October 2016 Tishrei, 5777

A Publication of the Jewish Federation of Madison INSIDE THIS ISSUE Jewish Federation Upcoming Events ...... 5 Tzedakah Campaign Kickoff in Pictures ...... 14-15 Jewish Education ...... 20-21 Congregation News ...... 8-9 Rosh Hashanah Greeting & HHD Schedule...... 16-17 Jewish Social Services...... 22-24 Simchas & Condolences ...... 11 Business, Professional & Service Directory ...... 19 Israel & The World ...... 26-27 Time to Celebrate the 2016 Tzedakah Campaign Editor’s note: On Sunday, September was run by a dynamic leadership duo that Federation’s board and was incredibly im- 11th, 2016, the community gathered at inspired Jewish students to be active on pressed. The board asked so many Full Compass to celebrate the 2016 campus and in the greater Madison com- thoughtful, smart questions. I have worked Tzedakah Campaign Kickoff. This spe- munity. This couple inspired me to re- with many non-profit boards before and cial evening was filled with delicious evaluate how important Judaism was to after that. I have never worked with one food, wonderful music, and information me from a spiritual perspective and from that asked so many questions…so, so about the local and worldwide needs a cultural perspective. If you think this duo many. The engagement of board members funded by the Jewish Federation of might sound familiar to you, it probably was, and continues to be, a hallmark of the Madison. Below is an address given by does. Greg and Rabbi Andrea Steinberger Federation. People on our board really Joe Shumow, Vice President of the Jewish are directly responsible for my initial in- care about Jewish life in Madison and Federation of Madison. volvement in the Jewish Federation of globally. Madison. My time with the Federation since has Now is the Time to Act In 2004, my senior year of college, been very rewarding – in large part be- Susan and Jonathan Lipp Greg asked me to meet with Steve Morri- cause of what the Federation does, locally My name is Joe Shumow. I’m the vice son and others at the Madison Jewish and globally. Here's some of what it does land and continue to support its activities president of the Jewish Federation of Community Council. At that time, Madi- locally: through their Foundation, it is the Federa- Madison. When Dina and Marc aren’t ask- son was considering a sister city with • The Federation owns and operates the tion’s job to fundraise to support opera- ing me to serve on committees, I work as Rafah in Gaza. The Madison Jewish Com- Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Jewish tions and to keep it up to date. a real estate shareholder at Reinhart munity Council (this organization’s for- Community Campus, a 154-acre campus • The Federation operates Gan Boerner Van Deuren. I am also a lecturer mer name) formally opposed the proposal in Verona, which is home to a large recre- HaYeled Preschool. Jewish preschool is for the Wisconsin School of Business in and began a process to educate Madison ational facility and a beautiful six-lane one of the most effective ways to promote the Department of Real Estate and Urban Common Council members about Rafah’s pool that welcomes thousands of swim- Jewish living in modern America, as most Land Economics. role in terrorist acts committed against the mers every year. The lead gift by Irwin recently highlighted by the Pew Center’s I have been involved in Federation ac- State of Israel. If you think this issue and Robert Goodman made this facility study named “Portrait of Jewish Ameri- tivities for many years – dating back to my sounds familiar to you, it probably does. possible and continues to serve the greater cans.” time as a student at UW. I was active at A group locally continues to push for this Madison community year-round. Al- • And perhaps most recognizable to Hillel – as so many were and as so many sister city, although with considerably less though the Goodman Brothers donated the (Continued on page 3) continue to be. In those days UW Hillel likelihood of success than 12 years ago. I left Madison for law school and You are cordially invited to attend returned to start a job working with Dan Kaplan at Foley & Lardner. Dan asked me to help the MJCC amend its bylaws – pro The 2016 Annual Meeting bono, which is Latin for “best to avoid this work”. of the Jewish Federation I presented the revised bylaws to the of Madison Why is this Tzedakah Sunday, November 20th – 4 to 6 p.m. Campaign Different than Goodman Jewish Community Campus all other Tzedakah 7762 County Highway PD, Verona Campaigns? 4:00-4:30 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres and reception Joe Shumow 4:30-6:00 p.m. Program and Annual Meeting Because this year Couvert: $10 per person there will be Please join us as we highlight the successes of the past year NO TZEDAKAH SUNDAY. and present the following awards: ❖ Miriam Singer Sulman Young Leadership Award will be This year the High Holy Days fall presented to Dan Weiss PAID on Sundays so we will not be desig- ❖ Madison, Wis. Ben Minkoff Volunteer Award (a surprise announcement) Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE Permit No. 1341 nating one Sunday for Tzedakah campaign calls. This year, we will be ❖ Andrea J. Stein Jewish Community Professional Award having a Tzedakah Season. We will will be presented to Dina Weinbach still be reaching out and making Other business includes the election of the board of directors calls, but there will not be a specific and officers. calling day like in the past. If you Please RSVP by November 11th wish to reach out to us to make your via email at [email protected] Tzedakah Campaign donation, via phone (608)278-1808 please feel free to call Lynn Kaplan or at JewishMadison.org at (608)442-4076 or go online and

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Shumow Continued from page 1 people in the Madison area, the Federation lege campuses doubled last year over the runs Camp Shalom, a summer day camp previous year. That’s important for us to that is home to 1,000 campers each year. know, especially given our proximity to A friend of mine, who is not Jewish but UW. sends her kids to Camp Shalom, calls it the • Anti-Semitism is sweeping across Eu- “Club Med” of Madison day camps. Best rope – in France, Belgium, Denmark, and of all, the Federation has never, ever elsewhere. Xenophobia is probably turned away a camper because his or her strongest in Hungary. Our donation to the family can’t afford it. Jewish Federation of Madison provided The Federation does quite a bit locally funding, through the Joint Distribution to support Jewish life in and around Madi- Committee, which supported “Judafest” – son, but also to support human life in and a street festival of approximately 10,000 around Madison. All of that is wonderful. people in the streets of Budapest. For me, though, that alone is not why I Our history as a people both, ancient donate to the Federation. and recent, tells us we need to stay vigilant Many thanks to Susan and Jonathan Lipp for generously hosting the 2016 Tzedakah I donate to the Federation for what it against rising anti-Semitism. In my opin- Campaign Kickoff event at Full Compass on Sunday, September 11th. does nationally and globally. A portion – ion, there is no work more important to a minority by the way – of our donation is Jewish life locally or globally than that. sent out to support and, more importantly, There are great reasons to support the protect Jews across the world. Federation whether it’s locally or globally. • Our support helps the Anti-Defama- Whatever your reason, now is the time to tion League keep track of anti-Semitic act. activities. Unfortunately, we have seen Thank you for all you do for the Fed- minor tick-ups in anti-Semitic activity in eration, for Madison, and for the greater Please join us for a special this country. Because of the ADL’s work, Jewish community. we know that anti-Semitic activity on col- guest speaker from New York!

Stephanie Hausner, Why We Give Director of Community BY JON ECKHARDT, BOARD MEMBER the Federation started before we arrived Strategy for the Jewish Federation of Madison in Madison. Lee and I had started our Jewish Federations of family in Washington DC, and we were North America, Editor’s note: Jon Eckhardt was looking for a permanent home. asked to speak at the Major Gifts event Madison rose to the top of our list pro- Jewish Council of on August 28th, 2016, at Nakoma Golf fessionally, but as East Coasters living in Public Affairs and the Club. Below are the words he shared a major metropolitan area, we knew little Israel Action Network with the fifty community members in at- about what it would be like to raise our tendance. children in Madison. One night, we typed in the words “Jewish Madison” in Tonight I want to share with you why Google, and we came across the website Countering BDS my wife Lee and I donate to the Jewish for the Jewish Federation of Madison. (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions of Israel) Federation of Madison. Our story with Our computer screen exploded with cul- Delegitimization: What Is It and How Do We Do It? ture. We found synagogues, a Jewish pre- school, a successful Hillel, and a day camp. Jewish Business & Professionals Roundtable We then received a large package Wednesday, November 2nd, 7:30-9 a.m. from the Federation that contained writ- ten material about the Jewish community Nakoma Golf Club in Madison – including an issue of a Jew- RSVP online at JewishMadison.org ish newspaper! After all of this, we were or to [email protected] convinced that Madison should be our next home. Our children have flourished here. Community Event They have developed strong Jewish iden- Wednesday, November 2nd, 7:30 p.m. tities in no small part due to Federation programs such as Midrasha, Camp Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street Shalom, Gan Hayeled, and the One RSVP (if you can) to [email protected] Happy Camper Program. Our daughters were able to participate in these programs because of the Madison community’s his- This event sponsored by tory in investing in building the commu- nity. Jon Eckhardt (Continued on page 6) With our gratitude ... A special thank you to BMO Harris Bank, Rubin’s Furniture, and Madison Computer Works in recognition and appreciation for generously showing continuous support of the Jewish Federation of Madison’s website: JewishMadison.org – the central information source for the entire Madison Jewish community. Your support helps us provide vital services that serve both the Jewish and general community. 4/Madison Jewish News October 2016 Center for Jewish Studies Fall Events and New Faculty and School of Music Team at Center for Jewish Studies

BY JOAN HONG, PROJECT ASSISTANT netics, Waisman Center will present. The Up to Create Innovative UW Center for Jewish Studies panel presentation will take place at 7:00 p.m. in Room 1199, Nancy Nicholas Hall. The Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish On November 6th, there will be an “After- Approach to Holocaust Study Studies is thrilled to welcome three new noon with Friends”, featuring Mary Louise What does the Holocaust mean to us “Holocaust: Literature, Music, Mem- faculty members this year. Marina Zilberg- Roberts, WARF Distinguished Lucie today? How does the memory of the ory, and Representation” will be offered erts joins us as the Lipton Assistant Profes- Aubrac Professor and Plaenert Bascom Holocaust affect our reality? at the University of Wisconsin-Madison sor of Eastern European Jewish Studies at Professor of History, speaking on “Stitch- Two University of Wisconsin-Madi- for Spring 2017. This course is intended the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish ing Wartime History: The Case of the son professors, Rachel Feldhay Brenner for students of all ages who have a keen Studies and in the department of German, French Resistance”. Following the lecture, and Teri Dobbs, are combining their interest in how literature and music inter- Nordic, and Slavic Studies. She received UW Madison design studies students will fields of expertise—literature and sect with Holocaust memory and testi- her Ph.D. from Stanford University and is be on hand to talk about their design music—in their course, “Holocaust: Lit- mony. Wisconsin residents age 60 and a Posen Fellow. Professor Zilbergerts will process and dresses featured in the com- erature, Music, Memory, and Represen- older may register for the course as senior teach a course entitled “Russia and the panion exhibition “Inspired by Hedy.” 1-4 tation” to answer these questions. guest auditors and are warmly welcome. Jews: Literature, Religion, and Culture.” p.m. at Nancy Nicholas Hall, room TBD. The course offers an innovative ap- Registration will open in early Novem- Sunny Yudkoff joins the Mosse/Weinstein On Tuesday, October 18th, the Center proach to the study of the Holocaust: to- ber. Date, time, and location of the course Center for Jewish Studies and the depart- will co-sponsor a lecture put on by the gether, we shall discuss the cultural will be made available at that time. Veri- ment of German, Nordic, and Slavic Stud- George L. Mosse Program in History. Ron- responses to the event of the Holocaust fication of Wisconsin Resident status and ies after spending the past three years nie Ellenblum, Professor of Geography at by exploring iconic works in the fields of age is required. Questions on the appli- teaching Yiddish literature at the Univer- the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will classical music, film, poetry, literature, cation will determine if these require- sity of Chicago. She received her Ph.D. give a talk, “Multi Cultural Jerusalem-A and Yiddish folklore tradition. Our goal ments are met. from Harvard University in 2015 and is New Biography.” This lecture will take is to address questions of authenticity, ap- Registration information can be found currently at work on her first book project place at 4:00 p.m. in room L 140 Elvehjem propriateness, sensitivity, and moral at http://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/ad- entitled, Let it Be Consumption!: Tubercu- Building (Chazen Museum). judgments in relation to this unprece- vising/audit60.htm or by telephoning losis and the Modern Jewish Writer. At On Thursday, October 27th, the Center dented historical event. (608)262-1156. UW-Madison, Professor Yudkoff will welcomes Stanford University’s Steven J. teach courses in Jewish Literature and the Zipperstein, Daniel E. Koshland Professor Medical Humanities. Adam Stern will also in Jewish Culture and History to deliver Visit Shoes for the Whole Family! us on Fa cebook! be teaching for us. He is currently complet- the annual Tobias lecture. His talk, Sizes 5-15, Widths 2A-6E ing his Ph.D. in the Study of Religion at “Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of His- 30 CERTIFIED SHOE FITTERS & 7 PEDORTHISTS ON STAFF Harvard University. His areas of interest tory,” will explore Kishinev’s pogrom of include modern European philosophy, the 1903 which was the first event in Russian history of Jewish thought, and political the- Jewish life to receive international atten- ory. These fabulous additions bring the tion. The riot that left 49 dead in an obscure number of faculty at UW-Madison who border town dominated the headlines of the Hilldale Shopping Center, Madison • 608-238-3509 focus on Yiddish and Eastern European western press for weeks, intruded on Russ- www.morganshoes.com Jewish Studies to six! ian-Jewish relations, and left its impact on Trust Your Feet to Morgan’s Shoes The Center will host a series of lectures an astonishing array of institutions: the and events this fall that are free and open nascent Jewish army in Palestine, the to the public. Please join us for one or more NAACP, and was the likely inspiration for of these events. the first version of “The Protocols of the From September 11th to November Elders of Zion.” Why did it have this im- STITCHING 13th, the Center will co-sponsor the pact? How is it that this particular event so “Stitching History from the Holocaust” ex- shaped history? The lecture will take place HISTORY hibit. This event takes place at the Ruth in the Festival Room (lower level), Memo- Davis Design Gallery, School of Human rial Union (800 Langdon) at 4:00 p.m. The FROM THE Ecology. Community members are invited Tobias lecture is made possible through the to the following events at the exhibit: generosity of Harry and Marjorie Tobias. HOLOCAUST On Thursday, October 20th, the Center Community members are invited to join will co-sponsor a panel presentation at the Professor Yudkoff’s course on Migration RUTH DAVIS Stitching History exhibit, “Stitching His- in Film and Literature for several film DESIGN GALLERY tory in Czechoslovakia: A Survivor’s and screening which will take place at the UW a Historian’s Perspective.” Simone Schwe- Hillel at 6 p.m. The series is entitled Head- ber, Goodman Professor of Education and ing Home: The Comedies of Jewish Migra- SEPT 11 - NOV 13 Jewish Studies and Director of the Center tion. September 19th: Hester Street, 2016 for Jewish Studies will chair the panel. November 2nd: Yentl, November 21st: A Amos Bitzan, Frances and Laurence We- Serious Man. Hours: Mon. - Thurs., 9am - 4pm & instein Assistant Professor of Modern Eu- Complete and current information Sun., Noon - 4pm ropean Jewish History and Renata Laxova, about our events is available on our web- Dresses and accessories made Professor Emerita of Genetics at the De- site at jewishstudies.wisc.edu or by email- from original sketches by Hedy partments of Pediatrics and Medical Ge- ing [email protected]. Strnad, who sent eight designs to a Milwaukee relative hoping to secure immigration visas. Unable to obtain these documents, she and her husband perished in the Holocaust. Also featured, a modern look at Hedy’s legacy in a companion exhibition by UW-Madison design students. Published monthly by SPECIAL EVENT Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 JEWISH FEDERATION OF MADISON 7:00 – 8:00 pm: Panel presentation 6434 Enterprise Lane, Madison, Wisconsin 53719 “Stitching History in Czechoslovakia: 608-278-1808 | Fax: 608-278-7814 A Survivor’s and a Historian’s JewishMadison.org | [email protected] Perspective” co-sponsored by Center for Jewish Studies. Marc Shovers, President Nancy Nicholas Hall, Room 1199 Dina Weinbach, Executive Director Check designgallery.wisc.edu for Tiz Goff, Advertising Manager details on additional programs. Brenda Carlson, Advertising Design and Layout Printing by: News Publishing Company, Inc., Black Earth Stitching History From The Holocaust is an original exhibit created by and on loan from the Jewish Museum Milwaukee. Supported by the UW-Madison Anonymous Fund, Friends of the UW-Madison School of Human Copy deadline is at noon on the 12th of each month for the following month’s issue. If the 12th falls on a Saturday or Ecology, the Jewish Federation of Madison, the George Sunday, copy must be received by noon the preceding Friday. If the 12th is on a holiday when the Federation is closed, copy must be L. Mosse/ Laurence A. Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, and Fran Weinstein. received by noon the preceding weekday. All copy must be submitted on a CD or by email attachment to [email protected] in Microsoft Word. Copy embedded in an email, handwritten or typed hard copy will not be accepted. Photographs may be submitted, but the preference is they arrive as an email attachment in a high definition resolution. JPEG format is preferred. Photographs RUTH DAVIS DESIGN GALLERY embedded in an email will not be accepted. The name and telephone number of the individual submitting the copy must be included Nancy Nicholas Hall, School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison on all submissions. 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SAVE THE DATE! Jewish Federation of Madison Annual Meeting Sunday, November 20th, 4 - 6 p.m. Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Jewish Community Campus

