck’s Dorothy worked with the Senior program and in the preschool. play Newmans young today, the Jewish Community Center is launching a JCC Fund for the Future—an endowment fund—a lasting legacy which will pay annual dividends for the Jewish Community Center. The monies raised from this gala from dinner, JCC the to pledged gifts and Book Tribute the endowment this form will Future the for Fund all and of JCC the that inspiring its to ensure programs and events will grow and thrive for n come. generations to For more information, contact the JCC ment ment between Michigan and Israel. Chuck is a past chairman of the board of directors of Na Campus Jewish for Foundation the Hillel, tional for 10 years and leading them to win many gold Macca National the on served also Sharon medals, of member founding a Tem As years. for Board bi ple Beth Sharon servedEmeth, TBE as a member presi Sisterhood first its ofdirectors, board of its of and editor bulletin. the monthly dent, five grandchildren. Their dream— cope cope with the deteriorating marriage of their theirand Ferber) (Lenore mother hard-working father (Tim Grimes), who holds a secret that may jeopardize the entire David family. Keren plays the elderly grandfather and Kyle Marie is version Redbud’s in aunt unhappy but wealthy a of this famous comedy. April at 27, Artsthe Riverside 24 through Sunday, 76 Ypsilanti. North Evening Street, Center, Huron performances (Thursday–Saturday) are at 8 p.m. are Tickets p.m. 2 startsmatineeat Sunday the and Group seniors. and students for $15 adults; for $18 pre-show for discounts as well as available, are rates information, more For Restaurant. Haabs at dining visit reserve To tickets, redbudproductions.com. at 663-7167. Productions call Redbud ------Chuck and Sharon Newman and Sharon Chuck - - - - , Bound, to be presented by the
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of Mom’s will take place opening night with a side by side. It meets Ina, a 20-year-old beauty from a wealthy clutches. Assaf, smitten by this mysterious girl dessert reception and will be admitted free to is a film about diamond manufacturing family who instantly he has never met, feels he has no choice but to the film. what music steals his heart. But Jack is poor and already run in her footsteps. The film follows Assaf and The festival will also feature four Israeli films can do; the way married to Manja, a flirtatious and mercurial Tamar on parallel timelines, highlighting the in honor of the 60th birthday of the state of Is- it can tran- spouse. When the Jews are deported, the hus- distance between them and the loneliness they rael, including Knowledge is the Beginning, scend cultural band, the wife and the lover find themselves at endure until finally the two narratives converge. the story of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and political the same con- For Tamar and Assaf, the experience is an accel- where young Arabs and Jews perform music barriers, bring people together, defeat prejudice centration camp; erated journey into adulthood, a test of courage and live side by side. In Someone to Run With, and overcome religious differences. For found- actually living in and commitment, and a story of self-discovery a boy tries to track down the owner of a missing ing conductor Daniel Barenboim and the late the same bar- and first love. dog, and begins to piece together the incredible Edward Said, this orchestra is a symbol of what racks. Despite The film is sponsored by the Jewish Federa- story of the owner’s disappearance. Six Days is can be achieved in the Middle East. Manja’s objec- tion of Washtenaw County and Keshet a documentary that uses arresting archival foot- Comprising 80 Arab and Israeli musicians tion to their re- age to examine how the war in 1967 remade the ages 13 to 26, the film chronicles five summer lationship, Jack and Ina resort to writing secret Wednesday, May 14, 2 p.m. Middle East. David Rubinger: Eye Witness is a workshops in Weimar and Seville as well as love letters that sustain them throughout the A Good Uplift film of the photographer journeying back to Barenboim’s visit to Jerusalem in May and the horrible circumstances of the war. The Festival first featured this short docu- the places and people he photographed in Is- Divan Orchestra’s sensational concert in Ra- Steal a Pencil for Me is the story of a six-de- mentary by filmmaker Faye Lederman in 2006 rael, and how he leads viewers to a better un- mallah in August, 2005. cade-long love affair, a fairy tale born of amazing and it has been a Festival favorite ever since. So derstanding of the contemporary Israeli reality. deprivation. You have never seen anything like it. here it is for an encore appearance! After the film, David Rubinger will be on hand Monday, May 12, 5 p.m. The movie pays homage to Magda Bern- to lead an open discussion on Israel, photogra- Sketches of Frank Gehry Tuesday, May 13, 5 p.m. stein, the owner of a mom-and-pop lingerie phy and other matters. “If you are a complete layman and not an ar- I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and shop on New York’s The Festival will close with a showing of Nina’s chitectural specialist, what’s so wonderful about Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal Lower East Side. For Home, 2008 Winner of the Sarah and Harold Got- Frank Gehry? What is all the fuss about?” This is This latest formidable Holocaust-related 33 years, she has been tlieb Award for Contributions to Jewish Culture. the question director Sydney Pollack puts forth documentary looks at the man whose persis- sizing up and dress- The Sponsor Reception will take place preceding and attempts to answer in his first documen- tent, unflinching resolve led to the capture of ing women in un- the film at 6:30 p.m. at the Michigan Theater. tary feature that spans five years of the architect’s 1,100 former Nazi officers. The work of Simon derwear that makes The Ann Arbor Festival is made possible illustrious Wiesenthal is among the most heroic Jewish them feel beautiful, thanks to the Charles and Rita Gelman Edu- career. stories of the 20th (and 21st) century. inside and out. The cational Foundation, the Michael and Patricia Frank Despite the reductive title “Nazi hunter,” dressing-room mo- Levine Philanthropic Fund, and the Michigan G e h r y Simon Wiesenthal left ments are sweet— Theater. Ann Arbor chairs are Levana Aron- loves to a legacy that included and the length is a son, Rachel Seel, and Roberta Tankanow. The sketch; it is a worldwide human- perfect fit. As critic Molly Priesmeyer said, “Any festival will also take place in Commerce Town- the beginning of his architectural process. Begin- rights organization. more would feel like too much...uh, padding.” ship, Birmingham, Windsor and Flint. The full ning with Gehry’s original sketches for each project, Along with archival The Powder and the Glory schedule is listed on the JCC web site at www. the film explores Gehry’s progression of turning footage, photos and in- Directors Ann Carol Grossman and Arnie jccannarbor.org. these abstract drawings into, tangible, three-di- terviews with friends, Reisman reveal the personalities behind the Tickets to each film are $10; a festival pass, good mensional masterpieces of the modern age. family and Wiesenthal “makeup” of archrivals Helena Rubinstein and himself, this harrow- Elizabeth Arden, two amazing women who for all 14 Ann Arbor films, is available for $65. Tax Monday, May 12, 8 p.m. deductible sponsorship opportunities are also ing portrait reflects his dared to create an industry in a man’s world— Black Book stubborn insistence at a time when only performers and prostitutes available with a $360 donation or more. For more This film, from his native Netherlands, is information, call the JCC at 971-0990. that “A soldier does not wore cosmetics. director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Robo- leave the battlefield.” Starting with nothing, the two women Sunday, May 11, 8 p.m. Cop) first film in 20 years. Set during the end of Narrated by Academy Award winning ac- founded—and then reinvented—the $150 bil- Making Trouble: Three Generations of WWII, Black Book is the story of a Dutch Jew- tress Nicole Kidman, the film features unseen lion global health and beauty industry. That Funny Jewish Women ish girl who narrowly survives the war in Hol- archival footage and interviews with longtime Madame Rubinstein chose to keep her Jewish This documentary explores six legendary land. She joins the resistance to find out who Wiesenthal associates, government leaders name makes American Jewish women comics. Director Ra- betrayed her family, after all of them were killed from around the world, friends and family her triumph in an attempt to reach the liberated south. members, many of whom have never discussed all the more The final years of World War II find Rachel the legendary Nazi hunter and humanitarian remarkable. Stein, once a famous singer, taking refuge with on camera. On the sur- a family in rural Holland. When this safe house face, it’s a story is bombed by Allied Forces, Rachel is forced to Tuesday, May 13, 8 p.m. of how two flee and put herself into the hands of a sympa- Someone to Run With pioneering, thetic lawyer who has helped Jews escape to Al- A Celebrate Israel at 60 Feature Film entrepreneurial women created an industry; at lied territory. Based on the best-selling novel by David an even deeper level, it is about the sea change chel Talbot has created a tribute to Molly Picon, He reluctantly Grossman, this much-honored film captures in society that made women full partners in the Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Wendy agrees to help the unrelenting pace, suspense and heartfelt American dream. Wasserstein and Gilda Radner, whose comedy her escape and drama of the original material that sends us on This film is sponsored by the Ann Arbor Chap- styles defied cultural expectations and changed adds her name a riveting ride through the streets of Jerusalem. ter, ORT America and the ORT Cinema Club. all the rules. The film includes an exhilarating and rendez- Assaf, a shy, awkward 17 year-old is yanked mix of contemporary performance, interviews vous point in from his boring summer job and given the im- Wednesday, May 14, 5 p.m. and rare archival footage. a little black possible task of tracking down the owner of a David Rubinger: Eye Witness Making Trouble spans more than a century notebook. During the dangerous journey, the Labrador retriever found wandering the streets. A Celebrate Israel at 60 Feature Film of theater, television and film history. Here are group is ambushed by German troops and all As he follows the dog, Assaf begins to piece to- This film is Israel as seen through the eyes three generations that went from Vaudeville are killed except for Rachel who is able to escape gether the incredible story of the owner’s disap- of David Rubinger, the laureate of the Israeli and the Yiddish Theater to Broadway and from and join the Dutch Resistance. In this story of pearance, a story that captures his imagination Prize for Photography and an internationally Ziegfeld’s Follies to Saturday Night Live. In a love and betrayal, Rachel searches for the truth and pulls him in; the story of a girl named prominent photographer. scene taken right from Broadway Danny Rose, and attempts to right past wrongs during this Tamar. Rubinger began photographing in 1947, and comediennes Judy Gold, Jackie Hoffman, Cory turbulent time in history. One month earlier, Tamar, a gifted musician, since then he has documented famous leaders Kahaney and Jessica Kirson guide us through Although this exciting film caused a great embarks on a desperate journey into Jerusalem’s and exciting characters. He has been an eyewit- the lives of these amazing and talented women. deal of controversy, it has risen in popularity seedy underworld and becomes ensnared in its ness to the dramatic events that took place in and has gained wide acceptance. Israel throughout the years.
April 2008 April Sponsored by Patricia and Michael Levine. In the film, Rubinger journeys back to the A Monday, May 12, 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, 2 p.m. places and people he photographed and leads Knowledge is the Beginning Steal a Pencil for Me viewers to a better understanding of the con- A Celebrate Israel at 60 Feature Film This compelling documentary feature by temporary Israeli reality. Rubinger’s pictures This is multiple award-winning film is the Oscar-nominee Michèle Ohayon is about the represent his own life story, professional views story of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, power of love and the ability of humankind to and experiences, but mainly his great love for where young Arabs and Jews perform and live rise above unimaginable suffering. the country and its people. With Holland under Nazi occupation, Jack Washtenaw Jewish News Jewish News Washtenaw 6 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2008 7 ------n Not only did we make an impact on the citythe on impact an make we did only Not a in but students, college seven just are We But amidst the laughter remains a huge prob huge a remains laughter the amidst But lem: lem: The problem of devastation, the problem To Rebuilding Through missing. gone spirits of Lower the of tour a on go to able were we gether, a chance to see with our own Ward, eyesNinth the disaster that still lingers nearly three years after the “Some storm. things were really hard Stacie to look Goldberg “There at,” said. were some points where I felt like I couldn’t hold break to I going was like anymore, it together in laid a community was saw we What down.” that Houses town. a ghost like looked It ruins. once held the lives and memories of so many people were either bulldozed completely or left in shambles. Most people who were in once home their about passionate and spirited so the at trailers FEMA in living were Orleans New every if that the to return to unable were or of side road, the residents by told were We all. at city tourist through who their drove neighborhood they them would have give could just cents, ten it and their restore and homes their rebuild to enoughhelp, our needs Orleans New community. shortthe in week could what we do to great felt there. were that we deepen able also were we but Orleans, of New our link within “Offer the Jewish community. is an programs break alternative ing students integral part of creating their Jewish identities and strengthening their connection with the said Audrey Jewish Bloomberg, community,” the Program Director of Hillel at In EMU. the evenings, we participated in group discussions on broader topics of social justice and the Jew ish value or of “tzedek,” righteous behavior. There was also time for individual reflection, group and pairs), in (discussion time “chevurta” bonding activities. the spirit single able restore to week we were of an elderly woman, while learning about was This experience way. the along ourselves away ourselves pulled We changing. life truly our challenged and zones comfort our from selves in ways we never thought we could, ladder foot 20 a climbing meant that whether or Michael simply talking out our emotions. Al third his as this who counted Newmeyer, how “Just ternative Spring much said Break, much how and inspiration, much how hope, passion can I fit into asuitcase? There is no seen here, have we the wounds for Band-Aid but with love and compassion and dedica can heal them.” we maybe tion, ing about the fact that they lost everything,” stated everything,” lost they that fact the about ing Vergun. Rachel EMU freshman 19-year-old ------As for stories, the week was overflowing with with overflowing was week the stories, for As “Working “Working on the same project all week ho the to talk to chance a got we that fact The Campus Hillel at EMU students with staff members from Hillel at EMU, Jewish Funds For Funds Jewish at EMU, Hillel with staff members from EMU students Hillel at Orleans home of the New in front Orleans, New Together and Rebuilding Justice on all week worked they Making a difference: EMU Hillel difference: Making a Orleans help rebuild New students special the WJN to Stacie Roseman, er er on our first dayon theworksite, offering us kitchen food and her a chance to hear onto her devastating story. climbed she storm, the During countertop as the water began to rise, and was then later helped out by her neighbor with his were we house whose woman the “Meeting boat. to helped really story her hearing and on working make the project Staceya personal experience,” “I listening enjoyed to Oberman her storiessaid. as well as seeing the look of excitement on her house was completed.” when her face many perspectives people’s regarding what hap pened during Hurricane Katrina, and what has occurred in its had aftermath. We the opportu nity to speak with representatives from differ ent social justice organizations. also We heard the stories of ordinary New Orleans commu nity members who through Onelived the storm. group that left a lasting impression in our minds Ninth Lower the from residents of group a was the community Ward, that suffered through the worst of the flooding. Theytold us the storyof But past. theirthey how lost their their houses, evacuation, the of mementos their and belongings, with story tragic their shared they as somehow, us, they were able to keep smiles on their faces. “When we talked with residents from the Lower it me shocked that they laughwere - Ward, Ninth project. project. She graciously invited us into her trail “I am coming home. I will rebuild. 