PULL OUT YOUR FREE The Award Winning JEWBILEE FESTIVAL GUIDE- » PP 21-24 BUFFALO, ISRAEL & THE JEWISH WORLD | WWW.BUFFALOJEWISHFEDERATION.ORG AUGUST 2018 | AV-ELUL 5778 There's something about the JCC Sunday, August 19 @ the RIBBON CUTTING and CELEBRATING GRAND RE-OPENING SEVENTY YEARS JCC BUFFALO LOOK: DON’T MISS: Sunday, INSIDE:August 19 3:00-5:00pm Join us for: JEREMY JACOBS SR. SUMMER• new group fitnessJCC areas HOLLAND • Dedications • Ribbon Cutting(3:00 pm) IS BENDERSON CELEBRATION• new indoorGRAND playground RE •- FamilyOPENING Activities • Tours AWARD WINNER (14) • Mezuzot hangingsAUGUST • new group 19 fitness areas ( ) • new early childhood program( classrooms) 6 • hula hoop performer & balloon 20 creations • new art gallery space • new event space • refreshments Group fitness room - All new equipment, top- quality rubber flooring, controlled lighting, mirrors and groupwindows fitness are enjoyed participants. by hundreds of Free and Cycling room - 25 new, high-tech cycles are housed in Open to Everyone! rooms featuringsimulated LED bike floor paths lights, and lots a great of fresh sound air. system, Buffalo 787 Delaware Ave at Summer St 886-3145 Holland Family Building Infant rooms - 16 infants aged 6 weeks to 18 months are nurtured in new rooms staffed by certified caregivers. TEMPLE BETH ZION and JCC on DELAWARE AVENUE SUNDAY, AUG. 19, 2018 FREE FESTIVAL HOURS OPENING CEREMONIES feat. Y-STUDS and JCC RIBBON CUTTING and ADMISSION 11:30am to 6:00pm GREETINGS FROM DIGNITARIES at 12pm GRAND RE-OPENING at 3pm For more information, email [email protected] / 716.204.2250 | buffalojewishfederation.org Babka | Baklava | Bagels & Lox | Challah | Chopped Liver | Cold Cut Sandwiches | Corn on the Cob | Falafel ALL FOOD ITEMS Fries | Kosher Hot Dogs | Knishes | Pickle on a Stick Shmaltz Brewing Company and Tzafona Cellars $5 OR LESS EAT Beer & Wine Tent | Specialty Salads and more! All food supervised by the PJ Library Concert by RICK RECHT Bounce Houses, Face Painting & Krav Maga by Training Edge Performances by Y-STUDS WEST OF ODESSA KLEZMER BAND Shofar & Matzoh Factories CANTORIAL CONCERT Local & Israeli Artisans and more! MUSIC Kosher Cooking Demos and more! & MORE ALL VENDORS, SPONSORS AND ENTERTAINMENT AS OF 7/20/18 Sweet Honey Cake Gold Level Partners JCC BUFFALO August 2018 | www.buffalojewishfederation.org 1 WHAT’S INSIDE... PULL OUT YOUR FREE The ward Winnin JEWBILEE FESTIVAL GUIDE- Published by August 2018 » PP 21-24 Buffalo Jewish Federation 2640 North Forest Road Getzville, NY 14068 Editor’s On The Cover 716-204-2241 Note - BUFFALO, ISRAEL & THE JEWISH WORLD WWW.BUFFALOJEWISHFEDERATION.ORG AUGUST 2018 AV ELUL 5778 www.buffalojewishfederation.org CEO/Executive Director .........................................................................................Rob Goldberg President .....................................................................................................................Steven J. Weiss Editor, Public Relations Director ..............................................................Ellen S. Goldstein The Buffalo Jewish Federation Is a proud member of the Jewish Federations of North America and the American Jewish Press Association There's something about the JCC Sunday, August 19 @ the Produced by RIBBON CUTTING and CELEBRATING Ellen Goldstein, Editor The Great Buffalo Jewbilee! cover art wasGRAND RE-OPENING createdSEVENTY YEARS by Telesco Creative Group, as was the pull-out insert Our bountiful “716 Summer” continues during this JCC BUFFALO on pages 21-24 and the other advertising andSunday, Augustart 19 3:00-5:00forpm CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED SERVICE CHANGE LOOK: DON’T MISS: INSIDE: Join us for: glorious month of August, and there are two things of note 4 No. Permit JEREMY JACOBS SR. SUMMER• new group fitnessJCC areas HOLLAND • Dedications • Ribbon Cutting (3:00pm) Williamsport, PA Williamsport, PAID Getzville, NY 14068 NY Getzville, IS BENDERSON CELEBRATION• new indoorGRAND playground RE •- FamilyOPENING Activities • Tours US Postage US the Jewbilee! Road Forest North 2640 ( ) • Mezuzot hangings • new group fitness areas I want to share with you about this month’s Jewish Journal. STD. Presorted AWARD WINNER 14 AUGUST 19 Buffalo Jewish Federation Jewish Buffalo Publisher/Chief Revenue Officer .......................................................................................Barbara E. Macks ( ) • new early childhood program( classrooms) 6 • hula hoop performer & balloon 20 creations First, August 19 is The Great Buffalo Jewbilee! at the JCC Thank you, Telesco! • new art gallery space [email protected] • new event space and Temple Beth Zion on historic Delaware Avenue! This is • refreshments