Join us as we highlight the successes of the past year. Other business includes the election of the Board of Directors and Offi- cers. Stitching History through the Holocaust Please RSVP by November 11th via email Exhibit, lectures and panel discussions ([email protected]) or phone Exhibit: Runs now through November 13th (608)278-1808 or at JewishMadison.org. Monday-Thursdays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sundays, noon-4:00 p.m. Ruth Davis Gallery Nancy Nicolas Hall, School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison Schmooze & Move 1300 Linden Drive, Madison Tuesdays: October 11th, November 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, and December 6th and 13th This project was funded in part by an Innovation Panel Grant from the Jewish 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Federation of Madison. Design Gallery events are free and open to the public Max Weinstein Jewish Community Building, Conference Room 6434 Enterprise Lane, Madison About The Exhibit: Paul and Hedy Strnad are trapped as the Nazis close in. Can Hedy’s dress designs and their cousin in Milwaukee help them get to the United Join us weekly for a parent/tot yoga class with an instructor from little om BIG States? All efforts failed. Hedy and Paul perished in the Holocaust, but their mem- OM. The class will be 45 minutes followed by a chance to schmooze with the other ory lives on in a letter and sketches, which form the core of this haunting exhibit. caregivers and their children. Parents, Grandparents, and Nannies are all welcome! The Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s costume shop meticulously created with Cost is $65 for 1 child or $115 for two children (siblings) for this 8 week session. historic accuracy the eight dresses and accessories from the original sketches by https://madison.secure-fedweb.jewishfederations.org/page/contribute/ using period styles and techniques. The museum staff has collected years of re- schmooze-yoga-2016 search to give visitors a closer look into the lives of this couple — a story that rep- 3% will be applied to payments made via credit card online. resents one of the millions of lives extinguished by the Holocaust and the http://madison.secure-fedweb.jewishfederations.org/page/signup/schmooze- immeasurable loss of talent and creativity. and-yoga-registration-2016 The Design Gallery is also pleased to feature a separate exhibition of garments created by UW Madison fashion design students who looked to Hedy’s legacy for Please make check payable to the Jewish Federation of Madison and reference a modern twist on late 1930s – 1940s styles. Schmooze & Move with child's name(s) in memo or attached note. Stitching History From The Holocaust is an original exhibit created by and on Mail or bring in to: loan from the Jewish Museum Milwaukee. Supported by the UW-Madison Anony- Jewish Federation of Madison, 6434 Enterprise Lane, Madison, WI 53719 mous Fund, Friends of the UW-Madison School of Human Ecology, the Jewish For more information, contact Rachel at [email protected] or (608)442- Federation of Madison, the George L. Mosse/Laurence A. Weinstein Center for 4075. Jewish Studies, and Fran Weinstein.

Future Related Programs Adult Hebrew Classes: Ivrit Kala Thursday, October 20th Learn Hebrew in a class setting with our Community Shaliach, Daniel Gill. Now 7 p.m. – 8 p.m., Nancy Nicholas Hall, Nancy Nicholas Hall, Room 1189 in session. Panel presentation: “Stitching History in Czechoslovakia: A Survivor’s and a • Beginners Level: Mondays at 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Historian’s Perspective” co-sponsored by Center for Jewish Studies • Advanced Level: Mondays at 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Max Weinstein Jewish Community Building – Simone Schweber, Goodman Professor of Education and Jewish Studies and 6434 Enterprise Lane, Madison Director, Center for Jewish Studies will chair the panel. Cost: $18 for materials. Try the first class free! – Amos Bitzan, Frances and Laurence Weinstein Assistant Professor of History. For more information and to register visit: www.JewishMadison.org – Renata Lexova, Professor Emerita of Genetics at the Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jewish Business & Professionals Roundtable Wednesday, November 2nd, 7:30-9:00 a.m. Nakoma Golf Club Countering BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions of Israel) Deligitimiza- tion: What Is It and How Do We Do It? Featuring guest speaker Stephanie Hausner, Director of Community Strategy for the Jewish Federations of North America, Jewish Council of Public Affairs and the Israel Action Network. RSVP online at JewishMadison.org or to [email protected]

Community Event Adult Hebrew Conversation Group: Cafe Ivrit Improve your conversational Hebrew, meet new people, and enjoy a cup of Wednesday, November 2nd, 7:30 p.m. coffee Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street Thursdays (after the High Holidays) at 7:00 p.m. Countering BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions of Israel) Deligitimiza- Start date and coffee shop location to be determined tion: What Is It and How Do We Do It? Cost: Free. Pay for your own coffee/beverage RSVP (if you can) to [email protected] For more information and to register visit: www.JewishMadison.org

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Chabad Programs on Campus. These pro- Houston and Nepal. Recent events in Eckhardt Continued from page 3 grams pull us together and strengthen our Milwaukee and across the United States shared identity. remind us of the importance of regularly Community is important for raising lies survived the war and immigrated to Our gift helps Jews worldwide includ- supporting the communities that we live our children, but history provides us con- Canada and the United States. These fam- ing those in need living in places like the in. stant reminders that our survival as a peo- ilies survived because of community— Ukraine and China. Since 1950, Israel has We hope you share our sense of obli- ple depends on us supporting each other. they helped each other. But this was not promised to provide a safe-haven for gation and an understanding of the impor- Our family recently learned of the Jews just a story of Jewish survival. The fami- Jews fleeing oppression world-wide. tance of these programs in perpetuating of Priest’s Grotto. At Priest’s Grotto and lies received help from fellow Ukraini- Through our Federation gift we help sup- life and helping those in need worldwide. nearby Verteba Cave in the Ukraine, sev- ans. People like Munko Lubudzin--who port this important effort. We give for community--but there is eral families of Jews--the Stermers, the helped them find the caves—and Semen In the spirit of tikkun olam, many of one other reason we give. Our involve- Dodyks, the Wexlers, the Bodians, the Sawkie—who sold the families food at our programs strengthen the city we live ment in the Federation has fostered Franks, the Barads, the Kitners, the Gold- great personal risk. in by serving those of all faiths. Camp friendships that we cherish that we hope bers, the Kurzs, the Kavaleks, the Reibels Many, if not most of us in the room Shalom is open to the entire community. continue to deepen in the years to come. and Mr. Chisdes, survived the Holocaust tonight, are descendants of people who Gifts to the Federation help to provide That’s it. That’s why we give. by taking refuge underground. Some of relied on others to survive World War II. legal assistance to immigrants in need Please commit to supporting our Jew- the members of the families spent 344 Lee and I feel a personal obligation to in- through services provided by Jewish So- ish community in Madison and around consecutive days living in the caves. This vest in community because of this history cial Services of Madison. Outside of our the world. I hope you understand that is apparently the longest consecutive pe- of tzedakah and tikkun olam. Through local community, the Jewish Federation there is no one else. Our donors—of riod known that humans have survived our annual gift to the Federation we sup- of North America funds relief efforts which you are one—are an incredibly underground. Young children were with- port programs that strengthen our com- worldwide. Recent initiatives include small number of people. The success of out sunlight for months at a time. munity like Camp Shalom, Jewish Social providing assistance for those impacted our annual campaign and the future of Thirty-eight people from these fami- Services, Gan HaYeled, Hillel and by natural disasters in Baton Rouge, Jewish life in Madison relies on you.

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Your annual contribution to the Jewish Federation of Chabad at the University of Wisconsin: Dedicated Madison Tzedakah Campaign provides essential support to serving Jews throughout the university, Madison, and to these local and overseas agencies and programs: Dane County regardless of background and affiliation For our children For our individuals & families Yad B’Yad: Provides infants and toddlers and their Outreach: Led by the outreach coordinator and the Yom Ha’Atzmaut: Israel Independence Day Annual parents/caregivers socialization opportunities as well as volunteer corps, we connect and engage individuals and celebration relevant programs families with the many opportunities available to live Jewish Community Picnic: Summer kickoff event Hilde L. Mosse Gan HaYeled Preschool: In its Jewishly in the Madison area. at the Goodman Campus fourth decade, provides year round Jewish early child- Jewish Social Services: Provides services to individ- hood experiences and provides scholarships for low-in- uals and agencies in the Jewish and general communi- Wisconsin Jewish Conference: Serves as a resource, come families. ties. advocate, and clearinghouse to address important public policy issues for local Jewish communities throughout Camp Shalom: In its sixth decade, offers summer Jewish education teacher training: Organizes and the state experiences for more than 1,000 campers of various re- sponsors an annual teachers’ convention for local Jewish ligions and ethnicities and provides scholarships for low- educators and offers subsidies for conference and Community Relations Committee: Serves as a liai- income families courses son between the local Jewish community and the larger One Happy Camper: Helps to provide financial as- Jewish family educational and social programs: population sistance to children attending Jewish resident camps for Activities including holiday events, swim parities and Partnership Together (P2G): A partnering with the first time. community celebrations Tulsa, Milwaukee, St. Paul and the Sovev Kinnert region Ivrit B’kef/Hebrew Club After-School Program: Future Directions: leadership program of the Fed- of Israel encourages community exchanges of ideas, pro- kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd graders experience adventure eration provides opportunity for participants to learn, en- grams and friendship. through the Hebrew language. Learn the Aleph Bet and gage and impact our community For our national community develop reading and writing skills through structured Jewish Business & Professionals Roundtable: Pro- lessons, arts & crafts, movement, and more! gramming dedicated to the interests of Jewish business Anti-Defamation League: Anti-Defamation League: Yonim: Israeli folk dancing program for students executives and professionals Fights anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry, defends from kindergarten through 12th grade. democratic ideals, and safeguards civil rights for all in the U.S and abroad The Madison Jewish Community Day School: For our local community Works with students to develop a capacity for critical The Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Jewish Jewish Council for Public Affairs: Serves as the thinking, a connection to their Jewish heritage, and a Community Campus: The 154-acre home of Camp public affairs arm of the organized Jewish community profound sense of community and responsibility. Shalom and the center for year-round community recre- Jewish Telegraphic Agency: The independent, not- MJCDS is pluralistic, egalitarian and committed to fos- ational, educational, and social activities for-profit global source of breaking news, investigative tering a lifelong love of learning. The Goodman Aquatic Center: Our 5,500 square reporting, in-depth analysis, opinion, and features on Midrasha Hebrew High School: Jointly sponsored foot outdoor pool with six 25-meter competition lanes current events and issues of interest to the Jewish people. by Jewish Federation of Madison, Beth Israel Center, and zero depth entry, used by more than 10,000 swim- and Temple Beth El. Program includes weekly sessions mers each summer from the Jewish and general commu- For our worldwide community for 8-12 graders with incentive scholarships for gradu- nities America Jewish Joint Distribution Committee: Provides relief, rescue and renewal programs to Jewish ating seniors. The Minkoff Center: Our year-round 12,000 square- communities in Israel and 70 countries and non-sectarian foot recreation and education center, including a kosher aid to general communities in times of crisis. For our college students kitchen, showers, and meeting space Hillel at the University of Wisconsin: One of the Jewish Agency for Israel: Provides social welfare Madison Jewish News: Our free monthly newspaper country’s preeminent Hillel Foundations, offers social, and refugee rescue and resettlement programs in Israel, for the entire Jewish community educational, cultural, and religious activities to the UW’s including education, job training, and new business 5,000 Jewish students Community Shlichim: Provides educational pro- loans to struggling new immigrants gramming for the entire community and serves as an ad- Taglit-birthright Israel: Jointly sponsored by Jew- World ORT: The world's largest Jewish education vocate for Israel within the Jewish and broader ish Federation of Madison and other North American and vocational training non-governmental organization community Federations, the government of Israel, and private Jew- which operates free colleges, schools, training centers ish philanthropists, provides free, first-time peer group Yom Hashoah: Annual Holocaust memorial service and programs in Israel, Russia, Argentina and many educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages and program other countries worldwide. 18 to 26 Here are some of the ways you can annually contribute to the Tzedakah Campaign