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March February through 24 the non-profitorganizations Jewish Funds for a Justice, public foundation dedicated to cre ating a just, and fair, compassionate America, a and national Rebuilding organiza Together, disabled the for houses restore to helps that tion spent the week painting the We and the elderly. woman living years 89-year-old an for of a house half exterior a and two last the spent has who Agency Management Emergency in a Federal (FEMA) trailer. helped us form a connection with Orleans.New went week the as progress our see to able were We accomplishments,” our of proud really be and on, 20-year-old EMU sophomore Angela Bevak to good really me feel makes “It commented. house her in back is woman elderly an that know rightpartially now because of us.” meowner helped us to focus our passion on the I ------his moth er at age six, and her words and spirit hover over the film. While everyone agrees stars Jewish Tunisian actress, introduces Lior introduces with Lior Praying Nina’s Home Nina’s 2008 Winner of the Sarah and Harold Got Praying with Lior docu tender and wrenching engrossing, An Nina’s Home Nina’s an on based is picture motion startling This and Charles the by sponsored is film This Toward the end of World War II, the French French the II, War World of end the Toward The movie poses difficultquestions such as Lior – whose name means “my light”—lost light”—lost “my means name whose – Lior flict had such profound consequences. global profound flictsuch had Agnès Agnès Jaoui as the director of and discipline of one blend a ofWith these hope”. of “houses but charges, her guides Nina affection, maternal when chaos into thrown is balance delicate this concentration European Eastern from survivors unmanageable often and new with arrive camps traumas. They are a disparate, wild, damaged and group, conflicts occur between the secular and Jews the French survivors who feel obliged fami offaith exterminated the their practice to way way houses is portrayed in this cinematic mas- terwork from the late Oscar-winning writer/ BestDembo (Winner Foreign Richard director ). Diagonale La Fou du 1984, Film, see the We psychological lies. and practical dif food andficulties security, of providing shelter, emerging world a to adjust children the as love madness. from of children the As stories. trueof amalgamation shad the from themselves recreate Home Nina’s will that hope and life sense we prevail. ows, n Foundation. GelmanRita Educational Thursday, May 15, 8 p.m. Thursday, Contributions for Jewish to Culture Award tlieb government found several large locations to - success hidden had who children Jewish house children as well as Occupation the during fully who survived the thesesent to camps that were of one at Life half these liberation. after homes Thursday, May 15, 5 p.m. Thursday, mentary film, mentaryfilm, Jewish the Mitzvah, Bar approaches Lior As ing. with coming-of-age ceremony different characters “praying spent life into window a provides Lior.” God? to talks really who and “disability” is what with Praying and humor, with intimacy Told Lior is a family a story, triumph a story, grief story. a divinely-inspired story, Liebling, Liebling, also Lior called“the haslittle rebbe.” Down syndrome, and has spent his entire life praying with utter abandon. Is he “spirituala as many around him genius” say? Or simply the vessel that contains unfulfilledeveryone’s wishes and expectations? a best a burden, also he’s God, to closer is Lior friend, an inspiration, and an embarrassment, depending on which family member is speak ------T h e shooting lasted on six tense days in June 1967, but the Six Day War After the film,the After David David Rubinger will be on hand to lead an open discussion on Israel, photog raphy and other matters. - explores how explores these events became the Beginning with the buildup to the war and This film is sponsored by the Jewish Federa Jewish the by sponsored is film This Six Days Six Film at 60 Feature Israel A Celebrate In time for Israel’s 60th anniversary comes Brother’s Shadow Brother’s is the black sheep Groden of Jake his family. Jake, a brilliant The actors deliver strong performances This filmbyis Irwin sponsored and Fran has never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing de cades cades stems from those six fateful days. This look at victoryIsrael’s is a taut tense, diary of a militaryhigh-stakes game. chess Israeli of maneuvering military and political the through us EgyptianPresi takes and Eshkol Levi Minister Prime film the Nasser, Adel Jame dent the Jordan, with war the offighting, days six the occupation of Bankthe West and the annexa tion of Jerusalem. Featuring stunning archival from war the of accounts first-hand and footage it, fought who soldiers Arab and Israeli the both Six Days regional the reshaped that history in point flash political landscape, destroyed old systems and brought new forces to the Rarely surface. in - shortmodernso timeshas con a localized and chival chival footage to examine how the war in 1967 East. the Middle remade this new documentary that uses arresting ar Ankle-deep in fish guts, the ex-con is serving is serving ex-con the in guts, fish Ankle-deep out his parole in Alaska. Then, after a decade of self-imposed exile, he is forced to return to with his family “perfect” in to Brooklyn find that his Welcomed died. has Michael brother, twin disdain his by father and with hisby reluctance the fam save to attempts Jake widow, brother’s Groden business, ily Custom Furniture. He also takes his nephew, Adam, who is fascinated by the mysterious he uncle look-alike never knew existed, his wing.under craftsman with a radical sense of de sign throws himself designsTo his But business. family clientele. the reviving into brother’s his for eccentric too prove secure an enormous order he is into forced the identity. his brother’s he adopts unthinkable; steady hand behind and Yellin’s director Todd Duncan by score original an with camera, the Sheik, whose Broadway musical Spring Awak ening recently won eight awards, make Tony terrificthis one film. Martin. Thursday, May 15, 2 p.m. Thursday, Wednesday, May 14, 8 p.m. May 14, 8 Wednesday, tion of Washtenaw County. tion ofWashtenaw IOn Another Note
Guitarist and singer songwriter Natalia Zuckerman to perform at The Ark Sandor Slomovits, staff writer atalia Zukerman is the daughter of maybe you’re a songwriter.” So the songwrit- I’ve always felt totally supported, pursu- number of the songs it sounds as though Pinchas and Eugenia Zukerman. ing came much later than the guitar. ing visual art or music. I just started paint- there is a rhythm guitar and also a lead slide That fact alone, in some circles, ing again recently and she’s always so happy guitar adding an extra voice. N WJN: When did you know that what you’re doing would be enough to convince many people when she sees me doing that. She knows that now, the music, is what you wanted to do? Zukerman: One of the biggest compliments to give her music a listen. But, there are other, it’s a huge part of what I’m passionate about, I’ve had recently, was someone talking about far more compelling reasons to check out this Zukerman: You know, music was such a part so when I make time and incorporate that the same thing you are. I was in a guitar festi- gifted guitarist and singer songwriter. of my life from… birth. It is a part of the into my life, I know she’s always really happy val, and we performed Bob Dylan’s live 1966 At her last appearance here, during her set in fabric of who I am. I’ve always played mu- to see that. Royal Albert Hall Concert record from start the Ann Arbor Folk Festival in January, some- sic. Professionally, I didn’t think I was going I have two incredibly artistic parents, and my to finish. Everyone was to find one song, and one shouted from the audience, “You’re phe- to do that. After sister, Arianna is an opera there was an incredible amount of amazing nomenal!” It is an assessment that more and college I moved singer, so to see their lives talent playing that night. I played “Fourth more people are likely to come to share. up to the Bay area in the arts has had a huge Time Around,” the second song on that re- I recently spoke by phone with Zukerman and worked in an effect on me. cord. I got off stage—you couldn’t see the from her upstate New York home. art gallery, taught WJN: Do you ever per- performers from back stage—and Harry some art classes, form with your sister, or Manx, who was also playing that night said WJN: When you were a child, did you hear your drawing and paint- your parents? to me, “I really liked what you did with the parents practicing? ing, started my song, really nice guitar work. Who was play- own mural paint- Zukerman: I have per- Zukerman: Yes, I listened to them practice all ing slide?” ing company. formed a tiny bit with the time. There was always chamber music I’m spending a little more time in the I was writing my sister. I play guitar going on in the living room. It was incred- privacy of my own room, learning the more songs, playing gui- and she sings—some ible to hear arguably—actually (she laughs) traditional styles, but when I concentrate on tar. It sort of just standards, some Edith unarguably—the best classical music that writing, that’s not what comes out. happened a little Piaf. It’s great fun. Espe- there is, right there in our living room. bit by accident. cially when she comes WJN: What do you see yourself doing ten years In our house it was required to study an (Laughs) I wrote to my gigs and jumps from now? Or do you think like that? instrument, so I had violin lessons and later enough songs to up on stage to do a few on classical guitar. It was a huge part of our Zukerman: (Laughs) You know, things have record an album, so with me. It’s so great lives. You had to do your homework, you had been going pretty quickly for me. I decided I did that. I moved to hear opera in a bar to make your bed, you had to do the dishes, to pursue this full time in 2004. I met the back to New York Natalia Zuckerman or coffeehouse setting! and you had to practice your instrument. (Ann Arbor based) Fleming booking agency in 2001 and started She always gets such an It certainly taught me a lot. It helped my and got signed on their roster in 2005, and meeting lots of other musicians and started incredible response. It’s really fun for the au- studying, my academics as well. have really been working hard traveling playing at open mics. It wasn’t until about dience and REALLY fun for me! around the country the last few years. I think WJN: Your paternal grandfather played the four years ago that I quit my other job; I was I haven’t played with my mom or dad yet my writing has improved, my performances clarinet in klezmer bands in Poland and then teaching guitar, painting still, and started to but I’d really like to. My mom did play on have improved, I guess I hope to be making later in Israel. Did you know him? give the singer songwriter world my full at- my first two records though, and it was such really good music. I don’t know what kind. tention. It’s still relatively new for me, but a special experience. Zukerman: He died when I was six months old, I’d love to be in a band. I’d love to have a it seems to be the one that’s sticking. The so unfortunately I didn’t get to know him. WJN: Who are some of the people who you’ve band. I could do all sorts of different musi- painting has taken a serious back burner, but But, apparently he had music coming out listened to, who are closer to your style of cal pursuits. it’s something that I can always have. of every part of him. He could make music music? I’d also really like to find more time for with anything. He’d play music on a comb WJN: I was, of course, familiar with your par- the visual arts part of my life. So, hopefully Zukerman: I listened to Mississippi Fred Mc- and tissue paper. He taught my dad how to ents’ work in music, but I didn’t know that I can drive around a little bit less. (Laughs) Dowell, Bonnie Raitt, Rory Block, I just saw play clarinet as a kid. That was my dad’s first your mom was also a writer until I read that That would be great. Michelle Malone for the first time—great instrument. in your bio. Do you feel you got your lyric I hope to have a family… lots of things. I slide player. My friend Anna Agge is play- writing from her? have a lot of hopes for ten years from now. WJN: You started writing songs seriously after ing great slide. There’s a bunch of women We’ll see. you got out of college. What did you study Zukerman: That’s a really nice way to put it. I who play slide, but I think I’m not… no, I in college? think my mom has been a huge influence on don’t think, I know I’m not playing blues. I WJN: You’re coming to the Ark this month. me in that she is so proficient at many dif- definitely have the blues influence, but I use Zukerman: I took one semester of classical gui- Zukerman: Yes, when I’m playing at the Ark, ferent things. She’s a writer; she works as the the slide a lot more like a small color. I’m tar at Oberlin and then switched over to the I will have my new record out, Brand New arts correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning not playing the standard…(here Natalia scat art department. I studied visual arts and art Frame. It’s the first time I’ve worked with a and runs the Vail Valley Music Festival in the sang a typical blues riff) kind of thing. I have history. Painting primarily. producer. Willy Porter produced it and it’s summers in Colorado. Just watching some- a few tunes that are like that, but the slide I going out under his label, Weasel Records. WJN: Did the guitar come first and the song- body have… she’s got an incredible amount incorporate into my style is more like a little I’m just really proud of this new record. The writing later? of discipline in terms of the way that she can flourish that I use here and there. Ark show will be my CD release concert. I utilize her time and her talents. She has so I sometimes get a little uncomfortable can’t think of a better place to do that. The Zukerman: I studied classical guitar in high many talents. And it’s not like she’s a jack- when people say I’m a slide guitar player be- Ark, the Siglins, (Dave and Linda Siglin, school and I had this wonderful teacher of-all-trades and master of none. She’s really cause I don’t consider myself worthy of that longtime managers of the Ark) have been who taught me songs by Suzanne Vega, Sean a master of all of them. To get to see her put title, just yet. so supportive, And my booking agent, Jim Coleman and Woody Guthrie as well as the all her passions to work, it’s just been a huge WJN: I don’t know about that, but I do agree Fleming is in Ann Arbor too, so it feels like classical repertoire that I was learning. influence on me, especially as a woman in that you don’t use the slide in some of the home to me. n the arts. I think it’s incredibly difficult to When I got to college I was taking clas- conventional ways that I am familiar with. I have a long-standing career and she’s done Natalia Zukerman appears at the Ark on Friday, sical guitar and starting to do a little bit of read in the liner notes of your last recording that by pursing the things she’s really pas- April 18. For ticket information, call 761-1451. songwriting and it was actually my profes- that you recorded the whole album without sionate about. sor at Oberlin who said, “You know, I think doing overdubs, essentially “live,” but on a April 2008 April A Washtenaw Jewish News Jewish News Washtenaw 8 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2008 9 helper? mother’s [email protected] babysitter babysitter or Need a nanny, positions e’ve been e’ve since 1997. 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Shir HaShirim, the Song of Songs Rabbi Robert Dobrusin, special to the WJN uring each of five important holi- different stages in his life. The Song of Songs of the Torah at Sinai and the people’s com- days of the Jewish year, we read was written, says the Midrash, when he was mitment to observe the commandments is D from one of the five megillot, the a young man while Proverbs, the book of often viewed in the tradition as a marriage five “scrolls” which are part of the Ketuvim, wisdom, was written when he was a middle- ceremony in which both parties pledge their the Writings. On Pesach, we read from Shir aged man; and Ecclesiastes, with its fatalistic love and devotion. HaShirim, the Song of Songs. attitudes, was written when he was an elderly Song of Songs is arguably the most un- man. But the notable authorship is only part likely of biblical books. In fact, there is a rab- of the reason for the holy status of Song of The rabbis claim that the binic debate recorded in the Talmud about Songs. The rabbis claim that the book is a the inclusion of the book in the Tanach. parable, speaking of the love between God book is a parable, speaking of While some apparently objected to its inclu- and the people of Israel. sion, it was no less a sage than Rabbi Akiva If that is the case, it is only one of many the love between God and the who said that Israel was never as fit as the such representations. The prophet Ezekiel day that the Song of Songs was revealed. For, describes the entire story of the Exodus from people of Israel. Rabbi Akiva said, if the entire Bible is holy, Egypt and the sinning of the people in terms Reading Song of Songs for the first time the Song of Songs is the holy of holies. of a man finding a young woman in dis- might be surprising. We might ask, as did some What is the cause of this debate? Simply tress, cleaning her up, and taking her to be of the rabbis, why this is in the Bible. We can ap- put, the Song of Songs is a detailed, graphic, his wife only to see her become unfaithful. preciate the text for its beauty, and we can also passionate love poem. While some of the While we might be uncomfortable with this understand the reason why the tradition wanted metaphors might not be clear to us or ap- text from several different perspectives, at the to preserve this book as a graphic metaphor of peal to us, there is no misunderstanding the same time, at its core, it presents a beautiful something that cannot really be explained—the meaning of these metaphors: they speak of picture of the relationship of God and the love of God for human beings. an intense, physical and intimate love. people of Israel. This relationship is one of As we sit at the seder table and reflect on the foundations of Jewish faith. issues of slavery and freedom, marveling at There are other examples of such themes the lasting traditions that we share and are The Song of Songs is a in Jewish literature including, for example, committed to upholding, we should also Yedid Nefesh, a beautiful hymn sung at the take some time to reflect upon our covenant detailed, graphic, passionate beginning of Shabbat evening services. This with God, which is based upon obligation, poem, too, describes our relationship with commitment and love. In the spirit of Song love poem. God in graphic, romantic terms. of Songs and its noted author, we should The Song of Songs fits into this tradition, Why, then, did the book end up in the look at the seder and the holiday of Pesach and its use on Pesach reflects one of the mes- biblical canon? The first verse of the book as an opportunity to look past any cynicism sages of the Passover story. identifies the author of the book as King Sol- or boredom we have acquired over the years, In our tradition, the Exodus from Egypt omon. A beautiful Midrash claims that Solo- and recapture the pure and passionate love is presented as being the first act of love per- mon was the author of three biblical books at that