Senior Vice President/Creative Director ............................................................................Chastity O'Shei why we’ve devoted the entire first section of the Journal to [email protected] Group fitness room - All new equipment, top- quality rubber flooring, controlled lighting, Vice President/Production ..........................................................................................................Jennifer Tudor it. I do remember Israel Expo in the mid 1970’s at the JCC, mirrors and groupwindows fitness are enjoyed participants. by hundreds of Free and Open to Everyone! Cycling room - 25 new, high-tech cycles are housed in [email protected] rooms featuringsimulated LED bike floor paths lights, and lots a great of fresh sound air. system, Buffalo and while this event promises to be as exciting, it is not 787 Delaware Ave at Summer St 886-3145 Holland Family Building Lead Designer ..................................................................................................................................Kimberly Miers Infant rooms - 16 infants aged 6 weeks to 18 months are focused on Israel, but instead on our present vibrant Buffalo nurtured in new rooms staffed by certified caregivers. [email protected] community. At the Jewbilee, there is something for everyone! 3 What’s a Jewbilee? Senior Graphic Designers ..........................................................................Josh Flanigan, Andrea Rowley, Klezmer and Jewish Soul Music! Cantors’ singing and Israeli Jean-Pierre Thimot, Nicholas Vitello dancers dancing. There are awesome events for the kiddos, 4-5 Buffalo Lions Roar: Julie Kianof Traffic Coordinator.....................................................................................................Adam Van Schoonhoven including arts and crafts projects, a matzah factory, fun food Fink, Marilyn Shine, Anne Virag Assistant Sales & Marketing Manager ..........................................................................Marianne Potratz contests, the incredible Rick Recht in concert, a pre-concert [email protected] Dance Party by PJ Library, bounce houses and so much more. 6-7 Jeremy Jacobs, Sr. is Benderson Sales Director ....................................................................................................................Cynthia Oppenheimer, You want Jewish food at the Jewbilee, we will have it! Award Winner [email protected] Everything from babka and borekas to knishes, pickles Senior Account Executives .......................................Robin Kurss, [email protected] 7 Campaign for Jewish Buffalo Bruce Halpern, [email protected] on a stick and hot dogs! All Kosher and available from 8-14 The Great Buffalo Jewbilee! Betty Tata, [email protected] 11:30 am to 6:00 pm, and each item will cost only $5 or Proofreaders ...............................................................................................Sharon C. Levite, Amy Goldstein less. Plus there will be an area to shop for Judaica or art, Preview two Krav Maga (Israeli martial arts) demonstrations, a 14 Cantor’s Column: Members of food demonstration by Wegmans Chef Joe, plus the Grand Cantor Penny Myers Re-Opening & Ribbon Cutting at the JCC Holland Building at 3 pm! Check out pages 20 and 38 for information! 15 Food: Soup for Summer By Robin Next, I want to call your attention to the story about the Kurss Submissions: three Lions of Judah—Julie Fink, Marilyn Shine and Anne 17 5 Things You Can Do to repair the Submit editorial stories, photos, and calendar items by the 1st of the Virag - and the story about our 2018 Nathan Benderson world in August preceding month of issue to [email protected]. Community Leadership Award Winner Jeremy Jacobs, Sr. To Advertise: While working on this month’s issue, I learned that what Mr. Where in Jewish Bflo To advertise, call Cynthia Oppenheimer at 716-783-9119 x2240. Jacobs, Mrs. Fink, Mrs. Shine and Mrs. Virag have in common 18-19 Organizations & Synagogue Ad space & materials are due by the 10th of each month prior to is their love for Buffalo, its Jewish community, and a deep publication. For a rate card and any additional information, please concern about making sure the Buffalo Community and Listings email Cynthia Oppenheimer [email protected] Buffalo Jewish Community are remembered. All four people 20 The JCC Holland Building Grand or Barbara Macks [email protected]. have done this in their own unique ways and each is making Re-Opening is August 19 To Subscribe: an impact. As we enter the Hebrew month of Elul on August To subscribe, visit www.buffalojewishfederation.org and click on 12, the month preceding the High Holy Days in which we 21-24 The Great Buffalo Jewbilee! “JJWNY subscription.”