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Smell the sweet fresh apples as you get to Temple Beth El by the time Shabbat Kesher Israel Film – Under the Same community and take place at Temple Beth pluck them right off the tree to begin Rosh Evening Services begin at 7:30 p.m. RSVP Sun (drama) El, 2702 Arbor Drive, Madison, unless oth- Hashanah, they're a great traditional addi- to Aleeza at [email protected] or Wednesday, October 19th, 7:00 p.m. erwise noted. tion to your Rosh Hashanah table. Please (608)238-3123. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., film begins We encourage members of the Jewish bring a picnic lunch for yourself/family. at 7:15 p.m. Snacks and beverages pro- Community to join Temple Beth El, and You are responsible for purchasing the fruit Cancer Support Group vided. A discussion will follow the film. we welcome prospective members to par- you pick. Meet at the entrance at 11:00 a.m. Sunday, October 9th, 2:00 p.m. Under the Same Sun presents us with ticipate in programs and activities. Contact We will go pick apples first, then come Frank Adult Lounge, Temple Beth El two gentlemen, one Israeli, one Palestin- Interim Executive Director, Terrie Goren back to the picnic tables near the entrance A Support Group for those whose ian who embark on a joint business ven- at (608)238-3123 or executive@ tbemadi- to enjoy our lunches together. Please let lives have been touched by cancer are ture to bring solar energy to the son.org. Aleeza know you’re coming at (608) 238- meeting on certain Sundays throughout Palestinian territories. Convinced the Our office will be closed Monday, Oc- 3123 or [email protected] the year meeting from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 plan would benefit both peoples, they tober 3rd, Wednesday, October 12th, and p.m. The group meets monthly to address begin, only to be confronted by what Mondays, October 17th and 24th. Communal Tashlich & Nosh the mutual needs of those patients and seem to be insurmountable obstacles. Monday, October 3rd, 1:15 p.m. follow- caregivers who confront cancer. If you’d Under the Same Sun is a realistic por- Join Temple Beth El for ing Rosh Hashanah morning services like more information, please contact trayal of the many agendas which sepa- High Holy Days! Wingra Park Rabbi Biatch [email protected] or rate the two populations. In addition, it Guest High Holy Day Entry Cards are Join us for this unique tradition of sym- (608)238-3123. is a fantasy projection of how Israel available for $75 per adult, per holiday. bolically casting away your wrongdoings might appear with a completed two state Children 25 or younger included at no into the waters of Lake Wingra. A Tashlich Family Fridays Shabbat solution. extra cost. Complimentary High Holy Day Nosh will follow in the Weinstein Commu- Friday, October 14th & 28th Genre: Drama. Released: (U.S.A.) Entry Cards are available for members at nity Court at Temple Beth El. All ages wel- 5:45 p.m. Family Fridays Shabbat 2013. Time: One hour, 15 minutes. Rat- other URJ congregations, full-time college come. RSVPs are appreciated to Aleeza at schmooze ing: N/R The Kesher Israel Committee students, and active duty military person- [email protected]. 6:00 p.m. Family Fridays Shabbat recommends this film for those high nel upon request or with ID. service with songs & stories school age and above. Shabbat Dinner Get Together 6:30 p.m. Dinner bring your own din- Apple Picking Friday, October 7th, 5:30 p.m. ner to enjoy together. It’s lovely seeing Madison’s Jews’ Next Dor Apple Picking Imperial Gardens on University the kids play together. (20s & 30s) Meet & Greet Sunday, October 2nd, 11:00 a.m. You’re invited to our first Shabbat Din- Family Fridays Shabbat is a spirited Shabbat experience with song and story Dinner Eplegaarden ner Get-Together of 5777. Join with Thursday, October 20th at 7:00 p.m. geared towards young children. 2227 Fitchburg Rd., Fitchburg friends, and friends to be for a Chinese Location TBD Enjoy a family style dinner with fellow Tots ‘n Tunes with Cantor young adults. Dinner will be $20 or less Sharon Brown-Levy per person. Please bring cash, small bills Sundays in 2016: appreciated. RSVP to Aleeza at engage@ October 16th | November 20th tbemadison.org, (608)238-3123. Sundays in 2017: January 29th | February 12th | April Seeking Everyday Holiness: 2nd, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Tots ‘n Tunes is a program for 0-5 The Jewish Art of Human year olds and open to the entire Madison Character Development Jewish Community. This year our new A Mussar Seminar of Eight Sessions Cantor Sharon Brown-Levy will host Thursdays this Fall at 7:00 p.m. Jewish families with young children by October 20th and 27th, November 3rd, engaging them in playful, musical, edu- 10th, 17th; December 1st, 8th, 15th cational moments. This is a meaningful “Mussar” comes from the Hebrew program at Temple that fosters connec- word for “turning aside” or “paying at- tions between Jewish families in Madi- tention,” and has come to mean the son, while getting to know our newest Jewish science and art of personal clergy member and our Temple Beth El human character development. Led by synagogue. Caregivers and their children Rabbi Biatch, this course will enable should be prepared to sing, move, learn, participants to look at their own charac- play, create, bond, pray and grow with ter and soul, to determine better ways of Temple Beth El ~ 2702 Arbor Drive our new Tots ‘n Tunes programming. We interacting with the world, and then to look forward to seeing you there! commit themselves to that new way of Tuesday, NovemberNovember 8th, 8, 2016 2016 behavior. Weekly writing assignments, spiritual practices, and weekly group Temple Beth El Pizza and Sukkah DINE-IN 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. discussion are essential components of Sisterhood Presents Decorating this course. The subsidized fee for this the 50th Annual Sunday, October 16th, 11:30 a.m. course is $56 for TBE members and $80 Order form online All ages are welcome to help us beauti- for non-members. The class requires a DELIVERY ful our Sukkah so it’s ready to welcome in due Nov. 1st minimum of six students, and will be the Holiday later in the day (6:00 pm). limited to the first ten registrants. You We’ll have some of our artist congregants will be able to register and pay no later Call ahead ahead (608)238-3123 238-3123 helping to lead our crafts. $6 per person than October 15th, online at http:// CARRY-OUT with a $24 max per family. Register for our or dropdrop inin bit.ly/tbemussar. The materials and di- Pizza lunch and Sukkah decorating online rection come from The Mussar Institute, at http://bit.ly/sukkahdecorating or contact a nationally recognized group that pro- BAKERY 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Aleeza at [email protected] or vides guidance to those who wish to in- (608)238-3123. crease their appreciation of Jewish behaviors that help to improve our DELI 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. (while supplies last) Sukkot Service world. Sunday, October 16th, 6:00 p.m. ForFor moremore information:information: Join Cantor Sharon Brown-Levy to Singles Creating Community LeslieLeslie Kemp 608-798-4212(608)798-4212 usher in the Sukkot holiday. Service will take place in the Sukkah if favorable Coffee [email protected] Friday, October 21st, 9:00 a.m. [email protected] weather. Shake the Lulav and Etrog while True Coffee Roasters fulfilling the mitzvah of dwelling in the 6250 Nesbitt Rd,. Fitchburg www.Food-A-Rama.com sukkah. (Continued on page 9) October 2016 Madison Jewish News/9 Congregation News people from our congregation or reconnect East Side Sukkah Hop with old friends? Come to Vilas Beach on Sunday, October 23rd Beth Israel Center Rosh Hashanah afternoon for a nosh and Jointly hosted by members of Congre- Come see what our traditional, egalitar- Copelovitch (education@bethisraelcen- to schmooze before ceremoniously casting gation Shaarei Shamayim and Beth Israel ian community is all about. Beth Israel ter.org) or Program Director Deborah your sins into Lake Wingra. The Tashlich Center, the annual East Side Sukkah Hop Center programs and services are open to Hoffman ([email protected]). service will end in time to walk to Beth is a progressive dinner, beginning with ap- all members, prospective members, and We love to talk about upcoming events, Israel Center for Mincha (at 5:45 p.m.). petizers in one sukkah, ending with dessert visitors. Some events require registration, membership, and education for children in another, and featuring food and fellow- however. And tickets are required for Rosh and adults! You may also call (608)256- Torah & Mindfulness ship all along the way. Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. 7763 or visit our website, www.bethisrael- Mini-Retreat Prospective members and students may re- center.org, for more information. Saturday, October 8th, 1:30-4:20 p.m. Simchat Torah Party quest complimentary High Holiday tickets Some upcoming program highlights are Come to Beth Israel Center on the Monday, October 24th, 6:00 p.m. by contacting Elissa Pollack, Executive listed below. See also the schedule of hol- Shabbat afternoon between Rosh Come to Beth Israel Center for a casual Director, at [email protected] or iday services on page 17. Hashanah and Yom Kippur and explore deli dinner to kick off our Simchat Torah cel- (608)256-7763. how bringing awareness to our experience ebration. Reservations are required for din- Questions may also be directed to Tashlich Nosh connects us to our natural chochma, chesed ner. RSVP to office@bethisraelcenter. org. Rabbi Joshua Ben-Gideon (rabbi@bethis- Monday, October 3rd, 4:00 p.m. and rachamim (wisdom, loving kindness Services & Hakafot (dancing with the raelcenter.org), Education Director Beth Looking for a casual setting to meet and compassion). The program will in- Torah) begin at 6:45 p.m. Enjoy lights clude sitting and walking meditation prac- snacks and strong drinks throughout the tice, chanting, and teachings. Reservations evening. Temple Beth El Continued from page 8 are not necessary. Contact Matt Banks ([email protected]) for more Kolot Kehilla with Louise Simchat Torah (with 50th Annual Food-A-Rama information. Goldstein and Phyllis Yizkor) & Kindergarten Election Day - Tuesday, November 8th, Holman Weisbard Consecration 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Deli until 6:00 p.m.) Mikvah Education Sunday, October 30th, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Sunday, October 23rd Save the date for Food-A-Rama, Sister- Programs Our Sunday morning speaker series 4:30 p.m. Yizkor (Memorial) Service hood's annual Election Day luncheon, now Sunday and Monday, October 9th and featuring the voices of our community 5:00 p.m. Pasta Dinner $9 for children in its 50th year! Featuring corned beef 10th, 7:00 p.m. (kolot kehilla) continues with a talk by & $13 for adults, reservations required. sandwiches, kosher-style hot dogs, Medit- Going to the mikvah to prepare for a Louise Goldstein and Phyllis Holman Gluten Free pasta upon request. erranean vegetarian platter, scrumptious holy day – Yom Kippur in particular – is a Weisbard about their recent trip to Jewish 6:00 p.m. Kindergarten Consecration baked goods, and more. Dine-in, carry-out, centuries-old tradition that is very much Italy. A light breakfast will be served, and and Simchat Torah celebration. and delivery available. This year because alive today. If you are curious about mik- donations of $5 are suggested. Rejoice in completing one cycle of it's our 50th FAR, the Deli will remain vah immersion, about how this custom can reading Torah and beginning the next as open until 6:00 or as long as items last. We be part of your preparation for Yom Kip- Adult Education Programs: well as our Kindergarteners starting their decided to try to keep the Deli open longer pur, or just want to see our beautiful new formal Jewish journey. Help us unroll a for people who can't get here during the mikvah, this program is for you. Similar regular hours. Funds raised at this tasty programs will be offered on Sunday for Conversational Yiddish whole Torah scroll! Come dance and Mondays, 7:00 p.m. in the Mercaz at parade with the Torah. event help support Temple Beth El, Camp women and Monday for men. Shalom, and community organizations. Go Beth Israel Center Register online at http://bit.ly/simchat- Join Yiddish enthusiast and talented torah by Friday, October 14th at noon. to www.food-a-rama.com to pre-order Yom Rishon your delicious lunches! teacher Sylvia Grunes at Yiddish class on Contact Aleeza Hoffert at engage@ Sunday, October 16th, 10:00-11:15 a.m. Monday nights, 7-8:30 p.m. Sylvia builds tbemadison.org or (608)238-3123. Come experience family education for Swarsensky Memorial a love for the Yiddish language and culture preschoolers at its finest! Each session in- through her long-running classes. Come Shabbat Dinner Get Scholar-in-Residence cludes art, movement, music, stories and learn from a master – all levels welcome Together Weekend – Beth Hamon snacks as well as age-appropriate learning and encouraged to attend. Friday, November 4th at 5:30 p.m. “The Power of Story in Realizing Your on a Jewish theme for preschoolers and Nile Mediterranean Jewish Path & Journey” their grownups. Yom Rishon meets about once a month during the school year. Put Talmud 6119 Odana Rd., Madison November 11th-13th Wednesdays, 9:00 a.m. in the Mercaz all of our 5777 dates on your calendar: Oc- Join with friends, and friends to be for Beth Hamon is a teacher, artist, musi- at Beth Israel Center tober 16th, November 20th, December a Mediterranean dinner prior to services cian and bicycle mechanic living in Port- Study Talmud in Hebrew and Aramaic 18th, January 22nd, February 26th, March on Friday night. Each person is responsi- land Oregon, who came into her Judaism with Rabbis Joshua and Rebecca Ben- 19th, and April 30th. ble for paying their own bill. Those inter- later in life. Not long after joining a syna- Gideon. New students are welcome any ested will have plenty of time to eat, gogue community for the first time, she time. Contact either Rabbi or subscribe to schmooze and get to Temple Beth El by was recruited to teach there and her Jewish BIC Sukkah Hop our e-newsletter for information about this the time Shabbat Evening Services begin journey blossomed further. Her journey Thursday, October 20th, 5:45 p.m. year’s topic. at 7:30 p.m. RSVP to Aleeza at engage@ continues today, and she looks forward to Beginning in the BIC Sukkah, visit tbemadison.org or (608)238-3123. sharing with us. Check our website or con- several sukkot around Madison. Maps and tact Aleeza [email protected] or directions will be provided. Hebrew Reading Level II Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. at Anna’s home (608)238-3123 for details and to RSVP. This class is designed for those inter- ested in reading Biblical Hebrew through study of the weekly Torah portion. Congregation Shaarei Shamayim Whether beginner or intermediate readers, all levels of knowledge are welcomed. Led Shaarei Shamayim, Madison’s Jewish who committed the murder, and proof of investigate the interwoven, and unfortu- by Anna Heifetz. Contact the office to con- Reconstructionist and Renewal congre- perjured evidence. Safran, an Orthodox nately often hostile and always complex firm the schedule and location. gation, welcomes new and prospective Jew, explicitly connects his observance religious underpinnings of the present members, as well as visitors, to partici- with his sense of obligation toward Pea- political situation. Shabbat Services pate in our services, discussions, classes, gler. Every Friday at 5:45 p.m. and celebrations. For more information Sukkot Dinner, Shabbat Every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. or to learn about events, please visit our Reflecting on the Holocaust Service, and Campfire Looking for warm, inspiring, and egal- website at www.shamayim.org, email us and Establishment of the Friday, Oct. 21st, 5:30 p.m., dinner; itarian traditional Shabbat services? We at [email protected], or call 6:30 p.m. Shabbat service welcome Shabbat every Friday around (608)257-2944. State of Israel A Conversation with Teri Dobbs and Location: Gaebler Lawn and Living 5:00 p.m. as people begin to gather and Rachel F. Brenner Room, First Unitarian Society toast the week that was. Lively, song-filled Screening of Crime After Sunday, Oct. 16, 9:50-11:30 a.m. 900 University Bay Drive services begin at 5:45 p.m. Crime Location: Center for Families We’ll gather in and around our sukkah Our Shabbat morning worship begins A film about incarceration, teshuvah, 2120 Fordem Ave. for a vegetarian potluck dinner followed with P’seukei D’zimra and continues and Jewish obligation Shaarei Shamayim welcomes Profes- by a Shabbat service. We’ll stay warm through Shacharit, Torah service and Sunday, Oct. 9th, 9:30-11:30 a.m. sors Teri Dobbs and Rachel F. Brenner around the campfire – feel free to bring Musaf. We join together for a communal Location: Center for Families from the School of Music and the an instrument to play. Please bring a dish kiddush lunch after services every week. 2120 Fordem Ave. Mosse-Weinstein Center for Jewish to share. Children’s services for babies, preschool- All are welcome to watch Crime After Studies at the UW-Madison. They will ers, and elementary school-age children Crime, which tells the story of the legal share their current work with our com- Simchat Torah Celebration begin at 10:30 a.m. most weeks during the battle to free Debbie Peagler from prison, munity: Professor Dobbs will discuss Monday, Oct. 24th, 5:30 p.m., dinner, school year. Visitors are always welcome! two decades after her life sentence for in- how the Holocaust has left an indelible 6:30 p.m., service and dancing volvement in the murder of the man who mark on the psyche of post-Holocaust Location: First Unitarian Society To receive schedule updates and other had abused her. Two young attorneys, generations. Professor Brenner will ex- 900 University Bay Drive information, subscribe to our e-newsletter Joshua Safran and Nadia Costa, with no plore how the establishment of the State Join us for free pizza followed by a or “Like” us on Facebook. For the e-news, background in criminal law, step forward of Israel was another watershed moment service of singing, dancing, and rolling the subscribe on our website or email of- to take her case, bringing long-lost wit- in the history of the Jewish people and in Torah. We’ll finish the evening with a [email protected] and ask to be nesses, new testimonies from the men the world at large. The discussions will dessert potluck. Please RSVP. added. 10/Madison Jewish News October 2016 Temple Beth El’s Election Day Food-A-Rama Raises Funds for Camp Shalom