all of us should have for our marvelous ONLY formed by God for the people. The giving tradition. n iPod/MP3 Shabbat Hagadol—the Great Sabbath Battery & Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, special to the WJN Installation n the Shabbat before Passover get there is not an end in itself, but only a ulterior motives may be, because a mitzvah (April 19), the rabbi shall teach necessary means by which we may arrive connects an individual to God and brings Some makes, models, or styles may be excluded. Limit 1. O and explain the laws of Passover,” at our destination. Therefore, the “ways of holiness down into the physical world. Expires 04.30.08 states the Code of Jewish Law. This refers to God” are not the Torah and mitzvot (com- But God wants Jews to rejoice in His Torah the traditional sermon given on this Saturday, mandments) themselves, for these are the and do His mitzvot with zeal and enthusiasm, Shabbat Hagadol—the Great Sabbath, a link ultimate goal. “The ways of God” must, ac- not with an eye to fulfilling only the barest with olden days when “people from all the cordingly, refer to anything which will lead minimum prescribed by law. That is why our ANN ARBOR surrounding villages would gather together us to a more observant and religious life. emotions play such an important part in our 3120 Packard Rd (Between Platt & Carpenter) to learn the laws of the upcoming holiday.” Love and awe of God are the two main observance, and why we are obligated to re- Must the Rabbi include anything specif- paths that lead us to a fuller life of Jewish flect on the greatness and glory of God, to 734.975.2463 ic in his sermon? The Code answers: “The observance. These two emotions infuse our lead us to the proper awe and respect. Mon-Fri 8:30 - 7:00, Sat 9:30 - 5:00, Sun 11:00 - 4:00 most important thing is that he expound service of God with the proper joy and de- This Shabbat, when the rabbi delivers www.batteriesplus.com upon and show them the ways of God, and light. The Torah and mitzvot themselves are his sermon, he will deliver more than a dry teach them the deeds that they must do.” our objective, but it is the love and rever- recitation of the minutiae of practical Torah Obviously, the “deeds that they must do” ence we feel for God that ensures that our law. Rather, he will endeavor to infuse the refers to the cleaning, nullification of leav- actions will be performed in the most per- congregation with the positive feelings that en, baking of matzah, preparations for the fect manner possible. are the “ways of God,” which bring us to the seder, and other practical matters pertain- “A mitzvah performed without the prop- perfection in our service that we seek. For it ing to Passover. But what is meant by “the er intention is like a body without a soul,” is only with a happy heart and with true joy ways of God”? say our Sages. Of course, the most important in being a part of the Chosen People that we A “way” is only a means of reaching thing, in any event, is that the mitzvah gets may celebrate the coming festival of Pass- a particular goal. The path we choose to done, however lofty our intentions or our over to the fullest. n
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Midwest Recons Retreat What's happening at Temple Beth Emeth in April Aura Ahuvia, special to the WJN Devon Fitzig, special to the WJN The Reconstructionist movement marks its Families with young children TNT Mitzvah Day Project at Yom Hashoah & Shabbat Service first Midwest All-Ages Retreat April 11-13 at the For families with kids from birth to five Alpha House/IHN Friday, May 2, 7:30 p.m. This meaningful Butzel Retreat Center, part of Camp Tamarack in Ortonville, Michigan. The intergenerational years old. Older siblings and grandparents Saturday, May 3, 1 p.m. Help with Al- Shabbat service is created by Generations gathering will include musical services, Torah are welcome as always. Non members are pha House’s outdoor spring clean-up. Wear After, TBE’s group of relatives of Holocaust yoga, and a variety of intellectual and creative welcome at all events. For more informa- work clothes and closed-toe shoes. Register Survivors in commemoration of Holocaust offerings. Six states will participate in this event, tion, contact Devon Fitzig, dfitzig@tem- by calling the temple office, 665-4744. For Memorial Day. All are welcome. with several regional havurot and synagogues plebethemeth.org, 665-4744 or Jill Pritts, more information, contact Sharon Gourjdi, sending their rabbis to lead part of the teaching. [email protected]. [email protected]. Israel at 60 Events On Saturday, Offerings by members of the Ann Arbor Tot Pesach with Rabbi Levy at TBE Movie Tuesdays April 5, TBE pres- Reconstructionist Havurah include Torah yoga, Sunday, April 6, 4 to 5 p.m. Enjoy mu- For people with flexible schedules. ents Havdallah and music, and teachings on deepening Shabbat sic, crafts and a story. If you have questions, Monthly film and discussion series held Israeli Chocolate practice. Substantial children’s programming contact Devon at dfitzig@templebethemeth. on Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 3 p.m. Tasting followed will also be included. For further information, org or 665-4744. Coffee and noshes are provided. Childcare by the film, Walk contact Rabbi Renee Bauer, reneebauer@earth- link.net or (608) 320-1144. Thursday Play Group is available with advanced notice. Movie on Water at Tem- ple Beth Emeth This weekly play group meets on Tuesdays usually occur on the third Tues- at 7:30 p.m.. This Thursday Mornings from 9 to 10:30 a.m. day of the month. Israeli film is in at Temple Beth Emeth. Open to the com- Movie: Heir to an Execution, Tuesday, English with Hebrew and German subtitles, AARH to host seder on April 20 munity. Contact Ginger for more infor- April 15, 1–3 p.m. rated R. Cost: $5/person. mation or if you plan to attend, ginger. A 2004 Sundance Film Festival selec- Aura Ahuvia, special to the WJN TBE will co-sponsor the Ann Arbor Jew- [email protected] tion. This deeply personal feature-length The Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Havurah will documentary chronicles filmmaker Ivy ish Community Celebrate Israel event tak- host a Passover seder on Sunday, April 20, at Tot Shabbat EVERY WEEK! Meeropol’s journey to come to terms with ing place on Sunday, May 4. Watch for details the Jewish Community of Washtenaw County. Join us every week for Tot Shabbat at the lives and deaths of her grandparents, on an incredible performance by Shaketak: At the seder, children will get to enjoy kosher- 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were exe- Rhythm in Motion on Monday evening, for-Passover (read: modified) s’mores, while Shira (Song Fest and Service) at 6:45 p.m.. cuted as traitors in 1953 after being accused May 5, 7:30 p.m. at the Power Center. Vol- grown-ups will get to delve more deeply into No catered adult dinner after March 14. of relaying the secret of the atomic bomb to unteers are needed for this event; contact the ways in which the intellectual intertwine the Soviet Union. Devon if you are interested in helping. PJ Library with the spiritual in this relaxed, casual gather- PJ Library is a free book a month pro- Current Events in the Middle East ing. The traditional order of the seder will be Saturday morning Torah Study followed somewhat loosely, with plenty of time gram for families that have children aged On Friday, May 9, Bob Schwartz, Se- An exploration of the weekly Torah for in-depth study and discussion. Check the six months to seven years old. To partici- nior Policy Advisor for the Consul General portion held in the TBE chapel. Saturdays Havurah website at www.aarecon.org, or call pate, contact Devon Fitzig, dfitzig@tem- of Israel in Chicago, will speak at Shabbat at 8:50 a.m., followed by a lay-led chapel Aura Ahuvia, 975-9045, for more information. plebethemeth.org or 665-4744. service at 9:30 a.m. (optional). Casual Services on “Current Events in the Middle dress is fine. East.” Services are at 7:30 p.m., preceded by Twenties & Thirties an-Israeli-themed Shabbat dinner at 6 p.m. Twenties and Thirties (TNT) of Temple Jewish Hikers event JCC hosts intergenerational Beth Emeth provides a welcoming, inclusive April 13, 1 p.m. Jewish Hikers of Michi- Songs of Israel at her 60th Jewish community through monthly social gan (JHOM) is sponsored by Temple Beth Kol Halev and High School Shir Cha- Passover seder and cultural activities. Non-TBE members dash present “Songs of Israel at her 60th” Emeth’s Caring Community and is open to Halye Aisner, special to the WJN are welcome. Visit the website at http:// anyone. All adult couples, singles and chil- with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra www.templebethemeth.org/tnt for upcom- dren are welcome. The hikes take place on a Sunday, May 18 at 7 p.m. at the Michigan The Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw ing events, or email tnt@templebethemeth. monthly basis on different trails in the local Theatre. This event is part of the Ann Arbor County’s Older Adult program and the Early org or call 665-4744. area. All skill levels are welcome. Participants Jewish Community’s celebration of Israel’s Childhood Center will celebrate Passover to- are encouraged to bring backpacks, munch- 60th Anniversary. Ticket prices are $12 for gether with an intergenerational Passover seder TNT planning meeting general seating and $72 reserved orchestra on Thursday, April 17 at 11 a.m. at the JCC. Tuesday, April 1, 6:30 p.m. Pizza dinner ies and drinks. Each hike lasts approximate- seating and afterglow with maestro Arie Children from the ECC will welcome a mystery provided. RSVP to Devon at dfitzig@tem- ly 1-1/2 to 2 hours. For further information, contact Eli at 883-9522 or Eve at 546-9645, Lipsky. guest who will guide an interactive telling of the plebethemeth.org by March 31. Passover story. Songs and dances from the holi- or email [email protected]. Web Look for upcoming publicity on these events. Break Passover at Pizza House site: http://www.templebethemeth.org/tbe/ day will enliven the celebration. A Passover style For more information, contact Devon Fitzig, lunch will be served to everyone who attends. Sunday, April 27, 7 p.m. RSVP to Jessica jewish_hikers_of_michigan. [email protected] or 665-4744. at [email protected] by April 21. 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------n g. “From “From Sumeria to Brooklyn: The Long, This month, Larry will speak about Individuals and families who join Beth Tot Tot Shabbat is held from 11:15 a.m.– On the third Saturday of each month at Strange ofTrip the Jewish will People” be held on April 13, 10:15–11:45 a.m. This is part of a bi-weekly series for Jewish adults, taught by Larry Kuperman. Larry Kuper School man has been a member and Sunday teacher for the Jewish Cultural Society for those for perfect is program This years. many interested in learning about Jewish history, Judaism of forms the Bible, the oforigins the including focus on - Secular today, Humanis tic values, and the implications for modern identity. American What has Judaism. the Jewish ex perience in America been over time? How has America changed us and how have we This follow. to Discussion America? changed event is free and the public is welcome. Ba gels and coffee served. For more informa n [email protected]. email tion, Adult educationAdult series and upbeat celebration, geared to young kids young to geared celebration, upbeat and with lots of singing and jumping. Following Shabbat, the group has dinner all together, and then the kids read stories, work on a craft project, or run around in the gym or play outside to burn off some of their extra energy. last two days of April Passover 26 and April 27. All the services begin at 9:30 a.m. and about noon. conclude eral community. eral For community. further information call 665-9897 or visit www.bethisrael-aa.or All of Beth Israel programs are open to the gen the to open are programs Israel Beth of All Israel Israel in April can sign up for 15 months of including membership, the 2008 high holi days for the same membership fees. In ad dition $300 membership dues are available the for 35, of age the under members new for tickets. high including holiday year, first noon. noon. the second and fourth Saturday every month for children up to age five and their families. This is a kid-centered learning ser participatoryac and songs, stories, with vice Shabbats tivities. This are Tot April month’s 12 led by Peretz Hirshbein and April 26 led 12 April the Also con on Levine. Jennifer by gregation offers “M&M”—Minyan Matok. Minyan Matok is ankin in children for interactiveespecially service Shabbat learning Matok Minyan grade. first through dergarten of Saturday second the on a.m. 11:15 at starts month. each class yoga Shabbat a offers Israel Beth a.m., 9 taught yoga by Allison Stupka. This month’s takes Yoga class willThe be19. April held on place in Room 15 in the lower level of the building. New members in AprilNew 15 enjoy months of membership Monthly programs
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This year, the Jewish Cultural Society the Cultural Jewish has This year, The First Friday Observance was rewrit April’s First April’s Friday Shabbat will be held Children participate in Family Shabbat Passover morning services Passover are held in the Thursday, April 17, at 4:30 p.m. 17, April Thursday, gradeeighth through sixth in children All Participants Participants will be able to indulge All families with children in preschool This new competitive event will take place place take will event competitive new This
Erika Hauff, special the WJN to Erika Hauff, Jewish Cultural SocietyJewish April programs ian) Eastern European ian) dish Eastern or European to pass, bring small contributions to fund adventures the (~$8/person or culinary~$20/family). quantity correct the order to group the Help of food by emailing an RSVP to jcs@jccfed. org. - con observances Shabbat two runningbeen currently; one for adult/young adult mem children. young for one and another bers Friday, April 4, at Friday, 6:30 p.m. Continuing the - des April’s world, Jewish the of tour culinary tination Bring is a Eastern Europe. (vegetar First Friday Shabbat Friday First ten ten in September 2007 and is designed for our adult and young adult members want to who slow down and take time at the end of a busy week to relax and reflecton the Sometimes come. past and to week the week there is a sometimes speaker, there is a dis sometimes and interest, of topic a on cussion JCS with time share and out hang just people and friends.family with way to welcome in the weekend with young children. The Shabbat begins with a short Beth Israel Sanctuary on the first two days of days two first Sanctuarythe Israel Beth on April 20 and Passover, April 21, and on the are invited are to invited experience a seder no like oth- parents No Seder. er—the famous Chocolate are allowed as the kids enjoy tasty treats and decadent delights at an event overflowingwith chocolate. casual casual Pre-Pesach Pizza dinner on Tuesday, kids for Egyptof Prince The p.m. 6 at 15, April (of any age) will be shown on Beth Israel’s wide screen. in chometz and really carb it up at this through through first grade are invited on Monday, celebration. Pesach a to p.m. 5:30 at 14, April The interactive dinner program will feature songs, stories and craftsPassover to prepare the holiday. for on Sunday, April 6, at 3of title p.m.the win puttingto line the on each charoset family’s the learn will Participants Best.” Israel’s “Beth history and traditions of charoset, and then Ann in charoset best the makes who out find competition the in not are who Those Arbor. will have fun watching it, tasting the results, the winner. on and deciding Passover services Passover Kadima Chocolate SederKadima Pre-Pesach Pizza Dinner Pre-Pesach Young families Passover Dinner Passover families Young
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JCC youth programs Deborah Huerta, special to the WJN Passover Break Fun Days in April The Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw County will offer a series of exciting April Break Fun Days for Ann Arbor Public School students from Monday, April 7, through Friday, April 11. Students should bring a nut free, dairy lunch each day. Registrations are requested as soon as possible to reserve space. The JCC will also offer a Passover Break Fun Days program for Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor students on Friday, April 18, and Tuesday, April 22, through Friday, April 25. Students should bring a nut free, dairy lunch on April 18. A Passover lunch will be provided on April 22, 23, 24, and 25. Students should not bring food from home those days. Registrations are requested by Monday, April 14. Special themes and field trips are being planned for both Fun Days programs; contact the JCC for specific details about each day. The Fun Days are open to JCC members in kinder- garten through fifth grade. The cost for care from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. is $32 ($30 for additional siblings). There is an additional charge of $8 for extended care from 4–6 p.m. Red Cross Babysitting Class offered The Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw County will host a two-day American Red Cross Babysitting Class on Tuesday, April 15, and Thursday, April 17, from 4–7 p.m. Pizza dinners will be served both days. The class will teach child safety, first aid, baby care, and de- velopmentally appropriate play. Upon completion, students will receive a card showing3 that they are certified by the American Red Cross. The class is open to students ages 11-17; students must have turned 11 by the start of the class to receive certification. Students who are 10 years old are welcome to participate but will not receive certification. A second babysitting class will be offered at the JCC in the fall. The cost is $75 for JCC members and $80 for non-members. Registrations are requested as soon as possible to reserve space.. Next session of JCC Youth Enrichment Classes begins April 28 The Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw County offers a variety of fun and stimulating afternoon enrichment classes for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. The classes are open to both JCC members and non-members. The next session of classes will run for six weeks, beginning on April 28. Class offerings will include Abrakadoodle Art, Martial Arts, and Sports with Kim, as well as some exciting new options. For more information and registration details, contact the JCC youth director Deborah Huerta at 971-0990 or [email protected].
