IYYAR, 5777 – SIVAN 5777 MAY 2017 YOUR JEWISH COMMUNITY RESOURCES PAGE 22 The Jewish Journalof san antonio SIVAN, 5777 - AV, 5777 Published by The Jewish Federation of San Antonio JUNE/JULY 2017 The Six Day War: 50 years later The Six Day War broke out on June 5, Letter from our CEO State of Israel. For those of us who did 1967. The military victory of the State of not experience this historic event in real Israel just five days later was monumental. RONIT SHERWIN time, we may feel the same reaction as the Our small homeland reigned victorious generations before us, or we may not. over the forces of seemingly greater We live in a time in which we cannot powers, including Egypt, Jordan and take anything for granted, especially Syria. The Six Day War became not only anniversary of the Six Day War. For those as Jews. We have witnessed a rise in a landmark event in Jewish history, but who remember watching the television anti-Semitism in our own country and TEACHING it became a great source of pride for the and listening to the radio intently during in many other parts of the world. And TOLERANCE Jewish pride. those six days, this milestone re-energizes Child of Holocaust This month we mark the fifty-year our pride as Jews and our pride in the See LETTER, page 3 teaches lessons to children of today. PAGE 3 Israel’s HAPPY 69TH, demographic ISRAEL! Community celebration future: Crowded marking Israel’s and very religious Independence. By Andrew Tobin PAGES 14 - 15 TEL AVIV (JTA) – Israel’s projected future looks a lot like a visit to the Jerusalem central bus station: crowded and very religious. According to a government report, the Jewish state’s population will double in about 40 years. Some 29 percent — or 5.25 million of its projected ISRAELI TEENS MAKE IMPACT ON SAN ANTONIO YOUTH 18 million residents — will be haredi Orthodox Jews. That’s STRONGER Raz and Yonatan led the students at Shmuel Bass Torah Academy in an more than triple the current 9 TOGETHER! percent. See What’s Happening in interactive song about Israel. For details on their visit to San Antonio, your Jewish Community. SEE PAGE 4. See DEMOGRAPHIC, page 27 PAGE 12 12500 N. W. 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IN LOVING MEMORY Boyd Bradfield Ruben Langbaum Shoshana Olney 2 JUNE/JULY 2017 A publication of the Jewish Federation of San Antonio THE JEWISH JOURNAL YOUR FEDERATION DOLLARS AT WORK Holocaust Study Tour headed to Eastern Europe Students of the Holocaust Study Tour will be traveling to Eastern Europe in mid-June, where the students will learn on site at historical locations. Students will be demonstrating and discussing their experiences through personally prepared exhibits that will be featured at a community open house on Sunday, August 20 from 3-5 pm in the Holzman Auditorium at the Jewish Campus of Students of the Study Tour, with their families, and our local survivors. San Antonio. LETTER to Israel? Do we invest in continued from page 1 sending our youth to Israel? How do we bring Israel to who would have thought we San Antonio? And how would still be dealing with do we have uncomfortable anti-Semitism in the twenty- conversations about our first century? The same can questions regarding Israel? be said for Jewish identity. These are the questions we For me, Israel is a core need to be asking in our component of my identity as board meetings and around a Jew. I take great pride in our dinner tables. the land, the people, the food The Pew Study of Jewish and the constant innovation American Life conducted in Come join us any and all times and development that takes 2013 found that 94% of Jews that fit in your schedule. place daily in Israel. I cannot in American are “proud to imagine my Jewish identity be Jewish.” What we do not (locations to be announced) without Israel. know is exactly what about But this is not to be taken being Jewish they are proud Sunday June 11 Wed June 28 Friday July 14 for granted among younger of. I would like to think Israel 3pm 4pm 11:30 am generations or the generations is a source of that pride, but to come. If we do not engage we need to engage to know Sunday Thurs August 3 the next generation of Jews the answer. As we celebrate with Israel, we will be in this fifty year anniversary of July 23 3pm danger of losing Israel as Israel’s victory, let’s engage in a source of Jewish identity what needs to be addressed in rt and pride. We have to ask our community so that we can un a y F ! See your yster ourselves difficult questions. all be proud to be Jewish and jects M What are we doing to engage pro friends! ers! of Israel fifty years from now. read with Israel? Are we going L’shalom, Ronit Enjo y a Bring coo l your trea t! family! NEVER AGAIN FIREARMS INSTRUCTION Lewis NRA Certified Pistol Instructor Texas LTC Instructor Greenberg 281-460-0952 [email protected] ”CREATING THE RESPONSIBLY ARMED CITIZEN” THE JEWISH JOURNAL A publication of the Jewish Federation of San Antonio JUNE/JULY 2017 3 YOUR FEDERATION DOLLARS AT WORK PARTNERSHIP CORNER Israeli and American Jewish teens connect in SA C-Teens from Chabad and the Israeli teens enjoyed a welcome night full of games, food and fun to get to know Amit, Gil (Chaperone), Noam, Raz, Ronit, and Yonatan enjoyed the BBYO each other. Beau/Sweetie event at the Well. By Lauren Abraham concluded in Austin). (EKHLA). youth group at Temple Beth- the teens to bond with their During their trip to San The Israeli teens also El hosted the teens for their host families the Saklads The Partnership2Gether Antonio the teens met attended Shabbat services end of the year lunch party. and Wolfs and for them to Western Galilee region with C-teens from Chabad and had dinner with teens The trip ended with the see San Antonio and enjoy a selected 11 teens to embark for a welcome and games from the United Synagogue NCSY (National Conference warm Texas welcome. on a yearlong teen leadership night, led Israeli songs and Youth (USY) Group at of Synagogue Youth) chapter Special thanks to Dr.