Attendees enjoy the delicious food and community gathering at Temple Beth El’s Food-A-Rama in 2015.

Mark your calendar for Temple Beth some favorite “throwback” recipes from arship fund, in addition to other causes gram for their children. Food-A-Rama El Sisterhood’s 50th Annual Food-A- years past (potato knishes and stuffed in the Madison area including commu- and the Temple Beth El Sisterhood have Rama, an Election Day luncheon and cabbage rolls), upgraded patriotic- nity food pantries, Domestic Abuse In- our utmost thanks and gratitude for their community gathering that features great themed decorations, and extended deli tervention Services (DAIS), the YWCA support of the Camp Shalom scholarship food, community service, and a deli- hours. Dine-in hours are 11 a.m.-1:30 Third Street Program, and Temple Beth fund and for helping us to ensure that no cious reminder to get out and vote. Held p.m. El. child would be denied a Camp Shalom at Temple Beth El, 2702 Arbor Drive, on Leslie Kemp, Food-A-Rama chair, Dina Weinbach, Executive Director experience because of financial need.” Tuesday, November 8th, this tasty event says, “The room is abuzz. You never of the Jewish Federation of Madison, Everyone is welcome to attend Food- features corned beef sandwiches, know who you’ll meet, from within or which sponsors Camp Shalom, says, A-Rama or place an order! To obtain kosher-style hot dogs, Mediterranean outside the Jewish community. There’s “We receive close to 200 applications a order forms for delivery or carry-out, vegetarian platters, scrumptious baked good food and good company. You can year for financial assistance from fami- visit www.Food-a-Rama.com. Delivery goods, and more. Dine-in, carry-out, and feel the camaraderie in the room.” lies who are trying hard to make ends orders (5 or more lunches, Madison area delivery options are available. Deli sales, including frozen matzah meet; families who have an average only) must be placed by November 1st. In honor of the 50th anniversary, ball soup and cabbage soup, fresh yearly income of $22,000; families with For more information, contact Leslie Food-A-Rama this year will feature chopped liver, challah, and corned beef, costly medical expenses; and families Kemp at (608)798-4212 or sisterhood- will be for sale from 10:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. who can’t afford a quality summer pro- [email protected]. (while supplies last). Quality in-home care Bakery sales (10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.) fea- ture homemade pies, cakes, tortes, bars for your loved one. and Jewish delicacies including rugelach Peace of mind for you. and mandelbrot. Reflections on Lottie Frank, Sisterhood co-president and 50th anniversary committee mem- ber, says, “People line up before the Food-A-Rama’s 50th Year event begins, and items sell out. Come early—it’s definitely not to be missed!” As Food-A-Rama approaches its 50th Food-A-Rama started in 1966, inspired Food-A-Rama volunteers are hard at anniversary this coming Election Day (No- by a similar fundraiser held each spring by work preparing for this year’s extrava- vember 8th), the women of Temple Beth the similarly named Temple Beth-El in ganza. A typical year features 1,100 to El Sisterhood are gaining a new apprecia- Rockford, Illinois. The Madison organizers 1,300 lunches served or delivered. This tion for the voices and memories of the chose Election Day because the temple year, with the extended deli hours, or- countless dedicated volunteers who have building was a polling place at the time. “It ganizers are hoping to make the deli fa- made this annual community event and grew very fast,” says Arlene Rotter, who vorites available to more people, fundraiser happen. was Sisterhood president at the time of the allowing them to stop and pick up tasty The experiences of working on Food- first Food-A-Rama. prepared food for dinner or to freeze for A-Rama, told in the volunteers’ own Today, voting no longer takes place on convenient future meals. words, come together in a video produced site, yet Food-A-Rama chair Leslie Kemp A portion of the proceeds from the by Sisterhood board member Carole Kan- explains that the event continues as a “cel- event supports the Camp Shalom schol- tor in honor of the 50th anniversary. ebration of democracy,” noting, “we can have this delicious food and come together, whether we are Democrat or Republican or independent.” Senior Helpers stands ready to serve DESIGN / PRINT / SIGNS Photographs, news clippings, and other your family’s needs with personalized memorabilia from the Food-A-Rama in-home care, and expertly trained, Graphic Design archives will be on display at Temple Beth professional caregivers. Your in-home Bindery & Finishing El on November 8th, and the video will be care initial assessment is the first step to Promotional Products Direct Mailing Services played for continuous viewing. peace of mind. Full-Color Digital Printing For a 1-minute preview of the video, as Call today to learn more. Large Format Banners & Signs well as hours, delivery/carry-out order Copies, Faxes and much more! forms, and other information on Food-A- 608-729-5365 Rama, go to www.Food-A-Rama.com. On www.seniorhelpersmadison.com 1112 S. Park Street • Madison, WI 53715 • PH: 608.255.3922 • FX: 608.255.6926 the Facebook pages for Food-A-Rama, Temple Beth El, and Temple Beth El Sis- terhood, a series of “Throwback Thursday” Dr. Neal Katz PODIATRIST • FOOT SPECIALIST pictures and news clippings will be posted each week leading up to the event (be sure SERVING ALL AGES AND FOOT DISORDERS to “like” each page so that Facebook can Provider for Medicare, Medicaid, Dean and put the updates in your news feed!). Physicians Plus HMOs, Independent Insurance Carriers and Preferred Provider Networks. Everyone is welcome to attend this Care and comfort at a moment’s notice. milestone event on November 8, or place PRIMARY OFFICE: an order for delivery! For more informa- 664 W. Washington Avenue, Madison tion, contact Leslie Kemp at (608)798- ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: 4212, email sisterhoodfoodarama@gmail. Bonded and insured. All rights reserved.Senior Helpers locations are independently owned and operated East Madison and Stoughton com, or visit www.Food-A-Rama. com. © SH Franchising, LLC. 608-241-0848 • www.feetbegood.com October 2016 Madison Jewish News/11 Madison Hadassah is Bringing Community Together and Supporting Fitness Through Walking Adventures

You are invited to join us: pect you, call Lainie at (608)354-8567 or Madison Hadassah? Then call us at Tikkun Klal and Pikuach Nefesh. Family Friendly Walking Adventure at Shelly at (608)215-6946 (608)770-6521 or email us at Madison- Taking Care of the World, Bringing UW Arboretum Or email us at MadisonHadassah@ [email protected]. Jewish Community Together and Saving Sunday, October 23rd gmail.com Hadassah is about Tikkun Olam, Life 10 a.m. – noon Led by Hadassah’s own Arboretum Save the Dates: tour guides Sunday, November 6th, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. By the end of October, the Arboretum Cherokee Marsh The Jewish Federation of Madison expresses its trails are full of surprises. As trees shed appreciation to these individuals who recently their colorful leaves, owls and other Sunday December 11th (9 a.m. – 1 made a tribute donation to honor someone wildlife suddenly come into view. p.m. Our guides will choose trails on the Fitness – Fun – Friends or celebrate a special occasion morning of the hike based on what’s most In honor of Dan and Carey Weiss on the birth of their daughter, interesting that morning. And watch news about such winter Leyora Avery Weiss: The trail and hike will be easy enough and spring walks as the Alicia and David Schiff for strollers and walkers of all abilities. Epic Tour (winter) • 10 a.m. - Meet on steps of UW Ar- Jewish History of Madison Walk In honor of Joel Minkoff’s special Birthday boretum visitor center (spring) Diane Seder and Bruce Rosen • Naturalists will lead the hike and ac- Eric and Sara Schwartz tivities such as games for children. To follow Madison Hadassah’s Mike and Kathy Lipp • Noon – Meet at Michaels on Monroe activities, go to www.Facebook.com/ Robert Royko Street for schmoozing & noshing. We’ll HadassahMadison James and Jo Ellen Thompson bring the chocolate. Are you interested in learning about For questions or to let us know to ex- Hadassah or getting more involved with In honor of Elli Sweet being selected as a United States Senate Page: Merle and Patti Sweet

In memory of Don Kanel, a dear friend and a favorite professor: Simchas & Condolences Ron Rosner and Ronnie Hess In memory of Sara Roth Schottenstein: Allan and Sandra Levin Mazel Tov on the birth of: In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Paler’s beloved father: Leyora Avery Weiss, daughter of Dan and Carey Weiss Dee and Ken Stein Alana Claire Kirklin, daughter of Stephanie and Brian Kirklin In memory of Sybil Suvalsky’s beloved brother: Julian Gary Schmidt, son of Brian Schmidt and Christine Khosropour and Dee and Ken Stein grandson of Laurie Schmidt and Gary Schmidt (z”l) In memory of Yale Knight, brother of Joyce (Ed) Schneiderman, Sofia, granddaughter of Barry Baruch Uncle of Ellen Schneiderman Dee and Ken Stein Zahra Lenore Prajapati, daughter of Allison and Pratik Prajapati, grand- daughter of Susan Friedman-Hill and Greg Hill, niece of Amanda Hill and great In memory of Mrs. Anita Stone’s beloved husband niece of David Friedman and Pam Robbins Dee and Ken Stein