Ken Pardes youth group announces upcoming events Rachel Schreiber, special to the WJN Ken Pardes, the Ann Arbor youth group chapter of Habonim Dror-Camp Tavor, has an- nounced its spring events. Area youth are invited to join Ken Pardes on April 27 for a Tikkun Olam (community service) project. Two Ken Pardes events are scheduled for May. There will be a Yom Hashoah Remembrance and Shabbat Dinner on May 9, and this event is open to the entire family. May 23 will bring
April 2008 April a program on Israeli and movement history. Ken Pardes is a welcoming group and is always A happy to have new kids joining in the activities. For more information about the times, places and events, contact Sophia Blumenthal, [email protected], or Matan Naamani, [email protected]. Generally, there is no cost for the Ken Pardes events and they are open to everyone. To learn more about Camp Tavor, visit www.camptavor.org. Tavor is located in Three Riv- ers, Michigan, two hours west of Ann Arbor. n Washtenaw Jewish News Jewish News Washtenaw 14 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2008 15 IYouth
You’ve got camp: Viral marketing aims to find new Jewish campers by Jacob Berkman NEW YORK (JTA)—The Foundation for Jew- Wexler, who lists among his clients the Ford ish Camp is taking a page from the Barack Foundation and Steven Spielberg’s Righteous Obama campaign manual and adopting a viral Persons Foundation, is working with Colette marketing strategy that has helped put the can- Brooks, the founder of Big Imagination Group, didate in the pole position for the presidency. which helped bring hybrid cars to the main- The foundation, previously known as the stream by enlisting A-list celebrities such as Foundation for Jewish Camping, has received Leonardo DiCaprio, Natalie Portman and Scar- more than $26 million in grants to provide fi- lett Johansson to arrive at the Oscars in the fuel- nancial incentives to first-time Jewish campers efficient Toyota Prius. over the next several years through its Camper- The broader Campership program is using ship and JWest Campership programs. $15 million in grants to partner with local Jew- To market the JWest program, aimed at ish communities to offer financial incentives to campers in six western communities in the first-time campers across the country. United States, the foundation has hired two Wexler and Brooks are trying to push the high-profile, Los Angeles-based marketing foundation’s JWest program, a four-year grant firms to use online word-of-mouth messaging of $11.2 million from the Jim Joseph Foun- in a bid to penetrate the outer crust of the unaf- dation. The program focuses on six western filiated Jewish community. communities that provides $1,800 vouchers The new approach comes amid a growing to first-time campers and $1,000 vouchers to sense in the Jewish community that Jewish campers who enroll in a second year. camping provides one of the strongest founda- Brooks says they have developed a four- tions for developing and retaining Jewish iden- phase plan complete with snappy catch phrases. tity. The number of campers has increased since Phase one is titled “Butts in Bunks.” the Jewish Camping Foundation was created in Their work started in earnest with a collabora- 1998, but proponents see a huge untapped mar- tion of 25 camp directors, federation officials and ket of potential campers. lay leaders who met for a one-day summit in Janu- The strategic marketing of JWest is part of ary to discuss what might resonate with prospec- a broader move by the foundation to reshape tive campers. Brooks and Wexler then developed the way it sells Jewish camps to Jewish families. the e-mail that they hope will set the process in mo- That includes changing the foundation’s name tion. The trick of the viral plan is in how that e-mail this week to the Foundation for Jewish Camp: was sent out, starting early this month. Community by the Cabinful. Brooks, Wexler and the foundation asked “Marketing is definitely one strategy to get camp directors, federation executives, syna- more Jewish kids into Jewish summer camps,” gogue rabbis and JCC directors to identify sev- said Rina Goldberg, a spokeswoman for the eral “parent influencers”—community leaders foundation, which has helped increase the viewed as trendsetters who already were send- number of Jewish children in Jewish overnight ing their children to Jewish camps. camps from approximately 57,000 in 2000 to The influencers were asked to send the e- some 70,000 in 2007. mail to their entire communities, and those The marketing strategy moves away from community members were asked to distribute the traditional Jewish organizational method the e-mail to 10 others. Those 10 were asked to of advertising in Jewish and mainstream print send on the e-mail to 10 others. publications and in synagogue bulletins. It relies “We are working with Jews who are in- on the online proliferation of e-mails and mul- volved in Jewish life because every Jew who is timedia clips through a kind of e-chain letter. involved with Jewish life knows Jews who are Though smaller, young Jewish organiza- not involved with Jewish life—it is their friends tions have started using social networking ven- or their neighbors or their soccer pals or their ues such as Facebook and MySpace to advertise dance pals,” Wexler said. events, it is believed that this is the first attempt Wexler hopes that if the strategy is success- by a major Jewish organization to adopt viral ful, others will follow. marketing in a serious way. The Foundation for Camp is watching how “Instead of using media to find Jews, we the viral strategy works on the West Coast be- are using Jews to find Jews,” Gary Wexler, the fore helping the communities involved in its founder of Passion Marketing, told JTA on other Campership program apply some of Monday, sitting by in a sunlit corridor at the the methods. So far, the response to the initial Hyatt Regency in Jersey City, N.J., where the e-mail blast has been “overwhelming,” accord- foundation held its annual leadership summit ing to Skip Vichness, chairman of the Camping earlier this week. foundation board. Wexler said the old-school media doesn’t “We are engaging the foot soldiers, if you work to reach unaffiliated Jews because they will,” said Brooks, who like Wexler is on the don’t read Jewish newspapers and advertise- younger side of middle age and sports hip glass- ments in mainstream papers only hit about 3 es. “With their voice it becomes a much more percent of the target audience. personal message.” n April 2008 April A Washtenaw Jewish News Jewish News Washtenaw 16 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2008 17 IYouth
“Be Happy It’s Adar Talent Show” stars Hebrew Day School students Dina Shtull, special to the WJN he Jewish month of Adar, in which falls the holiday of Purim, is a harbinger of joy. Our tradition tells us “When the month of Adar enters, our joy multiplies.” T Joy multiplied for the HDS students, parents, and grandparents who packed the JCC gym in early March for the “Be Happy It’s Adar Student Talent Show,” an event which annually wel- comes this month of gladness. There were 27 student performers, ranging from first through fifth graders. The program opened with first grader Lily Rosenberg’s perfectly pitched rendition of “Under the Boardwalk,” and ended with fifth grader Adam Kahana’s concert piano performance of “Solfeggieto” (Bach) and “Phan- tasietanz” (Schumann). Students performed instrumental solos not only on piano, but also on recorder, cello, violin, and cornet. There were also instrumental duets, dance trios, as well
First Grader Lily Rosenberg sings “Under the Boardwalk” as magic and com- edy shows. Students teamed together to choreograph origi- nal dance pieces and to provide each other with instru- mental accompani- ment. Hava Kaplan played the piano Second graders Sophie Beaver, Emma Block, and for her friend Leah Grace Kaufer sing “Spyder Pig” Weingarten’s cornet solo, and Abby Calef sang with her friend Seth Stancroff who played the acoustic guitar. Twin sisters, Ayelet and Hadass Pollock, played the song “Hot Cross Buns,” one on the piano and the other on the violin; and Liana Dunietz played “Doe a Deer” on the piano while her friend Rachel Pacernick sang into the microphone. Nathan Carbeck and Kobi Eichner had the audience laughing with their rendition of the famous narrative “Who’s on First,” accompanied by Joseph Gurt (grandfather of Nathan) playing “Take me out to the Ballgame” on the piano. Talented parents also helped out: Lisa Wolf, Caroline Helton, and Steve Calef each played the piano while their daughters sang. Gabriel Levy performed martial arts accompanied by her teacher, Rabbi Peter Gluck. There were also group per- formances: the lunch-time juggling club led by parent
Alumni Mara Abramson and Michele Freed MC the talent show
volunteer Debbie Zivan; the HDS Klez Kids Band and the school’s recorder ensembles led by Debra Gombert; and the fifth grade string orchestra led by teacher Mark Schuppener. All students and groups had to audition in order to perform in the show. Adding to the merriment were two HDS alum- Fifth grader Adam Kahana nae, Mara Abramson and Michele Freed, who served plays “Solfeggieto” (Bach) and as the MCs for the evening. Portraying the Purim “Phantasietanz” (Schumann) characters, they changed costumes in between sets, April 2008 April and introduced each performer with humorous and
A clever “shtick.” Talented themselves, they shared a bit of their own skills at singing and jug- gling. It was an inspiring night of young talent, which in many cases went way beyond what one might expect from children of elementary school age. The joy belonged to the appreciative audience, but it also belonged to the young performers who were thrilled to have an op- portunity to shine on stage. n
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Get involved in one of the various scouting programs out there. Think about your children’s camp experiences. Once upon a time, camp was synonymous with the camp outdoors. has Now, a much more diverse meaning, as all sorts of programs use the in same Louv, his moniker. call for a camp revival, warns “The that, nature ex perience at these camps could be lost if na ture camps allow their missions to become all everyone please to attempt ifthey diluted, Deborah the Huerta, director time.” of the JCC’s Camp Raanana, agrees: believe “We that spending time outdoors in an essential part of the childhood experience. Outdoor time provides children with an appreciation and understanding of nature, encourages healthy exercise habits, and provides those beautiful rosy cheeks that we love to see on our campers!” elements “the on, focuses it because valuable united that humankind: always drivinghave rain, hard wind, warm forests deep sun, and that and dark—andour amazement the awe earth inspires, especially during our forma n years.” tive and Raanana informationCamp on more For Camp go Keshet, to or call 971-0990. ------taking place outside have a richness miss ing from the same experi ences indoors, changing the as natural world adds layers of While learning. providing chil plen with dren ty of outdoor time duringthe whole year, summer— and summer - camp—pro vides the rich est outdoor learning op portunities. Teachers noticed that the children had far had children the that noticed Teachers Greater knowledge of and appreciation for for appreciation and of knowledge Greater Last summer, the staff of the JCC Early doors doors was obviously a learning experience. One of the biggest differences was natural sunlight instead of artificial light. Natural light changed with the weather and time of Sunlight day. and shade moved across the outdoors.” richer experiences using outdoors, the same materials that they might have used inside. tree hickory large a under set bookarea, The had the same kinds of books and comfort able places to sit as existed inside. But Wit ter noticed that the experience was totally different: “Sitting on a blanket and reading a book was a science Hickory activity. nuts, and twigs on Squir the were leaves, ground. nuts the gnawingon top tree the in were rels the on down hulls the of pieces dropping and ofbark the on crawling were Insects ground. the Fellow trunk!” teacher Anne Giorio said that when the children were using the out door classroom, they could “explore many aspects ofusing - asfrom pre flowers nature, sights, textures sights, and textures smells that the outdoors a teacher Nancy Witter, at has the to offer.” ECC says that “The contrast between the man-made environment in the classroom and the natural environment of the out senses senses to learn about the world around us, not just Outside, two. we have the freedom and be active. move, to and desire nature are only two of the many benefitsof - ex to time ofplenty with children providing epidemic current The outdoors. the perience of childhood obesity could be more effec tively combated by providing children with the outdoor experiences that teach the hab- experiences Learning lifestyle. active an of its ences are for children, playing a major role camps Fund Air ofFresh development the in the country. across Childhood Center (ECC) learned just how richas the pre this entire learningbe, could “outdoor an onto out moved program school and was transformed into classroom” Camp Keshet. 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According to Mary Rivkin, author of Great Outdoors nature, the flora and faunaof their imme diate than environments, prior generations, since their knowledge comes from sources like books and television, rather than direct experience. Direct experiences with nature and environment the value to children teach - re olam, tikkun towards impetus an provide pairing the world. may abilities perceptual children’s of opment suffer when so much of their experience is computers, books, through and TV, media children, Young senses.” two but that require particularly, are sensory-motor learners. Memories are attached to sounds, smells, and tastes, not just sight and sound. Move ment and activity reinforce and fix knowl edge. Outside, in nature, we use all of our become become a tricky proposition. In each case, whole a become had familiar very something new experience. The simple acta had conditions created outside in different of going richer learning new opportunity. dren have with the outdoors and nature is becoming more and more Accord tenuous. their their classroom at the JCC Early Childhood Center onto the snow covered playground A outside. year before they had been babes- in-arms; now they were venturing explore the snow for outthe first time.One boy to discovered that the slide was much faster in that discovered children other Two snow. the climbing the stairs of the play structure had April 2008 April A Washtenaw Jewish News Jewish News Washtenaw 20 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2008 ------21 And And here too, the debate seems to boil The annual AJC polls—which Cohen This gives a vastly different portrait of For instance, the 2000 National Jewish Though the Steinhardt survey does a “The intermarried and children of the He “Their added: data cannot refute our with controlled paper his that said Sasson But, he said, the intermarriage factor is refer Sasson said, even told me,” “Steven The The paper acknowledges Cohen in its squab have Saxe and Cohen particular, In At first glance, the Steinhardt paper looks paper Steinhardt the glance, first At ring birthrightto “it’s Cohen, against inter n marriage.” bled bled publicly over intermarriage, with Co hen arguing vehemently that intermarriage Saxe and survival, Judaism’s to detriment a is providing research to the contrary—most notably a 2006 survey of fami Boston-areas ofintermar percent 60 that showed that lies ried couples were raising their children as Jewish. JTA. told Cohen intermarriage, to down said he helped formulate back in the early 1980s—only questions Jews who identify as Jewish and excludes Jews who say they have no religion, Cohen says, a fact that the AJC confirmed. Jews than other surveys such as the NJPS, said. Cohen Study showed that Population 38 ofpercent Jews belong to a synagogue, while the 2000 AJC survey showed that 59 percent of Jews affiliated. are good job of showing that Jews who identify as Jewish are indeed staying close to Isra el—a notion with which Cohen agrees—it is missing the point that intermarried Jews and their children are falling away from Is said. Cohen rael, intermarried are dragging down the Jew ish he commitment people’s said. to Israel,” “Commitment among the in-married is as two to moving are we but was, ever it as high populations.” intermarriage—amongoth- that contention disengagement about bringing factors—is er Jewish the impacton its by both Israel, from spouses, and by its impact upon the grow ing number of Jewish children who are the ofproducts intermarried couples.”. certain variable to account for intermar riage. He added that in 2000, 15 percent of respondants to the AJC survey were inter married and that in 22.5 2005, percent were among the intermarried, Even intermarried. the sentiment toward Israel has remained he said. the same, not so ofsimple. Much what will happen in Israel toward sentiment regarding future the from the intermarried community will de pend on education and trips to Israel, such as birthright. like a stab at Cohen, who has long been at intellectual odds with Steinhardt research ers—who are based at Steinhardt the ofBrandeis—and director the with particular in Saxe. Len Center, but foreword, it then proceeds to cite him his research. than 25 times in refuting more right israel, which has sent some 140,000 American Jews between the ages of 18 and 25 on free trips to Israel since 2000, young ac Israel, to close even become to stand Jews the report. to cording ------Conventional wisdom, based largely on The conventional argument is that as But that notion—and Cohen—are plain has been is our that sense a consensus “It no held commonly withthe trouble The said The Sasson, “distancing theory,” is But when one looks at questionnaires 1994, since surveys, AJC the to According What is really happening, says the - Stein birth- of success the that to add you When American and Israel Jews Berkman Jacob By NEW YORK (JTA)—Flying in the face of two decades of research that indicates that American Jews are falling out of love with a Israel, new report says that American Jews have—and always they as much as Israel love that in the future, that sentiment may grow intense. more that is Cohen, of sociologistSteven work the American Jews are becoming less attached to Israel by the generation, as younger Jews typically feel less close to Israel and Israelis the paper. states Jews, than older young Jews become older Jews, they take their Israel apathy with and them, then suc at less even feel generations younger cessive Israel. to tached wrong, states the Steinhardt Social Research Jewish Attach “American paper, Institute’s ment to Israel: An Assessment of the ‘Dis Hypothesis.” tancing’ solidifying in Jewish intellectual circles that American Jewry is growing Theodore more from Sasson, the Israel,” paper’s distant lead researcher, told “We didn’t JTA. think evidence of was any that.” there tion, says the Steinhardt is paper, that it is based on a variety of surveys—such as Gal lup polls, the National Jewish Population and Study smaller focus group studies - that year after year questions same the ask not do can not be compared. and therefore, based on the idea that older Jews saw Israel in a much phase different in its history than have younger Jews. Older Jews saw Israel at its miraculous birth and fighting a war for independence, and achieving victory in its 1967 Six-Day Many War. younger Jews, in contrast, know the Israel of the intifada, or Palestinian uprising, the more complicated as world ofthe much by viewed is that entity people. ofthe oppressor the Palestinian the asked same that setconsistently of ques tions about Israel year after one year, finds signif changing not is sentiment Jewish that argues the Stein at all, the worse, for icantly hardt It paper. says the best such data exists annual in Americanthe Jewish Committee’s Survey of Jewish Public Opinion, which has been poling Jews since the early 1980s with roughly the same set of And questions. that survey shows that very little has changed in terms ofview American on Jews’ Israel over the past 13 years. the percentage of Jews who agree with the “Caring about statement Israel is a very im portant part of my being a hasa percent, fallenJew,” 70 than less just to percent 75 from number that Sasson calls insignificant.Over the same time, the percentage of Jews who to said “fairly close” theyor “very feel close” 70 percent. 66 to from actuallyIsrael rose hardt report, is that Jews tend to become closer to Israel as they when So, grow older. one looks at age cohorts year by there year, tends not to be a offdropping in affinity for Israel. to closer feel simply Jews Older Israel. ------“One “One of the traits that a scientist needs Padler-Karavani is excited to bring a Formerly unseen and discouraged stu “My goal is to be a Supreme Court justice justice Court Supreme a be to is goal “My - Wein “ISEF is a story of empowerment,” Due to foun limited funding, Weiner’s “I think I am the only one in my [high Arranged much like a family, the students students the family, a like much Arranged “When I decided to study abroad I con Across the country in California, his peer the country in California, Across “I’m one ofsaid Pa the dinosaurs here,” Padler-Karavani has been benefiting from from benefiting been has Padler-Karavani Since 1977, ISEF has aimed to ISEF has aimed to 1977, Since socioeconomic Israel’s breach gap and enable underprivileged, attend to Israelis young universities. ology at the University of California – San Diego. From a struggling Yemenite fam ily, starting in third grade Padler-Karavani began taking long bus trips alone, to take supplementary science courses at Bar University. IlanAviv and Tel University is to be able to cope with negative results,” said. Padler-Karavani glycobiology program to Israel and return children. withhome and two husband her currently currently a postdoctoral fellow in glycobi dents are now weaving their way to the fore the to way their weaving now are dents of and leadership. front progress Israeli 28, a said fourth-yearKarin in Yefet, Israel,” doctoral candidate Law at School Yale and scholarship is Yefet recipient. from a poor southern the of one Afula, in neighborhood - Hezbol bombedbeby to citiesGalilee most lah during the Lebanon war in 2006. Thus far, no Sephardic women have served as Supreme Court justices strives and to Yefet this barrier. break they and students, our empower “We said. er n our children.” in turn empower of the organization. school] school] class that said went to university,” Haim 34, from Machluf, the small village of and currently a Kefar-Yona student at Har dation can only help one out of every four who students more The applicants. qualified learn about the organization, the more she reject. has to recently sat together in a comfortable circle of chairs, exchanging stories. Participants flew in from as far as California Germany, and Israel even to the attend annual lectures them. for prepared and banquets assis- withfoundation’s the School Law vard from Israel immigratedto parents His tance. in 1949. Libya tacted ISEF,” he said. “I’m not sure I could’ve could’ve I sure not “I’m said. he ISEF,” tacted this withoutdone the help of ISEF.” the reaping likewise is Padler-Karavani Vered ofbenefits foundation scholarship. a dler-Karavani, “I 37, dler-Karavani, of basi Rosh-Ha’ayin. ISEF.” cally up through grew organization since Weiner’s she began her degreebachelor’s in 1993. After her under graduate studies, she completed a doctorate and is University Aviv in biochemistry at Tel ------
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Israel W by Sharon Udasin, editorial intern, The New York Jewish Week Jewish York editorialThe New intern, Udasin, Sharon by College students from disadvantaged backgrounds get much-needed backgrounds from disadvantaged College students next back to and give scholarships, generation. For Israeli students, a sense of empowerment of sense a students, Israeli For nally from a poor Moroccan family of 10 - chil dren, she grew up enduring constant ethnic Israel. in discriminationburdens and financial of the students Werner- were Ashkenazi,” “I Zafrani felt the said. discrimination really She hard.” was one of only three Sephardic students in her high school, where she felt socially excluded and ostracized because of background. her halls of La Sapienza where she University, will learn about viruses, participate in gross a in procedureall clinical study and anatomy language. foreign medical school student at La Sapienza, where she is training to become an oncologist. Origi
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Contestants look to past to transform future By Jacob Berkman WALTHAM, Mass. (JTA)—It was the African- would be a description of that growth and per- American writer James Baldwin who said, haps a prescription for how to spread ideas that “Know from whence you came. If you know work. whence you came, there are absolutely no limi- Diamant has 17 chapter ideas that would fo- tations to where you can go.” cus on issues that illustrate what is happening Now five Jews who have undertaken the in the Jewish world today. Among the headings mission to redirect the history of the Jews seem she has chosen are “Power to the People: Life- to have taken his message to heart. long Jewish Learning for Everyone,” “Counting Brandeis University, in conjunction with the Women In,” “Art is Not Idolatry,” “Pop Culture, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Foundation, is Grin and Bear it” and “Authentic Spirituality.” offering a two-year visiting professorship, includ- “There has never been a better time to be ing a six-figure salary and a book deal, to the per- Jewish,” Diamant said. “After a little more than son whose idea for a written work can make Jews 350 years on this continent, we find ourselves Turkish Home Cooking best rethink how they think about themselves. taking a thrilling, not-so-risk-free leap into the From 231 contestants Brandeis chose five next, living through changes as profound and finalists: two noted authors, one of whom is unpredictable as those presented by rabbinic Simply Delicious also a reality television show host, a Harvard Judaism when it emerged.”
doctoral candidate, a 20-something publisher Yehuda Kurtzer, who is finishing his doc-
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Their proposals, which they presented Sun- also would describe the need for Jews to reclaim
Taking Holiday Catering Orders day at a Brandeis symposium, all seemed to echo their past in his proposal, “Shuva: the Sacred
Baldwin’s idea: if Judaism is going to adapt to the Task of Rebuilding Jewish Memory.” 21st century and beyond, Jews in some way need Kurtzer looks at some successful programs, Available for Holiday Parties to learn from their past. The question is, how? such as the Pardes Institute for Jewish Study in
The finalists have their own prescription: Jerusalem, and sees that they are rooted in Tal- (734) 662-1711 1703 Plymouth Rd. Ann Arbor For Ariel Beery, the publisher of the startup mud and textual study. magazine PresenTense and the founder of the But for most that sense of memory through PresenTense Institute for Creative Zionism, the text is fading because it is too complicated and answer is learning how Jews of the past adapted inaccessible to many. Kurtzer proposes writing a their Judaism to their contemporary societies book that is a combined history, theological state- and recognizing that Jews today must adapt to ment and prescription for programming that can the latest technological advancements. help Jews access their history through text study “These shifts were elemental in figuring out to create meaningful Jewish experiences. what it means to be Jewish,” Beery said. “In do- Saul Singer, the editorial page editor and ing so they learned from the best outside and columnist for the Jerusalem Post, also writes in imitated inside in order to bring Jewish con- his proposal, “From Survival to Purpose,” that tent to new vehicles through technology.” Jews must hearken back to their past to move His book proposal, “Translating Judaism forward. But Singer believes Jews need to return for the Post-Digital Age,” focuses on how Jews to the model in ancient Israel when they were must adapt Judaism to the age of online social more proactive in seeking converts to Judaism. networking, where Facebook rules. Jews, he says, have lost the notion that they Beery, at 28 the youngest of the finalists, have a mission to be a light unto the nations envisions a Jewish network based on build- and to promulgate the idea of one God and one ing Jewish “nodes” in major cities throughout ethic. Instead, because of the persecution they the world where Jews can live, work and create have faced throughout the ages, they have be- together, sharing ideas. Then, Jews must work come focused solely on survival. with existing Jewish infrastructure to develop Singer says it is time to switch back to a mis- an online platform to share these ideas. sion of purpose, and the key symbol that the Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who is known for Jews have changed focus would be embracing his book Kosher Sex and reality show Shalom conversion because conversion is a symbol that in the Home, would focus his proposed work, Jews have something positive to share. “Bringing Judaism to the Mainstream,” on elu- The competition for the Charles R. Bronf- cidating what innovations Jews have given the man Visiting Chair in Jewish Communal Inno- world—monotheism, Jesus’ Golden Rule and vation is modeled after the contest held by Sears democracy, for instance. Roebuck and Co. chairman Julius Rosenwald Jews and the world have forgotten that mo- in 1929, in which Rosenwald offered $10,000 dernity is based on Judaism, as “every idea we to the person who could answer the question, have given the world has been not just adopted “How can Judaism best adjust itself to and in- but co-opted,” he said. fluence modern life?” Recognizing the Jewish roots of these inno- That was won by Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, vations, Boteach said, can be a source of pride the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism, for and a reason to identify. his work “Judaism as a Civilization,” which In addition to retracing these innovations to became one of his seminal works and remains their Jewish roots, he hopes to prescribe ways in influential today. which the modern world can adopt other Jew- A committee of Brandeis faculty will ish values, such as strong family values. As an deliberate and choose a winner based on the example, Boteach would like American society symposium and hourlong interviews with to adopt Friday night family dinners—based each finalist, which were conducted Sunday
April 2008 April on Shabbat observance—to help restore qual- before the symposium, said Jonathan Sarna, the
A ity family time to a morally decaying America. Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun professor of Ameri- Anita Diamant, the author of the best-selling can Jewish history who chairs the committee. novel The Red Tent, believes that Jews must learn Sarna did not have a time frame for choos- that Judaism did not die in the past and that ing the winner. But he said if the goal of the modern American Judaism is very much alive competition was to inspire creative Jewish and teeming with growth and innovation. thinking, “even before we make our appoint- Her proposed book, “Minhag America,” ment, we have already succeeded.” n Washtenaw Jewish News Jewish News Washtenaw 22 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2008 23 - . She . offered the women in attendance some
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Participants Participants chose from a variety of workshops on topics including: a self-defense workshop called Following the workshops a delicious lunch by Chef Cari Kosher Catering was served. The keynote Laura Berger, special the WJN to Berger, Laura forSpa attended and cold the braved area Arbor Ann the across from women 100 about 9, March Sunday, On Beautyand Health a and breakfast light a with opened event exciting this year, second its In Soul. and Body the Gallery as Selo/Shevel such wares. their gift and synagogue exhibited shops local vendors where boutique a dis- Seder!”, Your cooking “Stir demonstration Up a entitled Passover “Enhancing your Inner Strength,” cussion “Jewish on for and Traditions the exercise classes 21st such Century “Strength as Woman,” and Dance.” “Cardio and Stretch” presentation was Markel spoke Geri Mind on given by Consulting. Markel Dr. theofDr. Your Managing topic of her new book, Spa the Body and Soul for ing distracted by the “demons” ing in distracted their such by lives, “demons” disorganization as the or technology, an overprogrammed mind and soul. truly body, warmed the event woman each Linda Benson, by Chaired schedule. wonderful wonderful tips on how to refocus their energy on what is important in their lives, and how to avoid be
Women I Qawwali Music of Pakistan 129th UMS Season | Mehr and Sher Ali 2007 2008 FRI, APR 18 | 8 PM | Rackham Auditorium Reminiscent of the fervent, soul-baring spirit of American April gospel music, Qawwali, the ecstatic devotional music of the Su s, uses Su poetry, strong, rapturous voices, and hand- Lang Lang piano The Only Moving Thing clapping rhythms to express the elation of divine love. WED, APR 2 | 8 PM | Hill Auditorium eighth blackbird Spiritual in essence, Qawwali music goes beyond orthodox religion. Musical descendents of the late Qawwali master PROGRAM THU, APR 10 | 7 PM & 9:30 PM Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mehr and Sher Ali are masters of an Mozart Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major, K. 333 NOTE NEW TIMES & VENUE Schumann Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre art form that brings harmony and peace to the soul. Six Traditional Chinese Works (from Dragon Songs Album) eight blackbird’s kinetic program, The Only Granados Goyescas No. 1: Los Requiebros, H. 64 (excerpt) Moving Thing, presents the ensemble at its most An Evening with Liszt/Wagner Isoldens Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde), S. 447 vivid and theatrical. The program features two Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 6 in D-Flat Major, S. 244/6 Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, new works, including a UMS co-commission: and Jack DeJohnette Co-sponsored by Steve Reich’s Double Sextet, which features the contemporary ensemble performing live and SAT, APR 19 | 8 PM | Hill Auditorium Supported by Ann and Clayton Wilhite. Media Partners WGTE 91.3 FM, Observer & pre-recorded simultaneously, and an intrepid Chick Corea’s four-decade career is the stu of jazz Eccentric Newspapers, and WRCJ 90.9 FM. collaboration between maverick composers lore — his groups are hotbeds of imagination, seething A prelude dinner precedes the performance. For more information, contact 734.764.8489. David Lang, Michael Gordon, and Julia Wolfe with the joy of making music while creating inuential, entitled singing in the dead of night. The six- limit-stretching musical experiences. Of course, the same member ensemble studied at Oberlin and has could be said of fellow Miles Davis alum Jack DeJohnette, Brad Mehldau Trio spent 12 days this year working with students at who last appeared in Ann Arbor leading his Latin Project, BRAD MEHLDAU piano the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance. and of Bobby McFerrin, one of the natural wonders of LARRY GRENADIER bass | JEFF BALLARD drums PROGRAM the music world whose work encompasses both classical FRI, APR 4 | 8 PM | Michigan Theater Reich Double Sextet (2007) and jazz through vocal performance, conducting, and Brad Mehldau rst came to international attention Lang/Gordon/Wolfe singing in the dead of night composition. This sensational trio comes together for as a member of the Joshua Redman Quartet, but his (UMS Co-Commission) (2007) the rst time for an unforgettable night of jazz. astonishing technique and innovative compositions Media Partners WGTE 91.3 FM, Observer & Eccentric Sponsored by quickly established him as a star in his own right. Newspapers, and Metro Times. “Universally admired as one of the most adventurous Hosted by Dennis and Ellie Serras and Leo and Kathy Legatski and pianists to arrive on the jazz scene in years” (Los Angeles Elastizell Corporation of America. Times), Mehldau returns for a full evening with his Lila Downs Media Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, WDET 101.9 FM, Ann Arbor’s 107one, acclaimed trio. SAT, APR 12 | 4 PM | Michigan Theater Michigan Chronicle/Front Page, and Metro Times. Media Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, WDET 101.9 FM, Ann Arbor’s 107one, Creating strongly layered music in which blues and Metro Times. and jazz cohabitate with rap and ranchera, and Beethoven Sonata Project Concerts 3 & 4 honkytonk swings alongside romantic boleros, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge Lila Downs’ songs delve deep into the hearts and András Schiff SUN, APR 20, 4 PM | TUE, APR 22, 8 PM STEPHEN CLEOBURY director minds of common people, invoking struggles, Rackham Auditorium SAT, APR 5 | 8 PM | Hill Auditorium lost loves, and legends. She performs her own compositions and also taps into the vast reservoir The UMS season closes with the second two-concert Internationally recognized as the pre-eminent of native Mesoamerican music, singing songs in installment of András Schi ’s Beethoven Sonata Project representative of the great British church music the native Indian languages of Mexico, including featuring all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas performed tradition, the King’s College Choir includes 14 adults Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya, and Nahuatl. over a two-year period. Schi returns for four concerts and 16 boys whose worldwide fame and reputation next season to complete the cycle, which is being repeated derive from their many recordings, radio broadcasts, Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Media Partners WEMU 89.1 FM and Ann Arbor’s 107one. only in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. and international tours, all while attending King’s College Cambridge on major scholarships. 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Media Partner WRCJ 90.9 FM. 734.764.2538 | www.ums.org | 2007/2008 Season Media Partner outside the 734 area code, call toll-free 800.221.1229 Hours: Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm, Sat 10 am-1 pm Washtenaw Jewish News Jewish News Washtenaw 24 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2008 25 ------Andres Andres and her husband, the Ben Tysch, respon many her manages she how Asked “I really don’t know, I’ll have to think about about think to have I’ll know, don’t really “I prize $100,000 the use will she says Andres She and her colleagues are asked some Andres agrees with the answer provided by provided answer the with agrees Andres “Some people say about the Darfur geno “Bubbe “Bubbe left Suwalki in northern Poland Andres said her grandmother had three “Her legacy to me was her sense of social In following that inspiration, Andres “There is always an alternative to passive The Charles Bronfman Prize was estab Andres Andres is the fourth person and the first of member One selectionprize the committee, “The thread woven through Rachel’s life subsequently subsequently as a volunteer for AIDS Project Los Angeles and in various other projects, including the the for Museum the History of Jews. Polish chief administrator for the regional Planned Parenthood, live in Los Angeles with their Andres 6. Rebecca, and 10, Ezra, children, two serves on the board of Israel ofTemple Hol congregation. a Reform lywood, sibilities, Andres laughs. Andres sibilities, a bit “It’s a pause, after adding says, she that,” whatever on focused I’m but job, juggling ofa all.” I try it my give doing. to I’m expand “to the solar project to cooker money more camps and to publicize the desperate needs of the refugees.” times why they spend their energies on the suffering in Darfur rather than focusing on Jewishconcerns. 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If complicity. we now turn aside, that would be our deepest humiliation.” lished by the children of the Canadian philan Canadian the of children the by lished of in honor thropist his 70th birthday. willfor which be prize, the receive to woman York. 6 in New May mally awarded Israel’s former minister of justice, Dan Meridor, choice. this year’s up the basis for summed and professional career is that of uplifting indi- all that so neediest, the especially others, said. Meridor fullest,” their to live may viduals “Caring for others is among the highest Jew ish ideals, and Rachel’s work fully embodies n that ideal.” ------The annual prize is awarded to a person or person a to awarded is prize annual The Andres in her work provides succor to The genocide in the Sudanese province, For the past two years Andres, 45, has outside firewood scarce for foraging While If the women could somehow find an al Her Her answer was a sun-powered cooker, company Dutch small a discovered Andres Some 15,000 beenhave cookers distribut Since Since each family needs two of the $15 In the Los Angeles area, nearly 60 syna As As Andres was talking to a reporter - Mon been has Dallas, in raised and born Andres, Leader of DarfurLeader of project a $100,000 wins prize humanitarian Tugend Tom By innova simplest (JTA)—The ANGELES LOS tions sometimes lead to the greatest rewards, as Rachel Andres learned this week when she $100,000 ofthe recipient 2008 the named was Prize. 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Certainly there are many stories of in the of that like story, rescue Bulgarian The Indeed, maybe that is the secret of the On the occasion of the 60th anniversary In their collective act of defiance, the Bul- the ofactdefiance, collective their In Each generation unfortunately brings In their collectiveIn act of defiance, the Bulgariandefiance, people demonstrated that it the stand up to is possible to worst form of evil. took took matters into their own hands by pro Ultimately Ultimately the orders were never carried out, “But Berlin, to back cable to Beckerle prompting Bulgarian of the mentality the by tied are they enlightenment ideological the lacks that people that we have. The Bulgarian, who was raised with Armenians, Greeks and Gypsies, doesn’t special taking justifying flaws any Jews the in see against them.” measures dividual heroism by non-Jews to save Jews such was nowhere but Holocaust, duringthe a broad base of the population part entire At rescue. community’s a oftime when an wartime collaborators elsewhere in Europe withcompeted each other to join in the per secution of the Jews, many Bulgarians were lining up to reject that very persecution. Where some European churches were either complicit in this or tragedy, at best passive, the Bulgarian church leadership provided a moral underpinning to the effort to stop the deportations. Danes, only serves to highlight what might have been elsewhere in Bulgarians, Europe. horrifiedby the thought that their friends and neighbors – perhaps the teacher or the shoemaker or tailor – might be taken from their midst and sent to an uncertain future, testing and refusing to comply with a racist decree. Others, who like Peshev, saw the in herent evil of Nazism and its pursuit of its helpless victims, rallied to defend a - commu minoritybut Jewish a as only not saw he nity as Bulgarian. success of the rescue in Bulgaria – that Jews were not seen as aliens in society but rather an organic part of it. commem a attended I 2003, in ofrescue the in the oration town ofceremony Kyustendil, a provincial town that was fiercely- the conclu At defiant against the deportation order. sion of the program, anoffi Israeli an to elderlyrushed crowd the in woman Bulgarian friends childhood her if know to wanting cial were living in Israel. She had not seen them the war. they after left since garian people demonstrated that it is possi They evil. of form worst the to up stand to ble harrowing and difficult most the under it did of circumstances. killingthe is it in Today fore. the to tests new Darfur; tomorrow it can be somewhere else. The lessons of 1943 are as relevant today as they were then in a distant land and at the n in modern history. moment darkest pres vice executive the is Mariaschin S. Daniel International B’rith ident of B’nai ------