Mazel tov on the engagement of: Jonathan Laufman, son of Ilene and Mark Laufman, to Arielle Morrison Condolences to the families of: “Quality Care, Compassionate Communication” Walter Chmielewski, father of Stefanie (Fritz) Statz and grandfather of Nick and Matt PROUD MEMBER OF THE MADISON JEWISH COMMUNITY Abraham (Abe) Landsman, husband of Gloria Landsman (z”l), father of Howard (Judith) Landsman and Marcia Landsman (z”l)

2015D Barbara Lerner Barrett, grandmother of Brian Hirsh (Cathlene Hanaman), and GOL great-grandmother of Liah and Sadie Hirsh Winner of back to back Best of Madison Gold Awards! Tibor Veszpremi, grandfather of Paola Fliman (Alexander Yevzlin), and great 1848 WALDORF BLVD. | MADISON | 497-1392 grandfather of Mimi, Shayna and Alana Yevzlin WWW.SONDELFAMILYVETERINARYCLINIC.COM BETHKEBETHKE HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC. 2 22 7 .2 24/ 1 ice 5 rv 2 Se cy en rg e Furnaces • Boilers • Air Conditioners m Humidifiers • Duct Cleaning E Preventative Maintenance Plans bethkeheating.com 12/Madison Jewish News October 2016 Tikkun Olam BY MARLA BECKER, HEAD OF SCHOOL community members representing vari- Madison Community Jewish Day School ous Jewish organizations. With clip- boards in hand, they take down notes A Beneficiary Agency of the Jewish and file them away in their labeled file Federation of Madison folders. The children present the infor- mation to the rest of the school during How can we help you? What activi- our Friday Kabbalat Shabbat, explaining ties can we participate in as a school or what MJCDS and other people can do to with our families? Do you have any in- help out and spread awareness of the formation we can share with other mem- other organizations. bers of the community? When Rachel Levy presented her At Madison Jewish Community Day work with Russian Jews, six year old School, the children are actively explor- Roger de Laix explained, “When Rachel ing what it means to be part of a larger Levy came to visit I learned about Russ- community. These three questions are ian Jews. I learned that the organization part of our weekly discussions, as the does not just help Jewish Russian kids. students take turns conversing with It helps everyone. If the person in charge in Russia says you can be Jewish and now you can’t be Jewish, the organ- Rachel Levy shows MJCDS students a map of Russian, where children will receive ization will send the Jewish people to Is- PJ Library books. rael. I learned we can send money so that there can be a Russian PJ Library.” Lilah Heifetz and Charley Kobylarz (both age 8) visited Temple Beth El and met with Executive Director Terrie Goren. As Lilah describes, “It was re- ally fun. We got to talk about a lot of different things. It was light conversa- Notice tion, but we talked about serious things. Please note the new deadline for sub- I learned we could help Temple Beth El missions to the Madison Jewish News. by supporting the food drive. I am fa- Copy deadline is at noon on the 12th miliar with Temple Beth El, but I of each month for the following learned a lot about it that I didn’t know month’s issue. If the 12th falls on a Sat- before.” urday or Sunday, copy must be re- The children are so excited to be- ceived by noon the preceding Friday. If come a part of the larger Jewish commu- the 12th is on a holiday when the Fed- eration is closed, copy must be received nity. If your organization has not heard by noon the preceding weekday. from the children yet, we are just a “How can we help you” away.

Now Offering From the Sand Court to the Dugout

BY TIZ GOFF, OUTREACH COORDINATOR with dinner afterwards, and making plans to see each other in the Jewish SHABBAT Jewish Federation of Madison community beyond our sport loca- The Matzah Balls had not just one, tions. Volleyball is complete, and we but two volleyball teams (cleverly are already off and running in kick- named Matzah Balls and Matzah Balls ball! We would LOVE to have fans DINNER 2). We saw new faces with this new- cheer us on! Please check the calendar to-us sport, growing our membership for dates and times; we even have a in the Matzah Balls Facebook group. mascot costume you can wear! Con- Our team is phenomenal at having fun, tact Tiz Goff, outreach@jewishmadi- TO GO! making friends, laughing, celebrating son.org, for further information. Call or email by Wednesday with number of people and we will provide you with a tasty Shabbat Meal with Challah included, to be picked up before Shabbat. SAVE THE DATE! Hanukkah Shuk Shabbat Menus are available (Market) at uwhillel.org Sunday, CALL OR EMAIL December 4th TODAY! More details to (608) 441-1574 or follow in upcoming issues of Madison [email protected] Jewish News October 2016 Madison Jewish News/13

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Rosh Hashanah Greeting

BY RABBI YONA MATUSOF it as antithetical to life itself. Torah its ultimate sense: the reclaiming of the case of Torah), the manner by which it delves deeper yet, revealing the root “lost” moments (or days, or years) and might be undone. G-d’s reality, how- Chabad Lubavitch of Madison cause of sin and providing the key to the energies of a negative past; the magni- ever, is wholly and exclusively good. transgressor’s rehabilitation; but even fied force of a rebounding soul. “No evil resides with You,” sings the B”H after the atonement prescribed by the The baal (master of) teshuvah subli- Psalmist. In the words of Jeremiah, The Midrash recounts the following Torah, the transgression itself remains a mates his negative deeds and experi- “From the Supernal do not stem both dialogue on the significance of sin: negative event. Torah itself defines cer- ences to fuel his yearning and passion evil and good.” Wisdom was asked: What is the fate tain deeds as contrary to the divine will, for good, he brings to light the sparks of From G-d’s perspective, there is of the transgressor? Wisdom replied: so nothing in G-Dliness they only the positive essence of transgres- “Evil pursues iniquity” (Proverbs Torah can change hold. sion—the positive purpose for which 13:21). the fact that a The baal teshu- He created man’s susceptibility to evil Prophecy was asked: What is the fate transgression con- vah, is one whose and his capacity for sin in the first of the transgressor? Prophecy replied: stitutes a betrayal every thought and place. As viewed by its Creator, trans- “The soul that sins, it shall die” (Ezekiel of the relationship endeavor is driven gression is the potential for a deeper 18:20). between G-d and by the recognition bond between Himself and man—a The Torah was asked: What is the man. that he must depart bond borne out of the transformation of fate of the transgressor? Torah replied: G-d, as the au- from what he is in evil into good and failure into achieve- He shall bring a guilt offering, and it thor of wisdom, order to come close ment. shall atone for him (Leviticus, chapter the bestower of to G-d. This Rosh Hashana, let us use this G- 5). prophecy and the This is G-d’s D given opportunity to harness our past G-d was asked: What is the fate of commander of perspective on sin: deeds and shortcomings, to propel us the transgressor? G-d replied: He shall Torah, is the sin as the facilitator forward – towards a life filled with do teshuvah, “return,” and it shall atone source of all three of teshuvah. “Wis- meaning, purpose and holiness. for him. perspectives. But dom,” “Prophecy” Rabbi Mendel and Henya, Rabbi There is one thing, that the philo- He also harbors a and “Torah” are all Avremel and Mushka, Faygie and I, ex- sophical, prophetic and Torah perspec- fourth vision of part of a reality po- tend our blessings to each and every one tives on sin have in common: the sin, a vision that larized by good and of you to be inscribed and sealed for a transgression was, and remains, a neg- is His alone: sin evil; they can per- good and sweet year, a year of true ative phenomenon. as the potential ceive only the dam- peace, prosperity and love. “Wisdom” sees it as the harbinger of for teshuvah. age inflicted by sin, Shana Tova U’metukah. evil in a person’s life. “Prophecy” sees Teshuvah, in or at most (as in the

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HIGH HOLY DAYS SCHEDULE OF SERVICES www.JewishMadison.org Rosh Hashanah: Yom Kippur: Erev – Sunday, October 2nd, 2016 Kol Nidre – Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 First Day – Monday, October 3rd, 2016 Yom Kippur Day – Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

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Beth Israel Center 10:00 a.m. – Discussion (6th-8th grade) (Including Yizkor—Memorial Service) Rosh Hashanah (Second Day) 1406 Mound Street 10:00 a.m. – Discussion (9th-12th grade) 5:30 p.m. — Concluding Service Tuesday, October 4th (608) 256-7763 3:00 p.m. – Tashlich. Call the office for Break the Fast immediately following 10:00 a.m. – Morning Services location 12:00 p.m. – Shofar Sounding bethisraelcenter.org Sukkot 1:30 p.m. – Holiday Lunch Rosh Hashanah (Second Day) Sunday, October 16th 3:00 p.m. – Mincha Afternoon Service Erev Rosh Hashanah Tuesday, October 4th 11:30 a.m. — Pizza & Sukkah Decorating Sunday, October 2nd 9:30 a.m. – Services in the main sanctuary 6:00 p.m. — Evening Service in the Sukkah Kol Nidre 5:45 p.m. 12:30 p.m. – Picnic lunch Tuesday, October 11th Simchat Torah 5:00 p.m. – Prefast Meal Sunday, October 23rd Rosh Hashanah – both days Kol Nidre 6:10 p.m. – Kol Nidrei Service 4:30 p.m. — Yizkor Memorial Service Monday, October 3rd and Tuesday, Tuesday, October 11th 5:00 p.m. — Congregational Dinner October 4th 6:00 p.m. – Services in the main sanctuary Yom Kippur 6:00 p.m. — Kindergarten Consecration 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 12th and Simchat Torah Celebration 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Youth Program Yom Kippur 10:00 a.m. – Morning Service 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. –Preschool Wednesday, October 12th 4:45 p.m. – Mincha Afternoon Service Family Service 9:30 a.m. – Services in the main sanctuary Chabad Lubavitch House 5:45 p.m. – Neilah Closing Services 9:00 a.m. – Tot services (0-5 years old) 1722 Regent Street 7:01 p.m. – Fast Ends & Break Fast Tashlich 10:00 a.m. –Children’s services (K-5th (608) 231-3450 Monday, October 3rd grade) 10:00 a.m. – Discussion (6th-8th grade) chabadofmadison.com UW Hillel 4:00 p.m. at Vilas Beach 10:00 a.m. – Discussion (9th-12th grade) 611 Langdon Street 5:45 p.m. – Mincha (at BIC) 2:00 p.m. –Yizkor Erev Rosh Hashanah (608)256-8361, uwhillel.org 3:00 p.m. –Meditation Sunday, October 2nd Kol Nidre 4:15 p.m. –Avodah 6:30 p.m. – Evening Service Tuesday, October 11th Erev Rosh Hashanah 5:45 p.m. –Neilah Sunday, October 2nd 6:00 p.m. Rosh Hashanah (First Day) 7:15 p.m. – Break Fast potluck 6:00 p.m. – Evening Service Monday, October 3rd Yom Kippur 7:00 p.m. – Dinner Sukkot 10:00 a.m. – Shacharit Wednesday, October 12th 12:00 p.m. – Shofar Blowing Friday, October 21st Rosh Hashanah (First Day) 9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. – Mincha 5:30 p.m. – Dinner Monday, October 3rd 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. – Youth Program 2:30 p.m. – Tashlich 6:30 p.m. – Shabbat service 10:00 a.m. – Morning Service 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. – Preschool 5:00 p.m. – Shofar in the park Family Service 12:30 p.m. – Lunch Simchat Torah (Hoyt Park Shelter) 3:45 p.m. – Mincha 5:00 p.m. – Tashlich on Lake Mendota Monday, October 24th 7:15 p.m. – Evening Service 7:20 p.m. – Final Shofar 6:00 p.m. – Evening Service 5:30 p.m. – Dinner Break Fast sponsored by the Board of 7:00 p.m. – Dinner 6:30 p.m. – Service and Dancing Rosh Hashanah (Second Day) Directors Tuesday, October 4th Rosh Hashanah (Second Day) 10:00 a.m. – Shacharit Temple Beth El Tuesday, October 4th Sukkot (First Day) 12:00 p.m. – Shofar Blowing 10:00 a.m. – Morning Service Monday, October 17th 2702 Arbor Drive 2:00 p.m. – Mincha 9:30 a.m. (608)238-3123 12:30 p.m. – Lunch templebethelmadison.org Kol Nidre Kol Nidre Sukkot (Second Day) Tuesday, October 11th Tuesday, October 11th Tuesday, October 18th Putting the Pieces Together: 3:15 p.m. – Mincha 5:00 p.m. – Dinner 9:30 a.m. A World To Be Made Whole 6:00 p.m. – Kol Nidrei 6:00 p.m. – Service Hoshanah Rabbah Erev Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Yom Kippur Sunday, October 23rd Sunday, October 2nd Wednesday, October 12th Wednesday, October 12th 8:15 a.m. 11:00 a.m. — Apple Picking at Eplegaarden 10:00 a.m. – Shacharit 10:00 a.m. – Morning Service 5:45 p.m. — Shalom Rosh Hashanah 12:30 p.m. – Yizkor 12:00 p.m. – Yizkor Shemini Atzeret (geared to ages 0-8) 5:00 p.m. – Mincha 5:30 p.m. – Evening Service Monday, October 24th 7:30 p.m. — Evening Service 6:00 p.m. – Neilah 7:15 p.m. – Break the Fast 9:30 a.m. 7:00 p.m. – Fast ends Rosh Hashanah Erev Simchat Torah Monday, October 3rd Simchat Torah Monday, October 24th 8:45 a.m. — Family Service Monday, October 24th Young Jewish 6:45 pm 10:30 a.m. — Adult Service 7:00 p.m. Professionals of Madison 10:30 a.m. — Teen Program (ages 13-18) (An Affiliate of Chabad) Simchat Torah 10:30 a.m. — Child Care (ages 0-6) (608)203-8014 Tuesday, October 25th 1:15 p.m. — Tashlich at Lake Wingra UW Chabad 9:30 a.m. Tashlich nosh to follow at Temple Beth El YJPMadison.com 223 W. Gilman Street Congregation Shabbat Shuvah (608)257-1757 Erev Rosh Hashanah Friday, October 7th Shaarei Shamayim JewishUWmadison.com Sunday, October 2nd 7:30 p.m. — Special Shabbat Service of 7:00 p.m. – Brisket Dinner and Evening (Located at the Healing and Wholeness Erev Rosh Hashanah Services at the Concourse Hotel First Unitarian Society) Kol Nidre Sunday, October 2nd Rosh Hashanah (First Day) 900 University Bay Drive Tuesday, October 11th 5:45 p.m. – Evening Service Monday, October 3rd (608)257-2944, shamayim.org 5:45 p.m. — Shalom Yom Kippur 7:00 p.m. – Rosh Hashanah Brisket Dinner 5:30 p.m. – Shofar in the Park – Hoyt (geared to ages 0-8) at Ogg Hall 835 W Dayton St. Park Erev Rosh Hashanah 7:30 p.m. — Evening Service Rosh Hashanah (First Day) Sunday, October 2nd Kol Nidre Yom Kippur Monday, October 3rd 5:00 p.m. – Vegetarian potluck Tuesday, October 11th Wednesday, October 12th 10:00 a.m. – Morning Services 7:00 p.m. – Services in the main sanctuary 6:00 p.m. – Kol Nidre (Call for location) 8:45 a.m. — Family Service 12:00 p.m. – Shofar Sounding 10:30 a.m. — Adult Service 1:30 p.m. – Holiday Lunch Rosh Hashanah (First Day) Yom Kippur 10:30 a.m. — Youth Program (ages 7-12) 3:00 p.m. – Mincha Afternoon Service Monday, October 3rd Wednesday, October 12th 10:30 a.m. — Teen Program (ages 13-18) 3:30 p.m. – Tashlich Service 9:30 a.m. –Services in the main sanctuary 10:00 a.m. – Morning Service 9:00 a.m. –Tot services (0-5 years old) 10:30 a.m. — Child Care (ages 0-6) 7:00 p.m. – Evening Service 5:30 p.m. – Mincha 10:00 a.m. – Children’s services (K-5th 1:30 p.m. — Discussion & Panel 7:30 p.m. – Rosh Hashanah Dinner 6:15 p.m. – Neilah grade) 3:00 p.m. — Afternoon Service 7:01 p.m. – Break Fast 18/Madison Jewish News October 2016 The UW Chabad House is Expanding

BY JEN FINE campus is hugely important to hundreds of UW-Madison Class of 2017 Jewish students. While there are other valuable and im- Chabad at UW is a beneficiary of the UW Hillel Looks Forward to portant Jewish resources for students in Jewish Federation of Madison Madison, Chabad at UW offers a person- Welcoming in 5777 with High able non-corporate atmosphere, providing When news broke that Chabad at the students a homey environment within a University of Wisconsin was granted per- Holiday Services and New Initiatives large community. Chabad is incredibly mission by the City of Madison for a inviting and non-judgmental, allowing with campus and community partners, as much-needed expansion to its house, Jew- BY AMY KASMIR Rabbi Mendel and Henya (the latter being well as national partners. UW Hillel is ish students all over campus rejoiced. The certified in mental health first aid) to form fortunate to have the opportunity to work expansion requires the demolition of an ad- deep relationships with many students. No UW Hillel is a Beneficiary Agency of the with the Jewish United Fund of Metro- joining property considered historic by matter how full Chabad is, and how hard Jewish Federation of Madison politan Chicago (JUF). Working with some, and therefore faced some opposi- it must have been to prepare for the large JUF, UW Hillel has made a new student tion. On August 29, over 70 students came crowd, the joy that Rabbi Mendel and 5777 is almost upon us. UW Hillel, leadership opportunity available to stu- out to support Chabad at the plan commis- Henya have while inviting students in, is located at 611 Langdon Street, is looking dents. The Israel Education Center sion vote. Students gave speeches and palpable and contagious. forward to celebrating the High Holidays (IEC)/Hillel Israel Internship is a one- heard arguments that eventually led to a The Chabad house is more than just a with the UW student population and the year internship that focuses on bringing decision in the organization’s favor. physical structure with four walls and a set greater Madison community. The Bar- Israel-related engagement, programming Chabad at UW serves a multitude of square footage. Chabad is a meeting of the bara Hochberg Center for Jewish Student and activism to the University of Wis- roles for both students and community minds– a place where students can think Life will be having Reform and Conser- consin-Madison campus. The IEC/ Hillel members here in Madison. Rabbi Mendel critically and challenge themselves, find vative Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Israel intern will be a face of Israel edu- Matusof and his wife, Henya, who reside comfort and support during difficult times, services. The Reform services will be cation on campus, working to build coali- at the Chabad house with their young chil- and celebrate their culture and their friend- led Rabbi Andrea Steinberger, while tions across campus, plan on-campus dren, have made a warm and welcoming ships. As the current Student President of Conservative services will be led by programming, and engage with fellow environment where students can learn, un- this organization I could not be prouder of Rabbi Moishe Steigmann. Registration students. Our IEC/Hillel Israel intern wind, enjoy a delicious meal, and get a lit- the work that the Matusof’s do every day and tickets are required for anyone will work closely with our Israeli fellow, tle taste of home. More recently, however, to support both the students and commu- choosing to attend services or meals at Shirly Gill-Raiz to plan programs, en- large events that bring such joy to students, nity members of Madison and I am eager UW Hillel for High Holidays. For more gage students, as well as continue to de- such as Friday night dinners, have become to see just how far this expansion takes information on services and meal times, velop relationships across campus. hindered by the lack of space needed to ac- them. as well as ticket pricing, please visit our Finally, UW Hillel is excited to be commodate these growing crowds. website at www.uwhillel.org/high-holi- collaborating with the Jewish Council for Many Jewish students can finally days. Public Affairs (JCPA) Civility Campaign breathe a sigh of relief knowing that one of Postscript by Rabbi Mendel Matusof: In addition to High Holiday services, and its Resetting the Table initiative. Re- their favorite spots on campus will get the UW Hillel is highly anticipating innova- setting the Table is recognized as a lead- space it so desperately needs to keep such The UW Chabad House expansion at tive initiatives and opportunities for the ing innovator in building constructive a pivotal part of their college experience up 223 W Gilman St is due to begin in No- new year. These new initiatives include dialogue across differences on Israel and and running. There is tremendous excite- vember and to be completed for the 2017- programs, internships, and a scholarship creating a more compelling paradigm for ment regarding the new direction this or- 18 school year. The 13,000 square foot opportunity. young adult Israel engagement. The ganization is taking, which has become facility will include a 2,300 square foot so- UW Hillel is pleased to announce the unique methodology supports students apparent after talking to many of Chabad’s cial/dining hall, a library, offices, an ex- Harry Drexler Hillel Scholarship. This moving through difficult conversations frequenters. Former Chabad Student Pres- panded kitchen, a guest suite, a kosher scholarship was established by Dan and with trained facilitators and utilizing a ident, Jamie Rosenbaum, along with many student apartment, and the rabbi’s personal Nicole Drexler in memory of their Great process designed from expertise in the current students and Wisconsin Alumni, residence. Uncle Harry Drexler. The scholarship is conflict resolution and dialogue fields. expressed her elation by sharing a heartfelt We are incredibly grateful to those who intended for a member of University of UW Hillel is proud to be a part of this Facebook post immediately after hearing have helped and will help us make this Wisconsin-Madison new freshman class, celebrated program that opens up Israel the good news. project a reality. We are an independent in- the class of 2020. The scholarship is a dialogue to students on campus. More- Brothers Zach and Jacob Erlichman, stitution, receive no funding from a central four-year award that will go to the same over, UW Hillel believes that Resetting who are not only members of the Chabad Chabad fund, and rely solely on the gen- student over those four years. In order to the Table will enable conversations to be Student Board, but also active participants erosity of friends, alumni and parents who remain eligible to receive the award, the started that will empower the participants in the programs and events held there, share our vision of a great future for Jewish student must maintain a 3.25 GPA. Ad- as well as allow them to feel supported share Rosenbaum’s sentiments. In terms of life on campus. ditionally, there is preference that the stu- and valued. the expan- dent who receives the award was One of the central tenets of UW Hillel sion, Zach involved in a Jewish youth group, syna- is dynamic pluralism. We strive to create commented, gogue, or other Jewish communal lead- an environment for students to have a “It’s really ership activities while in high school. meaningful experience when they walk exciting that The selection of the student will be made into The Barbara Hochberg Center for Madison’s by the Hillel of UW Madison scholarship Jewish Student Life for any of the Shab- Plan Com- committee according to established pro- bat or High Holiday services, communal mission ap- cedures within the Hillel Foundation. meals, or various events and program- proved the The number and award amount is deter- ming. Our goal is to enable University of expansion of mined by the scholarship committee. The Wisconsin Jewish students to have a such a vital deadline for the application submission voice in the community which allows program to is Friday, October 14, at noon. UW Hillel them to maintain their ties to Judaism. the Jewish looks forward to working with the These new programs and initiatives are community.” Drexler family and awarding a well-de- examples of our emphasis on these ideas. Having a serving freshman with the inaugural The University of Wisconsin Hillel common Harry Drexler Hillel Scholarship. For Foundation at The Barbara Hochberg place that more information, please visit www. Center for Jewish Student Life wishes serves as a uwhillel.org/the-harry-drexler-hillel- you and your family a happy and healthy warm Jewish scholarship-fund. new year and a safe and easy fast. home on UW Hillel prides itself on working L’shana Tovah! such a large Jen Fine (at right) with some members of the Chabad student board.

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BY DAVID TENNENBAUM a revised website featuring something handful of major historic sound reposito- Full story with audio can be found at even older: the oldest known recordings ries in the country, one of the finest music http://news.wisc.edu/a-century-on-cele- University Communications, UW-Madison of Yiddish music, the folk/popular and libraries,” Sapoznik says. brating-the-first-yiddish-language-col- One century ago, the University of liturgical music of eastern European lege-course/ Wisconsin became the first institution of Jews, and a revived program intended to higher education in the Americas – and keep the language alive. perhaps the world – to teach Yiddish, the “We are creating a continuity of spo- language of the eastern European Jews. ken Yiddish on campus,” says Sapoznik, Louis Bernard Wolfenson, a La Crosse a Brooklyn native who is the son of Pol- native and UW alumnus, started teaching ish Holocaust survivors. “Just as Wolfen- the classes in the semester that began son used a new format – the classroom – Sept. 20th, 1916, in the Department of we are using the website for distribution Semitics and Hellenistic Greek. and dissemination.” This was more than 30 years before Mayrent assistant director Scott Carter Like Us on Yiddish classes originated in a much played a key role in the quest for docu- more logical location, New York City, ments to explain what motivated Wolfen- Facebook! says Henry Sapoznik, director of the son to start the world's first Yiddish Friends of Jewish Federation of Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture on classes, and to learn where he wandered Madison can get timely program- campus. “Wolfenson was the first person after leaving Madison in 1925. ming updates, tell us what you “like,” and spread the word about to give the language an imprimatur When Mayrent was founded in 2010, the work we do with your generous through a university. Columbia Univer- benefactor Sherry Mayrent donated more support. See photos from recent sity in 1948 makes more sense; it was the than 9,000 78 rpm Yiddish recordings. events, add yours to our albums, right place, and the right time. What Mayrent's subsequent gift of 14 celluloid encourage friends to join you in we're talking about here is pretty far cylinder recordings that date to as early supporting Jewish Federation of ahead of the curve.” as 1901 includes the oldest known exam- Madison, and more. Find us at One hundred years after those pio- ples of recorded Yiddish music. The www.facebook.com/ neering Yiddish classes, the Mayrent In- recordings are held at the Mills Music Li- jewishmadison. stitute is celebrating the anniversary with brary on campus, “which is one of a Louis Bernard Wolfenson Business, Professional, & Service Pr In int Online