World In the midst of the maelstrom and carnage and maelstrom the of midst the In In 1943, the Kingdom of Bulgaria was When the Nazi ambassador to Bulgaria, Ordinary Bulgarians already had a - chill spread quickly Word about the deporta In In cities and towns across Bulgaria, citi stop the deportations.stop underpinning the effort to to leadership provided a moral The Bulgarian church
By Daniel S. Mariaschin DanielBy S. Bulgaria’s rescue of its Jews remembered rescue Jews its of Bulgaria’s I centration camps. that was II War World and the Holocaust, how this singular act of heroism took place can be explained only by the broad involve ment of Bulgarians at every level of society who joined the effort. Members of parlia ment, the lawyers, physicians, leadership of the Bulgarian Orthodox intellectuChurch, als and ordinary citizens were the heroes of this Their story. example should be looked upon today in a world increasingly infected and bigotry. intolerance by an ally of the Third which Reich, supported its claims to a “Greater includingBulgaria,” lands in Macedonia and Thrace. As the war churned, the Nazi killing machine Though by Jews. of millions thatmurdered had time not under Nazi occupation, the Bulgarians established a special office for “The Jew and as ish early Problem,” as 1940 adopted sweeping anti-Semitic legislation—the infa mous “Law for the Defense of the Nation,” which established forced labor camps and imposed the wearing of star. the yellow Adolf Heinz Beckerle, demanded the deporta tion of Bulgarian Jews to death camps in Po conclusion a foregone been have it must land, in Berlin that his insistence would be heeded. drew affairs Jewish for commissariat the Indeed, up plans that included rounding up Jews and - de the where from points assembly designating place. portations take would ing inkling of what was to come. More than living Jews Thracian and Macedonian 11,000 under Bulgarian military occupation were herded into cattle cars and deported to the camps on trains that traveled through Bul Bulgarians garian surely must have territory. seen the utter suffering of the victims and concluded the same could occur inside the borders. prewar country’s was the rescue of Bulgaria’s 48,000 Jews from from Jews 48,000 ofBulgaria’s rescue the was deportation and certain death in Nazi con WASHINGTON (JTA)—Sixty-five years ago (JTA)—Sixty-five WASHINGTON last week in Bulgaria, a rare chapter in hu man courage took place. It an wasn’t upris decency simple of one rather but arms, of ing It neighbors. one’s of lives the for respect and tion plans, motivating a campaign of defi surprised it that effective so and swift so ance the Thoughauthorities. led at byfirst - Depu ty Speaker of Parliament it Dimitar Peshev, spread to nearly every sector of The society. active most the among was church Bulgarian in defending the Jewish with minority, Met explaining Zagora Stara of Kliment ropolitan of fate the to indifferent stay cannot “we that the persecuted Jewish minority because we God.” by be condemned would zens zens worked to upend the racist Nazi dictates. IWorld Jewry IKosher Cuisine
How kosher certification is made in China Passover food spotlight—from soup to By Alison Klayman brisket to cake BEIJING (JTA)—As the sun rises on a crisp box is suspect. “Since they don’t really under- Judy Cohen, food editor March morning, a van from the Hebei Dongfang stand what I am looking for, they don’t know Green Tree Food Company arrives at Rabbi Nos- what to hide,” Rodin says. hy is this night different from all wheat matzo meal. One recent Shabbat I made son Rodin’s home in this Chinese capital city. Although kosher certification has been other nights? Don’t ask!” That my usual matzo ball recipe but substituted the During the four-hour journey to the com- around for years in China, the landscape of W was printed on a Passover apron whole wheat. To be on the safe side, I also made pany’s factory in Shenzhou, Rodin calls for a food quality control in the country is undergo- I once owned. This is the holiday that is mixed a batch of the regular kind, and this is what break to recite his morning prayers. He wraps ing drastic change. Last September, following with great excitement and great anxiety, a lot I recommend doing. My 16-year-old grand- his tefillin at a rest stop as curious truck drivers intense negative publicity in the United States of hard work and a lot of love. Once we were daughter advised me: “Bubbie, some traditions look on, then gets back into the vehicle. and elsewhere about the discovery of tainted slaves in Egypt, now we sometimes feel like you shouldn’t mess with!” and some others at For the Amidah prayer, the van pulls off the food products, Chinese regulators began re- slaves in the kitchen. the table gave me strange looks, but those who dusty road and Rodin consults the small green quiring companies to use numbered codes on Many years ago, before I embarked on a tasted them gave unanimous approval. compass on his watchband. He needs to pray packaging to identify the plants of origin for 20-year real estate career, I spent several years As to vegetarian, my youngest daughter an- facing west, toward Jerusalem. products. This way, all ingredients could be as a kosher caterer. Once, I prepared a second nounced several years ago that she was about to It’s all part of a routine day for Rodin, 24, a traced to their sources. seder for 200 people (I had help, of become “a Jewish Mother’s nightmare.” No lon- Chabad-Lubavitch emissary who does Jewish The Orthodox Union began using a similar course). In catering, time is money. ger would she partake of the chicken outreach in Beijing and also travels the coun- oversight system in China as far back as 2001, a I found that recipes do not have to soup—now I needed to tryside performing kosher inspections in China representative here said. be complicated to be tasty. find a vegetarian alterna- for U.S. companies. Most Chinese who work with kosher super- As a Realtor, it was tive. Brisket? Forget it! I With the kosher certification of more than visors still know little about kosher laws, but no necessary to have now also have two out 300 food factories in China, each producing longer are they completely ignorant about the quick and easy reci- of four grandchildren multiple products, America’s largest kosher- practices of their Jewish colleagues. pes too. It was almost who are vegetar- certification company, the Orthodox Union, Rabbi Amos Benjamin of the Baltimore- guaranteed that any ian. What’s a mother/ has more than doubled the number of certifica- based Star-K kosher certification company has time I wanted per- bubbie to do? tions it does in China just in the past two years. been certifying products in China as kosher sonal time such as Briefly, for those The kosher food market here has experi- since 1987. “Ten years ago when you visited a preparing for Pass- who don’t know, the enced tremendous growth. Half of China’s $2.5 factory here, they had generally no idea what over, there would traditional seder plate billion in exports of food ingredients to the kosher certification was,” he said. “Now, 10 years be clients requiring includes: roasted lamb United States are kosher, up 150 percent from down the track, they understand more.” immediate attention. shank, roasted egg, pars- two years ago, according to Bloomberg News. Though the food companies under inspec- I needed to be fast and ley (salt water on the side Green Tree first looked into kosher certifica- tion provide English-speaking interpreters, efficient in the kitchen for for dipping twice), horse- tion in 2005, about the same time the company some of the rabbis here have picked up basic both careers. I hope you will find radish or endive for the bitter herb, began exporting its products. “We met a Jewish Mandarin. Benjamin, who speaks several lan- helpful hints and recipes in this article that charoset (chopped apple, nuts and customer who wore a small hat on his head,” guages, says Chinese is the most difficult to will aid in your preparation and add to the cel- wine). I like to make a large quantity of charoset recalls Lucy Zhang, Rodin’s interpreter from learn. Perhaps it’s because his conversations in ebration for you and those who share your table and use it as a side dish during the entire week. Green Tree. “He asked us if our food was ko- Chinese are so unusual. “I don’t know the last at Passover. It serves as an excellent antidote to the effects of sher. He explained if it was kosher, then Jewish time you sat around the coffee table discussing Menus for Passover require all the traditional too much matzo. I think you know what I mean. people could eat it.” techniques of fermentation, but I can do that in foods, both those prescribed for the seder plate In addition you will need three matzos placed “The only way to explain kosher to a com- Chinese,” he says. and those that each family member considers on a separate plate and covered, plus more on pany here is to explain it’s for export,” says Rab- Not everything runs smoothly in the kosher essential from year to year, perhaps those made another plate to pass. bi David Markowitz of Shatz Kosher Services, business in China. Markowitz recalls that five in years past by one’s mother or bubbie, father Vegetarians may replace the lamb shank a kosher certification label. Kosher certifica- years ago, one of his most popular certified or zayde. Despite the need for tradition, I have with olives, grapes and unfermented grains. tion costs $3,000 to $5,000 per year on average, products, canned mushrooms, ran into trouble found that many people are also looking for According to The Jewish Vegetarian Year Cook- Markowitz says. In exchange for access to the when insects were found in the mushrooms. one or more items that are unique. For some, book, by Roberta Kalechofsky and Rosa Rasiel, $11.5 billion kosher food market in the United “We once brought from China to Israel 350 this is a time to impress family and friends with this is based on the passage in Deuteronomy States, many Chinese companies are willing to containers of mushrooms,” he said. But after the something special. In addition, there are usually 24:20-25:4, which commands the second shak- pay the price. insect trouble, “that whole industry shut down. more people at the table than one would have at ing of the olive trees and grape vines to be left Markowitz opened Shatz Kosher Services One of the main things of kashrut is to keep no any other time of the year. With Passover lasting for the poor. It also speaks of compassion for op- in China five years ago and recently added a insects in the food.” eight days and with many women (the tradi- pressed creatures. Some will use a beet to replace location in Vietnam. The rabbi lives in Israel Yossi Gehardy, an Israeli living in China, is tional, but no longer the exclusive Pesach chefs) the shank bone. A partial menu for vegetarians but spends about two weeks each month work- the general manager of the Solbar Ningbo Food working outside the home, what to serve the rest might include vegetable soup, roasted veggie ing in China. Aside from its office near Hong Company, which produces soy proteins and of the week is also important. matzo pizza, mock chicken liver pate. Kong, Shatz also has one in China’s Shandong regularly is inspected by the O.U. Solbar is one Preparing almost everything in one long day, Traditional menus for many families, includ- Province, where many fruits and vegetables are of several kosher food companies in Ningbo. and then relying on mix and match leftovers for ing ours, is as follows: gefilte fish, chicken soup grown and processed. “Kashrut should not be an obstacle to come the rest of the week has always worked for me. with matzo balls, salad, chicken or roast turkey Canned, frozen and dried fruits and vegeta- to China to set up a plant,” Gehardy says. Begin in the morning with those things that take with matzo stuffing , brisket, veggie salad, potato bles are the most common kosher products from For the rabbis that travel throughout China the longest to cook, such as the brisket, which kugel or mashed sweet potatoes, steamed veg- China, but many chemical additives and finished providing kosher supervision, the oft-asked can then be sliced and reheated later. Recruit help gies and other side dishes according to various products like candy also are certified here. question is what they themselves eat. from friends (let them bring their favorites with family traditions, Passover rolls, and ending of Providing kosher supervision means paying Benjamin says it’s hard to explain kashrut to the recipes). Enlist the children wherever pos- course with fruit and a marvelous dessert. This strict attention to a product’s components. In- Chinese hosts who insist on treating the visiting sible, even the three-year-old, self-proclaimed may be the one that will have guests asking for stead of conducting scientific health tests, kosher rabbi to a banquet lunch. “good helper man.” This is an equally important the recipe. inspectors check a company’s compliance with “Many afternoons I sat there with just water tradition and will become part of the memories I am often asked, especially by my daughters’ rules about its ingredients and preparation. and an apple at a business lunch,” he says. that they will relate to their children. friends, if there is an easy way to make chicken Most factories have a few scheduled inspec- More often, rabbis travel with canned foods In recent years there have been two additional soup, turkey and/or brisket. So I will provide tions each year. In situations where sweeping and stock up on kosher products at import factors to consider for the seder meal. More and here the simplest and quickest recipes I know. I changes are required to make a product kosher, markets in big cities like Shanghai and Beijing. more people are becoming vegetarians and/or was at first surprised that so many found these kashrut services usually decline to certify. There is even a kosher restaurant in Beijing. health conscious. Long gone in many families, items intimidating, but since I have been asked During his visit to the Green Tree plant, Ro- For his visit to the Green Tree factory, Ro- including my own, is shmaltz (rendered chicken so often, I assume it is a more common prob- lem than I thought. These recipes also take far April 2008 April din is as interested in what lies behind closed din packed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches fat) for frying or for putting into the traditional matzo balls for added flavor. It has been re- less time and trouble than the usual ones. As A doors as he is with what’s on the apple chip pro- for lunch. He came home with a box of apple duction line. chips for his family, and his wife, Miriam, made placed by olive or canola oil. Nevertheless, I had for matzo balls, I find the recipe on the box of He insists on opening the doors, even in- a spaghetti dinner with tomato paste from a a women tell me that using schmaltz a few times Manischewitz matzo meal is the easiest. These specting a flattened cardboard box with an un- factory Rodin himself had certified in Xinjiang a year was a big part of her tradition. In recent come out between fluffy and firm so add or sub- familiar label that lies discarded in the corner. province. years Manischewitz and others have responded tract a little matzo meal for your preference. As possible evidence of unaccounted-for ingre- The next morning, Rodin took an early to the health mania by manufacturing whole Here are some other quick and easy recipes n wheat matzo, and this year I even found whole that I have discovered and used over the years.