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He and wife Jami have a teachers with equipment for their class- teaching Hebrew and Jewish Social Jus- staff working with our students this se- baby named Mara who they are teaching rooms and will make sure that no stu- tice at UW, Midrasha and Shaarei mester. If you have any questions about to love the variety of food and outdoor dents leave Midrasha without a note from Shamayim, taking a range of fascinating Midrasha please contact Ellen Weismer, activities in the Madison area. He will be home. If your student is leaving early courses, practicing yoga, volunteering [email protected]. teaching The Election and the Jewish please remember to call, send an email or and enjoying the outdoors in her spare Community as well as Jews and Sports. a note. time. He hopes Midrasha will help him to re- Lucy Marshall recently moved to cruit future athletes for the Jewish Feder- Madison from New York where she was ation of Madison’s sports team, The a student in the joint program at Colum- Matzah Balls. bia and the Jewish Theological Seminary. Alina Boyden: Alina will be teaching She loves Madison, especially the Ter- Holocaust Studies this semester. She is race! In her day life Lucy is the Commu- joining the staff for the first time this nications Manager at Sustain Dane. This year. In her day job, Alina teaches pre- semester she will be teaching World Ju- history at UW Madison and focuses her daism and Jewish Social Justice Warriors. research on paleolithic projectile She is hoping to inspire the students to weapons. She was also a long-bow make an impact on the local community! archery champion. She is looking for- Rachel Orbuch returns to Midrasha ward to teaching such a meaningful sub- after a short break to study abroad last se- ject and being a part of the community. mester. She is a biology and political sci- Daniel Gil is the Madison Jewish ence major and she recently took the Community Shliach. Through his work MCAT, way to go Rachel! Rachel is the he is able to connect with people of all captain of the club lacrosse team in Madi- ages in the community. He is looking son. She will be teaching World Reli- forward to teaching three courses this se- gions and Jewish Holidays Around the mester: Hebrew, The Election and the World. She is excited to meet new stu- Jewish Community and the Arab/Israeli dents and reconnecting with former stu- Conflict. Daniel is gearing up for his sec- dents this semester. ond Wisconsin winter ☺. Talia Gray joins the Midrasha staff Eva Bernstein will be teaching He- for the first time this year. As a senior at Midrasha staff 2016-2017. brew on Sundays this semester. She is a UW Madison she is studying communi- premed student in the Department of cation arts. She loves the atmosphere in Human Development and Family Studies Madison, meeting new people and all of Ivrit B’Kef (Hebrew Fun) at UW Madison. She loves eating cheese the restaurants. She is looking forward curds and is excited to have the opportu- to sharing her knowledge and experience The Jewish Federation of Madison’s nity to study abroad next semester. in the Jewish Image in Film, Culture and After School Hebrew Club Rabbi Joshua Ben-Gideon returns to Literature this semester. Midrasha for his 9th year to teach the Tsurit Grisham recently moved to Time for Hebrew, time for FUN!!! 10th graders. His class this semester is Madison from Israel. She is a talented Kindergarteners – 2nd graders are invited to join Daniel Gill, our com- called Tough Choices and Difficult Texts jeweler who loves metal-smithing. She in Judaism. He is the rabbi at Beth Israel will be teaching Hebrew this semester. munity Shliach, on a fun adventure through the Hebrew language. Daniel Center. This summer he completed his Tsurit enjoys all of the nature and outdoor will lead the students in a semester full of exciting sessions of exploring the second Ride to Ramah, he and other opportunities in Madison. She is looking letters of the Aleph Bet and developing reading and writing skills through Madisonians biked all the way to Camp to get more involved in the Jewish com- structured lessons, arts and crafts, movement and more! No Hebrew Ramah in Wisconsin. He enjoys the munity! language experience is necessary, all levels welcome. cheese and ice cream in Madison and is Ethan Ehrlich is a junior at UW- looking forward to getting to know all of Madison. He will be teaching Hebrew Thursdays – 3:45 - 5:30 p.m. at Beth Israel Center the students this semester. and Jewish Image this semester. He's Fees include snack and materials Josh Davidson has been the Office looking forward to studying abroad in Semester 1= $234 Assistant at Midrasha for 9 years; he was Prague this spring. Semester 2= $324 also a Midrasha graduate. In his day job, Noga Shafer-Raviv just moved to Josh works for the Family Support and Madison from Jerusalem this summer. Registration is available at www.JewishMadison.org, for more informa- Resource Center. He is active on the She has been active in Tikkun Olam tion please contact Ellen Weismer, Program Director, Jewish Federation of Camp Shalom committee and plays on through a range of social and educational Madison at [email protected]. the NOISE Ultimate Frisbee team, who projects, working with marginalized will be going to Nationals again for the communities in Israel-Palestine and second time this year! Josh will be in the around the world. She is excited about Ivrit B’Kef Calendar 2016-2017 Semester 1 = 13 classes Semester 2 = 18 classes 9/22 1/12 9/29 1/19 10/6 1/26 10/13 2/2 10/20 2/9 10/27 2/16 11/3 2/23 11/10 3/2 11/17 3/9 12/1 3/16 12/8 3/23 - No Class - UW Spring Break 12/15 3/30 12/22 - End of semester open house 4/6 4/13 - No Class - MMSD Spring Break 4/20 4/27 5/4 5/11 5/18 5/25 - Open House and Final Performance Students at Midrasha kick off night. October 2016 Madison Jewish News/21 Jewish Education Look What’s Happening at Hilde L. Mosse Gan HaYeled Preschool!

Adam, Talya, Sydney and Eve making berry baskets at Camp Shalom Katan. Eve, Yonatan, Nevo, Adam, Nitzan and Talya making muffins during Camp Solly and Adam on the Shalom Katan. playground. Eve and Hanni celebrating in the kitchen.

Celebrating Shabbat on one of the last days of Camp.

Ziv, Stav and Henry at the art bar during late care.

Ziv, Sam, Stav and Abby using the rice table with Camden.

Yasha, Sasha and Hanni having a conversation on the playground.

Who wants a popsicle? Eve and Jaime playing. The Bet class doing an art class with Romy.

Ziv, Philip and Tina using the loose parts table. Saying the Shabbat blessings with Avner, Laura, Solly, Romy doing a papier-maché art project with the Dalet class. Stav and Yasha.

Eve and Sydney doing cheers with The Bet class splashing in rain puddles. Jaime and Mateo playing dress up. popsicles while Jaime and Sam observe. 22/Madison Jewish News October 2016 Jewish Social Services A Beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Madison www.jssmadison.org

Refugees Welcome Scenes from the last Jewish Social Services will be holding three informational meetings in partnership with local Jewish congregations Levy Summer Series with regarding our new Refugee Resettlement program. By connecting with individuals wanting to volunteer with us Dr. Richard Davidson we can create a network of support for new refugees. People interested in participating in these efforts should join us for one of the following dates:

Temple Beth El: Sunday, October 23rd at 9:45 a.m. located at Temple Beth El (2702 Arbor Dr)

Beth Israel Center: Sunday, October 23rd at 11:15 a.m. located at Beth Israel Center (1406 Mound St)

Congregation Shaarei Shamayim Social Action Shabbat Potluck: Friday, October 28th at 6:00 p.m. For location details and to RSVP please contact (608)257-2944 or [email protected]

For general inquiries regarding volunteering for the Refugee Resettlement Program, contact JSS at (608)278-1808.

Add Something Special to your Life! Volunteer For Jewish Social Services! Volunteer application at www.jss- its with several elderly women in mem- madison.org/volunteer/become-a-vol- ory care; Verona, Middleton and south- unteer, contract Ingrid at (608) west Madison. We are also seeking a 442-4083 or email Ingrid@jssmadi- friendly visitor for an elderly newcomer son.org, or visit our website for infor- in Sun Prairie. These visits can be made mation. when convenient for you. Volunteer at the Oakwood Shab- Our mission: Our dedication to bats! – Help the residents of Oakwood service will improve the Village welcome Shabbat quality of life and maintain one Friday per month the dignity of our clients in a from 4:00-5:00 p.m. – compassionate and caring seat guests, pour wine and atmosphere. Volunteers will juice, and distribute chal- enhance the ability of the lah, interact with the resi- agency to achieve its overall dents of Oakwood Village mission. and their families. Bonus points if you like to sing Shabbat songs! Odd Jobber, Computer Setup – Save the date for the 2016 JSS Annual Meeting: Help an older women with hearing loss Youth Volunteering, Youth Group This year’s Annual Meeting will be held on Projects and B’nai Mitzvah Projects stay connected by setting up her new Wednesday, October 19, at the Max Weinstein Jewish computer and getting her connected to Come talk with us about doing a Bar the Internet. or Bat Mitzvah project with Jewish So- Community Building (6434 Enterprise Ln). The meeting will Drivers Needed! – Help people re- cial Services. There are also opportuni- start at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome to attend. main independent! Provide rides to ties for older youth and youth groups to clients for appointments and other des- volunteer and contribute to the commu- Please RSVP to Jim Mackman at (608)278-1808 tinations on an as-needed and as-avail- nity, develop new skills and have fun. or [email protected]. able basis. Requires copies of proof of Contact Ingrid Reis-Glass at (608)278- insurance and driver's license plus a dri- 1808 or (608)442-4083 direct for a ver's record check, done at our expense. brochure or to discuss doing a mitzvah Designated Shopper – Take a project with Jewish Social Services. friendly older woman on the West Side CAREER OPPORTUNITIES of Madison shopping a couple of times Double your Volunteering Mitzvah per month. Check with your human resources Employment opportunities currently available at JSS include: Back-up Volunteer Photogra- department to see whether your com- • Social Worker pher – Come enjoy JSS events and pany has a policy of matching employ- take photos at these events to be will be ees’ community volunteer hours with a • Volunteer Engagement and Events Program Manager used for promotional materials and so- monetary donation to the agency for Interested parties may find more information on our website at: cial media. whom the employee volunteers. What a Bikur Cholim/Friendly Visitor – great way to enhance the benefits of http://jssmadison.org/about-jss/career-opportunities Opportunities to make brief drop-in vis- your volunteer work!

For changes, updates or new information about any Jewish Social Services program, check our website at www.jss madison.org October 2016 Madison Jewish News/23 Jewish Social Services Lechayim Lights A Senior Adult Program of Jewish Social Services A Beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Madison October Lechayim Calendar Join us for great food, congenial conversation and stimulating programs at Lechayim Lunchtime Plus at Temple Beth El, 2702 Arbor Drive. Contact Jewish Social Services at (608)278-1808 or email [email protected] no later than 2:00 p.m. the preceding Thursday. A vegetarian or strictly kosher option is available with a reservation. If you are over age 60, a minimum donation of $4.00 is suggested, but please only pay what is comfortable for you. The cost of the meal is $7.50 for those under age 60. If you cannot attend the meal, please join us for the free program at 1:00 p.m. Lechayim is excited to welcome UW Hillel Adamah Catering! Monday, October 3rd, Rosh Hashanah – Lechayim does not meet

Monday, October 10th 11:00-12:00 p.m. Complementary Blood Pressure Check with Nurse Lori Edelstein 11:30-12:00 p.m. Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson 12:00-1:00 p.m. Shepherds Pie or Vegetarian Pot Pie, House Salad w/ Honey Balsamic Dressing, Market Fruit, Mini Israeli Dessert 1:00-2:00 p.m. Prof. Rachel Brenner and Prof. Teryl Dobbs - “Reflecting on the Holocaust and Establishment of the State of Israel”

Monday, October 17th and Monday, October 24th, Sukkot – Lechayim does not meet

Monday, October 31st – Costumes strongly encouraged in honor of Halloween! 11:30-1:00 p.m. Sheila Cohen – voter registration, rides to vote/ID cards In Memoriam: 11:30-12:00 p.m. Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson ABE LANDSMAN, Z”L 12:00-1:00 p.m. Chicken Schnitzel or Southern Fried Tofu, Saffron Rice, Moroccan Carrots, Market Fruit, Wherever there was music and a bit of dance, there was Abe. Wherever there was goodness to be Mini Israeli Dessert done, there was Abe. Wherever there was light 1:00-2:00 p.m. Mad City Jug Band humor, there was Abe again. He was a light in this community, especially the Lechayim community. November dates: November 14th, 21st, 28th Abe Landsman fought in the war that ended the Holo- caust. In overseeing supplies for his unit, he almost single handedly organized it and created order. He did the same for Jewish Social Services. He served on the Making Lechayim Reservations Senior Adult Committee, volunteered at Lechayim, and was a member of the JSS Board of Directors. What he did made it possible for the organization to • When you check-in at Lechayim, • If you didn't make a reservation but do what it does best and do it so much better! sign up for the following week. would like to come, call JSS at (608)278- Abe was full of love and of giving. It was Madison’s good fortune that he • Call Jewish Social Services at (608) 1808 or Ingrid at (608)442-4083 before decided to move here shortly after the death of his wife, Gloria. He became 278-1808 or email office@jssmadison. 10 a.m. on Monday to see if there have part of us as a volunteer driver, visitor, first friend, and more. He was honored org before 2:00 p.m. on the preceding been cancellations. by the City of Madison and by JSS. Now we remember him with both honor Thursday. • We regret that we are unable to guar- and love. • Reservations cannot be taken on Fri- antee a meal for last minute reservations A celebration of Abe’s life will be held on Sunday, Oct. 9th, 2016, from days or over the weekend. or walk-ins. 1:30 - 4:30 p.m., in the community room on the first floor in The Oaks at Oak- wood Village West, 6225 Mineral Point Road, Madison.

DON KANEL, Z”L Don Kanel came to America just in time: He was only 15 years old when he left his family in Bialystik, Poland and came to Queens, New York with his mother’s brother in 1938….just before the tragedy of the Holocaust. Most of the rest of his family perished in the flames. He liked to describe himself as having arrived as a “Jewish socialist” from Poland and, under the influence of FDR, becoming “a New Deal Democrat”. Because of his love of nature, he became a professor of Agricultural Economics and part of the Land Tenure Center. His research, teaching, and consulting took him all over the world: India, El Salvador, Chile, and Botswana, Africa. His love of creation extended beyond Transportation to Lechayim the world to astronomy … and beneath to archeology. Transit Solutions provides door-to-door service for $1 round trip, payable Students and family from all over the world remember him with admiration and Love that extends from Madi- to the driver. Contact JSS at (608)278-1808, (608)442-4083 (direct) or son, to Canada, Israel, Africa, and more. [email protected] by 2:00 p.m. the preceding Thursday. Wheelchair accessible vehicles are available upon request. Please contact us if you need to cancel a ride. 24/Madison Jewish News October 2016 Jewish Social Services About Our Programs Jewish Social Services Brings Shabbat to Our Seniors On Monday, October 10th, The Mad City Jug Band will join us Lechayim Lights welcomes Professors for a performance on Monday, October Our monthly Shabbat gatherings, with wine donated by Teri Dobbs and Rachel F. Brenner from 31st. The band portrays Americana and Frank Liquor, includes candle lighting, challah, singing and the Mead Witter School of Music and the roots music at its greatest. It is a unique discussion. Mosse-Weinstein Center for Jewish Stud- 7 piece ensemble dedicated to preserving ies at the UW-Madison. They will share and celebrating the classic jug band Attic Angel Place at 2:30 p.m. in the Garden Room their current work with our community: music from the1920s and 30s as well as Reflecting on the Holocaust – Pro- the jug band revival hits from the 1960s 8301 Old Sauk Road fessor Dobbs will discuss how the Holo- that were made popular by musicians like A program of Jewish Social Services and Attic Angel Place. caust has left an indelible mark on the the Greatful Dead and Jim Kweskin and Music by Les Goldsmith and with the assistance of Angel psyche of post-Holocaust generations. the Jug Band. Then there are hokum Volunteers. Survivor testimonies have been trans- tunes from the early 1900s which use December 2nd formed into numerous literary, cultural, analogies and euphemistic references to and artistic forms. The goal is to explore keep the songs “G-rated”. Jug band Capitol Lakes at 3:00 p.m. in the Grand Hall together how the testimonies of the sur- music is loved by people of all ages. 333 West Main Street vivors inspired these cultural responses, The band features instruments such as A program of Jewish Social Services and Capitol Lakes which continue to shape our present. guitars, banjo, fiddle, harmonica, upright Retirement Community. Led by Rabbi Andrea Steinberger Teryl L. Dobbs, Associate Professor bass, accordion, kazoo, washboard, other and Chair, Music Education, School of percussion instruments, and of course, a with assistance from UW students through the UW-Hillel Music, Department of Curriculum and jug. (Everything but the kitchen sink!) Foundation. Instruction, and Mosse-Weinstein Center The band is a member of the Southern October 21st, November 4th, December 9th for Jewish Studies, University of Wiscon- Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association sin-Madison. (SWBMAI). Oakwood West at 4:00 p.m. in the Oak’s Community Room Establishment of the State of Is- Also, Sheila Cohen will be at 6225 Mineral Point Road rael – Professor Brenner will explore Lechayim to register participants to vote A program of Jewish Social Services and Oakwood Village how the establishment of the State of Is- and help with transportation to vote and University Woods. With the assistance of JSS volunteers and rael was another watershed moment in obtain ID cards for those who don’t have music by Paul Grossberg. the history of the Jewish people and in a valid driver’s license. the world at large. The complexity of the October 7th, November 18th, December 16th new state is deeply grounded in ATTENTION REHAB PATIENTS: If you are going to be in one the three Abrahamic religions. of these locations during your rehabilitation, you are welcome The discussions will investigate to attend. the interwoven, and unfortunately, often hostile and always complex religious underpinnings of the present political situation. They will be teaching these courses at the university in Spring 2017 and warmly invite you to join them. Wisconsin residents age 60 and older may register tuition-free as senior adult audi- Rosh Hashanah Teas tors. Residents at these locations, their friends and families are Rachel Feldhay Brenner, Pro- invited to welcome Rosh Hashanah 5777 with coffee, tea, honey fessor, Max and Frieda Weinstein- cake and the blowing of the shofar. Bascom Professor in Jewish Studies, Mosse-Weinstein Center Wednesday, October 5th, 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Capitol Lakes for Jewish Studies, University of Retirement Community, 333 West Main Street, in the Grand Hall. Wisconsin-Madison. Registration information can Thursday, October 6th, 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Oakwood Village be found at http://continuingstud- University Woods, 6225 Mineral Point Road, in the “Oaks” Com- ies.wisc.edu/advising/audit60.htm munity Room. or by telephoning (608)262-1156. The Mad City Jug Band