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Humanity the heart of the matter for Kushner in his writing, Judaism By Ben Harris NATICK, Mass. (JTA)—At 72, Rabbi Harold ology to make people feel better, he’s more of outrage when something tragic has hap- Kushner, the best-selling author of “When than willing. pened to them.” Bad Things Happen to Good People,” leads “I always thought Judaism was at its best The book’s influence is undeniable and a life that most of his rabbinic colleagues can when it not only looked at text, but when it has made Kushner a sought-after expert on only dream of. looked at people,” he said. God and human suffering. Having left the full-time rabbinate more Kushner committed his gravest offense, “It started a whole trend in writing,” Car- than two decades ago, his days are largely olyn Hessel, the director of the Jewish Book spent writing and lecturing—or as he put it Council, said of When Bad Things Happen to recently, doing the rabbi stuff he enjoys and Good People. leaving the rest to others. “I think that Rabbi Kushner was success- “I feel very blessed,” Kushner told JTA ful because he catered to everybody,” she last week in an interview conducted as the said. “He reached everybody’s heart. It wasn’t last light of a chilly March afternoon filtered just the Jewish heart. He reached the heart of through floor-to-ceiling windows in the rab- every human being.” bi’s study of Temple Israel, the Conservative Kushner was born in Brooklyn and educat- synagogue in this Boston suburb where he ed in the New York borough’s public schools. arrived as a young rabbi in 1966. After his ordination at the Jewish Theological It was the day before he traveled to New Seminary in 1960, he went to court to have his York to receive the Jewish Book Council’s military exemption waived. Lifetime Achievement Award, a dormant For two years he served as a military prize revived with him in mind. chaplain in Oklahoma before assuming his But the author of more than a half-dozen first pulpit, as an assistant rabbi at another books, several of them best- Temple Israel, this one in sellers, is not without regrets Great Neck, New York. —a topic he addresses in his Four years later he most recent book, Overcoming came to Natick, where he Life’s Disappointments, pub- Harold Kushner has remained. In 1983, lished in 2006. with his book a best-seller Asked about his own mis- and demanding more of his fortunes, Kushner cited his time, Kushner cut back to son’s early death and having part-time at the synagogue. the woman he wanted to marry Seven years later he stepped choose someone else. He also re- down to devote himself fully called losing out on the pulpit of to writing. a larger congregation. The congregation, believ- Kushner told a story about ing their then-55-year-old a Protestant minister who spent rabbi too young to be named his career waiting for his col- rabbi emeritus, made Kushner ENJOY THE leagues to die or be caught in a scandal so he its rabbi laureate, a title held by only a hand- could take over their church. The minister, ful of American spiritual leaders. who worked in a working-class community, Last month, Kushner turned his human- STAR TRAX had grown to resent his congregants whom as the Orthodox see it, in “When Bad Things centered approach to the challenges facing he saw as emblematic of his own failure to Happen to Good People.” He labored to the Conservative movement in an article move up in the world. reconcile the twin Jewish beliefs in God’s titled “Conservative Judaism in an Age of EXPERIENCE! “That was an eye-opening story for me omnipotence and his benevolence with the Democracy” published in Conservative Ju- because I saw a certain amount of myself in reality of human suffering, ultimately sacri- daism magazine. that,” Kushner said. “Maybe without the jeal- ficing the former to salvage the latter. An early and outspoken supporter of the ousy, without wishing ill to my colleagues, Kushner’s God is limited in his ability to new JTS chancellor, Arnold Eisen, Kushner because I was happy where I was. But there control the random hazards of life that result in told JTA that as a sociologist, Eisen is also was a sense that I didn’t really appreciate the tragedy on a widespread and a smaller scale, like disposed to see Judaism through the eyes of people here. I’ve come to appreciate them the Holocaust and the death of a child. those who actually live it and not solely from more, to be much more sensitive to the It is a view that runs afoul of traditional the perspective of an academic—a frequent things that hurt them.” Jewish teaching about God. criticism of Eisen’s predecessors. Sensitivity to the hardships of others is The Orthodox, who Kushner says feel In the article, Kushner argues that in an KATIE JIMMY LUTALO BLAIRE WILL GILL a hallmark of Kushner’s writing, which first obliged to defend every writing by an Ortho- era of personal autonomy, where the Jew- MICHAEL GEORGE PARIS JORDAN ANDRÉ CHRIS gained acclaim after the publication of his dox rabbi, accuse him of propounding un- ish community lacks the ability to enforce second and best-known book, “When Bad Jewish ideas. Among the top Google hits for communal standards the way it did in the Things Happen to Good People,” a medita- “Harold Kushner” is an article from an Or- shtetl, Jews must be given positive reasons to $1,595 tion on human suffering inspired by his son’s thodox Web site titled “Why Harold Kushner choose observance. AFTERNOONS death at 14 from a rare genetic illness. is Wrong.” Conservative Judaism has withered, in part, & SUNDAY EVENINGS He has gone on to author more than a half- Remarkably, Kushner himself concedes because it still treats mitzvot as command- $1,995 dozen other books, several of them best-sellers, the point, acknowledging that he may be ments, Kushner said. Instead, it should market SATURDAY EVENINGS and was an editor of the Conservative move- wrong about God. But drawing on the thou- itself as the movement that satisfies the deep ment’s 2001 Etz Hayim Torah commentary. In sands of letters he has received over the years human need for community and purpose. 1999 he was named clergyman of the year, and from grateful readers, the vast majority of “My seminary training was all about Jew- GEOFF KRETCHMER in 2004 he read from the book of Isaiah at the them non-Jewish, he maintains that his writ- ish answers. My congregational experience President/ state funeral of Ronald Reagan. ing has helped restore faith, return people to has been more in terms of Jewish questions,” Partner Long popular in Christian circles, Kush- prayer and permit them to heal. Kushner said. “I start with the anguish, the
April 2008 April ner has been seen as more of a mixed bless- “I don’t know if I’m correct theologically. uncertainty, the lack of fulfillment I find in
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at U-M Michigan League. For information, call 761-2765. Parish. Catholic Student Trinity ogower presents different topicsrabbinic and eachTalmud weekTanach, from texts using provid texts of translations English literature. and philosophy of law, areas in Discussion ed. 8 theology. p.m. at U-M Hillel. For informa call662-5805. tion, Reading the Bible may be but easy, understand ing it is no simple Study matter. the text in the original, together with the classical commentar House. at Chabad 8:30 p.m. ies. Calendar Tot Play Group: TBE. Tot 9:30 join, contact a.m. To SPICE of LIFE: Music Performance: Prayer, Weekly Torah reading Torah and Jewish Weekly Phi Prayer, Game Night: Jewish Learning Institute (JLI): Nutritious Nutritious Food Series: Yiddish Speaking Group: Speaking Yiddish SPICE SPICE of LIFE: Mobilizing Faith Voices for Peace in Iraq: in Peace for Voices Faith Mobilizing EMU Hillel. 7 p.m. at Holy Holy at p.m. 7 Hillel. EMU Exchange: Interfaith in Topics Jewish Law: Portion—for Women: Torah Weekly Thursday 3 Wednesday 2 Wednesday
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Kuperman, JCS member and Sunday School Topics in Jewish Law: AAOM. Rabbi Rod Glogow- month’s focus is “Dealing With Depression Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into teacher. Learn about Jewish history, the ori- er presents different topics each week using texts in Your Aging Parent.” Diane Griffith, LMSW, the basic text of Chassidism and open your gins of the Bible, forms of Judaism today in- from Tanach, Talmud and rabbinic literature. ACSW, Clinical Social Worker at the U-M eyes to the beauty of Judaism. 10:30 a.m. at cluding focus on Secular Humanistic values, English translations of texts provided. Discussion Health System, will talk about depression in Chabad House. Every Sunday. and the implications for our modern iden- in areas of law, philosophy and theology. 8 p.m. at older adults and discuss concerns and cop- Second Night Seder: TBE. Reservations required. tity. This month’s topic is American Judaism U-M Hillel. For information, call 662-5805. ing mechanisms. 6:30–8 p.m. at the JCC. For For information, visit www.templebethemeth. including what the Jewish experience has Weekly Torah Portion—for Women: Chabad. more information or to RSVP by April 10, org or call 665-4744. 6 p.m. been in America over time and how America Reading the Bible may be easy, but under- contact Abbie at 769-0209 or email abbie@ Second Seder: Chabad. Join in a traditional has changed us as we’ve changed America. standing it is no simple matter. Study the jfsannarbor.org. Seder, full of inspiring Chasidic and mysti- Discussion to follow. Bagels and coffee pro- text in the original, together with the classical Dinner and a Movie: Interfaith Council for cal insights into the Hagadah. Enjoy festive, vided. 10:15–11:45 a.m. at the JCC. For in- commentaries. 8:30 p.m. at Chabad House. Peace and Justice. Showing of the film Grain homemade meal, experience the true mean- formation, contact [email protected]. Every Tuesday. of Sand (Granito de Arena). For more than ing of Passover and transcend time and space Tanya–Jewish Mysticism: Chabad. Delve into 20 years, global economic forces have been to leave Egypt with our ancestors. 7:45 p.m. the basic text of Chassidism and open your Wednesday 16 dismantling public education in Mexico, but eyes to the beauty of Judaism. 10:30 a.m. at always in the constant shadow of popular Monday 21 Chabad House. Every Sunday. Israel Week: EMU Hillel. Celebration of Israel’s resistance. Grain of Sand is the story of the Concert Recital: JFS. Outing for older adults to th grassroots, non-violent resistance movement 60 Anniversary with a week of fun events. English as a Second Language Daily Classes: hear recital of Orpheus Singers. No cost for of hundreds of thousands of public school- Talk presented by Aaron Ahuvia of University JFS. Ongoing class from 9 a.m.–noon at Jewish recital. $6/roundtrip transportation on JFS teachers who took Mexico by surprise and of Michigan-Dearborn on “The Psychology of Family Services, 2245 South State Street. For CareVan, if needed. 3 p.m. at Blanche An- who have endured brutal repression in their the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict” in Ballroom more information, contact JFS at 769-0209 or derson Moore Hall. For information, contact 25-year struggle. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m, B. Followed by Birthday Bash for Israel with email [email protected]. Every Monday. Nina Dmitriev at [email protected] or desserts, DJ and more. followed by the 7 p.m. movie. Discussion fol- lows movie. Memorial Christian Church, 730 Shacharit for Passover: AAOM. 9:30 a.m. at call 769-0209. A2SO Afternoon Delights: JCC Seniors: The Tappan. For more information, email Chuck U-M Hillel. Passover Family Program: JCC. Featuring Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s Music Di- at [email protected] or call 663-1870. popular folksinger, songwriter and lyrical rector Arie Lipsky on cello with Aaron Ber- guitarist Julie Silver. Event includes concert, fosky, Kathryn Votapek and guest violinist Talmud Study Group–Jewish Civil Law: Chabad. Tuesday 22 Passover crafts and activities plus PJ Library Yehonatan Berick. 1:30 p.m. for dessert and Sharpen your wits and knowledge of the Jewish storytelling and dinner. Begins at 4 p.m. with socializing; Concert at 2 p.m. legal system by following the intriguing discus- Passover Break Fun Days: JCC-Youth. See April 18. concert, followed by activities at 5 p.m. and sions in the Talmud. The Talmud is a composite Nutritious Food Series: JCC Early Childhood SPICE of LIFE: JCC Seniors. Fitness Fun with dinner at 6 p.m. $8/person or $30/family. For of practical law, logical argumentation and moral Center. Series of seminars to help get new in- Maria Farquhar, 11 a.m. (new time); $4/ses- information, call 971-0990. teachings. Study of the original Talmud tractate sights on how to offer kids delicious, nutritious sion or $10/3 sessions; The Bible in its Time: Bava Metziah chapter 6. 8 p.m. Every Thursday. Jewish Concepts–for Women: Chabad. Learn- meals. Tips on finding time for breakfast, pack- Introduction to the Bible and Literature of ing the deeper meanings to the Jewish way of ing lunch, offering snacks and reducing soda the Ancient Near East with Lisbeth Fried, 10 life. 8 p.m. at Chabad House. Every Sunday. consumption. Learn to enjoy nutritious foods. Friday 18 a.m.–noon; The State of World Jewry, 11 a.m.; Today’s topic is “Enjoy Snacking With No Guilt.” $3 Dairy Luncheon Buffet, noon; Games and Monday 14 $20/session. 7–8 p.m. For information, contact Passover Break Fun Days: JCC-Youth. Spend activities including mahjong, quilting, art Noreen DeYoung at [email protected]. the break having fun with friends at the projects and poker, 1 p.m. Every Tuesday. English as a Second Language Daily Classes: Jewish Learning Institute (JLI): Chabad. Be- JCC. Participants should bring a dairy, nut- Yiddish Speaking Group: JCC Seniors. 1:30 p.m. JFS. Ongoing class from 9 a.m.–noon at yond Belief offers reflections on the Jewish free lunch each day. $32/day; $30/additional at UM Michigan League. For information, Jewish Family Services, 2245 South State faith, reason and experience. 7:30–9 p.m. at siblings. $8/day for extended care. 8 a.m.–4 call 761-2765. Street. For more information, contact JFS the JCC. p.m. with extended care from 4–6 p.m. avail- able for a fee. Sign up for one or more days. Passover Dinner Study Break: EMU Hillel. 6 at 769-0209 or email [email protected]. p.m. at EMU Hillel. RSVP to Audrey by April Every Monday. For information, contact Deborah Huerta at Thursday 17 971-0990 or email [email protected]. 21. Young Families Passover Dinner and Program: Also April 22–25. Weekly Torah Portion—for Women: Chabad. BIC. Pre-Pesach celebration for families with Prayer, Weekly Torah Reading and Jewish Phi- Israeli Shabbat: EMU Hillel. Part of weeklong Reading the Bible may be easy, but understand- children in preschool through first grade. losophy–for Women: Chabad. 9 a.m. at the celebration of Israel’s 60th Anniversary with a ing it is no simple matter. Study the text in the Interactive dinner program featuring songs, JCC. Every Thursday. week of fun events. Israeli Shabbat held out- original, together with the classical commentar- stories and Passover crafts to prepare for the Passover Boutique: JCC. All-day sale of unique ies. 8:30 p.m. at Chabad House. Every Tuesday. holiday. 5:30 p.m. side Big Bob’s Lakehouse at 6:30 p.m. RSVP to items for Passover including seder plates, mit- Audrey by April 17. Israel Week: EMU Hillel. Celebration of Israel’s vah covers, haggadot and more. 9 a.m.–6 p.m. th Weekly Yiddish Reading Group: JCC Seniors. 60 Anniversary with a week of fun events. For information, call 971-0990. Wednesday 23 Meets at a private home every week except Israeli–style defense Krav Maga demonstra- Tot Play Group: TBE. 9:30 a.m. To join, contact when monthly group meets at JCC. 1:30–3 p.m. Passover Break Fun Days: JCC-Youth. See April 18. tion on Monday. Visit tables around campus on Ginger Derrow at [email protected]. Tuesday, April 15 to learn about Israel’s contri- Call Ray Juni at 761-2765 for directions. For Senior Seder: JCC Seniors and JFS: A traditional SPICE of LIFE: JCC Seniors. Fitness Fun with bution to global society. Talk presented on April information, call 971-0990. community seder for all older adults and their Maria Farquhar, 10 a.m., $4 or 3/$10; Cur- 16 by Aaron Ahuvia of University of Michigan- Friday evening services: See listing at the end of families, with guests Rabbi Robert Levy and rent Events with Heather Dombey, a Jewish Dearborn on “The Psychology of the Palestin- the calendar. Cantor Annie Rose from Temple Beth Emeth. perspective on this week’s news, 11 a.m.; $3 ian-Israeli Conflict” in Ballroom B. Followed by Join with friends new and old to enjoy a deli- Homemade Dairy Buffet Lunch; Special events Birthday Bash for Israel with desserts, DJ and cious catered Passover meal, special music, and and guest presentations (varied), 1 p.m.; Saturday 19 more. Israeli Shabbat will be held outside the thought-provoking discussion of the ways in Literary Group with Sidney Warshausky, 2:15 Lakehouse on Friday, April 18. at 6:30 p.m. which Passover themes are uniquely relevant p.m. at the JCC. Shabbat Yoga: BIC. Gentle “yoga flow” class with Allison Stupka to help increase openness and to the lives of older adults. $20/person. 5–7:30 Intergenerational Passover Seder: JCC Early awareness before joining regular Shabbat ser- p.m. at the JCC. RSVP by April 14 to Abbie at Childhood Center and JCC Seniors. The JCC Tuesday 15 vice. Inspired by the emerging practice of Jew- [email protected] or call 769-0209. Older Adults Program and Early Childhood ish Yoga. 9 a.m. Jewish Learning Institute (JLI): Chabad. Beyond SPICE of LIFE: JCC Seniors. Fitness Fun with Center will celebrate Passover together as chil- Belief offers reflections on Jewish faith, reason, Maria Farquhar, 11 a.m (new time), $4/ses- dren welcome a mystery guest from the past First Seder: Chabad. Join in a traditional Seder, and experience. 7:30–9 p.m. at the JCC. sion or $10/3 sessions; The Bible in its Time: to serve as a guide through an interactive tell- full of inspiring Chasidic and mystical insights Introduction to the Bible and Literature of ing of the Passover story. Passover-style lunch into the Hagadah. Enjoy festive, homemade the Ancient Near East with Lisbeth Fried, 10 served to all in attendance. 11 a.m. For infor- meal, experience the true meaning of Passover Thursday 24 a.m.–noon; The State of World Jewry, 11 a.m.; mation, call 971-0990. and transcend time and space to leave Egypt with our ancestors. 7:45 p.m. $3 Dairy Luncheon Buffet, noon; Games and Jewish Start Paper Weaving Workshop: JCC Passover Break Fun Days: JCC-Youth. See April 18. activities including mahjong, quilting, art Shabbat services: See listing at the end of calendar. Seniors. Learn how to create a simple weav- Prayer, Weekly Torah Reading and Jewish Phi- projects and poker, 1 p.m. Every Tuesday. ing project that will end up in a card or book- losophy–for Women: Chabad. 9 a.m. at the Israel Week: EMU Hillel. Celebration of Israel’s mark. Led by Mary Robinson. 1 p.m. Sunday 20 JCC. Every Thursday. 60th Anniversary with a week of fun events. Caregiver Conversations: JFS. Monthly drop-in SPICE of LIFE: JCC Seniors. Fitness Fun with
April 2008 April Visit tables around campus to learn about educational and support group for adult chil- Reading Hebrew through the Prayer Book–for Maria Farquhar, 10 a.m., $4 or 3/$10; Cur-
A Israel’s contribution to global society. dren in a variety of caregiving roles for aging Women: Chabad. An in-depth study into the rent Events with Heather Dombey, a Jew- Movie Tuesday: TBE. Showing of the film Heir parents. Part of new Jewish Family Services prayer book, an overview of the weekly Torah ish perspective on this week’s news, 11 a.m.; to an Execution. 1–3 p.m. Caregiver Concierge program funded by the reading, with Jewish philosophy. 9:30 a.m. at $3 Homemade Dairy Buffet Lunch; Special Yiddish Speaking Group: JCC Seniors. 1:30 p.m. Jewish Federation. Co-sponsored by the JCC, Chabad House. Every Sunday. events and guest presentations (varied), 1 the Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Havurah, at U-M Michigan League. For information, Shacharit for Passover: AAOM. 9:30 a.m. at p.m.; Literary Group with Sidney Warshausky, Temple Beth Emeth, Beth Israel Congrega- call 761-2765. U-M Hillel. 2:15 p.m. at the JCC. tion, and the Jewish Cultural Society. This Washtenaw Jewish News Jewish News Washtenaw 30 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2008 31 - - - - Be TBE. TBE. Every Chabad. Chabad. JFS. JFS. Gathering of offers reflections on theJewish parents, parents, mental health, medical, legal and educational professionals to explore re sources available and resources neededassist families to with pre-teen and teenage children at risk of crisis For behavior. in formation, contact Lisa at Keefauver lisa@ call or 769-0209. jfsannarbor.org Meaningful service created by Generations TBE’s After, group of relatives of Holocaust survivors in commemoration of Holocaust 7:30 p.m. Day. Memorial at 1 p.m. and projects at 11:30 a.m. lunch by mentaries. mentaries. 8:30 p.m. at Chabad House. Tuesday. standing it is no simple Study matter. the text in the original, together with the classical com yond yond Belief faith, reason and experience. 7:30–9 p.m. at the JCC. Youth in Crisis Youth Workshop: Shabbat and Yom Hashoah Service: Mitzvah Day: TBE. Service at 11 a.m. followed Jewish Learning Institute (JLI): Friday 2 Friday Saturday 3 Saturday Wednesday 30 Wednesday 2008 May Thursday 1
- - - Chabad. Chabad. AAOM. 8 p.m. at Chabad. Delve into JCC Seniors. 1:30 p.m. p.m. 1:30 Seniors. JCC AAOM. 9:30 a.m. at TBE Twenties and Thir and Twenties TBE JCC Seniors. Fitness Fun with JFS. Ongoing class from 9 a.m.–noon at Jewish Jewish at a.m.–noon 9 from class Ongoing JFS. Family Services, 2245 South State Street. For or 769-0209 at JFS contact information, more Every Monday. [email protected]. email sion or $10/3 sessions; The Bible in its Time: Introduction to the Bible and Literature of the Ancient Near East with Lisbeth Fried, 10 a.m.; 11 Jewry, World of State The a.m.–noon; $3 Dairy Luncheon Buffet, noon; Games and activities including mahjong,. Tuesday Every 1 p.m. quilting, and poker, projects art U-M Hillel. the basic text of Chassidism and open your eyes to the beauty of Judaism. 10:30 a.m. at Every Sunday. House. Chabad 10 Maria Farquhar, a.m. (new time), $4/ses ties (TNT). 7 p.m. at Pizza House. RSVP to Goldberg at [email protected]. Jessica at UM Michigan League. For information, call information, For League. Michigan UM at 761-2765. U-M Hillel. Reading the Bible may be easy, but under eekly Torah Portion—for Women: eekly Portion—for Women: Torah English as a Second Language Daily Classes: SPICE of LIFE: Group: Speaking Yiddish Shacharit for Passover: Mysticism: Tanya–Jewish Dinner: Break Passover Chabad. 7:45 p.m. Dinner: Chabad. Moshiach’s Passover Evening Service: W Tuesday 29 Tuesday Monday 28 Monday
- JCC Seniors. Chabad. Study TBE. Followed by AAOM. 9:30 a.m. at See listing at the end of See April 18. April See JCC-Youth. BIC. For tots aged 3–5 years old and old years 3–5 aged tots For BIC. An Chabad. in-depth Women: study into the an overview of book, Torah the weekly prayer reading, with Jewish 9:30 philosophy. a.m. at Every Sunday. House. Chabad Call Ray Juni Call for Ray Juni 761-2765 for For directions. call 971-0990. information, Meets at a p.m. private 1:30–3 JCC. home at everymeets group week monthly exceptwhen U-M Hillel. the calendar. lunch. RSVP to 665-4744. RSVP to lunch. before hour 1 Chabad. Torah: the of mensions Every Saturday. House. at Chabad sundown group code of law for Shabbat, and study of Jewish Ethics, 1/2 hour before sundown Every Saturday. House. Chabad at parents followed by a Tot Kiddush. 11:15 a.m. Kiddush. a Tot by followed parents Chabad. Learn more about the mystical di Reading Reading Hebrew through the Prayer Book–for Shacharit for Passover: Passover Break Fun Days: Days: Fun Break Passover Weekly Yiddish Yiddish Reading Weekly Group: Friday evening services: Passover Passover Yiskor Service: Tot Shabbat: Tot Laws of Shabbat–Jewish Ethics: services:Shabbat See listing at the end of calendar. Mystical Mystical Insights to the Women: Torah–for Sunday 27 Sunday Saturday 26 Saturday Friday 25 Friday
------Cha JFS and JCC. An edu JCC Seniors. Special collaboration between JCC localSeniors. stars Sandor and Laszlo Slomovitz, of the group Gemini, and Rabbi Dobrusin performing new melodies for familiar songs from the Haggadah. 1 p.m. at 769-0209. Abbie RSVP to Sharpenbad. your wits and knowledge of the Jewish legal system by following the intrigu is The Talmud ing discussions in the Talmud. argumen logical law, ofpractical composite a origi the of Study teachings. moral and tation 8 6. chapter Metziah Bava tractate Talmud nal Thursday. Every p.m. cation and discussion group for Jewish grand two topics “Grandparents are parents. Today’s Finale–A “Grand Cel and as Spiritual Guides” ebration of of a Year Grandparent University,” with guest speakers Rabbi Robert Levy and Rabbi Robert Dobrusin. Grandparents serve not only as playmates, caretakers, friends, and mentors to grandchildren, but also spiritual entails role this what about learn Come guides. and how to best ensure that grandchildren in- Also, herit spiritual meaningful. values that are celebrate the last session of this year’s series. Bring a photo of your grandchildren for a fun but activity, be sure you are not in the photo. $5/ JCC. the at time) later (note p.m. 2:30–4:30 at 769-0209. Abbie RSVP to drop-in. Learn Justice. and Peace for Council Interfaith how to help fix health care inMichigan and help get this message into the media. 7 p.m. Memorial Christian Hall, Fellowship Church, For 730 information, email Tappan. chuck@ call or 663-1870. icpj.net Grandparent Grandparent University: Songs from the Haggadah–New Music for Pesach: for Music Haggadah–New the from Songs Health Health Care Meeting: for Michigan Volunteer Study Group–Jewish Talmud Civil Law: I Calendar
Shabbat Services: Pardes Hannah. Generally meets Jewish Cultural Society (JCS) Weekly Friday night Shabbat services 2935 Birch Hollow Drive 975-9872 Shabbat Service: AAOM. 7 p.m. At U-M Hillel. the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month. Call Jewish Family Services (JFS) Home hospitality available for Shabbat and 663-4039 for more information. 10 a.m. Led by Shabbat Candlelighting Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg. 2245 South State Street 769-0209 meals. Call 662-5805 in advance. Jewish Federation April 6 6:42 pm Shabbat Service: BIC. 6 p.m. Shabbat Services: TBE. Torah Study at 8:50 a.m. 2939 Birch Hollow Drive 677-0100 Chapel Service at 9:30 a.m. Sanctuary Service April 11 6:50 pm Shabbat Service: TBE. Tot Shabbat at 5:30 p.m. Pardes Hannah at 10 a.m. Call the office at 665-4744 or con- 2010 Washtenaw Ave. 663-4039 followed by dinner at 6 p.m.; Shira: Family sult website at www.templebethemeth.org for April 18 6:58 pm Shabbat in Song at 6:30 p.m.; Traditional Ser- Temple Beth Emeth (TBE) service details. 2309 Packard Road 665-4744 vice at 7:30 p.m. ($4/for Tot Shabbat dinner April 25 7:06 pm Home Hospitality for Shabbat and Holiday U-M Hillel menu of fish sticks, macaroni and cheese, and 1429 Hill Street 769-0500 salad.) For information, call 665-4744. Meals: AAOM. Call 662-5805 in advance. Shabbat Service: Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Home Hospitality and Meals: Chabad. Every Havurah. 6:15 PM at the JCC the last Friday Shabbat and yom tov (Jewish holiday). Call each month. Musical Shabbat service followed 995-3276 in advance. by vegetarian potluck. Tot Shabbat with option- “Mystical Insights to the Torah:” Chabad. For Classifieds al kid’s pizza dinner at 6:00 PM. All are welcome women to learn more about the mystical di- I to attend. For information, call 913-9705, email mensions of the Torah. Saturday, one hour be- Part-time director, Beit Sefer—Quick! Ann Arbor [email protected] or visit www.aarecon.org. fore sundown. Call 995-3276. Reconstructionist Havurah seeks multi-talented Shabbat Service: Chabad. Begins at candle-lighting “Laws of Shabbat—Jewish Ethics:” Chabad. leader for small, vibrant beit sefer. See full descrip- time. Home hospitality available for Shabbat meals Study group examines the code of law for Shab- tion at www.aarecon.org. Letter and resume by and Jewish holidays. Call 995-3276 in advance. bat and Jewish ethics. Saturday, 1/2 hour before April 4, 2008, to [email protected]. sundown. Call 995-3276. Kosher summer sublet, May-Aug. 1 bedroom Weekly Shabbat services and classes in large grad student apartment, $375/month or Shabbat Services: AAOM. 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April 2008 April A Washtenaw Jewish News Jewish News Washtenaw 32 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2008 33 The twin brothers, with Rabbi Dobrusin ing regular business hours and also through Geminichildrensmusic. website brothers’ the sale the from proceeds ofportionthe A com. - Mu Israel’s Beth willto go ofrecordings the sic Fund. providing commentary, will present their new music in a Pesach concert, sponsored by Jewish Family Services and Community the Center County, of Washtenaw Jewish April on 24 Thursday, at 1 p.m. at the JCC. n is free. Admission - - - The CDs will be available for dren dren are taking an active role in its creation. Sandor’s daughter, Emily, Laszlo’s and violinsong one on plays de and photos the took Daniel, son, for for the first time, thechil brothers’ and insert. signed the CD cover purchase at Beth officeIsrael’s dur - Another special feature of this CD is that, that, is ofCD this feature special Another One is of their father’s Haggadah, the other is other the Haggadah, father’s their of is One every used family their that plate seder the of maternal brothers’ the to belonged It Pesach. great-grandmother and was the only family heirloom that survived their mother’s de Ravensbruck the to Budapest from portation II. War World camp during concentration - - - - . The . Seder Songs— Seder
he Slomovits brothers, Sandor and CD, new a have Laszlo, New Melodies New for the Haggadah
Last year, Last just year, before Rabbi Pesach, Do The Slomovits brothers comprise the The photos on the cover of the new CD Music recording grew out of a unique collaboration unique a of out grew recording between the brothers and Rabbi Robert Do brusin of Beth Israel In Congregation. 2004, the three men presented a program at Beth Israel which consisted of Sandor and Lasz lo’s original settings of passages from the , Pirke with Avot commentary by Rabbi Do- of The success brusin. that led evening them to discuss another project together. Rabbi Dobrusin suggested working with passages the Haggadah. from brusin and Sandor and Laszlo gave another program at Beth Israel, with the brothers singing their settings of passages from the Haggadah and Rabbi Dobrusin again com menting on the texts. Since then, Sandor and Laszlo have continued to create more new melodies for familiar songs such as and also for “Elijahu,” and many “Dayenu,” tra - not are that Haggadah the from passages ditionally sung. well-known musical duo, Gemini, and have folk recording and performing, writing, been music for children and families for more decades. than three are especially meaningful for the brothers. T WJN staff writers Slomovits brothers’ CD presents new melodies for the Haggadah for melodies CD presents new brothers’ Slomovits I I Around Town
Relieving seder stress David Erik Nelson, staff writer assover can be a little stressful: house it’s best to make your arrangements at least guests, spring cleaning, and a long 10 days in advance. Other caterers that are P family feast, followed by a week of kosher-for-Passover include Quality Kosher matzo pizzas, bunless kosher hot dogs, and Catering (248-352-7758) and Elite Kosher checking to be sure you grabbed the pesach- Catering (248-592-0200). Both offer com- dik Pepsi. Fortunately, many local businesses plete menus to choose from. are happy to relieve some of the strain of the Likewise, although not a strictly kosher season. operation, Zingerman’s Catering (663-3400) Most of us are foggy on what’s forbid- does offer a Passover-friendly catering menu den during Passover. The rule of thumb is: (university graduations—a major part of If it expands when soaked in water, then you their business—often coincide with Pass- probably shouldn’t eat it. During Passover, over). The Passover-friendly menu includes FAMILY WATER FUN PACKAGE nothing can be used which contains even a brisket in BBQ sauce, grilled free range speck chometz (barley, wheat, rye, oats, or chicken, cole slaw, potato salad, fruit salad, spelt), although a baked mixture of flour and chocolate-orange Passover tort, matzo, and Experience our 15,000 sq. ft. Indoor water not permitted to rise for more than Izzy’s fruit soda. Whether you cook or cater, Water Playground! eighteen minutes is acceptable (hence the flowers from the Chelsea Flower Shop (203 ubiquitous matzo cracker). This proscrip- E. Liberty St., 662-5616) will make a nice Kids and adults alike will have a blast on our new 70-foot waterslide, tion alone complicates cooking and eating accent, and remind guests that Passover is quite a bit, but there is a further twist: Most a celebration of spring and rebirth, even if new floating obstacle course, new basketball hoops, and our new American Jews are Ashkenazim (of Europe- our local weather seems more inclined to- UNIQUE ZERO DEPTH SPRAYGROUND 0ACKAGE INCLUDES NIGHTS STAY s an extraction), and thus must also avoid kit- wards harshness and inequity. Out-of-town FAMILY PASSES TO WATER PLAYGROUND s WELCOME GIFTS s ARCADE niot (literally “little things”). Kitniot includes guests can be whisked to your door (and TOKENS s BREAKFASTS s /NE IN ROOM MOVIE OR VIDEO GAME s corn, rice, and all legumes (peanuts, peas, back to Detroit Metro) by Arbor Limou- 0ACKAGES START AT IN THE (OTEL soy, and any other bean). Owing to the large sine (663-5959). 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Although they are best formidable selection of staples and imports known for their sandwiches (on dense, aro- with a full line of kosher l’pesach goods. If matic Bakehouse bread), Zingerman’s Deli you’re looking to pick up a few essentials (422 Detroit St., 663-3354) will once again downtown, head to the People’s Food Co- offer a full Passover-friendly menu. Their op (216 N. 4th Ave., 994-9174). While there, handmade gefilte fish and amazing charoset savvy chefs might want to pick up a box of will make you forget all about the paesano quinoa. This sesame-seed-sized grain is a rel- rolls and reubens. If you’re looking for a ative newcomer to U.S. kitchens, despite hav- quick bite somewhat easier on the pocket- ing been cultivated in the Andes since well book, drop into Afternoon Delight (251 E. before the Diaspora. Even though quinoa is Liberty St., 664-7513) for their renowned very similar to rice, it is technically a grass salad bar and a matzo. seed, and thus has been deemed pesachdik To learn more about what it takes to make by the Star-K Kosher Certification Agency. packaged foods kosher for Passover, see Those without the time, the inclination, this article from Kashrus Magazine: http:// or any God-given culinary talent need not www.kashrusmagazine.com/magazine/104/ fret over cooking a delicious seder without kosherlpesach.html. Those curious about flour, canola oil, or a single bean. Simply kosher law in all its intricacies can head to Scrumptious Catering (646-4586) offers a Kashrut.com. n variety of kosher for Passover meals. Since they do a swift business this time of year, April 2008 April A Washtenaw Jewish News Jewish News Washtenaw 34 Washtenaw Jewish News A April 2008 35 - 1299150 9 3 3 2 2 5 8 15 19 18 35 27 27 27 10 13 22 31 34 10 28 17 24 27 27 13 16 36 16
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