Transitions Happy October Birthday Barbara Jacobson Lyudmila Radovanskaya Bill Lewis Martin Kades Professors Rachel Brenner and Teryl Dobbs Cheryl DiVittorio Mindy Wiseman Grayce Seidenberg Michael Pressman Leonard Stein Nan Youngerman Lechayim photos? Linda Montello Sandra Weitzman Condolences Check ‘em out To the Family of Don Kanel on Facebook! To the family of Abe Landsman October 2016 Madison Jewish News/25

This article is about the history of Jews in Wisconsin. 26/Madison Jewish News October 2016

and Israel the World

From the Mid-east to the Mid-west BY DANIEL GILL AND SHIRLY GILL Arab countries, and their impact on the Is- movement office in Community Shlichim/Israel Program Specialists raeli culture lasts to this day. Egypt, the King Fouad Jewish Federation of Madison How did it all start ? said “The Jews of The Egyptian Jewish community was Egypt, we will protect Israel: One Country, a founded by Jewish refugees after the de- you until you return to Potpourri of People struction of the First Temple, and has your land - the Land of grown tremendously in the Greek period. Israel”. The Zionist Jews had freedom of religion, and even movement's offices In 1898, the historian Simon Dubnow built a temple (Temple of Onias) that was were located near those predicted in his most optimistic calcula- the same size of the Temple in Jerusalem. of the Muslim Brother- tions, that in 2000 there would be ap- The first translation of the Bible, - the hood, and there were proximately 500,000 Jews in Israel . But "Septuagint" (late second century BC), even some Jews who since then, Israel has become a center was written in Egypt and exposed the Bible were both members of for the Jewish people and Jews have ar- to the world. The situation of the Jewish the Egyptian Parlia- rived from all over the world, making community in Egypt deteriorated in a se- ment and the Zionist Israel the biggest and most diverse Jew- ries of failed rebellions against Rome, organization. Young Jews at the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo, 1943. ish community. In the coming months which eventually destroyed about 90% of Second Exodus we will use this article to feature one the Egyptians Jews. In the 1930s, the play. Some members of the "Maccabi “community” of Israelis each month so At the beginning of the 19th century, public mood in Egypt began to change. Alexandria" later immigrated to Israel and you can learn more about the potpourri with the penetration of European countries, Anti-Semitic publications grew during this helped improve the Israeli team, Maccabi of people in Israel. Egypt experienced modernization. Al- period. On the night of the declaration of Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv. These teams This month we feature the Egyptians. though the Jews didn't receive Egyptian Israel, and the Arab invasions to Israel, are at the head of the Israeli league today . This month we celebrate Yom Kippur, citizenship, it was a prosperous period for Egyptian police arrested Jewish men and But perhaps the most surprising influ- a holiday in which we pray for forgiveness. the Jews because they were able to bridge women between the ages of 16-67. The ence comes from the culinary field, as the In Israel, this holiday reminds us of the between two cultures: the European and government confiscated the property of Israeli national dish, Falafel, actually orig- Yom Kippur War, also known as the Octo- Western-Arab-Egyptian. The Jewish quar- Jews and Jews were forbidden to gather. inated in Egypt! The roots of the falafel, ber War. On October 6, 1973, Egypt and ter blossomed and the synagogue "Gate of During 1948, hundreds of Jews were killed according to conventional wisdom, are Syria invaded Israel from the south and Heaven" was built, which could accommo- in incidents of violence against them. The from Egypt around the first half of the first north and the fighting lasted for 19 days. date over 1,000 people. This is the only crackdown forced more than 30,000 Jews millennium. Falafel apparently developed The war left a huge impact on all sides, and synagogue that still exists in Egypt today. to leave Egypt. The Sinai War, in October by Coptic Christians in Egypt as alterna- despite the peace agreement with Egypt, According to an estimate of the Foreign 1956, marked the end of the community. tive dish to meat, and was made of Faba. tensions still exist. Just this year, in the Ministry in Jerusalem, in the 20th century This was followed by expulsions from From there, the Falafel spread to other Olympics games in Rio, Egyptian Judoka the number of Jews was over 80,000. Egypt (1956-57). Many Jews became Middle Eastern countries, chickpeas being refused to shake hands with the Israeli At the beginning, it seemed that there refugees. By 1957 only about 3,000 Jews the main ingredient. The Falafel became a competitor. This was not always the case. was no conflict of interests between the remained in Egypt. By 1967, the number popular food in Israel in the 50s when im- Egyptian Jewry was the largest and most Jewish national movement and the Egypt- fell to 100. migrants from Arab countries began to prosperous Jewish community among the ian one. In 1918, at the opening the Zionist Today in Israel: Basketball and good open many falafel stands. In any case, the falafel. Israeli falafel is probably the first in which Today in Israel, there are about 57,000 the patties are placed into pita. Jews of Egyptian origin. As of September 2014 , there are about 20 Jews in Egypt, but the Egyptian culture still lives vibrantly in Israel, even if many are not aware of it. Black Moon Egypt was known in the 1940s as one of the strongest basketball teams, and the Party Nov. 1st Jewish-Egyptian team "Maccabi Alexan- dria" won many times. The Jewish team On November 1st, we will have was so good that for the London Olympics our first “Black Moon Party”, in 1948, King Farouk invited the group which we will celebrate the new members to join the Egyptian delegation. Hebrew month “Heshvan”. The However, a few hours before the game, theme of the evening will be “the King Farouk wanted the Jews to convert to Ethiopian Jews”. Look for the event Islam or be forbidden to play. The Jewish on Monday morning email, and on athletes refused and eventually did not Facebook. Inner courtyard of the Cairo Gate of Heaven Synagogue, 2014. October 2016 Madison Jewish News/27 Connecting with Israel My Summer Adventures Across Israel

BY RACHEL LEVY, NETWORK REGIONAL DIRECTOR these young girls as they did an art proj- Turkey and the insight Lea and Moshe Svetlana and Anna from Kharkov, The Jewish Federations of North America ect with us. They were also excited to be had in making Aliyah when they did. Lea Ukraine were proud to use their Hebrew in a hotel conference room that was is five months pregnant and believes that and ask our group: Eich korim lachem? larger than most of their homes and to use the best future for her family is in Israel. Me’eifo atem? (What are your names? In July, I spent a week traveling across an elevator for the first time in their lives! There are those with the mistaken be- Where are you from?) They had already southern Israel and meeting a range of The program has been eye-opening for lief that there are no longer Jews in need learned more Hebrew in one week than Israeli leaders who are doing mitzvahs these girls as well as for their siblings, of rescue from their countries. However, most of my group had learned from every day. I recruited a group of ten peo- parents and classmates. The director ex- according to the Jewish Agency, there are countless years of Hebrew school. It was ple from small Jewish communities as plained: "It is like throwing a rock in a currently 60,000 Jews living in hostile clear that they were very motivated to part of a Jewish Federation Mission. The puddle for one child. The ripple effect areas where their Jewish identities put learn Hebrew, their lifeline to a better fu- participants ranged in age from 49-75 expands across the other students and the them at risk daily. We read in the news ture in Israel. and came from Indiana to West Virginia. teachers." These girls are now able to every day that the state of emergency for I got on the airplane home, and I felt Some of them had never left this country decorate their drawings with rainbows Jews is currently intensifying throughout tremendous pride in all of the ways that while others were regular travelers to Is- and hearts for a better future. They are the Muslim world. the Jewish Federation is touching peo- rael. able to dream rather than just fight for This past year Jewish Federation sup- ple’s lives. From children at risk to new The goal of the Mission was to visit survival. ported the Jewish Agency to bring nearly immigrants, we have changed the entire some of the people who benefit from During our last day in Israel we went 9,000 Jews from Ukraine. Dozens of scope of their futures and provided them Jewish Federation - the country’s most to the Beit Canada Absorption Center in people have been killed in Eastern with a better life in Israel. Together we disadvantaged citizens (including Israeli Ashdod where we had coffee with ten Ukraine over the past few months by are making a difference. Todah Rabbah. Arabs), vulnerable immigrants, children new immigrants from Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian forces and armed groups. One and youth at-risk, the elderly, and people Turkey, Brazil and Argentina. They were of the participants in my group traveled If you would like to learn more about with disabilities. Every meeting brought all nervous about learning the language to Dnepropetrovsk last year to learn my work with small Jewish communities, tears to my eyes as I felt the power of and finding jobs but it was clear that the about the ongoing humanitarian crisis. It please contact me at Rachel.Levy@Jew- what the Jewish Federation is accom- staff at the absorption center would not was very powerful for our Mission to join ishFederations.org. plishing and how much awe-inspiring let them fail. It was wonderful to hear an Ulpan class that was filled with Visit us online: jewishfederations.org/ work there is left for the organization to each of their stories of hope for a brighter Ukrainians who had successfully been network or connect with us on Facebook: accomplish. future in Israel. rescued by Federation this summer and https://www.facebook.com/JFNANet- Did you know that 25% of all Israelis For the past five years, The Jewish brought safely to this absorption center. work are living in poverty? There is a signifi- Agency has specifically worked to en- cant gap between rich and poor—the sec- courage Jewish doctors from Russia and ond largest in the Organization for Eastern Europe to immigrate to Israel. Economic Co-operation and Develop- Our funding provides them with Hebrew ment countries. The Jewish Federation is lessons, housing and a year of classes to focused on supporting Israel’s most vul- become certified to practice medicine in nerable populations, many of whom fall Israel. We met with Ester, a Moscow- under the poverty line. trained psychiatrist who had made Aliyah In my short lifetime, I have been priv- two weeks prior with her husband, a ileged to visit Israel over a dozen times. mathematician, and their three young The last time was in 2012 for my honey- children. Ester is enrolled in our doctor’s moon with Jeff. We had a wonderful program with the goal of finishing her re- time enjoying the many fine restaurants certification in Israel next year. and walking around biblical sites. I was On this quiet day in Ashdod, we also amazed to see how much had changed met Lea, Moshe, and their five year old since my previous visit: from the higher daughter, Gisel, who had just arrived end shops to the fancier restaurants to the from Istanbul, Turkey last October. They more efficient public transportation sys- were thrilled to have just passed their tem. However, I was most amazed by the Ulpan courses, and Moshe was about to number of skyscrapers that have been begin a new job in the Ashdod port. A built in Tel Aviv - over 700 start-ups on mere day after our visit, however there Rothschild Boulevard since the Oslo was an attempted coup in Turkey that left Agreement in 1995. The gorgeous view thousands dead. This underscored the ur- Mentor with Arab-Israeli children from Youth Futures thank Jewish Federation of the Mediterranean is now comple- gency for the Jewish people to leave leadership. mented by a view of impressive high rise buildings. There is no better place to spend Shabbat than in Jerusalem. While at our hotel we had a heartbreaking meeting with 10-year-old Israeli Arab girls from a school in East Jerusalem. The Jewish Agency is a proud supporter of Youth Fu- tures, a community-based mentoring pro- gram for at-risk students. The director of the program described the challenges that the girls face, ranging from broken fam- ilies, abusive parents and lack of access to higher learning. By providing these girls with mentors, the organization has deeply impacted the girls’ futures. One of the mentors explained that the students were living in crisis mode trying to sur- vive the weekend in their abusive homes with no food or money. Now, they see they have access to other options. The girls are empowered to work hard to get good grades, make friends, improve their self confidence and apply to college. The mentor we met was truly exemplifying the motto, "you can't change the world, but you can make the world change." It was wonderful to see the smiles on Rachel Levy (on the left) with the group that traveled to Israel. 28/Madison Jewish News October 2016

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